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Council Minutes of 5/20/2008 Councilman Kearney, chairperson of the Public Safety, Health & Welfaze Committee: 1) Committee met on Wednesday, May 14. Present were committee members Orlowski, Kearney and Mahoney; Councilmen Ryan, Barker, Jones and Gazeau; the Law Director and Service Director. Two ordinances were discussed: • Ordinance 2008-62 was held in committee and will be reported on at a later date. • Ordinance 2008-19, an ordinance amending Section 505.08 of Chapter 505 of the General Offenses Code entitled "Animals and Fowl" in order to restrict the number of dogs that may be kept on residential lots in the city as amended. Pros and cons were discussed. The committee voted 3-0 to recommend passage. Councilman Kearney made a motion to amend Ordinance 2008-19 in the form as distributed to Council tonight. Second by Councilman Ryan. Roll call: Kearney, yes; Ryan, yes; Jones, yes; Gazeau, no; Barker, yes; Mahoney, yes; Orlowski, yes. The motion passed with 6 yes votes and 1 no vote. Ordinance No. 2008-19 amended. Councilman Mahoney, chairperson of the Recreation, Public Pazks & Buildings Committee: 1) The Recreation, Public Parks & Buildings Committee met on May 13, 2008 at 7 p.m. Present were committee members Mahoney, Dailey Jones and Ryan; Council President Kennedy; Councilmen Bazker, Orlowski, Gazeau and Kearney; Community Life Services Director Dailey, Recreation Commissioner DiSalvo; Mr. Ron Tallon Jr. and Mr. Bob Finch from the Hot Stove Baseball League; from the Recreation Dept., Mr. Chris Whetmore and Mr. Tom Stein; high school baseball coach Murphy; Marty Young from Springvale. The topics for discussion were the condition of the school baseball fields in the spring and the Springvale maintenance and advertising issues raised during the budget meetings. • Two ball diamonds at Birch and Spruce School were discussed. The Hot Stove League starts using these fields for practices azound April 15, and the season begins May 17. Hot Stove is typically the first an the fields in the spring and the last teams to use the fields at the end of summer. After June 9, approximately, the schools no longer use the diamonds or the fields as school is let out for the summer. It was noted by Mr. Ron Tallon Jr. that Birch usually does not cause much concern during the spring because few years ago Hot Stove League invested approximately $14,000 for a new grass infield and hence mowing the grass and maintaining the lines is really only maintenance needed. However, year in and year out the diamond at Spruce School is an issue primarily due to fact it is all dirt. Hot Stove in the past had hired Legacy Landscaping to get the field playable-dragging field, weeding, cutting grass, etc. Legacy would do work on weekends and evenings to not interfere with school operations during the day. The discussion was the city and schools do little to nothing to maintain these fields at Spruce and Birch. Mr. Tallon and Mr. Finch from Hot Stove indicated there was a definite need to get on the fields early in the season so they can be usable and playable as soon as possible. T'he idea is, after June 9, the city can get on to the fields because school is out and fields aze better maintained. Mr. Tom 9 .,.,Y,.,