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(" /'1 ~ ) ~ TUESDAY MAY 13, 1980 with the matter brought before Council by Mr. Lester on April 22, 1980, viz., for assistance toward diverting and/or preventing surface water run-off from and away from this firm's Roy Street plant to avoid a recurrence of recent flooding conditions which damaged this plant or its contents. In addition, these gentlemen requested that Council not dismiss this matter, despite the City's administrative report that the City has no responsibility in this situation, with petitioners contending that this is a problem common to both the City and the Lacy Corporation until proved otherwise through additional study and by an independent consultant's findings. Meanwhile, Assistant City Manager-Public Works Director George W. Brown reported that a recent inspection of the drainage basin indicates that no major changes in the basin environs have taken place in recent years to cause increasing water run-off but, rather, there are reasons to believe that the 24" drainage line under Lacy's Roy Street plant has deteriorated to the extent it can no longer function as initially designed. In addition, Mr. Brown noted that, inasmuch as it is deemed not feasible to replace this line, an alternative solution would require the installation of adequate drain piping around the plant as well as some land regrading. Council concurred in Councilman West's suggestion that City Attorney Worthy research the City's policy in such matters, including legal precedents; and, too, Council concurred in Vice-Mayor Cole's suggestion that re-diversion and re-channelling possibilities be explored and studied. In a companion matter, Mr. Franklin P. Foard, of 700 Zee Street, informed Council that flooding in the Zee Street-Stratford Court-Jefferson Street area appears to have become more severe in recent years, with Mr. Foard suggesting that the City inspect drainage ditches in the area on a regular schedule, that the City remove