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MINUTES City Council Dec. 28, 1988 Centerville should provide a very large buffer. Fahey pointed out that the City is Road Park purchasing the property for~ development of a park and pointed out that (Cont.) if the property had been developed as industr•ial pr~operty, the density and impact on the surrounding properties would have been greater. Fahey felt that a 50 foot buffer• for~ the par•king lots was in the best interest of the City. 6lesener agreed, pointing out the efforts made by the Par•k Commission for• placement of driveways and buffer•ing to have as little impact as possible on surrounding proper~ties. ~lesener• felt it would be a big mistake to locate the parking lot behind the Quality Blacktop property, where the parking lot would be hidden from view and cause policing problems. Fahe,y pointed out that there is very little buffer for• the r~esidents on Eli Road who ar•e located acr•oss from the Spooner Park parking lot, and the City has received no complaints from those r•esid.ents. Fahey stated that he would suppor•t the Park Commission's original recommendation for• the parking lot buffer, noting that the Commission has been using the expertise of Bill Sanders in laying out the park in the best manner possible. Scalze pointed out that locating the soccer field adjacent to Centerville Road was alreadY a big concession to property owners. Collova agreed with the comments made by Blesener and Fahey. The Planner noted that if the pr~operty were developed as industrial, an industrial building would only be required to have a 40 foot setback, which is closer than the proposed buffer for the parking lots. Fahey noted past Council actions in requiring a 40 foot buffer fr•om residential proper•ty on Iona Lane. Fahey felt that the buffer for the par•king lot should be smaller than 75 feet. Blesener noted pr~evious Park Commission comments about pr•oviding a walkway fr~om the apartments into the Center•ville Road Park. Blesener• suggested that this might be a mistal<e in that paople using the park may park in the apartment par•king lot and then walk into the park. Scalze felt that one way to pr~event this problem from occur•ing is to provide adequate parking for the par•k. Fahey felt that the Par•k Commission's discussion r•egar~ding t.rail development in the Water Wor•ks proper•ty was good. Scalze noted that the area is already used infor~mally, and agr•eed that something more for•mal should be considered. Scalze noted that the Park Commission has discussed this in the past. Fahey suggested that the Park Commission put together a list of development Page -10-