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Council Minutes of 6-4-75 -6- asking questions about their intersst in regional trsnsit and the North Ola>teted Bus Lint to get;: a fselie~g Eros tba redone as to how they l~s2 on trial. crass transit, sad tad with the poll once agrad it should be aada; 3) khc. itast re~swed with I!ts~ers the rsstlag held with three mse~6ers of the Regional Transit Board alto askaet for the ti=tg to discuss aKth rhea City a~tat our feelings might be ~ti.th regard to ~oia~ag Begiooal. As want Council sre~ers know, Cvsaeeittet had worksd previoaaly with ttte Coami~t C.vnl~issio®ers, etc. and had drams up a proposal it art warmed to ba tatsar over by Be~onal axtel t'hi+s does not require much in the any of upd~t#a~g. r, anc aa~ced the Board Mseb~s if we could have a prapoaa2 dx~trn ~ ~ arat~.td allow ~torth 4Lested to meter into Re~i~anal on a participating bails aei g#v#aeg up our bus lean and participate and gtt the benefits and bald v~tto ~ cal px~erty. Tbesy have agreed to do that and r~~ they have su~gh s proposal draaen up tt~y will naet arith the City again; 4) discussed equipe~att arttich ltr. Lirgrert tattered to in his report. Tt~ Fire Departsaat feels that they stood Cara cam; also o~te of that Bea~rea fire truck Which is 22 years old needs to tie ~taeplasmed. Ths~- also feel that C~q- would like to get the spare ai+ulat3ce l ae~,ttlt a x+utw one. A11 of tb-aee item will cost approximately $130,Ot~0 to , 1~. Li>Npert said the tt~ ai21 have to reviatr and set if thence is at~r available for nay or part of these; S) discussed letter received five i~stra /lde+srtieng on political advertisfs~tg on the bus line. If you recall, a ~eear a~ we as exceq-tion on a rraas-ciao basis that are arould try the political adir~srtsimg vet the buses; and it eras on a tsa>~rary one-test basis. The ata3os#ty of the CaaNd.tt~ae fait as though this sbee~t3.d not be al2owad this rise for local elt~cti asut that the results of the praati~s one just did not show eaou~gtt rev+~tns to ~uatii`y all of the problear that arise; plus the fact are do get a tot of criticise frog riders - Mr. Tit atatad ht dot: particularly riding the bus - to this tact that people oc~tt to be able to ride on buses without b~avimg to low at politc~ans' faces. 6) discaa~ead the bus grant - ar6etbper to lpo with l9 buses forgetting tbee radio equipsant and the various a2itestnatas. Cvssettie decided and agrsad to go with l9 buses and forgo the radios astd aose of the other aquipaxes~tt. This is the gray the bids wi11 go out. At this time Mr. Wilasosky stated lme arov~3,d lute to avbsit follar-#g ms~rity report on ono area of the Transpoztation C+~eittte Heating held oa 27, 29!75, As Mr. West sentioned, at the Trassportatisrn C~rrittad Mieetios on ~' 27th, Mr. t~ilaac-sky area in tbee sinority; ha eupes~ad his vLaars on political. ad~tiang an and criehea now to advise the total - of CoESrtcil of thew viewr. At the -Cs~ittee meeting the pros, cons nand incase lr~e adatsrtiaeing orate disenuteed. Vic. i~l.lasosky seas nothing indecent or ise~oral arith political advertising. Political s4ivartisiag, ss Mr. West indicated, eras displayed oaa our buses is 1974. Tht adwrtis:fseg at that ties eras in good taste sad it also gaRteratad additional intone for tbee nary of North Olmsted. The asotstt of is-cv~e that saes generated frvae achrar'tisg, oa the buses in 1973 ass $3,2+04. awl in 1974 a political adarertisiag ~ prevelant and acceptable income rose to close to #d,Ot~O. That is act incrtwise of a~rosdaes~ely $2, ~Q. The dollar alownt of tbl,s ieecrsase constitutes about tb-e sas-e iaaoaee that 3fIUd additional bns riders ~ bunts generated. Without the political advertising in 2974 the City would have h~u1 $2,8@t1. less. We are all crap aware that the bus line ran a largo deficit ist 197#. In Mr. Wilas~ky's opinia~t the City should accept all ~lvertising, providing it does ~t offdnd the p~-lic's sensibility. Mr. West stated he arould like to correct saAwething sad that Mr. Wilaeesra~cy knows it very We11: We did not know euctly bar ~~ of the increase cstawe frvs