HomeMy WebLinkAboutgr00090_000047_pg085April 10, 1978 Page 3
Peter Sargent read a statement to the Council from the Task Force, stating that
because they had been advised that consideration was being given to moving the
moratorium expiration date to April 24, that they chose to use the additional
time to strengthen their recommendations to the Council in line with the moratorium
issue.
Councilmember Baumgartner asked if the report of the Task Force would be to the Council
by April 24. Mr. Sargent replied that the Task Force would address the Council on
the 24th but he was not sure yet what they would be saying.
Mr. Loeding stated that he felt the Task Force would have a preliminary report
prepared by April 24.
Councilmember Baumgartner stated that he would like to see something from the Task
Force by April 21 or 22, in order to give the Council time to review the report
before the April 24 meeting.
Councilmember Baumgartner also pointed out that at the meeting in the basement of
City Hall on April 6, Mr. Loeding had made the statement that he felt the Task
Force was going to need some expertise from the outside and that the City should
commit itself to paying for it.
Mr. Loeding replied that he had made a statement that the Task Force did not have
any civil engineers on it and therefore, they could not be expected to design a
storm sewer system.
Councilmember Baumgartner pointed out that during the course of the meetings at
Bel Rae, the Planning Commission meetings and City Council meetings, statements
were made by the Steering Committee that they had the required expertise.
Councilmember Baumgartner asked where that expertise went.
Mr. Loeding replied that there was no detailed explanation in the report to assist
them in interpreting it, and thus they would need outside help.
Councilmember Baumgartner pointed out that he had been told by Duane McCarty at the
end of one of the Planning Commission meetings that Mr. Loeding and Mr. Sargent were
civil engineers. Mr. McCarty replied that he had originally thought Mr. Loeding
and Mr. Sargent were civil engineers. He also added that he had called all the people
listed who supposedly had water problems in their basements in 1975 and that all of
them denied ever having water problems.
Councilmember Baumgartner stated that he had been lead to believe by the Steering
Committee, as had the Planning Commission and City Council, that the Steering
Committee had the expertise to review the project and make judgements, and thus
he had stopped and thought that the Steering Committee had some valid points, but
that now the Task Force was saying the report was full of holes.
Mr. Loeding stated that the Task Force could make that decision.
Councilmember Rowley asked if the reports that the Task Force had reviewed had
contained Section D. Mr. Loeding replied that they had. Engineer Hubbard pointed
out that Section D gave all the technical data and contained charts showing how
all the calculations were made.
Mr. Loeding replied that he did not feel the report required a degree in civil
engineering to read and interpret but that he still did not feel the statements