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MINUTES OF THE MEETII~ OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH OLA~TID FEBRUARY 16, 1993 Present: Council President Boehmer, Council Members Babas, Lind, McKay, Musial, Nashar, Saringer Also Present: Mayor Ed Boyle, Law Director Michael Gareau, Finance Director James Burns, Clerk of Council Barbara Seman Absent: Council Member Leonard Council President Boehmer 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 2, 1993 were approved as written. President Boehmer announced that Resolution No. 93-15 would be passed under suspension of the rules. Mayor Boyle reported: 1) The National Red Ribbon Campaign of Ohio has presented a proclamation to the City of North Olmsted in recognition of activities and support of the campaign against drugs. 2) RTA has cut the NOMBL bus that travels from Bay Village to Great Northern and then to Olmsted Township. This particular line had the lowest ridership of all RTA lines. Although tyre cuts made were riot as deep as feared, it will cause layoffs within NOMBL. RTA has agreed to reschedule several NOMBL routes, including the No. 53 which has shown a 27~ increase in ridership, so that they can act as feeders to the downtown routes. This should increase the ridership. 3) In a letter to the Plain Dueler on February 7, 1993, a North Olmsted resident questioned why RTA was s~~~~ing~~0 million for an enclosed wa:lkwriy between Tower City and Gateway. The actual total being spent is $10.5 million with the break- down as follows: $8.6 million from Federal government grants normally ua~eci for road construction; $0.9 million from Tower City; $0.6 million from tt~ Gateway project; $0.4 million from RTA using the proceeds from the 1~ sales tax.. The project will improve public transit by making buses more accessible to riders. 4) The Board of Control met aryl awarded the slab repair contract. This will get the street repair project underway for this year. 5) Met with State Representative Kasputis on funding possibilities for RTA. Although his input was a little late, it was still worthwhile. 6) On February 9, attended the second of four tele-conference seminars on "re-inventing government". The first two conferences focused on how schools and city governments can work together. The next two meetings will focus on cities. 7) Along with Mr. Wilamosky, met with Dr. Ford of NASA to discuss co~xterizaton within the city ar~d the establishment of the Electronic Data Processing Depart- ment. NASA has approved our original plan and is now helping us review our ads for persormel. They emphasize the fact that the persormel must be on board before they can take any action to l~lp us with data processing. ';' ~ ...~