The Observation Deck

Bill Call wrote:I emailed Dan O'Malley and asked him to answer Mr. Kindt's questions.

The Councilman promised to find some answers.

When I get them I will post them here.

Mark Kindt wrote:Aside From The Elections

Perhaps this time the public can receive near real-time accurate information about the plans, schedule, and estimated costs of the planned redevelopment of the former hospital site as opposed to a false PR narrative like we have had so many times in the past.

Last time it took three lawsuits and about a dozen lawyers to figure-out what really was happening with Lakewood Hospital and that took close to three years to unravel. (Mr. O'Bryan is correct when he states that many documents have not been seen and, I believe, will never be seen about that community tragedy.)

Folks, Lakewood has chosen its path as a city.

I'm just trying to understand the consequences on 6 acres of land and how much more we have to dump into it.

Bill Call wrote:I ran for public office once and came in last so take this political advice with a grain of salt.

Wouldn't it be the politically smart thing to do to take a public stand and demand answers and accountability?

I suppose some would say that the City needs to keep the problems secret until solutions are found because the don't want the Hospital site to become a "poisoned site". Of course, the only people who are not fully aware of the problems are the people of Lakewood.

Dan Alaimo wrote:

Bill Call wrote:I ran for public office once and came in last so take this political advice with a grain of salt.

Wouldn't it be the politically smart thing to do to take a public stand and demand answers and accountability?

I suppose some would say that the City needs to keep the problems secret until solutions are found because the don't want the Hospital site to become a "poisoned site". Of course, the only people who are not fully aware of the problems are the people of Lakewood.

It might just work, but for a ward council seat it could be the end of any effectiveness on behalf of constituents. On the othet hand there's O'Leary and Bullock...

Bill Call wrote:I emailed Dan O'Malley and asked him to answer Mr. Kindt's questions.

The Councilman promised to find some answers.

When I get them I will post them here.

m buckley wrote:

Bill Call wrote:I emailed Dan O'Malley and asked him to answer Mr. Kindt's questions.

The Councilman promised to find some answers.

When I get them I will post them here.

Mr. Call,
It has been 4 weeks since your post.
Has Dan O'Malley kept his promise?
Has councilperson O'Malley provided answers to Mr. Kindt's questions?

Bill Call wrote:

m buckley wrote:

Bill Call wrote:I emailed Dan O'Malley and asked him to answer Mr. Kindt's questions.

The Councilman promised to find some answers.

When I get them I will post them here.

Mr. Call,
It has been 4 weeks since your post.
Has Dan O'Malley kept his promise?
Has councilperson O'Malley provided answers to Mr. Kindt's questions?

4/16/19

Hi Bill -

I apologize for the delay in responding to you. Regrettably I haven't received satisfactory answers to some of these questions. Shortly I'll forward you what council has received from the Planning Department.

- Dan



4/24/19

Bill -

For what it's worth, the administration posted an update on the demolition a couple weeks ago that stated the demolition is on-schedule and that "there is no indication that there are any unusual impediments to redevelopment of the site." (see "Community Update: April 11th":

http://www.onelakewood.com/downtowndevelopment/

I have no reason to believe that there are environmental or geotechnical problems with the site, but I'm still not satisfied with the explanation for the delay in the demolition process. My conversations with the administration on this topic are ongoing and I'm hoping to have better answers by the end of the week.

- Dan