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CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED '\ I / - RESOLUTION NO. 2004 -128 ' 0 1 BY: Council Members Nashar and Miller WHEREAS, the City of North Olmsted, on January 22, 2001, became the second city in the State of Ohio to adopt legislation banning the use of hand-held cell phones by operators of motor vehicles on roads and tughways located within its territorial limits; and WHEREAS, the Council of the City of North Olmsted believes that enforcement of North Olmsted's local ordinance prohibiting such cell phone use by motor vehicle operators has made the roads and highways located within the City of North Olmsted safer for the motoring public as well as for pedestrians; and WHEREAS, Ohio House Bill 210, which would impose a state-wide ban on the use of hand-held cell phones by operators of motor vehicles on all roads and highways located in the State of Ohio, is presenfly pending in the House Committee on Transportation and Public Safety; and WHEREAS, this Council believes that HB 210, if enacted, would make the roads and highways in the State of Ohio safer for, and would therefor confer a significant benefit upon, the motoring public as well as pedestrians, including residents of the City of North Olmsted; NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED, CUYAHOGA COUNTY, AND STATE OF OHIO: SECTION 1: T'hat the Council of the City of North Olmsted urges the Ohio General Assembly to adopt House Bi11210 which would ban the use of hand-held cell phones by operators of motor vehicles on the roads and highways of the State of Ohio. SECTION 2: That the Clerk of Council be, and hereby is, directed to forward a copy of this Resolution to Ohio Governor Bob Taft, Oluo Senator Robert F. Spada, and Ohio House Representative Sally Conway Kilbane, and urge all of them to support the adoption of House Bill 210 presently pending in a committee of the General Assembly. The Clerk of Council is further authorized to forward a copy of this Resolution to all cities and villages in Cuyahoga County. A RESOLUTION URGING THE OHIO GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO PASS LEGISLATION BANNING THE USE OF HAND-HELD CELL PHONES BY OPERATORS OF MOTOR VEHICLES ON THE ROADS AND HIGHWAYS OF THE STATE OF OHIO. SECTION 3: Thai this Resolution shall take effect and be in force from and after the earliest period allowed by law. PASSED: First Reading: D ? Second Reading: p Third Reading,I-) & 141/c' i " Committee: ATTEST.• Barbara L. Seman Clerk of Council APPROVED: Mayor Norman T. Musial Thomas E. O'Grady President of Council APPRO VED AS TO LEGAL FORM.• s/James M. Dubelko James M. Dubelko Director of Law