The Long Saga of the Missing Berm Continues at Council Meeting
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Mayor/Council:
Attached please find a memo from Mr. Harden regarding issues relating to the Dunlawton Drainage Project Berm that has been added under his comments for tonight’s meeting.
I have updated the website and your iPads. You will just need to re-sync your iPad.
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to ask.
Robin
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Dear Manager Harden,
At last night’s Council meeting, Mr Brad Blais of Quentin L Hampton Associates stated that he could not recall any plans that ever showed the berm “wrapping around” the west side of the Halifax Canal. He invited anyone who had such plans to bring them forward.
Toward that end I’ve attached a file labeled Revised as-built 29869-4 that shows a plan sealed by Mr Andrew Giannini of Quentin Hampton in October of 2014 and available on the SJRWMD website. It clearly shows the berm wrapping around the west side of the canal, as do other plans on the SJRWMD website dating back to 2010. I’ve also attached a file labeled Revised as-built 29869-4 detail that is a cropped section of the original file more closely approximating the area shown by Mr Blais at last night’s meeting. I hope this clarifies somewhat the evolution of the berm from its original strong design through a weakened, shortened design to its ultimate deletion.
Regards,
Mike Gardner
618 Ruth St
Port Orange, FL 32127
386-527-1959
manddgardner@cfl.rr.com
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Bolerjack clearly ripped us off. The QLHA letter made the Neff and Bolerjack reports useless. Now we want to fund another witch hunt. I hope council doesn’t take another on the chin for taxpayers with those jerks. All the berm consulting and investigation monies could have built 3 berms. And here we are. WTF!
Subject: Berm configuration
Dear Manager Harden,
At last night’s Council meeting, Mr Brad Blais of Quentin L Hampton Associates stated that he could not recall any plans that ever showed the berm “wrapping around” the west side of the Halifax Canal. He invited anyone who had such plans to bring them forward.
Toward that end I’ve attached a file labeled Revised as-built 29869-4 that shows a plan sealed by Mr Andrew Giannini of Quentin Hampton in October of 2014 and available on the SJRWMD website. It clearly shows the berm wrapping around the west side of the canal, as do other plans on the SJRWMD website dating back to 2010. I’ve also attached a file labeled Revised as-built 29869-4 detail that is a cropped section of the original file more closely approximating the area shown by Mr Blais at last night’s meeting. I hope this clarifies somewhat the evolution of the berm from its original strong design through a weakened, shortened design to its ultimate deletion.
Regards,
Mike Gardner
618 Ruth St
Port Orange, FL 32127
386-527-1959
manddgardner@cfl.rr.com
From: Brad Blais [mailto:bblais@qlha.com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2015 9:06 PM
To: Harden, David; Ford, Bob; Stiltner, Scott; Green, Allen; dbastion@port-orange.org; Burnette, Don
Cc: Rivera, Cynthia
Subject: Re: Clarification
Manager Harden-
I would like to clarify a statement made in response to citizen question posed at Tuesday evening’s meeting. Specifically, a question was asked about the berm configuration as depicted on the ‘SJRWMD’ permit vs the final bid set. I reviewed the project files after the meeting and found that the original depiction did indeed include additional fill on the south end of the berm on the west side of the canal up to Powers Ave.. The bid set revised this requirement due to constructability issues. I would like to clarify this comment and apologize for any confusion.
Regards,
Brad T. Blais
Does Brad really not know what is going on in his own firm or was he hoping to put one over on a Council that is coming across as just about as dumb as a pile of rocks.