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Mayor calls May 4 work session after late-night park incident, council presses for clearer notice
Summary
Mayor announced a May 4 public work session focused on safety at the city park after a March 10 incident involving youths and a vehicle linked to people 'known to police'; council members said the meeting’s scheduling and notice should have been clearer and emphasized the need to coordinate recreation and safety efforts.
Mayor: A mayor-called work session on park safety
Mayor (speaking as mayor) described a March 10 incident at a city park in which youths reportedly chased one another in cars, several people hung out of vehicles and a third vehicle containing people "known to police" from the Cleveland area left the scene. He said Garfield Heights police responded within minutes, that vandalism later forced removal of basketball hoops, and that the city closed the park’s parking lot and placed landscaping boulders to prevent gatherings. The mayor said he will host a May 4 work session with police and members of the community to discuss reopening and safety measures. "We were all set to reopen the park, but before we can even get it open, the park was vandalized," the mayor said. He said he will post video of the incident and invited residents and police to the May 4 session.
Why the meeting matters
The mayor framed the session as a safety-first response to a violent or potentially dangerous incident that involved vehicles and vandalism and that, in…
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