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Mayor announces new .gov domain, land-bank demolition request, pool updates and online renewals
Summary
Mayor Bill Schneider told council the city will switch to fairviewparkohio.gov, has added a request for Cuyahoga County Land Bank demolition funds (subject to an asbestos survey), and is selling excess pool equipment while adding online member renewals for the Gemini recreation center.
Mayor Bill Schneider told Fairview Park City Council on March 3 that the city has been approved for a new .gov domain and will use fairviewparkohio.gov. He said fairviewpark.org will remain and all links and email will route to the new .gov address when the city switches in the coming months.
Schneider also said the city’s request to the Cuyahoga County Land Bank to fund demolition of the old 3DS property has been included in the county’s overall request to the state. He said that inclusion increases the city’s chances of receiving demolition funds but that “we've been informed we need to do an asbestos survey on the full area per EPA rules and demolition.”
On recreation, Schneider said the pool update page on the city website contains current information and that the administration is preparing legislation to authorize sales of excess and obsolete pool pumps and competition-pool bleachers. He said staff added member renewals and event registrations to the recreation website so residents can renew online instead of visiting Gemini in person.
Schneider also summarized a Feb. 21 meeting with Congressman Miller about potential federal funding and mentioned a local law-enforcement update: the city issued a press release about a fentanyl-related enforcement action near council’s parking lot and, as far as the administration knows, there was no neighborhood distribution.
Why it matters: The .gov domain is a standard federal designation for government websites and may affect public trust and search/findability. Inclusion of the demolition request in the county’s package increases the project’s prospects but the administration must complete an asbestos survey per EPA requirements before demolition can proceed.
The administration said legislation to authorize the sale of pool equipment will come forward to council; no formal council action on those sales was recorded at the March 3 meeting.
