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Council Minutes of 4/18/2000 Mr. Miller, chairperson of the Transportation Committee: 1) The committee met this ,,;, # evening at 7:15 p.m. to discuss Ordinance 2000-31. Present were committee members ~.; McKay, Gareau and Miller; the sponsor of the ordinance, Councilman Nashar; President Saringer, Councilman Limpert and Councilwoman Kasler; Safety Director Jenkins and Service Director Bohlmann; residents of the area, Mr. and Mrs. Skoulis and Larry Leopold. Ordinance 2000-31 is an ordinance amending the traffic control file of the City of North Olmsted to provide for the addition of the words "Between the hours of 7 a.m. and 8 p.m." on the existing sign at the intersection of Great Northern Boulevard and Lorain Road which prohibits right turns on red from Great Northern Boulevard onto Lorain Road so as to prohibit such right turns on red only during the hours of 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Councilman McKay indicated a concern that perhaps the hours limiting right hand turns should be moved back to beginning at 6 a.m. as opposed to 7 a.m. Mr. Skoulis requested that the time be moved back from 8 p.m. to at least 9 p.m. The residents who were present live in the development off of Westview Drive and there was discussion about the need for a traffic light at Westview and Lorain. Mr. McKay has agreed to follow up on that issue which is separate and apart from the no right turn on red issue. The committee agreed to return to the traffic engineer the issues of changing the hours for input from him and to research any other statistical issues that may indicate concerns that may be affected by summer traffic, holiday traffic and so on. The committee voted unanimously to hold this ordinance in committee for further review. Mr, Limpert, chairperson of the Recreation, Public Parks and Buildings Committee: 1) At the meeting of Council-of--the-Whole, Council approved masonry tuck-pointing, cleaning and re-caulking of the exterior of the Rec Center. Also approved was the replacement of the HVAC for the office area and lobbies, new lockers for the skate area as well as special event lighting and a sorely needed updated sound system, replacement of the flooring in the rink concession areas. The front canopy roof on the Rec Center will be replaced. The lighting on ball diamond #2 at North Olmsted Park will be re-done. We are going out for engineering services for new tennis courts, new basketball courts and a shuffleboard court and parking lot areas in the North Olmsted Park. Also approved was a new membrane coating for the roof over the tennis court area. This would run approximately 10% of the cost of a complete roof replacement and should give us a dry area for a number of years. Mrs. Saringer noted that the cost of the roof coating was $30,000 and Mr. Miller noted that the engineering services for tennis courts and basketball courts were for outdoor courts. Mr. Gareau, chairperson of the Streets & Drainage Committee: 1) Council met to discuss the 2000 capital improvements at noon on Saturday, April 8, by first taking a tour of the city to look at the different streets and different areas of the city that are being considered for projects. The tour was very helpful, and Council-as-a-Whole met for discussion of the capital improvements at 2 p.m. Present were Council President Pro Tem Gareau; Council members Limpert, Nashar, McKay, O'Grady, Miller, Kasler; Mayor Musial, Finance Director Copfer, Service Director Bohlmann, Safety Director Jenkins; and 12 5