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b? ?u Special Council Meeting 3/4/91 Page Four Village, but they feel that development has attributed to the basic problems. He thanked Council for amending the agenda to include their comments. Mr. Silk said he would like to open the floor to any other residents who would like to add anything he may have missed. Mr. Jerome Catalano of 6752 Hickorv Hill Drive said that swale waters from Metro Park Drive come onto Hickory Hill Drive. Another problem is the storm sewers that were put in on Hickory Hill. The bike path feeding the storm sewer adds to the problem. Mr. Catalano said the problem is two fold: surface and underneath. Robert Kerver, a resident since 1968, said in 1971 this problem was created by the filling in of a drainage swale in the south end of the development. From that time until the present it was never opened up. The water gets into his sunken patio and goes into his house. It has happened 9 times since he has lived here. This is the third adminislration in which he has brought the problem to their attention. Mayor Carmen said that hopefully this will be the last administrarion they will have to bring it to. He said regarding the comment that when the problem was brought up it had fallen on deaf ears he feels it was quite the contrary. Mayor Carmen said this administration has been more attuned to problems than anyone realizes. About four years ago we deternuned as a group that the most significant problem that existed in Mayfield Village were problems relating to water and drainage. About three years ago in recognirion of this fact the Village hired Burgess & Niple to do a study on the drainage problems in the Village. Burgess & Niple completed the study in a timely fashion and the significant drainage problems in the Village were outlined in the study. Approximately 2 million dollars would be needed to correct all of the problems. Since the Village is constrained by finances, Mayor Carmen said it has been looking for other solutions to the problems. They came up with a plan that is being utilized in southern Ohio: water districts. They plan to create water districts in Mayfield Village and the plan has been set into motion. The plan will be utilizeri to collect funds. Mayor Carmen said the Village expects to collect as much as $200,000 a year which will be used to address these problems. If this is the case, combined with dollars from the general fund, the Village will be able to take a big bite out of drainage problems. Mayor Caimen said he has spoken to a number of people on and around Hickory Hill and there is not a good answer to the problem. He said it has taken about forty years of people building subdivisions and not looking beyond their streets to create the current drainage problems. He esrimates that it will probably take five to ten years to correct these water problems. Mayor Carmen said at the end of this period, we will have corrected them properly; not with band-aid solutions. Mayor Carmen said he would be more than happy to talk with the residents affected and see what the Village can do to help them in the interim with temporary solutions. Mayor Carmen said, however, he is not talking about spending $25,000 to $30,000 dollars now then spending $75,000 three years from now. He said therefore, his answer is that he is happy to talk with the residents and if they can come up with an economically feasible solution, he is willing to listen. Mayor Carmen said that the Hickory Hill problem was listed in the top five problems in Mayfield Village. Mayor Carmen said he is asking that the residents take this informarion on good faith. They should believe us because Council insrituted a similaz plan to re-pave or replace all streets in fair condition or below fair condirion, and seven years down the road there is no road in Mayfield Village that has not reached good or better condition. Mayor Carmen said the Village plans to do the same thing with the drainage problems.