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Council Minutes of 11/7/2007 the Landmarks Commission believed when. it made its original recommendation to Council. For the foregoing reasons, the Law Director recommended that no changes be made in the language of the second Whereas clause of Ordi~nancc No. 2007- 119. 2) On Thursday, October 18, 2007, there was a meeting held to discuss the construction on Strains Road with. the residents living on that section of the road. .Present were Mayor O'Grady, Service Director Limpert, and Council Members .Ioncs anal Barker. Also present wire representatives from the Cuyahoga County Engineer's ol'Cce and Frabrizi Construction. 'fhe County explained that the project was running behind schedule due to finding that water lines wire placed higher in the ground than shown on the plans. It was asked why they were pouring concrete on the new section oi~' the road north of Lorain before they were pouring ~in the section between 480 and Lorain. The construction manager stated that, because of the utilities and the issues surrounding them, it really ;lowed down construction in the area where the residents live. The administration had said that they will close Strarrls Road to local access only when the concrete is poured and, as reported out by the. Mayor today, those dates will be Nove~ubrr 12 and 15. Questions that the residents had also surrounded safety issues, such as noticing that a large dumber of trucks have been speeding clown the street and, with the street so marrow, this increases the safety issue. The issue of access to the homes by police, filer and EMS was covered and residents were assured that during construction and the pouring of concrete all safety Torres could reach our residents. Leaf pick-up was questioned and the Srrt ice Director indicated that hr would come t~~p with a plan to assist those- living in the constr°uction zone that had haves that need to be picked up. Snow removal was also an issue. that was brought up, and again the Service Director stated. that his office would have a plan to assist those on Stearns Road. Additional questions were asked about Strar~~s Road soi~ath of• 1-480 and what type of projects were going to be put in place there. But the scope of the Stearns Road w~idel~~ing under the County extends or7 Stearns rn7rth of 1-480 only and those. individuals who were present could not speak to the additional pr~jrets happening south of I-480. Councilman Barker noted that the majority of the residents in attendance at tl~e meeting wrrr very complimentary to Fabrizi Constn~ction and how they handled situations while thc:v ~-veer working on the road. LETTERS & COMMUNICATIONS The Clerk read a letter dated October 23 to North Olmsted City Council from a number of residents regarding the elimination of bi-weekly water aerobics during the winter months: "ARE NON-TAXPAYERS HAVING PREFERENCE OVER TAXPAYERS USING RECREATIONAL FACILITIES? We are residents and taxpayers of North Olmsted. Some of us are senior citizens. We are the Aqua Aerobics class on Tuesday and Thursday evening from 6:30-7:15 p.m. For various reasons, we are limited to the evening class. We have been participating in this program anywhere from currently to 15 years. Most of us have started this class as a referral from our physicians due to health problems, i.e. therapy for a broken leg, hip replacement, knee replacement, sciatica and Heart conditions to name a few. One participant is blind. We have been through having a wonderful class held at the pool for one hour, which included 15 minutes of on deck 8