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Council Minutes of 9-2-75 -2- was checked out. Service Y~pt. and ~ngiaeeering Dept. are sti11 checking out various yard and street drainage ccreaplaiats. On Aug~t 26th another severe storm hit this area. Ag~fn pretty much the same ce:aditia~ns existed on Sunday; however this was afore general over ~ entire City, corded about T7 coe~glaints that day: 2b is i~ard 1, 21 is herd 2, $ 1~t Waret 3 sad 22 !aa ~iard 4. Service Dept. tried to check out each b t c~mmpla~tt. Various yard asu! stranet drainage coa~laints wars added to oaer list aaet ars still in process. During this period recorded i. 75 inches of rainfall. We harre all seems, heard a~ reed about the conditions in neighboring suburbs stul th ut the County. T#tiaiut we were forttanate in the coa4arable ariniapeae amcwmt of daaaege which was experf.estecsd. Wishes to thank all those aho res and Nho worked long furs before: the danger sub- sided and conditions were re3svacl, or ~atrally relieved thamsslves. We are convinced that the al actie~mt, heat is reepairs of sanitary sealers, had a decided impact to the nor t area of the City. Previously, with rains such as these we would have had ar~sch amore severe flooding. We have probably. sent close to 1/2 million dol].acs sinew 197Q in modifications to lift~statc~ns, repairs to sewer lines, TV inspecting.. and grouting. Our roses hours worked shows a decided decrease over the last year and a half or so. Mr. Kudukie' office called last week and asked what we estian-ted our stow damage might be. Taking into account an inspection to. ~a~aers, culverts and petssibly home s we gave a rougte estimate of $30~,fl00. This was nee:essary for him to coa~ils a coutety-aide estimate for damages to submit to the State of EBefo. 2) Bids were taken todeey for tso Ieaf collectors and four truck containers -which ranged from about $12,1340, to $21,t1~. Bids will be aealysed for confor-sance to specifications, sad a recc~m^aadatie~n made to the Board of Control. 3) regv~est.: 1 to pass legialetiene ~ accepting the Meneor of Understanding bn emargeacy Might. Ccxencil has had copies of the Meseorandum and copies of changes to the Memorandum. City Engineer Childs reported following; I) managed to get Walter Eci. paved in betweese rain showers sad it is his ~ersteutding that today the put crushed stones on the berms to bring the hsrees mp to the level of the new pa t; 2) have been rained oat entirely in eff+sacts to resurface Butter~tt Ridge ltd. Contractor had pserrionsly a a cair~ta~sttt to begin last I~a-da~- but because of all of the rain diet not aeedce it. In c;oafe~reaee~ phone cal]. tod+ty have received a tentative cerl.fst for stsrtia~ Bternut Ridgy R,d. resurfacing on Seapteaber ISth and they estifeete 4 to 5 s of we-s~. Law Director Gateau staged t3at he and I+iambers of Council have previously received a letter concerning soave cea~enta made by Lew Director Gateau sin &-~r-7S ~:tle. respect to Barclay Square litigation a~ Leer Director Gateau feels that ~ should reepoa~i to that letter. Law Director Garasu stetted that he would like to say initially here that his response is sot to be a political platform or anything of that nature but the forum of this respe wa~e chosen by the individual wha sent the letter and the following statear~t is one that Lear Director Gateau lames prepared and wi11 give to Council. Law Director Gateau read his report to Ccxutcil. Report is on file in Council Office. Mrs. Saringer, Chairman Emrironarattal Caatrol Coasai.tte!e and Long Range Pruning Committee, reported following: Due to the ab~datsce of rainfall we have experienced this past week and the flaaded bents the people in the northeast sact.an of the Cfty eupe:rie~ced, felt it etacasary to call an earergeacy mnetiag on Sept. 1st. Mrs. Saringer realises the City has +rrgve~ extensive sanitary sewer repair wank; however, it was quite evident that this has not alleviated the problems entirely. __ ~..~