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Council Minutes of 8/17/99 $3,000, the committee recommended approval of Ordinance 99-99 by a vote of two to one with Mrs. Kasler dissenting. • Ordinance 99-101 allows the Director of Public Service to sell surplus computer equipment to city employees. Discussion followed where it was recommended that city residents also be included in those who are able to purchase these surplus computer units. The committee agreed and unanimously recommended approval of Ordinance 99-101 as amended. Mr. Limpert, chairperson of the Intra-Governmental Relations and Legislation; Long- Range Planning Committee: 1) The committee met on August 10 and in attendance were committee members Limpert and Nashar; Councilmen O'Grady, Miller and McKay; the Mayor, Safety Director, Service Director and Finance Director. Two pieces of legislation were discussed: • 99-103 is a resolution asking the County Commissioners and the County Treasurer to make changes in the county's Linked Deposit Program. This program allows residents of Cuyahoga County to have lower interest rates for home improvement loans. The determining factor of which communities can and cannot participate is based on the average growth in property values. North Olmsted just misses the cut- off, and so we are asking that they consider raising the threshold so that our residents may participate in this program. The committee recommended approval. • 99-104, a resolution acknowledging the receipt of notice establishing a public hearing upon a petition for annexation from Hennie Homes, Inc. of 23.4428 acres of real property located in Olmsted Township and adopting a statement of the services which the city will provide to the territory upon annexation. The committee recommended approval. Mr. Gareau, chairperson of the Building, Zoning and Development Committee The committee met on Wednesday, August 11. Present were committee members Gareau, Miller and McKay, Assistant Building Commissioner Rymarczyk and Assistant City Engineer McDermott. There were five issues on the agenda that evening: • A review of Ordinance 99-77 and Ordinance 99-79. Ordinance 99-77 is an ordinance creating a new and revised Section 1126.02 and 1161.12 and 1161.121 of the North Olmsted Zoning Code relating to commercial lighting structures. Ordinance 99-79 is an ordinance creating Chapter 556 of the General Offenses Code of the City of North Olmsted entitled "Lighting Nuisance Control" and declaring an emergency. Present to discuss the ordinances that evening were Pat Graham of Great Northern Dodge, John Nauer of First Energy, Kirt Fry of the Sunnyside group, Nick Abraham of the Motorcars group and Roy Garland of the North Olmsted Chamber of Commerce. The ordinances together seek to establish criteria for commercial illumination as well as to diminish nuisance lighting and its effects on adjacent residential properties as well as passers-by. Mr. Graham explained his concerns with the ordinance and noted that this was the identical ordinance that he opposed back in 1992 when it was first introduced as 92-102 and 92-103. Mr. Graham then reviewed for Council committee's benefit a February 24, 1993 critique of the ordinances which was prepared by Centerior Energy. Chief among the concerns were some of the '~ definitions that were included in the ordinance such as "direct glare", the distances 5 .jvp?yr~.~.irv ~. .. .~...~MRR!^^ !fit p.:r..~uAH~timP'e"crmnii... ... .~...:.. .... -.. ..,, .~,