Town Hall Meeting 9/30/2014

Last night was the Town Hall Meeting with Wards 2 and 3, Karen Leiske and Paul Vincent.  The meeting began with discussion of finances. This is the same information shared at the Town Hall held by Tom Henderson and Dave Tadych.  For details on this information contact your council person.

Council would appreciate your input on attached housing as Chapter 1158 is still being worked on.

The deer population was discussed. This subject continues to come up which tells me it is time for Bay to do their research on this matter. This topic had the most comments for the night.  One audience member questioned if Bay has a plan should a deer shot with an arrow in Avon Lake wander into Bay and die.  They did not know of a particular plan.

An audience member questioned the need for storm sirens. Although a couple of council members are in favor of them, the cost is appx. $25,000 each and the city would need 4.

They are working toward having audio of the council meetings available online. Video is too costly. I questioned if there was anything to prohibit Joe or Jane Citizen from recording a meeting and putting it on youtube until such a time the city does so.  Outside of mentioning that the quality or sound may not be very good, they do not want it to be disruptive.

The city is hiring an inspector for $79,000 to bring back door to door and sidewalk inspections. This was stated as an effort to maintain and care for your homes and the community. This was also mentioned at Monday’s council meeting. The money is coming from other positions that have been reduced to part time.  Someone questioned me as to why this did not fall under Safe Built. I don’t know enough about those particulars to have that answer. Again, I defer to your council rep. I do know residents have mixed emotions on this type of home scrutiny.

In attendance was David Greenspan who is District 1 Cuyahoga County Council. He was questioned in regards to aiding the city in working on the Master Plan.  He stated the county does offer assistance and grants for this.  Our Master Plan was last done in 1999.

Gratitude was expressed for Dick Majewski and Conda Boyd. I agree – bravo and thank you! Dick puts in countless hours as a member of the Planning Commission and attending other meetings. His input and knowledge is critical to what keeps our town moving. Conda is also a constant attendee that scrutinizes and questions and offers valuable insights.

It was suggested Town Hall Meetings be held with Council every 3 months and the audience would like answers and follow up to concerns expressed at these meetings. Some said these meetings were better than Council meetings - which they felt can be intimidating. Others stated they are not intimidated nor did they care if they were told to sit down at a meeting :) 

And… the chocolate cake with chocolate frosting was really very good.