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~ Council Minutes of 3/6/90 -2- 4) Has received a report from the County Auditor with respect to new construction in the 80's. City of North Olmsted ranked 12th in the county with $117,130,000 in new construction out of the 5.3 billion dollars in new construction in the county. City ranked 9th in commercial with $68,000,000 and in industrial with $80,000. North Olmsted ranked 15th in the county on residential with $48,700,000 in new residential construction. 5) 1990 marks the 200th anniversary of the United Stated Census Bureau and resi- dents will be receiving their questionnaires in the near future. The census is not just a question of the population of the nation or the division of the House of Representatives, for which it was originally formed, but is the basis for a lot of the state and federal funding. 6) 1990 is also the 175th birthday of North Olmsted; the year is known but not a specific date - only that it was sometime in the summer of 1815. Homecoming seems to be a good time to plan some activities to commemorate this important event. A meeting will be held on Thursday, at 7:30 P.M., for anyone who would like to participate in planning this celebration. Please call Mayor Boyle or Nancy Wlodarsky if you are interested in attending this meeting which will be held at City Hall. Law Director Gareau reported: 1) Last Friday, a deposition was taken in one of our. personal injury cases involving the bicyclist who had a fall on David Drive. 2) Another deposition was taken, on site, at the Wastewater Treatment Plant with respect to another case which has been set for arbitration hearings. Attempts to settle this matter by the Law Director have been unsuccessful. 3) Since the last council meeting, has received word that the Law Department was successful in having the Court of Appeals' decision overturned by the Supreme Court with regard to the Eliza Jennings' Case. This was a dispute over how much money they owed the city for sewer tap-in fees. City calculated the amount to be around $172,000; they contended it was only $60,000 and went to the Court of Appeals on a declaratory judgment action asking the court to determine that they, in fact, only did owe $60,000. Court of Appeals ruled in their favor; city appealed to the Supreme Court and last week the Supreme Court reversed the Court of Appeals and the city will now have $110,000 more in the Sewer Revenue Fund assuming that their motion for reconsideration is not granted. Mr. McKay, Chairman Environmental Control Committee reported: 1) West Shore Solid Waste Management Committee met on February 21st at Rocky River City Hall to dis- cuss the following: Lakewood has asked for bids to make a re-cycling center at the site of the old incinerator on Berea Road. Bid opening will be on March 20th at 2 P.M. That same evening, the committee will review the bids. As this plan goes forward, Lakewood is asking all six eommunitities to participate in the construction and operation of the plant, financing for which would be each communitity's re- sponsibility; each city's portion would be based on either a percentage basis or on a per ton basis. 2) April 22nd has been designated as "Earth Day" in Ohio and committee recommends that each city work on an educational program to reduce waste; will probably go to the schools and hopefully will have something in the community. Mr. Tallon, Chairman Finance Committee reported: 1) Finance Committee met on March 5th, at 8 P.M., with all members present as well as President Boehmer, Mayor Boyle, and Directors Burns, Bohlmann and Wilamosky. Committee reviewed Ordinance No. 90-18, the appropriation ordinance, for any major discrepancies and then by individual departments. Approximately three or four of the smaller de- partments were discussed. Part of the meeting was taken up with the scheduling of other meetings which were planned and will be announced under miscellaneous business this evening.