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Council Minutes of 4/20/99 were books, newspapers, magazines and records. In 1999, there are many types of ~~ materials available such as books on CD, music on cassette and CD, CD Roms and digital video disks (DVD). Our library is already overcrowded. North Olmsted has the honor and distinction of having the first circulating library in the Western Reserve. In 1829, Charles Olmsted of Connecticut donated 500 books to Lenox Township. In exchange, the name of the town was changed to North Olmsted and Olmsted Falls. Many of those books make up the Oxcart Library, which is currently displayed in our library. As our community has grown and expanded over the past 30 years, it is essential to expand our library to maintain the first-rate services and programs that our residents have come to expect and which they deserve. SPECIAL LEGISLATION Resolution No. 99-53 was introduced and placed on first reading by Mr. Limpert on behalf of the entire Council and the Mayor. A resolution commending the achievement by Bryan Machala of the Eagle Scout Award in Boy Scouting. Mr. Limpert moved for suspension of the rules requiring three readings and committee review; second by Mr. Gareau; motion passed unanimously. Mr. Limpert moved for adoption; second by Mr. Gareau; motion passed unanimously. Mrs. Saringer asked Bryan to come forward, and she read the resolution in its entirety. Bryan was congratulated by Council, the administration and all present. REPORTS Mayor Musial: 1) An Arbor DaylPOW Day celebration will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, April 24, at St. Richard's. Participating will be the high school Wind Ensemble, VFW Veterans and the Boy Scouts. The ceremony will include the planting of 21 trees along the west side of Country Club Boulevard. 2) Resolution No. 99-52, proclaiming April 24, 1999 Arbor Day and celebrating the award of Tree City USA will be passed under suspension of the rule. To be awarded the recognition of a Tree City, a community has to meet four standards: a tree board or department, a tree care ordinance, a comprehensive community forestry program and an Arbor Day observance. North Olmsted has been a Tree City for 14 years, and this will be our 15~' year. 3) Service Director Bohlmann was invited to come forward to announce that on April 18, 1999 the city attained the one-year agreed upon period without a bypass event which had been stipulated in the consent decree with the Department of Justice and the U. S. EPA. The city now has the right to petition the U. S. Federal Court of northeast Ohio to terminate the separate sanitary sewer provision of the consent decree. In order to conform to that consent decree and abate residential flooding in the city, approximately $24,900,000 was spent on sanitary and storm projects and Wastewater Treatment Plant improvements since 1990. 4) A residential property maintenance inspection program will begin during May and will continue for the summer months. Building Department inspectors will inspect houses from the right-of--way for proper maintenance of roofs, gutters and downspouts, paint, windows, steps, foundation walls, sidewalks and debris. The Engineering Department 2