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Minutes of the Special Meeting of Council Monday, January 9, 2017 Page 4 Wlien I took my oath of office as a realtor, 18 years ago, the land and all there is, the highest and best use. I am always looking at things froin the perspective of tlie highest and best use. The concerns I have are regarding the gas wells, the drainage, the sewer, the sewer lines. The last item is traffic. We already have soine traffic concerns on Route 91. I would like to know about those things. If you were to ask me at this moment am I opposed? Yes because I do not have all of the answers. Given more information, perhaps a different perspective is taken. Thank you. Council President Saponaro stated, thank you for your commentary. I appreciate that. Is there anyone else that would like to address Council regarding this matter? • Third Reading of Ordinance No. 2016-20, entitled, "An Emergency Ordinance Revising the Zoning Map of Mayfield Village so as to rezone 2.084 acres of land located on the west side of S.O.M. Center Road and North of Wilson Mills Road and known as Permanent Parcel Number 831-15-003 from its current classification of U-1 Residential District to Office-Laboratory District; and to submit the same to avote of the Electors." Introduced by Mayor Bodnar and Council as a Whole. (First Reading - 8/15/16; Second Reading - 9/19/16; Third Reading -10/17/16) (Building Department) Mrs. Mills, seconded by Dr. Parker, made a motion to enact Ordinance No. 2016-20. Council President Saponaro stated, let's have a discussion on this. One of the reasons why we held off on making a decision on this was all Council members were not present at the meetings. We wanted everyone to have the opportunity to have a discussion or hear all of the information. Being as we are all present today, I would put to Council and Administration to discuss any issues as they come up. Mr. Marrie stated, I mentioned it once before Joe. My concern is this. I believe they would do a good job of the building and maybe that is the best use. I am not perfect on that either. But my concern is this. This will open up Pandora's Box for rezoning a whole part of SOM Center Road. I realize and I am glad that people have the vote, but that is my big concern. Because we. have had other people over the years here and there at different spots along SOM try to get into rezoning of that. I am afraid that if we do this that it opens up Pandora's Box. Mr. Williams stated, I was a client at the UH facility there last year. I was very impressed with the operation and the fact that it was well run and well managed and clean. When I heard about the new facility I thought about the current facility and how it is being run. At the same time as a business owner I thought about the fact that the owner has invested heavily over the past few years in that location and that the property in front has sat vacant and I am sure it has been. some of a financial strain to the owner after hearing his presentation. I have empathy toward wanting to use at the property. At the same time, I am also feeling very sympathetic to the needs of the community. We should recognize that