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Council Minutes of 8/16/94 Hampton, Berkshire and Devon storm sewers empty. The Mayor will also have the Engineering Departrr~t check the videotapes of the area for poss~k breaks in the sewers. The Mayor will notify Mr. Gellert and Council as to the findings of the Engineering Department. Tom and Joy Gdovin, 4334 Dover Center Road, had a foot and a half of sewage in their basement during the storm. They have not had a problem with flood~g since the storm in May of 1989 when they had three feet of sewage in their baser~t. Since that time, they have spent $22,500 to fix the problem. Their home is for sale and they are very digressed with this flooding problem since rt w~ be very c'irzuh to sell the home. Mr. Gdovin does not feel that the problem is r~water because the water drained from leis basement after two hours. Mayor Boyle expla~.ed that the drains do work by gravity and the water flowed back out through the drains. The Mayor asked Mr. B~ to comment on the flooding problems in this area. Mr. Bohhnaan .asked Mr. Gdovin if the sanitary laterals from his home to the street had been repaired as part of the $22,500 work. Mr. Gdovin said `~o." Mr. Bohimann said that the Gdovin's ba~caily have a reverse or flat flow problem. The laterals from the house to the sanitary sewer ~rould flow down; however, in this case, they are basically flat, and perhaps even reversed. Because their baserr~t is a bit deeper than normal, the sarchargigg that occurred on Blossom and Edgepark caused their basement to become a retention basic. The Mayor and Mr. Boha agreed that the lateral directions would have to be repaired. Mr. Bohlrnann said that this area and the Gdovin property was put on the list for the current Phase F sewer repair program. The Gdovin's have been put at the top of the list because of the deplorable chances of their problem Mayor Boyle asked that Mr. Bohi~mann issue the Gdovin's a letter gig that their home will be part of the Phase F repair work and that the Clerk of Council send them a copy of the minutes of this Council meeting. Mr. Bohhnann stated that he slid not believe the Law Director would have an objection to issuing Mr. and Mrs. Gdovim a letter of intent to repair the sanitary and gorm laterals from their home to the street. The letter should state that this work will hopeifulty correct their problem. In answer to a quegion by Mr. Nashar concernir-g liablhy, Mr. Gareau said that the letter should indicate that, as part of the overall city project, eagffieering studies would be conducted to determine what the problem was and come up wkh a design to correct the problem. The city has governmental immunity for the pig and design of sanitary sewers. Mrs. Bahas, who is a Realtor, told the Gdovins that it is possible to sell a horse with a higory of flooding problems. Also, this particular storm had atFected many homes in many cities and had received major coverage m the newspapers. Karla Rogers spoke on behalf of the Building Industry Association located at 6140 West Creek Road, Independence. The Association, which represents residential home builders and developers in Cuyahoga, Lake, Geauga and Ashtabula Counties, requested that Ordinance 94-100 dealing with. the stormwater management practices be referred back to the Environmental Control Comn~tee for further study. The BIA feels that this ordinance is not a cost item but the Association is concerned with regard to the partcailarites of the language and considerations to due process. Some of the concerns fficlude the arbitrariness of the 1/2 acre lots standard requirement; language which is inconsistent and 6