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i~ITNU'ftiS <;~i.t:y Counci.]. May 7_5, 1983 Greenbri.er Mr. Van~]orm~n asked :i~F when C1~e street ,i.s overlaid :i.f there will be Ci.rcle (Cont.) an addi.r_i_onxl 2 i.nches of: bl.adctop on the exisCin, cw°b. 'I'he tCnn:i.neer r~nl~.ied ChaY. the streeC will be over].aid ai~~d the overlay tr~pered off. to the curb~in;. Ms. ?'tansour stated t:hat: stie f:e1t she sYio~.il.d ~et equal curbi.ng 1s ner neighbors both i.n quality and amouriCS, ~Ir. Corsberg reportec1 tl~~t -i.n 2 job o.f Chi.s type on,1y the c~mbi.n;; that was removed is rFplacecL II t:1~e Cit:y has to ca~~p,l.etely repl.ace everythi.ng, tkx~ cost of the. i.mprovemenC. would be prohibi.t~ive. 1~1r. T'~~hey added thaC w,ien the Ci.ty esi:imake> th~~~ cost o[ the ~imp~r.ovement ~i_t cioes not consider totally replaci.~tg everythi.ntr, on].y what 'is damaged. L!.^,. Mansour fel.t t:h~i.s was poor plann~(.rig. P~1e. T'ahey d:i.sagr.~eed and stated that iC is good pl.anning as srhat. :i.s in ~;ood condi.t:i.on i.s noC unnece,saeil. y replaced. ~1r. Hanson fele tl2e Council ,ltoi.ild act on tt~e netit~ion beLorE zt and then raddress the isst.ie <.>f the ~resent curMnt;. llan,on pointed out th~t C:he bi.ds for eha:~ project stat? that the street was t.o be rest:ored t:o tl,ie condit:~on that it was before t:he E~>roject. ~[r. Fahey su„oested that the C~.ity tabLe act:i.on on t6c peti.t:f.o^ unC~L1 the r.e,~i_dent> i.ndi.catF: whetkier oc- not tk~ey are H~i1.li.ng to pay more th~n $7.00 per f.ront Ioot ~,for t1.1e curbin~. Mrs. Nardi.n~i aslced what Che di_f:ference :i.n cost would h~ive been i.E the blacktop curbixi~ was not installed ',I.ast fall.. The L'aigi.neer Ec1C that ~i.t ~voutd have been about 20% of. the cost. ^1r. I'orsberg potnted out that the bl.acl<t:op carb was bid as a total part of the 7~roject and i.t i.s hard to deCcrmi.nc t:hc actual cost. i4r. Van Norman r.eported thac [he conT.ractor i.nformed hi.m that Che curb~i.ng cost 1~3.00 per Eoot. i4s. ilarisoiir aslced why the blael<COp curb w;~s installed last fa17.. Mr. Grabr.ick po-i.nted out that it was a~ mont:h and a half between tkie time the petit:ion was submit[:ed and the blacktop curbi.n~ wa;; i.nstal.l.ed. Mr. Van V~orman stated that he was very unh~~py wi.th Che cond~i.t:i.on of the c,ircle. P4rs. Scalze reporCed that, tt~e Ci.C.y has been hav~i.ng problems wi.th Che contracCOr. P~[r. i'orsber~; r~eported that the contractor is cuerentl.~ worScin~; ~in oL:her areas of Cl~e City. Pane --3--