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Council Minutes of 2/17/2009 share of the $1.6 million project. The projection on the Dover Center Road project is that it will be completed by August in time for school to begin. In addition, Lewis Road will also be completed this year although the funds will be paid through money borrowed last year since it was scheduled to be completed last year. Due to staging issues with the county's Lewis Road bridge project, we were unable to begin construction until this season. This past fall, every street was rated in the city under the street rating program. There are some private streets that have not yet been rated, but the engineering staff intends to rate those as well and notify the homeowner associations responsible for those streets as to their condition. Good news about street rehabilitation program this year is that, once the streets on this year's list are complete, there will be no streets rated 4 and below in our city, which is a great accomplishment. A rating of 10 means the street is new. Following this program ensures that the worst streets are taken care of first. Other streets that are not in great condition in different areas of the city were mentioned, particularly in Wards IV and III. Mrs. Jones suggested that, when Council goes on its spring street tour this year, perhaps the engineers can join Council and show them exactly the measurements they are using to determine the overall rating of the street. This will give the Council members a better hands-on experience, especially when they need to answer constituent requests as far as why one street was rated at a lower number than another street. Council. brought up concerns about keeping up with crack sealing and also changing the way the city fills in potholes. Suggestions were made to look at the city of Westlake for comparison and how their patches are then crack sealed and last for a longer period of time. The Service Director said he would look into this issue. The Finance Director recommended to Council to go out for borrowing funds as soon as possible as the rates are good right now. The consensus of Council was that, if going out for borrowing immediately would save the city money, they we would be in favor of that approach. The meeting ended at 7:46 p.m. 2) Attended the Northeast Ohio City Council Association meeting on Thursday, February 5. The issue at hand was "Your Air, Your Health, and Your Budget." She and Mr. Orlowski are working on a proposal to bring forward to the entire Council on this issue. 3) Best wishes to Dianne Discenzo. She will be missed here in North Olmsted. We certainly appreciate the leadership she has shown at the library. Councilman Kearney, chairperson of the Public Safety, Health & Welfare Committee: 1) Safety Committee met Tuesday, February 10, at 8:30 p.m. Present were committee members Kearney, Orlowski, and Mahoney; Council Members Gareau, Barker, and Jones; Mayor, Safety Director, Service Director, Finance Director, guests. Agenda items: • Liquor license transfer at 25984 Lorain Road, Olive Garden Italian Restaurant, transfer from GMRI Inc. to N and D Inc. In committee, chairman Kearney made a motion to not object; seconded by Mr. Orlowski. The committee voted 3-0 in favor of non objection. Councilman Kearney moved that Council not object to the liquor license transfer from GMRI Inc. to N and D Inc. at the Olive Garden, located at 25984 Lorain Road. The motion was seconded by Councilman Orlowski and passed unanimously. • Liquor license transfer at 25615 Lorain Road, DBA Red Lobster. Permit to be transferred from GMRI Inc. to N and D Inc. In committee, Mr. Mahoney made a motion to not object; second by Mr. Orlowski; the vote was 3-0 to not object. 11