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Council Minutes of 3/8/2000 knowledge he gained from that committee as well as other experiences and his love of `~' history into a position on the Landmarks Commission. Mrs. Kasler moved that George Corell be appointed to the Landmarks Commission. The motion was seconded by Mr. Miller and unanimously approved. (Mr. Corell was not in attendance.) Mr. Limpert, chairperson of the Recreation, Public Parks and Buildings Committee: 1) The committee met on February 24 to discuss Resolution 2000-10. Present were committee members Limpert, Miller, O'Grady; Council members Gareau, McKay and Nashar; Service Director Bohlmann and Safety Director Jenkins. Resolution 2000-10 authorizes the Safety Director to advertise for bids for the printing of the Spring/Summer, Autumn/Winter North Olmsted Parks and Recreation Department brochure. The resolution was approved unanimously by all members. Mr. McKay, chairperson of the Finance Committee: 1) The Finance Committee met in joint sessions with Recreation and Transportation Committee on Thursday, February 24. Present were committee members Limpert, O'Grady, Miller, Gareau and McKay; Service Director Bohlmann; Safety Director Jenkins. Agenda items were as follows: • Ordinance No. 2000-16 authorizing the Mayor to extend the lease for eight months with Northern Ohio Interconnect Inc. (Cablevision), which is located at the Recreation Center. The lease will begin on May 1, 2000 and will expire on December 31, 2000. The rent shall be $4,205 per month, or $50,460 a year. After thorough discussion of a number of issues, the committee recommended approval. • Ordinance 2000-14 which established the compensation and benefits to be paid to the part-time employees of the North Olmsted Bus Line. The rates are similar to those for the employees of the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority and the committee recommended approval. LETTERS/COMMUNICATIONS Mayor Musial took his seat at this point and read a letter which he received from a resident who resides on Chapel Hill Drive: "If necessary, raise our taxes but fix our bloody street. I live on Chapel Hill and the streets in our development are a wreck. Visitors are calling our street little West Virginia. I have more concrete on my tree lawn than there is in the street. I hate to admit it, but tick tacky North Olmsted is becoming a reality. Signed John O'Connor." Mayor Musial said he drove on Chapel Hill, and Mr. O'Connor is right. That street is almost as bad as Sanders Lane where he lives, and it is almost as bad as Woodpark. All we need is money to fix it. Mr. McKay commented that, when Council decided to repair the streets of North Olmsted and go out and borrow the money to do it, it was originally a 15-year program. The Mayor and Council at that time got a little over ambitious, moved ahead of the 15 year period and repaired a great number of streets. It is impossible to do everybody's street all in a matter of two or three years. We are still repairing streets. Unfortunately, somebody has to be last. Mayor Musial said this is just one of the situations that comes into play here. As he understands .~ it, Chapel Hill is on the schedule for 2001. Service Director Bohlmann said the street ,~~„ 5