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MINUTES OF THE FETING OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NG~tTIi OLMSTED SEPTEM6ER 2, 1975 Present: Fresident Francis J. O'Neill, Councilmen Beaty, Goggin, Limpert, Saringer, Sharpe, West, Wilamosky. Also present: l~tgor Ralph Christman, Lear Director Michael Gateau, Safety Director Raymond Carnahan, Service Director Henry Caster, City Engineer J. flaward Childs, Clerk of Council Nora Hill. Meeting was called to order by Pres3.~ant O'Neill at 8:00 P.M. Minutes of Council Meeting of August 1~, 1975, were app~•oved as read. Mayor Christman reported following: 1) Recreation Center is progressing rather well. Signed Change Order #lO, fl. 3. Forepaw ~ Sans, Inc., which added the painting of the block walls in shower some lO9 and 149 with an epoxy paint to provide for easier maintenance. Increase = $364.; 2) Signed Change Order ~`Il, fl. J. Forepaugt- & Sons, Inc., which provides for the addition of a wall to permit staters with skates to utilize the concession area along ~rl.th those wearing comreantional faot~ear. Included are footings, block wall, doors aid trim in amount of $1,434.51; 3) Signed Change Order #~5, D. E. Williaaia Electric, Inc., extending two 4" PnC lines in the utilitp easement area off Canterbury Road so that the buried etsctrical lines will sot be wader the concrete used for the storage of the owner's a r. Increase to project $413. 4) On September 11, 1975, at North Olmsted City Hall, 7:30 P.M., there will be a Public Meting with RTA; 5)have bgen iuforaa+d by the School Board that Dr. Donald Walters, 5912 Forest Ridge Drive, has been submitted as the School Board's representative to the City Parks and Recreation, Coa~sission. This fills the unexpired term of Mr. 8ugene Barl~urst which will tersiinate on December 32, 1977; b) have distributed to Council a cogy of the report by Director Donald Cops2awnd pertaining to Section 8 of the Housing Assistance Program that will be ope~ting on October let for Cuyahoga County; 7) have rec passage of 75-198 on emergency in order to provide rs of the Service DeQartmet~t and Wastewater ~`reata~ent Facility covered by the Ke~r- andum of Understanding with their wage increases. Service Director Caster reported following: Oa August 24th a severe storm hit this area. Storm was fairly widesgread to tine north and to the east of the City. West- lake, Bay and Pairview were victir before it really started itr North Olmsted. Subsequently all the drainage courses on the north side and the coast end vexe full and our drainage had no place to ~ -and sl1 of the watercourses filled up. Had extensive storm water back-up into baseaw~ts, which ixt turn found its way into sanitary outlets which in turn filled up sanitary ].ices, causing sanitary back-up in some areas . The Service Department pu~ued nupterous baseas~nts . The s~niaary crew had auxiliary pumps out at various locations in the northeast area of the City to relieve the volume of water acclated in the sanitary lines. The new pumps at the LeBern Lift Station were in:a+peration along with two gas-driest auxiliaries which were wed intsss~ittetxtly to keep the level at the stations +~11 below the critical Ievel. Recorded 4.1 istttihes of rainfall overall that day sed about b8 complaints were recorded: 17 ion Ward 1, 41 in Ward 2, 3 in Ward 3 attd 7 in Ward k. This is not really ixtdicatv-s of all of the people that may have had problems. Every basement co+splaint Nhich was r,,eceived by the Service Department