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T+dinutes of the Special Meeting April 5th, 195J~ _ The Council met in Special Meeting pursuant to notice on April 5, 195, at 8:00 P. lUI., at the Village Hall, Mayer Donald Hodgson presiding. Roll Call: Present - Messrs Swanson, Taylor, Oatess,Endress & Beard. Absent - Mr. Whiting. Mayor Hodgson explained that the purpose of the meeting was to allow representatives of the Redifer Bus Company to explain the proposed bus terminal to be located on the Weisburg property approximately twelve hundred feet north of Highland Road on S.O.M. Center Road. Mayor Hodgson then explained that any action on the matter would necessarily be pursuant to the following procedure: Approval by the Planning and Zoning Commission, public hearings on any action taken, and approval by Council.. Mayor Hodgson thereupon introduced ~. Feldner of the Redifer Bus Conmar~r, who explained their need for larger quarters and the present inadequacy of their Mayfield Heights facilities to care for their increased volume of business. Mr. Feldner stated that the Redifer Bus Compar~y~ was interested in the Vfeisburg property, which is located on S.O.T~Q. Center Road, and that they would convert the present building located on that property to their business: uses: Mr. Feldner then explained that they would include space for offices, garaging and repairing of buses, and storage. A con$rete floor would be incorporated into the building and a hard surfaced parking lot for patrons would be placed in the front of the building. Mr. Feldner also stated that reconditioning of used or wrecked buses would be done on occasion and that used bus sales would be carried on in the 'building, and that it was the intention of the Redifer Bus Company to enter into the field of rebuilding wrecked buses, both for re-sale and for other bus companies. He explained that bus washing was to be a problem due to the fact that water lines; had not been extended to this particular area and that they contemplated either a pond or a system of wells to care for this need. In recapitulation of his prior statements Mr. Feldner stated that every phase of bus maintenance, repair, and rebuilding would be carried on in this proposed.terrunal, and that the Redifer Bus Company wanted permanent zoning for protection of its necessarily large investment. Mr. Feldner then showed Council sketches of the proposed business, and stated that septic tanks would be used for the care of sewage, and that possibly a shed portion in the rear of the structure would be used for the purpose of storage. The sketches showed the size of the parcel of land proposed to be purchased to be approximately eighteen hundred and twenty-six feet in depth with a width of six .hundred and fifty feet at its tivesterly end and a width of six hundred and fifty five feet at its easterly end.