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17" September 22, 1980 Mayor Gourley referred to the soil borings that had been done and asked where some of the material had gone - one boring indicated 7" of aggregate, the second boring - 52" and the third had none - what happened to the material? Mr. Gotwald explained what had been used in the restoration of that street and he said that it is entirely possible for gravel to sinkkout of sight where there is so much water movement. Mr. Gotwald answered Mayor Gourley's questions on the required amounts of class 5 that is required by Ordinance and what can be used in order to achieve this speci- fication. Mr. Gotwald felt this is a routine maintenance problem and felt that if this street had been maintained properly, it would have held up. This street had been installed accord- ing to the Council's instructions. Mayor Gourley pointed out that in June of 1979 the road had four of five spots that had broken up - this was only 9 months after the installation - why wasn't the contractor asked to repair this street at this time? Mr. Gotwald said the warranty is against faulty workmanship. The alternative mithods of repairing this street were discussed. This would include some sub - cutting, filling with clean sand, class 5 and bitumous. Mr. Jaworski said he felt there is no way to assess how long this street would have lasted no matter what surface had been installed due to the soils. Mr. McLean agreed and felt this is a problem of City maintenance. M. Kulaszewicz felt this could occur on any street in the City and he basically agreed with Mr. Jaworski. Mrs. Elsenpeter felt that even the work proposed could fail so it would appear this is more of a maintenance problem. Mayor Gourley felt there should have been better engineering from the beginning, this will save maintenance cost over the years. Mr. Schumacher pointed out the financial status of the City - the revenues have not increased. What has been done is to decrease this year's seal coating budget by $24,000.00. There is no way the City can absorb $11,000.00 of additional expenditures. Mr. Meister said the best for this year is to cut out the bad spots and put in some fill and black top those spots. It is too late in the season for major work. He felt this should be considered in the Spring. He felt this work could be done for approx- imately $600.00. This is just the bare minimum to keep the street intact for the winter months. Mr. Kulaszewicz moved to instruct the Street Superintendent and City Engineer to look at the street and do the work to make this street passable for the winter months, at the lowest possible costs. Seconded by Mr. McLean. Motion carried unanimously. Mrs. Elsenpeter moved that total repair of this Street be included in the 1981 main- tenance budget. Seconded by Mr. McLean. Motion carried unanimously. After a recess, the Planning and Zoning Report was considered. The first item on this report was a kennel license request by Mr.. Vernon Swanson. The Planning and Zoning Board had recommended approval of this license at 6840 Sunset Avenue. Mr. McLean moved to approve this license with the stipulation that no more than four dogs be kept at that location. Mayor Gourley asked that this license be pro -rated for the remainder of this year. These license are to be used from January 1, through December 31.E Se-