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Council Minutes of 6/20/2000 Environment won't be changed by purchase of this property. He truly feels that, if the property is purchased, the city is giving them what they desire--no change for a period of time. When the change does happen, it will be a far less intrusive change. He has seen it happen for 48 years, and his family has seen it for many years. He wants the change to be positive. • Mr. Hadsell asked Mr. Limpert if his family ever had to move as his family is being told they will eventually have to do. Mr. Hadsell said he knows for a fact in order for the city to do what it needs to do, his parents' property is needed. Tina Hadsell, 30840 Bradley Road, noted that quite a few of the people here have not been to all of the meetings. She thinks Council is making up their minds what the issues are. The issue is really honesty, and the city should let their constituents know what they are doing. People are afraid of change and the unknown. The people who have been here know what she is talking about--how the Mayor came in the back door and how everything started. She didn't make any allegations against him about that or taxes or anything else. She heard Mr. Limpert talk one time about how he wanted North Olmsted to be special--a place we move to. She was 17 years old when she moved here--she has raised a family here and she wants to stay here. The Council cannot tell her what is going to happen with the property. The residents have had little factories move into that area--that is what her son was trying to explain. The factories have never bothered them. The Council people know that she and Trudy Schooley run kennels. Kennels occasionally make noise and so do children--so the two go hand in hand. It's okay that kids come and play ball early in the morning and the dogs bark--nobody really notices it. But when you're talking about change, if you put no one in there at all and it stays green space, that's really nice. She does not think there has ever been a complaint about her kennel. Nobody has come to her face to face and said, "This is what we want to do." Her point is, information is what everybody wants. The people in this room want it--they want to know the Mayor's plan. They've been trying to tell him that for six months. They are not fighting an issue, they are fighting a principle to let them know first. "Together we can make a difference." She is not sure of whether together the residents can make a difference, but in City Council's hearts, they need to think because there are going to be people after them. Her children are either going to inherit her land or other Council people could decide that they don't count. Council cannot guarantee her that another Council will not eventually come in and take it away from the family. They won't have the "Limpert" inheritance. It'll be gone. She has never been against the kids and soccer. She was a little against the fence but found it was right--change was good--people quit picnicking on her lawn and sitting under the pine trees and quit driving through the middle of the yard. She didn't come up and ask that the fence not be put up--she just sat back and watched. This time she was a little concerned because someone was spying on her taking pictures and appraising her home without telling her why. Why did the Mayor skip her when he sent out the letters? She has a right to know what is going on. The Mayor sent out letters to people and didn't send her one. When she wrote a letter, she gave it to Carolyn Kasler and asked her to send it to all of Council. (Mrs. Kasler said the letter was presented in caucus.) Mrs. Hadsell said she did make sure that everyone got both her letter and the sheet she wrote out about where would 19