HomeMy WebLinkAbout1977 06-28 The $53,000 street study ST.PAUL DISPATCH The ,53 000 street study
By SCOTT CARLSON ducted the study the city is in a fined to information already col-
Staff Writer quandry. lected by the firm for the
There is no city planner or engi-
ANortheast Area task force study.
proposed$53,000 street trans- neer to help coordinate the work, Scheuernstuhl and other firm
portation study caused some eye- Murdock pointed out.Maplewood representatives will get an oppor-
brow raising at last Thursday has yet to replace former planner tunity to talk with the council at a
night's Maple- Robert Reed,and Bobby D.Col- shirtsleeve session on Thursday,
/ wood City Coun- Tier,directoof public works,be- . July 7.
g, . cil meeting. gan work in Tucson, Ariz. last
week.
I ., , he transpor-
- tation study Parts of the Barton-Aschman
would tie in with proposal are not clear,Wiegert
the city's corn- complained.Regarding one task
prehensive guide defined as"administer study",
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plan and all the Wiegert said,"I don't know what
councilmen it means but it costs$5,200."
agreed that it is WIEGERT also noted that in
.._. needed.But at
Carlson $53,000? two separate areas the firm men-
- tions attending meetings. "Are
"I think we they filling it(the study)full of
are just going to be taken down poop or are they charging it
the road on this one,"Councilman twice?"he asked.
John Greavu asserted of the Bar If a Barton-Aschman represent-
ative
e resent
ton Aschman proposal. ative had been at the meeting.the
Colleague Donald Wiegert had council's questions probably could
similar concerns. "It (the cost of have been answered.Contacted by
the study)bothers the hell out of the Dispatch,George Scheu-
me,"Wiegert said,"and yet I ernstuhl,Barton-Aschman senior
want it." associate,said,"We would be hap-
HE ADDED,"There's got to be py to tailor the study to what the
a better way to do this."Wiegert council wants.'
noted that,"$53,000 would take ' He added,"I can't comment too
care of two engineers for a whole much until we know what's on the
'damn year." council's mind."
Acting Mayor Burton Murdock But Scheuernstuhl noted that
was equally surprised at the cost. the firm would not be duplicating
But he also pointed out that even services,such as attending meet-
if the Barton-Aschman firm con- ings,nor would the study be con- 1