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~..~._ _._...~"1-_-- rY_ ~',a .___..~...~.~, RE50LtJT I ON REQUES•i• 1 NG THAT T!°lE GOVERNOR OF- OH i f) EXPEDITE THE CONSTRUCTION OF i - 80 WlTNIN ;'Fii: CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY WHEREAS, the City of North Olmsted has established an inu~st;i~:,i area, and the administration of the City is increasinn its erfor°ts r~~} convince industry to locate within the City of North O'rnsted, anu WHEREAS, the increase of industry will re`ult in an increase ire population within the City of North Olmsted, and WHEREAS, the construction of I-80 will assist the City in attracting industry to the City of North Olmsted and will further the accessability of other parts of Cuyahoga County to industry and the citizens of the City of North Olmsted, and WHEREAS, exit 9 of the Ohio Turnpike causes large numbers of trucks and other vehicles to use Route 10 in North Olmsted in passage to • and from Cleveland, the Cleveland Hopkins Air Port, and N,A.S.A „ and WHEREAS, existing State Routes 10 and 1% through Nortkr Olmsted are a constant problem as to traffic congestion, traffic control and maintenance; and WHEREAS, the rapid growth and expansion of North Olmsted compounds the traffic problem here-to-fore mentioned by adding local traffic to thr number of vehicles using Routes 10 and ];, and WHEREAS, North Olmsted is co-operating with the Ohia Department of Health to clean up the pollution of the Lake Erie Watershed, and in so doing is installing sanitary sewers in another section of the City through which 1-80 will pass, and WHEREAS, these new sewers will open up vacant land in the path of I-$0 for development, and WHEREAS, even now, .without sanitary sewers in this area, development is continually proposed by developers and continually oppased by the City of North Olmsted, and WHEREAS, the City of North Olmsted has co-operated with the State of Ohio Department of Highways by discouraging development in the route of I-80. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of North Olmsted, State of Ohic: Section 1: That this Council hereby requests Governor James A. Rhodes if he will, through the auspices of his office, expedite the construction of I-80 in order that the City of North Olmsted can attract industry to locate and establish within the City of North Olmsted and help alleviate the problems as mentioned above. Section 2: That the Clerk of Council is directed to forward a copy of this Resolution to the Governor in Columbus, Ohio