HomeMy WebLinkAboutgr000990_000040_pg128Mayor Johnson asked if we shouldn't assess the first $9,000
and put that to bed first? Atty. Meyers recommended combining
the total assessment and spreading it over five years. Adm.
Achen stated that splitting up the assessment would involve
fighting the battle twice. The first $9,000 was not satisfac-
tory to take care of the job. An open ditch is not satisfactory
there.
Mayor Johnson asked if the District had approved the original
project. Adm. Achen stated Dist. 9 did then, but District 5
Maintenance is in charge of upkeeping now. If we don't
undergound the pipe, we'll have complaints that the system is
not operating properly, City will be blamed because we put
the project in in the first place.
Councilman Shelquist inquired as to how much the cost would
have been reduced if we had gone with this plan in the first place
Eng. Bearden stated that what was spent is useful and there
won't be duplication. A lot of the $9,000 was meetings
before the project even started with Paster and the Rice Creek
Watershed District. The cost that is construction cost would
be added on to whatever the cost is now.
Adm. Achen stated he didn't think the city should be blamed
for the delay and uncertainty as to how the improvement should
be made. Council spent considerable time waiting to see if
the developer was going to do something himself to alleviate
the problem; the owner kept emphasizing he wanted it done
at minimal expense.
Atty. Meyers stated some of that $9,000 was emergency work,
so that would be sustainable based on our emergency action.
Eng. Bearden pointed out that this project has gradually
progressed to a better drainage project. Consequently, the
cost has gone up.
MSP (Johnson- Hodges) that we receive the feasibility report
and cost estimate of Comstock & Davis and that we order final
plans and specifications for the project and that we set a
public hearing for the project on May 10, 1976, at 8:30 p.m.
and that we advertise for bids.
Councilman Shelquist questioned the point in Bearden's
feasibility report about the ditch bottom being elevated. Is
there room for water to drain? Eng. Bearden answered yes, there
is no open ditch, pipe all the way through
Adm. Achen questioned if the first section is left open, if
the system backs up, will it drain to Paster's property or to
County Rd. I? Eng. Bearden stated there is a new culvert
in there. Last year, without the culvert it backed up and
over I. Should any one of the culverts get blocked, it will
happen again. Adm. suggested the system should be designed