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Council Minutes of 6/6/2006 5) Attended a briefing at NASA today on behalf of the Mayor to discuss the new project leadership being .assigned at NASA Glenn that will utilize existing employees. There was no discussion of increases in staffing, though it appears this may reduce or eliminate the remaining projected job cuts, which is good for residents of North Olmsted who work at NASA. Official labor estimates won't be available until the fall, although they seemed enthusiastic that this is just Phase I of the constellation space exploration initiative and that NASA Glenn will be more likely to ..get more work because it is the next generation space exploration. Unfortunately for Fairview, the buildings on the north side of Brookpark will be closed and all NASA activity is being moved over to the south side which is in a different city. That is a very big loss to Fairview, but there are opportunities of other entities that do want to come in there. Councilman Ryan questioned Finance Director Copfer on whether or not she had received the requested information from the Rocky River Court. Mrs. Copfer said she had been diligent in trying to obtain the information and will continue to do so. Mr. Ryan suggested, if she received the information in time, she discuss it at the upcoming Finance Committee meeting. Council President Kennedy reported on the Committee-of-the-Whole: 1) The committee met today at 7:15 p.m. to discuss the proposed tattoo parlor located at 30584 Lorain Road. Present were Council Members Ryan, Tallon, Barker, Miller, Jones, Orlowski and Kennedy. The proposed owner Mr. Wulff fielded questions from various Council members with regards to business hours, age of clientele, potential clientele, as well as the set-up of the proposed store. At the committee meeting, a motion was made by Mr. Ryan and seconded by Mrs. Jones not to reaffirm the Planning & Design Committee's recommendation for approval of the tattoo parlor. The motion failed to a vote of 4-3. Councilman Barker moved to approve Wulff Tattoo Studio proposed location at 30584 and 30585 Lorain Road, North Olmsted, per all recommendations of boards and commissions. Law Director Dubelko suggested the motion be stated more generally as a motion to approve the ruling of the Funning & Design Commission that tattoo parlors are a like and similar use in a General Retail Business District and therefore permitted. Councilman Barker so moved. The motion was seconded by Councilman Tallon. Councilman Orlowski asked the Law Director if Council was considering a tattoo parlor on a one-case scenario at a time. Law Director Dubelko answered no, that under Chapter 1123.10 of the Zoning Cade, where a particular use is not provided for any of the districts, the applicant has the right to request a ruling as to whether or not that use is permitted in a particular district. So, the ruling of Planning & Design Commission, regardless of how they worded the motion, determined that tattoo parlors are permitted in a General Retail Business District. Roll call: Barker, yes; Tallon, yes, with comment that he knows Mrs. Jones received a lot of calls about this. But Council received a report from the Law Director stating the reasons far which this could be turned down. The reasons all have to be substantiated. The Law Director indicated that, if this was not passed, it could be considered infringing on First Amendment rights and the city could be opened up to a lawsuit and compensation for withholding business fmrn operating in the city. Therefore, he votes yes because he basically doesn't see an out. Roll call 5 ~~