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Regular Council Meeting 10-15-01 Page 10 First Readin2 of Resolution No. 2001-06, entitled; "A Resolution authorizing the Mayor to seek financial assistance from the Ohio Deparhnent of Natural Resources' Ohio Coastal Management Program for funding the development of the Upper 40 Stream Restoration Plan." Introduced by Mayor Rinker and Council as a Whole. Dr. Parker; seconded by Mrs. Cinco, made a inotion to suspend the rules of Council requiring an ordinance to be read on three separate occasions. Roll Call: AYES: All NAYS: None Motion Carried Rules Suspended Dr. Parker, seconded by Mr. Buckholtz, made a motion to adopt Resolution No. 2001-06. Council President Marquardt asked if there were any comments. Mr. Brett said this is a grant application that we are going to try to secure with the Metroparks and Gates Mills to underwrite the initial engineering for the Upper 40 stream restoration plan. This has been a project that has been ongoing for the last decade and has been a problem for the communities since the 1970's. The Village has committed $23-24,000; Metroparks has committed a similar amount. We are seeking to split 40 between the two agencies and try to secure another $77,000 in grants (actually $50,000 with the Village recognizing in-kind contributions on the part of some of its employees) so it is a total of $122,000. We are looking for $50,000; we would put in $40,000 in cash and the other $32,000 is in-kind services and that does not cost the Village in real dollars. Mayor Rinker said historically if you will recall, we had at one time received Issue 2 funding to repair a lot of the flow in the vicinity of the Upper 40 properties and it included working with the Metroparks directly and, without going into the history, it fell through. Historically, I think we have always recognized that at some point this was going to come back to the table. Earlier this year or toward the end of last year, this sort of came back to the forefront of discussion. At least I feel that the climate for discussion has been far better than it was before. This time there is a more collegial approach between the Metroparks and Gates Mills as well. The bottom line is that a lot of this drainage, these are issues that we have got to address one way or the other regardless of those who are downstream. It is evident that unless we push this a little bit, I think it is going to drag on longer than it is worthwhile. Unfortunately, experience has proven that when that happens then people start getting a little restless--it tends to create more disharmony than not. Our hope is that by moving this along, getting some of the engineering stuff done especially--it gives everyone a better sense of the scope of the project. That was kind of where we faltered of late--everyone agreed we need to get our framework for discussion and then get a better sense of who is going to contribute what--assuming that there will be some level of contributions split between the 3 entities. The bottom line is this is the way to catalyze the thing and keep it moving along. Council President Marquardt asked if there were any further comments.