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J MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING OF COUNCIL Mayfield Village November 17, 2003 ROUGH DRAFT -NOT REVIEWED OR APPROVED BY COUNCIL The Council of Mayfield Village met in regular session on Monday, November 17, 2003 at 8:00 p.m. in the Mayfield Village Senior Center/Community Room. Council President Bill Buckholtz presided. ROLL CALL: Present: Mr. Buckholtz, Mrs. Cinco, Mr. Marquardt, Mr. Marrie, Mrs. Mills and Dr. Parker Absent: Mr. Riter (death in family) Also Present: Mayor Rinker, Mr. Brett, Mr. Cappello, Chief Dearden, Mr. Diemert, Mr. Metzung, Chief Mohr, Mr. Samac, Mr. Thomas and Mrs. Roman The Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag was given. OPEN PORTION Dr. Phillip Price, Superintendent; Mayfield City Schools, introduced himself and Tony Loewer, Principal of Mayfield High School. They hope Mayfield Village will consider becoming a "sister city" with another city overseas. Dr. Price has had experience with sister cities in two other communities. He explained the concept as a way where you [the Village] would form a relationship with another municipality overseas. Typically, there is a close relationship also with the High School. He envisions it as K-12; kids now use e-mail instead of being "pen pals." A school can't do this; only a city or a village can do it. You would choose a locale (usually it is something that makes sense.) There is a strong Italian heritage in this area so you might choose a city or village about this size in Italy. There is an Aintree Village in England. Once you form that relationship, then you become paired up. Dr. Price explained his experience working with a sister city when he worked in Vandalia, Ohio. Vandalia's sister city was a small village about their size, south of Hamburg. You form long-term relationships. Mayfield is one of the few high schools in the State of Ohio that has an Italian program. If you chose a sister city in Italy, our Italian teachers.would love this. It's not just that they'd want to be going to tour Italy, they'd be going to visit their sister city. It just has a whole different feel to it. There are not a lot of sister cities in this part of Ohio. Cities/Villages our size may have one or two. This started with President Eisenhower in the 1950's as one aspect of his people to people concept. The packet he distributed to Council includes: the history, a model of community partnership, a guide and frequently asked questions. They have a very complete website you can go to. This is not tremendously burdensome. You can have more than one sister city. He thinks Cleveland has 25 sister cities. Dr. Price said for Mr. Loewer and myself, this is something that would open some possibilities for students and it's fun. i Mr. Marrie questioned the benefits students would gain from this other than traveling.