Mentor City Council passed Ordinance 24-O-014 by a vote of 5 to 2, reaffirming the designation of city owned property located in the city of Painesville along Brookstone Boulevard as conservation park land.
The decision conforms with Mentor’s longstanding policy of designating all municipally owned open spaces as conservation park land, which enjoys tax exempt status along with nearly all publicly owned property at every level of government.
The 215-acre parcel was acquired by the city of Mentor in 2019 as part of a settlement agreement with the former property owner/developer who failed to meet its obligation to improve Diamond Centre Drive as ordered by Lake County Courts in 2003 and 2008, after an earlier court decision forced extension of the roadway into Painesville.
The city of Mentor will continue to evaluate potential uses for the property, including, but not limited to, permanent conservation status to all or a portion of the land to benefit the Mentor Marsh watershed.