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Minutes of the Special Meeting of Council Monday, June 4, 2018 Page 6 I am here to support the new development. I am a realtor with Howard Hanna. I ain out there in the field every day talking with people who in the corrununity, not only Mayfield Village, but Highland Heights, many of thein looking to downsize or looking for something different than what they are currently living in and they just can't seem to find anything. They tell me, I would love to sell my home, but I dori't lcnow. This community will really offer a lot to those type of people who are looking for a first floor, a brand new home, sometlling that doesn't require a lot of maintenance: There are some houses that come up on the market in Mayfield Village br Highland Heights but the smaller homes need so much updating. With this, there's nothing to worry about for a long tiine. These people don't have any concerns about inaintenance. I think it would be a great asset to the community.I think it's going to be really well-liked by a lot of people. Stivo DiFranco 6580 Highland Road Mayfield Village, Ohio 44143 I am going to read from a prepared statement. We started to put together a petition drive to ask that this not be put on the ballot for the community in November. What I understand is that- the Mayor and Couneil have to vote on that first and. then we can petitiori for that. The Honorable Mayor ancl Mayfield Village Gouncil: We the undersigned are all . residents of the Village and call the Village home. While we are not opposed to development, we should be looking to enhance the Village character and preserve .those' things that are: important to Mayfield Village. Through this petition; we ask Mayor and Council to vote no to placing the rezoning of parcels 831-10-019, 831-10-007 arid 831- 10-006 known as. Ordinance No. 2018-17 on the November ballot for referendum. A planned use development may be appealing at first, but we would like to offer specific reasons why this type of development in Mayfield Village and on Highland Road are not. in the best interest of the coininunity. Some general issues '- Mayfield Village is a village because its population is less than 5,000 persons at which time the Village would become a city. Housing of any kind.will provide a inechanism to approach that. Estimated population in Mayfield Village currently is around 3,200-3,400 persons. The next census is in 2020 which will give us some better numbers. Some have argued that we will never approach city status because there are still areas in Mayfield Village that can be developed or redeveloped and purchased. Examples include the rest of Higllland Road, Progressive property, and areas located on SOM and Wilson Mills. This domino effect can continue creating a non- Village-like feel with increased traffc. Higher population brings more problems aild issues. It puts additional stresses on our Fire and Police. The 2018 Village survey reported that over 99% of, respondents support that the Village services are good or excellent and we would like to see these services reinain at current levels or get better. As tlle population grows, it would be more challenging to maintai» the same ]evel of service the residents have come to expect in the Village.