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Council Minutes of 6/15/2004 be located on the city property or the library property, and then who would in turn be responsible for maintenance of the fence. If it is being built on library property as part of the project, the library would assume responsibility for that fence. The committee, upon the recommendation of the Planning Director and discussion with the Service Director, indicated that the fencing should be forwarded to the Planning Commission for their input since we have not received any Planning Commission approval of this particular part of the project. The matter remains in committee at this time. • Ordinance 2004-103, an ordinance amending Section 149.02 of Chapter 149 of the Administrative Code of the City of North Olmsted entitled "Planning Commission" so as to expand notification of residents and property owners for review of development plans which also include rezoning proposals. This ordinance expands the notice for site plans and development plans when a development plan is accompanied with a request to rezone. The notice of development site plans currently is listed for contiguous property owners. The notice for rezoning issues is 1,000 feet. This creates a disjointed notice provision, whereby some people who are immediately adjacent may receive notice of the project. If there is a rezoning proposal, the notice becomes wider and more people become interested, unfortunately later in the process. This proposed change would provide that all property owners within 1,000 feet would receive notice of not only the development plan itself but also the rezoning as they originally would have received it. The most recent situation where this came up was the Ganley Volkswagen proposal where a lot of effort was spent speaking with people who were immediately adjacent to the project when the project went through the Planning Commission. Then, when the ordinance was introduced to rezone, property owners within a 1,000 feet were notified and their response was, "How come we didn't know about the Planning Commission meeting when this was discussed?" This was also an issue with the proposed cell tower project on the North Olmsted High School property. Hopefully, this notification issue will be addressed with this proposed change. • Ordinance 2004-66, an ordinance amending Section 1161.05 of the city's Zoning Code in order to adjust minimum parking standards for large-unit commercial developments. This matter was discussed briefly. No recommendation was made at this point because the matter is still subject to a public hearing, which will take place on August 3. AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION Charles Dial, 27959 Gardenia, asked what was happening with the "on-going tabled emergency" regarding the transformer replacement at the Waste Water Treatment Plant. The last he heard, the city was to go out for another bid. Councilman McKay answered that the matter has not been tabled. It is still in committee and awaiting a third request for proposal. As soon as that is received, the project will move forward. Service Director Driscoll came forward and agreed it is an emergency. The transformer is leaking, and at some point it's going to reach a problem where it becomes a crisis. The superintendent of the WWTP did immediately proceed and request an additional quote, and he is still waiting for that quotation to be provided. Councilman Miller noted that, 10