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Residents urge Bolton Estate preservation and press council on recurring foul odor; city says county and Ohio EPA assisting
Summary
During the public-comment period, longtime resident Janice Habinski urged adaptive reuse and protection of the Bolton Estate. Neighbor Jake Balanek pressed for an update on a persistent sewer-like odor affecting parts of northern Mentor; city staff said the county and Ohio EPA are investigating and that documentation of odor events is ongoing.
Janice Habinski told council she moved to Mentor in 1954 and urged elected officials to preserve and adapt the Bolton Estate as a community asset, suggesting uses such as dining, event space and boutique lodging to protect the site from parcelization and incompatible development.
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