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Council Minutes of 08-03-2010 .~ • The city of North Olmsted was awarded a SAFER grant on July 21, 2010. The grant award is for approximately $839,000 and will allow the city to recall four laid-off firefighters. The Safety Department is in the process of seeking waivers on various provisions of the grant and will be submitting its waiver application within the next few weeks. • The Ohio Department of Public Safety awarded a $3,450 grant to the Fire Department for equipment for Squad 53. This will allow the city to have three completely equipped squads. • Ganley Subaru has pulled building permits for construction of a new car dealership. The building will replace a former eye care center. The value of the project is $2.2 million dollars. • The Cultural Activities Commission and Kiwanis Club will host its third annual Arts Festival this Sunday, August 8, 2010 at Frostville Museum between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Admission is free. • The Community Development Block Grant public hearing is scheduled for Wednesday, August 25, 2010 at 6:00 p.m. in Council chambers. • On Friday, August 27, 2010 the city will host an event at the big tent at the Homecoming festival between 6:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. The theme will be North Olmsted USO Salute the Veterans. • Springvale has recently completed a draft of their long term capital project list. He is currently working with the Finance Department to determine possible funding sources for those projects deemed most significant. • They are moving ahead with a number of projects that will be paid for by monies saved from the passage of Issue 34. It is his intention for those projects to be in the works within the next several weeks. Director of Law Gareau: • He has completed drafting the recommended Charter amendments for Council. The Council President will give his report this evening regarding the Committee of the Whole meeting in which the Final Report and Recommendation of the Charter Review Commission was discussed. The Ordinances must be delivered to the Board of Elections no later than September 3, 2010. • There is a potential claim against North Olmsted Police Dept. for injuries sustained by an allegedly intoxicated individual who was spending the evening at the police dept. following a DUI arrest. • Five complaints have been filed with the Ohio Civil Rights Commission by Todd Klingman. He is currently being prosecuted by the City of North Olmsted in the Rocky River Municipal Court for telecommunications harassment. • The Law Dept. has received no less than five inquiries from individuals seeking applications to open cybercafes in North Olmsted. This is a good example of how Council was out front on this particular issue; put the moratorium in place. About six or seven cybercafes would have been open by now if that moratorium had not been in effect. 3