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Council Minutes of 9/28/2005 showing us the three trouble spots in the city. He has written a letter which will go out to every single resident that identified an issue. The letter explains what we have done and what we will continue to do. Service Director Driscoll said one thing we will be primarily looking at over the next several months are split level homes, such as those in the Deerfield area, where a lot of footer tiles are connected directly to the sanitary. We are also going to look at downspouts attached to the same system. Those probably can be removed immediately. Councilman Miller expressed concern about the fence on the new Target property because there is a gap at the bottom of the fence and it does not meet the mound. Over the years, he has been concerned about the trash blowing across from Wal-Mart. This fence will stop large items from blowing into the neighborhood behind the Target property, but bags and other debris will go through the gap. He asked that the Building Department address this problem. The fence is not going to serve the purpose of keeping debris out. It will keep some sound and some lights out, but those residents are going to be flooded with the debris that they were getting from Wal-Mazt and now also from the Target store. Mayor O'Grady commented that he has had direct conversations with the manager of the Target store and related some of those issues-disappointments we've had with neighbors across the street. The manager assured him they are going to be aggressive in that regard. They intend to be good neighbors. Planning Director Wenger came forwazd and said, regarding the gap in the fence, there is settling that needs to occur with the mound. It could be they might lay another course once the mound is settled or that they're fearful of having the fence come in contact with the mound and have shifting occur. She can check out the specs of the plan and what was presented versus what appears. Highway grass will be planted on the mound and that should hopefully close up that gap somewhat. Councilman Miller asked that the city keep up with this issue because it is a lengthy fence and quite a few neighbors aze affected by it. Councilman Tallon commented on the 200 tons of debris which was removed from the Hall ditch. Although Mayor O'Grady mentioned that we are getting cooperation from Westlake, he does not think that the removal of 200 tons of debris by our city crews after over 100 homes flooded is cooperation. It is not being a good neighbor and cooperating when we supply the labor for cleaning the ditch. Westlake has the responsibility for the ditch. The EPA has laws that make them maintain the flow of water, and they cannot obstruct the flow of the water. He feels Westlake should be told in no uncertain terms that, if they decide to do this again, we will have no alternative but to get the EPA involved. Mayor O'Grady said we do have an expectation that Westlake will maintain their ditches. In the past, their attitude has been, if they block up the water coming out of North Olmsted, then there is less water they have to deal with in Westlake. That attitude has changed, and there is more cooperation. But he is still going to take our crews aril go in there and haul that sediment out because we need to do something to protect the northeast section of town, especially Deerfield which was so hard hit. He does agree with what Mr. Tallon said, and we do want Westlake to do more. Currently, we aze in discussions with them regarding the Ehle ditch. Councilman Tallon reiterated his disappointment in the level of cooperation from Westlake and felt we should put some pressure on the fact that we aze not going to stand for this situation any more. Councilman Ryan made two requests of the Mayor: 1) Make use of our local television station and share with the residents what we are trying to accomplish regazding the flooding. 4