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Council Minutes of 6-02-2020 • The State budget for the next year, which starts July 1, has a $2.5 billion budget hole. They have about a 3.6% budget cut they are still looking for. Councilman Brossard Chairman of the Public Safety, Health & Welfare Committee: The Public Safety, Health & Welfare Committee met on Tuesday, May 19, 2020 at 7:21 p.m. Present were committee members Brossard, Williamson and Limpert; Council members Glassburn, Hemann, Kelly and Schumann; Council President Jones; Mayor Kennedy, Director of Finance Copfer, Director of Human Resources Gallo, Director of Safety & Service Glauner, Director of Planning & Community Development Lieber and guests. • The committee met to discuss the response to the COVID-19 crisis. The discussion centered on policies and procedures at City Hall, Springvale, Recreation Center and Mayor's Court to name a few. At the Recreation Center, fitness stations will be spread out and sanitized. The CDC guidelines for temperature checks will be followed. There will be one way entrance and exits at the facilities. In general, the City will be following the guidelines from the Cuyahoga County Board of Health. Councilwoman Williamson Chairwoman of the Building, Zoning & Development Committee: The Building, Zoning & Development Committee met on Tuesday, June 2, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. Present were committee members Williamson, Limpert and Schumann; Councilmembers Brossard, Glassburn, Hemann and Kelly; Council President Jones; Mayor Kennedy, Director of Human Resources Gallo, Director of Safety & Service Glauner, Director of Planning and Community Development Lieber, the applicant and guests. • Discussed first was CMS 19-13405 Dunkin' Donuts located at 5581 Stearns Road. The applicant proposes to construct a new drive-through restaurant in the portion of the lot north of the existing Rite-Aid building. The area between the existing and proposed building is being reserved for potential future development. The building is just under 2,400 square feet. The project involves disruption to a significant number of existing mature trees on the site. Landscape buffers are included for the new development area adjacent to the commercial property to the east and residentially zoned property to the north. Streetscape plantings are proposed along the entire Stearns Road frontage. The applicant proposes a new curb cut from Stearns Road. The city required a traffic study to be completed and the plans have incorporated the recommendations of the traffic engineer. The right-of-way will be modified, at the applicant's expense, to allow for a left turn land on southbound Stearns leading up to the curb cut. A right turn land on northbound Stearns Road will be constructed. The curb cut will allow traffic to enter from both directions while vehicles exiting at Stearns may only turn right. Storm water will be managed primarily through an added underground storage system located just north of the new Stearns Road curb cut. The lighting plan is 2