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Council Minutes of 3/2/99 ~ Mr. Nashar, Chairperson of the Public Safety, Health & Welfare Committee: 1) This :,,~ evening the Public Safety Committee met to discuss a stock transfer for a liquor permit located at 24108 Lorain Road, DBA Slam Jam's. The proposed transaction would transfer 300 shares from Gary R. Brooks to his mother, Lois J. Brooks, thus bringing her total shares to 600. Mr. Nashar moved that Council have no objection to a stock transfer for a liquor permit located at 24108 Lorain Road, DBA Slam Jam's. The motion was seconded by Mr. Gareau and unanimously passed. Mr. McKay, Chairperson of Streets & Drainage Committee: 1) The Streets & Drainage Committee met on Tuesday, February 23. In attendance were committee members McKay, Nashar and O'Grady; Council members Kasler, Miller, Limpert and Gareau; Council President Saringer; Mayor Musial; directors of Finance, Service and Safety. The committee discussed Ordinance 99-21, which authorizes the Service Director to advertise for bids for the construction of catch basin, manholes, sidewalks, curbing, pavement and street lighting at various locations in the city and requesting that the Mayor contract for the same. The committee recommended passage of Ordinance 99-21. AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION Bill and Ellie Gabriel, 25420 Clubside Drive, #5 in the Country Club Condominiums. First, Mr. & Mrs. Gabriel wished to thank the administration and all the members of Council for the opportunity to speak on a matter they consider important. They have given Council a copy of letters sent to their Country Club Condo Association dated 12/24/98 and a copy of a letter sent to Mr. Bernard Marcus, CEO of Home Depot, Atlanta, Georgia. Both letters were in regard to their displeasure with the buffer zone behind their condo unit in the rear of the newly opened Home Depot store. This afternoon, Mr. Gabriel had a telephone conversation with Mr. Greg Barrow, vice- president in charge of development for Developers Diversified. They talked about the buffer zone and that Mr. & Mrs. Gabriel would like to see the fence completed. There is no fence behind the Gabriel home, which is right behind Home Depot. Mr. Barrow said that Home Depot will pick up the cost of completing the fence as a good neighbor gesture. Regarding the sign on the back of the building (referring to Ordinance 95-117), Mr. Gabriel suggested that Council consider adjusting the hours for allowing deliveries, pick-ups and running of engines. (Mr. Gabriel believes that the ordinance restricts this activity from 8 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.) Home Depot opens at 6 a.m., and tow motors are often operating that early in the morning. They would like the morning time to be amended to read 8:30 a.m. They would also like to see this ordinance strictly enforced and encourage the Law Director to send the Home Depot store manager a letter stressing the facts contained in this ordinance so that he can bring them to the attention of the appropriate department heads within his store. Mr. & Mrs. Gabriel extended their personal thanks to Councilman Dean McKay for his help in bringing about a solution to their problem. Mr. Nashar noted that Ordinance 99-11, which was recently passed, does stipulate that tow motors, payloaders, backhoes and similar motorized vehicles used for loading and loading within 175 feet of residential property are restricted to 9 p.m. to 8 a.m. Mr. Gabriel said they would compromise with 8 a.m. but felt 7:30 a.m. was too early. 6 j