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OKAY, WE WILL CALL THE MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26TH, REGULAR DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER.JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE VICE MAYOR LUDO? HERE.
AND I BELIEVE MR. REINER'S EXPECTED.
[ADJOURNMENT TO EXECUTIVE SESSION]
OKAY.I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN TO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THE PURPOSES OF PERSONNEL MATTERS, CONSIDERING THE APPOINTMENT OF A PUBLIC OFFICIAL CONSIDERING CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION RELATED TO A REQUEST FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANT THAT INVOLVES PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE DIRECTLY RATED RELATED TO AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECT IN WHICH EXECUTIVE SESSION IS NECESSARY TO PROTECT THE POSSIBLE INVESTMENT OR EXPENDITURE OF PUBLIC FUNDS TO BE MADE IN CONNECTION WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECT AND CONSIDERING THE PURCHASE OF PROPERTY FOR PUBLIC PURPOSES.
JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE MR. KEELER? YES.
WE WILL RECONVENE, UH, AT 7:00 PM IN THIS LOCATION.
[RECONVENE (7 P.M.)]
RECONVENE THE MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26TH, 2024 DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING.UH, ANDY, WOULD YOU PLEASE LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? OKAY.
[SPECIAL PRESENTATION]
THIS EVENING WE WILL START WITH THE SPECIAL PRESENTATION WITH KO.I THINK WE HAVE A SCOTT PERRY AND, AND A HANNAH GREER BROWN HERE.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COME FORWARD WITH JOE LOMBARDI, UH, WELCOME DIRECTOR AT S WACO.
I BRING GREETINGS TO VICE MAYOR LUDO FROM MANY OF YOUR FORMER COLLEAGUES AT WACO.
THEY WANTED ME TO SAY HI TO YOU THIS EVENING.
I WILL LET THEM KNOW I'M HERE TONIGHT WITH ALL OF YOU TO EXPRESS WACO'S APPRECIATION FOR THE CITY'S EFFORTS TO PRIORITIZE SUSTAINABILITY AND HELP TO REDUCE CENTRAL HOUSING RELIANCE ON LANDFILL.
THE COUNTY LANDFILL, WHICH IS OWNED AND OPERATED BY S WAYCO, CONTINUES TO RECEIVE MORE THAN A MILLION TONS OF WASTE EACH YEAR.
AND THAT NUMBER IS PROJECTED TO CONTINUE TO GROW AS OUR REGION'S POPULATION GROWTH INCREASES.
BUT THANKS TO THE COLLABORATION WITH MANY PARTNERS, INCLUDING THE CITY OF DUBLIN, WE'RE OPTIMISTIC THAT, THAT EVEN WITH THAT POPULATION GROWTH, WE CAN TIP THE SCALES EVEN MORE TOWARDS REDUCING WASTE AND RECYCLING SO THAT THE LANDFILL TONNAGE STAYS FLAT.
OR BETTER YET, LET'S REDUCE IT FROM THE IRISH FESTIVAL AND A BRIDGE PARK INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS TO THE FOOD WASTE DROP-OFF SITES AND RECENTLY COMPLETED RESIDENTIAL EDUCATION CAMPAIGNS.
S WACO HAS BEEN PLEASED TO SUPPORT THE CITY OF DUBLIN'S EFFORTS FOR NEARLY A DECADE.
SPEAKING OF THE IRISH FESTIVAL, I DID CAST MY VOTE LAST WEEK FOR IT TO WIN THE USA TODAY'S READER'S CHOICE AWARD FOR THE BEST CULTURAL FESTIVAL.
MY THANKS TO MICHAEL DARLING, OPERATIONS ADMINISTRATOR OF PUBLIC SERVICE FOR SERVING AS THE LIAISON BETWEEN THE CITY AND WACO AND HELPING TO BRING MANY OF THESE PROJECTS TO LIFE.
CHANGING BEHAVIOR IS HARD, BUT WE BELIEVE IS IMPORTANT AND NECESSARY IN OUR SHARED ENDEAVOR TO CREATE A MORE SUSTAINABLE, SUSTAINABLE FUTURE FOR OUR REGION.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE EAGER TO SUPPORT THE CITY AGAIN THIS YEAR AND ARE EXCITED TO PRESENT TO YOU A COMMUNITY WASTE REDUCTION GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $35,000 TO HELP WITH EXPANDING RECYCLING TO THE SPORTS PARKS AT EMERALD FIELDS.
OFFERING, RECYCLING AND COMBINING IT WITH REGULAR TRASH SERVICE AS THE CITY HAS PROPOSED, WILL BE A GREAT ADDITION TO AN ALREADY WONDERFUL COMMUNITY GATHERING SPACE IN ONE THAT WILL SERVE THE DUBLIN COMMUNITY AND OUR SHARED ENVIRONMENT.
WELL IN MANY YEARS TO COME, KO'S GRANTS ARE COMPETITIVELY AWARDED.
WE CONGRATULATE THE CITY'S ADMINISTRATION AND STAFF ON BRINGING FORWARD A PROJECT THAT WAS THOUGHTFULLY CRAFTED AND STOOD OUT AMONG YOUR PEERS.
CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP.
AND AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME A FEW MINUTES OF YOUR TIME THIS EVENING.
AND NOW WE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT YOU WITH THAT $35,000 CHECK.
I BELIEVE ALLISON MIGHT BE HERE FOR
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THE RECEIPT OF THIS.ANYBODY ELSE? I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO PRESENT ONE OF THESE IN THE RECEIPT.
WE ARE CERTAINLY GRATEFUL FOR THE SERVICES THAT S WACO PROVIDES REGIONALLY IN THE LEADERSHIP THAT YOU DO IN, IN HANDLING ALL OF THE WASTE MATERIAL.
UM, IT'S A GREAT SERVICE TO ALL OF US, SO THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO.
[CITIZEN COMMENTS]
THIS WILL BRING US TO THE CITIZENS COMMENTS PORTION OF OUR MEETING.AND I UNDERSTAND THAT LINDSEY MIGHT HAVE SOME FOLKS THAT HAVE SIGNED IN, BUT DON'T WORRY IF YOU DID NOT SIGN IN AND YOU'D STILL LIKE TO SPEAK AT THE END, WE WILL ACCEPT THOSE, BUT WE WILL GO IN THE ORDER OF WHICH THEY WERE SIGNED IN.
I'D LIKE TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT, UM, TO SPEAK FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS, WE'RE LIMITED TO FIVE MINUTES AND IF YOU'LL COME FORWARD, YOU'LL BE ASKED TO STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND THEN SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS WITH US.
THERE'S A TIMER THAT IS LOCATED ON THE PODIUM, SO THAT WILL HELP YOU KEEP PLACE, UM, AND, AND MANAGE YOUR OWN CADENCE.
SO, LINDSAY, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO START GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
UM, BEFORE THIS EVENING'S MEETING, WE DID RECEIVE 11 COMMENTS TO CITY COUNCIL, UM, ASKING FOR DUBLIN TO, UM, I WOULD PASS A RESOLUTION FOR A CEASEFIRE IN GAZA.
AND AS YOU MENTIONED, WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL, UM, PEOPLE SIGNED IN FOR, UH, TO SPEAK ON THAT TOPIC THIS EVENING.
THE FIRST PERSON, UM, REGISTERED THIS EVENING IS LYON ABU ROMA.
PLEASE COME FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS INTO THE RECORD.
THE GREEN LIGHT'S ALREADY ON SO YOU DON'T NEED TO PRESS ANYTHING.
UH, MY NAME IS LEAN BU UH, MY ADDRESS IS 5 5 8 9 NEWTON MOORE PLACE.
ALRIGHT, SO I'M A PALESTINIAN.
I'M A PALESTINIAN AMERICAN LIVING IN DUBLIN, OHIO.
AS A PALESTINIAN AMERICAN, I STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY WITH A HEAVY HEART BURDENED BY THE PAIN AND ANGUISH THAT PLAGUES MY HOMELAND.
EACH DAY I CARRY THE WEIGHT OF MY HERITAGE AND THE CRIES OF MY PEOPLE WHO ARE BEGGING FOR PEACE AMIDST THE CHAOS AND BOMBING.
FOR TOO LONG, GAZA HAS BEEN A PLACE WHERE DREAMS ARE SHATTERED AND LIVES ARE LOST.
IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE, OUR SCARS RUN DEEP, ETCHED INTO THE VERY FABRIC OF OUR EXISTENCE, LEAVING BEHIND A TRAIL OF SUFFERING AND DESPAIR THAT KNOWS NO END.
I'M STANDING IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY TO ASK FOR A CEASEFIRE AND END TO THE BOMBING AND END TO THE SUFFERING.
WE ARE ASKING YOU TO FOLLOW THE, TO FOLLOW IN THE STEPS OF THE OVER 70 AMERICAN CITIES WHO HAVE CALLED FOR A CEASEFIRE AND END TO DESTRUCTION.
WHAT KIND OF WORLD, WHAT KIND OF WORLD DO WE LIVE IN WHERE WE NEED TO ASK FOR AN END TO THE KILLING OF INNOCENT CIVILIANS? I IMPLORE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU TO STAND ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY, TO BE A FORCE FOR CHANGE IN A WORLD THAT'S ALL TOO OFTEN DEFINED BY CONFLICT AND DIVISION.
STAND FOR WHAT'S RIGHT, STAND FOR LIFE, AND STAND FOR PEACE.
AND I'LL REMIND YOU NAME AND ADDRESS AND TO THE RECORD PLEASE.
MY NAME IS SALMA KWA AND I LIVE, UM, IN 6 8 3 0 BARONS MOWAY, WHAT KIND OF WORLD DO WE LIVE IN AND WHAT KIND OF WORLD DO CHILDREN HAVE TO BEG FOR PEACE? AND WHAT KIND OF WORLD IS IT OKAY TO BOMB A HOSPITAL FILLED WITH BABIES, TODDLERS, TEENAGERS, MOTHERS, FATHERS, ELDERLY HOSPITAL STAFF? ARE YOU NOT TIRED OF PRETENDING LIKE IT'S OKAY? BECAUSE IN WHAT WORLD DOES A GOVERNMENT TELL PEOPLE TO GO SOMEWHERE AND THEN BOMB THEM? AND WHAT WORLD DOES AN ARMY USE A DYING GIRL TO LEARN AMBULANCE AND MURDER THEM ALL? IN WHAT WORLD DOES ONE COUNTRY GET TO DECIDE THE FATE OF MILLIONS OF LIVES? WHY AM I EVEN STANDING HERE RIGHT NOW? WHY DOES SOMEONE HAVE TO SAY THAT THIS ISN'T OKAY? AND WHY IS LA THIS STILL BEING BOMBED AS I'M SPEAKING? WHEN I WAS YOUNGER, I WATCHED THE HUNGER GAMES AND DIVERGENT, AND I WAS AFRAID THAT THE WORLD WOULD BECOME A DYSTOPIAN NIGHTMARE.
IT'S ONLY WHEN I GREW UP, I REALIZED THAT I'M ALREADY LIVING IN IT.
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CALL FOR AN IMMEDIATE SEA, IMMEDIATE AND PERMANENT CEASEFIRE ON ZA BECAUSE IN WHAT WORLD WOULD YOU NOT? THANK YOU.NEXT, WE WILL HAVE RAN FARRA AGAIN.
NAME AND ADDRESS INTO THE RECORD.
I LIVE IN 7 7 1 1 SCHOOL WAY COURT.
I'M HERE TODAY TO ASK YOU GUYS TO CALL FOR A CEASEFIRE.
EVERYDAY CHILDREN, WOMEN, MEN, AND JUST ANY CIVILIAN FROM PALESTINE AND GAZA ARE MURDERED BY THE ISRAELI AIRSTRIKES FORCES THAT THE UNITED STATES IS FUNDING.
OUR TAX DOLLARS IS GOING TO ALL THESE AIRSTRIKES TO KILL INNOCENCE.
CIVILIANS, WHAT KIND OF ROAD DO WE LIVE IN THAT IS OKAY TO BOMB ANY INNOCENT CIVILIAN.
WHAT DOES THIS HAVE TO DO WITH DUBLIN? YOU MAY ASK.
HOME OF, UM, HOME OF THE IRISH IS OFTEN A PHRASE SAID IN DUBLIN.
THE IRISH FESTIVAL IS COMING UP.
IRELAND SENATE, IRELAND SENATE HAS JUST UNANIMOUSLY VOTED TO IMPOSE SANCTIONS AGAINST ISRAEL, ACTIVELY PREVENT THE PASSAGE OF US WEAPONS THROUGH IRISH AEROSPACE TO ISRAEL, AND ADVOCATE FOR AN INTERNATIONAL ARMS EMBARGO ON ISRAEL.
AGAIN, THE IRISH SAY YES TO A CEASEFIRE WILL YOU NOTHING CAN JUST, NOTHING CAN JUSTIFY ISRAEL'S ACTIONS AGAINST PALESTINE.
THIS IS THE GENOCIDE AND ETHNIC CLEANSING, ETHNIC CLEANSING.
AS A DUBLIN RESIDENT, SOMETHING THAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN SAID IS OUR VOICES MATTER.
GAZA IS BEING BOMBED AS WE SPEAK.
70 PLUS CITIES HAVE SAID YES TO COLONIES VIA I BELIEVE DUBLIN.
CITIES SHOULD CALL FOR AN IMMEDIA CEASEFIRE.
AND AGAIN, NAME AND ADDRESS INTO THE RECORD, PLEASE.
MY NAME IS BUSA ARI AND I LIVE AT 6 2 6 0 POST ROAD.
I AM A JUNIOR AT KAUFMAN HIGH SCHOOL.
I'M A PROUD PALESTINIAN AMERICAN.
MY GRANDFATHER IS FROM J JERUSALEM PALESTINE AND MY GRANDMOTHER IS FROM YAFFA PALESTINE, BOTH OF WHICH ARE TERRITORIES THAT ARE OCCUPIED BY ISRAEL.
AS OF NOW, EVERY TIME I WOULD CHECK MY SOCIAL MEDIA, IT WOULD BE FULL OF POSTS TO MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY, ENJOYING THEIR TIME IN DUBLIN.
SNAPSHOTS OF THE DUBLIN BRIDGE SELFIES AT THE CIO RIVER AND SENIOR PHOTOS IN FRONT OF OUR BEAUTIFUL PARKS.
NOW MY SOCIAL MEDIA TELLS ME A DIFFERENT STORY.
NOW MY PAGES ARE FLOODED WITH HORRIFYING IMAGES OF CHILDREN, CRYING OF FATHERS AND MOTHERS HOLDING THEIR DEAD CHILDREN IN THEIR ARMS, SIBLINGS SEARCHING FOR EACH OTHER UNDER THE RUBBLE.
BABIES LEFT WITH NO FAMILY MEMBERS, ELDERLY WITH NO ACCESS TO MEDICAL CARE.
CHILDREN, CHILDREN SEARCHING FOR THEIR BELOVED TOYS, LITTLE BOYS AND GIRLS WITH BLOODIED FACES AND DESTRUCTION EVERYWHERE.
MY COUSINS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FAMILY HAVE HAD 40 MEMBER MEMBERS OF HER FAMILY DIE.
ENTIRE BLOODLINES HAVE BEEN ERASED.
MEN, WOMEN, CHILDREN, THEY'RE NOT ONLY HUNGRY, BUT DYING OF STARVATION.
EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM IS JUST BARELY SURVIVING.
ISRAEL HAS COMMITTED A MULTITUDE OF WAR CRIMES USING PROHIBITIVE WE WEAPONS LIKE PHOSPHORUS GAS.
THEY HAVE DIRECTLY ATTACKED CITIZENS AND CIVILIANS LIKE JOURNALISTS, AND THEY HAVE HAD INDISCRIMINATE ATTACKS WHERE THEY HAVE BOMBED HEALTH ESTABLISHMENTS AND UNITS, INCLUDING HOSPITALS, ALL OF WHICH ARE PROHIBITED BY INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW.
THESE ARE JUST TO NAME A FEW AND NOTHING, ABSOLUTELY NOTHING CAN JUSTIFY ISRAEL'S ACTIONS.
THE OTHER DAY I SAW A POST ON THE CITY OF DUBLIN'S INSTAGRAM AND THE CAPTION READ, LINKING YOUR THE WAY TO WARMER AND BRIGHTER DAYS AHEAD.
INSTEAD EACH DAY, ALL I SEE AHEAD OF ME IS THE HORRIBLE SITUATION IN GAZA.
BUT YOU CAN END THAT NOW TO SAY THAT OUR CITY CALLING FOR A CEASE FIRE WILL HAVE NO IMPACT.
IT'S ENCOURAGING A DANGEROUS RHETORIC, A RHETORIC THAT GOES AGAINST THE VERY THINGS THAT YOU TEACH US IN SCHOOL.
THAT OUR VOICES MATTER NO MATTER HOW SMALL THEY SEEM.
AS HUMAN BEINGS, WE HAVE A MORAL OBLIGATION TO SPEAK OUT AGAINST THE INJUSTICE AND ADVOCATE FOR THE FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS OF ALL PEOPLE.
WE MUST STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE IN INNOCENT VICTIMS, CAUGHT IN THE CROSSFIRE AND DEMAND AN IMMEDIATE END TO THE VIOLENCE.
I STAND HERE IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY TO ASK YOU TO TAKE ACTION AND THE VIOLENCE.
SHOW ME THAT YOU TAKE MY CONCERNS AS A DUBLIN RESIDENT INTO CONSIDERATION.
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ME THAT THE VERY VALUES THIS CITY HAS BEEN FOUNDED ON ARE BEING APPLIED IN YOUR ACTIONS.SHOW ME THAT THE SAME THINGS YOU TEACH US IN SCHOOL ARE REFLECTED BY THE ACTIONS AND DECISIONS YOU MAKE.
SHOW ME HOW YOU STRIVE TO PROVIDE THE BEST QUALITY OF LIFE AND ENVIRONMENT FOR EVERYONE.
SHOW ME THAT YOU VALUE HUMAN LIFE NO MATTER WHAT.
JOIN ME IN 70 OTHER CITIES CALLING FOR A CEASEFIRE IN GAZA.
AND JUST A REMINDER NAME AND ADDRESS INTO THE RECORD, PLEASE.
I LIVE ON 7 7 1 SCHOOL WAY COURT AS DESMOND TU TWO ONE SAID, IF YOU ARE NEUTRAL IN SITUATIONS OF INJUSTICE, YOU HAVE CHOSEN THE SIDE OF THE OPPRESSOR.
THIS GENOCIDE IS NOT JUST A PALESTINIAN PROBLEM.
IT, IT IS NOT JUST AN AMERICAN PROBLEM.
THIS IS A HUMANITARIAN PROBLEM.
THIS IS ETHNIC CLEANSING AND THERE IS NO NEUTRAL SIDE.
THIS ISSUE AFFECTS EVERY PERSON IN THIS ROOM.
OUR TAX MONEY IS FUNDING MURDER.
OUR TAX MONEY IS KILLING BABIES BEFORE THEY ARE EVEN BORN.
OUR TAX MONEY IS BOMBING HOSPITALS.
WE HAVE TO STAND FOR JUSTICE AND WE CANNOT CHOOSE THAT OPPRESSOR.
I AM ASKING DUBLIN TO CALL FOR A CEASEFIRE ON GAZA BECAUSE WE ALL NEED IT.
NEXT WE'LL HEAR FROM LEAN ARI.
AND JUST A REMINDER, IF YOU'D START WITH YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, ANOTHER RECORD.
HELLO? UM, I'M LEAN ARDI AND MY ADDRESS IS 6 2 6 0 POST ROAD.
UM, AS YOU SHOULD KNOW, OUR GOVERNMENT IS ONE OF THE PEOPLE BY THE PEOPLE AND FOR THE PEOPLE, WHICH MEANS THAT YOU REPRESENT OUR CITY.
MORE THAN 60% OF AMERICANS SUPPORT A CEASEFIRE IN GAZA.
MORE THAN 70 CITIES, INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ATHENS, TOLEDO, AKRON, DAYTON, AND YELLOW SPRINGS IN OHIO HAVE ALREADY CALLED FOR A CEASEFIRE.
YOU MUST FOLLOW THE REST OF AMERICANS AND REPRESENT OUR CITY IN CALLING FOR A CEASEFIRE.
IT'S UP TO YOU TO DO THE RIGHT THING.
IT MAY SEEM AS THOUGH YOU ARE JUST IN CHARGE OF ONE CITY, BUT YOU SHOULD, YOU SHOULD STILL TRY TO STAND UP AGAINST INJUSTICE.
NO, NO ONE DESERVES TO GO THROUGH WHAT THE PEOPLE OF PALESTINE ARE GOING THROUGH.
NO ONE, NOT A SINGLE PART OF A BEING SHOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH AN OUNCE OF THE TRAUMA, PAIN, SUFFERING, HUNGER, AND LOSS.
THE PALESTINIANS HAVE GONE THROUGH NO ONE.
I REALLY HOPE YOU BELIEVE THAT TOO.
AND I HOPE YOU KNOW THAT ISRAEL HAS KILLED OVER 110 JOURNALISTS AND MORE THAN 300 HEALTHCARE WORKERS.
2 MILLION PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DISPLACED.
THE WORLD HEALTH PROGRAM SAID THAT THE GAZA STRIP REQUIRES AT LEAST 400 TRUCKS OF FOOD, NOT INCLUDING MEDICAL SUPPLIES, FUEL, AND OTHER ESSENTIALS OF LIVING EACH DAY.
IMAGINE NOW WHERE THE SITUATION IS MUCH, MUCH MORE DIRE, THAT BARELY 100 TRUCKS OF TOTAL AID ARE ALLOWED IN EACH DAY.
THERE ARE STILL THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE MISSING UNDER THE RUBBLE AS WELL AS CLOSE TO 30,000 BRUTALLY KILLED AND ALMOST 70,000 INJURED.
AND LET ME REMIND YOU THAT OF THESE DEAD PEOPLE ARE AT LEAST 12,000 CHILDREN.
INFANTS AND CHILDREN ARE DYING OF STARVATION.
THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE LIVING IN TENTS, DISPLACED AND HUNGRY.
ALL OF THEM NEED THE SUFFERING TO END.
WE CAN'T SIT DOWN AND DO NOTHING.
WE CAN'T ALLOW THEIR CONDITIONS TO WORSEN.
WE, IF WE DON'T CALL FOR A CEASEFIRE NOW MORE PEOPLE CAN BE HURT, MORE PEOPLE CAN BE MURDERED, AND MORE PEOPLE CAN BE DISPLACED.
I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I DECIDED I WOULD COME TODAY BECAUSE I'M FED UP WITH SEEING THESE HORRIFYING VIDEOS AND PHOTOS OF PEOPLE WITH THEIR LIMBS BLOWN OFF OF CHILDREN'S FACES, CHARRED AND COVERED WITH ASH, THEIR EYES, WIDE BODIES SHAKING WITH FEAR, BABIES CRYING FOR THEIR MOTHERS, THEIR DEAD MOTHERS.
AND RECENTLY I'VE COME TO KNOW THAT ALL OF THIS IS FUNDED BY OUR TAX DOLLARS.
HOW CAN WE LIVE IN A WORLD WE'RE SEEING THESE THINGS IS NORMAL.
HOW DO WE LIVE IN A WORLD WHERE THIS IS JUSTIFIED? HOW WE'RE SO, SO MANY SILENT ABOUT KILLING HAPPENING EVERYWHERE? HOW CAN PEOPLE WITH POWER LIKE YOU AND US CITIZENS OF AMERICA NOT TRY TO HELP THE CHILDREN OF GAZA, JUST LIKE ME, HAVE DREAMS AND HOPES? THEY ARE INTELLIGENT, CARING, AND LOVING, AND THEY'RE BEING FORCED TO LEAVE EVERYTHING
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THEY KNOW JUST TO SURVIVE.DO YOU THINK THAT ANY CHILD SHOULD RUN AWAY FROM GUNSHOTS? DO YOU THINK THAT ANY CHILD SHOULD BE AMPUTATED WITHOUT ANESTHETIC? DO YOU THINK THAT ANY CHILD SHOULD LIVE IN A TENT OR BE SO HUNGRY THAT THEY EAT BREAD MADE FROM ANIMAL GRAINS AND SET ROCKS ON THEIR STOMACH SO THEY CAN FINALLY A FEEL FULL? I WISH THERE COULD STILL BE SOME SEMBLANCE OF GOODNESS THAT THESE PEOPLE CAN FIND.
I WISH THAT THEIR SUFFERING ENDS SOON, AND I WISH THAT YOU WOULD HELP ME AND STAND UP FOR WHAT'S RIGHT.
I WISH THAT YOU WOULD CALL FOR A CEASEFIRE.
AND AS A REMINDER, YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS INTO THE RECORD.
HI, MY NAME IS TESS SHAZI AND I LIVE AT 5 7 5 8 FINNIGAN COURT.
MY NAME IS TEEM SHAZI AND I'M A SOPHOMORE AT DUBLIN KAUFMAN HIGH SCHOOL.
WHEN I WAS THINKING OF WHAT I SHOULD SAY WHEN SPEAKING, I HAD TROUBLE COMING UP WITH THE WORDS.
HONESTLY, IT'S A LITTLE BIT CHALLENGING TO CONVINCE PEOPLE AS TO WHY THEY SHOULD STOP THE KILLING OF THOUSANDS OF INNOCENT PEOPLE.
IF WE LOOK RIGHT NOW AT THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE KILLED SINCE OCTOBER 7TH IN REZA, ABOUT 30,000 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED, ALMOST HALF OF THOSE BEING CHILDREN.
HOW CAN THIS BE JUSTIFIED? AND YES, I KNOW WE ARE REALLY FAR, FAR AWAY FROM THE CONFLICT, BUT WHAT WE DO HERE MAKE SOME OF THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCES.
OUR TAX DOLLARS ARE WHAT IS FUNDING THE KILLING OF ALL OF THESE INNOCENT PEOPLE.
THE WORST THING THAT WE CAN DO IS STAY SILENT.
THIS IS NOT A MATTER OF BEING MUSLIM OR ARAB.
THIS IS A MATTER OF BEING HUMAN BECAUSE THE ACTIONS THAT ARE TAKING PLACE IN REZA RIGHT NOW ARE NOT HUMANE ACTIONS.
WE COME TO ASK YOU TO CALL FOR A CEASEFIRE BECAUSE IN NO WORLD SHOULD THE KILLING OF INNOCENT PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY CHILDREN, BE NORMALIZED.
YOU HAVE TO START WITH YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
MY ADDRESS IS 5 5 8 9 NEWTON ROAD PLACE AND I'M A PALESTINIAN AMERICAN.
AS YOU KNOW, AN ONGOING GENOCIDE HAS BEEN HAPPENING IN PALESTINE.
PALESTINIANS HAVE BEEN TORTURED AND KILLED FOR OVER 70 YEARS.
IT'S CRAZY TO ME THAT WE EVEN LET THIS SHOW INSIDE HAPPEN FOR THIS LONG, NO ONE DESERVES TO BE BRUTALLY KILLED BY AIRSTRIKES AND ISRAELI WEAPONS, LET ALONE LITTLE CHILDREN AND INFANTS.
NO ONE DESERVES TO BE FORCED OUT OF THEIR HOMES.
NO ONE DESERVES TO DIE OF STARVATION.
THE PEOPLE OF GAZA WAKE UP TO THE SOUND OF BOMBS EVERY DAY.
LITTLE KIDS AREN'T ABLE TO GET AN EDUCATION AND PURSUE THEIR HOPES AND DREAMS. I'M TIRED OF SEEING THE PEOPLE OF GAZA SUFFERING.
I'M TIRED OF SEEING THE HORRIFIC VIDEOS ON THE INTERNET OF LITTLE KIDS SUFFERING.
I PERSONALLY HAVE FAMILY THAT LIVES ON THE WEST BANK.
I GOT TO VISIT THEM AND SEE THE BEAUTY OF PALESTINE LAST SUMMER.
IT PAINS ME TO THINK THAT I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO RETURN TO PALESTINE BECAUSE OF THE AWFUL AND UNSAFE CONDITIONS.
I HOPE THAT THIS GENOCIDE WILL END SOON.
YOU CAN HELP PALESTINE BE SAFE AGAIN BY CALLING FOR A CEASEFIRE.
IF YOU COULD START WITH YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS PLEASE.
MY NAME IS RHONDA KWA AND MY ADDRESS IS 6 8 3 0 BARONS MORE WAY DUBLIN, OHIO.
I HAD PREPARED A SPEECH, BUT AFTER YESTERDAY'S TRAGIC EVENT, I'VE DECIDED TO SHARE AARON BUSHNELL'S STORY.
AARON BUSHNELL WAS AN ACTIVE DUTY MEMBER OF THE US AIR FORCE YESTERDAY.
HE SET HIMSELF ON FIRE IN FRONT OF THE ISRAELI EMBASSY IN DC AND HE DIED.
I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE HIS LAST SOCIAL MEDIA POST, WHICH READ MANY OF US WOULD LIKE TO ASK OURSELVES, WHAT, WHAT WOULD I DO IF I WAS ALIVE DURING SLAVERY OR THE JIM CROW OR APARTHEID? WHAT WOULD I DO IF MY COUNTRY WAS COMMITTING GENOCIDE? THE ANSWER IS, YOU'RE DOING IT RIGHT NOW.
BEFORE AARON LIT HIMSELF ON FIRE, HIS LAST WORDS WERE, I'M ABOUT TO ENGAGE IN AN EXTREME ACT OF PROTEST.
BUT COMPARED TO WHAT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING IN PALESTINE AT THE HANDS OF THEIR COLONIZERS, IT'S NOT EXTREME AT ALL.
THIS IS WHAT OUR RULING CLASS HAS DECIDED WILL BE NORMAL FREE PALESTINE.
THINK ABOUT THESE LAST WORDS WHILE YOU THINK ABOUT A CEASEFIRE.
THOSE ARE ALL THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE SIGNED IN TO SPEAK THIS EVENING OR WELL, UH, WELL, WE WILL OPEN IT UP.
IF THERE'S ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ANY ITEM, NOT ON THIS EVENING'S AGENDA, WE WELCOME YOU TO COME FORWARD NOW.
UM, THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR, UM, YOUR WILLINGNESS TO BE HERE AND FOR THE PASSION THAT YOU SHARED WITH US.
UM, I WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT AND SHARE A RESOLUTION 37 DASH 20 THAT WE,
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UM, PASSED IN IN 2020.UM, I KNOW THAT YOU IN SHORT ORDER WILL BE MEETING WITH OUR CITY MANAGER, MEGAN O. CALLAHAN, AND, UM, WE LOOK FORWARD TO HER REPORTING BACK TO US THE OUTCOME OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS.
BUT I DID WANNA SHARE ONE OF THE RAZ IS IN THIS, UM, RESOLUTION THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN PASSED AND IT STATES WHEREAS CITY COUNCIL PREVIOUSLY ADOPTED RESOLUTION 37 DASH 17 ENCOURAGING ALL TO COMBAT COMBAT INTOLERANCE, NEGATIVE STEREOTYPING, DISCRIMINATION, AND STATING THAT HATRED, FEAR AND DISCRIMINATION AGAINST ANY INDIVIDUAL ON THE BASIS OF RACE, RELIGION, AND NATIONAL ORIGIN IS DETRIMENTAL TO ALL PEOPLE WHO CHERISH FREEDOM AND EQUALITY.
SO I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU THE LEGISLATION THAT WE, UM, HAVE PASSED RELATIVE TO SOME OF THESE ISSUES.
AND THEN, UM, MEGAN WILL BE MEETING WITH YOU.
I BELIEVE THAT THAT HAS THAT DATE BEEN SCHEDULED OR IS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING SCHEDULED.
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE OUTCOME OF THOSE MEETINGS.
SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU COMING TONIGHT AND WE APPRECIATE YOU SHARING YOUR THOUGHTS WITH US.
THIS WILL BRING US TO THE CONSENT PORTION OF OUR AGENDA.
UM, IS THERE A REQUEST TO MOVE ANY ITEM FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA THAT CONSISTS OF THE JANUARY 29TH AND FEBRUARY 5TH MEETINGS, UH, AND ABSENCE IN A, UH, LIQUOR PERMIT?
[CONSENT AGENDA]
OKAY.IS THERE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.
JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? MR. REINER? YES.
[Ordinance 01-24]
INTRODUCTION, FIRST READING ORDINANCES, ORDINANCE ZERO ONE DASH 24 AMENDING ZONING CODE SECTIONS 1 5 3 0.0 4 2 1 5 3 0.0 4 8 1 5 3 0.0 5 3 1 5 3 0.0 6 6 1 5, 3 0.159 AND 1 5 3 0.236.TO ADDRESS THE ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVAL CRITERIA, HONOR THANK YOU AND, UH, MR. ZACK HOUSE SHALL WILL BE OUR PRESENT, OUR STAFF REPORT THIS EVENING.
GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, UH, BEFORE YOU.
TONIGHT IS THE FIRST READING FOR A ZONING CODE AMENDMENT, UH, FOR ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVALS CRITERIA.
SO ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVALS, UH, ARE A PROCESS THAT ALLOWS THE PLAN DIRECTOR TO, UH, AUTHORIZE MINOR PLAN MODIFICATIONS TO, UH, BUILDING LAYOUTS, PARKING ARRANGEMENTS, SIGNS, LIGHTING, AND OTHER, UH, SITE RELATED IMPROVEMENTS.
UM, HOPEFULLY THIS WILL BE SHOWN ON SCREEN JUST A MOMENT.
UH, BUT ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVAL CRITERIA IS PROVIDED IN ALL ZONING DISTRICTS OUTSIDE OF STANDARD ZONING DISTRICTS.
SO, UM, THOSE WOULD BE PLAN UNIT DEVELOPMENTS, UH, BRIDGE STREET, DISTRICT WEST, INNOVATION DISTRICT, THE HISTORIC DISTRICT, AND THEN THE DOUBLING CORPORATE AREA.
UM, WE DID RECEIVE A QUESTION REGARDING WHAT CLASSIFIES AN ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVAL TO BE, UH, TO BE PROVIDED.
SO ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVAL IS THE LOWEST OF THREE LEVELS AS I'LL.
I'LL PUT THE FIRST IS THAT ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVAL, WHICH IS INTENDED FOR MINOR CHANGES TO APPROVED, UH, OR EXISTING DEVELOPMENTS.
SO THIS IS THE QUICKEST REVIEW PROCESS, UH, AS IT GO IS HANDLED ENTIRELY, UH, THROUGH PLANNING STAFF AND PLANNING STAFF REPORTS THESE APPROVALS, UH, TO BOTH A RT AND PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION.
THE SECOND STEP UP FROM THAT WOULD BE A MINOR PROJECT, UH, THAT'S APPLICABLE IN SOME DISTRICTS SUCH AS THE BRIDGE STREET DISTRICT, UH, WEST INNOVATION DISTRICT, OR SORRY, THE HISTORIC DISTRICT.
AND THEN THE DUBLIN CORPORATE AREA MINOR PROJECT IS INTENDED FOR SMALLER SCALE PROJECTS THAT DO NOT HAVE SIGNIFICANT COMMUNITY EFFECTS, UH, BUT REQUIRES ADDITIONAL SCRUTINY FROM THE ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW TEAM.
AND THEN THE THIRD IS THE, UH, AMENDED FILE DEVELOPMENT PLAN.
SO WHEN AN APPLICATION FOR MINOR PROJECT DOES NOT MEET THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS, UH, OR SORRY, THE MAXIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR A MINOR PROJECT, UM, THEN THE AMENDED FUND DEVELOPMENT PLAN IS REQUIRED.
SO THIS CAN BE MAJOR ADDITIONS TO BUILDINGS.
THIS CAN BE COMPLETE REMODELS OF EXISTING BUILDINGS, UH, THAT MAY NOT BE WITHIN THE, THE REASONABLE REVIEW OF A MINOR PROJECT.
IN ALL INSTANCES, EITHER PLANNING STAFF OR A RT HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO KICK UP AN APPLICATION, UH, THAT IS DEEMED SIGNIFICANTLY ALTERING THE INTENT OF THE CHARACTER OF THE PROPERTY OR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO THAT IS AN EXISTING CHARACTERISTIC, THAT'S AN EXISTING REQUIREMENT, UH, THAT ALLOWS OUR STAFF TO, TO DO THAT AND THAT WILL CONTINUE, UH, FOLLOWING THIS CODE AMENDMENT.
UH, SO THE, THE REASONING FOR THIS BEING BEFORE YOU ALL TONIGHT, UH, COMES FROM DISCUSSION AND DIALOGUE WITH PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
UH, BACK IN JULY OF 2023, PLANNING COMMISSION RAISED A TOPIC OF CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS, UH, AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVAL
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CRITERIA, UH, TO UNDERSTAND WHETHER THERE WAS OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND THE BOUNDS OF WHAT PLANNING STAFF AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW TEAM COULD APPROVE.UH, THIS WAS TO HOPEFULLY MINIMIZE THE AMOUNT OF MINOR APPLICATIONS THAT WOULD BE BEFORE THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, UH, THAT ARE TYPICALLY CONSENT ITEMS. STAFF PROVIDED SOME RESEARCH ON THIS TO PLAYING COMMISSION IN AUGUST, AND MAJORITY OF THOSE ITEMS WERE MINOR CONDITIONAL USE CHANGES, UH, SIGNS, EXISTING SIGNS, UH, MENU BOARD SIGNS, AND THEN BUILDING MATERIALS AND MINOR CHANGES, UH, IN THOSE ITEMS. SO BACK IN FEBRUARY, PLAYING AND ZONING COMMISSION PROVIDED A RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL ON A NUMBER OF THOSE ITEMS. STAFF ALSO DID ADD A FEW OTHER ITEMS WHICH WE'LL DISCUSS HERE IN A MOMENT.
UH, SO THE FIRST CHANGE IS FOR EXISTING SIGNS.
UH, THIS IS NOT NEW, THESE ARE NOT NEW SIGNS, BUT EXISTING SIGNS WITHIN THE AREA.
UM, THIS WOULD APPLY TO THE PLAN UNIT, DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, THE BRIDGE STREET DISTRICT, WEST INNOVATION DISTRICT, AND THE, UH, DUBLIN CORPORATE AREA.
SO THE LANGUAGE WOULD ADD, UH, THAT STAFF CAN APPROVE, UH, NEW WELL SIGN DESIGN AND LOCATION CHANGES TO EXISTING ASSIGN SIGNS.
UH, CURRENTLY STAFF IS ABLE TO APPROVE MINOR CHANGES TO SIGN FACES.
UH, BUT THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE CHANGES TO SIGN CABINETS OR THE SIGN BASE OR THE LOCATION OF EXISTING SIGNS ON A SITE.
SO THAT'S WHAT THIS CHANGE WOULD ALLOW STAFF TO DO.
ASSUMING THAT IT MEETS THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AND CODE REQUIREMENTS.
APPLICABLE STAFF DOES HAVE THE, UH, ABILITY TO KICK THIS APPLICATION, UH, OUT, UP TO PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION OR THE ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW TEAM, UH, SHOULD IT BE DEEMED THAT IT'S MORE SIGNIFICANT THAN WHAT WE WOULD BE WILLING TO APPROVE.
THE NEXT IS, UH, BUILDING MATERIALS.
AND THIS IS A CHANGE WITHIN THE BRIDGE STREET DISTRICT.
UH, THE LANGUAGE ADD TEXT THAT STATES THAT STAFF'S APPROVAL CAN APPROVE PARTIAL AND FULL PAINTING OF BUILDINGS, BUT ALSO DOES UPDATES FOR THE MINOR PROJECT CRITERIA FOR EXISTING MODIFICATIONS.
UM, SO THIS CHANGE IS INTENDED TO, THIS CHANGE IS INTENDED, UH, TO ADDRESS ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVAL CRITERIA FOR MINOR FACADE CHANGES SUCH AS PAINTING OF MATERIALS, UH, WHICH DOES NOT INCLUDE NATURAL MATERIALS SUCH AS STONE OR BRICK.
'CAUSE THOSE TYPICALLY HAVE MORE IMPLICATIONS JUST ON THE LONGEVITY AND APPEARANCE OF THOSE MATERIALS OR THE CHANGE IN MATERIALS.
LATERAL CHANGES IN MATERIALS, UH, MORE SIGNIFICANT EXTERIOR CHANGES WOULD BE REVIEWED BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW TEAM AS PART OF A MINOR PROJECT.
AND AGAIN, THE DIRECTOR CAN KICK THIS APPLICATION UP TO EITHER A RT OR PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AS APPLICABLE.
UH, THE NEXT IS ADMINISTRATIVE DEPARTURES.
AND THIS IS WITHIN THE BRIDGE STREET DISTRICT.
UH, THE CHANGE UPDATES THE LANGUAGE TO CLARIFY, UM, A TECHNICALITY IN THE THE CODE.
IT'S CHANGING IT FROM THE ADMINISTRATIVE DEPARTURE.
A RT CAN APPROVE, UH, 10% OF A NUMERIC REQUIREMENT VERSUS THE CHANGE WOULD BE 10 PERCENTAGE POINTS.
UH, AN EXAMPLE OF THIS AND HOW THIS WOULD BE APPLIED.
SO CURRENTLY IF THERE'S A 60% REQUIREMENT, UH, 10% OF 60% WOULD BE APPLIED.
SO THAT'D BE 54% CAN BE APPROVED BY A RT.
THIS CHANGE WOULD BE MORE CLEAR, CLEAN CUT, AND WOULD BE 50%.
AND THIS JUST ALLOWS MORE, UH, CLARITY AND PROVIDES GREATER LATITUDE FOR A RT APPROVALS.
UH, THE NEXT WOULD BE MENU BOARD SIGNS.
AND THIS WOULD ALLOW STAFF TO OUTRIGHT APPROVE MENU BOARD SIGNS WITHIN THE CITY AND WOULD NOT REQUIRE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION APPROVAL.
UH, THE CRITERIA IS IT SPEAKS TOWARDS THE NUMBER OF SIGNS, WHICH IS ONE MAX.
UH, ALSO THE MAXIMUM SIZE, HEIGHT, LOCATION, THE SCREENING OF IT, THE SOUND AND THE OPERATIONS.
UH, THIS WOULD BE HANDLED ENTIRELY THROUGH, ENTIRELY THROUGH THE PLANNING STAFF, UM, ASSUMING IT MEETS THOSE REQUIREMENTS.
AND THOSE ARE CONSISTENT WITH PREVIOUS APPROVED, UH, MANY BOARD SIGNS WITHIN THE CITY.
THE FINAL ITEM IS MINOR CONDITIONAL USE CHANGES.
UH, THIS WOULD ALLOW STAFF TO APPROVE, LIKE FOR LIKE CONDITIONAL USE CHANGES WITHIN THE SAME USE CATEGORY.
UH, SO A CONDITIONAL USE APPROVAL HAS TO BE EXISTING ON A PROPERTY AND THE CHANGE MUST BE WITHIN THAT SAME USE CATEGORY.
SO AN EXISTS, AN EXAMPLE THAT WAS PROVIDED IS A CHANGE FROM A HAIR SALON TO A NAIL SALON.
'CAUSE THOSE ARE BOTH WITHIN THE PERSONAL SERVICE CATEGORY.
UH, WITH THAT, UH, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THIS ORDINANCE AT THE NEXT MEETING.
I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.
IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK WITH REGARD TO THIS APPLICATION? HEARING NONE, UH, COUNSEL QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION FOR A SEC.
UM, I APPRECIATE THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION I HAD ASKED FOR.
UH, CAN YOU JUST CLARIFY AGAIN THOUGH, THE MINOR
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PROJECTS CHANGE HERE THAT APPLIES TO BRIDGE STREET DISTRICT, HISTORIC DISTRICT.IS THAT WEST INNOVATION FLEX ANY OF THE ONES THAT USE A RT? IS THAT CORRECT? SO THIS WOULD ONLY APPLY TO, AND, AND YOU'RE SPEAKING TOWARDS THE BUILDING MATERIALS, CORRECT? NO, I'M GOING TO THE DEFINITION OF MINOR PROJECTS.
THE, THE CHANGE THAT'S BEING MADE IN, UM, 1 53 0.066 I MM-HMM.
SO THAT TWO B, WHAT, WHAT ZONING DISTRICTS DOES THAT APPLY TO? SO THAT CHANGE WOULD ONLY BE TO THE BRIDGE STREET DISTRICT? ONLY THE BRIDGE STREET DISTRICT.
UM, I BELIEVE THERE IS A HISTORIC DISTRICT UPDATE HAPPENING AS WELL IN THE FUTURE.
UH, SO WE REMOVED ALL HISTORIC DISTRICT.
I KNEW HISTORIC DISTRICT WAS SEPARATE, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW IF THIS PARTICULAR CODE SECTION APPLIED TO ALL THOSE.
THIS IS, SO RIGHT NOW WE ARE ONLY CHANGING IT FOR BRIDGE STREET.
AND THEN IS IT CORRECT THEN, SO MINOR PROJECTS CAN BE APPROVED BY THE A RT CORRECT.
OR THEY CAN BE MOVED UP TO, UM, PLANNING AND ZONE, RIGHT? CORRECT.
UM, SO ARE, DO WE HAVE INTENTION THEN OF CHANGING, UM, THAT DEFINITION OF MINOR PROJECTS IN THOSE OTHER ZONING DISTRICTS TO KEEP THEM PARALLEL THEN, OR, OR WE, WE DON'T KNOW THAT YET.
I THINK THAT'S TO BE DETERMINED SPECIFICALLY WITH THIS HISTORIC DISTRICT.
DEPENDING ON HOW THIS DOES END UP, UM, IF THAT'S WELL RECEIVED WITH THIS CHANGE FOR THE, THE BRIDGE STREET DISTRICT, THEN WE WOULD LOOK TO PROBABLY ADD THAT WITH THE HISTORIC DISTRICT.
AND WHEN YOU BRING THIS BACK NEXT TIME, IT, IT'D BE KIND OF NICE TO KNOW HOW MANY, UM, MINOR PROJECTS I GUESS WE ARE APPROVING THROUGH THE A RT IN THAT ZONING DISTRICT.
UM, I'M JUST CURIOUS HOW MUCH THIS, THIS IS A GIGANTIC CHANGE.
I REMEMBER SITTING ON PLANNING AND ZONING WHEN WE WROTE THIS CODE, UM, YEARS AGO.
AND, AND THAT WAS A HUGE, UM, STRUGGLE TO SAY, WELL, HOW MUCH CAN YOU CHANGE A BUILDING THAT A RT CAN APPROVE IT VERSUS PLANNING AND ZONING AND THIS CHANGE THAT WE'RE MAKING OPENS IT UP.
I MEAN, THIS IS, WE'RE NOT CHANGING THE SQUARE FOOTAGE, BUT WE CAN MAKE EVERY OTHER CHANGE THE EXTERIOR OF THIS BUILDING.
WE CAN CHANGE ITS FENESTRATION PATTERN, WHICH IS WHERE THE WINDOWS AND DOORS ARE.
SO I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S A HUGE CHANGE.
AND I JUST WANTED TO BRING IT UP THAT WHAT THE ORIGINAL INTENT WAS WHEN WE, UM, MADE THAT, AND I'M CURIOUS AS TO HOW, I MEAN, IT'S BEEN, WHAT, 10 YEARS NOW SINCE WE'VE BEEN USING IT.
I'M JUST CURIOUS IF YOU COULD BRING SOME DATA ON HOW MUCH WE'VE USED IT OR HOW MUCH THAT'S COME UP.
YEAH, WE CAN DEFINITELY PROVIDE THAT.
I, I DO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IT'S CLEAR THAT THEY STILL HAVE TO MEET TRANSPARENCY, VERTICAL, YOU KNOW, FACADE DIVISIONS, ALL THOSE THINGS.
THEY STILL HAVE TO, WOULD HAVE TO MEET THAT.
SO NO CHANGES WOULD BE PERMITTED THAT WOULD RIGHT.
BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS IT COULD STILL BE A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT LOOK.
YEAH, WE CAN DEFINITELY PROVIDE THAT.
JUST SOME DATA ON HOW MANY WE'VE ADMINISTRATIVELY APPROVED.
WHAT, WHAT KIND OF IS THE IMPACT OR, OR WHY THIS PARTICULAR CHANGE.
AND WE CAN PROVIDE SOME DATA OF THE ONES THAT WERE A MINOR PROJECT THAT EXCEED THAT THRESHOLD AND HAVE TO BE AN A FDP.
THAT WAS REALLY THE INTENT OF THIS IS RIGHT, THAT THERE'S MINOR CHANGES.
AGAIN, THE INTENT IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THINGS THAT CAN BE FAIRLY SIMPLY APPROVED WOULDN'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH A FORMAL PLANNING COMMISSION PROCESS.
AND ALSO IN, IN CONSIDERATION OF, WE HAVE OTHER ZONING DISTRICTS WITH THE SAME, FOR EXAMPLE, THE HISTORIC DISTRICT.
AND, UM, I GUESS JUST KEEP IN MIND THAT IF WE CHANGE IT HERE, OTHER PEOPLE MIGHT WANT IT CHANGED OR WE HAVE TO WATCH WHAT WE'RE DOING.
OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? YEAH.
UM, I HAD SORT OF TWO QUESTIONS AND A COMMENT, UH, COMMENT.
I, I RECOGNIZE THAT WE CONTINUE TO PUT, UM, REQUESTS FORWARD TO MAKE PROCESSES GO EASIER, FASTER, SMOOTHER, QUICKER.
AND I, I KNOW THAT THAT IS THE INTENT OF THIS AS WELL.
SO I APPRECIATE THE CONTINUED WORK THERE.
SORT OF TWO QUESTIONS ARE, UM, THE APPROACH TODAY, I THINK WHEN I READ FROM THE PLANNING AND ZONING WAS THAT THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO SORT OF MOVE THINGS THAT WOULD TRADITIONALLY HAVE BEEN ON THEIR CONSENT AGENDA OR REGULARLY AGREED.
UM, WHY NOT LEAVE IT AS PART OF A CONSENT AGENDA.
SO THAT INFORMATION IS THERE, AND I KNOW THERE WAS SOME DIALOGUE.
I, I'D LIKE YOUR COMMENT AS TO WHY THAT APPROACH, UH, THIS APPROACH IS, UM, PREFERABLE
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TO THAT BY THE, AND THEN THE SECOND I RECOGNIZE THAT STAFF COULD KICK ANYTHING UP TO, UM, IN THIS PLANNING AND ZONING.IN THIS INSTANCE, IF AN APPLICANT ISN'T SATISFIED WITH THE ANSWER, LET'S SAY SOMETHING IS DISAPPROVED, DOES THE APPLICANT RETAIN THE RIGHT TO BRING IT FORWARD TO A COMMISSION OR A BOARD? SO THOSE TWO QUESTIONS, THANK YOU.
UM, FOR, IN, IN TERMS OF THE, THE PROCESS, AND TO ANSWER YOUR SECOND QUESTION, UM, IF IT WERE DETERMINED BY STAFF, IF IT FIT WITHIN THE GUIDELINES OF LET'S SAY AN ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVAL AND OUR PLAN DIRECTOR REVIEWED IT AND DETERMINED WE'RE NOT COMFORTABLE APPROVING THIS BECAUSE WE CAN DETERMINE THIS HAS MORE IMPACT, THEN IT WOULD BE AT THAT DISCRETION TO MOVE THIS TO EITHER A RT OR PLAN ZONING COMMISSION.
THAT WOULD BE THE, THE DECISION MOVING FORWARD.
AND THE APPLICANT WOULD HAVE TO ABIDE BY THAT.
SO IT'D BE THE DISCRETION OF THE DIRECTOR.
THE APPLICANT COULDN'T HAVE AN IF, IF THE, IF THE DIRECTOR SAID, NOPE, THAT DOESN'T MATCH.
THAT'S IT, THAT'S THE END OF THE DISCUSSION IN THAT INSTANCE.
IT'S THE AUTHORITY OF THE DIRECTOR.
AND THEN THE SECOND ONE, THANK YOU.
AND THEN REGARDING THE CONSENT, SO THIS WAS BROUGHT FORWARD, THIS WAS A REQUEST OF PLAYING A ZONING COMMISSION TO ONE STREAMLINE, UH, PROCESSES FOR MINOR APPLICATIONS AS YOU HAD STATED.
UH, BUT TWO, TO, UM, IDEALLY LOOK AT PROCESSES WHERE WE ARE SEEING VERY LITTLE DISCUSSION OVER TIME AND IDENTIFYING WHETHER OR NOT ARE THESE MAJOR OR MINOR THINGS.
CAN WE, UM, IS, IS IT APPROPRIATE FOR, FOR STAFF TO REVIEW THESE INSTEAD OF PLAN ZONING COMMISSION AND TRUSTING THEIR THEIR PURVIEW? OTHER THINGS THAT WERE INCLUDED IN THIS WERE FINAL PLATS AND PRELIMINARY PLATS.
UM, IN TERMS OF THINGS THAT ARE ON CONSENT AGENDA, OBVIOUSLY WE ARE NOT ABLE TO APPROVE THOSE ADMINISTRATIVELY.
SO THOSE HAD TO STAY ON AND, AND THOSE WILL CONTINUE TO BE ITEMS THAT COULD BE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. SO IDEALLY THE, THE INTENT IS TO, TO MINIMIZE AGENDAS TO BE ABLE TO FOCUS ON ITEMS THAT, THAT NEED ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION AND NOT CLUTTER, UM, AGENDAS.
IF THOSE ARE ITEMS THAT CAN BE APPROVED ADMINISTRATIVELY OR TRANSFERRED TO A DIFFERENT BOARD SUCH AS A RT.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE BACKGROUND OF WHY THESE CHANGES ARE, ARE RECOMMENDED FOR THESE SPECIFIC ITEMS. ALRIGHT.
SO IF IT GETS, IF IT STAYS WITH A RT, UM, IN THEORY, THAT SAVES TIME FOR THE APPLICANT BECAUSE YOU GUYS CAN APPROVE IT.
WE DON'T NEED OUR TWO WEEK WINDOW TO GET IT ON THE PLANNING ZONING AGENDA, RIGHT? SO IT'S A TIME FACTOR OF CAN YOU, MAYBE YOU CAN BRING THAT IN THE NEXT READING.
LIKE HOW MUCH TIME ARE WE SAVING IF WE APPROVE IT THROUGH THE A RT VERSUS IT GOING ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? ARE WE JUST MAKING 'EM WAIT ANOTHER FOUR WEEKS TO GET THEIR YES.
VERSUS WE CAN JUST GIVE 'EM WHATEVER THAT NUMBER IS, WOULD BE NICE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL? I WOULD ONLY ECHO THAT I SHARE SOME OF AMY'S CONCERNS.
NOT SO MUCH ABOUT EXISTING SIGNS, BUT CERTAINLY MAYBE AROUND BUILDING MATERIALS.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE MENU BOARD SIGNS THAT NOT SO MUCH, UM, CONDITIONAL USE CHANGES SOME OF THOSE, PARTICULARLY THE BUILDING MATERIALS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IN SOME, DEPENDING ON WHERE IT IS IN THE CITY, IT MIGHT SPEAK TO NATURAL MATERIALS.
AND IF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION HAS GONE THROUGH AND THERE'S AN ARCHITECTURAL STYLE IN PLACE THAT MAYBE IS CONSISTENT WITH, UM, I'LL JUST MAKE UP THE USE OF BRICK AND, UM, THEY WANT TO CHANGE THE BUILDING MATERIALS TO SAY LET'S LARGE SLABS OF CUT LIMESTONE OR SOMETHING THAT WOULD GIVE A VERY DIFFERENT FEEL.
AND YOU'VE HAD THE PUBLIC COME IN AND WEIGH IN ON DOES THIS FIT IN INTO WHERE THE LOCATION OF WHERE THE BUILDING IS GOING.
AND, AND NOW YOU'VE LOST THAT.
SO I THINK MANY OF THESE THINGS ARE, I'M, I'M VERY COMFORTABLE WITH AND THERE'S A COUPLE THAT I FIND COULD BE PROBLEMATIC.
AND, AND HERE'S ONE OF, HERE'S THE THING IS, YOU KNOW, I, I'VE SAID IT A LOT OF TIMES.
I THINK ONE OF THE MOST CHALLENGING THINGS I'VE EVER TRIED TO DO IN MY CITY PROFESSIONAL CAREER IS TO WRITE CODE.
IT IS JUST THE LAW OF UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES.
AND SO, UM, WE'RE NOT WRITING THIS CODE FOR OUR USE BECAUSE WE HAVE THIS CONVERSATION AND WE HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING.
WE'RE WRITING THIS FOR PEOPLE THAT WE'VE NOT EVER MET AND THAT WE DON'T YET KNOW.
AND, UM, SO THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TO BE SO JUDICIOUS AND SO CAREFUL IN THE APPLICATION OF IT.
UM, IF THERE'S NOTHING FURTHER FROM COUNCIL, WE WILL LOOK FORWARD TO SECOND READING, PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED FOR MARCH THE 11TH.
[Resolution 03-24]
INTRODUCTION, PUBLIC HEARING VOTE RESOLUTION RESOLUTION ZERO THREE DASH 24, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT WITH THE FRANKLIN COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF WIRELESS[00:45:01]
9 1 1 GOVERNMENT ASSISTANT FUNDS HONOR ETTE.AND WE HAVE DEPUTY CHIEF LATTANZI WITH US THIS EVENING.
MEMBERS OF COUNCIL BEFORE YOU FOR CONSIDERATION AS A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT WITH FRANKLIN COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FOR THE PURPOSE OF RECEIVING FUNDING DISBURSEMENTS FROM THE WIRELESS 9 1 1 GOVERNMENTAL ASSISTANCE FUND OHIO.
REVISED CODE 1 28 ESTABLISHES A USER FEE FOR EVERY WIRELESS, UH, PHONE BILL TO REIMBURSE LOCAL PUBLIC SAFETY ANSWERING POINTS FOR THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH RECEIVING NINE ONE ONE CALLS PLACED FROM WIRELESS TELEPHONES IN 2023.
THE NORTHWEST REGIONAL EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION CENTER RECEIVED APPROXIMATELY 49,000 9 1 1 CALLS, 83% OF WHICH WERE FROM, UH, WIRELESS LINES AS DIRECTED BY LAW.
THE WIRELESS 9 1 1 GOVERNMENTAL ASSISTANCE FUND IS ADMINISTERED BY THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WITH FUNDS BEING DISPERSED IN ACCORDANCE WITH A FORMULA SET BY THE LOCAL 9 1 1 PLANNING COMMITTEE.
TO FACILITATE THE DISBURSEMENT, LOCAL AGENCIES ARE REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN A CURRENT INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT.
THIS NEW AGREEMENT WOULD ALLOW US TO CONTINUE TO RECEIVE FUNDING DISBURSEMENTS THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST, 2024.
SHOULD THE UH, INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT BE AUTHORIZED, FRANKLIN COUNTY WOULD CONTINUE DISBURSEMENTS ON A MONTHLY BASIS FOR THE DURATION OF THE FUND AND DISBURSEMENTS RECEIVED FROM THE NINE WIRELESS 9 1 1 GOVERNMENTAL ASSISTANCE FUND WILL BE USED IN ACCORDANCE WITH OHIO REVISED CODE 1 28 0.571, WHICH INCLUDES THE COST, UH, INCURRED IN DESIGNING, UPGRADING, PURCHASING, AND MAINTAINING EQUIPMENT, AS WELL AS TRAINING STAFF WHO SUPPORT OUR MISSION OF PUBLIC SAFETY BY ANSWERING 9 1 1 CALLS, STAFFER RECOMMENDS, UH, THE APPROVAL OF THIS RESOLUTION.
AND WITH THAT, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE AT THIS POINT.
DEPUTY CHIEF, UM, IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING NONE WILL OPEN UP FOR COUNCIL COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? UM, I HAVE A QUESTION AND I THINK IT'S JUST, UM, ON THE DISBURSEMENT PAGE, UH, EXHIBIT ONE, UM, IT TALKS ABOUT DIFFERENT PERCENTAGES THAT EACH, UM, SUBDIVISION OR EACH CITY RECEIVED, AND IT LOOKS LIKE THEY ALL ADD UP TO A HUNDRED PERCENT.
DUBLIN WAS AT 6.3% AND WESTERVILLE WAS AT TWO 2.9%, YET THE YET THE AMOUNTS WERE THE SAME.
I JUST WONDERED IF THAT IS EXPLAINABLE
I DON'T EXPECT YOU TO KNOW IT.
I JUST, I, I CAUGHT IT AND I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, WELL, IF, IF, IF THOSE WERE THE PERCENTAGES THAT WERE GIVEN OF THE MONEY THAT WAS AVAILABLE, THEN IT WAS JUST KIND OF ODD TO ME THAT THE PRICING, THAT THE, THAT THE AMOUNTS WERE EQUAL.
SO IT'S, I'M DEFINITELY FOR THIS, SO THAT'S NOT IT.
NO, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.
AND, AND WHAT I'M LOOKING AT, UM, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I SPEAKING THE SAME LANGUAGE HERE, IS IN 2023, THE ORIGINAL PLAN LOOKED LIKE DISBURSEMENTS OF $130,000 FOR BOTH THE CITY OF DUBLIN AND THE CITY OF WESTERVILLE.
UM, WITH ALIGNMENT WITH THOSE PERCENTAGES, 130,000 IS THE MINIMUM AMOUNT THAT EACH OKAY.
OF THE FIVE LOCAL PSAP, UM, ENTITIES WOULD BE AUTHORIZED FOR EACH GIVEN YEAR.
AND THEN AGAIN IN 2024, THAT PROPOSED, UH, PLAN IS STILL THE ONE 30 FOR THE CITY OF WESTERVILLE AND THEN OURS GOES SLIGHTLY ABOVE THAT JUST BASED ON THE, UH, PROPORTION OF THE CALLS THAT CAME THROUGH OUR CENTER.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, UH, HEARING NUDGE, ANY? WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL MAYOR AROSE GROOMS? YES.
[Resolution 04-24]
ZERO FOUR DASH 24 ACCEPTING THE LOWEST AND BEST BID FOR THE SHARED USE PATH AND PARKING LOT MAINTENANCE PROGRAM 2024, HONOR SEVEN.AND OUR STAFF REPORT WILL BE FROM BRIAN GABLE.
MEMBERS OF COUNCIL STAFF CONDUCTED A COMPETITIVE BID FOR THE SHARED USE PATH AND PARKING LOT MAINTENANCE PROGRAM FOR 2024, WHICH PROVIDES ANNUAL MAINTENANCE IN VARIOUS LOCATIONS OF THE, UH, CITY'S SHARED USE PATH NETWORK AND IN SEVERAL CITY PARKING LOTS.
THIS PROGRAM IS FUNDED FROM THE 2024 THROUGH 2028 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM IN THE AMOUNT OF 485,000 FOR THE ANNUAL SHARED USE PATH MAINTENANCE AND 113,000 FOR THE ANNUAL PARKING LOT MAINTENANCE FOR A COMBINED FUNDING OF 598,000.
THE ENGINEER'S ESTIMATE FOR THIS PROGRAM IS 598,000 ON FEBRUARY 7TH, 2024, THREE BIDS WERE RECEIVED AND PUBLICLY OPENED.
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CHEMCO INC.SUBMITTED THE LOWEST AND BEST BID OF $571,049 AND 39 CENTS.
CONSTRUCTION IS EXPECTED TO COMMENCE IN APRIL AND BE COMPLETE BY SEPTEMBER OF THIS YEAR.
STAFF RECOMMENDS COUNCIL APPROVAL OF THIS RESOLUTION ACCEPTING AS LOWEST AND BEST THE BID OF CHEMCO INC.
IN THE AMOUNT OF $571,049 AND 39 CENTS FOR THIS PROGRAM.
I'D BE HAPPY TO ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS COUNSEL MIGHT HAVE REGARDING THIS RESOLUTION.
I'D LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING NONE COUNCIL QUESTIONS? DISCUSSION? YES, GO AHEAD.
ARE ARE YOU ABLE TO BRING UP THAT IMAGE? ARE WE, ARE WE ABLE TO BRING UP THE, YOU HAD A PRESENTATION IMAGE THERE? YEAH, I'LL JUST GIVE IT A MOMENT.
IT DOESN'T, I, OH, THERE YOU GO.
SO THE SHARED USE PASS THAT ARE PART OF THIS, ARE THEY IN, HELP ME WITH THE COLOR CODING ON THIS.
YEAH, THE, UM, BLUE, ORANGE AND GREEN ARE, UM, SHARED USE PATHS.
UM, AND THEN THERE'S A, UH, RED AND A MAROON THAT LOOK VERY SIMILAR.
UH, THE MAROON ARE, UH, AREAS WHERE WE ARE DOING, UH, PARKING LOT MAINTENANCE.
SO I APOLOGIZE THAT THE RED AND MAROON ARE VERY CLOSE IN COLOR.
SO, UH, THE RED IS STILL SHARED USE PASS.
SO I, I HAD TWO QUESTIONS IF I COULD.
UM, SO DO THE SHARED YOUTH PASS GO ON A ROTATING BASIS OR IS IT BASED ON WHERE OR WHATEVER? AND I, I BRING THIS UP BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S, UM, A FEW SHARED USE PATHS 'CAUSE I BIKE 'EM ALL THE TIME.
UM, SO COULD YOU EDUCATE ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW, HOW THE SELECTIONS ARE MADE? MM-HMM.
UM, THE DIVISION OF ASSET MANAGEMENT AND QUALITY ASSURANCE GOES OVER AND RECOMMENDS, UH, UH, THE SECTION OF PATHS TO BE PERFORMED EACH YEAR.
UH, THEY GO THROUGH AND DO, UH, INSPECTION ON ALL OF THE DIFFERENT SEGMENTS EACH YEAR.
UM, WELL, I'M SORRY, PROBABLY EVERY COUPLE.
AND THEN THAT KIND OF REPRIORITIZES THE DIFFERENT PORTIONS OF THE PATH NETWORK.
UM, SOME OF THESE ARE, UM, YOU KNOW, ONES THAT KIND OF HAVE SMALL SECTIONS THAT KIND OF WAIT FOR OTHER SECTIONS ADJACENT TO THEM.
UM, AND THEY DO THEIR BEST TO KIND OF PRIORITIZE, UH, BASED ON NEED.
BUT IF THERE ARE ANY THAT, UH, UH, RESIDENCY, YOU KNOW, WE ALSO TAKE IN RESIDENT FEEDBACK AND, UM, COMMENTS TO TRY AND REVIEW THOSE SPECIALLY AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, UH, GETTING ALL THE AREAS THAT WE ARE, WE NEED.
UM, IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE SOME OF THE PRIVATE PATH NETWORKS, UH, ALSO WITHIN OUR, UH, CITY.
SO THERE IS SOME FLEXIBILITY OR, AND SOME ADDITIONAL CAPABILITY IN, IN HERE TO TO IF, FOR RESIDENTS FOR THE, THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET SOME CLARITY ON BECAUSE I, I THINK THERE ARE SOME AREAS THAT I'M, THERE IS THERE COULD GIVE SOME ATTENTION ON HERE.
AND WE, WE MAINTAIN THE FIVE-YEAR WORK PLAN ON OUR WEBSITE AS WELL.
SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT'S PLANNED IN THE OUT YEARS, BUT THAT'S SUBJECT TO CHANGE BASED ON THE ROUTINE INSPECTIONS THAT OUR ASSET MANAGEMENT STAFF PERFORMS, AS WELL AS FEEDBACK FROM RESIDENTS THAT MIGHT COME IN OVER THE NEXT YEAR OR TWO PRIOR TO, UM, CONDUCTING ANOTHER INSPECTION.
SO THERE, THERE'S A VARIETY OF FACTORS THAT ARE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT EACH YEAR.
AND THEN THE BRIDGES THAT ATTACH TO THOSE SHARED USE PATHS, WOULD THAT BE IN THIS WORK OR THAT WOULD BE IN ADDITIONAL WORK BECAUSE I, AGAIN, I THINK THERE'S A COUPLE THAT'S A SEPARATE PROJECT, THAT'S A SEPARATE PROJECT.
AND WHEN MIGHT WE SEE THAT? UM, SO THAT IS OUR 24 PROGRAM IS GOING OUT FOR BID, UM, HERE IN A WEEK OR TWO.
SO, UH, HERE IN APRIL WE SHOULD SEE THAT PROGRAM.
UM, THE 24 PROJECT INCLUDES THREE STRUCTURES.
UM, WE DO ALSO HAVE PROJECT, UH, FROM LAST YEAR THAT'S ONGOING NOW.
UM, THAT'S, UH, WE, WE UNDERTOOK WITH THE CONTRACTOR IN THE FALL.
UM, AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY ACTIVELY WORKING, UM, IN A COUPLE AREAS RIGHT NOW.
TWO BRIDGES ARE IN RED REBUT PARK, UM, AND ONE OF THEM IS UH, BEHIND CAPSTONE LANE.
UM, BUT THAT, THAT PROGRAM'S THE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE MAINTENANCE PROGRAM.
UM, SO IF YOU LOOK IN OUR CIP YOU'LL FIND THAT UNDER THE BRIDGES AND CULVERTS CATEGORY.
SO JUST REALLY QUICKLY, TO KATHY'S POINT, FOR ANY RESIDENT THAT MAY HAVE A BIKE PATH OR SHARED USE PATH CONCERN, I STRONGLY RECOMMEND YOU CHECK OUT THE GO DUBLIN APP.
'CAUSE YOU CAN ACTUALLY LOG ANY PROBLEMS THAT YOU SEE
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ON THOSE SHARED YOUTH PATHS, RIGHT ON THE SANDY DANDY LITTLE APP.ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR BRIAN BEFORE WE VOTE ON THIS? JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL MS. ROSA? YES.
[Resolution 05-24]
DASH 24 ACCEPTING THE LOWEST AND BEST BID FOR THE FRANKLIN STREET IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT A HUNDRED.AND WE WILL STAY WITH MR. GABLE FOR THE STAFF REPORT.
MEMBERS COUNCIL STAFF CONDUCTED A COMPETITIVE BID FOR THE FRANKLIN STREET IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT, WHICH PRO WHICH PROVIDES FOR THE RECONSTRUCTION OF FRANKLIN STREET FROM WATERFORD DRIVE TO SELLS ALLEY WITH NEW CURB GUTTER, A CONSISTENT STREET WIDTH STORM SEWER REPLACEMENTS, AND CONCRETE SIDEWALKS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ROADWAY.
THE 2023 THROUGH 2027 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM INCLUDED 960,000 FOR THE FRANKLIN STREET IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT.
SHOULD COUNCIL APPROVE THIS RESOLUTION AND APPROPRIATION TO FUND THIS CONTRACT WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE FIRST QUARTER.
SUPPLEMENTAL TO BE CONSIDERED BY COUNSEL ON FEBRUARY 7TH, 2024.
FOUR BIDS WERE RECEIVED AND PUBLICLY OPENED.
DECKER CONSTRUCTION COMPANY SUBMITTED THE LOWEST AND BEST BID OF $1,064,626 AND 20 CENTS, WHICH WAS 18.1% UNDER THE ENGINEER'S ESTIMATE OF 1.3 MILLION.
THE BID IS NEARLY $800,000 LOWER THAN THE BID RECEIVED IN JUNE, 2023 WHEN THE PROJECT WAS INITIALLY ADVERTISED.
CONSTRUCTION IS EXPECTED TO COMMENCE IN THE SPRING AND BE COMPLETE BY SEPTEMBER OF THIS YEAR.
STAFF RECOMMENDS COUNSEL APPROVAL OF THIS RESOLUTION, ACCEPTING AS LOWEST AND BEST THE BID OF DECKER CONSTRUCTION COMPANY IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,064,626 AND 20 CENTS FOR THIS PROJECT.
I'D BE GLAD TO ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS COUNSEL MIGHT HAVE REGARDING THIS RESOLUTION.
BRIAN, WANNA TAKE A MOMENT? IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS RESOLUTION? HEARING NONE COUNCIL QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION.
I JUST WANNA SAY, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS ARE VERY PRUDENT AND WE WERE ALSO TO, WE HAD ONE BID AT 1.8 MILLION AND UH, 800,000 AND UH, THIS THING ENDED UP BEING, UH, 18% LOWER THAN THE LOWEST RECONFIGURATION AND REITERATION OF THE PROJECT.
SO IT WAS WISE THAT WE DIDN'T ACCEPT THAT BID AND WENT AHEAD AND YOU GUYS REBID IT AND GOT THREE SUBSTANTIAL BIDS BACK.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL? HEARING NONE, JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? MS. CRAM? YES.
[Resolution 06-24]
RESOLUTION ZERO SIX DASH 24 ACCEPTING THE HIGHEST AND BEST BID FOR THE FARMLAND LEASE AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO CONTRACT.OUR STAFF REPORT THIS EVENING WILL BE FROM MR. MATT EARMAN.
MEMBERS OF COUNCIL BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING IS RESOLUTION SIX DASH 24, ACCEPTING THE HIGHEST AND BEST BID FOR A FARMLAND LEASE, UH, FOR THE SIX CITY OWNED PROPERTIES, UM, THAT ARE IDENTIFIED IN YOUR PACKET AND POTENTIALLY ON THE SCREEN HERE IN A MINUTE.
UH, WHILE THESE PROPERTIES ARE VACANT, IT DOES ALLOW THE CITY TO QUALIFY FOR LOWER, UH, PROPERTY TAXES AS PART OF THE CURRENT AG AGRICULTURAL USE VALUE PROGRAM.
THESE PROPERTIES HAVE HISTORICALLY BEEN FARMED BY WAY OF MULTIPLE LEASES AND MULTIPLE FARMERS.
STAFF HAS CONSOLIDATED THE SIX PARCELS AND SOUGHT BIDS FOR THE HIGHEST PRICE PER ACRE.
THE CITY WOULD RECEIVE AN IN REVENUE AS PART OF THAT LEASE.
THREE BIDS WERE OPENED ON FEBRUARY 1ST.
KELLY WALTON SUBMITTED THE HIGHEST AND BEST BID IN THE AMOUNT OF $351 PER ACRE TO PRODUCE CORN AND SOYBEANS.
STAFF HAS CONTACTED, UM, REFERENCES OF MR. WALTON AND RECEIVED FAVORABLE RESPONSES.
THEREFORE, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THIS RESOLUTION THIS EVENING AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING NONE COUNSEL COMMENTS? DISCUSSION? IS THERE, UH, ANY, UH, INFORMATION ON THE HUGE VARIATION BETWEEN THE PEOPLE, THE THREE FARMERS? ONE PAYING IS 351 AND THE OTHER TWO BIDS WHY THEY PAID SO MUCH MONEY? FROM WHAT WE COULD GATHER, SOME OF THE FARMERS THAT BID ON THIS PROJECT ARE A LOT LARGER OF AN OPERATION, UM, THAN SOME OF THE SMALLER FARMERS.
SO I THAT'S PROBABLY WHY YOU'RE SEEING A BIG DIFFERENCE.
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THANK YOU.I WOULD IMAGINE IT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH PROXIMITY TOO.
YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO GO SO FAR TO GET THE WORK DONE.
ANYTHING FURTHER FROM COUNCIL? HEARING? NONE.
JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE MS. FOX? YES.
[Resolution 07-24]
UH, RESOLUTION ZERO SEVEN DASH 24.ACCEPTING THE LOWEST AND BEST BID FOR TENT AND EQUIPMENT FOR THE DUBLIN IRISH FESTIVAL 2024.
AND OUR STAFF REPORT THIS EVENING.
UM, FOR THE FIRST TIME WE DID OPEN UP FORMAL BIDS FOR THE TENT AND OTHER EQUIPMENT FOR THE DUBLIN IRISH FESTIVAL AND WE RECEIVED TWO BIDS ON IT.
UM, BUT YOU CAN SEE HERE WE HAD A, UM, PROPOSAL FROM O'NEILL TENTS WHO WE HAVE BEEN USING FOR TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY SEVEN TWO NINETY SIX SIXTY NINE AND PROAM NATIONAL EVENT SERVICES OUTTA CHICAGO FOR 2 68 500, WHICH WAS AN IN INCOMPLETE BID.
UM, O'NEILL, WHEN WE COMPARED O'NEILL'S FOR THAT SAME EQUIPMENT, THEY WERE AT JUST OVER 130,000.
UM, O'NEILL TENTS HAS OFFERED TO HOLD THE PRICES FOR A THREE YEAR CONTRACT IF APPROVED BY COUNCIL.
AND O'NEILL HAS BEEN DOING THIS FOR MORE THAN 25 YEARS FOR THE IRISH FESTIVAL STAFF DID REACH OUT TO UM, MANY DIFFERENT TENT COMPANIES, BUT I THINK KIND OF YOU MENTIONED BEFORE PROXIMITY WAS THE MAJOR ISSUE WHEN WE LOOKED AT SHIPPING AND OVERNIGHT COSTS, FOOD PER DIEMS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UH, THERE JUST WASN'T ANY LOCAL COMPANIES, SO WE NEEDED TO GO OUTSIDE OF THE REGION AND I THINK THAT WAS THE MAJOR PRICE DIFFERENCE.
UM, SO WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT COUNCIL APPROVE THE UM, PROPOSAL BIO O'NEAL TENTS AND APPROVE THE RESOLUTION, ACCEPTING THE LOWEST AND BEST BID FOR O'NEILL TENTS IN THE AMOUNT OF 2 37, 2 96 69, AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER IN A THREE YEAR CONTRACT FOR THIS PROJECT.
IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING NONE.
COUNCIL QUESTIONS? DISCUSSION? ALLISON, CAN YOU REMIND ME WHAT OUR BUDGET IS FOR THIS AND WHAT WE PAID LAST YEAR? YEAR IT IS, UH, THE BUDGET IS 240,000.
SO THEY CAME IN RIGHT UNDER AND, UM, LAST YEAR WE WERE AT ABOUT 2 32.
UM, WE ADDED, I THINK ONE LARGER TENT THAT WE TOLD 'EM THAT WE WERE GONNA NEED FOR, UM, 2024 OVER 2023.
SO THIS IS, SO THERE'S JUST, YEAH, I THINK THERE'S ABOUT A $4,000 DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LAST YEAR'S AND THIS YEAR'S, BUT WE'RE STILL UNDER THE, UM, OFFICIAL BUDGET OF TWO 40.
AND SO THIS IS BASICALLY FLAT TO WHAT IT WAS? YES.
IT'S JUST WHEN WE ADD SOMETHING.
SO IT'S, SO WHAT HAPPENS IF WE ADD SOMETHING IN THE FUTURE IN TERMS OF, AND AGAIN, SO WHAT THEY DID PROVIDE US IN THEIR PROPOSAL, THEY GAVE US A PRICE FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL TENT.
HOW MUCH, YOU KNOW, A 20 BY 20 TENT COSTS HOW MUCH A 30 BY 60 TENT COSTS.
SO THEY PROMISED TO HOLD THOSE, UM, PRICES FOR ALL THOSE PIECES OF EQUIPMENT.
THE ONLY DIFFERENCE THAT WE WOULDN'T KNOW IF WE CAME UP WITH SOME RADICAL NEW EQUIP PIECE OF EQUIPMENT WE HAVEN'T USED BEFORE, WE WOULD HAVE A NEW PRICE ON THAT ONE.
AND THE SAME THING IF WE CHOSE NOT TO USE CERTAIN.
SO IF WE SAY WE DON'T NEED, THEN IT HAPPENS.
I MAY SAY I NEED FIVE OF THIS, AND THEN I CHANGE IT.
SOMETIMES I CHANGE IT A MONTH BEFORE AND SAY, NOW WE'RE DOWN TO FOUR OF THESE, YOU KNOW, THAT KIND OF THING.
AND, UM, THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS WORK.
I KNOW IT'S AN EXTRA STEP, BUT I THINK IT'S MM-HMM.
AND, UH, WE APPRECIATE YOUR WORK ON THAT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FOR ALLISON? HEARING NONE, JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? MR. REINER? YES.
[OTHER BUSINESS]
THIS BRINGS US TO THE OTHER BUSINESS PORTION OF OUR AGENDA, AND WE WILL HAVE AN ULTA FIBER UPDATE FROM BRANDON BROWN.GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
I'M HERE THIS EVENING WITH DAVID KRAMER, WHO WILL BE SPEAKING IN JUST A FEW MINUTES OF ALTA FIBER TO PROVIDE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE FIBER TO THE HOME PROJECT.
THIS PROJECT WAS INITIATED AS A STRATEGY TO HELP US REALIZE COUNCIL GOAL NUMBER ONE, WHICH IS TO BECOME THE MOST CONNECTED COMMUNITY IN THE US.
TO BEGIN TONIGHT, I WOULD LIKE TO REVIEW A COUPLE OF THE KEY TERMS THAT WERE IN THE MASTER NETWORK AGREEMENT THAT WAS EXECUTED IN JUNE OF 2023.
ALTA FIBER WILL DESIGN, BUILD, OPERATE, AND MAINTAIN A 10 GIGABIT FIBER OPTIC NETWORK THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE TO
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ALL ADDRESSABLE LOCATIONS IN THE CITY OF DUBLIN.WITHIN 36 MONTHS, THIS MASTER NETWORK AGREEMENT WILL BE IN PLACE FOR 15 YEARS.
THE CITY WILL CONTRIBUTE AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $7.1 MILLION WITH PAYMENTS BEING MADE QUARTERLY AND BEING BASED OFF OF THE NUMBER OF ADDRESSABLE LOCATIONS THAT ARE FIBER QUALIFIED OR FIBER PASSED.
DURING THAT PERIOD, THE CITY AND ULTA FIBER WILL WORK TOGETHER ON COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING OF THE PARTNERSHIP.
THE CITY HAS AN OPTION TO UTILIZE SOME OF THE FIBER WITHIN ULTA FIBER'S BACKBONE NETWORK FOR CITY AND GOVERNMENTAL PURPOSES.
THERE'S AN INNOVATION COMPONENT THAT INCLUDES AN ALLOCATION FROM ULTA FIBER TO THE CITY OF $250,000 FOR AN INNOVATION CENTER, OR MONEY FOR WIFI IN SOME OF THE PARKS USING THEIR UNICITY PROGRAM.
AND FINALLY, ULTA FIBER WILL ESTABLISH AN OFFICE OR STORE PRESENCE WITHIN THE SERVICE AREA OF THE NETWORK.
WITH THOSE BEING SAID, I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE YOU A FEW OF THE UPDATES THAT WE HAVE.
OVERALL, PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND COORDINATION HAS BEGUN WHERE A CITY PROJECT TEAM COMPOSED OF MEMBERS FROM COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING ENGINEERING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN THE OFFICE OF CITY MANAGER MEETS MONTHLY WITH ULTA FIBER'S TEAM TO DISCUSS ISSUES AND MOVE, MOVE ITEMS FORWARD.
THERE ARE MANY SMALLER EXPERTISE BASED TEAMS THAT ARE WORKING IN THE BACKGROUND DURING THOSE TIMES AS WELL.
ALTA FIBER AND DUBLIN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION LLC ARE CLOSE TO SIGNING THEIR AGREEMENT, WHICH WOULD ALLOW ALTA FIBER TO UTILIZE THE DUBLIN MULTI CONDUIT SYSTEM.
AND THEN SATISFYING ONE OF THE MASTER NETWORK TERMS, UH, AGREEMENT TERMS. ALTA FIBER HAS EXECUTED A LEASE AT 66 85 DUBLIN CENTER DRIVE FOR THEIR OFFICE AND RETAIL LOCATION.
COMMUNITY COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING EFFORTS HAVE BEEN UNDERWAY SINCE JUNE.
IN ADDITION TO THE CITY OF DUBLIN'S COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING TEAM'S, TYPICAL COMMUNICATION METHODS, INCLUDING NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERSHIP OUTREACH, SOCIAL MEDIA, E-NEWS, ALTA FIBER HAS ALSO CREATED A PROJECT LANDING PAGE IN A GENERAL INTEREST FORM.
THE PAGE HAS PROVED QUITE POPULAR WITH OVER 2300 PAGE VIEWS, AND OVER 1,100 PEOPLE HAVE SIGNED UP FOR CONTINUAL PROJECT UPDATES.
DAVID WILL SPEAK A LITTLE BIT MORE TO COMMUNICATIONS PLAN IN JUST A MOMENT.
ON THE DESIGN PERMITTING CONSTRUCTION SIDE, ALTA FIBERS TEAMS HAVE WORKED WITH CITY OF DUBLIN STAFF TO LOCATE 90 FIBER DISTRIBUTION HUBS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY AND DETAILED SYSTEM DESIGN IS PROGRESSING.
THE TEAMS HAVE BEEN REVIEWING WHAT WILL BECOME PERMITS FOR THE FIRST PHASES OF THE PROJECT, AND WE, THE ENGINEERING STAFF PLANS TO REVIEW PERMITS AS THEY ARE SUBMITTED.
AND WITH THAT, I WOULD ASK DAVID KRAMER TO PLEASE JOIN ME AND DISCUSS A LITTLE BIT OF THE ROADMAP FOR, UH, THE LAUNCH COMMUNICATION AS WELL AS SOME OF THE PHASING.
UH, GOOD EVENING, UH, COUNSEL.
UM, APPRECIATE YOU GUYS TAKING TIME.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO THANK, UM, REACH OUT AND SAY THANK YOU TO ALL YOUR STAFF HERE.
THEY HAVE BEEN GREAT IN THIS PROJECT.
UM, THEY HAVE BEEN QUICK TO ANSWER.
THEY HAVE BEEN JUST A TREMENDOUS TEAM TO WORK WITH.
SO FIRST AND FOREMOST, LIKE TO THANK EVERYBODY INVOLVED, UM, AT THE CITY OF DUBLIN.
UM, A LOT HAS HAPPENED SINCE JUNE.
IT JUST SEEMS LIKE I WAS HERE A FEW WEEKS AGO TALKING TO YOU GUYS ABOUT THE AGREEMENT.
UM, RIGHT NOW WE PLAN ON STARTING CONSTRUCTION PROBABLY SOMETIME IN THE APRIL TIMEFRAME, UM, WHICH IS EXCITING AND SCARY IN MANY WAYS.
UM, BUT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE COMMUNICATING TO THE RESIDENTS, UM, ALL CITY OF DUBLIN RESIDENTS WILL BE GETTING A MAILER SAYING, HEY, WE'RE COMING.
AND WHEN I SAY ALL THE PEOPLE IN THE PHASES, WE'LL, THERE'S A PHASE MAP HERE, NEXT SLIDE.
BUT THERE, AS WE GO THROUGH THE PHASES, WE'LL BE NOTIFYING THE RESIDENTS WE'RE COMING.
UM, THAT'LL BE TARGETED IN APRIL.
UM, THAT'S JUST A REMINDER THAT, HEY, THIS PROJECT'S UNDERWAY AND WE'LL BE COMING.
UM, HOWEVER, AS WE GO DOWN THAT PATH AND WE START CONSTRUCTION, UM, THIS IS OUR STANDARD PROCESS.
IT IS BEING MODIFIED AND TARGETED WITH, UH, LINDSAY AND HER TEAM TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAPTURE EVERYTHING THAT YOU GUYS ARE ASKING US TO CAPTURE.
UM, THERE'LL BE CONSTRUCTION MAILER.
THIS WILL GO DIRECTLY TO THE AREAS THAT WE'LL BE CONSTRUCTING IN THEIR YARDS, THE STREETS AND PLACES LIKE THAT.
THEY'LL BE GETTING A MAILER SAYING WE'RE COMING.
UM, IT WILL BE SPECIFIC TO DUBLIN.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S, YOU KNOW, DUBLIN'S A LITTLE BIT FARTHER OUT OF OUR TRADITIONAL MARKET.
SO IT IS BEING MODIFIED AND SPECIFIC FOR THE DUBLIN REGION.
UM, AS THE, AS THE, UM, SLIDE SHOWS, THERE'S A, AN EXISTING VERSION ON OUR WEBSITE, UM, BY THE TIME WE DO START CONSTRUCTION, THAT THE NEW DUBLIN VERSION WILL BE UP AND RUNNING, UM, ONCE WE START CONSTRUCTION.
UM, KIND OF UNIQUE TO DUBLIN, UM, WE'LL BE DOING, WE'LL BE DOING CONSTRUCTION FROM APRIL TO AUGUST.
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UM, SEPTEMBER IS WHEN WE'RE GONNA FIRST START RELEASING DOORS TO SALES TO SIGN RESIDENTS UP.UM, BECAUSE IT IS AN OUTTA MARKET EXPANSION FOR US, WE'VE GOTTA GET ENOUGH MASS TO GET OUR RESOURCES UP HERE, EFFECTIVELY START DOING INSTALLS.
UM, AND THE WAY WE DO DO INSTALLS IS WE TRY TO GEOGRAPHICALLY LOCATE 'EM.
SO AN INSTALLER GOES OUT TO MAIN AN AREA OR A SUBDIVISION IN THE SAME WEEK OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO WHEN THAT HAPPENS, THERE'LL BE A PRE-RELEASE MAILER ABOUT FOUR WEEKS BEFORE OUR TEAMS COME UP HERE AND THEY START SELLING.
UM, THAT IS ALSO THE TARGET TO HAVE OUR DOOR A STORE UP AND RUNNING ON DUBLIN CENTER DRIVE.
UM, ONCE WE DO OUR PRE-RELEASE MAILER AND, AND WE GET CLOSER, UM, WE DO LIKE FOUR CONTACT POINTS WITH EACH LOCATION WE'RE GONNA SERVE.
UM, THEY'LL, THEY'LL GET A CON, THEY'LL GET A CONTACT ONE WEEK AFTER WE RELEASE IT, RELEASE THE DOOR FOR SALES ON THREE OR FOUR WEEKS LATER, THEY'LL RELEASE IT, AND THEN ABOUT 90 DAYS LATER.
SO AT THAT POINT, AFTER 90 DAYS, WE KIND OF STOP AND WE SLOW DOWN A LITTLE BIT, UM, STOP SENDING 'EM DIRECT MAIL TO THAT.
UM, BUT TYPICALLY YEARLY, MAYBE EVERY 18 MONTHS, WE DO WHAT WE CALL RES SWEEPS.
AND WHEN WE DO A RE-WET, WE'LL START MAILING TO PEOPLE AND SAY, HEY, WE'RE IN YOUR AREA.
ARE YOU INTERESTED? I DON'T KNOW HOW TO CHANGE THE NEXT SLIDE.
UM, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE DUBLIN STAFF ON THE PHASING OF IT.
UM, SO IT IS A THREE YEAR PROJECT, UM, IN 2024.
UM, WE DO THINK WE'RE GONNA CONSTRUCT AROUND EIGHT TO 9,000 DOORS LOCATIONS.
UM, WE'RE RELEASED APPROXIMATELY 7,500, UM, ADDRESSES TO BE SOLD.
UM, THOSE, THE PHASING DIAGRAM YOU SEE TO THE RIGHT, UM, THE FIRST PHASE IS GEOGRAPHIC DIVERSE SO THAT WE CAN KIND OF WORK IN TWO DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE CITY WITHOUT DISTURBING ANY ONE AREA TOO MUCH.
FIRST PHASE GOES UP TO EAST, UH, EXCUSE ME, THE WESTERN EDGE OF THE CITY, AS WELL AS THE EASTERN EDGE OF THE CITY SHOWN IN GREEN.
UM, ONCE THOSE AREAS ARE DONE, UM, IN 25 AND 26, WE'LL START MOVING ON TO THE PHASE TWO, PHASE THREES AREAS, AND THEN 26 SPECIFICALLY, WE WILL BE GOING IN ACTIVELY IN 24 AND 25.
WE'LL BE GOING TO THE MDU UNITS, THE APARTMENTS, THE CONDOS, AND WE'LL BE NEGOTIATING PRIVATE ENTRY AGREEMENTS WITH THOSE GUYS.
UM, WE WILL DO THEM AS THEY FALL WITHIN A FIBER SERVING AREA, AN AREA THAT WE'VE ALREADY BUILT FIBER TO, OR, YOU KNOW, AS TYPICAL PROJECTS, THEY KIND OF HAVE A TENDENCY TO END UP TOWARDS THE END BECAUSE THAT ADDITIONAL TIMEFRAME, BUT THAT WILL BE BY THE END OF 2026.
QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS? I JUST, JUST ONE, ONE FINAL COMMENT.
AND WHEN YOU'RE PUTTING THESE ACROSS PEOPLE'S PROPERTY, THE IMPORTANCE OF, UM, HAVING A WIRE SO THAT, OOPS, THE UNDERGROUND PEOPLE CAN LOCATE IT.
YOU'RE, YOU'RE GONNA DO THAT FOR EVERY PROJECT, CORRECT? YES.
UH, ALL THE FIBER WILL BE INSTALLED IN A, UM, A CONDUIT, THE MAIN FIBER, WHICH WILL HAVE A TRACE OF WIRE IN IT FOR OOPS.
AS WELL AS THE DROP WIRES, UM, TO THE HOUSES.
WE'LL HAVE A TRACE OF WIRE AS WELL.
WE DON'T WANT TO CUT ANY MORE THAN SOMEBODY WANTS TO CUT.
AND I GUESS IT'S EXPENSIVE TO CUT IT.
I MEAN, ONCE IT'S CUT, YOU GOTTA ATTACH IT BACK TO THE HOUSE AND RUN IT ALL THE WAY BACK ACROSS THE ARGUMENT.
RIGHT? IT'S, IT'S CHEAPER THAN NOT CUTTING.
MORE EXPENSIVE THAN NOT CUTTING.
YOU WANNA TAKE A MOMENT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? IF THERE'S ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS UPDATE, HEARING NONE.
SO QUICK QUESTION ABOUT THE STAGING.
INEVITABLY ONE OF US IS GONNA GET A CALL OR AN EMAIL.
WHY IS MY NEIGHBORHOOD SLATED FOR 2025 INSTEAD OF 2024? SO, I KNOW I UNDERSTAND THE CRITICAL MASS AND, YOU KNOW, WANTING TO DO GROUPS OR REGIONS AT, AT A TIME, BUT HOW DID YOU DECIDE WHICH ZONES YOU DID FIRST? UM, SOME OF THE INITIAL PHASES WERE REALLY, UM, PREMISED ON THE REQUIRED USE OF THE DUBLIN, UM, CONDUIT SYSTEM WHERE WE CAN GET WHERE THAT SYSTEM ENDS AND HOW WE CAN GET THROUGH IT.
UM, IT, IT'S REALLY JUST HOW WE PHASE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE DONE A MILLION DOORS, WE JUST PHASE IT OUT.
WE, WE DO, WE DID WANNA BE GEOGRAPHIC DIVERSE AND NOT JUST GO UP ONE SIDE OF THE CITY IN CASE WE ENDED A PROM.
SO YOU WILL SEE ON PHASE ONE, YOU'LL PROBABLY THE BIGGEST PHASE.
UM, YOU'LL, YOU'LL SEE THAT THEN WE'RE FILLING THOSE AREAS IN, KIND OF MOVING OURSELVES IN.
UM, AND THE LAST PHASE REALLY IS REALLY DOWN TOWARDS THE COMMERCIAL DISTRICT AND THE SOUTHERN END OF THE COMMUNITY.
AND YOU'RE GONNA GET THAT I, I I, I'VE GOT 11 PARTNERSHIPS AND THE NUMBER ONE QUESTION IS WHEN AND WHY NOT ME? SO CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG AS WELL.
I BELIEVE SOME OF IT HAD TO DO WITH THE DATA CENTER THAT YOU SELECTED AS WELL, AND THE BUILD OUT FROM THERE.
AND YEAH, SOME OF THAT, THE DATA CENTER WAS, UM, CONNECTED TO DOUBLING.
SO IT'S FROM THERE, IT'S, IT'S REALLY GAVE US THE MOST GEOGRAPHIC AREA TO GET INTO DOUBLING THE QUICKEST.
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AND THEN ONE LAST COMMENT, IF I CAN, AND THIS IS A SURPRISE TO EVERYBODY AND I KNOW I PROMINENT PRIZE SURPRISE BRAND AND LINDSAY ON THIS, MUCH LESS MEGAN, BUT ONE OF OUR COMMITMENTS TO DUBLIN WAS TO BE GET YOUR COMMUNITY TO THE FASTEST.SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVE BEEN DOING REALLY QUICKLY SINCE WE SIGNED THIS AGREEMENT IS WORKING ON A PRODUCT, YOU CAN'T HAVE THE FASTEST NETWORK IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE FASTEST PRODUCT TO THE COMMUNITY.
SO WHILE THE WEBSITE TODAY SAYS THAT WE'LL COME INTO THE MARKET AT A TWO GIG BY TWO GIG PRODUCT, UM, EFFECTIVE MAY AND DUBLIN WILL BE ONE OF THE FIRST COMMUNITIES TO RECEIVE OUR SIX GIG BY SIX GIG PRODUCT.
SO, AND THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, DRIVEN BY THE RELATIONSHIP WITH DUBLIN AND THE NEED TO GET UP TO 10 GIGS.
SO I JUST WANTED MAKE THAT ANNOUNCEMENT TONIGHT.
AND LINDSEY, I'M SURE COLIN WILL BE GETTING WITH YOU TO UPDATE THAT, BUT YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, UM, BEEN WORKING VERY ACTIVE BEHIND THE SCENES TO MAKE SURE WE COULD FULFILL OUR COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? I JUST HAVE ONE, ONE OTHER COMMENT WE'VE GET A LOT OF IS, YOU KNOW, WILL THIS BE SAVING ME ON MY CABLE TV BILL, MY HOME DISH BILL, BILL, YOU GOT ANY COMMENTS ON THAT THAT WE COULD? UM, THIS IS AN INTERNET ONLY PROJECT FOR US RIGHT NOW.
SO OUR MAIN PRODUCT WE'RE SELLING TO DUBLIN WILL BE INTERNET.
WE DO HAVE, WE WILL HAVE PHONE AND VIDEO OPTIONS.
UM, THOSE WE'RE GONNA BE, UM, MORE OVER THE TOP STREAMING APPLICATIONS.
UM, WHAT WE'RE FINDING OUT AS A COMPANY IN, IN THE WORLD IN GENERAL IS TRADITIONAL LINEAR CABLES GOING BY THE WAYSIDE, MUCH LIKE DISH AND SPECTRUM AND ALL THAT.
SO, UM, FOR DUBLIN RIGHT NOW IN THE COLUMBUS MARKET, WE'LL BE DOING IT OVER TOP APPLICATION.
UM, WE PARTNER WITH YOUTUBE TV OR, YOU KNOW, ANYBODY CAN GO ELSE AND GET WHATEVER THEY WANT.
AND, AND THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE.
I COULD JUST CHIME IN BEFORE WE MOVE ON, I APOLOGIZE.
UM, I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT, I MEAN, THIS IS A HEAVY LIFT, UM, AND IT'S REQUIRING A LOT OF COMMUNICATION COORDINATION AMONGST SEVERAL DIFFERENT DIVISIONS ACROSS THE CITY.
SO I JUST APPRECIATE ALL OF THE EFFORTS TO GET US TO THIS POINT.
ALSO, GREATLY APPRECIATE ULTA FIBER AND THEIR PARTNERSHIP.
THEY'VE BEEN REALLY GREAT TO WORK WITH.
WE ARE SEEING A LOT OF RESIDENT INTEREST, WHICH IS A GREAT THING.
AND WE ANTICIPATED THIS MEETING IS PART OF OUR COMMUNICATION PLAN BECAUSE AT THIS POINT NOW WE ARE STARTING TO ROLL OUT THE PHASING.
THAT WAS ONE OF THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVES OF THIS EVENING.
AND AS SOON AS TOMORROW EVENING, UM, WE HAD AN HOA INVITE THE TEAM TO TALK ABOUT THIS INITIATIVE TO THE HOA.
SO AS SOON AS TOMORROW WE ARE STARTING TO SHARE THE PHASING AND NEXT STEPS.
AND, UM, THAT'S A GREAT THING.
SO APPRECIATE ALTA FIBER'S PARTNERSHIP ON THE COMMUNICATION AS WELL CERTAINLY IS A HEAVY LIFT.
SO THANKS TO EVERYONE INVOLVED AND, UH, AND I GUESS WE SHOULD THANK OUR RESIDENTS IN ADVANCE FOR, UH, TAKING A CONDUIT TO EVERY ADDRESS IN THE CITY IS, UH, IS CERTAINLY NOT EASY WORK FOR THE FAINT OF HEART.
SO THANK THEM AHEAD OF TIME FOR THEIR PATIENCE AND WHAT'S SURE TO BE A FEW CUT LINES HERE AND THERE THAT WE WILL WORK TO RESTORE AS JUDICIOUSLY AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.
OKAY, THIS BRINGS US TO OUR 2024 DUBLIN IRISH FESTIVAL INDEPENDENCE DAY PRICING.
AND WE'LL GO BACK TO ALISON LEROI.
I DO HAVE A PRESENTATION THAT I'LL BE SHARING.
UM, SO SOME OF THE THINGS WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT TONIGHT ARE THE IRISH FESTIVAL, COST RECOVERY AND THE ECONOMIC IMPACT.
UH, THE PRICE FOR TICKETS FOR GENERAL TICKETS VIP ARE COMPLIMENTARY TICKETS THAT WE GIVE AWAY.
AND AT THE END WE WILL TALK ABOUT THE INDEPENDENT STATE, UM, PRICING.
SO FOR THE IRISH FESTIVAL, ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT LAST YEAR AND MATT STIFFER PUT TOGETHER THIS CHART IS TO KINDA SHOW WHERE, WHERE WE'VE BEEN OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, AS YOU CAN SEE AS I THINK AS UNIVERSAL ACROSS EVENTS AROUND THE COUNTRY, COVID HAD, UH, A PRETTY BIG IMPACT ON, UM, ALL OF OUR EVENTS BETWEEN THE PRICING AND ALSO THE INCOME THAT WE RECEIVED.
AND, UM, YOU CAN SEE A MAJOR DIFFERENCE IN WHAT HAPPENED LAST YEAR.
UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE REALLY FOUND THAT WHEN WE INCREASED THE PRICES DRAMATICALLY, NOT DRAMATICALLY LAST YEAR, UM, WE WERE ABLE TO KIND OF RE RECOUP SOME OF THAT MONEY THAT WE WERE BEHIND ON.
WE HAD RE REALLY WAITED TOO LONG TO INCREASE SOME OF THOSE PRICES.
AND BECAUSE WE REALLY DIDN'T KNOW AT THE BEGINNING OF 22 THAT THE, THE KIND OF INCREASES THAT WE WERE GOING TO GET.
UM, SO THIS CHART SPECIFICALLY DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY SALARIES WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT, BUT IT DOES SHOW YOU THE COST FOR EACH OF THE EVENTS.
UM, AND THEN ALSO THE REVENUE.
SO, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS WE POINTED OUT IS THAT THE REVENUE WAS MOSTLY COVERING SOME OF THE DIRECT COSTS.
SO WE WERE MOSTLY PUTTING THE MONEY BACK INTO THE, UM, HOTEL MOTEL TAX THAT WE WERE TAKING OUT, UM, OF THAT FUND FOR THE DIRECT COSTS FOR THE EVENT.
THIS NEXT SLIDE DOES SHOW YOU, UM, SPECIFICALLY DIRECT EXPENSES AND REVENUE FOR THE IRISH FESTIVAL.
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MATCHES WHAT WE SHOW IN OUR ANNUAL REPORT, AND THIS DOES HAVE SOME SALARIES.UM, FOR EXAMPLE, IT DOESN'T HAVE MY YEARLY SALARY, BUT IT HAS WHAT THE POLICE, UM, WHAT THE POLICE SALARY IS FOR WORKING THAT WEEKEND.
UM, SO THERE'S, THERE'S DEFINITELY THE OVERTIME, ANY TIME SPENT THAT WEEK, ANYTHING OUTSIDE, OUTSIDE OF, UM, OUR STAFF'S NORMAL JOBS THAT THEY DO ON A DAILY BASIS TO SHOW UP IN THESE NUMBERS.
AND IT PRETTY MUCH TELLS THE SAME STORY.
YOU CAN SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, THOSE, THERE'S YEARS OBVIOUSLY, UM, PRE PANDEMIC WHERE WE WOULD GET CLOSE AND WE WOULD SOMETIMES WE'D BE EXACTLY ON RECOVERING.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE KIND OF GO UP AND DOWN AND THEN, YOU KNOW, YOU SEE 2002, WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WHERE WE HAVE BEEN, UM, IN THE PAST.
AND THEN YOU SEE HOW 2023 WE GOT BACK TO A MORE NORMAL YEAR AND WE ARE ESTIMATING THAT WE SHOULD BE, AND THIS IS A VERY CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE, THAT WE SHOULD BE BACK TO ABOUT A HUNDRED PERCENT COST RECOVERY HERE.
UM, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE WEATHER AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS TO CONTEND WITH, BUT, YOU KNOW, OUR PLANNING IS RIGHT NOW THAT THIS IS WHERE WE WOULD BE.
AND I, I CAN KIND OF WALK YOU THROUGH HOW WE PLAN TO GET THERE.
UH, ONE THING I ALSO DID WANNA BRING UP, WE DID OUR ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDY.
WE HAVE COMMITTED TO DOING IT EVERY FIVE YEARS.
UM, AND SO YOU CAN SEE WE, WE'VE USED THE LAST, THE SAME COMPANY SINCE 2006.
SO THOSE LAST FOUR, UM, ECONOMIC IMPACT USED THE SAME CRITERIA, USED THE SAME, UM, STATISTICS AND EVERYTHING.
SO YOU CAN REALLY SEE THE IMPACT HAS GROWN DRAMATICALLY.
EVEN THOUGH WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY MORE PEOPLE IN 20 23, 1 OF THE THINGS THAT NOT ONLY ARE WE SPENDING MORE, THEY'RE SPENDING MORE WHILE THEY'RE HERE, AND THIS DOES NOT, SO THIS IS, UM, JUST 12 MILLION FOR THE VISITORS.
THIS DOESN'T INCLUDE YOURSELVES ANY OF THE MONEY YOU MIGHT'VE SPENT.
SO, UM, FOR LOCAL RESIDENTS IT'S AN ADDITIONAL 2.9 MILLION IMPACT.
UM, YOU JUST CAN'T COUNT THAT IN ECONOMIC IMPACT BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW IF, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD BE SPENDING THAT SAME AMOUNT THIS WEEKEND VERSUS NEXT WEEKEND.
BUT WE DO HAVE AN EXTRA 2.9 MILLION THERE.
UM, BUT THE NEXT TIME WE WILL DO THIS IS IN 2028, SO IT'LL BE A WHILE AGAIN, UNLESS WE FEEL THAT THERE'S A NEED TO DO IT.
IN THE INTERIM, I THINK WHAT WE, WE, FOR A WHILE, WE WERE DOING IT AND WE KEPT GETTING KIND OF THE SAME NUMBERS AND WE THOUGHT EVERY FIVE YEARS WAS A GOOD CADENCE ON THAT.
SO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING TO GET TO THAT, UM, A HUNDRED PERCENT OR IMPROVING OUR COST RECOVERY, WE DO HAVE, UM, UH, FOR A BUDGET THIS YEAR WE WERE DOWN 3%.
IT'S NOT A HUGE AMOUNT, BUT, UM, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE REALLY LOOKED AT, WE KNOW OBVIOUSLY LOOKING AT, UM, THE O'NEILL EARLIER, WE ARE DOING MORE INFORMAL BIDDING AS WELL AS THE FORMAL BIDDING.
THE NEXT ONE THAT YOU WILL SEE IS FOR THE, UH, SHUTTLES WILL BE COMING UP NEXT.
UM, 'CAUSE THAT'S ONE OF OUR SECOND BIGGEST EXPENSES.
UM, BUT WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT SOME DIFFERENT THINGS.
FOR EXAMPLE, WE DID A INFORMAL BID WITH THE TICKETING PROCESS THIS YEAR AND WE HAD A 5% DECREASE THEN IN, UH, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE PAYING THIS YEAR.
WE ACTUALLY ARE STAYING WITH THE SAME COMPANY, BUT LOYALTY AND THEM FIGURING OUT THEIR, YOU KNOW, HOW TO DO THINGS.
WE, WE GOT A 5% DISCOUNT THIS YEAR.
WE'VE DONE SOME OTHER THINGS WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW IS THE REVERSE ATMS. UM, THIS IS MATT ER'S FAVORITE THING.
HE'S, I SHOULD MAKE HIM GET UP AND EXPLAIN IT, BUT
BUT BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE DOING, WE'VE BEEN SELLING THE, UM, BECAUSE WE'RE TAKING CREDIT CARDS AT THE, UM, BEVERAGE STANDS.
AND SO IF YOU DIDN'T WANNA USE A CREDIT CARD, YOU HAD TO GO UP AND, UH, GIVE A FINANCE STAFF OR THE VOLUNTEERS SUPERVISED BY THE FINANCE STAFF PERSON.
YOU HAD TO GIVE THEM CASH AND THEN THEY WOULD GIVE YOU A CARD.
THE IDEA IS TO MOVE TO DOING THESE REVERSE ATMS. SO YOU WALK UP TO A MACHINE AND IT'S JUST LIKE, IT SOUNDS, YOU PUT CASH IN AND IT SPITS OUT ESSENTIALLY A CREDIT CARD THAT YOU CAN THEN USE, UM, PRETTY MUCH ANYWHERE.
IT'S NOT JUST, YOU DON'T JUST HAVE TO USE IT AT OUR SITES.
YOU COULD GO TO A VENDOR AND ALSO USE IT.
YOU COULD, YOU COULD TAKE IT TO GIANT EAGLE NEXT WEEK AND USE IT AS WELL.
UM, BUT THAT'S GONNA REDUCE SOME OF OUR STAFF TIME.
UM, IF WE CAN MAKE, FIND THE RIGHT ONES FOR US TO HAVE ON SITE.
WE ALSO, UM, HAVE SOME NEW MARKETING AND MEDIA SERVICES, WHICH WE WERE ABLE TO SAVE SOME MONEY OVER SOME THINGS WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT A LOT OF INCREMENTAL DECREASES AND JUST SEEING WHERE WE MAYBE HAVEN'T LOOKED AT THINGS IN A WHILE AND KIND OF GOING BACK AND SEEING HOW WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO SAVE SOME MONEY.
AND THEN, UH, FOR OUR COST RECOVERY, WE HAVE SOME SPECIFIC PLACES WHERE WE KNOW WE CAN MAKE SOME MORE MONEY.
UM, THE NUMBER ONE WE TALK ABOUT IS MERCHANDISE.
WE, UM, SOLD OUT A MERCHANDISE ALMOST EVERYTHING BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON LAST YEAR, EXCEPT THERE'S SOME RANDOM, LIKE FOUR XL SHIRTS OR IF YOU WANT A SMALL WOMEN'S TANK.
BUT YOU KNOW, WE REALLY DID SELL OUT A A LOT OF THAT.
SO WE KNOW WE'RE, WE INCREASED THE BUDGET THIS YEAR FOR THAT SO THAT WE COULD BUY MORE SO THAT WE COULD SELL MORE.
WE'RE ALSO, UM, LOOKING AT, WE'RE GOING TO PUT SOME STUFF ON THE EVERYTHING DUBLIN, IS THAT THE RIGHT NAME OF THE SITE? THANK YOU.
THE EVERYTHING DUBLIN SITE, UM, THAT WE'RE DOING WITH VISIT DUBLIN, OHIO.
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SO WE CAN SELL SOME SHIRTS YEAR ROUND.SO THAT'LL BE ANOTHER INCOME STREAM FOR US.
WE'RE LOOKING AT HOPING TO INCREASE OUR SPONSORS.
UM, WE KNOW THAT WE HAD A NEW STAFF PERSON THAT STARTED AT THE BEGINNING OF LAST YEAR.
HE'S, HE'S HAD A LOT OF GREAT, UM, INTERACTIONS WITH SOME NEW COMPANIES.
AND SO WE WERE EXPECTING, YOU KNOW, OUR SPONSORSHIP TO GO UP OUR 5K IS ANOTHER THING WE SOLD OUT LAST YEAR.
UM, AND THAT PROVED TO BE VERY POPULAR AND WE HAVEN'T SOLD OUT IN PROBABLY 15 YEARS.
AND WE HAD A LITTLE, A LOT OF DISAPPOINTED FOLKS WHEN WE SOLD OUT A, A WEEK IN ADVANCE.
BUT IT'S A LITTLE TOO LATE TO BUY NEW T-SHIRTS.
SO WE ARE UPPING THAT SO WE CAN MAKE MORE MONEY ON THAT.
WE EXPECT, UM, BEVERAGES AND TICKET SALES TO GO ALONG WITH EACH OTHER.
WE'LL DO SOME INCREMENTAL CHANGES.
UM, NOW THAT WE ARE MOSTLY CREDIT CARD, WE AREN'T WORRIED ABOUT GOING UP 25 CENTS.
IT'S ALWAYS BEEN ONE OF OUR BIGGER THINGS.
YOU CAN'T GO FROM, YOU KNOW, IT WAS A HUGE BREAK FOR US TO GO FROM $2 WATER TO A $3 WATER.
'CAUSE BACK WHEN WE WERE TAKING TOKENS OR CASH OR THINGS LIKE THAT, IT WAS JUST HARDER TO MAKE THOSE INCREMENTAL CHANGES AS WE WE NEEDED TO.
AND WE, AGAIN, WORKING WITH OUR NEW MARKETING COMPANY, WE REALLY WANNA INCREASE SALES.
THERE WERE SOME THINGS LAST YEAR THAT WE KNOW WERE BIG COMPETITORS, UM, TO THE IRISH FESTIVAL.
IT WAS ONE OF OUR LOWER ATTENDANCES.
AND SO WE, UM, CONSERVATIVE THINK A 10% INCREASE JUST IN, UM, ATTENDANCE IS PRETTY DOABLE.
WE'VE HAD GREAT LUCK WITH OUR, OUR NEW, UM, PR MARKETING COMPANY.
IF YOU'VE SEEN EVEN OUR, OUR, UM, IRISH FESTIVAL VOTING, UH, HAS GOTTEN A LOT OF PUBLICITY AND THEY, THEY'VE ONLY BEEN WORKING FOR US FOR I THINK TWO OR THREE WEEKS AND ALREADY THEY'VE GOTTEN NEWS STORIES OUT IN ALL THE CHANNELS.
THEY'VE GOTTEN IT IN THE DISPATCH.
SO WE'RE REALLY ALREADY IN THE FIRST MONTH OF WORKING WITH THEM.
UM, AND THINK THAT WILL DO A LOT FOR US AS WELL.
UH, WE ALSO WANT TO INCREASE OUR VENDOR FEES.
UH, THE FIRST YEAR WHEN WE WERE COMING OUTTA THE PANDEMIC, WE ACTUALLY HAD A VERY HARD TIME EVEN GETTING VENDORS TO COME.
IT JUST WAS A BAD TIME FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE.
THEY COULDN'T GET THEIR SUPPLIES LAST YEAR.
SO WE WERE NERVOUS LAST YEAR TO INCREASE THE, UM, VENDOR FEE 'CAUSE WE DIDN'T KNOW HOW THINGS WERE GONNA GO.
AND WE ACTUALLY CLOSE OUR, UM, APPLICATIONS MARCH 1ST, SO THIS WEEK.
AND WE'VE HAD A REALLY GOOD RESPONSE, EVEN THOUGH WE DID DO THAT 10% INCREASE, WE HAVEN'T SEEN A HUGE GROUP OF PEOPLE DROPPING OFF.
WE, WE HAVE PLENTY OF VENDORS, SO WE ARE, UM, HAPPY WITH THAT.
UM, I KNOW WE'VE ALSO TALKED ABOUT WITH THE VENDOR FEES.
UH, WE ARE LOOKING NOW, NOW THAT WE, UM, WE, I THINK YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN THE WIFI POLES THAT HAVE GOT THE WIFI AND LIGHT POLES THAT HAVE GONE UP IN KAMAN PARK.
FINALLY, WE CAN RUN THAT AS A TEST THIS YEAR TO SEE, MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THAT INFRASTRUCTURE REALLY STRONG DOWN THERE.
AND WE'RE ALSO TALKING TO A LOT OF THE OTHER EVENTS THAT HAVE BEEN USING 'EM, UM, FOR JEWS.
AND THIS IS SPECIFICALLY DOING THE, UH, CREDIT CARD SALES ON OUR POS SYSTEMS FOR FOOD VENDORS.
SO WHEN WE DO THAT, THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO TAKE THE PERCENTAGE.
SO WE ASSUME, ASSUME WE, FROM WHAT WE'VE HEARD, WE'LL MAKE SOME, A LOT MORE MONEY ON THAT.
BUT THAT WE CAN'T MOVE INTO THAT PHASE UNTIL NEXT YEAR.
WE'RE ALREADY SORT OF SETTING PEOPLE UP AND GETTING THEM READY SO THAT THEY KNOW IT'S COMING.
UM, AND WE'LL, UH, WE'LL BE BACK TO COUNCIL IN THE FALL TO DISCUSS HOW THAT CAN HAPPEN BECAUSE WE REALLY HAVE TO PUBLICIZE THAT PROBABLY NO LATER THAN NOVEMBER OF, OF THIS YEAR FOR NEXT YEAR BECAUSE THEY START MAKING THEIR PLANS.
OUR APPLICATIONS DO GO UP JANUARY ONE, USUALLY OR TWO AROUND THAT TIME.
AND THEN, SO THESE ARE OUR PROPOSED TICKET PRICES FOR 2024.
JUST THE GENERAL TICKETS, THERE ARE VERY FEW CHANGES AND I CAN, UM, JUST TALK ABOUT A COUPLE OF THEM.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE, UM, NOTICED THAT, UM, IN 2020, WELL IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE FOR 2021, BUT IN 2022 WE CHANGED THE KIDS.
IT USED TO BE 12 AND UNDER FREE.
WE MOVED IT TO 10 AND UNDER FREE.
AND WE KIND OF NOTICED THAT WHAT WE'RE WE'RE GETTING IS THAT WE'RE HITTING THOSE PEOPLE.
THERE'S THAT 10 TO 11 AGE PEOPLE THAT THEY'RE YOUNG ENOUGH STILL TO BUY THE KIDS' WRISTBAND.
SO A LOT OF THOSE PEOPLE WERE ALMOST HITTING TWICE.
WHEREAS IN THE PAST WHEN WE HAD THE BIGGER AGE RANGE, YOU HAD THE ATTENDEES, IF THEY WERE COMING AND DOING THE BOUNCY HOUSE THING, THEY PROBABLY WERE NOT PAYING THE, UM, ADMISSIONS FEE.
SO INSTEAD OF THE 10 AND UNDER, WE'RE JUST MOVING THAT UP TO 11 AND UNDER SO THAT WE KIND OF GIVE JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE ROOM FOR THAT THERE.
UM, AND THIS ALSO GOES, THE OTHER CHANGE THAT WE'RE SUGGESTING IS THE COST OF THE POT OF GOLD WRISTBANDS.
THE, UM, IN-PERSON PRICE WAS REALLY PRETTY HIGH AT $25 AND NOT EVERYBODY DOES THE RESEARCH TO COME AND, AND IT REALLY CAUSED SOME CONCERN ON SITE.
UM, BOTH THE VOLUNTEERS AND THE STAFF THAT WORKED THERE JUST HEARD SO MANY COMMENTS FROM THE PARENTS THAT WERE THERE.
THAT 25 WAS REALLY KIND OF JUST COST PROHIBITIVE.
SO WE SORT OF CHANGED OUR PRICING, UM, AND SAID THAT ONLY INSTEAD OF DOING MULTIPLE DIFFERENT STEPS
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BEFOREHAND, WE'RE JUST DOING THE ONE $15.IF YOU BUY IT ONLINE ANYTIME, EVEN IF YOU BUY IT ONLINE SATURDAY AT 8:00 AM YOU'RE GONNA GET THAT $15 TICKET.
UM, BUT THEN IF YOU SHOW UP, IT'LL BE A $20 TICKET.
UM, BECAUSE OF THAT CHANGE, IT CHANGES ALL OUR FAMILY PACK CHANGES TOO.
BUT REALLY WHAT WE FOUND WHEN WE DID OUR NUMBERS, WE DROPPED IN THOSE KIDS' WRISTBAND SALES MORE THAN THE PERCENTAGE WE DROPPED IN OVERALL ATTENDANCE.
SO I THINK THAT THAT PRICE WAS MAYBE JUST A LITTLE TOO AGGRESSIVE FOR THAT GROUP.
UM, JUST WE HAVE SOME PRICE COMPARISON HERE, UM, PRETTY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAD LAST YEAR, BUT, UM, I, I STILL FEEL LIKE THIS KIND OF PUTS US IN, YOU KNOW, THE DAY OUT KIND OF THING.
OUR TICKET PRICES ARE HIGHER THAN SOME LOWER THAN OTHERS, BUT I THINK WE'RE PRETTY MUCH, YOU KNOW, IN KIND OF A SWEET SPOT WHERE WE ARE.
SO NOW FOR THE, UM, THE DUB CLUB AND THE CELTIC ROCK CLUB, SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID GO UP LAST YEAR AND THESE, UM, AND PART OF THE THINGS WE LEARNED LAST YEAR IS THAT WHEN WE FIGURED OUT ALL OF OUR COSTS, AND WE DID INCLUDE STAFFING IN THAT WE INCLUDED THE EQUIPMENT, EVERYTHING, WE WERE REALLY MAKING ALMOST NO MONEY ON THE DUB CLUB AND CELTIC ROCK CLUB.
SO WE TALKED ABOUT WE NEEDED TO INCREASE THOSE PRICES.
ONE OF THE THINGS, UM, THAT WE DID GET SOME PUSHBACK FROM THE PEOPLE WHO'D BEEN THERE FOR A LONG TIME.
UM, BUT IT KIND OF CAME DOWN TO THE POINT WE COULDN'T KEEP RUNNING IT AT THE PRICE WE WERE RUNNING IT WITHOUT US LOSING MONEY.
AND UM, SO ONE OF THOSE THINGS, I KNOW THERE MIGHT BE SOME PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN LONGTIME BUYERS THAT MAY NOT COME BACK, BUT WE'RE STILL GETTING NEW BUYERS AND YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST REALLY THE VALUE OF HAVING THAT EXTRA.
THEY'VE GOT THE ELEVATED SPACE, THEY'VE GOT THE BAR, ALL THAT STUFF COSTS US MONEY.
UM, SO JUST AN, JUST TO BE ABLE TO COVER OUR COSTS, WE NEED TO, UM, JUST CHARGE A LITTLE MORE.
SO IF YOU NOTICE, SO BETWEEN THE TWO CLUBS, WE DID NET ALMOST $20,000 LAST YEAR.
AND LIKE I SAID, IT'S A 850% INCREASE BECAUSE I THINK THE YEAR BEFORE IT WAS LIKE WE MADE $500 ON THE WHOLE THING, WHICH JUST ISN'T REALLY WORTH OUR TIME AND EFFORT.
UM, SO THEN I THINK WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS KIND OF KEEPING IT THE SAME.
ALTHOUGH WHAT WE HAVE FOUND IS THAT OUR FRIDAY TICKETS DIDN'T SELL PEOPLE AS, AS MUCH AS OUR SATURDAY TICKETS.
AGAIN, IT'S ONLY, YOU KNOW, IT'S ABOUT HALF THE AMOUNT OF TIME.
SO WE HAD ALREADY CHARGED LESS FOR THE SUNDAY.
SO WE WERE DROPPING THE FRIDAY ONE DAY PASS, WHICH THEN DROPPED THE ENTIRE WEEKEND PASS, UM, DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT.
WE DID ADD ONE NEW CLUB AS WELL.
SO WE'VE, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE DOING TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN THE EMERALD CLUB.
UH, LAST YEAR WE OFFERED THE ULTIMATE MUSIC EXPERIENCE PACKAGE, WHICH WAS POPULAR.
UM, SO PEOPLE COULD GO TO EITHER THE CELTIC ROCK CLUB OR THE DUB CLUB.
UM, THEY WERE NOT ALLOWED TO GO INTO THE EMERALD CLUB, BUT SO THIS YEAR WE'RE CHARGING A PREMIUM FOR THAT.
SO THEY WILL GET THE ALCOHOL PACKAGE AT THE EMERALD CLUB.
THEY WILL ALSO GET A VIP PARKING PASS, WHICH IS SOMETHING WE HAVEN'T INCLUDED IN THE CLUBS AND, AND QUITE A WHILE.
SO I THINK THERE MIGHT BE SOME PEOPLE FOR THAT VIP PARKING PASS MIGHT JUST, YOU KNOW, GO IN FOR THAT HIGHER LEVEL.
BUT THEN THAT WAY THEY GET TO DO, BASICALLY THEY WOULD HAVE ALMOST THE SAME ACCESS AS ALL OF OUR VIPS.
THEY CAN, WOULD BE ABLE TO GO TO ANY, ANY OF THE THREE OF THE CLUBS.
SO NEXT I JUST WANNA TALK ABOUT EMERALD CLUB BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WAS SOME OF THE DISCUSSION WE, SO WE PUT TOGETHER FROM WHEN IT STARTED IN 2000.
SO YOU GO, GOING BACK THAT FAR, YOU CAN SEE THIS IS THE ACTUAL, UM, THE, THE REVENUE THAT HAS COME IN FROM IRISH FESTIVAL.
SO OUR, IF YOU LOOK AT 2023, OUR REVENUE WAS A SUCCESS.
UM, AND THAT ONE OF THE, THE THINGS, THE REASON, ONE OF THE REASONS WE STARTED THIS WAS JUST TO BE ABLE TO GIVE OUR SPONSORS A PLACE, UM, THAT WOULD BE A HOSPITALITY AREA FOR THEM, BUT BY MAKING IT A PRIVATE CLUB YOU COULD BUY INTO AS WELL.
WE WERE ABLE TO PAY THEN FOR, WE DIDN'T HAVE TO PUT EXTRA, EXTRA MONEY OUT TO PROVIDE HOSPITALITY FOR THOSE VIPS.
UM, SO WE ARE ACTUALLY GETTING A NICE COST RECOVERY ON THIS.
UM, LAST YEAR WE HAD FOR EVEN AFTER STAFFING WE MADE $14,000.
SO WE KNOW THAT WE, THAT'S MONEY THAT WE CAN KIND OF PUT BACK INTO THE CLUB ITSELF TO, TO MAYBE DO SOME ENHANCEMENTS.
UM, YOU CAN ALSO SEE THE EMERALD CLUB CAPACITY.
SO IT DID DROP, UM, IN 2022 AND 2023.
THE REASON AT THE TIME WAS, UM, IN 2019 WE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT THERE WAS TOO MANY PEOPLE IN THE CLUB AND THEY COULDN'T GET A SEAT AND THEY COULDN'T GET THE TO THE FOOD AND THE FOOD WAS OUT.
SO WE CUT THAT BACK AGAIN, WE PROBABLY WENT A LITTLE TOO FAR.
AND, UM, SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS INCREASING THAT.
AGAIN, WE DID SELL OUT LAST YEAR ON SATURDAY, UM, BUT NOT ON FRIDAY AND SUNDAY.
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TOUGH ONE.UM, SO SOME OF THE THINGS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DOING FOR EMMA CLUB IS INCREASING CAPACITY, UH, EACH DAY BY 50 PEOPLE.
AND SO WE'LL SELL THAT MANY MORE TICKETS.
UM, AND WE'RE ALSO REDUCING THE, THE WEEKEND PRICES AND THE FRIDAY PASSES KIND OF LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT WITH THE OTHER CLUBS.
THE, THE FRIDAY WASN'T SEEN AS MUCH AS OF A VALUE, ESPECIALLY SINCE WE'VE HAD THE, UM, WE'VE MOVED THE RECEPTION INTO THE, TO THE EMERALD CLUB, SO THEY EVEN CUT THEIR HOURS BACK EVEN MORE.
UM, SO WE'VE REDUCED THAT PRICE.
WE'VE STILL ADDED THE OPTION OF WHETHER THEY WANNA BUY IT WITH THE ALCOHOL PACKAGE OR WITHOUT THE ALCOHOL PACKAGE.
IT WAS UP 50 50 PRETTY MUCH LAST YEAR.
SO I, IT WAS OBVIOUS THAT PEOPLE LIKE TO HAVE ONE OR THE OTHER CHOICE, UM, JUST BECAUSE IT REALLY, YOU KNOW, MAKES A DIFFERENCE TO SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT IS WITH THAT $14,000, AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S GONNA COST US THIS, 'CAUSE WE'RE IN DISCUSSIONS RIGHT NOW, UM, IS ADDING EXTRA FOOD, UM, THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
UM, WE HAPPEN TO BE TALKING TO ONE, I WON'T NAME NAMES, BUT A LARGE RESTAURANT CHAIN THAT HAS MULTIPLE DIFFERENT RESTAURANTS THAT WE'RE TALKING TO ABOUT POSSIBLY TAKING OVER ALL OF SATURDAY THAT THEY WOULD PROVIDE A LOT OF THE FOOD, BUT THEN WE ARE NOW ABLE TO ACTUALLY PAY THEM FOR SOME EXTRA BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'RE FINDING IS THAT IS IF YOU TALK TO JIM WHO DOES OUR SPONSORSHIP, IT'S EASIER TO FIND A $20,000 SPONSOR THAN IT IS TO FIND SOMEBODY TO, TO PAY FOR THE DINNER AT EMERALD CLUB.
IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT'S JUST REALLY HARD ON RESTAURANTS NOW.
SO I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT.
WE CAN IMPROVE THE FOOD AND INCREASE THE FOOD AND BE ABLE TO IMPROVE THAT CAPACITY AS WELL, UM, BY ACTUALLY PAYING SOME FOR THAT.
SO WE HOPE THAT THAT'S GONNA MAKE A, A PRETTY BIG DIFFERENCE IS THAT PEOPLE ARE GONNA SEE THAT THE, THE FOOD IS A REAL VALUE IN THERE.
UM, AND THAT IT'S NOT JUST IF YOU GO IN AT FOUR O'CLOCK AND MAYBE IT'S NOT LUNCH OR DINNER, BUT YOU'RE STILL GONNA GET SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, MORE THAN JUST CHIPS.
YOU'RE GONNA GET MAYBE HOT PRETZELS OR YOU KNOW, SOMETHING ALONG THE, LIKE, SOME KIND OF AN APPETIZER, A HOT APPETIZER SO THAT THERE ARE THOSE KIND OF THINGS THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
UM, AND THE, SO WE THINK THAT THAT'S PROBABLY GONNA COST US.
SO WE MAY STILL BREAK E JUST BREAK EVEN ON THIS, WHICH IS STILL FINE WITH THIS ONE COMPARED TO THE OTHER CLUBS BECAUSE WE ARE HOSTING SO MANY VIPS WITHOUT HAVING TO PAY EXTRA MONEY TO HOST THOSE VIPS.
SO IT, FOR THE FESTIVAL, IT DOESN'T, IT DOESN'T MATTER SO MUCH IF WE KIND OF BREAK EVEN ON THIS BECAUSE WE CAN ALSO SELL MORE MEMBERSHIPS IF WE INCREASE THE VALUE.
SO I THINK IT'S, IT'S GONNA BE, UM, GOOD FOR US IN GENERAL.
AND THEN ALSO JUST ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
WE'VE TALKED TO THEM AND THEY'RE ARE TALKING ABOUT POSSIBLY DOING AN EVENT DOWN AT CELTIC ROCK CLUB.
WHEN WE TALKED TO JEREMIAH, IF YOU, IF YOU REMEMBER, UM, BACK, WE USED TO HAVE, WHEN WE USED TO HAVE THE INDIVIDUAL CELTIC ROCK CLUB BOXES, THEY USED TO DO A, UM, CELTIC ROCK NIGHT FOR A LOT OF THE BUSINESSES.
AND SO SOME OF 'EM HAVE BEEN ASKING ABOUT BRINGING THAT BACK AND UM, THEY LIKE THAT FRIDAY NIGHT WHERE THEY CAN KIND OF COME OUT AND, YOU KNOW, DO SOMETHING SPECIAL WITH THEIR WORK PEOPLE AND MAYBE NEXT DAY COME BACK AND WITH THEIR FAMILY.
SO THEN LAST YEAR WE SPECIFICALLY TALKED ABOUT FREE ADMISSION ON SUNDAY AND WE DID DO A SURVEY ON SITE.
UM, AT THE REQUEST OF COUNCIL THIS YEAR WE HAD JUST OVER 7,000 ATTENDEES, UM, DURING THAT FREE TIME.
AND THIS IS ONE OF THE, UM, DUBLIN FOOD PANTRY'S LARGEST FUNDRAISER.
IT IS, UH, THEIR THEIR LARGEST FOOD RAISER.
UM, SO YOU CAN SEE THEY GET 10 TONS OF FOOD, THE BOX TRUCK THAT COMES IN AND GETS THAT FOOD.
UM, AND THEY ALSO DID, DID GET JUST OVER $13,000 IN CASH.
AND SO THE VALUE OF THAT IS $47,000.
SO IT IS QUITE A BENEFIT TO THE FOOD PANTRY.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WHEN WE DID THE SURVEY, SO MANY PEOPLE JUST HAD SUCH OVERWHELMING GOODWILL THANKED US FOR DOING IT.
WE'RE HAPPY TO GIVE, YOU KNOW, YOU SEE THE FAMILIES THAT COME IN WITH, YOU KNOW, A CASE OF GREEN BEANS OR SOMETHING.
SO IT, IT IS A VERY FAMILY FRIENDLY THING.
UM, KIND OF THE, WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT BEFORE, SUNDAY'S HARD FOR US, ESPECIALLY A SUNDAY MORNING IF WE HAD TO CHARGE UM, ADMISSION FOR IT, I'M NOT SURE HOW MANY PEOPLE WE WOULD ACTUALLY GET OUT.
UM, SO NOT ONLY DOES THIS HELP THE FOOD PANTRY, BUT IT HELPS THE FESTIVAL 'CAUSE IT BRINGS THEM IN.
MOST OF 'EM ARE STAYING, IF YOU CAN SEE THAT, UH, THE CHART THAT SAYS HOW LONG THEY STAY, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE STAYING FOR A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME.
SO THEY'RE SPENDING THEIR MONEY AT THE FESTIVAL, THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, BUYING A BEER OR BUYING SOMETHING FROM THE FOOD VENDORS.
SO IT IS A REAL HELP FOR US AS WELL.
'CAUSE I THINK SUNDAY MORNING WOULD ALWAYS BE A TOUGH SELL FOR A FESTIVAL, BUT THIS WAY IT KIND OF BRINGS EVERYBODY TOGETHER WITH A NICE FAMILY FEEL.
UM, COMPLIMENTARY IRISH FESTIVAL TICKETS THAT ARE GIVEN AWAY.
SO, UM, YOU CAN SEE THE, THE LIST HERE AND FOR THIS, EACH STAFF PERSON IS ENTITLED UP FOR UP TO TWO.
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AT OUR FRONT DESK AND PEOPLE CAN ALSO USE THEIR HEALTHY BY CHOICE POINTS TO GET ADDITIONAL ONES.SO THOSE ARE INCLUDED IN THERE.
IT'S, IT'S A NICE BENEFIT THAT SOME PEOPLE REALLY LIKE WITH THEIR HEALTHY BY CHOICE.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS IS WE FIND NOT ONLY IS IT, WE HAVE SOME STAFF MEMBERS WHO MAYBE DON'T HAVE A TON TO DO WITH THE FESTIVAL AND THEY'LL JUST COME TO IT, BUT IT'S REALLY GREAT WHEN YOU HAVE A STAFF MEMBER WHO MIGHT BE THERE ALL WEEKEND AND THEY CAN GIVE IT TO THEIR WIFE TO BRING A FRIEND OR SOMETHING.
AND THAT MIGHT BE THE ONLY TIME THEY SEE 'EM FOR THAT, YOU KNOW, THREE WEEKEND OR THREE DAY WEEKEND THAT THEY'RE THERE FROM MORNING TO NIGHT.
SO IT, IT'S A VERY POPULAR THING WITH OUR, OUR STAFF MEMBERS.
AND THEN VOLUNTEERS DO GET, UM, ONE DAY THEY GET A ADMISSION TICKET FOR THE DAY THEY HAVE TO WORK OBVIOUSLY, BUT THEN THEY GET AN ADDITIONAL ONE AS A THANK YOU.
UM, AND THEN ALSO WE GAVE A LOT AWAY LAST YEAR ON RADIO STATION PROMOS, WHICH WAS REALLY A, A GREAT THING FOR US.
WE ONLY SPENT $8,000 IN RADIO PROMOTIONS, BUT BY GIVING AWAY THESE TICKETS, IT WAS AN EXTRA ALMOST $17,000 IN RADIO PROMOTIONS.
SO IT ACTUALLY TRIPLED OUR, UM, OUR OUTREACH ON RADIO AND WE WERE REALLY KIND, TRYING TO FOCUS THOSE WENT OUT TO, UM, LIKE THE LANCASTER AND UH, MAYBE GROVE CITY, SOME OF THOSE SMALLER RADIO STATIONS A LITTLE FURTHER OUT.
YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT THE NCI, YOU KNOW, IF EVERYBODY'S HEARING IT IN, IN CENTRAL OHIO, BUT IT'S THOSE ONES THAT ARE KIND OF ON THE EDGES AND SO WE'RE BRINGING THOSE PEOPLE IN FROM JUST A COUPLE HOURS AWAY TO COME, UM, TO, TO THE FESTIVAL AND MAYBE THEY'LL COME IF THEY'VE NEVER BEEN WHEN THEY GET THE FREE TICKET.
SO THAT'S IT FOR IN, FOR IRISH FESTIVAL.
WOULD YOU PREFER TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE WE GO INTO INDEPENDENCE TODAY? I THINK WE'RE GOOD OR KEEP GOING.
UM, I HAD TWO, BUT I THINK YOU ANSWERED IT WITH, UH, I WAS VERY INTERESTED.
I LOVE SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT YOU'VE MADE AND I KNOW YOU HEARD A LOT OF THE SUGGESTIONS LAST YEAR AND I ALWAYS THINK THAT THE EMERALD CLUB IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, BUT WITH WHAT WAS SUGGESTED HERE WITH THE CELTIC ROCK CLUB, I THINK THAT'S GONNA BE A REALLY IMPORTANT PIECE.
UM, I WANTED TO ASK YOU WHAT THE PRICING WAS ON THE, ON THE WE, UH, CLUB, UM, TWO YEARS AGO OR WHAT DID IT, WHAT DID WE RAISE IT TO? WHAT WAS IT PRIME PREVIOUSLY? YEAH, IT WAS, IT WAS, UM, I'M TRYING TO, IT WAS, UM, $15 ACROSS THE BOARD.
SO THIS IS STILL A, A INCREASE FOR THOSE WHO BUY THEM ON SITE.
UM, SO PREVIOUSLY WE DIDN'T DO A DISCOUNT FOR ONLINE, IT WAS JUST $15.
UM, WHENEVER, WHICH IS, UM, STILL WHEN WE KIND OF LOOK ACROSS, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A FAIRLY CHEAP PRICE FOR WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE MARKET WHEN YOU THINK OF AN ALL DAY.
BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T DO THE WHOLE DAY.
THEY MAY BE COMING FOR A TWO HOUR.
UH, AND SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE YOU HAVE TO, TO BALANCE IT.
UH, SO GENERALLY WE ARE STILL AT THEN, SO YEAH, THE FIF, IF YOU BUY IT ONLINE THIS YEAR, YOU'D BE PAYING THE SAME AMOUNT THAT YOU WERE PAYING IN 2022, BUT IF YOU WAIT AND BUY IT ON SITE, YOU'RE GONNA PAY THAT PREMIUM.
NO, IT'S, I MEAN IT WAS 10 AT SOME POINT WAY BACK POINT.
AND, AND I'M CURIOUS BECAUSE SOME OF THE COMMENTS AND SOME OF THE, AS I READ THROUGH THE ECONOMIC IMPACT AND SOME OF THE, UH, MANY OF THEM TALKED ABOUT FINDING MORE SHADE, HAVING A PLACE THAT YOU COULD, THE PARENTS COULD SIT SO THE KIDS COULD PLAY.
ARE SOME OF THOSE IMPROVEMENTS BEING MADE BECAUSE I, I THINK THAT'S WHAT I'M HEARING IS PEOPLE DON'T WANNA STAY IN THERE AND THEN THEY PAY THAT PRICE.
THE KIDS WANNA STAY A VERY LONG TIME.
BUT THE PARENTS AREN'T FINDING IT AS COMFORTABLE FOR THEM.
SO WHAT ARE WE DOING ABOUT THAT? THERE'S TWO THINGS WE'RE DOING.
UH, ONE OF THOSE EXTRA TENTS THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER, UM, IS GOING TO GO IN THE KIDS AREA JUST FOR SHADE, UH, FOR PARENTS.
THE OTHER THING, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS FIGURE OUT, WE DID IT FOR MULTIPLE YEARS AND THEN WHEN WE REDID OUR BAR SETUP, IT DIDN'T WORK AND WE DIDN'T BRING IT BACK, BUT WE USED TO HAVE A DUAL-SIDED BAR SO THAT YOU COULD BUY A DRINK OUTSIDE OF THE KIDS' AREA.
BUT WE ALSO HAD A, LIKE A BACK DOOR
SO PARENTS COULD COME UP AND GET A DRINK AND WE TOOK IT AWAY.
AND THAT'S ONE OF THE COMPLAINTS THAT WE HEAR THE MOST IS THAT THEY WANT THAT BAR BACK.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO THAT.
IF IT'S NOT THE BACK OF THAT BAR, IT MIGHT BE A LIMITED BAR OR, OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES.
YOU KNOW, WHATEVER IT TAKES, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE ALL HAVE FRIENDS AND FAMILY THAT GO THERE AND WE ALL HAVE KIDS AND GRANDKIDS AND WHAT THEY'RE, WHAT THEY'RE SAYING IS THEY'RE MISSING OUT ON THE FESTIVAL BECAUSE THEY'RE SITTING IN THERE SORT OF BABYSITTING THEIR KIDS.
IF WE CAN MAKE IT SO THAT IT'S AS MUCH FUN IN THERE FOR THE ADULTS AS IT IS FOR THE KIDS, I THINK YOU'D PROBABLY EVEN SELL MORE TICKETS TO IT.
AND SOMEHOW, I MEAN, YOU KNOW WHERE I'M GOING WITH THIS.
AND WHAT'S FUNNY ABOUT IT IS LAST YEAR, UM, AT THE SUGGESTION OF SUPER GAMES, WHO WE'VE BEEN USING,
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THEY HAD, THEY PUT SOME TABLE GAMES IN THAT I THOUGHT THE KIDS WERE GONNA PLAY, BUT WHEN I WENT OVER AND IT WAS JUST LIKE, YOU KNOW, LIKE A LITTLE TOSS TABLE GAMES, I SAW SOME OF THE PARENTS JUST DOING THOSE SO JUST SO THAT THEY HAD, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING TO DO WHILE THEIR KIDS WERE OUT.WELL, WE'LL HAVE OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME MORE FEEDBACK AFTER THIS YEAR AND I'M SURE THERE'LL BE SOME SUBSEQUENT CHANGES TO BE MADE.
SO, UM, JUST ON, ON IRISH FESTIVAL TWO WE WILL BE, UM, ON MARCH 18TH IS WHEN WE PLAN TO START SELLING TICKETS AND ALSO ANNOUNCING OUR, UM, AND UH, OUR ACTS.
WE ALWAYS DEBATE DOES IT GO BEFORE OR AFTER ST.
PATRICK'S DAY AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.
BUT WE'RE GONNA COME UP WITH SOME CLEVER SLOGANS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WAKING UP AFTER ST.
PATRICK'S DAY, BUT STILL HAVING SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO, YOU KNOW, FOR THE SUMMER.
SO WITH INDEPENDENCE DAY, UM, WE'RE REALLY PROPOSING JUST A FEW CHANGES.
UM, WE'RE NOT REALLY CHANGING THE PRICE AND WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD A HIGHER DIRECT COST RECOVERY.
UM, THE AVERAGE OF THE LAST COUPLE YEARS HAS BEEN A 37% AVERAGE.
IT'S BECAUSE WE DID RAISE THE TABLE PRICES, UM, JUST AFTER THE PANDEMIC, SO WE DON'T, UM, RECOMMEND ANOTHER RAISE IN, IN THAT PRICING.
UM, BUT WE DO, ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE HEARD CONSISTENTLY AND BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T SOLD OUT ON THE ACTUAL TABLE SALE DAY, WE USED TO ALLOW RESIDENTS TO BUY TWO TABLES.
AND THAT'S BACK WHEN THE TABLES WERE TABLES OF 10.
NOW WE REDUCED 'EM TO TABLES OF EIGHT MAINLY.
UM, BECAUSE AT ONE POINT WE WERE KIND OF TALKING TO THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT AND, AND MAYBE WE HAD A FEW TOO MANY PEOPLE ON THE FIELD.
AND, UM, SO IN ORDER TO KEEP EVERYBODY IN THAT SAME AREA, BUT ALLOW SOME SPACE BETWEEN THE TABLES, THAT'S WHY WE MOVED FROM THE 10 TABLE TO THE EIGHT TABLE.
IT ALLOWED US TO HAVE AN EXTRA, UM, YOU KNOW, COUPLE OF FEET IN BETWEEN THE TABLES.
IT WAS GETTING REALLY PROBABLY A LITTLE TOO TIGHT AND WE COULDN'T GO OUT ANY FURTHER BECAUSE THERE'S ONLY SO FAR YOU CAN GO ON THE FIELD.
UM, SO THAT'S WHEN WE REDUCED IT TO THE TABLE OF EIGHT.
UM, SO WE WANTED TO RECOMMEND THAT WE BRING BACK ALLOWING PEOPLE TO BUY THE RESIDENTS TO BUY TWO TABLES.
UM, I THINK WE'LL STILL DO WELL ON THAT BECAUSE WHAT, WHAT WE'VE FOUND THE LAST COUPLE YEARS IS, YOU KNOW, WE SELL A LOT ON THE DAY OF, WE GET THE TRICKLE THE NEXT TWO WEEKS.
UM, BUT THEN WE PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD A COUPLE TABLES ACTUALLY LEFT OVER THAT NON-RESIDENTS COULD BUY AND I WOULD MUCH RATHER A, A RESIDENT BUY TWO TABLES THAN US OPENING IT UP TO THE NON-RESIDENT.
SO THAT'S ONE OF THE, THE, UM, THINGS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT DOING FOR THAT.
AND THEN THAT'S, SO THAT'S THE ONLY CHANGE THERE ON THAT.
AND JUST TO GO TO THE DISCUSSION IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE US TO, UM, CONSIDER BEFORE WE BRING ANYTHING BACK TO YOU.
THERE'S CERTAINLY A LOT OF INFORMATION THERE.
UH, ANYONE HAVE ANY COMMENTS AT THIS POINT IN TIME OR, SO BILLY JOEL AND STEVIE NICKS AREN'T COMING TO TOWN AGAIN THIS YEAR? NO, AND I, THAT, THAT WAS, THAT WAS OUR KILLER LAST YEAR.
THE A HUNDRED THOU, YOU CAN, YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE IF YOU LOOK, UM, YOU REALLY SEE IT OBVIOUSLY IN THE, IN THE ALCOHOL SALES, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT OUR ATTENDANCE ON SATURDAY NIGHT, YOU CAN LITERALLY SEE THE DROP WHEN PEOPLE WOULD'VE BEEN LEAVING, UM, OR NOT COMING IN THAT SATURDAY NIGHT LIKE THEY NORMALLY WOULD.
SO THAT WAS, THAT WAS A KILLER TO US.
ANYTHING ELSE FOR ALLISON? WELL THANK YOU FOR THAT REPORT.
UM, I DO WANNA TAKE A MOMENT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
IF THERE'S ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING THAT WOULD LIKE TO RES LIKE TO HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT RELATIVE TO THIS PRESENTATION.
SEEING NONE, UH, COUNSEL HAS ASKED THEIR QUESTIONS, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO SOME GREAT EVENTS HERE IN 2024.
UH, NEXT UP WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THE FAITHFUL FRIENDS TREE WAIVER AND, UM, I BELIEVE ANDY KEELER WOULD LIKE TO RECUSE HIMSELF FROM THIS.
UM, AND OUR STAFF REPORT WILL BE FROM ZACH
I DO HAVE A SHORT PRESENTATION TO GO THROUGH HERE, UH, ONCE THAT IS SHOWN HERE ON THE SLIDE OR ON THE SCREEN.
UH, SO THIS IS A REQUEST FOR A TREE WAIVER.
THIS IS AN APPLICATION TYPE THAT IS NOT COMMONLY SEEN ANYMORE.
UH, WE USED TO SEE THEM QUITE A BIT, UM, BUT IN THE PAST PROBABLY SIX OR SEVEN YEARS, THIS IS THE FIRST ONE THAT HAS COME THROUGH.
UH, SO I JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON THIS.
SO WITH, UH, WITH EVERY DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION, A TREE PRESERVATION PLAN IS REQUIRED TO BE SUBMITTED, UH, PRIOR TO ANY CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY.
UH, AND THE CODE REQUIRES ALL REASONABLE EFFORT TO BE MADE TO DESIGN THE SITE, UH, TO AVOID UNNECESSARY TREE REMOVAL.
SO THIS IS REALLY TALKING TOWARDS PROTECTED TREES AND THE REQUIREMENT AND THE TREE REPLACEMENT.
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IT'S TO REPLACE REMOVE TREES INCH FOR INCH.SO THE TREE WAIVER WAS AN OPPORTUNITY AND INTENDED FOR, UH, HEAVILY WOODED SITES TO FIND, UH, A BALANCE BETWEEN THE INTENT OF THE TREE PRESERVATION ORDINANCE AND THEN THE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OF FULL IMPLEMENTATION.
'CAUSE WE RAN INTO SOME ISSUES WITH SOME HEAVILY WOODED SITES AND THE FINANCIAL BURDEN ABOUT DEVELOPING THOSE BASED ON THE, UH, TREE PRESERVATION REQUIREMENTS.
SO WITH THE UPDATE THAT WAS APPROVED AT THE BEGINNING OF 20, UH, 18, THERE ARE TWO ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS WHICH ARE SHOWN ON THE SCREEN.
THE SITE CURRENTLY IS MEETING THOSE REQUIREMENTS, UH, AND THEY ARE, THEY HAVE WORKED, UH, WITH OUR STAFF AND WITH OUR ZONING INSPECTOR TO, UH, DESIGN THE SITE TO ELIMINATE ANY REMOVAL OF MAJOR TREES AND, AND REALLY, UH, BE CONSIDERATE TOWARDS THAT.
BUT ALSO THEY HAVE NOT FILED THEIR TREE REMOVAL PERMIT YET.
AND THEN THE, THE UPDATE ALSO PROVIDES TREE CATEGORIES, WHICH ARE SHOWN ON THE SCREEN AND THAT IDENTIFIES HOW MANY TREES AND OR HOW MANY INCHES OF TREES THEY'RE REQUIRED TO REPLACE BASED ON WHAT THEY'RE REMOVING.
SO THE SITE, UM, IS 3.42 ACRES IN SIZE LOCATED AT LIGGETT ROAD AND PERIMETER DRIVE.
UH, THE APPLICANT WOULD BE DEVELOPING A 7,000 SQUARE FOOT VET OFFICE HERE.
UM, AND THIS, THIS SITE ALSO INCLUDES THE INDIAN RUN SOUTH FORK, WHICH HAS A SIGNIFICANT FLOODPLAIN, AND THEN THERE IS SIGNIFICANT, UH, AMOUNT OF NATURAL VEGETATION HERE AS WELL.
SO THE SITE FEATURES 151, EXISTING TREES 147 ARE CONSIDERED HEALTHY AND 51 ARE BEING REMOVED.
THE ORANGE UH, CHART THERE SHOWS PER CODE HOW MANY TREES WOULD BE REQUIRED TO BE, UH, REPLACED ON THE SITE, WHICH WOULD BE 216 TREES, UH, OR THE EQUIVALENT IS, UH, $150 PER CALIBER PER INCH IF THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT.
THE WAIVER PROVIDES AND IN GREEN SHOWS THE UPDATED, UH, AMOUNT OF TREES THAT THEY WOULD BE REQUIRED TO REPLACE.
AND THAT'S BASED ON WHETHER IT FITS UNDER THE LANDMARK PRIORITY ONE, PRIORITY TWO OR PRIORITY THREE.
UH, THE MAJORITY OF THE TREES BEING REMOVED ARE PRIORITY THREE, SO THOSE ARE THE SMALLER TREES.
UH, ALSO INVASIVE TREES THAT ARE HEALTHY ON THE SITE.
UH, SO THE TOTAL REQUIRED TO BE REPLACED BASED ON THE WAIVER IS 59 TREES.
THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE THE CODE REQUIREMENTS FOR LANDSCAPING OR, UH, STREET TREES OR ANY, ANY PARKING, UH, TREES THAT ARE REQUIRED.
SO THE APPLICANT IS PROVIDING ALL TREES AS PER THE WAIVER REQUESTED, AND STAFF HAS WORKED WITH THEM TOWARDS THE SITE PLAN AND, AND ARE SUPPORTIVE OF WHAT IS BEING REQUESTED.
SO, UH, STAFF IN THE APPLICANT ARE REQUESTING APPROVAL OF THE TREE WAIVER REQUEST TONIGHT.
I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
UH, IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS PRESENTATION? HEARING NONE.
COUNCIL QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION? I HAVE A QUESTION.
I'M NOT SURE I'M UNDERSTANDING THIS.
SO THIS IS BACK BEFORE US BECAUSE THEY'RE, THEY'RE FOLLOWING EVERYTHING.
SO WHAT, WHAT IS THE, I'M SORRY.
I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING EXACTLY WHY WE'RE HAVING THIS.
SO TYPICALLY IF, UM, IF THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO MEET THE REQUIRED TREES BEING REPLACED, WHICH IS 216 ON SITE, THEY WOULD BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE A FEE IN LIEU OF THOSE TREES.
SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD GO INTO OUR, OUR GENERAL FUND.
SO THEY'RE ASKING FOR A WAIVER TO THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY BASED ON THE NEW REQUIREMENTS IN THE WAIVER.
SO THEY'RE ASKING TO REMOVE THE $81,000, IS THAT WHAT THEY'RE ASKING? THEY'RE ASKING FOR AN ALTERNATIVE, UH, SET OF REQUIREMENTS FOR REPLACING TREES ON THE SITE.
SO THAT'S WHAT THE WAIVER IS INTENDED FOR, TO BE A LITTLE MORE FAIR TOWARDS THESE HEAVILY WOODED SITES.
SO JUST TO BE CLEAR, UM, THEY'RE, THEY ARE PAYING THE 81,000 AND THEY'RE REPLACING 59 TREES.
SO THEY WOULD BE REPLACING THE 59 TREES AND THEY WOULD NOT BE PAYING A FEE ON TOP OF THIS.
SO THE WAIVER REPLACES THE, UM, THE NEED FOR MEETING THAT TREE PRESERVATION REQUIREMENT IN THE CODE.
SO JUST TO BE CLEAR, THEY, THEY'RE ASKING TO REMOVE THE $81,000.
BUT THEY WILL REPLACE, THEY WILL PUT 59 TREES ON THIS PROPERTY.
BUT THEY'RE ASKING TO REMOVE $81,000.
THEY'RE ASKING FOR THE ALTERNATIVE STANDARD, WHICH, WHICH IS TO THAT 81 300.
BUT, SO KATHY, THE, THEY'RE STILL PAYING THE COST OF THE 59 TREES AT THE 150.
SO THERE'S, IT IS JUST, THEY'RE, THEY'RE NO LONGER PAYING THAT 80,000 AMOUNT.
THEY'RE GONNA PAY A 40,000 AMOUNT OR WHATEVER THE, WHATEVER THE CALCULATOR IS, OF 150 TO THAT NUMBER.
SO THEY'RE PAYING A LESSER AMOUNT.
'CAUSE THEY STILL HAVE TO PAY FOR THE COST TO INSTALL 59 TREES.
WELL, THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED PER THE, PER THE, UM, DESIGN.
SO THEY'RE REQUIRED TO PLANT 59 TREES
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ON THE SITE.AND SO THEY'RE BASICALLY ASKING, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A FEE IN LIEU, IF YOU CAN'T FIT ALL THE TREES ON YOUR SITE, YOU CAN PAY A FEE IN LIEU OF $150 PER CPER INCH.
BUT THEY DON'T WANT PAY THE $150 PER CPER INCH.
SO THEY'RE ASKING TO, FOR THAT TO BE DISCARDED.
THE DIFFERENCE THOUGH, 81, 80 $1,000, THAT'S NOT THE DIFFERENCE BECAUSE 81,000 IS THE TOTAL.
HAD THEY DONE PLANTED ALL THOSE TREES? I DON'T BELIEVE SO.
THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING FOR CLARITY HERE.
WHAT HELP US OUT HERE, DO A LITTLE MATH FOR A SEC.
SO THIS IS TO SHOW, AND, AND IF WE COULD GET THE, THE SLIDE SHOWN ON THE SCREEN AGAIN, UM, THE TREE PRESERVATION REQUIREMENTS, THIS IS TO SHOW THE MAXIMUMS OF IT'S, IT COULD BE A COMBINATION OF BOTH.
IF IT WERE TREE PRESERVATION, THEY'RE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE PER THE CODE 216 TREES, OR IF THEY DID NOT REPLACE ALL 216, IT WOULD BE 81,300.
SO IF THEY WERE TO DO THIS WITHOUT THE WAIVER, THEY COULD PLANT A HUNDRED TREES AND THEN WHATEVER THE, THE COST DIFFERENCE IS, IS THERE.
SO THAT SHOWS, THAT SHOWS THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT, UM, FOR THE, THE FEE IN LIEU, BUT ALSO THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT IN TREES.
SO THE WAIVER IS TO, AGAIN, CONSIDERING THAT IT IS A HEAVILY WOODED SITE, AND THAT'S WHAT THE TREE WAIVER WAS INTENDED FOR, WAS TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF LENIENCY THERE, BUT ALSO BEING FAIR TOWARDS THE TYPES OF TREES THAT ARE BEING REMOVED.
UM, AGAIN, THERE ARE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF INVASIVE TREES THAT WE WOULDN'T WANT THERE, BUT UM, BASED ON THE TREE PRESERVATION PLAN AND THOSE REQUIREMENTS, THEY'D BE REQUIRED TO REPLACE INCH FOR INCH.
WHEREAS THE DIFFERENCE IS INSTEAD OF REPLACING INCH FOR INCH FOR MOST OF THESE TREES, IT'S MORE OF A TREE FOR TREE REPLACEMENT.
AND THAT'S BASED ON THE CATEGORY THAT IT FITS WITHIN.
SO HOPEFULLY THAT MADE IT A LITTLE MORE CLEAR AND HOPEFULLY NOT, UH, MORE CONFUSING.
SO WHAT IS THE TREE? WHAT IS THE TREE WAIVER AMOUNT THEN IF IT ISN'T $81,300, THEY WOULD NOT BE PAYING A FEE WITH THIS BECAUSE THEY ARE REPLACING THE TREES EXACTLY AS REQUIRED.
SO ESSENTIALLY IF YOU DID A TREE FOR TREE DOLLAR REPLACEMENT, THE DIFFERENCE IS ABOUT $60,000.
SO I WAS DOING A LITTLE MENTAL MATH, WHICH IS DANGEROUS, BUT UM, IT SEEMS LIKE, SO THE COST, IF THEY HAD TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE CODE FOR THE 216 TREES, THE TOTAL COST FOR THAT WOULD BE THAT $81,000 WITH THE WAIVER, AND AGAIN, THE WAY THE NUMBER OF MAXIMUM SIZE FOR THE TREES TO BE REPLACED DEPENDS ON YOUR TREE TYPE, BUT THE TOTAL COST, IF THEY WEREN'T PLANTING THE 59 TREES WOULD BE AROUND $18,000.
SO THE WAIVER, WHOEVER SAID AROUND 60 WAS CORRECT.
SO THE WAIVER IS TO REDUCE THE COST IF THEY WEREN'T PLANTING THE TREES, RIGHT.
SO IF THEY'RE PAYING THAT FEE IN LIEU OF IT WOULD BE AROUND $60,000.
SO THE NUMBER OF TREES IS REDUCED WITH THE WAIVER OR IF THEY'RE PAYING THE FEE IN LIEU OF THAT WOULD ALSO BE REDUCED WITH THE WAIVER REDUCED OR ELIMINATED? REDUCED.
WELL AGAIN, THE FEE, THE TOTAL COST OF THAT IS THE COST.
IF THEY CANNOT REPLACE THOSE NUMBER OF TREES ON SITE, SO IT'S THE NUMBER OF TREES OR THE FEE, OR THERE COULD BE SOME COMBINATION WHERE YOU'RE PROVIDING A HUNDRED TREES AND YOU'RE PAYING THE DIFFERENCE OF WHATEVER THAT COST IS IN LIEU OF THAT.
SO IT'S ESSENTIALLY A $62,000 WAIVER.
SO IF YOU HAD 216 TREES THAT NEEDED REPLACED, THEY'RE IN FACT GOING TO REPLACE 59 OF THEM.
THAT LEAVES 157 TREES UN REPLACED.
IF, AND IT $150 PER INCH CALIBER, YOU'RE LOOKING AT ROUGHLY $400 PER TREE.
SO IF YOU TOOK 157 TIMES $400, IT'S $62,000.
SO THEY'RE AFTER ASKING FOR FORGIVENESS ON THAT $62,000.
AND, AND AGAIN, AS ZACH SAID, THE CRITERIA ARE, THEY'RE EXCEEDING WHAT THE MINIMUM CRITERIA ARE FOR THIS AS WELL.
SO 50% IS WHAT'S REQUIRED FOR PARTICULAR TREES.
THEY ARE PROVIDING MORE TREES ALREADY THAN WHAT YOU KNOW, WHAT THE MINIMUM ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA ARE.
AND GIVEN THE SITE CONSTRAINTS WITH THE STREAM CORRIDOR AND HOW THEY'RE LOCATING THEIR BUILDING, THEY'RE DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB OF LOCATING DEVELOPMENT ON THE SITE TO MINIMIZE THE IMPACTS OF THE TREES, WHICH IS THE PURPOSE OF THE WAIVER.
RIGHT? WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO DEVELOP, BUT IN A WAY THAT'S NOT REDUCING OR REMOVING ADDITIONAL TREES THAT THEN, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GONNA TRY TO ASK FOR A WAIVER FOR.
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UM, SURE.OH, WE'LL BACK UP TO PUBLIC COMMENT AND UM, YOU CAN SURE.
WE'LL NEED YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS RIGHT INTO THE RECORD.
GOOD EVENING MEMBERS OF COUNSEL.
I'M MICHAEL HENDRICKS, 6 4 9 3D SIDE DRIVE.
SO TO GO ALONG, LOOKING AT THIS SITE, WE'VE LOOKED AT IT PROBABLY LIKE TWO YEARS WORKING THROUGH IT.
AND AS YOU GUYS DRIVE BY THAT AREA, IT'S A GREAT AREA FOR DRIVE-BY TRAFFIC.
UH, BUT IT HAS SOME KIND OF WARTS ON IT THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING THROUGH.
SO IT'S NOT OUR DESIRE TO GET AROUND REPLACING TREES.
I'M A VERY NATURAL PERSON MYSELF OR THE FEES.
IT'S JUST THAT UNFORTUNATELY THIS SITE HAS BEEN KIND OF UN LEFT UNINTENDED FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME.
AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF VERY SMALL TREES ON THE LOT.
AND IN ORDER FOR US TO BUILD THE BUILDING, WE NEED TO CUT DOWN SOME OF THOSE TREES.
THE GREAT THING IS THE AREA SOUTH OF THE CREEK IS GONNA BE LEFT UNTOUCHED OTHER THAN UTILITIES AND WHAT THE CITY HAS TOLD US WE HAVE TO TAP INTO.
AND SO THEN WORKING WITH OUR LANDSCAPE DESIGN AND WORKING WITH THE CITY, WE REPLACED A LOT OF HIGH QUALITY TREES FOR ACTUALLY LOW QUALITY.
UH, ZACH, IS THERE ANY WAY WE CAN PULL THAT UP? THE SLIDES OF THE QUALITY OF THE TREES OR THE GRADING OF THE TREES? THE TREE SURVEY? YEAH.
SO IF YOU LOOK ON HERE, LANDMARK TREES.
SO THOSE ARE REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT TREES.
UM, WE HAD ONE HEALTHY TREE ON THAT, UH, PRIORITY ONE, THERE'S ONE TREE THAT WAS NOT HEALTHY.
PRIORITY TREE, UH, FOUR TREES, ONE HEALTHY.
SO EVEN THE GREAT TREES THAT ARE ON THERE, WE'D LOVE TO PRESERVE SOME WE CAN'T 'CAUSE OF BUILDING PLACEMENT AND OTHER THINGS ARE NOT HEALTHY.
SO WE HAD AN ARBORIST COME IN AND LOOK AT ALL TREES ON SITE.
SO THAT'S WHERE SOME OF THOSE BIGGER CALIPERS KIND OF COME FROM.
THEN YOU'RE PRIORITY THREE TREES, WHICH AGAIN, IF YOU DRIVE BY THE SITE, MOST OF THESE ARE NOT OVER EIGHT FEET TALL, SO THEY'RE MORE KIND OF SCRUBBED SORT OF TREES.
SO WE WANNA MAKE A BEAUTIFUL SITE.
AND I THINK WITH THE, UH, LANDSCAPE DESIGN THAT WE'VE DONE, UH, THERE'S GONNA BE SOME REALLY HIGH QUALITY TREES, WHICH AGAIN, WE FOLLOW CODE ON THOSE TREES.
AND THE NUMBER OF TREES ARE GREAT.
SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO REPLACE HIGH QUALITY TREES FOR LOWER QUALITY TREES, UM, THAT ARE NUMEROUS AS FAR AS IN THEIR NUMBER.
UM, I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE'RE ASKING FOR THE WAIVER 'CAUSE WE'RE MEETING ALL THE REQUIREMENTS.
DESIGN WISE, IT'S JUST A HEAVILY WOODED AREA, BUT IT'S NOT HIGH QUALITY TREES, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
SO I NOTICED THAT UH, A LOT OF THE TREES YOU'RE REPLACING ARE, UM, WILD CHERRIES AND ASHES AND WHEN YOU DO REBUILD THIS, YOU'LL BE REBUILDING THEM WITH OAKS AND, AND RED MAPLES AND HIGH QUALITY PLANTS.
I I GET WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM.
OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL? I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, I, THE, WHAT WE'RE APPROVING IS THE ALTERNATIVE WAY TO CALCULATE THE NUMBER OF TREES, NOT NECESSARILY THE COST 'CAUSE THEY MEET, WE'RE JUST SAYING ARE WE ALLOW, ALLOWING THEM TO USE THIS WAIVER CRITERIA.
'CAUSE OTHERWISE IT'S YOU, IF YOU USE THE ORIGINAL CRITERIA, THEY DON'T GET TO BREAK IT OUT BY DIFFERENT TYPES OF TREES AND NUMBER OF, SO I SEE IT MORE AS WE'RE APPROVING ALLOWING THEM TO USE A DIFFERENT CALCULATION.
I APPRECIATE THAT CLARIFICATION, AMY.
I THINK THAT HELPS A LOT BECAUSE MY CONCERN HERE IS, IS, IS NOT TO, UM, TO SET A PRECEDENT THAT WE DON'T WANT TO SEE HAPPEN HERE BECAUSE AS YOU NOTED, WE CARE ABOUT TREES, YOU CARE ABOUT.
I MEAN, THIS IS REALLY ESSENTIAL.
AND WHEN WE CHA PUT THIS WAIVER IN, THE GOAL WAS TREE PRESERVATION AND QUALITY TREE PRESERVATION.
SO I APPRECIATE THAT CLARIFICATION AND THE FEEDBACK BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE HAPPENS IN THIS INSTANCE.
AND TO BE FAIR WITH THE APPLICANT TOO, IF YOU LOOK AT THE SITE PLAN AND HE IS TRYING TO FIT A PARKING AREA IN THERE AND A BUILDING, YOU'RE GONNA BE REMOVING SOME TREES.
AND LIKE YOU SAID, A LOT OF THOSE SMALLER TREES ARE RUSHED TREES.
SO, AND THEN YOU'RE COMING BACK AND YOU'RE GONNA FILL THE SITE, WHAT'S LEFT AT THE SITE THAT ISN'T TAKEN BY THE, UH, BUILDING IN THE PARKING LOT WITH HIGH QUALITY TREES.
AND THEN YOU'RE PRESERVING THE SOUTHERN PART OF IT TOO.
ANY, I GET WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO.
ANYTHING FURTHER FROM COUNCIL? UH, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO GRANT THE TREE REPLACEMENT WAIVER FOR THE FAITHFUL FRIENDS DEVELOPMENT AS THEIR SECOND.
JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE VICE MAYOR LUDO? YES.
WE'LL WAIT FOR MR. ER'S RETURN.
UM, IN THAT TIME WE WILL HAVE, THE MOMENT WE'VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR IS THE ENVISION DUBLIN COMMUNITY
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PLAN UPDATE AND OUR STAFF PRESENTATION WILL BE BY JENNY ROSCH.UM, WHILE MR. KEELER IS TAKING HIS SEAT, IF I COULD HAVE THE PRESENTATION PUT UP, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
SO YES, WE'RE HERE TONIGHT TO GIVE UM, A BRIEF UPDATE OF ENVISION DUBLIN AND WHERE WE ARE, UM, AS WE MOVE THROUGH THIS, UM, THROUGH THIS PLANNING PROCESS.
SO I'M GONNA TALK THROUGH JUST A COUPLE QUICK, UM, TIMELINE SLIDES AND THEN I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO JOHN HAE FROM HOUSE OF LEVINE WHO'S GONNA GIVE AN UPDATE ABOUT, UM, THE LAND USE PIECE OF THIS.
AND THEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE, UH, PERRY MORGAN FROM KIMLEY HORN GIVE AN UPDATE ON THE TRANSPORTATION MOBILITY PART.
AND THEN MICHAEL HENDERSHOT IS GONNA TALK THROUGH UTILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND THEN I'LL JUST GIVE A QUICK UPDATE OF NEXT STEPS WHEN WE'RE ALL DONE HERE.
SO, UM, AGAIN, HAPPY TO BE BEFORE YOU AND THIS PROJECT IS REALLY MOVING FORWARD.
UM, AS YOU'RE ALL VERY FAMILIAR, WE STARTED THIS AT THE END OF 2022.
SO REALLY LOOKING AT THE FU, EXCUSE ME, THE FUTURE LAND USE MAPS, SPECIAL AREA PLANS.
AND THAT ULTIMATELY DEFINING A PRELIMINARY FRAMEWORK, UM, FOR, FOR THE PLAN, UM, AS WE MOVE FORWARD INTO THIS SORT OF TARGET OF OUR, UM, DRAFT, DRAFT PLAN ITSELF AND THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP, BUT ALL, HOW ALL THESE OTHER COMPONENTS FIT TOGETHER, WHICH IS, UM, THE REASON WE'RE HERE TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE 'CAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION COMING OUT OF THE STEERING COMMITTEE, UM, AND THAT CONVERSATION, UM, TO HELP, TO HELP INFORM THIS PROCESS.
SO, UM, AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF WHICH I MENTIONED IN THE MEMO OF COMPILING, UM, A LIBRARY OF ALL THE DOCUMENTS THAT WE'VE CREATED AND THAT HAVE OCCURRED SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THIS PROCESS.
UM, 'CAUSE THAT WAS RAISED AT A PREVIOUS COUNCIL MEETING ABOUT HOW TO MAKE SURE THAT THE REST OF COUNCIL, UM, AS WELL, AND WE'VE, WE'RE GONNA SHARE THIS ALSO WITH THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, UM, SO THAT YOU ALL CAN FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THE MATERIAL 'CAUSE IT'S A LOT, UM, THAT WE'VE DONE SO FAR AND ULTIMATELY DEFINING, UM, AND OUTLINING WHAT THE PLAN IS MOVING FORWARD.
SO, UM, SO LOOK FOR THAT HERE IN BOARD PACK HERE SHORTLY.
SO WITH THAT, I'M GONNA TURN OVER TO JOHN, UM, TO TALK ABOUT, UM, THE PLAN PIECE OF THIS.
UH, OKAY MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
UH, AT THIS POINT YOU ALL HAVE A VERY HIGH LITERACY AROUND LAND USE PLANNING AND, UH, SCENARIO PLANNING AND THE SPECIAL AREAS WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON.
SO THIS IS JUST LITERALLY A, A BRIEF UPDATE.
UH, JUST TO REITERATE, UH, WHAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON AND CONTINUE TO WORK ON.
UH, WE'RE AT THE POINT IN THE PROCESS WHERE A LOT OF THINGS OVER THE NEXT MONTH OR SO ARE GONNA REALLY BEGIN TO COALESCE.
SO AGAIN, WHAT YOU HAVE ON YOUR SCREEN IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON, UH, WITH STAFF, UH, AND THE STEERING COMMITTEE AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
IT'S REALLY, UH, THE LIGHT GREEN AREAS IS THE CITY OF DUBLIN PROPER.
UH, THE DARKER GREEN AREAS IS YOUR PLANNING AREA.
IT IS ALL OF THAT AREA IN TOTAL THAT WE ARE WORKING ON THE LAND USE PLAN FOR, UM, PATH TO THE LAND USE PLAN.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS NOW AT A COUPLE OF MEETING UPDATES.
WE LOOKED AT THE CURRENT LAND USE SCENARIO, UH, AND THAT IS LOOKING AT YOUR CURRENT ADOPTED PLANS AND WHAT THAT WOULD PROJECT OUT OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS IF WE WERE GUIDED BY YOUR EXISTING ADOPTED PLANS.
UH, WE THEN HAD A, A SCENARIO PLANNING WORKSHOP TO LOOK OVER THE, WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY CALLED THE BUSINESS AS USUAL MODEL.
UH, BUT IT WAS, UH, UNDER YOUR ADOPTED PLANS.
UH, WE WORKED WITH THE STEERING COMMITTEE TO REALLY TAKE A LOOK AT, UH, AND EVALUATE THAT PROJECTED OUT GOING FORWARD.
UH, WE'RE NOW WORKING ON A DRAFT LAND USE PLAN, UH, WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT SCENARIO PLANNING, UH, TOGETHER WITH TRANSPORTATION MODELING TO LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT SCENARIOS.
WE'VE GOT NOW GOT THREE THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH AT THE STEERING COMMITTEE TO COME UP WITH A PREFERRED, UH, OR A RECOMMENDED FUTURE LAND USE PLAN.
UH, AND THEN TO TAKE THAT AND THEN TO EVOLVE THAT INTO THE FINAL LAND USE PLAN.
SO WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW, AGAIN, IS THIS DRAFT LAND USE PLAN DEVELOPMENT WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT THREE DIFFERENT SCENARIOS, UH, WITH THE STEERING COMMITTEE.
WE STARTED THAT CONVERSATION WITH THEM LAST MONTH, UH, TOGETHER WITH SOME OF THE, UH, SPECIAL AREA PLANNING.
WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE THIS CONVERSATION TOMORROW TO LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT SCENARIOS, THE, UH, ADOPTED PLAN, UH, SCENARIO, AND THEN TWO ALTERNATIVE SCENARIOS, UH, TO COME UP WITH A PREFERRED ONE.
SO WE'RE GONNA BE, UH, ROLLING UP OUR SLEEVES WITH THE STEERING COMMITTEE TOMORROW FOR A LONG WORKING SESSION, UH, WITH THE STEERING COMMITTEE AND STAFF.
UH, SORT OF THE REFINEMENT PROCESS TO DATE OF THE LAND USE SCENARIOS.
REALLY TOOK A LOOK AT SEVERAL THINGS, STEERING COMMITTEE DIRECTION A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO BACK IN DECEMBER, UH, REGARDING THIS PROCESS.
UH, LOOKING BACK AT ALL THE ENGAGEMENT OVER THE MONTHS IN THE LAST YEAR, PLUS FROM EVERYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY, RESIDENTS, STAKEHOLDERS, UH, BUSINESS, UH, COMMUNITY, ET CETERA.
UH, INPUT FROM ALL THE DIFFERENT DIVISIONS OF THE DEPARTMENTS, UH, WITHIN THE CITY.
NOT JUST PLANNING, BUT WE LOOKED AT PLANNING, ENGINEERING, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, TRANSPORTATION, MOBILITY, PARKS AND RECREATION.
SO WE'VE REALLY BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS
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OF THE CITY.UH, THIS CAN'T BE PERCEIVED AS A PLANNING DOCUMENT SOLELY, BUT A DOCUMENT THAT HELPS GUIDE AND COORDINATE ALL THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AND FUNCTIONS OF THE CITY.
EFFORTS OF ALL YOUR PAST PLANS AND ADOPTED POLICIES.
AND THEN FINALLY, INPUT FROM REGIONAL PARTNERS.
THIS HAS TO WORK IN COOPERATION WITH NOT JUST PEOPLE IN DUBLIN AND ORGANIZATIONS IN DUBLIN, BUT THOSE REGIONAL PLAYERS ADJACENT TO AND SURROUNDING DUBLIN, UH, AS YOU GROW OUTWARD, UH, THE BASIS OF THE LAND USE.
SCENARIO TWO AND TOMORROW WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING WITH THE STEERING COMMITTEE ON SCENARIOS 2 1 3.
UH, BUT SOME OF THE, THE BASIS OF THAT SCENARIO, WHICH IS DIFFERENT FROM YOUR ADOPTED PLANS WAS REPOSITIONING SOME OF THE TARGETED AREAS IN THE MIXED USE CENTERS.
UH, THE DUBLIN CORPORATE AREA, BRIDGE STREET, AND PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN INNOVATION DISTRICT OR WID.
WE LOOKED AT REPOSITIONING SOME OF THOSE A LITTLE BIT.
CONTINUING TO PROMOTE EMPLOYMENT GENERATING USES ALONG I TWO 70, UH, BUT WITH GREATER FLEXIBILITY IN THE USES THAT ARE PERMITTED THERE AND THE DESIGN OF THOSE AREAS.
LOOKING AT THINGS THAT MIGHT INCLUDE COMMERCIAL, RETAIL, SOME POSSIBLY RESIDENTIAL OR LESS INTENSE OFFICE USES.
SO, AND CALIBRATION OF SORT OF THE CHANGING OFFICE DYNA DYNAMICS.
TAKING A LOOK AT HOW WE COULD RECALIBRATE SOME OF THOSE AREAS.
UH, PROMOTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF UNINCORPORATED AREAS CURRENTLY SURROUNDING THE CITY OF DUBLIN.
AGAIN, AS YOU BEGIN TO BOTH INFILL TO UNINCORPORATED AREAS AND GROW OUTWARD, UH, IN EXPANSION AREAS, THOSE AREAS THAT ARE CURRENTLY NOT, UH, WITHIN THE CITY OF DUBLIN PROPER IS SOMETHING WE HAVE TO TAKE A LOOK AT.
UH, CONCENTRATING ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT ALONG POTENTIAL FUTURE TOTAL CROSSING BOULEVARD, AN EXTENSION OF SR 1 61, UH, CORRIDOR TOWARD THE CITY'S WESTERN GROWTH AREA.
WE REALLY HAVE TO TAKE A HARD LOOK AT THAT AND WE'RE EXPLORING TWO OR THREE DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF HOW THAT AREA COULD DEVELOP AND GROW.
AND THEN EXPANDING DUBLIN'S RESIDENTIAL AREAS INTO THE SOUTHWESTERN AND WESTERN GROWTH AREAS, ALONG WITH COULD BE SOME COMPLIMENTARY OR SUPPORTING RETAIL AND COMMERCIAL USES ALONG WITH THE NECESSARY INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDED TO ACCOMMODATE ANY FUTURE OUTWARD GROWTH OF THAT WESTERN AREA.
SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE CHANGES OR THINGS THAT WE'RE DIALING IN AND LOOKING AT THAT WOULD DIFFER FROM YOUR EXISTING ADOPTED PLAN GOVERNANCE.
SOMEBODY ELSE GOT A MOUSE THAT THEY'RE PLAYING WITH ME.
I FEEL LIKE I MIGHT BE ON A, A REALITY TV SHOW.
SO THE PREVIOUS ONE WAS A LAND USE MAP, UH, THAT WE, THAT WE ARE DEVELOPING.
AND IN THAT LOWER INSET GRAPHIC YOU CAN SEE THOSE SIX SPECIAL AREAS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IN MUCH MORE DETAIL.
THAT'LL LARGELY BE, NOT TOMORROW'S MEETING WITH THE STEERING COMMITTEE, BUT NEXT MONTH'S MEETING WITH THE STEERING COMMITTEE.
AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE AREAS OF CHANGE, THE AREAS THAT ARE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO GROWTH AND CHANGING MARKET POSITIONS OR DEVELOPMENT OF VACANT, UH, LAND INTO DEVELOPED AREAS, IT LARGELY IS IN THOSE, UH, AREAS IN THE INSET MAP, WHICH IS THE SPECIAL AREAS.
THAT'S WHERE MOST OF THE CHANGE IS GOING TO OCCUR.
SO, UH, UH, FEEDBACK THAT WE GOT FROM LAST MONTH'S STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING AS WE BEGAN TO LOOK AT SOME OF THESE AREAS, WE HAD FOCUSED DISCUSSION ON THESE NEIGHBORHOOD NODES, RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC GROWTH, AND SORT OF A MIXED USE CLASSIFICATION.
AND I'LL BREAK THESE DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
WE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT THE CITY'S POLICY FOR BALANCED GROWTH AND THAT HISTORIC COMMITMENT, IF YOU WILL, TO THAT 60 40 BALANCE, UH, OF LAND USE DEMARCATION BETWEEN RESIDENTIAL AND NON-RESIDENTIAL.
AND WE REALLY WANT TO BE RESPECTFUL OF WHAT THAT ENTAILS IN TERMS OF A SUSTAINABLE, UH, MODEL FOR GROWTH.
SO YOU DON'T GET TILTED ONE, UH, TOO HEAVILY EITHER TOWARD THE RESIDENTIAL OR THE NON-RESIDENTIAL, BUT A BALANCED COMMUNITY APPROACH FOR GROWTH.
AND THAT'S IMPORTANT AS WE GO INTO AREAS UNDEVELOPED, THE CHANGING DYNAMICS OF THE OFFICE ENVIRONMENT AND RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.
UH, WE KNOW THAT THE OFFICE ENVIRONMENT ISN'T WHAT IT WAS WHEN YOUR PAST PLANS WERE CREATED.
WE ALSO KNOW, UH, THE NEEDS OF SOME OF THE RESIDENTIAL ENVIRONMENTS ARE CHANGING, UH, NOT ONLY NOW BUT PROJECTED OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DECADES, BUT HOW THOSE CAN BE POSITIVELY, UH, ADDRESSED FOR DUBLIN IN THOSE TWO CHANGING MARKETS.
WE DISCUSSED SOME OF THE PAST EFFORTS THE CITY UNDERTOOK TO CREATE NEIGHBORHOOD NODES IN EXISTING OR NEWER RESIDENTIAL AREAS.
AND THE CHALLENGE OF ESTABLISHING THOSE IN AREAS WHERE THEY AREN'T, BUT IT'S ALREADY FULLY DEVELOPED VERSUS THE POTENTIAL TO ESTABLISH THEM NEW IN AREAS THAT HAVE NOT YET DEVELOPED.
AND WE TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE NUANCES OF WHERE WE MIGHT HAVE BETTER TRACTION IN AREAS YET TO BE DEVELOPED AND RETROFITTING THEM INTO AREAS THAT ARE FULLY ESTABLISHED.
AND THAT'S THE REALITY OF PLANNING AND CONTEXT, NOT ON A BLANK PIECE OF PAPER, RIGHT? UH, IMPACTS OF RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, KNOWING THAT WE NEED RESIDENTIAL, UH, UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPES GOING FORWARD.
BUT UNDERSTANDING THE IMPACTS OF THE COMMUNITY,
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IMPACTS OF THE SCHOOL AND BEING EYES WIDE OPEN INTO THE PROS AND CONS OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF DEVELOPMENT IN DIFFERENT AREAS.IT'S A NECESSITY, BUT YOU HAVE TO BE AWARE OF WHAT THE IMPACTS ARE OF THINGS THAT CHANGE OVER TIME, INCLUDING IMPACT ON SCHOOLS.
SO WE DISCUSSED THAT QUITE A BIT.
UH, DISCUSSED MIXED USE CLASSIFICATION.
UH, YOU'VE GOT SOME EXAMPLES OF MIXED USE IN TOWN, SOME FAIRLY INTENSE, UH, THE BRIDGE SEAT DISTRICT.
UH, THE NEW LAND USE PLAN GOING FORWARD HAS IDENTIFIED FOUR DIFFERENT MIXED USE CLASSIFICATIONS AND THEY COULD RANGE FROM PRETTY LOW INTENSITY WHERE IT'S MORE OF A MIX OF USES HORIZONTALLY ON A BIG SITE VERSUS AN INTENSE MIXED VERTICAL STRATIFICATION OF USES WHERE YOU HAVE RETAIL, COMMERCIAL AND WHATEVER ON THE GROUND FLOOR WITH RESIDENTIAL ABOVE IN THE SAME BUILDING.
BUT WE'VE IDENTIFIED, UH, PRELIMINARILY FOUR DIFFERENT MIXED USE DISTRICTS AND WE'RE WORKING THROUGH WHERE THOSE INTENSITIES CAN GO, HOW THEY CAN FIT IN THE CONTEXT OF WHERE WE'RE RECOMMENDING THEM TO ENSURE COMPATIBILITY OF WHAT IS NEAR THEM AND ENRICHMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENTS WE'RE TRYING TO CREATE THROUGH ESTABLISHING FOUR DIFFERENT MIXED USE DISTRICTS.
SO THEY'RE DIFFERENT IN DIFFERENT AREAS AND WE'RE, AND WORKING ON DEFINING THOSE AND WHAT THE METRICS MEAN DEPENDING ON WHERE WE PLACE THEM.
UH, AND THEN THE LAST ONE, DISCUSSING THE METRICS TO MEASURE SUCCESS.
UH, WE DON'T WANT TO PLAN ANECDOTALLY.
UH, WE HAVE TOO MUCH DATA AVAILABLE NOW TO MAKE SURE WE'RE MAKING INFORMED DECISIONS.
UH, AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE LOOKING AT SEVERAL DIFFERENT LAND USE SCENARIOS TO MAKE SURE THE NUMBERS BACK, THE COLORS ON THE MAP, AND IT'S NOT JUST COLORS ON THE MAP, BUT IT'S DATA ENRICHED MAPPING.
UM, SO THIS IS WHAT'S DRIVING WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.
AGAIN, UH, WE HAVE ANOTHER STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING TOMORROW.
WE'RE GONNA BE FOCUSING ON LAND USE A LOT OF DISCUSSION OVER THREE DIFFERENT SCENARIOS.
WE'VE HAD SEVERAL DISCUSSIONS WITH THE STEERING COMMITTEE AND WE ARE OPTIMISTIC THAT TOMORROW WILL BE COMING OUT OF THE STEERING COMMITTEE, UH, WITH MUCH CLEARER DIRECTION ON A PREFERRED OR THE BEST CONSENSUS WE CAN GET FROM A STEERING COMMITTEE ON LAND USE PLAN GOING FORWARD.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE, UH, HOPING TO, TO DO TOMORROW.
UH, SO WITH THAT, ANY QUESTIONS? UH, AND IF NOT, TRANSPORTATION QUESTIONS AT THIS POINT? NOPE.
PERRY MORGAN WITH KIMLEY HORN.
UM, WANNA WALK US THROUGH, UH, WHERE WE'VE BEEN OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, JUST REAL QUICK.
UM, AND THEN TALK ABOUT WHERE WE'RE HEADED TOMORROW, UH, WITH THE STEERING COMMITTEE.
UM, OUR, UM, WE GATHERED WITH THE STEERING COMMITTEE BACK IN NOVEMBER AND WE TALKED ABOUT TRANSPORTATION PRIORITIES AND, UM, PART OF THAT WAS FOCUSED ON THE VULNERABLE USER, THE VULNERABLE ROAD USERS, UM, THE PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLISTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT THAT.
SO THOSE ELEMENTS POPPED TO THE TOP OF, UM, THAT PRIORITY LIST.
AND THEN THAT LED US IN DECEMBER TO LOOK AT ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION.
UM, PARTICULARLY WE MAPPED OUT A, UH, WITH A STEERING COMMITTEE.
WE MAPPED OUT A BICYCLE NETWORK.
UM, AND THEN LAST MONTH WE WORKED ON, UH, A ROADWAY NETWORK THAT IS BUILT OFF OF THE TRADITIONAL, UH, TRAVEL DEMAND MODEL THAT DUBLIN HAS ITS OWN TRAVEL DEMAND MODEL THAT WE INCORPORATED INFORMATION FROM, UH, THE MORS C REGIONAL MODEL, THAT THOSE TRIPS THAT FLOW THROUGH DUBLIN THAT EITHER ORIGINATE OUTSIDE OR ARE HEADED OUTSIDE OF THIS AREA OR FLOW THROUGH THIS AREA, UH, WE GET THAT INFORMATION AND THEN, UM, CHECK TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ROADWAY NETWORK INSIDE THE MODEL WAS UP TO DATE.
AND, UH, AS WELL AS WORKING WITH JOHN AND STAFF ABOUT THE FUTURE LAND USE DATA.
AND JOHN JUST MENTIONED THE MULTIPLE SCENARIOS, UH, FOR LAND USE.
UM, AND WHAT HAPPENS WITH THAT IS THE TRAVEL DEMAND MODEL, UM, HELPS US TO PROJECT, UH, FUTURE TRAFFIC VOLUMES.
AND, UM, WE UTILIZE WHAT WE CALL STRESSED LINKS ANALYSIS.
UM, WHAT COMES OUT IS A COMPARISON OF THOSE PROJECTED TRAFFIC VOLUMES WITH THE CAPACITY THAT THE VARIOUS ROADWAY SEGMENTS MIGHT HAVE.
AND WHEN WE EXCEED THAT CAPACITY, UM, WE CALL THOSE, UH, AREAS STRESSED LINKS.
AND, UM, I'LL LEAVE THAT LAST POINT FOR A LITTLE LATER DISCUSSION.
UM, AND, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENS INSIDE OF THE MODELING PROCESS IS WE, WE MAKE SURE THAT THAT ROADWAY NETWORK, UM, INCLUDES THOSE PROJECTS THAT ARE COMMITTED IN THE FUTURE, THINGS THAT ARE IN THE CAPITAL, UH, IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
AND, UM, SO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE IS, UM, WHAT WE CALL THE EXISTING PLUS COMMITTED, UM, NETWORK.
AND THAT SHOWS WHERE STRESS LINKS ARE, UM, INSIDE OF THAT NETWORK.
UM, ONE THING TO NOTICE IN THIS IS THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE CITY IS WELL DEVELOPED AND THAT THERE AREN'T ISSUES IN THAT WELL
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DEVELOPED IN THOSE WELL-DEVELOPED AREAS.UM, MOST OF THE ISSUES HAPPEN IN THE LOCATIONS THAT AREN'T DEVELOPED YET, BUT WE'RE PROJECTING LAND USE GROWTH IN, SO THAT'S THE AREAS OUT TO THE WEST AND NORTHWEST, RIGHT? SO THE OTHER THING THAT HAPPENS WITH THIS IS THAT, UM, WE, UH, WE LOOK INTO THE STUDIES AND THE PLANS THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS RELATED TO ADDITIONAL ROADWAY NETWORK IMPROVEMENTS.
AND, UM, USING THAT INFORMATION, UM, WE CREATED WHAT WE CALL AN EXISTING PLUS COMMITTED PLUS FUTURE ROADWAY NETWORK.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, UM, THAT HELPS FOR SOME OF THE, UH, STRESSED LINKS TO GO DOWN, UH, OR TO DISAPPEAR OFF THE MAP.
SO, UM, AS THE RESULT OF THAT, UM, WE CREATED, UM, A PRELIMINARY THOROUGHFARE PLAN TO SHARE WITH THE STEERING COMMITTEE, AND THIS IS A COPY OF IT.
UM, SO TOMORROW WE'LL BE SHARING WITH THE STEERING COMMITTEE, UM, THE FIRST LOOK AT THE DRAFT MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY TAKING THAT ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN, THE MOBILITY PLAN, AND ADDING IT TOGETHER WITH THAT THOROUGHFARE PLAN OR THE ROADWAY NETWORK, AND COMING UP WITH WHAT WE CALL A MULTIMODAL THOROUGHFARE PLAN, WHERE WE'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT THE CORRIDOR AS A WHOLE, UM, NOT JUST FROM A VEHICULAR STANDPOINT, BUT WHAT DIFFERENT TYPES OF TRAVEL MIGHT HAPPEN IN THESE CORRIDORS AND WHAT'S THE SPACE THAT IS NEEDED, UH, FOR THOSE DIFFERENT TRI TYPES OF TRAVEL.
UM, SO THAT'S WHAT'S GONNA TAKE PLACE TOMORROW.
AND THEN, UM, IN MARCH WE'LL COME BACK WITH A REVISED, UH, MULTIMODAL THOROUGHFARE PLAN.
ANY QUESTIONS? I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO MICHAEL HERE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT UTILITIES.
THANK YOU AND GOOD EVENING MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
I'M THE DIRECTOR OF UTILITIES AND STORM WATER MANAGEMENT WITH THE CITY OF DUBLIN.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN PUBLIC WATER AND SANITARY SEWER UTILITIES.
I'LL ALSO HIGHLIGHT JURISDICTIONAL SERVICE BOUNDARIES SERVED IN UNSERVED AREAS AS WELL AS THE CITY OF AND SANITARY SEWER SHEDS AND WATER PRESSURE DISTRICTS.
I WILL ALSO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF KNOWN PUBLIC SANITARY SEWER CAPACITY LIMITATIONS, AS WELL AS A STATUS UPDATE ON THE PUBLIC WATER AND SANITARY SEWER CAPACITY ANALYSIS EFFORTS.
SO THE CITY OF COLUMBUS PROVIDES OUR WATER AND WASTEWATER, UM, SEWER SERVICE TO THE CITY OF DUBLIN THROUGH SERVICE AGREEMENTS.
SO THE MAP ON THE SCREEN IDENTIFIES THOSE AREAS.
SO LOOKING AT THE SCREEN, THE DARKER AREAS ARE AREAS CURRENTLY WITHIN THE CITY OF DUBLIN.
THE LIGHTER GREEN AREAS ARE WHAT WE CALL OUR DUBLIN EXPANSION AREAS.
AND THE, THAT IS LAND CURRENTLY OUTSIDE OF CITY OF DUBLIN CORPORATION LIMITS.
SO THE NEXT SLIDE, UM, WE'RE ADDING A LAYER OF INFORMATION.
SO YOU'LL SEE ON THE NEXT, UM, COUPLE OF SLIDES, THERE'LL BE ADDITIONAL MAPS THAT WERE, THE IN THE INTENT IS TO KIND OF DO A STORYTELLING IF WE'RE ADDING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AS WE PROGRESS THROUGH THE DIFFERENT SLIDES.
SO, UM, THIS SLIDE IS SHOWING AREAS WITHIN THE CITY OF DUBLIN THAT ARE CURRENTLY SERVED AND UNSERVED.
UM, SO THE, UM, THE DARKER GREEN AREAS ARE CURRENTLY SERVED AREAS, AND THEN KIND OF THAT LIGHTER OLIVE GREEN AREAS ARE UNSERVED AREAS.
SO IN UNSERVED AREAS INDICATES WHERE PUBLIC UTILITIES HAVE NOT BEEN EXTENDED TO THESE SUBJECT AREAS.
UM, SO ALSO ON THIS MAP, IF YOU LOOK AT THE, THE NORTHEASTERN PORTION OF THE CITY, UM, THERE'S APPROXIMATELY 210 ACRES WHERE WE RECEIVE SANITARY SEWER SERVICE FROM DELAWARE COUNTY.
UM, AND THEN ALSO ON THE SCREEN, AS YOU NOTICE, TO THE EAST AND TO THE SOUTH AND BLACK THERE, THAT IS THE CITY OF COLUMBUS SERVICE AREA.
SO THIS MA THIS NEXT MAP IS HIGHLIGHTING OTHER JURISDICTIONAL SERVICE AREAS THAT EXIST ADJACENT TO THE CITY OF DUBLIN.
SO, UM, THERE, THIS IS SHOWING EXISTING SERVED AREAS BY THOSE OTHER JURISDICTIONS.
SO TAKING A LOOK OUT TO THE WEST IS SHOWN IN ORANGE THAT IS EXISTING SERVED AREAS BY THE CITY OF PLAIN CITY.
UM, TAKING A LOOK AT THE PINK AREA.
SO THAT IS ACTUALLY AREA WITHIN ON OUR DUBLIN EXPANSION AREA, UM, THAT IS CURRENTLY SERVED BY THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE.
AND THAT IS EXISTING DEVELOPED AREAS.
SO WHAT I'LL SHOW YOU ON THE NEXT SLIDE IS FOCUSING IN ON KIND OF THOSE AREAS AROUND THE PINK AREA THAT'S WITHIN OUR DUBLIN EXPANSION AREA.
UM, SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT GIVEN THE CITY OF DUBLIN'S EXPANSION SERVICE
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AREAS TO THE NORTHWEST OR OUTSIDE OF CURRENT CORPORATION LIMITS, THERE IS AN OVERLAP IN SERVICE AREA WITH THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE.SO THE MAP ON THE SCREEN IS IDENTIFYING THOSE AREAS.
SO AGAIN, THE AREA IN PINK, THERE IS EXISTING SERVED AREAS BY THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE THAT IS CURRENTLY WITHIN, WITHIN OUR DUBLIN EXPANSION AREA.
AS YOU CAN SEE IN KIND OF THAT, UM, LIGHTISH GREEN AREA, WE'RE IDENTIFYING THE GLACIER RIDGE METRO PARK AREA, WHICH IS ABOUT A THOUSAND ACRES.
SO REALLY THE, THE REST OF THAT AS FAR AS NORTHWESTERN PORTION OF THE CITY WITHIN OUR DUBLIN EXPANSION AREA IS THE OVERLAP BETWEEN OUR EXPANSION AREA AND THEN ALSO THE MARYSVILLE UNSERVED AREA.
SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT'S SHOWN IN THAT DARK PURPLE BLUISH AREA WEST OF THE PINK AREA.
SO SWITCHING GEARS A LITTLE BIT.
SO AS FAR AS CITY OF DUBLIN SANITARY SEWER SHEDS, WE HAVE SEVEN SEWER SHEDS WITHIN THE CITY OF DUBLIN.
UH, THOSE SEWER SHEDS ARE COS GRAY KRAMER, NORTH KRAMER, SOUTH DEER RUN, HAYDEN RUN LUELLE AND FARM SOUTH NORTH FORK, INDIAN RUN RIVERSIDE AND SOUTH FORK INDIAN RUN.
SO RIVERSIDE, THAT SEWER SHED IS THE ONLY SEWER SHED THAT WE HAVE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE SCIOTO RIVER.
AND THAT AREA DRAINS INTO THE CITY OF COLUMBUS'S SANITARY SEWER COLLECTION SYSTEM THROUGH THE UPPER SCIOTO EAST INTERCEPTOR SEWER.
SO THE REMAINING SIX SEWER SHEDS IS LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE SCIOTO RIVER.
AND THOSE SEWER SUCH DRAIN INTO THE CITY OF COLUMBUS'S SANITARY SEWER COLLECTION SYSTEM THROUGH THE UPPER SIDE OF WEST INTERCEPTOR SEWER.
SO SIMILAR TO SANITARY SEWER, WE HAVE WHAT ARE CALLED AS WATER PRESSURE DISTRICTS WITHIN THE CITY OF DUBLIN.
SO WE HAVE FOUR WATER PRESSURE DISTRICTS THAT ARE SHOWN ON THE, THE SCREEN IN THIS MAP, WHICH ARE TARTAN POST, UM, SMOKEY ROW AND HENDERSON.
AND THE CITY OF DUBLIN'S WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM INCLUDES SIX WATER STORAGE TANKS AND FOUR WATER BOOSTER STATIONS.
SO GETTING INTO SOME OF THIS CAPACITY ANALYSIS AS PART OF THE ENVISION DUBLIN EFFORT, WE HAVE KNOWN PREVIOUSLY AS THE CITY OF DUBLIN THAT WE HAVE KNOWN CAPACITY LIMITATIONS IN SEVERAL OF OUR SANITARY SEWER SHEDS.
SO ALONG THE DEER RUN AND NORTH FORK INDIAN RUN SEWER SHEDS, UM, WE ARE AT CAPACITY AND IN, IN SOME LOCATIONS EXCEEDING CAPACITY WITHIN THOSE SEWER SHEDS.
SO THE CITY OF DUBLIN IS PREVIOUSLY INVESTED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN CAPITAL IMPROVE IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS TO MITIGATE THOSE DEFICIENCIES.
UH, MITIGATION OF THESE DEFICIENCIES IS ONGOING.
UM, AND THEN ALSO WANTED TO MENTION THERE IS LIMITED CAPACITY UNDER EXISTING CONDITIONS WITHIN THE SOUTH FORK INDIAN RUN SEWER SHED.
SO AS PART OF THIS CAPACITY ANALYSIS EFFORT AS PART OF ENVISION DUBLIN AND THE CITY OF DUBLIN IS CONTRACTED WITH MH AND T AND MS CONSULTANTS, UM, TO ENGINEERING FIRMS TO PERFORM CAP WATER AND SEWER CAPACITY ANALYSIS.
UM, SO THIS ANALYSIS INCLUDES A COMPARISON BETWEEN THE CAPACITY NEEDED PER THE CURRENT LAND USE AND THE SCENARIO TWO LAND USE PLAN, UM, DETAILED, MORE DETAILED INFORMATION OF THE CAPACITY ANALYSIS WILL BE PROVIDED AS PART OF, UM, NEXT STEPS IN THIS, THIS PROCESS, MS CONSULTANTS IS PERFORMING THE SANITARY SEWER CAPACITY ANALYSIS FOR THE SOUTH FORK INDIAN RUN SEWER SHED.
EMH AND T HAS BEEN SCOPED TO PERFORM THE SANITARY SEWER CAPACITY ANALYSIS ON THE REMAINING SIX SEWER SHEDS AS WELL AS THE FOUR WATER PRESSURE DISTRICTS.
SO IN SOME AREAS, JUST BASED ON THE RESULTS OF THE CAPACITY ANALYSIS INFRASTRUCTURE MAY NEED TO BE IMPROVED TO ACCOMMODATE DESIRED GROWTH.
THAT MAY BE INSTANCES WHERE, UM, LAND USE RECOMMENDATIONS MAY NEED TO CHANGE TO MINIMIZE SUCH IMPACTS.
SO WE WILL HAVE, UM, MORE DETAILED INFORMATION OF THE RESULTS OF THE CAPACITY ANALYSIS, UM, AS PART OF THE FUTURE STEPS IN THIS PROJECT.
AND THEN ALSO WANTED TO MENTION, AS I MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, UM, THE CITY OF COLUMBUS PROVIDES OUR WATER AND WASTEWATER SERVICES THROUGH A SERVICE AGREEMENT.
SO WITH WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING HERE, THE CITY OF DUBLIN WILL COORDINATE THE DRAFT, UH, OR THE SCENARIO TWO LAND USE PLAN AND CAPACITY ANALYSIS RESULTS WITH THE CITY OF COLUMBUS BECAUSE ULTIMATELY THEIR APPROVAL IS REQUIRED GIVEN THEY PROVIDE OUR WATER AND WASTEWATER SANITARY SERVICE THROUGH A SERVICE AGREEMENT.
AND NOW I WILL TURN IT OVER TO JENNY RA TO TALK ABOUT NEXT STEPS IN THIS PROGRESS IN THIS PROJECT.
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MENTIONED, WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE A STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING TOMORROW, WHICH, UM, WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT AND REALLY PLAN TO DIVE IN AND TALK THROUGH, UM, THE COLORS ON THE MAP.SO HOPEFULLY OUR STEERING COMMITTEE MEMBERS, UM, WILL BE, UM, YOU KNOW, REALLY INTEGRAL TO HELPING US DECIDE, UM, AND DETERMINE WHAT THE BEST PATH FORWARD IS, WHICH WILL THEN ULTIMATELY BE MODELING, UM, IN MORE DETAIL TO VALIDATE THAT, UM, AS JOHN MENTIONED.
SO, UM, SO TOMORROW'S MEETING IS REALLY CRITICAL TO THIS.
UM, AND THEN MARCH WE HAVE ANOTHER STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING, WHICH WE WILL THEN BE PROVIDING THIS PREFERRED LAND USE SCENARIO, UM, BUT ALSO THE SPECIAL AREA PLANS AS WELL AS INFORMATION ABOUT TRANSPORTATION, UM, MODELING AND UTILITY MODELING.
SO MARCH IS GONNA BE A BIG MEETING FOR THE STEERING COMMITTEE 'CAUSE THEY'RE GONNA REALLY START SEEING HOW ALL THESE PIECES COME TOGETHER.
UM, AND THEY'LL ULTIMATELY BE HERE IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS STARTING TO SEE ACTUAL CHAPTERS TOO.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF DISCUSSION AND TALKING AND WORK, UM, ON THE, AS PART OF THE STEERING COMMITTEE CONVERSATION.
BUT ON THE BACKEND STAFF AND THE CONSULTANT TEAMS HAVE BEEN REALLY WORKING TO PUT THIS TOGETHER AS A DOCUMENT.
SO THAT'S, UM, THAT'S EXCITING TO SEE THAT COME TOGETHER.
SO, UM, AND THEN APRIL THROUGH JUNE IS REALLY THAT HERE'S OUR FINAL DRAFT, FINAL DOCUMENTS THAT THE STEERING COMMITTEE WOULD THEN HOPEFULLY FEEL COMFORTABLE SIGNING OFF ON.
AND THEN WE'LL BEGIN OUR PUBLIC REVIEW PROCESS.
SO, UM, SO WE ARE MAKING REALLY GREAT PROGRESS ON THIS PROJECT THAT'S TAKEN US, UM, A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME, BUT REALLY CRITICAL CONVERSATIONS TO HELPING US FIGURE OUT WHAT OUR PATH IS FORWARD.
SO HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE FOR ME OR OUR, OUR TEAM THAT WAS UP HERE TONIGHT, SO, GREAT.
WELL THANK YOU ALL FOR THAT HIGHLY DETAILED PLETHORA OF INFORMATION.
UM, QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL COMMENTS? YES, I HAVE, AND I, I DON'T WANT TO MAKE THIS LONG, BUT THERE WAS A CONVERSATION THAT WAS AT THE STEERING COMMITTEE ABOUT THESE, UM, THESE NODES MIXED USE NODES AND TRYING TO GET A PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY NODE WITHIN AREAS THAT MAY BE RESIDENTIAL OR OR WHATEVER.
AND IT'S DIFFICULT BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO HAVE MASS OF, UM, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A LARGE ENOUGH AREA 'CAUSE WE'VE DONE IT IN SMALL DEVELOPMENTS AND IT DOESN'T WORK.
WHAT WAS THE OUTCOME OF THE THINKING ON WHETHER OR NOT YOU CAN DO IT OR NOT DO IT IN YOUR LAND USE PLANNING? SO THE CONVERSATION THUS FAR HAS REALLY BEEN ABOUT THE DESIRE TO FIND THOSE OPPORTUNITIES.
UH, WE'VE NOT REALLY COME TO ANY LIKE FINITE CONCLUSIONS, BUT I THINK FROM A RECOMMENDATION STANDPOINT, SO THERE'S A BASE LAND USE THAT'S BEEN ASSIGNED TO ALL THE PARCELS.
THIS NEIGHBORHOOD NOTE IS SORT OF A LITTLE, YOU KNOW, OVERLAY ON THE TOP OF HERE'S WHERE WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS HAPPEN AND NOT, IT'S NOT CREATED EQUAL, RIGHT? SO A NEIGHBORHOOD NODE IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA AND WHAT THE USES ARE AND WHAT'S THERE IS MAYBE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT'S HAPPENING, RIGHT? IT COULD BE MORE RETAIL, TRUE MIX OF USES AND OTHER INSTANCES IT COULD BE ACCESS TO PARKS OR THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO IT'S REALLY LIKE AREAS OF ACTIVITY.
SO MM-HMM,
UM, 'CAUSE YOU'RE RIGHT, NOT A ONE SIZE FITS ALL DOESN'T WORK IN EVERY INSTANCE.
AND WE'VE TRIED THAT IN OTHER INSTANCES AND THE STEERING COMMITTEE TALKED ABOUT THAT TOO, RIGHT? LIKE IN OAK PARK OR TARTAN RIDGE, WHERE WE REALLY WANTED TO HAVE THAT MIXED USE COMPONENT WITH RESIDENTIAL THAT WASN'T VERY SUCCESSFUL.
SO AGAIN, BEING MINDFUL OF HOW, HOW AND WHERE THESE ARE THE MOST APPLICABLE.
SO AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND THE PLAN, WE'LL START TO DEFINE THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE.
AND, AND LAST QUESTION IS THIS, WE HAVE AREAS WHERE WE HAVE THESE MIXED USES, SAY OVER WHERE, UM, UH, OFF OF AVERY WHERE THE GROCERY STORES AND ALL OF THAT, AND IT'S A SHOPPING CENTER AND IT'S ALL INWARD FACING.
UM, ANY, ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT MAKING THOSE NODES BUT MORE OUTWARD FACING AT SOME POINT? WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO THAT LEVEL OF DETAIL.
AND AGAIN, I THINK IT GOES TO BEING CONTEXTUAL TO THE CHARACTER TOO, AND HOW WE FEEL ABOUT MIXED USE IN GENERAL, WHICH AGAIN, IS WHY WE CREATED FOUR, FOUR CATEGORIES.
OUR PREVIOUS PLAN ONLY HAD ONE THAT, AGAIN, IT'S ALSO NOT A ONE SIZE FITS ALL IN TERMS OF MIXED USE, RIGHT? IT'S EITHER A MIX OF USES, YOU KNOW, HORIZONTALLY OR IS IT THIS VERTICAL AND RIGHT.
THE HISTORIC DISTRICT THAT CHARACTER'S MIXED USE, BUT VERY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE SEE IN BRIDGE STREET AND WHAT WE MIGHT SEE AT IN THE DUBLIN CORPORATE AREA.
SO HOW TO LOOK AT THOSE HOLISTICALLY.
YEAH, I THINK WHAT WE SAW IN BOTH THOSE CONDITIONS, THAT ORDER IS IMPORTANT OF WHAT COMES FIRST OF ESTABLISHING, UH, COMMERCIAL USES AND PUBLIC USES PRIOR TO RESIDENTIAL USES.
AND ONCE, ONCE THAT ORDER'S BEEN ESTABLISHED, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO UNTANGLE THAT BOWL OF SPAGHETTI.
SO, UM, DO YOU WANNA TAKE A MOMENT, UH, FOR PUBLIC COMMENT RELATIVE TO THE ENVISION DUBLIN UPDATE? HEARING NONE.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO TOMORROW NIGHT.
I DON'T HAVE ANY COMMENTS THIS EVENING.
SAYS THE WOMAN WHO'S BEEN ON VACATION,
[COUNCIL REPORTS]
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COMMITTEE REPORTS.I THINK, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER OSIS GOT AN ADMIN COMMITTEE UPDATE.
UM, THE ADMIN COMMITTEE BEEN ON THE, UH, AFTERNOON OF FEBRUARY THE SIXTH, THEN WE HAD TWO TOPICS, IT IS SPRING, SO THAT MEANS RETREAT TIME AND BOARD AND COMMISSION RECRUITMENT TIME.
SO, UM, THE, UM, UH, COMMITTEE SPENT SOME TIME PUTTING TOGETHER A, UH, BEGINNING DRAFT RETREAT AGENDA, WHICH WAS FORWARDED TO YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT AND REVIEW AND CONSIDERATION.
SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO DOING THAT ON, UH, EARLY APRIL.
AND THEN THE SECOND WE'RE BEGINNING THE WORK FOR BOARD AND COMMISSIONS, WE HAVE, WE'VE ADDED THREE OR FOUR BOARD AND COMMISSIONS OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.
SO THIS IS A FAIRLY HEAVY LIFT.
SO THE ADMIN COMMITTEE WILL DO THE FIRST ROUND OF INTERVIEWS, UH, NEXT MONTH, UM, AND WE WILL, UM, BEGIN WHAT IS OUR ANNUAL REALLY PROMOTION.
AND SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR STAFF TO REALLY HELP US DO PROMOTION AND, UM, GETTING THE WORD OUT TO MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.
SO THAT WILL BE HAPPENING OVER THE NEXT FEW, UM, WEEKS.
AND AS YOU KNOW, WE, WE MOVED THE START TIME FOR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS TO BE JUNE ONE, AND I THINK THAT'S WORKING OUT WELL.
SO, UM, WE LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING WITH THE PUBLIC AND, UM, CONTINUING THE GREAT WORK OF OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
WE'LL STAY WITH YOU FOR LIAISON REPORTS FOR DUBLIN BRIDGES 33 CORRIDOR.
I THINK ENVISION DUBLIN AND PLANNING AND ZONING MAYBE HAVE BEEN COVERED, BUT THOSE FOUR.
SO LET ME, UH, I'LL START AT THE END.
A QUICK NOTE ON, UM, PLANNING AND ZONING.
UM, I THINK AS JENNY SPOKE THIS EVENING, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WILL HAPPEN IN PLANNING AND ZONING IS REALLY TIME FOR THAT GROUP TO BE INVOLVED AND ABSORB THE WORK OF THE ENVISION DUBLIN.
UM, I THINK ONE OF THE REQUESTS FROM THE COMMISSION WAS TO HAVE SOME, IF YOU WILL, INDIVIDUAL TIME QUESTION AND ANSWER TIME.
SO STAFF IS GONNA DO THAT BECAUSE THEIR FEEDBACK IS INVALUABLE AND AS WE KNOW FROM OUR MINI MEETINGS AND, UM, GETTING TO SERVE ON THE STEERING COMMITTEE, THAT THAT'S JUST A HEAVY LIFT.
UM, THE, THE OTHER THING THEY CONTINUE THE, UM, COMMISSION CONTINUES TO GET STRONG INTEREST, UM, IN THIS IDEA OF MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT.
AND SO THE ENVISION DUBLIN PLANT CAN'T COME SOON ENOUGH 'CAUSE THAT THAT WORK CONTINUES.
THE ONLY OTHER UPDATE I WOULD MAKE IS THE 33 CORRIDOR MEETING.
UM, DUBLIN ACTUALLY HOSTED THAT MEETING ON THE 9TH OF FEBRUARY.
UM, AND IT SEEMS TO BE AN ENVISIONED DUBLIN NIGHT BECAUSE THAT WAS THE TOPIC OF THE DISCUSSION AT THE DAY.
THE GOOD NEWS IS, AS YOU SAW ALL THE INTERDEPENDENCIES, WHETHER IT'S WATERSHEDS OR UH, DEVELOPMENT, MANY OF OUR, UM, NEIGHBORING MUNICIPALITIES ARE ALSO GOING THROUGH THEIR, UM, COMMUNITY UPDATES.
SO IT'S BEEN A VERY NICE TIME TO ENGAGE WITH THEM ON THAT.
I'D ONLY MAKE A COUPLE OTHER NOTES, IS THAT THAT GROUP EXPANDED.
UM, THE 33 QUARTER GROUP EXPANDED TO INCLUDE SUPERINTENDENTS OF SCHOOLS, SO DUBLIN, UM, MARYSVILLE, JONATHAN ALDER AND TOLL'S CAREER IN TECH.
UM, AND THAT'S REALLY BEEN NICE, UM, BECAUSE, UM, AS THEY HAVE SHARED WITH US, BEING UPSTREAM VERSUS DOWNSTREAM IS, IS REALLY HELPFUL.
SO THESE DEVELOPMENTS, I'LL ONLY SHARE ONE COMMENT.
HOLLEY SHARED THAT IN ENROLLMENT AT THE TOLL'S CAREER IN, IN TECH, UM, HAS GROWN FROM THEIR USUAL 650 STUDENTS TO 800 APPLICANTS FOR NEXT YEAR.
SO YOU'RE REALLY SEEING, UH, STRONG GROWTH IN CAREER IN TECH AND THEY'RE WORKING HARD TO RISE TO THAT OCCASION.
BUT, UM, THAT WAS A TREMENDOUS, AND THEN, UM, I WOULD MAKE A NOTE THAT OUR FRIENDS IN PLAIN CITY, IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO SEE IT, UM, OUT IN, UM, THE NEWS IS THAT THEY'RE, UM, DOING SOME GREAT WORK ON WHAT THEY'RE CALLING THEIR TRANSFORMATIVE PUBLIC SQUARE.
AND THEY ARE BUILDING A, THEIR FIRST REAL COMMUNITY SPACE.
UM, FOR THOSE THAT ARE INTERESTED, IT'S AT THE CORNER OF CHURCH AND EAST BIGELOW AVENUES.
UM, AND OF NOTE, THEY HOPE IN THE FUTURE THAT THAT WILL BE A CONNECTION WE FOR BIKE, UM, THROUGH THE HERITAGE TRAIL, WHICH, UH, I OF COURSE APPLAUD, BUT THEY'RE DOING SOME REALLY GREAT WORK THERE, UM, AS IS MARYSVILLE AND THEIR CONTINUED UPTOWN AND THEIR TRANSPORTATION NODE CONNECTION IS HOPEFUL HOPEFULLY TO BE RAIL LANDING.
SO WE HAD A VERY GOOD DISCUSSION ABOUT FUTURE PLANNING, UM, AND IT'S REALLY BEEN NICE TO SEE THAT EXPANDED GROUP.
SO THAT IS MY REPORT AND I DON'T KNOW IF, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER FOX WANTS TO ADD ANYTHING TO THAT.
UH, WE'LL MOVE ON TO JANE WITH THE BOARD OF EDUCATION IN THE 33 CORRIDOR, IF YOU'VE GOT THINGS TO ADD.
UM, N NO, WE, ON BOARD OF EDUCATION, WE HAVE A MEETING ON, UH, MARCH 4TH AND, UM, IT WAS MY FIRST MEETING BACK AT 33 CORRIDOR, SO I LEARNED A LOT.
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CATCHING BACK UP WITH WHAT'S GOING ON AT 33 CORRIDOR AND I AGREE WITH, UM, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER DEROSA.THERE IS, UM, A LOT GOING ON AT EVERY ONE OF THESE CITIES AND ESPECIALLY HEARING WHAT PLAIN CITY IS DOING IN MARYSVILLE.
SO SHE GAVE A GREAT REPORT AND I'LL LET IT GO AT THAT.
UH, WE'LL GO TO MR. KEELER BOARD OF EDUCATION, LOGAN UNION, CHAMPAIGN COUNTY REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION.
THANK YOU MR. REINER, THE ARTS COUNCIL AND VETERANS COMMITTEE.
UH, LAST CHANCE TO SEE THE STUDENT'S ART, UH, EXHIBITS.
UH, I THINK YOU'LL BE SURPRISED AT THE QUALITY AND CREATIVITY OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE THAT ARE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UH, ECHOES A MEMORY, UH, WHICH IS CREATED BY THREE ARTISTS, STARTS MARCH 9TH AND RUNS THROUGH, UM, APRIL THE THIRD.
AND THE MEREFIELD ART PROJECT IS GETTING DOWN TO THE LAST THREE POSSIBLE ARTISTS IN THAT SELECTION IS STILL UNDERWAY.
UH, MS. GRAHAM WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD.
I JUST HAVE A COUPLE THINGS TO SHARE ABOUT THE ARCHITECTURE REVIEW BOARD AT THEIR MEETING.
UM, IN FEBRUARY, THEY DID SEE A FIRST FULL DRAFT OF ALTERNATIVE MATERIALS.
THEY'RE BASICALLY, IT'S ACCEPTABLE MATERIALS THAT COULD BE ADMINISTRATIVELY APPROVED.
UH, I JUST WANTED TO CALL THAT OUT BECAUSE I KNOW QUITE A FEW RESIDENTS ARE AWAITING THAT.
UM, HOPEFULLY IT WILL SIMPLIFY THINGS SUCH AS SIDING AND WINDOWS AND DOORS.
SO THEY'VE SAW THE FIRST FULL DRAFT, IT'S GONNA BE COMING BACK AGAIN.
ACTUALLY, THEY HAVE SOME PRETTY FULL AGENDAS COMING UP.
UH, IN MARCH THEY WILL SEE VERY BUSY, UH, NORTH RIVER VIEW STREET 'CAUSE WE'VE GOT CO HATCH PLUS THE 17 AND 27.
SO TWO OF THE THREE THAT WE SOLD, THOSE ARE ALL COMING BACK IN MARCH THAT THEY'LL REVIEW AGAIN FOR CONCEPT PLANS.
AND THEN BECAUSE OF THE PRETTY FULL AGENDAS, THEY'RE ACTUALLY ADDING AN ADDITIONAL MEETING IN APRIL.
UH, I THINK THEY'RE GONNA TRY TO KEEP MOST OF THAT RELATED TO CODE, UM, OR CITY PROJECTS.
SO THERE'LL BE ADDITIONAL MEETING THEN AS WELL.
AND I, AGAIN, I KNOW A LOT OF RESIDENTS ARE KIND OF AWAITING SOME OF THOSE CODE CHANGES AND THE DISCUSSIONS TO MAKE PROCESSES DIFFERENT.
SO THEY'LL HAVE SOME MEETINGS COMING UP IN APRIL.
UM, I'VE GOT SOME FAIRLY LENGTHY, UH, MIN OHIO REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION UPDATES TO GIVE SINCE WE WERE TOGETHER LAST ON FEBRUARY THE FIFTH, ON THE FEBRUARY 7TH.
UM, THE DUBLIN OU CAMPUS HOSTED DAY TODAY.
UM, IT WAS A FABULOUS, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO, IT WAS REALLY GREAT PRESENTATION ON DATA-DRIVEN ANALYTICS, UM, AROUND THE CITY, UH, AROUND THE REGION TRUTHFULLY.
AND, UM, SOME OF OUR STAFF WAS THERE AS WELL, BUT CERTAINLY REALLY GREAT OUTCOMES THERE.
AND THOSE ARE LARGELY AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE INTEREST IN HEARING MORE ABOUT THAT.
UM, ON OUR FEBRUARY 8TH MORPHE COMMITTEE MEETING, WE DID HOST JOE NARDONE, WHO IS THE CEO OF THE AIRPORT.
AND HE WENT OVER THE NEW AIRPORT TERMINAL AND HOW THAT'S GOING TO BE LAID OUT.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS I DID NOT REALIZE IS THAT THEY WERE GOING TO ABANDON THE OLD TOURNAMENT TERMINAL.
THE, UH, NEW TERMINAL WILL BE ENTIRELY NEW.
UM, IT WILL INCREASE THEIR, UM, OPERATIONS BY IN EXCESS OF 45%.
UM, THEY'RE NOT MAKING ANY SIGNIFICANT RUNWAY, UM, CHANGES TO IT.
UM, AND THERE WILL BE MINOR ROADWAY CHANGES COMING IN, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE ROUGHLY WHERE THE BLUE LOT STANDS TODAY, AND THAT'S WHERE THE NEW TERMINAL WILL BE.
AND THEY UNVEILED SOME OR, UM, INITIAL ARCHITECTURE AND THINGS WITH IT.
AND IT CERTAINLY WILL BE A LOVELY SPACE AND A GREAT, GREAT AMENITY FOR THE REGION.
UM, HOPEFULLY IT WILL ALLOW THEM TO INTERACT, UH, TO ATTRACT SOME TRUE INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS TO EUROPE AND, AND, UM, PERHAPS, UH, JAPAN AND OTHER PLACES.
I I DID GO TO THE, UH, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REGIONAL COUNCILS IN WASHINGTON, DC ON FEBRUARY 11TH TO THE 15TH.
UM, ONLY A PLANNING ORGANIZATION COULD SCHEDULE A REGIONAL CONFERENCE THAT INCLUDED BOTH THE SUPER BOWL AND VALENTINE'S DAY.
SO, UM, THAT WAS, IT WAS INTERESTING, BUT IT, IT REALLY WAS A GREAT TIME TO SPEND THERE AT THE OBVIOUSLY A, AS I INDICATED AT THE INVITATION IN THE EXPENSE OF MORSEY, WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH, UH, ALEJANDRO CASTILLO, WHICH IS THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF COMMERCE.
UM, HAD SOME GREAT, GREAT INPUT FOR US.
UH, WE MET WITH POLLY TROTTENBERG, WHO IS THE DEPUTY DEPUTY SECRETARY OF THE US DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
WE MET WITH AMIT BOSE, WHO IS THE FRA ADMINISTRATOR, THE FEDERAL RAIL ADMINISTRATION ADMINISTRATOR, AND TALK ABOUT, UM, THE RAIL GRANTS THAT HAD BEEN ISSUED AND WHAT HE SEES IN THE FUTURE FOR THAT.
UH, WE MET WITH BOTH BROWN AND VANCE, SENATOR BROWN AND VANCE,
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UM, TEAMS. AND WE WENT OVER THE LEGISLATION LEGISLATIVE AGENDA AND PROJECT PRIORITY LIST FOR THE REGION.UH, WE MET WITH, UM, FOUR OF THE FIVE CONGRESSIONAL MEMBERS THAT OVERSEE THE MORSEY AREA.
WE MET WITH WIND, STRIPP, BALDERSON, JORDAN, AND KERRY.
WE DID NOT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH BEATTY.
UM, WE DID HAVE MEETINGS WITH THE UNI, UH, THE U-S-D-O-T AT THEIR OFFICES, ALSO WITH THE FRA AND I.
I'D JUST LIKE TO, UM, HAVE A, A FEW HIGHLIGHTS.
WE MET WITH THE, UM, AMTRAK, THE PRESIDENT OF AMTRAK AND THEIR CHIEF LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS, UH, DIRECTOR.
SO ONE OF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE LEARNED THERE WERE 68, UM, FRA DESIGNATIONS.
SO THERE, THERE ARE FOUR HERE IN THE STATE OF OHIO.
THERE ARE TWO THAT ARE INTERESTED TO US, THE THREE C AND D IN THE MIDWEST CONNECT, WHICH IS CHICAGO TO PITTSBURGH.
I HAD ASKED THE, UH, PRESIDENT OF AMTRAK, HOW MANY, IF THERE ARE 68 IDENTIFIED CORRIDORS, HOW MANY OF THOSE CORRIDORS MIGHT COME TO FRUITION.
AND I WAS REALLY SURPRISED TO HEAR THAT AMTRAK EXPECTS TO EXECUTE ON SIX OR EIGHT OF 'EM.
UM, SO THAT'S HOW COMPETITIVE THIS PROCESS IS GOING TO BE.
UH, AND YOU KNOW, I, THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE HAD HEARD THAT AND THEY WERE FOCUSING ON, UM, SOME OF THE LOWER HANGING FRUIT SIMILAR TO LIKE, UH, CINCINNATI HAVING DAYTIME SERVICE HOURS.
NOW CINCINNATI HAS AN AMTRAK TRAIN PASSES THROUGH IT, BUT IT PASSES IN THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AND THEY'RE LOOKING AT ADDING A DAYTIME TRAIN AND SOME OF THOSE THINGS.
SO THAT, THAT WAS VERY IN INFORMATIVE, UM, FOR HOW THAT WENT.
ALSO HAD ON THE 15TH THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT TO THE OHIO MAYOR'S ALLIANCE ON ROYAL.
UM, AND WE DID HAVE A NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES ITC COMMITTEE MEETING, UH, ON THE 21ST.
AND THEN ON THE 22ND, UH, WE TOOK ANOTHER GROUP FROM THAT MORSEY HAD PUT TOGETHER TO ORLANDO.
WE FLEW INTO ORLANDO ON THE 22ND AND WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH KEVIN THIBO, WHO IS THE CEO OF THE ORLANDO AVIATION AUTHORITY.
UM, JOE NARDONI WAS WITH US AND HE HAD SET UP THIS MEETING AND REALLY WHAT HE SPENT HIS TIME TALKING ABOUT WAS THE IMPORTANCE OF PASSENGER RAIL, MULTI MODES OF TRANSITS SERVING THE AIRPORT.
UM, ORLANDO IS THE GEOGRAPHICALLY THE LARGEST AIRPORT IN THE COUNTRY, UM, AND SERVES THE, I THINK THEY WERE THE FOURTH LARGEST IN TERMS OF PASSENGER PASS THROUGH IN, IN THE NATION.
SO HAD A GREAT MEETING WITH HIM, REALLY LEARNED A LOT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT IT IS THAT'S IMPORTANT TO THEM FOR RAIL.
AND, YOU KNOW, WHY WOULD IT BE, WHY WOULD THE, UM, COLUMBUS AIRPORT BE INTERESTED IN PASSENGER RAIL? UM, BECAUSE YOU COULD MAKE A CASE THAT THEY WOULD BE IN CONFLICT WITH ONE ANOTHER.
BUT THE WAY THAT KEVIN EXPLAINED IT, IT WAS VERY COMPLIMENTARY AND IT FREED THEM UP TO, TO SERVICE THE REST OF THE COUNTRY MUCH BETTER.
SO WE GOT ON THE BRIGHT LINE TRAIN IN ORLANDO AND HEADED TOWARDS MIAMI.
WE STOPPED IN FORT LAUDERDALE.
UM, AND THEN WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH SOME OF THE FOLKS THERE.
UM, JOE NARDONE WENT WITH US WITH THE AIRPORT, TOM SCHMIDT FROM THE ZOO, UH, JEFF POLSKI WITH THE PARTNERSHIP SENATOR COSEY WENT, UM, FROM WARP C WE HAD WILLIAM, JOE GARRITY AND ELLIOT.
UM, SANDY DOYLE, AHERN WENT WITH EMH AND T, KERRY MCCARTHY WITH THE OHIO MAYORS ALLIANCE.
UM, LOURDES BARROSO DE PADILLA WENT.
SHE AS A COLUMBUS CITY COUNCIL MEMBER.
UM, ANDY GINT, THERE'S NEW CHIEF OF STAFF.
UM, ELON WENT WITH US AS WELL.
TERRY EMERY FROM THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE WENT.
AND THEN FROM CODA, WE HAD MONICA, UM, TEEZ FOWLER AND PATRICK HARRIS.
UH, WE DID HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY WHEN WE ARRIVED IN MIAMI TO MEET WITH PATRICK GODDARD.
UH, HE IS THE CEO OF BRIGHTLINE.
UM, VERY FASCINATING CASE STUDY.
THEY HAVE INVESTED OVER $6 BILLION OF PRIVATE EQUITY FUNDS IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA FOR BRIGHT LINE.
AND THEY FEEL THAT THEY'RE GOING TO TURN THEIR FIRST PROFIT IN THE NEXT YEAR, WHICH IS JUST THREE YEARS INTO THEIR SERVICE.
THEY'VE INVESTED OVER $12 BILLION OF PRIVATE EQUITY MONEY IN THE NEVADA TO LOS ANGELES ROUTE.
UM, AND HE EXPLAINED TO US THAT THEIR MODEL REALLY LOOKS FOR, UM, HIGH POPULATION DENSITIES AT EITHER END OF A ROUTE.
AND WE PRESENTED TO HIM OUR MIDWEST CONNECT ROUTE, WHICH HAS A VERY HEAVY POPULATION DISTRICT IN THE CHICAGO, UM, METROPOLITAN AREA TO, UM, THE PHILADELPHIA METROPOLITAN AREA, PITTSBURGH METROPOLITAN, EXCUSE ME.
AND, UM, THAT THERE WERE CONCENTRATION CENTERS IN COLUMBUS AND OTHER POINTS ALONG THAT RAIL.
SO WE HOPE TO MAKE A GREAT CASE FOR THEM OF MAYBE BRIGHT LINE'S.
NEXT STEP MIGHT BE INTO THE, THE NORTH, UM, INTO THE MIDWEST AREA.
IT CERTAINLY FITS THEIR BUSINESS MODEL.
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UM, LOOK FORWARD TO BRINGING MORE INFORMATION BACK TO THAT.AND CERTAINLY IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR WANT ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ON ANY OF THOSE THINGS.
UH, THIS WILL BRING US TO COUNCIL ROUND TABLE.
I WILL START DOWN HERE AT MY RIGHT WITH COUNCIL MEMBER CRAM.
I TOO HAVE BEEN ON VACATION, SO MY LIFE HAS BEEN PRETTY QUIET.
I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO SHARE.
JANE? NO, I JUST WANNA, I WANNA THANK JENNY RAUCH AND, UM, HER STAFF FOR THE COLLABORATIVE WORK THEY DO WITH THE NEIGHBORHOODS WHEN WE TALK ABOUT DEVELOPMENT.
GOT LOTS OF COMPLIMENTS AND, UM, I THINK THAT'S JUST WONDERFUL THAT THEY'RE AT THE TABLE.
AND I JUST ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO COME OUT TO THE ST.
SO, UH, SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE HEARD OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, THE COLUMBUS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA HAS PLANNED TO BUILD A $275 MILLION FACILITY, UH, ON THE PENINSULA IN COLUMBUS, UH, 200,000 SQUARE FEET, 1600 SEATS.
AND THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SAID A COUPLE THINGS THAT KIND OF RANG TRUE FOR WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE WITH THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER.
SHE SAID IT HAS TO BE ICONIC, AND WE'VE SAID THAT ABOUT THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER WHEREVER IT ENDS UP.
AND SHE SAID IT MAY PUT COLUMBUS ON THE MAP.
AND WE HEARD EARLIER FROM ALLISON ABOUT HOW A, UM, AN EVENT THAT COULD BE NET NEGATIVE IN TERMS OF CASH FLOW CAN GENERATE $12 MILLION IN ECONOMIC IMPACT, AND THAT'S ONE WEEKEND.
UM, SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO KEEP THINKING ABOUT, ABOUT THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER.
UM, I'M OPTIMISTIC THAT WE CAN MATCH COLUMBUS'S, UH, SOPHISTICATION CLASS AND THEIR AMBITION.
UM, $275 MILLION FOR THE ARTS IS OBVIOUSLY A, A VERY TOUGH LIFT, HEAVY LIFT.
UM, BUT THEY HAVE ABOUT $140 MILLION IN PUBLIC MONEY, UM, THAT THEY ANTICIPATE COMING THEIR WAY, INCLUDING A $10 MILLION GRANT FROM STATE AND FEDERAL AGENCIES.
SO THERE'S CERTAINLY MONEY OUT THERE TO BE HAD.
I THINK SOME FOLKS CAN SAY, WELL, WE DON'T NEED TO BUILD ONE NOW BECAUSE THEY'RE DOING IT FOR US.
I WAS MEETING WITH A RESIDENT LAST WEEK THAT WANTS TO START AN ORCHESTRA IN DUBLIN, AND WHEN I POSED THAT KIND OF POINT TO HIM, I SAID, W WHY DO WE NEED TO DO THIS IF OTHER CITIES HAVE PERFORMING ARTS CENTERS? HE SAID, WELL, OTHER CITIES HAVE RECREATION CENTERS.
WHY DID YOU BUILD ONE? SO, GREAT POINT THERE.
AND THEN MY SON TURNED 18 LAST TUESDAY, AND I FOUND OUT TODAY HE REGISTERED TO VOTE.
UH, FEBRUARY 15TH, UM, SOME STAFF AND I WENT TO THE COLUMBUS, UM, BUSINESS FIRST POWER BREAKFAST.
THEY HAD A PANEL OF FOLKS TALK, UM, AND KENNY MCDONALD'S STRESSED, UM, ABOUT THE REGIONALITY OF COLUMBUS AND THE SURROUNDING SUBURBS.
AND REALLY HIS MESSAGE AT ITS CORE WAS THAT GROWTH MATTERS.
UM, IT MATTERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, UM, AND, AND ESPECIALLY HOUSING AND INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND THAT CERTAINLY WITH THE THINGS THAT ARE GONNA BE COMING ONLINE HERE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS, THAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE THE REGION, UM, WHICH IS A GOOD THING WHY WE'RE GOT SOME REPRESENTATION ON MORPHE THERE.
SO, BUT IT WAS, IT WAS AN INTERESTING CONVERSATION.
AND JUST A QUICK THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR MAYOR.
UM, SHE HAS BEEN ASKED TO SERVE ON THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF THE FEDERAL, UH, COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION.
SO THAT APPOINTMENT WILL START MARCH 13TH OF THIS YEAR AND RUN FOR TWO YEARS.
UM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, SO THAT'S THE CONVERSATION THAT'S HAPPENING OUT THERE RIGHT NOW IS THAT IT IS DIFFICULT TO MANAGE GROWTH, BUT THE ALTERNATIVE IS TO MANAGE CONTRACTION.
AND, UM, I WOULD RATHER MANAGE GROWTH THAN I WOULD LIKE TO MANAGE CONTRACTION.
AS I LOOK AT OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR AND ALL OF THOSE OTHER PEOPLE, IT'S, UM, OF THE TWO OPTIONS BECAUSE YOU'RE EITHER GROWING OR YOU'RE SHRINKING.
AND, UM, I, WE WILL RISE TO THE CHALLENGE AND WE WILL, WE WILL MANAGE OUR WAY THROUGH THAT TOGETHER, UM, AS A COMMUNITY AND AS A REGION AS WELL.
SO, WITH THAT, THANK YOU ALL FOR, UH, WHAT HAS BEEN A, A LONG EVENING, BUT CERTAINLY AN ENJOYABLE ONE.