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Council Minutes of 10-18-2016 Olmsted is already ahead and in compliance with the thresholds. A motion was made to recommend the Ordnances to council and it passed 2-0. AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION Irene Slattery, 4455 Camellia Lane stated a few years ago she was President of North Park Estates Homeowners Association and she received complaints that the light at Mill and Dover is quite frustrating. It's a long light with no turn on red and the activator does not work. As a citizen she felt her time was not valued as she sat at the light, it was maddening. She heard the issue of eliminating the sign was coming before council and is happy she is feeling valued as a citizen and is looking forward to the sign being eliminated. Joanne Gura, 4683 Azala Lane stated she was President of the Homeowners Association there and wanted to voice the opinions of some of those at the development concerning the light at Mill Road. She stated everyone seems to agree it should be a regular stop light, not barring turning on red. She stated she does not think it's very effective and the only time it would become a hassle is around the holidays and wants to see the no turn on red eliminated. Marilyn Bene, 4468 Camellia Lane stated she was also part of the North Park Estates Homeowners Association and over the years Councilman Brossard and Mayor Kennedy has attended their meetings. The main topic everyone voices their opinion on is the no turn right on red. The frustration is strong throughout the development and no one sees the sense in it and it has been brought up at meetings for many years. There was a time you could not see to the left because of water tower issues, but that has now been cleared out and she hopes council will vote to eliminate the sign. Jim Burns, 3978 Dover Center stated he thinks Law Director Michael Gareau was the only one at the podium around when the sign was put up. Stated the reason for the no right turn on red sign is because traffic would stack up off of Lorain and when the lights turned green on Dover Center nobody could move. Traffic backed up regularly to Cottonwood and frequently to his house, which is almost in West Lake. He said they changed the light timing a little bit, but a key part is the no turn on red sign. If the City does away with it, they will find out come this Christmas season you will have traffic on Dover backed up to Cottonwood and passed my house. Not sure if anyone has done traffic counts to look into this decision. Afraid if City does away with the no right turn on red, traffic will be backed up almost to West Lake. Irene Slattery, 4455 Camellia Lane stated it's not just the no right turn on red working against them, it's the long light and the activator does not work so something must be done. Bob Wiersma, 28141 Gaudina Dr. stated he is also a member of the North Park Homeowner's Association. He wanted to point out safety is an issue, but you have to remember people know the light is a long light and won't stop at it. They go through the light and go through the Giant Eagle parking lot to bypass the light. Thirty to 40% of the 5