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Regular Council Meeting 8-18-08 Page 14 standards which say you need `x' amount of surface acres to support a single well. The state sets that equation. Ms. Leone asked if they have met their requirement as of now. Mayor Rinker said they have. Ms. Leone asked if the well is definitely going in. Mayor Rinker replied they have told us it will. Ms. Leone asked when. Mayor Rinker replied that we don't believe they are going to drill until we negotiate an agreement because by negotiating with us and being able to acquire acres which include our 10 acres toward that count that allows them more flexibility in drilling another well in a different location. One of the things Ms. Calta talked about tonight was we have requested but not received information that tells us where that other well is supposed to be. We know it is outside of Village property, but we don't know where it is. Ms. Leone asked if this property is crucial to continuing any other wells. Mayor Rinker replied it is crucial to continuing wells outside of Mayfield Village, but it is not crucial as to whether or not they drill this well. They are telling us they will drill this well with or without us. With us, it gives them better flexibility than knocking on someone else's door. Ms. Leone said if you do put this property in, there will be other people affected by it. Mayor Rinker replied, yes. Ms. Leone added other people can join up on the other side and we can continue down through Glenview and Beech Hill. Mayor Rinker said if people want to sign up they have that right, that is exactly correct which is why the other discussion we have had is whether creating some type of a consortium type of organization, almost like a public corporation would enable us to regulate that domino effect if you will. Ms. Leone said when you consider this property if you do put that in to the lease, it will affect the other people down the road. Mayor Rinker said he thinks if anything, and he can only speculate by our agreeing here, at least in the near term our understanding is they go south, they don't go north, but there is no guarantee that they won't be looking. They have been looking in this market for the last several months and will continue to do so as they are entitled to do. Mayor Rinker was asked if he was able to stipulate they go south. Mayor Rinker said he cannot control that and he won't. The best way we can manage this is by engaging in the dialogue and trying to negotiate something at arm's length that we feel we can at least get some value out of this. We are not going to stop the well drilling, we may direct some of the locations, but even that is highly speculative. A lot of it is a function of what people want to negotiate individually because that is their constitutional right. The state says it is a state policy to promote this well drilling along these formulas. Wes Marrotte 6804 Glenview Mr. Marrotte asked that if the Village kicks in their 10 acres, are they allowed to drill underneath the three properties that have not signed on?