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., ?- . As Mr. Brennan suggested there are 1 or 2 trucks parking behind the Best building every day. The residents have been given numbers by RTA indicating that there will be 10 buses an hour every day. The point of extraordinary buffering methods is well taken and should be addressed by the commission as an extraordinary buffering challenge. This will not be the Fairview, Westlake or Strongsville park and ride, but it will be next to our homes. , It is not a parking lot but a park and ride, the and part of that title brings large diesel buses too and from the City of Cleveland to our homes. From his perspective and many of the residents here tonight it is not about how many residents from North Olmsted the buses will serve. Regardless if it is the good for our City or any other county it makes no difference, because he is not willing to sacrifice his property value, lungs, hearing and the comfort of his home. There have been numerous talks with RTA regarding designs such as moving the wall and buffering which they always aaree to do, yet tonight RTA has brought the exact same drawing. Ms. Feke iridicated earlier that the issue is urgent enough to be addressed by the board now, as at this point they will just have enough time to get the proposal completed when their lease expires. If it is that urgent and they are really interested in their neighbors concerns then they would have made the changes to the drawings to appease the residents three months ago, but they have not. Mr. Break indicated that he had contacted Council, the Mayor as well as others for direct support for the residents on this issue. Some understanding of what the residents can do and how they should proceed and he has gotten no assistance, direction or help. It feels like a railroad, the board can say they represent us, but they only represent us when they act like they represent the residents by hearing our voices, giving us a voice to get it managed the way we want it managed. We are not saying throw it out, they are not going to build their own residential houses there but it is slipping away from us. He doesn't know what an overlay district is or what it does to their position. He indicated that Mayor Musial informed him they have no position, as no one would build a residential home along the highway. So the residents have lost that position, go further there is a public facility overlay district ordinance on the books that is for the RTA park and ride and other government ofFices. A missal test range is a government office is that included in the overlay, he doesn't know. They need their goveriunent to tell them what is right for this property and how it should be manaaed. He is asking again for help in protecting the resident's interests and can they do something with RTA to make sure they get a plan that they like, before the ordinance is.passed. Until the residents get some respect, dialog and some mechanism so the City can lead us the residents to the right answer. Councilman McKay indicated that Mr. Brennan pretty much summed up what he had in inind. He is on record as not wanting to change residential zonirig, however this is not changing the zoning of the residential it is just permitting a government overlay. A government overlay is an overlay that just about permits anything in government use, such as school, education, RTA and other things for government use. He does support a government overlay 99-139, but he doesn't support 99-140, which places the overlay district over the parcels mentioned. Council has been told that the property will be rezoned at some point in time because the parcels are so close to an interchange to remain residential. He commented that he had just spent three days at the court house regarding parcel E and the way it looks the City may have to go into an appeals court to get things worked out. In the City of North Olmsted there is enough retail and commercial property, but there is not enough government land as the City could use more recreational facilities. There is certainly enough commercial and retail zoning, there is 150 square feet for every man woman and child in this City and the national average is 19 square feet so there is an over abundance of that type of zoning. It appears that it is always his ward that gets the 9