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Regular Council Meeting Minutes 4-20-09 Page 12 In the gas drilling laws in Ohio, viability problems seem to be very slow to be resolved. In the situation in Bainbridge, a year and a half after that disaster, there is beginning to get some resolution. Many of the homeowners are not wise enough to have a lawyer or can't afford to have a lawyer draw up liability clauses. If massive environmental problems develop on say the Village's acreage, it is unclear to her who would be responsible for paying for the clean up. The Village property is on a tributary of the Chagrin River. A spill of either toxic chemicals or gas contaminated water would have a horrendous effect on the watershed. Finally, the Village's 10-acre property is the only greenspace in the entire Beech HilUBonnieview/Glenview and Seneca area. To deprive the people of this greenspace is contrary to the Village's stated plans to enhance greenspace. Imagine if the trees and hills were flattened to create the sterile space that you saw in the previous slides. We cannot change the past and the fact that many of the leases have been signed. However, we can change the direction of the future. As in a war on drugs, there is a simple answer and Amy Ferren has the same solution that Ms. Butler does, just say no. If the Village says no and the individual homeowners say no, we can stop this cancerous growth in our neighborhoods. This strategy depends on committed people talking to their neighbors. You already have 32 who are working actively in our two neighborhoods to prevent drilling. In the next month, we hope to recruit more people to talk to their neighbors. We are going to have a petition drive in both neighborhoods to help distribute literature and to go door to door. Please sign up and help us. Help yourself preserve your property and preserve your neighborhood. We can do it together. It's not so hard. We are organized. We are smart and we are working together. Before the next election, we will noininate, campaign for, and elect candidates who will represent our views in protecting our Village. Thank you. Council Presidenf Buckholtz asked if there was anyone else. Mrs. Triner said that was all that they are aware of. Council President Buckholtz said, very good. He will still ask for anyone else. If anyone else wishes to speak, state your name and address. John Dennin? Seagull Development Corporation Mr. Denning does not have anytlung really to add, but he would like to answer some questions. His name was brought up, so he felt that he had a right to - Council President Buckholtz explained that what we have here is an open portion of the meeting. We are not going to turn it into a discussion period. That's just protocol on the nature of a regular Council meeting. You are welcome to bring new information forward in this three-minute time slot that we are tiying to stick to. You discuss it with Council. You address Council. We do have other meetings where we do more of a discussion like in the Caucus that will be coming up in a couple weeks.