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Director Kearney: October 1st, we're going to do the south side of Lorain from the road to where the concrete starts. It's going to be done. Mr. Axel Hoyer: Well, maybe just make it concrete. Director Kearney: Well, it's a lot more expensive - concrete. I mean, we have the whole city in concrete. Mr. Axel Hoyer: I understand that. You know, but, you know, there are seams there and, you know, they just did 220 and that's all concrete. And, you know, it probably lasts a little, I don't know much about that stuff. But at the same point in time, if you then have to redo it again, you know, because of potholes and all that, it's just very frustrating. Director Kearney: They're supposed to last 20 years, Dover hasn't lasted 20 years, and that's what the deal is and we can't afford to do the whole City in concrete, and we'd love to. Mr. Axel Hoyer: No, I understand. Well, just do part of Clague. [laughing] Mr. Don Pattison: Good evening. Don Pattison and Collette Pattison, 5806 Barton Road. We're here to observe our first Council meeting. It's very educational, and we're happy to be here. We live directly behind the Barton Bradley parking lot, and I've spoken to a number of City Officials about the project and our concerns. But first, we like to say we're in general support of the project. Our son had played soccer there for a number of years. So we like having something like that in our backyard, but the planning process did not include the residents, and that's my main gripe right now. I just wanted to express that, that six months ago, the City should have had a planning meeting with the residents to get their input on the parking lot improvements. Sort of like a design charrette. Everyone would have showed up, and we would have had a better parking lot for the neighborhood and for the City. So I wanted to make that known. How we found out about the project was we had stakes in our backyard, and my wife and I were wondering, where are the stakes for? This was at the end of February. So we made a few calls and met with City Officials, and the hopes were to move the stakes away from our backyard. And the justification is that parking lot, all that land back there is enormous. I think the City could have worked with us to grant a request to move the parking lot further away from our house, and so the City mentioned that the site plan was written in stone and a done deal. So we're kind of out of luck. My wife and I, and a few of the residents, think we deserve better in terms of better process and a better designed parking lot. So now that all the trees are pretty much gone, we're looking at the future parking lot, and what kind of drew us to the area from Lakewood three years ago 04-01-25 Council Meeting Minutes - Page 10