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Niles council accepts quit claim deed for Ferry Street parcel; history center director offers to help fund memorial park
Summary
Council voted to accept a quit claim deed for a Ferry Street parcel from Ferry Street Resource Center on Nov. 25, 2024. Christina Arseneau, director of the History Center, said she will try to raise funds for a memorial park for the Ferry St. School that burned in May 2023.
The Niles City Council authorized acceptance of a quit claim deed for parcel 11-72-3050-0156-00-3 from Ferry Street Resource Center at its Nov. 25 meeting.
Councilmember Gretchen Bertschy moved to authorize acceptance of the deed and Councilmember Georgia Boggs seconded. The motion passed on a roll call vote with recorded yeas from Charlie McAfee, William Weimer, John DiCostanzo, Georgia Boggs, Gretchen Bertschy, Amanda Dunnem and Timothy Rogers; Councilmember Michael Thompson recorded a nay vote.
Christina Arseneau, director of the History Center and a Fourth Ward resident, provided background on the Ferry Street School and told the council that, if the deed acceptance is approved, she would do what she can to raise funds to create a memorial park for the site of the school, which the minutes record as having burned in May 2023. The minutes do not specify a timeline or funding target for a park project.
The approval transfers the parcel to the city; the minutes do not state subsequent steps for site design, funding sources, or a construction timetable.
