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Council-Minutes of 5/i8/20A4 are not the owner, they did indicate that they would attempt to obtain that type of assurance from Mr. Biskind and present it to the city. It's worth noting that Mr. Angelo Skoulis who's been involved in this project as long as he has lived near the property for several decades, indicated that with this most recent amendment he believes that it will be satisfactory to the adjacent resident property owners. For the record, the previous use was a 50-50 split between a residential and retail and the proposed use is now 75-25, 75 being retail and 25 being office and community space. The committee voted to amend and approve the preliminary land use plan subject to the following two conditions: a full release be obtained from the owner to the satisfaction of the Director of Law concerning any legal liability which remains outstanding from litigation; the plan will require them to obtain any variances which will be deviations from the code as demonstrated on the plan. Mr. Gareau moved that Council accept the amended preliminary land use plan with the two qualifications as recommended by the committee. The motion was seconded by Councilman McKay and passed unanimously. AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION Janet Saringer, 23336 Stoneybrook Drive, asked what changes were made in Ordinance 2003-128 to better regulate grade changes. Councilman McKay noted that anyone applying for a grade change plan must submit a drainage plan with it. This is an effort to control someone coming in and changing the elevation in their yard so water drains on their neighbors. In the past, a drainage plan was not required. Don Pangrac, 23470 Sharon Drive. • Asked the Mayor if the left turn lane at Delmere was still in the plans. The Mayor said it was and that's why the final coating has not been put down. Mr. Pangrac noted that Sharon Drive at Claque Road, the pitch of the new asphalt is such that there is a big water puddle in the middle of the street. It doesn't seem like a good drainage plan. • Regarding cell phones, he reminded Mr. Miller that he was to call him about this issue. He would like the city to pass a similar law to Brooklyn where cell phone use is banned. Mr. Miller apologized as he did not recall his promise to Mr. Pangrac. He will put it on his checklist. • A letter in the May 17th Cleveland Plain Dealer written by a resident of Perrysburg, Ohio stated: "The Wall Street Journal reported on April 8 that Ohio now ranks third in state tax burden behind only New York and Maine. In 1999, Ohio ranked 14th. Ohio's tax burden is now 11.3%, which includes all state and local taxes as a percentage of income." He wanted that fact to go on the record. Michael Jablonski, 25149 Lessner, spoke at a previous Council meeting about the condition of the city and offered some possible solutions but has not received any feedback. He would like the city to send out a flyer to every household explaining some of the common code violations. The Mayor thought it would be too expensive, but he has since read a newspaper article that the city had some "found money." Councilman Gareau explained it was not "found money." What happened was the Finance