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Council Minutes 10/15/2002 about the condition of that street when approving the project. Perhaps we should look to RTA for repair of the street. Councilman Miller questioned as to whether the commitment by the Mayor was to patching/repairing or repaving. Also, is this to be completed before winter? Mayor Musial said it would probably be an overlay just like what is happening on Broxbourne where the trucks working on the wetlands did some damage to the street. He will double- check with RTA. He cannot, at this time, answer the question as to when it will be completed. Councilman McKay said, when Council was made awaze that construction trucks would go down that street, he mentioned to Mr. Bohlmann the condition of that street and what would happen. He thinks it was Mr. Bohlmann's determination that it would be done as soon as the work would be completed. He didn't indicate if it would be done by RTA or the city. Edward Koryta, 5498 Whitehaven Avenue. He does not understand why Resolution 2002-152 is on the agenda. That issue will be resolved in November at the election. It does not fall to this body to say yea or nay about supporting this resolution. It's not needed. Keeping up with the Jones's is an expensive proposition. If our tax dollars that should be funneled into our schools were not being funneled into a library that we never needed, we would not have this problem. Dennis Lambert, 25057 Cazey Lane School systems come to the taxpayers for dollars, and in one hand they hold the future of the children and in the other they tell you it's a righteous move. His comments are not meant to be for or against the issue, but simply food for thought. The fact is that school administrations need to take a more active role in the community to promote the influx of money into community coffers to help support themselves-not necessarily claiming their main job is to educate children and they come out of their shell to ask for more money from the taxpayer when they need it. The library issue, which he has followed closely, is a perfect example. We needed an upgraded library. But the library project came from the city instead of the school system, which is highly irregular. Most communities generate library issues from the school issues because the schools are usually in charge of library issues. This school system sat back and said nothing. The library is being built on property that generates an awful lot of tax revenue and is prime property-a lumber yard and Lorain Road frontage and homeowners' property on the other side. The library will generate no tax revenue. Schools get over 60'r'o of property tax they have the biggest interest of what happens to property in this community, but they say nothing. The schools have 20 acres behind Pine School, several acres by Butternut Ridge and the annex that serves no purpose. All that property generates no tax revenue, and a library could have been built there. Fairview Park built a regional library on property that was an extension of school property. Mayfield Hts. has a regional library on high school campus. A11 those are regional libraries--prime libraries. We're getting a branch 12 ~,; r,, ~.~ „~.>...... ,,. , ,., ...~.. ,,