New zoning for special needs housing closer to spring ballot
A proposed new zoning classification to accommodate individuals with special needs is moving a step toward the March primary ballot following action by Solon city planners last week. The Solon Planning Commission closed a public hearing on the rezoning, the first of its kind for the city, and forwarded the matter, with their recommendation, to City Council. City Council set the matter for public hearing at its meeting Monday. The recommendation to move the R-3-C Multi-Family Special Needs zoning to the ballot, came with a great deal of support for the project, which would cost $3 million and create Solon [...]
Planners continue talk on proposed zone for special needs housing
City planners opened a public hearing last week on a proposed new zoning classification to accommodate individuals with special needs. The commission tabled the matter and will continue the public hearing at its next meeting, and a vote is expected to be taken at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 15. The issue is planned to be before city voters in March of 2020. Solon resident Ara Bagdasarian, who presented to city officials in May details of a proposal to build a $3 million nonprofit project for people with disabilities to live called Solon Community Living, said the adoption of this new classification [...]
Council lauds community living project proposal
With a goal to enrich the lives others and create sustainable housing in the city for individuals with disabilities, Solon residents Ara and Leslie Bagdasarian made a presentation to City Council Monday. In turn, City officials lauded the “Solon Community Living,” non-profit, long term supportive living option for individuals with disabilities that will cost $3 million. More than 30 residents, many of whom have children with special needs, turned out in support of the project. The Bagdasarians, whose adult children Alex and Julie have Fragile X Syndrome, a genetic disorder that causes intellectual disability and cognitive impairment, have their set [...]
Solon council moves forward on project to provide housing for those with disabilities
SOLON, Ohio -- City Council has referred to the planning and law departments a preliminary proposal to provide a 10-unit, nonprofit, long-term living option for adults with disabilities on vacant city-owned land off Aurora Road and Portz Parkway. The “Solon Community Living” project was presented to council on May 20 by Cuyahoga County Board of Developmental Disabilities member Ara Bagdasarian and his wife, Leslie, president of the Fragile X Alliance of Ohio support group. Living in Solon for more than 20 years, the Bagdasarians have both a son and daughter with Fragile X syndrome, a genetic disorder for which there [...]
Parents Have Mission to Create Longtime Home in City for Special Needs Individuals
When both of their children were diagnosed as toddlers with Fragile X Syndrome, a genetic disorder that causes intellectual disability and cognitive impairment, Ara and Leslie Bagdasarian embraced a lifelong mission. "There was a clock ticking in the back of our heads," said Mr. Bagdasarian of Solon. Their children Julie, now 27, and Alex, 25, would have no siblings. They considered what life would be like for their children after the couple passed away. "That's what keeps me up at night," Mr. Bagdasarian said. That has inspired the Bagdasarians to work toward ensuring that the Solon community in which they [...]
