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Council Minutes of 08-21-12 . direct broadcast satellites. This legislation was introduced by Councilman Barker. He indicated that he noticed throughout the city a number of satellites that were mounted in inappropriate locations. This ordinance mirrors federal law and codes of regulations dealing with satellite dishes and licensing. The committee voted 3- 0 to recommend approval of Ordinance 2012-64 with suspension. Councilman Mahoney, Vice-Chairman of the Public Safety, Health & Welfare Committee: The Public Safety Committee met Tuesday, August 14, 2012 at 7:30 p.m. Present were committee members Mahoney and Schumann; Council members Barker, Brossard, Kearney and Orlowski; and Safety/Service Director Thomas. • Discussed was Resolution 2012-63 which is a Resolution authorizing the Director of Planning and Development to solicit Statements of Qualifications from ODOT pre-qualified firms to serve as design engineer for the North Olmsted Signal System Project; further authorizing the Mayor to enter into an agreement with the firm selected in the RFQ process, after approval by the Board of Control, and declaring an emergency. This legislation was introduced because North Olmsted's application to NOACA for federal assistance in designing and constructing improvements to the city's traffic signal systems was granted in the amount of $8.6 million. The project will be done in two phases -design and implementation and construction. There was some discussion about having a firm do the design and another firm for the implementation/construction so there would be no conflict of interest. The committee voted 2-0 to recommend approval of Resolution 2012-63 with suspension. Councilman Schumann, Chairman of the Environmental Control Committee: The Public Safety Committee met Tuesday, August 14, 2012 at 8:00 p.m. Present were committee members Schumann, Barker and Brossard; Council members Kearney, Mahoney and Orlowski; and Safety/Service Director Thomas, Planning/Development Director Wenger, Finance Director Copfer, Law Director Gareau, City Engineer, Pete DiFranco, a representative from Hazen & Sawyer and guests. • Discussed was Resolution 2012-62 which is a Resolution authorizing the Director of Planning and Development to advertise for bids for the award of a contract to provide construction services for the North Olmsted Park Stormwater Demonstration Project, as detailed in the specifications on file in the Engineering Department, and authorizing the Mayor, following approval of the Board of Control to contract for the same with the lowest and best bidder, and declaring an emergency. The improvements will be made to an area of the parking lot near the volleyball courts at North Olmsted Park. Improvements will be similar to the parking lot improvements at City Hall. The committee voted 3-0 to recommend the approval of Resolution 2012-62 with suspension. • There was an update on the WWTP and sewer work to date as well as new estimates of costs. The cost estimates have increased from $39.5 million to $45.5 million. Two million of this costs are new planned improvements, including a 4