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MARCH 18, 1958
<br />MINUTES OF A MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
<br />NQ~TH OLZfLSTED, OHIO - 8100 P.M.
<br />Present were Paul J. Gareau, Mayor; Ralph A. Hazelton, President of Council;
<br />James Hinkel; Eddie Hixson; Wm. H. Kramer; Mary Alice Lynch; Bruce MacDonald;
<br />Francis O~Neill; James Wilson; Patrick A. Gareau, Safety Director; and Lloyd
<br />E. Barnes, Service Director.
<br />Also present were C. J. Qviatt, Solicitor; E. M. Christman, Clerk; Everett
<br />Dean, Engineer; and Alice Dobbins, Treasurer.
<br />It was moved by Mr. Hixson, seconded by Mrs. Lynch, that we dispense with the
<br />reading of the minutes at this time. "Yeas" Hinkel, Hixson, Kramer, Lynch,
<br />MacDonald, O~Neill, 4~ilson.
<br />It was moved by Mr. Hixson, seconded by Mrs. Lynch, that the meeting be adjourned
<br />to the High School Auditorium, for the Public Hearing on 'Pentative Assessments
<br />to pay the costs of general and detailed plans, specifications, estimates of
<br />cost, preparation of tentative assessments and the cost of financing and legal
<br />services incident to the preparation and a plan of financing the proposed
<br />sewerage system for the City of North Olmsted. "Yeas" Hinkel, Hixson, Kramer,
<br />Lynch, MacDonald, O~Neill, Wilson.
<br />The meeting was called to order at the High Sehool Auditorium at 8:15 P. M.,
<br />and Mr. Hazelton stated Council will dispense with business and get into
<br />the Public Hearing, and Mr. Kuhn will answer the more technical questions
<br />relative to the sewer program.
<br />Mr. Kuhn stated the tentative assessments are on file with the Clerk of
<br />Council, and he would explain the events leading up to the sewer program and
<br />the discussions with the City Council.
<br />Some years ago, he was invited to City Council to ascertain how a sanitary
<br />sewer program for the City could be developed, with limited finances to
<br />undertake such a study. It was suggested North Olmsted take advantage of
<br />an interest-free loan of the Federal Government. The Housing and Home
<br />Financing Agency is to take care of all of the preliminary work, leading
<br />up to the present. The City applied for such a planning loan, approved in
<br />the amount of ~p30,000.00, and included in such funds were engineering studies
<br />and test borings to determine the sub-surface conditions. X27,000.00 was
<br />spent in connection with this work. The loan was applied for and received.
<br />The population was determined and then projected forward to the year 2000
<br />for potential in growth.
<br />The factors were then economic conditions of the Community, the total picture
<br />in years ahead, the total number of gallons per cubic foot of sewage produced,
<br />and what the picture would be twenty-five years ahead. The length of life of
<br />the lines put into the ground would be not less than fifty years; the main
<br />expense expansion, putting in the trench and the construction of the sewer
<br />lines, The Sewerage Treatment plant, in terms of twenty-five years, could
<br />be added to periodically and the immediate expenditure would not be too great.
<br />Requirements of the State Board of Health had to be considered. Eight states
<br />were contacted with cities along the Ohio :fiver Valley, and the basic standards
<br />for facilities for all people living in those eight states were incorporated
<br />in the State Pollution Control Act. A permit was issued to the City of North
<br />Olmsted to discharge sewage into the waters of the State, under authority of
<br />the Ohio Water Pollution Control Act, expiration date October 15th, 1958,
<br />subject to the provisions thereof.
<br />A topography of the 7,000 acres of the City of North Olmsted was taken, test
<br />borings authorized, and a complete report of soil conditions are on file .for
<br />the entire community.
<br />A master plan was developed, based on recommendations with regards to ability
<br />to finance such a program, and the limitations to work to in regards to total
<br />tax duplicate valuations, and a decision was made to go along with plans to
<br />serve approximately seventy-five percent of the total number of people in %he
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