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Council Minutes of 9/28/2005 • Planning Department: The annual Ohio Planning Conference will be held in Cleveland this year from September 28 through 30. The Planning Director has been on the OPC committee serving over the past months to organize the state-wide event. Members of the city's Planning Commission will be attending one or two-day seminars on a variety of planning topics that are current in Ohio. • Safety Department: At Springvale, fall play remains strong but not above forecast for the first half of the month. There are several good outings booked for the second half of September, and we expect the month to meet plan at this point in time. The Recreation Center has received a $4,200 donation from the Hockey Club for compressor repair. Thanks to the Hockey Club. Bids were opened and the radio portion of the FEMA Grant was awarded for the Fire Department. • Service Department Sandy Ridge concrete replacement program--concrete work on Sudbury Drive, Bristol Lane, and Fairfax is complete. Darby Lane is 75% complete and south half of Westbury is paved. Pazk Piace and the other half of Westbury are scheduled to begin this week. North Park Estates concrete replacement program-concrete work on Camellia Lane and Nandina Drive is complete. Azalea is complete with the exception of Oring Road. The north side of Gazdenia Drive will be paved this week. The asphalt paving program is complete with the exception of joint seal and pavement markings. Councilman Bazker asked the Mayor if a pattern was emerging or have any hotspots within the city been identified with the data gathered regarding the flooding from August 20. Mayor O'Grady answered that the outreach to residents has proven to be useful. Although flooding went from one end of the city to the other just like it did in all the cities along I-480 in Cuyahoga County and I-90 in Lorain County, there were three general areas in our city which have been identified. Service Director Driscoll came forward and said we have a very comprehensive map with every parcel mazked, which storm, which sanitary sewer was affected. Areas in Wazd II-Dawn, Deerfield, Chase, Doe--received a substantial amount of flooding. He expects that area to be helped by the work done on the Hall ditch. Another azea identified includes Blossom, Sanders, Driscoll, Hyannis Port, Carsten, Williamstown. Those aze streets that storm water drains to the Ehle ditch. He is hoping to meet with Westlake administrators within the next several days to discuss the ditch and how we can help get the water flow heading out of that area a little bit better. Another azea is Stearns Road south of Lorain. Those aze three basic azeas where most of the problems occur, and we are concentrating most of our efforts to finding resolurions to problems in those three areas. Councilman Nashar asked whether people who had sanitary backups on August 20 have been contacted. Mayor O'Grady answered that the people who called in were added into a data base. The city has responded to residents on a complaint basis and in reaction to data gathered 3