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Council Minutes of 1/18/2005 direction of the current fire station. Property No. 2 is located behind the current fire station. It is an undeveloped wooded area, triangular shaped, and has very narrow frontage. It does abut Wellesly and Pheasant's Walk, and there are fifteen residences along that property. The Fire Dept. felt that it would be a disruptive neighbor to those residences. Property No. 3 consists of four separate properties west of the current fire station, and is actually for sale. Property No. 4 includes multiple properties and is located on the south side of Lorain Road near Christman Drive. This property would require accumulating several properties and several negotiations with different property owners. The committee discussed the GIS analysis and the response time issue and what effect that would have by moving the fire station further west on Lorain Road. The Fire Dept. reported that the average response time in North Olmsted is 3 minutes and 30 seconds. The GIS study narrowed the preferred location to a range of addresses based upon preferred response time. During the discussion, an additional parcel was suggested by Councilman Gazeau. The parcel is undeveloped land at 29992 Lorain Road, Permanent Parcel No. 233-11-004. The lot is 1,288 feet further west on Lorain Road and is 2.25 acres, 171 feet wide, 508 feet deep, and 97,801 squaze feet. The parcel seems to fit the pazameters as suggested by the Fire Dept. for site construction. The Fire Dept. felt that this site was perhaps too far west. Councilman Gazeau's calculations indicate it is approximately 25 seconds of increased response time at 35 mph by moving further west down the road. One other issue discussed was that the GIS in dealing with response time did not take into consideration what impact neighboring communities have by their response to emergencies in North Olmsted and specifically what impact the future of regionalized fire service would have. It was the committee's opinion that perhaps the city should be considering response times and siting the fire station in consideration to what other communities provide to North Olmsted. For instance, Olmsted Township can service the south end of North Olmsted along Fitch Road, and Westlake which can service the north end of North Olmsted in the area of Dover Center and Canterbury roads. That issue was brought up, discussed and taken into consideration by the committee. Regazding the additional pazcel that was brought forwazd, it was the committee's feeling that it did have the potential to be more along the lines of what the city was looking for although it was a smaller site. It should at least be given consideration. After discussion, the committee unanimously recommended approval of it. Appraisals will be obtained for two pazcels: Parcel No. 1 that the Fire Dept. had indicated was its optimal choice; the parcel at 29992 Lorain Road, P. P. No. 233-11- 004. One of the considerations for the second parcel was that, as undeveloped land with no structures, it could possibly be obtained at lower cost. City Council will review the appraisals before making a recommendation. • Ordinance 2004-80, an ordinance amending Section 1363.07 of Chapter 1363 of the Real Property Maintenance Code entitled "Duties and Responsibilities of Owners and Operators" in order to update and upgrade standards relating to the exterior appeazance of residential buildings and premises in the City of North Olmsted, and declaring an emergency as amended. This issue of property maintenance has been discussed for several years, but more specifically since about the beginning of summer last year. At one point, Council was going to have a formal Council hearing on the issue of real property maintenance. Instead of that, Council chose to proceed 6