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Special Council Meeting 3-9-98 Page 3 and renegotiate. It is not unusual at this stage of any complex negotiation to have people coming up and saying "I meant to say this" or there are other fine points. He is astounded if this was presented as that if we don't do it, we don't have a deal. He would not agree to anything that says two years from now and we will sit down. It makes sense that if in two years there were a desire to sit down-but not as an obligation to do so. Council President Fixler said Mr. Chokel had suggested we do this on a first-come, first-serve basis. We can't do that because what if Mayfield Village residents haven't gotten there yet. The reality is that "x" number of employees will still be boxed out. It can't be a 2-year, let's wait and see, it has to be a two-year and that is it. Dr. Parker said he is fearful Progressive will come back after 2 years and say we like the way it is and don't see any need to renegotiate. He doesn't think they could be pushed to the table. It doesn't say they have to renegotiate, it says they can. When we walked out of the other meeting, there was no inclination or understanding on his behalf that this was a do or die point. We were very specific that for us it was this way or not and he said yes. He doesn't lrnow why he didn't come back to us that night and say this is a probiem. IVlayor Rinker said Mr. Chokel said he was waiting there--he ha.d not seen the final agreement until later. Dr. Parker said he thought the Law Director had gone out and spoken with him and when he came back, he said he told him this was not going to be acceptable and they said that is okay. 1Vtayor Rinker said that is exactly what Mr. Diemert told us. Dr. Parker said the 5 mile radius could go to Mayfield Heights and beyond. If he has a problem with Highland Heights emplqyees, why not say to include Highiand Heights. He feels they put 5 miles in because it is an unreasonable distance that includes everybody. To him, it is too much. Also, he is not for rushing things for the road (changing it to 1998.) The more we give them up front, the less they will give us later on. Mr. Busa said he was in favor of buying the golf course. He was never in favor of selling it. Progressive screwed him in the `70s when they built the building in the first place. They did it again with Carmen with 66% abatement and they were going to buy a fire truck, a half a fire truck. Then, they didn't buy nothing. This outfit is very sharp. If there are any dull points in it, they hire the finest lawyers in the country. Speaking to the 5-mile radius-who knows what they will build in the next 5 years. As far as the wetlands are concerned, everyone seems to disregard the fact that there are several artesian wells there. He has been there on horseback with Howard Sehulz. Mr. Busa said his horse couldn't get out of the swamp. He had to get off in the mud- up to his waist and they had to drag the horse out with a tractor. About the road, it is one of our aces in the hole. Nobody is going to tell us what to do. VVho is making the rules here? This Council and the Mayor or is it Progressive? When do we change the name of this town to Progressive Village? They own half of it now and they contro190% of it. He does not want to