HomeMy WebLinkAboutgr00090_000047_pg086April 10, 1978 Page 4
made in the report match the techinical data.
Mr. McCarty stated that a person did not have to be a civil engineer to read the
report. He added that he had interviewed some of the home owners listed in the report and
that none of them had water problems as the report listed. He sited one address
as 5115 Eastwood.
Councilmember Baumgartner pointed out that Mr. McCarty had earlier stated that he
had checked with all 23 home owners listed in the report but was now saying that he
had just checked with some and asked how many Mr. McCarty had really checked with.
Jerry Foss of the Planning Commission stated that he had asked Mr. McCarty at the
Planning Commission meeting if there were civil engineers on the Steering Committee
and that Mr. McCarty had told him there were, and that he had relied on that answer
to make his decision on the Planning Commission recommendation to the Council on the
project.
Mr. Loeding stated that the point they were trying to make was that while there were
not any civil engineers on the Steering Committee, they did have expertise. He added
that he did not feel the summary of the report followed the technical data presented.
Mr. McCarty stated that he realized he had erroneously made the statement earlier
that he had checked with all 23 home owners and that he had only checked with five
so far.
Councilmember Rowley stated that if the Council and the Task Force were to work
together, she felt that they had all better make credible statements and make sure
they were correct.
Mr. McCarty stated that the list of names he had received from the June 5, 1975
meeting of people that had water problems had actually been people who had wanted
the parks dried up.
Councilmember Hodges stated that he lives on Eastwood and that he knew the home
owners there had had water problems in 1975.
Mr. McCarty stated that he felt no one on the Steering Committee at any time
purposely mislead anyone.
Councilmember Ziebarth stated that at the April 6 Task Force meeting they had
discussed expanding the questionnaire to cover standing water as well as water
in basements and asked if that change had been made. Mr. McCarty replied that
it had, and that they hoped to get the survey going quickly.
Councilmember Ziebarth stated that he felt there would be a problem in getting
people to sign a statement saying they had had a wet basement as many of them
would be trying to sell their home at some later date and would not want such
a statement in writing.
Charles Hall, 2200 Highway 10, owner of the Mermaid, stated that he had never
thought about sueing the City but pointed out that he had gone before the Planning
Commission and City Council last year and received approval for his bowling alley
and had since spent thousands of dollars to get the project going. He stated
that he had had no idea while spending this money that anything like a moratorium
was going to happen and stated that he could very likely end up going bankrupt if