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Regular Council Meeting Minutes 6-15-09 Page 5 were received by The Plain DealeY, they could only run a sample of them. Again, Mrs. Triner thought that was great that those were printed. In that response, you may have noticed that Council President Pro Tem Karen Schneider from Gates Mills had written that The Plain Dealer erroneously reported in their editorial there. Gates Mills does not welcome the drillers. They,are tolerating them and they want better regulations. In the meeting that Pat referenced, there were over 100 people in Gates Mills at the meeting they attended. With three exceptions, everybody else said they were opposed to residential drilling. There was excellent coverage by Fran Suda in the Sun Messenger last Thursday about some of the reactions. Finally, in the Saturday Plain Dealer, you may have seen that there was some indication in Texas where a lot of drilling takes place they think there might be a connection to earthquakes they are experiencing there. That was covered not only in The Plain Dealer, but in The New York Times. There's lots of momentum going. Mrs. Triner just wants to conclude by saying if you know somebody who wants to help perfoiming a11 the efforts, it's not only us here in Mayfield Village, Gates Mills, Mayfield Heights, other places. If you know somebody to help with the coordination, because there's too much for one person to coordinate, let Dr. Parker or Mrs. Triner know. The last question references what the Mayor said in the Voice of the Village that there might be an ordinance committee working on drafting some legislation. Mayor Rinlcer said, that's correct. Mrs. Triner asked who is heading up the cominittee. What input, if any would you want from whom on that? Mayor Rinker replied the committee is a standing committee. It's the Ordinance Review Committee of Council. In fact, there are a number of housekeeping pieces of legislation we have been handling throughout the year that are on the agenda tonight that are an example of the work product of that standing committee. Mayor Rinker's understanding in talking with the Council President when we had brought this up at Caucus is that it's being referred as a formal matter by the Council to this Council Committee. They will welcome any kind of input that they can get. Mrs. Triner said, that's great. Thanks. Mrs. Triner added, if you will excuse us if some of us have to leave a little early tonight. We again want to express our appreciation for the support that we have gotten. Council President Buckholtz stated just so you know, it was actually the second item of the last meeting on June 9th of the Ordinance Review Committee. They had 8 or 9 other housekeeping measures. He is not sure that they began work on it, but we are going to coordinate something with them. Mrs. Triner said, thanks a lot.