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Council Mfnutes of 12-2-75 -3- no restrictions. Aar. Beaty requested legislation to advertise fqr bids for an illtsinated sign Stith changeable letters; 2) question case up about the property foreerly belonging to Chef Gene. Bra. Beringer requested that we look into p~sbility of condetaisg it or whatever is necessary as it is an eyesore. I~r. Beaty checked with Building Coeesissioner Gandy and $n inspection of thin pr+~p,erty will be perfot:~; 3) Mr. Beaty coesented that dewing this t teranth, the Recreation Center Manager and the two Assistant WsitaBsrs have bean averaging betw!ean 16 and 18 hours per day at the Rec Cutter ati~d feels they are doing a very good job and have put in a great deal of tine at the Center. President Pro Tern Beringer cassss-ted regarding the janitorial services -right now they are having a turd ties kaa~pog ~ te3th the clean up: no lattdacapng now and wad is being tracked in; e~rariuers are still coning in, etc. and with the janitors now estployed it is difficult to keep up with the clean up. Caeeerttee would like to have an idea how wuch it would cost to have a service coats in as coa~ared to what we have now. Discetasion continued. Mr. Lampert, Chairman Finance Cowettae, scheduled a Fifumuce Cctaedttee naetittg on Decea~er 8, 1975, $:f~ P.M., City Bell, to comply with Law Director Gateau's request and other matters. Mr. West, Chairman Transportation Ct'rtN^itteje, reported: 1) A m~tisg was held with the State Highway Departaent to discuss the relocation of Brooiq~ark ssatth of Lorain Rd. and this waa in res to our request. Qswhile back the State ~" asked that a traffic survey be taken so they could look to see east the arerits ~r-~ of the relocation were. That traffic s+ervsy wu suede - we had our Traffic Conaal.tant submit these nuatbeYS is a tewsttegful matuter to the State, and then on l~ov-aatber 20th a seating was held trtth the State 8igheaay Departa~tt after they had reviewed these facts. The result of the meeting was that it appears that the O~tio Department of Trett~portaton representatives ease un~titaousiy opposed to the proposed relocation. They had a nuaa~ter of reasons but Mfr. West stated there is always a recourse of appeal. The letter in part stated: "However, since the proposed err t could nAt be an iatproveatent over eziating conditions from the staadpoiet of operations on the major facilities, we continue to question the wisdeo of the proposed project. If the project is necessary for improved gro~eth ae-d access far the local eomewttity a decision should be Wade on that basis, but the justification is not apparent Eros a geometric design viewpoint." Mr. West stated lased upon this the Trsa<e-portation Comeeittee recommends then Ord. No. 74-144 be passed tonight. This ordinance was postponed on several occasions attd the last title the ordinance seats postponed until this night; and then jet start all over again with this project and see what Council wants to do; 2) Washington Department of Ttrattsportation has finally authorized the City to advertise and take bids for the 19 ta~aw buses. RTA has ask+ad that the loses be advertised on the basis of their present specs which call for t><o doors, air conditioning, V-8 engines, differ~t kinds of seats, etc. So the Rapt. of Transportation asked that bids be talasn several ways so that they can be reviewed and Including the way that we tented to buy flea. Then we still have to get over the hump of who is going to pay the local share. RTA has agreed that they are willing to pick up the tabs but it is just a question of how does Chia work out. The contract with RTA says that regardless of who finally pays the fill, these buses will be used in lhrrth Qlustled services; 3) scheduled a Transportation Cotmdttee mestiag after Finance Coaartittee meeting oa December 8, 1975.