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have been like today if that went through. That was a battle that took years and lots of time on
<br />our part, and we received mixed support from the city. The apartments that are there was the
<br />compromise, but again, we had to fight to maintain our residential area. There was a study
<br />done. The city contracted, I forget what agency it was, to do a study on this area, and they did
<br />come out and indicate, there were drawings that it should not be commercial, but of course we
<br />know how that's done. A commercial district then was created. The research was done by a
<br />Butternut Ridge resident to try and protect this street of homes. The traffic is so bad now we
<br />can't get out of our driveways. I was hit once pulling out. Oftentimes at Butternut and Great
<br />Northern, the traffic is backed -up five, six houses. You can't turn into the driveway. We have to
<br />go down the street, turn around, and come from west to east just to get into the driveway, as
<br />many residents have this problem. We have a homeowners association. I guess we might have
<br />to activate it again because it's what it takes to kind of preserve this area. There was a
<br />development supposed to go in, cluster homes on the south side of Butternut, here a few years
<br />ago, and there were problems with that, but it was basically along the same vein of what I'm
<br />seeing here is that they wanted to put in dense housing. I guess one point I have is if you allow
<br />this, if this Resolution goes through, and this is allowed, well, there's a lot of 5- and 10-acre lots
<br />and big parcels on Butternut. Where do you stop? If you allow this one, how can you deny it?
<br />Maybe this is a legal question, but there's a 10-acre lot right down the street. There's a couple
<br />of other 5 acres. How do you deny them? And then what happens? There is no historic district.
<br />Butternut will have to be widened, and the whole area is destroyed. I don't know how you can
<br />allow this to even be considered, but, you know, it is what it is. I guess one thing I'm asking is if
<br />this is going to be, go to a second or third reading. I know not many people are notified. I'd like
<br />to be notified so that we can activate our homeowner's association and at least put up a more
<br />robust opposition to this. And I know on the North Olmsted website or on the Facebook site,
<br />there's quite a few comments there. And it's just, you know, I'm tired of fighting on this street.
<br />We're trying to maintain the street. But, again, if this goes through, how can you refuse
<br />somebody else? There was a historic house across the street from me. As there is, I believe it's
<br />a Biddulph house now. But when I moved in, there was a historic house across from me, and
<br />everybody was concerned about, well, if they develop that, what's going to happen with this
<br />house? Well, two nighttime fires took care of that, and the house was gone. So, you know, you
<br />can see the history of what we've been through living on this street. What we're asking is that
<br />you maintain the street, the historic district, and don't even consider allowing this housing to
<br />be put in there and outleted onto Butternut Ridge. The traffic, it just can't handle it, you know,
<br />besides the integrity of the historic district itself. And thank you for your time.
<br />Council President Brossard:
<br />Thank you, Robert.
<br />Councilwoman Hemann:
<br />Mr. President?
<br />Council President Brossard:
<br />Councilwoman Hemann.
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