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HomeMy WebLinkAboutWD-15-89 10(o) TOWN OF NEWCASTLE '1 REPORT File # Res. By-Law # i METING: GENERAL PURPOSE AND ADMINISTRATION MEETING DATE: JANUARY 9, 1989 REPORT #: WD-15-89 FILE #: SUB.�CT. DRAINAGE PROBLEM ­ MR. & MRS . J.W. PURDY, LOT 5 , CONCESSION 7 , FORMER TOWNSHIP OF DARLINGTON RECOMMENDATIONS: I It is respectfully recommended that the General Purpose and Administration Committee recommend to Council the following: I 1 . THAT this report be received; and I 2 . THAT Mr. & Mrs . J. W. Purdy be advised that Council has reviewed their request to have the Town construct a drainage ditch on their property to solve the drainage problem in front of their house and has decided that the problem is not the responsiblity j of the Town to correct ; and 3 . THAT a copy of this report be forwarded to Mr. & Mrs . J.W. Purdy, R. R. # 5 , Bowmanville L1C 3K6. i REPORT 1 . 0 BACKGROUND 1 . 1 At a regular meeting of Council held on December 12 , 1988, Council passed Resolution #GPA-802-88: "THAT the Director of Public Works review the drainage problem experienced by Mr. Jack Purdy, Part Lot 5 , Concession 7 (Darlington) ; and THAT a subsequest report be forwarded to the General Purpose and Administration Committee on his findings . " . 2 10( 0) Page 2 WD-15-89 1 . 2 Last winter I reviewed a drainage problem on the property owned by Mr. & Mrs . J.W. Purdy, Lot 5 , Concession 7 , former Township of Darlington. The problem is that there is a depression in the front yard of the Purdy property which results in water ponding in the front yard. At the time of reviewing the problem, there was a large area of the front yard covered in ice. 1 . 3 1 was advised that the problem was caused by the construction of the road in front of the Purdy property. Based on this information, I agreed to enter onto the Purdy property to dig a small drainage ditch from the low area in front of the house to the south-east corner of the property. 1 . 4 During the 1988 Road Tour with Council , I was advised that this problem has existed for many years and that it is more than twenty years since the road was constructed. 1 . 5 Based on the above information, the Purdy' s were advised that we would not enter onto their property to dig the drainage ditch. 2 . 0 RECOMMENDATION 2 . 1 Based on the above, it is recommended that Mr. & Mrs . Purdy be advised that Council has considered their request that the Town construct a drainage ditch on their property to solve the drainage problem in front of the house and have decided that the problem is not the responsibility of the Town to correct . Respectfully submitted, Recommended for presentation to the Committee, ------------ Walte-r--A.---E-v-a-n-s-, --P.--E--n----- - Eng. , Lawrence E �, )� E . 1t� vy seff, n Director of Public Works . Chief Admire Officer. /kms - - - ----I- - — I ---