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COUNCILMAN KEHR: Mr. Honchell, in putting curbs and gutters in and this sort of thing - would that correct that? MR. HONCHELL: I doubt that it would correct it. It may help, but I doubt that there is that much difference in the runoff that would occur with the curb and gutter. MAYOR DEMOS: I think Mr. Honchell said earlier that it's possible (inaudible) catch basins in the back yards with a pipe running out. COUNCILMAN FRANKE: (Inaudible) put in catch basins and run pipe out to the storm sewer. MAYOR DEMOS: That's exactly what we did on Merrill and it brought it down Fernwood. MR. HONCHELL: We have done this on occasion. There is no established policy as to whether it is done or i~n't done. It's really done on the basis of looking at each individual case and trying to determine, within reason of cost, how much help can we provide to the home owners' with their back yard drainage situation. COUNCILI1AN KEHR: It would be in that storm sewer back there, Mr. Honchell, and the catch basins. If it's static water pressure, that isn't going to help. What you need is a drain field that's connected to the storm sewer out in the street. MR. HONCHELL: I guess it all depends on how much slope - if you want to call it that - there is in the back yards, ~nd whether, in doing this construction, we can do something to the bottom of that catch basin or not. I'd really have to look at it to see whether we could go with that or not. You're right - it's simply turning up through the bottom, in cracks in the basement. I doubt if they're going to be that low with a typical catch basin. On the other hand, if it's coming through the walls, someplace up the basement, we might be able to relieve that pressure enough -that it would at least not go into the homes. But again, I can't say whether we could or I can't say whether we couldn't, because that would require a study (inaudible). COUNCILMAN KEHR: Would you be taking these problems into consideration when you're getting out this whole project, so that these people will get relief from their water problems? MR. HONCHELL: As I indicated to a couple of people, what we would do before the design is even done - the so-called design that would go to the contractors - is that we would invite them to meet with the staff so that we could better understand their problems, then go out and look at what might be able to be done in light of those problems that they tell us about and see if we could provide solutions. COUNCILMAN CURLEY: If this project is ordered in, there could be a better chance that some of these problems could be corrected than if the project was not ordered in.