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Council Minutes of 8/18/98 REPORTS Mayor Musial: 1) Before Council this evening is Resolution No. 98-92, a resolution designating August 26, 1998, as Women's Equality Day in recognition of the 19th Amendment to the U. S. Constitution regarding the granting of the right to vote to the women of America and also opening employment opportunities for women. The first women's rights convention was held in July, 1848 at Seneca, New York. The first Ohio women's rights convention was held in April 1850. The resolution declares that August 26, 1998, which is the 78th anniversary of the granting of the right to vote to women, be celebrated in North Olmsted by designating the day as Women's Equality Day in recognition of the value of the wonderful contributions made to this country and the State of Ohio by women. 2) The Recreation Center ice rink roof was completed on time, and the hockey club will be able to begin their conditioning exercises on time August 23. 3) Homecoming will be held August 27 through August 30. The city has planned an extensive program. The city and the school system will have a joint display in the Community Cabin instead of separate tents. Everyone is invited to participate. 4) The skateboard park plans are coming along extremely well. Approximately sixteen hundred dollars has been collected. DBS Communications, Inc. has donated approximately a thousand dollars in cash and in kind. The skateboard park campaign will be officially opened at Homecoming. At 3:30 p.m. on Sunday, August 30, a BMX rider and rollerbladers will give a live demonstration outside of the cabin area. In addition, bricks will be sold for $50. The donor's name will be inscribed on the brick and the bricks will be put into the front of the skateboard park. We are working with a major corporation in North Olmsted to co-sponsor the skateboard park, either in full or substantially in full. Mr. McKay asked the location of the skateboard park, and the Mayor said it would be to the rear of the playground area at the Rec Center. It is designed to be a fiberglass imbedded concrete bathtub structure. It will be an in-ground structure with the ramps and rails built in. Mr. Miller asked what the hours of use would be. Mayor Musial replied it would be used during daytime hours and not in the evening. The area will be secured by a fence. Law Director Gareau: 1) A lawsuit has been filed against a driver who damaged a fire hydrant on city property on Columbia Road. The cost to repair was $3,706.97. 2) The attorney for William Prest has proposed a settlement of the dispute. He will review the proposal and, if he feels it necessary, will share it with Council in an executive session. 3) The attorney for the Aaron Griffith family has asked the city for an extension of the Statute of Limitations. Two years ago, Mr. Griffith committed suicide while in the city jail after having been arrested and charged with domestic violence. The attorneys did not have an opportunity to completely investigate the case and asked for an extension of the Statute of Limitations. The Law Department had no problem with extending it from the standpoint of it may have made the case go away. But the city had no authority to grant this request as the case was being handled by insurance counsel. The insurance counsel did not approve of the extension. The city will probably be sued in this case. ., 2