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Council Minutes of 9/19/2000 ~,~ and Limpert; Council President Saringer and Councilman McKay; Safety Director Jenkins and Service Director Bohlmann. Discussed at this meeting was the viability of installing in-ground yellow warning flasher lights at select pedestrian crossings in the city. The system would install three yellow flashing lights on each side of a pedestrian crosswalk for a total of six lights at each crossing. These lights would be activated when a pedestrian pressed the walk button. The lights are similar to those that are used at airport runways, and they are designed to withstand the heavy traffic from such things as trucks and snow plows. Traffic Safety Corporation markets this system and estimates the cost is between $9,000 and $10,000 per crosswalk, with $6,000 being for the hardware and another $3,000 to $4,000 for installation. Concerns were raised whether these lights would hold up under the effects of heavy salt in our northern Ohio winters. The suggestion was made by Service Director Bohlmann to install this system at one of our major crossings so that the effectiveness and durability could be evaluated. This suggestion was subsequently approved by all members of the Safety Committee. Legislation will be drawn up to present this option to Council. The committee recommended either the school crosswalk at Pine School or at Butternut School to use as a test. The final decision as to which one will be used will be made by the administration and the city's Traffic Engineer with input from the North Olmsted School System. Mr. McKay reported on the Environmental Control Committee meeting on behalf of Mr. O'Grady: 1) The meeting was held on September 11. Present were committee members O'Grady and McKay; Council members Limpert, Nashar and Saringer; Safety Director Jenkins and Service Director Bohlmann. Discussed was Ordinance 2000-104 which accepts the sanitary easement located on the property owned by Edward A. and Elaine M. Yakamavage. The purpose of this easement is to allow the city to complete the construction of sanitary improvements in the area. The current structure of the sewer system at this juncture can produce surcharging. The reconstruction will provide a wyeing of the pipes to improve the flow. The committee unanimously recommended approval of Ordinance 2000-104 and suspension of the rules requiring three readings. Mr. Nashar, chairperson of the Building, Zoning and Development Committee: 1) The Building, Zoning and Development Committee met on September 12. Present were committee members Gareau and Nashar; Council Members Limpert, Miller, McKay; Building Commissioner Conway and City Engineer Deichmann; several residents. Mr. O'Grady was an excused absence. Agenda items were as follows: • A proposal by Teligent Incorporated to have one antenna on three buildings: the Community Building at 26777 Lorain Road, Corporate Center I at 25000 Country Club Boulevard, Westbury Apartments at 25151 Brookpark Road. Representing Teligent was Lance Wanamaker and Tim Ketchen. Teligent will provide a fixed wire telephone which will be a direct competition with Ameritech. The technology used is a spoke microwave technology where the tallest buildings in that particular area would be utilized as a collection point. Each one of the surrounding buildings will have one antenna and some equipment on the inside.. Mr. Wanamaker stated that this service is supposed to offer customers a 30% savings on their telephone because of the microwave construction. This is the least expensive type of equipment. It was recommended that a letter be sent to the Safety Director indicating that the equipment 6 .. _ _ .. r..~_ r~:~w. .~,