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Council Minutes of 9/4/2007 committee as he had some difficulty with it, but Mrs. Jones felt very strongly that she would like to move this forward. Subsequent to the committee meeting, Mr. Ryan had the opportunity to discuss this matter with Mr. Gareau who also felt very strongly about it and provided excellent input. They agreed the committee should move forward on the legislation. A second committee meeting was scheduled for 7 p.m. on September 7. The committee meeting was held this evening at which time the Planning Director provided the committee with an amended ordinance. The committee recommended that the amendments as presented be made and that the legislation be passed under suspension of the rule. Councilman Ryan made a motion to amend Ordinance No. 2007-102 as presented during this evening's committee meeting. The amendments include in Section 174.03 removing the phrase at (a): "An commercial or industrial." In Section 174.03 (b) remove, "commercial or industrial" which appears in the first paragraph; remove the entire second paragraph. The motion was seconded by Council Member Jones and passed unanimously. Councilman Orlowski, chairperson of the Public Safety, Health & Welfare Committee: 1) The committee met on Monday, August 27, 2007. In attendance were committee members Orlowski and Barker; President of Council Kennedy; Law Director Dubelko, Safety Director Terbrack; guest Jim Burns. Agenda items: • Ordinance 207-82, an ordinance amending Section 755.11 of Chapter 755 (Secondhand Dealers) of the Business Regulation Code, entitled "Hours and Circumstances of Sales," in order to regulate outdoor collection receptacles on commercial property, and declaring an emergency. On August 31, Mr. Orlowski received a memo from the Safety Director in which he provided some additional information regarding the rationale for the proposed changes to the ordinance. • Ordinance 2007-94, an ordinance removing Section 721.02 entitled "Sales on Public Property Prohibited," from the Business Regulation Code, placing it in the General Offenses Code as new Section 521.16, and providing for the offense to be classified as a minor misdemeanor. ~ Ordinance 2007-95, an ordinance amending Section 525.16 of the General Offenses Code so as to provide criminal penalties for stores that allow shopping carts to be removed from their facility or property. A brief discussion ensured on each of the three ordinances. The committee voted unanimously to hold all three ordinances in committee pending additional information. LETTERS COMMUNICATIONS "Dear Council Members: The purpose of this letter is to express concern regarding the children's area of the new library. After speaking with many of our preschool PTA members and other parents of small children, it has come to my attention that many parents feel as though the children's section of the new library is lacking organization and privacy. Many have even stated that we should use Westlake Public Library as a model. Let me start off by saying that the family restrooms in the play area are much appreciated. Concerns are surrounding the lack of privacy (and safety) for the children, 6