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Council Minutes of 4/16/96 LEGISLATION Ordmance No. 96-50 introduced by Mr. Nashar on behalf of himself and Mr. McKay was given its third readmg. An ordinance authorizing the Mayor of the City of North Olmsted to enter into an agreement with Howard, Needles, Tammen and Bergendorff to provide engineering services pertaining to revising the sidewalk plans for a seven foot wide reinforced concrete sidewalk on the west side of Crocker Road north of Lorain Road for the proposed Crocker-Stearns Road in the City of North Olmsted, and declaring an emergency. Mr. Nashar moved for adoption; second by Mr. McKay. Roll call: Nashar, yes; McKay, yes; Limpert, no. Mr. Limpert explained he voted no because in his opinion the concrete sidewalk will be a very poor jogging and bike path. Roll call continued: Musial, yes; O'Grady, no. Mr. O'Grady commented on his vote: His first concern is safety. The widened sidewalk was put in as an alternative to a bike path. The bike path would have provided a needed fitness and recreation facility to that part of the town and would have increased home values. Most importantly, it would have increased the safety to children by first of all separating the bicycle and pedestrian traffic and then moving children on bicycles farther away from afour-lane highway. The sidewalk accomplishes none of these things. Three weeks ago he had inquired whether or not the widening of this sidewalk would actually move the sidewalk closer to the highway, thus making it even less safe for the children of this community. The answers received today were: `2Vlaybe; it might; I think so; don't worry about it, we can vote on it now and then we can change it later if we need to." Mr. O'Grady said he felt it was irresponsible for Council to be voting on this measure without having that question definitively answered. Mr. O'Grady's second concern was cost. The bike path originally cost $4,000; the engineering cost to remove the bike path was $14,000. An additional $1,000 will be spent to widen the sidewalk. He believes these costs are questionable at a time when the city is cutting back on expenditures and programs. Roll call continued: Saringer, yes. The motion passed with four affirmative votes and two negative votes. Ordinance No. 96-50 adopted. Ordinance No. 96-56 introduced by Mayor Boyle was given its second reading. An ordinance establishing rates of compensation for various administration and legislative personnel and declaring an emergency. Resolution No. 96-53 was introduced and placed on first reading by Mr. Limpert on behalf of Mr. Lind. A resolution authorizing the Director of Public Service to advertise for bids for 8,000 tons of salt and authorizing the Mayor to contract for same. Resolution No. 96-54 was introduced and placed on first reading by Mr. Musial. A resolution accepting for recording purposes only, the Bridgeport Village subdivision in the City of North Olmsted and declaring an emergency. Mr. Musial moved for suspension of the rule requiring three readings and committee review; second by Mr. McKay; motion passed unanimously. Mr. Musial moved for adoption; second by Mr. McKay; motion passed unanimously. Resolution No. 96-54 adopted. ~~ ,;~;. 7 i