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. ? ...? f Regular Council Meeting 1-27-03 Page 3 ROLL CALL: AYES: All NAYS: None Motion Carried Appointrnents Confirmed Mayor Rinker said thank you. I appreciate the feedback and the work, really, that our volunteers provide. We say this every year and it bears repetition; it really is invaluable. And sometimes it's difficult to make decisions about these positions but the fact of the matter is we really tty to get a lot of different voices in the community. We tiy to get a good cross-section. For example we have, already an undertaking that I think will prove to be valuable in the long run, in addition to a11 of the other standing organizations that we have, that's the 2020 Vision group. In every one of the organizations we find that the participation of residents, really, it makes a huge difference. The dialogue, the communication. A day doesn't go by that I don't get feedback of one kind or another from various department heads, from employees, letters that we receive from residents; it really is very gratifying to see the level of interrelationship that we have within in the community. And I would like everyone to look to the involvement as something that we a11 benefit from. It's hard to measure and it's hard to thank people for the volunteer effort that they provide. Tonight, at least for those of you who have braved the cold weather, I am going to muddle through a little bit; Donna gave me the various oaths of office here and what I will try to do is with each organization call you up and administer the oath. Mayor Rinker continued, I believe our first group will be the Activities Committee. I know Chris Casey is here; Diane Catalano..... (Let me just read off the other members' names; those that are or are not present.) He read: Mary Alice Chandramouli, Veronica DeClemente, Ester DuBois, Marilyn LaRiche-Goldstein (I see Marilyn here); Laura Lynch, Jill Pappenhagen, Mary Peto, Elliot Ross, Terry Santoro, A1 Scaccia, Elsa Simek, Nona Stella, Debbie Thomas, Ralph Vara and Edie Wohlgang. All of those from the Activities Committee who are here tonight, please step forward and I will swear you in. Not a lot of activity in this weather so we've only got a few tonight. Activities Committee. Mayor Rinker administered oath of offices to Christine Casey, Diane Catalano and Marilyn LaRiche Goldstein as members of the Activities Committee. Mayor Rinker said I will segue into a public service announcement. The Activities Committee is going to have a little more than it had bargained for. This Summer, as you know, with good luck and good fortune our S.O.M. widening project will begin this Spring. And unfortunately, it is going to call for the closure of S.O.M. Center Road-at least for 45 days-and maybe as long as 90 days right after school lets out in the area between Thornapple and Beta-totally closed. And Wanda Hejcl was talking earlier about how she used to be able to sled down the hill there and now that the road will be blocked, you could do it but unforiunately you will have to get a good snow machine-we hope that it will be warm enough by the time Summer rolls around. And just to make it even more interesting, the other project that will commence about the same time south of Wilson Mills on S.O.M. is a resurfacing project that O.D.O.T. (in its wonderful wisdom and