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Regular Council Meeting Minutes 8-16-10 Page 12 Mayor Rinker replied, the one plan that we do have is we've had discussions with the County Library and we've indicated to them that if they want to relocate there because they've been looking at a new site for quite some time, that they would be able to do that on the front portion of that property. We probably still have to resolve the Development Agreement we originally had with Progressive vis-a-vis that potential. But that's still in the early stages. We're not exactly sure what the ending lot split would be for that and when that process goes through there would be a full disclosure with a Development Agreement. Council ultimately would have to make decisions about how a lot split and consolidation would take place. Mrs. Triner replied, everybody that I talked to about this whole topic says your plan is to do the greenspace and your plan is to keep it a residential area and not turn it into a Solon or to a Mayfield Heights. They love it. I think Ray Koren made the point at the Town Hall meeting - Mayor Rinker stated, let me interject, it's not where we're going to do it. That's what we've been doing and we intend to do that. Mrs. Triner replied, okay, great. Thanks. Mayor Rinker added, that's the whole greenway concept. Mrs. Triner replied, I think the point that Ray Koren made or somebody made at the Town Ha11 meeting was maybe this Council is so conscientious about trying to retain the residential greenspace. If we vote for this, a couple of things are so disturbing to us, we vote for those and it's a different Council, we've given up our say on this. They may not share the same vision that you share. So that's why we're so concerned and so opposed to these. Mayor Rinker replied, we understand that. Again, that's why as we answered last week, it was the reason we scheduled the public hearing because we felt that the earlier people are aware from the point that it was announced officially from the Coirunission that this would be something the voters would need to address and we fully expect that. You mentioned the other night whether or not if you got a petition if we would be able to advertise that in some way and I said within certain reason depending on how the verbiage is of that because we want to be careful. We certainly will publish that. We try to be the forum. We hy to be a means of communicating that and obviously the whole idea of a referendum is it gives people an opportiuuty to act on a matter of municipal importance. They get their vote and they get to talk about it leading up to the vote. Mrs. Triner replied, that's great. The person who asked about the petition, I'm not sure exactly what they had in mind. It sounds like if they wanted to pursue it, they would probably want to check the wording with you beforehand to make sure it would be something you can publish. Mayor Rinker replied, it would make sense from a standpoint that. we would probably defer to the Law Director as far as the content, the way it's phrased more or less, more style than a.nykhing else. But substantively understand that that's something and if people take the time and they go out and they petition, not only would we want to be able to publish that, we would want to encourage people.