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. MINUTES OF THE MEETII~ OF THE COUNCI L THE CITY OF NORgI OLMSTED, OHIO SEPTEMBER 5, 1961 - 8:15 PM. Present were Paul J. Gareau, Mayor; Bruce MacDonald, President of Council; Henry Caster, Dewey Limpert~ A.L. Mang ani~ Lillian Nicholas, Francis J, O~Neill~ tleorge Porter. Also present were C.J, Oviatt~ Solicitor; Alex Kanareff, Engineer; W.L. Gerlach, Finance Director; and Louise Hall, Clerk. Absent; Ralph Christman, Lloyd E. Barnes, Service Director; J,T. Wilson, Safety Director, The minutes of the regulax mee~i.ng of August 15~ 1961 were approved as corrected, The minutes of the special meetings of August 21~ 1961 arri August 22, 1961 were approved as written. The M~ror gave the Building Department report for the month of August in the absence of the Safety Director. The Clerk read a memo from the Solicitor regarding the meeting he attended pertaining to the East Ohio Gas Corapany~s recent demand for increased rates. The Clerk read a communication from the Mayor advising that the Mayor =.be Acting Service Director while Lloyd E. Barnes, Service Director , is on vacation. The Clerk advised that the signatures on the petitions to amend Sectian 1 of Article IV and Section 7 of Article IX of the Charter have been verified and that the petitions are sufficient. John Kwiat~ 211275 Maria Lane, appeared before Council to request, in order to ease the financial burden to the residents that Council authorize the installation of a pump to take the drainage from sanitary tubs in a baseme nt into the saoLtary sewer. E. Gunde, Building Commissioner, advised the residents of Maria Lane that the ordinance specifically states that the drainage fmm sanitary tubs and basement floor drains must be by gravity flow. This matter was turned over to the Streets, Sewers, Sidewalks do Ditches Committee for their recomendations as to the p.~siblity of using pumps for situations such as exist on Maria Lane. Mr. Scanlon requested information as to the status of the rezon;~of the West 231st. area and alb requested that Mr. Mangani, Chairman of the Plats Committee give him this information ire w~eting so that he may in turn give it to his clients. M.r. Mangani advised that this matter was before a 3oint committee composed of the Legislative Committee of Council and the Planning Commission and a special assistant to the Solicitor and that at their last meeting it was agreed to recommend that all property along Lorain Road, be rezoned to a commercial district for a depth of 500 ft. or to the rear property line whichever occurred first on all property other than corners. All corners would. be zoned back 275 ft. or to the rear property line whichever occurred first. Mr. Mangani also stated that he would a~~x~-_ a~-~ a letter to Mr. Scanlon so that he would have the information in writing for his clients. N-s. Manganii in the absence of Mr. Christman reported on the Streets, Sidewadts~ Sewers and Ditches Committee meeting of August 22, 1961 regarding the improvement plans of Candelight Sub-division, which have been returned to the Engineer for study; improvement plans -Michael Varady Sub-division which were referred back to the Committee for further study; and the Service Directors request to study giving grantors the right to connect future lateral sewers to the existing trunk sewers without charge which the Com¢n3.ttee feels cannot be done. Mr. Mangani also reported on the Streets, Sidewalks Sewers & Ditches Committee meeting of August 23, 1961 with. Floyd Browner Mayor, Solicitor, and Building Commissioner. Mrs. Nicholas reported that she had contacted a Mr. Lohr about the possibility of obtai ni.ng a piece of propet~ty 130 ft, wide by 11100 ft, deep on Walter Rd. to be used as an extension to the Clague Rd. Playground thereby giving an access at the west end of the playground. This matter was turned over to the Administration