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Council Minutes of 8/5/97 Finance Director Burns: 1) During the Finance Committee meeting last week, an executive session was held to discuss the Rocky River lawsuit. At that time, he and Assistant Law Director Dubelko presented Council with the facts on the case. 2) The $400,000 notes funding the expansion of the Police Station and the Allendale/Carey sewer project were sold at an interest rate of 4%. 3) The city has filed with the State of Ohio for tax exemption on the Springvale property. The exemption for the portion of the property that had been in Olmsted Township has been granted, but the portion within North Olmsted is still pending. We have also applied for refunds of the 1995 and 1996 property taxes paid on those parcels. 4) The 1996 audit is progressing. The auditors have all requested documents, and they have a draft of the financial statements. The audit should be completed during August. Mr. Musial, Chairperson of the Building, Zoning and Development Committee: 1) The BZD Committee met on July 28. In attendance were committee members Nashar, McKay and Musial; Council Members O'Grady and Limpert; City Engineer Paul Deichmann; Assistant Building Commissioner Rymarczyk. Agenda items were as follows: a. A proposal to rezone Permanent parcel Nos. 236-23-017, 236-24-019 and 236-24-020 from existing A Residence Single District to Single Family Cluster District. The location is south of Butternut Ridge Road adjacent to Springvale Golf Club. The proposal was considered by the Planning Commission on July 8, 1997, and the proposal was turned down by the Planning Commission. The developer appealed the decision of the Planning Commission. Under 1136.14 of our Planning and Zoning Code, Council following receipt of the Planning Commission report and its own review, shall either approve, disapprove or modify the site plan. Council may also affirm any report by the Planning Commission. Present at the BZD meeting representing the development were Mr. Scheefl; Mr. DeLorenzo and Mr. Rock. During the course of the presentation, which lasted approximately two hours including comments by the residents in the audience, Mr. Scheeff pointed out that the property in question could now been handled from another point of view. They now have access to the Land from Columbia Road, and so it appears they have the opportunity to follow one of several avenues: a conventional Cluster development; an A Residence Single District development; a blend of Class A Single District and Cluster development. There were a large number of residents in attendance who raised a number of issues including spot zoning, traffic congestion, an access drive off Butternut Ridge Road and that the proposal was changed from that which was before the Planning Commission. The plans before the committee concerning the A Residence District appeared to be changed from the proposal that was being appealed from the Planning Commission. Further, there seemed to be some confusion that the developer was not permitted adequate recognition at the Planning Commission to address some questions which came up during the Planning Commission meeting. It is to be noted that, if the developer wanted to build Class A Residence Single District homes, the rezoning procedure would not be required. In light of the discussions taken as a whole, the BZD Committee elected to return the DeLorenzo rezoning request from existing A Residence Single District to Single Family Cluster District to the Planning Commission for their further consideration. Inasmuch as the Planning Commission is taking the month of 3