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Council Minutes of 2/7/2007 do a cosmetic fix on others. The Mayor said that there is no choice between. cosmetic repairs vs. substantive repair-an asphalt overlay is .not cosmetic. He also feels that City Council Members are not qualified to rate the condition of streets as professionals in the field. are. Mr. Orlowski asked why some street lengths were different in the first draft of the survey Council. received versus the survey that we now have. Mr. Collins said that the first copy Council received was a draft and the January 1.1 `h copy is the final, correct copy. Mr. Orlowski also asked if they had any answer to whether or not Rainbow Drive was the responsibility of the city to maintain and 1VIr. Limpert said he does not have that answer yet. Mr. Orlowski asked which streets would. be cut from the list if the borrowed money runs out, and Mr. Limpert said that he does not anticipate that happening; but, if they do not list a street, they cannot do the work on it using borrowed funds. He would not speculate as to whether or not there could be a shortfall., and 1Vlr. Tallon. said that he thinks that they probably will have to cut streets because the estimates are high. The Mayor said that they will not speculate on what shortfalls might or might not be. A member of the audience, James Cotner, asked why the money for repair was not being equally split between the four wards, and that the Ward Council people used to take care of the streets in their wards. In addition, he has concern over the joints at the overpasses at Barton anal Stearns; there is no smooth. transition. between. the road. and the overpass. The Mayor said that the level of street damage in the wards varies and this professional survey identifies streets by need, which you cannot randomly divide between the wards. In the past, streets were selected. based on political. influence. Mr. Barker said that he feels that it is time to follow the survey and give it a chance to work. He thinks this is the most comprehensive road program he has seen come out of the city and that it dial take out the politics. He is comfortable following the survey because it is based on need, although Ward II clearly has the least amount of funds going into its roads and. Ward I clearly has the most funds going into its roads. 1VIr. Ryan said. that Ward II recently had Claque Road fixed and it is unfair that Ward I has major problems with Dover Center that are not being addressed. at this time. Mr. Limpert replied that Dover Center is a county road project that they are trying to get an agreement with. the county to each spend SU/50 on that project. Another member of the audience, Susan Takacs, said. that she is concerned. mainly about the quality of the workmanship that goes into repairing the roads and that needs to be supervised. Helen Leeb, also a member of the audience, stated that she has a question about how the street repairs are being handled by the city when someone calls to report a pot hale, and the crew shows up to fill it, if a resident asks the crew to fill in the pot hole next to them, they will not do so because they have to receive a specific report about each hole. The Mayor said. that he tried to fix that last year and. that the Service Department will. take care of that problem this year. Nlr. IVliller commented that, although some street projects might have been politically motivated, one thing to keep in mind was the changing of Service Directors and each director had a different approach to handling street projects, so it wasn't all political decision making. Mr. Tallon said that in order to move this legislation along, he will not add anything to it but he is still looking to work on the issues he 14