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Council Minutes of 01-18-2011 a`~~fi `~ • He attended the retirement party of Rico, Officer Wagner's police dog today. • Police Chief Wozniak has announced his retire effective April or May of 2011. • The stone and asphalt bids will be opened at noon on January 24, 2011. • He thanked residents and business of North Olmsted -the City came in second place in the 2010 Recycle Your Computer collection events sponsored by the Cuyahoga County Solid Waste District. • The State of the City address is Thursday, January 20, 2011 at 11:30 p.m. at the Radisson. Director of Law Gareau: • The property formerly known as Alexander's Restaurant was purchased last week at a Sheriff's sale by a real estate holding company for Key Bank for the minimum bid. This property has been monitored by the Law Dept. for lingering property maintenance problems, delinquent real estate property taxes and proliferation of Nissan vehicles on the lot. He has contacted Nissan and advised them that they are not permitted to use that lot to store new motor vehicles. • In the matter of Randall Thorne vs Ciry of North Olmsted, Ohio Board of Zoning Appeals in the Court of Common Pleas has been resolved by court order and agreed judgment entry. This is the Surf Shop sweepstakes cafe. It will continue in its current location, but it will comply with our Code which was passed after it came into existence. They will reduce their machines to twenty-five and will otherwise comply with the new Chapter 752. They will seek a license retroactive for 2010. There is additional action before the Ohio Board of Building Appeals which had to do with the Building Commissioner's determination that improvements were undertaken at the location without proper permits. That matter will also be resolved and they will be required to fully comply with the Building Code in the City of North Olmsted. • The Law Dept. participated in a day-long session to mediate claims in the matter of Stofko vs Lee Scott in the United States Federal District Court on January 4, 2011. The City and all parties entered into a settlement agreement, the terms of which are confidential. • On January 4, 2011, he participated in the FOP Fact Finding session concerning the contract reopener on wages and benefits. The matter is now being handled by the Fact Finder. • He is working on a re-write of the Ordinance concerning second-hand dealers. • He is currently taking a look at fences -recently there have been a number of fence issues that come before the Board of Zoning Appeals and the Board of Building Code Appeals. Since the same issue is coming back again and again, the Code will be reviewed. • At the last meeting, it was brought to Councilman Mahoney's attention by Dennis Lambert that there was a conflict within the Charter concerning the initiative and referendum process in the City of North Olmsted. He has looked into the matter and there is no conflict. The City is in full compliance with the State Code pursuant to Charter provisions. 3