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Council Minutes of 11-04-2009 Councilman Mahoney, Chairman of the Recreation, Public Parks and Buildings Committee: The Recreation, Public Parks and Buildings Committee met on October 27, 2009 at 8:25 p.m. The subject of that particular committee meeting was Ordinance 2009- 109, anOrdinance amending Sections 505.01 and 947.01 of the North Olmsted Codified Ordinances in order to .permit responsible persons to walk dogs on a leash in North Olmsted city parks. This Ordinance was first introduced at a September 15 Council meeting. There was a committee meeting held on September 22 after discussion by committee members and Council members and other members of the public. It was decided to hold that particular piece of legislation in committee. The second committee meeting was held on October 27, 2009. In attendance that evening was Council President Kennedy, committee members Brossard, Jones, and Mahoney; the remaining members of Council; the Safety Director; the Animal Warden; Mr. Mike Smalley, a representative of the North Olmsted Softball Organization; Mr. Jeff Stwgeon, a resident; and Linda Kennedy. The discussion primarily centered around the topics and some of the issues and concerns that had first been raised in the September 22 committee meeting. Some of those issues and concerns were the fact that the Ordinance did not address vicious dogs at all. It didn't discuss leash length or leash .type. It was indicated at the committee meeting that representatives of the North Olmsted Soccer Organization had weighed in on whether or not dogs would be permitted at Barton Bradley. Several Council members indicated that they might be in favor of allowing dogs at certain parks within the city of North Olmsted but potentially not others. A motion was made by Chairman Mahoney to recommend approval of 2009-109, seconded by Councilwoman Jones. The motion to recommend approval failed 3-0. There was an indication by several Council members that a revised or amended Ordinance might pass with the committee and other members of Council. AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION Bryan Gallagher, 1406 Plymouth Road, Cleveland thanked Lieutenant Hehnen for talking about the safety concerns two weeks ago. They look forward to speaking with the Safety Committee hopefully in three weeks. Matt Peters, 32869 Sorrento Lane, Avon Lake said he is here as a member of the Executive Board of the members of the North Olmsted Firefighters. They made some comments at the last Council meeting stating that there have been impacts to the response times to the services that they provide. The medical director may have said that their care is not diminished because their care has always been the most professional that they can provide. They cannot take and wave a magic wand and make minutes appear because when someone's not breathing, someone's having a heart attack, or somebody's having some type of crisis, they cannot make minutes appear out of nowhere. When the job is done with less people than it was before, the job doesn't get done as fast or as efficiently as it has in the past. He requested to have an open meeting to discuss these issues and get information. He congratulated everyone that won their elections, and he wished Mr. Dubelko well. Mayor O'Grady encouraged the firefighters in the city of North Olmsted to utilize the chain of command. He welcomes and encourages Council to 5