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Council Minutes of 8/21/2007 should not be printed until those are completed because the code stipulations would be listed on the stickers. Second, regarding Mr. Orlowski's wish for the administration to be pro-active, he would pass that back to him. While they have waited for now into our third month for the do not knock registry, our Safety Director continues to get calls from our residents who have stated that they are being harassed at their door by solicitors who are coming up and knocking and attempting to sell or make contact for sales at their doors. The registry would require solicitors who are licensed through the city to get the list of addresses they are not even allowed to walk up the driveway and those people never would have been bothered. Third, regarding comments on the Fire Administrative Assistant, this is a safety issue, and they have been very clear to Council that it is. It is the opinion of the professionals in this administration that they require 60 additional days from the date this legislation takes effect, not 25. Safety Director Terbrack came forward and summarized that, at the special Council meeting held June 26, it had been the hope of the administration that the legislation that would have authorized the temporary Administrator for 60 days would have been passed. It was not, and it was placed on third reading. During the next week, he asked the Clerk of Council to try to schedule a special Council meeting prior to the appointment of the new Assistant Fire Chief. That could not be done due to a lack of quorum. When the Assistant Fire Chief was appointed on July 10, the temporary part-time Fire Administrator no longer had employment with the city. The hope of the administration was to get 60 days for this individual to train with the new Assistant Fire Chief. Councilman Orlowski commented, to answer Mr. Terbrack, that's exactly what he said. To answer the Mayor, the Mayor had stated they are not going to print any new stickers. For the safety of residents and for people to have an updated sticker that eliminates the word "canvassers" (because it can no longer be placed on a sticker), it should cite the new section of the code. He is imploring the administration to act accordingly when this legislation is passed and simply issue the stickers to the residents of North Olmsted. Council Member Dailey Jones, chairperson of the Streets and Transportation Committee: 1) Regarding the 480 sound barrier wall meeting that the Ohio Department of Transportation held last week, the turnout was good from the residents in Ward III. She has copies of the information that was provided to the residents who attended that meeting that she can pass out to any other North Olmsted residents who are interested in either commenting about those walls or also making other comments to the Ohio Department of Transportation. It was important that the residents who were there were able to talk to the ODOT representatives directly, especially regarding the walls that are being replaced. But also, the issue of perhaps extending the walls through other areas of the city that abut 480. If anyone is interested in receiving those, please let her know as soon as possible because the comment period ends August 29. Councilman Miller commented that for years he has been encouraging administrations to crack sealing down Marquette. It's a very long street and was at risk of considerable expense if crack sealing wasn't done. He thanked Mr. Limpert for getting that done. 17