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Council Minutes of 2/21/89 -3- Mr. McKay, Chairman Environmental Control Committee as well as Streets and Drainage Committee reported: 1) The Cuyahoga County Litter and Recycling Advisory Board met Thursday, February 9th, at the Cleveland Zoo. The general purpose of this board is to advise local governments, .and their program mana- gers, on litter control and provide a means for an exchange of information. Specific goals include litter prevention, recycling education, recycling and litter collection drives, litter containment and enforcement of litter laws. The first program for 1989 will be Clean Up Ohio Week, April 22nd to 29th. Next meeting of the board will be March 23rd. Audience participation: Helen Montgomery, 4683 West 152nd Street, Cleveland, addressed council with respect to the Beirut Memorial. She is a representative from the Ohio/Beirut Memorial Organization which is seeking land on which to raise a monument to the fourteen Ohioans killed on October 23, 1983. The group has raised $450 of its $4,000 goal since being formed on July 27, 1987. Would like to have the monument dedicated on October 22, 1989, the sixth anniversary of the killing of 241 Americans. Would ask council to designate a piece of land at the new Memorial Park proposal for this state monument. Roy Garland, 4576 Camellia, invited council and audience to attend a Chamber of Commerce Meeting on Thursday, June 15th. State Treasurer, Mary E11en Withrow, will be the guest speaker at this noon meeting. There is a fee for the luncheon and it will be open to everyone. Also, would like to invite everyone to attend a meeting of The Toastmasters on Thursday evenings, at Birch Educational Center, 6:30 P.M. to 7:30 P.M. Glen Vannoy, 4811 Clague Road, spoke in support of .Ordinance Nos.. 88-54 and 88-55 which provide for right and left turn signage at Clague and Brookpark Roads. Does not want this legislation "tabled"; would like to see it held in committee until he submits a further report on the traffic problems in this area when council meets on March 21st. Council agreed to place the legisla- tion back into committee until it has had time to consider Mr. Vannoy's report. Rick Noble, 4771 Clague Road, spoke in support of Mr. Vannoy. Related inci- dents of many drivers pulling into driveways in this area which create a most dangerous problem for normal traffic as well as for the school children waiting for the school bus to pick them up. LEGISLATION: Ordinance No. 88-3 introduced by Mr. McKay was given its third reading. An ordinance enacting a new Chapter 759 of the Codified Ordinances of the City of North Olmsted to provide for registration of users of pesticides and pesti- cide products and for notification to registered residents, and declaring an emergency, as amended. Mr. McKay moved to table Ordinance No. 88-3, second by Mr. Boehmer, unanimously approved. Ordinance No. 88-3 tabled. Ordinance No. 89-2 introduced by Mayor Petrigac was given its third reading. An ordinance amending Section 943.07 of the Codified Ordinances of the City of North Olmsted entitled, "Rates for Opening and Closing Graves" of Chapter 943 entitled "Cemeteries", and declaring an emergency. Mr. Wilamosky moved for adoption, second by Mr. Tallon, unanimously approved. Ordinance No. 89-2 adopted. i