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`Council Minutes of 4/2/96 Mr. McKay, Chairperson of the Streets & Drainage Committee: 1) The committee met on --~. Monday, March 25, for the purpose of discussing Ordinance 96-50. Present were Council Members Nashar and McKay; Service Director Bohlmann; Safety Director Kasler. Ordinance 96-50 authorizes the Mayor to employ Howard, Needles, Tammen and Bergendorff to provide engineering services with regard to the plans for the 7 foot wide sidewalk on the west side of Crocker Road north of Lorain Road. At the present time, it is not known what distance the sidewalk will be from the road. The committee recommended approval. Mr. McKay reported for Mr. Lind, Chairperson of the Finance Committee: 1) The committee met on Monday, March 25. Present were Council Members Nashar, Musial and McKay; Service Director Bohlmann; Safety Director Kasler; Mayor Boyle; Personnel & Administrative Director Wilamosky; Ameritech representatives Ken Bradley and Lee Graff. The following items were discussed: a. Ordinance 96-51, which grants to Ameritech New Media Inc. anon-exclusive franchise to construct, operate and maintain a cable system in the City of North Olmsted for a period of 15 years. The committee believes that the competition between Cablevision and Ameritech will benefit the residents through better technology, better service and a larger number of available channels. Ameritech has agreed to provide a minimum of 77 channels. Also, access will be provided to the schools. The committee recommended approval. B. Ordinance 96-49, which is the appropriations legislation. A number of changes have been made and Council has received the amended copy. The committee recommended approval as revised. Mrs. Saringer, Chairperson of the Recreation Committee: 1) The committee meeting was held on March 28. In attendance were committee members Nashar, Limpert and Saringer; Service Director Bohlmann; Safety Director Kasler. The following items were discussed: a. NOSA's request to light diamond number four at North Olmsted Park. After a lengthy discussion with Mr. Bohlmann, the committee agreed with him that this project needs more study. Mr. Bohlmann indicated that all of the park's lighting needs to be upgraded, diamond number two is outdated and needs to be reva~ed and a lighting upgrade for Homecoming should be considered. It was suggested that NOSA put the money in escrow to pay for an engineering plan and the lighting could be reviewed next year. b. Retention behind the Recreation Center--possibly installing a pond. The committee agreed to ask Council to consider funding for engineering. Mrs. Saringer requested that Mr. Boehmer ask the Finance Committee to take this matter under consideration. At Mr. Boehmer's request, Chairperson Lind agreed to take this matter into the Finance Committee. 5