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Council Minutes of 4/16/2002 Lane expressed their desire to be included for repairs in the year 2002. The Finance Director had recommended borrowing of $1,500,000 for 2002 as well as 2003. The Mayor's plan to borrow $2,315,000 in 2002 and $685,000 in 2003 was rejected by Council for a number of reasons: inability to predict what the emergencies may be facing the city in the yeaz 2003; funding of Crocker/Stearns; matching projects; uncertainty of the city income. The committee approved borrowing of $1,650,000 for the year 2002 leaving the choice of projects to be finished in 2002 in the Mayor's hands. 2) On Tuesday, April 16, the committee met to discuss the Wastewater funding Line item. The Wastewater Treatment Plant presently has $700,000 on hand in their capital improvemens. The rate increase of 1995 was to last until the year 2000 but has lasted until the present time and is expected to last unti12006. Tap-in fees are part of the capital improvements fund used in the sewer improvemens. As background information, Mr. McKay noted that in 1984 the city received a grant from the EPA of $13 million to improve the inflow and infihration into the sewer lines. The EPA granted North Olmsted that funding to take care of those problems. Hydro brakes were put in the Deerfield azea for the purpose of retaining the water in the streets so it could go into the storm sewers at a slower rate. It was a project that failed. However, the result of that was the determination that that the infiltration and inflow was what was causing the problem. In 1990, the city had the opportunity of either paying the EPA a $38 million fine or spending S38 million to correct the infiltration and inflow problem. The city chose, quite wisely, to make the repairs. Since that time, the inflow and infiltration has been reduced. Therefore, storm water is not treated as sanitary water, which reduces the cost of treating the water that is put back into the Rocky River. It also has reduced the fines going to EPA. In his opinion, these are same very wise decisions that have been made. Councilman Miller asked if he could add to Mr. McKay's report the request he had made that the streets that had been on the street improvement list for 2000 or 2001 and had been left off this year's list be added for consideration for slab repair. Those would be streets in the Laurell Woods developmem and various other streets off of Dover Center that were not included in this yeaz's list. Mr. McKay said he had no problem with that. Councilman Nashaz, chairperson of the Building, Zoning and Development Committee: 1) The Building, Zoning and Development Committee met on Aprii 9. Presets were the committee members, Council members, the Mayor and the Law Director. On the agenda was Ordinance 2002-53, an ordinance creating a new Section 1161.16 of Chapter 1161, "Offstreet Pazking and Loading" of the Zoning Code providing for the establishment and the maintenance of handicapped parking spaces on property zoned for General Retail Business District and Mixed Use. It was the recommendation of the Law Director that this be held in committee due to the fact that the Building Commissioner would like to review the ordinance. The committee agreed to hold Ordinance 200-53 in committee. Councilman Limpert, chairperson of the Streets & Drainage Committee: 1) The Streets & Drainage Committee met to discuss Resolution 2002-50 on April 9. Committee members Limpert, Miller and Nashaz were present as well as Council Fresideirt O'Grady,