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Council Minutes of 12/2/2003 ,,,,, whether water could be stored in parking lots as suggested by the EPA. This debate >> basically on the parking lot issue was whether or not to allow it but only to allow it if it greatly increased the retention of the water or detention of the water above ow current limits. It was decided to not allow water stored in parking lot. The Law Department is continuing to review the legislation and it will be held in committee. Councilman Miller, member of the Public Safety, Health & Welfare Committee, reported for chairperson Kasler: 1) The committee met to discuss Ordinance 2003-164 on Monday, November 24. Ordinance 2003-164 is an ordinance amending Section 741.03 of Chapter 741 of the Business Regulation Code of the City of North Olmsted entitled "Deliveries to Commercial Establishments" so as to prohibit overnight parking of commercial delivery trucks and to amend the hours of operation and declaring an emergency. Conversation centered around a concern that this would flow with a companion ordinance which has recently been passed. It was requested that the Law Director make sure that the Police Department felt the issues were consistent, that both ordinances would blend and that a time for deliveries and unloading, etc. would blend at the same time and a conflict would no longer exist. It was brought to Council's attention this evening in caucus that there are a few finer points that still need to be completed, so this will be held in committee. Councilman Miller, chairperson of the Intra-Governmental Relations and Legislation; Long-Range Planning Committee: 1) Due to the length of the other meetings, the issue of the Rules of Council was delayed until the next committee meeting. Councilman Gareau, chairperson of the Recreation, Public Parks and Buildings Committee and member of the Recreation Commission: 1) The Recreation Commission met on Monday, December 1, and the following items were discussed: ^ A report was given by Recreation Commissioner DiSalvo. He reported that the Friday night skate program has continued to be a success. There are currently about 300 young people attending the event on Friday evenings. This is up dramatically from the roughly 125 people who attended several weeks back, which is attributed to the end of the football season. The good attendance is expected to continue. As the Mayor commented, the vending and gaming bids were opened, and those bids were all rejected. There has been a rebid, and those bids must be received by December 8. After that, a contract will be awarded and we can move forward. ^ Mr. DiSalvo reported that he is reorganizing the Recreation Dept. to be more efficient. This will include reviving some old positions which have been unstaffed for a number of years, such as the Assistant Commissioner, and eliminating the staffing for some other positions. The end result is that there will not be an increase in the wage line item for the Recreation Center. He is going to do it all within his existing budget. ^ As for capital improvements, the ice rink has new compressors to replace broken ones. Also, there has been a boiler problem at the Recreation Center that should be eliminated with the addition of three 250 gallon hot water tanks. This should create a more efficient system.