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Council Minutes 11/5/2008 it is a vast improvement for the citizens of both Fairview Pazk and North Olmsted that they will be able to get from their homes to Lorain Road and then from Lorain Road to their businesses downtown. We are very grateful to the RTA for listening. He personally offers thanks to the members of Council and residents who chose to take part by attending public hearings or sending letters to the GCRTA. 4. He will be traveling to Europe next week on a mission of peace, at no cost to our taxpayers. The trip will start with the remembrance of fallen soldiers from WWI. On Memorial Day and Veterans Day over the past many years, he has read the poem "In Flanders Fields" by John McCrae, a Canadian doctor who served during WWI. This year, instead of reading the poem about Flanders Fields, he'll actually be standing in Flanders Fields. Especially as a retired military officer, he very much looks forward to that experience. He will be speaking on the issue of peace in Ghent, Belgium representing North America as one of three mayors who will speak. He will be joined by mayors from Iraq and the United Kingdom. He will then travel to the Palais des Nations (United Nations) in Geneva, Switzerland, office to meet with Parliamentarians for non- nuclear proliferation. He will speak there about that issue and about the importance of not tazgeting population centers with nuclear weapons. That has been the practice and that is sadly still the practice in the world today. 5. The city's Veterans' Day ceremony will take place on Tuesday, November 11, at North Olmsted Pazk beginning at 1 pm. This event is open to the public. Please join our local veterans, students from the Middle School, and our high school band, as we honor all those who have served so bravely. 6. Departments: • Our third annual Rake North Olmsted Day in collaboration with North Olmsted azea Scout Troops, is scheduled for Saturday, November 8. Anyone willing to rake or seniors and disabled who aze in need of help, are encouraged to contact our CLS Office. • The HR department conducted an Employee Health Care and Benefits Fair on October 30. Medical Mutual of Ohio conducted health screenings for 54 of our employees, which included a cholesterol screening, blood pressure, height & weight. Those employees were then provided individual counseling based on the result of the screening. Seventeen employees completed the online Health Risk Assessment and many other employees took the instructions with them to do the assessment at home; 90 employees or dependents received flu shots. In addition to health care providers, we also had local banks, Deferred Compensation and PERS attend. We received a number of positive comments from the employees and providers who participated. • The Ohio Flanning Conference-Cleveland Section will be hosting its 20th annual Planning & Zoning Workshop on November 14 in Westlake. Nearly 500 professional planners, local officials, and citizen planners attend this annual event. Many of the City's Planning & Design Commission members, BZA members, and staff will be attending. The Planning Director will be moderating a session called Ask the Expert: Tools for Community Development, for which Assistant Law Director Carole Heyward will be part of the speaker panel. 2