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1 C:,uncil Minvtes of 1/319/$2 '2' f. Lorain Roado RqPt*.rfacing will have to be add??,.Ysed i.u the very near future as well as add#tioual ;zi:reet lightisgg for Lorain Rnaa and Brockpsr1c RQad. It woult'. also be wise €or Cotuxc3l to start thitkking about the narth Forti.on of relocated Raute 252. Alcrng witl°, Westlske, the StBte slso asoms to be reruptive to an impZCV+asent pro$ram. T".?ia wiYl provide a four lame rosd from Interstate 1480 thxough Interstate 90. Service Director Corrigan reported: 1) W'ith respiect to the snaar removal ef€orts, the Service Department petsonsol wncter Taa Auner and tbo tieschan3r.s under A1 Cepec have cEane an excellent job. Belleves tho llceey t4 the outce$sful sum rgscrval effort hes bsen havin$ adequate equfpsent. Thsre wwsa a: l.ot crf bveskAvoW but the City had the reserve equipmeat to put aut while+ the disabl.od e+quipmsnt was ropeired. Service Departmeat has spent over $50,000 for salt fvr ice control; this will have to be considered in future budget meetings. Law Director Gareau repotted: 1) The Oh3o Sugtvft Cc>urt has grmted his :aotion to dism3.ss the Rush Case. This queatioa ie flnally Verwlved. 2) With respect to the RTA Case, the Federael Diatrfct Carurt diamisead the action that the City brought with respect to the anti-trust c"e. Bas3e Qf disstasal was. that the courC reviewed Chqpt+mr 306, particul*rl.y 306.30 to 306.48, and ccneluded that RTA d3d havs the pcwer and authority, grented by the State af Oliio, to monopolize. Wauld like to sEZe" th+et onee a"in 306.36 w" nawt addressed. It has not been addreeeed on three eeparate ather occasicns. Low Director 3.s deter¦d:uad that some place, somewhsre alaft the way, :oma caurt is go#.ng to at3dress it"lf to thiat nital iasue. No Regional Txax?sit AuChority hgs any right t+a apgropriatrt any right, right of way, or frmchiae that is crwaed bq a Mxmicipsl C4rparratfon. The cae"titftn wiCb tax :u#asidy, is nat competitisn, it is apprroppriaticn. Monopoly is not petwftt*d. W#,11 €ile an apptol to the Federal Dietrict Court ia Ciacinaati; if the City c3oes nat rec3wne faiic treatraat there, there is one mQ!re step to tarke and ehat is to ga to the Uafted $tote's 5ugrsme Court. Ropefully It can be reso3.ved and placeel back inta the locel opowt trera - the Federa1 Diatrict Ccrurt. In the meantfine, ff the C3.ty xeach?ear so agreomcaL with R'TA, sil the tnetter. Newspaper articles indicated that the Gitp 1at3 1"t ite ftnal steg. It is nuart arA we did not. The, an}.y thing the State Court dlad nas give RTA the right to run paratliel aAd competing liaes. Until tfitey hgvs the muey, crntil they h$ve the bumm, vatil thsy hawe the persoimeI, theq are not gving ta be abie to do that. '1'hes Stats Court slsCi mandated RTA to pravicle seavf.ce here. If they ean't do it bq paratle}. *&4, oo"eting lines, theq have to do it bq the xay they are do3:ng it right now; thia s",tor ccruld exi.st fsoe am until the yaar 2000. Lsu Mrectc?r feels he would b+e r4also if the City did not take it as far as it could Eake it; f.t is not castittg the City amything extra except for a filing fee. Finance Director Boyle repprtad: 1) Had plannad on presenting ta Cauucil a 19$1 re- port, hawever, the Regia?na2 Income Tiut computer had its second bresaitdOWU and hopefully this report wi11 be avai].able next week. 2) Would aak Cotincil to joln in writing a letter to state repressntativea and state seaators to defeat Aouse Bill No. 644. 3'here is a twa mil tax on deposiCs at bauket in the State of Ohio; it haa bean repealed. It will take two ysara tc? br#ng it down to zero: During this year, it will probably cost the State a loss of abeut $600,000. It will be picked up through franchise taxes, en€rugh for the sma].1 bnstmosa. 'What it does is reduce the City's locytl goveramnt fund. Local govervmnt fuwW for 1981 are approx3.nately $449,000 and if it is piekatd etg, Citq will staq aL the same level. ? Seriousiq doubts that the franchise tax will even keep the CiCq aC the point it is right now. 1he state ia go3n$ to lose a couple of m111ian dollare ovetr thia and over the period of twv pears. This wl.11 have a direct affect on Worth Orlmoted and neighboring communitit,es.