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fp.~.y~. .. . Council Minutes of 6/3/2008 the appointment of Mr. Lou Brossard to the Charter Review Commission. Councilman Ryan moved that Council appoint Mr. Lou Brossard to the Charter Review Commission for the term which ends December 31, 2008. The motion was seconded by Councilman Gareau and passed unanimously. Councilman Barker, chairperson of the Building, Zoning & Development Committee: 1) The Building, Zoning and Development Committee met Tuesday May 27, 2008 at 7:25 p.m. Present were members Barker, Gareau and Dailey Jones; Council Members Kearney, Mahoney, Orlowski and President Kennedy; Law Director Dubelko; Mr. Angelo Papotto owner, Mr. Richard Panza from the law firm of Wickens, Herzer, Panza, Cook & Batista and Gary Lehky of Cleveland Spray Booth all representing Suburban Collision Center located at 26618 Brookpsrk Ext. in North Olmsted, and neighboring residents. On the agenda was the pc~ssihe extension of the temporary conditional use permit for Suburban Collision Center negotiated between Mr. Panza and Law Director Dubelko. Council granted a temporary conditional use permit to Suburban in October of 2005 for one year. At that time, a test was to be done to warrant the approval of a permanent conditional use permit, Because of timing of the permits and time to get up and running, it was determined in December of 2(}06 that the testing for the permanent issuance would not be at the correct time. Council extended the temporary permit to June of 2007. The test that was done in June of 2007 came back with mixed results from not only their expert but also the city's expert. Discussions began between the city and Suburban to look at what the test had shown and what could be done to show improvement at the facility from that point on. After eleven months, we have come to the point where the administration, the Law Department, and Suburban are suggesting that a two-year temporary extension be given to Suburban Collision Center so that they can install new spray booth equipment, move the stacks approximately 80 feet forward, and retest again around the summer of 2010. This extension would be provided so that Suburban has some incentive to spend approximately $362,000 for this major improvement. Mr. Panza and Mr. Lehky, the person who will be installing the new equipment, stated that odors and contaminates will now be close to 98% removed versus the 60 to 65% now supposedly being removed. The city's expert has commented that the system that is being proposed is an excellent system. During the discussion, comments were made that we all have been told this before and that would explain the doubt that many residents still have with this new proposal. It was explained by Mr. Lehky that, with the existing equipment and the odor problems that Suburban is having, the procedure that Suburban was using to try to solve the problem was actually creating a bigger problem. Mr. Papotto was diligent in trying to solve the problem by adding additional filtering which in theory was a good idea; but in actuality by adding the additional filtering, it slowed down the air movement in the booths and that herd create more of an odor problem. Mr. Panza, representing Mr. Papotto, said that his client is installing a system that will far exceed any equipment in the city of North Olmsted. It was stated that the present system meets all national standards, but it was pointed out by Mr. Dubelko that it does not meet the local standard and the feeling is that this new system will. Is it possible that after this new system is installed will no one complain? Mr. Panza said he cannot make that claim and that is understood by all. What Mr. Panza will claim is that once they are done, there will not be another body shop, dry cleaner or 7 ~w~v~