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Council Minutes of 8/5/03 Pandora's Box if nobody bids and BFI gives stake-it-or-leave-it agreement. This is a very complex issue-proceed cautiously. George Schmitz, 4883 Grace Road, lived in N. Olmsted for over 20 years. In those 20 years, he has never been called on to maintain the lawn between his property and Brookpark Road. Approximately eight months ago, he received notice that it was his responsibility to do that. Is an extreme hardship on him because he is 74 and does not have the proper equipment to do it. He wrote a letter to the city explaining it and asked for a response. He didn't get exactly a yes or a no until the new Service Director came on. Thanks to Mr. Driscoll for cutting the Bass along Brookpark. His question is: Is this going to continue? To his knowledge he doesn't own that property. Service Director Driscoll came forward and said he believes that by city ordinance homeowners are responsible for maintaining property in front of their yards and on the sides when they live on a corner. There are some properties the city has traditionally helped maintain when the property owners couldn't because the area was a gateway to the city. This area is the tree lawn. For the present time, the city will continue to maintain that area. He has to become more familiar with what exactly all the properties aze that the city maintains in that area and the reasons the city maintains them. Obviously, he feels for people who are not able to maintain properties on their own, but the city also cannot take the full responsibility for helping all of these people, even though he wishes the city could. Mr. McKay noted that the state was not keeping up their property on Brookpazk Road. Mr. Driscoll said, to the best of his knowledge, the state cuts the Bass about once a month normally. Whether they have been keeping up with that this year, he doesn't know. The Service Dept. does try to go in there and take care of it when it gets out of hand. Don Pangac, 23470 Sharon Drive. ^ His mother's home is across the street from Mr. Schmitz, and he is concerned about the same issue. He had to pay extra to the lawn service company to have this done. All the way down Brookpark Road, the state land has Bass that is high. If the city is going to be consistent, either everybody has to cut their Bass or nobody has to cut their grass and the city has to maintain it. This is something that needs to be addressed to at least have a consistent policy. It is property they don't own. Their property ends far before the sidewalk. So the city is asking them to maintain property they don't own all the way out to Brookpark Road. ^ His sprinkling system is not functioning properly this yeaz because he doesn't have the same water pressure. He called Mr. Ciaccia, of the Cleveland Water Department, who sent out a crew. They said it is normal, and that you can have a variance of up to 5 lbs. pressure from time to time during the day. Prior to Bridgeport development being attached to the system, he didn't have a problem. Water will not go far enough to catch the edge-it was set up that way for yeazs as the system was put in 1989. He may have to spend a lot of money to revise his sprinkler system because Cleveland cannot maintain proper water pressure. Where does he go? He asked the Mayor where the city stands as to any progess with discussions with Avon Lake. Ward II Councilman Dailey said he had noticed different water pressures in the ward also. Councilman Miller said he had a concern with the ability of the Fire Dept. to fight fires with low water pressure and asked the Safety and Service Directors to address 10 ~.u~ .~~,