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4330 <br />REPORT RE: <br />WESTWOOD ROAD <br />REQUIREMENTS FOR <br />ACCEPTANCE <br />MATTER RE: PLANS <br />RELATIVE TO RTE. 7250 <br />DISTRIBUTION ROAD <br />ANNUAL REPORT <br />PRESENTED BY DR. OF <br />FINANCE. <br />DIR. OF FIN. REPORTED <br />RE: NEW BILLING SYSTEM <br />COST FOR WATER &- GAS <br />DEPT. <br />COUNTY WATER CONNECTION <br />CITY ACCEPT WESTWOOD ROAD FOR MAINTENANCES AND REPORT <br />AS FOLLOWS: <br />THERE ARE TEN (10) HOUSES FACING ON THIS STREET' <br />HOWEVER$ THIS STREET FAILS TO MEET THE CITY'S REQUIRE— <br />MENTS 1N THE FOLLOWING RESPECTS: <br />1. STREET IS NOT GRADED THIRTY FEET WIDE <br />2. DOES NOT HAVE SUFFICIENT AMOUNT OF <br />STONE ON THIRTY FOOT WIDTH <br />3. DOES NOT HAVE NECESSARY AND SUFFICIENT <br />DRAINS UNDER STREET TO CARRY WATER FROM <br />THE NORTH. <br />WE WOULD RECOMMEND THAT THIS STREET BE ACCEPTED <br />INTO THE CITY SYSTEM FOR MAINTENANCES IF AND WHEN THE CITY'S <br />STANDARD REQUIREMENTS ARE MET. <br />kNE ALSO FEEL THAT GREENWAY ROAD AND KENSINGTON AVENUE, <br />WHICH ARE CONNECTING STREETS BETWEEN WESTWOOD ROAD AND <br />RUGBY AVENUE, SHOULD ALSO BE ACCEPTED AS SOON AS THEY ARE <br />IMPROVED TO MEET THE CITY'S REQUIREMENTS. <br />RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED9 <br />JAS. F. BQwEN, sla-. (,s1G_._NED- <br />THE CITY MANAGER PRESENTED PRELIMINARY PLANS RELATIVE <br />TO THE ROUTE # 250 DISTRIBUTION ROAD THROUGH THE NORTHEAST <br />SECTION OF THE CITY. THERE WAS ALSO PRESENTED A LETTER FROM THE <br />STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT WHICH STATED THAT THE PLANS NEEDED THE <br />APPROVAL OF THE COUNCIL PRIOR TO BEING LET TO A CONSULTANT FOR <br />FINAL DRAWINGS. THE CITY MANAGER STATED THAT IN HIS OPINION TWO <br />MINOR CHANGES SHOULD BE MADE.. THE FIRST PROPOSED CHANGE BEING <br />AT THE INTERSECTIO! OF LOCUST AVENUE AND LONG STREETV WHERE THE <br />PLANS FAIL TO INDICATE ANY CONNECTION BETWEEN THE SERVICE ROADS <br />AT THAT POINT AND THE MAIN HIGHWAY`. THE SECOND PROPOSED CHANGE <br />WAS IN THE DwICINTIRE PARK AREA WHERE THE PLANS INDICATED SERVICE <br />ROADS PARALLELING THE HIGHW4Y ON EACH SIDE. IT WAS THE OPINION <br />OF THE COUNCIL THAT NEITHER OF THE SERVICE ROADS AT MCINTIRE PARK <br />WERE NEEDED AND THAT THE SERVICE ROADS SHOULD CONNECT WITH THE <br />MAIN HIGHWAY AT THE LOCUST AVENUE — LONG STREET INTERSECTION. <br />ON MOTION, DULY MADE AND SECONDED9 THE MAYOR AND THE CITY MANAGER <br />WERE REQUESTED TO CONSULT WITH THE STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT AND <br />SEEK THE ABOVE CHANGES BEFORE FINAL APPROVAL TO THE PLANS I -S GIVEN. <br />THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE PRESENTED THE ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE <br />FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1951. ON MOTION ACTION ON THIS REPORT <br />WAS CARRIED OVER TO THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING. <br />THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE REPORTED THAT PURSUANT TO A <br />RESOLUTION ADOPTED AT THE LAST REGULAR MEETING AN INVESTIGATION <br />REVEALED THAT 013v996.00 WOULD BE NEEDED TO PURCHASE MACHINES <br />• <br />. I <br />NECESSARY <br />FOR <br />THE INSTALLATION OF A NEW SYSTEM OF <br />ACCOUNTS IN THE <br />WATER AND <br />GAS <br />DEPARTMENTS. A MOTION BY MR. HADENt <br />SECONDED BY <br />MR. BARR9 <br />THAT <br />AN ORDER BE PLACED IMMEDIATELY FOR <br />THE MACHINES <br />NECESSARY <br />FOR <br />A NEW BILLING SYSTEM AND THAT THE CITY <br />MANAGER BE <br />INSTRUCTED <br />TO <br />INCLUDE THE NECESSARY AMOUNT IN THE <br />BUDGET FOR 19527531 <br />WAS UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED, <br />ON MOTION COUNTY WATER CONNECTION FOR MIR. DUANE T. SWANSON * i N <br />MEADOWBROOK HEIGHTS WAS APPROVED* <br />r1 <br />U <br />