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Council Minutes of 10/4/2005 Sandra Kopoto of the Ohio EPA agreed that January 1, 2006 would be a reasonable deadline for the city to contract with a consultant to prepare and submit our plan of study for our sanitary sewer system. In the Sandy Ridge concrete replacement program, concrete work on Sudbury Drive, Bristol Lane, Fairfax Lane and Darby Lane is complete. The north side of Waterbury Circle was poured on Monday. The north side of Kingston Circle is being excavated. The South side of Waterbury Circle and Park Place remain. In the North Park Estates concrete replacement program, Camellia Lane, Nandina Drive and Azalea Lane are complete. On the north side of Gardenia Drive, the pavement and drive aprons have been replaced. The south side is being excavated this week. The asphalt paving program is complete with the exception of joint seal and pavement markings. The police station sidewalk and step replacement is scheduled to begin later this week. The Cleveland Water Dept. has completed their repair of all hydrants in the city. Councilman Barker inquired if the cleaning of the Hall ditch would continue as there remains about 10% that needs to be completed, and he inquired as to the continued cooperation of Westlake. Mayor O'Grady said the coordination with Westlake continues to be very good. Their cooperation on the Hall ditch was nothing short of fantastic. The fact that we were able to work with them to clean out a ditch that very much affects our residents is very much in our best interests. Mayor Clough has committed to cleaning out the Ehle ditch which serves the west central portion of our city, and it should make drainage far better for our residents in that area of town as well. Service Director Driscoll explained that the reason the Hall ditch was not completely cleaned the first time was Westlake's equipment had mechanical problems. They had to rent a smaller piece of equipment that was not able to reach all the way across the ditch. Once their equipment is repaired, they intend to clean the remainder of the ditch. We will be following up with them to make sure that that happens. Councilman Tallon inquired if the Hall ditch was completely in Westlake and expressed concern as to whether Westlake will continue to clean their ditches that affect North Olmsted. Service Director Driscoll said the Hall ditch was in Westlake. But, if you look at the culvert that crosses under Clague Road right before that ditch, there is a large sewer that comes from the south into that culvert and all the clogging up in that ditch creates siltation to continue to collect back into the pipe that directly conveys flow only from North Olmsted residents. So, by the two cities working together to get that cleaned out, the crews were also able to pop open the manhole covers and flush out a considerable amount of dirt that was silted into the bottom of those sewers. There are direct benefits to our citizens in cooperating to do that cleaning. Westlake has made a commitment to clean the Ehle ditch, and we are not going to let up on those things. We will continue to 4