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MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF TSE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED MARCH 3, 1992 Present: .Council President Pro Tem Saringer, Council Members Babas, Leonard, Lind, McKay, Musial, Nashar. Also Present: Mayor Ed Boyle, Law Director Michael Gareau, Finance Director James Burns, Clerk of Council Barbara Seman. Absent: Council President Boehmer Council President Pro Tem Saringer called the meeting to order at 8:09 p.m. in Council Chambers, 5200 Dover Center Road, North Olmsted, Ohio. Members of the audience were invited to join Council in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. The minutes of the meeting of February 18, 1992 were approved as written. Mayor Boyle reported: 1) Last week traveled to Chicago with Service Director Bohlmann, Law Director Gareau, and City Engineer Deichmar~n to meet with represen- tatives of the U. S. Envirorgnental Protection Agency. Also making the trip was Dennis Long, consulting engineer on wastewater treatment from Malcom Pirnie, Inc. The EPA was brought up-to-date on what work has been done at the Wastewater Treatment Plant over the past few years, how the work was accomplished, what benefits were derived, what future work will be dome. and the expectations of what will result from this work. The EPA was gratified that our plant has remained in compliance with their permit levels since last year, that we have by-passed only twice in more than a year's time, and that we have broken new legal ground with regard to our programs that include lateral lines. In addition, the city has utilized new and innovate means in our work--means that have never been tried in this country. North Olmsted was once regarded as a leader in wastewater treatment, and we are about to regain that position. It was a very worthwhile and productive meeting. 2) The Housing Board is now complete. Members are: Mr. McKay and. Mr. Lind from Council; Mr. Orlowski from the Planning C~nmi.ssian; Mayoral appointments, Doug Sebring and Bill Saringer; Board appointments Carolyn Kasler and Denise Cameron. The Housing Board has chosen Mr. McKay as Chairperson. 3) We continue to receive rnanerous inquiries from residents concerning the tax incentive program which will help residents lower the cost of hc~e improvements. Temporary forms are available in the Building Department and the Ac~iinistrative Assistant's office. 4) Tonight, Council will consider Ordinance No. 92-22 which establishes an enterprise zone for North Olmsted. Basically, the enterprise zone will take in an area on the western side of the city bordered by North Ridgeville, Opted Township, Barton Road, and Bradley Road. It runs down, not along, I-4$O to the I-480/Great Northern area then east along Brookpark Road to Fairview Park. According to law, the enterprise zone must include residential inclusion of residential areas will be a plus when applying for Issue 2 monies because a credit will be given for infrastructure repairs that are in an