1. 17526 3659 Lee Road New Sign: Nu Image Barber Shop.
   William Campbell, National Graphics Gallery, representing Lawrence Crump, owner.
2. 17527 21299 Shelburne Road Porch Alteration.
   Grant Segall, homeowner.
3. 17528 3311 Warrington Road New Garage.
   Kevin Dubber, Emerson Improvement, representing E.J. Englehart, property owner.
4. 17529 2724 Rocklyn Road Garage and Second Floor Addition.
   Dan Cooper, homeowner.
5. 17530 3607 Menlo Road New Garage.
   Ronald Firem, property owner.
6. 17498 2990 East Belvoir Oval Resubmission: Rear Patio Addition.
   Todd Alexander, Patio Enclosures, representing Dr. Leonard & Elaine Katz, homeowners.
7. 17521 2691 Chesterton Road Steps and Retaining Wall.
   Michael Supler, New Vista Enterprises, representing Michael Cronin, homeowner.
8. 17531 2699 E. Belvoir Oval New 8” Vinyl Siding: White. Trim: White.
   Ron Szymczak, contractor, representing Gretchen Hickok, homeowner.
9. 17514 3605 Warrensville Center Road Resubmission: Exterior Alterations.
   Geoffrey Varga and David Sobieski, Ralph Tyler Companies and Crandall Miller, University Hospitals, property owner.
10. 17497 3728 Chelton Road New Garage.
    Clinton Marbury, Best Builders, representing Lynda King, homeowner.
11. 17524 3678 Pennington Road New Garage.
    Clinton Marbury, Best Builders, representing Joyce Petty, homeowner.
12. 17507 19910 Malvern Road Resubmission: Chimney Extension to Allow for Wireless Antennae Installation at Hanna Perkins Center.
    Ron Gainar, AT&T, representing Hanna Perkins Center, property owner.
13. 17508 23325 Wimbledon Road Resubmission: Chimney Extension to Allow for Wireless Antennae Installation at Mercer School.
    Ron Gainar, AT&T, representing Shaker Heights City Schools, property owner.
14. 17532 22320 Canterbury Road Window Alteration: Double Casement Window to Slider Window.
    Mark Neuling, Renewal by Andersen, representing Beatrice Muller, homeowner.
15. 17533 2675 Warrensville Center Road New Deck.
    Greg Douglas, Douglas Builders, representing Lisa Mullin, homeowner.
16. 17534 18440 Chagrin Boulevard As-Built Window Alteration. Muntin Pattern Change. Oriel Windows to Double Hung Windows.
    Dawn Richardson, homeowner.
17. 17515 21180 Sydenham Road Resubmission: Landscape Elements.
    Doug Kertesz, DAK Construction, representing April Arco, homeowner.
18. 17535 3256 Glencairn Road Porch Alteration.
    William H. Childs, William H. Childs, Jr. & Associates, representing Nina Klein, homeowner.
19. 17536 16506 Fernway Road New Double 5” Vinyl Siding: Coastal Green. Trim: White.
    Kevin M. Fellows, homeowner.
20. 17537 3315 Stockholm Road New Garage.
    Marianne Jeswald, homeowner.
21. 17538 3555 Strathavon Road New Garage.
    Robert Jacops, property owner.
22. 17539 2662 Cranlyn Road Rear Porch Alteration.
    Bob Cancasci, Architectural Design Services, representing Marcie Berkson, homeowner.
23. 17540 3698 Menlo Road New Garage.
    Nathaniel Lewis, contractor, and Brandon Lewis, homeowner.
24. 3333 Warrensville Center Road Preliminary Review: Window Alterations.
    Elliott Sharp, Thornton House Condominium Association President and Richard Landis, Property Manager.
25. 13960 South Park  Preliminary Review: New House.
    David Ernat, prospective owner.

1. Meeting called to order – Chairperson Patricia Burgess
2. Introductions: Board members, William M. Ondrey Gruber,Chief Counsel, and other staff present
3. Approval of Minutes
   Minutes of the Meeting – October 3, 2007
4. Appeal of Frances W. and Robert L. Metzger
   Case No. BA-07-19-HC
   3285 Kenmore Road
   Notice of Code Violation
   WITHDRAWN BY APPELLANT BY LETTER DATED 12-3-07
5. Appeal of Thomas T. Holmes
   Case No. BA-07-20-HC
   3285 Grenway Road
   Notice of Code Violation
   RESCHEDULED FROM 10/3/07 AT APPELLANT’S REQUEST
6. Appeal of Kathryn Canaday
   Case No. BA-07-16-HC
   3317 Maynard Road
   Notice of Code Violation
   RESCHEDULED FROM 10/3/07 AT CITY’S REQUEST
   MOOT – HOUSING INSPECTION RESCINDING THE VIOLATION
7. Appeal of Jon A. Smetana
   Case No. BA-07-15-HC
   22525 Fairmount Boulevard
   Notice of Code Violation
   RESCHEDULED FROM 10/3/07 AT APPELLANT’S REQUEST
8. Appeal of Jeff and Cathy Briglia
   Case No. BA-07-23-HC
   3326 Ingleside Road
   Point of Sale Certificate of Inspection
   
   8:30 AM
9. NOTE: HEARING SCHEDULED FOR NO EARLIER THAN 8:30 A.M.
   Appeal of Ezra Rahamin
   Case No. BA-07-21-CAN
   3283 Sutton Road
   Notice of Criminal Activity Nuisance
10. Procedural Issues
11. Current Schedule of meetings:
    January 2, 2008 – only if urgent appeal filed
    February 6, 2008 – regular meeting
    March 5, 2008 – only if urgent appeal filed
    April 2, 2008 – regular meeting
    May 7, 2008 – only if urgent appeal filed
    June 4, 2008 – regular meeting
    All meetings begin at 7:30 a.m. in Conference Room B
12. Other matters
13. Adjourn

1. Roll Call.
2. Approval of minutes from the April 1, 2008 meeting.

Board of Zoning Appeals

#1676. Verizon Wireless – 20600 Chagrin Boulevard:
Public Hearing on the request of Mathew Newsome, FMHC Corporation, on behalf of Verizon Wireless, 20600 Chagrin Boulevard, to the Board of Zoning Appeals for a variance to the location requirements for motorized equipment at the Tower East office building. The applicant proposes to locate an emergency generator next to the building on the Northfield Road side of the property. The generator would power Verizon Wireless antennae on the roof. The generator is proposed next to the Northfield Road loading docks set back 29 feet from the street. It will be located adjacent to an existing generator within the existing fenced-in area. Code allows motorized equipment only on the roof or inside the building. The 3 foot by 9 foot by 8 foot tall generator will be screened from Northfield Road by the existing 8 foot tall decorative screen fence.

#1677. Verizon Wireless – 16100 Van Aken Boulevard:
Public Hearing on the request of Mathew Newsome, FMHC Corporation, on behalf of Verizon Wireless, 16100 Van Aken Boulevard, to the Board of Zoning Appeals for a variance to the location requirements for motorized equipment at the Carlton House Condominiums. The applicant proposes to locate an emergency generator next to the rear corner of the building. The emergency generator would power the Verizon Wireless antennae on the building. The generator is proposed next to an existing Verizon Wireless equipment room. Code allows motorized equipment only on the roof or inside the building. The 3 foot by 9 foot by 8 foot tall generator will be screened by an 8 foot tall wood shadow box fence.

#1678. Heartland Developers – 16900 Van Aken Boulevard:
Public Hearing on the request of Jim O’ Connor, Heartland Developers LLC, 16900 Van Aken Boulevard, to the Board of Zoning Appeals for an extension to a March 2006 variance to the construction sign regulations. The applicant proposes to maintain a construction sign/screen at the southeast corner of Van Aken Boulevard and Winslow Court. The construction sign received a variance to the size in March of 2006 for as long as the construction trailer was on site. The construction trailer is proposed to be removed since an office is now open inside the building.  The site can be cleared of construction debris and material storage when the trailer is removed. The construction sign is 35 square feet in area on the east side, 132 square feet on the north side and 24 feet tall. Code allows a 32 square foot, 8 foot tall construction sign.

City Planning Commission

#1679. Duffy Liturgical Dance – 20104 Chagrin Boulevard:
Public Hearing on the request of Edna Duffy, Duffy Liturgical Dance Ensemble, 20104 Chagrin Boulevard, to the City Planning Commission for a Conditional Use Permit to operate a dance studio. The dance studio teaches adults and children Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday Evenings and 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Saturday. Class sizes range from 5 to 10 students with all recitals and performances scheduled off site at other venues. A dance studio is considered a specialized instructional school and requires a Conditional Use Permit in the CM Commercial Mixed Use zoning district. Council confirmation is required.

Work Session

1. Presentations:
• Shaker Historical Society – Sabine Kretzschmar, Executive Director
• Shaker Family Center – Joanne Federman, Executive Director and Chris Hunter, Board President - Elect
• Shaker Heights Youth Center – John Lisy, Executive Director and Donald Gries, Board President
• The Nature Center at Shaker Lakes – Steven Cadwell, Executive Director

Executive Session

2. To discuss the purchase, sale or the development of real property.

1. Approval of the minutes of the regular meeting of March 24, 2008 (attached herewith).
   
   Public Comment on Agenda Items
   
   Providing City-wide Services (Safety and Core Services)
   
2. Releasing previously appropriated funds from the General Capital Fund 0401 for City-wide Street Sign Replacement Predevelopment Expenses and appropriating same funds for City-wide Street Sign Replacement Project, and declaring an emergency.  2
3. Accepting a High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) grant in the amount of $3,133,000 for the period January 1, 2008, through December 31, 2008, and authorizing an agreement for said grant, for the Shaker Heights Police Department as fiscal agent for Ohio HIDTA, and declaring an emergency. 2, 4.
4. Appropriating donated funds in the General Capital Fund 0401 to provide for the acquisition and training of a K-9 dog for use by the Police Department, and declaring an emergency.
5. Accepting the lowest and best bid and authorizing a contract with A & J Cement Contractors in the total estimated amount of $438,340 for the 2008 and 2009 Sidewalk and Apron Repair Program, and declaring an emergency. 2
   
   Providing Administrative Support (Asset Management)
6. An ordinance providing for the issuance and sale of $1,315,000 notes, in anticipation of the issuance of bonds, for the purpose of: (i) renovating and improving the former Moreland School building for Library and other municipal purposes; (ii) improving streets within the City by installing traffic signalization and by resurfacing and reconstructing surfaces; and (iii) acquiring, installing and equipping a new computer system for the Public Safety Department; each all together with all necessary equipment and appurtenances thereto, and declaring an emergency. 2
7. Amending Ordinance No. 07-131, an ordinance making annual appropriations for the current expenses and other expenditures of the City of Shaker Heights for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2008, in order to repay the principal amount due in a May 2007 note, and declaring an emergency. 2
8. Amending Ordinance No. 07-131, an ordinance making annual appropriations for the current expenses and other expenditures of the City of Shaker Heights for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2008, to adjust General Fund budgets for the cost of living adjustment to non bargaining employees, to adjust for Fire Local 516 wage increase, and to appropriate the HIDTA 2008 grant funds, and declaring an emergency.
9. Amending Sections 107.03 and 107.05 of the Codified Ordinances of Shaker Heights concerning the assessment of properties for the cost of nuisance abatement, and declaring an emergency.
10. Authorizing a Master Services Agreement with Interstate Gas Supply, Inc. for provision of Retail Natural Gas Services for the City’s Natural Gas Aggregation Program, for a period from July 1, 2008, through June 30, 2010, and declaring an emergency.
    
    Building Shaker's Tax Base (Growth)
    
11. Accepting bids and authorizing three contracts for the 2008 Nuisance Abatement Program with K.M.B. Construction Company, Absolute Exteriors, Inc., and Protect-A-Cote, in the total amount of $491,454, and declaring an emergency. 2
12. Enacting new Section 141.24 of the Shaker Heights Codified Ordinances relative to the acquisition of properties in the City at a cost to the City of $25,000 or less, and declaring an emergency. 3
13. Appropriating funds in the amount of $500,000 from the General Capital Fund 0401 for the purpose of establishing a Land Bank Program, and declaring an emergency. 2
14. Appropriating funds in the amount of $190,000 from the General Capital Fund 0401 for a City sponsored buyer’s incentive program at Avalon Station, and declaring an emergency.
15. Adopting the Warrensville/Van Aken Transit-Oriented Development Plan and Traffic Study to improve the existing arterial road system and transform the existing Warrensville/Van Aken commercial district into a vibrant, mixed-use downtown. 1
16. John Carroll University Master Plan Presentation.
    
    Public Comment on other items

1. This item was approved by the City Planning Commission.
2. This item was approved by the Finance Committee.
3. This item was approved by the Neighborhood Revitalization Committee.
4. This item was approved by the Safety and Public Works Committee.

AGENDA

1. Approval of minutes from the Community Life & Health Committee Meeting of April 20, 2008.
2. Tour of Thornton Park Pool area – including mechanical and filtration areas
3. Management and preparation of pool during the summer

NOTE: Please note change of location to Thornton Park.

Proposed Agenda

1. Meeting called to order – Fair Housing Chairperson, Councilwoman Lynn Ruffner
2. Introductions – Board members, staff, and guests.
3. Approval of Agenda
4. Approval of Minutes from June 14, 2007, meeting
5. Report of Fair Housing Administrator  - Bill Gruber -- Financial Report; Training
6. Outreach – Lisa Gold-Scott -- Education activities, Advertising
7. Complaints - Lisa Gold-Scott -- Complaints status
8. New Business
9. Next Meeting

Fair Housing Review Board and the Human Relations Commission
6:30 PM

1. Meeting called to order & Purpose of the Joint Meeting - FHRB and HRC Chairperson Councilwoman Lynn Ruffner
2. Introductions – FHRB and HRC Members and staff
3. Report of Chief Counsel and Fair Housing Administrator  - Gruber/Gold-Scott -- Foreclosure issue in Shaker Heights – where are we now?
4. Educational Workshop planned for the 1st quarter of 2008 – Lynn Ruffner -- Discussion of the purpose and possible topics, logistics, etc.
5. Outreach and education efforts – Lynn Ruffner -- Discussion of City efforts and possible citizen efforts.
6. Discussion by Board and Commission

CONFERENCE ROOM B

Consent Agenda Items

1. Approval of the minutes of regular meeting of March 17, 2008.

Regular Agenda Items

2. Transfer of $7,000 from Street Sign Replacement Project/Design costs to Street Sign Replacement Project.

3. Accepting a Grant Award in the amount of $3,133,000 for the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA); and appropriating said funds.

4. Authorizing contracts for the 2008 Housing Nuisance Abatement Program.

5. Authorizing additional appropriation in the 2008 General Capital Budget for Land Bank Program ($500,000)

6. Awarding a contract to A&J Cement Contractors, second lowest bidder, for the 2008 & 2009 Sidewalk and Apron Program ($438,340).

7. (a) Authorizing an additional appropriation in the amount of $1,765,000 in Fund 0301 Debt Service.  (b) Authorizing the issuance and sale of notes for five (5) Capital Projects.

1. (7:00 pm) Approval of the June 14, 2007 Meeting Minutes
2. (7:05 pm) MLK observance update
3. (7:15 pm) Executive Session: re personnel matters

1. Approval of Minutes
2. Certificate of Appropriateness: 2600 Kemper Road / 13165 Larchmere Road – Demolition of Existing Gas Station and Car wash.  Joseph R. Platten, R.J. Platten Contracting Co., and Mark F. Craig, Brouse McDowell, LPA, will be representing BP, property owner.  This building is located in the Shaker Square Local Landmark District in the City of Shaker Heights.
3. Other Business

Regular Agenda Items

1. Approval of the April 9, 2008 Minutes.

Discussion

2. Discussion about proposed side lot program for City owned lots. (Joyce Braverman & Kamla Lewis)

New Business

New Business

1. Welcome & Introduction of Members (Nancy Moore)
2. Committee Roles & Meeting Schedule (Nancy Moore)
3. Approval of the December 19, 2007 Minutes.
4. Overview of City’s Housing Strategy (Nancy Moore)
5. Presentation of 2008 Action Plan Highlights

• Neighborhood Revitalization Department (Kamla Lewis)
• Housing Inspection Department (Bill Hanson)
• Building Department (Jim Ziegler)