06/06/2006 Meeting Minutes - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

Council Minutes of 6/6/2006 said that might be worked out, and Council requested that a ditch work update be provided in order to see where the department is regarding that work before something like moving people is considered. Council encouraged the administration that, when the streets are reviewed by an outside expert, a plan be created to address the street repair situation head-on and also because the city has a limited amount of resources. Along the same note, Council encouraged the administration to continue to work with the county and state on repairing streets and finding other sources of income in order to accomplish this task. The streets tour was an excellent way for Council Members to be brought up- to-date on some of the street work that is currently in progress and also to see different areas in the city that need work. Thanks to Service Director Lirnpert for accompanying Council on the tour and offering his insight on these issues, to the members of Council for joining the Streets & Transportation Committee on this tour and sharing their experiences with the committee, and to the bus driver, Bill Miller, a former NOMBL employee, who expertly drove through the city neighborhoods. AUDIENCE PA~TI~IP.~._T~N Charles Dial, 27959 Gardenia, said he agreed with Mr. Ryan's thoughts on the Rocky River Court. He feels the court should be able to come up with a proper query to extract the requested information. Melissa Meredith, 4491 Williamstown Drive, spoke on behalf of the residents of Fine Ridge development who have had some issues with Suburban Collision Center. The business moved two paint booths which were at the Dover Center location over to the Brookpark Road extension. The residents objected to the move. They objected at the Planning Commission stage, at BZA, at BZD, and to City Council. Chief among the objections was the odor and fumes omitted would cause problems and a nuisance to the residents. Suburban brought forth a panel of experts time and time again saying that the fears were unfounded and there would not be any problem, there wouldn't be any noise, there wouldn't be odor. That is not true. The fear was founded, and there is odor numerous times throughout the week. After speaking to Council Members and the administration, the residents put together a log of when problems have occurred during the past six weeks. (Mrs. Meredith distributed the information.) The log contains comments on bay doors open, strength of odor, temperature, humidity. When Suburban did their testing, they did it on one day. Whether humidity and temperature has an affect on it, doing a test on one day would not indicate that. She is not here to criticize people who voted for it. She understands they did so because of the information from the experts that was provided. At a BZD meeting, Councilman Barker had specifically asked what the possibility of odors was when they left the doors open. They said it was very low. He followed up by asking if someone were standing outside the booth as a car pulled out, would that person smell the odor at all? They responded absolutely not, there are no fumes at all. That is not the case. Councilman Gareau recently visited the site and could verify there is an issue. The residents' goal is not to shut Suburban down, they just want the odors to stop. They have tried working with Suburban and with the city, but nothing has been accomplished. They are asking for Council's help and assistance as to 9 ~~~