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MINUTES OF TH£ MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF TIC CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED MARCH 15, 2005 Present: President of Council O'Grady, Council Members Dailey, Gareau, Kasler, Limpert, McKay, Miller, Nashar Also Present: Mayor Musial, Law Director Dubelko, Finance Director Copfer, Clerk of Council Seman President O'Grady 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 the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance. Councilman Gareau made a motion to amend the agenda to add Ordinance No. 2005-26 on first reading. The motion was seconded by Councilman Limpert and passed unanimously. The minutes of the Council meeting of March 1, 2005 were approved as written. President O'Grady announced the following legislation would be considered for passage under suspension of the rules: second reading, Ordinance 2005-19; first reading, Ordinances 2005-22, 2005-23 and 2005-24. RED Mayor Musial: 1) The Metro Parks all-purpose trail on Bradley Road connecting our sidewalk with the existing all-purpose trail is on schedule with construction to start next month. Total cost to the Metro Parks of approximately $250,000. 2) He attended the meeting at Congressman Kucinich's headquarters on March 7 regarding the potential loss of 700 jobs at NASA Glenn Research Center. Dennis Kucinich is putting together quite a coalition to deal with this problem. He is trying to bring Langley into the coalition because that facility also does a large amount of research. We have about 157 employees of NASA living in North Olmsted, which would amount to an approximate $200,000 loss of income tax dollars. Also, we would be losing the benefits of individuals who greatly participate in the activities of the city. They represent the fabric, to a large extent, of our community. With these kinds of individuals moving out, we lose something which really is of immeasurable value. This has got to be top priority for not only our Congressperson but everybody else that we can enroll in stopping this erosion of these particular high-paying jobs. 2) On March 14, new fire fighter, Anthony Havel, was sworn in. Anthony is an Eagle Scout who grew up in Mentor where he played baseball and football for Mentor High