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Special Council Meeting 1/2/95 Page Eight Mr. Buckholtz said if it is not used properly, then he would not...he likes the way it was put together. He likes the technological program for Center School. If there was a way to carve out the high school in such a way that it was Mayfield Village students, it may be practical to do that. Mr. Fixler said as he is listening to this, he thinks there are two issues here. One of the ' issues is the one Larry just brought up about the one year renewable. Then, there was another issue that the dollars are for Mayfield Village and would they be spent on Mayfield Village children. He thinks it is important to look at Progressive as the company that we are talking about here. He thinks it is important to answer those critics where the dollars are coming from by simply saying--let's understand this-- Progressive came to Mayfield Village building their world headquarters from other communities. A lot came from Mayfield Heights, a lot came from Highland Heights. Those communities are missing out on dollars that Mayfield Village has benefitted. The shift of dollars from Highland Heights into that school district and the shift of dollars from Mayfield Heights to the school district is now shifted into Mayfield Village to the school district. So, I think it is very easy to say to someone--look, we are spending these dollars on Mayfield Village children for the most part. However, Mayfield Village is also the recipient of tax dollars from other communities number one. Number two, Bill took the words sort of right out of my mouth about this one year renewable situation that Mr. Flynn just brought up. So, you have a situation here of talking about a 10-year. The Mayor has stated all along that Council could repeal this if Council wanted to. He is wondering if there is legislation that could be drafted--if there is not objection--similar to what you have for the 10 years, if there is no objection to how the money is being spent, if the money is being spent in the way that it was intended to be. Mr. Buckholtz said that it would be automatically renewable--a yearly automatic renewal unless there was a problem. Mr. Fixler said exactly. It would take an objection from Council to go forward and say we want to stop this at this point. He does not think there is anything wrong with that. Mayor Rinker said neither do I. Let me understand if I hear this correctly, because it is refreshing to hear, finally, your reference to these dollars from other communities because we have counted on that for the longest time. That we are trying to achieve a balance within the school district across different entities, because we get into we rob Peter to pay Paul. Highland Heights is an eloquent example. They lost 18% of their revenues when Allen Bradley moved out to Mayfield Heights. Let me see if I understand this. To me, this would be perfect. You stick with the 15, no reference to