12/06/2005 Meeting Minutes - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

Council Minutes of 12/6/2005 • Resolution 2005-162 authorizing the Mayor to enter into a contract with the Cuyahoga County General Health District for the year 2006 and declaring an emergency. This is an annual resolution as we engage the County Health Dept. each year to provide us with their health services. Representatives of the department attended the committee meeting and made a lengthy and very informative presentation. The County Health Department's mission is to prevent disease and injury, promote positive health outcomes and provide critical services to improve the health status of the community. Their direct cost per capita of $3.35 per person is among the lowest county health agencies in the State of Ohio. The committee recommended approval and passage under suspension of the rule. • Resolution 2005-163 authorizing the Director of Public Service to advertise for bids for purchase of five new Police cruisers for the North Olmsted Police Dept. This is an on-going five-vehicle rotation each year. The majority of vehicles being removed from use will be sent off to auction though a few will be provided to various departments as they still have some road worthiness. In the past, we have used the State bid program. Because of the last election, the voters rejected using that method so we need to go out to bid separate and apart from the State bid program. • North and southbound lanes at Clague Road. There are concerns about safety issues at that location because of fast acceleration at the north and southbound lanes. The committee felt there were accidents pending and the possibility of road rage. The Police Chief attended with Service Director and had numerous reports of accidents in the area. However, none of them were related to the merging of those lanes. The Chief recommended not to change the existing signage or use of the lanes. Signage that would remain or be enhanced would be to give more notification to people on that roadway that those lanes will continue to merge. Councilman Gareau, chairperson of the Building, Zoning and Development Committee: 1) The committee met on November 22, 2005. Several issues were discussed: • Cornerstone Plaza, 23420 Lorain Raad, at the northwest corner of Clague and Lorain. The proposal suggests a change to the current fence that runs along the south and east portion of the developed site. The existing fence deviates from what was originally approved by the City Council in that the fence pickets included what would be illegal pointed tops. The owner attempted to conform his fence to the code; however, the condition that existed after that was quite unsightly and wasn't safe. It will also probably result in a deterioration of the fence over time. It was alternatively suggested and presented to the Planning Commission that a rubber cap could be secured to each and every picket after the top points had been removed. The Planning Commission agreed with this and recommended approval. However, the BZD Committee had concerns with respect to the rubber caps degrading over time and resulting in an unsightly situation and a safety hazard. Committee member Orlowski suggested that a top u-channel rail could be used to run horizontally along the top of the current metal pickets after the spikes had been removed. The committee, after some discussion, agreed that was probably the most esthetically appropriate method and most likely 5