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Council Minutes of 9/19/95 .~ vicinity. Mr. Miller commented that he resented Mr. Cemey's remarks that Council was not doing anything to solve this problem. The issue was brought up during caucus, there was discussion and Council will be looking at the situation. Mr. Carney said he took back his comments, perhaps the comments were unfair because he had not told Council about the problem. However, he then proceeded to say that he has told Council about other issues and nothing had bpi done. He matte further a~gations that Council cogducts "secret meetings." The entire Council was insultexl and distressed by Mr. Cerney's remarks. President Boehmer informed Mr. Cemey that his time allotment was over. Mr. McKay spoke about the deer problem in the State of Ohio, and stated that even the Ohio Wildlife Department has no answer to the problem. Richard Stack, 5761 Allendale Lane, asked for an update on the flooding problem in his area. Mr. Bohlmann commented that the administration is putting together a comprehensive report which will be presented to Council. The Allendale area will be part of this report. However, he said a preliminary determination would be that a new storm line running from the ditch on the east side of Great Northern Boulevard into the Metroparks would be needed. He will provide a copy of the comprehensive report to Mr. Stack when it is completed. Margaret McKay, 5197 Cohunbia Road, was distressed by Mr. Cerney's comments and spoke in defense of Council She said that on a Sunday afternoon her husband, Councilman McKay, and her brother had personally removed a raccoon from a remdent's fireplace. Bob Frindt, 4084 Claque Road, spoke in opposition to the proposed Claque Road project. Mr. Frindt had previously spoken to Council about this issue. He prese~ited. Council with additional names to a petition asking that the project be abandoned. In addition, he has sent a copy of a letter written to Mayor Boyle and copies of the petition to Jerry Wray of the Ohio Department of Transportation, County Engineer Thomas Neff and Congressinau Martin Hoke. Mr. Frindt and his neighbors support Mayor Boyle's suggestion that Route 252 be extended instead of the Claque Road project. He asked that Council consider an action that would finally resolve this iss~ie so the residents can "get this off our backs" and provide a sohrtion to disperse the traffic in the area. Mayor Boyle commented that he had written to Mr. Wray of ODOT but had not yet received a reply. If he does not receive a reply within the next week, then he, Service Director Bohlm~ann, City Engineer Deichmann and Law Director Gareau will meet to discuss some type of legislation "to throw a little bit more weight behind this." He does not understand why Route 252 is being ignored because it would connect I-90 and I-480 at fiill interchanges. Mr. Frindt commented that it was his understanding that there was a budget crunch. He said the federal government was subsidizang 80% of the Claque Road project, but at this time no money had been allocated for any project. Mayor Boyle stated that he hated to gull the carpet out from under Claque" because even if Route 252 were to go through Mr. Frindt and his neighbors on Claque Road still have a traffic problem--currently it is very difficult for them to get out of their driveways. He feels that the traffic problem pos~'bly could be eased with the addition of another lane, making Claque Road athree-lane road. He said