05 - APPROVE MINUTES FROM COUNCIL MEETING ON 06/08/2015

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Regular Council Meeting June 8, 2015 Page 5 available to the City for further work the amount of $24,281,607 plus an additional $10,000,000 bond available for sale leaving the total available amount of $34,281,607. Mayor Hashmi asked City Manager John Godwin if he wanted to address the questions before or after the tour and Mr. Godwin said it would be better to do so after the tour, because the Chamber needed the trolley returned to them for another event. 16. Tour of portions of the City with regard to the infrastructure bond project and tour the drainage ditch located at 41" Street and Highway 82 West. (5:30 p.m. — 6:15 p.m.) City Council, city staff, and citizens who elected to take the tour, left City Hall at 5:55 p.m. The first stop on the tour was Sperry Street. Everyone departed the buses and Council Member Clifford pointed out the concrete work was done by city employees, that the concrete was smooth, clean, lines were straight, expansion joints were included where old concrete met new concrete, and there were no cracks in the concrete. Council Member Clifford said this work was done 5 or 6 months ago and he complimented city employees for doing a professional job. Next, the tour proceeded to the 100 block of 23rd S.W. Street. Everyone departed the buses and Council Member Clifford said the work done on this street was an example of good work and the corner was done under the direction of TX DOT and they had done work on numerous other corners of the City and were all done well. He pointed out expansion joints were used between old and new concrete, that there were no cracks and this work was done about 2 years ago. Next, the tour proceeded to W. Houston Street and everyone departed the buses at 3730 W. Houston. The group toured the entire 13 work sites on the street and Council Member Clifford pointed out there were no expansion joints between the old and new concrete, curbs were cracked, a strip of concrete was placed between two old pieces of concrete, a single segment of sidewalk that did not contain an expansion joint, cracked smeared concrete, a curb that was saw cut and cracking, a driveway that contained cracking concrete and was in rubbles, a crooked curb that was cracked, driveways that were patched, rough concrete in a driveway, a piece of sidewalk that looked as a piece of heavy equipment scraped it and then was lifted up and placed down, and was uneven when it should have been jack hammered and replaced. Council Member Clifford pointed out the corner of 34th and Houston Street where there was new street repair and the concrete was raised up, crumbling and would need to be replaced in a couple of years. Council Member Clifford also pointed out the work on Houston Street was done in the last 3 '/2 months. Lastly, the tour went to view the ditch at Highway 82 West and 41St Street and people departed the buses. Council Member Clifford said he wanted to make everyone aware of how dangerous this ditch was and that it was about a 20 foot drop, it was eroding, full of water, there were no guard rails, there were snakes in the ditch and it was across the street from a park where children play. He asked that city staff look at this and come up with some suggestions of how to make it safer.