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Council Minutes of 04-19-2016 Clerk of Council Gallo read an E-mail from Ward 2 resident, Gloria Emerson, regarding coyotes as a nuisance in her neighborhood. AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION Dennis Lambert, 25057 Carey Lane said that many years ago, North Olmsted's bus routes were taken over by the RTA. There was much public debate about that back then. Lambert said that during these discussions, Norm Musial privately told him that the city still has licensing for the use of that bus even though the city does not have the bus routes. The largest convention is coming in July; four days of hundreds of thousands of people pouring into this town. There is shopping and food services; one of the best spots. The city has a highly skilled and highly paid City Planner that should be out there organizing to provide busing to and from the convention downtown. They can leave their cars in North Olmsted at hotels and motels and take a bus downtown instead of having to pay for parking. It's a moneymaker for the city, business, restaurants and hotels in North Olmsted. The city cannot afford to sit back and let these opportunities go by. Lambert referenced the Mayor's report, and he asked the Mayor if he meant May 11th for yard waste pick-up instead of April 11 th. Mayor Kennedy said that Republic Waste starts their yard waste pick-up on April 11th. Lambert said it's now April 19th and his neighbor has had his yard waste in the front yard and a truck has not come by to pick it up. Mayor Kennedy said yard waste should be placed out on garbage day. Lambert said according to the information that was sent out, yard waste pick-up starts in May. He will provide a copy of the information to the Mayor. Mark Mahoney, 26808 Fairfax Lane said he is here to discuss the Butternut School conversion proposal that was approved by Council two weeks ago. He disagrees with the vote and passing this proposal. He does not know of any other city that has a bus parking location in a residential area. There was one plan and only one plan presented by the school board — take it or leave it. Butternut Ridge Road has no curbs and is already in disrepair. He knows the buses currently go down Butternut, but this just adds to the congestion. This street is busy almost every hour of the day. For those reasons, he thinks this is a bad proposal. The behavior of the school board is aggressive, and they are very difficult to work with. They have shown an abrasive attitude that he cannot figure out. They sent an attorney to the Landmarks Commission meeting where this was discussed. At the first Planning & Design Commission meeting, this proposal was tabled because a representative from the schools was not present at the meeting. At the second Planning & Design Commission meeting, the school's architect gave a presentation, and the proposal passed 5-2. The Building, Zoning & Design Committee of Council voted 3-0 to not recommend the proposal. Council has committees for a reason. The reason is to divide the work effort. The notion is the three members of each committee scrutinize more than the others and make recommendations to the entire body of Council. Mr. Schumann — who had been on the Landmarks and Planning & Design Commission for a long time, Mr. Barker — the senior member of Council, and Ms. Williamson made a unanimous recommendation to all of Council to vote no on this proposal. When the matter came before the full Council, it passed 4-3 with a notion/reference to litigation. Mahoney addressed Councilman Limpert and asked him where he heard the notion about litigation. Councilman Limpert stated that Dr. Zalar presented information during the BZD 6