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Council Minutes of 4-3-73 -3-- 7) Mayor's veto of Ordinance Wo. 73-23 because of technicality on wording which was incorrect: Mr. West moved that Council sustain the veto of Ordinance No. 73-Z3, seconded by Mr. Boehaier. Affirmative vote: Boehmer, Giesser, Lampert, Prokasy, Saringer, Speedliag, West. Nation carried. Mr. Prokasy, Chairman Streets 6 Drainage Committee and Recreation, Public Parks ~ Building Cos~ittee reported following: Streets ~ Drainage Cooa~snittee met and two primary subjects for discussion were street resurfacing piogrsm for 1973 and sidewalk installations. 'ihe streets proposed to be resurfaced in 1973 in ordex of priority are 1) South Clague - south of Lorain Rd.; (Z) Burns Road; (3) South Canterbury -area that ruts off Butternut Ridge; (k) West 230 St., West 23Z St. and Mildred Ave. -all south of Lorain Rd. (5) Shoxt Coe Ave. -section of Coe Ave. off of Elm Rd. 2) In checking current statue of drainage conditions that have been worked on recentlq: 1) Gessner Rd. project - reditching in that area has been completed and apparently effectively relieves some of the flooding conditions in the area east of Halter Rd.; 2) Burns Rd. -what is known as Glendenning ditch in that area needs to be relocated. Some acquisition of property is needed and Engineering Dept. and Law Dept. are worlcfng on this ; 3) Dawn Drive project -Service Director reports the culvert pipe for this has been ordered and will proceed on this after material is received; 4) Drainage areas on Lorain Rd. -some of theca have beco0ae problems. Efae area particularlp between Canterbury and western end of Great Northern Shopping Ctr. north side of Lorain Rd. Development going on in this area which includes Gold Circle development w111 pick up one of the areas that have ponding water at the intersection of Lorain Rd. and what is now known as Spat'ky Lane. Catch basins are in stock and should be installed in other areas on Lorain Rd. between this entrance and Canterbury Rd. to relieve flooding or ponding problems. Regarding sidewalks: City set forth a program several years ago to accomplish at least a sidewalk on one side of every street in the City by 1973. Hope to be able to complete this project on schedule. Streets definitely proposed at this time for sidewalks are: Piartin, Lansing, Gardenia, Gladland, South Canter- bury and Dover. Areas of Silverdale, Selhurst and Mi11 Rd. -engineering plans still must be drawn. Also looking at the area of what is known as Garden City and plans for this area have to be drawn. As Chairman of Recreation, Public Parks & Building Committee, Mr. Prokasy reported that some controversy has developed within the last week over the scheduling by Recreation Commission and Recreation Director concerning locations of different baseball leagues. It seems there was a letter and petition circu- lated which referred to the Cub Scout League which involves approximately 708 boys in age bracket of 7 to 9 yrs. Letter stated Recreation Director had told them they old not be able to use North Olmsted Park to play ball in; there was no: alternative to North Olmsted Park; a threat that money would be with- drawn from support of the Cub Scout League; com~+laining about it would not do any good. Mr. Prokasy talked to Chairman of Recreation Cc~ni.s:ion, Director and Assistant Director and the facts are as follows: Cub Scouts have used