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Council Minutes of 4/1/97 However, based on federal law, the Law Director has concluded that there was never a ' necessity to go to the BZA and the Planning Commission has never made a ruling on the proposal. The proposal is on the agenda for the upcoming Planning Commission meeting. 4) A meeting was recently held with AT&T Wireless to discuss the placement of a tower to provide digital wireless phone service. 5) Today he and the Service Director held a hearing regarding Biskind Development Company's plan to remove all of the trees on Parcel E (Columbia and Brookpark Roads) for the purpose of filling in wetlands. The company has made a swap with the Metropolitan Park Board regarding the wetlands, and the Army Corps of Engineers has issued a permit for the removal of the wetlands. Although he is not sure at this time if the plan has to be reviewed by the Planning Commission, it is true that the company does have to seek approval from the city with respect to this project. The property owner's engineer and the City Engineer and City Forester plan to meet this week to discuss the approximate 2.8 acres of wetlands in the parcel. The city will not permit a wholesale chopping down of all of the trees because we have a city ordinance that protects trees. Finance Director Burns: 1) In 1991, he put the city into a worker's compensation group administered by Accordia. The company recently notified him that the projected savings in 1997 would be $109,000. After calculating the actual premium that the city will pay this year and using the 1996 payroll, as opposed to the 1995 payroll used by Accordia to make the projection, the city will actual save $132,174 this year in worker's compensation premiums. 2) Ordinance 97-31, which is being added to this evening's agenda, will authorize bidding for the Allendale/Carey project. A funding package has been put together that provides for $300,000 of appropriated money and $200,000 from a note. We have the ability to do the note because of the reduction in overall interest cost on the bond issue that was done last year. The debt service on a $200,000 bond issue will be about $18,000 to $20,000 per year. This is within the capacity of the city. 3) In the Mayor's report, he mentioned that State Treasurer Blackwell was organizing programs for instructional purposes to help county, city and school finance people who deal with investments. That program was mandated by legislation which took effect in September. That legislation also changed some of the types of investments that municipalities can make. Mr. Musial, Chairperson of the Building, Zoning and Development Committee: 1) The BZD Committee met on March 24, 1997. Present were committee members McKay, Nashar and Musial, Assistant City Engineer Dave McDermott and Assistant Building Commissioner Tom Rymarczyk. Also present were Mark Hicks representing Ryder Truck Rental, Bob Alt representing High Tech Pools, Gerald Stitz and John Shepard representing La-Z-Boy, Joe Meyer representing Paletta's Auto Trim, Jud Kline representing Hollywood Video and Lawrence Scott representing Radisson Hotels. The following proposals were discussed: 3