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MINUTES OF THE MEETI.i~ OF TgE. CO~RfCZL OF THE CITY OF Nt3RTH OLMSTBD SEPTI~ER 7, 1976 Present: President Da+any H. hispert, Councilmen Beaty, Boehmer, Goggin, Beringer,. tit, I~i3„Lamosky. Also present: Mayor Ralph Christman, Lax Director Michael Gareau, Safety Director Raymond Carnahan, Service Director Henry Caster, City Engineer J. Aoward Childs, Clerk of Council Nora Rill. Absent: Councilman Sharpe Meeting was called to order by President Limpert at 8:00 P.M. Minutes of Council Meeting of August 17, 1976, were approved as read; Minutes of Special Council Meeting of Septem~aer 1, 1976, were approved as read. Mayor Christman reported: 1) Council is in receipt of letter regarding the application of the Far West Information and Counseling Center to the Cuyahoga County Commissioners for funding under their portion of the fins received of the Block Grant. They have served well the people in North Olmsted sad Mayor is recomsendiag that we go on record as supporting their application; also, they would like to meet with the appropriate Cosasaittee of Council to explain what they do, and back them in their application for funding; Z)received the resignation of Mr. Jam~ss McCarthy from the Board of Building Code Appeals, effective September 1, 1976, and at this time do not have a replacement. President Lampert referred recom®rendation of the Mayor with respect to letter from the Far West Infoxxation and Counseling Center to Public Safety, Health & Welfare Committee. Service Director Caster commented on a meeting that the Mayor and Service Director Caster attended in Columbus relative to the new bill on Public Works appropriations. There are many projects we could be eligible - mainly a new service garage. Are awaiting additional information from the Federal Gowernnant and as soon as this is presented will pass ease along to Council. Mayor Christman com4wated it may be necessary to mows quickly on this when the groper (ores are received for the application and the funding will be oa a first-come first-serve~.basis. City 8ngineer Childs reported: 1) work on the sanitary serer repair contract ~5 is almost complete - will be finishing the work to install sidewalks tomorrow and that will leave only the replacement of sod; 2) the installation of the fence around the Recreation Center site Ras been completed; 3) Mr. Childs gave a detailed rundown on the activities the Engineering Dept. has had going and still have under way in connection with the flooding problem in the Forest Ridge Subdivision. Mr. West took matter up in Environarantal Control Committee: a suggestion was made that the Engineering Dept. look further at another possible solution - that of installing atom water retention basins. Have been lookl,ug at same and are hard pressed to find enough land area available to have any hopes of success but tho~ht that possibly by using all of time Wirth Park Drive right-of-way located to the west of Leasing Drive and using the parcel which xas the site of the old sanitary package pleat toxard the north end of Raarpton Drive, and connect them by a large pipe so that retention basins on both sites would function together and act as one big basin that we could come up with a viable