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Council Minutes of 2/18/20113 <br />;~, ODOT to reduce the speed limit back to 25 mph as required by the Ohio Manual <br />Uniform Traffic Control Devices. This should not be delayed as spring is coming <br />and residents exiting Tallwood, Byron or Sweetbrier will be unable to see on-coming <br />traffic onto Canterbury Road. Safety first-premier city later. <br />^ He did receive a postcard over the weekend from the Mayor as most everyone else <br />did. He is an active member of the Democratic Club and takes offense with the <br />Mayor's reference to his recent troubles as being politically motivated. One thing is <br />perfectly clear, the North Olmsted Democratic Club has not taken a position on the <br />recall petition. He personally has not and will not sign the petition because of the <br />exact reasons the Mayor uses in his postcard. He did not support nor did he vote for <br />the Mayor. He urges the people who did vote for the Mayor and supported him to <br />sign the petition. He is not happy with the shenanigans that are happening at City <br />Hall. He hopes that the voting public will bring it to a referendum. The only politics <br />that are permeating from City Hall have to do with the supporters of the Mayor <br />playing defense and trying to cover his mistakes for the sake of saving face. When a <br />signif cant change on one of the streets occurs and the sitting Councilman is not made <br />aware of it, he would expect that sitting Councilman to stand up and publicly <br />admonish the entity. His constituents deserve better. <br />Law Director Dubelko explained that he cannot legally make the petition to ODOT. In <br />order to be effective, it has to be a resolution by City Council that is supported by a <br />traffic study. Mrs. Kesler has requested the administration conduct the traffic study. Mr. <br />Kelley said he brought the issue forward because he was aware that statistics were needed <br />to support the petition. He is worried that, if the city waits too long, we will have a <br />fatality statistic. This needs to be addressed before that happens. Mrs. Kesler said she <br />had asked the administration to look into the traffic study, but she has not received an <br />answer. She will be asking for an urgent response to her request. Simultaneously, on <br />behalf of the Safety Committee, she is working on the resolution. <br />Councilman Gareau said he wished to comment on the reference to the recall effort as <br />somehow being related to politics, politicians and the coming November elections. He is <br />running for re-election, and he has been very busy doing his job addressing issues and <br />concerns and communicating with residents about issues that they have. He is not been <br />involved with the recall issue. He does not make it a part of his daily routine, and it is not <br />apart of his campaign. <br />Councilman Limpert responded to the remarks regarding the speed limit on Canterbury <br />Road by noting that an agreement was signed during a previous administration, during a <br />time when there was a previous ward Councilman, to change the speed limit from 25 mph <br />to 35 mph. The speed limit was only recently changed to 35 mph. During his ten years <br />as the ward Councilman, he was approached by a number of people who wanted to raise <br />the limit to 35 mph and by a number who wanted to keep it at 25 mph. He has asked that <br />the Safety Committee look into this issue so that a correct decision will be made. <br />9 <br />