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Council Minutes of 9/21/2004 ~~, Joe Kolar, 4598 Vernon Drive ~~,. Supports what Mr. Jacko said about parking on the island of the cul-de-sac. He has lived there for 16 years, and people have parked in the cul-de-sac for years. This is large and not the typical cul-de-sac. When the city changed the ordinance for parking on the fire hydrant side of the street, the police were going to write tickets for parking there. Councilman McKay came and looked at the area and felt the residents should have a place to park since it was such a big area. The city posted signs and the residents were allowed to park on the island side. The police did investigate and agreed it was legal to park on that side. Suddenly, this past Sunday, the police issued tickets. The letter from the Safety Director said the question of parking on the cul-de- sac is undecided. Why were the tickets issued? The police refuse to answer that question. Councilman Miller said he agreed that reasonableness is part of this issue. His concern is whether emergency vehicles have access to the island if there are cars parked. From the diagram, it seems that they should be able to have access with the possible exception of the curve area. That will be the deciding factor as to what should be done. Mr. Kolar commented that the residents have been reasonable about the parking. They haven't parked on the circle part of the island. They have always parked on the straight side so there's always been a way for a fire truck to get down. They are not going to put themselves or their homes in jeopardy. Charles Dial, 27959 Gardenia ^ Questioned Law Director Dubelko as to whether the Ohio Revised Code requires that public records be archived in their original form. He is concerned about how Finance Director Copfer is going to retain records. Finance Director Copfer said she planned to take the issue to the records retention commission for guidance. Law Director said two issues were presented: One is the obligation of the city to maintain records and make them available to the public in whatever form they are being kept. Mrs. Copfer correctly touched upon the need for retention schedules. Those are established by the city's records commission, which is an on-going activity in our city headed by the Safety Director that will establish permanent schedules to instruct as to when records in different formats can be destroyed. LEGISLATION Ordinance No. 2004-b6 introduced by Councilman Gareau was given its third reading. An ordinance amending Section 1161.05 of the city's Zoning Code in order to adjust minimum parking standards for large unit commercial developments. Councilman Gareau moved for adoption, and the motion was seconded by Councilman Limpert. Roll call: Gareau, yes; Limpert, yes; Dailey, yes; Kasler, yes, with comment. It is her hope that the Planning Director and other parties who are appropriate to this issue will mandate and guarantee through future legislation that the property being preserved through this reduction in parking space remain or be constructed to green. She is hoping that is a follow-up to this ordinance. Roll call continued: McKay, no; Miller, no, with comment. He could support this ordinance if it required atrade-off-the 20'~o change in parking to become green space. However, it's folly to believe that developers buy commercially priced property to plant grass on it. What will happen is we will have fewer parking 14