Master Plan June 23

The top 5 of the SWOT were discussed and ranked as follows

Strength

1. Schools
2. Economic Strength and Diversity
3. Municipal Services
4. Industry
5. Family Oriented community

Weakness

1. Under developed, unattractive, retail area
2. Traffic congestion
3. Unregulated unregistered rental property
4. Business perceived difficulty working with the city
5. Nothing to attract young professionals (night life)

Opportunity

1. Following MasterPlan
2. Regional Cooperation resulting in positive impact
3. Improve, expand access, to recreational areas (Timberlane & Arther Rd Pool)
4. Connector Rd and exits
5. Recycling / Green Energy

Threat

1. Diminishing availability of school funding sources
2. Aging industrial infrastructure
3. Development in adjacent communities (they get money, we get traffic)
4. Diminishing capacity for waste removal (dump space, could increase taxes)
5. Regionalism that negatively impacts (misguided regionalism proposals)

The next mtg will be July 21st.
Minutes are here.

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One member raised the issue of the "three slabs"

Regionalism

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The rails to trails discussion, involved passing out a map and telling the committee we must set priorities and that the N&S railroad has funding and legislative support.  We could mention the W&LE, but N&S is a priority, see the comparison for yourself below:

Comparison Chart

Issue	W&LE	N&S
Status	Officially Abandoned	Unused but not abandoned
Ownership	Solon	Railroad
Track and RR Ties	Removed	Present
Plant Growth	Generally clear	Very overgrown
Partnership opportunity	MetroPark	Cuyahoga County
Viability as trail	Immediate	Long term
Destination	Solon to Chagrin Falls	Bainbridge Market Place to Downtown Cleveland

W&LE is abandoned and usable now! 

See more info at the new Solon Trails Site.

Minutes are unavailable.