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MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED JUNE 19, 1990 Present: President James Boehmer, Council Members Bahas, Leonard, McKay, Nashar, O'Grady, Saringer, Tallon. Also present: Mayor Edward Boyle, Law Director Michael Gareau, Finance Director James Burns, Acting Clerk Kim Vanover. Meeting was called to order by President Boehmer at 8:00 P.M., in Council Chambers, 5200 Dover Center Road, North Olmsted, Ohio. President Boehmer invited members of the audience to join Members of Council in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. President Boehmer announced: 1) Ordinance Nos. 90-82, 90-83, 90-84, 90-85 and 90-86 have been added to tonight's agenda. 2) Suspension of rule requiring three readings will be requested on the above enumerated ordinances. Mayor Boyle reported: 1) Presented a proclamation to Dolores J. Dungan, recipient of the Battelle Award for Professional Development, and commended and congratulated Ms. Dungan for her dedication to education and her achieve- ments as an excellent mathematics. teacher. 2) Has received, from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, a revised draft project priority list for construction grants and water pollution control loan fund programs. Copies have been distributed. 3) Last week, committee discussed Ordinance No. 90-66 which addresses visual obstructions which were causing safety hazards. The committee questioned if there should be a "grandfather clause" added because it could involve signs, bushes, etc. Has discussed this legislation with Building Commissioner Conway and his opinion is that there should not be a "grandfather clause" included in the enforcement of this ordinance since the city is dealing with a safety item. If this legislation is passed, it will allow the Police Department to enforce the law when the Building Inspectors are not available. 4) Discussed airport noise with Mark Cortney at Hopkins Airport and have been advised that they are approximatley ten days away from a solution to this problem. Has also received a letter from Steve Nagy at Hopkins which states that he is reissuing the noise abatement procedure to all aircraft using Hopkins during the summer. 5) With respect to income tax funding, at the first meeting, it was agreed to "ear-mark" funds for street drainage programs, permanent improvements and solid waste management, which is a legal way of saying "recycling". Squire, Sanders and Dempsey have amended copies of the legislation covering this, and have changed the wording to make it more understandable to the general public. Law Director Gareau reported: 1) With respect to Ordinance No. 90-66 which covers visual obstructions, someone should have asked the Law Director whether t or not it was appropriate to consider a "grandfather clause". Probably more appropriate whould have been to ask if the city could enforce a "grandfather clause" or whether or not you have to have one. In his opinion, it is not a zoning code and that is where the concept of a "grandfather clause" comes in. It should be thought of as noise control; can anyone be "grandfathered" in on noise control? The answer is no because it is a regulation.