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<br />Case #1: <br /> <br />Driveway at 17811 Erkium Street <br /> <br />Assistant City Engineer Jankowski reviewed the staff report. <br /> <br />Mary Hjelm, 17811 Erkium Street, stated she has had an issue with this since 2001 when the <br />overlay was put down. She stated Mr. Jankowski had looked at the overlay in the past and said it <br />was fine. She noted last December 28 when she went out to get her paper, she fell on the part of <br />the raised road, which is higher than her driveway and broke three bones in her ankle. She stated <br />she thought the overlay would have been sloped into a gradual transition. <br /> <br />Assistant City Engineer Jankowski stated when the road was constructed in 1980, for some <br />reason the contractor pushed the bituminous out approximately 2 feet beyond the edge of the <br />driveways in that area. <br /> <br />Chairperson Elvig asked what Ms. Hjelm was looking for. <br /> <br />Ms. Hjelm stated she did not know if there was a solution. She indicated she did not have any <br />money to redo her driveway. She stated her biggest concern was if the City did another overlay <br />and if the same thing was done, it would make her driveway worse. She stated she would like to <br />have the overlay into a nice gradual transition into her driveway. She indicates she did not want <br />patchwork done. <br /> <br />Councilmember Dehen stated he had the same issue on his road and when the road was jacked <br />up, it caused the water to flow toward the homes. He asked if it would be okay with Ms. Hjelm <br />if the City put in a curb there. <br /> <br />Ms. Hjelm stated it was not an issue with standing water and the area drained fine. Her issue <br />was when that part froze. She noted she did not fall in her driveway, but on the road. <br /> <br />Councilmember McGlone stated in the City there were a lot of roadways constructed with <br />bituminous curb and where those driveways meet the curb, there were edges. He indicated this <br />was throughout the entire City. <br /> <br />Assistant City Engineer Jankowski noted there was a fairly even grade between the road and Ms. <br />Hjelm's driveway right now. He indicated there were three different distinct ages of pavement, <br />but they blended well together. <br /> <br />Chairperson Elvig did not know what the City could do about this issue. He noted he was <br />concerned about setting precedence also. <br /> <br />Ms. Hjelm stated she had done a visual of all of the houses in the development and there was not <br />one home that had her same issue. She stated there were possibly six homes that could have <br />some problems. She stated if this was everyone in the neighborhood, she would not have an <br />issue, but it was not everyone. <br /> <br />Public Works Committee / November 17, 2009 <br />Page 2 of5 <br />