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rRIlVUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED AUGUST 16,1994 Present: Council Preet ,Council Members Bahas, Limpert, Lmd, McKay, Musial, Nashar, Saringer Also Present: Mayor Ed Boyle, Law Director Mc.~ael Gareau, Finance Director James Burns, Clerk of Co~mcil Barbara Semen Council President Boehmer called the meeting to order at 8:14 p.m in Council Chambers, 5200 Dover Center Road, North Ohn~ed, Ohio. Members of the audience were invited to join Council in reciting the Pledge of Allegi~mce to the Flag. The minutes of the Council g of July 5, 1994 were approved as written. The minutes of the special Council meeting of July 6, 1994 were approved as written. The minutes of the special Council g of July 7, 1994 were approved as written. The minutes of the special Council meeting of August I0, 1994 were approved as written. President Boehmer announced that Ordinance No. 94-109 would be tabled, Ordinance No. 94-112 would be passed under suspension of the rules and Ordinance No. 94-120 would be added to the agenda. REMJIt1'S Mayor Boyle reported: 1) Although the flood abatement program is working well and exceeds our expectations from 1990, it is not complete. IIuring the dorm this past week- end, approximately 150 homes received water. The storm of Memorial Day weekend 1989 caused approximately 2,004 complaffits of flooding. However, it should be noted that the city received 3.1 inches of ram in a 24-hour period during that storm and 4.2 inches of rain this past weekend. These statistics prove that progress has been made, but there is still work to be done. One cause of the recent flooding was the failure of the 6 inch bypass pump at the LeBern lift station. The pump had received routine maintenance in May and had been started as recently as the day before the norm Unfortunately, it was down for about an hour; and the 4 inch pump used in its place could not handle the vohune of water. Another cause of flooding was a 12 inch cukvert pipe in the All~dale area which was installed by a rent about 10 years ago. This pie choked the water flow from a 30 inch pipe inked by the city. City records indicate that at the time of the installation of the 12 inch pipe, the city did not know that the water was being choked and had actually approved it. The current property owner is not the owner that m~al~ the pipe. We're researching the situation, and the 12 inch pipe will have to be removed. Some floodmg occurrences were the direct result of street reconstruction, primarily in the