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f MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED MAY 4, 1988 Present: President Janet Saringer, Councilwoman Bahas, Councilmen Boehmer, Bohlmann, McKay, Tallon, Wilamosky. Also present: Mayor Yvonne Petrigac, Law Director Michael Gareau, Finance Director Edward Boyle, Clerk of Council Florence Campbell. Absent: Councilman O'Grady. Meeting was called to order by President Saringer at 8:05 P.M., in Council Chambers, 5200 Dover Center. Road, North Olmsted, Ohio. Members of the audience were invited to join Members of Council in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. Minutes of the Council Meeting of April 19, 1988, were approved. President Saringer announced: 1) Resolution No. 88-56, a resolution supporting the PASSPORT Program, and Ordinance No. 88-57, a transfer of appropriations, are being added to tonight's agenda. 2) Suspension of the rule requiring three readings will be requested on Ordin- ance No. 88-53. Service Director Noble gave the following Mayor's report: 1) The legislature has finally determined the criteria for Issue 2. The bill calls for at least a 107 local match for repair and replacement of facilities. Community can use only 57 funding for new construction in first two years but the limit climbs to 207 in the last three years of the program. New construction requires at least 507 local matching funds. Taken off the top of the $120,000,000 per year issue will be $12,000,000 for communities with populations under 5,000; up to 2.5 million for emergencies; one million in years two, three and. four for sewer and water improvements, and enough to insure a minimum of $300,000 per county. Subsequent distribution should yield about 14.5 million in grants and loans within Cuyahoga County. Distribution decisions will be made by .local committees. Cuyahoga County's committee will consist of seven members representing the county, City of Cleveland, urban municipalities and the private sector. Committee action will require five affirmative votes. 2) Tonight, council will be considering a resolution regarding the PASSPORT Pro- gram. Population of persons age 65 years and older is projected to increase by 77 by 1990.. For those age 75 and older, the projected increase by 1990 is 117. In District Six, the number of people 65 and older is 12,552. PASSPORT gives Ohioans an alternative to nursing home placement and is currently available in many counties in Ohio but not Cuyahoga County. 3) City Forester Dave Wendell, the Mayor and. Service Director attended the third Tree City Award Ceremony in University Heights last week. Ohio is .the first state to have more than one hundred Tree City communities, Arbor Day was cele- brated on April 27th with the planting of additional trees in North Olmsted Park. _~~ ec-