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Council Minutes of 5/15/2007 C professional caretakers." Number two is, "Retail pet stores, with all proper license, located in a commercial zoning district." Currently there is an ordinance which prohibits residents from owning certain types of wild animals. The elimination of two sections of the code will prohibit an exhibitor or retail business from displaying or selling wild animals. The committee voted 2-0 to recommend adoption by Council. • Discussion on the proposal from the administration to have an armed, uniformed police officer, on overtime pay, present at all Council meetings. No specific documented cases or incidents of problems were presented to the committee. No regulations, guidelines or recommendations were known of from the Dept. of Homeland Security regarding procedures for safety or evacuation of a municipal city hall or buildings. Council thanks the administration for coming forward with this issue for Council's input and not attempting to act without the input. He is sure all of Council would prefer to be proactive on any problem or issue. City Council is, as is the administration, very concerned for the safety and security of residents and public officials. As contentious as the times may be, Council does not believe this conveys the appropriate image of our community and at this time is not in favor of this request. Council Member Dailey Jones, chairperson of the Streets and Transportation Committee: 1) The committee met on Tuesday, May 8, 2007. Present were committee members Barker and Jones; Council. Members Gareau and Orlowski. and Council. President Kennedy; Mayor O'Grady, Planning Director Wenger and Service Director Limpert. Agenda items were as follows: • The NOACA (Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency) grant for the Transportation for Livable Communities Initiative, which supports planning activities that improve the transportation network and strengthen community livability. The proposed. project for North Olmsted is the Great Northern Multi. Modal Transportation Plan, which. will assess existing conditions for transit, bicycle networks, pedestrian access, and streetscape, and propose improvements to these systems. The study area is bounded by Butternut Ridge Road, Columbia Road/252, Brookpark Road., Lorain. Road, and Dover Center Road. The city can apply for up to $75,000 and must provide a twenty percent (20%) match. The cost estimate for this project is $80,000. Therefore, the grant request will. be for $64,000 and the local match will be $16,000. The Planning Director is contacting area businesses seeking donations that would cover some or all of the city's local match contributions. This is an exciting grant to apply for because it will involve all of the city's stakeholders and their input to continue to make North Olmsted economically viable. Questions were asked about implementation down the road, and the Planning Director said. that the first step in getting implementation funds from. NOACA is to have NOACA endorse the project from. the very beginning. The legislation for this grant was not yet prepared; however, the administration was asking for suspension on this issue at tonight's meeting and the committee wanted. to be sure to have heard this important project in committee first. There 5