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Council Minutes of 9/21/2004 :~ possible parking situations for very short periods of time. If there is a way to make it better, we will work with the police to try to find a solution. Councilman Miller suggested perhaps temporarily we could put out some cones to delineate the azea that is a no pazking area and keep people from pazking in that so we can re-educate the new population of drivers as to this issue. Also it might be helpful to paint the curb in the no pazking azea. We aze approaching the school on the issue of dropping the children off on the school property. He has always felt the language on the signs is not appropriate. With a little bit of help from the city, the cones and so on, and with some enforcement the situation can be improved. He asked Safety Director Jesse for his input. Safety Director Jesse said he has discussed this issue with the Police Chief and they talked about various options. The main reason for the Chief s recommendation that we maintain the status quo is he didn't want to make the situation worse before better. Also, there is the situation involving demographics as the school population has changed and perhaps maybe the need for drop-off and pick- up has changed. We should be able to resolve this to a good satisfaction level within a 30-day period. Sandy Weir, 150 Beaz's Paw Drive, Elyria. ^ She is the school guard at Sweetbriaz and Canterbury and there's much too much going on down there. She is very concerned about the children, especially after the attempted abduction today. When the speed limit on Canterbury was 25 mph, police would be there often ticketing speeders. She believes this visible police presence stopped criminal activity. Since the speed limit was changed, there has been little police presence in the azea. She believes this makes it very unsafe for the large number of children who walk in that azea twice a day going to and from school. She would like to see the police more visible since all this is going on-the kids deserve to be safe to get back and forth to school. Dennis Lambert, 25057 Cazey Lane ^ Regarding the issue of decreasing commercial pazking spaces, he is not pro or con on the issue. He feels the city should preserve and protect the businesses in this community that pay the taxes and give them whatever edge within reason they need to do their business. ^ His recent electric bill was higher than usual and wonders whether our aggregate is saving us money. He is bringing this issue to Council because he is no longer an independent consumer. Since the residents voted to give the city administration the power to be an aggregate force, they have become the fiduciary with regard to negotiating rates for this community. Therefore, they also should be the overseer of the residents' best itrterests and take a close look at what is going on. This azea of Ohio pays the highest rates in the entire state. He heazd a rumor that the electric company is planning, over time, to replace all the meters. The new meters would be equipped to measure usage during different parts of the day. Thus, the electric company would be able to charge more during peak usage hours. He believes this should be investigated as he sees it as another way to scam the public. ^ Asked how much leaf pick-up will cost this year. Service Director Driscoll answered that the leaf collection contract was awazded by the Board of Control today. He does 10