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Minutes of the Regular Meeting of Council January 30, 2006 Page 6 The changes have been pretty substantial. Everything that we have done to secure the sense that we are a Village, that we remain a Village and yet recognize that with all of the change that goes on around us, we can keep pace and stay small, but we have to think big to do so. This is a line he has used before, but it is very apt. Looking at the 2001 letter of transmittal for the budget, goals were set for 2001. They apply every bit as much today as they did then. First, we said that we would be a professionally run Village in a rural setting. We have continued to use planning professionals and planning methodologies; we try to involve Villagers in from all walks of life and all parts of town. We have done quite well. Look at the 2020 vision plan alone. Look at the communities around us who have after many years themselves embarked upon that same course. We have engaged services more recently of City Architecture. Some of you have attended some meetings. We expect in the next month or so, there will be another meeting, a presentation where from an architect's perspective and three-dimensional envisioning, they are going to show ideas that we have for the center of town especially. We have stimulated some significant discussion with Heinen's, who want to expand and with Deacon's, who we have talked with over the years and have really tried to wrestle with what they can do with possible expansion. We think that we have turned the corner with Deacon's. We also have across the way with Shibley's who have Yours Truly. They are very eager to get underway to improve their site and we think for that northeast corner of the intersection, that will be positive. When we look at Beta Drive, an area that has been the object of dissension of a lot of our organizations for the last 5 years, we finally see some changes there. The Omni Development, the facelift that is coming to the former Stanley Air Tools Building. Progressive is building a service center on Beta on property that lay vacant for years. Panzica and a spin-off corporation of Panzica is trying to refurbish some of its facilities. They are putting in Wi-Fi so that they can provide high tech up to date services for a new breed of tenant. When you look at the Krenzler site, the Parkledge Development just beyond Fisher's Tavern, who would have thought even five years ago, certainly not ten years ago and not in 1993 that we would see houses being built on property that had been zoned originally for commercial development right behind Mt. Vernon, behind the CEI facility. We think that will really be a first step toward a change in an attitude and mixing of the kinds of uses that most communities are trying to achieve today, where you can combine residential, business, good use of open space, a good balance of retail. The kinds of amenities that people want, making them accessible by foot. We have talked about those ideas for years. We all recognize those ideas are becoming a reality. They are very real. As we see the completion of SOM Center Road, which is not done yet, but we have shown that when we put our minds to it with the attitude that we have in Mayfield Village, we achieve results that axe durable, they look good, they function well and we become proud of them. It is that kind of attitude and that kind of spirit that sets us apart from a lot of communities. It starts right here, with all of you, with us. It is something that we play off of one another. I expect only good things to continue. Mayor Rinker thanked everyone for staying on. For those that are new, he welcomed them aboard, encouraging everyone to keep working together.