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[CALL TO ORDER]
TO CALL THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF A MONDAY, APRIL 22ND, 2024 TO ORDER.JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE VICE MAYOR LUDO? HERE.
[ADJOURNMENT TO EXECUTIVE SESSION]
A MOTION TO ADJOURN TO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSIDERING CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION RELATED TO A REQUEST FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE THAT INVOLVES PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE DIRECTLY RELATED TO AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECT, AND 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 CONFERENCES WITH ATTORNEY FOR THE PUBLIC BODY CONCERNING DISPUTES INVOLVING A PUBLIC BODY THAT ARE SUBJECT TO PENDING OR IMMINENT COURT ACTION.JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE MR. KEELER? YES.
WE INTEND TO RECONVENE THIS MEETING AT THIS LOCATION AT 7:00 PM THANK YOU.
[RECONVENE (7 P.M.)]
UH, WE WILL RECONVENE THE REGULAR DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF APRIL 22ND, 2024 TO ORDER, UH, AND WE PLEASE STAND.UH, AMY, WOULD YOU PLEASE LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE?
[SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS/RECOGNITION]
OKAY.UH, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF PRE, UH, SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS TODAY.
UM, I BELIEVE WE HAVE AN ARBOR DAY PROCLAMATION, SO I'D LIKE TO BRING FORWARD JEFF MEYERS AND JAY ANDERSON TO ACCEPT THE PROCLAMATION.
WE HAVE A TREE CITY USA OFFICIAL PROCLAMATION THAT STATES, WHEREAS IN 1872, THE NEBRASKA BOARD OF AGRICULTURE ESTABLISHED A SPECIAL DAY TO SET ASIDE FOR THE PLANTING OF TREES.
AND WHEREAS THIS HOLIDAY CALLED ARBOR DAY WAS FIRST OBSERVED WITH THE PLANTING OF MORE THAN A MILLION TREES IN NEBRASKA.
AND WHEREAS ARBOR DAY IS NOW OBSERVED THROUGHOUT THE NATION AND THE WORLD, AND WHEREAS TREES CAN BE A SOLUTION TO COMBATING CLIMATE CHANGE BY REDUCING THE EROSION OF OUR PRECIOUS TOPSOIL BY WIND AND WATER, CUTTING, HEATING AND COOLING COSTS, MODERATING THE TEMPERATURE, CLEANING THE AIR, PRODUCING LIFE, GIVING OXYGEN, AND PROVIDING HABITAT FOR WILDLIFE.
AND WHERE TREE, WHEREAS TREES ARE A RENEWABLE RESOURCE GIVING US PAPER WOOD FOR OUR HOMES, FUEL FOR OUR FIRES, AND COUNTLESS OTHER WOOD PRODUCTS.
AND WHEREAS TREES IN OUR CITY INCREASE PROPERTY VALUES, ENHANCE THE ECONOMIC VI VITALITY OF BUSINESS AREAS AND BEAUTIFY OUR COMMUNITY, AND WHEREAS TREES, WHEREVER THEY ARE PLANTED, OR A SOURCE OF JOY AND SPIRITUAL RENEWAL.
NOW THEREFORE, I, CHRIS AROSE GROOM'S MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN, OHIO DO HEREBY PROCLAIM SATURDAY, APRIL 27TH, 2024 AS ARBOR DAY IN THE CITY OF DUBLIN, OHIO.
AND I URGE ALL OUR CITIZENS TO CELEBRATE ARBOR DAY AND SUPPORT EFFORTS TO PROTECT OUR TREES AND WOODLANDS.
FURTHER, I URGE ALL CITIZENS TO PLANT TREES TO GLADEN THE HEART AND PROMOTE THE WELLBEING OF THIS IN ALL FUTURE GENERATIONS.
DATED THIS 22ND DAY OF APRIL, 2024.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT THIS, UM, PROCLAMATION TO YOU, BUT I ALSO WANTED TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT THAT THE ARBOR DAY FOUNDATION AND THE FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS HAS OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED DUBLIN AS A TREE CITY OF THE WORLD.
DUBLIN JOINS 200 CITIES FROM 22 COUNTRIES AS PART OF A WORLD CLASS NETWORK OF CITIES WHO COMMITMENT, WHOSE COMMITMENT TO A STRONG URBAN CANOPY MAKES A HEALTHIER PLACE TO LIVE FOR OUR RESIDENTS.
WE ARE GRATEFUL TO PASS COUNCILS FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP AND FORESIGHT IN RECOGNIZING THE MANY BENEFITS OF A ROBUST URBAN FORESTY FORESTRY PROGRAM.
ON BEHALF OF COUNCIL, I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE STAFF ON THIS RECOGNITION AND HOPE YOU ARE AS PROUD AS WE ARE FOR THE EFFORTS AND SUPPORT TO PROTECT OUR TREES AND WOODLANDS IN BRINGING THIS DESIGNATION TO THE CITY OF DUBLIN.
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WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT? I THINK WE'D LIKE TO PROMOTE OUR, OUR DAY CELEBRATION.UH, YES, OUR DAY CELEBRATION THIS YEAR WILL BE AT HAWKS NEST PARK.
UH, IT'LL BE FROM NINE TO NOON AND THERE'LL BE A TREE PLANTING AT 10 WITH SOME LIGHT REFRESHMENTS AND CITY STAFF WILL BE THERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
I THINK LINDSAY MAY WANT YOUR PICTURE.
UM, OUR NEXT SPECIAL PRESENTATION WILL BE FROM DAN SULLIVAN AND REGARDING THE 2024 MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT PRESENTATION.
WELCOME, GLAD TO HAVE YOU, MAYOR.
IT WOULD BE A NICE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO GIVE YOU JUST A QUICK UPDATE ON WHAT'S AHEAD.
THE FIRST REMINDER IS OUR DATE HAS CHANGED.
IT'S THE WEEK OF JUNE 3RD THIS YEAR, AND, UM, IT'LL BE AN EXCITING WEEK FOR US.
A REMINDER, IT'S THE 49TH PLANE OF THE MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT, SO NEXT YEAR IT'LL BE 50.
AND IN 2026 WE'LL CELEBRATE THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY WITH PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITIES TO ENJOY EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN BROUGHT TO US BY THIS TOURNAMENT DATING BACK TO 1976.
UM, THE PGA TOUR IS EVOLVING, AS YOU ALL KNOW, AND, UH, IN THE CENTER OF THAT EVOLUTION IS A REALLY STRONG MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT.
AND, UM, WE WILL USE THE WEEK OF JUNE 3RD IN THE CELEBRATION OF THE 49TH PLANE TO FOCUS ON A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT ASPECTS THAT WE HAVE BUILT OVER TIME AND ALSO, UH, CREATING NEW OPPORTUNITIES.
SO THE FIRST AND FOREMOST MILITARY APPRECIATION NOT ONLY WILL BE, UH, ON WEDNESDAY AS IT ALWAYS IS, BUT WE ARE ADOPTING A NEW RELATIONSHIP WITH A, AN ORGANIZATION CALLED FOLDS OF HONOR AND CREATING A FOLDS OF HONOR FRIDAY PLATFORM TO, UM, CELEBRATE AMERICA AND ALL WHO SERVED.
WE'LL HAVE MORE INFORMATION ON THAT, BUT, UM, BE PREPARED TO WEAR RED, WHITE, AND BLUE ON FRIDAY DURING THE MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT, ALONG WITH ALL OF OUR OTHER PATRONS PLAYERS, UM, CADDIES, VOLUNTEERS, ALL INVOLVED.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, OVER THE YEARS WE'VE CELEBRATED CHILDREN'S HEALTH AND SUPPORTED CHILDREN'S HEALTH SIGNIFICANTLY DURING THE TOURNAMENT THIS YEAR, LIKE WE HAVE THE LAST FEW SUNDAY WILL BE OUR PLAY YELLOW SUNDAY, WHICH WILL RECOGNIZE CHILDREN'S HEALTH IN THE SUPPORT OF CHILDREN'S HEALTH THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITIES.
WE'RE INVITING EVERYONE TO WEAR YELLOW, UH, AS THE NECKLACES HAVE FOR SO MANY YEARS, AND THEN FOCUSED ON COMMUNITY AS ALWAYS, WITH THE START OF OUR FOUR MILER, OUR VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION DAY WITHIN, UH, WITHIN BRIDGE PARK IN MID-MAY, OUR LEGENDS LUNCHEON THAT IS COMING UP MAY 1ST, UH, OUR FEST, THE BOGEY INN, RIVERSIDE CROSSING.
SO MANY DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF, UM, DUBLIN AND, UH, THE TOURNAMENT COMING TOGETHER TO ENSURE THAT WE CELEBRATE, UH, THIS GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER.
UM, IN THE CENTER OF IT ALL IS WORLD CLASS GOLF.
IT WILL BE, IT'LL LOOK DIFFERENT THIS YEAR.
INSTEAD OF 120 PLAYERS, WE WILL HAVE ABOUT 74 DEPENDING ON THEIR QUALIFICATIONS.
IT'S A NEW STANDARD ON THE PGA TOUR TO BRING THE BEST OF THE BEST TO THE MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT.
AND WE'RE EXCITED, UM, THAT WE KNOW THE FIELD STRENGTH WILL BE AS GOOD AS IT'S EVER BEEN, IF BETTER.
UH, I ALSO WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE, WE'RE FOCUSED ON THE WORLD CLASS CO, OR THE WORLD CLASS COVERAGE THAT WE'LL HAVE DURING TOURNAMENT WEEK WITH CBS AND GOLF CHANNEL.
A REMINDER THAT WE'RE BROADCASTED TO OVER 225 COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES.
UH, WE'LL HAVE 40 PLUS HOURS OF LIVE COVERAGE, AN EQUAL AMOUNT OF TAPE COVERAGE FROM GOLF CHANNEL ESPN AND CBS.
SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT ALL THAT'S GONNA BE COMING WITH THE WEEK, AND I'LL MAKE SURE THAT I CAN ANSWER ANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY AS I, UH, GET THROUGH HERE.
ONE OF THE PRIMARY FOCUSES TONIGHT IS TO MAKE SURE THAT I SHARE WITH YOU, UM, SOME OF THE ACTIVATIONS THAT WE'LL, UH, WE'RE PROPOSING AROUND DUBLIN.
AND, UM, MOST OF THIS IS NOT NEW.
SO WE, WE FOUND OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS, WE'VE REALLY BEEN ABLE TO, UM, COLLABORATE WITH THE CITY OF DUBLIN, UTILIZE, UH, THE FACILITIES THAT HAVE BEEN CREATED OVER TIME AND BRING OUR BRAND AND THE CITY OF DUBLIN'S BRAND TOGETHER.
SO THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF, UH, SOME BRANDING ON RIVERSIDE CROSSING PARK WITH THE PAVILION GRAPHICS.
UM, I THOUGHT IT WAS WELL RECEIVED OVER THE LAST
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COUPLE YEARS.UH, ANOTHER EXAMPLE IS, UM, SOME BRIDGE PARK POCKET PARKS.
OBVIOUSLY YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE POCKET PARKS, BUT UTILIZING THE BACKDROPS TO JUST BRING THE MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT BRAND TO AND CELEBRATE THE TOURNAMENT COMING TO TOWN.
UM, LAST YEAR WE BROUGHT IN, AS YOU'RE FAMILIAR, WE BROUGHT IN THE IDEA OF DISC GOLF WITHIN THE PARK SETTING.
WE THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY WELL RECEIVED AND ONLY WILL GROW OVER TIME.
AND A REALLY NICE USE OF THE PARK DURING TOURNAMENT WEEK.
UM, THE GOLF BALL'S, OVERSIZED GOLF BALL IS JUST BRINGING MORE ATTENTION TO NOT ONLY THE MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT, BUT THE CHARITIES THAT WE SUPPORT IN EAT, LEARN, PLAY, NATIONWIDE, CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, OUR POLL SIGNS THAT WE COLLABORATE WITH THE CITY OF DUBLIN ON.
UM, WE, WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THAT, UH, ACTIVATION WITHIN THE BRIDGE PARK GARAGES.
AND THEN OBVIOUSLY OUR WALLSCAPE, WHICH IS, UM, IN OUR MIND ICONIC AND SOMETHING THAT REALLY ALLOWS US TO, UM, SHOW THAT RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CITY OF DUBLIN AND ALSO BRING, UH, THE EXCITEMENT OF THE TOURNAMENT TO, UM, WHAT ULTIMATELY IS THE ENTRANCEWAY, UM, COMING FROM SOUTH TO NORTH.
AND, UM, WITH ALL OF THAT LEADING INTO JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE OF EXPOSURE WITHIN THE HOTEL LOBBIES FOR OUR FRIENDS AT WORKDAY AND, AND, UH, THE TOURNAMENT, AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THIS COMING MAY 1ST, UH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING JULIE INKSTER AS OUR HONOREE AND RECOGNIZING HER THROUGH, UH, NAMING THE, UM, THE WAY AFTER HER.
AND SO ALL OF THIS COMES TOGETHER IN A WAY THAT WE THINK IS, UM, IS SMART IN UTILIZING THE VARIOUS, UM, UNIQUE LOCATIONS, ASSETS WITHIN DUBLIN, UM, NATURALLY CONNECTING WITH THE MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT AND, AND COMING UP WITH WAYS THAT, UM, UH, WELCOME THE FANS IN AND, UH, WELCOME OUR PATRONS.
AND WITH THAT, I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? WELL, WE ARE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.
WE HOPE WE GET, UH, FOUR DAYS OR A WEEK OF WEATHER JUST LIKE TODAY.
WOULDN'T THAT BE WONDERFUL? SO NO DOUBT.
UM, THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO.
THANK YOU FOR WHAT THE TOURNAMENT BRINGS TO THIS CITY, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP IN THAT IT IS, UH, NOT LOST ON US AND WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL AND WE ANTICIPATE AND LOOK FORWARD TO THIS TIME, UH, WITH TREMENDOUS EXCITEMENT AND THE NOTORIETY THAT IT GIVES OUR COMMUNITY IS PHENOMENAL.
AND WE APPRECIATE THE LONGSTANDING PARTNERSHIP AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE GROWTH INTO THE FUTURE.
AT THIS TIME I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND THE AGENDA TO MOVE CITIZEN COMMENTS TO AFTER OTHER, THE OTHER BUSINESS SECTION OF THEIR, OF THE AGENDA.
UH, JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? MS. CRAM? YES.
SO, UH, WE WILL BE GETTING THROUGH OUR AGENDA ITEMS AND THEN WE WILL HAVE PLENTY OF TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ONCE WE ARE, ARE THROUGH THIS INITIAL BUSINESS.
[CONSENT AGENDA]
TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.IS THERE A REQUEST TO REMOVE ANY ITEM FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA? HEARING NONE.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.
JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? MR. REINER? YES.
[Ordinance 02-24]
TO SECOND READING, PUBLIC HEARING ORDINANCES ORDINANCE ZERO TWO DASH 24, CREATING A TAX INCREMENT FINANCING INCENTIVE DISTRICT FOR THE TOWNS ON THE PARKWAY, DECLARING IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PARCELS WITHIN THE INCENTIVE DISTRICT TO BE A PUBLIC PURPOSE AND EXEMPT FROM REAL PROPERTY TAXATION, REQUIRING THE OWNERS OF THOSE PARCELS TO MAKE SERVICE PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES, ESTABLISHING A MUNICIPAL PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT TAX INCREMENT EQUIVALENT FUND FOR THE DEPOSIT OF THOSE SERVICE PAYMENTS, SPECIFYING THE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS THAT BENEFIT OR SERVE PARCELS IN THIS INCENTIVE DISTRICT AND AUTHORIZING COMPENSATION PAYMENTS TO THE DUBLIN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE TOLLS CAREER AND TECHNICAL CENTER.MATT STIFFLER HAS OUR STAFF REPORT.
MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, THERE ARE NO CHANGES TO THIS ORDINANCE FROM THE FIRST READING AND STAFF RECOMMEND APPROVAL.
IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS APPLICATION? HEARING NONE.
JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL MAYOR EM ROSE GROOMS? YES.
[Ordinance 05-24]
OKAY.ORDINANCE ZERO FIVE DASH 24 AMENDING SECTION NINE 1.12.
OUTDOOR FEEDING PROHIBITED OF THE CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN.
WE WILL HAVE OUR STAFF REPORT.
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GOOD EVENING.THERE WAS A SLIGHT CHANGE IN THE LANGUAGE OF THIS ORDINANCE.
THE BLUE CHANGES REPRESENTED ON THE SLIDE THERE, I SHOULD SAY.
THE BLUE LETTERING, UH, REPRESENTS THE CHANGES FROM FIRST READING AND THOSE CHANGES WERE MADE FOR GRAMMATICAL CLARITY.
THE RED REPRESENTS THE CHANGES THAT WERE ORIGINALLY REVIEWED BY COUNSEL AT THE MARCH 25TH MEETING, AND STAFF DOES RECOMMEND, UM, APPROVAL OF THIS ORDINANCE.
IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS ORDINANCE? HEARING NONE.
DISCUSSION? I HAVE ONE, EMILY.
SO, UM, IN HERE WAS THE REPORTS OF DEAD ANIMALS, UH, NOTABLY DEAR, AND IT SAID PREVIOUSLY IT HADN'T CAPTURED THAT IN THE GO DUBLIN APP.
AND I'M, I'M ASSUMING THAT THAT HAS BEEN UPDATED.
SO WE ARE COLLECTING THAT SPECIFIC DATA AT THIS POINT.
SINCE, UM, I BELIEVE THE END OF 2022, WE'VE BEEN COLLECTING THAT DATA OR THE END OF 2021.
UM, AND WE DO HAVE A DASHBOARD AVAILABLE IF YOU WERE INTERESTED IN, IN SEEING THAT.
UM, IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE MR. ROSA? YES.
[Ordinance 06-24]
READING INTRODUCTIONS OF ORDINANCES, ORDINANCE ZERO SIX DASH 24, ADOPTING AND ENACTING A SUPPLEMENT TO THE CODE OF ORDINANCES FOR THE CITY OF DUBLIN, OHIO.AND OUR STAFF REPORT WILL BE FROM ASH YAZ.
THIS IS, UH, LEGISLATION YOU'VE SEEN BEFORE AND SEE A COUPLE TIMES A YEAR UPDATING AND SUPPLEMENTING THE, THE LOCAL CODES TO UPDATE ALL LOCAL LEGISLATION, UH, THROUGH DECEMBER OF, OF LAST YEAR, AS WELL AS ALL STATE LEGISLATION, UH, CURRENT THROUGH JUNE 30TH OF LAST YEAR.
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS? VERY GOOD, THANK YOU.
IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS ORDINANCE? SEEING NONE.
COUNCIL QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION.
UM, AND SINCE YOU KINDLY TOOK MY GRAMMAR STUFF FOR THE, THE CAT LEGISLATION, IT WILL MAKE SURE IT GETS UPDATED IN THIS BECAUSE THAT'S IN THIS AS WELL, RIGHT? YES.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN ADDRESS ADMINISTRATIVELY.
JUST TO CLARIFY, I BELIEVE IT WAS THE ITEM, UH, ABOUT THE 10 DAYS PRIOR LANGUAGE.
YEAH, THERE WAS JUST THE DUPLICATORS THAT WAS IN THERE.
UH, IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION, WE WILL HAVE SECOND READING.
PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE SCHEDULED FOR MAY THE SIXTH ON THIS ITEM BRINGS US TO ORDINANCE
[Ordinance 07-24]
ZERO SEVEN DASH 24, AUTHORIZING THE PROVISION OF CERTAIN INCENTIVES TO HUSKY MARKETING AND SUPPLY COMPANY TO INDUCE IT TO LEASE AN OFFICE BUILDING FOR THE RELOCATION OF THE COMPANY'S EXISTING OFFICE AND THE EXPANSION OF THAT OFFICE AND ITS ASSOCIATED OPERATIONS AND WORKFORCE WITHIN THE CITY AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.AND OUR STAFF REPORT WILL BE JENNA GEHRING THIS EVENING.
WE HAVE BEEN IN DISCUSSIONS WITH CENOVUS ON THE EXPANSION OF THEIR COMPANY WITHIN THE CITY OF DUBLIN.
IS IN A CANADIAN INTEGRATED OIL AND NATURAL GAS COMPANY HEADQUARTERED IN CALGARY, ALBERTA, CANADA.
CENOVUS FORMED IN 2009 WHEN ENCANTA CORPORATION SPLIT INTO TWO DISTINCT COMPANIES WITH CENOVUS BECOMING FOCUSED ON OIL SAND ASSETS.
CENOVUS CURRENTLY HAS A PRESENCE IN DUBLIN AND IS CONSIDERING LEASING SPACE IN DUBLIN AS A LOCATION FOR THEIR US HEADQUARTERS.
THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT PROPOSED TO CENOVUS IS A 15% PERFORMANCE INCENTIVE ON WITHHOLDINGS OVER FIVE YEARS, VALUED AT $442,000 FOR THE TERM OF THE AGREEMENT IN CONSIDERATION OF THE COMPANY'S INVESTMENT AND PLANNED WORKFORCE GROWTH IN DUBLIN, THE PROJECT WOULD RESULT IN THE RETENTION OF 105 EXISTING JOBS AND THE CREATION OF 120 JOBS BASED WITHIN THE CITY OF DUBLIN.
BY DECEMBER 31ST, 20, 20 31, THE PROJECT IS ANTICIPATED TO BRING APPROXIMATELY 4 MILLION IN NET WITHHOLDINGS THROUGH 2031.
THE STATE OF OHIO HAS APPROVED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES FOR CENOVUS TO HELP RETAIN AND EXPAND ITS WORKFORCE AND INVESTMENT IN THE STATE OF OHIO.
STAFF RECOMMENDS COUNCIL APPROVES THIS ORDINANCE ON MAY 6TH, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS COUNCIL MAY HAVE AT THIS TIME.
IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING NONE COUNCIL QUESTIONS.
WE WILL, UH, LOOK TO SEE YOU BACK HERE ON MAY THE SIXTH FOR A SECOND READING, PUBLIC HEARING.
[Resolution 16-24]
TO OUR INTRODUCTION, PUBLIC HEARING VOTE RESOLUTION RESOLUTION 16 DASH 24, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN SUPPORTING THE OHIO COMMISSION FOR THE UNITED STATES SEMI QUINCENTENNIAL.[00:20:01]
YOU.OUR STAFF REPORT THIS EVENING WILL BE FROM KENDALL BLAKE.
MEMBERS OF COUNCIL AT THE MARCH 25TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING COUNCIL DIRECTED STAFF TO SEEK THE AMERICA TWO 50 OHIO COMMUNITY DESIGNATION STAFF HAS SINCE APPLIED TO BE AN OFFICIAL COMMUNITY AND ENGAGED BOTH VISIT DUBLIN, OHIO IN THE DUBLIN HISTORICAL SOCIETY TO PARTICIPATE ON OUR COMMITTEE.
THE RESOLUTION BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING IS THE FINAL STEP TO BECOME AN OFFICIAL AMERICA TWO 50 OHIO COMMUNITY.
STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION 16 DASH 24.
AND WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
UH, IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING NONE COUNCIL QUESTIONS? DISCUSSION.
JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL A ROLL? MS. CRAM? YES.
[Resolution 17-24 & 18-24]
OKAY.I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO WAIVE COUNSEL RULES OF ORDER AND CONSIDER RESOLUTION 17 DASH 24 AND 18 DASH 24 TOGETHER.
JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE MS. FOX? YES.
RESOLUTION 17 DASH 24 ACCEPTING THE LOWEST AND BEST BID FOR THE STREET MAINTENANCE PROGRAM? 2024 PHASE ONE AND RESOLUTION 18 DASH 24 IS ACCEPTING THE LOWEST AND BEST BID FOR THE STREET MAINTENANCE PROGRAM.
AND OUR STAFF REPORT WILL BE FROM BRIAN GABLE.
MEMBERS OF COUNCIL STAFF CONDUCTED A COMPETITIVE BID FOR BOTH THE STREET MAINTENANCE PROGRAM 2024 PHASE ONE AND THE STREET MAINTENANCE PROGRAM 2024 PHASE TWO, WHICH BOTH CONSIST OF REPLACING DETERIORATED CONCRETE CURB AND GUTTER STREET-BASED STABILIZATION MILLION OF DETERIORATED PAVEMENT SERVICES, PLACEMENT OF NEW ASPHALT PAVEMENT, AND OTHER ASSOCIATED STREET MAINTENANCE WORK.
THIS WILL MAINTAIN THE AVERAGE PAVEMENT CONDITION INDEX OR PCI OF OUR ROADWAY NETWORK AT 83 WITH AN OVERALL GOAL OF 75, WHICH IS A GOOD CONDITION.
BOTH PROJECTS FOR THIS PROGRAM ARE FUNDED FROM THE 2024 THROUGH 2028 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM IN THE AMOUNT OF 6,825,000 FROM THE ANNUAL STREET MAINTENANCE PROGRAM AND 450,000 FROM THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL AND ELECTRICAL INFRASTRUCTURE MAINTENANCE PROGRAM FOR A COMBINED FUNDING OF $7,275,000.
THE ENGINEER'S ESTIMATE FOR PHASE ONE OF THE PROGRAM IS 3,560,000 AND THE ENGINEER'S ESTIMATE FOR PHASE TWO OF THE PROGRAM IS 3,960,000 ON MARCH 20 ON, EXCUSE ME, ON MARCH 20TH, 2024.
THREE BIDS WERE RECEIVED AND PUBLICLY OPEN FOR THE PHASE ONE PROGRAM.
STRAWS ARE PAVING COMPANY INC.
SUBMITTED THE LOWEST AND BEST BID OF $3,262,064 AND 40 CENTS FOR THE PHASE ONE PROGRAM.
AND THE, UH, STREETS ARE ON YOUR SCREEN HERE.
UH, SIMILARLY, PHASE TWO ON APRIL 3RD, 2024, THREE BIDS WERE RECEIVED AND PUBLICLY OPEN AND READ FOR THE PHASE TWO PROGRAM.
STRAWS ARE PAVING COMPANY AGAIN, INC.
UH, AGAIN SUBMITTED THE LOWEST AND BEST BID OF $3,918,725 AND 20 CENTS.
THE LOW BIDS RECEIVED ARE UNDER THE OVERALL BUDGET AMOUNT FOR THE PROGRAM, UH, FOR THE 2024 STREET MAINTENANCE PROGRAM BY $94,210 AND 40 CENTS.
CONSTRUCTION IS EXPECTED TO COMMENCE IN MAY AND BE COMPLETE BY OCTOBER OF THIS YEAR.
FOR BOTH, BOTH PROJECTS, STAFF RECOMMENDS COUNCIL APPROVAL OF RELU, EXCUSE ME, RESOLUTIONS 17 DASH 24 AND 18 DASH 24 ACCEPTING AS LOWEST AND BEST THE BID OF STRAWS OR PAVING COMPANY, INC.
IN THE AMOUNT OF $3,262,064 AND 40 CENTS FOR PHASE ONE AND $3,918,725 AND 20 CENTS FOR PHASE TWO OF THE 2024 PROGRAM.
I'LL DO MY BEST TO ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS COUNSEL MAY HAVE REGARDING THESE RESOLUTIONS.
UH, IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING NONE COUNCIL QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION? JUST ONE QUICK QUESTION, BRIAN.
THERE ARE FIVE INTERSECTION UPGRADES ON TRAFFIC SIGNALS, JUST OUTTA CURIOSITY, ARE THOSE, UM, TECHNICAL JUST MAINTENANCE OR IS IT, ARE WE GETTING NEW ARMS ON AND WHERE ARE THOSE, I MEAN, IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER WHERE THEY ARE.
I'M JUST KIND OF CURIOUS WHAT THOSE UPGRADES ARE.
YEAH, THAT'S A, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
UM, SO WE WORK IN COORDINATION BOTH WITH OUR ASSET MANAGEMENT DIVISION AND OUR TRANSPORTATION, UH, AND MOBILITY DIVISION TO COORDINATE, UH, WHERE THE STREET MAINTENANCE GONNA BE EACH EACH YEAR AND WHAT SIGNALS
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ARE GONNA BE IMPROVED, UH, OR NEED IMPROVEMENTS.SO MOST OF THESE ARE, UH, VIDEO DETECTION, UPGRADES AND OR PUSH BUTTON UPGRADES FOR PEDESTRIAN, UH, IMPROVEMENTS, UH, A DA COMPLIANCE, ET CETERA.
OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENT FROM COUNSEL.
I JUST HAD ONE QUICK, SO, UM, PHASE TWO HAD ONLY LIKE ONE ALTERNATE AND IT'S INCLUDED, RIGHT? SO WE WE'VE CAPTURED EVERYTHING WE WANTED TO CAPTURE RIGHT.
WITH THESE BIDS, WE'RE NOT LEAVING ANYTHING OUT, CORRECT? YEAH, WE HAD ONE ALTERNATE BECAUSE, UH, BOTH BIDS, UH, IF YOU SUMMARIZE, THE ESTIMATES WERE ACTUALLY OVER OUR BUDGETED FUNDS.
SO, UH, TO KIND OF KEEP US UNDER OUR BUDGETED FUNDS, WE HAD AN ALTERNATE.
UM, THANKFULLY BOTH BIDS WERE, UH, ADVANTAGEOUS TO KEEP US, UH, RIGHT IN LINE WITH OUR BUDGET THEY CAME IN.
HEARING NONE, JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? MR. REINER? YES.
[Resolution 19-24]
RESOLUTION 20 DASH 24 ON 1924.I'M SORRY, ACCEPTING RESOLUTION 19 DASH 24.
ACCEPTING THE LOWEST AND BEST BID FOR THE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE MAINTENANCE.
AND WE WILL STAY WITH BRIAN GABLE.
STAFF CONDUCTED A COMPETITIVE BID PROCESS FOR THE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE MAINTENANCE 2023 PROJECT, UH, WHICH PROVIDES FOR THE REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE OF THREE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGES WITHIN THE CITY.
THE PROJECT IS FUNDED FROM THE 2024 THROUGH 2028 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM IN THE AMOUNT OF $356,000 FROM THE ANNUAL BRI PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE MAINTENANCE.
ON MARCH 13TH, 2024, THREE BIDS WERE RECEIVED AND PUBLICLY OPENED.
YEAGER CONSTRUCTION, LLC SUBMITTED THE LOWEST AND BEST BID OF $129,906 AND 61 CENTS, WHICH WAS 10.41% UNDER, UNDER THE ENGINEER'S ESTIMATE OF $145,000.
CONSTRUCTION IS EXPECTED TO COMMENCE IN MAY AND BE COMPLETED BY SEPTEMBER OF THIS YEAR.
STAFF CONDUCTED REFERENCE CHECKS OF JAGER CONSTRUCTION, LLC AS WE HAD NOT WORKED WITH THEM PREVIOUSLY AND ALL RESPONSES, UH, THAT WE RECEIVED WERE POSITIVE.
STAFF RECOMMENDS COUNSEL APPROVAL OF THIS RESOLUTION, ACCEPTING AS LOWEST AND BEST THE BID OF YEAGER CONSTRUCTION LLC IN THE AMOUNT OF $129,906 AND 61 CENTS FOR THIS PROJECT.
I WOULD BE GLAD TO ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS COUNSEL MAY HAVE REGARDING THIS RESOLUTION.
UH, IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING NONE COUNCIL QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION? I JUST HAD MORE OUTTA CURIOSITY.
THERE'S ABOUT THREE, I THINK THREE BRIDGES AT THADDEUS PARK.
DO YOU KNOW WHICH ONE THAT IS GETTING REPLACED? YEAH, THE ONE IN, UH, LOWLANDS FARM PARK, UH, IS THE FATTY.
I WAS ASKING ABOUT THE THA AND THADDEUS THADDEUS, UM, THAT ONE'S BEING REMOVED AND WE ARE INSTALLING A SMALL, UH, DRAINAGE CULVERT.
I WAS JUST CURIOUS WHICH ONE, 'CAUSE THERE'S TWO LIKE VERY SMALL ONES AND THEN THERE'S, I JUST DIDN'T KNOW WHICH BRIDGE IS BEING REPLACED, IF YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW.
YEAH, SO RIVIERA IS JUST GETTING A NEW DECK.
IT'S ACTUALLY ON, UH, STEEL BEAMS, UH, GIRDERS, UH, THAT ARE IN GREAT SHAPE AND WE'RE JUST GONNA BE PAINTING THE FASCIA ON THOSE AND THEN REPLACING THE, UH, BRIDGE DECK AND ACTUALLY ADDING A RAILING TO THAT FOR SOME SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS.
UM, AND THEN LUON FARMS AND THADDEUS CUSCO BOTH, UH, ARE REPLACED.
I I WAS SAYING WITHIN THADDEUS PARK THERE ARE THREE BRIDGES.
AND I JUST DIDN'T KNOW WHAT OTHER BRIDGES YOU WERE REPLACING.
UM, I HAVE TO SHOW YOU IF YOU, IT'S FURTHER BACK OFF THE ROADWAY.
I'M SORRY, I DON'T HAVE A NAME OF WHICH ONE SO I APOLOGIZE.
I, I THINK MAYBE YOU INADVERTENTLY ANSWERED MY QUESTION.
SO THE RIVIERA PARK PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE, THAT WOULD BE A RELATIVELY NEW BRIDGE.
SO I WAS GOING TO ASK, WAS THERE SOME DESIGN FLAWS OR SOMETHING WITH THE WAY THIS BRIDGE WAS ORIGINALLY CONSTRUCTED? OR WHY IS IT IN SUCH A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME IN NEED OF SIGNIFICANT ATTENTION? YEAH.
UM, SO I MEAN, GENERALLY WE, WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN THESE, I THINK THE PAINT JUST OVERALL.
UM, IT'S NOT MEANT TO LAST FOREVER.
SO WE, WE HAVE TO JUST GO IN AND DO SOME TOUCH UP.
UH, THE, THE, THE WEARING SURFACE OR THE, WHERE EVERYBODY'S WALKING IS, UH, A LITTLE BIT DETERIORATED AND IS KIND OF WEATHERED.
UM, SO WE'RE GONNA REPLACE IT WITH SOME BETTER HARDWOOD DECKING AND THEN ALSO ADD A PEDESTRIAN RAILING TO IT.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE THINK OVER TIME THAT, YOU KNOW, A PEDESTRIAN RAILING WOULD BE MORE APPROPRIATE THAN WHAT'S OUT THERE NOW.
I THINK WE HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL COMMENTS.
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YEAH.AND RIVIERA UH, PREDATES BRIAN'S TENURE WITH THE CITY, SO I THINK THAT WAS ONE OF THE ORIGINAL GOLF CART BRIDGES.
AN EXISTING THAT WAS DESERVED AS PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT THAT NOW WE'RE GONNA DO SOME MAINTENANCE ON.
SO, AND THEN BACK TO THAT IS CUSCO PARK, I BELIEVE WHAT BRIAN WAS SAYING, IT'S FURTHER BACK IN THE PARK, PROBABLY TO THE EAST WITHIN THE PARK, BUT WE CAN GET YOU AN EXACT LOCATION.
THERE'S A, THERE'S A STREAM THAT RUNS THROUGH CURRENTLY ONE HAS A PRECAST CONCRETE BRIDGE OVER IT.
AND THEN THE OTHER ONE IS JUST, I WOULD THINK MAYBE WOOD ON TOP OF SOME STEEL RAILS OR SOMETHING.
AND THEN I, I WAS JUST CURIOUS 'CAUSE I WASN'T, I WAS LOOKING AT THE PRICE AND I'M JUST WONDERING WHAT THAT WAS ALL IT'S NOT THAT BIG OF A DEAL.
YEAH, WE'LL CHECK, BUT I BELIEVE IT'S ONE OF THE TIMBER BRIDGES.
UM, I, SINCE WE'RE MAKING COMMENTS FOR SUGGESTIONS, I, I KNOW ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I HAVE SHARED BEING THE BIKE RIDER THAT I HAVE, I'VE BEEN OVER MOST OF THE BRIDGES.
I KNOW WE'RE REPLACING SOME ADDITIONAL BRIDGES.
UM, THE RUBBER STRIPPING OR WHATEVER IT IS ON THE EDGE OF THE BRIDGE, UM, I SEE THOSE IN MANY COMMUNITIES.
IT MAKES FOR JUST A MUCH BETTER BIKE RIDE ON AND OFF THOSE BRIDGES.
AND I, I DON'T, I'M NOT SEEING THAT ON THE ONES THAT ARE CURRENTLY ACTIVE RIGHT NOW.
SO IF THERE'S A WAY, UM, TO LOOK INTO THAT, SEVERAL OF THE, UH, UH, I DON'T SAY THE METRO PARKS, BUT THE STATE PARKS HAVE THOSE, IT'S, IT'S JUST FANTASTIC.
AND WHAT HAPPENS, UM, IS OVER TIME THE, THE SPACING BETWEEN THE EDGE AND THAT FIRST BRIDGE, THAT FIRST PIECE OF WOOD JUST GROWS AND GROWS AND WARPS AND WARPS AND IT, IT, IT CAN ACTUALLY BE QUITE DANGEROUS ON SOME THAT WE HAVE.
AND I KNOW WE'RE REPLACING ONE OF OUR BRIDGES FORT, SO I WOULD JUST MAKE THE PLEA AGAIN TO LOOK INTO THAT APPROACH TO SORT OF ON AND OFF THAT BRIDGE.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? UH, HEARING NONE, JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? MR. KEELER? YES.
[Resolution 20-24]
RESOLUTION 20 DASH 24 AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT WITH THE FRANKLIN COUNTY ENGINEER'S OFFICE FOR THE DERMAN ROAD POINT SEVEN FIVE OVER SOUTH FORK INDIAN RUN BRIDGE REPLACEMENT PROJECT.AND OUR STAFF REPORT I HAVE HERE WILL BE FROM PAUL HAMMERSMITH, BUT PERHAPS IT WILL BE BRIAN GABLE, IF THAT'S OKAY WITH YOU.
THE HARDEST WORKING GUY SO FAR.
UH, SO FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION THIS EVENING AS A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN INTERCOM INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT WITH THE FRANKLIN COUNTY ENGINEER'S OFFICE FOR THE IMAN ROAD 0.75 OVER SOUTH FORK INDIAN RUN BRIDGE REPLACEMENT PROJECT.
THE SCOPE OF THIS PROJECT INCLUDES A FULL REPLACEMENT AND WIDENING OF THE EXISTING DETERIORATED BRIDGE.
THE WIDENING IS BEING PERFORMED AS A RESULT, UM, OF DUBLIN'S LONG-TERM PLAN TO IMPROVE IRONMAN ROAD TO INCLUDE A LEFT TURN LANE AND PEDESTRIAN FIELD FACILITIES ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ROADWAY.
THE CURRENT ESTIMATED PROJECT COST OF THE IMPROVEMENT IS 1 MILLION, UH, 20, SORRY, $1,020,000 AND 82 CENTS.
IN MARCH OF 2024, THE FRANKLIN COUNTY ENGINEER'S OFFICE, UH, NOTIFIED DUBLIN THAT THE OHIO PUBLIC WORKS COMMISSION AWARDED THE IMPROVEMENT OF A GRANT OF $414,446 AND A LOAN OF $138,149.
AS A RESULT OF THIS AWARD, AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE FRANKLIN COUNTY ENGINEER AND THE CITY OF DUBLIN IS NECESSARY, THE FRANKLIN COUNTY ENGINEER'S OFFICE WILL REPAY THE $138,000, OR EXCUSE ME, $138,149 LOAN, RESULTING IN THEIR CONTRIBUTION OF THE IMPROVEMENT BEING $459,429.
THE OHIO PUBLIC WORKS COMMISSION GRANT OF $414,446 RESULTS IN THE DUBLIN CONTRIBUTION TO THE IMPROVEMENT BEING $212,794.
FUNDING FOR THE DUBLIN CONTRIBUTION WAS BUDGETED IN THE 2024 THROUGH 2028 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM IN THE AMOUNT OF 280,000 FROM THE IMAN ROAD CULVERT REPLACEMENT FRANKLIN COUNTY ENGINEERS OFFICE.
THE WORK FOR THIS IMPROVEMENT IS EXPECTED TO COMMENCE IN THE SUMMER OF 2025 WITH ALL THE WORK BEING COMPLETED BY THE FALL OF 2025.
STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION 20 DASH 24 AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT WITH THE FRANKLIN COUNTY ENGINEER'S OFFICE FOR THIS BRIDGE REPLACE REPLACEMENT PROJECT.
AND I WOULD BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUE QUESTIONS COUNSEL MAY HAVE REGARDING THIS RESOLUTION.
UH, IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING NONE COUNSEL
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QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION.I JUST HAVE A REAL QUICK QUESTION.
A LOT OF NUMBERS, UH, FLOATING AROUND THERE.
THE MEMO SAYS THAT THE TOTAL OF DUBLIN'S CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARD THE PROJECT IS 212 7 94, BUT THE LAST SLIDE WAS SOME NUMBER LESS THAN THAT 1 46.
WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE? YEAH, THE DIFFERENCE IS, THE DIFFERENCE IS IS THAT IF YOU LOOK AT PAGE TWO, TOP OF THE, UM, STAFF REPORT, WE'RE CONTRIBUTING, UH, ALMOST 67,000 TOWARDS THE DESIGN OF THE PROJECT.
AND WE HAD COMMITTED THAT PREVIOUSLY.
SO THAT'S IN ADDITION TO THE 212.
IT'S THE 1 46 PLUS THE 67 GETS YOU TO THE TWO 12.
THAT COMES TO THE TOTAL 2 0 12, WHICH IS STILL UNDER THE BUDGET OF 280 THAT WE HAVE, RIGHT? CORRECT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WELL, WE CERTAINLY DO APPRECIATE THE COUNTY'S, UH, PARTNERSHIP IN THIS, UH, HELPING US ACHIEVE THESE GOALS OF, UM, KEEPING OUR INFRASTRUCTURE IN TOPNOTCH CONDITION.
SO WITH THAT, JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE MS. CRA? YES.
[Resolution 21-24]
RESOLUTION 20 TO ONE DASH 24.ACCEPTING THE LOWEST AND BEST BID FOR THE 2024 STREET TREE PRUNING CONTRACT AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO CONTRACT FOR THE PROJECT.
OUR STAFF REPORT THIS EVENING.
MEMBERS OF COUNCIL BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING IS RESOLUTION 21 DASH 24 TO ACCEPT THE BIDS FOR THE 2024 STREET TREE PRINTING CONTRACT.
THIS CONTRACT IS EXECUTED ON A ONE YEAR TERM.
SCOPE OF THIS CONTRACT IS MORE AGGRESSIVE THAN WHAT YOU HAVE SEEN IN THE PAST.
IN AN EFFORT TO INCREASE OUR CITYWIDE PRINTING CYCLES FROM OUR CURRENT FIVE YEAR CYCLE DOWN TO A THREE YEAR PRUNING CYCLE, THIS CONTRACT INCLUDES STREET CHERRY PRUNING OF 5,472 TREES ON 148 RESIDENTIAL STREETS.
SEVERAL REVISIONS WERE MADE THIS YEAR TO THIS CONTRACT TO IMPROVE THE OVERALL SERVICE DELIVERY.
CONTRACT LANGUAGE WAS STRENGTHENED TO INCLUDE THE, INCLUDE THE REQUIREMENT OF A CERTIFIED ARBORIST ON SITE DURING ALL PRUNING OPERATIONS AND LANGUAGE WAS ADDED TO FURTHER EMPHASIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF FINDING FINAL AESTHETIC STRUCTURAL APPEARANCE.
UH, IN ADDITION TO THIS, A STREET TREE PRUNING LANDING PAGE WAS CREATED ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE AS A RESOURCE, UH, FOR THE RESIDENTS ON THE PRUNING PROGRAM, ALONG WITH AN INTERACTIVE MAP THAT IDENTIFIES STREET TREES SCHEDULED TO BE PRUNING THIS YEAR.
BASED ON BIDS RECEIVED AND SUBMITTED, JOSEPH TREE SERVICE WAS THE LOWEST AND BEST BIDDER ON ZONES 1, 2, 3, AND FOUR AND THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF $328,320, WHICH IS WITHIN THE OVERALL BUDGET OF FUNDS OF THE CITY'S CURRENT OPERATING BUDGET.
STAFF HAS THOROUGHLY REVIEWED THE BID AND JOSEPH TREE SERVICE HAS HISTORICALLY PROVIDED SATISFACTORY SERVICES FOR THE CITY.
STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION 21 DASH 24.
JEFF MEYERS, OR CITY FORESTER AND MYSELF ARE HERE TO HAPPY, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
UM, THIS TIME, IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING NONE COUNCIL QUESTIONS.
I WAS, UM, NOTICING ON HERE THAT, UM, SOUTH HIGH STREET AND PARTS, I DON'T KNOW IF NORTH HIGH STREET, BUT LOOKING ON THE MAP, SOUTH HIGH STREET HAS QUITE A FEW UP AND DOWN THE, SO WE LOST THE TREES ON THE WEST SIDE BECAUSE OF THE DAMAGE.
THE TREES ON THE EAST SIDE STILL CREATE A CANOPY.
UM, IS THE INTENTION JUST TO THIN 'EM OUT AND TO TRY TO KEEP THEM UNTIL WE GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE'RE DOING THE UNDERGROUND LINES? AND THEN IS THAT SO THAT'S THE MESSAGE.
WE WANNA PRESERVE AND PROLONG THEIR LIFE AND THEN PRESERVE THAT CAN BE AS FOR LONG AS WE CAN.
AND THEN WE'LL DOWN THE ROAD WHERE WE'LL HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION ON THEM.
OBVIOUSLY WE'LL GET IN FRONT OF YOU AND DISCUSS THAT WHEN THAT TIME COMES.
I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU PUT IN ABOUT THE ARBORIST AND THE FACT THAT IT SHOULD BE AESTHETICALLY PLEASING.
A JOSEPH TREE IS NEW TO US, WHICH IS, UM, WONDERFUL THAT WE GOT SOMEONE NEW TO BIT ON THIS.
BUT, UM, AND I'M, I'M LOOKING AT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER DEROSA, 'CAUSE I KNOW HOW MUCH HE LOVES TREES AND I KNEW THAT AS I WAS READING THIS, THAT SHE WAS WORRIED
SO I'M JUST KIND OF CURIOUS, WITH A NEW COMPANY IN TOWN, THERE IS THIS DUBLIN TREE HUGGING ENVIRONMENT,
THEY DO THEY UNDERSTAND KIND OF WHERE WE ARE, ALL ABOUT THE TREES.
SO WE ACTUALLY USED THEM LAST YEAR.
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AGAIN.THAT WAS THE FIRST YEAR OF US HAVING THIS CONTRACT.
SO WE HAD A LOT TO WORK THROUGH.
UM, THIS IS THE MARKET THEY'RE TRYING TO GET INTO.
THEY'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK WITH WESTERVILLE, UM, UPPER ARLINGTON.
SO THEY'RE REALLY TRYING TO HAVE THIS NICHE IN THE MARKET AND KIND OF SCALE BACK AND USE THE RESIDENTIAL WORK AS KIND OF THEIR, THEIR IN-BETWEEN WORK.
SO THEY'RE REALLY TRYING TO FOCUS ON MUNICIPALITY WORK.
UM, AND THEY'VE, THEY'VE ASSURED US AND COMMITTED TO US THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE READY TO TAKE ON THIS ROLE.
THEY'RE JUST OUTSIDE OF DUBLIN.
SO FROM, FROM A WORK STANDPOINT, IT, IT MAKES SENSE FROM OPERATIONAL, YOU KNOW, TO HAVE THEIR, HAVE ALL THEIR EQUIPMENT AND TRUCKS, UH, SO CLOSE BY.
SO, UM, WE, WE SAT DOWN AND HAD SOME LONG, LONG GOOD DISCUSSIONS WITH THEM JUST TO ENSURE THAT THEY WERE READY TO TAKE THIS ON JOHN.
YEAH, I WAS, UH, I WAS IMPRESSED THAT $59 AND 81 CENTS A TREE AND THE PRICE SEEMS TO BE FALLING OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS.
WAS THAT BECAUSE WE INTRODUCED THE NEW BIDDER END INTO THE CYCLE? YOU KNOW, THE, THESE PRICES HAVE BEEN CRAZY.
THEY'VE, THEY'VE BEEN ALL OVER THE PLACE, SO WE ASSUME THAT, THAT, THAT HAD A PART IN IT.
UM, WE'RE SEEING A LITTLE BIT OF CORRECTION.
UM, THOSE PRICES REALLY WENT UP DURING COVID YEAH.
SO WE'RE STARTING TO SEE IT CORRECT A LITTLE BIT, BUT, UM, I, I DO THINK THEY, THEY PROBABLY WOULD'VE CHANGED THEIR NUMBER IF THEY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO BID ON IT TWICE.
OTHER COMMENTS, KATHY? SO, UM, THANK YOU JAY.
JAY AND I HAD A FEW CONVERSATIONS LAST WEEK, LAST YEAR BECAUSE, UM, UH, AND IT IS THIS SAME GROUP HAD SOME REAL STRUGGLES UP AND DOWN SOME TREES.
AND YOU, AND WE ALL KNOW THE CHALLENGE IS ONCE IT'S PRUNED, IT'S PRUNED, YOU KNOW.
UM, AND UM, I SORT OF HAVE TWO QUESTIONS IN A COMMENT.
THE FIRST QUESTION, UM, EXCESSIVE PRUNING.
UM, SO YOU'VE SET SOME CRITERIA FOR THAT.
I THINK IT WOULD BE QUITE HELPFUL IF THE RESIDENTS, UM, UNDERSTAND SOME OF THAT WHEN THEY GET THE NOTIFICATION, WHICH THEY WILL CORRECT THAT THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN IN THEIR AREA.
WE'RE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, PRIOR TO THIS, WE HAVEN'T DONE A WHOLE WHOLE, UH, NOTIFICATION ON IT.
UM, SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, UM, WHETHER IT BE THROUGH MAILINGS OR OUR SIGN BOARDS, UM, OUR, OUR DOOR HANGERS, HOW WE'RE GONNA DO THE NOTIFICATION.
BUT YES, THEY WILL, THEY WILL BE NOTIFIED.
I MEAN I'VE HAD SOME RESIDENTS SAY, PLEASE, PLEASE TELL 'EM, JUST DON'T TRIM.
DON'T PLEASE KATHY TELL THEM DON'T DO THE TREES.
SO I THINK THE UM, EXPLANATION OF A CHANGE IN WHAT EXCESS PRUNING WILL LOOK LIKE WILL BE VERY IMPORTANT FOR SOME, 'CAUSE I GUARANTEE YOU I'M GONNA GET THOSE PHONE CALLS AS SOON AS THE FIRST TRUCK.
SO, UM, IF WE CAN GET SOME CLARITY ON THAT.
I KNOW THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT GETTING THE TREES HIGH ENOUGH THAT ANY DELIVERY TRUCK WOULDN'T COME UNDER THEM.
WELL, IN SOME TREES THAT WORKS GREAT IN OTHER TREES THAT STRIPS IT TO THE TOP.
SO GETTING SOME CLARITY ON THAT WITH THEM.
UM, AND THEN, UM, YOU WILL HAVE SUPERVISORS FROM DUBLIN ALONG WITH THIS, CORRECT? YES.
WE HAVE A ASSISTANT, UM, CERTIFIED ARBORIST, UM, THAT'S ON STAFF THAT'S GOING TO BE WITH THEM DURING THIS PROCESS.
SO THEY'LL BE CHECKING IN REGULARLY, UM, WORKING WITH THEM TO ENSURE, AND THEN THEY'RE REQUIRED TO HAVE THEIR OWN CERTIFIED ARBORIST ON SITE AS WELL.
AND I 'CAUSE I APPRECIATE THAT 'CAUSE WE DID HAVE SOME HICCUPS AND, UM, LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
AND THEN I THINK IF THE FIRST FEW WORK, WELL I THINK THEN THE RESIDENTS WILL GO BY AND SAY, OKAY, WE'RE NOT EXPERIENCING THAT SAME TYPE OF THING.
SO I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THAT LANGUAGE IN THE AGREEMENT AND I APPRECIATE HAVING THE STAFF OUT THERE AND HELPING RESIDENTS UNDERSTAND IT'S GONNA BE DIFFERENT I THINK WILL BE GREAT.
SO I APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH.
WELL IT SOUNDS LIKE IT MIGHT BE A GOOD LINK AHEAD PODCAST TOPIC FOR, FOR TREE PRUNING, BUT YOU KNOW, I WOULD SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, BEING AN ARBORIST IS A BONAFIDE PROFESSION AND WHAT RESIDENTS THINK ABOUT HOW A TREE SHOULD BE PRUNED AND HOW IT ACTUALLY SHOULD BE PRUNED CAN BE TWO VERY DIFFERENT THINGS.
AND THERE PROBABLY IS SOME EDUCATION TO DO OF WHAT IS APPROPRIATE TREE PRUNING AND SOMETIMES IT LOOKS, UH, WORSE AT THE ONSET THAN IT DOES OVER THE COURSE OF TIME.
I HAD A COUPLE QUESTIONS RELATIVE TO HIGH STREET.
UM, I WAS ASSUMING YOU BECAUSE WE WOULDN'T PRUNE THE, THE FAILING TREES.
I WOULD THINK THAT WOULD BE THE NEWLY PLANTED TULIP TREES AND I WOULD THINK THAT WE WOULD BE ADDRESSING CANOPY HEIGHT ISSUES, BUT THAT LED ME TO THE OVERHEAD POWER LINES.
AND I THINK WE'RE KIND OF PAST THE POINT OF WHEN WE THOUGHT THOSE OVERHEAD POWER LINES WERE GOING TO BE.
I WAS AT LUNCH AT DUBLIN VILLAGE TAVERN ONE DAY LAST WEEK AND THEY'RE STARTING TO CONFLICT.
AND SO I DON'T KNOW, I KNOW THAT'S NOT PARTICULARLY YOUR DEPARTMENT, BUT WHEN THOSE POWER LINES MIGHT BE COMING DOWN SO THAT WE, A EP DOESN'T COME THROUGH AND TOUCH OUR BEAUTIFUL NEW TREE PLANTINGS THERE.
YEAH, I I'D HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT ONE.
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NOT KNOW THAT, BUT I'M SURE WE CAN GET YOU AN ANSWER.SO I THINK AN UPDATE ON ON THAT WOULD BE, UM, GOOD.
I, YOU KNOW, AS YOU GO TOWARDS THE LIBRARY THERE, UM, THERE'S A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT TREES DOWN THAT WAY.
THE GINKGOS AND THINGS THAT HAVE VERY LOW LIMBS.
YOU KNOW, THE, THE LIMBS START OUT AT FOUR FOOT SOMETHING AND I, I KNOW THAT IT WILL BE A LITTLE BIT TRAUMATIC TO SOME RESIDENTS, BUT I BELIEVE RAISING, YOU KNOW, ULTIMATELY WE WANT AT LEAST A SEVEN FOOT CLEAR TRUNK HEIGHT ON THAT AND MAYBE WE COULD SET THE STANDARD OF GIVE IT GETTING TO FIVE AND A HALF, SIX FEET THIS YEAR.
UM, BECAUSE THE MORE INVESTMENT THAT THOSE TREES MAKE IN THOSE LOWER BRANCHES, THE MORE TRAUMATIC IT'S GOING TO BE WHEN THEY'RE REMOVED AT A SUBSEQUENT POINT IN TIME.
SO I'M HOPEFUL I DIDN'T SEE ANY SPECIFICATIONS ON WHAT THEY WERE DOING, BUT IN OUR URBAN WALKABLE AREAS, I'M VERY HOPEFUL THAT THEY'RE GOING TO TRY TO GET TO THE SEVEN FOOT CLEAR TRUNK HEIGHT, UM, AND WORKING THAT DIRECTION, EVEN IF IT, YOU KNOW, MAY MEAN SHORT-TERM LOSSES FOR LONG-TERM GAINS.
AND WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO SLOWLY WORK THOSE UP.
UM, SO I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT AND WE HAVE BEEN DOING SOME WORK ON 'EM, BUT LIKE YOU SAID, IT CAN BE A LITTLE BIT, YOU KNOW, JAW DROPPING.
SO WE'VE BEEN JUST SLOWLY WORKING THOSE UP.
AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION, I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING IN THERE ABOUT SPECIES OF TREES AND I KNOW, YOU KNOW, OAKS ARE REALLY SENSITIVE TO THE TIME OF YEAR THAT THEY'RE PRUNED FOR VERIL AND WILT AND I DON'T, I'M ASSUMING THAT THE HORTICULTURIST THAT'S WITH, UH, THAT'S ACCOMPANYING THESE WILL BE SPECIES, UH, SENSITIVE WHEN THE PRUNING IS HAPPENING.
WE WILL NOT DO ANY OAK PRUNING AT THIS POINT UNTIL LATE FALL, SO, YEP.
UM, YOU KNOW, ONE OTHER ITEM THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT IS, AND A LOT OF THESE GUYS DON'T DO IT, NOT THIS IS WHY WE'VE GOT SOME OF THESE DISEASES COMING UP FROM THE SOUTH 'CAUSE THEY WENT DOWN THERE AND DID HURRICANE WORK AND THEN THEY START BRINGING SOME OF THESE INTERESTING DISEASES UP HERE.
SO, YOU KNOW, PART OF IT IS LIKE EDUCATING THESE TREE TREMORS ABOUT CLEANING THEIR TOOLS WITH DENTURED ALCOHOL.
SO WE DON'T GET INTO THE OAK PROBLEM YOU JUST MENTIONED, AND IT'S JUST EDUCATING THEM.
AND I KNOW THEY LIKE TO CUT CORNERS AND HURRY THROUGH THE JOB, BUT PART OF IT'S JUST, HEY, REMINDING 'EM THAT, YOU KNOW, DO, DO YOU HAVE THE RIGHT MATERIALS FOR THIS JOB ON YOUR TRUCK? AND I I TRUST CLEANING AND THINGS WOULD BE PART OF YOUR SPECIFICATIONS IN THE BID PACKAGE.
UH, IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE VICE MAYOR LUDO? YES.
[Resolution 22-24]
RESOLUTION 22 DASH 24 ACCEPTANCE OF A FINAL PLAT FOR THE SUBDIVISION OF 11.37 ACRES TO ESTABLISH 30 SINGLE FAMILY LOTS, THREE PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY AND 2.29 ACRES OF PUBLIC OPEN SPACE FOR AHIRE FARMS. THANK YOU.OUR STAFF REPORT WILL BE FROM ZACH HEL.
UH, THIS FINAL PLA FOLLOWS THE APPROVAL OF A FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN BACK IN NOVEMBER OF 2021.
UH, THE FOUND DEVELOPMENT PLAN DID IDENTIFY AND, AND FINALIZE THOSE SITE DESIGN DETAILS.
UH, SO THIS FINAL PLOT IS TO ESTABLISH PROPERTY LINES ESTABLISH EASEMENTS, OPEN SPACE, DEDICATION, AND PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY.
SO THIS SITE IS 11.37 ACRES IN SITE, UH, IN SIZE, LOCATED AT THE INTERSECTION OF SHIRE RINKS AND COS GRAY ROAD, AND IS ZONED AS A PLAN UNIT DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.
THIS FINAL PLAT WILL ESTABLISH 30 SINGLE FAMILY LOTS, THREE NEW PUBLIC STREETS, 2.39 ACRES OF OPEN SPACE BETWEEN THREE SEPARATE RESERVES.
UH, THIS EXCEEDS THE REQUIREMENT OF 1.13 ACRES.
UH, AND THEN THE LOTS, ALL THREE LOTS WILL VARY IN SIZE BETWEEN 0.16 ACRES IN SIZE TO 0.51, UH, WITH EACH HAVING A PLATTED 20 FOOT FRONT BUILDING LINE AND A MINIMUM WIDTH OF 64 FEET AS MEASURED FROM THE FRONT BUILDING LINE.
UH, THIS PROPOSED PANEL PLOT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE APPROVED PRELIMINARY PLAT PLAN.
PLANNING, ZONING COMMISSION DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL WITH TWO CONDITIONS AND BOTH HAVE BEEN SATISFIED.
SO WITH THAT, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING ACCEPTANCE OF THIS RESOLUTION.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? SIR, PLEASE COME FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS INTO THE RECORD AND WE'D BE HAPPY TO HEAR YOUR THOUGHTS.
IF YOU COULD PRESS AND THE GREEN LIGHT ON YOUR MIC.
STEVE LAMPER 5 7 9 1 ROTH SAY, DRIVE HERE IN DUBLIN.
HAS THIS PLAN BEEN COORDINATED WITH A NEW COMMUNITY PLAN AND SETBACKS, ET CETERA? UH, THIS PLAN WAS APPROVED PRIOR TO THE COMMUNITY PLAN, SO IT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE THE CURRENT COMMUNITY PLAN, WHICH IS WHAT YEAR IS THAT? THE CURRENT, UM, THAT WOULD'VE BEEN LAST UPDATE
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WAS 2013.SO THIS, THE FUND DEVELOPMENT PLAN'S BEEN APPROVED.
THIS IS JUST TO ACCEPT THE, THE LOTS.
OH, SO IT'S ALREADY BEEN APPROVED? WELL, THE, IT, THIS, SO IT'S, THERE'S A PROCESS.
SO, UM, WE ARE DOING A COMMUNITY PLAN UPDATE RIGHT NOW CALLED ENVISION DUBLIN.
IT HAS NOT BEEN ADOPTED BY THE CITY YET.
I THINK IT'S SCHEDULED FOR SOME TIME IN AUGUST, PERHAPS, OR MAYBE SOONER THAN THAT, MAYBE JUNE.
SO THE PREVIOUS COMMUNITY PLAN GOVERNS ALL DEVELOPMENT IN THE CITY UNTIL THE NEW COMMUNITY PLAN IS ADOPTED.
SO THIS FALLS UNDER THE PREVIOUS COMMUNITY PLANS JURISDICTION.
UM, IT GOES THROUGH THE PLANNING AND ZONING PROCESS.
THEY HAVE A NUMBER OF APPROVALS.
THE APPROVAL THAT THIS BODY HAS ON THIS DEVELOPMENT IS WHAT WE CALL LOTS AND BLOCKS.
SO IT'S HOW THE, UM, HOW THE LOTS WILL BE SET, THEIR FRONTAGES, UH, ADJACENCY TO EXISTING LOTS.
UM, THE DEDICATION OF PARKS AND OPEN SPACE AND WATERS AND WHO WILL MAINTAIN THOSE.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? UM, NOPE, THAT WAS IT.
UM, IS THIS GOING TO BE A FORCED HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION? YES.
AND IT LOOKS LIKE ALL OF THE OPEN SPACE RESERVES A, B, AND C WILL BE OWNED BY THE CITY OF DUBLIN, BUT MAINTAINED BY THE OWNER, THE HOA? CORRECT, OUTSIDE OF THE TWO STORMWATER BASINS, WHICH WILL BE MAINTAINED BY THE CITY.
AND THE, WE IDENTIFIED THAT THEY WOULD HAVE SUFFICIENT REVENUES TO COVER THE MAINTENANCE OF THOSE THREE AREAS WITHOUT AN UNDUE BURDEN ON THE HOA? CORRECT.
THERE IS A COST SHARING, UM, COST THAT WAS INCLUDED WITH THE, THAT WAS A COMMENT FROM THE PREVIOUS PRELIMINARY PLY AND THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THEIR DEVELOPMENT TEXT.
JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE MAYOR AROSE GROOMS? YES.
[OTHER BUSINESS]
THIS BRINGS US TO THE OTHER BUSINESS PORTION OF OUR AGENDA, AND OUR FIRST ITEM ON OTHER BUSINESS WILL BE THE KATCH HEADQUARTERS.RIVERVIEW VILLAGE DEVELOPMENT CONCEPT PLAN.
STAFF REPORT WILL BE FROM BASSAM BATAR.
MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL WANTED TO START BY, UH, JUST OUTLINING WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS AND THEN GET INTO THE DETAILS OF THE PROJECT ITSELF.
UH, THIS IS, UH, TOWARDS THE BEGINNING OF A MULTI-STEP APPROVAL PROCESS.
THE, UH, PROJECT BEFORE YOU WAS PRESENTED AT AN INFORMAL MEETING OF THE, UH, ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD LAST YEAR, AND THEN A CONCEPT PLAN REVIEW HAPPENED, UH, BEFORE THAT BOARD, UH, EARLIER THIS YEAR IN, IN MARCH OF 2024.
THE REASON THIS IS BEFORE YOU IS BECAUSE THE, UH, PROJECT INVOLVES A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY.
SO THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD DECISION WAS ACTUALLY A RECOMMENDATION TO THIS BOARD AND APPROVAL OF THE CONCEPT PLAN IS THE PURVIEW OF CITY COUNCIL.
UH, IF APPROVED TONIGHT, IT GOES THROUGH A COUPLE OTHER STEPS, INCLUDING REZONING, WHICH WILL EVENTUALLY COME BACK TO YOU AS WELL.
AND PRELIMINARY AND FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLANS, WHICH WOULD BE, UH, UNDER THE PURVIEW OF THE ARCHITECTURE REVIEW BOARD AT THAT POINT IN, IN TERMS OF A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY, THE, UH, CITY ACQUIRED, UH, EIGHT PARCELS ALONG NORTH RIVERVIEW STREET IN 2021 WITH THE AIM OF, UH, TRYING TO SPUR IMPROVEMENTS IN THAT, UH, GENERAL AREA OF THE HISTORIC DISTRICT.
UH, REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS WAS ISSUED AND THE CITY HAD TWO RESPONSES.
ONE WAS FROM ATCH, WHICH WAS, UH, RECOMMENDED TO COUNCIL.
COUNCIL REVIEWED THE PLANS AND, UH, UM, UH, REVIEWED THEM FAVORABLY AT THE TIME.
AND SO THE PROJECT, UH, EVOLVED INTO AN INFORMAL REVIEW BY, UH, THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD, AS I MENTIONED, AND, UH, INCLUDED THE CONCEPT OF A VILLAGE THAT WOULD INCLUDE COWORKING, UM, SOME, UH, MAKER SPACE OUTDOOR, UH, PLAZAS, UH, ART FAIRS AND THOSE TYPES OF, UH, USES.
AND THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD LOOKED AT IT FAVORABLY.
UH, THERE WERE A COUPLE DIFFERENT CONCEPTS AT THE TIME IN TERMS OF THE AMOUNT OF DENSITY.
THE BOARD, UH, FAVORED THE LOWER DENSITY OPTION AND ALSO SUPPORTED REZONING TO HISTORIC CORE, WHICH WE'LL TALK ABOUT IN A MINUTE HERE.
UH, EVENTUALLY, UH, THE THREE SOUTHERN PARCELS WERE, UH, SOLD BY AUCTION TO OTHER OWNERS, AND THE, UM, DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WAS APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL IN SEPTEMBER OF 2023.
AND SO THE INTENT TONIGHT IS TO REVIEW THIS AGAINST THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
UH, SOME OF THE DETAILS THAT THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW
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BOARD, UH, LOOKED AT AND, UM, GET AN ACTION BY CITY COUNCIL TONIGHT.SO WITH THAT, UH, CLARIFICATION OF THE LOCATION OF THE PARCEL, IT ACTUALLY INCLUDES, UH, FIVE SEPARATE PARCELS, THREE ON THE WEST SIDE OF NORTH RIVER VIEW THAT ARE CURRENTLY ZONED HISTORIC RESIDENTIAL, AND TWO ON THE EAST SIDE ZONED HISTORIC PUBLIC.
UH, THE INTENT WOULD BE TO REZONE ALL OF THEM TO HISTORIC CORE, WHICH WOULD ACCOMMODATE THE MIXTURE OF USES THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED.
AND AGAIN, UH, THE INTENT IS FOR A ONE OF A KIND, UH, CORE WORKING AND ENTREPR ENTREPRENEURSHIP COMMUNITY THAT WOULD INCLUDE, UH, THE HEADQUARTERS OF ATCH AT THIS LOCATION.
UH, THE INTENT IS TO WORK TOGETHER WITH SOME OF THE, UH, EXISTING DEVELOPMENTS INCLUDING COHES, EXISTING BUILDING AND NORTH HIGH BREWING, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE TAKING PLACE WITHIN THAT SAME GENERAL AREA.
THE, UH, WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE SITE, THE ONLY PORTION THAT WOULD BE REZONED AND CONVEYED TO ATCH WOULD BE WHATEVER IS NEEDED JUST TO ACCOMMODATE THE BUILDINGS.
EVERYTHING EAST OF THAT WOULD, UH, REMAIN UNDER THE CITY'S OWNERSHIP AND BE INCORPORATED INTO RIVERSIDE CROSSING PARK.
I MENTIONED SOME OF THE, UH, IMPROVEMENTS IN THE AREA.
THOSE WOULD INCLUDE, UH, NEW, UM, A NEW LOOK AT, UH, SEVERAL STREETS THERE.
NORTH RIVERVIEW STREET, NORTH BLACKSMITH LANE, NORTH STREET AND WING HILL LANE, UH, WITH THE INTENT OF IMPROVING THE STREETSCAPE, FACILITATING, UH, DIFFERENT MODES OF TRANSPORTATION, INCLUDING PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLISTS, UH, LOOKING AT THE INFRASTRUCTURE, INCLUDING, UH, SOME SANITARY, UH, SEWER WORK THAT MAY BE NEEDED REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THIS PROJECT, UH, MOVES FORWARD OR NOT.
UH, AS WELL AS POTENTIAL, UH, ON STREET PARKING, UTILITY BURIALS, AND SEVERAL OTHER IMPROVEMENTS.
UH, ALSO I MENTIONED THE RIVERSIDE CROSSING PARK BEING RIGHT NEXT DOOR.
AND SO THE INTENT IS TO ALSO COORDINATE WITH THAT PROJECT, UH, TO FACILITATE PUBLIC ACCESS TO THAT PARK, AS WELL AS COORDINATION OF OPEN SPACES THAT, UH, ATCH WOULD BE PROVIDING AND THE, EXCUSE ME, THE PARK WOULD BE PROVIDING AT THE SAME TIME.
SO THE PROJECT ITSELF WOULD INVOLVE RENOVATIONS OF THREE EXISTING HOUSES ON THE WEST SIDE OF NORTH RIVERVIEW STREET THAT WOULD BE CONVERTED INTO SMALL OFFICES.
AND THEN THE RED HOUSE AS, UH, IT'S COMMONLY KNOWN AT 62 NORTH RIVERVIEW, UH, WOULD BE CONVERTED INTO A RESTAURANT AND A NEW BUILDING WOULD BE, UH, BUILT JUST TO THE SOUTH OF THAT ALONG THE SLOPE TOWARDS, UH, THE TOYOTA RIVER.
UH, THEY'RE ALL WITHIN PROXIMITY TO THE DUBLIN LINK BRIDGE.
SO THERE'S, UH, UH, QUITE A BIT OF ACTIVITY THAT, UM, WOULD HAPPEN AT THAT LOCATION.
AND THE BUILDING WOULD BE ABOUT 15,000 SQUARE FEET OR A LITTLE BIT MORE.
AND AGAIN, INCLUDE CO-WORKING AND EVENT SPACE, UH, AS WELL AS OUTDOOR PLAZA AND, UH, SOME OUTDOOR DECKS THAT WOULD HAVE VIEWS OF THE RIVER AND, UH, BRIDGE PARK AND, AND THE BRIDGE.
UH, THERE IS A FLOODPLAIN ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF THE BUILDING, SO THERE WOULD BE SOME MITIGATION MEASURES THAT WOULD BE, UH, LOOKED AT MORE CAREFULLY AS THIS GOES THROUGH THE, UH, MORE FORMAL STAGES AS WELL.
AS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT TREES EARLIER, WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT A TREE SURVEY AND, UH, THE PROTECTION OF AS MANY TREES AS POSSIBLE.
A FEW IMAGES SHOWING THE, UH, UH, DEVELOPMENT CONCEPT.
AGAIN, THE INTENT IS TO PRESERVE THE EXISTING HOUSES AND, UH, GENERALLY THEIR EXISTING FOOTPRINTS.
UH, BUT IT WOULD ALSO ADD THESE PUBLIC PLAZAS BOTH WITHIN THE, UH, CENTER OF THE DEVELOPMENT AS WELL AS ALONG THE, UH, UM, BETWEEN THE TWO BUILDINGS, THE EXISTING RED HOUSE THAT YOU SEE ON THE UPPER, UH, PORTION OF THIS SLIDE, AS WELL AS THE NEW BUILDING THAT'S BEING PROPOSED.
UH, THERE WOULD BE SOME PUBLIC OPEN SPACES, UM, NORTH OF THAT DEVELOPMENT.
AGAIN, THAT WOULD BE COORDINATED WITH THE, WITH THE CITY PARK PROJECT.
THE, UH, BUILDING ITSELF IS, UH, AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S QUITE A BIT LARGER THAN SOME OF THE EXISTING STRUCTURES, BUT IT'S DESIGNED IN SUCH A WAY THAT THE MASSING REFLECTS THE CHARACTER OF THE, UH, EXISTING STRUCTURES WITH MULTIPLE GABLES.
AND, UH, WITH THE BUILDING LOPING, UH, AS IT SLOPES DOWN, IT GETS HIGHER.
MUCH LIKE THE, UH, STRUCTURE AT 62 NORTH RIVER VIEW.
THIS IS ANOTHER VIEW FROM, FROM THE STREET LEVEL, UH, THIS IS NORTH STREET.
LOOKING TOWARDS THE RED HOUSE, AND AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE HOW THE MASSING OF THE BUILDING HAS PROPOSED, UH, WOULD TIE INTO THE EXISTING DEVELOPMENT.
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AND THEN WITH THE EXISTING HOUSES, UH, THE INTENT IS TO, UH, SIMPLY RENOVATE THOSE, UM, AND ADDING SOME WARMER COLORS AND, UH, UH, PERHAPS SOME IMPROVEMENTS FOR A DA ACCESS TOWARDS, UH, IN, INTO THOSE STRUCTURES.UH, BUT OTHERWISE, THEY WOULD REMAIN IN THEIR, UH, GENERAL FORM.
THIS IS THE ONE AT 45 NORTH RIVERVIEW STREET WOULD BE MOSTLY PORCH IMPROVEMENTS AND 53 NORTH RIVER VIEW.
THIS IS ONE THAT WAS ORIGINALLY PLANNED TO BE DEMOLISHED AS PART OF THE INFORMAL REVIEW.
SO THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD WAS VERY HAPPY TO SEE WITH THIS, UH, CONCEPT THAT, UH, THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO RENOVATE IT AND, AND MAINTAIN IT.
UH, THIS IS THE ONE THAT WOULD HAVE A FEW CHANGES ON THE NORTH SIDE THAT WOULD BE ADDING ANOTHER WINDOW AND SOME ROOF IMPROVEMENTS TO, UH, INCREASE THE CEILING HEIGHT AND PROVIDE BALANCE AND SOME IMPROVEMENT TO THE PORCH, UH, UPFRONT.
AND THEN THE RED HOUSE WOULD BE, AGAIN, RENOVATED IN, UH, MOSTLY ITS CURRENT FASHION CONVERTED INTO A RESTAURANT, AND A COUPLE OF PERGOLAS WOULD BE ADDED TO THE, UH, NORTH SIDE AND THE EAST SIDE.
UH, ALONG WITH THE DECK, UH, BEHIND THE NEW BUILDING THAT WOULD OVERLOOK THE, UH, RIVER A DA ACCESS TO THE RED HOUSE WOULD BE PROVIDED THROUGH THE NEW BUILDING.
SO THE PATHWAY IN BETWEEN WOULD, UH, PROVIDE THAT ACCESS.
AND, UM, WANTED TO ALSO SHOW YOU JUST IN TERMS OF THE CONTEXT AND HOW THAT FITS IN, IN TERMS OF THE SCALE.
UH, LITTLE MESSING VIDEO HERE THAT, UH, WAS PREPARED BY JAY HENDERSON OF OUR STAFF TO JUST, UH, SHOW HOW IT MIGHT LOOK FROM STREET LEVEL.
SO THIS IS DRIVING DOWN NORTH STREET FROM HIGH STREET.
YOU CAN SEE THE RED HOUSE IN THE FOREGROUND, AND YOU CAN START SEEING THE PROPOSED NEW BUILDING.
AND AT LEAST AT THIS STREET LEVEL, IT'S A ONE STORY BUILDING.
YOU CAN SEE ALSO THEY'RE PROPOSING TO RESTORE THE HISTORIC STONE WALLS ALONG THE STREET.
THE EXISTING ATCH BUILDING IN THE BACKGROUND.
WE'VE TURNED A LITTLE BIT AGAIN TOWARDS THE PROPOSED NEW BUILDING.
YOU CAN SEE HOW IT, UH, GETS HIGHER WITH THE SLOPE.
NOW, UP BLACKSMITH LANE AGAIN, YOU CAN GET A FEEL FOR THE GABLES AND HOW THEY RELATE TO THE EXISTING BUILDINGS ON NORTH RIVERVIEW.
OF COURSE, THE BRIDGE IN THE BACKGROUND AND BRIDGE PARK, AND IT WASN'T RENDERED HERE, BUT THIS IS WHERE, UH, ONE OF THE OUTDOOR PLAZAS WOULD TAKE PLACE.
AND THEN THE RELATIONSHIP TO THE PUBLIC OPEN SPACES ALONG THE RIVER.
AND WE ARE NOT PROPOSING TO DESTROY THE BRIDGE HERE, IT'S JUST
SO THE ARCHITECTURE REVIEW BOARD APPRECIATED THE, UM, CONCEPTS THAT WERE PRESENTED, UH, TO THEM, UM, INCLUDING SOME OF THE CHANGES FROM THE INFORMAL REVIEW, AND NAMELY MAINTAINING THE, UH, EXISTING HOUSES AND THEIR EXISTING FOOTPRINTS AND THE PRESERVATION OF 53 NORTH, UH, RIVERVIEW STREET.
UH, THEY ALSO FELT THAT THE DESIGN OF THE NEW BUILDING, UH, FIT IN WITHIN THE, UH, UH, GENERAL AREA.
WHILE IT'S BIGGER, IT, IT DOES ADD TO THE ENVIRONMENT THERE.
UH, THE BOARD WAS ALSO ASKED TO LOOK AT THREE ART BUILDINGS THERE THAT WERE, UH, BACKGROUND BUILDINGS THAT WERE ENCROACHING INTO THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY AND IN PRE DETERIORATED SHAPE.
AND THE BOARD APPROVED DEMOLITION OF THOSE BUILDINGS.
UH, THAT DECISION RESTS WITH THE ARCHITECTURE REVIEW BOARD, SO THOSE BUILDINGS COULD BE DEMOLISHED AT ANY TIME AS LONG AS THERE'S A REST, A SITE RESTORATION PLAN ASSOCIATED WITH THEM.
SO WITH THAT, UH, WE ARE RECOMMENDING TO CITY COUNCIL THAT YOU APPROVE THE CONCEPT PLAN WITH THE SAME FIVE CONDITIONS THAT THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD, UH, PLACED ON THEIR RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL.
AND THOSE ARE MOSTLY, UH, LOOKING AT DETAILS OF THE NEXT STAGE, PARKING, UH, DESIGN DETAILS, TRASH ENCLOSURES, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
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WITH THAT, I WOULD BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.UH, IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS ITEM? SIR, PLEASE COME FORWARD.
STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS INTO THE RECORD.
UM, MATT DAVIS, 46 20 HICKORY ROCK DRIVE, POWELL, OHIO, 4 3 0 6 5.
UM, IT'S BEEN A LOT OF WORK AND IT'S BEEN A LOT OF MEETINGS, BUT I FIRST WANNA THANK THE CITY AND THE TEAMS. THERE'S BEEN, WHAT, SIX OR A MILLION DEPARTMENTS WORKING ON THIS SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH US TOGETHER.
I MEAN, HE'S A REAL PRO, NOT, NOT TOO MANY PEOPLE COULD DO WHAT HE DOES, CARE MUCH ABOUT THIS HISTORIC VILLAGE, BUT ALSO PULL US ALL TOGETHER TO TRULY MAKE IT BETTER, UM, EVERY SINGLE WEEK THAT WE GET TOGETHER.
I THINK THAT I'M VERY HAPPY WE DON'T HAVE TO TEAR ANYTHING DOWN.
UM, IT'S A GOOD LESSON AND WE HAVE PRETTY GOOD IMAGINATION, BUT I REALLY HAD A HARD TIME SEEING PAST SIX AND A HALF FOOT CEILINGS AND SOME OTHER STUFF.
BUT ONCE WE GOT IN THERE AND OPENED IT ALL UP, IT WAS VERY EASY TO SEE HOW WE COULD USE IT ALL.
AND I, I DON'T THINK WHAT COMES ACROSS IN, WE DO A LOT OF GRAPHIC IMAGES, A LOT OF FLY THROUGHS, BUT I DON'T THINK THE QUALITY OF RESTORATION WE PLAN ON DOING TO THE, SOME OF THOSE HISTORIC HOUSES TRULY COMES ACROSS YET.
UM, AND IT WILL OVER TIME, BUT WE REALLY WANT THOSE TO BE UNBELIEVABLE SHOW PIECES THAT PEOPLE COULD ACTUALLY TOUR AND EXPERIENCE AND ALMOST TAKE A LITTLE TIME CAPSULE BACK THROUGH 'EM IN DIFFERENT TIME PERIODS.
SO, UM, VASA MENTIONED THEY MIGHT BE OFF, BUT IN REALITY THEY'LL PROBABLY BE COWORKING MEETING AND ALSO ON SATURDAYS, VENDORS COULD USE THEM, AND ANYONE CAN GO THROUGH AND TOUR THE HOUSES AND STUFF LIKE THAT OVER TIME.
SO WE'RE STILL PLAYING, DON'T HOLD ME TO THAT.
BUT THOSE FOUR BUILDINGS TRULY SET THE TONE OF THE SOUL OF THAT WHOLE VILLAGE.
THE MORE PEOPLE THAT COULD USE THOSE STRUCTURES, THE BETTER.
AND WE'RE TRYING TO ENGINEER WAYS OF DOING THAT.
ALSO, I THINK WE PUT A FEW PLACEHOLDERS FOR STREETS AND LANDINGS.
I THINK THE CITY'S SHOWN THAT THEY'RE CONTINUE TO BE INNOVATIVE AND CREATIVE HOW TO DO THAT.
SO YOU'LL PROBABLY SEE A DIFFERENT VERSION OF THAT EVENTUALLY AS WELL.
BUT I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
UM, OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE, UH, WE'RE PROBABLY HALF ANOTHER FIVE MONTHS TO GET THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT STUFF TO GET THIS ALL FINALIZED, BUT I THINK WE'RE WELL ON OUR WAY AND, UH, WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT GETTING MOVING FORWARD.
SO HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE ALSO.
COUNCIL QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION OF STAFF.
FIRST OF ALL, BOSSAM, EXCELLENT PRESENTATION.
YOU DID A, YOU ANSWERED QUESTIONS THAT I WAS READY TO ASK, SO THANK YOU FOR, FOR THAT.
UM, I'M CURIOUS, MATT, IF THE TEAM THAT BROUGHT THE ORIGINAL PLAN TO US TWO YEARS AGO, THREE YEARS AGO, YOU HAD A, A DESIGN TEAM THAT HAD MAYBE SIX DIFFERENT PEOPLE ON IT, SIX DIFFERENT DISCIPLINES.
I'M WONDERING IF YOU'VE MADE ANY CHANGES IN THAT TEAM.
AND CERTAINLY, UM, RENDERINGS CAN, UM, NOT NECESSARILY DO THE, THIS, UH, NEW DEVELOPMENT JUSTICE, BUT I WILL TELL YOU, WHEN I ORIGINALLY SAW YOUR PLAN, I WAS BLOWN AWAY.
UM, I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE THE RIVERVIEW VILLAGE, THE VILLAGE FEELING WITH THIS THAT I HAD THEN.
AND MAYBE THERE ARE COMPONENTS THAT WERE PROPOSED AT THE BEGINNING THAT JUST AREN'T SHOWN HERE, UH, BECAUSE OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THE PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT WE'RE LOOKING AT, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT SORT OF THE THINGS THAT I WAS SOLD ON, UM, DIDN'T GO BY THE WAYSIDE.
I, I THINK MAYBE BASSEM MIGHT BE WELL SUITED TO TAKE PART OF THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING FROM OUR SIDE.
SO THE, THE GENERAL CONCEPT IS STILL VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WAS PRESENTED AT THE RFP STAGE AND AT INFORMAL, I THINK THE, UH, THE DIFFERENCES MIGHT BE, AND IT MAY BE IN THE, UH, LEVEL OF DETAIL WE ARE AT RIGHT NOW, BUT I THINK IT'S, UH, AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT IT MAY BE THE OUTDOOR PATIOS AND SOME OF THE INTERACTION WITH THE, UH, UH, WITH THE, UM, SURROUNDING AREA.
BUT I THINK THE INTENT IS THE ACTIVITIES THAT WERE ENVISIONED IN THAT AREA, MINUS THE THREE HOUSES THAT WERE ORIGINALLY INCLUDED, THAT WERE USED IN THE ILLUSTRATIONS AS POTENTIAL INDOOR OUTDOOR SERVICES, I THINK THEY'RE TRANSLATING INTO MOSTLY OUTDOOR PATIOS.
SO THE DIFFERENT, YOU'RE REFERRING TO THE RFP, THE, THE ANSWER, YOUR FIRST QUESTION IS THE TEAM'S EXACTLY THE SAME.
SO WE HAVEN'T MADE ANY CHANGES WITH THAT.
UM, YOU'RE ALSO PROBABLY REFERRING TO, THERE WAS SEVERAL MAKERSPACE ADDITIONS THAT WERE IN THE BACK OF THE RESIDENTIAL HOUSES THAT YOU AUCTIONED OFF.
THOSE ARE PART OF THE RESIDENTIAL COMPLEX NOW AND NOT PART OF THIS ANYMORE.
AND THEN THE ONLY REAL DIFFERENCE IS THAT, SO THE PROPOSAL YOU SAW THAT THE KATCH BUILD WAS JUST A BLOCK MASSING WITH NO DETAIL WHATSOEVER.
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OF STANDING PEOPLE MOVING AROUND, LIKE EATING POPCORN AND CANDY AND STUFF IN IT.BUT THE HOUSE ON THE CORNER THAT'S NOT, THERE WAS KIND OF A BLOB THERE TO SAY, WE'RE GONNA BUILD A NEW BARN TYPE STRUCTURE, BUT NOW IT JUST SHOWS THAT HOUSE.
THAT'S REALLY THE ONLY, THAT THERE'S THAT DIFFERENCE THAN WE HAD, WHICH WE STILL MIGHT DO IN THE FUTURE, IS THAT BACK TWO HOUSES HAD EXPANSIONS IN THE BACK, WHICH WE'VE HEARD FROM A RB, ET CETERA, THAT IF WE COULD KEEP 'EM AS CLOSE TO HISTORICALLY ACCURATE AS POSSIBLE, THAT'S WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO DO.
SO THE BACK EXPANSIONS OF, AND I'M TERRIBLE AT ADDRESSES.
I'M SORRY, THE, I STILL, TO THIS DAY, YOU THINK I'D HAVE IT MEMORIZED.
I DON'T, THE TWO BACK EXPANSIONS AREN'T SHOWN THERE.
AND THERE'S A ONE RESTORATION THAT'S REALLY THE ONLY DIFFERENCE.
THE REST WAS KIND FLUFFY IMAGERY.
SO, YOU KNOW, LET'S BE HONEST, WHAT'S THERE NEEDS TO GO? AND THIS IS AN, A HUGE IMPROVEMENT OVER THAT.
SO WE PUT IN THE RFP, WE WERE GUESSING AT WHAT THE CITY WANTED TO DO WITH THEIR PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS.
OKAY? SO WE PUT A ARCHWAY, WE PUT CONNECTIVITY, WE PUT WALKABILITY, WE PUT PATHS.
THE PARKS IS THE PARKS, THE CITY'S DOING THE STREETS, THE SIDEWALKS.
THAT'S ALL INSIDE OF THE SCOPE.
THAT'S ACTUALLY, WE HAD TO RIP IT ALL OUT BECAUSE I CAN'T PRESENT THE WORK THAT YOUR TEAM'S DOING WITHOUT.
SO WHAT YOU'RE GONNA SEE IS AFTER WE APPROVE, YOU REALLY JUST LOOK AT THE STRUCTURES.
ONCE WE GET THE PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN, THEY HAVE TO MERGE TOGETHER, RIGHT? WHERE YOU'LL START TO SEE LIKE WHAT THE CITY'S DOING AND WHAT WE'RE DOING.
SO, PARKS, STREETS, SIGNAGE, EVEN LIGHTINGS ON YOUR PLAN.
SO LIKE IT HAS TO MERGE BACK TOGETHER.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? WE RIPPED ALL THAT STUFF OUT.
NOW IT'S REALLY JUST THE ISOLATED BUILDINGS SITTING THERE RIGHT NOW.
I, I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT IN THOSE THINGS OF, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU'RE DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND YOU'RE WORKING YOUR WAY THROUGH THE PROCESS.
AND FOR WHAT'S BEFORE US THIS EVENING IS THE CONCEPT PLAN, IS, IS THIS PLAN CONSISTENT WITH THE VISION THAT WE HAD, UH, WHEN WE INITIALLY STARTED OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT? AND I THINK THE POINT OF TONIGHT IS TO GIVE AN UPDATE AS TO WHERE WE ARE AND TO, UM, APPROVE THIS CONCEPT PLAN OF CONCEPTUALLY, NOT ARCHITECTURALLY AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS, BUT THE LAYOUT, THE MASSING, THE FEEL OF THE SPACE, THE LOCATION OF THE OPEN SPACE THAT WE SEE ON THE DRAWINGS.
IS THAT ALL IN THE RIGHT PLACE? MM-HMM.
SO WITH THAT, ARE THERE OTHER QUESTIONS? MM-HMM.
UM, FIRST AND FOREMOST, THIS IS THRILLING.
THIS IS GONNA BE BEAUTIFUL AND THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT EVERYBODY PUT IN TO RESTORE THESE BEAUTIFUL PROPERTIES AND GIVE THE CITY A, A REALLY NEW FOCAL AREA TO GO DOWN TO THE RIVER.
AND I ALWAYS TOLD MY HUSBAND, IF I EVER WON THE LOTTERY, I WOULD BUILD A RIVERFRONT RESTAURANT.
UM, SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
UH, WHEN IT COMES TO THE CONCEPT PLAN, UM, I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS BECAUSE IT'S NOT AS MUCH MAKER SPACE AS IT USED TO BE.
UM, AND IT, IT WASN'T VIABLE THAT WAY, AND THAT'S TOTALLY UNDERSTANDABLE.
UM, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT BRINGING PEDESTRIAN ACTIVITY TO THE PARK AREA AND ALSO TO RIVERVIEW VILLAGE AND TO KATCH TO THE RESTAURANT, AND HOPEFULLY MAYBE GET SOME STREET FAIRS AND SOME DEMONSTRATIONS AND THAT SORT OF THING.
AND IT COULD JUST BE THE CONCEPT IS SO, UM, UH, PRIMARY SO PRIMITIVE IN THE BEGINNING.
BUT, UM, IF THERE WERE MORE NODES, PLACEMAKING NODES, WHICH IS SOMETHING PLANNING AND ZONINGS IS ALWAYS LOOKING FOR, THAT ARE FLEXIBLE ENOUGH THAT IF YOU WERE TO HAVE A STREET FAIR OR DEMONSTRATIONS BY SOME OF YOUR ENTREPRENEURS, THAT YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO INCORPORATE AS MUCH OF THE STREET FACE AS POSSIBLE ADJACENT TO THE PARK, IT WOULD CREATE A LOT MORE, YOU KNOW, INTEREST ACTIVITY AND BRING PEDESTRIANS DOWN THERE TO DO MORE THAN JUST GO TO THE PARK.
SO FOR ME, UM, I LOVE THE, THE, UH, NORTHERN PLAZA.
UM, HOWEVER ELSE YOU COULD INCORPORATE THAT INTO THE HEADQUARTERS FRONTAGE.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN OR YOU CAN'T, YOU KNOW, IT SHOWED IT IN THE ORIGINAL MM-HMM.
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I'D RATHER SEE IT ON NORTH RIVERVIEW STREET THAN ON NORTH BLACKSMITH BECAUSE IT'S GONNA BE MORE PARKING.I THINK THOSE ARE MY THOUGHTS.
AND THE, AND THE ONLY OTHER ONE IS I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT WHEN IT COMES TO THE MASSING ON YOUR HEADQUARTERS BUILDING THAT IT'S NOT JUST THE VIEW FROM RIVERVIEW STREET NOT KNOWING HOW FAST THAT FALLS OFF.
I KNOW THAT I LOOK ACROSS THE RIVER AT THE Z BUILDING, AND EVEN THOUGH WE WERE TOLD THAT WE WOULD SEE MORE TREES AND THAT SORT OF THING, WE REALLY SEE A, A TALL FACE.
AND IF WE WANNA RES, IF YOU WANNA RESPECT THE TOPOGRAPHY, IF THERE'S A WAY TO, AND I KNOW YOU'VE DONE IT WITH A DECK, BREAK IT UP MORE SO THAT YOU GET A LOT MORE VIEWING SPACE OUT.
AND THEN THE VIEW FROM THE RIVER PEOPLE KAYAKING.
THAT'S AN ARCHITECTURAL THING.
BUT THAT WAS MY IMPRESSION IS THAT IT STILL SEEMED REALLY HARD AND STRONG AND DIDN'T SPEAK TO THE LAND.
SO, WELL, BUT BEFORE WE GET, BEFORE WE GET INTO THIS DISCUSSION, WE ARE GETTING INTO A PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING HERE.
AND, AND THIS IS NOT, THIS IS WHAT'S BEFORE US THIS EVENING.
I'LL REMIND US AGAIN, IS A CONCEPT PLAN.
SO I'M TALKING MASSING REALLY, I'M JUST TALKING MASSING AND OPEN SPACES AS WE'VE KIND OF TALKED ABOUT.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, SO, I MEAN, I DON'T WANNA GET INTO A PLANNING ZONE.
I MEAN, THOSE ARE JUST MY THOUGHTS ON MASSING, JUST SO, YEAH.
AND LAST THING THEN YOU GUYS, JUST SO YOU'RE CLEAR, IS THAT THERE IS NO LANDSCAPING PLAN IN HERE YET.
THERE IS NO, LIKE, THE TOP EASEMENT ABOVE THAT FIRST BUILDING IS THE CITY'S PROPERTY.
THE PUBLIC LANDING IS ACTUALLY A FAKE ONE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THE CITY'S DESIGNING THAT WITH US, WITH THE ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE, THE, THE PARK LANDING ABOVE US.
FAKE ONE BECAUSE THEY'RE WAITING FOR THAT.
AND I, I CAN, I WILL, I WILL BET YOU ANYTHING YOU WANT WHEN YOU SEE WHAT YOUR TEAM IS WORKING ON, YOU'LL BE THRILLED.
BUT I, I ASSURE YOU, YOU WILL ALL BE, IT IS AMA IT, IT IS AMAZING HOW IT ALL COMES TOGETHER.
IF I COULD ADD THE, THE SCOPE THIS EVENING IS FOCUSING ON THE PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT.
THERE IS A LOT OF WORK GOING ON BEHIND THE SCENES.
WE HAVE OUR STAFF TEAM, WE'VE ALSO BEEN WORKING WITH CONSULTANTS TRYING TO COORDINATE THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS.
AND SO THERE IS DEFINITELY AN INTERFACE AND AN INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE PRIVATE IMPROVEMENTS AND PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS.
AND YOU WILL BE SEEING THAT COMING DOWN THE LINE.
WE JUST AREN'T TO A POINT YET WHERE WE HAVE, UM, VISUALS OF PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS AS WELL.
AND THAT INCLUDES STREETS, UTILITIES, PARKS.
WE'RE UPDATING THE RIVERSIDE CROSSING PARK MASTER PLAN, AND THAT ALL PLAYS INTO THIS AREA AS WELL.
BUT YOU WILL SEE THAT DOWN THE, DOWN THE LINE.
BAAM, IF YOU COULD BACK UP TO YOUR SECOND SLIDE, I THINK THAT MIGHT BE HELPFUL AS A REMINDER OF WHERE WE ARE.
ONE, THE SECOND SLIDE ON THE, ON YOUR DECK.
SO, UM, SO THE CONSIDERATIONS, WHAT BEFORE THIS EVENING IS THE CONSISTENCY WITH THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, UH, THE CONSISTENCY WITH THE APPLICABLE CITY PLANS THAT STAFF IS WORKING ON, CONSISTENCY WITH THE CODE AND THE GUIDELINES.
UM, COHERENT ACCESS, CIRCULATION INFRASTRUCTURE, CONSISTENCY WITH THE HISTORIC CONTEXT AND SCALE.
SO I THINK THIS CONTEXT AND SCALE WAS THE WHY.
THE VIDEO WAS TO SHOW US WHAT IT WAS GOING TO FEEL LIKE, THE MATERIALS, THE, UM, FENESTRATIONS, THE RELIEF, ALL OF THOSE THINGS WILL CONTINUE WITH THE, BEFORE THE REZONING WITH THE A RB AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FOR THE PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN, AND THEN THE FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN.
SO COMMENTS ON THESE ITEMS. I, I JUST HAD ONE COMMENT.
I ACTUALLY LIKE THAT YOU DON'T HAVE ANY OF THE CITY STUFF IN THERE.
'CAUSE I THINK THAT COMPLICATES IT.
I ACTUALLY, MY ONE COMMENT ACTUALLY WAS THAT I THINK WE NEED, AS WE GO TO THE PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR PLAZA, THE NORTH IS JUST YOUR PART, NOT WHAT THE CITY'S GONNA DO, BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHEN OURS IS GONNA BE BUILT YET NECESSARILY, AND COMPARED TO YOURS.
SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE A COMPLETE PACKAGE ON YOUR PLAZA, ON YOUR PROPERTY, UM, THAT COULD STAND ALONE IF WHATEVER THE CITY'S GOING TO DO DOESN'T GET DONE WITH THOSE STAIRS AND AND WHATNOT.
SO I WOULD ACTUALLY SAY EVEN PULL BACK A LITTLE BIT MORE AND MAKE SURE IT'S JUST ON YOUR PARCELS.
UM, BECAUSE YEAH, WE DON'T KNOW HOW LONG OURS IS.
LINE PROJECT PLAN
SO WE HOPE THE TIMING COMES TOGETHER.
BUT I, I'M, I REALLY LIKE THE CONCEPT SUBJECT TO BUDGETS AND OTHER THINGS.
UM, GREAT WORK AND I'M QUITE IMPRESSED.
I JUST WOULD, UM, I GUESS I HAVE A QUESTION FOR BASSAM AS WE TALK ABOUT PARKING.
WAS THE DIVISION THAT THE PARKING GARAGE AS IT RELATES TO OVER BY THE LIBRARY, ET CETERA, WILL
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CONSUME SOME OF THIS PARKING? IS THAT PART OF THE CURRENT VISION? YEAH, SO OUR CONSULTANTS ARE LOOKING AT ALL THE DIFFERENT SCENARIOS THERE IN TERMS OF NOT JUST THE PARKING, BUT WHERE THE TRAFFIC IS COMING FROM, WHERE IT'S GOING TO, SO THAT THERE CAN BE SOME GOOD JUDGMENT AS TO WHAT MAY BE NEEDED AND ALSO WHETHER THERE'S ANY POTENTIAL FOR SOME ON STREET PARKING.'CAUSE FROM A FLOW PERSPECTIVE, THIS, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE GETS VERY DIFFICULT WITH THAT.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS BY COUNSEL? OKAY.
SO BE I, WE, WE GROSSLY INTERRUPTED YOUR PRESENTATION.
YOU HAVE THE BALANCE OF IT TO DO WITH THE CONDITIONS AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
SO IF YOU WANNA PICK UP, UM, AFTER THAT VIDEO AND DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD OTHER THAN, UM, WITHOUT THE, UH, OKAY.
SO THERE ARE, UM, FIVE CONDITIONS, UM, THAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU ACCESS TO THE PARKING, UH, DETAILS.
UH, TO YOUR QUESTION, KATHY, UH, INCLUDING A PARKING PLAN, BIKE PARKING BE PROVIDED AT THE PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN STAGE THAT THE SITE INFRASTRUCTURE DETAILS, FLOOD PLAIN MITIGATION IMPACTS PLAN AND TREE SURVEY TO THAT POINT, UM, PROVIDED AT THE PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN STAGE THAT THE BUILDING AND SITE DESIGN DETAILS INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, COLORS, TEXTURES, ROOF SCREENING AND TRASH ENCLOSURES BE REFINED AND PRESENTED.
UM, THAT THE APPLICANT ADDRESS ANY NEW ENCROACHMENT INTO THE WING HILL LANE RIGHT OF WAY AND COORDINATION WITH STAFF AND THAT THE APPLICANT BE AUTHORIZED TO UNDERTAKE AND COORDINATION WITH STAFF SELECTIVE REMOVAL, UNCOVERING OF BUILDING MATERIALS AT THE VARIOUS STRUCTURES IN ORDER TO INVESTIGATE THE ORIGINAL MATERIALS AND CONDITIONS.
SO I, UM, WILL ASK THE APPLICANT IF HE IS IN AGREEMENT WITH THOSE CONDITIONS AND HE HAS INDICATED THAT HE IN FACT IS.
SO WITH THAT, I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONCEPT PLAN WITH THE FIVE CONDITIONS.
UM, THEN, UH, LAST ITEM, ANOTHER BUSINESS BUSINESSES, THE MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT, TEMPORARY SIGNS.
WE SAW A PREVIEW OF THAT AND MATT IS GOING TO BRING FORWARD OUR STAFF REPORT.
ME, UH, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL? YES.
MR. SULLIVAN GAVE US A NICE LITTLE PRELUDE TO, UH, THIS REQUEST, UM, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE TOURNAMENT.
UM, MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT IS REQUESTING TEMPORARY SIGNS AS HE DEPICTED IN HIS PRESENTATION.
MODIFICATIONS OF CITY CODE REQUIREMENTS ARE TYPICALLY PERMITTED FOR THESE TEMPORARY OR FOR THESE SPECIAL EVENTS THROUGH THE COMMUNITY EVENT, UH, PERMITTING PROCESS ON A TEMPORARY BASIS.
THESE SIGNS WILL BE INSTALLED, UH, MAY 1ST OF THIS YEAR AND WILL BE REMOVED NO LATER THAN JUNE 14TH, WHICH IS A WEEK AFTER THE TOURNAMENT.
SO WITH THAT, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THESE SIGNS.
IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS ITEM ON OUR AGENDA? HEARING NONE COUNCIL QUESTIONS? DISCUSSION? NOPE.
I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE REQUESTED TEMPORARY SIGNS FOR THE MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT.
JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL MS. FOX? YES.
[CITIZEN COMMENTS]
THIS BRINGS US TO THE CITIZENS' COMMENTS PORTION OF OUR AGENDA.THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CITIZENS TO COMMENT ON ANY TOPIC THAT IS NOT ON THIS EVENING'S AGENDA.
AS A REMINDER, WE ASK THAT YOU PLEASE SIGN IN ON THE KIOSK JUST OUTSIDE OF CHAMBER, AND WE WILL RECOGNIZE YOU TO PROVIDE YOUR COMMENTS AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME.
LINDSAY, DO WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? UH, WE DO HAVE SEVERAL, UH, CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
UM, I BELIEVE BOMAR, UM, ASSISTANT LAW DIRECTOR HAS A FEW COMMENTS TO MAKE.
I JUST VERY, VERY BRIEFLY, I WAS ASKED TO ADDRESS KIND OF GENERALLY THE ROLE OF COUNCIL AND, AND SOME OF THE PARAMETERS, UH, INVOLVING PUBLIC COMMENTS.
I WANTED TO TAKE JUST A MOMENT TO DO THAT BEFORE WE JUMP IN.
UM, TIP GENERALLY AS, AS YOU ALL KNOW, CITY COUNCILS ARE CHARGED WITH REPRESENTING ALL CITY CONSTITUENTS AND UPHOLDING THE DO DUTIES OF THE LOCAL CHARTER.
UM, SO WE, WE WENT BACK AND LOOKED, UH, THROUGH, THROUGH HISTORICAL LEGISLATION.
WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO FIND ANY, UM, ANY LEGISLATION REGARDING ANYTHING RELATED TO NATIONAL OR INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS.
UM, THEN WE TOOK A LOOK AT THE DUBLIN REVISED CHARTER.
UH, IT NOTES THAT THE, THE CHARTER WAS, UH, CREATED TO SECURE THE BENEFITS OF, OF HOME RULE AND TO EXERCISE THAT THAT LOCAL SELF-GOVERNING POWER, UM, CONFIRMED CONFERRED BY THE, UH, STATE CONSTITUTION AND THE STATE LAWS.
UH, AND IT WAS ADOPTED ULTIMATELY FOR THE GOVERNING OF, OF THE CITY.
UM, SO THERE, THERE WAS NO REFERENCE THERE EITHER
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TO SORT OF EXTERNAL, UM, UH, AFFAIRS.UH, THE, THE SAME IS TRUE WITH SOME OF THE GENERAL POWERS THAT ARE, THAT THIS COUNCIL IS TASKED WITH UNDER ARTICLE TWO, UH, SECTIONS ONE AND TWO OF, OF THE REVISED CHARTER.
UM, ALSO IN, IN TERMS OF, UH, IN TERMS OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT, I KNOW THERE'S BEEN SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROCESS THERE.
AND, AND TYPICALLY THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO PROVIDE, PROVIDE COMMENT AS OPPOSED TO, UH, AS OPPOSED TO DISCUSSION.
UH, CERTAINLY CLARIFICATION QUESTIONS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE ARE ACCEPTABLE, BUT ANY, ANY SORT OF BACK AND FORTH, UH, TYPICALLY IS RESERVED FOR, UM, UH, TO BE ADDRESSED BY, BY STAFF OR THROUGH OTHER MEANS OUTSIDE OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.
UH, IT TRULY IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO MAKE COMMENTS ABOUT THINGS THAT ARE NOT ON THE AGENDA.
AND THEN FINALLY, THERE WAS A, A QUESTION RELATED TO TAX REVENUE AND WHERE THE TAX REVENUE OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN GOES AND DOESN'T GO.
UM, ALL OF THE CITY'S, ALL OF THE CITY'S TAX REVENUE REMAINS IN THE CITY AND IS USED TO SUPPORT THE DELIVERY OF, UH, HIGH QUALITY SERVICES TO THE RESIDENTS AND VISITORS OF THE COMMUNITY.
NOTHING GOES EXTERNALLY TO ANY OTHER, UM, UH, UH, NATIONAL OR, OR ANYWHERE ELSE.
SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A FEW COMMENTS BEFORE WE START A PUBLIC COMMENT.
UM, THERE'S A LITTLE BUTTON THERE THAT'LL TURN ON YOUR MICROPHONE, AND IF YOU COULD START BY PLEASE TELL SHARING WITH US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
UH, WE'D BE HAPPY TO HEAR YOUR THOUGHTS.
I LIVE AT 31 38 GREENHILL PLACE, DUBLIN 4 3 0 1 7.
UM, THANK YOU FOR LETTING US SPEAK.
WE ARE BACK, UM, 26 BILLION TO ISRAEL APPROVED BY THE US GOVERNMENT RECENTLY, MY TAX DOLLARS, MY MONEY THAT I EARNED.
I WORK AT RIVERSIDE HOSPITAL, SO MY MONEY THAT I EARNED RESTORING LIVES ARE SENT TO KILL AND TORTURE.
I DID NOT WANT TO BRING THESE STATISTICS UP AGAIN BECAUSE YOU ALL HAVE HEARD THEM SEVERAL TIMES, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, I HEARD THIS RECENTLY, AND I HAD TO BRING THIS UP BECAUSE OF KIND OF WHAT WE ARE, YOU KNOW, HERE TO, TO ASK OF THIS COUNCIL.
UM, THE STRIKES IN RAFA, WHICH IS THE ONLY SAFE ZONE, UM, THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE ONLY SAFE ZONE, CONTINUE A MOTHER AND A FATHER, AND THEIR 4-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER WAS KILLED BY AN ISRAELI AIRSTRIKE AND THE MOTHER WAS 30 WEEKS PREGNANT.
AN EMERGENCY C-SECTION WAS PERFORMED ON THE DEAD WOMAN AND HER CHILD WAS DELIVERED.
THIS IS AT THE EL EMIRATI HOSPITAL IN RAFA.
THAT NEWS FROZE MY BLOOD, THAT THIS IS HAPPENING IN THIS, IN THIS WORLD, AND, AND WE HAVE THE POWER TO STOP IT AND WE'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING.
THE REASON WE COME HERE TIME AND TIME AGAIN IS BECAUSE YOUR VOICE MATTERS.
YOU HAVE THE POWER TO LET OUR LEADERS IN WASHINGTON KNOW THAT YOU DO NOT APPROVE OF THIS CARNAGE, JUST LIKE OTHER CITIES HAVE DONE.
I ALSO WANT TO COMMENT IN ON STATEMENTS MADE BY THIS ESTEEMED COUNCIL WHEN IT WAS, UM, IN RESPONSE TO THE CITIZEN'S COMMENT ON LAST SESSION, WHEN IT WAS STATED THAT THE CITY OF DUBLIN WANTS ALL OF ITS PEOPLE SAFE.
THE TERM ALL WAS BROUGHT UP SEVERAL TIMES.
WHO ARE ALL THESE PEOPLE? DUBLIN IS A DIVERSE COMMUNITY OF DIFFERENT ETHNICITIES AND RELIGIONS.
I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHO IS FEELING SAFER WITH THIS WAR CONTINUING AND WHO IS FEELING UNSAFE WITH A CALL FOR A CEASEFIRE? WHICH ETHNICITY AND RELIGION IS FEELING SAFER AS CHILDREN ARE BEING SLAUGHTERED AND STARVED? ARE THE JEWS SAFER? ARE MUSLIMS SAFER? ARE HINDUS SAFER? ARE THE HOSTAGES THAT ARE BEING HELD SOMEWHERE IN, IN REZA, ARE THEY SAFER? IS ISRAEL SAFER? THE TRUTH IS, IS THAT NO ONE IS SAFE AS THIS WAR RAGES ON.
NOT MEN, NOT WOMEN, NOT CHILDREN, REPORTERS, HEALTHCARE WORKERS.
AND IF ANYONE FEELS SAFE AS CHILDREN, WOMEN AND INNOCENT MEN ARE MASSACRED AND STARVED, THEN THEY HAVE LOST THEIR HUMANITY.
MAY ALLAH PROTECT THE INNOCENT AMIN.
PLEASE COME FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS INTO THE RECORD.
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WAR ON ZA.IN THE PAST 24 HOURS, THE FOLLOWING HAS HAPPENED.
104 INJURED IN ZA AS ISRAEL COMMITS SIX MASSACRES IN THE LAST 24 HOURS, 283 AND COUNTING BODIES HAVE BEEN FOUND DELIBERATELY HIDDEN BY ISRAELI ARMY ACROSS FOUR MASS GRAVES IN THE NALED HOSPITAL, FOLLOWING THE ISRAELI'S BRUTAL SIEGE, THREE PALESTINIANS, INCLUDING A 19-YEAR-OLD AND AN ELDERLY WOMAN WERE SHOT BY THE ISRAELI OCCUPATIONAL FORCES IN THE WEST BANK AS THEY OPENED FIRE ON CARS IN THE HIGHWAY.
FOUR BAKERIES ARE NOW ABLE TO RESUME PRODUCTION IN NORTH ZA.
AFTER 170 DAYS OF BEING INOPERABLE, 700,000 PALESTINIANS ARE AFFECTED BY UNPRECEDENTED SPREAD OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN NORTH ZA.
THE UNITED STATES UNIVERSITIES HAVE BEEN CRACKING DOWN AND AUTHORIZED POLICE TO ARREST DOZENS OF STUDENTS PROTESTING AT COLUMBIA AND YALE TO DIVEST FROM COMPANIES PROFITING OFF THE GENOCIDE IN REZA, SPARKING SIMILAR PROTESTS ACROSS US CAMPUSES.
SO WE ASK YOU WITH ALL THESE EVENTS TO PASS A CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION.
HELLO, MY NAME IS LEAN ARI AND I LIVE AT 6 2 6 0 POST ROAD.
I'M GOING TO YOU A POEM BY THE PALESTINIAN POET, HAM ISH.
AND IF THEY ASK YOU ABOUT RAZA, TELL THEM IN IT THERE LIVES A MARTYR, NURSED BY A MARTYR, PHOTOGRAPHED BY A MARTYR, SET OFF BY A MARTYR, AND PRAYED FOR BY A MARTYR.
HOPEFULLY THIS SHOWS YOU JUST HOW HORRIBLE THINGS ARE, HOW NO ONE IS SPARED.
WE CAN'T TURN A BLIND EYE TO THE RUTHLESS SLAUGHTER OF CIVILIANS, JOURNALISTS, HEALTHCARE, AND AID WORKERS.
IT'S THE MOST HORRIBLE THING WE CAN DO WITH ALL OUR PRIVILEGE, ALL OUR FREEDOM.
WHY CAN'T WE STAND FOR WHAT'S RIGHT? OUR COMMUNITY IS IN PAIN.
YOU NEED TO DO YOUR PART IN COMFORTING US.
YOU NEED TO LET US KNOW THAT WE ARE RECOGNIZED AND FELT FOR BY YOU.
YOU NEED TO SHOW US THAT YOU CARE AND KNOW THAT WE'RE HURTING.
AND YOU NEED TO CALL FOR A CEASEFIRE FOR US, FOR THE WORLD.
IF YOU COULD PLEASE COME FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS INTO THE RECORD.
GOOD EVENING, PEGGY KELTY, 75 68 ASHLER COURT HERE IN DUBLIN.
UM, I ALSO WILL MENTION I'M SPEAKING AS A PRIVATE CITIZEN TONIGHT, UH, WHILE I AM A MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY INCLUSION ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
UM, AND I ALMOST DIDN'T COME TO SPEAK TONIGHT.
UM, 'CAUSE AS YOU KNOW, IN HILLIARD AT THE HILLIARD CITY COUNCIL MEETING THIS EVENING, THEY HAVE A DISCUSSION AND A RESOLUTION ON THE AGENDA THAT DENOUNCES VIOLENCE IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
I'M REALLY GLAD TO SEE OUR DUBLIN, UH, EXCUSE ME, OUR HILLIARD NEIGHBORS HAVING THAT DISCUSSION.
BUT AT, AT OUR THE LAST DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING, I SAID I WOULD BE BACK.
I WOULD LIKE TO KEEP MY WORD, UM, SEEING ALL THE YOUNG PEOPLE COMING TO SPEAK AGAIN.
I THINK THIS IS THE FOURTH MEETING IN A ROW.
THAT'S THE FOURTH REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING THEY'VE COME TO, TO SPEAK.
UH, IT REMINDED ME OF AN ASSIGNMENT I HAD WHEN I WAS 14, NINTH GRADE.
WE WERE ASKED TO WRITE A OPINION ARTICLE AND SEND IT TO THE EDITOR OF OUR LOCAL NEWSPAPER.
AND THAT WAS THE IN LAKE COUNTY, THE NEWS HERALD.
UM, MY LETTER WAS PUBLISHED AND IT SIMPLY WAS A LETTER ABOUT, UM, MY CONCERNS ABOUT THE ARMS RACE BETWEEN THE FORMER SOVIET UNION AND THE UNITED STATES AT THE TIME.
UM, AND THAT LETTER WAS PUBLISHED AND THAT LETTER STARTED A DIALOGUE IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO I'M, I'M REALLY PROUD OF ALL OF THESE KIDS HERE, CONTINUING A DIALOGUE FOR PEACE.
40 YEARS LATER, I WILL CONTINUE THE DIALOGUE FOR PEACE, UM,
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AND PROUD TO SAY THAT I RETAINED MY HUMANITY.UM, AGAIN, SPEAKING AS A PRIVATE CITIZEN, I WANNA SHARE THAT THE COMMUNITY INCLUSION ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
UM, WE HAD A DISCUSSION AROUND THIS AND I HAD, UM, IT WAS DAY 18 IN OCTOBER.
IT WAS OCTOBER 24TH, AND WE HAD HOPED THE CITY WOULD ISSUE A STATEMENT OF COMFORT AND PEACE 18 DAYS AFTER THE CONFLICT STARTED, OR NOW 199 DAYS IN STILL WAITING.
STILL HOPING YOU'LL PRODUCE A STATEMENT OF PEACE, A STATEMENT OF COMFORT THAT DIRECTLY ADDRESSES THE CONFLICT OCCURRING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE EAST AS THAT CONFLICT IMPACTS DUBLIN CITIZENS OF MANY DIFFERENT RELIGIONS.
UM, YOU'VE HEARD THIS NUMBERS AS OF APRIL 8TH OF 20 OF 2024, UH, OVER 35 4,000 PEOPLE KILLED, UH, PALESTINIANS, MAKING UP THE MAJORITY, 1400 ISRAELIS AT LEAST OVER 224 HUMANITARIAN AID WORKERS.
COUNTLESS NUMBERS IN THE HEALTHCARE WORKFORCE, AND IT'S ESTIMATED THAT 90% OF THE CASUALTIES IN GAZA HAVE BEEN CIVILIANS, WOMEN AND CHILDREN.
UM, THIS PAST WEEKEND I WAS INVITED TO A DINNER.
IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL WEEKEND TO GO OUT WITH FRIENDS AND AT THE TABLE WERE PEOPLE I DIDN'T KNOW.
PEOPLE OF MANY DIFFERENT FAITHS.
THE COUPLE I WAS SEATED NEXT TO HAPPENED TO BE A JEWISH COUPLE, UM, VERY INVOLVED IN THEIR FAITH COMMUNITY, AND WE HAD A REALLY CANDID CONVERSATION.
WE DIDN'T AGREE ON EVERYTHING, BUT THERE WAS DIALOGUE WHILE WE BROKE BREAD TOGETHER.
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE MORE OF THAT HAPPEN HERE.
UM, I APPRECIATED THEIR PERSPECTIVE AND THEIR INPUT.
I APPRECIATED PEOPLE COMING TOGETHER TO TELL THEIR STORIES AND TO CONTINUE TO CALL FOR PEACE.
LIKE OUR FRIENDS IN HILLIARD ARE DOING THIS EVENING, I HOPE YOU WILL COME TOGETHER AND CONTINUE TO HAVE DIALOGUE WITH YOUR CONSTITUENTS ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND ADOPT A CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION CALLING FOR THE RETURN OF HOSTAGES AND THE END TO THE VIOLENCE IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
IF YOU'D PLEASE COME FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS INTO THE RECORD.
ESMA DEJANI, 62 60 POST ROAD, DUBLIN, OHIO, 4 3 0 1 7.
IF YOU ARE NEUTRAL IN A SITUATIONS OF INJUSTICE, YOU HAVE CHOSEN THE SIDE OF THE OPPRESSOR.
THIS IS A SAYING BY DESMOND TOTO, WHO WAS THE BISHOP OF THE, UH, SOUTH AFRICAN CAPE TOWN, UM, UH, CHURCH.
I WOULD LIKE YOU TO, I'M GONNA REPEAT THIS AGAIN.
IF YOU ARE NEUTRAL IN A SITUATION OF INJUSTICE, YOU HAVE CHOSEN THE SIDE OF THE OPPRESSOR.
HILLARD CITY COUNCIL JUST PASSED THEIR RESO, THEIR RESOLUTION.
I WAS REALLY HOPING THAT DUBLIN WOULD ALWAYS BE IN THE LEAD.
NEXT, RAYA HIRI, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE COME FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS INTO THE RECORD.
IF HAD IS A PALESTINIAN WRITER AND A PROFESSOR WHO WAS KILLED BY A TARGET AIRSTRIKE, I WOULD LIKE TO READ YOU A POEM BY HIM NAMED IT.
IF I'M MUST DIE, IF I'M MUST DIE, YOU MUST LIVE TO TELL MY STORY, TO SELL MY THINGS, TO BUY A PIECE OF CLOTH AND SOME STRINGS MAKE IT WHITE WITH A LONG TAIL SO THAT A CHILD SOMEWHERE IN
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SEES THE KITE.MY KITE YOU MADE FLYING UP ABOVE.
AN ANGEL'S THERE BRINGING BACK LOVE.
IF I'M MUST DIE, LET IT BRING HOPE.
IF YOU COULD PLEASE COME FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS INTO THE RECORD.
I LIVE AT 5 5 8 9 NEWMORE PLACE.
I SPOKE FOR THREE WHOLE MINUTES DISCUSSING THE INHUMANE ACT BEING COMMITTED IN THE GAZA STRIP.
I CAME UP TO THIS VERY PODIUM AND TALKED TO YOU, MY ELECTED OFFICIALS, ABOUT THE ATROCITIES THAT ARE BEING COMMITTED AGAINST MY FELLOW PALESTINIANS AND GAZA.
I WAS NERVOUS TO TALK TO YOU AND DELIVERED MY SPEECH WITH A SHAKE TO MY VOICE.
I ADDRESSED YOU WITH KINDNESS AND RESPECT.
THE MORE, THE MAJORITY OF WHICH I'VE LOST SINCE THEN.
I GAVE YOU EVERYTHING THAT I HAD AND YOU RESPONDED WITH, AND I QUOTE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PASSION.
SPEAKING TO DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL IS NOT MY PASSION.
WE LEFT THIS VERY ROOM DISCOURAGED AND ANGRY.
A GROUP OF KIDS COMES IN BRAVE ENOUGH TO TALK TO OUR REPRESENTATIVES, AND ALL YOU GAVE US WAS THIS ILL THOUGHT OUT RESPONSE.
THEN TWO WEEKS LATER, WE BROUGHT IN OUR PARENTS, OUR MENTORS AND OUR LEADERS.
WE THOUGHT THAT IF YOU DIDN'T LISTEN TO US, YOU WOULD LISTEN TO THEM.
THEY SPENT OVER AN HOUR DELIVERING THEIR SPEECHES.
THEY GAVE YOU HORROR STORY AFTER HORROR STORY OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE GAZA STRIP.
YOU STARED AT THEM WITH NO EXPRESSION AND NO EMOTION.
WE TOLD YOU STORY AFTER STORY.
WE TALKED ABOUT DEATH, DESTRUCTION, AND BOMBING.
MANY PEOPLE BROKE DOWN CRYING BECAUSE WHAT THEY WERE SAYING WAS JUST SO HEARTBREAKING.
YOU CALLED US ONE AFTER THE OTHER.
JUST WANTING TO GET THIS OVER WITH SO YOU CAN DISCUSS THE MORE IMPORTANT THINGS ON YOUR AGENDA.
YOU STARED AT US AS IF WE WERE CRAZY.
YOU REFERRED US TO A MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE.
THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH US.
WE'RE CALLING TO A STOP TO THE KILLING AND THE BOMBING.
ANYONE WHO ISN'T AFFECTED BY THE KILLING OF OVER 35,000 INNOCENT CIVILIANS IS THE ONE WHO SHOULD BE REFERRED, REFERRED TO THE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES.
THEN TWO WEEKS AFTER THAT, WE SHOWED UP ONCE MORE, DETERMINED TO GET OUR MESSAGE ACROSS.
I WAS SO INFURIATED BY YOUR HEARTLESS RESPONSE IN THE MEETING PRIOR THAT I DECIDED TO COME UP AND SPEAK AGAIN.
I PICKED APART THE MAYOR'S RESPONSE BIT BY BIT, REFUTING EVERY ARGUMENT SHE HAD MADE AS TO WHY YOU COULDN'T CALL FOR A CEASEFIRE.
SHE STARED AT ME BLANKLY, SLIGHTLY TAKEN ABACK, THE SLIGHTLY TAKEN ABACK THAT ANYONE DARED TO QUESTION HER.
SHORTLY AFTER SHE DELIVERED THE SAME RESPONSE.
THIS TIME CHANGING UP A FEW WORDS, MAYOR GROOM SAID, AND I QUOTE, WE AS CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE CHARGED WITH REPRESENTING ALL OF OUR CONSTITUENTS.
AND QUOTE, IT'S GOOD THAT AS THE MAYOR OF THIS PRESTIGIOUS CITY, YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT YOUR JOB ENTAILS.
HOWEVER, CLEARLY YOU DO NOT PRACTICE WHAT YOU PREACH.
YOU SAY THAT YOU ARE CHARGED WITH REPRESENTING US.
MAYBE YOU SHOULD PUT ACTIONS TO WORDS AND ACTUALLY DO SO REPRESENT EVERY PERSON IN THIS ROOM BY CALLING FOR A CEASEFIRE.
ANYBODY CAN SAY THAT THEY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
I COULD GO OVER TO THE NEAREST HOSPITAL RIGHT NOW AND SAY THAT I COULD PERFORM OPEN HEART SURGERY, BUT UNTIL I PROVE IT, THESE ARE MERELY JUST CLAIMS. UNTIL YOU, THE MAYOR DECIDES TO TRULY REPRESENT US.
THESE ARE MERELY JUST CLAIMS TO BE TAKEN WITH A GRAIN OF SALT.
SO PROVE IT, REPRESENT US AND CALL FOR A CEASE FIRE.
YOU THEN SAID, AND I QUOTE, WE SHARE YOUR DESIRE FOR PEACE.
CLEARLY, YOU DO NOT SHARE THIS DESIRE THROUGH REFUSING TO PASS A RESOLUTION, CALLING FOR A CEASEFIRE.
THE ONLY THING YOU DESIRE IS DEATH AND DESTRUCTION, AND KNOW THAT PEACEFUL DOES NOT SHOW THAT YOU DESIRE PEACE.
IF YOU TRULY SHARED OUR DESIRE FOR PEACE, THEN WHY AREN'T YOU CALLING FOR A CEASEFIRE RIGHT NOW? WHEN IT MATTERS, THE MAYOR OF DUBLIN CONTINUOUSLY MAKES CLAIMS THAT SHE CANNOT BACK.
YOU CLAIM TO SHARE OUR DESIRE FOR PEACE, BUT BY FAILING TO CALL FOR AN END OF A WAR AND A GENOCIDE, YOU ARE PROVING YOURSELF WRONG.
THE MAYOR ALSO SAID, AND I QUOTE, OUR FOCUS REMAINS ON PROVIDING A SAFE AND INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL END QUOTE, I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT THOSE BEING BOMBED AND GAZA RIGHT NOW DO NOT FEEL SAFE.
I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT ME AS A PALESTINIAN AMERICAN LIVING IN DUBLIN, I DO NOT FEEL SAFE BECAUSE MY ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE FAILING TO RECOGNIZE ME AND THE CONFLICT THAT IS TEARING APART MY HOMELAND, I DO NOT FEEL INCLUDED.
BY FAILING TO ADDRESS THE NEED FOR A CEASEFIRE, YOU ARE ALIENATING PEOPLE WHO LOOK LIKE ME AND MAKING US FEEL INFERIOR TO OTHERS AROUND US.
BY FAILING TO CALL FOR PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST, YOU ARE SETTING THE PRESIDENT THAT THE CITY OF DUBLIN ONLY CARES ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE DUBLIN BUBBLE.
TO END YOUR RESPONSE, YOU SAID, AND I QUOTE WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO OTHER BUSINESS END QUOTE.
THIS WAS EXTREMELY INSENSITIVE.
YOU, THIS WAS EXTREMELY INSENSITIVE OF YOU TO STATE.
BY DOING SO, YOU DISCREDITED ALL OF OUR WORDS AND ANY PROGRESS WE BELIEVED WE HAD MADE.
I ALSO HATE TO BREAK IT TO YOU, BUT UNTIL A CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION IS PASSED, THIS IS BUSINESS.
WE WILL NOT SIT HERE SILENTLY WHILE CHILDREN LIKE MYSELF
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ARE BEING BLOWN INTO BITS.THERE WILL BE NO BUSINESS AS NORMAL UNTIL OUR NEEDS ARE MET.
I REFUSE TO BE COMPLICIT IN A GENOCIDE, AS SHOULD YOU.
UH, THIS ISN'T EVEN ON THE PAPER, BUT AS YOU RECENTLY HEARD, THE CITY OF, UH, HILLIARD JUST PASSED THE CEASE FIRE RESOLUTION.
IT WAS ONLY THEIR SECOND TIME GOING TO A MEETING, AND THEY ALREADY HAD IT ON THE AGENDA TO PASS IT, AND THEY PASSED IT FORWARD TO TWO.
UM, I WAS EXPECTING, BUT THAT BY THE FOURTH MEETING, THE CITY OF DUBLIN WOULD'VE BEAT HILLIARD TO IT.
UM, I'M JUST GONNA END WITH THIS.
UH, I I URGE YOU TO AT LEAST GIMME A BETTER RESPONSE THAN WHAT HAS BEEN GIVEN AT PREVIOUS MEETINGS.
UH, PLEASE DO BETTER AND REPRESENT THOSE WHO ELECTED YOU.
FOLLOW IN THE STEPS OF OTHER CITIES CALLING FOR AN END TO THE WAR AND GENOCIDE.
REPRESENT US AND CALL FOR A PERMANENT AND IMMEDIATE CEASEFIRE NOW.
IF YOU COULD PLEASE STEP FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS INTO THE RECORD.
MY NAME IS SAM ZAN, 6 2 9 6 ROSS BEND, 4 3 0 1 6.
UM, I KNOW THIS ISSUE MIGHT SEEM, UM, FAR FETCHED BECAUSE IT'S SO FAR ACROSS THE WORLD, UM, BUT I WANTED TO GIVE YOU GUYS A, UH, PERSONAL EXPERIENCE OF SOMEONE FROM REZA THAT ACTUALLY GOT A CHANCE TO SEE DUBLIN.
UM, AND SO THIS, UH, THIS YOUNG BOY, 16 YEARS OLD WAS NAMED, AND HE'S FROM THE CITY OF UNIS IN THE SOUTHERN REGION OF ZA.
HE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF, UM, VISITING DUBLIN, OHIO, UM, ON A MEDICAL TREATMENT, UH, FOR HIS PROSTHETIC LEG THROUGH PCRF.
UM, AND IN HIS FOUR WEEKS, UM, LAST SUMMER, THE SUMMER OF 2023, UH, WE GOT TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME WITH HIM AND I JUST WANTED TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT OF THAT WITH YOU.
SO ABDULLAH WAS BORN AND RAISED IN UNI, UM, AND HE'S A VERY, VERY PASSIONATE 16-YEAR-OLD.
UM, HIS DREAM WAS TO PLAY SOCCER PROFESSIONALLY, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, DUE TO CHILDHOOD CANCER AND THE LACK OF MEDICAL RESOURCES IN RAZA, HE HAD TO HAVE AN ABOVE KNEE AMPUTATION LEAVING HIM ON CRUTCHES UNTIL HE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME TO THE UNITED STATES FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT.
UM, FAST FORWARDING TO THE SUMMER OF 2023, WHEN HE DID ARRIVE, UM, TO THE CITY OF DUBLIN FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT, HE WAS PRIVILEGED TO STAY AT IT IN WITH A BEAUTIFUL FAMILY WHO LIVES JUST NORTH OF THE COLUMBUS ZOO.
UM, WHEN I FIRST PICKED UP ABDULLAH FROM HIS APPOINTMENT, UM, FOR HIS PROSTHETIC, I TOOK HIM STRAIGHT TO BRIDGE PARK SO HE COULD SEE THE, THE BEAUTIFUL POTENTIAL THAT THIS CITY HAS AND THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT THIS CITY HAS TO SEE.
WHEN I FIRST TOOK HIM TO INDIAN RUN FALLS, AS WE STROLLED THROUGH THE PATH, HE LOOKED AT ME AND TOLD ME THAT THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME IN HIS ENTIRE LIFE THAT HE HAD EVER SEEN GREENERY, LIKE THE GREENERY THAT WE HAVE HERE IN DUBLIN.
UH, HE LOVED THE CITY OF DUBLIN AND BEGGED ME TO HELP HIM STAY SO HE COULD CALL IT HIS NEW HOME.
UM, SO THE QUESTION IS, WHERE IS ABDULLAH NOW? ABDULLAH IS CURRENTLY SITTING IN A PLASTIC MAKESHIFT TENT ON THE SHORE OF HANES IN A, IN A PLACE IN A REGION CALLED ALMO.
AND HE'S SITTING THERE WITH HIS FAMILY AS HE TEXTS ME, THAT HE'S ON HIS LAST CAN OF TUNA WITH NO WATER, NO FOOD, AND NO HOPE.
UM, HOW DO I KNOW THIS? SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE WAR, I'VE TRIED TO MESSAGE HIM, UH, EVERY SO OFTEN JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT HE'S ALIVE.
UM, AND DUE TO THEIR LACK OF INTERNET, I SOMETIMES WONDER WHETHER I WILL RECEIVE A RESPONSE OR WHETHER I SHOULD ASSUME THAT THE WORST HAS HAPPENED.
AND NOW HE MESSAGES ME BEGGING FOR HIS LIFE, BEGGING FOR US AS A COMMUNITY TO HELP IN ANY WAY THAT WE CAN, BEGGING FOR US TO COME UP WITH FUNDS TO BE ABLE TO GET HIM THROUGH THE EGYPTIAN BORDER, BEGGING FOR US TO PROVIDE ANY AID THAT WE CAN.
AND I'M HERE TODAY TO ASK YOU THAT WHILE WE MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO RESCUE HIM FROM THE HORRORS OF THE WAR THAT HE HAS TO FACE EVERY SINGLE DAY, WONDERING WHETHER THE NEXT ROCKET WILL LAND ON HIS HEAD, WE CAN USE OUR VOICE TO MAKE SMALL CHANGES IN POLICY THAT HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO CHANGE THE COURSE OF HISTORY AND BRING SMALL RELIEF TO THOSE WHO ARE SUFFERING.
I ASK YOU TODAY AS A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF DUBLIN, AS AN ALUMNI OF DUBLIN, JEROME HIGH SCHOOL.
I'VE LIVED HERE MY ENTIRE LIFE, AND I UNDERSTAND THE POTENTIAL AND THE BEAUTY THAT THIS CITY HAS TO OFFER.
AND I ASK YOU TO CALL FOR IMMEDIATE AND PERMANENT CEASE FIRE AND TO USE YOUR POWER TO BRING ABOUT RELIEF TO ABDULLAH IN THE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF OTHER KIDS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN HIS SITUATION.
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THANK YOU, LINDSAY.IF YOU'D PLEASE COME FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS INTO THE RECORD.
WELL, WE'RE GONNA NEED YOU TO COME FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS INTO THE RECORD, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO HEAR YOUR COMMENTS.
I'M, UH, OMAR, UH, AB I, UH, RESIDE IN 5 5 8 9 NEWTON MOORE PLACE.
SO I JUST WANT TO LIKE TO SAY LIKE, UH, EVERYBODY ELSE TO, UH, CONSIDER TO, UH, PASSING, UH, PERMANENT, UH, CEASEFIRE AND GAZA TO BRING PEACE FOR, FOR, FOR EVERYBODY.
IF YOU PLEASE COME FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS INTO THE RECORD.
SO AS THE COUNCIL HAS ALREADY HEARD FROM MANY OF THESE PEOPLE, POTENTIALLY MANY OF DIFFERENT, MANY OF DIFFERENT TIMES, I'D LIKE TO KIND OF BRING THE ISSUE AND WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO US, ESPECIALLY AS A COMMUNITY AND AS DUBLIN CITY ITSELF.
EARLY IN LAST OCTOBER WHEN THIS WHOLE THING STARTED, THERE WERE ATTEMPTS BY FLORIDA'S GOVERNMENT TO BAN SJP OR THE STUDENTS FOR JUSTICE IN PALESTINE ORGANIZATIONS FROM MULTITUDE OF DIFFERENT CAMPUSES.
THIS WAS FORTUNATELY ROLLED BACK LATER ON IN OCTOBER, A CHILD WAS STABBED 26 TIMES AND THIS WAS RULED AS A HATE CRIME BECAUSE OF HIS BEING PALESTINIAN.
LATER ON, THREE STUDENTS IN VERMONT IN NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR WERE SHOT BECAUSE THEY WERE WEARING THE KFI, WHICH WE SEE A FEW PEOPLE HERE ARE WEARING AS WELL.
EARLIER THIS YEAR AT OSU STUDENTS HAVE ALREADY SPOKEN OUT ABOUT HOW THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY IS DOWNPLAYING THEIR REQUESTS OR THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT THEIR OWN SAFETY.
SOMETHING AGAIN, WHICH, WHICH THIS COUNCIL HAS REFERENCED, THAT IT TAKES IMPORTANCE IN.
IN ADDITION, THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY ACTUALLY REMOVED AN INITIATIVE AND BLOCKED A VOTE THAT WAS GOING TO BE VOTED ON BY THE STUDENT GOVERNMENT BODY ITSELF.
AND NOW, ONLY A FEW DAYS AGO, WE HEAR THAT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HAS EXPELLED ITS STUDENT OR SOME STUDENTS, UH, FROM THE DORM AND POTENTIALLY FROM THE UNIVERSITY ITSELF WITHOUT ANY EXPLANATION.
WHEN WE SEE THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT CONTINUE TO FUND ISRAEL BY SENDING THEM MONEY AND AND WEAPONS, THIS SENDS A MESSAGE WHEN WE CONTINUE TO SEE STATES AND STATE LEGISLATURES BLOCK OR REFUSE TO SPEAK OR PASS CEASEFIRE RESOLUTIONS ON THIS ISSUE, THIS SENDS A MESSAGE WHEN MUNICIPALITIES REFUSE TO SPEAK ON THIS ISSUE OR REFUSE TO, UH, PASS THESE RESOLUTIONS, THIS SENDS A MESSAGE.
ALL OF THESE EVENTS THAT I'VE, OR THESE ACTIONS THAT I HAVE DEMONSTRATED TO YOU TODAY, I HAVE SPOKEN ON TODAY, ARE A RESULT OF PEOPLE HEARING THESE MESSAGES.
SO THE ASK IS FOR DUBLIN TO SEND A MESSAGE, TO SEND THE MESSAGE THAT IT SUPPORTS, AND TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION FOR A PERMANENT AND IMMEDIATE IN CEASEFIRE, UH, FOR THE PEOPLE OF GAZA TO SUPPORT, UH, AND TAKE A HUMANITARIAN STANCE ON THIS ISSUE THAT AS WE HAVE HEARD TODAY, AFFECT SO MANY PEOPLE HERE WHO MAY BE STUDENTS AT OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WHO MAY BE STUDENTS AT OTHER UNIVERSITIES, AND TO TAKE A STAND AND TO USE THE VOICE THAT DUBLIN HAS TO SEND THE RIGHT MESSAGE.
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THANK YOU, LINDSAY.NEXT, AL SOHAIL IDRIS, WELCOME.
IF YOU COULD PLEASE COME FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS INTO THE RECORD.
MY NAME IS MANAL SORES AND MY ADDRESS IS 4 4 1 1 LIMERICK LANE, DUBLIN, OHIO, 4 3 0 1 7.
UM, AS I CAME TO THE MEETING TODAY, UM, I WANTED TO SHARE THAT I'VE BEEN IN DUBLIN FOR 15 YEARS, UM, AND, UH, BEFORE MOVING TO DUBLIN, I WAS IN GREENVILLE, OHIO.
SO I USED TO DRIVE TWO HOURS EVERY OTHER DAY TO DECIDE WHETHER I TAKE MY YOUNG FAMILY TO DUBLIN, UPPER ARLINGTON OR NEW ALBANY AND DUBLIN.
AND I'M VERY GRATEFUL TO ALL OF YOU FOR MAKING THIS CITY A WONDERFUL PLACE FOR YOUNG FAMILIES OR FAMILIES LIKE MYSELF WHERE WE CAN HAVE A CHILDREN GROW IN A VERY SAFE ENVIRONMENT.
UM, AS I WALKED IN TODAY, I'M GLAD THAT OUR, UH, WE HA WE GOT TO SEE THE WORKING OF THE COUNCIL AS WELL.
UM, SO 4,000, UH, 5,472 TREES WILL BE PLANTED IN DUBLIN.
AND I WAS TOUCHED TO SEE HOW MOST OF YOU WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THE TRAINER TO KNOW ABOUT HOW TO PRUNE TREES AND SO THAT THE DISEASE FROM THE SOUTH WOULD NOT CARRY ON TO, UH, OUR BEAUTIFUL CITY.
AND OUR TAX MONEY IS DOING A WONDERFUL JOB BECAUSE WE DO SEE A LOT OF GREENERY.
THE FALL IS GREAT, BUT AT THE SAME TOKEN WHILE I WAS LISTENING TO THAT, IT MADE ME WONDER THE SAME TAX MONEY CAN, UH, DESTROY CENTURY OLD OLIVE TREES, WHICH HAVE BEEN NURTURED NOT 40 YEARS AGO, NOT 10 YEARS AGO, BUT CENTURIES AGO BY GENERATIONS.
AND NOT ONLY THOSE TREES ARE BEING DESTROYED BY OUR TAX MONEY, THE GENERATION IS ALSO BEING WIPED OFF.
AND, UM, I APPRECIATE THE ROLE THAT THE DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL HAS, UM, PLAYED IN TAKING A STANCE AGAINST A GLOBAL POLITICAL SITUATION.
UH, IN MARCH, 2022, THE BEAUTIFUL PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE WAS, UM, LIT BY YELLOW AND BLUE COLORS SHOWING SOLIDARITY FOR THE PEOPLE OF UKRAINE.
AND OUR GOVERNOR SENT OUT A MESSAGE THAT 40,000 UKRAINIANS ARE HOME IN OHIO AND WE NEED TO SO SOLIDARITY TOWARDS THEM.
I WAS ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO WAS AT THE BRIDGE.
UM, BUT UM, I WAS GOING THROUGH SOME FIGURES.
SO IT IS, UM, THE WORLD POPULATION REVIEW.
2024 STATES THAT IN OHIO THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 1000, UH, SORRY, 121,000 MUSLIM POPULATION.
UM, AND THEY'RE CLOSE TO MORE THAN 10,000 PALESTINIAN AMERICANS.
THE BRIDGE HAS NOT GONE ANY COLOR.
UM, I WOULD REQUEST THE COUNCIL TO, UH, YOU KNOW, THE TAX MONEY THAT WE ALL PAY.
YOU PAY IT, THESE GUYS PAY IT, I PAY IT.
I DON'T PAY MY TAX TO KILL A MOTHER.
I DO NOT PAY MY TAX TO KILL A BABY.
I WANT MY TAX DOLLAR TO GO TO THAT HOMELESS CHILD OR THAT SINGLE MOM IN DUBLIN WHO IS STRUGGLING.
AND I KNOW OF MANY SINGLE PARENTS WHO ARE STRUGGLING IN DUBLIN.
WE WOULD THINK THAT WE LIVE IN A VERY AFFLUENT BUBBLE.
WE DON'T, OUR HIGH SCHOOLS ARE AT A SHORTAGE OF SCIENTIFIC CALCULATORS.
IT'S 180 OR $200 WORTH OF A THING, BUT OUR TAX MONEY IS NOT GOING THERE.
AND I WANT TO MAKE IT VERY CLEAR THAT I'M APPRECIATIVE.
I CAME EARLIER AND I SAW ALL THE BEAUTIFUL DESIGNS THAT OUR CITY IS GOING TO ADOPT AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT TO ENJOY WITH MY CHILDREN, BUT I WANT MY TAX MONEY TO DEVELOP AND NOT TO KILL.
AND THEN THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE I DO WANNA BRING TO YOUR NOTICE.
UH, WHAT I HAVE EXPERIENCED SINCE OCTOBER, AND IT HAS ALARMED ME.
THERE'S AN ELEMENT OF FEAR WHICH HAS BEEN CREATED.
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TO RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU HAVE EXPERIENCED FEAR OR RELUCTANCE IN TALKING ABOUT THE ONGOING GENOCIDE.YOU SEE ALL THE HANDS RAISED AND I RAISE MY HAND ALSO.
SO WHY IS THIS FEAR BEING CREATED? THIS IS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
WE UNLEARNED A LOT OF THINGS IN THE CIVIL WAR.
SO ARE WE AGAIN, GOING THROUGH A PROCESS OF UNLEARNING ALL THE LESSONS THAT WE LEARNED? SO THAT'S SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT BECAUSE FEAR AND UNITED STATES OF AMERICA DO NOT GO HAND IN HAND.
I WANT THE PROCESS OF DEMOCRACY TO SUPPORT A DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE CONSTITUENTS AND THE ELECTED OFFICIALS, WHICH WHO YOU ALL ARE.
AND I WOULD LIKE, WELL, I'M NOT GONNA READ.
SO WHAT I, I WOULD APPRECIATE.
I WANT YOU GUYS TO, I DO UNDERSTAND IT'S A TRICKLE DOWN.
WE, WE HAVE FIVE MINUTES FOR EACH.
I'LL JUST TAKE 30 MINUTES TO WIND UP.
THANK YOU FOR REMINDING ME THAT.
SO, UM, I DO WANT THE COUNCIL TO TAKE A MOMENT AND THINK, YES, IT HAS TO COME FROM ABOVE.
WE UNDERSTAND POLITICS, BUT HILLARD HAS DONE IT.
AND IF I HAVE TAKEN OATH, THEN IT'S MY TEST WHETHER I'M GONNA WAIT FOR THE ORDERS OR I'M GONNA DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
SO I WOULD REQUEST MS. CRAM, MS. FOX, MR. RENA, MR. KEILA, MS. ROSA, WE MAYOR OTTO AND, UH, MAYOR EROS, GROOMS THAT.
YOU ARE IN A POSITION TO DO SOMETHING.
ARE YOU GONNA DO IT LIKE YOU LIT THE BRIDGE WITH THE COLORS OF UKRAINE? I WAS THERE.
ARE YOU GONNA DO SOMETHING ABOUT, UH, THE AGENDA THAT WE ARE TALKING TODAY? THANK YOU AND I DO APPRECIATE ALL THE EFFORTS THAT THE CITY OF DUBLIN IS DOING FOR THE RESIDENTS.
NEXT, THOSE ARE ALL THE CITIZENS WHO HAVE SIGNED IN TO SPEAK ON THIS TOPIC.
I DID WANNA LET COUNSEL KNOW WE DID RECEIVE FOUR COMMENTS PRIOR TO THE MEETING, WHICH WILL BE SHARED WITH COUNCIL ON THIS TOPIC.
IF THERE ARE, IF THERE ARE NO OTHERS SIGNED IN TO SPEAK, WANT THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK THIS EVENING.
UM, I WILL JUST SAY THAT ON BEHALF OF MY FELLOW CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, I WANNA THANK EACH OF YOU FOR ATTENDING THIS MEETING AND PROVIDING YOUR HEARTFELT COMMENTS.
THE ONGOING SITUATION IN GAZA WEIGHS HEAVILY ON OUR HEARTS AND YOUR PERSONAL STORIES AND PERSPECTIVES SERVE AS POWERFUL REMINDERS OF THE PROFOUND IMPACT THAT OVERSEAS CONFLICTS HAVE ON OUR CONSTITUENTS HERE IN DUBLIN.
AS OUR ASSISTANT LAW DIRECTOR ASSERTED EARLIER IN THE EVENING, PUBLIC COMMENT IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO INFORM CITY COUNCIL ABOUT THEIR VIEWS, WHICH COUNCIL TAKES INTO CONSIDERATION IN ITS DECISION MAKING PROCESS.
COUNCIL MEMBERS SHOULD NOT ENGAGE IN ANY DIALOGUE DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT AND SHOULD GENERALLY REFRAIN FROM SPEAKING DURING THIS PORTION OF THE MEETING.
WITH THAT SAID, WE SINCERELY APPRECIATE YOUR PARTICIPATION AND WE WILL NOW PROCEED, UM, WITH STAFF COMMENTS FOR OUR CLOSURE OF OUR MEETING THIS EVENING.
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WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO YOU, MEGAN, FOR STAFF COMMENTS.GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, I JUST HAVE A FEW BRIEF COMMENTS.
THIS WEEK MARKS NATIONAL VOLUNTEER WEEK, SO WE COULDN'T LET IT GO BY WITHOUT SAYING THANK YOU TO OUR THOUSANDS OF VOLUNTEERS, INCLUDING BOARD AND COMMISSION MEMBERS WHO GIVE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF HOURS TO THE CITY.
ITS PROGRAMS, EVENTS, AND INITIATIVES.
WE COULD NOT DO WHAT WE DO WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF ALL OF OUR VOLUNTEERS, MAY 4TH IS A BIG DAY FOR THE COMMUNITY AND OUR EFFORTS TO BECOME THE MOST SUSTAINABLE GLOBAL CITY OF CHOICE.
SUSTAINABLE SATURDAY IS MORE CONVENIENT THAN EVER FROM 8:00 AM TO 1:00 PM AT THE DUBLIN SERVICE CENTER.
RESIDENTS CAN TAKE CARE OF ALL OF THEIR SPRING CLEANING NEEDS.
WE WILL BE ACCEPTING DOCUMENTS FOR DESTRUCTION, HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE, PRESCRIPTION DRUGS, TEXTILE, SMALL HOUSEHOLD ITEMS, E-WASTE, STYROFOAM, AND COMPOST.
AND AFTER BRINGING THEIR RECYCLES RECYCLABLES TO SUSTAINABLE SATURDAY, RESIDENTS CAN HEAD OVER TO THE DCRC TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CHAMBERS COMMUNITY SERVICE DAY, WHICH IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE PART IN OUTDOOR CLEANUPS.
IT'LL BE A FULL DAY OF GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AND ALSO HELPING PRESERVE OUR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT.
AND THIS YEAR WE WILL ALSO HAVE A LARGE VOLUNTEER TEAM DEPLOYED ACROSS OUR ENTIRE BIKE, UM, PATH SYSTEM TO DIGITALLY PIN AND INVENTORY ROUTE GROWTH LOCATIONS ON OUR PATHS.
UM, AND THEN THOSE LOCATIONS WILL BE ADDRESSED THIS SUMMER AS
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PART OF OUR MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES.AND THEN FINALLY, THE CITY OF DUBLIN WILL HOST THE ANNUAL FAMILY FRIENDLY DUBLIN BIKE RODEO, AND THAT'LL BE 10:00 AM TO NOON ON SATURDAY, MAY 11TH IN THE DARBY STREET PARKING LOT IN HISTORIC DUBLIN TO CELEBRATE MAY AS NATIONAL BIKE MONTH ATTENDEES WILL RECEIVE FREE BIKE SWAG WHILE ALSO LEARNING ABOUT BIKE SAFETY PRACTICES, SO KIDS CAN BRING THEIR BIKES, DEVELOP SKILLS TO BECOME BETTER BICYCLISTS AND AVOID TYPICAL CRASHES THROUGH AN INTERACTIVE OBSTACLE COURSE.
AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE THIS EVENING.
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THANK YOU.THAT BRINGS US TO COUNCIL REPORTS AND COMMITTEE REPORTS.
WE WILL START WITH THE ADMIN COMMITTEE REPORT.
UM, I HAVE THREE ITEMS IN, UH, IN THERE, TWO MOTIONS FOR, UH, THE COUNCIL THIS EVENING.
MY FIRST ITEM, UM, IT HAS BEEN A BUSY ADMIN MONTH, AND I JUST WANTED TO, UM, ECHO OUR CITY MANAGER'S COMMENTS AND THANK EVERYONE WHO HAS SERVED ON A BOARD AND COMMISSION AND THANK THOSE WHO RAISE THEIR HAND TO, UM, UM, SERVE AND VOLUNTEER FOR OPEN APPOINTMENTS FOR BOARDS AND COMMISSION.
SO, UM, I BELIEVE IT, WE, WE HIT A RECORD NUMBER ACTUALLY THIS TIME IN, IN FOLKS THAT VOLUNTEERED.
SO, UM, RAISE THEIR HAND TO VOLUNTEER.
WE WILL BRING BACK A SLATE TO COUNCIL AT THE MAY 6TH MEETING FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION FOR THOSE APPOINTMENTS.
AND THEN SECONDLY, UM, I WANTED TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR A GREAT COUNCIL RETREAT.
THANK YOU TO JENNY AND HER TEAM FOR ALL OF THEIR SUPPORT.
UM, AND SO THIS EVENING WE PASS SOME DRAFT MINUTES.
UM, THE THING THAT WE DO NORMALLY EVERY, UM, RETREAT IS GO THROUGH AND SET GOALS FOR, UM, THE FOLLOWING YEAR.
AND WE WENT THROUGH OUR 2023 GOALS AND SPOKE HOW WE WERE DOING AGAINST THEM.
UM, MADE SOME SUGGESTIONS AND SET FORTH A CANDIDATE SLATE FOR 2024 GOALS.
WHAT WE NORMALLY DO WITH THOSE, AS YOU KNOW, IS TO REFER THOSE TO THE ADMIN COMMITTEE TO DO A BIT MORE WORK ON THEM AND THEN BRING THEM BACK TO COUNCIL FOR FULL CONSIDERATION.
SO I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THIS EVENING TO REFER THE 2024 GOALS TO THE ADMIN COMMITTEE.
JENNY, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL VICE MAYOR LUDO.
ONE MORE ITEM FOR CONSIDERATION.
ALSO, THIS TIME OF YEAR IS WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR VARIOUS, UM, BOARD AND COMMISSION RULES AND, UM, REGULATIONS AND MAKE SOME A ADDITIONS.
UM, SO SOME OF THE THINGS WOULD BE CONSIDERING AND TALKING ABOUT FLEXIBILITY OF ITEM FLOW AND ORDER, UH, FLOW FOR COUNCIL MEETINGS AND OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS. SO I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO REFER AN UPDATE TO THE COUNCIL, UH, RULES OF ORDER TO THE ADMIN COMMITTEE AS WELL.
I WILL ALSO SECOND THAT MOTION.
JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? MR. KEELER? YES.
IT BRINGS US TO PUBLIC, UH, SERVICES COMMITTEE REPORT.
THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMITTEE MET, UH, ACTUALLY FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS YEAR.
ON APRIL 10TH, WE HAD A REALLY QUICK UPDATE ON THE UTILITY EXTENSION WORK.
THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS OF COMPILING ALL THE SURVEY RESULTS THAT WENT OUT TO OUR UNSERVED CITIZENS.
UH, WE ACTUALLY ENGINEERING'S COMING BACK TO OUR MAY MEETING WITH A FULL SUMMARY OF ALL THE RESULTS, UH, AND KIND OF NEXT STEPS ON WHERE TO GO.
AND THEN THE OTHER TOPIC ON OUR AGENDA WAS AN UPDATE ON THE CODA BUS STOPS.
THEY, UM, FROM OUR WORK LAST YEAR, WE HAD NARROWED IT DOWN TO FIVE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS THAT WE'RE GONNA BE CONCENTRATING ON.
THOSE ARE ALONG SAMO ROAD AND 1 61.
SO THERE'S A LITTLE MORE WORK, UH, CONTINUING ON WHAT THE ACTUAL SHELTER AND, AND ALL THE AMENITIES AT EACH OF THOSE LOCATIONS.
SO IT WILL BE COMING BACK TO PUBLIC SERVICES YET ONE MORE TIME BEFORE ALL OF COUNCIL SEES IT.
OH, AND THE OTHER THING ON PUBLIC SERVICES, WE DECIDED AMONGST THE MEMBERS THAT, UH, WE ARE GOING TO GOING FORWARD, START AT 4:00 PM INSTEAD OF 5:00 PM FOR OUR MEETINGS.
UH, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE REPORT.
COUNCIL MEMBER REINER, UH, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT MET ON APRIL UM, 16TH.
WE HAD SIX, UH, MEMBERS REQUESTING $26,052 AND 12 CENTS 11
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APPLICANTS, UH, UH, WERE VETTED AND WE ENDED UP WITH THESE SIX.AND THE FOLLOWING NAMES ARE BELVEDERE, KRAMER'S CROSSING, DONVILLE CLIFFS, RIVERSIDE WOODS, THE FAIRWAYS AT MUIRFIELD AND W DOT WOODS.
UM, THAT LEAVES A REMAINDER OF $5,347 AND 83 CENTS FOR THE FALL APPLICANTS.
UM, ALL APPLICANTS, UH, RECOMMENDED TO COUNSEL FOR APPROVAL WILL BE PRESENTED AT THE MAY 6TH MEETING.
THE, UH, CITY ENTRY SIGN STAFF PROVIDED AN UPDATE OPTION FOR MONUMENT SIGNS AND A SECONDARY GATEWAY SIGN.
A REQUEST WAS MADE FOR A PROTOTYPE OF A SIGN FOR REVIEW.
COMMITTEE VOTED THREE TO OH TO RECOMMEND TO CITY COUNCIL FOR CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL OF THE HORIZONTAL MONUMENT AND GRAY FLAG SIGNS AS PRESENTED WITH THE FOLLOWING SUGGESTED CHANGES ADD ESTABLISHED 1810 TO SHAMROCK PANEL ON MOUNT MONUMENT SIGN ONLY.
CONSIDER GREEN FOR THE BACKLIGHTING OF THE LETTERS.
UH, MAKE THE CAP ON THE MONUMENT, SIGN MORE PROMINENT, ADD DIMENSIONS TO THE ALLOCATE TO, TO THE ALLOCATES ON THE MONUMENT SIGN AND REMOVE ALLOCATES FROM THE FLAG SIGNS.
ALRIGHT, THIS WILL BRING US TWO LIAISON REPORTS AND I WILL START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER OSA WITH DUBLIN BRIDGES, UH, 33 CORRIDOR ENVISION DUBLIN STEERING AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
WE HAD A 33 CORRIDOR MEETING, I THINK IT WAS LAST FRIDAY MORNING.
UM, AND THE MAJORITY OF THE MEETING WAS ALSO, AGAIN, WELL ATTENDED BY FOLKS UP AND DOWN THE CORRIDOR.
THE MAJORITY OF THE MEETING WAS A PRESENTATION FROM ALL ABOARD OHIO.
UM, FURTHER CONVERSATION AND SUPPORT FOR RAIL SERVICE ACROSS OHIO AND ITS IMPACT, UM, PARTICULARLY IN OUR AREA IN THE CORRIDOR.
SO IT WAS A, IT WAS A GREAT DISCUSSION AND, UM, UH, PARTICIPATED BY ALL, UM, PLANNING AND ZONING.
I WOULD, I WOULD MAKE TWO COMMENTS.
ONE IS, UM, THEY HAD A MEETING WHERE THEY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE AN IN-DEPTH PRESENTATION OF ENVISION DUBLIN OR THE, YOU KNOW, THE UPDATE OF THE, THE COMMUNITY PLAN IS A QUITE VOLUMINOUS DOCUMENT, UM, AS IT SHOULD BE AND AS IT NEEDS TO BE.
BUT WITH THAT COMES SOME TIME FOR, UH, REVIEW AND FOR REFLECTION.
AND IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT THE PLANNING AND ZONING HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO JUST GET A SENSE OF IT BEFORE WE'RE ASKED TO GIVE CONCRETE, UM, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS AGAINST IT.
UM, AND AS YOU'RE AWARE, THERE'LL BE A JOINT MEETING, UM, WITH COUNCIL ON THAT TO CONTINUE, UH, THAT CONVERSATION.
UM, THE ONLY OTHER COMMENT THAT I WOULD MAKE ABOUT PLANNING AND ZONING, THEY'RE CONTINUING TO SEE, UM, APPLICATIONS FOR MIXED USE DEVELOPMENTS, AS YOU WOULD EXPECT, AND AS WE WOULD ENCOURAGE.
AND I THINK ONE OF THE, THE, THE ITEMS, UM, FOR CONSIDERATION IS WHAT DO WE MEAN BY MIX USE OR MIX OF USE? AND I THINK THAT'S GONNA BE AN IMPORTANT, UH, CONVERSATION FOR US AS WE GO FORWARD AND HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT ENVISION DUBLIN AS A GROUP.
SO CONTINUED ACTIVITIES THERE.
UM, UM, AND A AND A GOOD GROUP.
SO, UM, THAT I THINK WOULD ALSO INCLUDE MY, UM, INCLUDE MY DISCUSSION OF ENVISION DUBLIN.
WE HAVE A MEETING THIS WEEK, WHICH I BELIEVE WILL BE OUR LAST STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING.
ON THE NEXT, WE GET JENNY'S SAYING MAYBE ONE MORE.
NOT THAT ANYBODY'S COUNTING, NOT THAT ANYBODY'S COUNTING.
UM, BUT IT HAS BEEN A GREAT GROUP, UM, AND, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO BRINGING THAT BACK TO FULL COUNCIL FOR YOUR REVIEW AND CONSIDERATION.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER FOX BOARD OF EDUCATION 33 CORRIDOR.
UM, WE HAVE OUR NEXT MEETING ON TUESDAY, APRIL 30TH.
AND, UH, JUST TO LET EVERYONE KNOW, THE GROUNDBREAKING FOR THE NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NUMBER 15.
MR. KEELER, BOARD OF EDUCATION, LOGAN UNION, CHAMPAIGN COUNTY REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION.
UH, LOGAN UNION CHAMPAIGN MEETING WAS HELD APRIL 11TH.
THERE WERE FOUR CASES ALL IN JEROME TOWNSHIP.
UH, THE, THE FIRST CASE WAS A CONDITIONAL APPROVAL FOR THE COGHLAN AUTO GROUP AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF HIGHLAND CROIX AND WILSON ROAD.
SO THAT IS COMING DOWN THE PIKE.
UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, THERE WERE A TOTAL OF 34 RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS APPROVED, AND, UH, POSSIBILITY FOR 100 TO 136 MULTIFAMILY.
UH, AND I THINK IT WAS, UM, MITCHELL'S CROSSING.
MR. REINER DUBLIN ARTS COUNCIL AND THE VETERANS COMMITTEE.
UH, NORMALLY I COMMENT ON THE, UH, VISUAL ARTS, BUT I WANNA REMIND YOU THAT THE, UM, ABBEY THEATER IS CREATING A LOT OF, UM, INTERESTING PLAYS AND YOU ARE SORT OF GETTING A NEW YORK SMALL THEATER FEEL WHEN YOU GO THERE.
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SO I JUST STARTED NOTICING THEM.I ATTENDED ONE HERE A COUPLE WEEKS AGO AND IT'S REALLY, THEY'RE REALLY DOING A GOOD JOB.
AND, UH, SO I SUGGEST IF YOU GET A CHANCE THAT YOU SHOULD GO, UM, VISIT WITH THOSE, UH, VETERANS COMMITTEE WILL HAVE A, THEIR MONTHLY DINNER MEETING AT THE SCIOTO RESERVE ON MAY 14TH.
AND ALSO MAY 16TH IS A DUBLIN VETERANS COMMITTEE MEETING HERE IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT THREE O'CLOCK.
MS. CRA, WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD.
I ATTENDED THE APRIL 9TH WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP MEETING.
UH, THE BULK OF THAT MEETING WAS ST.
JOHN'S LUTHERAN CEMETERY GAVE THEIR PRESENTATION ON WHAT THEY PLAN TO DO THAT WAS PRESENTED BEFORE THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION ON THE 18TH.
SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN WHAT THE PLAN IS, YOU CAN GO OUT AND WATCH THAT.
UH, I ALSO HAD, UM, SPOKE WITH THEM.
THEY HAD SHOWED INTEREST IN, UM, ACTUALLY DID ATTEND OUR HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION MEETING.
HAD A LITTLE TABLE OUT FRONT AND THEY WERE HAPPY TO PARTICIPATE.
AND THEY ALSO WELCOMED THE INCOMING NEW FISCAL OFFICER WHO WILL BE SCOTT MELODY.
SO THAT'S IT FOR WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP.
AND AS FOR A RB, THEY HAVE BEEN VERY BUSY.
UM, SINCE WE MET LAST, UM, I HAD GAVE YOU A HEADS UP THAT THEY WERE HEARING THE CONCEPT PLANS FOR 17 AND 27 NORTH RIVERVIEW.
SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, YOU CAN GO WATCH THOSE.
UH, THE OTHER APPLICATION WAS ATCH, WHICH WE JUST SAW TONIGHT.
UH, THEY HAD A SPECIAL MEETING ON THE 17TH OF APRIL WHERE THEY APPROVED THE ALTERNATIVE MATERIALS, BASICALLY HELPING TO STREAMLINE, UH, SO SOME OF THE HOMEOWNERS CAN JUST GET APPROVAL OF THEIR MATERIALS WITHOUT HAVING TO GO THROUGH THE FULL PROCESS.
SO THAT DOCUMENT, UH, IS MOVING FORWARD IN THE PROCESS.
AND THERE WAS ALSO SOME UPDATES TO THE CODE GUIDELINES THAT THEY'VE GOTTEN.
AND THIS WEEK, UH, ON WEDNESDAY, THEY ARE ARE SEEING THE THIRD, THE FINAL RIVERVIEW PROPERTY.
SO IT'S 40 EAST BRIDGE STREET, SO THE ONE CLOSEST TO 1 61.
THE CONCEPT PLAN FOR THAT IS BEFORE THEM THIS WEEK.
SO LOTS GOING ON ON NORTH RIVERVIEW.
UM, I WILL, KATHY HAD, UH, GIVEN YOU THE UPDATE FOR ENVISION DUBLIN IN OUR UPCOMING MEETING IN THE MID OHIO REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION.
WE DID HAVE OUR TOWN HALL MEETING LAST, UH, APRIL THE 10TH.
YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN QUITE SOME TIME SINCE WE WERE TOGETHER.
WE WERE LAST TOGETHER ON MARCH THE 25TH IN THIS FORMAT BECAUSE OUR MEETING ON THE EIGHTH WAS CANCELED DUE TO THE, UH, SOLAR ECLIPSE ACTIVITIES.
SO, UM, THAT MEETING WAS, UH, APRIL THE 11TH.
UM, I DO HAVE THE CONTENT OF THE AGENDA FOR THAT.
UM, THERE, THERE WAS NOT NECESSARILY ANYTHING SUBSTANTIVE THERE THAT IS SPECIFIC TO THE CITY OF DUBLIN.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THE RECEPTION FOR THE PRESIDENT OF U UH, OU, THE NEW PRESIDENT GONZALEZ ON THE 27TH.
AND, UH, THANKS EVERYONE FOR COMING.
AND IT CERTAINLY WAS A VERY WARM RECEPTION FOR, UH, FOR HER.
UH, THERE WAS AN OHIO MERRILLS ALLIANCE, UM, EDUCATION COMMITTEE MEETING ON THE 28TH.
DR. MARSH HAUSEN JOINED ME ON THAT.
THEY ASKED HIM TO SPEAK SOME ABOUT CELL PHONE USAGE IN SCHOOLS AND THE IMPACT THEREOF.
UM, ON APRIL THE FOURTH, WE HAD THE GOOD FORTUNE OF HAVING THE, UM, UH, THE FEDERATION OF INDIAN AMERICANS HERE.
AND WE HAD THE CONS, GENERAL OF INDIA OUT OF NEW YORK, COME AND VISIT WITH US.
AND, UH, WE WERE VERY DELIGHTED TO HAVE HIM HERE ON, UH, APRIL THE NINTH.
UH, A RIBBON CUTTING WAS DONE FOR DOVE RECOVERY.
IT'S A NEW MENTAL HEALTH, UM, ADDICTION SERVICE HERE IN OUR CITY.
AND, UH, THEY REPORTED BACK THAT THEY WERE NEARLY AT CAPACITY ALREADY, JUST SIX WEEKS AFTER OPENING OF, UH, CLIENTS THAT THEY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO HELP.
THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR HOA PRESIDENTS AND STAFF AND ALL FOLKS THAT CAME FOR THE SPRING, HOA MEETING ON APRIL THE 15TH.
UM, I DID HAVE MY FIRST, UH, IAC MEETING FOR THE FCC ON, UH, APRIL THE 16TH.
HAPPY TO SHARE THOSE DETAILS FOR ANYONE THAT MIGHT BE INTERESTED.
UM, I DID HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THE OHIO MAYORS ALLIANCE MEETING ON THE 16TH AS WELL.
UM, MEGAN SHARED OUT SOME MEDIA THAT HAPPENED FOLLOWING THAT, AND I HAD, UH, THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO A RADIO SHOW THEREAFTER WITH WADE KAS KABBAGE, WHO IS THE MAYOR OF TOLEDO.
AND, UM, I'M HAPPY TO SHARE THE CONTENT OF THAT.
I, IT WAS AIRED ON, UH, WOSU, I BELIEVE.
UM, HAPPY TO SHARE THAT IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED.
UH, ALSO WE HAD THE RECEPTION FOR THE BUSINESS PERSON OF THE YEAR, DR.
JEFF HOLICK, AND CONGRATULATIONS TO HIM.
WE ALSO HAD OUR GRAND MARSHALL SELECTION COMMITTEE MEETING, AND I THINK THAT THOSE DETAILS WILL BE FORTHCOMING SOON.
UM, WITH THAT, IF THERE IS NOTHING ELSE FOR THE GOOD OF THE ORDER
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ROUND TABLE, I WILL START DOWN THERE WITH MR. KEELER.I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, MEGAN HAD SENT OUT AN EMAIL EARLIER ABOUT THE INTERVIEWS REGARDING THE, UM, RFP FOR EVENTS, AND I HAD RESPONDED BEING THAT IT KIND OF CAME THROUGH PUBLIC SERVICES THAT I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN DOING THAT.
I DON'T KNOW, I DIDN'T THINK I HEARD ANYONE ELSE RESPONDED, SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WAS OKAY WITH EVERYONE.
CONGRATULATIONS ON GIVING YOURSELF EXTRA WORK,
AND THE OTHER, AND THE ONLY OTHER THING IS I WANNA THANK, I ATTENDED THE COMMUNITY CHAMPION AWARDS WITH, UH, JANE AND MEGAN AND IT WAS WONDERFUL TO SEE ALL OF OUR, UM, DUBLIN SCHOOL KIDS AND HOW, HOW MUCH THEY GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.
SO CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THEM.
AND I JUST WANT TO, UH, REMIND EVERYBODY AND THANK, UM, PRESIDENT GONZALEZ OF OU AND DR. WILLIAM BURKE TOMORROW OR WEDNESDAY EVENING, OHIO UNIVERSITY.
HERITAGE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE IS HOLDING THEIR SECOND DUBLIN SPEAKER SERIES.
AND, UM, THAT IS, UM, A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN OHIO UNIVERSITY AND THE CITY OF DUBLIN ON, UM, A SPEAKER SERIES REGARDING HEALTH AND RELEVANT TOPICS TO THE COMMUNITY.
SO IT WILL BE BETWEEN, IT'LL BE APRIL 24TH FROM SIX 30 TO EIGHT AT THE ABBEY THEATER, AND IT'LL HOST TWO OF OUR FEATURED SPECIALISTS, DR.
JULIE SIR OF THE HERITAGE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE AND, UM, THE OU COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES.
AND THE PROGRAM IS TITLED, AND EVERYBODY PAY ATTENTION THE ART OF AGING WITH A HEALTHY BRAIN
AND THAT RESEARCH IS GONNA BE INFORMED BY ADVICE FOR KEEPING YOUR COGNITIVE SKILLS AT THEIR BEST AS YOU AGE.
THE EVENT IS OPEN TO PARTICIPANT OF ALL AGES, AND REGISTRATION CAN BE FOUND AT OHIO EDU UNDER THEIR DUBLIN SPEAKERS SERIES.
IT'S AT THE ABBEY THEATER AND IT'S GONNA BE GREAT.
THE FIRST ONE WAS WONDERFUL AND THE ONLY OTHER THING THAT I WOULD POINT OUT IS THAT THERE WAS A GREAT PODCAST BY COUNCILMAN ANDY KEELER AND EVERYBODY SHOULD TUNE IN AND LISTEN TO IT.
HEY JANE, I THINK IT'S GREAT 'CAUSE YOU'RE BRINGING BACK THE, UH, HEALTH LECTURES THAT WE USED TO HAVE HERE YEARS AGO AND THE HOUR LATE, AND THOSE TWO STUDENTS WANT TO GO HOME AND I THINK THE STAFF DOES TOO.
UH, IF THERE'S NOTHING FURTHER FOR THE GOOD OF ORDER, WE WILL STAND ADJOURNED.