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Council Minutes of 6/7/94 7) Moen will hold an official grand opening on Saturday, June 11. The Moen project is the largest economic deve~ment project of the city so far and helped us land the MAC System project. Both pros have brought approximately 450 jobs to the city. 8) On June 3, Safety Director Ernie Gandy officially retired. Mr. Gandy served the city for many years as Building Co 'over and then as Safay Director. He has had a positive impact on many ~y departna~ts. He was rasp k for the hiring of two well- qualified engineers, which saves the city mare than $S0,(?00. Ahhough Afir. Gandy will be missed, everyone wishes him good hack in his retirement. Councilman Nashar stated that Mr. Gandy had been of great help to him on numerous occasions, and he would perscmally miss him, Law Director Gareau reported: 1) Working with the Service Director, the city has officially notified a contractor who did concrete work last year that the core samples contaxied contaminated material The city believes that concrete which had been secured from Medina Supply by the contractor is the root of problems on several city streets that were repaved last year. Because the concrete was purcha~d through the contractor, the city has to make a claim against the contractor who will m turn make a claim against the supplier. The city has approximately a half million dollars in street damage that will have to be replaced. 2) The Cater case has come to an end with the Supreme Court upholda~g the findings of the lower court. The court found that Mr. Stroh was properly su~ended but not properly discharged simply because there were not a sufficient nurser of elected Council Members who voted on the matter. A crowappeal had bey filed on that issue, but the Supreme Court chose to sidestep that issue and upheld the Charter provision that required atwo- thirds vote of the elected Council Members. The Charter has since been changed to remove the word "elected." 3) With regard to the Dancik appropriation case, their attorney has filed an answer. In the answer, they contend that the city did. not have the right nor the need to appropriate the property for senior hous~g. Judge Corrigan has ruled that the city did in fact have the right and the need to do so. The Danciks now have sixty days to obtain an appraisal. A pre-trial has been set for August. ffthe case cannot be settled through negotiations, a jury trial will be held to determine the value of the property. Mayor Boyle reported for Finance Director Bums: 1) Mr. Burns will be on vacation for two weeks. However, he has received a copy of the city's official statement; he will begin the review process so that the notes can be sold next week. Mrs. Beringer, Chairperson of the Building, Zoning and Development Committee, reported: 1) The BZD Committee met on May 26. In attendance were committee members McKay, Nashar, Beringer; Assistant Engineer McDermott; Service Director Bohlmann. The following items were discussed: a. The Barton Oaks subdivision plat, which will be accepted for recording purposes by Resolution 94-94. The subdivision will create 22 sublots. This was approved by Planning 2