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~:. .. Council Minutes of OS-03-2011 Sid King, 27149 Limpert Lane said he echoes the sentiments of Mr. Limpert that this decision should be left to Council on a case-by-case basis. He also suggests police presence. He would suggest to re-write the Ordinance to make it safer, and leave the discretion to Council, not a City Hall Director. LEGISLATION Councilman Mahoney made a motion to amend Ordinance 2011-33. The motion was seconded by Councilwoman Williamson. Roll Call: Mahoney, yes; Williamson, yes; Orlowski, yes; Barker, no; Kearney, no; Brossard, no; Schumann, no. Motion fails 3 yes 4 no. Ordinance 2011-33 introduced by Mayor Kennedy was given its third reading. An Ordinance amending and restating Section 957.01 of Chapter 957 (Alcoholic Beverages on Public Grounds) of the Codified Ordinances of the City of North Olmsted in order to establish a revised system for future approvals of one-time alcohol sales and consumption in the Community Cabin, as amended. Councilman Kearney moved for adoption. The motion was seconded by Councilman Barker. Roll Call: Kearney, yes; Barker, yes; Orlowski, yes with comment. In a one-year span of time I would like to re-address this legislation to determine the after effects of this change to the existing legislation -has this change increased the number of rental days/times at the Community Cabin? Has this been a positive change or have there been any problems? Are we in competition with ourselves? Is this system taking income from the venues at Springvale? Are we in competition with the business community? Are we projecting the proper image to the community? Roll Call continued: Williamson, yes with comment. I'd like to mimic Mr. Orlowski's comments as well. I would like to revisit this within one year. I stand strong in stating that I would like to see a police presence at the Cabin in the event that alcohol sales are permitted. My vote is yes. Roll Call continued: Brossard, yes; Schumann, yes; Mahoney, yes with comment. Like many of my colleagues, I have grave concerns and valid concerns that were expressed by our residents here. I would also like to join Mr. Orlowski's comments in regards to visiting this issue. I look at this as a purely experimental basis and would like some type of committee meeting or review after our one-year process. I also have an issue with allowing hard liquor. I can see Mr. Crabs' point about serving beer and wine. But, my objection on the hard liquor is not strong enough because I would like to adopt a "wait and see" experimental approach to this particular piece of legislation. In terms of the comments that have been made, I am a firm believer that education starts at home. If you or we are not educating our children at home about the dangers of alcohol abuse and use, then we fail just like if we don't teach them about morals, citizenship, responsibility, etc. If we leave it to our schools, television, Hollywood, or news media outlets to exclusively educate our children, that is a sad state of affairs. Our responsibility our children is our and no one else's. I am concerned about exiting and entering the park; I assure you no one in this room knows the ramifications of drunk driving, the fatalities and injuries that occur better than I do. It's gut-wrenching and heart-wrenching to encounter these types of things on a 8