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~~~~ MINUTES OF TBE MEETING OF THE COUNCIL of THE cIT~ aF ~ vBTaD NOVEM!!BR 1, 1977 Present: President Dewey Liae~rt, Councilmen Beaty, Boehmer, Fairfield, Beringer, Sharpe, West, Wilaeeosky. Also present: Mayor Ralph Chriatssn, Law Director Michael Gareau, Safety Director Richard Roharik, Service Director Harry Caster, City i~ugineer J. Howard Childs, Clerk of Council Nora Bill. ' Meeting was called to order by President Lampert at 8:00 P.M. Minutes of Council Meeting of October I8, 1977, were approved as read. City Bangineer Childs reported: 1) last Friday attended a meeting dealing with subject of urban flooding and draiaage problems. Mrs. Beringer was also in attendance. The meeting was sponsored by A~OACA and officials ire there from various departments of the Federal Gorntaent, various State officials as well as the NOACA people: they had three panel discussions, one by ledesai officials, another bq Btate officials and a third by NOAC~A is each case outlining wteat these various branches of government can do and are doing to help the various eicipali- ties with their flooding problems Heard pretty much the same story that most of us have heard before mainly that the nosey is not there and the govercut organiza- tion is not there to really do a lot to heap the various municipalities with actual construction activities to alleviate hooding. They can do studies but that is about all they can do within the limitations of their present resources. They say the Corps of Engineers is restricted from getting into anything in construction area to help come4unities with flooding unless they can show that the be~rfit that will accrue from the project will exceed the costs; and this rules out about 99x of the things that they are asked to look at. Mr. Childs discussed the fact that the Ohio Dept. of Natural Resources are liaa3ted by budget and have to restrict them- selves to just the highest priority, etc., so they get around to vezy few when it comes to the construction phase of it. While greeting was in pro~Ceas Mr. Qiilds took opportunity to state what we are doing in North Olmsted to avoid flooding problems here - outlined what we !save been doing to install storm water retention basins in various new developo~eta in the City during the last five years. Also pointed out that during duet span of years even though we have had a lot of dev~lop- ment does not think we have iacrel our flooding problems any during that period because of the retention basins. They are trying to seeks the point that eveen though the large sums of nranay are not' there for an areaaide solution to the problem there is a lot that each indiv+~a1 comity can do on their own; 2) had our second bid opaaring oo Claque Rd. Culvert an October 28th, 1977. Do have a good low bid from the saw contractor that was the Iow bidder before and far the eases dollar bid. It looks like a viable bid and will be recasslending that we proceed with the contract. Law Director Garesu reported: 1) with respect to the Burkett Case vs. City of North Olmsted: have completed all discovery; took depositions for 2 1/2 days. Haws also filed Motion for Summary Judgseaat. Ttws case is set for trail in Decarrber sad expects ~ that prior to that time the Motive fox Sus~oeary Judgsxatet will be ruled on sad we will either for forward or the City will be out of the case; 2) with respect to the Bush Case as far as the mandasus action: did have a settlement and the judgment entry was reheated in the dailq I.egsl Nuts; however, a couple of days later somebody chsaged their minds and we are still back in the case - that is the mandamus action, and are having a bearing on that Nov~er 17th.