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.~ ~ Council Minutes of 4/18/89 -2- Westlake Councilman Michael Rump, Ward 6, read and then presented a proclamation from the Mayor and City Council of Westlake, to Tobin J. Kyllingstad, who was recognized and congratulated by the administration and the entire council on attaining the Eagle Scout Award. President Saringer congratulated all the scouts, their parents and scoutmasters on the attainment of this prestigious honor by these four young men. Mayor Petrigac reported: 1) On April 14th, a meeting was held at which District One Public Works Commissioner presented a program. First two years will be grants, after which loans will be a part of the program. A key part is the ability to finance projects. Points are given where the local city has demon- strated an effort to raise money for capital improvements spec if ically and for governmental purposes in general, Total voted as well as unvoted debt will be considered. There were forty applicants - 216 projects - with a total cost of $210,810,530. Issue Two money amounts to $136,433,942. 49 of the 216 projects were for roads. One of the questions the administration has of council is: when the engineering for Elm Road and Lorain Road was done, and the combined total was $40,000, it was the administration's understanding that in the event the city would not get this money, it would proceed to do these through the General Fund. Is this still going to be a viable program? Would appreciate some communication from council as to what its wishes are .along this line. 2) Has requested a meeting of the Recreation Committee of Council, through its chairman, to discuss council's plans in the event the levy does not pass on May 2nd. 3) Since over $160,000 in projects were added to the appropriations, leaving very little balance, and the city plans to borrow another $500,000, and has invested $40,000 in engineering for Issue Two Projects, Mayor is assuming that council has a plan on how the notes will be paid and what happens in the event the levy does not pass on May 2nd and Issue Two money is unavailable. Would appreciate it if council would articulate its plans to the administration. 4) On Monday, Law Director Gareau, Service Director Noble and Squire, Sanders and Dempsey representative met to discuss the EPA requirements regarding the Waste- water Treatment Plant; Law Director will report in full. 5) Lt. Thomas Weston and Dispatcher Chris Kort are retiring from the Police Department 6) The Arbor Day Theme is "Plant a Tree; Cool the.Globe",; a drawing contest is open to all students in Grades 3 through 5. Each school will pick its three best entries to be submitted to the Mayor and City Forester who will pick the top three winners from all entries. First place winner will receive a tree to be planted at their school; second and third place winners will receive packets of flowers to be planted at their schools. Winners will be announced at the Tree Planting Ceremony, at old Town Hall, where the city will be planting a tree at 1 o'clock on April 28th. 7) Would remind everyone that cleanup dates are between April 22nd and April 29th; has forwarded a letter to the community advising them and believes Councilman McKay has some work assignments for council. 8) Would also remind everyone of the Senior Citizens' Auction on Saturday. 9) The U. S. Conference of Mayors, in association with Cablevision of Ohio, will air a special program on the local Cablevision station, with respect to combating the drug problems facing the nation. The program, "The Urban War on Drugs; A Report from the Front", will be shown on Channel 3 on April 26th at 8:30 P.M. Councilman O'Grady, Bohlmann and Wilamosky indicated that. it was premature to discuss future plans in case the levy fails on May 2nd; every effort should be expended now in support of the levy's passage and a positive attitude maintained.