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<br />2 <br /> <br />what you have in common. For instance, if the Council tonight would <br />pass Eldridge, then we would be recommending that Pascal be done <br />as part of our side street policy. If, on the other hand, they would <br />only pass Belmont, we would be recommending that Pascal be done <br />as part of our side street policy, trying to be fair to both <br />streets, rather than say one should go with the side street or <br />(inaudible), although I recommend to the Council that there be <br />two votes because they are two separate petitions. <br /> <br />I think it would be better if you reviewed them in total and <br />try to sort out the pros and cons of both streets as well as those <br />things they have in common. <br /> <br />Before the obvious question comes up, we do not propose building <br />the street only half way because the drainage and other things won't <br />match. Starting with Eldridge, that street was developed in two <br />portions. In the late 1950's Eldridge was built to the standard <br />that prevailed at the time and there were a few utilities in place. <br />By the time 1963 came - these two little squares are catch basins, <br />and there is a storm sewer on this street down to the intersection. <br />That's because in 1963 when this was done, it was required of a <br />developer that he provide that drainage before the roadway was <br />once again completed. The builder also met the requirements at <br />that time of providing a little better roadway. They put better <br />asphalt in, hopefully deeper. We, knowing this, and knowing <br />the feeling of at least some of the people of the area that <br />Eldridge was up to city standard so far as load carrying capabilities, <br />perhaps all that needed to be done was put on curb and gutter on <br />the side, had some soil sampling done in the 1970's, and to be <br />sure where we were we had about five times that number done again. <br />We found an extreme variation as far as asphalt depth on Eldridge <br />and it's not east side versus west side, or north versus south <br />side. In fact, we found five inches on one side of a hole <br />that was a foot wide, and an inch on the other side. That makes <br />it difficult when you try to design a street to determine just <br />how much more asphalt has to be put over that street, so we <br />asked the soil experts to give us their professional opinion of <br />what the road carrying capability of Eldridge was. It was their <br />opinion it was about two inches of asphalt and the material <br />under it was not up to state standard for aggregate. We reached <br />the conclusion it would not be effective to use that pavement and <br />put curbs on the side because it did not have the strength carrying <br />capability. <br /> <br />We looked to the possibility of building it up with more <br />asphalt, but as those of you living on the street (inaudible) <br />many of your driveways are relatively flat and if we built it up <br />several inches on some of the lots, suddenly the road would be <br />higher than the driveway and the water would be ponded on the <br />wrong side of the curb. <br /> <br />Therefore, we came to the conclusion that the best approach <br />would be to put in a uniform thickness of new pavement. <br />