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Minutes of the Regular Meeting of Council 1Vlonday, April 21, 2014 Page 5 POLICE - Chief Richard Edelman Chief Edelman reported, tomorrow evening in this very room, the Police Deparhnent will be giving a patrolman entrance exam to fill the anticipated vacancy by an upcoming retirement. PARKS & RECREATION - Bill Thomas Mr. Thomas reported, our Annual Easter Party and Egg Hunt was held on Saturday, April 12tn It was the largest turnout I have ever seen in the 16 years I have been here. There were over 300 parents and youth at the program. We are just two months away from the opening of Parkview Pool for the 16'h season. A new look will be very colorful with umbrellas and awnings. That will be throughout the pool. I had mentioned to everyone that we had approximately 1,400 members for the Wildcat Sport and Fitness. I was wrong. There's close to 3,000 members. I left everyone a little sheet with the attendance report. Our Senior Report for tonight is the next Lunch N Movie is May -14''. The movie is Saving Mr. Banks. The cost is $5.00. The next Foot Clinic is on Friday, May 9Ih . We are taking reservations for the 32°d Annual Anniversary Party on Friday, May 16'h. ARCHITECT - Ron Dinardo There was nothing to report. PLANNING DEPARTMENT - Ted Esborn Mr. Esborn reported, I recommended in Finance Committee that the SWIF Grant agenda item have action deferred this evening. I want to explain that, especially since I have some information that I did not have in Finance. This is the SWIF Application that went in on April 10'h. I had it on the Caucus agenda because part of the application was a 1Vlayfield Village commitment of a$50,000 match. The reason I suggested we defer action is because the $50,000 is not a specific expenditure for anything. What it is, we put together the total project cost for the Civic Center driveway entry and then Chagrin River helped us select budget items conducive to a request for grant funding. The items we did not request for grant funding, that's where our $50,000 match will come in. For instance, removing pavement, removing the concrete apron, removing curb. Mr. Marquardt asked in Finance if our $50,000 match can be done with our own labor. It can. This is something I discussed with Chagrin River Partners. As long as we cover these parts of the project, that's our match. I suggested we defer action because I think in this case our match will be individual items on this project that will come up. If they are not done in- house they will come up as expenditures individually. Council President Buckholtz asked, can we ask for grant money at another time? Mr. Esborn replied, we have already sent in our grant application for $126,500. The reason I am suggesting we defer this item is because there is no expenditure at this time. The expenditures are to be named later.