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Council Minutes of 4/18/2006 system. Ohio is one of five states to use that method, and Ohio relies upon property taxes to fund schools. It is unfair to our children, it's unfair to our property owners, it is unconstitutional. We need to take issue with the Ohio General Assembly and our representatives in Columbus to get that fixed. But until they get it fixed, he asks for everyone's support of our schools and support of the levies on the ballot May 2. Councilman Miller, chairperson of the Cable Advisory Committee: 1) On April 11, the Cable Advisory Committee met to discuss the issue presented in Ordinance 2006-83. This is an ordinance conditionally approving the request for a transfer of control of the cable television franchise from WOW to Avista and declaring an emergency. Mr. Dubelko advised the committee with the assistance of outside counsel. This basically is a change of the pazent ownership of WideOpenWest to Avista. The committee was advised that the appropriate ordinance would be available tonight. The committee recommended approval and asked that it be passed under suspension of the rule. Councilman Gareau, chairperson of the Building, Zoning and Development Committee: 1) The BZD Committee met on April 11, 2006. In attendance were committee members Gareau, Miller and Orlowski; Council Members Dailey Jones, Barker, Ryan and Tallon; Law Director Dubelko, Planning Director Wenger, Assistant Building Commissioner Rymarczyk and Human Resources Director Farver. Agenda items: • Exit 2 Storage. A proposal to construct 24 outdoor storage spaces adjacent to its indoor storage units. As he had performed legal services for Exit 2 Storage, he abstained from the discussion and vote and relinquished the chair to Councilman Miller for this section of the committee meeting. Councilman Miller will give the report: Councilman Miller: As it pertains to Exit 2 Storage, a discussion was had and plat maps were provided. There was a review of the landscaping issue. It was felt that the pine trees for the landscaping should at least be considered to be placed closer as the spacing was a bit wide. The committee discussed the maintenance of stored vehicles. Vehicles may azrive in good condition, but over time may become under disrepair and also the covers may come loose. The Law Dept. advised that the city's current codes would be applicable and could address that issue. Another issue was the discussion of boats on trailers-that the stored vehicles would not be boats placed on blocks but rather would be placed on trailers. The Law Dept. asked for time to review that issue, whether or not in fact that would be an RV and appropriate application of the code would apply. Recently, the Law Dept. has indicated that a new issue had arisen in regards to the location of storage. The code requires that storage must occur to the rear of the property, not on the side. However, this particular property is laid out so that there is no rear property, there is only side. That issue requires further discussion, and the Exit 2 Storage proposal remains in committee. l~J 7