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Council Minutes of 6/3/2003 5) Don Pangac, 23470 Sharon Drive. ^ The Bass at 4144 Columbia Road is about 2 feet high. Also, on Clague Road at the home were the f re occurred, the grass is 2 feet high. ^ Beginning July 1, the federal government is starting a no-call telephone list so that people can remove their name from telemazketers' lists. 6) Marvin Stott, 6657 Bretton Ridge. ^ The grass referred to by Mr. Bouffazd is actually 3 feet high. The other address is at 6820. Mayor Musial inquired why he didn't call in the address. Mr. Stott said he did call it in and also told his Councilman. He took his own mower and did a part of it last week so that people could walk on the sidewalk without having weeds hit them. Instead of insult, thinks he would get a thank you from his concerned Mayor. Mayor Musial said it was the first he heard about it. President O'Grady thanked Mr. Stott for doing the mowing. ^ Asked that the cell phone law be clarified. Councilman Gazeau said it was not a primary offense. A person can be cited for it when pulled over for violating another traffic law. Law Director Dubelko ageed and said it is against the law, but it is a secondary offense. Mr. Nashaz said he has discussed this with the Police Dept., and they have cited drivers for holding a cell phone, not having a seat belt on and not paying attention. Mr. Stott said he would like it to be a primary offense. He has seen drivers trying to talk and drive and noted that he saw a city director doing so yesterday evening. ^ The June issue of Cleveland Magazine rated the suburbs and schools. North Olmsted was about 24~' out of 60. No. 3, Mayfield Village, is considering a $14 million widening of Som Center Road. The plan includes a winding, pedestrian greenway and two underpasses that allow walkers and bikers access to the North Chagrin Reservation without having to cross afour-lane road. This made him think about the Crocker/Steams bike path which was deleted and thinks someone should look into this and go after this for federal funds. Why not use Crocker/Steams as another bikeway, another greenway, as another feather in our cap to move up the list of desirable suburbs. In Zenia, Ohio, the many bikeways area a tourist attraction. There are federal funds available for these projects. Mr. Dailey said he had read the magazine that Mr. Stott had shared with him about bike trails and bike paths. He will start looking into this to see if anything can be done. Mr. Limpert said one of the big obstacles to a bike path was the objections from residents. The 480 trail was to go all the way to the city limits to the west, and that was opposed by Ward III residents. When he was president of West Pazk/Forest Ridge Homeowners' Association, he strongly recommended that they try to have incorporated into the plans that the short bike trail between Lansing and Martin Drive be continued to go across to the new Stearns/Crocker and asked for a similar ramp that is over 480 so that development would have access by such abike/walking trail to Metroparks. The residents were very upset and did not want it. We aze going to have an oversized sidewalk along Stearns/Crocker. When it was to be a full-blown bike trail, residents were concerned that people would be able to climb over the fence and get to their homes. Mr. Stott said that is a common concern. In his opinion, people fight bike paths/trails out of ignorance. He has been on many bike trails, and most people are his age or older. The paths/trails are very well kept. The 480 bike path is not aproblem-it is a positive thing. We have to be sensitive to people, but must look at the Beater good. There will always be people with negative attitudes. Bike trails are an asset to a community. 14