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Council Minutes of 9/19/2006 Council Member Dailey Jones, chairperson of the Streets & Transportation Committee. 1) The committee met on Tuesday, September 12, 2006. Present were committee members Jones, Barker, and Ryan; Council Members Orlowski, Gareau, Tallon and President Kennedy; Mayor O'Grady, Law Director Dubelko, Planning Director Wenger, Safety Director Terbrack, Service Director Limpert; guests. The committee discussed Resolution 2006-150, a resolution authorizing the Director of Public Service to solicit bids for the purchase of 8,000 tans of rock salt for ice and snow removal per specifications on file in his office, and authorizing the Mayor to enter into a contract for said purchase subject to approval by the Board of Control, and declaring an emergency. Questions were asked about the possibility of joining with area communities to purchase rock salt in an effort to save money. The Service Director replied that at this time it did not seem prudent to go that route as the city does get the best price from one of the two major suppliers of rock salt in the area. But that will be looke~cl into in the future. Another question was what if the city purchased the rock salt earlier in the season and stored it, could we save money that way? The Service Director replied that the city can only purchase certain amounts because we have limited storage; he said that at this point he does not know the exact amount that we can store but it cannot accommodate a full year's supply. The storage building holds enough for aseveral-day storm event. The committee unanimously recommended approval of the legislation. AUDIENCE FARTIC~PAT~UN Bruce Bruehler, 4440 Root Road, expressed concern about who is running the city and specifically about three issues: (1) The lack of a sidewalk on Broakpark Road from the Target store to Great Northern Blvd. making it difficult for the disabled to get to Target; (2) Columbia Medical Building where a 10 foot grate was caving in, there was an orange cone there for two months, and a hole and a pile of dirt was sitting there for two years; (3) Ganley car dealership tore out 10 feet of sidewalk and filled in with 1 '/z inch limestone. It took four complaints and somebody falling and the threat of a lawsuit before action was taken by the Building Department. Ganley ran their drill rigs across his property, knocking dawn trees and saplings; they asphalted their back parking lot with heavy equipment at three o'clock in the morning and nave of the neighbors were notified. The city, Ganley and residents agreed on a green fence to be put up, but Ganley put up a white fence. The Building Dept. was notified when the first white post went up. It has been five weeks, and nothing has been done about the fence. Councilman Gareau explained it was part of the overall approved plan that part of the Chick-Fil-A project would include landscaping and inclusion of a sidewalk down Brookpark Raad to connect where the sidewalk ends from Target dawn to the intersection. Regarding Ganley, the white fence is inconsistent with the approved plans that were submitted to the city. He would suspect they won't get their certificate of occupancy until their plans are in conformity with what is actually constructed. If they come to him as BZD Chairperson asking for a minor change, he will say no. As the chief executive of the city, Mayor O'Grady invited Mr. Bruehler to contact his office if he is not getting answers to his questions. He commented that there is precedent in the city and, if Ganley deviates from their approved plan, they won't get their occupancy permit. 8