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226 THIS MATTER HAS BEEN BEFORE THE COUNCIL ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS ANO A REPORTS RESULTING FROM ITS INVESTIGATION BY A COMMITTEES WAS ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL ON APRIL 18, 1955. HOWEVER A REPORT FROM THE CITY ATTORNEYS COPY OF WHICH IS ATTACHED HERETO MAKES IMPRACTICAL THE USE OF THE SUGGESTION CONTAINED IN THE REPORT TO THE COUNCIL IN THIS INSTANCE. BRIEFLY THE PROBLEM WHICH CONCERNS THE CITIZENS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF MULBERRY AVENUE IS AS FOLLOWS. THEIR HOMES ARE IN MOST CASES LOWER THAN THE STREET AND AS A RESULT SOME SURFACE WATER RUNS FROM THE STREET ONTO THEIR PROPERTIES. THERE IS ALSO A NATURAL DRAINAGE AREA LOCATED JUST EAST OF HOUSE NO. 1605 AND THE WATER WHICH FOLLOWS THIS LOW AREA STREET COMMITTEE REPORT FLOWS NORTHWARD TO THE HOLLOW OR LOW AREA TO THE REAR OF HOUSE N0. 1605 RE: SIDEWALK ON AND THENCE WESTWARD ACROSS THE REAR LOTS OF THE PETITIONERS TO THE MULBERRY AVE. BRANCH JUST WEST OF HOUSE N0.1635. THE PIPE WHICH WAS INSTALLED UNDER THIS STREET AT THIS LOCATION WHEN THE STREET WAS CONSTRUCTED HAS BEEN STOPPED UP ON THE NORTH SIDE SO THAT THE WATER NOW RUNS ACROSS THE SURFACE OF THE STREET AND AS A RESULT IN WET WEATHER WATER STANDS IN THE STREET ANO IN THE YARD OF HOUSE N0. 1604 ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE STREET. FOR THE FOREGOING REASONS PLUS THE USUAL REASONS FOR WANTING A SIDEWALK IN FRONT OF THEIR HOMES HAS CAUSED PART OF THE RESIDENTS ON THIS STREET TO FILE THEIR PETITION. NOW THE REASON THE CITY HAS BEEN UNABLE TO COMPLY WITH THEIR REQUEST IS DUE TO THE FACT THAT SOME OF THE RESIDENTS HAVE NOT APPLIED FOR A SIDEWALK IN FRONT OF THEIR HOMES AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF ONLY PART OF THE SIDEWALKS ON THE NORTH SIDE WOULD RESULT IN WATER BEING CONGREGATED AND DUMPED ON THE PROPERTIES WHICH DID NOT INSTALL SIDEWALKS. ALSO THE PROBLEM OF A ~~DROP-OFF~~ AT THE END OF EACH SECTION OF SIDEWALK HAS TO BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION. WHEN THIS MATTER WAS FIRST DISCUSSED WITH ONE OF THE RESIDENTS ON THIS STREET IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT IF ALL OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE STREET WOULD APPLY FOR SIDEWALKS THAT IT MIGHT BE POSSIBLE TO LOWER THE VERTICAL CURVE WHICH STARTS IN FRONT OF HOUSE N0. 1605 SO AS TO CARRY THE WATER FROM THIS LOCATION DOWN THE SURFACE OF THE STREET TO THE BRANCH HOWEVER AN ENGINEERING STUDY AND A CONFERENCE WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY NOW MAKES THIS SUGGESTION IMPRACTICAL. WE APPRECIATE AND AGREE WITH THE DESIRES OF THESE CITIZENS TO IMPROVE THEIR PROPERTY AND SUGGEST THAT THE ONLY WAY A PORTION OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS CAN INSTALL SIDEWALKS WOULD BE TO INSTALL A STORM WATER LINE IN THE STREET FROM THE lOW AREA JUST EAST OF NO. 1605 TO THE BRANCH JUST WEST OF NO. 1635. ANY OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS COULD THEN INSTALL SIDEWALKS AND THE WATER COULD BE DUMPED INTO THE PIPE AND CARRIED TO THE STREAM. THE TOTAL COST OF THIS PIPE WOULD BE $2,115.01, NOT INCLUDING THE CATCH BASINS. WE, THEREFORE RECOMMEND THAT IN KEEPING WITH THE ESTABLISHED POLICY OF THE. CITY THAT IF THESE PETITIONERS WILL PAY ONE-HALF THE COST OF THIS PIPE LINES OR $1,057.50, PLUS THEIR ONE-HALF OF THE COST OF THE SIDEWALK AND WILL SIGN THE SIDEWALK APPLICATION FORMS THAT THEIR PETITION BE GRANTED AND THAT THE STREET BE RESURFACED AFTER THE WORK IS COMPLETED. WE WOULD LIKES HOWEVER TO POINT OUT THAT THE INSTALLATION OF THE ABOVE PIPE AND SIDEWALK Wlll NOTE IN OUR OPINIONS COMPLETELY RELIEVE THE WATER SITUATION TO THE REAR OF THEIR PROPERTIES SINCE THIS IS A lOW AREA AND ALL OF THE WATER FROM THE SURROUNDING ROOF TOPS ANO FROM THE GROUND WHICH SLOPES TO THIS LOW AREAS OTHER THAN STREET WATERS WILL CONTINUE TO FLOW TO THAT LOCATION. RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED SOl B. WEINBERG ~SIGNED~ A. C. COLEMAN SIGNED JIM BOWEN SIGNED AFTER A LENGTHY DISCUSSIONS ON MOTION BY MR. MICHIE~ SECONDED BY MR. SCRIBNER~ THE FOREGOING REPORT WAS UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED. A PETITION FROM MR. SAM C. CARRATT REQUESTING PERMISSION TO OPERATE A PETITION RE: REQUEST TO OPERATE FILLING GASOLINE FILLING STATION AT THE CORNER OF MEAOE AVENUE AND MARKET STREET WAS STATION CARRIED OVER TO THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF MAY 2O, 1957. ON MOTION BY MR. MICHIE~ SECONDED BY MR. SCRIBNER~ THE FOLLOWING REPORT OF THE $TREET COMMITTEE WAS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED: APRIL 22, 1957 TO THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL CITY OF CHARIOTTESVIIIE~ VIRGINIA GENTLEMEN: WE HAVE EXAMINED CHELSEA DRIVE AND FIND THAT IT HAS BEEN CONSTRUCTED $TREET COMMITTEE REPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY SPECIFICATIONS AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SPECIAL RE: CHELSEA DRIVE REGULATIONS APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL SEVERAL MONTHS AGO. WE, THEREFORE ACCEPTED INTO CITY RECOMMEND THAT CHELSEA DRIVE BE ACCEPTED INTO THE CITY STREET SYSTEM FOR ST. SYSTEM MAINTENANCE. RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED SOL B. WEINBERG SIGNED} A. C. COLEMAN SIGNED JIM BOWEN SIGNED