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Minutes of the Regular Meeting of Council Monday, August 17, 2015 Page 10 PARKS & RECREATION -Bill Thomas Mr. Thomas reported, school officially opened today. As a result, Parkview Pool closed for the summer yesterday. We had monsoon weather in June. Mr. Perout, our Pool Manager, suggested that because soiree of the people were not able to use the pool in June, why don't we extend our season at least two snore days? Believe it or not, the last two days were probably the hottest days we had of the whole sununer. We finished strong in July and August. We had a total attendance for 2015 of 16,222. Last year we had 14,789. The last day, which was yesterday, we had 508 participants. That was the second highest total. The highest total was on June 24~' which we had 552 participating. It was a good season at least for July and August. I want to remind everyone that we are offering with the three other communities in the school district, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland Metroparks and the Library, what is called Healthy Mayfield which will take place on September 2"a at Wildcat Stadium. Hopefully you will be receiving information about that. We put a mailing together about this. I believe that went to all our residents. We are trying to promote our wonderful Wildcat Sport and Fitness Facility at the High School. Last but not least, we have moved from Sumner to Fall. Did everyone receive their brochures in the mail? Mr. Jerome asked, are Highland Heights and Mayfield Heights pools also closed? Mr. Thomas replied, thank you for the reminder. Mayfield Heights and Mayfield Village pools, yes, but Highland Heights is open for the next three weekends, not including Labor Day, from 1:00-5:00 for our members that have pool passes. If you don't have a membership to Parkview Pool, you will be charged $5.00. ARCHITECT -Ron DiNardo There was no report. PLANNING DEPARTMENT -Ted Esborn Mr. Esborn reported, I should have raised this during the proposed Charter amendments hearing, but I would be remiss not to mention it during my report. During 2014, the Planning and Zoning Commission spent a number of meetings looking closely at the Zoning Code. During those meetings, the idea of a use variance came up naturally as part of the discussion and particularly as part of the discussion about what to do in situations involving large investment situations that would involve a conditional use permit. It's a huge concern from an economic development standpoint. We do get situations where people are looking to invest a lot of money in a commercial property. Conditional use permits are up for renewal every two years which is a big issue for those people looking to invest. I wanted to make this point to reinforce that it is something that has come up through our discussions. ADMINISTRATION -Diane Wolgamuth There was no report.