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196 Regular Council Meeting 7/18/94 Page Two Mr. Samac said he responded every time he received a call from Mrs. Graham. After the Cuyahoga County Sanitary Engineers advised him through Rick Novickis that the problem was solved. He personally viewed the cross-connections via the cameras through the sewer. Those they did correct. He walked the site (on Mrs. Graham's property) after a heavy rain and there was very little debris in the ditch area there. Most of that he would attribute to that type of debris that washed off the street and got washed into the catch basins. Mr. Samac said he talked to Rick Novickis from the County Board of Health who advised that their position is that there is very little of any problem there. There may be some residual sanitary matter existing in the storm sewer that has not washed through yet. He is planning on taking other samples in the very near future to determine if in fact there are any sanitary matters still coming through the sewer. If there is, they will do some more filming. Any cross-connections that they may find, they will correct. He believes the problem is solved. There will forever continue to be some residuals oils that may sheen on water that may stand in a ditch simply because of drippings from cars, the streets. Other than that, the water appears (and as far as the County is concerned at this point) is clean water. ? II? Mrs. Graham said the water on their property is filthy and disgusting. There is still sewage in it; it still smells. She spoke to Rick Novickis who gave her the same line. The pipes have been flushed out for a month; she can't see that this would still be from the pipes being flushed out. Her husband is a plumber. He has spoken to several people on the job. Those pipes should have been washed through the first week. There is still a problem. The odor is tremendous. Mr. Samac said he would be happy to meet her there tomorrow morning at 8 a.m. He viewed that site within an hour after the time she called and there was not even a lunch bag full of debris in that ditch. Sgt. Schutt arrived at this time (8:07 p.m.) Mayor Rinker said we have a limited availability to be able to clean out the problem itself. We prevailed upon getting these different agencies in there. When it is from a point source from outside our borders, we have limited ability. Mayor Rinker said he wants to send a letter to the various agencies (including Mayfield Heights) alerting them to the problem that has been identified, what we understand has been done to take care of it; that we understand there is a continuing problem that has been expressed by Mrs. Graham. Mayor Rinker said he thinks this is as much as we can do to keep on top of them and get a report back from them--if they find anything more--what else they can do. We look to you (Mrs. Graham) to keep telling us what is going on so that we can maintain that log. Ultimately, what gets these people to respond is