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Council Minutes of 5/18/99 Councilman Gareau suggested that City Council and the administration look at the ~~ recreational needs from a comprehensive overview and begin to prioritize. Also, he believes that citizen involvement is necessary and suggested a task force be formed to devise a plan of action. President Saringer asked the Long-Range Planning Committee to take this issue into committee. Committee chairperson Limpert agreed to take this matter into the committee and to seek input from those involved in recreation. Mrs. Kasler said that the Recreation Commission has begun to look at the overall recreation picture. This is the Commission's job, and they need to be and want to be participants in this to make recommendations to Council with regard to the recreational priorities. She hopes that the Recreation Commission can continue to work on this, put it together within their next few meetings and then present it to the Recreation Committee and all of Council to be passed on to the Long-Range Planning Committee. In this way, specifics can be provided to the Long-Range Planning Committee. Mr. Limpert and Mrs. Kasler agreed that they would meet to devise a cooperative plan. Finance Director Copfer said she believed a recreational survey was done in 1997 and asked whether Mrs. Kasler had the results. Mrs. Kasler said she did not initiate that survey and did not have first-hand knowledge of how it was presented. She believes the results were given to Council. Law Director Gareau said he was aware of the survey but had no knowledge as to how it was implemented and never saw the results. Mrs. Copfer said she would look into the matter. Mr. Limpert, chairperson of the Intra-Governmental Relations and Legislation; Long- Range Planning Committee: 1) The committee met on May 11, and all members of Council were present. Discussion items were as follows: • Ordinance 99-54, which has to do with project labor agreements. The Law Department has advised that this issue is currently before the Ohio General Assembly; therefore, this legislation will be put on hold. • Ordinance 99-61, which authorizes the Mayor to enter into an agreement with the Westshore Council of Governments. This is basically something we have done every year, and the committee recommended approval. 2) Mr. Limpert made a motion to make the following reappointments to the Human Resources Advisory Board: Art Boessneck, a five year term commencing January 1, 1999; Frank O'Dell, who should have been appointed last January, so the five year term began January 1, 1998. The motion was seconded by Mr. Nashar and unanimously approved. Mr. Nashar, chairperson of the Safety Committee: 1) The committee met on May 11. Present were committee members Gareau, Miller, Nashar and all remaining Council members. Also in attendance were Service Director Bohlmann and Mayor Musial. The committee discussed a liquor transfer coming out of safekeeping from Eugene Stevens, 25730 Lorain Road, to 27264 Lorain Road, DBA Giant Eagle. This is a special permit for beer and wine which specifies guidelines for sample tastings of alcoholic beverages within a store. The guidelines include: 1. Person passing out samples must be a professional demo person. 2. Samples must be served in a 1 ounce cup. 3. Customers tasting the beverage must be 21 years or older. 4. Only one sample per adult. 5. Samples must be paid for by the dollar value of the bottle. (The total cost of the bottle would be divided by the number of servings.) 6. Signs must be posted informing 5 i