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September 22, 1980 Mrs. Elsenpeter seconded the Motion. Motion carried with Mayor Gourley voting, no. The discussion on the problems on LaMotte Road was called to order at 8:30 P.M. Mayor Gourley asked for a report from the Engineers. Mr. Meister presented the Engineering suggestions for the repair of`this street and the estimated costs of $11,278.00. This would include the installation of the new product 'marify', 6" class 5, and 2" bitumous surface. 1 Mr. Mastro of 1553 LaMotte Road, asked who is to pay the bill for this construction and Mr. Gotwald said the history of this original installation should be considered. Mr. Gotwald pointed out when the sewers were installed, the residents of the area were in favor of the work with the stipulation that the costs be comparavle to those being paid by the Cinterville residents. This was set at $3,000.00 per lot. Mr. Gotwald pointed out that this would pay for the sewer installation and the re- storation of the street. This project was assessed before the bids were let and thus set a limit on the amount of money that could be expended. It was pointed out that the street had started to break up the first year it was in- stalled. Mayor Gourley asked if there was anyone that was present at the public hearings held on this improvement? He said he had tried to verify the limit on the spending and had been unable to do so. Mr. McLean said he remembered a limit being set, but not the limit. Mr. McLean said he remembered being limited by what was happening in Centerville. Mr. Stimart pointed out that Mr. Sprint represented the home owners in the area and had reported back to them on the actions of the Council. Mr. Stimart also said III this street broke up the first of the year. Mr. McLean asked if there is a reason for the breakup of this street and Mr. Gotwald said there is a very high water table in that area and a lot of movement of that water in its course to the lake. This is caused by a hardpan below the water table. Mr. Gotwald said there is no assurance that if this road is repaired as proposed, that it will be a good road. He felt that the problem is caused by the soil con- ditions and the water table. Mr. Stimart asked why the street wasn't repaired proper at the time the sewer was :installed and Mr. Gotwald replied that there was a limit on the amount of money that could be spent. One resident said he had lived there for 10 years and one portion of the street had always been bad. One resident said he had been there when the road was torn up and he felt the amount of gravel and blacktop that had been removed was better than what had been replaced. There was some dti,scussion on the Centerville section being narrower than the Lino Lakes portion - why wasn't this widened out to match? Mr. Gotwald said that was the decision of the residents and Council of Centerville to restore to what was existing. There was some suggestion that perhaps this repair work should be the responsibil- ity of the contractor - that he should be required to restore this street. Mr. Gotwald said it was 14 months before the break up started and that there is only a one year warranty period on road construction.