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Council Minutes of 5/1/2001 26893. Councilwoman Kesler commented that it was her intent with this ordinance to restrict the `5no parking" to school days only and school hours only. She also wanted to move the sign off the telephone pole and place it on a yet-to-be installed free-standing pole. Councilman Limpert questioned the timing of this ordinance and remarked that it would be best to hold it in committee until after the Sweetbrier meeting scheduled for April 30. He also remarked that moving the sign off the telephone pole runs contrary to the idea of limiting the number of poles that the city places on a resident's tree lawn. Councilman Miller stated that this was both a safety and convenience issue and, therefore, should be passed now. Resident Lee Matia commented that he shares the concern of Council regarding an open area around the crosswalk, and approves of what has been done in the area. He also remarked that a sign on the property line would be better than a sign in the middle of someone's tree lawn. Resident Pat Deis remarked about the dangers to young children when parents pull into driveways to turn around or pick up a student. Another recommendation was made to allow parents to pick up students only in the Pine parking lot and not on Sweetbrier Drive. Chairperson O'Grady raised concerns that this ordinance would create an unsafe situation by allowing cars to park in the immediate vicinity of a crosswalk at any time of the day. He also echoed Councilman Limpert's comments that this ordinance should be held in committee until after the Sweetbrier meeting on April 30. The committee voted 2 to 1 to hold the ordinance in committee with Councilwoman Kesler dissenting. A liquor permit transfer from Shin Hwa Corporation at 23135 Lorain Road to Dego Cleveland Inc., DBA El Rodeo at 23135 Lorain Road. The committee unanimously recommended approval of this transfer, and this transfer was then unanimously approved at the special Council meeting of April 23. 2) The Public Safety Committee met again on April 30. Present were committee chairman O'Grady, members Limpert and Kesler, Council members Saringer, Miller, Nashar and McKay; Safety Director Jenkins, North Olmsted City Schools Assistant Superintendent Doug Sebring, Pine School Principal Dan Mohar and residents. Prior to the beginning of the meeting, a history of the Sweetbrier issue was distributed by Mrs. Deis. A number of very good recommendations and comments were made: • The city should study school access routes. • The idea of perhaps placing traffic control devices or widening roads as necessary. There was a suggestion that perhaps money to do this could be an issue that is a bond issue that is approved by the voters. • A survey of Pine parents with regard to safety issues and actions currently taken by the drivers as they go to school to drop their children off or to pick them up. • The statement was made that school buses limit access of parents to the Pine School parking lot. A suggestion was made that buses go to the back lot while parents pick up students in the front or vice versa to create room for both the buses and the cars inside the Pine School parking lot so that the parents don't feel the requirement to pick up or drop off children on Sweetbrier. • A comment was made that the Sweetbrier problem, which is a problem of the number of vehicles on the road at the times Pine School starts and Pine School finishes, is a problem of convenience to parents. The question was, what is the 4