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Council Minutes of 08 -19 -2014 volume of trash. Glauner does not anticipate a significant change in volume to cause a need for more recycling cans. Limpert expressed the hope that the expansion of plastics permitted for recycling will expand to city facilities including the golf course. The committee voted 3 -0 to recommend approval of Ordinance 2014 -53. The meeting was adjourned at 7:07 p.m. Councilwoman Hemann, Chairwoman of the Intra- Governmental Relations Committee: The Intra- Governmental Relations Committee met Tuesday August 12, 2014 at 7:15 p.m. Present were committee members Hemann, Limpert and Kearney; Council President Jones; Council members Barker, Brossard and Schumann; Mayor Kennedy, Law Director Gareau, Safety /Service Director Glauner, Mayors Court Clerk Cole and guests. The Committee meeting was held for the purpose of interviewing two candidates for appointments to the Arts Commission to serve staggered terms in accordance with Chapter 159 of the Codified Ordinances. The candidates interviewed were Sue Collander to fill a seat with the term ending December 31, 2015 and Stephanie Proctor to fill a seat with the term ending December 31, 2017. Both candidates were interviewed by the Committee and Council. A motion was made by Councilwoman Hemann to approve the Mayor's appointments to the Arts Commission. The motion was seconded by Councilman Limpert, and the Committee voted 3 -0 to recommend approval of the appointments of both candidates. The meeting was adjourned at 7:20 p.m. Councilwoman Hemann made a motion to approve the Mayor's appointment of Sue Collander to the Arts Commission for the term ending December 31, 2015 and the Mayor's appointment of Stephanie Proctor to the Arts Commission for the term ending December 31, 2017. The motion was seconded by Councilman Limpert and passed unanimously. Both appointments approved 6 -0. AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION Dennis Lambert, 25057 Carey Lane referenced Ordinance 2014 -52. This issue goes back a long way, and North Olmsted has been dealing with Dennis Clough for a long time. If he lived in Westlake and Clough was his Mayor, he would love every minute of it because Clough really made a city by paying attention to details. The Stearns Road project began at the end of Mayor Boyle's term and finished through the Musial term. Boyle wanted to put a four -lane highway right next to John Knox Church, and that land was owned by the state of Ohio. Clough turned that down; he put a block on that. He didn't want the traffic going through his residential areas that easily. But, he pushed to get the Stearns Road exit in because that got people away from Great Northern Blvd. and down to Crocker Park without having to exit onto Great Northern Blvd. Clough put a "blockade" along Avon Road so people in Avon couldn't get through; people had to go up Detroit past Westlake's business district. Forty -five miles per hour is not unreasonable for that stretch. Lambert said his concern is the residential area as those people took a beating for putting four lanes there. He believes that section south of Lorain should be 25 mph and heavily enforced because it's a residential street. This will detour people; they will go down Great Northern Blvd. and Lorain Road past North Olmsted businesses. He said Council is prudent keeping the speed limit at 35 mph right E