Shaker Lakes parklands

Said the citizen group opposing the sewer district's Shaker Lakes project is growing and will organize a letter-writing campaign for the Army Corps comment period.

Asked council to support a public hearing, cited 4,000 petition signatures, and shared the Army Corps comment email and project number.

Urged the Army Corps to require the sewer district to analyze alternatives that don't destroy the lakes, and offered sample letters to residents.

Suggested the city look at how Cleveland Metroparks manages water features at Garfield, Bradley and Hinckley parks, arguing Metroparks may be a better steward for the parklands issue.

Asked for a pause, saying the plan would remove 1,000 trees and bulldoze 26 acres of a historic landscape without public consent or full independent alternatives review.

Argued the parklands' unique history — deeded to the public in perpetuity and saved from freeways — demands respect, and joined the call for a pause to evaluate alternatives.

Called the project 'unspeakable,' noted his childhood memories of Shaker Lakes, questioned the Nature Center's silence after a $400,000 sewer district grant, and urged involving Metroparks and pausing.