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Council Minutes of 8/1/2006 :, Law Director Dubellco commented that there are several claims pending against the city ,,~,,~% by Mr. Davis. He counseled City Council not to become involved, and he has given the same advice to the Mayor. Mr. Davis is represented, and he certainly has a right to come up to the meeting and speak and he certainly has a right to file a claim against the city. The Law Dept. is on top of the claims and have provided appropriate advice to the administration. Per request, he will provide a report to City Council in executive session next week. Kenneth Vadini, 11853 Appleton Drive, Parma Hts., Ohio, is president of Teamsters Loca152, representing about 1,300 drivers/delivery men. This evening, he is representing Steve Zoller who received a citation over city ordinance 555.03 (f), which prohibits deliveries between certain hours where a truck can't go behind a store and deliver before 7:30 a.m. Mr. Zeller's truck was in front of the Mare's store, where he delivers everyday between 6 a.m. and 6:30 a.m. He walked out the back door to get a rack when a policeman gave him a citation on this ordinance. The citation will cost $ 181. He is bringing this to City Council's attention because individuals who deliver to this city pay city tax, and they follow the rules. All of a sudden, the ordinance which states that deliveries cannot be made behind the store during certain hours, gets twisted to a man walking out a door and getting a citation. He noted a discrepancy in that signs say deliveries cannot be made between 9 p.m. and 7 a.m., but the ordinance states 7:30 a.m. Colette Adams, 28648 Holly Drive, asked Council to consider resubmitting the legislation regarding the City Hall ADA accessibility issue with the front entrance. She has a 22 year old disabled son, and she has been involved for many years at the state level with the Ohio Developmental Disabilities Council. She is very upset that the ADA front entrance to City Hall has been delayed. The city needs to spend the money to make this building and all city buildings accessible as our neighboring cities have done. The Americans with Disabilities Act will be reauthorized within the next six months, and .the requirements will be enlarged. The ADA was first passed in 1990 and cities were given top priority. City buildings were to be ADA accessible, yet 16 years later this building is not. In her conversations with some Council Members, the Recreation Center was discussed. The $100,000 will not buy much improvement at the Recreation Center, and that is a whole other issue. The ADA requires cities to look at every single municipal property and decide whether it's ADA accessible or not. Ten years ago, she asked Council to look at the issue of accessibility; five years ago the Council, in a midst of a budget crisis, said it would be done with the very first $12,000 that was available. She is a member of the Community Block Grant Committee, and the Committee cannot do its work without that report. She doesn't think there is a citizen in this city who has an objection to Council spending the $100,000. LEGISLATION Ordinance No. 2006-114 introduced by Mayor O'Grady on behalf of himself and Council Members Barker and Tallon was given its third reading. An ordinance providing for the submission to the electors of the City of North Olmsted of an amendment to Article VIII, Section 6 of the Charter of the City of North Olmsted to expressly provide that real and 7