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Council Minutes of 8/20/2002 ,, would be responsible for that individual. It is the iYrterrtion of his family, on behalf of his ~~ son Jack, to carry this resolution to the state level and ultimately to the federal level. They sincerely hope and pray society will help this resolution to reach its goal. He wished to thank Council for considering this resolution and thank the people who have been behind this since the accident happened. Mr. Dailey thanked Mr. Dolance for coming forward. It is not too often that Council gets a very real face behind same of the ordinances that come before them. Mr. Dolance brought this resolution completely to life for him. He had his mind made up one way. But after hearing Mr. Dolance's comments, his mind has probably been changed quite a bit. Thanks to Mr. Dolance for coming forward. Mr. Nashar said he researched this issue and it seems to be the feeling that 70 or 75 is a little too young. We will start this out at 80. If it does pass, we will see what the state has to say about it. Mr. Dolance answered that there are people his age and younger that have problems. Why do we have to wait until the horse is out of the barn before we do something? There are people who are in their 70's that should not be behind the wheel of a car. He thinks the age of 70 is a very legitimate age. Mr. Gareau expressed condolences to the Dolance family. A member of his own family was recently driving on I-71 during rush hour when a driver was proceeding the wrong way. Luckily nothing happened in that situation, but Mr. Dolance has some very legitimate concerns. Mr. Dolance said that apparently is what happened with the incident involving his son. The gentleman was confused and didn't know which way he was going. Anybody who has some type of impairment, no matter what age, should be reported and that person should not have the ability to drive a car until the condition is corrected or the person just doesn't drive. Mr. Limpert commented that was one reason he did not want this resolution to be passed under suspension tonight. He thinks it merits some serious discussion by Council. To a degree, he thinks it is almost inheremly unfair to wait until someone is almost 80 years old, which means it has been about 64 years since they were physically tested. If such a resolution is going to be done, the testing should probably be started at a much earlier age-not only to prevent accidents but in fairness to those who are going to pass the test. It can be traumatic when it has been 64 years since the last test. Starting it at an earlier age will help someone who is 80. This merits discussion on the part of Council as to what is the right thing to do. Bob Strnad, 4861 Porter Road, asked the Finance Director if the city is going to run at a deficit this year. Finance Director Copfer said Ordinance 2002-117 is going to reduce the expenditures and there are some revenue sources that will increase the budget resources. We are adjusting downward to account for the projected $700,000 deficit. Mr. Strnad noted that the city will need $2 million in 18 months for the CrockerBassett extension. Mayor Musial said that Congressman Kucinich has requested the sub-committee on Transportation to authorize $4 million for North Olmsted to take care of our share of picking up the cost of the Crocker/Stearns extension. We will not know if that will happen until the end of September or the first part of October. If that will not happen, then he is talking with County Engineer Klaiber to see what the county can do to help us. Mayor Musial said it is a serious problem the road is so important that he feels confident that the County Engineer's office will help us out. Mr. Strnad asked Mayor Musial if he could assure the citizens that his confidence is justified. Mayor Musial said there is no guarantee. Mr. Strnad said, according to published reports, the wetlands are to 13