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.',~ . '. Council Minutes of 2/6/89 -2- 11) Administration is currently working. on the 1989 budget; much depends on the outcome of tomorrow's election; hopes everyone will remember to vote. 12) Contract grants for engineering, cleaning and lining of Lorain Road, from Butternut Ridge Road to the County Line, from Barton Road - Lorain to Cook Road,. and with an additional option in the design factor to include 400 feet of existing water line on Porter Road, from Mill to Lorain Road, have been awarded to R. E. Warner and Associates, an engineering firm from Westlake. 13) Has signed an agreement with Michael Benza and Associates to prepare the de- tailed plans and specs for the bidding of Elm Road. Both projects are listed on the Issue Two Priority List and both came in lower than what was budgeted in the temporary budget. 14) Requests council to approve her recommendation of Charles J. Miller to serve on the Landmarks Commission. Law Director Gateau reported: 1) Has received an opinion of the Eighth Appel- late District Court of Appeals regarding the Citrus Trust Case; the city pre- vailed in the lower court and the Eighth Appellate District sustained the lower court's decision. 2) In the past two weeks, has filed numerous answers, motions and briefs with respect to the Dingess Case, which will continue. 3) Although it does not appear that the. Sunset Memorial Case will go forward tomorrow, Judge Nugent's bailiff has advised Law Director Gateau to be in attendance tomorrow morning at 9 A.M. Finance Director Boyle reported: 1) Has received the license tax fees for the first twelve month period. totaling $197,359.93: $65,000+ from the county $5 tag fee and $131,000+ from North Olmsted $5 tag fee. 2) Reviewed the impact the pool closing has had on Rec Center revenue: the pool closing has affected the revenues for everything but the game machines - every other line item is down below the average monthly income. 3) Just a reminder that forms are available in the Finance Department, from the Cleveland Department of Utilities - Water Department -.for a reduction in water rates for residents over 62 years of age. This can have an impact on water bills although it does not affect sewer rates. Mr. O'Grady, Chairman Transportation Committee, reported: 1) The Cable TV Ad- visory Commission met on February 2nd with all members. in attendance. First order of business was a presentation by MetroTEN Cablevision; MetroTEN i5 a wireless system which operates under the same premise that a radio station would. They need no permission from the city to operate within its confines nor will they be paying the city a user fee. City is currently getting $62,000 per year from Cablevision, along with $9,000 in rent. MetroTEN will start soliciting this Summer; it is a very limited system with a very limited selection. In addition to the basic package, at $10.95, they offer Showtime at $9.00 per month and Disney for a total package of $26.95 for all available programming. 2) Committee also reviewed current programming; basically there was no input from anyone on the committee with respect to complaints about the current system. Committee did discuss a proposal by Senator Metzenbaum which would put some teeth in the system and give cities the right to regulate rates by cablevision systems. Committee requested Mayor Petrigac to send a letter to Senator Metzenbaum en- couraging him to continue forward with legislation along these lines. 3) Any complaints with respect to.the current system should be brought to the attention of Ric Coplan, at Cablevision, or to Dottie Fox, the Public Relations Director at Cablevision.