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~.L~ Mr. Amendola commented that he had been in contact with other Building Commissioners and they are trying to come up with specifications which would be suitable for amending the Regional Dwelling House Code. .-~ 3. Mr. Avery said he would be pursuing acquisition of the Arco Property. 4. Mr. Avery commented that he was pleased with the Mayfield Village Police Department in reference to how well they handled the jailing of a friend of his. He said the family, Attorney and everyone involved had all commented on how mannerly the situation was handled. He said this is a reflection on Chief Shortle and he is to be congratulated. 5. He said he had attended a meeting at the Mayor's request on the suit filed against the Cleveland Water Department. It is definitely a matter of mismanagement with no monies put aside for maintenance let alone putting in any new ,systems. The present system is on the verge of collapsing and if nothing is done by 1990 or sooner service will be interupted to hun- dreds of thousands of homes. The cost for cleaning the present systems go from $237,000,000.00 to $400,000,000.00. .The City of Cleveland feel they are not liable and this expense will be burdened- to the municipalities, which means an expense of 25 to 30 million dollars for each surburb. Mr. Avery said he does not feel the present suburban attorneys, who are devided in o- pinions, are not giving us adequate representation. He would like to take .the position of representing the Village in this matter. He would also be representing the other two communi- ties he works for and he feels the fees would be split three ways . There was a discussion with Council as a Whole making the mo- tion to dismiss our present representatives, Mr. William Slivka, and Robert Amsdell, and retaining Mr. Guerin Avery as Attorney for the village in the suit against the Cleveland Water Dept. Roll Call: AYES: All NAYS: None Motion Carried Mr. Avery to notify the Judge and Mr. Amsdell. Chief Hejcl - commented the new Fire Vehicle is to be delivered in July. Mr. Busa said Council is to take note of Mr. Avery's commenda- tion to the Police Department. Mr. Boger questioned the possibility of something being done about the Pond at the corner of Eastgate and Thornapple. The algae is terrible. Mayor Beebe said the owner has refused to maintain it for differ- ent reasons and the answer would be to put chemicals in the water.