THE CITY OF FREDERICK
101 NORTH COURT STREET
FREDERICK, MARYLAND 21701
UTILITY COMMITTEE
Minutes
Wednesday, July 14th, 2004, City Hall, room 214
Present: Alderman Bill Hall; Alderman David Lenhart; Alderman Donna
Kuzemchak Ramsburg; Eugene Young, Randy
Connatser, Richard Lind, Saundra Nickols, Paul Lee, Eileen Farrar
Item 1: Approval of the minutes
from the meeting of May 12th, 2004.
Alderman Ramsburg moved to approve and Alderman Lenhart seconded.
Item 2: Continued discussion regarding a request by Eugene and Peggy
Young of Wayside Radio Service, Inc. for the extension of a storm sewer on East
Patrick Street from 423 East Patrick Street to the Frederick Fairground
property to coincide with major repair work that has already been scheduled.
Richard Lind stated that the original plan from RK&K had no details that revealed where the driveway goes thru the retaining wall. Mr. Lind explained a profile in which some additional fill was put over the driveway so that a vehicle would not bottom out. Mr. Lind also showed the positioning of the berm. Mr. Lind explained how this would channel the water down to the inlet as much as possible. Mr. Lind stated that the berm would take care of the storms that we get every year. Mr. Young stated that the roadway had to be raised and that the driveway was not built correctly. Mr. Young felt that if the road had been raised correctly he would not have had the flooding problem. Alderman Lenhart and Alderman Ramsburg asked if Mr. Young wanted to follow the plan by Mr. Lind and Mr. Young said yes. Mr. Young had questions about the use of a back door of a building if some of the adjustments were made. Paul Lee stated that this was not a detailed design and that some of the concerns that Mr. Young had could be corrected easily. Mr. Lee stated that it sounded like that everyone agreed that the berm could help mitigate future flooding on this site. Mr. Young said yes except for some of the dimensions that had to be checked. Mr. Lee asked about the money involved in this process and Mr. Lind stated that he had still not done a cost estimate at this time. Discussion continued regarding how funds could be accessed in the future. Mr. Young asked about the time frame for this project. Mr. Young stated that he could fix part of the problem temporarily with some pipes. Mr. Lee stated that this work could be done before October. Mr. Young wanted to be certain that his quick fix would not interfere with project from staff. Alderman Lenhart suggested that staff go on site with Mr. Young to inspect his temporary fixes and come back to the next Utility meeting with a long- term plan along with plans for funding this project.
Motion: Alderman Lenhart moved to request staff to meet with Mr. Young to develop a long and a short term plan and that the long term plan be brought back to the Utility Committee with a decision including funding and that the short term plan is such that Mr. Young can move forward as a mitigation step with the approval of the City. Seconded by Alderman Ramsburg.
Minutes submitted by Eileen Farrar