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Council Minutes of 12/2/97 Regarding the ordinance for the repair of Barton Road, Mrs. Saringer asked if other ~~ streets, especially Claque Road, had been considered. Mr. McKay said that the county makes the determination on which streets are available. Mr. Lind said that Claque Road had been discussed in the past and it was determined that the cost to the city was prohibitive. Mr. McKay noted that a simple overlay of Claque Road would cost $600,000. Mayor Boyle reminded Mrs. Saringer that the county had wanted to do Claque Road but the request was turned down. Mrs. Saringer said that was because the project would have widened Claque Road. Mayor Boyle said that the county had presented the city with a couple of different plans for Claque Road and Council had not approved them. Barton Road is a totally separate issue, and we would be foolish to turn down the repair of the road at a small cost to the city. Mr. Limpert said he remembered that the residents of the Claque Road area had said they would rather see the road go to dust than have it widened. Mayor Boyle said he wanted to make it clear that Barton Road and Claque Road are two totally separate subjects. Mr. Nashar, Chairperson of the Public Safety, Health & Welfare Committee, moved for an extension of the FOP contract until March 15, 1998 and to make the agreement retroactive to January 1, 1998. The motion was seconded by Mr. Limpert and unanimously passed. AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION Dan Hogan, 24071 Vincent Drive, presented a petition signed by the residents of Vincent Drive asking for underground feed street lights. Joe Bouman, 23950 Gessner Road, expressed concern about the condition of Claque Road and asked whether it had been studied from a safety standpoint. Mayor Boyle said safety had been a factor in the discussions on Claque Road. The county had proposed four lanes because that met their standards. The city would prefer to finish Route 252 and have the City of Fairview Park open up their roads because that is where the traffic is coming from. The city took the position that it did not make a whole lot of sense to connect two two-way intersections from I-90 and I-480. It would be better to do full interchanges; namely, Route 252 (Columbia Road/Great Northern Boulevard). Safety is what prompted the county to propose four lanes and changing the curve, which was a major disruptive factor because it would take out a number of homes. It is now in the hands of the Ohio Department of Transportation. The Mayor suggested that Mr. Bouman and other concerned residents write to the Governor and ODOT. The documentation on the Claque Road proposals is in the Engineering Department, and Mr. Bouman was invited to visit the department to see the information. Mr. McKay asked that Mr. Bohlmann discuss the costs associated with the repair of Claque Road. Mr. Bohlmann stated that, at Mr. McKay's request, he had done a cost evaluation on south Claque Road concerning a simple resurfacing to a grindout with proper drainage and new sidewalks. One major problem on the road is that when it rains the sidewalks are flooded. The highest point of the road is at the center line, which should be the lowest point. To do the -"'' job right including curbs, repaving, curb straightening and moving utility poles that are ,..,.,~ 4 t-.. ..