CC MINUTES 06041974 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

-4- Council-man 4-Councilman Haik and the Engineer wanted to have soil borings taken so that the r exact condition of the road beds could be ascertained and cost estimates based • on the borings. Mr. Comstock estimated that it would cost about $1,100 to have not only the borings taken on 29th but also on other spots throughout the city where replacement of streets appeared probable and he recommended doing the complete job at this time because doing so would result in a saving to the city. Motion by Mayor Miedtke, seconded by Councilman Stauffer to direct the City Engineer to have the necessary soil borings taken on 29th Avenue to ascertain the sub surface condition of the road in order to estimate construction costs and to have soil borings taken on Coolidge Street, 36th Avenue-Penrod Lane as well as on any street in the area southwest of 29th Avenue where he thinks such information is essential to a decision to repair and/or rebuild such roads. Voting on the motion: Aye: Sauer, Haik, Miedtke, Stauffer Nay: Sundla.nd Motion carried. Following the motion, residents attending the meeting made their comments and asked questions about the improvement project. Mr. Richard Weatherman, 2613 29th Avenue N.E. said that since the facts that were brought out that evening had not been available at the public hearing May 28th, he felt another public hearing should be scheduled. • Councilman Haik assured him that the Council was not pursuing a course designed to avoid questions on the project and that St. Anthony residents had always been welcome to attend the Council meetings and express their opinions and that she felt the Council had gone out of its way to hear what the residents had to say. She and the mayor both pointed out that a decision on the improvement could not be made until the Council had heard from the State and had the results of the soil borings and therefore it was improbable that any action would be taken at the June 11th meeting. In the question and answer session which followed, it was ascertained that a 7 ton road would be adequate to support the traffic now on 29th and a 9 ton road would not be under consideration if it were not required by the State as a requisite for state aid funding. It was also established that truck use could be restricted through the road tonnage. It was also pointed out several times that just requesting the street be removed from state aid consideration and thereby restricting traffic to disallow trucks, did not necessarily mean that such a request would be granted. Many of the residents told of the hardships imposed upon them by the passing of large trucks and a number said they would prefer payment of the entire cost of bringing the street up to good repair rather than accept State Aif if truck traffic was a prerequisite of receiving those funds. Mayor Miedtke again stated that it was the duty of the Council to base its decision on the good of the community as a whole with a consideration of the effects on other streets the diversion of t2affic from 29th would have.