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Minutes of the Special Meeting of Council <br />Monday, November 18, 2019 <br />Page 12 <br />Mr. Coyne replied, correct. The building itself is historic as well, so this seems to be a way to <br />preserve that. The building is landmarked as well. <br />Mr. McDowell asked, so do all of the tenants in the school building currently undergo <br />background checks as it is a school building? <br />Mr. Coyne replied, I don't know if that's something they would do for the record. This wouldn't <br />be the time to get into that. <br />Mr. Dell said, so as my daughter goes to Center Elementary, I am concerned for the safety of my <br />child. That's what my concern is is that the school and this rezoning and the process and the end <br />goal is for that to be a privately -owned business and building? <br />Mr. Coyne replied, that would be the case with any privately -owned business. <br />Mr. McDowell stated, but it's currently not private. <br />Mr. Coyne stated, it is publicly -owned, correct. <br />Mr. McDowell stated, that's my concern. One of my concerns is safety and close proximity of <br />the school. You guys don't know for the record. <br />Mr. Nedlik stated, Council President, when we drafted a short-term lease with the tenant, there <br />was not a requirement for background checks. It's very limited use. It's only a handful of <br />people in that building. It's in the very same proximity to the Village Community Room which <br />is right across the parking lot as well which has folks in and out for different events throughout <br />the day. Our Resource Officer is also present at Center School in the event there is any kind of <br />disturbance either on the property or outside of the property. At this particular time, with the <br />short-term lease that we've had, we have been studying its impact on traffic, its impact on <br />parking, the impact it may or may not have to the school community. That's kind of where we <br />are at to present. The next step was to see if the zoning would be considered to be put on the <br />election in March and if that were to pass, we have some options for our Board of Education to <br />consider moving forward. <br />Mr. Coyne stated, okay. Fair enough. <br />Mr. McDowell stated, if I understand this correctly, the goal of the Village rezoning this is <br />ultimately to ease traffic and remove lights on Wilson Mills by the high school, is that correct? <br />Council President Saponaro stated, that has nothing to do with this property. <br />Mr. Coyne stated, it's just a rezoning. That's a separate property. <br />Mr. McDowell stated, in the Cleveland Plain Dealer, there's- <br />