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          ALL RIGHT. 
          WE'RE READY TO BRING THE, 
          [CALL TO ORDER]
UH, REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING MONDAY, JUNE 17TH TO ORDER, UM, WE CALL THE ROLL VICE MAYOR LUDO. 
          HERE. 
          MS. OSA? HERE. 
          MS. FOX. 
          HERE. 
          MR. KEELER? HERE. 
          MS. CRAM. 
          HERE. 
          MR. REINER HERE. 
          AND KATHY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE? WONDERFUL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND TONIGHT 
          [Dublin Arts Council – Muirfield Art in Public Places Commission Update]
WE HAVE SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS, THE DUBLIN ARTS COUNCIL, MUIRFIELD ART IN PUBLIC PLACES, AND WE HAVE MATT AND DAVID. 
          HI. 
          WELCOME. 
          I'LL HAND IT OFF TO YOU. 
          UH, GOOD EVENING. 
          I'D LIKE TO THANK VICE MAYOR LUDO AND ALL OF CITY COUNCIL FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO BRING YOU THE MEREFIELD DRIVE PUBLIC ARTWORK COMMISSION SELECTION COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATION ARTIST PROPOSAL. 
          THIS IS AN IMPORTANT COMMUNITY INITIATIVE CREATED WITH INPUT FROM SO MANY MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY, INCLUDING THE DUBLIN ARTS COUNCIL BOARD, OUR SELECTION COMMITTEE, CITY OF DUBLIN OFFICIALS, CITY OF DUBLIN STAFF, ARTISTS, STUDENTS, RESIDENTS, AND CORPORATE CITIZENS. 
          TONIGHT MARKS THE NEXT STEP IN THE PROCESS. 
          AM I DOING THIS SLIDE? SORRY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          TONIGHT MARKS THE NEXT STEP IN THE PROCESS OF ADDING A NEW WORK OF PUBLIC ART TO DUBLIN'S COLLECTION. 
          A PROCESS THAT BEGAN IN THE SPRING OF 2023 AND WILL RESULT IN INSTALLATION AND DEDICATION IN 2025. 
          THE PROCESS TAKES COMMUNITY INPUT INTO CONSIDERATION AT EVERY STEP. 
          ON THURSDAY, JUNE 13TH, WE HELD THE FINALIST PRESENTATIONS FOR THE MUIRFIELD DRIVE PUBLIC ART COMMISSION FROM SIX TO 9:00 PM AT THE REC CENTER. 
          WE HAD 65 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE, AND 32 PEOPLE ATTENDED VIRTUALLY IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE EVENT. 
          A CONFIDENTIAL SELECTION COMMITTEE DELIBERATION RESULTED IN THE SELECTION OF AN ARTIST AND HIS PROPOSAL. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO PUBLICLY THANK OUR OUTSTANDING SELECTION COMMITTEE, COMPRISED OF EIGHT COMMUNITY MEMBERS, ADAM HERNANDEZ AND ACCOMPLISHED ARTIST MURALIST AND DESIGNER, PAM INGER, A DUBLIN RESIDENT, AND RETIRED CPA. 
          MICHAEL HYATT, LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT WITH CITY OF DUBLIN, BOB THAMAN, A RETIRED CLINICAL PHYS PSYCHOLOGIST SERVING ON ENVISION DUBLIN AND THE BOARD OF DUBLIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION. 
          ELSIE SANCHEZ, A PAINTER LIVING AND WORKING IN DUBLIN, DON STAUFFENBERG, AN ARTIST AND PRODUCT DESIGNER LIVING IN, WORKING IN DUBLIN. 
          AND MARION VANDER HYDEN, DIRECTOR OF URBAN ART SPACE AND CHAIR OF THE COLUM CITY OF COLUMBUS ART COMMISSION. 
          EACH MEMBER GAVE COUNTLESS HOURS TO RIGOROUSLY REVIEW APPLICATION MATERIALS, INCLUDING RESUMES, IMAGES, LETTERS OF INTEREST, AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT STATEMENTS TO BRING AN IMPRESSIVE FIELD OF 122 ARTISTS REPRESENTING 32 DIFFERENT STATES TO THREE FINALISTS. 
          THEIR DEDICATION AND CONSIDERATION THROUGHOUT THIS CHALLENGING PROCESS IS EVIDENT IN THEIR HEIGHTENED LEVEL OF ENGAGEMENT. 
          CONSIDERATION OF MANY FACETS OF THE PROPOSALS COUPLED WITH COMMUNITY FEEDBACK, BROUGHT THEM TO THE RECOMMENDATION. 
          RECOMMENDATION YOU'LL HEAR THIS EVENING. 
          THE THREE FINALISTS INCLUDE IVAN DE PENA, A MULTIDISCIPLINARY ARTIST WITH OTHER, WITH OVER 20 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH ARCHITECTS, FABRICATORS, SCIENTISTS, AND ENGINEERS TO REALIZE HIS ARTISTIC VISION. 
          MIKI IWASAKI IWASAKI HAS A MASTER OF ARCHITECTURE FROM HARVARD UNIVERSITY AND IS AN ADJUNCT FACULTY MEMBER OF WOODBURY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE IN SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA CJ WRENCH. 
          AND CJR DESIGN WRENCH IS AN ENGINEER AND ABSTRACT ARTIST IN HOOD RIVER, OREGON, WITH EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE IN LARGE SCALE COLORFUL ARTWORKS IN A VARIETY OF MEDIUMS. AFTER DELIBERATION, THE SELECTION COMMITTEE UNANIMOUSLY CHOSE ARTIST IVAN DIP PENA, AND HIS PROPOSAL SWING, WHICH IS A WORKING TITLE DIP PENA'S PRESENTATION THURSDAY NIGHT, INCLUDED SLIDES OF SIX PREVIOUS ART PROJECTS THAT ARE CONTEXT AWARE AS HE DESCRIBES AND RELATED TO THE SCALE MATERIAL ENGINEERING AND INSTALLATION CONSIDERATIONS FOR THIS PROPOSAL. 
          DE PENA'S CREATIVE PRACTICE IS INSPIRED BY NATURE AND ITS SCIENTIFIC PROCESSES. 
          HE IS FASCINATED BY BIOMIMICRY THE PROCESS OF CLOSELY EXAMINING HOW NATURE IS ORGANIZED, AND THEN TRANSLATING THOSE PRINCIPLES INTO HUMAN ENGINEERING. 
          FOR HIS PROPOSAL, DE PENYA DREW INSPIRATION FROM MOVEMENT AND FLIGHT. 
          SWING EMBODIES THE DYNAMIC MOTION OF A GOLF SWING, 
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INSPIRED IN PART BY JACK NICHOLAS'S TRADEMARK SWING INTERTWINED WITH THE MOVEMENT OF BIRDS WINGS IN FLIGHT. 
          THE ARTIST INCLUDED DIAGRAMS TO PROVIDE A GLIMPSE OF HIS STUDY OF THE MECHANICS OF THE HUMAN BODY IN A GOLF SWING, AND THE STUDY OF THE MECHANICS OF THE BIRD'S WINGS IN FLIGHT. 
          HE FOUND THE PATTERNS BETWEEN THESE TWO TO BE STRIKINGLY SIMILAR DE PENA STUDY JACK NICHOLAS'S PARTICULAR SWING PATTERN, NOTING HIS SOMEWHAT UNORTHODOX FINISHING POSTURE, WHICH HAS BECOME ICONIC. 
          THE ARTIST WAS INSPIRED BY THE POISE, BALANCE, AND ELEGANCE TO BOTH THE MOTION OF THE GOLF SWING AND THE FLIGHT PATTERN OF THE BIRDS. 
          AND HIS MOTION WAS USED TO FORM THE SCULPTURE. 
          THE PIECE WILL BE APPROXIMATELY 12 FEET BY 15 FEET HIGH AND 12 TO 15 FEET WIDE, MADE FROM CAST STONE WITH THE INCORPORATION OF REAL OR ARTIFICIAL MOSS OR, AND OR TURF. 
          DE PENA ALSO USED CASTSTONE IN A PREVIOUS PROJECT, INSTALLING IT IN PIECES WITH A TOLL WEIGHT OF 250,000 POUNDS AND ASSEMBLING AN ONSITE USING A CRANE. 
          THE PATH YOU SEE IS NOT THE PROPOSAL, BUT IS INCLUDED IN THE RENDERING FOR FUTURE CONSIDERATION AS WE EXPLORE A DA COMPLIANCE AND ACCESSIBILITY TO THE COLLECTION. 
          I'LL QUOTE FROM DE PENA'S PROPOSAL FOR RESIDENTS OF MUIRFIELD AND THE BROADER DUBLIN AREA. 
          THIS SCULPTURE OFFERS A PLACE OF REFLECTION AND INSPIRATION, DRAWING CONNECTIONS ACROSS TIME FROM THE HISTORICAL AND SPIRITUAL TO THE COMMUNAL AND CURRENT RECREATIONAL USE OF THE LAND. 
          THE ARTIST WANTED TO CREATE A DESIGN THAT WOULD LOOK BEAUTIFUL FROM THE SKY AS WELL. 
          YOU CAN SEE IN THE ARCH SHAPE, THE STRAND OF GREEN THAT HE BROUGHT INTO THE SCULPTURE HELPS THE VIEWER TRACE THE MOTION OF SWING. 
          IT ALSO FUNCTIONS TO EMBODY THE SEAMLESS FLUIDITY OF MOVEMENT AND THE BLENDING OF THE SCULPTURE INTO THE LANDSCAPE. 
          LIGHTING WILL ALSO BE CONSIDERED FOR THE PIECE. 
          AND HERE'S ANOTHER RENDERING OF A DRIVE BY, SORRY, MATT, I'M WAY AHEAD OF YOU HERE. 
          APOLOGIZE. 
          THIS IS THE AERIAL VIEW. 
          YOU WATCH THE MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT AND SAW THE, THE BLIMP AND THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE A GOOD, GOOD THING TO ADD TO HIS PRESENTATION. 
          AND THERE IS THE WORK AT NIGHT. 
          THE, THE SELECTION COMMITTEE WAS IMPRESSED BY THE ARTIST'S CONCEPT OF INTERTWINING THE MOVEMENT OF THE GOLF SWING AND THE BIRD'S FLIGHT PATTERN. 
          THEY FELT IT HAD A DIRECT RELATION TO THE SITE, AND THAT THE ARTWORK WILL SERVE AS BOTH AN ICONIC LANDMARK AND A DESTINATION FOR YEARS TO COME. 
          THE SELECTION COMMITTEE WAS UNANIMOUSLY IN FAVOR OF IVAN DE PENA SWING, REITERATING THAT THE ARTWORK IS SITE SPECIFIC AND ALLURING AS IT TAKES THE VIEWER ON A JOURNEY THAT INSPIRES DISCOVERY, REFLECTION, AND CONNECTION. 
          AS FOR THE NEXT STEPS, DAC AND CITY STAFF WILL DETERMINE THE NEED FOR A POTENTIAL FIRST. 
          OH, SORRY. 
          UM, MATT, DO YOU WANNA TELL THEM THE NEXT STEPS? , I'D BE HAPPY TO. 
          SORRY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. 
          UH, EXCITING EVENING. 
          CERTAINLY. 
          WE WERE IMPRESSED WITH A LOT OF THE PRESENTATIONS WE SAW THE OTHER NIGHT. 
          UM, THIS PROJECT IS ACTUALLY IN ITS, UM, STAGE OF THE ARTIST SELECTION. 
          AND THEN NEXT WE ENTER INTO CONTRACT AT WHICH TIME STAFF WILL BRING FORWARD A RESOLUTION TO ENTER INTO CONTRACT WITH THE ARTIST, AS WELL AS APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE FUNDING FOR THE PROJECT. 
          SO THOSE WILL BE COMING FORWARD, OR THAT ONE WILL BE COMING FORWARD TO YOU AT THE Q3 SUPPLEMENTAL. 
          YOU'LL RECALL, THIS PROJECT IS ACTUALLY A STATE FUNDED PROJECT THROUGH A GRANT. 
          SO THE ART AND PUBLIC PLACES MASTER PLAN, AND IT, THE ABILITY TO FOLLOW THAT. 
          UM, PRESENTED A FEW CHALLENGES, WHICH WE'VE WORKED THROUGH. 
          WE HAVE AN MOU WITH DUBLIN ARTS COUNCIL, CITY OF DUBLIN MUIRFIELD ASSOCIATION TO WORK TOGETHER ON THE PROJECT. 
          SO NEXT PHASES OF THIS, WE WILL BE BRINGING THAT RESOLUTION TO YOU, UH, FOR ENTERING INTO CONTRACT AS WELL AS THE, THE FUNDING APPROPRIATION. 
          SO HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, COUNSEL, I JUST HAVE A, UH, QUESTION ON THE MATERIALS AGAIN. 
          SO THIS IS MADE OUT OF A PRECAST CONCRETE, IS THAT WHAT IT IS? IT'S CAST STONE, YEAH. 
          PRECAST CONCRETE CAST IS THE GREEN, UH, STRIPE THAT GOES THROUGH THE ENTIRE, UH, SCULPTURE. 
          IS THAT PAINTED ON OR IS THAT, WHAT, IS THAT ANOTHER DYED TYPE OF CONCRETE? WELL, HIS GOAL IS TO HAVE AN ACTUAL MOSS, LIVING MOSS, BUT THERE'S ALSO ARTIFICIAL MOSS THAT HE HAS EXPLORED, AND THEN TURF, DIFFERENT TYPES OF ARTIFICIAL TURF. 
          SO WE'RE EXPLORING ALL OPTIONS. 
          JERRY, STILL OUT? I WOULD, I WOULD SUGGEST FROM A HORTICULTURAL STANDPOINT, YES, PLEASE. 
          THAT YOU SCRATCH THE GRASS, SCRATCH THE MOSS. 
          UNLESS YOU'RE GONNA HAVE 
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A FABULOUSLY ADVANCED IRRIGATION SYSTEM, YOU KNOW, THAT JUST WATERS THE HECK OUTTA THE THING DAY AND NIGHT. 
          WHO'S GONNA CLIMB UP AND TRIM IT AND MOW IT? UH, I LOVE ART AND I LOVE ARTISTS, BUT, UH, MAYBE IF WE COULD COME UP WITH ANOTHER WAY TO GET THAT GREEN STRIPE GOING THROUGH THERE THAT'S A LITTLE MORE FIXED AND WE DON'T HAVE SO MUCH MAINTENANCE ON THE PIECE OF ART WOULD BE GREAT. 
          SO YOU'LL BE TALKING TO THE ARTIST, I PRESUME? ABSOLUTELY. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          I MEAN, THAT WAS A NICE IDEA, DON'T GET ME WRONG, BUT ON, ON A HORIZONTAL PLANE, IT'S MANAGEABLE, BUT THE WAY THAT THING'S DESIGNED IT IS NOT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANKS, JOHN. 
          THANKS JOHN. 
          ANDY? SO I, I HAD THE SAME CONCERN WITH THE GREEN, UH, YOU MENTIONED MOSS. 
          UM, MY CONCERN WITH NATURAL MOSS IS THAT IT COULD START TO TAKE OVER. 
          AND THE LOOK, THE THE CLEAN LOOK THAT YOU HAVE NOW MIGHT NOT LOOK LIKE THAT 10 YEARS FROM NOW. 
          UM, SO ARTIFICIAL MOSS, I THINK WOULD BE MY PREFERENCE OVER ARTIFICIAL TURF. 
          I THINK IT JUST LENDS ITSELF TO A BETTER LOOK. 
          AND THEN THE ONLY OTHER CONCERN I HAVE IS WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR KIDS TO SKATEBOARD OR RIDE THEIR BMX BIKE YES. 
          UP THE RAMP. 
          SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE CAN DO TO DETER THAT KIND OF BEHAVIOR, BUT OBVIOUSLY SIGNS WOULD COME IN HANDY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANKS. 
          THANKS, ANDY. 
          ANYONE ELSE? GO AHEAD. 
          UM, DAVID, I, I THINK IT'S FASCINATING, THE ARTIST, UM, THINKING ABOUT THE, THE FLIGHT AND THE GOLF SWING. 
          SO I KNOW THAT IN SOME ART PIECES WE HAVE, YOU HAVE A QR CODE WHERE YOU CAN GO TO THE SITE AND HEAR THE ARTIST EXPLAIN HIS REASONING. 
          WILL THAT BE THE CASE WITH THIS ONE? YES. 
          GREAT. 
          I THINK THAT'S FASCINATING. 
          IT BRINGS A WHOLE NEW DIMENSION TO THAT. 
          IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PIECE OF WORK. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WE'RE REALLY PLEASED WITH IT. 
          SO, MM-HMM, . 
          YEAH. 
          IT'S VERY, VERY EXCITING. 
          UM, ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL? UM, THANK YOU, DAVID. 
          THANK YOU MATT. 
          AND THANKS TO THE COMMITTEE. 
          THIS WAS A WONDERFUL PROCESS. 
          WE REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT STEPS. 
          IT'S, UM, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PIECE OF ART AND IT, AND IT'S GONNA BE IN A WONDERFUL SPOT WHERE SO MANY PEOPLE CAN ENJOY IT. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALRIGHT, WE ARE GONNA MOVE ON TO CITIZEN COMMENTS. 
          THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CITIZENS TO COMMENT ON ANY TOPIC THAT IS NOT ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA. 
          AS A REMINDER, WE ASK THAT YOU PLEASE SIGN IN ON THE KIOSK JUST OUTSIDE THE CHAMBER, AND WE'LL RECOGNIZE YOU TO PROVIDE YOUR COMMENTS AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME. 
          LINDSAY, DO WE HAVE ANYONE WHO IS SIGNED IN TO SPEAK? EXCELLENT. 
          MOVING ON. 
          COUNCIL 
          [CONSENT AGENDA]
MEMBER OSA? YEAH. 
          GREAT. 
          THE NEXT ITEM IS THE CONSENT AGENDA. 
          THERE'S THREE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA THIS EVENING. 
          THAT'S THE MINUTES OF THE JUNE 3RD SPECIAL MEETING, THE JUNE 3RD REGULAR MEETING, AND THE EXCUSING, THE ABSENCE OF VICE MAYOR LUDO. 
          FROM BOTH OF THOSE MEETINGS, IS THERE A REQUEST TO REMOVE ANY ITEM FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA? SO MOVED. 
          OKAY. 
          , I'LL, I'LL CALL FOR THE MOTION. 
          THE MOTION IS MADE. 
          SO MOVED. 
          IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. 
          JENNY, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL RULE MR. KEELER? YES. 
          MS. CRAM? YES. 
          VICE MAYOR LUDO? YES. 
          MR. REINER? YES. 
          MS. DEROSA? YES. 
          MS. FOX? YES. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          EXCELLENT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WE'LL MOVE ON TO SECOND READING, 
          [Ordinance 13-24 Amended]
UH, PUBLIC HEARING ORDINANCE 1324 AMENDING THE ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2024. 
          AND WE HAVE MATT STIFFLER. 
          WELCOME, MATT. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. 
          THERE HAVE BEEN A FEW MODIFICATIONS TO THE MEMO IN THE ORDINANCE SINCE THE FIRST READING, THE FIRST MODIFICATION ADDED SOME INFORMATION TO, UH, SECTION THREE REGARDING, UH, DESIGN SERVICES. 
          AND THEN WE ALSO ADDED A SECTION SIX BASED ON THE CONVERSATION IN, UH, OTHER STAFF COMMENTS LAST WEEK ABOUT THE HARD ROAD NOISE STUDY. 
          UH, STAFF RECOMMEND APPROVAL AT TONIGHT'S COUNCIL MEETING. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT, UH, COUNCIL DISCUSSION QUESTIONS? NOPE. 
          AND JENNY, MR. REINER? YES. 
          MS. FOX? YES. 
          MS. ROSA? YES. 
          MR. KEELER? YES. 
          VICE MAYOR LUDO? YES. 
          MS. CRAM? YES. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          EXCELLENT. 
          WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO ORDINANCE 
          [Ordinance 14-24]
1424 VACATING 0.223 ACRES, MORE OR LESS OF DAN CHERRY AVENUE AS A PUBLIC ROAD IN THE DUB CITY OF DUBLIN, COUNTY OF FRANKLIN, STATE OF OHIO. 
          AND CONVEYING AND COMBINING THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE VACATED PROPERTY WITH FRANKLIN COUNTY PARCEL NUMBER 2 7 4 0 0 0 0 4 9 0 0, OWNED BY OUR THOMAS LOWE, AND CONVEYING AND COMBINING THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE VACATED PROPERTY WITH FRANKLIN COUNTY PARCEL NUMBER 2 7 4 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0. 
          OWNED BY RALPH STEVEN MARCUS, AND CASSANDRA MARCUS CO-TRUSTEES OF THE S AND K LIVING TRUST. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND OUR STAFF REPORT IS PHIL HARTMAN. 
          GOOD EVENING, SIR. 
          THANKS. 
          GOOD EVENING, COUNSEL. 
          THERE ARE NO CHANGES TO 
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THIS ORDINANCE SINCE THE FIRST MEETING. 
          THAT'S EASY. 
          PUBLIC COMMENT, NO COUNSEL QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? MOVING RIGHT ALONG. 
          JENNY. 
          MR. ROSA? YES. 
          MS. CRAM? YES. 
          MR. KEELER? YES. 
          VICE MAYOR LUDO? YES. 
          MR. REINER? YES. 
          MS. FOX? YES. 
          GREAT. 
          UH, MOVING ON TO INTRODUCTIONS 
          [Ordinance 15-24]
IN FIRST READINGS FOR ORDINANCES. 
          ORDINANCE 1524, AMENDING THE CITY OF DUBLIN COMMUNITY PLAN. 
          I'LL INTRODUCE IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND WE HAVE OUR STAFF REPORT WITH JENNY. 
          HI, JENNY. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          UM, I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT TO, UM, AS YOU SAID, INTRODUCE, UM, THE ORDINANCE FOR, UM, ADOPTION OF THE ENVISION DUBLIN COMMUNITY PLAN, WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE, UM, AT THE JULY 1ST MEETING. 
          BUT TONIGHT WE WANT TO, UM, SHARE A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE PROJECT, UM, THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON, UM, FOR THE LAST 18 MONTHS AND, AND TALK THROUGH THE REVISIONS THAT WE'VE MADE AND, AND GET COUNCIL'S, UM, FEEDBACK AND COMMENTS BEFORE. 
          UM, LIKE I SAID, THE PUBLIC HEARING AT THE NEXT MEETING. 
          SO, UM, AS YOU ALL ARE VERY AWARE, UM, WE'VE BEEN WORKING THROUGH THE ENVISION DUBLIN COMMUNITY PLAN UPDATE FOR ABOUT 18 MONTHS. 
          WE ARE NEARING THE END, UM, OF THAT PROCESS, WHICH HAS BEEN A REALLY, UM, GREAT AND COLLABORATIVE EXPERIENCE, UM, FOR ALL OF US INVOLVED TO PRESENT THIS, UM, TO YOU ALL TONIGHT. 
          SO, UM, AS YOU ALL ARE AWARE, THE COMMUNITY PLAN IS A REALLY CRITICAL DOCUMENT TO, UM, HOW WE DO BUSINESS EVERY DAY, UM, FROM PLANNING AND ENGINEERING, TRANSPORTATION, MOBILITY, PARKS, UM, ALL THOSE PIECES REALLY COMING TOGETHER WITH THIS COMMUNITY PLAN UPDATE. 
          SO WE'VE NOT HAD AN UPDATE, UM, SINCE 2013. 
          SO IT'S TIME FOR US, UM, TO HAVE LOOKED AT THIS. 
          UM, AND AS I MENTIONED, WE HAD A REALLY GREAT, UM, PROCESS, RIGOROUS PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT. 
          UM, WE REALLY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET AND ENGAGE WITH PEOPLE IN A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE HAVEN'T DONE BEFORE. 
          UM, SO THE PLAN REALLY REPRESENTS WHAT WE'VE HEARD THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS, UM, AND, AND THE VISION FOR WHAT WE WANT THE COMMUNITY TO, TO BE LIKE, UM, AND HOW DO WE HELP SET RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THAT. 
          SO, UM, THIS INCLUDES THEN, YOU KNOW, REVISIONS TO THE PLAN ITSELF, AS WELL AS OUR SIX SPECIAL AREA PLANS THAT WE'VE INCLUDED, UM, WHICH PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THOSE SPECIFIC AREAS IN THE CITY THAT NEED THAT EXTRA LEVEL OF DETAIL TO HELP GUIDE DEVELOPMENT, UM, AS PROJECTS MOVE FORWARD. 
          UM, SO THE PLAN INCORPORATES THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE RECEIVED, NOT ONLY THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS, BUT WE WERE BEFORE COUNCIL, UM, A FEW TIMES IN MAY AND APRIL, AS WELL AS THEN THIS WENT TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. 
          UM, AND THEY MADE A RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL TO YOU ALL AT THEIR, UH, MEETING. 
          SO THE, THE PRESENTATION OF THIS TONIGHT IS REALLY THEN INCORPORATING THOSE COMMENTS. 
          WE, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY REVIEWED THEM, TALKED THROUGH THEM, UM, AT OUR VARIOUS, UM, CONSULTANT AND STAFF LEVELS TO MAKE, UM, THE MODIFICATIONS THAT ARE INCORPORATED IN THE PLAN. 
          SO, UM, AS I MENTIONED, WE'RE LOOKING FOR RECOMMENDATION AT THE NEXT MEETING. 
          UM, SO I'M GONNA HAVE JOHN HOUSE SEAL FROM HOUSE SEAL LIVING, WHO HAS HELPED LEAD US THROUGH THIS PROJECT. 
          UM, COME AND TALK THROUGH THE DETAILS OF THAT, AND THEN HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. 
          UM, AND IF WE NEED A FOLLOW UP ON SOMETHING, WE CAN OBVIOUSLY DO THAT BEFORE THE NEXT MEETING. 
          SO, GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YEAH, WELCOME. 
          THANKS FOR WALKING US THROUGH THIS. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UH, THANKS TO BE BACK AGAIN. 
          THIS IS, UH, A CRUCIAL, UH, SORT OF A THRESHOLD IN THE PROCESS. 
          AND, UH, I'M EXCITED THAT WE'RE FINALLY HERE. 
          UH, JOHN HOUSE SEAL WITH HOUSE LEVINE, WE WERE THE FIRM FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO HAVE HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO WORK WITH THE CITY STAFF AND SOME OF THE OTHER CONSULTANT MEMBERS OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF PLUS. 
          SO I'M JUST GONNA WALK YOU PRETTY QUICKLY THROUGH THIS. 
          UH, YOU'VE HAD THE BURDEN OR PRIVILEGE OF SEEING ME MONTHLY FOR THE LAST FIVE OR SIX MONTHS, MAKING THESE PRESENTATIONS. 
          AND IF YOU'RE ALSO ON THE STEERING COMMITTEE, YOU'VE GOTTEN TO SEE ME TWICE EVERY MONTH FOR THE LAST, UH, FIVE OR SIX MONTHS. 
          SO THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS WAS VERY ROBUST, UH, FROM POP-UP EVENTS, UH, THAT WERE DONE THROUGHOUT THE CITY, CONDUCTED BY STAFF, THE COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS, OPEN HOUSES, UH, VISIONING SESSIONS, UH, UH, THE PARTICIPATION WORKSHOPS WITH BUSINESSES. 
          UH, BUT THE FEEDBACK WAS GREAT, BOTH IN PERSON, LARGE GROUP, ONE-ON-ONE SMALL GROUP AND ONLINE. 
          COLLECTIVELY, OVER THE COURSE OF THE PROJECT, WE ENGAGED OVER 5,000 POINTS OF CONTACT DIRECTLY. 
          UH, AND AGAIN, FROM THE SURVEY MOPPED MAPPED OUT SOCIAL, UH, AND ALL THE DIFFERENT WAYS WE HAD POINTS OF CONTACT. 
          IT WAS REALLY CONSISTENT FEEDBACK, UH, THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS, WHICH REALLY ALLOWED RESIDENTS WHO WANTED TO BE ENGAGED, THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ENGAGED AND REALLY GET THEIR FINGERPRINTS ON THIS PROCESS AND, AND PRODUCT, UH, TO REALLY BECOME STEWARDS, UH, OF THE COMMUNITY THROUGH THIS EFFORT. 
          SO IT WAS REALLY A, UH, REALLY WELL RECEIVED BY OUR TEAM AND BY STAFF, HOW WELL PEOPLE ENGAGED IN THE PROCESS. 
          WE ALSO, UH, VERY EFFECTIVELY, WE WERE ABLE TO WORK WITH THE STEERING COMMITTEE COMPRISED OF ABOUT 20 COMMUNITY MEMBERS. 
          UH, WE HAD BUSINESS OWNERS, WE HAD DEVELOPERS, WE HAD, UH, RESIDENTS AT LARGE. 
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WE HAD MEMBER, UH, REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          WE HAD ELECTED OFFICIALS, APPOINTED OFFICIALS FROM VARIOUS BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, BUT A REALLY DIVERSE VIEW OF PERSPECTIVES THAT REALLY SORT OF WERE A SOUNDING BOARD FOR THE ENTIRE DUBLIN COMMUNITY. 
          WE MET WITH THIS GROUP NINE TIMES OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF. 
          AND THIS GROUP DIDN'T HAVE THE LUXURY OF JUST SIMPLY BEING PRESENTED TO, THIS IS A GROUP THAT WAS GIVEN MATERIALS IN ADVANCE. 
          THEY HAD TO COME ROLL UP THEIR SLEEVES, DO A LITTLE BIT OF HOMEWORK, AND ACTUALLY GO THROUGH EVERY ASPECT OF THIS, WHETHER IT WAS WORDING OF CERTAIN PARAGRAPHS OR RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, MAKING SURE OUR DATA ASSESSMENT WAS CORRECT. 
          IF WE NEEDED TO DO A LITTLE BIT MORE RESEARCH INTO SOMETHING, THEY POINTED US INTO SOMETHING THAT MAY HAVE BEEN, UH, NEEDING FURTHER, UH, WORK. 
          UM, BUT THEY HELPED US DIAL THIS IN. 
          THEY HELPED US MAKE SURE THAT NOTHING WAS LEFT ON THE CUTTING ROOM FLOOR THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN HERE. 
          AND SOMETHING THAT WAS IN HERE THAT NEED DIDN'T NEED TO BE, WASN'T. 
          SO THIS GROUP REALLY DID SORT OF A HERCULEAN EFFORT OVER THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF TO MAKE SURE THIS IS WHAT IT NEEDED TO BE FOR THE DUBLIN COMMUNITY. 
          AND THE CADENCE WAS THE STAFF AND THE STEERING COMMITTEE, OR THE STAFF AND CONSULTANTS WOULD WORK WITH THE STEERING COMMITTEE. 
          WE WOULD PRODUCE THINGS, AND THEN BASED OFF OF THAT, UH, THAT EFFORT, DRAFT MATERIALS WOULD THEN BE BROUGHT HERE FOR CONSIDERATION AND OR THE PUBLIC FOR CONSIDERATION. 
          THEY REALLY HELPED US GET THINGS IN SHAPE. 
          AND LIKE I SAID, UH, NO SENTENCE OR WORD OR PARAGRAPH OR GRAPHIC, ONE UNTURNED. 
          UH, THEY DID A REALLY, REALLY, UH, THOROUGH JOB. 
          SO ANYBODY ON THE STEERING COMMITTEE WHO WAS HERE OR LISTENING, UH, UH, YOU DID A LOT OF WORK AND WE APPRECIATE IT. 
          UH, THE PLAN IS WHAT IT IS IN LARGE GAR REGARD BECAUSE OF THE WORK OF THE STEERING COMMITTEE. 
          UH, THE COMMUNITY PLAN INCLUDES SEVERAL DIFFERENT THINGS. 
          UM, A COMMUNITY PLAN IS THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, UH, LEGISLATIVELY, THAT'S SORT OF WHAT IT'S REFERRED TO. 
          IT'S REFERRED TO DIFFERENTLY IN DIFFERENT STATES, BUT THEY TRULY ARE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. 
          THIS ONE ADDRESSES AND INCLUDES SUSTAINABILITY PLAN, PARKS AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN, THE DUBLIN AREA HOUSING STUDY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY PLAN, UH, METRO CENTER IMPLEMENTATION RAIL STATION AND, AND BRIDGE STREET. 
          EACH BRIDGE STREET STUDIES, WE DIDN'T WANT TO ATTEMPT TO UNDO OR IGNORE THESE OTHER PLANS OR EFFORTS, UH, BECAUSE IT WAS REALLY GOOD WORK. 
          OUR JOB WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS WAS A COMPENDIUM TO THOSE, THAT THESE DOVETAIL THAT THEY MUTUALLY REINFORCED AND HELP EACH OTHER GET DONE OVER TIME, UH, AND WORK, UH, IN UNISON TO SORT OF INCREMENTALLY MAKE THE CHANGES, UH, TOWARD THE GREATER VISION FOR DUBLIN. 
          SO, UH, WE REALLY TAKE A LOT OF EFFORT TO INCORPORATE THESE DIFFERENT PLANNING DOCUMENTS AND EFFORTS INTO THIS PROCESS. 
          UM, YOU'VE HEARD ME DESCRIBE IT BEFORE, PLANNING PROCESS IS AS SIMPLE AS THREE THINGS. 
          IT'S WHERE ARE WE RIGHT NOW? WHERE DO WE WANT TO GO, AND WHAT DO WE HAVE TO DO TO GET THERE? IT'S PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD. 
          UH, THE PROCESS IS BROKEN DOWN INTO THESE EIGHT STEPS OR THESE SEVEN STEPS. 
          AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE ON THE LAST ONE, WHICH IS SORT OF THE DRAFT AND FINAL PLAN AND ADOPTION. 
          UH, THE DRAFT DOCUMENT INTRODUCTION FOR REVIEW. 
          SORT OF, WE WENT THROUGH THESE SORT OF SOME KEY MILESTONES IN JUST THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS TO LET YOU KNOW, TO EVEN TO GET IT TO THE WORKING DRAFT FOR CONSIDERATION IN JUST THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS. 
          PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION ON THE 11TH, UM, ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD ON THE 17TH CITY COUNCIL WORKING SESSION, AGAIN ON THE 29TH, ENVISIONED DUBLIN, A STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING AGAIN ON THE 30TH, THEN BACK TO CITY COUNCIL THE NEXT MONTH ON THE 20TH TO WORK THROUGH IT AGAIN. 
          UH, THEN ONE-ON-ONE MEETINGS WITH PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND COUNCIL MEMBERS WERE CONDUCTED BY STAFF TO REALLY SIT DOWN WITH ANYBODY WHO WANTED TO, TO DIAL INTO ANY ASPECT OF THE PLAN. 
          UH, AND THEN, UH, PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, UH, FINAL RECOMMENDATION AND APPROVAL AT ANOTHER WORKING SESSION WITH THEM ON THE 23RD OF LAST MONTH. 
          SO JUST IN THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, UH, A LOT OF FEEDBACK REVIEW, UH, EXAMINATION, SORT OF RECALIBRATION. 
          UM, ALL THE FEEDBACK AND DIRECTION GIVEN FROM THESE DIFFERENT GROUPS AND INDIVIDUALS AT THESE SEVERAL DIFFERENT, UH, MEETINGS HAS BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THE DRAFT THAT WE'RE GONNA BE GOING OVER THIS EVENING. 
          UM, SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PLAN, I'M JUST GONNA READ THROUGH THIS SO YOU CAN SORT OF GET IT ON THE RECORD AND GET A SENSE OF WHAT'S IN THIS, BUT THE BREADTH OF PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND OPPORTUNITIES AND INTEGRATION INTO THE PLAN. 
          WE REALLY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT ANYBODY WHO WANTED TO PARTICIPATE HAD THE ABILITY TO PARTICIPATE, AND THEY HAD THE CHOICE TO PROVIDE THEIR FEEDBACK. 
          UH, AND WE WEREN'T DISAPPOINTED. 
          UH, THE ENGAGEMENT WAS FANTASTIC. 
          IT INTEGRATES AND BUILDS OFF THE CITY'S STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK. 
          THROUGHOUT EVERY CHAPTER OF THIS PLAN, WE TIE BACK THE, THE CORE COMPONENTS OF THE STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK INTO THIS DOCUMENT. 
          SO WE ARE NOT RETICENT TO THE VALUES OF THAT DOCUMENT, BUT INSTEAD INCORPORATE IT AND REITERATE IT AT EVERY SINGLE CHAPTER, INCLUDING THE INTRODUCTION, THE VISION, GOALS AND OBJECTIVES, AND THEN AT THE BEGINNING OF EVERY CONTENT CHAPTER OR ELEMENT. 
          SO WE REALLY TRY TO TIE IT BACK TO THE OTHER HARD WORK THAT THE CITY HAS DONE. 
          UH, ESTABLISHED A SIGNIFICANT TIES BACK TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY, CONTINUES THE CITY'S FORWARD, UH, THINKING ON A LOT OF DIFFERENT PLANNING RECOMMENDATIONS, CURATES DETAILED LAND USE CATEGORIES. 
          UM, A LOT OF COMMUNITY PLANS OR COMPREHENSIVE PLANS WILL SIMPLY STATE, LIKE, THIS IS SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, 
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THIS IS MULTIFAMILY, THIS IS CORRIDOR COMMERCIAL. 
          AND YOU'LL GET LIKE A LITTLE, A LITTLE YELLOW BOX OR A LITTLE RED BOX. 
          AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT. 
          THIS PLAN, UH, HAS A HALF A PAGE DEDICATED TO THE DELINEATION AND DEFINITION OF EACH LAND USE CATEGORY. 
          IT HAS PHOTOGRAPHS, PRIMARY USES, SUPPORTING USES, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS, UH, BUILT FORM OR LAND MASS CONSIDERATIONS, PARKING CONSIDERATIONS. 
          AND SO A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT DEFINE THE CHARACTER THAT MAKES DUBLIN UNIQUE IS INTEGRATED INTO THE CHARACTER DESCRIPTION AND DEFINITION OF EACH LAND USE CATEGORY. 
          SO AT NO POINT WOULD ANYBODY WONDER WHAT'S THE CITY MEAN BY THIS LAND USE? IT'S VERY CLEAR WHAT THE INTENT IS OF THE DIFFERENT LAND USES IN THE DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE CITY. 
          UH, WE REALLY BEGIN TO DIVERSIFY THE ECONOMIC LAND USES. 
          SO WE REMAIN COMPETITIVE. 
          OFFICE MARKETS ARE, UH, CHANGING. 
          RETAIL MARKETS ARE RAPIDLY CHANGING, AND WE'VE TRIED TO, THROUGH ECONOMIC, UH, UM, EXAMINATION, UH, BE RESPONSIVE TO THOSE CHANGING MARKETS AND CONDITIONS. 
          UH, IT INTENSIFIES AND DIVERSIFIES RESIDENTIAL USES IN CERTAIN AREAS TO MAKE SURE THERE IS THE MIX AND RANGE OF RESIDENTIAL PRODUCT AND HOUSING TO MEET THE CURRENT AND FUTURE, UH, RESIDENTIAL, UH, RESIDENTS OF, UH, DUBLIN. 
          UH, WE CREATE, AND ONE OF THE CORE TENETS OF THIS IS WE CREATE, UH, WE LEAN PRETTY HEAVY INTO MIXED USE. 
          UH, MIXED USE IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT IN A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT SCALES, WHETHER IT'S AT A NEIGHBORHOOD LEVEL OR WHETHER IT'S AT A DOWNTOWN CORE LEVEL. 
          UH, THE IDEA OF MIXING USES IN CLOSE PROXIMITY OR WITHIN PRIMARY STRUCTURES IS A KEY TENET OF LAND USE FOR SO MANY DIFFERENT MARKETS GOING FORWARD. 
          THAT IS IN HERE. 
          IT OUTLINES STRATEGIC GROWTH AND APPROACHES IDENTIFIED PRIORITY GREENWAYS THAT SORT OF DEFINE IN MANY WAYS THE CHARACTER OF YOUR COMMUNITY. 
          AS YOU DRIVE THROUGH DUBLIN CREATES A CHAPTER, UH, SPECIFICALLY DEDICATED TO HOUSING AND NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          IT DOESN'T JUST FALL WITHIN GENERAL LAND USE. 
          WE PEEL IT OUT TO REALLY FOCUS, UH, SOME MORE EFFORT ON IT. 
          IT SHIFTS, UH, IN MOBILITY AND TRANSPORTATION TO PRIORITIZATION OF FOCUSING ON VULNERABLE USES. 
          AND THERE IS A PARADIGM SHIFT. 
          UH, THIS IS ALSO IN THE TRANSPORTATION CHAPTER, WHICH BEGINS TO SHIFT THE PRIORITY OF MOBILITY, UH, FROM AUTOMOBILE TO, UH, WALKING AND BIKING AND SHIFTING AUTOMOBILES A LITTLE BIT FURTHER DOWN ON THE PRIORITIZATION. 
          THE PARADIGM SHIFT DOESN'T CAUSE TRANSPORTATION BY VEHICLES TO BE AN AFTERTHOUGHT. 
          IT JUST, UM, BIKING AND WALKING, UH, MOVES UP IN THE HIERARCHY. 
          AND I THINK IT'S A, IT'S A PRETTY IMPORTANT COMPONENT. 
          SOMETHING THAT I THINK IN A LARGE AREAS OF DUBLIN IS ALREADY BEING REALIZED. 
          UH, BUT WE PUT IT IN PLACE AS A POLICY. 
          UM, UH, CREATES MULTIMODAL THOROUGHFARE PLAN, UH, WORKING WITH THE FOLKS AT KIMLEY HORN, UH, AND CITY STAFF. 
          UH, ONE OF THE MOST ROBUST CHAPTERS IN HERE IS THE TRANSPORTATION CHAPTER. 
          UH, AS YOU WORKED ON YOUR THEIER PLAN FOR THE ENTIRE CITY, WE WERE ABLE TO, UM, DOVETAIL WITH THAT EFFORT AND, AND MAKE THIS CHAPTER MORE THAN IT OFTEN IS IN MOST PLANS. 
          UH, IDENTIFIES THE OPPORTUNITY TO INCORPORATE A SIGNATURE TRAIL, UH, CREATE STREET TYPOLOGIES. 
          THIS IS PART OF THAT, UM, THOROUGH FIRE, UH, PLAN AND THAT TRANSPORTATION CHAPTER TO REALLY USE, MOST PEOPLE THINK OF PLANNING AS LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT, BUT A BIG PART OF CITIES IS THAT NEGATIVE SPACE, RIGHT? THE SPACE BETWEEN PRIVATE PROPERTY, THE WAY WE DRIVE AND WALK AROUND, AND HOW MUCH OF A CITY'S CHARACTER IS DEFINED BY HOW YOU EXPERIENCE IT, DRIVING OR WALKING OR BIKING AROUND. 
          UM, THAT WASN'T AN AFTERTHOUGHT HERE. 
          A LOT OF ATTENTION WAS PUT INTO THOSE, UM, UH, TYPOLOGIES FOR STREETS AND TO MODIFY THE SPECIAL AREA OF PLANS TO BETTER ALIGN WITH THE CITY'S GOALS AND OBJECTIVES, ADDRESSING CHANGES IN DEVELOPMENT PARK AND, UH, UH, DEVELOPMENT, UH, AND CHANGING MARKETS. 
          SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE CORE THINGS, UH, THAT EXIST THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE DOCUMENT. 
          THE LAND USE PLAN WAS NOT JUST, UH, WE DIDN'T JUST RIGHT OUTTA THE GATE HIT ON THE PREFERRED LAND USE PLAN. 
          UM, THE FIRST THING WE LOOKED AT WAS YOUR EXISTING ADOPTED PLANS. 
          UH, AND, AND WE STARTED DOING ANALYSIS ON, IF YOU JUST KEPT THE PLANS YOU HAVE NOW FOR THE NEXT 15 OR 20 YEARS, WHAT WOULD DOUBLING LOOK LIKE? SO WE LOOKED AT THAT ANALYSIS FROM A TRANSPORTATION, ECONOMIC AND UTILITY PERSPECTIVE. 
          UH, WE THEN LOOKED AT, WHILE YOUR EXISTING PLANS SORT OF SHOW THE WESTERN GROWTH AREA AS AGRICULTURE AND AS DUBLIN GROWS, THOSE AREAS WON'T REMAIN AGRICULTURE. 
          SO WE WANTED TO BEGIN TO SHOW WHAT THOSE AREAS WOULD LOOK LIKE IN SCENARIO TWO, UH, WITH A LOT OF THAT BEING INDUSTRIAL WITH RESIDENTIAL. 
          AND THEN IN, UH, SCENARIO THREE, WE SHOWED A LITTLE BIT MORE INTENSIFICATION OF SOME OF THE FLEX INNOVATION AREAS, SORT OF THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH AREAS AS WELL AS THE INDUSTRIAL AND RESIDENTIAL. 
          UH, AND THROUGH THIS ANALYSIS FOR EACH ONE OF THESE, WE TOOK A LOOK AT HOUSING EMPLOYMENT. 
          UH, WE TOOK A LOOK AT, UH, UTILITIES, TRANSPORTATION TO SEE IF THESE, AND WHICH ONE OF THESE SCENARIOS WAS THE MOST FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE, DOVETAILED WITH THE MOST APPROPRIATE IN TERMS OF LAND USE AND CHARACTER. 
          AND THIS RESULTED IN US CREATING THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN. 
          UH, AFTER EXAMINING THE THREE PREVIOUS SCENARIOS AND MODELS. 
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UH, DOVETAILING ALONG WITH THAT IS THIS MULTIMODAL RIF FIRE PLAN THAT WAS WORKED ON. 
          UH, YOU CAN'T DEVELOP A LAND USE PLAN WITHOUT SPECIFICALLY DOVETAILING A TRANSPORTATION NETWORK PLAN. 
          'CAUSE IF YOU HAVE AN AREA THAT RAPIDLY DEVELOPS OR INTENSELY DEVELOPS THAT ISN'T SERVED WELL WITH TRANSPORTATION, YOU'LL KNOW IT SOON ENOUGH, UH, THROUGH INTERSECTIONS THAT ARE NOT MEETING DEMAND, THE LEVEL OF SERVICE GOING THROUGH THE ROOF OR OR TRAFFIC TAKING WAY TOO LONG TO SAFELY AND EFFECTIVELY FLOW THROUGH AN AREA. 
          SO BOTH OF THE LAND USE PLAN, UH, AND THE TRANSPORTATION AND MULTIMODAL THOROUGHFARE PLAN WERE REALLY CREATED SORT OF IN DOVETAILED FASHION ALONG THE WAY, WHICH RESULTED IN BOTH BEING BETTER VERSIONS OF THEMSELVES THAT REINFORCE THE VIABILITY OF THE OTHER. 
          UM, THESE ARE THE 12 CHAPTERS OF THE DOCUMENT. 
          INTRODUCTION, COMMUNITY PROFILE, VISION AND GOALS, LAND USE DEVELOPMENT, HOUSING AND NEIGHBORHOODS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, MOBILITY AND TRANSPORTATION, COMMUNITY, FACILITIES AND SERVICES, UTILITIES, NATURAL RESOURCES AND THE ENVIRONMENT, SPECIAL AREA PLAN UPDATES. 
          AND THEN FINALLY, IMPLEMENTATION. 
          SO WHAT I'M GONNA GO THROUGH NOW IS JUST SORT OF GO THROUGH, UH, WHAT EACH ONE OF THOSE CHAPTERS IS INTENDED TO BE AND THE PURPOSE IT SERVES, AND TO GO OVER HOW THEY'VE BEEN REVISED BASED ON FEEDBACK FROM PREVIOUS PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL FEEDBACK. 
          SO ALL THAT FEEDBACK HAS BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THE DOCUMENT THAT YOU'VE SEEN FOR TONIGHT'S MEETING. 
          SO, RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT DISCUSSIONS, MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING, CONSERVATION DESIGN AND PLACEMAKING. 
          UH, WERE A BIG PART OF THIS. 
          A LOT OF THE CHANGES MADE TO THE DOCUMENT WERE TO REINFORCE THESE COMPONENTS. 
          UH, ESPECIALLY AGAIN, THOSE MISSING MIDDLE CONSERVATION DESIGN AND PLACEMAKING. 
          MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT WAS VETTED A LITTLE BIT MORE THOROUGHLY IN TERMS OF ARTICULATING THE CHARACTER AND INTENT OF THE DIFFERENT MIXED USE DISTRICTS. 
          SIGNATURE TRAIL WAS IN THERE BUT WASN'T AS PROMINENT AS IT PROBABLY NEEDED TO BE. 
          SO IT HAS BEEN CHANGED IN A COUPLE DIFFERENT PLACES TO HAVE A GREATER PROMINENCE OR GRAVITY IN THE PLANNING DOCUMENT. 
          UH, AS A CORE COMPONENT OF DUBLIN GOING FORWARD. 
          UH, WE WERE REQUESTED TO PUT IN THEIR ADDITIONAL ILLUSTRATIVE PLANS AND GRAPHICS, UH, AND CHAPTER ORDER PICTURES AND MINOR TEXT CHANGES. 
          SO MOST OF WHAT WE HEARD FELL GENERALLY INTO THESE CATEGORIES, UH, AND HAVE ALL BEEN ADDRESSED. 
          THE INTRODUCTION CHAPTER BASICALLY SAYS WHAT A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS, OR COMMUNITY PLAN IS, HOW IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE USED AND HOW IT WAS DEVELOPED. 
          SO PEOPLE LOOKING AT THIS, WELL, WE ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH IT. 
          IN THIS ROOM, A LOT OF PEOPLE MIGHT NOT BE. 
          SO THIS EXPLAINS WHAT IT IS, HOW IT CAME TO BE, UH, AND HOW IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE USED. 
          UH, BASED ON FEEDBACK. 
          IT WAS MODIFIED TO PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT WORKING WITH OTHER JURISDICTIONS AND THE ROLE OF THE STEERING COMMITTEE PLANNING. 
          THE ZONING COMMISSION WANTED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT DUBLIN'S EFFORTS TO ALLOW ALL USES IN APPROPRIATE AREAS, UH, DISTINCTLY DUBLIN. 
          SO AGAIN, ALL THESE THINGS HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED AND WE MODIFIED THE CHAPTER ACCORDINGLY. 
          COMMUNITY PROFILE. 
          UH, CHAPTER TWO. 
          THIS IS BASICALLY A SNAPSHOT IN TIME OF DUBLIN. 
          IT'S IMPORTANT, LET'S SAY FIVE YEARS FROM NOW, 10 YEARS FROM NOW. 
          SOMEONE SAID WHAT WAS GOING ON AT THE TIME THIS PLAN WAS CREATED, LIKE WHAT WAS DUBLIN LIKE FIVE, 10 YEARS AGO. 
          WHEN THEY PUT THIS PLAN INTO PLACE, IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE A SENSE OF WHAT THINGS WERE, UH, AT THE TIME. 
          THE PLAN CAME TOGETHER. 
          SO IT DESCRIBES EXISTING CONDITIONS, DEMOGRAPHICS, REGIONAL CITY, UH, SETTINGS. 
          UH, A LOT OF THE FEEDBACK WE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY, BUT SORT OF A SNAPSHOT. 
          IT WAS MODIFIED TO ENHANCE HOW THE CITY IS FISCALLY MINDED WITH EMPHASIS ON BALANCE OF USES AND REMOTE WORKING PLANNING. 
          AND ZONING. 
          COMMISSION ASKS FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT FISCAL PRACTICE, BALANCE OF USE AND REMOTE WORK. 
          SOMETIMES WHEN YOU WORK THROUGH A PROCESS, THESE THINGS GET ADDRESSED IN DETAILED, BUT YOU GET SO CLOSE TO IT, YOU DON'T PUT IT IN THE END DOCUMENT BECAUSE YOU'RE SO USED TO IT. 
          YOU FORGET THAT OTHER PEOPLE NEED THAT CONTEXT. 
          SO THINGS LIKE SENSE OF PLACE. 
          A LOT OF THE FISCAL IMPACT WE RESEARCH WE DID, WE MADE SURE TO COME BACK AND GET THIS IN HERE. 
          SO, UH, THESE ARE THINGS THAT ARE GONNA MAKE IT MUCH MORE USER FRIENDLY, UH, AND PROVIDE MUCH BETTER CONTEXT AND RATIONALE FOR SOMEONE WHO MAY PICK THIS DOCUMENT UP IN THE YEARS TO COME. 
          VISION AND GOALS, THIS IS SORT OF THE FOUNDATION FOR THE DOCUMENT. 
          UH, IT PROVIDES RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EACH PLAN ELEMENT ESTABLISHES A VISION FOR THE COMMUNITY PLAN, UH, AND GOALS FOR EACH ONE OF THE, UH, UM, 10 DIFFERENT ELEMENTS OR CHAPTERS. 
          SO IT WAS MODIFIED TO HIGHLIGHT ENVIRONMENTAL EFFORTS. 
          RAPID FIVE RELOCATED CONTENT TO OTHER CHAPTERS. 
          IN SOME PLACES, UH, THEY FELT AS THOUGH SOME OF THE TEXTS FIT BETTER IN OTHER CHAPTERS AND UPDATED THE GOALS BASED ON THE DIRECTION OF THE PLAN. 
          SO ALL THIS HAS BEEN SORT OF JUST FINALLY RE-CALIBRATED. 
          SO THERE WAS CONSISTENCY IN THE CHAPTER INTO THE PLAN. 
          EACH CHAPTER REITERATES THE RELEVANT GOALS. 
          SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE GOALS WERE EXACTLY THE SAME IN THE CHAPTER AS WELL AS INTO THIS CHAPTER. 
          'CAUSE IT WAS THE SAME GOAL AS APPLIED IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS. 
          LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER. 
          THIS IS SORT OF THE NUCLEUS, UH, OF THE COMMUNITY PLAN MOLECULE, IF YOU WILL, UH, AT ITS BASIS. 
          UH, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OR COMMUNITY PLAN AT ITS CORE IS LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT. 
          UH, EVERYTHING STEMS FROM THAT AT ITS BASE. 
          SO PROVIDES DEVELOPMENT, CHARACTER AND GROWTH TO THE CITY FOR EVERY PART OF THE CITY. 
          AND YOUR PLANNING AND OR GROWTH AREA, THE CITY. 
          AND THIS PLAN ARTICULATES A VISION FOR THE CHARACTER OF DEVELOPMENT IN THAT AREA. 
          AND THAT'S THE 
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KEY PART OF THE PLAN. 
          IT WAS MODIFIED TO ENHANCE MIXED USE CLASSIFICATIONS, DESCRIPTION OF CLASSIFICATIONS AND GRAPHICS PLANNING, ZONING, COMMISSION MODIFIED THE NAMING OF LAND USE CLASSIFICATION FOR RESIDENTIAL. 
          UM, AGAIN, WE WANTED TO BE REALLY AS CLEAR AS WE COULD ON MIXED USE BECAUSE WE HAVE FOUR MIXED USE CATEGORIES, UH, GOING FROM NEIGHBORHOOD AND NOT VERY INTENSE TO YOUR DOWNTOWN AREA, WHICH IS VERY INTENSE. 
          UH, AND THE FOUR DIFFERENT LEVELS, UH, HAVE BEEN DIALED IN A LITTLE BIT MORE TO BE VERY CLEAR. 
          UH, HOUSING AND NEIGHBORHOOD CHAPTERS, UH, YOUR ESTABLISHED RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS, WHETHER SINGLE FAMILY OR OTHER, ARE A DEFINING CHARACTERISTIC OF DUBLIN, JUST LIKE YOUR GREEN SPACES, YOUR CORRIDORS AND SOME OTHER THINGS. 
          UH, SO REALLY PUTTING A LOT OF TENSION INTO THE PLACES PEOPLE LIVE AND WHERE THEY CALL HOME AND THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS, REGARDLESS OF WHERE THEY MIGHT BE IN THE CITY. 
          SO THIS CHAPTER ADDRESSES ONLY THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS OF THE CITY MODIFIED TO ENHANCE PLACEMAKING, COMMUNITY AESTHETICS, STREETSCAPE AND CRITICAL VIEW SHEDS. 
          AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION EXPANDED UPON CONNECTED NEIGHBORHOODS TO INCLUDE CONNECTED CITIES, LIVE, WORK AND RE AND RECREATE. 
          UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER FOCUSES LESS ON THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS, BUT MORE OF THE INDUSTRIAL EMPLOYMENT AND COMMERCIAL AREAS. 
          MAKES SENSE, RIGHT? SO STRENGTHENING THE CITY'S ROBUST ECONOMY AND YOUR COMMERCIAL CENTERS. 
          SO IT WAS MODIFIED TO INCLUDE RECENT PROJECTS. 
          UH, WE WANTED TO MAKE THIS AS CURRENT AS POSSIBLE UP TO ADOPTION CAPACITY STUDIES BY SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND THE IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNITY FEATURES SUCH AS STONEWALL. 
          SO THESE ALL THINGS BEGIN TO DEFINE THE CHARACTER OF DUBLIN, UH, AND THE SUSTAINABLE VIABILITY OF MARKETS, UH, AND COMMERCE IN DUBLIN. 
          WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT COMMERCE AND CHARACTER WERE DOVETAILED TOGETHER IN THIS CHAPTER. 
          TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY, AGAIN, THIS IS LED BY KIMLEY HORN, PROVIDES DETAIL ABOUT THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM, INCLUDING ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION THAT'S WALKING AND BIKING. 
          FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S NOW, IT'S CALLED ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION, TRANSIT AND FUTURE. 
          AND REGIONAL CONNECTIONS, UH, IS MODIFIED TO REFLECT PARADIGM CHANGE. 
          AND VEHICULAR MOVEMENT CONTINUES TO BE AN EFFORT. 
          SO THE PARADIGM SHIFT AGAIN IN THIS, AND WE HAVE FOLKS HERE FROM KIMLEY HORN THAT CAN EXPLAIN IT BETTER. 
          BUT IF YOU OUTLINE ALL THE DIFFERENT WAYS PEOPLE CAN MOVE THROUGHOUT A COMMUNITY AND WITHIN A COMMUNITY, TRADITIONALLY AUTOMOBILE OR CAR TRAFFIC IS THE TOP AND THEN YOU TEAR DOWN FROM THERE. 
          FURTHER DOWN, MAYBE MIDWAY OR A LITTLE BIT FURTHER DOWN, UH, WALKING AND BIKING IS FURTHER DOWN IN THAT, UH, UM, NORMAL HIERARCHY. 
          AND THE PARADIGM SHIFT HERE WAS TO BEGIN TO FLIP THAT TO PRIORITIZE THROUGH DESIGN AND COMMUNITY CHARACTER. 
          UH, WALKING AND BIKING IS A HIGHER PRIORITY, WHILE NOT FORGETTING VEHICULAR TRANSPORTATION, BUT RAISING THE OTHER ONES UP. 
          UM, COMMUNITY FACILITIES, THIS IS BASICALLY PUBLIC, SEMI-PUBLIC, UH, THOSE THINGS THAT AREN'T PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT OR ROADS, BUT THE THINGS THAT ADD SO MUCH TO QUALITY OF LIFE. 
          UH, SO FOCUSES ON HOW FACILITIES AND SERVICES IMPACT THE OVERALL QUALITY OF LIFE FOR RESIDENTS, BUSINESS AND VISITORS. 
          AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION ASK OF THE CITY SCHOOLS BE OMITTED AND THE IMPORTANCE OF STONEWALL SORT OF BE INCLUDED. 
          UM, A LOT OF QUALITY OF LIFE THINGS ARE AROUND RECREATION, OPEN SPACE, HOW RESPONSIVE THE CITY IS TO SERVICES TO RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES IN DOING WHAT YOU DO FOR A CONSTITUENCY. 
          AND THIS CHAPTER ADDRESSES ALL OF THAT. 
          UH, UTILITY RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING EXISTING AND PROPOSED UTILITY SERVICES IN DUBLIN. 
          UH, SHOUT OUT TO MICHAEL. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S HERE OR NOT. 
          NO. 
          OKAY, WELL SHOUT OUT. 
          ANYWAY. 
          HE DOES A GREAT JOB. 
          UH, RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING EXISTING AND PROPOSED UTILITY SERVICE TO DUBLIN, INCLUDING WATER, SANITARY SEWER, AND STORM SEWER. 
          CHAPTER HAD SEVERAL REVISIONS BACK AND FORTH AND BACK AND FORTH TO MAKE SURE WE GOT IT JUST RIGHT TO ACCURATELY REFLECT EXISTING AND PROPOSED CONDITIONS. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS I KNOW THAT WAS MOST, UH, RECENTLY CHANGED, UH, WAS TO PUT IN HERE A BROADBAND AND BROADBAND, UH, WAS BETTER ARTICULATED BOTH IN THE UTILITY CHAPTER AND IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER. 
          'CAUSE HOW IMPORTANT IT'S FOR INDUSTRY AND BUSINESS. 
          SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE LATER CHANGES THAT WAS MADE. 
          UH, AND, AND AND INCLUDED FOR THESE TWO CHAPTERS, NATURAL RESOURCES, THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING GOOD STEWARDS OF THE ENVIRONMENT. 
          UM, THIS SEEMS LIKE A NO-BRAINER WHEN YOU DRIVE AROUND DUBLIN OR YOU WALK AROUND DUBLIN OR LIVE IN DUBLIN. 
          I MEAN, UH, YOU'RE THE DEFINITION OF GREEN IN NATURE AND BEAUTIFUL CORRIDORS AND LOTS OF TREES. 
          IT'S GORGEOUS. 
          UH, AND THAT DOESN'T COME AS AN AFTERTHOUGHT AND IT DOESN'T COME EASY. 
          IT TAKES DILIGENCE AND FOCUS. 
          AND THIS CHAPTER FOCUSES ON BEING A GOOD STEWARD OF THE ENVIRONMENT. 
          SO IT'S MODIFIED TO LIMIT IMPERVIOUS PAVEMENT AND ENHANCED CITYWIDE TREE CANOPY. 
          BUT THIS TOUCHES ABOUT SO MANY THINGS. 
          UM, ALL ABOUT NOT THE BUILT FORM, BUT THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, UH, UM, IN WHICH DUBLIN EXISTS. 
          SPECIAL AREA PLANS. 
          PREVIOUSLY, I THINK YOU HAD NINE. 
          WE COLLAPSED 'EM DOWN INTO SIX. 
          UH, PRIMARILY AROUND THE EMERALD CORRIDOR. 
          THESE ARE BEST THOUGHT OF AS THE AREAS OF THE CITY THAT ARE MOST LIKELY TO SEE CHANGE IN THE NEXT 10 TO 15 YEARS. 
          OR, AND DEVELOPMENT PRESSURE, YOUR EXISTING ESTABLISHED SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          THEY'RE NOT GONNA SEE A LOT OF CHANGE. 
          YOU'RE GONNA SEE INFIELD DEVELOPMENT AND INVESTMENT AND THINGS, BUT THEY'RE NOT GONNA SEE A LOT OF CHANGE. 
          YOU DON'T WANT THEM TO SEE A LOT OF CHANGE. 
          YOU WANT THEM TO BE WHAT THEY ARE. 
          BUT SOME OF YOUR COMMERCIAL 
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CORRIDORS, YOUR AGING OFFICE PARKS, YOUR VACANT AREAS IN YOUR GROWTH AREAS, THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE THE SAME NOW 10 YEARS FROM NOW, 15 YEARS FROM NOW, THEY'RE GOING TO RECEIVE PRESSURES FOR CHANGE. 
          THIS GETS INTO A LOT MORE HEIGHTENED RECOMMENDATION OF DETAILED, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CHANGE. 
          SO EACH PLAN INCLUDES AN OVERVIEW OF THE AREA, PLANNING CONTEXT RECOMMENDATIONS, KEY DEVELOPMENT SITES, AND ILLUSTRATIVE IMAGERY TO SORT OF DEMONSTRATE WHAT THAT IS. 
          PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION REQUESTED REFINEMENTS OF THE ILLUSTRATIVE PLANS, MODIFICATIONS TO SOME OF THE WORDING AND MORE GRAPHICS. 
          THERE WAS NO WHOLESALE CHANGE ON ANY OF THE CONTENT, BUT JUST GETTING IT AGAIN, I USED THE TERM SORT OF DIALING IT IN JUST TO GET IT JUST RIGHT. 
          UH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION ALSO REQUESTED MORE INFORMATION ABOUT SYMBOLS USED ON THE PLAN. 
          CLARIFICATION TO EMERALD CORRIDOR NORTH OF PARKWOOD PLACE AND MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE WESTERN PORTION. 
          SO THESE ARE THOSE, I'M NOT GONNA GO THROUGH ALL IN DETAIL, BUT HISTORIC DUBLIN. 
          UH, IT'S KEY THAT THE HISTORIC DISTRICT TASK FORCE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE FOLDED INTO THIS. 
          IT'S REALLY ABOUT SORT OF CHARACTER OF THE EXISTING AND ADJACENT AREAS AND BEING COMPATIBLE IN SCALE AND CHARACTER. 
          WE IDENTIFY POTENTIAL REDEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE EXISTING SCHOOL SITE, THE IMPORTANCE OF INDIAN RUN, FUTURE EAST WEST SIGNATURE MOBILITY CORRIDOR, AND THE RELATIONSHIPS ALONG THE EDGES. 
          UH, THE SOUTHWEST AREA, THIS IS AN AREA THAT'S GONNA SEE A LOT OF CHANGE. 
          YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A LOT OF RESIDENTIAL, UH, UH, UP THERE. 
          THAT'S WHAT A LOT OF THOSE COLORS ARE. 
          AND YOU SEE SOME NEIGHBORHOOD MIXED USE, SOME COMMERCIAL, SOME CIVIC AND OFFICE AS WELL. 
          UH, RECOMMENDATIONS TO ADDRESS AMLIN PRIME AREA FOR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THIS PRIMARY CORRIDOR OR THIS CORNER OF THE VILLAGE. 
          THIS CITY FOCUSES ON OPPORTUNITY FOR MIXED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, NOT JUST SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED, BUT OPPORTUNITIES FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT THAT MIGHT PROVIDE A GREATER VARIETY OF HOUSING OPTIONS. 
          UH, RAIL CORRIDOR EDGE TREATMENTS, UH, INCORPORATES RECOMMENDATIONS TO SPECIFY EXISTING NATURAL FEATURES AND INCLUDES NEIGHBORHOOD SCALED MIXED USE NODES SO PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO DRIVE A SUPER FAR DISTANCE TO GET THINGS THEY MAY WANT EVERY DAY. 
          WE'D HAVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOSE IN NODES CLOSER TO SOME OF THE NEW RESIDENTIAL AREAS. 
          WESTERN INNOVATION DISTRICT OR WID. 
          THIS IS AN AREA THAT WILL LIKELY SEE A DECENT AMOUNT OF CHANGE, UH, IN THE COMING YEARS OR DECADE. 
          MODIFIES, UH, AREA PLAN BOUNDARIES TO CAPTURE ADDITIONAL AREA FOCUSES ON RECOMMENDATIONS THAT SUPPORT THE CITY'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY. 
          HIGHLIGHTS THE POTENTIAL FUTURE RAIL SITE. 
          A RECOMMENDATIONS, A MIXED USE CENTER AROUND AN ADJACENT TO OHIO UNIVERSITY'S DUBLIN CAMPUS. 
          THEY ARE A KEY INSTITUTION IN THIS AREA, OBVIOUSLY LIKE, UH, AND A LOT IS GONNA BUILD OFF OF THAT AS A CATALYST. 
          INCORPORATES IREST FLEX INNOVATION. 
          FLEX INNOVATION IS GONNA HELP THE CITY RESPOND BETTER TO THE CHANGING MARKET CONDITIONS AROUND OFFICE RESEARCH AND LIGHT INDUSTRIAL USES AND PROVIDES, USES THAT TRANSITION FROM A HIGHER INTENSITY OF DEVELOPMENT WITHIN OHIO UNIVERSITY US 33 CORRIDOR, DOWN TO A, UH, BALANCE TREE AREA. 
          SORT OF A, A LOW INTENSITY DEVELOPMENT. 
          SO THOSE TWO THINGS AREN'T ADJACENT TO ONE ANOTHER. 
          THIS SUB AREA OR THIS SPECIAL AREA REALLY TRIES TO MINIMIZE THOSE INCOMPATIBLE EDGES AS DEVELOPMENT HAPPENS OVER TIME. 
          AND THAT WAS VERY IMPORTANT. 
          EMERALD CORRIDOR, THIS IS WHERE WE SORT OF FOLDED IN THREE, UH, PREVIOUS SPECIAL AREAS INTO ONE. 
          UH, THIS WHOLE AREA SORT OF PARTICULARLY ALONG THIS I TWO 70 CORRIDOR, YOU CAN SEE THIS CONSOLIDATES LAND USES AND DEVELOPMENT RECOMMENDATIONS ALONG THE ENTIRE CORRIDOR. 
          IT'S REALLY AN EMPLOYMENT FOCUSED DEVELOPMENT RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          A LOT OF IT IS PARTICULARLY ALONG TWO 70 AND ADJACENT TO IT, UH, RECOMMENDS APPROPRIATE TRANSITIONS BETWEEN EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY AND NEW DEVELOPMENT, UH, AND PROVIDES KEY VEHICULAR AND GREENWAY CONNECTIONS ALONG THE CORRIDOR. 
          BRIDGE STREET ISTIC. 
          THIS IS A PRETTY INTENSELY DEVELOPED AREA OF THE CITY. 
          OBVIOUSLY IT PROVIDES FOR EMPLOYMENT FOCUSED DEVELOPMENT RECOMMENDATIONS INCLUDES RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE EAST BRIDGE STREET CORRIDOR, FUTURE IMPLEMENTATION OF BRT, WHICH REIMAGINES A SCREE SCAPE FOR THE CORRIDOR. 
          MAINTAINS RECOMMENDATIONS FOR UNIQUE NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER AND RECOGNIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF GREENWAY CONNECTIONS WITHIN THIS DISTRICT. 
          THIS IS A, UH, SORT OF WOULD BE A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THE MOST INTENSE MIXED USE YOU'RE GONNA FIND, UH, IN THE COMMUNITY PLAN. 
          AND THEN THE DUBLIN CORPORATE AREA, AGAIN PROVIDES PRIMARILY FOR EMPLOYMENT FOCUSED DEVELOPMENT RECOMMENDATIONS INCLUDES RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING THE METRO CENTER DEVELOPMENT, IMPLEMENTATION, SENSITIVE TRANSITIONS BETWEEN EXISTING AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENT. 
          AGAIN, WE'RE TRYING TO MINIMIZE THOSE AREAS WHERE YOU MIGHT HAVE INCOMPATIBLE LAND USE ADJACENCY OR INTENSITY OF LAND USE DEVELOPMENT. 
          SO PEOPLE WHO MIGHT BE IN A LOW INTENSE RESIDENTIAL AREA AREN'T IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO SOMETHING THAT IS INCOMPATIBLE. 
          UH, MIX OF BOTH, UH, VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL, UH, MIXED USE. 
          PRIORITIZING ACTIVATION OF GROUND FLOOR USES INCLUDES A LARGE SCALE PLAN FOR KEY FOCUS AREAS. 
          THIS IS AN AREA THAT WILL LIKELY REALLY I THINK TRANSFORM OVER TIME IS SOME OF THESE TRADITIONAL OFFICE MARKET AREAS ARE REIMAGINED. 
          UH, SO RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, UH, UH, RECOMMENDED UNANIMOUSLY TO APPROVE TO CITY COUNCIL ON MAY 23RD. 
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COMMISSION COMMENTS AND GENERALLY SPEAKING THAT THEY STRONGLY SUPPORT THE PLAN. 
          UH, PROVIDES A CLEAR PATH TO MEET THE STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK. 
          PLAN PROVIDES A STRONG BASIS FOR DECISION MAKING, WHICH IS WHAT A COMMUNITY PLAN IS. 
          I'VE SAID FROM THE BEGINNING, THE BEST WAY TO THINK OF IT, IT IS A FOUNDATION FOR DECISION MAKING. 
          NO MATTER WHAT THE DECISION IS THAT FACES THE CITY. 
          HOUSING ECONOMIC CIP PROJECTS, TRANSPORTATION, UH, UTILITY PROJECTS, UM, WHERE TO PRIORITIZE YOUR BUDGETING, UH, RESPONSE TO A DEVELOPMENT THAT IS BEING PROPOSED. 
          THIS SHOULD HELP YOU MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION NO MATTER WHAT IT IS YOU ARE FACING. 
          AND THAT IS THE PURPOSE OF A COMMUNITY PLAN. 
          IT DOESN'T DICTATE THE OUTCOME, DOESN'T DICTATE LAND USE, BUT IT INFORMS DECISION MAKING, PROVIDES CON NECESSARY CONTEXT AND CONTINUITY. 
          SO YOU HAVE INCREMENTAL SUCCESS OVER TIME. 
          UH, IT ACKNOWLEDGES THE HARD WORK OF THE PLAN'S CREATION AND IMMENSE RESOURCE TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. 
          UM, IF THIS ISN'T AN EFFECTIVE RESOURCE FOR THEM, UH, IT'S NOT DOING ITS JOB. 
          SO, UM, THEY NEED IT AS A TOOL. 
          THIS IS A REFERENCE DOCUMENT. 
          THIS IS A HARDWORKING DOCUMENT. 
          THIS IS NOT ONE THAT PEOPLE WILL IGNORE. 
          UH, THIS THING WILL NOT GATHER DUST. 
          IT WILL BE ACTIVELY AND HEAVILY USED. 
          AND THAT'S HOW IT'S DESIGNED. 
          UH, IT'S NOT MEANT TO BE READ AS A NOVEL FROM COVER TO COMFORT COVER, BUT WHEN AN ISSUE POPS UP, YOU PULL THIS OUT, YOU WRITE, GO RIGHT WHERE TO GO AND IT CAN HELP YOU NAVIGATE THAT. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT IT'S FOR. 
          SO CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL OF ORDINANCE 1524 ON JULY 1ST, 2024. 
          SECOND READING, THAT'S PUBLIC HEARING, UH, IS WHEN THAT DATE IS SCHEDULED. 
          SO THAT'S IT. 
          UH, I KNOW YOU'VE HEARD ME TALK BEFORE. 
          I TALK REALLY FAST AND I TALK LOUD. 
          I'VE TOLD YOU I'M ONE OF NINE KIDS. 
          I CAN'T HELP IT. 
          IT'S JUST, UH, THE WAY I GREW UP. 
          SURVIVAL MECHANISM, I THINK MAYBE MORE THAN ANYTHING. 
          UM, BUT WE'RE THRILLED TO BE HERE. 
          A LOT OF HARD WORK WENT INTO THIS, UH, FROM STAFF, YOUR RESIDENTS, THE STEERING COMMITTEE, UH, THE OTHER CONSULTING TEAMS. UM, IT REALLY WAS NICE TO SEE ALL OF THESE THINGS COME TOGETHER TO CULMINATE IN THE DRAFT THAT IS BEFORE YOU FOR CONSIDERATION. 
          SO, UH, WITH THAT, I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE, BUT THANKS SO MUCH FOR LETTING US BE INVOLVED. 
          WE'VE REALLY ENJOYED IT. 
          AND WE'RE CLOSE. 
          WE'RE REALLY CLOSE. 
          , THAT'S IT. 
          SUPER. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION. 
          UM, FIRST LINDSAY, IS THERE ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT ON THIS TONIGHT? OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          AND THEN I WILL TURN IT OVER TO COUNSEL FOR QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION ITEMS. JANE, I HAVE A QUICK ONE. 
          FIRST AND FOREMOST, WHAT A FABULOUS PLAN AND THANK ALL OF THE PLANNINGS TO EVERYBODY BECAUSE WHAT I LOVE MOST ABOUT THIS IS THAT, UM, WE'VE HAD COMPREHENSIVE PLANS BEFORE AND THEY DO DESCRIBE HOW AN AREA SHOULD LOOK, BUT THIS IS VERY HOLISTIC AND IT CONTINUES TO TALK ALL THE WAY FOUNDATIONALLY WHAT THE CHARACTER OF DUBLIN SHOULD LOOK LIKE, HOW IT SHOULD FEEL, THE PRIORITIES, THE OBJECTIVES THEY'RE REITERATED OVER AND OVER AGAIN. 
          IF SOMEONE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND THAT BY NOW, , IT'S NEVER GONNA HAPPEN. 
          THIS IS A GREAT PLAN. 
          I'VE JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS THOUGH. 
          WE'VE ALWAYS TALKED IN THE PAST ABOUT THE 60 40 BALANCE BETWEEN COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL. 
          AND I SAW IN HERE, AND I HAVEN'T READ THE WHOLE THING, BUT I SAW IN HERE ABOUT HOW MUCH LAND IS AVAILABLE FOR RESIDENTIAL AND HOW MUCH LAND IS STILL AVAILABLE FOR COMMERCIAL IS THE 60 40, SO-CALLED CONVERSATION WE'VE HAD OVER THE YEARS. 
          HAS IT BEEN ADDRESSED IN HERE OR WHAT DID THE STEERING COMMITTEE SAY? YOU KNOW, THAT WAS JUST KIND OF A THING WE WENT BY, BUT THIS IS THE NEW WAY WE'RE VIEWING WHAT WE NEED. 
          I CAN ADDRESS IT UNLESS YOU WANT TO OR WE BOTH CAN. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, IT WAS DISCUSSED AT LENGTH AT MORE THAN ONE MEETING. 
          IT WAS NOT, UM, IT WAS NOT OMITTED OR, OR FORGOT ABOUT OR LEFT ON THE CUTTING ROOM FLOOR. 
          UH, WE EVEN HAD, UM, TISLER BIAS WHO WAS THE FISCAL ANALYSIS CONSULTING FIRM. 
          THEY DO THIS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. 
          THEY WEIGH VERY HEAVILY FROM SEVERAL DIFFERENT THINGS. 
          UM, WHAT THE 60 40 SPLIT DOES MORE THAN ANYTHING, IT SHOWS SORT OF THE RESPONSIBILITY AND THE DILIGENCE. 
          THE CITY HAS VIEWED THIS THROUGH, UM, MEASURING, UH, ECONOMIC, UM, I DON'T KNOW, SOLVENCY OR ECONOMIC STRATEGY BY A LAND USE AREA COMPARISON, UH, IS A GOOD GUY, BUT IT'S NOT, WHEN YOU GET DOWN TO THE NUMBER SIDE OF IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. 
          UH, WHAT'S THE REVENUE PER ACRE, UH, FOR, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY WOULD SAY, AND HE EVEN SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, RESIDENTIAL IS THE NEW RETAIL OR RESIDENTIAL BECAUSE PEOPLE WORK FROM HOME. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER THINGS. 
          TAXING TAX STRUCTURES ARE DIFFERENT. 
          UH, WE HAD TO MAKE ASSUMPTIONS OFF OF RESIDENTIAL DENSITIES AND REVENUE BASED OFF THE FOUR DIFFERENT TYPES OF MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT WITHOUT KNOWING EXACTLY WHAT THAT IS GOING TO MANIFEST OVER TIME. 
          SO IT'S A, IT'S A, AN OBJECTIVE GUIDE, I GUESS, UH, IN TERMS OF LIKE, IF THAT IS OUR AIM AND OUR TARGET AND OUR GUIDE, AND WE ARE AWARE OF THAT WHEN WE DISCUSS PLANNING, UH, WE KNOW WE'RE GONNA BE IN GOOD SHAPE. 
          UM, WE LOOKED AT IT THROUGH THAT LENS AND 
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A MORE GRANULAR FISCAL LENS. 
          THE THREE DIFFERENT SCENARIOS, ALL OF THEM PENNED TO THE POSITIVE AND THE PREFERRED LAND USE PLAN WAS ROCK SOLID. 
          AND IT MET OR EXCEEDED THAT ON EVERY MEASURABLE FRONT. 
          SO, UM, WHILE WE DIDN'T ADHERE JUST TO THAT 60 40 SPLIT THAT WAS DISCUSSED, THE SPIRIT OF THAT IS IN HERE. 
          EVEN IN MORE DETAIL, A HEIGHTENED LEVEL ANALYSIS WAS DONE HERE. 
          AND GOING FORWARD, IF THE CITY WANTS TO ADHERE TO THAT 60 40 OR TRY TO FIND A REVENUE WAY OF PARSING THAT, I DON'T KNOW, THAT'S NOT MY FIELD OF EXPERTISE, BUT THE STEERING COMMITTEE STAFF AND THE CONSULTANT TEAM DISCUSSED THAT AT MULTIPLE MEETINGS, UH, TO MAKE SURE WE GOT THIS RIGHT. 
          SO I DON'T KNOW IF I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          I REALLY DO. 
          AND I, I KNOW THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S IMPORTANT. 
          AND, AND, AND I'M SURE IT WAS ADDRESSED IN, AMY JUST SAID SHE THOUGHT SHE SAW IT IN HERE. 
          BUT MY LAST QUESTION IS, UM, SUPPORTING USES WITHIN THE LAND DEVELOPMENT, EACH OF THEM HAD SUPPORTING USES AND IT SEEMS AS IF, UM, MAYBE THEY WERE A LITTLE BIT DEFINED. 
          AND I'M JUST WONDERING HOW, AND I KNOW IT HAS TO BE CODIFIED, SUPPORTING USES IN THE END GET TO BE CODIFIED. 
          SO IS IT, UM, THE SUPPORTING USES MORE INTENTIONAL OBJECTIVES OR WHEN THE TIME COMES, FOR INSTANCE, IF YOU JUST SAY SENIOR FACILITIES, CHURCHES AND SCHOOLS THAT KNOW OTHER SUPPORTING USES LIKE RETAIL COMMERCIAL THAT MIGHT COME THERE. 
          I MEAN, HOW STIFF IS THAT SUPPORTING YOU'S DEFINITION AGAIN? SO IT'S, IT'S IMPORTANT BOTH IN TERMS OF GUIDANCE IN A PLANNING DOCUMENT AS WELL AS CODIFYING, UH, OBJECTIVE STANDARDS, NOT SUBJECTIVE GUIDELINES. 
          AND THERE'S, THERE'S THE TREND IN MOST STATES IS TO INVENTORY AND SORT OF DIAGNOSE YOUR GUIDELINES THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE AND SEE WHICH ONES COULD BE TRANSFERRED FROM SUBJECTIVE GUIDELINES TO OBJECTIVE STANDARDS, OR EXCUSE ME, SUBJECTIVE STANDARDS, RIGHT? YOU WANNA MAKE SURE THAT ANYWHERE YOU CAN DO THAT, IT TAKES THE GUESSWORK OUT OF IT. 
          BUT WHAT THE COMMUNITY PLAN DOES IS IT ARTICULATES THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. 
          THE INTENT VERY CLEARLY INTERPRETATION OF INTENT IS UP TO THEM AND UP TO YOU IN WORKING WITH THE DEVELOPMENT WHO MIGHT BE PROPOSING SOMETHING OR STAFF WHEN THEY SIT DOWN WITH A DEVELOPER THAT COMES TO TALK, UH, WITH JENNY AND THEIR TEAM, LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHAT CAN WE DO HERE? WHAT DO YOU THINK WITH THIS? DOES THIS FLY, DOES IT MATCH YOUR CO YOUR COMMUNITY PLAN? SO THAT'S, THAT'S CRUCIAL. 
          'CAUSE THE TELEGRAPH'S INTENT, IT TELEGRAPH DESIRE, IT ARTICULATES A VISION. 
          THOSE ARE IMPORTANT THINGS TO HAVE. 
          BUT WHEN THE CITY COMES BACK NOW THROUGH AND LOOKS AT ITS REGULATIONS TO SAY, DO WE NEED TO CALIBRATE OUR REGULATIONS TO MORE EFFECTIVELY SUPPORT OUR VISION, YOU MAY NEED TO MAKE SOME AMENDMENTS TO YOUR CODES, YOUR SUBDIVISION CODES, YOUR REGULATIONS. 
          THE GUIDANCE IN HERE WILL HELP YOU PROVIDE THOSE STANDARDS IN A CODIFIED FORMAT. 
          SO YOU CAN GET MUCH MORE DELINEATED AS TO HEIGHT OR USES, WHETHER IT'S A PERMITTED USE OF SPECIAL USE OR NOT PERMITTED. 
          UH, WHAT PERCENTAGE OF GROUND FLOOR HAS TO BE SOMETHING IN A MIXED USE DISTRICT. 
          ALL THAT CAN BE VETTED IN A CODE TO MATCH THE INTENT OF THE GUIDELINES IN THIS DOCUMENT. 
          AND THEN IF SOMEONE WANTS RELIEF, THEY CAN SEEK A TEXT AMENDMENT OF SPECIAL USE OR RELIEF TO SOME OTHER MEANS. 
          BUT, UM, THIS CLEARLY ARTICULATES INTENT. 
          UH, AND THEN THE CODE CAN COME IN AFTER TO CODIFY INTENT INTO REGULATION. 
          YEAH. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          GREAT WORK. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OTHER, OKAY. 
          I JUST WANTED TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY. 
          JENNY, YOU HAVE WORKED SO INCREDIBLY HARD AND I KNOW YOU'VE, YOU, YOU GIVE ALL THE CREDIT TO THE TEAM, BUT, UM, HAVING SERVED ON THE STEERING COMMITTEE AND, AND THANK YOU ALL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET TO DO THAT, UM, 18 MONTHS PROBABLY FELT LIKE 18 YEARS, I'M SURE OF IT . 
          UM, BUT THE AMOUNT OF WORK, AND I KNOW MICHAEL ISN'T HERE, BUT PAUL, UM, WE'LL DO THE SHOUT OUT TO HIM AND MAKE SURE, I MEAN, JUST, YOU KNOW, THIS ONLY WORKS, JOHN MENTIONED IT DOESN'T WORK WITHOUT TRAFFIC, DOESN'T WORK WITHOUT WATER AND SEWER, RIGHT? YEP. 
          AND SO THE AMOUNT OF WORK AND THE ENGINEERING SIDE OF THIS, UM, WAS INCREDIBLE. 
          SO, UM, JUST WONDERFUL. 
          AND AS JANE SAID, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DOCUMENT. 
          AND JOHN, I JUST WANNA THANK YOU AND, AND YOUR TEAM AND, AND THE, ALL, ALL THE CONSULTANTS THAT HELPED US DO THIS HEAVY LIFT, BUT YOUR EXPERTISE MADE IT BETTER. 
          SO SINCE APPRECIATE THANK YOU, APPRECIATE THAT. 
          IT'S BEEN GREAT. 
          THANKS KATHY. 
          AGAIN. 
          THANKS JOHN. 
          UM, TO THE STEERING COMMITTEE, TO THE RESIDENTS TOO. 
          ALL OF THE RESIDENTS WHO PARTICIPATED TO TO STAFF, IT'S BEEN, UM, YOU KNOW, I DID MAKE IT THROUGH THE ENTIRE DOCUMENT AND EVEN FOR ME, I COULD UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING IN IT. 
          THAT'S, AND THAT TO ME WAS REALLY IMPORTANT. 
          'CAUSE I DON'T COME FROM A BACKGROUND PRIOR TO BEING ON COUNCIL, UM, WITH, WITH PLANNING AND, AND LAND USE. 
          SO, UM, IT WAS REALLY CRITICAL TO ME THAT THE LAY PERSON LIKE MYSELF CAN UNDERSTAND IT. 
          AND IT IS A BEAUTIFUL DOCUMENT. 
          WELL, THE FACT THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND, UM, MAYBE THE MOST IMPORTANT THING SAID THIS EVENING, I MEAN, THAT IS ESSENTIAL THAT IT, THAT IT SERVED THAT FUNCTION. 
          SO THAT'S, THAT'S GREAT TO HEAR. 
          YEAH. 
          SO I REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE IT. 
          IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE, THEN WE WILL SEE YOU BACK. 
          CAN I JUST REAL QUICK, OH, I'M SORRY. 
          GO AHEAD. 
          YEAH, I WANTED TO THANK, UM, COUNCILMAN 
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MEMBER JOSA AND MAYOR AMHERST GROOMS, WHO REPRESENTED COUNCIL AT THE STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS AND HAD NINE EXTRA MEETINGS ON OUR BEHALF. 
          YEAH. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          AND I ALSO DID WANNA REITERATE TOO, I, IT IS VERY USER FRIENDLY. 
          IT IS A, A VERY GOOD PUBLIC DOCUMENT TO UNDERSTAND THE REASONING BEHIND WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING. 
          UH, SO I JUST WANTED TO, I MEAN, SO MANY, WELL, I THINK YOU SAID 5,000 CONTACTS OF PEOPLE SEEING THIS AND ALL THE EYES AND HANDS ON THIS. 
          IT'S JUST AN AMAZING EFFORT WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT DISCIPLINES. 
          SO THANKS TO ALL OF OUR STAFF AND EVERYTHING. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SUPER. 
          THANKS AMY, APPRECIATE IT. 
          SO WE'LL SEE YOU BACK FOR A SECOND. 
          HEARING SCHEDULED FOR JULY 1ST, 2024. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          AND WE WILL NOW 
          [Ordinance 16-24]
MOVE ON TO ORDINANCE 1624, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A REAL ESTATE PURCHASE AGREEMENT FOR CERTAIN PROPERTY OWNED BY STEEL LAND COMPANY, 6,500 DUBLIN PARK DRIVE, LLC, AND FAYE D COX AS TRUSTEE OF THE SHEPHERD IRREVOCABLE TRUST DATED MARCH 12TH, 2021, LOCATED IN FRANKLIN COUNTY, OHIO AND MADISON COUNTY, OHIO, AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF RELATED AGREEMENTS AND DOCUMENTS AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS. 
          THEREFORE, I'LL INTRODUCE IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND WELCOME. 
          I'M GOING TO BE INTRODUCING MEGAN. 
          YES. 
          SORRY, . 
          YES. 
          I GOT A LITTLE STUCK ON MY SCREEN HERE. 
          . 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          MEMBERS OF COUNCIL THE CITY HAS ENGAGED IN DISCUSSIONS WITH ALAN SHEPHERD TO PURCHASE APPROXIMATELY 243 ACRES OF PROPERTY OWNED BY STEEL LAND COMPANY 6,500 DUBLIN PARK DRIVE, LLC, AND FAY D COX AS TRUSTEE OF THE SHEPHERD IRREVOCABLE TRUST AND ALL LOCATED IN FRANKLIN AND MADISON COUNTIES. 
          I'M PLEASED TO INTRODUCE ORDINANCE 16 DASH 24, WHICH AUTHORIZES THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A REAL ESTATE PURCHASE AGREEMENT OR REPA TO ACQUIRE THESE PRO PROPERTIES. 
          THE PARCELS TO BE ACQUIRED ARE LOCATED IN OUR WEST INNOVATION DISTRICT, AS SHOWN ON THIS MAP UP ON THE SCREEN, AND THEY'RE GENERALLY REFERRED TO THROUGHOUT THE REPA AS CARTER FARMS, WHICH IS SHOWN, HIGHLIGHTED IN GREEN AND TOTALS APPROXIMATELY 137 ACRES, SHEPHERD EXCAVATING, WHICH IS SHOWN IN PURPLE AND TOTALS APPROXIMATELY EIGHT ACRES AND SPORTS OHIO, WHICH IS SHOWN IN BLUE ON THE SCREEN AND TOTALS APPROXIMATELY 98 ACRES. 
          THIS ACQUISITION CONSISTS OF MULTIPLE PARCELS THAT CAN BE LEVERAGED FOR A NUMBER OF STRATEGIC OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE GENERALLY RELATED TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, TRANSPORTATION, AND RECREATIONAL USES, AND I WILL DISCUSS SOME OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES IN THE UPCOMING SLIDES. 
          THIS SIGNIFICANT ACQUISITION ADVANCES SEVERAL OF OUR STRATEGIC PLANS, INCLUDING THE STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK AND VISION CITY COUNCIL, VISIONARY GOALS, COMMUNITY PLAN A, AND ALSO AS BEING UPDATED AS WAS JUST PRESENTED TO COUNCIL THIS EVENING, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, STRATEGIC PLAN, PARKS AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN, AND THE WEST DUBLIN PASSENGER RAIL STATION STUDY. 
          AND THOSE ARE JUST TO NAME A FEW PURCHASES OF LAND ENABLE THE CITY TO CONTROL THE ULTIMATE USE OF THE PROPERTY AND AS THE CITY CONTINUES TO BUILD OUT, THERE ARE FEWER OPPORTUNITIES TO PURCHASE PROPERTY. 
          THE CITY HAS EXPERIENCED MUCH SUCCESS OVER THE YEARS THROUGH SUCH STRATEGIC LAND ACQUISITIONS. 
          THE ACQUISITION INCLUDES THE PARCELS AS SHOWN ON THE MAP ON THE SCREEN. 
          WE HAVE LABELED EACH PARCEL WITH A LETTER AND NUMBER DESIGNATION FOR EASE OF REFERENCE THROUGHOUT THE STAFF REPORT. 
          THAT WAS INCLUDED IN COUNCIL PACKET THIS EVENING, AS WELL AS THROUGHOUT THIS PRESENTATION. 
          AFTER SUCCESSFUL NEGOTIATIONS WITH MR. SHEPHERD, THE PURCHASE PRICE OF THE PROPERTIES HAS BEEN DETERMINED TO BE $44.6 MILLION, WHICH COMPRISES THE APPRAISED VALUES FOR SPORTS OHIO AND SHEPHERD EXCAVATING AND $110,000 PER ACRE FOR CARTER FARMS. THE PURCHASE PRICE INCLUDES ALL EQUIPMENT, FURNISHINGS, FIXTURES, AND OTHER TANGIBLE PERSONAL PERSONAL PROPERTY INCLUDING FOR LIQUOR LICENSES THAT ARE ALL LOCATED ON THE SPORTS OHIO PARCELS. 
          THE PARCELS AND DESCRIPTION OF ACREAGE AND THE USES, WHICH ARE VARIED, ARE AS LISTED ON THE TABLE ON THE SCREEN. 
          STARTING FROM THE WESTERN MOST PARCELS, WE HAVE THE CARTER FARMS PROPERTY, WHICH IS BOUNDED BY STATE ROUTE 1 61 TO THE NORTH AND THE RAILROAD TRACKS TO THE EAST. 
          THESE PAR PARCELS ARE ACTIVELY BEING FARMED AND ARE ENROLLED IN THE CURRENT AGRICULTURAL USE VALUE OR CAUV PROGRAM. 
          THE CITY OWNS THE LAND DIRECTLY ACROSS THE RAILROAD TRACKS TO THE EAST, AND WHEN COMBINED WITH THOSE PARCELS, THE LAND WILL PROVIDE THE CITY WITH A STRATEGIC OPPORTUNITY FOR FUTURE 
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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THIS AREA. 
          FUTURE DEVELOPMENT COULD TAKE THE FORM OF A STATION FOR A FUTURE PASSENGER RAIL STOP AS BEING, AS IS BEING CONTEMPLATED AS PART OF THE WEST DUBLIN PASSENGER RAIL STATION STUDY. 
          ADDITIONALLY, THE RAILROAD REPRESENTS A SIGNIFICANT ASSET FOR MANY TYPES OF DEVELOPMENT, AND THE CITY COULD NEGOTIATE WITH AN EMPLOYER TO SECURE A DEVELOPMENT ON THIS LAND CONSISTENT WITH OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN. 
          THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS LAND WILL BE EVALUATED WHEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOPMENT DEVELOP OCCURS, AS HAS BEEN THE CASE FOR OTHER LAND THAT THE CITY HAS ACQUIRED IN THE PAST. 
          AND AT A MINIMUM, THESE PARCELS WILL ACT AS A BUFFER BETWEEN DEVELOPMENT THAT MAY OCCUR FURTHER TO THE WEST ON STATE ROUTE 1 61 AND THE CITY UNTIL DEVELOPMENT THAT THE CITY APPROVES OCCURS. 
          IN THE MEANTIME, THESE PARCELS WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE FARMLAND LEASE PROGRAM, WHICH ALLOWS THE CITY TO QUALIFY FOR LOWER PROPERTY TAXES AS PART OF THE CAUV FURTHER TO THE EAST, THE ORDINANCE PROPOSES THE ACQUISITION OF SHEPHERD EXCAVATING, WHICH IS SOUTH OF POST ROAD 1 61, AND ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF COS GRAY ROAD, ADJACENT TO DARI FIELDS, A PRIVATELY OWNED BUSINESS, SHEPHERD EXCAVATING IS CURRENTLY OPERATING ON THE SITE AND PER THE REPA, THESE PARCELS WILL BE LEASED BACK TO THE SELLER FOR A PERIOD NOT TO EXCEED FOUR YEARS, WHICH WOULD ALLOW TIME, UM, FOR THE SELLER TO RELOCATE THE EXISTING BUSINESS TO ANOTHER LOCATION. 
          THE SELLER HAS THE RIGHT TO TERMINATE THE LEASE EARLY WITH NO PENALTY AND HAS INDICATED THAT EARLY TERMINATION IS POSSIBLE. 
          THE ADJACENCY OF THESE PARCELS TO DARI FIELDS AND SPORTS OHIO AND OTHER CITY OWNED PROPERTIES COULD PROVIDE FOR A CENTRAL LOCATION FOR A MAINTENANCE TYPE FACILITY TO SERVE THE PARKS OF RECREATIONAL AMENITIES IN THIS AREA. 
          ON THE OTHER SIDE OF COS GRAY OPPOSITE SHEPHERD EXCAVATING IS SPORTS OHIO. 
          THE ACQUISITION OF THIS PROPERTY POSES SEVERAL STRATEGIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE CITY. 
          RECREATIONAL FACILITIES CURRENTLY EXIST ON PARCELS LABELED AS C3 4, 5, 6, AND SEVEN. 
          ACQUIRING THESE PARCELS ALLOWS THE CITY THE OPPORTUNITY TO MORE FULLY UTILIZE THOSE FACILITIES AND PROGRAMMING, WHICH WOULD EXPAND OUR RECREATIONAL OPTIONS AND ALIGN WITH THE PARKS AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN OBJECTIVES. 
          THIS INITIATIVE ADVANCES POLICY GOALS AND OPEN UP OPENS UP ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES BY ENHANCING AMENITIES, FURTHER ESTABLISHING DUBLIN AS A PREMIER REGIONAL SPORTS DESTINATION. 
          THE PARCELS LABELED AS C ONE, C TWO AND C EIGHT ARE CURRENTLY UNDER UNDEVELOPED OR UNDERUTILIZED LAND. 
          THESE PARCELS COULD DEVELOP INTO FUTURE RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES TO CREATE A LARGER SPORTS COMPLEX, OR THEY COULD BE DEVELOPED INTO OTHER BUSINESSES THAT SUPPORT SUCH OPERATIONS AND ARE REVENUE GENERATING. 
          THE ECONOMIC RETURN TO THE CITY WILL BE EVALUATED PRIOR TO ENGAGING IN ANY DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY, AND THE CITY HAS A PROVEN TRACK RECORD OF SUCCESSFULLY NEGOTIATING AGREEMENTS TO PRODUCE LONG-TERM FINANCIAL BENEFITS. 
          THE SPORTS OHIO PARCELS ALSO INCLUDE THE LARGEST PARCEL TO THE EAST, WHICH IS REQUIRED FOR THE FUTURE COMPLETION OF UNIVERSITY BOULEVARD, WHICH WILL PROVIDE A KEY NORTH SOUTH CONNECTION TO BUILD OUT THE STREET NETWORK IN WID UNIVERSITY BOULEVARD WILL ALSO PROVIDE A DIRECT AND PARALLEL ALTERNATE ROUTE FOR US 33, WHICH WILL HELP DISTRIBUTE TRAFFIC THROUGHOUT THE WID CONSTRUCTION OF THE FINAL SECTION OF UNIVERSITY BOULEVARD WOULD ALSO EXTEND PUBLIC WATER AND SANITARY SEWER SERVICES, AND ONCE THAT'S COMPLETED IN THE FUTURE, THAT WOULD UNLOCK ADDITIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL IN THE WID AND ALONG THE FUTURE ROADWAY. 
          THE MAP ON THE SCREEN SHOWS THIS PARCEL HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW, AND YOU CAN SEE THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS PARCEL AS IT RELATES TO THE PROPOSED MULTIMODAL THOROUGHFARE PLAN AND THE SPECIAL AREA PLAN IN THE WID THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE ENVISION DUBLIN COMMUNITY PLAN, WHICH WAS INTRODUCED THIS EVENING. 
          SO IT'S ALL COORDINATED. 
          AND WITH THAT, I WILL TURN OVER THE PRESENTATION TO MATT STIFFLER TO DISCUSS THE FINANCING PLAN. 
          SO THIS ACQUISITION, UH, CONTAINS A NUMBER OF, UH, ITEMS IN THE CAPITAL STACK IN ORDER TO, UH, TOTAL THE $44.6 MILLION APPROPRIATION. 
          THESE ITEMS WERE CHOSEN WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF OUR MUNICIPAL ADVISOR, BOND COUNSEL AND OTHER LEGAL ADVICE IN ORDER TO MAXIMIZE, UM, THE BENEFITS TO THE CITY AND MINIMIZE TAX CONSEQUENCES AND INTEREST CHARGES TO THE CITY. 
          AS YOU CAN SEE, EACH, UH, PARCEL IS GIVEN A PURCHASE PRICE AND THEN A FUNDING SOURCE THAT IS UNIQUE TO THAT 
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PARCEL. 
          THAT IS NOT BY HAPPENSTANCE, THAT IS WITH PURPOSE. 
          THE PARCELS IDENTIFIED TO BE PAID WITH CASH ARE AVAILABLE FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PURPOSES IMMEDIATELY. 
          SO PURCHASING THEM WITH CASH ALLOWS THEM TO BE, UH, TO PROCEED AS SOON AS A DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY WERE TO BECOME AVAILABLE. 
          UH, TO FULFILL THAT PURPOSE, THE MANUSCRIPT DEBT IS LOCATED ON ESSENTIALLY THE CARTER FARMS PARCEL. 
          THAT PARCEL, BECAUSE IT'S BEING ACQUIRED FOR POTENTIAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WOULD ACTUALLY BE A TAXABLE DEBT ISSUANCE. 
          SO IN ORDER TO MINIMIZE INTEREST EXPENSE AND NOT ISSUE TAXABLE DEBT, WE'RE ESSENTIALLY LOANING MONEY TO OURSELVES TO MAKE THAT ACQUISITION AND UTILIZING THIS MANUSCRIPT DEBT THAT'S GOING TO PAY ADDITIONAL INTEREST TO THE FUNDS THAT ARE MAKING THIS, UH, UH, DEBT ISSUANCE AND MINIMIZE INTEREST COSTS THAT WOULD OTHERWISE BE LEAVING THE CITY. 
          AND THEN FINALLY, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THE SHORT TERM DEBT IS CENTERED ALONG THE RECREATIONAL PARCELS. 
          RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND RECREATIONAL CAPITAL ASSETS ARE, ARE SOMETHING THAT A CITY DOES AS A NORMAL COURSE OF BUSINESS. 
          SO THIS IS ABLE TO BE A NON-TAXABLE DEBT ISSUANCE. 
          WE'RE MINIMIZING THE DEBT, UH, TIMELINE ON THIS IN ORDER TO BOTH MINIMIZE INTEREST COSTS AND GIVE THIS FACILITY AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO OPERATE AT A POSITIVE NOI IT'S DIFFICULT FOR THESE FACILITIES TO CARRY OPERATING EXPENSES, CAPITAL MAINTENANCE EXPENSES, AND THEN DEBT SERVICE EXPENSES, AND EXPECT TO OPERATE AT A POSITIVE YEAR OVER YEAR INCOME GENERATION. 
          SO BY ISSUING SHORT TERM DEBT WITH THE REPAYMENT PLAN THAT'LL BE PRESENTED ON THE NEXT SLIDE, WE HOPE TO ELIMINATE DEBT SERVICE COSTS FOR THE LONG TERM IN ORDER TO GIVE THESE FACILITIES THE BEST POSSIBLE CHANCE OF CONTINUED FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY. 
          IN TERMS OF A MORE DETAILED FUNDING PLAN, WE HAVE A FOUR YEAR REFUNDING PLAN. 
          THERE IS A GREAT DEAL OF FELT FLEXIBILITY IN THIS PLAN. 
          THIS PLAN COULD ESSENTIALLY BE EXTENDED INDEFINITELY OR SHORTENED AS TIME MAY, MAY ALLOW DEPENDING UPON ECONOMIC REALITY. 
          SO THIS IS A START AND EVERY YEAR, PROBABLY IN THE FIRST OR SECOND QUARTER OF EACH YEAR, AS WE TALK ABOUT THE SECOND QUARTER SUPPLEMENTAL, WE WILL TALK ABOUT HOW TO EXECUTE BASED ON LAST YEAR'S ACTUAL. 
          SO THE TIMING WILL BE WE WILL CONTINUALLY ASSESS INCOME TAX REVENUES, FUND BALANCES, DEBT BALANCES, AND MAKE THE APPROPRIATE PAYMENTS BY ESSENTIALLY, WHEN WE ISSUE THE DEBT IN SEPTEMBER, WE'LL HAVE A A, A DUE DATE, AN ANNUAL DUE DATE ON THAT SHORT TERM DEBT. 
          THE ACQUISITION ITSELF OF $44.6 MILLION, WE WILL UTILIZE $12 MILLION OF GENERAL FUND BALANCE, $4.8 MILLION OF PARK LAND ACQUISITION. 
          THAT WILL CONSTITUTE THE CASH PORTION. 
          WE WILL ISSUE THE MANUSCRIPT DEBT OF 15.1 MILLION AND SHORT TERM DEBT FOR ONE YEAR OF 12.7 MILLION. 
          THE MANUSCRIPT DEBT WILL BE STRUCTURED TO ALLOW A SIX YEAR INITIAL REPAYMENT PLAN WITH A 20% PRINCIPAL PAYMENT IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS. 
          SO THAT GIVES US THE FLEXIBILITY, ALTHOUGH HERE YOU'LL SEE IT'S REFLECTED TO BE PAID OFF IN FOUR YEARS AT THE END OF 2024. 
          UH, AS WE APPROACH 2025, WE WILL HAVE AN OUTSTANDING BALANCE OF APPROXIMATELY $27.8 MILLION RELATED TO THIS ACQUISITION. 
          WE WILL THEN UTILIZE $10 MILLION IN GENERAL FUND BALANCE, $1 MILLION IN PARKLAND ACQUISITION. 
          WE WILL THEN HAVE OUTSTANDING MANUSCRIPT DEBT OF 15.1 AND HAVE REPAID SHORT TERM DEBT OF ALL BUT 1.7 MILLION AGAIN IN 2026. 
          ADDITIONAL $10 MILLION FROM THE GENERAL FUND BALANCE, $1 MILLION FROM THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS FUND. 
          THAT WILL ELIMINATE ALL OF THE SHORT TERM DEBT AND ALL BUT 5.8 MILLION OF THE MANUSCRIPT DEBT REPAYING ALL OF THE DEBT IN 2027. 
          AGAIN, THIS IS A FUNDING PLAN BASED ON THE REALITIES AND REVENUES AND FUND BALANCES OF TODAY. 
          THERE'S A GREAT DEAL OF FLEXIBILITY AND THERE'S ALSO A GREAT DEAL OF OPPORTUNITY IF WE SEE OPPORTUNITIES IN THE NEXT THREE OR FOUR YEARS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO PURSUE AND SLOW THIS DOWN. 
          AS A RESULT OF THAT, THERE'S FLEXIBILITY TO DO SO. 
          IN TERMS OF THIS FUNDING PLAN, IT COMPLIES WITH ALL OF OUR MAJOR POLICIES, INCLUDING THE GENERAL FUND BALANCE POLICY, THE DEBT POLICY, AND THE INVESTMENT POLICY. 
          IN TERMS OF THE IMPACT ON THE GENERAL FUND POLICY, YOU'LL SEE SOME PROJECTIONS HERE BASED ON RECURRING REVENUES AND RECURRING EXPENDITURES. 
          THE TAKEAWAY HERE IS THAT RECURRING REVENUES TOTALED $85 MILLION IN THAT TOP COLUMN, TOP ROW IN 2022, AND ARE PROJECTED TO GROW TO 102 MILLION THROUGH 2028. 
          YOU CAN SEE THAT WE HAVE SOME NON-RECURRING REVENUES ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, BUT THE IMPORTANT PART OF THIS GRAPH IS THAT RECURRING REVENUES AND RECURRING EXPENDITURES SHOW A POSITIVE VARIANCE OF ABOUT 10 TO $12 MILLION ANNUALLY, AND THAT'S THE THE FUNDING THAT WE'RE GOING TO USE TO REPAY THIS DEBT OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS. 
          YOU CAN SEE THAT THIS IS NOT NECESSARILY UNIQUE. 
          WE USED $7.1 MILLION TO CASH FUND FIBER TO THE HOME LAST YEAR FROM THE GENERAL FUND BALANCE. 
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WE ALSO USED JUST UNDER $800,000 TO CASH FUND THE ACQUISITION OF A REMNANT ASSOCIATED WITH THE BRIDGE OVER TWO 70 OR THE EMERALD CONNECTOR. 
          WE USED $12 MILLION IN 22 ON VARIOUS CAPITAL PROJECTS AND OTHER CHARGES AND EXPENDITURES RELATED TO ONE-TIME EXPENDITURES IN THOSE YEARS. 
          SO WE HAVE BEEN ACTIVE IN UTILIZING THE GENERAL FUND BALANCE TO ADVANCE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND COUNCIL PRIORITIES OF WHICH THIS IS BOTH. 
          ULTIMATELY THE MOST IMPORTANT LINE FOR POLICY COMPLIANCE IS THAT GREEN LINE. 
          YOU CAN SEE THAT THE FUND BALANCE, UH, LOOKS LIKE IT DIPS TO 69% IN 2026. 
          BASED ON THIS PROJECTION MODEL, OUR POLICY REQUIRES 50%. 
          SO WE STILL HAVE SIGNIFICANT ROOM BETWEEN POLICY COMPLIANCE AND THE EXECUTION OF THIS PLAN. 
          SHOULD REVENUES DECREASE SLIGHTLY, WE CAN STILL LIKELY EXECUTE THIS PLAN. 
          SHOULD OTHER OPPORTUNITIES PRESENT THEMSELVES, WE CAN LIKELY STILL TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES. 
          IN TERMS OF THE DEBT POLICY COMPLIANCE SHOULD HAVE CHOSE OTHER COLORS THAN ALL BLUE. 
          I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. 
          UH, THE LINE REPRESENTS OUR ANNUAL DEBT SERVICE AND ESSENTIALLY THE TOP OF THE BAR, THAT THIRD BAR OF THE TACK, THE TOP LINE REPRESENTS THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF OUR DEBT SERVICE ALLOWED UNDER OUR POLICY. 
          SO THE GOAL HERE IS FOR THE LINE TO BE UNDER THE BAR, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT IN THIS GRAPH, THE LINE IS SIGNIFICANTLY UNDER THE BAR. 
          IT RISES INTO THE MID SIXTIES AT ONE POINT, UH, BUT THAT'S THE HIGHEST THAT IT GETS IN TERMS OF DEBT POLICY UTILIZATION. 
          YOU CAN SEE THAT THE BAR ITSELF IS WHAT CHANGES IN 2024. 
          WE DON'T HAVE DEBT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PROJECT. 
          THE THE 16.8 MILLION IS A CASH PAYMENT, SO THE BAR DOES NOT CHANGE IN 25, 26 AND 27, WE'RE MAKING DEBT PAYMENTS OF APPROXIMATELY $10 MILLION A YEAR, AND THAT IS FROM THE GENERAL FUND. 
          SO THAT LIGHT BLUE LINE, WHICH REPRESENTS TRANSFERS AND OTHER FUNDS, IS WHAT INCREASES UNDER OUR POLICY, BUT WE ARE COMPLIANT, UH, THROUGHOUT THE EXECUTION OF THIS FUNDING PLAN. 
          FINALLY, UH, THE IMPACT ON OUR DEBT PROFILE. 
          YOU CAN SEE THE PROPOSED DEBT PROFILE APPROVED IN THE 20 24, 20 28 CIP. 
          WE ARE ADDING, UH, SHORT TERM DEBT AND MANUSCRIPT DEBT FOR THE FIRST TIME TO THE CITY'S DEBT PROFILE. 
          BUT YOU CAN SEE OUR CURRENT FUNDING PLAN REPAYS THAT DEBT IN 25 TO 26 AND 27. 
          SO WE WILL NOT HAVE A LONG-TERM IMPACT ON OUR DEBT PROFILE. 
          IN TERMS OF THE FINANCING PLAN. 
          UH, WHY DID WE UNDERTAKE THIS? WHY DID WE RECOMMEND THIS AS A FINANCING PLAN? WE WANNA LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF NEW DEBT ISSUED. 
          WE HAVE A LOT OF OBJECTIVES AND A LOT OF GOALS AS A CITY. 
          AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXECUTE THOSE GOALS, UH, WILL REQUIRE A DEBT ISSUANCE. 
          UH, PARTICULARLY WHEN WE TALK ABOUT METRO CENTER, UH, REIM, UH, METRO CENTER AND, AND THE REQUIREMENTS OF THAT PROJECT. 
          WE WANNA MINIMIZE, UH, COSTS, INCLUDING INTEREST AND TAXABLE EXPENDITURES. 
          THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS FOR THE MANUSCRIPT DEBT, SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO ISSUE A TAXABLE DEBT EXPENDITURE. 
          WE WANNA ALLOW THE RECREATIONAL COMPONENTS TO OPERATE IN A FISCALLY SUSTAINABLE MANNER BY NOT HAVING FUTURE DEBT PAYMENTS ALLOW FOR IMMEDIATE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PARCELS THAT ARE DEVELOPABLE, AND WE WANT TO COMPLY WITH ALL CITY'S POLICIES AS WELL AS IMPORTANTLY MAINTAINING THE HIGHEST BOND RATINGS. 
          WE BELIEVE THIS PLAN ACHIEVES EACH OF THESE GOALS. 
          DID YOU WANT ME? THANK YOU, MATT. 
          THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF RESEARCH ANALYSIS NEGOTIATIONS, DUE DILIGENCE COMPLETED TO EVALUATE AND PREPARE FOR THIS ACQUISITION, AND THAT'S THE INTENT OF THIS SLIDE. 
          THE CITY RETAINED CTL ENGINEERING TO CONDUCT PHASE ONE ENVIRONMENTAL SITE ASSESSMENTS FOR THE PROPERTIES BASED ON THE FINDINGS OF THE ESAS. 
          NO FURTHER ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS WARRANTED FOR THE CARTER FARMS PROPERTY. 
          THERE ARE SOME MINOR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR LIMITED ADDITIONAL STUDIES FOR THE SHEPHERD EXCAVATING AND SPORTS OHIO PROPERTIES THAT ARE DEPENDENT UPON THE IMPACTS OF FUTURE DEVELOPMENT THAT MAY OCCUR, BUT NONE OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE CONCERNING TO STAFF SUCH THAT THEY WOULD IMPACT OUR RECOMMENDATION OR NEXT STEPS WITH REGARD TO THE ACQUISITION OR PURCHASE OF THESE PROPERTIES. 
          WE ALSO ENGAGED BAKER TILLY TO REVIEW SPORTS OHIO'S CURRENT REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES, AND THE FIRM'S ANALYSIS DEMONSTRATES THAT THE FACILITY IS CURRENTLY OPERATING AT A POSITIVE NET OPERATING INCOME TO ASSIST IN FACILITATING THE OPERATION OF THE RECREATIONAL FACILITIES. 
          AT A NET POSITIVE NOI STAFF MEMBERS HAVE CONDUCTED BENCHMARKING, RESEARCHED SPORTS FACILITY MANAGEMENT COMPANIES THAT ARE CAPABLE OF FULLY MANAGING A SPORTS COMPLEX OF THE SIDE SIZE. 
          WE RESEARCHED AND MET WITH SEVERAL OF THE TOP COMPANIES THAT ARE IN THE INDUSTRY TO DISCUSS THE FINANCIAL REALITIES OF OPERATING THESE TYPES OF FACILITIES. 
          WE HAD GREAT CONVERSATIONS AND EACH COMPANY DISCUSSED HOW THE FINANCIAL RESULTS OF THESE FACILITIES ARE GREATLY, 
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SIGNIFICANTLY INFLUENCED BY POLICY DECISIONS SURROUNDING THEM. 
          THESE COMPANIES ALSO CONFIRM THAT FACILITIES THAT ARE GIVEN A FINANCIAL GOAL OF OPERATING AT A NET POSITIVE NOI ARE GENERALLY ABLE TO ACHIEVE THIS GOAL. 
          AT THIS TIME, THE LEVEL OF MAINTENANCE AND OR NEW CAPITAL REQUESTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ACQUISITIONS POTENTIAL RECREATIONAL OP OPERATIONS HAS NOT YET BEEN DETERMINED. 
          THIS WOULD BE THE FINAL COMPONENT OF THE FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY ANALYSIS TO BE COMPLETED, AND IT WILL NOT BE ABLE TO BE FULLY COMPLETED UNTIL THE PROPERTIES ACQUIRED. 
          THE PROGRAMMING, THE DAILY OPERATIONAL GOALS OF THE FACILITY ARE FULLY DETERMINED. 
          WE KNOW THAT THE OFFERINGS THAT ARE PROVIDED BY SPORTS OHIO ARE UTILIZED BY MANY IN THE COMMUNITY AND THE REGION. 
          AND PER THE PROPOSED RE REPA STAFF IS NEGOTIATING A MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE SELLER WHEREBY THE SELLER WILL CONTINUE TO MANAGE THE SPORTS OHIO FACILITIES IN A MANNER GENERALLY CONSISTENT WITH THE CURRENT OPERATIONS FOR A PERIOD OF UP TO ONE YEAR FOLLOWING. 
          CLOSING THIS PERIOD WILL PROVIDE THE CITY TIME TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE CURRENT OPERATIONS, ASSESS ANY IMMEDIATE MAINTENANCE NEEDS, AND IDENTIFY A TIMELINE AND BUDGET FOR MUNICIPAL OPERATIONS AND ANY POTENTIAL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AS WELL. 
          AFTER THE ONE YEAR PERIOD OR BEFORE THE CITY COULD UTILIZE THE DUBLIN COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT CORPORATION OR THE CIC DO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH A SPORTS MANAGEMENT COMPANY TO MANAGE THE OPERATIONS OF THE COMPLEX. 
          THE CIC IS DEDICATED TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 
          IT'S POSITIONED TO ENSURE THAT THE FINANCIAL GOALS OF THE FACILITY ARE WEALTH SUPPORTED STRUCTURE AND REMAIN AN AREA OF FOCUS. 
          SO THAT'S JUST ONE OPTION WITH REGARD TO HOW WE COULD PROCEED WITH, UM, SECURING THE SERVICES TO MANAGE THAT FACILITY. 
          AND NEXT STEPS WOULD BE, SHOULD THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVE THE REPA AND BOND FINANCING ORDINANCES AT THE SECOND READING ON JULY 1ST. 
          CLOSING WILL OCCUR IN LATE AUGUST. 
          AND FINALLY, IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF IMPORTANT DECISIONS THAT WILL NEED TO BE MADE REGARDING FUTURE OPERATIONS AND DEVELOPMENT. 
          AND AS WAS MENTIONED IN THE STAFF REPORT FOR THIS EVENING, STAFF PROPOSES THE FORMATION OF A STEERING COMMITTEE OR AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO PROVIDE INPUT IN THE, INTO THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN RFP FOR SPORTS FACILITY MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, AND REVIEW AND EVALUATE PROPOSALS RECEIVED. 
          THE COMMITTEE SHOULD BE A WELL-REPRESENTED BODY OF COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS THAT WOULD ENSURE THAT THE PROPERTY USES ALIGNED WITH THE COMMUNITY DIRECTIONS. 
          AND THEN FINALLY, UM, THIS HAS BEEN A TREMENDOUS TEAM EFFORT AND WE'VE LEANED ON OUR EXTERNAL ADVISORS, FROST BROWN, TODD SQUIRE, PATENT BOGGS, AND BAKER TILLY FOR THEIR EXPERTISE AND COUNSEL. 
          THEY ARE HERE WITH US THIS EVENING AND IN PARTNERSHIP WITH STAFF, WE ARE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT COUNSEL MAY HAVE AND PROVIDE ANY FOLLOW UP FOR THE SECOND READING. 
          AND WITH THAT STAFF RECOMMENDS ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE 16 DASH 24 AT THE SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING ON JULY 1ST AS THIS ORDINANCE AUTHORIZES THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY CONVEYANCE AND CONTRACT DOCUMENTS TO FORMALLY ACCEPT THE NECESSARY PROPERTY INTERESTS DESCRIBED. 
          AND THAT IS ALL WE HAVE FOR THIS EVENING. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU MEGAN. 
          AND TEAM LINDSAY, DO WE HAVE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO PUBLICLY COMMENT ON THIS PIECE OF LEGISLATION TONIGHT? WE DO NOT. 
          SO THAT LEADS US TO COUNCIL QUESTIONS IN DISCUSSION, ANDY? SO MATT, YOU DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB. 
          UM, I GUESS OFFERING A HIGH LEVEL AND VERY EASILY UNDERSTANDABLE, UH, VIEW OF WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE, UH, FOR OUR BALANCE SHEET. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE MAY BE SOME FOLKS THAT WILL BE PAYING ATTENTION TO THIS TRANSACTION AND, AND ASKING THE QUESTION, WHY ARE WE BUYING SOMETHING WHEN WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S GOING TO COST TO GET IT IN SHAPE? AND MY RESPONSE TO THAT IS, IT'S ALREADY ECONOMICALLY SUSTAINABLE AS IT IS, SO IT CAN BE OPERATED AS IT IS AND AT LEAST BREAK EVEN. 
          SO, UM, I, I JUST WANTED TO GET THAT OUT THERE. 
          AND THEN THE OTHER THING WITH RESPECT TO SOME OF THE DEBT THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED HERE TONIGHT, MANUSCRIPT THAT AGAIN, TO REVIEW WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT AT OUR LAST COUNCIL MEETING WHEN WE APPROVED THIS, IT'S ESSENTIALLY MOVING MONEY FROM ONE POCKET TO THE OTHER. 
          SO IT'S, IT'S MONEY THAT WE ALREADY HAVE THAT WE'RE SIMPLY ALLOCATING FOR A DIFFERENT PURPOSE FOR THE TIME BEING. 
          UM, AND YOU KNOW, AS WE GET THROUGH SOME OF THESE OTHER RESOLUTIONS, WE'LL BE TALKING MORE ABOUT DEBT, I'M SURE. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU ANDY. 
          KATHY, UH, THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THE TEAM. 
          WHAT A HEAVY LIFT, AND, UH, AS, UH, I THINK WE WOULD ALL AGREE WHAT A WONDERFUL ASSET THIS IS GONNA BE TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          MATT, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE GO BACK TO, I THINK IT WAS ONE OF YOUR EARLIER. 
          I'LL TELL YOU WHEN I, UH, 
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THE FIRST GRAPHS, NOPE, NOPE. 
          UM, THIS ONE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          UM, WHAT I APPRECIATE IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT, UM, IN KEEPING OUR DEBT LOAD AT REASONABLE LEVELS HERE AND IN A RISING INTEREST RATE ENVIRONMENT. 
          WHAT I FIND VERY, UM, UH, I GUESS GOOD, I CAN'T THINK OF A MORE SOPHISTICATED WORD THAN THAT. 
          A VERY GOOD ABOUT THIS IS THAT WE, WE'LL, WE'LL, UM, MAKE THIS TRANSACTION AND BY 20 27, 20 28, WE HAVE A, WE HAVE A DEBT PROFILE THAT LOOKS VERY SIMILAR TO THE DEBT PROFILE THAT WE HAVE TODAY. 
          SO I APPRECIATE, I KNOW IT HAS BEEN, UM, A LOT OF WORK TO CONSTRUCT IT, BUT I THINK IN THE ENVIRONMENT, AND WE'LL SEE THIS WITH THE BONDS, I I THINK IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE TO USE SOME NEW INSTRUMENTS THAT REALLY, THE CITY HASN'T DONE A LOT IN THE PAST, BUT WE FIND OURSELF THERE. 
          BUT WE CAN SEE, I THINK FROM A COMMUNITY PERSPECTIVE, JUST HOW THIS, HOW THIS MANIFESTS ITSELF. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE OTHER COMMENTS YOU'D WANNA MAKE ABOUT THAT MINT. 
          I DO. 
          I I APPRECIATE COUNCIL'S WILLINGNESS TO EXPLORE ADDITIONAL FINANCING OPPORTUNITIES THAN THOSE WE'VE TYPICALLY UTILIZED. 
          SOMETIMES YOU NEED A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT TOOL TO DO A JOB THAT YOU HAVEN'T DONE BEFORE. 
          WE HAVE LONG UTILIZED, UM, THE GENERAL FUND BALANCE TO PAY CASH FOR LAND, PARTICULARLY FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES. 
          WE HAVE TURNED THAT INTO THE OSU AMBULATORY CARE CENTER MOUNT CARMEL. 
          AMONG OUR MOST RECENT SUCCESSES, OF WHICH THERE ARE MANY IN OUR HISTORY, WE HAVE SPENT, I, I DID THE MATH EARLIER TODAY AND I DON'T HAVE 'EM PULLED UP APPROXIMATELY $36 MILLION OF GENERAL FUND BALANCE SINCE 2016 ON LAND ACQUISITION. 
          WE HAVE ALSO SPENT APPROXIMATELY $36 MILLION SINCE 2016 ON TRANSFERS TO THE CAPITAL FUND, TO FUND CAPITAL PROJECTS, TO ADVANCE PROJECTS THAT WOULD OTHERWISE NOT BE FUNDED. 
          SO WE HAVE UNDERTAKEN THIS STRATEGY LOOKING BACKWARDS TWICE, EIGHT YEARS, UH, TO ADVANCE OUR PRIORITY. 
          SO THE OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE A, A, AN A ASSET OF THIS SIZE REQUIRES US TO, UH, USE SHORT-TERM DEBT AND MANUSCRIPT DEBT IN ORDER TO FINANCE IT OVER THE PERIOD OF TIME NECESSARY TO COMPLY WITH OUR POLICIES. 
          BUT THIS IS ACTUALLY NOT SOMETHING THAT'S NEW. 
          WE'VE BEEN DOING IT RATHER CONSISTENTLY AND TURNING IT INTO SUCCESSFUL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR SOME TIME NOW. 
          THANK YOU, MATT. 
          THE, THE ONLY OTHER COMMENT THAT I WOULD MAKE HAVING JUST FINISHED OUR DISCUSSION ABOUT THE COMMUNITY PLAN, UM, THIS ACQUISITION REALLY IS A VERY DIVERSE PORTFOLIO OF FUTURE ECONOMIC, UM, AT YOU, YOU SAID ABOUT ACQUISITION OF LAND TO, TO MAKE SURE IT'S THE BEST USE FOR THE COMMUNITY AS AT ARISES, THE RAIL STATION THAT'S COMING THROUGH. 
          AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF GREEN, GREEN SPACES. 
          SO IT IS, IT IS, UH, A VERY INTERESTING MIX OF ALL OF THOSE. 
          SO, UH, THANK YOU TO STAFF AND APPRECIATE ALL YOUR WORK AND, AND LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THIS MOVING AHEAD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANKS, KATHY. 
          OTHERS, JANE, RIGHT. 
          YOU KNOW, I, I REALLY WANNA COMPLIMENT THE WHOLE STAFF, YOU, ESPECIALLY MATT, BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I, AS I'VE BEEN HERE FOR SIX PLUS YEARS, BEING FISCALLY CONSERVATIVE IS A, A A MARK OF THE CITY. 
          BUT THE THING IS, IS THAT YOU CAN CREATIVELY COME UP WITH A WAY TO STAY THAT WAY AND UTILIZE THESE OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARISE. 
          THIS IS A BIG LIFT, $44 MILLION. 
          IT'S NOT A SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY, UM, TO BE ABLE TO PAY IT OFF WITHIN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. 
          WITH THAT, BRINGING THE INTEREST RATE DOWN, LOOKING AT THE TAX ADVANTAGES, YOU KNOW, I THINK I'M VERY PROUD AND I THINK THE PUBLIC WOULD BE VERY PROUD OF THE WAY THAT YOU'RE MANAGING, UM, THE MONEY HERE. 
          UM, THIS PURCHASE AS KATHY SET, HIT SO MANY OF THE BOXES IN OUR STRATEGIC, UM, PLANS, UH, ALL OF OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLANS, LOOKING AT OUR LONG-TERM, UM, COUNCIL OBJECTIVES, IT JUST IS JUST SUCH A REALLY SMART MOVE. 
          BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, I THINK, UM, THIS IS LAND ACQUISITION. 
          AND LAND ACQUISITION IS MORE THAN JUST SPENDING MONEY. 
          IT'S AN INVESTMENT IN INCOME PRODUCING FOR THE FUTURE. 
          AND AS WE LOOK BACK ON WHAT WE'VE DONE WITH LAND ACQUISITION, IT HAS PAID US OFF MANY TIMES OVER. 
          UM, IT'S A BIG LIFT, BUT IT'S FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE LIFT, IT'S CONSERVATIVE, IT'S CREATIVE, AND IN THE END I THINK IT'S GONNA GIVE US GREAT INCOME PRODUCING OPPORTUNITY. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK ON THAT. 
          THANKS JANE. 
          OTHERS. 
          ALL RIGHT, SUPER. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND, UM, I DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THE ADHERENCE AND THE DEMONSTRATION OF ADHERENCE TO THE POLICIES THAT WE'VE CREATED FROM A FISCAL PERSPECTIVE, UM, BOTH FROM DEBT AND GENERAL, UH, FUND AS WELL AS OUR INVESTMENT POLICY. 
          SO I APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH AND WE WILL SEE YOU BACK HERE ON JULY 1ST, 
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AND I GUESS YOU'RE GONNA STAY RIGHT WHERE YOU 
          [Ordinance 17-24]
ARE. 
          MR. STIFFLER FOR ORDINANCE 1724, PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF BONDS AND THE MAXIMUM PRINCIPLE AMOUNT OF 15,300,000 FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING THE COST OF ACQUIRING APPROXIMATELY 137 ACRES OF REAL PROPERTY LOCATED SOUTH OF STATE ROUTE 1 61 AND WEST OF HOCHER ROAD IN MEDICINE IN FRANKLIN COUNTIES, AND BOUNDED GENERALLY BY COS GRAY ROAD IN DUBLIN PARK DRIVE, INCLUDING BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES THEREON AND PROVIDING FOR THE SITE PREPARATION THEREOF, ALL IN SUPPORT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND JOB CREATION WITHIN THE CITY. 
          I'LL INTRODUCE IT. 
          THANK YOU, MATT. 
          YES, THANK YOU MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, I HAVE A SHORT, UH, OVERVIEW PRESENTATION ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEBT ISSUANCE AS A WHOLE, AND THEN I HAVE INDIVIDUAL SLIDES TO TALK ABOUT EACH INDIVIDUAL ORDINANCE. 
          UH, IN TERMS OF THE TEAM, WE HAVE A SIMILAR TEAM THAT WE'VE USED IN MANY DIFFERENT YEARS. 
          UH, THE CITY OF DUBLIN TEAM, COMPRISED OF MYSELF, MEGAN O' CALLAHAN, THE CITY MANAGER, AND THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE OPERATIONS, JAMIE HOFFMAN. 
          WE'RE USING BAKER TILLY, WHO HAS ADVISED THE CITY FOR MANY YEARS, INCLUDING, UH, BRIAN COOPER, TOM RTO, AND ALYSSA THIEMAN. 
          AND OUR BOND COUNCIL IS CHRIS FRAN FROM SQUIRE PATENT BOGGS. 
          UH, SIMILAR TEAM TO THAT WHICH YOU'VE SEEN ON ALL OF THE BOND DEALS THAT I'VE, UH, OFFERED IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS. 
          THIS BOND ISSUANCE IS FOR $49.6 MILLION FOR THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES, OF COURSE, WE JUST TALKED ABOUT THE NON-TAX REVENUE BONDS. 
          THAT IS THE MANUSCRIPT DEBT TOTALING 15.3 MILLION. 
          YOU WILL NOTICE THAT THESE AMOUNTS MAY NOT EXACTLY MATCH THE ORDINANCE, AND THAT'S BECAUSE THERE'S BOND PREMIUM. 
          UH, THERE'S CLOSING COSTS INVOLVED. 
          SO, AND, AND AGAIN, I WOULD SAY THIS IS AN UP TO AMOUNT, SO WE DON'T GET CREDIT FOR BEING EXACT. 
          WE GET IN TROUBLE FOR NOT HAVING ENOUGH, UH, APPROPRIATIONS APPROPRIATED. 
          SO WE, WE WANT TO CREATE THAT MARGIN. 
          SO THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THIS NUMBER MAY NOT MATCH EARLIER NUMBERS. 
          EXACTLY IN TERMS OF, UH, MUNICIPAL RECREATIONAL CREATIONS, THAT'S THE SHORT, UH, FACILITIES RATHER, THAT'S THE SHORT TERM DEBT OF $12.7 MILLION. 
          AND THEN WE HAVE THE DEBT EXECUTED AS PART OF THE 2024 THROUGH 2028 CIP $8.2 MILLION FOR THE BRIGHT ROAD CORRIDOR, 1.5 MILLION FOR THE NORTHERN HISTORIC DUBLIN AREA, IMPROVEMENTS, $2.7 MILLION IN SEWER PROJECTS, $910,000 IN WATER PROJECTS, 2.8 MILLION FOR THE EMERALD PARKWAY CROSSING OVER TWO 70. 
          AND THEN WE HAVE A REFUNDING OF THE 2018 SERIES BONDS OF $5.6 MILLION. 
          IN TERMS OF INTEREST COSTS, UH, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE INTEREST RATE WILL BE WHEN WE GO TO MARKET IN A FEW MONTHS, BUT BASED ON CONDITIONS OF A FEW WEEKS AGO, WE COULD ANTICIPATE, UH, A COMPETITIVE, UH, INTEREST RATE. 
          THIS IS A LOOK AT THE INTEREST RATES THAT WE'VE SEEN HISTORICALLY IN THAT, UH, 2.35 2021 WAS OBVIOUSLY A VERY LOW YEAR, UH, UP TO ABOUT 3.75 LAST YEAR IN TERMS OF DEBT ISSUANCES. 
          OUR POLICY OR PRACTICES THAT WE DISCUSS OUR DEBT METRICS WHEN WE DISCUSS DEBT. 
          SO THIS IS, UH, DEBT METRICS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ISSUANCE OVERALL IN TERMS OF THE GENERAL FUND BALANCE AS A PERCENTAGE OF EXPENDITURES, OUR GENERAL FUND BALANCE WAS 76.8 PER UH, PERCENT AT THE END OF LAST, LAST YEAR. 
          THAT CONTINUES TO MEET THE GUIDELINE METRIC. 
          TWO IS THE GENERAL FUND BALANCE AS A PERCENTAGE OF DEBT SERVICE REQUIREMENTS. 
          WE CONTINUE TO MEET THAT GUIDELINES WITH A 50% REQUIREMENT OF 23, UH, AMOUNT IN EXCESS OF 23.4 MILLION AND 50% OF DEBT SERVICE PAYMENTS AT 9.2 MILLION. 
          IN TERMS OF THE GENERAL FUND BALANCES A PERCENTAGE OF REVENUE, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE ARE A COUPLE OF NOS IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS. 
          THOSE HAVE GENERALLY BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH CAPITAL, UH, TRANSFERS FOR CAPITAL ASSETS OR LAND ACQUISITION. 
          SO THOSE ARE WHEN THE GENERAL FUND DECREASES. 
          WE SHOULD SEE, FRANKLY, A NO IN 2024 BASED ON A $12 MILLION EXPENDITURE FROM THAT FUND. 
          THE FUND BALANCE IN REAL TERMS, IS LIKELY TO BE AT OR SLIGHTLY BELOW WHERE IT WAS IN 2023. 
          AGAIN, THESE ARE INTENDED TO BE WELL IN ADVANCE OF ANY PROBLEMS, WHEREAS OUR DEBT POLICY IS TO SAY, YOU ACTUALLY HAVE A PROBLEM, SO WE SHOULD NOT BE SURPRISED TO SEE THESE FLIP YES OR NO. 
          THAT'S KIND OF WHAT THEY'RE INTENDED TO DO. 
          AND SPEAKING OF FLIPPING, YES OR NO, UH, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THIS, THIS MEETS THE GUIDELINE FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, BUT IT DOES CONTINUE TO INCREASE. 
          UH, THE GUIDELINES ARE THAT DEBT TO OPERATING REVENUE SHOULD STAY BELOW 10%. 
          IT INCREASES OVER THIS FIVE YEAR PERIOD TO 9.7%. 
          AGAIN, IN THE SPIRIT THAT THESE ARE GUIDING, I THINK THAT IS WORTH NOTING, BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S WORTH BEING CONCERNED ABOUT BECAUSE FIVE YEARS OF 3% GROWTH ESTIMATES DOES HAVE AN IMPACT ON IT. 
          IF WE WERE CLOSER IN 20 25, 20 26, OR SIGNIFICANTLY OVER THAT 10%, I THINK THAT 
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WOULD BE WORTH NOTING. 
          BUT HERE WE'RE JUST NOTING THAT WE MAY BE APPROACHING SOME PROJECTIONS THAT IN THE OUT YEARS START TO GROW AND WE SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THAT, WHICH IS, I THINK THE PURPOSE OF THE METRICS THEMSELVES. 
          IN TERMS OF THE TIMELINE, WE ARE AT THE SIX 17 INTRODUCTION OF THE BOND, UH, LEGISLATION. 
          WE WILL CLOSE, UH, ACCORDING TO THIS ON 8 28 WITH PRICING TO RECUR TWO WEEKS PRIOR TO THAT. 
          SO WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO CLOSE ON THE LAND ACQUISITION SOMETIME IN EARLY SEPTEMBER ONCE WE RECEIVE THESE FUNDS. 
          UM, AND THEN CAN MOVE ON TO A REPA CLOSING. 
          THAT IS IT FOR THE, THE OVERVIEW OF THE DEBT ISSUANCE ITSELF. 
          I'M HAPPY TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE METRICS OR THE OVERALL ISSUANCE BEFORE WE MOVE INTO THE INDIVIDUAL ORDINANCES. 
          GREAT, THANK YOU MATT. 
          LINDSAY, DO WE HAVE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO MAKE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS PIECE OF THE LEGISLATION? THANK YOU. 
          WE'LL MOVE ON TO COUNCIL QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION, ANDY, SO AS IF YOU DIDN'T SAY ENOUGH WITH RESPECT TO OUR COMPLIANCE AND OUR, UH, I GUESS MARGIN THERE, UM, A LOT OF US VISITED CARMEL, INDIANA, AND BY I THINK MOST MEASURES, THEY'RE THE ENVY OF THE MIDWEST. 
          THEY'RE DOING A LOT OF THINGS RIGHT. 
          THEY HAVE DOUBLED THE POPULATION AND SIX TIMES THE DEBT. 
          SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A MATH WHIZ TO KNOW THAT WE'RE, AND THAT'S SIX TIMES THE NEW, OUR NEW DEBT NUMBER WITH THIS, WHAT WE'RE DOING TONIGHT. 
          SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A MATH WHIZ TO KNOW WE'RE DOING OKAY. 
          THANKS SANDY. 
          ANY OTHER COMMENTS? ALRIGHT, THEN WE'LL SEE YOU BACK HERE FOR JULY 1ST, BUT DON'T GO ANYWHERE. 
          IT'S 
          [Ordinance 18-24]
THE MATT SHOW ORDINANCE 1824 PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF NOTES. 
          OH, ARE WE STILL ON? I'M STILL ON 17. 
          THAT WAS JUST AN OVERVIEW. 
          MY A APOLOGIES. 
          , MAKE IT CONFUSING. 
          WE'LL DO ONE SLIDE PER ORDINANCE THE WAY OUT HERE OUT THIS COURSE. 
          YEAH. 
          15.3 MILLION FOR ORDINANCE 17 DASH 24. 
          THIS IS FOR THE CARTER FARMS. PARCEL REPAYMENT WILL COME FROM THE INCOME TAX DEPOSITED IN THE GENERAL FUND. 
          AS I SAID, WE WILL AMORTIZE THIS OVER SIX YEARS WITH A 20% PRINCIPAL PAYMENT IN THE FINAL FIVE YEARS IN ORDER TO GIVE US SOME REPAYMENT FLEXIBILITY. 
          THE CURRENT FINANCING PLAN WOULD HAVE US FULLY REPAID IN FOUR YEARS WITH ADAM AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS, UH, ISSUANCE. 
          DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? ? THANK YOU COUNSEL. 
          DISCUSSION AND QUESTIONS NOW WE'RE READY NOW WE'RE READY TO MOVE ON TO 18. 
          EXCELLENT , THEN WE'LL SEE YOU BACK TO LIFE FIRST AND I WON'T JUMP THE GUN. 
          NOW WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO ORDINANCE 1824, PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF NOTES IN THE MAXIMUM PRINCIPLE AMOUNT OF 12,705,000 IN ANTICIPATION OF THE ISSUE ISSUANCE OF BONDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING THE COST OF IMPROVING THE MUNICIPAL RECREATION FACILITIES BY CONSTRUCTING, RENOVATING, AND EQUIPPING VARIOUS STRUCTURES AND ATHLETIC FIELDS AND COURTS CONSTRUCTING VARIOUS SITE IMPROVEMENTS THERE TOO, PROVIDING PARKING FACILITIES AND ACQUIRING REAL PROPERTY AND INTERESTS THERE IN, IN CONNECTION WITH THEREWITH TOGETHER, TOGETHER WITH ALL NECESSARY UNRELATED APPEARANCES THERE TOO. 
          I'LL INTRODUCE IT. 
          THANK YOU, MATT. 
          YEAH, SO THIS WILL ISSUE THE $12.7 MILLION IN SHORT TERM DEBT TO ACQUIRE THE RECREATIONAL FACILITIES THAT ARE, UH, IN SPORTS OHIO. 
          THIS DEBT WILL BE AUTHORIZED FOR A 12 MONTH PERIOD, SO WE WILL NOT TAKE ANY ACTION ON THIS DEBT AS PART OF THE 25 OPERATING BUDGET OR THE 25 CIP. 
          WE WILL DISCUSS THIS DEBT AS PART OF THE Q1 OR Q2 SUPPLEMENTAL AFTER WE HAVE THE, THE FINAL ACTUAL DATA FROM THE YEAR 24 TO DETERMINE HOW MUCH DO WE WANT TO PAY, HOW MUCH DO WE WANT TO REFINANCE. 
          WE'LL HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AS PART OF THE Q1 Q2 SUPPLEMENTAL BECAUSE WE WILL NEED TO TAKE ACTION ON THIS DEBT IN A SIMILAR TIMEFRAME AS THIS YEAR IN ORDER TO REISSUE ANY MONEY WE DECIDE NOT TO PAY OFF IN THE 12 MONTH PERIOD. 
          ALL RIGHT, GREAT. 
          UM, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS PARTICULAR LEGISLATION FOR TONIGHT? THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS? NOPE. 
          ALRIGHT, THEN WE WILL SEE YOU ON THIS ONE, UH, FOR THIS ONE ON JULY 1ST AS WELL. 
          MOVING ON TO ORDINANCE 
          [Ordinance 19-24]
1924, PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF BONDS IN THE MAXIMUM PRINCIPLE AMOUNT OF 8,250,000 FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING THE COST OF IMPROVING THE CITY'S VEHICULAR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM, INCLUDING THE BRIGHT ROAD CORRIDOR AND THE BRIGHT ROAD SAWMILL ROAD INTERCHANGE BY CONSTRUCTING, RECONSTRUCTING, EXTENDING OP OPENING, WIDENING GRADING, DRAINING, CURBING PAVING AND RESURFACING AND SITE PREPARATION, INSTALL, INSTALLING SANITARY SEWER, STORM SEWER AND WATER IMPROVEMENT SIGNAGE AND SIGNALIZATION TURN LANES, SIDEWALKS AND BIKEWAYS STREET SCAPING LANDSCAPING AND AESTHETIC 
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IMPROVEMENTS AND ACQUIRING INTERESTS IN REAL ESTATE. 
          THEREFORE, TOGETHER WITH ALL INCIDENTAL WORK AND RELATED TO APPEARANCES THERE TOO, I'LL INTRODUCE IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THAT WAS A MOUTHFUL, MATT. 
          I'M GONNA MAKE THE ORDINANCE SHORTER THAN THE TITLE . 
          THIS IS FOR 8.3 MILLION FOR THE BRIGHT ROAD CORRIDOR. 
          IT WILL BE, IT IS PART OF THE 2024 CIP. 
          IT WILL BE AMORTIZED OVER 20 YEARS. 
          THERE ARE NOT CURRENTLY TIFF REVENUES AVAILABLE TO PAY THIS DEBT, BUT AS EMERALD PARKWAY CONTINUES TO DEVELOP, I WOULD EXPECT AND HOPE THAT SOME POINT IN THE 20 YEAR LIFE CYCLE OF THIS DEBT, SOME TIFF REVENUES ARE AVAILABLE, BUT WE'RE NOT CURRENTLY PLANNING ON THAT. 
          BUT THAT WOULD BE MY HOPE AND EXPECTATION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS PARTICULAR LEGISLATION? MOVE COUNSEL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? ALRIGHT. 
          WE WILL SEE THIS BACK FOR JULY 1ST AS WELL. 
          AND MOVING ON TO ORDINANCE 
          [Ordinance 20-24]
2024, PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF BONDS, THE MAXIMUM PRINCIPLE AMOUNT OF 1,500,000 FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING THE COST OF IMPROVING THE CITY'S VEHICULAR AND PEDESTRIAN TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM WITHIN AND SERVING THE NORTHERN HISTORIC DUBLIN AREA, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO RIVERSIDE, RIVERVIEW VILLAGE, NORTH, RIVERVIEW STREET AND NORTH STREET BETWEEN CERTAIN TERMINI BY REHABILITATING, RENOVATING, REDEVELOPING, AND CONSTRUCTING PEDESTRIAN PATHWAYS, BRIDGE STAIRWAYS AND RELATED SITE PREPARATION, STREET SCAPING LANDSCAPING AND AESTHETIC IMPROVEMENTS, INSTALLING PARALLEL TRUNK SEWERS AND ACQUIRING INTEREST IN REAL ESTATE. 
          THEREFORE, TOGETHER WITH ALL INCIDENTAL WORK AND RELATED TO PANCE IS THERE TOO. 
          I'LL INTRODUCE IT. 
          THANK YOU, MATT? YES, THIS IS FOR ONE, THIS IS FOR 1.5 MILLION FOR DESIGN RELATED CHARGES FOR THE NORTHERN HISTORIC DUBLIN AREA INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS. 
          THIS, THAT IS CURRENTLY PLANNED TO BE PAID FOR FROM INCOME TAX REVENUES, BUT IN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS, I WILL BE BRINGING AN ORDINANCE FORWARD TO PLACE THE ATCH DEVELOPMENT ESSENTIALLY IN A TAX INCREMENT FINANCING DISTRICT IN THE BRIDGE STREET DISTRICT IN ORDER TO BEGIN REPAYMENT OF THESE EXPENDITURES. 
          AND AGAIN, THIS IS JUST FOR DESIGN. 
          THERE'S ANOTHER EIGHT TO $12 MILLION IN CONSTRUCTION ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PROJECT THAT WILL BE DEBT FINANCED NEXT YEAR THAT THOSE TIFF REVENUES WOULD ALSO BE UTILIZED TO PAY FOR. 
          GREAT, THANK YOU. 
          LINDSAY, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL COMMENT QUESTIONS? YEAH, I JUST HAVE ONE QUICK CLARIFYING. 
          SO IS THIS THE SAME THEN AS THE NORTH? UH, THE PROJECT WAS ORIGINALLY CALLED LIKE NORTH RIVERVIEW STREET IMPROVEMENTS. 
          THAT WAS IN THE CIP IS THIS THE, THE SAME PROJECT? I BELIEVE THAT IT IS, YES. 
          OKAY. 
          WE ARE JUST, WE'RE JUST RENAMING IT. 
          SO IT INCLUDES BLACKSMITH LANE. 
          IT IT DOES, IT INCLUDES THAT WHOLE AREA. 
          OKAY, THANKS. 
          GREAT, THANK YOU. 
          WE'LL HAVE THIS BACK IN FRONT OF US FOR JULY 1ST. 
          MOVING ON TO 
          [Ordinance 21-24]
ORDINANCE 2124, PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF BONDS. 
          BONDS IN THE MAXIMUM PRINCIPLE AMOUNT OF 2,675,000 FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING THE COST OF IMPROVING THE MUNICIPAL SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM BY EXTENDING CERTAIN SEWER LINES, REPAIRING AND LINING CERTAIN EXISTING SEWER LINES, REDUCING INFLOW AND INFILTRATION, AND INSTALLING NEW SEWER LINES. 
          NEW FORCE MEANS A LIFT STATION AND A PUMP STATION TOGETHER WITH ALL INCIDENTAL WORK AND RELATED APPURTENANCES THERE TOO. 
          I'LL INTRODUCE IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MATT. 
          ARE YOUR FEET HURTING YET? ? YES. 
          $2.7 MILLION, UH, WILL BE THIS ISSUANCE. 
          ALL OF THIS DEBT WILL BE REPAID BY THE SEWER FUND FROM, UH, SEWER CHARGE REVENUES THEMSELVES THAT WE KNOW TRANSFERS FROM ANY OTHER FUND TO COVER THESE, UH, PROJECTS. 
          THIS DEBT WILL BE AMORTIZED OVER 20 YEARS AND, UH, IS PART OF THE 2024 CIP. 
          SUPER. 
          THANK YOU, LINDSAY. 
          ANY PUBLIC COMMENT RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? MOVING RIGHT ALONG. 
          [Ordinance 22-24]
UH, ORDINANCE 2224, PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF BONDS AND THE MAXIMUM PRINCIPLE AMOUNT OF 910,000 FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING THE COST OF IMPROVING THE MUNICIPAL WATER WORK SYSTEM BY UPGRADING AND REPLACING CERTAIN EXISTING WATER LINES AND INSTALLING WATERLINE EXTENSIONS TOGETHER WITH ALL INCIDENTAL WORK AND RELATED TOS THERE TOO. 
          I'LL INTRODUCE IT. 
          THANK YOU, MATT. 
          SO THIS IS FOR $910,000 ASSOCIATED WITH, UH, THE WATERLINE REPLACEMENT PHASE SEVEN, WHICH WAS PROGRAMMED AS PART OF THE 2024 CIP. 
          IN ADDITION TO THAT, IN THE Q2 SUPPLEMENTAL, WE HAD AN ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION FOR $100,000 TO REPAIR SOME WATER LINES THAT ARE EXPERIENCING, UM, AN UNACCEPTABLE LEVEL OF BREAKS. 
          SO THIS WILL PROVIDE THE FUNDING TO FIX THOSE WATER LINES AND THOSE WATER LINES WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO THE RIVER FOREST ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT THAT WASN'T ORIGINALLY PLANNED, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, WATER BREAKS AREN'T TYPICALLY PLANNED. 
          SO WE'RE, WE'RE USING THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO DEAL WITH THAT SITUATION. 
          EXCELLENT, THANK YOU. 
          UH, LINDSAY, ANY PUBLIC COMMENT RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? THANK YOU. 
          UH, COUNCIL 
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QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? EXCELLENT. 
          MOVING ALONG. 
          [Ordinance 23-24]
ORDINANCE 2324, PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF BONDS IN THE MAXIMUM PRINCIPLE AMOUNT OF 2,800,000 FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING THE COSTS OF CONSTRUCTING A BRIDGE OVER BRIDGE CROSSING OVER I TWO 70 TOGETHER WITH ALL INCIDENTAL WORK AND RELATED APP IMPORTANCES THERE TOO. 
          INTRODUCE, THANK YOU. 
          AGAIN, THIS IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE EXECUTION OF THE 2024 CIP. 
          THIS IS FOR DESIGN OF THE TELLER ROAD TO EMERALD PARKWAY BRIDGE OVER TWO 70. 
          IT WILL BE PROGRAMMED, UH, PLANNED INITIALLY TO BE PAID FOR WITH INCOME TAX REVENUES, BUT AS INFRASTRUCTURE IN BRIDGE STREET, UM, AND FRANKLY CONNECTING EMERALD PARKWAY. 
          BOTH OF THOSE AREAS HAVE A NUMBER OF TIFFS THAT HOPEFULLY AS TIME OCCURS, THOSE REVENUES WILL BECOME AVAILABLE TO PAY THIS DEBT SERVICE. 
          ALL RIGHT, EXCELLENT. 
          THANK YOU, LINDSAY. 
          ANY PUBLIC COMMENT RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? NO. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          MOVING RIGHT ALONG. 
          [Ordinance 24-24]
ONE MORE FOR YOU, MATT. 
          UH, ORDINANCE 24 24 PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF BONDS AND THE MAXIMUM AGGREGATE PRINCIPLE AMOUNT OF 5,605,000 FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING THE COST OF REFUNDING BONDS PREVIOUSLY ISSUED BY THE CITY FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING THE COST OF VARIOUS PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          I'LL INTRODUCE IT. 
          THANKS MATT. 
          SO THIS IS A REFUNDING OF SOME BONDS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY ISSUED. 
          WE ESTIMATE THE NET PRESENT VALUE OF THE REISSUANCE OF THESE BONDS WOULD BE A HUNDRED, A SAVINGS OF $125,000 OR APPROXIMATELY 3.8%. 
          OUR DEBT POLICY ASKS US TO PURSUE SAVINGS WHEN THEY'RE IN THAT THREE TO 5% RANGE, BUT ALSO ANY SAVINGS IS SAVINGS. 
          SO IT ALLOWS US TO CONSIDER THEM EVEN IF THEY'RE UNDER THAT 3% RANGE. 
          I WILL SAY WE ISSUED A REFUNDING ORDINANCE LAST YEAR THAT WAS, I THINK AT 7% WHEN I BROUGHT IT FORWARD. 
          AND BY THE TIME WE ISSUED, WE WEREN'T ABLE TO SAVE ANY MONEY. 
          SO IF THAT HAPPENS, WE AGAIN WILL NOT TAKE ACTION ON THESE BONDS AND WE'LL MOVE FORWARD. 
          UM, IT COULD GET BETTER THAN 3.8%, BUT LAST YEAR, UNFORTUNATELY IT RENT THE WRONG WAY. 
          SO WE WILL KEEP AN EYE ON IT AND WE DON'T REALLY KNOW UNTIL WE GET TO THE MARKET ON EXACTLY HOW THIS THIS REFUNDING IS GOING TO PLAY OUT. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU, LINDSAY. 
          ANY PUBLIC COMMENT RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? THANKS. 
          COUNCIL COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? NOPE, WE'RE GOOD TO GO. 
          HAVE A SEAT. 
          THANKS MATT. 
          APPRECIATE IT. 
          AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO ORDINANCE 
          [Ordinance 25-24]
25 24 AUTHORIZING THE PROVISION OF CERTAIN INCENTIVES TO FALL BACK G-P-L-L-C TO INDUCE IT TO PURCHASE THE EXISTING OFFICE BUILDING THAT IS APPROXIMATELY 250,000 SQUARE FEET LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY FOR THE RELOCATION OF THE COMPANY'S EXISTING CENTRAL OHIO OFFICE IN THE FUTURE, EXPANSION OF THAT NEW OFFICE AND ITS ASSOCIATED OPERATIONS AND WORKFORCE WITHIN THE CITY AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. 
          I'LL INTRODUCE IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND WITH THAT WE'LL WELCOME KIRBY. 
          WELCOME. 
          GOOD EVENING VICE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING IS ORDINANCE 25 DASH 24 OUTLINING THE PROPOSED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH FALLBACK GROUP LLC CONTINGENT ON THEIR LOCATING WITHIN THE CITY OF DUBLIN. 
          FALLBACK GROUP IS A MOTION PICTURE COMPANY COMPRISED OF INDUSTRY, VETERANS AND, UH, LOCAL INVESTORS. 
          UH, THE COMPANY AIMS TO OPERATE ONE OF THE FIRST HOLLYWOOD CALIBER FACILITIES IN THE MIDWEST, OFFERING FILM AND SOUND STAGES, A STATE-OF-THE-ART LED VOLUME WALL AND PRODUCTION AMENITIES TO NAME BRAND STUDIO COMPANIES LOOKING TO RECORD FEATURE FILMS, TV SERIES AND COMMERCIALS. 
          ADDITIONALLY, FALLBACK GROUP WILL WORK AS A PRODUCTION COMPANY ON ITS OWN, UTILIZING THIS SPACE TO CREATE AND PUBLISH ITS OWN CONTENT ON A GLOBAL SCALE. 
          UH, THE COMPANY'S OPERATIONS SERVE TO HEIGHTEN THE OHIO'S STATUS IN THE INTERNATIONAL MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY, BRINGING A HOST OF PARTNERED COMPANIES TO THE REGION THAT ARE IN SEARCH OF AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEVERAGE THE PLANNED CUTTING EDGE AMENITIES TYPICALLY NOT AVAILABLE IN THE MIDWEST. 
          UH, FALLBACK GROUP IS LOOKING TO PURCHASE A BUILDING APPROXIMATELY 250,000 SQUARE FEET ALONG THE NORTHERN OUTER BELT, UH, OF CENTRAL OHIO. 
          AND THE COMPANY FORESEES INVESTING OVER $20 MILLION IN IMPROVEMENTS TO MODERNIZE AN EXISTING BUILDING TO MEET THE, UH, STANDARDS OF THE INDUSTRY. 
          UH, THE COMPANY PLANS TO HIRE 21 FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES IN YEAR ONE AND WILL EMPLOY AT LEAST 49 FULL-TIME STAFF MEMBERS BY 2031. 
          UH, THOSE ARE FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES. 
          THERE WILL ALSO BE CONTRACTUAL, UH, THAT COME IN AND OUT BASED OFF OF WHAT PRODUCTION IS CURRENTLY BEING FILMED. 
          UH, THE PROJECT IS ANTICIPATED TO BRING APPROXIMATELY 621,000, UH, DOLLARS IN NET WITHHOLDINGS OVER THE TERM OF THE PROPOSED AGREEMENT, ALONGSIDE SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT IN BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS THAT DIRECTLY ALIGN WITH CITY COUNCIL'S GOAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY AND DIGITAL, UH, CONNECTIVITY. 
          UH, THE PACKAGE PROPOSED THIS EVENING TOTALS $240,000 CONSISTING OF A SEVEN YEAR 18% INCENTIVE ON WITHHOLDING, TOTALING UP TO $120,000, 
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A $60,000 SOLAR INSTALLATION GRANT TO SUPPORT THE GROUP'S PROPOSED FA UH, PACE FINANCING PROJECT AND UP TO $60,000 TOWARDS A DUBLIN FIBER LATERAL GRANT. 
          STAFF RECOMMENDS, COUNCIL APPROVES THIS ORDINANCE ON JULY 1ST, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IN THE MEANTIME. 
          GREAT, THANK YOU KARI. 
          LINDSEY, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT RELATIVE TO THIS ORDINANCE? COUNCIL? GOOD. 
          OH, JANE, I I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE COMPANY. 
          I THINK IT SOUNDS FASCINATING. 
          UM, YEAH, I DID. 
          DO WE HAVE SOME OF THE FOLKS HERE? ABSOLUTELY. 
          SO THOSE FOLKS WILL BE WITH US AT THE JULY 1ST READING. 
          THEY'RE SO EXCITED TO, UH, UNVEIL THEIR PROJECT BOTH TO YOU AND TO CENTRAL OHIO AND TO THE NATION. 
          UM, I KNOW WHAT I CAN SHARE IS THAT THEY HAVE WORKED ON A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT MOVIES PRIOR, UH, AND THEY HAVE NOTICED, AND THEY'LL TELL YOU ALL ABOUT THIS, THE NEXT, UM, COUNCIL MEETING THAT THERE ARE NOT THESE OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN OHIO. 
          THERE ARE PLENTY OF OTHER STATES THAT HAVE LOWER GDP THAN OUR STATE DOES THAT HAVE LARGER, UH, MOVIE INDUSTRIES THERE AND WHICH ARE CREATING TAX REVENUES TYPICALLY NOT FOUND WITHIN THE MIDWEST. 
          SO THEY'RE LOOKING NOT ONLY, UM, TO, TO LEVERAGE DUBLIN RESOURCES, BUT CENTRAL OHIO'S RESOURCES TO CREATE AN INDUSTRY CLUSTER HERE AND REALLY, UM, PUT OHIO ON THE MAP FOR THIS INDUSTRY. 
          FASCINATING. 
          I SAW THAT THEY WERE FOUNDED IN 2023, SO IT'D BE REALLY INTERESTING TO HEAR, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEIR VISION IS AND, AND HOW THEY GOT STARTED AND, AND WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING TO ACCOMPLISH. 
          SO THAT'S GREAT. 
          WONDERFUL. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          GREAT. 
          WELL, THANK YOU. 
          WERE SUPER EXCITED TO HEAR FROM THEM ON JULY 1ST. 
          UM, APPRECIATE IT. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          ORDINANCE 
          [Ordinance 26-24]
26 24 AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AND ACCEPT NECESSARY CONVEYANCE DOCUMENTS AND CONTRACTS TO ACQUIRE A 0.034 ACRE FEE. 
          SIMPLE WARRANTY DEED FOR RIGHT OF WAY WITHOUT LIMITATION TO EXISTING ACCESS RIGHTS FROM GERALD SPIRO FROM THE PROPERTY, LOCATED AT 6 4 7 7 SAWMILL ROAD FOR THE PUBLIC PURPOSE OF CONSTRUCTING ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS AND SIDEWALK, WHICH WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC WITHOUT CHARGE. 
          I'LL INTRODUCE THANK YOU AND WELCOME BRIAN. 
          GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. 
          THE MOBILITY INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM WILL CONSTRUCT APPROXIMATELY 120 FEET OF FIVE FOOT WIDE CONCRETE SIDEWALK ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF SAWMILL ROAD, LOCATED IN FRONT OF 6 4 7 7 SAWMILL ROAD. 
          AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN IN, IN FRONT OF YOU PRESENTLY, THE PROJECT IS PLANNED TO BE BID AND WEATHER PERMITTING BE CONSTRUCTED IN 2024. 
          FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION THIS EVENING IS THE FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE TO ACQUIRE A PORTION OF RIGHT OF WAY NECESSARY FOR THIS PROJECT FROM THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 6 4 7 7 SAWMILL ROAD OWNED, UH, OWNED BY GERALD SPARROW. 
          THE CITY HAS PARTICIPATED IN GOOD FAITH DISCUSSIONS WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER AND HAVE ARRIVED AT MUTUALLY AGREEABLE TERMS AT THE APPRAISED VALUE. 
          THE ADOPTION OF THIS ORDINANCE AUTHORIZES THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY CONVEYANCE AND CONTRACT DOCUMENTS TO FORMALLY ACCEPT THE NECESSARY PROPERTY INTERESTS. 
          DETAILED IN THE STAFF REPORT, THERE'S A PICTURE OF, UH, THE PLAN IMPROVEMENTS STAFF RECOMMENDS ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE 26 DASH 24 AT THE SECOND READING AND PUBLIC HEARING ON JULY 1ST, 2024. 
          I'D BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS COUNCIL MAY HAVE REGARDING THIS ORDINANCE. 
          GREAT, THANK YOU BRIAN. 
          LINDSAY, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS, AMY? YEAH, I HAVE A QUESTION OR MORE OF A COMMENT, I GUESS. 
          UM, THE PRICE SEEMS REALLY HIGH, AND I KNOW THIS WAS THE APPRAISED PRICE AND THEY AGREED TO IT, BUT OUR NEXT ORDINANCE, WE HAVE A PRICE OF 36,000. 
          WE'RE GIVING TO OSU FOR TWICE AS MUCH ACREAGE, AND IT JUST SEEMS REALLY RIDICULOUS TO SPEND  OVER $46,000 FOR ABOUT 80 FEET OF SIDEWALK. 
          UM, PLUS. 
          AND THAT DOESN'T EVEN INCLUDE CONSTRUCTING IT, LIKE CONSTRUCTING IT YET. 
          IT JUST SEEMS REALLY HIGH TO ME. 
          AND I'M WONDERING WHY THIS IS SO MUCH HIGHER THAN THE APPRAISALS FOR THE NEXT. 
          I THINK A LARGE PART OF IT HAS TO DO WITH THE THOROUGHFARE, UH, THAT THIS ONE IS LOCATED WITH ON, I MEAN, HALF THE HALF THE STUFF WE'RE BUYING IS A DRIVE AISLE THAT WE'RE DOING NOTHING TO. 
          I MEAN, IT JUST, IT JUST SEEMS REALLY HIGH TO ME. 
          I I JUST, IT'S HARD TO SUPPORT. 
          I MEAN, THIS IS GONNA BE WHAT, HOW MUCH DO YOU, HOW MUCH IS CONSTRUCTION OF THE SIDEWALK PROBABLY GONNA BE ONCE WE, THE ACTUAL BUILDING OF IT? DO YOU HAVE ANY GENERAL IDEA? UH, I DO, I DON'T HAVE IT WITH ME AT AT THIS TIME, BUT I, I WANNA SAY WE'RE AROUND A HUNDRED, SO WE'RE TALKING $150,000 FOR 30 FEET OF SIDEWALK . 
          TO ME THAT JUST SEEMS OUTRAGEOUS. 
          LIKE I JUST, IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE A GOOD USE OF MONEY. 
          I DON'T KNOW. 
          IT'S SAWMILL ROAD, YOU KNOW, IT'S 
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PRIME RETAIL REAL ESTATE. 
          SO IT'S JUST THE COST OF DOING BUSINESS AND I, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT IT AS 40 FEET OBVIOUSLY GIVES ME HEARTBURN, BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT IN THE BROADER SCOPE OF A NETWORK OF, UM, SIDEWALKS THAT CONNECT SAWMILL ROAD TO BRIDGE PARK, YOU KNOW, TO EVERYTHING, UM, I CAN GET BEHIND IT. 
          KATHY. 
          UM, SO I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION AND THEN A COMMENT. 
          SO WHY WASN'T IT COMPLETED PREVIOUS TO THIS? WHAT WAS THE, WHY ARE WE DOING IT NOW VERSUS, I MEAN, WHY DID IT END WHERE IT ENDED?  THE OTHER PARCELS, UH, HAD REDEVELOPED, UM, IN THE, UH, RECENT PAST. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, SO THE NORTHERN PARCELS PIATA, UM, THAT REDEVELOPED, UH, I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE ON THE TIMEFRAME. 
          UM, AND THEN THE SOUTHERN PARCEL ALSO REDEVELOPED AROUND THE SAME TIME THAT, UH, COLUMBUS ACTUALLY DID SOME IMPROVEMENTS ALONG 1 61, THIS AREA. 
          UM, AND THAT'S WHERE THAT SIDEWALK CAME TO BE. 
          IT'S ALSO PART OF THE REASON THIS PROPERTY, UH, ABUTS MUCH FURTHER, UM, IN TOWARDS THE ROADWAY, UH, THAN THE ADJACENT PARCELS. 
          UM, ON THE OTHER SIDE, THERE IS NO SIDEWALK ON THE COLUMBUS SIDE OF SAWMILL, IS THAT CORRECT? UP AND DOWN HERE, I BELIEVE YOU'RE CORRECT. 
          YEAH, THAT'S CORRECT. 
          THERE'S NO SIDEWALK ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET. 
          YEAH, SO, SO IT'S KIND OF INTERESTING THAT WE'RE FUNDING THE MOBILITY ON THIS SIDE OF THE ROAD, NOT THAT SIDE OF THE ROAD. 
          I JUST, JUST TO COMMENT 'CAUSE AND, UM, I KNOW WE'VE TALKED A FAIR BIT ABOUT BUS STOPS AND ET CETERA, SO FORTH. 
          WHERE ARE THEY ALONG THIS CORRIDOR, BRIAN? UH, THERE'S SEVERAL. 
          UM, THERE'S SOME TO THE SOUTH AND SOME TO THE NORTH. 
          UM, IF YOU WALK THIS, THIS PARCEL, YOU ACTUALLY FIND THERE'S A, UH, UM, A, UH, A A TRACK THROUGH THE GRASS AREA THAT PEOPLE HAVE WALKED. 
          AND, UM, THE GRASS JUST CAN'T GROW BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE WALK THROUGH THIS AREA. 
          UM, IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THE DUBLIN FOOD PANTRY IS ALSO JUST TO THE NORTH OF THIS PROPERTY, WELL, NOT JUST TO THE NORTH, BUT IN THE AREA AS WELL. 
          SO, UM, THIS WILL BE A REALLY VITAL CONNECTION TO THE AREA ITSELF, AND IT'S A AREA PATH THAT I'M CONFIDENT WILL BE UTILIZED. 
          YEAH, I I THINK THAT'S THE REASON. 
          UH, UH, I KNOW WE'VE HAD QUITE A BIT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT BUS SHELTERS AND CONNECTIVITY AND SO I, I THINK IT IS A VERY HIGH PRICE FOR A VERY SMALL, BUT I JUST THINK THE LOCATION OF IT AND THE PROXIMITY TO THE REST OF TRANSPORTATION, I GUESS IT'S A RESPONSIBILITY TO TO, TO FINISH THAT WORK. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          THANKS. 
          AND TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, KATHY, THERE IS A, SO THE PIATA RESTAURANT IS IMMEDIATELY TO THE NORTH AND THEN THE, UM, NORTH IT AS THE CHASE BANK THAT WENT IN RECENTLY, AND THERE'S A BUS STOP IN FRONT OF CHASE. 
          IT'S CHASE. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          SO THERE'S, THERE'S A MOBILITY CONNECTION. 
          YEAH. 
          SO PEOPLE WILL WALK THIS PATH. 
          YEAH. 
          YEAH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, BRIAN, I KNOW THAT THERE ARE SO MANY ACQUISITIONS. 
          I, YOU KNOW, I I'M ALWAYS AMAZED AT HOW MUCH LAND IS WORTH  AND WHAT THESE PRICES COME BACK WHEN THEY'RE APPRAISED. 
          UM, I AGREE. 
          I THINK, UM, ONE OF OUR COUNCIL OBJECTIVES IS CONNECTIVITY. 
          SO ESPECIALLY HERE ON SAW MILL ROAD, YOU SEE PEOPLE SITTING IN THE GRASS WAITING FOR A BUS, THAT SORT OF THING. 
          IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST NOT RIGHT. 
          UM, BUT MY COMMENT HERE IS ABOUT DONATING, UH, LAND. 
          AND, UM, I KNOW THAT IT'S MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, WHEN THE APPRAISER COMES, BUT I WONDER IF THERE ISN'T A WAY THAT STAFF COULD LOOK AT, UM, SOME PROCESS THAT I KNOW IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT WHEN PEOPLE SAID THEY WEREN'T DONATED. 
          I INQUIRED WITH SOME, SOME SAID, YEAH, I THINK IT WAS MENTIONED. 
          I'M NOT SURE IF IT WAS MENTIONED. 
          SOME SAID IT WAS MENTIONED, SOME SAID IT WASN'T. 
          AND WITH THE AMOUNT OF ACQUISITIONS WE HAVE, I WONDER, ESPECIALLY ON THINGS LIKE THIS, WE ARE ACTUALLY IMPROVING HIS ACCESS TO HIS COMMERCIAL PROPERTY. 
          AND I'M WONDERING IF THERE'S A WAY THAT WE CAN BE VERY SPECIFIC ABOUT THE ADVANTAGES OF DONATING PROPERTY, ESPECIALLY AT A COST LIKE THIS, CONCERNING THEIR TAX BENEFIT AND FINDING A WAY TO BE MORE CONVINCING ABOUT DONATING LAND. 
          NOW IT MAY OR MAY NOT WORK, BUT, UH, MAYBE BE MORE INTENTIONAL ABOUT SHOWING THEM THE ADVANTAGES THAT ONE MIGHT HAVE AND, AND THE CONSIDERATION OF IT. 
          JUST SAY, HERE ARE OUR TWO OPTIONS. 
          HERE'S WHAT YOU CAN DO. 
          YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T GIVE, I KNOW PROBABLY ACCOUNTING ADVICE, BUT, UM, HAVE THEM UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS A TAX WRITE OFF, SO IT MIGHT COME THAT WE'LL GET, YOU KNOW, MAYBE MORE THAN WE GET RIGHT NOW. 
          MM-HMM, . 
          YEAH. 
          AND THAT'S HOW WE STARTED THIS, UH, ACQUISITION WAS, WAS ASKING FOR A DONATION. 
          I DID MEET WITH THE, UH, AN OWNER'S REPRESENTATIVE PRIOR TO ENGAGING, UH, THE APPRAISAL AND NEGOTIATION, UM, YOU KNOW, TALKING ABOUT THE TAXABLE VALUATION, SOME OTHER ITEMS. UM, AND, AND THEY WANTED TO AT LEAST SEE THE APPRAISAL BUT I THINK ONCE THEY, UH, 
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RECEIVED THE APPRAISED VALUE IN GOOD FAITH OFFER. 
          YEAH. 
          SO THANKS. 
          I'D JUST LIKE TO ADD THAT EMINENT DO DOMAIN LAWS DO PLACE SOME RESTRICTIONS ON US IN THAT REGARD. 
          SO WE TYPICALLY WILL CHECK IN WITH LEGAL FOR THEIR ADVICE AS FAR AS HOW WE CAN PROCEED WITH, UM, THOSE CONVERSATIONS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? NO. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          WELL THEN WE'LL SEE BACK HERE ON JULY 1ST. 
          THANK YOU, BRIAN. 
          APPRECIATE YOU. 
          MOVING ON. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO WAIVE COUNSEL RULES OF ORDER AND READ ORDINANCES 27 24 AND 28 24 TOGETHER. 
          CAN I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. 
          MS. CRAM? YES. 
          MS. FOX? YES. 
          MR. REINER? YES. 
          MR. ROSA? YES. 
          MR. KEELER? YES. 
          AND VICE MAYOR LUDO? YES. 
          ORDINANCE 27 24 
          [Ordinances 27-24 & 28-24]
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AND ACCEPT NECESSARY CONVEYANCE DOCUMENTS AND CONTRACTS TO ACQUIRE A 0.049 ACRE FEE. 
          SIMPLE WARRANTY DEED FOR RIGHT OF WAY WITHOUT LIMITATION TO EXISTING ACCESS RIGHTS AND A 0.040 ACRE TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION AND GRADING EASEMENT FROM OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY PHYSICIANS INC. 
          FROM THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 3,900 STONE RIDGE LANE FOR THE PUBLIC PURPOSE OF CONSTRUCTING ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS AND A SHARED USE PATH, WHICH WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC WITHOUT CHARGE. 
          AN ORDINANCE 28 20 FOURS REGARDING A 0.077 ACRE FEE. 
          SIMPLE WARRANTY DEED FOR RIGHT OF WAY WITHOUT LIMITATION TO EXISTING ACCESS RIGHTS AND A 0.066 AC ACRE TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION AND GRADING EASEMENT FROM GFS MERGER. 
          THREE LLC FROM THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 39 0 7 WEST DUBLIN GRANDVILLE ROAD. 
          I'LL INTRODUCE IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND BRIAN, WE HAVE YOU AGAIN. 
          THANK YOU AND GOOD EVENING AGAIN. 
          MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, THE DUBLIN CENTER DRIVE SHARED USE PATH PROJECT WILL CONSTRUCT APPROXIMATELY 608 15 FEET OF SHARED USE PATH ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF DUBLIN CENTER DRIVE FROM THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF STONE RIDGE LANE TO DUBLIN GRANVILLE ROAD. 
          PRESENTLY, THE PROJECT IS PLANNED TO BE BID AND WEATHER PERMITTING BE CONSTRUCTED IN 2024. 
          FOR CONSIDERATION THIS EVENING IS THE FIRST READING OF AN ORD OF ORDINANCES TO ACQUIRE A PORTION OF RIGHT OF WAY AND TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENTS NECESSARY FOR THIS PROJECT. 
          FROM THE PROPERTIES LOCATED AT 3,900 STONE RIDGE LANE AND 39 0 7 WEST DUBLIN GRANDVILLE ROAD, OWNED BY THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY PHYSICIANS INC. 
          AND GFS MERGER, THREE LLC RESPECTIVELY. 
          THE CITY HAS PARTICIPATED IN GOOD FAITH DISCUSSIONS WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS AND ARRIVED AT MUTUALLY AGREEABLE TERMS. THE ADOPTION OF THIS ORDINANCE AUTHORIZES THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY CONVEYANCE AND CONTRACT DOCUMENTS TO FORMALLY ACCEPT THE NECESSARY PROPERTY INTERESTS. 
          DETAILED IN THE STAFF REPORT STAFF RECOMMENDS ADOPTION OF ORDINANCES 27 DASH 24 AND 28 DASH 24 AT THE SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING ON JULY 1ST, 2024. 
          I'D BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS COUNSEL MIGHT HAVE REGARDING THIS ORDINANCE. 
          THANK YOU, BRIAN. 
          LINDSAY, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? THANK YOU. 
          UH, COUNCIL QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS? ALRIGHT, THEN WE WILL SEE YOU BACK JULY 1ST. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND WE ARE GONNA MOVE ON TO INTRODUCTION AND 
          [Resolution 31-24]
PUBLIC HEARING FOR RESOLUTIONS RESOLUTION 31 24, ADOPTING THE CITY OF DUBLIN'S SCHOOLS FOR 2024. 
          2025. 
          I'LL INTRODUCE IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND OUR STAFF REPORT IS MEGAN. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          MEMBERS OF COUNCIL RESOLUTION 31 DASH 24 IS FOR THE ADOPTION OF CITY COUNCIL'S VISIONARY GOALS FOR 2024 TO 2025. 
          THESE GOAL STATEMENTS WERE INITIALLY DISCUSSED BY COUNCIL DURING COUNCIL'S ANNUAL RETREAT, WHICH WAS HELD IN APRIL, AND THEN IT WAS SUBSEQUENTLY REVIEWED BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE ON JUNE 4TH. 
          FEEDBACK FROM THOSE CONVERSATIONS WAS GATHERED AT THOSE TIMES AND CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE PROPOSED GOAL STATEMENTS CAPTURING ALL THOSE COMMENTS, THE COMMITTEE CONSENSUS WAS FOR STAFF TO BRING FORWARD THE GOAL, THE AGREED UPON GOALS FOR ADOPTION. 
          GOAL ONE IS TO BECOME THE MOST CONNECTED COMMUNITY IN THE US. 
          GOAL TWO IS TO REALIZE THE METRO CENTER REVITALIZATION VISION. 
          GOAL THREE IS TO IMPLEMENT THE PARKS AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN. 
          AND GOAL FOUR IS TO DEVELOP DUBLIN'S DESTINATION OF CHOICE NEXT GENERATION COMMUNITY EVENTS, VISION STAFF GREATLY APPRECIATES ALL THE TIME AND EFFORT THAT COUNCIL PUT INTO THIS IMPORTANT WORK TO ESTABLISH THESE GOALS AS IT IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE ARE ALL IN ALIGNMENT ON GOALS AND EXPECTATIONS FOR MOVING FORWARD. 
          AND WE VERY MUCH LOOK FORWARD TO PROCEEDING IN FURTHERANCE OF ACHIEVING THESE GOALS. 
          AND WITH THAT STAFF RECOMMENDS ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION 31 DASH 24, ADOPTING THE 20 24 20 25 CITY COUNCIL GOALS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU MEGAN. 
          LINDSAY, ANY COMMENTS? HOPE FROM THE PUBLIC. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          COUNCIL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, DISCUSSION. 
          GO AHEAD, PLEASE. 
          UM, MAKE A QUICK COMMENT 
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THAT, UM, AT THE, UM, ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE MEETING, THE ONLY CHANGES THAT WERE MADE TO THESE, FRANKLY FROM WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT AT THE RETREAT, WERE TO ACTUALLY TO ALIGN SOME OF THE WORDING WITH THE COMMUNITY PLANS. 
          SO THE WORDS OF PARTICULARLY AROUND MIXED USE AND JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ALIGNED SOME OF THE LANGUAGES, WE'VE ADVANCED SOME OF THESE OVER THE, OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS. 
          SO, UM, THERE REALLY WEREN'T ANY OTHER CHANGES, MADE IT TO THE GROUP, BUT I THINK THEY WERE, THE SMALL REFINEMENTS WERE HELPFUL. 
          SO JUST MAKE THAT COMMENT. 
          SUPER. 
          THANK YOU, KATHY. 
          APPRECIATE IT. 
          MM-HMM. 
          . 
          APPRECIATE IT. 
          UH, AND JENNY. 
          MS. FOX? YES. 
          MS. CRAM? YES. 
          VICE MAYOR AR LUDO? YES. 
          MR. REINER? YES. 
          MR. ROSA? YES. 
          MR. KEELER? YES. 
          EXCELLENT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH EVERYONE. 
          RESOLUTION 32 24 
          [Resolution 32-24]
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO CONTRACT MODIFICATIONS WITH DUBLINK DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LLC RELATED TO THE MULTI DUCK UNDERGROUND CONDUIT AND RELATED FACILITIES, COMMONLY KNOWN AS DUBLINK. 
          I'LL INTRODUCE IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND STAFF REPORT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          HIT THE BUTTON FOR US. 
          YEAH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          PERFECT. 
          HAVEN'T BEEN HERE IN A WHILE, . 
          WELL, WELCOME BACK. 
          I'M GREG DUNN, TELECOMMUNICATIONS COUNCIL FOR, UH, FOR THE CITY. 
          AND, UH, A VERY IMPRESSIVE MEETING WITH A LOT GOING ON. 
          THIS WILL BE A LITTLE LESS, UH, A LITTLE LESS INTENSE AND ALL, ALL THE THINGS YOU'VE PREVIOUSLY DONE. 
          UH, THIS IS A RESOLUTION TO, UH, ALLOW MODIFICATIONS TO THE EXISTING DUBLINK, UH, CONTRACT. 
          UH, AND, UH, WITH OFFICIAL CORPORATION. 
          IT IS, UH, UH, KNOWN AS DUBLINK DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, WHICH IS A SUBSIDIARY OFFICIAL. 
          UH, WE ORIGINALLY HAD AN AGREEMENT, UH, WHICH IS BACK IN 1998, UH, TO BUILD THE CONDUIT SYSTEM THAT IS DUBLIN. 
          UH, FISH OWNS IT. 
          UH, WE HAVE ONE CONDUIT DUCT THAT WE CONTROL AND WE STUFFED IT WITH, UH, NUMEROUS FIBERS. 
          IT STARTED WITH 96. 
          THERE'S ABOUT 2 88, AND I THINK THERE'S 4 36 AND SOME OF IT, UH, WE AMENDED THE AGREEMENT IN 21. 
          UH, WE PUT A NEW RATE STRUCTURE IN PLACE. 
          UH, WE EXTENDED THE SYSTEM TO DUBLIN CITY SCHOOLS AND WE, UH, CONTEMPLATED AND HAD DISCUSSIONS ABOUT, AND IN FACT INTENDED THAT THERE WOULD BE, UH, AN EXPANSION OF THAT NETWORK, UH, UH, OVER TIME. 
          SO THE BACKGROUND IS THAT, OF COURSE, LIN'S GROWN AND WE'VE HAD GREATER NEEDS, SO WE NEED TO EXPAND THE NETWORK. 
          UH, BUT CURRENT USERS WERE CONCERNED WITH THE PRICING AND THEY WERE CONCERNED WITH, UH, 'CAUSE THEY HAD RENEWALS COMING UP. 
          AND THEY, THEY WERE ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT, UH, THE TIMING. 
          THAT IS, THEY NEEDED TO HAVE LONG-TERM LEASES BECAUSE THEY CAN USE THE FIBER FOR A LONG TIME. 
          UH, WE ALSO HAD A SITUATION WHERE, OF COURSE, WITH COUNCIL, UH, WAS  WAS HEAVILY INVOLVED IN, WAS THE ALTA FIBER LEASE, UH, WHICH IS A LARGE USE OF THE CONDUIT SYSTEM, BASICALLY USING ALMOST ALL OF IT. 
          AND THEN, UH, THERE WERE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT, UH, AT LEAST AMONG STAFF THAT WE NEEDED BETTER REPORTING, NEEDED MORE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON TO HELP HELP THE CITY WITH ITS, UH, ITS PLANNING EFFORTS AND UNDERSTANDING WITH HOW THE NETWORK'S BEING UTILIZED. 
          SO WHAT WE CAME UP WITH WAS, UH, THAT WE WOULD, REGARDING EXTENSION, WE WOULD, THERE'D BE A REQUIREMENT TO COMPLETE CONSTRUCTION OF ALL THE OVERBUILD ROUTES. 
          UH, WE REDUCED THE PRICING IN SIX OF THE PHASES. 
          YOU'LL SEE ON A MAP LATER THAT THERE'S EIGHT DIFFERENT PRICING, UH, UH, PHASES. 
          TWO OF 'EM WERE, WERE NOT CHANGED BECAUSE THEY WERE NEVER INCREASED. 
          UH, WE'VE ALSO OBTAINED, UH, MORE, UH, MORE REPORTING, UH, WHICH, WHICH IS LISTED THERE. 
          THIS WILL HELP THE CITY, AGAIN IN ITS PLANNING. 
          AND WE EXTENDED THE FRANCHISE FOR 10 YEARS, WHICH WAS IMPORTANT TO POTENTIAL LESS EASE THAT THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO USE IT, YOU KNOW, WELL INTO THE FUTURE. 
          THIS IS A, UH, UH, UH, A MAP OF THE DIFFERENT PHASES, UH, AND THE PHASES. 
          YOU KNOW, DUBLIN'S A FAIRLY LARGE AND HAS, UH, SOME DIFFICULT AREAS AS YOU'RE ALL WELL AWARE. 
          UH, SO THERE'S, THERE'S DIFFERENT PRICING. 
          AND THIS IS A, A COMPENDIUM OF THE RATES, UH, THAT, UH, WE, WE CHANGE. 
          AS YOU CAN SEE, SOME OF 'EM HAVE BEEN SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED. 
          SO WE RECOMMEND A PASSAGE OF, UH, OF THE RESOLUTION. 
          AND THIS SHOULD, UH, UH, PUT, UH, DOUBLE LINK IN A GOOD POSITION GOING FORWARD. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU, GREG. 
          REALLY APPRECIATE IT. 
          UH, LINDSEY, IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? THANK YOU, COUNSEL. 
          COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS? WOW, YOU GOT A SOFTBALL TONIGHT? YEAH. 
          AN EASY ONE. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          YEAH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          JENNY, WE 
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PLEASE CALL THE ROLE. 
          MR. REINER? YES. 
          MS. CRAM? YES. 
          MR. KEELER? YES. 
          MR. ROSA? YES. 
          MS. FOX? YES. 
          VICE MAYOR LUDA? YES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO OTHER 
          [OTHER BUSINESS]
BUSINESS. 
          WE ARE ACTUALLY GONNA REVERSE THE ORDER OF THESE. 
          UM, SO WE'LL START WITH THE COMMUNITY EVENTS ROADMAP CONSULTING SERVICES, AND OUR STAFF REPORT IS EMILY. 
          WELCOME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND GOOD EVENING. 
          MEMBERS OF COUNCIL IN FURTHERANCE OF COUNCIL'S GOAL TO DEVELOP DUBLIN'S DESTINATION OF CHOICE NEXT GENERATION COMMUNITY EVENTS, VISION STAFF HAS ISSUED AN RFP FOR CONSULTING SERVICES TO DEVELOP A COMMUNITY EVENTS ROADMAP. 
          THE RFP WAS PROVIDED IN YOUR PACKET FOR REFERENCE. 
          UM, BUT JUST TO QUICKLY OVERVIEW, THE SCOPE OF WORK INCLUDES A CURRENT EVENT, OPERATIONS REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATIONS, EVENT MANAGEMENT MODEL, INVENTORY AND REVIEW, EVENT MANAGEMENT MODEL, BEST PRACTICES, ANNUAL LINKS, ANNUAL SCHEDULING, TEMPO, EXCUSE ME, FOR EVENTS AT CITY OWNED PARKS AND FACILITIES PERMITTING PROCESS REVIEW BEST PRACTICES FOR ATTRACTING NEW EVENTS TO DUBLIN AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR POTENTIAL FUTURE EVENTS. 
          SO IT'S PRETTY COMPREHENSIVE. 
          THE CITY ISSUED THE RFP ON MARCH 1ST FOR THIS PROJECT. 
          WITH RESPONSES DUE ON MARCH 22ND, WE RECEIVED FOUR PROPOSALS FOR THIS PROJECT. 
          A COMMITTEE COMPRISED OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM CITY COUNCIL, COMMUNITY EVENTS, PARKS AND RECREATION FINANCE, THE OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING VISIT DUBLIN, OHIO, AND THE DOWNTOWN DUBLIN STRATEGIC ALLIANCE. 
          REVIEWED THE RESPONSES. 
          TWO FIRMS WERE INVITED TO INTERVIEW, UM, IN PERSON WITH THIS COMMITTEE ON MAY 30TH. 
          AND AFTER INTERVIEWING THE TWO FIRMS, THE COMMITTEE DETERMINED THAT YARD AND CO WAS THE MOST QUALIFIED TO TAKE ON THIS PROJECT. 
          YARD HAS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF EXPERIENCE IN AN ARRAY OF PROJECTS RANGING FROM COMMUNITY PLANS TO ACTIVATION PLANS FOR A SPECIFIC SPACE. 
          THE TULSA GLOBAL DISTRICT PROJECT INVOLVED THREE PARTS THAT WERE APPLICABLE, COMING UP WITH A VISION AND CREATING THE ACT ACTIVATION PLAN FOR A PUBLIC SPACE IN A PREVIOUSLY UNDERUSED PARKING LOT, RESEARCHING AND PROVIDING RECOMMENDATIONS RELATED TO AN OPERATING MODEL FOR THE NEW PUBLIC SPACE, AND CREATING A 12 MONTH WORK PLAN, INCLUDING STAFFING RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          THEY'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON A STRATEGIC PLAN FOR DOWNTOWN OKLAHOMA CITY TO LEVERAGE EXISTING NEARBY EVENTS AND BUILD ON THE AREA STRENGTHS TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER IN THEIR DOWNTOWN. 
          IT INCLUDES RECOMMENDATIONS FOR INTEGRATING EVENTS IN ACTIVA ACTIVATIONS ORGANIZED BY PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ENTITIES. 
          FINALLY, THE VISIT INDIE NEIGHBORHOOD EVENT TOOLKIT IS IN THE FINAL STAGES AND WILL PROVIDE NEIGHBORHOODS AROUND INDIANAPOLIS WITH A GUIDEBOOK TO SHOWCASE THEIR COMMUNITIES. 
          SO THIS PROJECT IS BROKEN UP. 
          IT'S PROPOSED TO BE BROKEN UP INTO THREE PHASES. 
          THE EXPLORE PHASE INCLUDES THE FORMATION OF A STEERING COMMITTEE, AUDITING OF THE CURRENT EVENT OPERATIONS AND PERMITTING PROCESS, RESEARCHING COMMUNITY CONTEXT AND EVENT MANAGEMENT BEST PRACTICES, AND DELIVERING A SUMMARY OF UNDERSTANDING TO THE CITY. 
          THEY'LL BEGIN TO FORMULATE ACTIONABLE RECOMMENDATIONS AND COMPARE MODELS FOR EVENT MANAGEMENT DURING THE TEST PHASE. 
          AND THEN IN THE FINAL BUILD PHASE, THEY WILL DELIVER A FINAL REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL THAT COMPILES RECOMMENDATIONS AND FEEDBACK FROM THAT DRAFT REPORT. 
          UH, FROM THE TEST PHASE, THE PROCESS WILL INCLUDE STAKEHOLDER AND FOCUS GROUP ENGAGEMENT TO MEET THE COMMUNITY'S EXPECTATIONS FOR COMMUNITY EVENTS. 
          THE YARD TEAM WILL BE VISITING DUBLIN TO SEE FIRSTHAND ONE OF OUR LARGEST EVENTS, OUR LARGEST EVENT, THE DUBLIN IRISH FESTIVAL, AND CONDUCT, UH, AN ENGAGEMENT STATION AT THE DUBLIN MARKET WHILE THEY'RE HERE. 
          SO IN TOTAL, THIS PROJECT IS ESTIMATED TO TAKE ABOUT SIX MONTHS, UM, AND WRAP UP IN LATE NOVEMBER OR EARLY DECEMBER. 
          SOME FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMITTEE INCLUDED THAT YARD WAS CLEARLY VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT WORKING ON PROJECTS, ESPECIALLY PROJECTS RELATED TO EVENTS. 
          THEY HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH VERY SIMILAR PROJECTS IN OTHER CITIES, MAKING THEM VERY UNIQUELY QUALIFIED TO UNDERSTAND THIS PROJECT. 
          AND THE COMMITTEE WAS ALSO IMPRESSED BY THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF THE PROJECT SCOPE, THE NEEDS OF THE PROJECT AND EXPERIENCE IN EXECUTING ON SIMILAR WORK. 
          SO WITH THAT, STAFF RECOMMENDS ENTERING INTO CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS WITH YARD AND CO FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE COMMUNITY EVENTS ROADMAP. 
          UH, FURTHER STAFF RECOMMENDS UTILIZING EXISTING HOTEL MOTEL TAX FUNDS TO COVER THE CONTRACT AMOUNT UNTIL A NEW APPROPRIATION IS BROUGHT FORWARD AS PART OF THE Q3 SUPPLEMENTAL. 
          AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH, EMILY. 
          REALLY APPRECIATE IT. 
          UM, LINDSAY, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT RELATIVE TO THIS OTHER BUSINESS COUNCIL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, AMY? YEAH, SO I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH, I, I DID SIT IN ON THE INTERVIEWS AND I WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH THIS COMPANY. 
          I REALLY THINK THEY'RE GONNA GIVE US A, A USABLE DELIVERABLE. 
          IT WAS INTERESTING BECAUSE I DID NOT SIT ON FOR THE NEXT ONE, THE HOLIDAY MARKET ONE. 
          SO 
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I READ, THEN I READ THROUGH ALL THE HOLIDAY MARKET STUFF, , AND WHEN THEIR PRICE CAME BACK WAY MORE THAN THIS, PRICE WAS LITTLE TAKEN ABACK BY THE $60,000 ON THE NEXT ONE. 
          SO WHAT OCCURRED TO ME IS MAYBE SOMEHOW THESE SHOULD HAVE BEEN COMBINED. 
          UM, I THINK IT WOULD SAVE SOME MONEY IN THE LONG RUN. 
          IT WOULD SAVE SOME TIME IN THE LONG RUN. 
          AND I'M WONDERING IF THE HOLIDAY MARKET COULD BE A PROOF OF CONCEPT OR A CASE STUDY FOR THIS DELIVERABLE THAT YARD AND COMPANY IS GONNA GIVE US. 
          RIGHT? SO THEY'RE GIVING US A PLAN, A STRATEGIC PLAN ON HOW TO OPERATE EVENTS WITH DIFFERENT FUNDING MODELS, TIME OF YEAR, WHO TO CONTACT FOR CORPORATE SPONSORS. 
          I DON'T THINK IT'S THAT FAR OF A REACH TO SAY, HEY, CAN YOU GIVE US AN EXAMPLE OF HOW WHAT YOU JUST TOLD US TO DO WOULD WORK FOR A HOLIDAY MARKET? UM, I JUST, I'M, I'M JUST REALLY, I SUPPORT THIS 100%. 
          I LIKE THEM. 
          I WANNA DO THIS ONE. 
          MY HESITATION FALLS WITH THE AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR COMING UP WITH A PLAN FOR THE STRATEGIC MARKET. 
          SO I, I JUST, I WONDER IF WE SHOULD TRY TO AT LEAST APPROACH THEM AND ASK THEM IF THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT THEY COULD DO. 
          BECAUSE IN THE INTERVIEW I SAID, I THINK I, I BROUGHT UP IN THE INTERVIEW, OH YEAH, WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO DECIDE MAYBE WE WANNA HOST A LARGER EVENT LIKE A HOLIDAY MARKET IN BRIDGE PARK. 
          AND SHE WAS, AND, AND THE ONE LADY WAS SOAKED. 
          SHE WAS LIKE, OH, WELL, YOU KNOW, IF YOU NEED VENDORS, I KNOW SOMEONE WHO MAKES THOSE WOOD HUTS LIKE WE HAVE SOMEBODY, RIGHT? SO THEY CLEARLY HAVE SOME TYPE OF KNOWLEDGE OF IT. 
          SO IT'S, UM, I'M WONDERING IF I, I KNOW MEGAN SENT AN EMAIL EARLIER TODAY THAT THEY HAD ASKED THESE PEOPLE IF THEY'D SEEN THE RFP FOR THE OTHER ONE. 
          UM, BUT I'M WONDERING IF MAYBE WE SHOULD NEGOTIATE TO SEE IF WE COULD MERGE THEM, WHICH WOULD BRING THE OVERALL PRICE DOWN. 
          SO JUST TO CLARIFY THE QUESTION THAT YOU'RE ASKING ON THE TABLE FOR DISCUSSION IS, CAN WE SORT OF CONSIDER THESE TOGETHER RATHER THAN COMPLETELY SEPARATELY? YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          CAN WE THINK ABOUT MAYBE MOVING IT INTO, I, I JUST, I A STANDALONE 60,000 FOR A HOLIDAY MARKET, JUST, I WAS LIKE, UGH. 
          YEP. 
          SO THAT WAS COUNCIL REACTIONS. 
          SO AMY, TO THAT POINT, I, I THINK THAT THERE'S SOME GOOD LOGIC THERE. 
          MAYBE WE SHOULD HEAR THE HOLIDAY MARKET ONE MM-HMM. 
           IF, IF EMILY'S AGREEABLE TO THAT. 
          AND THEN MAYBE WE COULD HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE, THE POINTS THERE AND SEE WHAT WE, IF, IF WE'RE AGREEABLE, WHAT WE WOULD MAYBE WANT STAFF TO DO. 
          SO DOES THAT MAKE SENSE TO HEAR THAT ONE AND THEN COME BACK AND HAVE A DISCUSSION? OKAY. 
          ANDY, MY, MY ONLY COMMENT WAS REALLY, UM, A REVIEW OF WHAT WAS THE PROBLEM WE WERE TRYING TO SOLVE? WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF HIRING A CONSULTANT TO EVALUATE EVENTS? AND I THINK, AMY, YOU ARTICULATED THE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS OF THAT STUDY. 
          THERE'S, YOU KNOW, FEASIBILITY, THERE'S, UH, OPERATIONS, THERE'S THE BUDGET. 
          UM, I, YOU KNOW, WE'VE, WE'VE HAD CONSULTANTS PROVIDE 50 PAGE DOCUMENTS WITH VERY LITTLE ACTIONABLE, UM, YOU KNOW, RECOMMENDATIONS. 
          AND SO I'D REALLY LIKE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT, REFRESH MY MEMORY AS TO WHAT OUR EXPECTATIONS WERE. 
          WHAT WERE WE TRYING TO GATHER FROM HAVING A CONSULTANT REVIEW EVENTS? IT SEEMS TO ME THAT SOME OF THE CASE STUDIES THAT, THAT THEY'RE PROVIDING COMMUNITIES HAVE MORE OR LESS SAID, TELL US WHAT EVENTS WE SHOULD HAVE. 
          TELL US WHAT SPACES WE SHOULD ACTIVATE. 
          WELL, WE'VE ALREADY ACTIVATED KAUFMAN PARK FOR THE IRISH FESTIVAL. 
          THE IRISH FESTIVAL PROBABLY ISN'T GONNA GO ANYWHERE. 
          SO CAN YOU HELP US MANAGE THE IRISH FESTIVAL OR OPERATE THE IRISH FESTIVAL? AND IF YOU'RE NOT THE PERSON TO DO IT, WHO, WHO IS IT? SO I WANT TO GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT, WHAT IT IS WE'RE AFTER, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH. 
          AND CERTAINLY WE'RE EXPLORING A HOLIDAY MARKET. 
          IT LOOKS PROMISING THIS COMPANY THAT PROVIDED THE HOLIDAY MARKET CONSULTING, THAT'S KIND OF A NICHE FOR THEM. 
          BUT, UM, I GUESS, YOU KNOW, CAN WE INCORPORATE BOTH? OBVIOUSLY I'D LIKE TO SAVE MONEY IF I CAN. 
          OKAY. 
          I, I MIGHT MAKE A COMMENT JUST TO REMIND, UM, I THINK THERE WAS, IF YOU RECALL THE DISCUSSION WE HAD RELATING TO, UM, OUR VISIONARY GOAL NUMBER FOUR, IF YOU, WE HAD A DISCUSSION ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SOME EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES, UM, THAT ARE VERY MUCH AIMED AT THE LOCAL COMMUNITY, WHETHER THAT'S THE 4TH OF JULY OR ST. 
          PATTY'S DAY, ET CETERA. 
          AND THOSE, IT MAKES REALLY GOOD SENSE FOR 
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DUBLIN TEAM AND STAFF TO CONTINUE TO OPERATE. 
          BUT AS WE THINK ABOUT LARGER REGIONAL THINGS, WE THINK ABOUT THE IRISH FESTIVAL, WE THINK ABOUT THIS LOVELY NEW PARK WE HAVE, WE THINK ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY TO ACTIVATE IT. 
          AS I RECALL, ONE OF OUR MAIN OBJECTIVES WAS HOW DO WE PUT TOGETHER A ROADMAP WHERE WE DON'T HAVE TO RUN ALL OF THIS, WHERE IT CAN BE AN ECONOMIC DRIVER FOR US? AND ARE THERE PEOPLE THAT CAN HELP US FIGURE OUT, 'CAUSE THEY'VE DONE IT BEFORE. 
          AND SO I TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT THE IRISH FESTIVAL BECAUSE IT'S BECOME SUCH A REGIONAL EVENT AND THESE, AND SO I THINK THE OBJECTIVE WAS IF, IF OUR, IF OUR VISIONARY GOAL WAS TO REALLY BE THIS DESTINATION OF CHOICE, WE CAN'T SCALE IT UP WITH THE STAFF WE HAVE. 
          SO HOW MIGHT WE DO THAT? SO FIND SOME PEOPLE THAT HAVE, AND I THINK THAT WAS THE GOAL OF WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO DO. 
          AND I THINK THE HOLIDAY MARKET IS, AGAIN, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, A JUST A REALLY GOOD EXAMPLE OF ONE OF THE AMAZING THINGS WE COULD DO. 
          SO THERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF, OKAY, HERE, HERE'S A REAL CASE STUDY MODEL. 
          SO, UM, I THINK IF, IF, IF, IF COUNSEL, UH, IF THAT WAS MY RECOLLECTION OF WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH. 
          YEAH, I I WOULD AGREE WITH YOU, KATHY. 
          I THINK THAT IT WAS A REALLY ABOUT TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE BEST OPERATIONALIZE THESE TYPES OF THINGS. 
          UM, AND I, AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE'RE HEADED WITH THIS. 
          AND I, MY UNDERSTANDING FROM WHAT I'M HEARING IS THAT, UM, THERE'S THE, THIS QUESTION OF CAN WE WORK THESE TWO THINGS TOGETHER ALONG WITH THE, UM, THE CHRISTMAS MARKET IN TERMS OF FOLDING THAT INTO HOW DO WE OPERATIONALIZE ALL OF THESE THINGS WE'RE TRYING TO DO? HOW, HOW DO WE BEST RUN THEM? UM, I THINK THAT'S THE PROBLEM WE'RE TRYING TO SOLVE, UM, RELATIVE TO, TO COUNCIL'S GOAL. 
          SO IF COUNCIL IS AGREEABLE TO EMILY HOPPING INTO THE HOLIDAY MARKET FEASIBILITY PRESENTATION, AND THEN WE CAN SORT OF HAVE THAT DISCUSSION TOGETHER AND FIGURE OUT THE BEST WAY FORWARD. 
          I, I JUST WILL POINT OUT ONE OTHER THING FOR THIS. 
          RFP, THE SCOPE, ONE OF THE ITEMS, SO THEY WERE GONNA LOOK AT OUR CURRENT EVENTS, RIGHT? UM, THEY, THEY WERE ALSO GOING TO PUT THOSE IN PERSPECTIVE OF DIFFERENT MODELS OF EVENT MODELING. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, HOW, HOW COULD WE FUND OUR EXISTING EVENTS? YEP. 
          HOW, BUT THERE WAS ALSO ONE OF THE BULLET POINTS WAS RECOMMENDATIONS FOR POTENTIAL FUTURE EVENTS. 
          HOW COULD WE FUND THOSE? HOW, WHERE WOULD THEY BE LOCATED? YOU KNOW, THAT WAS PART OF THE SCOPE OF THIS. 
          SO THAT'S WHY I THINK AS SHE GOES INTO THE HOLIDAY MARKET, THAT'S WHERE I'M THINKING THE HOLIDAY MARKET WOULD FALL IN. 
          WELL GIVE US RECOMMENDATIONS ON THIS PARTICULAR POTENTIAL EVENT IS KIND OF, YEAH. 
          NO, YEAH, I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S GREAT. 
          SO EMILY, DO YOU MIND? I DO NOT MIND AT ALL. 
          UM, SO THE TOPIC OF A POTENTIAL HOLIDAY MARKET WAS FIRST BROUGHT TO CITY COUNCIL IN FEBRUARY, 2022 AT THE UNANIMOUS RECOMMENDATION OF THE PUBLIC SERVICES COMMITTEE, CITY COUNCIL DIRECTED STAFF, UM, AT THE OCTOBER 9TH, 2023 CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO PROCEED WITH AN RFP TO CONDUCT PHASE TWO OF A FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR A POTENTIAL HOLIDAY MARKET IN DUBLIN. 
          SO AGAIN, IN FURTHERANCE OF CITY COUNCIL'S GOAL TO DEVELOP DUBLIN'S DESTINATION OF CHOICE NEXT GENERATION COMMUNITY EVENTS, VISION COUNCIL WAS SUPPORTIVE OF EXPLORING THE CONCEPT OF A HOLIDAY MARKET IN DUBLIN. 
          AND IN ADVANCEMENT OF THE DIRECTION GIVEN AT THAT OCTOBER 9TH COUNCIL MEETING, STAFF ISSUED AN RFP ON FEBRUARY 20TH THIS YEAR TO OBTAIN A CONSULTANT WITH THE NECESSARY EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE IN HOLIDAY MARKETS TO CONDUCT THIS STUDY. 
          UM, AND ALTHOUGH THERE, THERE LIKELY WOULD BE SOME CROSSOVER WITH THE, UH, UH, THIS STUDY AND THE COMMUNITY EVENTS ROADMAP PROJECT, UH, PARTICULARLY IN RELATION TO THE OWNERSHIP AND OPERATING MODELS, THE STUDY FOR THE ROADMAP IS, IS CONSIDERED TO BE MUCH BROADER. 
          UM, OR AS, UH, UH, MENTIONED IN THE OCTOBER 9TH, UH, DISCUSSION, THE RFP WAS PROVIDED IN YOUR PACKET FOR REFERENCE, UM, IN THE SCOPE OF WHICH, I'LL HAVE A SLIDE AT THE END SO I WON'T, UH, READ IT ALL TO YOU. 
          THE ORIGINAL DEADLINE FOR THE RFP RESPONSES WAS MARCH 8TH, UH, THAT WAS EXTENDED AT THE REQUEST OF AN INTERESTED RESPONDENT. 
          A COMMITTEE COMPRISED OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM COMMUNITY EVENTS, PARKS AND RECREATION FINANCE, THE OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING VISIT DUBLIN, OHIO, AND THE DOWNTOWN DUBLIN STRATEGIC ALLIANCE. 
          REVIEWED THE FIVE RESPONSES RECEIVED FOR THIS PROJECT. 
          THREE FIRMS WERE SHORTLISTED, UM, AND INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN, UH, VIRTUAL INTERVIEWS ON MAY 23RD. 
          ONE FIRM WITHDREW DUE TO AVAILABILITY AND SCHEDULING CONFLICTS WITH THEIR WORK ON THE CARMEL CHRIS KINDLE MARKET. 
          AND AFTER INTERVIEWING THE TWO REMAINING FIRMS, THE COMMITTEE DETERMINED THAT TOWN SQUARE WAS MOST QUALIFIED TO CONDUCT THIS FEASIBILITY STUDY. 
          TOWN SQUARE DEMONSTRATED A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF THE PROJECT AND THE NEEDS OF A HOLIDAY MARKET. 
          THEIR EXPERIENCE STARTING THE SUCCESSFUL, UH, BRYANT PARK HOLIDAY MARKET IN NEW YORK CITY 
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AND INVOLVEMENT IN HAROLD SQUARE IN GREELEY SQUARE MARKETS MAKE THEM UNIQUELY QUALIFIED FOR THIS PROJECT. 
          THEY WERE ALSO INVOLVED IN BRINGING A TRAVELING VERSION OF A TRADITIONAL FRENCH HOLIDAY MARKET. 
          I'M NOT GONNA ATTEMPT TO SAY THAT, UH, TO THE UNITED STATES AND GIVING THEM THEM DIRECT, UH, PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT OF A EUROPEAN STYLE HOLIDAY MARKET OF ALL RESPONDENTS. 
          TOWN SQUARE WAS THE ONLY ONE TO PROVIDE AN EXAMPLE OF FEASIBILITY STUDIES THAT THEY HAD CONDUCTED FOR OTHER ORGANIZATIONS. 
          AND THEIR BACKGROUND IN CONDUCTING FEASIBILITY STUDIES AND RUNNING A SUCCESSFUL HOLIDAY MARKET MADE THEM A UNIQUE CONSULTANT FOR THIS PROJECT. 
          UH, FOR THESE REASONS, THE SELECTION COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS TOWN SQUARE FOR THIS PROJECT. 
          SO THE WORK THAT THEY WILL DO INCLUDES THREE DETAILED CASE STUDIES, INCLUDING THE NUMBER OF VENDORS, HOW LONG THE MARKET HAS BEEN RUNNING, OWNERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT MODEL FUNDING AND PROMOTIONAL, UH, EFFORTS THAT THEY'VE UNDERTAKEN. 
          IN INTERVIEWS WITH THE MARKET MANAGERS, THEY'LL ALSO REVIEW POTENTIAL OWNERSHIP AND OPERATING STRUCTURES AND PROVIDE A RECOMMENDATION ON A MODEL THAT WOULD BEST SUIT THE CITY OF DUBLIN BASED ON THE ACTUAL OPERATING MODELS OF OTHER MARKETS. 
          THEY WILL THEN REVIEW AND PROVIDE THE PROS AND CONS FOR AN EVENTS LOCATION. 
          AT THIS POINT IN THE PROJECT, THIS IS KIND OF THE CRITICAL DECISION POINT. 
          WE'LL TOUCH BASE WITH CITY COUNCIL FOR DIRECTION ON A PREFERRED OWNERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT MODEL AND THE SELECTION OF A LOCATION. 
          THE PROFORMA, UM, AND MARKET LAYOUT DESIGN PROCESS WILL DEPEND HEAVILY ON THAT DECISION, WHICH IS WHY I CALL IT THE CRITICAL DECISION POINT. 
          AND IT CAN DE, UH, THAT THAT PART OF THE PROJECT WILL COMMENCE. 
          ONCE THOSE DECISIONS ARE MADE, THE PROFORMA WILL BE ALL INCLUSIVE AND, UH, THEY WILL PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FUNDRAISING GRANTS AND SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES FOR A POTENTIAL EVENT. 
          THEY WILL THEN DELIVER A MARKET MANUAL THAT WILL ENCAPSULATE ALL OF THE INFORMATION THAT I JUST MENTIONED AND MORE. 
          AND IT'LL ESSENTIALLY BE A HOW TO GUIDE FOR HOLIDAY MARKET IN DUBLIN, INCLUDING SAMPLE CONTRACTS, SPONSORSHIP, OUTREACH, ACTION PLANS, AND, UH, TROUBLESHOOTING SECTION. 
          THE TIMELINE FOR THIS PROCESS IS DEPENDENT ON THAT CRITICAL DECISION POINT THAT I MENTIONED FOR THE OWNERSHIP, UH, OR MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE AND THE LOCATION OF THE EVENT. 
          THESE DECISIONS WILL BE MADE AFTER TOWN SQUARE CONDUCTS A SITE VISIT, AND HAS CONDUCTED SUFFICIENT RESEARCH TO INFORM A RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL. 
          THE REPORT ON PROS AND CONS OF MULTIPLE LOCATIONS AND OWNERSHIP MODELS WOULD BE DELIVERED APPROXIMATELY THREE MONTHS AFTER THE CONTRACT INITIATION TO INFORM THE COUNCIL'S DECISION. 
          AGAIN, SOME FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMITTEE THIS TIME ON TOWN SQUARE IS THAT THEY DEMONSTRATED A PASSION SPECIFICALLY FOR HOLIDAY MARKETS. 
          HAVING DONE THIS BEFORE, UM, THE PROJECT LEAD FOR THIS IS FROM FRANCE. 
          HE IS FRENCH, SO HE HAS GONE TO THESE, HE GREW UP GOING TO THESE MARKETS. 
          THE COMMITTEE WAS REALLY IMPRESSED BY THEIR EXPERIENCE SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHING A HOLIDAY MARKET. 
          UM, AND THAT WAS, UH, A PRIORITY OF THE COMMITTEE IN SELECTING A FIRM TO RECOMMEND BECAUSE HOLIDAY MARKETS ARE SUCH A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE AND REQUIRE A DEEP UNDERSTANDING OF, UH, LIKE THE FOOD AND THE ENTERTAINMENT THAT IS TRADITIONAL TO A EUROPEAN MARKET AND SOMEONE THAT HAS RELATIONSHIP WITH VENDORS THAT CAN PROVIDE AUTHENTIC PRODUCTS TO, UM, POTENTIAL MARKET. 
          SO WITH THAT, STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE CITY ENTER INTO CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS WITH TOWN SQUARE FOR THE HOLIDAY MARKET FEASIBILITY STUDY. 
          FURTHER, STAFF RECOMMENDS USING CURRENT APPROPRIATIONS FROM THE HOTEL MOTEL TAX FUND TO COVER THE CONTRACT AMOUNT UNTIL A NEW APPROACH APPROPRIATION CAN BE BROUGHT FORWARD AS PART OF THE Q3 SUPPLEMENTAL. 
          AND HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS. 
          SUPER. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          UH, LINDSAY, JUST TO STAY TRUE TO OUR PUBLIC COMMENT, HAVE WE RECEIVED ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS RELATIVE TO THIS OTHER BUSINESS? GREAT. 
          SO NOW I WILL OPEN THE FLOOR COUNCIL FOR COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BEST PATH FORWARD. 
          UH, WHAT'S THE COST OF THIS STUDY? THE TOWN SQUARE STUDY? THE HOLIDAY MARKET FEASIBILITY IS 60,000 AND THE COMMUNITY EVENTS ROADMAP WAS 53. 
          IS 53. 
          53,000. 
          YES. 
          SO NOW THAT I'VE HEARD BOTH, I KIND OF FEEL LIKE THEY'RE TWO COMPLETELY SEPARATE THINGS. 
          AND IT'S JUST COINCIDENCE THAT WE HAPPEN TO BE TALKING ABOUT A HOLIDAY MARKET IN 2024. 
          THE HOLIDAY MARKET MIGHT HAVE OCCURRED TO, TO US TO DO, OR IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN SOMETHING THAT THE YARD AND COMPANY RECOMMENDED FOR US TO DO AT A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT TIME. 
          AND SO WHAT I THINK YARD AND COMPANY IS GOING TO TELL US IS THESE ARE SOME EVENTS THAT YOU SHOULD CONSIDER. 
          THESE ARE SOME EVENTS THAT MAYBE YOU SHOULD JUST NOT DO ANYMORE. 
          THESE ARE WAYS YOU CAN FUND VARIOUS EVENTS AND DIFFERENT PARTNERS YOU CAN ENLIST. 
          AND THESE ARE COMPANIES YOU CAN HIRE TO OPERATE AN EVENT ON YOUR BEHALF. 
          AND ONE SUCH COMPANY IS THE, WHAT'S IT CALLED? THE, THE HOLIDAY MARKET TOWN SQUARE TOWN SQUARE. 
          SO YOU MIGHT TAKE A LOOK AT TOWN SQUARE IF YOU WISH TO PURSUE THE HOLIDAY MARKET. 
          UM, SO I, AGAIN, I KIND OF FEEL LIKE WE'RE 
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HAVING THIS MEETING AND COINCIDENTALLY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THESE TWO DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSED OR SOMEWHAT OPPOSED CONCEPTS. 
          JANE? UM, I AGREE. 
          I THINK THEY'RE TWO SEPARATE THINGS. 
          UM, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT THE COMMUNITY EVENTS ROADMAP IS TO ME THE ROADMAP IS IF YOU LOOK AT THE BULLET POINTS, THEY'RE GONNA LOOK AT OPERATIONS REVIEW. 
          THEY'RE GONNA HELP YOU UNDERSTAND HOW YOU LOOK AT, UM, A POTENTIAL COMPANY THAT MIGHT COME IN AND MANAGE. 
          THEY'RE GONNA TALK TO YOU ABOUT WHETHER IT'S NON-PROFIT, WHETHER IT'S PRIVATE MANAGEMENT, THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT BEST PRACTICES. 
          I'M WONDERING IF IT'S THE UMBRELLA ROADMAP, THEN MAYBE WE JUST WAIT A LITTLE WHILE TO HEAR WHAT THEIR SUGGESTIONS ARE, WHAT THE BEST PRACTICES ARE, HOW WE EVALUATE SOMEONE LIKE THE, UH, UM, THE OTHER TOWN SQUARE, TOWN SQUARE, UM, HOW WE EVALUATE THEM, WHETHER OR NOT THAT EVALUATION IS CORRECT. 
          UH, WHETHER OR NOT, UM, THE IDEA OF HAVING THE CAPACITY TO DO A HOLIDAY MARKET IS WITHIN OUR INFRASTRUCTURE ABILITY. 
          UM, AND THEN MOVE ON TO THE HOLIDAY MARKET AT THAT POINT. 
          I FEEL LIKE DOING, IT'S LIKE WE'RE TAKING THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE JUST A LITTLE BIT. 
          I THINK THE IDEA OF A HOLIDAY MARKET IS WONDERFUL. 
          I WENT TO WHAT, I WAS ONE OF THE ONES WHO WENT, I THINK IT WOULD BE FABULOUS. 
          I DO NOT WANNA SEE US OVERWHELMED BY DOING TOO MUCH, BUT MAYBE YARD AND COMPANY CAN HELP US UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PARAMETERS OF OUR ABILITIES ARE, UM, HOW TO REVIEW THESE SORTS OF THINGS, WHETHER OR NOT IT'S, YOU KNOW, CAN WE COMP, IF WE DO A HOLIDAY MARKET, CAN WE STILL COMPLIMENT WITH A, A VARIETY OF OTHER THINGS THAT WE WANNA DO? I'M JUST WONDERING IF THEY CAN HELP US WITH CAPACITY AND UNDERSTANDING OUR ABILITIES. 
          I WOULD BE FOR HOLDING OFF MAYBE ON THE HOLIDAY MARKET, UH, CONTRACT UNTIL WE GET A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION FROM THIS ONE. 
          AMY, I WAS GONNA SAY, I, I THINK I AGREE WITH THAT APPROACH. 
          LIKE, I, I THINK THE, THE FEASIBILITY, THE, THE OVERALL ROADMAP I THINK COMES FIRST AND DELAYING THE HOLIDAY MARKET. 
          WE'RE NOT DOING A HOLIDAY MARKET THIS YEAR, RIGHT? LIKE THIS REPORT WOULD COME IN, THERE'S NO WAY WE'RE DOING IT THIS YEAR. 
          SO IF WE DELAY IT TO START WHEN THIS ONE FINISHES IN NOVEMBER, DECEMBER, LIKE IF WE PUSH IT BACK A FEW MONTHS, I THINK WE'RE STILL OKAY. 
          IF WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD, IF WE KNOW FOR SURE WE WANNA DO A HOLIDAY MARKET AND WE WANNA MOVE FORWARD, WHAT I WOULD RECOMMEND OUT OF THEIR SCOPE IS TELL 'EM WE DON'T NEED YOUR THREE CASE STUDIES OF OTHER HOLIDAY MARKETS. 
          WE'VE GONE, WE'VE TRAVELED, WE KNOW WE WANT, WHAT WE WANT IS GIVE US THE PROS AND CONS OF THE MANAGEMENT OPTION YOU RECOMMEND FOR DUBLIN SPECIFIC TO DUBLIN, NOT HERE'S WHAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE DOING. 
          JUST GIVE US THAT PIECE. 
          TELL US WHAT MANAGEMENT DO YOU RECOMMEND FOR DUBLIN AND GIVE US THAT PRO FORMA DETAILING OF EXPENSES AND HOW TO FUNDRAISE AND GET MONEY FOR IT. 
          LIKE JUST GIVE US THAT PORTION OF IT, WHICH WOULD BRING THE PRICE DOWN, I'M ASSUMING. 
          UM, BUT AGAIN, I IT'S A TIMING THING AS IF, IF WE KNOW WE WANT TO DO THE HOLIDAY MARKET NEXT YEAR, WHEN WOULD WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT DONE BY, I GUESS IS THE QUESTION. 
          ONE THING, IF I COULD CHIME IN ON THAT AS WELL, THE TIMING ONE, UM, I'M NOT A HOLIDAY MARKET EXPERT, BUT ONE THING THAT WE HAVE HEARD MULTIPLE TIMES FROM VARIOUS FOLKS THAT HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THEM IS THERE LIKELY WILL BE SOME INFRASTRUCTURE MODIFICATIONS THAT NEED TO OCCUR. 
          THERE'S POWER, THERE'S LEVELING OUT THE AREA WHERE THE MARKET COULD OCCUR. 
          SO WE WILL NEED TIME TO CONSIDER BUDGETARY IMPLICATIONS, DESIGN, THINGS LIKE THAT IF WE DO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE MARKET IN THE FUTURE, JUST AS IT RELATES TO TIMING. 
          THANKS MEGAN. 
          KATHY, I THINK ONE OF THE INTERESTING THING, TO YOUR POINT, ANDY, I THINK SERENDIPITY FOUND THESE BOTH OF US TOGETHER BECAUSE ONE GOT DELAYED. 
          SO WE'RE HERE BECAUSE OF A TIMING ISSUE, AS EMILY POINTED OUT. 
          UM, I I I, I WOULD PROPOSE THAT FROM THE HOLIDAY MARKET, I, I THINK THE PRICE IS JUST REALLY HIGH AND I THINK IT COULD USE SOME SERIOUS NEGOTIATION THAT THAT'S WHAT I THINK AND THAT HAS NOT OCCURRED. 
          I THINK ONE OF THE BENEFITS OF DOING THEM SIMULTANEOUSLY AND USING THIS AS AN EXAMPLE, I THINK IT VALID WOULD HELP TO VALIDATE THE APPROACHES BROUGHT FORTH BY THE OTHER ONE. 
          SO IF THE OTHER ONE IS GENERAL IN ITS SCOPE, THIS ONE WILL ACTUALLY SAY, THIS IS HOW YOU COULD GET PARTNERSHIPS. 
          THIS IS, THIS IS A FUNDING MODEL THAT WORKS. 
          AND IF THEY WORK SOMEWHAT SIMULTANEOUSLY, YOU'RE GONNA GET A BETTER OUTCOME, I THINK BECAUSE YOU'LL HAVE A CONCRETE EXAMPLE BEFORE YOU, SO TO ME, I THINK THE SERENDIP SERENDIP OF THAT'S A WORD OF HAVING THEM TOGETHER WOULD ACTUALLY 
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BENEFIT US GREATLY BECAUSE WE WON'T HAVE JUST A GENERIC ANSWER. 
          WE WILL HAVE A SOLID EXAMPLE. 
          SO I, I WOULD TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET 'EM TOGETHER, BUT AT A PRICE THAT'S SUBSTANTIALLY LESS THAN THE CURRENT PRICE. 
          'CAUSE I THINK, I THINK WE'D HAVE A BETTER OUTCOME AND I THINK IN THE LONG RUN WE'D SAVE MONEY. 
          SO I THINK THAT'S A, SO MEGAN, FROM, JUST FROM A A, A PURCHASING PER LOGISTICS PERSPECTIVE, THESE ARE TWO SEPARATE RFPS. 
          SO FROM A PUBLIC PROCESS PERSPECTIVE, IF WE WERE TO REIMAGINE THESE TOGETHER, DOES THAT NECESSITATE ANOTHER RFP OR DO YOU NEGOTIATE THEM TOGETHER, OR WHAT WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE FROM A PUBLIC PURCHASING PERSPECTIVE? WE DO HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY BECAUSE THESE ARE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES THAT WE'RE ACQUIRING. 
          SO WE COULD HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE VENDORS. 
          WE DID REACH OUT TO THE VENDORS, EMILY DID, AND THEY ARE BOTH OPEN TO NEGOTIATING THE SCOPE AND THE ASSOCIATED FEE. 
          SO IF WE ARE INTERESTED IN REDUCING THE FEE, THEN WE NEED TO DETERMINE WHAT SCOPE ELEMENTS WE'LL WANT TO REDUCE AS WELL IN, IN ORDER TO ENABLE REDUCING THE FEE. 
          SO I, I THINK JUST TO TRY TO SUM UP AND PLEASE, UM, COUNSEL, CHIME IN. 
          IF I'VE NOT QUITE GOTTEN IT QUITE RIGHT, I THINK THIS WE CAN REDUCE SOME OF THE SCOPE THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT RELATIVE TO THE HOLIDAY MARKET, IS WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE TO ME. 
          AND THAT COUNCIL DOES HAVE AN INTEREST IN TRYING TO PULL THESE TOGETHER, UM, TO TALK ABOUT THEM SIMULTANEOUSLY, SORT OF THIS OVERALL EVENT STRATEGY AS WELL AS ALMOST LEVERAGING THE HOLIDAY MARKET AS A BIT OF A CASE STUDY. 
          UM, BUT WE'VE ALREADY KIND OF SEEN AND KNOW WHAT WE WANT. 
          SO IT, I THINK WE COULD SHRINK THE SCOPE ON THAT TO BRING THAT COST DOWN A BIT. 
          SO I'M JUST TRYING TO SUMMARIZE HERE. 
          DID I MISS ANYTHING? NO, I THINK YOU SUMMARIZED WELL. 
          I, I DON'T THINK THE, THE PRICE FOR THE, UM, THE OVERALL ROADMAP, I, THAT DOESN'T NEED TO BE REDUCED, RIGHT? LIKE THAT'S, THEY GAVE US A GREAT PRICE TO BEGIN WITH. 
          WE ACTUALLY SAID, AH, I THINK YOU NEED TO ADD A LITTLE MORE. 
          SO THAT LIKE, THERE'S, I THINK IS, IT'S THE, IT'S THE HOLIDAY MARKET ONE, WHICH JUST SEEMS CRAZY HIGH. 
          SO I THINK WHETHER WE NEGOTIATE WITH, UM, TOWN SQUARE AND SAY, HEY, CAN YOU DO IT FOR HALF THE COST? CAN YOU CUT OUT ALL THAT CASE STUDY? CAN YOU CUT OUT, JUST GIVE US SPECIFIC DUBLIN IF WE WANNA DO IT HERE, HOW MUCH WOULD IT COST? WHAT INFRASTRUCTURE WOULD WE HAVE TO BUILD? IF THEY COULD DO THAT AND OR THE APPROACH YARDING COMPANY AND SAY, HEY, HOW MUCH WOULD YOU ADD TO YOUR SCOPE? MM-HMM. 
          , IF WE ASKED YOU TO PRICE OUT AND GIVE US THE DETAILS FOR HOLIDAY MARKET. 
          YEAH, BECAUSE I THINK TO, I DON'T REMEMBER WHOSE POINT IT WAS EARLIER, BUT I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS HOLIDAY MARKET THAT WE DO DO IT IN, IN TERMS OF INCORPORATING IT WITH OUR OVERALL EVENT STRATEGY. 
          SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THEM LINKED TOGETHER AT SOME POINT. 
          UM, BUT TO YOUR POINT, REALLY REDUCING THE SCOPE OF THE HOLIDAY MARKET PIECE MIGHT REALLY HELP OUT WITH THAT. 
          JANE, I THINK THE, THE ONE CONCERN I HAVE, AND, AND ANDY WOULD APPRECIATE THIS, I THINK I THINK OF THE, UM, YARDING COMPANY AS SORT OF THE ADVISOR TELLING US, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THE BEST PARAMETERS AND HOW WE SHOULD REVIEW A PARTICULAR, UM, COMPANY AND WHEN THEY COME FORWARD AND, AND WHERE IN THE CITY WE NEED TO HAVE SOMETHING, HOW MANY WE SHOULD HAVE, WHAT THEY SHOULD LOOK LIKE, WHAT THE BALANCE IS, RIGHT? I'M A LITTLE NERVOUS ABOUT PUTTING THEM TOGETHER BECAUSE I WOULDN'T WANT, UM, YARDING COMPANY TO FEEL AS IF THEY HAD TO SELL US THE HOLIDAY MARKET. 
          I WOULD PREFER TO REDUCE THE SCOPE OF, UM, TOWN SQUARE, SQUARE , REDUCE THE SCOPE, GET WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IN THE HOLIDAY MARKET, AND THEN HAVE THE ADVISOR TELL US, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT YOU SHOULD BE LOOKING AT. 
          THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WILL GIVE YOU THE BEST, UM, OUTCOMES. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , UH, THE QUESTIONS YOU SHOULD BE ASKING, I KIND OF LIKE IT TO BE THE TEST CASE. 
          YEAH. 
          WITHOUT BEING THE PARTNER. 
          I, I, I THINK THAT THAT IS SORT OF WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS THAT IT'S, I THINK LINKING THEM IS MORE ABOUT, HEY, WE WANNA DO THIS WITH THIS REDUCED SCOPE, BUT WE DON'T WANNA DO IT WITHOUT HAVING AN EYE TO THIS OTHER PIECE THAT WE'RE WORKING ON. 
          UM, I THINK IS REALLY WHAT WE'RE SAYING. 
          IS THAT DOABLE FROM A, FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE? I'M LOOKING AT YOU, MEGAN, TO GO BACK AND ASK FOR A REDUCING PRICE OR SCOPE ON THE HOLIDAY AND, AND PUT IT IN LINE WITH THE OTHER. 
          IS THAT DOABLE? I BELIEVE WE WILL NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE SCOPE, WHICH JUST, I APPRECIATE THIS CONVERSATION AND DIRECTION. 
          I THINK IT IS TIMELY. 
          UM, I DO, STAFF WILL BE SURE THAT THE TWO STUDIES ARE COORDINATED. 
          WE'LL GO BACK AND TAKE A LOOK AT THE SCOPES AND MAKE SURE THAT WE AREN'T DUPLICATING EFFORTS EXCEPT WHERE WE BELIEVE WE MIGHT FIND VALUE IN VALIDATION. 
          SO WE'LL BE CONSCIENTIOUS TO DO THAT. 
          UM, IN TERMS OF THE HOLIDAY MARKET STUDY, BASED ON ALL THE CONVERSATIONS I'VE HEARD, UM, AND BEEN INVOLVED IN WITH COUNCIL OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS OR SO, UM, 
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I DO BELIEVE THAT FOR US TO GET FULL VALUE OUT OF THE PHASE TWO FEASIBILITY STUDY, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE A VENDOR WITH THAT SPECIFIC EXPERIENCE. 
          UM, BECAUSE I'M CONTEMPLATING ALL THE QUESTIONS THAT WE WILL BE ASKED AS WE DELIVER, UM, THE STUDY. 
          SO I DO BELIEVE THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED THE APPROPRIATE VENDOR TO COMPLETE THAT WORK. 
          AND LIKE I SAID, WE'LL, WE'LL TAKE THIS FEEDBACK, GO BACK AND, UM, TAKE A LOOK AT THE SCOPE, SEE WHERE WE CAN REDUCE, BUT AGAIN, WE DO WANNA GET THE VALUE OUT OF THAT PHASE TWO STUDY SO THAT WE ARE ABLE TO TAKE NEXT STEPS. 
          SO IF IT, IT FEELS LIKE YOU'VE HEARD SOME DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL, YOU FEEL LIKE YOU UNDERSTAND WHERE WE'RE COMING FROM, SO I, I FEEL LIKE THESE STILL NEED TO BE TWO DIFFERENT MOTIONS IN, IN MY OPINION. 
          YES. 
          ONE ADDITIONAL QUESTION. 
          DO WE HAVE A SENSE FOR THE DOLLAR AMOUNT WE'RE COMFORTABLE WITH FOR THE HOLIDAY MARKET TO GIVE US A TARGET? OR DO YOU HAVE, I, I BELIEVE I HEARD GOOD FEEDBACK ON WHICH SCOPE ELEMENTS WE CAN REDUCE. 
          I WAS CAN WE, CAN WE VOTE ON THE ROADMAP ONE? LIKE WE ALL AGREE, RIGHT? YES. 
          AND THEN CAN WE DELAY OR TABLE THE, LIKE, NOT VOTE ON THE HOLIDAY ONE AND SEE IF IT CAN EVEN LIKE, WELL WHAT IF WE SEE WHAT NUMBER THEY BRING BACK IN OUR ADJUST THE SCOPE COULD, COULD WE THEN MAKE A MOTION FOR DIRECTING THEM TO GO BACK AND NEGOTIATE AND BRING IT BACK AT A LOWER PRICE? YEAH. 
          A SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER PRICE. 
          YEAH. 
          I THINK WE CAN, THEY, THEY NEED THE MOTION TO DO THAT, I THINK, RIGHT? YEAH. 
          THAT WOULD BE APPRECIATED. 
          YEAH. 
          YEAH. 
          I THINK WE LET STAFF AND THAT'LL WORK. 
          OKAY. 
          WE COULD DO THAT AT THE NEXT MEETING. 
          SO I, I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO DIRECT STAFF TO ENTER INTO CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS WITH TOWN SQUARE FOR THE HOLIDAY MARKET FEES, UH, FOR THE HOLLY MARKET STUDY, UM, TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE CONVERSATION HERE WITH COUNSEL TO REDUCE THE COST OF THE CONTRACT. 
          SECOND, JENNY MS. OSA? YES. 
          VICE MAYOR LUDO? YES. 
          MR. REINER? YES. 
          MS. FOX? YES. 
          MS. CRA? YES. 
          MR. KEELER? YES. 
          GREAT. 
          OKAY. 
          AND I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO DIRECT STAFF TO ENTER INTO CONTRACT NEGOTIATION WITH THE YARDEN COMPANY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A COMMUNITY COMMUNITY ROADMAP AND USE FUNDING MEASURES FOR THE CONTRACT IS RECOMMENDED. 
          I'LL SECOND. 
          OKAY. 
          JENNY? YES. 
          MS. CRAM? YES. 
          MR. REINER? YES. 
          MR. OSA? YES. 
          MR. KEELER? YES. 
          MS. FOX? YES. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND THANK YOU TO STAFF AND TO COUNCIL FOR THE ROBUST CONVERSATION. 
          REALLY APPRECIATE IT. 
          AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO STAFF 
          [STAFF COMMENTS]
COMMENTS. 
          MEGAN? GOOD EVENING. 
          MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. 
          I'M PLEASED TO SHARE THAT WE WERE SUCCESSFUL WITH A COUPLE OF OUR GRANT APPLICATIONS RECENTLY AND DUBLIN WAS AWARDED $385,000 IN GRANT FUNDING FOR THE WATERLINE REPLACEMENT PHASE SEVEN PROJECT THROUGH THE OHIO DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENTS OHIO BUILDS PROGRAM. 
          THIS IS IN ADDITION TO THE PREVIOUSLY AWARDED 340,000 IN GRANT FUNDING FROM LAST YEAR. 
          ADDITIONALLY, DUBLIN HAS ONCE AGAIN RECEIVED FUNDS THROUGH MORSE'S 53 10 PROGRAM, WHICH AIMS TO ENHANCE MOBILITY FOR OLDER ADULTS AND INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES. 
          THIS MARKS THE SIXTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR THAT DUBLIN'S BEEN AWARDED THESE FUNDS AND THIS YEAR THE CITY RECEIVED $125,000, WHICH WILL BE USED TO SUPPORT THE DUBLIN CONNECTOR. 
          I'D LIKE TO THANK STAFF FOR GOING THE EXTRA MILE TO SEEK THOSE FUNDS. 
          APPLYING FOR GRANTS DOES TAKE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME AND EFFORT AND THE HARD WORK, UM, IS DEFINITELY APPRECIATED. 
          DUBLIN ALSO HAS TWO PROJECTS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN SENATE BILL 2 88, WHICH IS THE LEGISLATION FOR THE ONE-TIME STRATEGIC COMMUNITY INVESTMENT FUND. 
          THE BILL HAS EARMARKED $1.23 MILLION FOR THE HISTORIC DUBLIN RIVERFRONT REVITALIZATION PROJECT, WHICH WAS PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED AND IS THE NORTH RIVERVIEW AREA IMPROVEMENTS. 
          UM, THAT PROJECT WILL IMPLO IMPROVE THE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE VICINITY OF NORTH RIVERVIEW. 
          AND ALSO, UH, SHOWING ON THE LIST IS $468,000 FOR THE BRAND ROAD PEDESTRIAN TUNNEL FLOOD MITIGATION PROJECT. 
          SO WE'RE APPRECIATIVE OF, UM, THOSE BEING ON THE LIST. 
          THE BILL IS STILL IN THE SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE AND IS EXPECTED TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE STATE'S CAPITAL BUDGET LATER THIS MONTH. 
          WE'RE STILL WAITING TO LEARN THE COMPLETE LIST OF PROJECTS THAT, UM, WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE STATE'S CAPITAL BUDGET. 
          SO THERE REMAINS THE OPPORTUNITY TO SECURE EVEN MORE FUNDING FROM THE STATE AND I WILL KEEP COUNCIL UPDATED AS WE LEARN MORE ON THAT. 
          I ATTENDED THE JUNE 13TH MORSEY COMMISSION AND TRANSPORTATION POLICY COMMITTEE MEETINGS, WHICH WERE CHAIRED BY MAYOR AMAROS GROOMS. AND SINCE SHE IS AWAY WORKING ON BEHALF OF THE CITY IN TAIWAN THIS EVENING, SHE ASKED THAT I PROVIDE A BRIEF REPORT ON THOSE MEETINGS. 
          CODA'S NEW PRESIDENT AND CEO MONICA TEEZ FOWLER WAS INTRODUCED IN HER NEW LEADERSHIP ROLE WITH CODA AND SHE ALSO 
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PROVIDED A REALLY INFORMATIVE UPDATE INCLUDING CUS AND AS COUNCILS AWARE, WE ARE VERY ENGAGED IN THOSE EFFORTS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CODA. 
          SEVERAL RESOLUTIONS WERE ALSO IMPROVED APPROVED, INCLUDING THE COMMISSION ADOPTED A FEE SCHEDULE FOR ASSESSING MEMBERS. 
          IN 2025, THE TRANSPORTATION POLICY COMMITTEE APPROVED A RESOLUTION AMENDING THE STATE FISCAL YEAR 2024 THROUGH 27 TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, WHICH IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT FOR THE REGION AND THE TRANSPORTATION POLICY COMMITTEE ALSO AUTHORIZED THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO ENTER INTO SEVERAL CONTRACTS, INCLUDING ONE WITH RAPID FIVE TO PROVIDE GREENWAY PLANNING SERVICES AND AN AGREEMENT WITH THE U-S-D-O-T AND OHIO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO RECEIVE FUNDING FOR THE 2023 SAFE STREETS AND ROADS FOR ALL PROGRAM. 
          AND LASTLY, THE CITY OF COLUMBUS IS CONDUCTING A PUBLIC MEETING TOMORROW, TUESDAY, JUNE 18TH FROM SIX TO EIGHT TO SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT THE NEW HOME ROAD WATER PLANT AND WATER PLANT TRANSMISSION. 
          MAINES. 
          THE MEETING WILL BE HELD AT THE DUBLIN COMMUNITY RECREATION CENTER IN THE TALLAS, AND OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM HAS BEEN HELPING TO GET THE WORD OUT ON THAT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COLUMBUS TEAM. 
          ALL ARE INVITED TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THAT IMPORTANT AND, UM, IMPACTFUL PROJECT THAT WILL MEET THE GROWING NEED FOR CLEAN, SAFE DRINKING WATER IN CENTRAL OHIO IN THE FUTURE. 
          AND THE INFORMATION THAT WILL BE SHARED IN THAT MEETING FOR COUNCIL AWARENESS WILL MIRROR THE INFORMATION, UM, THAT THE PROJECT TEAM FROM COLUMBUS SHARED WITH COUNCIL AT YOUR MAY 20TH MEETING. 
          AND THAT IS ALL I HAVE FOR THIS EVENING. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU MEGAN. 
          AND THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS TO STAFF ON THOSE GREAT GRANT, UM, WINS. 
          THAT'S FANTASTIC. 
          AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO COUNCIL 
          [COUNCIL REPORTS]
REPORTS. 
          UM, WE WILL START WITH, UH, KATHY DEROSA AND THE ADMIN COMMITTEE. 
          GREAT, THANK YOU. 
          THE ADMIN COMMITTEE MET ON JUNE THE FOURTH. 
          UM, I HAVE FOUR TOPICS TO COVER. 
          THE FIRST, JUST, UM, A BRIEF CONVERSATION 'CAUSE WE FINALIZED THE LANGUAGE TONIGHT. 
          WE SPENT TIME ON THE COUNCIL'S GOALS AS WE DISCUSSED EARLIER. 
          UM, SECONDLY, UM, AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE CONTINUED TO DO BOARD AND COMMISSION TRAINING UP UPDATES AND COMMUNICATIONS. 
          AND SO THE COMMITTEE ALSO REVIEWED AND DISCUSSED MATERIALS THAT OUR LEGAL STAFF HAS KINDLY PUT TOGETHER TO REALLY, UM, ADVANCE THE, UM, I WOULD SAY THE DISCUSSION AND THE COMMUNICATION OF SOME OF OUR ADVISORY COMMITTEES. 
          SO WE APPRECIATED THAT WORK AND SAW THAT MOVE FORWARD. 
          UM, AND THEN, UM, AS WE HAD DISCUSSED, UM, WE'RE DOING OUR ANNUAL HOUSE CLEANING ON OUR COUNCIL RULES AT BORDER. 
          SO WE SPENT A FAIR BIT OF TIME AS A GROUP ON THAT. 
          AND REALLY THE GOALS OF THERE ARE, UM, THE, AND THESE UPDATES THAT YOU SAW ATTACHED IN YOUR BOARD PACK, UM, THIS EVENING WERE TO HELP US BETTER DEFINE THE STRUCTURE OF DIFFERENT MEETINGS, TO PROVIDE SOME FLEXIBILITY REGARDING THE ORDER OF BUSINESS FOR THE PURPOSES OF MEETING EFFICIENCY, BETTER ALIGNMENT OF CLARITY. 
          AND YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THAT IN THE SECTIONS. 
          AND THEN ADDED LANGUAGE TO REFLECT THE EXPECTATIONS OF NOT JUST OURSELVES BUT SPEAKERS, UM, AT OUR REGULAR MEETINGS. 
          SO YOU HAVE BOTH THE CURRENT, UM, RULES OF ORDER AND THE RED LINE FOR YOUR REVIEW. 
          UM, IN ADDITION FOR YOUR REVIEW. 
          UM, AS A PART OF THAT, THE COMMITTEE ALSO SPENT TIME LOOKING AT THE BOARD AND COMMISSION, UH, BOARD AND COMMISSION'S CODE OF CONDUCT FORM, UM, AND TO ALIGN THAT. 
          AND THERE ARE SOME RECOMMENDED UPDATES TO THAT. 
          ONCE AGAIN, YOU HAVE IN YOUR BOARD PACK BOTH THE PROPOSED, IF YOU WILL, FROM THE COMMITTEE AND THE RED LINE. 
          SO, UM, IF YOU'LL HAVE TIME TO LOOK AT THAT, UM, THEY WILL BE BACK BEFORE THIS GROUP AS, UM, UM, LEGISLATION IF YOU WILL. 
          UM, AUGUST THE 12TH. 
          SO I DUNNO IF ANYBODY HAS ANYTHING TO ADD. 
          YEAH. 
          UH, OOPS. 
          I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS ON, I THINK IT'S, UH, ON 3.03. 
          I BRING THIS UP JUST SO THAT WE CAN THINK ABOUT THIS. 
          WHEN WE BRING IT UP IN AUGUST. 
          UH, IT'S, IT'S CHANGED THAT, UM, MEMBERSHIP AND CHAIRSHIP OF EACH STANDING COMMITTEE SHALL BE DETERMINED. 
          TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE PREFERENCES , UM, AT THE ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING. 
          UM, THAT IS CHANGED AT THE ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING. 
          THE CHARTER SAYS THAT WE CAN, UH, APPOINT A STANDING COMMITTEE AT ANY TIME AND BY PUTTING IN AT THE ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITTEE MEETING IT, EXCUSE ME, IT MIGHT, UM, BURDEN US IF WE WANTED TO CREATE A STANDING COMMITTEE OR A FUTURE COUNCIL MIGHT WANT TO CREATE A STANDING COMMITTEE TO SAY THAT IT HAD TO BE DONE AT THE ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING. 
          SO THAT WAS ONE OF MY THOUGHTS. 
          YEAH, WE'LL GO BACK. 
          I DON'T THINK IT MEANT TO BE THAT PRESCRIPTIVE. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT WE'LL MAKE SURE THE LANGUAGE REFLECTS THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YEAH, SURE. 
          THAT, THAT WAS NOT THE INTENT, RIGHT? IF THAT WAS HOW IT READ. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND THEN THE OTHER, THE ONLY OTHER ONE IS IN THE, UM, PUBLIC 
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COMMENTS. 
          UM, I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH LEGAL, UM, CONCERNING JUST THE LANGUAGE HERE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ABIDE BY ALL, UM, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC SPEECH RIGHTS, UM, AND MAKING SURE THAT THE WORDING ON HERE, UM, WOULD MEET FEDERAL GUIDELINES. 
          YEAH, WE APPRECIATE THAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ACTUALLY, THE COMMITTEE SPENT A FAIR BIT OF TIME DISCUSSING IT AND WE HAD LEGAL REPRESENTATION IN THE ROOM. 
          SO, UM, MR. HARTMAN WAS THERE. 
          AND SO WE, WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME MAKING SURE THAT IN FACT THAT WAS CORRECT. 
          SO, SO I I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          I HAVE SOME, YEAH, SOME, SOME JUST QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT, WHICH I CAN ASK LEGAL AS WELL. 
          BUT, AND THEN I KNOW WE CHANGED IT, THE LIMITED COMMENTS FROM FIVE MINUTES TO THREE MINUTES. 
          AND I PERSONALLY LIKE THE FIVE MINUTES. 
          I THINK THAT, UM, I KNOW EVERYBODY'S SMILING. 
          UM, I THINK THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, THAT WE HA ARE AS A COUNCIL HAVE ALWAYS, UM, BELIEVED IS THAT INPUT FROM THE PUBLIC IS IMPORTANT. 
          IT'S VERY HARD TO GET SOMETHING OUT IN THREE MINUTES. 
          YOU ARE RUSHED AND PEOPLE ARE NERVOUS. 
          SO I PREFER THE FIVE MINUTES, I PREFER TO BE MORE WELCOMING TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT, AND I WANT PEOPLE TO FEEL COMFORTABLE THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO QUICKLY RUSH THROUGH THEIR COMMENTS. 
          SO, UM, I JUST BRING THAT UP FOR CONVERSATION SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THAT IN AUGUST. 
          SO THANKS SHANNON. 
          AND I, I APOLOGIZE IF I WASN'T CLEAR. 
          IT WAS REALLY MEANT TO SORT OF PUT THIS FORWARD AND THEN HAVE THE DISCUSSION IN AUGUST. 
          GREAT. 
          BUT IT'S VERY HELPFUL TO HAVE THOSE AHEAD OF TIME. 
          SO I THINK, UM, AND THAT AUGUST 12TH MEETING, AGAIN, ALL OF COUNCIL WILL BE HERE FOR THAT MEETING, SO, WE'LL WE CAN DISCUSS THAT, BUT SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          FINANCE COMMITTEE, ANDY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THE FINANCE COMMITTEE MET MONDAY, JUNE 10TH. 
          STAFF SHARED THE REVISED HOTEL MOTEL TAX GRANT POLICY. 
          THE POLICY INCLUDES A SCORING RUBRIC FOR COMMUNITY BENEFIT EVENTS AND A FORMULA FOR SPORTS TOURNAMENTS. 
          THE COMMITTEE WILL BE RECOMMENDING COUNCIL CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF THE POLICY AT THE JULY 1ST MEETING. 
          WE'RE GONNA BE VERY BUSY JULY 1ST. 
          UH, THE COMMITTEE ALSO DISCUSSED THE DCRC REFRESH FUNDING OPTIONS. 
          THERE WAS CONSENSUS FOR EXPLORING EXTERNAL FUNDING SOURCES SUCH AS CORPORATE SPONSORSHIPS, TRUSTS, AND PRIVATE DONATIONS. 
          POTENTIAL CAMPAIGNS WERE ALSO DISCUSSED. 
          AND FINALLY, THE COMMITTEE DISCUSSED THE RECREATION COST RECOVERY POLICY. 
          THE COMMITTEE WAS SUPPORTIVE OF ADJUSTING USER FEES TO AID IN COST RECOVERY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANKS ANDY. 
          AND JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, UM, ANY OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS WOULD ULTIMATELY COME BACK TO ALL OF COUNCIL FOR REVIEW AND POTENTIAL VOTE? UH, MOVING ON TO PUBLIC SERVICES COMMITTEE, AMY. 
          SO THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMITTEE MET WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12TH. 
          WE HAD TWO ITEMS. THE FIRST WAS A FOLLOW UP FROM THE PUBLIC ART MASTER PLAN, WHICH WAS APU APPROVED SEVERAL YEARS AGO. 
          BUT THE DUBLIN ARTS COUNCIL HAS NOW GOTTEN TO A POINT WHERE THEY'RE ESTABLISHING A PUBLIC ART BOARD PER THAT MASTER PLAN. 
          AND THEY'VE DRAFTED SOME RULES AND REGULATIONS AND THEY JUST WERE ASKING FOR FEEDBACK. 
          UH, BECAUSE COUNCIL HAD BEEN PART OF THE MASTER PLAN AND AWARE OF THE BOARD, UH, IT'S STILL THE PURVIEW OF THE DUBLIN ARTS COUNCIL. 
          IT'S THEIR BOARD, IT'S THEIR RULES AND REGULATIONS. 
          THE RECOMMENDATION, UH, FOR PUBLIC SURFACES WAS JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WAS VERY CLEAR THAT THAT WAS A DUBLIN ARTS COUNCIL BOARD AND THAT THAT BOARD WOULD BE GIVING RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE ARTS COUNCIL. 
          UH, WHICH THEN THE ARTS COUNCIL COULD CERTAINLY COME AND TALK TO CITY COUNCIL. 
          SO, UH, THERE WAS NO VOTES, NOTHING COMING BACK TO US. 
          IT WAS JUST A COURTESY KIND OF THING. 
          SO THE SECOND ITEM WAS THE PUBLIC WATER UTILITY, THE SANITARY SEWER AND WATER EXTENSION. 
          IT WAS AN UPDATE OF ALL THE WORK THAT'S BEEN GOING ON, UM, THIS YEAR, TODAY, INCLUDING ALL THE SURVEYS THAT WENT OUT, ALL THEY'VE GOTTEN ALL THE PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING WORK DONE FOR ALL OF THE UNSERVED PARCELS. 
          THEY WENT IN AND COST ESTIMATES FOR ALL OF THOSE. 
          THERE WAS ALL SORTS OF CHARTS AND GRAPHS AND MAPS AND MATRICES, AND THEY RANKED THE PROJECTS. 
          IT WAS VERY DETAILED AND THANKFULLY YOU GUYS WILL NOT HAVE TO, YOU WILL NOT SEE IT ALL. 
          BUT WHAT YOU WILL SEE IS THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM STAFF AS PART OF THE CIP PROCESS OF WHAT THEY'RE RECOMMENDING. 
          UM, THEY, UH, PUBLIC SERVICES RECOMMENDED. 
          THEY ALSO LOOK AT ALTERNATIVE FUNDING METHODS THAT ARE, MIGHT BE MORE SIMILAR TO LAND ACQUISITION, WHERE WE PLAN A SET BUDGET FOR CERTAIN YEARS RATHER THAN A WHOLE BUNCH ONE YEAR AND NOT MUCH THE NEXT YEAR. 
          SO THOSE BUDGET, ALL THAT STUFF WILL COME BACK AS PART OF THE CIP NOT AS SEPARATE UTILITY STUFF. 
          SUPER. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH ALL. 
          WE'LL MOVE ON TO COUNCIL LIAISON REPORTS. 
          UM, KATHY, WHY DON'T WE START WITH YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I WILL DEFER TO MY COLLEAGUE. 
          UM, I WAS NOT AT THE 33 MEETING, I'LL MAKE THE COMMENT ON, UH, PLANNING AND ZONING. 
          THE PLANNING AND ZONING. 
          UM, 
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COMMISSION WELCOMES THREE NEW MEMBERS. 
          UM, SO THERE'S A LOT OF, OF, UM, TRAINING  TO DO AND ONBOARDING TO DO. 
          BUT, UM, REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO, UM, AND APPRECIATE THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS AND SERVICE. 
          UM, AND THEY HAVE SEVERAL, UM, UH, PROPOSED, UH, UH, DEVELOPMENTS BEFORE THEM. 
          A LOT OF THEM I THINK WILL BE POSITIVELY INFLUENCED, UM, BY OUR COMMUNITY PLAN UPDATES AND THE GUIDANCE THAT THAT WILL BRING FORTH. 
          SO VERY TIMELY. 
          UM, BUT THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE A VERY BUSY NEXT THREE MONTHS, SO THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, JANE, YOU WANNA HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY ON THE 33 CORRIDOR FIRST, RIGHT? YEAH, WE MET ON JUNE 14TH, UM, AT THE MARYSVILLE AUTOMOTIVE AND MOBILITY INNOVATION CENTER, WHICH IS BRAND NEW, JUST OPENED. 
          IT'S IN THEIR INNOVATION DISTRICT. 
          UM, IT IS MEANT FOR AUTOMOTIVE TESTING AND IT'S CONFERENCE SPACE AND IT'S LEASEABLE. 
          THEY GAVE US A TOUR. 
          UH, THE MARYSVILLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IS LOCATED THERE TO TRY TO GET THEM, YOU KNOW, SUPPORT THAT AND GET THEM OFF THE GROUND. 
          DUBLIN GAVE ALL OF THEIR UPDATES ON PROJECTS AND INFRASTRUCTURE AND THAT SORT OF THING. 
          JEROME TOWNSHIP GAVE A REPORT, IT WAS QUITE CONDENSED, BUT THEY BASICALLY SAID THAT THEIR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS BEING DONE BY MKSK AND IT'S 90% COMPLETED. 
          UM, BUT THEY DIDN'T TALK ABOUT IT, UM, TOO MUCH. 
          THEIR PLANNING AND ZONING, THEY SAID, HAD NO NEW DEVELOPMENTS TO REPORT. 
          AND THEY SAID THEY'VE APPLIED FOR A GRANT FOR A WALKING PATH AROUND THE TOWNSHIP POND MARYSVILLE THAT HAS QUITE A BIT GOING ON. 
          THEIR SILOS AT WATER AND LIGHT DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS THEIR DOWNTOWN AREA, IS MOVING FORWARD. 
          AND THEIR SCHOOLS HAVE AGREED ON THE INCENTIVE PLAN. 
          THE FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THAT SHOULD OCCUR IN AUGUST. 
          MARYSVILLE COUNCIL RECENTLY CHANGED THE, UH, TITLE OF THEIR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO A MORE VISIONARY PLAN. 
          AND MY UNDERSTANDING AS, UH, WE TALKED TO THEM WAS THAT THEY EXPLAINED THE INTENT WAS THAT TO DETERMINE OVERALL HOLISTIC CHARACTER OF MARYSVILLE IN THE FUTURE AND NOT JUST A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. 
          UM, THEY TALKED ABOUT, UM, SOME ANNEXATIONS, THEY CALLED IT MARYSVILLE EAST, NUMBER ONE ANNEXATION, WHICH WAS 337 ACRES THAT INCLUDED, UM, ROCK, UM, ROCKFORD HOMES AND THE NEW ALBANY COMPANY. 
          THEY ALSO HAVE 205 ACRES THAT THEY'RE ANNEXING IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE NEW ALBANY COMPANY. 
          UM, MILL CREEK, UM, IS WORKING ON THEIR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. 
          AND PLAIN CITY SAYS THAT THEY HAVE QUITE A BIT OF RESIDENTIAL BUILDING GOING ON. 
          UM, THEY HAVE A LARGE AMOUNT, UM, OF BUILDING AND COMMERCIAL HAPPENING IN PLAIN CITY. 
          THEY'RE WORKING WITH THE OHIO EPA ABOUT THEIR WATERWAYS. 
          THEY'RE DOING QUITE A BIT IN THEIR DOWNTOWN AREA. 
          THEY, UH, THEIR TRAIN DEPOT WAS DELIVERED TO THE PUBLIC SQUARE AND SOON A DELIVERY OF A 1949 CABOOSE IS COMING AS PART OF THAT DEPOT PROJECT. 
          UH, THEIR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN, UM, WILL BE COMING TO COUNCIL IN AUGUST AND THEY'RE ALSO WORKING ON THEIR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. 
          AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WOULD YOU LIKE TO CONTINUE WITH THE DUBLIN BOARD OF EDUCATION? WE DON'T HAVE A MEETING UNTIL JULY 24TH. 
          OKAY, ANDY. 
          SO WE'LL SKIP DUBLIN BOARD OF EDUCATION FOR YOU AND MOVE ON TO LO LOGAN UNION CHAMPAIGN COUNTY. 
          SO, UH, I, I WOULD COMMEND JEROME TOWNSHIP. 
          THE LAST FEW, UH, APPLICATIONS THAT THEY'VE HAD IN THE LOGAN UNION CHAMPAGNE. 
          UM, COMMISSION MEETINGS HAVE BEEN, UM, RETAIL OR COMMERCIAL NON-RESIDENTIAL. 
          SO STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, JOHN DUBLIN, ARTS COUNCIL AND VETERANS COMMITTEE. 
          YEAH. 
          I JUST WANNA, UH, MAKE A SUGGESTION THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR, TO MAINTAIN OUR ARTS COLLECTION IS RATHER EXPENSIVE. 
          SO, UM, AND TONIGHT'S A GOOD EXAMPLE OF, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THIS AND MODIFY THIS KIND OF THING SO THAT IT DOESN'T GET OUTTA HAND. 
          UM, ARTISTS HAVE THEIR OWN, ARE IN THEIR OWN WORLD AND SOMETIMES THEIR WORLD ISN'T THE MOST PRACTICAL WORLD. 
          SO I, I THINK WE WANNA KEEP AN, AN EYE ON THIS PROJECT. 
          'CAUSE I THINK A REALLY NEAT PROJECT. 
          THE, UH, VETERANS COMMITTEE, UM, HAD A MEETING WITH JOHN MARSH HAUSEN AGAIN, UM, THIS, AND WE HAVE DECIDED TO SEE IF WE COULD INTRODUCE JUNIOR RESERVE OFFICERS TRAINING PROGRAM FOR THE MILITARY SINCE THE MILITARY FORCES ARE DEPLETED AND SEE IF WE CAN, UM, MUSTER UP SOME LEADERSHIP OUT OF OUR STUDENTS. 
          THAT'S PROBABLY THE MOST MAJOR THING WE'RE WORKING ON WITH YOU. 
          GREAT. 
          THANK YOU JOHN. 
          I, IT'S INTERESTING, I'VE BEEN TO A LOT OF GRADUATIONS OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS AND THEY ALWAYS ANNOUNCE THAT THE KIDS WHO ARE GRADUATING AND, AND GOING INTO ROTC OR ANY BRANCH OF THE MILITARY, AND IT FEELS LIKE THOSE NUMBERS ARE GOING DOWN AND DOWN EVERY YEAR. 
          SO I'LL BE REALLY INTERESTED TO HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT PROGRAM. 
          THANKS. 
          AND FINALLY, UH, AMY WASHINGTON 
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TOWNSHIP AND ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD. 
          I ACTUALLY HAD A CONFLICT AND COULDN'T ATTEND LAST WEEK, SO I DON'T HAVE ANY UPDATES. 
          GREAT. 
          WELL THEN WHY DON'T WE STICK WITH YOU 
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FOR ROUND TABLE. 
          I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING FOR ROUND TABLE. 
          EXCELLENT. 
          'CAUSE THE HOUR IS GETTING LATE. 
           I'LL BE BRIEF, BUT VERY, UM, GENUINE, UH, THANK ALL OF THE STAFF. 
          WE, YOU'VE GONE THROUGH SO MUCH THIS PAST YEAR AND ALL THE WORK, THE STRATEGIC PLANS, ALL OF THE AMAZING WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING. 
          I DON'T KNOW HOW WE'RE GONNA ACCOMPLISH IT ALL, BUT KNOWING THE STAFF WILL BE ABLE TO DO IT. 
          SO THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH. 
          APPRECIATE IT. 
          JOHN, JUST WANNA SAY THANKS TO THE STAFF FOR THE EFFORTS OVER AT THE GOLF TOURNAMENT. 
          EVERYBODY VOLUNTEERED, HAD A GREAT TIME. 
          I GOTTA SAY THAT I THINK, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD JUSTIFY ALL THAT EFFORT BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT THAT REALLY GETS DONE. 
          ONE-ON-ONE WITH THE OTHER LEADERSHIP THAT'S COME IN AND IDEAS AND THE SCHOOL BOARD AND EVERYBODY ELSE. 
          SO I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, FOR THE MONEY WE PUT IN IT, THERE'S A LOT TO BE GOTTEN OUT OF IT IF YOU TAKE THE TIME TO MEET WITH ALL THE PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING THROUGH THE DOOR. 
          AND THE STAFF DOES A GREAT JOB BRINGING IN THE WHO'S WHO AND THE POWER BROKERS THAT COULD INFLUENCE OUR CITY AND COULD HELP US OUT. 
          THE OTHER ITEM WE HAVE IS, UM, FREEWAY FROM TWO 70 TO FRAN ROAD. 
          AND, UH, MEGAN AND I JUST HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS AND POSSIBLY TALKING TO ODOT ABOUT PUTTING SOME TREES DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THAT. 
          THEY, WE HAVE IT PLANTED, BUT WE DON'T HAVE IT PLANTED IN TREES, BUT THAT IS SUCH A HARSH BUNCH OF FOUR, SIX LANES OF CONCRETE THAT REALLY BREAK UP THAT ENTRYWAY INTO DUBLIN. 
          SO IF THERE'S ANY WAY WE THAT, UH, SOMEONE HAS SOME CLOUT WITH ODOT AND WE COULD TURN 'EM AROUND AND TRY TO SOFTEN THAT, UH, ROAD NETWORK, THAT'D BE GREAT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU JOHN, KATHY, ANDY, UH, EITHER ONE OF YOU. 
          I'D ECHO JOHN'S COMMENTS ABOUT THE, THE MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT. 
          UM, THANK YOU. 
          THANKS TO ALL THE STAFF THAT SACRIFICED FAMILY TIME ON THE WEEKENDS TO GREET PEOPLE AND KEEP US ORGANIZED AND THE WEATHER WAS JUST UNREAL. 
          COULDN'T HAVE ASKED FOR BETTER WEATHER. 
          THANKS, KATHY. 
          I'LL DO TO THAT AND, AND ADD MY THANKS TO THE DRIVERS WHO TOOK PEOPLE BACK AND FORTH. 
          YOU, YOU DON'T KNOW HOW HAPPY THAT MAKES PEOPLE, SO IT WAS REALLY WONDERFUL. 
          UM, I, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A QUICK COMMENT. 
          AS WE KNOW, THE PARIS OLYMPIC START IN JULY, UM, OUR LOCAL ABBY STEINER I KNOW WILL START TO, UM, DO HER TRIAL RUNS TO RUN. 
          UM, NEXT WEEK I RECEIVED A VERY NICE NOTE FROM, UM, KATIE BROWN, HER DAUGHTER EMILY. 
          UM, I IS ALSO IN THE TRIALS AND I WANTED TO SHARE JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT EMILY. 
          SHE HAS BEEN SWIMMING WITH THE DUBLIN COMMUNITY SWIM TEAM, SO WITH OUR LOCAL TEAM SINCE SHE WAS SIX YEARS OLD. 
          AND, UM, SHE COMPETED ON SATURDAY AND THEN SHE'LL COMPETE THIS WEDNESDAY IN THIS UPCOMING FRIDAY. 
          SHE'S A DUBLIN KAUFMAN GRAD. 
          SHE JUST GRADUATED IN MAY AND SHE'S CURRENTLY COACHING THE DUBLIN DOLPHIN SWIM TEAM. 
          SO ISN'T THAT FANTASTIC? UM, KATIE SHARED WITH ME THAT THEY ACTUALLY TURNED THE LUCAS OIL STADIUM INTO AN AUDITORIUM. 
          SHE SAID THAT WAS PRETTY INTERESTING. 
          I, I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY DID THAT. 
          UM, BUT SHE ALSO SHARED ONLY THREE HIGH SCHOOL SWIMMERS FROM THE STATE OF OHIO WERE IN THE TRIALS. 
          AND EMILY IS THE ONLY SWIMMER FROM CENTRAL OHIO WHO QUALIFIED. 
          THE OTHER TWO WERE ARE FROM MASON. 
          SO, UM, SHE SAID, UM, KATIE SAID SHE'S LOOKING FORWARD TO REPRESENTING DUBLIN IN INDIANAPOLIS. 
          AND SHE SAID, I JUST THOUGHT YOU MIGHT WANNA PASS THAT ALONG. 
          SO I ABSOLUTELY DID. 
          SO WE WE'RE GONNA CHEER ABBY AND WE'RE GONNA CHEER EMILY, UM, AS THEY GET READY FOR THE OLYMPICS. 
          AND THEN THE ONLY FINAL THING IS I THINK WE HAVE A COUPLE BIRTHDAYS. 
          I DON'T KNOW, CHIEF, I HEARD THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE THAT TODAY WAS YOUR BIRTHDAY. 
          IS THAT CORRECT? WHAT BETTER PLACE TO SPEND IT?  OUR GIFT TO YOU. 
          YOU'LL GET TWO MINUTES BEFORE. 
          NO, I THINK THAT'S SLOW. 
          I THINK IT'S ALREADY 10 O'CLOCK. 
          SO  HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND WE'RE VERY SORRY CHIEF. 
          UM, AND THEN, UM, CHRISTINA HAD A BIRTHDAY LAST WEEK. 
          SHE WASN'T HERE, BUT WE WEREN'T ABLE TO WISH HER HAPPY BIRTHDAY. 
          SO HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU. 
          APPRECIATE IT. 
          I MEAN, MEGAN REALLY IS A SLAVE DRIVER, RIGHT? . 
          I'M TEASING. 
          UM, I DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING FURTHER. 
          IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE FOR THE GOOD OF THE ORDER, THEN WE ARE ADJOURNED. 
          HAVE A GREAT NIGHT.
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