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U I 29 - Mr. Cotton said the street needs graded and gravel to be put down. He said the Police Department does not patrol their street because of the poor road condition. Lawrence Siringer - 950 Beech:Hill - said the condition of Beech Hil1 is atrocious. It is becoming costly to him because he has had to replace several exhaust systems on his car due to poor road conditions. He said the Police Department used to come down their street two or three times a day and he has not seen a police car on their street in months. He said as a taxpayer they are entitled that service. He said regarding snow removal, at one time there was six inches of snbw on their street. He , only saw the snowplow come down their street once and it had its blade up. He said today his grandaughter was ridin.g a bicycle and fell because of the poor road. He said something must be done now as the road is impassable. Mr. Carmen said he agrees temporary action.must be taken to improve the road condition until it is paved. Safety vehicles must be able to use the road. He explained there was no intent for this to be a lesson to anyone. We were informed.by our Law Director we were unlawfully spending public funds on a road that had not been dedicated for ma.intenance. Mr. Cotton asked if the road had been'dedicated and accepted. Mr. Feneli said the street was dedicated and accepted for public use but it was not accepted for maintenance. Mrs. Pumphrey said she has lived there for 24 years. When she moved there the street had a hard surface and was maintained by the Village. The ditches were cut each spring. Since then the road has been neglected and she feels because of the Village's neglect the residents are going to have to pay for paving. Mr. Feneli explained that the municipality at no time had any obligation.to maintain Beech Hill. Mrs. Pumphrey questioned if it was the Village's responsibility to cut ditches. Mr. Amendola said from 1976 to 1980 Mayfield Village spent between 1,200 and 1,800 per year for grading and work done on Beech Hill each year. Close to 500 tons of limestone were used each year. It was done in 1981 by King Excavating. Mayfield Village does not have equipment that will cut that road surface. He explained that when a plow goes down the road and hits a hole, since they are heavier now they tear another hole in the road. Two months ago 18 tons of stone was used to f ill in all the holes on Beech Hill and the road was graded. There is no ma.terial that is suff icient to hold up, the first car that travels the street at 35 mph will tear the stones back.out of the holes. He said for $1,000 the road could again be graded and the holes filled with gravel.