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Council Minutes of 5/4/88 -2- 4) Skateboard ramps are becoming an issue for North Olmsted and other communities. 5) Thanked Jim Boehmer and .Pat Bahas for their donation to the Senior Center Auction, which was so'successful that 3t will. be regeated next year. 6) Meeting was held with Directors Boyle, Cunningham and Fattier to discuss poss- ible changes in the titles of department clerks who deal with finance. A few issues need to be resolved with the union before legis~.ati~in is drafted for council's approval. 7) The Town Club will be donating a flag and flag pole, with lighting, for North Olmsted Park.. 8) Feels sure everyone is aware that the city's application for a Com;nunity Block Grant was approved. Legislation for the road into the Industrial Park should be ready for next council meeting. Service Director Noble commended Mayor Petrigac's efforts on behalf of obtaining the CDBG funding. Mr. Tallon commented on the funding provided by Issue 2: the House of Representatives and the Senate have insured that there will be superstructure .money for years to come; this is not a "quick fix" solution. They have set up a funding system, through a self-generating fund, which will give cities low interest loans. One of the problems to be faced is that there will be a tremendous amount of engineering to be done. Before a project. will be considered, by the seven members of the board, the city must have a multi-year plan; it has to be a comprehensive-type situation. Issue 2-money allows no money whatsoever for planning; all planning is to be done at the local level. While Mr. Tallon feels it has good and bad points, he also feels it will tend to help greatly in the long run. Mrs. Bahas commented on the CDBG funding recently approved. Would like to commend Don Copeland, Director of Human Resources, for putting the grant together and writing it. He has had much success over the years and his expertise in putting grants togehter has resulted in North Olmsted receiving the Senior Center and many other positive results. Without his expertise and dedication, and his reputation at the county level and within the City of Cleveland, this grant might not have been possible. Law Director Gareau reported: 1) The City of North Olmsted has been successful in the Slifka Case with an approximate savings of $20,000 in that litigation. 2) For the past two weeks, with Assistant Law Director Dubelko, has been pre- paring the oral argument in the Cooper Case. On Monday, appeared before the Sixth Circuit and argued the case; the case has been heard and submitted; will be receiving the decision of the court sometime in the immediate future. Mr. Bohlmann, Chairman Intra-Governmental Relations and .Legislation Commmittee re- ported: 1) Legislative Committee met on April 21st at 8 P.M. In attendance were Chairman Bohlmann, Council members Bahas and Wilamosky, Pat Martin, Director Don Copeland, Mr. Palmer, Mrs. Schultz and Mrs. Holmok. Purpose of the meeting was to discuss Ordinance No. 87-100 covering the cabin fees. Objections were made re- garding the payment of a deposit for each time the cabin was used. It was suggested that one deposit per year would be sufficient to cover all the Commun- ity Council groups; this suggestion was agreeable to committee members. There was also an objection to paying rent on the equipment which the various groups had originally donated; this would be a very quick way of eliminating future donations. Director Copeland is going to review Ordinance No. 87-100 and sub- mit some recommendations to the committee.