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Regular Council Meeting Minutes 2-16-09 - Page 2 Mr. Coughlin first learned of these events at a neighborhood gathering last week. Since that time there has been some concern that has arisen in the neighborhood concerning these oil and gas drilling leases and in particular you may be aware that a petition has been circulated with a number of signatures on it from residents opposed to the proposed ordinances. Mr. Coughlin is speaking as a Trustee of the Homeowners' Association. It too is opposed to these ordinances. They are most particularly concerned that it appears that the Ordinances 08-49 and 08-50 do not have any kind of limitation as to being non-drilling. These are the ones we understand related to the 10-acre parcel behind what would be the Phillips' residence in Hanover Woods, so we oppose any kind of authorization by the Village for any kind of oil and gas leasing expansion, particularly with respect to this properiy. We wanted to alert you to that and ask you not to pass these proposed ordinances. Thank you very much. Council President Buckholtz thanked Mr. Coughlin for his comments. Council President Buckholtz asked if there was anyone else speaking on that subject or a similar subject. We will be glad to respond to your remaxks. Council President Buckholtz is thinking let everyone have a chance to speak and then we can have a dialogue on it. Linda Butler 817 Hanover Woods Ms. Butler thinks everyone has questions. She would more appropriately like to ask, or the group of us here would like to ask some questions. It might be better to do that later after we have read the ordinances. Council President Buckholtz had no problem with thaf. He asked if there were any other questions. If everyone has a comment on the same thing, it would be a good idea to just make it a dialogue at that point. These are not new ordinances. They have been on for over a year. We have been having a dialogue all along. We will continue to do that for as long as it is necessary, that it is an issue that some people are interested in and some people are not. Having said that, are there any other subjects that anyone wants to bring up? If not, Council President Buckholtz suggested we move on to the agenda. CONSIDERATION OF 1VIINiTTES : Regular Council Meeting - January 20, 2009 Mrs. Mills, seconded by Mrs. Cinco, made a motion to approve the minutes as written. ROLL CALL: AYES: All Motion Carried NAYS: None Minutes Approved