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Council Minutes of 9/3/2002 to recommend passage of this ordinance under suspension of the rule. It was also agreed that the issue of charging a fee for placing over-the-road banners, as had been previously discussed, could be presented under a separate ordinance if the Mayor, administration, sponsor or others wish to do so. LETTERS AND COMMUNICATIONS A letter was received from Mel and Helen Leeb and Mike and Sue Tackas asking that the following letter to the Mayor be read: "Deaz Mayor Musial: We, the residents of Laurell Woods Development, are shocked, surprised and dismayed at the continuing deterioration our community is experiencing due to the failure of our City to provide necessary maintenance, replacement, and repair, and to cite those individuals who fail to maintain even a semblance of decor and pride in their yazds and homes. As you can see from the enclosed photographs, taken within the past 30 days, instead of repair and replacement, our streets have been subjected to continued cold patch treatments which last, at best, a few days, then resume further deterioration. Our streets and curbs aze a continuous field of craters and patchwork quilt. In addition, after waiting 25+ years to have street lights installed in our development to provide a safe environment for both residenrts and guests alike, the City has failed to return, as promised, to restore our tree lawns to their former condition before the lights were installed. Consider the light installed across from the Laurell Lane/Lisa Lane corner, which has never been hooked up and still provides a dark haven at night for unwelcome dangers. The continued lack of response by the City of North Olmsted to provide the services for which we pay considerable taxes, has only served to reduce the values of our homes in spite of our efforts to keep up the investments we have made over the last 30 years. This situation leaves others, who move into our community, with a definite lack of pride in their properties as evidenced by the pictures. At one entrance to our development, we have a home left vacant for over two years, hosting overgrown grass and shrubbery. The other entrance to our development sports a home where the grass clippings are left over the streets and sidewalks and the lawn is cut only when the grass grows over 12 inches. Others have allowed lawns to grown unkempt and weeds to sprout in excess of 2 feet. No citations have ever been issued to any of these units to remedy the conditions. And who can blame them for their actions when the city cares even less about our properties. On numerous occasions, broken beer bottles and cans have been left spread over the entrance streets to our development. Obviously, the perpetrators feel we don't care anyway. From fall leaves and dead tree branches never picked up urrtil after the snow flies, to snow plows which tear up our streets and curbs, the city which we moved to all those years ago, with anticipation of continued pride and growth, has fallen far short. Our community is now a source of embarrassment. We have enclosed for your comparison, some pictures from our companion development, where your honor resides, which are in direct contrast to that of our own. We feel we have been more than patient. It is time to restore our neighborhood to its former pride. We look to hear from you very soon on how and when the city will rectify this very sad situation. In anticipation of a speedy response, we will delay forwazding a copy of this correspondence on to the Sun Herald and the Westlife. Sincerely, Mel & Helen Leeb, Mike & Sue Takacs & the residents of Laurell Woods, North Olmsted, Ohio." s.-~ 8