9056-19 Schmidt Marathon Gas Thanks

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RESOLUTION NO. 9056 -19 C Anderson Bullock, George, Litten, 01 t}ar,<p0'Malley, Rader A RESOLUTION to recognize and thank Peter and Michael Schmidt and the Schmidt family for their quality service to the Lakewood community through their Marathon Gas station and auto repair business on Lake Avenue. WHEREAS, Tom Schmidt, a Cathedral Latin graduate, first started working at the business in 1944, after his father, a chauffeur at St. Augustine Academy (now Lakewood Catholic Academy), suggested he apply. He then came to own it in the mid -1950s and ran it for the better part of 50 years with the help of his sons Michael and Peter; and WHEREAS, this business would also serve as a place where Tom would meet Shirley Bagley, his future wife and mother to their four children, Richard, Sharon, Peter, and Michael. The Bagley family happened to live next door to the station and would take their cars there to get them repaired; and WHEREAS, the family also oversaw the reconfiguration of the property in 1971. The station was built in 1922 and pre -dated the homes that currently surround the property. Shell Gas Company, the franchiser at the time, worked with the Schmidts to blend the property with the unique architecture of Lake Avenue; now, therefore BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, OHIO: Section 1. That this Council and Administration does hereby thank Misters Tom, Peter, and Michael Schmidt and the Schmidt family for the length and quality of their service to the Lakewood community for the past 65 years. Section 2. That this Council and Administration does hereby express its condolences to the family regarding the loss of Michael Schmidt, a gifted mechanic who passed too soon at the age of 50 in August of 2018. Section 3. It is found and determined that all formal actions of this Council concerning and relating to the passage of this resolution were adopted in an open meeting of this Council, and that all such deliberations of this Council and any of its committees that resulted in such formal action, were in meetings open to the public, in compliance with all legal requirements. Adopted:i Approved: t f L_ If MAYOR C19crl"e