Minutes-10/12/1988

Stratton will check on signs which read one-way and do not enter and curb stops. The driving portion will be 14 feet wide. Potter reported that the purchase agreement for a portion of the property at 141 Railroad Street from Iowa State Bank for $21,500 had been signed and that the city would take possession on October 15. Greenleaf: I talked with the attorney for Iowa State Bank today and he said that Mr. Bream had a tenant without a lease. The bank sent notice last week but it will take 30 days to evict the tenant and have the tires removed. Possession would not be available until after that date. I did not get a copy of the abstract, yet. I'll have to look it over and then a closing date will be set. Technically, if they cannot live up to the agreement, the deal could be void. But you could agree to extend the date. It should be closed before the next council meeting. Potter: We'll insure the building for $21,000. Keep the fence in mind, this year if possible. Hart: I took elevation shots at 211 W. Second Street and found that the water flows away from the street and the water from Carrie Stratton's flows down the driveway, not out to the street. I would recommend that if Carrie's property ownership changes or if anything happens to that side of the street to change the drainage, Earl Stratton would have to install a culvert, 8 feet of which the city pays for retroactively. The street is higher than the driveway. It would take a pretty good storm to cause any problem. The drainage area is only 121 feet. Morgan: What happens if we make ditches all around town? Stratton: Where we park our car, should be grass. Hart: You're parking in the city's right of way. Stratton: Where I park is lower than the street. Hart: There are other places in town like that with the same kind of problem. It's not creating a problem with the road. Fill dirt would affect the roadway. The road crowns going south and nothing runs across it to the east. A ditch in front would not solve the drainage problem to the back. This was done prior to the culvert ordinance. I would recommend making an agreement that if the adjoining property ever creates a drainage problem, then a culvert would be installed at 211 W. Second Street. Greenleaf will mediate by asking Earl Stratton if this is an agreeable solution to him. Spivey: If the town sawed the driveway off now, there'd be a lot of problems. If Hart says it's fine, I'm agreeable to it. Greenleaf: As long as everything persists, it's not causing harm to the roadway. If it begins to damage the road, you still have the right to seek some type of relief. There's no legal compliance as far as sacrificing any rights here. The time clock is not running. Spivey: There's a lot of concrete poured on the city rights of way around town. Hart: If it becomes a problem, I'll personally take care of it.