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Gotac? 1 Minutesa 6r2-70 Pag+e -2- it is dvubtful all of thia can be eoepleted by Juse lf??a_ so ths e?arli?eat this can come up for v+ate srill.he fbe,.?t..aewtttrig"in 3uly-.--Mr:- Viest will annaunce at next Couacil meeting when ame wi.ll comt up for vote. In other action, the Desiga & Platt#ng Ctmmittee turned daan the Bmar Sub- divisieci and rezoniag. Sarne had ban pseviously rejected by P1amiag Commissioa. They wanted townhouses in back of I.ouis Drive. The Danielson Subdivisicn was approved and wlil reaqusst legi,slatiea for recard purpas*s oaly. Regerdfng the Sfebeahar Subdivision, aome sstters had to be clarified aud this Comittee tias requested a meeting. The Clerk then read a letter fron Mrs. Rodgins iu which she raported damags resulting from the rainstorm on Majr 25th, in tiard II, on Marivn, Stc?ney#irook, LeBerae and Columbfa Itaads. Mr$. Hadgius requested more rapair aVd imprcve- meats continue to be mads in the drainap aad seeer systeas i.zt this area, and requested an additional pump at the LeBerne Lift Station. President Pro Tem Prokasy referred the letter to the Muaicipai Develcrpment Camittee. People addsesain,_g,?Cauu„gil: Mr. Frarcttlclya Strauss, 23i33 Marion Road, stated his basement haa flcx>ded four times since May, 1964, and he expectu action. Feels someme has a reapcnsibilitq in this Adeini.stxatian. Questionod ahy hssa't saNeething been done. tiw aurh does he have to put up with mnd wbat can he do? 1'he resson for baaemmt candi- tian goes back before present Admiaistratiaa took office. Mayor (hristmn reported an flooding conditioa which did exist on May 25th. He stated the srea aorth of Lossig received hemvy raia - that to the south did not receive nearlp the severe rain that ire did an July kth or May 18th of last year. Parts of the erea north of Lorain have beew telsvised, grouted and sealed - about 8740 feet of saaaitary eeaers. Thia is aot an irAexpmaive propasitian. There are a great many lsaks ffisd a lat of leaks were corrected, but we cam to the limits of the financing that were set up for this. We realize with this flooding an1 its continuance, and With the results of correctiag this 8700 feet, we are going to have to go thraugh and seal this entire spstem. Eagiueering Departmat aad Seaer Service D"artment are comiag up with the footage pet to <<one. This wi11 requize aoney otd the only place he can see will be from the sever revenues. We sre al.ready cowdtting the sewer rtvenaes to the exparnsian of the plant. When we have the eatimate of the cost of sealing sewers are will preaent it to Cauncil irith aowe fdea of what it ie going to take in reveanue to accomrplish this. It ie atill not going to solve the problem af storm srater entering sanitary se+rers at other poiats where theq back up and crcss canect to saaitarq swers. Lettsrs are be#a$ sent out to the areas where dowmsgouta are connected to thes. Aave heaitated to send these letters until the City has had its own sawers in order; howevez, we must get this done. The long term solution to this is not jwt the eealing and tak3.ng care of our oHra ew+ers. It is a ccnabination of getting rid of storm water when it does come. The application for the Plum#ng Dommstratiosts Grant weut in ?!ay 22nd, and this study ahould give ua alI o€ tte anwera crn ahat ta do. The studq is estimated to be 73 week.s. It is tfos consvmiag, expansiee and about the onlq way to gst to Che roat of the problem. ? . 0*9