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Council Minutes of 5/15/2001 <br />year. The past service of the BFI has been very good and the committees recommend <br />approval. <br />Mrs. Kesler made a motion to amend Ordinance No. 2001-55 to add in Section 1 the <br />words "on school days only"; to add "on school days only" to Section 2 after the hours; <br />to place the "hours" and "on school days only" language in the caption as well as in the <br />first whereas. The motion was seconded by Councilman Limpert. Roll call: Kesler, <br />yes; Limpert, yes, with comment that he vehemently disagrees with Ordmance 2001-55. <br />If there is a safety issue, he thinks we should be staying with the current program. <br />However, if he is wrong and it is not a safety issue, then it makes sense for this <br />amendment. Roll call continued: McKay, yes; Dailey, yes; O'Grady, yes; Nashar, yes. <br />Miller, yes. The motion passed unanimously. Mrs. Kesler noted the amendment would <br />place the legislation back on second reading but she planned to ask for suspension of the <br />rule. <br />AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION <br />Patricia Deis, 26893 Sweetbrier Drive, wished to advise Mr. O'Grady that his comments <br />about Mrs. Kasler's remarks were wrong. When she and others brought the problem <br />(Pine SchooUSweetbriaz pazking) to Council fifteen months ago, they were not concerned <br />with the convenience of the people who had the signs in their yazd. That was never an <br />issue, and it was never presented as convenience for the residents. The issue was brought <br />up strictly as a measure of safety for the children. Also, she does not agree with Mr. <br />O'Grady's statement that cazs will be able to park their bumper on the safety crosswalk <br />because that would block the two adjacent driveways. In view of the failure of the school <br />levy, it is appazent to her that there is not going to be a solution from the school board. <br />What they have asked for in this ordinance is an extra layer of protection for the children. <br />This is not and never has been for the convenience of the residents. The word <br />"convenience" came up when it was stated that the people who were in violation of the <br />current ordinance were doing it for their convenience. She and her neighbors have done <br />everything in their power to ensure that the children's safety has been the foremost issue. <br />She feels this issue would have been resolved long ago if not for dissension on the <br />committee. Mr. O'Grady said he did not agree with Mrs. Deis' comments about no <br />progress. The Council cannot direct the schools to take the cars off of Sweetbrier and put <br />them in the Fine parking lot. He believes that the ordinance is increasing the hazard to <br />children. He also does not agree that the ordinance is being considered because of <br />pressure by the residents. <br />Sandy Weir, 26898 Sweetbrier Drive, said that the driveway being discussed belongs to <br />her and a car cannot be pazked on the edge of the crosswalk without hanging over into <br />her driveway. She has lived there for 24 yeazs, and the only problem occurs before and <br />after school with 30/40 cazs dropping off and picking up children. Sweetbrier is not <br />anymore an exciting street than anywhere else-cazs aze not parked there constantly. <br />Also, once school is over, the children are not interested in going over to Pine. If they do <br />go there, they do not go to the crosswalk but rather cross wherever they feel like it. She <br />~"'' does not understand why some people think it is such a problem to occasionally have <br />11 <br /> <br />