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Council Minutes of 5/20/86 -5- Mr. McKay, Chairman Streets and Drainage Committee as well as Enviromaental Control Committee reported: 1) Streets and Drainage Committee met on Thursday, May 8th with Mayor, Service Director, Public Works Commissioner, City Engineer, Budget and Management Director, Councilman Wilamosky and three residents from Sharon Lane in attendance. Committee discussed the erosion of a drainage ditch at the rear of one of the. resident's property. Committee feels the ditch should be repaired; city does have an easement to perform work on the ditch in this area; a new approach will have to be investigated as to the right-of-way to bring in the equipment. City Engineer Schaller. will be checking for the best right-of-way. 2) Committee was updated on the repair of Barton and Lessner Roads which was accomplished last year; contract work has been done, ditches will be cleaned and water flow checked. 3) North Olmsted, in cooperation with Cuyahoga County, will repair Fitch and Mastick Roads; city will be responsible for material - county will provide equipment and labor. 4) At the present time, due to the fact that the city only has about $39,000 for street material, only some repair work will be done on streets. 5) McKenzie Road south culvert was discussed with regard to one edge of the approach which is pulling away from the roadway. Should this problem worsen, it could be necessary to limit the weight crossing the culvert. 6) Committee discussed Ordinance No. 86-37, repair and resurfacing of Lewis Road Bridge, No. 21, over the west branch of Rocky River, and recommends adoption. 7) Due to the number of requests for assistance of drainage on private land and city maintained ditches, the committee will be looking over criteria to establish a fair and equitable solution whereby the city will help residents alleviate problems such as in rear yards, etc. City will give guidance and assistance to areas on private land, however, homeowners or groups of homeowners may be re- quired to assist in the cost of these projects in the future. President Woerpel reported that he had attended the last North Olmsted Trans- portation Study Team meeting; the Transportation Study Team is really getting ready to get serious about prioritizing some of the transportation projects within the city. He commended Mrs. Saringer, Mr. McKay and Mr. Tallon who are the councilmembers serving. on this team, recognizing that in the next few months they will have to make some hard decisions. The Transportation Study Team is a non-partisan organization and the decisions to be made must be decided without partisan politics or how it might affect Mr. McKay's or Mr. Tallon's own wards. Just wanted to let Councilmen Saringer, McKay and Tallon know that everyone recognizes how difficult some of the decisions are going to be. Letters and Communications: President Woerpel announced that members of council had received a letter from Mr. Robert G. Sharp this .evening; have not had a chance. to read it or respond as yet; would like the record to show that it has been received. Audience participation: Jackie Thomas, 4326 Coe Avenue, reported to council that a culvert and ditch behind her home was filled in about a month ago. Since this was done, she has had a flooded basement. Service Director Noble stated he has looked at the problem and it appears that the contractor has failed to connect the field the to the drainage ditch. City will be going back to the contractor to fulfill his obligation. Councilman McKay agreed to look into this complaint personally. If damage has been done to homeowner, Law Director advised the property owner would have to pursue this against the contractor if there is a cause for action. ~., ~~rr