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Council Minutes. of 12/4/84 _2_ Mr. O'Grady, Chairman Public Safety, Health and Welfare Committee reported: 1) Commended the City for the expeditious manner in which it handled the signalization for the left turn lane on Clague Road and Lorain Road, which went operational on Tuesday, November 27th. 2) Received a communication from City Engineer Schaller with respect to Ordinance No. 84-104, prohibiting right turn on red from Lorain Road onto Clague Road; City Engineer reported that based on ol~.servations to date, it appears that prohibiting this turn movement would require the present signal timings to be adjusted for more "green time" for Lorain Road to clear the traffic waiting to make such a movement. The added time would have to be deducted from the "green time" allocated to Clague Road and in essence would defeat the purpose of the left turn signalization. Transportation Committee and Safety Committee will have a joint meeting to discuss. 3) Received a copy of a letter from Ohio Department of Transportation regarding the reduction of speed on Porter Road. Mr. Gallito states "From all indications Porter Road is functioning as a through highway. Porter Road is a county road on the Federal Aid Urban System with a classification of an urban collector. The road connects two primary highways of Lorain and Center Ridge Road. Motorists perceive Porter Road as a through highway since their pace was noted at 35 miles per hour. Please note that if Porter Road is designated as not a through highway, it may no longer be eligible for federal aid since its classification. of an .urban collector would change. The method by which Council of North Olmsted is attempting to lower the speed limit for Porter Road is a matter of legal interpretation. Therefore, the department cannot grant a variance or exception to the stop sign portion of the law. Your Law Solicitor for the City of North Olmsted should be able to provide legal counsel in this matter. As an alternative, another method for speed reduction could be through the Traffic Engineer's speed zone study to be conducted by the City." The joint Transporation and Safety Committee meeting will also discuss this Porter Road issue. Mrs. Petrigac, Chairman Recreation, Public Parks and Buildings Committee as well as Transportation Committee reported: 1) Transportation Committee met on November 26th with all members present as well as Finance Director Boyle, City Engineer Schaller and Safety Director Petre. Discussed Mr. Petre's letter in response to Mr. Bierman's question about students crossing at Butternut and Fitch Roads. Mr. Petre stated "As per Mr. Bierman's request, we contacted the school guard for his input. Today, Captain Thomas Marsh, advised that the school guard crosses students only on Fitch and none cross Butternut at his post. The school guard did state that he~does observe junior high and senior high students crossing Butternut in between Dover Center Road and his post. These students should be crossing with the light at Dover Center Road. There is another school guard to the west of Fitch, in front of Butternut Elementary School, who crosses students at Butternut." 2) Thanked City Engineer Schaller for the information requested by Councilman Wilamosky at the last council meeting with respect to Ordinance Nos. 84-109, 84-110, and 84-111; will forward the list of streets questioned by Mr. Wilamosky. 3) Committee also discussed Ordinance No. 84-100, the first of five phases, for the signalization of Lorain Road from Porter to Columbia, at a total estimated cost of $.246,000. 75% will be federally funded; city's cost will be approximately $63,500. Engineering costs will add an additional $60,000. Phase One is about $108,500 and includes the computer, the controllers and the phones. Phase Two is about $34,500 and includes phones, installation, plus computers. Phase Three is about $42,000; Phase Four, $36,000 and Phase Five, Kennedy Ridge Road and Mastick Road Phase, about $25,000. Committee considers this a priority item and asks the Finance Committee to consider so it can be put into the budget for next year.