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Council Minutes of 2/15/94 Audience Participation (continued) Ms. no~ack asked t r residents could work with Mr. Bohlmsrm's office to get the street repaired sooner. Mr. Boh]mam replied that there is really no way to accelerate the process to bring it into this construction season. In ans~r to a question as to whether safety was a consideration in prioritizing streets, Mr. BQhlmarni answered that safety ~s taken into consideration. Wither or not a street is a main thoroughfare is another m~c>rtant consideration. Mr. Bohlmann said that he regretted mt being able to do Alexa~xder Road during the 1994 construction season. There are serious infrastructure probl that must be corrected on Alexander before tt~e street can be reconstructed. Noreen Drive ar~cl Hawkins Road are being done this year because they provide access to Clague Park. The Oxford Oval streets have been on the slab repair list for some bate and had deteriorated to the point of n+iing complete replacement. Coe Aveznye is a major thoroughfare between Lorain and Elm, Palm, Birch and Oak I..arie. Palm Drive carries a significant amount of school traffic. Deerfield Phase I is almost complete, so it is logical to coa~lete the entire subdivision. Bretton Ridge Phase I will begin this year because the enormity of the job will require three years to complete. Esther and MacBeth are being done this year because the city will receive Issue 2 grant money for this project. Mrs. Saringer suggested that perhaps the Service Director and Streets & Drainage Committee could tour the streets after the snow has melted to determine whether the priority of streets had changed. Mayor Boyle replied that it was found that the city expended a tremendous amrnmt of money when it waited until the construction season had begun before prioritizing streets. By going to bid early and catching the construction companies in the early part of the year, we've been able to lower the cost of street repairs. In 1990, a plan was presented to Council that would repair all streets before the turn of the century. It is only 1994 and the majority of the streets are already repaired. A major reason this has occurred is because of the bidding process that has been follos~ed. We have saved a good deal of money using this process, which has resulted in the repair of many more streets. He stands by this decision, aril. he bases all that has been done in the '90's on that decision. Margaret Kaminski, 24089 Ambour Drive, said that because the street is more than 30 years old someone should have projected that repairs would be needed. Mayor Boyle agreed that this projection should have been made during the 1980's. This Administration has been faced with a city of streets that have not received required repairs. What has been done since 1990 has been very successful Repair projections can be made, and that is the basis of our current maintenance program. Ms. Kaminski stated that Ambour Drive was in need of repair prior to and in Mayor Boyle's Administration. Mayor Boyle agreed that Ambour Drive has been in need of repair since before his Administration. 6