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Regular Council Meeting Minutes <br />4-20-09 <br />Page 3 <br /> <br /> <br />J certain parts of the Village when in actuality the strategy is this, no matter where the drilling is done <br />health, safety and quality of life of their loved ones and their neighbors. You are going to get lots <br />more details about this. Mrs. Triner is making generalizations. She is speaking from the heart. Other <br />people are here who can give you the facts and figures and documentation. <br />Mrs. Triner has wanted to tallc to Council. She is sorry the Mayor is not here to hear this. But, you <br />would want to lrnow the questions that we are getting from people as we walk around in the Village. <br />Mrs. Triner hopes you appreciate hearing what people are asking and that you will not shoot the <br />messengers. So, here are some of the questions that we are getting. <br />Some of the drillers, because they have been intimidating others, the questions that come across are <br />some of the drillers intimidating the Mayor and the Council like they are these people that's been <br />documented because they had to call the police. Are the Mayor and the Council overlooking the cost <br />to the Village in terms of reduced income from property further devalued by drilling? Are they <br />overlooking the cost of their own health and that of their constituents? Again, there's more data <br />coming in on that. Are they overlooking the cost of fire and emergency personnel who will be called <br />to address the drilling problems as they have in Bainbridge, Gates Mills and elsewhere? <br />Mrs. Triner would like to have entered into the Minutes the document which was distributed to the <br />homeowners at Hanover and it documents Gates Mills' over 24 instances they have experienced <br />fairly recently requiruig emergency response due to oil and gas drilling. That number has been <br />increasing. It used to be that there were no problems with the wells but because of some of the <br />drillers and because of the Bill 278 that we need to get fixed, there aren't the requirements there <br />should be to make the drilling.safe. <br />Another question we are getting, why are the Council people caving into pressures from the drillers <br />rather.than encouraging action like Joanne Cinco's? Why aren't they rallying and trying to get us to <br />drive the drillers out? <br />A wonderfu180-year-young neighbor got the Mayor's letter and the frequently asked questions that <br />he just sent out to 17 streets. At first she thought reading it it sounded pretty reasonable. Luckily she <br />simultaneously got the green flier with more accurate updated and complete information. She said <br />this information gave her an entirely different picture and she asked the right questions. What shall I <br />do or what can I do? <br />Yes, we know that you have relied on the Ohio Deparhnent of Natural Resources (ONDR) for your <br />input despite giving data to you that is much more complete and up to date. People in the know <br />realize that ODNR is not a source of information you can rely on. Maybe they just don't have time <br />to update their information, who knows. The Mayor says you are continuing to distribute the <br />outdated ODNR data for the sake of consistency. When people are getting new, well-researched <br />data, why would they thinic that consistency is more important than giving people documented <br />accurate information? Is the Council, is the Mayor open to new input? <br />Some of Council have stated that we, the residents don't get it. Their strategy is to try to protect