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Council Minutes of 12/6/2005 during the year we were challenged with pool emergencies, equipment emergencies and some rather unexpected and expensive breakdowns. Priorities have to be fluid in a facility such as the Recreation Center. It is anticipated the master plan will be done the end of 2006. • Update on the CDBG program. • Discussion about very loud ballasts in the tennis area. Lights that are. about to burn out tend to make a loud humming or ringing sound. There are 72 lights in the tennis area, and 4 are causing an annoying, continual noise. The replacement of the ballasts is approximately $300. Our own staff can replace them; however, the Recreation budget has been spent down and they cannot afford the $300 before the first of the year. We should probably purchase 6 as they continually need to be replaced. Councilman Gareau noted, regarding master plan review for Recreation facilities, that this depends on Council being able to fund this multi-phase project. If Council cannot fund Phase II, it will not be completed by the end of 2006. Councilman Miller asked for clarification from Planning Director Wenger as he believed Phase I was the first year. Ms. Wenger said the $10,000 is for the first phase which should last about six months. Councilman Miller said there is a plan being assembled right now to address the funding and to preserve those funds for that purpose. Hopefully, we will isolate those funds if they become available and protect those funds so that we can get this master plan under way. Some projects are being held up so that the master plan can be completed. The consensus and agreement was, when this was first discussed with Ms. Wenger, that the master plan could address numerous issues and put together the prioritization list that everyone wants to see. AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION Dale Markiewicz, office address, 100 Seventh Avenue, Chardon, Ohio, spoke on behalf of his client Barton JKU which owns a 4-acre piece of property on Barton Road which has athree-tier zoning. It is zoned Single Family Residential, Multi-Family Residential in the middle, and the rear is zoned Industrial. The majority of 3.2 acres, is zoned Multi- Family. They have been working on a plan for use of the property for a senior residence facility. He believes Council's change to a minimum 8 acre requirement for senior residences is too high. They suggest 3.2 acres. They believe very strongly that by requiring a minimum of 8 acres for a senior project, the city will deny access and will deny people most in need and will commercialize, which is exactly what the city does not want to do. It will compel developers to come in with more units, with more amenities, more impacts on the neighborhood. His research on the industry indicates that projects usually have 80 to 110 units. They propose a substantial reduction in the acreage so that the people in the community have achoice-to be able to go into a facility that is not as large. People are reticent to go into a large facility because they lose that sense of home. He asked Council to reconsider the minimum of 8 acres and to think about the inventory of land in the community. There will be approximately 2,000 people in the community in about five years who are going to need this kind of housing. 12