I can’t believe I first wrote about this problem back in June of last year. At that time we were commissioning a study to try and determine the cause and possible solutions for these homeowners. Not much has changed since that date as far as correcting things but much conversation has been had by all. Lets talk about some realities we have discovered:
1) The City is not and has not been at fault for this issue.
2) The original goal of the City was to try and find away to rid the street of sump pump water which has been present 24 hours a day.
3) The estimates from contractors who have submitted bids have been more than double what our city engineer had projected. (over $160,000!)
4) The City is not in any financial shape to take on this type of costs at this time .
So where do we go from here? The committee meeting scheduled for February 16th (tuesday) has been canceled. We have no new information to discuss at this meeting at this time. The city has decided to wait until our next scheduled Council meeting on February 22nd to take up this matter again. I have listened to many of you about what you think caused this and who is at fault but the reality is that if we want this issue to be resolved it will end up costing money for all the landowners involved. This may be a bitter pill to swallow but someone had to put it out there…
I am sure this will make no one effected very happy. I have always tried to be as honest with you as I can even when its not what you would like to hear.
Come join us on February 22nd at the Council meeting and we will resume our attempts to deal with this problem as fairly as we can. Feel free to post yor comments here as well, they are always welcomed…
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