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Minutes of the Regular Meeting of Council --- - - - --- -Mon -day; December-15-2014- Page 5 Records Commission -Mrs. Mills reported, our next meeting is December 18'~ in Civic Hall at 12:00. Community and Economic Development - Mr. Saponaro reported, we had a meeting this evening. There were various items on the agenda including the organization and structure of the committee itself. We then talked about the zoning code amendments. It has been on the table and off the table. We discussed how to approach that with the understanding this committee would not be in charge of that. There maybe some input as a result of possible future businesses that come in and there being issues. Updates were provided on the East Commons project which is moving at a slower pace but moving forward. QED's lease expires in November 201 S. They are looking at a couple options here in the Village but they are also looking elsewhere. We want to try to work with them. We talked about the Holiday Inn redevelopment. This has been something that has been discussed between Ted and John Krupinski where they would be building a new hotel and using the existing hotel property where it is currently at for retail. That is in the development stages. We have not heard anything more but they may or may not start moving quickly on that. We just need to be on board with it to understand what is going on. Obviously it has to go through its process. We also talked about trailfront properties in terms of there may be some opportunities for specialty shops or something along the trail if it makes sense. That is being explored. Trailhead funding is on the agenda tonight for the application for the ODNR for part of the trail funding. We also talked about the use of the Zako property at 470 SOM Center; discussions regarding possible use of the building for concessions or restrooms, things of that nature although while the property is not in disrepair, it would need a lot of work. These are all things on the agenda. Nothing is moving forward. The items are just ongoing for discussion. We talked about the fiber optic opportunities. There is a company called Everstream that would act as.a broker dealing with businesses trying to sell the line capabilities that is being developed right now. Ted will provide more information on that and get back with us. All of these items were discussed, nothing moved forward to any other committee. We also need to figure out what kind of committee we want this to be; if it is going to be a standing or ad hoc committee, on an as-needed basis. Everyone moved towards the latter, however, we have to make sure we are not waiting a year to move some of these items forward or at least have discussions on them. We have no meeting scheduled at this point. Council President Buckholtz asked, will there be minutes of the meeting? Mr. Saponaro replied, yes. Diane is taking minutes for distribution to Council. Council President Buckholtz stated, your report was good. I just wanted to know what kinds of things are being talked about. Mr. Saponaro stated, the minutes will provide that. Obviously Council members and anyone else who receives them can look at them. It can spur on more discussion or help direct where this needs to go. Council President Buckholtz stated, those items are important things.