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C Council Minutes of 02-15-2011 implement safety and traffic efficiency recommendations along Great Northern Blvd. • Community Garden applications for 2011 are available through the Department of Planning and Development and are due by the end of February. • Second interviews for the Assistant Superintendent of the WWTP will be taking place this week. • Daryl Longley is retiring from the North Olmsted Police Dept. after 33 years of service. • Automated trash collection public meetings have started. The next public meeting will be held Thursday, February 17, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. in the Arts and Crafts room at the Recreation Center. • Fire Chief Klecan and Council President Limpert attended the fire study planning session on Tuesday, February 8, 2011. • There was a chimney fire on Columbia Road on February 11, 2011. Approximate damage was in the amount of $1,500 in smoke damage. Director of Law Gareau: Some time ago, AFSCME filed an unfair labor practice relative to the City at the WWTP changing bargaining unit positions from a weekly to a monthly rotating schedule. The State Employees Relations Board dismissed the unfair labor practice against the City. At the request of Council, he has offered the legal opinion 2011-1 regarding the recommendation of the Charter Review Commission on whether the proposal of the Charter Review Commission to eliminate from the Charter Art. 7 Boards and Commissions Section 3 Parks and Recreation the reference to the Director of Community Life Services as a member of the Parks and Recreation Commission and whether that was anon-substantive language change that may be affected by legislation rather than by formal Charter amendment pursuant to Charter Art. 16 Section 2. It was his opinion that the removal of Community Life Services from the Parks and Recreation Commission is non-substantive in character and constitutes the removal of an obsolete reference. Legislation is before Council tonight on first reading. The Law Dept. has been in contact with North Olmsted Nissan to stop parking their vehicles at the Alexander's property because it is a violation of the Zoning Code. The City was told the cars would be moved this week. Councilman Barker asked if there is any way the City can offer space for business with cars and possibly charge them. Gareau said if the City wanted to lease available space to them to solve aproblem -because the Zoning Code does not apply to the City of North Olmsted -then they can get around that. Gareau said he would be reluctant to tell them to remove their cars and then the City charging them to park the vehicles on their property. Director of Finance Copfer: 2