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Council Minutes of 9/7/99 <br />AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION <br />z, <br />,,, Dennis Lambert, 25057 Carey Lane, thanked Mr. Miller for conducting an excellent <br />meeting of the Transportation Committee to discuss the Park-n-Ride issue. It was a very <br />productive evening, and he believes everyone had an opportunity to get their opinion <br />noted. Mr. Lambert also thanked Mr. Nashar for the opportunity to present his opinions <br />regarding Ordinance 99-107 at the Safety committee meeting. He did raise some <br />concerns about the legislation, but by no means does he want them to be misunderstood <br />as an objection to the ordinance. The fact that it is going to be a pilot program makes it a <br />generally productive type of ordinance that may pan out to be very good. He supports the <br />legislation especially since he recently brought forward to Council a suggest about <br />providing the police with a more detailed definition of "tailgating." He would like to <br />bring forward another idea regarding high density retail police patrolling. Other suburbs, <br />notably Willoughby Hills and Richmond Hts., have ordinances that allow the police to <br />cite violators on private property of high density retail. They enforce speed limits, stop <br />signs and crosswalks. The program definitely promotes the safety of residents. <br />Brian Kuite, 25734 Lorain Road, is very concerned about the issue of helmets for <br />bicyclists, skateboarders/rollerbladers and motorcyclists Mr. Kuite has had a number of <br />serious accidents, and his life was saved because he was wearing a helmet. Some foreign <br />countries do have helmet laws, but there is no law in the United States. Certain states, <br />such as California and Rhode Island, do have laws for children. However, he feels these <br />laws are not comprehensive enough. He has spoken to various groups about this issue, <br />including the legislators in Columbus. Mr. Kuite was instrumental in getting the cities of <br />Lakewood, Middleburg Hts., and Olmsted Falls to pass helmet laws. Mr. Nashar noted <br />that this issue is also one of parental responsibility. Mr. Kuite agrees but feels that <br />governments should enact laws for the safety of children. Mr. O'Grady agreed this was <br />an important issue and requested that Mr. Nashar, chairperson of the Public Safety <br />Committee, ask the Police Chief for feedback on this matter. <br />LEGISLATION <br />Ordinance No. 99-88 introduced by Mr. O'Grady was given its third reading. An <br />ordinance providing for the issuance and sale of notes in a maximum aggregate principal <br />amount of $162,000, in anticipation of the issuance of bonds, for the purpose of <br />constructing, furnishing, equipping and otherwise improving an addition to the city's <br />police station and preparing and improving the site thereof, and declaring an emergency. <br />Mr. O'Grady moved for adoption; second by Mr. Limpert; motion passed unanimously. <br />Ordinance No. 99-88 adopted. <br />Ordinance No. 99-89 introduced by Mr. O'Grady was given its third reading. An <br />ordinance providing for the issuance and sale of notes in a maximum aggregate principal <br />amount of $500,000, in anticipation of the issuance of bonds, for the purpose of <br />improving the city's sanitary sewerage system by constructing and reconstructing storm <br />sewers and other storm water drainage facilities and improvements to control and limit <br />the volume of storm water entering or otherwise affecting the sanitary sewerage system, <br />~'"` in each case together with the necessary appurtenances and work incidental thereto, and <br />8 <br />