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Council Minutes of 5/5/93 Audience Partiei tia~ (continued) ive st y'ean before last. The street was replaced from the culvert all the way through the cul-de-sac because it was very cost-effective to do that at that point in time. He and several Council members have recently toured a rnunber of streets, and Noreen and Ambour were among those streets. Council asked him to get engne~ering proposals on 13 streets, and the Finance and Streets & Drainage Committee will soon meet to review those proposals. He feels that half the streets can be dome in 1994 and the second half in 1995. It is true that Noreen Drive was on the slab repair progra~a lit year but was taken off when it was determii~d that the street needed total reconstruction. The city will .put dawn hot patch on these struts now that the .hot asphalt plant is open. Ambour Drive is in such poor condition because it was originally built with poor drainage, and there has never been a proper maintenance program over the years. Mr. Bow further expisined that this A~inistration made a cx~mitm~t to the residents iri the northeast corner of the city to eliminate the flooding. The city has invested. over $10 million in sanitary arxi storm sewer work. The infra- strucutre must be fixed before the streets can be repaired. Mayor Boyle said that up until 1990 when he became Mayor, street repair had been ignored. Since 1990, the city has repaired almost 100 streets a year. This is as quick as it can be dome! In February of 1991, a capital imprrnrement fund was established anti 15X of income Lakes have been designated to that furpd. This is an on-going f~u~d that receives money anznasl.ly to be put into a street and sewer repair program. The city was in such a poor condition on January 1, 1990 that it would have been impossible to fix the problems in four years. We have been systematically repairing streets each year, but all streets carmot be dorms at once. Mr. Bohlmarm explained that in deciding what streets .to be repaired, the city first looked at the best streets atxi what was needed to keep them in good shape. Next, the worst streets were ctermined, one of then being Country Club Blvd. The city was able to apply for grant money which helped to pay for some very bad streets such as Country Club Blvd. and Elm Road. Mayor Boyle said that the-idea back in 1990 was basically triage. We wanted to save the streets that were salvageable and start a program of reconstruction for the worst streets. We have made a good deal of progress, but we have not fixed every street because it was simply not possible. Council. will be presented with a list of streets to be repaired in 1993, 1994 and 1995. We are planning ahead, and we do see a light at the end of the tunnel. Eventually, all city streets will be to the point where we can have a maintenance program instead of a recon- struction program. The city street repair program is being funded through taxes and grant money. There have been no special assessments to residents. John Dalalau, a Noreen Drive resident, spoke about his problem with water in his basement. He has been in contact with the Engineering Department concerning this problem. In addition, he felt that the city was poorly maintained. Mayor Boyle and Service Director Bohlmazm commented that .Noreen Drive is in the current phase of the sewer repair program. Mr. Bcahlmann took strong objection to the comment about the maintenance of the city. He has as log book in his 6