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..l'~ +. l~, r Public Hearing, Ordinance No. 2008-117 October 7, 2008 2) Cliff Crabs, 25575 Butternut, has lived in this residence since 1962. The reason there is so much traffic on Butternut Ridge is it's a convenient cut-through. This was passed by the present day Planning Commission, but he noted that really nothing has changed since 1997 except the increased traffic on Butternut Ridge Road as Mr. Gorris said. It was passed by Planning Commission with some conditions. One of those conditions was that the developer had to bring letters from all the property owners of property he doesn't own, and those letters have to be addressed to the Planning Commission and they have to say that he has control of those properties. That has not happened. He thinks legally Planning Commission has not yet approved this plan. In today's Plain Dealer there were two articles, one stating the foreclosure crisis is hurting condo associations. Among other things, it says that, when these condo associations don't uphold the maintenance and so forth and even when they go into receivership, it creates a real mess. Condo associations are a problem. The other article talked about Columbus where they are having trouble with property valuations. When they reduce the traffic on these streets, property values go up. So, if that is true, the converse is also true: more traffic, property valuations go down. 3) Natalie Lake, 27082 Butternut Ridge Road, a resident for six years. She and her husband purchased the property because they felt this community was committed to maintaining the historic nature of that district. But they were really sadly mistaken to find out that was not the case. She also wants to express her deep disappointment in the way they were treated in the Planning Commission meeting where all their concerns were just kind of signed off saying, oh, we don't think we want to maintain this street as a museum. Nobody asked the Planning Commission to maintain it as a museum. In their historic district, they are very concerned about the traffic that has increased in even the past six years, and the development is just going to impact that even more. People are claiming the numbers are too small to impact the traffic. But you just have to come and live there yourself to know what it's like and how it is going to be changing as more and more development takes place there. The residents have formed a homeowners' association in that area, and there about 28 to 30 homeowners who have expressed concerns about this development. Not all of them are able to be here today because of various reasons, but she would like to speak not only on her own behalf but also on behalf of the people who have come to those meetings and have communicated their concerns about this. She urges Council to give some weight to what citizens and residents who have committed themselves to this city are saying about this issue. 4) .Doug Baldi, 26706 Butternut Ridge Road, a resident for 22 years. Usually he is speaking for these types of things because he is a practicing land planner and landscape architect and has worked on a number of golf course communities. Currently, he is working on Sweetbriar Legacy Point and also at the Catawba Island Club. He would like to know why this city and the Planning Commission would approve a plan that has approximately 17 units in what is effectively the standard golf course safety corridors. These are corridors defined by the PGA. When you put houses in those areas, there's liability issues. As a planner, he does not put them there. In this plan, almost the entire west side of the road is in the safety corridor for the golf course. While the city may or may not be exempt from approving a plan that puts people in harm's way, he would still 2