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Resolution No. 2004-193 NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLYED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED, CUYAHOGA COUNTY, AND STATE OF OHIO: SECTION 1: That the Mayor and the entire City Council of the City of North Olmsted urge the Board of Trus±ees for the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority ("GCRTA") to consider and evaluate the current plans of GCRTA to require either substantial subsidies from or the elimination of the North Olmsted ("NOMBL") and Maple Heights bus lines; to consider and evaluate the negative impact that implementation of the current plans will have on the transit needs of the western and eastern suburbs of Cuyahoga County at a time when GCRTA is expending hundreds of millions of dollars to address the transit needs of downtown Cleveland; and to finally consider and evaluate the adverse financial impact that implementation of such plans will have upon the cities of North Olmsted and Maple Heights, which will be particularly damaging because of the short and inadequate advance notice of such plans that GCRTA has provided to North Olmsted and Maple Heights. SECTION 2: That the Mayor and the entire City Council of the City of North Olmsted further urge the Board of Trustees for the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority ("GCRTA"), while it is so considering and evaluating its current plans, to delay implementation of the current plans and agree to either extend or renew the operating agreements of the City of North Olmsted and Maple Heights for a sufficient and reasonable period of time to conduct a full and fair study to determine whether bus service to Cleveland's western and eastern suburbs will be adversely affected by elimination of the NOMBL and Maple Heights bus lines, and whether in fact GCRTA can effectively provide bus service in the suburban areas currently served by NOMBL and the Maple Heights Bus Line better and more cost efficiently than the cities of North Olmsted and Maple Heights; and for the further purpose to provide these two communities with sufficient time to plan for the elimination of their suburban bus lines if in fact the study reveals that GCRTA can provide bus service in the suburban areas currently served by NOMBL and the Maple Heights Bus Line better and more cost efficiently than the cities of North Olmsted and Maple Heights. SECTION 3: That the Clerk of Council be, and hereby is, directed to forward a fully attested copy of this Resolution to Ohio Members of Congress Dennis Kucinich and Stephanie Tubbs Jones, Ohio Senators George Voinovich and Mike DeWine, State Senator Robert Spada, State Representative Sally Conway Kilbane, Fairview Park Mayor Eileen Patton, Westlake Mayor Dennis Clough, and each member of the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority Board of Trustees, urging all of them to become involved and take action regarding the current GCRTA plan to eliminate the North Olmsted and Maple Heights bus lines, because of the substantial adverse impact implementation of this plan will have upon suburban bus transit service in the western and eastern suburbs of Cuyahoga County, and upon the general fund budgets of the cities of North Olmsted and Maple Heights, Ohio. SECTION 4: That this Resolution is hereby declared to be an emergency measure immediately necessary for the preservation of the public health, safety and welfare, and for the reason that it is necessary that this Resolution go into effect immediately so that the contents of this Resolution may be timely communicated to appropriate federal and state officials before the GCRTA takes action that may result in the elimination of NOMBL, and further provided it receives the affirmative vote of two-thirds of all members of Council, it shall take effect and be in force immediately upon its passage and approval by the Mayor. 3