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8. PUBLIC COMMENTS (Cont'd to Foegley Landscape Company; Plaza Park Contract No. 3, awarded to Colip Brothers. The Plaza Park is from Jefferson to Monroe Streets, and the Pier Park is between Colfax Bridge and the Island Park. C. Plaza Fountains President Nimtz brought up the subject of the fountains and stated he has been inspecting the fountains the last two weeks and every time he has been on the Plaza, they have been functioning very well. He didn't know whether to open this subject for discussion again or not, but asked Mr. S1abaugh if he has any comments to make on the fountains, who replied that they have not had any major problems. The Chair's question to Mr. Soltesz as to whether he'feels, in his inspections, if everything is all right, Mr. Soltesz's response was a "No" and in asking for the reason, the question was directed to the Chair for answer: "When was the last time Mr. Chairman tried to take a drink along the River Bend Plaza area, out of the water fountains that are installed there ?" President Nimtz said that he understands there is a problem with the drinking fountains, there is some vandalism, that there has been a leak in front of Robert- son's area, and that the engineers are trying to fix that. Further, in reference to the drinking fountains, Mr. Soltesz added: "I sit here and I listen to leaks in pipes and you people make the investigations and I hear remedies of why things happen when pipes are frozen, but this was brought to the attention of this Commission, back in April, when the people were working on the water fountains. In fact, it was four (4) hours after they were installed that they were not working. At that time, there were people on the Advisory Committee of the River Bend Plaza that were told, that through this Commission, and other people in the City, that those would be taken care of, and up until now... now this is in April ... now we are in the month of August. I would think that somewhere we have a faucet to put on there. I know that the aesthetics are very popular by the design plan, but a little child that would like to take a drink of water would care less if he could just turn the water on or off. Aesthetically, he doesn't care - -all he wants is a drink of water, and his mother and father would like to give him some. It seems ridiculous to me that it would take from April to August to get two faucets fixed -- whether they would be leaking, or that it could be turned on so that somebody could stand there... without getting their feet washed...at the same time they are trying to get a drink!" Mr. Slabaugh advised that in April, the parts were ordered by Ideal Consolidated, the subcontractor. Mrs. Allen stressed parts should be kept on hand in case there are repairs and can't see,why we have to wait until something goes wrong and then order parts. "This is ridiculous for this sort of thing; it is unbelievable." Lengthy conversations followed on the parts, whose responsibility it is to see that the fountains are repaired, maintenance and warranty contracts, retainage, etc., and that the contractor still has the obligation, under his maintenance contract, to maintain it. - 12 -