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Council Minutes of 5-8-74 -4- motors running and general sanayaace created when deliverfea are msde from 6:00 p.m. to midnight -making it impossible for soave ra~sideetta to sleep. Latter eves ~rritten to Public Relations Director of Fisher Pasio Ce>ata aa«d reply wex rrrcaie fapsw hie indicating situation is being looked into sad hope coa~ditioa cea be ractifia~i. Mr. West, Chairman Transportation Coard,ttes, ra~+orted Coaeeittae awes on l4pril ~, 1974 -all Committee Mea+~bara is attaa~tetce. Follteaing matters..disc~»sed: 1) reviewed With representatives of wia~w and svbdivisiaa the cetuat anel traffic survey made wi~:?~ regard to their uaett for a traffie light a-t R+escleviex 6 Lorain. All Committee M~:mber3 suppleaKtnt~l the Polio Suraey With a couple of hours on Satuxdays, tak:ing count on the time mired for traffic to get out onto the road. It is Committee's recommendation that ~thiag be doses at this flare in vice of the fact that all vehicles Comadtteet cotaetnd are fitting out in tiers less than with a traffic light there. The main problem saewete to be the fact that tl~es Laeeseta Store Shopping Center has three driv+esraya: one off Lorain Nd. sad one a vAasy short distance from Lorain Rd. on gan+chview. Psaple turaittg o€f from Lorain Rel. aid wanting to swing into I.awsons very often run into a traffic prebl+eat. Mr. West detailed what the problem is. Committee agreed seed Mr. West bets rae~msated this be investigated to eliminate this opea#stg and just we the apaetfa off A+mclxview down several hundred feet frnm Lorain Rd. plus the Lorain Rel. etpa~; 2) discussed with representatiwaet of Shopping Center on Doenar C+er Rd. ewer Mill Rd. their request that the "No I:ef t fora" freer Do~rsr Center onto Mill &l. be eliminated. Committee agreed that on a trial hassle era would lrl.t the "lto left turn" sign from 4:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. alleari~dg peeople itt the near-sur#e h+au~ra to turn left onto Mill Rd. This will be tried for awhile to see if this helper the situation of traffic on Dover Center and at lsi.ll Rd.; 3) discussed with Service Director the list of autoaw~bilea that City has a~ are in use and it was agreed and legislation will be ra~uested this evaeting to authorize Service Director to advertise for bids for two Weer cars to steer a gradual replacement program. Have not purchased saay Weer cars for this purpose for two or three years - one a 1972 model puredtasad latter pat of 1971; 4) discussed re:~uest for a traffic li~tt at Christauen & Lorain aaawl Police Department sur~,F~y which indicated that there was not justification for a traffic Light at this location at this time. President O'Neill asked Mr. Wilamosky if he received any response to his stateaweat that a letter should be written to the Clerk of Council each time Pla~eing Commission makes a recommendation to Council when he suggested this to Pl Commission at their meeting on April 23rc1. Mr. Wilaa~aky stated the t~adratoen of Planning Com~-ission responded very well to the recoemeadatioa seal ?Ir. 'iif.laatoek9 left the meeting under the impression that Planning Cotmeisaioa r~ld 1a the future supply Council with a letter on all of their reeommendatioos. Letters, Commncrications: Clerk read letter from Squire, Sanders & Dempsey regarding taro Rote ordaaae;es providing for a maxi:.ri~.~m interest rate of 6 l/4x per a~nztum. This was a realistic rate when ordinaances were prepared last month but, in view of ascalatiag interest rates, it may turn out that the notes catmot be sold at a rata undeer that lieetation in latter part of May and first part of ions when the Hates will actuaa.,ly be sold by Director of Finance. Letter indicated max#mtmt rate should be acrsased to 7 1/4X when ordinances cone up far third readings. Council and Finance Director Gerlach and Law Director Garaau discassed issuance of notes and bends, excalating interest rates, passage of note ordinances on emergency for better interest rate, etc.