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~~ Q/~- o~ CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED ORDINANCE NO. 2006 - 70 BY: Council Member Barker AN ORDINANCE TEMPORARILY AMENDING THE TRAFFIC CONTROL FILE OF THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED IN ORDER TO CLOSE ESTHER AVENUE AT THE FAIR VIEW PARK CORPORATION LINE TO THROUGH TRAFFIC DURING THE CLAGUE ROAD RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT, AUTHORIZING THE PLACEMENT AND INSTALLATION OF ALL APPROPRIATE TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES TO EFFECTUATE SUCH TEMPORARY STREET CLOSING, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. WHEREAS, as a result of the Clague Road Reconstruction Project, hundreds of motor vehicles traveling north on Clague Road have been diverted onto Esther Avenue, a residential street, which is now being used as a cut through to W. 227t" Street; and WHEREAS, this high number of increased vehicular usage of Esther Avenue poses an immediate health and safety issue for residents, and in particular children, on Esther Avenue; and WHEREAS, the number of vehicles using Esther since the start of the Clague Road construction project has been verified by traffic counts; and WHEREAS, the temporary closing Esther Avenue will not significantly affect general traffic patterns or access to major streets on the east end of North Olmsted; and WHEREAS, it is the desire of this Council to accordingly ameliorate the serious traffic problem that poses a threat to the health and safety of the residents of Esther Avenue, by temporarily closing Esther Avenue at the Fairview Park corporation line in order to eliminate the use of Esther Avenue as a cut through to W. 227`h Street during the period of the reconstruction of Clague Road; NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED, CUYAHOGA COUNTY, AND THE STATE OF OHIO: SECTION 1: That the Police Department be and the same is hereby authorized and directed to temporarily amend the Traffic Control File of the City of North Olmsted, for the time period indicated below in Section 2, to indicate thereon the temporary closing of Esther Avenue at the Fairview Park corporation line. The Police Department is further authorized and directed to show on said Traffic Control File all traffic control devices, including barriers and signs, in accordance with the Ohio Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices (OMUTCD), that are required to effectuate the temporary closing of Esther Avenue at the Fairview Park corporation line.