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Council Minutes 9-19-67 m2_ , 30 instead of $:00 pem, Mro Mangeni attende„ mee,rdrg he'd by young peop3e who articipated in the Bus 5tmp Prog?am this past summer and the Minos*_eria' Assoc+a- tion regarding making it an aEl-w????-around program. The students hed caoperated in a clean-up program fro? which the Csty greaZ4ly benef9rea. The major problem is they need a place to meet. WwiT d?ave to so?icet funds to cmn.t'?nue. The leaders of the group have gone back *o ?o'?rege and other jobs, so leadership wG11 have to come from others, but prograrn hes bAen an overwhelmsng succes? thas past summer, Mr. Mangani feels City should do ar;At can to see that thes pro5ram continues, Mr. Mangani reported for Mr, Caster `hat Cwty 9m????em.ents are underway; sidewalk program i s out for bi ds raow, Gre?ll- N0rthern pavP ng fi s beginno ng tha s weeko The C1 erk read a pet it i on of Septem"?er 31 th9 f s°om residents oi= M i tchel1 D r i ve, re- questing present plans foc° a swale a-L thp u-eao- of the property lines alorag the southwest end of Mi tchel1Driue chang?? ?o drai n ta 1e, It was s' gned by 13 pro- perty owners. Mr. Ted Bi lek, 25129 Mi tchel Y Dri ve, asiced if Ci ty is goi ng to confi i nue swale at rear of property. He would li9ce to have it changed to drain t11e. City Engi neer Dutton repl i eu that ti 1e is not recommeroded. Mrs. David Kraig, 25085 Mitchesl, sadd she felt that swale should be covered im- mediately because it was truly a health hazao°d for theMr childreno Mr. Foltz said Counci l should wr6 te to petionec°s on Mi tclnel l Drive and let them know of revised drainage planso City Engareer Dutton wiil give report to Clerk of Counci 1 and C 1 erk wi 1 1 wr i te the peop 1e who pet i t i oned , Mr. Don Ledvina, 3697 W. 230th St., o aio°?aoe?a Par Citizer?°s Committee, stated that he had rnet with Transportatioro ar? iraa c?-?ammlttee of North Olmstede He spoke about how this committee was anx±ous to help parents of children riding North Olmsted buses to schools an Cleveiand, and quoted percentages which he felt proved the unfairness of present rates. Mr. West replied that we certawnly apprec6ate the way this committee and the large group attending Council meetirsg have conducted themselves. He also said that there are any number of ways you can look at the school bus face problem and come up wi th di fferent answers. Orae way of looko ng at e t i s that in Zorae A& B there is a$1.00 saving a week. Local passes also save $1.00 a week, Mr. West has checked with Superinteradent but we do nmt have a good idea as to what the situation is since raising the rates. The pass situatiora is only one week oldo We have no ki nd of read i ng as to whether we have i ncu-eased too i c tt 1 e or too much. However, he does feel it cs good for the peopie to express themselves. Mr. Limpert called attentBon to fact tFat thea-e are bu5ey that we can have avail- able for local schoots only. Can u°un at a ceo-taan ttme and it has been sugqested that children are leaving home too earliy Foo° school but this is the only way we have been able to set it up arad make use af arrailable buses. Mr. David Burkhart, 21317 Ellen Drive, said they don't want to wait a month to c e whether or not lncrease is justefied, sufficient, etc, Mr. Joseph Gaul, Chai rman of Fai rvi ew Park Te°anspoe°tation Commi ttee, spoke saying that they want to go on cecord as opposed to bus fare raise. A mistake has been made. Joins with this group asking to cut this rafse back. Mr. Limpert