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God. Chainsaws, front loaders, dump truck. It will be holy, excuse my language, but hell. Thank you for your time. Ed Wiles: My name is Ed Wiles. I'm at 25746 Butternut Ridge Road. I think it's a good reminder that that gentleman made, that this is really the first time this legislation is before the committee that makes a decision on really the future of our neighborhood. And just a reminder, I mean, many of us, I don't want to say fight, but we've been defending our homes, it's what it feels like, and our properties and the value of that property and our neighbors for many months with a little bit of frustration. And just to summate, the initial issue was the historic value, and we want to preserve that of our neighborhood. Most of us moved to this neighborhood because we fell in love with our homes and have invested in them ever since. The other issues of traffic and infrastructure have been mentioned several times, but no clear-cut solutions have been offered. And it just seems to me foolish to add to both those issues, you know, water issues and traffic issues. You don't want to add to a problem that you already have, by adding and changing, again, the fabric of the neighborhood. So I would just ask that you preserve any open bodies of land along Butternut Ridge, and there are several, just maintain them as single-family home dwellings. Thank you. Steve Clark: Steve Clark, 25795 Butternut Ridge Road. I want to thank all of you. You have heard a lot over the past months. And it's a tough call. I've said that from day one. You've got a very difficult job. But it's just inappropriate that the historic district of Butternut, which is sort of, and I'm kind of very historically, you know, motivated, but also we moved there because we just love the community. What this gentleman said, they all said, reflects our heartfelt thing. We don't need any more controversy in North Olmsted. We need to move forward, and so we respectfully ask you to assert your conscience. Thank you. Dale Hukill: My name is Dale Hukill, 5370 Columbia Road. I live outside of the actual district, but pretty adjacent to it. And my wife and I spent many years in another state in New Jersey where they have historic districts that are multi -hundreds of years old. And when we saw the proposal, we were just in absolute shock and horror that the City of North Olmsted would consider altering a historic district. It just goes against every fiber of what we should be doing as a community. Lately, we've been developing every square inch in this city that we seem to be able to develop, and some of that seems to make sense. It's good land and good purpose. But in this case, we are totally opposed to this. Thank you. Councilman Shymske: Chairman, if I may. Can the Council tell the people what Planning and Design Commission did on December 17th, the memo, or would you like me to speak on it? Law Director Gareau: Oh, you can speak on it, that's fine. Mr. President, just to note, we're sensitive to time here because we only have 10 minutes left. 02-24-26 Public Hearing Minutes - Page 5