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Council Minutes of 6/2/98 <br />,~ not have a definite date for paving the street. He has talked to several residents. The <br />~, reason the street will not be paved until school is out is because of a problem that NIr. <br />Smith mentioned with getting the school buses down the streets. It is true that the schools <br />did send out a letter, but it was rescinded. So that problem was taken care of. In order <br />not to disrupt the school children, it was decided not to pave until after school is out. As <br />far as the gas main and Mr. Smith's lawn, it is true that his home was out of service for 10 <br />hours and his lawn does need to be repaired. He has assured Mr. Smith that whatever <br />damage was done to his lawn will be fixed after the street is paved. Mr. McKay, <br />Chairperson of the Streets & Drainage Committee, said that he had discussed this with <br />Mr. Bohlmann about three weeks ago and had been informed that the paving would not be <br />completed until after school was out. He believes the city is doing its best to satisfy the <br />residents. We are moving forward, and it is refreshing that residents are concerned about <br />when a job is going to be completed instead of will it be done. Mr. Nashar said he <br />believed a determining factor of waiting until school was out was that a school bus had <br />gone off the side of the road because of the construction. He is concerned about the <br />safety of the children and all residents. The city certainly wants to take every precaution <br />to get the job done completely and safely. Mr. Smith commented that he felt there was a <br />lack of communication from the city to the residents. He is concerned because the Mayor <br />was not aware of the problems. Mayor Musial said there are a myriad of activities going <br />on within the city. The directors would keep him informed on those problems that they <br />feel they could not address and which they feel need additional attention. He presumes in <br />this particular case Mr. Bohlmann felt that he was addressing the problem as best as he <br />could and it didn't require his attention. Mr. Bohlmann came forward to say that, if there <br />is anybody's fault for not informing the Mayor, it is his. He has had several phone calls on <br />this issue, but nothing of any great extent and he did not inform the Mayor. On another <br />issue, he wanted to make it clear that a school bus never went off the road in that area. A <br />bus was held up about 15 or 20 minutes, and the driver left because she could not get <br />through. It was simply a time delay--not an accident. <br />Sandy Prioletti, 6115 Christman Drive, also spoke at the May 6 Council meeting about <br />flooding in her backyard. She thanked the Mayor for coming out to her house to inspect <br />her property for backyard flooding. The Mayor informed her that he would ask the City <br />Engineer to come out and review the water condition in her backyard. The Mayor has <br />been very receptive to her problem. She recently attended a Bretton Ridge trustee <br />meeting and was surprised to learn that so many people had backyard and basement <br />flooding. She has volunteered to compile a list of residents with flooding problems and <br />will pass the list on to the Mayor and Council. Mrs. Prioletti said that she had also <br />received a note from Councilman Miller who stated he was going to bring up the problem <br />to the Streets & Drainage Committee. <br />Mr. Nashar commented that, after the May 6 Council meeting, he had spoken to the <br />Service Director about the flooding problem. Some of the problems were created when <br />Americast dug trenches to put in the cable and did not put back the grade correctly. This <br />problem has been addressed with Mr. Bohlmann, and he is going to take care of it. <br />»~ <br />6 <br /> <br />