6. Communication from Mayor George regarding Presenting the Administration's Case for Relocating to Downtown Lakewood: 1470 Warren Road-Old Board of Education Building ("BOE").
I oppose the city's proposal to move any city offices to the an expensively renovated former BOE building in downtown Lakewood. The
BOE moved its offices because "The combined buildings are expensive to maintain, dated, difficult to heat, and not laid out well for administrative offices," according to a 2016 Cleveland.com story. The city would be throwing away more money - in addition to the wasteful spending already slated for the dangerous, ill-fated and largely unwanted Bunts Road Multimodal path.
The more prudent solution would be to renovate and expand the existing city hall into its own front yard. This building is more than 50 years younger than the former BOE building.
In the past two years, we have seen city officials force on its residents a multimodal path and the closing of at least one school building. There is also talk of building an unnecessary pier at Lakewood Park. Why? This is all being done with no facts to back up these plans and signifiant public resistance. Notice the trend of ignoring the taxpayers' wishes.
Do not continue this trend of wasting taxpayer dollars - especially at a time when Lakewood has real needs and problems to solve. Our roads are a mess, many storefronts are empty on Madison, the sidewalks are crumbling, and trash permeates throughout the city.
Make 2026 the year you reverse this dangerous trend of ignoring taxpayers and siding with small, special interest groups. Prioritize the city's actual needs.
Return Lakewood to being the progressive and attractive city that it once was or all of our property values will suffer - not just those on Bunts.
I oppose the city's proposal to move any city offices to the an expensively renovated former BOE building in downtown Lakewood. The
BOE moved its offices because "The combined buildings are expensive to maintain, dated, difficult to heat, and not laid out well for administrative offices," according to a 2016 Cleveland.com story. The city would be throwing away more money - in addition to the wasteful spending already slated for the dangerous, ill-fated and largely unwanted Bunts Road Multimodal path.
The more prudent solution would be to renovate and expand the existing city hall into its own front yard. This building is more than 50 years younger than the former BOE building.
In the past two years, we have seen city officials force on its residents a multimodal path and the closing of at least one school building. There is also talk of building an unnecessary pier at Lakewood Park. Why? This is all being done with no facts to back up these plans and signifiant public resistance. Notice the trend of ignoring the taxpayers' wishes.
Do not continue this trend of wasting taxpayer dollars - especially at a time when Lakewood has real needs and problems to solve. Our roads are a mess, many storefronts are empty on Madison, the sidewalks are crumbling, and trash permeates throughout the city.
Make 2026 the year you reverse this dangerous trend of ignoring taxpayers and siding with small, special interest groups. Prioritize the city's actual needs.
Return Lakewood to being the progressive and attractive city that it once was or all of our property values will suffer - not just those on Bunts.