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<br />3 <br /> <br />signed by six of the 11 people on the Court. I would like to <br />present that at this time. <br /> <br />MAYOR DEMOS: Is that new, or the original? <br /> <br />MR. WIER: This reaffirms our position. One of the persons <br />that signed on there - Mrs. Horton - originally when the price <br />increase came out, she was against it. She has since viewed all the <br />different matters and the angles of it, and now is for the street. <br />We would still like to go ahead with it even though we have a <br />higher cost involved. <br /> <br />MAYOR DEMOS: Anyone else? <br /> <br />MR. JAMES MC CUTCHEON, 3056 Lydia Court: I guess I wasn't <br />given the opportunity to sign the petition, and also, I'd like <br />to ask if recycling had been considered in the cost as a method to <br />reduce costs, and also I think (inaudible) consider recycling, if <br />feasibile, would be a kind of environmental plus and cost reduction <br />plus, and also I think it could be used to save energy also, so <br />I'd like to go on record as saying that. <br /> <br />MAYOR DEMOS: Do you have any comments on recycling? <br /> <br />MR. HONCHELL: Recycling was not bid as an alternate on this <br />project although we have bid recycled asphalt projects on several <br />other improvements this construction season. What the city has <br />done is more or less go along with the thinking of the Highway <br />Department that as far as a base material (inaudible) is concerned <br />that we feel it's a very fine and acceptable material to use.. <br />They are still using this process essentially as base material rather <br />than the top wearing surface. This individual job has an aggregate <br />base. Therefore, the recycled material was not a viable bid <br />alternative because you would be substituting asphalt for <br />aggregate and it was felt the aggregate bid ~ is as Iowa bid as <br />possible. If we had used a recycled base, we do not feel (inaudible) <br />We also base this on our experience with other bids we have received <br />this year. The contractor that is apparently low bidder is <br />C. S. McCrossan. He's also the individual that's been doing all <br />of our recycling of asphalt on other projects. If he would be <br />agreeable to substituting an equal design at a lesser cost or even <br />an equal cost, the city would certainly be amenable to consider <br />that proposal. He has not made any proposal like that, but we will <br />be happy to approach him to see if any savings could be made. <br /> <br />MAYOR DEMOS: Am I correct in assuming that perhaps the <br />reason that wasn't bid is because being bid with Highcrest there's <br />very little to recycle? <br />