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1~N'JTBS DF THE METTTNG OF THE tCIL OF THE. CITY OF NCRTH OLMSTED OCTOBER 3, :1978 Present: President Dewey H. Limpert, Councilmen Boehmer, Loan, Petrigac, Saringer Wilamosky. Also present: Mayor Robert 3aietyniow~tki, Law Director Mich 'el Gareau, Finance Director Rtti~-ett Broekn, Sarrrice Director Joseph (~' orriga~n, City Engineer Ronald Zuxawski, Clerk of Council Flor~ace Ca~belll. Absent: Councilmen Beaty and Sharpe. Meeting was called to order by President Limpert at 8:00 P.M.~ President Limpert announced to audience that Ordinances I~os.,78-134, 78141, 78-142, and 78-143 have been added to agenda and will be discussed under new business. Minutes of Council Meeting of September 19, 1978 were approved as read. Mayor Swietyniowski reported: 1) Yesterday received official's notification fro~a the Regional Transit Authority that a 90-day estensian of the present contract bars been granted. Have been talking with RTA since March of this yeast about the status of the North Olmsted Municipal Bus Line. Proposed contract from RT~ which was r+n3ected by the Administration and Council on September 2bth was follows by a proposed contract of our own to RTA on September 29th. This contract eatensiot~ will allow time for further negotiations bata~zen the City of North Olmsted and R~'A sod hopefully orf.ll result in a more satisfactory conclusion for both parties, ~) The Regional xransit Board of Trustees will hold a meeting on Tuesday, October 24~h at the N+ath Dl~ted Community Cabin. This is part of an on-gain$ program to brig RTfl officials to the suburbs for your questions, comments,. and general input. They public is welcome to attend. 3) Have some road resurfacing projects would like td aa~sroutrce tan~.ght because you may have noticed that soars of tl~e roads are barri~cadet3. Besidaats abauld be aware that both Columbia Road, south of Brookpark Road to Olmsted Township, read Lorain Road, -from Brookpark Road east to the Fairview Park City line-, are in the process of being repaired. Asphalt .overlay is being done on~'both, ~ri.th a co~ietion date of October 30th. This pro3ect is being administered by ,the Bute of t7trio Depaxtment of Transportation with 20~ of tote funds for this ~ro~ect beirtrg supplied by the City of North Olmsted, 80X by the .State.. In addition., Mtc~ICensie Road overlay work is also in progress. Completion of that is approximately Octor 1Sth. 3) World like to recommend the appointment of Mr. Brian Gorris of But ernut Ride l~aad to the Planning Commission to fill the vacancy of Mr. Ted Rafeld. ~ave submitted fir. Gorr~.s' resume to Council this evening, Would appreciate Council's ~$onaideration and action on this appointment. 4) `The Mayors' and Managers' Association has decided on Qctober 31st - b to 8:30 P.M. - as Halloween. This will be in all tt~e Westehore hies; in fact, it i$ general throughout the Cuyahoga communities. City Engineer Zurawski reported: 1) City has advertised and ;accepted bids for the Porter Road culvert replacestant. Four bids were received by~t~: City and the apparent low bidder is the Emmet Construction Corporation of Garfield~Eaghta with approximately a $54,000 bid. A preliminary submission of the plan of stud3~ and application for the facilities plan was submitted last week to the Ohio EPA. 2}'Eietve notified thecon- tractor for the sidewalk replement program that if substantial progress lit not made that he is liable to forfeit his performance bond. Are quite dissatsiiad with the progress he has made and have tried to encourage him to speed up tare pr©gram to no avail. _ ~~.._. i,