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Council Minutes of 4/18/2400 would seem the year to take those steps toward the connection. Metroparks has improved _. Cedar Point Hill to include a dedicated bike lane, both up and down the hill. To us, it seems a simple process to go from 480 and Butternut east with a continuation on Butternut to Columbia, then north to Cedar Point Hill. We, the bike rider, need no more than a four foot space of asphalt pavement to accomplish this. I feel this would be a great asset to our community allowing the bike riding citizens a safe way to bike from the heart of our city to the Metroparks. Please give this letter your consideration. This path would be a bonus to both adults and children. I close this letter thanking you in advance for your time. Sincerely, Charles and Lisa Holly, Kennedy Ridge Road" President Saringer: 1) Service Director Bohlmann announced during caucus that the city has been issued $1,050,000 for Issue 2 monies for the widening of the intersection of Claque and Lorain roads. Council unanimously agreed to expend $130,000 for the city's cost. 2) Safety Director Jenkins informed Council that Springvale is offering a senior club card at a cost of $15 to seniors 55 and older. The card entitles the bearer to 20% off golf and cart purchase; 10% off merchandise, 20% off food and beverage items. The card will be valid Monday through Friday before 1 p.m., May through September. 3) Saturday, April 27, is Earth Day. Homeowners and the business community are urged to spend time to beautify their homes, yards and surroundings to help make North Olmsted a better place to live. Mr. McKay commented with regard to the bike path that last year Mr. Miller made a proposal to get federal or state funding to connect the bike path that was coming up out of the valley to Canterbury Road. The city was turned down on that funding. Law Director Gareau: 1) He had reported previously that the St. Paul Insurance Company had not only threatened to but did turn over the defense of the Moran case to the Law Department because of the fact that we had refused to recognize their proposed settlement. He communicated with St. Paul and indicated, as far as he was concerned, if they wanted to resolve that issue, that they were free to do so. But he did not intend on the behalf of the City of North Olmsted to offer the deductible. Although that issue was not expressly resolved, he has not yet received a request for the deductible, which is $25,000, and has indicated that, should we have that problem and the demand is made, that we will litigate the case against St. Paul. It is his intention on the behalf of the City of North Olmsted to file, if that eventuality should come about, a bad faith claim and a breech of contract claim against St. Paul. Hopefully, that won't happen and that is the last we will hear about that case. 2) Another interesting thing that we received several days ago was, for the third time, our fair housing ordinance has been rejected by HUD. Every time we submit it to them, they make suggested changes. We accomplish the suggested changes, we pass an ordinance, we send it to them and they look at it and come back with other changes. The only city in Cuyahoga County that has a fair housing ordinance that is acceptable to HUD is Shaker Heights. We have been trying now since 1995 to accomplish that. The latest one was in the fall of 1999. We once again got everything together and submitted the proposal, the ordinance that was passed, to them for approval and six months later they came back with 2