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Council Minutes of 5/3/$3 -2- City Engineer Zurawski reported: 1) Congratulated President Boehmer on his selection as North Olmsted's Citizen of the Year. 2) Regarding the Sewer System Evaluation Survey and the Step 3 Facility Plan, has pre- pared draft agreements between the City of North Olmsted and City of Fairview Park as well as between the City of North Olmsted and the Board of County Commissioners to formalize the legalities of proceeding into the Step 3. Meeting was held this morning with Fairview Park's Mayor, Service Director and Engineer and North Olmsted's Mayor, Service Director, Waste Water Treatment Plant Superintendent, consultant and Mr. Zurawski, to discuss the various aspects of the SSES Report and the recommended projects. Discussed the means and the timetable to implement these improvements and also the improvements to the Waste WaCer Treatment Plant. Discussed a"fair and equitable user rate service charge" which North Olmsted must implement in order to qualify for federal funding from EPA. 3) The traffic coordination system on Brookpark Road is not functioning very well by using Ohio Bell Telephone LMC lines. Every time someone uses a phone $nd dials a nuiaber, it plays havoc with the traffic signals. Recommends replacement of this system with a reel, tim,ed, digital coordinator and has.prepared purchase requisitions to start purchasing the equipment necessary to restore proper coordinatian. 4) Is attempting to update the traffic controller on Canterbury and Lorain to bring it up to current standards. 5) Has prepared an agreement between North Olmsted and Westlake regarding the proposed traffic signal on Columbia Road at Fawn and Rose Roads. 6) A review meeting of the plans regarding relocated State Route 252 Project, from the south corporation line to 1480, is scheduled for Thursday. 7) Has recomniendations for six new Community Development Block Grant Projects which will benefit the City, which include sewer rehabilitation; coordination of State Route 17, Brookpark Road; inlaid or thermoplastic on the proposed resurfaced section of Lorain Road; installation of pavement markers on Columbia Road, from Lorain Road to the north corporation line, similar to the pavement reflectors on State Route 2; possible re- surfacing of Canterbury Road; and installation of the traffic control signal at Columbia, Fawn and Rose Roads. Finance Director Boyle reported: Recently learned that Regional Sewer has contracted with Arthur Young and Company to survey the possibilities of reading their own meters since even they are balking at the absurd rates offered by the City of Cleveland. 2) Regional Income Tax Agency recently appointed a Mr. Ma to replace Mr. Brock, the former head of that agency. Have scheduled a meeting with Mr. Ma for next week. Finance Director's primary concern is tax delinquents; does not feel that RITA is doing as good ajob as they can. 3) Regional Transit will release their audit of NOMBL next week. City has voiced some concerns with them too. They have transferred the City's bus system to Operatioas Department as opposed to Administrative and Finance Director feels they are trying to increase the City's operational expenses from an accounting position to show that we are more expensive per mile to operate - which is not true. Throwing paper clips and paper into parts does show an increase and it is possibly a ploy to be used in the current civil suit. 4) Contacted Al1en Ext of t,lest Shore Cable TV to discuss the contract with the City; particularly the definition of "gross receipts". City has been receiving franchise fees - 3% of "gross receipts". Their interpretation is the money collected; Finanee Director's interpretation is the money billed, received, etc., whfch are the words of the contract. If something is billed, the City wants 3% of it; if they can't collect, that's their problem. , ,