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Council Minutes of October 18, 1994 ~,,, of standing water. Mrs. Sutton said that fraying was done on September 6 or 7, and the people who sprayed said that the culverts were infested with mosquito larvae. Mr. Allen reiterated that this spraying was a precautionary type situation and the mosquitoes carrying the LaCrosse Encephalitis do not breed in ditches. Kimberly Cromwell, 23066 Virginia Avenue, said she did not see anyone spraying in her area which backs up to Summr~erland Avenue. Mrs. Cromwell called the county and was told that her neighborhood would be put on a list for spraying. Mr. Allen said that the county has an on-going treatment program. and has detailed maps that were created 19 years ago and have been continually updated. North Olmsted is a very important area for the control program and 60% of their activity is in this city. Ahhough Mrs. Cromwell may not have seen the spraying taking place directly on her street, it did occur in the surroundmg contiguous areas. He said it is not their philosophy to put people "on a list" and that their responses to complaigts were tinily. He suggested that in the future residents should specifically ask to weak to him Dawn Bennett, 23058 Virginia Avenue, asked how the night spraying was done. Mr. Allen said they use a ITLV (ultra low vohune) machine which is mounted on the back of a pickup truck. A small amount of pesticide is dispensed at high pressure. The droplets are about the size of the head of a pin, and millions of particles are dispensed out but a very small amount of insecticide is used. Mrs. Bahas asked if the fogging of yards by homeowners was effective and/or dangerous. Mr. Allen said that he would like to take the opportunity to dispel concerns that of some residents. The Board of Health uses approximately one ounce of chemical (a shotglass) per acre. They have determined the average lot size to be one-eighth of an acre. So, approximately one-eighth of a shotglass of liquid is sprayed across an individual yard. Hopefully, most of these droplets are hitting mosquitoes. Generally, results can be seen in about 96 hours. Laura Lewis, 23001 Summerland Avenue. Mrs. Lewis' daughter had the presumed case of encephalitis. She said that they have a very clean yard and do not leave man-made containers in their yard as potential breeding sites. Mrs. Lewis expressed concern about the drainage problems on Summeriand Avenue. She said that ankle deep puddles remain on the street for days from just a steady rain. After the heavy rain of Augur 13, raw sewage backed up into her basement. She feels the street is a high risk area. Mrs. Lewis explained in detail how sick the children were from the encephalitis. Both girls were hospitalized suffering from acute swelling of the brain and both went through delirium comas where they did not recognize their families. Mrs. Lewis said that when she called City Hall about the mosquito problem ~e was told to call back in the Spring and the street would be put on a list to be sprayed. She said that even before the children became ill, there were a lot of sewage problems and standing water on the street. Mrs. Lewis feels there is a correlation between the mosquitoes and the sewage backing up into the Summerland Avenue ditches after the August 13 storm Mayor Boyle courted that encephalitis was indeed a terrible disease, and the city and county were trying to take care 7 i