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I'LL CALL THE JUNE 26TH, 2023.
[CALL TO ORDER]
COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER.JENNY, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL MS. A LUDO HERE.
[ADJOURNMENT TO EXECUTIVE SESSION]
ADJOURN TO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSIDERING THE APPOINTMENT OF A PUBLIC OFFICIAL AND THE EMPLOYMENT OF A PUBLIC EMPLOYEE.ALSO TO CONSIDER CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION RELATED TO A REQUEST FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE THAT INVOLVES PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE DIRECTLY RELATED TO AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECT AND WHICH EXECUTIVE SESSION IS NECESSARY TO PROTECT THE POSSIBLE INVESTMENT OR EXPENDITURE OF PUBLIC FUNDS TO BE MADE IN CONNECTION WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECT AND TO CONSIDER THE PURCHASE OF PROPERTY FOR PUBLIC PURPOSES AND CONFERENCES WITH AN ATTORNEY FOR THE PUBLIC BODY CONCERNING DISPUTES INVOLVING THE PUBLIC BODY THAT ARE SUBJECT OF PENDING OR IMMINENT COURT ACTION.
IS THERE A SECOND, PLEASE? SECOND.
MR. REINER, VICE MAYOR DAROSA.
[RECONVENE (7 P.M.)]
EVERYONE.WE WILL RECONVENE THE JUNE 26TH, 2023 COUNCIL MEETING.
AND JOHN, SINCE YOU JUST SAT DOWN, I MIGHT HAVE YOU GET UP AND LEAD THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
WE HAVE A SPECIAL PRESENTATION
[Dublin Jerome Boys Lacrosse Team – 2023 State Champions]
THIS EVENING FOR THE DUR DUBLIN JEROME LACROSSE TEAM, OUR STATE CHAMPIONS AND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CHRISTINA LUDO IS GOING TO BE MAKING A PRESENTATION.WHY DON'T ALL OF YOU GET ALL OF YOUR HELLA GOOD HAIR AND COME ON OVER HERE, UP HERE WITH ME.
YOU GUYS WORKED REALLY LONG AND HARD TO GET WHERE YOU ARE.
LOOK AT ALL THESE STACKS I HAVE FOR YOU.
IN RECOGNITION OF DUBLIN JEROME HIGH SCHOOL BOYS LACROSSE 2023 STATE CHAMPIONSHIP, THE CELTICS DEFEATED CINCINNATI SAINT XAVIER, 12 TO 10 TO WIN THE OHIO, UH, HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION, DIVISION ONE BOYS LACROSSE TITLE, THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME TOOK PLACE JUNE 3RD, 2023 AT HISTORIC CRUISE STADIUM.
SECOND TITLE IN THREE SEASONS.
FIFTH TITLE, OVERALL STATE CHAMPIONS IN 2005, 2010, 2011, 2021 AND 23.
THIRD CHAMPIONSHIP APPEARANCE IN A ROW.
RECORD OF 22 WINS AND ONLY ONE LOSS FOR THE SEASON.
THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME WAS TIED AT FIVE EACH.
AT HALFTIME, SENIOR MARK DENIS SCORED FIVE GOALS AND FINISHED HIGH SCHOOL AS THE OHIO BOYS LACROSSE, ALL TIME LEADING SCORER.
SENIORS BRADY, ELLI AND CARTER UNDER OT, EACH SCORED TWO GOALS.
CODY LORENSON MADE SEVEN SAVES.
SO OF OUR VARSITY COACHES, HEAD COACH ANDY ASMO, OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR, JOHN EWERT, DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR, BART SULLIVAN, GOALIE COACH JOHN HAUSER.
AND ASSISTANT COACH LANDON DALE PRINCE ON BEHALF OF THE DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITY OF DUBLIN, CONGRATULATIONS TO THE TEAM MEMBERS AND THEIR COACH, ANDY ASMO FOR BEING OUTSTANDING REPRESENTATIVES OF OUR COMMUNITY.
WOULD I SAY A COUPLE WORDS? THERE YOU GO.
UH, 22 AND ONE, THE EFFORT THEY PUT INTO IT ALL YEAR ROUND, UH, WHY A LOT OF THE PLAYERS AREN'T HERE.
UH, THEY EITHER SENIORS ARE ON VACATIONS CUZ THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO GO ON SPRING BREAK OR OUR, A LOT OF OUR UNDERCLASSMEN ARE ACTUALLY PLAYING OUT IN BALTIMORE IN THE EAST COAST RIGHT NOW.
SO THAT'S WHY THERE'S NOT A LOT OF US HERE TODAY.
BUT WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU GUYS HAVING US, UM, TODAY, JUST LIKE YOU DID TWO YEARS AGO.
HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE BACK AND THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT.
[Parks and Recreation Month]
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WE HAVE ANOTHER SPECIAL PRESENTATION THIS EVENING TO OUR, FOR OUR PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH.ONE OF OUR OTHER FAVORITE, UM, UM, DEPARTMENTS HERE IN THE CITY AND EVERYBODY, ALL THE RESIDENTS LOVE PARKS AND RECS.
SO COLLEEN, JENNIFER VOS, JOE BAHARA, SIDNEY CONN, AND MATT SMITH.
FORWARD, THIS IS THE HAPPY DEPARTMENT.
THIS IS THE DEPARTMENT MAKES EVERYBODY HAPPY.
SO IT'S PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH, RIGHT? THEY'VE BE KEEPING YOU BUSY,
WHEREAS PARKS AND RECREATION PRO PROGRAMS ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, INCLUDING THE CITY OF DUBLIN.
AND WHEREAS PARKS AND RECREATION PERMITS HEALTH AND WELLNESS, IMPROVING THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL WELLBEING OF OUR RESIDENTS AND VISITORS ALIKE AND WHERE PARKS AND RECREATION ENCOURAGES PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES BY PROVIDING SPACE FOR POPULAR SPORTS, HIKING TRAILS, SWIMMING POOLS, AND MANY OTHER ACTIVITIES DESIGNED TO PROMOTE ACTIVE LIFESTYLES.
AND WHEREAS PARKS AND RECREATION PROGRAMMING AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES SUCH AS SCHOOLS OUT PROGRAMMING, YOUTH SPORTS, ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION ARE CRITICAL TO CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT.
WHEREAS PARKS AND RECREATION INCREASES A COMMUNITY'S ECONOMIC PROSPERITY AND HAPPINESS THROUGH INCREASED PROPERTY VALUES, INCREASED TOURISM, THE ATTRACTION AND RETENTION OF BUSINESSES AND CRIME REDUCTION.
AND WHEREAS THE YEAR OF 2023 MARKS THE 38TH ANNUAL PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH AS DESIGNATED BY THE US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SPONSORED BY THE NATIONAL RECREATION AND PARKS ASSOCIATION, AND THE THEME WHERE COMMUNITY GROWS TO CELEBRATE THE EMPLOYEES WHO HELP BRING STRONG, VIBRANT AND RESILIENT COMMUNITIES THROUGH THE POWERS AND PARKS AND RECREATION.
AND THEREFORE, I JANE FOX MAYOR ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL TO HEREBY PROCLAIM JUNE, 2023 AS PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH IN THE CITY OF DUBLIN.
AND WE CALL UPON THE CITIZENS TO RECOGNIZE THE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT ALL OF YOU AS GREAT PROFESSIONALS MAKE EVERY DAY TO OUR HEALTH, TO OUR SAFETY, TO OUR COMFORT, AND ESPECIALLY TO OUR QUALITY OF LIFE.
AND I KNOW THE WHOLE CITY DOES TOO, AND WHAT YOU DO DOESN'T GO UNNOTICED.
NEXT ON OUR AGENDA AS CITIZEN COMMENTS, AND THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CITIZENS TO COMMENT ON ANY TOPIC THAT'S NOT ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA.
IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT HERE THIS EVENING? WHO WISHES TO MAKE A COMMENT OR IS SIGNED IN TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS OR DO WE HAVE ANY THAT HAS BEEN RECEIVED ONLINE? HEARING NONE.
[CONSENT AGENDA]
IS THE CONSENT AGENDA.IS THERE A REQUEST BY COUNSEL TO REMOVE ANY ITEM FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA THIS EVENING? NO.
MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.
SECOND, READING, PUBLIC HEARING ORDINANCE
[Ordinance 15-23 (Amended)]
15 DASH 23.AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2023.
OUR STAFF REPORT THIS EVENING IS FROM OUR DIRECTOR OF FINANCE, MATT STIFLER.
GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
THIS ORDINANCE WAS AMENDED FROM THE FIRST HEARING TO INCLUDE A NEW SECTION, SECTION FOUR, SECTION FOUR, APPROPRIATES 7.1 MILLION IN ORDER TO PROVIDE APPROPRIATIONS FOR RESOLUTION 55 DASH 23, WHICH WILL BE CONSIDERED LATER TONIGHT.
THAT APPROPRIATION WILL CASH FUND THIS, UH, RESOLUTION AS WE DISCUSS DURING THE C I P WORK SESSION.
IF YOU'D, UH, LIKE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
MATT, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ORDINANCE? HEARING NONE.
COUNSEL, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION FOR MATT? SCENE NONE.
ON OUR FIRST READING OF ORDINANCES, I MOVED WAIVE COUNSEL RULES
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OF ORDER AND READ ORDINANCES 16 DASH 23 THROUGH 21 DASH 23 TOGETHER.IS THERE A SECOND PLEASE? SECOND.
[Ordinance 16-23 - Ordinance 21-23]
16 DASH 23 TO APPROPRIATE A 2.683 ACRE FEE, SIMPLE WARRANTY DEED FOR RIGHT OF WAY WITHOUT LIMITATION TO EXISTING ACCESS RIGHTS FROM THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF AVERY ROAD AND RINGS ROAD, IDENTIFIED AS FRANKLIN COUNTY PARCEL NUMBER 27 4 0 23 FOR THE PUBLIC PURPOSE OF CONSTRUCTING A ROADWAY INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENT WITH SHARED USE PATH AND CONSTRUCTING WATER AND SANITARY SEWER LINE EXTENSIONS, ALL OF WHICH WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC WITHOUT CHARGE.ORDINANCE 17 DASH 23 IS REGARDING THE PROPERTY IDENTIFIED AS FRANKLIN COUNTY PARCEL NUMBER 2 74 0 0 0 21.
ORDINANCE 18 DASH 23 IS REGARDING THE PROPERTY IDENTIFIED AS FRANKLIN COUNTY PARCEL NUMBER 2 74 0 0 0 0 17.
ORDINANCE 19 DASH 23 REGARDING THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 55 22 AVERY ROAD, ORDINANCE 2023 REGARDING THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 63 68 RINGS ROAD AND ORDINANCE 2123 REGARDING THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 61 66 AVERY ROAD.
OUR STAFF REPORT THIS EVENING IS FROM OUR DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING, BRIAN GABLE.
MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, THE AVERY ROAD AND RINGS ROAD, CARA ROAD INTERIM INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENT PROJECT WILL CONSTRUCT A ROUNDABOUT AT THE INTERSECTION AS WELL AS OTHER IMPROVEMENTS AS PREVIOUSLY DESCRIBED.
ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY INTEREST FROM EIGHT PROPERTY OWNERS IN THE PROJECT AREA IS NECESSARY TO CONSTRUCT THE AVERY ROAD AND RINGS ROAD CARE ROAD INTERIM INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENT PROJECT ON JUNE 12TH, 2023.
COUNSEL APPROVED SIX RESOLUTIONS OF INTENT TO APPROPRIATE RIGHT OF WAY AND EASEMENTS FROM SIX PARCELS.
SIX OF THE ORDINANCES BEFORE YOU, UH, FOR FIRST READING THIS EVENING, ARE THE NEXT LEGISLATION NE NECESSARY TO AUTHORIZE THE APPROPRIATION OF THE RIGHT OF WAY AND EASEMENTS CERTAINLY IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE APPROPRIATION PARCEL.
PROPERTY OWNERS WILL CONTINUE WITH THE HOPE OF A FAIR SETTLEMENT WILL OCCUR.
THE LAST TWO ORDINANCES ACQUIRE RIGHT OF WAY AND EASEMENTS FROM TWO PARCELS.
THE ADOPTION OF ORDINANCES 22 DASH 23 AND TWO THREE DASH 23 AUTHORIZES THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY EASEMENT DOCUMENTS AND CONTRACTS TO FORMALLY ACQUIRE THE NECESSARY PROPERTY INTERESTS.
STAFF RECOMMENDS ADOPTION OF ORDINANCES 16 DASH 23 THROUGH 23 DASH 23 AT THE SECOND READ IN PUBLIC HEARING ON JULY 31ST, 2023.
I WILL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUE QUESTIONS COUNSEL MAY HAVE REGARDING THESE ORDINANCES.
ANY COMMENT, LINDSEY? ALL RIGHT, COUNSEL.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR BRIAN? ALL RIGHT.
A SECOND READING AND PUBLIC HEARING AS BRIAN MENTIONED, IS ON, UH, SCHEDULE FOR JULY 31ST, 2023 FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCES I MOVED AWAY.
COUNSEL RULES OF ORDER AND READ ORDINANCES 22 DASH 23 AND 23 DASH 23 TOGETHER.
[Ordinance 22-23]
2223 AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AND ACCEPT NECESSARY CONVEYANCE DOCUMENTS AND CONTRACTS TO ACQUIRE A 0.034 ACRE PERPETUAL EASEMENT FOR HIGHWAY PURPOSES WITHOUT LIMITATION TO EXISTING ACCESS RIGHTS FROM DAVID JOHN WISE, IV FROM THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 61 0 9 CARA ROAD FOR THE PUBLIC PURPOSE OF CONSTRUCTING A ROADWAY INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENT WITH SHARED USE PATH AND CONSTRUCT CONSTRUCTING WATER AND SANITARY SEWER LINE IN INSTRUCTION EXTENSIONS, ALL OF WHICH WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC WITHOUT CHARGE.[Ordinance 23-23]
23.23 IS REGARDING THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 62 26 RINGS ROAD.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THIS ONE? UH, NOT REALLY.
ANY FURTHER COMMENTS, UH, SIMILAR TO THE OTHER SIX PARCELS, EXCEPT THESE TWO, UH, OWNERS DID AGREE TO, UM, THE APPROPRIATIONS, UH, EXCUSE ME, NOT APPROPRIATIONS, UH, TO THE APPRAISALS THAT WE OFFERED AND DISCUSSED.
UM, ONE OF THEM, UH, WE HAD SOME NEGOTIATIONS WITH BOTH AND THEY WERE BOTH VERY A AMICABLE.
SO, UH, THESE ARE JUST ACCEPTING THOSE CONVEYANCE DOCUMENTS.
ANY PUBLIC COMMENT, LINDSEY? ANY QUESTIONS FOR BRIAN ON THESE TWO ORDINANCES? ALL RIGHT.
SECOND, UH, READING ON THIS IS ALSO SCHEDULED FOR JULY 31ST, 2023.
[Ordinance 24-23]
DASH 23 AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO DISPOSE OF REAL PROPERTY NO LONGER NEEDED FOR MUNICIPAL PURPOSES VIA AUCTION.OUR STAFF REPORT IS FROM CITY MANAGER, MEGAN O' CALLAHAN ON THIS ITEM.
KENDALL'S GOING TO TEE UP THE SLIDES AND HELP ME WITH ADVANCING THOSE.
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OKAY.ORDINANCE 24 DASH 23 IS REQUESTING AUTHORIZATION TO DISPOSE OF CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY VIA A PUBLIC AUCTION PROCESS.
AS YOU'RE AWARE, THE CITY OWNS THE PROPERTIES THAT ARE SHOWN ON THIS SLIDE OUTLINED IN ORANGE.
THE LOCATION IS ALONG NORTH RIVERVIEW STREET, JUST NORTH OF BRIDGE STREET.
THERE'S SIX PROPERTIES ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF THE STREET AND TWO ALONG THE EAST SIDE.
THE PARCELS TOTAL JUST SHY OF THREE ACRES E OR THREE ACRES TOTAL.
SOON AFTER WE ACQUIRED THESE PROPERTIES AND ADVISORY COMMITTEE WAS FORMED, THAT WAS TASKED WITH GUIDING A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL PROCESS, AND THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE REVIEWED THE PROPERTIES IN BACKGROUND AND DEVELOPED AN R F P THAT WAS APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL FOR PUBLIC ADVERTISEMENT.
THE R F P WAS ADVERTISED AND WE RECEIVED TWO PROPOSALS.
THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE REVIEWED THOSE PROPOSALS AND RECOMMENDED THE PROPOSAL SUBMITTED BY COMMUNITY SPACE DEVELOPMENT TO COUNCIL FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION AND DIRECTED STAFF TO EVALUATE AND NEGOTIATE THE PROPOSAL THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS AND COUNCIL APPROVED OF THAT RECOMMENDATION.
THE PROPOSAL PROVIDED FOR A RIVERVIEW VILLAGE CONCEPT THAT THE COMMITTEE FELT BEST ADDRESSED THE GOALS OF PRESERVATION, A WALKABLE DISTRICT, CHARACTER AND PUBLIC EXPERIENCE.
AND AS PART OF THAT PROPOSAL, THE THREE SOUTHERN MOST PROPERTIES, WHICH WERE SHOWN IN THE PROPOSAL AND AS OUTLINED IN RED ON THE SCREEN, THOSE PROPERTIES WERE IDENTIFIED AS AN OPTION FOR OTHERS TO OWN AND RENOVATE.
SO CONSISTENT WITH COUNCIL'S DIRECTION, STAFF HAS FURTHER EVALUATED AND IS NEGOTIATING THE PROPOSAL THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS AND FURTHERANCE OF A POTENTIAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
THROUGH THOSE DISCUSSIONS WITH C S D TEAM AND CONSISTENT WITH THEIR PROPOSAL, STAFF DOES BELIEVE IT IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY TO SEPARATE THESE THREE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES FROM THE C S D CONCEPT AND SELL THEM FOR PRI FOR PRIVATE OWNERSHIP.
AT THIS TIME, THE MAP OUTLINES THE PROPERTIES HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW AS THE PARCELS FOR DISPOSAL UP ON THE SCREEN.
THE PROPERTIES OUTLINED IN BLUE WILL REMAIN A PART OF THE NEGOTIATIONS WITH C S D, AND I'M HOPEFUL THAT WE'LL HAVE A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT READY TO PRESENT TO COUNSEL AFTER THE JULY RECESS.
WITH REGARD TO THE THREE PROPERTIES THAT ARE AT ISSUE TONIGHT WITH THE ADDRESSES OF 17 NORTH RIVERVIEW STREET, 27 NORTH RIVERVIEW STREET, AND 40 EAST BRIDGE STREET, THEY ARE CURRENTLY ZONED HISTORIC DISTRICT RESIDENTIAL AND THEY ARE WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE A R B DUBLIN CITY.
CODE PROVIDES THAT COUNCIL MAY, BY ORDINANCE PROVIDE FOR THE SALE OF REAL PROPERTY WITH SUCH TERMS AS IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY, AND IT ALSO PERMITS THE DISPOSAL TO OCCUR BY PUBLIC AUCTION PROCESS.
SO IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THE MOST OPPORTUNITY FOR POTENTIAL BUYERS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SALE, STAFF DOES RECOMMEND THAT CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZE THE DISPOSITION OF THE PROPERTIES BY PUBLIC AUCTION.
THE PROPOSED LEGISLATION THIS EVENING WOULD AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO CONTRACT WITH A PROFESSIONAL AUCTIONEERING COMPANY TO OVERSEE THE AUCTION, AND THEREFORE STAFF DOES RECOMMEND ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE 24 DASH 23, UM, AT THE SECOND READING OR THE PUBLIC HEARING ON JULY 31ST.
AND THAT WOULD AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO DISPOSE OF THE PROPERTY NO LONGER NEEDED FOR MUNICIPAL PURPOSES VIA AUCTION.
AND WE HAVE LISTED THE ITEMS THAT WILL BE SPECIFIED AS PART OF THE SALE AND THE AUCTION PRO PROCESS UP ON THE SCREEN.
AND WITH THAT, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? LINDSAY? ALL RIGHT.
THE, UH, RESERVE PRICE, UH, LOOKS LIKE THERE'S ORIGINAL PURCHASE PRICE, APPRAISAL, MAINTENANCE AND UTILITIES.
UM, WE DON'T HAVE TO BE SPECIFIC HERE, BUT, UM, IS IT MORE OR LESS THE TOTAL OF ALL PARCELS DIVIDED BY WHAT, SEVEN AND THEN MULTIPLIED BY THREE OR, I MEAN, IT'LL BE A PROPORTIONAL YEAH.
UM, COST TO OUR PURCHASE PRICE, AND WE'RE LOOKING TO, AGAIN, RECOUP ALL COSTS THAT WE HAVE INTO THOSE PROPERTIES TO DATE.
SO WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT TO DETERMINE WHAT THAT, UM, RESERVE AMOUNTS WILL BE FOR EACH OF THE PARCELS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THE, UM, AS TO ANDY'S QUESTION, UH, WILL YOU UTILIZE THE, UH, CURRENT APPRAISALS THAT WE HAVE TO HELP DETERMINE THE VALUE OF THE PROPERTIES ALONG WITH THE ADDITIONAL EXPENSES THAT THE CITY HAS, UM, SPENT? YES, WE WILL DO SO.
UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? KATHY, YOUR COMMENT? SO THIS IS A QUESTION TO STAFF.
UM, THIS IS FIRST READING, SECOND READING WILL HAPPEN
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AT THE END OF JULY, THEN THERE WOULD BE TIME FOR THE, UM, THE LEGISLATION TO GO INTO EFFECT.SO THAT MEANS THERE WILL BE QUITE A BIT OF TIME BETWEEN NOW, FRANKLY, AND WHEN THE AUCTION COULD OCCUR.
I'M, I'M, MY QUESTION IS ABOUT THE CONDITION OF THE PROPERTIES AND IF THERE'S SOME, SOME WISDOM IN, UM, EXPEDITING THE, THE 30 DAY WAITING PERIOD AT THE END OF THAT LEGISLATION.
SO I'M CURIOUS ABOUT STAFF'S PERSPECTIVE ON THE PROPERTIES.
I DO BELIEVE THAT THE CONDITION OF THE PROPERTIES CONTINUES TO DETERIORATE, AND WE DO, UM, CONTINUE TO INVEST IN MAINTENANCE COSTS FOR, YOU KNOW, MAINTAINING THOSE PROPERTIES AS LONG AS WE OWN THEM.
SO THAT COULD DEFINITELY BE A CONSIDERATION BY COUNSEL IF WE WOULD WANT TO CONSIDER WAIVING THAT 30 DAY, UM, WAITING PERIOD FOLLOWING ADOPTION OR APPROVAL OF THAT ORDINANCE ON JULY 31ST.
THERE WILL NOT BE ANY EXPENDITURE OF PUBLIC FUNDS RELATIVE TO THIS PROCESS.
IT IS JUST THE SALE OF MATERIAL OF REAL ESTATE.
MY QUESTION REALLY SURROUNDS, YOU KNOW, EMERGENCY LEGISLATION WHEN WE ARE SPENDING PUBLIC DOLLARS AND WE DO NOT, UM, AFFORD THE PUBLIC TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR RECOURSE ON THE EXPENDITURE OF PUBLIC DOLLARS.
THAT'S SOMETHING WE CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN, BUT IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE, THIS IS NOT AN EXPENDITURE OF PUBLIC FUNDS.
THIS IS A PUBLIC SALE OF PUBLICLY OWNED REAL ESTATE, UM, THAT WILL RUN THROUGH THAT ALREADY, UM, ESTABLISHED PROCESS.
THANK YOU FOR CLARIFICATION OF THE QUESTION, AND YES, THAT IS CORRECT.
AND ALSO TO CLARIFY TO, UM, THE PUBLIC THAT'S LISTENING, UM, THE HOPE HERE, IF WE DO DECIDE TO, UH, SUGGEST EMERGENCY LEGISLATION, IT WOULD BE EFFECTIVE UPON PASSAGE IN JULY SO THAT AT THAT TIME, UM, IT WOULD BE ALLOWED FOR THE AUCTIONEER TO BEGIN TO MARKET THE PROPERTY, HOPEFULLY TO GIVE PLENTY OF TIME, ESPECIALLY DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS WHEN PEOPLE ARE ON VACATION, PLENTY OF TIME FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S FOR SALE AND ALSO HOPEFULLY FIND NEW OWNERS BEFORE WINNER SETS IN.
AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY MORE, UM, DEGRADATION OF THE PROPERTIES.
SO I THINK I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE WOULD UNDERSTAND WHY AN EMERGENCY LEGISLATION MIGHT BE SUGGESTED IN THIS CASE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSIONS? ALL RIGHT.
I MOVE TO DIRECT STAFF TO BRING ORDINANCE 24 DASH 23 BACK FOR SECOND READING AS AN EMERGENCY LEGISLATION EFFECTIVE UPON PASSAGE.
JENNY, PLEASE CALL ROLL MS. AROSE GROOMS. YES.
AND ONCE AGAIN, SECOND READING, PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS IS SCHEDULED FOR JULY 31ST THIS YEAR, ORDINANCE
[Ordinance 25-23]
25 DASH 23, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.HI MEGAN, YOUR STAFF REPORT ON THIS, PLEASE.
THE PROPOSED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF COLUMBUS PERTAINS TO APPROXIMATELY 5,575 ACRES LOCATED TO THE WEST OF DUBLIN'S EXISTING CORPORATE BOUNDARY.
AS DEPICTED ON THE EXHIBIT ATTACHED TO THE PROPOSED E D A AND I WILL SHOW THAT IN A FEW SLIDES.
THE AREA CONSISTS OF BOTH THE CITY OF COLUMBUS EXCLUSIVE EXPANSION AREA AND THE NEGOTIATED EXPANSION AREA AS DEFINED WITHIN THE 1993 COLUMBUS AND WA AND DUBLIN WATER AND SANITARY SEWER AGREEMENTS.
UM, AND I'LL WALK THROUGH THOSE AGREEMENTS AS WELL.
DUBLIN'S WATER AND SANITARY SEWER AGREEMENTS WITH COLUMBUS DEBATE DATE BACK TO 1993.
AND IN THE 1993 AGREEMENTS, THE AREAS THAT WOULD BE EXCLUSIVELY SERVED BY DUBLIN AND THE AREAS THAT WOULD BE EXCLUSIVELY SERVED BY COLUMBUS WERE IDENTIFIED AS WELL AS WHAT IS REFERRED TO AS THE NEGOTIATED EXPANSION AREA.
BOTH COLUMBUS AND DUBLIN AGREED THAT THE NEGOTIATED EXPANSION AREA WOULD CONSTITUTE A SHARED FUTURE GROWTH AREA FOR BOTH ENTITIES.
AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THIS NEGOTIATED EXPANSION AREA CAN ALSO BE SERVED BY THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE FOR BOTH WATER AND SANITARY SEWER, AS THEY ARE NOT A PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT.
SO THIS, THE E D A IS SPECIFICALLY BETWEEN THE CITY OF COLUMBUS AND THE CITY OF DUBLIN.
THE 1993 AGREEMENTS PROVIDED THAT NEITHER ENTITY WOULD ACCEPT ANY, ANY ANNEXATION OF PROPERTY WITHIN THE NEGOTIATED EXPANSION AREA WITHOUT THE MUTUAL AGREEMENT OF EACH RESPECTIVE COUNSEL.
SO THAT'S HOW THAT NEGOTIATED EXPANSION AREA HAS BEEN HANDLED.
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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WAS ENTERED INTO WITH THE CITY OF COLUMBUS, ESTABLISHING CERTAIN TERMS AND CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH A 277 ACRE AREA WOULD BECOME PART OF THE EXCLUSIVE DUBLIN EXPANSION AREA.THIS AREA GENERALLY INCLUDES CERTAIN PROPERTY WEST OF HIGHLAND CROIX ROAD, THE NORTHEAST QUADRANT, NORTHWEST QUADRANT OF THE US 33 POST ROAD INTERCHANGE.
AND THE WATER AND SANITARY SEWER SERVICE AGREEMENTS WERE ACCORDINGLY MODIFIED AT THAT TIME TO REFLECT THE REVISED EXPANSION AREA THAT WAS AGREED UPON AT THAT TIME IN 2009.
SO HOPEFULLY TO SIMPLIFY THINGS, THIS MAP, UM, SHOWN ON THE SCREEN REFLECTS OUR 2009 AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF COLUMBUS.
THE AREA THAT IS SHOWN IN RED IS CURRENTLY THE EXCLUSIVE COLUMBUS EXPANSION AREA.
THE AREA THAT IS SHOWN IN GREEN IS THE EXCLUSIVE DUBLIN EXPANSION AREA, AND THE AREA SHOWN IN BLUE IS WHAT'S REFERRED TO AS THE NEGOTIATED EXPANSION AREA THAT I JUST DESCRIBED.
SO, AS I MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, THIS PROPOSED E D A THAT IS BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING, IS REGARDING 5,575 ACRE AREA, WHICH DOES ENCOMPASS BOTH THE PREVIOUSLY REFERENCED EXCLUSIVE COLUMBUS EXPANSION AREA, AS WELL AS THE NEGOTIATED EXPANSION AREA.
AND THOSE ARE BOTH AS DEFINED WITHIN THE 1993 COLUMBUS AND DUBLIN WATER AND SANITARY SEWER SERVICE AGREEMENTS, AND WILL BECOME THE DUBLIN EXPANSION AREA.
AND I'LL SHOW A MAP NEXT, WHICH HOPEFULLY SIMPLIFIES THAT AS WELL.
THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS RELATE LARGELY TO THE SHARING OF THE INCOME TAX REVENUES THAT MAY RESULT FROM DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THIS AREA.
ONCE THE PROPOSED E D A IS EXECUTED, DUBLIN WOULD BE ABLE TO AC ACCEPT ANNEXATION SOUGHT BY ANY OF THE OWNERS OF THE PARCELS OF LAND LOCATED WITHIN THIS AREA.
SO UP ON THE SCREEN IS, UM, THE PROPOSED DUBLIN EXPANSION AREA THAT'S BEING CONSIDERED, AND THAT IS THE AREA SHOWN IN GREEN.
SO SHOULD COUNSEL APPROVE THIS ORDINANCE, THIS WILL BE THE FRAMEWORK FOR MOVING FORWARD.
DUBLIN WOULD HAVE THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO ANNEX THE PROPERTY, AND WE WOULD SHARE NET INCOME TAX GENERATED WITHIN THE EXPANDED REVENUE SHARING AREA AS OUTLINED IN THE E D A.
SO THIS EXHIBIT THAT IS ON THE SCREEN IS INCLUDED AS AN ATTACHMENT TO THE PROPOSED E D A.
THE DUBLIN EXPANSION AREAS ON THIS EXHIBIT ARE SHOWN IN YELLOW WITH THE REVENUE SHARING AREA, WHICH IS WHY I HAVE THIS UP ON THE SCREEN.
THE REVENUE SHARING AREA IS SHOWN TO THE WEST OF DUBLIN, AND IT'S SHOWN AS THE HATCHED AREA.
SO THE NEXT FEW SLIDES OUTLINE THE PROPOSED TERMS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE PROPOSED E D A, AND I'M GONNA WALK THROUGH THOSE BRIEFLY.
SO WITH REGARD TO THE ANNEXATION AND THE SHARED REVENUE CONSIDERATIONS, THE 55 OR THE 5,575 ACRES DESIGNATED AS THE REVENUE SHARING AREA WILL ALLOW PROPERTY OWNERS TO PURSUE ANNEXATION TO THEIR LAND OF THEIR LAND TO DUBLIN.
ONLY DUBLIN WILL PAY $1,000 PER ACRE TO COLUMBUS FOR EACH ACRE ANNEX TO THE CITY OF DUBLIN.
AT THAT TIME, DUBLIN WILL PAY TO COLUMBUS 25% OF THE NET INCOME TAX REVENUE RECEIVED BY DUBLIN FROM COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL OFFICE, AND OR A MIX OF USES WITHIN THE REVENUE SHARING AREA.
AND THE OBLIGATION TO MAKE PAYMENTS ONLY BEGINS ONCE THERE'S A THRESHOLD MET OF 10 MILLION IN REVENUE GENERATED IN THE REVENUE SHARING AREA.
DUBLIN WILL NOT BE REQUIRED TO PAY COLUMBUS ANY SUM WITH RESPECT TO ANY SINGLE FAMILY OR MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL THAT WOULD BE DEVELOPED IN THE AREA.
IN THE EVENT ANY MULTIFAMILY IS DEVELOPED IN THE REVENUE SHARING AREA.
DUBLIN AGREES THROUGH THIS E D A TO REQUEST THAT THE DEVELOPER DEDICATE 20% OF ANY UNITS DEVELOPED FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND THE TYPES OF HOUSING, IF ANY HOUSING IN THIS AREA, WILL BE AS DETERMINED BY DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL AT A LATER DATE.
WITH REGARD TO THE PROVISION OF GOVERNMENT SERVICES IN THESE, IN THIS AREA, DUBLIN WILL PROVIDE ALL GOVERNMENTAL SERVICES AND RECEIVE A CREDIT OF 26% OF GROSS INCOME TAX REVENUES DERIVED WITHIN THE REVENUE SHARING AREA.
AND WITH RESPECT TO INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS, FACILITIES MANAGEMENT AND PLANNING, DUBLIN WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MASTER AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING AND WILL RECEIVE 25% OF GROSS INCOME TAX REVENUES DERIVED BY THE REVENUE SHARING AREA FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS IN MAINTENANCE.
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NON-COMPETE OBLIGATION IN THE PROPOSED E D A THAT STIPULATES IF A COMPANY RELOCATES FROM CITY OF COLUMBUS TO THE REVENUE SHARING AREA, COLUMBUS WOULD CONTINUE TO COLLECT 100% OF THE NET INCOME TAX FROM THAT COMPANY PAID TO COLUMBUS DURING THE MOST RECENT CALENDAR YEAR FOR THE TERM THE COMPANY OPERATES THERE, OR THE TERM OF THE E D A WHICHEVER'S LESS, 100% OF THE NET INCOME TAX OF ANY NET NEW JOBS GENERATED BY THE COMPANY AFTER SUCH A RELOCATION WILL BE PAID ACCORDING TO THE PREVIOUSLY DESCRIBED DISTRIBUTION OF REVENUES.AND THEN THERE'S A SIMILAR PROVISION.
THE SAME APPLIES IN THE EVENT A DUBLIN COMPANY RELOCATES INTO THE REVENUE SHARING AREA THAT WOULD BE TREATED THE SAME FOR DUBLIN.
A REVIEW TEAM WOULD BE FORMED AND WOULD MEET ANNUALLY TO REVIEW THE ACTIVITIES IN THE REVENUE SHARING AREA, AND THEY WOULD ALSO BE CHARGED WITH PREPARING AN ANNUAL REPORT.
AND THE TERM OF THIS AGREEMENT IS FOR AS LONG AS THE WATER AND SEWER SERVICE CONTRACTS ARE IN EFFECT OR 50 YEARS, WHICHEVER IS LONGER THE PROPOSED EED DOES PROMPT THE NEED TO MODIFY OUR WATER AND SANITARY SEWER SERVICE AGREEMENTS WITH THE CITY OF COLUMBUS.
AND PAUL IS GOING TO INTRODUCE THOSE ORDINANCES.
NEXT, I JUST WANTED TO EXPLAIN THAT THOSE ARE RELATED TO, UM, THIS E D A AND WITH THAT STAFF DOES RECOMMEND OF ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE 25, 23 AT THE SECOND READING, PUBLIC HEARING ON JULY 31ST TO AUTHORIZE THE, UM, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH THIS CITY OF COLUMBUS.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE CITY OF COLUMBUS FOR THEIR PARTNERSHIP AND WORKING THROUGH THIS AGREEMENT AS WELL AS ACKNOWLEDGE ALL THE WORK THAT DANA MCDANIEL PUT INTO NEGOTIATING THE AGREEMENT PRIOR TO RETIRING.
I KNOW HE WORKED HARD ON THAT AND WITH THAT, UM, THANK YOU AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
MEGAN, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS, LINDSEY? ALL RIGHT.
AND YES, THANKS STAFF AND MEGAN AND I'LL OF YOU DONE TO, TO PUT THIS AGREEMENT TOGETHER, AND ESPECIALLY DANA.
I KNOW THIS IS SOMETHING HE'S LOOKED FORWARD TO.
UM, OH, I TOO WOULD LIKE TO SEND, UH, A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO MAYOR THUR.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I STARTED WORK ON NEARLY THREE AND A HALF YEARS AGO.
UM, AND, AND DANA WAS CERTAINLY A AMENABLE TO, TO PURSUING THIS.
AND I, I, THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS LEGISLATION, I THINK IS, IS OUTSTANDING.
I MEAN, IT'S NEARLY A 25% OPPORTUNITY OF GROWTH FOR THIS COMMUNITY, SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE NOT HAD IN MANY, MANY YEARS.
UM, SO I, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MAYOR GUNTHER.
I'D LIKE TO, UH, THANK PRESIDENT COUNCIL PRESIDENT SHANNON HARDEN, UH, CERTAINLY, UH, MIKE SHADDOCK AND THOSE FOLKS THAT WERE REALLY HELPFUL.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, IT TOOK US THREE AND A HALF YEARS.
MEGAN OUTLINED ALL OF THE DIFFICULTIES THERE, AND SO THERE CERTAINLY WAS A LOT TO IRON OUT OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME.
SO JUST APPRECIATE ALL THEIR PARTNERSHIP.
YEAH, I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT, UM, FOR THE VIEWERS WHO WEREN'T FAMILIAR WITH THIS, AND THAT WAS AN AWFUL LOT OF INFORMATION OF A LOT OF BACK AND FORTH CONTRACTS WITH THE CITY OF COLUMBUS, THAT THIS THING HAS BEEN HAMMERED OUT FOR YEARS AND THROUGH ENDLESS EXECUTIVE SESSIONS.
SO THIS, THE REASON THERE'S NO COMMENTS IS BECAUSE THIS THING HAS BEEN LITERALLY BEATEN TO DEATH TO MAKE IT WORK FOR THE GOOD OF THE CITY.
IT'S WONDERFUL TO HAVE THE GREAT PARTNERSHIP WE'VE HAD WITH THE CITY OF COLUMBUS TO GET TO THIS POINT, AND IT'S EXCITING.
UM, AND, AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING, UH, HEARING, UM, FROM OUR ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT ABOUT WHAT'S TO COME, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A SECOND, OUR, OUR SCHEDULED JULY 31ST OR OUR SECOND READING, AND PROBABLY HEARING WILL HAPPEN AT THAT TIME.
[Ordinance 26-23 & Ordinance 27-23]
ORDINANCE 25 DASH 20, OH, I GUESS THAT'S 26 DASH 23, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A NEW WATER SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.STAFF REPORT IS FROM DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING, PAUL HAMMERSMITH.
GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
UM, MY REPORT WILL COVER BOTH, UM, ORDINANCE 26 23, WHICH IS REGARDING THE NEW WATER SERVICE AGREEMENT AND ALSO ORDINANCE 27 23, WHICH IS THE NEW SANITARY SEWER AGREEMENTS SINCE THERE ARE REALLY COMPANION AGREEMENTS.
SO FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION THIS EVENING ARE ORDINANCES AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO NEW WATER SERVICE AND SANITARY SEWER SERVICE AGREEMENTS WITH THE CITY OF COLUMBUS.
FOR THE PROVISION OF THESE SERVICES TO THE CITY OF DUBLIN, THE NEW AGREEMENTS WILL REPLACE THE WATER SERVICE AND SANITARY SEWER AGREEMENTS ARE ORIGINALLY ENTERED INTO IN 1993.
THE AGREEMENTS, THE AGREEMENTS ARE IN COLUMBUS'S UPDATED FORMAT ARE INTENDED TO BE MORE CONSISTENT WITH THEIR SERVICE CONTRACTS WITH OTHER SATELLITE SUBURBS.
THE AGREEMENTS INCLUDED THE, THE ADDITIONAL AREA, UH, IN THE DUBLIN SERVICE AREA TO ALIGN WITH THE REVENUE SHARING AREA AS ESTABLISHED BY THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BEING CONSIDERED BY ORDINANCE 25 23, AND ESTABLISH THE CONDITIONS AND REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PROVISION OF WATER AND SANITARY SEWER SERVICES TO THIS AREA.
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WHILE THE TERM OF THE 1993 AGREEMENTS IS 50 YEARS, THE NEW AGREEMENTS ARE FOR 25 YEARS, THE NEWS SERVICE AGREEMENTS WILL MAINTAIN EXISTING WATER AND SANITARY SEWER SERVICE LEVELS TO DUBLIN RESIDENTS.THE NEW WATER SERVICE AGREEMENT NOW INCLUDES PROVISIONS REGARDING TEMPORARY STREET CLOSURES AND WATER SHUTOFFS REQUIRING COLUMBUS WILL USE REASONABLE EFFORTS TO NOTIFY DUBLIN STAFF AT LEAST 48 HOURS IN ADVANCE OF WHEN WORK IS TO BE PERFORMED ON THE DUBLIN WATER SYSTEM.
STAFF RECOMMENDS ADOPTION OF ORDINANCES 26, 23 AND 27 23 AT THE SECOND READING IN PUBLIC HEARING ON JULY 31ST, 2023.
I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS COUNSEL MIGHT HAVE REGARDING THESE ORDINANCES.
ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? LINDSEY, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR PAUL AT THIS TIME? ANY, NONE.
WELL, THE SECOND READING AND PUBLIC HEARING IS SCHEDULED FOR JULY 31ST ON ORDINANCE 26 DASH 23, AND AS WELL ON 27 DASH 23.
[Resolution 52-23]
INTRODUCTION, PUBLIC HEARING AND RESOLUTION 52 DASH 23 OH, I THINK WE NEED TO STILL READ 27 23.WE DO NEED TO READ THAT
WE'VE HAD OUR STAFF REPORT, SO IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON 27 DASH 23? ALL RIGHT.
CANCEL ANY QUESTIONS ONCE AGAIN, HEARING NONE.
THE SECOND READING IS SCHEDULED FOR JULY 31ST, INTRODUCTION AND RESOLUTION 52 DASH 23 AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A PIPELINE RELOCATION AGREEMENT AND RE RELATED EASEMENTS WITH COLUMBIA GAS OF OHIO, INC.
TO RELOCATE GAS PIPELINE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE AVERY ROAD AND RINGS ROAD.
CARA ROAD INTERIM INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.
OUR STAFF REPORT IS FROM BRIAN GABLE.
MEMBERS OF COUNCIL FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION THIS EVENING IS THE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A PIPELINE RELOCATION AGREEMENT WITH COLUMBIA GAS OF OHIO FOR THE AVERY ROAD RINGS ROAD CAR ROAD INTERIM INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.
COLUMBIA GAS OF OHIO HAS ALREADY REVIEW, REVIEWED AND ACCEPTED THE PIPELINE RELOCATION AGREEMENT PROVIDED WITH THE STAFF REPORT.
STAFF IS CURRENTLY FINALIZING THE DESIGN AND ACQUISITION OF THE PROJECT, WHICH IS ANTICIPATED TO BID IN THE FALL OF THIS YEAR.
PRESENTLY, THIS PROJECT IS PLANNED TO START CONSTRUCTION IN 2024.
STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THIS RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A PIPELINE RELOCATION AGREEMENT WITH COLUMBIA GAS OF OHIO.
I WOULD BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS RESOLUTION.
BRIAN COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT, COUNSEL.
QUESTIONS FOR BRIAN? NO, JENNY, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL VICE MAYOR DEROSA? YES.
[Resolution 53-23]
DASH 23 ACCEPTING THE LOWEST AND BEST BID FOR THE FRANCE ROAD AT METRO PLACE SOUTH TRAFFIC SIGNAL.ELECTRICAL INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT.
OUR STAFF REPORT IS FROM OUR DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION, JEANNIE WILLIS.
GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
I AM WAITING FOR THE PRESENTATION TO DISPLAY.
TONIGHT BEFORE YOU IS RESOLUTION 53 DASH 23 ACCEPTING THE LOWEST BEST BID FOR THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL AND ELECTRICAL INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT.
THIS PROJECT REWIRES THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL AT THE FRANCE ROAD AND METRO PLACE.
SOUTH INTERSECTION REPLACES THE SIGNAL CABINET AND CONTROLLER TO RESOLVE ITS, UH, FREQUENT MAINTENANCE ISSUES AND ALSO UPGRADES THE INTERNALLY ILLUMINATED STREET NAME SIGNS AND PREEMPTION EQUIPMENT ON ALL THREE MAST ARMS. THE VIDEO DETECTION CONTINGENCY ITEM ALSO REPLACES AND UPGRADES THE CURRENT INDUCTION LOOPS DETECTION SYSTEM AT THE, IN, AT THE INTERSECTION TO REDUCE PAVEMENT AND SIGNAL MAINTENANCE RELATED ISSUES.
TWO BIDS WERE PUBLICLY OPENED AND READ ON JUNE 7TH, 2023.
BOTH CAME IN OVER THE ENGINEER'S ESTIMATE, BUT WHAT, BUT WERE LESS THAN $1,000 A PART IN VALUE LEADING STAFF TO BELIEVE THAT THE ENGINEER'S ESTIMATE DID NOT TRULY REFLECT THE COST OF THE PROJECT.
STAFF HAS DETERMINED THAT THE HIGHER THAN EXPECTED COST OF THE PROJECT IS DUE TO THE SPECIALTY NATURE OF THE PROJECT ITSELF AND ELEVATED MARKET PRICES FOR THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL CABINET, POWER METER, AND CON CONDUIT FLUSHING ITEMS IN THE PLAN SET.
ALL OF THIS WORK WILL RESULT IN IMPROVING THE OPERATIONS AND EFFECTIVENESS OF THE SIGNAL AND FUTURE MAINTAINABILITY AND FLEXIBILITY.
STAFF DOES RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION 53 DASH 23, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR JEANNIE ON THIS PARTICULAR
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RESOLUTION? ANDY, QUICK QUESTION.I SEEM TO RECALL WE DID A ROAD TRAFFIC STUDY AND THERE WAS SOME, UM, I GUESS RENDERINGS OF SOME LANE ADDITIONS.
THE, UM, FRANZ ROAD ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION LANE.
IS THAT, UM, STILL GONNA HAPPEN? AND, AND IF IT DOES, WILL THIS WORK BE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THAT? SO THE RESULT OF THE FRAN ROAD TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION LANE STUDY IS THE MICRO MOBILITY DEMO PILOT THAT WE HAVE GOING ON RIGHT NOW.
THE RESULT WAS THAT WE SHOULD USE THE EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE AND RATHER THAN CONSTRUCTING NEW LANES.
SO THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION IS YES, THIS WILL WORK PERFECTLY WITH WHAT WE HAVE NOW.
ANY OTHER THOUGHTS OR COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT.
WILL YOU PLEASE COVER ALL MSRA? YES.
[Resolution 54-23]
RESOLUTION 54 DASH 23 DESIGNATING MEMBERS TO THE, TO THE TAX INCENTIVE REVIEW COUNCIL.WITH THE CREATION OF THE RIVIERA TIFF, THE CITY OF DUBLIN EXPANDED OUR TIF DISTRICTS INTO DELAWARE COUNTY.
WE NOW NEED TO APPOINT MEMBERS TO THE TURK SO THAT THEY CAN REVIEW THAT, UH, TIF DISTRICT.
THIS RESOLUTION APPOINTS THE MEMBERS THAT ARE CURRENTLY, UH, ASSIGNED TO THE FRANKLIN COUNTY TURK, TO THE DELAWARE COUNTY TURK, AND ALL FUTURE TURKS.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M AVAILABLE.
WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT, LINDSEY? ALL RIGHT.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR MATT ON THIS ONE? ALL RIGHT.
MAY WE HAVE ROLL CALL PLEASE? MAYOR FOX? YES.
[Resolution 55-23]
55 DASH 23 AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A MASTER NETWORK AGREEMENT WITH ALTA FIBER FOR THE BROADBAND TO THE HOME PROJECT.LOOKING FORWARD TO A STAFF REPORT ON THIS ONE FROM, UM, DOUG MCCULLOUGH, PLEASE.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR FOX AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
I'M HERE TO INTRODUCE RESOLUTION 55 23 FOR THE FIBER TO THE HOME PROJECT, WHICH IS, OF COURSE, RESPONSIVE TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
GOAL NUMBER ONE, TO BECOME THE MOST CONNECTED COMMUNITY IN THE US I'VE BEEN ASKED TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND FOR MEMBERS OF COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC ON THIS ONE.
THE MOST CONNECTED GOAL GOES BACK SOME TIME AND HAS EVOLVED AND BEEN CLARIFIED OVER A FEW YEARS.
OF COURSE, THE CITY OF DUBLIN HAD BEEN A CONNECTED COMMUNITY, THANKS TO ITS LONGTIME INVESTMENT IN THE DUBLIN FIBER OPTIC SYSTEM AND PROJECTS SUCH AS THE A HUNDRED GIG PROJECT.
BUT THIS CONNECTIVITY HAD NOT BEEN EXTENDED TO RESIDENTS, AND WE HAD RECEIVED CLEAR FEEDBACK FROM RESIDENTS, INCLUDING IN RESIDENT SURVEYS AND IN-PERSON MEETINGS, THAT THERE WERE CONCERNS ABOUT ACCESS SPEEDS, COSTS CHOICE OR COMPETITION, AND OF COURSE, ADDRESSING FUTURE NEEDS.
COUNCIL ADDRESSED THESE CONCERNS, FEEDBACK, AND COMMUNITY DIRECTION BY ESTABLISHING THIS GOAL AND DIRECTING STAFF TO MEET IT.
HERE'S A TIMELINE THAT SHOWS OUR PATH TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY.
BEGINNING WITH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE COUNCIL GOAL.
STAFF BEGAN THE PROCESS OF FINDING A SOLUTION THAT MADE ACCESS TO BROADBAND INTERNET AVAILABLE TO ALL RESIDENTS AT HIGH SPEEDS.
WITH MORE CHOICES AND WITH ROBUST FUTURE-ORIENTED INFRASTRUCTURE, THE CITY ENGAGED A COMPANY CALLED ENTROPY TO CONDUCT A STUDY TO VALIDATE THE OBJECTIVES OF THE GOAL, AND TO HELP US DESIGN A PATH FORWARD TO MEETING THEM.
SHORTLY THE CITY MADE THE DECISION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH AN R F P, AND THIS TIMELINE REFLECTS THOSE STEPS, WHICH BRING US TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY.
I WILL DISCUSS THOSE ITEMS IN A FEW MOMENTS, BUT I WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE CRITICAL CONTRIBUTION ENTROPY AND THEIR ANALYSIS HAS MADE TO THIS PROCESS AND PROGRESS TOWARD THE GOAL.
BEFORE WE MOVE TOO FAR AHEAD, WE, WE WANT TO EXPLAIN JUST WHAT IS BROADBAND AND FIBER TO THE HOME.
UH, THIS IS THE PART WHERE I USE MY HANDS TO TALK AND PRETEND THAT IT HELPS IT UNDERSTAND IT BETTER, BUT MAYBE IT WILL.
SO BANDWIDTH REFERS TO THE AMOUNT OF DATA THAT CAN BE TRANSMITTED WITHIN A PERIOD OF TIME.
BROADBAND REFERS TO THE CAPACITY OF CAPACITY TO TRANSMIT A LARGE AMOUNT OF DATA FOR A GIVEN TIME.
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HELD THAT THREE MEGABITS PER SECOND AS AN UPLOAD SPEED, AND 25 MEGABITS PER SECOND.AS A DOWNLOAD, SPEED WERE DEFINED AS BROADBAND.
YOU NOTICE THAT THE DOWNLOAD SPEED 25 WAS HIGHER THAN THE UPLOAD SPEED OF THREE.
THE SPEEDS ARE NOT SYMMETRICAL OR THE SAME UP OR DOWN.
THESE SPEEDS ARE NOT CONSIDERED ENOUGH TO HANDLE MODERN STREAMING SOCIAL MEDIA VIDEO CALLS, SCHOOL FROM HOME, WORK FROM HOME, OR FUTURE APPLICATIONS.
A 500 MEGABITS PER SECOND SERVICE WOULD BE CONSIDERED COMPETITIVE TODAY.
SO OF COURSE, IT WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED, CONSIDERED A COMPETITIVE IN THE FUTURE.
FOR REFERENCE, 500 MEGABITS PER SECOND IS ABOUT HALF OF ONE GIGABIT PER SECOND, WHICH IS ALSO ABOUT 1000 MEGABITS PER PER SECOND.
10 GIGABITS PER SECOND IS A CAPACITY TARGET THAT IS EXPECTED TO ALLOW FOR GROWTH IN DEMAND OVER TIME.
IT IS NOT CONSIDERED A REALISTIC OR NECESSARY SPEED TO MOST USERS TODAY, NOT EVEN MOST BUSINESSES.
WE ARE TARGETING THIS CAPACITY TO BECOME A COMMUNITY OF OUR SIZE THAT ALLOWS FOR THIS LEVEL OF SYMMETRICAL BANDWIDTH.
SYMMETRICAL REFERS TO BEING BOTH AN UPLOAD AND DOWNLOAD SPEED.
SO THE ORIGINS OF THE FIBER TO THE HOME CONCEPT.
WHY FIBER? WE BELIEVE IN FIBER BECAUSE IT IS A PHYSICAL CONNECTION.
WE BELIEVE THAT A PHYSICAL CONNECTION IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY FOR COMPLETELY RELIABLE CONNECTIONS IN THIS SPACE.
FIBER HAS THE BENEFIT OF DECADES LONG LONGEVITY.
CERTAINLY THE CITY OF DUBLIN'S FIBER IS OVER 20 YEARS OLD.
IT IS UPGRADABLE WITHOUT NEW CONSTRUCTION, WHICH WE CONSIDER TO BE A PRIORITY FOR THE COMMUNITY, AND IT'S ALSO THE FASTEST AND MOST ROBUST KNOWN AVAILABLE TECHNOLOGY TODAY.
FIBER OPTIC CABLE IS A SINGLE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT CAN BE USED IN DIFFERENT WAYS OR WITH DIFFERENT EQUIPMENT TO PERFORM AT DIFFERENT BANDWIDTHS OVER TIME.
IT WORKS BY SENDING LIGHT SIGNALS, SO IT IS THEORETICALLY CAPABLE OF DATA TRANSMISSION AT THE SPEED OF LIGHT.
IT IS CURRENTLY THE FASTEST INFRASTRUCTURE.
NO ONE EXPERIMENTING WITH NEW TECHNOLOGIES TODAY IS SAYING THERE WILL BE SOMETHING FASTER THAN FIBER WITHIN A FEW YEARS.
IT IS LESS LIKELY TO GO DOWN DUE TO A POWER OUTAGE, AND IT IS HIGHLY DURABLE AND RESISTANT.
THE CITY OF DUBLIN HAS FIBER WELL OVER 20 YEARS OLD THAT CONTINUES TO PERFORM WELL.
FIBER ALSO USES LESS ENERGY TO TRANSMIT DATA, WHICH IS GOOD FOR THE PLANET.
ULTIMATELY, OUR ANALYSIS BACKED UP BY THE ENTROPY ANALYSIS AND WHAT THE MAJORITY OF SERVICE PROVIDERS ARE ALSO SAYING IS THAT FIBER IS THE MOST RELIABLE, EXPANDABLE AND FAST TECHNOLOGY FOR THE TRANSMISSION OF BROADBAND INTERNET SERVICES.
ENTROPY BROUGHT SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS WITH DEEP NATIONWIDE EXPERIENCE IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF BROADB BROADBAND NETWORKS.
THEY HELP CONFIRM THE TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WOULD BE NEEDED TO MEET OUR GOAL.
THEY DESCRIBED THE MARKETPLACE OF SERVICE PROVIDERS WHO MIGHT BE ABLE TO MEET THE GOAL.
THEY PERFORMED A FULL ANALYSIS OF THE CURRENT AND POTENTIAL FUTURE BROADBAND SUPPLIERS IN DUBLIN, WHAT THEIR CURRENT INFRASTRUCTURE IS, AND WHAT THEIR STATED PLANS ARE FOR SERVING DUBLIN RESIDENTS IN THE FUTURE.
ENTROPY LOOKED AT THE EVOLUTION OF RESIDENTIAL BROADBAND SERVICE AND THE CITY'S GOAL AND RECOMMENDED ARCHITECTURE AND INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE CITY TO MOVE FORWARD.
THEY HELPED THE CITY ORGANIZE A PROJECT TO MEET OUR GOALS AND INCLUDED BUSINESS MODEL CONSIDERATIONS AND ESTIMATED TIMELINE AND THE CONNECTION OF THIS PROJECT TO OTHER DUBLIN PRIORITIES, SUCH AS BEING AN INTELLIGENT COMMUNITY.
ENTROPY DELIVERED A COMPREHENSIVE REPORT ON THEIR ANALYSIS TO THE CITY AND PRESENTED IT TO COUNCIL.
AT ONE OF COUNCIL'S MEETINGS, THE PROJECT WAS ABLE TO BE ORGANIZED INTO PHASES WITH THE STUDY AND ANALYSIS BEING THE FIRST PHASE.
THE NEXT PHASE WAS THE ORGANIZING OF THE R F P, THEN CAME THE EXECUTION OF THE R F P AND THE SELECTION OF THE FINALIST.
THE CITY IS NOW IN A POSITION TO ENTER THE FINAL PHASE OF THE GOAL, EXECUTE THE CONTRACT, AND ALLOW THE NETWORK TO BE CONSTRUCTED AND PLACED INTO SERVICE.
WE WANNA LET COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC KNOW ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGIES THAT SUPPORT THE FIBER TO THE HOME MODEL.
SOME OF THESE WERE DESCRIBED WHEN ENTROPY PRESENTED BEFORE COUNCIL, SO I WON'T GO INTO TOO MUCH DEPTH HERE.
BROADBAND INTERNET SERVICE IS ABLE TO BE BROUGHT TO SEVERAL HOMES AT ONCE, INCLUDING
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SINGLE FAMILY UNITS OR MULTIFAMILY UNITS, THANKS TO PASSIVE OPTICAL NETWORKING.THAT'S WHERE THE POND COMES FROM.
THIS ALLOWS FOR SOMETHING CALLED A SPLITTER TO BE DIVIDE, TO DIVIDE A BROADBAND SIGNAL BETWEEN MULTIPLE DWELLINGS, WHERE THE, WHERE THE SPLITTER EQUIPMENT IS NOT POWERED, IT IS PASSIVE.
THIS IS GOOD FOR DUBLIN BECAUSE IT DOES NOT REQUIRE POWERED EQUIPMENT, POTENTIALLY REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF SPACE AND CONSTRUCTION NEEDED TO DELIVER THE SERVICE.
IN THIS GRAPHIC, YOU'LL SEE G O N O L T, WHICH JUST STANDS FOR A GIGABIT PASSIVE OPTICAL NETWORK, OPTICAL LINE TERMINAL, WHICH JUST REFERS TO THE EQUIPMENT IN A DATA CENTER, ALSO SOMETIMES REFERRED TO AS A CENTRAL OFFICE THAT DETERMINES THE BANDWIDTH AND OTHER SERVICE DETAILS.
ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DESIGN IS THE G O N O N T OR OPTICAL NETWORK.
TERMINAL X G SPON IS AN UPDATED STANDARD FOR PASSIVE OPTICAL NETWORKS THAT CAN SUPPORT HIGHER SPEED, 10 GIGABITS PER SECOND SYMMETRICAL DATA TRANSFER, AND IS PART OF A FAMILY OF STANDARDS KNOWN AS GIGABIT CAPABLE POND OR G O N.
FOR OUR PURPOSES, WE JUST NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A DESIGN TODAY THAT CAN DELIVER SOMETHING AS LOW AS 500 MEGABITS PER SECOND.
I MENTIONED EARLIER AS A COMPETITIVE SERVICE, BUT IT WILL ALSO BE CAPABLE OF DELIVERING UP TO 10 GIGABITS SYMMETRICAL IN THE FUTURE SHOULD THE COMMUNITY NEED IT.
SO HERE ARE THE DETAILS OF THE R F P THAT WERE CONSTRUCTED.
UPON BASED TECHNICAL SOLUTION.
WE SOUGHT 100% ACCESS, AND THAT REFERS TO ALL DUBLIN RESIDENTS, WHETHER THEY ARE IN SINGLE FAMILY OR MULTIFAMILY UNITS.
AND IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE WORD ACCESS.
WE'VE DONE A LOT OF WORDPLAY, AND THAT MEANS THAT PEOPLE WILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO GET THIS SERVICE.
WE WILL SHOW UP ON YOUR FRONT DOOR.
UH, THE, THE RESPONDENT WILL SHOW UP ON YOUR FRONT DOOR, AND THE OFFER IS THERE.
IF YOU SEND THEM PACKING, THEN, UH, YOU'LL HAVE TO GO THROUGH MAYBE A LONGER PROCESS TO GET IT BACK AGAIN, BUT IT WILL BE AVAILABLE TO EVERY DUBLIN RESIDENT.
WE SOUGHT A PARTNER WHO WOULD RUN, BUILD, MANAGE, AND MAINTAIN THE INFRASTRUCTURE.
THE CITY DID NOT WANT TO BE A SERVICE PROVIDER.
WE SOUGHT SOME FIBER FOR OUR OWN NON-COMMERCIAL USE.
WE SOUGHT A CONTRIBUTION TO AN INNOVATION CONCEPT, WHICH WE DID NOT DEFINE VERY MUCH, UH, BUT WE WANT TO PARTNER WITH SOMEONE ON INNOVATION WITHIN THE CITY.
AND WE SAW IT TO BE FIRST IN THE AREA AND MOST IN THE NATION.
WE SOUGHT BANDWIDTH CAPABLE OF 10 GIGABITS PER SECOND SYMMETRICAL.
THE RESULTS OF THE RFP THAT WE HAD IS WE GOT SEVEN RESPONDENTS.
WE WERE VERY PLEASED WITH THAT RESPONSE.
THERE WAS A EXTRAORDINARILY WIDE VARIATION IN TECHNICAL APPROACHES, COSTS, AND DESIGN.
WE SCORED ALL SEVEN OF THE RESPONDENTS AND WE SHORTENED THAT LIST OF SET SEVEN TO THREE LEADERS SEEKING FURTHER DETAILS.
UH, WE THEN SHORTENED FROM THOSE THREE LEADERS TO ONE FINALIST FOR CONTRACT DISCUSSIONS, WHICH BRINGS US TO ALTA FIBER.
ALTA FIBER WAS SELECTED AS THE FINALIST IN OUR PROCESS.
AFTER AN ARDUOUS R F P PROCESS, ADDITIONAL INTERVIEWS, DISCUSSIONS, AND CLARIFICATIONS, WE ENTERED INTO CONTRACT NEGOTIATION WITH THEM.
AND WE LOVE THIS QUOTE THAT WE, DUBLIN AND ALTA FIBER ARE BUILDING.
OUR NEW PARTNERSHIP AROUND DUBLIN WILL BE THE FIRST COMPLETED FIBER, HIGH SPEED BROADBAND SERVICE AREA OF COMPARABLE SIZE IN THE CENTRAL OHIO REGION.
AND AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO INVITE DAVID KRAMER, WHOSE TITLE HAS BEEN SENIOR DIRECTOR OF CORPORATE STRATEGY AND DEVELOPMENT, BUT WHICH MAY HAVE CHANGED FROM THAT.
AND HE CAN LET US KNOW FROM ALTA FIBER UP TO SAY HELLO AND INTRODUCE ANY MEMBERS OF HIS TEAM.
THIS TEAM HAS TRAVELED TO DUBLIN, HAS DONE THE DIFFICULT WORK OF ANSWERING OUR TOUGH QUESTIONS, AND IN SOME CASES ASKED US TOUGH QUESTIONS IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE WE ARE COMMUNICATING PLAINLY AND HONESTLY WITH EACH OTHER ABOUT REALISTIC EXPECTATIONS.
SO DAVID, I'LL ALSO ASK IF YOU WILL CORRECT ANYTHING ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGY I MAY HAVE SAID THAT IS INCORRECT OR IN ANY WAY MISLEADING.
WHEN THE GREEN LIGHT'S ON, UH, MCKEN, SEE THE GREEN LIGHT? UH, GOOD EVENING COUNSEL.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY ONE TO BE HERE TONIGHT, ANSWER ANY YOUR QUESTIONS ALSO FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IN THIS RESOLUTION.
UM, AS DOUG MENTIONED, THIS HAS BEEN A LONG PROCESS.
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YOU HAVE A GREAT TEAM IN PLACE HERE TO ENSURE THAT YOU KNOW, THAT YOU GUYS GET WHAT YOU ASK FOR.BUT, YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE SOME OF MY TEAM THAT'S ALSO HERE.
UM, MARK NER, OUR VICE PRESIDENT OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, UM, TED HECKMAN, UM, REGULATORY AFFAIRS, GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS AND REGULATORY.
COLIN TAYLOR, A PROGRAM MANAGER, AND THEN ROB SHEER, ALSO WITH OUR GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS.
UM, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE THE GENTLEMEN.
WE TRAVELED UP HERE MANY, MANY TIMES TO TALK TO EVERYBODY.
SO THESE ARE THE GENTLEMEN BEEN AROUND THE TABLE.
SO, UM, AND I JUST WANNA APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY AND APPRECIATE YOUR FAITH IN US TO DO THIS PROJECT FOR THIS CITY.
UH, AND DOUG, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, THOUGH, I THINK EVERYTHING YOU SAID, UM, REFLECTS WHAT WE DISCUSSED, REFLECTS WHAT YOU'VE REQUESTED.
YOU CAN, UH, STAY UP IN THERE IN CASE THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS FOR YOU AT THAT TIME.
UM, THE CONTRACT ELEMENTS, IF WE CAN GO BACK TO THE SLIDE AND THAT SHOWS UP AGAIN.
UH, THE CONTRACT ELEMENTS ARE OR DOESN'T EVEN HAVE TO SHOW UP, UH, INCLUDE THESE ARE THE NEGOTIATED ELEMENTS OR SOME HIGHLIGHTS, ACCESS TO ALL DUBLIN CITY RE RESIDENTS.
ALTA FIBER WILL DESIGN, BUILD, OPERATE, AND MAINTAIN A NEW FIBER OPTIC NETWORK CAPABLE OF SERVICE LEVELS UP TO 10 GIGABITS SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION WITHIN 36 MONTHS OF START.
IT INCLUDES, UH, PROJECT PERFORMANCE UPDATES.
THE CITY'S CONTRIBUTION AMOUNT IS 5.9 MILLION IN PERIODIC INSTALLMENTS.
THE CITY WILL SUPPLEMENT THE CONTRIBUTION AMOUNT UP TO 1.2 MILLION PENDING POSSIBLE CHANGES TO THE COST OF USING THE DUBLIN CONDUIT SYSTEM, WHICH THE CITY REQUIRES.
THE ALL INCLUSIVE COST WITH BOTH THE CONTRIBUTION AMOUNT AND THE SUPPLEMENTAL AMOUNT IS $7.1 MILLION, $7.1 MILLION, WHICH IS THE BEST AND LOWEST COST OF ANY PROPOSER TO THE R F P.
THE CITY AND ALTA FIBER WILL WORK TOGETHER IN MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS, AND THAT PROCESS HAS ALREADY BEGUN.
COORDINATING THE CITY WILL BE IN A POSITION TO ACCESS SOME PORTION OF THE FIBER ACCORDING TO OUR IDENTIFIED NEEDS.
THIS WILL COME WITH SOME ADDITIONAL MAINTENANCE COSTS AND IS NOT A REQUIREMENT.
THE INNOVATION COMPONENT IS ADDRESSED WITH EITHER CO-DEVELOPMENT OF AN INNOVATION CENTER OR CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS THEIR UNI CITY SERVICES, WHICH COULD BRING SOME WIRELESS NETWORKING TO DUBLIN PARKS.
ALTA FIBER WILL ESTABLISH AN OFFICE WITHIN THE SERVICE AREA OF THE NETWORK.
THIS IS A 15 YEAR TERM AGREEMENT, AND THESE ARE JUST SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF THE NEGOTIATED CONTRACT, WHICH YOU HAVE A COPY OF IN YOUR PACKET.
WHILE ENTROPY IS NOT HERE FOR THIS PRESENTATION, EVERYONE ELSE WHO WORKED ON THIS IS PRESENT AND AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS, INCLUDING JENNIFER AS LEGAL COUNSEL.
GREG DUNN FROM ICE MILLER, UH, BRANDON BROWN AND LINDSAY EISENHOWER ALSO PARTICIPATED IN SUPPORTING THIS PROJECT.
STAFF RECOMMENDS ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION 55 23, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A MASTER NETWORK AGREEMENT WITH ALTA FIBER FOR THE FIBER TO THE HOME PROJECT.
AND WE ARE ALL AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE AT THIS TIME.
THANK YOU, DOUG, FOR A WONDERFUL EXPLANATION, AND ESPECIALLY TO BRING IT DOWN TO A LEVEL FOR SOME AND MANY WHO WOULDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT FIBER IS AND THE SPEED AND HOW IT CAN BE USED.
UH, LINDSEY, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? ALL RIGHT.
UM, COUNCIL, WE WILL OPEN THIS UP FOR COUNCIL'S QUESTIONS OR ANY COMMENTS OR ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO ASK ANDY.
IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME IN THE WORKS, BUT WE'RE, UH, GETTING THIS THING OVER THE FINISH LINE.
THE, THE INNOVATION CENTER OR WIFI IN SOME PARKS THAT SEEMS A LITTLE VAGUE.
UM, TWO PARKS, IS THAT SOME, UM, HOW ARE WE GOING TO MEASURE THAT? YEAH, IT, IT WAS INTENTIONALLY VAGUE TO GIVE OUR FLEXIBILITY.
THEY COST ABOUT THE SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY.
UM, SO RATHER THAN DEFINING WHAT AN INNOVATION CENTER SPECIFICALLY WOULD BE, OR DEFINING WHETHER OR NOT WE WANTED TO USE SOME OF THE UNI CITY SERVICES, THEY'RE QUITE INTERCHANGEABLE.
THESE ARE SMART CITY SERVICES THAT ALTA FIBER HAS A BUSINESS UNIT THAT DOES THESE THINGS.
WE RESERVE THE CHOICE FOR OURSELVES TO SAY, YOU KNOW, WE ACTUALLY HAVE A VERY NICE, UH, INNOVATION CENTER COMING ALONG.
WE THINK WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO USE THAT PORTION OF THE CONTRACT FOR THIS, OR, WE DON'T HAVE THAT COMING ALONG FOR A GOOD LONG WHILE.
SO WE WOULD RATHER, UH, REALLY FOCUS ON THE POTENTIAL FOR WIFI IN SOME OF OUR PARKS, WHICH ALSO HAS HUGE VALUE.
SO WE WANTED TO RESERVE THE ABILITY TO DO EITHER OR HAPPY, UM, THANK YOU.
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DOUG MENTIONED, IT'S BEEN A LONG JOURNEY WHEN WE STARTED THIS IN 2019, I KNOW ALL OF COUNCIL FELT THAT, UM, HAVING GOOD TO GREAT, TO REALLY OUTSTANDING INTERNET ACCESS TO THE RESIDENTS OF THIS COMMUNITY WAS IMPORTANT.LITTLE DID WE KNOW TWO YEARS LATER THAT IT WENT FROM IMPORTANT TO ABSOLUTELY CRUCIAL.
AND I DON'T KNOW, IF WE HADN'T STARTED THIS WORK, WE WOULD BE WHERE WE ARE TODAY.
SO, UH, SOMETIMES THAT URGENCY, UM, UH, WORKS IN YOUR FAVOR, BUT IT'S A BIG LIFT AND IT'S A BIG RESPONSIBILITY, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE PARTNERSHIP AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT THIS BRINGS TO THE RESIDENTS.
AND I, I DO THINK, UM, THIS IS GONNA BE AS IN AS VITAL AS WATER AND ELECTRICITY.
SO, UM, NO STRESS FOLKS, BUT, UH, BIG RESPONSIBILITY.
BUT WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE PARTNERSHIP AND WE THANK YOU ALL FOR, UM, OUTSTANDING WORK TO GET US TO THE STARTING POINT, I GUESS.
OTHER COMMENTS? UM, I HAVE A QUESTION, AND MAYBE IT'S BECAUSE I'M THINKING OF IT AS A CITIZEN WHO IS LISTENING THIS EVENING AND WONDERING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS, BECAUSE EVERYONE IS USED TO CABLE, RIGHT? UM, AS THIS COMES FORWARD, UH, AND THE SPEED THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT AND THE ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO GET THE KIND OF, UH, UH, AMOUNT OF DATA THAT GOES THROUGH, UM, WILL PEOPLE HAVE A CHOICE ON THE LEVEL OF SPEED, THE LEVEL OF DATA, AND IF SO, AND THERE'S, AND, AND THEY NEED MORE, HOW WILL THAT COME ALONG? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT IS CHOSEN THAT, THAT, THAT THE USER CHOOSES? OR IS IT GROWS WITH THE SYSTEM? IT'S A CUSTOMER'S CHOICE.
ULTIMATELY, WE WILL OFFER MULTIPLE SPEED PACKAGES AND PRODUCTS OFFERINGS, THE DUBLIN RESIDENTS.
UM, SO IT'S REALLY A CUSTOMER CHOICE AT THAT POINT.
UM, THE SPEED TIERS WILL GROW OVER TIME.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, AS WE GROW INTO 10 GIGS, UM, AS THE, AS THE RELATIONSHIP MATURES, YOU KNOW, THE RESIDENTS WILL HAVE ACCESS TO HIGHER AND HIGHER SPEEDS THROUGHOUT THAT TIMEFRAME.
AND ONE OTHER, UH, QUESTION I HAVE FOR YOU, AND I ASKED THIS FROM A NON-TECHNICAL AND UH, PERSPECTIVE, BUT I THINK CITIZENS MIGHT WANNA KNOW THIS TOO.
UM, PEOPLE WITH OLDER DEVICES OR, UH, WILL IT ALL WORK? WILL IT ALL WORK FOR THEM? OR WILL THEY HAVE TO UPGRADE DEVICES? OR HOW DOES IT WORK WITH FIBER VERSUS CABLE? I DON'T ANTICIPATE, DEPENDING ON THE DEVICE.
I MEAN, WHATEVER FEATURE FUNCTIONALITY THAT DEVICE HAS TODAY WILL DEFINITELY HAVE WITH FIBER.
UM, THE BENEFIT OF FIBER WILL ALLOW THEM TO ACTUALLY GET NEW DEVICES IF NEEDED, AND HAVE A, HAVE A BETTER EXPERIENCE OVERALL AS A, AS A CONSUMER.
I, I TOO WOULD JUST LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR THE PARTNERSHIP.
I, UM, YOU KNOW, I AM AS STUNNED AT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT WORK FROM HOME IS A HOUSEHOLD WITH H THAT HAS TWO PEOPLE THAT WORK FROM HOME.
HAVING THIS LEVEL OF OPT, UH, OPPORTUNITY AVAILABLE IS REALLY IMPORTANT WITH THE FREQUENCY OF ZOOM CALLS AND ALL OF THAT.
BUT ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO SAY FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT'S LISTENING IS THAT YOU'LL STILL HAVE THE OPTIONS THAT ARE, THAT YOU HAVE TODAY TO CONTINUE, AND THAT, UM, THAT THIS IS REALLY JUST GOING TO ENHANCE YOUR, UH, CAPABILITY IF THAT IS WHAT YOU CHOOSE.
AND, AND, UM, AS IT WAS MENTIONED BEFORE, I, I DO BELIEVE THAT IT'S GOING TO BE A VERY COMPETITIVE MARKETPLACE IN THE CITY OF DUBLIN, AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU BELIEVING IN US, AND I HOPE THAT YOU FEEL BY WHAT WE ARE DOING TONIGHT, THAT WE REALLY BELIEVE IN YOU AND, UM, THAT WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS LONG AND FRUITFUL PARTNERSHIP.
UM, YOU KNOW, I HAVE HEARD THAT, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS TRUE OR NOT, BUT WHEN, UM, FIBER ENTERS A COMMUNITY THAT GENERAL PRICES FOR HOME MEDIA SORT OF HAVE A TENDENCY TO GO DOWN, HAS YOU FOUND, IS THAT, YEAH.
THAT THERE'S LOTS OF STUDIES OUT THERE.
UM, YOU KNOW, KIND OF THE GENERAL CONSENSUS IS FROM A RESIDENTIAL PERSPECTIVE, YOU SEE HOME VALUES APPRECIATE THREE TO 5%.
UM, COMMERCIALS A LITTLE HIGHER.
YOU KNOW, I'VE SEEN THOSE AS HIGH AS 10%, BUT I THINK FIVE TO SEVEN IS WHAT THE EXPECTED NORM IS.
UM, I THINK IT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER, YOU KNOW, FIBER HAS REALLY BECOME IN THE NEXT UTILITY, AND IT'S BECOMING NOT ONLY A, A MUST-HAVE OR A NICETY, IT'S A MUST-HAVE AND WE'RE SEEING THAT IN LOTS OF COMMUNITIES AS WE, WE TALKED, UM, OURSELVES DOWN IN CINCINNATI AND THAT.
SO, UM, BUT YOU DO DEFINITELY SEE, UM, IF YOU GOOGLE IT, THERE'S PLENTY OF, UM, STUDIES ABOUT APPRECIATION AND THE VALUE OF THE HOMES.
AND I GUESS, I GUESS IT'S MUCH MORE SECURE THAN, THAN OTHER TYPES OF COMMUNICATION FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND.
IS THAT TRUE? YEAH, IT'S A VERY DURABLE, VERY RESILIENT, UM, NETWORK.
UM, MUCH LESS MAINTENANCE THAN THE TRADITIONAL CABLE OR COPPER NETWORKS THAT, YOU KNOW, OTHER COMPANIES RUN.
UM, AS FAR AS SECURITY'S CONCERNED, YEAH, IT, IT TAKES A SPECIALIZED SET OF EQUIPMENT AND KNOWLEDGE TO, TO ACCESS A FIBER NETWORK VERSUS SOME OF THE LEGACY STUFF THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT EASIER.
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HAVE MONITORING SYSTEMS AND ALL OF OUR STUFF, SO WE WATCH OUT FOR THAT.BUT WE WANT TO, UM, THANK ALL TO, CUZ I THINK THIS IS ANOTHER ONE OF THESE THINGS THAT DRIVES DUBLIN INTO THE NUMBER ONE SPOT.
IT'S A, IT'S A UNIQUE COMMUNITY, SO, AND I KNOW IT'S BEEN A LONG HAUL FOR YOU GUYS AND, UH,
AND, AND AGAIN, I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH FOR THE TEAM HERE UP AT DUBLIN.
WE HAD SOME, IT WAS LONG CONVERSATION SINCE JANUARY, BUT IT'S A GREAT TEAM TO WORK WITH AND, YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAMMERED IT OUT THE END AND I JUST, I SAY THIS A LOT, YOU HAVE TO BE AT THE TABLE WITH THE RIGHT PARTNER AND WE ARE AT THE TABLE WITH THE RIGHT PARTNER AND IT FEELS GOOD.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? WELL, WE THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THIS IS AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR RESIDENTS, UH, ONCE THEY BEGIN TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS IS OFFERING AND THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE AND ALL THE WORK THAT ALL OF YOU HAVE DONE.
I KNOW IT'S BEEN, AS MANY OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE SAID TWO YEARS IN THE MAKING, BUT UH, WITH REMOTE WORK AND THE WAY SPEED OF TECHNOLOGY IS HAPPENING, WE WILL BE IN THE FOREFRONT.
AND THAT'S AN EXCITING PLACE TO BE AND WE THANK YOU FOR GOING THERE WITH US.
JENNY, WILL YOU PLUG, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
OTHER BUSINESS THIS EVENING? VETERAN
[Veteran Advisory Committee Recommendations]
ADVISORY COMMITTEE.RECOMMENDATIONS? I'LL INTRODUCE IT.
OUR CHAIR REPORT IS RETIRED, UM, DE JEFF NOBLE.
GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
MYSELF AND FELLOW, UH, ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETINGS MEMBERS, BONNIE ARI, UH, APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE WITH YOU TONIGHT.
AS YOU KNOW, THE COUNCIL ESTABLISHED THE VETERANS ADVISORY COMMITTEE BACK IN 2019.
AS A REMINDER, THERE ARE 11 DUTIES OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE AS OUTLINED IN THE RESOLUTION.
WHILE I WON'T READ ALL OF THEM, I WANTED TO POINT OUT NUMBER NINE, WHICH IS TO MAXIMIZE THE INPUT AND PARTICIPATION OF MILIT, UH, OTHER MILITARY VETERANS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY TO BE ABLE TO MAXIMIZE THE INPUT.
WE WANT TO GATHER A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF ALL VETERANS WITHIN DUBLIN.
UH, CURRENTLY WE KNOW THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 1000, UH, 76 VETERANS THAT RESIDE IN DUBLIN IN FURTHERANCE OF THE DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS.
THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE HAS TWO RECOMMENDATIONS FOR YOU TO CONSIDER THIS EVENING.
FIRST, TO ESTABLISH A VETERANS APPRECIATION CARD, AND THE SECOND IS TO CREATE A SENIOR MILITARY VETERANS RATE AT THE D C R C.
NEXT, I WILL GO INTO DETAIL ON THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE SCREEN AS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT THE CARD WOULD ACTUALLY LOOK LIKE.
THIS APPRECIATION CARD WOULD CREATE NEW BENEFITS IN ADDITION TO THE CURRENT BENEFITS.
I WILL GO INTO THOSE ON THE NEXT SCREEN.
THE TOTAL BENEFIT VALUE TO THE VETERAN COULD BE UP TO $400 PER VETERAN.
THIS CARD WOULD ULTIMATELY PROVIDE A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF THE VETERANS IN DUBLIN AND WOULD PROVIDE A LIST FOR FUTURE COMMUNICATION IN, UH, UPCOMING EVENTS, AS WELL AS A STARTING PLACE FOR RECRUITMENT TO THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND OTHER VETERANS ACTIVITIES.
LISTED ABOVE ARE THE EXISTING BENEFITS TO THE VETERANS AND THE NEW PROPOSED BENEFITS.
THE PROPOSED BENEFITS WERE SELECTED TO CAPTURE AS BROAD A GROUP AS POSSIBLE IN ORDER TO CREATE THE LIST.
THE COMMITTEE UNDERSTANDS THAT EACH COMPONENT OF THE PROGRAM MIGHT NOT BE DESIRABLE F FOR EVERY VETERAN, BUT THE HOPE IS THAT AT LEAST ONE PORTION OF THE PROGRAM LEADS THE VETERAN TO SIGN UP.
THIS SLIDE SHOWS A BREAKDOWN OF THE COST.
THESE TABLES ARE BASED ON IF EVERY OF THE 1076 VETERANS TOOK ADVANTAGE OF ALL THE BENEFITS OFFERED, UH, CURRENTLY OFFERED AND THE NEW BENEFITS.
THE COMMITTEE IS NOT NAIVE ENOUGH,
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UH, THAT THERE ARE COSTS ASSOCIATED TO THIS RECOMMENDATION, HOWEVER, THE DISCOUNT IS SUGGESTED TO ATTRACT VETERANS.THE SECOND RECOMMENDATION IS TO CREATE A NEW SENIOR MILITARY VETERAN RATE AT THE D C R C.
AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE TABLE, THE CITY AL ALREADY OFFERS THE MILITARY VETERANS RATE FOR THE YOUNGER SET AND SENIOR RATE.
UH, THE SECOND COLUMN IS THE NUMBER OF MEMBERSHIPS PER RATE.
THERE ARE MANY SENIORS THAT ARE VETERANS AND WOULD LIKE TO BE IDENTIFIED AS A VETERAN.
HOWEVER, THEY DON'T WANT TO PAY THE HIGHER RATE IF THEY'RE ALREADY GETTING THE DISCOUNTED RATE.
THE COMMITTEE IS RECOMMENDING CREATING A NEW RATE THAT IS $5 CHEAPER THAN THE CURRENT SENIOR RATE.
THIS WOULD CONTINUE TO HELP IDENTIFY, UH, VETERANS IN THE COMMUNITY TO CREATE THE COMPREHENSIVE LIST.
THE COMMITTEE NOTED THAT THE D C R C IS A GOOD PLACE FOR VETERANS TO RELIEVE STRESS AND CREATE COMMUNITY, WHICH CAN HELP ADDRESS THE MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS THAT IS PREVALENT AMONGST VETERANS.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
EXCUSE ME, MYSELF, FELLOW, UH, COMMITTEE MEMBERS, UH, BONNIE ARI, AND JOHN REINER WOULD BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, LIEUTENANT? NONE.
SOUNDS LIKE A WONDERFUL PROGRAM.
AND AND WE DEFINITELY KNOW THAT YOU'RE LOOKING TO TRY TO GATHER DATA ON ALL THE VETERANS THAT ARE, THAT ARE LIVING HERE IN DUBLIN.
AND, UH, APPARENTLY THROUGH MANY OF THESE PROGRAMS, OUR CITY IS ABLE TO THEN PULL THIS DATA TOGETHER AND PROVIDE THAT TO YOU.
IS THAT MY UNDERSTANDING? THAT IT SHOULD BE ABLE TO BE AN EASY THING TO DO AND THAT WOULD HELP YOU GET THE DATA THAT YOU NEED AND COLLECT THE NAMES THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR? YES.
ANY QUESTIONS? ANY COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.
I MOVE TO APPROVE THE VETERAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS AS PRESENTED.
IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
JENNY, PLEASE CALL ROLL VICE MAYOR DEROSA? YES.
[Smiley Park Village Proposal - Concept Plan]
NEXT ON THE OTHER BUSINESS IS OUR STAFF REPORT FROM PLANNER, UH, ZACH KHE ON SMILEY PARK VILLAGE PROPOSAL CONCEPT PLAN.MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, UH, BEFORE YOU.
TONIGHT IS A CONCEPT PLAN FOR A, UH, PROPOSAL TO CONVERT AN EXISTING HOTEL, EXTENDED STAY HOTEL INTO AN APARTMENT COMPLEX.
UH, THIS PROCESS WOULD GO UNDER A PLAN UNIT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, WHICH IS PROVIDED ON YOUR SCREEN.
UH, UH, THE CONCEPT PLAN IS THE FIRST STEP FOR, UH, AN APPLICANT TO PURSUE.
THE APPLICANT HAS ALREADY PURSUED THIS THROUGH PLANNING COMMISSION, BUT ARE REQUESTING ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK FROM CITY COUNCIL TONIGHT.
UH, SO THERE IS NO DETERMINATION THAT IS REQUIRED, JUST NON-BINDING FEEDBACK.
THE CONSIDERATION FOR A CONCEPT PLAN INCLUDE, UH, HOW THE PROPOSAL ALIGNS WITH THE COMMUNITY PLAN RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, WHETHER THE USE IS APPROPRIATE FOR BOTH THE SITE AND THE AREA.
ALSO, CONSIDERATIONS OF GENERAL SITE LAYOUT AND HOW IT INTEGRATES WITH THE SURROUNDING AREAS.
THE SITE IS APPROXIMATELY FOUR ACRES IN SIZE AND CURRENTLY ZONED PLANNING UNIT DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, WATERFORD VILLAGE.
UH, THE SITE IS CURRENTLY FULLY DEVELOPED WITH SINGLE ACCESS OFF OF METRO PLACE SOUTH TO THE NORTH.
AND TO PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL CONTEXT, HERE ARE EXISTING PHOTOS.
UH, YOU CAN SEE THE SPACES BETWEEN THE, THE UNITS THAT ARE CURRENTLY THERE, UH, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE OPEN SPACES THAT'S LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE PROPERTY.
SO THIS SITE WAS APPROVED BACK IN 1989, UH, UNDER THE MARRIOTT'S, UH, RESIDENCE INN.
UH, IT CURRENTLY HAS FIVE BUILDINGS, ALL AT TWO STORIES IN HEIGHT WITH 128 PARKING SPACES.
UH, THIS WAS DESIGNED TO MIMIC A GARDEN STYLE COMMUNITY, ALTHOUGH IT WAS A, AN EXTENDED STAY HOTEL PROPERTY.
SO YOU SEE, UH, THE PARKING THAT'S SURROUNDING THE EXTERIOR OF THE SITE, FOLLOWED BY THE BUILDINGS.
UH, AND THEN THE INTERNAL CENTRAL AMENITIES, WHICH INCLUDES, UH, BOTH THE POOL AND TENNIS COURT.
UH, SO AS STATED, THIS IS ZONED WATERFORD VILLAGE.
THIS IS ONE OF THE OLDEST DEVELOPMENT OR PLAN DEVELOPMENTS IN THE CITY.
UH, SO THERE IS NO DEVELOPMENT TEXT CURRENTLY THAT RESIDES, UH, OVER THE SITE.
WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT STAFF WOULD APPLY THE CLOSEST, UH,
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STANDARD ZONING DISTRICT TO THIS SITE, WHICH WOULD BE SUBURBAN OFFICE.SO THAT'S WHAT WE ARE USING TO DETERMINE WHAT USES ARE APPROPRIATE FOR THE SITE.
UH, BASED ON THAT, SUBURBAN OFFICE DOES NOT CONSIDER MULTIFAMILY.
THAT IS WHY REZONING WOULD BE REQUIRED.
SO THIS SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN THE DUBLIN CORPORATE AREA PLAN.
SOME OF THE GOALS, SOME OF THE PRIMARY GOALS ARE LISTED ON THE SCREEN.
UH, THOSE INCLUDE ENCOURAGING A MIXED USE WALKABLE ENVIRONMENT TO PROVIDE AMENITIES THAT SUPPORT BOTH EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES, UH, TO UTILIZE OPEN SPACE AS A PRIMARY FOCAL POINT FOR DEVELOPMENT AND REDEVELOPMENT.
UH, AND THAT'S BEEN A, A BIG DISCUSSION AS WELL, UH, WITH OUR LAND USE PRINCIPLES THAT HAVE RECENTLY BEEN DISCUSSED, UH, AS WELL AS SUPPORTING INTEGRATED HOUSING OPTIONS AS PART OF A LARGER MIXED USE ENVIRONMENT.
SO THIS SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN, WITHIN M U R ONE, WHICH IS, UH, ONE OF THE SUB-DISTRICTS OF THE DCAP PLAN.
UH, SOME OF THE USES THAT ARE RECOMMENDED INCLUDE OFFICE, RESIDENTIAL, UH, INFILL, SECONDARY TO OFFICE AND NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL ALONG FRANCE ROAD.
SO I SAY THIS IS A REQUEST FOR A POTENTIAL CONVERSION, UH, OF AN 106 UNIT EXTENDED STAY HOTEL TO A MULTI-FAMILY APARTMENT COMPLEX.
THIS IS CONSIDERED MORE OF AN ADAPTIVE REUSE DEVELOPMENT.
WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT THE, UH, THE BONES OF THIS SITE ARE GONNA REMAIN, BUT THE OPERATIONS WILL, UH, BE REPURPOSED FOR THE EXISTING BUILDINGS.
UH, SO THERE ARE SOME IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE PROPOSED TO THE FACADES OF THE BUILDINGS.
THERE WILL ALSO BE SOME IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN EACH OF THE UNITS, UH, BUT THE FABRIC OF THE SITE WILL REMAIN THE SAME.
SO 128 PARKING SPACES ARE CURRENTLY OUT THERE AND WOULD REMAIN, UH, AS WELL AS THE PRIVATE AMENITIES THAT ARE ESSENTIALLY ON THE SITE, ALTHOUGH THOSE WILL BE, ALTHOUGH THOSE WOULD BE SPRUCED UP, UH, AND UPDATED WITH THIS NEW CONVERSION.
SO WITH THIS BEING A PLANNED DISTRICT, THERE ARE NEGOTIATED ITEMS SUCH AS PARKING, OPEN SPACE, LANDSCAPING, AS WELL AS ANY BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS OR SITE IMPROVEMENTS.
SO THAT IS PART OF THE PROCESS SHOULD THIS DECIDE TO PURSUE, UH, THE REZONING APPLICATION.
AND THEN SHOWING THE SCREEN ARE SOME OF THE RENDERINGS THAT WERE PROVIDED IN YOUR PACKAGE TODAY, UH, INCLUDING THE INTERNAL, UH, COURTYARD, WHICH HAS THE, THE SPORT COURT, UH, AND SOME OF THE COURTYARD AMENITIES, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE RENDERINGS FOR THE BUILDING.
AND THEN SOME OF THE OPEN SPACE, UH, AND LANDSCAPING THAT WOULD BE PROVIDED AND UPDATED WITH THIS PROPOSAL.
SO REGARDING PROCESS AND NEXT STEPS, UH, THE PLANNING COMMISSION DID REVIEW THIS CONCEPT PLAN BACK IN MARCH OF 2023.
UH, GENERALLY THE COMMISSION WAS SPLIT IN THEIR SUPPORT OF THIS PROPOSAL.
UH, THERE WERE CONCERNS ABOUT OPEN SPACE AS THERE'S ABOUT 0.25 ACRES AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE SITE THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED, UH, FOR OPEN SPACE IN THE FUTURE, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE PARKING THAT'S PROVIDED.
UH, UNDER STANDARD CODE MULTI-FAMILY REQUIRES ABOUT TWO AND A HALF SPACES PER UNIT THAT'S, UH, CONSISTENT WITH ONE, TWO, AND THREE BEDROOM UNITS.
UM, SO THEY ARE WELL UNDER WHAT STANDARD CODE WOULD CALL FOR PLAN DISTRICT WOULD ALLOW FOR SOME NEGOTIATION THERE.
UM, AND THEN RECOMMENDED JUST FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS, MEET THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE SPECIAL AREA PLAN.
SO THE NEXT STEPS INCLUDE, UH, FOLLOWING THE FEEDBACK TONIGHT FROM CITY COUNCIL, THE APPLICANT WOULD BE ABLE TO APPLY, UH, FOR A REZONING AND PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN.
SO WITH THAT, UH, STAFF IS REQUESTING, UH, CITY COUNCIL TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK PRIOR TO THE SUBMISSION OF THE PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
UH, THE APPLICANT IS HERE TO PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL COMMENTARY IN ANSWER ANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS.
DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS, LINDSEY, ON THIS? ALL RIGHT.
I WOULD ASK THE APPLICANT IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME FORWARD.
JUST STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS, PLEASE.
UH, ASAF LEGAL EAGLEMAN 9 75 BROER POINT, BRANCH WOOD MIRROR, NEW YORK 11 5 98.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, I'M, I'M, UH, GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND, AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UH, WE, WE'VE SPENT A LOT OF WEEKS AND MONTHS HERE.
UM, THE COMMUNITY'S ENGAGED, STAFFS ENGAGED PLANNING AND ZONING IS ENGAGED.
I'VE WATCHED A LOT OF VIDEO CITY COUNCIL'S ENGAGED.
UH, YOU GUYS, THE THE COMMUNITY HAS CHALLENGED US TO MAKE A EVER, UM, A BETTER PLAN.
WHAT WE START WITH, WHAT WE STARTED WITH INITIALLY SIX MONTHS AGO.
AND ZACH CAN ATTEST TO THIS, TO NOWHERE WHERE WE ARE TODAY.
AND SO WE THANK YOU FOR, FOR CHALLENGING US AND MAKING THIS A BETTER PROJECT.
UM, I'M JUST GONNA GIVE A LITTLE BIT BACKGROUND ON IF WE GO TO, UH, SO THIS IS A, JUST A PRESENTATION OVERVIEW.
UM, SO CHURCH WORK PARTNERS ARE, ARE THREE PARTNERS, UH, FAMILY ORIENTED, UH, WE FAMILY VALUES.
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WE TRY TO BRING THOSE VALUES INTO OUR BUSINESS.CAUSE WE WANT OUR, OUR KIDS TO LOOK UP TO US IN WHAT WE DO AND, AND TAKE PRIDE IN WHAT WE DO.
AND, AND THAT WAY IS THE BEST WAY TO TEACH THEM.
UM, WE OWN AND MANAGE 15 HOTELS WHO OWNED.
WE DON'T HAVE FUN, WE DON'T HAVE INVESTORS.
WE, WE, WE BOUGHT THEM OURSELVES.
UH, IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, SO SOME OF OUR CAREER HIGHLIGHTS, UH, WE HAVE DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS, UH, AND ARE ALWAYS CHALLENGED BY OUR SPOUSES TO MAKE, MAKE BETTER DECIS DECISIONS.
UM, IF YOU KEEP GOING, NEXT SLIDE AT JUST A CURRENT PORTFOLIO.
UH, WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT IN A LITTLE, IN A FEW MINUTES ON, ON OUR OTHER CONVERSIONS THAT WE'VE HAD, UH, WHERE WE'VE CONVERTED, EXTEND, STAY HOTELS INTO MULTIFAMILY.
SO JUST HISTORY OF THIS PROPERTY STAFF DID A GREAT JOB.
WE, WE PURCHASED IT IN IN JANUARY, UM, IN SUMMER OF 2022.
UH, AND, AND WE STARTED DISCUSSIONS WITH STAFF IN 2023.
UM, IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, ZACH, IF YOU GO BACK ONE, JUST, JUST TO GIVE A CONTEXT, NO, JUST, UH, THIS IS 30 YEARS AGO.
UM, A LOT OF TREES THAT WERE PLANTED AND THE CANOPIES HAVE GROWN.
UH, AND YOU CAN SEE IT'S THE WEST OF, TO THE WEST OF FRANCE ROAD IS WHERE METRO PLACE HAS BEEN DEVELOPED.
AND IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, UM, SO THAT WE'RE TODAY, SO A LOT OF ASPHALT, UH, NOT A LOT OF TREES ON THE LEFT SIDE AND ON THE RIGHT SIDE, UM, A LOT OF TREES AND SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE.
UM, WE THINK THIS ADAPTIVE REUSE, WHICH ALSO IS NOT FOUND IN DUBLIN CODE, WHICH IS I THINK AN INTERESTING JUST TIDBIT, UH, OR SNAPPLE FACT.
UM, IT IS UNIQUE AND, AND, AND THIS PROPOSAL AND PROJECT CANNOT BE CONSTRUED AS ANYTHING OTHER THAN REALLY SITE SPECIFIC AND JUST FOR THIS SPECIFIC SITE.
AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE UNIQUENESS OF THIS PROPERTY RELATIVE TO ANY, UM, THAT MAKES IT SO UNIQUE.
UM, SO WHEN WE INVEST IN A PROPERTY, WE'RE, WE'RE COMMITTED TO BEING LONG-TERM INVESTORS.
BOTH MY PARTNERS FAMILIES HAVE BEEN IN BUSINESSES FOR 50 YEARS.
ONE IS COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE IN NEW YORK CITY, HAVEN'T SOLD A BUILDING.
THE OTHER ONE'S COMMERCIAL ROOFING.
THEY'RE THE THIRD LARGEST ROOFER IN, IN THE WORLD.
UM, AND, AND WITH THAT LONG TERM OWNERSHIP IS WHAT WE HAVE IN MIND.
DUBLIN, WE WANT TO BE HERE FOREVER.
UM, THE THE AMOUNT OF GROWTH THAT HAS HAPPENED IN, IN THIS CORRIDOR IS EXTRAORDINARY.
UM, AND, AND WE JUST WANT TO BRING THE BEST AND OPTIMAL LAND USE TO THIS PROPERTY.
UM, SO WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME WITH, WITH THE PUBLIC KNOCKING ON DOORS, SPEAKING TO BUSINESSES.
HERE'S JUST SOME OF THE COMMENTS.
UM, AND, AND, AND A LOT OF THEM ARE, ARE MIRRORED IN THE, IN THE, IN THE HOUSING STUDY, UM, WHICH WAS AMAZING.
BUT, UM, WE ALSO WENT TO OUR NEIGHBORS NEXT DOOR, THE, THE WATERFORD VILLAGE, WHICH IS THE NEXT SLIDE.
AND, AND WE HELD A, A, A TOWN HALL WITH THEM.
THEY, THEY WERE KIND ENOUGH TO BRING US INTO THEIR COMMUNITY.
WE SPENT ALMOST TWO HOURS IN THE DUBLIN LIBRARY SPENT, EXPLAINED TO THEM THE PROJECT AND, AND FROM, FROM, FROM THEIR PERSPECTIVE.
THE REFRESHING PART OF IT WAS BEING EARLY ON IN THE PROCESS, BEING PART OF THE PROCESS, SEEING TRANSPARENCY INTO WHAT WE WERE PROPOSING, AND AGAIN, AND SOLICITING THEIR FEEDBACK.
AND THEY HAD SOME GREAT, GREAT FEEDBACK.
UM, AND HERE, JUST SOME INTERESTING QUOTES THAT THEY HAD.
SO THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.
AND WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH VERY QUICKLY.
IT, IT OPERATES MORE AS RESIDENTIAL.
WE JUST WANT TO PUSH IT OVER THE TOP AND FULLY COMMIT TO A RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY.
SO WE VIEW THINGS IN, IN, IN THROUGH EIGHT FACTORS AND MAKING SURE SOME STUFF LIKE SPOT ZONING IS, IS, IS NOT HAPPENING.
SO IT'S AN, IS AN APPROPRIATE USE.
WE HAVE LARGE MULTIFAMILY ACROSS THE STREET, TURKEY RUN.
UM, PRIOR TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION INFORMALLY, UH, THE MANAGER OF THAT PROPERTY ACTUALLY PUBLICLY WROTE A LETTER SUPPORTING IT, SAYING THAT THERE'S TREMENDOUS DEMAND FOR THIS PRODUCT THAT THEY CAN'T FILL.
AND WE, THEY WOULD BE, IT WOULD BE A GREAT COMPETITOR TO THEM NEXT.
UM, SO HOW IS THE HOTEL BEING OPERATED OR, OR UTILIZED? AND WE, AS AN EXTEND STAY HOTEL, WE'RE FINDING MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE STAYING FOR LONGER DURATION STAYS.
UM, AND IF YOU KEEP GOING THROUGH IT, UM, YOU CAN SEE OUR, WE HAVE ALAR VERY HIGH OCCUPANCY.
UM, SO PEOPLE ARE CONSTANTLY FILLING THE HOTEL WITH
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PEOPLE WHO ARE STAYING THERE FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME.AND THAT'S BEING BORNE OUT THROUGH OUR OCCUPANCY TAX RATE.
UM, CITY OF DUBLIN HAS A 6% OXYGEN TAX, WHICH IS REFUNDABLE AFTER 20, AFTER A GUEST STAYS FOR MORE THAN 29 CONSECUTIVE NIGHTS.
AS YOU CAN SEE, WE ARE WELL BELOW THAT 6%.
UM, AND THEN IF YOU SMOOTH IT OUT OVER LONG PERIODS OF TIME, WE'RE ABOUT 1.16%.
SO MOST OF OUR GUESTS ARE STAYING THERE, ARE UTILIZING THE PROPERTY FOR A LONGER DURATION STAY.
AND SO WHY ARE THEY STAYING THERE FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME? UM, BECAUSE THE, THE UNITS THEMSELVES LEND THEMSELVES TO LONG DURATION STAY.
YOU HAVE FIREPLACES, YOU HAVE LARGE DWELLING QUARTERS.
UH, WE ACTUALLY DON'T EVEN CALL THEM DWELLING UNITS ANYMORE.
INTERNALLY, WE, WE, WE TALK ABOUT THEM AS BEING HOMES IN, IN THIS PROCESS.
UM, AND SO OUR STUDIO UNITS ARE FOUR 70 TO 500 SQUARE FEET.
THERE ARE TWO BEDROOMS BEING 800 SQUARE FEET.
THEY ALL HAVE FULL KITCHENS, FULL DISHWASHERS, UM, OVENS, MICROWAVES, UH, REFRIGERATORS, FULL SIZE REFRIGERATORS.
AND SO AGAIN, IF YOU'RE STAYING IN AN, IN AN AREA FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME, THIS IS THE TYPE OF UNIT THAT YOU WOULD WANT TO STAY IN.
UH, IF YOU ARE NOT IN A MULTI-FAMILY BUILDING, UH, HERE'S JUST, JUST CONCEPTUALLY.
SO IT MAKES IT A LITTLE EASIER TO SEE HOW THE, HOW THE UNITS LOOK.
UM, AND THEN 24, UH, TWO BEDROOMS. AGAIN, JUST JUST FOR REFERENCE PURPOSES, ALMOST 80% OF OUR UNITS ARE STUDIOS.
UM, AND, AND 20% ARE TWO BEDROOMS. UM, SO INTERNALLY IT FEELS LIKE AN APARTMENT, WHICH IS WHY PEOPLE ARE UTILIZING THE, THE, THE, THE, THE, THE PROPERTY IN THE WAY THAT THEY ARE.
SO EXTERNALLY, DOES IT HAVE CURB APPEAL? AND RIGHT NOW IT DOESN'T.
AND THIS IS WHERE WE KNOW WE'D LOVE THE FEEDBACK FROM, FROM THE WATERFORD VILLAGE.
THIS IS WHAT WE THINK HAS TREMENDOUS CURB APPEAL.
AND SO IMPROVING THE LANDSCAPING, CHANGING THE COLOR, IMPROVING, UH, THE, THE BRICK.
SO, UM, JUST KEEP CYCLING THROUGH JUST TO GET, OKAY, SO WE THINK WE CAN UPGRADE THE CURB APPEAL, MAKE IT REALLY STAND OUT FROM WHAT IT IS TODAY.
UM, BUT IS THERE DEMAND FOR THIS TYPE OF PRODUCT? AND THIS IS ALL CENSUS DATA.
UM, AND, AND WHAT YOU'LL SEE IS THERE ARE A LOT OF ONE PERSON HOUSEHOLDS WHO WOULD UTILIZE A STUDIO.
UM, STUDIOS ARE UNDER INDEXED WITHIN DUBLIN.
UH, THE STUDIOS THAT ARE AVAILABLE HAVE NO VACANCY FOR, FOR MONTHS.
UM, AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT, FROM WHEN WE GET TO PARKING SHORTLY, UM, ROUGHLY 28% OF THE OCCUPIED HOUSING UNITS HAVE EITHER ZERO OR ONE AVAILABLE UNIT.
SO OUR DATA FROM OTHER CONVERSIONS, OUR DATA FROM THE HOUSING STUDY, UM, AND OUR DATA JUST DRIVING AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOODS, IN SOME OF THE AREAS WHERE THERE IS AN OVER INDEX OF STUDIOS IS PEOPLE ARE NOT DRIVING.
AND ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE ATTRACTING YOUNG PROFESSIONALS WHO ARE LIKELY TO LIVE ONE PERSON IN A UNIT OR EMPTY NESTERS, UM, THE, THE UTILIZATION OF AUTOMOBILES IS FAR LESS THAN YOUR MIDDLE, WHICH IS SORT OF YOUR FAMILY'S, WHERE YOU MIGHT HAVE MULTIPLE CARS.
UM, I'M NOT GONNA REGURGITATE SOME OF THE ITEMS FROM THE, FROM THE DOUBLE HOUSING SURVEY.
I, I DO THINK IT'S, IT IS WORTH NOTING THAT IN THE HOUSING SURVEY, A 1.2% VACANCY RATE, UH, IS, IS, IS JUST EXTRAORDINARILY LOW.
UM, IT, IT JUST INDICATES THAT, UH, LANDLORDS HAVE PRICING POWER OVER RENTERS, UH, AND WITHOUT THE AVAILABILITY OF SUPPLY KEEPS DRIVING UP PRICES, WHICH IS NOT A, THAT'S JUST, I'M NOT, I'M NOT OPINING WHETHER THAT'S GOOD OR BAD.
IT JUST, IT INDICATES THAT YOU CAN ABSORB ADDITIONAL UNITS INTO THE MARKET.
UM, AND SO HERE'S SOME OF OUR, UM, COMPARABLE IN TERMS OF UNIT SIZES.
ONE OF THE THINGS JUST TO NOTE ABOUT, SOME OF THESE UNITS MIGHT, THEY MIGHT HAVE LARGER SQUARE FOOTAGE FOOTPRINTS, BUT THEY'RE POORLY LAID OUT.
SO YOU DON'T ACTUALLY REALIZE ALL THAT SQUARE FEET, WHEREAS OUR UNITS WERE DESIGNED WITH EFFICIENCY IN MIND.
UM, AND SO YOU REALLY ARE GETTING THAT 470 SQUARE FEET OF, OF LIVING SPACE.
UM, OKAY, SO THERE'S A DEMAND.
WE THINK WE, THERE'S, WE THINK WE, THIS IS INCREMENTAL SUPPLY.
IT WON'T OVERWHELM THE MARKET.
NOW IS IT ACCESSIBLE? ARE THERE, ARE DO PEOPLE OR IS IT IS GONNA BE A DESIRABLE AREA TO LIVE? UM, AND SO WE WENT THROUGH SOME OF THE TRANSPORTATION ACCESSIBILITY THINGS.
SO WE HAVE SOME BUS SERVICES, THOUGH.
I, I WAS SPEAKING TO SOMEBODY BEFOREHAND.
BUS SERVICES AREN'T GENERALLY UTILIZED.
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BUT AGAIN, IF, IF YOU ONLY HAVE ONE AUTOMOBILE, YOU'RE MORE LIKELY TO UTILIZE BUS SERVICES.UM, THE BIKE PATH IS SUCH A CENTRALLY LOCATED PIECE OF, OF PROPERTY RIGHT ON FRANCE ROAD AND, AND KNOW WE'RE DOING THE, THE TRAFFIC LIGHT AND, AND THE, THE, THE MOBILITY PROJECT.
WE'RE SITTING RIGHT AT THE NEXUS OF WHERE SO MANY INDIVIDUALS WHO LIVE IN THIS COMMUNITY, IN OUR, IN THIS PROPOSED COMMUNITY, WILL UTILIZE GREEN TRANSPORTATION TO GET TO ALL POINTS OF DUBLIN.
IT IS AN EIGHT MINUTE BIKE RIDE TO THE D CRC.
YOU GO PAGE DOWN, IT'S, IT'S WALKABLE TO SHOPPING.
UM, IT'S WALKABLE TO PLACES OF PARTS, PARTS, PIECES OF INTEREST.
SO SORT OF THE FIELD OF CORN SCULPTURE AND OBVIOUSLY SMILEY PARK, WHICH IS RIGHT BEHIND US, WHICH WE'LL GET TO IN A SECOND.
UM, FROM AN ACCESS PERSPECTIVE, AGAIN, FROM A, WE RAN A TRAFFIC STUDY, WHICH I DIDN'T SUBMIT TO STAFF YET.
UM, TRAFFIC STUDY INDICATED THERE'LL BE NO, UH, NO, NO, A DE MINIMUS AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC CHANGE GOING FROM AN EXTENDED STAY HOTEL TO A MULTIFAMILY RESIDENCE.
UM, SO, OKAY, SO NOW DO YOU HAVE ONSITE, YOU, SO YOU HAVE OFFSITE AMENITIES NOW, DO YOU HAVE ONSITE AMENITIES? UM, SO WE HAVE THE POOL, SPORTS COURT, BARBECUE, PICNIC AREA, COMMUNAL SPACE, FITNESS CENTER, LAUNDRY ROOM.
AND THIS IS WHERE WE CAN UPGRADE NEXT SLIDE, UH, WHICH WE'LL GET TO IN A SECOND.
UM, SO, AND THEN WE LOOK AT PUBLIC GOOD.
SO AGAIN, WE THINK WE CAN INVEST IN THE PROPERTY DOING INTERIOR EXTERIOR UPGRADES.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE AN INCREASED PARKING.
WE HAVE A NEW PARKING PLAN, WHICH GETS US ADDITIONAL PARKING SPACES, 140, AND WE'LL GET TO AN ANALYSIS LATER.
UM, WE THINK HAVING MORE PEOPLE LIVING, WORKING, AND SPENDING LOCALLY HELPS EVERY SMALL BUSINESS IN THE CORRIDOR.
UM, WE HAVE ADA COMPLIANT UNITS.
WE HAVE SEVEN ADA UNITS, ADDITIONAL THREE OR FOUR, THREE HEARING ACCESSIBLE UNITS.
UM, WE THINK WE'RE GONNA IMPROVE THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE ONE OF THE DEFICIENCIES OF RUNNING A HOTEL IS YOU DON'T KNOW WHO'S COMING IN AND WHO'S GOING OUT AND WHO THEY ARE AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
WITH A ROBUST CREDIT CHECK, BACKGROUND CHECK, UH, SIGNING 12 MONTH LEASES, YOU, YOU END UP HAVING A COMMUNITY THAT'S INVESTED INTO, INTO DUBLIN, THAT'S INVESTED INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND WANTS TO BE HERE.
UM, AND THEN THERE'S A FISCAL IMPACT.
UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE CAN, NUMBERS ARE ALWAYS, THEY'RE DEBATABLE.
UM, SO WE, WE SPOKE TO THE, THE, THE ASSESSOR AND EXPLAINED TO THEM THE PROJECT AND, AND WHAT WOULD BE, UM, OUR POTENTIAL NEW TAX ASSESSMENT.
UH, THE CITY OF DUBLIN GETS LESS PROPERTY TAX, UH, LESS REVENUES FROM PROPERTY TAXES, THOUGH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT GETS A LOT OF DOLLARS FROM THE PROPERTY TAXES GIVEN, UH, UH, THE TARGET MARKET, UH, OF YOUNG PROFESSIONALS AND, AND EMPTY NESTERS.
WE THINK THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE A DE MINIMI AMOUNT OF SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN WHO ARE GONNA BE AT THE PROPERTY UTILIZING THE SERVICES OF, OF THE SCHOOL.
UM, THE OFFSET OBVIOUSLY IS, IS LOSING THE OCCUPANCY TAX GIVEN THAT DUBLIN HAS 2,600, UH, HOTEL ROOMS. UH, LAST YEAR WAS ALMOST AN ALL TIME LOW IN TERMS OF OCCUPANCY RATES.
WE THINK TAKING UNITS OFF MARKET WILL HELP ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORS BOTH INCREASE THEIR OCCUPANCY, BUT ALSO PROBABLY EVEN INCREASE THEIR RATE FURTHER.
CAUSE THERE'S LESS AVAILABLE SUPPLY TO MEET DEMAND.
UH, SO ANTICIPATED RENTS, UH, WE THINK THIS IS GONNA BE A, AN AMAZINGLY REASONABLY PRICED COMMUNITY.
UM, THERE ARE AMAZING COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE BUILT MAGNIFICENT, MAGNIFICENT IN STRUCTURES AND AMENITIES.
WE, WE HAVE SOME SHORTCOMINGS, WHICH WE, WE ACKNOWLEDGE, BUT THAT ALLOWS US TO, TO GIVE A BETTER PRODUCT FOR THE YOUNG PROFESSIONALS AND THE EMPTY NESTERS WHO, WHO WANT TO LIVE AND STAY IN DUBLIN.
UM, AND SO HERE ARE MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS.
HERE'S OUR, OUR EXPECTED RENTS.
THEY DO INCLUDE ALL UTILITIES AND, AND, AND HOPEFULLY WE GET FIBER, WHICH WOULD BE GREAT, UM, WHICH WE'LL PAY FOR.
UH, BUT, BUT YOUR THE KNOWLEDGE, WHAT WE'VE FOUND IS IN THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE'VE DONE THIS, THE THE TENANTS ARE SO APPRECIATIVE TO HAVE ONE BILL TO JUST KNOW THAT THIS IS THEIR MONTHLY AMOUNT FOR THEIR LIVING EXPENSES.
IT ALLOWS THEM TO SPEND EASIER ON, ON, ON DISCRETIONARY ITEMS AND, AND LESS WORRY, LESS ABOUT VOLATILITY AND GAS PRICES OR ELECTRICITY PRICES OR WATER OR WATER PRICES.
UM, YEAH, SO WE, LET'S TRY TO MOVE A LITTLE FASTER.
UM, SO WE, WE HAD SOME RECENT CONVERSIONS.
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AND THEN IN BIRMINGHAM.UM, HERE ARE SOME OF THE UPGRADES.
WE JUST STARTED THIS, WE'VE ALREADY INVESTED IN BIRMINGHAM ON UPWARDS OF $200,000 AND IN, IN, IN, IN ST.
AND WHAT WE'VE FOUND IS THAT ON SOME KEY ITEMS THAT THERE WAS CONSTERNATION, UM, FROM, FROM ORGANIZATION, UH, FROM ENTITIES AT, AT THOSE PLACES AROUND PARKING.
WE, WE, IT'S, IT'S COME OUT THAT IF YOU HAVE, IF YOU'RE STAYING IN A STUDIO, YOU'RE LIKELY ONE PERSON AND YOU HAVE ONE CAR.
UM, IF YOU'RE HAVE A TWO BEDROOM, YOU'RE LIKELY HAVING ONE TO TWO CARS.
AND SO WE'LL GET TO PARKING THRESHOLDS LATER.
BUT WE HAVE EMPIRICAL DATA THAT, THAT SORT OF HIGHLIGHTS WHY OUR METHODOLOGY MIGHT, MIGHT BE APPROPRIATE IN DUBLIN.
DEMAND HAS EXCEEDED WHAT WE, OUR WILDEST DREAMS. WE'VE GONE FROM ZERO TO 70% IN TERMS OF LEASE UP IN FOUR MONTHS.
UM, AND OUR RENTS ARE ACTUALLY THE MINIMUM RENTS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT WERE ACTUALLY, UH, WE, WE ENDED UP BEING 10% HIGHER WHEN, WHEN WE WENT TO OUT TO MARKET.
UM, AND WE'VE ALREADY STARTED IMPROVEMENTS BOTH FROM AN ENERGY EFFICIENCY PERSPECTIVE, GREEN CARBON FOOTPRINT.
LOOK, WE'RE, WE'RE ABSORBING ALL OF THE UTILITIES AND WE ARE INCENTIVIZED TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE AS GREEN A FOOTPRINT AS POSSIBLE.
NOT BECAUSE, NOT ONLY BECAUSE IT MAKES SENSE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT AND THAT'S WHERE THE WORLD IS GOING, BUT FROM AN OPERATING EFFICIENCY PERSPECTIVE.
SO WE'RE INCENTIVIZED TO ENSURE THAT WE ACTUALLY FULFILL WHAT WE SAY WE'RE GONNA DO, WHICH IS MAKING A GREENER COMMUNITY.
UH, SO THIS IS OUR VISION FOR SMILEY PARK AND THERE'S A LOT MORE PICTURES, SO LESS TALKING FOR ME.
UH, SO WE THINK WE'RE GONNA INVEST ON UPWARDS OF 2 MILLION INTO THE PROPERTY SITE PLAN.
YOU KNOW, NEXT, HERE'S OUR REFERENCE IMAGERY.
YOU KNOW, HOW WE THOUGHT ABOUT IT.
WE WORKED WITH MA DESIGN, THEY'RE AMAZING.
UM, LAURIE AND TEAM THERE ARE ARE REALLY FUN TO WORK WITH.
UM, AND, AND THE TEAMS FROM POD WHO, WHO HELPED US ON THE LANDSCAPING SIDE.
AND I'M NOT A LANDSCAPING EX EXPERT.
I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF LANDSCAPING EXPERTS ON, ON COUNCIL.
SO I'M JUST, I'M GONNA DEFER TO YOU GUYS ON, ON SOME OF THESE THINGS.
BUT LET'S, UH, WE CAN, THOSE ARE THE PROPOSED RENOVATIONS.
UM, AGAIN, AND WE CAN JUST START CLICKING THROUGH THIS AND JUST BEFORE AND AFTERS OF WHAT THESE GONNA LOOK LIKE IN ELEVATION.
UM, HERE'S WHERE WE THINK, AND NEXT SLIDE.
THIS IS WHERE WE THINK WE'RE REALLY GONNA WIN THE DAY.
WE ARE MAKING, WE'RE GONNA MAKE AN OUTDOOR LIVING ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR, FOR OUR TENANTS.
IT'S GONNA BE A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE CAN CONGREGATE, THEY CAN READ, THEY CAN RELAX, THEY CAN PLAY TOGETHER, THEY CAN BARBECUE.
AND BECAUSE WE DO HAVE EFFICIENCY UNITS, IT'S GOING TO BE IMPERATIVE THAT WE DO INVEST IN OUTDOOR LIVING SPACE SO THAT INDIVIDUALS CAN GET THE RECREATIONAL TIME OUTSIDE OF THEIR DWELLING UNIT, UM, THAT THEY, THAT THEY WANT.
SO WE, WE'LL TALK ABOUT SMILEY PARK FOR A SECOND.
UH, A LOT OF, I'VE SPOKEN TO A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND, AND THEY DIDN'T EVEN KNOW SMILEY PARK EXISTED.
AND, AND WE DO HAVE A PROPOSAL, UH, JUST IN IN ONE SECOND THAT I'M GONNA GET TO, UM, OUR, OUR PROPERTY AT BUTS, THE, THE THE SMILE SMILEY PARK.
AND SO WHAT OUR PROPOSAL IS, IS TO, AND WE WE'RE WORKING, WE HAVE SPOKEN TO STAFF AND WE'RE STILL WAITING BACK FROM PARKS, IS TO CONNECT THE PROPERTY INTO SMILEY PARK.
SMILEY PARK'S ABOUT A TWO MILE.
AND IT GOES INTO IT, DIVERGES MAKES A FORK IN THE ROAD, BUT IT IS A LOVELY WALKING, UH, AREA.
UM, JUST TO GIVE YOU A SENSE ON WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, AGAIN, IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN THROUGH THERE, IT'S, IT'S JUST A, IT'S SUCH A PLEASANT PLACE TO WALK.
AND WE'VE ACTUALLY REACHED OUT PROACTIVELY TO THE, UH, DUBLIN ARTS DEPARTMENT AND ASKED IF WE COULD SPONSOR AS PART OF THIS, IF THIS WENT THROUGH, UM, PUTTING PUBLIC ART IN THIS AREA.
BECAUSE WE THINK THAT ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT METRO PLACE IS IT HAS A TON OF AMAZING QUALITIES TO GET WORKERS BACK.
NOT ONLY DO YOU NEED RESIDENTS, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO PROVIDE, BUT ALSO INCENTIVIZE PEOPLE TO COME BACK BOTH DURING THE DAY, DURING THE WEEK, WORK WEEK, BUT ALSO INDIVIDUALS WHO MIGHT OWN BUSINESSES THAT MIGHT NOT KNOW THAT METRO PLACE REALLY EXISTS.
IF YOU HAVE THIS WALKING SPACE ON THE WEEKENDS, YOU CAN FIND A BUSINESS OWNER AND THEY MIGHT WALK THROUGH AND THEY'RE LIKE, I WANNA PUT MY WORKERS HERE.
CAUSE THIS IS A GREAT PLACE TO, YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE TO, TO WALK AND TO RUN.
UM, SO AGAIN, MORE FOUNDATIONAL LANDSCAPING.
UM, THERE'S ALSO, UM, ON THE OTHER SIDE OF OUR PROPERTY IS A, A WATER RETENTION BASIN THAT'S ALL GREEN.
UM, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, I HAVEN'T SEEN WATER THERE.
WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANY WATER THERE.
AND A LOT OF OUR GUESTS END UP USING THAT FOR ALL KINDS OF THINGS.
PLAYING SOCCER, RUNNING AROUND.
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HAVE THEIR DOGS RUN, RUN AROUND, THEY PLAY WHIFFLE BALL AND, AND ROLFE AND ALL, ALL OF THE FUN THINGS THAT YOU WOULD HAVE WITH A GIANT GREEN SPACE.WE, WE, WE DO PAY TO, TO SERVICE IT CAUSE WE'RE PART OF THE METRO PLACE, UH, COUNCIL.
BUT WE'RE, IT'S, IT'S OWNED BY THE METRO PLACE COUNCIL.
AND JUST TO GIVE YOU A SENSE ON HOW MUCH GREEN SPACE IS OVER THERE, UM, AND SO IF YOU GO BACK ONE SLIDE.
AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE, WE'VE, WE'VE THOUGHT ABOUT ACROSS OUR PROPERTY IS PUTTING BENCHES FOR, FOR PASSIVE GREEN SPACE.
SO PEOPLE CAN SIT AND THEY CAN READ UNDER THEIR TREES AND THEY CAN EITHER WATCH TRAFFIC GO BY OR JUST HAVE A VERY, VERY PLEASANT QUIET PLACE, UH, TO LIVE OUTDOORS.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE PLENTY OF TIME TO GET YEAH, YEAH.
UM, JUST EXTERIOR LIGHTING AGAIN.
THERE'S JUST A, WE DID RECEIVE ALL OF YOUR PRESENTATION IN OUR PACKETS, SO WE HAVE, AND WE'RE VERY GOOD AT READING MOST OF IT.
SORRY, CAN YOU GO TO SLIDE 1 24 OR 1 1 26? ACTUALLY, SORRY.
LET'S, LET'S JUST GO TO PARKING CUZ I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S THE CRITICAL ONE.
OKAY, SO, SO, AND THEN, AND THEN I'LL STOP AFTER THIS.
UM, I'M TRYING TO MAKE MATH REALLY SIMPLE.
WE HAVE SEVEN, UH, 88 ACCESSIBLE UNIT, UM, SPOTS.
WE'VE BEEN RUNNING HIGH NINETIES OCCUPANCY THROUGH THE LAST THREE OR FOUR MONTHS AND REALLY HAVEN'T HAD ANY POLICE CALLS ABOUT PARKING OR PEOPLE PARKING OTHER PLACES.
UH, WE, WE BELIEVE WE CAN ADD ANOTHER ADDITIONAL 11 SPOTS, UH, AT THE PROPERTY WITHOUT ADDING ANY IMPERVIOUS SPACE JUST WITH, UH, RE STRIPING AND, AND ADDING AND PUTTING SPOTS WHERE THEY SHOULD GO.
UM, AS STAFF MENTIONED, CITY OF DUBLIN CODE HAS TWO AND A HALF SPACES PER DWELLING UNIT.
IT'S DIFFICULT TO UNDER, UH, IT'S DIFFICULT TO MEET THAT THRESHOLD IN OUR PROPERTY.
WE LOOKED AT WHAT BRIDGE PARKS METHODOLOGY WAS IN A STUDIO EFFICIENCY UNIT, WHICH IS AGAIN, THE CLOSEST COMP TO US.
UH, NOT BRIDGE PARK ITSELF, BUT JUST THE METHODOLOGY OF ONE SPACE PER DWELLING UNIT.
AND FOR A TWO BEDROOM, ONE AND A HALF SPACES PER DWELLING UNIT, THAT WOULD GET US TO 118.
UM, AND THEN ULI AND IT ARE TWO INDU NATIONAL INDUSTRY STANDARDS, HOW THEY THINK ABOUT PARKING PLANS.
AND IF YOU GO TO THE LAST SLIDE, THE NEXT SLIDE AFTER THAT, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GONNA MODIFY, BUT THE LA THE RULES, THE PARKING RULES THAT WE'RE GONNA IMPLEMENT, JUST TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF HOW WE THOUGHT ABOUT IT, IT'S THE NEXT SLIDE.
EVERY LEASE WILL COME WITH AN ASSIGNED PARKING SPOT.
UNLESS THE RENTER DOESN'T OWN A CAR, IT'S GONNA BE, THEY HAVE TO POST THEIR, THEIR PARKING PASS.
IF THEY DON'T, THEY GET TOWED.
UM, EVERY GROUP OF BUILDINGS WILL BE ASSIGNED INTO A COLOR CODED SECTION.
YOU'LL HAVE TWO ASSIGNED VISITORS PARKING SPOTS PER BUILDING, UH, JUST TO MANAGE GUEST FLOW.
AND WE'LL HAVE ADDITIONAL VISITOR PARKING ON TOP OF THAT.
UM, AND THEN IT'S THREE VIOLATIONS AND YOU'RE OUT.
AND IF YOU CAN'T KEEP TO THE RULES OF PARKING, YOU NEED TO BREACH OF YOUR, YOUR LEASE.
UM, YOU SAID A LOT AND I'M SORRY, AND I KNOW IT'S LATE.
I'M GONNA STOP HERE CAUSE I, UM, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, I HAVE A TON OF QUESTIONS TO ASK YOU GUYS, BUT I, I LIKE, I'D LOVE TO HEAR FEEDBACK.
OH, WE APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENTATION AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU GET SOME, UM, YOU KNOW, NON-BINDING FEEDBACK FROM THE COUNCIL.
UM, IF THERE IS ANY DISCUSSION HERE.
UM, COUNCIL, DO WE HAVE, WE HAVE NO CITIZEN COMMENTS, SO WE'LL OPEN THIS UP TO, UH, DO WE HAVE ANY CITIZEN COMMENT? ANYONE SIGNED IN OR ANYONE WANTS TO SPEAK ON THIS? IF YOU'LL JUST STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS PLEASE.
I LIVE AT 32 80 LILLY MARQUARDT.
I HEARD THIS PRESENTATION AT THE, UH, P AND Z THOUGHT, WOW, THIS CHECKS A LOT OF THE BOXES.
SOME OF THIS JARGONS OVER MY HEAD, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY'VE, UH, THOUGHT ABOUT EVERYTHING SO FAR AS THE, UM, STATED GOAL OF ADDING SOME HOUSING INTO THE METRO PLACE.
IT JUST CLICKS A LOT OF BOXES FOR ME, BUT YOU FOLKS GIVE YOUR COMMENT, UM, AS A CITIZEN ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RIVER, THIS MAKES A LOT OF SENSE.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS HERE FROM THE ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.
COUNSEL WILL OPEN THIS UP FOR ANY COMMENTS YOU MIGHT HAVE FOR THE APPLICANT.
SO APPRECIATE YOUR THOUGHTFUL, UM, PRESENTATION.
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CLEARLY WELL THOUGHT OUT.AND YOU, THIS ISN'T YOUR FIRST RODEO, UH, AS YOU KNOW, DUBLIN HAS VERY HIGH STANDARDS AND, AND I'LL JUST BE FRANK, IT LACKS VISUAL APPEAL.
UM, I ADMIRE WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO.
I'M NOT, UH, UH, I DON'T THINK WE NEED ANY MORE ASPHALT, SO I THINK THE PARKING WE COULD PROBABLY WORK WITH YOU ON, OR I'D BE, I'D BE OKAY WITH THAT.
BUT, UH, IN GENERAL, UM, I, I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE MAKING A 2 MILLION INVESTMENT.
I IMAGINE A GOOD BIT OF THAT IS GOING IN INSIDE THE WALLS, NOT OUTSIDE.
UM, WE HAVE VERY HIGH STANDARDS HERE AND, UM, FOR ME IT JUST LACKS THE, THE AESTHETICS.
HAVE, UH, WE LOOKED AT THIS FACILITY FROM A CODE PERSPECTIVE, I'M SURE THERE'S A, A LANDSCAPE DRAWING ON FILE AS IT WAS BUILT.
AND HAVE WE, UM, VALIDATED IF ITS CURRENT CONDITION MEETS THE, UM, THE LANDSCAPE CO THE LANDSCAPE PLANS THAT ARE ON FILE? YES, OUR ZONING INSPECTOR HAS REVIEWED THESE.
I BELIEVE THERE'S A FEW TREES THAT MAY NEED REPLACED, BUT THAT'S, AGAIN, SOMETHING THAT IF THIS DOES GO FORWARD, WE WOULD RECONSIDER.
AND I WOULD IMAGINE THERE WAS SOME FOUNDATION SHRUB PLANTINGS THAT WERE, UH, THAT ARE NOT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S PART OF WHAT THEY SEE AS THEIR UPGRADES.
BUT I, I WOULD SUSPECT MOST OF THAT, WHAT THEY EN UH, ENVISION IS UPGRADES WOULD BE JUST TO MEET THE LANDSCAPE PLAN, CERTAINLY OUR LANDSCAPE CODE.
I I THINK THIS, UH, I THINK YOUR FACILITY IS REALLY EGREGIOUSLY OUT OF CODE, UM, IN TERMS OF THE LANDSCAPE PLANS AND, UH, WITH OUR CODE AS IT EXISTS TODAY.
SO WITH THAT, I, I WOULD IMAGINE THAT IN SHORT ORDER, UM, WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT IT BROUGHT UP TO CODE.
UM, AND IN 35 YEARS TIME SINCE 1989, WE WOULD ANTICIPATE THAT LIGHT FITCH LIT LIGHT FITCH FIXTURES WERE REPLACED AND THAT, YOU KNOW, BUILDINGS WERE PAINTED AND THAT CRACKS IN ASPHALT WERE SEALED.
UM, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE JUST EXPECT IN OUR COMMUNITY FROM A MAINTENANCE PERSPECTIVE THAT THIS PROPERTY IS CERTAINLY LACKING.
UM, SO AT ANY RATE, WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THOSE THINGS BROUGHT UP TO CODE AND BROUGHT UP TO THE STANDARD OF OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, ADDITIONALLY, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THIS WHEN, WHENEVER WE DO A REZONING, WE LOOK AT IT IS, UM, WHETHER OR NOT IT EXISTS AT PRESENT OR NOT IS NOT TERRIBLY RELEVANT.
WHAT IS RELEVANT IS, DOES IT MEET THE INTENT? DOES IT MEET THE CODE? DOES IT MEET ALL OF THOSE THINGS? UM, I DON'T KNOW THAT THE SITE PLAN, THE GREEN SPACE, UM, ALL OF THOSE THINGS, I, I DON'T SEE THIS MEETING ALL OF THOSE, UH, CHECKING THOSE BOXES.
SO, UH, FOR THAT IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO MOVE FORWARD, PARTICULARLY SOMETHING THAT IS CURRENTLY OUT OF CODE.
UM, SO I, I KNOW THERE WAS SOME FEEDBACK GIVEN FROM PLANNING AND ZONING, UH, RELATIVE TO THE DCAP AND, UM, THE DOUBLE CORPORATE AREA PLAN.
AND I THINK THAT PART OF THE STRUGGLE FOR ME IS THAT, UM, THE, THE IDEA BEHIND IT IS, UH, ADDITIONAL MIXED USE AND, AND REALLY THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THINGS.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE BUILDING IS A BIT OUTDATED AND, AND EVEN PUTTING SOME, UM, LIPSTICK ON THE THING IS PROBABLY NOT GONNA GET US WHERE WE NEED TO BE RELATIVE TO REDEVELOPMENT.
I'M NOT OPPOSED TO ADAPTIVE, UM, DESIGN AND, AND AND MAKING APARTMENT SPACES OUT OF HOTEL SPACES.
I DON'T KNOW THAT THIS IS QUITE THE SPOT TO DO IT.
I'M NOT AS WORRIED ABOUT THE PARKING.
UM, I, YOU KNOW, THERE'S LOTS OF PLACES WHERE THERE'S ONE PARKING SPACE PER, PER UNIT.
I KNOW WE DESIRE MORE HERE, THAT'S OUR, OUR GENERAL CODE, BUT IN THIS CASE IT DOESN'T BOTHER ME TOO TERRIBLY MUCH.
YOU KNOW, I, I DO STRUGGLE A LITTLE BIT WITH, UM, CUZ THERE WILL BE SOME KIDS THERE, THERE'S SOME KIDS THERE NOW.
UM, I, I'VE DRIVEN THROUGH IT A COUPLE OF TIMES AND IT'S, IT'S A VERY SORT OF TIGHT AND ENCLOSED AREA AND THE COUPLE TIMES I'VE DRIVEN THROUGH IT, I SEE THE KIDS PLAYING IN THE PARKING LOT AS A MOM THAT BOTHERS ME.
UM, AND I, I KNOW SMILEY PARK IS RIGHT THERE AND YOU'RE PROVIDING A LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA CONNECTIVITY.
UM, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, TO TO ONE OF OUR COMMISSION MEMBERS' POINTS, THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL CONNECTIVITY.
THE, THE, THE POINT BEHIND DCAP IS TO CREATE, UM, A MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT WITH ADDITIONAL WALKABILITY WITH ADDITIONAL CONNECTIVITY.
AND THIS DOESN'T QUITE GET US THERE.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT, IT IS SORT OF PART AND PARCEL WITH THE WAY THAT THE, WITH THE WAY THAT THIS PARTICULAR PIECE IS PUT TOGETHER RELATIVE TO THE REST OF METRO PLACE.
UM, I, I DON'T, UH, I DON'T DENY THAT IT'S A CHALLENGING, IT'S A CHALLENGING SPOT.
UM, YOU KNOW, I JUST, I THINK GETTING IT UP TO CODE IS ONE THING AND REALLY THEN CREATING, UH, A PLACE THAT, THAT WILL BE REALLY RELEVANT FOR THE NEXT 30 YEARS, UM, WITH THIS TYPE OF, OF DEVELOPMENT THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, I THINK IS GONNA BE A REAL CHALLENGE.
UM, THAT'S KINDA WHERE I'M AT.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? KATHY? UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
UM, AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE THE TONIGHT
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AND SEND, SENDING ALL THE MATERIALS AHEAD OF TIME.WE DID HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO READ THEM AT GREAT LENGTH AND TO REVIEW THE, THE PLANNING ZONING.
SO I APPRECIATE THAT ZACH MADE A COMMENT EARLY THAT THE FABRIC OF THE SITE LARGELY REMAINS THE SAME.
AND, UM, WHEN I LOOK AT THE GOALS OF THE DECAF, REALLY WHEN WE'RE MOVING FROM SINGLE USE TO MIX USE TO FLOW TO INTEGRATION, UM, REALLY THE GOALS OF THE DCAP ARE TO, UM, TAKE THAT THE FABRIC OF THE PLACE A AND REALLY TRANSFORM THAT FABRIC INTO THE, THE LIVING OF THE FUTURE.
AND, AND THAT REALLY IS THE GOAL.
AND, AND I DON'T SEE, UM, I AGREE THAT A LOT OF WHAT'S HAPPENING IN, IN THE, UM, IN THE WORK, I WOULD PUT IN THE MAINTENANCE COLUMN AS WELL.
BUT I DON'T SEE THAT THAT FABRIC IS REALLY MEETING THE INTENT OF WHAT THE DCAP WAS AS, AS PRESENTED TO US THIS EVENING IS INTENDING TO TRY TO DO SO.
UM, I, I DO, UH, YOU KNOW, ONE THING THAT BOTHERS ME IS SETTING A PRECEDENT.
I KNOW YOU SAID MIGHT NOT SET A PRECEDENT, BUT IT WOULD SET A PRE PRECEDENT CONVERTING A, UH, HOTEL USE TO, UH, SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING.
UM, I CAN SEE IT SOMETIMES IN OFFICE BUILDINGS.
THE SITE REALLY, YOU KNOW, IN DUBLIN FOR YEARS, FOR A 10, AN EIGHT YEAR PERIOD, I THINK WE ALLOWED ONE APARTMENT COMPLEX INTO OUR CITY THAT MET OUR KIND OF HIGH STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS.
AND THAT WAS, UH, WE WERE SEEKING A CERTAIN QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE PEOPLE.
WE HAD A LOT OF APARTMENT COMPLEXES COME IN LIKE THIS THAT HAD AN ASPHALT SORT OF JUNGLE AROUND THEM, WHICH WAS THE PARKING LOT AND NOTHING ELSE REALLY THAT WAS OFFERING ANY QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE, THE CHILDREN TO PLAY AND BE OUTDOORS.
AND, UM, SO WE'VE BEEN, YOU KNOW, VERY RELUCTANT IN SEEING THIS KIND OF THING COME IN AND, UM, CUZ WE'RE REALLY WORRIED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE HEALTHY, UM, DEVELOPMENT OF OUR KIDS HERE AND, AND THE FAMILIES.
THIS THING SORT OF, UM, IT'S INTERESTING, IT'S A HOUSING PROJECT NOW THAT'S LOCATED IN THE MIDDLE OF A SUBURBAN OFFICE COMPLEX, BASICALLY.
SO IT'S, THERE, THERE IS NO CONNECTIVITY TO ANYTHING ELSE.
SO, UM, ALONG WITH THE PARKING AND SOME OF THE OTHER PROBLEMS WITH IT, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST, IT'D BE A TOUGH THING FOR ME TO, UH, VOTE FOR.
UM, WE'RE ALSO STARTING TO LOOK AT REDEVELOPING THAT AREA AND MAYBE INFILLING IT WITH HOUSING SOME, SOME WAY, BUT WE HAVEN'T REALLY GOT THERE.
SO, UM, I GOTTA SAY THAT, UM, THIS WOULD BE A TOUGH ONE, EVEN IF YOU UPGRADED THE LANDSCAPE.
UM, IT'S, IT'S THE, THE WAY IT'S STRUCTURED, THE DENSITY AND ITS LOCATION DOESN'T MAKE IT VERY APPLICABLE TO A HIGHER QUALITY OF LIFE.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR FOR OUR PEOPLE HERE.
BUT THANK YOU FOR A VERY COMPREHENSIVE, UH, PRESENTATION, AMY.
UH, SO I'LL JUST SAY THAT I DON'T HAVE ISSUE WITH A REUSE OF THE PROPERTY, BUT WHATEVER THE, WITH THE NEW USES HAS TO MEET OUR STANDARDS.
SO IT WOULD HAVE TO MEET OUR MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING STANDARDS, WHICH I JUST DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN ACCOMPLISH ON WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF YOUR PARCEL.
UM, AND HONESTLY, THAT WOULD, THAT'S WHY YOU GO TO PLANNING AND ZONING AND THAT'S THEIR SAY AND YOU LAY EVERYTHING OUT AND ALL THE DETAILS FOR THEM.
UH, I DON'T SEE IT WORKING TO OUR CURRENT STANDARDS, BUT THAT'S FOR YOU TO GO TO THEM AND ASK.
UH, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU, IS THERE ANY ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU'D LIKE TO, WHILE YOU HAVE A MOMENT WITH US, UH, QUESTION? I THOUGHT YOU SAID YOU HAD A QUESTION OR TWO.
YEAH, JUST GI GIVEN THE, THE, THE, I MEAN MOST OF THESE MY QUESTIONS WERE ANSWERED AS A FUNCTION OF YOUR COMMENTS, SO, SO I DO DO APPRECIATE THE TIME.
AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
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UH, NEXT ON OUR AGENDA STAFF, UH, COMMENTS.MEGAN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO GIVE YOUR COMMENTS PLEASE? GOOD EVENING, DUBLIN'S INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATIONS COMING UP NEXT TUESDAY, JULY 4TH.
THE DAY STARTS AT 8:00 AM WITH THE SHRM SHELDON FISHING DERBY, FOLLOWED BY THE PARADE AT 11:00 AM AND THE EVENING CELEBRATION GATES OPEN AT FOUR 30 FIREWORKS SPONSORED BY THE OHIO STATE.
WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER WILL END THE EVENING AND WILL LAUNCH AT NINE 50.
KATHY HARDER WILL BE HONORED AS THE 2023 GRAND MARSHALL AND STADIUM WRISTBANDS GO ON SALE ONLINE TO DUBLIN RESIDENTS TOMORROW.
AND THERE ARE STILL A LIMITED NUMBER OF TABLES AVAILABLE ON THE FIELD.
THE CITY IS WORKING WITH JAS O ON THE UPCOMING GRASSROOTS SUMMIT TAKING PLACE IN SEPTEMBER OF THIS YEAR AS CENTRAL OHIO HAS BEEN CHOSEN AS THE HOST REGION FOR THE SUMMIT.
AS YOU KNOW, JAS O IS DEDICATED TO
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CELEBRATING THE US JAPAN RELATIONSHIP IN OHIO, WHERE JAPAN'S THE LARGEST FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTOR AND NEAR NEARLY 11,000 JAPANESE RESIDENTS LIVE AND WORK.DUBLIN'S BEEN SELECTED AS ONE OF SEVERAL HOST COMMUNITIES AND CITY STAFF HAS PLANNED NUMEROUS TOURS, ACTIVITIES, AND EXPERIENCES TO SPOTLIGHT DUBLIN.
WE ARE SEARCHING FOR A FEW HOST FAMILIES TO HOUSE THESE VISITORS DURING THEIR STAY HERE IN DUBLIN, WHICH WOULD BE FOR FOUR DAYS AND THREE NIGHTS.
AND WE WOULD WELCOME COUNCIL MEMBERS AND OUR RESIDENTS SPREADING THE WORD ABOUT THE HOST EXPERIENCE AND OPPORTUNITY AS WELL AS THE NIECE NEED TO HOST FAMILIES.
ANYONE INTERESTED IN HOSTING MAY CONTACT CHRISTINE NAKIA DIRECTLY AND SHE'D BE HAPPY TO CONNECT THEM WITH THE EXPERIENCE.
DURING A RECENT MEETING WITH COLUMBUS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITY STAFF, WE RECENTLY LEARNED COLUMBUS IS PLANNING A FOURTH WATER PLANT TRANSMISSION MAINS PROJECT.
CITY OF COLUMBUS PROJECT WILL CONNECT A NEW WATER PLANT TO BE LOCATED NEAR HOME ROAD AND DUBLIN ROAD IN DELAWARE COUNTY TO THE CITY OF COLUMBUS'S DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM LOCATED NEAR THE BLAZER PARKWAY AREA.
FIELD CREWS FROM SEVERAL CONSULTING FIRMS WORKING WITH THE CITY OF COLUMBUS WILL BE PERFORMING GEOTECHNICAL INVESTIGATIONS AND TOPOGRAPHICAL SURVEYS WITHIN CITY OF DUBLIN RIGHT-OF-WAYS AND VARIOUS LOCATIONS AS THEY CONSIDER SEVERAL ROUTE OPTIONS.
AND THAT WORK WILL OCCUR FROM JULY TO DECEMBER OF THIS YEAR.
FIELD CREWS WILL HAVE IDENTIFICATION, ALL VEHICLES WILL DISPLAY THEIR COMPANY LOGO, AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PROJECT WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE NEXT MONTHLY REPORT.
SO PLEASE KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR THAT.
THIS WEEK STAFF WILL BE SENDING A LETTER TO RESIDENTS OF THE RIVER FOREST SUBDIVISION TO NOTIFY THEM OF THE AMENDED SCHEDULE FOR THE RIVER FOREST DRAINAGE AND IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.
STAFFED OPENED BIDS FOR THE PROJECT ON JUNE 7TH, AND UNFORTUNATELY WE ONLY RECEIVED ONE BID AND THE BID WAS SIGNIFICANTLY OVER THE ENGINEER'S ESTIMATE AND THE BUDGETED AMOUNT.
AND AS A RESULT, WE WILL NEED TO REBID THAT PROJECT THIS FALL.
AND WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT THERE WILL BE MORE COMPETITION, UM, FOR THAT WORK AT THAT TIME, WHICH WILL LOWER THE, UH, BID PRICES.
STAFF WILL MONITOR THE ROADWAY PRIOR TO CONSTRUCTION OCCURRING TO ENSURE THAT ANY MAINTENANCE ISSUES THAT ARE MAY ARISE ARE ADDRESSED AS WELL.
AND THAT IS ALL I HAVE FOR THIS EVENING.
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THIS EVENING.UM, COUNCIL MEMBER AL LUDO, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING FOR DUBLIN BOARD OF EDUCATION? I DO NOT.
UM, VICE MAYOR DEROSA DUBLIN BRIDGES US 33 QUARTER GROUP, ENVISION DUBLIN STEERING COMMITTEE, IF YOU'D LIKE TO REPORT ON ANY OF THOSE.
I'LL PUNT ON THE 33 TO MY COLLEAGUE.
UM, UH, THE ENVISION ADVISORY GROUP MET LAST WEEK.
THE CONSULTANT INVITED PROVIDED A VERY ROBUST OVERVIEW OF WHAT I WOULD TERM AS THE, AS IS CURRENT STATE.
THIS IS BASED ON ALL THE FEEDBACK, THE MINI SURVEY RESULTS, ET CETERA.
IT WAS A VERY THOROUGH REPORT, ASKED THE ADVISOR GROUP GROUP FOR THEIR FEEDBACK, AND THAT AS IS REPORT THEN WILL BE PUBLISHED AND MADE AVAILABLE.
AND I KNOW FOLLOWING THAT THERE WAS A, UM, A ROBUST, UH, CITIZEN, UH, PARTICIPATION.
SO, UH, A GOOD STEP FORWARD ON THAT.
UH, COUNCILMAN KEELER, US 33 CORRIDOR HAS BEEN PUNTED DOWN YOUR WAY.
I'D LIKE TO THANK OUR FRIENDS IN MARYSVILLE FOR HOSTING THE MEETING ON JUNE 9TH AT THEIR NEW WATER PLANT.
THEY ARE PUTTING A LOT OF MONEY AND A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT INTO INFRASTRUCTURE.
UM, THE NEW WATER PLANT IS ADJACENT TO A WATER RESERVOIR WITH A TWO MILE WALKING PATH OR WALKING, BIKING PATH AROUND IT.
UM, THEY ARE ALSO REDEVELOPING THEIR FORMER WATER PLANTS.
UH, THEY EXPECT AN 80 TO 100 MILLION IN INVESTMENT IN THAT.
UM, ALSO EXPANDING ON THEIR EAST SIDE.
THE WAT WATKINS ROAD PUMP STATION WILL BE OPENING, OPENING UP A THOUSAND ACRES OF DEVELOPABLE DEVELOPABLE LAND.
AND FINALLY, THEY ALSO LIKE US, OUR UNDERGOING AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE READINESS PLAN.
UM, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE, UM, AUTONOMOUS SHUTTLES DRIVING DOWN BRIDGE STREET.
UM, I, FOR THE FIRST TIME I TRIED ONE OF THOSE SCOOTERS AND I THINK HONESTLY, IF THERE'S A SCOOTER, UH, DEPOT BY MY HOUSE, I WON'T NEED TO PARK IN BRIDGE PARK EVER AGAIN.
REDUCING THE NUMBER OF PARKING GARAGES I MIGHT ADD.
UH, COUNCILMAN REINER, YOU HAVE, UH, DUBLIN ARTS COUNCIL AND, AND I DON'T KNOW IF VETERANS, SINCE WE HAD A GREAT DISCUSSION TONIGHT, BUT YEAH, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR VOTE FOR SUPPORTING THE VETERANS TONIGHT.
AND THE, UM, ARTS, UM, COUNCIL HAS NICHOLAS HILL COMING WITH
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THE PANDEMIC, UH, PORTRAITS.AND THAT'S JUNE 13TH THROUGH JULY 21ST.
AND THE ARTIST WILL BE HERE HIMSELF JULY 8TH FROM ONE TO 2:00 PM AND ELISE SANCHEZ WILL BE BRINGING AN ART SHOW CALLED BEHIND THE SURFACE, AUGUST 1ST THROUGH SEPTEMBER THE EIGHTH, AND SUNDAY'S AT S OTA.
CONCERTS WILL BEGIN ON AUGUST 27TH AND RUN THROUGH OCTOBER THE EIGHTH.
AND COUNCILMAN KRAM, WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP AND ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD.
UH, WE HAVE AN ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD AGENDA MEETING TOMORROW.
WE, THERE'S A MEETING THIS WEEK AND THERE'S JUST ONE CASE, UH, ONE CASE.
SO PRETTY LIGHT AGENDA, NO UPDATES.
MID OHIO REGIONAL PLANNING, PLANNING AND ZONING.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD TO ENVISION DUBLIN, CHRIS? YES.
UM, FOR THE MIDDLE HEALTH REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION, WE ARE CLOSE TO UNRU, UH, UNVEILING OUR, UM, NEW MARKETING, UH, BRAND IDENTITY AWARENESS, UH, LITERATURE.
SO WE UNDERTOOK A COMMUNITY CONVERSATION RELATIVE TO WHAT DOES MORSI DO AND, AND, UM, BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY FOLKS INVOLVED IN THAT AND THERE IS SUCH A BREADTH OF ACTIVITIES THAT THEY ASSIST IN.
UM, SO WE WE'RE GONNA BE DOING A STORYTELLING.
YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF NEW MATERIAL COMING OUT SOON.
A LOT OF PEOPLE, IF THEY ASK YOU WHAT MORSE IS, I SUSPECT IF THEY ASK THE SEVEN OF US, WE MIGHT HAVE SEVEN DIFFERENT ANSWERS.
AND SO, UM, WE'RE TRYING TO FILL IN SOME OF THOSE GAPS.
SO YOU'LL SEE THAT COMING OUT QUITE SOON.
UH, THE LAST PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING, UH, WAS CANCELED.
UH, BUT THEY DO HAVE A ROBUST, UM, DOCKET COMING UP ON A SUB ON THEIR NEXT MEETING.
SO WE WILL, I'LL HAVE MORE TO REPORT AFTER THAT.
AND I THINK KATHY DID A GREAT JOB OF GIVING A SUMMARY OF THE ENVISION DUBLIN STEERING COMMITTEE.
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TABLE.UH, DO YOU WANNA START CHRISTINA? SURE.
UH, HAVE, I HOPE EVERYONE HAS A VERY HAPPY AND SAFE 4TH OF JULY.
OUR STAFF DOES AN AMAZING JOB, AS DO OUR POLICE, SO, UM, HAVE A GREAT TIME NEXT WEEK.
UM, I WANTED TO SAY QUICK THANKS TO, UM, STAFF AND A COUNCIL, UH, FOR ADJUSTING THE RIVER FOREST, UM, IMPROVEMENTS.
I TALKED WITH THE HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT LAST WEEK AND SHE SAID, REALLY, MOST OF THE RESIDENTS ARE REALLY HAPPY ABOUT IT.
SO, UM, I LOVE IT WHEN WE COULD DO A GOOD JOB AND GET A LITTLE YAY IN THERE,
CAUSE SOMETIMES WE DON'T MAKE EVERYBODY VERY HAPPY.
I JUST LIKE TO THANK THE, UM, THE GREATER DUBLIN REALTORS ASSOCIATION FOR, UH, WE HOSTED THEM HERE ON THE 14TH AND HAD A GREAT MEETING WITH THEM IN CONVERSATION.
UH, I'D LIKE TO THANK THE CHAMBER FOR THE CORPORATE CHALLENGE AND THE WORK THAT WAS DONE IN THAT.
THAT WAS REALLY A GREAT, UH, CORPORATE COMMUNITY EVENT.
UH, LOTS OF PARTICIPATION AND, UM, I THINK A GOOD TEAM BUILDING AND OUR OWN TEAM, I TOLD 'EM TO BRING HOME THE HARDWARE DON'T COME HOME, AND THEY CAME HOME, SO WE MUST HAVE HAD SOME HARDWARE.
SO, UH, THEY'RE HERE TONIGHT, SO WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF YOU.
BUT THANKS TO, UH, THE STAFF THAT PARTICIPATED IN THAT, THAT WAS, THEY BROUGHT A LOT OF ENERGY AND CHILDREN AND OTHER THINGS.
SO, UM, IT WAS A LOT OF FUN AND I'D JUST LIKE TO THANK THE CHAMBER FOR ALLOWING US TO BE PART OF THAT.
UM, THANKS TO THE RESIDENTS THAT SHOWED UP FOR THE ENVISION WORKSHOP ON THE 21ST.
AND, UM, WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUED PUBLIC INPUT IN THAT SPACE.
YOU SHOULD BE HAPPY TO KNOW THAT A FEW OF US PARTICIPATED IN HUMAN BATTLESHIP AND WE DID NOT GET SUNK.
I JUST, I HOPE EVERYONE ENJOYS THE FOURTH AND, UH, SAFE WEEKEND.
I TOO WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE RESIDENTS THAT SHOWED UP LAST WEEK FOR THE PUBLIC, UH, INPUT SESSION FOR THE ENVISION DUBLIN.
UM, I SPOKE WITH THE RESIDENT FOLLOWING THAT MEETING AND SHE SAID, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF TALK ABOUT HOUSING AND THE LACK OF IT.
UM, WE TALK ABOUT SENIOR HOUSING, WE TALK ABOUT WORKFORCE HOUSING.
SHE HAPPENS TO HAVE A, UH, CHILD WITH SPECIAL NEEDS.
AND I HAPPEN TO KNOW A GOOD DEAL OF NUMBER OF FAMILIES, UH, THAT ARE IN A SIMILAR SITUATION.
AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT DOES A FAN FANTASTIC JOB NURTURING THESE KIDS AS THEY MAKE IT THROUGH THE SCHOOL SYSTEM.
BUT ONCE THEY GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL, THEY KIND OF HIT THIS DEAD ZONE, UH, WHERE THERE LACK, THERE'S LACK OF HOUSING AND, AND CARE FOR 'EM.
SO, UM, I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO ADD THAT TO THE LIST WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT, AT, UH, OTHER HOUSING OPTIONS.
ALSO LIKE TO MAKE A SHOUT OUT TO THE INDIAN COMMUNITY THAT SHOWED UP FOR INTERNATIONAL YOGA DAY LAST WEEK.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT I WAS SIGNING MYSELF UP FOR.
I ENDED UP DOING YOGA IN JEANS AND
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A SPORT JACKET IN, IN THE GRASS, UH, ADJACENT TO THE KAUFMAN PAVILION.BUT WHAT A WARM AND WELCOMING CROWD.
UM, I JUST, I GOTTA HAND IT TO 'EM.
UM, IT'S, IT'S GROUPS LIKE THAT THAT MAKE DUBLIN WHAT IT IS TODAY.
YEAH, I JUST WANNA WISH EVERYBODY A HAPPY FOURTH.
AND I JUST WANNA, AGAIN, SALUTE OUR STAFF FOR, UM, CREATING THE FIBER NETWORK, WHICH WAS A HUGE UNDERTAKING THAT WENT ON FOR YEARS.
AND THIS IS TYPICAL OF THE REST OF THE STAFF WHO DOESN'T GET CREDIT FOR EVERYTHING ELSE THAT YOU'RE DOING ALL THE TIME, WHETHER IT'S FINANCE OR PLANNING OR POLICE.
WE APPRECIATE, WE AND THE CITIZENS APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR US.
UM, I'LL JUMP ON THAT BAN WIG.
AND JOHN, I, I THINK AS I REFLECT TONIGHT, HUGE STEPS FORWARD ON A VARIETY OF THINGS THAT MAYBE, YOU KNOW, WATER AND INFRASTRUCTURE AND, AND FIBER ISN'T ALL THAT SEXY, BUT IT REALLY DOES MAKE QUALITY OF LIFE, UM, IMPORTANT AND THE AMOUNT OF WORK AND THE AMOUNT OF PARTNERSHIPS AND THE AMOUNT OF HANDS THAT WERE INVOLVED IN THE WORK.
UM, THE COLUMBUS ED, A THANK YOU TO STAFF.
CHRIS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK IN HELPING CHAMPION THAT.
THERE'S JUST A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WORKED FOR MONTHS AND MONTHS AND THE FIBER, AS WE SAID, FOUR YEARS TO, TO START DATES.
SO, UM, FOR THE RESIDENTS, I KNOW IT MAY NOT SOUND SEXY, BUT THESE ARE INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT AND I, I SINCERELY APPRECIATE THE MANY, MANY HOURS.
AND A COUPLE SORT OF RESIDENT NOTES.
I WANTED TO CONGRATULATE MONSIGNOR, JOE HENDRICK HENDRICK, WHO RETIRED AS PASTOR OF ST.
THIS, I THINK IT'LL BE EFFECTIVE THE FIRST PART OF JULY AFTER 30 YEARS OF SERVICE.
UM, I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW HIM, NOT JUST AS THE PASTOR, BUT HE'S BEEN INCREDIBLY INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY.
UM, WHEN I LOOKED AT HIS DUTIES OF RETIREMENT, IT SEEMED LIKE MORE THAN A FULL-TIME JOB.
HE'S GONNA CONTINUE TO WORK IN THE DIOCESE, BUT HE'S JUST DONE A, A LOT OF AMAZING WORK.
AND I, I, I THANK HIM, UM, AND WISH HIM THE VERY BEST IN HIS CONTINUED, UH, SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY.
AND THEN I, I WANTED TO EXTEND MY CONDOLENCES, AND I KNOW COUNSEL'S, UH, COUNSEL'S CON, SINCERE SYMPATHIES TO THE CLINTON FAMILY FOR THE LOSS OF, UH, CAROL CLINTON, WHO WAS ONE OF THE HONORARY DUBLIN IRISH FESTIVAL CHAIRS.
UM, WHAT A TREMENDOUS INDIVIDUAL, WHAT A GIVING CARING, UM, PERSON WHO, UM, IN ADDITION TO HER, HER WORK AT THE IRISH FESTIVAL DID SO MUCH FOR LITER LITERACY AND EDUCATION AND JUST A TERRIFIC PERSON.
SO I KNOW ALL OF US SEND OUR SINCEREST CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY.
UM, UH, AND I WISH EVERYBODY, UH, A HAPPY AND SAFE FOURTH AND COLLEAGUES HAVE A GOOD MONTH OFF.
UM, THIS, UM, THIS PAST MONTH, WE'VE SEEN SO MANY ACTIVITIES HERE IN THE CITY.
AS ANDY HAS TALKED, WE, THERE WAS ANOTHER INTERNATIONAL YOGA DAY HAPPENING OVER AT, AT THE BRIDGE.
ACTON ACADEMY HAD A CHILDREN'S ENTREPRENEURIAL, UH, MARKET.
50 KIDS HAD THEIR TENTS, THEY MADE THEIR OWN BUSINESS ITEM PRODUCT, THEY MARKETED IT, AND THEN THEY STOOD THERE AND SOLD IT SOME WITH, UH, BULLHORNS.
UM, THERE WAS A REQUEST, AND MAYBE WE CAN PASS THIS ON TO STAFF THAT POSSIBLY A FEW TIMES ON A SATURDAY MORNING, THESE KIDS COULD COME AND SET UP IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT ON THE DARBY LOT AND COMPLIMENT THE SATURDAY MORNING, UH, MARKETPLACE OVER AT BRIDGE PARK.
AND THEY, THEY CAN MAKE SOME UNUSUAL THINGS.
SO THOSE ARE OUR FUTURE ENTREPRENEURS.
UM, WE'VE HAD THE PRIDE EVENT.
I WENT TO A BEAUTIFUL CHINESE DANCE PERFORMANCE AT THE ABBEY THEATER.
UM, WE'VE HAD THE INTERNATIONAL YOGA DAY, THE CHILDREN'S ENTREPRENEURS.
THIS IS A VERY CONNECTED COMMUNITY.
UM, I THINK THAT THIS SIX MONTHS WE'RE, IT'S JUST THE BEGINNING OF JULY.
WHEN I THINK ABOUT OUR GOALS, I THINK IT'S FABULOUS THAT WE HAVE GOTTEN SO FAR, SO FAST.
UM, TAKE A, TAKE A DEEP BREATH.
AND THANK ALL OF YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE IN COUNCIL TOO, FOR ALL THE WORK WE'VE DONE TOGETHER.
SO, UM, HAVE A GOOD JULY AND A HAPPY 4TH OF JULY, AND WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK.