May 20, 2024 City Council

WE HAVE A FEW SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS, RECOGNITIONS.

UH, OUR FIRST WILL BE THE PRIDE MONTH PROCLAMATION.

AND IF THE, UH, MEMBERS OF THE RAINBOW DUBLIN BOARD, BOBBY BURNS, MICHAEL HAYNES, GERON, TERRY, AND PEGGY KELTY WOULD LIKE TO MEET ME DOWN HERE.

I WILL.

HAS, UH, OFFERED TO LUNCH US AFTERWARDS.

WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION TO DELIVER TO YOU THIS EVENING, AND IT READS AS FOLLOWS.

WHEREAS PRIDE MONTH IS CELEBRATED IN THE MONTH OF JUNE EACH YEAR BY THE LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY.

AND WHEREAS PRIDE MONTH IS A WAY TO EMBRACE LIVING AUTHENTIC LIVES, RECOGNIZE THE WORK DONE IN THE PAST TO MOVE FORWARD, TO MOVE TOWARD EQUALITY AND REFLECT ON THE WORK YET TO BE DONE.

AND WHEREAS DUBLIN IS A COMMUNITY THAT VALUES DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION FOR ALL, AND HAS A HISTORY OF SUPPORTING THE LBT LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY.

AND WHEREAS THE HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN HAS AWARDED DUBLIN A 100% SCORE TWO YEARS IN A ROW, THANK YOU, UH, ON THE MUNICIPALITY INDEX SCORE.

AND WHEREAS THE CITY IS COMMITTED TO PROTECTING THE SAFETY AND PHYSICAL AND MENTAL WELLBEING OF OUR LGBTQ PLUS CITIZENS.

AND WHEREAS DUBLIN IS PROUD OF THE ONGOING EFFORTS WITH OUR LGBTQ PLUS LIAISON PROGRAM THAT HELPS CONNECT RESIDENTS WITH CITY EMPLOYEES IN THE LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY TO FIND APPROPRIATE RESOURCES AND COUNCIL.

AND WHEREAS THANKS TO RAINBOW DUBLIN CITIZENS NOW HAVE AN ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO CREATING COMMUNITY, PROVIDING SUPPORT, AND SHARING LGBTQ PLUS RESOURCES.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, CHRIS AROSE GROOMS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF JUNE 20TH, 2024 AS PRIDE MONTH AND ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS TO REFLECT ON THE ONGOING STRUGGLE FOR LGBTQ PLUS EQUALITY AND CELEBRATE THE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT ENHANCE OUR CITY.

SIGNED THIS 20TH DAY OF MAY, 2024.

SO I'D LIKE TO PRESENT THIS TO YOU.

THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT.

NEXT, UH, WE WILL HAVE OUR MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONY INFORMATION.

UH, SO IF RETIRED LIEUTENANT COLONEL JEFF NOBLE WOULD LIKE TO COME FORWARD AND SHARE WITH US THE EXCITING PLANS FOR THIS COMING MEMORIAL DAY MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL CITY STAFF AND GUEST, UH, AMERICAN LEGION POST 800 WISHES TO INVITE YOU TO OUR MEMORIAL DAY COMMEMORATION MONDAY, JUNE 27TH.

PARADE BEGINS AT 11 O'CLOCK DALE DRIVE, AND, UH, 1 61, UH, WE'LL MARCH TO THE BRIDGE OR WALK OR CRAWL OR WHATEVER.

UM, DO THE CEREMONY, THE REESE CEREMONY AT THE BRIDGE.

UH, GO FORWARD TO THE CEMETERY, UH, AND HAVE A, UH, SESSION IN THE CEMETERY.

OUR SPEAKER THIS YEAR IS A, A WOMAN BY THE NAME OF AMBER HUDSON, UH, WHO IS THE FOUNDER AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF AN ORGANIZATION CALLED MASH PANTRY.

SHE'S ALSO A NAVY VET, WON'T HOLD IT AGAINST HER GO ARMY, ME , BUT, BUT GOOD PEOPLE.

UM, AND ONCE AGAIN, THE CITY

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SO ONCE AGAIN, WE INVITE YOU TO JOIN US IN WHATEVER CAPACITY YOU WISH TO PARTICIPATE.

WONDERFUL.

YOU ALWAYS DO SUCH AN AMAZING JOB WITH THAT CELEBRATION, AND IT'S A REALLY SPECIAL DAY, UH, AND IT'S A SPECIAL PLACE, AND IT'S A SPECIAL TIME TO BE TOGETHER.

SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO IT.

UH, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO BREAKING BREAD WITH EVERYONE IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE CEREMONY.

UH, NEXT UP WE HAVE OUR PUBLIC WORKS WEEK RECOGNITION.

SO IF OUR PUBLIC WORKS TEAM MEMBERS, ANTHONY SCHUSTER, RYAN KELLY, MATT BAILEY, GRANT RUSSELL, AND GARY BROWNING WITH WHOEVER THEY MIGHT HAVE BROUGHT WITH THEM THIS EVENING, WOULD LIKE TO STEP FORWARD.

I'LL MEET YOU DOWN THERE.

PUBLIC WORKS WEEK IS MAY 19TH TO 25TH.

SO AT THIS TIME, UM, WE WILL, UH, CELEBRATE ALL OF THE WORK THAT YOU DO ON BEHALF OF THIS COMMUNITY, UM, PUBLIC WORKS PROFESSIONALS FOCUS ON INFRASTRUCTURE, FACILITIES, AND SERVICES THAT ARE OF VITAL IMPORTANCE TO SUSTAINABLE AND RESILIENT COMMUNITIES.

AND TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH, HIGH QUALITY, HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE AND WELLBEING OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN, OHIO AND PUBLIC WORKS PROFESSIONALS PROVIDE ESSENTIAL SERVICES, INCLUDING SNOW AND ICE REMOVAL, CURBSIDE CHIPPER, MOSQUITO MANAGEMENT, LEAF COLLECTION, AND SOLID WASTE REMOVAL, AND PUBLIC WORKS PROFESSIONALS PROVIDE ESSENTIAL SERVICES, INCLUDING SNOW AND ICE REMOVAL, CURBSIDE CHIPPER, MOSQUITO MANAGEMENT, LEAF COLLECTION AT SOLID WASTE COLLECTIONS.

AND THE YEAR 2024 MARKS THE 64TH ANNUAL NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK SPONSORED BY THE AMERICAN PUBLIC WORKS ASSOCIATION.

THIS YEAR'S THEME, ADVANCING QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL, IS A TRIBUTE TO PUBLIC WORKS EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE MADE A COMMITMENT TO OUR COMMUNITY.

AND THE CITY OF DUBLIN IS A NATIONALLY ACCREDITED PUBLIC WORKS AGENCY, INCLUDING THE STAFF OF ENGINEERING, ASSET MANAGEMENT, AND QUALITY ASSURANCE, TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY FACILITIES, AND FLEET MANAGEMENT AND PUBLIC SERVICE WHO DEMONSTRATE EVERY DAY THEIR COMMITMENT TO SERVICE.

SO, ON BEHALF OF YOUR DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU AND RECOGNIZE THE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT PUBLIC WORKS PROFESSIONALS MAKE EVERY DAY TO OUR HEALTH, SAFETY, COMFORT, AND QUALITY OF LIFE.

SO, THANK YOU GENTLEMEN.

THANK CHRIS.

CAN I JUST SAY THAT'S THE BEST, WE HAVE THE BEST PUBLIC WORKS PEOPLE? THANK YOU ALL.

I DON'T THINK THERE'D BE A RESIDENT THAT WOULD DISAGREE WITH YOU, FOR SURE.

UH, THE FOURTH ITEM ON OUR SPECIAL, SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS AND RECOGNITION TONIGHT IS, UH, WE HAVE A TEAM HERE THAT IS GOING TO PRESENT ABOUT THE COLUMBUS FOURTH WATER PLANT TRANSMISSION MAINE UPDATE.

SO, WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME, UH, TIMOTHY HUFFMAN FROM THE CITY OF COLUMBUS AND MATT CASEY WITH MS. CONSULTANTS TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE FOR US ON THE COLUMBUS' FOURTH WATER TREATMENT.

MAINES, WELCOME.

US MAKE SOME HUGE DECISIONS.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

COUNCIL MEMBERS GOT IT.

THOUGHT IT WAS ON .

UH, MY NAME'S TIM HUFFMAN.

I'M, UH, THE MANAGER OF THE DISTRIBUTION ENGINEERING SECTION, UH, FOR THE DIVISION OF WATER AT THE CITY OF COLUMBUS.

UM, WE'RE HERE TONIGHT TO TALK ABOUT OUR PROJECT, UM, YOU PROBABLY ALREADY KNOW, BUT WE HAVE PURCHASED PROPERTY UP AT HOME ROAD IN DUBLIN ROAD IN DELAWARE COUNTY, AND THAT WILL BE OUR SITE FOR OUR FOURTH PLANT, AND IT'S GONNA HAVE A FANCY NAME CALLED THE HOME ROAD PLANT.

SO, UM, BUT MY JOB IS TO GET THE WATER FROM THAT PLANT INTO OUR DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM.

AND, UH, WE'VE HIRED MATT CASEY WITH MS AND HIS TEAM OF, UH, PROBABLY ABOUT 16 OTHER CONSULTING FIRMS TO, UH, EVALUATE SEVERAL DIFFERENT, UH, ALIGNMENT OPTIONS.

AND, UH, WE'VE WORKED WITH MEGAN AND HER STAFF, PAUL HAMMERSMITH.

UH, THEY'VE BEEN PROVIDING US VALUABLE INFORMATION TO HELP

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UH, THIS ISN'T A SMALL PROJECT.

UM, IN FACT, IT'S THE LARGEST PROJECT THAT DISTRIBUTION ENGINEERING HAS EVER DONE AT THE CITY.

SO IT'S A, A LARGE PROJECT THAT'S GONNA PROVIDE WATER TO CENTRAL OHIO FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.

AND, UH, IT'S GONNA PROVIDE CLEAN, SAFE DRINKING WATER, UH, WHICH WILL ALLOW NOT ONLY COLUMBUS, BUT DUBLIN AND ALL THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES TO GROW.

AND, UH, THAT'S OUR OBJECTIVE.

UH, YOU KNOW, BEING, UH, MORSEY, UH, MEMBERS, UH, YOU KNOW HOW MUCH WE'RE GROWING, YOU KNOW HOW MUCH YOUR CITY'S GROWING.

AND, UH, WITH THAT GROWTH, UH, WE NEED TO PROVIDE GOOD CLEAN DRINKING WATER.

SO WITH THAT, I'LL GIVE, UH, MATT THE REINS HERE.

THANKS, TIM.

THANKS, MAYOR.

THANKS, COUNSEL.

UH, I HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION, BUT I'M GONNA TRY TO GO QUICK.

IF I GO TOO QUICK, STOP ME.

UM, BUT LET'S GET STARTED.

SO, AN OVERVIEW.

WHY DO WE NEED A NEW WATER PLANT AND THE TRANSMISSION MAINS? HOW DO THESE PROJECTS FIT INTO THE SYSTEM? CITY OF COLUMBUS SYSTEM, GOALS FOR THE TRANSMISSION MAIN EVALUATION PROCESS, UH, OUR CORRIDOR RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, THE SCHEDULE, AND THEN THE NEXT STEPS.

THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO DISCUSS TONIGHT.

SO WHY ARE WE BUILDING A WATER PLANT? LIKE TIM SAID, WE GOT A LOT OF GROWTH IN CENTRAL OHIO, UM, AND WE NEED TO SERVE 'EM WITH CLEAN WATER.

UH, THIS WHOLE PROJECT, THE PLANT AND THE TRANSMISSION MAIN GOES ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE LATE 19 98, 19 99 WHEN THERE WERE SOME REPORTS DONE.

AND THEN EVERY 10 YEARS OR SO, THE MASTER PLANS WOULD BE UPDATED WITH THIS INFORMATION.

UH, AND WITH THE GROWTH OF THE AREA, IT GOT ACCELERATED TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY.

UH, THE THREE EXISTING PLANTS THAT COLUMBUS HAS, HAVE AN AVERAGE OF 145 MILLION GALLONS A DAY.

SO HOW DO THESE PROJECTS FIT INTO THE SYSTEM? JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU A SCALE, UM, WHAT YOU'RE SEEING ON THE SCREEN IS THE CITY OF COLUMBUS, THE BOUNDARY FOR THEIR DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM.

UM, THE LOWER RIGHT BUBBLED SQUARE IS WHERE HAP CREME PLANT IS.

AND THEN THE NEW PLANT, THE HOME ROAD WATER PLANT IS THE TOP SQUARE.

AND THEN WE'RE CONNECTING FROM THAT SQUARE DOWN TO THE YELLOW DOT, UH, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SCREEN.

KIND OF GIVES YOU AN IDEA HOW BIG THIS PROJECT IS.

SO THE GOALS OF THIS TRANSMISSION MAIN IS TO SELECT, UH, MOST TECHNICAL, FEASIBLE, RELIABLE, RESILIENT, CONSTRUCTABLE ROUTE.

UH, WE WANT TO COLLABORATE WITH STAKEHOLDERS.

WE KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF STAKEHOLDERS IN THE AREA.

UH, WE WANT TO BE TRANSPARENT WITH THE PUBLIC, DEMONSTRATE HOW WE SELECTED THE RECOMMENDED CORRIDORS, COMMUNICATE WHAT WE'RE DOING.

THIS IS PART OF IT.

AND MINIMIZE DISRUPTIONS TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE WITH CONSTRUCTIONS.

YOU'RE GONNA HAVE DISRUPTIONS, BUT WE WANT TO TRY TO MINIMIZE THAT.

SO OUR PROJECT SCOPE, UM, THERE'S A MAP THAT THERE'S SPAGHETTI LOOKS LIKE A MAP OF SPAGHETTI IF YOU ASK ME.

UH, WE LOOKED AT 14 DIFFERENT ALIGNMENTS, BUT THE PLANT IS UP TOWARDS THE TOP.

AND THAT CONNECTION POINT IS DOWN TOWARDS THE BOTTOM.

AND THE, UH, TASK GIVEN TO US BY CITY OF COLUMBUS WAS WE HAVE TO HAVE ONE MAIN FROM THE PLANT TO THE CONNECTION POINT.

BY THE END OF 2028, UH, THE WATER PLANT WILL BE PARTIALLY ONLINE BY THEN.

AND SO WE NEED TO EVALUATE 14 DIFFERENT CORRIDORS.

THERE'S SEVEN NORTH AND SOUTH CORRIDORS.

THERE'S FOUR EAST AND WEST CORRIDORS, AND THERE'S THREE RIVER CROSSINGS.

SO I WANNA TELL YOU HOW WE CAME TO OUR RECOMMENDATION.

SO OUR EVALUATION PROCESS, WE FLEW THE WHOLE AREA, UM, HAD AERIAL MAPPING.

WE CALLED IN EVERY ONE OF THOSE ALIGNMENTS.

WE CALLED IN, OOPS, YOU KNOW, BEFORE YOU DIG, CALLED, OOPS.

EVEN THOUGH WE WEREN'T DIGGING, THEY'LL SEND US PLANS.

UH, WE PUT THOSE PLANS TOGETHER WITH THE AERIAL MAPPING, PREPARE PRELIMINARY BASE MAPPING.

UH, WE PREPARED EVALUATION GUIDELINES.

WE PUT IN AN ALIGNMENT SO THAT WE COULD COMPARE THOSE CORRIDORS.

WE HAD OVER A HUNDRED MILES OF ALIGNMENT.

WE VISITED THE SITES.

WE DID A PAIRWISE COMPARISON.

WE DID RISK ANALYSIS AND COST ESTIMATES TO COME UP WITH OUR RECOMMENDED ALIGNMENTS.

UM, LIKE I SAID, A HUNDRED MILES, THIS IS JUST ONE ALIGNMENT.

UH, EACH ONE OF THOSE BOXES WITH THE NUMBERS REPRESENTS A SHEET.

SO IT'S LIKE A 0.4 BY 36 SHEET, UH, DRAWING.

IT'S GOT 800 FEET ON IT.

UH, AND WE DID THAT FOR EVERY ALIGNMENT.

UM, ZOOMING IN ON ONE OF THOSE ALIGNMENTS, UH, YOU CAN SEE THE AERIAL, YOU CAN SEE THE RIGHT OF WAY.

THE PROPERTY LINES, THE LANDOWNERS, THE STREET NAMES, UTILITIES.

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WE CALLED OUT TRENCHLESS START STOPS, UM, WHERE THE UTILITY CONFLICTS WERE.

WE IDENTIFIED ENVIRONMENTAL AREAS AND TRIED TO PUT OUR ALIGNMENT SO THAT WE COULD COMPARE CORRIDORS.

WE DID THAT FOR EVERY ONE OF THE ALIGNMENTS.

A PAIRWISE COMPARISON.

WE SAT DOWN WITH CITY OF COLUMBUS AND SAID, WHAT ARE YOUR DESIGN CRITERIA? WHAT ARE YOUR IMPORTANT DESIGN CRITERIA? THOSE WERE THE EASEMENTS.

TRAFFIC IMPACTS, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS, BUSINESS IMPACTS, AND ACCESSIBILITY.

SO THE PAIRWISE COMPARISON ESSENTIALLY COMPARES IT AGAINST EACH OTHER.

WE HAVE A PRIORITY SCALE.

UH, YOU HAVE A, YOU, YOU, YOU RANK ALL OF THOSE FOR EVERY ONE OF THE ALIGNMENTS.

UM, YOU HAVE A GEOMETRIC MEAN A NORMALIZED WEIGHT, AND YOU RANK EACH ONE OF THE ALIGNMENTS.

IT KIND OF TAKES THE BIAS OUT OF ALL OF YOUR COMPARISON.

WE DID A RISK ANALYSIS, AND JUST HIGH LEVEL, WE IDENTIFIED OVER 50 DIFFERENT RISKS.

WHAT'S THE LIKELIHOOD OF A RISK HAPPENING? WHAT'S THE CONSEQUENCE? UH, WE GOT A SCALE WITH THE COST AND TIME ASSOCIATED WITH IT.

AND THIS SLIDE HERE JUST SHOWS YOU A RISK REGISTER.

IT'S JUST ONE RISK.

UM, BUT WE SCORE EVERY RISK.

AND THEN WE LOOKED AT EVERY SINGLE ALIGNMENT AND SCORED SCORED IT BASED ON RISK COST ESTIMATES.

THIS IS JUST A GLIMPSE OF A COST ESTIMATE DID FOR EVERY SINGLE ALIGNMENT, SHOWING THE PIPES, THE VALVES, TRENCH UNDER PAVEMENT, TRENCH OUTSIDE A PAVEMENT, UM, SHOWING YOU EVERY SINGLE ALIGNMENT AT THIS LEVEL OF DETAIL ON THE COST ESTIMATES.

SO ALIGNMENT, A, UH, THAT'S HIGHLIGHTED.

EVERYTHING ELSE IS KIND OF, UM, SHADED, BUT IT WASN'T SELECTED.

SOME OF THE MAIN REASONS THAT ALIGNMENT A, WHICH IS GOING RIGHT DOWN THROUGH SHAWNEE HILLS, RIGHT DOWN THROUGH HISTORIC DUBLIN, WHY IT WASN'T SELECTED.

IT'S A NARROW CORRIDOR.

THERE'S NUMEROUS UTILITIES IN HISTORIC DUBLIN.

THERE'S ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS ALONG THAT ROUTE WITH POTENTIAL THREATENED SPECIES ALONG THE RIVER.

THERE'S, UH, KARST FEATURES WHICH PROVIDE GOOD HABITAT FOR THREATENED AND ENDANGERED SPECIES, WHICH IF YOU ENCOUNTER IT, THEN YOU GOT PERMITTING AND IT JUST EXTENDS THE PROCESS, THE WHOLE PROJECT AND THE DEADLINE.

UM, ARCHEOLOGICAL AND CULT CULTURAL CONCERNS WITH CEMETERIES, STONE WALLS, THERE'S SIGNIFICANT ROAD CLOSURES.

THERE WAS GONNA BE 87 EASEMENTS.

IT WAS THE HIGHEST RANKED, UH, RISK ALIGNMENT.

SO IT WAS THE RISKIEST ALIGNMENT, AND IT WAS ALSO THE HIGHEST RANKED PAIRWISE ALIGNMENT, MEANING BAD.

HOWEVER, IT WAS THE CHEAPEST ALIGNMENT BY $50 MILLION, BUT IT WASN'T, IT WASN'T RECOMMENDED ALIGNMENT.

B, SOME OF THE MAIN REASONS FOR ALIGNMENT B.

AND THAT'S SHOWN IN GREEN.

IT COMES DOWN THROUGH SHAWNEE HILLS AND THEN CROSSES THE RIVER.

UM, AGAIN, SAME ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS, SIGNIFICANT ROAD CLOSURES.

THE RIVER CROSSING WAS A VERY RISKY, UM, ENDEAVOR TRYING TO GET ACROSS JUST BECAUSE OF THE TOPOGRAPHY, UM, AND DEEP ACCESS ACCESS SHAFTS AND CLOSE TO THE DAM.

IT WAS THE SECOND HIGHEST RISKIEST ALIGNMENT, AND IT WAS $40 MILLION MORE THAN WHAT WE'RE ARE RECOMMENDING.

SO THAT WAS EASY TO THROW THAT OUT.

ALIGNMENT.

C UH, THE MAIN REASON THIS ONE WASN'T SELECTED WAS EPA PRESSURE REQUIREMENTS.

UH, THE ELEVATIONS ARE SUCH THAT WE CAN'T MEET THE 20 PSI PRESSURE, UM, THAT THE EPA REQUIRES TO MAINTAIN IN ALL MAINS, UH, WITHOUT SOME SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS THAT THE CITY ELECTED NOT TO DO.

SO THAT WAS THE MAIN REASON THAT ALIGNMENT C WAS NOT SELECTED.

ALIGNMENT D ALSO HAD PRESSURE REQUIREMENTS, BUT IT ALSO WAS GOING THROUGH ONE OF THE BUSIEST INTERSECTIONS, THE 33 AVERY MUIRFIELD INTERCHANGE.

UH, SO THAT WASN'T SELECTED.

AND THEN ALIGNMENT E WAS THE SAME EPA PRESSURE REQUIREMENTS AND THE 33 AVERY MURFIELD INTERCHANGE.

SO ALIGNMENT F WE'RE DOWN TO ALIGNMENT.

F AND ALIGNMENT GA PORTION OF ALIGNMENT F IS RECOMMENDED, AND YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE, UM, IT'S BASICALLY FROM POST ROAD NORTH.

UM, BUT ALIGNMENT G WAS RECOMMENDED, AND THIS IS ONE OF THE RECOMMENDED ALIGNMENTS.

SO IT WAS THE LEAST AMOUNT OF EASEMENTS, THE BEST RANKED RISK ALIGNMENT.

IT WAS THE BEST RANKED PAIRWISE ALIGNMENT AND COST FIT INTO THE BUDGET THAT THE CITY HAD ESTABLISHED.

SO HERE'S A, JUST A SNAPSHOT.

IT'S A SUMMARY OF WHAT I JUST DISCUSSED WITH ALIGNMENT G HIGHLIGHTED, I HAVE JUST THE NORTH SOUTH A THROUGH G, UH, WITH THE COST.

AND YOU'RE LOOKING AT $250 MILLION UPWARDS TO ALMOST $350 MILLION WITH THE COST.

THE PAIRWISE RANKS THE RISK RANKS.

AND I'VE HIGHLIGHTED

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IN ALIGNMENT, G IS THE ONE THAT WAS THE ONE THAT KEPT STANDING OUT.

SO WE THEN WENT TO THE RIVER CROSSINGS.

I STILL HAVE ALIGNMENT G UH, HIGHLIGHTED SO YOU CAN SEE WHERE WE'RE COMING FROM.

BUT WE WERE LOOKING AT TWO I TWO 70 RIVER CROSSINGS AND A HENDERSON RIVER CROSSING.

WE RAN IT THROUGH HYDRAULIC MODEL, WHICH CITY HAS ALL OF THEIR DISTRIBUTION LINES MODELED WHICH ONE WAS THE BEST.

AND TWO 70 WAS THE ONE THAT SHOWED IT WAS THE BEST HYDRAULICALLY.

AND SO THEN WE STARTED TO ZOOM IN ON NORTH OF, UM, TWO 70 OR SOUTH OF TWO 70.

AND THE SOUTH OF TWO 70 WAS THE BETTER ALIGNMENT, LESS EASEMENTS, LESS RISK.

AND THERE WAS ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS ON THE NORTH SIDE.

SO WE'RE RECOMMENDING THE RIVER, THE TWO 70 SOUTH RIVER CROSSING.

SO THE EAST WEST ALIGNMENTS, WE EVALUATED FOUR.

WE DIDN'T KNOW IF WE WERE GONNA BE GOING ALL THE WAY OVER TO HIGHLAND CROIX OR WHERE WE WERE GOING.

SO THAT WAS THE EXTENT THE, THE FAR WEST SIDE.

UH, WE EVALUATED ALL FOUR, BUT WHEN YOU RECOMMEND THE ALIGNMENT, G UM, THE EAST WEST CORRIDOR THAT STANDS OUT IS THE EMERALD PARKWAY TO CONNECT TO THE I TWO 70 SOUTH ALIGNMENT.

SO YOU PUT IT ALL TOGETHER AND OUR CORRIDOR RECOMMENDATIONS IS ALIGNMENT G AND THEN A PORTION OF ALIGNMENT F THAT GOES DOWN MUIRFIELD DRIVE AND POST ROAD.

THE NORTH SOUTH ALIGNMENTS ARE BOTH 48 INCHES IN DIAMETER.

AND THE COST FOR JUST THE NORTH SOUTH MAINS IS $438 MILLION.

SO OUR, THERE'S TWO MAPS HERE.

UH, A FIRST MAIN IS FIRST, FIRST PHASE KIND OF, AND THEN THE SECOND PHASE OR SECOND MAIN.

THE FIRST MAIN IS ON THE LEFT.

AND IT SHOWS ALIGNMENT G COMING FROM THE PLANT TO THE CONNECTION POINT.

THERE ARE SOME STRATEGIC AREAS WHERE THERE'LL BE BOTH LINES INSTALLED AT THE SAME TIME.

AND THEN AS SOON AS THAT ONE IS DONE, COME BACK AND START THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE, THE LINES THAT ARE SHOWN ON THE RIGHT.

SO OUR SCHEDULE, WE ARE WRAPPING UP PRELIMINARY DESIGN RIGHT NOW AND ALSO DOING AN EARLY START ON FINAL DESIGN.

WE, UM, PLAN ON FINISHING FINAL DESIGN IN JUNE OF 26, AND THEN GO TO CONSTRUCTION, HAVE THE FIRST MAIN INSTALLED BY THE END OF 28, AND THE SECOND ONE INSTALLED BY THE END OF 2030.

UH, WE'VE ALSO STARTED DOING OUR PUBLIC OUTREACH.

UH, WE'VE MET WITH, UH, THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, THE JURISDICTIONS THAT ARE IN THE AREA, THE TWICE WE'VE MET WITH DUBLIN A COUPLE OF TIMES.

I THINK THREE TIMES.

THIS IS OUR FIRST COUNCIL MEETING.

WE ALSO HAVE A WEBSITE THAT CONSTANTLY IS GETTING IMPROVED AND UPDATED.

WE'RE NOTIFYING RESIDENTS WITH LETTERS AND DOOR HANGERS.

UH, WHEN WE ARE OUT AND ABOUT DOING SOIL BORINGS OR DOING SURVEY, WE TRY TO DO WEEKLY UPDATES SO THAT YOU CAN POST THEM AND LET YOUR RESIDENTS KNOW.

WE ALSO HAVE BUSINESS CARDS SO THAT THE RESIDENTS AREN'T TALKING TO, OR THE, UH, THE FIELD PEOPLE ARE NOT TALKING TO RESIDENTS.

THEY CAN JUST GIVE 'EM A, UH, BUSINESS CARD AND DIRECT 'EM TO A WEBSITE.

SO MISINFORMATION ISN'T HANDED OUT.

UM, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A PUBLIC MEETING ON JUNE 18TH.

I ENCOURAGE YOU TO COME IF TIME ALLOWS.

AND THEN WE ARE ALSO DOING A VIRTUAL RECORDING, AND THAT'LL BE A AVAILABLE ONCE WE HAVE THAT RECORDED AND IT'LL BE ONLINE.

SO OUR NEXT STEPS, WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE SURVEYING, DOING GEOTECH, BORINGS, UTILITY LOCATES, FIELD WALKS.

UH, WE'LL HAVE OUR PUBLIC MEETING.

WE'RE GONNA BE MOVING INTO FINAL DESIGN.

WE KNOW THAT THERE'S SOME CRITICAL, UH, EVENTS WITHIN DUBLIN.

ONE IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS WITH THE TOURNAMENT.

UH, THE IRISH FESTIVAL INDEPENDENCE DAY.

UH, WE KNOW THAT WE WANNA PRESERVE AS MANY TREES AND LANDSCAPING THAT'S IMPORTANT.

UM, KEEPING THE PUBLIC INFORMED, MAKING SURE THAT WE GET FEEDBACK FROM OUR JURISDICTION, OUR STAKEHOLDERS, AND THEN COORDINATE WITH ALL OF THE STAKEHOLDERS ON HOW WE CAN TEAM FOR ANY CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.

WITH THIS BEING SUCH A BIG PROJECT, THERE'LL BE OPPORTUNITIES TO HAVE YOUR CIP UH, PROGRAM IMPLEMENTED.

ANY QUESTIONS? WELL, THAT CERTAINLY IS A LOT OF INFORMATION.

QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL FOX? UH, WHAT EAST? UH, BAREFIELD DRIVE RUNS NORTH AND SOUTH BASICALLY.

IS IT ON THE EAST OR WEST SIDE OF MURFIELD DRIVE? IT HASN'T BEEN DECIDED YET.

WE WILL LOOK AT THAT.

WE'LL, WE'LL GET THAT IN FINAL DESIGN RIGHT NOW.

THE PRELIMINARY WAS JUST TO IDENTIFY CORRIDORS THAT WE COULD FURTHER EVALUATE WHERE TO EXACTLY PLACE THE MAINS.

YEAH, I WAS JUST CURIOUS, WHEN YOU RUN SOMETHING LIKE THAT, LIKE THIS, SO YOU RUN IT DOWN THE CENTER

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LINE 'CAUSE WE HAVE A GREEN CENTER LINE DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD, OR ARE YOU GOING TO GO LEFT OR RIGHT OF THE EXISTING SPLIT ROAD OR UNDER THE ASPHALT, I GUESS, HUH? THAT'S ALL GOING TO BE TAKEN CARE OF.

WE, WE DO REALIZE THAT THE MEDIAN IS QUITE BEAUTIFUL OUT THERE, AND, UH, DISRUPTION TO THAT.

I DON'T THINK HE COULD EVER RESTORE IT BACK TO WHAT IT WAS.

YEAH, THAT'S NOT, UH, WE DON'T WANNA DO THAT , SO WE'RE, WE'RE DEFINITELY PROBABLY BE IN THE, IN THE ROADWAY.

I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT STAFF HAS SHARED THAT CONCERN IN EVERY SINGLE MEETING THAT WE'VE BEEN IN.

AND I JUST WANNA THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL THE TIME THAT YOU'VE SPENT WORKING WITH STAFF TO GET US UP TO SPEED AND THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE ALIGNMENT STUDY, THEY'VE BEEN GREAT TO WORK WITH AND HAVE ACCEPTED ALL OF OUR INSIGHTS AND PERSPECTIVES AND VALUED OUR PRIORITIES THAT WE'VE SHARED.

AND THANKS FOR COMING THIS EVENING AS WELL.

DO YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON THE DEPTH OR THE WIDTH, AVERAGE DEPTH OR WIDTH OF THE TRENCH? THAT AVERAGE DEPTH WILL, AVERAGE DEPTH WHEN IT'S OPEN CUT WILL BE ABOUT SIX FEET DEEP FROM THE SURFACE TO THE TOP OF THE PIPE.

BUT WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT THE PIPE BEING 48 INCHES IN DIAMETER.

SO YOU HAVE THAT DEPTH.

IF WE GOTTA DO TRENCH LISTS AND BE UNDERNEATH THE STRUCTURE, UH, YOU COULD BE 15, 20 FEET DEEP.

UH, WE DON'T WANNA BE TOO DEEP BECAUSE ACCESSIBILITY IS IMPORTANT TO THE CITY.

BEING ABLE TO REACH IT FROM THE SURFACE INSTEAD OF BEING GOING INTO THE PIPE TO FIX ANYTHING.

HMM.

WHAT'S THE LIFE OF A PIPE LIKE THIS WITH THAT MUCH WATER RUNNING THROUGH IT? I MEAN, IT'S UNDER PRESSURE.

I ARE THESE CONCRETE? WELL, IT, IT COULD BE DUCTILE, IRON, CONCRETE, OR STEEL AT THE SIZE THAT IT IS PROBABLY CONCRETE.

THAT'S WHAT MOST OF OUR MAINS OF THAT SIZE ARE.

UM, MY GUESS IS IT'S A HIGH PROBABILITY THAT IT'LL BE CONCRETE, BUT WE BID IT AND COMPETITIVELY AND WHOEVER WANTS TO SELL THEIR PIPE, THE CHEAP IS PROBABLY WHO WILL GET, BUT PRECAST CONCRETE CYLINDER PIPE IS MOST LIKELY.

WHAT WILL THAT LASTS? 20 YEARS? 40 YEARS ARE A HUNDRED, HUH? IT, WE, WE DESIGN IT FOR A HUNDRED YEARS.

UH, WE HAVE MAINS IN OUR SYSTEM THAT ARE WELL OVER THAT.

YES, KATHY.

UM, SO AFTER THE WORK IS DONE, WHEN YOU'RE HAVING THESE RESIDENT, UM, MEETINGS, YOU'LL DISCUSS ABOUT THE REPLANTING TIME AND THE PROCESS TO THAT, THAT WILL HAPPEN IF THEY'RE NOT UNDER PAVEMENT OR, YOU KNOW, YES.

WE, IF IT'S NOT UNDER PAVEMENT, WE WILL WORK WITH THE JURISDICTION IF IT'S WITHIN THE RIGHT OF WAY ON REPLANTING, RESIDING RESEEDING, IF THERE'S TREES, UM, WE'LL KNOW WHAT TREES ARE BEING TAKEN OUT AND IT'LL BE PART OF THE PLANS ON REPLACING THOSE TREES IN KIND AS WELL.

SO I KNOW THERE'S SOME BIG TREES OUT THERE AS WELL, AND WE WANT TO TRY TO AVOID THOSE.

SO THAT'S IN CONJUNCTION WITH OUR TEAM.

YES.

AND OUR TEAM IS ALSO TAKING A LOOK AT OUR CIP AND ANY PROJECTS THAT WE'RE AWARE OF IN THE FUTURE ALONG THE, THE ROUTE, UM, TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY OPPORTUNITY, WHICH I'M SURE THERE WILL BE OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTNER AND COLLABORATE TO MINIMIZE IMPACTS TO TRAFFIC AND RESIDENTS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

WELL, AS WELL.

AND THEY'RE VERY OPEN TO HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS AS WE MOVE FORWARD THROUGH DESIGN.

ABSOLUTELY.

WE, WE DO THAT REGULARLY WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS IN THE CITY, SO WE KNOW WHAT THE VALUE OF THAT IS TO THE RESIDENTS.

I MEAN, I DO WANT TO INTRODUCE STEVE SERRA.

HE'S OUR PROJECT MANAGER FOR THE CITY.

SO HE, HE'LL BE YOUR, UH, MAIN CONTACT MOVING ONCE THIS MOVES INTO DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION.

GREAT.

WELL, WE REALLY THANK YOU FOR COMING THIS EVENING AND, UH, GIVING US A BIT OF A TUTORIAL OF WHAT WE HAVE TO LOOK FORWARD TO.

THANKS FOR HAVING US.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AGENDA, UH, CONSISTS OF THREE MEETING MINUTES OF APRIL 29, MAY 6TH, MAY 13TH.

THIS BRINGS US TO THE CITIZEN COMMENTS PORTION OF OUR AGENDA.

IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CITIZENS TO COMMENT OR ON ANY TOPIC THAT IS NOT ON THIS EVENING'S AS AGENDA.

UH, AS A REMINDER, WE ASK THAT YOU PLEASE SIGN IN, IN THE KIOSK, JUST OUTSIDE THE CHAMBER, AND WE'LL RECOGNIZE YOU TO PROVIDE YOUR COMMENTS.

UM, LINDSAY, DO WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED IN TO SPEAK THIS EVENING? NO ONE HAS SIGNED IN.

[CONSENT AGENDA]

UH, IS THERE A REQUEST TO REMOVE ITEM FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA? HEARING NONE, I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.

IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.

JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE MR. REINER? YES.

MAYOR AROSE GROOMS? YES.

VICE MAYOR O? YES.

HEARING ORDINANCES ORDINANCE ZERO EIGHT DASH 24 TO PROHIBIT ADULT USE MARIJUANA CULTIVATION, PROCESSING AND RETAIL DISTRIBUTION WITHIN THE CITY OF DUBLIN AND INCLUDE VAPING WITHIN THE DEFINITION OF SMOKING.

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SECOND, READING, PUBLIC

[Ordinance 08-24]

AND OUR STAFF REPORT WILL BE FROM THE ASSISTANT LAW DIRECTOR PHIL HARTMAN.

UH, GOOD EVENING COUNSEL BEFORE YOU.

TONIGHT IS THE SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE ZERO EIGHT DASH 24 TO RESTRICT THE USE IN COMMERCIAL OPERATION OF RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA.

ADDITIONALLY, THIS ORDINANCE UPDATES THE DEFINITION OF SMOKING IN THE CITY'S CODIFIED ORDINANCE ORDINANCES TO INCLUDE VAPING SIMILAR TO WHAT'S CURRENTLY BEEN UPDATED IN THE STATE CODE.

UH, JUST BY WAY OF BACKGROUND, IF AT THE NOVEMBER, 2023 GENERAL ELECTION, THE OHIO VOTERS APPROVED STATE ISSUE TWO TO LEGALIZE THE RECREATIONAL USE OF MARIJUANA.

THIS IS IN ADDITION TO, AS YOU MAY RECALL, THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED MEDICAL USE OF MARIJUANA PASSED BY THE OHIO GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN 2016.

ISSUE TWO TOOK EFFECT DECEMBER 7TH, 2023 AND ESTABLISHED A NEW CHAPTER IN THE OHIO REVISED CODE 37 80.

SPECIFICALLY UNDER CHAPTER 37 80, MARIJUANA MAY BE COMMERCIALLY SOLD AND CULTIVATED IF THE SELLING ENTITY ALREADY HAS A VALID LICENSE TO SELL THE MEDICAL MARIJUANA AS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED AT THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED LOCATION.

UH, CURRENTLY THERE ARE NO VALID LICENSES WITHIN THE CITY BECAUSE THE CITY COUNCIL PASSED A SIMILAR ORDINANCE, UH, TO THIS ORDINANCE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT.

THE PRIOR ORDINANCE NUMBER WAS 35 17, AND IT PASSED COUNSEL IN JUNE OF 2017.

AGAIN, THIS WAS IN RESPONSE TO OHIO GENERAL ASSEMBLY, DIPPING ITS TOE IN THE WATER AND LEGALIZING MARIJUANA FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES BACK THEN.

UH, THE PRIOR ORDINANCE, UH, PROHIBITS MEDICAL MARIJUANA CULTIVATION, PROCESSING AND DISPENSARIES WITHIN THE CITY PURSUANT TO OUR HOME RULE POWER AND THE OHIO REVISED CODE RELATED TO THE MEDICAL SALE MARIJUANA AS A RESULT OF THIS PREVIOUS BAN.

AS PREVIOUSLY STATED, THERE ARE NO LICENSES THAT HAVE BEEN ISSUED WITHIN THE CITY TO DATE.

TONIGHT'S LEGISLATION WILL JUST EXTEND AND EXPAND THE BAN ON THE CULTIVATION PROCESSING AND, UH, THE AND DISPENSARIES, UH, PREVIOUSLY PASSED BY THE CITY RELATED TO MEDICAL USE TO, UH, ADDRESS STATEWIDE ISSUES TO ALLOWANCE OF RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA USE.

AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

COUNSEL QUESTIONS? DISCUSSION HEARING JENNY? NONE.

UH, IS EVERYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING NONE.

JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL MAYOR AROSE GROOMS? YES.

MS. CRA? YES.

FIRST READING ORDINANCES, ORDINANCE ZERO NINE DASH 24, AUTHORIZING A MODIFICATION TO THE CITY'S DEBT POLICY.

THIS BRINGS US TO INTRODUCTION

[Ordinance 09-24]

IN OUR STAFF REPORT THIS EVENING WILL BE BY MR. MATT STIFFLER.

WELCOME MATT.

GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.

UH, CURRENTLY THE CITY'S DEBT POLICY IS SILENT ON THE UTILIZATION AND REPAYMENT OF MANUSCRIPT DEBT.

THE FOLLOWING POLICY MODIFICATION IS BEING RECOMMENDED TO PROVIDE LANGUAGE ADDRESSING THE UTILIZATION OF THIS FINANCING OPTION.

THIS TYPE OF FINANCING IS PERMITTED UNDER A HIGHER REVISED CODE SECTION 1 33 POINT 29.

THIS POLICY MODIFICATION WAS REVIEWED BY THE CITY'S BOND COUNCIL, LAW DEPARTMENT, MUNICIPAL ADVISOR, ACCOUNTING ADVISOR, AND THE FINANCE COMMITTEE ON MAY 14TH.

THE DEBT POLICY MODIFICATION, UH, ADDS LANGUAGE TO THE STRUCTURAL FEATURES OF DEBT SECTION AS WELL AS PRESCRIBING A PROCESS FOR ITS USE AND AN UPPER LIMIT ON THE AMOUNT OF MANUSCRIPT DEBT THAT THE CITY WILL CONSIDER ISSUING.

UH, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING.

10 DASH 24 AUTHORIZING A MODIFICATION TO THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND POLICY HONOR.

UH, IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING NONE.

COUNCIL QUESTIONS.

DISCUSSION? I HEARING NONE.

OUR SECOND READING, PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE SCHEDULED FOR JUNE THE THIRD, ORDINANCE

[Ordinance 10-24]

IN THE EXCESS FUND BALANCE PROVISION IN THE GENERAL FUND BALANCE POLICY.

UH, AND WE WILL RETURN TO MATT STIFFLER WITH THE REPORT.

THERE ARE THREE POLICIES FOR CONSIDERATION, UH, FOR MODIFICATION TONIGHT.

AND ALL OF THEM ARE VERY SIMILAR.

THE GENERAL FUND POLICY OF THE CITY IS ALSO SILENT ON THE UTILIZATION AND REPAYMENT OF MANUSCRIPT DEBT.

THESE MODIFICATIONS ARE RECOMMENDED TO PROVIDE LANGUAGE ADDRESSING THE UTILIZATION OF THIS FINANCING OPTION AND ARE AGAIN, PERMITTED UNDER A HIGHER REVISED CODE.

THESE HAVE ALSO BEEN REVIEWED BY OUR BOND COUNCIL LAW DEPARTMENT, UH, MUNICIPAL AND ACCOUNTING ADVISORS, AS WELL AS THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.

THE CHANGE AT HAND, UH, IS

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CURRENTLY, IT REQUIRES 25% OF THE AMOUNT IN ACCESS OF 75% TO BE TRANSFERRED TO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS FUND.

THIS PRE UH, THIS PROVISION IS PROPOSED TO BE EXPANDED TO INCLUDE THE EXISTING REQUIRED TRANSFER TO INCLUDE THE REPAYMENT OF DEBT, SPECIFICALLY NOTES OR MANUSCRIPT DEBT AS HIS CURRENT PRACTICE.

THE FINANCE DIRECTOR WOULD MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO COUNSEL DURING THE PRESENTATION OF THE FIRST QUARTER SUPPLEMENTAL REGARDING THE EXECUTION OF THIS PROVISION.

AND COUNSEL CAN THEN DETERMINE WHETHER TO TAKE ACTION OR AMEND THE FINANCE DIRECTOR'S RECOMMENDATION.

STAFF ARE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL AT YOUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING.

COUNCIL QUESTIONS DISCUSSION.

IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING NONE.

KATHY? UM, MATT, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR THE, THE MEMO THAT YOU PUT TOGETHER.

I, I THOUGHT IT WAS VERY HELPFUL.

I I WAS NOT FAMILIAR WITH MANUSCRIPT DEBT MYSELF.

UM, BUT, UM, YOUR DESCRIPTION IN SORT OF THE LAST PARAGRAPH OF YOUR MEMO THAT IT FUNCTIONS VERY SIMILAR TO AS WE MOVE ADVANCES BETWEEN ACCOUNTS AND I, I FOUND THAT TO BE VERY HELPFUL.

SO THIS IS VERY SIMILAR THERE.

WE'LL ADVANCE TO A CAPITAL FUND, WE'LL REPAY IT FROM THE GENERAL FUND, WE'LL ADVANCE IT TO ANOTHER FUND.

AND THIS JUST PROVIDES A MECHANISM, IF I UNDERSTAND AND I'M LOOKING FOR CLARITY, IF I DON'T, THAT I UNDERSTAND THAT IT GIVES US, GIVES US THE FLEXIBILITY TO DO THAT IN A, IN A DEBT CAPACITY AS WELL.

AND I, I THOUGHT THAT WAS A VERY HELPFUL WAY OF GETTING, GETTING MY, MY MIND AROUND, UM, THE, IT JUST CREATES FLEXIBILITY THAT FRANKLY WE, WE USE ALREADY.

IS THAT CORRECT? YEAH, THAT'S VERY CORRECT.

SO WE CURRENTLY, UH, PROVIDE FOR ADVANCES IN TRANSFERS AS PART OF THE OPERATING BUDGET AND THE NORMAL COURSE OF OPERATIONS.

AND THERE'S AN IMPORTANT LEGAL RESTRICTION WHEN YOU'RE DOING AN ADVANCE OR TRANSFER, IS THAT THE MONEY FROM THE FUND MOVING TO ANOTHER FUND HAS TO BE MORE RESTRICTIVE THAN THE FUND THAT YOU'RE TRANSFERRING FROM.

SO, FOR EXAMPLE, WE DO A LOT OF TRANSFERS FROM THE GENERAL FUND.

THE GENERAL FUND CAN ESSENTIALLY BE USED FOR ANY PUBLIC PURPOSE.

WE WILL TYPICALLY TRANSFER FUNDING FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO A TAX INCREMENT FINANCING FUND, WHICH IS GENERALLY SPEAKING A FUND THAT'S RESTRICTED TO A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FOR A SPECIFIC AREA.

SO OBVIOUSLY GENERAL FUND MONEY ARE ELIGIBLE FOR TIF UTILIZATION, BUT NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND.

SO THAT IS A ONE-SIDED, UH, KIND OF TRANSFER OR ADVANCE.

IF YOU WANTED TO USE THE FUND BALANCE IN THE TIF FUND TO SUPPORT A DIFFERENT TYPE OF FUND, YOU WOULD USE MANUSCRIPT DEBT BECAUSE THEN IT CREATES A LEGAL OBLIGATION TO PAY THAT TIF FUND BACK BECAUSE THERE WAS NO LEGAL AUTHORITY TO USE THE MONEY IN THAT FUND THE WAY THAT YOU WERE, UH, INTENDING TO USE IT.

THE, THE LEGAL RESTRICTIONS ARE NOT, UH, COMPATIBLE.

SO THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE TO USE MANUSCRIPT DEBT AS OPPOSED TO AN ADVANCE OR A TRANSFER.

BUT ACCOUNTING WISE, THEY'RE VERY SIMILAR.

THANK YOU, MATT.

I THINK THAT'S QUITE HELPFUL.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

DASH 24 AUTHORIZING A MODIFICATION TO THE CITY'S INVESTMENT POLICY.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL? UH, HEARING NONE, OUR SECOND READING, PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE ALSO SCHEDULED FOR JUNE THE THIRD ORDINANCE 11

[Ordinance 11-24]

I'LL DO SO THANK YOU.

AND WE'LL STICK WITH MATT FOR THE STAFF REPORT.

FINAL POLICY MODIFICATION OF TONIGHT, AGAIN, THIS WAS REVIEWED BY ALL OF THE PREVIOUS STAFF MENTIONED, AS WELL AS OUR INVESTMENT CONSULTANT RED TREE, WHO REVIEWED THIS BECAUSE IT DOES INVOLVE THE INVESTMENT POLICY AS WELL AS AGAIN, THE FINANCE COMMITTEE ON MAY 14TH.

SO THIS MODIFICATION INCLUDES CLARIFYING THAT MANUSCRIPT DEBT IS EXEMPT FROM THE LIMITATIONS IMPOSED UPON BOND PURCHASES BY POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS.

THIS EXEMPTION IS CONSISTENT WITH THE OTHER TYPES OF INVESTMENT HELD BY THE CITY, BUT NOT AN INVESTMENT ADVISOR.

SPECIFICALLY, THE CITY HOLDS COMMERCIAL, COMMERCIAL PAPER AND MUTUAL FUNDS AS PART OF OUR DAILY LIQUIDITY PROCESS AND TREASURY MANAGEMENT, UH, PROCESS.

THE DEBT POLICY DIRECTS OUR INVESTMENT ADVISORS IN THE TYPES AND QUANTITIES OF INVESTMENTS THE CITY WOULD LIKE TO PURSUE.

THIS DEBT IS NOT PURCHASED BY AN INVESTMENT ADVISOR AND IS NOT PART OF THEIR INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO.

SO IT SHOULD NOT BE COUNTED AGAINST THE LIMITATION IMPOSED BY THE POLICY.

ADDITIONALLY, BECAUSE THIS DEBT IS HELD BY THE CITY AND IS NOT REQUIRED TO BE HELD, IT IS NOT REQUIRED TO BE HELD IN SAFEKEEPING AND CUSTODY, AS IS OTHER DEBT ISSUED BY THE CITY.

MANUSCRIPT DEBT FUNCTIONS VERY SIMILAR TO AN ADVANCE BETWEEN FUNDS, WHICH AS WE JUST DISCUSSED, IS SOMETHING THE CITY DOES REGULARLY.

SO THIS DEBT WILL BE RECORDED IN THE CITY'S ERP MUNI USING AN APPROPRIATE ACCOUNTING STANDARD, AND STAFF RECOMMEND APPROVAL AT YOUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING.

IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING NONE COUNCIL QUESTIONS.

DISCUSSION.

IN THE FOURTH QUARTER OF HIS PRESENTATION TONIGHT.

AGAIN, SECOND READING.

PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE SCHEDULED FOR JUNE THE THIRD

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[Ordinance 12-24]

ORDINANCE 12 DASH 24 ADOPTING THE PROPOSED TAX BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025.

AND YOUR FINAL PRESENTATION FOR THE EVENING, MR. STIFFLER? GOOD EVENING.

MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.

MY FAVORITE ROUTINE ORDINANCE BECAUSE THIS IS THE OFFICIAL KICKOFF TO THE 20 24 20 25 BUDGET SEASON.

SO THIS ORDINANCE IS REQUIRED BY STATUTE TO BE EFFECTIVE AND FILED WITH THE COUNTY AUDITOR BY JULY 20TH, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE BRINGING IT FORWARD TONIGHT SO THAT WE CAN MEET THAT DEADLINE.

IT IS NOT A BUDGET THAT MAKES ANY APPROPRIATIONS, IT SIMPLY MAKES US ELIGIBLE FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT FUNDING.

SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE GONNA ASK FOR YOUR APPROVAL AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING.

PUBLIC HEARING VOTE RESOLUTIONS RESOLUTION 35 DASH 24, ACCEPTING THE LOWEST AND BEST BID FOR THE I 2 73 3 INTERCHANGE PLANTING RENOVATION PROJECT AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER IN A CONTRACT FOR THE PROJECT.

IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING NONE.

COUNCIL QUESTIONS.

DISCUSSION ONCE AGAIN.

SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 3RD.

THIS BRINGS US TO INTRODUCTION,

[Resolution 25-24]

I THANK YOU AND MATT EARMAN WILL HAVE THE STAFF REPORT.

WELCOME, GOOD EVENING.

MEMBERS OF COUNCIL ON TUESDAY, APRIL 23RD, SIX BIDS WERE OPEN FOR THE I 2 70 33 INTERCHANGE PLANTING RENOVATION PROJECT.

YOU'LL RECALL THIS PROJECT WILL RENOVATE, UH, THE EXISTING LANDSCAPE BEDS WITHIN THE INTERCHANGE THAT HAVE NOT PERFORMED WELL.

UH, RENOVATIONS WILL INCLUDE THE INSTALLATION OF TREES, SHRUBS, MODIFICATIONS OF EXISTING IRRIGATION SYSTEM, UH, FRENCH DRAIN SYSTEM, SOIL AMENDMENTS AND TURF SEATINGS PER THE, UM, PER THE CONCEPT THAT WAS UH, APPROVED.

UM, AT THE SEPTEMBER 19TH COUNCIL MEETING, THE ARCHITECT'S ESTIMATE, UH, FOR THIS PROJECT WAS $250,000.

OF THE SIX BIDS RECEIVED THE LOWEST AND BEST BID FROM R AND R LAWN CARE AND LANDSCAPES.

LLC WAS IN THE AMOUNT OF $197,972, WHICH IS 21%.

BELOW THAT ESTIMATE.

STAFF HAS THOROUGHLY REVIEWED THE BID RECEIVED FROM R AND R LAWN CARE, UM, AND FOUND THE BID TO BE LOWEST.

AND THE BEST BID STAFF IS CONFIDENT IN THE CONTRACTOR'S ABILITY TO SUCCESSFULLY PERFORM THE SCOPE OF THIS CONTRACT BASED ON POSITIVE REFERENCES AND FAVORABLE PERFORMANCE, UH, FOR PREVIOUS CITY PROJECTS.

WITH THAT STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THIS RESOLUTION AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION THIS EVENING? HEARING NONE COUNCIL QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION? I HAD A QUICK COMMENT.

I WAS JUST CURIOUS BECAUSE FIRST OF ALL, THEY CAME IN OVER 50,000 LESS THAN WHAT YOU THOUGHT THEY WOULD AND THEN THE OTHER ONES, YOU HAVE THREE THAT ARE VERY CONSISTENT, YOU KNOW, A GOOD WHAT? 130,000 MORE AND THEN YOU HAD ONE CRAZY OFF THE END.

SO ARE WE SURE THEY SCOPED IT RIGHT? LIKE I THOUGHT MAYBE, 'CAUSE I KNOW THERE'S SOME DRAINAGE AND IRRIGATION AND FRENCH DRAIN.

ARE THEY QUALIFIED TO DEAL WITH THE DRAINAGE ASPECT OF THIS AND NOT JUST PLANTING? WE HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM ABOUT THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT AND ARE CONVINCED THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THAT SCOPE.

SO THE PRICING THAT WE RECEIVED WAS SIGNIFICANTLY LESS THAN THE OTHERS.

I DO KNOW THAT THIS IS A, UM, A NOT SO FREQUENTLY CONTRACTED, UM, PROVIDER FOR THESE SERVICES AND THEY ARE LOOKING TO ESTABLISH THEMSELVES A LITTLE BIT MORE DOMINANTLY IN DUBLIN.

SO THAT COULD BE A DO YOU THINK THEY UNDERBID MAYBE JUST SO THEY COULD GET IN AND CORRECT.

I WAS JUST, JUST CURIOUS AS TO MAYBE THE REASONING 'CAUSE IT'S QUITE A BIT DIFFERENT.

YEP.

THANK, THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL? UH, HEARING THEM? JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? MS. ROSA? YES.

MS. CRAM? YES.

MR. KEELER? YES.

MS. REINER? YES.

MS. FOX? YES.

MAYOR M ROSE GROOMS? YES.

DASH 24 AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT WITH THE FRANKLIN COUNTY ENGINEER'S OFFICE FOR THE DUBLIN ROAD SHARED USE PATH PROJECT OWNERS USE.

MATT.

RESOLUTION 26

[Resolution 26-24]

AND OUR STAFF REPORT WILL BE BY GEN JEANNIE WILLIS.

AGENCIES IN THE PROJECT ARE THE CITIES OF DUBLIN, COLUMBUS, HILLIARD, AND FRANKLIN COUNTY.

GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.

THERE WE GO.

UH, TONIGHT FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IS A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT WITH THE FRANKLIN AND COUNTY ENGINEER'S OFFICE FOR THE DUBLIN ROAD SHARED USE PATH PROJECT.

THIS PROJECT INCLUDES THE PLANNING, DESIGN, AND CONSTRUCTION OF A SHARED USE PATH ALONG THE DUBLIN ROAD CORRIDOR FROM LIMESTONE RIDGE IN DUBLIN DOWN TO QUARRY TRAILS METRO PARK IN COLUMBUS.

THIS PROJECT, THE SHARED USE PATH, IS 4.23 MILES LONG WITH 10 JURISDICTIONAL CHANGES WITHIN THE PROJECT.

THE PARTICIPATING

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OH, THANK YOU.

THE PATH WILL EXTEND DUBLIN'S EXISTING BIKEWAY SYSTEM ALONG THE CORRIDOR FROM OUR NORTHERN CORPORATION LIMIT THROUGH THE CORE OF HISTORIC DUBLIN TO AND BEYOND THE SOUTHERN BOUNDARY.

THIS PROJECT DOES COMPLETE THE CONSTRUCTION OF PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES ALONG THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF DUBLIN ROAD IN DUBLIN FROM FRANCE ROAD NORTH TO GLICK ROAD.

THE TOTAL ESTIMATED PROJECT COST ACROSS ALL JURISDICTIONS IS $14,841,209.

IF THIS PROJECT WERE TO BE CONSTRUCTED SOLELY WITH DUBLIN FUNDS, DUBLIN'S PORTION OF THE PROJECT TOTAL WOULD BE $1,929,360.

DETAILED DESIGN IS NOT AN ELIGIBLE EXPENSE THROUGH ATTRIBUTABLE FUNDING, AND AS A RESULT IS LOCALLY FUNDED, THE MORS E ATTRIBUTABLE FUNDING AWARD IS $10,351,449, COVERING 80% OF THE TOTAL $12,939,311 OF ESTIMATED RIGHT AWAY AND CONSTRUCTION COSTS.

THE LOCAL MATCH OF 20% IS FOR RIGHT AWAY AND CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES.

LOCAL AGENCIES WILL CONTRIBUTE FUNDS TO COMPLETE THE DETAILED DESIGN AND THE REMAINING 20% LOCAL MATCH REQUIRED.

BASED ON THE LENGTH OF THE PROJECT WITHIN EACH JURISDICTION, DUBLIN'S TOTAL CONTRIBUTION IS ESTIMATED TO BE APPROXIMATELY $583,669, WHICH IS 30% OF WHAT WOULD BE DUBLIN'S TOTAL PROJECT COST.

WITHOUT THIS GRANT AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT, DUBLIN IS RECEIVING APPROXIMATELY $1,345,690 IN GRANT FUNDS.

THIS INCLUDES 13% OF THE TOTAL PROJECT DETAILED DESIGN AT $247,247.

THE 20% LOCAL MATCH FOR THE RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION IN DUBLIN AT $58,500.

AND THE 20% LOCAL MATCH FOR CONSTRUCTION AND CONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATION WITHIN DUBLIN AT $277,922.

WITH THE CURRENT FUNDING AWARD, THE ESTIMATES AND TIMEFRAMES FOR DUBLIN WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE UPCOMING CIP PROCESS FOR 2025 THROUGH 2029.

RIGHT AWAY, ACQUISITION IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR IN 2027 AND CONSTRUCTION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN 2028.

WITH COMPLETION IN 2029, THE FRANKLIN COUNTY ENGINEER'S OFFICE AND DUBLIN WILL COORDINATE AND COMMUNICATE THE CONSTRUCTION AND TRAFFIC IMPACTS USING BOTH ENTITIES, TYPICAL AND CUSTOMARY COMMUNICATION METHODS.

STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT WITH THE FRANKLIN COUNTY ENGINEER'S OFFICE FOR THE DUBLIN ROAD SHARED USE PATH PROJECT.

AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE PROJECT OR THIS RESOLUTION.

IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING NONE COUNCIL QUESTIONS.

DISCUSSION.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS.

THIS IS GREAT.

I HAD TWO QUESTIONS.

ONE, I I AND FIRST ONE MAYBE IS HALF A COMMENT.

SO IT'S ROUGHLY A MILLION DOLLARS A MILE TO PUT IN SHARED USE PATH IF I'M DOING THE MATH HERE.

IS THAT A MILLION DOLLARS A MILE? THAT, THAT'S WHERE THE CONSTRUCTION ESTIMATE IS.

I MEAN THERE'S DRAINAGE THERE, THERE ARE, UM, STRUCTURES, THERE ARE VARIOUS THINGS THAT ARE IMPACTING THE COST.

SO YEAH.

AND RIGHT AWAY ACQUISITION, WELL THE RIGHT OF WAY WAS A SMALLER NUMBER ON THERE THAT LOOKED LIKE THAT OF THE, THE, OR THE EASEMENT, I GUESS MAYBE THE RIGHT OF AWAYS IN THERE.

I WAS JUST FLOORED BY THE, THE DOLLARS AND CENTS OF IT.

I'M DELIGHTED WITH THE PROJECT AND WE ABSOLUTELY, I JUST, THAT BLEW ME AWAY.

FAIR? YEAH, IT WAS CRAZY.

SO THAT, UM, THAT WAS MY COMMENT.

EXPLAN, WHATEVER.

UM, I'M SURE YOU CAN FIX THAT, RIGHT JEANNIE? IT WON'T BE A PROBLEM.

LET GET ON THAT KNOW, I'M SURE.

YEAH, YEAH.

THE SECOND ONE IS, UM, WHEN IT IN THE, THE DUBLIN PORTION, RIGHT? WHAT DOES IT CONNECT TO? UH, WHEN IN DUBLIN? RIGHT THERE AT THE CONNECTION POINT ON, UM, LIMESTONE.

SO IT CONNECTS TO, ON THE NORTH SIDE OF LOW ISLAND FARMS, THERE'S AN EXISTING SHARED USE PATH.

SO IT'LL ALIGN WITH THAT.

IT'LL OKAY.

SO THAT WE ALREADY HAVE, SO IT SORT OF DEAD ENDS NOW IS THAT THIS IS THE LAST PIECE THAT WHERE THERE'S NOTHING.

PLATE AND, AND PUTTING THIS MUCH MONEY INTO A DIFFERENT KIND OF TRANSPORTATION FOR PEOPLE AND OPENING THIS WHOLE DUBLIN ROAD UP.

SO, SO THEN NOW WE'LL CONNECT IT THROUGH THE REST OF THE WAY DOWN TO CORRECT TO THE PARK.

ANY OTHER COUNCIL COMMENT? YEAH, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU JEANNIE.

THIS IS EXCITING TO THINK THAT OUR PEOPLE CAN WALK, CAN TAKE A BIKE OR WHATEVER, GO ALL THE WAY DOWN TO, UH, TO THE NEW QUARRY TRAILS.

AND I THINK IT'S WORTH A SHOUT OUT TO MORE SEA FOR COMING TO THE

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I THINK THAT'S JUST WONDERFUL.

AND I KNOW, UM, CHRIS, YOU TALK TO 'EM ALL THE TIME, SO, SO I THINK IT'S JUST WONDERFUL AND I THINK WE SHOULD SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT.

THEY CERTAINLY DO A GREAT JOB IN PARTNERSHIP ON PROJECTS LIKE THESE.

ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY.

HEARING NONE, JENNY, WOULD YOU, YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL MS. CRAM? YES.

MAYOR AROSE GRMS? YES.

DASH 24 ACCEPTING THE LOWEST AND BEST BID FOR THE ANNUAL STREET LIGHT AND TRAFFIC CONTROL UTILITY PAINTING 2024.

RESOLUTION 27

[Resolution 27-24]

I'LL INTRODUCE IT.

AND BOB TAYLOR WILL HAVE OUR STAFF REPORT.

GOOD EVENING.

MEMBERS OF COUNCIL ON MAY 20.

ON MAY 1ST, 2024.

WE HAD TWO RESPONSIVE BIDS FOR THE STREETLIGHT PAINTING AND TRAFFIC CONTROL UTILITY PAINTING PROGRAM, WHICH WILL RE WILL REPAINT 499 STREETLIGHT POLES.

BRIAN BROTHERS PAINTING AND RESTORATION SUBMITTED THE LOWEST BID OF $145,014 AND 39 CENTS, WHICH WAS 27% BELOW OUR ESTIMATE.

THE PROJECT'S EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY OCTOBER 31ST WITH MINIMAL TRAFFIC IMPACTS, WHICH WILL BE COORDINATED WITH COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING STAFF RECOMMENDS THE APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION 27 24, ACCEPTING THE LOWEST AND BEST BID FOR THE ANNUAL STREETLIGHT AND TRAFFIC CONTROL UTILITY PAINTING AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO CONTRACT WITH BRIAN BROTHERS PAINTING AND RESTORATION FOR THE PROJECT.

I'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.

UH, IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING NONE COUNCIL QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE MS. FOX? YES.

MS. CRA? YES.

OTHER BUSINESS PORTION OF OUR AGENDA THIS EVENING.

THIS BRINGS US TO THE

[OTHER BUSINESS]

UH, FIRST ITEM ON THERE IS THE DESIGNATED OUTDOOR REFRESHMENT OR DORA AREA.

AND PROPOSED CHANGES IN OUR STAFF REPORT WILL BE FROM ALISON LEROY.

GOOD EVENING.

MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.

LEMME JUST GET THIS UP.

UM, TONIGHT I'M HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT OUR DOOR THAT WE'VE HAD IN DOWNTOWN DUBLIN.

UM, YOU CAN SEE THE MAP HERE, ALTHOUGH I THINK WE WE'RE ALL PRETTY WELL AWARE OF THE BOUNDARIES AT THIS POINT, BUT WE STARTED IN SPRING 2021 WITH A, UM, PILOT THAT WE DID THROUGHOUT THAT FIRST SUMMER.

AND THEN IN FALL OF THAT YEAR, WE MADE IT, UH, MORE PERMANENT AND WE EXPANDED THE BOUNDARIES AT THAT TIME.

RIGHT NOW WE CURRENTLY HAVE 31 ESTABLISHMENTS, UM, IN THAT DORA AREA.

AND, UM, A LOT OF 'EM HAVE REPORTED A LOT OF GREAT, UM, EXPERIENCES.

REALLY, UM, RIGHT NOW OUR NUMBER ONE CUP BUYER IS THE, UH, NORTH MARKET.

AND SO THEY'RE REALLY HAVING QUITE A SUCCESS WITH WHAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING OUT OF THE TWO BARS, THE MARKET BAR AND THE, AND THE WINE BAR THERE.

AND, UM, SO WE HAD A REQUEST FROM THE DOWNTOWN DUBLIN STRATEGIC ALLIANCE MEMBERS, BOTH HDBA AND CRAWFORD HOING AND THEIR ESTABLISHMENTS TO LOOK AT OUR HOURS THAT WE'VE BEEN RUNNING.

OUR DORA, WE ARE THE ONLY ONE, IF YOU LOOK AT THIS FIRST CHART IN CENTRAL OHIO THAT IS DOING MORE THAN TWO DIFFERENT TIMEFRAMES.

UM, SO ABOUT HALF THE PEOPLE ARE DOING A CONSISTENT DAILY, UM, TIMEFRAME.

AND THEN SOME OTHER PEOPLE ARE DOING SOME DIFFERENT THINGS ON WEEKDAYS VERSUS WEEKENDS.

UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE LEARNED IS WE REALLY HAVEN'T HAD ANY ISSUES WITH OUR DORA.

I THINK THE BIGGEST THING IS THE CONFUSION OF WHEN IS THE DORA AND EVEN SOMEBODY ASKED ME AND I HAVE TO GO LOOK AT, UM, THE WEBSITE 'CAUSE I FORGET WHICH DAY IT IS AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS.

SO VISIT DUBLIN SPECIFICALLY TALKED ABOUT HOW MARKETING IT WOULD BE A LOT EASIER IF THEY HAD ONE CONSISTENT TIMEFRAME.

SO THIS IS WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE.

AND THEN WE ARE, UM, RECOMMENDING A CHANGE WHERE WE WOULD ONLY HAVE ONE DAY THAT WAS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT.

UH, THE, THE TIME WE'RE RECOMMENDING IS STARTING AT 11:00 AM TO 10:00 PM SO THAT NIGHTTIME DOESN'T CHANGE ON THE WEEKENDS.

UM, BUT THEN ON SATURDAY WE RECOGNIZE BETWEEN THE MARKET AND THE SUMMER AND SOME OTHER EVENTS WE HAVE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, IT WOULD BE ADVANTAGEOUS TO MOVE THAT TO A 9:00 AM ON SATURDAY MORNINGS.

UM, AND THEN SUNDAY WE GO BACK TO THE 11:00 AM TO 10:00 PM UM, AS IT IS ON THE OTHER DAYS.

SO YOU CAN SEE THAT HERE AND I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS ANYBODY MIGHT HAVE ABOUT THE RESEARCH WE'VE DONE ON SOME OF THESE.

UH, IS ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS TOPIC? HEARING NONE COUNCIL QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION

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BACK TO THIS.

MY THOUGHT IS JUST TO LEAVE IT AT 11 EVERY DAY, 11 TO 10.

IF THE WHOLE POINT IS CONSISTENCY AND SO PEOPLE AREN'T CONFUSED, 11:00 AM TO 10:00 PM EVERY DAY TO ME WORKS GOOD.

I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO WORRY ABOUT SOMEONE WHO WANTS IT BETWEEN NINE AND THE HOURS OF NINE AND 10.

SO TO ME, I WOULD SUGGEST KEEP IT THE SAME ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE BOARD.

THE, UH, NINE TO 10 ON SATURDAY.

IS THAT FOR THE MORNING MARKET CROWD? YEAH.

AND YOU'LL ACTUALLY, SO THEY CAN HAVE BLOODY MARY'S OR WHATEVER.

MM-HMM.

, THE CITY OF WORTHINGTON IS LOOKING AT THAT RIGHT NOW AS WELL AS CHANGING THEIR SATURDAY MORNING.

I JUST, UM, ACTUALLY SAW THAT IN THE NEWS TODAY, UH, THAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT SOME CHANGES THERE BECAUSE OF THAT SAME ISSUE ON WITH THE MARKETS ON SATURDAY MORNINGS.

YEAH, I GOT IT.

UM, I THINK IN, IN TWO PRESENTATIONS FROM NOW, WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT OUR HEALTH ASSESSMENT AND THERE WAS ONE AREA WHERE WE HAD SOME CHALLENGES AND I, I'M NOT SURE WE'RE HELPING OUR, OUR ASSESSMENT HERE, JUST QUITE FRANKLY.

SO, UM, I'M IN AMY'S CAMP, I THINK JUST 11 TO 10, 11:00 AM TO 10:00 PM IT'S CONSISTENT, IT'S EASY.

UM, I I THINK IT, YEAH, IT JUST FEELS KIND OF CRAZY WHEN WE'RE HAVING THIS OTHER DISCUSSION AND, AND YOU CAN STILL HAVE YOUR BLOODY MARY AT, AT 9:00 AM YOU JUST HAVE TO STAY IN THE RESTAURANT.

THERE YOU GO.

YOU JUST CAN'T WALK HER OUT.

GO.

THAT'S A GOOD POINT.

SO I'M, I'M WITH AMY ON THAT ONE, SO THANKS.

YOU KNOW, MY COMMENT IS, KATHY WAS THINKING THE SAME THING.

I AM, YOU KNOW, I, WE'VE SLOWLY CREEPED UP TO, UM, LONGER AND LONGER OF HOURS FOR DORA AND I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT MAYBE IT WOULD BE NICE TO WALK AROUND WITH A MIMOSA ON A SATURDAY MORNING.

BUT IS IT REALLY NECESSARY? WE, UM, I, YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE'S, AND ON A SUNDAY, UM, WE SAID ONE BECAUSE WE DIDN'T WANNA MAKE IT EARLIER.

WE HAVE CHURCHES AND SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES AND THAT SORT OF THING.

YOU KNOW, I'D BE FOR A 12 TO 10.

UM, YOU KNOW, I JUST THINK SUNDAY DOESN'T NEED TO BE 11 AND I THINK SATURDAY MORNINGS ARE FAMILY TIMES.

I THINK WE CAN DO WITHOUT THE DRINKING AND ESPECIALLY WITH THE HEALTH ASSESSMENT SAYING WHAT IT SAYS, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE NEED TO PROMOTE DRINKING ANYMORE THAN WE ALREADY DO.

WE DO IT QUITE A BIT IN A LOT OF ACTIVITIES HERE, BUT I'M FOR KEEPING A LITTLE BIT OF CONSERVATISM WITH, UH, THE DORA.

SO I PREFER A 12 TO 10 EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK.

MAKE IT TOTALLY CONSISTENT.

BUT UM, THAT WOULD BE MY VOTE.

I'M OKAY.

I MEAN, AN HOUR TO ME DOESN'T MAKE MUCH OF A DIFFERENCE.

I'M OKAY WITH THE 11 TO 10.

I LIKE KIND OF THE CONSISTENCY OF HAVING IT ALL THE SAME.

LOOK, PART OF THE REASON WE'VE CHANGED OUR HOURS IS 'CAUSE WE'VE BEEN REALLY RESPONSIVE TO OUR COMMUNITY AND TO OUR BUSINESS' NEEDS.

YOU KNOW, IF NEXT, YOU KNOW, LATE SPRING, EARLY SUMMER WE COME BACK AND PEOPLE ARE LIKE, NO, WE REALLY GOTTA HAVE THAT MIMOSA.

WE CAN CHANGE IT AGAIN.

IT'S NOT WRITTEN IN STONE.

WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THIS PROCESS IS THAT WE HAVE BEEN VERY RESPONSIVE TO BOTH OUR BUSINESSES AND OUR RESIDENTS.

I'M FINE WITH GOING WITH A STANDARD SEVEN DAY A WEEK, 11 TO 10.

I THINK IT MAKES GOOD SENSE.

IT'S EASY TO REMEMBER, IT'S EASY FOR STAFF TO REMEMBER AND IT'S EASY FOR OUR BUSINESSES TO REMEMBER.

UM, AND I DO THINK THE BUSINESSES HAVE SEEN A PRETTY BIG BOOST IN THEIR SALES AND, UM, FRANKLY, I THINK WE CONTINUE TO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE SUPPORTING OUR BUSINESSES.

AND, UM, WHILE I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ABOUT FAMILY TIME AND STUFF, AND I APPRECIATE THAT VERY, VERY MUCH.

WE ALSO HAVE A LOT OF ADULTS IN THIS CITY AND, UM, WE DO HAVE TO HAVE, HAVE THEM ALLOW THEMSELVES TO TAKE CHARGE OF THE DECISIONS THAT THEY MAKE FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILIES.

UM, SO I WOULD BE FINE WITH AN 11 TO 10 ACROSS THE BOARD, UH, EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK KNOWING THAT WE CAN ALWAYS COME BACK AND VISIT THIS AT ANOTHER TIME.

WELL SAID.

UH, I THINK CONSISTENCY.

SO YOU DON'T HAVE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, LET'S FACE IT, A LOT OF FOLKS COME HERE FROM OTHER COMMUNITIES AND SO, YOU KNOW, FOR THEM TO BE GUESSING.

WHAT IS IT TODAY? UM, I'M NOT A BIG DRINKER MYSELF, SO, YOU KNOW, 11, I THINK 11 TO 10 IS FINE.

I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO ADJUST THE DOOR OPERATING HOURS TO, UH, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.

11:00 AM TO 10:00 PM IS THERE A SECOND? I WILL.

SECOND.

JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE MR. REINER? YES.

MS. CRAM? YES.

MR. KEELER? YES.

MAYOR AROSE GROOMS? YES.

THIS BRINGS US TO THE ENVISION DUBLIN UPDATE AND OUR STAFF REPORT WILL BE FROM JENNY RASCH.

UM, AND THAT REALLY WAS ALSO TO REINFORCE THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PURPOSES.

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GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

UM, APPRECIATE, UH, YOU LETTING ME TAKE SOME TIME JUST TO GIVE A BRIEF UPDATE, UM, ON OUR, THIS IS NOT THE RIGHT ONE.

UM, OUR, UH, ENVISION DUBLIN PLAN UPDATE, UM, AND WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS BASED ON THE DISCUSSION THAT WE'VE HAD, UM, OVER THE LAST COUPLE, COUPLE MONTHS.

UM, SO YOU'RE ALL VERY FAMILIAR WITH THIS TIMEFRAME.

WE ARE, UM, AT THIS DRAFT FINAL PLAN STAGE.

UM, AND WITH THAT TASK NUMBER EIGHT, WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE BEFORE COUNCIL AND A NUMBER OF OTHER GROUPS, UM, HERE IN APRIL TO GET US TO THIS FINAL DRAFT PLAN.

SO IT REALLY WAS INTRODUCTION, OPPORTUNITY AND REVIEW.

SO WE'VE BEEN TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO UM, SORT OF ACCLIMATE THEM AT THE BEGINNING OF APRIL.

UM, AND THEN WENT TO ARCHITECTURE REVIEW BOARD, UM, AT A SPECIAL MEETING THAT THEY HAD TO TALK THROUGH THE HISTORIC DISTRICT AREA PLAN.

UM, AND THEN HAD OUR WORK SESSION WITH COUNCIL, UM, ON THE 29TH AND THEN THE ENVISION DUBLIN STEERING COMMITTEE.

SO WE'VE HAD A LOT OF GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO SORT OF SOCIALIZE THE PLAN, MAKE SURE WE'RE ACCOUNTING, UM, FOR EVERYONE'S COMMENTS, UM, AS WE'VE MOVED THROUGH THIS PROCESS, UM, TO THIS FINAL ADOPTION OF THE PLAN, WHICH IS REALLY EXCITING AFTER, UM, A YEAR AND A HALF OF HARD WORK ON EVERYONE'S PART.

UM, SO AGAIN, WE HAD A LOT OF COMMENTS AS PART OF THOSE DISCUSSIONS.

WE THEN ALSO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE, UM, ANY OF THOSE GROUPS TO PROVIDE WRITTEN COMMENTS TO STAFF OR MEET WITH US ONE-ON-ONE IF THEY HAD SPECIFIC QUESTIONS.

SO WE HAD A VARIETY OF PEOPLE TAKE US UP ON, UM, ON THOSE DIFFERENT PIECES.

SO WITH THE PLAN ITSELF, AS YOU'RE ALL VERY FAMILIAR, THESE ARE ALL THE CHAPTERS, UM, THAT WE PAINSTAKINGLY WENT THROUGH.

UM, AND IF YOU'RE ON THE STEERING COMMITTEE, GOT TO DO IT TWICE, UM, AND TALK THROUGH EACH OF THOSE AND GET SOME FEEDBACK, UM, ALONG THE WAY, WHICH WE'VE WORKED REALLY HARD TO, UM, ADDRESS, UM, AS WE MOVE FORWARD TO PLANNING COMMISSION THIS WEEK.

SO A MAJORITY OF THOSE COMMENTS, UM, AND CONVERSATION TOPICS THAT WE HAD, UM, AS PART OF ANY OF THOSE DISCUSSIONS RELATED A LOT TO RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, HOW WE'RE ADDRESSING THAT, UM, HOW DO WE HIGHLIGHT, TALK THROUGH THESE DIFFERENT TOOLS, UM, THAT WE SHOULD BE CONSIDERING AND MAKING SURE THAT THE PLAN ADDRESSES THAT IN A REALLY MEANINGFUL WAY.

SO WHETHER THAT'S MISSING MIDDLE CONSERVATION DESIGN, PLACE MAKING ALL THOSE KEY COMPONENTS, UM, RELATED TO RESIDENTIAL DESIGN, UM, OR DEVELOPMENT, EXCUSE ME.

UM, MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT.

WE'VE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT IS MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT, UM, THE SIGNATURE TRAIL, MAKING SURE THAT THAT'S HIGHLIGHTED AS A REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITY WITHIN THE PLAN AND HOW ARE WE INCORPORATING THAT GOING FORWARD.

UM, AS WELL AS THEN LOOKING AT ADDITIONAL ILLUSTRATIVE GRAPHICS, UM, LOOKING AT THE ORDER OF SOME OF OUR CHAPTERS, PICTURES, MINOR TEXT NAMES, SO YOU NAME IT.

WE ARE LOOKING AT ALL THOSE PIECES.

UM, AS PART OF THE COMMENTS PROVIDED, I DID WANNA HIGHLIGHT, UM, A COUPLE ITEMS UM, THAT WE JUST WANTED TO SHARE, UM, THAT CAME OUT OF SOME OF THESE DISCUSSIONS, UM, AND PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT MORE BACKGROUND AND OUR SORT OF RECOMMENDED APPROACH, UM, THAT WE'RE TAKING WITH THE PLAN AS IT MOVES FORWARD.

SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A LITTLE ADDITIONAL, UM, BACKGROUND TO THAT.

SO TWO SPECIFIC ITEMS WERE RAISED.

SO I'M GONNA HAVE A GRAPHIC HERE THAT I CAN SHOW YOU.

UM, THAT'S A CITY OWNED PROPERTY, UM, THAT'S CURRENTLY ZONED, UM, FOR OFFICE AND SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT WHETHER THAT SHOULD BE, UM, SHOWN AS PARKLAND OR RECOMMENDED FOR PARKLAND RELATED TO THE FERRIS WRIGHT EARTHWORKS.

UM, AND THEN THE SECOND ONE IS DISCUSSION ABOUT ROCK CREST PARKWAY AND WHERE THAT ALIGNMENT IS SHOWN IN THE DRAFT PLAN AND ITS RELATION TO THE INDIAN RUN CORRIDOR AS WELL AS IN THAT FUTURE SIGNATURE TRAIL.

SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THE BACKGROUND RELATED TO THOSE.

SO, UM, FOR THIS RIGHT RUN PROPERTY, SO THIS IS AGAIN, FERRIS, RIGHT EARTHWORKS, UM, PARK AREA.

UM, SO BRIGHT ROADS AT THE TOP.

EMERALD PARKWAY IS AT THE BOTTOM.

RIVERSIDE IS ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE.

SO, UM, OUR PREVIOUS COMMUNITY PLANS, UM, DATING BACK, UM, TO 2007 HAVE HAVE CONSISTENTLY SHOWN PARKLAND ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE CREEK AND OFFICE, UM, ON THE SOUTHERN SIDE AS OUR FUTURE LAND USE RECOMMENDATIONS.

UM, WE THEN IN 2010, THE CITY PURCHASED, UM, ESSENTIALLY THIS, THE LARGER, UM, I'LL JUST POINT ON THIS SCREEN, UM, THIS LARGER SORT OF NORTH SOUTH PIECE BETWEEN BRIGHT ROAD AND EMERALD PARKWAY, UM, WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY CALLED THE HOLDER, RIGHT, UM, PROPERTY.

SO THAT WAS, UM, PURCHASED, UM, BY THE CITY AND THEN WE WENT THROUGH AND DID A MASTER PLAN FOR HOW THAT PARK AREA COULD DEVELOP, WHICH INCLUDED PARK SPACE AND ALL THE ELEMENTS THAT WENT WITH PRESERVING, UM, THE EARTHWORKS AND INCORPORATING THAT IN A MEANINGFUL WAY, BUT THEN ALSO RESERVED AREA FOR FUTURE OFFICE DEVELOPMENT, UM, WHICH IS SORT OF ALLUDED TO HERE, UM, ON THE BOTTOM PORTION OF THE SLIDE.

SO THE CITY, UM, THEN IN 2014 PURCHASED ADDITIONAL PROPERTY, UM, TO THE WEST TOWARDS RIVERSIDE DRIVE.

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UM, AND THEN FOLLOWING THAT, THE CITY SUBSEQUENTLY, UM, PROVIDED A, OR BROUGHT FORWARD A REZONING AND A PLAT, UM, RELATED TO THAT TO HELP, UM, PROVIDE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THIS EASIER, UM, FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO HAPPEN ON THAT SITE.

SO, UM, COUNCIL, YOU KNOW, APPROVED BOTH OF THOSE IN 2021, UM, TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

UM, AND THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION PARTICULARLY RELATED TO, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, HOW WE'RE PRESERVING PARTICULARLY THAT RIGHT RUN AREA AND MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S BUFFERING AND TREE PRESERVATION.

SO THE PORTION OF THE, UM, THIS PARCEL THAT'S CLOSEST TO RIVERSIDE DRIVE, THAT'S A RESERVE AREA.

UM, AND THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION AT THAT APPROVAL OF THE REZONING AND THE PLAT ABOUT WHAT COULD OR COULD NOT HAPPEN IN THERE.

AS WELL AS YOU SEE SOME HATCHED AREA ON THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THIS WHAT'S CALLED DEVELOPMENT LOT.

SO IT'S LOT ONE, AND THE GOAL OF THAT IS NO DISTURB ZONE, SO THAT FROM THE CENTER LINE OF THE CREEK, THERE'LL BE A 75 FOOT BUFFER.

SO THAT IS ON THE PLAT THAT WAS APPROVED.

SO THAT WAS DISCUSSED AS PART OF THAT COUNCIL, UM, ACTION.

SO WITH THE, UM, ENVISION DUBLIN PLAN, WE ARE MAINTAINING THESE PREVIOUS COUNCIL LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS, UM, WITH THAT.

SO THAT WAS THE FIRST, UM, THING THAT I WANTED TO PROVIDE SOME BACKGROUND ABOUT, UM, OUR APPROACH FOR THAT.

AND THEN THE SECOND ITEM IS RELATED TO ROCK CREST PARKWAY, INDIAN RUN, UM, FALLS AREA.

UM, AND THEN THIS FEATURE SIGNATURE GREENWAY.

SO A LOT OF DISCUSSION.

UM, THIS IS PARTICULARLY IN THE SORT OF NORTHWEST PORTION OF THIS HISTORIC DUBLIN ILLUSTRATIVE PLAN.

SO AS WITH ANY AREA PLAN, THIS IS REALLY SHOWING CONCEPTUALLY HOW SOMETHING COULD REDEVELOP.

UM, AND THIS IS RELATED TO THE EXISTING SCHOOL SITE THAT, SO THE SCHOOL WOULD HAVE TO COME FORWARD AND WANT TO PROPOSE DEVELOPMENT, AND WE ARE SHOWING HOW THIS COULD, UM, HOW THIS COULD OCCUR.

SO A LOT OF THE DISCUSSION, UM, PREVIOUSLY AS PART WHEN THE BRIDGE STREET DISTRICT WAS ORIGINALLY DEVELOPED WAS SHOWING ROCK CREST CROSSING THE INDIAN RUN, AND WE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSION AND PUBLIC COMMENT ABOUT THAT.

AND WE SUBSEQUENTLY THEN MO REMOVED THE CROSSING OVER THE INDIAN RUN, UM, TO HELP MITIGATE THOSE CONCERNS AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PRESERVING THAT CORRIDOR.

UM, WE ARE THOUGH STILL SHOWING INTERNAL CONNECTION FROM ROCKCREST THEN DOWN TO CONNECT TWO MONTEREY DRIVE, UM, WHICH IS A REALLY KEY INTERNAL CONNECTION AND HELPS TO, UM, WARRANT THE LIGHT THAT IS AT ROCK CREST PARKWAY.

SO WE DEFINITELY WANNA KEEP THAT, KEEP THAT INTERNAL MOVEMENT, UM, THERE.

AND AGAIN, WE'RE SHOWING CONCEPTUALLY WHERE THIS COULD, UM, COULD LAY OUT, BUT DEFINITELY NOT CROSSING THE INDIAN RUN.

SO, UM, THE PLAN AS IT'S RECOMMENDED FOR THIS PARTICULAR AREA IS HIGHLIGHTING, UM, MUCH MORE SO THAN WE HAVE IN THE PAST, THE PRESERVATION OF THAT INDIAN RUN CORRIDOR.

UM, AND YOU CAN SEE THE LITTLE SORT OF GREEN CIRCLES, UM, ALL ON THIS PLAN, BUT REALLY THE ONES THAT ARE ADJACENT TO THE INDIAN RUN ARE MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE PRESERVING THAT SETBACK, THAT WE'RE IDENTIFYING THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THIS FUTURE SIGNATURE TRAIL OPPORTUNITY.

UM, SO THAT'S ANOTHER KEY COMPONENT.

WE SEE SOMETHING HAPPENING HERE, WE JUST DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT YET, RIGHT? SO WE'RE STUDYING THAT SEPARATELY, WORKING WITH THE CONSULTANT TEAM, UM, TO HELP US IDENTIFY THAT.

SO THAT'LL HELP INFORM OUR, YOU KNOW, OUR DECISIONS GOING FORWARD.

BUT THIS IS THE BEST INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE, UM, AT THIS POINT.

BUT A REALLY KEY COMPONENT OF THAT IS MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE NOT NEGATIVELY IMPACTING THE INDIAN RUN.

UM, SO THOSE ARE THE KEY DETAILS RELATED TO THOSE TWO ITEMS AND HOW WE ARE SHOWING THESE THINGS, UM, IN THE CURRENT PLAN.

UM, SO THEN WITH THAT, OUR GOAL IS TO BE BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION, OR WE ARE GOING BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION ON THURSDAY TO SHARE THIS UPDATED DRAFT, WHICH INCORPORATES ALL THE COMMENTS, UM, THAT WE'VE HAD SO FAR.

I'M SURE THERE'LL BE SOME OTHER MINOR TWEAKS, NOT NO SIGNIFICANT RECOMMENDATION CHANGES UNLESS PLANNING COMMISSION HAS SOMETHING OR WE HAVE A SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC COMMENT AT PLANNING COMMISSION.

OUR GOAL IS TO JUST KEEP CLEANING THIS UP SO THAT WE CAN BE BACK BEFORE YOU FOR YOUR JUNE 17TH MEETING TO HAVE OUR FIRST READING, UM, AND THEN JULY 1ST HOPEFULLY FOR ADOPTION.

SO, UM, I'LL KNOW MORE AFTER THURSDAY.

UM, BUT AGAIN, FEELING PRETTY GOOD ABOUT WHERE WE, WHERE WE STAND BASED ON THE CONVERSATION.

SO I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, UM, AND PROVIDE ANY MORE BACKGROUND YOU NEED.

IN ORDER TO MAKE, UM, THE LIGHT ON SOUTH ON NORTH HIGH STREET.

THANK YOU, JENNY.

UH, IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS TOPIC? HEARING NONE COUNCIL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, DISCUSSION? UM, THANK YOU JENNY.

I APPRECIATE YOU, YOU, UM, PUTTING THOSE UP.

UM, THOSE ARE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS THAT I HAD, UM, BROUGHT UP TO JENNY IN CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD EARLIER.

UM, IF YOU'LL GO BACK TO THE SLIDE ON THE HISTORIC DISTRICT, UM, I THINK THAT, UM, I UNDERSTAND, UM, MORE FULLY NOW THE NEED FOR HAVING, UM, AS JEANNIE WILLIS EXPLAINED, UM, THERE HAS TO BE A CONNECTION

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I THINK I'M, I'M SAYING THIS CORRECTLY, UH, A LEGAL LIGHT.

MY CONCERN HERE WAS THAT THERE'S A LOT OF DENSITY OF RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THIS AREA.

AND I LOOK BACK ON, UH, 2017 WORK SESSION THAT PREVIOUS COUNCILS DID.

AND I THINK, CHRISTINA, YOU WERE ON IT, AND JOHN, YOU WERE THERE, AND CHRIS, YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT IT TOO.

THERE WAS SOME CONVERSATION ABOUT THE EXTENSION OF ROCK CREST AND THE PRESERVATION OF THE INDIAN RUN EDGE.

AND I'M JUST WONDERING, UM, I UNDERSTAND, AND JENNY EXPLAINED THIS VERY WELL, THAT THIS IS CONCEPTUAL, THAT IT DOES NOT NECESSARILY MEAN THAT THE ROAD WILL BE RIGHT HERE, BUT, BUT I DO WONDER IF WE SHOULDN'T, UM, THINK ABOUT THE, THE VISUAL HERE THAT GIVES THE IMPRESSION THAT THIS IS VERY DENSE AND THAT THE ROAD IS VERY CLOSE TO THE INDIAN RUN RAVINE, UM, OCLC AT SOME POINT, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'LL DEVELOP OR NOT, AND WHO KNOWS IF THIS WILL EVER DEVELOP, BUT AS IT WAS MENTIONED BEFORE, UM, WHEN YOU HAVE AN AREA AS SMALL AS THIS, MUCH LIKE RIVERSIDE CROSSING PARK, WHERE WE TRY TO PUT AN AWFUL LOT OF DEVELOPMENT IN ONE AREA, UM, MAYBE THE VISUAL IS PRETTY INTENSE, UH, INTENSE WITH, UM, INFILL INTENSE WITH ROADWAYS AGAINST THE INDIAN RUN RAVINE.

UM, WE HAVE A LOT OF UNKNOWNS HERE, SO I KNOW THIS IS VERY EARLY AND ALL OF THIS COULD CHANGE.

THE SIGNATURE TRAIL HASN'T BEEN DECIDED WHERE IT GOES, HOW MUCH SPACE IT NEEDS.

IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO LOOK AT THIS AND SAY, IS THAT A HUNDRED FOOT AWAY FROM THE EDGE OF THE RAVINE? IS IT 200 FOOT AWAY? UM, IT RECOMMENDS GREEN SPACES.

AND AS KATHY AND I HAD TALKED EARLIER, KATHY, UM, AND I TALKED, YOU CAN'T REALLY PUT IN A GREEN SPACE IN HERE, BUT ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS, AND IT'S, IT'S WRITTEN IN, IN THE, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS HERE, THAT IT'S NICE TO THINK THAT THE 1919 BUILDING MIGHT, MIGHT HAVE SOME PROGRAMMING SPACES AROUND IT.

UM, I GUESS I'M ONLY BRINGING THIS TO THE ATTENTION OF MAKING SURE THAT WE DON'T LEAVE AN IMPRESSION WITH FUTURE PLANNING AND ZONING AND COUNCILS, THAT THIS KIND OF INTENSITY IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR AND WHAT WE, I HOPE WHAT WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FOR IS A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO ENJOY, UM, THE INDIAN RUN RAVINE IN, IN PEACE AND QUIET.

AND THE INFILL HERE IS VERY, UM, APPROPRIATE FOR THE HISTORIC DISTRICT AND NOT SO DENSE AND SO URBAN THAT IT CREATES, UM, SUCH INTENSITY THAT WE LOSE SOME OF THE AMBIANCE IN THE TRANSITIONAL AREA BETWEEN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT AND FARTHER TO THE WEST.

SO, UM, I'M NOT ASKING ANYBODY TO MAKE ANY CHANGES, I'M JUST BRINGING THIS UP AS CONCERNS AND THOUGHTS AS WE GO FORWARD FOR IMPLEMENTATION FOR PLANNING AND ZONING.

UM, AND THEN ON THE OTHER PIECE, I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS A NEED FOR COMMERCIAL PROPERTY, UM, ALONG THAT EDGE.

UM, I HAVE A CONCERN ABOUT A SHARED DRIVEWAY THAT, UM, IS SHARED WITH THE PARK, BUT I THINK WHEN IT COMES DOWN THE LINE AS I GIVE THIS A LOT MORE THOUGHT, I WOULD PREFER TO SEE IT ALL AS PARKLAND.

BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS CLOSE TO BRIDGE PARK.

IT'S PROBABLY A VERY VALUABLE PIECE OF PROPERTY.

AND, UM, ON SECOND CONSIDERATION, EVEN THOUGH THAT WOULD BE MY PREFERENCE, I THINK PLANNING AND ZONING WOULD UNDERSTAND THE SENSITIVITY OF THE INDIAN RUN FALLS HERE.

I HAVEN'T ACTUALLY WALKED BACK THERE TO KNOW WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, BUT I WOULD SUGGEST THAT IF IT EVER DOES COME TO, UM, A POINT THAT IT NEEDS TO BE DEVELOPED, I THINK THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION SHOULD WALK BACK THERE AND SEE WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO PROTECT.

BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE AND YOU ONLY LOOK AT IT ON PAPER, YOU MIGHT MISS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO ACTUALLY UTILIZE THIS AREA.

AND IF ANYBODY KNOWS THIS AREA BETTER THAN I DO, I I'D LIKE TO HEAR WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS ARE ON IT.

I PLAYED IN THIS RAVINE ALMOST EVERY DAY AS A KID.

AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THIS AT LENGTH, UM, IT WAS IDENTIFIED THAT THE RAVINE WAS NOT ON THIS PARCEL THAT THE CITY OWNS.

IT'S ACTUALLY ON THE PARCEL TO THE NORTH.

SO I, THAT IS WHY THESE NO DISTURB, NO BUILD ZONES OF 75 FEET EXISTS IN THIS PLAN BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO BE PROBABLY IN EXCESS OF A HUNDRED FEET, 150 FEET MAYBE, OF THE RAVINE ITSELF, WHICH GIVES FAIRLY GOOD PROTECTION, PARTICULARLY IN THAT ITS SLOPES THERE, IT SLOPES NORTH TO SOUTH.

SO IT WILL BE UPSTREAM, IF YOU WILL, UM, FROM THE DEVELOPMENT THAT WOULD HAPPEN ON THIS PARCEL.

SO I, YOU KNOW, THOSE WERE A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS THAT THAT HAPPENED,

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AND I THINK THIS IS PROBABLY THE RIGHT PLACE TO LAND.

YOU KNOW, THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT PART OF OUR HISTORY AND, AND, UH, LIKE YOU SAID, NOT EVERYBODY'S WALKED IT.

YOU'VE WALKED IT, YOU'VE WALKED IT, BUT THERE'S A CAVE THERE THAT I THINK AT ONE TIME THEY FOUND A RATTLESNAKE SKIN THAT WAS SIX FOOT LONG.

THE ARCHEOLOGIST IN DEVIL'S HOLE FOUND SIX SKULLS.

I THINK YOUR DAD MAY HAVE HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THAT.

AND, UH, OSU.

AND THEY WERE, UH, UH, AMERICAN, UM, INDIAN, UM, THAT WERE SOMEHOW SACRIFICED AND PUT DOWN THERE INTO THAT HOLE.

SO IT'S A REALLY HISTORICALLY INTERESTING PLACE.

SO UNFORTUNATELY IT DIDN'T GET PURCHASED WITH THAT PURCHASE.

UM, SO LET'S HOPE IT'S SOMEHOW PRESERVED BECAUSE WE'LL BE WALKING UP THAT SOMEDAY, BECAUSE IF YOU GO ALL THE WAY DOWN THROUGH THE INDIAN RUN FALLS AND YOU CROSS THE CREEK AND COME UP THE OTHER SIDE, IT MAKES FOR A REALLY INTERESTING HIKE AND IT TAKES YOU OVER TO THE FERRIS RIGHT PARK.

AND WE CAN LOOK AT THE BRIGHT ROAD OR, 'CAUSE IT'S THE EMERALD CORRIDOR, THERE'S AN AREA PLAN FOR THAT.

SO I CAN VERIFY THAT THERE'S, I'M ASSUMING THERE'S A NOTE ABOUT THAT ON THERE.

SO I'LL, I'LL DOUBLE CHECK THAT.

'CAUSE THAT WOULD BE AN EASY ADD TO THAT, TO HELP MAKE SURE THAT THAT POINT CONTINUES TO BE MADE.

AND IF I CALL RECALL CORRECTLY, THE MASTER PLAN FOR FARES, RIGHT? PARK DOES INCLUDE THAT RAVINE.

SO WE DO HAVE PLANNING OUT THERE THAT SHOWS PRESERVING ALL OF THAT.

I THINK THE MASTER PLAN FOR THE PARK IS WHERE IT'S AT.

IT'D BE GREAT IF, IT'D BE GREAT IF SOMEDAY WE COULD, UH, BUY THAT FROM THE PEOPLE TO THE NORTH, BECAUSE THAT'S A AGREED, IT'S REALLY AN INTERESTING CREEK BED 'CAUSE IT'S ALL SLATE.

I DON'T KNOW THAT IT WOULD BE, UM, IN OTHER WORDS, THE, THE BUILDINGS, APARTMENTS OR CONDOS OR WHATEVER THEY ARE, WOULD BE MORE OR LESS BACKING UP TO THE RAVINE THAT WOULD PROHIBIT PEOPLE THAT ARE RIDING THEIR BIKE OR DRIVING ROCK CREST FROM SEEING IT.

AND HAS SOME REALLY INTERESTING FEATURES AT A MINIMUM GARNER IT FOR PARK PARKLAND AT, AT WHATEVER TIME IT DEVELOPS.

ALL I WAS GONNA SAY IS I THINK THAT HAVING THIS CONVERSATION LIKE WE DID IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

IT'S NOW PART OF THAT PUBLIC RECORD, RIGHT? AND, AND PART OF THE, AND UNDERSTANDING OF FUTURE COUNCILS AS THEY TAKE A LOOK AT THIS, UM, AS THIS DEVELOPS TO UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHERE OUR MINDSET WAS.

SO I APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATION AND WHERE WE LANDED.

YES, KATIE? UM, I WOULD SAY ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I, UM, I FOUND SEVERAL THINGS, UH, CHRIS AND I SIT ON THE STEERING COMMITTEE, UM, WHEN WE WOULD HAVE DISCUSSIONS LIKE THIS AND WE WOULD LOOK AT A MAP AND, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WOULD SAY, BOY, THAT'S KIND OF HARD TO SAY.

DID IT CROSS THIS LINE AND LINE, LET PUT MY GLASSES ON, OR WHAT HAVE YOU.

AND, UM, WE HAD A LOT OF THAT, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE.

AND, UM, I WAS, UH, ASSURED.

UM, AND, AND THE REASON THAT THIS DARN PLAN IS HOW MANY HUNDREDS OF PAGES, 200, 200 ISH, BUT WHO'S COUNTING RIGHT? IS, IS BECAUSE IN THE TEXT ITSELF, IT TALKS ABOUT BE SURE WE PRESERVE THINGS AND WE'RE LOOKING TO HAVE BALANCES HERE.

AND THEY'VE WORKED HARD, REALLY HARD.

AND I, I'VE BEEN VERY IMPRESSED AT PUTTING THE LANGUAGE OF, OF IT IN WHERE THE MAP SOMETIMES JUST BECAUSE OF DIMENSION OR WHAT HAVE YOU CAN GET.

AND IT, IT IS, YOU KNOW, IF IF THAT'S YOUR PROPERTY, YOU'RE LOOKING AT THAT VERY CLOSELY.

I GET IT.

AND WE HAD SEVERAL OF THOSE DISCUSSIONS DURING THE COURSE OF THAT STEERING COMMITTEE, AND I THINK THEY'VE WORKED VERY HARD TO TRY TO GET THE LANGUAGE IN THERE AND THE INTENT.

AND SO, UM, I KNOW JENNY AND HER TEAM HAVE WORKED HARD ON THAT, BUT THESE SAME CONVERSATIONS CAME UP AND THEY WERE SAYING, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T NECESSARILY HAVE THAT LEVEL OF GRANULARITY ON A PLANNING MAP, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY DO IT IN THE TEXT.

AND, AND THEY'VE DONE A, UH, I THINK A, A VERY GOOD JOB OF THAT.

AND I COMMEND THAT, BUT WE HAD VERY SIMILAR TYPES, AND NOT THESE NECESSARILY, BUT OTHER AREAS.

AND, UM, I THINK THAT'S A GOOD APPROACH TO IT BECAUSE THE INTENT THEN, AS CHRISTINA SAID, IS, IS DOCUMENTED.

SO THANK YOU.

I THINK THERE WILL BE A LOT OF TOOLS THAT FUTURE PLANNING COMMISSIONS WILL HAVE AT THEIR DISPOSAL TO PROTECT, UH, ANY SITE OF SIGNIFICANCE IN THE CITY.

I JUST HAD A QUICK COMMENT.

I WANTED TO, I I HAD SOME, I READ THROUGH IT AND THERE WAS VERY FEW COMMENTS I HAD.

I, I SENT THOSE.

AND, UM, BUT I HAVE TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO SAT THROUGH THE STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS AND ALL OF THOSE THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR, OUR BUSINESS.

A LOT OF EYES HAVE LOOKED AT THIS.

A LOT OF HOURS HAVE BEEN SET SPENT.

A LOT OF PUBLIC COMMENT IS IN HERE.

UM, WE'VE, I THINK WE'VE GOTTEN TO A POINT WHERE WE'RE NOT, I MEAN, BESIDES LITTLE TYPOS AND LITTLE THINGS LIKE THAT, WE'RE NOT, WE SHOULDN'T BE CHANGING ANYTHING BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE PUT, YOU KNOW, INPUT INTO THIS.

SO I, I THINK IT'S IN A GOOD PLACE AND EXCITED ABOUT FINISHING IT UP.

UM, JUST A QUICK COMMENT ON THE ROCK CREST ALIGNMENT.

YOU KNOW, I, I WONDER IF, TO JANE'S POINT, IF THE ROADWAY WERE MOVED SOUTH, WOULD IT BE DESIRABLE TO HAVE THE DEVELOPMENT TO THE NORTH? IN OTHER WORDS, AND I,

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UM, AND YOU KNOW, WE SEE HOW WELL WE'VE ACTIVATED THE OTHER SIDE OF THE, THE RIVER, AND NOT THAT WE WANNA MAKE THAT AREA, YOU KNOW, SUPER ACTIVE.

WE WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP IT SORT OF PASSIVE, BUT THERE'S CERTAINLY, UH, GREEN SPACE THERE THAT COULD BE USED FOR CEREMONIES OR OTHER THINGS.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK TO ANSWER MY OWN QUESTION, UM, MOVING THE, THE STREET SOUTH AND PUTTING DEVELOPMENT BETWEEN THE ROADWAY AND THE, THE RAVINE WOULD ACTUALLY ELIMINATE THE, THE ABILITY FOR THE CITY TO ACTIVATE THAT SPACE.

SO I THINK IF YOU WERE TO DO ANYTHING, YOU WOULD JUST MOVE THE STREET A LITTLE BIT FURTHER, BUT THAT'S FOR ANOTHER DISCUSSION.

I THINK YOU'RE WORKING OUT THOSE DETAILS.

JUST WRAP THIS UP.

I THINK, OH, PART OF THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING THIS CONVERSATION, AND EVEN THOUGH IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, UM, KIND OF ALWAYS DEVELOPING IS, IS TO LET THE PUBLIC UNDERSTAND.

I REMEMBER WHEN THE ROADWAY WAS GOING ACROSS THE RAVINE, WE HAD 3000 RESPONSE ON A SURVEY THAT SAID THEY DIDN'T WANT IT.

SO IT'S IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE AS A COUNCIL APPRECIATE THE SENSITIVITY OF THAT RAVINE BECAUSE IT'S SO PRECIOUS.

BUT ALSO FOR, UM, TO JUST DOCUMENT THAT AS WE GO FORWARD FOR PLANNING AND ZONING THAT I AGREE WITH, UH, WITH ANDY.

I THINK IF WE CAN MOVE THE ROADWAY BACK, YOU STILL HAVE OPPORTUNITY IN FILL AND MAYBE IT'S NOT QUITE AS DENSE AS WHAT'S PICTURED HERE.

AND I ALSO THINK THAT THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION FOR SOME ADDITIONAL, UH, GATHERING SPACE WITHIN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT.

AND THERE ISN'T ANY NOW.

AND MAYBE THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY AROUND THE 1919 BUILDING AT SOME POINT.

BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, I THINK I WANT THE PUBLIC TO HEAR US SAY, AS WE'VE SAID EVEN IN 2017, THAT WE APPRECIATE AND UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A VERY SENSITIVE AREA.

SO I APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATION AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR, YOUR ADDITIONAL THOUGHTS.

EXTREMELY WELL FROM A CHRONIC ILLNESS STANDPOINT.

UH, MEGAN, DO YOU FEEL YOU HAVE, AND JENNY, DO YOU FEEL YOU HAVE THE DIRECTION YOU WERE LOOKING FOR? VERY GOOD, THANK YOU.

THIS BRINGS US TO OUR COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND OUR STAFF REPORT WILL BE FROM MOLLY STEINER.

WELCOME, GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO INTRODUCE KAREN HINES, WHO'S STANDING AT THE OTHER PODIUM.

KAREN IS WITH OUR CONSULTANT ILLUMINATION, WHO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH ON THIS ASSESSMENT.

SO SHE'S HERE TONIGHT, UH, AS WELL TO ANSWER ANY POTENTIAL QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.

SO TONIGHT I JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE PROJECT, UM, KIND OF WHERE WE'VE BEEN, WHERE WE'RE HEADED, WHAT WE'VE FOUND, AND JUST GIVE YOU AN OVERALL, UM, UPDATE AS TO WHERE WE ARE.

SO UP TO THIS POINT, WE HAVE CONDUCTED, UM, LOTS AND LOTS OF RESEARCH OVER THE LAST YEAR OR SO, AND THAT HAS INCLUDED STAKEHOLDER INTERVIEWS IN THE COMMUNITY.

WE'VE DONE SIX FOCUS GROUPS, FOUR WITH ADULTS, ONE WITH MIDDLE SCHOOL TEENS, ONE WITH HIGH SCHOOL TEENS.

WE HAVE DONE A REPRESENTATIVE SURVEY OF ADULTS WHERE WE GATHERED 512 RESPONSES.

WE'VE ALSO HAD A COMMUNITY POLL THAT WAS OPEN TO ANYBODY TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK.

AND WE GATHERED 295 RESPONSES FROM THAT COMMUNITY POLL.

MM-HMM, .

SO TONIGHT I'M GOING TO PROVIDE AN EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF WHAT WE HAVE FOUND IN TERMS OF, UM, SOME OF THE, THE TOPICS THAT HAVE RISEN TO THE TOP.

WE ALSO HAVE A FULL DRAFT REPORT AT THIS POINT, UM, WHICH IS OVER A HUNDRED PAGES LONG, WHICH CONSISTS OF A LOT OF THE DATA POINTS THAT, UM, IS AVAILABLE TO LOOK AT AS WELL.

SO WHAT IS DUBLIN DOING? WELL, WE ARE DOING VERY WELL FROM A PHYSICAL HEALTH STANDPOINT.

SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR OBESITY RATE, UM, WE'RE COMPARING SOME OF THESE STATISTICS TO THE HEALTHY PEOPLE, 20, 30 NUMBERS.

UM, AND IN ADDITION TO THE STATE OF OHIO NUMBERS.

SO YOU'LL SEE THAT DUBLIN IS RIGHT AROUND 16% IN TERMS OF OUR OBESITY RATE.

AND THE AVERAGE, UH, RATE IN OHIO RIGHT NOW STANDS AT 38%.

SO WE'RE DOING REALLY WELL FROM THAT STANDPOINT.

WE'RE ALSO DOING

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SO YOU'LL SEE THAT WE ARE LOWER THAN THE STATE OF OHIO IN EACH AND EVERY CHRONIC ILLNESS THAT YOU SEE SHOWN FROM HIGH BLOOD CHOLESTEROL TO HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE TO DIABETES, ET CETERA.

SO FROM A CHRONIC DISEASE RATE, WE'RE DOING REALLY WELL.

AND TWO POTENTIAL EXPLANATIONS AS TO WHY WE ARE DOING WELL ARE AMPLE OPPORTUNITIES FOR RECREATION AND HIGH LEVELS OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME.

SO WE GATHERED NOT ONLY OUR DATA FROM OUR SURVEYS, BUT WE GATHERED A LOT OF ANECDOTAL ANECDOTAL COMMENTS FROM OUR FOCUS GROUPS AND STAKEHOLDER INTERVIEWS.

UM, AND YOU CAN SEE FROM HERE THAT WE HAD 96% OF RESPONDENTS SAY THAT THEY'VE BEEN PHYSICALLY ACTIVE IN THE LAST 30 DAYS.

SOME OF THE COMMENTS WERE TALKING ABOUT THE HIGH NUMBER OF PARKS THAT WE HAVE, THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE HAVE, THE SHARED USE PASS, AND ALL OF THAT MAKES IT EASY TO BE ACTIVE IN DUBLIN.

ALSO ACCESS TO THE REC CENTER, OTHER GYMS IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND THAT JUST SPEAKS VOLUME AS TO WHAT WE OFFER.

WE ALSO, UH, IN TERMS OF A MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME, ARE WELL ABOVE THE AVERAGE IN THE STATE OF OHIO.

SO YOU'LL SEE THAT DUBLIN STANDS AT A AVERAGE MEDIUM HOUSEHOLD INCOME OF 143,000.

AND THE STATE OF OHIO IS AT 62,000.

SO RESEARCH DOES SHOW THAT THOSE WITH HIGHER SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS TEND TO HAVE BETTER PHYSICAL HEALTH OUTCOMES.

AND IT'S NOT TO SAY THAT WE DON'T HAVE ISSUES IN DUBLIN IN TERMS OF OUR INCOME LEVEL, INCOME LEVELS.

WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE, UM, OUR FAIR SHARE OF ISSUES, UM, IN RELATION TO THAT.

UH, BUT WE DO STAND WELL ABOVE THE OHIO AVERAGE.

SO WHAT CAN DUBLIN DO? BENDER, FROM A MENTAL HEALTH STANDPOINT, WE SEE THAT 48% OF ADULTS HAD AT LEAST ONE POOR MENTAL HEALTH DAY IN THE LAST 30 DAYS.

50% REPORTED BEING NERVOUS, ANXIOUS, OR ON EDGE, SEVERAL MORE THAN HALF OR NEARLY EVERY DAY IN THE PAST TWO WEEKS.

AND 39% REPORTED BEING UNABLE TO STOP OR CONTROL WORRYING SEVERAL MORE THAN HALF OR NEARLY EVERY DAY IN THE PAST TWO WEEKS.

SO WHILE DUBLIN'S PERCENTAGE OF POOR MENTAL HEALTH DAYS IS AT 11%, AND THAT IS LOWER THAN THE STATE OF OHIO PERCENTAGE AT 20, THAT'S STILL NEARLY ONE IN 10 PEOPLE WHO ARE REPORTING THAT THEY DO HAVE ISSUES WITH THEIR MENTAL HEALTH.

SUBSTANCE ABUSE MAY BE LINKED TO POOR MENTAL HEALTH.

SO YOU'LL SEE, UM, IN THIS GRAPH THAT OUR BINGE BINGE DRINKING PERCENTAGE IN DUBLIN IS HIGHER THAN THE STATE PERCENTAGE OF 20%.

DUBLIN STANDS AT 41%.

SO THAT IS WELL ABOVE THE STATE AND THE HEALTHY PEOPLE 20, 30 TARGET OF 25.4%.

SO WE FOUND THAT IT IS MORE COMMON IN DUBLIN THAN IN OHIO OVERALL.

AND WE DON'T MEET THE HEALTHY PEOPLE 2030 TARGETS.

SO POTENTIAL CAUSE OF POOR MENTAL HEALTH IS LACK OF BELONGING AND LONELINESS.

AND YOU'LL SEE ON THIS GRAPH OR SERIES OF GRAPHS THAT WE HAVE A FAIRLY LARGE NUMBER OF RESIDENTS WHO FEEL THAT THEY DO NOT BELONG IN DUBLIN.

SO YOU'LL SEE WE HAVE ABOUT 57% THAT FEEL LIKE THEY BELONG EXTREMELY WELL OR VERY WELL, BUT THEN WE HAVE ABOUT 43% THAT FEEL THAT THEY DON'T BELONG MODERATELY WELL, SLIGHTLY WELL OR NOT AT ALL.

AND THEN ON, ON EITHER SIDE OF THAT BAR CHART, YOU'LL SEE THE REASONS THAT PEOPLE FEEL THEY DO BELONG, BUT THEN YOU ALSO SEE SOME OF THE SAME REASONS THAT THEY FEEL THAT THEY DO NOT BELONG FROM A PERSONAL CONNECTION STANDPOINT TO A SENSE OF COMMUNITY, TO A LACK OF INCLUSIVENESS.

SO HERE ARE SOME COMMENTS THAT WE ALSO JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT.

AND THESE WERE JUST, AGAIN, FROM STAKEHOLDER INTERVIEWS AND FOCUS GROUPS.

UM, YOU'LL SEE DUBLIN IS FOR FAMILIES WITH KIDS AND DOGS AND GOOD JOBS.

I'M SEMI-RETIRED, SINGLE, DIVORCED WITH NO KIDS.

I WAS THINKING A LOT ABOUT LONELINESS.

THAT IS SOMETHING I'VE STRUGGLED WITH A LOT IN DUBLIN GROWING UP HERE.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S COMMON EXPERIENCE, BUT I KNOW AT LEAST FOR MYSELF, THAT'S BEEN THE CASE.

AND YOU'LL SEE ON THE RIGHT, 75% OF DUBLIN ADULTS FEEL ONLY MODERATELY, SLIGHTLY, OR NOT AT ALL CONNECTED TO THEIR NEIGHBORS.

SO THREE OUT OF FOUR OF OUR RESIDENTS ARE REPORTING THAT THEY DON'T FEEL CONNECTED.

AND LONELINESS HAS BEEN DECLARED A NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH EPIDEMIC BY THE US SURGEON GENERAL.

SO THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT JUST DUBLIN IS SEEING IN OUR COMMUNITY.

IT IS HAPPENING IN COMMUNITIES ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.

ADULT AND YOUTH RESIDENTS ARE PARTICULARLY CONCERNED ABOUT YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH.

UM, THAT'S

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PROBABLY NOT SURPRISING BASED ON THE PANDEMIC AND HOW THAT HAS CONTRIBUTED TO OUR YOUTH AND THE IMPACT THAT THAT HAS HAD ON THEIR MENTAL HEALTH AS WELL AS THE PRESSURE TO SUCCEED.

AND HIGH SOCIAL COMPARISONS IN DUBLIN.

SO YOU'LL SEE SOME COMMENTS FROM ADULTS AND YOUTHS, THE ADDED STRESS, THE HIGH EXPECTATIONS, THE CONSTANT COMPETITIVE NATURE, MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY THINKING THAT THEY HAVE TO LIVE UP TO THEIR NEIGHBORS.

AND THEN FROM A YOUTH RESIDENT, SINCE EVERYONE IS AT SUCH A HIGH LEVEL, WE EXPECT OURSELVES TO BE GOOD AT EVERYTHING.

WE HAVE TO BE ATHLETES, WE HAVE TO BE A STUDENTS, WE HAVE TO TAKE AP CLASSES, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE TO HAVE A LIFE OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL AND HAVE FRIENDS AND ALL THIS STUFF.

SO A LOT OF PRESSURE ON OUR YOUTH AND OUR COMMUNITY TO SUCCEED.

SO WE ASKED HOW CAN THE CITY OF DUBLIN IMPROVE RESIDENTS HEALTH? AND YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THE RESPONSES HERE, INFRASTRUCTURE, RECREATIONAL FACILITIES, SOCIALIZATION, ET CETERA.

WE KNOW WE HAVE GREAT INFRA INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT THERE'S ALWAYS TALKS FOR IMPROVEMENTS THERE.

YOU'LL SEE SOME COMMENTS ABOUT EXPANDING THE REC CENTER, WHICH AS YOU KNOW, WE ARE LOOKING INTO AT THIS TIME IN TERMS OF A REC CENTER REFRESH.

UM, PEOPLE ARE HAPPY WITH WHAT WE OFFER, BUT PEOPLE WANT MORE OF IT.

SO SOME OPPORTUNITIES ARE TO HELP RESIDENTS TO CONNECT.

AND SOME OF THE ACTIONS THAT THE CITY AND ITS PARTNERS COULD UNDERTAKE, YOU'LL SEE THOSE ON THE LEFT, IMPROVE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, EXPAND RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, IMPROVE HEALTHCARE ACCESS, FACILITATE BETTER CONNECTIONS BETWEEN HEALTH AND WELLNESS SERVICES AND PROVIDERS, INCREASE AWARENESS OF EVENTS, STRENGTHEN THE SENSE OF COMMUNITY, STRENGTHEN BONDS AMONG NEIGHBORS, AND ENCOURAGE AND SUPPORT DIVERSITY.

AND 71% OF ADULTS SAID THEY WOULD BE VERY OR EXTREMELY LIKELY TO VISIT A WEBPAGE WITH INFO ABOUT ALL OF THE COMMUNITY EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

AND AGAIN, HERE ARE SOME FURTHER COMMENTS THAT WE HEARD.

THE CONNECTOR'S A GREAT START.

WE'D LIKE TO SEE THAT EXPANDED SO EVERYBODY HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO CATCH SOMETHING AND GET TO THE OTHER SIDE OF TOWN.

I KNOW WE'VE GOT SOME PLANS TO IMPROVE, OR AT LEAST IDEAS TO IMPROVE THE REC CENTER, EXPAND THE CAPABILITIES THERE.

WE HAVE A LOT OF RESIDENTS THAT USE THE FACILITY, BUT IT'S STARTING TO LOOK OUTDATED.

SO FROM ALL OF THE DATA THAT WE OBTAINED AND ALL OF THE COMMENTS AND FEEDBACK THAT WE HEARD, WE MET WITH OUR ADVISORY COMMITTEE THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS.

UM, AND THAT ADVISORY COMMITTEE IS MADE UP OF SEVERAL COMMUNITY PARTNERS, THE HEALTH SYSTEMS, NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, SOC, SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCIES, ET CETERA.

SO AT OUR THIRD MEETING IN FEBRUARY, OUR GOAL WAS TO IDENTIFY WHAT ARE THE PRIORITY HEALTH NEEDS FROM EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE SEEN AND HEARD FROM ALL OF THE DATA THAT WE'VE GATHERED.

SO WE WENT THROUGH A PROCESS TO IDENTIFY THE PRIORITY HEALTH NEEDS.

WE SPLIT INTO GROUPS.

WE FOCUSED ON DIFFERENT SECTIONS OF THE COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT REPORT.

EACH GROUP IDENTIFIED SIX PRIORITY HEALTH NEEDS.

AND THEN WE WENT THROUGH THREE ROUNDS OF VOTING TO FUNNEL THAT DOWN INTO WHAT THE TOP PRIORITY HEALTH NEEDS THAT WE WANT TO AIM FOR ADDRESSING R.

AND FROM THAT PROCESS, WE CAME UP WITH FOUR PRIORITY HEALTH NEEDS.

THE FIRST ONE IS IN RELATION TO HEALTHCARE NAVIGATION.

SO UNDERSTANDING WHAT RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE IN THE COMMUNITY, HOW TO ACCESS THOSE RESOURCES, UNDERSTANDING INSURANCE NAVIGATION, ET CETERA.

SECONDLY WAS TRANSPORTATION.

SO THAT'S IN RELATION TO FOOD ACCESS AND HEALTH ACCESS, AFFORDABLE TRANSPORTATION, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, UNDERSTANDING TECHNOLOGY, ET CETERA.

THIRD WAS YOUTH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INCLUDING PRESSURE ON YOUTH TO EXCEL.

AND THE FOURTH PRIORITY WAS STRENGTHENING THE SENSE OF COMMUNITY.

SO HOW DO WE HELP PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THEY BELONG IN THE COMMUNITY? HOW DO WE HELP NEIGHBORS FEEL LIKE THEY CONNECT? HOW DO WE GET PEOPLE INVOLVED IN VARIOUS EVENTS, WORK WITH HOAS, SERVE PEOPLE FROM ALL, UM, AREAS IN OUR COMMUNITY? SO THOSE WERE THE FOUR PRIORITY HEALTH NEEDS THAT WERE DETERMINED TO THIS POINT.

WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROJECT IS FOR ALL OF THOSE FOUR PRIORITY HEALTH NEEDS.

WE HAVE FORMED WHAT WE CALL WORKING GROUPS.

SO WE HAVE FOUR WORKING GROUPS.

EACH WORKING GROUP HAS A GOAL OR AN AIM TO ADDRESS THE PRIORITY HEALTH NEED.

AND SO WE JUST FINISHED OUR FIRST ROUND OF MEETINGS WITH EACH GROUP.

AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO THROUGH THOSE MEETINGS IS TO NARROW DOWN WHAT STRATEGIES WE CAN EMPLOY TO ADDRESS THE PRIORITY HEALTH NEEDS.

SO WE PROPOSE TO HAVE AT LEAST TWO MORE MEETINGS WITH EACH WORKING GROUP.

AND AT THE END OF THOSE MEETINGS, WE WILL BE COMING UP WITH

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SPECIFIC STRATEGIES AND ACTION ITEMS THAT WE HOPE TO USE TO ADDRESS THE FOUR PRIORITY HEALTH NEEDS.

SO THAT IS A SUMMARY OF WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROJECT.

TO DATE, I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY OR KAREN CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AS WELL.

THANK YOU, MOLLY.

I'LL TAKE A MOMENT.

IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS CONVERSATION? HEARING NONE COUNCIL QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION? NO, I'D LIKE TO SAY THIS IS, UH, ONE OF THE MOST INTERESTING, UH, REPORTS THAT I'VE SEEN IN THE LAST 30 YEARS FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE GREATEST GIFT WE CAN GIVE OUR PEOPLE IS GOOD HEALTH AND A GOOD ENVIRONMENT.

SO IT'S VERY INTERESTING.

I NOTICED THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE EXCEL IN THE EXERCISE, UH, PART OF THIS AND THERE'S A LOT TO ALL THIS.

UM, THE DIET PART, YOU KNOW, IS, IS VERY INTERESTING.

I SAW A NUN GO INTO, UH, WHOLE FOODS AND I WENT UP AND I BOUGHT HER GROCERIES THE OTHER DAY AND I SAID, WELL, WHY DID YOU READ EVERY LABEL IN THIS PLACE? AND SHE SAID, WELL, SHE SAID, THERE'S SIX NUNS THAT CAME FROM POLAND AND WE ALL GET SICK ON YOUR FOOD.

YOU HAVE TOO MUCH PRESERVATIVES IN IT.

TOO MANY, UH, DIFFERENT ASPECTS TO IT THAT MADE US ILL.

SO WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL WHAT WE EAT.

THAT'S SOMETHING WE PROBABLY CAN'T CONTROL.

UH, BUT IT, IT IS AN INTERESTING PART OF THE BLUE ZONE IDEA OF GOOD HEALTH FOR YOUR PEOPLE.

THE OTHER THING I THINK IS INTERESTING IS A SENSE OF COMMUNITY.

PEOPLE FEEL ISOLATED, OBVIOUSLY FROM YOUR REPORT.

AND I NOTICED THAT A LOT OF THE CHURCHES NOW ARE DOING THINGS TO WHERE PEOPLE CAN GET TOGETHER.

I KNOW ST.

BRIDGET HAS A THING CALLED THAT MAN IS YOU AND ALL THE MEN MEET TOGETHER AT SIX 30 IN THE MORNING, AND THERE'S A SENSE OF COMMUNITY WITH THE MEN.

AND I, I DON'T KNOW IF WE DIRECT HELP DIRECT PEOPLE IN THESE DIFFERENT CHURCHES AND, AND, UH, FACILITIES WHERE THEY CAN MEET OTHER PEOPLE, UH, THAT ARE, I DON'T KNOW, HAVE SOME COMMONALITY WITH THEM.

AND MAYBE THAT WOULD BE A SUGGESTION BECAUSE, UM, THAT, THAT SENSE OF COMMUNITY IS FOUND IN ALL THE BLUE ZONES WHERE PEOPLE LIVE THE LONGEST.

THEY ALL HANG OUT TOGETHER AND HAVE A SOCIAL INTERACTION THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.

AND YOU KNOW, I COULD SEE WHERE IF YOU HAVE A HOUSE HERE, YOU'RE BY YOURSELF.

A FRIEND OF MINE MOVED TO NEW ALBANY AND HE SAID IT WAS THE WORST PLACE IN THE WORLD HE EVER LIVED IN BECAUSE HE, HE SAID TO MEET ANOTHER HUMAN BEING, HE HAD TO JOIN THE COUNTRY CLUB AND SPEND AN ASTRONOMICAL AMOUNT OF MONEY.

THE NEIGHBORS NEVER TALKED TO EACH OTHER.

SO THOSE ARE REALLY INTERESTING BARRIERS TO TRY TO OVERCOME FOR OUR COMMUNITY, BUT VERY IMPORTANT ON HOW WE GET PEOPLE OUT TO MEET OTHER PEOPLE AND, AND SOCIALIZE.

SO, UH, GOOD LUCK, .

IS SOMETHING THAT I WOULD PAY A LOT OF ATTENTION TO AND KIND OF PUT OUR HEADS TOGETHER, UM, WITH THE, UH, FOLKS IN THE CITY THAT, THAT SPONSOR ACTIVITIES AND, AND, YOU KNOW, ARE KIND OF IN CHARGE OF THESE SOCIAL GROUPS.

OTHER COMMENTS COME? SO I THINK FOR ME, UH, LOOKING AT THESE PRIORITY HEALTH NEEDS, I ALMOST WOULD'VE FLIPPED THEM IF I WERE IN THIS GROUP AND, AND STRENGTHEN STRENGTHENING THE SENSE OF COMMUNITY.

IT SEEMS LIKE AS, AS COUNCIL MEMBER REINER SAID, YOU KNOW, FOLKS FEEL, UM, THAT THEY DON'T HAVE ANY PERSONAL CONNECTIONS, LACK OF INCLUSIVENESS, NO SENSE OF COMMUNITY.

AND YOU KNOW, WE WORK REALLY HARD HERE TO CHANGE THAT.

AND, AND I I WONDER WHAT MORE WE CAN DO.

UM, JOHN MENTIONED CHURCH GROUPS, OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE THEIR CONSTITUENCY.

UM, SOME, SOME THINGS ARE VERY DIFFICULT FOR GOVERNMENT TO CONTROL, LET ALONE CITY GOVERNMENT.

UM, BUT THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT WE CAN'T TRY AND WE SHOULDN'T TRY.

SO I, I'D BE VERY CURIOUS OTHER THAN THESE HOA MEETINGS, WHICH, YOU KNOW, I'LL TELL YOU, WHEN I FIRST MOVED TO DUBLIN, I, I DID, I FELT LIKE AN OUTSIDER AND I MOVED AFTER THREE YEARS.

UM, SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S THE NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT WHAT CAN THE CITIES, THE CITY DO? I KNOW WE LOAN, UH, TABLES AND TENTS AND, AND OTHER THINGS TO THESE HOAS FOR PARTIES.

BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST A SHAME THAT FOLKS FEEL LIKE THEY'RE ON AN ISLAND IN SUCH A GREAT COMMUNITY.

AND SO FOR ME, THAT WOULD BE THE NUMBER ONE THING.

AND THEN THE, THE SECOND PRIORITY IS YOUTH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE.

UM, INCLUDING PRESSURE ON YOUTH TO EXCEL.

YOU KNOW, I, I THINK THAT'S KIND OF EMBEDDED IN OUR ACADEMIC SYSTEM.

UM, BUT THE, AND ALSO THE, UH, BINGE DRINKING IS VERY CONCERNING TO ME.

THOSE ARE SOME VERY HIGH NUMBERS.

UM, AND YOU KNOW, WE JUST TALKED ABOUT THE DORA AND EXPANDING THOSE HOURS AND I THINK WE DID THE RIGHT THING.

UM, SO I GUESS MY POINT IS, IS, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT WE CAN AND CAN AND CANNOT DO.

AND THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT WE CAN DO, BUT THEY'RE VERY, VERY DIFFICULT TO DO.

BUT WE NEED TO TRY.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, FOR ME, STRENGTHENING THE SENSE OF COMMUNITY

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YOU KNOW, ANDY, UH, YOU KNOW, WE ALL CAME TO THE ROTARIAN MEETING THE OTHER MORNING AND THAT WAS A REALLY NEAT GROUP OF PEOPLE OUT DOING INTERESTING THINGS TOGETHER.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY HERE IN DUBLIN TO MEET OTHER PEOPLE, GO OUT AND DO CIVIC STUFF.

AND I THINK ALL OF US ARE INVOLVED IN CHARITIES WHERE WE MEET OTHER GROUPS.

WE HAVE COMMON INTERESTS, BUT, YOU KNOW, TO TRY, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO GET INVOLVED IN ALL THESE THINGS WE HAVE GOING ON.

UM, 'CAUSE THERE'S, THERE'S SO MANY GREAT CHARITIES AND IN THOSE CHARITIES YOU MEET SOME JUST SUPER GIVING GOOD PEOPLE THAT YOU WANT TO GO OUT AND HAVE DINNER WITH AND SPEND A LOT OF TIME WITH.

AND, UH, I WAS IMPRESSED WITH THE ROTARIANS.

I THOUGHT I SAID TO MY WIFE, YOU KNOW, I WOULDN'T MIND JOINING THAT GROUP.

SHE SAID, DON'T DARE JOIN ANYTHING ELSE.

YOU'RE OUT OF THE HOUSE IF YOU DO SO.

UH, BUT WHAT A NEAT BUNCH OF PEOPLE.

AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S THAT SOCIAL INTERACTION I THINK THAT WE'RE MISSING AND THAT THAT IS AVAILABLE TO PEOPLE.

THEY JUST DON'T SEEM TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT.

I MEAN, THERE'S THE MOOSES, THE ELKS, THE VETERANS GROUPS AND ALL THE REST OF IT, BUT YOU GOTTA GET 'EM OUT AND THEY GOTTA GET INVOLVED IN IT.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S OUR MISSION OR NOT.

MAYBE IT SHOULD BE.

THIS GROUP, THAT WAS CLEAR THAT THOSE WERE THE TWO TOP, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE NOT IN PRIORITY, THAT SEEMED TO GET THE MOST VOTES.

UM, SO I, I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ANDY, AND I AGREE WITH A LOT OF WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

I THINK PART OF FEELING ISOLATED IS FOR, FOR FOLKS WHO HAVE, UM, MEDICAL ISSUES, RIGHT? AND SO THEY'RE NOT SURE WHERE TO GO OR HOW TO NAVIGATE THEIR INSURANCE.

THOSE KINDS OF THINGS CAN ACTUALLY PREVENT THEM FROM PARTICIPATING.

AND CERTAINLY IF THEY'RE STRUGGLING WITH TRANSPORTATION, THERE'S, THERE'S, THERE'S STILL A STIGMA AROUND HEALTHCARE AND MENTAL HEALTHCARE, LACK OF TRANSPORTATION AND THOSE THINGS.

SO IF YOU DON'T HAVE THOSE THINGS, IT'S ACTUALLY REALLY DIFFICULT TO BECOME INVOLVED IN THINGS.

UM, YOU KNOW, I'LL, I'LL TELL YOU FROM A YOUTH BEHAVIORAL SERVICES PERSPECTIVE, AND I JUST KNOW THIS FIRSTHAND, THE WAITING LIST FOR CHILDREN'S IS NOT THREE MONTHS.

IT'S NOT SIX MONTHS.

IT'S A YEAR FOR YOUR CHILD TO GO IN AND SEE SOMEBODY IN PERSON.

I THINK THAT'S OUTRAGEOUS.

I THINK IT'S OUTRAGEOUS.

UM, I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAVE A PROGRAM THAT SEVERAL OF US, YOU KNOW, SOUGHT TO FRUITION WITH FOREVER DUBLIN.

AND THAT'S ESSENTIALLY SORT OF A NAVIGATION SERVICE TO HELP EITHER OLDER ADULTS OR THOSE WHO ARE CARING FOR OLDER ADULTS DO SOME OF THAT NAVIGATION.

THAT MAY BE A GOOD PLACE FOR US TO START WORKING ON SOME OF THESE THINGS, UM, SO THAT WE GET THAT WORD OUT THERE.

'CAUSE WE DON'T HAVE TO JUST DO IT FOR OUR OLDER, UM, MORE EXPERIENCED RESIDENTS IN IN THEIR CAREGIVERS.

WE CAN DO IT FOR, FOR YOUNGER FOLKS AS WELL.

UM, SO I THINK WE POSSIBLY ALREADY HAVE A PLATFORM TO START SOME OF THAT WORK ON.

UM, BUT IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO OBTAIN SOME OF THESE SERVICES.

UM, AND YOU'RE RIGHT, ANDY, THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH A LOCAL GOVERNMENT CAN DO.

UM, BUT I DID, I THINK IT BEHOOVES US TO DO THE BEST THAT WE CAN DO, UM, AND, AND TO HELP OUR YOUTH ALSO FEEL VERY CONNECTED.

UM, IT CAN BE VERY CHALLENGING FOR YOUTH TO FEEL CONNECTED WHEN THEY'RE FEELING SO MUCH PRESSURE TO BE AS GOOD AS, YOU KNOW, BOBBY AND SUSIE AND JACK AND ALL THESE OTHER KIDS.

IT'S, IT'S HARD.

I MEAN, I STILL HAVE KIDS IN SCHOOL.

I GET IT.

I ALSO HAVE AN AGING MOM WHO DOESN'T WANT TO GO TO THE GARDEN CLUB, WHO DOESN'T WANT TO GO TO CERTAIN THINGS AND IS FAIRLY SELF ISOLATING.

UM, YOU KNOW, SO THERE'S SOME TRICKINESS AND SOME NUANCE TO IT TOO.

IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT HAVING SOMETHING THAT YOU OFFER, IT'S ABOUT FIGURING OUT HOW YOU REACH IN AND CONNECT TO SOME OF THOSE FOLKS WHO ARE STRUGGLING, WANTING TO DO THE INITIATIVE AND CONNECT FOR THEMSELVES AS WELL.

I THINK THAT'S REALLY THE, THE PART THAT'S VERY DIFFICULT.

UM, ANYWAY, SO THAT'S JUST MY 2 CENTS.

BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE DONE SOME OF THIS WORK.

I THINK WE NEED TO BUILD ON THAT.

AND JUST TO CLARIFY TOO, THE HEALTH PRIORITIES ARE IN NO SPECIFIC ORDER.

SO THEY'RE NOT RANKED ONE THROUGH FOUR.

THEY'RE ALL, THEY'RE ALL OF EQUAL VALUE .

I I JUST HAD A QUESTION FROM THE DATA AND, UM, MAYBE FROM OUR CONSULTING HELP HERE, I, WHEN I LOOKED AT THE NUMBER OF VOTES, I, I GUESS A BIT TO ANDY'S POINT THAT THE TOP NEED WAS CONNECTING, BUT IT GOT SIX VOTES.

THE 11 IN 10 WERE THE TRANSPORTATION AND NAVIGATION FROM THAT.

COULD, COULD YOU JUST PUT A LITTLE MORE ILLUMINATION AROUND? WAS IT THAT THEY, THAT THEY'RE THERE BUT THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO, IS IT A KNOWLEDGE? I DON'T KNOW.

IS IT A, IS IT A, A TRANSPORTATION 'CAUSE I CAN'T AFFORD IT, OR I JUST MAYBE A LITTLE BIT MORE UNDERSTANDING OF THOSE I THINK WOULD BE INTERESTING.

Y YEAH, SORRY TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND.

SO YOU'RE CURIOUS ABOUT, UM, A LITTLE MORE, A LITTLE MORE DESCRIPTION BEHIND THE HEALTHCARE NAVIGATION AND THE TRANSPORTATION.

IS THAT CORRECT? I MEAN, FROM

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AND I JUST WONDERED IF YOU COULD JUST ILLUMINATE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WAS BEHIND THAT.

YEAH, SURE.

UM, MOLLY, COULD YOU LOOK AT YOUR NAVIGATION? HIT YOUR GREEN BUTTON AGAIN.

THERE WE GO.

UM, OR I CAN, IT'S UP TO YOU FOR THE HEALTHCARE NAVIGATION, BUT I CAN DEFINITELY SPEAK ON THE TRANSPORTATION.

SO, AND I THINK SHE'S WONDERING ABOUT H HOW WERE THE VOTES OBTAINED, IF YOU WANNA WALK THROUGH THE PROCESS? OH, THE PROCESS OF, NO, NO, I, I'M NOT ASKING HOW THE VOTES, I'M JUST CURIOUS WHY.

I MEAN, IT WAS CLEARLY THESE WERE THE TWO, THE THE TOP TWO.

WE'VE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE BOTTOM TWO.

COULD YOU JUST MM-HMM, ILLUMINATE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THE NEED WAS THAT THEY WERE TR THEY WERE RESPONDING TO.

SURE, YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I'M THAT, THANK YOU.

THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND.

SORRY, .

THANK YOU, .

NO, IT'S OKAY.

UM, YEAH, SO FOR THE HEALTHCARE NAVIGATION, UM, I SEE IT AS KIND OF ACROSS THE BOARD HOW ARE PEOPLE FIRST MEETING THEIR BASIC NEEDS BECAUSE THAT'S NECESSARY FOR HEALTH, AND THOSE ARE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH.

AND THEN BEYOND THAT, HOW ARE THEY GETTING APPOINTMENTS FOR THEIR CHILDREN TO GO TO CHILDREN'S IF THEY NEED IT? OR, UM, FOR SENIORS WHO ARE MAYBE BATTLING WITH, LIKE, DO I USE MEDICARE? DO I USE SOME OTHER INSURANCE? DO I USE PRIVATE INSURANCE? UM, THERE'S JUST A LOT KIND OF FROM BEGINNING TO END IN TERMS OF MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE HAVE THEIR BASIC NEEDS MET AND THEN HAVE ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE.

UM, SO IT'S REALLY ACROSS THE BOARD FROM, UM, BEING ABLE TO GET THERE AND THAT, YOU KNOW, TIES INTO THE TRANSPORTATION PIECE, BUT THEN ALSO HAVING THE KNOWLEDGE TO KNOW WHERE TO LOOK, UM, KNOWING WHAT SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE OR WHAT SORT OF CARE IS AVAILABLE, AND THEN ACTUALLY MAKING IT HAPPEN.

SO, UM, MAKING AN APPOINTMENT, GOING TO THE APPOINTMENT, GETTING THE TREATMENT OR CARE THAT'S ACTUALLY NECESSARY.

UM, THAT'S KIND OF HOW I SEE THE HEALTHCARE NAVIGATION PIECE.

UM, AND WE DID HEAR CONCERNS, UM, THAT KIND OF LED INTO ALL THOSE THINGS, UM, ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF LIKE OLDER ADULTS, BEING ABLE TO MAKE IT TO APPOINTMENTS AND UNDERSTANDING HOW TO ACCESS THE WHOLE INSURANCE SYSTEM AND THAT SORT OF THING.

UM, AND THEN I THINK IN TERMS OF TRANSPORTATION, UM, IT FEELS VERY MUCH LIKE, UH, AN INDIVIDUAL NEEDS A CAR OR IT'S GONNA BE DIFFICULT TO GET TO WHERE YOU NEED TO GO.

AND THERE ARE OTHER OPTIONS.

THERE'S A LOT OF ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION CLEARLY IN DUBLIN THAT WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT, AND THAT'S WONDERFUL.

UM, BUT THERE ARE PLACES THAT CAN'T BE REACHED AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WEATHER COMES INTO PLAY AND ALL OF THOSE SORTS OF THINGS.

UM, SO IF THERE IS A NEED FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, THAT MIGHT BE DIFFICULT TO ACCESS.

UM, AND THEN ESPECIALLY FOR SOME OF THE OLDER ADULTS, THEY MIGHT NOT UNDERSTAND HOW TO USE THINGS LIKE UBER OR LYFT.

SO THAT CAME UP AS A POTENTIAL SOLUTION.

LIKE, WELL, PEOPLE CAN USE THESE OTHER SORT OF SERVICES, BUT, UM, THAT'S NOT ALWAYS SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE KNOW HOW TO DO, UM, ESPECIALLY AMONG THE OLDER POPULATIONS.

SO, UM, YEAH, I DON'T KNOW.

MOLLY, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING THAT YOU'D ADD TO EITHER OF THOSE? NO, I DON'T THINK SO.

I THINK YOU ANSWERED IT.

JUST SOME, SOME OF THAT IS IN OUR PURVIEW AND SOME OF THAT IS NOT IN OUR PURVIEW.

RIGHT.

SO THAT WAS HELPFUL TO THANK, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND I, I CONCUR WITH JOHN'S, UH, COMMENT.

UH, VERY WELL DONE PIECE OF WORK.

MOVE PEOPLE TOGETHER TO CREATE A LARGER AWARENESS A OF HOW WE CONNECT? AND I THINK TOO, UM, AND THIS IS, AND THIS IS A COMMUNICATION, UH, REQUEST THAT MAYBE WE LOOK AT WAYS THAT, UM, FOR THOSE WHO USE AN APP, THE, THE DOUG DUBLIN GO APP IS A LARGER AND MORE INTENSIVE WAY TO CONNECT WITH CALENDARS OF EVENTS, OPPORTUNITIES WHERE SERVICES ARE BEING ABLE TO MAKE YOUR TRANSPORTATION, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION APPOINTMENTS ON IT.

UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S, UM, IT'S INTERESTING, IT SURPRISED ME WHAT YOU, WHAT YOU FOUND OUT ABOUT MENTAL ILLNESS AND A CONNECTION, ESPECIALLY SINCE AFTER, UM, I THINK IT WAS VISIT DUBLIN A FEW YEARS BACK, DID THAT LARGE SURVEY ON WHAT IS DUBLIN'S, DNA, AND WHAT CAME ABOUT WAS THAT PEOPLE FELT THAT THEY CARED ABOUT EACH OTHER HERE AND THEY WERE CONNECTED.

SO I'M REALLY SURPRISED TO SEE THIS AND IT, IT, IT ALARMS ME.

SO IT MEANS THAT THERE'S BEEN A BIG CHANGE SINCE COVID HAVING TO DO WITH PEOPLE'S MENTAL HEALTH.

UM, I DON'T, IT'S INTERESTING TOO THAT THE HEALTHCARE NAVIGATION, WHEN WE HAVE STARTED A SUPPORT SYSTEM THROUGH THE SENIOR OPTION, UH, THAT WE HAVE HERE, ISN'T IT? THIS CAME UP AND, AND IT'S AVAILABLE, BUT WE APPARENTLY DUNNO ABOUT IT.

UM, I THINK, I LOVE THE FACT THAT WE HAVE THESE PRIORITY NEEDS AND I, AND I'M GLAD THAT THEY'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, 1, 2, 3, I'M GLAD IT'S ACROSS THE BOARD.

UM, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY HERE WITH MULTIPLE PARTNERS, HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS, THE ROTARIAN SOCIAL SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS.

WE HAVE THE POLICE DOING GREAT COMMUNITY WORK.

WE HAVE THE FIRE DOING GREAT COMMUNITY WORK.

WE HAVE THE SCHOOLS AS GREAT PARTNERS.

WE HAVE OUR OWN STAFF THAT REACHES OUT AND BRINGS IN 2000 VOLUNTEERS AND ALL THAT SORT OF THING.

MAYBE THIS IS WHERE THE ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION IS, IS HOW DO WE

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MAYBE THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE HAVEN'T DONE YET, I'M NOT SURE.

AND THEN FOR THOSE, THIS GENERATIONAL GAP, BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY SENIOR CITIZENS THAT MAYBE DON'T FEEL CONNECTED, OR YOUTH THAT DON'T KNOW HOW TO ACCESS A WAY TO GET AROUND TOWN, MAYBE THERE'S A WAY THAT WE CAN CREATE, UM, MORE AWARENESS THROUGH A, A, A ONE STOP PLACE THAT HELPS THEM BE ABLE TO DO THE THINGS THAT THEY WANNA DO.

THIS IS A HUGE LIFT IN SO MANY WAYS, BUT, UM, I THINK THAT UTILIZING OUR PARTNERS TO SIT DOWN AND THINK ABOUT HOW THEIR RESOURCES CAN COMBINE WITH OUR RESOURCES AND BECOME A LARGE RESOURCE FOR EVERYBODY IS SOMETHING I'D WOULD REALLY LOVE TO PURSUE.

UM, SO THOSE ARE MY THOUGHTS.

AND THAT HAS BEEN THE GOAL GOING INTO THIS, IS THAT THE CITY IS NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO ALL OF THIS WORK ON OUR OWN.

SO WE ARE GOING TO RELY ON THOSE PARTNERS THAT WE'VE ALREADY UTILIZED AS PART OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT ARE SERVING ON THE WORKING GROUPS.

AND THAT'S THE GOAL, IS TO BE ABLE TO, TO UTILIZE EVERYBODY THAT WE HAVE HERE IN DUBLIN TO HELP ADDRESS THESE NEEDS.

I, I WOULD AGREE THERE SEEMED TO BE SOME THAT WE HAVE MORE CONTROL OVER THAN OTHERS.

CERTAINLY, UH, STRENGTHENING OUR SENSE OF COMMUNITY, SOMETHING THAT, UM, THAT WE NEED TO OWN AND, UH, DO AS MUCH AS WE CAN WITH AND TRANSPORTATION.

I THINK WE'RE CONTINUING TO MOVE THE NEEDLE IN THOSE SPACES, THE HEALTHCARE NAVIGATION AND, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'LL BE MORE CHALLENGING FOR US TO, UH, HELP SOMEONE NAVIGATE THEIR OWN HEALTH NEEDS AND OPTIONS AS A, THAT'S A DIFFICULT PLACE TO BE AND CERTAINLY WANNA PARTNER WITH OUR SCHOOLS FOR THE YOUTH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE.

SO, UM, I, I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, IS, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN SO MUCH WORK HAPPENING AND I I THINK YOU PUT UP THE, UM, REFERENCE POINTS FOR THE STATE OF OHIO AND I, I WONDER HOW OLD THEIR SURVEYS WERE.

YOU KNOW, WE WERE AT 13% AND THE STATE WAS AT 20%, OR, OR WHATEVER THAT MIGHT BE, BECAUSE I, I THINK MOST EVERYBODY IS IN A SIMILAR BOAT, UM, WITH MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AND THE STRUGGLING, UH, DIFFERENT LEVELS OF ADDICTION AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.

AND I, I'M WONDERING IF WE'RE SPENDING MUCH TIME LOOKING FOR WHAT PEOPLE ARE DOING THAT ARE HAVING SOME LEVELS OF SUCCESS AND TRYING TO, UM, GLEAN THE BEST IDEAS OUT THERE OF WHAT'S WORKING, WHAT'S HELPING, WHAT'S MOVING THE NEEDLE.

UM, AND CERTAINLY WE WANT TO TRY AND EXPERIMENT WITH THINGS OURSELVES, BUT IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS BEING, UM, EFFECTIVE OUT THERE IN TRYING TO IMPLEMENT OR MAKE THEM OUR OWN.

SO ARE, ARE WE LOOKING AT THOSE MM-HMM.

? YES.

UM, WE'RE PARTNERING WITH DR.

ANDY WANER AT THE OHIO STATE CENTER FOR PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE, AND HE HAS IDENTIFIED MANY, MANY EVIDENCE-BASED HEALTH PRACTICES THAT HAVE BEEN USED IN OTHER AREAS.

AND WE'VE BROUGHT THOSE TO THE TABLE DURING EACH MEETING TO SAY, HERE'S SOME IDEAS TO CONSIDER.

AND OF COURSE, THE GROUPS HAVE ALL HAD GREAT IDEAS OF THEIR OWN, UM, BUT WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR OTHER THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN DONE IN BRINGING THOSE FOR CONSIDERATION.

SO WHAT WILL BE THE NEXT STEPS OF THIS? SO THIS IS AN UPDATE.

WHAT, WHAT, WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? SO, AS I MENTIONED, WE JUST COMPLETED OUR FIRST ROUND OF WORKING GROUP MEETINGS.

WE'LL HAVE AT LEAST TWO MORE WHERE THE GOAL IS TO DEVELOP THOSE STRATEGIES AND ACTION ITEMS TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THESE NEEDS.

AND THEN ONCE THOSE HAVE BEEN DETERMINED, WE'LL COME UP WITH A FINAL STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN THAT WILL HELP TO GUIDE US TOWARD THE WORK THAT WE DO.

AND THAT WILL COME BEFORE COUNCIL.

GREAT.

UH, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? WELL, WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE INFORMATION.

UM, CERTAINLY THERE'S MUCH TO DO.

COMMENTS PORTION OF OUR AGENDA.

THIS BRINGS US TO THE STAFF

[STAFF COMMENTS]

MEGAN, GOOD EVENING.

MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, I JUST HAVE ONE ITEM TO SHARE THIS EVENING.

WE ARE HOLDING A PUBLIC MEETING WITH PROPERTY OWNERS IN THE VICINITY OF THE RIVERSIDE DRIVE, SHARED USE PAST SECTION TWO PROJECT ON MAY 29TH AT 7:00 PM IN THE CITY'S DEVELOPMENT BUILDING.

SECTION TWO OF THE PROJECT AREA EXTENDS ALONG THE EASTERN SIDE OF RIVERSIDE DRIVE

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FROM ARROWHEAD ROAD TO THE NORTHERN CITY CORPORATION LIMITS.

THE INTENT FOR THE PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING, AND IT'S JUST IN THE PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING PHASE, IS TO REFINE POTENTIAL ALIGNMENTS FOR THAT SECTION AND BETTER DEFINE THE ANTICIPATED COST OF BUILDING THAT POTENTIAL, UM, OR PROPOSED SHARED USE PATH.

THE PATH WOULD CONNECT TO OTHER PLANNED, SHARED USE PATHS ON THE EAST SIDE OF RIVERSIDE DRIVE.

AND THE PUBLIC MEETING IS INTENDED TO DISCUSS THE OVERALL PROJECT SCOPE, POTENTIAL ALIGNMENT OPTIONS, AND COLLECT PUBLIC FEEDBACK.

AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE THIS EVENING.

TO COUNCIL REPORTS AND WE WILL START WITH COMMITTEE REPORTS AND THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.

OKAY, THIS WILL BRING US

[COUNCIL REPORTS]

AND ANDY, YOU WANNA DELIVER THAT REPORT? THE FINANCE COMMITTEE MET ON MAY 14TH, AND AS YOU HEARD EARLIER, REVIEWED THE POLICY MODIFICATIONS THAT MR. STIFFLER BROUGHT FORWARD.

IN ADDITION TO THE POLICY MODIFICATIONS, REDTREE INVESTMENT GROUP PROVIDED AN INVESTMENT REVIEW OF THE CITY'S PORTFOLIOS MANAGED BY METER AND MANNING AND NAPIER, INCLUDING COMPARISONS TO TWO BENCHMARKS, ONE OF WHICH CONSISTS OF OTHER MUNICIPAL, UH, CLIENTS THAT REDTREE WORKS WITH.

SO IT WAS VERY INTERESTING TO SEE THE PERFORMANCE OF HOW OTHER, UH, PORTFOLIOS, UM, IN OTHER COMMUNITIES ARE PERFORMING.

UM, AND THE COMMITTEE DISCUSSED THE BED TRA THE BED TAX GRANT POLICY.

THE COMMITTEE PROVIDED FEEDBACK AND STAFF WILL BE BRINGING A MODIFIED POLICY THAT INCORPORATES THAT FEEDBACK TO THE COMMITTEE FOR REVIEW IN JUNE.

AND WE'LL START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER ROSO ON THE 33 CORRIDOR AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.

I HAVE NOTHING ON 33.

WE HAVE MET FOR A WHILE.

UM, THE PLANNING AND ZONING, UM, AS JENNY MENTIONED TONIGHT, THIS WEEK THEY WILL SEE THE ENVISION DUBLIN PLAN.

THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THEY WILL HAVE SEEN IT.

THEY HAD AN ORIENTATION AND THEY WILL PROVIDE A, AGAIN, SOME, SOME, UM, FEEDBACK AND THEN A RECOMMENDATION TO THIS GROUP.

UM, IT'S, IT'S BEEN NICE BECAUSE, UM, THE GROUP, THEY DO A LOT OF ZONING, THEY DO A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT.

THEY'RE GETTING AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK ON SOME PLANNING AND SOME FUTURES.

UM, UH, AS PART OF THAT, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING, UM, AMY AND JANE AND MYSELF HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE, A REVIEW OF THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN, PROCESS PLANNING AND ZONING WAS PART OF THAT.

I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO SEE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WILL, UH, WILL, WILL HAVE SOME IMPACT ON THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS COME FORWARD FROM THAT.

IT WAS AN ACT, IT WAS AN EXCELLENT DISCUSSION.

UM, SO I THINK YOU'LL, YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THAT COME BEFORE THAT COMMITTEE AND THEN IT'LL COME BACK FOR THIS GROUP AS WELL.

AND AS YOU KNOW, UM, AS OF LAST MEETING, WE HAVE SOME NEW MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING.

UM, AND SO THERE'LL BE A FAIR BIT OF TRAINING AND ONBOARDING THAT WILL HAPPEN THIS SUMMER.

SO, UM, GOOD, A GOOD GROUP OF FOLKS AND, UM, A A LOT OF FOCUS REALLY, UM, ON THE PROCESS ITSELF, IMPROVING THAT PROCESS FOR PARTICIPANTS AND MAKING SURE OUR NEW, OUR NEW COMMISSIONERS ARE PREPARED AND, AND READY TO, READY TO HIT THE GROUND RUNNING.

COUNCIL MEMBER FOX BOARD OF EDUCATION AND 33 CORRIDOR GROUP.

CREATIVE FINANCING AGREEMENTS BENEFITING BOTH PARTIES, AND ALSO HELPING TO SUSTAIN THE SCHOOL FUNDING, UH, WHILE CREATING FINANCIAL BENEFITS FOR THEIR FUTURE.

NOTHING ON 33 CORRIDOR.

UM, ANDY AND I, UM, ATTENDED, UM, DR.

MARCH HAUSEN INVITED THE CITY TO PARTICIPATE IN A SCHOOL-SPONSORED FOCUS GROUP ON MAY 14TH TO DISCUSS THE TOPIC OF THE FOCUS ON THE FUTURE EXPLORING HIGH SCHOOL CAPACITY SOLUTIONS.

AND THAT GROUP DISCUSSION WAS ATTENDED BY, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER KEELER, MYSELF AND MEMBERS OF STAFF, WHICH INCLUDED MEGAN, OC CALLAHAN, JEREMIAH GRACIA, MATT STIFFLER, JENNY ROSS, AND JEANNIE WILLIS.

AND JAMIE GREEN SERVED AS THE FACILITATOR FOR THAT.

UH, THE FOCUS OF THE DISCUSSION WAS ON THE FINANCIAL CHALLENGES THAT ARE FACED BY THE DUBLIN CITY SCHOOLS DUE TO THE INCREASING ENROLLMENT AND THE NEED FOR EXPANDED HIGH SCHOOL FACILITIES.

AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ANTICIPATES ACCOMMODATING, O ACCOMMODATING OVER 20,000 PLUS STUDENTS BY 2033 WITH AN ANNUAL GROWTH RATE OF 300 STUDENTS.

SO THE KEY TOPICS THAT WERE RAISED DURING THE DISCUSSION INCLUDED OHIO SCHOOL FUNDING FORMULA AND THE ROLE OF THE STATE IN FUNDING STUDENT EDUCATION, THE IMPACT OF SCHOOL PROPERTY TAX INCREASES ON RESIDENTS, AND THE DIFFICULTY IN PASSING SCHOOL LEVIES.

IT WAS ALSO MENTIONED THAT DUBLIN HAS A STRONG COMMITMENT TO BEING A SUPPORTIVE PARTNER TO THE SCHOOLS, ESPECIALLY IN RELATIONSHIP TO, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

UNLIKE OTHER CITIES, DUBLIN DOES NOT OFFER TAX ABATEMENTS, WHICH PUTS THE CITY AS ADDED DISADVANTAGE IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

WE BRING THESE, UM, THESE, UM, POINTS THAT I'M BRINGING UP ARE THE GENERAL THOUGHTS THAT WE WERE SHARING WITH THE CITY, WITH THE DUBLIN SCHOOLS.

UM, FROM THE CITY'S PERSPECTIVE, UM, UH, DUBLIN HISTORICALLY HAS UTILIZED NON-SCHOOL TIFFS AS AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT POLICY THAT MAINTAINS SCHOOL TAX REVENUES.

AND ADDITIONALLY, THE CITY HAS PARTNERED WITH THE SCHOOLS IN THE PAST THROUGH

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UM, THE CHALLENGES POSED BY RAPIDLY INCREASING RESIDENTIAL GROWTH OCCUR OCCURRING OUTSIDE OF DUBLIN'S JURISDICTION AND PLANNING INFLUENCE WERE, WERE ACKNOWLEDGED IN THIS DISCUSSION.

APPROXIMATELY 20% OF THE STUDENTS IN THE DUBLIN CITY SCHOOLS ARE LOCATED IN RAPIDLY GROWING UNION COUNTY.

AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF TAX ABATED PROPERTIES IN THE COLUMBUS AREA IS EXPECTED TO FURTHER INCREASE THE ENROLLMENT CHALLENGES.

UM, IT WAS NOTED THAT WHILE HISTORICALLY DUBLIN CITY RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN SUPPORTIVE OF SCHOOL LEVIES, RECENT SUPPORT HAS BEEN LOW, PARTICULARLY IN DISTRICTS OUTSIDE OF DUBLIN.

AND THE CITY'S PERSPECTIVE ON TRAFFIC AND INFRASTRUCTURE WAS ALSO DISCUSSED AS POTENTIAL CHALLENGES IN CONSIDERING OPTIONS FOR ADDITIONAL SCHOOLS.

AND LASTLY, THE MOST, UH, IMPORTANT, UH, UM, THOUGHT THAT WAS SHARED WAS THAT IT IS VERY IMPORTANT IN MAINTAINING AN EXCELLENT SCHOOL SYSTEM AND PROVIDING TOP QUALITY EDUCATION UH, AS IT'S A SIGNIFICANT AND VALUABLE FACTOR IN ATTRACTING NEW COMPANIES TO DUBLIN.

SO IN CONCLUSION, THE FOCUS GROUP PROVIDED AN OPPORTUNITY FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF TO SHARE A CONVERSATION CENTERED AROUND FINANCIAL PRESSURES, FUNDING AND PLANNING CHALLENGES, AND THE NEED FOR STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS TO ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

UM, WE'LL GO TO MR. KEELER FOR THE DUBLIN BOARD OF EDUCATION AND THE LOGAN UNION, CHAMPAIGN COUNTY REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION.

COUNCIL MEMBER FOX DID A NICE JOB ON THE BOARD OF EDUCATION AND ON THE LOGAN UNION CHAMPAIGN.

UM, 358 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES WERE, UM, APPROVED IN THE LAST MEETING.

SO YOU SAID AN ANNUAL GROWTH RATE OF 300 STUDENTS, 358, UH, UNITS.

IF YOU DID THAT EVERY MONTH, YOU COULD CERTAINLY HAVE A PROBLEM.

MM-HMM.

THANK YOU, MR. REINER DUBLIN, ARTS COUNCIL AND VETERANS COMMITTEE.

LET'S SEE, MAY 11TH WAS THE OPENING RECEPTION FOR A SNAILS JOURNEY.

UM, AS YOU MAY, MAY NOT NOTICE, WE HAVE THREE GIANT ORANGE SNAILS THAT CAME FROM MILAN, ITALY.

THESE ORANGE SNAILS NOW HAVE BABIES, SO THEY'RE OVER AT THE ART CENTER.

UM, IF YOU WANNA UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS ALL MEANS, YOU HAVE TO, UH, GO TO THE CASTLE.

THERE'S AN ART EXHIBIT EXPLAINING THE DEPTH OF THESE, OF THESE SNAILS.

SO, UM, EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, YOU KNOW, THE ARTS COUNCIL LIKES TO DO SOMETHING THAT'S SORT OF FUN.

IT BRINGS A SMILE TO YOUR FACE, AND THIS IS ONE OF THOSE EXHIBITS.

UH, GOTTA SAY THAT THE, UM, PERFORMING ARCH HAS KICKED UP A NOTCH, UM, WITH THEIR PLAYS.

A WALK IN THE WOODS IS COMING UP, UH, JUNGLE GYM FOR KIDS JAMES, AND THE GIANT PEACH FOR KIDS IS COMING AND THE AMERICAN IDIOT, OR IS COMING ALSO.

SO, AND THEN, UH, FOR THE, UM, VETERANS, UH, THIS PAST WEEK, THE GRADS OF OUR HIGH SCHOOL WERE HONORED THOSE WHO WERE, UM, GOING INTO THE MILITARY.

SO WE, WE FOUND OUT THAT LESS THAN 1% OF THE AMERICAN POPULATION IS NOW HEADING INTO THE MILITARY, AND IT'S ACTUALLY DROPPING DOWN TO 0.6% AT A PERIOD OF, UH, CRISIS FOR OUR NATION.

SO, UH, TALKED TO DR. JOHN MARSH HAUSEN AND HE SAID HE HAS NO PROBLEM WITH CREATING A JUNIOR ROTC PROGRAM IN OUR SCHOOLS SO THAT WE CAN BRING UP SOME, UM, YOUTH THAT MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN THIS PARTICULAR PROFESSION.

ALSO, UH, WANNA REMIND YOU THAT THE, UM, BEST CHICKEN YOU'RE EVER GONNA EAT IS COMING UP ON MEMORIAL DAY AT THE PICNIC, SO I HOPE YOU ALL CAN MAKE IT.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CRAM, WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP AND THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD.

I DID ATTEND THE WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP MEETING LAST WEEK.

IT WAS LESS THAN AN HOUR, SO NOTHING REALLY TO REPORT THERE ALL IS WELL, UH, FOR ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD, AS KATHY MENTIONED WITH THE, UM, WE ATTENDED THE MAY 10TH DEVELOPMENT MEETING.

THERE WAS REPRESENTATIVES FROM A RB THERE AS WELL, AND THE DISCUSSION KIND OF COVERED BOTH PLANNING AND ZONING AND A RB AND ALSO IN LINE WITH THAT, WE DO, WE WILL BE HAVING A NEW MEMBER.

WE HAVE SOME MEMBER CHANGING ON A OR B, SO SOME NEW MEMBERS COMING IN TRAINING.

THE ONLY THING UPCOMING ON THE AGENDA NEXT WEEK, UH, WILL BE THE MINOR PROJECT REVIEWS FOR TWO OF THE HOUSES 17 AND 27 NORTH RIVERVIEW STREET.

SO THAT'S ALL THAT'S GOING ON THERE.

AND, UH, I WILL START DOWN HERE WITH MS. CRAMP.

AND I WILL GIVE THE REPORT ON THE MID OHIO PLANNING COMMISSION.

UH, THE MOST SIGNIFICANT THING THAT HAPPENED AT OUR MEETING LAST THURSDAY WAS THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN WAS APPROVED.

IT'S KIND OF MORSE'S EQUIVALENT TO A CIP.

IT'S A FOUR YEAR METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION

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PLAN.

UM, AND IT REPRESENTED IN EXCESS OF $35 BILLION WORTH OF EXPENSES THAT IN THE UPCOMING FOUR YEARS.

SO, UH, REALLY HAPPY TO SEE THAT, UH, TRANSPORTATION PLAN PASSED.

YOU KNOW, WE SEE THINGS LIKE TONIGHT, THE $14 MILLION IN THE, UM, IN THE BIKE PATH CONNECTIONS, BUT EXTRAPOLATE THAT ON THE 15 COUNTY REGION AND YOU HAVE $35 BILLION.

SO, UM, THAT'S PROBABLY THE MOST SIGNIFICANT THING THAT CAME OUT OF THE MOST RECENT MOR C MEETING.

THIS WILL BRING US TO COUNCIL ROUND TABLE,

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ALL RIGHT, I WILL THANK ALL OF THOSE YOUNGER THAN THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE DODGEBALL TOURNAMENT AND KEPT US GOING TO WIN THREE ROUNDS.

UM, ALSO, I WANNA THANK STA THERE.

I HAD A EAST DUBLIN CIVIC ASSOCIATION MEETING LAST WEEK.

VERY WELL ATTENDED.

HAD ABOUT 55 PEOPLE.

UH, AND I WANNA THANK STAFF FOR COMING FOR THOSE, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO STAYED LATE AND GOT THE BRUNT OF THE QUESTIONS.

UH, THE RESIDENTS WERE VERY, VERY HAPPY WITH THE MEETING, AND ACTUALLY IT WAS RESULT MEETING, I THINK WE ADDED YET ANOTHER 20 NEW PEOPLE TO THE MEETING.

SO I, WE MIGHT EVEN OUTGROW THAT SPACE AND I'LL HAVE TO FIND A NEW SPACE TO HOLD OUR MEETINGS.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR, UH, HELPING OUT WITH THAT AND ANSWERING THEIR QUESTIONS.

AND, UM, I THINK THAT'S ABOUT ALL I HAD.

THANK YOU, JANE.

UM, I, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANNA TAKE A MOMENT, UH, AT, AFTER ATTENDING THE POLICE MEMORIAL LAST FRIDAY, UM, TO REMEMBER THE OFFICERS IN OUR COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE LINE OF DUTY, UM, I JUST WANNA SAY, UM, TAKE A MOMENT TO TALK TO THE PUBLIC.

WE, YOU KNOW, WE SO OFTEN TAKE SAFETY AND ARE HERE IN DUBLIN, OHIO FOR GRANTED.

THERE ARE SO MANY PLACES IN OUR COUNTRY WHERE THERE'S GUN VIOLENCE AND THERE'S CRIME, AND THERE'S DISRESPECT FOR LAW AND THE AUTHORITY.

AND EVERY DAY WHEN AN OFFICER DONS HIS UNIFORM HERE, HE'S PUTTING HIMSELF FIRST IN THE LINE TO GUARD ALL OF OUR SAFETY AND PEACE.

AND, YOU KNOW, THEIR SERVICE EXTENDS TO JUST MORE THAN, THAN LAW ABIDING AND PROVIDING JUSTICE HERE IN DUBLIN.

YOU KNOW, THEY BUILD CONNECTIONS.

THEY FOSTER COMMUNITY, THEY HELP PEOPLE BY ENGAGING THEM AND TALKING TO THE RESIDENTS AND ORGANIZING COMMUNITY EVENTS AND OFFERING GUIDANCE AND ASSISTANCE.

I KNOW, UM, THEY'RE THE FIRST RESPONDER THAT I WOULD WANT TO BE AT MY SIDE IF THERE WERE AN EMERGENCY OR IF I NEEDED IMMEDIATE SUPPORT.

YOU KNOW, OUR DUBLIN POLICE CORPS VALUES OF PROFESSIONALISM, INTEGRITY, RESPECT, AND COMMITMENT SHOW EVERY DAY HERE IN THE CITY, THEY SERVE AS ROLE MODELS FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

AND SEEING THEM AT WORK INSPIRED US TO BELIEVE THAT THERE IS, UH, POSITIVE POWER IN SERVICE TO OTHERS.

THEY MAKE A LOT OF SACRIFICES.

THEY EXPERIENCE PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL CHALLENGES THAT WE NEVER SEE BECAUSE THEY SEE THE HARSH REALITIES OF CRIME AND TRAGEDY AND THEIR TIME, UM, AS DEDICATED TOWARDS US, AS THEY RUN TOWARDS THE DANGER, AS THE REST OF US RUN AWAY FROM IT.

AS I LISTEN FRIDAY TO THE STORIES OF THOSE WHO GIVE THEIR LIVES, I ASK THAT YOU TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO REFLECT ON THEIR DAILY DEDICATION AND STOP AN OFFICER AND THANK THEM FOR THEIR AND THEIR FAMILIES FOR THE WORK AND THE SERVICE THAT THEY GIVE US.

AND THIS MONTH OF MAY LIGHT A BLUE LIGHT ON YOUR FRONT PORCH OR ON YOUR HOUSE TO SHOW YOUR SUPPORT FOR OUR OFFICERS AND HONOR THOSE WHO HAVE DIED PROTECTING ALL OF US AND SERVE US EVERY DAY.

THANK YOU, JOHN.

YEAH, DITTO CHIEF ON THE, UH, MEMORIAL PROGRAM WAS VERY WELL EXECUTED AND WHAT YOU SAID, JANE, IS ABSOLUTELY TRUE.

AND, UH, VETERANS DAY'S COMING UP.

SO PEOPLE GO INTO THE MILITARY, THEY MIGHT END UP IN A COOK AS A COOK, YOU KNOW, AND SO THEY GET A LOT OF RIBBING AND IT DEPENDS ON WHICH BRANCH THEY'RE IN TOO, HOW MUCH, HOW MANY OF 'EM GET, ACTUALLY GET KILLED IN COMBAT.

SO, BUT HERE'S THE THING WITH PEOPLE WHO VOLUNTEER FOR THE MILITARY, YOU KNOW, THE WAY IT WORKS, YOU NEVER KNOW WHERE YOU'RE GONNA END UP AND THEY CAN SEND YOU ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.

SO, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE TIME TO THANK OUR VETERANS AND, UH, HOPEFULLY YOU'LL, WE'LL SEE SOME OF YOU SHOW UP AT THE, UH, VETERANS DAY.