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' 3. DELETION OF EAST SIDEWALK FROM THE PROJECT: It is the request and recommendation of the Association that the east sidewalk be deleted from the Project plans, at least from Lorain Road north to at least the Westlake City boundary. This east sidewalk will only serve as an attractive nuisance for unwanted pedestrian and other park traffic immediately adjacent to the Association's community of homes. The bike trail by itself will offer full and direct access to the MetroPark, the only area of interest between Lorain Road and the Westlake City boundary. 4. PEDESTRIAN OVERPASS ACROSS ROADWAY: It is the request and recommendation of the Association that a pedestrian overpass be installed across the roadway in the vicinity of Forest School. The purpose of this overpass is twofold: 1) for school children coming from Pheasant Walk and Garden City developments to safely go to and from Forest School, and 2) to permit Forest Ridge residents safe and convenient access to the MetroPark. 5. BLASTING PROTECTION DURING CONSTRUCTION: It is the request and recommendation of the Association that special precautions and procedures be required of the contractor to protect the nearby school and residential structures from damage during any required blasting. Although core samples have not yet been taken, it is the Associations opinion from previous construction experience in the i iate area, that blasting is almost a certainty in portions of the Project, during installation of sewers. Blasting was required to install a sanitary feeder along portions of the Project's proposed right of way (about 1975), to install storm and sanitary sewers on Hampton Drive during the original construction of Forest Ridge (1961), and more recently to install certain in-ground swimming pools on Hampton Drive. It is believed that sandstone was the rock formation most frequently encountered. 6. POLLUTION PROTECTION DURING CONSTRUCTION: It is the request and recommendation of the Association that all ODOT specifications pertaining to pollution, especially dust control, be rigidly enforced during construction, because of the close proximity of school and residential. areas to the construction, and especially in light of prevailing westerly winds resulting in the area being normally downwind of the construction. 7. UTILITY WIRING TO BE UNDERGROUND: It is the request and recommendation of the Association .that any immediate or future power, telephone, signalling, TV, or other utility wiring be installed underground. We understand-that CEI is mandated by the Federal Government to expend certain funds in this regard, and we are requesting that such funds be spent on this project. To protect the aesthetics of the area, especially the MetroPark, provision for such wiring should be made when construction costs are minor, unobstructed by what would later be in-place paving, sewers, and other structures. Page 2 of 6