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Council Minutes of 2/19/2008 recommend his approval. Roll call continued: Barker, yes; Gareau, yes; Kearney, yes; Jones, yes. The motion passed unanimously. Council Member Dailey Jones, chairperson of the Streets & Transportation Committee: 1) The committee met at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, February 12. Present were committee members Jones, Mahoney, Kearney; Councilman Orlowski; the Mayor and Directors Dubelko and Limpert and Engineer Collins. Agenda items included the following: • Ordinance 2008-20, an ordinance amending Section 931.10, Grade Deposits for Commercial Developments of Chapter 931 of the North Olmsted Streets, Utilities and Public Services Code in order to increase engineering and inspection fees and establish a new method for calculating grade deposit amounts for commercial developments. Mr. Collins said the fees have not been upgraded since 1991, and the administration feels it would be appropriate to do so. Also, this would make our fee schedule compatible with the agreement we have with the outside engineering firm. Council members asked to whom we compared our fees. Mr. Collins replied that he used the city of Wadsworth to create a structure for the fees, and that the dollar amounts we are asking for are comparable to the cities of Beachwood, Rocky River, and Mayfield Heights. Mr. Burns, representing the Chamber of Commerce, asked if increasing the fees will put the city at a disadvantage when competing with other cities for investment dollars. Also, we should consider the costs because of the need in the future to redevelop some parcels, especially on the east side of our city. The east side developments are older and things like parking lots will be needed to be brought into compliance, work on retention areas, etc. The Chamber feels the engineering fees are excessive. Mr. Dubelko stated that, if the developer does not pay these fees, then the taxpayers will have to. Council agreed the increase was warranted since the last increase was 17 years ago. In addition, the committee recommended the administration look into other areas where there are fees and if there is need for some type of formula to be put into the fee structure so we don't have to keep increasing it every so often. The committee voted 3-0 to recommend approval. • Resolution 2008-27 authorizing the Director of Public Service to advertise for bids for asphalt resurfacing on concrete streets and asphalt recycling on asphalt streets along with related catch basin, manhole, sidewalk and curbing repairs at various locations in the City of North Olmsted as detailed in the specifications on file; further authorizing the Mayor to enter into a contract with the lowest and best bidder for said repairs. Mr. Limpert advised that the earlier the city can go out to bid for the streets project, the better the price packages should be coming back to us. Mr. Limpert asked. for an amendment to be made to the legislation to add an emergency clause, and that the legislation be passed under suspension. Mr. Limpert said he felt a sense of urgency to get this advertised as soon as possible in order to get the best prices for the city. The committee voted 3-0 to amend the resolution to add an emergency clause and to recommend passage under suspension of the rules. The committee voted to recommend approval as amended 3-0. Council Member Dailey Jones made a motion to amend Resolution 4