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I'LL CALL THE SEPTEMBER 11TH, 2023 COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER.
JENNY, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE MS. SALUTO? HERE.
MS. CRA HERE THIS EVENING, UH, IN REMEMBRANCE OF SEPTEMBER 11TH, UH, THE 22ND YEAR AFTER THE TERRORIST ATTACK ON THE WORLD TRADE CENTER AND THE PENTAGON AND FLIGHT 93, THE CRASH, NEIL SHANKSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.
IT'S A DAY WE RECOGNIZE AS PATRIOT DAY AND OUR NATIONAL DAY OF REMEMBRANCE.
ON BEHALF OF COUNCIL, I WANNA HONOR AND COMMEMORATE THE SACRIFICES MADE THAT DAY BY REMEMBERING THE HEROES AND THE SELFLESS COURAGE AND BRAVERY OF ALL THE FIRST RESPONDERS, THE FIREFIGHTERS, THE POLICE, THE RESCUE WORKERS, AND EVERYONE THAT GAVE THEIR LIVES AND COUNTLESS ACTS OF SERVICE ON THAT DAY AND THE DAYS THAT FOLLOWED.
TODAY, WE REMEMBER THE LIVES LOST, AND WE GIVE THANKS FOR THOSE WHO COURAGEOUSLY SERVED AND SAVED OTHERS.
MAY WE COME TOGETHER TO REMEMBER ALL THE FAMILIES THAT LOST THEIR LOVED ONES.
AND ON THIS PATRIOTS DAY, MAY WE ALSO HONOR THE PROCLAMATION THAT IT'S A NATIONAL DAY OF SERVICE AND REMEMBRANCE IN HONOR OF THOSE WE LOST AND FOLLOW THE WORDS OF PRESIDENT OBAMA, THAT EVEN THE SMALLEST ACT OF SERVICE, THE SIMPLEST ACT OF KINDNESS, IS A WAY TO HONOR THOSE WE LOST, AND A WAY TO RENEW THE SPIRIT OF UNITY THAT FOLLOWED NINE 11.
AS WE REMEMBER OUR FELLOW FELLOW AMERICANS, WILL YOU PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
[SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS/RECOGNITION]
AT THIS TIME, WE'D LIKE TO WELCOME SCOTT DURING, TO COME UP AND PROVIDE US A LITTLE UPDATE FROM VISIT DUBLIN EVENING.IF I MAY, MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR BOARD PRESIDENT, LEN ROZI.
UM, AND ALSO YOU'RE ONE OF YOUR COUNCIL REPS, SHARON BAKER MCGEE AS WELL, WHO BACK THERE HANGING OUT.
UM, I THINK EMILY'S GONNA, THERE WE GO.
UM, HERE'S A QUICK UPDATE ON WHERE WE'RE IN OCCUPANCY RATES TO DATE.
NOW, I GUESS I, YOU KNOW, I SHOW THIS CHART A LOT, UM, BUT I WANT TO MAYBE GIVE YOU A LITTLE PERSPECTIVE ON, ON WHAT IT ACTUALLY MEANS.
SO, IF YOU SEE THAT FAR RIGHT, WE'RE AT 57% OCCUPANCY HALFWAY THROUGH THE YEAR.
RIGHT NOW, THE CITY OF DUBLIN, WE HAVE 18 HOTELS.
WE HAVE ABOUT 2,400 HOTEL ROOMS IN THE CITY OF DUBLIN.
SO IF YOU MULTIPLY THAT, MULTIPLY THAT BY 365 DAYS, THAT'S ROUGHLY 875,000 HOTEL ROOMS THAT WE HAVE TO SELL DURING THE YEAR.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT 57%, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ABOUT 500,000 OR SO, WE'RE THERE AND ABOUT 375,000 ARE, ARE UNUSED.
SO WHEN I GIVE NUMBERS, LIKE, YOU KNOW, EACH PERCENTAGE POINT EQUALS THIS, THIS, AND THIS, IT'S A REAL NUMBER.
'CAUSE WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THESE HOTELS ARE CHARGING FOR THE ROOMS AND, AND WHAT THE RESTAURANTS ARE AS WELL.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, EACH PERCENTAGE POINT THAT GOES UP AND DOWN IS ABOUT $2.5 MILLION PER, PER ALL THE HOTELS ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.
AND IT'S ABOUT $6 MILLION A YEAR FOR THE ENTIRE CITY OF DEL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT.
SO THAT'S JUST ONE PERCENTAGE POINT.
SO YOU, I'LL LET YOU DO THE MATH FROM SKIDDING, 68% TO 57%.
IT'S A SUBSTANTIAL ECONOMIC IMPACT, UH, FOR THE CITY OF DUBLIN.
UM, OVERALL, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE HOTEL RATES.
WE CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT HOTEL RATES, WHAT THEY'RE CHARGING.
IT'S, YOU KNOW, A FREE MARKET.
BUT WE ARE AT AN ALL TIME HIGH, $120 THAT CONTINUES TO RISE.
UM, LAST YEAR WAS A HIGH, AND THIS YEAR, UM, AGAIN, IT'S BEATING THAT, UM, AS WELL.
SO IF YOU HAVE OCCUPANCY THAT IS UP SUBSTANTIALLY OVER THE LAST YEAR, YOU HAVE ALL TIME RECORD HIGH AND HOTEL RATES, UM, YOU'RE GONNA SEE GOOD BID TAX.
AND I THINK THAT RIGHT NOW THE BID TAX IS ABOUT 15% OR SO ABOVE WHERE WE WERE LAST YEAR.
UM, THE GOOD NEWS, IT'S ONLY 3% BELOW WHERE WE WERE, UH, PRE COVID IN 2019.
UM, NEXT WEEK IS, UH, VISIT DUBLIN WEEK.
IT'S THE FIRST TIME WE'VE DONE THIS.
IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY REALLY FOR US TO RECOGNIZE THE DUBLIN HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY AND VISIT DUBLIN AS WELL, LOCAL RESIDENTS.
UM, ALL OF YOU AND LOCAL RESIDENTS ARE GONNA BE RECEIVING A MAILER, UM, THIS WEEK.
AN OPPORTUNITY TO WIN A FREE STAY VACATION, UM, FOR COUPLES AND FAMILIES.
UH, WE'RE SPEAKING AT NEXT WEEK'S ENGAGEMENT SERIES WITH THE, WITH THE CITY OF DUB, WITH, UH, DUBLIN CITY SCHOOLS.
WE HAVE SEVERAL EVENTS AT OUR VISITOR CENTER, AND WE'RE EXCITED NEXT MONDAY TO LAUNCH OUR FIRST EVER VISIT.
UM, THERE'S GONNA BE 16 DIFFERENT CATEGORIES, UM, FROM, YOU KNOW, BEST FAMILY LOCATION, BEST ART, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC ART, BEST DESSERT, BEST HAPPY ARTIST, PATIO, ET CETERA.
UM, MONDAY WE'RE GONNA OPEN IT UP AND HAVE PEOPLE NOMINATE WHAT ARE THEIR BEST ARE.
AND THEN TWO WEEKS LATER THROUGH
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THE MONTH OF OCTOBER, WE'RE GONNA HAVE VISITORS, RESIDENTS VOTE ON IT.UM, ON NOVEMBER 16TH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE AN EVENT AT NORTH MARKET.
YOU'LL ALL BE INVITED, UM, TO GO AHEAD AND ANNOUNCE THOSE 16 WINNERS AS WELL, UM, FOR THAT.
SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT AS WELL.
UM, I CAN TELL YOU TOO, THE DUBLIN PARKS PASS, OOPS, LEMME GO BACK HERE.
ONE OF THE BIGGEST, UM, CHALLENGES WE'VE HAD, UM, IN DUBLIN'S HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY IS REALLY LONG TO LONG-TERM WORKFORCE ISSUES.
UM, I THINK WE WOULD ALL AGREE NO INDUSTRY SUFFERED MORE, UM, DURING COVID THAN OUR INDUSTRY.
OUR INDUSTRY WENT DARK PRETTY MUCH FOR THREE, FOUR OR FIVE MONTHS, AND WE LOST A LOT OF EMPLOYEES, AND THEY HAVEN'T JUST NOT COME BACK.
SO OUR RESTAURANTS, OUR HOTELS, THIS IS NATIONWIDE'S, NOT A DUBLIN PROBLEM, UM, ARE REALLY SUFFERING, TRY TO GET PEOPLE BACK INTO THE SWING OF, OF UNDERSTANDING WHAT OUR INDUSTRY DOES.
SO WE'VE CREATED A VERY UNIQUE, UH, PROGRAM WITH DUBLIN CITY SCHOOLS.
YOU MAY BE AWARE THAT THEY HAVE 11, UM, ACADEMIES RIGHT NOW AT, AT, UH, EMERALD CAMPUS.
UM, WE'RE WORKING WITH THE CITY.
WE'RE GONNA CREATE A DUBLIN TRAVEL AND TOURISM ACADEMY THAT'S GONNA BE STARTING IN 24 25.
UM, IT'S NOT A VISIT DUBLIN THING.
WE'VE GATHERED ALL THE TOP MINDS.
UM, WE'VE HAD YOUR, YOUR CITY OF FOLKS AT EVENTS, ADMINISTRATION TEAM, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM'S, PART OF IT, UM, CAMERON MITCHELL, UM, THE MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT, THE ZOO, SEVERAL OF OUR HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS AS WELL ARE HELPING US, THE CURRICULUM, PUTTING THAT TOGETHER.
SO, UM, THE SCHOOLS THINK THE FIRST CLASS WILL START SLOW, MAYBE 15 OR 20 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS NEXT YEAR.
SO, AGAIN, ACCORDING TO SCHOOLS AND O S U, UH, HOSPITALITY, UM, PROGRAM, THEY THINK THIS IS ONE OF THE FIRST TYPE PROGRAMS, HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAMS IN THE COUNTRY.
SO WE'RE EXCITED TO DO THAT AS WELL.
UM, THIS YEAR WE'VE ALSO LAUNCHED, UM, A, A NEW PASS THAT OFFERS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROMOTE YOUR 64 PLUS PARKS.
UM, IT'S A UNIQUE PASS WHERE YOU CAN SIGN UP FOR THE PASS, YOU CAN FILTER THROUGH YOUR PHONE AND GET ALL THE DIFFERENT AMENITIES THROUGH ALL THE DIFFERENT PARKS AND SUCH AS WELL.
UM, I THINK THE GREAT THING I LOVE ABOUT THIS PROGRAM, THE PHONE IS IT'S SO TRACKABLE.
UM, YOU KNOW, SO IN THE LAST THREE OR FOUR MONTHS, WE'VE HAD OVER A THOUSAND PEOPLE ACTUALLY DOWNLOAD OR USE THE PHONE AND WE'VE HAD 5,000 VISITS TO DUBLIN PARKS JUST THROUGH THAT.
SO YOU CAN TELL HOW IMMENSE THAT THE YEAR PARKS, UM, ARE BEING USED.
ONE THING WE DID THIS SUMMER THAT WAS VERY FUN, AS WE WORKED WITH OHIO HEALTH, AND YOU GUYS HAVE A LITTLE WATER BOTTLE THERE, WE ASKED ANYONE WHO VISITED 15 OR MORE PARKS THIS SUMMER COME IN AND GET A FREE WATER BOTTLE.
WE'RE MUCH ALMOST OUT OF THOSE THINGS.
UM, IT'S A GREAT PROMOTION TO GET, UM, OUR RESIDENTS FROM, AS MOST PARKS AS RESIDENTS, HAVE VISITORS AS WELL, TO GO TO THE, UH, DIFFERENT PARKS.
UM, WE CONTINUE TO WORK HARD TO PROMOTE THE ARTS.
UM, YOU KNOW, I'VE ALWAYS SAID IT'S ONE OF OUR GREATEST ASSETS WE HAVE, UM, IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UH, WE WORK TO GET A BUNCH OF BLOGGERS HERE IN TOWN THIS SUMMER, UM, TO WRITE ABOUT THE ARTS AS WELL AND GO BACK AND WRITE ABOUT IT AND, AND SHOW THEIR AUDIENCES.
WE'VE ALSO PARTNERED WITH TOURISM OHIO, WHICH IS THE STATE TRAVEL AND TOURISM OFFICE, TO CREATE A UNIQUE VIDEO, UM, ON DUBLIN ARTS AND IN PARTICULAR, ART IN PUBLIC PLACES.
UM, THIS VIDEO ALSO IS ALL JUST DUBLIN KIDS AS WELL AS YOU CAN SEE.
WHAT DO YOU THINK IT MEANS? USE YOUR IMAGINATION.
YOU SHOULD SEE THE ART IN DUBLIN TOO.
UM, BUT WE BELIEVE WE'RE ON A FEW CITIES.
UH, WE ARE ONE OF THE FEW CITIES IN THE COUNTRY THAT ARE IN THE, WHAT THEY CALL PATH TO TOTALITY.
SO, UM, IT IS GONNA BE A GREAT EVENT.
UH, WE ARE WORKING WITH THE CITY, UM, AND THE LIBRARY AND OTHERS TO CREATE EVENT.
THE EVENT'S GONNA BE ON TOP OF THE PARKING GARAGE BEHIND THE LIBRARY.
UH, WE'VE CREATED PACKAGES FOR VISITORS WORKING WITH OUR HOTELS AS WELL.
UM, AGAIN, I THINK IT'S LIKE THREE 30 OR SO IN THE AFTERNOON.
THE SCHOOLS ARE CLOSED THAT DAY JUST BECAUSE OF THIS AS WELL.
UM, SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE HAD INTEREST.
THE, THE IMPORTANT PART TOO, FOR US, THE UNIQUE PART IS IT'S ON A MONDAY, SUNDAY IS OUR SLOWEST DAY FOR OUR INDUSTRY AND OUR HOTELS.
SO WE'RE HOPING TO GENERATE SOME BUSINESS AND THERE'LL BE SOME GOOD RATES FOR, FOR PEOPLE AS WELL ON SUNDAY NIGHT.
UH, WE'RE ALSO CREATING SOME EYEGLASSES FOR EVERYONE TO PASS OUT, UM, DURING THOSE AS WELL AS TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE IS SAFE LOOKING AT THEM.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE DO THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT IN ADDITION TO ATTRACTING VISITORS HERE IS TO RAISE AWARENESS AND RAISE THE PROFILE OF THE CITY.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE DO THAT OBVIOUSLY IN A STATEWIDE, REGIONAL, NATIONAL LEVEL, BUT MANY TIMES WE TRY TO DO IT ON THE INTERNA INTERNATIONAL LEVEL AS WELL.
SO THIS BILLBOARD IS IN THE CITY IN THE HEART OF DUBLIN, IRELAND.
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POSTED ON SEPTEMBER 25TH.UM, IT OFFERS FREE PINTS TO ANYONE IN DUBLIN ISLAND.
WANTS TO COME VISIT DUBLIN, OHIO.
UH, WE'VE CREATED A WEBSITE, OTHER DUBLIN.COM.
UM, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE NOT EXPECTING THOUSANDS OF VISITORS TO COME HERE.
THAT'S NOT THE INITIAL FOCUS OF IT, IT'S THE SECONDARY FOCUS.
THE FOCUS IS TO GET SOME GREAT FUN AWARENESS AND GENERAL AND, AND VISIBILITY OF IT.
WE'VE WORKED WITH YOUR CITY TEAM, WE'VE WORKED WITH THE DUBLIN, IRELAND.
PEOPLE SAY NO, THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE SURPRISED WHAT'S GOING ON.
THEY'RE GONNA HAVE SOME FUN WITH IT AS WELL.
UM, SO YEAH, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT AS WELL.
UM, IT'S BEEN A BUSY SEASON ON THE EVENT SIDE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE B M X EVENT, WE MENTIONED THAT A COUPLE WEEKS AGO THAT WE LANDED THAT THAT'LL BE IN IN MARYSVILLE IN 2024.
AGAIN, A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY THAT WE, WITH THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE, UNION COUNTY, THE UNION COUNTY, C B B, UM, TO GET THAT EVENT HERE.
UM, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO BE CREATIVE 'CAUSE SOMETIMES WE'RE LIMITED ON OUR FACILITIES.
MARYSVILLE HAS A WORLD-CLASS B M X, UH, TRACK OUT THERE.
SO, UM, THIS EVENT'S GONNA ATTRACT 8,000 PLUS VISITORS, UH, $3 MILLION ECONOMIC IMPACT.
SO IT ONLY MADE SENSE FOR US TO OFFER THEM WORK WITH THEM, BECAUSE I THINK WE'RE GONNA GEN, SEE A LOT OF THE PEOPLE COME HERE, STAY AT OUR HOTELS, UH, SPEND MONEY AT OUR RESTAURANTS, ET CETERA.
AND THEN THE BUCKEYE CLASSIC ELITE.
ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF BASEBALL TOURNAMENT, UM, THAT WAS HERE THIS SUMMER.
AGAIN, THAT'S ALL OVER CENTRAL OHIO.
UH, BUT WE DO HAVE HOSTS OF THREE HIGH SCHOOLS HERE AS WELL.
SO I BELIEVE IT WAS 15 STATES AND CANADA TEAMS FROM THAT.
SO THAT ONE, WELL, ONE WE DO OWN THAT.
THANKS TO ALL OF YOU AND, AND YOUR EVENTS TEAM, UM, IS THE ARCHERY CHAMPIONSHIPS THAT WERE HERE AS WELL.
HAD ABOUT 850 ARCHERS, UM, FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
UM, I KNOW YOU ALL WOULD BE, UH, SORELY DISAPPOINTED IF I DIDN'T MENTION OUR SPORTS ATHLETIC FACILITY SINCE I'M AT THE PODIUM HERE.
UM, SO I'M GONNA DO, SO I'LL JUST SAY TONIGHT THAT WE ARE SEEING COMPETITION FROM OUR NEIGHBORS.
UM, HILLIARD, UM, IS BUILDING AN ADDITIONAL 20 GRASS FIELDS AND TWO ARTIFICIAL FIELDS, UM, THAT'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW.
UM, IT'LL BE DONE, UH, THIS SUMMER OR NEXT SUMMER, SORRY.
AND DELAWARE COUNTY IS ALSO BROKEN GROUND THIS YEAR ON A SIMILAR FACILITY AS WELL.
SO I'M GONNA KIND OF END ON, UM, OUR REGIONAL CAMPAIGN.
UM, YOU KNOW, OUR REGIONAL CAMPAIGN IS SOMETHING ALL OF YOU HAVE HELPED FUND US OVER THE YEARS.
IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US NOT ONLY TO PROMOTE THE, THE, THE CITY ON A STATEWIDE AND MAJOR CITIES, BUT ALSO PITTSBURGH, DETROIT, LEXINGTON, INDIANAPOLIS, EVEN CHICAGO A LITTLE BIT.
UM, THIS CAMPAIGN OVER THE YEARS HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL SO FAR.
THIS YEAR WE'VE HAD 36 MILLION IMPRESSIONS, WHICH IS A KEY METRIC THAT WE USE.
IN ADDITION, OUR VIDEO HAS BEEN VIEWED 4.4 MILLION TIMES COMPARED TO ONE POINT, EXCUSE ME, 1.1 MILLION TIMES, UH, LAST YEAR.
UH, THE CAMPAIGN ITSELF IS, IT'S KIND, IT'S CALLED YOU'RE IN LUCK.
UM, IT'S VERY UNIQUE AND DIFFERENT.
I'M GONNA SHOW YOU THREE 15 SECOND CLIPS TO END OFF ON THIS.
AND IT'S ONE GEARED TOWARD FAMILIES, EMPTY NESTERS, UM, UM, AND ALSO MILLENNIALS.
AND THAT'S WHERE THE TARGET AUDIENCE IS AS WELL.
UM, I CAN TELL YOU THAT AD AGE, WHICH IS A NATIONAL PUBLICATION, JUST RECOGNIZED IT AS THEIR EDITOR'S PICK, UM, LAST MONTH AS WELL.
UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS, YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF QUIRKY, BUT IT HAS THAT 1990S NOSTALGIC FEEL WHERE YOU KIND OF ASK, YOU KNOW, WOULD DUBLIN BE A SITCOM? YOU KIND OF KEEP THAT IN YOUR MIND.
SO, UM, HERE, TAKE A, TAKE A LOOK AT THESE THREE.
WIN THE KIDS LOVE ZOO CREATURES.
OR YOU WANT TO EXPLORE SOME STUNNING OUTDOOR FEATURES WHEN YOU'VE ONLY GONE A WEEKEND AND YOU FEEL A LITTLE STUCK, YOU'RE IN LUCK.
IF YOU'VE GOT P T O TO BURN, OR YOUR WEIRD LOVE OF CORN IS PROBABLY CAUSE FOR CONCERN.
WHEN YOU WANT BE IN A CITY FUND WITHOUT THE CITY FUND, YOU'RE IN LUCK.
IF YOUR KIDS GO WILD FOR THE ZOO, OR WHEN THE FUN GET AWAY, YOU SIMPLY WAY OVERDUE WHEN YOU WIN THE FAMILY.
WANT GET OUT OF A YOU'RE IN LOVE VISIT TO PLAN OHIO.
I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR SCOTT? YOU'VE BEEN BUSY
YEAH, IT'S A LOT OF, IT'S A LOT OF GREAT PROGRAMMING.
THANKS FOR CATCHING US UP ON EVERYTHING, YOU GUYS.
IT'S, IT'S ALMOST HARD TO KEEP UP WITH YOU.
NEXT ON OUR AGENDA, WE HAVE CITIZENS' COMMENTS AND THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT HERE THAT IS ON A MATTER THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA.
SO, UM, DO WE HAVE ANYTHING, DO WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP? WE DO NOT.
ALRIGHT, SO THEN, UH, IF THAT IS THE CASE, THEN NEXT IS OUR CONSENT
[CONSENT AGENDA]
AGENDA.[00:15:01]
BY COUNSEL TO REMOVE ANY ITEM FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA? HEARING NONE, UH, MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA, PLEASE? I WILL MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.[Ordinance 31-23]
IN PUBLIC HEARING ON ORDINANCE 31 DASH 23, APPROPRIATE A 0.070 ACRE FEE.SIMPLE WARRANTY DEEDED FOR RIGHT OF WAY WITHOUT LIMITATION TO EXISTING ACCESS RIGHTS, AND A 0.225 ACRE FEE.
SIMPLE WARRANTY DEEDED FOR RIGHT OF WAY WITHOUT LIMITATION TO EXISTING ACCESS RIGHTS FROM ARTHUR G 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 CROIX ROAD AND 7 4 8 5 HIGHLAND CRO ROAD FOR THE PUBLIC PURPOSE OF CONSTRUCTING ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC WITHOUT CHARGE.
A STAFF REPORT IS FROM OUR DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING, BRIAN GABLE.
MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, WE HAVE NO NEW OR UPDATED INFORMATION TO PRESENT REGARDING THIS ORDINANCE.
STAFF RECOMMENDS ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE 31 DASH 23, AND I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL REGARDING THIS ORDINANCE.
BRIAN ASH, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? THANK YOU.
ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSIONS ON THIS ORDINANCE? ALL RIGHT, JENNY, PLEASE CALL ROLL MAYOR FOX.
[Ordinance 32-23]
23 AMENDMENTS TO ZONING CODE SECTIONS 1 5 3 0.0 0 2 1 5, 3 0.071 AND 1 5 3 0.074 TO ADDRESS OPEN AND UNCOVERED STRUCTURES.OUR STAFF REPORT IS FROM OUR DIRECTOR OF PLANNING, JENNY ROUSH.
UM, AS INTRODUCED, THIS IS A SECOND READING, UM, REGARDING OPEN AND UNCOVERED, UH, STRUCTURES.
THIS WAS INTRODUCED TO COUNSEL AT THE AUGUST 28TH MEETING.
UM, THERE WERE SOME MINOR CHANGES REQUESTED BY COUNSEL, UM, TO CLARIFY INFORMATION REGARDING ENCROACHMENTS RELATED TO PORCHES.
UM, SO WE HAVE ADDED WITHIN AND MADE, UM, REQUIREMENT MODIFICATIONS TO ADD STOOP DEFINITION TO CLARIFY THAT THAT IS AN UNCOVERED AREA THAT IS TO BE DIFFERENT, DIFFERENTIATED FROM A PORCH, UM, PROVIDING ACCESS AND THEN THAT, SO THAT HELPS MEET THAT OPEN, UM, FEEL AT THE FRONT OF THE STRUCTURE.
AND THEN WE MADE SOME MODIFICATIONS TO THE PORCH DEFINITION, UM, 'CAUSE THOSE ARE TYPICALLY COVERED.
SO THAT, BUT THAT THOSE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO ENCROACH AGAIN, TO MEET THAT LIMITATION OF THE VISIBLE, OR, EXCUSE ME, VISUAL OBSTRUCTIONS, UH, PARTICULARLY TO THE REAR INSIDE OF THE YARD.
UM, AND THEN WE'VE ALSO MADE A MINOR CHANGE TO ADD THE WORDS ACT GRADE TO THE PATIO DEFINITION AS REQUESTED.
SO WITH THAT, UM, WE ARE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THIS ORDINANCE AS AMENDED, UM, THIS EVENING.
SO HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
ASHLEY, DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THIS OR IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS? ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR THE ADDITION OF STOOP THAT CLARIFIES THE QUESTIONS I HAD LAST TIME.
JENNY, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL MS. AROSE GROOMS? YES.
[Ordinance 33-23]
DASH 23 AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A REAL ESTATE TRANSFER AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF RIVERVIEW VILLAGE WITH C S D DUBLIN, L L C.OUR STAFF REPORT THIS EVENING IS FROM MATT STIFFLER, A DIRECTOR OF FINANCE.
THIS ORDINANCE IS UNCHANGED FROM THE FIRST HEARING.
THERE WERE A FEW QUESTIONS AT THE FIRST HEARING THAT WERE ADDRESSED IN THE UPDATED SECTION OF THE MEMO.
UH, FOR THIS SECOND HEARING, I, ALONG WITH JENNIFER ROUSH AND ASSISTING AS OUR SPECIAL LEGAL COUNSEL TONIGHT, IS CHRIS BROMAN, WHO IS STANDING IN FOR GREG DANIELS AS HE HAD A PRIOR COMMITMENT.
WE ARE ALL AVAILABLE TO ADDRESS ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT YOU MAY NEED ON THIS ORDINANCE.
STAFF RECOMMEND APPROVAL AT TONIGHT'S COUNSEL MEETING.
QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? HEARING NONE.
MATT, THE ONLY QUESTION THAT I HAD EARLIER, AND I THINK I ASKED YOU ABOUT IT, AND I THINK IT'S JUST, UM, CONCERNING, UH, SECTION FOUR, I THINK IT'S PAGE FIVE ON THE LOT SPLIT, JUST FOR THE PUBLIC'S INFORMATION, IF THEY WERE TO LOOK AT THE MAP, CAN YOU JUST TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT EAST PARTIAL LOT SPLIT? SURE.
SO YOU AND I HAD PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED, UH, THAT SECTION, UH, FOUR B ON LOT SPLITS.
THE SECTION STARTS THAT UPON THE APPROVAL OF A FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN, AND WE TALKED ABOUT THAT PROCESS.
SO THE FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN PROCESS, WE'LL
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BEGIN WITH A CONCEPT PLAN THAT IS APPROVED BY A R B.THAT CONCEPT PLAN WILL THEN COME FORWARD TO CITY COUNCIL FOR YOUR APPROVAL.
AT THAT TIME, YOU CAN APPROVE OR DISAPPROVE OF THE CONCEPT PLAN OR ADD CONDITIONS, CLARIFYING YOUR INTENTIONS TOWARDS THOSE EAST PROPERTIES UPON APPROVAL OF THAT CONCEPT PLAN.
WHEN A FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN IS BROUGHT FORWARD, IT WILL ULTIMATELY BE APPROVED BY A R B, BUT THEY WILL SEE YOUR APPROVAL AND COMMENTS REGARDING THE CONCEPT PLAN.
SO THEY WILL HAVE YOUR DIRECTION AND INSTRUCTION WHEN THEY MAKE THAT APPROVAL.
UM, THAT'S, THAT CLEARS, CLARIFIES THAT PARTICULAR SEGMENT OF THE, UM, CONTRACT.
UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANYTHING ELSE? ALL RIGHT.
UH, IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN JENNY, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE MS. A LUDO? YES.
[Ordinance 34-23]
DASH 23 ESTABLISHING THE BRIDGE STREET RIVERSIDE DRIVE BUSINESS DISTRICT FOR THE PURPOSES OF CREATING SAFER AND MORE COMFORTABLE STREETS.OUR STAFF REPORT IS FROM OUR DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY MOBILITY.
GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
WE ARE BACK BEFORE YOU TONIGHT FOR THE SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE 34 DASH 23, UH, FOR THE PURPOSES OF ESTABLISHING THE BRIDGE STREET RIVERSIDE DRIVE BUSINESS DISTRICT FOR THE PURPOSES OF US CREATING SAFER AND MORE COMFORTABLE STREETS.
THERE HAVE BEEN NO CHANGES TO THIS ORDINANCE SINCE ITS FIRST READING ON AUGUST 28TH.
STAFF CONTINUES TO RECOMMEND THAT COUNCIL PASS THIS ORDINANCE TONIGHT, AND I AM HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM.
COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS? KATHY OR CHRIS? I HAVE ONE RELATIVE TO, IT WOULD BE THE, THE NORTH END OF THE DISTRICT.
IT APPEARS THAT IT STOPS AT TWO 70.
UM, IS THERE, IS THERE A DIFFERENTIATION IN THE THOUGHT OF STOPPING IT AT TWO 70 VERSUS EMERALD PARKWAY? SO MY QUESTION IS, IS IT, IT APPEARS THAT THE SPEED LIMIT WILL CHANGE AT TALLER ROAD, BUT THERE'S NO LIGHT AND THERE'S REALLY NO TRUE INTERSECTION AT TALLER ROAD.
UM, SO I, I JUST WAS WONDERING WHAT THE WISDOM WAS BEHIND NOT MAKING AN EMERALD PARKWAY, BECAUSE THEN YOU'RE GONNA HAVE 150 YARDS WHERE THE SPEED LIMIT WILL BE 45 OR 50 FROM THE 25 THAT IT IS FROM TOLER TO THE SOUTH.
WELL, TO CLARIFY, THE SPEED LIMIT WILL RETURN BACK TO 40 MILES PER HOUR.
THAT'S WHERE THE 40 MILE PER HOUR ZONE WILL PICK RIGHT BACK UP.
SO THERE WILL BE NO SMALL SEGMENTS OF A DIFFERENT SPEED LIMIT.
UM, THE REASON THAT THE, SO CURRENTLY THE, UM, THE 20 OR THE 40 MILE PER HOUR EXTENDS, UM, TO NORTH OF BRIGHT ROAD.
SO WHEN WE STOP THE, UM, 25 MILE PER HOUR AT TULLER, THE 40 MILE PER HOUR ZONE WILL PICK RIGHT BACK UP AND THERE WILL BE NO, UM, SMALL INCREMENTAL ZONES THAT ARE, THAT REMAIN IN PLACE.
UM, THE REASON THAT WE HAVE SET IT UP THE WAY THAT WE DID IS BECAUSE THE BOUNDARY ALIGNS WITH THE BRIDGE STREET DISTRICT, UM, ZONING BOUNDARY.
SO IN ORDER TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THAT, WHICH IS WHERE WE'RE SAYING THAT IS THE TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT THAT SUPPORTS THIS KIND OF, UM, A BUSINESS DISTRICT DEFINITION.
YEAH, I, I CAN APPRECIATE ALL THAT.
MY QUESTION WAS REALLY ABOUT THAT SMALL SPACE.
FROM THERE NOT BEING A TRUE INTERSECTION TO AN, I THOUGHT IT WOULD MIGHT BE EASIER, ALTHOUGH WE MAYBE JUST DON'T SIGN IT FROM THERE.
SO IT WOULD FEEL LIKE THAT ALL THE WAY TO EMERALD PARKWAY.
WELL, THERE'S ACTUALLY A 40 MILE PER HOUR SIGN JUST ON THE NORTH SIDE OF TULLER ROAD THAT SAYS IT'S 40 MILES PER HOUR.
SO IT'S GOING TO LINE UP JUST PERFECTLY THE WAY THAT THE ZONES WILL BE SET UP.
SO YOUR QUESTION IS JUST SORT OF EASING INTO IT VERSUS 25 TO I JUST WANT TO BE, I'M NOT SURE YOU GOT, I'M NOT SURE YOU WERE COMMUNICATING ON WHAT THE QUESTION WAS.
IT WASN'T CLARITY AND SIGN, BUT IT WAS A DIFFERENT QUESTION.
IT WAS MORE ABOUT JUST THE, A TRANSITIONAL SPACE.
SO THE, A TRAFFIC LIGHT AND INTERSECTION WOULD BE A TRADITIONAL SPACE WHERE YOU MIGHT EXPECT TO HAVE A DIFFERENT SPEED LIMIT ON ONE SIDE OF THE INTERSECTION THAN YOU WOULD ON ANOTHER, BUT YOU MIGHT NOT EXPECT TO HAVE A DIFFERENT SPEED LIMIT IN THE MIDDLE OF A ROAD BECAUSE ON THE, ON THE WEST SIDE, THERE'S NO INTERSECTION AT ALL.
SO YOU'RE GOING 40 ALL THE WAY DOWN TO TALLER, THERE'S NO INTERSECTION, AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE SPEED LIMIT CHANGES TO 25.
AND I'M WONDERING IF WE CAN JUST SIGN IT OR WHATEVER APPROPRIATELY SO THAT WHEN YOU'RE AT THE INTERSECTION AND THEN YOU START AHEAD AND NOW YOU REALIZE, BECAUSE WE WOULD HAVE A LITERALLY A HUNDRED FIFTY, TWO HUNDRED FIFTY YARD, 40 MILE AN HOUR SPEED ZONE
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ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF EMERALD PARKWAY ON THE YES.RIVERSIDE DRIVE THOUGHT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IN THE NORTHBOUND DIRECTION.
FOR SOME REASON I APOL YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT AS YOU'RE DRIVING SOUTHBOUND, I JUST DIDN'T WANT IT TO BE CONFUSING AND I DIDN'T WANT US TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE TO TRY TO EXPLAIN TO PEOPLE.
WELL, THE FIRST 250 YARDS IS 45 MILES AN OR 40 MILES AN HOUR.
IF THAT'S THE BRIDGE STREET DISTRICT, I UNDERSTAND WHY THE BOUNDARIES ARE WHAT THEY ARE, BUT WE MAY THINK ABOUT HOW WE SIGN IT.
WELL, WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT SIGNING PATTERN TO MAKE SURE THAT IT MAKES SENSE TO A DRIVER.
UH, ON A SIMILAR NOTE TO THAT, I KNOW WHAT, AS YOU GO SOUTHBOUND, WHEN IT SWITCHES FROM 50 TO 40, 'CAUSE IT CHANGES JUST RIGHT AROUND BRIGHT ROAD, THERE IS A SIGN GOING SOUTHBOUND THAT SAYS REDUCED SPEED AHEAD.
SO THAT IS IN OUR SIGNING PLAN.
SO I WAS GONNA SAY THAT IF WE PUT ANOTHER REDUCED SPEED AHEAD, WE WILL ABSOLUTELY DO THAT GOING SOUTHBOUND.
UH, TINA HAS LAID ALL THAT OUT AND SHE HAS ALL THE ADVANCED WARNING SIGNS IN PLACE.
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP.
SO, YEAH, THAT WASN'T NECESSARILY MY QUESTION
I KNOW ONE OF THE THINGS, AND, AND THANK YOU FOR THE WORK ON THE SPEED MANAGEMENT PROGRAM AND IN THE C I P WE'D PUT IN SOME, UM, ADDITIONAL DOLLARS FOR, YOU KNOW, DRIVER FEEDBACK SCIENCE, ET CETERA.
I KNOW THAT THIS INTERSECTION IS GOING TO CONSUME SOME SIGNAGE AND SO I DIDN'T WANT THE NEW SIGNAGE THAT WE JUST AGREED TO TO BE CONSUMED HERE.
SO MY REQUEST IS THAT, UM, WE ADD SOME SOMETHING IN THE C I P FOR THIS BECAUSE I THINK FOR SOME PERIOD OF TIME PEOPLE WILL NATURALLY, IT JUST WON'T NATURALLY HAPPEN.
SO I DIDN'T WANT ALL OF THAT GOODNESS THAT WE, WE ACCRUED THEN TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS TO GET SUSU INTO THIS PROGRAM.
SO THAT IS MY REQUEST, UM, BEFORE WE FINALIZE THAT PROGRAM TO MAKE SURE WE, WHATEVER SIGNAGE WE NEED FOR THIS, IT'S INCREMENTAL, NOT SO ONE OF THE, UM, SO AS PART OF THE ACTION PLAN FOR EDUCATING THE PUBLIC FOR THE REDUCED SPEED LIMIT, UM, WE ARE GOING TO USE THE POLICE SPEED TRAILERS, WHICH ARE JUST LIKE OUR DRIVER FEEDBACK SIGNS, BUT LARGER, WHICH IS MORE APPROPRIATE IN SCALE FOR RIVERSIDE DRIVE, GIVEN THE FOUR LANE DIVIDED TYPE ROADWAY.
UM, AND WE WILL BE USING ALL THREE OF THEIR, UM, DRIVER FEEDBACK SIGNS OR SPEED TRAILERS, EXCUSE ME, UH, FOR THIS PURPOSE.
UM, AND I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CONFIRM WITH, UH, MY PARTNERS IN PD THAT WHEN WE NEED THEM FOR THIS PURPOSE AS WE CONTINUE THE EDUCATION CAMPAIGN AND THE SPEED MANAGEMENT THROUGH THIS CORRIDOR, THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO USE THOSE SPEED TRAILERS SO THAT THE DRIVER FEEDBACK SIGNS REMAIN DEDICATED TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD PROGRAM.
I, I WILL JUST CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE, WE'VE GOT THE BUDGET TO BUY SOME HERE.
WE DON'T HAVE TO BORROW FROM EACH OTHER ALL THE TIME AS WE'RE DOING THIS PLAN BECAUSE, UM, MORE TRAFFIC, MORE SPEED AND IT IS ONE OF THE, THE THINGS THAT WE KNOW DOES WORK.
SO I WILL CONTINUE TO REQUEST THAT.
I JUST THOUGHT OF ANOTHER QUESTION.
SO AS YOU'RE COMING NORTHBOUND, SO YOU'RE SOUTH OF MARTIN ROAD AND YOU'RE COMING NORTH.
DO ARE, ARE WE GETTING PERMISSION THEN FROM ODOT TO, OR COLUMBUS TO PUT IN A RIGHT OF WAY? LIKE A SO WE WILL ACTUALLY CHANGE THE SPEED LIMIT SIGN.
WE WILL ACTUALLY PUT THE ADVANCE, UM, SPEED LIMIT WARNING CH UM, SIGN JUST TO THE NORTH SIDE OF MARTIN ROAD.
AND THEN WE WILL, UM, PUT THE ACTUAL SPEED LIMIT SIGN WITH THE APPROPRIATE SPACING.
I THINK IT'S 350 FEET, IF I'M REMEMBERING CORRECTLY.
IT WILL BE IN DUBLIN LIMITS THEN WE DON'T HAVE TO GET ANY SPECIAL PERMISSION.
JEANNE, I WAS GONNA TAG ONTO TO CHRIS'S COMMENT.
UM, BECAUSE THE MAP SHOWS THAT IT'S, YOU KNOW, MAY, I GUESS IT IS, IT DOESN'T REALLY SAY TALLER, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE IT GOES ALL THE WAY PRETTY MUCH TO, UM, EMERALD PARKWAY ON 7 45 AS YOU COME SOUTH IT'S 40 MM-HMM.
AND DURING THAT LITTLE STRETCH, I DON'T THINK THERE'S A REDUCED SPEED AHEAD SIGN.
'CAUSE I CAME DOWN THERE THROUGH THE OTHER DAY AND I NOTICED THIS ALSO, AS YOU'RE COMING NORTHBOUND UP 7 45 INTO THE HISTORIC DISTRICT, THE SPEED LIMIT CHANGES QUICKLY.
SO WHAT HAPPENS IS PEOPLE DON'T ACTUALLY SLOW DOWN TO 25 UNTIL THEY'RE PRETTY MUCH PAST 25.
THEY, IT SEEMS LIKE IT TAKES THEM A LITTLE BIT OF TIME IN ORDER.
BY THE TIME THEY SEE THE 40 AND THEN THEY SEE THE 25, THEY'RE STILL GOING PRETTY FAST.
UM, I LIKE THE IDEA THAT IF WE'VE ALREADY SAID TO ODOT THAT THAT TOLER ROAD IS OUR
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BOUNDARY.IS THAT CORRECT? THIS, THIS IS, IT'S, IT'S WHAT OUR, UM, THE HISTORIC DISTRICT BOUNDARY AND THE, UM, BRIDGE STREET DISTRICT ZONING BOUNDARY MAPS.
THAT IS OUR ACTUAL PHYSICAL, THAT'S THE ACTUAL PHYSICAL, THAT'S THE ACTUAL LIMIT.
SO I WOULD MAKE THE SAME REQUEST ABOUT THE REDUCED SPEED SIGN THEN MM-HMM.
AND MAYBE I DON'T, I DON'T REMEMBER IF IT'S COMING NORTH FROM 7 45, BUT I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA 'CAUSE I LIVE RIGHT AT THAT CHANGEOVER AND THE SPEEDS ARE NEVER 25.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE USUALLY, ONCE THEY REALIZE IT, THEY'RE ALREADY PAST THE 25 AND YEAH.
AND, YOU KNOW, MAYBE A QUARTER WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE, UM, THE BUSINESS DISTRICT IN THE, UH, COMFORTABLE STREETS? ALL RIGHT.
[Ordinance 36-23]
ORDINANCE 36 DASH 23 AMENDING THE ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2023.OUR STAFF REPORT IS MATT STIFFLER.
THE MEMO FOR THIS ORDINANCE CONTAINS INFORMATION RELATED TO EACH REQUEST FOR A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION.
IF ANY NEW ITEMS OR AMENDED, UH, AMENDMENTS ARE NEEDED PRIOR TO THE SECOND HEARING, THIS ORDINANCE WILL BE AMENDED AND THE MEMO WILL BE UPDATED TO REFLECT THOSE CHANGES.
UM, I AND THE RESPECTIVE DIRECTORS ARE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER AND PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO ASSIST YOU IN CLARIFYING THESE REQUESTS.
UH, STAFF RECOMMEND ADOPTION OF THIS ORDINANCE AT THE SECOND HEARING ON SEPTEMBER 25TH.
ALL RIGHT, COUNSEL, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MATT CONCERNING THIS? AMY, I JUST HAVE ONE QUICK QUESTION.
THE ON THE SOUTH HIGH BURIAL, THAT'S PURELY THE UTILITIES PORTION, RIGHT? THAT'S NOT ANYTHING ON THE FRANKLIN STREET STUFF? THAT, THAT IS CORRECT.
UH, YEAH, MATT, I HAD A QUESTION ON SECTION TWO, THE HIGHLAND CROIX, UM, POST TO PARK MILL DRIVE SECTION.
UM, IN THAT PARAGRAPH IT SAYS THE PROJECT REQUEST IS FOR $2 MILLION, BUT THE LAST SENTENCE SAYS OUR CONTRIBUTION IS 1.1 MILLION.
COULD YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE THERE?
I HAD TO HELP MYSELF UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE A COUPLE WEEKS BACK.
THERE'S A LOT GOING ON ON THIS REQUEST.
IT BEGINS WITH A MISUNDERSTANDING IN THE CURRENT C I P.
SO WHEN I WAS INFORMED THAT WE WERE WORKING WITH ENG, UH, WITH UNION COUNTY ON THIS PROJECT, IN MY MIND THE LAST TIME WE WORKED WITH UNION COUNTY WAS THE ROUNDABOUT WITH UH, COS COSS GRAY AND 1 61 IN THAT PROJECT, UNION COUNTY WAS THE CONTRACTING AGENT AND WE PROVIDED OUR PORTION TO THEM AND THEY CONTRACTED.
I DID NOT REALIZE THAT IN THIS PROJECT WE ARE SWITCHING ROLES.
WE ARE THE CONTRACTING AGENT AND UNION COUNTY IS PROVIDING THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO US.
SO WHEN I BUDGETED FOR THE 2023, UH, C I P I BUDGETED OUR CONTRIBUTION BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE OUR EXPENDITURE GOING TO UNION COUNTY.
THAT IS NOT SUFFICIENT FOR THIS PROJECT.
I NEEDED TO BUDGET UNION COUNTY'S PORTION COMING TO US AS WELL.
THAT'S A MAJORITY OF WHAT THIS REQUEST IS.
IT ALSO CAME IN SLIGHTLY OVER THE ENGINEER'S ESTIMATE.
I THINK THE ENGINEER'S ESTIMATE WAS ABOUT THREE AND A QUARTER MILLION.
BUT THAT $2 MILLION APPROPRIATION IS REALLY REVENUES THAT UNION COUNTY WILL BE PROVIDING TO US AND US NEEDING TO COVER THAT ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION.
THAT HELPS 'CAUSE I COULDN'T FIGURE IT OUT.
AND THEN MY LAST, UM, AND IT'S AGAIN JUST A CLARIFYING QUESTION.
UM, IF I CAN FIND MY WAY TO THAT ONE.
UM, WHEN IT TALKS ABOUT THE, YEAH, THE VERY FIRST SENTENCE OF SECTION FOUR, IT SAYS REQUEST AN INCREASE OF 2.4 MILLION APPROPRIATIONS, THE GENERAL FUND TO EXECUTE ORDINANCE OH ONE DASH 23.
JUST A CLARIFYING OF WHAT IS OH ONE DASH 23.
THAT WOULD JUST BE HELPFUL, I THINK.
SO THIS, UH, THE PARAGRAPH TWO PARAGRAPHS BEFORE THAT OUTLINE SECTION FOUR THROUGH SIX OF THIS ORDINANCE, UM, EXECUTE ACQUISITION APPROVED IN OH 1 23 FOR THE VIVO LIVING PROJECT AND PROVIDES SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECAUSE IT SPANS MULTIPLE SECTIONS.
IT WASN'T PROVIDED IN JUST THAT SECTION HEADING, BUT IF THERE'S ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, UM, I'M HAPPY TO PROVIDE IT, BUT IT IS FOR THE ACQUISITION ASSOCIATED WITH THAT PARCEL.
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OKAY.IT WAS JUST NOT CLEAR AS YOU READ THAT 'CAUSE YOU'RE CHANGING SECTIONS, SO WHATEVER ABSOLUTELY CLARITY WOULD MAKE SENSE IN THERE.
UM, I JUST HAD ONE QUESTION ABOUT THE HIGHLAND CROIX.
IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT OUR MAXIMUM CONTRIBUTION TO THAT PROJECT WAS $1 MILLION.
AND SO I SEE HERE IS THERE'S ADDITIONAL A HUNDRED SIXTEEN, EIGHT HUNDRED FORTY TWO.
IS THAT ADMINISTRATIVE COST OR, UM, BE BECAUSE IT SAID BASED ON THE BID RECEIVED AND I THOUGHT OUR, OUR CONTRIBUTION WAS A MAXIMUM CONTRIBUTION AND THEY WERE GOING TO COVER ANY, ANY OVERAGES OR, OR SHORTCOMINGS DEPENDING ON WHICH SIDE OF THE COIN YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT FROM.
OUR MAXIMUM CONTRIBUTION FOR THE PROJECT ITSELF IS 1,000,100.
BUT WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY, UH, IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PROJECT THAT ARE NOT STRICTLY REQUIRED.
SO THE, THE ITEM THAT FALLS INTO THAT CATEGORY IS THE TIMBER WITH THE STEEL REINFORCEMENT, A, A, A CON, A REGULAR, UH, GUARDRAIL WOULD BE WHAT THEY WOULD PROVIDE AND BID.
AND WE'RE REQUESTING THE TIMBER.
SO THAT MAKES UP, UH, A PORTION OF THAT DIFFERENCE.
AND THEN WE ARE ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR 100% OF THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SHARED USE PATH, WHICH IS A SEPARATE PROJECT, BUT WAS BID WITH THIS PROJECT.
SO THOSE TWO ITEMS TOGETHER GET US TO THAT FIGURE THAT'S LISTED IN THE MEMO.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.
UM, THE SECOND READING IS SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER 25TH.
[Resolution 61-23]
INTRODUCTION, PUBLIC HEARING, UM, ON RESOLUTION 61 DASH 23, ACCEPTING THE LOWEST AND BEST BID FOR THE KIWANIS RIVERWAY PARK BOARDWALK IMPROVEMENTS AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO CONTRACT FOR THE PROJECT.HONOR THAT OUR STAFF REPORT IS FROM MATT IRMA, OUR DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND REC.
MEMBERS OF COUNCIL ON THURSDAY, JULY 27TH.
TWO BIDS WERE OPEN FOR THE QANTAS RIVERWAY BOARD, OUR PARK BOARDWALK IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT.
THIS INCLUDES REPLACEMENT OF SOME OF THE EXISTING BOARDWALK DECKING, SOME OF THE STRUCTURES, UM, INSTALLATION OF NEW SECTIONS OF BOARDWALK TO BRIDGE AREAS OVERCOME BY GROUNDWATER AND OTHER DEBRIS WITH ALGAE.
UM, IT ALSO INCLUDES HANDRAILS AND GUARDRAILS TO BE ADDED TO CERTAIN SECTIONS TO ENSURE THAT THAT DOES IN FACT MEET CODE AND IT ALSO INCLUDES INVASIVE PLANT REMOVALS, UM, ALONG THE PATH.
UM, WE HAVE EXTENSIVE AMOUNT OF HONEYSUCKLE THERE DOWN IN A PARK.
UM, THIS PARK IS ACTUALLY OWNED BY THE CITY OF COLUMBUS AND IS MAINTAINED BY THE CITY OF DUBLIN PER A LEASE AGREEMENT THAT WAS EXECUTED BACK IN 1990.
STAFF HAS WORKED, UH, VERY CLOSELY WITH THE APPROPRIATE COLUMBUS STAFF TO SEEK THE APPROPRIATE REVIEWS AND APPROVALS FROM THEM PER THE AGREEMENT.
SO ALL OF THAT HAS BEEN CONDUCTED.
THE ENGINEER'S ESTIMATE FOR THE PROJECT WAS $400,000.
THE LOWEST BID RECEIVED WAS FROM SMOOT CONSTRUCTION COMPANY IN AMOUNT OF $384,450, WHICH IS 3.8% BELOW THE ENGINEER'S ESTIMATE.
STAFF HAS THOROUGHLY REVIEWED THE BID, UH, RECEIVED FROM SMOOT CONSTRUCTION AND FOUND IT TO BE THE LOWEST AND BEST BID.
AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THIS RESOLUTION THIS EVENING.
WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? ANYONE WANNA SPEAK TO THIS? NO.
COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS FOR MATT? AND I HAVE JUST ONE BECAUSE IT'S A COLUMBUS PARK, BUT IT'S SO, UH, CLOSE TO THE HEART OF DUBLIN.
UM, HOW IS IT MARKETED? WHEN IS IT, IS IT INCLUDED IN OUR 64 PARKS WHEN IT'S IT IS, IT IS.
AND IN FACT IS THAT'S GREAT BECAUSE IT'S A LEASE.
IT IS CONSIDERED OUR PARK, UH, FOR THE CITY, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY OWNED BY THE CITY OF COLUMBUS.
SO FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVEN'T BEEN AND WALKED THAT PARK, IT'S BEAUTIFUL.
IT'S A BEAUTIFUL BOARDWALK THAT WALKS ALONG WETLANDS.
IT'S A GREAT BIRDING OPPORTUNITY.
SO I KNOW WE'VE GOT A REAL HIGH, UH, VISITORS VIEWING.
WE'RE BIG ON THE TV AT NIGHT HERE WHEN WE HAVE THESE COUNCIL MEETINGS FOR ALL THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE WATCHING TONIGHT.
ONCE THIS IS DONE, GO OVER TO KIWANIS PARK 'CAUSE IT'S GREAT.
JENNY, WILL YOU PLEASE? I HAVE JUST ONE QUESTION.
SO IF WE ENGAGE THE KIWANIS AT ALL IN THIS PORTION OF THE PROJECT, SO I RE I REMEMBER WHEN THE KIWANIS FIRST STARTED CONSTRUCTION ON THIS, AND THIS WAS REALLY ONE OF THEIR PROJECTS.
HAVE WE ENGAGED THEM IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM ON NOT NECESSARILY FOR THIS PROJECT.
THIS IS MORE OF A SAFETY REPAIRS AND, AND, YOU KNOW, RENOVATIONS TO THE EXISTING PATH.
SO, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY REACH OUT TO THEM, UM, FOR ANY FUTURE RENOVATIONS IF WE YOU INDEED DO ANY MORE IMPROVEMENTS.
AND I THINK IT WOULD BE A, A GREAT VISION FOR THEM TO SAY, YOU KNOW, YOU STARTED THIS FROM A SEED AND, AND THIS IS WHERE IT'S AT AND, AND THIS IS THE BATON THAT WE'RE CONTINUING TO CARRY.
I JUST THINK IT MIGHT BE VALUABLE TO THEM.
SO, UM, WE ARE, IF THERE AREN'T ANY OTHER, ANY OTHER COMMENTS, THEN JENNY, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL ROLE VICE MAYOR DEROSA? YES.
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YES.[Resolution 62-23]
RESOLUTION 62 DASH 23 ACCEPTING THE LOWEST AND BEST BID FOR THE BROWN HARRIS CEMETERY PROJECT AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO CONTRACT FOR THE PROJECT.ALL RIGHT, MATT, YOU WANNA TELL US ABOUT THE BROWN HARRIS CEMETERY? YES.
ON THURSDAY, AUGUST 17TH OF THIS YEAR, TWO BIDS WERE OPEN FOR THE HARRIS BROWN OR THE BROWN HARRIS CEMETERY PROJECT.
THIS PROJECT PHASE WILL INCLUDE THE GRADING, FENCING, CONCRETE AND MASON REWORK, UH, ALONG WITH LANDSCAPING AND SITE RESTORATION OF THE CEMETERY.
UH, DUE TO SOME OF THE SPECIFIC DESIGN SPECIFICATIONS, A MONUMENT BOLUS, UH, INFORMATIONAL SIGNAGE AND A PLAQUE WILL ALSO BE PRODUCED UNDER DIFFERENT CONTRACTS.
BUT THIS, THIS PHASE OF THE PROJECT WILL BE WORKING TOGETHER SIMULTANEOUSLY.
THE LOCATION OF THE CEMETERY IS IDENTIFIED ON THIS MAP.
UH, SOME BRIEF, UH, BACKGROUND ON THE CEMETERY.
IT WAS ACTUALLY LOST SOMETIME IN THE EARLY 19 HUNDREDS AND WAS REDISCOVERED DURING AN ARCHEOLOGICAL SURVEY FOR THE SURROUNDING UNIVERSITY BOULEVARD PHASE TWO PROJECT.
IT WAS NAMED FOR THE EARLY AFRICAN AMERICAN SETTLERS WHO OWNED THE LAND.
ARCHEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS RESULTED IN THE IDENTIFICATION OF 22 GRAVE SHAFTS.
UH, THERE WERE NO ATTEMPTS TO EXHUME THE REMAINS AND BURIALS WERE LEFT IN PLACE.
UH, GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH WAS CONDUCTED RESULTING IN US LOCATING SOME OF THE FAMILY MEMBERS OF THE BROWN HARRIS FAMILY.
UM, THROUGH THIS RESEARCH, UM, THOSE, UM, I RELATIVES HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AND ACTUALLY TOOK PART OF THE DESIGN FOR THIS, FOR THE CEMETERY ITSELF.
UM, ALSO INCLUDED IN THE CEMETERY'S DESIGN WAS THIS, UH, STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE, DUBLIN HISTORIC SOCIETY, AND CERTAINLY OUR STAFF.
DETAILS OF THE CEMETERY INCLUDE, UM, A PATH COMING FROM THE WEST, A BLACK ALUMINUM FENCE, STONE PILLARS AT THE CORNER, ENTRY, UH, STONE OBELISK IN THE CENTER SURROUNDED BY NATIVE PLANTINGS, BENCHES, INTERPRETIVE SIGNAGE, AND THREE OAK TREES.
THE ENGINEER'S ESTIMATE FOR THIS PROJECT, UM, IS $251,976, AND THE TOTAL BUDGET FOR THE PROJECT IS $400,000.
STAFF RECEIVED TWO BIDS WITH THE LOWEST BID RECEIVED FROM, UH, BRENT CONSTRUCTION COMPANY OR INCORPORATED, AND THE AMOUNT OF $247,000, $247,630 AND 19 CENTS, UH, WHICH IS 1.72% BELOW THE ESTIMATE.
THE PROJECT SATISFIES CONDITIONS SET FORTH IN THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY, SECTION 4 0 4 PERMIT ASSOCIATED WITH THE UNIVERSITY BOULEVARD PHASE TWO PROJECT, AND WAS REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY'S ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD IN APRIL OF THIS YEAR.
THE PROJECT RECEIVED A $450,000 GRANT AS PART OF THE 20 21, 20 22 STATE OF OHIO CAPITAL BUDGET.
THE GRANT IS ADMINISTERED BY THE OHIO FACILITIES CONSTRUCTION COMMISSION AND CITY STAFF HAS WORKED WITH, UM, THAT COMMISSION TO MAKE SURE THAT THE DESIGN PROCESS WAS, UM, SATISFYING ALL OF THE CONDITIONS WITH THAT GRANT AS WELL.
SO STAFF THOROUGHLY REVIEWED THE BID, UM, RECEIVED FROM THIS, UM, UH, PROJECT AND FOUND IT TO BE IN THE LOWEST AND THE BEST BID.
THEREFORE, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION 62 23.
DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM? NO COUNSEL.
IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S A PATHWAY, SHARED USE PATH OR SOMETHING.
IS THAT CONNECTED TO OUR NETWORK OF PATHS OR HOW WOULD YOU ACCESS IT? AND WHERE WOULD YOU PARK? EVENTUALLY IT WILL BE.
IS THAT CORRECT? IS THAT FAIR? UM, THE SHARED JUICE PATH FROM TO THAT DESTINATION OR TO THE CEMETERY, THAT WALKWAY IS ACTUALLY CONNECTED TO THAT SHARED JUICE PATH AS WELL.
I OUTTA CURIOSITY, THE BOULDERS WHICH ARE OUTSIDE AROUND THE BOUNDARY, AND IT SAID THAT THERE'S ENGRAVING IS WHAT, WHAT'S SORT OF ENGRAVING? I MEAN, WHAT, WHAT SORT OF ENGRAVING? I I OBVIOUSLY THINK THAT THE, THE PILLARS WOULD BE SPEAKING TO THE CEMETERY, BUT WHAT'S THE THOUGHT ON THE ENGRAVING? JUST CURIOUS.
UM, MOSTLY, UH, THE FAMILY MEMBERS' NAMES MM-HMM.
HAVING THAT AVAILABLE, UH, TO ADD TO IT AS WE LEARN MORE ABOUT THE FAMILY, UM, GIVES US THAT OPPORTUNITY.
ANY OTHER, CHRIS? MATT? I, I, I, UM, I SEE THAT THERE'S THREE OAK TREES HERE.
UH, I I, I APPRECIATE THE BOUNDARY MARKERS BEING BOULDERS, BUT IF WE WERE GOING TO BE HISTORICALLY ACCURATE, THESE TREES WOULD BE WITNESS TREES AND THEY WOULD BE AT THE, THE EDGES OF, OF THE PIECE OF REAL ESTATE THAT WAS DEDICATED TO, UH, TO BE THE CEMETERY.
SO THERE WOULD'VE BEEN, YOU KNOW, WHENEVER THE FIRST GRAVE WAS DUG, THERE WOULD'VE BEEN WITNESS TREES AND THE WITNESS TREES WOULD HAVE BEEN AT THE CORNERS OF THE PROPERTY AND THEY WOULD,
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THEY WOULD'VE STOOD AS A WITNESS TO WHAT THE AGREED UPON, UM, CONTRIBUTION WAS FOR THIS PIECE OF LAND.AND SO I'M WONDERING IF WE CAN'T TAKE, MAYBE DO SOME VERY SMALL MODIFICATIONS AND DO WITNESS TREES.
SO THAT, WOULD IT BE A HISTORICALLY REPRESENTATIVE OF THE TIME IN WHICH IT WAS DEDICATED.
STAFF WILL DEFINITELY LOOK INTO THAT AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO ADJUST IT.
WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I, I'LL SAY, AND THIS IS A QUESTION ACTUALLY FOR LEGAL TOO.
SO I'VE BEEN THE DUBLIN HISTORICAL SOCIETY REPRESENTATIVE ON THIS PROJECT AS A STAKEHOLDER.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF I SHOULD VOTE OR NOT, IF THAT'S AN ISSUE.
BUT I'VE BEEN INVOLVED AT THIS FROM THE BEGINNING, AND I CAN TELL WHERE THOSE BOULDERS ARE.
THERE'S ACTUALLY A COLUMBIA GAS BURIED PIPELINE THAT WENT THROUGH THE NORTHERN EDGE OF THE CEMETERY.
SO THOSE BOULDERS ARE REALLY MARKING KIND OF THE ACTUAL EDGE OF THE CEMETERY, BUT THEY CAN'T DO ANYTHING THERE BECAUSE IT, THERE'S A LARGE EASEMENT AT THE END.
SO THAT EXPLAINS WHAT THE BOULDERS ARE.
CAN ANYTHING BE PLANTED THERE? IF IT'S A LOW, I DON'T IN HEIGHT DON'T.
DO WE HAVE THAT 15 FOOT LIMIT OR WHATEVER? I DON'T KNOW LIKE HOW DEEP IT IS.
THERE'S MORE THAN JUST THE GAS LINE THERE, BUT THE GAS LINE WAS THE BIG CONCERN.
BUT THERE'S, THAT WAS THE REASON THAT THE BOULDERS WERE PLACED THERE TO BEGIN WITH.
UM, BUT I ALSO JUST SAY ON BEHALF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY WAS VERY, UM, HAPPY WITH THIS PROJECT BECAUSE THE, ALL OF THE DESIGN DECISIONS FROM WHAT THE MONUMENT LOOKED LIKE TO, I MEAN, EVERYTHING WAS DONE BY DESCENDANTS OF PEOPLE BURIED HERE.
SO, UM, IT'S BEEN, WHAT, AT LEAST THREE YEARS IN THE, IN THE WORKS THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS.
CAN I VOTE ON THIS? WELL, IF ANYTHING I DON'T BE PLANTED THERE, THEN IT CAN'T BE.
BUT IF IT COULD, IT WOULD, IT WOULD BE THE MOST ACCURATE WAY TO REPRESENT IT.
IT, MS. CRAM, THERE'S NO PROBLEM WITH YOU BEING THE COUNCIL REP ON THAT AND THEN VOTING ON THIS PIECE OF LEGISLATION, SO YOU'RE GOOD.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.
HEARING NONE, JENNY, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE MS. AROSE GROOMS? YES.
[Resolution 63-23]
RESOLUTION 63 DASH 23 ACCEPTING THE LOWEST AND BEST BID FOR THE RIVERSIDE CROSSING PARK, EAST RIVER ACCESS TRAIL PROJECT AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO CONTRACT FOR THE PROJECT.UH, ON THURSDAY, AUGUST, UH, 17TH, TWO BIDS WERE OPEN FOR THE RIVERSIDE CROSSING PARK, EAST RIVER ACCESS TRAIL PROJECT.
THIS PROJECT INCLUDES ALL MATERIALS AND LABELED NECESSARY TO INSTALL A LIMESTONE BOULDER STAIRWAY AND A DRAINAGE CHANNEL FROM THE SHARED JUICE PATH LEADING TO THE SIDE OF RIVER AT RIVERSIDE CROSSING PARK.
THE GENERAL LOCATION IS IDENTIFIED ON THE MAP IN RED, WHICH IS LOCATED ADJACENT TO THE OVERLOOK ALONG THE SHARED JUICE PATH IN THE PARK.
THE ENGINEER'S ESTIMATE AND BUDGET FOR THIS PROJECT IS $250,000.
STAFF RECEIVED TWO BIDS WITH THE LOWEST BID RECEIVED FROM FIVE SEASONS LANDSCAPING MANAGEMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $207,791, WHICH IS 16.8% BELOW THE ENGINEER'S ESTIMATE.
THIS PROJECT IS INCLUDED IN, UH, THE ORIGINAL MASTER PLAN FOR THE PARK AND WAS INITIALLY FUNDED IN 2021 IN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PLAN TO FOLLOW THE COMPLETION OF RIVERSIDE CROSSING PARK EAST PLAZAS AND LAWN AREAS.
HOWEVER, SEVERAL COMPLEXITIES TO INTEGRATE THE DESIGN INTO THE RIVER BANK WITH THE EXISTING CONDITIONS AND TO ENSURE THAT PROJECT DID NOT EXCEED AND ALLOWABLE RIVER, UH, FLOW IMPACTS STAFF HAS THOROUGHLY REVIEWED THE FIVE SEASONS LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT BID AND FOUND IT TO BE THE LOWEST AND BEST BID.
THEREFORE, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION 63 23.
ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? HEARING NONE.
COUNCIL QUESTIONS FOR MATT? KATHY? UM, THANK YOU MATT AND TEAM FOR THE WORK ON THIS.
I SEE STAIRS, IS THERE, UM, A D A COMPLIANCE IN AND HOW DO, HOW WOULD THAT WORK? IS QUESTION ONE AND THEN SORT OF SECOND TO THAT, I COULD SEE A TEMPTATION DESIRE TO TAKE MY KAYAK OR SOMETHING DOWN THERE.
IS THAT PLANNED FOR ALLOWED OR WHAT'S THE THINKING ABOUT THAT? THANK YOU.
ANYBODY CAN CERTAINLY ACCESS, UH, WITH A KAYAK ON CITY PROPERTY ANYWHERE ALONG THE RIVER.
UM, WE JUST DON'T HAVE A DEDICATED LAUNCHING SPACE FOR IT AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS STAIRCASE.
HOWEVER, THERE IS AN, UM, FOR LACK OF A BETTER DESCRIPTION, AN AN OUT COVE OF, UH, ROCKS, RIVER ROCKS THAT REALLY EXTEND YOU INTO THE, INTO THE RIVER AREA.
SO THERE'S PLENTY OF ROOM DOWN THERE TO BE ABLE TO LAUNCH A KAYAK FOR SURE.
UM, AS FAR AS A D A ACCESS, THE SLOPE OF THIS AREA IS JUST NON AMENABLE TO BE ABLE TO PUT IN
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AD ACCESSIBILITY AT THIS LOCATION.UM, CERTAINLY WE TRY TO DO THAT AT EVERY TURN AND EVERY PROJECT WE HAVE.
UH, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THAT JUST CERTAINLY LIMITS US TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
MATT, I COULDN'T REALLY TELL FROM THE DRAWINGS IS HOW CLOSE DOES THE LIMESTONE, UM, LIKE THE LOWER PLAZA IN THE STAIRS, HOW CLOSE DOES THAT GET TO THE RIVER? UM, I DON'T THINK IT GOES ALL THE WAY TO THE RIVER BECAUSE THE, IT DOES FLATTEN OUT AT THE BOTTOM OF THAT.
UM, I'LL JUST SAY THE, THE, THE AREA WHERE THIS STAIRCASE IS GOING IN, IT'S PROBABLY, MAYBE I'M GONNA ESTIMATE OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD 25, 30 FEET FROM THE RIVER'S EDGE, BUT IT IS IN THE FLOODPLAIN.
UM, BUT, AND BASED ON THE, UM, MATERIALS THAT WE ARE PUTTING IN, UM, DON'T EXCEED THE REQUIREMENTS THAT REQUIRE ADDITIONAL PERMITS AND THINGS OF THAT SORT, SO THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY TO MAKE SURE THAT THE, THE DESIGN MEETS ALL OF THE RIVER FLOW, UM, IMPACT STUDIES AND SO FORTH.
I, I WOULD, I WOULD ONLY SAY, UH, TO, TO HAVE THIS MATERIAL BE DRY LAID IS, IS PROBABLY NOT GOING TO BE SUSTAINABLE.
I THINK IT'S GOING TO BECOME SOMETHING THAT WE'RE PARTICULARLY THESE LIMESTONE STAIRS, THEY, THEY MOVE, UH, A LOT AND I DON'T KNOW THAT WE WANT TO DRY LAY THIS MATERIAL.
I I DON'T THINK IT WILL HOLD UP TO THE WATER FLOW THAT COMES DOWN THE RIVER.
UM, YOU KNOW, YOU SEE GIANT TREES COMING DOWN THAT RIVER WHEN IT'S FLOODING AND YOU, YOU HAD A, YOU KNOW, YOU GET A 12 INCH TREE RUNNING INTO A, A LIMESTONE STAIR THAT'S JUST ON A COMPACTED AGGREGATE BASE.
IT'S NOT GOING TO BE THERE FOR VERY LONG.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN GET, IF THIS IS WHAT IS RECOMMENDED, I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN GET SOME KIND OF WARRANTY OR GUARANTEE ON, UM, THESE STAYING PUT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK WE PROBABLY SHOULD PUT THEM IN CONCRETE AND NOT JUST ON A, A COMPACTED AGGREGATE.
'CAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO WASH DOWN THE RIVER WITH EVERY OTHER ROCK THAT WASHES DOWN THE RIVER.
I DO KNOW THAT THAT WAS BROUGHT UP IN DESIGN AND CONVERSATION BECAUSE OF THAT CONCERN.
UM, I'LL HAVE TO GO BACK AND, AND, AND FIND THE SPECIFIC INFORMATION THAT'S RELATED TO THAT.
PART OF THAT IS PROBABLY THAT DISTANCE FROM THE RIVER'S EDGE BECAUSE, UM, IT COULD BE OUT OF THE WAY OF THE FLOW OF, OF FLOODING WATERS.
UH, BUT I'LL HAVE TO LOOK INTO THAT MORE SPECIFICALLY.
I UNDERSTAND YOUR POINT THOUGH.
I, I JUST COULDN'T TELL FROM THE DRAWINGS HOW CLOSE IT GOT TO THE RIVER'S EDGE AND HOW FAR INTO THE FLOODPLAIN IT WAS.
ARE WE CONFIDENT THAT THE CONTRACTOR WENT OUT AND LOOKED AT THE, DID THEY LOOK AT THE SITE TO KNOW THE AMOUNT OF LIMESTONE THEY'RE GOING TO BE BUILDING IN? OH, YES.
AND THEY STILL AGREED THAT, I MEAN, THEY STILL CAME TO A PRICE THAT WAS 16% LOWER THAN WE THOUGHT.
THEY'RE GONNA HAVE SOME, THEY'RE FULLY AWARE OF WHAT THE ENVIRONMENT ENVIRONMENT'S LIKE THEY'RE GONNA ENCOUNTER ON THE JOB AND NOT LOOK AT THE SITE.
WELL,
SO I MEAN, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO CHIP AWAY AT THAT SOMEHOW TO MAKE THEIR STEPS LEVEL.
AND THAT'S GONNA BE VERY COSTLY.
AND A LOT OF THAT INFORMATION IS INCLUDED IN, YOU KNOW, PRE-MED, UH, MEETINGS THAT WILL OPEN UP TO CONTRACTORS TO ASK QUESTIONS AND MAKE SURE THEY'RE UNDERSTANDING AND THEY'RE TAKING IT AT THEIR RISK AND THEY LOOKED AT IT AND EVERYTHING AND, AND THEY STILL SUBMITTED THEIR BENEFITS.
UM, MY, MY HOME SITS, MY HOME DOESN'T SIT IN A FLOODPLAIN, BUT MY, UH, ONE OF MY PARCELS IS IN A FLOODPLAIN.
AND PART OF THE OTHER PARCEL IS, AND YOU KNOW, THERE'S A 50 YEAR FLOODPLAIN, A HUNDRED YEAR AND ALL THIS, I CAN TELL YOU WHEN THE WATER CRESTS OVER THE BANKS OF THE CREEK AND COMES UP INTO THE YARD, IT'S DOING SO WITH FORCE.
UM, SO THIS DRAWING, IT MAY VERY WELL BE FINE IF IT'S THE ELEVATION IS UP HIGH ENOUGH AND IT'S NEVER GETTING WET.
UM, BUT IF IT, YOU KNOW, IN THE LAST, LET'S SAY 10 YEARS WOULD'VE BEEN FLOODED, THESE, THESE WOULD'VE JUST BEEN TAKEN AWAY.
THAT WATER IS MOVING AT EXCESSIVE SPEED AND THERE'S DEBRIS IN IT, AS CHRIS SAID.
UM, SO I WOULD LOOK REAL CAREFULLY AT THAT.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, MAYBE EVEN JUST THE LOWER PORTION IS CONCRETE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BUT IT NEEDS TO BE REBAR INTO THE, THE LIMESTONE AS SHE WAS SAYING.
IT'S, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF ROCK.
THERE'S, THERE'S SOLID STUFF TO BUILD ON, BUT PUTTING PACKED TO GRAVEL ON LIMESTONE, UM, AND IF IT'S GETTING FLOODED, IT'S GONNA WASH RIGHT AWAY.
WE WILL DEFINITELY LOOK INTO THAT FURTHER.
I DON'T KNOW HOW WIDE THE STEPS ARE.
I CAN'T TELL FROM THE PICTURE, BUT, UM, I KNOW THAT, UM, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE, HOW, HOW STEEP
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THE GRADE IS, BUT YOU SAY IT'S FAIRLY STEEP.WAS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON HAVING ANY KIND OF A HANDRAIL, UM, IRON HANDRAIL OR ANYTHING? I KNOW THAT, UH, FOLKS THAT LIVE ON RIVERVIEW STREET THAT GO DOWN TO THE RIVER ON THOSE STEEP SLOPES HAVE PUT IN SOME SORT OF A HANDRAIL.
'CAUSE IT DOES, IT IS A STEEP SLOPE.
HAD YOU THOUGHT ABOUT ANYTHING LIKE THAT? WE DID THINK ABOUT THAT, AND WE ACTUALLY DID HAVE OUR BUILDING STANDARDS, UM, REVIEW THE PLANS TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WAS MEETING CODE.
AND THIS, THE, THE RUGGED NATURE OF THIS IS WHY IT DOESN'T REQUIRE A HAND RAIL.
IT'S MORE OF A NATURALIZED AREA THAT'S ENHANCED.
UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT, JENNY, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL MS. CRAM? YES.
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BUSINESS THIS EVENING WE'RE GOING TO HAVE JENNY ROUSH.UH, TALK TO US ABOUT THE 2023 BEAUTIFY YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD GRANTS.
UM, I AM BEFORE YOU BECAUSE, UM, WE HAD OUR FALL ROUND OF BEAUTIFY YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD GRANTS, UM, SUBMITTED TO THE CITY.
AND WE HAD ONE APPLICATION FOR THE VILLAGE AT CORBIN'S MILL, UM, THAT WAS REVIEWED.
UM, BY THE C D C, UM, A MONTH OR TWO AGO.
AND THE TOTAL BUDGET FOR, UM, BEAUTIF FIRE NEIGHBORHOOD GRANTS IS 32,000.
IN THE SPRING, WE ISSUED $10,000 WORTH OF GRANTS.
UM, THE REQUEST THIS TIME FOR 5,000 IS A MAXIMUM THAT CAN BE AWARDED.
UM, SO THE C D C UM, PROVIDED COMMENTS AND A RECOMMENDATION AT THEIR AUGUST MEETING, UM, AND RECOMMENDED APPROVAL WITH THE CONDITIONS, UM, ON THE SCREEN, ONE OF WHICH WAS RAISED AT THE MEETING.
UM, SO THAT HAS BEEN INCORPORATED.
WE'VE ALREADY BEEN WORKING WITH THE APPLICANT ON HOW TO INCORPORATE THAT.
SO, UH, FAIRLY STRAIGHTFORWARD, EXCITED THAT THIS PROGRAM IS STILL, UM, BEING USED IN HELPING TO BEAUTIFY OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
SO WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
ALL RIGHT, COUNCILOR, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR JENNY ON THIS THIS EVENING? CHRIS, I JUST WANNA THANK THE TWO YOUNG LADIES FROM, UH, CORBIN'S MILL FOR COMING TONIGHT.
THEY CAME TO OUR MEETING AND WERE VERY INFORMATIVE AND HELPFUL.
SO, UM, THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
IF THERE AREN'T ANY OTHERS, ALL RIGHT, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE BEAUTIFY YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD GRANT AS RECOMMENDED BY THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE.
JENNY, PLEASE CALL ROLL MAYOR FOX.
I WANNA THANK THE CHIEF FOR SITTING IN THIS EVENING FOR MEGAN O. CALLAHAN, WHO IS TRAVELING.
UH, AND, UM, I THINK HE SAID THERE WASN'T GONNA BE ANY PARTICULAR STAFF COMMENTS, BUT YOU'RE ALWAYS WELCOME TO SPEAK TO US IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY.
NO ADDITIONAL STAFF COMMENTS THIS EVENING, BUT THANK YOU,
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COMMITTEE REPORTS, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE.UH, COUNCILMAN AROSE GROOMS. YEP.
THE CLERK ASKED ME TO STAND IN JOHN STEAD FOR THIS.
UM, SO, UH, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MET AND WE WERE IN DISCUSSION ABOUT THE 33 2 71 61 CLOVER LEAF INTERIOR PORTION WHERE, UM, THOSE 90 DEGREE ANGLE, UH, CONCRETE, UM, GRID NETWORK IS, UM, INTEGRATED INTO THE, INTO THE SOIL.
AND, UH, WE SPOKE, YOU KNOW, FOR QUITE SOME TIME ABOUT WHAT TO DO ABOUT THAT.
AND, UM, STAFF BROUGHT BACK SOME REVISED DRAWINGS FOR OUR MOST RECENT MEETING.
UM, THE OUTCOME OF THAT MEETING WAS, UM, REALLY A CHANGING OF SOME OF THE PLANT MATERIAL, UM, GENUS SPECIES, CULT CULTIVAR SORTS OF THINGS, UH, FOR SOME COLOR TEXTURE AND HARDINESS ISSUES.
UM, THE OTHER, UM, PRESENTATION THAT WAS MADE TO US WAS A COST OF ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS, $900,000 IN SOME CHANGE FOR THAT INTERSECTION.
BUT THE COMMITTEE ON THE WHOLE FELT THAT THAT REALLY WASN'T A PRUDENT EXPENDITURE OF NEARLY 750 ADDITIONAL THOUSAND DOLLARS.
AND I THINK ANDY MIGHT HAVE SOME COMMENTS IF YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE ANYTHING AS WELL.
WELL, IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL DESIGN.
UM, BUT, UH, MY ARGUMENT IS WHEN I'M DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY, I'M PAYING ATTENTION TO THE ROAD.
I'M DOING, YOU KNOW, 40, 50 MILES AN HOUR AS, AS I, YOU KNOW, TURN THAT EXIT RAMP.
AND IF YOU WERE IN AN AIRPLANE OR A DRONE, IT WOULD BE A REALLY AMAZING THING.
BUT FROM GROUND LEVEL, IT'S JUST NOT WORTH 700, $750,000.
THERE WAS SOME CONSIDERATION ONLY TO DO TWO PORTIONS OF THE INTERSECTION RATHER THAN ALL FOUR.
BUT, UM, THAT WAS DECIDED AGAINST.
SO, UH, YOU'LL SEE THAT COMING BEFORE YOU, I BELIEVE, FOR FINAL APPROVAL, UM, LIKELY AT OUR NEXT MEETING.
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BUT THAT WAS THE OUTCOME OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEETING.ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE REPORT, VICE MAYOR DAROSA? YES, THANK YOU.
SO, THE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE MET ON THE SEP ON SEPTEMBER 5TH.
UM, WE RECEIVED UPDATES REGARDING BOARD AND COMMISSION MEMBER TRAINING AND ATTENDANCE.
AND AS YOU WILL RECALL, BACK IN 2021 COUNCIL, UM, INITIATED A PROGRAM THAT REQUIRES TRAINING, UM, FOR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND COUNCIL MEMBERS RELATED TO, UM, CYBERSECURITY TRAINING AND DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION.
SO WE DID THAT FIRST ROUND IN 2021, UM, AND NOW WE'RE SORT OF IN THE SECOND ROUND IN 2023.
AND SO, UM, WE LEARNED SOME THINGS THROUGH THE FIRST ROUND.
SO WE SPENT TIME WITH STAFF LOOKING AT WAYS OF, IF WE CAN, SIMPLIFYING THE PROCESS, HELPING PEOPLE, UM, YOU KNOW, GET IT COMPLETED ON TIME, SETTING SOME DEADLINES, BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE A FAIR NUMBER OF OUTSTANDING COMPLETIONS THAT NEED TO BE DONE ALONG THAT LINE.
SO, UM, WE SPENT SOME TIME TALKING ABOUT THAT AND HAD, HAD, UM, SOME RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND YOU'LL, YOU'LL SEE THAT IN THE WRITEUP OF THE ADMIN COMMITTEE.
SO THAT WAS A VERY GOOD DISCUSSION.
UM, LIKEWISE, WE DISCUSSED THE ATTENDANCE COMPONENT OF THAT.
UM, THERE ARE SOME, UM, PROJECTS UNDERWAY, INCLUDING THE CREATION OF RULES OF ORDER FOR THE NEWER BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS THAT WERE CREATED TO ADD ADDITIONAL CLARITY AS TO ATTENDANCE, ET CETERA.
UM, AND THEN WE TALKED ABOUT, UM, WAYS TO, YOU KNOW, DO REMINDERS IN SOME OF THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
SO AGAIN, I THINK A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK BACK AT WHAT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED AND MAYBE SOME POTENTIAL CHANGES.
AND SO, UH, THAT WAS THE NATURE OF THAT CONVERSATION.
AND THEN, UM, GIVEN THAT WE ARE HEADED NOW INTO THE 2024 OPERATING BUDGET, THE COMMITTEE ALSO TALKED ABOUT COUNCIL TRAVEL AND COUNCIL TRAVEL BUDGETS RELATED TO THAT.
SO, UM, IN LIGHT OF COUNCIL'S DESIRE TO TRAVEL MORE THAN I THINK WE HAVE POTENTIALLY IN THE PAST, UM, THE COMMITTEE, UM, IS RECOMMENDED AND VOTED TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF TRAVEL BUDGET THAT WILL COME FORWARD IN THE OPERATING PLAN.
UM, SO WE DON'T NEED TO VOTE ON THAT TONIGHT.
WE WILL HAVE THAT DISCUSSION AS PART OF THE OVERALL OPERATING.
UM, BUT IT WAS THE DISCUSSION OF THE GROUP THAT, UM, YOU MAKE SURE THAT WE, WE KEEP UP WITH WHAT THE DESIRE IS AND WITH INFLATION, SO THAT YOU'LL SEE THAT, UM, COME FORWARD.
WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT, UM, PRACTICES AND, UM, PREFERENCES, IF YOU WILL, ABOUT TRAVEL AND ASK STAFF TO, UM, DO SOME WORK ON THAT AND BRING THAT BACK TO THE ADMIN COMMITTEE FOR SOME DISCUSSION.
AND THEN THAT CAN COME FORTH TO COUNCIL FOR DISCUSSION.
SO, UM, THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT, UNLESS MY COLLEAGUES WANT TO ADD SOMETHING TO THAT.
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COUNCIL ROUNDTABLE.AMY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO START? HAVE ANYTHING? AND SO, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S THE 22 YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF SEPTEMBER 11TH, AND I WANTED TO SHARE, UH, A STORY WITH YOU, UM, EXTRA EXTRAORDINARY ACTS OF KINDNESS, I WOULD CALL IT.
SO, UM, THE MORNING OF SEPTEMBER 11TH, I THINK A LOT OF US WERE GLUED TO A TV, UM, WATCHING THE EVENTS UNFOLD IN HORROR.
AND, BUT AT THAT TIME, THERE WERE FLIGHTS INBOUND FROM FRANKFURT, JAPAN, YOU KNOW, ALL AROUND THE WORLD.
THOSE FOLKS DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON, AND THEY WERE FORCED TO LAND AT THE CLOSEST AIRPORT.
UM, OUR GUEST ON FRIDAY AT ROTARY WAS, UH, A LADY SHIRLEY BROOKS JONES.
SHE WAS A O S U FACULTY MEMBER, BUT SHE WAS FLYING BACK FROM FRANKFURT THAT MORNING.
AND THE PILOT GOT ON AND SAID, THERE'S AN INDICATOR LIGHT THAT ISN'T WORKING.
SO THEY LANDED THE AIRPLANE, AND, UH, LEWIS NEAR LEWISPORT, UH, NEWFOUNDLAND THE GANDER AIRFIELD, UH, I THINK IT WAS AN OLD MILITARY AIRFIELD, UM, 10,000 TRAVELERS WERE BROUGHT TO THAT AIRPORT THAT MORNING.
AND THE, THE TOWN, THE NEAREST TOWN OF LEWISPORT, UM, GATHERED TOGETHER AND TOOK THESE PEOPLE IN.
UM, THEY USED SCHOOL BUSES TO PICK THESE FOLKS UP FROM THE AIRPORT AND BUS THEM TO THE VARIOUS TOWNS NEAR GANDER AIRFIELD.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, HERE, THEY, THEY WERE ON THE AIRPLANE FOR 29 HOURS BEFORE THE BUSES CAME, BUT, UM, AS THEY WERE DRIVING INTO TOWN, THERE WERE AMERICAN FLAGS EVERYWHERE.
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UM, SO IT, YOU KNOW, YOU, UH, IT'S STORIES LIKE THAT THAT GIVE YOU FAITH THAT, UM, HUMANKIND IS OUT THERE AND, UM, THERE ARE PEOPLE DOING THE RIGHT THINGS.YOU JUST GOTTA KIND OF TUNE OUT SOME OF THE NOISE AND, AND FOCUS ON THE GOOD THINGS.
THANKS, UM, ANDY, THAT'S VERY POIGNANT.
UM, AND YOU'RE RIGHT, 22 YEARS AGO, WE WERE ALL GLUED TO THE TV.
UM, AND I HAD MY DAUGHTER, WHO WAS ONE MONTH OLD SITTING ON TOP OF MY DRYER TRYING TO GET HER TO SLEEP.
UM, 'CAUSE MY GRANDMOTHER WAS ON AN AIRPLANE TO NEW YORK, AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHERE SHE WAS.
SO THAT WAS A HARD DAY FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE.
UM, SHE WAS DIVERTED AND COULDN'T GET HOME FOR, I DON'T KNOW, THREE WEEKS.
UM, AND I WANTED TO SAY GREAT JOB TO YOU AND YOUR COLLEAGUES FROM THE DUBLIN AM ROTARY.
I WAS THERE, I SAW YOU, BUT I DON'T THINK YOU SAW ME.
I WAS HOBBLING AROUND, UM, IN MY BOOT, BUT IT WAS A REALLY, IT WAS ACTUALLY A REALLY NICE CAR SHOW.
IT WAS VERY WELL ORGANIZED, AND, UM, I HEARD A LOT OF REALLY GREAT COMMENTS ABOUT IT.
SO GREAT JOB FOR YOU AND YOUR COLLEAGUES.
UH, I HAVE A, A COUPLE OF THINGS.
UM, ONE WE HOSTED, UM, THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AT MORSEY ON THURSDAY.
UH, THIS WE DID AS THE, AS THE CITY AND, UM, HAD A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO WALK THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, UM, THROUGH THE HISTORIC DISTRICT AND ACROSS THE BRIDGE.
AND, UM, UH, ACTUALLY, UH, KRISHA, WE WALKED THROUGH A LITTLE BIT OF KIWANIS PARK AND THINGS ON OUR WAY BACK.
SO THEY GOT TO SEE SOME OF WHAT WAS GOING ON IN, UM, IN THE CITY OF COLUMBUS AS WELL THAT WE WERE DOING.
UM, BUT THANKS PAUL FOR, UH, FOR A DIVINE APPOINTMENT OF MEETING US ON THE BRIDGE AND, UH, WALKING THROUGH SOME OF THE CONSTRUCTION ISSUES WITH THAT.
AND, UM, REALLY I WANTED TO SHARE THE OUTCOME OF THAT, UH, WHICH I THINK IS GOING TO BE SIGNIFICANT FOR US REGIONALLY.
SO, UM, WE WERE THROUGH THE, UM, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
WE WERE AWARDED A, UM, A ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADVANCEMENT ZONE, UM, FOR THE MORSEY 15 COUNTY REGION.
AND, UM, I JUST WANNA CONGRATULATE THEM ON THAT WORK OF GETTING THAT ACROSS THE FINISH LINE, BECAUSE THAT'S A VERY SIGNIFICANT MILESTONE FOR MANY OF THE APPLICATIONS FOR FEDERAL DOLLARS TO BE MATCHED.
UM, THE STATISTICS SAY THAT YOU'RE FOUR TIMES MORE LIKELY TO RECEIVE A GRANT IF YOU ARE IN AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADVANCEMENT ZONE THAN IF YOU ARE NOT.
SO PARTICULARLY WITH THE LINK US AND PASSENGER RAIL, THAT WILL BE, UM, WILL BE VERY IMPORTANT TO GARNER MORE FEDERAL DOLLARS AND OPEN UP DOORS SO THAT WE HAVE ACCESS TO THOSE.
IT WOULD ALSO INCLUDE THINGS LIKE RAIL STATIONS AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR A LONG TIME.
SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION, UM, AS YOU, UH, MAY SEE SOME OF THAT HERE IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
UM, AND, UH, I JUST AGAIN, WANTED TO SEND MY, UH, SHARE MY CONGRATULATIONS WITH, UH, JAY ANDERSON AND HIS FAMILY.
IT WAS A WONDERFUL, JUST BEAUTIFUL, UM, RETIREMENT CELEBRATION FOR HIM LAST WEEK, STANDING ROOM ONLY.
AND, UH, TALK ABOUT ACTS OF KINDNESS AND ACTS OF SERVICE.
HE, HE DID A LOT OF BOTH OF THOSE THINGS.
IT WAS A WONDERFUL CELEBRATION.
UM, AND I'VE HAD A CHANCE TO GO VISIT OUR NEW UPDATED REC CENTER AND WORK OUT A COUPLE TIMES SINCE IT HAS BEEN REOPENED.
AND I WANTED TO THANK THE TEAM AND CONGRATULATE THEM.
GREAT NEW EQUIPMENT, NEW SIGNAGE, REFRESH, ALL THAT IS IS GOOD.
UM, AND, UM, ALL THE PUNS INTENDED.
THANKS FOR ALL THE SWEAT AND HARD WORK IT TOOK TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
IT REALLY, IT REALLY IS A NICE FOOT FORWARD.
SO, UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND CONGRATULATIONS TO THE TEAM ON THAT.
AND LAST, UM, I HAD THAT HAD A FUN EVENING SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE DUBLIN CITIZEN POLICE ACADEMY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION BINGO BASH.
IT WAS A FULL CROWD, IT WAS A LOT OF FUN, A LOT OF PEOPLE THERE, AND IT WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, SUPPORT THEM ON, UH, OHIO MAYOR'S ALLIANCE.
UM, YOU RECE YOU ALL RECEIVE AN EMAIL ON THE MAYOR'S UPDATE, BUT ONE OF THE IMPORTANT POINTS TO READ THAT I WOULD JUST, UM, MENTION TO YOU THERE IS A STRONG FOCUS ON AMMA'S WORK ON DEFENDING HOME RULE.
AND, UM, THERE'S AN OP-ED THAT'S INCLUDED IN, UH, ONE OF THE LINKS ON THAT UPDATE, UM, BY A STEVEN STEIN GLASS OF CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW.
THAT'S IS SUGGESTED READING ABOUT, UM, THE LEGISLATURE'S ATTEMPTS AT PREEMPTION OF HOME RULE ON, ON CITY'S AND MUNICIPALITIES.
SO IT'S REALLY AN INTERESTING ONE.
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LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UM, SOME OF THE, UM, ARGUMENTS THAT COULD BE MADE, UH, CONCERNING PREEMPTION.AND THE O M A ALSO IS ESTABLISHED IN A STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMISSION TO ACTUALLY BE MORE COLLABORATIVE, MORE PROACTIVE IN MEETING WITH LEGISLATURE LEGISLATORS TO DISCUSS SOME OF THESE ITEMS THAT CONTINUALLY COME UP CONCERNING HOME RULE AND OTHER, UM, ASPECTS OF MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT THAT, UM, THAT WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE AT THE TABLE TALKING ABOUT AND SHARING AND, UM, LETTING THE LEGISLATORS UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE CHALLENGES AND ISSUES THAT HERE AT THE, AT OUR OWN LOCAL CITIES AND VILLAGES AND TOWNS, UM, STRUGGLE WITH.
SO IT, IT'S, IT'S A GOOD READ THIS SEPTEMBER 13TH.
I WILL BE ATTENDING THE EDU THE ADVOCACY, UM, EDUCATION LEADERSHIP COMMITTEE, AND I'LL REPORT BACK TO YOU AT, UM, THE NEXT OPPORTUNITY I HAVE ON THAT.
SO IF THERE ISN'T ANYTHING ELSE, UM, THIS EVENING, UM, PRAY FOR THOSE, UM, WHO ARE AFFECTED BY SEPTEMBER 11TH, TRAGEDIES AND HUG YOUR CHILDREN AND YOUR FAMILIES.
AND THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.