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Council Minutes of 2/18/92 Audience Partici tion (continued) Browning-Ferris I tries at cur side and then taken to t~ir recycling plant in Russia Township. There will be a city ride informational mailing to residents before the program begins. With regard to the construction being done in the Deerfield area, Safety Director Gundy has spoken to Mrs. Koch; Mr. Koch visited City Hall and spoke with A,c~ninistrative Assistant Nancy Wlodarski; and Mayor Boyle has responded to the letter from the Koch's. The letter sent to the Mayor by Mr. and Mrs. Koch contained a section to be signed by the Mayor and Mr. Bohr authorizing the Koch's to use their own landscaper at city expense. The city carmot allow residents to use their own landscapers or emit city funds to landscaping. The cost of this would be over $10,00 and by state law this would have to be put out for bids. In addition, the contractor is responsible for repairing the yards; the city will enforce the contract to ice sure that the contractor restores the yards to their prior condition. The Mayor will keep the Koch's letter on file if needed to prove that the contractor has not .fulfilled his responsibilities. The Mayor explained that the pipes in the Deerfield area are being videotaped and the mains have been tested. A lawn is only dug up when there i.s definitely a problem with the lateral (the pipe leading from the house to the main). Also, the man-hole cover near the Koch's home was uncovered ar~d will remain cleared; however, the area aro~md it wi]1 be landscaped. Work is still being done in the area of the Koch home; the yard will rat be left until it is back in the condition it was--arid the sewers will work better than before! As far as repairing the streets is concerned, the work on the sewers must be completed first. The Administration has been cc~tinual3y monitoring the Deerfield project and is in contact with residents in the area to be sure that all problems are dealt with on a timely basis. There have not been calls from other residents with problems. This is a long-term project, but work is proceeding well. Mrs. Saringer, who lives in the area, commented that she had not received any complaints from residents. Mr. Lind, Councilman of Ward II, has only received one call from Mr. Koch. Mr. Bohlmann responded that, indeed, there had been some problems with the contractor during the past year. However, in the spring, the problems will be remedied. There is a two-year maintenance bond on the contractor, and the city has held a lOX retainage fee. The fee will not be returned until all lawn restoration problems are fixed.. With regard to the sewer work, Mr. Bohlmaam explained that because of the lack of accurate records, the sanitary sewers are being videotaped grid the house laterals marked. Often, however, the laterals do not go in a straight line but can angle 15, 30, or 45 degrees across yards and under driveways. Unfortunately, because of this situation, it is s~netimes necessary to dig several holes in a yard in order to find the lateral. Mr. Bohlmatui stated that the city has videotapes of each ixxiividual house prior to the c~encement of construction, and the contractor is responsible for restoring the property to its previous condition. Mr. Lind requested that, as soon as the weather permits, a street sweeper be sent to the Deerfield area to clean the streets. Mr. Bohlmann agreed to do this.