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Minutes of a Public Hearing <br />On Proposed Charter Review Revisions <br />8-10-10 <br />Page 17 <br />the ability to comment on it and not have to go around door to door to the people who don't live <br />anywhere near there should it come up. Thanlc you. <br />Dale Marston <br />Worton Park <br />The only thing that bothered me, and, by the way, I very much appreciated the comments that <br />have just been made. But the one thing that got me was the possibility of a new zoning law <br />being affected in some way by oil or gas drilling. I can see how if suddenly there was a large <br />deposit of gas, it would be in the city's interest to go ahead and rezone for that purpose. That's <br />what I wanted to ask at the time I held my hand up and wasn't able to. Thank you. <br />Richard Eisenberg <br />Seneca Road <br />I am not going to try to repeat the brilliant remarks that went before. I would like to address the <br />one thing that, the couple things that were passed over in the constraints of time, the observation <br />that this Charter Review Commission was selected and hand-picked by the Mayor and Council. <br />So I am assuming that everybody is on the same page and in the same loop. At some point <br />tonight or some other time, I would like to know what thing is looming out there that is on the <br />backburner just waiting for this change in the Charter. If there isn't,' then why do we have to <br />change it? <br />The other thing as far as regarding the referendum. It's really gutted. All you have to do is hang <br />an emergency on something now and it's not subject to referendum. The current Charter says <br />emergency ordinances are subject to referendum. Hang emergency on it, it's not subject to <br />referendum. We have a very very limited right to referendum if you read the Charter amendment. <br />From what I took off-line there's a gap and when you look at the gap, you see the referendum for <br />emergency says and as was mentioned you can hang a, you say it's an appropriation ordinance, <br />you can turn it into a Christmas tree and hang anything you want on it, it's not subject to <br />referendum. <br />I don't think that the voters of this Village have shown themselves incompetent and incapable of <br />selectively voting on zoning changes. The most recent referendum in this Village was when <br />Judge Krenzler wanted the land south of Mt. Vernon rezoned for condominiums. He made the <br />case. The voters believed yes, this is logical and it was overwhelmingly approved. It's not always <br />negative. <br />Now, our neighbor Highland Heights has a much stronger zoning referendum provision because <br />not only does it have to be passed in the City, it has to be passed in the Ward where the zoning is <br />contemplated. They recently had one in which a developer wanted to extend commercial down <br />Highland Road into residential areas. Those voters overwhelmingly rejected it, which it would <br />be rejected here if we ever got the chance to do it.