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Caucus/Regular Council Mtg. 7-14-03 Page 26 Council President Buckholtz addressed Mr. Diemert and asked, can we look to our Law Director for a re-synopsis of the title? ~. Mr. Diemert said I think if you are looking to get more consensus, you have to take the word financing in the preamble and take out the word financing in the efforts clause understanding that the construction and supporting the construction is going to do that. Council President Buckholtz agreed and asked Mr. Diemert how the title would read. Mr. Diemert said, "An emergency resolution supporting the construction of a new Convention Center in downtown Cleveland." Then the last whereas would be: "The Village of Mayfield wishes to join the City of Cleveland.....to plan for the construction....-take out the "financing and".. Council President Buckholtz asked if there was any further discussion. Mr. Riter addressed Mr. Diemert and said with respect to everybody, I think it's real insulting for you to say if you want the doctor's vote, take the word financing out but wink, wink, we all know that financing is included. That was pretty cute. Mr. Diemert said that was how you reach consensus. Dr. Parker said if you leave financing out, it could mean public financing, it could mean private financing; it could mean whatever the plan calls for. Mr. Diemert said I don't see a consensus forming for tabling and I don't see a consensus forming for saying County so I couldn't swing any votes or language.... Mr. Diemert said if the Mayor and Council President could get your vote by saying in downtown Cleveland or the County of Cuyahoga-would that pull you in? Mr. Riter said to be honest you, I think that we see so little of a specific proposal from the folks that are proposing to put something on the ballot that I don't think we know what is being voted on tonight and I think what we're doing is we're giving them a blank check and I think it will be really interesting to see what they do put on the ballot come August 21St that the Council of Mayfield Village may endorse when they take this vote because it's basically what's being done. Mr. Diemert said if you didn't like it, you could always withdraw your endorsement too. Mr. Riter said I ain not planning on endorsing it. We have up until the election to say "yea" or "nay" to this. We don't know if it's going to be a city-wide vote, acounty-wide vote. We don't even know the kind of vote that's being proposed yet, do we, Mayor? Council President Buckholtz said with all due respect, that's why I felt tabling it was not in order here. Because we are talking about the issue of consensus and I got the feeling that you are not going to support it however it is written now and that's fine. But I think that the real purpose here J is to start to show other communities and other citizens that they better get active and if they