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Council Minutes of 10/21/2003 services that the city should be providing, what is the amount we should have? There is no strategic plan in place and there should be one made. Dennis Lambert, 25057 Carey Lane: ^ He is very concerned about the condition of Claque Road and the sidewalks which have been laying under water because the street is high. He had hope that the city and the residents would come together to get some outside funding to fix it. Last week he saw city crews spending budget hours digging holes and laying plastic pipe to cover the ditches and putting in sewer drains. The city is putting in pipes on a street that is going to be ripped up some day soon. This is mismanagement. ^ Regarding the old library site, he feels that the city should keep it and lease it to the schools for $1 a year. That would give the city breathing room and the ability to recover it in the future if needed. Mr. Miller said he had previously reported that the schools clearly stated they have no intention to lease the building. They only want to buy the property. ^ Regarding the resolution suggested by the Council President honoring dignitaries from Ireland that was not accepted, he believes it should have been introduced out of respect for the many residents in the area of Irish background. Diversity is a key word, and this is a diverse community. Don Pangrac, 23470 Sharon Drive: ^ He asked the Mayor to put him on the mailing list for a copy of the water report. Five years ago to the day, he spoke with the Mayor to get that started. He thinks there is nothing like competition to lower rates. Several years ago when the steel companies closed down, Cleveland was scrambling deciding what they were going to do with the excess capacity of water because steel companies were a major user. He assumes they have rolled the revenues they used to get from the steel companies, and we are all paying for that. It is important for us to continue to look for alternate supplies of water in hopes of using it as leverage to get some decent rates from Cleveland. ^ As to the old library building-rumor has it the schools want to tear the building down and put a football field there. This information should be verified. Councilman Dailey said that information goes back a few years when he was on the school board. They did have some plan studies that were done, and there were a myriad of options presented. One of them did show the football field being closer to Butternut Ridge Road in the area of the existing library. If the schools are planning to put administrative offices in the building, he does not believe they would tear it down for a football field. Michael Wood, 363 Vista Circle, is happy about the repairs to south Canterbury Road and also for the repairs to the parking lot at Springvale. He wondered if revenue is derived from the ballroom as the parking lot is always full. Mayor Musial said the ballroom is making money, anticipated revenue is about four hundred thousand dollars a year with a net profit of roughly 30%, about a hundred and twenty thousand dollars. Right now, the ballroom is supporting the golf course. We do aYrticipate that eventually the golf course will be adding to the revenue. Mr. Wood agreed and thinks $4 million 15