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Council Minutes of 1/21/2403 assistance professional services for the 2002 fiscal year and declaring an emergency. ~ Since 1999, the city has issued a Comprehensive Annual Financial Report which details the city's finances. Costin + Company is recommended by the Finance Director as it is cost ei~ective while maintaining independence by using different personnel each year. The cost will be between $12,500 and $14,500. The committee recommended approval and passage under suspension of the rule requiring three readings. ^ Resolution 2003-6, a resolution authorizing the Mayor of the City of North Olmsted to enter into an agreement with LDMI Telecommunications Inc. providing for long- distance telephone services for the city for atwo-year term and declaring an emergency. The Finance Director recommends that the city use LDMI Telecommunications to provide long-distance telephone service for the next two years. Competitive bidding is not necessary as the proposed contract is below $15,000. The committee recommended approval. Councilman Nashar, chairperson of the Building, Zoning and Development Committee: 1) The BZD Committee met on January 7 and again on January 14 to discuss a proposal for the Speedway Gas Station located at 26516 Lorain Road. The proposal consists of demolishing the existing gas station and canopy and the construction of a new building and canopy. Present were committee members McKay, Gareau and Nashar; Council members Miller, Limpert; President of Council O'Grady; Assistant Law Director O'Malley, Building Commissioner Conway. Representing Speedway were several representatives including Bruce Rinker, Tony Coyne and Catherine Radwanski. The proposal is to build a 2,300 square foot brick building, brown in color with a dumpster of the same brick. The front sidewalk will be brick according to the city code. There will be five gas islands which will be facing north and south. The new building will be set back north of the property line. The pumps will be facing Lorain Road. The sign will have a brick base and will be 8 foot from the Bound level, and there will be a new flag pole. The proposed new canopy will be 121 feet long by 28 feet wide. Speedway originally proposed an all white canopy with a red banding and signage, but some Council members did not agree with this concept and design. Speedway returned to the committee with a second proposed color scheme from all white to a light gray with a red band on the canopy. It should be noted that the present building is all brick with center brick columns. The BZD Committee asked for additional landscaping to include four Patmore ash trees and flowering cherry trees in the northeast corner, which Speedway agreed to. After discussion, the committee unanimously recommended approval. 2) The Speedway proposal was discussed again this evening at the request of Councilman Nashar. The committee discussed the issue of the five front pillars being constructed of brick. Mr. Tony Coyne, representing Speedway, agreed to bring that recommendation back to the company for consideration. (At this point, a lengthy discussion ensued as to whether a motion could be made to include the recommendation that the five pillars be constructed of brick as the meeting this evening was not a formally called committee meeting. Law Director Dubelko advised, if the committee felt that they wished to change the original recommendation to include the five brick pillars, then a motion to return it to committee would be in order.) Councilman Nashar moved that the Speedway gas station proposal be returned to the BZD Committee. The motion was seconded by Councilman 6