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An Informational Meeting was held on Wednesday, March 9, 1988 at 7:15 p.m. at the Village offices in the American Legion Hall on Spring Street for the purpose of soliciting public input regarding the potential use of the village's 1988 CDBG allocation. Present: Mayor Synnett, Trustees Breglia, Craft, Greco, Hemingway, Komornik, and Losecco. Trustee Greco summarized the current status of the Village's Community Development Program, stating that: -the 1985 program funds were to be re-programmed since HUD had determined that Church St.-Walker Pl. oil and chip project was not eligible under revised criteria; -the 1986 funds had been allocated to the Village Parking Project which was presently ,'on hold" pending a preliminary study of parking needs and possible remedies, which for the ] present time was expected to be provided by the County Planning Department; -the 1987 funds were delegated to the East Main Drainage Project, which was as previouSly proposed in 1989; and -the 1988 funds were as yet to be programmed. The Mayor stated that there was a serious need for off,Street parking in the Central Business District and that he believed there was a feasible site off Market S~reet which would require fill and a retaining wall. In reference to the East Main Drainage Project, he said there were three options for addressing the perennial flooding on the east end, but that discussions with the property owner had not resulted in a mutually acceptable selection as yet. Mrs. MacDowell asked if there was an East Main Parking Project, because she had recently read that the Mayor intended to create additional parking in Mesier Park. She made reference to the Mayor's comment in the paper that there was "dead area" in the park and stated that was because there was so much junk piled up there. She further reminded the Mayor that he had promised at the last public hearing on parking that Mesier Park would not be affected. The Mayor stated that he did not recall any such promise and that he had visited parks throughout the country. He stated that the business area is congested with the businesses and the library requiring parking. Mrs. MacDowell stated that Mesier Park was the Village's greatest asse~_~ and that she felt that the Board owed it to the Village to take no more land for parking. She said people could find a place to park if they didn't mind walking a little way. The Mayor explained that the lot ~that had been installed on Spring Street was heavily used by people going to the businesses