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Council Minutes of 6/5/$4 - 3- Mr. Bierman, Chairman Long Range Planning Committee reported: 1) Council's recommendations for use of Community Development Grant money were presented to the County on May 23rd. At the present time, five primary items and six alter- nates were given "tentative" approval by the County. Mr. O'Grady, Chairman Public Safety, Health and Welfare Committee reported: 1) Committee met this evening to review Resolution No. 84-43, authorizing the Service Director to advertise for bids for multi-line liability, property and catastrophe insurance coverage. Committee feels this insurance coverage should continue and recommends adoption of this legislation. Mrs. Petrigac, Chairman Recreation, Public Parks and Buildings as well as Trans- portation Committees reported: 1) Recreation Committee met on May 31st, with all members present, to discuss the Memorial Stone to be place at North Olmsted Park. Mrs. Madeline Brookshire and Safety Director Petre were also present. It was agreed to remove the City Seal and reference to early settlers of this community which were in the proposed diagram; the memorial is really for Korean and Viet Nam war veterans and not for the founding fathers. Another suggestion was to scale down the size of the monument by changing the "wings". Director Logan has generously offered to contact Mr. Kotecki with the preferred diagram and Committee will be meeting again to make a final decision. 2) Committee discussed the drainage at the Rec Complex as approved by Council. Mr. Petre read Mr. Couts' letter suggesting the purchase of a water tower for $30,000 instead of using the appropriated $30,000 for improved drainage. Much discussion ensued; Mr. Petre is to draw up a proposal for the Recreation Committee. The tenta- tive meeting scheduled for tomorrow night, with the Recreation Commission, has been cancelled so the Recreation Commission will have an opportunity to consider the points outlined in Mr. Couts' letter and study the entire proposal. 3) Landmarks Commission met May 17th and elected Marlene Orzechowski as Chairwoman. Department of Development is cosponsoring a training program on downtown revitalization and has gathered information; Mrs. Petrigac has copies for anyone planning on attending the meeting. Landmarks Commission is working with Administrative Assistant, Mary Slama, on an article to appear in the August "Cleveland" magazine. This issue will feature North Olmsted. Chamber of Commerce and many local businesses are also involved. Landmarks Commission is also planning a summer project which will include going through the archives. They would like Members of Council to attend some of their meetings, especially the newly elected and appointed Members so they can become familiar with this particular commission's function. The Commission has been searching for grants and fundings; have received a response from the Ohio Historic Preservation Office and are completing a development grant questionaire with the hope of getting additional funding. They are also in communication with Washington and Columbus agencies to have their name added to the mailing list for any available fund applications. The Town Hall specs and plans have been received; Landmarks Chairman will be working with the architect and Mayor Swietyniowski, the Department of Human Resources and the County so as to be ready for advertising for bids to start Phase I of City Hall reconstruction. Next meeting of Landmarks Commission is June 21st, 8 P.M., Town Hall. 4) The meeting of Council Members, the Administration, as well as Boards and Commissions, was held last night. Long range plans for North Olmsted were discussed and the meeting was very beneficial. It was felt that the first phase of any long range planning should be to look at the land use as it is now and see if this is haw the zoning should stay. If not, what changes should be made; where and how should they occur. The next phase would be to take the parcels themselves and look at the zoning and ordinances as to setback and minimum standards and see if any changes should be made. Signage should be looked at; some ordinances codified under the Building Department should really be under the control of the Police Department; perhaps a City Planner should be used part time to meet with the commissions, look at the zoning. City Planner might be shared with another community but should be an independent person, not