Vincent Street Retaining Wall

The Vincent Street stabilization project is now complete, but everyone agrees that the retaining wall is ugly. On the river-facing side, much more of the structure is visible than anyone expected (probably due in part to a large portion of the hillside sliding down into the river during construction). The village plans to look into covering the concrete pillars to camouflage them with paint and/or plantings.

Right Turn on Red

During the Police Chief’s report Councilman Corkran asked for enforcement at the corner of South Franklin and East Washington Street during rush hours. He has watched as drivers speed through that right turn (from northbound Franklin to eastbound Washington) without yielding to pedestrians in the crosswalk or southbound vehicles turning left, slowing, or coming to a complete stop as required by law.

We engaged Chagrin River Watershed Partners to review our Hillside Protection Ordinances. We also left the budget on readings, continued our contract for legal services with Thrasher, Dinsmore & Dolan, and passed a change order for road construction.

Agenda

1. Approval of Minutes
2. Central Shopping District Streetscape
3. East Washington Street
4. Village Speed Limits
5. Electric Scooter & Bike Safety
6. 2026 Safety Committee Priorities & 2025 Accomplishments
7. Miscellaneous

I’ve kept a running list of issues brought up by community members or that I’ve noticed as I’m out and about in the village. There are far too many items on this list to tackle at once, so I’m hoping we can narrow it down to the most impactful changes where we believe we can make some progress. Have a concern that’s not on this list? Get in touch or join us Monday night.

Table of Contents

• Main Street Lane Changes
• Updated Traffic Control Equipment
• Village-wide 25 MPH Speed Limit
• Electric Bikes & Scooters
• Right-Turn-On-Red
• Maple Street
• Solon to Chagrin Falls Trail
• Cleveland Street Crosswalk at Low Street
• Bell & Vincent Streets
• East Orange, North, and Mill Street Intersection
• Cleveland Street and Bell Street Intersection
• Cleveland Street and East Washington Street Intersection

Agenda

1. Approval of Minutes
2. 2026 Budget Expenses
3. Adjournment

Volunteer Senior Citizens Help Line

Council passed Ordinance 2025-56 which repeals Codified Ordinances Chapter 959, a well-intentioned but never-implemented plan from 2008 to create a Volunteer Senior Citizens Help Line.

Dot Gov

The internet domain name migration process I mentioned at the last meeting has begun. Village email addresses now follow the pattern firstname.lastname@chagrinfallsoh.gov (mine is brian.drum@chagrinfallsoh.gov). No word yet on when the village website will be updated, but for the time being both new and old email addresses should continue to function.