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[CALL TO ORDER]
SIX.ALRIGHT, WE ARE CALLING TO ORDER THE AUGUST 14TH, 2023 COUNCIL MEETING.
JENNY, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL MS. ALU.
[ADJOURNMENT TO EXECUTIVE SESSION]
I MOVE TO ADJOURN TO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSIDERING THE APPOINTMENT OF A PUBLIC OFFICIAL AND TO CONSIDER CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION RELATED TO A REQUEST FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE THAT INVOLVES PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE DIRECTLY RELATED TO AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECT 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.JENNY, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL MR. KEELER? YES.
[RECONVENE (7 P.M.)]
GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.WE WILL RECONVENE THE AUGUST 14TH, 2023 COUNCIL MEETING.
UM, COUNCILMAN KEELER, WOULD YOU MIND LEADING THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? PLEASE PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH STANDS NATION UNDER GOD, LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
[CITIZEN COMMENTS]
RIGHT.THIS EVENING, UM, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CITIZENS TO COMMENT ON ANY TOPIC THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA, AND I WOULD LOOK TO LINDSAY TO SEE IF WE HAVE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO COMMENT THIS EVENING.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, JAY LINDNER HAS SIGNED IN.
IF YOU'LL COME FORWARD AND JUST STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS PLEASE.
RECORDING JAMES LINDER, UM, 82 61 DUBLIN ROAD.
I WANT TO COMMENT ON THE, UH, ISSUE THAT I JUST SAW TONIGHT ACTUALLY REGARDING THE RIVER FOREST HOME.
UM, WE WERE ACTUALLY PLANNING ON COMING THE NIGHT BEFORE.
I SAW THAT YOU ACTUALLY HAD SOME PEOPLE LAST WEEK ALSO COME, SO I JUST WANTED TO CHANGE IT UP A LITTLE BIT AND MAKE SURE THAT WE JUST REITERATE OUR CONCERN.
UM, FROM WHAT I SAW LAST WEEK, AND I THINK SOME RESEARCH IS ALREADY BEING LOOKED INTO IT, I TAKE IT, UM, BUT THAT IT'S SOUNDS LIKE IT'S OUT OF THE CITY'S HANDS AND IN THE STATES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND, UH, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE IT WAS REALLY CLEAR THAT WHEN I SAW THAT THERE'S ALREADY SOME STUFF GOING ON AND OUR CONCERNS ARE COMING TO LIFE, IF YOU WILL.
UH, JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE, MAKE SURE THAT, UM, WE REITERATED OUR CONCERNS.
IT SOUNDS LIKE IT WAS DONE KIND OF THROUGH THE BACK DOOR.
IT WASN'T DONE WITH A, UH, WE JUST DID A GARAGE AT OUR PLACE AND I HAD TO GO THROUGH PLENTY OF HOOPS AND HURDLES.
I'M SURPRISED THAT THIS ONE WASN'T DONE WITH THE SAME KIND OF DILIGENCE IT SOUNDS LIKE.
SO AGAIN, OUR CONCERN IS MAKING SURE THAT IT'S CLEARLY KNOWN AND ISN'T FORGOTTEN.
UM, ALSO WANTED TO FIND OUT WHAT WE COULD DO WHEN WE CONTINUE TO FIND MORE OF THESE THINGS ARE HAPPENING.
IF THEY DO HAPPEN, GOD FORBID, I HOPE THEY DON'T, BUT IF THEY DO, THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECOURSE THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO US TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THOSE.
WE ALWAYS HAVE STAFF AND, UM, THE ADMINISTRATION TO CALL, TO ASK QUESTIONS, TO GET THE INFORMATION YOU'RE LOOKING FOR AND TO, UM, AND THE CITY IS ALSO INTERESTED IN MAKING SURE THAT YOUR, YOUR COMMENTS ARE HEARD.
SO IF YOU'LL, YOU, YOU KNOW HOW TO CONTACT, IF YOU NEED THE CONTACT NUMBERS, THEN LINDSAY CAN OFFER THIS FOR YOU.
UH, JUST MEGAN, MAYBE YOU WANNA ADD, THERE IS A PUBLIC MEETING OR STEVEN MAYBE THAT INFORM HIM, MAYBE HE WASN'T AWARE OF THE MEETING THAT'S GONNA BE HAPPENING.
UM, WE DO HAVE A MEETING SCHEDULED WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ON WEDNESDAY EVENING.
UM, AND I KNOW THAT I WILL BE THERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AND KIND OF DISCUSS IT WITH THE NEIGHBORS.
WE WERE, WE WERE INFORMED OF THAT, SO WE'LL BE, YEAH.
SALLY LINDNER HAS ALSO SIGNED IN.
THIS IS MY HUSBAND JAY, AND I ALSO AM HERE ABOUT THE GROUP HOME IN RIVER FOREST.
I'M A LITTLE NERVOUS, SO PARDON ME.
UM, I FEEL LIKE MY VOICE HAS TO BE HEARD.
I AM A VERY LONG TIME RESIDENT.
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I DID TRICK OR TREATING.MY PARENTS MOVED TO DUBLIN IN 66.
UM, MANY, UM, THINGS I'M DOING IN MY RESEARCH JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME WHATSOEVER.
UM, IF WE HAVE A ZONING AND PLANNING COMMISSION, I JUST WANTED TO KNOW ONE THING.
UM, THERE'S THAT LULU EFFECT I'VE BEEN READING ABOUT, WHICH IS LOCALLY UNWANTED LAND USE.
UM, AND IT STATES THAT HAZARDOUS AND UNWANTED LAND USE EXAMPLES ARE LANDFILLS, BROTHELS, PRISONS, HIGHWAYS, AND HALFWAY HOUSES.
UM, SOBER HOUSES TO ME IS ONE IN THE SAME CONSIDERING, UM, WHEN I LOOKED AT THIS GENTLEMAN'S WEBSITE THAT'S RUNNING THIS GROUP HOME, HE IS ACCEPTING ALL TYPES OF ADDICTIONS SUCH AS HEROIN CASES, COCAINE, METH, ALCOHOL.
UM, I HAVE A DAUGHTER THAT'S A GRADUATE OF MOUNT CARMEL ALSO.
UM, SHE WORKED AT GRANT FOR TWO YEARS AND I HEARD STORIES OF HOW THE METH ADDICTS WHEN THEY'RE GOING THROUGH RECOVERY WILL KICK.
SO I, ALTHOUGH I AM FOND OF SOMEBODY DOING THEIR COMMUNITY SERVICE AND HELPING THESE GENTLEMEN OUT, I DO NOW FEAR THAT I HAVE TO TELL MY 22 YEAR OLD WHO'S STILL LIVING AT HOME.
PLEASE DON'T GO ON ASFORD ROAD WHEN YOU'RE JOGGING.
NOW, I DON'T LIKE LIVING IN FEAR.
I DON'T THINK DUBLIN REPRESENTS THAT.
UM, IT'S JUST WHEN I'VE ONLY TOLD A FEW PEOPLE BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE NOW IT'S A DIRTY LITTLE SECRET WE HAVE TO CONTAIN AND NOT PUT ON ANY MARKETING LITERATURE.
I DO FEEL VERY PASSIONATE THAT ALL THE PEOPLE THAT GREW UP IN DUBLIN AREN'T JUST APPALLED AT THIS WHOLE SITUATION.
AND WHEN I GREW UP, THEY HAD HOMES IN MARYSVILLE CALLED MARYHAVEN FOR PEOPLE THAT MIGHT HAVE TAKEN AN L S D TRIP OR SUCH A THING.
BUT TO KNOW OUR RIVER FOREST HAS ALLOWED, THIS IS THE CITY OF DUBLIN NEEDS TO PROTECT US FOR THE FUTURE BECAUSE LIKE THE GENTLEMAN SAID LAST WEEK, THIS IS NOT GONNA BE A ONE-OFF, ONE-OFF, OFF.
I READ SOMETHING WHERE IT SAYS, YOU CAN ALLOW THIS IF IT'S EIGHT LOTS AWAY ON EITHER SIDE OF THE HOUSE.
SO GOD FORBID, LIKE THE OTHER WOMAN SAID LAST WEEK, ANOTHER HOUSE COMES UP FOR SALE AND THEY PROBABLY ATTEND THE SAME MEETINGS AT THE, AS THIS MICHAEL CLANCY THAT'S RUNNING IT WILL GET OUT ABOUT THIS AND THEY WILL SEE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AS AN ISOLATED MATURE TREE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND THAT'S PROBABLY WHY THEY CHOSE THIS RATHER THAN AN AREA NEAR A SCHOOL.
I'M SURE THEY WOULDN'T WANT THAT.
BUT IF WE ALLOW, IF CHURCHES, UM, LAW OFFICES TO PRACTICE IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS, IT DOES NOT MAKE SENSE TO ME WHATSOEVER TO HAVE RECOVERING PHASE ONE ATTICS THAT COULD PUT TOP VERY EASILY SNEAK OUT OF THEIR HOUSES.
AND AGAIN, WE HAVE A HUGE NEW GARAGE.
THANK YOU FOR ALL THE PERMITS WE HAD TO GET WE MANY TOOLS, AND I KNOW JUST FROM MY SISTER GETTING HER PURSE STOLEN BY A VERY NICE LOOKING 35 YEAR OLD GENTLEMAN IN A MEYER PARKING LOT, COCAINE ADDICTIONS CAN LEAD TO ERRATIC BEHAVIOR.
SO PLEASE LOOK INTO THE 12 MEN.
AND, UH, MY MOM JUST PASSED AWAY.
SHE KNEW EVERYBODY THAT LIVED IN RIVER FOREST AND SHE WOULD BE APPALLED.
AND I REALLY WANT YOU TO LOOK INTO THIS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT, NEXT
[CONSENT AGENDA]
WE GO TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.IS THERE A REQUEST TO REMOVE, UM, THIS ITEM, THE MINUTES OF THE JULY 31ST, 2023 REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA? ALL RIGHT.
HEARING NONE MAY HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.
I WILL MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.
IS THERE A SECOND, PLEASE? SECOND.
[Ordinance 28-23]
READING THIS EVENING, PUBLIC HEARING ON ORDINANCE 28 DASH 23 AUTHORIZING THE PROVISION OF CERTAIN INCENTIVES TO ANY COMPOSITES U S L L C TO INDUCE IT TO LEASE SAFE 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.THIS EVENING STAFF REPORT IS FROM OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATOR, JENNA ING.
GOOD EVENING MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
AS YOU WILL RECALL, STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING WITH IIOS COMPOSITES ON THE RELOCATION OF THEIR COMPANY WITHIN THE CITY OF DUBLIN.
THE PROPOSED INCENTIVE IS FOR 18% ON INCOME TAX WITHHOLDINGS OVER FIVE YEARS VALUED UP TO 107,000, AS WELL
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AS A $50,000 LOCATION GRANT TO OFFSET MOVING AND FIT UP COSTS IN CONSIDERATION OF THE COMPANY'S CONTINUED INVESTMENT IN PLANNED WORKFORCE GROWTH HERE IN DUBLIN.THERE HAVE BEEN NO CHANGES TO THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE AND STAFF RECOMMENDS COUNCIL'S APPROVAL HERE WITH US THIS EVENING, REPRESENTING INEOS AS SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF AMERICA'S ANDREW BEER, AND HE'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.
DO WE HAVE ANY, ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? LINDSEY? ALL RIGHT.
COUNCIL, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR JENNA? NONE.
JENNY, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL RO? I'M SORRY.
DO WE HAVE ONE? OH, I'M, I'M HERE IF YOU NEED ME, BUT, UH OH.
DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT THAT YOU WANTED TO MAKE CONCERNING THIS? WE'RE WELCOME TO IT.
UM, IS THIS ON NOW OR IT'S ON, YES.
JUST A QUICK THANK YOU FOR JENNA AND, UH, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GROUP IN THE CITY OF DUBLIN.
WE'VE BEEN HERE, WE'RE RELOCATING, UH, A LAB FROM BALTIMORE AND ALSO MAINTAINING A LAB HERE IN A NEW SITE IN THE WEST INNOVATION DISTRICT.
AND, UH, INVESTING ABOUT 25 MILLION, UH, TO MAINTAIN OUR PRESENCE.
SO, AND I'M A DUBLIN RESIDENT AND GLAD THAT, UH, WE HAVE THE SUPPORT OF THE CITY.
I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU, UM, FOR YOUR CONTINUED, UM, PRESENCE AND SUPPORT HERE IN DUBLIN.
AND I KNOW IN THE REGION, JUST THE LABS AND THE, THE, THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE DEVELOPING ARE SO NEEDED AND, UM, AND REALLY ARE NOT THAT COMMON.
AND WE JUST WANNA THANK YOU FOR THAT AND YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT AND WISH YOU ALL THE BEST.
WITH THAT, WE WILL GO ON AND HAVE OUR VOTE ON THIS.
[Ordinance 29-23]
ORDINANCE 29 DASH 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.
AND AS YOU'LL RECALL, STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING WITH NIMBLE SYSTEMS ON THE LOCATION OF THEIR COMPANY WITHIN THE CITY OF DUBLIN.
THE PROPOSED INCENTIVE IS FOR 18% ON INCOME TAX WITHHOLDINGS OVER THREE YEARS VALUED TO UP TO $33,000 IN CONSIDERATION OF THE COMPANY'S CONTINUED INVESTMENT IN PLANNED WORKFORCE GROWTH IN DUBLIN, THERE HAVE BEEN NO CHANGES TO THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE AND STAFF RECOMMENDS COUNCIL'S APPROVAL.
HERE WITH US THIS EVENING IS NIMBLE SYSTEM, C E O, JOSH LAU, AND HE'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.
ANY, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT, LINDSAY? NO.
THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY AND THE CITY OF DUBLIN AS WELL.
WE ARE VERY EXCITED FOR THIS, AND THIS TYPE OF SUPPORT ALLOWS FOR A STARTUP LIKE OURS TO FURTHER ACCELERATE OUR MISSION AND TO EXPAND OUR TEAM QUICKER.
SINCE RELOCATING PERSONALLY MYSELF AT THE END OF NOVEMBER WITH FOUR OTHER TEAM MEMBERS, WE'VE SINCE GROWN TO A TEAM OF 15 HERE LOCALLY AND THEN DOUBLED OUR TEAM SIZE FROM ABOUT 20 TO A LITTLE BIT OVER 40 NOW.
SO APPRECIATE IT AND LOOKING FORWARD TO WHAT WE CAN DO FOR THE CITY.
WE'RE SO GLAD TO HAVE YOU HERE.
SO DOES COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, ANY COMMENTS? KATHY? I WOULD LOVE TO, IF YOU COULD JUST VERY BRIEFLY SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UM, WHAT HAS MADE IT SPECIAL HERE AND HOW YOU WERE ABLE TO GROW THAT QUICKLY.
I THINK FOR US, SUPPORTING ENTREPRENEURSHIP IS PRETTY DARN IMPORTANT, SO THANK YOU.
UH, TAMARIND HILL IS OUR INVE LEAD INVESTOR, AND THEY'RE OUT OF THE CITY.
I'M NOT SURE IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THEM OR NOT.
UM, BUT THEY WERE A PRETTY BIG DRIVING FORCE ALONG WITH BRIDGE PARK.
THE AREA WAS, UH, FOR US, YOU KNOW, BEING A YOUNGER WORKFORCE, VERY ATTRACTIVE.
AND THEN WITH THAT CARDINAL BEING OUT OF HERE IS ONE OF OUR STRATEGICS, UM, IN THE INDUSTRY WE'RE GOING INTO.
SO HAVING RELATIONSHIPS WITH THEM, BUILDING TOWARDS THAT.
AND THEN JUST TO THE, I WOULD SAY THE EASE OF USE AND QUICKNESS OF HOW WE'RE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, REACH.
I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, 60, 65% OF THE POPULATION FROM, YOU KNOW, CHICAGO TO INDIE TO NASHVILLE, UM, WAS SORT OF BIG FOR US THERE AS WELL.
AND THANK YOU FOR PICKING DUBLIN.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT, JENNY, WILL YOU PLEASE CARROLL? MS. ALITO? YES.
[Ordinance 30-23]
ALL RIGHT.FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE 30 DASH 23, AUTHORIZING THE PROVISION OF CERTAIN INCENTIVES TO KABAK FEEDS INC.
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IT TO LEASE A FACILITY TO CREATE AN OFFICE, AND ITS ASSOCIATED OPERATIONS AND WORKFORCE ALL WITHIN THE CITY, AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.STAFF REPORT, ONCE AGAIN, IS FROM JANA.
WE'VE BEEN IN DISCUSSIONS WITH KBA FEEDS ON THE LOCATION OF THEIR COMPANY WITHIN THE CITY OF DUBLIN.
KBA FEEDS IS AN ANIMAL NUTRITION BUSINESS HEADQUARTERED IN UPPER SANDUSKY, OHIO.
THE COMPANY WAS FOUNDED IN 1963 AND HAS BECOME A REGIONAL LEADER WITHIN THE ANIMAL NUTRITION INDUSTRY.
COMBA FEEDS UTILIZES CUTTING EDGE TECH, CUTTING EDGE TECHNOLOGY AND PROPRIETARY PROCESSES TO DELIVER SAFE, INNOVATIVE PRODUCTS WITH STRINGENT INGREDIENT TESTING, COMPUTER AUTOMATED SYSTEMS, PATENTED TECHNOLOGIES, DEDICATED MANUFACTURING FACILITIES, AND IN-HOUSE NUTRITION SPECIALISTS.
COMBAT FEEDS IS CONSIDERING LEASING A FACILITY IN THE CITY OF DUBLIN.
THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT PROPOSED IS A 20% INCENTIVE ON WITHHOLDINGS OVER THREE YEARS VALUED AT $16,500.
SHOULD THE COMPANY BE WILLING TO COMMIT TO A SEVEN YEAR LEASE TERM, THE PERFORMANCE WITHHOLDING INCENTIVE WILL ADD TWO ADDITIONAL YEARS TO THE PAYROLL INCENTIVE, INCREASING UP TO 32,500 FOR THE TERM OF THE AGREEMENT IN CONSIDERATION OF THE COMPANY'S INVESTMENT AND PLANNED WORKFORCE GROWTH IN DUBLIN.
ALSO, THE CITY IS PROPOSING AN $8,000 LOCATION GRANT TO OFFSET MOVING AND FIT UP COSTS.
THE PROJECT WOULD RESULT IN THE CREATION OF 18 JOBS BASED WITHIN THE CITY BY DECEMBER 31ST, 2028.
AND THE PROJECT IS ANTICIPATED TO BRING 150,000 IN NET WITHHOLDINGS THROUGH 2028 STACK REF STAFF RECOMMENDED, RECOMMENDS CITY COUNCIL APPROVE THIS OR ORDINANCE ON AUGUST 28TH, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE AT THIS TIME.
QUESTIONS FOR JENNA? AMY? I I HAD ONE QUESTION.
ARE THEY LOOKING JUST FOR OFFICES OR ARE THEY ACTUALLY LOOKING FOR STORAGE WAREHOUSE SPACE AS WELL? THIS IS FOR OFFICES JUST OFFICE.
I'M JUST CURIOUS, WHERE DO THEY MANUFACTURE THEIR FEED? DO YOU HAVE TO KNOW? I KNOW THEY'RE A LITTLE HEADQUARTERS IN UPPER SANDUSKY.
IS THAT WHERE THEY ACTUALLY DO THEIR, THEY HAVE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT OHIO AND I, I AM NOT SURE OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD WHERE THEY ALL ARE, BUT OH, IT'S NOT, YES, IT'S NOT NECESSARY.
THERE'S A LARGE MANUFACTURING FACILITY OFF OF ROUTE 23 NEAR UPPER SANDUSKY.
I BELIEVE THAT'S THE ONE I KNOW ABOUT.
UM, ANY PUBLIC COMMENT, LINDSAY? NO.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT.
OUR SECOND READING ON THIS AND PUBLIC HEARING IS SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST 28TH, UH, 2023
[Resolution 60-23]
INTRODUCTION, PUBLIC HEARING VOTE RESOLUTION 60 DASH 23, INTENT TO APPROPRIATE A 0.070 ACRE FEE.SIMPLE WARRANTY DEED FOR RIGHT OF WAY WITHOUT LIMITATION TO EXISTING ACCESS RIGHTS, AND A 0.225 ACRE FEE.
SIMPLE FEE, SIMPLE WARRANTY, DEEDED FOR RIGHT OF WAY WITHOUT LIMITATION TO EXISTING ACCESS RIGHTS FROM ARTHUR D WESNER AND ELIZABETH L WESNER FOR THEIR JOINT LIVES REMAINDER TO THE SURVIVOR OF THEM FROM THE PROPERTY, LOCATED AT 7 4 5 5 HIGHLAND QUA ROAD AND 7 4 8 5 HIGHLAND QUA ROAD FOR THE PUBLIC PURPOSE OF CONSTRUCTING A ROAD ROADWAY IMPROVEMENT, WHICH WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC WITHOUT CHARGE.
A STAFF REPORT IS FROM OUR DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING, PAUL HAMMERSMITH.
MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, UM, AS PREVIOUSLY REPORTED TO YOU ON, UH, AT YOUR JULY 31ST MEETING, THE HIGHLAND CROIX ROAD IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT INCLUDES WIDENING HIGHLAND CROIX ROAD TO 3 2 0 3 LANE ROADWAY, INSTALLING TURN LANES WHERE HIGHLAND CROIX ROAD INTERSECTS SPRING VIEW, LANE MORELAND DRIVE, HOL BEAN DRIVE AND PARK MILL DRIVE, AND INSTALLING A NEW TRAFFIC SIGNAL AT MORELAND DRIVE.
OTHER IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDE TIMBER GUARDRAIL, STORM DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS, LIGHTING AT THE INTERSECTIONS IN A SHARED USE PATH ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF HIGHLAND CRO ROAD BETWEEN POST ROAD AND PARK MILL DRIVE.
ACQUISITION BY DUBLIN OF PROPERTY INTEREST FROM FOUR PARCELS OWNED BY TWO PROPERTY OWNERS IS NECESSARY FOR THE PROJECT.
SORRY, MY SLIDE DIDN'T ADVANCE.
THE APPRAISAL REPORT AND ASSOCIATED INFORMATION WERE PROVIDED TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS IN JUNE OF THIS YEAR.
PROPERTY OWNER JASON LIU, THE OWNER OF PARCEL 21, LOCATED AT 75 0 5 HIGHLAND CRO ROAD, AND OF PARCEL 22, LOCATED AT 75 25 HIGHLAND CRO ROAD, DONATED 0.13 ACRES AND 0.66 ACRES, RESPECTIVELY, IS RIGHT AWAY THE CITY OF DUBLIN.
THANKS MR. LOU FOR HIS GENEROUS DONATION, BENEFITING THIS PROJECT IN THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE.
THE REMAINING PROPERTY INTERESTS ARE FROM TWO PARCELS OWNED BY ARTHUR G WESNER, RECENTLY DECEASED, AND ELIZABETH L WESNER LOCATED AT 74 55 AND 78, PARDON ME, AND 74 85 HIGHLAND CROIX ROAD IDENTIFIED AS PARCEL 19 CONSISTING OF 0.07 ACRES OF FEE, SIMPLE RIGHT OF WAY AND
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PARCEL 20 CONSISTING OF 0.225 ACRES OF RIGHT OF WAY.WHILE STAFF WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER TO REACH A MUTUALLY AGREEABLE RESOLUTION TO THIS ACQUISITION.
THIS RESOLUTION OF INTENT FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION THIS EVENING BEGINS THE APPROPRIATION PROCESS AND ALLOWS THE PROJECT TO REMAIN ON SCHEDULE AND PROCEED TO CONSTRUCTION STAFF RECOMMENDS COUNSEL APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION 60 DASH 23.
I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL ABOUT THIS RESOLUTION OR THE PROJECT.
DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? LINDSAY? ALL RIGHT.
COUNSEL, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR PAUL ON THIS PARTICULAR RESOLUTION HEARING SCENE? NONE.
ALL RIGHT, JENNY, WE PLEASE CALL ROLL.
[OTHER BUSINESS]
BUSINESS THIS EVENING WILL BE ABOUT THE MUIRFIELD DRIVE, ART AND PUBLIC PLACES SITE SELECTION, AND OUR STAFF REPORT WILL BE MATT IRMAN AS OUR DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION.GOOD EVENING, MEMBER, UH, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS EVENING.
UH, WE ARE HERE TO UPDATE THE MUIRFIELD DRIVE ART AND PUBLIC PLACES, UH, PROJECT THAT WAS AWARDED $175,000 BY THE OHIO FACILITIES CONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE OF THE STATE OF OHIO.
WE ARE CURRENTLY AT THE PHASE TO PROPOSE A SITE SELECTION AND SEEKING CITY COUNCIL REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF THIS SITE, UM, WITH US THIS EVENING, AND TO PRESENT THE PROCESS AND THE DETAILS OF THE SITES, UM, ARE OUR DUBLIN ARTS COUNCIL FRIENDS, UH, DAVID GUION AND AVA MORGAN.
SO I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO DAVE FOR A FEW WORDS.
UH, GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR INVITING US TO ADDRESS THE EXPANSION OF OUR INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED PUBLIC ART PROGRAM.
DUBLIN'S PUBLIC ART PROGRAM HAS BEEN MANAGED AS A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN CITY OF DUBLIN AND DUBLIN ARTS COUNCIL SINCE 1988.
THE PROGRAM'S GOALS ARE TO EMPHASIZE DUBLIN'S IDENTITY, ELEVATING COMMUNITY PRIDE, PROMOTE CULTURAL AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, PROVIDE A FRAMEWORK FOR CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION IN ART, DESIGN AND LANDSCAPE, ENHANCE PUBLIC ARTS ROLE IN PARKS AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, CULTURAL TOURISM, AND CREATIVE PLACEMAKING, AND TO POSITIVELY, POSITIVELY IMPACT THE QUALITY OF LIFE.
DUBLIN ARTS COUNCIL STRIVES TO SUPPORT THE CITY'S VISION FOR DUBLIN TO BE THE MOST SUSTAINABLE, CONNECTED, AND RESILIENT GLOBAL CITY OF CHOICE.
PUBLIC ART HELPS ADDRESS A KEY MESSAGE OF THE STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK.
THE MESSAGE STATES THAT DUBLIN IS A SAFE, RESILIENT, AND INCLUSIVE CITY WITH THE BEST QUALITY OF LIFE AND ENVIRONMENT FOR, FOR ALL TO THRIVE PHYSICALLY, MENTALLY, SOCIALLY, AND EMOTIONALLY.
PUBLIC ART IS IMPORTANT TO REALIZE THE CITY'S VISION AND PROMOTE KEY MESSAGING.
PUBLIC ART OPPORTUNITIES ARE EVERYWHERE IN PUBLIC SPACES, INFRASTRUCTURE, CONSTRUCTION, AND COMMUNITY GATHERINGS IN PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP AND BUSINESSES.
PUBLIC ART TODAY ENCOMPASSES A BROAD FIELD OF PRACTICE, MEDIA, TECHNOLOGY AND TECHNIQUES.
PUBLIC ART CAN BE ARTIST LED AND COMMUNITY ENGAGED THAT MAY RESULT IN SCULPTURE, INSTALLATION, PARTICIPATORY EVENTS, SPECTACLES, OR AS POP-UP EXPERIENCES HELPING US REALIZE ALL OF THESE POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC ART.
I AM, UH, PLEASED TO INTRODUCE DR.
AVA HAS BEEN WITH DUBLIN ARTS COUNCIL SINCE 2017 AND BEGAN FULL-TIME AS OUR NEW PUBLIC ART MANAGER IN 2020.
AVA WILL TAKE US THROUGH THE DETAILS OF THE MEREFIELD PUBLIC ART SITE RECOMMENDATION.
UM, AS MATT SAID FOR THIS EVENING, EVENING'S DISCUSSION, CITY OF DUBLIN AND DUBLIN ARTS COUNCIL STAFF ARE ASKING COUNCIL TO APPROVE THE SELECTION OF THE PROPOSED SITE FOR THE NEXT SITE SPECIFIC PERMANENT PUBLIC ARTWORK TO BE ADDED TO OUR $3.8 MILLION AWARD-WINNING PERMANENT COLLECTION.
ONCE YOU HAVE APPROVED THE SITE, THE PROCESS OF REALIZING THE ARTWORK WILL TAKE PLACE OVER AN APPROXIMATE TWO YEAR PERIOD UNTIL THE ARTWORK IS INSTALLED.
WE HOPE TO LEAVE THIS EVENING WITH AUTHORIZATION TO PROCEED WITH A RECOMMENDED SITE SO THAT WE CAN BE BEGIN THE ARTIST SELECTION PROCESS.
IN SEPTEMBER OF 2022, COUNCIL APPROVED DUBLIN'S NEXT PUBLIC ART COMMISSION, WHICH IS TO BE FUNDED THROUGH AN OHIO FACILITIES CONSTRUCTION COMMISSION, OR O F C C GRANT AWARDED THROUGH THE STATE OF OHIO CAPITAL BUDGET AND THE CITY OF DUBLIN'S HOTEL MOTEL TAX.
THIS IS A UNIQUE COMMISSION FOR DUBLIN
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AND AN UNPRECEDENTED OPPORTUNITY TO COLLABORATE WITH THE STATE.IN ADDING TO OUR PERMANENT COLLECTION OF PUBLIC ART, THE GRANT REQUIRES THE ARTWORK CITED ALONG MEREFIELD DRIVE.
IN MAY OF 2023, THE CITY OF DUBLIN DUBLIN ARTS COUNCIL AND THE MEREFIELD ASSOCIATION SIGNED A ME MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING, ESTABLISHING THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE O F C C GRANT AND UPHOLDING THE PROCESS FOR DEVLIN'S ART AND PUBLIC PLACES COMMISSIONING PROCESS.
A COPY OF THE M O U HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN YOUR MEETING PACKET.
THE SITE SELECTION PROCESS ADHERES TO THE POLICIES OF THE PUBLIC ART MASTER PLAN, AND INCLUDES IDENTIFYING AND ASSESSING POTENTIAL SITES.
THE PROCESS ALSO INCLUDES GATHERING COMMUNITY FEEDBACK ON THE POTENTIAL SITES FROM ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS AND FROM THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE.
A TEAM OF SEVEN REPRESENTATIVES FROM DUBLIN ARTS COUNCIL, THE CITY OF DUBLIN, AND THE MEREFIELD ASSOCIATION, VISITED THREE POTENTIAL SITES FOR DUBLIN'S NEXT LARGE SCALE, COMMISSIONED ARTWORK IN LATE NOVEMBER OF 2022, AND ARE BRINGING YOU THE RESULTS OF THOSE SITE VISITS.
EACH SITE WAS REVIEWED AND MEASURED AGAINST A COMPREHENSIVE SET OF CRITERIA.
THE MINIMUM CRITERIA FOR AN ART AND PUBLIC PLACES PROJECT SITE IS THAT IT'S ACCESSIBLE TO ALL CONSIDERATE OF PUBLIC SAFETY, FEASIBLE AND SAFE FOR THE INSTALLATION OF ARTWORK.
AND AGAIN, FOR THIS PROJECT, THE STATE GRANT ALSO REQUIRES THE ARTWORK BE VISIBLE ON MEREFIELD DRIVE, UNDERSTANDING THAT SOME SITES MIGHT SATISFY SOME SELECTION CRITERION, BUT NOT ALL, AND THAT EQUAL GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION BETWEEN PERMANENT ARTWORKS IS DESIRABLE.
IDEAL LOCATIONS FOR ART AND PUBLIC PLACES.
PROJECTS SHOULD INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING.
HIGHLY VISIBLE, HIGHLY TRAFFICKED, AND EASILY ACCESSIBLE AREAS, LOCATIONS THAT ARE WALKABLE TO PROVIDE THE VIEWER WITH A 360 DEGREE ACCESS TO THE EVENTUAL ARTWORK AND EDUCATIONAL COMPONENTS OF THE COLLECTION.
LOCATIONS WITH HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE TO DUBLIN AND OR RESIDENTS OF THE DUBLIN AREA.
LOCATIONS WHERE PUBLIC ART MIGHT NOT BE EXPECTED OR CAN BE DISCOVERED.
LOCATIONS SHOULD BE CITY-OWNED PROPERTY.
ALTHOUGH UNDER SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES, PRIVATE PROPERTY COULD BE CONSIDERED LOCATIONS THAT LEND THEMSELVES TO A SPECIFIC PROJECT AUDIENCE OR DESIRED FORM OF PUBLIC ART.
AND FINALLY, LOCATIONS THAT WHEN ACTIVATED BY ART, CREATE A STRONG SENSE OF PLACE BASED ON THE SELECTION CRITERIA.
THE REQUIREMENT OF THE STATE GRANT APPLICATION OF BEST PRACTICES IN THE SIGHTING OF PUBLIC ART, AND CONSIDERING GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF ARTWORK.
AND DAY-TO-DAY KNOWLEDGE OF DUBLIN'S PARK AND PUBLIC PLACES, CITY OF DUBLIN AND DUBLIN ARTS COUNCIL STAFF RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE SITE AT WHITTINGHAM AND MEREFIELD DRIVE FOR DUBLIN'S.
NEXT SITE, SPECIFIC LARGE SCALE PERMANENT ARTWORK.
A TOTAL OF THREE SITES WERE IDENTIFIED AND REVIEWED, AND THIS SITE MET THE CRITERIA AND BEST SATISFIES THE O F C C GRANT REQUIREMENTS.
IN FAIRNESS TO THE PROCESS, WE WILL PRESENT INFORMATION ABOUT EACH OF THE THREE SITES, THEN OPEN THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION AND QUESTIONS.
SITE ONE IS WHITTINGHAM AND MEREFIELD DRIVE.
THIS OPEN GREENFIELD HAS A 360 DEGREE ACCESS ALONG MEREFIELD DRIVE JUST NORTH OF WHITTINGHAM DRIVE.
THE STRENGTH OF THE LOCATION INCLUDES HIGH VISIBILITY ON MEREFIELD DRIVE WITH GREAT SIGHT LINES, BOTH NORTH AND SOUTHBOUND.
THE PROPOSED KNOLL SITE IS APPROXIMATELY 10 FEET HIGH, WHICH CONTRIBUTES TO ITS VISIBILITY.
NEW ARTWORK HAS THE POTENTIAL TO ENHANCE THE EXISTING LANDSCAPING AND CREATE HARMONY AND BALANCE AT THE SITE.
AND A CANOPY OF TREES OVER THE SHARED USE PATH CONTRIBUTES TO A SENSE OF DISCOVERY.
AS ONE APPROACHES THE SITE ON FOOT, VISITORS WALKING THE PATH COULD JUST HAPPEN UPON THE ARTWORK.
THE SITE IS ACCESSIBLE BY SEVERAL BIKE PATHS AS A DRIVE BY ON MEREFIELD DRIVE, OR AS A TOURNAMENT SPECTATOR ENTERING OR WALKING THE COURSE.
THE SITE IS LOCATED ADJACENT TO THE 12TH HOLE IN THE 13TH GATE FOR THE MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT, WHICH PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES FOR BROADCAST VISIBILITY ON A GLOBAL STAGE.
THE NEXT SITE IS THE MEREFIELD DRIVE LAKE.
THE STRENGTH OF THE SITE IS THE HIGH VISIBILITY AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE MEREFIELD ASSOCIATION FROM MEREFIELD DRIVE AND THE GAZEBO ACCESSIBLE FROM MAYFIELD'S 29 MILE PAVED WALKING BICYCLE PATHS, A PUBLIC PARKING LOT IS AVAILABLE A FEW YARDS FROM THE SITE.
THE LAKE FEATURE LENDS ITSELF TO EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, INCLUDING WATER CONSERVATION AND INFORMATION ABOUT NATIVE FLORA AND FAUNA.
WHILE VISIBILITY IS STRONG FROM THE STREET, THERE WAS A CONCERN THAT THE
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POTENTIAL ARTWORK MAY COMPETE WITH THE EXISTING LANDSCAPING, SUCH AS THE TREES, SHRUBS, POND, AND GAZEBO AND DECKING.THE COMMITTEE NOTED THAT THE POND ALREADY SERVES AS A DESTINATION TO TAKE PHOTOS OR COMMEMORATE SPECIAL OCA OCCASIONS, AND THAT ADDING ARTWORK MAY CREATE A DETRACTION OR COMPETITION WITH THE EXISTING NATURAL FEATURES OF THE SITE.
AND THERE WAS ALSO A CONCERN FOR MAINTENANCE AND SAFETY AS THE POND FREEZES IN THE WINTER MONTHS.
THE THIRD AND FINAL SITE IS MEREFIELD DRIVE MEDIAN.
THE MEREFIELD DRIVE MEDIAN SITE IS LOCATED AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE MEREFIELD ASSOCIATION CLUBHOUSE JUST NORTH OF TARTAN DRIVE.
THE STRENGTH OF THE SITE IS ITS HIGH VISIBILITY FROM THE ROAD FOR DRIVE-BY TRAFFIC.
CHALLENGES INCLUDE LIMITED ACCESSIBILITY TO VIEW THE ARTWORK CLOSELY AS THE SITE IS NOT SAFELY WALKABLE ON THE HIGHLY TRAFFICKED ROAD.
THE COMMITTEE ALSO FELT THAT THE SITE DOES NOT OFFER A STRONG SENSE OF PLACE.
EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES MIGHT BE DIFFICULT TO CULTIVATE WITH THE ARTWORK, AND ITS SIGNAGE WOULD NOT BE ACCESSIBLE TO ALL CITY STAFF.
NOTED THAT THERE MAY BE SOME ENGINEERING LIMITATIONS WITH THIS SITE.
AND THE SITE SELECTION COMMITTEE ALSO NOTED THAT THE COLLECTION ALREADY INCLUDES THE JACK NICHOLAS TRIBUTE SCULPTURE CITED IN A MEREFIELD MEDIAN, AND THAT THERE ARE LIMITATIONS WITH MEDIAS IN TERMS OF ACCESSIBILITY.
SO COMMUNITY FEEDBACK IS VITAL TO THE PUBLIC ART COMMISSIONING PROCESS.
SO, UM, A LETTER WAS SENT TO 418 RESIDENTS LOCATED NEAR THE THREE POTENTIAL SITES.
UM, THERE WAS A LINK PROVIDED ON DUBLIN NEWS NOW ON AUGUST 3RD, AND THAT WENT OUT TO OVER 14,000 SUBSCRIBERS.
A NOTICE ABOUT THE PROJECT WITH A LINK TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK WAS SENT TO ALL H O A LEADERS TO SHARE WITH THEIR MEMBERSHIP.
THE ME FIELD ASSOCIATION EMAILED ITS MEMBERSHIP WITH INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROJECT AND HOW TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK.
WE PLACED SANDWICH BOARDS WITH QR CODES AT EACH OF THE SITES WITH A LINK TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROJECT AND HOW TO PROVIDE PE FEEDBACK WAS POST POSTED ON BOTH THE CITY'S AND DUBLIN ARTS COUNCIL'S WEBSITE.
UM, YEAH, I THINK WE DID A REALLY GOOD JOB GETTING, GETTING THE WORD OUT WITH THIS PROJECT IN PARTICULAR.
IN TOTAL, THE MAJORITY OF RESPONDENTS PREFERRED SITE NUMBER ONE, WHICH IS WINNINGHAM AND MEREFIELD DRIVE.
THE OPEN-ENDED COMMENTS WERE GENERALLY POSITIVE, ALTHOUGH THERE WERE SOME RESPONDENTS THAT DID NOT SUPPORT PUBLIC ART AT ANY OF THE POTENTIAL SITES.
THE MEREFIELD ASSOCIATION CITY STAFF AND D A C STAFF RECOMMEND WHITTINGHAM AND MEREFIELD DRIVE AS THE SITE FOR THE NEXT ART AND PUBLIC PLACES COMMISSION OF THE SITES REVIEWED.
THE WHITTINGHAM AND MEREFIELD DRIVE SITE IS MOST DESIRABLE IN TERMS OF VISIBILITY, EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY, DISCOVERY, AND HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE.
IT IS HIGHLY ACCESSIBLE BOTH FROM THE NORTH AND SOUTHBOUND TRAFFIC, AND TO PEDESTRIANS WHO MAY ACCESS IT FROM THE MULTI-USE PATH.
THE COMMITTEE FEELS STRONGLY THAT AN ARTWORK INSTALLATION AT THIS SITE WOULD CREATE A STRONG SENSE OF PLACE FOR THE COMMUNITY, MEREFIELD RESIDENTS AND VISITORS ALIKE.
THIS WAS ALSO THE PREFERRED SITE OF THE COMMUNITY.
THE MEREFIELD ASSOCIATION HAS AGREED TO GIFT THE LAND AND EASEMENT OF THE SITE TO THE CITY OF DUBLIN, ADDRESSING THE MATCHING FUND COMPONENT OF THE STATE OF OHIO GRANT REQUIREMENT, AND TO ALLOW THE CITY TO RECEIVE TITLE TO THE ARTWORK UPON ITS COMPLETION.
WE HOPE YOU WILL APPROVE THE WHITTINGHAM AND MEREFIELD DRIVE SITE THIS EVENING, SO THAT WE MAY, MAY BEGIN THE ARTIST SELECTION PROCESS FOR DUBLIN'S NEXT SITE SPECIFIC PUBLIC ART COMMISSION.
ONCE THE SITE HAS BEEN APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL, A CALL FOR ARTISTS FOR THE $175,000, ALL INCLUSIVE COMMISSION WILL BE DISTRIBUTED NATIONALLY.
PROPOSALS FOR SPECIFIC ARTWORKS WILL BE PRESENTED IN A COMMUNITY FORUM AT A LATER DATE.
THE MEREFIELD ASSOCI ASSOCIATION WILL ALSO DONATE THE SITE TO THE CITY PER THE TERMS OF THE M O U, BETWEEN THE CITY, DUBLIN ARTS COUNCIL, AND THE MEREFIELD ASSOCIATION.
AT THIS TIME, WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT, LINDSEY, ON THIS? YEAH.
IT SOUNDS AS IF YOU HAD QUITE A WIDESPREAD COMMUNICATION ON THIS, AND THEN AS THIS FOLLOWS UP AND THE PROPOSALS GO OUT AND THE, UH, ARTISTS BRING BACK SOME, UM, OPPORTUNITIES TO BE REVIEWED, THE COMMUNITY WILL AGAIN GET A CHANCE TO WEIGH IN.
THERE WILL BE AMPLE OPPORTUNITY
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FOR THE COMMUNITY TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS, BECAUSE AS WE KNOW, ISN'T IT TRUE, DAVID? IT ART ALWAYS CREATES A CONVERSATION.WELL, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
I I WOULD, I FEEL LIKE I'VE ASKED THIS BEFORE, BUT I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE ANSWER.
SO, THERE WERE TWO CRITERIA WHEN THE, UM, STATE BUDGET WAS APPROVED.
AND ONE WAS THAT IT WAS A LONG MU FIELD DRIVE, AND THE OTHER BE THAT IT IT BE A KINETIC ART SCULPTURE.
AND, UM, IT APPEARS THAT WE, WE HAVEN'T MADE MENTION OF THE REQUIREMENT OF THE KINETICS OF THE BEING A KINETIC ART SCULPTURE.
AND SO I, I JUST WANTED TO GET SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THAT.
'CAUSE I THINK IT WAS, IT'S A LITTLE UNCLEAR.
I THINK AT THIS POINT, AND I CAN GET CONFIRMATION FROM OUR CITY STAFF, BUT, UM, THE KINETIC COMPONENT IS NO LONGER A REQUIREMENT.
I THINK IT WAS INITIALLY IN THERE, UM, BUT A PHONE CALL WAS MADE, A CONVERSATION WAS HAD BETWEEN CITY STAFF AND OUR, UM, REPRESENTATIVE WITH THE O F C C.
I CAN, I CAN CHIME IN AT THIS POINT.
SO WHEN WE LEARNED OF THE, UM, GRANT AWARDS, UM, BACK SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, WE DID, UM, CONSULT THE O F C C TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS.
AND THERE WAS A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE LOCATION AND, UM, THE DISCUSSION WITH THEM WAS THAT THE, THE ART WOULD NEED TO BE LOCATED WITHIN SITE OF MUIRFIELD DRIVE.
AND THEN THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT THE KINETIC PIECE OF IT.
ONE OF THE GRANTS DO DOES SPECIFY KINETIC, THE OTHER DOES NOT.
AND AT THE TIME, MATT STIFFLER ACTUALLY HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THEM, AND THEY INDICATED THAT THE KINETIC PIECE WOULD NOT BE A REQUIREMENT.
WE ARE PLANNING TO PERIODICALLY CHECK IN WITH THE O F C C TO MAKE SURE THAT WE REMAIN ON THE SAME PAGE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE GRANT.
I KNOW THAT, UM, MATT AND ROBERT ATTEMPTED TO REACH OUT TO THEM FRIDAY AND TODAY AS WELL.
AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE COMPLIANT AS WE MOVE ALONG.
I, I WOULD JUST ASK AND OR SUGGEST THAT WE GET THAT IN WRITING THAT BECAUSE, UM, WHEN IT'S IN A, WHEN IT'S IN A BILL, IT'S, UM, THAT IS, THAT IS A PRETTY FORMAL AND CONCRETE DOCUMENT.
UM, AND SO IF WE'RE GOING TO DEVIATE FROM THAT, I THINK WE NEED TO REALLY, UM, HAVE, YOU KNOW, HAVE A GOOD UNDERSTANDING IF, IF WE'RE ALLOWED TO DO THAT, TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THAT WE'VE BEEN GRANTED BY THE AUTHORITY THAT BE SO, AND WE ARE ON THE SAME PAGE WITH THAT, AND THAT'S WHAT WE DISCUSSED LAST WEEK, AND WE'RE TALKING TO THE VARIOUS STAFF AT THAT AGENCY TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
UH, JANE? YEAH, DO YOU MIND, UM, I THINK GO AHEAD.
YOU'RE RECOGNIZED
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, ALONG THE LINES OF MAKING SURE THAT THIS IS ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE, SO IF YOU WALK THAT PATH, UM, I, I'D LIKE TO SEE US WORK WITH THE MUIRFIELD ASSOCIATION AND MAKE SURE THAT THAT PATH IS WELL MAINTAINED.
UM, WILL THE PATH REMAIN PART OF THE ASSOCIATIONS, OR WILL THE PATH BE PART OF THE CITY'S PROPERTY AS, AS PART OF THAT GIFT, AS PART OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR THEM TO DONATE THE PROPERTY? WE WOULD INCLUDE THAT SHARED USE PASS.
SO IT'S NO LONGER PRIVATE PROPERTY.
IT WOULD BE, IT WOULD BECOME PUBLIC PROPERTY.
SO THAT WOULD MEET THE GRANT REQUIREMENT.
WILL YOU MAKE IT AS WIDE AS WHAT OUR NORMAL SHARED USE PATHS ARE? 'CAUSE OH, I DON'T THINK ANY OF THE MEREFIELD PATHS ARE, UH, OF, OF THAT SAME QUALITY AS FAR AS THE MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE PATH.
THAT WOULD BE THE MUIRFIELD, UH, ASSOCIATION'S RESPONSIBILITY GOING FORWARD.
UH, WE'LL WORK WITH THEM ON DESIGN AS, AS THAT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN GET IT TO THE WIDE, UM, THE WIDE RANGE OF THE PATH.
YEAH, I JUST LIKE TO MAKE SURE OF THAT BECAUSE, UM, IF YOU'RE SOMEONE WHO'S ON WHEELS, IT, IT CAN BE A LITTLE BIT OF A STRUGGLE TO GET ONTO THAT PATH AND BACK BEHIND THERE.
UM, AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT, WILL THERE BE SOME APPROACH TO THE ARTWORK THAT IS ACCESSIBLE TO, UH, FOLKS WHO HAVE MOBILITY ISSUES RATHER THAN JUST HAVING TRAVERSE A TO TRAVERSE ACROSS GRASS? WE, WE WILL INCLUDE THAT AS PART OF THE DESIGN REQUIREMENT.
JOHN, YOU RECOGNIZED, YOU KNOW, JUST FOLLOWING THIS THING THROUGH FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, 'CAUSE UM, I THINK MUIRFIELD WAS PARTY TO ALL OF IT, AND, UH, IT WAS A RESIDENT OF MUIRFIELD WHO ACTUALLY WORKED FOR THE GOVERNMENT STATE OF OHIO AND APPLIED AND GOT US THE BEGINNING OF THE GRANT.
IS THERE, IS THERE A CHANCE THAT THE, UM, IN THE ARTIST SELECTION, UM, PART OF THIS, THAT A KINETIC ARTISTS BE INCLUDED? I THINK THAT SURE, THERE IS A CHANCE
UM, FOR THE LAST COMMISSION WE HAD, UH, OVER 150 ARTISTS SUPPLY, UM, AND THOSE RANGE FROM, YOU KNOW, KINETIC AND, AND NOT KINETIC.
SO IT WILL BE UP TO THE SELECTION COMMITTEE TO NARROW IT DOWN TO THREE FINALISTS.
UM, BUT CERTAINLY KINETIC MAY MAKE THE CUT.
YEAH, THAT WAS THE ORIGINAL INTENT, I THINK, WHEN THE THING CAME OUT.
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IT'D BE SORT OF NOT, NOT THAT I'M A PURIST ON THIS, BUT YOU KNOW, HOWEVER THIS THING FALLS, BUT I THINK IT'D BE A FAIR THING TO DO IS INCLUDE THAT IN THE, UH, R F P FOR THIS.ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? HEARING NONE.
UM, MAKE A, EXCUSE ME, MAYOR, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL CLEAR.
AT WHAT POINT DO WE DRAFT THE R F P AND ISSUE, THE R F P? BECAUSE I WANNA MAKE SURE WE HAVE CLEAR EXPECTATION IN THAT WE HAVE THE FULL COUNSEL WEIGHING IN ON THE REQUIREMENT OF SPECIFYING KINETIC.
UM, ONCE, ONCE WE HAVE THE SITE APPROVED BY COUNCIL, WE'RE READY TO START DRAFTING THE R F Q.
SO ONCE WE GET WORD FROM THE EVENT, YOU KNOW, THE PAPERWORK IS YES.
SO DOES, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE AGAIN, THAT WE'RE CLEAR AS WE WORK WITH THE ARTS COUNCIL TO DRAFT THE R F P.
IS COUNCIL WANTING KINETIC TO BE A REQUIREMENT REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE O F C C REQUIRES? I THINK, I THINK IT SHOULD BE OPEN TO, UH, JUST A GENERAL ART, BUT I THINK KINETIC SHOULD BE MENTIONED.
I KNOW THAT WAS THE ORIGINAL PERMITTED ORIGINAL INTENT PERMIT.
AND THAT'S, SO JUST TO FOLLOW THROUGH WITH THAT AND TO MEET THE OTHER REQUIREMENTS THAT CHRIS BROUGHT OUT, JUST IN CASE THERE'S ANY LATER DISCUSSION OR BLOW BACK.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THAT PORTION OF THE PROCESS WILL BET THE SPECIFIC ART PIECE.
I KNOW I HAD HAD SEVERAL RESIDENTS REACH OUT TO ME AND SAY, WELL, THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS ART.
IT'S REALLY HARD TO PICK A SPOT UNTIL WE KNOW WHAT THE ART IS.
YOU KNOW, IT'S DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT MIGHT BE THERE.
AND UM, YOU KNOW, I HAD CHECKED IN WITH MEGAN ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS AND THERE WAS NOT GOING TO BE A SPECIFIC TYPE OF ART THAT WAS GOING TO BE INCLUDED IN AN R F P OR ANYTHING.
UM, AND THEN WHATEVER COMES IN IS WHAT COMES IN, WAS MY UNDERSTANDING.
AND THAT'S WHAT I COMMUNICATED TO RESIDENTS BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT, UM, IT, IT SEEMED LIKE WAS THE INTERPRETATION OF THE, OF THE INFORMATION THAT WAS SET OUT TO THEM TO RESPOND TO.
SO ONCE WE COMMUNICATE THE SITE SELECTION, UM, WHY IT WAS CHOSEN, THE CRITERIA THAT WILL INFORM THE R F Q.
SO YEAH, ALL ART WILL BE CONSIDERED.
AND ALSO I THINK, UM, IT THE NECESSITY FOR IN WRITING, YOU WANT THAT HAPPEN TO MAKE SURE WE CAN DO THAT.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? MEGAN? STAFF? ANYONE? OKAY.
I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE SELECTION COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATION OF THE WHITTINGHAM AND MUIRFIELD DRIVE SITE FOR THE PROJECT.
JENNY, PLEASE CALL ROLL VICE MAYOR DEROSA? YES.
NEXT ON THE, UH, OTHER BUSINESS IS 2024 TO 2028, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PLAN, REVENUE AND DEBT PROFILE, AND OUR DIRECTOR OF FINANCE, MATT STIFFLER, WILL GIVE US HIS REPORT.
SO TONIGHT WE BEGIN THE 2024 BUDGET CYCLE WITH THE C I P REVENUE ESTIMATE AND DEBT PROFILE DISCUSSION.
IN TERMS OF SCHEDULE, WE STARTED A CONVERSATION ON JUNE 20TH REGARDING THE C I P AND THE OPERATING BUDGET.
WE'LL HAVE A CONVERSATION TONIGHT.
THE NEXT WORK SESSION IS SCHEDULED FOR NEXT MONDAY.
THE FIRST HEARING IS SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST 28TH.
THEN THE SECOND HEARING IS SCHEDULED A MONTH LATER.
SO WE'LL SKIP A MEETING THAT GIVES US ENOUGH TIME TO HAVE, UH, ADDITIONAL WORK SESSIONS OR ADDITIONAL CONVERSATIONS AS NECESSARY.
AND OF COURSE, WE CAN ALWAYS POSTPONE, UM, OR HOLD AN ADDITIONAL SECOND HEARING AT ANOTHER TIME.
IN TERMS OF TONIGHT'S AGENDA, WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THE REVENUE ESTIMATES, INCLUDING THIS YEAR'S INCOME TAX AS WELL AS SELECTED REVENUES FOR NEXT YEAR'S C I P AND THE DEBT FINANCING AND PROFILE IN THE PROPOSED 2024 C I P.
IN TERMS OF REVENUE ESTIMATES, WE IDENTIFIED JUST OVER $243 MILLION IN REVENUES, AND WE HAVE FUNDED PROJECTS TOTALING ALMOST $241 MILLION ACROSS THE VARIOUS FUNDING SOURCES THAT YOU SEE THERE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE SCREEN, OF COURSE, THE LARGEST OF WHICH BEING INCOME TAXES IN TERMS OF YEARS.
UH, WE HAVE FUNDED, UH, $61 MILLION IN YEAR ONE $72 MILLION IN YEAR TWO, AND THEN DECREASING AMOUNTS IN THE LATER YEARS.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S A GREAT DISPARITY BETWEEN THE LARGEST AND SMALLEST YEARS THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE REVENUE SOURCES THAT ARE UTILIZED IN THOSE YEARS.
UH, THE GREEN BAR IS INCOME TAX.
THAT'S THE LARGEST BAR IN EVERY YEAR.
YOU CAN SEE THAT IN THE FIRST THREE YEARS OF THE C I P WE'RE USING, UH, SOME DEBT FINANCING, WHICH IS THAT ORANGE BAR.
THE LIGHT BLUE BAR IN THE SECOND YEAR IS GRANT FUNDING.
THAT'S FOR THE BRIDGE OVER TWO 70.
THAT LEVEL OF FUNDING IS ONLY AVAILABLE IN THAT RESOURCE FOR THAT PROJECT, WHICH IS WHY THAT YEAR
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ENDS UP BEING KIND OF ABNORMALLY LARGE.IN TERMS OF INCOME TAXES, THIS YEAR HAS BEEN A VERY CONSISTENT YEAR IN INCOME TAXES.
WE ARE JUST OVER 750,000, UH, IN INCOME TAX REVENUES AHEAD OF WHERE WE WERE LAST YEAR, AT THE END OF LAST MONTH.
WE'RE WELL AHEAD OF OUR BUDGET ESTIMATE WAS, WHICH 94 MILLION AS WE'LL SEE ON A LATER SLIDE.
SO INCOME TAXES ARE VERY CONSISTENT BETWEEN THIS YEAR AND LAST YEAR.
I SHOWED THESE GRAPHS LAST YEAR ABOUT THE MONTHLY CHANGE IN WITHHOLDING, AND I WANT TO GO OVER THIS ONE.
THERE'S THREE OTHER GRAPHS, BUT THEY DON'T TELL A VERY CLEAR STORY, SO WE WON'T SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON THEM.
BUT THIS ONE REALLY DOES TELL A VERY COMPELLING STORY, AND THAT IS THAT REMOTE WORK REALLY SHOWED UP IN DUBLIN'S FINANCE OFFICE IN MAY OF LAST YEAR.
SO WHEN WE'RE DOING YEAR OVER YEAR COMPARISONS BEFORE MAY, WE'RE COMPARING NON-REM REMOTE WORK TO A REMOTE WORK IN IMPACTED MONTH, AND YOU CAN SEE THE JANUARY THROUGH APRIL ARE ALL BELOW THAT 0%.
UH, FRANKLY WE DID MUCH BETTER THAN THE REVENUE PROJECTIONS.
I THOUGHT WE'D BE DOWN CLOSER TO 10%.
SO YOU'LL NEVER SEE ME HAPPY WITH A NEGATIVE NUMBER, BUT THIS MIGHT BE THE CLOSEST I GET.
UM, YOU CAN SEE MAY IS THE, THE FIRST MONTH WHERE WE'RE COMPARING A REMOTE WORK MONTH TO A REMOTE WORK MONTH AND WITHHOLDINGS IN MAY WERE UP 11%.
THEY WERE UP IN JUNE 8%, ANOTHER 11% IN JULY.
REALLY NICE GROWTH, REALLY CONSISTENT.
I HOPE THAT THAT'S THE TREND WE SEE THE REMAINDER OF THIS YEAR.
IT'S VERY EARLY, IT'S ONLY THREE MONTHS WORTH OF DATA.
SO THERE'S STILL SOME, SOME TIME FOR THIS TREND TO TO CHANGE, BUT REALLY ENCOURAGING RESULTS IN OUR MOST IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF INCOME TAX.
LITTLE LESS OF A CONSISTENT STORY IN NET PROFITS.
YOU CAN OBVIOUSLY SEE THAT THE ECONOMY MAY HAVE SHIFTED, NET PROFITS MAY HAVE SHIFTED, UH, STILL POSITIVE, BUT NOT AS POSITIVE AS THEY WERE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR FOR SURE.
AND INDIVIDUALS DON'T TELL A A CONSISTENT STORY, BUT THERE'S THE DATA JUST FOR COMPLETENESS IN TERMS OF TOTAL INCOME TAXES, BECAUSE WITHHOLDINGS ARE SUCH A LARGE COMPONENT.
TOTAL INCOME TAXES FOLLOW THE SAME STORY AS WITHHOLDINGS.
IF YOU PROJECT THOSE OUT, YOU WILL SEE WE HAVE ACTUAL REVENUES LAST YEAR OF 104 MILLION.
WE HAVE A BUDGET THIS YEAR OF 20 OF IN 23 OF 94 MILLION.
THE PROJECTION IS FOR OVER 108 MILLION.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE GONNA HIT THAT, BUT I HOPE THAT WE'RE NORTH OF 104.8.
THAT WOULD BE A GREAT NUMBER, UH, PARTICULARLY WHERE WE STARTED THE FIRST FOUR OR FIVE MONTHS OF THIS YEAR.
IN TERMS OF C I P REVENUE ESTIMATES, I THINK THIS GRAPH DOES A GREAT JOB OF SHOWING KIND OF A PHILOSOPHICAL SHIFT AND A GROWTH IN C I P RELATED, UH, INCOME TAX PROJECTION.
SO YOU CAN SEE THERE THE 22 C I P AND KIND OF ITS FIVE YEAR PROJECTION.
THE 23 C I P IN, ITS FIVE YEAR PROJECTION IN BLUE.
GREEN IS THE C I P PROJECTION FOR THIS, UH, C I P 24.
SO WE'RE STARTING WITH AN INCOME TAX ESTIMATE OF 104 MILLION NEXT YEAR AND GROWING 3% THEREAFTER.
THAT IS FAIRLY AGGRESSIVE BY HISTORICAL STANDARDS, BUT NOT UNREALISTICALLY.
SO BECAUSE THAT RED LINE REPRESENTS OUR ACTUAL FOR 22 AND OUR PROJECTED, EVEN, EVEN IF WE DON'T HIT 1 0 8, WE WILL LIKELY BE SOMEWHERE ALONG THAT RED LINE.
SO WE'RE STILL TRAILING OUR ACTUALS BY TWO YEARS, WHICH IS I THINK, PRETTY CONSERVATIVE WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT.
UH, WE ARE IN AN AREA OF UNCERTAINTY, BUT I THINK THIS IS WHERE WE PROBABLY NEED TO GET TO IN ORDER TO CLOSE THOSE BUDGET VARIANCES THAT WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS.
IS THESE MORE AGGRE, NOT AGGRESSIVE, MORE, LESS CONSERVATIVELY, MORE REALISTIC INCOME TAX PROJECTIONS.
AND I THINK THIS C I P REFLECTS THAT.
THE C I P ALSO CONTAINS A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT, UH, PROCESS ON OUR GENERAL FUND REVENUES.
UH, WE HAVE PROGRAMMED THE UTILIZATION OF GENERAL FUND REVENUES IN THE C I P BEFORE, PARTICULARLY FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.
WE'RE CONTINUING THAT IN THIS C I P.
THE DIFFERENCE IS WE'RE ACTUALLY DOING IT FOR AN OUT YEAR.
WE'VE DONE IT IN THE EXECUTION YEAR BEFORE, BUT WE HAVEN'T BEEN AS, UM, AGGRESSIVE IS NOT THE WHITE WORD AS ASSERTIVE IN PLANNING TO USE THOSE FUNDS FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN FUTURE YEARS.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT THIS GRAPH, YOU WILL SEE IN THE MIDDLE 2023, THERE'S THAT $7.1 MILLION TRANSFER THAT WAS THE TRANSFER TO THE FIBER TO THE HOME THAT'S BEEN COMPLETED.
AND THAT $71 MILLION, UM, FUND BALANCE REFLECTS THAT TRANSFER.
WE ALSO HAVE $3.1 MILLION THAT I'VE SET ASIDE FOR ADDITIONAL, UH, LAND ACQUISITION.
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SO THERE IS ADDITIONAL, UH, FUNDING AVAILABLE.WE HAVE, WE DON'T HAVE TO STOP THOSE EFFORTS TO EXECUTE THIS C I P.
UM, THE 2024, THE YEAR OF EXECUTION CONTAINS THAT 7.8 MILLION, SORRY, $7.8 MILLION GENERAL FUND TO TRANSFER.
UM, AND THEN WE ALSO ARE PLANNING A $7.3 MILLION TRANSFER FROM THE GENERAL FUND IN 2025.
THOSE TWO TRANSFERS EASILY FIT WITHIN OUR FUND BALANCE POLICY AS SHOWN BY THAT LAST GRAPH WHERE WE'RE STILL ABOVE 80, 80% IN BOTH OF THOSE SCENARIOS.
THE 26 AND 27 NUMBERS ARE REALLY PLUGGED NUMBERS FROM THE, FROM THE GENERAL FUND, UH, ANALYSIS THAT WAS PART OF THAT FIVE-YEAR PLAN.
THEY'RE NOT PROGRAMMED IN THE C I P, THEY JUST SHOW TRANSFERS THAT WILL NEED TO OCCUR EXECUTING THE REST OF THIS PLAN.
IN TERMS OF PROPERTY TAXES, WE CONTINUE TO FUND THE MILLAGE AS IT IS IN THE CURRENT C I P IN THE FUTURE.
C I P WITH PARKLAND ACQUISITION MILLAGE OF 0.35 AND C I P FUND AT 1.4.
WE CONTINUE TO UTILIZE THE FUND BALANCE INTEREST EARNINGS ARE PROGRAMMED SLIGHTLY CONSERVATIVELY BECAUSE WE ARE SEEING A DELAY IN THE RISE IN INTEREST RATES IN OUR PORTFOLIO.
WE STILL HAVE SOME VERY LONG BONDS THAT WERE PURCHASED 3, 4, 5 YEARS AGO THAT WON'T MATURE FOR ANOTHER YEAR OR TWO THAT ARE 50 BASIS POINTS OR LESS.
SO WE'RE SLOWLY SEEING THE GROWTH IN OUR PORTFOLIO.
WE WILL SEE IT AND THEN WHEN IT FINALLY TURNS WE'LL SEE GROWTH.
UH, WE'LL OUTPERFORM THE CURVE, IF YOU WILL.
SO WE ARE SEEING THAT GROWTH, BUT I DON'T WANT TO GET TOO AGGRESSIVE IN PREDICTING IT BECAUSE WE DO HAVE SOME OF THOSE SECURITIES IN OUR PORTFOLIO.
IN TERMS OF SPECIAL REVENUE FUND, THIS MIRRORS LAST YEAR'S C I P WITH THE UTILIZATION OF THE HOTEL FUND AND THE WIRELESS 9 1 1 FUND.
YOU CAN SEE THE TRANSFERS FROM THE GENERAL FUND.
WE DISCUSSED EARLIER PROGRAM THERE.
WE ARE USING THE SEWER ENTERPRISE FUND AS WELL AS A NUMBER OF OTHER SOURCES.
WE RECEIVED A $340,000 GRANT FROM THE STATE FOR WATERLINE, UM, PROJECT.
SO WE WILL BE UTILIZING THOSE FUNDS FOR THAT PROJECT AND WE WILL SEEK FEDERAL FUNDING FOR THE BRIDGE OVER TWO 70.
ALSO ON THIS SLIDE, WE HAVE SET ASIDE FUNDING IDENTIFIED AS PART OF THE PARKS MASTER PLAN PROCESS.
THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION THAT WE STARTED AS PART OF THAT MASTER PLAN ABOUT WHAT, WHAT TYPES OF IDEAS OR ADDITIONAL REVENUE SOURCES ARE WE WILLING TO BRING IN ORDER TO SUPPORT OUR PARKS.
IS THAT FRIENDS OF ORGANIZATIONS? IS THAT SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES? IS THAT PARTNERING WITH PRIVATE BUSINESS? IS THAT ALL THREE? THE ANSWER IS PROBABLY YES TO SOME DEGREE.
SO THOSE REVENUES ARE THE, UH, ACTUALIZATION OF THAT PLAN THAT WAS DEVELOPED OR, UH, AT LEAST MENTIONED AS PART OF THAT PROCESS AND ACTUALLY EXECUTING TO FIND THOSE REVENUES.
WE ARE USING SOME TIFF FUNDING.
WE ARE REPAYING OURSELVES FROM A NUMBER OF TIFFS FOR ADVANCES THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY ADVANCED FROM THE C I P.
THIS REFLECTS OUR PRACTICE OF BASICALLY FINANCING OUR OWN C I P PROJECTS AND THEN PAYING OURSELVES BACK OVER TIME.
IN TERMS OF DEBT ISSUANCES, WE ARE ISSUING, UH, DEBT, UH, IN THE AMOUNT OF, IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE MY NOTES SAVED, SO I DON'T HAVE THE TOTAL THERE.
BUT IN THE AMOUNTS DESCRIBED THERE FOR INCOME TAX, WATER, AND SEWER, THE INCOME TAX FINANCE PROJECTS INCLUDE THE REC CENTER, RIVERSIDE CROSSING PARKS, KAYAK LAUNCH, DARI FIELDS, AND THE BRIDGE OVER TWO 70.
THE WATER FUND INCLUDES SIMILAR PROJECTS TO THE LAST C I P IN THE WATERLINE REPLACEMENT AND THE EXTENSIONS PROGRAM.
WITH REGARD TO OUR CURRENT DEBT PROFILE, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE CITY OF DUBLIN HAS OR WILL HAVE AT THE END OF THE YEAR APPROXIMATELY $180 MILLION OF DEBT OUTSTANDING.
THAT WILL BE COMPLETELY PAID OFF BY 2023 IN TERMS OF C I P FUNDING.
HERE'S MY NOTE, 39.1 MILLION IN TOTAL DEBT FINANCING RELATED TO INCOME TAX OR TIF SERVICE PAYMENT REVENUE IS PROPOSED IN THIS C I P AND THE YEARLY BREAKDOWN AND PROJECT BREAKDOWN IS SHOWN ON THIS SLIDE.
WE ARE PROPOSING INCOME TAX FUNDING FOR THE D C R C IMPROVEMENTS AND ALTERNATE REVENUES IDENTIFIED IN THE PARKS AND REC MASTER PLAN FOR THE KAYAK LAUNCH AND THE DARI FIELD ENHANCEMENTS.
IN TERMS OF WATER FUND, THE WATERLINE REPLACEMENT WILL BE PAID FOR BY THE WATER FUND ITSELF.
AND THEN WATER FUND REVENUES RETIRED THROUGH A C I P TRANSFER WILL PAY FOR THE DESIGN OF THE WATERLINE EXTENSION PROJECTS.
SIMILARLY, ON THE SEWER FUND, THERE'S MORE
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PROJECTS INCLUDING THE THREE RELIEF SEWERS THAT WERE PART OF THE C I P LAST YEAR, CONTINUATION OF THE SEWER LINING PROJECT, MANHOLE REPAIR, AND THEN THE DESIGN OF THE EXTENSION PROJECTS FUNDED THROUGH A 4 0 1 TRANSFER.ALTOGETHER, THE 2023 PROJECTS THAT REMAIN TO BE FINANCED, UH, THAT LATER THIS YEAR PROBABLY BRING SOME ORDINANCES FORWARD IN THE NEXT FOUR TO SIX WEEKS TO TALK ABOUT FINANCING.
THOSE PROJECTS TOTAL JUST UNDER $15 MILLION WITH THE BREAKDOWN AS SHOWN ON THAT SLIDE.
UM, TOTAL C I P FINANCING FOR 2024 THROUGH 2028 IS 58.2 MILLION WITH THE BREAKDOWN, UM, BY PROJECT FOR INCOME TAX FINANCE PROJECT AS SHOWN ON THAT SLIDE, TOTAL SEWER PROJECTS TOTALING 16.7 MILLION IN TOTAL WATER FUND AT 2.4 MILLION.
THAT CHANGES OUR DEBT PROFILE, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THAT SLIDE.
IN TERMS OF OUR DEBT POLICY, IF WE WERE TO GRAPHICALLY REPRESENTED OF OUR 2% INCOME TAX, 25% IS REQUIRED TO GO TO THE C I P FUND.
WE SET ASIDE 60% FOR DEBT SERVICE ON CAPITAL PROJECTS AND LIMIT THAT TO 90% SO THAT WE DON'T, UH, HAVE DEBT REPAYMENT ISSUES WHEN THERE'S FLUCTUATION IN INCOME TAX NUMERICALLY.
UH, THIS SLIDE REPRESENTS THE NUMBERS THAT ACTUATE THAT GRAPH.
YOU CAN SEE THAT OUR PERCENT CAPACITY USED IS FAIRLY LOW, UH, STARTING AT 47% IN YEAR ONE, 54% IN YEAR TWO, AND THEN FALLING TO 51% BY 2028 GRAPHICALLY.
THE LINE REPRESENTS OUR DEBT SERVICE PAYMENTS ANNUALLY.
THE BLUE BAR REPRESENTS THE AMOUNT OF DEBT, UH, DEBT SERVICED BY, UH, TIFF OR WATER OR SEWER REVENUES.
THE ORANGE COMPONENT REPRESENTS THE AMOUNT OF OUR INCOME TAX THAT IS SUPPORTING THAT DEBT.
AND THE GREEN IS EXCESS CAPACITY.
UNDER OUR POLICY, THE HIGHEST WE GET IS IN 2029 WHEN WE'RE AT 58%.
SO THIS, UH, PROPOSED C I P WILL COMPLY WITH OUR DEBT POLICY AND LEAVE ROOM FOR ADDITIONAL ACQUISITIONS, UH, SHOULD THAT BE DETERMINED.
IN TERMS OF OUR DEBT METRICS, WE COMPLY WITH ALL FOUR DEBT METRICS.
WE'RE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE GENERAL FUND BALANCE.
WE'RE ACTUALLY PROPOSING TO USE ADDITIONAL GENERAL FUND BALANCE BECAUSE WE DO HAVE THOSE REVENUES AVAILABLE.
THE BALANCE IS A PERCENTAGE OF DEBT SERVICE REQUIREMENTS IS VERY HEALTHY.
WE WILL COMPLY WITH THAT METRIC.
UH, WE COMPLIED WITH IT AT THE END OF LAST YEAR.
THERE ARE A COUPLE NOS ON THERE, BUT THOSE ARE DUE TO PLANNED AND KNOWN DECREASES IN THE FUND BALANCE, WHICH ARE EXPLAINED IN THE NOTES THERE.
AND THEN METRIC FOUR, WE ARE ALSO IN COMPLIANCE WITH.
THE INTERESTING COMPONENT OF METRIC FOUR IS YOU'LL SEE THAT IT GROWS FROM 6.8% TO JUST OVER 9%.
SO WHILE IT COMPLIES, IT CERTAINLY SEES GROWTH IN THAT METRIC.
I THINK THAT'S WORTH NOTING BECAUSE A LOT OF THE INCOME TAX SUPPORTED DEBT IS FOR RECREATION RELATED ACTIVITY.
SO THAT'S GOOD TO TAKE NOTE THAT WE ARE SEEING AN IMPACT IN THIS DEBT METRIC.
THAT'S KIND OF TELLING US YOU SHOULD TAKE A LOOK AT THIS, TAKE A LOOK AT IT, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT IT IS THE RECREATION, UH, PROGRAMS THAT ARE DRIVING THIS.
AND IF THAT'S INTENDED, THEN WE SHOULD CONTINUE AND WE'D STILL COMPLY WITH THIS METRIC.
BUT IT IS WORTH NOTING THAT THERE IS SOME CHANGE IN THIS METRIC.
ALSO, YOU KNOW, THE, THE ESTIMATED OPERATING REVENUE GROWTH IS 2%.
IF WE WERE TO CHANGE THAT TO FOUR OR 5%, WE WOULD PROBABLY SEE A LEVELING OFF, MAYBE EVEN A DECREASE.
SO VERY KIND OF ASSUMPTION DEPENDENT, BUT WORTH LOOKING AT.
SO WITH THAT, THAT THAT CONTIN, UH, COMPLETES THE REVENUE AND DEBT DISCUSSION AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ON THOSE AS WE BEGIN TO DISCUSS THE C I P.
WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT, LINDSAY? NO.
QUESTIONS FOR MATT? THAT WAS VERY NICE PRESENTATION, MATT.
VERY COMPLICATED TOO, BY THE WAY.
QUESTIONS FOR MATT, KATHY, MATT, MATT, I JUST WANNA START BY SAYING THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR THE, UH, CHANGE IN THE REVENUE FORECASTING POLICY.
I MEAN, IF, UM, MY MATH IS RIGHT, THAT ADDITIONAL $10 MILLION CHANGE FUNDS INTO THE C I P FUND, RIGHT? I MEAN, 25% OF IT ENDS THERE.
SO I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WE'RE SEEING THOSE BALANCES MOVE IS IT'S A MORE REALISTIC, UM, UH, EXPECTATION.
AND THEN WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT DEBT, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, TWO, 2 MILLION PLUS DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH IS HELD FOR DEBT REPAYMENT.
SO I SINCERELY APPRECIATE THAT MOVEMENT, AND I KNOW THAT HAS, UM, AND YOU'VE DONE THAT ON THE EXPENSE SIDE.
AND I THINK THAT WHAT THAT DOES FOR COUNCIL IS GIVES US A, A MUCH MORE, I'LL USE THE WORD REALISTIC, UM, DISCUSSION ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE SPENDING AND WHAT WE'RE CAPABLE OF.
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YOU SAW IT RIPPLE THROUGH IN SUCH A POSITIVE WAY.UM, SO THE ESTIMATED REVENUE GROWTH YEAR OVER YEAR, HOVERING AROUND 3%, THAT DOESN'T KEEP UP WITH INFLATION, RIGHT? SO ON THE EXPENSE SIDE, WE'RE GONNA SEE ESTIMATES OF WHAT PERCENT GROWTH IN THE OPERATING THE BIGGEST CHUNKS.
I KNOW, I KNOW SALARY GROWTH WILL EXCEED THAT.
UM, WHICH IS WHAT, HALF? SO SORT OF WHAT ARE WE SEEING IN TERMS OF, I'M GONNA CALL IT DECREASE IN BUYING POWER, UM, FROM THIS, THANK YOU.
SO WE HAVE NOT EXAMINED THE OPERATING BUDGET REQUESTS YET.
THOSE ARE IN PROCESS FROM DEPARTMENT.
SO I CAN'T SAY THAT I'VE SEEN WHAT THE REQUESTS LOOK LIKE.
WE DO KNOW WE'VE SIGNED CONTRACTS WITH UNION.
WE, WE UNDERSTAND NON-UNION COMPENSATION RATES.
WE KNOW ABOUT WHAT THE PERCENTAGE RANGE ON THOSE WILL BE, UM, WHICH IS ABOUT 50% OF OUR BUDGET.
HEALTHCARE, THE PRELIMINARY NUMBERS ON THOSE LOOK LIKE THE TREND WILL CONTINUE, WHICH IS PROBLEMATIC, BUT HAS BEEN HANDLED PREVIOUSLY.
UM, SO I DON'T EXPECT MUCH TO CHANGE WITH THE OPERATING BUDGET IN TERMS OF THE TRAJECTORY.
THE 3% HERE WAS REALLY JUST TRYING TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IN A WORLD OF INFLATION, A 2% CONSERVATIVE NUMBER ISN'T GOING TO GET IT.
BUT ALSO WANTING TO UNDERSTAND 4% SEEMS RATHER AGGRESSIVE PROJECTING OUT MULTIPLE YEARS WHEN THE FED SAYS THEY WANT TO BE AT 2%.
WE'RE KIND OF IN THIS MIDDLE GROUND WHERE YES, INFLATION'S ABOVE, BUT IN 2024, EVERY 2025, AT LEAST, EVERYBODY SEEMS TO CONSENSUALLY AGREE THAT THE FED WILL HAVE WON THIS BATTLE AND INFLATION WILL BE CLOSER TO 2%.
SO, UM, I THINK IT'S, IT'S MOVING TOWARDS THERE.
MAYBE WE'RE NOT THERE COMPLETELY, BUT 3% WAS CHOSEN AS SOMETHING REALISTIC, BUT STILL, AGAIN, IN THAT CONSERVATIVE VEIN.
AND I KNOW WE'D HAD AS A COUNCIL GOAL, RIGHT, UM, TO GROW REVENUES AT 3% AND THEN WE SAID, OKAY, THIS IS THE, WE, WE KIND OF REMOVED IT FROM THE COUNCIL GOAL LINES AND SAID, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE JUST DO AND SHOULD DO.
SO WE'RE HOVERING IT RIGHT AT THAT PERCENT.
AND I THINK THAT'S GREAT EXCEPT FOR, UM, THE REALITY OF WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THE INFLATION SIDE.
SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE SHOULD THINK ABOUT MOVING FORWARD AND MAYBE IT'LL CORRECT ITSELF AND INFLATION WILL COME BACK DOWN, IS THAT 3% THE RIGHT NUMBER? UM, BECAUSE WHEN WE DID IT, IT WAS, IT WAS ABOVE THE INFLATION RATE, RIGHT.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS ARE ABOUT THAT OR IF THAT'S A CONVERSATION FOR ANOTHER DAY, BUT I WOULD, I WOULD BE CURIOUS.
AND THEN MY FINAL QUESTION IS, ARE WE GONNA ISSUE DEBT IN 2023? I'LL TAKE THE SECOND QUESTION FIRST.
I WILL BE BRINGING AN ORDINANCE FORWARD FOR THE, I THINK IT WAS $15 MILLION TO ISSUE DEBT IN 2023, UM, FOR THE, UH, LAND ACQUISITION RELATED TO THE BRIDGE AND FOR WATER AND SEWER PROJECTS.
THAT'S, UH, THAT'S WHAT THOSE, UH, PROJECTS, FUNDS WILL FUND.
UM, WITH REGARD TO INFLATION, THERE'S REALLY, OR INCOME TAX GROWTH, REALLY, THERE'S, THERE'S FACTORS THAT ARE, ARE TO THE GOOD SIDE OF THE LEDGER AND FACTORS THAT ARE TO THE BAD THAT MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO SAY BECAUSE I, UH, I TEND TO AGREE WITH YOU.
I DON'T THINK COMPANIES WILL BE ABLE TO KEEP WAGE GROWTH DOWN NECESSARILY LIKE THEY DID PREVIOUSLY.
SO THAT LEADS WITHHOLDINGS GROWTH TO GROWTH TO EXCEED 3%.
BUT NET PROFITS IN A RECESSIONARY ENVIRONMENT FALL BETWEEN 10 AND 20%.
AND WE'VE KIND OF SEEN NET PROFITS MOVE OFF OF THEIR HIGHS, BUT MAINTAIN HISTORICALLY A STRONG NUMBER.
SO I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'VE SEEN THE RECESSIONARY FALL IF, IF THERE IS A RECESSION AND WE'VE BEEN PREDICTING THAT FOR THREE YEARS.
SO I'M TIRED OF PREDICTING THAT, BUT THAT IS KIND OF THE DOWNSIDE PRESSURE ON THE MODEL.
THAT MAKES ME THINK 3% SPLITS THAT DIFFERENT.
IF, IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT, IF WE WERE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF A SOFT LANDING, I WOULD THINK 3% MIGHT BE TOO CONSERVATIVE.
THE INTEREST RATE, WHEN WE GO OUT, DO WE KNOW WHAT THAT'S GOING TO BE ON THE 2023 DEBT? NO, I, I HAVE A RANGE.
I THINK IT'S IN THE FIVES, BUT I'M NOT ENTIRELY SURE.
YOU JUST TEED ME UP REALLY NICELY,
UM, SO YOU'VE GOT AN ASSUMPTION ON HERE AT DEBT SERVICE ESTIMATED AT 5% OVER 20 YEARS.
DOES THAT SORT OF TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION WHAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT RELATIVE TO SOFT LANDING? YOU KNOW, TRYING TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION SOME OF THE, THE CHANGES IN INTEREST RATES? YES.
WE'VE ALWAYS USED 5% FOR 20 YEARS.
IT'S BEEN FAR TOO CONSERVATIVE DURING THE GOOD TIMES.
I THINK IT'S PROBABLY MORE REALISTIC NOW.
UM, WE'VE ALWAYS PAID A 5% COUPON BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE WANNA BUY, WHICH IS WHY WE GET THE BOND PREMIUM.
I DON'T EXPECT US TO RECEIVE THE LEVEL OF BOND PREMIUM THAT WE'VE RECEIVED IN THE PAST.
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IS STILL REASONABLE, UM, IN THIS, IN THIS MARKET.SO, UM, CAN YOU, AND YOU PROBABLY, YOU DON'T NEED TO GIVE THIS TO US RIGHT NOW, BUT I KNOW THAT WE GENERALLY SPEAKING HAVE PROJECTED OUT WHEN WE HAVE CALLABLE DEBT.
AND CAN YOU JUST PROVIDE US THAT AT SOME POINT? YES, WE ALWAYS DO AN ANALYSIS.
WE DON'T NECESSARILY PRESENT IT.
'CAUSE OFTENTIMES THE ANSWER'S NO AND, UH, WE DON'T TALK ABOUT, UH, THAT ANSWER BECAUSE THERE'S NOTHING TO REALLY TALK ABOUT.
BUT WE DO HAVE CALLABLE DEBT, A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT ACTUALLY THAT'LL BE CALLABLE IN 2025.
AND I KNEW THERE WAS SOME COMING UP.
BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, IN THIS ENVIRONMENT IT'S PROBABLY NOT GONNA HAPPEN.
BUT AGAIN, WE COULD BE IN A DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENT, SO WE DO DO THOSE ANALYSIS.
I'D BE HAPPY TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU GET INFORMATION RELATED TO THAT.
I'VE JUST GOT A QUESTION RELATIVE TO, UM, OUR EXECUTION ON THIS YEAR'S C I P.
SO WE HAD A LOT OF PROJECTS THAT WERE PROPOSED AND, AND WERE FUNDED, AND MOST EVERY BID THAT WE'RE SEEING COMING BACK IS SIGNIFICANTLY OVER WHAT OUR PROJECTIONS WERE BECAUSE OF A, A LOT OF DIFFERENT FACTORS THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF OUR CONTROL.
SO WHAT DO WE HAVE A PLAN FOR? HOW WE DO, YOU KNOW, BEFORE WE COME UP WITH NEXT YEAR'S C I P PROJECTS, DO WE HAVE A, A PLAN FOR THE MAKEUP OF THE GAP OF WHAT WE ARE NOT ABLE TO, THAT WE THOUGHT WE HAD FUNDED BUT WE'RE NOT ABLE TO FUND DUE TO, UH, COST OVERRUNS GOING INTO NEXT YEAR'S C I P? YEAH, ACTUALLY THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
WE ARE FORMULATING THE EXECUTION OF THAT PLAN.
UM, THERE ARE SEVERAL PROJECTS THAT, UH, HAVE EITHER WENT OUT TO BID OR, OR ARE SCHEDULED TO GO OUT TO BID THAT HAVE TO YOUR POINT, COME IN OVER OVER BUDGET AND WE'RE LOOKING THROUGH THE C I P THE CURRENT YEAR C I P TO SAY, OKAY, WHERE ARE THERE RESOURCES THAT WE APPROPRIATED THAT WE DON'T NEED? SO I'LL GIVE YOU A GREAT EXAMPLE.
THERE'S $2.3 MILLION THAT WAS APPROPRIATED IN TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY FOR BRIDGE DESIGN.
WE ARE ACQUIRING THE LAND, BUT NOT DESIGNING THE BRIDGE THIS YEAR.
WE HAVE THE BRIDGE DESIGN PROGRAMMED IN 2024 USING DEBT FINANCING.
SO WE'RE GONNA TAKE THAT $2.3 MILLION AND REAPPROPRIATE IT TO OTHER ACCOUNTS THAT ARE IN NEED OF RESOURCES IN ORDER TO COMPLETE PROJECTS THAT MAY HAVE GONE OVER BUDGET.
UH, SO WE'RE, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS NOW OF IDENTIFYING THOSE FUNDS THAT HAVE EXCESS RESOURCES AND THOSE FUNDS THAT NEED RESOURCES AND MAKING THAT MATCH.
WE'LL PROBABLY DO A, SOME OF THAT IN THE Q THREE AND MORE OF THAT AS NECESSARY IN THE Q FOUR.
IT'S AT, IT'S AT THIS POINT IN THE PROCESS, UM, OR THIS POINT IN THE YEAR AS WE START HEADING INTO THE OPERATING CAPITAL BUDGETS IN EARNEST, THAT WE AS STAFF SPEND A LOT OF TIME SCRUBBING EXISTING CONTRACTS.
WE SCRUB THE STATUS OF ALL THE PROJECTS THAT ARE CALLED OUT FOR 2023 AND THE C I P WE WORK WITH ALL THE PROJECT MANAGERS TO GET THE CURRENT STATUS AS WE'RE IN MONTH EIGHT OF THE YEAR.
AND ALL OF THAT IS WITH THE GOAL OF GETTING AS GOOD OF A STARTING NUMBER AS POSSIBLE FOR THE NEXT YEAR.
SO, UM, THAT IS ALL IN MOTION.
AND INEVITABLY EVERY YEAR THERE'S SOME PROJECTS THAT SLIP TO THE NEXT YEAR FOR VARIOUS REASONS.
THERE'S SOME PROJECTS THAT ARE OVER AT THIS POINT, WE'RE OKAY.
UM, BUT WE'LL HAVE BETTER NUMBERS AS WE PROCEED IN THE NEXT MONTH.
YEAH, I JUST THINK IT'LL BE REALLY INTERESTING AS WE CLOSE OR AS WE APPROACH TO THE CLOSING OF THE CONSTRUCTION SEASON.
I WAS REMINDED THAT WHEN I WAS OUT TODAY AND THE BUCKEYE LEAVES HAVE SCORCHED, RIGHT? SO THAT'S THE ALWAYS THE FIRST INDICATOR THAT THAT FALL IS IN THE NEAR TERM.
SO, WHICH WILL END, YOU KNOW, INDICATE THE END OF OUR CONSTRUCTION SEASON.
AND, UM, I'M HOPEFUL THAT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE OFTENTIMES SEE THINGS COME OVER BUDGET, BUT THIS YEAR'S OVER BUDGET NUMBERS HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, RATHER THAN THE 5, 6, 7 EIGHTS THAT WE SEE ON A REGULAR BASIS, AND THEN WE'LL OFFSET IT BY SOME UNDERS.
IT SEEMS LIKE THEY'VE BEEN 30, 20, 30, SOMETIMES 40% OVER, WHICH IS, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A HARDER PUZZLE TO SOLVE.
YEAH, WITHOUT QUESTION, THIS C I P PUZZLE HAS BEEN HARDER TO PUT TOGETHER AND CONTINUES TO BE MORE DIFFICULT BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T SEEN THAT GIVE AND TAKE.
IT HAS JUST BEEN TAKEN, UH, BUT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH IT AND, AND DEVELOPING MORE ROBUST PROCEDURES TO FIND MORE PENNIES THAT MAYBE WE MIGHT HAVE MISSED.
AND, AND THAT'S JUST WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MATT? MATT, I HAD ONE QUICK QUESTION.
IT'S, IT'S, AND IT'S A SMALL NUMBER, BUT WITH PROPERTY REEVALUATIONS, DO YOU ANTICIPATE ANY KIND OF A SIGNIFICANT JUMP IN WHAT THE CITY WOULD RECEIVE? YOU KNOW, I INCREASED THE PARKLAND ACQUISITION AND THE C I P FUNDING FROM TWO POINT, UH, FROM 75 700 50,000 TO 800,000.
I ACTUALLY WANTED TO SEE IT COME INTO EFFECT BEFORE I ADJUST IT NEXT YEAR.
UM, WITH REGARD TO INCOME TAXES, I THINK I INCREASED IT FROM 3.25 TO 3.5 MILLION.
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INCREASE IS POSSIBLE BECAUSE THAT'S INSIDE MILLAGE, BUT I, I DIDN'T WANT TO GO FOR THE FULL 20% INCREASE.'CAUSE AGAIN, I, I HAVEN'T SEEN IT.
I DIDN'T WANT TO GET AHEAD OF IT.
AND ONE LAST QUESTION, HAVING TO DO WITH TIFFS.
AS I LOOK AT, AT THE AMOUNT OF, OF MONEY THAT TIFFS HELP FUND SOME OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND AMENITIES AND THE THINGS THAT WE USE TIFF DOLLARS FOR HISTORICALLY AND TO PRESENT, ARE WE PRETTY MUCH KEEPING UP WITH A FAIRLY, UM, CONSISTENT PACE ON, UH, TIFFS NEW TIFFS VERSUS WHAT WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST TO HELP FUND? YOU KNOW, THAT THAT'S A, THAT'S A DIFFICULT QUESTION BECAUSE WHEN YOU HAVE UNDEVELOPED AREAS, A NEW TIFF CAN JUST COME IN ANYWHERE.
AND WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE THOSE TYPES OF AREAS THE WAY MAYBE WE USED TO WHEN THE TIFFS WERE BEING CREATED EVERY YEAR, THREE OR FOUR TIFFS.
UM, BUT I THINK WHAT I CAN SAY IS THAT THE TIF REVENUES ARE SUFFICIENT TO SUPPORT A FAIRLY ROBUST C I P AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
UM, THE BRIDGE PARK TIFFS ARE PERFORMING WELL.
THEY'RE OUR NEWEST, LARGEST TIFFS.
WE'VE HAD SOME TIFFS IN AND AROUND BRIDGE PARK TOWN PLACE SUITES, UM, PRIMROSE, UH, DAYCARE, TIFF SMALLER.
SO WE'VE, WE'VE, WE'VE NIBBLED AT THE MARGINS.
UM, WE COULD USE MORE TIFFS IN BRIDGE STREET DISTRICT FOR SURE.
WE COULD USE MORE TIFFS IN THE WEST INNOVATION DISTRICT AS THAT AREA CONTINUES TO DEVELOP.
BUT WE ARE SEEING THAT THE TIFS ARE ABLE TO SUPPORT MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS.
A LOT OF OUR TIFS ALONG 1 61 ARE SUPPORTING THE, THE INTERCHANGE, WHICH IS GREAT.
THAT'S A NICE, UH, UTILIZATION OF TIF FUNDING THAT FREED UP SIGNIFICANT INCOME TAX DOLLARS TO DO, UH, PROJECTS.
IMAN ROADS RELOCATION IS ABOUT, IS OVER $7 MILLION.
AND THE WEST INNOVATION, TIFF AND NESTLE TIFF ARE REALLY SUPPORTING THAT INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO WE ARE SEEING TIFF'S CONTINUE TO BE AN EXCELLENT RESOURCE FOR THE MAJOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS OF THE CITY.
I, THE REASON I ASK THAT, AND I THAT'S, THAT'S A VERY GOOD, UM, EXPLANATION AS TO HOW, UM, IT'S HELPING AS THE, AS THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS BUILT AND THIS DEPENDENCE ON TIFFS THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW TO BUILD INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND AS THE CITY BUILDS OUT, THE DEPENDENCE ON THOSE KIND OF TIFFS IS KIND OF REDUCED, ISN'T IT? BECAUSE THE INFRASTRUCTURE WILL BE COMPLETED.
IS THAT, I MEAN, SO THAT ONE DOESN'T WORRY THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO CONTINUALLY CHASE NEW TIFS IF YOU HAVE FAIRLY COMPLETED INFRASTRUCTURE.
I I THINK WE HAVE TO BE CONTINUOUSLY AGGRESSIVE WITH TIFS AS A FUNDING SOURCE THAT THAT REMAINS.
BUT EMERALD PARKWAY IS CONSTRUCTED, THAT WAS A LOT OF TIF FUNDS.
UNIVERSITY BOULEVARD TOO IS CONSTRUCTED.
DERMAN HAS MOVED, THE INTERSECTIONS ARE IMPROVED.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF BIG INFRASTRUCTURE THAT TIFS HAVE ALREADY CONTRIBUTED TO.
TIFS CONTRIBUTED A LOT OF THE DEBT SERVICE FOR THE 2 70 33 INTERCHANGE, AND THAT'S A CITYWIDE IMPACT.
SO, UM, AS THOSE BIG INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS, YOU KNOW, I HOPE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO BRING, UH, SOME TAX INCREMENT FINANCING TO PAY FOR THE BRIDGE OVER TWO 70 AT TOLER AND, AND, UH, EMERALD, THAT'S THE NEXT MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT.
IT'LL BE DIFFICULT TO, TO, IT WON'T BE DIFFICULT.
IT WILL BE OFFSETTING TO UTILIZE INCOME TAXES TO PROGRAM THAT BRIDGE WITH OTHER PLANS THAT WE HAVE IF WE'RE NOT ABLE TO IDENTIFY TIF REFUND, UH, TIF REVENUES.
I WOULD ALSO ADD, THERE'S ALWAYS GONNA BE MAINTENANCE PROJECTS AND REHABILITATION PROJECTS.
AND WE WE'RE NOT AT A SHORTAGE OF PROJECTS AROUND HERE.
UH, KATHY, I JUST HAD ONE MORE COMMENT, MATT, I JUST WANTED, UM, TO SAY THANK YOU.
I THINK ANYBODY LISTENING TO THIS DISCUSSION THIS EVENING RECOGNIZES THE LEVEL OF ANALYSIS YOU'VE ALREADY DONE.
AND I KNOW WE'RE JUST STARTING THE PROCESS BECAUSE YOU ANTICIPATE OBVIOUSLY OF THE QUESTIONS.
AND I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM OBVIOUSLY FOR, UM, CONTINUING TO KEEP THE EYE ON THE BALL AND, UM, MAKING IT, UM, UNDERSTANDABLE, UH, FOR THE REST OF US.
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ALL RIGHT, STAFF COMMENTS, MEGAN.MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, I JUST HAVE A FEW BRIEF STAFF COMMENTS THIS EVENING.
UM, APPLICATIONS FOR THE 2024 HOTEL MOTEL TAX GRANT WILL OPEN TOMORROW, AUGUST 15TH.
THE APPLICATION PROCESS WILL BE OPEN FOR ONE MONTH, SO IT WILL CLOSE ON SEPTEMBER 15TH.
STAFF HAS ALREADY SHARED THIS INFORMATION WITH PAST APPLICANTS AND ANYONE WHO HAS EXPRESSED INTEREST IN THE GRANT AND WILL ALSO BE PUSHING, UM, THE INFORMATION OUT TOMORROW.
TOMORROW MORE BROADLY, UM, DUBLIN'S NEWEST PUBLIC ARTWORK WILL BE DEDICATED THURSDAY, AUGUST 24TH FROM SIX TO 8:00 PM AT THE ML RED TRABU NATURE RESERVE 6,500 POST ROAD.
THE BOAT IN THE FIELD IS BY AN ARTIST FROM LONG ISLAND
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CITY, NEW YORK, AND IT CONSISTS OF A 25 FOOT TALL STONE SKELETAL STRUCTURE OF A BOAT AND INCORPORATE STEEL LIMESTONE AND RECYCLING GRANITE FROM THE STEPS OF THE ST.THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO THE DEDICATION, WHICH INCLUDES INSIGHT FROM THE ARTIST AND ART MAKING ACTIVITY AND REMARKS FROM REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE CITY OF DUBLIN, AS WELL AS THE DUBLIN ART COUNCIL.
THE ENVISION DUBLIN TEAM IS HOSTING A PUBLIC MEETING ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 29TH FROM SIX TO EIGHT AT THE DEVELOPMENT BUILDING, 5,200 EMERALD PARKWAY TO GATHER INPUT ON SIX SPECIAL AREA PLANS.
UM, WE HAVE THE BRIDGE STREET DISTRICT WEST INNOVATION DISTRICT, HISTORIC DISTRICT, SOUTHWEST AREA PLAN, DUBLIN CORPORATE AREA PLAN, AND THE EMERALD EIGHT CORRIDOR AREA PLAN.
THESE AREAS WERE CREATED AS SPECIAL, UM, SPECIFIC AREAS OF DEVELOPMENT OR AREAS THAT ARE SENSITIVE TO DEVELOPMENT PRESSURE, SUCH AS THE HISTORIC DISTRICT DURING THE OPEN HOUSE.
UM, STAFF WILL HAVE STATIONS DEDICATED TO EACH SPECIAL AREA PLAN, AND THE GOAL IS TO HEAR ATTENDEES THOUGHTS ON EACH OF THOSE AREA PLANS.
AND THAT WILL BE, UM, THE LAST ENVISION DUBLIN PUBLIC MEETING FOR 2023.
AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE THIS EVENING.
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COUNCIL ROUNDTABLE.AMY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO START? I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING THIS EVENING.
ANDY HATS OFF TO THE EVENT STAFF FOR WHAT, TWO, THREE MONTHS OF GRUELING, BUT BUSTING WORK TO, UM, PULL OFF THESE INCREDIBLE EVENTS.
YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS LIKE AN ETERNITY AGO THAT WE HAD OUR INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION, UM, GOING THROUGH, UH, THE HISTORIC DISTRICT.
I THINK OUR RESIDENTS WERE EIGHT DEEP AT SPOTS AND CLEARLY ENJOYING THEMSELVES.
SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR TO THE EVENT STAFF FOR PULLING THAT OFF.
AND, AND I DON'T RECALL CITY COUNCIL EVER, UM, ASKING STAFF TO MAKE US THE THIRD LARGEST IRISH FESTIVAL IN THE WORLD.
I THINK IT'S THE FIRE IN IN YOUR BELLY THAT MADE THAT HAPPEN.
AND I KNOW THAT OUR COMPETITORS UP IN WISCONSIN, UM, THEY'VE GOT A LOT OF, UM, STATIONARY, UH, FAIRGROUNDS TYPE BUILDINGS THAT THEY CAN USE AT ANY TIME.
WE HAVE TO POP TENTS TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.
SO ANYWAY, THANK YOU FOR, FOR YOUR HARD WORK THERE.
AND WE HEARD EARLIER ABOUT THE, UM, ART AND PUBLIC PLACES PROJECT.
KUDOS TO THE FOLKS AT CAMERON MITCHELL FOR THEIR ARTISTIC EXPRESSION AT THEIR NEWEST RESTAURANT, THE COLORFUL TILE MOSAIC THERE.
I JUST HAPPENED TO BE SITTING ON ONE OF THE PATIOS, NOT THERE, BUT LOOKING TOWARDS, UH, RIVERSIDE CROSSING PARK.
AND I SAW THIS STUNNING, COLORFUL MOSAIC, AND I THOUGHT, HOW COOL AND FUNKY IS THAT, YOU KNOW, I'VE SAID AT TIMES, DUBLIN CAN BE VERY STERILE.
AND I THINK THE COLOR, IT'S IMAGINATIVE AND IT'S FUN, IT'S HAPPY.
SO KUDOS TO THEM FOR DOING THAT.
YOU BRING UP A GOOD POINT BECAUSE, UM, IN BRIDGE PARK, WHEN IT WAS ORIGINALLY CONCEIVED, IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ALL THE SIGNAGE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE UNIQUE AND INTERESTING LIKE THAT.
SO IT'S COOL THAT THEY ACTUALLY EXECUTED SOMETHING THAT'S, UM, ARTISTIC AND, AND, UH, REALLY CATCHING.
I THINK YOU, YOU CAN'T HELP BUT SEE IT IF YOU GO DOWN THE ROAD.
I WANT TO THANK ALL THE VOLUNTEERS AT THE JAPANESE FESTIVAL.
THANK THE MAYOR FOR BEING OUT THERE ALL DAY LONG.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT WAS INTERESTING, I THINK IT WAS THE FIRST TIME WE USED OUR PARK AND IT'S FULLEST.
AND THAT PARK IS SO BIG THAT EVEN THOUGH THE FESTIVAL LOOKED LIKE IT WAS ABOUT THREE TO FIVE TIMES BIGGER THAN IT EVER WAS, IT PROBABLY ONLY FEEL A THIRD OF THE PARK.
THERE'S ENOUGH ROOM FOR THREE MORE FULL-TIME FESTIVALS OUT THERE RUNNING SIMULTANEOUSLY.
THAT IS A REALLY WONDERFUL AMENITY FOR OUR CITY.
SO, UM, AND IT WAS INTERESTING JUST TO SEE ALL THE PEOPLE, THE KIMONOS, THE COLOR, AND ALL THE DIFFERENT GAMES THAT WERE ENTIRELY DIFFERENT FROM ANY OTHER KIND OF EVENT YOU WERE GONNA SEE.
SO THEY DID A GREAT JOB FOR, UH, MY COMPLIMENTS TO THEM.
AND, UH, WHAT A NEAT, NEAT FESTIVAL PEOPLE CAME FROM ALL OVER AS WE TALKED TO 'EM, THE STATE TO GO THERE AND SEE THIS THING.
SO WITH THAT IN MIND HERE, GATO, IT WAS A GREAT, GREAT HAPPENING.
UM, YES, OF COURSE, THANK YOU TO STAFF AND ALL THE VOLUNTEERS FOR THE IRISH FESTIVAL.
IT'S AN AMAZING EVENT AND IT WAS EQUALLY AS AMAZING THIS YEAR.
UM, AND ACTUALLY SATURDAY'S WEATHER WAS PHENOMENAL, SO I'LL CREDIT ALLISON WITH THAT AS I DO EVERY YEAR.
UM, THIS IS MY ANNUAL REMINDER.
SCHOOL STARTS THIS WEEK FOR DUBLIN CITY SCHOOLS.
UM, SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THOSE SCHOOL BUSES AND THOSE LITTLE ONES, UM, THEY, UH, THEY
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SOMETIMES WANDER AROUND LIKE LITTLE LOST PUPPIES 'CAUSE THEY'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THEY GET THEIR BUSES ON TIME.UM, FOR OUR RESIDENTS WHO ARE IN HILLIARD CITY SCHOOL, SCHOOL STARTS NEXT WEEK FOR THEM.
UM, DUNNO IF ANYBODY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY OVER THE WEEKEND TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE SKIES, BUT THERE WAS A BEAUTIFUL METEOR SHOWER THAT WE GOT TO SEE ON SATURDAY EVENING.
IT ACTUALLY GOES THROUGH THE 1ST OF SEPTEMBER.
SO TAKE A MOMENT AND JUST, UH, LOOK WITH WONDER UP AT THE HEAVENS.
UM, AND ANDY, I'M GLAD THAT YOU BROUGHT UP THE ARTWORK AT VALENTINA'S, THAT'S RIGHT OUTSIDE OF VALENTINA'S.
UM, I DID GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO WHEN THE ARTISTS WERE THERE AND THEY WERE EXPLAINING ABOUT THE COLUMN AND WHAT WAS ON IT, AND A MIX.
IT'S A MIXTURE OF, UH, PLANT FLORA AND FAUNA, AS WELL AS SOME CRITTERS ON THERE THAT ARE BOTH NATIVE TO OHIO AS WELL AS ITALY.
UM, AND IF ANYONE'S INTERESTED, THERE ARE SOME HIDDEN SHA SHAMROCKS IN THE MOSAIC.
I WOULD TOO LIKE TO THANK THE, UM, ALL THE FOLKS THAT VOLUNTEER, THAT'S REALLY WHAT MAKES THIS COMMUNITY REALLY SPECIAL IS THE PEOPLE THAT VOLUNTEER, WHATEVER IT IS, WE ASK 'EM, DO WE HAVE THE RIVER CLEANUP COMING HERE, UM, SHORTLY.
SO I CERTAINLY WANNA THANK ALL OF THEM AND THANK YOU FOR STAFF FOR, UM, PROVIDING THEM DIRECTION AND, AND GETTING THAT WORK DONE.
UM, WITH RESPECT TO THE MEETING THAT'S GOING TO BE HELD WITH THE RIVER FOREST FOLKS, STEVEN, I GUESS I WOULD JUST ASK THAT YOU TAKE A, UM, THAT YOU TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE HISTORY FOR, UM, WHAT THE CITY HAS ATTEMPTED TO DO RELATIVE TO, UH, THESE GROUP HOME KIND OF SITUATIONS.
AND I, I HOPE THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO ADDRESS THE LITIGATION IN, IN ALL OF THE STEPS THAT WE'VE GONE TO, UM, IN AN EFFORT TO, UM, DO, DO ALL THAT WE CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR COMMUNITY REPRESENTS ALL PEOPLE AND, UM, IS A SAFE PLACE.
SO IF YOU COULD PLEASE FORWARD THAT AND INCLUDE THAT HISTORY PORTION IN WITH, IN, WITH A MOVING FORWARD, I CERTAINLY WOULD APPRECIATE IT.
UM, I DON'T NORMALLY DO THIS, BUT THERE ARE TWO PIECES OF LEGISLATION WE PASSED, UH, THROUGH, UH, MORSE, UM, COMMISSION LAST THURSDAY THAT I WOULD LIKE TO BRING YOUR ATTENTION TO.
THEY'RE, UH, RESOLUTION T 9 23 AND T 10 23, AND BOTH OF THOSE PIECES OF LEGISLATION LAY THE GROUNDWORK FOR, UM, DIRECTING A PORTION OF THE CODA TRANSIT MONEY TO SUPPORT INFA TO SUPPORT A NEW LEVEL OF INFRASTRUCTURE.
UM, I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO KNOW AS WE ARE GOING TO HEAR MORE AND MORE ABOUT THE LINK US CAMPAIGN THAT IS COMING FORWARD AND WHAT THAT MEANS FOR OUR REGION.
IT'LL BE UP TO THE, IT'LL BE A BALLOT INITIATIVE, SO IT'LL BE UP TO THE PEOPLE TO, UM, TO SAY YES OR NO TO THAT.
BUT I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO SEE THAT THE GROUNDWORK IS BEING LAID FOR THE FUNDING OF HOW THAT WILL WILL WORK.
AND I'M HOPEFUL TO GET SOME FOLKS HERE THAT WILL HELP US UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT MEANS FOR US AS A COMMUNITY AND WHAT THAT MEANS FOR US AS A REGION OF, OF WHAT LINK US TRANSPORTATION COULD BE.
SO, UM, AND THEN I ALSO HAVE THESE, UH, MESSAGE POCKET GUIDES.
THERE WAS A REBRANDING UPDATE THROUGH MORSE, SO I'M, I'M GONNA BE HAPPY TO DISTRIBUTE THOSE AS WELL.
I WOULD ONLY ADD MY THANKS AS WELL TO THE STAFF AND TO ALL THE VOLUNTEERS AT THE IRISH FESTIVAL.
I, I WILL JUST SHARE ONE COMMENT.
UM, SOMEONE I HAPPEN TO BE CHATTING WITH SAID, DON'T YOU JUST LOVE DUBLIN? DON'T YOU JUST LOVE DUBLIN? ISN'T THIS GREAT? ISN'T THIS GREAT? DON'T YOU JUST LOVE IT? SO IF YOU DON'T THINK ALL OF THAT WORK WASN'T APPRECIATED, IT WAS SO APPRECIATED.
SO THANK YOU ALL, UM, AND, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO NEXT YEAR.
UM, IT SEEMS LIKE ALL OF THESE FESTIVALS CREATE SO MUCH FUN.
IT'S KIND OF NICE TO KNOW THAT IN OUR REVENUE, UH, IN OUR BUDGET, THAT WE DO, UM, HAVE SOME MONEY SET ASIDE JUST FOR FUN.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I GUESS I THINK IT'S WORTH POINTING OUT, THANK YOU, OBVIOUSLY TO ALL THE VOLUNTEERS AND CERTAINLY TO THE STAFF, BUT THE COMMUNITY, UH, THIS YEAR CREATED AND BROUGHT THE LARGEST NON-PERISHABLE FOOD DONATION THE FOOD PANTRY HAS EVER RECEIVED AT 20,336 POUNDS OF FOOD.
SO THAT WAS JUST SUNDAY MORNING IN THEIR, IN THEIR COLLECTION.
SO, UM, THANK THE COMMUNITY, THANK EVERYBODY FOR ALL THAT HARD WORK.
AS, UH, JOHN MENTIONED THE FESTIVAL YESTERDAY, THE JASKO FESTIVAL, THE OBON FESTIVAL, UM, WAS PROBABLY DOUBLE THE NUMBER THAT WE HAD, THAT THEY HAD LAST YEAR.
I THINK WE SAW MAYBE ABOUT 4,000 PEOPLE THERE.
AND IT WAS INTERESTING IN THAT THE PERFORMANCES AND THE ENTIRE DAY WAS ABOUT TEACHING ABOUT THE TRADITIONS OF THE JAPANESE CULTURE.
IT WAS AN INFORMATIVE CULTURAL EXPERIENCE.
AND FOR THOSE LISTENING, IT WOULD BE FUN TO KNOW THAT THERE WERE PERFORMANCES OF SUMO WRESTLING, A KIMON FASHION SHOW,
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A FORMAL JAPANESE TEA CEREMONY THAT YOU, YOU BOUGHT A TICKET FOR $20 AND IT WAS SOLD OUT.AND THEY HAD THREE CEREMONIES ALL DAY LONG.
IT WAS, AND PEOPLE WERE DRESSED IN ALL KINDS OF GET OF, UM, FASHIONS FROM KIMMONS.
WE HAD, UM, AND EVERY FLAVOR OF PEOPLE AND THE CHIEF WAS THERE, EVERY FLAVOR OF PEOPLE WERE THERE.
WE SAW PEOPLE FROM ALL DIFFERENT NATIONALITIES ENJOYING THE JAPANESE FESTIVITIES.
UM, HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO CONS, GENERAL SHINDO WHO STAYED FOR THE ENTIRE FESTIVAL.
HE WAS GONNA LEAVE EARLY, BUT HE ENDED UP STAYING AND HE GAVE US SOME GREAT ADVICE THAT WE CAN TAKE AND STAFF HAS, THAT WE CAN TAKE FORWARD TO THE MIDWEST CONFERENCE IN JAPAN THAT'S COMING UP.
AND HE JUST, ONCE AGAIN, MASHIKO WAS, UM, HAD A, A TABLE THERE, UH, REPRESENTATIVES FROM MASCO HAD A TABLE THERE.
AND HE MENTIONED HOW IMPORTANT THAT FRIENDSHIP AGREEMENT IS WHEN IT COMES TO CULTURE AND ART.
AND HE WANTED TO BE SURE THAT, UH, HE SORT OF REINSTATED THE FACT THAT THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT FRIENDSHIP.
SO, UM, COME NEXT YEAR 'CAUSE YOU'LL REALLY ENJOY IT.
AND THEN I HAVE ONE QUESTION I GUESS I WANNA BRING UP TO, UH, AMY.
I HAD A CALL FROM A RESIDENT WHO'S VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT CEMETERIES AND CEMETERY SPACE, AND I THINK WE KNOW WHO THAT IS.
GENE BOSTIC, HE'S CALLED MANY OF US ABOUT THAT.
AND SO, UM, I KNOW THIS IS A DISCUSSION HE SAID THAT'S COMING UP AT WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP.
SO AMY, I'M JUST ASKING THAT WHEN YOU GET A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION, IF YOU JUST PASS IT ON SINCE WE HAD, WHEN YOU TALK, WHEN YOU GO TO THE WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP MEETINGS, UM, GIVE US A KIND OF AN UPDATE ON THAT AS YOU USUALLY DO, BECAUSE I KNOW HE'S JUST VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT FINDING NEW CEMETERY SPACE FOR THE RESIDENTS IN DUBLIN AND WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP.
AND I, AND I'LL JUST GO FOLLOW UP TO THAT.
UM, IT DOES COME UP FAIRLY REGULARLY.
THE, THE TRUSTEES ARE INTERESTED IN FINDING SOME TOWNSHIP LAND.
ACTUALLY, KATHY AND I CORNERED ONE OF THE TRUSTEES AND WAS TALKING TO HIM.
AND, UM, AT, AT THIS POINT THERE THEY ARE IN THE INVESTIGATIVE STAGE, I SHOULD SAY, UH, OF WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO NOT ONLY ACQUIRE THE LAND, BUT TO OPERATE A CEMETERY.
SO AS, AS THEY MOVE FORWARD, UM, I'LL CERTAINLY REPORT ANY INFORMATION.
YES, ANDY? YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO PIGGYBACK ON YOUR COMMENT ABOUT THE, THE JAPANESE MIDWEST CONFERENCE.
UM, KATHY AND I, WE DIDN'T DO THE, THE COMMITTEE REPORTS TODAY, BUT KATHY AND I ATTENDED THE 33 CORRIDOR, UH, MEETING LAST FRIDAY.
AND, UH, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, MARYSVILLE IS SENDING DELEGATES, THE MAYOR, UM, UNION COUNTY SENDING A COUPLE DELEGATES.
I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE REPRESENTATION THERE.
UM, SOMETIMES THE BENEFITS, UM, THE RELATIONSHIP, IT'S VERY HARD TO READ THOSE BENEFITS IMMEDIATELY WHEN YOU WALK OUT THE DOOR.
IT'S REALLY THE, UM, THE RESULTS THAT YOU SEE MONTHS OR YEARS LATER.
AND AGAIN, I, I WOULD SAY IF THE MAYOR OF MARYSVILLE AND OTHER REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE, THE CITY MANAGER FROM MARYSVILLE ARE GOING, WE SHOULD HAVE REPRESENTATION FROM COUNCIL.
YOU KNOW, I AGREE WITH YOU BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT, IT IS STATED THAT WE HAVE THE LARGEST JAPANESE POPULATION IN THE STATE.
SO I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO KEEP THOSE TIES TOGETHER.
THE, UM, THE CONFERENCE IS COMING UP FAIRLY QUICKLY.
THIS IS A DECISION THAT THIS COUNCIL NEEDS TO MAKE ON WHO WILL GO.
AND IF THAT'S A CONVERSATION, WE CAN HAVE THAT BEFORE THE EVENING'S OVER, SO YOU CAN HAVE AN ANSWER WHO MIGHT WANNA COME.
I KNOW THERE'S SOME INTEREST, UM, ON COUNCIL'S PART.
SO IF THERE'S SOMEONE HERE THAT WE CAN IDENTIFY TO GO, IT WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET THAT FINISHED AND GET THAT CITY BUSINESS COMPLETED.
UH, I WOULD SAY THE FIRST QUESTION IS, IS THE, THERE'S SUPPORT ON, WE, WE KNOW THERE'S TWO STAFF MEMBERS GOING ALREADY.
SO THE FIRST QUESTION IS, SHOULD SOMEONE FROM COUNCIL GO? MY COMMENT WOULD BE, I THINK WHATEVER SIZE OF DELEGATION WE SEND, IT SHOULD BE EQUAL TO THE DELEGATIONS OF THOSE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS TWO PEOPLE GOING FROM OTHER COMMUNITIES TO, FROM THE SURROUNDINGS.
SO, UM, I WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE AS LONG AS THE SIZE OF THE DELEGATION MATCHED WHAT OUR NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES, AND I MEAN, JUST 'CAUSE FINANCIALLY BUYING TICKETS NOW AT IT IS, IS, IS ASTRONOMICAL.
SO I WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE AS LONG AS THE SIZE OF OUR DELEGATION EQUALS THE TWO THAT WE'RE SEEING OR WHATEVER IT IS FROM THE SURROUNDING ONES.
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BUT, UH, ASIDE FROM THAT, I'D BE SUPPORTIVE.OTHER COMMENTS, OTHER, UH, I, I, I THINK I WOULD ECHO SOME OF WHAT I'M HEARING.
I THINK THAT HAVING A DELEGATION THAT IS APPROXIMATELY THE SIZE OF, OF OUR NEIGHBORS, I THINK IS IMPORTANT.
UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, THAT FRANKLY THAT THE MAYOR GO, UM, I AM NOT ABLE TO GO, THE TIMING FOR IT DOES NOT WORK FOR ME.
SO I'M HAPPY TO REMOVE MY NAME FROM THAT LIST IF THAT HELPS.
UM, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THERE ARE AT LEAST ONE OTHER PERSON THAT HAS INTEREST IN GOING.
UM, SO SOMETIMES IT IS A PROCESS OF ELIMINATION, AND THAT'S OKAY TOO.
MEGAN, CAN YOU VERIFY THE NUMBER OF STAFF FOLKS THAT YOU HAVE IN ATTENDANCE? SO, AS OF RIGHT NOW, I WAS PLANNING ON TWO AND THEN WAITY TO SEE WHAT THE DECISION OF COUNCIL IS.
UNION COUNTY MARYSVILLE HAS 10 GOING.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A COUPLE REPRESENTATIVES THAT REPRESENT MULTIPLE AGENCIES.
UM, IN UNION COUNTY, FOR EXAMPLE, ERIC PHILLIPS, HE REPRESENTS BOTH MARYSVILLE AND UNION COUNTY, BUT THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE HAS TWO GOING.
SO I THINK, I THINK WHAT WE'RE, WHEN WE'RE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHAT, WHAT WE WOULDN'T WANNA HAVE AS AS A REPRESENTATIVE, THAT'S GREATER THAN, I DO KNOW THAT ERIC DOES A LITTLE BIT OF BOTH, BUT I MEAN, YEAH, HE, HE REPRESENTS MARYSVILLE AS WELL.
I MEAN, AT THIS POINT WE ALSO HAVE TO LOOK AT COSTS.
I MEAN, YEP, THESE TICKETS ARE ASTRONOMICAL AND THE COSTS ARE ASTRONOMICAL.
SO I, I SUPPORT IT, BUT WE JUST HAVE TO BALANCE THIS IN A FISCALLY ECONOMIC WAY.
AND I HEAR ANDY'S POINT, BUT YOU, YOU CAN DO GREAT THINGS WITH, YOU DON'T HAVE TO SEND A TRIBE TO DO, TO DO GREAT, UM, REPRESENTATION.
SO I THINK WE HAVE TO BE PRUDENT.
WE, WE JUST FINISHED A LONG CONVERSATION ABOUT REVENUES AND GROWTH AND EXPENDITURES, AND I THINK FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY IS, IS, IS EQUALLY IMPORTANT.
SO, UM, AND, UM, UH, OH, THAT'S IT.
UM, AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IN THE LAST YEAR SINCE INTEL ANNOUNCED THEIR PLANS, EVERYONE IN THE REGION IS FIGHTING AND SCRATCHING FOR, UM, THESE COMPANIES.
AND WE HAD A GREAT NIGHT TONIGHT.
THREE NEW ONES GO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, BUT IF THIS IS $8,000, $10,000, REALLY WE'RE QUIBBLING OVER $10,000 TO SEND A, AN ELECTED OFFICIAL FROM DUBLIN, OHIO TO REPRESENT DUBLIN, OHIO'S INTERESTS IN THE REGION.
I'M JUST SAYING BALANCE IT OUT WITH THE REST OF IT.
SO MEGAN, IF, IF IT'S, UM, IF WE WANNA BE, UM, PRESENTING OURSELVES EQUALLY TO OTHER, UM, SIZABLE COMMUNITIES LIKE OURSELVES.
YOU SAID MARYSVILLE IS BRINGING THREE FROM, I I DON'T HAVE THE ENTIRE LIST, BUT THERE'S 40 GOING FROM THE ENTIRE REGION.
MARY, I THINK THEY'RE MAYOR, CITY MANAGER, AND THEN ERIC PHILLIPS, WHO REPRESENTS BOTH MARYSVILLE AND, UM, UNION COUNTY.
UNION COUNTY HAS A COUNTY COMMISSIONER, THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, UM, AS WELL AS ERIC.
AND THEN THERE'S THE FIRE CHIEF, UM, UH, I, I FORGET THE EXACT COMPOSITION OF THEIR 10 REPRESENTATIVES.
AND THEN COLUMBUS HAS A VARIETY OF, OF STAFF ATTENDING FROM DEVELOPMENT AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AS WELL AS FRANKLIN COUNTY.
SO THE OTHER QUESTION I WOULD ASK YOU IS IF WE HAVE A BUDGET FOR THE COUNCIL TRAVEL, AND IT MAY OR MAY NOT BE ABLE TO COVER THE EXPENSE OF MORE THAN ONE, TWO, OR THREE, DEPENDING ON WHAT THE, WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT WOULD BE COMPARABLE TO, UM, ONE COULD ASK FOR SUPPLEMENTAL, ONE COULD TALK TO FI.
ONE CAN TALK SUPPLEMENTAL, ONE COULD TALK TO FINANCE ABOUT THAT, OR ONE COULD COME OUT OF, UM, OTHER TRAVEL BUDGETS IN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.
WHAT WOULD BE THE OPTIONS THERE? THERE ARE CERTAINLY SEVERAL OPTIONS FOR FUNDING, ALL OF WHICH YOU MENTIONED.
WE DO HAVE FUNDING FOR INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL AND A COUPLE DIFFERENT STAFF BUDGETS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.
AND WE HAVE HISTORICALLY USED THE BOTH OF THOSE, UM, POTS OF MONEY FOR SUCH TRAVEL COUNCIL HAS THEIR BUDGET.
SO WE'RE ALSO ABLE TO, UM, TRANSFER FUNDS BETWEEN ACCOUNTS AS WE DO ROUTINELY FOR OTHER ITEMS. OKAY.
I THINK JOHN HAD INDICATED THAT HE'D LIKE TO GO.
I THINK, I THINK THAT'S A, A PERFECTLY APPROPRIATE, I'M I'M PERFECTLY OKAY WITH THAT.
I, TO BE HONEST, I'M FINE IF, I THINK IF THREE PEOPLE COULD GO, I, I DON'T WANNA QUIBBLE OVER A FEW BUCKS.
IT'S JUST NOT THAT BIG OF A DEAL
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TO ME.I THINK THREE PEOPLE COULD GO.
I THINK IT MAKES SOME GREAT SENSE.
IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO CAN GO TO GO.
I'LL BE HONEST, I WISH I COULD GO.
UM, IT'S JUST NOT GONNA WORK WITH MY SCHEDULE.
THIS, THIS WITH THIS LITTLE NOTICE.
UM, I THINK IF JOHN WANTS TO GO, I THINK JOHN SHOULD GO.
AND I THINK IF WE CAN FIT ONE OTHER PERSON WHO REALLY WOULD LIKE TO GO, I THINK WE SHOULD THAT, UH, DECISION, I GUESS WE WOULD FIND THE, LET'S SAY THREE PEOPLE.
IS THAT AGREEABLE? I THINK WE SHOULD TAKE A VOTE IF OF HOW MANY PEOPLE, IF WE'RE, IF WE'RE GOING MORE THAN ONE PERSON HERE, I THINK WE SHOULD TAKE A VOTE HERE.
THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY TO BE SPENT.
I THOUGHT WE HAD ONE COUNCIL PERSON THREE IN THE DELEGATION.
THERE'S TWO, THERE'S TWO STAFF GOING APPROPRIATE.
YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S PERFECTLY APPROPRIATE TO ME.
SO WE SHOULD PROBABLY TAKE A VOTE THAT WE WANNA SEND ONE COUNCIL PERSON.
WE'RE GONNA SEND ONE COUNCIL PERSON.
BUT LET'S, LET'S HAVE YOU VOTE TO SEND ONE COUNCILPERSON TO JAPAN WITH STAFF.
CAN WE, CAN WE MAKE A MOTION FOR THAT? I, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE SEND ONE COUNCIL MEMBER TO THE JAPAN MIDWEST CONFERENCE.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.