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l Council Minutes of 3/18/2008 B of March l lt" 2008 with the exception that the language "unless approved by the Building Commissioner" not be included. The motion seconded by Chairman Barker and the vote was 2-0 to approve as Mrs. Jones had to step out of the meeting for personal reasons. The committee recessed at 7:34 p.m. Councilman Barker made a motion to amend Ordinance 2008-06 as amended with the following amendment that was suggested at the committee meeting as just reported: strike the words "unless approved by the Building Commissioner" from Section 1163.34, (b), (1), B in the sentence "No signs shall be attached to any permanent sign or sign base." The motion was seconded by Councilman Gareau and passed unanimously. Ordinance No. 2008-6 amended. 2) The committee meeting of March 11 reconvened at 7:56 p.m. with Mrs. Jones back in attendance. The following was discussed: • Ordinance 2008-44, an ordinance amending Sections 1363.07, 1363.08, 1363.10 and 1363.99 of the Real Property Maintenance Code in order to promote efficiency, clarify when search warrants are required and increase the penalties for property maintenance violations; and declaring an emergency. The amendments being discussed are to immediately issue tickets for some minor violations such as parking on the grass, high weeds, garbage cans and trash, along with no address display on houses. A warning tag would be the first step and then a citation would be issued. The first fine will be a $35, after 48 hours it will be $SO and possibly higher and court appearance if not resolved. This also brings it in line with State law and eliminates an appeal process that is very seldom used. Also, it brings offenses to 4t" degree misdemeanors instead of minor misdemeanors. This only has to do with exterior property maintenance code for single family residences. After long discussion and suggested changes brought forward by Safety Director Thomas, Assistant Director Heyward and Councilman Gareau, it was decided to hold the legislation in committee for changes and cleaning up of some language. A motion was made by Councilman Gareau and seconded by Councilwoman Jones, and the vote was 3-0 to hold in committee. The committee meeting adjourned at 8:30 p.m. Council Member Dailey Jones, chairperson of the Streets & Transportation Committee: 1) The committee did not meet, but she is announcing that she is interested in holding a committee meeting with the Service Director to discuss the snow event that we had the weekend of March 8. Council has questions about how the Service Dept. handled that event, what planning went into it, how the plan was executed, etc. Also, Council has received phone calls from residents as well. who might be interested in learning more about how our city handles those types of things. She will schedule the committee meeting as soon as her committee members are available. 2) April is Fair Housing Month here in North Olmsted and across the country. The City of North Olmsted's Fair Housing Review Board is going to be holding a session on predatory lending and how to protect yourself against that. More information will be coming forward regarding that event. 8