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.~.s -~~:.. MI1~UT8S OF THB MSBTIRG OF TH~t COU~iCIL of THE CITY OF NORTH oLt~TBD APRIL 4, 1978 Present: President Dewey Lampert, Cavpa+cilawen Beaty, Bosha~er, Logan, Petrigac, Beringer, Sharpe, Wlamosky. Also present: Mayor R~obsrt Swistyaiaaamic, Law Director Michael Gateau, Finance Director Robert Bro~aca~, Service Director Joseph Corrigan, City Engineer Ronald &urawski, Clark of Council Nora Hill. besting was called to order by President Li.:dpert at 8:00 P.M. Minutes of Gatulcil besting of March 21, 1978, were approved as read; Minutes of Special Council Meeting of March 28, 1978, were approved as read. Mayor Swietyniowski reported: 1) would like to request confirmation from Council for the appointment of Mrs. Pat Strange as Forth Olmsted's Citizen-Coaaa~unity Representative to the Urbso Cot~ty Citizens' Advisory Comeittee of the Comaasaaity Development Block Grant Program. Mrs. Straazge has alxeady been serving ~affically in this capacity for sometime; 2) reminded Council about the regioaial conference involving key meters of County Government and the Mayors and Cotuacilmen of the west suburban communities to be held April 5, 1978, from 7 to 9 p.n. at Lakewood City Hall Council rs; 3) received coaaaanmicativa today from the U.S. Dept. of Justice, Law ~foresmsnt Assistance A~niatration ragerdiAg the $68,000 grant application which has bean in the works for the past couple of years. The application has been rejected. There were various reasons why it was rejected and generally they were heated upon not enough citiaen participation xritten into the grant itself. Were infarmsd that we can resubmit the grant application between June of this year and July of next year, so are going to rewrite and resubmit it. Service Directar Corrigan reported: 1) in the past there has been a small planting of ornamental trees in the Spring: this year will postpone that until gall. These are bare root type trees aAd the Fell is the best time to get the~ea started in many respects. Other reasons for postpoaa~ent are: the Service Department waa3ts to assess some of the damage over the past Winter; additionally, the crswa ate very busy right now on leaf pickup wfich is a carry-over from last Fall. This presents a heavy burden on the Service D~artment, particularly when leaves have been in swales and ditches over the last Winter. Service Director Corrigan explained the type of machinery we have for leaf pickup service does not work well on wet, soggy leaves. First priorities ere swales and drainage ditches. Another factor for postponing the tree planting is that the Service Department is trying to get sow basic cleanup of the cia~ars and gravel that were put down for ice conditions last Winter. The goon of pe t leaf pickup in !te Fall is under svatluation. It is felt that long tangs it would be a sore efficient use of manpo~r, bertter service and batter cost factor if wee revert to bagging the leas in the Fall and picking them tap an-the regular rubbish pickup and end it there in the Fa11 Season. By Fa11 Service Director Corrigan will have a program to r®cosmeend. City Engineer Zurawski reported: 1) are leaking into Lorain Road signalizaton. Initially theta was a project jointly by tbs State, County and City to provide a progressive three dial system on L+arain Rd. w~aich would facilitate the t of traffic dwting a.aa., p.m., and off~paa~k hours. The project cast roughly $'85,000