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Council Minutes of 6/4/2002 Engineer Deichmann came forward and said he believed this may have been part of the traffic signalization work connected to the Tops Market at Brookpark extension and Sparky Lane. He will check into it. Mr. Miller noted that there are flashing red lights at Brookpark extension and Sparky Lane. He questioned whether that installation should have been done through legislation. He asked whether a traffic study had been done. Mr. Deichmann said yes it was done as part of the Tops Market plan approval. Mr. Miller asked who had paid for the traffic study, and Mr. Deichmann replied the developer had paid. He said that he would check on the status of the legislation for that traffic signal. Mrs. Kasler said she appreciated Mr. Simmerly bringing this to Council's attention. This will be addressed by tomorrow because, if the changes were indeed made, they should not have been done without legislation. Mr. Deichmann said he would check into the matter. Larry Krudy, the Service Department employee in the sign shop, said he did not take down the sign. That would have to be approved through legislation. Mark Mobberly, 26730 Caton Place, asked about the status of the traffic light at Dover Cemer and Driscoll. Finance Director Copfer answered that the monies were borrowed today. The contracts are circulating for signature. She believes the commencemem of work will begin within the next 15 to 30 days. Law Director Dubelko noted that the Board of Control members were told that the light should be up sometime in September. The following Summerland Avenue residents came forward as representatives of Summerland Avenue homeowners who have signed a petition asking for an actuated traffic signal at Summerland and Claque Road: Ramesh Pandya, 23046 Summerland; Dipika Pandya, 23046 Summerland; Renee Yurick, 23131 Summerland; Michael Butera, 23040 Summerland. Mr. Butera said the traffic on Claque Road is terrible and presents a traffic hazard to residents of Summerland. It is very difficult to get out of their street, especially going southbound. The widening of the Claque and Lorain intersection will mean an even better flow of traffic down the street making it more of a hazard for them. They have presented their petition to Councilman Dailey and are asking for a traffic control device to be installed with a loop so they can get 20/30 seconds to pull out of their street. Also, this will help slow down the traffic as it is a high-risk area for accidents. Mr. Dailey said he had requested the Police Department give him a breakdown of the number of traffic accidents from Claque and Lorain south to Virginia Avenue.. There were 15 accidents in that area from May 30, 2001 to May 30, 2002. He will forward that information and the petition to the Service Director and ask that the Traffic Engineer begin an investigation to see if the area will meet state warrants for a traffic device. Mr. Butera said the residents appreciate the Police Department's enforcement of Claque Road. They do their best with the "No Right Turn on Red" from I-480 to help control the traffic. Mr. Limpert noted that there are approximately 13 different state warrants that will allow for a traffic signal. One of the warrants incorporates accidents, so this might be a possibility to be looked into. Mayor Musial said one of the warrants is five or more accidents at the intersection that do not involve rear-enders. We will look into this matter. ,., 11