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Council Minutes of 5/1/2001 • Regarding Ordinance 2001-46, he asked Mrs. Kesler whether other cities have such an ordinance. Mrs. Kesler said it was based on a Parma ordinance, and it was also proposed in Elyria. She does not know how many other cities have these standards but does believe there are others. Mr. Colwell was unsure about the use of the word "mandatory." Mrs. Kesler said mandatory means it must be disclosed. If a contractor does not disclose the requested information, they are disqualified. Since there are sixteen standards listed in the ordinance, he asked how many of them must be disclosed now without the legislation. Mrs. Kesler said the list submitted by the administration at the committee meeting included eight items. Those eight items actually came from the sixteen in the ordinance. However, it is her understanding that similar standards were required at all times. What this ordinance does is expand on the number of standards that need to be disclosed, the amount of information that should be disclosed, and requires that it is done at the initial step in the bidding. It is part of the specs as opposed to being required later. We put the problems out front and on the table so that everybody knows what they have to submit and everybody has to submit the same information. Regarding Mr. Colwell's comments about the traffic synchronization, Councilman Miller noted that the system was not necessarily designed to allow someone to drive from one end of Lorain Road to the other without stopping for a red light. It was designed to make the traffic flow as smoothly as reasonably possible. Sometimes traffic on Lorain Road has to fop to allow the traffic on the north/south routes to enter Lorain Road. 9) Larry Orlowski, 4804 Bailey Road. • Most governmental entities work under mandatory minimum standards. The zoning ordinances within the city set minimum standards that are required. The Building Department works under mandatory minimum standards for remodeling or construction. The minimums can be exceeded to make a project better, but there are always minimums which must be adhered to. 10) Don Pangrac, 23470 Sharon Drive. • Where does the Sharon Drive project stand? Mrs. Copfer said that the contract was on her desk waiting for the bonds to sell. The project has already been out to bids and approved by the Board of Control. She cannot sign the contract and send it out until the money is in the process of collection. The bonds will probably sell next week. The Mayor promised Mr. Pangrac that his request for atwo-week notification before construction begins will be done. LEGISLATION Ordinance No. 2001-46 introduced by Councilwoman Kaslex was given its third reading. An ordinance creating new Section 111.02 of Chapter 111 of the City Administrative Code, entitled "Mandatory Minimum Contracting Standards Relating to Bidder Responsibility" which provides for the establishment of minimum contracting responsibility standards to be imposed upon all bidders on city contracts involving improvements to real property. Councilwoman Kesler moved for adoption; second by 10