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Special Council Meeting 1/22/96 Page 2 [Note: A copy of Mayor Rinker's memorandum regarding his 1996 appointments, dated January 16, 1996, will be attached to the minutes as a permanent record. djh] Council President Fixler said he and Mayor Rinker, Mrs. Cinco, Mr. Brett, and Mr. Mason (of the Citizen's Advisory Committee) met with Professor Simons two weeks ago. Mr. Fixler said they are contemplating doing a study for us with regards to the development of land between S.O.M. and Highland and the golf course. Mr. Fixler said they found it to be very informative and wanted to have a presentation made before Council. Mr. Fixler said he would like Council to be prepared to act this evening on this so we could get started because time is of the essence. Council President Fixler introduced Robert Simons, Associate Professor of Planning and Development from Cleveland State University College of Urban Affairs and his associate Kevin O'Brien, Director, State & Intergovernmental Initiatives Program from the Urban Center at C.S.U. (Mr. Fixler also introduced the members of Council to Professor Simons and Mr. O'Brien.) Professor Simons said they would like to present tonight their proposal to develop an economic and fiscal impact of the aforementioned property. Everyone should have a copy of the proposal. He invited everyone to ask questions at any time. Mayor Rinker introduced the members of the Citizen's Advisory Committee in the audience. He said more members of the committee will be coming later. He said Professor Simons and Mr. O'Brien will probably have to make two presentations. Professor Simons said the overall objective is to identify the costs and benefits associated with different development schemes for this parcel which is several hundred acres under multiple ownership. He understands the tlillage has an option on the golf course for between 4 and 5 million dollars to be exercised over the next couple of years. This represents a public real estate management problem. Studying land control in the area seems like a logical move. You have quality developers--Forest City--one of the players in the project. They have a national reputation for excellence. Some of the things they are proposing are pretty intense. We would like to provide a process by which we can assist you in making decisions about this project. We will build a computer model that will enable you to model several different scenarios--5 different development schemes. We will look at the various impacts on the Village and local school district.