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Council Minutes of 2-20-2018 • Discussed last was Resolution 2018-16. A Resolution declaring the necessity of the construction and repair of certain sidewalks in the City of North Olmsted by the abutting property owners; the construction, repair and assessment of the costs of sidewalks in certain cases by the City, and declaring an emergency. Director Lieber outlined the plan which will cover the course of eight inspection areas by the City Engineer. The process, for which the City will contract the work via a bulk rate contract with a vendor and the City and pass through the costs to the resident with the overall objective to provide a better rate for sidewalk improvement, was outlined. The first section will cover parts of Ward III and Ward I. The Planning & Development Director also noted it would be extremely difficult to quantify and incorporate residents previously cited for sidewalks in the City within the parameters of this program. Mr. Glassburn asked about delaying for a year the requirement to fix sidewalks for people currently cited and including them in this program next year. The Mayor and Director of Planning & Development's recommendation to address Mr. Kearney, Mr. Glassburn and Mr. Limpert's concerns is to work with the contractor selected where residents previously cited could reach out to vendor and get similar pricing for their sidewalk repairs. The City would not pass through those costs in this program, but it will be revisited as the re -inspections occur. After further discussion the Committee voted to recommend to Council 3-0 with suspension. Councilman Glassburn Chairman of the Intra -Governmental Relations Committee: The originally scheduled meeting for the Intra -Governmental Relations Committee was cancelled due to a scheduling conflict for the appointee that was going to be interviewed. AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION Terry Groden 25211 Chase Drive Mr. Groden stated he was here as Vice President of the North Olmsted Board of Education and the District's Legislative Liaison. He said he wanted to provide an update on actions the School District has taken on behalf of North Olmsted residents. Mr. Groden stated earlier this month he traveled to Washington, D.C. to advocate on behalf of public education. He said the group he was with met with Senator's Brown and Portman and that he met one on one with the education staffer from Congressman Renacci's office. The focus of the discussions were on three topics: 1) IDEA funding, 2) Reauthorization of the Carl D. Perkin's Act and 3) School Choice. Mr. Groden stated the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is a law that makes available a free and appropriate public education to eligible children with disabilities. He said the Federal government initially pledged 40% of the funding to help education students with disabilities when the law was passed. He said last year the cost to educate special needs students in North Olmsted alone was $11.5 million dollars and North Olmsted only received seven percent from the Federal government. He said while 3