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Regular Council Meeting 10-15-01 Page 2 Issue 2 application that we have made. At least so you are aware, after we were able to talk to you and a number of residents toward the end of last year and early this year, we did apply for emergency funding. We are kind of caught between a rock and hard place as far as how to characterize it. I can't imagine anybody would disagree that having rusty water is just unacceptable and yet from a very technical standpoint we are told just as you have been told by the City of Cleveland Water Department that rusty water in and of itself is not a health problem. It is one of the factors that the Issue 2 criteria look to; they weigh that pretty heavily. Your letters and Mrs. Neroni's letters--the fact that you've sent them is very good and we will supplement the application that we have already filed. The timetable for Issue 2 funding really started at the end of last month, they are in the review process right now. We are more optimistic than not that your letters, Mrs. Neroni's letters, what we have submitted historically, what we were able to gather in the course of the last several months, should put us in a pretty good position with Issue 2 funding to get the money that we need. We have calculated the project which is to relay piping from Wilson Mills all the way up to Hemingway--to be about a $270,000 project. We have made the commitment that we are applying for that funding and even if we don't get it, it will be an item that will be placed on the Village's own payment plan if that's what we have to do in order to replace the pipe. Our strategy has been to secure those kinds of funds so we are working on it and we have every intention of replacing that line. Mrs. Pollock asked what is the city's involvement in the City of Cleveland. Mayor Rinker said the City of Cleveland controls the water system. That is its one big asset. It controls the contracts, the maintenance. What we learned was this particular line, this segment, which in many respects is a feeder for the balance of the Worton Park neighborhood is a line that was constructed in advance of 1956. In 1956, they changed the technique for constructing these pipes to actually line them with concrete. I suspect what they found was that these lines would start decomposing a little bit. We've got test data that shows that on any objective scale we are off the charts as far as the percolation--the corrosive aspect of the pipe. So from what we can see, all measurements indicate that we should be pretty well positioned to get funding in order to replace the line. If we get that nod, that is something that we will not be able to commence until the first of July next year. That's assuming we get the funding. Realistically, we should be ready to do it at that time. So bear with us. It is something we are going to definitely--it is one of two Issue 2 projects that we have. Mrs. Pollock said one thing that really concerns me is the safety of this because they are claiming that it is safe, but I know for a fact that if there is a lot of lead in something which could be held in rusty water, that could help aid in developing asthma and lung problems. That is a concern to me. My husband has developed asthma in the past couple of years. He never had asthma before. In talking with other people that have had similar problems, I have a friend who moved to Mentor and before their home was built, all the sewer systems had to be updated and brought up to code because they were finding that there was asbestos in the pipes. This is a concern to me-- maybe their pipes were different than the pipes that we have in Mayfield Village.