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~~~ i RESOLUTION NO. 2006-06 INTRODUCED BY: Mayor Rinker and Council as a Whole.. AN EMERGENCY RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT' OF THE MAYFIELD CITY SCHOOL DISTRfCT PROPOSED .9-MILL PERMANENT IMPROVEMENT LEVY WHEREAS, the voters in the Mayfield City School District approved a .2 mill levy in support of the Mayfield High School field house in 1.986 and a .7 mill Permanent Improvement levy in 2001; and WHEREAS, the proposed .9 mill Permanent Improvement levy will replace those levies which have been paid in full; and WHEREAS, since this Permanent Improvement levy will replace a levy which has been paid in full, the levy will not create any new taxes and, in the future, will cost $27.56 a year fora $100,000.00 home; and WHEREAS, the proposed :9 mill Permanent Improvement levy will be used to address the health, safety, security and infrastructure issues facing every one of the school buildings located within the district; and WHEREAS, the Mayfield City School District's oldest school buildings, the Mayfield Middle School and the Gates Mills Elementary School, were built in 1925. The District's "newest" building, Mayfield High School, was built in 1962. The wear and tear over the decades is evident on school exteriors where brick and cement cracks greet students and parents, as well as inside the schools where stairwells, classrooms, hallways, ceilings and restrooms call for significant maintenance and repair vvork; and WHEREAS, the money generated from the proposed Permanent Improvement levy taxes may only be used to construct, add to or repair buildings, lay sidewalks, build parking lots and make other such improvements of school property antl: assets. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED'. BY THE COUNCIL OF HAYFIELD VILLAGE, OHIO, THAT: