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there are quite a few organizations within the city that are small in size that may find a building like <br />Rebecca's to be useable as a meeting space. Mr. Lang said he included site preparation in his memo <br />because as mentioned in Mr. Conway's memo, they do not know if the building needs a basement after <br />it is moved. It would probably be advisable that it does not. The only site preparation would be for <br />utilities and the footers on which to place the structure. He is interested in finding out if there are <br />some services that can be provided by the city. He asked the Mayor to comment on that possibility. <br />The Mayor said he would be more concerned about the liability associated with doing the work by <br />individuals that are not accustomed to preparing a site for a home. He thinks there is an experience <br />factor required for this kind of work and for establishing a home once it is positioned. Mr. Lang said <br />in observation of building inoveinent, Mr. Kiczek informed him that the site needs to be prepared. He <br />would need to see it in advance so that when he gets to the site, he knows exactly where to place the <br />structure. He said we have a sufficient number of extremely skilled workmen in the city that possibly <br />could be approached to use their expertise, such as digging and pouring of footers, pouring a slab, <br />electrical into the building, etc. He said all of these things need to be ironed out before making a <br />determination in approximately 3 months as to whether or not they will accept Mr. Halleen's offer, or <br />issue a certificate. Mr. Dailey said some friends recently opened up a before-and-after school center <br />for children and all the work on the building was donated through volunteer efforts, some through <br />unions, some through court appointed people who needed community service time. He said he will <br />follow up with them tomorrow to see how they went about getting it all done. Maybe there were <br />grants available to them and something similar could be made available to the city. Mr. Barker asked <br />Mr. Halleen if there was any kind of E.P.A. inspection of the building as far as lead paint or asbestos <br />before he actually purchased the building. Mr. Halleen said there was an inspection done. Mr. Barker <br />asked if he was told about asbestos or lead paint or anything like that as part of the inspection. Mr. <br />Halleen said there is nothing in there and he can tear it down without having any problem. Mr. Barker <br />asked if he had it inspected on the premise of tearing it down. Mr. Halleen said that is correct. That is <br />why he bought the building. Mr. Barker asked if Mr. Halleen had an inspection done for occupancy. <br />Mr. Halleen replied no, he did not. He had an inspection done to make sure there were no problems as <br />far as tearing the building down. He said occupancy was not in his plan. Mrs. Lord asked if he knows <br />whether there is asbestos or lead paint there. She said she is sure there would be lead paint because of <br />the age of the building. Mr. Halleen said they can come in and tear it down and not have a problem. <br />Mr. Barker asked if the inspection put up any red flags. Mr. Halleen said for tearing the building <br />down, no it did not. Mr. Lang said he inquired of the Cleveland Restoration Society as to the <br />feasibility of getting historic grants for movement of the building. As long as North Olmsted is not a <br />Certified Local Government, they do not qualify for a request for grant money. He said if they were a <br />CLG city, they would be eligible to at least make the request even though at times it takes a year to <br />make the request and for the grant process to take place. In anticipation of other possibilities in the <br />future, this is one reason they are looking so seriously into becoming a Certified Local Government. <br />Once the building is moved, it would become a city-owned property so they are not eligible for <br />Heritage Home Loan funds nor any other low interest funding through government agencies. In terms <br />of historical grants through historical societies, they cannot do that. It would have to be through a <br />foundation or someone else. Mrs. Lord said if Frostville were a possibility, a big if, she asked if Mr. <br />Halleen would be willing to make that offer to Frostville, which is not "the city." Mr. Halleen said he <br />would consider it. He asked for more information on the CLG program. Mr. Lang said that W. <br />Halleen, as a property owner, cannot apply for the grant from the historical society, the state society, <br />to move a building. He said he would qualify for low interest loans as opposed to grants for <br />renovation of historic structures as part of the Main Street LTSA program. Mr. Dailey asked Mayor <br />Musial if the city has vacant property available over by the Recreation Center. Mayor Musial replied <br />there is land there to the east of the parking lot and in the back of the facility. Mr. Barker said there is <br />also property at Clague and Lorain. It is farther than Frostville but it is a straight line as far as <br />relocation. Mrs. Davis commented there are a lot of wires along Lorain. Mayor Musial said there are <br />6