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that the historic document, the historic guidelines that are not compatible with this, and we've
<br />already done the master plan, what justifies this? I just don't understand it whatsoever. I'm
<br />hoping council members in the future have the fortitude to resist this zoning effort. I'm sure
<br />that that's not an easy thing here. And to protect the district and protect us personally,
<br />everybody feels like they're being sacrificed here, because they are, if this goes forward. I have
<br />a great idea, and I don't know if it's even possible. Why doesn't, when this is over with, if
<br />possible, why doesn't the city buy the Biddulph House? They're buying all the other school
<br />property. Why don't they buy the Biddulph House, have a contractor come in and rehab the
<br />house according to the plan that's already approved, and then have that contractor offer the
<br />house for sale? I don't know if that's possible, but I thought what would be a good solution
<br />here? That way the Mayor would be a hero and not a villain, as he's viewed right now by many,
<br />unfortunately. And I guess that's all I have to say tonight, but I'll be back. Thank you.
<br />Ed Wiles:
<br />Good evening. My name's Ed Wiles, W-1-L-E-S, 25746 Butternut Ridge Road. I wanted to thank
<br />the President of Council Brossard, for giving us an update. While we respect and honor the due
<br />process that's being afforded Sommers Group, many Butternut Ridge residents feel that the
<br />project requiring a change in zoning in a historic district from single-family to multifamily
<br />dwelling should have been a hard no from the beginning, and I feel pretty strongly about that.
<br />We bought our homes with the idea that it's a single-family residential area, and to have it
<br />changed, or potentially be changed, is disappointing. I joke that these meetings are becoming
<br />kind of a date night for my wife and 1. It seems like every week there's one or two, and you
<br />guys, thank you for being here and for listening, and the due process, God Bless America. I will
<br />say that the actual owner of the land that's being discussed here, and the man who's probably
<br />going to benefit the most if this were to go through, I haven't seen him at one meeting, and I've
<br />seen a lot of my neighbors, and I'm very thankful for them. People are passionate about this,
<br />and it's nice to see, and thank you.
<br />Steve Clark:
<br />Steve Clark, 25795 Butternut Ridge, North Olmsted. Thank you for listening to us, you got a
<br />hard job. The more people that I talk with, and I get around a lot of the city, the barbershops,
<br />they're talking about it, saying, what's going on? We didn't even know this was happening. We
<br />had no idea, not just in this area, further down. No communications. So this is where we started
<br />off scratch. And if it weren't for, fortunately, four letters may be the one that were required by
<br />law, I guess, this would all be over, and we are passionate, and we are building, and more and
<br />more people are coming aboard, and they feel the same way. They don't want the traffic.
<br />Someone said to me today, and it was just wild. They just knew where I lived, and they said,
<br />what's the traffic going to be like there? There's not going to be 45 cars. Each of us knows if
<br />you've got any kids at all, and certainly, two cars per location, and I'm not saying it wouldn't be
<br />beautiful, it wouldn't be nice, but again, the historic side is important, and once the zoning is
<br />changed, it's going to change the complexion of everything. We're giving up some of the
<br />reasons we moved here. I love North Olmsted. I've been here five years, and my wife, and we
<br />love our neighbors. I couldn't ask for better people. I guess I'm just disappointed that there
<br />wasn't communications since this began a year ago, where the whole city's waking up and
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