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CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED BY: RESOLUTION N0. 76 - .T/e'~ A RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE CLEVELAND REGIONAL SEWER DISTRICT TO TAKE WHATEVER STEPS ARE NECESSARY TO EXPAND ITS STATUTORY PURPOSE UNDER OHIO REVISED CODE SECTION 6119.01 TO INCLUDE THE SUPPLY OF WATER TO USERS WITHIN AND WITHOUT THE DISTRICT AND TO UNDERTAKE NEGOTIATIONS TO ASSUME THE RESPONSIBILITY OF OPERATING AND MANAGING THE REGIONAL WATER SYSTEM OF THE CITY OF CLEVELAND, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY WHEREAS, the City of Cleveland currently operates a water supply system which has over a number of years been continuously expanded to serve the entire Greater Cleveland area to the extent that said system is a regional water system, and WHEREAS, the City of North Olmsted along withcther municipal- ities in the Greater Cleveland region, has heretofore contracted with the City of Cleveland to have the City of Cleveland, Division of Water and Heat of the Department of Public Utilities, provide an adequate supply of water, and WHEREAS, it has been demonstrated in the past that the operation of municipally owned utilities which service large metropolitan areas is best handled on a regional basis and a greater efficiency can be obtained by the pooling of resources and manpower throughout the area serviced, thereby accomplishing improved maintenance, repair and expansion, and WHEREAS, it is recognized that the City of Cleveland has attempted to provide service but has been unable to do so because of the vast area that the Water Department services, and WHEREAS, water revenue receipts collected by the Cleveland Water Department are being imprudently and unnecessarily applied so that the most pressing problems of repair and expansion in all parts of the system are not being solved, and WHEREAS, unless proper action is promptly instituted, the condition of the Cleveland Water System will continue to drastically deteriorate not only as to the inadequacy of the water pressure volume being delivered by Cleveland, but also as to the quality of water to be furnished, and WHEREAS, the Cleveland Regional Sewer District has demonstrated an ability to operate, maintain and improve the regional sanitary sewer system, and WHEREAS, Chapter 6119 of the Ohio Revised Code allows for regional sewer and water districts, and allows a sewer district by petition to expand its statutory purpose to include the supply of water to users within and without the district and to assume the operation of a water supply and distribution system. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED, COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA, AND STATE OF OHIO: _a,~ . „