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Director Sylvester provided a brief synopsis of the Lakewood Small Business Grant Program. Cuyahoga County puts in $150,000. Lakewood puts in $50,000 and small business owners go through an SBA - backed loan process. Council approved the program in the fall and the City has been marketing the program for four months. The program is open to existing and new businesses looking to grow in Lakewood. In response to a question by Ms. George, he discussed the conditions under which the business loan is forgiven. He mentioned that the program supplements existing programs such as the Storefront Renovation Program. On the motion: Motion passed. All members voted in favor. 5. Public Works Committee Report Regarding Meeting Held 7/16/18; Mr. Rader, Chair (to be provided) We held a meeting this evening. We were looking at two things primarily, though there were four things on our agenda. Two items we had time to cover and we had a pretty robust discussion on both. The first was Ordinance 34 -18. The Ohio legislature passed a set of laws that we had to implement and make sure that we are giving cell phone companies and contractors permission to allow for cell phone towers in our right of ways. This law permits us to make them go through a more stringent process when it comes to doing permitting. It does not affect the design. These towers and structures still have to go through the planning and ABR process which we will be working on as a Council later when we will have much more discretion over that. This is mostly controlled by the Ohio legislature and what they have outlined for us. It being sort of boilerplate and having gone to outside counsel for this, I felt comfortable with this. There was a robust discussion on that. Mr. Butler, now would be a great opportunity if you'd like to add anything. Director Butler added that Ordinance 34 -18 complements the existing public right of way ordinance passed last year. Ordinance 34 -18 imposes new fees, application requirements, and obligates the wireless telecommunications industry to provide protections to the City for using the right of way. The Ordinance does not impact the design. Design guidelines will be reviewed by ARB and Planning Commission this fall. Mr. Rader: We recommended Ordinance 34 -18 for adoption tonight as substituted. There were a few minor changes. The other thing we talked about was Resolution 9010 -18. This is the largest part of the project for the digester. We went into a lot of discussion on that. We referred it back to Council without a recommendation. Director Beno was kind enough to provide me with something I had asked for on short notice — so thank you. This is the original budget. We were over budget with the digester as it came down at a little over $8 million, where it was budgeted at $7,700,000. I would like to ask the Finance Director, what kind of impact would an additional $300,000 cost? Director Pae responded that the City has borrowed $5 million towards the estimated $8 million for the project. The City borrows for this. It is paid out of an enterprise fund. Since it is related to the waste water treatment plant it is fund 511, which is wastewater treatment which is a portion