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Minutes of a Public Hearing October 6, 2010 Page 2 So, without any further ado, I would like to introduce Paul Fikaris from our Charter Review Commission. Later, Diane Wolgamuth will have the microphone. It's kind of like a TV show. She will go around and when you ask a question, you will get the mike. • Summarv of proposed revisions to Charter bv the Mavfield Village Charter Review Commission - Paul Fikaris - Charter Review Commission Member Good evening everybody. I hope everybody can hear me. I am not used to public speaking, so please excuse me if I stumble. I will do my best. I live on Oakwood Drive, 758 Oakwood. I have lived there since the summer of 2005. I am new to the Village. I am not new to the area. I lived in Mayfield Heights for five years. I grew.up in Highland Heights and Lyndhurst. I went to Mayfield High School, so I have not gotten very far geographically. I was asked, along with the other Commission members, each of us were asked by a Councilperson to serve on the Charter Review Commission. As stipulated in the Charter, the Charter is to. be reviewed every five years by a Commission made up of citizens and appointed by Council. We were asked to do so. We were sworn in and we began meeting in February. We had a number of ineetings. We dissected, took apart the Charter by section, reviewed each section, discussed it, proposed any changes, each individual would propose changes. We would vote on them. We- would discuss them. We asked why we felt an individual or person felt that the changes, why they would propose a change to various sections of the Charter. That was basically the process. Over a number of weeks we went through the entire Charter and noted some of the amendments that we mould propose to change. We focused on those proposals and we further discussed those and ultimately voted amongst the Commission about what the changes would be, what the language would be, and what we would propose to Council to put on the ballot in November. There were a number of items discussed. Some: did not merit proposal. They did not win the vote to be proposed to be changed. But the ones that were, as you know, are listed on your yellow sheet and you are all aware of those. Let's just come to the issue at hand, the controversial Issue No. 84. You need a little background, I think, of how our discussion went. We felt, our intent I believe, was that in a competitive market we felt that we might be at a disadvantage in Mayfield Village because of