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Council Minutes of 12/6/88 -2- 6) Recommends the reappointment of Art Boessneck to the Department of Human Resources Advisory Board; this is a five year appointment which expires December 31, 1993. Would like council's confirmation on the reappointment of Marie Case and Brian Zergott to the Architectural Review Board as well as the reappointment of Bob Grace to the Board of Zoning Appeals. 7) Thanked Ken Campbell and Tom O'Grady for their help with the newspaper re- cycling this weekend. The profits for this month and next month's collection will pay for the inscriptions of "Supple" and "Bahas" on the memorial markers at the park. If you would like to help the weekend of January 7th and 8th, please call Mayor's secretary, Patti Florkowski to be scheduled. 8} Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony will be held this Sunday at 6 P.M.; a Santa Skate will take place at the Rec Center this same date and time. 9) Has sent letters to Cleveland and North Olmsted area residents asking for assistance in holding a fundraiser for the Recreation Complex; has received replies and will be holding a meeting the first part of January; would hope that council would participate. 10) This morning, joined Amy Watts and Frank Sherkow in an address at Cleveland State University covering common development issues confronting the public and private sectors in the greater Cleveland area. 11) Reported the theft of the American and POW/MIA Flags from in front of Town Hall. 12) Cook Road water line pre-bid meeting was held yesterday with six prospective bidders; bid opening will be December 14th with construction to begin in .March at the west end. 13) Expressed appreciation to Troop 52 for the third annual decoration of the Council Chamber christmas tree. 14) Is negotiating with a private company to reinstate the Leaf Pickup Program; will be meeting the first part of 1989; if such a plan is affordable, it will be added to the appropriations in 1989. Presiding Officer O'Grady asked if the Mayor would coordinate the public hearing with respect to Clague Road; Mayor stated that she would do so. Law Director Gareau reported:. 1) Has been notified by the lighting expert who was hired in the Halleen Case that the lights have been appropriately fixed; all the shields have been appropriately placed on the lights; the glare has now been eliminated. 2) With respect to the Liza Jennings Case, the Court of Appeals ruled in favor of Liza Jennings and ordered the City of North Olmsted to issue permits with a tap-in fee of some $69,000 rather than the increased amount the city claimed was due under its ordinances. Because the original jurisdiction was in the Court of Appeals, city has the right to appeal to the Supreme Court and Law Department is in the process of preparing such an appeal. 3) Pre-trial was held today with respect to the Sunset Memorial Case; Judge set February 7th as a trial date on this case. 4) Date had been scheduled for the Brian Case, dealing with the building of a barn on property behind the drug store complex at Stearns and Lorain Roads without a permit; case has been continued until March 9th, 1989. 5) Has been meeting with various law directors with respect to .the EPA assessing cities for contributing to the landfill in Garfield Heights. Discussions covered the possibility of resolving this dispute; EPA has indicated they intend to pursue this cause of action until it is settled. Is not at liberty to indicate the terms of the proposed settlement; council should, in open meeting, vote to go into executive session to deal with the proposed settlement. Would suggest waiting until the next council meeting since there is another meeting on this tomorrow to discuss what final proposals would be appropriate to settle the case. 6) Met with three members of council regarding the possibility of using tax abatement to attract prime office tenants to the City. Mr. Wilamosky will discuss this further in his report and perhaps schedule an open meeting for discussion.