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-6- July 16, 1975 Mr. Walijarvi said "No he talked to Twin City Testing and with a solid collector pipe from outside perimeter it will take care of the problem. He said Mark Achen had suggested he consult someone. He said he asked John Bearden, and he was skeptical about the system. Mr. Walijarvi said, "By Thursday or Friday of that week he didn't feel confident and called in Twin City Testing. But we were all set to go ahead and I am not prepared to say it might not have worked. A week ago I called in Twin City Testing and they told us to do the opposite. They said put in drain tile pipe with 3/8" round holes.They said they have run tests on it and this is the way to do it. All it would have taken apparently is a correct gradient of sand and gravel and there would never have been any problem." Mayor Johnson said in view of the fact that we may have to spend and have already spent extra money, perhaps it was not economically feasible to put in a basement on this site. Mr. Walijarvi said, "If you go back you find the area costs per square foot come in very economical. I think if you add all the extra costs you would have had the elevator anyway and instead of having two doors it would have had to have three stops for a split office building and it might have necessitated a door at this ground level with two doors on the opposite side. It would have meant more brick, heat loss in winter, air conditioning loss in the summer. I think when all the costs are added with the basement down where it is the amortization of extras the cost even with a wet basement would not be more than the split office building. The drain tiles would have been installed anyway. I did not anticipate the silt flowing into the system." Mr. Miller said "They as contractors are obligated to take care of any emergency. We have taken care of and are lessening any damage to the building. We are entitled to payment for work beyond that point." Attorney Meyers asked for an interpretation of paragraph 44 of the building contract. B -E Enterprises read part of the contract and they interpreted to mean that they were responsible to rid the construction trenches of water and dewater prior to completion of the basement, but not after that. Mr. Walijarvi said when a system is installed and finished such as this, it is no longer the contractor's responsibility. You could say it was not properly backfilled. Administrator Achen asked Mr. Walijarvi if it would he wisest to do all the corrective work on the water solution all at one time. Mr. Walijarvi agreed. He said Mr. Achen was welcome to talk to Twin City Testing and see if the •ity would want to do the whole thing,but he said it is easier to do it on the outside and see if it does work. Mr. Walijarvi said he did not think the City would he taking any risks if the whole solution was effected at this time and landscaping and trees etc., finished according to what Twii. City Testing said. If the system is going to work you will see it right away.