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Council Minutes of 3/18/97 complete, and we do have cost estimates. However, the Mayor cannot at this time promise that the funding will be available this year. The appropriations will be finalized at a special Council meeting on March 27; and, if we can find the funds within that budget, we will begin the project. If we can't, we will look elsewhere. At present, the city is using pumps in this area as a temporary measure. Mr. O'Grady said Mrs. Weber's question about how Council and the administration would feel if their homes were flooding was a good question. The answer is they would feel terrible. And the fact that it is her home does not make him feel any better. He assured Mrs. Weber that Council is very interested in finding a solution to this problem. Art Hewett, Cambridge Crossings, said he was grateful that Dorchester Road, the only entrance into his neighborhood, was repaired. However, he wanted to bring to Council's attention the portion of Stearns Road south of I-480 which is in very poor condition. Mr. Hewett feels the road is dangerous and potentially life-threatening because vehicles going in both directions must swerve to the center of the road to avoid the large potholes. Mr. O'Grady commented that he had spoken to the Service Director about this area, and he believed it would be repaired as soon as the weather improved. Service Director Bohlmann answered that the city has an agreement with the county engineer's office for an SO-20 project for that road from the Limited-access line south to the Olmsted Township border. The concrete pavement on the approaches to the bridge, the islands and the road and berms are going to be repaired and resurfaced this summer. Mr. Nashar commented that slab repair would begin this spring in the south end of Bretton Ridge. LEGISLATION Ordinance No. 97-14 introduced by Mr. Limpert was given its third reading. An ordinance accepting a traffic control equipment easement located on property owned by Service Station Holdings, Inc. and designated as Permanent Parcel No. 234-20-07 by Cuyahoga County Maps and Records, said easement shown on Exhibit "A" and as described on Exhibit "B" and declaring an emergency. Mr. Limpert moved for adoption; second by Mrs. Saringer; motion passed unanimously. Ordinance No. 97-14 adopted. Ordinance No. 97-15 introduced by Mayor Boyle was given its third reading. An ordinance authorizing and directing the Mayor of the City of North Olmsted to enter into an agreement with Polytech Inc., to provide engineering services for two structural steel platforms at the North Olmsted Wastewater Treatment Plant, and declaring an emergency. Mr. Lind moved for adoption; second by Mrs. Saringer; motion passed unanimously. Ordinance No. 97-15 adopted. Ordinance No. 97-21 introduced by Mr. McKay was given its second reading. An ordinance authorizing the Director of Public Service to make emergency repairs on the microscreens at the Wastewater Treatment Plant, without public bidding, and declaring an emergency. 6