HomeMy WebLinkAbout20100607 - VI-05To: Honorable Mayor and City Council
From: Tom Montgomery
Date: May 26, 2010
Re: Approve Budget Adjustment and Transfer — Retaining Wall Repair
Council is requested to approve a transfer of $2,500 from the Wastewater Fund
to the Street Department to fund the repair of a failing retaining wall on Tyler
Street.
A block retaining wall is tipping out over the sidewalk on Tyler Street, just south
of Kennedy Elementary School. The wall was originally constructed in 1992 as
part of a street reconstruction project to create room to fit the sidewalk in. A
landscape contractor gave Public Works staff a rough estimate of $2,500 to
improve drainage and anchor the wall into the slope to prevent the wall from
failing again.
The retaining wall should be repaired this year, but the 2010 Street Department
budget did not include funding for this work. After discussing this situation with
the Finance Department, staff is recommending that Council approve a transfer
from the Wastewater Fund revenues to fund this repair. Accordingly, Council is
requested to approve this transfer and adjust the Street Department 2olo budget
so the wall can be repaired this year.
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