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Minutes of the Regular Meeting of Council Monday, March 19, 2012 Page 14 way the Village has been operating very successfully in how we have tastefully developed the Village and I think it's known pretty much across the board by the people that live and work here, we use what's called TIF Agreements. We are unable to use a TIF Agreement with a County agency, but we would be with a commercial organization if and when they would in back there. Again, it's if and when, but part of our job is visionary, part of our job is immediate financial responsibility to the taxpayers, some of it is vision to the future. So, playing the hand so to speak to win, if and when that is developed, we would leverage TIF dollars and unbeknownst to me at the time, I learned from the Building Department and the Law Director that we would be able to be reimbursed for this road. I had no idea. This has always been an access road on original drawings that would access the commercial portion. There's one other item I wanted to bring up. Does somebody have the approximate figure of what the Library is going to be spending on this project? Mr. Marrie replied, $12 to 13 million. Council President Buckholtz continued, so what we have here, and in all my conversations is, we have a public library that's very respected throughout the County. Each Library has specialties. I think ours is arts and sciences and music. They wanted to stay in Mayfield Village. I think a majority of the people involved in the discussions want them to stay in Mayfield Village. They are going to be investing $12-13 million in our town. I just wanted to add that because at this point in time we have all dwelled down to the mishaps, the details, the fiduciary responsibility of the public, the watchdogging on future expenses that some of us are better at than others in terms of the order in which things happen and what happens. At this point in time I will wrap it up by saying that I think this is an excellent project. We are very excited about it and when the community at large gets to see the drawings or the model or the finished project, it's going to be spectacular. I just wanted to leave people with that understanding of the big picture, if I may. Council President Buckholtz asked, any other comments before we vote? There were none. ROLL CALL: AYES: Mr. Buckholtz, Mrs. Cinco, Mr. Marrie, Mrs. Mills and Mr. Delguyd Motion Carried NAYS: Mr. Marquardt Ordinance Enacted • Third Reading of Ordinance No. 2012-07, entitled, "An emergency ordinance authorizing and directing the Mayor to enter into a Hike and Bike Trail Access Easement Agreement with the Board of Trustees of the Cuyahoga County Public Library as and for the right to construct, maintain, patrol and use certain property for an all purpose non- vehicular public hiking and biking trail." Introduced by Mayor Rinker and Council as a Whole. (First Reading - 2/21/12; Second Reading - 3/5/12)