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City Council Minutes of 8/4/2009 6) A Community Development Block Grant hearing is scheduled for Wednesday, August 26, at 6:30 p.m. in Council Chambers. The Citizens Advisory Committee is strongly considering a grant proposal to relocate and improve the city's food cupboard. The public hearing will be an opportunity for the community to share their thoughts on this project and share other ideas with the city and representatives of the Cuyahoga County Dept. of Development. 7) On Friday, August 28, the city will host an event in the big tent during Homecoming celebrating our 100th anniversary of the incorporation of this community with a birthday party which will include presentations on the city's history and related family-friendly activities. We will offer birthday cake, ice cream and other items donated by North Olmsted businesses and by our own public officials. The party will be held at the big tent at North Olmsted Park between 7 and 9 p.m. The city's Citizen of the Year recognition of Mrs. Donna Smeal will be held at 6:45 p.m. that evening at the park. 8) Police Dept. crime statistics for the first six months of this year indicate that almost all categories of felonious crime are down. Auto thefts, bicycle thefts, and attempted thefts are down 50% from this time last year. Assaults and robberies are down 20%. Burglaries and shoplifting are down as well. While most sociologists expected the challenging economic times to lead to an increase in crime, this has not been the case. In fact, very few categories of crime have shown any increase. Those that have include crimes of bad checks, vandalism, and crimes involving-drugs and alcohol. As reported in June, break-ins of automobiles are up 8%, and this is a preventable crime that primarily happens when people haven't locked their automobile. 9) In our Fire Dept., year-to-date EMS runs are down about 5%. 'There have been fewer fires reported this year despite the fact that the department has received more complaints regarding open burning in people's backyards as compared to last year. 10) As previously reported, the city was awarded a grant for the North Olmsted Police Dept. in the amount of $100,000 in federal stimulus dollars under the Justice Assistance Grant. The money will be used to replace an aging computer system for our dispatchers, and to purchase hardware for the Police Dept. computer system. 11) The city is waiting to hear the results of our COPS application, which is designed to be used to prevent the layoff of additional police officers. The city's application regarding a grant for a new fire truck remains pending. To date, there is has been no announcement regarding federal stimulus dollars to prevent the layoff of fire fighters. 12) The Stearns Road I-480 westbound ramp is now complete and open to traffic. All walks and aprons are poured from Dorchester to I-480. Landscaping should be finished this week. The light poles are installed for the traffic signal at Dorchester, which will hopefully be activated by the end of the week. 13) Milling, base repairs, and base coat are completed on Dover Center Road. The contractor is currently placing concrete for ADA sidewalk ramps. The top coat should be applied and the project completed before the start of school later this month. 14) The asphalt recycling and asphalt overlay projects should be completed as school starts. 15) The Fleet Dept. re-rustproofed the four large dump trucks that were purchased in 2004 and 2005. The F-550's purchased in 2006 and 2007 will also be re-rustproofed. Law Director Dubelko: 1) Litigation report: • The city lost its appeal against the fire fighters Local 1267 in the matter of the two management arbitration awards that the city had appealed from in 2003 or 2004. It's been a 2 ..~~