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Council discusses county property transfers, brownfield cleanup standards for proposed park benching
Summary
Council considered ordinances to accept multiple flood-mitigation parcels from the county and debated brownfield remediation standards for planned park benching, with the mayor and county staff saying final benching will meet parks-and-open-space standards though an initial brownfield phase may follow a commercial cleanup level.
Findlay City Council held an extended discussion about accepting multiple parcels from the Hancock County Board of County Commissioners as part of ongoing flood mitigation and park benching work, and debated the remediation standard to be applied to brownfield cleanup in a downtown parcel slated for park development.
The administration presented ordinances to accept two parcels acquired under FEMA mitigation (FEMA-DR-4424-OH) and to accept four additional parcels the county transferred for flood mitigation; staff said the deeds include restrictions that currently limit building on those lots. Council members asked why the city must accept ownership and whether the parcels could be…
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