11/10/1980 Board of Public Works Minutes

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REGULAR MEETING NOVEMBER 10, 1980 a television camera to make sure that there was no settling of the pipe itself. As a result of that check, it had been determined that there was no breakage of pipe or settlement of same. He advised the residents that they may have some additional settlement in the lawn areas over the winter months, and he stated that O'Neal would be taking care of this. Mr. Young stated that the residents had been told previously that O'Neal would be held responsible for the problems he had created, but he and the other residents were not satisfied with the work done thus far. He did not want to see the residents being faced with another Barrett Law project to correct the problems created by O'Neal on the sewer construction. Mr. McMahon stated that the report he had received from the Engineering Department indicated that all the settlement that had occurred had been corrected by O'Neal. He advised the residents that O'Neal had been required to furnish a three -year maintenance bond for the work done on the project and that he would be respon- sible for any resultant damage during that period of time. Mr. McMahon stated that the city has not identified any additional work that needed to be done. He stated that the project did not include reconstruction of all curbs but only those curbs which had been damaged by O'Neal. Mr. Young still maintained that all the sidewalks had been damaged by O'Neal and not all of them had been replaced. Mrs. Lorraine Hildebridle stated that she owned property in the 1700 block of Phillipa and she felt that her sidewalks were in relatively good condition prior to the start of the sewer project. She stated that she had previously been advised that her sidewalks would be replaced. She felt the city was hedging on the project. Mr. Young stated that there was a cave -in on Mrs. Hildebridl.e's property and that the Engineering Department personnel had advised that the problem would be taken care of and checked into. He stated that all that was done was to fill the hole with dirt and nothing had been done to determine what the problem was. He felt it. would be a continual problem for Mrs. Hildebridle. Mr. Leszczynski, in response to the complaints regarding the sidewalks, stated that he had personally inspected the sidewalks before the project had been started and many of them were in a deteriorated condition at that time. Mr. McMahon stated that it has been the intention of the city to construct the sewers and leave the residents with a project that would not affect those areas not included in the project. Regarding the sidewalks, he stated that the city had walked through the area and viewed the walks before construction and after and, if the condition of the sidewalks changed substantially and, in certain areas that was the case, O'Neal had been instructed to repair and /or replace them. He stated that, according to an inspection, the rest of the sidewalks were not in any worse condition at the end of the construction. Mr. McMahon stated that the Board of Works members would be willing to walk the area and view the project in order to better understand the complaints of the residents. He stated that the city did not want to force something on the residents which they objected to, and he wanted to be able to understand the basis of their complaints. Mr. Young again brought up the damaged sidewalks and asked the Board members to look particularly in the area of the 1700 block of Phillipa. Mr. Hill stated that it was obvious that the project had been a frustration to the city and the residents and that the city wanted to resolve the matter to everyone's satis- faction. He stated that the statement had been made that the city had no intention of remedying the problems and he objected to that, and stated that it was not true. He pointed out that the Board had thought the citizens' problems had been resolved. He stated that he was very willing to go out and look at the area in order to be responsive to the residents. Mr. Young talked briefly about all of the problems the residents had experienced with the project, including the fact that the project was supposed to have been completed last November. He also felt there were changes made in the original plans concerning the sidewalk construction and some of the sidewalk construction work had not been done.