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Council Minutes of 3/6/90 -3- Mr. O'Grady, Chairman Public Safety, Health and Welfare Committee reported: 1) Received a communication from Saf ety Director Gundy regarding a request for a stop sign within the Pebblebrook Subdivision. Mr. O'Grady ref erred this re- quest to the Engineering Department and received an approval for the installation of a stop sign at the intersection of Pebblebrook and Walnut. Legislation was requested and Ordinance No. 90-22 is on first reading this evening. Will be discussed further by the Safety Committee. Mr. Nashar, Chairman Streets and Drainage Committee reported.: 1) Streets and Drainage Committee meeting was held on March 1st with the following persons in attendance: Mayor Boyle, Council President Boehmer, Councilmen McKay, O'Grady and Nashar as well as Directors Bohlmann and Wilamosky, The first .item, the Deerfield drainage situation was discussed; Service Director Bohlmann advised that an engineering study is currently being conducted by URS Dalton and their report should be available by March 15th. Among the projects to be done is a culvert pipe on Maple Ridge Road to the Noreen ditch which should eliminate 25~ of the storm water in the Deerfield area; cost to the city is approximately $25,000. 2) The administration has met with the County Engineer with respect to resurfacing Fitch Road, Canterbury Road north of Lorain, and a portion of Gessner. City's cost will be about 10~ of the total project. 3) Also mentioned was the cleaning and relining of the Lorain Road water line, west of Porter Road. The funding for this project will come out of Zssue Two money with the city's cost being about $70,500 of the projected $700,000 total. The project will start in July of 1990. 4) Just as a comparison between plans for this year and last year, in 1989 the city spent $6,223 for sewer and ditch cleaning; this year the city plans to appropriate .$35,000. Last year, $33,200 was spent for street material and this year the city plans to appropriate $80,500. These appropriations are currently under review by the Finance Committee. Audience participation: Eugene Flynn, 25029 Deerf ield, stated that he understands the plans to alleviate the storm sewer system, however, what plans are being made to alleviate the sanitary sewer system. Mayor Boyle responded that this situation is being addressed through the URS Dalton study that Mr. Nashar referred to in his report. This study addresses infiltration; there is a linkage between the storm and sanitary systems with infiltration of storm water into the sanitary system. Law Director Gar eau advised that the city engineers are currently looking at the systems and believe that there may be some problems with the lateral connections from the street to the house. Meters have been placed in various manholes around the Deerfield area and it appears there is a great deal of infiltration and inflow coming from the lateral connections back by the houses rather than out by the streets. TV cameras do not show the main trunk lines to be in too bad condition. Mr. Flynn asked if he might stop in at City Hall to discuss this further and was advised to contact Service Director Bohlmann. Mary Ann Koch, 24740 Antler Drive, reported on the terrible condition of Antler Drive; will there be any sort of total reconstruction of this street; will the patching continue until then? Mr. Nashar advised that many streets in North Olmsted need attention, some of them have been on the street repair agenda for a number of years. The city is constantly looking for money to take care of these streets; it is a major financial problem. Mayor Boyle advised that in the Deerfield area, patching will continue while the flooding problem is being looked at; hopes to get the water out of the basements and then address. the streets. City has looked at new types of sealants that will hopefully provide better temporary repairs. While these streets will not be done this year, they are in the planning stage to be done systematically.