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Council Minutes of 9-20-77 -3- dealing with the very same subject matter where the Supreme Court ruled that the City is clothed with governmental ia~ity; 3) Law Director Gareau has been cossmsc-icating with Mrs. Sharpe with respect to the possibility of amending the Zoning Code for including a classification within Hi-Rise District for housing for the elderly. In other words, housing for the elderly would be permitted in the districts that ws now have zoned for Mixed Use. Once the draft is presented and gone over by the B.Z.& D. Committee, Council can review same: it has some advantages of avoiding the referendum because it is not really adding to be ire multi-family - it would be just utilizing what we have: qou would not have to have a variance to do it; 4) Ord. No. 77-168 was prepared by request of Mrs. Saringer. It incorporates some of the provisions of the Pare~+a Code dealing with the displaying of materials harmful to juveniles: if you look at it closely you will see that it is almost the same as our existing code section dealing with that subject. The only thing that it does is it adds the displaying of these materials: all the other things are presently in the ordinance; S) Mr. Boehmer last week regeyested a written legal opinion with respect to placing boulders or rocks within the tree lawns of the various subdivisions: Law Director Gareau has done research, but has not had an opportunity became of the ordinance work that has been performed this past week, to put it in writing. Law Diredetor Gareau stated the Supreme Court has ruled on the subject and basically it at~unts to if the City maintains a nuisance within the right of way area - mait-ly the tree lawn, and somebody who is lawfully using the tree lama becomes injured thsa~ we are liable. The question is - is a boulder a nuisance when a car hits it and Law Director Gareau thinks the question would be clearly no, that it isn't; but if a jour „ is running at night on the tree lawn and hits a boulder then we have a problem. This is something Council will have to discuss and advise the Law Director where they want to go. Mrs. Saringer, Chairman Streets & Drainage Committee, reported Committee met on September 13th: the only project dfscwsed was the resurfacing of Claque Road between Lorain Rd. to the North Olmsted Corporation line. The Committee concurs to give consent to the Mayor to enter into an agreement with the County. This would be financed by $5. Motor Vehicle License Tax Fund; 2) there were several items Mrs. Saringer wanted to discuss at that meeting; however, due to the inclement weather that evening, the Service Department Reads weren't available. City Engineer Childs answered tonight several questions Mrs. Saringer had . Mr. Beaty, Chairman Transportation Committee, reported Committee recommends passage of Ord. No. 77-143 - authorising the sale of some of the surplus equipment, which legislation is on second reading tonight. Mr. Boehmer, Chairman Intra Governmental Relations ~ Legislation Committee, and Public Safety, Health & Welfare Cammittee, reported Committee met on September 13th to discuss with Mr. Copeland, Director of Dept. of Human Resources, the Youth Diversionary Project which is now in effect in our City. This is a program to help juveniles that get into trouble: Juvenile Officer Gabe Dellapasta is also working with this project and hopefully the program is going to help juveniles stay ouC of trouble; 2) Safety Committee met last night with residents and people. of homeowners associations and discussed problemm througt~ut the City as far as turfing, vandalism, etc. The Police Department and Members of Council were in attendance and the meeting ~,~,~~~,.. e~~~~