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I I I Council Meeting Minutes April 12, 1988 Brandt feels council is between a rock and a hard place because she understands the property owners' positions but, on the other hand, Printing Enterprises is a new, attractive building and she is not sure as to how poor of a road one can expect. Brandt fur- ther stated the city cannot afford to continue spending dispropor- tionate funds to maintain the road, but some maintenance will be necessary and possible and asked the owners if the road's condi- tion and appearance was important to them. Trainor indicated the road is important to his business because his trucks use it, but feels there has been no ma-intenance on the road. Assuming the city provides a fair share of maintenance on the road then, if that is not enough, Brandt asked if the businesses could supplement the maintenance enough to keep the road acceptable to them, at least for the next two years until the city sees how de- velopment in that area goes. Trainor stated, from what he understands, they will probably have to supplement the maintenance. Benke stated the city would be willing to patch as good as it is able and then take a "wait and see" attitude; if fUI'ther action is required, the city will get back to the business owners. Proper stated that just prior to the construction of Printing Enterprises, the city spent about $5-7,000 of maintenance funds on the road and, if we had not had two mild Springs, it would have been a totally wasted investment; the condition now is marginal. Bochnak stated in 1984 she received a quote of $3,590 for patching as necessary and installing two inches of overlay; at that time she was willing to pay for half of that cost, but the city did not want to do it so she does not believe she should be responsible for anything at this time. Motion by Brandt, seconded by Williams, to DELErE PROJECT 87-6 FROM THE 1988 IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. 3 Ayes - 0 Nayes, Motion Carried Project 88-9 Proper reviewed the staff report, highlighting the three options: storm sewer down Windsor Court, almost to Windsor Way; storm sewel' through Birch Pond property into Birch Pond; and internal measures at Birch Pond (lIlipll in front of garages to alleviate flooding in the garages) in conjunction with parking lot project at Aspen Glen as a "temporary" solution until County Road E is upgraded/recon- structed. Williams stated he was not enthusiastic about a large public works project that will cost people a lot of money, only to be torn up when the road is . remodeled; pnrticularly if loc~lized treatment can solve the problem in all but the most extreme circumstances. Page 4 Project 88-9 Birch Pond Condorniniumls Storm Sewer 7:55-8:17pm