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Council Minutes of 4/6J2004 years. Mr. Limpert noted that the money that was spent in 2003 was actually `""~ appropriated for 2002 and was not going to be enough to complete the entire job. It was ,,~, to start it. As a Ward Councilman, he would like it if Council were to consider accelerating the amount of borrowing for street repair. Mr. McKay said he thought all Ward Councilmen will be very happy if Council decided to borrow enough money to take care of every ward in the city. Mr. Nashar noted that the city would be doing patching repairs on streets. Council is currently working with a very tight budget. Mr. Miller wondered when the street sweeper would get into the developments and just how big a chunk of cement can it pick up Service Director Driscoll said the street sweeper had been used on the main streets and is working its way into the developments. Large chunks of concrete will have to be picked up manually as the sweeper is designed to clean dirt and small stones and debris from the streets. Mr. Miller suggested spick-up truck be sent out with the street sweeper to remove the large pieces of debris. Mr. McKernan noted that the street sweeper had indeed come down his street yesterday. Charles Dial, 27959 Gardenia, who lives in the North Park Estates development said he could attest to the fact that the street sweeper did come through yesterday. As far as the proposed street repairs are concerned, he would hope that Mr. Driscoll and Council will give consideration to trying to insure that the repairs are done with the maximum quality possible. He noted the current method being used is to saw cut bad pieces of concrete instead of replacing whole slabs. This method may not hold up well over time. When borrowing money, and money is probably going to get tighter and tighter, it's very important to balance quality of repair with the quantity of repair. Mr. Gareau agreed with that observation and noted he had just had a conversation with the City Engineer and Service Director about that issue. They are looking into that matter and trying to come up with alternative means of addressing the current street situation as saw cutting creates even more seams that eventually will go bad. Steve Fannin, 3784 Claque Road, Apt. 2, lives in an 8-unit ranch-style apartment at the corner of Claque Road and Lorain Road. The tenants have not had garbage pick-up since February 15. The landlord and his management company, S & F Properties, were told by the city to remove the dumpster from the property because of complaints and a lack of compliance. The landlord has not made any of the required arrangements to dispose of the trash even though the requirements are part of the city code. He has contacted the Service Department several times; and, in a letter dated March 12, the Service Director instructed residents that they should take their garbage to the City Hall dumpster until such time as the issue had been resolved with S & F Properties. He did try to deliver his garbage to the City Hall dumpster as instructed by the Service Director. However, no one at the City Hall lobby could tell him where the dumpster resided. In a subsequent phone call with Mr. Driscoll, he was told that S & F Properties had a deadline of Friday, March 19, to provide the tenants with a solution to the lack of garbage service. That date passed with no resolution from S & F Properties. During a phone call the following week, the Service Director indicated 1) the city was working closely with the landlord to resolve the issue; 2) there was in fact a city dumpster at City Hall which the tenants could use; 3) he had driven by the property and had not seen garbage piled up. Mr. Fannin noted the tenants have been disposing of their trash through other means. On Thursday, March 25, the Service Director said that the deadline for the landlord to provide garbage service would be Friday, March 26. That deadline also passed, and today the tenants have been without garbage service for 52 days. Mr. Fannin quoted Section 941.05 of the 9