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PLANNING & DESIGN COMMISSION CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED MINUTES OF MARCH 10, 2021 ROLL CALL Mr. Malone called the meeting to order at 7:02 pm via online public meeting. Present: Greg Malone, Humberto Olivos, Julie Nader, Dave Anderson Absent: Tom Patton, Darrick Matthews, Paul Schumann Staff: Planning Director Kim Lieber, Assistant Law Director Bryan O'Malley, Administrative Assistant Nicole Rambo -Ackerman REVIEW AND CORRECTION OF MINUTES Mr. Malone moved, seconded by Ms. Nader, to approve the Planning & Design Commission minutes of February 10, 2021, motion passed 4-0. COMMUNICATIONS 2015 Master Plan Ms. Lieber thanked the Commission for submitting responses ahead of the meeting for discussion. She saw the most commonality in responses to the Strengthening Quality of Place section and creating a town center is the biggest priority. The Commission thought the deer population item has been addressed through the deer culling program and is no longer a priority. Ms. Lieber asked if the area previously identified as the desired town center is practical since few- development proposals have come in. Mr. Malone thought it is difficult to pick a spot along Lorain Road to be a town center area and he suggested meeting with developers to see what they look for in project locations. Ms. Lieber has had a few inquiries about residential re -development around the mall. She thinks that the proximity to the highway, hotels and other amenities makes the area more desirable for redevelopment. Mr. Malone added that the mall area was the town center before the mall was constructed and he thought it made sense for it to remain that way. Ms. Nader thought it may be beneficial to include the owners of the different parcels to discuss the future of the properties. Ms. Lieber pointed out that the city has limited influence in development of the properties since they are privately owned by large, national companies. Ms. Nader wanted to be proactive since other communities will be looking for similar improvements. Mr. Olivos suggested creating a zoning amendment for the mall to make the approval process less cumbersome for a residential proposal. Ms. Lieber suggested creating an overlay for the mall area to allow additional uses for specific properties, rather than allowing residential use in all of the B-3 General Business district. Mr. O'Malley thought the originally proposed town center area in the B-4 Mixed Use Business could remain while creating the mall overlay. He thought it would be difficult to get all of the mall owners on the same with future development. Ms. Lieber reviewed the action items in the Retrofitting Infrastructure section. City staff have applied numerous times to receive funding for the Butternut Ridge Road reconstruction project but have been unsuccessful so far since the county has shifted their resources to pavement preservation over major reconstruction. The project would be designed to slightly widen the road