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Regular Council Minutes 6-16-03 Page 15 drainage was washed out and that the roadway that connects from River Road up through the Park and probably 10 years ago we had looked at refurbishing that entire system. In another combination grant and contribution formula, we are dealing with Upper 40 all the way down to the Chagrin River (dealing with Wetland areas, park trail systems, the whole 9 yards.) So in conjunction with that project, this project really does a substantial amount to advance Mayfield Village `s working with the Metroparks to fix up what has been a chronic stormwater problem for over 25 years. At the same time what we are also doing is, for our own part-Wiley Park with the historical house [Bennett VanCuren] there and the overall relationship with the properties that are on Beta and with the expansion of Skoda, Minotti; really between Beta all the way up to Highland on this west side of S.O.M. and with all the widening of S.O.M. Center Road at the end of this process we will have, I think, a far better looking Wiley Park; safer, probably much more attractive, very functional and of course, we are expanding two fields up by the swimming pool. I mean these things don't happen overnight but we are really improving our park system while at the same time improving the drainage system that impacts such a wide area. So it's a good use of dollars. Council President Buckholtz asked if there were any further comments. There were none. Roll Call: AYES: All _ NAYS: None Motion Carried Ordinance Enacted Executive Session -Real Estate and Personnel Council President Buckholtz said before we take a motion to go into executive session, I just want to mention one thing in case some people leave-we will not be voting on any further matters after the executive session. Mrs. Mills was kind enough to point out something to me a few days ago about or 9/11 fund that we collected. He questioned if this was collected by safety/fire personnel. Mr. Brett clarified this was [from] a number of businesses [that] put out collection places and this was basically private citizens who donated money. Some people brought in money to Village Hall; others put collection areas in and around the Village. This is what was done and the Village made a commitment through ordinance to match dollar for dollar in addition to a $10,000 contribution. We are at $16,000. Council President Buckholtz said I have done some research periodically and so has Mrs. Mills. Mrs. Mills' suggestion is that next month at our July meeting we will have a combination Safety & Service and Finance meeting, kind of challenging all Council representatives, all Department Heads, safety forces, to come up with a recommended use so that we can approve it at that meeting, potentially. I know of a fund called the Orphan Fund that has to do with children that were orphaned due to 9-11 tragedy. I don't know if there's usage; I hate to throw the money into the hugest pot and have it just disappear in there so if we can come up with something that benefits us. I don't know if we're limited to sending it somewhere or using it in our own community. Do you know how it was collected?