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/s-. T study. He wondered if this was legally bindi.ng. Assistant Law Director Dubelko did not believe that it would be. Mr. Skoulis stated that that a proposal for duplexes was to be presented to the Commission in February instead of the Single Family Cluster which had been disucssed previously. Mr. Dubelko stated that the La.w Department would ha.ve to review this to determine if a rezoning would be necessary to develop this property for this use. Mr. Schultz stated that originally these focus areas were to be studied in May, but if the City is legally bound to do this property earlier, they would attempt to move it up. He presented a preliminary draft of a study of Community Goals and Demographic Analysis, City of North Olmsted Master Plan. He explained these goals were taken from the issues that were stated at the public meeting in July: 1) The Preservation of Residential Areas and Neighborhoods; 2) The Management of Commercial Development and Reduction of Retail Sprawl; 3) Economic Development and the Need to Increase the City's Tax Base; 4) The Reduction of Traffic Congestion; 5) Proper Development of the City's Remaining Vacant Land; 6) The Wise Investment of Public Money on Maintaining and Expanding Public Facilities and Infrastructure Needs. These issues and goals can be expanded on or re-arranged. No specifics (ntIInber of sidewalks to be installed, proportioning of land, etc.) have been stated as yet. Ms. Ju, another representative, explained the demographic data, and advised that some of the 1990 census data will not be available until summer. Mr. Schultz stated tha.t any information tha.t is made available will be included as it comes in. The graph shows that the population doubled between 1960 and 1970, but there was a slight decline between 1980 and 1990 (approxi.mately 2,000 people). Table P2 pointed out the various populations for each quadrants of the city, as well as the percentage of change for each. The largest rnIInber of people were in the Northeast quadrant and the smallest rnunber in the Northwest. Table P3 compared population growth and decline of adjacent ? communities. The decline in population is due in part to,?families are having fewer children and an increase of single parent households. There has also been a ? decline in population density per acre of land. In reference to the ages of the ? population, the number of people under 35 has declined and the nunber of those over 35 is increasing, the largest increase being in those people 65 and over. ' She clarified that people between 25 and 44 are referred to as the baby boom generation and those under 19 are the children of that generation (mini-baby boom). Seventy percent of the population over 65 age group live in the two ? eastern quadrants. S.he explained various other statistics, race, income , (according to 1987 figures) and the tables comparing North Olmsted with other q? communities. Statistics regarding public school enrollment from 1982 to 1991, (supplied by the North Olmsted Board of Ed.ucation), indicated that school enrollment dropped significantly at the elementary level from 1983 and staxted to rise in 1987 with the other levels following along similarly. Ms. Ju commented that these were the mini-baby boom children. Since 1984 the total expenditure per pupil has exceeded the income per pupil. Mr. Skoulis comnented that apparently schools were being closed when the enrollment was starting to go up. There were no figures on the nunber of children in day care, preschool or nursery schools. No figvres were presented pertaining to what percentage of school income came fran which entity, however, Ms. Ju can obtain tha.t information. According to the 1980 census, 900 of North 0]msted residents work in Cuyahoga County with the majority working in Cleveland, and most drive to work. In reference to the housing in North Olmsted, 40% was constructed during the 1960's, two-thirds of the older housing stock is in the eastern half of the City, there has been an increase of approximately 460 imits during the past decade, mostly single-family for a total of 13,081 units (one, two, and multi-family), housing is increasing even though the population is declini.ng. The median value of all homes was 2