[CALL TO ORDER]
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I WILL CALL THE JULY 31ST, 2023 COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER.
JENNY, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL MS. A LUDO? HERE.
[ADJOURNMENT TO EXECUTIVE SESSION]
EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSIDERING CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION RELATED TO A REQUEST FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE THAT INVOLVES PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE DIRECTLY RELATED TO AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECT IN 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.IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND, JENNY, PLEASE CALL THE ROLE MR. KEELER? YES.
[RECONVENE (7 P.M.)]
THE JUNE 26TH.UM, THE JULY 31ST, UH, COUNCIL MEETING, UH, THIS EVENING, VICE MAYOR DEROSA.
WILL YOU PLEASE, UH, LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? YES.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO, TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.
ONE, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE.
SO, UM, WE BEGIN TONIGHT'S MEETING ON A VERY SOMBER NOTE, AND IT IS WITH PROFOUND SADNESS THAT WE REMEMBER AND HONOR OUR DEAR FRIEND AND LAW DIRECTOR JENNIFER RADLER, WHO PASSED AWAY UNEXPECTEDLY ON JULY 22ND.
THE NEWS OF HER DEATH HAS LEFT US ALL IN SHOCK AND HEARTBROKEN, AND WE ARE STILL COMING TO TERMS WITH THIS TRAGIC AND SUDDEN LOSS.
TONIGHT, HER CHAIR AT OUR DAAS WILL REMAIN EMPTY IN HER HONOR AND IN REMEMBRANCE AND RESPECT FOR JENNIFER, I WOULD ASK YOU PLEASE TO JOIN ME IN OBSERVING A MOMENT OF SILENCE ISLANDS WORDS TONIGHT CAN'T EXPRESS THE LOSS.
WE FEEL AS JENNIFER WAS RESPECTED AND BELOVED BY ALL OF US ON CITY COUNCIL, AND I KNOW THAT SHE WAS A CHERISHED COLLEAGUE AND VALUED FRIEND TO MANY.
AND ON BEHALF OF CITY COUNCIL, I EXTEND OUR HEARTFELT CONDOLENCES TO THE ENTIRE CITY OF DUBLIN FAMILY.
I KNOW OUR CITY MANAGER, MEGAN O' CALLAHAN, WILL SHARE HER COMMENTS LATER IN THIS MEETING.
BUT FOR NOW, WE'LL CARRY ON WITH OUR CITY BUSINESS TO WHICH JENNIFER HAD DEDICATED SO MUCH OF HER LIFE.
WITH JENNIFER ON OUR MIND AND IN OUR HEARTS, WE WILL PROCEED WITH TONIGHT'S MEETING, BEGINNING WITH CITIZEN'S COMMENTS.
[CITIZEN COMMENTS]
SO TONIGHT, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY DURING CITIZEN COMMENTS FOR CITIZENS TO COMMENT ON ANY TOPIC THAT IS NOT ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA.IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT WHO WISHES TO MAKE A COMMENT OR HAVE ANY COMMENTS BEEN RECEIVED? LINDSAY, GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
WE HAVE SEVERAL MEMBERS SIGNED IN TO SPEAK THIS EVENING.
IF YOU'LL JUST COME FORWARD AND GIVE US YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS, WE'D APPRECIATE THAT.
MY NAME IS DIANE LANGNER AND I LIVE AT 5 2 5 5 RIVER FOREST ROAD.
UH, I'M HERE TO GIVE YOU SOME INFORMATION.
WE'VE LIVED IN DUBLIN, MY HUSBAND AND I FOR 42 YEARS, AND WE'VE LOVED LIVING HERE.
AND UH, I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AT THIS TIME.
UM, THE HOUSE IN BACK OF US JUST SOLD FOR ALMOST A MILLION DOLLARS, AND IT'S A BEAUTIFUL HOME.
AND ONE OF MY NEIGHBORS TOLD ME, SHE SAID, THERE'S 12 MEN LIVING THERE.
AND I'M LIKE, NO, THERE'S THAT 12 MEN LIVING THERE.
SO I WENT OVER LAST NIGHT TO MEET THE NEIGHBORS AND SHE'S RIGHT.
THERE'S 12 MEN LIVING IN THAT HOME.
UH, THE YOUNG MAN THAT I TALKED TO WHO IS AN EMPLOYEE, UH, SAID, FOUNDATION GROUP RECOVERY CENTERS BOUGHT THAT HOUSE, AND IT'S A RECOVERY CENTER FOR THOSE ADDICTED TO DRUG AND ALCOHOL.
UM, YOU KNOW, A GROUP OF US HAVE BEEN CONCERNED.
WE WERE DOING RESEARCH TODAY AND FOUND OUT, 'CAUSE I ASSUMED
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GROUP HOMES COULDN'T BE IN RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS.AND WE FOUND OUT TODAY, YES, GROUP HOMES CAN BE IN RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND NOW THERE'S ONE IN BACK OF ME IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
ONE IS, YOU KNOW, THE OVERSIGHT OR INSPECTION.
I MEAN, THIS HOUSE WAS IN PRISTINE CONDITION.
THERE WAS A DUMPSTER IN THE DRIVEWAY.
AND SO SOMETHING'S BEEN GOING ON, SOME KIND OF CONSTRUCTION.
SO I TALKED TO THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT TODAY AND ASKED, YOU KNOW, DID YOU DO AN INSPECTION THERE? 'CAUSE THEY'VE BEEN DOING CONSTRUCTION.
THEY SAID, NO, I ASKED THE PLANNING, YOU KNOW, DID THEY HAVE ANY KIND OF PLANS? WAS ANYTHING GIVEN TO YOU? AND THEY SAID, NO.
SO, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER CONSTRUCTION'S BEEN DONE, NOTHING.
NO ONE KNOWS ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
AND, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE LIVING THERE.
I MEAN, WHAT, WHAT'S THE CODE? DOES, DOES ANYONE LOOK AT WHAT, UH, IS HAPPENING IN THAT HOUSE? THERE'S FOUR BEDROOMS IN THAT HOUSE AND THERE'S 12 MEN.
SO, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHETHER SOME OF 'EM ARE SLEEPING IN THE BASEMENT.
THERE'S NOT AN EGRESS WINDOW, I GUESS, YOU KNOW, I WANNA KNOW, WHAT DOES DUBLIN INSPECT? YOU KNOW, AND MAYBE THIS IS LIKE MAKING NEW RULES BECAUSE IT'S MAYBE TOO EASY TO OPEN A GROUP HOME.
I MEAN, THEY JUST CAME IN, BOUGHT THE HOUSE, AND, YOU KNOW, WE GOT 12 MEN THERE.
UM, I FEEL THAT THIS WAS HAND HANDED HANDLED IN AN UNDERHANDED WAY.
THE NEIGHBORS WERE NOT INFORMED.
WE KNEW NOTHING OF THIS HAPPENING.
UM, THE HOUSE WAS, ONE OF OUR NEIGHBORS IS A REALTOR, AND THE HOUSE WAS BOUGHT BY JUST ONE MAN.
'CAUSE WE KIND OF WANTED TO KNOW WHO WAS MOVING THERE.
JUST ONE MAN A WEEK LATER, IT'S LISTED AS AN L L C.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT SURE WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THAT.
AND THERE HAVE BEEN PROBLEMS. THEY'VE ONLY BEEN THERE ABOUT TWO WEEKS.
THE POLICE WERE CALLED LAST FRIDAY 'CAUSE SOMEBODY HAD AN OVERDOSE, AND THE POLICE WERE THERE FOR LIKE TWO OR THREE HOURS.
AND I GUESS THAT PERSON WAS TAKEN CARE OF.
BUT THEN HE CAME HOME LATER THAT NIGHT, AND, UH, THE PERSON THAT BROUGHT HIM HOME PULLED INTO THE WRONG DRIVEWAY.
ALEX MANN, ONE OF OUR NEIGHBORS, HAD TO GET UP AT, YOU KNOW, AND GO IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT TO EXPLAIN, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE WRONG HOUSE.
YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE HERE, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE NEXT DOOR.
AND THEN THE SAME NEIGHBOR ALSO HAD, SHE HAS YARD SCULPTURE, AND SOMETHING WAS TAKEN FROM HER YARD.
WHEN SHE WENT OVER AND ASKED ABOUT IT, IT WAS RETURNED.
SO THREE THINGS HAVE HAPPENED WITHIN TWO WEEKS.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S, UH, A PROFITABLE BUSINESS.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE IN BUS.
AND WE FEEL THAT IT IS A BUSINESS AND MAYBE A BUSINESS SHOULDN'T BE IN THE RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY.
I MEAN, THESE ARE ALL THINGS TO BE PURSUED.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY GROUP HOMES CAN BE IN A COMMUNITY? ARE WE TALKING, YOU KNOW, DO WE HAVE TO WORRY EVERY TIME A HOUSE GOES FOR SALE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD? I MEAN, THIS IS GONNA BE ANOTHER GROUP HOME.
AND AGAIN, WE HAD NO IDEA THIS WAS HAPPENING.
UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A MILLION DOLLAR HOME.
I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S A GROUP HOME.
AND, YOU KNOW, THIS CAN HAPPEN IN ANY NEIGHBORHOOD.
I'M HOPING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN WORK WITH THE CITY OF DUBLIN BECAUSE WE'D LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE SOME ACCOUNTABILITY AND WE WANNA WORK WITH YOU AND SEEING WHAT WE COULD DO.
WE APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING YOUR CONCERNS FORWARD.
THERE ARE RIGHTS AND, UM, AND LIBERTIES FOR GROUP HOMES, BUT THERE ARE ALSO CODES AND ENFORCEMENT AND BUILDING PERMITS AND ALL SORTS OF THINGS THAT, UM, THAT THE CITY STAFF CAN TALK TO YOU ABOUT AND THE CITY ATTORNEY CAN TALK TO YOU, TO YOU ABOUT.
SO, UH, WE APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING IT FORWARD.
WE'LL GET YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED FOR YOU AND STAFF WOULD BE HAPPY TO DO THAT.
IF YOU'LL JUST GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, WE'D APPRECIATE IT.
I LIVE AT 5,400 RIVER FOREST ROAD.
UM, I, I'LL TRY NOT TO REPEAT ANY OF THE THINGS THAT SHE SAID, BUT, UH, IN GENERAL, WE'RE, WE'RE INTERESTED IN WHAT THE PROCESS THAT YOU ALL WENT THROUGH, UH, TO APPROVE THE FACILITY.
IF YOU DID, UH, WE'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THAT IS, WHAT THE APPLICATION PROCESS WAS.
UH, WE'D LIKE TO KNOW WHETHER IT'S A FOR-PROFIT OR NON-PROFIT, UH, WHETHER IT HAS RECEIVED, UH, THE APPROPRIATE, UH, LICENSING CERTIFICATION FROM OMA OR IF IT HAS SOME OTHER KIND OF CERTIFICATION, WHERE THAT WAS FROM, UM, AND WHAT SERVICES THEY ARE LICENSED, UH, TREATMENT SERVICES THEY'RE LICENSED TO PROVIDE IN THE HOME.
UM, AND, UH, DO, DOES DUBLIN REQUIRE ANY PARTICULAR, UH, TYPE OF, UH, CERTIFICATION OR LICENSE THROUGH DUBLIN AND DOESN'T IN FACT, UH, MEET OUR RESIDENTIAL ZONING CODE OR AN EXCEPTION TO IT? AND IF SO, WHAT THAT EXCEPTION IS.
UH, OTHER THAN THAT, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
YOU KNOW, WE, UM, MEGAN, I DON'T KNOW, OR STEVEN, IF YOU WANNA MAKE ANY COMMENT, UH, WE CAN DEFINITELY GIVE YOU
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A CONTACT PERSON AT THE CITY THAT WILL HELP YOU UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTIONS AND WHAT CITY CODE DOES.IF THERE'S ANY COMMENTS, STEVEN? YEAH, IF I MAY.
UM, AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO MEET WITH YOU ALL IN THE LOBBY IN JUST A SECOND.
STATE LAW DOES HAVE SOME INTERESTING PROVISIONS IN TERMS OF HOW RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES IN THE CITY CAN BE USED.
NORMALLY, A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL CAN OBTAIN A STATE LICENSE TO SERVE ONE TO FIVE INDIVIDUALS FOR DIFFERENT NEEDS.
UM, AND IF THEY DO THAT, THAT KIND OF FALLS OUTSIDE OF OUR ZONING CODE.
HOWEVER, THE NUMBERS THAT AT LEAST I'VE HEARD TODAY, AND WE'LL CERTAINLY LOOK INTO IT, WHEN YOU GET ABOVE SIX TO 12, IT REQUIRES A DIFFERENT STATE LICENSE.
AND THAT'S USUALLY ONLY APPROVED FOR MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL AREAS.
BUT I WILL BE HAPPY, UM, ONCE THE COMMENTS ARE COMPLETE TO MEET WITH THEM AND GET THEIR INFORMATION AND LOOK INTO IT FOR YOU.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS THIS EVENING? BRAD GOETZ.
YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS PLEASE? UM, BRAD GOETZ, 53 85 INDIAN HILL ROAD.
LET, UH, I'M A 27 YEAR RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN.
UM, AND YOU GUYS ARE ALL PART OF THAT.
LAST TIME I WAS IN FRONT OF THIS COUNCIL WAS, UH, 15, 20 YEARS AGO.
MR. REINER MIGHT REMEMBER I SPOKE IN, IN FAVOR OF, UH, PUTTING A UNDERPASS UNDER THE, UNDER THE ROAD, UNDER THE DUBLIN ROAD.
UM, HE ASKED ME IF I WAS A LAWYER AFTERWARDS BECAUSE, UH, I GUESS I WAS SUCH A SCHMOOZER.
ANYWAY, UH, I'M WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS GROUP HOME AS WELL.
I, IT HAPPENS, I HAPPEN TO HAVE FRIENDS THAT LIVE IN THE LOCUST HILL NEIGHBORHOOD, AND I SEE SOME OF YOU NODDING YOUR HEAD BECAUSE I KNOW YOU PROBABLY AWARE OF WHAT A NIGHTMARE THAT TURNED INTO.
UH, IT'S A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD, A HIGH-END RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT WAS SOLD, UH, BY A INDIVIDUAL TO, UNBEKNOWNST TO THEM THE SELLER THAT THEY WERE SELLING TO, WHAT TURNED OUT TO BE A FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION.
AND THAT OBVIOUSLY CHANGES THE NATURE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
ANY OF YOU THAT LIVE IN DUBLIN AND ENJOY DUBLIN CAN IMAGINE WHAT IT MIGHT BE LIKE TO FIND OUT THAT NEXT DOOR.
THERE'S A GROUP HOME OR ANY KIND OF BUSINESS OF THIS NATURE THAT'S GONNA FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGE THE NATURE OF YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, NEGATIVELY IMPACT THE PROPERTY VALUES OF THE, OF THE, OF THE, THE HOMES THAT SURROUND THAT.
AND NOT TO BE AN ELITIST, BUT MOST OF US HAVE THE MAJORITY OF OUR SAVINGS IN OUR HOMES.
AND THIS IN A MAJOR WAY, NEGATIVELY IMPACTS THOSE HOMES.
UH, I UNDERSTAND THERE ARE PROVISIONS IN OHIO LAW FOR GROUP HOMES AND REHAB FACILITIES.
I THINK THOSE WERE MEANT TO NOT DISCRIMINATE AGAINST PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.
BUT WE MUST REMEMBER THESE ARE, THESE ARE FOR-PROFIT ENTITIES.
THE PEOPLE ON LOCUST HILL, I THINK WERE ON RECORD AS SAYING THEY DID THIS FOR THEIR RETIREMENT.
OKAY? SO, UH, I THINK THAT WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING IN THE CITY OF DUBLIN.
AND IF WE CAN'T, WHAT IS THE CITY OF DUBLIN PREPARED TO DO TO INFORM EVERY PERSON IN THE CITY OF DUBLIN, EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD THAT THIS COULD HAPPEN AS SOON AS A NE UH, HOME GOES UP NEXT TO YOU? BECAUSE THIS ISN'T A ONE OFF.
THIS CAN HAPPEN IN AMBERLEY, IT CAN HAPPEN AT DONVILLE CLIFFS, IT CAN HAPPEN AT BRISTOL COMMONS, IT CAN HAPPEN AT THE RESERVE, IT CAN HAPPEN IN MEREFIELD.
IT COULD HAPPEN ON THE, THE 18TH FAIRWAY OF MEREFIELD.
AND SO, I DON'T KNOW WHAT LEGAL AUTHORITY WE HAVE TO PUSH BACK ON THIS, BUT I WOULD HOPE THAT YOU WOULD UNDERSTAND HOW PASSIONATE PEOPLE WILL BE IF THEY ALL KNEW ABOUT THIS.
IF WE PUT IT IN THE DISPATCH OR IF WE PUT IT IN THE DUBLIN MAGAZINE, THERE WOULD BE OUTRAGE.
SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE THE CITY OF DUBLIN TO GET OUT IN FRONT OF THIS AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO DEFEND THE HOMEOWNERS OF OUR, OF OUR COMMUNITY.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR, YOUR THOUGHTS AND YOUR CONCERNS.
AND, UH, OUR CITY ATTORNEY WILL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS AND HELP YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT THE LAWS ARE, WHAT THE RIGHTS ARE, AND, AND, AND HOW, UH, OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT, UM, IN THE WAYS THAT ARE LEGAL AND CORRECT AND FAIR CAN BE OF SOME HELP FOR YOU TO UNDERSTAND.
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STEVEN, ANY OTHER THOUGHTS? YES, IF I MAY.AND, AND ONCE AGAIN, I'LL, I'LL MEET WITH YOU IN JUST A MINUTE.
UM, AND A LOT OF RESPECTS, WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH THE GROUP HOME ISSUE FOR FRANKLY WELL OVER A DECADE, BOTH IN DUBLIN AND THE OTHER COMMUNITIES YOU REPRESENT.
THE STATE LEGISLATURE FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSE HAS TAKEN A LOT OF THIS OUTSIDE OF YOUR CONTROL ON COUNCIL, WHICH I KNOW SEEMS HARD TO BELIEVE.
HOWEVER, WHAT THE STATE HAS DONE IS THEY'VE PASSED A LAW THAT SAID GROUP HOMES AND THEY KEEP CHANGING THE NAMES.
IT USED TO BE GROUP HOMES, GROUP FAMILY HOME.
NOW I THINK IT'S RESIDENTIAL CARE FACILITIES.
BASICALLY WHAT THEY HAVE DONE IS THEY'VE MADE THEM A PERMITTED USE IN ANY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT IN THE STATE OF OHIO.
SO THEY'VE ARGUED THAT EVEN UNDER OUR POWERS OF HOME RULE, THIS IS A LAW OF GENERAL NATURE AND THEREFORE WE HAVE TO FOLLOW IT.
SO IF, IF THE FOLKS WHO DO THE HOMES DO IT CORRECTLY AND OBTAIN THE STATE LICENSES AND GO FOR IT, THERE'S VERY LITTLE CONTROL THAT COUNCIL AND OR THE CITY WOULD HAVE.
HOWEVER, THERE IS A PROCESS THAT THESE PEOPLE HAVE TO GO THROUGH.
I MEAN, FROM WHAT I'VE AT LEAST HEARD TODAY FROM THE SPEAKERS, IF THEY HAVE THAT MANY PEOPLE IN THEM, FRANKLY, AT, AT LEAST IN MY MIND, LEADS ME TO BELIEVE THAT THEY MAY NOT HAVE GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS, WHICH DOES LEAVE US SOME TYPE OF RECOURSE.
BUT WE'LL GATHER MORE INFORMATION AND REPORT BACK TO YOU ON THIS.
ANY OTHER, UH, COMMENTS THIS EVENING? LINDSAY? WE HAVE CLAIRE WOLF.
WOLF, IF YOU WOULD JUST STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS PLEASE.
I LIVE AT 55 21 INDIAN HILL ROAD.
AND I'M NOT HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE HALFWAY HOUSE.
I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT OUR ROADS.
UM, I APOLOGIZE FOR MY ATTIRE, BUT I JUST CAME FROM A GOLF LESSON, WHICH SIMPLY PROVES THAT HOPE SPRINGS ETERNAL, WHICH LEADS MY SEGUE TO OUR ROAD PROJECT, HAS BEEN DELAYED AGAIN, UH, FOR A TOTAL OF $300,000, WHICH IS 0.3% OF THE BUDGET.
AND AS USUAL, I'M WONDERING WHY OTHER ROAD PROJECTS CANNOT BE DELAYED.
AND THE MONEY MOVED OVER TO THE ONE BID THAT WE DID GET.
AND POOR MR. HAMMERSMITH, POOR, BRAVE, MR. HAMMERSMITH CALLED ME AND, YOU KNOW, POINTED OUT THAT THEY ONLY HAD ONE BID AND THAT EVERYBODY WAS OVER IN JOHNSTOWN WORKING ON AMAZON AND INTEL.
AND YOU KNOW, THE COSTS ARE HIGH.
AND I SAID, YOU THINK THE COSTS ARE GONNA BE LESS NEXT YEAR? AND YOU THINK THAT INTEL AND AMAZON ARE DONE NEXT YEAR? I MEAN, SO ONCE AGAIN, RIVER FOREST WILL BE, WE'RE SORRY.
YOU'RE JUST GONNA HAVE TO WAIT A LITTLE LONGER UNTIL IT COSTS $5 MILLION TO FIX YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, BY THE WAY, ON AUGUST 10TH, WILL BE CELEBRATING ITS 67TH YEAR.
IT IS YOUR FIRST PLATTED SUBDIVISION.
AND MAY I SAY, MOST OF THE RESIDENTS FEEL SOMEWHAT DISSED, UH, BY THE PROLONGATION.
SO I DECIDED I WOULD COME EACH MEETING JUST TO REMIND YOU THAT WE ARE UPSET ABOUT THIS.
YOU ALWAYS MAKE FOR A GREAT ARGUMENT.
SO WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AND YOU'RE DEFINITELY GONNA BE ON THE TOP OF OUR LIST.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS, LINDSEY? THAT IS ALL FOR CITIZEN COMMENTS.
IF THAT'S ALL WE HAVE ON CITIZEN COMMENTS, THE NEXT ITEM
[CONSENT AGENDA]
ON OUR AGENDA IS CONSENT AGENDA.IS THERE A REQUEST TO REMOVE ANY ITEM FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA THIS EVENING? HEARING NONE, MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO REMOVE TWO, APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.
I WILL MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.
IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
[Ordinance 16-23 - 21-23]
SECOND, READING, PUBLIC HEARING ORDINANCE, I MOVE TO WAIVE COUNSEL RULES OF ORDER AND READ ORDINANCE 16 DASH 23 THROUGH 21 DASH 23 TOGETHER.IS THERE A SECOND PLEASE? I'LL SECOND.
ORDINANCE 16 DASH 23 TO APPROPRIATE A 2.683 ACRE FEE, SIMPLE WARRANTY DEEDED 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
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FRANKLIN COUNTY PARCEL NUMBER 2 7 4 0 0 0 0 2 3 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 20 THREES REGARDING THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT SOUTHWEST CORNER OF AVERY ROAD IN RINGS ROAD, IDENTIFIED AS FRANKLIN COUNTY PARCEL NUMBER 2 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.
ORDINANCE 18 2 3 23 PROPERTY LOCATED AT SOUTHWEST CORNER OF AVERY ROAD IN RINGS ROAD, IDENTIFIED AS FRANKLIN COUNTY PARCEL NUMBER 2 7 4 0 0 0 0 1 7.
ORDINANCE 19 DASH 23 REGARDING THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 55 22 AVERY ROAD FROM KELLY A. MAYNARD AND JOE E. MAYNARD SR.
ORDINANCE 20 DASH 23 REGARDING THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 63 68 RINGS ROAD FROM RYAN LANNING AND ORDINANCE 2123 REGARDING THE PROPERTY AT 61 66 AVERY ROAD FROM WILLIAM RIESMAN AND ALLISON VALENTINE.
OUR STAFF REPORT IS FROM OUR DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING, BRIAN GABLE.
MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, WE HAVE NO NEW OR UPDATED INFORMATION TO PRESENT REGARDING THESE ORDINANCES.
STAFF CONTINUES TO RECOMMEND ADOPTION OF ORDINANCES 16 DASH 23 THROUGH 21 DASH 23, AND I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS COUNSEL MAY HAVE REGARDING THESE ORDINANCES.
BRIAN, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? LINDSAY? ALL RIGHT.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR BRIAN THIS EVENING? NONE.
[Ordinance 22-23 & Ordinance 23-23]
RULES OF ORDER AND READ ORDINANCES 22 DASH 23 AND 23 DASH 23 TOGETHER.MAY I HAVE A SECOND PLEASE? SECOND.
ORDINANCE 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 CONSTRUCTING WATER AND SANITARY SEWER LINE EXTENSIONS, ALL OF WHICH WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC WITHOUT CHARGE.
23 IS REGARDING THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 62 26 RINGS ROAD FROM HAMAD DOULA, KASHMERE AND ISAN RODRIGUEZ.
BRIAN, FURTHER COMMENTS ON THIS, THESE ORDINANCES, I HAVE NO NEW OR UPDATED INFORMATION TO PRESENT REGARDING THESE ORDINANCES.
WE, UH, SUPPORT ADOPTION OF BOTH 22 DASH 23 AND 23 DASH 23.
PUBLIC COMMENT, LINDSAY, NO COUNSEL.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR BRIAN ON THESE ORDINANCES? ALL RIGHT, JENNY, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL MS. AROSE GROOMS? YES.
[Ordinance 24-23 (Amended)]
24 DASH 23 AMENDED AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO DISPOSE OF REAL PROPERTY NO LONGER NEEDED FROM MUNICIPAL PURPOSES VIA AUCTION AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.OUR STAFF REPORT THIS THIS EVENING IS FROM OUR CITY MANAGER, MEGAN OC CALLAHAN, MEGAN, GOOD EVENING.
MEMBERS OF COUNSEL CONSISTENT WITH COUNSEL'S DIRECTION AT THE INTRODUCTION OF ORDINANCE 24 DASH 23.
ON JUNE 26TH, WE HAVE AMENDED THE ORDINANCE TO BE PASSED AS AN EMERGENCY WAIVING THE 30 DAY WAITING PERIOD.
STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING WITH AUCTION OHIO TO DETERMINE THE PROCESS FOR THE AUCTION OF THESE PROPERTIES LEADING UP TO THIS MEETING.
AND CHRIS DAVIS, THE OWNER OF AUCTION OHIO, IS HERE WITH US THIS EVENING.
AUCTION OHIO HAS BEEN IN THE BUSINESS SINCE 1997.
THEY'RE VERY EXPERIENCED AND REPUTABLE WITH 45 AUCTIONEERS CONDUCTING APPROXIMATELY 15 AUCTIONS A DAY.
THEY HAVE ALSO PERFORMED ONLINE AUCTIONS FOR SEVERAL MUNICIPALITIES.
UM, KENDALL HAS BEEN COORDINATING THIS EFFORT AND BOTH SHE AND CHRIS ARE HERE TO ASSIST WITH ANSWERING ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
MEGAN, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? LINDSAY? NONE.
DO YOU HAVE SOME QUESTIONS HERE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO ASK STAFF THIS EVENING ABOUT THE AUCTION? I HAVE A QUESTION I WOULD LIKE TO ASK.
I, UM, I RECEIVED A CALL FROM A RESIDENT WHO HAD SOME CONCERNS THAT, UM, THAT POST AUCTION, THAT THERE WOULD NOT BE IMMEDIATE ATTENTION GIVEN TO THE CONDITION OF THE HOMES.
AND AS I UNDERSTAND IT, WE HAVE STABILIZED THE DECAY OF THE HOMES OR THE DETERIORATION OF THE HOMES,
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AND I WOULD ONLY COULD ONLY PRESUME THAT THEY'RE CURRENTLY MEETING OUR CODE, THAT WE WOULD NOT BE OUT OF COMPLIANCE WITH OUR OWN CODE.UM, THE, THE CONCERN WAS, AND I I'M HOPEFUL THAT THE REMEDY IS RELATIVELY SIMPLE, IS THE CONCERN WAS, IS THAT SOMEONE MIGHT BUY IT AND SAY, OH, WELL, WE'RE GONNA RETIRE IN TWO YEARS, AND AT THAT POINT IN TIME, WE WERE GOING TO UNDERTAKE THIS PROJECT OF MAKING THIS HOME WHERE WE, UM, YOU KNOW, WANT TO SPEND THE BALANCE OF OUR DAYS AND THAT IT WOULD CONTINUE IN THE STATE THAT IT IS FOR SOME PERIOD OF TIME.
SO I'M HOPEFUL THAT WE CAN ADD SOME LANGUAGE THAT WOULD PUT A TIMELINE ON AN APPLICATION SUBMITTED TO THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD, THAT IT WOULD COME IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE APPEARANCE CODE, THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT THESE BENCHMARKS COULD BE MET SO THAT WE HAVE THE ASSURANCE THAT THEY WILL NOT CONTINUE TO LOOK AS, AS THEY DO TODAY.
WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO ADDRESS THAT? I, I KNOW THAT KENDALL'S BEEN HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH PLANNING STAFF AND, UM, WE HAD DISCUSSED, INCLUDING AS A TERM OF THE PURCHASE, THAT THE PROPERTIES NEED TO COME IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE VARIOUS REGULATIONS AND CODE.
WE, TODAY WE'RE LOOKING AT THE TIME LINE RESTRICTIONS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN THE CODE TO SEE HOW WE MIGHT ALIGN THOSE TIMELINES AND THOSE TIMEFRAMES WITH, UM, ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS THAT WE COULD ADD ALONG THE LINES OF, UM, REQUIRING THE WINNING BIDDER TO MEET WITH STAFF, REQUIRING THE MID WINNING BIDDER TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION TO THE A R B WITHIN A CERTAIN TIMEFRAME.
AND THEN ALSO REQUIRING THE CONSTRUCTION START WITHIN A TIMEFRAME.
WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH SEEING HOW ALL OF THOSE THINGS CAN BECOME ALIGNED.
UM, FOR EXAMPLE, THE PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE, WHICH TALKS ABOUT ANYTHING STRUCTURAL RELATED SUCH AS ROOFS, WHICH RIGHT NOW WE DO HAVE THE TEMPORARY, UM, MATERIAL OVER THE ROOF TO HELP, UM, PREVENT FURTHER DETERIORATION.
THE REQUIREMENT IN THE CODE FOR PROPERTY MAINTENANCE IS THAT THE SITUATION BE REMEDIED 30 DAYS FROM NOTIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE.
SO THAT COULD HELP INFORM HOW WE DRAFT THIS REQUIREMENT.
ALSO, PUBLIC NUISANCE IS 10 DAYS FROM NOTIFICATION, AND THEN THERE'S US ALSO OTHER TIMEFRAMES WITHIN THE VACANT STRUCTURES PROVISION.
THE RESIDENTIAL APPEARANCE CODE IS ACTUALLY NOT APPLICABLE TO THESE PROPERTIES BECAUSE THEY ARE WITHIN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT.
SO THE APPEARANCE CODE DOESN'T APPLY TO THE HISTORIC DISTRICT.
SO WE'RE NOT ABLE TO FALL BACK ON THAT.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE THAT WE'RE ALSO TALKING THROUGH.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE BEEN WORKING THROUGH THE ACTUAL TIMEFRAME FOR THE AUCTION.
THE CLOSING DATE, UM, WOULD PLAN TO BE IN MID-SEPTEMBER, AND THEN WE TALKED ABOUT 30 DAYS, OR SORRY, THE AUCTION CLOSING DATE WOULD PLAN TO BE IN IN MID-SEPTEMBER, AND THEN CLOSING WOULD BE 30 TO 40 DAYS FOLLOWING THAT.
UM, SO WE COULD SPECIFY THAT, UM, THE WINNING BIDDER IS REQUIRED TO MEET WITH PLANNING STAFF TO DISCUSS, UM, WORK THAT IS NEEDED TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE GUIDELINES.
WHAT ARE THEY CALLED? KENDALL, THOSE ARE THE HISTORIC DESIGN GUIDELINES.
WE COULD REFERENCE THOSE AS A MEETING.
SO WE, WE, I HEAR YOU LOUD AND CLEAR, AND, UM, WE'RE HAPPY TO WORK ON ADDRESSING SPECIFIC LANGUAGE.
AND FEEL FREE TO LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC REQUESTS AS WELL.
AND I THINK IT'S GONNA BE IMPORTANT THAT WE CIRCULATE THAT INFORMATION UPFRONT, BECAUSE IF I WERE THE BUYER, I WOULD SAY, WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU HAVE, THESE UNITS HAVE BEEN IN THIS STATE FOR FILL IN THE BLANK NUMBER OF YEARS, AND NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN I'M ON THE CLOCK.
SO I, I JUST WANNA BE REALLY UPFRONT SO THAT NO ONE ENTERS INTO, UH, AN AGREEMENT TO PURCHASE THAT AND IS SURPRISED BY THAT INFORMATION.
AND IT'S REALLY UNREALISTIC FOR THEM TO SCRUB THE A R B CODE AND TO SCRUB ALL OF THAT AND GLEAN THAT INFORMATION.
SO IF WE COULD PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION ON THE FRONT END WITH SOME OF THOSE TARGET, UM, BENCHMARKS, I THINK IT WOULD, UM, SAVE EVERYBODY A LOT OF TROUBLE, HOPEFULLY IN THE LONG TERM.
AND ACTUALLY, AND, AND JUST A AN ADDITIONAL POINT ON THAT, I MEAN, WE'RE, WE'RE SELLING THESE AS IS, SO I WOULD THINK WE COULD AT LEAST GIVE THEM A LIST OF DEFICIENCIES, YOU KNOW, SPECIFIC DEFICIENCIES THAT WE WOULD BE REQUESTING THEM REMEDY, GIVE THAT UPFRONT IN THE AUCTION SO THAT THEY AREN'T, AGAIN SURPRISED.
BUT I, I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN PULL THAT TOGETHER IN TIME.
YEAH, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.
YEAH, I JUST, UM, I WANNA JUST SUGGEST THAT, UM, THAT, YOU KNOW, FOR SAKE OF TRANSPARENCY, AND WE HAVEN'T SELECTED EXACTLY THE AUCTION SITE, WE EXACT, WE HAVE SELECTED THE AUCTIONEER, BUT FOR THE SAKE OF TRANSPARENCY, I HOPE THAT THIS IS A PUBLIC AUCTION SO THAT WE CAN VERBALLY COMMUNICATE, YOU KNOW, THESE UNITS HAVE, UM, ASBESTOS, LEAD PAINT MOLD SO THAT, UH, THE CITY DOESN'T BECOME LIABLE IN THE FUTURE WITH PEOPLE
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COMING BACK WANTING TO SUE US, UH, BECAUSE THERE WAS SOMETHING NOT DISCLOSED.SO I THINK A PUBLIC AUCTION IS PROBABLY THE FAIREST, UH, WAY TO DO THIS.
IF I MAY, UM, THERE IS, UM, A CITIZEN WHO HAS, UM, SIGNED IN TO TALK ABOUT THIS, SCOTT HERRING.
I LIVE AT 32 80 LILLY MAR COURT.
I WAS HERE A MONTH AGO WHEN THIS TOPIC CAME UP, AND I WAS VERY INTERESTED.
UM, MANY OF MY POINTS TO COUNSEL ARE ABOUT PROCESS AND THE PROCEDURE HERE.
SO I WAS STRUCK, UH, WHEN THIS WAS DISCUSSED EARLIER IN THE MONTH.
THE INITIAL REMARK WAS ABOUT SETTING A RES A RESERVE ON THESE PROPERTIES.
AND THEN BY THE END OF THE MEETING, UH, THERE WAS DISCUSSION ABOUT, UH, POSSIBLY DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND MOVING THIS ALONG.
SO I SEE THAT, UH, ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT.
THIS SAYS IT HAS BEEN AMENDED TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.
AND I WAS JUST CURIOUS IF, UH, THERE'S STILL A PLAN TO SET A RESERVE.
'CAUSE IF THE GOAL IS TO DISPOSE, I MEAN, THAT'S THE VERB HERE, THE CITY MANAGER TO DISPOSE OF THIS PROPERTY.
AND I AGREE WITH MR. REINER PUBLIC AUCTION, AND I AGREE WITH THE REMARK ABOUT SELL AS IS, AS IS HERE.
UH, LIKE IF WE REALLY WANT TO DISPOSE OF THESE AND CASH OUT, I DON'T NEED, I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE, THE GOAL TO PUT ANY OTHER IMPEDIMENT ON A SALE.
UH, WE HEARD A COMMENT OF, UH, THE PLACE THAT SOME MONEY NEEDS TO BE SPENT.
SO, UH, I'LL SIT BACK AND LISTEN.
EACH PROPERTY WILL ABSOLUTELY HAVE A RESERVE PRICE ESTABLISHED FOR THAT PARTICULAR PROPERTY, AND WE HAVE BEEN INVENTORYING ALL OF OUR COSTS TO DATE, AND WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO ESTABLISHING THOSE RESERVE COSTS, WHICH WILL BE, OR THOSE RESERVE PRICES, WHICH WILL BE PART OF THE, UM, MARKETING AND ADVERTISEMENT OF THE AUCTION.
UM, ONE ABOUT, UH, YOU SAID IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE TO PUT IN THE, UM, AGREEMENT THAT THEY WOULD, THAT THE PURCHASER WOULD MEET WITH STAFF WITHIN A GIVEN PERIOD OF TIME.
UM, IS THERE A TIMELINE TO BEGIN WORK OR UPDATES ON THAT? ARE WE, ARE WE, UM, ABLE TO DO SUCH A THING? BECAUSE AGAIN, YOU COULD MEET WITH STAFF, YOU COULD HAVE A CONVERSATION OR, UH, AND, AND IT COULD SIT THERE FOR X AMOUNT OF PERIOD OF TIME.
TODAY, I KNOW WE WERE TALKING ABOUT ESTABLISHING A TIMEFRAME FROM RECEIVING A R B APPROVAL OR THE, YOU KNOW, IT REALLY DEPENDS WHAT TYPE OF WORK WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AS FAR AS THE ACTUAL START OF WORK AND THE EXTENT OF THE WORK.
UM, BUT AGAIN, WE SHOULD BE CLEAR THAT, THAT THAT REQUIREMENT WILL BE THERE WITH SOME SENSE OF A TIMELINE ON THERE.
I, I THINK THAT'S GONNA BE PRETTY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THEN IT'S NOT FAIR OF US TO BE UPSET ABOUT SOMETHING IF THE BUYER IS NOT INFORMED.
SECOND QUESTION THEN, AND I GUESS IT MAYBE IS FOR OUR AUCTIONEER, IS, UM, UH, A PUBLIC AUCTION, WOULD THAT INCLUDE BOTH IN PERSON AND ONLINE? AND WOULD ONLINE BIDDERS, UM, BE REQUIRED TO DISCLOSE, UM, IDENTITY? THANK YOU.
SO I'LL, I'LL START THIS OFF AND THEN HAND IT OFF.
UM, WE STAFF HAD BEEN WORKING TOWARDS A COMPLETELY ONLINE AUCTION.
THERE IS A POTENTIAL OF CONDUCTING AN IN-PERSON AUCTION ALONG WITH AN ONLINE AUCTION.
AND, UM, REPRESENTATIVE HERE THIS EVENING IS ABLE TO SPEAK TO THE BENEFITS OF DOING EITHER WAY.
SO CHRIS DAVIS WITH AUCTION OHIO, IT'S MY PLEASURE TO BE HERE AND TALK ABOUT THE AUCTION PROCESS AND ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS AS TO A PUBLIC AUCTION.
UM, I THINK PUBLIC IS DEFINED BY THAT.
IT'S OFFERED TO WHOMEVER MEETS THE TERMS OF THE SALE.
AND SO WHETHER THAT VENUE OR FORMAT IS ONLINE OR LIVE OR A COMBINATION OF THOSE TWO REALLY IS THE DISCUSSION I THINK THAT WE'RE HAVING RIGHT NOW IF I UNDERSTAND THE QUESTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN ASKED.
AND SO IN LOOKING AT THE VALUE OF AN ONLINE AUCTION, PROS AND CONS, AND LOOKING AT THE VALUE OF A LIVE AUCTION, PROS AND CONS, WE'VE ENTERED INTO A TIME WHERE ONLINE ALLOWS US TO DO SOME THINGS THAT LIVE DOESN'T ALLOW US TO DO, TO ADDRESS MR. REINER'S CONCERNS ABOUT HERE ARE THE TERMS OF THE SALE.
IN A VERBAL DISCLOSURE, WE ACTUALLY USE AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS THAT EVERY BUYER BEFORE BIDDING ONLINE HAS TO SIGN.
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AND I BELIEVE IN THIS CASE, IT'S GOING TO BE FAIRLY EXTENSIVE IN THAT WE NEED TO HAVE ALL OF THAT LANGUAGE IN THAT ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS THAT STATE THESE THINGS ABOUT REQUIREMENTS FOR THERE TO BE APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED AND RENOVATION DEADLINES, OR AT LEAST THE START OF THE PROCESS.AND IN THAT SAME ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS, IT'S GOING TO SPELL OUT THAT IT IS AS IS, THAT THEY'RE BUYING IT IN AS IS CONDITION.
SO EVERYTHING WE CAN INCLUDE IN THAT ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS WITH THE BUYER REQUIRED TO SIGN IT BEFORE THEY CAN PARTICIPATE, I THINK ALLOWS FOR US TO DO WHAT MR. REINER'S CONCERNS ARE.
AND THAT IS STILL, IT'S A PUBLIC AUCTION.
IT'S STILL OPEN TO WHOEVER MEETS THE TERMS OF THE SALE.
THERE'S SOME GOOD THINGS THAT HAPPEN WITH ONLINE AUCTIONS TODAY THAT LIVE COULDN'T ACCOMPLISH.
AND SO WE LOOK AT CONVENIENCE, PROBABLY FIRST AND FOREMOST FOR BUYERS WHO, IF WE REQUIRE, THEY ATTEND THE AUCTION PHYSICALLY, AND THOSE TERMS ARE UNNEGOTIABLE.
SO IF WE REQUIRE THAT THEY BE THERE, THEN WHOEVER SHOWS UP HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE.
AND IF SOMEBODY CAN'T MAKE IT FOR WHATEVER REASON, THEN THEY'RE EXCLUDED.
THEY HAVE NO OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PURCHASE OF THE REAL ESTATE.
AND SO ONLINE GIVES THOSE FOLKS AN OPPORTUNITY CONVENIENTLY TO BID.
AND THE TRUTH IS THAT'S HOW THEY WANT TO BID.
THERE'S TWO THINGS THAT ARE, I THINK, MAGIC ABOUT AN ONLINE AUCTION THAT BENEFIT FOLKS BENEFITS, BOTH THE SELLER AND THE BUYER.
ANYTIME THAT YOU CAN HAVE AN AUCTION THAT IS PARTICIPATION DRIVEN BY PURE DESIRE TO BUY THE REAL ESTATE WITHOUT ANY OUTSIDE INFLUENCES, THEN I BELIEVE THE CITY OF DUBLIN DOES BETTER.
AND BY THAT, WHAT I MEAN, AS AN EXAMPLE, IF JOHN AND I ARE GOOD FRIENDS AND, AND WE'VE DONE BUSINESS TOGETHER OR FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS TOGETHER, AND WE SHOW UP AT THE LIVE AUCTION AND I SEE JOHN BIDDING, I'M PROBABLY NOT GONNA BID AGAINST A FRIEND OR A BUSINESS ACQUAINTANCE OR TAKE ANY NUMBER OF PICK OF, OF FAR AS RELATIONSHIPS THAT WOULD, UM, LIMIT A LITTLE BIT OF THAT PASSION AND THAT DESIRE TO BUY.
NOW, AGAIN, GOING BACK TO THE LIVE AUCTION, AND I GREW UP IN THE LIVE AUCTION BUSINESS.
BUT WHAT I UNDERSTAND IS THAT THERE'S JUST THINGS THAT HAPPEN.
FARM COMMUNITIES ARE A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THAT.
YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S A LOCAL FARMER THAT'S GONNA BUY REAL ESTATE, THEN NO OTHER FARMER'S GOING TO BID AGAINST THAT FARMER.
AND SO THAT INFLUENCES THE OUTCOME TO THE DETRIMENT OF THE CITY OR THE SELLER.
BUYERS HAVE THAT SAME DESIRE AS WOW IN THAT THEY WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN AN AUCTION, THEY WANT TO BUY THEIR REAL ESTATE, BUT FOR THEM TO BE PRESENT AND IN THE LIMELIGHT AND EVERYONE FOCUSING ON THEM BECAUSE OF THEIR REPUTATION AND WHO THEY ARE, AND MAYBE EVEN MAKING DECISIONS BASED ON THEIR EXPERTISE OR THEIR ABILITY TO DO THEIR DUE DILIGENCE AND BE A BETTER BUYER, PEOPLE PLAY OFF OF THEM.
AND SO THEY DON'T REALLY WANT TO BE THERE EITHER.
THEY WOULD REALLY RATHER BUY ONLINE AS WELL.
SO I THINK WE HAVE AUCTION IN ITS PUREST FORM WHEN WE DO ONLINE.
AND AGAIN, I GREW UP IN AN AUCTION FAMILY.
I WOULD, I'D LOVE TO DO IT, BUT IT'S NOT THE BEST THING TO DO ANYMORE, IN MY OPINION.
I THINK THERE WAS ONE OTHER QUESTION, AND FORGIVE ME ABOUT, I THINK YOU COULD ALSO SPEAK TO THE SPD STATE TREND.
YOU HAD MENTIONED THAT STATE LAW CHANGED NOT TOO LONG AGO TO REQUIRE ALL FORECLOSURES TO BE YEAH, WE, EXACTLY.
SO THE STATUTE WAS CHANGED ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO.
SO THAT, UM, ANY, UH, FORECLOSURE ACTIONS THAT ARE, UH, THAT ARE TAKEN THROUGH TO A SHERIFF'S SALE REQUIRED EVEN BY THE SHERIFF TO BE AN ONLINE AUCTION TODAY.
SO THERE'S NO LONGER SHERIFF SALES THAT TAKE PLACE AT LOCAL COURTHOUSES.
THOSE ALL HAVE TO BE, BE BID ONLINE, UH, AS WELL.
IT'S JUST, IT'S JUST A BROADER AUDIENCE.
IT'S, IT'S MORE PARTICIPATION, IT'S MORE MONEY.
I'D LOVE TO TELL YOU TO DO A LIVE, I'D STAND UP HERE AND ADVOCATE FOR IT ALL DAY, BUT IT'S NOT IN ANY SELLER'S BEST INTEREST ANYMORE.
THE ONLY OTHER QUESTION THAT I ASK IS, SO THE IDENTITY, BECAUSE YOU PROBABLY ANSWERED THIS ALREADY, THEY GOTTA SIGN IT.
SO THERE'S NOT A, THERE'S NOT WHO THEY UNDISCLOSED.
WE KNOW WHO THEY ARE IN, AND THE TERMS THAT WE HAVE PUT IN PLACE FOR THIS PARTICULAR AUCTION IS A REQUIREMENT FOR THEM TO SIGN AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS INTO TENDER $10,000 PRIOR TO BIDDING.
UM, THAT $10,000 IS HELD IN OUR TRUST ACCOUNT, AND IF THEY'RE SUCCESSFUL, THEN THEY WILL TENDER THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THAT INITIAL 10010% OF THE BID PRICE BY 5:00 PM THE NEXT DAY.
IF THEY'RE NOT SUCCESSFUL, THEN WE'LL RETURN THAT INITIAL $10,000 DEPOSIT.
SO IT DOES A COUPLE OF THINGS FOR US.
IT MAKES SURE THAT WHOEVER'S THINKING ABOUT BIDDING IS SURE THAT THEY WANT TO BID BEFORE THEY'RE GONNA PUT $10,000 UPFRONT FOR THE PRIVILEGE TO BE ABLE TO BID.
THE ANSWER, THE REST OF YOUR QUESTION, THERE'S NO NAMES ONLINE.
I MIGHT BE BIDDING AGAINST JOHN AND I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S JOHN.
UH, BUT THAT'S THE RIGHT WAY, THAT'S THE WAY THAT IT SHOULD BE.
NOW, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU.
YOU KNOW, OUR INTEREST IS OBVIOUSLY GETTING THE BEST RETURN ON THIS, UH, AUCTION THAT YOU'RE GONNA HOST.
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UM, OKAY.SO, AND I DO A LOT OF AUCTION AND ACTUALLY, BUT I'M SORT OF CURIOUS.
SO THERE'S THE FEVER OF THE AUCTION, YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE ARE STANDING THERE AND SOMEONE'S BIDDING THIS AND THAT, AND THE PRICE GOES UP.
AND THEN HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU WALKED OUT OF AN AUCTION AND SAID, WHY DID I SPEND ALL THAT MONEY ON THAT OBJECT? RIGHT.
AND THEN I'M JUST WONDERING, CAN THE AUCTION BE ARRANGED? SO IF YOU HAVE A, A, UH, A PERSON THERE AUCTIONING OFF THE PROPERTY AND YOU HAVE ONLINE BIDS THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT ENTERS THE AUCTION, SO THEY SAY, WELL, WAIT A MINUTE.
WE'RE AT, WE'RE AT 200,000 BUCKS, BUT WE HAVE ONLINE OFFER FOR, FOR MORE THAN THAT TWO 50.
DOES ANYBODY WANNA GO TWO 50? CAN WE DO THAT SO THAT WE ALWAYS PRESS THE LIMIT? SO CAN WE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I'VE, I'VE SEEN, UM, UH, ONLINE AUCTIONS WHERE I GO, GOD, I WOULD'VE SPENT MORE THAN THAT FOR IT.
I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS GONNA GO SO CHEAP.
AND, AND THAT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME TOO, YOU KNOW, IT'S SORT OF REVERSE PROBLEM.
SO I'M JUST CURIOUS IF, YOU KNOW, IF YOU CAN HAVE A, AN A, UH, PHYSICAL AUCTION WHERE YOU ALSO HAVE THE ONLINE BIDS THAT HAVE COME IN AND YOU SAY, WELL, UNFORTUNATELY FOR THE CROWD, WE'VE GOT AN ONLINE BID FOR X, Y, Z.
DOES ANYBODY WANNA MATCH IT? SO WE COULD DRIVE THAT PRICE UP, UP, UP? BECAUSE I'VE SEEN A LOT OF ONLINE AUCTIONS WHERE I'VE SAID, OH MY GOD, YOU KNOW, I WOULD'VE PAID THAT FOR IT.
I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS GONNA GO SO CHEAP.
YOU KNOW? 'CAUSE IT'S A QUIET AUCTION.
YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THE BIDS ARE AND YOU DON'T, YOU KNOW, SO RIGHT, RIGHT.
AND I, I WOULD DIFFERENTIATE THOSE TWO A LITTLE BIT.
I THINK KNOWING WHAT THE BIDS ARE THAT'S FULLY DISCLOSED.
SO EVERYBODY THAT LOOKS AT THAT WEBSITE ON THAT BIDDING PLATFORM KNOWS WHAT THAT CURRENT BID IS, AND THEY CAN RESPOND TO THAT.
SO IN THAT SITUATION, WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AND THAT AUCTION HASN'T ENDED YET, AND EVERY BUYER WHO'S INTERESTED IN THIS REAL ESTATE IS GOING TO BE FOCUSED THERE.
NO, NO DIFFERENT THAN THEY WOULD BE AT THE LIVE AUCTION IF YOU DID A LIVE, TO ANSWER YOUR REAL QUESTION THOUGH, I, I WOULD SAY THAT YOU CAN DO SIMULCAST, AND I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO.
SO YOU COULD HAVE A LIVE ELEMENT AND YOU COULD HAVE AN ONLINE ELEMENT SO YOU COULD ALLOW FOLKS TO BID, LIVE AND THEN TAKE BIDS ONLINE.
BUT I CAN TELL YOU FROM EXPERIENCE, NO ONE AT THE LIVE AUCTION BUYS, I CAN TELL YOU THAT FROM EXPERIENCE, FROM WHAT WE DO IN MY WORLD OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN, WE JUST SOLD A PIECE OF GROUND.
UM, YOU KNOW, TALKING ABOUT INTEL EARLIER, UM, WHERE WE HAD LOCAL FARMERS IN THE ROOM, BUT EVERY BUYER THAT WAS BIDDING WAS ONLINE AND THERE WASN'T ANYBODY IN THE ROOM BIDDING.
AND I THINK THE DIFFERENCE TODAY IS THE AUCTION BECOMES A BIT MORE SOCIAL FOR A LOT OF FOLKS.
THIS IS JUST NOT A SOCIAL ASSET.
THIS IS JUST NOT A NORMAL ASSET.
THIS IS AN ASSET THAT SOMEONE'S GOING TO BUY.
THEY'RE STILL GONNA BE DRIVEN BY THE SAME EMOTIONS THOUGH.
UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GO TO THE LIVE AUCTION AND YOU BID AND YOU THINK, I, YOU KNOW, WHAT DID I JUST DO? AND, AND, AND SOMEONE ELSE BIDS, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE THOSE SAME EMOTIONS.
YOU JUST HAPPEN TO DO IT BEHIND A MONITOR OR A COMPUTER IN, AND, AND I'LL JUST TOUCH ON THAT FOR A MINUTE.
PEOPLE HAVE MORE INDEPENDENCE AND ABILITY TO BID WHEN THEY'RE NOT PUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROOM WITH 50 OTHER PEOPLE LOOKING AT THEM.
IF 50% OF THE POPULATION ARE INTROVERTS AND 50% ARE EXTROVERTS, THE INTROVERTS ANXIETY LEVEL GETS SO HIGH.
THAT'S WHY WHEN YOU, IF YOU'VE EVER GONE TO A LIVE AUCTION BEFORE AND YOU, AND YOU DIDN'T BID, OR SOMEONE DIDN'T BID, AND THEY WALK OUT AND THEY SAY, LISTEN, IF THAT BUYER DOESN'T BUY IT, I'LL BUY IT.
I NEVER KNEW THE ANSWER TO THAT UNTIL LATER IN LIFE.
AND THAT IS, THEY COULDN'T EMOTIONALLY DO IT.
THEY COULD WITH, IN THE MINUTE OF FIVE OR 10 MINUTES, EVERYONE LOOKING AT THEM RAISE THEIR HAND AND PARTICIPATE.
THEY'RE ABLE TO DO THAT WHENEVER THEY'RE ABLE TO BID AT THEIR CONVENIENCE WHEN THEY WANT TO BID.
AND AGAIN, I'M CERTAINLY OPEN TO THE CONVERSATION ABOUT LIVE IT ONLINE, BUT I WOULD TELL YOU FROM EXPERIENCE ONLINE DOES FAR BETTER IN THE SAME EMOTIONS.
YOU CLICK THE BUTTON TO BID AND YOU SAY TO YOURSELF, WHAT HAVE I JUST DONE? AND YOU ALMOST PRAY SOMEONE ELSE BIDS, AND THEN WHEN SOMEONE ELSE BIDS, YOU CURSE THEM, FORGIVE ME, AND THEN YOU BID ONE MORE TIME.
THE SAME EMOTIONS TAKE PLACE IN THAT MOMENT.
AS, AS A LIE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A GOOD POINT WHICH YOU'VE GOT THERE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE ONES I REALLY DON'T LIKE ARE THE TIME ONES, BECAUSE I'VE HAD PEOPLE WITH REALLY GOOD COMPUTERS DROP IN IT.
12 O'CLOCK IS THE FINISH OF THE AUCTION, AND THEY'LL HAVE A, YOU KNOW, A GOOD PROGRAM AND THEY'LL DROP THAT THING IN AT 0, 0 0 0.00 SECONDS, AND IT'S OVER.
THAT'S NIGHT WHERE, AND THAT PERSON WINS.
SO IN YOUR PROGRAM, YOU JUST KEEP ON BIDDING.
UNTIL IT'S DONE, IT ADDS FIVE MORE MINUTES.
ANYTIME THERE'S A BID THAT COMES IN WITH LESS THAN FIVE MINUTES REMAINING, IT WILL ADD FIVE MORE MINUTES TO THE CLOCK.
SO IF THAT BID COMES IN AT FOUR MINUTES AND 30 SECONDS, IT'LL ADD FIVE MORE MINUTES.
ALL OF A SUDDEN THAT CLOCK'S GOING TO CHANGE TO NINE MINUTES AND 30 SECONDS.
WE HAD DISCUSSIONS ABOUT, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CASE, SPREADING THESE OUT BY ABOUT AN HOUR, LETTING
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SELLING ONE PROPERTY AT A TIME, ANTICIPATING THAT SOMEONE MAYBE HAS THE OPTION OF ONE OR TWO OF THESE, THAT IF THEY DON'T GET THE ONE THEY WANT, ONE OF THOSE PROPERTIES, THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BID ON ANOTHER PROPERTY.SO THERE WILL BE NO TIME CONSTRAINT, NO TIME CONSTRAINT UNTIL THE AUCTION IS FINISHED, UNTIL IT'S FINISHED.
IT SOUNDS LIKE, UM, WE HIRED THE RIGHT PERSON, SO, UH, APPRECIATE YOUR EXPERTISE ON THIS.
AND SO, MEGAN, JUST TO WRAP THIS UP, UM, I'M HEARING FROM OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE THAT WE DEFINITELY ARE LOOKING AT MAKING SURE THAT THERE IS SOME TIMELINE OF UNDERSTANDING THAT THESE PROPERTIES WILL BE RENOVATED WITHIN A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME, THAT THERE'S A FULL DISCLOSURE OF ANY DEFICIENCIES, OR WHETHER THAT CONDITION REPORT THAT WE HAVE HERE AT THE CITY IS SOMETHING THAT'S OFFERED.
UM, THAT, AND THAT IT SOUNDS AS IF THAT THIS IS AN ONLINE AUCTION.
IS THAT EVERYBODY'S AGREEMENT? I I WOULD JUST ADD ONE LAST COMMENT TO ADDRESS MR. HERRING'S.
UM, YOU KNOW, UH, BEING IN AN EMERGENCY AND, AND I AM, AM VERY SYMPATHETIC TO THE SENSITIVITY OF EMERGENCY LEGISLATION.
THIS IS NOT AN EXPENDITURE OF CITY DOLLARS.
THIS IS A, GOING TO BE A RECEIPT OF CITY DOLLARS.
AND SO WHEN IT'S COMING THIS DIRECTION, UM, IT, IT FEELS A LOT DIFFERENT.
SO I JUST, I JUST WANTED TO GET THAT ON THE RECORD AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ADDRESS YOUR COMMENTS.
PLUS THE FACT THAT WE REALLY WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THESE PROPERTIES, UM, HOPEFULLY WE'LL FIND A HOME WITH SOMEBODY BEFORE THE WINTER COMES AND WE GET THEM BACK IN GOOD CONDITION.
UM, IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSIONS FROM COUNCIL, JENNY, PLEASE CALL ROLL VICE MAYOR DEROSA.
[Ordinance 25-23]
25 DASH 23 AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.OUR STAFF REPORT IS FROM MEGAN O. CALLAHAN.
THERE ARE NO CHANGES TO THIS ORDINANCE OR THE PROPOSED TERMS AND BOUNDARIES OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FROM THE INTRODUCTION ON JUNE 26TH.
I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT EXHIBIT I TO THE AGREEMENT, WHICH IS THE DEPICTION OF REVENUE SHARING AREA, HAS BEEN CLARIFIED TO MORE CLEARLY SHOW THE REVENUE SHARING HARRIET REVENUE SHARING AREA AS HATCHED.
AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR THIS ORDINANCE.
I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS COUNSEL MAY HAVE.
MEGAN, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? LINDSAY? THANK YOU.
ANY QUESTIONS, CHRIS? MEGAN, I JUST HAVE ONE THING TO NOTE.
I, YOU KNOW, WE WERE IN RECEIPT OF A LETTER, UM, FROM A SOMEONE WHO WAS REPRESENTING AN INDIVIDUAL THAT HAD PROPERTY IN, UH, IN THIS JURISDICTION.
AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WENT ON THE RECORD AND MADE IT CLEAR THAT THERE IS NO ANNEXATION THAT'S HAPPENING HERE.
UM, THERE IS NO FUTURE ANNEXATION.
THERE ARE SEVERAL PROPERTIES WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES THAT WOULD HAVE CHOICES OF WHO THEY WOULD LIKE TO SELECT FOR THEIR WATER AND SEWER SERVICES, BUT I'D LIKE TO REITERATE THAT THOSE CHOICES ARE ENTIRELY UP TO THE PROPERTY OWNER.
THEY ARE NOT INCUMBENT UPON THEM IN ANY WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM TO SELECT ONE VERSUS ANOTHER.
AND SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT MY THINKING ON THAT WAS RIGHT AND DOUBLE CHECK THAT SO THAT WE ARE NOT FORCING ANYONE'S HAND IN ANY OF THIS JURISDICTION TO DO ANYTHING, BUT REALLY PRESENTING THEM WITH ADDITIONAL OPTIONS.
SHOULD THEY CHOOSE TO EXERCISE THEM AT THEIR OWN AT THE TIME OF THEIR OWN CHOOSING? THAT IS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.
AND I HAD ACTUALLY MET WITH THAT PROPERTY OWNER AND EXPLAINED THAT VERY SITUATION TO THEM PREVIOUSLY.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE IT WAS ON THE RECORD.
[Ordinance 26-23]
I THINK WE'RE ON 26 DASH 23 AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A NEW WATER SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.ALRIGHT, OUR DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING, PAUL HAMMERSMITH, IS GONNA GIVE US A STAFF REPORT.
MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE UPDATED EXHIBIT THAT MS. O CALLAHAN REFERENCED, I HAVE NO NEW OR UPDATED INFORMATION TO PROVIDE ON THESE, THIS ORDINANCE SINCE THE FIRST READING AND INTRODUCTION ON, UH, JUNE 26TH.
ANSWER QUESTIONS? PUBLIC COMMENT.
COUNCIL ANY QUESTIONS? JENNY, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL HER MAYOR FOX? YES.
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27[Ordinance 27-23]
DASH 23 AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A NEW SANITARY SEWER SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.PAUL, UH, AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, ONCE AGAIN, UH, WHAT I HAD JUST SAID PREVIOUSLY APPLIES TO THIS ORDINANCE AS WELL.
I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
ANY PUBLIC COMMENT, LINDSAY? NO.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THIS PARTICULAR ORDINANCE HEARING AND JENNY, PLEASE CALL ROLL.
[Ordinance 28-23]
ORDINANCE ORDINANCE 28 DASH 23, AUTHORIZING THE PROVISION OF CERTAIN INCENTIVES TO ANY S COMPOSITES U S L L C TO INDUCE IT, TO LEASE A FACILITY TO RETAIN AND EXPAND ITS LABORATORY FACILITY AND ITS ASSOCIATED OPERATIONS AND WORKFORCE ALL WITHIN THE CITY AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.OUR STAFF REPORT IS FROM OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATOR, JENNA GARING.
MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, WE HAVE BEEN IN DISCUSSIONS WITH INEOS COMPOSITES ON THE RELOCATION OF THEIR COMPANY WITHIN THE CITY OF DUBLIN, INEOS MANUFACTURERS AND CELLS, A BROAD RANGE OF GENERAL PURPOSE AND HIGH PERFORMANCE GRADES OF UNSATURATED POLYESTER AND VINYL ESTER RESINS, GEL COATS, AND LOW PRI PROFILE ADDITIVES FOR THE PLASTICS INDUSTRY COMPRISING OF 36 INDIVIDUAL BUSINESSES.
INEOS OPERATES 194 FACILITIES IN 29 COUNTRIES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, CURRENTLY LOCATED ON BLAZER PARKWAY.
INEOS IS CONSIDERING LEASING A FACILITY IN THE CITY OF DUBLIN FOR THE CON CONSOLIDATION OF THEIR US COMPANIES INEOS PLANS TO RELOCATE THEIR OFFICE PRESENCE TO GRAND VIEW YARD, WHICH INCLUDES 80 JOBS.
THIS PROJECT WOULD BE THE RELOCATION OF INEOS LAB WITHIN THE CITY OF DUBLIN.
THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT PROPOSED TO INEOS IS AN 18% PERFORMANCE INCENTIVE ON WITHHOLDINGS.
OVER FIVE YEARS, VALUED AT $107,000 FOR THE TERM OF THE AGREEMENT AND CONSIDERATION OF THE COMPANY'S INVESTMENT AND PLANNED WORKFORCE GROWTH IN DUBLIN.
ALSO, THE CITY'S PROPOSING A $50,000 LOCATION GRANT TO OFFSET MOVING AND FIT UP COSTS.
INEOS IS MAKING A $19 MILLION INVESTMENT INTO THIS NEW LAB SPACE.
YOU MAY RECALL THAT WE SIMILARLY OFFERED GRANTS TO OHIO HEALTH, QUANTUM HEALTH EASE LOGISTICS AND UNIVAR SOLUTIONS.
THE PROJECT WOULD RESULT WITH THE RETENTION OF 48 EXISTING JOBS AND THE CREATION OF SIX JOBS BASED WITHIN THE CITY OF DUBLIN.
BY DECEMBER 31ST, 2028, THE PROJECT IS ANTICIPATED TO BRING APPROXIMATELY 564,000 IN NET WITHHOLDINGS THROUGH 2028.
THE STATE OF OHIO HAS ALSO APPROVED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES FOR INEOS TO HELP RETAIN AND EXPAND ITS WORKFORCE AND INVESTMENT IN OHIO.
STAFF RECOMMENDS COUNCIL APPROVES THIS ORDINANCE ON AUGUST 14TH, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS COUNCIL MAY HAVE AT THIS TIME.
JENNA, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? COUNSEL, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR JENNA? I HAD A COMMENT.
UM, UM, I APPRECIATE, UH, THE, UM, INCENTIVE TO, UM, REFIT OR BUILD WET LABS, WHICH ARE IN SIGNIFICANT DEMAND THROUGHOUT THE REGION.
SO, UM, I, UM, APPRECIATE IOS'S AGREEMENT TO DO THAT.
AND THE, I THINK THAT'S A GOOD USE OR A GOOD GRANT APPROACH TO, TO FUTURE DEVELOPMENT AND HAPPY TO HAVE A LONGER TERM, UH, COMPANY CONTINUE TO YEAH, YOU'RE RIGHT.
RESIDE HERE IN DUBLIN, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
THAT IS SOMETHING OUR REGION NEEDS.
ALL RIGHT, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? JENNA? THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THAT.
THE SECOND READING ON PUBLIC HEARING IS SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST 14TH.
[Ordinance 29-23]
AUTHORIZING THE PROVISION OF CERTAIN INCENTIVES TO NIMBLE SYSTEMS INC.TO INDUCE IT, TO LEASE A FACILITY TO LOCATE AND EXPAND ITS OFFICE AND ITS ASSOCIATED OPERATIONS AND WORKFORCE ALL WITHIN THE CITY AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
HONOR, DO SIT AND JENNA, YOU'RE BACK.
TELLING US ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR INCENTIVE.
WE'VE BEEN IN DISCUSSIONS WITH NIMBLE SYSTEMS INC.
ON THE LOCATION OF THEIR COMPANY WITHIN THE CITY OF DUBLIN.
NIMBLE SYSTEMS IS A HEALTHCARE CLOUD SOFTWARE AS A SERVICE COMPANY SPECIALIZING IN HELPING PRACTITIONERS IN THE ORTHODONTICS AND PROSTHETICS INDUSTRIES TO HELP SCHEDULE APPOINTMENTS, KEEP PATIENT RECORDS AND BILL OUT CLAIMS. NIMBLE STARTED ONBOARDING CLIENTS IN MARCH, 2018 AND NOW HAS MORE THAN 200 DIFFERENT PROVIDERS OF ALL SHAPES AND SIZES USING THE SOLUTIONS EVERY DAY TO SUPPORT THEIR PATIENT'S NEEDS IN GENERATE ACCURATE CLAIMS. CURRENTLY OPERATING OUTTA BRICK HOUSE BLUE IN DUBLIN, NIMBLE IS CONSIDERING LEASING A FACILITY IN THE CITY OF DUBLIN FOR THEIR HEADQUARTERS.
THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT PROPOSED TO NIMBLE SYSTEMS IS AN 18% PERFORMANCE INCENTIVE ON WITHHOLDINGS OVER THREE YEARS, VALUED AT $33,000 FOR THE TERM OF THE AGREEMENT IN CONSIDERATION OF THE COMPANY'S INVESTMENT AND PLANNED WORKFORCE GROWTH IN DUBLIN.
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THE PROJECT WOULD RESULT IN THE CREATION OF 25 JOBS BASED WITHIN THE CITY OF DUBLIN BY DECEMBER 31ST, 2026.AND THE PROJECT IS ANTICIPATED TO BRING APPROXIMATELY 172,000 IN NET WITHHOLDINGS THROUGH 2026.
STAFF RECOMMENDS, COUNCIL APPROVES THIS ORDINANCE ON AUGUST 14TH, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS COUNSEL MAY HAVE AT THIS TIME.
IT'S WONDERFUL TO HAVE IN HEADQUARTERS FOR THEM TO ESTABLISH THEIR HEADQUARTERS HERE.
OUR SECOND READING AND PUBLIC HEARING IS JENNA SAID WILL BE ON AUGUST 14TH, INTRODUCTION, PUBLIC HEARING VOTE RESOLUTION RESOLUTION 56
[Resolution 56-23]
DASH 23, ACCEPTING THE LOWEST AND BEST BID FOR THE HIGHLAND CROY ROAD IMPROVEMENTS PROJECTMEMBERS OF COUNCIL STAFF CONDUCTED A COMPETITIVE BID PROCESS FOR THE HIGHLAND CROIX ROAD IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT, WHICH WIDENS HIGHLAND CROIX ROAD TO A THREE-LANE ROADWAY FROM POST ROAD TO APPROXIMATELY A THOUSAND FEET NORTH OF PARK MILL DRIVE.
SPECIFICALLY THE IMPROVEMENTS, UH, WILL INCLUDE INSTALLING TURN LANES WHERE HIGHLAND CROIX ROAD INTERSECTS SPRING VIEW, LANE MORELAND DRIVE, HOL BEAN DRIVE AND PARK MILL DRIVE, WHICH I KNOW IS MAYBE HARD TO READ ON THIS EXHIBIT.
UM, MORLAND DRIVE IS THE FURTHEST SOUTH INTERSECTION, UH, WITH WHICH, UH, ACTUALLY SPRING VIEW DRIVE IS THE FURTHEST SOUTH INTERSECTION, WHICH WILL BE RIGHT IN RIGHT OUT OF GOING NORTH.
WE HAVE MORLAND DRIVE, WHICH WILL BE THE NEW SIGNALIZE INTERSECTION, UM, AND PROCEEDING FURTHER NORTH.
WE HAVE HOL BEAN DRIVE, WHICH WILL HAVE TURN LANE IMPROVEMENTS AS WELL.
AND THEN LASTLY, PARK MILL DRIVE, WHICH WILL, THERE'LL BE, WILL BE TURN LANES ADDED IN A MODIFICATION TO THE EXISTING SIGNAL AT THAT LOCATION.
UM, SO THE NEW SIGNAL WILL BE AT MORELAND DRIVE ITSELF, BUT WE WILL END UP WITH A THREE-LANE ROADWAY SECTION ALL THE WAY FROM POST ROAD TO AGAIN, JUST NORTH OF PARKVILLE DRIVE.
OTHER IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDE TIMBER GUARDRAIL, STORM DRAIN IMPROVEMENTS, LIGHTING AND INTERSECTIONS, AND A SHARED USE PATH ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF HIGHLAND CRO ROAD BETWEEN POST ROAD AND PARK MILL DRIVE.
THE 20 23 20 27 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM INCLUDED 1.1 MILLION $530,000 FOR THE HIGHLAND CROIX ROAD, UH, CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENTS THROUGH A COOPERATIVE CONSTRUCTION AGREEMENT WITH UNION COUNTY.
AGREED TO A FIXED CONTRIBUTION THE AMOUNT OF $1,000,100 TOWARDS THIS PROJECT AND UNION COUNTY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY CONSTRUCTION COST IN EXCESS OF THAT THIS AMOUNT, UH, WHICH WILL PRESENTLY BE JUST OVER $2.5 MILLION BASED ON THE BID.
UNION COUNTY'S FINAL CONTRIBUTION WILL BE BASED ON ACTUAL COST DETERMINED AT THE END OF CONSTRUCTION.
IN ADDITION, DUBLIN AGREED TO FUND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SHARED USE PATH AND THE UPGRADE COST FOR THE TIMBER STEEL BACK GUARDRAIL, BOTH RE RESULTING IN APPROXIMATELY $116,792 IN ADDITIONAL COST TO DUBLIN.
THE CITY IS PROVIDING PROJECT ADMINISTRATION AND INSPECTION DURING CONSTRUCTION ON JULY 12TH, 2023, TWO BIDS WERE RECEIVED IN PUBLICLY OPEN, COMPLETE GENERAL CONSTRUCTION COMPANY SUBMITTED THE LOWEST AND BEST BID OF $3,511,541 AND 25 CENTS, WHICH WAS 8.05% OVER THE ENGINEER'S ESTIMATE OF $3,250,000.
UPON ANALYSIS OF THE BIDS STAFF BELIEVES COMPETITIVE, COMPETITIVE BIDS WERE RECEIVED AND THE VAST MAJORITY OF BID ITEMS WERE RELATIVELY CLOSE TO THE ENGINEER'S ESTIMATE.
UNION COUNTY HAS APPROVED OF ACCEPTING THE LOWEST AND BEST BID.
CONSTRUCTION IS EXPECTED TO COMMENCE IN AUGUST OR SEPTEMBER OF THIS YEAR, AND CAN BE COMPLETE BY OCTOBER OF NEXT YEAR.
STAFF WILL WORK WITH DUBLIN COMMUNICATIONS AND PUBLIC INFORMATION STAFF TO SHARE THE CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE AND ANY UPDATES WITH THE PUBLIC THROUGHOUT THE DURATION OF THE PROJECT.
STAFF RECOMMENDS COUNCIL APPROVAL OF THIS RESOLUTION, ACCEPTING AS LOWEST AND BEST A BID OF COMPLETE GENERAL CONSTRUCTION COMPANY IN THE AMOUNT OF $3,511,541 AND 25 CENTS FOR THIS PROJECT.
I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS COUNCIL MIGHT HAVE REGARDING THIS RESOLUTION.
DO WE HAVE ANY, UH, PUBLIC COMMENTS? LINDSAY? NO COUNSEL COMMENTS ON THIS, KATHY? UM, THANK YOU, PAUL.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, I APPRECIATE THE WORK TO TRY TO ALIGN THIS WORK WITH THE OTHER, UM, VERY TINY LITTLE OVERPASS PROJECT THAT'S OUT THERE BECAUSE THE RESIDENTS ARE, IT IS JUST SUCH A TOUGH TIME FOR EVERYBODY, SO TO ALIGN THAT IN, FOR THAT TO BE ABLE TO BEGIN, I KNOW THAT WAS ALWAYS THE DESIRE, SO I SINCERELY APPRECIATE THE WORK TO GET THAT DONE.
I KNOW THERE WAS A LOT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT, RATHER, AT MORLAND DRIVE, THERE WOULD BE A STOPLIGHT OR A STOP SIGN AND, UH, I THINK THAT THIS WAS A, A RESIDENT, UH, REQUEST.
AND I, I APPRECIATE MAKING SURE THAT FOLKS KNOW THIS IS GONNA START.
'CAUSE ON TOP OF EVERYTHING ELSE, THIS IS, THIS IS COMING THAT WAY.
SO I THINK JUST THE CLARIFICATION ON THE LIGHT WILL BE IMPORTANT AND MM-HMM.
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AGAIN, UM, APPRECIATE THAT AND APPRECIATE THE PARTNERS IN UNION COUNTY TO GET THIS WORK DONE.WELL, AND WE ARE FORTUNATE THAT, UM, COMPLETE GENERAL CONSTRUCTION IS THE CONTRACTOR FOR THE INTERCHANGE PROJECT, AND THEY'RE ALSO THE CONTRACTOR IN THIS PROJECT, SO THAT'LL MAKE THE COORDINATION QUITE EASY.
UM, SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
PAUL, SEVERAL YEARS AGO, UH, THERE HAD BEEN SOME CHARACTER STUDY WORK DONE ON WHAT THESE ROADWAYS WOULD ULTIMATELY LOOK LIKE, AND I, I BELIEVE, IF I RECALL CORRECTLY, THE OUTCOME OF THAT WAS A BOULEVARD, UM, ROADWAY.
AND MY, MY QUESTION IS, IS DOES THIS PRECLUDE THAT FROM EVER BEING ABLE TO HAPPEN OR COULD IF DEVELOPMENT WERE SUFFICIENT IN THE AREA, COULD THERE BE, UM, UH, A MORE THOROUGH, FAIR PLAN OF WHAT THE OUTCOME OF THAT MIGHT BE? THAT'S A FAIR QUESTION.
AND NO, THESE IMPROVEMENTS DON'T PRECLUDE, UH, ANY FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS TO, YOU KNOW, COMPLY WITH THAT CHARACTER STUDY THAT YOU'RE RIGHT INCLUDED A MEDIAN AND, UH, SOME KIND OF MORE OF A BOULEVARD ROADWAY.
UM, WE ENDED UP WITH REALLY AS PART OF THIS PROJECT, A THREE LANE SECTION JUST BECAUSE OF ALL THE TURN LANES AND WORKING WITH UNION COUNTY THAT WE HAD SUCH A SMALL AREA THAT WAS JUST TWO LANE, IT JUST MADE SENSE TO MAINTAIN THAT THREE LANE SECTION THROUGH, UH, THIS IMPROVEMENT ITSELF.
BUT, UH, AGAIN, ANY FUTURE IMPROVEMENT, UH, COULD BE DONE OUTSIDE OF THIS.
WELL, I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THAT, AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE GET SOMETHING DONE BECAUSE THE PAIN IN THIS AREA IS TREMENDOUS.
AND CERTAINLY WE CAN'T SOLVE THE ENTIRE PROBLEM BECAUSE, UH, WE DON'T, WE DON'T OWN THE PROBLEM.
BUT I'M, I'M HOPEFUL THAT AT ONE POINT IN TIME, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS WILL BE A, A WONDERFUL GATEWAY TO WHATEVER VARIOUS COMMUNITIES MIGHT FIND ITSELF ALONG ITS PATH.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? NO.
UH, LET'S, WE'LL TAKE A VOTE ON THE RESOLUTION.
[Resolution 57-23]
DASH 23, ADOPTING THE CITY OF DUBLIN'S SPEED MANAGEMENT PROGRAM AND REPEALING THE CITY'S CURRENT TRAFFIC CALMING POLICY.STAFF REPORT THIS EVENING IS FROM OUR DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY, JEANNIE WILLIS.
MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, UH, POLICE AND TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY STAFF ARE BACK BEFORE YOU, UH, THIS EVENING TO CONSIDER THE SPEED MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.
WE HAVE CONTINUED TO WORK ON THIS PROGRAM, UH, GIVEN THE MOST RECENT FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED AT THE JUNE 12TH COUNCIL MEETING.
UH, KATIE ALONE, ALSO FROM TOOL DESIGN, CHIEF PECE, DEPUTY CHIEF, UH, TABER AND I ARE ALL HERE TO, UH, ANSWER QUESTIONS AS THEY MAY COME UP.
SO, IN SUMMARY, UM, TONIGHT WE WILL REVIEW THE RESPONSES TO THE DISCUSSION QUESTIONS THAT WE HAD AT THE JUNE 12TH MEETING, UM, COVERING THE VISION STATEMENT, STREET CONTEXT, VERTICAL DEFLECTION, EDUCATION AND AWARENESS, TEMPORARY VERTICAL DEVICES, TACTICAL URBANISM TYPE PROJECTS, SPEED SAFETY CAMERAS, AND OTHER CONSIDERATIONS.
WE WILL ALSO COVER WHAT THE NEXT STEPS FOR THE PROGRAM WILL BE AND WHAT OUR RECOMMENDATIONS ARE.
AND, UH, WE HAVE, THE CITY HAS CONTACTED OUR INTERESTED RESIDENTS SPECIFICALLY, UH, FOR A NOTIFICATION ABOUT THE MEETING TONIGHT, AND THAT THERE IS LEGISLATION UN PROPOSED THIS EVENING.
SO PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE POLICY AND THE TOOLBOX.
SO QUESTION NUMBER ONE, CENTERED AROUND WHAT THE VISION STATEMENT FOR THE PROGRAM SHOULD BE.
WE HAD PROPOSED AT THE JUNE 12TH MEETING TO INCLUDE THE WORDS, THE PROGRAM GOALS, STRIVE TO CREATE SAFE AND COMFORTABLE STREETS FOR RESIDENTS AND ROAD USERS ACROSS DUBLIN, INCLUDING PEOPLE WALKING AND ROLLING THE COUNCIL FEEDBACK WE RECEIVED ON JUNE 12TH, REDIRECTED STAFF TO PLACE THE WORD ALL BACK INTO THE VISION STATEMENT.
SO, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN, THE NEWLY REVISED AGAIN, UH, VISION STATEMENT WILL NOW READ.
UM, THE PRO THE SPEED MANAGEMENT PROGRAM WILL PROVIDE A F FRAMEWORK FOR A DATA-DRIVEN APPROACH TO SPEED MANAGEMENT.
THE PROGRAM GOALS STRIVE TO CREATE SAFE AND COMFORTABLE STREETS FOR RESIDENTS AND ALL ROAD USERS ACROSS DUBLIN, INCLUDING PEOPLE WALKING AND ROLLING.
WE BELIEVE THAT, UM, ADDING THE STRIVE TO CREATE AND ALL ROAD USERS LANGUAGE BACK INTO THE VISION STATEMENT DOES, UM, RECOGNIZE THAT COMFORT IS OFTEN SUBJECTIVE, UM, AND IS A MATTER OF OPINION, BUT THAT IS WHAT OUR ULTIMATE GOAL IS AND WHAT WE STRIVE TO CREATE HERE IN DUBLIN.
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CATEGORY TWO, THAT, OR I'M SORRY, QUESTION NUMBER TWO THEN REALLY FOCUSED ON THE CONTEXT OF STREETS IN DUBLIN AND HOW DO WE ADDRESS SPEED MANAGEMENT ON RIVERSIDE DRIVE ON A ROAD LIKE RIVERSIDE DRIVE VERSUS ON A TYPICAL RESIDENTIAL ROADWAY OR A SCHOOL ZONE.SO AT THE JUNE 12TH MEETING, WE DID PROPOSE, UM, A TABLE THAT LOOKED JUST LIKE THIS ONE.
THAT INCLUDES LANGUAGE ABOUT THE, WHAT THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT IS, WHAT THE FUNCTION OF THE ROADWAY IS, AND THEN HOW THE SPEED MANAGEMENT TOOLBOX CATEGORIES WOULD APPLY TO EACH OF THESE DIFFERENT TYPES OF STREETS.
WE DO KNOW THAT THIS TABLE IS COMPLICATED.
WE KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION IN THIS TABLE, SO WE'RE GONNA WALK OUR WAY THROUGH IT, BUT ALSO KNOW THAT IF WE ARE TO ADOPT THIS PROGRAM TONIGHT, THAT, UM, TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY STAFF HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS IN, UM, C P I TO DEVELOP PROGRAM MATERIALS THAT WILL BREAK DOWN THIS PROCESS INTO A MORE EASILY UNDERSTOOD AND FORMATTED STEP-BY-STEP PROCESS TO HELP GUIDE OUR RESIDENTS THROUGH WHAT THIS PROGRAM WILL BECOME.
SO, FOCUSING ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ROAD, WE DO HAVE THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT BROKEN DOWN IN 20 MILES PER HOUR, WHICH APPLIES TO OUR SCHOOL ZONES, 15 OR 25 MILES PER HOUR, THAT APPLIES TO OUR ALLEYS AND THE MAJORITY OF OUR ROADS, WHICH ARE OUR LOCAL LEVEL ROADWAYS, AND THEN ROADWAYS THAT ARE OVER 25, WHICH THEN ENCOMPASS OUR ARTERIALS AND OUR COLLECTORS.
I'M GOING TO FOCUS A LITTLE BIT MORE SPECIFICALLY ON WHAT THE 85TH PERCENTILE SPEED IS ON THE NEXT SLIDE.
SO I'M GOING TO JUST KIND OF GLOSS OVER THAT AT THIS POINT AND THEN FOCUS ON HOW THE CATEGORY ONE, TWO, AND THREE, UM, THRESHOLDS APPLY TO THE DIFFERENT ROADWAYS.
SORRY, I LOST MY TRAIN OF THOUGHT THERE.
SO, IN TERMS OF THE POST-IT SPEED LIMIT FOR A SCHOOL ZONE, WHICH IS 20 MILES PER HOUR, CATEGORY ONE, IF YOU ARE DOESN'T REALLY APPLY.
WE'RE GONNA JUMP STRAIGHT TO CATEGORY TWO WITH THE SCHOOL ZONE FIVE MILES PER HOUR OR LESS OVER THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT THE 85TH PERCENTILE OVER THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT, WE'RE GONNA JUMP RIGHT INTO CATEGORY TWO, WHICH WILL THEN MAKE MORE AGGRESSIVE TYPE OF SOLUTIONS AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY FOR THOSE TYPES OF ROADWAYS OR SECTIONS OF ROADWAYS.
CATEGORY THREE, FOR A SCHOOL ZONE OVER FIVE MILES PER HOUR, WE ARE GOING TO TAKE THE HARDEST LOOK AT THE, UM, UH, SOLUTIONS AVAILABLE FOR THAT PARTICULAR TYPE OF SITUATION FOR THE 15 TO 25, WHICH WILL BE OUR ALLEYS, LOCALS, OR RESIDENTIAL COLLECTOR TYPE ROADWAYS, THREE MILES PER HOUR OR LESS OVER THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT.
THE 85TH PERCENTILE OVER THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT.
CATEGORY ONE SOLUTIONS WILL APPLY BETWEEN FOUR AND 10 MILES PER HOUR.
CATEGORY TWO AND OVER 10 MILES PER HOUR.
AND THEN FOR THOSE ROADWAYS WITH A POSTED SPEED LIMIT OVER 25 MILES PER HOUR, UM, THE 85TH PERCENTILE SPEED OVER THE POSTED LEAD SPEED LIMIT FIVE MILES PER HOUR OR LESS.
CATEGORY ONE SOLUTIONS BETWEEN SIX AND 10 MILES PER HOUR.
CATEGORY TWO SOLUTIONS WILL APPLY.
AND THEN FOR CATEGORY THREE, AGAIN, CONSISTENT WITH THE 15 TO 25 OVER CATEGORY THREE SOLUTIONS WILL APPLY FOR THOSE ROADWAYS, UH, WITH THE 85TH PERCENTILE, 10 MILES PER HOUR OR MORE OVER THAT POSTED SPEED LIMIT.
OR THE OTHER CAVEAT IS, IS THERE'S MORE THAN, UH, 1% OR MORE OF MOTORISTS TRAVELING MORE THAN 15 MILES PER HOUR OVER THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT.
CATEGORY THREE WILL ALSO AUTOMATICALLY APPLY AGAIN, THE KEY TAKEAWAY WITH THIS TABLE, THE WAY THAT THIS IS NOW STRUCTURED, IS THAT BY LOWERING THESE THRESHOLDS FOR LOCAL OR RESIDENTIAL COLLECTORS AND SCHOOLS ZONES, MORE SPEED MANAGEMENT TOOLS ARE MORE IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE.
SO THE 85TH PERCENTILE SPEED, AS I PROMISED THIS SLIDE AIMS TO PROVIDE A MORE AT OR A MORE, UM, THOROUGH DESCRIPTION OF WHAT THE 85TH PERCENTILE SPEED IS.
IT IS A COMMONLY USED UNIVERSALLY ACCEPTED THRESHOLD IN SPEED MANAGEMENT TYPE STUDIES, SPEED ENFORCEMENT, AND IN TRAFFIC ENGINEERING, UM, STUDIES AND PRINCIPLES.
IF YOU HAVE A HUNDRED DRIVERS ON THE ROADWAY, THIS IS THE 85TH PERCENTILE.
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THAT THAT 85TH DRIVER IS TRAVELING AT OR LOWER.SO YOU'VE GOT A HUNDRED PEOPLE, YOU TAKE THAT 85TH PERSON DRIVING AT THAT SPEED, AND ALL OF THE SPEED, EVERYONE DRIVING BETWEEN ZERO AND 85% ARE DRIVING AT THAT SPEED OR LOWER.
THAT'S THE KEY THAT'S TELLING US WHAT THE REASONABLE PERSON, HOW THE BEES REASONABLE PERSON WOULD BE BEHAVE ON A ROADWAY.
THAT'S WHY WE USE THAT AS OUR METRIC.
UM, SO AS I PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED IN THE TABLE BEFORE YOU SEE THAT WE TAKE THAT WHAT A REASONABLE PERSON BEHAVIOR WOULD BE, THAT 85TH PERCENTILE SPEED, AND WE COMPARE THAT TO THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT, AND THAT'S HOW WE DETERMINE WHAT CATEGORY IN THE SPEED MANAGEMENT TOOLBOX THAT STREET WILL FALL.
IF WE HAVE QUESTIONS, WE'LL GET TO 'EM ALL.
SO, LAST ON JUNE 12TH, I DID DID PROVIDE AN EXAMPLE OF HOW A SPEED SURVEY WOULD APPLY IN THIS NEW PROGRAM.
I'M GONNA GO THROUGH THAT AGAIN.
AND JUST AS A NOTE IN THE MATERIALS THAT WERE INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET IN THE SPEED MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, THIS EXAMPLE WAS ALSO BROKEN DOWN STEP BY STEP TO GUIDE BOTH STAFF OR A RESIDENT, UM, THROUGH THE HOW THE PROGRAM WOULD WORK.
JUST NOTE THAT THE MATERIALS THAT WERE PROVIDED IN YOUR PACKET ARE DRAFT CONTENT.
THEY'RE NOT FINALIZED, SO THEY WILL GET, THEY WILL BE ENHANCED AND BE EVEN BETTER PREPARED FOR, UM, THE PUBLIC.
BUT SO LOOKING AT THE TABLE, SO THIS IS A TYPICAL TYPE OF SPEED SURVEY SUMMARY THAT WE WILL GET.
THIS IS, UM, THE LOCATION IS ON NO SPEEDING DRIVE EAST OF, UH, SHARE THE ROAD DRIVE.
UM, IN THIS PARTICULAR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE AN 85TH PERCENTILE SPEED FOR BOTH DIRECTIONS OF 28.67.
WE NOTE THAT THE SPEED POSTED SPEED LIMIT IS 25 MILES PER HOUR.
IT'S A LOCAL LEVEL ROAD, AND OUR PERCENT EXCESSIVE SPEEDS IS AT 0.1%.
THESE ARE VERY TYPICAL TYPES OF RESULTS THAT WE WILL SEE ON VARIOUS ROADS THROUGHOUT DUBLIN.
SO THIS, LOOKING AT THE, UM, SPEED MANAGEMENT TABLE, WE COME TO THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT COLUMN.
WE FIND WHERE OUR POSTED SPEED LIMIT IS HERE AT 25.
IT'S A LOCAL LEVEL ROAD AND THE 85TH PERCENTILE SPEED, THE 8 28 0.67 IS BETWEEN FOUR AND 10 MILES PER OVER, UM, OVER THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT.
WE DID THAT CALCULATION BY TAKING THE 28.67, SUBTRACTING 25 AS THE SPEED LIMIT, AND COMING UP WITH 3.67 MILES PER HOUR.
STAFF WOULD ROUND THAT UP TO FOUR MILES PER HOUR OVER THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT.
POPPING US INTO THIS COLUMN RIGHT HERE, CATEGORY TWO SOLUTIONS WOULD APPLY.
MOVING ON TO QUESTION NUMBER THREE, VERTICAL MEASURES IN CATEGORY THREE, THE PREVIOUS LANGUAGE INCLUDED IF AFTER ALL OTHER REASONABLE CATEGORY THREE SOLUTIONS WERE TRIED AND WERE UNSUCCESSFUL.
WE RECEIVED FEEDBACK FROM COUNCIL THAT NIGHT THAT THAT SEEMED A LITTLE TOO RESTRICTIVE, AND SO WE WANTED TO SOFTEN THAT LANGUAGE.
SO WE DID PROPOSE IF AFTER AT LEAST ONE CATEGORY THREE SPEED MANAGEMENT SOLUTION HAS BEEN TRIED AND PROVEN INEFFECTIVE AND SPEEDS ARE STILL IN THE CATEGORY IN CATEGORY THREE, THEN VERTICAL MEASURES WILL BE EVALUATED AS DESCRIBED IN STEP THREE OF THE SPEED MANAGEMENT PROGRAM UNDER THE SPEED MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.
STEP THREE FOR CATEGORY THREE INCLUDES CONDUCTING A ROAD SAFETY AUDIT AND ENGAGING WITH OUR HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS, CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS, OTHER CITY STAFF, EMERGENCY SERVICES, OR OTHER STAKEHOLDERS AS A FIRST STEP TO UNDERSTAND THE SPEEDING AND SAFETY ISSUES AND SEEK FEEDBACK ON THE SPEED MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS.
QUESTION NUMBER FOUR, CENTERED AROUND THE EDUCATION AND AWARENESS COMPONENT OF THE PROGRAM.
ON JUNE 12TH, THIS PARTICULAR PORTION OF THE PROGRAM WAS, UH, PROPOSED AS AN ACTUAL, UM, CATEGORY IN THE SPEED MANAGEMENT, UM, TABLE BECAUSE STAFF IS ALREADY
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DOING ALL OF THESE THINGS, UM, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE YARD SIGNS.UM, THE FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED FROM COUNCIL WAS THAT THIS PARTICULAR COMPONENT DID NOT NEED TO HAVE ITS OWN CATEGORY.
WE'VE INCLUDED IT IN THE PROGRAM AS IT'S AVAILABLE TO EVERY RESIDENT, UM, NO MATTER WHAT THEIR CIRCUMSTANCES ARE.
UM, AND WE WILL ALWAYS HAVE THESE TOOLS AVAILABLE TO STAFF TO HELP OUR RESIDENTS.
IN HEARING FROM COUNCIL, THERE WERE FEW THAT WERE IN FAVOR AND THERE WERE SOME WHO WERE A LITTLE CONCERNED THAT PERHAPS, UM, THE YARD SIGNS MIGHT ACTUALLY ENCOURAGE ADDITIONAL SPEEDING.
SO AS OF RIGHT NOW, STAFF HAS INCLUDED YARD SIGNS TO BE INCLUDED WITH THE EDUCATION AND AWARENESS, AS WE HAVE LEARNED THAT THESE ARE, UM, NEWER TYPES OF GRASSROOTS EFFORTS THAT DO HELP RESIDENTS FEEL EMPOWERED, UM, TO HELP CURBSIDE OR CURB, UM, SPEEDING ON THEIR PARTICULAR STREETS.
BUT STAFF WILL, UM, MONITOR THIS PROGRAM AND DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THEY HAVE BEEN EFFECTIVE.
IF WE DETERMINE THAT THEY ARE COUNTERPRODUCTIVE, THEN WE WILL TAKE APPROPRIATE MEASURES AND MODIFY THE PROGRAM AS NEEDED.
QUESTION FIVE, THEN TALKED ABOUT, UM, TEMPORARY VERTICAL DEVICES IN CATEGORY TWO AND WHETHER OR NOT THEY SHOULD BE INCLUDED BASED ON THE COUNCIL DIRECTION RECEIVED AT THE JUNE 12TH MEETING.
TEMPORARY VERTICAL DEVICES ARE NOT TO BE INCLUDED IN CATEGORY TWO SOLUTIONS, HOWEVER, AS WE JUST DISCUSSED, THEY ARE INCLUDED, UH, WITH ALL OTHER VERTICAL DEVICES AS AN OPTION IN CATEGORY THREE SOLUTIONS.
QUESTION NUMBER SIX, FOCUSED ON TEMPORARY SPEED CUSHIONS ON CASHIO LANE.
UM, SO BASED ON THE CONVERSATION AT, UM, THE JUNE 12TH COUNCIL MEETING, STAFF IS PREPARED TO ENGAGE THE AREA, UH, HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS, CIVICS ASSOCIATIONS, AND, UH, RESIDENTS ALONG CASHIO AND LANE AND NEARBY, UH, IN ACCORDANCE WITH STEP THREE OF CATEGORY THREE SOLUTIONS FOR THE SPEED MANAGEMENT PROGRAM ABOUT INSTALLING TEMPORARY SPEED CUSHIONS ON, UM, CASHIO.
IF THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS SUPPORTIVE, THEN STAFF WILL ADVANCE THE PROJECT AND FOLLOW THE PROCESS OF THE SPEED MANAGEMENT, UM, CATEGORY THREE IN THE PROGRAM.
UH, AND THIS PROJECT COULD HAVE THE SPEEDS CUSHIONS INSTALLED AS EARLY AS, UM, THIRD QUARTER OF 2023, DEPENDING ON ENGAGEMENT OUTCOMES.
QUESTION NUMBER SEVEN, FOCUSED ON TACTICAL URBAN URBANISM, STREET SCAPE IMPROVEMENTS.
SO ALSO BASED ON THE LAST DISCUSSION WITH COUNCIL AND GENERAL SUPPORT OF CSAC C'S INVOLVEMENT IN TACTICAL URBANISM PROJECTS, CITY STAFF DOES PROPOSE TO DISCUSS UP TO THREE TACTICAL URBANISM PILOT PROJECTS AT AN UPCOMING CSAC MEETING.
AFTER THE DISCUSSION WITH CSAC, RECOMMENDATIONS WILL BE ADVANCED TO CITY COUNCIL IN A TIMELY MANNER.
AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN, TACTICAL URBANISM CAN RANGE IN SIZE, SCOPE, AND SCALE, BUT ONE OF THE, THE KEY FEATURES OF THEM IS THAT THEY ARE ALL FLEXIBLE AND CAN BE CHANGED RELATIVELY EASILY.
STREETS, STREET TREES HAVE BEEN ADDED AS AN EXAMPLE OF TACTICAL URBANISM.
UM, TACTICAL URBANISM IS INCLUSIVE OF MANY TYPES OF SOLUTIONS OTHER THAN PHYSICALLY NARROWING A ROADWAY.
BY MOVING A CURB, A ROADWAY CAN FEEL AS THOUGH IT'S BEEN NARROWED THROUGH VARIOUS TACTICS LIKE THE EXAMPLES SHOWN ON THE SLIDE HERE, USING CURB PLANT OR, UM, PLANTERS, PAINTED CURBS, UM, COLORFUL, UM, SIDEWALKS, TEXTURED PAVEMENTS, STREET TREES, UM, AND, UM, MINI TRAFFIC CIRCLES, UM, USING ROAD TATTOOS OR PAINT.
QUESTION NUMBER EIGHT TALKED ABOUT, UM, SPEED SAFETY CAMERAS.
AS A RESULT OF THE COUNCIL DIRECTION, STAFF IS PREPARED TO PURCHASE A SET OF SPEED SAFETY CAMERAS WITHIN THE EXISTING 2023 BUDGET.
STAFF WILL THEN ALSO PLAN TO INCLUDE A REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR ANOTHER SET OF, UH, SPEED SAFETY CAMERAS IN THE Q THREE SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS ORDINANCE AND STAFF DOES ALSO PLAN TO REQUEST FUNDING FOR A THIRD SET THROUGH THE 2024 THROUGH 2028 C I P PROCESS UNDER THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
QUESTION NINE THEN ASKED, WERE THERE ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS THAT COUNSEL WOULD LIKE TO HAVE INCLUDED OR ADDRESSED THROUGH THIS PROGRAM? THE FIRST WAS CERTAINLY NOISE.
THE PROJECT TEAM ABSOLUTELY UNDERSTANDS THE CONCERN ASSOCIATED WITH NOISE, BUT ALSO KNOWS THAT NOISE IS NOT ALWAYS ASSOCIATED WITH SPEED.
EXAMPLES COULD BE A NOISY MUFFLER, A DUMP TRUCK, UM, A LOUD MOTORCYCLE.
SO AS A RESULT, NOISE, UM, POLICY IS NOT BEST PLACED
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WITHIN THE SPEED MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.HOWEVER, POLICE HAS UPDATED THEIR TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT ACTION POLICY TO ADDRESS VEHICLE NOISE ENFORCEMENT.
UM, AND IS AND AS DISCUSSED AT THE JUNE 12TH MEETING, HAVE A COMMITMENT TO ENGAGING IN REGULAR ENFORCEMENT CAMPAIGNS.
AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, STREET TREES HAVE BEEN ADDED TO TACTICAL URBANISM SOLUTIONS, UH, AS THAT WAS ANOTHER ITEM THAT WAS BROUGHT UP FOR ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATION.
YARD SIGNS, UM, HAVE ALSO BEEN INCLUDED IN THE, UM, EDUCATION AND ENFORCEMENT OR EDUCATION AND AWARENESS, EXCUSE ME, UM, PORTION OF THE PROGRAM ITSELF AGAINST STAFF WILL MONITOR THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THOSE SIGNS, AND IF THEY BECOME COUNTERPRODUCTIVE, WE WILL MODIFY THE PROGRAM AS NEEDED.
COUNCIL ALSO NOTED THE SUCCESS OF OUR DRI ROTATING DRIVER FEEDBACK SIGN PROGRAM.
SO BASED ON THE APPROVAL OF THE 2024 OPERATING BUDGET STAFF DOES PLAN TO PURCHASE AND DEPLOY AN ADDITIONAL SET OF ROTATING DRIVER FEEDBACK SIGNS FOR A TOTAL OF THREE SETS.
AS OF RIGHT NOW, STAFF DOES BELIEVE THAT THE, THAT THREE SETS OF ROTATING DRIVER FEEDBACK SIGNS WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO COVER THE NUMBER OF REQUESTS THAT WE RECEIVE.
HOWEVER, IF THEY ARE NOT, THEN STAFF HAS A MECHANISM AS PROPOSED IN THE CURRENT OR IN THE, UM, 2024 THROUGH 2028 C I P PROGRAM, WHERE WE HAVE ASKED FOR FUNDING FOR SPEED MANAGEMENT IMPLEMENTATION, AND WE COULD CERTAINLY PURCHASE ANOTHER SET OF ROTATING DRIVER FEEDBACK SIGNS THROUGH THAT FUNDING SOURCE IF NEEDED.
IN ADDITION TO THE UM, ROTATING DRIVER FEEDBACK SIGNS, STAFF SIMPLY WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT THERE ARE 40 PERMANENT DRIVER FEEDBACK SIGNS ALREADY IN PLACE IN DUBLIN, UM, WITH PLANS FOR AN ADDITIONAL EIGHT SIGNS SO THAT EVERY PUBLIC SCHOOL ROADWAY FRONTAGE HAS COVERAGE WITH DRIVER FEEDBACK SIGNS TO BRING DRIVER AWARENESS TO THEIR DRIVING SPEED.
ALL OF THE MATERIALS THAT YOU HAVE RECEIVED IN YOUR PACKET FOR THIS EVENING REFLECT ALL OF THESE REVISIONS.
SO NEXT STEPS PROJECTED IMPLEMENTATION FOR, UH, THE SECOND QUARTER OF 2023.
NONE OF THE, UM, PROJECTED IMPLEMENTATION HAS CHANGED SINCE THE JUNE 12TH MEETING.
SO TO UM, PROVIDE A BRIEF OVERVIEW, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL CONDUCT REGULAR SPEED AND NOISE ENFORCEMENT CAMPAIGNS BASED ON, UH, IDENTIFIED COMMUNITY CONCERNS.
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL CONDUCT INCREASED ENFORCEMENT IN SPECIFIC AREAS OF THE CITY, SUCH AS RIVERSIDE DRIVE, BRIDGE PARK TWO 70 OR OTHER LOCATIONS, AND THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL INFORM THE COMMUNITY OF THE ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS PRIOR TO BEGINNING THE INCREASED ENFORCEMENT IN THOSE SPECIFIC AREAS.
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL ALSO EMPHASIZE SPEED ENFORCEMENT IN SCHOOL ZONES AND NEIGHBORHOOD ROADWAYS BASED ON THE PRESENCE OF VULNERABLE ROADWAY USERS AND LOWER ALLOWABLE SPEEDING THRESHOLDS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THIS PROGRAM.
AND IN FURTHERANCE OF INCREASING SAFETY AND INTELLIGENCE LED PROACTIVE TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT.
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL ALSO ENSURE THAT RECENT TRAFFIC COMPLAINTS AND HIGH CRASH AREAS ARE DISCUSSED DAILY.
SO ALL OFFICERS KNOW WHERE COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE ASKING FOR ASSISTANCE WITH TRAFFIC COMPLAINTS AND WHERE THEY CAN FOCUS THEIR ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS.
AND FINALLY, UM, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL ALSO PERSONALLY FOLLOW UP WITH EACH RESIDENT WHO SUBMITS A CONCERN REGARDING SPEED MANAGEMENT, REGARDLESS OF WHICH CITY DIVISION RECEIVES THE CONCERN PROJECTED IMPLEMENTATION FOR THE THIRD QUARTER OF 2023.
THERE ARE A FEW CHANGES ON THIS SLIDE SINCE THE JUNE 12TH MEETING, AND THEY ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN GREEN ON THE SLIDE.
SO NUMBER ONE, STAFF PROPOSES ADOPTION OF A SPEED MANAGEMENT PROGRAM RESOLUTION, WHICH IS OCCURRING TONIGHT.
UM, STAFF WILL ALSO BRING FORWARD LEGISLATION TO ESTABLISH THE BUS BRIDGE STREET BUSINESS DISTRICT AT A FUTURE MEETING.
AS I ALREADY MENTIONED, STAFF IS WORKING ON DEVELOPING A MEDIA CAMPAIGN TOOLBOX AND STRATEGY KIT.
WE WILL ADD ENFORCEMENT METRICS AND SPEED MANAGEMENT, UM, DASHBOARD TO BE DISPLAYED ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE.
POLICE WILL CONTINUE ENFORCEMENT WITH THE O S H P AVIATION UNIT WITH ZERO TOLERANCE FOR EXCESSIVE SPEED, STREET RACING, RECKLESS OPERATIONS, AND O M V I.
NUMBER SIX, WE WILL BEGIN ENGAGING RESIDENTS REGARDING SPEED CUSHIONS ON CASHIO LANE.
AND NUMBER SEVEN, WE WILL INCLUDE SPEED SAFETY CAMERAS IN AN UPCOMING Q THREE SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS ORDINANCE PROJECTED IMPLEMENTATION FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 2023.
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SINCE JUNE 12TH ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN GREEN.SO BASED ON COUNCIL DIRECTION, DEVELOP UP TO THREE TACTICAL URBANISM CONCEPT PLANS AND INSTALL THE PILOT PROJECTS, WHICH WILL BE DEPENDENT ON THE RESIDENT FEEDBACK.
WE PLAN TO PURCHASE AN INITIAL SET OF SPEED SAFETY CAMERAS AND BEGIN ISSUING WARNING LETTERS.
AND STAFF WILL REQUEST ANNUAL FUNDS TO IMPLEMENT THE SPEED MANAGEMENT PROGRAM INITIATIVES AS PART OF THE C I P.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, ROTATING DRIVER FEEDBACK, SIGNS SPEED SAFETY CAMERAS, TECHNICAL URBANISM PROJECTS, UH, THINGS OF THAT NATURE, AND PROJECTED IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SECOND QUARTER OF BY OF 2024.
BASED ON THE OUTCOME OF TACTICAL URBANISM, PILOTS CREATE GUIDELINES AND DESIGN CRITERIA FOR A CITYWIDE NEIGHBORHOOD TOOLKIT FOR TACTICAL URBANISM PROJECTS THAT THIS, UM, RESIDENTS CAN IMPLEMENT BASED ON APPROVAL IN THE 2024 THROUGH 2028 C I P PURCHASE AND DEPLOY ADDITIONAL SPEED SAFETY CAMERAS AND BASED ON APPROVAL IN THE 2024 OPERATING BUDGET PURCHASE AND DEPLOY AN ADDITIONAL SET OF ROTATING DRIVER FEEDBACK SIGNS.
RECOMMENDATION IS THAT STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION 57 23 FOR THE SPEED MANAGEMENT PROGRAM AND ALSO REPEAL SECTION 72.130 AND 72.131 OF THE CITY CODIFIED ORDINANCES, 2004 TRAFFIC CALMING POLICY.
WITH THAT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME THIS EVENING, AND MYSELF AND THE PROJECT TEAM ARE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
THERE'S SO MUCH WORK, AND I KNOW WE'VE HAD SO MANY DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THIS, BUT WE REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK AND ALL THE COOPERATION WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UM, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS, LINDSAY? WE DO HAVE A FEW.
EARNEST SHEPHERD, WELL, NOT REALLY
YOU'RE ALWAYS WELCOME TO COME AND MAKE A COMMENT IF YOU'D LIKE.
AND YOUR ADDRESS, PLEASE, MR. SHEPHERD
I KNOW YOU'VE PUT A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT INTO IT, WE SEE THAT AND I WAS REALLY APPRECIATIVE OF THAT AND SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT YOU'VE MADE ON IT.
MY, MY DIRECT QUESTION RIGHT NOW, I'M INTERESTED IN WHOLE SPEED PROGRAM, DON'T GET ME WRONG, BUT AS I'VE SAID IN THE PAST, SELL MILL IS DEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART, OKAY? AND MOST PEOPLE KNOW THAT.
WHAT CATEGORY IS SELL MILL NOW, BASED ON OUR MOST CURRENT SPEED SURVEY, SELL MILL WOULD FALL INTO CATEGORY TWO.
AND THAT IS, SO WHAT THAT IS SAYING THEN IS THAT YOU WILL HAVE SOME OF THE SIGNS THAT WILL BE ROTATING, CORRECT? YES.
SO IN TERMS OF POTENTIAL CATEGORY TWO SOLUTIONS, UM, THE PERMANENT DRIVER FEEDBACK SIGN PROGRAM, POLICE OBSERVATIONS AND ENGAGEMENT, SPEED, SAFETY CAMERAS, TACTICAL URBANISM, STREET WIDTH, STREET WIDTH REDUCTION, USING PAVEMENT, MARKINGS, STREET TREES, THOSE TYPES OF PROJECTS IN ADDITION TO THE CATEGORY ONE SOLUTIONS, WHICH WOULD ALSO INCLUDE THE ROTATING DRIVER FEEDBACK SIGNS, POLICE, MOBILE SPEED TRAILERS, AND THEN ALSO THE, UM, EDUCATION AND AWARENESS SOLUTIONS.
ALL OF THOSE WOULD THEN BE AVAILABLE TO, UM, SALES MILL.
AND THE ROTATING SIGNS, MAYBE I MISSED IT, BUT HOW LONG ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO BE IN PLACE BEFORE THEY'RE PICKED UP AND MOVED TO, TO ANOTHER AREA? WE TYPICALLY LEAVE THEM IN PLACE ABOUT TWO WEEKS.
ANY LONGER DEPENDING ON THE SITUATION, THAT HAND? YES, THERE ARE INSTANCES WHERE WE DO LEAVE THEM IN PLACE LONGER.
AND THE ROTATION AND EVERYTHING, AGAIN, MAYBE I'M JUST TALKING ABOUT SELLS MILL, BUT IT'S GONNA BE TWO WEEKS AND THEN IS GONNA BE A COUPLE MONTHS BEFORE IT COMES BACK.
WHAT, WHAT, GIVE ME JUST AN IDEA.
SO, SO THE WAY THAT IT WOULD WORK IS THAT DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF REQUESTS AND HOW MANY OTHER STREETS ARE LOOKING FOR THE, UM, SIGNS TO BE INSTALLED ON THEIR ROADWAY, WE WOULD LOOK TO AT, UM, S MILL ALREADY GETS THE, UM, ROTATING DRIVER FEEDBACK SIGNS AT LEAST TWICE A YEAR, UM, USUALLY IN THE SPRING-ISH TIME, EARLY SUMMERTIME, AND THEN AGAIN IN THE FALL-ISH TIMEFRAME.
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OF DRIVER FEEDBACK SIGNS, THERE'S THE POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL, UM, TIME OF THOSE, UM, DRIVER FEEDBACK SIGNS TO BE LOCATED ON SELL MILL.AND I KNOW I'VE HAD THIS DISCUSSION WITH, WITH KATHY OVER THE PHONE ABOUT PERMANENT VERSUS ROTATING, AND I DIDN'T COME TO THE, UH, JUNE 12TH WHEN I GUESS THE, THE COUNCIL MADE A DECISION ABOUT ROTATING AND NOT HAVING 'EM PERMANENT.
SO THERE'S NOT MUCH TO REALLY TALK ABOUT THERE WITH THAT.
IT'S DECISIONS BEEN MADE, UH, FROM THAT STANDPOINT.
WELL, THE PERMANENT DRIVER FEEDBACK SCIENCE ARE A SOLUTION THAT IS AVAILABLE TO CATEGORY TWO ROADWAYS.
SO THAT NOW BECOMES AN OPTION THAT IS A POSSIBILITY.
THE OTHER THING, AND THEN I'LL, I'LL STOP, BUT I'LL GO BACK TO MY, I KNOW THIS IS A SPEED MANAGEMENT, UM, PROGRAM AND IT'S VERY WELL THOUGHT OUT THOROUGH, THAT TYPE OF THING AND ALL THE INFORMATION, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE SAID BEFORE, AND I'LL STILL SAY IT AGAIN WITH CELLS MILL AGAIN, UM, WHEN THE STUDY'S BEEN DONE, UM, AND IN A THREE DAY PERIOD YOU HAD 3000 CARS OR 1200 CARS THAT GO UP AND DOWN SELLS MILL WITH, WITH A SCHOOL AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
AND I KNOW I HAD THE CONVERSATION WITH TINA AND, AND WITH THE OFFICERS, UH, IN A VIDEO HERE ABOUT A MONTH OR SO AGO, AND IT REALLY SHOWED THAT SELLS MILL WAS LIKE 24 BELOW AND IT WAS HARD FOR ME TO BELIEVE THAT 1200 CARS, AND THE POLICE SAID THAT'S A GOOD THING, RIGHT? WELL, YEAH, IT'S A GOOD THING.
BUT, UH, 1200 CARS THAT ARE BELOW THE SPEED LIMIT.
AND I THINK I'VE SAID THAT TO COUNSEL BEFORE, IT IS JUST HARD TO BELIEVE THE STATISTICS WISE, UM, THAT, THAT THAT'S WHAT IT CAME, CAME TO.
SO THE OTHER THING, I KNOW THAT YOU'VE SAID SPEED, AND THIS IS A SPEED PROGRAM, AND I'VE SAID TO YOU BEFORE THAT VOLUME HAS A LOT TO DO WITH ACCIDENTS AND, AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
AND I KNOW MAYBE IT'S PAST THE POINT OF NOT CONSIDERING THAT, BUT IT STILL WOULD BE SOMETHING TO BE CONSIDERED.
I MEAN, HONESTLY SPEAKING, I KNOW WAY BACK WHEN BEFORE THIS EVEN STARTED, THAT WAS ONE OF THE CONVERSATION.
I HATE TO USE YOU, KATHY, BUT WE DID, WE DID HAVE THAT CONVERSATION THAT BROUGHT UP ABOUT VOLUME, NOT JUST SPEED ON THE THING.
AND I WISH THAT IT HAD BEEN ALSO INCORPORATED INTO THE STUDY BECAUSE 1200 CARS A DAY GOING UP TO SELLS MILL, AND THAT'S A LOT OF CARS, RIGHT? A LOT OF CARS.
SO I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR EFFORT, AND ANYTIME YOU WANT TO PUT SPEED HUMPS AND SELLS MILL CATEGORY THREE, MAKE IT, LET ME KNOW.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
UM, AS WITH MR. SHEPHERD, OH, KATHY, DIANE, COULD YOU GIVE US OUR ADDRESS? I, YES, YES.
DIANE CARANO, 33 90 MARTIN ROAD.
UM, S SOME OF THIS IS REPETITIVE AND SOME OF WHAT I HAD WRITTEN IS GOING TO CHANGE A LITTLE BIT BIT ON, UM, YOU KNOW, JEANIE'S PRESENTATION.
SO THANK YOU, FIRST OF ALL FOR, I MEAN, I KNOW IT'S JUST A TON OF WORK, SO THANK YOU.
AND THE EXPLANATION WITH THE LITTLE PEOPLE WAS VERY HELPFUL.
SO ANYWAY, I WANNA, WHAT, WHAT CATEGORY IS MARTIN ROAD? UH, CATEGORY THREE.
IS THAT A NEWLY ASSIGNED CATEGORY OR HAD IT 'CAUSE WELL, I MEAN, THE CATEGORIES ARE, THEY'RE NEWLY CREATED.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE ALL NEWLY ASSIGNED.
WELL, I WANNA BEGIN BY THANKING EACH OF YOU FOR, UH, JUST TAKING THE TIME TO COME AND WALK THROUGH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND SEE FIRSTHAND, UH, WHAT OUR CONCERNS ARE.
AND, AND AGAIN, I JUST, I CAN'T THANK EACH OF YOU ENOUGH.
AND, AND JEANNIE AND TINA AND ZACH AND JENNY
SO WE, UM, GREATLY APPRECIATE THAT.
AND AS YOU KNOW, WE ARE PRIMARILY CONCERNED WITH THE, UM, INCREASE IN CUT THROUGH TRAFFIC SINCE BRIDGE PARK WAS DEVELOPED, AS WELL AS, UM, THE INEFFECTIVENESS OF THE SPEED BUMPS SINCE MARTIN ROAD WAS REPAID, WHAT, EIGHT, NINE YEARS AGO.
SO, UM, MOST OF YOU WERE ABLE TO OBSERVE THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY WEREN'T SUPER EFFECTIVE
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ANYMORE.YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, BRAKE LIGHTS OR, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE SPEEDING.
IT DOESN'T REALLY HURT YOUR CAR MUCH TO, TO SPEED OVER THEM AT, AT THE HEIGHT THAT THEY ARE RIGHT NOW.
BUT, UM, AND MOST, NOT ALL OF THE RESIDENTS ON MARTIN ROAD, IN THE MARTIN ROAD CORRIDOR AGREE THAT THEY SHOULD BE MODIFIED.
AND, UM, APPARENTLY THEN IN CATEGORY THREE IS A PERMANENT, UM, DRIVER'S FEEDBACK, DRIVER FEEDBACK SIGNS, THOSE ARE AN OPTION, CORRECT? YES.
SO PERMANENT DRIVER FEEDBACK SIGNS ARE ASSIGNED TO CATEGORY TWO SOLUTIONS.
SO, UM, STREETS THAT FALL IN THAT CATEGORY.
CATEGORY THREE SOLUTIONS THEN ENCOMPASS EVERYTHING IN CATEGORY ONE, CATEGORY TWO, AND CATEGORY THREE.
SO ALL OF THE SOLUTIONS ARE AVAILABLE OH, OKAY.
FOR A CATEGORY THREE TYPE ROADWAYS.
AND THAT IS DETERMINED BY JUST THE 85TH PERCENTILE SPEED AND THE SPEED SURVEY.
SO THE EXAMPLE THAT I WENT THROUGH, UM, LET ME GET BACK TO IT HERE REAL QUICK.
SO THIS PARTICULAR EXAMPLE WHERE WE GET THE SPEED SURVEY, WE EVALUATE THE RESULTS, WE COMPARE THE 85TH PERCENTILE SPEED FROM THE SPEED SURVEY AGAINST THE TABLE, WHERE IT FALLS IN THE TABLE.
IN THIS PARTICULAR EXAMPLE, IT FALLS IN CATEGORY TWO.
IN MARTIN RHODES CASE IT WOULD FALL IN CATEGORY THREE.
UM, AND AGAIN, WE APPRECIATE THE SPEED STUDIES.
YOU KNOW, WE SEE WHEN THE LITTLE BOXES ARE UP AND, UH, UM, AND ALSO THE, THE PROXIMITY, THE SPEEDING CARS.
IN THE VISION STATEMENT, IT SAYS THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU WANT TO CREATE A SAFE THAT, THAT YOU WANNA CREATE SAFE, SAFE AND COMFORTABLE STREETS FOR RESIDENTS.
AND, AND IT CAN'T BE SUBJECTIVE FOR SURE.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT I KNOW I SPEND ON THE PATH, I DON'T ALWAYS FEEL SUPER SECURE.
UM, YOU KNOW, JUST BECAUSE THE, OF THE PROXIMITY OF THE CARS TO THE PATH.
UM, AND WE APPRECIATE SO MUCH THE, UH, ADDITIONAL POLICE PRESENCE THAT THAT WAS THERE FOR A LITTLE WHILE.
AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE FREQUENTLY SAW YOU HAD PEOPLE PULL OVER,
SO AGAIN, GREATLY APPRECIATE, UM, THAT AND, UM, THEN THAT WE HAD ONE OF THE MOBILE SPEED WAGONS THERE.
AND THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE TERRIFIC TEMPORARILY.
UH, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE NEED PERMANENT SOLUTIONS.
AND, UM, SO THAT'S REALLY WHAT I'M ASKING FOR.
AND, AND AGAIN, THE, THE CLARIFICATION WAS VERY HELPFUL, JEANIE.
UM, SO OUR HOPE IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WILL GET SOME PERMANENT DRIVER FEEDBACK SIGNS, MAYBE SOME ATTENTION TO, UH, REMODIFY, THE, THE SPEED BUMPS TO BE A LITTLE HIGHER.
SO AGAIN, THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR CITY.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? LINDSAY? I HAVE A COUPLE THAT WERE SUBMITTED ONLINE.
FIRST ONE FROM CATHERINE MCQUAID, 32 60, LILY MARQUARDT.
SHE SAYS, WHEN WE GOT THE SPEED HUMPS INSTALLED ON MARTIN ROAD, WE WERE HAPPY IT CURTAILED TRAFFIC AND REALLY SLOWED THE DRIVERS DOWN.
THEN THE CITY DECIDED THEY WERE TOO BIG AND LOWERED THEM WHAT WE HAVE NOW, IT IS EASY FOR SUVS TO GO OVER AT 35 PLUS MILES PER HOUR.
THAT IS NOT CALMING SPEED ON A ROAD WITH A SPEED LIMIT OF 25 MILES PER HOUR.
I APPRECIATE ALL THE ATTENTION WE HAVE RECEIVED WITH THE SPEED RECORDING DEVICES.
HOPE TO FIND A NEW WAY TO SLOW TRAFFIC DOWN.
WE ARE DEFINITELY WORRIED ABOUT THE ADDED TRAFFIC ON MARTIN.
AS MORE APARTMENTS GO INTO BRIDGE PARK AT 5:00 PM TRAFFIC FROM THE CIRCLE CAN BE BACKED UP PAST MARTIN ROAD, WHICH CAUSES DRIVERS TO USE MARTIN AS A CUT THROUGH.
AND THE SECOND COMMENT IS FROM BARBARA HART, 44 0 9 ZACHARY COURT.
PLEASE CONSIDER ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC CALMING OPTIONS FOR MARTIN ROAD.
WHAT USED TO BE A QUIET NEIGHBORHOOD STREET IS NOW A CONNECTOR ROAD USED BY EVERY DAY, EVERY DRIVER FROM RIVERSIDE DRIVE TRYING TO AVOID THE ROUNDABOUT OR FIND A QUICK ACCESS TO THE SAWMILL CORRIDOR, MAYBE DIGITAL DRIVER FEEDBACK, SIGNS TO MONITOR AND DETTER SPEEDING.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
JEANNIE, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU.
THE HEIGHT OF THESE SPEED BUMPS IS SOMETHING THAT GOT BROUGHT UP ON MARTIN ROAD WITH THE NEW, WITH THE VERTICAL, UM, BUMPS HERE THAT WE HAVE FOR CATEGORY THREE.
IS THERE A REASON FOR THE HEIGHTS CHANGE? SO THE, THE CURRENT SPEED HUMPS ARE DESIGNED TO STATE AND FEDERAL STANDARDS AND BEST PRACTICES.
WE HAVE GONE OUT AND MEASURED THE, UM, SPEED HUMPS THEMSELVES, THE HEIGHTS BASED ON, UM, COMMENTS THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED FROM MARTIN ROAD RESIDENTS.
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THEY MEET ALL OF THOSE STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES.AT THIS POINT, WHAT WE, WHAT I THINK PROBABLY NEEDS TO HAPPEN IS JUST IN ANOTHER EVALUATION OF MARTIN ROAD, THIS, THE PLACEMENT AND THE FREQUENCY OF, UM, THE SPEED HUMPS ON MARTIN ROAD.
BECAUSE WHAT I THINK IS HAPPENING, UM, IN SEVERAL CASES IS THAT DRIVERS ARE SLOWING DOWN AT LEAST SOMEWHAT TO GET OVER THE SPEED HUMP, BUT THEN THEY'RE SPEEDING UP BETWEEN THEM TO MAKE UP FOR LOST TIME.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT'S REALLY WHAT THE RESIDENTS ARE EXPERIENCING VERSUS THE, NOT SAYING THAT THEY'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, DRIVING FASTER OVER THE SPEED HUMPS, BUT I REALLY THINK IT'S THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THEM THAT IS THE, IS MOST PROBLEMATIC, UH, COMMENTS FROM COUNSEL, ANDY? SO, UM, FIRST OF ALL, IT'S VERY NICE TO SEE THAT NOISE HAS BEEN FORMALLY ADDRESSED IN AN ACTION, AN ACTION POLICY.
UM, I REMEMBER, I THINK, UH, THE LAST MEETING WE HAD IN JUNE, WE TALKED ABOUT A NO ENGINE BREAK SIGN.
SO I JUST DON'T WANT THAT TO BE LOST.
WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO TO INVESTIGATE THAT.
AND THEN ON SLIDE EIGHT, QUESTION NUMBER FOUR, I WOULD ADD THE WORD LONER TO THE POLICE LASER PROGRAM, POLICE LASER PROGRAM.
TO ME, I, I WOULD QUESTION WHAT THAT REALLY MEANS, BUT I CAN TELL EVERYONE WHAT IT MEANS.
IT MEANS THAT YOU CAN BORROW A LASER FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I UNDERWENT A 40 HOUR, UM, UH, TUTORIAL AND A WRITTEN EXAM TO LEARN HOW TO USE THIS THING.
AND I DID IT BECAUSE A RESIDENT HAD POSED A COMPLAINT ON THEIR STREET ABOUT SPEED, AND IT HAPPENED TO BE A 25 MILE AN HOUR, UM, STREET.
AND THE DATA THAT JEANNIE SHOWED IN HER EXAMPLE, UM, MATCHED PRETTY CLOSELY WITH WHAT I FOUND.
THE FIRST NIGHT THAT I WENT OUT, IT WAS ABOUT 5:30 PM AND I SET A CHAIR NEXT TO THE STREET, NEXT TO MY CAR.
UM, AND SO I WAS KIND OF HIDDEN SO THAT PEOPLE, I DIDN'T WANT ANYBODY TO SEE ME WITH THIS THING.
SO I WAS, BARNEY FIFE JUST KIND OF SLID UP TO MY CAR HIDING.
AND AS I HEAR THESE CARS, LIKE FIVE FEET FROM ME GOING DOWN THIS ROAD, I'M LIKE, THEY GOTTA BE SPEEDING.
WHAT THE NEXT ONE? A LITTLE LOUDER, A LITTLE MORE ROAD NOISE, CLICK 26.
I'M LIKE, I GUESS I'M NOT A VERY GOOD JUDGE OF SPEED.
UM, SO I DID THIS FOR HALF AN HOUR FACING ONE DIRECTION, TURNED AROUND, UH, FACING THE OTHER DIRECTION.
THE AVERAGE SPEEDS THAT NIGHT, BOTH WAYS WAS 25.3 AND 26.
THERE WERE SOME OUTLIERS, SOME FOLKS DOING 31 THAT'S NOT 10 MILES AN HOUR OVER.
UM, AND, AND I LIVE ON BRAND ROAD AND I KNOW THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT ONCE IN A WHILE THEY'RE DOING 70 MILES AN HOUR AND IT'S A 35 ZONE.
SO THERE ARE ALWAYS GOING TO BE THOSE BAD GUYS OR BAD LADIES, UM, CHARACTERS.
I, I ACTUALLY WENT OUT AGAIN LAST NIGHT BECAUSE THE RESIDENT SAID, WELL, YOU NEED TO GO ON A SATURDAY NIGHT.
SO I WENT ON A SATURDAY NIGHT, UH, TWO NIGHTS AGO, SATURDAY NIGHT, AND HE SAID, YOU NEED TO COME LATE.
SO I WENT LIKE SEVEN O'CLOCK, DID THE SAME THING.
THIS TIME I WAS IN MY CAR, I FIGURED OUT I COULD ACTUALLY GET PEOPLE WHILE I'M IN MY CAR, AIR CONDITIONING, YOU KNOW, ALL THAT STUFF.
SO I'M, YOU KNOW, GETTING THESE, THESE DRIVERS.
AND AGAIN, 26, I HAVE THE, THE DATA AND I'LL SEND IT TO YOU.
UM, TURNED AROUND HEADING THE OTHER, THE OTHER DIRECTION.
AND ABOUT 15 MINUTES INTO THE SECOND, UM, SECOND EPISODE THERE, I HIT THIS CAR.
I'M LIKE, THAT'S A 2002 HONDA ACCORD.
THE DRIVER'S WEARING A BASEBALL CAP, THAT'S MY SON,
SO I TEXTED HIM, I'M SITTING STILL, I TEXT HIM, ARE YOU ON TARA HILL? HE RESPONDS, YES.
I SAID, WELL, NOT ONLY ARE YOU SPEEDING, BUT YOU'RE TEXTING AND DRIVING
SO I, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN SAY, I DON'T WANT THIS THING, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT GONNA DO YOUR JOB.
OR YOU CAN TRY IT AND TRY TO CALIBRATE YOUR INTERNAL RADAR.
I CAN TELL YOU MINE WAS WAY OFF AND YOU CAN HAVE THIS THING BACK.
YOU CAN NEVER SAY, WE DO NOT HAVE DEDICATED COUNCIL MEMBERS AND YOUR SON'S
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GONNA KILL YOU WHEN YOU GET HOME.DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS THIS EVENING? AMY? I I JUST WANNA SAY ALSO THANK YOU FOR MAKING ALL THE CORRECTIONS AND, UM, ADDRESSING THE NOISE.
AND I THINK IF WE JUST MAKE PUBLICIZE AND MAKE CLEAR THAT THAT IS STILL BEING DONE.
UH, JUST NOT PART OF THIS, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
AND JUST ONE OTHER SIDE NOTE, UH, KIND OF RELATED TO MARTIN ROAD IN OUR SCHOOL ZONES, THERE IS A SCHOOL THERE, UH, BUT IT'S A PRIVATE SCHOOL, SO THEY, THERE IS NO SCHOOL ZONE, BUT THET OF WHITE.
THERE IS, IT'S, IT, THERE'S A SCHOOL ZONE.
THERE'S JUST NO SIGN, THERE'S NO POSTED SIGN.
THERE IS ON, IT'S ON, UM, OH, IT'S ON THE, ON DUBLIN CENTER.
SO THEY, THEY DON'T HAVE TO HAVE ONE ON THE MARTIN ROAD PIECE.
SO I, IT'S A PRIVATE SCHOOL, SO THEY DON'T, AREN'T REQUIRED TO HAVE IT ANYWAY, IS THAT IT? I DON'T THINK THAT THERE'S ANYTHING IN THE CODE THAT SAYS ANYTHING THAT DIFFERENTIATES BETWEEN A PRIVATE AND A PUBLIC SCHOOL BECAUSE THEY HAVE AN ENTRANCE ON BOTH DUBLIN CENTER AND ON MARTIN ROAD.
THEY HAVE, WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
AND, AND HONESTLY, I DON'T KNOW IF ANY WE WORKED, I WORKED WITH THE SCHOOL WHEN THAT SCHOOL ZONE, UM, SIGN WAS PLACED AND THAT WAS WHERE THEY ASKED FOR THE SCHOOL ZONE TO BE PLACED.
SO I JUST ASSUMED THAT THAT WAS THEIR, I DON'T KNOW WHICH I, I THINK IT WAS THEIR MAIN ENTRANCE OR, OR WHATEVER.
I JUST KNOW THEY HAVE TWO ENTRANCES, ONE OFF EACH, AND I, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN CONSIDER THE, AND TAKE A LOOK INTO IT.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS, KATHY? I HAD SOME COMMENTS, BUT I HAVE A QUESTION FIRST.
UM, HOW IS IT DETERMINED WHERE THE PERMANENT SPEED SIGNS WILL BE INSTALLED? SO IN TERMS OF THE CATEGORY THREE SOLUTIONS, OR IN TERMS OF THE SIGNS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE IN PLACE, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU CAN DO PERMANENT SPEEDS IN EITHER CATEGORY TWO OR THREE, AS I UNDERSTAND.
SO HOW DOES IT DETERMINE WHERE THOSE WILL BE PLACED? ON THE ACTUAL ROADWAY ITSELF? YEAH.
NO, I MEAN, OR, OR A, UM, PICK A ROAD.
I MEAN, IF I REQUEST ONE, CAN I HAVE ONE? CAN I MEAN, HOW DOES IT, WHAT ARE THE CRITERIA FOR WHICH THAT WILL BE DE DETERMINED? THAT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION.
I THINK WHAT WE WILL DO IS LOOK AT, PROBABLY WORK WITH THE RESIDENTS, UM, AND IN TERM AND, AND BASED ON BUDGETS AND WHAT IS AVAILABLE AT THAT TIME, MAYBE THEY, UH, MAYBE WE WORK ON A TACTICAL URBANISM PROJECT THAT CAN FIT WITHIN THE EXISTING BUDGETS AT THE TIME AND THEN WAIT FOR THE NEXT YEAR AND ALLOCATE FUNDING FOR PERMANENT DRIVER FEEDBACK SIGNS.
I THINK WHAT WE WOULD DO IS JUST WORK WITH THE RESIDENTS TO DETERMINE WHAT THE BEST SOLUTION FOR THEIR ROADWAY WOULD BE.
IF, UM, PERMANENT DRIVER FEEDBACK SIGNS WERE THE, JUST THE NEAREST AND DEAREST TO THEIR HEARTS, UM, AND WE THOUGHT THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE AN EFFECTIVE SOLUTION, THEN I DON'T SEE ANY REASON WHY WE WOULDN'T PURSUE IT.
IF BUDGETS ARE AVAILABLE, I BELIEVE YOU WILL GET REQUESTS, SO.
UM, AND TO THAT END, I, I WOULD, UM, I'LL JUST MAKE A COUPLE COMMENTS AND I'LL LAND BACK ON THAT.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, I THINK, UM, UH, AGAIN, APPRECIATE YOUR WORK.
I THINK THIS IS A VERY SOLID STEP FORWARD.
I THINK THE, LOOKING AT THE, THE OPPORTUNITIES AND THE CONCERNS ON A MULTIFACETED APPROACH, I THINK WAS VERY WELL DONE.
UM, WE'RE ADDING SOME NEW THINGS.
SO WE'RE ADDING SOME NEW THINGS, SINCERE APPRECIATION TO THE LAW ENFORCEMENT TEAM WHO STEPPED BACK AND SAID, OKAY, THIS IS A REAL ISSUE.
WE'RE THEY'RE ADDING SOME NEW THINGS.
SO I KNOW THE QUESTION THAT YOU HEARD FROM ME, SOME BY RESIDENTS LIKE MR. SHEPHERD AND OTHERS THAT I'VE, I'VE HEARD FROM, UM, WHAT WILL BE DIFFERENT A YEAR FROM NOW? AND WE HAVE A LIST OF THINGS THAT WILL BE DIFFERENT A YEAR FROM NOW.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE MORE ONGOING LAW ENFORCEMENT, WE'RE GONNA HAVE MORE TOOLS, WE'RE GONNA HAVE NEW TOOLS, WE'RE GONNA HAVE, UM, CRITERIA.
SO I THINK IN SO MANY WAYS, I THINK WE CAN SAY THAT THINGS WILL BE DIFFERENT A YEAR FROM NOW.
SO I'M GONNA REQUEST THAT WE HAVE A CONVERSATION A YEAR FROM NOW MM-HMM.
I THOUGHT COUNCIL AGREED WE PROBABLY WANTED TO BUY MORE THAN THAT.
I KNOW YOU'RE SAYING THAT THERE'S ENOUGH, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S BECAUSE RESIDENTS HAVE THOUGHT THEY CAN ONLY GET IT TWICE A YEAR.
AND SO THE REASON I THINK IT'S ENOUGH IS 'CAUSE WE'RE RATIONING, NOT BECAUSE I THINK IT'S ENOUGH.
AND I, I REALLY THINK THAT HAS BEEN
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FROM MANY FOLKS THAT I HAVE SPOKEN WITH, THAT HAS BEEN THE ONE THING THAT THEY SEE MM-HMM.SO EITHER THEY'RE GONNA REQUEST A PERMANENT ONE AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY CAN GET IT FROM WHAT YOU JUST SAID.
AND, AND, OR WE SHOULD HAVE SOME MORE ROTATING ONES TO SEE IF IT WORKS.
AND IT, I THINK, I DON'T KNOW WHAT ARE LESS EXPENSIVE, THE ROTATING OR THE PERMANENT, BUT I, I THINK THOSE ROTATING ONES, AND I, I THINK THE REASON YOU HAVEN'T HEARD MORE DEMAND IS 'CAUSE WE'RE TOLD NOW WE GOTTA PUT IT SOMEWHERE ELSE.
AND, AND I, YOU KNOW, SO WHATEVER'S MORE ECONOMICAL, I THINK THOSE DO WORK.
UM, AND MY OBSERVATION, 'CAUSE I LIVE NEAR, UM, THESE ARE MY WARD, UM, THEY WORK AND SO IF WE COULD ADD SOME MORE TO THAT, I WOULD, I WOULD, I WOULD FIND THAT A VERY USEFUL THING IN THE BUDGET.
UM, SO I THINK THINGS ARE, WE, WE CAN DO SOME DEMONSTRABLE THINGS AND, UM, I APPRECIATE THE WORK ON THIS AND THE STEP FORWARD, SO THANK YOU.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? IF NOT, WE'LL VOTE ON THE RESOLUTION.
[Resolution 58-23]
58 DASH 23 APPOINTING A MEMBER TO THE BRIDGE PARK NEW COMMUNITY AUTHORITY.OUR STAFF REPORT IS FROM VICE MAYOR DERRO CHAIR OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE.
AS YOU ARE AWARE, THE BRIDGE PARK NEW COMMUNITY AUTHORITY IS COMPOSED OF FOUR DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL APPOINTEES.
UM, THREE OF THOSE ARE CITIZEN MEMBER APPOINTEES AND THEY, THOSE THREE ARE CURRENTLY SERVING.
WE HAVE A FOURTH APPOINTEE AND THAT IS THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVE.
AND THAT POSITION IS CURRENTLY VACANT DUE TO A TERM COMPLETION.
SO COUNCIL HAS EVALUATED THIS VACANCY AND WISHES TO FILL THE VACANCY WITH AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATOR.
THEREFORE, I'M PLEASED THIS EVENING TO BRING FORWARD FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION A RESOLUTION APPOINTING JENNIFER GOERING, UM, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATOR AS THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVE, EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY AND EXPIRING MAY 31ST, 2025.
COUNSEL, ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? HEARING NONE, JENNY, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL RO AND VOTE ON THE RESOLUTION? MAYOR FOX? YES.
[Resolution 59-23]
RESOLUTION 59 DASH 23 AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH DUBLIN CITY SCHOOLS FOR THE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER PROGRAM.YOUR STAFF REPORT IS FROM DEPUTY CHIEF OF POLICE, GREG LAI.
MEMBERS OF COUNCIL AND THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING ME WITH A FEW MINUTES TO TALK ABOUT THE POSITIVE AND MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE DUBLIN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
AS YOU CAN SEE IN YOUR PACKET, WE'RE REQUESTING THE AUTHORITY FOR THE CITY MANAGER TO RENEW THE CONTRACT FOR THE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER PROGRAM DURING THE UPCOMING 20 23 20 24 SCHOOL YEAR.
IN THE CURRENT AGREEMENT WITH THE DUBLIN CITY SCHOOLS, THE CITY PAYS FOR THE FULL COST OF TWO COMMUNITY EDUCATION UNIT MEMBERS.
THE SCHOOL AND THE CITY EQUALLY SHARE THE COST FOR THE FIVE REMAINING, UH, MEMBERS OF THE UNIT.
IN THE 20 23 20 24 CONTRACT, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S C E U WILL PROVIDE A FULL-TIME SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER FOR FOUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND EACH OF THE THREE HIGH SCHOOLS.
FURTHERMORE, IN THE 20 23 20 24 AGREEMENT, THE CITY AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL CONTINUE TO EQUALLY SHARE THE COST FOR THE FIVE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE UNIT.
THIS WOULD BE THE 25TH YEAR FOR THE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER PROGRAM.
AND CONTINUING IN A CONTINUATION OF THE LONGSTANDING PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE DUBLIN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, THE CITY, AND THE DUBLIN POLICE DEPARTMENT, OUR COMMUNITY EDUCATION UNIT PROVIDES FULL-TIME SROS FOR FOUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS IN EACH OF THE DUBLIN HIGH SCHOOLS WITH THE MIDDLE SCHOOL SROS, MAINTAINING RESPONSIBILITY FOR ONE OR MORE OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
THE SROS FOCUS ON THE SAFETY AND CRIME PREVENTION, AS WELL AS COUNSELING AND EDUCATION FOR YOUTH IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THE S R O PROGRAM'S PRIMARY FOCUS IS CREATING A SAFE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL DUBLIN CITY SCHOOL STUDENTS WITH A FOLLOWING OVERARCHING GOALS, DEVELOPING, DEVELOPING AN ATMOSPHERE CONDUCIVE TO LEARNING, BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN POLICE OFFICERS AND THE YOUTH, INCREASING POSITIVE ATTITUDES TOWARDS LAW ENFORCEMENT, ENCOURAGING MORE COOPERATION BETWEEN YOUTH AND POLICE IN REDUCING JUVENILE CRIME.
THE DUBLIN POLICE DEPARTMENT REMAINS CONFIDENT THAT THE ONGOING SS R O PARTNERSHIP, TRAINING AND DIALOGUE WHEN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ARE ALL HIGHLY BENEFICIAL TO YOUNG PEOPLE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.
FURTHERMORE, THE DUBLIN CITY SCHOOL BOARD VOTED,
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UH, FIVE TO ZERO UNANIMOUSLY ON JULY 17TH IN SUPPORT OF THIS RESOLUTION.THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION.
STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION 59 23 AND I WOULD BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE THEM.
DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? LINDSAY? NONE.
COUNSEL, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NONE.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS AND ALL THE WORK THAT THEY DO, AND I KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT IS AND THIS IS AN EASY RESOLUTION TO VOTE TO VOTE ON.
SO, JENNY, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL MS. CRAM? YES.
[OTHER BUSINESS]
AGENDA IS OTHER BUSINESS PARKS AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN UPDATE, AND OUR STAFF REPORT IS FROM OUR DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION.GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS EVENING.
UM, THIS EVENING WE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRING YOU UP TO SPEED ON WHERE WE ARE WITH THE MASTER PLAN TO DATE.
AS YOU RECALL, WE STARTED THIS PROJECT WAY BACK IN MARCH OF LAST YEAR.
UM, THIS EVENING, UH, WE ARE JOINED BY OUR CONSULTANT, UM, LEAD ON THE PROJECT, MR. LEON YOUNGER.
SO HE AND I WILL TAKE STEPS TO WALK THROUGH THE PRESENTATION, UM, AND PROVIDE YOU WITH A REVIEW OF WHERE WE'VE BEEN, A BRIEF REVIEW OF WHERE WE'VE BEEN, SOME OF THE REVIEW OF THE PROPOSED MAJOR PROJECTS FOR THE PLAN, THE STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN, AND THE COUNCIL FEEDBACK WE RECEIVED FROM MAY 1ST, UM, WITH SOME OF THE FEE OF THE RESPONSES TO THOSE FEEDBACK.
SO THE FULL PARKS AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN, WHICH IS INCLUDED IN THE AGENDA PACKET.
IT INCLUDES A FULL REPORT OF THE DEMOGRAPHIC AND ANALYSIS, UH, PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PARKS, FACILITIES AND PROGRAM ASSESSMENTS AND OPERATIONAL AND FINANCE FINANCIAL PLAN, WHICH HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AND REVIEWED AT, UH, THE COUNCIL WORK SESSION IN, IN SESSIONS IN JANUARY AND IN MAY OF THIS YEAR.
YOU'LL RECALL THE RECOMMENDED KEY FOCUS AREAS INCLUDE FOCUS ON, UH, FOR PARKLAND, FOCUS ON OUR RECREATION FACILITIES, OUR PROGRAM SERVICES, UH, OUR PARKS AND RECREATION OPERATIONS, AND THE FOCUS FOR OUR FINANCING.
THESE KEY FOCUS AREAS ARE IN SUPPORT OF THE PLAN'S VISION STATEMENT, WHICH IS TO PROVIDE EVERY RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN AN EXCEPTIONAL PARKS AND RECREATION EXPERIENCE TO ELEVATE DUBLIN TO A GLOBAL CITY OF CHOICE.
YOU'LL RECALL THAT COUNCIL EXPRESSED SUPPORT IN RECOMMEND, UH, IN THESE KEY RECOMMENDATION FOCUS AREAS.
AS FOR THE MAJOR PROJECTS, UH, THESE ARE THE PROPOSED MAJOR PROJECTS, UH, THAT WERE THOROUGHLY REVIEWED AT THE MAY 1ST COUNCIL WORK SESSION.
THE SLIDE REFLECTS THE, UH, REVISIONS MADE TO THE PROPOSED PARKS AND RECREATION PLAN BASED ON THE FEEDBACK RECEIVED AT THE, UH, MAY WORK SESSION.
I KNOW THIS SLIDE IS DIFFICULT TO READ, UH, BUT THE REVISIONS, UH, WILL BE DISCUSSED IN A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL IN THIS PRESENTATION.
AND WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO TURN OVER THE MICROPHONE TO, UH, MR. YOUNGER HERE TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN.
EVENING MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
UH, TONIGHT WE'RE JUST GONNA HIGHLIGHT THE STRATEGIC ACTION ELEMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PLAN.
UM, IDEALLY WE'LL JUST TALK ABOUT THE STRATEGIES, UM, AND, AND NOT REALLY GO INTO THE ACTION PIECES OF IT.
SO THE FIRST, UH, STRATEGIC ACTION IS TO REALLY LOOK AT PARKLAND FOCUS AND, UH, DETERMINE THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE OF UNDEVELOPED LAND, INCLUDING LEASING PARK, GROUND TO ADVENTURE ENTERTAINMENT PROVIDERS WITHIN A SITE THAT CAN PROVIDE CITIZEN RESIDENTS WITH ACCESS TO ADVENTUROUS ACTIVITIES, WHICH WE TALKED WITH YOU ALL ABOUT THE LAST TIME REGARDING, UH, THAT AS ONE OF THE MAJOR, UM, AMENITIES FOR THE FUTURE FOR USE OF PARKS.
ALSO, WE RECOMMEND UPDATING EXISTING PARKS, LIKE MASTER PLANS.
UH, THESE ARE REALLY COMMUNITY PARK PLANS, NOT NEIGHBORHOOD PARK PLANS TO MAXIMIZE THE VALUE OF EACH PARK TYPE CURRENTLY IN THE SYSTEM TO REACH THE FULL RECREATION VALUE ASSOCIATED WITH ITS DESIGN.
A NEIGHBORHOOD PARK IS TYPICALLY BUILT AROUND A ONE HOUR EXPERIENCE.
UH, SO THEY HAVE LIMITED ACCESS TO RESTROOMS AND, AND PARKING WHERE A COMMUNITY PARK IS REALLY BUILT AROUND A, UH, ANYWHERE BETWEEN A TWO AND FIVE HOUR EXPERIENCE.
HAS MULTIPLE EXPERIENCES AS WELL AS, UM, SERVES A WIDE AGE SEGMENT APPEAL.
AND, UH, WE'VE LISTED THOSE AS OPPORTUNITIES, UH, FOR THE FUTURE.
WE ALSO RECOMMENDED LOOKING AT DETERMINING THE VIABILITY OF A CITIZEN LED EFFORT TO ESTABLISH AN ARBORETUM.
AS YOU REMEMBER IN THE SURVEY, AN ARBOREAL SHOWED UP
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RELATIVELY STRONGLY AS WELL AS BOTANICAL GARDEN AS A MAJOR CITY ATTRACTION PART OF THAT REALLY REQUIRES THE, THE US TO LOOK AT IT.IT'S A MEDIUM PRIORITY IN RELATIONSHIP TO INDICATING WHAT THE, THE DEVELOPMENT OF A COMMUNITY LED PROJECT LIKE THIS WOULD TAKE.
IT TAKES TIME TO BASICALLY, UM, REALLY FORMULATE A, A WHOLE STRATEGY TO DO A PLAN LIKE FOUR IN ARBORETUM.
AND SO WE BUILD IT IN AS PART OF IT.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT HIGH PRIORITY, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UM, PRIORITIES THAT ARE ONE TO THREE YEARS, UM, BECAUSE THIS IS A 10 YEAR PLAN, BUT THEN THREE TO FIVE OR THREE TO SIX WOULD BE MEDIUM, AND THEN SEVEN TO 10 WOULD BE, UH, LOW.
LOW DOESN'T MEAN IT'S NOT IMPORTANT.
IT'S JUST, UH, IN RELATIONSHIP TO ALL THE OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE PLAN.
ALSO FOCUS ON STRATEGIC AC ACQUISITION IN SUPPORT OF FUTURE PARK.
YOU HAVE A REALLY GOOD, UH, ACCESS TO PARKS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
THERE ARE A FEW AREAS WHEN WE, AS WE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, REGARDING A A 10 MINUTE WALK AND, UM, THAT ELEMENT.
THERE WERE A FEW AREAS NOT BEING SERVED AND WE, UH, DEFINITELY FELT THAT THAT STILL NEEDED TO BE A PART OF THE PLAN.
FROM OUR DISCUSSION BACK IN MAY, UM, CONDUCT, UH, FEASIBILITY STUDIES ON NEW RECREATION FACILITIES.
UH, THIS, UH, COINCIDES WITH SUPPORTING OTHER KEY FOCUS AREAS.
THE GOAL HERE IS TO REALLY MAKE SURE THAT WHAT YOU DO DECIDE TO CREATE AND, AND LOOK AT FOR THE FUTURE IS REALLY THAT YOU DO A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IT'S THE COSTS ARE, BUT ALSO HOW TO OPERATE AND MANAGE IT AND WHAT, WHAT ARE THE ELEMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH ITS REVENUE CAPACITY TO UH, SUPPORT ITS OPERATING COST.
AND THAT, THAT WAS ONE OF THE MAJOR ELEMENTS OF THIS PLAN WAS REALLY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING THAT IN ALL OF THE FUTURE, UH, ATTRACTIONS THAT YOU PUT INTO YOUR PARK SYSTEM THAT REQUIRES DEVELOPING BUSINESS PLANS FOR THE, FOR REVENUE PRODUCING FACILITIES THAT ALSO DRAW IN VISITORS TO THE CITY FROM, UH, FOR RECREATION PURPOSES OUTSIDE OF JUST THE RESIDENTS.
AND SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE KEY, UM, ELEMENTS OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS.
UM, WE ALSO LOOKED AT REFRESHING THE DOUBLE AND RECREATION CENTER WITH NEW INTERIOR ELEMENTS TO IMPROVE THE VISITOR EXPERIENCE AND PROGRAMMING.
UM, WE SEE THIS AS A HIGH RECOMMENDATION 'CAUSE IT'S YOUR MAJOR ATTRACTION TO YOUR COMMUNITY.
IT HAS A LOT OF AMENITIES IN IT THAT PEOPLE ARE REALLY ATTRACTED TO.
AND, UH, WE REALLY SEE THAT THIS BE AN, A HIGH PRIORITY FOR THE FUTURE.
AND YOU'VE ALREADY STARTED SOME OF THIS ASSESSMENT ALREADY.
UM, IN TERMS OF PROGRAM SERVICES, WE REALLY REVISED THE EXISTING RECREATION PROGRAM PLAN, INCLUDING THE CORE PROGRAM AREAS AND ANCILLARY SERVICES IN THE RECREATION CENTER AS WELL AS AQUATIC FACILITIES TO REALLY MAXIMIZE THEIR USE AND REACH RESIDENTS WHO ARE NOT CURRENTLY USING THE PARKS OR FACILITIES AND ALL.
AND THIS IS A HIGH PRIORITY, IS JUST CONSTANTLY LOOKING AT WHAT TYPES OF PROGRAMS THAT YOU'RE SERVING, WHO'S NOT BEING SERVED, HOW THOSE, UH, SPACES THAT YOU DO HAVE CAN BE MULTIFUNCTIONAL AS MUCH AS THEY CAN BE TO OPEN UP OTHER OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO USE THE SPACE.
FROM OUR PROGRAM PERSPECTIVE, WE LOOKED AT USING, UM, PROGRAM, UH, THE USE OF PROGRAM PLAN AND PROGRAM PRIORITIES, INVESTMENT RATING.
IN THE SURVEY, THE SURVEY OUTLINED A PRIORITY RATE, UH, INVESTMENT RATING, UH, FOR ALL DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES THAT THE COMMUNITY DESIRED, INCLUDING BOTH FACILITIES AND PROGRAMS. AND THE, THE, THIS IS A HIGH PRIORITY FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE BECAUSE THE PROGRAMS DRIVE ALL THE ENERGY INTO THE PARK SYSTEM, AND YOU'VE GOT A GREAT PROGRAM, ZAP, PEOPLE JUST WANT MORE OF IT, AND THEY WANT A WIDER LEVEL OF, UM, OPPORTUNITIES TO USE YOUR SPACES BOTH INDOORS AND OUTDOORS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
UM, ANNUALLY, A ACCESS THE CORE PROGRAM AREAS TO IDENTIFY THEIR OPPORTUNITIES AND ADDRESS DECLINING PROGRAMS AND EVENTS.
UM, THIS IS, AGAIN, ANOTHER HIGHER PRIORITY, BUT IT'S JUST PART OF THE PROCESS OF LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT OF PROGRAMS. NOT ANY DIFFERENT LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT OF ASSETS.
YOU'RE DOING LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT OF PROGRAMS AS WELL IN TERMS OF OPERATIONS IS CONTINUE TO RESEARCH AND IMPLEMENT DEVELOPMENT OF SMART PARKS.
I MEAN, THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT CAME OUT OF, UH, THE COUNCIL TO REALLY LOOK AT TECHNOLOGY OF HOW YOU COULD INCREASE YOUR EFFICIENCIES WITHIN YOUR SYSTEM.
AND THAT, UH, SMART PARKS TAKE ON, UH, WHOLE STRATEGY WITHIN THE PARK SYSTEM.
WE SEE THAT AS MEDIUM 'CAUSE UH, TECHNOLOGY, AS YOU KNOW, CONTINUES TO CHANGE CHANGES.
AND AS THAT CHANGES, THE PARK SYSTEM NEEDS TO CATCH UP AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE STAND RIGHT WITH HOW THAT COULD BE IMPLEMENTED, UH, IN THE, IN THEIR SYSTEM.
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UH, LOOKING AT, UH, PARK OPERATIONS AS A CONDUCT, AN ASSESSMENT OF DETERMINE THE COST OF SERVICE TO OPERATE AND MAINTAIN THE PARKS AND RECREATION SYSTEM, MOST AGENCIES DO A REALLY GOOD JOB WITH DIRECT COST.IT'S REALLY LOOKING AT THE INDIRECT COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH PROVIDING SERVICES AND, UM, AND HOW TO DELIVER THOSE SERVICES IN THE BEST, MOST EFFICIENT PROCESS.
BUT ALSO LOOK AT IT FROM A STANDPOINT OF HOW TO MAXIMIZE, UM, SPACE.
AND BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY WHAT, UM, UM, PARKS AND RECREATION DOES.
WE HAVE A LOT OF SELF-DIRECTED PROGRAMS, BUT YOU HAVE A LOT OF, UH, FACILITIES THAT, THAT REALLY WERE BUILT FOR A SPECIFIC PURPOSE.
AND SO WE SAW, SEE THAT AS A HIGH PRIORITY ALSO, TO LOOK AT MAINTAIN AN ACCEPTABLE LIFECYCLE REPLACEMENT PROGRAM FOR ALL PARKS AND RECREATION ASSETS THAT THE, THE, UH, DEMONSTRATES A COMMITMENT TO, UH, CONTINUING DUBLIN'S HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE.
UM, I THINK THIS DEPARTMENT HAS DONE A GOOD JOB IN THIS AREA.
UM, CERTAINLY YOU HAVE GREAT PARKS.
I MEAN, YOU HAVE A GREAT SYSTEM HERE, UH, AND IT'S JUST KEEPING THAT GREAT SYSTEM INTACT, BUT HAVING A GOOD UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE COUNCIL AND THE STAFF ON, YOU KNOW, LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT REALLY HELPS MAKE EVERYBODY FEEL A PART OF THE PARK SYSTEM.
AND ALSO REALLY HELPS YOU TO PRIORITIZE WHERE YOU WANT TO PUT DOLLARS INTO THE PARK SYSTEM FOR THE FUTURE.
WE, WE ALSO SEE THAT THE CREATING A SPECIFIC PARKS AND RECREATION MARKETING PLAN, YOU HAVE A GOOD MARKETING DEPARTMENT HERE.
I THINK THE BIGGEST ISSUE IS LOOKING AT ALL THE ELEMENTS THAT, UH, YOU ARE IN.
I MEAN, YOU OFFER A LOT OF SERVICES.
IT'S HARD TO MARKET ALL THE SERVICES YOU HAVE.
AND SO BEING ABLE TO PUT A PLAN AND A STRATEGY TOGETHER THAT LOOKS AT WHERE THOSE PRIORITIES ARE, WHAT SEGMENTS OF THE PARK, OF THE, OF THE COMMUNITY IS NOT BEING SERVED OR DOESN'T UNDERSTAND HOW TO USE THE SYSTEM OR WHAT'S AVAILABLE TO 'EM, UH, IS ANOTHER FOCUS WHERE WE REALLY THINK.
THE OTHER THING IS YOU HAVE A LOT OF PARTNERS AND THOSE PARTNERS CAN ALSO CROSS, CROSS-PROMOTE WITH YOU IN TERMS OF BEING ABLE TO TELL YOUR STORY AND ALSO THEIR ROLE IN THE PARK SYSTEM FOR THE FUTURE.
AND, UH, WE REALLY SEE THAT STRATEGY HELP YOU, UH, IN YOUR RETURN ON INVESTMENT OF THE SERVICES AND FACILITIES YOU DO MANAGE IN TERMS OF FINANCING AND IDENTIFYING NEW DEDICATED FUNDING OPTIONS.
WE TALKED ABOUT THIS IN MAY FOR DEVELOPMENT AND ENHANCEMENT OF PARK AND RECREATION FACILITIES AND PROGRAMS. UM, WE SEE THIS AS A HIGH, UH, OPPORTUNITY FOR FUNDING AND HELPING YOU TO OFFSET YOUR OPERATING COSTS.
UM, I KNOW MATT'S GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT JUST HOW MANY PEOPLE YOU SERVE OUTSIDE OF YOUR CITY, UM, WHICH, UM, BASICALLY PEOPLE DON'T CONTRIBUTE.
AND, UH, AND I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT YOU CAN DO IT, BUT I ALSO, UH, MOST PARK SYSTEMS CAN'T.
AND SO THEY HAVE WAYS TO INVITE AND GET PEOPLE TO USE YOUR SYSTEM, BUT ALSO THEY HELP FUND IT.
AND SO I THINK THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY THAT WE SEE AS A HIGH PRIORITY FOR THE FUTURE IN TERMS OF LOOKING AT FINANCING FOR THE FUTURE, IS REALLY, UM, DEVELOPING DIFFERENTIAL FUNDING SOURCES.
WE TALKED ABOUT THIS IN MAY, AND WE LISTED A HOST OF DIFFERENT FUNDING OPTIONS THAT REALLY ARE AVAILABLE TO YOU, UH, THAT WE THINK CAN HELP YOU ON THE OPERATIONAL SIDE AS WELL AS THE CAPITAL SIDE OF YOUR BUDGET, AND, UH, GIVE YOU ADDITIONAL DOLLARS TO REALLY MOVE THE PLAN ALONG FASTER.
UH, AND WE THINK THAT THAT HAS A LOT OF, UM, YOU KNOW, APPEAL AND ALSO HELPS PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT NOT ONLY WHAT YOU'RE COM UM, SUPPORTING THE ECONOMY, BUT YOU'RE ALSO SUPPORTING THE DEPARTMENT AS A WHOLE, UM, WHICH IS GOOD IN TERMS OF FINANCING.
ALSO, WE ESTABLISH AND IMPLEMENT A FINANCIAL DIRECTION ACROSS DIVISIONS AND SERVICES TO ACHIEVE THE IDENTIFIED OUTCOMES.
UM, AGAIN, TRACKING DIRECT AND INDIRECT COSTS, TRACKING ECONOMIC IMPACT OF WHAT YOU DO PROVIDE TO THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE THE PARK SYSTEM IS AN ECONOMIC CONTRIBUTOR TO THE COMMUNITY, UH, WAS EVIDENT IN THE, UM, HUNTING REPORT IN TERMS OF, UM, THE, UH, SPORTS FIELDS THAT YOU HAVE AT DARI FIELDS AND THE CONTRIBUTION THAT THEY HAVE TO THE ECONOMY, AS WELL AS JUST, UH, AN UNDERSTANDING THAT PARKS, YOU KNOW, IS A QUALITY OF LIFE, UH, UM, A AGENCY IN A DEPARTMENT, BUT IT ALSO HAS A HIGH CAPABILITY OF GENERATING EARNED INCOME OUTSIDE OF TAXES, UM, TO OFFSET ITS OPERATING COSTS.
AND THEN UPDATE THE DEPARTMENT'S PRICING POLICY AND PARTNERSHIP POLICY FOR REVENUE PRODUCING FACILITIES ACROSS ALL GROUPS USING PARKS, RECREATION FACILITIES AND PROGRAMS ACROSS THE SYSTEM.
AND IT'S JUST REALLY RECOGNIZING THAT YOU DEAL WITH PUBLIC, PUBLIC PARTNERSHIPS, PUBLIC NOT-FOR-PROFIT PARTNERSHIPS AND PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS.
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AND ALL OF THOSE HAVE A CONTRIBUTION TO HOW YOU PROVIDE THE SERVICE AND WHAT ROLE THAT THEY PLAY IN TERMS OF HELPING TO SUPPORT THE SERVICES AND THE FACILITIES THAT YOU'VE CREATED.UM, AND WE SEE THAT AS A HIGH PRIORITY AS WELL.
AND THE NEXT SECTION WE WANT TO GO THROUGH IS, UH, PROVIDE, UM, REVISIONS AND RESPONSES TO WHAT WE HEARD AT THE MAY 1ST COUNCIL, UH, WORKSHOP, UH, RELATED TO THE PLAN ITSELF.
UM, ONE OF THE FEEDBACK, UM, ITEMS WE RECEIVED WAS AN INCORPORATE THE HOUSING STUDY TO ADDRESS FUTURE PARKS AND RECREATION NEEDS.
UM, THE HOUSING STUDY AND THE PARKS AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN DO ACTUALLY SHOW CONSISTENT POPULATION PROJECTIONS.
BOTH STUDIES PROJECTED 10% GROWTH IN POPULATION OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS.
AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE, UH, HOUSING STUDY IS ITS ANALYSIS OF NOT JUST WHAT'S PROJECTED GROWTH WITHIN THE CITY BOUNDARIES, BUT WHAT'S PROJECTED GROWTH ON THE AREAS AROUND AND OUTSIDE OF THE CITY.
UH, THE STUDY AREA INCLUDES AND EXTENDS BEYOND THE BOUNDARIES OF THE DUBLIN SCHOOL DISTRICT.
AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE MAP IDENTIFIED ON THE, ON THE SLIDE, UNDERSTANDING THE GROWTH RATE, UM, OF THE STUDY AREA IS IMPORTANT IN THE CONTEXT OF THE MASTER PLAN BECAUSE THE CITY CURRENTLY PROVIDES PARKS AND RECREATION SERVICES FOR A LARGE NUMBER OF RESIDENTS, PARTICULARLY FOR THOSE NON-RESIDENTS RESIDING IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT BOUNDARIES AND PARTICIPATING IN SPORTS LEAGUES, WHICH USE CITY ATHLETIC FIELDS.
UH, THE PROJECTED GROWTH IN THE CITY AND WITHIN THE STUDY AREA, AS WELL AS THE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF NON-RESIDENT USE.
UM, THE CITY'S PARKS AND RECREATION FACILITIES, UM, UNDERSCORE THE RELEVANCE OF SEVERAL, UH, RECOMMENDED PROJECTS INCLUDED IN THE PLAN.
THESE RECOMMENDATIONS INCLUDE THE ADDITION OF EIGHT SYNTHETIC TURF FIELDS, A FIELD HOUSE FOR INDOOR SPORTS, AND CONTINUED LAND ACQUISITION FOR FUTURE GROWTH.
YOU CAN SEE BY THE CHART THERE, I THINK ONE OF THE RE UH, REQUESTS WAS TO IDENTIFY HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE USING OUR SPORTS FIELDS OUTSIDE OF THE CITY.
AND YOU CAN SEE THERE 38%, UM, OF THE USAGE IS BY NON-RESIDENTS.
THE MAJORITY OF THAT BEING 31% ALL DUBLIN SCHOOL DISTRICT RESIDENTS.
SO I THINK THAT'S A VERY TELLING, UM, CHART THERE, WHICH ENABLES US TO REALLY LOOK AT THIS AND DEVELOP STRATEGIES ON HOW WE'RE GOING TO DEAL WITH THIS.
AND SO I'M GONNA TURN THIS OVER TO LEON AND WE CAN, HE CAN DISCUSS SOME OF THESE, UM, THESE POINTS.
MATT, IF YOU DON'T MIND, I HAVE A QUESTION.
SO YOU ASSUMED 10% GROWTH OVER 10 YEARS? YES.
AND DID YOU ASSIGN THAT GROWTH TO WITHIN THE CITY OR WITHIN THE STUDY AREA? UH, BOTH.
SO WHAT WAS THE PERCENTAGE OF GROWTH? HOW DID YOU, HOW DID YOU BREAK THAT DOWN? WELL, THE, IN THE, THE GROWTH RATE IN THE CITY IS PROJECTED AT 10% OVER 10 YEARS.
THE, THE, THE GROWTH RATE OF THE ENTIRE STUDY AREA IS ALSO 10%.
SO SOME RECOMMENDATIONS TO, UH, TO BALANCE THE PARK AND RECREATION NEEDS WITH PROJECTED GROWTH OF NON-RESIDENTS ARE SOME, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS WE'D LIKE TO BRING FORWARD.
FIRST OF ALL, CREATE PARTNERSHIPS WITH NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES FOR COLLABORATIVE REGIONAL PLANNING OF ADDITIONAL PARK AND RECREATION AMENITIES FOR THE FUTURE.
UM, WE REALLY SEE THAT AS AN OPPORTUNITY, UH, FOR REALLY COLLABORATION.
'CAUSE YOU ARE SERVING, YOU HAVE THE DATA THAT DEMONSTRATES YOU ARE SERVING THESE FOLKS, AND YOU WOULD HOPE THAT THE NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES WOULD RECOGNIZE THE VALUE THAT YOU'VE BEEN PROVIDING AND WANT TO SUPPORT THEIR RESIDENTS AS A PART OF A PARTNERSHIP.
ESTABLISHED FUNDING PARTNERSHIPS WITH REGIONAL STAKEHOLDERS FOR ADDITIONAL AMENITIES PROVIDED BY THE CITY.
UM, AND PART OF THIS, AGAIN, YOU LOOK AT, UM, PEOPLE WHO, UH, YOU'VE GOT COUNTY PARK SYSTEMS, YOU'VE GOT, UH, OTHER, UH, SCHOOL DISTRICT.
YOU HAVE PEOPLE WHO USE YOUR FACILITIES THAT, UM, COULD BE PARTNERS.
THE BIGGEST ISSUE IN DEVELOPING A FEASIBILITY STUDY IS YOU IDENTIFY THOSE PARTNERS DOING DURING THE FEASIBILITY PROCESS.
AND THAT HELPS TO THEN, UM, EITHER ENTICE THEM OR RECOGNIZE HOW YOU'RE GONNA DEAL WITH THEM IN THE FUTURE, AND THEN CONSIDER NEW PRICING STRATEGIES TO OFFSET CURRENT OPERATIONAL MAINTENANCE COSTS.
AND, AND, YOU KNOW, I MENTIONED THAT YOU GUYS DO A REALLY GOOD JOB ON DIRECT COST.
IT'S REALLY UNDERSTANDING ALL THE INDIRECT COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH IT, BUT LOOKING AT PRICING BASED ON A CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM, AND WE TALKED ABOUT THIS IN MAY, BUT THE INTENT IS, IS THE CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM HELPS YOU TO LOOK AT WHAT'S A PUBLIC GOOD, WHAT'S A PRIVATE GOOD? HOW, HOW MUCH OF THE SERVICE IS A PRIVATE GOOD, AND WHAT'S THE ROLE THAT THE, THE INDIVIDUAL PERSON GETS OVER A GENERAL TAXPAYER, AND WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE IN PRICING? AND THEN CONSIDER PRICING AMENDMENTS WITH LIMITATIONS FOR NON-RESIDENTS FOR USAGE OF CITY PARKS AND RECREATION AND AMEN.
AMENITIES THAT ARE NEAR OR AT CAPACITY.
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CAPACITY, YOU KNOW, RESIDENTS SHOULD HAVE PRIORITY.AND TYPICALLY WHAT HAPPENS ON A REGISTRATION PROCESS, UM, RESIDENTS WILL GET, LIKE THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF REGISTRATION IS STRICTLY FOR RESIDENTS BEFORE IT MOVES INTO NON-RESIDENTS, SO THAT THERE'S ALWAYS, UM, THEY HAVE THE PRIORITY OF ACCESS.
UM, NOW THIS IS A, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS IN MAY, BUT THIS IS A LEVEL OF SERVICE WE PERFORMED AS PART OF THIS WORK.
UH, LEVEL, LEVEL OF SERVICE STANDARDS ARE GUIDELINES THAT DEFINE SERVICE AREAS BASED ON POPULATION THAT SUPPORT INVESTMENT DECISIONS RELATED TO PARKS, FACILITIES AND PROGRAMS. LEVEL OF SERVICE STANDARDS CAN AND WILL CHANGE OVER TIME AS THE PROGRAM LIFECYCLES CHANGE AND DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE COMMUNITY CHANGE.
SO, AS AN EXAMPLE, WE KNOW THAT PICKLEBALL, YOU KNOW, EVEN FIVE YEARS AGO WAS HARDLY ON, ON THE ROAD, AND NOW EVERYBODY WANTS IT, YOU KNOW? AND SO THE INTENT IS, IS RECOGNIZING THAT LEVELS OF SERVICE CHANGE BY THE TREND IN THE MARKET AND HOW PEOPLE ARE UTILIZING THE ACTIVITY AND THE FACILITIES AVAILABLE.
UM, WE EVALUATED PARK FACILITY CENTERS USING A COMBINATION OF RESOURCES.
THOSE INCLUDED MARKET TRENDS, THE DEMOGRAPHIC DATA, RECREATION ACTIVITY, PARTICIPATION RATES, COMMUNITY AND STAKEHOLDER INPUT, UM, NATIONAL RECORD PARK ASSOCIATION PARK METRICS, AND THE COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT SURVEY.
UH, ALL PROVIDED OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO COME TO THIS, UH, LEVEL.
AND QUITE FRANKLY, YOU'RE DOING REALLY GOOD.
THERE'S ONLY A FEW AREAS THAT ARE, HAVE ANY LEVEL OF REAL RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT THOSE ARE BECAUSE THE TRENDS ARE CHANGING.
AND, UH, I THINK THAT YOU HAVE A, A FANTASTIC SYSTEM THAT MEETS THE, THE MAJORITY OF, NOT MOST OF THE NEEDS OF THIS COMMUNITY, BUT AT LEAST THERE'S A BASELINE FOR WHERE YOU ARE AND WHAT RECOMMENDATIONS TO LOOK TOWARDS IN THE FUTURE.
SO BY APPLYING THESE STANDARDS TO THE POPULATION OF THE CITY, UM, THESE ARE BASED ON, AGAIN, POPULATIONS FOR 20 22, 27, AND 32.
AND THE STANDARDS WILL CHANGE BASED AGAIN, ON POPULATIONS.
AND IF, IF, IF YOU'RE STAYING AT, UH, 1% GROWTH A YEAR, 10% OVER TIME, 10 YEARS FROM NOW, WHEN YOU UPDATE THIS PLAN, UH, THESE WILL, AGAIN, NEED SOME ADJUSTMENT.
BUT OUR GOAL HERE WAS TO NOT ONLY DEMONSTRATE TO YOUR COMMUNITY HOW WELL THEY'RE BEING SERVED, BUT ALSO FOR THE FUTURE.
AND THEN LOOKING AT THE 10 MINUTE WALK SHED, AND REALLY RECOGNIZING THAT EVERYBODY HAS THE SAME AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY WITH TO ACCESS A PARK WITHIN THE CITY.
THE NEXT CATEGORY IS, UH, TO PROVIDE MORE CLARITY REGARDING THE NUMBER OF FTES CURRENTLY FUNDED BASED ON THE CITY'S POPULATION AND NUMBER OF PARKS.
SO THE, THE CHARTS THAT WE HAVE HERE ARE THE BENCHMARKING, UH, CHARTS THAT WE USE TO, UM, COMPARE OURSELVES AS CLOSE AS WE COULD TO OTHER, UH, COMMUNITIES, UM, THAT WE STRIVE TO, UM, UM, EMULATE.
AND YOU'LL NOTICE HERE ON THE TOP CHART THERE, WHERE IT TALKS ABOUT THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PARKS AND RECREATION STAFF AT 520.
I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CLEAR THAT THAT IS ALL OF OUR FULL-TIME STAFF, ALL OF OUR PART-TIME STAFF, ALL OF OUR SEASONAL STAFF, WHICH INCLUDES OUR A HUNDREDS OF LIFEGUARDS AND CAMP STAFF AND SO FORTH.
SO THE NUMBER SEEMS VERY HIGH, BUT IT IS A LOT, HAS A LOT TO DO WITH THE TYPES OF ACTIVITIES THAT WE, THAT WE PROVIDE FOR THE COMMUNITY.
SO THE DATA, UM, THAT'S HERE IS A BENCHMARK THAT'S ANALYZED BASED ON NATIONAL STANDARDS, UM, PER ACRE AND PER 10,000 RESIDENTS.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE DATA DOES NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE VARIETY OF MAINTAINED PARK AMENITIES IN VARIOUS PARKS AND RECREATION SYSTEMS. FOR EXAMPLE, BASEBALL FIELDS REQUIRE MORE MAINTENANCE THAN SOCCER FIELDS.
UH, PARK SHELTERS MAY DEMAND MORE STAFF TO MAINTAIN THAN TENNIS COURTS.
UM, AND ADDITIONALLY, THE NUMBER OF PARKS ALSO INFLUENCES THE FTES FROM STAFF TRAVEL EFFICIENCIES, EQUIPMENT STORAGE LOCATIONS, LEVELS OF EXPERTISE NEEDED FOR EACH PARK, ET CETERA.
AND THEN THE HIGH MAINTENANCE STANDARD CLASSIFICATION ALSO INFLUENCES THE NUMBER OF STAFF NEEDED.
THE MAJORITY OF OUR PARKS ARE MAINTAINED AT ONE OF THE HIGHEST CLASSIFICATIONS BASED ON THE NATIONAL RECREATION AND PARKS ASSOCIATION'S BEST PRACTICE STANDARDS.
SO BASED ON THESE FACTORS, DUBLIN OPERATES AND MAINTAINS A VERY ROBUST AND HIGHLY MAINTAINED SYSTEM OF PARKS AND FACILITIES.
THEREFORE, IT IS EXPECTED THAT THE NUMBER OF FTES WILL BE HIGHER THAN MANY OTHER COMMUNITIES.
ALTHOUGH IT'S IMPORTANT TO KEEP THESE VARIABLES IN MIND.
EVALUATING AND IMPROVING THE CITY'S EFFICIENCY REGARDING PARK MAINTENANCE AND RESOURCE ALLOCATION IS AN IMPORTANT STRATEGY RECOMMENDED IN THE PLAN ITSELF.
SPECIFICALLY STRATEGY 4.2 AND CHAPTER SIX OF THE IMPLEMENTATION SECTION PROVIDE STRATEGIES AND ACTION STEPS TO DETERMINE THE COST OF SERVICE FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE PARKS AND
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RECREATION SYSTEM.THIS STRATEGY WILL HELP ENSURE THAT OUR SYSTEM IS MAINTAINED AS EFFICIENTLY AS POSSIBLE GOING FORWARD.
UM, BASICALLY WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT EARLIER, UM, IN, IN THIS PRESENTATION ABOUT PICKLEBALL COURTS.
ADDITIONAL, UH, PICKLEBALL COURTS WILL BE NEEDED ACCORDING TO THE LEVEL SERVICE.
AT LEAST SIX ADDITIONAL COURTS ARE RECOMMENDED BASED ON THE POPULARITY OF THE EXISTING COURTS.
THESE WILL BE INCLUDED AS PART OF THE C I P BUDGETING PROCESS.
CURRENTLY, THERE ARE EIGHT PICKLEBALL COURTS LOCATED AT KAUFMAN PARK, WITH ADDITIONAL SPACE AVAILABLE FOR AT LEAST 10 NEW COURTS.
UM, AND ADDITIONAL PARKING, HOWEVER, ADDITIONAL SITE CONSIDER CONSIDERATIONS WILL BE REVIEWED TO DETERMINE THE BEST SITE FOR ADDITIONAL COURTS.
ADDITIONAL PICKLEBALL COURTS HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THE RECOMMENDED PROJECT LIST.
AND THE BIG THING ALSO ON, ON, UH, PICKLEBALL COURTS IS YOU HAVE TO HAVE SO MUCH SOUND DISTANCE BETWEEN, UH, IT'S IRRITATING FOR PEOPLE, UM, UH, IF, UH, PICKLEBALL PARKS ARE, ARE TOO CLOSE TO HOMES.
AND THEN ALSO ON THE TENNIS, I KNOW THAT THE, THE, THE CITY HAS ENOUGH TENNIS COURTS, BUT THE REAL MOVEMENT IN THE COUNTRY HAS BEEN TENNIS PARKS.
AND TENNIS PARKS ARE WHERE YOU HAVE MULTIPLE COURTS.
SO PEOPLE CAN PLAY, NOT JUST PICK UP, BUT THEY WANNA PLAY TOURNAMENTS AND EVENTS.
AND SO, UH, TENNIS PARKS ARE BECOMING MUCH MORE LARGER, UH, MORE COURTS IN ONE SETTING, UH, SO THAT THERE'S, UH, THE ABILITY TO ACCOMMODATE TOURNAMENTS AND THE, THIS, THESE CAN BE, UM, OPPORTUNITIES FOR PARTNERSHIPS AS WELL WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
PART OF THE WORK THAT WE DISCUSSED HERE WAS TO, UH, LOOKING AT WHAT THE SCHOOL PROPERTIES HAVE, WHAT CAN BE LIGHTED THAT YOU DON'T HAVE NOW, AND ANY OTHER COST EFFECTIVE WAY OF, OF, UH, PROVIDING ADDITIONAL COURTS SO THAT YOU CAN SERVE THE PEOPLE.
BUT IT REALLY COMES DOWN TO HOW MANY COURTS ARE AVAILABLE AND HOW MANY, UM, TYPES OF TOURNAMENTS YOU CAN HOST.
UM, SO I THINK EMPHASIZING THAT THIS IS NOT A FUNDING COMMITMENT, WHEN WE LISTED ALL OF THESE OPPORTUNITIES THE LAST TIME, THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION.
WE'RE NOT SAYING YOU HAVE TO FUND THIS.
WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS THESE ARE THINGS THAT YOUR COMMUNITY DESIRES AND REALLY REQUIRES A FULL FEASIBILITY STUDY OF, YOU KNOW, WHO'S GONNA USE IT, WHAT DOES IT COST TO BUILD, HOW ARE YOU GONNA OPERATE IT? HOW ARE YOU GONNA FUND IT? UH, AND WHAT ARE THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT REALLY EXIST TO ACTUALLY MAKE IT HAPPEN? AND I THINK, UM, THERE'S SO MUCH COST, AND I MEAN, WHAT, WHAT THINGS COST.
NOW, WHEN YOU BUILT YOUR, YOUR COMMUNITY CENTER 25 YEARS AGO, IT WAS A WHOLE LOT DIFFERENT THAN IT IS NOW.
AND, UH, SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK BY DOING THIS HELPS PUT A, UH, A REAL, UH, CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF, OF WHAT, WHAT, WHAT IS IMPORTANT, WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT, WHAT'D BE NICE IF YOU HAD THE MONEY TO DO IT.
AND THE OTHER THING IS, UH, WHAT'S GONNA MEET THE FUTURE NEEDS OF YOUR, YOUR COMMUNITY? 'CAUSE YOU HAVE A BEAUTIFUL TOWN HERE.
THEN WITH, WITHIN THIS, WE ALSO FOCUSED ON THE MAINTAINING AND ENHANCING EXISTING FACILITIES WITH AN EYE TOWARDS ENSURING CURRENT MAINTENANCE NEEDS ARE PRIORITIZED.
THE PLAN IDENTIFIES SPECIFIC MAINTENANCE AND RENOVATION PROJECTS FOR EACH OF THE CITY'S COMMUNITY.
PARKS AND COSTS VARY TO A VERY LOW COST, JUST UPDATING AMENITIES, SMALL AMENITIES IN THE PARKS TO RENOVATIONS THAT, UM, ARE UP TO A MILLION DOLLARS IN TERMS OF, UH, SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND THOSE ARE OUTLINED IN THE, IN THE PLAN FURTHER RECOMMENDS THAT THE RECREATION COMMUNITY CENTER, UM, IS ESTIMATED COST OF 17 MILLION AND INVESTING IN SMART PARK PARK SITES, UH, COST OF TWO, UH, 250,000.
THESE COSTS ARE NOT INCLUSIVE OF THE CITY'S ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET, BUT OUR PARKS MAINTENANCE, WHICH, UH, HAS AVERAGED APPROXIMATELY 7.2 MILLION ANNUALLY OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS FOR, UM, DOLLARS INVESTING, REINVESTING IN YOUR PARK SYSTEM, WHICH IS A GOOD NUMBER THAT, I MEAN, YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO ACHIEVE A LOT WITH THAT.
AND THEN WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHEN WE STARTED THIS PRESENTATION ABOUT THE COMMUNITY PARKS THAT ARE 25 YEARS OR NEAR 25 YEARS OLD.
AND THAT'S KIND OF THE BENCHMARK, WHAT PEOPLE REALLY START LOOKING AT, UH, PARKS AND HOW EFFECTIVE THEY ARE.
AND IF THE AMENITIES ARE STILL EFFECTIVE AND PEOPLE ARE USING THEM AND THAT, AND THEN YOU KEEP 'EM.
BUT IF AMENITIES GET TIRED AND PEOPLE AREN'T USING 'EM AS MUCH AS THEY WERE, THEN YOU BEGIN TO START REALLY LOOKING AT REDESIGN AND PARKS, LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE HAS A REDESIGN CONSTANTLY ABOUT HOW TO ACTIVATE SPACE AND MAKING SPACES MORE MULTIFUNCTIONAL AND MAKING THE, THE COMMUNITY FEEL
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LIKE IT REPRESENTS WHO THEY ARE AND WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE FOR ALL AGES.AND SO THAT'S, UM, UH, UM, ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS WAS LOOKING AT THOSE PARKS, AND THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE LISTED AT THE 25, NEAR THE 25 YEAR MARK.
THE OTHER FEEDBACK WE RECEIVED WAS TO TAKE A MORE COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO UPDATING THE DUBLIN COMMUNITY RECREATION CENTER.
AS YOU KNOW, AT THE PREVIOUS COUNCIL MEETING, WE HAVE ALREADY INITIATED THIS PROCESS THROUGH THE USE OF ARPA FUNDS FOR AN INITIAL PHASE, UM, THAT'S GOING TO TAKE PLACE HERE JUST THIS YEAR.
AND STAFF IS WORKING TO FINALIZE A CONTRACT CURRENTLY TO TAKE A MORE COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH AT THE DIRECTION OF CITY COUNCIL TO UPDATING THE D C R C.
UM, AND THIS IS ALL A RECOMMENDATION IN THE PLAN ITSELF.
SO WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT PROJECT AS PART OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT, UM, PROGRAM, UM, WHICH YOU WILL BE SEEING HERE IN THE NEXT, UM, COUPLE MONTHS.
AND THEN WE, UH, HEARD THAT WE WANTED, YOU WANTED US TO IDENTIFY A COUPLE CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT CAN BE EXECUTED QUICKLY.
CERTAINLY THE, UH, RECREATION CENTER IMPROVEMENTS ARE THE HIGHEST ON OUR LIST TO GET DONE, AND WE ARE CURRENTLY IN THAT PROCESS.
UM, THE RIVERSIDE CROSSING PARK WEST MASTER PLAN STAFF IS BEGINNING THE PROCESS OF UPDATING THE PLAN FOR COUNCIL REVIEW FOR THE, THE WEST SIDE OF THAT PARK, WHICH INCLUDES CONSIDERATION OF A PERMANENT KAYAK, LIVERY, UM, ROPES COURSE, AND OTHER POTENTIAL OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES.
UM, AND THEN CERTAINLY OUR MAINTENANCE PROJECTS.
WE'RE GONNA TAKE A LOOK AT OUR, OUR MAINTENANCE PROJECTS THAT ARE LISTED IN THIS, UH, PLAN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ADDRESSING AS MANY AS THOSE WE CAN WITH OUR EXISTING BUDGET ALLOCATIONS.
ANOTHER, UH, PIECE OF FEEDBACK WE'VE RECEIVED IS TO ENSURE THE BIKE PATH CONNECTIVITY, UH, EXISTS TO OUR PARK, PARTICULAR TO OUR DOWNTOWN AREA.
UM, THIS BIKE PATH CONNECTIVITY WILL BE INCLUDED AS PART OF THE ENVISION DUBLIN COMMUNITY PLAN WITH THE CREATION OF THE MOBILITY PLAN AND THE UPDATE TO THE BIKEWAY MASTER PLAN.
THIS WILL ALSO INCLUDE FURTHER ANALYSIS OF THE DOWNTOWN DUBLIN.
UH, THE PARKS AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN INCLUDES WALK SHEDS, AS YOU SEE ON THE, UH, MAP ON THE LEFT, UM, WHERE IT IDENTIFIES GAPS IN AREAS OF THE COMMUNITY WHERE PARKS ARE NOT ACCESSIBLE WITH A 10 MINUTE WALK FROM RESIDENCE.
THIS INFORMATION WILL CERTAINLY GIVE HELP TO INFORM THE STUDIES AND DEVELOP FUTURE STRATEGIES.
ALSO, UH, CITY COUNCIL ASKS TO IDENTIFY EVENTS AS, OR, UM, YEAH, IDENTIFY EVENTS AS AN IMPROPER, UH, OPPORTUNITY TO GENERATE REVENUE IN PARKS.
AND ALTHOUGH, ALTHOUGH THERE'S CONSIDERATION OF, THERE'S NO CONSIDERATION OF SPECIFIC SPECIAL EVENTS IN THE MA PARKS AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN, THE PLAN DOES IDENTIFY RECOMMENDED ACTIONS IN CAPITAL PROJECTS TO IMPROVE THE ABILITY FOR OUR PARKS AND RECREATION SYSTEM TO HOST MORE ROBUST REVENUE PRODUCING EVENTS IN THE FUTURE.
SPECIFICALLY RECOMMENDED, UH, MAJOR PROJECTS, UM, ARE, ARE THE EVENT LAWN IMPROVEMENTS AT RIVERSIDE CROSSING PARK EAST AND UPDATING THE KAUFMAN PARK MASTER PLAN TO INCLUDE MORE EVENT INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO WITH THAT, UM, STAFF IS ASKING FOR, UM, TO ASK A FEW QUESTIONS AND, AND HAVE DISCUSSION.
THE FIRST IS, DOES THE COUNCIL HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK PROPOSED, UM, REGARDING THE MAJOR PROJECTS OR FEEDBACK REGARDING THE PROPOSED STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN FEEDBACK REGARDING THE REVISIONS MADE TO THE PLAN ITSELF BASED ON THE MAY 1ST WORK SESSION? AND ARE THERE OTHER CONDITION, ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATION COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO INCLUDE AS PART OF THE MASTER PLAN? SO WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MAYOR.
UM, LINDSEY, DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS? YES, SCOTT, DURING IS HERE.
I'M SCOTT DURING 7, 6, 7, 6 KLETZEL DRIVE, UH, DUBLIN.
ALSO, UH, PRESIDENT OF VISIT DUBLIN.
UM, QUICKLY A SHOUT OUT TO MEGAN AND, AND MATT AND ROBERT AND LEON.
OBVIOUSLY, IT'S A LONG LOT OF WORK PUT INTO THIS, AND IT'S, AS A RESIDENT, IT'S EXCITING TO SEE YOUR COMMITMENT TO PARKS AND THE RECREATION FACILITY.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT.
AND ALSO THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION FROM THE ATHLETIC FACILITIES, UM, THAT WE HAVE DISCUSSED.
AND AS YOU RECALL, UH, WE ARE VISIT DUBLIN BOARD OF DIRECTORS, UH, FUNDED A FEASIBILITY STUDY BY HYUNDAI, A GROUP, WHICH IS A NATIONAL FIRM.
UH, WE PRESENTED TO YOU HERE, UM, IN JANUARY.
UM, THAT STUDY SUPPORTED, UM, THE, UH, CREATION OF SOME ATHLETIC FACILITIES AND OUTDOOR FACILITY THAT INCLUDED MULTI-USE ATHLETIC TURF WITH LIGHTS THAT WOULD SUPPORT A VARIETY OF SPORTS, INCLUDING SOCCER, LACROSSE, BASEBALL, MANY OTHER SPORTS THAT WE CAN THINK OF.
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AN INDOOR COMPONENT OF A FIELD HOUSE FOR BASKETBALL, VOLLEYBALL, EVEN PICKLEBALL AND MANY OTHER THINGS AS WELL.UM, THAT, THAT FACILITY OVER A 30 YEAR PERIOD WOULD GENERATE $3.2 BILLION IN VISITOR SPENDING AND MORE THAN 65,000 HOTEL ROOM NIGHTS.
SO THE ECONOMIC IMPACT, R O I, UM, INVOLVED OBVIOUSLY THERE, UM, THE SPORTS BUSINESS IS NOT SLOWING DOWN.
UM, IT CONTINUE TO THRIVE ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
A GOOD EXAMPLE IS THIS PAST WEEKEND WE HOSTED AT DARI, UM, AND ARCHERY NATIONAL ARCHERY CHAMPIONSHIP, THAT, THAT ATTRACTED A THOUSAND ARCHERS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND THOUSANDS OF OTHER FANS AS WELL.
UM, THE OTHER THING IS NOT SLOWING DOWN IS OUR COMPETITION.
CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY CONTINUE TO BUILD AND UPGRADE THEIR FACILITIES, UM, EVERY WEEK.
SO OUR COMPETI COMPETITION CONTINUES TO GET STIFFER AND STIFFER.
UM, WE'VE ALWAYS BELIEVED THAT THESE WORLD CLASS FACILITIES HERE IN DUBLIN, UM, WOULD SERVE FUTURE GENERATION OF DUBLIN RESIDENTS IN THE COMMUNITY, WHILE ALSO PROVIDING AN ECONOMIC IMPACT AND JOBS, UH, FOR THE CITY OF DUBLIN AS WELL.
AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK.
UM, WE'RE HERE TO BE A RESOURCE ANY WAY WE CAN, UM, AND VISIT DUBLIN AS YOU KIND OF WORK THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
LINDSAY, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? NONE COUNSEL, OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO MATT.
ANDY, UM, I WOULD START BY SAYING, UH, YOU, AND YOU MENTIONED THIS, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT WE MAINTAIN WHAT WE HAVE BEFORE WE START EXPANDING, UM, OUR FIEFDOM AND HAVE TO ADD STAFF TO MAINTAIN ALL THAT.
UM, I, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, THE PRESENTATION ACTUALLY STARTED ON 1.2, NOT 1.1.
UM, MAYBE I MISSED SOMETHING, BUT 1.1 HAS INCREASED THE NUMBER OF TRADITIONAL AND NON-TRADITIONAL SPORTS FIELDS, AS SCOTT WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT.
SO I'M VERY PASSIONATE, UH, ABOUT THAT.
I THINK IT'S A HUGE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAY.
IT'S ALSO AN AMENITY FOR, UM, OUR RESIDENTS TO USE THEMSELVES AND AVOID HAVING TO GO TO INDIANAPOLIS OR CINCINNATI OR, UM, DAYTON OR OTHER PLACES FOR THEIR KIDS TO PLAY SOCCER, LACROSSE OR WHATEVER.
UM, I COUNTED 19 DIFFERENT PRIORITIES.
UM, SO I WOULD IMAGINE WE NEED TO FOCUS A LITTLE BIT AND, UH, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S TWO OR THREE LOWS, I, THERE WERE FOUR MEDIUMS, BUT NO LOWS.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE REALLY NEED TO CONCENTRATE.
AND I THINK PAGE 110 OF YOUR DRAFT, IT WAS THE LAST SECOND TO THE LAST SLIDE.
UM, YOU HIT KIND OF THE LOW LYING FRUIT THAT'S, YOU KNOW, STUFF THAT WE CAN GET DONE PRETTY QUICKLY.
BUT, UM, AGAIN, I THINK, UH, THESE SPORTS FIELDS FOR ME ARE THE NEXT BIG DEAL FOR THE CITY OF DUBLIN.
UM, IT'S FUNNY, AND I HAD THE EXACT SAME THING WRITTEN ON MY PIECE OF PAPER HERE, UM, RELATIVE TO THE NUMBER OF HIGHS VERSUS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF STRATEGIC, UM, ITEMS THAT YOU HAD ON YOUR LIST, UM, I AGREE, I THINK SPORTS FIELDS ARE GONNA BE A REALLY BIG DEAL.
UM, BUT RELATIVE TO THESE, YOU KNOW, 19 THINGS THAT ARE, MANY OF, MOST OF WHICH ARE IN THAT HIGH CATEGORY, UM, HOW ARE YOU GONNA WORK TO GET ALL THAT WORK DONE? AND, YOU KNOW, ARE WE GONNA GET SOME PERIODIC UPDATES? HOW WILL THAT SORT OF REPORTING MECHANISM LOOK LIKE? YEAH, THE INTENT OF THE HIGH CATEGORY WAS MAINLY A ONE TO THREE YEAR INITIATION OF, OF WHATEVER THAT PROJECT IS.
SO, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A 10 YEAR PLAN, SO YOU KNOW, THOSE HIGHER PRIORITIES IN THE FIRST THIRD, AND THEN THE MEDIUM PRIORITIES IN THE SECOND THIRD.
SO TO SEE NO LOW PRIORITIES IS, YOU KNOW, STARTING SOMETHING AT SUCH A LATTER PART OF THE PLAN ITSELF.
WE MAY HAVE EVOLVED TO A POINT WHERE THEY'RE NOT EVEN RELEVANT ANYMORE.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO TRY TO GET MOST OF THESE DONE WITHIN, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST HALF OF, OF THAT 10 YEARS, OR AT LEAST STARTED, UM, I'M SORRY, WHAT WAS THE SECOND PART OF YOUR QUESTION? REPORTING MECHANISM.
HOW, OH, THE REPORTING MECHANISM.
WE INTEND TO, UM, INSERT ALL OF THE ACTION ITEMS FOR THIS PLAN INTO OUR, UH, CLEARPOINT, UM, SOFTWARE SO IT IS ACCESSIBLE SO THAT YOU CAN GO IN AND, AND SEE THOSE UPDATES AND SEE HOW THINGS ARE PROGRESSING.
CERTAINLY A LOT OF THESE PROJECTS WILL REQUIRE US TO COME BEFORE COUNCIL TO SEEK GUIDANCE ON, ON PROJECTS THEMSELVES.
AND CERTAINLY WE CAN PROVIDE WHATEVER FREQUENCY OF REPORT TO, TO OUR CITY COUNCIL AS AS, AS YOU DESIRE.
THANKS, I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
AND, AND I, I, THE OTHER THING I DO WANNA EMPHASIZE IS SOMETHING THAT ANDY SAID THAT WAS ALSO I HAD ON MY PIECE OF PAPER WAS THE COMMITMENT TO MAINTENANCE, UM, AND MAINTAINING WHAT WE HAVE BECAUSE IT, IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
AND I, I WILL TELL YOU, PEOPLE HAVE A VERY PERSONAL CONNECTION TO A LOT OF OUR PARKS AND, UM, THE AMENITIES IN THOSE PARKS.
THEY, THEY'RE PEOPLE WHO WALK THOSE PARKS EVERY DAY.
UM, YOU KNOW, I, I WOULD COUNT MYSELF IN THAT,
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THAT GROUP OF PEOPLE.UM, AND SO I THINK FEEDBACK AND COMMUNICATION TO THE COMMUNITY RELATIVE TO WHAT WE'RE DOING, UM, AS FAR AS MAINTENANCE OR ANY CHANGES TO THOSE PARKS, WOULD ALSO BE VERY IMPORTANT FROM MY PERSPECTIVE.
O ONE THING I WOULD ADD TO COUNCIL MEMBER KEELER AND, AND COUNCIL MEMBER LUDO, IS THAT LOOKING AT THE PRIORITIES, ADMITTEDLY THERE'S A LOT OF HIGH PRIORITIES.
I THINK IT'S A DIFFICULT THING FOR STAFF TO CALL SOMETHING A LOW PRIORITY WHEN IT'S PARKED AND RECREATION STAFF PRIMARILY RUNNING QUARTERBACK ON THIS PROJECT.
UM, IF THERE ARE, FRANKLY, ONE OF THE REASONS WE WANTED TO GO THROUGH THOSE STRATEGIES IS TO MAKE SURE, NUMBER ONE, WE'RE HITTING ON WHAT THE EXPECTATION IS OUTTA THE PLAN.
AND ALSO NUMBER TWO IS TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION ABOUT PRIORITIES.
SO IF THERE'S ASPECTS, COUNCIL MEMBER KEELER AND COUNCIL MEMBER LUDO, YOU BOTH SPOKE TO MAINTENANCE, WHICH WE CERTAINLY HEARD AT THE PREVIOUS MAY 1ST COUNCIL WORK SESSION.
UM, BUT TO YOUR POINT, COUNCIL MEMBER KEELER, YOU KNOW, SPORTS FIELDS BEING A VERY HIGH PRIORITY, UH, IN YOUR VIEW, IF THE COUNCIL HAS, UH, PRIORITIES THAT THEY THINK WOULD, YOU KNOW, MAYBE MOVE DOWN TO MEDIUM OR, OR LOWER WITH THE CONTEXT THAT HIGH BEING THE NEXT ONE TO THREE YEARS, LET'S, LET'S HIT IT HARD.
WE RECOGNIZE AT A CERTAIN POINT THERE'S A CAPACITY ISSUE THAT WE RUN INTO TO, TO DELIVER.
AND SO, UM, THAT'S DEFINITELY A CONVERSATION COUNCIL WOULD, OR STAFF RATHER, WOULD APPRECIATE FROM COUNCIL TO HELP REFINE THOSE PRIORITIES IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO SEE HAPPEN.
YEAH, I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
I THINK TOO, THAT THERE IS, UM, THE POTENTIAL TO BRING TO TOGETHER, UM, A COUPLE OF COMPLIMENTING PRIORITIES AS WELL.
SO, AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS, UM, YOU KNOW, AS, AS WE WORK THROUGH SOME OF THESE PRIORITIES AND WHAT WE WANT TO REALLY FOCUS ON, WHETHER IT'S SPORTS FIELDS OR WHAT HAVE YOU, UM, BRINGING IN SOME OF THE FINANCIAL CONSIDERATIONS, UH, RELATIVE TO, YOU KNOW, THE CAPACITY OF WHATEVER THESE FACILITIES ARE GONNA BE ABLE TO HOLD, RIGHT? IF THE CITY'S PAYING FOR THESE THINGS, WE CERTAINLY WANT OUR RESIDENTS TO BE ABLE TO HAVE FIRST CHOICE AT THEM, BUT ALSO BALANCING THE UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THAT MEANS IN TERMS OF BRINGING IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FROM OTHER AREAS SO THAT WE HAVE HEADS AND BEDS, RIGHT? THAT'S SOMETHING WE ALWAYS LOOK TO.
SO I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF COMPETING, BUT YET BALANCING PRIORITIES THAT NEED TO BE CONSIDERED TOGETHER.
HEY, I JUST WANNA SAY, UM, YOU KNOW, AS I WAS READING THIS THING, WE WENT THROUGH HUNDREDS OF PAGES OF THIS REPORT, IT WAS AMAZING REPORT, AND I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, YOU KNOW, I'M BET YOU GONNA CATCH THIS GUY ON SOMETHING HE MISSED.
BUT NO, I MEAN, YOU GOT DOWN TO FILLING IN THE RUTS PARKED BY PARK, THE BOLTS MISSING THE ROTTED BENCH, THIS, THAT, THE OTHER THING.
IT WAS PRETTY AMAZING LIST OF JUST ODDS AND ENDS AND INVENTORY OF JUST LITTLE THINGS TO DO AT EACH OF THE PARK.
SO THAT, THAT WAS VERY IMPRESSIVE.
ON THE BIGGER SCOPE OF THINGS, I'M SORT OF THINKING THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE REHAB OF THE REC CENTER, WHICH YOU ALREADY STARTED, WHICH IS REALLY IMPORTANT, AND THE SCIOTO RIVER RIVERSIDE PARK MASTER PLAN, WORKING ON THAT, TRYING TO GET THIS KAYAKING, UH, USE OF THIS FANTASTIC AMENITY, OUR RIVER, AND GETTING THAT UP, UP TO SPEED.
AND THEN ANOTHER THING I, YOU KNOW, I HATE TO HAVE YOU LEAVE TOWN WITHOUT TELLING US, YOU KNOW, UH, SOME OF THESE THINGS ARE SELF-FUNDED OR FUND THEMSELVES, LIKE ROPES AND CLIMBING, UM, UH, COMPANIES THAT YOU MENTIONED THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, PRODUCE CASH, UH, AND ARE AND AREN'T A CASH FLOW OUT TYPE OF SITUATION.
SO I JUST WANNA SAY, UH, YOU KNOW, IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING READING.
YOU RUINED MY WEEKEND, BUT I, UH, I
SO, AND I THINK IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE REPORTS I EVER READ IN MY LIFE.
UH, SO AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT.
AND IT GIVES US A LOT OF DIRECTION.
UH, OTHER IDEAS TOO WAS, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE AN ARBORETUM.
I KNOW YOU MENTIONED ARBORETUM IS A RATHER COSTLY ITEM, BUT WE HAVE ONE OF THOSE AT RED TRABU.
IT'S REALLY UNDERUSED AND NOT REALLY MARKETED, BUT WE HAVE A, YOU KNOW, PRETTY FINE COLLECTION OF ALL KINDS OF ORNAMENTAL TREES AND, UH, SHADE TREES AND THINGS THERE THAT VERY FEW PEOPLE EVEN KNOW ABOUT, BUT THEY'RE WELL MARKED, UH, BY THE PARKS DEPARTMENT WITH A GOOD SIGNAGE.
AND SO, AND THEN THE OTHER, UH, ITEM THAT WAS JUST ALONG WITH THAT AND SORT OF THROWN IN THE SAME POT WAS, UH, ABOUT BOTANICAL GARDEN.
I THINK WE ALL, I THINK WE'RE IN SOMEWHAT AGREEMENT THAT MAYBE THAT SHOULD HAPPEN TO THE, UH, RIGHT SIDE OF THE BRIDGE IN A LIMITED AREA WITH MAYBE A WEDDING VENUE STRUCTURE THAT WE COULD LEASE OUT AND CHARGE FOR WEDDINGS, WHICH WOULD REALLY KEEP THAT IN A MORE COMPREHENSIVE SPACE AND MUCH EASIER TO FUND THAN, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT WHAT THAN WHAT YOU MIGHT IMAGINE.
UH, HOPE IT ENDS UP OVER AT THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, AND WE SLOWLY CHEW OUR WAY THROUGH THIS AND, UH, GET SOME, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN SAID, LOW HANGING FRUIT BACK
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OUT HERE TO KEEP US AS THE MOST COMPETITIVE CITY AND THE CITY THAT YOU WANNA REALLY COME TO AND MOVE TO IF YOU'RE A YOUNG PERSON, BECAUSE IT JUST OFFERS SO MUCH.AND THAT'S WHERE WE WANT TO CONTINUE BEING AND WHERE WE WANT TO GO.
OTHER COMMENTS, AMY? YEAH, I JUST HAD A FEW.
UM, AS JOHN JUST SAID, THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION IN HERE AND IT'S GREAT DATA.
THE, AND THE NARRATIVE ITSELF DOES A REALLY GOOD JOB, I GUESS, COUCHING THAT THIS IS A WISHLIST OR A CHRISTMAS LIST, I GUESS, IF WE COULD GET EVERYTHING WE WANTED, IT'S ALL HERE.
UH, BUT THEN YOU, UM, MOST PEOPLE AREN'T GONNA READ THE PARAGRAPHS, RIGHT? AND YOU'RE GONNA GO RIGHT TO THE TABLE AND IT SAYS MAJOR PROJECTS, AND IT, IT, IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE GONNA DO ALL THOSE, AND, AND THE REALITY WE CAN'T AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO.
AND AS WE, IT SHOWS THERE'S A LOT OF HIGH PRIORITY, UH, I QUESTION THE WORD PRIORITY IN THE SENSE OF PRIORITIES CHANGE VERY QUICKLY.
I WOULD SAY HIGH INTEREST OR HIGH DESIRE PERHAPS, BECAUSE, UM, LOTS OF DIFFERENT FACTORS CHANGE PRIORITIES.
SO I, I'M WONDERING IF WE COULD JUST MAKE A FEW SMALL TWEAKS TO THE TABLES 'CAUSE PULLED OUT OF CONTEXT, PEOPLE ARE GONNA THINK, OH, THEY'RE DOING ALL THESE PROJECTS.
AND I, I JUST THINK WE NEED TO MAKE CLEAR THAT AGAIN, THESE ARE, UM, RECOMMENDATIONS.
UH, THEY'RE RECOMMENDED ACTIONS WE TAKE, WE'RE NOT ACTUALLY GONNA BE ABLE TO DO ALL OF THEM.
AND THEY'RE ALSO, UM, THESE, WHAT THE TABLE CALLS MAJOR PROJECTS, THEY'RE REALLY POTENTIAL PROJECTS THAT, UH, WE'RE HOPING TO DO.
AND AGAIN, THE PRIORITY MAY CHANGE, THAT LEVEL MAY CHANGE.
THAT WAS JUST ON THIS DATE WHEN WE DID THIS PLAN THAT WAS THE INTEREST OF OUR COMMUNITY.
SO, UM, AGAIN, I THINK THE NARRATIVE DOES A GOOD JOB COUCHING ALL THAT AND SAYING THAT WE'RE NOT DOING ALL OF THIS, BUT MAYBE MAKE A LITTLE CLARIFICATION IN SOME OF THE TABLE HEADINGS.
WE'LL TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THAT.
I LIKE THE WORD POTENTIAL PROJECTS THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO INCLUDE IN THERE SOMEWHERE AS WELL.
I, I HAVE, I WILL, UM, SECOND AMY'S SUGGESTION THAT WE CHANGE SOME OF THAT IF IN FACT, HIGH, MEDIUM, LOW REALLY RELATES TO TIMELINES, THEN JUST SAY THAT I'M JUST SAY IT'S, THESE ARE THE RECOMMENDED ONE TO THREE YEARS OR THE SUGGESTED OR POTENTIAL BECAUSE, UM, THEY'RE ALL HIGH, RIGHT? I MEAN, I THINK WE WOULD SAY THAT.
UM, BUT, UM, I THINK THAT NEEDS TO, THAT CLARITY I THINK IS ALSO IMPORTANT.
THE OTHER THING THAT I THINK, UM, FOR THE FIRST, HOW MANY DECADES IN THE EVOLUTION OF DUBLIN CERTAIN, UM, PARKS WERE BUILT, CERTAIN THINGS WERE DONE, I THINK THIS IS A REALLY GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO CLARIFY SOME HISTORICAL SORT OF BY DECADE WHAT HAS HAPPENED AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.
SO WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY SAYING, THESE ARE THE PARTICULAR PROJECTS, OPPORTUNITIES COME, UM, AND GO AND THINGS CHANGE.
BUT IN THIS NEXT EVOLUTION OR THIS NEXT CUP DECADE, THESE ARE THE, THE, THE THINGS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH.
WE DID THIS IN DECADE ONE AND TWO, THIS THREE AND FOUR, AND WHERE WE'RE GOING, AND THEN HERE'S SOME POTENTIAL THINGS THAT WOULD HELP US ACHIEVE THAT IN A SIMPLE WAY.
I, I THINK THAT CONTEXT SETTING, UM, I THINK IS IMPORTANT.
THE OTHER ONLY OTHER COMMENT THAT I WOULD MAKE IS, THERE'S COMMENTS IN HERE ABOUT MAINTENANCE WITHIN THE GIVEN BUDGET.
I THINK THE QUESTION THAT I, I KNOW, UM, WE HAVE ASKED I THINK PRETTY CONSISTENTLY OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS IS WHAT, WHAT CAN IT TAKE? WHAT DOES, I MEAN IF, IF WE WANNA BE SURE MAINTENANCE HAPPENS, IF THE THINGS THAT YOU'VE IDENTIFIED AS THE SHORT TERM, UH, POTENTIAL LIST, WHAT'S THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE? AND, AND PRESENT THAT TO US AS A, UM, AND ENDURING THIS C I P AND THE OPERATING BUDGET.
BECAUSE I, I'M NOT SURE THE, THE CAVEAT OF WITHIN THE CURRENT BUDGET IS, IS WHAT WE NECESSARILY NEED AT THIS MASTER PLANS AREA.
AND I THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK.
IT, IT, IT IS, UM, COMPREHENSIVE AND, UM, EXCITING.
AND JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, THE COSTS FOR ALL OF THE MAINTENANCE ITEMS LISTED IN THE PLAN ARE INCLUDED IN THE PLAN ITSELF AT 400 AND SOME ODD THOUSAND DOLLARS.
THE RENOVATION PROJECTS THAT ARE INCLUDED ARE $1.2 MILLION.
NOT ALL OF THOSE ARE INCLUDED IN OUR EXISTING BUDGETS.
THERE ARE SOME ITEMS, FOR INSTANCE, MAINTENANCE ITEMS LIKE RUTS AND, YOU KNOW, REPAIRING FENCE POSTS AND THINGS THAT ARE NOTICED THAT WE NEED TO GET TO.
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IT WON'T COST US ANYTHING BUT STAFF TIME TO MAKE SURE THOSE THINGS GET DONE.SO WE CAN, WE CAN PUT THOSE ON OUR, OUR WORK ORDER LISTS.
SO THERE ARE A SERIES OF THINGS IN OUR MAINTENANCE ITEMS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED IN A PLAN THAT WE CAN TACKLE NOW.
SO WHEN YOU SAY IT WON'T COST US ANYTHING BUT STAFF TIME, THAT'S OUR BIGGEST COST TO STAFF, RIGHT?
SO I TOTALLY GET WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
I YOU'RE SAYING WE CAN ABSORB IT, SO, AND WE CAN ABSORB IT IN OUR EXISTING BUDGET.
THAT'S, THANK YOU FOR, THAT'S SO HELP US UNDERSTAND THAT IN THE CURRENT BUDGET.
'CAUSE WE ASK THIS QUESTION EVERY YEAR, RIGHT? SO HELP US UNDERSTAND THAT.
WHAT CAN WE ABSORB WITH WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAD AND IF WE WERE ABLE TO AND MORE STAFF AND OR THIS OR WHATEVER IT IS, WE CAN DO THIS AND THIS.
AND I, I JUST WANT TO, TO BE SURE WE HAVE SOME CLARITY ON THAT WITH ALL THIS WORK.
ARE YOU REFERRING TO OUR BUDGETING PROCESS? OKAY.
OR IN THE PLAN ITSELF? I GUESS I'M, NO, I'M REFERRING TO THE BUDGETING PROCESS.
UH, TWO, I THANK YOU FOR, UM, PUTTING THIS TOGETHER, THE CITY, YOU THINK IT ISN'T SO BIG UNTIL YOU GO TO INVENTORY THESE THINGS AND YOU REALIZE JUST HOW MUCH THERE IS.
I, I, I THINK IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO SEPARATE OUT SOME OF THESE THINGS IF YOU, FOR YOUR, OUR PRIORITIES, IF THEY'RE HIGH PRIORITIES, UM, WE CAN'T HAVE THAT MANY HIGH PRIORITIES AND MAYBE WE NEED TO NUMBER THEM, THIS IS A, THIS IS OUR FIRST PRIORITY AND OUR SECOND PRIORITY AND OUR THIRD AND OUR FOURTH.
IT WOULD HELP US TO NAVIGATE THROUGH THOSE AND REALLY ASSIGN VALUE TO THEM OF WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN FIRST.
'CAUSE I DON'T THINK YOU CAN UNDERTAKE 19 PROJECTS AT THE SAME TIME.
AND SO MAYBE WE COULD RANK ORDER THOSE THINGS.
UM, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR, I I WOULD AGREE, I THINK WITH ALL OF, UM, MY COLLEAGUES THAT SPORTS FACILITIES ARE GOING TO BECOME MORE AND MORE IMPORTANT NOT ONLY TO SERVE OUR EXISTING RESIDENTS, BUT ALSO TO ATTRACT, UM, THE KIND OF VISITATION THAT THE, THE DESTINATION.
YOU KNOW, ONE OF OUR OBJECTIVES IS TO BECOME A DESTINATION, A CITY OF CHOICE.
AND I THINK THAT WOULD GO A LONG WAY IN HELPING THAT.
UH, WHEN I LOOK THROUGH THESE MAINTENANCE AND, UM, RENOVATION PROJECTS, WHATEVER, UM, TASK YOU UNDERTOOK TO COME UP WITH THESE LISTS, I WOULD REALLY ENCOURAGE US TO DO THAT ON A YEARLY BASIS AND NOT JUST DO IT WHEN WE DO THESE UPDATES TO OUR MASTER PLAN.
YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LOOK AT, IF I JUST START AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MAINTENANCE PROJECTS, THE CASTING POND, THAT STAIR RAIL, YOU KNOW, GOING DOWN THE POND THAT'S BEEN FAILING FOR YEARS.
UM, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE, UM, THE TREE THAT'S MISSING, IF IT'S THE HONEY LOCUST, I THINK IN THE TREE PIT THAT'S THERE, THAT'S BEEN MISSING FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.
SO IF WE COULD DO THIS EXERCISE ON A REGULAR BASIS, I THINK IT WOULD REALLY HELP US TO IMPROVE THE STATE OF OUR PARKS.
AND I, I WOULD SAY THIS SAME WITH SOME OF THE, UH, RENOVATION THINGS WHEN IT, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT, UM, PAINTING OR SCREENING ELECTRICAL BOXES, YOU KNOW, AT THE BASEBALL FIELDS AT AVERY PARK, YOU KNOW, THOSE AREN'T NEW.
I WOULD'VE, YOU KNOW, IF, IF WE DO THIS EVERY YEAR, THEY WON'T, THEY WON'T AGE.
AND WE'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET ON THEM IN A MUCH SHORTER TIMEFRAME.
SO THOSE ARE MY BIG THREE THINGS, IS I, RATHER THAN JUST HIGH AND MEDIUM PRIORITIES, I'D LIKE TO SEE NUMBERS ADDED TO 'EM SO THAT WE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T TRY TO EAT THE ENTIRE ELEPHANT, BUT WE TAKE IT ONE BITE AT A TIME.
UM, THAT WE CONTINUE OUR COMMITMENT TO LOOK AT WHAT IT WOULD BE TO BE A DESTINATION CITY OF CHOICE IN TERMS OF ATHLETIC COMPETITION.
AND THEN THAT WE WOULD CONTINUE SOME OF THESE EXERCISES THAT WE UNDERWENT DURING THIS PROCESS ON AN ANNUAL BASIS SO THAT, UM, WE WERE KEEPING REALLY CURRENT AND DIDN'T ALLOW THINGS TO GET, UM, YOU KNOW, GET UNNOTICED FOR A PERIOD OF TIME.
THANKS FOR DOING ALL THE WORK.
MY ONLY OTHER COMMENTS TOO, AND I I, YOU KNOW, I I TOTALLY AGREE THAT, THAT MAKING SURE, I AGREE WITH MANY OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE, THAT WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN AND KEEP IN GOOD CONDITION WHAT WE HAVE, BECAUSE WE HAVE QUITE A BIT OF INVENTORY AND IT'S BEAUTIFUL INVENTORY AND EVERYONE HERE VALUES IT.
IT'S THE TOP, IT'S THE TOP ITEM ON THE SURVEY THAT EVERYONE FEELS THAT THEY, UM, LOVE IN THIS CITY.
BUT, UM, WHAT I, WHAT I WOULD BE CURIOUS ABOUT, I, I WAS REALLY SURPRISED TO SEE HOW MANY FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES WE HAVE IN OUR PARKS.
AND I CAN HELP BUT WONDER IF, UM, UH, WE ARE SUCH A MULTI, UM, TALENTED GROUP OF FOLKS AND WE DO HAVE EVENTS AND WE HAVE SNOWPLOWING AND WE HAVE ALL SORTS OF THINGS THAT OUR FULL-TIME PEOPLE DO.
AND TO HELP US IN THE BUDGETING AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT'S NECESSARY MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO KNOW JUST WHAT YOU NEED FOR JUST PARTS AND RACK, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WE PULL PEOPLE OFF ALL KINDS OF THINGS.
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AND WHETHER OR NOT WE HAVE JUST EXACTLY WHAT YOU NEED, I HAVE NO IDEA OTHER THAN, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING HERE, BUT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL WHEN WE GET TO BUDGETING, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WAS VERY, UM, INTERESTED IN LEARNING IS WHAT PERCENT OF NON-RESIDENTS USE OUR PARKS AND OUR RECREATIONAL FACILITIES.AND IT'S A PRETTY HIGH NUMBER.
AND I THINK THAT TO ME, ONE OF THE PRIORITIES IS DEFINITELY TO BEGIN THE CONVERSATION WITH OUR NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES BECAUSE WE ARE LITERALLY SUBSIDIZING THEIR PARKS AND RECREATION PROGRAMMING AND WE, UM, HAVE GOOD RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR NEIGHBORS, BUT IT'S MAYBE TIME TO HAVE SOME VERY SERIOUS CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HELPING US TO, AT THE COUNTY LEVEL, ESPECIALLY AT THE TOWNSHIP LEVEL.
UH, THERE'S ALL SORTS OF, AT THE COLUMBUS CITY OF COLUMBUS LEVEL, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, UM, I WOULD BE REALLY OPEN TO.
AND MY LAST QUESTION TO YOU IS, UM, HOW DOES THIS MASTER PLAN DOVETAIL WITH OUR PREVIOUS MASTER PLAN TO HELP US BRING FORWARD SOMETHING, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE SAID WE WANTED TO DO, OR IN WHAT WAYS DOES IT HELP US ENHANCE, UM, OUR PAST WISHES? I GUESS I WOULD SAY, I WILL TELL YOU THE TWO PLANS ARE VERY DIFFERENT APPROACHES.
THE PREVIOUS PLAN THAT WAS ADOPTED IN 2010 WAS MORE OF A PLAN THAT JUST DEFINED THE TYPES OF POLICIES THAT WE NEEDED TO PUT IN PLACE, MORE SO THAN IT WAS US DEFINING WHAT PROJECTS WE WANTED TO USE TO FULFILL THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY.
SO IT WAS MORE AT THE TIME, YOU KNOW, AS WE BUILT THIS CITY OVER THE YEARS, UM, SOME OF OUR POLICIES WERE NOT FULLY DEVELOPED.
AND THAT PLAN WAS TO HELP US REALLY START TO PUT THE POLICIES TOGETHER TO HELP DIRECT US AS A STAFF TO ADMINISTER, YOU KNOW, THE PROGRAMMING, THE, THE, THE PROVISIONS OF WHO WE'RE GOING TO SERVE AND, AND ALL OF THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
WHEREAS THIS PLAN IS A LOT MORE, LESS THAT AND MORE DRIVEN TOWARDS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
WHAT IS THE, WHAT DOES THE COMMUNITY NEED? UM, AND THEN WHAT ARE THE, WHAT ARE THE VOIDS AND WHAT ARE THE GAPS? AND, AND THEN LAYS THAT ACTION STEP FORWARD.
THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF THIS PLAN.
IT GIVES US A ROADMAP GOING FORWARD.
AND, UM, THE, THE, THE PREVIOUS PLAN WAS A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A TO-DO LIST.
SO, YEAH, UH, YOU HAVE SOME QUESTIONS HERE AND I THINK, UM, I'M HOPING THAT WE GAVE YOU THE ANSWERS TO THE FIRST TWO, WHICH ARE THE EDITS AND ADDITIONAL AREAS OF OPPORTUNITY.
BUT I WOULD ASK COUNSEL IF YOU'RE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE PLAN WITH THE ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK YOU HEARD THIS EVENING BEING ADDED, OR WOULD YOU PREFER THAT, UH, THEY BRING BACK A FINAL DRAFT FOR FURTHER REVIEW AND CONSIDERATION? I, I WOULD BE COMFORTABLE IF THEY HAVE OUR FEEDBACK, I WOULD BE COMFORTABLE MOVING FORWARD AND, AND, AND SAYING, YOU KNOW, TAKE OUR FEEDBACK FOR, FOR WHAT YOU NEED IT FOR.
I WOULD SAY ONLY ON THE CAVEAT, IF THE REQUEST IS TO RANK PRIORITIZE, WE'D WANNA SEE THAT BEFORE AGREE YES.
SO I, IT MIGHT, IN MY VIEW, IT MIGHT, FOR SOME OF THESE CHANGES, IT MIGHT MAKE SENSE TO BRING IT BACK.
'CAUSE I THINK THAT WOULD CREATE SOME, I DON'T KNOW HOW, HOW WE WOULD DO SOME OF THAT, HOW YOU WOULD STACK RANK 'EM AFTER WE APPROVED IT.
SO I THINK WITH SOME OF IT, I THINK THAT GETS A LITTLE COMPLICATED.
I THINK, AND, AND OVERALL IT WORKS, BUT IT, IT MIGHT MAKE SENSE TO MAKE WHAT WE HEARD AND BRING IT BACK FOR APPROVAL.
SO I, I WORRY THAT IF WE TRY TO DO, LIKE, IF WE TRY TO COME BACK AT A COUNCIL SESSION AND DO THAT PRIORITIZATION, THAT IT'S, IT'S, IT'S GOING TO BE A LENGTHY PROCESS.
I WOULD THINK THAT WE WOULD EITHER WANNA DO IT IN A, IN A COUNCIL WORK SESSION OR DO REFERRALS OUT TO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UM, I, I THINK IT'LL, IT NEEDS SOME FOCUS IF WE'RE GONNA SIT DOWN AND ACTUALLY WORK ON THE PRIORITIES.
ABC 1, 2, 3, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK WE'RE GONNA NEED SOME TIME TO TALK THAT THROUGH.
YEAH, I'M JUST SAYING THAT WAS ONE OF THE REQUESTS BEFORE WE FINALIZE.
I, I, I FEEL YOU, I I THINK THAT MUCH OF IT YOU CAN MOVE FORWARD ON I, I, I THINK THE MAINTENANCE AND, AND ALL OF THOSE ITEMS, UH, PROBABLY TO KATHY'S POINT, THE RANK ORDERING OF THOSE AND YOU KNOW, IF THE WILL WAS TO SEND IT TO A COMMITTEE, UM, TO, YOU KNOW, DO ALL OF THE HEAVY LIFTING AND THEN BRING IT BACK FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE'S REVIEW, THAT, THAT WOULD CERTAINLY BE ACCEPTABLE.
BUT I THINK EVERYONE'S PROBABLY GOING TO WANNA SEE WHAT THOSE RANK ORDERS LOOK LIKE.
AND I WOULD JUST ADD THAT, LIKE, WE DON'T NEED THE WHOLE ENTIRE PRESENTATION AND EVERYTHING.
I THINK WE'RE JUST LOOKING AT THE MA WHAT YOU CALLED MAJOR PROJECTS, WHICH I RECOMMEND WE CALL POTENTIAL PROJECTS.
AND THEN THE RANKING OF HIGH, MIDDLE, AND LOW, PERHAPS CALLING THEM, UM, YOU KNOW, ONE TO THREE YEARS, FOUR TO SIX YEARS.
UM, AGAIN, BECAUSE PRIORITIES CHANGE, THOSE WERE JUST THE NEED.
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OH, WE WANT TO LOOK AT THIS WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS.SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE THE ONLY DISCUSSION ITEM.
I DON'T KNOW THAT WE WANT TO SPEND ANOTHER HOUR ON THE WHOLE, ON THE ENTIRE PLAN.
SO IT SEEMS AS IF THERE'S NO OTHER COMMENTS.
UM, WE FEEL REALLY GOOD ABOUT WHAT WE'VE DONE TONIGHT.
AND IF YOU COULD JUST BRING BACK, UM, UH, A RANKING OF THE HIGH PRIORITIES FOR US TO REVIEW, THEN WE WOULD BE GOOD TO GO.
I JUST HAVE ONE CLARIFICATION.
I JUST WANNA, SO SO YOU ARE WANTING THE RANKING IN THE PARKS AND REC MASTER PLAN, NOT AS PART OF THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN THAT WE'LL BE WORKING ON FOLLOWING ADOPTION OF THE REC THE MASTER PLAN.
I, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE RANKING PIECE BE PART OF THE IMPLEMENTATION.
TO ME THAT MAKES MORE SENSE IN THAT SPACE.
UM, JUST SIMPLY BECAUSE THERE'S GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, SOME SHIFTING AND SOME CHANGING OF THINGS.
AND I'D WANT US TO BE ABLE TO BE A LITTLE MORE FLEXIBLE.
AND I WOULD ALSO BE COMFORTABLE AS, UM, CHRIS SAID TO, TO ACTUALLY REFERRING THAT OUT, THAT PIECE, THAT INITIAL PIECE OF IT OUT TO COM, UH, COMMITTEE AND THEN BRINGING THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS BACK TO FULL COUNSEL TO TAKE A LOOK AT.
BUT THE ONLY CHALLENGE WITH THAT, IF THEY ALL REMAIN AS HIGH, THAT THAT CAN'T BE DONE, RIGHT.
SO I MEAN, SO TAKE UP THE HIGH RANKING.
IF, IF THAT IS WHAT WE'RE DOING, THEN I THINK IT HAS TO BE RECONSIDERED BY THIS GROUP BEFORE IT GOES TO THE OPERATIONAL PLAN.
IF THEY'RE JUST LISTED AS POTENTIAL PROJECTS.
AND THEN I THINK THAT WORKS INCREDIBLY WELL.
IF THE GOAL IS, I JUST THINK FOR CLARITY FOR THE COMMUNITY, WE NEED TO BE CLEAR ON WHAT'S INCLUDED IN THAT PROJECT.
I THINK THAT LISTING 'EM AS POTENTIAL PROJECTS WAS PART OF THE CHANGES THOUGH THAT WE WERE REQUESTING, RIGHT? RATHER THAN LISTING THEM AS MAJOR PROJECTS.
WELL, WE HEARD IT WAS FURTHER CLARIFICATION ON THE FACT THAT EACH OF THESE PROJECTS WILL, UM, NEED TO, IT, IT, EACH OF THE PROJECTS IS GONNA REQUIRE A LOT MORE IN DEPTH STUDY BEFORE WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH EACH OF THOSE PROJECTS.
AND THE, THE MAIN REASON I WAS SUGGESTING THAT MAYBE WE GET INTO THE PRIORITIZATION AS PART OF THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN ALSO HAS TO DO WITH THE COST OF EACH OF THE INITIATIVES VARY.
SO THAT'S A GOOD CONVERSATION TO HAVE DURING THE ANNUAL BUDGETING PROCESSES AS WELL.
SO IT'S NOT LIKELY THAT WE WOULD ATTACK OR IMPLEMENT THEM IN THE PRECISE ORDER THAT WE PRIORITIZE THEM.
JUST, JUST, JUST THROWING THAT OUT THERE AS ONE OPTION.
THE OTHER, THE OTHER THING IS THAT THESE ARE BROKEN INTO FIVE DIFFERENT AREAS.
I MEAN, THERE ARE FIVE FOCUS AREAS.
IT'S NOT LIKE YOU'RE GONNA GO DOWN THE PLAN ONE THROUGH 19.
I MEAN EACH, EACH AREA IS GONNA HAVE THEIR OWN PRIORITY.
UM, I THINK WE HAVE THAT TO CONSIDER TOO, AMY.
SO, UH, FOR SIMPLISTIC, SO WE ARE CREATING AN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN THAT IS ANOTHER DELIVERABLE.
WELL, I THINK WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A COUPLE DIFFERENT THINGS.
SO CHAPTER SIX OF THE CURRENT PLAN IS WHERE YOU FIND YOUR STRATEGIES.
THAT'S, IT'S CALLED IMPLEMENTATION.
AND WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT, AND, AND I'M NOT SURE IF WE CAN PUT THE PRESENTATION BACK UP JUST FOR REFERENCE.
THE TYPE OF IMPLEMENTATION PLAN THAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, IS SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DISCUSSED FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY.
WE TALKED ABOUT LISTING WHAT'S GONNA BE DONE AND WHEN.
AND THAT IS WHAT I WAS REFERENCING WHEN MATT WAS DISCUSSING, INCLUDING PROJECTS AND TIMELINES AND CLEARPOINT.
THAT'S THE TYPE OF MORE DETAILED IMPLEMENTATION PLAN THAT I WAS REFERENCING.
AND THE PRIORITY LEVELS FELL IN THE STRATEGIES.
AND SO IF WE'RE WANTING TO RANK THE STRATEGIES, WE CAN CERTAINLY TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
BUT TO, TO, UM, CITY MANAGER O CALLAHAN'S POINT, AN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN OF THE SPECIFIC PROJECTS IS SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD WANT TO TAKE ON AS ANOTHER DELIVERABLE.
SO THERE'S STRATEGIES AND THERE'S PROJECTS.
I, MY SUGGESTION WITH THIS TABLE IS MAYBE RATHER THAN SAY PRIORITY LEVEL, JUST SAY DESIRABILITY, IT'S THERE WAS A HIGH DESIRABILITY, A MODERATE OR LOW, LIKE, JUST CHANGE THAT WORD.
AND I THINK WE'D BE OKAY BECAUSE AGAIN, THIS TABLE TAKEN OUTTA CONTEXT, THE CITIZEN READS IT AND THEY'RE LIKE, OH, WELL THEY'RE MAKING, THEY'RE, THEY HAVE ALL THESE HIGH PRIORITY PROJECTS, THEY'RE GONNA SPEND ALL THIS MONEY
SO IF WE KEEP THE WORDING TO THESE ARE POTENTIAL AND THESE WERE DESIRED, YOU KNOW, THIS IS OUR CHRISTMAS WISHLIST AND THEN OUR OPERATING BUDGET AND OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT BUDGETS, THOSE WILL HAVE THE DETAILS AS WE MOVE ON.
AND I THINK THE PROJECTS WILL GET RANKED ULTIMATELY THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
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YOU AMY.THAT'S RIGHT WHERE I WAS HEADED.
SO DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE THE DIRECTION THAT YOU NEED HERE? YES.
AND WE ARE EXCITED TO SEE IT COME FORWARD.
[STAFF COMMENTS]
GOOD EVENING.I'D LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYBODY BACK FROM JULY BREAK.
UM, AND I'D LIKE TO BEGIN STAFF COMMENTS BY, UM, CONGRATULATING OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT ON RECEIVING THEIR SECOND, UM, GOVERNMENT FINANCE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION OR G F O A TRIPLE CROWN AWARD FOR 2021.
AS YOU MAY RECALL, THIS AWARD RECOGNIZES THE CITY, UM, RECEIVED ALL THREE AWARDS, INCLUDING THE CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT FOR EXCELLENCE IN FINANCIAL REPORTING, DISTINGUISHED BUDGET PRESENTATION, AND THE POPULAR ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORTING AWARD.
SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THE ENTIRE FINANCE TEAM.
THE OHIO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY THROUGH THE OFFICE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES HAS AWARDED THE DUBLIN POLICE DEPARTMENT 60, NEARLY $64,000 IN GRANT FUNDING FOR BODY AND WORN CAMERA UPDATE UPGRADES.
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL UTILIZE THESE GRANT FUNDS TO ENSURE DUBLIN POLICE OFFICERS HAVE THE LATEST AND MOST RELIABLE BODY WORN CAMERA TECHNOLOGY FOR RECORDING VIDEO OF POLICE CITIZEN INTERACTIONS TO SUPPORT TRANSPARENCY, FOSTER CONFIDENCE, AND EARN PUBLIC TRUST.
SO I APPRECIATE THAT TEAM FOR, UM, SEEKING THOSE FUNDS AND BEING AWARDED THOSE FUNDS.
PLANNING AND G I S STAFF RECENTLY PROVIDED A DEMONSTRATION TO THE A R B AT THE JULY 26TH MEETING OF THE ARC G I S URBAN SOFTWARE, WHICH IS A THREE D TOOL USED TO HELP VISUAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS OR VISUALIZED DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS WITHIN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT.
AND AS COUNCIL MAY RECALL, THIS TOPIC WAS DISCUSSED AS PART OF THE JOINT WORK SESSION WITH CITY COUNCIL AND THE BOARD AND COMMISSION MEMBERS IN AUGUST OF LAST YEAR.
IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN CHECKING OUT THAT, UM, DEMONSTRATION, PLEASE WATCH THE VIDEO ONLINE AND WE'LL ALSO BE SHARING THAT INFORMATION, UM, AT THE NEXT JOINT BOARD AND COMMISSION MEETING AS WELL.
ON AUGUST 22ND AT 7:00 PM IN COUNCIL CHAMBER, STAFF WILL BE HOLDING A PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETING WITH PROPERTY OWNERS IN THE VICINITY OF THE SOUTH HIGH STREET UTILITY BURIAL PHASE TWO PROJECT.
THE PHASE TWO PROJECT AREA IS BOUNDED BY BRIDGE STREET, HIGH STREET, SHORT STREET, AND SOUTH RIVERVIEW STREET.
AND AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE PHASE TWO PROJECT, THE POLLS ALONG SOUTH HIGH STREET FROM SHORT STREET TO BRIDGE STREET WILL BE REMOVED.
THE PUBLIC MEETING IS INTENDED TO DISCUSS THE CURRENT PLANS, ALIGNMENT OF THE WORK, UM, EASEMENT AND EQUIP EQUIPMENT, LOCATIONS, AND THE OVERALL PROJECTS SCHEDULE, AND ALSO GATHER IMPORTANT FEEDBACK FROM THE RESIDENTS.
AND INVITATIONS FOR THAT MEETING WILL BE MAILED TO PROPERTY OWNERS, UM, WITHIN THE BOUNDS OF THAT PROJECT TOMORROW.
AND C P I IS ALSO GONNA BE PROVIDING ADDITIONAL COMMUNICATIONS TO AREA RESIDENTS VIA SOCIAL MEDIA, SO WE'LL GET THE WORD OUT ON THAT.
UH, CITY OF DUBLIN WILL ALSO RECEIVE $340,000 IN GRANT FUNDING FROM THE OHIO BUILDS.
UM, BROADBAND UTILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE FOR LOCAL DEVELOPMENT SUCCESS IS WHAT THAT STANDS FOR.
UH, THE WATER INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT PROGRAM FOR THE WATERLINE REPLACEMENT PHASE SEVEN PROJECT.
UM, THAT PROJECT CONSISTS OF REPLACING AGING WATER MAINS WITH A HISTORY OF BREAKAGE TO PROVIDE A BETTER LEVEL OF SERVICE WITH INCREASED WATER PRESSURES AND REDUCTION IN OUTAGES.
SO THANK YOU ALSO FOR THE ENGINEERING TEAM FOR APPLYING FOR AND SECURING THOSE FUNDS.
UH, BEGINNING IN THE MIDDLE OF AUGUST, CONSULTANTS FOR THE CITY OF COLUMBUS WATER PLANT TRANSMISSION MAIN PROJECT, WE'LL BEGIN FIELD WORK PERFORMING GEOTECHNICAL BORINGS AND LIMITED SURVEYING WORK.
AND THE FIRST GEOTECHNICAL BORING LOCATIONS ARE ALONG SEVERAL ROADWAYS, INCLUDING FRANCE RINGS, WARNER TEMPLE, EMERALD PARKWAY, AVERY, AVERY, MUIRFIELD, IRMAN, AND LIGGETT ROADS.
UM, THESE BORINGS ARE PLANNED TO BE OUTSIDE OF THE ROADWAY UNLESS THE LOCATION REQUIRES THE BORING TO BE SHIFTED TO THE ROADWAY.
UM, THE CONSULTANT IS WORKING FOR THE CITY OF COLUMBUS, UM, AND THEY WILL BE SENDING, UH, NOTIFICATIONS TO PROPERTY OWNERS ADJACENT TO THOSE BORING LOCATIONS.
SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON THERE.
AND THEN LASTLY, IT IS A VERY BUSY TIME OF THE YEAR AS THE DUBLIN IRISH FESTIVAL KICKS OFF THIS THURSDAY IN DOWNTOWN DUBLIN WITH THE FIVE K AND KIDS RUN THIS YEAR, THERE WILL BE AN AFTER PARTY IN THE PARKING LOT BEHIND STARBUCKS FEATURING A BAND, MUSIC AND BEVERAGE SALES.
AND PROCEEDS FROM THAT EVENT WILL BE GOING TOWARDS THE DUBLIN FOOD PANTRY.
THE FESTIVAL STARTS IN KAUFMAN PARK ON FRIDAY AT FOUR, AND WE'LL RUN UNTIL SUNDAY AT EIGHT, UH, NAMED AS A TOP THREE CULTURAL EVENT IN NORTH AMERICA BY U S A TODAY, WE EXP EXPECT, EXPECT CLOSE TO 100,000 GUESTS AND VISITORS TO THE CITY.
SO WE ALL HOPE FOR GREAT WEATHER.
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RESIDENTS CAN RECEIVE DISCOUNTED TICKETS FOR $20 AT THE DUBLIN COMMUNITY RECREATION CENTER UNTIL THURSDAY.AND THEN AFTER THAT, THE TICKETS CAN BE PURCHASED ONLINE FOR $25 OR $30 AT THE GATE.
[COUNCIL COMMITTEE REPORTS]
UM, COUNCILMAN REINER DUBLIN ARTS COUNCIL AND VETERANS COMMITTEE.DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? YEAH, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR, UH, SUPPORTING THE VETERANS WITH THE ID CARD.
AND, UH, I WANT YOU TO STOP IN AND VISIT HERO HUTT AT THE IRISH FESTIVAL AS WE ARE RECRUITING AND TRYING TO FIND VETERANS.
SO, UH, YOU'RE ALL WELCOME TO STOP IN AND, AND SAY HI.
AND, UH, WE'RE INTERESTED IN SEEING WHO SHOWS UP AND HOW MANY VETERANS WE CAN, UH, GET PULLED INTO THE ASSOCIATION.
COUNCILMAN CRAMM, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING FROM ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD? ACTUALLY, NO, MEGAN ALREADY COVERED ABOUT THE G I S PRESENTATION.
THAT WAS THE ONLY THING I HAD, AND I DID NOT ATTEND WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP MEETING IN JULY, BUT WE'LL BE ATTENDING IN AUGUST, SO I'LL HAVE A REPORT NEXT TIME.
AND MATTER, OHIO REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION AND PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION? YES.
UM, YOU, YOU MAY HAVE SEEN OR HEARD, UH, ERIC JANIS, THE CHAIR OF THE, OF MORSEY HAS TAKEN A NEW POSITION WITH THE CUYAHOGA COUNTY.
SO WE WILL BE RE RECONVENING THE APPOINTMENT BODY FOR, UH, MORSEY AND WE WILL BE REALIGNING LEADERSHIP POSITIONS THERE.
UM, WE HAVE A MEETING THIS WEEK ON THURSDAY, SO WE WILL START RECONVENING THOSE BODIES AND STARTING THAT PROCESS.
UH, AND THEN ADDITIONALLY WITH THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, OUR LAST TWO AGENDA MEETINGS HAVE BEEN CANCELED JUST DUE TO, UM, VARIOUS INDIVIDUALS SUMMER TRAVEL PLANS.
UM, SO WE HAVE NOT MET PRIOR TO THEIR LAST TWO MEETINGS.
THEY DO, THEY ARE SCHEDULING A TOUR THAT THEY'RE INTENDING TO HOLD, AND I HOPE TO ATTEND THAT WITH, WITH THEM.
I HAVEN'T RECEIVED INFORMATION ON EXACTLY WHEN AND WHERE THAT'S GOING TO BE, BUT I DO HOPE TO ATTEND THAT WITH OUR PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEMBERS AND I WILL REPORT BACK WHAT WE SEE.
SO, UH, WE WILL NOT BE HOLDING A ROUND TABLE CONVERSATION THIS EVENING, BUT WE
[Additional Item]
WILL BE DOING SOME REMEMBRANCE AND I TURN TO OUR CITY MANAGER, MEGAN O. CALLAHAN, UM, TO SHARE HER THOUGHTS ON OUR TRAGIC LOSS OF OUR, OUR DIRECTOR, JENNIFER RADLER, ON BEHALF OF HERSELF AND HER STAFF.THIS HAS BEEN A VERY DIFFICULT WEEK FOR THE ENTIRE TEAM.
UM, JENNIFER RADLER WAS AN EXCEPTIONAL PERSON.
SHE WAS REMEMBERED THIS PAST WEEKEND BY A LARGE, VERY LARGE OUTPOURING OF SUPPORT AS FAMILY AND FRIENDS, UM, ATTENDED A VISITATION AND BEAUTIFUL CELEBRATION OF LIFE ON BEHALF OF OUR CITY OF DUBLIN TEAM MEMBERS, MANY WHO HAVE WORKED WITH HER FOR HER ENTIRE 24 YEAR TENURE.
HERE I EXPRESS OUR DEEPEST SORROW.
JENNIFER WAS A DEDICATED WIFE, MOTHER, AND DAUGHTER, AND SHE WAS ALSO A VERY BELOVED COLLEAGUE AND FRIEND AND HAD A WONDERFUL SENSE OF HUMOR, POSITIVE ATTITUDE AND CALM DEMEANOR THAT MADE HER A JOY TO HAVE AROUND NO MATTER THE SITUATION.
WHEN I FIRST CAME TO DUBLIN ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO, SHE WAS WELCOMING FROM THE START, ALWAYS HAPPY TO SHARE HER BREADTH OF KNOWLEDGE AND BACKGROUND ON ALL THINGS DUBLIN.
SHE WAS ALWAYS WILLING TO GO THE EXTRA MILE AND TALK THROUGH COMPLICATED LEGAL MATTERS AND STRATEGIES, AND WE ALL LEARNED A GREAT DEAL FROM HER.
OVER THE YEARS, JENNIFER APPROACHED EACH ENDEAVOR WITH ENTHUSIASM AND A COLLABORATIVE SPIRIT.
AND IN MY SHORT TIME AS CITY MANAGER, SHE AND I WORKED TOGETHER COUNTLESS HOURS ON IMPORTANT INITIATIVES RANGING FROM STRATEGIC REAL ESTATE INVESTMENTS TO THE FIBER TO THE HOME INITIATIVE THAT WAS ANNOUNCED JUST LAST MONTH.
SHE WAS VERY UNIQUE IN HER ABILITY AND WILLINGNESS TO SEE THE BIG PICTURE AND TO APPROACH COMPLEX LEGAL MATTERS THOUGHTFULLY AND STRATEGICALLY.
AND SHE'S ALWAYS BEEN DETERMINED TO FIND THE RIGHT AND BEST SOLUTIONS FOR DUBLIN AND THE DUBLIN COMMUNITY.
SHE EXEMPLIFIED PROFESSIONALISM, INTEGRITY, AND A GENUINE PASSION FOR UPHOLDING THE LAW AND SERVING THE COMMUNITY.
HER INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE DUBLIN COMMUNITY AND COUNCIL'S VISION MADE HER AN INVALUABLE PARTNER.
AND IN MANY WAYS, SHE IS TRULY IR IRREPLACEABLE.
WE THANK ALL OF HER COLLEAGUES AT THE FROST BROWN TODD LAW FIRM FOR MAKING IT CLEAR TO DUBLIN THAT THE CITY'S LEGAL NEEDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE MET THROUGH THEIR EXTENSIVE TEAM, MANY OF WHOM ALREADY REPRESENT DUBLIN AND WORK WITH OUR STAFF ON A VARIETY OF MATTERS.
OUR HEARTS GO OUT TO THEM AS WELL AS WE KNOW THEY ARE FEELING THIS LOSS AS DEEPLY AS WE ARE.
AND FINALLY, OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ARE WITH PHIL
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PEYTON AND JENNIFER'S ENTIRE FAMILY.WE CAN ONLY IMAGINE THEIR GRIEF AND WE WANT THEM TO KNOW THAT WE ARE HERE FOR THEM AS WE ALL PROCESS THIS HEARTBREAKING LOSS TOGETHER.
JENNIFER WILL BE RECOGNIZED DURING THE MASS INTENTIONS AT THE DUBLIN IRISH FESTIVAL THIS SUNDAY, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP HER MEMORY AND LEGACY ALIVE HERE IN THE CITY.
THIS IS A VERY STRONG DUBLIN FAMILY, AND WE'D LIKE TO SHARE A FEW FINAL THOUGHTS ON BEHALF OF THIS ENTIRE DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL.
YOU KNOW, WE ARE JUST HEARTBROKEN AND STILL TRYING TO COME TO TERMS WITH THE FACT THAT JENNIFER RADLER IS NOT SITTING IN THAT CHAIR WITH US.
JENNIFER FREELY OFFERED HER KNOWLEDGE, HER FRIENDSHIP, AND HER LOYALTY.
SHE WAS OUR GO-TO RESOURCE, A VALUED MENTOR TO ALL OF US, LISTENING AND PROVIDING ADVICE WITH HER GENEROSITY, HER EMPATHY, AND HER THOUGHTFULNESS.
AND SHE REFLECTED THE ABSOLUTE BEST VALUES OF THIS CITY.
DURING HER TENURE, JENNIFER DEMONSTRATED A PASSIONATE COMMITMENT TO PROVIDING THE BEST OF PUBLIC SERVICE AND THE BEST ADVICE THAT HELPED OUR COUNCIL TO MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS AND THAT BENEFITED OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
HER IMPACT IS UNDENIABLY PROFOUND AND WILL BE LONG LASTING.
SHE WAS SO INVESTED IN DUBLIN AND NOT ONLY IN HER SERVICE AS A LAW DIRECTOR, BUT JUST AS AN ACTIVE MEMBER IN THIS COMMUNITY.
SHE HONORED THAT COMMITMENT BY PARTICIPATING IN HUNDREDS OF PROGRAMS, EVENTS, DEDICATIONS, AND DAYS OF SERVICE.
WE ALL WONDER IF SHE HAD MORE HOURS IN THE DAY THAN THE REST OF US BECAUSE SHE ALWAYS FOUND THOSE EXTRA FEW MINUTES AND IN SOME CASES, EXTRA HOURS THAT WERE NEEDED TO DO WHATEVER IT TOOK TO HELP MAKE DUBLIN A BETTER PLACE.
THIS PAST WEEKEND WAS TOUGH, BUT THIS UPCOMING WEEKEND WILL BE ESPECIALLY DIFFICULT BECAUSE THE DUBLIN IRISH FESTIVAL WAS ONE OF HER MOST FAVORITE EVENTS.
HER PASSION FOR LIFE WAS CONTAGIOUS, AND IT WASN'T HARD TO SEE THAT HER FAMILY WAS HER GREATEST JOY.
SHE WAS THE MOST DEVOTED WIFE, MOTHER, AND DAUGHTER.
AND OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS EVERY NIGHT ARE GOING TO BE WITH HER HUSBAND PHIL, HER DAUGHTER PEYTON, HER MOTHER, SALLY, AND ALL THE LOVED ONES THAT SHE HAS DURING THIS ESPECIALLY DIFFICULT TIME OF GRIEF AND LOSS.
WE ON THIS COUNCIL, PLEDGED TO HONOR JENNIFER'S MEMORY BY CONTINUING HER WORK WITH THE SAME DEDICATION AND PASSION THAT SHE DISPLAYED THROUGHOUT HER REMARKABLE CAREER.
AND AS WE MOURN HER PASSING, WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR HER FRIENDSHIP AND HER ADVICE, AND WE TAKE COMFORT THAT OUR LIVES AND OUR CITY ARE BETTER FOR HAVING HER WITH US.
FOR TWO AND A HALF DECADES OF SERVICE TO THIS CITY, WE'LL ALWAYS REMEMBER AND HOLD HER DEAR, HER MANY INCREDIBLE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COMMUNITY AND THE UNFORGETTABLE, POISED, BEAUTIFUL, BRILLIANT, PROFESSIONAL PERSON AND FRIEND THAT SHE WAS THE STAR THAT WAS.
JENNIFER REDLER WILL ALWAYS ILLUMINATE OUR WAY BECAUSE HER LIGHT IS STILL IN THIS ROOM AND ENDURES THROUGH HER FAMILY, HER FRIENDS, AND IN THIS CITY THAT SHE LOVED SO VERY MUCH.