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Council Minutes of 07-20-2010 Councilwoman Jones and the vote was 3-0 for approval. The committee adjourned at 7:08 p.m. The Finance Committee met July 20, 2010 at 7:25 p.m. Present were Council committee members Barker, Kearney and Jones; Council President Limpert; Council members Brossard, Mahoney, Orlowski and Williamson; Mayor Kennedy; Director of Law Gareau, Director of Finance Copfer, Director of Human Resources Farver. • Resolution 2010-93 - A Resolution accepting a donation of no idling signs from the Northeast Ohio Area Coordinating Agency, and declaring an emergency. This relates to Ordinance 2009-34 passed last year which has to do with idling time of vehicles. NOACA is supplying the city with three signs, and Councilman Orlowski suggested placing them in school zone areas and mall areas. This was recommended for approval with suspension 3-0. Councilwoman Jones, Chairwoman of the BZD Committee: The BZD Committee met July 20, 2010 at 7:00 p.m. Present were committee members Jones, Mahoney and Barker; Council members Kearney, Brossard, Williamson and Orlowski; Mayor Kennedy; Director of Planning Wenger; Director of Law Gareau; Director of Finance Copfer; guests. • CMS10-11 John Knox Church -This proposal consists of a building expansion and site improvements. An addition will be constructed to the rear of the existing building for a new fellowship hall which will match the existing building in materials and design. Site improvements include expanding the parking area, new lighting and landscaping. Since the applicant's pre-submission, they have responded to staff and commission comments and have made plan revisions that eliminated any need for variances. The expansion requires the construction of a significant number of additional parking spaces. The applicant has provided for parking just short of the required amount, but has proposed to landbank spaces to fulfill their requirements. It was recommended to ensure screening of rooftop units, provide for a masonary dumpster enclosure and modify some of the planting notes on the landscape plan. The commission also reviewed the conditional use permit requirements and found that there would be no adverse impacts created or expanded due to the addition. Therefore, they had no objections to recommending the conditional use permit and the project. Councilwoman Jones made a motion to approve the conditional use permit for CMS 10- 11 John Knox Church located at 25200 Lorain Road. The motion was seconded by Councilman Barker and passed unanimously. CMS10-11 conditional use permit for John Knox Church approved. Councilwoman Jones made a motion to approve CMS10-11 John Knox Church located at 25200 Lorain Road with the following conditions: that no variances will be requested, the dumpster enclosure will be masonary and accommodate all site dumpsters, landscape plans will be modified to reflect Mr. Malone's comments, the canopy illumination will be 2