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,:, ,, s Council Minutes of 10-06-2009 REPORTS Mayor O'Grady: 1) Congratulations and best wishes to the North Olmsted City Schools as they celebrate their annual Homecoming this weekend. 2) The Ohio Municipal League completed their annual conference in Columbus this past week. A great interest to municipalities is the effort of select retirement funds; to shift additional costs onto cities. The effort is being vigorously opposed by the Ohio Municipal League and as of now, has little support in the state legislature. 3) The ADA playground equipment at Barton Bradley Park has been installed. Three quarters of that funding came from a grant from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Natureworks Program. That was applied for in 2008 and awarded this year. 4) The city's broadcast on Wide Open West is now in operation after a correction of technical difficulties on their end. 5) Everyone is welcome to attend an unveiling ceremony for the North Olmsted Auto Mile's Streetscape Banners at 10 A.M. this coming Friday in front of the North Olmsted Porsche dealership. This event recognizes the ongoing partnership between the City Administration and Council, the schools, and the business community. The art that is displayed on these banners was created by students at North Olmsted High School. 6) NOACA, the Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency, has invited the City of North Olmsted to participate in a road safety audit program, which will provide studies of two high accident intersections in the city - Brookpark Road at Great Northern Boulevard and Lorain Road at Columbia. These studies will be conducted by NOACA staff at no charge to the city. This can help increase the probability of the city obtaining Ohio Department of Transportation funding to implement these programs once the city has the approval from NOACA. It is expected that these studies will be completed by mid-November. 7) Two North Olmsted police officers, Pat Scullin and Bob Dungan, joined with many others on assignment in Pittsburgh during the recent G8 Summit. The city of Pittsburgh provided housing, food, and uniforms for the thousands of officers who participated in this detail. 8) The North Olmsted firefighters are participating in the Fairview Hospital Cardiovascular Study along with other west side firefighters to examine lung capacity and heart strength. This study is sponsored by Fairview Hospital and seeks to determine if inhaling smoke, particulate matter, or other chemicals as part of fire suppression activities is related to a build-up along the coronary walls. 9) The Emergency Service Consultants made its opening presentation to the Westshore Council of Governments this past Monday, kicking off the fire district studies. The cities were asked to provide data and a timeline for the study. The Department of Public Safety is now collecting data that the consultants will review. 10) The annual leaf pick-up will begin October 26 in Zone 3 which is generally Ward 3. The information flyer should be arriving at all city homes very soon. 11) Legislation is before Council today to approve contract agreements with AFSCME Service and the FOP units. Council wants to take that into committee. However, it doesn't detract in any way from the spirit of willingness and the willingness to compromise that was exhibited by these labor unions and by the city Administration 2