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Ralph Hoop, the head of the ad hoc committee for the Quiet Zone, spoke to Village of Glendale Council on Monday, July 2. They had joint meetings over the past year. Debbie Grueninger put together a three-ring binder of information she had gathered. The committee is reviewing all this information. They need to collaborate with Woodlawn since one of the crossings is in Woodlawn. The committee plans on coming back to Council in December with recommendations. They want to have a thorough and complete plan for the future of Glendale. The committee meets twice a month on Wednesdays at the Village Office. They welcome input from residents.

Mayor Joe Hubbard presented a Proclamation to Dr. Thomas Todd for his many years of service. The former mayor explained how he came to Glendale in 1962 as a General Practitioner. He still wonders how he ended up as mayor. In fact, Mayor Todd was the first mayor in 66 years not to be born in Glendale. He thanked Frank Russell, Beth Sullebarger, Rachel Schmid and others for their contributions to the plan. Dr. Todd said he enjoyed his years as mayor of the Village.

Council had second readings for the ordinances to amend other ordinances relating to residential parking. Council passed a verbal resolution to appoint Beth Sullebarger to the GPHPC seat vacated by Mr. Howard.

Mayor Hubbard explained his busy month. He presented Citizenship Awards to two Glendale students. He gave a proclamation to Katie Saturday who is a 100-year old resident. The annual car show went well. There were about 30 cars to show up in spite of the “iffy” weather. Afterwards the Cincinnati Civic Orchestra played an All-American concert. Mayor Hubbard also attended the Quiet Zone ad hoc meetings. Monica Alles-White will head up the work on a disaster plan for the Village’s departments. The presentation for the Landmark property with Erickson went well. On July 22, the Village will sponsor Shakespeare in the Park’s presentation of Much Ado About Nothing. Cost to the Village will be $700.

Carol Muntz provided the report about Princeton Schools. Glendale Elementary will open on schedule this fall. The group chosen for the RELIS property sale was Fisher Homes. The district made the declaration that Princeton is a special needs district. The Early College program may begin with just a few sophomore students. They are discussing the early dismissals on Wednesday for students. This was to allow the teachers time to speak and share with each other. They are concerned that the image is that teachers are slacking off. They discussed that Glendale Elementary will get a new principal this year.

Dr. Bill Aronstein said that the Finance Committee did not meet. However, they do need to meet to discuss the capital projects that have been suggested. The revenue was 54 percent and expenditures at 45 percent on the budget. Dr. Aronstein scheduled a Finance Committee meeting for 6:00 pm on July 26 and a Laws Committee meeting for 7:00 pm on July 26.

In his Law Committee report, Dr. Aronstein said that they looked at bed and breakfast businesses at their last meeting. They appreciated the information gathered by the Fire and Police Departments regarding them. Another portion of the meeting was dedicated to looking at changes to the parking ordinances. They also talked about making sure that house numbers are visible from the street for emergencies.

Jenny Kilgore set a Fire Committee meeting for July 11 at 6:00 pm to discuss second quarter of operations before turning the report over to Fire Chief Michael Finney. Chief Finney said that they had a busy month. They had a smoke detector blitz. The Red Cross does provide smoke detectors for the hearing impaired. Residents can now see his reports on the web site. He has broken down his department into committees to work on different portions of day to day operations. There are six officers who will head up the leadership of the assigned tasks. They are making headway with their inspections.

Police Chief Dave Warman said that their department was busy as well. They will have a Police Committee meeting on July 18. There have been thefts in the night time when people are asleep. The department is actively pursuing the suspects. They ask for residents to keep cars locked, car alarms on, please keep garage doors closed. The department continues to monitor traffic in the Village which has increases since work began on I-275.

Ephriam Swafford said that Streets Committee met and spoke about the area on Sharon Road where there are no sidewalks. There is a resident who does not want a sidewalk in front of his home. They are awaiting information from Walter Cordes before moving forward with this. Another discussion was about the possible paving of Camp Alley. One resident is concerned about the drainage issues. The other topic was the 2007 Street Paving program. The cost went up $29,000 since it was spec’d out. The money will come out of the VPGI funds. They also are waiting for more information before moving ahead with this project.

Monica Alles-White stated the GYS met on June 12 but had no official business. Harry Whiting Brown met on June 4. They had a yard sale in May. They will use the air conditioner to help with heat in the chapel. The group is looking for a chair for the home tour in December. The website has a new design. Recently they have been sending out postcards to notify residents of events and signups. The first Storytime for children was held on June 30. The organization is looking into playground equipment and refurbishing of the grounds. The next meeting of HWB will be August 13.

Alan Hoeweler announced that they need to have a meeting of the Utilities Committee. One was set for July 11 at 7:00 pm after the Fire Committee meeting. They will look into the costs of redoing the well fields. They have run into things that have run up costs.

Mike Honerlaw spoke about the recent court hearing. The Village had a motion for a summery judgement about a for sale sign. The original judge felt that there was not sufficient evidence for trial. The Village appealed and the 15 judges split their vote 8-7 to say there was not sufficient evidence for summery judgement. The Village can now appeal to the Supreme Court or go back to the district court with this. They have not decided yet how they will handle this. They have more information that they can submit to help their cause. Mr. Honerlaw feels that they have a viable case.

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