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Council Minutes of 10/2/2007 people driving through the community. Ideas in the plan included adding trees and landscaping and adding ivy to the new walls. Councilman Gareau said he thought it would be an appropriate step to formally express Council's acceptance and approval of the Crocker-Stearns corridor study prepared by the Urban Design Center of Northeast Ohio. It has been presented at several public hearings as well as the Committee-of--the-Whole. It is a guide, it's a road map, it's not the end but the beginning. He noted that the Planning & Design Commission did unanimously approve it with one small exception. They wanted to clarify that sterile flower trees should be used. Councilman Gareau made a motion to adopt the Crocker-Stearns corridor study as prepared by the Urban and Design Center of Northeast Ohio, dated April, 2007, and include that in the record together with the Planning & Design Commission minutes which include their recommendation. (See attachment to the minutes.) The motion was seconded by Councilman Ryan. Roll call: Gareau, yes; Ryan, yes; Tallon, yes; Barker, yes; Orlowski, yes; Jones, yes, with comment. She would like to thank everyone who worked on this committee for many, many months and is glad to see it finally come to fruition and approval by Council. As Mr. Gareau stated, it's a great guide for our city, for our Planning Director, for economic development for the future of this area. She is very pleased to see it happen. Roll call continued: Miller, yes, with comment. He too would like to thank everyone who has been involved in this process. Hopefully, it's a great beginning of things to come for our city. He thinks the value of this whole thing can be understated. The motion passed unanimously. Councilman Miller, chairperson of the Environmental Control Committee: 1) The committee met on September 25. Items discussed included: • Ordinance 2006-179, an ordinance amending Section 521.09 of Chapter 521 of the General Offenses Code entitled "Noxious or Offensive Odors" in order to deem as a nuisance condition emissions into the atmosphere from any air contaminant source or control equipment that cause outdoor air to become unreasonably odorous and declaring an emergency as amended. The discussion was relatively brief in that this issue has been before Council in one form or another for quite a while. It was decided that this method of determining nuisance odors was best used with the test being that which interferes with a person of ordinary sensibilities-their ability to comfortable enjoyment of life, health, property, and safety. Under this plan, if there is an offense indicated by a resident or anyone else who is offended, the test being the reasonable person, the Police Dept. would then be called as opposed to the Building Dept. There are some different options that the officer can take. He can refer it to the Prosecutor, or he can cite the offender at the time, and the city can then, if they choose, go to the Common Pleas Court and ask for an injunction. There are a variety of steps that can be taken. There are residents who have been affected by this. for so long in the case of Suburban Auto Body. But this is not directed at one business. The committee unanimously recommended approval of the legislation by Council. • Ordinance 2007-108, a resolution authorizing the Mayor to enter into an intra- governmental agreement with the Cuyahoga County Solid Waste Management 5 ~~~