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Council Minutes of 6/3/97 rte, 3) The committee considered the question raised by Councilman O'Grady as to whether the required fence height of 72 inches was too restrictive when a pool is in a residential yard. Based on his research, he has come to the conclusion unless some empirical data can be found to the contrary, the City of North Olmsted should join our neighboring cities in requiring a minimum height of 48 inches with the decision left to the resident to go as high as 72 inches. Mr. O'Grady was requested to investigate legislation to address this issue. Mr. McKay, Chairperson of the Environmental Control Committee: 1) The Environmental Committee met on Wednesday, May 21. Present were Mayor Boyle, Safety Director Kasler, Service Director Bohlmann, Finance Director Burns, Council members Limpert, Lind, Nashar, Saringer, Musial, O'Grady and McKay. The committee reviewed Ordinance 97-48 which regulates the sewer connections and tap-in permit fees. The first change in the legislation was in the assembly areas with seating and there was an error on the original legislation in the number of square feet. That was changed from 160 square feet to 100 square feet. Change number two was in office buildings. The rate went from 6 cents for 100 square feet to 3 cents per 100 square feet. Change three concerned retail stores. The rate changed from 3 cents per 100 square feet to 6 cents per 100 square feet. Change four was in food and grocery stores. The rate went from 5 cents to 9 cents per 100 square feet. Change five was for any building subject to the provision of the Community Reinvestment Act of the State of Ohio for which the calculated tap-in fee exceeds $10,000. The Mayor may negotiate a payment schedule not to exceed 10 years. Mr. McKay, on behalf of Mr. Lind, Chairperson of the Finance Committee: 1) 1) The Finance Committee met on Wednesday, May 28. Present were committee members Lind, McKay and Musial. Also present were Council members Nashar, Limpert, O'Grady and Saringer, Safety Director Kasler, Finance Director Burns, Mayor Boyle and Service Director Bohlmann. The following pieces of legislation were discussed: a. Ordinance 97-47, which establishes a fee structure for tax abatement applications. Originally, $500 or a percentage of the overall abatement was charged. However, this type of fee was required to be split with the county and the state. The new, revised fees will be shared with the schools to help cover their costs of the review, on a half and half basis. Current abatement practices allow sharing of income tax revenue with the school district so that the foregone taxes are at least covered if not exceeded. The revenues will go into the Economic Development Fund to provide a funding source. The committee recommended approval. b. Resolution 97-46, which authorizes the Director of Public Service to advertise for one wheel-mounted trencher. We have rented these for several years on an average annual cost of $5,000. The acquisition and use of this piece of equipment would mean that any sewer or other jobs requiring trenching would be less intrusive and less destructive than our current method of using a backhoe. The approximate purchase price if $30,000. The committee recommended approval. c. Ordinance 97-51 is being held in committee. 8