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Council Minutes of 2/18/97 waste put in the facility. So, this is not a solution. She is objecting to the fact that Ohio will be taking waste from five other states and that we are continuing to produce huge amounts of nuclear waste--most of it produced by profit-making utilities. Mrs. Weldon said that during the Council-sponsored debate Senator Suhadolnik had assured everyone that we will have three trucks a week going through our State. However, she noted that 2,500 trucks were needed to remove only a third of the waste from Three Mile Island. It would take hundreds of years to deal with all the decommissioned sites from the five states. Most of the nuclear power facilities will be obsolete by then, and they will be decommissioned. There is no state-of--the-art nuclear waste facility, above or below ground, that is not currently leaking. The newest one built is France is leaking. Some of this nuclear waste will still be dangerous after ten thousand years. Yet, most of the income will come into the facility during 20 years, and it is unlikely the generators of the waste will stay in business to maintain it after the 20 years has expired. Mrs. Weldon commented that the people who are against the nuclear waste dump are unpaid, concerned citizens facing well-paid representatives and state agency people whose job it is to convince the public that nuclear waste is a great idea for the State of Ohio. She believes the concerns of those who are in opposition to the waste facility regarding the nuclear waste facing our descendants for many, many generations should not be dismissed. Mrs. Weldon said she felt that our local government should be our buffer against big government and big business. Lois Wensink, 3682 Walter Road, also spoke about the radioactive nuclear waste issue. Mrs. Wensink commented that an article in the Plain Dealer had quoted Senator Suhadolnik as saying the alternative bill proposed by Representative Mottl would probably never get out of committee. Therefore, she believes that Council should take action now by passing Resolution 96-187. The people who signed the petitions against S. B. 19 want action now, and they want their voices heard since they will not have an opportunity to vote on this issue. Roy Garland, who lives at 4576 Camellia Lane off of Porter Road, is concerned about the schedule for the proposed Crocker/Steams extension. Mr. Garland. feels that the road should have already been completed and would like to see the timetable moved up. He said that Porter Road and Brookpark Road need resurfacing right now as these streets are handling a good deal of traffic from people trying to get on I-480. As to the wetlands issue, it is his understanding that it is possible to remove wetlands in one location as long as a wetlands area is set-aside in another location. He would like for the city to check on this possibility so that the project can be expedited. Mayor Boyle replied that certain studies must be done for a project such as this. For the Crocker/Steams project, several wetland studies have been done. The idea behind Resolution 97-12 is to let the county and ODOT know that the city would like to keep the project on schedule. However, there is debate on whether the timetable should be moved up. As to Brookpark Road, the city did present the county with a proposal for funding and renovations. 9