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MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE COUNCII. OF THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED APRIL 6, 1999 Present: Council President Saringer, Council Members Gareau, Kasler, Limpert, McKay, Miller, O'Grady Also Present: Mayor Musial, Law Director Gareau, Finance Director Copfer, Clerk of Council Seman Absent: Council Member Nashar The minutes of the Council meeting of March 16, 1999 were approved as written. Council President Saringer announced that Ordinance 99-42 and Resolution 99-46 would be passed under suspension of the rule. REPORTS Mayor: 1) North Olmsted has earned the award of Tree City for the 14~` year in a row. To a large part, that award has been secured through the efforts of City Forester Dave Wendell. The city will have an Arbor Day/POW Flag Raising ceremony with St. Richard's Church on April 24 which will include the planting of trees along the church property on Country Club Boulevard. 2) Today, Councilman O'Grady, John Lonsak, the executive director of the Cuyahoga County Library system, Donna Meyers, the manager of the North Olmsted Library, Betsey Ruggiero, president of the Friends of the Library, went on a tour of five libraries: Brecksville, Independence, Solon, South Euclid and Beachwood. The focus of the group was to review, inspect and ascertain the type of facilities available for the residents of those communities. 3) The Easter buffet at Springvale was a great success. Last year there were approximately 75 participants and this year there were almost 200 people. Springvale's marketing efforts are beginning to pay off. A Mother's Day brunch will be coming up. The cost is reasonable: $15 for adults, $7 for children seven and under and children two and under are free of charge. 4) He attended some meetings put on by the Cuyahoga County Board of Commissioners with regard to the State Issue 2 program, including a roundtable discussion with the Mayors in the Cuyahoga County area. The problem that is ensuing in this area is that there is a concern by some of the mayors that the projects that are being approved are being slanted somewhat towards Cleveland and that the suburbs are not getting their fair share. For 1999, 112 projects were considered. North Olmsted submitted three: Barton/Bradley Road interchange; Butternut Road refurbishing; Lorain/Clague Road intersection. Unfortunately, none of these made the grade. What happens is that the staff selects the final 50 projects and they go before a committee of seven individuals. This