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Akron firm to devise remedy for landslides; new trading cards out
By Bob Downing
Beacon Journal staff writer
Published on Saturday, Jun 06, 2009
Metro Parks, Serving Summit County, on Friday hired an Akron engineering company to prepare plans to deal with two areas of potential landslides along the Bike and Hike Trail.
URS Corp. will be paid $40,369 for plans to deal with unstable soil along the trail south of Boston Mills Road in Boston Heights and north of Barlow Road in Hudson.
The trail in both areas remains open but officials are watching conditions, said park planner David Whited.
The trail in Boston Heights is atop a 70-foot embankment and there is a 200-foot culvert at the bottom that is crumbling on both ends, he said.
In Hudson, the problem is the result of saturated soil and bank slippage, Whited said.
In other action, the park commissioners:
• Hired Floyd Brown Group of Akron for $25,750 to prepare a long-term landscaping plan for the new Nature Realm off Smith Road in North Akron.
• Agreed to pay $222,365, the district's assessment due to Akron for paving, curbs and sidewalks on North Portage Path. The park district owned land on both sides of the street.
• Agreed to work on a new trail plan in cooperation with the Cuyahoga Valley National Park. The effort is being directed by the National Park Service and will involve Cleveland Metroparks. The federal park completed its last trail plan for the Cuyahoga Valley in 1983.
• Agreed to seek Clean Ohio Funds for the potential purchase of 86 acres in Aurora and 150 acres in Hudson.
• Unveiled the second set of park trading cards. The new set features Metro Leaf and Hampton (an acorn), friends of Cheeks the Chipmunk, who was on the first set of trading cards last year.
Bob Downing can be reached at 330-996-3745 or bdowning@thebeaconjournal.com.
Metro Parks, Serving Summit County, on Friday hired an Akron engineering company to prepare plans to deal with two areas of potential landslides along the Bike and Hike Trail.
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Akron, OH
Posted 08:10 PM, 06/06/2009
I am opposed to the purchase of yet more land by the Metroparks. 10,000 acres in Summit County is more than enough. I am also opposed to any further tapping of funds outside their own rather considerable budget to do so; in this case, Clean Ohio funds should be granted to other agencies with policies that actually address the recreational needs of our citizens. The Metro Parks in Summit County already have over $20 million set aside for "land acquisition" since their taxy levy increase in 2006. If they insist on buying more land to lock away from us, they should spend that account down.
Or maybe they are really building up a huge "endowment fund" account so when they lose the next tax levy, they can really thumb their noses at the taxpayers.
REPORT THAT, BEACON JOURNAL!
