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Regular Council Meeting 5-19-03 Page 11 Mr. Marrie asked if he could make a comment before we start on this. (Council President Buckholtz said sure.) Mr. Marrie said after our meeting (our Council Caucus), I personally went down and looked at some of those properties there and there are some problems and concerns without any doubt. I am not an engineer or an architect so I don't have all the answers for it but I feel this administration will do what is right for the residents. I cannot certainly speak for Skoda, Minotti, but I also feel that they will also do what is right. I think when we do this we have to do what is right for both parties. But we do have some residents who are concerned. As I said, I just want to go on record that I feel not that we should, I think we will do what is right for these people. Also, it is a two-way street. I think they both have to live with this but there are some things that have to be done. Mr. Riter said I would like to echo Mr. Marrie's comments. I, too, went this past Saturday morning and spent about an hour and a half on a113 properties and saw a lot of things that did concern me. I spoke with the Mayor and he is very concerned and has been very committed for a long time to make sure that everything that is done is done correctly; not just in the best interest of one party or the other-but in the best interest of all parties involved. Mr. Thomas was walking the ball diamonds and setting up for a picnic when we were there and we were able to address a lot of issues having to do with the Phillips' property. For example, while Skoda, Minotti was nice enough to allow us (and us being whoever is using the ball diamonds) to park on their facility, what happened is anybody that would use that park, that parking, and would go to use the ball diamonds, we would be fiuineling them onto private property through the Phillips' property to get to the ball diamonds. You could see instances where people had maybe walked up through the Phillips' back yard up a ways, realized there was no gate to go in and went through the fence, maybe breaking sections, balls were landing in her yard hitting the house. We picked up a ball while we were there so some netting may be appropriate. Standing in the utility room of Jim and Eileen's house, you can-we've talked about the culvert that was covered-you literally see the culvert here-from their utility room, it kind of pancakes down to there-to one portion of their yard then pancakes down again and again to a very low point. And I know that we heard some comments last week that well the water goes this way, away from their house but there is no way that some of their water doesn't go this way and this way, and right down and puddles in their back yard and actually comes into their house. So, I think however the votes go on these variances we all have to be very, very committed to not only be sure that if these pass that Skoda ends up with a very good building, but also so the residents end up with a very good environment and a very good residential environment. Tom put it very eloquently-it has to be a win-win for both parties. Mr. Marquardt said I have voiced this opinion in the past and I believe that the residents have a perfect right for the Village to uphold our codes and ordinances as we have taken our oaths of office, I believe that if these variances were agreeable to the residents, they would have removed their appeal. If we are going to do this, any kind of the variances should be with the agreement of all parties, the residents and Skoda, Minotti, so I'd have to believe that we are putting the cart before the horse if these residents are not satisfied with what is going to be done to the point that they agree that the variances are fair to them. Council President Buckholtz thanked Mr. Marquardt for his comments and asked if there were any further comments. There were none so Council President Buckholtz continued, I will just echo what