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Council Minutes of 2/17/2004 ,,, Councilman Limpert moved that the names of Diane Feigi, Michael Gareau Sr., Nicole Dailey Jones and Ron Tallon be placed in nomination for appointment to the Charter Review Commission. The motion was seconded by Councilman Miller. President of Council O'Grady asked if there were further nominations. There were no further nominations and no discussion. The nominations were closed. Roll call: Limpert, yes; Miller, yes; Dailey, yes; Gareau, yes; Kasler, yes; McKay, yes; Nashar, yes. The motion was passed unanimously. Councilman McKay, chairperson of the Environmental Control Committee: 1) On February 6, he represented North Olmsted at an airport meeting where the noise compatibility 2003 year end report was discussed. • Aviation activity was as follows: Aircraft operations declined from 331, 899 flights in 2000 to 258,460 in 2003, a reduction of 73, 439. However, the flights are expected to increase. • The flight mix is as follows: There has been a reduction in the large jets, such as the Boeing 737. Those flights went from 14% of the flights in 1999 to 0 flights in 2003. Jets with 40 to 60 seats had a flight reduction from 32% in 1999 to 31% in 2003. The regional jets, which are the most cost-effective, increased from 3% to 45% in the same period. Turboprops dropped from 39% to 15%, and the military aircraft reduced from 14% to 9%. • Runway departures: Approximately 30% were on the northeast runway and 62% on the southwest runway. The other 8% use the minor runways. • Runway arrivals: Northeast runway was 15.7%, southwest was 23.4%, southeast was 32.3% and the south runway was 8.5%. • There are 11 noise monitoring sites, but none in North Olmsted. Supposedly, the noise level in North Olmsted is not above the 65 decibels. Jet flights arriving or leaving Hopkins should follow the flight corridors with very little traffic over North Olmsted. The flight corridors are a path that go beyond the end of the runway, and then at a certain level or height the plane is permitted to turn and head toward its destination. North Olmsted may not meet the height level, but we do get the noise. There is a noise hotline available: (216) 265-5220. • The turbo jet airplanes do not have to follow the corridor flights. They are out of the noise level. Councilman Limpert, chairperson of the Intra-Governmental Relations Committee: 1) The committee met on February 10. Present were committee members Kasler, Miller and chairman Limpert; Council members Nashar, Dailey, McKay and President O'Grady. The committee interviewed former long-time North Olmsted Law Director Michael Gareau for a position on the Charter Review Commission. As with the other interviews, it went very well. The committee believes he will be an excellent choice. 2) The Mayor would like to reappoint to the Cultural Activities Commission for the term of January 1, 2004 through December 31, 2004 the following individuals: Bonnie App, Laurel Beach and Christine Kilbane. Councilman Limpert moved that Council approve the reappointment of Bonnie App, Laurel Beach and Christine Kilbane to the Cultural 5