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Council Minutes of 05 -07 -2014 Schumann made a motion to recommend approval of CMS13 -27 Chambers Funeral Home parking lot improvement project. The committee voted 3 -0 to recommend approval to Council Councilman Schumann made a motion to approve CMS 13 -27 Chambers Funeral Home Parking Lot Improvement Project located at 29150 Lorain Road subject to recommendations set forth by the Planning and Design Commission. The motion was seconded by Councilman Barker and passed unanimously. CMS 13 -27 Chambers Funeral Home Parking Lot Improvement Project approved 7 -0. AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION Dennis Lambert, 25057 Carey Lane said he spoke at the April 15th meeting and he trusts the Clerk of Council does an accurate job and he is probably to blame because he probably misspoke. He knows she reviewed the tape several times. It says at the bottom of page 3 (of the April 15th Council meeting minutes) "He suggested to Director Copfer is they pay the bill and he was informed that the bill was paid quarterly. " It should be that they NOT pay the bill if you continue reading down there. Lambert said he may have slipped up and not have used the word "not ". So he corrected the record on this record in case there is any question about it. He accepts full blame for that confusing statement. The configuration on the roads today in North Olmsted with the turning lane in the center and two separate lanes going in each direction — a five lane road — was conceived by the State of Ohio. For years, including when he was living in Fairview Park, the state salt trucks could be seen plowing and salting the roads in North Olmsted but not in Fairview Park. The reason they were done that way is because the state set up this configuration that cities had to conform to. State routes would actually get free services on those roads. Some cities were reluctant to do it at first but they accepted it because they have on- street parking. When you have storefronts right on the street like Fairview Park does, they chose not to accept the program. As you enter Fairview Park, you'll see a sudden change in the configuration of the road. That's the explanation for it. Whether the overhead signs have any effect on that old program, which has since been "dumped" because North Olmsted now pays to salt those roads, the city may want to look into how they want Lorain Road to look and check into the laws regarding these things because businesses may be affected. North Olmsted accepted the program; no on- street parking from the beginning of North Olmsted until you get into North Ridgeville. Marge Bartick, 31063 Lily Lane said she would like to make a complaint about the road conditions of Cinnamon Way and on Barton from house number 6746 to Cinnamon Way. Cinnamon Way is terrible and Barton Road is deplorable. She wrote to Dave Demaline and he wrote back saying he sees nothing wrong. She presented pictures to Council and the Administration of the potholes and missing pavement. She said she also wrote four years ago to former Safety /Service Director, Chase Ritenauer, and he told her that Barton would be repaved in 2012. To date it has not been paved, and she would like to have something done about these streets. Mayor Kennedy said he appreciates Bartick's comments. He also lives on Barton Road and will drive the other side of the road she references as well as Cinnamon Way. He told that she does not have to come to an 8pm Council meeting; feel free to call his office directly. Bartick said she wrote to those employees and they haven't done anything. She asked the Mayor if she should call or 0