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. ,A not sell two imi.t buildings at a higher price rather than 3 units at a lower priceo Mr. Bower did not care to discuss the financial balance at an open meeting, but offered to go over these figures privately. In response to Mr. Gorris questions, Mr. Bower advised that if they constructed a single family development without the golf course, they could construct between 210 to 225 homes. At the last meeting, Service Director Bohlmarm had requested a traffic study covering several points; and, after the special meeting, Mr. Gorris had asked the Engineering Department to look at the proposal and give any input that they r,iight have. City Engineer Deichmann advised that a letter was sent to Mr. Bower requesting data on the traffic study and -information on taater pressure and volume, storm water retention, sanitary sewer eapacity, an.d a few other items. There has been no response on the traffic study since there has no been enough time to eompile the datae Mr. Bower clarified that the small triangle of land not shown originally as part of their. development was left off in error and has been included. Councilman McKay had some concerns, especially regarding not having 2 exits on the second floor as stipulated in the code, he questioned if there could be a fire wall in the floor under the second floor units and if sprinkling systems were planned. He pointed out that if the 1,500 square foot requirement is reduced, it could restrict legislation that is being considered to limit the number of occupants residing in a house based on square footage. He requested that the Commission follow the code. Service Director Bohlmann cautioned that there is a developrnent in which a recreation had been abandoned because the home owners do not want to gay the association dues; and he agreed with Nir.. Orlowski that clauses should be included stating that, if the golf course is to be sold, the City should have the right of first refusal, or if the golf course goes bankrupt, it should revert back to the city of North Olmsted at the cost of $1.00, so the City could have the discretion of mai.ntaining the course, using it as green area, or developing it. Assistant Law Director advised that a revisionary clause or a provision could require that if the course is not maintained the City could do the work and charge it back to the ownersa Mr. Gideon, a resident behind the proposed 6th hole, stated that Mr. Bower had given him a preliminary plan for adequate buffering which they will be working on together, but he wants to make sure that this issue is not overlooked in the futurea He advised that Mr. Bower had just presented him with a plan for some buffering along the 7th hole which he wi11 be discussing with the residents adjacent to that area. He questioned if there had been a response to concerns about Canterbury Road, both handling the additional traffic and installing sidewalks and street lights. Mr. Deichmann stated this was mentioned in his letter to Mr. Bower and will be addressed. Mr. Stone, a resident of Canterbury, stated that he wished the resiaents of Pebblebrook would not tell thesn how to run Canterbury Road. He also warned that, if there were problems between the golf course and Pebblebrook Subdivision now, there would be even more problems with the golf cour5e and these homes. Mrm Orlowski agreed. Mr. Bower advised that they had instructed the golf course architect to design the holes to minimize the problems with stray golf balls. He believed that anyone who buys in a golf course comrrnun;ty lmows that that there will be some stray balls. This plan is the result of planning between the golf course architect and the land designer to minimize these probletns.. Mr. Sandy, a resident of Pebblebrook whose house is adjacent to the golf eourse, stated that he has had few problems with the golf course and is more concerned about speeders in the neighborhood. rYr. Horsfall, a resident of Canterbury, is concerned about additional traffic on Canterbury considering that the section of the road near his property is only about 19 feet wide and questioned if the developer or the City would pay to widen it or install sidewalks or street lights. Mr. Gorris pointed out that Mr. Stone apparently did not want sidewalks and he did not think the residents should be forced to have them. PZr. Bohlmann, Service Director, advised that the City has always paid for 4