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e ~ 441 2/9/59 --- - ~~--- ----- -_. ------------~ ------- -------- ------ ---- _.--------..- -~ -~--------~- ~---~._~- -- - .----------- --_.~----- _.~ -- --_._--------~_. ~._-------------~------ - ._~--~_.__..~~~-~._--_.-~~._~ ---...,-,.-----. --~~.~----------- - ----------- - - I ~r. 'I I e I ! I I I I I ~ Ii I! 'I 11 "I I i I ~I I I I I I II I i I I II I) I, il II ~ II I I I e I e I II 11 Ii -....- -..:---:-~~~=---. ~ i fOLLOWING SOME DISCUSSION WITH RESPECT TO THE REQUESTED SEWER SYSTEM, IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. MCGAFFEY' THAT' THE "ITEM BE HELD OVER AND THAT THE PROPERTY HOLDERS WHO REQUEST THE SEWER FACILITY MEET. WITH THE PRivATE LINE HOLDERS AND THE CITY ENGINEER AND BE AWARE OF THE FACT THAT THE CITY MAY HAVE TO INSTALL SEWERS IN THE AREA IF THE SEWER SITUATION CANNOT BE WORKED OUT AMONG ALL CONCERNED. IT WAS ALSO INDI- CATED THAT CERTAIN STREET OPENINGS ARE NECESSARY IN THIS AREA AND THAT THESE STREET OPENINGS BE MADE A MATTER OF THE SAME MEETING. MOT'ION CARRIED. 12. REQUEST MADE BY ADRIAN W. VAALER FOR SEWER EASEMENT OVER PROPERTY FORECLOSED FOR NON-PAYMENT OF PAVING ASSESSMENT - THE COMMITTEE CONSIDERED A REQUEST FROM MR. VAALER THAT HE BE ALLOWED AN EASEMENT FOR A SEWER LINE OVER LOTS 8, 9 AND 10, BLOCK 5, ONYX PLAT, BEING PROPERTY ON WHICH THE CITY HAS FORECLOSED FOR NON-PAYMENT Of PAVING ASSESSMENT. COMMITTEE REPRESENTATIVES DROVE TO THE SITE OF THIS PRO~ERTY, NOTED IT IS LOCATED ON A HILLSIDE AND IN CONSIDERATrO~ OF THE REQUESTED EASEMENT WERE Of THE OPINION THAT SUCH AN EASEMENT MAY WELL OPERATE TO THE DETRIMENT OF THE PROPERTY WERE THE CITY TO SELL IT SINCE ANY POTENTIAL P'URCHASER WOULD HAVE THIS'OBLIGATlON ON THE PROPERTY... fOR THIS REASON TT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE REQUESTED EASEMENT BE DENIED. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. LINDEEN THAT ITEM 12 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED 5-2. 13. PETITION CONCERNING SURFACE WATER DRAINAGE IN AREA BETWEEN 24TH AND 25TH AVENUES AND HILYARD AND HARRIS STREETS - THIS SUBJECT WAS BROUGHT TO THE COMMITTEE ON THE BASIS OF A PETITION SIGNED BY 19 FAMILIES RESIDING IN THE AREA BETWEEN 24TH AND 25TH AVENUES AND BETWEEN HILYARD AND HARRIS StREETS ~N WHICH IT WAS, INDI- CATED THAT A LARGE AMOUNT Of SURFACE WATER ACCUMULATES IN THIS AREA AND THE STORM SEWER SYSTEM IS INADEQUATE TO CARRY IT AWAY. THE DIRECTOR Of PUBLIC WORKS INDICATED THAT IN ORDER TO PROPERLY DRAIN THIS AREA A LINE WOULD HAVE TO BE CON- STRUCTED FROM THE AREA IN GENERAL TO THE AMAZON. IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT THIS I SHOULD BE GIVEN STUDY,TO ,DETERMINE IF IT IS POSSIBLE_TO INCLUDE IT IN THE DRAINAGE PLANS. IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE ITEM BE HELD OVER. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT ITEM 13 OF THE, COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED.' MOTION CARRIED. AT THIS POINT COUNCILMAN SHEARER LEFT THE MEETING. 14. REQUEST FOR ANNEXATION OF A PORTION OF LAURELWOOD GOLf COURSE - A PETITION RE- QUESTING THAT THE NORTHWESTERLY SECTION Of THE LAURELWOOD GOLf COURSE BE ANNEXED TO THE CITy WAS RECEIVEjD,BY THE,COMMITTEE. IT: WAS INDICATED THIS PETfT.lON IN- CLUDES TEN LOTS, AND THAT ALL BUT TWO Of THESE LOTS COULD.BE SERVED BY AN EXTEN- SION OF THE EXISTING SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM, BUT THAT TWO OF THE LOTS COULD NOT BE SERVED BY THE SEWER SYSTEM AS IT, EXISTS,.AT THIS TIME. COMMITTEE REPRESENTA- TIVES OBSERVED THE SITE OF THE, PROPOSED ANNEXATION AND fOLLOWING SOME DISCUSSION IN THE MEETING IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE PETITION FOR ANNEXATION BE ACCEPTED UNDER EXISTING LIMITATIONS FOR SAN1TARY SEWERS. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. MOLHOLM SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS'THAT ITEM, 14 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. 15. COUNCIL PRESIDENT SHEARER STATED HE HAD TALKED WITH OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL AND WAS OF THE FEELING THAT ONE OR MORE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL ARE FRUSTRATED IN GETTING THEIR IDEAS ACROSS, AND HE HAS A FEELING THAT PAST ACTIONS OF THE COUNCIL WERE ALL WRONG. TH I S HAS BEEN, MADE APPARENT BY CONSIDERABLE TIME BE I NG, SPENT ON POST MORTEMSWHICH RESULT IN DELAYS TO WORK BEING' DONE BV THE COUNCIL AT THE PRESENT TIME. HE THEN SUGGESTED THAT EACH COUNCILMAN PREPARE A REPORT STATING ,HIS IDEAS AND PHILOSOPHY, ANY PROGRAMS OR PROJECTS, WHICH HE MIGHT WISH TO SUG- GEST TOGETHER WITH THE MEANS, OR METHODS OF FINANCING SUCH PROJECTS, AND THAT THESE REPORTS BE MADE AVAILABLE TO. THE COUNCIL WITH1N THE NEXT 30 DAYS, FOR THE COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE BUDGETARY CONSIDERATION." IT WAS MOVED BY MR. LINDEEN SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT ITEM 15 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. f , \ I I I I ! 1.