After the Tuesday night session, I had a chance to visit briefly with Dave Sauer and "Wort" regarding the water issue.
I asked both whether they were familiar with the "Rainfall Frequency Atlas of the Midwest" by Floyd A. Huff and James R. Angel. It did not ring a bell, but they were familiar with the 100 year data.
I asked regarding the "occupancy permits" and who would have to sign them for a house to be occupied. Mr. Wartenweiler said he was the person who would have to sign the form if appropriate.
I asked Dave Sauer about the V-Notch. Specifically, I asked whether if there was an equation involving saturation of earth, SE, and rainfall, R, and stormwater flow SF, would not the V-Notch have to be raised up higher after the first rainfall to compensate for the fact that there was less saturation capability. And raised up even higher after a third rainfall.
He responded that there was such a thing, although the current V-notch is fixed. He said it was something to review.
I asked him whether it was best for all parties to have an independent review---he said "no." He felt that is what the engineer does every day. We politely disagreed.
Then I gave them both an Evansville Observer pen so they could access the website and review the speeches.
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Sauer has had ample time and opportunity to get it right and hasn't succeeded or has very little until prodded by an alderperson (Southgate pond, and attempt #1 at fixing this mistake appears to have failed).
ReplyDeleteIt is almost comical to bring up this has reviewed by several engineers. MSA is not working for the city or it's resident's, they are in the developers employ and that is who they are looking out for.
As I previously stated you would think Sauer is working for the developers as well. Enough is enough. City of Evansville, PLEASE DO THE RIGHT THING! It is time for Independent review. Someone who isn't looking out for developers or in a CYA mode should look at this from an unbiased perspective.
I do stand by my comments from Tuesday night in regard to terminating the Foth and Van Dyke contract. If independent review finds fault with the engineering plans Sauer should be terminated and a new engineer should be hired. If I am wrong and Sauer has not made "poor decisions" he shouldn't be afraid of independent review.
Observer, the name of the city's building inspector is Wartenweiler, not Wortenmueller.
ReplyDeleteThanks Bill. Correction made.
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