If a property doesn't need to be rezoned, this comprehensive plan amendment will not have a big effect.

This is the only tool we have to manage school capacity. We're using this as a timing device. Is the land ripe for development? If there aren't enough schools, then no. This is a zoning technique that's used across the country.

It doesn't give them a loophole. It just gives them more time.

With regard to electric vehicles, I am all for them because most of the incremental electricity needed to run those vehicles will come from gas-fired electric generation. However, I do not believe it is wise for America to substitute dependence on foreign oil for dependence on Chinese batteries.

We're just in the process of digesting what that means and how we will respond.

[Still,] what I think is best for the city is redeveloping the whole site, ... It will have a dramatic impact on the whole city of Richmond Heights. All the homes (to the east of that area) will see large increases in value.