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Council Minutes of 12/7/1999 Mr. Nashar, chairperson of the Public Safety, Health & Welfare Committee: 1) The Safety Committee met on November 22. Present were committee members Miller and ,/ Nashar; Council members McKay, O'Grady, Limpert; Service Director. Bohlmann. Two agenda items were discussed: • Ordinance 99-155, which amends the Traffic Control File of the City of North Olmsted by declaring Stearns Road a truck route from Interstate 480 to the southerly North Olmsted corporate line. This would open up commercial traffic for trucks exiting off of I-480 onto Stearns Road. Right now, this is prohibited and we do have a problem with commercial trucks exiting at Stearns Road. The committee recommended that this legislation be tabled. • Ordinance 99-156, which repeals Chapter 731 entitled "Motion Pictures and Films" of the Codified Ordinances in order to avoid redundant and outdated laws. The requirement that motion picture projectionists be licensed is something that has been on the books for a long period of time. With today's equipment, this is no longer required. A few years ago, this was considered to be a safety hazard and special training was required for the projectionists. The committee recommended approval of Ordinance 99-156. Mr. McKay, chairperson of the Environmental Control Committee: 1) The Federal Aviation Administration held a public hearing on Tuesday, November 30, at Olmsted Falls High School. The purpose of the hearing was to gather input from the public with regard to the Hopkins Airport expansion. The FAA will examine the affect of noise, wetland loss and how the view of the airport will change. At that meeting, he and Mrs. McKay gave oral testimony to the commission as to the affect of noise, unburned fuel contamination and the affect on wild life as well as the affect on the health of the citizens of North Olmsted. Anyone wishing to make or express their opinion may make them in written form by December 29 to: Ernest P. Ruby, Federal Aviation Administration, Detroit Airport District Office, Willow Run Airport, East 8820 Beck Road, in Bellville, Michigan, 48111. AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION Dennis Lambert, 25057 Carey Lane, said that a group called SAFE (Safe Air for the Environment) has been representing Fairview Park, Rocky River, Westlake and perhaps Lakewood and Bay Village. The law director of Rocky River, Dave Malty, is the attorney for SAFE. Over the years, they have done extensive work regarding the airport, especially the north/south runway that affects those communities. He believes North Olmsted is mostly affected by fan-out than by the runways. He believes that the concept of suing the airport is going to be a monumental concept because it will involve the FAA. The FAA usually gets want it wants. There have been some diametrically opposed ideas from the various communities, basically Strongsville, Olmsted Falls and Berea, as opposed to Fairview Park. Therefore, a lot of things that should have been done have not been done to represent those communities. Mr. McKay is well versed on what has happened over the years. However, it is going to be a big task and he suggests the city ~'°` contact Mr. Malty from SAFE. Regarding the skateboard park, he believes there is 9 _. i