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