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Special Council Meeting <br />2-24-03 <br />Page 25 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />.? <br />? <br />around all this stuff it's typically a continuum of decisions. We set on a course for a while now <br />where we demonstrated that we are willing to tackle pretty ambitious projects. We break them <br />up as much as we can but ultimately all of these pieces come together and in any given year we <br />may come out on an individual project farther ahead than we may in another year. But in the <br />long run I think where we come out is that we are tackling major long-standing stormwater <br />issues that have plagued inside our borders and outside of our borders for a long, long time. But <br />again it is a pledge that we're making that we're going to get it done. And I think in the long run <br />I think we will find that we already have, and I think we will find other things will come back to <br />benefit us. <br />Dr. Parker asked, and if we don't get the funding this time around and we still made that pledge, <br />we can reapply, correct? <br />Mayor Rinker said we will reapply every time that money's available. There are no guarantees <br />other than we will do our best. We can't guarantee any given year that we will but we will make <br />every effort to. These are big ticket issues. There is no question. <br />Mr. Marquardt said one more question. <br />Council President Buckholtz replied yes. <br />Mr. Marquardt said we don't have a commitment from O.D.O.T. as far as us buying the Falkner <br />property that that's going to swing them to paying for the underpass. <br />Mayor Rinker said not yet; no we don't. <br />Mr. Marquardt said and I would question how that underpass went from $40,000 to $400,000. <br />because it was $40,000 what was originally quoted for the cost of that underpass. <br />Mayor Rinker said I thought it was the culvert itself; the piece of culvert I always understood <br />was at least $85-90,000 just for the concrete..... <br />Mr. Marquardt said $40,000 was what was quoted as being the difference between filling it in <br />and putting in the underpass. <br />Mayor Rinker said well I never heard $40,000. But between the engineering, between the <br />building, what you have to do to offset the drainage system to devise it--is a few hundred <br />thousand dollars. <br />Council President Buckholtz said lighting, stormwater, I mean--and I know that in S.O.M. <br />Widening Committee, I mean we did watch it grow. But it was like what it cost to tunnel <br />through and what it cost to tunnel through safely and what it cost to handle flooding, stormwater, <br />lighting---but it was a jump. Any other comments? <br />There were no comments.