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Council Minutes of 3/20/2007 Engineering Dept. decision made by the city when the development was put in 30+ years ago. He believes the city has the responsibility to maintain the piping, which would mean clearing the piping of obstructions so the water flows away from the properties and into the main storm sewers. He requests the city take a plumber's snake out there and put it down through the piping and clear the obstructions to make the water flow away from the residents' backyards into the storm sewers. Paul Mentke, 24848 Arlington Lane, said he understands the city contracted out an evaluation of streets. Arlington Lane has deteriorated more than had been anticipated. The evaluation put it at 7 out of 10, but he believes it is probably in the condition of a 5. To illustrate his point, Mr. Mentke had a bag of rocks/concrete pieces from the street. In the past, cold patching has been done on the street; but that type of patching does not do a good job and does not last. Westview Drive is not in much better shape. He asked that the street be re-evaluated. Mayor O'Grady agreed and said that roads can degrade at a different rate. The road study is a living document and will be continuously upgraded. Service Director Limpert apologized and said he had mistakenly told Mr. Mentke the street had been evaluated at 7, but it actually was 6. He is going to send the street sweeper into that neighborhood to get the large chunks of concrete and gravel off the street. After that, he intends to do some spot grinding and get some of the cold patch from prior years up. This street is not slated for projects in 2007, 2008, or 2009. But an upgrade should be made this summer, and he considers it a probable for asphalt overlay in the future. Councilman Orlowski brought forward two buckets filled with pieces of asphalt and concrete that a resident swept up during one week. Westview and Arlington are atrocious. There is a section of Westview close to Lorain Road which is sunk below the rest of the pavement. The potholes in these two streets are too numerous to count. The debris on the streets is a safety hazard. Arlington Lane has more asphalt street patch on the tree lawns than in the street. In 2005, the Asst. City Engineer had Arlington on a list of streets to be repaired. The latest report, as Mr. Limpert pointed out, puts Arlington someplace after 2009. Ward IV has the majority of the commercial real estate in the city. He would like to see some of those tax dollars spent on the residential infrastructure in Ward IV. 3) Craig Witalis, 24809 Randall, said in the last six months, the flooding situation has changed. Before that, the water would drain within an hour of the end of a rain. Now the water accumulates approximately 20/25 feet in from the fence line of his property and through both houses on either side and to the houses behind them. Coincidentally, the problem seemed to occur about the time that Target opened. The city Engineering Dept. has suggested that the system was just overloaded with water and wasn't able to accept the water from his and his neighbors' property. But his line was flowing, but there was no where for it to go. Is this a sign of bigger problems with the sewer system? Mr. Limpert has said that they are going to look into it. At least a part of it may be a blockage on the other side of the street, but it maybe something much larger than that because his side, apparently with limited or no blockage, has flooded three or four times in a moderate rainstorm. 12