CITY OF UNIVERSITY HEIGHTSTOWN HALL MEETING

Hosted by: Mayor Susan Infeld

ACQUISITION OF THE FORMER FUCHS MIZRACHI SCHOOL PROPERTY

Monday, March 12, 2012 ~ 7:00 p.m.Wiley Middle School Auditorium

City of University Heights2300 Warrensville Center RoadUniversity Heights, Ohio 44118

(216) 932-7800 ~ www.universityheights.comProduced by the Mayor and staff at City Hall

ACQUISITION OF THE FORMER FUCHS MIZRACHI SCHOOL PROPERTY

Are you aware of the City’s desire to purchase the former Fuchs Mizrachi School property for the purpose of creating a public park?

What do you think of the idea?

Community NameNumber of Parks(w/out playfields or

playgrounds)Community Name

Number of Parks(w/out playfields or

playgrounds)Community Name

Number of Parks(w/out playfields or

playgrounds)

Bay Village 5* Highland Heights 1 Richmond Hts 3*

Beachwood 1 Highland Hills 1 Rocky River 6*

Bedford 1* Hunting Valley 1 Seven Hills 3*

Bedford Heights 1* Independence 2* Shaker Heights 3

Bentleyville 1* Lakewood 8* Solon 2*

Berea 4* Linndale 0 South Euclid 4*

Bratenahl 2 Lyndhurst 4 Strongsville 2*

Brecksville 2* Maple Heights 2 University Heights 0

Broadview Heights 0 Mayfield Heights 1 Valley View 1*

Brook Park 12* Mayfield Village 2* Walton Hills 3*

Brooklyn 4* Middleburg Hts 3* Warrensville Heights 1

Brooklyn Heights 1* Moreland Hills 1* Westlake 7*

Chagrin Falls 3 Newburgh Heights 1* Woodmere 0

Cleveland 97* North Olmsted 4*

Cleveland Heights 5 North Randall 0

Cuyahoga Hts 2* North Royalton 4*

East Cleveland 5 Oakwood 2*

Euclid 7* Olmsted Falls 0

Fairview Park 3* Orange Village 1

Garfield Heights 4* Parma 19*

Gates Mills 1* Parma Heights 7*

Glenwillow 1 Pepper Pike 1

* Denotes Reservation/National Park located and accessible to community

[Sources: City’s websites; www.cleveland.com city survey; www.maps.google.com]

ACQUISITION OF THE FORMER FUCHS MIZRACHI SCHOOL PROPERTY

“Urban parks and open spaces are valuable resources. They can help improve the quality of life in urban areas, have essential environmental functions and, by increasing the attractiveness of places in which people live and work, can have economic benefits.” (The Economic Value of Open Space: Implications for Land Use Decisions, Paul Anton, Wilder Research, St. Paul MN)

“Open space has a statistically significant positive impact on the sales price of neighboring residential properties.” (The Royal Institute of Charted Surveyors, University of Aberdeen, Scotland, UK)

ACQUISITION OF THE FORMER FUCHS MIZRACHI SCHOOL PROPERTY

“With the demand for increased protection of parks and natural

open space in urban areas, many have questioned the benefits

and costs these areas bring to the community and local

government. Some view natural open space as underutilized,

while others value it as a component of the quality of life in a

neighborhood. More recently, natural open space benefits for

stormwater management, habitat protection, recreation,

groundwater capture, water and air quality improvements, and

non-motorized transportation have been considered.” (Deborah

Currin and Faculty of Law and School of Environmental Studies, University of Victoria,

British Columbia, Canada and Smart Growth, British Columbia)