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

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Regular Council Meeting June 8, 2015 Page 8 said she would like to propose they have an outside inspector inspect this work. Mayor Hashmi said Mr. Godwin mentioned camera checks and pressure testing and inquired if there had been a camera check on these lines and if pressure testing had been done on the lines. Mr. Godwin said pressure testing is always done on water lines. Mayor Hashmi inquired of records on the pressure testing and Mr. Godwin said there would be documentation of the testing but not inspection type of documents. Inspector Tim Moore said he was the inspector for both jobs and the primary difference was that he managed the money spent on the Sperry Street Project, but not on the West Houston Street Project. Mr. Moore said the water lines were hydrostatic tested to make sure there were no leaks. Mayor Hashmi expressed concern if there were no records kept, then they would not know with certainty if the correct size of pipe was placed in the ground, or the necessary joints were used, and things of that nature. Mr. Moore said he kept the actual drawing in his truck and if there was anything that changed from the plans, he noted it on the drawing. Mayor Hashmi inquired if the engineers checked the work. Mr. Moore said on occasion an engineer is sent to the job -site from the local office. Mayor Hashmi wanted to know if there were density testing done on Houston Street of the lines and the concrete. Mr. Moore said there were density tests conducted on the road cut where the water line was laid in the road. Mr. Godwin said there were not density tests on the driveways. Mr. Moore said the density test on the road was conducted by APAX and it passed however, but that he was concerned about the compaction underneath the concrete where the actual road cut was done. Mayor Hashmi inquired whether or not it was specified in the contract about how far you cut a citizen's driveway and whether or not it is going to be repaired to its original state. Mr. Godwin said the contract required they go to the edge of the gutter so that did not include driveways. Mayor Hashmi said the information given to him was if the contractor goes into a driveway, they were to go to the first joint of the driveway and replace the driveway up to that joint. Mr. Godwin if the contractor disturbed a citizen's driveway, they were required to put that driveway back at least as good as they found it. Mr. Godwin said in several cases that did not happen according to what they had seen that night. Mr. Godwin said this work had not been accepted and to his knowledge the contractor had not finished the project. He said if the Council wants to come back and let folks from the Streets Department or another contractor do the final work that was a Council decision. Council Member Clifford said the contract states "there shall be expansion joints ", however none were installed. He also said the contract says the contractor will replace the driveway to the first expansion joint and that was not done. Council Member Clifford said in reviewing the work done, it does not appear the contractor fulfilled the contract. He asked if the quality of work seen on Sperry Street should have been seen on West Houston Street. Mayor Hashmi told Mr. Godwin the intent was to see that the citizens of Paris got what was promised to them when they approved the bond for replacement of water and sewer lines, and that the job was done right. Mr. Godwin agreed that the work was not okay, referencing the driveways and curbs. Mr. Godwin also said he thought a lot of that work needed to be redone at the contractor's cost, not at the City's cost. Council Member Clifford said he was fine with that and the importance of the tour was for everyone to see that work that had been done. Council Member Pickle said they may be jumping to a false conclusion and they had not been presented with a bill to pay for this work. He said the contractor was to go back in there and finish the work at the