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City Council Minutes of 8/4/2it09 along with intersection Cedar Point Road at Columbia Road will have no restrictions. Lorain Road at Clague, Brookpark at Clague, and the I-480 off ramp at Clague to be no turn on red from 7 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. weekdays. The intersection at Maple Ridge and Clague will be 7 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. on school days. Removed from the ordinance was the intersection at Lorain and Great Northern Blvd. which will remain the same. The committee voted 3-0 in favor of recommending the amended ordinance. Councilman Kearney made a motion to amend Ordinance 2009-79. The motion was seconded by Councilman Orlowski and passed unanimously. Ordinance No. 2009-79 amended. • Ordinance 2009-80, introduced by the Mayor, an ordinance amending Sections 333.01 and 337.26 of the Traffic Code, and Section 513.03 of the General Offenses Code, to establish and/or increase the minimum mandatory fines for first time OVI offenders, child restraint system offenses, and certain marijuana possession offenses. The changes in the ordinance will be to increase the minimum, but the judge can charge more. The Law Dept. advised Council that these changes be made to increase the minimum amount of fines a defendant can be charged. The changes are first time OVI from $325 to $475; child restraint system offenses $25 to $35; possession of marijuana as a minor misdemeanor offense shall be fined no less than $100. If the possession of marijuana is a misdemeanor of the fourth degree, the fine shall be no less than $200. Pros and cons were discussed, and the committee voted 3-0 to recommend approval. • Ordinance 2009-72, sponsored by Council Member Orlowski, an ordinance creating new Chapter 1373 of the Building Code, entitled "Building, Zoning, Property Maintenance and other Nuisance Activities," in order to provide for the abatement of public nuisances and the recovery of city response costs incurred as the result of the multiple recurrence of such nuisance activities on residential property located in the city of North Olmsted. This ordinance will be used as an enforcement tool. These fines will only be enforced if the nuisance occurs four or more times in a 12-month period. The fine shall be determined by the city after it determines how many man hours were needed to quell the disturbance. There is an appeal process written into the ordinance. He commends Councilman Orlowski for sponsoring the ordinance and also the Law Director and Safety Director for the guidance and assistance given to Mr. Orlowski. The committee voted 3-0 to recommend approval. • A liquor permit transfer from Standard Oil Company, 25295 Lorain Road, to Convenience Management Services, DBA BP 25295 Lorain Road. (Cl, C2, D6) Councilman Kearney made a motion that Council not object to this transfer. The motion was seconded by Councilman Orlowski and passed unanimously. • A liquor permit transfer from Standard Oil Company, 23425 Lorain Road, to Convenience Management Services Inc., DBA BP at 23425 Lorain Road. (C1, C2, D6) Councilman Kearney made a motion that Council not object to this transfer. The motion was seconded by Councilman Orlowski and passed unanimously. Councilman Brossard, chairperson of the Intra-Governmental Relations Committee: 1) As chairman of the Intra-Governmental Relations Committee, he has received some reappointments from Mayor O'Grady. The first were reappointments to the Housing Council of Lisa Thomas and Walter Spalding for the new term of January 1, 2009 to December 31, 2011 which do not require Council approval. The next reappointment was to the Fair Housing Review Board of Meenal Parikh for the term January 1, 2009 to December 31, 2012. Councilman Brossard made a motion 7