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~~ Council Minutes of 6/3/2008 Council Member Dailey Jones, chairperson of the Streets & Transportation Committee: 1) The Streets & Transportation Committee met on Wednesday, May 28. Present were committee members Jones, Mahoney and Kearney; Council Members Barker and Gareau; Service Director Limpert; guests Jerry Barrett, Don &. Irma Pangrac, and Jeff Gallatin from the Westlife newspaper. The Streets & Transportation Committee held a streets tour with Service Director Limpert. The committee toured streets that are slated for repair this year, streets that were completed last year, and additional streets that are a concern. The tour started out on the west side of the city covering Decker, Porter and Southern, going through Holiy and Aspen and coming up MacKenzie through Forest Ridge. The Service Director then provided an exclusive look at the Stearns Crocker extension work north of Lorain where the committee saw the work for the sound walls started. The bus continued to the Industrial Parkway to view some of the catch basin and street repair work that was going on in this area, which is still an assessed street. The tour headed east and went through Forest Ridge to get to Lansing and toured Oring and Martin. The tour took went thmu~h Lauren Woods on Lisa and Laure11 Lanes and crossed over through Sandy Ridge to Canterbury where Tallwood was seen. The committee saw Woodmere and then headed up to see Lebern and then went through Alexander to W. 230. The bus continued down Lorain Road east and went through Clague, Grace, Mastick, Columbia and then circled back up through Mitchell and Westview. The tour dropped off a few people at City Hall, and the committee continued to view the Barton/Bradley intersection and the Stearns construction and viewed Stearns south of I-480. The committee looked at some of the street light issues in Bretton Ridge south and then headed back to City Hall. Thanks to committee members Mahoney and Kearney and Council Members Barker and Gareau for attending the streets tour which was held on an off day from usual committee meetings. She knows residents appreciated the fact that they took time out of their schedules to view firsthand what residents have to deal with every day, whether the street was LeBern which was supposed. to have beers completed years ago, Lauren where patches that were put down last year are corning up, or Decker which has relief coming to it this year. People just want Council to understand the conditions with which they are living. She found that, while we do have a number of streets in our city that are in need of repair, we are making progress. That is something to be proud of especially in light of a reduced number of Service employees working on our streets every day. Our city has so many great neighborhoods. One could never get the full appreciation for our city by just driving up and down Lorain, and that is something that this tour continues to show all of Council. Special thanks to Service Director Limpert who drove and who answered questions about work that was done or will be done and about the Service Dept. The time and effort he put forth for this tour was very much appreciated. Councilman Orlowski, member of the Public Safety, Health & Welfaze Committee, reported for chairperson Kearney: 1) The Public Safety Committee met Wednesday, May 27, 2008 at 6:45 p.m. Present were committee members Kearney, Orlowski and Mahoney; Councilman Gareau; the Mayor, Safety Director, and Fire Chief Klecan. Discussed were Ordinances 2008-79 and 2008-82: 10