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Council Minutes of 5/17/2005 LETTERS & COMMUNiCATIUNS Clerk read the following letter sent to Mayor O'Grady and City Council members: "We are writing to you as concerned residents and business owners in North Olmsted. Our area of extreme concern is the proposed rezoning of Bradley Road, west of Barton Raad. This change, first addressed by the rezoning and development plans for the Farver parceUShadow Woods project, is currently before the Planning Commission for consideration and approval. This request/proposal could be construed as illegal spot zoning but has been explained away as legal (by the city) as it is `part of the Master Plan.' Work on revising the Master Flan started in the previous administration where potential conflicts of interest existed regarding this parceUproject. Over half of the developed parcels on Bradley Road have been commercially developed for light industry, including Fortney and Weygandt Inc. When the decision to locate in North Olmsted and run a business was made, the location of choice was Bradley Road. The concept of being included in a `grandfather clause' for light industry zoning under a new zoning was not considered or desired. It would still be an unacceptable option today. We kindly urge you all, as new mayor and council under. new administration, to reconsider this proposal. We hope you encourage business to remain in North Olmsted by eliminating this proposed rezoning of Bradley Road. Please preserve this good mix of light industry development and green space as it is, instead of promoting overcrowding and urban sprawl by rezoning to add multi-family cluster housing on Bradley Road. Green space is very important and desirable in today's world. It is becoming a scarce commodity. This Bradley Road unusual combination of light industry and green space is something the city could have pride in and promote, rather than eliminate. Attached are signatures requesting that Bradley Road zoning remain light industry. Thank you for your time and careful consideration of this matter." (Signed by numerous residents and business owners on Bradley Road.) In response to the letter, Councilman Gareau said there is no proposal to rezone anything at this point in time. There is no ordinance pending. It is the city's comprehensive plan looking forward as to what eventually this city should do in the long run. The last master plan that was adopted contemplated a residential use on that area and a rezone that went absolutely nowhere. The proposal that is put forward here is the product of hundreds of hours of time. The current mixed use they are talking about is residential and industrial. He does not know that we should, after 30 years, continue to look at this in the context of an industrial use to preserve green space. If we want to preserve green space and we zone it for a use that nobody wants, he thinks that probably is an improper use of our zoning code. Preservation of green space should come through other zoning ordinances. A meeting will be held next week to discuss the master plan, and he will invite every resident who signed in at the recent committee meeting. Hopefully, the residents will attend so Council can hear their concerns. AUDIENCE PARTICI~?ATIOI~I Dennis Lambert, 25057 Carey Lane. Welcome to Mr. Tallon. He has had occasion to interact with Mr. Tallon when he was on the Charter Review Commission and can verify he has a good grasp of the issues of the city. Regarding Parcel E, there is more than a zoning issue involved. There is also a legal issue of a contractual agreement with 11