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Counci[ Minutes of 10/2/2001 for school crossing guards particularly at the entrance to Pine School. Two meetings were scheduled and for various reasons they were cancelled so that discussion has not taken place. Earlier today he spoke with the Safety Director who explained what was going on and that we could certainly look forward to having the meeting scheduled with representatives of the Pine community. That's the only concerns that the school system has at this point that the parents who have children at Pine understand the implications of putting the traffic signal in there. Of course, tyre are radically differing opinions. Some think it's a great idea and others are fearful that it's going to create more traffic hazazds as children aze crossing the entrance to Pine School when vehicular traffic is moving in simultaneously. The school system's desire is just to explore the possible ramif cations of making the move. No one certainly objects to it whatsoever. Having a traffic signal up there would hopefully slow down the flow of traffic, which could allow buses to exit. It sometimes takes buses five minutes to get out of the driveway when they're trying to make those early morning runs. Anything the city can do to facilitate that exit would certainly help the schools and, at the same time, protect the safety of the children. Dennis Lambert, 25057 Carey Lane, a former Fairview Park resident in the area of Claque Road, recalls much discussion in the newspaper at the time debating the fact the people on Claque Road did not want their frontage take away from them-not even ten feet off of their property. There was quite an objection. Widening Claque Road would have put the front doors of many of those homes right out onto the street. He doesn't know how that street could be widened to a four- lane highway. A three-lane highway would only add a turning lane, which would be of limited use. He thinks Council at that time acted responsibly to at least try and please those people. The bottom line is the Issue 2 funds are administered by the county, but they aze state funds. To get through all the smoke that goes on with grabbing these funds, there is a deadline. Having sat on the Fairview Pazk Council, he was very cognizant of the Issue 2 money and the community action block grants. Issue 2 funds are nothing new. They have been around for many years, and Council should be on top of that. They should first and foremost know when the deadline is going to be and certainly have a responsibility to act whether the Mayor tells them anything or not. He personally commends Ralph Bohlmann for putting in an application whether he's gat Council's approval or not. As a resident, he wants that that outside money to come into the city. Jennifer Davison, 25222 Carey Lane, said she wanted to bring to the Mayor's attention that Friends Church on 5665 Great Northern Blvd. did not hold up their end of the bargain when they put in their parking lot. They were supposed to put a 5 1/2 foot to 3 1/2 foot mounding on the eastern side between her house and their parking lot and nothing was done. Perhaps the Mayor can look into this. She has been in contact continuously with Mr. McKay, and he has been very patient and very informative with her and other residents an the street. Councilman McKay agreed that Friends Church was supposed to put in a 5 foot mound along the southeastern edge of their property when they did the parking lot. Their contractor failed to do that. After it was brought to his attention by Mrs. Davison, he contacted the Building Department. The Building Department in turn contacted the Engineering Department, and a letter was sent to the 10 I