Special Bd. of Aldermen — 10/26/15 Page 6
President McCarthy
The other alternative and | don’t know if this one is possible is expand the size of the containment area so that
everything that is contained is below ground held in by the secant wall and not by the retaining wall above
ground.
Ms. Taylor At this time we have not evaluated that. So | can’t really speak to it. | Know initially we were
looking at just an expansion cell for a stabilization alternative that we were looking at, however, we didn’t look
at that because that would be a lot of material that you’d have to excavate in order to place that material
underneath the ground.
Alderman Lopez
So you made a reference to 18 public comments | believe? | know | made one and then | also made a second
one which Gerardo had acknowledged. My second one was explicitly asking for detailed information about full
cap and what that would look like. | was told that wouldn’t be available but we would be presented, as the
Board of Aldermen, on that. And | had asked for something to the level of what was presented to the
neighbors with regards to the secant walls. So that is not happening here tonight.
Ms. Taylor We are more than happy to do that.
Alderman Lopez
That was what my comment was and | wanted to clarify that it was being made because apparently it is a
substantial part of the public comment that was made. | know Alderman Laws also made some comment and
a number of neighbors made comments both at the forum and presumably through the e-mail, but maybe they
didn’t. | also know that they gathered a petition. So there has been considerable public comment, it just may
not have fit the framework of what you are documenting as public comment.
| also wanted to clarify that several references were made to meetings with the City and the Mayor’s comment
that he hasn’t had formal meetings and | am an Alderman for Ward 4 so | would consider myself the City, and |
haven't been in the loop with this at all. So the opening statements with regards to multiple conversations and
multiple contacts and $6 million dollars spent in the last 20 years....
Ms. Taylor $4 million.
Alderman Lopez
Ok so $4 million dollars in the 20 years, | mean that is taxpayer money so all of us have been contributing that
as well, including the neighbors who have been living next to this for 30 years. So we are at a crossroads and
| think looking at the whole picture and all of our choices is important rather than just moving forward without
looking both ways.
Ms. Taylor Well | just need to clarify on the conversations with the City, | understand that we haven't been to
the Aldermen and met with the Aldermen, but we have had conversations with the City, | believe that the
Mayor has designated one person in particular and possibly a couple of others that we’ve talked to, probably at
least once a month for well over a year. So those are the people we have been talking to.
Alderman Lopez
Right and | just wanted to clarify that I’ve reached out a couple times and | have not been in the loop so as a
representative of that neighborhood, | am only seeing what you are presenting publicly and the only record of it
is what you are choosing to present. Your presentation is pretty weighted towards just encapsulation. | was
