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Council Minutes of May 20, 2003 ;,.~, be done if there is enough money. If not, the north side will be done because that has P some developments there that have sidewalks. Finance Director Copfer said that Council had appropriated $15,000 for sidewalk materials. The Mayor said that he would try to get a timetable for completion and provide that information to Mr. Davis and Council. He will also attempt to get a letter from the Metroparks agreeing to complete their portion as soon as the city's project is complete. Ed Share, 26910 Hyannis Port Drive, spoke about flooding in his neighborhood, especially after the storm of Saturday, May 10. Also, the power in that area seems to go out frequently-at least five times last year and this year about four times. What can be done about this problem? Mayor Musial said he had spoken to CEI representative, John Nauer, and asked him for a full report as to the outages taking place. It is disconcerting to people who have sump pumps, as he does, because all you can do is stand there and watch the water come up out of the crock. Mr. Nauer will provide the information, and he will give it to Mr. Share. We have to find the answer for what is causing power outages, whether it is tree limbs falling or other reasons. If there are no power outages, the sump pumps will continue to work. Regarding the flooding, one question that came up was whether the sewers at the end of Hyannis Port meet in a T or a Y. They meet at a T at Williamstown Drive. Systems Supervisor Bob Binggeli indicated this would not make any difference since the sewer mains were surcharged from the Dover Center lift station all the way back to Hyannis Port. Another question involved the installation of a check valve. City inspector Lou Cifranic indicated that it is state code that any check valve must have a manhole installed above. Manholes are very expensive, and the homeowner would not be able to inspect and clean the check valve unless they were confined-space certified and had all the proper safety equipment. As to the question of why one person's basement floods when their neighbor's doesn't is that a lower elevation basement will flood first. Keeping the sump pump working is vital, and that can be accomplished by using a water device that acts as a second sump pump. Mr. Share said he had invested in a second sump pump, but the problem is second pumps are smaller and not foolproof. Mayor Musial said he personally was looking into purchasing an inverter which costs about $77 (powered by using a car cigarette lighter) instead of a gas generator for $300. Councilman Nashar suggested that Mr. Binggeli take a look at the storm sewers as they could be blocked, and Mayor Musial said that is being done. The difficulty is, if a power surge is taking place, sometimes it knocks out the capacity of the pumps to kick back on. The pumps in that area have been double checked, and every time power is cut and started back up again, the pumps came back on. In this situation, apparently the pumps were out for about 20 minutes. Councilman Limpert asked that the jet truck be sent out to make sure there is no blockage as the storm sewers were handling the water but the sanitaries were relatively stagnant. Bud Williams, 26862 Hyannis Port, had concerns about flooding. He had several inches of sewage in his basement. He called his Councilman, and Mr. Limpert came out within the hour and brought Service workers with him. They popped the manhole cover in front of his house, and the storm drain was running fine. However, the sanitary sewer was miserably backed up and not flowing. Three and a half hours after the rain stopped, he "~"` still had sewage coming up in his basement. This is the third time in 10 years. He has a ;;~. 8