6530 HIGHLAND DR 2016-01-01 MF Import

To Brucs� Jones, City Attorney � FROM �dward 0. Dorcy DATE rebruary G( � 1�7� sue�Ecr Sc!wer repair by Nr. �Qi�l I�OfiIllHClcirv or Ev�n�rr. cvtneTr. wnsHir�clorv 653o Highland Drive, �verett Wednesday morning, February ?_5. 1970, �tiaVne �Sines of the City Engineers informed me that Mr. Emil Iioffman, 653o Highland Drive, i'svei•ett, Hsd hrid side sewer �;roblems over the Washington Birthdsy weekend and had mAde a repsir of the side sewer servLng his reaidence, 6530 �ilghland DrLve. By Balsom, an em loyee ot the City Sewer De_�artment was called t� Lnspect the cause of failure and the reoair as mad�: by Hoffmsn. I wac further informed t,iat Mr. Hoffman vras verti ur.set and insistant that rhe fallure was the fault of the Clty �nd the Clty Ina��ector and the City would have to pi,y for tne reoair. Wednesday afternoon. FebruRry 25th I stop�,ec� at the Hoffman residence to talk wlth Mr. Hoffcnan. Ke was not at h•�me so I left my card. About 4:3J p.m. D1r. Hoffman c�l:sd me by phone. He was highly agitated, refused to allox me to say anything, we,s very adamant thst t:he Cit3• and the City Inspedtor were to fE�ubt, accused the Inspector uf being partlal to the aontract�r allowing them to put in pioe r,s they pleased, stated the �iayor wes a ueraonal frlend of his, that he would get to the bottom of thls, that he woiild see his La+ryer. and the City had to oey for his trouble. He revl.nded me that he had lost his srm at the mill four yai�rs ago a.nd he had t� hire help and the neigh- bors eculd testify t� the c�ndltions that exiated. H11 I was able t� say in thls one side conversation was "Well, perhape Mr. Hoffman you shoul3 see the i'af�r and file a clatm a,gainst the City." He said he w�u1d. Our records show that 1•ir. Hoffmar Lnstalled this side sewer from hls liast pr,�perty 11nes to thP r•=..sidence house draln on August l, 1961. Mr. Hoffman. dld the xnrk hi^�self. The connection at the pr�pert,y llne wes made to the aix inch extention from tha roain sewer to the property line. tie used a 6" x 4" reducer - an 1/8 bend and raised the llne from 6' below surface to 3' below surfuce, than hald a grade uf apuro�lmately 2� to the house drain. The materials used - the reducer snd 1/t� bend were :nade by a local suppller, i believe Assoclated 8and �c �ravel, and appesred at the tl.rne they were installed, to be the be:t grade sbtainable locall,y. Mr. Hoffman is qulte unreasonable t� talk to. His clalm would, I belleve, be w�ry hard t:� pr.�ve. Like wlse, after nine yee�rs, so would the Cltles. tlis clalm that the Contractur, Hobqck Backhoe 3ervlce. put in the reducer and 1/8 oend I believe to be unf�unded. +ir. 3o^F:�an did not obtain a�,er��Lt to �ake the ri�pair.