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Council Minutes of 4/4/2000 • First National Supermarkets Inc., DBA Tops, 26350 Great Northern Shopping n~. .,.~ Center. This was a transfer (C2, C2X, D6) to Tops Inc., DBA Tops, 26350 Great Northern Shopping Center. The committee recommended approval. Mr. O'Grady moved that Council approve the liquor permit transfer from First National Supermarkets Inc. to Tops Inc. The motion was seconded by Mr. Limpert and unanimously approved. • Success Management Inc., 25973 Great Northern Blvd. transfer (D2, D2X, D3) to Trimus LLC, 29047 Lorain Road. The committee recommended approval. Mr. O'Grady moved that Council approve the liquor permit transfer from Success Management Inc. to Trimus LLC,. The motion was seconded by Mr. Limpert and unanimously approved. Mr. McKay, chairperson of the Finance Committee: 1) The committee met on April 4. In attendance were committee members O'Grady, Limpert, McKay; President of Council Saringer; Councilpersons Gareau, Miller and Kasler; Mayor Musial, Service Director Bohlmann, Safety Director Jenkins and Finance Director Copfer; numerous residents from the Bradley Road area. The purpose of the meeting was to review capital improvements. It was the desire of all of Council to meet on Saturday, April 8, at 12 noon to make a visit to the sites where the improvements are needed. At that time, the proposals will again be discussed. 2) The committee reviewed a proposal to improve Canterbury Road South from Butternut Ridge to the golf course. More information is needed before any decision on that project can be made. AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION Gemma Szabo, 30837 Bradley Road, expressed concern about Ordinance 2000-32 which authorizes the city to purchase land on Bradley Road. Mrs. Szabo asked for a definition of "municipal purpose" as used in the legislation. Law Director Gareau said it means basically the acquisition is to be used for some municipal purpose--be it service, recreation or anything that the city is involved in and there is expressed a need to acquire the property for the municipal purpose. Mrs. Szabo asked why the city wants to buy the property and let it stand for 10 years or so when the city does not have the money to pay the bills it has right now. The city is in debt, and she has heard many times that the money is not there. How come this money was found? President Saringer explained that this legislation will be assigned to a committee to be further discussed. The Mayor is presenting the ordinance tonight and, to her knowledge, it has not been discussed. She does not know the cost or what the plans are. Mr. Gareau suggested that Mrs. Szabo address her questions to the Mayor. Mrs. Szabo said she and the other neighbors have been disrupted with this issue many times and she wants to know why the city has to buy that land. Mayor Musial said the situation has changed a little bit. From his point of view, he would prefer the city buy that land rather than have aself-storage unit go into that area. As part of a long-range plan (20-25 years), he would like to provide more green space in North Olmsted. Once the land is gone to a private enterprise, we are not going to get it back. From his point of view, he wants the city to own that for future "~" generations. President Saringer asked if there had been a proposal for a storage facility in 4