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Council Minutes of 9/16/2003 unanimously recommended to proceed with phase two. However, he continues to be concerned about that, and he discussed the issue with the Law Director. Per the ruling of the Law Director, this matter will be proceeding before City Council. He will be happy to review it in the Recreation Committee if requested to do so. ^ Because of the city's contract with Coca Cola dating back to 1999, a question was presented to the Law Director and to the city as to whether the non-recreational users of the North Olmsted Park must serve Coca Cola. The answer is yes. And this goes so far as to include what the individual vendors during Homecoming weekend must sell to their potential customers. He believes that goes a little beyond what at least City Council envisioned when the city entered into the agreement. Community Council feels this presents a hardship upon them in getting vendors for the Homecoming. If they are forced to serve Coke instead of Pepsi, some potential booth spaces may be lost. He has requested that the Law Director provide a modification from the contract that would exempt out this particular weekend, particularly given the fact that it is not the city itself selling the product but rather people who have paid the Community Council and who are using the park in which to provide a variety of beverages to prospective customers. AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION Dennis Lambert, 25057 Carey Lane. ^ As a former Fairview Park City Council member, he noted that city was diligent in the enforcement of their codes. ^ Wanted to congratulate the Mayor publicly for victory in winning the ethics issue before the grand jury. He doesn't know anybody in the world who doesn't have a special agenda or motive for doing what they do. He is a firm believer in due process in America-that's what makes America great. He has been a survivor of due process and would like to congratulate the Mayor on victory because it means he has done what is right. He hopes the whole issue will be dropped at this point. Mayor Musial responded that it had not been an ethics issue but rather a criminal issue. ^ Regarding the Law Dept. using public buildings, he would like the Law Director to have private office in case he has to work on a private case during the day. Law Director Dubelko responded that he does not do any private practice out of his Community Building office. As far as he is concerned, that is city property. ^ Regarding the library issue, he doesn't like Resolution 2003-122. It seems like the city is overstepping the line by putting tables and chairs in the library. Items to make it a public building, such as carpeting, are okay. Tables and chairs are questionable. But audio-visual equipment is beyond what should be done. Will the city buy the books too? County taxpayers should pick this up-not the city. We pay plenty of taxes for library use from property taxes and the city should not be picking up these expenses. Law Director Dubelko said it was and is a cooperation agreement between the county library system and the city. It states that we just don't build a library, we build and furnish. We have an obligation to furnish. There have been some gray areas, and this was the balance that was struck with respect to what the city would furnish. Additional issues have come up that the Board of Control has wrestled with. For example, on the security system, the library was told it was their responsibility if i2