Dec 11, 2023 City Council

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GOOD EVENING

[RECONVENE (7 P.M.)]

I WILL RECONVENE THE DECEMBER 11TH COUNCIL MEETING, AND, UM, THIS EVENING WE HAVE BOY SCOUT TROOP ONE 17 HERE WITH US THIS EVENING, AND I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THEM TO COME FORWARD AND LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, IF YOU WILL.

ALL RIGHT.

THIS EVENING WE

[SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS]

GOOD EVENING, CHRISTINE.

GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, AND THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO LISTEN TO A PRODUCTIVE YEAR FROM MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY INCLUSION ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

WE HAVE SEVERAL MEMBERS HERE, AND AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE CHAIR IMRAN MALIK AND VICE CHAIR NIKKI LOMBARDO, UP TO THE PODIUM TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE OF WHAT THEY'VE BEEN UP TO THIS PAST YEAR.

JOIN.

GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

GOOD EVENING.

MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL AND ALL THE RESPECTED GUESTS HERE TODAY WHO ARE AT ATTEND IN ATTENDANCE OF OUR DECEMBER 11TH MEETING.

MY NAME IS SIMRAN MALIK AND I AM THE CHAIR OF THE COMMUNITY INCLUSION ADVISORY COMMITTEE, IS CALLED KAYAK.

AND I ALSO HAVE THE PLEASURE OF, UH, THE VICE CHAIR, NIKKI LOMBARD, UH, ACCOMPANYING ME HERE TO THE PODIUM.

TODAY, WE WILL BE DELIVERING, UH, SOME OF THE REMARKS AND SOME OF THE WORK THAT WE HAVE DONE IN YEAR 2023, BUT IN ADDITION, WE ALSO HAVE FEW OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR KAYAK COMMISSION IF THEY CAN WAIVE OR AT LEAST A STANDUP THAT CAN BE RECOGNIZED AS WELL.

THANK YOU.

SO YEAR 2023 HAS BEEN A VERY BUSY YEAR FOR ALL OF US, AND THERE ARE A FEW THINGS THAT WE DEFINITELY WANNA HIGHLIGHT IN OUR, UH, SUMMARY OF YOUR REPRESENTATION HERE TODAY.

WE WELCOME OUR NEW MEMBER, CATAL, UH, KAWI KATO, WHO HAS BEEN A WELCOME ADDITION TO THE COMMITTEE.

AFTER A VERY HELPFUL AND IN INFORMATIVE TRAINING SESSION WITH THE LEGISLATIVE SERVICES IN JUNE OF THIS YEAR, WE IMPLEMENTED RULES OF ORDER, MORE STRUCTURE AND REGULAR PRACTICES IN OUR PUBLIC MEETINGS TO ORDER THE, UH, TO ORDER TO OPERATE FULLY AS A FUNCTIONAL AND FORMAL COMMITTEE.

WE HAVE SPENT THE MAJORITY OF OUR TIME DOING IN-DEPTH REVIEWS OF THE CITY STAFF AND SEVERAL COMMITTEE PARTNERS ON THE STRATEGIC INITIATIVES IN THE KAYAK FRAMEWORK.

THIS HAS BEEN ENLIGHTENING, EDUCATIONAL AND COLLABORATIVE.

THE COMMITTEE HAS ALSO A, UH, ADVISED CITY STAFF ON NUMEROUS, UH, DEI INITIATIVES, SUCH AS LANGUAGE TRANSLATION, THE MLK CIVIC SERVICES SERIES, AND THE CITIZEN CITIZENSHIP CEREMONY.

THESE ARE ALL EXAMPLES OF HOW THE CITY IS A GLOBAL CITY OF CHOICE, WELCOMING VALUES, AND ENGAGED.

AS ALWAYS, THINKING OF IN, UH, IN, UH, INNOVATIVE WAYS TO ENSURE PEOPLE, UH, TO FEEL AT HOME AND SAVE AT ALL TIMES, A GREAT TRADITION OF THE CITY THAT CONTINUES ON FOR DECADES, UH, PREVIOUSLY AND HOPEFULLY CENTURIES AHEAD.

WE ALSO CELEBRATE WITH YOU ON THE PERFECT SCORE OF THE MUNICIPAL EQUALITY INDEX.

THIS IS THE, THIS IS NOT ONLY A RE REMARKABLE TO HAVE ACHIEVED A HUNDRED PERCENT PERFECT SCORE.

IT IS ALSO VITAL TO BEING AN EMPLOYER OF CHOICE AS WELL.

WE APPLAUD THE CITY'S EFFORTS ON THIS INDEX SCORE AND SHARE IN THE CONGRATULATIONS, HOPING THAT THIS KIND OF ENERGY ONLY ENHANCES THE WORKFORCE, UH, IN THE CITY.

WE HAVE ALSO SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN 2023 CELEBRATING THE, AND AMPLIFYING THE CITY'S ACTIVE SOCIAL MEDIA AND DUBLIN LINK BRIDGE LIGHTNINGS AS EXPRESSIONS OF MANY CULTURES AND BELIEFS IN DUBLIN, THE RICH MOSAIC OF PEOPLE WHO CALL DUBLIN HOME AND IS EXTRAORDINARY.

AND WE ARE ALL TOO PROUD TO SHARE THIS.

IN FACT, JUST A FEW EXAMPLES OF RESPONSE ON SOCIAL MEDIA, THAT THAT INCLUDES A FOLLOWING OF THE MAJOR EVENTS THAT HAPPENED IN THE CALENDAR YEAR OF 2023, OVER 4 45

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DIWALI LIGHTING POSTWAR, UH, RECORDED THIS YEAR, SEVERAL POST CELEBRATING HOLIDAYS SUCH AS LUNAR NEW YEAR, RHA ABUNDANT FOR THE HINDU OF, UH, CULTURE AND RELIGION.

AND HANUKKAH RECEIVED OVER 90% POSITIVE INTERACTIONS AS OF NOVEMBER.

OVER 46% OF ALL THE INTERACTIONS THIS YEAR INVOLVING THE DEI IN DUBLIN HAVE BEEN VERY POSITIVE.

AN EXTRAORDINARY NUMBER OF OVER 5,000 COMMENTS, LIKES, AND SHARES THAT WERE ALSO RECORDED.

FINALLY, TO CONTINUE TO MAKE STOCK OF ALL DEI OFFERINGS WITHIN DUBLIN IN ORDER TO CONSIDER COMMUNITY CONVERSATION AND SPEAKERS IN THE FUTURE AS A COMMUNITY OF LIFELONG LEARNING, WE WANT TO THOROUGHLY ANALYZE AND GIVE, TALK TO THE MANY OFFERINGS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY TO ENSURE WE ARE MEETING THE MARK OF OUR FRAMEWORK AND COMMUNITIES LEARNING AS NEEDS, AS NEEDS ARISES.

OUR DUBLIN IS INDEED A MODEL DEMOCRACY THAT IS CONNECTED, RESILIENT, AND SUSTAINABLE IN A, IN MANY WAYS, AND FORMS INCLUSION HELPS TO ENSURE THESE HALLMARKS OF RECOGNIZING RESIDENTS AND CORPORATE RESIDENT DIVERSITY.

IT HAS BEEN AND CONTINUES TO BE, CONTINUES TO BE OUR PLEASURE TO SERVE AS ADVISORY VOLUNTEERS ON THE KAYAK COMMISSION.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO SERVE YOU AND ANY REFERRAL TOPICS WE CAN HELP WITH AND ADVICE NOW OR IN FUTURE IN THIS SESSION OF SO MANY CELEBRATIONS, HOLIDAYS, AND UNSETTLED TIMES AROUND THE GLOBE, WE WISH YOU PEACE, UNDERSTANDING, AND COMMUNITY TOGETHERNESS NOW AND IN THE NEW YEARS OF 2024 AND BEYOND.

THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO US AND GIVING US THIS OPPORTUNITY TO STAND HERE BEFORE YOU AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING YOUR FEEDBACK.

PLEASE.

THANK YOU, EMERIN.

REALLY APPRECIATE OF THE REPORT.

NIKKI, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING THAT YOU WANTED TO SAY? JUST WANTED TO, UH, GIVE OUR CONTINUED THANKS FOR THE SUPPORT FOR THE COMMITTEE AND, UH, THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO, TO DOING MORE IN THE COMING YEAR.

THANK YOU.

UM, ANY FEEDBACK HERE FROM COUNCIL FOR THEM? I KNOW THAT AS, UM, I RECEIVED FROM ONE OF THE STUDENTS, UM, AT JEROME HIGH SCHOOL, A VERY LOVELY EMAIL THAT TALKED ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT IT WAS TO FEEL SO WELCOME AND INCLUDED IN HER SCHOOL AND IN HER COMMUNITY, AND THAT THE CELEBRATIONS OF DIWALI AND THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT YOU ARE DOING AND HELPING TO FORWARD HAS, HAS JUST ENRICHED SO MANY PEOPLE AND FEELING THAT THE COMMUNITY IS SO WELCOMING TO THEM.

AND, AND I KNOW THAT WE CONTINUE TO DO THAT WORK, WE'RE NEVER GONNA BE PERFECT AT IT, BUT I HOPE THAT, UM, WITH THE WORK THAT YOU CONTINUE TO DO AND THE PARTNERSHIP WITH COUNCIL AND STAFF, THAT, THAT WE GET AS CLOSE TO PERFECT AS WE CAN GET.

SO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK.

APPRECIATE IT.

NEXT, I THINK EMILY GOVER IS COMING UP TO, UH, INTRODUCE THE COMMUNITY SERVICE ADVISORY COMMISSION REPORT.

THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING.

MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.

AS PART OF THE LEGISLATION ESTABLISHING THE COMMUNITY SERVICES ADVISORY COMMISSION, THE CSAC HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PREPARE AN ANNUAL REPORT COVERING THE COMMISSION'S ACTIVITIES FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

THIS EVENING, REX PRYOR, WHO IS CHAIR OF CSAC, WILL BE PROVIDING YOU WITH THAT REPORT.

THANK YOU, EMILY, AND GOOD EVENING.

MEMBERS OF COUNCIL CSAC HAS BEEN HARD AT WORK THIS YEAR.

WE'VE HELPED PROVIDE GUIDANCE, EXPERTISE, AND PERSPECTIVES ON THE SPEED MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, PARKS AND REC MASTER PLAN, THE COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT SUSTAINABILITY FRAMEWORK, UH, NATIVE PLANTS, AND THE DC RRC REFRESH INITIATIVE, JUST TO NAME A FEW.

WE HAVE ALSO PROVIDED A RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL TO DIRECT STAFF TO DRAFT AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY'S CODE OF ORDINANCES TO INCLUDE A PROHIBITION ON OUTDOOR FEEDING OF WILD ANIMALS OR ANIMALS RUNNING AT LARGE.

THIS ULTIMATELY LED TO ORDINANCE FOUR SEVEN DASH 23, WHICH WAS ADOPTED BY COUNCIL ON NOVEMBER 27TH.

EARLIER THIS YEAR, WE SAID GOODBYE TO DEE KOFF AND WELCOME JESSICA TOBIAS.

DEE WAS A VALUABLE MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION AND LEFT LARGE SHOES TO PHIL, BUT JESSICA'S BEEN DOING A WONDERFUL JOB.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO SUPPORT COUNCIL'S INITIATIVES AND ARE EXCITED TO DISCUSS ABOUT TACTICAL URBANISM AT OUR MEETING TOMORROW EVENING.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TRUST IN OUR COMMISSION IN ALLOWING US TO PROVIDE OUR INPUT ON THESE IMPORTANT TOPICS.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO ANOTHER GREAT YEAR IN 2024, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE ABOUT OUR WORK SO FAR THIS YEAR.

THANK YOU, REX.

Y YOUR COMMISSION, YOUR COMMITTEE DOES A HEAVY LIFT.

IT REALLY DOES.

WE ALWAYS SEND SOME REALLY TOUGH, UH, CONVERSATIONS TO YOU AND YOU ALWAYS COME BACK WITH GREAT RECOMMENDATIONS.

DOES COUNCIL HAVE ANYTHING, ANY AT ALL? WELL, WE THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR YOUR WORK, AND PLEASE PASS THAT ON TO THE REST OF THE COMMITTEE.

WILL DO.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS CITIZEN COMMENTS, AND THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CITIZENS TO COMMENT ON ANY TOPIC THAT'S NOT ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA.

AND LINDSAY,

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OKAY.

UM, NEXT IS OUR

[CONSENT AGENDA]

AGENDA.

IS THERE A REQUEST BY COUNCIL TO REMOVE THIS ITEM FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA? ALL RIGHT.

HEARING NONE, I MAY HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.

I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.

THANK YOU.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.

THANK YOU.

JENNY, PLEASE CALL ROLL.

MR. REINER? YES.

MAYOR FOX? YES.

MS. KEELER? YES.

MS. CRAM? YES.

MS. A ROSE GROOMS? YES.

MS. SALUTO? YES.

SECOND, READING, PUBLIC HEARING ON ORDINANCES.

UM, AND THERE IS, I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO

[Ordinance 60-23 - Ordinance 62-23]

MAY I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND, JENNY, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

MS. AROSE GROOMS. YES.

MR. REINER? YES.

MAYOR FOX? YES.

MR. KEELER? YES.

MS. SALUTO? YES.

MS. CRAM? YES.

ORDINANCE 60 DASH 23 AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN EASEMENT WITH PROPERTY OWNER HEATHER PROPERTIES, LLC ALONG THE INDIAN RUN MEADOWS PLANNED USE DEVELOPMENT CORRIDOR FOR LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE.

ORDINANCE 61 DASH 23 IS REGARDING PROPERTY OWNED BY JASON AND MEGAN MILLER AND ORDINANCE 62 DASH 23 IS REGARDING THE PROPERTY OWNED BY TYLER AND ELIZABETH STAFFORD.

THANK YOU.

OUR STAFF REPORT THIS EVENING IS FROM OUR DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION, MATT IRMAN.

GOOD EVENING, MATT.

GOOD EVENING.

MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, UH, THERE ARE NO CHANGES TO THESE ORDINANCES SINCE THE FIRST READING, HOWEVER, I DO HAVE A FOLLOW UP TO COUNCIL'S INQUIRY REGARDING THE SPECIES THAT WILL BE, UH, PLANTED TO REPLACE SOME OF THE HONEYSUCKLE WHERE IT IS REMOVED.

A MEMOS INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET THIS EVENING.

IN SUMMARY, UH, DURING THE FIRST PHASE OF RETRIEVER REMOVAL AND PLANTINGS, HONEYSUCKLE WAS REMOVED FROM SEVERAL PROPERTIES AND REPLACED WITH MANY DIFFERENT SPECIES.

CERTAINLY DEPENDING ON THE CONDITIONS THAT EXIST AT EACH OF THOSE PROPERTIES, AN INVENTORY OF ALL OF THE SPECIES THAT WERE PLANTED ALONG THE CORRIDOR WERE ALSO INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET.

AS FOR THE REMAINING PROPERTIES THAT DO HAVE HONEYSUCKLE, IT WILL BE REMOVED WHERE NEW TREES ARE REQUIRED, UH, TO BE PLANTED OR ADDED.

UM, IN AREAS WHERE IT'S NOT REQUIRED TO REMOVE STAFF IS WORKING WITH EACH PROPERTY OWNER TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO HAVE IT REMOVED, AND WE WILL REPLANT WITH PREFERRED SPECIES.

IN MOST CASES, THE HONEYSUCKLE WILL BE REPLACED WITH COLUMER, UH, EVERGREEN, SUCH AS AUBREE AND, UH, JUNIPERS.

SO WITH THAT, UH, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF ORDINANCES 60 DASH 23 THROUGH 62 DASH 23.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MATT.

ANY PUBLIC COMMENT, LINDSAY? ALL RIGHT.

COUNSEL.

QUESTIONS FOR MATT.

JOHN.

HEY, MATT.

YOU SAID THE MAGIC WORDS, YOU KNOW, FOR SCREEN EACH, AND THAT'S WHAT THE ORIGINAL INTENT WAS WHEN WE PLANTED ALL THAT WAS SPRUCES YEARS AGO.

SO OUR VIDAS AND SPRUCES, YOU KNOW, THOSE GREEN GIANTS ARE AWESOME.

SO THE, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT SOME OF IT, HOW THE INTERWOVEN DECIDUOUS SHRUBBERY IN THERE AND THEN STILL IN THE WINTERTIME YOU CAN SEE IN AND SEE THE BACKS OF THEIR PLAY EQUIPMENT AND ALL THEIR OTHER STUFF.

SO LET'S GO EVERGREEN.

THANKS.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, MATT.

IT'S, UH, IT WAS A, A LOT OF WORK AND IT'S GONNA BE BEAUTIFUL.

JENNY, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE MS. ALITO? YES.

MS. CRAM? YES.

MS. AROSE GROOMS? YES.

MAYOR FOX? YES.

MR. KEELER? YES.

MR. REINER? YES.

ORDINANCE 63

[Ordinance 63-23 (Amended)]

AND OUR STAFF REPORT THIS EVENING IS FROM OUR DIRECTOR OF FINANCE, MATT STIFFLER.

MATT, GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF COUNSEL.

THIS ORDINANCE WAS AMENDED SINCE ITS FIRST HEARING.

IT WAS AMENDED TO INCLUDE SECTIONS, UH, 17 THROUGH 25 IN THE MEMO.

THE EXPLANATION, AN EXPLANATION IS PROVIDED FOR EACH OF THOSE ADDITIONS, BUT I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.

PUBLIC COMMENT.

LINDSAY? NONE.

COUNCIL, DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR MATT? MATT, I HAD ONE QUESTION, UH, ON SECTION NINE OR THE 300,000 FROM THE WARNER TEMPLE TIFF, DO WE HAVE ANY, SO IT, IT APPEARS THAT IT'S NOT GENERATING THE REVENUE THAT WAS ANTICIPATED.

DO WE KNOW, UM, DO WE EXPECT THAT TO RESUME AND, UM, WHAT GAP IS THIS LEAVING IN THE BUDGET IF WE UNAPPROPRIATE THAT $300,000? SURE.

SO THAT ADVANCE WAS PROGRAMMED ABOUT 18 MONTHS AGO, AND THERE WAS A BOARD OF REVISION DECISION THAT LOWERED REVENUES THIS YEAR AND LAST YEAR WAS RESULTS IN THE SHORTAGE, WHICH IS WHY WE CAN'T MAKE THE ADVANCE UH, PAYMENT THIS YEAR.

THAT'S LIKELY TO BE PERMANENT BECAUSE IT IS A BOARD OF REVISION DECISION.

UM, SO WE WILL PROBABLY REPAY THIS ADVANCE OVER TIME, MAYBE IN TWO YEARS OR FOUR YEARS, OR MAYBE IN SMALLER INCREMENTS.

UH, IT WILL BE REPAID.

IT'S JUST GONNA TAKE A LITTLE LONGER.

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SO THERE MAY BE A CHALLENGE TO THAT.

THERE USUALLY ARE CHALLENGES.

UH, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT DOES FILE THE PAPERWORK TO CHALLENGE THOSE, UM, WHEN APPROPRIATE, BUT WE DON'T GET INVOLVED IN THOSE CONVERSATIONS.

UNDERSTOOD.

THANK YOU.

COUNSEL.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.

HEARING NONE.

JENNY, PLEASE CALL ROLL.

MR. KEELER? YES.

MR. ER? YES.

MS. AROSE GROOMS? YES.

MAYOR FOX? YES.

MS. SOLUDO? YES.

MS. CRAM? YES.

ORDINANCE 64

[Ordinance 64-23]

ALL RIGHT, MATT.

GOOD EVENING.

MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, THIS ORDINANCE IS UNCHANGED FROM ITS FIRST HEARING AND REPRESENTS THE APPROPRIATIONS APPROVED IN THE OPERATING AND CAPITAL BUDGETS THIS YEAR.

THANKS, MATT.

PUBLIC COMMENT.

ALL RIGHT.

HEARING NONE COUNSEL QUESTIONS FOR MATT ON THIS ONE? NONE.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, MATT.

JENNY, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL MS. AROSE GROOMS? YES.

MR. KEELER? YES.

MAYOR FOX? YES.

MR. REINER? YES.

MS. CRAM? YES.

MS. SOLUDO? YES.

ORDINANCE 66 DASH 23 AMENDED, I THINK WE'RE ON 65

[Ordinance 65-23]

UM, AMENDMENTS TO ZONING CODE SECTIONS 1 5 3 0.0 0 2 1 5 3 1 7 THROUGH 1 5 3 1 7 8 IN APP G REGARDING THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD DEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENTS AND PROCEDURES.

ALRIGHT, NOW, STAFF REPORT THIS EVENING AS DIRECTOR OF PLANNING, JENNY ROUSH.

EVENING, JENNY.

GOOD EVENING.

MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.

UM, THIS ORDINANCE WAS INTRODUCED TO COUNCIL AT THE NOVEMBER 27TH MEETING.

UM, WE REVIEWED THAT IN DETAIL.

THERE WAS A MINOR CHANGE, UM, MADE TO A MAP REFERENCE, WHICH HAS BEEN UPDATED WITHIN THE CODE, UM, AND THEN SUBSEQUENTLY IN THE COMPANION RESOLUTION THAT YOU'LL HEAR LATER IN THE AGENDA RELATED TO THE GUIDELINES IN PARTICULAR.

UM, SO WITH THAT MINOR CHANGE, WE'RE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE ORDINANCE, UM, BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING.

THANK YOU.

JENNY, ANY COMMENTS? NO COUNSEL DISCUSSION QUESTIONS? RIGHT.

UM, THE, UM, THE ONLY DISCUSSION MATTER THAT I WOULD HAVE, AND I THINK I BROUGHT IT UP AT THE LAST, UH, READING OF THIS, UM, HAS TO DO WITH THE ORDINANCE COMING UP CONCERNING THE HISTORIC DISTRICT GUIDELINE DEFINITION OF BACKGROUND.

SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT WHEN WE GET TO THAT POINT.

UM, FOR ME, I FEEL THAT THE RECOMMENDATIONS HERE FOR LANDMARK AND BACKGROUND ARE SPOT ON.

THEY'RE REALLY GOOD.

UM, I HAVE A CONCERN ABOUT THE CRITERIA AND THE DEFINITION FOR GUIDELINES, WHICH I'LL BRING UP AT THE NEXT ONE.

BUT WHEN IT COMES TO THE, UM, ZONING CODE AND RE DESIGNATING LANDMARK AND BACKGROUND, I DO SUPPORT THAT.

SO, UM, AS WE GO FORWARD, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I HAVE THAT ON RECORD.

SO, JUST TO CLARIFY, THE CRITERIA FOR DEMOLITION ARE WITHIN THE ORDINANCE, THIS PORTION? THEY ARE.

OKAY.

THE, JUST WANNA MAKE SURE CRITERIA CLEAR WITH THAT.

OKAY.

IT'S THE DEFINITION OF BACKGROUND IN THE GUIDELINES THAT I HAVE, UH, AN ISSUE WITH.

OKAY.

AND IT ISN'T IN THE CRITERIA OKAY.

OR THE FACT THAT THERE'S ONLY ONE, UH, CRITERIA NECESSARY FOR.

SO I JUST WANNA BE CLEAR THAT FOR MY, UH, OPINION ON THIS, I BELIEVE THAT THE ZONING CODE, UH, CONCERNING THIS IS ACCURATE.

OKAY? OKAY.

MM-HMM.

.

THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS? OKAY.

JENNY, PLEASE CALL ROLL.

MS. CRAM? YES.

MR. KEELER? YES.

MS. SALUTO? YES.

MR. REINER? YES.

MAYOR FOX? YES.

MS. AROSE? GROOMS? YES.

ALL RIGHT.

LET'S SEE.

WE'LL GO ON TO THE

[Ordinance 66-23 (Amended)]

I'LL MAKE SURE I'VE GOT THE RIGHT ONE.

UM, ORDINANCE 66 DASH 23 AMENDING ZONING CODE SECTION 1 53 0.074 REGARDING ACCESSORY USES AND STRUCTURES TO ADDRESS LANGUAGE REGARDING RENEWABLE ENERGY EQUIPMENT FOR SOLAR AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.

AND, AND OUR STAFF REPORT, ONCE AGAIN, IS JENNY, UM, SIMILAR TO THE PREVIOUS ORDINANCE, UM, THIS OR AMEND PROPOSED AMENDMENT RELATED TO SOLAR WAS INTRODUCED TO COUNCIL AT THE NOVEMBER MEETING AS WELL.

THERE WAS ALSO A VERY MINOR CHANGE TO THE LANGUAGE REGARDING APPLICABILITY, WHICH WE'VE MADE, UM, AS WELL.

ALSO, AS PART OF THAT INITIAL INTRODUCTION, COUNSEL MADE A MOTION TO, UM, CONSIDER THIS LEGISLATION AS AN EMERGENCY.

SO OUR RECOMMENDATION THIS EVENING IS APPROVAL OF THIS ORDINANCE AS AN EMERGENCY MEASURE, UM, WHICH MEANS IT WOULD THEN TAKE EFFECT, UH, FOLLOWING PASSAGE THIS EVENING.

PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS.

NONE.

COUNSEL,

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HEARING NONE.

JENNY, PLEASE CALL ROLL.

MS. CRA? YES.

MS. SAM ROSE GROOMS? YES.

MAYOR FOX? YES.

MR. REINER? YES.

MR. KEELER? YES.

MS. A LUDO? YES.

[Ordinance 67-23]

LLC.

ALL RIGHT.

OUR STAFF REPORT THIS EVENING WILL BE COMING FROM OUR CITY MANAGER, MEGAN OC CALLAHAN.

GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.

THIS ORDINANCE IS UNCHANGED FROM THE FIRST READING AND IT REPRESENTS THE APPROVAL OF A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND ASSOCIATED AGREEMENTS WITH CRAWFORD HOY.

AND WE DO HAVE BRENT CRAWFORD HERE AND RUSS HUNTER WITH CRAWFORD HOYNE WITH US THIS EVENING TO HELP ASSIST ANSWERING ANY QUESTIONS COUNSEL MAY HAVE.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

UM, COMMENTS.

ALL RIGHT.

SO COUNSEL QUESTIONS.

ALL RIGHT.

UM, I DID HAVE ONE QUICK QUESTION, AND IT IS, I THINK IT'S JUST, I'M NOT SURE IT'S ON PAGE FOUR ON THE COMPLETION GUARANTEE.

IT, UM, IT SAYS BLOCK C, IS THAT CORRECT? WAS THERE A BLOCK? I THINK IT'S JUST A LITTLE TYPO.

I'M NOT SURE.

UM, AND THEN THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD WAS ON THE INCENTIVE CONTINGENCIES, UM, CONCERNING THE PARTIAL PLAN FOR THE PARTIAL, UM, IT DIDN'T HAVE A TIMEFRAME.

IT JUST, AND IT DIDN'T TALK ABOUT ANYTHING IN PARTICULAR.

I JUST WONDERED IF THAT'S SOMETHING YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK TO, UM, AS THE MA SORT OF A MASTER PLAN FOR THE WHOLE PARTIAL, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WAS IN THERE.

I WAS JUST WONDERED IF, YEAH.

UH, RUSSELL HUNTER, 66 40 RIVERSIDE DRIVE.

I WANNA MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE ASKING BEFORE.

CAN YOU ONE MORE TIME, UM, ON, UM, I THINK ON PAGE 24, A PLAN FOR THE PAR FOR THE PAR FOR THE ENTIRE PARTIAL, UH, SORT OF A, JUST A CONTEXTUAL MASTER PLAN FOR THE PARTIAL.

JUST DID YOU WANNA SPEAK TO THAT AT ALL ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOUR PLANS WERE FOR THAT? I KNOW IT'S VERY CONCEPTUAL.

YEAH.

BUT I JUST WONDERED IF YOU HAD, SO, UM, YOU, WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THE FOR A LONG TIME NOW AT THIS, WE'VE GOT THE, THE HOTEL, OBVIOUSLY THE EVENT CENTER, UM, THE OFFICE PORTION, WHICH IS SORT OF TAKING THE, THE NORTHERN MOST PART OF THE SITE.

I THINK WHAT'S PROBABLY THE NEWEST PART OF IT, UM, WHICH YOU MIGHT BE ASKING ABOUT, IS THE ADDITIONAL RESIDENTIAL, WHICH IS UP ON TOP OF THE HILL.

SO THAT'S WHERE THE MONTGOMERY INN IS.

IT'S PROBABLY THE LEAST BAKED, I WOULD SAY, OF, OF ALL OF THE PIECES.

UM, AND, AND THAT'S BECAUSE THERE'S A, A LOT MORE, UH, A LOT MORE THAT NEEDS TO TO HAPPEN IN TERMS OF UNDERSTANDING WHAT'S HAPPENING AROUND IT.

SO WE'VE GOT A LOT MORE NEIGHBORS UP THERE, UM, NOT JUST IN TERMS OF THE NEIGHBORS THAT ARE GONNA WANT TO COME TO THE MEETINGS, BUT WE'VE GOT A, WE'VE GOT WENDY'S, WE'VE GOT RIVER RIDGE, WE'VE GOT ALL OF THESE OTHER THINGS.

THERE ARE EASEMENTS THAT HAPPEN WITH ALL OF THOSE.

UM, BUT THE INTENTION IS FOR THAT TO BE ADDITIONAL RESIDENTIAL, UM, LIKELY TO BE CONNECTED IN SOME WAY TO THE, THE BUILDING PROPER SO THAT IT ALL STARTS TO WORK TOGETHER.

UM, AND WE'VE GOT, WE'RE WE'RE ONGOING CONVERSATIONS WITH WENDY'S RIGHT NOW TO MAKE SURE THAT, WE'RE TRYING TO THINK LONG TERM ABOUT THIS.

SO IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT WHAT WE CAN ACCOMPLISH TODAY, BUT RATHER TRYING TO THINK 10 YEARS AHEAD TO HOW THIS IS GOING TO MASTER PLAN OUT.

SO, I MEAN, WHAT HAPPENS TO THAT ROAD NETWORK? WHAT HAPPENS TO RIVER RIDGE AS SOME OF THOSE LEASES START TO EXPIRE IN THE NEXT 15 YEARS? DO I HAVE ALL OF THE ANSWERS? NO.

UM, BUT I THINK WE HAVE A PRETTY GOOD IDEA.

I DON'T, HOPEFULLY THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION, .

YOU KNOW, IT DOES, IT, IT, I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF CONVERSATION IN THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS, AND I THINK IT'S JUST REALLY IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE KNOW THAT YOU'RE, THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THE CITY CARED ABOUT, AND I KNOW THAT YOU, YOU'RE VERY INTERESTED IN, IS MAKING SURE THAT IT'S AN INTEGRATED, THAT IT'S A, IT'S A PLAN THAT YOU'RE GONNA BE WORKING ON, AND IT'S IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITIES AND PLANNING AND ZONING.

WE'LL BE LOOKING AT IT TOO.

SO I THINK IT GIVES SOME CONFIDENCE AND SOME COMFORT TO PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT YOU HAVE, UM, THAT WE ARE ALL HAVING THAT DISCUSSION.

YEAH.

SO, AND, AND I GUESS THE ONLY THING THAT I COULD ADD THERE IS JUST, YOU KNOW, HISTORY, RIGHT? SO WHEN WE DID THE ORIGINAL BOX OF BRIDGE PARK, YOU KNOW, OUR FIRST PLAN WASN'T WHAT ENDED UP GOT GETTING BUILT.

WHAT ENDED UP GETTING BUILT WAS PLAN 30 OR 40, RIGHT.

AND THAT WAS A PROCESS WHERE WE HAD PLANNING STAFF, WE HAD EVERYBODY AT THE TABLE, AND WE WOULD ANTICIPATE THAT EXACTLY THE SAME THING HAPPENS HERE.

OKAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU.

IF I COULD GO BACK TO THE QUESTION ABOUT PAGE FOUR AND BLOCK C IS, COULD YOU IN THE AGREEMENT OKAY.

NOT THE MEMO.

I JUST THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO GO ON RECORD AND SAY THAT THIS IS AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR A POTENTIAL PROJECT.

AND,

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BUT THAT PROCESS IS GONNA HAPPEN IN A LOT OF SPACES.

SO IF THERE'S ANY RESIDENTS OUT THERE THAT ARE CONCERNED THAT THIS, NOW WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT, SO NOW WE HAVE TO HAVE A PRODUCT BECAUSE WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT AND THAT ISN'T THE CASE.

AND, UM, WE JUST WANT THE PUBLIC TO KNOW AT LARGE THAT THIS WILL NAVIGATE THE SAME PROCESS THAT, UM, ANY OTHER DEVELOPMENT WOULD NAVIGATE THROUGH THE PLANNING AND ZONING PROCESS AND THROUGH OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT.

AND IF AT THE END OF THAT, THAT EVERYONE IS IN AGREEMENT, THEN THIS, UM, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WILL BE THE F THE FOUNDATIONAL BLOCKS OF WHAT THE FINANCES WILL LOOK LIKE ON THAT.

AND SO I JUST THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE, UM, COMMUNICATE BECAUSE WE HAVE A GREAT, UM, WE HAVE HIGH CONFIDENCE IN THE DEVELOPER.

WE HAVE HIGH CONFIDENCE IN OUR PLANNING STAFF, AND, UM, WE AT THE END OF THE DAY WILL SOLELY RES RELY ON THOSE TWO COMING TO AGREEMENT FOR THIS PROJECT TO MOVE FORWARD.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

UM, JENNY, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE MAYOR FOX? YES.

MS. CRAM? YES.

MR. REINER? YES.

MS. AROSE GROOMS? YES.

MS. KEELER? YES.

MS. A LUDO? YES.

MS. SALUTO? YES.

INTRODUCTION, PUBLIC HEARING

[Resolution 86-23]

ADOPTING THE 20 23 20 24 FRANKLIN COUNTY MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN, HONOR.

THANK YOU.

OUR STAFF REPORT THIS EVENING IS FROM OUR POLICE CHIEF JUSTIN PECE.

EVENING.

JUSTIN.

GOOD EVENING.

MEMBERS OF COUNCIL RESOLUTION 86 23 IS SEEKING COUNCIL'S ADOPTION OF THE FRANKLIN COUNTY MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN UPDATE.

UH, THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY REQUIRES LOCAL COMMUNITIES TO ADOPT A NA, A NATURAL HAZARDS MITIGATION PLAN AS A CONDITION OF ELIGIBILITY TO RECEIVE FEDERAL FUNDS AVAILABLE THROUGH THEIR AGENCY.

THE FRANKLIN COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND HOMELAND SECURITY INITIALLY ADOPTED A COUNTYWIDE HAZARDOUS MITIGATION HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN IN 2007.

THE PLAN WAS UPDATED IN 2018 MOST RECENTLY, AND ADOPTED BY CITY COUNCIL IN 2019.

UH, THE PLAN NOW NEEDS A COMMUNITY MEMBER COMMUNITIES TO ADOPT THE UPDATED PLAN.

THE 2324 MULTI MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN, UH, IDENTIFIES MITIGATION GOALS AND ACTIONS TO REDUCE OR ELIMINATE LONG-TERM RISK TO PEOPLE AND PROPERTY IN FRANKLIN COUNTY AND ITS JURISDICTIONS FROM THE IMPACTS OF FUTURE HAZARDS AND DISASTERS.

THE COUNTY CURRENT PLAN EXPIRES ON DECEMBER 26TH OF THIS YEAR, AND FEMA GUIDELINES RECOMMEND THAT THE HMP BE FORMALLY ADOPTED BEFORE THE PLAN EXPIRES AS ADOPTING THE PLAN BEFORE IT EXPIRES WILL ENSURE ELIGIBILITY TO APPLY FOR AND RECEIVE FEMA PRE AND POST-DISASTER FUNDING.

THE CITY IS NOT REQUIRED TO TAKE ANY ACTION OR ALLOCATE FUNDS TOWARD ANY PROJECTS IDENTIFIED IN THE PLAN.

HOWEVER, ADOPTING THE PLAN ENSURES THAT THE CITY'S ELIGIBILITY TO RECEIVE FEDERAL MITIGATION FUNDS AS THEY BECOME AVAILABLE.

I JUST WANNA THANK OUR, UH, LAW ENFORCEMENT PLANNER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR, TOM HERSHEY, FOR GUIDING US THROUGH THE UPDATE OF THIS PLAN.

STAFF RECOMMENDS, UH, CITY COUNCIL'S APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION 86 23 AND ADOPTION OF THE 23 20 23 20 24 FRANKLIN COUNTY MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN UPDATE.

I ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.

THANK YOU.

CHIEF, DO YOU HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? UH, COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE CHIEF? NOPE.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT WORK IN THE REPORT.

UH, WE'LL HAVE JENNY CALL THE ROLE.

MR. REINER? YES.

MS. A LUDO? YES.

MR. KEELER? YES.

MS. AROSE GROOMS. YES.

MAYOR FOX? YES.

MS. CRAM? YES.

THANK YOU.

CHIEF RESOLUTION

[Resolution 87-23]

I'LL THANK YOU.

OUR STAFF REPORT IS FROM OUR DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING, MICHAEL HENDERSHOT.

EVENING, MICHAEL.

GOOD EVENING.

MEMBERS OF COUNCIL FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION THIS EVENING AS THE RESOLUTION TO ACCEPT $340,000 IN GRANT FUNDING FROM THE OHIO DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT FOR THE WATERLINE REPLACEMENT PHASE SEVEN PROJECT STAFF SUBMITTED GRANT APPLICATIONS FOR NINE WATER AND WASTEWATER, CIP PROJECTS FOR CONSIDERATION TO RECEIVE GRANT FUNDING THROUGH THE OHIO BROADBAND UTILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE FOR LOCAL DEVELOPMENT SUCCESS WATER AND WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT PROGRAM.

THIS GRANT PROGRAM IS ADMINISTERED BY THE OHIO DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE OHIO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY.

THE CITY OF DUBLIN WAS SELECTED TO RECEIVE $340,000 IN GRANT FUNDING THROUGH THIS GRANT PROGRAM FOR THE WATERLINE REPLACEMENT PHASE SEVEN PROJECT.

THIS GRANTS, THIS GRANT PROGRAM'S INITIATIVE ALIGNS WITH THE PURPOSE OF THE WATERLINE REPLACEMENT PHASE SEVEN PROJECT, WHICH IS TO PROVIDE A BETTER LEVEL OF SERVICE TO THE IMPACTED AREAS AS SHOWN ON

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PRESENTLY, THE WATERLINE REPLACEMENT PHASE SEVEN PROJECT IS PLANNED TO START CONSTRUCTION IN SUMMER OF 2024 AND IS ANTICIPATED TO BE COMPLETED IN FALL OF 2024.

THE PROJECT IS PART OF A MULTI-YEAR WATERLINE REPLACEMENT PROGRAM WITHIN THE ADOPTED CIP.

ADDITIONALLY, THE OHIO DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT HAS ANNOUNCED THAT A NEW ROUND OF GRANT FUNDING HAS BEEN MADE AVAILABLE TO OHIO COMMUNITIES VIA AN APPLICATION AND SELECTION PROCESS.

STAFF IS ACTIVELY SUBMITTING GRANT APPLICATIONS FOR WATER AND WASTEWATER CIP PROJECTS FOR CONSIDERATION TO RECEIVE NEW GRANT FUNDING.

THROUGH THIS GRANT PROGRAM, STAFF RECOMMENDS COUNCIL APPROVAL OF THIS RESOLUTION TO ACCEPT $340,000 IN GRANT FUNDING FROM THE OHIO DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT FOR THE WATER LINE REPLACEMENT PHASE SEVEN PROJECT.

I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS COUNSEL MIGHT HAVE REGARDING THIS RESOLUTION.

THANK YOU.

PUBLIC COMMENT? NONE.

ALRIGHT, COUNSEL, QUESTIONS? APPRECIATION FOR BEING ABLE TO GET GRANT MONEY.

THAT'S WONDERFUL.

YEAH.

AND, AND, UM, AND EVEN MORE POSSIBLY DOWN THE ROAD, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

THANK YOU.

THERE IS NO COUNSEL.

UH, QUESTIONS.

ALL RIGHT.

JENNY, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL.

MR. KEELER? YES.

MR. REINER? YES.

MAYOR FOX? YES.

MS. CRA? YES.

MS. AROSE GROOMS? YES.

MS. A LUDO? YES.

RESOLUTION 88

[Resolution 88-23]

INTRODUCE IT.

THANK YOU, MEGAN.

OC CALLAHAN WILL BE GIVING OUR STAFF REPORT.

GOOD EVENING.

MEMBERS OF COUNCIL RESOLUTION 88 DASH 23 AUTHORIZES A CONTRACT WITH FRANKLIN COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH TO CONTINUE PROVIDING PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES FOR 2024.

FRANKLIN COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH SERVES AS DUBLIN'S PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY, INCLUDING THE PORTIONS OF THE CITY IN DELAWARE AND UNION COUNTIES.

THE BOARD OF FRANKLIN COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH APPROVED A RATE FOR 2024 THAT REFLECTS AN INCREASE OF 3% OVER THAT OF 2023.

THE CITY'S COSTS FOR THE 2024 CONTRACT ARE ESTIMATED AT JUST OVER 486,000, WHICH IS AN INCREASE OF APPROXIMATELY $14,000, AND THE AMOUNT HAS BEEN BUDGETED AS PART OF THE 2024 OPERATING BUDGET.

WE VALUE OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH FRANKLIN COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE TEAM AND THE SERVICES THEY PROVIDE.

AND STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT COUNCIL APPROVE RESOLUTION 88 DASH 23 FOR PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES IN 2024.

AND WITH THAT, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS COUNSEL MAY HAVE.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MEGAN.

ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? COUNSEL, DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR MEGAN? ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, MEGAN.

JENNY, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE MS. A LUDO? YES.

MS. CRAM? YES.

MAYOR FOX? YES.

MS. REINER? YES.

MS. ROSE GROOMS? YES.

MR. KEELER? YES.

[Resolution 89-23]

I'LL INTRODUCE IT.

ALL RIGHT.

OUR STAFF REPORT IS FROM OUR DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING, BRIAN GABLE.

BRIAN EVENING, GOOD EVENING.

GOOD EVENING.

MEMBERS OF COUNCIL STAFF CONDUCTED COMPETITIVE, EXCUSE ME, COMPETITIVE BID PROCESS FOR THE BRANDED WAY DRIVE BRIDGE, REPLA BRIDGE REPLACEMENT PROJECT, WHICH WILL REPLACE THE EXISTING TWO-LANE BRIDGE WITH A NEW TWO-LANE BRIDGE THAT IS SLIGHTLY WIDER TO ALLOW PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES ON BOTH SIDES OF BRAND WAY DRIVE, CONNECTING WITH THE EXISTING PEDESTRIAN EXTENSIONS ADJACENT TO THE STRUCTURE.

THE PROJECT IS FUNDED FROM THE 2023 THROUGH 2027 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM, AND WAS MODIFIED BY ORDINANCE 36 DASH 23 IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF 1,685,000 FOR THE ANNUAL VEHICULAR BRIDGE MAINTENANCE PROGRAM.

ON NOVEMBER 16TH, 2023, SIX BIDS WERE RECEIVED AND PUBLICLY OPENED AND READ GEORGE J IGEL AND COMPANY INCORPORATED SUBMITTED THE LOWEST AND BEST BID OF $1,608,376 AND 74 CENTS DUE TO STREAM RESTRICTIONS.

CONSTRUCTION OF THE BRIDGE WILL OCCUR IN JULY, 2024 THROUGH OCTOBER, 2024, WITH A FOUR MONTH CLOSURE OF BRANDON WAY DRIVE BETWEEN BRAND ROAD AND WELLSTON COURT SLASH ALDRIDGE PLACE.

USING THE DETOURS SHOWN ON THE SCREEN, STAFF RECOMMENDS COUNCIL APPROVAL OF THIS RESOLUTION ACCEPTING AS LOWEST AND BEST THE BID OF GEORGIA J EGEL COMPANY, INCORPORATED IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,608,376 AND 74 CENTS FOR THIS PROJECT.

I'LL DO MY BEST TO ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS COUNCIL MAY HAVE REGARDING THIS SOLUTION.

THANK YOU.

BRIAN.

PUBLIC COMMENT.

OH, COUNSEL, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR BRIAN THIS EVENING? JOHN, UM, QUESTION.

UM, FIRST OF ALL, IT'S GOOD TO HAVE A BID

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FINALLY.

SECOND, I'M JUST CURIOUS, I SAW THAT BRIDGE GO IN WHEN IT WAS ORIGINALLY BUILT.

ARE WE GONNA HAVE MORE OF THESE KIND OF PROBLEMS? I MEAN, WHY DID THAT BRIDGE GIVE OUT? I MEAN, THAT'S A, UH, SO OUR ASSET MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, UH, GROUP, UH, REVIEWS ALL THE STRUCTURES.

SO THIS ONE HAS SOME, UH, DEFICIENCIES AND SOME ISSUES WITH, UH, UH, A COUPLE OF THE EDGE BEAMS, THE EXTERNAL FASCIA BEAMS. UM, SO WE'RE LOOKING TO, UH, TAKE CARE OF THAT AND DEAL WITH SOME OF THOSE ISSUES THAT WE'RE SEEING.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT, JENNY, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? MS. CRAM? YES.

MR. KEELER? YES.

MS. SALUTO? YES.

MS. AROSE GROOMS? YES.

MAYOR FOX? YES.

MR. REINER? YES.

RESOLUTION 90 DASH

[Resolution 90-23]

OUR STAFF REPORT THIS EVENING IS FROM JENNY ROUSH.

GOOD EVENING AGAIN.

UM, THIS IS A RESOLUTION, UM, AS I MENTIONED WITH THE ORIGINAL ORDINANCE EARLIER IN THE AGENDA.

THIS IS A COMPANION, UM, ORDINANCE, OR EXCUSE ME, RESOLUTION TO THAT.

UM, AGAIN, SIMILAR IN NATURE TO THE CODE AMENDMENTS THAT WERE APPROVED.

UM, WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT HOW THE HISTORIC NATURE OF PROPERTIES WITHIN THE DISTRICT, UM, ARE APPLICABLE AND HOW THAT APPLIES TO THE CODE AND THE GUIDELINES AS WELL.

SO THIS IS AMENDMENTS TO THOSE GUIDELINES IN TERMS OF MODIFICATIONS THAT WERE MADE WITH TO THE CODE AND THEN TO THIS SUBSEQUENT, UH, MODIFICATION PROPOSED FOR THE GUIDELINES.

WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT THE NAMING FOR WHAT WAS FORMERLY CONTRIBUTING NON-CONTRIBUTING TO BE THAT LANDMARK BACKGROUND BUILDINGS, UM, AND HOW WE'RE APPLYING THAT THEN TO THE DEMOLITION REQUIREMENTS.

UM, SO AGAIN, THAT MODIFIES THE CODE AND THE GUIDELINES AND ANY SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS TO THAT AND REALLY CHANGING, UM, HOW WE'RE IDENTIFYING THOSE WITHIN THE CODE AND THE GUIDELINES.

UM, THIS MAP IS WHAT I SHARED, UM, WITH THE FIRST READING OF THE CODE, UM, AND THE METHODOLOGY OF HOW WE CAME TO IDENTIFY WHAT THOSE BACKGROUND AND LANDMARK BUILDINGS ARE.

AND I'M HAPPY TO GO INTO ADDITIONAL DETAIL IF THERE'S FURTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT.

UM, BUT AGAIN, REALLY LOOKING AT THOSE AREAS THAT ARE IN THE GREEN, ORANGE, AND BLUE AS THOSE LANDMARK BUILDINGS.

AND THEN ANYTHING GRAY WOULD BE THEN CONSIDERED A BACKGROUND BUILDING.

UM, WE'VE HAD EXTENSIVE REVIEW OF THESE AMENDMENTS, UM, THROUGHOUT THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF WITH COUNCIL PLANNING COMMISSION, THE PUBLIC A RB, UM, TO GET US TO WHERE WE ARE TONIGHT.

UM, SO AGAIN, THE PROPOSED MODIFICATIONS, UM, INCLUDE CODE MODIFICATIONS AS WELL AS THEN TO THE APPENDIX G, UM, AS PART OF THE REVIEW PROCESS, A RB, UM, AND PLANNING COMMISSION HAD SOME MINOR CHANGES WHICH WERE MADE, UM, AND INCLUDED.

UM, AS WELL AS THEN WE'VE INCORPORATED THAT MINOR CHANGE THAT I MENTIONED UNDER THE CODE AMENDMENT RELATED TO THE MAP TITLE.

UM, THAT WAS APPLICABLE TO THE GUIDELINES AS WELL.

SO WE HAVE, UH, MADE THOSE CHANGES.

A RB HAS REVIEWED THIS, AS I SAID, AS WELL AS PLANNING COMMISSION, BOTH RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THIS TO COUNCIL TONIGHT.

UM, SO STAFF IS ALSO RECOMMENDING ACCEPTANCE OF THIS RESOLUTION.

SO I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU, JENNY.

ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? LINDSAY? NO COUNSEL DISCUSSION QUESTIONS? WELL, YOU KNOW, I WILL BRING IT UP BECAUSE I, I HAVE MENTIONED IT EARLIER IN THE MEETING AND I MENTIONED IT THE LAST ONE.

YOU KNOW, I REALLY APPRECIATE COUNCIL'S EFFORTS AND THE PRESERVATION OF LANDMARK BUILDINGS BECAUSE I DO BELIEVE THAT HISTORIC CORE AND THE LANDMARK BUILDINGS WITHIN THAT PERIOD IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

AND IT, IT REALLY ADDS TO THE SIGNIFICANT HISTORY OF THE CITY.

AND I KNOW THAT THAT'S IMPORTANT TO THE COMMUNITY.

UM, AND I REALLY SUPPORT THAT EFFORT AND I SUPPORT THE DESIGNATION OF A BACKGROUND BUILDING AS PART OF THIS.

UM, AND I ALSO SUPPORT, AND I KNOW THAT THE HISTORIC DISTRICT RESIDENTS IN GENERAL SUPPORT HAVING A RB REVIEW, UM, THE REMAINING BUILDINGS IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT BOUNDARIES, BECAUSE, UH, MOST OF THEM SEE THAT.

UH, AND IT'S PROVEN OUT, YOU KNOW, IN HISTORIC DISTRICTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, THAT WHEN YOU MAINTAIN A HISTORIC DISTRICT BY A RB REVIEW, IT ACTUALLY INCREASES PROPERTY VALUES AND MAINTAINS THE CHARACTER OF THE DISTRICT IN THE WHOLE, AND IT, IT PROTECTS THE STRUCTURES AND IT ALSO PROTECTS THE NEGATIVE SPACES, THE LINES OF SIGHT, THE, UM, UH, GARDENS, THE, IN OUR CASE, THE STREET SCAPE, THE STONE WALLS AND HISTORICAL FEATURES.

SO MY CONCERN IS NOT WITH THE ORDINANCE, IT'S WITH THE DEFINITION OF THE GUIDELINES.

AND THE REASON I SAY THIS IS BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT THE OBJECTIVE IN HAVING THREE CRITERIA, ONE BEING ECONOMIC HARDSHIP, THE SECOND ONE, UH, BEING THAT IT HAS NO ARCHITECTURAL,

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SO I THINK THAT WHEN WE CHANGED THE DEFINITION FROM CONTRIBUTING AND NON-CONTRIBUTING TO LANDMARK AND BENCHMARK, WE OPENED UP A BIT OF A LOOPHOLE.

AND, AND LET ME JUST SAY, LET ME EXPLAIN WHAT I MEAN IN THE DEFINITION BACKGROUND.

AND THIS IS THE DEFINITION IN THE GUIDELINES.

BACKGROUND BUILDINGS AND CULTURAL RESOURCES WITHIN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT ARE THOSE THAT DO NOT ADD TO THE HISTORIC ASSOCIATIONS, HISTORIC ARCHITECTURAL QUALITIES OR THE ARCHITECTURAL VALUE OF THE AREA AS EXPRESSED IN THE HISTORIC AND CULTURAL ASSESSMENT.

UH, AND THEN IN THE CRITERIA WHICH YOU HAVE TO MEET JUST ONE, THE CRITERIA IS THE STRUCTURE RESOURCE CONTAINS NO FEATURES OR ARCHITECTURAL, HISTORIC OR ARCHEOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE TO THE CHARACTER OF THE AREA IN WHICH IT'S LOCATED.

I BELIEVE THE DEFINITION MEETS THE CRITERIA.

THERE IS NO CRITERIA.

THE DEFINITION IS THE CRITERIA.

SO I BELIEVE THAT FOR A RB, IF SOMEONE COMES FORWARD AND SAYS, I MEET THE CRITERIA, IT'S IN THE DEFINITION.

THERE'S WHAT'S THE, WHAT IS THE ARGUMENT HERE? SO FOR ME, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, UH, ADDED VERBIAGE THAT WOULD SAY THAT WOULD GIVE A RBA CON SOME OTHER CRITERIA, SOME OTHER DEFINITIONS TO LEAN ON IN CASE THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT THE PARTICULAR BACKGROUND BUILDING THAT IS WORTH SAVING.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S MY, UM, I GUESS IN A NUTSHELL WHERE I HAVE AN ISSUE, I THINK THE OBJECTIVE IS THAT YOU SHOULD HAVE A CRITERIA THAT YOU HAVE TO PROVE.

AND IF THE DEFINITION PROVES THE CRITERIA, THEN THERE IS NOTHING, THERE IS NO REASON TO, TO HAVE A CRITERIA.

SO I GUESS THAT'S WHERE I STAND ON THAT.

AND I MAYBE DIDN'T EXPLAIN IT SO WELL IN THE LAST MEETING, BUT I FEEL LIKE IF WE CAN ADD A LITTLE VERBIAGE TO THE DEFINITION OF BACKGROUND, THAT WOULD GIVE A LITTLE BIT MORE SUBSTANCE TO BEING ABLE TO, UM, DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT IT ACTUALLY HAD NO ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE.

IT WOULD GIVE A RB AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE SOME SUBJECTIVITY WHEN IT CAME TO THIS, BECAUSE BACKGROUND BUILDINGS ARE, HAVE VALUE WITHIN THE DISTRICT.

UM, NOW I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT VERBIAGE IS, BUT FOR ME, THAT'S, THAT'S THE ISSUE I HAVE, IS THAT IT, IT PRETTY MUCH DEFINES THE CRITERIA AND THEN THERE IS NOTHING TO ARGUE.

SO I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR THE COUNCIL'S THOUGHTS ON THAT.

SO I AGREE 100% WITH THE FIRST STATEMENT YOU MADE, AND THAT IS THAT THE, ALL THE PROPERTIES THAT ARE WITHIN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT THAT ARE UNDER A RB PURVIEW BENEFIT FROM A RB PURVIEW.

IT MAKES THE ENTIRE DISTRICT AND EVERY PROPERTY IN IT BETTER.

AND, AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT THERE WERE MANY TIMES WHEN I WAS ON A RB THAT CERTAINLY FOLKS DIDN'T NECESSARILY LIKE THE PROCESS, UM, BUT THE END RESULT OFTEN, UM, THEY WOULD COME BACK TO US AND SAY, YOU KNOW, THE SUGGESTIONS THAT YOU MADE, I DIDN'T LIKE 'EM AT THE TIME, BUT I LOVE 'EM NOW.

AND I'M GLAD THAT WE, I'M GLAD THAT WE WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS BECAUSE WE ENDED UP WITH A BETTER PRODUCT, A BETTER RESULT.

UH, I THINK THAT THE ORDINANCE AS WRITTEN SERVES THE PURPOSE AND THE PURPOSE, I THINK WAS TO ALLOW SOME FOLKS A LITTLE BIT MORE LATITUDE IN DEMOLISHING PROPERTIES THAT, UM, WERE NOT NECESSARILY, THEY WEREN'T CONTRIBUTING.

UM, AND AS WE PROVED WITH THE SOLAR ORDINANCE, WE'RE CERTAINLY OPEN TO COMING BACK IF IN SIX MONTHS OR A YEAR WE FIND THAT THIS ORDINANCE DIDN'T SERVE THE PURPOSE THAT WE HAD INITIALLY INTENDED IT FOR.

SO I THINK, UM, I THINK THE WORDING IS FINE.

I THINK WE MOVE FORWARD WITH IT AND, UM, YOU KNOW, RUN THE TRAPS AND LET SOME FOLKS GO THROUGH THE PROCESS.

AND IF THEY'RE HAPPY, WE WON'T HEAR ANOTHER WORD.

IF THEY'RE NOT, WE'LL HEAR ABOUT IT AND WE'LL REVISIT IT.

THANKS, ANDY.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I WOULD JUST RECOMMEND THAT WE APPROVE THE RESOLUTION AS, UM, STAFF HAS PRESENTED.

IT'S REALLY, IT'S JUST SOME VERY MINOR, UM, WORD SWAPS.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE RED LINE VERSION OF THE GUIDELINES, WE'RE JUST CHANGING LANDMARK AND CONTRIBUTING.

WE'RE JUST SWAPPING WORDS ON CONTEXT.

UH, NOTHING ELSE IS, IS CHANGING FROM THESE GUIDELINES THAT HAVE BEEN IN USE FOR THE LAST COUPLE

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SO I WOULD JUST RECOMMEND WE VOTE AND PASS THE RESOLUTION.

RIGHT.

WELL, THE ONLY, UM, I, I WON'T CONTINUE THIS 'CAUSE I KNOW WHICH WAY THE COUNCIL IS MOVING, AND THAT'S FINE.

I BRING THIS UP BECAUSE I DO THINK, AS ANDY SAID, IF THERE'S UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES, IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO JUST, YOU KNOW, RAISE A FLAG AND SAY THAT THIS MIGHT BE A POSSIBILITY.

I WANNA MAKE SURE THE A RB HAS THE ABILITY TO MAKE THEIR DECISIONS, YOU KNOW, BASED ON WHAT WE, WE WRITE HERE.