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Council Minutes of 6/20/2000 President Saringer commented on the following communications: ~, • Summarized a letter from Mr. Kubiak who resides on Lorain Road. With regard to ~,>~.. Council's last meeting, Mr. Kubiak stated he was disappointed with the outcome of tabling the PLA ordinance and offered several criticisms of the action. (Council will receive a copy of this letter.) • Letter received by all of Council from Mr. DePauw, Stoneybrook Drive. President Saringer asked Mr. Miller, chairperson of the Transportation Committee, to take the matter into the committee and he agreed. • She was asked by some residents to read a letter sent by Mayor Musial to certain residents. "Recently, material may have been sent to you by some of our residents concerning the potential purchase of the Farver property (9 acres), which is roughly north of the soccer fields on Bradley Road. Truly, this is democracy in action and I applaud the interest and concern by our residents in becoming involved with the future of our city. My difficulty is that some of the information contained in the material distributed is not entirely accurate and, therefore, the wrong impression may be conveyed to the recipients of the aforesaid material. Consequently, I am taking this opportunity to send this communication to individuals who may be interested in the issue of the city purchasing said property, the 9 acres presently owned by Mr. & Mrs. Farver. 1) The allegation is made that your taxes will be increased if the 9 acre Farver property fronting on Bradley Road is purchased. This allegation is simply not true. Your taxes will not be increased even though the $310,000 purchase would be borrowed money. 2) The city is planning on buying additional property on Bradley Road. One must look out to the future--20 to 25 years from now. If we don't accumulate green space today, we won't have the land for our children and grandchildren to enjoy in the future. Certainly, as property becomes available on Bradley Road in the vicinity of the soccer fields, I feel we owe it to our children and grandchildren to try and purchase it and have it available for their use in the future. Note that the Mayor can't purchase real estate unilaterally. Our City Council must give the Mayor authority to purchase real estate and to authorize the expenditure of such funds for said purchase. As to what the cost of a recreation project in the Bradley Road area would be 20 to 25 years out, I feel that it is too long a time frame even to engage in speculation as to the cost of any project that far in the future. Again, keep in mind that Council would have to approve the expenditure of funds. The one item I am sure of is that, if property such as the one in question is not purchased by the city and if this property is developed by the current owners or sold to a company for limited industry purposes, it will be lost forever (for our children and grandchildren). Rather than enjoy the openness of green space, they may have to put up with truck traffic and diesel fumes. 3) The statement is made that 'people who purchase the woods will have access to our private road,' that is, the private road of the Barton Woods Condo Association. If this statement is true, would not one be more comfortable having the city own the Farver property wherein residents can work with the city so as to control such access (if in fact that access is required) as opposed to a private developer having such an access? As to the woods adjacent to the Bradley Woods Condo Association complex, it is not in my plans to cut down the trees. 4) Statements have been made that North Olmsted is millions of dollars in debt "~ and tax dollars might be better spent elsewhere in the city. Yes, the city is millions of 7