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Council Minutes of 4/15/2003 who use different health care programs, that we do not give any particular health care provider the edge, especially if we are doing it in tandem with other communities that carry a lot of clout. This could come back to bite the individual resident. Michael Jablonski, 25149 Lessner Road. ^ Expressed much concern about the number of water main breaks in his neighborhood. This winter there were nine water breaks in .4 of a mile. He has had three water breaks on his property, and his tree lawn has been tom up for a year. He started making phone calls about three years ago, and there has been no response. There has been no word about funding a water main project or repaving the road. The road is actually crumbling into his yard. From what he understands from conversations with Councilman Dailey and the Service Director, it's the City of Cleveland's responsibility to do all the repairs and repair any damage that they create to the resident's property. However, he feels it's the City of North Olmsted's responsibility to uphold that contract with the City of Cleveland. Right now, there is a water main break that has been leaking for two or three weeks. It's a gigantic mud puddle surrounding a fire hydrant. He has made countless attempts to get a response to this problem the Sun Herald did an article. He thinks a reasonable amount of water main breaks on one person's property is less than three. Hopefully, he will be at a meeting soon where he is hearing budget being allotted and roads being repaired because Lessner Road, in his opinion, is an embarrassment. ~ Councilman Dailey said that he and Mr. Jablonski have had numerous conversations on this topic, and he encouraged him to come to the Council meeting to present his comments for the record. He believes they may have made some progress toward a solution. Mr. Jablonski has been contacted by the Service Director who stated that "it's in the works." However, he feels the only way this is going to get done is to keep questioning and putting pressure on the Service Department and the City of Cleveland Water Department until this problem is resolved. (Since the Mayor was not present, President of Council O'Grady requested that the Clerk provide the Mayor and Service Director with a copy of Mr. Jablonski's remarks, along with a request that a response be made, and that Council receive a copy of the response.) Don Pangrac, 23470 Sharon Drive. ^ Sorry to see that the Mayor is not present. Apparently by the Mayor's decision not to sign 2003-25 and 2003-29, he does not support reduced water rates in this city. He would like to know why, and he hopes the Mayor would respond to this at some point. ^ There was a Plain Dealer article on April 2, "Suburbs Ready to Rumble on Water Rates." The schedule shows that North Olmsted will be paying 78% more for our water than Cleveland. He finds that unacceptable, and it's time we took a stand. We should be running, not walking, to Avon Lake to try to work out an agreement with them to try to take over our water lines. We should divest ourselves of having to subsidize the City of Cleveland. He met with the Mayor on October 21, 1998 to discuss this issue. It is almost five years later and, to the best of his knowledge, we have not moved one centimeter closer to doing something for the people in this city. 11