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Council Minutes of 4/19/2005 ',,,~ Councilman Gareau said this year the city is borrowing more money for street repair than ~+;~- the past seven or eight years. The subdivisions that are in issue aready had work done in concrete. There are other subdivisions that are done in asphalt. Bretton Ridge is one area that was concrete but was done over in asphalt. The impact may not be necessarily what you would expect. The area in the southeast quadrant of North Olmsted near the Township has been done in asphalt. There will be committee meetings to discuss those types of things and Council will be happy to hear what the residents have to say. He hopes that the neighbors have a chance to look at these other developments. This is basically a financial question. We don't assess people for street repairs. Some communities do so. Because we have to borrow to do street repair, we have to look at all the different options on the table. Mrs. Fenton said she was glad to hear that other developments do have asphalt streets. Mr. Gareau said the city is trying to .find a program that works and that is affordable. Councilman Nashar said the city is borrowing close to $1.6 million for the thirteen streets of Sandy Ridge and North Park. The city cannot replace all streets in concrete as funding is not available. However, some of the streets in those two areas have already been replaced in concrete, so the city has chosen to complete the area in concrete. Councilman Lirnpert said Service Director Driscoll is going to approach the street projects somewhat differently. They will do a gutter grind and put a special rough course down to give it better adherence. This will be an improved process. With regard to communication, Councilman Dailey said it would be incumbent upon the area Councilman and Service Director to contact the residents through their association. Joseph Bouman, 23950 Gessner Road, announced that he has made a decision to bypass the primary election for mayor on May 3, 2005. He has sent a letter to the Board of Elections asking that his name be removed from the primary election ballot. He will actively campaign for the mayor's jab and be a write-in candidate in November. He is confident that seven months of vigorous campaigning will show voters he is qualified to lead North Olmsted. The city needs new pay-as-you-go leadership. He will have specific cost-effective plans for dealing with Claque Road from Lorain to 480, roads and ditch problems throughout the community, the Springvale $7 million debt, commercial vacancies along Lorain. Regarding the school levy, he believes we need to upgrade our schools, but there are alternatives other than the $38 million plan being presented. Lydall Beekman, 23468 Carriage Lane, said his street is a big mess. It is in the worst shape since he moved there in 1967. There is gravel and chunks of cement, and he asked that it be cleaned up. Service Director Driscoll came forward and said he was aware of the situation on Carriage Lane and has looked at it. The crews are working on progressively cleaning all the streets. There was damage done to lawns because of snow plowing, and the weather has not been goad enough to plant grass seed. The forestry crew has been concentrating on chipping, trimming, pruning and removing trees. Councilman Dailey asked the Service Director if there had been a collapse on Clayton Drive. Service Director Driscoll there was some settlement there, and the road foreman is planning to take care of it. The street cleaning crews are on the south side of town making towards the east end of town. 10