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12-17-01 Page 17 first read tonight does is let what the Charter allows, let this run simultaneously with the time period for Council and the time period for Planning and Zoning; simply run simultaneously. I would ask that the matter be passed tonight and be referred out to Planning and Zoning immediately. It simply does what the Charter allows and lets those 2 issues run simultaneously. It also, if I have to wait for a February Planning and Zoning, we don't have public meeting until the end of February or March on this thing. In essence, if it gets referred to Planning and Zoning tonight, we can have public meetings on this issue in early January. All we are doing is setting the ship a sail tonight. There is no commitment; you will still maintain control of the entire issue; I think there are some neat things that can be done with those parcels. I think most of you know me fairly well; I am going to do what's right. I am a 22-year resident of Mayfield Village; I am going to do what's right as we go down this road. Council President Marquardt asked if there were any other comments. Mr. Ilacqua said thank you for your comments. My reluctance has nothing to do with the scope of the project and for your intent; it is more with the process. Am I correct in saying that usually these types of things go Planning and Zoning first and then bubble up to Council. Council President Marquardt said yes. Mr. Ilacqua said the other question I have for you is, when did you first consider this project. I think Mayor Rinker alluded to this summer, and why is it so imperative that it is on the May ballot. Mr. Schiemann said from a business standpoint, getting the project going and in getting it going obviously we have dollars invested. Working our way toward the May ballot is obviously what makes sense from a business standpoint. When I first considered the project--is I probably talked to the Church in 1999 about buying the property and found out that it was part of the Village contract. Once the Church had announced that they were going to move, I found out that it was part of that. Sometime in May, the Village said they were no longer interested in that parcel. I put that timetable together in my notes. Don Cummings approached me probably late May and said--are you still interested. At that point, I said yes, I am probably still interested; what do we do. The business manager called me on 5/18 which was a Friday. Three days later, Monday, we scheduled a viewing of the property. I submitted a contract to the Church two days later. They had a contract in their possession in May. At that time, I was really only interested in the one parcel. Actually, I somewhat did a favor to the Church, I attend that Church, I probably paid a$10-15,000 premium for that house simply as a contribution to their building fund out in Chesterland. At that point, I ended up talking to the next door neighbors and I said what could be possible here. That deal actually took about a month and a half to get signed just because of the Board of the Church and all that type of stuff. I ended up closing on the Church property, on the first one next to the Cemetery, on August 20. That took most of the summer. Mr. Buckholtz asked if that is the house with the For Rent sign in front of it. Mr. Schiemann said yes. Mr. Ilacqua asked if the 3 homes are occupied right now.