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Council Minutes of 8/20/96 y 4) The city's home page on the Internet has been very successful. There have been more fi. than 4,000 hits per month, with some of them coming from Europe and the Far East. 5) The current Cablevision contract requires that Cablevision pay for certain improvements of the area of the Recreation Center, especially adjacent to the portion that they occupy. The city recently received a check for $4,137.50 as payment for repairs to the east drive of the Recreation Center. 6) As stated in caucus, it is requested that Ordinance 96-88 be taken off the agenda. This legislation renews the Cablevision agreement. Through no fault of the city, the agreement has yet to be finalized. The original contract expired last year, but prior to that, in accordance with federal guidelines, the city formally made its intentions known to renegotiate. Negotiations have been on-going for all that time. However, during this period, the city was approached by Ameritech with a recommendation to .bring competition to the pay-TV market. The city negotiated a contract with Ameritech, reviewed the engineering plans for wiring and equipment and installation is now taking place. The administration and Cabievision completed negotiations last week, and the city was awaiting the final draft of the agreement to be typed by Cablevision so that it could be placed in Council's packets for this meeting. The final draft was not received until late Friday--too late to be reviewed for inclusion in the packets. During the review of the agreement, a number of discrepancies were found. There were changes in agreed-upon terms and additional topics that had not been discussed were added. Some of the disputed sections are as basic as Cablevision's use of public education access channels for profit, rates and equipment. The administration wants the contract negotiated fairly, put into writing, and reviewed before it is presented to Council. 7) On tonight's agenda there is legislation regarding the improvements to the Springvale parking lot. Safety Director Kasler will make a presentation on this and other capital improvements planned for Springvale. Safety Director Kasler: 1) Because of a successful first year of ownership, approximately $240,000 was appropriated towards capital improvements to the Springvale facility. An architectural firm has begun to prepare plans for two major projects of concern: the parking lot resurfacing and ADA accessibility. Along with Recreation Commissioner Dolansky, who has provided constructive and capable leadership at Springvale, she has requested that the plan for remodeling and enlarging the kitchen be included in the first set of plans which originally included the parking lot and ADA requirements. It was felt that the first phase of improvements should include revenue-producing changes, which would then continue to support future capital improvements. With the help of engineers and architects who created drawings and sketches, a five to seven year master plan was developed. The parking lot was chosen as the first project because of the approaching season and weather concerns. The improvements will consist of decorative but safe lighting and an asphalt surface parking lot with approximately 300 to 320 designated parking spaces. Currently, there are approximately 200 unlined parking spaces The lighting will be island lighting. There will also be a bag drop-off and a limousine drop-off at a new ballroom entrance. In addition, all necessary and related sewer and drainage repair will be completed. The second project, which will require mostly indoor work than can be done in the winter, will be the ADA accessibility requirements. Hopefully, the 2 ~.,~ F-.~ _ ,...x,~=..... r- . ~ _.