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Council Minutes of 11/16/2004 5 6) In the afternoon of November 11, 2004, he attended an open house by Laketec Communications Inc. celebrating their move from Westlake to larger quarters here in North Olmsted. 7) A picture of former Mayor Ed Boyle has been obtained and it will be framed and positioned on the rear wall of Council Chambers where he will be formally recognized for his services to the City of North Olmsted for the years 1990-1997. 8) A draft schedule of the timeline and target dates has been prepared for the replacement Fire Station No. 2 project. The schedule is now under review, and a recommendation will be made to Council in the next several weeks. Review by Planning Commission and the Building, Zoning and Development Committee of Council will commence shortly. 9) City Hall will be open on Friday, November 26, the day after Thanksgiving. 10) On Monday, December 6, the annual tree lighting ceremony will be held at 7 p.m. in front of City Hall. Hot refreshments and pastry will be provided after caroling, Christmas music by the North Olmsted Band Ensemble and a visit from Santa Claus. 11) On November 30, at the Community Cabin, he will administer the oath of office to the newly elected officers of the North Olmsted Community Council. 12) On December 1, at a banquet at the Community Cabin, the North Olmsted VFW Post 7647 will honor Jim Calvitti as VFW Police Officer of the Year 2004 and Daniel M. Weisbarth as VFW Fire Fighter of the Year 2004. 13) With regards to the leaf project, collection is under way in all four zones and it's going to continue until mid-December when three passes have been completed through the entire city. As of today, over 10,000 cubic yards of leaves have been collected. This is more than half of last year's total. 14) Finally, an update on Crocker Stearns Road. The land acquisition process should be completed in the early part of 2005. The County Engineer's office will complete the final plans regarding bidding purposes for ODOT approval. Following approval, the bidding process should start approximately on December 1, 2005. Contract awards and ground breaking will occur in spring of 2006. Although the County Engineer has committed on the order of $17 million for the road construction, it is up to Westlake and North Olmsted to fund the land acquisition costs which amount to about $7 million. The split between the cities is roughly 60% North Olmsted and roughly 40% Westlake, with North Olmsted being responsible for about $4 million. Through our lobbying efforts and help of Congressman Kucinich and Senators Voinovich and DeWine, we have secured about $1.2 million of government funds for land acquisition plus other funds. Thus leaving the balance of about $2 million the responsibility of North Olmsted. By virtue of a new agreement represented by Ordinance 2004-183, which he will introduce tonight, except for some utility costs, by discussions between Westlake and the County Engineer, North Olmsted will have very little, if any financial responsibility, for the construction of Crocker/Steams. Law Director Dubelko: 1) Litigation update: ^ November 5, a case management conference was held in the Lois O'Brien vs. City of North Olmsted case. A discovery schedule and dispositive motion deadline was established. A settlement conference has been set in the case for September 27, 2005. 2 ~~.~:,