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5 Council Minutes of 8/15!95 3) The city has held several meet~gs with homeowner associations con.g residential floodmg caused by the recent torrential rains. The input of the public has been very valuable for planning firture projects and strategy to deal with flooding problems. Until these projects can be completed, the city has begun. to place temporary pumps in several strategic areas. Also, cabin procedures within the Service Department have been ehasged so that response time can. be quicker. During the Est recent worm, two ides of raa~ fell in a little more than a half hour as compared to the 1989 storm why four inches fell in a four-hour period. However, because of all the work done in the city the past several years, sanitary flooding has bey ah~st eli~ated. Taking the out of the flood scheme is an accomplis~ent. 4) Yesterday the County Engineer held a public hearing concerning the expansion and relocation of Claque Road. The County Engineer's office has Cie Road based on certain parameters, one of which is that Columbia Road (Rt. 252) will not be extended. It is the Mayor's belief that the extension of Rt. 252 would be a betxer pinn because it would link up full interc-ges on I-90 ~d I-480 and would not scud the traffic through residential areas. The Cohmr~bia Road extension would probably only involve three lanes as opposed to four lanes and a relocation on Claque Road. The Mayor suggested that City Council and residents contact the Ohio I3epartmea-t of Transportation and Governor Voinovich to urge the extension of Columbia Road rather than the Claque Road project. That project will be more vah-able to our community and We~lake and will service the entire west side. 5) The exact date for the opening of the new fire station has not been set but will probably be sometime in September. 6) The Mayor has spoken to the developer of the senior housing proje# and is satisfied that the conditions prese~eted by the city are being met. Those con " ' inchule the stipulation that residence priority will be as follows: North Olmsted s, r~atives of residents, retired employes of the city and the school district and then the general public. Hopefully, the senior housing project will be completed in 1996. Referring to the Mayor's report on Claque Road, Mr. McKay stated that the same criteria that ODOT used for Claque Road exists on Cohunbia Road. In addition to the opposition by Westlake, ODOT refused to do Cohunbia Road because they did not want to build a four-lane highway that licks to a two-lane road. However, that is exactly what will happen on Claque Road. Mayor Boyle noted that the Claque Road project daces 12 houses, and the Columbia Road project would displaces 2 or 3 homes. In addition, although ODOT has stated they would not build something that was obsolete upon completion, that is exactly what Claque Road would be since it would link to a two-lane road. Mr. Limpert noted that since the start of this project is seven years away, it would be fiuther obsolete by the number of maximum cars per lane as currently emulated by ODOT. The Mayor stated that the problem is the County Engineer had to work within the parameters given. They did a good job within those parameters. However, he does not believe the parameters were correct. He agreed with Mr. McKay's start that a lot of the design criteria for rejecting the extension of Rt. 252 exists on Claque Road. He believes what needs to be addressed on Claque Road is the plumbing north of Lorain Road because the mains in that area are not adequate. The traffic should go to Rt. 252. 2