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RESOLUTION N0.2008-15 INTRODUCED BY: Mayor Rinker and Council as a Whole AN EMERGENCY RESOLUTION SUPPORTING AND ENCOURAGING THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO PASS HOUSE BILL 416 TO RATIFY THE GREAT LAKES COMPACT WITHOUT MODIFICATION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. WHEREAS, the Cuyahoga County Mayors and City Managers Association is an organization representing mayors and city managers from 57 communities in Cuyahoga County; and WHEREAS, the Association is committed to promoting long-term economic development initiatives to ensure the economic vitality of Northeast Ohio; and WHEREAS, Lake Erie is a vital natural resource to Northeast Ohio and the State of Ohio and Lake Erie provides important long-term economic opportunities for the region; and WHEREAS, preservation of Lake Erie is vital for the region; and WHEREAS, seven Great Lakes State Governors have negotiated the Great Lakes Compact, which would serve to preserve Lake Erie and prevent diversions of waters from the Great Lakes; and WHEREAS, the Ohio General Assembly has been considering legislation in each Chamber to ratify the Great Lakes Compact; and WHEREAS, House Bi11416 would ratify the Great Lakes Compact, and Senate Bi11291 would ratify the Great Lakes Compact only after modifications to the Compact; and. WHEREAS, modifying the Compact would significantly delay, if not prevent, fmal approval of the Compact. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF HAYFIELD VILLAGE, OHIO, THAT: SECTION 1. The Council of the Village supports and encourages the General Assembly to pass House Bi11416 to ratify the Great Lakes Compact without modification as soon as possible. SECTION 2. The Council finds and determines that all formal actions of the Council relating to the adoption of this Resolution have been taken at open meetings of this Council; and that deliberations of this Council and of its committees, resulting in such formal action, took place in meetings open to the public incompliance with all statutory requirements including the requirements of Section 121.22 of the Ohio Revised Code.