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MINUTES <br />CITY COUNCIL <br />September 27, 1989 <br />Fahey stated that he will not fault the City Engineer <br />for the deterioration of Payne Avenue, and pointed out <br />that the street was constructed according to <br />engineering specifications and standards that were <br />available at the time. <br />Jackson submitted a list of possibilities to consider <br />for the Payne Avenue deterioration which include that <br />the site was not suitable for a road, soil testing was <br />inaccurate, engineering was done improperly, road was <br />put in at the wrong elevation requiring fill to be <br />brought in for the adjacent lots, construction <br />standards were inadequate, road construction was done <br />improperly, the road was not maintained properly, the <br />use of the road by heavy/over-weight construction <br />vehicles. Jackson stated that he was not qualified to <br />determine what went wrong, but is just submitting this <br />list as possibilities to consider. <br />Jackson pointed out that the areas of site approval, <br />engineering and design, construction of the road, <br />maintenance, etc. are areas that were governed by the <br />City and not the residents. Jackson also stated that <br />he believed residents should be assessed for the <br />project according to the life expectancy that they <br />received from the road, which he believed to be 25% of <br />the normal life expectancy of a road. <br />Fahey pointed out that the road was properly <br />constructed to 5-ton specifications, however, 5 ton <br />construction standards are not adequate to accomodate <br />the construction vehicles that hauled on this road. <br />The City Engineer reported that semi-trucks were used <br />in some instances, which were loaded to 20 tons or <br />more. <br />Scalze commented on the references made to the need to <br />fill the residential lots adjacent to Payne Avenue <br />pointing out that for many years a top soil business <br />was run from this area, and 2 to 3 feet of top soil was <br />removed over the years. <br />Keis replied that he was on the opposite side of the <br />street from where the top soil business was located, <br />and he still needed to fill his lot. <br />Page 20 <br />