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Council Minutes of 6/16/2009 AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION 1) Dennis Lambert, 25057 Carey Lane, said he is known as a "frequent flyer" at these meetings, which means he has been around quite a bit. He speaks his mind and has called the Mayor on several issues. But the Mayor needs to be commended as he's finished out his term in style by doing his job right to the end. He previously served on a City Council (Fairview Park), and it was very active. He noted that Council has the legislative power in this community to enact any program it chooses to do. Council does not need to ask the Mayor to move this city forward; they can order up legislation and suggest that it happen that way. The Mayor can either veto that legislation or go along with it. He thinks the Mayor took a high road offering to sit down and meet to work things out, but Council can on their own bring up a new idea and put it in legislative form and pass it. This was done in Fairview Park, and it moved the city forward. Those traditions remain. Regarding the report on the economic development, he wondered what the cost was because he does not think it was worth very much. This city didn't need a study to know that it can reinvent itself anytime it wants to. Councilman Gareau commented that Mr. Lambert often complains the city does nothing to attract new business. Then, when we attract new business, he complains. The report given was from a committee meeting where Mr. Myers gave his observations and spoke about services provided to the city as part of the Silverlode consulting contract. Mr. Lambert said he did not think the information was worth that much. Mr. Gareau noted that the contract was for $58,000 over two years, and it has generated $170,000 this year alone and last year it generated $109,000. That is $280,000 generated with expending for the two-year contract $116,000. Next year, it will generate $230,000, the year after that $268,000, the year after that $307,000. That is not a waste of time. That is doing what Mr. Lambert has asked the city to do. 2) Bill Kosmac, 27180 Pompton Drive, spoke about the wind turbine systems legislation. He attended the Planning & Design Commission meeting held on June 10, where there was astanding-room only crowd of residents. There were numerous concerns about putting such devices in a community so densely populated like North Olmsted. There were additional concerns about noise, insomnia, difficulties with equilibrium, headaches, and other health problems. A pediatrician in New York has even coined the phrase, "Wind Turbine Syndrome." One of the main concerns was the safety of our children as there is a possibility of the school board wanting to erect one of these on the Middle School campus. With so much concern and worry about the health of residents, taking away from the esthetics of North Olmsted, and the safety of our children, why would wind turbines even be considered? He believed there were only two Council Members who attended that meeting. He invites and encourages City Council to attend the next meeting on July 8 so they can hear firsthand all the concerns that are weighing heavily on the residents of North Olmsted. Councilman Barker explained there were three Council Members at the meeting-Mr. Orlowski, Mr. Brossard and himself. 8 ~:a~