See coverage:
http://www.19actionnews.com/story/22148360/toxic
Residents are being told that mature oak trees need to be removed to remediate the park - media is asked to investigate possible contract steering ($2.5 million-Ohio EPA contractor) and projected over kill for an admittedly low hazard situation (PAHs -comparable to smoking a cigarette).
More than twenty mature and healthy trees valued at over $100,000 each for their beauty and environmental benefits are proposed to be destroyed - to install a liner that makes no sense at all - as it will be punctured by the addition of the 2" caliber trees slated to replace the mature (50+) oaks.
Joe Cimperman is the council rep for Ward 3 and Brian Cummins previously represented the area when the City of Cleveland initially discovered contaminated soils during process of constructing NRP Denison Foster Pointe.
Laura McShane
216.739.1809