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Council Minutes of 9/18/2001 Mayor Musial asked Mr. Bohlmann if it would be safe to say that the cost of rehabilitation of Clague Road now would be more than the $6 million estimate back in 1995 or 1996. Also, what would be the city's share? Service Director Bohlmann said it would probably be more. The project was an 80120 share, so the city would have to come up with approximately $1.2 million. Councilman Miller noted that at the time of the $6 million project there was quite a bit of activity on the part of the residents, including the circulation of a petition that was presented to Council with a large number of signatures. The $6 million job that Mr. Bohlmann referred to included substantial relocation of the roadway by the curve to the point of turning some people's homes around where the back of their home would then be facing the street and the front of their home would be then facing their backyard. It was such a drastic change that it was unacceptable. What he is hearing from Mr. Bouman, and what he has heard repeatedly from Mrs. Beringer and other residents, is that they want a roadway that has drainage and has sidewalks that are not below the grade of the street so that all the water puddles on the sidewalks to make them impassable. That is what we should be looking for-a road that is passable and presentable. Dennis Lambert, 25057 Carey Lane, noting literature that had criticized projects, said he warned to remind Council that they have the power to generate an ordinance to authorize and direct the Mayor to do anything they would like him to do whether it can be afforded or not and then stand the consequences thereafter. Councilman McKay commented to Mr. Lambert that a person who makes a recommendation has the obligation to come up with where to locate and provide the money. Ed Colwell, 3333 West 231 Street, said that at 5:45 this evening, the traffic was backed up on Clague Road trying to get on the highway. In the morning, it backs up to the curve. It is a five or ten minute wart to get on the highway. This is a problem that should be addressed. Perhaps there is a possibility of using the state pazcel of property and putting in another on-ramp. People who are using the road are not worrying about the potholes or puddles because they are just sitting there wishing they can get on the highway. Councilman O'Grady said that Mr. Colwell's comments were well taken. For the traffic heading towards the highway in the morning, there is not going to be much that the widening of the inters~tion will do. There does need to be a solution to this problem. However, there will be a benefit for the traffic coming home and heading north on Clague. The widening will get people through the intersection more efficiently. Councilwoman Kesler responded to Mr. Lambert's comments by asking him to do some research and he will find there are ordinances that in fact do "authorize and direct" as he suggested. 10 t