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Council Minutes of 5-17-77 -2" to protect the fly shelters inn city parka. These shelters presented a real hssard to people during storm$ - Cost is $300.; 2} Auri.liary pa-lice are sow baisg posted at the city-parks from 8:~ p.m. until 11:00 p.s. The auxiliary police are keeping a log of their activities so that wa can analysts their effacti®eaeas end place than where they are scat seeded; 3) Seagrsve Cospaay has granted us as e~ctaasion oa tie fire truck trade-in. This will enable us to have the Headed body work done on truck #4. Mrs. Beringer stated she would like to cvsreat on the Mayor's request that Council consider legislation to ban him phosphates: thinks it is a vary good idea, too; did several years ago when aha was a r of the Southwest Cuyahoga County City Council Representatives: discussed this type of legislation and at the time was informed by the Service Director that w+e did not Head this type of legislation because our plant had the faciiitias end was capable of haadling this: it is too bad - if this legislation would have bean enacted wa could bees baste savit~ all of these years: would urge Couacii look into this. Mayor cos~ated part of the problem with that is the basming in soma arses did cause hardships for awhile until the detergent people actually developed a lower phosphate - differ~t types of cleaners that provided about the a+awa effectw®ess. Mayor recalls Mrs. Beringer initiating this back six years ago. Mr. Childs cose~ented that until the pcd'~lication which the Mayor referred to that care o~et in Coetsusers Magasi~ last Decambe~r, he felt that facts were not at head to give us the proper confidence level to enact a ban on phosphate detergents: it is only after that gublicstion case out that he felt we could raco®end a high phosphate detergent ban: have been collecting all the data that is felt is Headed s~ maw all facts avaihible to Council to consider this legislation: there are a lot of.facts pro sad con to this detergent ban; have assembled most of the perti.~t facts on both sides and both the Mayor and Mr. Childs feel that the facts add up in favor of the ban and we should go that route. Service Director Caster reported ha has submitted report to Finance Committee and a report to the Streets & Drainage Committee which they had requested. Law Director Gareau reported: 1} have recommended in the past and recently have also rec ded to Council that Council take some official action authorising the Law Department to take whatever legal steps are necessary to bring into conformity various automobile agencies that have violated the Zoning Code. Yt is his understanding that action of Gouacil will be forthcoming tonight on that; 2) in the past several weeks have discussed with the Board of Zoning Appeals and also the members of the B.Z.&D. Coarnittee certain requested changes is the Zoning Code and expect that those will be forthcoming also. Mrs. Saringer, Chairman Streets ~ Drainage Committee, reported Co~mni.ttee met on Saturday morning with residents of Clifford Drive to discuss the possibility of repairing of the berm in con~nnction with the resurfacing. About l5 h ors attended the meeting. The general response was favorable; however, did request a list from the Service Dapt. in regard to the work that was discussed: to this day have not received this list so that Mrs. Saringer could follow up with bar plan and at this point feels that she is not going to call another cosaittee meeting on the aub~ect: Mrs. Saringer stated she has tried to get to the people and find out if theq would be agreeable: flays not received cooperates fral the Administxation and therefore will say she thinks the resurfacing should proeaed and it is up to the administration to take care of the drainage probla~s. ,~„~,~~s