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Minutes of a Special Meeting of Council 6/12/00 Page 8 Ed Sullivan said Board of Zoning and Appeals has tried to follow the charter very closely and have had considerable discussions during their meetings and expounded, on what was discussed at their previous meetings. Jim Farmer said. there is no specific provision granting Council the right to issue Special Use Permits. He wants to move to grant Council the exact power of granting Special Use Permits and could really act with authority rather than the situation we have today. Mr. Buekholtz said that he doesn't think the answer lies in an outside consulting firm; he agrees with what Jim Farmer said but doesn't feel a professional consultant is the answer. He thinks the answer lies with the people in the room. Dr. Parker felt the message that he thought they left Panzica Construction at the time was that the issue wasn't necessarily closed but Council didn't want to move forward at this time, but we were still interested in how the use of that area was and fmding out how we would go about changing it if appropriate in a logical fashion, and not in a piece-meal kind of thing. He hopes that Panzica could walk away with the message that Council is not opposed to look at this, long term. Dennis Robasky from Panzica said not withstanding how anyone votes tonight, he feels there should be a meeting with Council and the owners of the realty on Beta how they.feel, if they are renting for less than they did five years ago, some of them are. He feels that Council should ask the people that own the real estate like Panzica and Caputo Brothers, looking at doing. Council President Marquardt said there was a motion already on the floor to repeal the actions of the Board of Zoning and Appeals for the variances granted. Ayes vote will repeal the variances, a no vote will have the variances stand. Roll Call: AYE5: Mr. Busa, Mr. Ilacqua, Mr. Marquardt, Dr. Parker NAYS: Mr. Buckholtz, Mrs. Mills Motion carried. Mr. Samac advised that according to the charter, two-thirds majority of Council is necessary to overturn. Mrs. Mills said this is correct, not two-thirds majority of Council present. Council President Marquardt said he would take that up with Mr. Diemert because the interpretation he had, was two thirds of Council present. Mrs. Mills advises it doesn't say "present" in the charter. Council President Marquardt asked if there were any other comments and there were none.