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Council Minutes 6-17-69 -2- Mr, Gaster then resumed his committee report. T'he committeE had recom- mended that the 5" tile on west side of Porrer remain as is and only be ? repaired. They recommend the S" tile on east side be replaced eniirely with 12" tile; also, on west 5ide from Martin, north to City limits replace 5" tile with Y2", Mt, Caster moved we accept these c'hanges in plans as far as drain tile information given, seconded by Mx. Prokasy- "Yeas" Caster, Eianx Hodgins, Limpertx Mi11er, Prokasy, West. Mr, Caster mentioned two peticions submitted at iast Council meeiing: one by Mrs, Sa1a on Dawn Drive and anuther from people on Marion Road, complaining about sanitary sewers baeking up intu basements- Mr. Caster discussed this situar-ion with the Mayur, and a program is bei.ng set up in the area to smoke test for cross connections, celevise where Service Director feels necessary and check all old lines between septic tanks and houses. These had conditional OK's. T'he sanitary lateral difficulLies wi11 be covered under Contract 15, In reference to Mrs: Sa1a's petition: the City 3s trying its best to keep ditch apen. Mr? Caster said that the starm sewer survey submitted by Floyd Browne shows that our particular area is wit.hin the 200 acre water shed. fihis is anticipated for our long range storm sewer pragiam. Relative to Dover Road, under Contract 12, (this wou1d aIso apply to Douglas Drive) the committee diseussed feasibility of boring the lateral connections to the opposite side of street ratheY than open cut method. Dover Road is still in good shape, There would be additional cost for boring lateral conneetions to the west side but long range maintenance cost will far exceed the addicional expense of open euts. There is leeway in money we have in the contract fox c.ontingencies. Mr, West, Chairman of the Finance Committee, said committee had received recommendations from Recreation Gommission for Ordinance 69-127, which had its first reading at last CounciT meeting. This committee will meet in the next week to further study proposed 1970 Budget and dlsa Recreation Commission's proposal tor recreational facilitiesR Mr:. Prokasy, Chairman of Public Parks, Property and Recreation Committee, said this committee had received a Ietter and drawing from Mayor on proposed walk-in park at Clague Rd- and proposed I-80A Tn order to do this the City would need to appropriate a parcel of land. Mr- Prokasy will request legis- lation for this parcei, As Chairman of Design and Platting GommiLtee, Mr. Prokasy reported that. legislation still is not complete for zoning on Lorain, but he hopes to have it for next Council meeting- The Clerk read several communicacions. Ihere was a letter from Lhe North Olmsted Music Festival Advisory Commictee and the Great Northern Merehants thanking City for financial help given to the programP There was a letter, dated June 13th, from Dr, Charles B. Lewis, president of the North 01msted Chamber of Commerce, stat3ng they felt it is to0 late to make changes in zoning on Lorain Road since there is now too much commerc.ial building in existence in area and it would work a hardship on present commercial estab- lishments. There was also a June 13th letter from the Park Ridge Civic Association, Inc., signed by AnLhony Weigand, President, congratulating Council for bringing revised commercial zoning before the Cityn fihis group of some 300 families said they heartily support the proposed zoning changes.