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Council Minutes of 6/1/20(14 8) Weather permitting, the Service Department crews will be working on Clague Road, south of Lorain, beginning the week of June 7. 9) With regards to the water line at the Bradley Road soccer fields, the installation should be completed on Thursday and should be functional in approximately two weeks. 10) The administration has been very active in contacting ODOT and has participated in several meetings with ODOT to increase the safety level of the highway work zone on I-480. Currently, the speeding fines have been doubled for the entire project length, and the speed limit has been reduced to 50 mph in azeas of active construction activity or areas of change in pavement. The north side off and on ramps at Steams Road and I-480 will be closed for a minimum of 21 days beginning next Monday, June 7. These detours and alternate routes will be prominently posted and the information will be communicated to the public through the media. 11) Regretfully over the weekend, three police cruisers were damaged in two sepazate incidents. One involved an individual sideswiping two of the police cars, with one of the police cazs being parked. The other involved a side collision with a police vehicle responding to a call. Fortunately, no one was seriously injured the accidents were not the officers' fault. Regazding the construction on I-480, Councilman Gareau noted that the condition of the islands on the overpass is very poor. Although it's under construction in that azea, the amount of debris, chunks of concrete and garbage is an eyesore. He requested that it be cleaned up. Law Director Dubelko: 1) May 19, along with the Safety Director, Service Director, Finance Director and others, he attended an interest-based bazgaining session with AFSCME Service Unit representatives. 2) The city was served with a summons and a complaint in the case of Lois O'Brien v. City of North Olmsted, Common Pleas Court Case No. 452783. This is a claim by the executor of the estate of a woman who was injured while exiting a NOCOP van on or about May 13, 2003. This case has been assigned to Judge Peggy Foley-Jones in the Court of Common Pleas, and the defense has been turned over to the city's insurance carrier. 3) On May 20, he and other members of the administration attended another all-day bazgaining session. This meeting was a joint session between the Service Unit and Clerical/Technical Unit representatives of AFSCME. 4) On the evening of May 20, he attended a Fair Housing Review Board meeting and presented to the board a proposed brterim Referral Agreemern received by HUD. He has a call into HUD regazding that agreement to inquire about the funding for training, etc. if the city elects to contract with HUD in this matter. 5) Another all-day bargaining session was held on May 21 with the Clerical/Technical Unit of AFSCME. 6) On May 25, the Law Department filed a complaint in Rocky River Municipal Court against BP Exploration and Oil Company for failure to post the maintenance bond required by North Olmsted Codified Section 1359.08 regazding its property located at 29131 Lorain Road. 3 <.-,.,~ ,