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Regular Council Minutes September 20, 2010 Page 2 Marge Eisenberg Seneca Drive Typically when a government entity decides to dispose of surplus land, they put it up for bid. That way you get the best price for the land. My question to you is how can you just give this land away? I would like that addressed. Linda Butler 817 Hanover Road Gates Mills, Ohio Thank you for having this section of the meeting. In reading the materials that went out to the Council today or whenever they went out, I read them today, I was particularly concerned about in the pink pages Section E and Section C. Given the fact that the Village is getting a dollaz for this property, and given the fact that the piece of land has a substantial and fairly high quality wefland on it, I am very concerned that the Village is essentially saying that prior to closing, Seller will be the sole owner of the property free and clear of liens, claims, encumbrances and restrictive environmental covenants. . Having been through the process with the wetlands that the Village established about 12 years ago or whatever it is, I am very aware, keenly aware of how many restrictions are involved with dealing with wetland and I believe the law has changed in the last 12 years, but I don't lrnow the specifics of it, but I remember that we had to carefully cut down trees that were habitats for bats. We had to hire a very sophisticated fiim that knew how to deal with mitigating wetlands and that was quite expensive and then the mifigation had to happen where the water was diverted and as I read this agreement, there's no mention of a wetland anywhere in this contract and I would, if I were in the Council's shoes, I would make an exception for the wetland that the Library has chosen a piece of land that has a wetland on it and the city should not bear any of the responsibility for evaluating how the Library is going to deal with the problems related to the wetlands. Thank you. Council President Buckholtz thanked Ms. Butler. At this point we want to entertain more comments. Are there more comments from the audience? Dr. Price Superintendent, Mayfield City School District I know that the Council is considering ,the concept of the Library. From the school's point of view, I would like you to know that a new facility is an enhancement for us as far as the County Library. It does two things, number one, if the Library vacates the current building and goes to a new location, that allows us as a School District to utilize that building. That's a real plus. As we look down the road toward what the State may require in the area of preschool education and also other programs that can be put into that facility, that would be useful to us. The other thing I wanted to stress that I believe it is extremely important to keep a County library facility withiri this community. I can't tell you how important it is, especially as I talk to young