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Council Minutes of 8/19/97 street. On Cambridge Drive, the no parking would be on the curve on Cambridge just ~. west of Christman Drive. The committee is awaiting the review from Larry Griffith. Mr. Nashar wished Community Council good luck with this weekend's Homecoming. Mr. Limpert, Chairperson of the Transportation Committee asked for an update from the Service Director on the traffic signalization and resignalization of Lorain Road. Mr. Bohlmann said that Perram Electric, the contractor for the State of Ohio, is currently working on traffic signalization of Lorain and Stearns, Clague and Brookpark, McKenzie and Lorain, Whitethorn and Lorain. Those are the last four intersections where traffic signals need to be installed. What has taken so long was delay and delivery of poles and some modifications to the traffic poles themselves. We also have left approximately 40 handicap ramps to install in different areas along Lorain Road and other streets plus some additional sidewalk and curbing that was torn up that has to be replaced. Also, some additional wooden poles that are standing have to be removed. We removed somewhere in excess of 30 at this point in time, and there are another dozen or so to be removed, which will help the esthetics of Lorain Road. Of course, the removal of all the overhead wiring has helped the esthetics quite a bit. The new completion date is September 10 of this year. After the job is complete, we will be tinkering around with the traffic movements in the various locations probably for a number of months, via the computer. On a recent Saturday afternoon about 1:30 p.m., Mr. Bohlmann drove from the west end of the city starting at Timber Trails to the eastern city line in only 13 minutes. This is a vast improvement! Mr. Nashar asked when the work area at Lorain and Wedgewood would be cleared, and Mr. Bohlmann said that would also be completed by September 10. On another matter, Mr. Bohlmann noted that last Saturday morning .7 of an inch of rain fell in a half hour's time and then another 1.6 inches fell in the afternoon. There were no portable pumps on the streets, and the system worked very well. Because of a power outage on the east end of town, pumps were sent to the Westchester/Olrnsted Oval area to help residents who have sump pumps. The extent of the flooding problems was one flooded garage drain. Mr. O'Grady, Chairperson of the Intra-Governmental Relations and Legislation; Long- Range Planning Committee: 1) The committee met on August 12 at 6:30 p.m. Present were committee members O'Grady, Musial, Lind; Council Members McKay, Nashar and Limpert; Law Director Gareau; Finance Director Burns; Administrative Assistant Hensal; resident Dennis Lambert; Mayor Boyle; Safety Director Kasler. The committee discussed the following items: a. Ordinance 97-52, a Charter amendment which deals with the city acting on behalf of the residents in the role of collective bargainer with utility providers. No resident would be required to take part in this program if they chose not to. The ordinance simply puts in place a mechanism whereby the city can act as a collective bargainer to bargain for all the residents of the City of North Olmsted for lower utility rates. With those understandings, the committee recommended approval of Ordinance 97-52. a~ ~,Y~ 6