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Council Minutes of 9/19/2006 Plannine • A community design workshop for the Crocker-Stearns Corridor Plan is scheduled for Wednesday, September 20~' at 7:00 p.m. in the Springvale Balkoom. Our consultant and members of the project's steering committee will facilitate small group discussions on possible design scenarios and development alternatives for the corridor. All property owners in and around the corridor are invited to participate. • Planning Director Wenger was recently appointed as a board member to the Ohio Planning Conference, Cleveland Section. Congratulations Director Wenger. Safetv • The Administration is continuing in efforts to join the Westshore Central Dispatch Center. In advance of further discussions, a tour has been tentatively scheduled of the CDC for Tuesday, September 26, 2006 at 6:15 p.m. All members of Council are encouraged to join the administration at the St. John Westshore Hospital Dispatch Center for a tour led by CDC Supervisor Nick Pishnery. Service Pleased to report that the Stearns I-480 overpass island repair has gone well. As mentioned previously, the Service Department has removed this rubble and replaced it with dirt from the excavation of the new fire station site and has planted grass seed. The grass is now growing, making this an inexpensive fix to a temporary safety problem our city was facing. The Clague Road reconstruction continues with the last segments of sidewalk being poured this week. The project still requires landscaping in some areas. Shelly Corporation continues its work on Lorain Road east of Canterbury to the Fairview line. Shelly has worked with the base coat to eliminate standing water that had previously formed. They have been directed to continue focusing on this issue as they place the final coat. ADA ramps are currently being installed at the sidewalk intersections. This project is scheduled to be complete by mid-October. Law Director Dubelko: 1) Assistant Law Director Heyward is working on fair housing and real property maintenance matters. She is working on the city's 2006 and 2007 budgets for HUD, investigating three fair housing complaints, and working with the Building Dept. on property maintenance enforcement cases. 2) Prepared and circulated Legal Opinion 2006-2 which was requested by the Mayor regarding the subject of reorganization of the departments when positions are proposed for abolishment. City Council, the Mayor and the Civil Service Commission are encouraged to read the legal opinion to understand fully their role in the process. 3) Civil litigation: • An executive session was held at the special Council meeting to discuss the possibility of settling the Shelly case involving additional compensation requested for the western Lorain Road rehabilitation project. A settlement conference was held, and the matter was settled prior to trial. The authorization to settle within the authority granted by Council is on the agenda tonight. • Elm Street Properties case has been set for a jury trial on June 13, 2007. 2 ~;