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Council Minutes of 9-21-76 _2_ Mr. Beaty, Chairman Trstnpporaatiou Committ®s, ~e~ortad : 11..ca.-~ii.-~,~~76 g avua~ber of Council Members, Mayor and people ~rflm the bus line met with retpreaentatives of various schools. The main group was from Magnificat Sigh School. Under dis- cussion was the addition of bus service to some of the schoc~s in the area; many points were brought up. As a result of that meeting, have added a bus directly from the west end of the County out here to Magnificat Sigh School and also a bus returning in the afternoon. Also under discussion were I.D. cards which eventually will be mane up by RTA but at the present time all students are to receive the 13Q fare with or without cards; 2) there was also a request to look Into an additional run to the Sigh School for Barton and Bradley Road area and the feasibility of same is presently being studied by the bus lice; 3) on 9-14-76 Committee met with the Drivers Committee of Bus Line and Management of Bus Line. Under discussion with the Drivers Com~eittae was pay raise to keep them in Iine with RTA; switching over to the RTA form of longevity; different ways to handle seniority; scheduling, etc. Legislation is being presented tonight; 4) Committee discussed a number of stop signs. Have since received letters from the Safety Department with recommendations which Committee will discuss at next meeting; 5) requested legislation authorizing Service Director to advertise for bids for two new cars for the bus line. Mr. Wilamosky, Chairman Finance Committee, reported Committee recommends Ord. No. 76-137 be adopted which is on agenda this evening. This ordiaaace provides for the paving of the parking lot at the A,ec Complex and because of the time of the year Committee feels it is important to get the paving now and not have to wait until next Spring or Summer. Will be requesting suspension of rule requiring three separate readings. Mrs. Sharpe, Chairman $uilding, Zoning & Development Committee, stated the following: "As Chairman of the B.Z.&D. Committee, I feel it incumbent to express my feeling and observations regarding Ord. No. 75-218. This evening we will be voting on a Comprehensive Zoning Plan that has been is the preparation stages for over two years. It is an important decision, long in the making and much thought, time and moneq have gone into it. I will be voting No on this plan. But before I do, I want to make it plain that my vote means more than dust a resection of all planned zoning for North Olmsted. My vote means that I realize we must consider the Comprehensive Plan as a total package. This is unfortunate since it includes a new zoning code as well as the new zone map. It includes an architectural review board, which I feel is essential to controlled growth. In my view, the zoning map provided too much restriction in existing commercial zones. When property use is restricted, property values drop and when property values drop the tax duplicate suffers, and so do taxpaying homeowners. Taking commercial potential away from laced and replacing it with office and apartments, is to me unacceptable. The kind of public reaction we have heard, as well as the information we have gathered in the course of our study of the plan convinces me that this type of use restriction is unhealthy and not in the best interest of the people of North Olmsted. Some councilmen have said we should postpone voting on this plan until we have tried to make our own imprvvemsnts and until after the Novewber election which will feature a charter amendment for ballot rezoning. T think the voters want to know howtwe stand sad where we intend to go from here. Bq post- poning and send the Comprehensive Plan back into committee we place it back on second reading and must go through another Public Hearing on a matter I consider old business after tonight. There are good sad bad features in the Comprehensive Plan, but I am convinced we must dispose of it as a whole before we can begin to