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Council Minutes of 12/6/2005 advanced world. This needs to be looked at. We need to have policies in the U. S. that encourage businesses to keep businesses here. One mayor said we have to bring back the idea of buying American. 5) We are all saddened by the loss of Bill Farver, husband of Human Resources Director Cheryl Farver. We offer our most sincere sympathies to Cheryl and her family. 6) Departments: • Community Life Services. Flue shot day was held at the Senior Center on November 21, and 245 shots were administered with the help of the County Board of Health. The department continues to work with schools, churches and businesses and provided food for 67 families for the Thanksgiving holiday. Donations of food and cash are being accepted for the Christmas food drive and the Adopt-a-Family program. • Planning. The final Planning Commission meeting will be held on December 13, and the final Architectural Review Board on December 21. Those two boards will discontinue at the end of this year to be replaced by the Planning & Design Commission. He and the Planning Director will meet with the Metroparks on Dec. 15 to look at the footprint of Fire Station No. 2. He is having discussions with Metroparks about the idea of having a joint access driveway which would be mutually beneficial to the city and the Metroparks. • Safety. An armed robbery occurred at Taco Bell, and it is under investigation. The new Safety Director continues to meet with his division heads. He also had a recent meeting with Assistant Law Director O'Malley to discuss the telecommunications tower at Clague Park and a potential new lease. • Service. The work with Senior Center ADA doors is progressing and should be complete by the end of the month. In answer to questions by Council members, Mayor O'Grady explained that the proposed access drive for the new fire station would be to the west of our property and on the Metroparks property. It would provide the Metroparks with an existing road for their new trailhead. This road will be used for fire/safety vehicles returning to the station. The exit drive for the fire/safety vehicles will be on Lorain Road. By shifting the footprint of the fire station to the west, the city would put green space between the eastern edge of our building and the residents to the east. It is a win/win situation for both the Metroparks and the city. If the Metroparks does not agree, we will build as planned. Councilman Miller moved to amend the agenda to remove Ordinance 2405-164 from the agenda and hold it in committee. The motion was seconded by Councilman Gareau and passed unanimously. Law Director Dubelko: 1) Provided advice and counsel on the following: RTA's obligations to the city to provide certain levels of service and certain quality of service; authority of Council to address shortages in line items by appropriating new dollars rather than appropriation transfers; the traffic lane configuration issue at Clague and Lorain. 2) He has been in contact with members of Council on how the Law Dept. can best provide legal services to Council in a manner that best works for the dept. and Council. 2