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Council Minutes of 2/3/98 without interest. Thus, the impact this settlement will have on the City's budget will be greatly lessened. Parcel E Liti ag tion. Finally, on January 29, 1998, a pretrial was held before Judge Daniel Gaul of the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas in the case of North Olmsted Land Holdings Company v. City of North Olmsted. This is the consolidated case which seeks to rezone the "Parcel E" property on Brookpark Road from its present classification of office building district to retain (retail) business district. I was present at the pretrial on behalf of the City, and two other lawyers were present representing North Olmsted Land Holdings Company (hereinafter referred to as "Biskind"). At the pretrial, a settlement proposal was made by Biskind, which would involve developing the subject property partly as retail, partly as a cluster development, and partly as a park: for the use of homeowners in the adjoining subdivision. Judge Gaul asked me to convey the outline of this settlement proposal to you and to inquire whether Council would be amenable to considering a settlement of this lawsuit. If Council is so inclined to consider settlement, the Judge will set a work. session pretrial in his court downtown at which all members of Council will be requested to be present to review the settlement proposal in detail. Accordingly, I recommend that you consider this matter, and then report to the Law Department how you wish to respond to the Judge." Mr. McKay, Chairperson of the Streets & Drainage Committee: 1) Bidding for the repair of Cedar Point Road will be done the latter part of April or the beginning of May. The project will include the renovation of Cedar Point Hill Road from Columbia Road to Ruple Road in the City of Brook Park. The federal government will pay 80% of the cost, the county will pay 10% and the cities will pay $50,000 each. Total cost will be approximately one million dollars. 2) This Saturday at 9 a.m., Service Director Bohlmann will conduct a street inspection tour for members of Council and the Finance Director. Mr. Limpert, Chairperson of the Intra-Governmental Relations and Legislation; Long- Range Planning Committee: 1) The committee met on January 26 to discuss the Community Development Block Grant proposals. Present were all members of Council, Safety Director Jenkins, Service Director Bohlmann, Finance Director Copfer, Director of Human Resources Copeland, City Engineer Deichmann, Recreation Commissioner Dolansky, representatives from Horizon's and several citizens. Nine projects were discussed. Four were dismissed as not being doable at this time. The grants are awarded on a competitive point scoring done by the county. There is no definitive cut-off as to where the points will drop off as far as not being able to receive the award. The top five projects, the anticipated points and total cost are as follows: • Clague Road--streets, sewer and sidewalk--93 points. Total cost of the project is $2.1 million. • Mildred, W. 230, W.232--a street and sewer project--92 points. Total cost of the project is $862,000. -a~::; 4