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Council Minutes of 8/17/99 ,,, siding with a gray vinyl awning. There would be no signage on the trailer itself. The °s~ modular unit is there for the purpose of housing persons and staff as opposed to directing attention from the road. This structure will include landscaping and a handicap ramp. It is self-contained and electrically heated. Utilities that service this unit will be underground. It should be noted that the Planning Commission hesitantly recommended approval. The Architectural Review Board recommended denial. There was quite a bit of discussion on this particular project. It was decided, in an effort to integrate neutral earth tone colors and materials to the project and given its proximity to Lorain Road and the view that this would take on for passers-by, that this would be kept in committee. A revised plan is to be submitted which will incorporate some more natural materials as opposed to gray vinyl siding and a gray awning. 2) As a note of information, a minor change format request has been received from a Babies-R-Us franchise which calls for alterations to the former Best Products building. Regarding the fence legislation, President Saringer noted that there might be some problems with determining on which side of the fence the posts should go. If someone is putting up a fence to screen out an eyesore, they would not necessarily want the posts to be on their side either. Mr. Gareau agreed this was an interesting concept and would have to be looked into. Mr. Limpert asked if consideration could be given to allow 8 foot fences where residential properties abut commercial properties. Mr. Gareau said that the grade of the properties is a determining factor with that. Also, the variance option is available in such situations. Everyone agreed that these issues would be discussed during the committee review. AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION Robert Perrell, 23902 Gessner Road, asked why the residents on W. 231 Street had their drainage ditches and culverts filled in when this was not done on Gessner. Mayor Musial responded that the same question had been asked at the last Council meeting and Service Director Bohlmann had explained that Gessner Road is a county project and W. 231 is a city project. Service Director Bohlmann agreed with the Mayor and stated that we are looking into the possibility of doing Gessner Road next year. There are a great number of streets in the city that do have roadside ditches. We try to cover some each year. He would love to be able to do every street in the city as it is a very significant maintenance problem. Mr. Perrell said he thought the people who have already covered their ditches at their own expense should get their money back. Tim Wooten, 23700 Gessner Road, has anorth/south drainage ditch running from Gessner Road through his property. The ditch is on the east side of his property and extends into the back of the Delmere Arms Apartments, winds its way behind the car wash and eventually crosses Clague Road. He has made numerous appeals to the city to have this ditch covered at least north from Gessner Road the length of his property. He would like to add it to the list if it can be done. On another matter, Mr. Wooten wondered why North Olmsted residents do not qualify for the summer sprinkling 7