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Minutes of the Special Meeting of Council <br />Public Hearing on Ordinance 2021-14 <br />Tuesday, January 18, 2022 <br />Page 12 <br />out. I don't see an issue with that at all. I am not a structural engineer by any means; however, I <br />would think that it would be pretty difficult to build up. There would have to be a lot of work done <br />to be able to build up. You basically would have to tear the building down and then go from <br />scratch. <br />Also, with Progressive, I actually work for Progressive. We might have 10% of our employees in <br />the office, if that. We do have the option of coming back to work into the office on January 31 sc <br />That is optional. I don't really see a whole lot of people going back to the office any time soon. <br />There is a mask mandate and you have to be fully vaccinated. There are challenges with that as <br />well. Most of the people I have spoken with don't have an interest in going back and wearing a <br />mask 40 hours a week. We are, as Council, as Mayor, as Department Heads, there's a lot of things <br />for us to consider at this point in time. I understand all of your concerns but we are not going to <br />be able to replace Progressive in Mayfield Village. There's just no way. We have 8,000 employees <br />in Mayfield Village with Progressive. That's not going to be an option on Beta Drive to have that <br />many employees. Those are my comments. <br />Mr. Krembs stated, don't misunderstand me. I'm not suggesting that this would be a replacement <br />for Progressive. That's foolish. You may be able to add another 6,000 employees. I'm not talking <br />about a replacement. I am talking about a supplement, which they are not providing apparently at <br />this point. Is there any burning need to go as high as four stories? That's a critical question. <br />Everybody here has said they are not going to need it. It's too expensive. We couldn't possibly <br />see four stories there anyway. If that's the case, why allot the four stories? To me that's ridiculous. <br />And if you double the space in that neighborhood by saying go to two stories, that would still be a <br />serious increase in people there and traffic, etc. It would be outrageous from a resident's point of <br />view looking across the yard. I understand why you have to go through another three readings if <br />you change one part of it, but that's part of government. I would plead with you to reconsider this <br />four story item, particularly since it seems everybody has said it's not feasible, it's not likely, etc. <br />Well then, why allow it? It just doesn't make any sense. <br />Council President Schutt stated, okay. Thank you. Mr. Marquart? <br />Mr. Marquart stated, thank you Council President. I will keep this brief because I know we have <br />been here a while. I appreciate everyone's comments very much. Hopefully we have addressed <br />them as best we can. With respect to building height, again, four stories was chosen less with <br />respect to building any new office buildings than it was getting the necessary height to <br />accommodate modern industrial users. For example, we have several industrial buildings here <br />with anywhere from 16 to 22 foot clear height. That just doesn't cut in today's industrial market. <br />We have warehouse users that want 35 feet clear. So in order to achieve that, it would be roughly <br />a 6-8 foot truss. The equation comes out to roughly the same as a four story building. So again, <br />the decision on height was much much less driven by a hotel or anything else than it was <br />distribution or light industrial. <br />