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Council Minutes of 6/6/2000 Councilman McKay • Believes that Mr. Tallon knows, since he served on Council, that the Law Director's advice to Council is what they should go by. After reading the Law Director's objections, he doesn't see any reason why it shouldn't be started over. He doesn't think there's anything left in there to save. Would like to pose to Mr. Tallon that, had he been on the other side and not been a union person, would he have felt the same way? He doesn't think so. If the city had proposed an ordinance saying all projects over $500,000 are going to go to non-union shops, that wouldn't be very good. His opinion of the union is that they want everybody to be treated fair and equal. So, that is one of the reasons that it seems to him that not everybody is being treated fairly. He understands there are a lot of union people out there. He would have liked to have had somebody tell him that he would be guaranteed a job no matter what--but that never happened. Mr. Tallon thanked the Council members for their responses. Councilman O'Crrady • This issue is not one that would have to jobs that were labor anyway, this would en a job away from anyone. For the huge have provided additional protection for the city and that's it. Irish Blankenburg, 6184 Gareau. • She is a business owner in the City of North Olmsted as well as a resident of seven years. Wants to talk about the parcel of land on Barton and Bradley which she understands the idea is that it should be used as baseball fields. Thinks that is a grand idea. Adult softball (about 36 teams now and 42 in the fall), has about 800 players in North Olmsted that spend money in the city. This is a good way to bring money into the city, and it's a nice thing to do. North Olmsted loses a lot of teams because there are not enough fields. The money goes to other cities--the money should stay here and the players are North Olmsted residents who should be able to play here. Hot stove also shares the field with the high school. There are over 50 teams and over 700 players--representing about 500 families of the city and spending their money. There aren't enough fields to play. They are coordinating with the Lorain County league so there are enough fields to play. What is the harm in having more baseball fields? The city needs to look ahead as far as what is going to be done with green space. Last thing the city needs is another nonsensical strip shopping mall, and she says that has a retail owner. Councilman Miller • Told Mrs. Blankenburg that he has a plot plan that he would like to show her so she can see that the only thing this property could be used for is a really nice long bowling alley. It will not accommodate a ball field. The Mayor has said, even if we assemble other pieces, the ball fields are a minimum of ten years out. He agrees with Mrs. Blankenburg because he has been a softball coach for quite a while and knows we need fields. The city owns vacant property that should be converted, and we should be moving forward on that now, not 15 years from now. Mrs. Blankenburg 13 ~~:.~ .z:..,...