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' Council Minutes of 4/17/90 -2- 6) CEI has advised that they will be doing engineering and evaluation of the street lights on Lorain Road. There have been complaints about the lights being dim from the Fairview border to the North Ridgeville border, especially on the west side where they are very dim. City has requested that they evaluate changing to a high pressure sodium light which gives a better light that is more concen- trated. It is slightly more expensive by about $38 per lamp but because of the greater intensity would probably require fewer lamps. 7) City is currently studying sewer bills and talking to the City of Cleveland which does the billing for North Olmsted.. Have discussed changing the billing to 500 MCF instead of 1,000 MCF; a lot of senior citizens don't reach that mini- mum and are actually paying double costs because of the billing restrictions. City is also looking to include capital charges so a maintenance program for sewer lines can be implemented - the relining of sanitary laterals from houses to the main sewer line which have been allowing a lot of infiltration. Would like to establish such a maintenance program so it would not be a great burden on any- body. It is not a special assessment type of burden; it is paid for as it is being used. Law Director Gareau reported: 1) Had previously informed council that the city had prevailed in the Eliza Jennings Case and had obtained another $110,000 on the Renaissance Project. The attornies for Eliza. Jennings had asked the Supreme Court to reconsider its opinion; Law Director received notification this past week that the Supreme Court refused to do so; that decision is now final. 2) A personal injury case will be tried next Monday on behalf of the City of North Olmsted. 3) With respect to the three students who were struck by an automobile in front of the Middle School, Law Director has received letters from two attornies claiming that the City of North Olmsted is somehow liable. There was a mistake in the original accident report. Somehow the attornies felt that the city failed to have a school guard at the location. In checking, the city never had a school guard there; furthermore, school had been out for an hour and five minutes prior to the accident. Both attornies. have been notified and presumably this will end their claims. Mrs. Saringer, Chairman Building, Zoning and Development Committee reported: 1) BZD Committee met on April 4th with all members in attendance as well as Building Commissioner Conway and Assistant Engineer McDermott. The following items were discussed: a. Darby O'Toole's, exterior renovation to building.. Committee has no objection; in fact this renovation will be quite an improvement and has been approved by Planning Commission and ARB as well as the BZD Committee. Moved Council approve the Darby O'Toole's exterior renovation to building which includes the plan showing eleven parking spaces to be landbanked, second by Mrs. Bahas, unanimously approved. b. With respect to Cherandon Plaze, no permits will be issued until sanitary and storm sewers are constructed in conjunction with the Professional Medical Building and until the retention system is approved by Engineering Depart- ment and assembly plat is approved by Planning Commission. No action will be taken by BZD Committee until the above items have been covered. c. May Company, two additions; one, approximately 4,000 square feet filling in an existing colonnade on the northern lower level; two, on the south side with 23,000 square feet. Some parking will be .removed from Lorain Road and landscaping will be relocated. Committee has no objection. Moved Council approve the May Company additions, incorporating. suggest ions of Planning Commission and ARB, second by Mr. Tallon, unanimously approved. 2) Noted that BZD Committee Meetings will be held on Wednesdays in the future.