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IVdINUTES OF THE REGUL,AR MEE'PING OF COUNCIL Mayfneld Village Civic Hall 1Vlonday, June 15, 2015 - 8:00 p.m. The Council of Mayfield Village met in Regular Session on Monday, June 15, 2015 at Mayfield Village Civic Hall. Acting Council President Marquardt called the meeting to order at 8:00 P.M. ROLL CALL: Present: Mr. Jerome, Mr. Marquardt, Mrs. Mills, Dr. Parker, Mr. Saponaro Also Present: Mayor Rinker, Mr. Wynne, Mr. Diemert, Chief Edelman, Chief Carcioppolo, Mr. Metzung, Mr. Thomas, Mr. Cappello, Mr. DiNardo, Ms. Wolgamuth, Mr. Esborn and Mrs. Betsa Absent: Mr. Buckholtz, Mr. Marrie and Mr. Marrelli The Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag was given. OPEN PORTION - 3-minute limit imposed by Chair. Those who wish to speak must first state their name and address. Laura Lvnch Beech Hill I have lived on Beech Hill for 31 years. We lived on that street when it was a dirt road. They put the interceptor sewer in and then our road became paved. It was always a narrow road. Our children grew up on that street. Now, fast forward to today and I understand there's a repaving of that road with the option of it being widened. There is a group of us here for the widening. We feel among other things it is a safety issue. Just the other day, there was a truck that didn't have a cab on it. It was parked on Glenview. We went down the street in order to go by that truck that was parked for two days. I had to actually go on to the berm just to get around it. Many times if there's a school bus coming, I see it coming, I have to get into a driveway and let the school bus pass. It's a safety issue. We have a number of children now on that street. When our children were growing up, there wasn't a lot but there's a huge amount of children on Beech Hill. I don't know about the other three streets. They have to go over when there's a car coming. The residents know to stop and slow down but it's not only a resident driving on that street. It's a true safety issue where the kids are on the street because they have to be on the street with their bikes. They have to pull over into driveways in order for cars to pass. Especially on Beech Hill. There's a little incline heading north. It's hard to see. It's tree-lined. It becomes a very narrow and dangerous situation. Any big truck or anything that goes by with another passenger car it becomes very difficult to maneuver. In certain situations, if there's a big truck parked there, there's a situation where a truck was parked on one of the streets leading to SOM and a bus tried