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Counci[ Minutes of 4/Z/ZQ02 progress. They want to thank the city and the coumy library system for working together to ensure that we get a library building of which everyone can be proud. To ensure a quality building, they hope the city will hire afull-time construction manager. Robert Ralph, 4523 Brendan Lane, noted that Ordinance 2002-29 had been removed from the agenda and asked when the paving of Canterbury Rom was put on the agenda. Mr. McKay replied a yeaz ago. Mr. Ralph is concerned about the repair of Brendan Lane which has been pending for a long time. He read from Mr. O'Grady's previous campaign literature where he talked about Council working together to get Brendan Lane repaired. Mr. O'Grady said that he and Mr. Dailey had fought to get Brendan Lane done last year but were unsuccessful. He thought they had assurances that it would be done this year, and it is on the capital improvements list. Mr. Dailey said that Brendan Lane has been stated for repair as far back as 1998. The street is crumbling, and he spoke with members of the Service Departmem who said it is the worst street in the city. Mr. Ralph said an engineer came down the street trying to mark the street for slab pavemem and could not find enough concrete to mark. Mr. Ralph read from a memo that Mayor Musial wrote to Councilman Lzmpert where he said that Brendan Lane needs attention and it appears appropriate to move Brendan Lane to the top of the list of streets requiring street repair for fiscal year 2002. The Mayor requested that the Service Department ascertain the approximate cost of the Brendan Lane street repair. Mayor Musial said he did put Brendan Lane on the capital improvements list. Mr. Ralph said he did not believe it was on the list, and Mr. McKay showed him the list. Regarding Ordinance 2002-29 being removed from the agenda, Mr. Dailey said he was thrilled. He almost finds it appalling, when there are existing streets that are crumbling and in a terrible state of repair, that consideration be given to spending $700,000 for a new project. He would like to think the ordinance was removed because so many residents were in attendance. Mr. Limpert said he is familiar with the memo written by the Mayor, and that was one reason why he requested that Council get together as a Streets & Drainage Committee to discuss these various improvements. He wanted South Canterbury Road to go through the Streets & Drainage Committee. He has tried to arrange a street tour of the city by Council so that the streets can be assessed. There are other streets that have been on the repair lists for many years also. Some Council members may have been alarmed when the administration proposed a capital improvement budget for two years which would average out to the prescribed amount that the Finance Director would recommend as fiscally responsible. At the last capital improvements meeting, all projects with the exception of those being funded with grant monies were being placed back on the table. It is important for residents to be at the meeting to make sure that Council is aware that these projects aze not out of sight, out of mind, and they aze important to the residems in those areas. Mrs. Kasler said that the Brendan Lane project has been bumped for more yeazs than she has been on Council. Her understanding of this project is that it was to be a tear-out of the street in order to do it properly. However, on the list preserved by the administration, Brendan Lane is listed for slab repair of S380,000. Her question at the capital improvements meeting was is that enough money and is that enough work? She referred it back to the administration and was told this evening that that amount will cover the project. Mr. Ralph said it had been slab repaired once before and that is what caused the problem. Mrs. Kasler said she is concerned and wonders whether or not other 12