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32 Special Council Meeting 1/24/94 Page 10 P. regard. We have tried to be sensitive to it, but we feel that we have very few options. We have virtually no option when it comes down to a significant difference in costs that have to be borne in one sight over another. We have looked to alternate places, not only Whitehaven. We have taken heed of your recommendations to look at Beta Drive, for example. ? we want to identify as the source of a lot of these problems. We could go farther afield and look to communities at our borders. But, it doesn't change the ultimate problem we face. We, under law are obligated to address these problems. And this isn't the only one. We have a number of other major drainage problems that face us, and litigation faces in those. Major costs are there in front of us and we don't the luxury of choosing too many alternatives. We are certainly committed to approaching this in as sensitive a way to the environment as we can. .We have consulted directly with the Metroparks. We are coordinating over the long run with the Metroparks. I think that when it comes down to it, nobody has an answer to your position that this is a pristine setting and whatever we do here is going to change that unalterably. All I can tell you is that we are committed to doing it in a way that will cause the least amount of impact possible and still physically provide the drainage control that they can. There is a benefit that will be seen in the Metroparks, and the Upper pond itself will be part of this improvement, but the fact of the,`inatter is we need some form of detention facility and we can see no other reasonable alternative than this site. I can tell you every person here has been agonizing over this. It "doesn't change the fact that we have to make a decision. We feel it is a grave decision. We will try to seE it through as decently as we can. But, I for one feel that we have explored this as much as we can. We have a duty to all of our taxpayers and i feel that the answer lies in front of us. And I am asking the Council to vote tonight to authorize our going ahead and using the Issue II funds made available for the project as it has been anticipated to developing that Upper 40 drainage ravine. Mrs. Cinco: At this time, with the Law Director being gone, I'll read: Resolution No. 94-10, Introduced by Mayor Rinker and Council as a Whole; "An emergency resolution authorizing and directing the Village Engineer .to prepare plans and specifications with regard to the Upper 40 drainage improvemerit project." Mrs. Cinco: I need a suspension. Mr. Stephens, seconded by Mr. Busa, made a motion to suspend the rules of Council requiring a resolution to be read on three separate occasions. ;. .,,. L ROLL CALL: AYES: All << NAYS: None Motion Carried Rules Suspended