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Council Minutes of 5/3/2006 RE_, roRTs Mayor O'Grady: 1) A garden in memory of our former golf club pro Jerry Ludvik will be built at Springvale, and it was made possible by a donation from his wife Debbie Ludvik. The dedication for this garden will take place at Springvale on July 9, and all are welcome. 2) The city's pro-active property maintenance inspection program has already begun. It remains our intent to cover the entire City of North Olmsted in one four-year period. Members of Council and others are urged to contact the Safety Director if there is a particular property you would like inspected. 3) The Clague Road rehabilitation project continues. The Safety Director will be designating Clague Road from Lorain Raad to I-480 to be open to southbound local traffic only during the remainder of the project. This designation will take place on Monday, May 8, after appropriate signs and barricades have been put in place by the Service Department. 4) The City of Cleveland has released their plans for water rate increases. They have taken steps towazd equity between our city and some of their other suburban customers. In truth, it was his hope they would do more. The fact remains that the charges for water are vastly different for a home in Cleveland and an identical home right next door in the city of Lakewood. Suburban cities account for 80% of the Cleveland Department of Water's revenue, and we should be working together towazds payments based on service azeas and actual costs of paying for the water rather than primarily based on whether or not a home is located in Cleveland or one of the suburbs. Of significance and of significant benefit to the City of North Olmsted in this proposal is the fact that Cleveland has stated it is their intent to take responsibility for all of the water mains in all of the service area. In North Olmsted, over half of our water mains aze rated in the categories of fair or poor. The cost of replacing a line is estimated to be about $100 per linear foot. For a quarter mile road, the cost to us would be $150,000-for one water main an one quarter mile road-and that does not include the cost of reconstruction of the road surface after replacement of the main. So, this proposal is significant, and it is a significant step by the city of Cleveland's Department of Water to move us towazds equity. 5) The job fair will be held on June 14. This is going to be a great thing for our community and our residents. It will be held at the Church of St. Clazence in their church hall. Special thanks to pastor Fr. Neil Kakoothe, for donating this facility. 6) This evening he attended an art presentation at North Olmsted High School. The presentation included photographs, paintings, drawings, theater and music. The talent of these young people is astounding. It brings home to him the value of the education that our young people get in the North Olmsted City Schools. Sadly, the school operating levy was defeated by about a thousand votes. The types of programs he just witnessed will not be there if we cannot get that passed. The other part of the school's effort on the May 2 ballot was a bond issue. The bond issue was to pay for the construction of a new middle school and badly needed improvements to the science facilities and other facilities at the high school and other schools. It will be a significant disappointment if we can't get either one of those two things through. 7) With regard to the five issues that North Olmsted had on the ballot, in his opinion, all five issues represented good government. Two of those five issues were defeated. It's up to the sponsors to choose if they would bring them back, and he hopes they do. With respect to those two that failed, we need to continue with an aggressive effort at 2