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Council Minutes of 8/15/2006 gravel drive leading from the parking lot to the compound, and they will install mounded landscaping with trees along the northern and western boundaries of the compound. T-Mobile is making an investment of over $30,000 to upgrade this area. Our Planning Director, during the negotiations, suggested these improvements. Mr. Russo said that we should be very proud of our Planning Director for the job that she is doing. The city will collect $400 a month from Cingular and $400 a month from T-Mobile during this contract. The proceeds are split as follows: 75% to the Recreation Fund; 25% to the Economic Development Fund per Ordinance 2005-75. Many questions were asked and good points were made by all of Council. This contract will be signed by the administration and has been reviewed by Planning, Building and Law Departments. It is the responsibility of the committee to approve this legislation with the understanding that the administration will negotiate a good contract for the city. The committee unanimously voted to approve the legislation. 2) The Recreation Commission met Monday, August 7, at 7 p.m. The discussion was the upcoming Recreation Master Plan meeting August 17 at the High School cafetorium at 7 p.m. The purchase of the new Recreation software and financials of the Recreation Dept. were also discussed. The new software is the Rec Trac Softwaze being purchased from Vermont Systems at the cast of $30,040. Overview of this softwaze is that it applies to most recreation and park operations. It can be used to manage community centers, parks, sports complexes, tennis and racquet clubs, marinas, golf clubs, senior centers, youth centers, ice arenas, pools, sports leagues, day camps, and any point of sale applications. The Recreation Center will be using the Activity Registration, Facility Reservation and Pass Management. This will help with membership cazds and city ID's. This new system should help in taking less time for registrations and track activities a lot faster and more efficiently. Surrounding azea recreation centers use this software and have offered help to North Olmsted in setting up and running this new software. Commissioner DiSalvo and Assistant Commissioner Drenski are very excited about this new addition and feel it will be very helpful. Financially, the Recreation Center is on track and, without any unforeseen circumstances, it should be a good year. The enrichment program, has been a tremendous success. One of the line items in the transfer ordinance will provide more money for payroll for the enrichment program staff to balance the increased activity of that program. More staffing is needed because of the higher enrollment. 3) On Saturday, August 12, he had the privilege of being invited to the first annual Deerfield Civic Association's Children's Olympics. This was a very well organized event where about 60 children participated in various competitions. Food and beverages were provided and sponsorships included organizations such as Sky Bank, Nepost, Kellogg's and Buckeye Lanes. It was a beautiful day and everyone had fun. Thanks to Mr. Groden for the invitation and hopefully the event will continue every year. 4} A good friend and former colleague of all was named Democrat of the Year last week, and he would like to publicly congratulate Mr. George Nashaz. In his opinion, a more deserving person could not have been chosen. With respect to the report on Ordinance 2006-139, Councilman Gazeau noted, when they went through the particular type of improvements, they mentioned a 3 foot mound with 15 foot on center spruce trees. He believes they were 6 to 8 feet in height. An 8 foot vinyl tan enclosure will be used, and these are put forth in the amendments to the 9