Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Council can also vote on the purchase of a new fire truck
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Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Mentor City Council is scheduled to have a work session at 5:30 p.m. before its regularly scheduled bimonthly meeting at 7 p.m. in City Hall. During the work session, Council is slated to discuss the 2013 city budget as well as the future of the Beautification Commission. The city has several vacancies on its Beautification Commission after three members' terms ended and another four resigned earlier this year. Meanwhile, at the meeting, Council can vote on the purchase of a new fire truck for the Mentor Fire Department. The city did not plan to buy a new truck until next year. However, it can save $19,376 if it buys the truck this year, Fire Chief Richard Harvey said in a memo to City Manager Kenneth Filipiak. The truck would cost $484,…
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
The city intends to apply for funding from the Ohio Public Works Commission for a trio of road projects
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Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Mentor City Council can vote on legislation to authorize final application for state funding that will help the city pay for three separate road projects during its meeting at 7 p.m. tonight at City Hall. The most noteworthy of these road projects is the Plaza Boulevard extension, which would lengthen Plaza Boulevard until it intersects with St. Clair Avenue. That would create a north-south corridor that connects Mentor Avenue and Tyler Boulevard. Assistant City Manager Tony Zampedro previously said most of the engineering and other preliminary work is done on the project. However, the city wants to find some outside funding for the extension so it will not need to pay the entire $4 million that it's expected to cost. The city, pending …
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Proposed shooting range would still need a conditional-use permit from the city's Planning Commission
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Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Mentor City Council unanimously voted for a change to the city's zoning code that would allow for a professional indoor shooting range in Mentor. The ranges are now permitted in the city's industrial zones, with a conditional-use permit from the Planning Commission. David Holtz attended the Council meeting Tuesday evening and told Council members that he intended to pursue a permit from the Planning Commission in the near future. Council already passed a resolution that amends the city's ban on firing guns in the city. They can now be fired -- but only in a commercial indoor shooting range. The issue initially came up when Holtz asked if it would be possible to open a commercial shooting range in Mentor, City Manager Kenneth Filipiak said …
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Council can also vote on one-time grant for local cupcakery
Mentor City Council can vote on a proposed change to the city's zoning code that would allow for a professional indoor shooting range in Mentor. Planning Commission already approved the proposed change; and, seeing as Council recommended the zoning change in the first place, it would be a surprise if they did not vote for it tonight. If approved, professional indoor shooting ranges would be possible in the city's industrial zones. Council already passed a resolution that amends the city's ban on firing guns in the city. They can now be fired -- but only in a commercial indoor shooting range. The issue initially came up when a business owner asked if it would be possible to open a commercial shooting range in Mentor, City Manager Kenneth …
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
The council approved an amendment to a court case that will now allow Cleveland Clinic to build a medical center in the Newell Creek development
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Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Mentor City Council unanimously passed an ordinance during its meeting Tuesday night that paves the way for a possible Cleveland Clinic medical center in the Newell Creek development. Council approved an amendment to a court order from January 2004 that allows the owners of the Newell Creek property to rezone 47 acres at the southeast corner of Norton Parkway and Center Street from a "lifestyle center" designation to a "medical campus." Planning Commission approved the rezoning during a meeting earlier this month. Cleveland Clinic has demonstrated an interest in the property though they have not specified what they have in mind for it. "We appreciate the City's attention to detail and their unanimous support to our potential needs," said …
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Mentor City Council can vote on the CRA's expansion during its meeting tonight
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Tuesday, September 18, 2012
The city of Mentor is looking into expanding a Community Reinvestment Area so it can benefit business and home owners along Tyler Boulevard and Twinbrook Road. City Council can vote on the CRA expansion during its meeting at 7 p.m. tonight at City Hall. CRAs are an economic tool that allow the city to offer tax abatements for building or expansion in a specific area. The CRA that Council may vote to expand was established on Heisley Road between Hendricks Road and Progress Parkway in 1984. It was expanded in 1988 so it is now bounded by the city's border with Painesville Township, State Route 2, Hopkins Road and the Norfolk & Southern railroad line. If Council votes to expand it again, it would also include the buildings along Tyler …
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Council Members Robert Shiner and Carolyn Bucey vote against majority
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Wednesday, September 5, 2012
A 5-2 majority of City Council voted for an ordinance that legalized bow hunting of deer in Mentor The vote occurred during a City Council meeting Tuesday night at City Hall. The ordinance says: Council Members Carolyn Bucey and Robert Shiner voted against the ordinance. Bucey said she agreed that the city of Mentor had a problem with deer overpopulation. However, she supported a full-on culling program as opposed to bow hunting. Bucey noted that Rick Tyler, who oversaw the Cleveland Metroparks' deer culling program before he retired, suggested the city have a culling program in place before it legalize hunting. Meanwhile, Shiner said the city should not legalize bow hunting and then institute a broader culling program. If anything, he …
Officials from the city, county and state recognized Sgt. Mark Smykowski for his sacrifice and thanked his family
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Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Officials from the city of Mentor, Lake County and the state of Ohio recognized Sgt. Mark Smykowski and thanked his family for his and their sacrifice during a Mentor City Council meeting Tuesday night. Smykowski, a native of Mentor, died at the age of 23 after the Hummer in which he rode hit a roadside bomb in June 2006 in the Al Anbar province of Iraq. In recognition of his sacrifice and service, Route 84 from Broadmoor to Chillicothe Road was renamed in his honor. The new road signs were unveiled last week and a video of that ceremony was shown Tuesday evening. Then City Council President Scott Marn, Lake County Commissioner Bob Aufuldish, State Representatives Kenneth Yuko and Ron Young and State Senator John Eklund each talked about …
Residents having garage sales will not be required to get permits, as initially suggested
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Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Mentor City Council passed an ordinance that places some limits on how often and how long residents can have garage sales. Now people can only have up to three garage sales per year and each sale cannot last longer than four consecutive days. Additionally, the ordinance requires people to: However, one aspect of the initially proposed ordinance has been ditched. Originally, residents would have been required to get a permit to have a garage sale. The permit would enable the city to monitor just how many garage sales a resident has had per year. Additionally, the permit would have been free, Mentor City Manager Kenneth Filipiak said. However, multiple City Council members raised concerns about the permit. During a previous Council meeting, …
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
The city will discuss the recently proposed legislation that would allow bow hunting of deer on private property in Mentor
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Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Mentor City Council will once again discuss proposed legislation that would, if passed, allow for the bow hunting of deer in the city. The ordinance is on the schedule to be discussed at a work session 5:30 p.m. today at City Hall. It is also on the agenda for the Council meeting at 7 p.m. tonight. Earlier this year, Council gave the city administration permission to pursue the permits needed to get a Deer Management Plan approved by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. This latest ordinance is only part of the city's ultimate plan and not its totality, city officials said. The ordinance proposes: City Council discussed the proposed ordinance at their last meeting. However, some Council members had concerns about it so they decided to…
Mary E. Kobistek
1:21 pm on Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Bow hunting is cruel and inhumane. The heartless "murderers" that call themselves hunters don't care about the suffering of a harmless deer. They lay in wait hiding to kill. Small minded idiots that get their jollies off of surpriising and killing a deer just standing there is just so sick. I thought the parks protected and preserved wildlife. Not anymore. You will NEVER hunt on my property. more ›