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Council Minutes of 12-15-2020 The Streets & Transportation Committee met on Tuesday, December 8, 2020 at 7:50 p.m. Present were committee members Limpert and Glassburn; Council members Brossard, Hemann, Schumann and Williamson; Mayor Kennedy, Director of Finance Copfer, Director of Human Resources Gallo, Director of Law Gareau, Director of Planning & Development Lieber and guests. • Discussed was Resolution 2020-144. A Resolution to cooperate with the Director of Transportation of the Ohio Department of Transportation for a project to resurface Brookpark Road (S.R. 17) between Lorain Road and the eastern North Olmsted corporation limit, including gateway enhancements at Lorain Road and at I.R. 480 in the City of North Olmsted, and declaring an emergency. This is a part of the process to move on to bidding. The cost of the funding is approximately $1.4 million. The committee voted 3-0 to recommend to Council. • Also discussed was Resolution 2020-111. A Resolution authorizing and directing the Director of Planning & Community Development to make application to the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) on behalf of the City of North Olmsted for funding for safety related improvements to Clague Road; and further authorizing funds for the required local match; and further authorizing the Mayor to accept the grant if awarded and to execute a contract for the same, and declaring an emergency. This was a continuation of several meetings on this Resolution. Director Lieber said based on requests from the committee, the City went back to the consultants and believed an assessment of a third lane could be achieved within or close to the original budget of the safety application. She also provided a five year Street plan in preparation for the meeting. Director Lieber noted the plan is subject to a number of variables for example grants becoming available, partnerships for funding, etc. Councilman Glassburn noted that going for a third lane would not be all safety funding, but potentially through other funding. Director Lieber said she would provide a list of other potential funding types, but expressed concerns about qualification for many of those grants based on feedback from the consultants along with concerns some of them might push the project back to 2026. Councilman Limpert asked Council to think about thresholds of the budget they would be comfortable spending to support a third lane project vs. the $175,000 safety application and iterated this could lead to reduced options or delays to the project based on uncertainties of future funding. Councilwoman Hemann expressed a desire for more details on the probability of other funding options. Councilman Limpert expressed concern feeling the third lane would be worth investigating, but did not have an expected threshold for how much to pursue in that approach and would need more information to do so. The committee voted 2-0 to hold in committee for the consultants to complete an application for both the current proposal and a third lane along with providing additional funding options. Since the meeting, Director Lieber noted the application procedures and funding concerns expressed in the committee have come to fruition as ODOT has delayed any slated 2024 projects not already in the pipeline to 2025 at the earliest. Councilman Limpert said in his view it is unfortunate for the residents utilizing Clague Road. Councilman Glassburn Chairman of the Intra -Governmental Relations Committee: Co