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-es <br />CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED <br />RESOLUTION N0. 89-18 <br />By: M. Yvonne Petrigac, Mayor <br />A RESOLUTION OPPOSING ACTION OF THE OHIO GENERAL <br />ASSEMBLY TO REQUIRE CENTRALIZED MOTOR VEHICLE EXHAUST <br />INSPECTIONS. <br />WHEREAS, the United States EPA has mandated vehicle exhaust <br />inspection programs for Greater Cleveland and Cincinnati and the Ohio <br />General Assembly has provided for decentralized motor vehicle exhaust <br />inspections; and <br />WHEREAS, the Ohio General assembly is presently considering <br />legislation to require a mandated vehicle exhaust inspection program at <br />centralized locations requiring all motor vehicle owners to travel great <br />distances for the required inspection; and <br />WHEREAS, any such program should continue to be handled on a <br />decentralized basis within local communities for the benefit of citizens <br />who own and operate motor vehicles. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH <br />OLMSTED, STATE OF OHIO, THAT: <br />Section 1: The Mayor and Council of the City of North Olmsted, <br />for and on behalf of all of its citizens, hereby strongly urge the Ohio <br />General Assembly to permit decentralized stations for any mandated motor <br />vehicle exhaust inspection program to be continued. Only by decentralized <br />inspection will the public be served and will easy time and money saving <br />inspections be adequate to accomplish the ultimate result of reducing the <br />emission of carbon monoxide and hydrocarbon into the air. The officials <br />and citizens of North Olmsted strongly oppose a change in the law to reuire <br />centralized locations and urge defeat of any such proposal. <br />Section 2: The Clerk of Council be and she is hereby authorized <br />and directed to forward a certified copy of this Resolution to State <br />Senator Grace Drake, Ohio Representative Suzanne Bergansky, Speaker of the <br />House Vernal G.Riffe, President of the Senate Stanley Arnoff, members of <br />the Senate Energy, Natural Resources and Environment Committee and Senator <br />Gary Suhadolnik. <br />