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Council Minutes of 8/15/2006 ~ 7) With regard to two pieces of legislation: :~„ • Ordinance 2005-158 calls for specific prohibitions with regard to regulating snow storage. He must publicly state his opposition to this ordinance as there still will be salt, trucks and noise. It does not provide a solution. Council Member Gareau recently received assurances from Developer's Diversified that the salt pile would be moved beyond the 175 foot limit prescribed in the legislation, thereby making this legislation unnecessary. He strongly encourages Couneii to reject the ordinance. • Resolution 2006-147, which is on first reading. At the last City Council meeting, resident Colette Adams spoke about the need. to continue with the ADA front entrance project that was recently rejected by some members of Council. It was his hope that those members would accept the logic of Mrs. Adams' arguments. Council Members Miller, Orlowski, Ryan and Tallon have chosen to introduce this legislation. Those Council members stated they opposed the front entrance project because they never knew it would cost more than $204,000. He feels that is untrue as he sent an e-mail to Council on June 28, 2005 which stated his guess was that it would cost between two and three hundred thousand dollars. Also, the funds from the sale of the old library, were dedicated for this activity. The Council Members stated. they opposed the front entrance project because they were unaware of or opposed to the inclusion of the construction of a larger second-floor caucus room in the project. He said that was not true as on August 30, 2005, Council approved Resolution 2005-117 which expanded the scope of this project to include the second floor construction. It has been stated that money is needed for recreation and for wads. Both are true-money is needed for recreation; money is needed for roads. But in both of those instances, we are talking millions of dollars to address those needs. We'll get there, but not this year. The money from the sale of the old library will not fix those problems. However, it will fix a number of outstanding and glaring deficiencies in City Hall, including ADA access to our building and a larger caucus room. Additionally, Resolution 2006-147 calls for a plan for an ADA entrance to City Hall. That input has already been provided. With Council's concurrence, the administration spent over $50,000 of the taxpayers' money to put together a plan for ADA access for this facility and for a larger second floor caucus room. To now set it aside and start over is a great disservice to our residents and to those people who need this access. He strongly encourages those four members of Council to reconsider their action. We have lost two months on this construction and do not need to lose any more time. At the first Council meeting in September, he will reintroduce a transfer ordinance that will replace the funds needed to complete the ADA front entrance project. He asks for Council's support and for suspension so that it can move forward. Councilman Ryan took exception to the Mayor's criticism and noted that the Mayor has known from the beginning that some of Council had trouble with the combination of the ADA doors with the changes to the second floor. If the Mayor would split the legislation and guarantee that the Council office can be accessed by Council so the members and the Clerk can work together and people coming into City Hall know where to go to deal with the legislative branch of the government, then he would reconsider his vote. Mayor O'Grady said he will not split the project. He has already committed over $50,400 of the 3 ,~,.w