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MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED JANUARY 18, 1994 Present: Council President Boehmer, Council Members Bahas, Limpert, Lind, McKay, Musial, Nashar, Beringer Also Present: Mayor Ed Boyle, Law Director Michael Gareau, Finance Director James Burns, Clerk of Council Barbara Semen Council President Boehm~r called the meeting to order at 8:08 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 January 4, 1994 were approved as written. Mr. Boehmer announced that Ordinance Nos. 93-159 and 93-160 would be removed from the agenda, and Ordinance No. 94-17 would be added to the agenda. Mayor Boyle reported: 1) The county has begun installing mobile data terminals in city Police cars. The equipment will allow our officers to make ct~cks on vehicles without transmitting through dispatchers. This will improve safety for officers because the information will be available to them before they approach the vehicle. 2) On Monday, January 10, two new Police officers, Darin Powers and Michael Kilbane, were sworn in. These officers will fill the vacancies created by a retirement and the start up of the DARE program. A Civil Service test for Police officers will be given this March, and the city will increase advertising in an effort to attract women and minorities to take the exam. 3) Along with Service Director Bohlmann, met with the senior housing architect to review the preliminary footprint of the complex. The project will be done in phases with the independent and congregate buildings being completed first. We are giving consideration to merging independent and congregate units in the same building so that a resident could move from one type of unit to the other without changing buildings. We have asked the architect to look at doing less than the 80 independent and 80 congregate units. The footprint demonstrated one of our buildings to be on the property belonging to the Catholic Diocese. Therefore, that particular placement will be changed. The LeBlond Corporation, as the contractor for the Catholic Diocese, will break ground sometime toward the end of this year; and it is possible that the city construction may also begin by the end of the year . 4) Along with Htmnaxi Resources Director Copeland, met with the county to discuss the $300,000 grant for senior housing, possible future grant money and to bring them up-to-date on the land acquisition. 5) Although the Planning Commission did not have a quorum at its last meeting, Wal-Mart did present their plans for the Brookpark Road site. However, they have not withdrawn from the Dover Center Road site. 6) The Service Department has done a great job keeping the city streets clean during the adverse weather conditions of the past two weeks. Elderly or handi- capped residents who are having difficulty with snow removal should contact our .gin ..-, ......~ .-•> ~ -=rte..