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Council Minutes of OS-03-2011 competition with party centers and other businesses that make this their livelihood. He urges Council to vote no. Emmett Lemp, 5182 Park Lane said he has a problem with the Building Dept. His neighbor has built a tree house that has turned into a storage place. It's 12 ft. high and looms over his fence. He asked to see the building permit and was told no building permit was required. There is a swing set now, a boat and travel trailer that completely block off an entire wall of his house. He had a Ward Council member come out and look at it. He tried to do something and directed him to the Building Dept. An inspector came out and wrote Lemp a violation for his containers he uses to collect tree limbs. The Mayor also came out to observe the tree house and said he would get back to him. He eventually said he wasn't going to do anything about it. Lemp said he wants the tree house gone and it's devaluing his property. His neighbor has also built large bonfires in the backyard. He has also told the Safety/Service Director about people parking in front of his house. Orlowski requested that Council give Mr. Lemp more time and there was no objection. Lemp said he hired a lawyer to get the Ordinances regarding the tree house and the neighbor has to have a building permit. Mayor Kennedy said he has spoken with the Building Dept. and Mr. Lemp's neighbor is not in violation of anything. Jeff Peepers, 6389 McKenzie Road said regarding 2011-33, he assumes if this is voted down, then if Community Council has a request from one of the member organizations that wants to have analcohol-related event at Homecoming they would apply like last time or it's not allowed anymore? Gareau said he would need an Ordinance. When a member organization comes before Community Council, they are only allowed wine or beer, are limited to the number of drinks per person by distributing tickets and there has to be a police presence. Peepers said he has wrestled with this himself. He lost his 21 yr. old son 6 years ago due to analcohol-related incident. The reason Community Council moved forward is because their member organizations are struggling to raise money and are trying to attract more people to Homecoming. Peepers said when he hears the school board members make reference to Community Council, those same member organizations also have events where they raise money with the schools in which alcohol is served such as Night at the Races, Texas Hold-Em Tournaments at the Nautica. They are going home to kids and they're going home drunk. That was the statement Mr. Lasko made last week that they are going home drunk to kids. He said he guesses he's getting mixed signals from the school board members when they oversee organizations that do this already, but yet, Community Council is not allowed to do it. Duane Limpert, 4921 Berkshire said the VFW event is a separate permit issued by Ordinance, and what is in 2011-33 is completely different. It came before Council as a separate, stand-alone Ordinance. If 2011-33 fails tonight, it will not change anything with the Community Council last year. Terry Groden, 25211 Chase Drive said he wanted to clarify that although he is a school board member, he was not speaking on behalf of the North Olmsted Board of Education. He said he does not believe that Mr. Lasko was speaking on behalf of the Board of Education either. They are speaking as residents and citizens of North Olmsted. 7 ,~ex.~,.~,.~,h .. _ . _.