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Minutes of the Regular Meeting of Council Monday, August 17, 2015 Page 4 copy of the revised Charter to each household in the Village. This proposal removes the mandatory mailing and provides an option of having it available on-line or mailed upon request. This saves natural and economic resources. In a nutshell; that was our reasoning behind these proposed amendment changes. I would be happy to take any questions. Council President Marrie asked, any questions? Mr. Saponaro stated, thank you for doing such a thorough job. If anyone read the Minutes which are public record, if you have not, go back and read them. There is great deliberation, great dialogue and conversation. There was a lot of really well thought out and put together information resulting in these proposals. Thank you. We know it's not an easy task. Mr. Fikaris stated, I would like to thank the Charter Review Commmission. They were outstanding individuals. The audience applauded. Bob Barclay 662 Echo Drive Who pushed this change in zoning? That zoning issue was based upon the Eastlake case that went to the United States Supreme Court and was upheld and is serving of the Village since the Charter was officially a document. I just question this. Who pushed you to enact those changes? Let's get all the facts. Be transparent. Mr. Saponaro stated, you can read all of the transcripts of every meeting. Your accusation of not being transparent, just to be clear, you have the ability to read every part of the meetings that has gone on so that you can look at it yourself and make your decision that way. He did explain why it came about. He certainly can answer it. All of the Minutes from the meetings are public. There is transparency there. Mr. Barclay replied, thank you. But I would like to get more transparency for anyone sitting here who perhaps doesn't have the time to do that. Let's hear. Who pushed you? What's the example? Give me an example of use in commercial or industrial that you want to be changed. Chairman Fikaris responded, I am a member of the Planning and Zoning Commission. I have been involved for the past 5 years with what happens in Mayfield for Planning and Zoning. What you have presently, an applicant comes and wants to do something different, let's say on Beta Drive. There are vacancies there. Nowadays they do it by special use permit. They would come before the Planning and Zoning Commission and Board of Zoning Appeals to state their hardship and possibly why they would need a variance through our Zoning Code. We listen to it. We discuss it. We deliberate it. We 1 0