Cuyahoga County committee backs $8,000 ARPA grant for Fairview Park trifold stop signs

The Cuyahoga County Public Safety and Justice Affairs Committee voted April 29 to send a resolution to full council that would award up to $8,000 from the District 3 ARPA Community Grant Fund to the city of Fairview Park for trifold stop signs.

Henry Chaski, speaking on behalf of Fairview Park, told the committee the city is requesting $8,000 to buy trifold stop signs that would serve 23 intersections, covering about 83 individual sign placements. He said the trifold design is more compact when mounted on existing poles and less likely to create hazards for pedestrians and cyclists than single‑panel versions used elsewhere.

Committee members asked how many signs would be purchased, where they would be mounted and why Fairview Park selected the trifold design. Chaski said the signs would be mounted on existing mast‑arm poles, telephone poles or street sign poles and that the trifold toggle closes the sign for storage; some intersections will need only three corners rather than four. A resident who lives near the Fairview Park boundary supported the project, citing frequent power outages in the area and driver confusion when signals fail.

The clerk moved Resolution 20250148 to full council for second reading; the motion received a second and passed by voice vote.

If approved by full council, the grant would be paid from the District 3 ARPA Community Grant Fund and used to buy deployable trifold stop signs to improve safety when traffic signals are not functioning. The committee did not record a roll‑call vote in the transcript; the motion passed by voice vote at the meeting.

Next steps: the resolution will appear on the full council agenda for second reading and final action.