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MINUTES OF A SPECIAL MEETING OF COUNCIL May 9, 2005 Mayfield Village Community Room The Council of Mayfield Village met in special session on Monday, May 9, 2005, in the Mayfield Village Senior Center/Community Room. Council President Buckholtz called the meeting to order at 8:10 p.m. ROLL CALL: Present: Mr. Buckholtz, Mrs. Cinco, Mr. Marquardt, Mr. Marrie, Mrs. Mills, Dr. Parker and Mr. Saponaro Absent: None Also Present: Mayor Rinker, Mr. Brett, Mr. Cappello, Mr. Chapman, Chief Dearden, Mr. Diemert, Mr. Marrelli, Mr. Metzung, Chief Mohr, Mr. Thomas and Mrs. Roman Council President Buckholtz said before we begin with the regular agenda that has been printed out, I trust that Council has received a package from our Legal department regarding economic development and a Resolution of Necessity. At this time I would like to ask for a motion to amend the agenda to add the emergency resolution for real estate purposes. Mr. Saponaro, seconded by Dr. Parker, made a motion to amend the agenda to include the resolution for real estate purposes [Resolution No. 2005-10.] ROLL CALL: AYES: All NAYS: None Motion Carried Agenda Amended Council President Buckholtz said I am going to turn things over to Mr. Diemert at this point to discuss the nature of this business. We have some special guests in the audience tonight that we will be hearing from I am sure. Mr. Diemert said thank you, Council President and Council for amending the agenda to put this on. We weren't sure that it would have been necessary and we did not want to interfere with the negotiations for the acquisition of the property by Progressive directly with the property owner that have been going on up until this moment. This ordinance only requires one reading; it is not one of those that requires 3 readings because it is like authorizing the Village to go out for bids. What this does is merely declare the necessity for acquiring the property and our intention to acquire it. It gives us the ability then to start negotiating with the property owner ourselves on behalf of the Village of Mayfield in order to assist Progressive in the economic development of the area. Without this ordinance we really can't get into the mix. As you know, they have been negotiating; I think you have been privy to some of the numbers on it but at this point they seem pretty far removed from each other. If we are to keep this thing moving, this is the best way to do it. So I am asking if Council would consider passing this. It merely gets the negotiation ball rolling. You will get additional legislation before this could ever be accomplished--actually two