City performed a welcome and timely service by letting County Executive Maggie Brooks talk about Renaissance Square. ("Maggie's Magic Formula," June 10). While it is reassuring to know that she remains optimistic and seeks a consensus, she raises many questions.

Why should City Council grant the Rochester Genesee Regional Transit Authority the power to take needed properties via eminent domain when a denial can postpone the project indefinitely till a true consensus is reached? A deadline should be set whereby agreement occurs or the project in its present form is dropped.

Could the federal money be diverted for other use? If the community has still not agreed to Ren Square, then the County never sold it sufficiently.

How could we reach this point without the "noise and fumes" problems being solved? Why not convert the buses to natural gas for a significant reduction in fumes and air pollution? Air quality downtown is a big concern that should have been addressed from the beginning.

Does city government accept RGRTA's eventual ownership of the different components, the public space, and the retail space, or is there no choice? Is there still widespread concern about the power held by state authorities and their operating as independent entities, accountable to no government body?

Is a study of high-speed rail in Rochester really necessary? How about opinions from the city and county planning departments and the Center for Governmental Research?

When the County Executive says, "There's some value to leveling that corner and making it shovel ready for whatever entity will be there," is it optimism or the suburbanite's lack of concern for Main Street speaking?

BYRNA WEIR, BRIGHTON