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Council Minutes of 2/3/2009 \`,J Sharon Schlemmer, Systems Supt. Bob Binggeli, WWTP Systems Supervisor Joe Auner. Agenda items included the following: • Resolution 2009-9, a resolution authorizing the Director of Planning to file an application for a community recycling awareness grant from the Cuyahoga County Solid Waste District; further authorizing the Mayor to accept the grant, if awazded, and declaring an emergency. Planning Director Wenger spoke on this grant which is $3,500 with no matching funds required. The grant centers on recycling awareness. The Director is looking to use re-useable grocery bags to create this awareness. By teaming with the school system, SITES students will create a logo to be placed on the grocery bags and the program will reach more residents through school district students. A fact sheet on recycling will be included in the grocery bag. Approximately 3,000 bags will be purchased through the grant and school system participation. The committee voted 3-0 to recommend approval by all of Council. After the meeting, the Planning Director requested suspension of this resolution to provide for the timely filing of the application. • The committee explored information contained in the June 30, 2008 and December 23, 2008 letters to the Ohio EPA. Jared Bartley from the Soil & Water Conservation District spoke on the advisory, technical support and educational role which the Soil & Water District can play in the I & I control and the capacity in which they maybe able to help if the city requests their help. Today the quality and quantity of water moving to natural waterways is of great concern. Water from hard surfaces may warm storm water to a point where the temperature affects the oxygen in the natural waterways and harms aquatic life. Literature regazding rain gazden construction was left with the committee. Addressed was the methods of eliminating or lessening the influx of storm water to sanitary sewers, additional detention storage, time frame of implementation of programs and the cost to the city and residents. The least costly method is to address the I & I (inflow and infiltration) before it reaches the sanitary sewer system. The Service Director spoke about a program which would, after proper testing, require homeowners whose footer drain tiles aze connected to the sanitary sewer system to disconnect the home footer drains. The footer drain water would then be pumped up to the storm water piping. This system would eliminate a direct discharge of storm and ground water to the sanitary sewer system. Testing for this program may begin as early as this summer in the Deerfield area. Cost for this type of systems is $5,000 to $8,000 per home. The disconnection of downspouts after proper testing and in accordance to a master plan, could divert water from the sanitary sewers and the footer drains on some homes. Storm water can be diverted to residential rear yard azeas via several methods of piping. The city is considering a piping system which would be similaz to a sprinkler system, having underground piping with apop-up head which would be activated by water pressure flowing through the piping. The piping would carry the water a distance from the home before dischazging the water to the surface of the rear yazd area. This system would cost approximately $500 to $800 per home. At a minimum, the discharge pipe needs to be six feet from the foundation of the home 5