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Council Minutes of 5/17!2005 cost increase. Nothing more is expected as this point in time. Furthermore, it was stated there were no more expected sudden increases in pay based upon longevity that may kick-in in the next 6 or 12 months. Since this was discussed extensively during the appropriations process, the committee voted unanimously to recommend passage. • Resolution 2005-76, a resolution authorizing and directing the Director of Law to enter into negotiations with the First Integrated Regional Senior Transportation consortium (F.LR.S.T.) for a lease of the city's real property on Butternut Ridge Road, formerly the site of the Special Horizons Early Intervention Center, as a call and dispatch center for transporting. elderly and disabled persons; further authorizing the Mayor on behalf of the city to enter into the lease negotiated by the Director of Law and declaring an emergency. Human Resources Director Don Copeland and Mr. Nick Schrader were in attendance on behalf of the First Integrated Regional Senior Transportation consortium and presented the proposal. This is an attempt by the city to regionalize the dispatch operations for senior transportation. It was stated very clearly that this is a one-of-a-kind in the country. This is not something that has previously been attempted. It's hoped that by doing this we can assist our city, and at the same time make more efficient operations for senior transportation. Mr. Nick Schrader will be the coordinator for this particular effort. It was noted that there was funding provided by the Ohio Department of Transportation coordination grant in the amount of $80,000. A software contribution was received from the Greater Cleveland RTA in the amount of $110,0. If the lease is successfully negotiated, this will go into the property on Butternut Ridge Road which had been previously used by Horizons. It had not been used in some period of time, and we did have some capital costs that we had to expend for the facility. It had been broken into and vandalized and had to be repaired. Also a new roof was installed. We expect that the F.I.R.S.T. consortium will take over and will be a fine entity and contributor to the City of North Olmsted. The committee unanimously recommended approval under suspension. Resolution 2005-81, a resolution authorizing the Mayor to enter into a renewed one- year contract with Lexis-Nexs, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc., for the purpose of providing Internet-based legal research services to the City Law Department. This is a renewal contract for our Law Department to do legal research, and it is an integral component of the office of the Law Department. This was also discussed during the appropriations process. The committee unanimously approved. Councilman Gareau made a motion to relieve from the Building, Zoning and Development Committee the Carnegie Mgt. and Development Parcel E mixed use development amendment which was discussed last evening. The motion was seconded by Councilman Limpert. Roll call: Gareau, yes; Limpert, yes; Tallon, yes; Nashar, yes; McKay, no; Dailey, yes. The motion passed with five yes votes and one no vote. Councilman Gareau, chairperson of the BZD Committee: 1) The committee met on May 16. In attendance were Mayor O'Grady, Assistant Law Director O'Malley; Planning Director Wenger, Assistant Building Commissioner Rymarczyk, City Engineer Durbin; Council members Nashar, McKay, Limpert, Gareau; Mr. Jim Schiely representing Carnegie Mgt. & Development, and Mr. Bruce Rinker, legal counsel of Carnegie Mgt. and Development. This was a special BZD meeting that was conducted with only one item on the agenda, the development of Parcel E by Carnegie Mgt. & Development. 7