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Council Minutes of 8/6/2002 very difficult for responsible dog owners to train their dogs to properly behave in public ,,, and off leash. He feels it is in the best interest of the residents of our community and the K-9's of our city, to be required to be leashed while on any public sidewalk or street. If a responsible dog owner wants to train a dog to be obedient off a leash, they can do so on their own property. AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION Sandy Weir, 26869 Sweetbriaz Drive, said there is a sign on Canterbury Road that is a directional sign for Pine School with an arrow pointing down Sweetbrier. Since the sign went up, she has noticed motorcycles and vehicles coming down the street and going up onto the walkway attempting to get into the pazking lot because there is no driveway access from Sweetbrier. She would like to know who chose to put up this sign and why since there is no entrance to Pine School by car on Sweetbrier. Mayor Musial said he would look into this matter. Larry Krudy from the city Sign Department was in attendance and came forward and said it was done during the tenure of former Service Director Bohlmann. It was supposed to be a two-phase situation. Mr. Bohlmann had requested that the sign be put on Canterbury to distinguish that the school was down on Sweetbrier. Neither he nor Mr. Bohlmann ever envisioned that people would be going up the sidewalk with motorcycles and cars. They thought it was for the best interests of the citizens. There is no problem in taking the sign down. It was decided that the Mayor will make the decision as to whether the sign will come down. Mrs. Weir said she felt that, if people would do their "homework" ahead of time, a lot of work would be saved. There have been a lot of problems with traffic on Sweetbrier which is a safety concern for all the children going back and forth to school. The last thing the neighborhood needed was more traffic. Don Pangrac, 23470 Shazon Drive. ^ Prior to the repair of Clague Road, he had asked about the potential of having a right passing lane at Delmere so that people making left turns will not block traffic all the way up to Clague Road. He was told that would be considered and incorporated into the project, and it has not been done. Traffic is still backing up when people aze making left turns at Delmere. He would hope some consideration would be given to this matter. He would like to know what the requirement is to be able to see a stop sign when driving up to an intersection. City Engineer Deichmann came forwazd and said the signs have to be installed as per the Ohio Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices. He is guessing that Mr. Pangrac is suggesting there is an obstruction before a sign. Mr. Pangrac said yes, and it is at Maple Ridge and Bridgeport. When you come in off of W. 231, you cannot see the stop sign until you are only 15 feet away because the city plamed a tree that obstructs the view. More lead-time is needed. The Engineering Department will look into this. Councilman Gareau said he noticed it also. ^ Mr. Pangrac asked why no right turn at Clague and Lorain is allowed during school days. There isn't a school within a thousand feet of that intersection. If you're heading south on Clague, you can't make a right turn on school days there and there is not a school in the area. You should at least be able to make a right turn when the 9