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Council Minutes of 12/20/2005 the parking requirements, he would hope that the Westfield companies would S consider a bus or a shuttle van to drive shoppers to the parking spaces in the further sections of the mall parking lot. Once again, he is glad they are investing in North Olmsted and hopes they will continue to do so. Roll call continued: Ryan, yes with comment that he is very concerned along with Mr. Miller and Mr. Orlowski. He is voting yes at this time because he knows how important it is for the City of North Olmsted to continue to grow and develop and have income and increased income for the benefit of the citizens. But this is approaching what could be characterized as a safety hazard, and he has deep concern about it. He is very, very hopeful that the people from Westfield will certainly consider that and address it and look at a parking garage in the future. Roll call continued: Tallon, yes with comment that he too has serious concern about the parking at Great Northern Mall. He had an opportunity to discuss this with the representative of Westfield and expressed his concerns about their traffic flow throwing the traffic back onto the city streets during the high shopping seasons or during a major sale. He is very concerned about their future development. The Westfield representative expressed that they were planning on expending a lot of dollars to upgrade this mall, and that they plan on staying here for a long time. Part of the discussion concerned a covered parking garage, which has been brought up in their discussions. There is no commitment one way or the other. It seems that Westfield is going to listen to our problems at least, and we can discuss these and come up with equitable solutions for everybody. The color of the building is a little bit garish. The problem is, with the variances allowed, they can build this restaurant in that spot with the variances in the parking. That is why he is voting yes, even though he is still very concerned about the parking and expressed that to the Westfield representative regarding any future development. The motion passed with five yes votes and two no votes. Councilman Ryan, chairperson of the Intra-Governmental Relations Committee: 1) The committee met on December 13, 2005. In attendance were committee members Miller, Barker and Ryan; President of Council Kennedy and Council members Nashar, Orlowski, Gareau, Council member-elect Dailey Jones; Directors Dubelko, Farver, Limpert; guests. Agenda items were as follows: • Ordinance 2005-164 which was discussed and an amendment was brought forward by Director Farver. The committee voted 2-0 to recommend passage of the legislation as amended. • Ordinance 2005-171. Mr. Dailey expressed great need to go forward with this legislation. After consideration, the committee voted 2-0 to recommend passage. • Ordinance 2005-174, presented by the Mayor, an ordinance seeking to change the term of the Cultural Activities from one year to five years. After discussion, committee voted 2-0 to recommend passage. • Resolution 2005-175 which suggests Council consider going forward with video broadcasts of Council meeting working with outside agencies. The committee recommended the legislation be held in committee until the new Council is seated in January. 7