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MINUTES OF A MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED, OHIO MARCH 17, 1959 - 8:06 P. M, Present were Paul J. Gareau, Mayor; Ralph A. Hazelton, President of Council; Evelyn Henkel, Eddie Hixson, Wm. H. Kramer, Bruce MacDonald, Francis O'Neill, and James T. Wilson. Also present were Lloyd E. Barnes, Service Director and Acting Safety Director; C. J. Oviatt, Solicitor; Alex Kanareff, Engineer; and E. M. Christman, Clerk. Absent: Mary Alice Lynch and Alice Dobbins. The minutes of the regular meeting of Council of March 3rd were approved as read. Mr. Harold Watson, 26473 Sweetbriar Drive, appeared before Council appealing Council's assistance to take action against Monson-Williams Corporation to pave the road and install sidewalks. Other residents of Sweetbriar were also present at the meeting. The Clerk advised Monson-Williams Corporation has a bond i.n the amount of $12,500.00 on file with the City. r1r. Wilson advised the corporation was stopped from building any more houses on Sweetbriar because of the conditions on Maria Lane.. The paving was not up to standard and they are to come back to repair Maria Lane when theveather permits, and suggested the problem on Sweetbriar go to the Streets Committee to work on something to get at least a portion of that street paved. The Solicitor is to advise Monson-Williams of this situation. The Mayor reported that on the 10th of I~:arch a meeting was held with fiscal agents for proposed financial assistance for the City. They discussed the sewerage program with them, and on the 30th and 31st of March, these agents are coming back, and at treat time will take their proposals under consideration. The Mayor reported that on March 13th a meeting was held in Columbus with the Water Pollution Control Board. They discussed plans for the sewerage treatment plant and the Board was advised as to the tentative plans dividing the City into three districts; of the City's intent to hire a fiscal agent; of the financing proposals for trunk sewer lines, and various other phases of the program. The objective was to find out what the minimum requirements of the Board were, and was advised the Board would rather we devise our own program in a manner which would be undertaken without undue burden, and then submit the program for approval, on the thought that any reasonable plan would be approved by the Board. Discussion also covered plans to formulate a program spread over a period of years, The Service Director reported he had received a reply from Squire Sanders ~ Demsey as to the possible maximum maturity of the bonds which may be issued as a part of the city's projected sanitary sewerage system. The Revised Code, Section 133.20 was amended so as to permit a maximum maturity of forty years on bonds issued for sewers and sewage treatment works, and accordingly, such forty years would be the maximum maturity for this type of bond issue. However, present statutes limit the period for which special assessments may be levied to twenty years (or such lesser number of years as Council might determine to provide as the period of assessments). The Service Director reported he had received a communication from John R. Cloyd relative to bills remaining unpaid for certain jobs completed totaling X1,255.80. The City has not received any reports or plans for the drainage outlet for the Southern-Porter-Burns-Decker Roads Storm Sewer District, nor for any work relative to Eleanor-Evelyn walk and paving. The Director also stated the Mayor and i+;ngineer had also contacted Mr. Cloyd about records being brought to the City Hall, a.nd to date these have not been received. The Director requested Council's action to either approve or disapprove the payment of these bills. It was moved by Per. 3~rilson, seconded by hlr. A~acDonald, that