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Minutes of the Regular Meeting of Council Monday, February 20, 2017 Page 2 have St. Francis come. We can use anyone who would like to volunteer. Our next meeting is March 8"' at 2:00 p.m. We are going to see a little program on Hany Truman. Thank you so much. Council President Saponaro thanked Mrs. Gottschling. David Hoehnen 750 Robley Lane I rise in support of Ordinance No. 2016-35 which is up for Third Reading tonight. I can remember 4 years ago when The Grove Committee which I was charter member, had its first meeting. Garry Regan was there, also a charter member. It became obvious within the first 10-15 minutes of the meeting that Mr. Regan had more experience and expertise in establishing the programs for The Grove than anyone there. I nominated him for Chairman and he was elected unanunously. He has bccn our Chairman ever since. Now I believe the Comxnittee has been merged into Parks and Recreation which again I think is a smart move. The success of The Grove for the last four years is largely responsible to Garry and Diane Wolgamuth, without whom The Grove probably wouldn't be continuing. Besides his expertise and experience, Gany has been former Director of Cain Park in Cleveland Heights. He has gone out of his way not only to raise money, and most people don't even know this, but he has raised money for some of the programs that we have had there that we couldn't afford under our budget, the Cleveland Jazz Orchestra last year, Dancing Wheels, a program we are going to have this suminer and I know there are others, some of which I am not even mindful of, but I know there are others and there will be many more. So I think it is money well-spent. I know at least one member of Council, maybe others, have expressed doubts about the cost. I believe it is $1,500 a month for a total of $18,000 a year. It's not an insignificant amount of money, but I thuilc Garry is worth it and he will earn his pay. Thank you. Council President Saponaro thanked Mr. Hoehnen. David Tanirn 736 Franko Boulevard Highland Heights, Ohio I would just like to take this time on behalf of the Highland Heights Recreation Department to thank Mr. Bill Thomas for everything he has done for us for at least my last 12 years. He has helped out the programs throughout the School District. It's a great celebration that he's leaving, but he is volunteering so he will stick around in the neighborhood. We also have Shane here. Again, I want to take this time to thank you very much and again wish you the best of luck. Council President Saponaro thanked Mr. Ianiro.