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lO~IgNYT'I'ES ®F TH)~ ~GYJIIAR 1~EETING OF C®~JNCIL <br />1VIayfield Village Civic Hall <br />1Vlonday, Septeanbe~ 15, 2014 - x:00 p.m. <br />The Council of Mayfield Village met in Regular Session on Monday, September 15, 2014 at <br />Mayfield Village Civic Hall. Council President Buckholtz called the meeting to order at 8:00 <br />p.in. <br />ROLL CALL: Present: Mr. Buckholtz, Mr. Jerome, Mr. Marquardt, <br />Mrs. Mills and Dr. Parker (8:20 p.m.) <br />Also Present: Mayor Rinker, Mr. Wynne, Mr. Diemert, Chief Edelman, <br />Chief Carcioppolo, Mr. Marrelli, Mr. Metzung, <br />Mr. Thomas, Mr. Cappello, Mr. DiNardo, Mr. Esborn, <br />Ms. Wolgamuth and Mrs. Betsa <br />Absent: Mr. Marne and Mr. Saponaro <br />The Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag was given. <br />OPEN PORTION <br />. 3-minute limit imposed by Chair. Those who wish to speak must first state their name and <br />address. <br />Donald Banas <br />Home: 27605 Tinkers Valley Drive <br />Glen Willow, Ohio <br />Business: 6685 Beta Drive <br />6685 Beta Drive is the location of the Mayfield Village Racquet Club. I am the owner. The Racquet <br />Club consists of 12 indoor tennis courts and 2 indoor squash courts. Before I proceed, I would like to <br />acknowledge the Mayor and Council. Thank you for the opportmuty to speak to you here this <br />evening. <br />The Club is leased from Beta Investments, a division of Skoda & Minotti. It was originally built and <br />open for business in 1973. I, along with David Polk and Brian Banas, became the owners in <br />September 2009. I was a member of the Club from 1974 forward. I have been in the Club twice a <br />week since that time. I mention this because during the first 35 years of the Club's operation, we <br />have not flooded. Since we bought the Club in September 2009, it has flooded on four occasions, <br />February 28, 2011, August 7, 2011, September 10, 2011 and August 13, 2014 where I know we all <br />had some bad experience with flooding on Beta Drive and other areas around the tennis club. <br />On September 10, 2011, I was pleased that on short notice, Mayor Rinker came to the Club and saw <br />the circumstances. He stood alongside of us in the water on the Courts. Subsequent to that event, <br />Mayfield Village did some work at that point to reroute the water. We thought that work was <br />