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Council Minutes of 9/2/2003 various meetings. The committee recommended approval of the ordinance as amended and under suspension this evening with the emergency clause to be added. 2) He is in receipt of a letter from the Mayor requesting that Council approve his reappointment of Beverle Martindale and Gordon Thompson to the Cultural Activities Committee for the remainder of this year. The term is 1/1/03 through 12/31/03. Councilman Miller moved that Council approve the appointment of Beverle Martindale and Gordon Thompson to the Cultural Activities Commission. The motion was seconded by Councilman Gareau and passed unanimously. 3) As reported at a previous Council meeting, the school board was eager to move forward and hear from the city as to the disposition of the old library building. They had hoped to have the issue resolved by the first of September. The Mayor and Law Director were requested to put together a proposal for Council, but that has not been received. Mayor Musial commented that he was awaiting the appraisal on the library property. When that is received, he will contact the school superintendent about their appraisal and will then be able to make a permanent proposal to Council. He hopes to complete the process within a week. Law Director Dubelko said that the appraisal had been received today. Councilman Miller agreed to add this item to his committee meeting agenda. Mayor Musial: 1) He participated in the AFL/CIO parade on Saturday. The weather was great. Unfortunately, the attendance was very sparse, but there was a good showing by the union members. North Olmsted made a good showing with NOMBL and AFSCME. 2) Interviews for the Planning Director will be held tomorrow. A selection should be made with seven to ten days. President O'Grady noted that he had also participated in the AFL/CIO parade. Although attendance on the audience side was sparse, the attendance among the union representatives was truly impressive. It was a very impressive showing of solidarity. AUDIENCE PARTICIl'ATION 1) Don Pangrac, 23470 Shazon Drive. ^ Regarding cutting the grass along Brookpazk Road, he wondered if the city was going to hold the homeowners responsible to cut the grass that is on the property owned by the State of Ohio. Councilman Gareau said he did not know the answer to the question, but the way it has been presented in the past is that the homeowner is responsible to maintain the lawn which was within the right-of--way. The problem on Brookpark Road is the land is fairly sizable and runs quite a distance between the resident's property line and the paved portion of the roadway. That is a pretty big burden to put on somebody to ask them to mow an area that could be equivalent to a quarter of their current parcel. That is more than mowing a treelawn. This needs to be addressed, whether it be done administratively or through legislation. Councilman McKay noted that there is a portion of old Columbia Road which also has a problem. The residents have frontage on Columbia Road, and the back portion of their property abuts Route 252. Should they be required to cut on both sides? He believes that 5