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Council Minutes of 2/15/94 6) Some time ago, Council was asked to put the zoning changes for the Sherwin Williams site and the west end of the city on hold. The Mayor is continuing to discuss these zoning changes with the Planning Co~aission anti has received some input fran the members. Council is asked to keep this legislation in committee at present. The Mayor would like to sponsor a meeting between Council and the Plaa~rai.ng Coamnission to discuss this legislation. 7) Many residents of Ambour Drive have expressed concern about the status of the street repair. At this time, the engineering study is about 75X cc>aaialete. After the steady is complete, it will be reviewed by the F~gineering Departaeecat. When a definite cost has been determined, the project will be presented to Council. Law Director Garesu reported: 1) The final notification of the judgment entry in the Eliza Jennings case has been received. The judge has granted the city 10~ interest frcxn 1990 which amounts to more than $30,000. 2) With respect to the Federal case dealing with Mr. Robinson, a meeting was held with the Law Department, the Safety Department acd the insurance attorney who was appointed to represent the city. In the process of reviewing the test rankings, it was determined that an error was made in the way the written test scores were added. When the scores were recalculated, Mr. Robinson grad fifteen others were found to have passed the test. Mr. Robinson has now moved from 16th to 19th on the list. Mr. Gareau will recadm~ad that the Civil Service Co~ni.ssion correct this error to indicate that Mr. Robinson did pass the test. The list is good for another two to three months. 3) The ordinance dealing with disturbances on public transportation has been amended and will be available for the next Council meeting. 4) With the amendment of the Zoning Code in 1991, nairsing homes were removed from the General Retail Business District and placed in the Residence District. Thus, nursing hota~s are currently not a permitted use in a Senior Residence District. Consequently, it is not passible to have nursing facilities associated with senior residence housing. This is a major problem that City Council and the Planning Commission will need to address. Finance Director Burns reported: 1) On first reading tonight are Ordinance Nos. 94-36 through 94-42, which are the note ordinances for the 1994 capital improve- ment program. Included in this program are street projects, sewer projects and equipment and other major purchases. The fiscal officer's certificates have been filed with the Clerk's office. Mrs. Saringer, Chairperson of the Building, Zoning and Development Committee, reported: 1) The committee met on February 9 with all members present and Council Members Lianpert acrd Musial, Building Ct>taYnissioner Conway and Assistant Engineer McDermott. Agenda items were as follows: a. Adon Equipment, 23904 Lorain Road, a proposal to add an to an existing storage building in the rear. This will be a pole barn building sided with white prefinished metal siding to match the existing building. The Planning CosFami.ssion approved the proposal on February 8, and the committee had no objections. Mrs. Saringer moved to approve the Adon Equipment addition to an existing storage building; second by Mr. Musial; motion passed unanimously. 2