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Council Minutes of 2/21/2006 an additional committee meeting next week to discuss and formulate the best ordinance possible. Police Chief Ruple stated the Police Dept. has had only two calls and one arrest in the past few weeks at the bar, and no calls or arrests on teen night during the same time period with the Krobar. In the short run, it appears that Mr. Hammond may be trying to clean up and eliminate the problems which have plagued this particular establishment. Another committee meeting is scheduled for further review of this ordinance. Councilwoman Dailey Jones, chairperson of the Streets & Transportation Committee: 1) The committee met this evening, February 21. Present were committee members Ryan, Barker and Dailey Jones; Council members Miller, Gareau, Talton, Orlowski and President Kennedy; the Mayor, Service Director and Law Director. Agenda items included the following: • Resolution No. 2006-11. A conversation was had with Service Director Limpert regarding this resolution. He stated that we do need to go out and advertise for bids to award contracts for new pavement markings because, although the city does do some of this work in-house, we do not have enough manpower or equipment to do all of it. Mr. Limpert said he would get a list of the streets to be marked to Council. The committee unanimously recommended approval of the legislation by Council. • Ordinance No. 2006-46. This resolution authorizes the city to enter into an agreement with the Board of County Commissioners of Cuyahoga County for the replacement of the Lewis Road Bridge No. 21 over the west branch of the Rocky River and declaring an emergency. A discussian was had that the bridge is a county bridge and this project not incur any cost to the city. On the subject of bridges, Mr. Gareau was looking for a list of city owned bridges that some time ago were supposed to be fixed and had not been. The Service Director said he would look into those issues. The committee unanimously recommended approval of the legislation by Council. AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION Charles Dial, 27959 Gardenia, did not approve of the discussion at the committee meeting regarding the front entrance addition to City Hall. He felt Council members should not have questioned the plans as submitted. Don Pangrac, 23470 Sharon Drive, read a letter he sent to President Kennedy and the response: "Dear Mr. Kennedy, I am writing to express my concerns regarding your decision to limit residents only five minutes to speak to Council. Under the leadership of the current Mayor, Mr. Thomas O'Grady, when he was Council President, his practice was alwavs to allow residents who have used up their five minutes, to return, after all others had spoken, and continue to speak about their issues and concerns. This has been the practice since Janet Saringer was President of Council. The gentleman who spoke last evening had something of interest to me and maybe others in the audience and we were not given the courtesy to hear him finish his talk and presentation. As I expressed last night, Council meets twice a month, and I believe an additional 5-10 minutes would not contributed to a "extraordinary" long meeting. This is the only avenue for residents to address their concerns in a public forum to both Council and Administration, and only 24 times a year. I am again asking that you adopt the policy and practice of your predecessors and permit resident's additional time at the end of the public comment period to continue with their presentation and/or questions to Council and Administration: Sincerely, Donald Pangrac" From President Kennedy: "Dear Mr. Pangrac, I received your letter with regard to your concerns about `My decision to limit 10 ~~~~: