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/ '3` Mr. Cavanaugh was opposed to the ordinance being considered by the Council which would prohibit the disposal of any runoff of ground water into the sanitary system. Councilman Sauer pointed out that the main sewage lines into Minneapolis were so clogged during the storms that the waste waters from St. Anthony were carried out of the City fast enough and backed up. There was a discussion of the high water table of St. Anthony and the fact that the drainage down the hilly areas of the City could have caused a backup into the homes at a lower level. The Manager said the Fire Department was compiling a list of trouble spots in the City from calls received from the residents and urged those present to alert City officials the minute they noticed backups into their homes. He said he had initiated a quicker response timetable for the Maintenance Department explaining the difficulty of getting all the workers on the job immediately after a crisis. He also said the City would continue to pump out the manholes and then would respond to resident6'1 requests for pumping out their flooded basements. Mayor Miedtke invited all to use his home phone number in the event the emergency numbers for the City were busy. The residents then discussed with the Council members the hazards of having electrical and gas fixtures inundated with backup water as well as the health problems of having sewage in the basements or the physical and mental stress experienced by residents who have to pump out their basements and clean up the • debris. The Sun reporter, Jim Richardson, was asked to inform his readers of the potential hazards. The Manager said he would investigate the feasibility of different devices residents could use as shutoff valves on their sanitary systems. The Fngineer was to be consulted on what could be done to prevent further flooding of residences and the residents were invited to attend the July 22nd Council meeting to ascertain the results of these investigations. The meeting was recessed at 9:15 and resumed at 9:25 P.M. for consideration of turning Silver Lane back to the City by Ramsey County. It was decided to table action on this proposition until the lst meeting of the Council in September to allow for the completion of reconstruction of Silver Lake Road. Mr. Donald Cottle, 2919 Silver Lane, then protested the Council's inc%ction to prevent Ramsey County from rebuilding Silver Lake Road "right up to six inches of his property line" and allowing the center island to be constructed which now forces him to make "4 turns into heavy traffic to reach his own driveway and the erection of "huge semaphore" which were like "Christmas trees" flashing on and off in his front yard. He said a disability provided only a limited income and the rebuilding of his driveway and garage door because of the new construction resulted in a financial hardship he felt he should not have to bear. He also expressed his dissatisfaction with the Council's threatening of condemnation • proceedings to secure "even more of my front yard" for a walkway and their decision to prohibit an adjustment of his side property line with his neighbors.