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Minutes of the Special Meeting of Council Monday, December 3, 2018 Page 7 Mrs. Doran stated; I just have one more thing. For clarification, I think I didn't know until tonight; the miiumum lot size for development is a quarter acre? N1i. Coyne replied, in the PRD, you can have up to 4 units per acre. With the PRD, one of the things you try to do sometimes is you try to protect the greenspace. So 4 units per acre is what you can accommodate but there are distance requirements that we have also imposed on the project so that you will ensure a fair amount of greenspace. Also the homeowner's association, putting that in place, will have some continuity to make sure that the greenspace is maintained well. Mayor Bodnar stated, I will mention also that that's one of the reasons they are a11 ranches because you have a much smaller footprint when you build a second story than when you build a ranch. Mr. Skoda stated, to answer a couple of your questions, the reporter that wrote the article took our information incorrectly. It's always been 60 units. In terms of greenspace on that particular property, we actually by Code could put more units there than what we are proposing, but we chose to try and spread the neighborhood out so there would be more greenspace and it won't look like SOM Court. Not that there's anything wrong with SOM Court; but it won't look like that. The mass of space in between those buildings is very similar to Aintree North. It varies depending on between houses. To your landscaping question, every house will be landscaped through the association. The homeowners won't be responsible for landscaping. There's no landscaping presented now. This is just a concept of what we believe we want to put there. But there will be an overlay of some point and a landscaping plan for every building and every greenspace on that property. It will be heavily landscaped. Mrs. Doran stated, I do think of Parkledge. It is not similar to Village Trails or to Hanover. It's just such a different vibe. Mr. Skoda stated, sure. We are not trying to create that here. We are actually trying to make it more like Hanover and not so clustered together. Council President Saponaro stated, thank you. Who else would like to speak? Joanne Smakula 6691 Thornapple Drive I appreciate the ladies who have spoken before me. I have lived here for 52 years, so I have an interest in what happens to Mayfield Village. One question is, how much are these units going to cost? What will be the tenns? Will they be for sale? Will they be for lease? Will tlley be lease to own? Some of the other answers regarding cosmetics have already been answered for which I appreciate. I am also concei7led about who's paying for the blank blank blanlc sewers? Because I have just spent two and a half years listening to trucks going up and down the street with bulldozers aild thinbs. Iwould lil:e to laiow who pays for it because N?-hen you bet yotr tax