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Council Minutes of 6/6/2000 ,~ Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake and Ashtabula counties. In conclusion, we believe that by supporting the PLA agreement the end user, the consumer taxpayer, in your city is the bottom-line winner. To get the best bang for your construction dollar, you have to have qualified construction and this is accomplished by having skilled and qualified workers and established and educated contractors who require and maintain first and foremost their standard of excellence in the workplace. On a personal note, if I might, I am a retired chief building official in the State of Ohio and have had hands- on experience with union contracts and their quality of work. Their construction projects are by far the most building code efficient projects my department inspected. Very truly yours, James Shoaff, Executive Director, SMACNA of Cleveland. " • "To the members of North Olmsted Council, the Mayor of the City of North Olmsted wants to purchase the land at 30898 Bradley Road, and will not give anyone a 'real plan' as to why. I have been told anything from green space for bird watching, to walking paths to baseball fields. There is a drawing of four fields, lighted with concession stands on 14 acres of land. The city owns 11+ acres of land. (The leaf dump.) And the Hadsell family has almost 5 acres, so this could be done some time in the future. If the Hadsell family will sell their land to the city, why does the Mayor need the extra 9+ acres of land at this time? There is also some talk of a street running from Barton Road through to Bradley Road and cluster homes. What is really going on? Let's not forget using it as parking space for the soccer fields. That makes a lot of sense to me. We can buy green space, turn it into a parking lot. This city is about $62 million in debt. Why are we going to borrow more money for more land when we cannot take care of what we have. I can't run my household that way. I would go bankrupt. Is this city in danger of that? The taxpayers in this town can't seem to get much needed repairs done--their streets and sewers. The Recreation Center is getting some much needed repairs, but less than needed. We are told it is not in the budget. Our Mayor wants to borrow more money to purchase more land when we can't afford to maintain what we already have. Why? I urge the City Council members to find out the true answers to why and what is the real plan and what it is truthfully going to cost the taxpayers to proceed with this plan. Sincerely, Tina Hadsell, 30840 Bradley Road." • (Referring to the 9 acres on Bradley Road.) "This seems to be rushing through without the answers to the residents concerns being given to these residents. I think all the residents along this area should have known about the city's plan to purchase this piece of property to see what their responses may be, especially with the large debt the city has and how and when this project is going to get off the ground. This is of great concern to the residents on the two parcels that sit in the middle of this future project. They have no idea how and when their land is going to have to be sold and become part of that project. The city has not been able to assure them that the means by which their properties gives them their income will be secure. They could be told at any time to sell to the city. Administrations do change and everyone has a different idea as to what may be best for the city. Considering the large debt and that the city has no definite plan it can put into place at this time, I think all residents of North Olmsted should have been told of the city's plans to purchase this parcel. This is a 10