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Lake County hears request to standardize Wellesley Boulevard spelling; no public opposition
Summary
County planning staff recommended updating official records to match local signage and property records for Wellesley Boulevard (adding a second "e"); the Dec. 2 hearing drew no public speakers and no final name-change vote was taken.
Lake County commissioners held a public hearing on Dec. 2 to consider a request to standardize the spelling of Wellesley Boulevard — adding a second "e" — in Concord Township and Painesville Township. The hearing, called under the statutory hearing process, drew no public speakers or written comments.
Mister Redacci, Lake County planning and community development director, said the proposed spelling mirrors the way the Massachusetts college spells the name and noted the request came from the two townships involved. "Wellesley, the way it's proposed to be spelled is the way that the college is spelled in Massachusetts, and it's a common way of being spelled," Redacci said. He told the board there are 17 houses in Painesville Township, 18 in Concord Township and four lots that cross the township border; he said the name was originally recorded with two "e"s in 1953 and later extended by a subdivision in 1992.
Redacci described a local discrepancy between records and signage: at one intersection a township-installed sign shows a three-"e" spelling, he said, and "there are 3 houses that utilize 3 e's in their tax address and 27 houses who refer to it in their deeds." "So we are recommending that you change the official record to reflect that," he said. The board did not take a formal vote on the street-name change during the hearing; Redacci's recommendation was the substantive action presented to the board that day.
Before the director's remarks, the board moved and seconded to waive the reading of the verification of publication for the hearing. The clerk called the vote: Commissioner Beveridge voted "Aye" and Commissioner Pletchneck voted "Yes," recording approval of the waiver.
The board opened the hearing to public comment and received none; the clerk said no written comments had been submitted. With no further remarks, the Senior Commissioner adjourned the public hearing at 9:50 a.m.
Next steps were not announced on the record at the hearing; the transcript and testimony show only the director's recommendation and no formal action adopting the name change during this session.
