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Special Council Meeting Minutes <br />December 7, 2009 <br />Page 12 <br />Sue Longville <br />Derby Drive <br />If you look at, for instance, Gates Mills, and you drive through there, Gates Mills has been made <br />a mess by companies that really are just making a profit. Mayor Rinker said, talk to Connie White and she will commiserate. She's the Mayor of Gates <br />Mills. <br />A member of the audience stated, she was one of the first ones to put a well in too. <br />Mayor Rinker replied, she will tell you today that she is very upset about the whole mess. <br />Ms. Longville continued, when Mayfield Heights, they kept Costco at bay for a while. Mayor <br />Rinker corrected, it wasn't Costco, it was Ambassador Wolf and Michael Shemo and the <br />trustees. Ms. Longville said she knows it probably cost them a lot of money. Mayor Rinker <br />replied, yes it did. Ms. Longville said she feels like Mayfield Village is just sort of giving these <br />permits away. Mayor Rinker clarified, Mayfield Village is not giving away a single permit. We <br />don't have a dog in that fight. We don't control the permits. That's the whole problem. That's <br />what this is all about. Ms. Longville asked, can the Village sue whoever does control it, just to <br />buy some time? <br />Mayor Rinker asked, based on what? <br />Ms. Longville replied, she doesn't know, she's not a lawyer. She does not do this for a living. <br />She is just asking. A member of the audience stated, loss of property values, health issues, etc. <br />Mayor Rinker said, it sounds great, but try to put together that case and look at the risk. It's an <br />uphill battle all the way. <br />A member of the audience replied, you have tangible evidence. Mayor Rinker replied, no we don't have tangible evidence. We have a lot of public animosity <br />over this. It's a different issue. <br />Council President Buckholtz stated he is not a lawyer either, but he does know a little something <br />about if you impede somebody's business from profiting; he's not pro-drilling, he's just saying if <br />we would sue and we lost and then the business that we interrupted sued us, are we willing to <br />take that financial hit? <br />He's just asking because this lady quoted him in the paper as saying, okay, let's go after them <br />and if we get sued, we get sued, casually said at one meeting. After talking to some people and <br />---? <br />? <br />, <br />__?