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15 planning Commission of the Village of North 07msted, Ohi.o C'auncil Chamber, Vi3.lage Hall Mar ch 31, 19 310 Members present - Eainbra.dge, Putsch, and Widenero absent - Rock and iZayor Seltzere other Vi17.a;e afficials present - Engineer Cloyd. Aoti ng Chai rman - B. G. Bainbri dge . The Minutes of February 24, 1931 read and approved'. The Brookpark Road Committee o£ the Kivranis Club, consisting of Hume1, Conantp Jones, and Hax'ra.son were presenta The $ecrEtary read a report on Dro McKay+s add.ress t;o the KiQianxs G1ub on the proposea Brookpark Roa.d improvement. . pr. NtcKay stat,Ed that $400,000.OO.to $50090OOg00 Fed@ral aid can be secured for the Rockjr River BricTge if this project is started promptly and if the right-of'-vray is securecl f'rom one existing Federml aid route to another, namely, Vdaoster Pike to Center Ridge R.oada TY:e cost of the high l,evel bridge across the Rocky River Va11ey might be $1,000,00OOsO0 -Low level Bridge abou-t $600,OOOo00o The difference wou 1d be Federal a.id money. ' He es'cimated the cost of a road tivould be $1.00 to $1:25 per f'ront foot. If the rightmof-wa.y is not secured soon it means no Fed'eraJ. aid, no State partieipation, and no raad since the County cannot assurne the entire burden. It means a loss of 4?,"400,OOOs00 Federal aid on the bridge and $15,dX= per mile cver the entire route,. The Seeretaxy also read sn outZine of the project and recammendations received from Dr. McKayos Offiae, of the Clevel.and Chamber of Commerce. pna of the major recommendations of the Federal Plan of Highway Improvem ment was the construction.of a,n East and West Belt Route acrass. Cuyahoga County along the approxinate line of the exi.sting Broalcpark -Road, extend- in,g from. CQnter Ridge Road at 1;he Urain County Line to South N'll.1es Avenue at I-aiizg. Road. The tentative location of this route was acc;epted as State Rou°te 43 by the State Hightivay Departnient in 1929, allotiving the State Highway Depart- L-Ent to participate in the cost of constxvctirlg'the project and thus lightpn the bux'den of taxati.on which the County, Villa.ges, and Property pwnsrs would otherwi.se have to bear. The tentative ].ocation has been sa designod. to conforrn to Federal Aid requiremen-ts so that aid may be secured from the Federal Governmento Before the County can institu.•te proeeedings whicr wou7.d lead to the