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RESOLUTION NO. 2018-16 <br />INTRODUCED BY: Mayor Bodnar and Council as a Whole <br />AN EMERGENCY RESOLUTION <br />AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE MAYOR AND PRESIDENT OF COUNCIL TO <br />ENTER INTO AN ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT FOR THE <br />ECONOIVIIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE GRANT AGREEMENT WITH <br />GROUCHO ENTERPRISES, INC. <br />(FORMERLY KNOWN AS "THE F1tEEDONIA GROUP, INCORPORATED") <br />WHEREAS, the promotion of economic development, including the attraction of <br />businesses to the Village, has been and continues to be a significant goal of the Village; and <br />WHEREAS, to accomplish this goal the Village and the Mayfield Community <br />Improvement Corporation ("MCIC") have created an Economic Development Incentive Program <br />("Program") through which the Village awards economic development incentive grants to <br />designated companies in the Village; and <br />WHEREAS, Groucho Enterprises Inc. (formerly The Freedonia Group, Incorporated) <br />entered into an Economic Development Incentive Agreement dated November 30, 2015 (the <br />"Incentive Agreement"), with Mayfield Village, Ohio, and MCIC; and <br />WHEREAS, pursuant to Section VII of the Incentive Agreement, it may be assigned, <br />with the express written approval of the Village, to an entity purchasing substantially all of the <br />assets of the Company where said entity purchasing continues the Company's same operations in <br />the same location; and <br />WHEREAS, Marketresearch.com, Inc. acquired substantially all of the assets of Groucho <br />Enterprises, Inc., effective February 1, 2016, and continues its business operations at 767 Beta <br />Drive, Mayfield Village, Ohio 44143; and <br />WHEREAS, the Village of Mayfield wishes to approve the assignment of the Incentive <br />Agreement to Marketresearch.com, Inc. and to authorize the Mayor and Council President to <br />execute the Assignment and Assumption Agreement in the form attached; and <br />WHEREAS the Council deems it necessary and in the best interest to the health safety <br />and welfare of all Village residents to enter into agreement with MCIC, Groucho Enterprises, <br />Inc. and Marketresearch.com, Inc. in order to assign the Incentive Agreement to <br />Marketresearch.com, Inc. <br />BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF MAYFIELD VILLAGE, OHIO, THAT: <br />SECTION 1. The Council of Mayfield Village finds and determines that it is in the best <br />interest on the Village to assign the Incentive Agreement to Marketresearch.com, Inc. and