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City Engineer Raatikka recommended that it be left until sewer & water are put in. It could be overlayed and repaired somewhat. They could look at ditching part of it and putting a grate on the main hole on Rivlyn Avenue. Councilman Cox said the commercial people are not getting what they are paying for. He asked if it would help to ditch to the north side of Rivlyn and west of Tungsten. City Engineer Raatikka said ditching would help to store some water there. City Administrator Schnelle said the residents are part of the drainage area and there is no getting around it. The consensus of the City Council is that it cannot approve the proposed street and storm drainage improvements at this time. City Engineer Raatikka was instructed to come back with a recommendation of what the city can do to alleviate the problem and upgrade the street. Councilman Mickelson said the city can't let the street go for five years. The city needs to do something now. City Attorney Goodrich said the residents could be assessed part of the commercial assessment too. If a catch basin is put at the corner of Tungsten Street and Rivlyn Avenue, that will split out assessing for the whole improvement to residents and before that can be done, there will have to be a public hearing. The consensus of the City Council is to concern themselves mainly with Tungsten Street. City Engineer Raatikka said there is no problem on Rivlyn Avenue and Front Street is in fairly good condition. He said maybe the whole works can be overlayed, with possibly a little ditching. City Attorney Goodrich said the city never told residents that they would be assessed for storm sewer project. Mayor Gamec said the council is trying to find another solution and not tie in with the storm sewer. City Engineer Raatikka was directed to check to see if grading is such on Tungsten Street that it can be overlayed and to take a look at drainage on Rivlyn & Tungsten and see if there is a solution to the problem there other than tying in with the storm sewer. City Administrator Schnelle was directed to straighten out the house numbers problem being residents at the meeting said they never received notice of the public hearing. A meeting date was set for the 30th of September, 1980 in regards to the proposal of ditching and overlaying Tungsten Street. C /September 23, 1980 Page 5