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Council Minutes of 6/17/86 -4- President Woerpel asked if the Finance Committee had undertaken the discussion of the purchase or selling of city land. Mr. Wilamosky advised that due to the very long agenda, this was not discussed, however, it had been previously dis- cussed and the Mayor was going to get back to the school system and advise them that there might be some interest. Mr. Wilamosky is aware that a notice has recently been put out of the school board's intention to dispose of some property and will be happy to take it up early next week. Since the sale is coming up shortly, a decision to appropriate sufficient dollars will have to be discussed. If the Mayor would like to call a Council-as-a-Whole Meeting to cover this item, a determination can be made as to whether or not the city should move ahead on this. President Woerpel noted that the school board's notice gave an auction time of Monday, July 14th and some other pieces of property have a July 1st dead- line.. President Woerpel also commented on the fact that at the last council meeting, the Law Director talked about the possibility of the Finance Committee or some other committee of council looking into the insurance liability/risk management situation. President Woerpel would like to propose that a Liability and Risk Management Task Force be established to work with the city administration in de- termining the best approach for liability insurance as well as to examine methods which might prevent a loss exposure via some kind of a risk management program. President Woerpel recommended that the members of the Liability and Risk Manage- ment Task Force be as follows: Ron Wilamosky, Chairman; Janet Saringer, Dennis Rademaker, Mike Gareau, Bill Cunningham, Ed Boyle, Bud Becker and Ron Tallon, Members. Mrs. Saringer moved for adoption. of the above stated Task Force, second by Mr. Rademaker, unanimously approved. Letters and Communications: President Woerpel read a letter of appreciation from Michael F. Griffin, Principal of the North Olmsted Middle School, thanking council .and the administration for the recognition given the national champions, The Odessey of the Mind Team. Audience participation: John Thomas, 6096 Wild Oak Drive, Timber Trails Subdivision, as a representative of the Timber Trails Homeowners' Association, expressed concerns of the residents with respect to a former party center being turned into a disco. There is no buffer zone; no fencing, no screening,. etc. Requests the city to require a fence buffer between this disco and neighboring homes. Law Director Gareau pointed out that this property is zoned for general retail business; no permits had to be issued for changes of occupancy or changes of business; unless it would get back into the permit system they would not come before ARB, or Planning Commission, or the BZD Committee and with no permits being required, there would be no review or reevaluation. Law Director's suggestion would be that the administration talk to the owners to see what could be done about placing some sort of barrier be- hind the property. Don Vycital, 30941 Windy Hollow Lane, stated that he understood the owner of the party center did request a building permit because of interior decorating and remodeling; believes that constitutes a change to the building which would then force them to come under a new ordinance. Law Director advised that interior decorating and remodeling, plumbing permits, etc., does not come before the review process of the city. Mayor Petrigac stated that either she or the Building Commissioner would talk with the owner of the building to see if they would be willing to voluntarily erect some type of buffer.