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Resident raises flooding and road-safety concerns over proposed school property swap near Chamberlain Trail
Summary
A Twinsburg resident urged council to pause a proposed property exchange tied to a school project, citing drainage, narrow roads and missing environmental and traffic studies affecting Chamberlain Trail and nearby Stone Creek homes.
Don Simon, a Twinsburg resident at 9651 Chamberlain Trail, used the public-comment period at the Twinsburg City Council meeting on March 25 to ask council to slow a proposed property swap tied to a school project and to demand studies of environmental, traffic and utility impacts.
"Nobody can give us an answer. They've done no planning yet. There's no environmental studies," Simon said, describing repeated questions from neighbors that he said went unanswered at recent school-hosted meetings. He warned that an intended construction driveway near a low spot on Chamberlain Road would concentrate stormwater runoff and increase neighborhood noise.
Simon said the parcel under discussion sits immediately behind Chamberlain Trail and carries multiple small street creeks that drain through the parcel toward a church adjacent to the proposed driveway. "You put a building right in the center of this, the street pieces of creek dumped into this property. What's gonna happen?" he asked.
In his remarks, Simon listed local infrastructure shortfalls: he said Chamberlain Trail is narrow ("16 to 17 foot in width"), lacks water service, fire hydrants and curb utilities, and that sewer lines run through the property but not along the street. He also said the driveway the school proposes was described to neighborhood residents as gated for safety but could be opened if traffic demands increase.
Members of council and staff did not make a policy decision during the meeting. Council members and the mayor later discussed that the parcel under discussion is part of a school project, and that many of the technical questions Simon raised — traffic studies, platting of drives, building permits, architecture-review board approvals and building-department permits — would be resolved through the schools' planning and permit process if funding and design move forward.
Simon asked council to request the school slow the timeline so residents can see environmental and traffic analyses before a levy vote. Council members responded that the city has not yet voted on any exchange or contract with the school district and that details should be obtained from the school district.
No motion or vote related to the property swap was taken at the March 25 meeting.
