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Council Minutes of 9/16/2003 the Mayor answered by the end of next week. Mr. Gareau noted that Mr. Kennedy, one of the residents who attended the committee meeting, is the Service Director for the City of Fairview Park. He understands what a property maintenance program can do for a community as Fairview has an aggressive program. Mrs. Kasler said she felt that we needed to do more as a community and to endeavor to make everyone responsible to their neighbor. If there is a property that seems to be bringing a neighborhood down, a knock on the door might be more appropriate than just adrive-by look at the property. Mayor Musial said he concurred with that approach. Mr. Nashar asked Law Director Dubelko if he wanted to be made aware of property maintenance complaints. Mr. Dubelko said the primary enforcement responsibility is with the Building Department, and the Law Department becomes involved for the small percentage of cases that cannot be resolved. Councilman Miller, chairperson of the Intra-Governmental Relations and Legislation; Long-Range Planning Committee: 1) The Mayor has asked Council to approve the appointment of Mr. Mark Yager from the Architectural Review Board to the Planning Commission for the unexpired term of Kate O'Rourke who has resigned. The term is January 1, 2001 through December 31, 2005. In light of the fact that Mr. Yager is currently a member of one of the city boards and commissions, it was not necessary to interview him. Councilman Miller moved that Mark Yager be appointed to the Planning Commission, and the motion was seconded by Councilwoman Kasler. Roll call: Miller, yes; Kasler, yes; Dailey, yes; McKay, yes, with comment. He has sat in on a number of meetings with Mr. Yager, and he is very good and he is very much in favor of upgrading the City of North Olmsted. He should be a good man for this job. Roll call continued: Limpert, yes, noting that he concurred with Mr. McKay's comment. Rall call continued: Gareau, yes; Nashar, yes. The motion was passed unanimously. 2) The Intra-Governmental Relations and Legislation; Long-Range Planning Committee met on September 10 to discuss and interview Mr. John Crook for the position vacated by Mr. Yager on the Architectural Review Board. The appointment, to be effective on October 1, will be from January 1, 2003 to December 31, 2004. Mr. Croak is a resident of Avon Lake, though recently was a resident of North Olmsted. He is an experienced architect who currently works for ADA Architects. Mr. Crook is a graduate of Miami University and also has attended Electronics Technology Institute where he completed an eight-week course on the CAD systems. Mr. Crook was well received and recommended unanimously to fill the position on the Architectural Review Board. Councilman Miller moved to appoint John Crook to the Architectural Review Board. The motion was seconded by Councilman Nashar and passed unanimously. 3) The committee discussed the use of the old library site. In attendance for the discussion were Council members Gareau, Kasler, Nashar, Limpert, McKay and Miller; Mayor Musial, Law Director Dubelko; Mr. Lang and Mr. Barker from the Landmarks Commission and Mr. Burns from Friends of the Library. The meeting was held at the request of the Mayor to update Council on the status of the negotiations with the school board in relationship to the old library site and to address the issue of whether the site should be sold or leased. It was the Mayor's proposal to the committee that the city keep the building. One new issue discussed was that the building is not approximately 12,000 square feet but rather 11,000 square feet. Further, the school board indicated that they have no desire to lease space under any circumstances for the Law Department's use. 9 .~.. _.., ,. ;_