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stated earlier, possibly the reason that Alexander Road is under construction now is because residents turned right around to Alexander Road, instead of turning left onto Clague from Sharon and the road was not designed for that much traffia Councilman Lind's response from the audience was not audible. Mr. Pangrac stated that the pictures submitted by the develaper do not show the fence, and was mainly concerned about the value of his home which he bought on good failed based, on zoning laws_ that were on the books in 1966 when he bought his home and he expected the city to honor those ordinances. Mrs. Deucher, a 24 year resident of Westchester Drive, stated that the 3 foot wide creek that was in their yard when they bought their house is now large wash. She does not believe putting in ponds will correct the problem which should be corrected before anyone else is allowed to come into the area. A resident of Woodview Drive stated that he now needed a larger home, but there was to place to move up in North Olmsted, he either had to move into a condominium or,-an apartment. He would like this property developed as single family because he would like to just move down the street. They will move out earlier if this development goes in. Mr. Spaulding, a former Planniug Commission Chairman, who is a 40 year resident, and a 21 year resident of'this neighborhood inaintained that many people with children want to move into North Olmsted because it had one of the best school systems in the county and putting in empty nesters might not help that. They expected a single family developmeut to be built some time ago. He was told that 851/o to 90% of the land zoued Single Family has been used up and maintained that the city needed as much single family land as possible. He is also concerned about the undedicated streets which are 22 feet instead of the minimum 27 feet and believed thought that the city would eventually be asked to take over these streets noting that the city has had to take over development recreatiou areas in the past. He is concerned about the ponds since he was advised by the Mr. McKay, City Engineer in Fairview, that a pond could raise 3 or 4 inches causing flooding and they have enough flooding as it is. He believed that if they varied the setbacks, it might improve the appearance of the development, but objected to looking at the back of 3 units which would be a solid wall; he suggested a minunum of 30 feet between buildiugs. He advised Mr. McDermott that the Fairview Park engineer stated that there had been a report of hazardous waste ui the area and he would like that addressed. He believed that cluster zoning was an excuse to have smaller lots, and believed that there should be a valid reason for changing the zoning. Mr. Lecklin wondered if this development might not be expand to another adjacent vacant parcel. Mr. Margevicius believed that hydraulically and hydrologically tliis is a bad concept and stated he has heard nothing about wetland delineatiou and there is a ditch on the property that is classified as a federal wetland. He also noted that the data based on a 25 year storm was over 35 years old and there was more updated information. He stated that 25 years storms seem to happen more frequently. He questioned the capacity of the sanitarysewers aud if they could adequately handle the flow from this dense area, -and he noted that there was only one water main access provided and the Cleveland Water Department was requ.iring two. He believed that all of the issues must be addressed before a decision can be made and asked that the Commission address the concerns of the community as opposed to those of the developers. After some discussion; the members decided to table the proposal in order to get more information before making recommendations to Council as to whether or not the property should be rezoned. Mr. Tallon advised the residents and the developers would be tabled until the next meeting in order for the developers to review the remarks of the neighbors and the Coiwnission in order to encompass them in 'their plans at the next meeting. The Commission would also like further input from the Engineering and the Safety Department regard.iug the issues that have not been resolved. The neighbors wanted all the people in the surrounding community notified, instead of just the abutting ones. Mr. Miller and Assistant Law Director Dubelko advised that the city had to follow ordinance and if the ordinance was not 9