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171 MINUTES OF TBE REGULAR MEETTNG OF COUNCII. Mayfield Village October 21, 1991 The Council of Mayfield Village met in Regular Session on Monday, October 21, 1991, at eight o'clock p.m. (8 p.m.) in the Council Chambers at the Village Hall. Council President Bruce Rinker presided. ROLL CALL: Present: Mr. Basile, Mr. Ferrante, Mr. Flynn, Mrs. Mills, Mr. Pietrafese, and Mr. Rinker Absent: Mrs. Cinco Also Present Were: Mayor Cannen, Mr. Amendola, Mr. Hovancsek, Mr. Patrick, Mr. Ramos, and Miss Heath . The Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag was given. OPEN PORTION Jeanne Lepla Worton Park Home Owner's Associarion, said that Mayor Cannen and Council have received a letter regarding the agreement that was made in January 1988 between Mayfield Village and Progressive Insurance Agency. Mrs. Leppla read the letter. A copy of the letter will ? be attached to the original minutes. ?. Mr. Rinker said that Council is looking at the overall project favorably. They will give the details of the project their attention. He asked if Council had any other comments or questions. There were no comments. Chuck Ciraolo. 848 Hardwood Court , said he would like to request that we put in our rules and regulations that we will send a letter to all people who abut property when we will be giving variances. He said that he noticed other ciries such as Pepper Pike, Beachwood, Highland Heights, and Mayfield Heights notify neighbors when a variance is being considered. Mr. Ciraolo also said he nodced we do not have a conflict of interest section in our laws and regulations. He said he had a problem with the properry abutting his and he thinks Council should consider this ldnd of law because it could cause alot of problems down the line. Mayor Carmen said that while we may not have any specific section in our ordinances relating to conflict of interest, the State Code dces. There are specific provisions in the State Code where particular individuals need to disqualify themselves. Mayor Carmen said that it is his understanding that in Mr. Ciraolo's case that the member of the Architectural Review Board abstained from voring. Mayor Cannen said they will take a look at our ordinances and put these requests on the agenda for the Ordinance Review Committee. Mayor Carmen explained that some communities have ordinances because they believe anyrime there will be construcrion or change in an abutring ,f property the abutting property owners should have the right to see the proposal. However, they do not want to turn the requests into neighbor versus neighbor fights. The question is about whether `-" or not a particular person meets the legal requirements of the variance requested. Some