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MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED MARCH 15, 1988 Present: President Janet Saringer, Councilwoman Bahas, Councilmen Boehmer, Bohlmann, McKay, O'Grady, Tallon, Wilamosky, Also present: Mayor Yvonne Petrigac, Law Director Michael. Gareau, Finance Director Edward Boyle, Clerk of Council Florence Campbell. Meeting was called to order by President Saringer at 8:00 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. President Saringer welcomed back Clerk Campbell after a six week sick leave period. Mayor Petrigac .reported: 1) City of North Olmsted hosted .the State Mite Hockey Tournament at the Rec Complex; commended Bill Fisher for the outstanding job he did. 2) Forester Dave Wendell and Mayor attended an all-day seminar on landscapting, tree care and general. park beautification. On April. 27th, a Norway spruce will be planted at North Olmsted Park to celebrate Arbor Day. This will be the kick- off of an on-going program to beautify city property to be totally funded by residents, businesses and organizations within the city. 3) Finance Director Boyle and Mayor represented North. Olmsted as one of the twelve cities selected by the Citizens League Governmental Research Institution to discuss the impact of federal funding cuts and tax reform on local government services. 4) Received a petition from property owners on south Canterbury Road requesting that this section be vacated; has discussed this with Councilman McKay who agrees the section should be vacated. Would like council"s input on this proposal. 5) Senate Bill 367 is expected to be voted on Wednesday; this is the bill that prevents municipal corporations from adopting ordinances which would provide for more strict regulations and deals mostly with phosphates. 6) City has gone out for bids on eight police vehicles; bid opening is March 28th at noon. 7) Fitch Road, 500' north of Cook Road intersection, is being worked on; traffic will be detoured for approximatley one week. 8) Mayor attended a Land Use Planning Course, paid for by CIC; speakers were experts in land use planning and lawyers who specialized in zoning and planning issues. Mayor gave a detailed report on items covered by this course. 9) City has received its reimbursement check from. the county, for 911, in the amount of $18,243. 10) The Mayor's ball was a very successful fund raiser and Mayor Petrigac will be presenting a check for over $1,000 to Tom Fattler, Rec Complex Manager. 11) Would like to attend a meeting of the Streets and Drainage Committee in order to discuss the Deerfield drainage problem. Mr. Wilamosky asked if the Mayor had any further information with respect to a Recreational Impact Fee for new construction. which had been talked about some months ago. Mayor responded that she had discussed it very briefly with Law Director Gareau; is attempting to gather some sample legislation from other cities. Discussion continued.