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Council Minutes of 10/17/2006 Suburban. They will be conducting ambient air sampling for paint fumes and other volatile organic compounds with a report that will be issued to the city. • Progress continues on the front entrance. New designs for the foundation have been drawn and stamped by a certified engineer. Additional needed concrete was poured in response to the fact the reality in the ground was different that the plans we had. Last week the foundation was allowed to cure. By the end of this week, it is expected the structural steel for the front entrance will be going up. It was also discovered during excavation that the footer drains for the front of City Hall were not connected to anything. Through the efforts of our Service storm crew, two stretches were cut across the parking lot in order to properly connect the downspouts to drainage. • Annual leaf pick-up began this week. The mailing was reformatted to make it more informative. He recognizes that the map in the mailing is difficult to read. They tried to find a better solution but weren't as successful as they should have been. Continuous incremental improvement is one of the guidelines of total quality management, and he expects by next year the next mailing will be an improvement over this current one. • As a safety concern, ODOT will be removing the sound barriers along I-480 as they are falling down in places. The city is thankful for ODOT's cooperation in making sure that replacement sound barrier walls will be up beginning as early as next July. Thanks to Ward III Councilwoman Nicole Dailey Jones for assistance in getting this done. 5) On a personal note, yesterday Airman First Class Peter O'Grady returned to the family after serving four years as an Air Force fire fighter. Councilman Barker expressed thanks to residents of Ward II and Mr. Orlowski's ward for their patience this past summer with the Clague Road project. Thanks to the administration for their support, especially Service Director Limpert and Safety Director Terbrack for their quick responses to his many phone calls and a-mails regarding safety along that stretch of road, and to the regular police patrol and STOP. Everybody worked together. The project finished early and under budget. He thinks most residents are very, very happy with what was accomplished. President Kennedy asked the Mayor what the sound barrier walls would look like and if the city would have input on them. Mayor O'Grady answered the city will have input, and his expectation is they will be similar to the walls along I-90. The walls will be attractive, more efficient, and will not be wood. Law Director Dubelko: 1) Civil litigation report: • City filed a small claims action to attempt to recover $553 owed for ice time at the Rec Center. It is set for trial on November 11. • The attorney for the fire fighters' union has filed a motion in Judge Sutula's courtroom to show cause against the city for allegedly violating a temporary restraining order. The union had filed a grievance against the city because it was not being paid for overtime when it worked less than the people who worked on shift. (Less than 24 hours in a 72 hour period.} The union contract 3