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PAGE 3 <br /> PUBLIC HEARING <br /> ' ~- MAY 29, 1979 <br /> STREET IMPROVEMENT <br /> <br /> Mayor Gamec stated no, that the people would have to pay the cost themselves. <br /> The City desigoates streets in the City as major thoroughfares that receive the <br /> State aid and these streets would not qualify as such. <br /> <br /> Mr. McCarty. asked who determines Whether he needs a culvert, how much do they cost, <br /> and what is the cost of maintenance of the street after it is improved.? <br /> <br /> Mayor Gamec responded that the cost of maintaining blacktop is generally less than <br /> dirt or gravel and culverts are put in only when needed and at the property owners <br /> expense.. <br /> <br /> A resident at 16260 Jaspar, said he blacktopped his driveway to the street and has <br /> a culvert and is wondering if they will dig it up and clean it or what? <br /> <br /> Engineer Raatikka said it would probably be left the way it is. <br /> <br /> Mm. Scannel .said he has'two culverts, .one in the street and one in his driveway <br /> and they are both underground, he added that'they should be cleaned out. <br /> <br /> Engineer Raatikka replied this is something they are taking a look at. <br /> <br /> Mr. Broderick said he is directly across from Mr. Jackson and asked where <br /> 163rd is going to stop being paved. <br /> <br /> Engineer Raatikka replied, right past the intersection. <br /> <br /> Les Martens, 161st Lane asked about the quality of the job, does this go to <br /> the lowest bidder and is there any guarantee. <br /> <br />Mayor Gamec explained that it does go to the lowest bidder but it has to be done <br />'to City standards and a performance bond guaranteeing the quality'of the road for a <br /> one-year periodis provided to the City. <br /> <br /> Mr. Martens asked'about completion time. <br /> <br /> Engineer Raatikka said it would be completed sometime this Fall. <br /> <br /> A man'in the audience asked about posting of signs to keep speeding down. <br /> <br /> Mayor Gamec said what the City is doing is telling people to police their own <br /> area and take names down and the city will send out letters informing violators <br /> of the complaint without'involving the~complainantl <br /> <br /> Mr. Gordon Lov~ick aske~ if they ever get the park on 161st and Jaspar would <br /> there be a stop sign there? <br /> <br /> Mayor Gamec stated that the City is making a study on where ~igns are needed. <br /> Victor McClaron asked rather than stop signs could they have dips in the road. <br /> Mayor Gamec said they are a'maintenance problem. <br /> <br /> <br />