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Regular Council Meeting <br />4-21-03 <br />Page 9 <br />had both sides of the street and they could've had a Gazebo on one side and a park on one side <br />and they let a ball diamond go away that was built there and a lot of really nice things. <br />Mr. Fiorelli asked, what you are saying at this time is there is no long range plan for the land? <br />Mr. Riter said there are some plans and the Mayor would be much better at walking in the back <br />and bringing out 10 charts. If you ask him to do that he will and he will go through all these <br />charts of various trails etc. I'm not saying that I bought into all of his plans but what I am saying <br />is I recognize the value of a very limited resource. Are you asking me-and I know the question <br />because we are talking about the Planned Residential Development. If you are asking me am I <br />buying these properties for the Village so we could turn them into Planned Residential <br />Developments, absolutely not! That is not what iYs about. It's about taking a limited resource <br />and making it available for the residents of the Village to use for years to come. I can't tell you <br />what fashion that's going to take but it's going to take a positive fashion. <br />Mr. Fiorelli asked, at this time, you have no definite intention for the use? <br />Mr. Riter said there are certain portions of it where I think there certainly is a use and an <br />intention. <br />Mr. Fiorelli questioned, have they been spelled out? <br />Council President Buckholtz said let me reinforce what Mr. Riter is saying. If the Mayor were <br />here right now and I know all of us, I think we could probably do it with our eyes closed, in the <br />back room here there are maps, charts, artist renderings, at all levels; simple ones, ones that have <br />beeri-x'd out and drawn over, other ones that are absolutely gorgeous, you're not sure if you are <br />looking at---- <br />Mr. Fiorelli asked, is that anticipation of the use? <br />Mr. Diemert said, you have to be a little more specific when you are talking to public ofFcials. <br />We acquired the Parkview Golf Course. That has now been converted into a beautiful park <br />system as well as the Progressive campus which brings in millions of dollars of income tax. <br />That's why we acquired that land with public money and converted it to a use that we felt would <br />be acceptable to this community, a quiet soft industry that would bring in maximum dollars on <br />the zoning that existed there. The Village acquired land on the corner of Highland near S.O.M. <br />Center in anticipation that intersections on freeways turn into gas stations-to protect the <br />beautiful greenery and the residential character of Mayfield Village, we acquired that land to <br />protect that from happening and to control what kind of use will go there. A fire station was <br />built on another piece of land that was acquired for the purpose of having public use and central <br />location accessing safety forces to your community and for your safety. So those are some <br />examples. The rest have been acquired for the same type of future use and protection of this <br />community. <br />Mr. Fiorelli questioned, for the Village?