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Regular Council Meeting 4-22-02 Page 13 Mrs. Cinco, seconded by Mrs. Mills, made a motion to adopt Resolution No. 2002-09. Council President Buckholtz asked if there were any comments. There were no comments. Roll Call: AYES: All NAYS: None Motion Carried Resolution Adopted OPEN PORTION - 3-minute limit imposed by Chair. Those who wish to speak must first state their name and address. This open portion is limited to discussion pertaining to the items under "New Business" only. There were no comments. ANY OTHER MATTER THAT MAY COME BEFORE COUNCIL Mr. Cappello requested authorization to go to bid for street striping. Council expressed, informally, approval to advertise. CLOSING COMMENTS Mr. Marquardt said he had Donna put a copy of a 1971 letter from Mr. Kerver in Council's packets. On the letter was a January 1972 response from Mayor Bob Beebe that said "Few problems in life lack simple solutions. Can't we somehow untangle this one?" Mr. Marquardt said this is a problem that Mr. Kerver has been battling for 30 years. The proposal he is making here and what he is pointing out is exactly what we are planning to do now by opening up the swale that blocks the water which was patched by putting a catch basin in which overpacks the system that he is on, causing that water back-up. We are attacking one portion of that problem by opening up the swale and closing off that catch basin going into his system. I am proposing that we take another step and on a quarterly basis--at least--look at that shallow beaver creek that connects Blueberry Circle with the Park and keep that open so it flows. Also that the Drainage & Infrastructure Committee consider whatever would take Mr. Kerver off the system that feeds directly into his line and gets him a clear shot of any back-up and put him down the Hickory Hill system which has been checked out by our Engineers--and solve this guy's problem. I don't think we have a maintenance program on our drainage systems. Swales and creeks deteriorate over time. There should be something that says every 3 years or 30,000 buckets of water or whatever comes down them, they should be checked to see that they are still operating as originally designed and to take whatever corrective actions are necessary. Doug was telling me that the swales on some streets are starting to show signs of filling in and aging. I think we should ask for, on the Northwest Quadrant, a maintenance plan from our engineers so we know what to look for and how to maintain these things so we can avoid these "patching of problems" all the time; and at least keep the new systems maintained the way they're supposed to be.