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.. Council Minutes of 11/1/88 -6- Mr. Tallon stated that the Mayor and Service Director are leading the people to believe that if their leaves were picked up they would be minus police or fire protection, which is not true. The money is in the Service Department; they do not go to fires and they do not do police work - they do the maintenance work of the City of North Olmsted. The Mayor chose to use the money in other areas within the Service Department, which is her preogative; he has no objection to that. The dollars were put into the Service Department and she does what she wants with it. No one should try to lay the blame on Council - that Council did not agree to have leaf pickup., That is not true; the Council gave the Mayor direction and .thought the leaf .pickup program should have been continued all along. The Mayor chose not to do that and spent the Service Department dollars where she felt her priorities were. That is what she is allowed to do but Mr. Tallon wanted everyone to know that it is ridiculous to charge that by having the leaves picked up it was taking away firemen and policemen. Larry Szuhay, 4279 Laurell Lane, reported that Governor Celeste passed a bill this last June, House Bill 592, which will make landfilling in Ohio a very expensive proposition in the future;. material going into solid waste landf ills will be taxed and very expensive. Any thoughts council may have on reinstituting the Leaf Pick-up Program and recycling. is going to help the city in the future. Also, would like to encourage council and Mayor to place a top priority on fixing the roof over the swimming pool; would work with the administration to help get this done. Mayor Petrigac mentioned a way to raise money by selling the parcel of land located between Marquette and Edgepark; about a year and a half ago, he pre- s¢nted a petition, with about 500 signatures, asking,. that that parcel be kept as a "green" area or a recreation area. Would like the Rec Complex roof repaired but would also like to keep this "green" area for the city. Linda Melda, 4286 Porter Road, expressed appreciation to everyone who helped .the Save Our Streets Committee by supporting Issue 26 and voting "yes". Madeline Brookshire, 5140 Hampton Drive, suggested that if the city could not provide leaf pickup for. the entire city, it should at least make a commitment to provide pickup for senior and disabled citizens. Also, there were many state- ments made tonight about the city's lack of money yet the new road was supported. Does not understand this kind of thinking; obviously the city's priorities and the residents priorities are not on the same keel and she has a real problem with that. Mayor Petrigac said that last year, the administration did try to take care of the senior and handicapped citizens by having the scouts and young volunteers rake leaves for them; it was about 857 successful. Will con- tinue to follow up again this year with the same program and would appreciate being given the names of anyone needing help. Al Korosi, 5392 Hampton Drive, discussed Issue 26. Does not know how the ex- tension road. can be built without taking private property. Also, the pre- . liminary survey, to be paid by the city, would cost $200,000 or more, and the city claims it has no money. Lori Davis, 6914 Hampton Drive, congratulated the Mayor on getting the Tree City, USA Award and suggested it be kept under glass since the city is going to ex- change 52,565 oxygen-giving trees for 16,500 trucks, buses and cars and will not be getting another award. Kay Dorazio, 4610 Porter Road, stated that Mr. Sherkow had explained that carbon monoxide pollution revolves around "hot spots" which occur and damage the environ- ment from traffic congestion. The Crocker extension will help the pollution problem by keeping the traffic moving so "hot spots" do not occur. Futhermore, the extension is not a state route - there cannot be buses or trucks on it. To the best of her knowledge, no private property will need to be taken. nC.R ?.M'lPM~PA~!H~ION^iYY*~yyira.'y6"rdPmR.i.:Aq'xitik'SM?}"..~.<.,'.'.. ..• . ,. .. _. ~,