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,~, MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE COUNCII. ,,~. OF THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED AUGUST 17, 1999 Present: Council President Saringer, Council Members Gareau, Kasler, Limpert, McKay, Miller, Nashar, O'Grady Also Present: Mayor Musial, Law Director Gareau, Finance Director Copfer, Clerk of Council Seman Council President Saringer called the meeting to order at 8:02 p.m. in Council Chambers, 5200 Dover Center Road, North Olmsted, Ohio. Members of the audience were invited to join Council in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. President Saringer made the following announcements: • Ordinance 99-87 and Resolution 99-104 will be passed under suspension of the rules. • The tax budget legislation will be read on September 7 and a public hearing will be held at 7 p.m. on September 8. The Finance Committee will meet immediately following the public hearing to discuss the legislation. A special Council meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m. on September 14 for passage under suspension of the rules. REPORTS Mayor Musial: 1) NOACA met last Friday to discuss the projects for recommendation to the State of Ohio for funding. (Mr. O'Grady and Mr. Limpert represented the city at the meeting.) The list of ten was expanded to thirteen and now includes the Crocker/Steams project, which is important to North Olmsted because every year that this project is delayed means extra cost for our share of the construction. The thirteen projects have a total funding of approximately $176,000,000; the total amount of money available for the State of Ohio is approximately $300,000,000. There is no guarantee that the Crocker/Steams project will receive funding. Mr. O'Grady reported that he had covered five key points in his presentation to the NOACA board of governors: 1. As pointed out by Councilman Limpert many times, it is a project that has been on the books for thirty years. 2. It is a project that has the support of the residents in this region-the voters of Westlake approved in 1975 and North Olmsted in 1987. 3. It is an economic issue because our city has to absorb the cost of repairing Barton, Bradley, Porter, Dover roads and all of the side streets that are currently being used as cut-through streets to get to Lorain Road or I-480. 4. It is a cost issue for our city because delays are driving the cost up. 5. It is a project of regional importance. Crocker/Steams, if completed, will be the only north-south connector on the west side of Cuyahoga. County.