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26 Special Council Meeting 1/24/94 Page 2 same until the Upper 40 storm outlet route is determined. U.R.S. Dalton has a contract to study the Upper 40 storm outlet for alternatives. The Village will again be applying for Issue II funding. The storm outlet study must be completed prior to preliminary detention design. On February 28 of 1991, five copies of the U.R.S. Dalton final report on the Upper 40 outlet was submitted. On June 11,1991, Burgess and Niple sent a final report for the detention pond locafion study for the Upper 40 drainage basin. August 9, 1991, Hovancsek and Associates requested Burgess & Niple to revise and re-submit the Upper 40 detention basins facility report so the Village could use this report as part of the Issue II funding application. On July 24 of 1992, a copy of the Upper 40 storm outlet study prepared by U.R.S. Dalton and Burgess and Niple L,imited was submitted with the Issue II submittal. July 31,1992, Metroparks was contacted and asked for a name of a hydrologist that the Village could retain to review the Upper 40 erosion as it relates to the Upper 40 well supply. On August 27,1992, the Village Engineer recommended that the Village consider making a joint application with Metroparks for Issue II funding. August 31,1992, the Village Engineer requested a proposal for a hydraulic study of the existing streams as it relates to the three Upper 40 wells from Dr. Eckstein. September 1st, Mr. Dieinert,lVIr. and Mrs. Merkel, Mr. and Mrs. Peirce, and Mrs. Simek met and they stated and it has been advised by the Mayor and Council that there will be a joint effort with the Metroparks system to get Issue II moneys to embark upon the surface drainage water problems which exist in their area. The letter also stated that the Village was looking for a hydrology expert with regards to their wells. September 22, the Village Engineer notified Dr. Yoram Eckstein about the study. And the Village has awarded his firm to do the well study. October 15,1992, the Village Engineer requested a meeting with Richard Kerber of the Metroparks to discuss the Upper 40 Drainage Problem. October 21, Dr. Eckstein sent his report to Stephen Hovancsek with regards to the Upper 40 water wells. October 28,1992, Mr. Diemert, the Law Director, sent a letter to Mayor Blase Pietrafese concluding that Dr. Eckstein's report (from Dr. Eckstein's report) that the Village was not responsible for the Upper 40 water well problem. April lst, 1993, the letter from D.O.P.W.I.C. stating that the Village had received a grant for $427,000 for the Upper 40 drainage improvement. Apri19, the Village Engineer met with members of the Metroparks regarding the Metroparks position on participating in the funding of the Upper 40 agreement. Apri114, the Village Engineer wrote to Cleveland Metroparks stating that the Village has accepted the Issue II funding for the Upper 40 drainage improvement. May 7,1993, the Village Engineer wrote the Village stating that a meeting was scheduled for Wednesday, May 26 to discuss the Upper 40 improvements and the work proposed by Metroparks. May 21,1993, the Village Engineer recommended that the Village retain an appraiser to appraise the value of the Upper 40 area and the Whitehaven Cemetery site for a detention basin. May 26, Mr. William Peirce wrote a letter regarding his comments on