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Council Minutes of 7/1/86 -6- Mr. Ta11on also commented on the Transportation Study Team's choice of twelve projects: this is a very important step but it is not the final step. This is a pick of the projects the Team feels is to the best advantage for the city and the citizens of North Olmsted. Committee still has to set priorities for which ones will be done first and a lot will depend on the scheduling from the Finance and Marketing Committees as far as what monies will be availabe; how long the preliminaries will take; and a whole series of events that have to happen before any of the projects become final and move ahead. Has .received numerous phone calls from people fearing that these projects are going to start tomorrow. Would like to assure everyone that these projects are not going to start tomorrow; Study Team does not know exactly how many of them will be feasible by the time the study is completed; are definitely trying to get as many as possible in the time frame and which are sensible for the city and the residents. Letters and communications: Clerk of Council read a letter from Mr. Timothy Quinn asking that council enact legislation preventing any business requiring prepaid club membership from starting a business in North Olmsted without first posting a bond to protect the funds of the membership. Also, is appalled at newspaper articles regarding the Senior Citizens Center. This is only country in the world where senior citizens are not held in high esteem and respected for the wisdom of their years. If half of what is reported in the papers is true, the senior citizens are not receiving this re- spect at the Senior Center. Law Director stated that he does not know if anyone writes such a bond; further, it would be awfully difficult to provide protection with a bond. When a club files bankruptcy proceedings, the money is gone; it would be completely tied up by the bankruptcy court. Council would have to think of some other means of control other than .bonding. President Woerpel suggested that since Mr. Wilamoksy is on the Legislative and Intra-Governmental Relations Committee, he might look ::into this situation a little further and see if they can come up with a solution. Audience participation; Mr. Earl Beck, 5409 Dorothy Drive, commented on the Galati property: 12 parking spaces were permitted in the original restrictions, with no parking permitted in the green area. At 8 o'clock tonight, there were 34 cars parked on this property, with four of them parked on the grass. Under the new proposal passed by council this evening, how many parking spaces are permitted? Mrs. Saringer stated that a total of 25 spaces are permitted. Mr. Beck then asked if Mr. Galati exceeds the number permitted, if it is reported by a concerned citizens, or if this is determined by the Building Commissioner, will action be taken and will Mr. Galati be cited for the violation? Mrs. Saringer stated that all abuses will be corrected or he will be cited; council relies on the. administration to inspect and cite. Mayor Petrigac assurred Mr. Beck that the Building Commissioner would cite Mr. Galati for violations. Law Director advised that the city could take Mr. Galati to court; if he continues with the violation, file again; wait two weeks and if the violation continues, cite him again. After the fine is paid six or seven times and the judge gets tired of seeing the case before the court, something will happen to settle it once and for all. Mr. Rick Noble,. resident of North Olmsted .and Service Director, stated that after a meeting last week, a street maintenance plan was scheduled, based on a figure of $127,.000. Has now been advised that the true figure is $106,000. Urges council to remember that it is now July; the street repair season is rapidly moving along and the city is doing nothing. Is hopeful that after the joint Streets and Drainage/ Finance Committee meeting July 7th, he will be given the right figures and can start servicing the city's streets. In response to Mr. Wilamosky's comment about the date on the report given to him with regard to Service Department, Mr. Noble is not an accountant; he had all the figures reviewed and a couple of errors were found on the last two pages which required retyping; they were returned yesterday and placed_~n Mr. Wilamosky's mailbox this morning.