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Council Minutes of 1/2/2007 2) He wishes all of Council well in 2007 and promises to continue to provide City Council with the best legal advice and counsel he can. Finance Director Copfer: 1) Hopes all had a Happy New Year. 2) October month-end financials were distributed December 5. November's month-end financials were distributed today. An overview of the General Fund reveals that revenue is up nearly $800,000 over the prior year, which is about 4%. We are at }9.2% collection of the estimated resources through November. Expenditures, while up 5.5%, after backing out the pension accruals, are at about 85% of the annual plan. It looks like about 2% or 3% of the budget will be left over. Estimating based on November and also on what she has seen so far in December, there probably will be a carry-over of about $1.2 million to $1.6 million for the end of the year. The Finance Department is closing last year and beginning work on this year. Everything is in compliance. This is the first year that the department has actually been on one computer system with payroll, AP purchasing and the general ledger for the entire year. All the detail will be there. She thanks Council for the new system as it makes the work a lot easier. Councilman Gareau, chairperson of the Building, Zoning & Development Committee: 1) The committee met on Wednesday, December 20, 2006. Present were committee members Gareau, Orlowski and Miller; Council Members Barker, Jones; City Planner Kim Wenger. There were two agenda items: • Ordinance 2006-122, an ordinance amending Section 1139.01 of the Zoning Code in order to eliminate the locational and density requirements for pet stores and animal hospitals in General Retail Business Districts. This legislation had been reviewed on a couple of occasions. It changes the density requirements for pet stores and animal hospitals in retail districts. Specifically, we used to have a restriction that limited the location of such establishments to 700 feet from residential use. We have some changes in North Olmsted that have come along. The committee felt, with the help of the Planning Director, they could take a better look at it and make good use of the legislation. It was reviewed and several changes were made. One change was to remove the 700 foot limitation. Through the committee process, animal training facilities and indoor boarding facilities were made conditional uses, while leaving pet stores, animal hospitals, grooming facilities as permitted uses in a retail district. There is no specific mention as to outdoor boarding facilities as a permitted use in a retail district-a kennel, for instance. Also, definitions were added to the code. The Planning Director worked to put together a definition section of things like an animal hospital and clinics, animal grooming facilities, animal training facilities, indoor animal boarding facilities and kennels. Input was received from Mr. Tom Lee, an attorney representing a pet store owner in North Olmsted who does have an interest in these proceedings. He was happy to present the committee with information, including one Council member who requested and received a DVD presentation about the facility, an indoor animal boarding facility. At a previous meeting, the committee heard from Mr. Jim Burns on the issue. The committee recommended approval by a vote of 2-1, with Mr. Miller dissenting. 4