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Council Minutes of 9/18/2001 ~,,, Councilman Miller, chairperson of the Recreation, Public Parks and Buildings Committee: 1) This evening a joint meeting of the Finance and Recreation, Public Parks and Buildings Committees was held. Present were Councilmen Dailey, Nashar, McKay, Limpert, Kasler, Miller and President Saringer; Safety Director Jenkins, Service Director Bohlmann. Discussed was Resolution 2001-104, a resolution authorizing the Director of Public Service to advertise for bids far construction and installation of ADA toilet room facilities and other improvements at the North Olmsted Recreation Center as detailed in the plans and specifications on file and authorizing the Mayor to contract for the same. This has been discussed prior in that it is a matching fund operation. The engineering was estimated to be $60,000 for this project, $30,000 of which will come from CDBG funds. Improvements will include ADA toilet room facilities and providing for the main front doors of the Recreation Center to be accessible for the handicapped. In that there was prior discussion and approval of these funds at a previous occasion, both committees unanimously recommended approval of Resohrtion 2001-104. Councilwoman Kasler, chairperson of Intra-Governmental Relations and Legislation; Long-Range Planning Committee: 1) The committee met on September 12. Present were committee members Miller, Nashar and Kasler; Councilmen Limpert, Dailey, McKay, O'Grady and President of Council Saringer; members of tbe Community Block Grant Committee Julie Brown, Paul Barker, Bob Klabunde and Director of Human Resources Copeland; residerrt Bill Kelly. The following items were discussed: • Ordinance 2001-100, an ordinance authorizing and directing Don Copeland to make application on behalf of the City of North Olmsted for a CDBG grant for the fiscal year 2002 for the project that is titled Street-Scape for the expansion of the Clague Road and Lorain Road intersection. This project was one of three that had been previously discussed. One other project was the ADA improvements at North Olmsted Park, which the committee felt demanded more research and more work in joint with the Recreation Commission and with the Recreation Department. That project was put on hold. Another project discussed was curb cuts, which in the past has received points with the county with regard to the grants. However, it was felt that the more competitive project would be the street-soaping at Clague and Lorain. The committee believed that this particular project could serve as akick-off for further street-soaping in North Olmsted and hoped that Council may in the future, and even on this project perhaps if funds are available and if we get the $150,000 grant, provide some additional funds for the beautification not only of this corner but further down Lorain Road. The need to have an approved master plan was discussed. It was noted that it is possible to lose application points if there isn't an approved master plan in place. It was fiuther noted that many cities have city planners who assist in the process of pursuing such grants, which is another issue that should be looked into. The committee unanimously recommended approval of Ordinance 2001-100. (Councilman O'Grady took his seat at 8:25 p.m.) • Ordinance 2001-107, an ordinance creating new Chapter 959 of the Public Service Code entitled "Sale of Surplus Real Property." This legislation requires that city residents whose properties abut city-owned real property receive prior notification of the city's intent to sell surplus real property. The ordinance recommends that there be 4 I