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Special Council Meeting 3-9-98 Page 2 not get put into Council's packet last week. His impression was that this change in the radius restriction was not going to be viewed favorably. He thinks Mr. Diemert communicated that to Mr. Chokel and asked if he wanted to come tonight. His understanding is that Mr. Chokel did not want to come and had told Mr. Diemert that he guesses we don't have a deal. Mayor Rinker said he is paraphrasing from the note Council received this evening. The pool and population of Progressive would not be initially problematic but could be later on. Mr. Chokel's proposal is for two years, a 24-month period, that Progressive employees within a radius of 5 miles [could use the facility]. After two years that opening would end. If there would be any kind of renegotiation, it would be up to the Village how to handle it. Council President Fixler said when you look at the economics of what the Progressive package is-it is a very strong package. We have all heard from constituents one way or another. There has to be a proper balance between economics and what is good for a bedroom kind of community. One of the concerns at the Aintree North Homeowner's Meeting was how much of the facility will be used by Mayfield Village residents. We explained that this was going to be limited by employees of Progressive and it would not include their families. Although it won't be problematic during the first 2 years, looking down the road with the potential of thousands of employees-he does not think it is a significant point to take a position that we don't have a deal. We are talking about a swunming pool and the idea that we would go ahead with the North Chagrin Commons development to be able to fund a lot of the recreation in Nlayfield Village. To think this is going to be a deal-stopper because the Highland Heights' employees of Progressive couldn't use the pool, he does not see that as a reality. When we have the situation that we currently have-with as many employees that Mayfield Viilage is going to have and would like to have the pool used by as many community members as possible, he does not know what the ramifications down the road will be. None of us can predict the number of employees who will use the facility. He is concerned with the future of the pool. We don't want to get into a position where we make an agreement and 2 years down the road someone comes back and says, "I know this is what we.said 2 years ago, but now things have to change.... " In the real world, things always change. He thought we had the agreement in place, now a couple of weeks after the fact things are changing. This pool will hold "x" amount of people. We know it will be shared by a limited number of Progressive employees. Council President Fixler said he is asking Council to look at not just today but 2 years down the road and 5 years down the road. There is only going to be one facility. He does not think we will build 2 pools. The idea of doing this for 2 years and changing it after that point-it is a possibility-but he does not know what will happen for us two years down the road. We may get to that point and say this just isn't going to work. Mayor Rinker said he thought that was the whole understanding. We would try it for 2 years and after that, there is no obligation to re-negotiate. Council President Fixler said that is not the way he put it to him. He said we revisit it in 2 years. Mayor Ruiker said he would not put that into an agreement now-the whole idea is to avoid that. We want to try to get enough specificity into this agreement that people don't try to come back