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Council Minutes of 8/5/2008 16) The Fire Dept. successfully re-certified all members of the department with the State of Ohio EMS Division. Beginning in 2010, the state certification process will require continuing education units or credits which will be met through internal and external training programs. Certification is for both fire fighting and fire suppression. 17) The Fire Dept. is currently working on the advanced cardiac life support (ACES) certification. Under direction of the EMS medical doctor, all EMT/Pazamedies must pass a 10-part test and then take a practical exam under the guidance of a physician. The certification process for this will be completed in October. 18) An ad will appear in the Homecoming program explaining the new property maintenance initiative. It will encourage homeowners to take a critical Look at their properties, and it explains some common problem areas that result in complaints. 19) In an effort to increase communication with the populace and Community Policing and to reduce fuel consumption, the dice bike patrol is being expanded. Five officers and one Sgt. recently completed an additional five-day Urban Mountain Training at Tri- C. The course includes segments on defensive tactics, fire arms, endurance, and legal issues. Bike patrolman for this year are Rob Drake and Manny Roman. 20) The Cuyahoga County Emergency Communications System provided the Police Dept. with a new geographic positioning system (GPS), which is tied into our central computer. Using the GPS locators in each patrol car, central dispatch can have areal-time view of where each vehicle is located. Additionally, the system allows the department to program criminal and nuisance activity onto the map in order to identify potential hot spots in the city. We are the only west side suburb to have GPS installed and are proud to be leading the way. 21) ODOT informed us this past Monday that the I-480 sound barrier project is running behind schedule due to material problems. We expect completion by the end of October. 22) Concrete on the south side of Lorain Road at Steams is now complete, and much of the concrete on the north side is in place. Next week, we expect the entrance to Pheasant Walk to be closed for several days and residents will be asked to use the Woodpath entry. 23) Second phase of the Steams Rd. pmject from north of I-480 through or past Cook Road had its kick-off meeting for residents on June 25 at the Westside Irish American Club. He attended along with the Service Dir. and Councilwoman Jones. The project will have three steps. Currently the area closest to us near I-4$0 is scheduled to be the last step. We are debating with the County Engineer and the contractor as to the reason and logic behind that and encouraging them to move us up to the front. 24) The old NOMBL fuel tank has been removed from the front of our Service Garage and the Service Dept. is completing the paving over the tank site. 25) Pavement marking has begun, and we have upgraded to a better quality paint with the expectation of longer life and better visibility. 26) There are four Charter amendment issues added to the agenda today on second reading. In some cases these changes will ask Council to yield authority to the President of Council or administration. Despite this, he asks all Council members to focus on the benefit to our citizens and the benefit to the city versus personal power. The true basis for our system of government is not just three separate branches, but three sepazate but equal branches of government. Asks for consideration as the administration feels they are very important for the welfare of our government and efficiency of our city. 3 ~,.~ arr u