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C' qJ <br />Board of.Appeals.- Mr. Amendola stated there was no need for a Board of <br />Appeals Meeting this month. <br />Cemetery - Mr. Busa stated there was no requirement for a meeting this <br />month. <br />C.ommunity Room Committee - Mrs. Hanus said she thinks the Village plans <br />to match the funds earned by the Community Room Committee in.the amount of <br />$10,000.00. She said the next fund raising event is the Village Garage <br />Sale requesting all to start f inding items to donate. Donations will be <br />received on Wednesday from 4 to 6 P.M. and on Saturdays from 10:00 until <br />noon, starting March 3rd. <br />Firemens Dependents Fund.- Mr. Flynn stated there was no need for a Firemens <br />Dependents Fund Meeting this month. <br />Hillcrest Council of'Couricils - Council President Spellma.n stated he and Mr. <br />Busa attended the last meeting. <br />Mr. Busa stated there will be an important meeting February 24 to discuss <br />group purchasing which he believed Lhe Police and Fire Chiefs would be <br />invited to attend. He urged all Couricil members to attend this meeting to <br />be held at Lyndhurst City Hall. <br />Council President Spellman announced the arrival of Congressman Dennis Eckart <br />at this time (8:35 p.m.) and asked if he had any comments. <br />Congressman Eckart said he would be happy to answer any questions from Council <br />or members of the audience. <br />Council asked Mr. Eckart to briefly describe his situation regarding redistricting. <br />Congressman Eckart stated that due to the latest census resultS Congress is <br />reapporting districts and Ohio will be losing two members of Congress, several <br />other states are losing members also. He said that as a result of the <br />population shifts that have taken place around the country in the last ten <br />years the net result is a shift of 17 seats from the North to the South. <br />This involves the State Legislature so he does not know exactly how his position <br />will be affected. He said adjustments will be made in his district, approximately <br />seven different proposals have been planned, all of which affect his district. <br />He stated the east side has been one Congressional District since 1936. Some <br />proposed changes would be moving out to Lake County, moving around the bottom of <br />Cuyahoga County over to Parma, Westlake and Bay Village. The plan will be <br />completed sometime in early March. He stated he has been lobbying hard to keep <br />the east side communities of interest together. He stated that several states <br />have gone to Federal Court on the provision of the law that dictates if the <br />State Legislatures are incapable of reassigning the districts the Federal <br />Court will intervene. Congressma.n Eckart stated he believes in the history <br />and tradition of the 22nd District and expressed his vote is cast in the best <br />interest of the 22nd District. He said one of his reasons for his opposition <br />to a number of plans is because they are unfair to our region.