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CUYAHOGA COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION The widening and/or relocation of State Route 252. ¦ Support the continuation of Brookpark Road as a limited access highway that would require city c° and state approval for the issuance of additional curb cuts. Goal No_ 2: Ensure orderly development around the proposed Crocker-Stearns Road Connector. . Follow the development recommendations that are listed in the Master Plan for this project which is discussed under Focus Area C. ¦ Strongly encourage the city to follow all of the recommendations governing the regulation of future uses fo.r the uneconomic remnants of parcels that will front the extension of Crocker Road. Goa! No_ 3: Encourage the use of public transportation and red'uce the need for reliance on the automobile. . Encourage the construction of bikeways wherever feasible in the city and especially where linkages can be developed between existing bikeways and places of public accommodation, including large shopoing centers, public parks and playgrounds, schools and other community facilities. . Work with the RTA on exploring the feasibility of extending the airport Red Line rapid to Great Northern Mall. . Utilize federal funds available through the Intermodal Surface Transportation EfficiencyAct of 1991 for such non-highway transportation improvements such as mass transit, bicycle and pedestrian facilities. :Goa! No. 4: Facilitate pedestrian traffic, especially in the areas of Great Northern Mall and along Lorain Road. . Establish a comprehensive pedestrian circulation plan for this area that would include the constructing of sidewalks and crosswalks where none exist and the enforcement of the sidewalk provision in the city's Real Property Maintenance Code to properly maintain existing sidewalks. ¦ Require all new site plans to include both a sidewalk element along existing public streets as well as an interior pedestrian walkway plan that addresses the location of crosswalks and walkways within the proposed development site. . . Initiate property assessments against property owners who do not have public sidewalks for all properties that front on the area's public streets. PUBLIC FACILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE GOALS Goal No. 1. Maintain existing public facilities and infrastructure, including public streets and sidewalks, public buildings, water and sewer facilities and the city's wastewater treatment plant. . Seek federal and state funding sources to assist in maintaining the above facilities. Examples could include State Issue 2, CDBG, and EPA funding. 5