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Regular Council Minutes 1/24/OS Page 13 Board of Appeals - Mr. Marrelli said the Board met on January 18. We had one item to deal with on Village Trails; it was a height and area variance for an accessory building and that item was denied. Cemetery - Mr. Saponaro said there was no report. Citizen's Advisory Soard - Mr. Saponaro said the next meeting is on Monday, January 31St at 7 p.m. in the back room (Community Room Conference Room.) Commission on Aging - Mrs. Mills read the report from Mrs. Kalina, attached. Drainage & Infrastructure/Stormwater Mgt. - Mrs. Cinco said Drainage & Infrastructure had their first meeting for the year last Wednesday, January 19. We had a lot of discussion on a lot of items and went through the Phase 2 requirements, updates on the 2004 projects. 2005 projects we had lengthy discussion on how to handle these and evaluate them. I want to thank Debbie Garbo for the nice letter she sent out to the residents and in that letter that we all received in our packet as a lot of the items that we did discuss. We had an hour and a half ineeting and lengthy minutes should be forthcoming. Mayor Rinker said just to segue from that. You heard that I had indicated to everyone tonight about the 2 sewer projects and not to overplay a particular fact but I noticed for example one of the infrastructure and drainage issues involves a resident whose property is low on the totem pole as far as drainage flows go, in Eastgate/Meadwood--we will be very careful on this and not making promises we can't keep; however, every time we have had a sanitary sewer project, when we have gone in, we've refurbished the existing storm system so depending on how extensive work may be on catch basins, for example, on sizing some pipes, I am looking for some opporiunities where we can segue in. This isn't going to be an entire overhaul of storm system but it will definitely be an upgrade that will be in conjunction with the sanitary sewer. So between the Issue 2 with Highland Road and with the money we have been building up within the Sewer Relief Fund, frankly, our overall commitment to it; frankly, we have gone 4 consecutive years getting Issue 2 for Eastgate and Meadowood so this is going to be the year we figured to just take the bit in the teeth and try to get some economies by having both of these projects done contemporaneously-bid specs-but it is something to keep in mind as the committee works through this. In the years past, what we've done is we sent to residents a sewer brochure, so we will update that. Our goal is that the assessment proper stays the same for Sanitary Sewer. Whatever elements may go with it; again, just sort of educate people on what's coming down the pike. Mrs. Cinco said I think, Bruce, when you see the minutes of that meeting, you will see that we did cover a lot of that and then tonight it made me think we've got to watch with the sewers so that they're not overlapping projects and letting one project interfere with the other and--- Mayor Rinker said assuming we have to revise the strategy down in Columbus because money has been tight everywhere and even though this isn't the same as the Small Government's Fund that's been getting press lately, you know, the talk about balancing the budget again this year and - in Columbus they are coming up with all kinds of really crazy stuff because Ohio as a state has had hard times balancing its budget. So what we'll look to do is modify yet again lower the