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Council Minutes of 6/19/2001 M population numbers of the wards are fair. The motion passed with four yeas and two ~~- nays. Councilman O'Grady, Council's representative to the Fair Housing Review Boazd: 1) He reported that the boazd met on Monday, June 18. There was significant concern on the part of the administration and the members of the review board with regard to the substantial equivalency recognition that HUD has offered the City of North Olmsted. The concern was, if the substantial equivalency was accepted, would the city be committed to more involvement in HUD than what was intended. For example, would the city be committing to establish a HL7D satellite office that would take care of HUD complaints outside of our city. Those concerns aze significant concerns, and it's for that reason that the boazd has held up with the acceptance of this offer of substantial equivalency. The boazd met with Gary Williams, the chief counsel of the City of Shaker Heights and the administrator of their fair housing board, code and programs. He reassured the board that the substantial equivalency would be in the best interests of the City of North Olmsted. It would not commit the city to work outside of our own borders. Rather, it would allow people who feel they have a fair housing issue to have an avenue within the city to pursue a resolution to their question or issue before it goes to the courts. Mr. Williams strongly urged the boazd to go forwazd. Based on that recommendation, the boazd has asked Assistant Law Director Dubelko to contact Claudia Nichols of the Chicago HUD office to set up a meeting to again get a confirmation on these questions. If in fact she confirms what Mr. Williams has said, it would be the board's recommendation, with the concurrence of the Mayor, to recommend to Council that the city accept the designation of substantially equivalent city for HUD purposes. Shaker Hts. and Parma aze two of a small number of cities in the state to have such a designation. Councilman Nashaz, chairperson of the BZD Committee: 1) The BZD Committee met on June 11. Present were committee members McKay, O'Grady, Nashar; President of Council Saringer; Councilmen Miller, Limpert; Mayor Musial, Administrative Assistant Creadon, City Engineer Deichmann, Assistant Building Commissioner Rymazczyk. Agenda items were as follows: • Wal-Mart, 24801 Brookpark Road, a proposal to build a garden center canopy. Representing Wal-Mart was azchitect Chris Farnet. The gable end of the building will be of an EFIS beige material which will match the front of the building. The framing of the new garden center will be aluminum bazs. The roof material will be a polycazbonate material, which is similaz to a very thick plastic, and will be bronze in color with brown headers. The total area will be approximately 6,028 squaze feet. The roof will be in the design of a pyramid shape facing Country Club Boulevazd. The storm drains will be tied into the existing drains. After discussion, the committee unanimously recommended approval of the Wal-Mart proposal subject to all the recommendations of the various boazds and commissions. Mr. Nashaz moved that Council approve the Wa1-Mart proposal subject to all the recommendations of the boards and commissions. The motion was seconded by Mr. McKay. Mr. McKay noted that there needed to be clazification before the vote because Wal-Mart had been asked to take caze of a problem in the parking lot between that proposed addition and 4