League of Women Voters of Ohio
Hamilton County, OH November 4, 2003 Election
	Christian J. Schaefer Answers Questions Candidate for Member Council; Village of Evendale

The questions were prepared by the LWV Cincinnati Area and asked of all candidates for this office.

Read the answers from all candidates.

Questions & Answers

1. How would you implement your top priority?

While no council can force those dealing with it to be more civil, it can take some steps to achieve that end. These include reestablishing a functioning committee system, altering the experiment of televising council meetings, and working with businesses affected by council actions in small groups. These steps and several others outlined below can return a community spirit to our Village.

2. Numerous important issues including transportation, land use planning, housing and economic development for the Greater Hamilton County regions are being deliberated by OKI's Land Use Commission and Hamilton County Regional Planning Commission and Planning Partnership COMPASS; how engaged should local government be in these planning activities? If elected, how would you participate in these planning activities?

Evendale's experience with this type of planning has not been good. There are only 1000 or so families in Evendale. On a County wide scale that gives Evendale little weight. This was no more apparent when in the early 1990,s the Millcreek flood control project in Evendale was cancelled by the Mayor of Cincinnati without consulting Evendale. As a result, Evendale should be wary of such efforts and be hesitant to surrender its authority.

3. Ohio Department of Natural Resources in partnership with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the National Recycling Coalition conducted a state-specific study and found recycling businesses in Ohio generated $650.6 million dollars in state government revenue. If elected how would you promote recycling and support recycling programs currently in place in your community to reduce solid waste generation?

Evendale currently pays for curbside collection of recyclable materials. Evendale should continue with this effort.