Cleveland Heights City Council unanimously approved a 20-cent raise on the street lighting and forestry property assesment for property owners. Based on the width of homeowners' property at the front edge, the assessment pays for city-owned trees, street light maintenance and the city's forestry division. Home owners will pay $2 instead of $1.80 per foot of property frontage. The raise will appear on the tax bill residents receive for 2013 and amounts to about a $6 per year raise for property owners with 30 feet of frontage. Tom Raguz, the city's finance director, noted that the city raises …
The Cleveland Heights City Council will hear requests from the City Manager to open bidding for a splash pad at Cain Park and pavement replacement on Mayfield Road at tonight's council meeting. The agenda also includes measures to approve the demolition of nuisance properties on Coventry, Eddington and Glenmont Roads and the second reading of the city's salary schedule. Click the PDF to the right to see the full agenda. Council meets at 7:30 p.m. in Cleveland Heights City Hall.
Cleveland Heights City Council is expected to vote on legislation that would allow dogs in Cain Park under certain restrictions. The Dog Project, modeled after a program in Lakewood that culminated in the abolishment of dog prohibitions in the city's parks, needs a majority vote from council to pass. The pilot program would allow leashed dogs in the park for six months. The group is seeking volunteers to refill dog waste bags at the parks during the trial, which would take place from April 15 to October 15. The proposal follows a survey last year about whether dogs should be allowed in Cain …
Cleveland Heights City Council will hear a proposal to allow dog walking in Cain Park during a spring pilot program at tonight's council meeting. Click the PDF above to see the full agenda for tonight's meeting, which is open to the public and begins at 7:30 p.m. at City Hall.
Cleveland Heights City Council is looking to make up $375,000 in required matching funds for a federal streetscape improvement grant through state and local grants. Council approved two applications for grants to help fund the Cedar Fairmount Streetscape Improvement Project. The project received a $1.5 million grant from the Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency, but the city is required to match the grant with $375,000. City Councilman Dennis Wilcox said that the city is trying to secure as much of this as possible from other grants. The city is applying for $10,000 from the Bikes …
Click on the PDF above to see the agenda for tonight's Cleveland Heights City Council meeting. The meeting is at 7:30 p.m. in Council Chambers at City Hall and is open to the public.
Cleveland Heights City Council approved a measure allowing Nighttown Jazz Club and Restaurant to buy two city-owned parcels to expand their business. The measure was approved unanimously at Monday's meeting. Nighttown will buy the two properties for $25,000 — one directly north of the restuarant on Cedar Road, and one west of the building. The business is already leasing the westerly property from the city for its last expansion.
Cleveland Heights City Council tonight will consider selling a plot of land to Nighttown so that it can expand. Click the PDF above to see the full agenda for tonight's meeting. The meeting is open to the public at 7:30 p.m. at City Hall.
