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A spokesman for a grcmp from Seneca Road then.asked for 3nformatioa as to the procedure to be followed..f.or'the.pav3ng or impr.ovement of Seneca Road; wllether this coald be assessed; . what . it was like7,y.. to. eost; ard haw marq signatures of a,butting property owners were necessary and. any otlzer procedure pertin+ent to the project. Mayor Endress sa3.d that this road would have to have a stc>i°m seiaer and suggested to Counc3.1 that they gice approval to our engineer to make a survey ancl.find out the appraximate eost of;sueh improve- ment. Mayor Enci.ress then told-the delegation from Seneca to.get a petition asking Ccaunc3l to improQQ Beneca Road arid we woul4 have oar engineer make a sut-7ey, . Mr. Ede]man said that he had clrawn up an ordinance on pressure sewage plants for -Gabriel Construction and read a lett,er fxom our engi.neer.9 saying that he had exoniraed the plans for the sewage pumping station and force main proposed for Gabriel Subdivisions and found thera satisfactory and of sufficient capacity to tske sewage fram Eastgate, Robley Lane and Thornappls subdivisions' that these plans were appr.oved by the Cotmty Sanitary Engineerts office. A large delegation fram Thornapple then proceed.ed to quest3on Mr. Mann. s,everely as to 3ust what this meant to that subdi.vision. , There was confusion in the m3nds of many as to the difference betgeen stoxm and sanitary arrl more confnsion st3]]: abotlt a quotation of #170•00 per 7.ot as quoted in a local paper. As bids had not been received for these ianprovements., no exact cost conld be g3ven and the theme of the meetirig seemed to be that Counci.l pass notbing ux?til thi:s be ascertained. Mr. Mann.. again arul again reiterated that he had been asked by the Zoning and Planning Board and the Canuit,y to make . these improvements b3g enoutgh to take care of the other subd3.visicrrs and was on1,y _interested in seeing that ariyorie-who eut into or vsed these faci73ties pay the proportionate share of.the improvement. It was also brought out, 3n . this exchange of verbiage thatt althrnxgh Thornapple Drive had a storm sewer . which received the effluent from the sept3c tanks,- it ran into a ditch crossing the area being developedbg Gabriel and De Fxanaa. Th3.s ditch was originally on property owrbed?by Mr. Fisher, who later sold it without getting an easement for this ditcri. Mr.. Zorn then read a copy of a letter from. Mr. Fisher,._ which Fstated that _provisions would be made for coimect3,.ons irito the storm sewer and to hian thi.s was the same as an easement. Othez!s thought that, vn7.ess it was wr.itten into the deedp-t,here was no easement. Mr. Edelman,. after-look3ag at the..letter., said that it might be construed as an agreement by the mourts, Mre. M3T311 then gave a d:i.scav.rse on the dangers of confi,amination aud said- that,, vkrre he ixi the position of the. 2'hornapgle people ard some_ ow offered _a way out, he woixld think a long time before turni-ng it dowm. . As the meeting. was .3n danger of gett3.ng aut of hand,, Mayor Endress call.ed for order ard said that the question wa,s the -Ordirlance as read by Mr. Edelman and that was the only question to be considered. Mr. Taylor, seeorxPed by Mr. Strater, then introduced Ordinance No. 621 entitled: "An Ord3mmnce Yrohibiting for a Period of Ten Years arq Connections i.nto S#,orm and Sani.tary Sewers to be installed by'Gabriel Constructioa Co., and Carl A. De Franco within Elsena Acres and Kenwood Gard.ens Subdiv?sions tiy os,mers of property ou.tside.of Said Subd3.v3sions Without Paynent of a Pro-Rata Share of the Cost of said. Storm or, Sanit,ary Sewer Systeps", wKch ordinance was_ read -to Counc3l. 4.