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Windsor Star and News Services
Published: Wednesday, May 24, 2006

A deal has not been reached between the city and St. Clair College over the conversion of the Cleary International Centre to an urban campus because the two sides cannot agree on who will own it in the future, Mayor Eddie Francis said Tuesday.

"We need to bring resolution to this matter one way or another," Francis said.

He met Saturday with college president John Strasser, along with other city officials, in an attempt to hammer out an agreement. Francis met with councillors Tuesday behind closed doors to read them a letter from Strasser. "There are things (councillors) do not agree with."

Francis was keeping a tight lid on the nature of the stumbling block, but indicated it was over the issue of future ownership of the Cleary.

"We're looking for some kind of certainty that it will remain as a community-use."

© The Windsor Star 2006