[CALL TO ORDER]
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GOOD EVENING, AND WELCOME TO THE REGULAR DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18TH, 2024.I WILL NOW CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.
JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE VICE MAYOR LUDO? HERE.
[ADJOURNMENT TO EXECUTIVE SESSION]
OKAY.I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN TO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES TO CONSIDER CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION RE RELATED TO A REQUEST FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE THAT INVOLVES PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE DIRECTLY RELATED TO AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECT IN WHICH EXECUTIVE SESSION IS NECESSARY TO PROTECT THE POSSIBLE INVESTMENT OR EXPENDITURE OF PUBLIC FUNDS TO BE MADE IN CONNECTION WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECT AND IN CONSIDERING THE PURCHASE OF PROPERTY FOR PUBLIC PURPOSES.
IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND, JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE MR. ROSA? YES.
UH, WE, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO LET THE PUBLIC KNOW THAT WE WILL RECONVENE THIS MEETING AT THIS, IN THIS LOCATION AT 7:00 PM OKAY.
[RECONVENE (7 P.M.)]
WE WILL NOW RECONVENE THE MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18TH, 2024 REGULAR DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING.UH, JOHN, WOULD YOU PLEASE JOIN, LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? OKAY.
[Auditor of State Award with Distinction]
SOME SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS THIS EVENING.THE FIRST WILL BE FROM THE AUDITOR OF STATE AWARD WITH DISTINCTION IN SCOTT BROWN FROM THE AUDITOR OF STATE'S OFFICE.
BILL WILL BE RECEIVING ON BEHALF OF THE CITY.
UM, MY SEAT WASN'T EVEN WARM YET.
I APPRECIATE, UH, GETTING ON THE AGENDA EARLY.
UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS EVENING AND ALLOWING ME A, A FEW MOMENTS TO SPEAK.
I SERVE, UM, AS STATE AUDITOR KEITH FABERS, UH, CENTRAL OHIO LIAISON.
IT'S MY HONOR TO BE HERE THIS EVENING, REPRESENTING THE AUDITOR TO PRESENT THE CITY OF DUBLIN WITH THE STATE, UH, AUDITOR AWARD WITH DISTINCTION AGAIN THIS YEAR.
UM, THIS AWARD, IF YOU MIGHT RECALL, UM, PUTS YOUR CITY IN A VERY SELECT GROUP.
THE STATE AUDITOR'S OFFICE, UH, CONDUCTS 4,200 AUDITS ANNUALLY, AND JUST 4% QUALIFY FOR THIS AWARD.
THE AUDITOR OF STATE AWARD WITH DISTINCTION IS PRESENTED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AND OTHER ENTITIES.
UPON THE COMPLETION OF A FINANCIAL AUDIT THAT MEET THESE CRITERIA TO BE CONSIDERED A CLEAN AUDIT REPORT, OR, AS YOU KNOW, A VERY SHORT LETTER FROM THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE, UM, THE ENTITY MUST FILE FINANCIAL REPORTS WITH THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE BY A STATUTORY DUE DATE WITHOUT EXTENSION ON A GAP ACCOUNTING BASIS, AND PREPARE A COMPREHENSIVE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT.
THE AUDIT DOES NOT REP CONTAIN ANY FINDINGS FOR RECOVERY, MATERIAL CITATIONS, MATERIAL WEAKNESSES, SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES, UNIFORM GUIDANCE, FINDINGS, OR OTHER QUESTION COSTS, BREAKING THROUGH ALL THE AUDIT SPEAK.
THIS AWARD REPRESENTS THE HARD WORK OF ALL OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN'S STAFF AND EMPLOYEES WHO MAKE EVERY EFFORT EACH DAY TO ATTAIN ACCOUNTING EXCELLENCE.
WE'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE COUNCIL, THE ADMINISTRATION, AND THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT THAT HAVE DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB WATCHING OVER EVERY DOLLAR.
WHAT THIS TRULY MEANS IS, ACROSS YOUR ENTIRE ORGANIZATION, YOU HAVE THE PEOPLE AND THE PROCESSES IN PLACE THAT UNDERSTAND FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY.
SPECIFICALLY, WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE JAMIE HOFFMAN FOR HER LEADERSHIP, HER PROFESSIONALISM, AND COMMITMENT TO, UH, FISCAL INTEGRITY.
SO ON BEHALF OF AUDITOR FABER, I'D LIKE TO PRESENT THE CITY OF DUBLIN, THE AUDITOR OF STATE AWARD WITH DISTINCTION.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND CONGRATULATIONS TO JAMIE AND THE ENTIRE FINANCE TEAM.
[Community Services Advisory Committee 2024 Annual Report]
UH, NEXT UP WE ARE GOING TO HAVE OUR, UH, SEVERAL REPORTS FROM OUR, UH, BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.UH, IF REX PRYOR, EMERIN MALICK, DWAYNE MAYNARD, AND LIEUTENANT COLONEL JEFF NOBLE WOULD
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LIKE TO COME FORWARD.UM, I BELIEVE THAT REX WILL WILL GO FIRST IN THE PRESENTATION OF THE COMMUNITY SERVICE ADVISORY COMMITTEE 2024 ANNUAL REPORT.
GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS COUNSEL.
I'M THE CHAIR OF THE COMMUNITY SERVICES ADVISORY COMMISSION, AND I WANNA THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF CSEC, UM, AND TO SHARE THE WORK THAT WE HAVE BEEN UP TO THIS YEAR.
GIVEN THAT IT'S BEEN ANOTHER VERY BUSY YEAR FOR US, UH, THE COMMITTEE SERVES IN AN ADVISORY CAPACITY TO CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITY MANAGER ON PUBLIC PROGRAMS AND SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH DUBLIN'S NATURAL ENVIRONMENT.
THIS YEAR, WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW S WACO'S SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN AND PROVIDE FEEDBACK.
THE COMMITTEE WAS EXCITED TO LEARN MORE ABOUT S WACO'S OPERATIONS AND THE PLAN.
THE COMMITTEE WAS ABLE, AS WELL, TO PROVIDE INPUT ENGAGED WITH THE WEST DUBLIN PASSENGER RAIL STATION STUDY AND THE EAST BRIDGE STREET VISIONING AND PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING STUDY.
BOTH PROJECTS WERE COORDINATED WITH THE OVERALL ENVISION DUBLIN COMMUNITY PLAN.
AS USERS OF THE FACILITY, WE WERE ALL EXCITED TO GIVE FEEDBACK ON THE DCRC REFRESH PROJECT.
RENDERINGS THE FEEDBACK COMMITTEE MEMBERS GAVE WAS INCORPORATED INTO THE RENDERINGS COUNCIL REVIEWED IN MAY, ONE OF OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS WAS HONORED TO SERVE ON THE ENVISION DUBLIN STEERING COMMITTEE AND PROVIDE REGULAR UPDATES TO US ON THE STATUS.
WE ENGAGED AS A GROUP WITH A PLAN AS PART OF THE JOINT ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING IN FEBRUARY, AND WE WERE PLEASED TO LEARN THE PLAN HAD BEEN ADOPTED AND ARE THANKFUL FOR THE COUNCIL INVOLVING US IN THE PROJECT.
WE ALSO LEARNED MORE ABOUT CONNECTED DUBLIN INITIATIVES.
THE COMM, THE COMMITTEE, APPRECIATED THE CITY'S DATA-DRIVEN APPROACH TO ENSURING TRAFFIC SAFETY AND WAS IMPRESSED BY THE MANY PROJECTS ONGOING AND PLANNED THROUGHOUT DUBLIN.
AT OUR NOVEMBER 25TH MEETING, WE'LL BE HEARING FROM WILDLIFE EXPERTS AT THE OHIO DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES TO FURTHER OUR ENGAGEMENT IN THE TOPIC OF DEER MANAGEMENT AS REFERRED BY CITY COUNCIL IN OCTOBER.
AND ON BEHALF OF CSAC, I'D LIKE TO THANK CITY COUNCIL FOR ITS TRUST IN US.
WE ARE HONORED TO CONTINUE, CONTINUE TO ADVISE COUNCIL, THE CITY MANAGER ON THESE IMPORTANT TOPICS AND TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE AN IMPACT IN OUR COMMUNITY.
[Community Inclusion Advisory Committee 2024 Annual Report]
AMRAN MOLIK, AND HE WILL GIVE US A REPORT ON THE COMMUNITY INCLUSION ADVISORY COMMITTEE, THE 2024 ANNUAL REPORT.GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU TONIGHT.
IT IS ALWAYS, UH, GOOD TO TO TO BE HERE AND ENGAGE WITH YOU IN THIS WAY THAT THE COMMUNITY INCLUSION ADVISORY COMMISSION, WHICH IS A COMMITTEE, IS A ACRONYM AS KAYAK.
IT'S PLEASANT, UH, IS PLEASED TO HAVE A, A VERY PRODUCTIVE, UH, AND, YOU KNOW, VERY FOCUSED, UH, YEAR FOR 2024, WHICH FOCUSED AROUND THE DEI FRAMEWORK AND THEN THE DIRECTORS FROM THE COUNCIL.
WE FOCUSED ON THE AREAS OF PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, CITY PRACTICES, ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT, MOBILITY AND TRANSPORTATION, COMMUNITY BUILDING AND INCLUSION, OUR CURRENT TEAM.
AND I HOPE, UH, WHEN I CALL THE NAMES OF THE MEMBERS, IF THEY ARE IN THE AUDIENCE, IF THEY CAN STAND UP FOR RECOGNITION, THAT'D BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.
UH, THE, UH, THE CURRENT COMM, UH, COMMITTEE INCLUDES MYSELF AS A CHAIR, IMRAN MOLIK, VICE CHAIR, NIKKI LOMBARDO, CHRISTINE ALDI, MAYOR KATO, INGRID FIELDS, PEGGY KILTY, CRYSTAL MAORI, ISAU, JI, MAX CHU, AND MINK.
WE HAVE HAD A VERY PRODUCTIVE YEAR WITH STAFF AND THE COMMUNITY, UH, PARTNERS, ALL OF WHOM HAVE, UH, PRESENTED ON RELEVANT COMMUNITY TOPICS.
WE HAVE PROVIDED FEEDBACK, HAVE OFFERED OUR PERSPECTIVE, AND HAVE GENERATED NEW IDEAS FOR CONTINUED INCLUSION EFFORTS IN THIS DYNAMIC CITY.
AS YOU WILL SEE FROM THE SLIDES THAT ARE SHARED HERE WITH YOU ALL, THAT THERE'LL BE MULTIPLE EVENTS THAT WE HAVE PARTICIPATED, THE CITY OF DUBIN, HUMAN RESOURCE PRACTICE AND POLICIES.
WE HAVE ALSO PARTICIPATED IN THE, UH, DUBLIN CITY'S INTERNAL DEI COMMITTEE, PRO PROGRESSIONS AND PRO PROGRESS, A DISCUSSION OF EVOLUTION THEATER COM, UH, COMPANY, ALONG WITH AB THEATER OF DUBLIN, UH, DUBLIN, OHIO'S PARTNERSHIP.
WE LEARNED ABOUT AND OFFERED FEEDBACK ON CITY OF DUBLIN'S, EVER-GROWING INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY, EVEN EVENTS, PRACTICES WE HAVE EN, UH, ENJOYED LEARNING ABOUT AND OFFERING PERSPECTIVES ON, ON PROACTIVE WAYS.
THE CITY HAS FOUND SOLUTIONS FOR LANGUAGE TRANSLATION, TRANSLATION NEEDS.
WE HAVE ALSO LEARNED MORE ABOUT HOW AGING IN PLACE IS EMBARRASSED, UH, EMBRACED, ENHANCED WITH FOREVER DUBLIN, AND ALSO THE O OUS, UH, THE OHIO UNIVERSITY SPEAKER SERIES, WHICH IS STILL A RELATIVELY NEW, UH, YOU KNOW, PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE ADOPTED.
BUT IT'S ALSO FOCUSING ON THE EXPERTISE OF OHIO UNIVERSITY, WHAT BRINGS, UH, WHICH OHIO'S UNIVERSITY BRINGS TO OUR COMMUNITY IN DUBLIN, OHIO.
MOST RECENTLY, WE HAVE ALSO PRESENTED WITH THE, WE, WE'VE ALSO PRESENTED IN PARTNER WITH THE PARKS AND, UH, RECREATION ACCESSIBILITY PLAN.
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE HAVE ALSO PARTNERED WITH THE COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT
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OVERVIEWS AND FINDINGS, AND, UH, LOOK INTO FORWARD WAYS OF HOW WE CAN MAKE OUR, UH, OUR, OUR CITIZENS, UH, YOU KNOW, MORE COHESIVE AND, YOU KNOW, ENGAGED IN, IN THE CITY OF DUBLIN.LASTLY, WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO, UH, RECOGNIZE THAT WE HAVE APPOINTED OUR, ONE OF OUR CHAIR, UH, MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION, ISHO, MR. SHOGI, I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S HERE TODAY TO THE ENVISION DUBLIN, UH, TASK FORCE.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE BEEN CONTINUOUSLY, YOU KNOW, HAVING CONVERSATION ON THE GROWTH AND THE DEVELOPMENT ASPECT OF, UH, ENVISION DUBLIN'S PLAN, WHICH TO MAKE OUR CITY MORE ECONOMICALLY SUSTAINABLE AND VIABLE MOVING FORWARD.
SOME OF THE MEMBERS OF THE KAYAK ALSO SERVE AS VOLUNTEERS AT THE CITY OF DUBLIN'S NATURALIZATION CEREMONY IN MAY, 2024, WHICH IS MAGNIFICENT WELCOME AND DISPLAY, WHICH IS WHICH MAG, WHICH IS MAGNIFICENT AND WELCOMES AND DISPLAY THE, UH, THE ASPECT OF HOSPITALITY ON ALL OUR PART.
WE ARE ALSO SO PROUD TO HAVE ATTENDED THE BROWN HARRIS HISTORIC BLACK CEMETERY DEDICATION IN THE SUMMER THIS YEAR.
WE REMAIN INFORMED ON MANY WAYS IN WHICH DUBLIN AND OUR SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES LIFT UP AND, UH, CELEBRATE THE DIVERSE MOSAIC OF OUR FELLOW CITIZENS.
WE ARE PROUD TO BE AT YOUR SERVICE, AND THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING ITS RELEVANCE.
WE ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT OUR CHAIR, OUR CHART, AND WELCOME ANY NEW ASSIGNMENTS THAT YOU WILL LIKE TO DEDICATE OUR WAY IN YEAR 2025.
ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE FOR US, OR ANY TASKS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE OUR ADVICE ON OR WANT OUR COLLABORATION, WE ARE HERE TO SERVE YOU.
AND WE WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR BELIEVING IN US AND ALLOWING US ALL THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE ON THIS COMMISSION AND BE PART OF, UH, DUBLIN DUBLINS GENOME GROWING ECOLOGY ALL THE TIME.
[Chief's Advisory Committee Update and Presentation]
HEAR FROM THE CHIEF'S ADVISORY COMMITTEE UPDATE FROM JUDGE DWAYNE MAYNARD.WELCOME, UH, GOOD EVENING, UH, MAYOR AMBROSE GROOMS, AND GOOD EVENING TO EACH OF YOU CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, AS WELL AS OUR CITY MANAGER, MADAM O CALLAHAN.
MY NAME IS, UH, WILLIAM MAYNARD, AND I SERVE AS THE CHAIR OF THE CHIEF'S ADVISORY COMMITTEE, OR C-A-C-A-C AS WE REFER TO IT.
I'M HERE TONIGHT ALONG WITH VICE CHAIR KIMBERLY HOLLY ON BEHALF OF OUR FELLOW CAC COLLEAGUES, SOME OF WHOM ACTUALLY CAME OUT TONIGHT TO SUPPORT US.
UM, TO PRESENT FROM THE MEMO THAT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED AND UPDATE YOU ON THE PROGRESS AND DIRECTION OF THE COMMITTEE'S WORK SINCE WE LAST PRESENTED TO YOU ON JULY 1ST OF THIS YEAR.
OUR PRESENTATION CONSISTS OF FIVE SLIDES INTENDED IN PART TO HIGHLIGHT THE CA'S ONGOING COMMITMENT TO UTILIZE THE CITY'S DEI FRAMEWORK THAT WAS PUBLISHED IN JULY OF 2021, AND ADVANCE THE ASPIRATIONAL GOALS AND OR TOPIC AREAS IDENTIFIED IN PRIORITY AREA FOR PUBLIC SAFETY TO BUILD BRIDGES, RELATIONSHIPS, AND CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN THE DUBLIN POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE DIVERSE CONSTITUENT GROUPS WE HAVE HERE IN DUBLIN THAT THE DEPARTMENT IS SWORN TO SERVE AND PROTECT.
VICE CHAIR HOLLY AND I WILL ALTERNATE, UH, ON THE PRESENTATION OF THE FIVE SLIDES THAT WE HAVE FOR TONIGHT.
AND THE FIRST SLIDE IS ALREADY PASSED.
UH, YOU CAN READ THE LANGUAGE.
UM, SINCE 2020, THE CHIEF'S ADVISORY COMMITTEE, THE CAC, HAS PROVIDED AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PROACTIVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND CRITICAL DIALOGUE CONCERNING THE CITY OF DUBLIN'S PROTECTION AND SERVICE OF PUBLIC SAFETY NEEDS.
AND ON THAT SLIDE, THE IMPORTANCE IS THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL ITERATIONS OF THE CHIEF'S ADVISORY COMMITTEE UP THERE, AND WE REFER TO EACH OTHER ON THE COMMITTEE AS COMMUNITY PARTNERS.
UM, I'M GONNA GO THROUGH OUR FIRST ASPIRATIONAL GOAL, WHICH IS PROMOTING PUBLIC SAFETY AND A SENSE OF SECURITY AND HOW WE'VE ADDRESSED THAT AS A COMMITTEE.
SO, UM, WITH THIS ASPIRATIONAL GOAL, THE DUBLIN POLICE ENSURES PUBLIC SAFETY AS SENSE OF SECURITY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, WHILE ACKNOWLEDGING AND RESPECTING THE VARIOUS CULTURES AND PERSPECTIVES OF DIVERSE RESIDENTS.
AND THE WAY WE'VE ADDRESSED THIS AS, UM, AND, UH, WE'VE REVIEWED THE DEPARTMENTS RESPONDING
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TO PEOPLE IN CRISIS POLICY, WHICH EMPHASIZES MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES, DEESCALATION TACTICS, AND OFFICERS COMMITMENT TO BEING CULTURALLY COMPETENT AND COMPASSIONATE.THE, UH, SECOND, UH, ASPIRATIONAL GOAL OR PUBLIC TOPIC IS CULTIVATING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND PUBLIC TRUST.
DUBLIN POLICE DEVELOPS AND EXECUTES A COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY THAT EFFECTIVELY CONNECTS POLICE WITH DUBLIN RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES, AND COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS.
UH, WE WANTED TO EMPHASIZE HERE THAT IN SEPTEMBER, THE VICE CHAIR AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND AND PRESENT, UH, TO THE 2024 DUBLIN CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY.
UH, IT WAS A GOOD EXPERIENCE TO NOT ONLY PRESENT BUT FIELD QUESTIONS FROM THE CLASS PARTICIPANTS.
AND THE INTENTIONALITY HERE IS TO TRY AND CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AN INTEREST FROM PERSONS WHO HAVE SHOWN AN INTEREST IN LAW ENFORCEMENT, TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO FURTHER THEIR INVOLVEMENT WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BY BECOMING OR, UH, APPLYING TO BECOME MEMBERS OF THE CHIEF'S ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
OUR NEXT ASPIRATIONAL GOAL, ENSURING TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY.
THE DUBLIN POLICE EFFECTIVELY FACILITATES ACCOUNTABILITY BY FOCUSING REPORTING PROCEDURES ON DELIVERING TRANSPARENCY AND INFORMING ACCESSIBILITY.
AND THE WAY WE'VE ADDRESSED THIS IS, UM, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DIS TO DISCUSS THE DUBLIN'S DUBLIN POLICE'S INVOLVEMENT IN OHIO'S FIRST STATEWIDE POLICE ACCREDITATION PILOT PROGRAM FOCUSED ON SETTING BEST PRACTICES FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT.
UM, THE PROGRAM, UH, IT WAS PRESENTED BY, UM, DIRECTOR ED HAMER AND, UM, PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS MANAGER, WHITNEY AKER.
AND, UH, THE FOURTH AREA, UM, IS DIVERSIFYING POLICE PERSONNEL.
DUBLIN POLICE TAKES ACTIVE AND EXPLICIT STEPS TOWARD DIVERSIFYING THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE DEPARTMENT ON THIS, UH, ASPIRATIONAL GOAL.
UH, UH, IN OUR LAST, ONE OF OUR LAST FOUR MEETINGS, WE HAD OUR HUMAN RES, WELL, THE DEPARTMENT'S HUMAN RESOURCE RESOURCE BUSINESS PARTNER, JILLIAN FAIR REVIEW.
THE DEPARTMENT'S THREE DIFFERENT RECRUITING PATHWAYS UTILIZED TO HIRE POLICE OFFICERS.
THE FIRST IS AN EXAM PATHWAY, THE SECOND IS AN APPLICATION AND RESUME PATHWAY, AND THE THIRD IS A LATERAL PATHWAY, ALL OF WHICH ARE, ARE INTENDED TO ALLOW THE CANDIDATES TO PUT THEIR BEST FOOT FORWARD, UH, TO BE IDENTIFIED BY THE DEPARTMENT.
AND IN ADDITION, UH, WE REVIEWED THE CURRENT DEMOGRAPHIC BREAKDOWN OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND OF THE CANDIDATE POOLS THROUGHOUT 2024.
AND IT'S GOOD TO JUST SHARE WITH YOU ALL THAT THE DEPARTMENT IS ACTIVE AND ONGOING IN ATTEMPTING TO IDENTIFY, UH, POLICE CANDIDATES OR POLICE OFFICERS WHO CAN COME INTO THE DEPARTMENT AND HELP US MOVE TOWARD BEST PRACTICES IN LAW ENFORCEMENT, NOT ONLY IN THE CITY, BUT BEYOND THAT ON THE STATE LEVEL.
UH, THAT ACTUALLY IS OUR FIVE SLIDES.
UH, BEFORE I SIT DOWN, I'D LIKE TO THANK THOSE PERSONS WHO, UM, HELPED, UH, CREATE THE MEMO THAT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED AND THOSE PERSONS WHO, UM, HELPED TO PUT TOGETHER THE SLIDESHOW.
IN ADDITION, I'D LIKE TO PUBLICLY THANK, UH, JAMIE MAXWELL AND MATT NO, MITCHELL, MITCH AMEN.
UH, FOR THEIR WORK WITH THE COMMITTEE, THEIR SUPPORT AND THEIR EFFORT TO KEEP US CROSSING OUR TS AND DOTTING OUR I'S AS IT RELATES TO ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES, PROTOCOLS, AND RULES.
[Veterans Advisory Committee 2024 Annual Report]
WE'LL HEAR FROM OUR VETERANS ADVISORY COMMITTEE, WHAT THEIR 2024 ANNUAL REPORT.[00:20:01]
WELCOME, LIEUTENANT COLONEL.GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
AS CHAIR OF THE VETERANS ADVISORY COMMITTEE, I AM PLEASED TO PROVIDE THE ANNUAL REPORT AND UPDATE YOU ON THE WORK WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED THIS YEAR.
THE VETERANS ADVISORY COMMITTEE EXISTS TO ADVISE DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL ON A WIDE RANGE OF ISSUES IMPACTING OUR LOCAL VETERAN COMMUNITY.
WE SERVE TO ENSURE THAT THE SERVICE AND SACRIFICE OF OUR VETERANS ARE APPROPRIATELY HONORED, AND WE PROVIDE GUIDANCE ON THE PLANNING AND EXECUTION OF VETERAN CEREMONIES.
AND THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT TO VETERAN'S DAY.
UM, AND EVENTS SUCH AS THE MEMORIAL DAY AND THE VETERANS DAY CEREMONY IN 2024, WE HAVE FOCUSED ON SEVERAL KEY AREAS.
FIRST, WE CONTINUE TO SERVE AS THE RESOURCE TO CITY EVENTS STAFF, PARTICULARLY IN HELPING GUIDE THE SUCCESSFUL FULL REBRANDING OF THE DEFENDER'S DEN AT THIS YEAR'S DUBLIN IRISH FEST.
THIS COLLABORATION WAS A GREAT SUCCESS, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO PROVIDE INPUT ON EVENTS.
WE HAVE ALSO WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE CITY'S GIS TEAM TO ENHANCE THE REMEMBRANCE PROJECT MAP AND IMPROVE THE WAY FINDING EXPERIENCE RELATED TO VETERANS INTERNED IN DUBLIN, ARIES, EXCUSE ME.
ADDITIONALLY, WE PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON THE MAINTENANCE OF THE GROUNDS OF REMEMBRANCE AND COLLABORATED WITH STAFF TO ENSURE THAT IT IS PROPERLY CARED FOR.
THE COMMITTEE IS ALSO COMMITTED TO ENSURING THAT THE HISTORY OF OUR LOCAL VETERANS ARE PRESERVED.
THIS YEAR, WE PARTNER WITH TOM HOLTON FROM THE DUBLIN HISTORICAL SOCIETY, WHO IS LEADING A PROJECT TO DOCUMENT VETERANS FROM DUBLIN WHO HAVE NOT YET BEEN RECORDED.
THIS IMPORTANT WORK IS ONGOING, AND WE ARE PROUD TO SUPPORT EFFORTS THAT ENSURE OUR VETERANS ARE NOT FORGOTTEN.
WE ALSO KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS AT THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVELS.
OUR BI MONTHLY REPORTS TRACK IMPORTANT UPDATES AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT IT MAY AFFECT VETERANS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, FRANKLIN COUNTY HAS 65,000 VETERANS.
OHIO IS THE SIXTH LARGEST VETERAN POPULATION IN THE COUNTRY, AND WE KNOW THERE'S A BUNCH OF 'EM HERE.
ENGAGING WITH SUPPORTING VETERANS IN OUR COMMUNITY IS CENTRAL TO OUR MISSION.
THROUGH THE DUBLIN VETERAN APPRECIATION CARD PROGRAM, WE NOW HAVE 62 VETERANS SIGNED UP, AND WE CONTINUE TO PROMOTE THIS PROGRAM AT LOCAL MILITARY EVENTS.
ADDITIONALLY, WE SUPPORT AND PROMOTE THE MILITARY ROUNDTABLE SERIES ORGANIZED BY THE LOCAL, UH, VFW CHAPTER, HELD AT THE DCRC, WHICH PROVIDES A SPACE FOR VETERANS TO COME TOGETHER AND LISTEN TO SPEAKERS ON TOPICS OF VETERAN HISTORY.
AS FOR OUR COMMITTEE'S MEMBERSHIP, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE OUTGOING MEMBER MACK PARKHILL, UH, FOR HIS SERVICE AND DEDICATION.
MACK HAS MADE A SIGNIFICANT TU CONTRIBUTION DURING HIS TIME WITH US AND IN THE CITY, AND WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR HIS WORK AND HELP TO HONOR AND SUPPORT VETERANS IN DUBLIN.
WE ALSO WELCOMED OUR NEWLY APPOINTED MEMBER, TRACY OWENS, WHO SITS OVER THERE QUIETLY, UH, WHO BRINGS ENTHUSIASM AND FRESH ADES TO THE COMMITTEE.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING OUR WORK WITH HIM ON THE BOARD.
IN CLOSING, I WANT TO THANK MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL AND STAFF, PARTICULARLY OUR STAFF LIAISON KENDALL, UH, FOR YOUR ONGOING SUPPORT OF THE VETERANS ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
WE REMAIN COMMITTED TO ENSURING THAT DUBLIN'S VETERANS ARE HONORED, ENGAGED, AND VALUED IN ALL THAT WE DO.
THE, THE BODY OF WORK THAT IS REPRESENTED IN THE REPORTS THAT THE FOUR OF YOU DELIVERED TONIGHT IS IMPRESSIVE.
UH, AND IT IS A GREAT GIFT TO YOUR COMMUNITY THAT YOU ARE WILLING TO SERVE IN THAT CAPACITY ON BEHALF OF YOUR NEIGHBORS, UM, AND THAT WE GET TO BENEFIT FROM YOUR SERVICE.
SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR, UM, THAT BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK THAT YOU HAVE PUT IN OVER THE LAST YEAR, AND REALLY APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME TO COME AND SHARE SOME OF IT WITH, WITH US
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TONIGHT.[CITIZEN COMMENTS]
THE CITIZEN COMMENTS PORTION OF OUR AGENDA.THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CITIZENS TO COMMENT ON ANY TOPIC THAT IS NOT ON THIS EVENING'S AGENDA.
UM, AS A REMINDER, SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE SIGNED IN AT THE KIOSK, JUST OUTSIDE THE CHAMBER, AND LINDSEY WILL RECOGNIZE YOU IF YOU WOULD PLEASE COME FORWARD WHEN YOU'RE RECOGNIZED, UH, AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS INTO THE RECORD.
LINDSEY, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS EVENING? YES.
GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, WE HAVE A COUPLE CITIZENS SIGNED IN, STARTING WITH KAY JANG.
IF YOU'D CARE TO COME FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS INTO THE RECORD.
MY NAME IS KAY JANG, AND I AM THE VICE PRESIDENT FOR INTERNATIONAL, UH, OHIO INTERNATIONAL FUJI ASSOCIATION.
I'M ALSO WITH, UH, UH, COLONEL SHELBY JONES AND, UH, PROFESSOR LEE HERE WE ARE HERE TO, UH, PRESENT, UH, THE CITY OF DUBLIN, OUR APPRECIATION FOR THE SUPPORT OF OUR ACE ANNUAL MOON FESTIVAL THAT WE HELD JUST YEAR IN THE BRIDGE PARK ON SEPTEMBER 14TH TO, UH, SEPTEMBER 14TH.
SO WE HAVE BEEN VERY FORTUNATE TO CALL DUBLIN OUR HOME FOR THIS EVENT, AND DUBLIN HAS PROVIDED TREMENDOUS SUPPORT FOR, UH, FOR OUR ORGANIZATION AS, AS WELL AS THIS EVENT.
WE HAVE OVER ALSO BEEN CONFIRMED THAT NEXT YEAR WE'RE GONNA HOST THIS EVENT AGAIN IN THE SAME LOCATION ON OCTOBER 11TH.
COLONEL SHELBY JONES WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK A COUPLE WORDS.
I JUST WANNA SAY, UH, ADD A COUPLE WORDS.
SHE DOES SUCH AN OUTSTANDING JOB.
AND WE'RE ALSO HERE WITH, UH, PROFESSOR LEE AND ALSO OUR OTHER COHORTS, AARON TERRY, AND OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, UH, MASTER GAL.
AND IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO STAND IN FRONT OF YOU.
AND, AND I'VE HEARD A LOT OF WORDS TODAY THAT AS A CITIZEN REALLY, UH, MAKES ME HAPPY THAT WE HAVE GOOD GOVERNMENT.
AND DUBLIN IS AN EXAMPLE OF THAT.
I'VE HEARD THE WORDS DIVERSITY, I HEARD THE WORDS INCLUSION, I HEARD THE, THE WORDS OF RESPONSIBILITY OF BEING ABLE TO HOLD OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE.
THAT TO ME IS WHAT IT IS ABOUT, ABOUT BEING AN AMERICAN CITIZEN AND MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, MR. GADO, THE LAW DIRECTOR, AND OF COURSE THE PERSON WHO REALLY HELPS KEEP US TOGETHER.
10 YEARS AGO WE CAME, APPROXIMATELY, WE CAME BEFORE YOU WHEN YOU'RE AT ANOTHER LOCATION, AND WE CAME UP WITH A, UH, BRAGGING THAT WE WANT TO BE THE BEST AT WHAT WE DO, AND WE HAVEN'T BACKED DOWN FROM THAT.
WE STARTED WITH A SMALL EVENT OVER HERE AT THE ONE OF THE PARKS, AND WE'VE BEEN KEEPING AT IT, AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO GROW, BUT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO GROW BECAUSE OF YOU AND BECAUSE OF THE COMMUNITY AND ALSO OUR FIRST RESPONDERS.
WE CAN'T FORGET OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, UH, POLICE, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, ANY FIRE DEPARTMENT HERE.
SO IT'S YOUR FAULT, THEIR FAULT THAT I'M HERE,
ALL WE'RE DOING IS WANTING TO EXPRESS OUR GRATITUDE AND ALSO TO CEMENT THIS RELATIONSHIP OF OURS THAT WE'VE HAD OVER THESE YEARS.
AND WE BROUGHT A FEW THINGS WITH THIS, WHICH MEETS THE GUIDELINES OF GIFTING WITHIN THE GOVERNMENT AFTER SPENDING 35 YEARS IN THE GOVERNMENT AS A, UH, UH, MILITARY MEMBER.
I UNDERSTAND THESE THINGS, BUT WE WANT TO SHOW OUR APPRECIATION.
AND ALSO I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE PROFESSOR LEE.
SO I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF DUBLIN SINCE 2002.
SO MY SON WAS A GRADUATE FROM SALES, UH, JOHN SALES AND, UH, KAMAN, AND THEN THE SECOND GENERATION OF BAGAI.
SO REALLY, IT'S AN HONOR TO LIVE IN THE DOLIN.
SO TODAY I'D LIKE TO SHARE SOME VALUE AND SOME POINTS OF THE MOON FESTIVAL WITH YOU.
SO FIRST ONE, THE MOON FESTIVAL IS CELEBRATE FAMILY REUNION.
WE EMPHASIZE THE VALUE OF FAMILY.
SO THAT'S TIME FOR US TO GET TOGETHER AS FAMILY MEMBERS.
SECOND IS WE EMPHASIZE HARMONY IN DIFFERENCES.
WE TRY TO UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCES.
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WE TRY TO LIVE IN THE HARMONIOUS SOCIETY AND THE COMMUNITY TO PEACEFULLY LIVE TOGETHER.SO THAT IS THE MEANING OF THE MOON FESTIVAL.
THE THIRD ONE IS WE TRY TO LOOK AT THE MOON AS A SYMBOLIC ITEM TO MISS TO THINK ABOUT IT, REFLECT OUR LOVED ONES FAR AWAY IN A DISTANCE, VERY POETIC.
SO, AND, UH, ASIAN TRADITION FOR THE MOON FESTIVAL IS VERY POETIC.
SO WE HAVE A VERY LONG HISTORY OF POETRY.
SO THERE WAS A POEMS TO CELEBRATE THE MOON FESTIVAL SO PEOPLE KNOW IT, SINGING IT AND CELEBRATE IT.
AND THE NEXT ONE, WE ARE CELEBRATING THE HARVEST VERY CLOSE TO THANKSGIVING IN TERMS OF TIMING.
WE DEEPLY APPRECIATE TO EXPRESS OUR GRATITUDE, JUST LIKE WE ARE HERE TO EXPRESS OUR GRATITUDE.
SO FOR THE LAND, FOR NATURE, FOR OUR PEOPLE, FOR GOD.
AND THEN THE NEXT ONE IS THE MOON CAKE TRADITION.
HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE TASTED MOON CAKE? YEAH, THAT'S GREAT.
SO NEXT YEAR, PLEASE COME TO THE MOON FESTIVAL.
THERE'S PLENTY OF MOON CAKES FOR YOU,
SO, AND THE LAST, NOT NOT LEAST, IS GLOBALIZATION.
WE REALLY WANT TO SHARE OUR CULTURE, ASIAN CULTURE WITH EVERYONE IN THE WORLDWIDE, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY SHARE EACH OTHER CHEERFUL.
SO MAKE OUR SOCIETY, MAKE OUR, UH, COMMUNITY BE A THREE HS COMMUNITY.
WHAT ARE THEY TO BE HAPPY, HEALTHY, AND HARMONIOUS.
AGAIN, WE'D WANT TO EXPRESS OUR GRATITUDE BECAUSE WHEN WE FIRST STARTED IT WAS A MARSHALL ARTS FESTIVAL, AND THEN THIS YEAR WE WANTED TO DO THE MOON FESTIVAL IN THE EVENING.
AND SO WE ACTUALLY DID TWO EVENTS AT ONE TIME.
AND SO THIS WAY WE TIED THEM TOGETHER.
IT WAS A LONG DAY FOR EVERYONE, BUT WITH THE CITY AND OUR VOLUNTEERS, AS YOU KNOW, THE VOLUNTEERS REALLY DO IT.
SO LET US PRESENT THESE TO YOU, IF WE MIGHT YEAH.
PRESENT IN THANK YOU MAYOR TEAM, PLEASE.
UM, LINDSAY, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT THIS EVENING? SHELBY JAMES JONES HAS SIGNED IN TO SPEAK.
OH, HE WAS PART ALREADY SPOKE.
ANYONE FURTHER? THAT WOULD, OKAY.
ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING THAT DID NOT HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SIGN IN? HEARING NONE.
[CONSENT AGENDA]
BRING US TO THE CONSENT AGENDA PORTION OF OUR AGENDA.UH, THIS, UH, THERE, IS THERE A REQUEST TO REMOVE ANY ITEM FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA THAT CONSISTS OF THE NOVEMBER 4TH AND SIXTH MEETING MINUTES? UH, AND TWO LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY FOR TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP OF D 1D TWO, D 3D SIX.
UH, HEARING NONE, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO
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APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE MR. KEELER? YES.
[Ordinance 41-24]
US TO THE SECOND READING, PUBLIC HEARING OF ORDINANCES.THE FIRST WILL BE ORDINANCE 41 DASH 24, AMENDING CHAPTER 35 OF THE CODIFIED ORDINANCE TO REVISE FEE AND SERVICE CHARGE REVENUE.
OUR STAFF REPORT WILL BE FROM DOUG HERMANEK.
UH, GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL AS REQUEST BY COUNCIL.
THE FOLLOWING, THE FOLLOW UP MEMO INCLUDES ADDITIONAL DETAILS ON CERTAIN FEES AND A REVISION TO THE BUILDING.
THE BUILDING STANDARD FEES HAVE BEEN ADJUSTED TO REFLECT A 5% INFLATIONARY MEASURE RATHER THAN THE INITIAL PROPOSED 30%.
THE CITY'S INFLATION RATE IS SLIGHTLY ABOVE THE NATIONAL AVERAGE, REFLECTING THE INTERNAL INCREASES IN SALARY AND BENEFITS COSTS AND ALIGN ALIGNING WITH THE INFLATIONARY INCREASES IN THE RECREATION FEES.
NEXT YEAR, STAFF WILL CONDUCT A COMPREHENSIVE BENCHMARKING AND COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE BUILDING STANDARD FEES DURING THE COST STUDY.
UH, STAFF IS AVAILABLE FOR COMMENTS IF ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS NEEDED, AND STAFF RECOMMENDS THE APPROVAL OF ORDINANCE 41 24 AT TONIGHT'S COUNCIL MEETING.
IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING NONE COUNCIL QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION.
I REALLY APPRECIATE, UM, SOME OF THE, UM, COMPARISONS FROM PREVIOUS YEARS ON THE, UH, ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
I'M STILL, UM, I'M STILL LOOKING FORWARD TO NEXT YEAR WHEN WE DO A COST ANALYSIS TO DO, UM, KIND OF A THOROUGH COMPARISON.
I UNDERSTAND THAT NOT NECESSARILY DO WE HAVE TO BE COMPETING WITH OTHER SUBURBS, BUT AS WE STUDY OUR PROFICIENCIES AND OUR EFFICIENCIES ON TRYING TO BRING OUR COSTS DOWN, UM, I THINK THEN IT SHOULD BE LOOKED AT.
I THINK THAT IT WOULD BE WISE TO LOOK AT HOW WE CAN ALSO BRING SOME OF OUR COSTS TO OUR RESIDENTS DOWN OR TO THOSE APPLICANTS.
AND THE, AND THE ONE THAT STOOD OUT TO ME, AND THIS IS SIMPLY BECAUSE WE RECENTLY HAD A DISCUSSION ABOUT COMMUNITY EVENTS.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT OUR COMMUNITY EVENTS STUDY SHOWED US WAS THAT MORE SMALL AND MEDIUM COMMUNITY EVENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO INCREASE CONNECTIVITY.
AND OUR HEALTH ASSESSMENT TALKED ABOUT THAT.
AND I NOTICED THAT IN OUR 2025 TIER ONE SMALL EVENTS, WE'VE GONE UP TO $200 IN APPLICATION.
UM, I KIND OF DID A QUICK REVIEW OF SOME SURROUNDING, UH, SUBURBS.
THEY'RE MUCH LESS FOR THOSE SMALL EVENTS.
SO I DON'T EXPECT A CHANGE NOW.
BUT I MIGHT REQUEST AS WE FINISH THROUGH SOME OF THESE STUDIES THAT MAYBE THE PUBLIC SERVICES, UH, COMMITTEE MIGHT JUST TAKE A LOOK AT WHETHER OR NOT THE POSSIBILITY OF HOW WE ENCOURAGE SMALLER EVENTS TO HAPPEN AND MAKING SURE THAT OUR PRICING IS AT A LEVEL THAT DOESN'T DISCOURAGE PEOPLE OR FORCE THEM TO GO TO ANOTHER COMMUNITY.
I JUST, I THINK THAT, UM, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER DEROSA MADE A GOOD POINT AT OUR LAST MEETING THAT WE MAY WANNA CREATE A, UM, RECOVERY OF OUR COST, BUT SOMETIMES, UM, RECOVERY OF OUR COST IS NOT THE ONLY OBJECTIVE.
SO I WOULD JUST REQUEST THAT WE TAKE A LOOK AT, UM, COMPARISONS AS WE GO FORWARD AND THEN ESPECIALLY ON THAT TIER ONE EVENT YEAH.
PIECE THAT WE MAKE SURE WE KEEP THAT AS LOW AS POSSIBLE SO THAT WE CAN ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO COME FORWARD WITH GOOD EVENTS.
I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO LOOK INTO THAT.
OTHER QUESTIONS? DISCUSSION, COUNSEL.
HEARING NONE, JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? MR. REINER? YES.
[Ordinance 42-24]
42 DASH 24 ADOPTING THE ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2025.AND OUR STAFF REPORT WILL BE BROUGHT FORWARD TONIGHT BY MR. MATT STIFFLER.
GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
THIS IS THE SECOND HEARING FOR THE 2025 OPERATING BUDGET.
WE ARE AT THE NOVEMBER 18TH, UH, PORTION OF THE, UH, SCHEDULE, WHICH WAS HOPEFULLY ADOPTION SO THAT WE COULD HAVE A BUDGET INTACT FOR JANUARY 1ST.
THERE WERE SEVERAL CHANGES FROM THE FIRST HEARING OF THIS ORDINANCE.
THE FIRST WAS A CLARIFICATION OF TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY REGARDING SLOWDOWN DUBLIN.
THE REQUEST WAS REVISED TO MORE BROADLY REFLECT SLOWDOWN DUBLIN AND NOT, UH, SPECIFICALLY INCLUDE THESE FUNDS FOR TACTICAL URBANISM.
THE AMOUNT WAS UNCHANGED AT, I BELIEVE IT WAS $100,000.
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THE ORGANIZATION AND STAFFING ANALYSIS WAS REDUCED TO $50,000 FOR HUMAN RESOURCES.AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED THAT IT WAS FOR ORGANIZATION AND STAFFING ANALYSIS FOR SPECIFIC WORK UNITS AND AN ORGANIZATION-WIDE EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT SURVEY.
THERE WAS ALSO A REQUEST TO CLARIFY THE 7.4% INCREASE IN SALARIES.
SO THAT SLIDE HAS BEEN UPDATED.
UH, THERE'S SOME LANGUAGE THERE TO INCLUDE ACCRUED LEAVE.
THERE WAS A $715,000 INCREASE TO FUND, UH, THE, TO INCREASE THE FUND BALANCE IN FUND SIX, UH, TWO THIRD, I'M SORRY, 2 62, WHICH IS THE ACCRUED LEAVE FUND.
THERE WAS AN OFFSETTING REDUCTION IN BENEFITS TO BE COVERED BY THE FUND BALANCE IN 7 0 1 AND ESSENTIALLY THE FUND BALANCE IN 7 0 1.
THERE ARE NO GFOA GUIDELINES FOR THESE FUND BALANCES.
HOWEVER, THE FUND BALANCE FOR 7 0 1 IS EXCEEDING 50%, WHICH EXCEEDS OUR GENERAL FUND BALANCE, UH, POLICY.
AND MOST OF THOSE FUNDS ORIGINATE FROM THE GENERAL FUND.
SO IT MAKES SENSE THAT 50% OR LESS I WOULD BE COMFORTABLE ANYWHERE FROM 30 TO 50%, FRANKLY.
SO AS WE EXCEED 50%, WE NEED TO DIAL THAT BACK A LITTLE BIT.
IN ORDER TO POTENTIALLY MAKE STRATEGIC INVESTMENTS ELSEWHERE, AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A STRATEGIC INVESTMENT IS FUND 2 62.
THAT FUND CURRENTLY HAS A FUND BALANCE OF ABOUT $700,000, BUT WE HAVE ACCRUED LIABILITIES OF LEAVE TOTALING $4.5 MILLION.
SO TO ME, IT MAKES MORE SENSE TO START TO BALANCE OUT THAT ACCRUED LIABILITY AND INCREASE THAT FUND BALANCE OVER THE NEXT TWO TO THREE YEARS.
UH, MAKE THIS ADJUSTMENTS BY MAKING THESE ADJUSTMENTS, THEY'RE ESSENTIALLY BUDGET NEUTRAL.
SO THERE WILL NOT BE A FUTURE YEAR WHERE YOU SEE A WILD SWING WHERE ESSENTIALLY TRANSFERRING EXPENDITURES THAT WOULD'VE OTHERWISE BEEN BUDGETED IN BENEFITS TO SALARIES.
AND WE WILL DO THAT FOR A COUPLE YEARS.
AND THEN WHEN THE FUND BALANCES START TO STABILIZE, WE WILL MAKE THE ADJUSTMENT AND, AND MOVE IT BACK TO A MORE TRADITIONAL NUMBER IN TERMS OF LOOKING AT THE SALARIES.
UH, BREAKING THAT DOWN A LITTLE BIT MORE COMPLETELY.
SO SALARIES ARE MADE UP OF, OF THREE ACCOUNTS, AND EACH ACCOUNT HAS SOME DIFFERENT COST CENTERS.
SO FULL-TIME, SALARIES, OVERTIME, WAGES, AND OTHER WAGES.
THIS SAW BUDGET SAW AN UNUSUALLY LARGE INCREASE IN OTHER WAGES BECAUSE WE'RE STILL CATCHING UP TO THAT POST COVI INCREASE IN BOTH HOURS, WORKED AND SALARY FOR A LOT OF OUR PART-TIME EMPLOYEES.
I THINK I'M HOPEFUL THAT THAT 16% INCREASE WILL BE SINGLE DIGITS NEXT YEAR.
AS WE RETURN TO A LITTLE BIT MORE NORMALIZED KIND OF ENVIRONMENTAL, UH, FRAMEWORK.
OVERTIME WAGES SAW AN INCREASE.
UH, SIMILARLY, THE ANNUAL, UH, FULL-TIME SALARY SAW A TOTAL CHANGE OF 5.9%.
BREAKING THAT DOWN INTO ITS COMPONENTS, YOU CAN SEE SALARY AND WAGES INCREASED BY 4%.
THAT ALSO INCLUDES ALL OF THE COST INCREASES FROM PRO, UH, POSITION UPGRADES AND NEW POSITIONS.
SO THE SALARY CHANGE IS ACTUALLY LOWER THAN 4%, BUT THEN YOU START STACKING THE NEW POSITION COSTS AND THE INCREASE IS IN POSITION ON THAT TO GET TO THAT 4% NUMBER.
YOU CAN SEE THERE THE ACCRUED LEAVE CHANGES, THE BIG PERCENTAGE CHANGE AT 153% OR MORE THAN DOUBLING THAT SO THAT WE CAN GET THAT FUND BALANCE TO INCREASE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS, HOPEFULLY BRINGING IT UP TO MAYBE AROUND THE 50% LEVEL SO THAT EVERYTHING'S A LITTLE BIT BETTER, BETTER BALANCED.
SO THOSE WERE THE REQUESTED CHANGES AND I'M HAPPY TO PAUSE HERE IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS OR I CAN GO THROUGH KIND OF THE SO WHAT OF THOSE CHANGES.
HEY, MATT, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS.
I JUST HAVE WANNA MAKE ONE QUICK POINT OF CLARIFICATION.
SO IN, IN TERMS OF HOW DUBLIN DOES ITS BUDGETING, DUBLIN DOES NOT RECOGNIZE ANY VACANCY CREDIT, IS THAT RIGHT? CORRECT.
FOR POSITIONS THAT ARE NOT FILLED, THE, SO THESE NUMBERS ARE ESSENTIALLY THE FULLY RECOGNIZED NUMBERS FOR POSITIONS.
WE PREVIOUSLY TO TWO OR THREE YEARS AGO BUDGETED FULL, UH, CREDITS.
NOW WE DO UTILIZE, UH, 10, WE BUDGET 90% OF 90% OF FULL.
AND THEN THE OFFSETTING 6% IS KIND OF WHAT YOU'LL SEE IN THE Q4 WHERE WE REDISTRIBUTE THAT LATER.
AND THEN WE DO TAKE A 4% KIND OF REDUCTION ORGANIZATION WIDE.
WE'RE JUST NOT BIG ENOUGH TO DO A TRADITIONAL VACANCY CREDIT IN A WAY THAT REALLY WOULD MAKE SENSE AND NOT MAKE THE MATH EVEN MORE DIFFICULT THAN OUR CURRENT KIND OF PROCESS IS.
YEAH, NO, I, I APPRECIATE THE REMINDER.
THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION.
UH, THANK YOU MATT, FOR, UM, THIS, I HAD A, A QUESTION AND THEN, UH, A COUPLE COMMENTS.
SO, UM, THE QUESTION YOU SAID WE ARE GOING TO MAKE THESE ADJUSTMENTS FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS IN HOPES, SO WHY NOT TAKE IT ALL NOW OR HELP ME UNDERSTAND THE THINKING THERE? WELL, BASICALLY BECAUSE BUDGETS ARE ESTIMATES, WE DIDN'T PURPOSEFULLY OVER BUDGET THE 7 0 1 THUMB.
WE BELIEVED THAT WE HAD A PROCESS THAT WAS IN PLACE AND CORRECT.
BUT IT HAS OVER THE LAST REALLY THREE TO FIVE YEARS INCREASED
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EVERY YEAR.THERE WAS A TIME, I THINK BACK IN 2018 WHERE, UH, THE PREVIOUS FINANCE DIRECTOR ACTUALLY BUDGET AN EXTRA 500,000 INTO THIS ACCOUNT BECAUSE THE FUND BALANCE WAS TOO LOW.
SO I'M, I'M HESITANT TO TAKE BIG SWINGS WITH IMPORTANT BUDGETARY ITEMS LIKE SALARY AND ACCRUED LEAVE.
SO I THOUGHT A SLOW BUT STEADY APPROACH THAT DIDN'T HAVE A BUDGETARY IMPACT SEEMED TO MAKE MORE SENSE, UM, IN THAT REGARD.
'CAUSE I DON'T WANT THE FUND BALANCE TO VIOLENTLY SHIFT DOWN AND THEN US HAVE TO MAKE A MOVE IN THE OTHER DIRECTION.
SO IT WAS REALLY JUST A CONSERVATIVE APPROACH TO MAKE THE RIGHT MOVE TO MOVE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, BUT NOT AT THE WRONG MAGNITUDE.
AND SO THEN, UM, MY RELATED QUESTION TO THAT IS, UM, THESE TYPES OF THINGS, YOU'D MADE THE COMMENT, WHICH IS PERFECTLY LOGICAL TO ME THAT WE HAVE A GENERAL FUND BALANCE REQUIREMENT OF 50%, ET CETERA.
UM, IS THERE A PLACE WHERE THESE ARE DOCUMENTED? I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE, THEY ARE AT THE POLICY LEVEL, BUT IS THERE, IS THERE A METHODOLOGY THAT THEN WE COULD REFER TO SO THAT WE DON'T FIND OURSELVES, AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY IN THIS OR THAT DOES THAT? IS THAT, THAT I THINK THAT'S AN EXCELLENT IDEA AND THERE SHOULD BE, BUT I DON'T BELIEVE THERE IS.
I DON'T BELIEVE WE'VE KIND OF GOTTEN TO THE POINT WHERE FUND BALANCES IN NON, UH, OPERATING FUNDS HAVE ACCRUED.
TO THAT POINT, WE HAVEN'T FACED THIS BEFORE, AND I THINK WE PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE, THE FUNCTION OF OUR INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS AND WHAT OUR GOALS ARE.
'CAUSE I SAID I WOULD BE COMFORTABLE WITH ANYWHERE FROM 30 TO 50%, BUT IT REALLY SHOULD BE A DECISION OF COUNCIL.
I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY A CONVERSATION THAT WE COULD AND SHOULD UNDERTAKE, UH, SO THAT WE ALL UNDERSTAND KIND OF WHERE SOME OF THESE, UH, LEVERS EXIST.
AND THEN I, I THINK IF WE WERE TO DO THAT, THEN YOU COULD SAY WE'RE BALANCING THE FUND PER POLICY.
AND, AND THEN IT FEELS, I DON'T WANNA SAY IT'S ARBITRARY, BUT IT FEELS CONSISTENT.
I KNOW, UM, THE PAST DISCUSSION THAT WE JUST HAD TO BRING SOME OF THE COST ANALYSIS, I THINK THAT WILL GO TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, I THINK IS WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE.
I, I'M GETTING SOME HEAD KNOTS, MAYBE A COUPLE THINGS LIKE THIS RELATED TO POLICIES.
I PERHAPS WE CAN DO A POLICY UPDATE AND I'M LOOKING, I'M LOOKING AT THE CHAIR, UM, IF THAT'S AGREEABLE ABOUT, UM, NEXT YEAR AND, AND THINGS LIKE THIS.
AND, AND THEN, BECAUSE IT, THIS CAN GET VERY COMPLICATED VERY QUICKLY, AND I JUST THINK IF WE HAVE THE POLICIES, THEN IT, IT COULD BE MORE HELPFUL.
SO YEAH, I APPRECIATE YOUR WORK AND I, I APPRECIATE, I ACTUALLY QUITE THINK THIS SLIDE IS QUITE EXCELLENT AND PERHAPS IT SHOULD BE INCLUDED ON OUR ONGOING SLIDES.
I THINK IT'S, UH, VERY HELPFUL FOR COUNCIL TO SEE THE AMOUNT OF OVERTIME WE'RE WE'RE PROVIDING AND A FEW OF THESE OTHER THINGS RELATED TO INFLATION.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF MY COLLEAGUES AGREE, BUT I THINK THIS IS QUITE A HELPFUL SLIDE.
I THINK, YOU KNOW, IN A LOT OF CASES IT MAKES SENSE TO MEMORIALIZE THESE THINGS.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE CERTAINLY HOPE AND PRAY THAT YOU DON'T GET HIT BY A BUS, BUT IF YOU DID AND COUNCIL MEMBERS TURN OVER, YOU KNOW, FIVE YEARS FROM NOW, FOLKS COULD BE LOOKING BACK AND SAYING, WHY DID YOU DO THIS AT THE SAME TIME, UM, THERE ARE NUANCES THAT WE FACE AND, YOU KNOW, FRANKLY, I I THINK HE'S THREADING A NEEDLE AND MAKING A DECISION, WHICH I AGREE WITH.
UM, SO THERE'S A, I THINK IT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT.
I THINK THERE'S A BALANCE BETWEEN WHAT YOU, UM, CODIFY OR PUT IN POLICY VERSUS WHAT ALLOWS YOU TO KIND OF NAVIGATE YOUR JOB ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS.
UM, I THINK THAT THE ACCRUED LEAVE AS A LIABILITY, UH, IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK WOULD BE REALLY IMPORTANT AS WE GO THROUGH THE ANNUAL PROCESS OF REVIEWING BENEFITS AND ALL THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE THINGS.
THAT'S USUALLY BROUGHT TO THE, UM, ADMIN COMMITTEE.
IT, I THINK IT'D BE HELPFUL FOR THE ADMIN COMMITTEE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT MEANS AND WHAT THAT NUMBER IS YEAR OVER YEAR AS WELL, ESPECIALLY AS THESE NUMBERS CHANGE A LITTLE BIT AND YOU GET YOURSELF TO WHERE YOU WANT TO BE WITH THIS FUND, BECAUSE I ALSO THINK IT'LL HELP INFORM THE POLICY DISCUSSION.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PROCEED, I'M GONNA CHEER FOR YOU.
WINNING THE LOTTERY THOUGH,
WELL, I APPRECIATE THAT FEEDBACK AND, UH, WE CAN, UH, LOOK TO THIS SLIDE IN THE FUTURE AND, AND, UH, I THINK IT'S, IT'S GOOD PUBLIC POLICY THAT KIND OF LED ME TO PROPOSE THIS, BUT I THINK GOOD POLICY IS ALSO AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT AND, AND WE CAN CERTAINLY WORK TOWARDS, TOWARDS DEVELOPING THAT.
IN TERMS OF HOW THESE CHANGES IMPACT THE OPERATING BUDGET, THEY'RE NOT SIGNIFICANT CHANGES, SO THERE ISN'T A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT.
BUT FOR CLARITY, THE OPERATING REVENUES WERE UNCHANGED AND REMAINED JUST OVER 115 MILLION OPERATING EXPENDITURES, UH, DECREASED SLIGHTLY FROM THE FIRST HEARING.
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14.9 MILLION.THAT IS A POSITIVE BUDGET VARIANCE OF JUST UNDER 100,000.
SO WE CONTINUE TO, UH, HAVE A BALANCED BUDGET FOR THE SECOND CONSECUTIVE YEAR.
AND IN TERMS OF GENERAL FUND IMPACT, THERE ISN'T A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE, SO THERE ISN'T A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT, BUT JUST AGAIN, TO ENSURE THAT THE REVISED BUDGET, UH, COMPLIES WITH OUR GENERAL FUND POLICY OF AT LEAST 55% ON A BUDGETARY BASIS AND WE'RE PROJECTING 24 50 8%.
I THINK BOTH OF THOSE NUMBERS ARE CONSERVATIVE BASED ON UN EXPENDED EXPENDITURES THAT WE'LL SEE AS, AS BOTH OF THOSE YEARS ENDS.
I WOULD EXPECT US TO END IN THE SIXTIES, WELL INTO THE SIXTIES, BOTH OF THOSE YEARS, UH, WHEN AN ON AN ACTUAL TO ACTUAL BASIS, AS HAS BEEN THE CASE FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.
AND WITH THAT, I'M OPEN FOR ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.
UH, OTHER QUESTIONS? I JUST HAD ONE COMMENT.
SO, UM, TWO WEEKS AGO THERE WAS, WE HAD ADDED THE ITEM, THE 45 UM THOUSAND, AND IT WAS FOR A CONSULTANT TO REVIEW, UM, UM, THE RFP AND PROCUREMENT STUFF.
AND THEN SINCE THEN WE, WE HAD A MEETING AND WE TALKED ABOUT, TRIED TO CLARIFY A LITTLE BIT MORE.
WHAT WE MEANT BY THAT IS THAT, DO WE, DO WE STILL WANNA LEAVE THAT IN HERE THEN? I KEPT THAT IN THERE.
UM, SIMPLY BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE AS STAFF HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
WE DO HAVE A POSITION THAT WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING ON FILLING TO PROVIDE A CENTRALIZED POLICY AND POLICY POSITION OVER CITYWIDE PROCUREMENT.
UM, AND THIS IS ALSO SOMETHING THAT RECENTLY I TOOK A LOOK AT.
UM, UPPER ARLINGTON HAD COMPLETED A CONSULTANT STUDY AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THEIR PROCUREMENT POLICIES AND I TOOK A LOOK AT THE RFP THAT THEY HAD ISSUED AND BELIEVED THAT IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE COULD BENEFIT FROM AS WELL.
WE DEFINITELY HAVE A NEED FOR SEVERAL POLICIES.
OUR PROCUREMENT POLICIES HAVE NOT BEEN UPDATED FOR QUITE SOME TIME, SO I BELIEVE IT'D BE A GOOD INVESTMENT.
OKAY, WE GOT SLIGHTLY OUT OF ORDER BECAUSE WE TOOK QUESTIONS MIDSTREAM, BUT I DO WANNA TAKE A MOMENT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT IF THERE IS ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATIVE ITEM.
ANYTHING FURTHER FROM COUNCIL? JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL MAYOR AROSE GRMS? YES.
[Ordinance 43-24]
US TO ORDINANCE 43 DASH 24, AMENDING VARIOUS SECTIONS OF ORDINANCE 15 DASH 17.AND OUR STAFF REPORT WILL BE DELIVERED THIS EVENING BY JENNIFER MTI.
MEMBERS OF COUNCIL ORDINANCE 43 DASH 24 WAS ORIGINALLY PRESENTED ON NOVEMBER 4TH AND IS A COMPANION ORDINANCE TO THE OPERATING BUDGET.
NO CHANGES HAVE MADE, HAVE BEEN MADE SINCE THE FIRST READING TWO WEEKS AGO.
AND SUBJECT TO ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.
IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE COMMENT RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING NONE.
COUNCIL QUESTIONS DISCUSSION? JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE MS. CRAM? YES.
[Ordinance 44-24]
DASH 24 AMENDING CHAPTERS 51 AND 52 ESTABLISHING USER FEES AND CAPACITY CHARGES FOR THE SANITARY SEWER AND WATER SYSTEMS. THANK YOU.OUR STAFF REPORT WILL BE BROUGHT FORWARD BY MR. MATT STIFFLER.
THERE ARE NO CHANGES TO THIS ORDINANCE FROM THE FIRST HEARING.
IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING NONE.
JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE MS. FOX? YES.
[Ordinance 45-24]
24 AMENDING THE LOCATION AND AMOUNT OF CASH ON HAND FOR CHANGE FUNDS AND WE WILL STICK WITH MR. STIFFLER FOR OUR STAFF REPORT.ONCE AGAIN, THERE ARE NO CHANGES TO THIS ORDINANCE FROM THE FIRST HEARING.
IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING NONE.
JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE MR. ROSA? YES.
[Ordinance 47-24]
DASH 24 AUTHORIZING THE PROVISION OF CERTAIN INCENTIVES TO CSD DUBLIN, LLC 10 DECE IT TO DEVELOP RIVERVIEW VILLAGE IN ITS ASSOCIATED OPERATIONS AND WORKFORCE WITHIN THE CITY AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.OUR STAFF REPORT WILL BE BROUGHT FORWARD BY OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, JEREMIAH GRACIA.
GOOD MORNING MEMBERS OR GOOD EVENING MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
UM, UH, NO, UH, NO CHANGES FROM THE INITIAL READING AND STAFF RECOMMENDS THE PASSAGE OF THE ORDINANCE.
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YOU.IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING NONE.
JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE MR. KEELER? YES.
[Ordinance 48-24]
48 DASH 24 DECLARING THE IMPROVEMENT TO CERTAIN PARCELS OF REAL PROP PROPERTY IN THE CITY'S BRIDGE STREET DISTRICT TO BE A PUBLIC PURPOSE AND EXEMPT FROM TAXATION, PROVIDING FOR THE COLLECTION OF TIF SERVICE PAYMENTS, SPECIFYING THE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS DIRECTLY BENEFITING THE PARCELS AND AUTHORIZING COMPENSATION PAYMENTS TO THE DUBLIN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE TOLLS CAREER AND TECHNICAL CENTER.WE'LL GO BACK TO MATT FOR OUR STAFF REPORT.
THERE ARE NO CHANGES TO THIS ORDINANCE FROM THE FIRST HEARING.
IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THIS EVENING THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING NONE.
JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE MR. REINER? YES.
[Ordinance 49-24]
49 DASH 24 AMENDMENTS TO ZONING CODE SECTIONS 1 5 3 0.17015.AND 1 5 3 0.176 TO ADDRESS BACKGROUND BUILDINGS, ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVALS AND WAIVERS CRITERIA.
AND OUR STAFF REPORT THIS EVENING WILL BE BY SARAH HOLT.
THERE ARE NO CHANGES SINCE THE FIRST READING AND WE'RE REQUESTING APPROVAL.
IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING NONE.
SARAH, UM, I HAD A RE I HAD A, UM, REQUEST FROM A RESIDENT TO ASK ME ABOUT THE FACT THAT IF, UM, AND I DIDN'T SEE IT IN HERE AND, AND I MAY, UM, I THINK YOU CAN GIMME THE FASTEST ANSWER.
IN THE PAST WHEN THERE'S BEEN MAINTENANCE OR REPLACEMENTS OF BUILDING MATERIALS THAT ARE EXACTLY THE SAME, DO YOU NEED TO COME IN TO TALK TO PLANNING ABOUT THAT? IS THAT A CHANGE? CAN YOU JUST KIND OF CLARIFY THAT FOR THE FOLKS THAT MIGHT BE LISTENING TO THIS NEW ADMINISTRATIVE? I'D BE HAPPY TO.
UM, WE LOVE FOR PEOPLE TO CALL US AND EXPLAIN WHAT THEY WANNA DO.
AND IF WE DETERMINE USING THEIR INFORMATION THAT THIS IS JUST MAINTENANCE, LIKE FOR LIKE REPLACEMENT, I WILL SEND THEM AN EMAIL SO THAT THEY HAVE THAT FOR THEIR RECORDS AND THEY DO NOT NEED FURTHER APPROVAL FROM US OR THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD.
AND MY SECOND QUESTION IS THIS, UM, IN ORDER TO, FOR AN APPLICANT, WHEN THEY ASK FOR AN ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVAL, WHAT WOULD APPROXIMATELY, AND I WON'T HOLD YOU TO THIS, APPROXIMATELY THE TIMEFRAME THAT ONE WOULD EXPECT FROM APPLICATION TO ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVAL TO GET AN ANSWER.
IF WE HAVE EVERYTHING THAT WE NEED, WE CAN USUALLY DO THOSE IN THE SPACE OF A FEW DAYS.
AND THAT'S PRETTY CLEAR THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO TELL WHAT THEY NEED.
GOT A CHECKLIST, THAT SORT OF THING.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? HEARING NONE.
JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE MS. FOX? YES.
[Ordinance 50-24]
INTRODUCTION, FIRST READINGS, ORDINANCES.ORDINANCE 50 DASH 24 AMENDING THE ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2024.
AND WE WILL GO BACK TO MATT STIFFLER WITH OUR STAFF REPORT.
GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
THIS, UH, ORDINANCE IS, UH, THE Q4 SUPPLEMENTAL AND CONTAINS APPROPRIATIONS NECESSARY TO SUPPORT THE CITY'S OPERATIONS.
UM, THIS SUPPLEMENTAL WILL VERY LIKELY BE AMENDED FOR THE SECOND HEARING.
THERE'S STILL SIX WEEKS LEFT IN THE BUDGET YEAR, AND THE NEXT MEETING WILL BE OUR LAST OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE ANY CHANGES.
SO IT WILL NOT SURPRISE ME TO SEE THIS AMENDED.
UH, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF, UH, OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHANGE THAT WE'RE MONITORING AND A COUPLE OF BIDS THAT WE'RE MONITORING.
SO I JUST WANNA CALL THAT TO YOUR AWARENESS.
ALSO RECEIVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
UM, UH, INFORMATION ON EACH ITEM IS CONTAINED IN THE ACCOMPANYING MEMO, BUT IN TERMS OF BUDGETARY IMPACT, THERE ARE THREE SECTIONS IN THE ORDINANCE, SECTION THREE, FOUR, AND NINE THAT ARE BUDGETARILY NEUTRAL.
UH, YOU CAN IDENTIFY THOSE ON THE ORDINANCE BY THE NUMBERS IN PARENTHESES, AND THE NUMBERS NOT IN PARENTHESES, THEY'LL OFFSET IN THOSE SECTIONS.
THOSE ARE ESSENTIALLY FINANCE MOVING THE MONEY FROM ONE ACCOUNT TO ANOTHER IN ORDER TO BETTER COMPLY WITH, UM, SOME OF THE SPECIFICS THAT WOULD BE
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DISCUSSED IN THE MEMO.AND HAVE, AND I'M HAPPY TO GO INTO MORE DETAILS.
EACH OF THE OTHER SECTIONS CONTAINS AN INCREASE IN APPROPRIATIONS.
MANY OF THOSE SECTIONS CONTAIN INCREASES BASED ON OFFSETTING REVENUE.
SO COUNTY AUDITOR DEDUCTIONS MEAN THAT WE RECEIVE MORE PROPERTY TAX OR OR SERVICE PAYMENT REVENUE IN THOSE TIFS THAN WAS ANTICIPATED IN MANY CASES.
WHAT OFTENTIMES HAPPEN IN THOSE CASES IS PROPERTY TAXES ARE RECEIVED TWICE A YEAR.
IF THERE'S A LATE PAYMENT, WE RECEIVE A DOUBLE PAYMENT.
SO THE, THE COUNTY AUDITOR DEDUCTIONS ARE EITHER CORRECT OR OFF BY 50%.
AS WE RECEIVE THREE PAYMENTS IN ONE YEAR AND TWO IN ANOTHER, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO BUDGET FOR 50% INCREASES.
SO WE SEE APPROXIMATELY FOUR OUT OF OUR 40 TIF FUNDS THIS YEAR.
WE'RE LIKELY IN THAT SITUATION.
AND, AND THAT'S THE REASON FOR THE REQUEST.
UM, WE TRY TO TRY TO BUDGET ENOUGH ROOM FOR ANY NORMAL, UH, DISCREPANCIES IN THOSE ACCOUNTS, BUT AGAIN, THEY, THEY'RE DIFFICULT TO BUDGET BECAUSE OF THE, UH, NATURE OF THE REVENUE.
SO I'M HAPPY TO PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON ANY OTHER SECTIONS, BUT, UH, STAFF RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS ORDINANCE AT THE FINAL COUNCIL MEETING NEXT MONTH.
IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING NONE COUNCIL QUESTIONS? DISCUSSION? UM, I, I HAD A QUICK QUESTION THEN WE CAN CERTAINLY ANSWER IT NEXT TIME.
UM, SO THE VISIT DUBLIN FUND HAD AN, HAD A NICE APPROACH, UH, INCREASE.
UM, WHERE DOES THIS PUT THEIR TOTAL FUNDING RELATIVE TO PRE PANDEMIC TIMES? YEAH.
I'M HAPPY TO, TO BRING THAT INFORMATION BACK TO YOU IN A, IN A GRAPHIC FORM, UH, FOR THE NEXT, FOR THE NEXT HEARING.
AND I, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU.
I KNOW WHAT I ASKED 'CAUSE YEAH, SOME OF THESE I SEE THOUGH, LIKE 7.6 MILLION AND I'M, BUT YEAH, I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST MOVING BUCKETS, BUT I APPRECIATE YOU CLARIFYING IT.
I HAVE JUST A QUICK QUESTION, MATT, ABOUT SECTION 11 ON THAT $20,000 UTILITY INCREASE, I'M ASSUMING THAT THAT'S 20,004 CONTRACTED RENEWABLE ENERGY OPTION.
THE ONLY REASON I ASKED THIS IS BECAUSE IT, IT JUST MADE ME QUESTION MARK THAT IT'S COSTING US MORE TO DO RENEWABLE AND I WAS JUST KIND OF CURIOUS WHAT THAT WAS.
AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO GIVE THAT ANSWER NOW, BUT I BRING THIS UP BECAUSE WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING SO HARD TOWARDS SUSTAINABILITY AND IT'LL BE REALLY NICE AS WE GO FORWARD TO FIND OUT IF SUSTAINABILITY IS SAVING US MONEY OR COSTING US MONEY.
I JUST, THAT WAS MY QUESTION IS WHAT DOES THE SUSTAINABILITY PLAN LOOK LIKE ON THE BALANCE SHEET? OKAY.
OKAY, WELL WE WILL LOOK FORWARD TO SECOND READING, PUBLIC HEARING THAT IS SCHEDULED FOR DECEMBER 9TH, ORDINANCE 51 DASH
[Ordinance 51-24]
24 ESTABLISHING APPROPRIATIONS BASED ON THE 2025 OPERATING BUDGET OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN, STATE OF OHIO FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2025.JASON, HARDEST WORKING GUY IN THE ROOM TONIGHT WILL STAY WITH MATT STIFFLER.
THIS IS MY FAVORITE ORDINANCE OF THE YEAR.
IT MEANS WE SUCCESSFULLY PASSED BOTH THE CIP AND AN OPERATING BUDGET.
IT'S A ROUTINE PIECE OF LEGISLATION THAT OPERATIONALIZES BOTH OF THOSE BUDGETS.
ONE HAVING RECENTLY PASSED MINUTES AGO.
UH, IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING NONE COUNCIL QUESTIONS DISCUSSION, WE WILL LOOK FORWARD TO SECOND HEARING, PUBLIC SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARINGS, UH, ON DECEMBER THE NINTH FOR THAT ITEM AS WELL.
[Ordinance 52-24]
ORDINANCE 52 DASH 24 AUTHORIZING THE PROVISION OF CERTAIN INCENTIVES TO EVERHART FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.TO INDUCE IT TO PURCHASE AN OFFICE BUILDING FOR THE RELOCATION OF THE COMPANY'S EXISTING OFFICE AND THE EXPANSION OF THAT OFFICE AND ITS ASSOCIATED OPERATIONS AND WORKFORCE WITHIN THE CITY AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
AND OUR STAFF REPORT WILL BE FROM LUKE FLEMING.
GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, UH, APPRECIATE YOU ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK TONIGHT.
UH, OUR TEAM HAS BEEN IN DISCUSSIONS WITH EVERHART FINANCIAL ADVISORS ON THE EXPANSION OF THEIR BUSINESS PRESENT HERE, PRESENCE HERE WITHIN THE CITY OF DUBLIN.
UM, THEY'RE A FINANCIAL ADVISORY FIRM THAT FOCUSES ON CORPORATE RETIREMENT PLANNING, CONSULTING AND MANAGEMENT FOR INDIVIDUALS.
UH, CURRENTLY HAVE TWO LOCATIONS, UH, AND OHIO AND IN FLORIDA WITH THEIR HEADQUARTERS BEING HERE IN OHIO, CURRENTLY IN THE METRO AREA.
UM, THE EDA PROPOSED ON BEHALF OF OUR TEAM INCLUDES A THREE YEAR 10%, UH, PERFORMANCE INCENTIVE ON WITHHOLDINGS FROM YEARS 26 TO 2026, UH, UM, TO 2028.
UH, CAPPED AT $69,000 FOR THE DURATION OF THE AGREEMENT ON THOSE WITHHOLDINGS.
UH, ALSO INCLUDES A $20,000 LOCATION GRANT, UM, PAYABLE UPON PROOF OF PURCHASE OF THEIR NEW LOCATION WITHIN THE CITY OF DUBLIN.
UM, SO TOTAL VALUE BRINGING THAT TO $89,000
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FOR A TOTAL INCENTIVE PACKAGE.UM, THE PROJECT ALSO IS GONNA INCLUDE THE RETENTION OF THEIR CURRENT 43 EMPLOYEES WITH PROJECTIONS OF ADDING AN ADDITIONAL TO MAKE IT 96 BY THE END OF 2030.
UH, FURTHERMORE THE PROJECT WILL ALSO INCLUDE THE RETENTION OF TWO OTHER, UH, DUBLIN BUSINESSES, UH, NORTHWOODS CONSULTING AND CARLISLE PATCH AND MURPHY.
AND THEN, UM, REALLY JUST WANNA COMMENT THAT THIS JUST KIND OF SPEAKS VOLUMES.
UH, THEIR REINVESTMENT INTO OUR COMMUNITY, UH, JUST BELIEVES, HIGHLIGHTS OUR STRONG POSITIVE RELATIONSHIP WE'VE BUILT WITH OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY HERE IN DUBLIN.
AND SO THAT REINVESTMENT TO NOT ONLY SELL THEIR PROPERTY BUT REINVEST THAT MONEY INTO PURCHASING A NEW PROPERTY HERE IN DUBLIN, UH, I THINK SPEAKS VOLUMES TO THOSE RELATIONSHIPS WE'VE BUILT.
SO, UH, STAFF, STAFF DOES RECOMMEND COUNCIL TO APPROVE THIS AT OUR LAST COUNCIL MEETING ON DECEMBER 9TH, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL HAVE.
IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION, HEARING NONE.
COUNCIL QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION.
I WOULD AGREE WITH YOU, LUKE, THAT IT SPEAKS VOLUMES, UH, WHEN SOMEONE IS, IS GROWING IN AND LOOKS FOR INCREASED LARGER, UM, FACILITIES HERE WITHIN THE CITY.
I THINK IT SPEAKS VOLUMES TO THE WORK THAT YOU ALL DO IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM AND THE WORK THAT OUR, UM, CORPORATE RESIDENTS DO, UH, IN CONTRIBUTING TO OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, WITH THAT, WE WILL LOOK FORWARD TO SECOND READING, PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED FOR DECEMBER THE NINTH.
[Ordinance 53-24]
DASH 24 AUTHORIZING THE CONTINUED PROVISION OF CERTAIN INCENTIVES TO OHIO HEALTH CORPORATION TO INDUCE IT, TO CONTINUE TO RETAIN AND EXPAND ITS OFFICE IN ITS ASSOCIATED OPERATIONS AND WORKFORCE ALL WITHIN THE CITY, AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF AN AMENDED AND RESTATED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.AND OUR STAFF REPORT WILL BE BROUGHT TO US BY JEREMIAH GRACIA.
UH, RECALL, IN 2008, CITY COUNCIL, UH, PROVIDED A SUPPORT OF AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH, UM, OHIO HEALTH FOR ITS PURCHASE OF 68 0 5 PERIMETER, UH, WHICH RESULTED IN THE, UM, CONSOLIDATION OF THEIR EMPLOYEES TO THAT PERIMETER FACILITY.
UNFORTUNATELY, DUE TO THE PANDEMIC, UH, THAT, UH, PARTICULAR, UH, USE OF THAT FACILITY, UH, HAS CHANGED.
HOWEVER, UM, HAWAII HEALTH'S COMMITMENT TO THIS COMMUNITY HAS NOT.
AND SO TODAY WHAT WE ARE CELEBRATING IS, UM, ITS RETENTION AND CREATION OF APPROXIMATELY 3,400 JOBS, UH, RELATED TO THAT PROJECT.
AND ALSO ITS ANNOUNCEMENT OF A SIX STORY 96 BED, 180,000 SQUARE FOOT ADDITION TO DUBLIN METHODIST HOSPITAL.
UM, THAT NEW ADDITION WILL RESULT IN APPROXIMATELY 160 NEW JOBS, UM, BY 2029.
AND THIS AMENDED RESTATED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT TODAY WILL ESSENTIALLY, UH, ACCOUNT THOSE NONCLINICAL AND CLINICAL JOB WITHHOLDINGS IN THE CITY, BUT WOULD NOT INCREASE THE TOTAL VALUE OF THAT INCENTIVE AS, UH, APPROVED IN 2018.
IT ALSO ALLOWS FOR AN AMENDED AND RESTATED, UM, UH, UH, AGREEMENT, SPECIFICALLY USE OF ITS THE, UH, FIBER, UM, FOR ITS HOSPITAL SYSTEM.
AND, UH, ALIGNS ESSENTIALLY THOSE TWO DOCUMENT OR THOSE TWO TERMS TO BOTH, UH, BE ENDING IN DECEMBER 31ST, 2029.
THERE ALSO IS A PROVISION THAT IF OHIO HEALTH DOES NOT MEET ITS PAYROLL WITH WITHHOLDINGS, WHICH WAS NOT CONSTIPATED IN THE FIRST EDA, THAT THEY WOULD BE REQUIRED TO PAY THE CITY $108,000 FOR THE USE OF THOSE FIBERS FOR THAT YEAR AND NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR ANY INCENTIVES FOR THAT YEAR.
SO, UH, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THIS ORDINANCE AT THE SECOND READING ON DECEMBER 9TH.
IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING NONE COUNCIL QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION.
I JUST WANT TO PUBLICLY THANK, AND I'M SURE THIS COUNCIL FEELS THE SAME WAY, THE OHIO HEALTH'S COMMITMENT TO STAYING HERE AND BUILDING A LARGER FACILITY.
THEY'VE BEEN A GREAT COMMUNITY PARTNER.
IT'S BEEN, UM, IT'S BEEN PART OF WHAT'S MADE DUBLIN, UH, WHEN IT COMES TO THE OPPORTUNITIES OF HEALTH AND WELLNESS MADE US PREMIER IN THE STATE OF OHIO.
AND I JUST, UM, I THINK IT'S WONDERFUL THAT WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTNER WITH THEM ON THIS.
AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE SAY A VERY LOUD THANK YOU.
AND, UH, LAST BUT NOT LEAST, UH, I WANT TO CALL NOTE TO, UH, OUR TEAM MEMBER WHO HELPED, UH, PUT THIS PROJECT TOGETHER AND TONIGHT IS, UM, HIS LAST COUNCIL MEETING AFTER SERVING THE CITY FOR MANY YEARS.
AND SO I'D LIKE TO, UH, TO RECOGNIZE KIRBY DEARTH FOR HIS, UH, WORK ON THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT AND MANY OTHERS, UM, FROM HIS TIME IN DEVIN.
AND, UM, LET YOU KNOW THAT THIS WORK, THIS PARTICULAR AGREEMENT, WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN DONE.
ALL THE FINER DETAILS WITHOUT HIS SUPPORT.
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SO I WANNA RECOGNIZE HIM FOR HIS WORK AND TIME IN DEVIN.WE WILL GET TO WISHING YOU ALL THE BEST AT OTT HERE A BIT LATER.
UM, AND THANK YOU TO OHIO HEALTH FOR THEIR CONTINUED WORK.
SO, UM, THE 400,000 ANNUAL, UM, AND IF WE DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO TODAY, THAT'S FINE.
UM, FROM 2000, WHAT IT WOULD'VE BEEN THEN 18 OR SLASH 19 UP TO 2024, DID THEY REACH THOSE NUMBERS? THEY DID, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF, UH, A YEAR'S TIED SPECIFICALLY TO THE, UH, PANDEMIC.
AND SO OTHER THAN THAT, THEY HAVE EXCEEDED THOSE TARGETS.
AND THEN THE LAST ONE, THE, UM, THE DUBLIN, THE FIBER, THIS IS PRETTY CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE ARE DOING NOW AND ACROSS OUR OTHER DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS.
AND SO THIS WAS A, A, A CONSOLIDATION OF THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT RUN CO-CHAIRMAN IS WITH ITS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AS WE ARE LEVERAGING THAT IN OUR INCENTIVES.
SO AGAIN, WE'RE, UH, IT'S IN ADDITION BUT CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING ACROSS THE BOARD, SO CORRECT.
UM, WE WILL LOOK FORWARD TO SECOND HEARING, UH, ON THAT AS WELL ON DECEMBER THE NINTH.
[Ordinance 54-24 - Ordinance 65-24]
I WILL NOW MAKE A MOTION TO WAIVE THE COUNCIL RULES OF ORDER AND READ ORDINANCES 54 DASH 24 THROUGH 65 DASH 24 TOGETHER.IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND, JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE MR. KEELER? YES.
ORDINANCE 54 DASH 24 AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AND ACCEPT NECESSARY CONVEYANCE DOCUMENTS AND CONTRACTS TO ACQUIRE A 0.044 ACRE EASEMENT FROM THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1 5 8 SOUTH HIGH STREET, IDENTIFIED AS FRANKLIN COUNTY PARCEL NUMBER 2 7 3 0 0 0 0 6 7 0 0 FROM KAREN EL STRAUS, TRUSTEE OF THE KAREN STROSS DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED OCTOBER 4TH, 2004 AND AS AMENDED MARCH 10TH, 2015 FOR THE PUBLIC PUR PURPOSE OF CARRYING OUT THE SOUTH HIGH STREET UTILITY BURIAL PHASE TWO PROJECT ORDINANCE 55 DASH 20 FOURS REGARDING THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1 5 6 SOUTH HIGH STREET FROM AMY ELIZABETH BECKER, TRUSTEE OF THE AMY ELIZABETH BECKER TRUST DATED THE 18TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1998.
ORDINANCE 56 DASH 24 IS REGARDING THE PROPERTY IDENTIFIED AS FRANKLIN COUNTY PARCEL NUMBER 2 7 3 0 1 3 0 8 3 0 FROM DEBORAH S.
STEEL ORDINANCE 57 24 REGARDING THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1 38 SOUTH HIGH STREET FROM M AND D PARTNERS, LLC ORDINANCE 58 DASH 20 FOURS REGARDING THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1 2 6 SOUTH HIGH STREET FROM WHAT'S THE POINT, PROPERTIES LLC ORDINANCE 59 DASH 24 FROM THE PROPERTIES LOCATED AT 76 DASH THROUGH 82 SOUTH HIGH STREET FROM BELAS FAMILY LLC ORDINANCE 60 DASH 24 IS REGARDING THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 66 SOUTH HIGH STREET FROM CARME.
CAPITAL LLC ORDINANCE 61 DASH 24 IS REGARDING THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 54 SOUTH HIGH STREET FROM 54 SOUTH HIGH STREET, LLC ORDINANCE 62 DASH 20 FOURS REGARDING THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 55 SOUTH RIVERVIEW STREET FROM ANGELA KNEE AND MICHAEL KNEE ORDINANCE 63 DASH 24 REGARDING THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 38 SOUTH HIGH STREET FROM LUCKY DUCK INVESTMENTS, LLC ORDINANCE 64 DASH 20 FOURS REGARDING THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 14 THROUGH 18 SOUTH HIGH STREET FROM CNA DUBLIN PROPERTIES, LLC AND ORDINANCE 65 DASH 24 IS REGARDING THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1 9 5 SOUTH RIVERVIEW STREET FROM WILLIAM STEVEN EASTER DAY JUNIOR.
I WANNA DO SO THANK YOU AND BRIAN GABLE WILL BRING FORWARD OUR STAFF REPORT.
WELCOME, GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL BEFORE YOU.
TONIGHT IS THE SECOND SECOND OF ACQUISITIONS FOR THE SOUTH HIGH STREET UTILITY BURIAL PHASE TWO PROJECT, WHICH WILL PERFORM THE BURIAL OF EXISTING OVERHEAD PRIMARY ELECTRIC LINES UNDERGROUND AND RELOCATE THE EXISTING OVERHEAD ELECTRIC AND TELECOMMUNICATION UTILITY LINES ALONG BLACKSMITH LANE, SOUTH HIGH STREET AND INTERSECTING STREETS TO UNDERGROUND.
AT THE COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT, ALL OVERHEAD UTILITY LINES AND POLES IN THE PROJECT AREA WILL BE REMOVED FROM WESTBRIDGE STREET, UH, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO SHORT STREET, INCLUDING THE POLES ALONG SOUTH HIGH STREET.
ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY INTEREST FROM 20 PROPERTY OWNERS IS NECESSARY TO CONSTRUCT PHASE TWO OF THIS PROJECT.
SIX OF THESE WERE ACCEPTED BY CITY COUNCIL ON SEPTEMBER 16TH, 2024.
PRESENTLY, THE PROJECT IS PLANNED TO BEGIN CONSTRUCTION IN EARLY 2025 AND IS ANTICIPATED TO BE COMPLETE AT THE END OF 2025 WITH THE UTILITY POLES ALONG SOUTH HIGH STREET BEING REMOVED BY OVER THE WINTER OF 2026.
THE 12 ORDINANCES BEFORE COUNCIL THIS EVENING PROVIDE
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FOR 16 ACQUISITIONS OF PROPERTY.AS DETAILED IN THE ATTACHED MEMO, THE CITY HAS PARTICIPATED IN GOOD FAITH DISCUSSIONS WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS AND HAVE ARRIVED AT MUTUALLY AGREEABLE TERMS. THE FINAL TWO ACQUISITIONS WILL BE PRESENTED TO COUNCIL ONCE AGREEMENT HAS BEEN REACHED.
I'LL NOW BRIEFLY GO OVER THE LOCATION OF TONIGHT'S ORDINANCES.
ACQUISITION AREAS ARE IN BRIGHT PINK, UH, FOR ALL THE UPCOMING SLIDES.
PARCEL TWO IS AT THE FAR RIGHT OF YOUR SCREEN IS AN EASEMENT GOING THROUGH THE REAR LOT, UM, WHERE THERE IS NO ROADWAY.
PARCEL 21 IS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SCREEN, IS IN YELLOW AND IS A TEMPORARY EASEMENT FOR ACCESS AND CONSTRUCTION.
OF THESE UNDERLOOKED GROUND LINES PARCELS THREE THROUGH SIX ARE THE FIRST FOUR COLORIZED PARCELS ON THE LEFT OF THE SCREEN.
UH, SO THERE'S PARCEL THREE IN PINK PARCEL FOUR IN TEAL, UH, PARCEL FIVE IN BLUE AND PARCEL SIX IN GREEN.
UM, COLORS RESPOND TO THE APPROPRIATE COLORS OF THE, UH, PARCEL ITSELF.
UM, ALL OF THESE ARE EASEMENTS ALSO GOING THROUGH THE REAR LOT OF THE PROPERTIES.
PARCEL NINE IS IN THE PURPLE ON THE RIGHT OF THE SCREEN AND IS A SMALL EASEMENT ADJACENT TO THE RIGHT OF WAY FOR THE PLACEMENT OF UTILITY STRUCTURES.
I'D LIKE TO NOTE THAT PARCELS FOUR, FIVE AND SIX HAVE ALL AGREED TO PROVIDE A PERMANENT SANITARY EASEMENT.
AS SHOWN AND DESCRIBED IN THE 1975 SANITARY PROJECT PLANS DURING, UH, EASEMENT RESEARCH FOR THIS PROJECT, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT NO RECORDING OF THESE EASEMENTS HAD APPEARED TO HAVE OCCURRED.
AS SUCH, THEY WERE ACQUIRED DURING THIS PROJECT AND PROPERTY OWNERS WERE UNDERSTANDING OF THE BENEFIT OF THESE EASEMENTS.
UM, I'D ALSO LIKE TO NOTE PARCELS FOUR AND FIVE ARE OWNED BY A HUSBAND AND WIFE, AND THE PARCELS ARE USED AS COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES AND ARE ZONED AS HISTORIC CORE.
AS SUCH, THESE PARCELS WERE NEGOTIATED TOGETHER AND THE NEGOTIATED AGREEMENT, UH, TREATS THESE PARCELS SIMILAR TO OTHER COMMERCIAL ACQUISITIONS WITHIN THE PROJECT AREA.
PARCEL 10 ON THIS SLIDE IS IN GREEN ON THE LEFT.
PARCEL 12 IS IN BROWN AGAIN, CIRCLED THERE.
PARCEL 14 IS IN BLUE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN.
PARCEL 15 IS IN LIGHT GREEN AND PARCEL 18 IS IN DARK PURPLE AT THE RIGHT OF THE SCREEN.
ALL OF THESE SMALL EASEMENTS ARE ADJACENT TO THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY AND AGAIN ARE FOR PLACEMENT OF UTILITY STRUCTURES.
THE ADOPTION OF THESE ORDINANCES AUTHORIZES THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY CONVEYANCE DOCUMENTS AND CONTRACTS TO FORMALLY ACQUIRE THE NECESSARY PROPERTY INTERESTS.
STAFF RECOMMENDS ADOPTION OF ORDINANCES 54 DASH 24 THROUGH 65 DASH 24 AT THE SECOND READING, PUBLIC HEARING ON DECEMBER 9TH, 2024.
I'LL DO MY BEST TO ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS COUNSEL MAY HAVE REGARDING THESE ORDINANCES.
UH, IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THIS EVENING THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING NONE COUNSEL QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION QUESTION.
I DIDN'T, UH, I'M ASSUMING IT'LL HAPPEN, BUT I DIDN'T SEE ULTA FIBER AS MENTIONED AS ONE OF THE UTILITIES THAT WOULD BE BURIED WHEN WE OPEN UP THE, I'M ASSUMING IT WILL BE, UH, OR MAYBE CLARIFY THAT.
UM, SO PHASE ONE WAS DESIGNED WITH A, UH, KIND OF A DUBLIN CONDUIT THAT WE OWN.
UM, THE INTENT WAS BOTH FOR WHATEVER FUTURE PHASE OF THE FIBER TO THE HOME PROJECT CAME ALONG.
UH, AND THEN ALSO, UM, THE POTENTIAL FOR OTHER PRIVATE UTILITIES THAT WANNA EXPAND IN THE AREA.
UM, THIS GIVES AN OPTION WITHOUT HAVING TO EXCAVATE AGAIN UNDERGROUND, UH, FOR HOPEFULLY AT LEAST A PERIOD OF TIME.
SO, UM, PHASE TWO WAS, WAS, UH, DESIGNED WITH THIS IN MIND AS WELL, SO OKAY.
UH, THERE'LL BE A CONTINUOUS, UH, DUBLIN CONDUIT THAT GOES TO ALL OF THESE FACILITIES AS WELL.
I, I ONLY ASK SO THAT PEOPLE, WHEN THEY ASK ME, ARE THEY GONNA OPEN IT UP AGAIN, I WANNA SAY NO, WE'RE READY.
YOU SAID THE UTILITY POLE REMOVAL WAS TO HAPPEN IN 2026 AND THAT MY UNDERSTANDING IS FOR THE EAST SIDE OF HIGH STREET, THE WEST SIDE OF HIGH STREET WOULD BE ANTICIPATED TO BE REMOVED PRIOR TO THAT.
UH, SO POLL REMOVAL ON THIS PHASE OF THE PROJECT, IT WILL LIKELY HAPPEN ALL KIND OF ABOUT THE SAME TIME.
UH, GENERALLY SPEAKING, A EP WILL REMOVE THEIR FACILITIES FIRST FOLLOWED BY THE COMMUNICATIONS COMPANIES.
UM, THAT TIMELINE, SOME OF THE SMALLER POLES ALONG BLACKSMITH LANE ARE INTENDED TO BE REMOVED DURING THE PROJECT MORE IN THE FALL OF 25.
UH, HOWEVER, WE EXPECT THAT THE MAIN POLES ALONG SOUTH HIGH STREET, THE WEST SIDE OF SOUTH HIGH STREET, UH, WILL NOT BE REMOVED UNTIL EITHER LATE 25 OR VERY EARLY 26.
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OKAY.WE WILL LOOK FORWARD TO SECOND READING, PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED FOR DECEMBER THE NINTH ON THAT AS WELL.
[Resolution 58-24]
INTRODUCTION, PUBLIC HEARING RESOLUTION RESOLUTION 58 DASH 24, ACCEPTING THE HISTORIC DESIGN GUIDELINES APPLICABLE TO HISTORIC DUBLIN AND OUTLYING HISTORIC PROPERTIES IDENTIFIED INDEPENDENCE G HONOR, THANK YOU.AND SARAH HOLT WILL DELIVER OUR STAFF REPORT.
THIS IS THE SECOND PART OF PHASE TWO OF THE CODE AND THE GUIDELINES UPDATE.
AND THIS RESOLUTION, OBVIOUSLY IS ONLY FOR THE GUIDELINES PORTION.
WE WENT THROUGH THE SAME PROCESS WITH THE GUIDELINES AS WE DID WITH THE CODE.
UM, AND THE GUIDELINES RECEIVED UNANIMOUS APPROVAL OR RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL FROM BOTH ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
RECENTLY, OUR PUBLIC MEETINGS THAT WE HELD IN 2023 RESULTED IN A VERY SPECIFIC REQUEST, WHICH WAS TODI UPDATE THE GUIDELINES TO ENSURE CLARITY FOR TREATMENT OF BACKGROUND RESOURCES.
SO THE APPROACH THAT WE TOOK WAS REALLY QUITE SIMPLE.
WE IDENTIFIED ESSENTIAL COMPATIBILITY CRITERIA FOR BACKGROUND BUILDINGS, AND THESE INCLUDE HEIGHT, SETBACKS, MASSING, ROOF SHAPE, FENESTRATION AND EAVES AND OVERHANGS.
AND THESE WERE BASED ON SPECIFIC LOCATIONS AND FORMS IN BOTH INDIVIDUAL BUILDINGS AND IN NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND YOU CAN THINK OF IT THIS WAY THAT, UH, FRANKLIN STREET IS NOW A BACKGROUND NEIGHBORHOOD AND YOU CAN IMAGINE BASED ON THE VERY SPECIFIC ARCHITECTURE ALONG FRANKLIN STREET, WHAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR THAT AREA.
FURTHER, WE DEVELOPED TWO DIFFERENT LEVELS OF EVALUATION FOR THE GUIDELINES.
UM, THE FIRST WAS BASED ON ADJACENCY TO OTHER LANDMARK BUILDINGS OR WITH, UM, A RESOURCE BEING LOCATED WITHIN A BACKGROUND NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO ON THE OTHER HAND, IF YOU PICTURE SOUTH RIVERVIEW STREET, A NEW HOUSE NEEDS TO RESPOND TO THE HISTORIC BUILDINGS THAT ARE IN THAT LOCATION VERY DIFFERENTLY FROM FRANKLIN STREET.
SO WE ARE REQUESTING APPROVAL TONIGHT OF THE RESOLUTION FOR THE GUIDELINES, AND I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING NONE COUNCIL QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION.
I JUST WANNA SHARE THAT I HAD, UM, ONE KIND OF REOCCURRING GRAMMATICAL CHANGE, OR TO CLARIFICATION, I HAD ALREADY SENT IT TO SARAH SO THAT WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS.
DID YOU HAVE A SLIDE TO SHOW WHAT THE CHANGE WAS? BASICALLY IT'S ADDING ONE WORD TO THE APPLICABILITY SECTION AT THE, IT'S THE FIRST PARAGRAPH OF EACH OF THESE SECTIONS.
UM, THE WAY IT READ WAS, YOU KNOW, THESE GUIDELINES DO X, Y, AND Z AND IT MAKES IT APPEAR, IT'S LIKE THE ENTIRE DOCUMENT IS CALLED THE GUIDELINES.
AND ALL I DID WAS HAVE HER ADD THE WORDS LIKE THESE NEW CONSTRUCTION GUIDELINES OR THESE SITE GUIDELINES.
SO IT'S JUST ADDING A WORD BEFORE EACH ONE.
JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? MS. CRAM? YES.
[Resolution 59-24]
DASH 24 ACCEPTING THE LOWEST AND BEST BID FOR CUSTODIAL CLEANING SERVICES FOR THIS DUBLIN COMMUNITY RECREATION CENTER DEVELOPMENT BUILDING AND PARKS.OUR STAFF REPORT WILL BE BROUGHT FORWARD BY BRIAN ASHFORD.
UM, ON SEPTEMBER 27TH, WE RECEIVED SIX BIDS FOR CUSTODIAL CLEANING SERVICES THAT WILL BE AT THE RECREATION CENTER, THE DEVELOPMENT BUILDING, PARKS, RESTROOMS, AND THE PARKING GARAGE, AS WELL AS THE CALLBACK COMMUNITY CENTER ON WEEKENDS.
AND THESE BUILDINGS WERE CHOSEN FOR, FOR CONTRACT SERVICES BECAUSE CITY STAFF IS LIMITED AT THOSE TIMES, THIRD SHIFT WEEKENDS.
SO THAT'S WHY THEY'RE INCLUDED.
UM, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF ABMS SUBMISSION
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OF $407,000 IN CHANGE.UH, THEY ARE THE INCUMBENT, EXCUSE ME, EXCUSE ME.
THEY ARE THE INCUMBENT, UH, PROVIDER AND WE WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE.
UH, THEY PROVIDED THE BEST, UH, RESPONSE TO THE RFP AND AFTER ALSO A INTERVIEW PROCESS.
THEY, UH, NOW THEY DO NEED TO MAKE SOME IMPROVEMENTS.
WE RECOGNIZE THAT AND THEY'RE COMMITTED TO DOING SO.
BUT ANYWAY, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THEIR BID AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING NONE COUNCIL QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION? I JUST HAD A REAL QUICK QUESTION FOR YOU.
FROM ALL THESE, I MEAN, THE HIGHEST BID IS OVER TWICE AS MUCH.
I MEAN, DID THEY ALL HAVE THE SAME SCOPE? IT WAS THE EXACT SAME SCOPE.
I HAVE NO IDEA WHERE, WHY CIRCLE BUILDING CAME IN TWICE.
I MEAN, LIKE, ARE THEY DRIVING FROM COUNSELING VISORS IN THE BED AND, AND THEY WERE AT THE PREED CONFERENCE AND IN FACT THEY, WHEN I FIRST ARRIVED HERE, THEY HAD THE WEEKEND CLEANING OF THE REC CENTER.
SO THEY'VE BEEN IN THE BUILDING BEFORE THE REC CENTER, BUT I DON'T THINK THEY REALLY UNDERSTOOD THE PARKS ASPECT OF IT BECAUSE THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE ADDED TO THE BID.
THERE'S BASICALLY A BUILDING TEAM THAT CLEANS THE REC CENTER AND CALLED THEM BACK AND THE DEVELOPMENT BUILDING ON THIRD SHIFT.
AND THEN THERE'S A PARKS TEAM THAT WORKS FROM LIKE 10:00 AM TO SIX THAT CLEANS, YOU KNOW, THE PARKS AND THEN GOES THROUGH THE PARKING GARAGE AS WELL.
AND I DON'T THINK THEY UNDERSTOOD THAT ASPECT OF IT.
I I WAS JUST, I, THAT'S THE ONLY THING WAY I CAN EXPLAIN IT.
I'M SUCH A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN PRICES.
I WAS JUST WONDERING THAT'S THE DUBLIN PRICE.
Y YOU, YOU HAD MADE THE COMMENT, THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME IMPROVEMENTS AND I I WILL JUST SAY THAT, UM, DURING THE WINTER MONTHS, UM, PARTICULARLY THE FLOORING, THE KEEPING OF THE FLOORS, AND I, I RUN THE TRACK AS, YOU KNOW, JOG SLOWLY AROUND THAT TRACK.
UM, I, I, I, THERE NEEDS TO BE IMPROVEMENT THERE.
SO WHEN I LOOKED AT THE BID, MY CONCERN WAS DO WE HAVE ENOUGH HOURS AND DO WE HAVE ENOUGH STAFF TO DO SOME OF THOSE THINGS? SO IS IT A QUALITY ISSUE OR WAS IT A SCOPE ISSUE? I BELIEVE WE DO HAVE ENOUGH HOURS.
UM, IT IS A CHALLENGE IN THE WINTERTIME, ESPECIALLY AFTER A SNOW, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF SALT.
YOU KNOW, WE USE A LOT OF SALT ON OUR SIDEWALKS.
IT'S, IT'S NOT JUST THEN I I'M JUST SAYING SAFETY.
I'M JUST SAYING IT JUST GETS TO BE A REAL CHALLENGE IN THE WINTERTIME ESPECIALLY.
BUT I DO BELIEVE WE HAVE ENOUGH HOURS, UH, WE DO HAVE MORE, UH, SCRUBBING MACHINES AVAILABLE AND ONE OF THE EMPHASIS IS ON TRAINING, STAFF TRAINING TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT THEY'RE USING, UH, THE MACHINES PROPERLY.
SO I DO THINK YOU'RE GONNA SEE IMPROVEMENT IN THAT REGARD THIS WINTER.
THAT WAS MY ONLY CONCERN IS THAT THE LOWEST BID HERE MAY, MAY REFLECT SOMETHING AND, UM, AGAIN, I KNOW I HAVE BROUGHT THIS CONCERN FORWARD MULTIPLE TIMES.
AND THE LOWEST BID, THEY ACTUALLY HAVE AS MANY HOURS AS EVERYONE ELSE INCLUDED IN THEIR BID, SO, OKAY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND I APPRECIATE YOUR WORK ON THIS.
OTHER QUESTIONS? HEARING NONE.
JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE VICE MAYOR LUDO? YES.
[Resolution 60-24]
DASH 24 ACCEPTING THE LOWEST AND BEST BID FOR THE AVERY PARK BALL DIAMOND LASER INFIELD GRADING PROJECT.AND OUR STAFF REPORT WILL BE BROUGHT FORWARD BY MATT ERMAN.
MEMBERS OF COUNCIL RESOLUTION 60 DASH 24 REFERENCES THE INFIELD GRADING MAINTENANCE FOR, UH, BALL DIAMONDS, NUMBER ONE THROUGH FOUR AND NUMBER EIGHT AT AVERY PARK.
THE REGRADING OF ALL OF THE BALD DIAMONDS THAT, UM, ARE IN OUR ATHLETIC PARKS IS A MULTI-YEAR PROJECT WITH PHASED APPROACH TO ENSURE THAT EACH STAGE OF WORK CAN BE COMPLETED WITHOUT DISRUPTING THE SCHEDULE OF SEASONAL PLAY.
THIS YEAR'S PROJECT PHASE WAS BID TWICE AS THE ORIGINAL BIDS RECEIVED EXCEEDED BUDGETED FUNDS.
A SECOND BID WAS SOLICITED WITH AN ALTERNATIVE SCOPE TO STAY WITHIN BUDGET WHILE MAXIMIZING THE NUMBER OF DIAMONDS TO BE REGRADED.
THE LOWEST AND BEST BID WAS RECEIVED BY FIELD SOURCE IN THE AMOUNT OF $98,112.
APPROXIMATELY 11% UNDER THE BUDGETED AMOUNT OF $110,000.
STAFF HAS THOROUGHLY REVIEWED THE FIELD SOURCE BID AND DETERMINED IT TO BE THE LOWEST AND BEST BID FOR THE PROJECT.
THE CONTRACTOR HAS COMPLETED PREVIOUS PROJECTS WITH THE CITY SATISFACTORILY AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL FOR THIS RESOLUTION.
IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING NONE COUNCIL QUESTIONS DISCUSSION, MATT, I'VE GOT A COUPLE QUESTIONS RELATIVE TO THE, UM, GRADING BID ALTERNATES.
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OF THEM RANGE FROM 15,332 TO 37 365.CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT WHY THE, THOSE NUMBERS DIFFERED SO GREATLY AND AS HAS EVERYTHING TO DO WITH THE SIZE OF THE DIAMOND AND THE DEGREE AT WHICH IT NEEDS TO BE REGRADED.
SO THERE'S SOME MORE SEVERITY, UM, DEFECTS TO THE, TO THE, TO THE, UH, FIELD THAT REQUIRE MORE WORK.
UM, SO THERE'S A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT PRICES AS SUB ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE BASED ON THOSE TWO, UH, VARIABLES.
SO I GUESS I, MY, UM, I'M WONDERING THEN IF WE HAVE SOME FIELDS IN VERY POOR CONDITION THAT WOULD LEAD ME TO BELIEVE THAT WHY WE WOULD SELECT THE FIELD THAT IS IN PRESUMABLY THE BEST CONDITION TO ADD AS A BID ALTERNATIVE RATHER THAN TRY TO GET ONE OF THE POOREST UP TO AN ACCEPTABLE MODEL.
GIVEN THAT THAT THIS STILL BRINGS US, LEAVES US WITH MORE THAN $12,000, UM, AVAILABLE IN THE BUDGETED DOLLARS.
IT BASICALLY IS AMOUNT OF FIELDS ONE THROUGH FOUR, AVERY WERE SOME OF THE MOST NEEDED FIELDS.
AND THEN NUMBER EIGHT BEING THE ALTERNATE, UH, WAS THE ONE THAT WOULD FIT WITHIN THE BUDGETED DOLLARS.
STAFF CAN GO IN AND MAKE SURE THAT THOSE FIELDS ARE SAFE IN THE INTERIM OF US GETTING THEM LASER GRADED IN THE FUTURE.
UH, BUT THIS WAS A MA A, A, A MATTER OF US MAKING SURE WE'RE STAYING WITHIN THE BUDGETED DOLLARS.
SO THEN WOULD YOU ANTICIPATE BRINGING FIELDS 5, 6, 7, AND NINE BACK NEXT YEAR? ABSOLUTELY.
AND HOW OFTEN ARE THESE FIELDS GRADED? UM, IT, I, I THINK IT REALLY DEPENDS ON THE AMOUNT OF USE.
AS YOU KNOW, WHEN THOSE FIELDS ARE BEING USED, THEY'RE, UM, UM, THEY'RE DRAGGED AFTER ALMOST EVERY GAME.
SO AS YOU DRAG THOSE FIELDS, THE DIRT FROM THOSE FIELDS STARTS TO GO OUTWARD AND THEN THEY DON'T DRAIN.
SO IT'S A MATTER OF THE AMOUNT OF USE AND THE DESTRUCTION OF THE DRAGGING OF THE FIELDS AND SO FORTH.
AND THEY'RE ANALYZED EVERY YEAR JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ON TRACK WITH WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
BUT THIS, UM, THIS LASER GRADING IS SOMETHING WE HAVEN'T DONE FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
WE'VE DONE SOME WORK TO MANAGE THEM, BUT THIS IS A MORE FULL FLEDGED GETTING THEM BACK TO WHAT THE ORIGINAL INTENT OF THOSE FIELDS IS AND THEY'LL UTILIZE ALL THE SAME MATERIAL.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL MS. ROSA? YES.
[Resolution 61-24]
61 DASH 24 AMENDING CHAPTER 33 OF THE DUBLIN CODIFIED ORDINANCES.AND WE'LL GO BACK TO, UH, JENNIFER MAGLIE WITH OUR STAFF REPORT.
IN YOUR PACKET, YOU WILL FIND AN AMENDED CHAPTER 33, WHICH IS THE HUMAN RESOURCES POLICIES OF THE CITY CODE OF ORDINANCES.
THE AMENDMENT CITED IN THIS REPORT TO COUNCIL UPDATES THE LIST OF POSITIONS CONSIDERED TO BE IN THE UNCLASSIFIED SERVICE AND BRINGS CHAPTER 33 IN LINE WITH ORDINANCE 43 24, WHICH IS THE NON-UNION COMP PLAN.
AS WAS PRESENTED ON NOVEMBER 4TH, THE ATTACHED MEMO OUTLINES THE RECOMMENDED CHANGES AND UPDATES.
AND SUBJECT TO ANY QUESTIONS COUNSEL MAY HAVE, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THIS RESOLUTION.
UH, IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING NONE COUNCIL QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION.
HEARING NONE, JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE MR. REINER? YES.
[Metro Center Revitalization Plan]
OTHER BUSINESS PORTION OF OUR AGENDA AND WE WILL BEGIN THAT WITH THE METRO CENTER REVITALIZATION PLAN AND OUR STAFF REPORT WILL BE BROUGHT FORWARD BY CHRIS WILL, UH, PARTNERED WITH SUSAKI THIS EVENING.UM, WE'RE EXCITED TO UPDATE COUNCIL THIS EVENING ON WORK TO REVITALIZE METRO CENTER.
A BRIEF BACKGROUND, UH, METRO CENTER WAS DEVELOPED IN THE LATE SEVENTIES AS A LUXURY OFFICE PARK FOLLOWING THE OPENING OF I TWO 70 ADDER BET AND THE US 33 INTERCHANGE.
IT HAS BEEN A SOUGHT AFTER AND SUCCESSFUL EMPLOYMENT CENTER FOR DECADES, BUT A HALF CENTURY LATER AS
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SUBURBAN OFFICE AREAS HAVE AGED.THIS OFFICE MODEL IS HAVING AN INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT TIME COMPETING WITH OFFICE SPACE AND MORE VIBRANT AND AMENITY RICH, UM, ENVIRONMENTS.
AS COUNCIL WILL RECALL, EARLIER, EARLIER METRO CENTER VISIONING PROCESS AND RESULTING DOUBLING CORPORATE AREA UPDATE COMPLETED IN 2022, CALLED FOR A MORE DIVERSE MIX OF OFFICE AND NEW UNIQUE PLACES TO LIVE, WORK, AND ENJOY.
THE EARLIER PROCESS PROVIDED GENERAL RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONCEPTUAL REDEVELOPMENT IDEAS CONCENTRATING ON THE INNER LOOP OF METRO CENTER WITH THE REVITALIZATION OF METRO CENTER AS A COMMUNITY, PRIORITY CITY COUNCIL ESTABLISHED A GOAL TO REALIZE THE METRO CENTER REVITALIZATION VISION AND GUIDE A REFRESH OF THE AREA TO MEET THE NEEDS OF A 20TH CENTURY GLOBAL CITY OF CHOICE LIKE DUBLIN TO ADVANCE COUNCIL'S METRO CENTER GOAL.
OVER THE PAST YEAR, THE CITY HAS BEEN COLLABORATING WITH A TEAM OF CONSULTANTS LED BY SUZAKI, A DESIGN FIRM WITH GLOBAL EXPERTISE IN URBAN DESIGN AND LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE TO DEVELOP AND DESIGN AN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
UM, THE PLANNING PROCESS KICKED OFF NEARLY A YEAR AGO WITH DUE DILIGENCE AND A ROUND OF STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS WHERE WE MET WITH NEARLY EVERY PROPERTY OWNER IN METRO CENTER AS WELL AS BUSINESSES BUILDING MANAGERS IN COUNCIL.
FOLLOWING THIS, THE TEAM CONDUCTED A SITE AND MARKET ANALYSIS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND AND FRAME ISSUES, OPPORTUNITIES FACING THE DISTRICT.
AN OVERVIEW OF THIS WORK, AN INITIAL ANALYSIS WAS REVIEWED WITH COUNCIL AT THEIR JANUARY, 2024 WORK SESSION AND A VISUAL PREFERENCE SURVEY ACTIVITY AND DISCUSSION WAS ALSO USED TO SEEK INPUT.
FOLLOWING THE WORK SESSION, A PUBLIC OPEN HOUSE WAS HELD IN METRO AS PART OF A CITY LED SPEAKER SERIES.
UM, PUBLIC INPUT WAS CITED THIS MEETING AS WELL AS AN ONLINE USING THE CITY'S TELL DUBLIN PAGE AGE.
IN MAY, THE TEAM RETURNED TO COUNCIL TO SHARE THREE DESIGN SCENARIOS WHERE COUNCIL EXPRESSED CONSENSUS SUPPORT FOR THE BLUE MEANDER CONCEPT, WHICH ENVISIONED CREATING A NEW SIGNATURE OPEN SPACE ALONG A NEW WATERWAY PARK.
IN SEPTEMBER, THE TEAM RETURNED TO COUNCIL TO PREVIEW DRAFT RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE METRO CENTER REVITALIZATION PLAN.
FOLLOWING THIS, THE CITY HOSTED A PUBLIC OPEN HOUSE AT THE EXCHANGE TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE CITY'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES, INCLUDING AN UPDATE ON METRO CENTER WHERE WE RECEIVED A LOT OF GREAT FEEDBACK.
FOLLOWING THAT SEPTEMBER WORK SESSION WITH COUNCIL, A FINAL DRAFT OF THE METRO CENTER REVITALIZATION PLAN WAS PREPARED.
A KEY PURPOSE OF THIS PLAN IS TO STRENGTHEN THE ECONOMIC ACTIVITY AND EXIST OF EXISTING OFFICE BUILDINGS AND ATTRACT INNOVATIVE NEW WORKSPACES.
TO ACHIEVE THIS METRO CENTER IS REIMAGINED TO A VIBRANT, WALKABLE, MIXED USE NEIGHBORHOOD WEAVING DEVELOPMENT AND GREEN SPACE WITH NATURE.
THIS EVENING, WE ARE SEEKING COUNCIL'S INPUT ON THE DRAFT PLAN, RECOMMENDED URBAN DESIGN FRAMEWORK DESIGN GUIDELINES, IMPLEMENTATION AND IMPLEMENTATION APPROACH.
BRIEF REFER BEFORE RETURNING BACK TO COUNCIL WITH A FINAL PLAN FOR REVIEW AND PLANNED ADOPTION AT THE DECEMBER C CITY COUNCIL MEETING, I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE MARTIN ZORAN, A PRINCIPAL AND URBAN DESIGNER WITH SUZAKI TO PROVIDE A BRIEF PRESENTATION OF THE DRAFT PLANS HIGHLIGHTS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME.
MAYOR GROOMS, CITY MANAGER O CALLAHAN, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, IT'S GREAT TO SEE YOU ALL AGAIN AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO COME BACK AND SHARE THE LATEST UPDATE.
AS CHRIS MENTIONED, I WAS HERE JUST RECENTLY, SEPTEMBER 30TH.
WE REALLY LISTENED TO A LOT OF THE THINGS, UM, THAT WERE MENTIONED THAT EVENING.
AND I HOPE TO SHARE SOME OF YOU, SOME OF THOSE WITH YOU, UH, THIS EVENING TO SHOW A FEW OF THOSE UPDATES.
AS WE KNOW, AND AS CHRIS JUST DESCRIBED, METRO CENTER TODAY IS A PRODUCT OF ITS TIME.
IT WAS AN OFFICE PARK BUILT IN THE EIGHTIES AND EARLY NINETIES THAT WAS SUCCESSFUL AT ONE POINT, BUT IT HAS REALLY SORT OF BECOME SOMETHING OF AN OUTLIER IN TERMS OF THE SORT OF MIXED USE ENVIRONMENTS THAT PEOPLE, WHETHER THEY'RE LIVING, WORKING, OR VISITING, REALLY, UH, GRAVITATE TOWARDS IN OUR CITIES TODAY.
SO WE KNOW THAT HERE WE HAVE MOSTLY A SINGLE USE OFFICE PARK OF HOTEL AND OFFICE USES.
THEIR VACANCY RATES ARE RIGHT AROUND 22 TO 25%.
THERE'S A NUMBER OF OWNERS ON THE PARCELS THEMSELVES, AS WELL AS THEN A LARGE NUMBER OF SURFACE PARKING SPACES AND UNDER UNDERPERFORMING, UH, STORM WATER PONDS TODAY.
NEXT, AS CHRIS MENTIONED AS WELL, WE WERE HERE, UH, IN MAY TO SHARE WITH YOU THREE WAYS OF THINKING ABOUT METRO CENTER GOING FORWARD AND REALLY SETTLED ON, UM, A REALLY INNOVATED AND EXCITING SORT OF INCORPORATION OF NATURE AND URBAN FORM WITHIN THE
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EXISTING METRO CENTER GEOGRAPHY.AND THAT WE CALLED AT THE TIME BLUE MEANDER, THE NAME IS STILL MOVING ALONG.
IT WAS CENTERED REALLY ON FOUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES.
ONE VERY IMPORTANTLY TO CREATE AN IDENTITY AND A VERY UNIQUE SENSE OF PLACE TO REBALANCE THE USES TO INTRODUCE RESIDENTIAL RETAIL HOSPITALITY IN WHAT IS LARGELY AN OFFICE PARK TODAY.
TO THINK ABOUT WATER AS AN AMENITY TO THINK ABOUT OPEN SPACE IS REALLY DRIVING THE FORM OF THIS PROJECT.
AND LASTLY, TO BETTER CONNECT THE METRO CENTER ACROSS THE BROADER REGIONAL NETWORK OF ROADS AND SIGNATURE TRAILS.
SO AS IT IS TODAY, UM, COMPONENTS OF THE, OF THE SITE GREATER, CERTAINLY WELL KNOWN AS A DESTINATION, BUT PERHAPS ONE OF THE ONLY DESTINATION FOR OUTSIDERS COMING TO THIS SITE.
UM, EVERHARD DOES HAVE THEIR BUSINESS HERE TODAY AND WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF SUCCESSFUL BUILDINGS THERE, BUT AGAIN, VACANCY IS, UM, INCREASING AND HAS INCREASED SINCE COVID, OF COURSE.
SO AS WE THINK ABOUT WHAT WE CAN BRING, CERTAINLY WE CAN BRING A WIDER RANGE OF USES HERE.
INTRODUCING NEW OFFICE, INTRODUCING NEW RESIDENTIAL HOSPITALITY AND RETAIL, AND EVEN A CULTURAL AMENITY AT ITS CENTER IS WHAT WE'RE CALLING THE WATERWAY PARK AND OPEN SPACE, WHICH IS REALLY GATHERING STORM WATER, CLEANING STORM WATER, AND CONVEYING STORM WATER, ALL THE WHILE CREATING AN AMENITY FOR PEOPLE, FOR FAMILIES, FOR VISITORS, ALL THROUGHOUT DUBLIN.
AGAIN, THAT EXISTING PICTURE OF THOSE 7,500 SURFACE PARKING LOTS ON THE SITE AND IN AN OVERALL SORT OF VIEW OF WHAT IT CAN BE, A NUMBER OF FEATURES IN WHICH WE BEGIN TO SEE SORT OF A MUCH MORE AMENABLE, UH, UH, CONSOLIDATION OF RETAIL JUST IN FROM FRANZ ROAD.
REALLY WHAT WE'RE CALLING NEIGHBORHOOD RETAIL TWO-SIDED ALONG A NEW STREET, WHICH IS INTRODUCED.
WE'RE LOOKING AT NUMBER THREE, THAT RETAIL OR CULTURAL PAVILION, SOMETHING VERY EXCITING TO ENTICE PEOPLE INTO THE PROJECT AREA ITSELF, VISIBLE FROM FRANZ ROAD.
AND THEN A GATHERING LAWN, A PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO GATHER, WHICH IS REALLY CONNECTED TO ONE OF YOUR EXISTING ASSETS, WHICH IS SMILEY PARK.
WE'RE LOOKING AT A HIGHER MIX OF, USES SOME ADDITIONAL OFFICE SPACES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MAINTAINING THE EMPLOYMENT CENTER THAT IT IS WELL INTO THE FUTURE.
AND THINKING ABOUT THE TYPES OF OFFICES THAT MIGHT REMAIN IN THE COMING YEARS, SUCH AS THE NEIGHBORHOOD OFFICES A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO FRAN ROAD.
THE OVERALL MIX OF USES IS SOMETHING WHICH WE LIKE TO SAY IS A, A FLEXIBLE FRAMEWORK, WHICH IS TO SAY THAT IN RESPONSE TO HOW THE MARKET WILL EVOLVE AS IT INEVITABLY DOES IN THE UPCOMING YEARS, WE'VE IDENTIFIED A LARGE PORTION OF THE SITE AS MIXED USE, WHICH IS TO SAY IT CAN BE RESIDENTIAL, IT CAN BE OFFICE, IT COULD BE HOSPITALITY.
WE DON'T WANT TO PRECLUDE WHAT THE MARKET WILL BE LOOKING FOR IN THE YEARS TO COME, BUT VERY IMPORTANTLY, WE'RE MAINTAINING ITS ESSENTIAL ROLE AS AN EMPLOYMENT CENTER WITHIN DUBLIN.
WE'RE INCREASING WHAT IS CURRENTLY 1.3 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF OFFICE TODAY IN THE FULL BUILD OUT TO SOMETHING LIKE 2 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF OFFICE ALONE.
IN ADDITION TO THAT 2.7 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF NEW RESIDENTIAL TO BE ADDED, ALL THE WHILE INCREASING BOTH THE QUANTITY AND QUALITY OF OPEN SPACE.
IT'S QUITE AN ACHIEVEMENT FOR THIS GEOGRAPHY HERE.
WE'VE TRIED TO DEPICT SOME OF THE INTEREST AND EXCITEMENT THAT CAN BE CONVEYED THROUGH THE GATHERING FOR SPECIAL OCCASIONS WITHIN THE CITY OF DUBLIN WHERE WE HAVE ACCESS TO WATER, WHERE WE HAVE POTENTIALLY PADDLE BOARDING AND KAYAKING, CATCH AND RELEASE FISHING, AND ABILITY TO GET CLOSE TO THE WATER ON THE SITE.
A DESTINATION WHICH IS A GATHERING SPACE WHICH CAN PERFORM MANY FUNCTIONS FROM SMALLER GATHERINGS FOR SMALL BANDS OR PERFORMANCES TO A LARGER SORT OF CULTURAL RETAIL DESTINATION BUILDING.
AND HOPEFULLY LOOKING TOWARDS SOME REALLY BEAUTIFUL, SPECTACULAR, SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE AT ITS HEART.
A PLACE FOR FOOD TRUCKS, A PLACE FOR KIDS, A PLACE FOR FAMILIES, ALL SURROUNDED BY THIS GREAT MIX OF OFFICE AND RESIDENTIAL USES.
YOU ASKED US TO THINK ABOUT THE DIFFERENT SEASONS IN DUBLIN.
AND SO WE GAVE SOME IDEAS TO WHAT IT COULD LOOK LIKE IN THE WINTERTIME WHERE YOU COULD HAVE A WHOLE ARRAY OF ICE SCULPTURES AND FIRE PITS, A WINTER HOLIDAY MARKET TO REALLY LOOK AT THOSE CHANCES FOR CELEBRATING NOT JUST IN THE SUMMERTIME, BUT ALL YEAR ROUND
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FOR THE OPEN SPACE SYSTEM, WHICH REALLY SITS AT THE CENTER OF THIS CREATION HERE, WHICH IS TO SAY IT'S A NEW PARADIGM IN URBAN DESIGN AND PLANNING.YOU'LL BE AT THE FOREFRONT OF 21ST CENTURY DESIGN, WHICH IS TO SAY WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT OUR CITIES IN A NEW WAY.
WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT OUR CITIES FOR PEOPLE AND FOR NATURE.
THOSE TWO THINGS WILL IN ESSENCE BE THE CENTER OF WHAT THIS NEW DESIGN BRINGS.
HERE WE SEE A WHOLE VARIETY OF LANDSCAPE TYPES FROM THE GATEWAY OPPORTUNITIES AT FRAN TO THE LANDMARK PLAZA, WHICH I JUST DESCRIBED.
COST GRAY RUN IS REVITALIZED FROM A SMALLER CREEK INTO A NATURAL AMENITY.
AND THEN REALLY THINKING ABOUT IT, NUMBER FIVE THERE, WHAT IS THE WATERWAY PARK? ALL OF THIS IS PERFORMING VERY IMPORTANT ECOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS AS WELL TO COLLECT, TO CLEAN AND TO CONVEY STORM WATER.
THE PONDS TODAY, AS BEAUTIFUL AS THEY WERE ORIGINALLY, ARE NO LONGER ADEQUATE FOR THE STORMWATER NEEDS OF THE SITE.
SO OVERALL, WE'RE INCREASING SITE PERMEABILITY AS WELL AS THE FUNCTION OF CLEANING THE WATER ALL WHILE CREATING A LANDSCAPE WHICH IS ACCESSIBLE TO HUMANS.
SOME OF THOSE VARIOUS TYPES FROM THE ADJACENCY TO, UM, THE HIGHWAY AT TWO 70 TO THE SORT OF POTENTIAL CONNECTION TO CORBIN'S MILL DRIVE AND THE SIGNATURE TRAIL AREAS, AGAIN, SORT OF USING THOSE EXISTING ASSETS OF SMILEY PARK AND COS GRAY RUN HERE, WE'VE INCLUDED A FEW MORE SECTIONS, A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAILED AND A LITTLE BIT MORE SPECIFIC ABOUT THE TYPES OF SPECIES AND PLANTING AND THE OVERALL WATER CLEANING SYSTEM THAT COULD BE ENVISIONED ON EDGES OF THE SITE, BUT ALL THE WHILE MAKING PEOPLE ENABLING THEM TO GET VERY CLOSE TO THE WATER ITSELF.
HERE WE SEE SORT OF THIS STRIATION FROM THE UPLAND WETLAND TO THE EMERGENT WETLAND, THE AQUATIC BENCH.
ALL VERY EXCITING AND INTERESTING AS PEOPLE GO THERE AGAIN AND AGAIN FOR DAILY WALKS, FOR BIKE RIDES, TO TAKE THEIR CHILDREN, TO TAKE THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS TO REALLY LEARN ABOUT ECOLOGY AND LEARN HOW IT'S CENTERING US AS HUMAN BEINGS ON THIS PLANET.
MAYOR GROOMS ASKED ABOUT SOME OF THE METRICS THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE, AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAME BACK WITH SOME OF THE VERY SPECIFIC ACREAGES AROUND BOTH THE OPEN SPACE AND DEVELOPMENT.
IMPORTANTLY, YOU ASKED ME FIRST AND FOREMOST ABOUT THE OPEN SPACE, AND I'M HAPPY TO BRING BACK THAT NUMBER.
BUT WE'RE INCREASING THE OVERALL PUBLIC OPEN SPACE, 130% HERE FROM 13 ACRES TO 17.7 ACRES.
UM, AND THE OVERALL NESS OF THE SITE, THE AMOUNT OF WATER THAT CAN REALLY BE CARRIED THROUGH THE SOIL BY 130% AS WELL FROM THAT 22 TO 29, ALL THE WHILE.
AND THESE NUMBERS ARE JUST FOR THE INSIDE THE LOOP, ALL THE WHILE ADDING UPWARDS OF 2.5 MILLION SQUARE FEET TOTAL BUILD OUT JUST INSIDE THE LOOP.
SO IT'S QUITE THE FEAT TO SORT OF TAKE THAT GRAY AREA, THE 18 ACRES DEVOTED TO SURFACE PARKING AND IMAGINE HOW THAT MIGHT BE VERY, VERY DIFFERENT AND ACTUALLY OF MUCH GREATER BENEFIT TO THE PUBLIC HERE.
A VIEW INTO THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE SITE, REALLY THE MOST ECOLOGICALLY, UH, VIBRANT AREAS WHERE WE SEE ACCESS TO THE WATER, THE ABILITY TO KAYAK, CATCH AND RELEASE, INTERPRETIVE WAVE FIGHTING AND SIGNAGE, ALL THE WHILE KNOWING THAT THIS IS CREATING GREAT REAL ESTATE VALUE.
SO THE VALUE FOR THE SURROUNDING RESIDENTIAL, THE VALUE FOR THE EXISTING OFFICE, WHICH YOU CAN SEE IN THE DISTANCE THERE, AS WELL AS NEW OFFICE THAT MIGHT BE LOCATED, IS MUCH MORE DURABLE, UH, TO HAVE THAT CENTRAL VALUE PROPOSITION IN THE CENTER, WHICH IS THE WATERWAY PARK.
THE NETWORK ITSELF REPRESENTS A SMALL IMPROVEMENT TO THE PLAN AS YOU LAST SAW IT, WHICH IS TO SAY A CONNECTION BEING MADE FROM UPPER METRO PLACE TO METRO PLACE SOUTH, SHOWN IN ORANGE, HALFWAY THROUGH THE INSIDE LOOP THERE.
AND A CONNECTION THAT'S REALLY MEANT TO BE FOR PEOPLE FOR BICYCLES, THE OCCASIONAL VEHICLE TO REALLY INCREASE THE OVERALL, UM, NETWORK GRID OF THE SITE TO PROVIDE EXPOSURE TO THE RETAIL, WHICH IS INTERIOR TO THE LOOP, AND ALSO TO CREATE GREATER VISIBILITY TO THE ASSETS ALONG THE WATERWAY.
NEXT HERE, THE OVERALL PEDESTRIAN AND BIKE NETWORK HAS BEEN THOUGHT ABOUT VERY CAREFULLY.
WE'RE SO PRIVILEGED TO TO WORK WITH THE CITY OF DUBLIN, UM, AND THEIR STAFF, WHICH HAS SUCH A SORT OF PROGRESSIVE AND FORWARD LOOKING IDEA ABOUT HOW STREETS, SIDEWALKS, AND BIKEWAYS
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SHOULD BE INCORPORATED INTO OUR INFRASTRUCTURE GOING FORWARD.SOME OF THOSE STREET SECTIONS SOMETHING VERY EXOTIC CALLED A WOOER, WHICH IS A COMBINATION SORT OF VEHICULAR AND PEDESTRIAN STREET.
VERY FEW OF THOSE, BUT A FEW OF THOSE BEING INTRODUCED ON THE PROJECT.
UH, ON THE LOWER PART METRO BLAZER CONNECTOR, YOU'RE SEEING THE STREET HERE IS REALLY BEING ALLOCATED FOR CARS, FOR ON STREET PARKING, FOR BIKES, FOR PEDESTRIANS, FOR TREES AND GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE.
IT'S A MUCH MORE ROBUST STREET SECTION IN KEEPING WITH WHAT WOULD BE CALLED COMPLETE STREETS THAT WE'RE SEEING NATIONWIDE.
IF YOU COMPARE THE RIGHT AND THE LEFT SIDES HERE, YOU SEE SORT OF THE EXISTING STREET SECTIONS ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE AND THE VAST IMPROVEMENT BEING MADE FOR BOTH METRO PLACE NORTH AND METRO PLACE SOUTH.
AND FINALLY THAT VIEW FROM FRANZ ROAD, REALLY SORT OF LOOKING INTO THE CENTER OF THE SITE, SEEING THE CULTURAL RETAIL PAVILION, THINKING ABOUT THE AMENITIES, WHETHER THEY'RE DINING DECKS, WALKABLE ACCESSIBLE PATHS OR RETAIL AMENITIES.
THINKING ABOUT HOW PEOPLE REALLY ARE BEING PRIVILEGED WITH THIS PLAN AND PROVIDING THAT AHA MOMENT FROM FRANZ ROAD, LOOKING THROUGH THE CURTAINS INTO THE BEAUTIFUL OBJECT IN THE DISTANCE REFLECTED IN THE WATER, A NEW VIEW THAT WE'RE SHOWING FOR THAT, UM, CONNECTION POINT IN THE CENTER OF THE LOOP, THE IDEA OF MAKING SURE THAT THAT RETAIL PAVILION IS VISIBLE BOTH FROM ON FOOT AND BY CARS.
AND THAT IT'S SURROUNDED BY, AGAIN, A VARIETY OF BUILDINGS, UH, MOSTLY RESIDENTIAL, BUT THAT CAN HAVE A GREATER SORT OF ARTICULATION OF THEIR DIFFERENT FORMS. ALL THE WHILE SORT OF LOOKING AT THIS SORT OF REALLY INTERESTING, EXCITING, PERFORMATIVE LANDSCAPE IN THE FOREGROUND WHERE SOME OF THE, UH, MOVEMENT IN THE WATER IS HELPING TO AERATE AND CLEAN THAT WATER, THAT LANDSCAPE IS AT THE CENTER OF THIS REAL ESTATE PROPOSITION OF THIS PLACEMAKING PROPOSITION OF THIS HUMAN CENTERED PROPOSITION.
THIS IS ALSO A NEW VIEW THAT WE'VE PROVIDED SO THAT YOU REALLY DO SEE SORT OF THAT DEPTH AND THAT OPENING.
ONE OF THE OTHER COMMENTS THAT WE HEARD WAS THAT PEOPLE DIDN'T WANNA SEE A WALL ALONG FRAN STREET.
SO WE'VE PUSHED AND PULLED SOME OF THOSE VOLUMES TO REALLY GIVE YOU A MUCH MORE DYNAMIC EXPERIENCE ALONG FRANZ ROAD, UM, AND TO CREATE GATEWAY OPPORTUNITIES TRAVELING BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH, THE CATALYTIC SITES, WHICH WE'VE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, REALLY WE SEE HAPPENING ALONG FRANZ ROAD.
IT'S THE MOST VISIBLE PART OF THE SITE.
IT'S THE AREA THAT PEOPLE SEE MOST, THAT THEY THINK ABOUT WHENEVER THEY COME TO, UH, METRO CENTER.
AND, UH, IN WORKING, UH, ALONGSIDE, UH, JEREMIAH AND CHRIS AND CITY STAFF REALLY HAVE REACHED OUT TO SOME OF THE EXISTING OWNERS THERE TO BEGIN THOSE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW WE WOULD BEGIN IMPLEMENTATION.
AND THAT WAS COVERED WITH YOU ALL SEVERAL MONTHS BACK.
SO THAT NEW IDENTITY STARTING ALONG FRANZ ROAD IS POSSIBLE FOR THE FUTURE.
I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ALL THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE NOW ABOUT WHAT I THINK AND WHAT WE COLLECTIVELY THINK CAN BE AN EXCITING NEW OPPORTUNITY FOR METRO CENTER.
I WANNA PAUSE FOR A MOMENT TO TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT.
IF THERE IS ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS APPLICATION? HEARING NONE, NONE.
COUNCIL QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED WORK.
EVERY TIME I SEE IT, I'M MORE IMPRESSED, SO, UH, I APPRECIATE IT.
I HAD A COMMENT AND IN THE QUESTION ONE OF THE COMMENTS IS, UM, MAYBE CHRIS, IF YOU COULD BACK UP LIKE COUPLE SLIDES.
OH, UH, I DON'T KNOW FOR THERE.
WHOOPS, ONE MORE THAT THIS ONE, UM, MY, ONE OF MY REQUESTS IS WE'RE VISIONING OF THIS.
IF WE COULD DO SOME WORK ON WHAT I MIGHT CALL MORE BEAUTIFUL BALCONIES OR JUST, I MEAN, ONE OF THE THINGS I LOVE IN MY EUROPEAN TRAVELS IS JUST THEY JUST DO BALCONIES SO BEAUTIFUL IN SO MANY COMMUNITIES AND WE, WE SEEM TO HAVE, AS IN THESE EXAMPLES, THE THE STANDARD RAIL WHATEVER.
SO IF YOU COULD HELP CREATE SOME IMAGINATION AROUND, UM, WHEN YOU'RE WALKING DOWN AND LOOKING UP, UM, WHAT THAT VIEW SHED WOULD LOOK LIKE, I WOULD SINCERELY APPRECIATE THAT.
I KNOW YOU HAVE BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLES.
UM, THEY JUST MAYBE HAVEN'T GOT THERE YET.
AND WHERE WOULD WE SEE A WOUND NERF, WHERE IF WE WANTED TO GO LOOK AT ONE
IT'S, IT'S AN, IT'S, IT IS AN EMERGING, YOU SEE THEM A LOT IN EUROPE, NUMBER ONE.
SO YOU KNOW, COPENHAGEN, YOU'RE GONNA SEE THEM VERY FREQUENTLY IN THE SORT OF PEDESTRIANIZED ZONE IN THE MIDDLE OF COPENHAGEN, BUT CERTAINLY, UM, IN,
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IN THE US IN OUR TRAVELS, YOU KNOW.PARIS AND BARCELONA, THOSE GREAT PLACES IN THE UNITED STATES.
I KNOW THAT THERE'S A REALLY WELL KNOWN ONE IN PORTLAND, OREGON, PORTLAND.
UM, WE COULD FIND THE SPECIFIC REFERENCE.
UM, I'LL, I DON'T KNOW, ASK CHRIS IF THERE'S ANYTHING CLOSER, A FIELD THAT YOU'VE RUN ACROSS, UH, MORE RECENTLY, BUT, UM, WE'RE EXPERIMENTING A LITTLE BIT IN BOSTON WHERE WE'RE SORT OF BALANCING BETWEEN PEDESTRIAN AND, AND VEHICULAR STREETS.
SO THERE IS IN DOWNTOWN BOSTON, DOWNTOWN CROSSING IS WHAT IT'S CALLED, WHICH IS CONSIDERED A WOO NERF.
UM, AS WELL, THEY ARE, UM, MORE DOMESTIC SCALED, I WOULD SAY, THAN IN A BIG CITY.
AND THEY TEND TO AGAIN, TRY TO INCORPORATE, UM, PAVING AND, AND COMPONENTS WHICH DIRECT CARS, BUT ALLOW FOR A LITTLE BIT OF AMBIGUITY, WHICH CAUSES EVERYBODY TO SORT OF SLOW DOWN AND LOOK AROUND AND BE MORE AWARE OF THEIR ENVIRONMENT.
AND IT IS, UM, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING WHICH IS EMERGING AS A TYPE IN THE UNITED STATES.
HAVING LIVED IN BOSTON FOR FIVE YEARS,
SO THAT, THAT IS LIKE A PERFECT EXAMPLE, HONESTLY.
CHRIS, I APOLOGIZE IF I COULD ADD TO THAT TOO.
I THINK BECAUSE OTTOS HAVE BEEN THE PRIORITIZED USE THAT WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF JUST STREETS WITH THROUGH TRAFFIC.
AND NOW THAT WE'RE REALLY CHA CHALLENGING THAT, AND THAT PARADIGM SHIFT IS WE'RE CREATING THEM FOR BICYCLISTS, FOR PEDESTRIANS, AND AS REALLY THAT PLACE MAKING TO LEAD DEVELOPMENT OUT INTO THE PUBLIC REALM A LITTLE BIT MORE.
I WAS JUST HOPING TO SEE A COUPLE FOR ILLUSTRATION.
WE WILL SEND SOME ALONG IN THE NEXT PACKAGE.
I FEEL LIKE THERE'S A NUMBER OF STREETS IN NEW YORK CITY THAT ARE OPERATING THAT
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT, IF THEY'RE TECHNICALLY WOUNDERS, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, IN, IN REDUCING VEHICULAR TRAFFIC THERE, I'VE SEEN MANY THAT OPERATE ALONG THOSE LINES.
I I LIKE THESE TURNED, IT'S NOT A WALL OF BUILDINGS LIKE WE SEE IN SAY BRIDGE PARK, SO I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THAT YOU, THESE ARE KIND OF, THEY'RE NOT ALL ALIGNED AND I REALLY LIKE THAT AND I APPRECIATE THAT CHANGE.
UM, WELL, LIKE, LIKE WAS MENTIONED, EVERY TIME WE SEE A, A LITTLE, UM, UH, RESTORATION OF SOME OF OUR IDEAS, IT IT, IT REALLY CREATES EVEN MORE THINKING.
UM, I I LOVE OPENING UP FRANZ ROAD AS WELL.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CONCERNS ME IS THAT WHEN WE GO FORWARD WITH THE PLAN, UM, IT IS MENTIONED IN THERE ABOUT URBAN ARCHITECTURE.
BUT, UM, I KNOW FROM EXPERIENCE, UH, WHEN A DEVELOPER LOOKS AT THIS, HE'S GOING TO, AND ANY DEVELOPER, THEY WILL THINK THAT, UM, IT'S VERY SIMILAR IN LOOKS TO ME TO BRIDGE PARK.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS BROUGHT UP FREQUENTLY IN THE STAKEHOLDERS, UM, CONVERSATIONS WAS WE DON'T WANT ANOTHER BRIDGE PARK.
AND, AND I AGREE WITH, UM, KATHY IN THAT PART OF THE, UM, JOY OF A PEDESTRIAN EXPERIENCE IS WHAT HAPPENS AT THE PEDESTRIAN STREETSCAPE, HOW PEOPLE VIEW IT FROM ABOVE, AND THE ORGANIC DIFFERENCES FROM ONE BUILDING TO ANOTHER.
THE WAY THE, UM, PROJECTIONS HAPPEN, THE CHARACTER OF A, UH, PATIO THAT LOOKS DIFFERENT THAN THE PATIO NEXT DOOR.
UM, I THINK YOU'VE NAILED IT WHEN IT COMES TO THE WATERWAYS.
BUT I FEEL LIKE NOW THE NEXT STEP IS NAILING IT AT THE STREETSCAPE IN THE BUILDING MASS DESIGN.
BUT SOMETIMES WHEN YOU PASS A BUILDING THAT'S A WALL OF GLASS THAT'S VERY, UM, INTIMIDATING BECAUSE IT'S A HARD SURFACE.
YOU SEE YOURSELF, YOU DON'T REALLY SEE THE SOFTNESS OF, SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK STILL NEEDS A LITTLE, UM, TWEAKING BEFORE WE SHOW THIS TO PEOPLE TO SAY, COME AND BUILD THIS.
UM, THE OTHER THING I WANNA MENTION IS THAT, UM, BRIDGE PARK HAS A FRONT DOOR BECAUSE WE HAVE A BRIDGE.
THE BRIDGE ALMOST SAYS, HERE'S OUR FRONT PORCH LIGHT.
LOOK AT THIS BEAUTIFUL BRIDGE YOU'RE IN BRIDGE PARK.
WHERE IS THE FRONT DOOR HERE? IN
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OTHER WORDS, WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING DOWN THE STREET, YES YOU GET A VIEW, BUT WHAT CAN WE DO TO ENHANCE THE CAPTURE OF IDENTITY SO THAT SOMEONE SAYS THAT'S MEANDER PLACE,BUT I MEAN, I, I FEEL LIKE WE NEED A, A KIND OF A, A HOOK, SOMETHING LIKE, LIKE THE BRIDGE DOES FOR BRIDGE PARK.
AND UM, THEN, UM, THE OTHER ONE LAST COMMENT, UM, AND I'M GONNA LOVE REALLY PLAYING WITH THIS BETWEEN NOW AND DECEMBER 9TH, BUT IN THE CULTURE PAVILION AND LANDMARK PLAZA, THE EXPERIENCE THAT I THINK WE'VE SEEN AT RIVERSIDE CROSSING PARK IS WE BUILD IT, BUT WE WEREN'T QUITE SURE HOW IT'S GONNA BE USED.
AND NOW WE'RE HAVING TO MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS ON THE EVENTS THAT WE'RE PUTTING THERE AND, AND WHETHER OR NOT THE, THE FUNCTIONS OF THE RIVERSIDE CROSSING PARK WILL MEET THE NEED FOR THE EVENT OR WHATEVER IT, IT MIGHT BE WORTH.
AS WE GO AHEAD AND TALK ABOUT OUR EVENT PLANNING AND OUR CULTURAL NEEDS AND WHAT WE HOPE TO SEE THERE TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, WE DON'T JUST DESIGN IT TO BE PRETTY, BUT WE JUST, BUT WE MAKE SURE ALL THE FUNCTIONS WE NEED, THE SIZES OF SPACES, THE SURFACE IS, ARE THE RIGHT KIND THAT WE REALLY THINK HARD, WHAT KIND OF RETAIL DO WE EXPECT TO SEE THERE? AND WHAT WOULD BE SUCCESSFUL? I, I DON'T KNOW HOW WE DO THAT.
BUT I GUESS I DON'T WANNA GO BACK AND SAY, OH, I WISH WE HAD DONE THIS BECAUSE THIS IS THE EVENT WE ALWAYS WANTED.
I THINK THIS IS STUNNING AND BEAUTIFUL.
THOSE ARE JUST SOME ORIGINAL, SOME UM, UM, FIRST ON THOUGHTS AS I SEE SOME OF THE NEW THINGS YOU'VE DONE, BUT GREAT JOB.
THOSE ARE ALL EXCELLENT COMMENTS.
I'LL, I'LL SAY, UM, IT'S BEEN A WONDERFUL YEAR WITH YOU ALL.
WE WERE CHARGED WITH COMING UP WITH A, UM, REALLY SORT OF A CONCEPTUAL MASTER PLAN.
AND A MASTER PLAN, YOU KNOW, SORT OF SITS AT THIS 30,000 FOOT LEVEL MM-HMM.
AND AS WE GO FARTHER AND FARTHER, WE'RE TASKED WITH GIVING YOU A VISION, WHICH IS CLOSE BUT NOT EXACT TO BEGIN THE PROCESS AND TO SORT OF SAY, YES, WE'RE, WE'RE IN AGREEMENT THAT GENERALLY WE'RE GONNA MOVE IN THIS DIRECTION.
AND THEN WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO ADD DETAILS.
ONE OF THE NEXT STEPS, WHICH, UM, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO TAKE WOULD BE REALLY DESIGN GUIDELINES FOR THE ARCHITECTURE.
AND THAT'S TYPICALLY WHAT WOULD FOLLOW A CONCEPTUAL MASTER PLAN, WHICH IS YOU'RE GOING BUILDING BY BUILDING AND REALLY TALKING ABOUT THE STREET LEVEL EXPERIENCE, THE BALCONIES, THE FENESTRATION, THE MATERIALS.
UM, THAT'S CURRENTLY NOT IN OUR SCOPE.
SO THIS SORT OF NEXT PIECE OF IT WOULD VERY MUCH BE DESIGN GUIDELINES.
UM, THAT WOULD ENABLE YOU TO HAVE THAT CONTROL OVER, UM, THE PROPOSALS WHEN DEVELOPERS COME TO YOU FOR INDIVIDUAL BUILDINGS IN UK.
YOU ARE MEETING THE DESIGN GUIDELINES THAT WE'VE SET FORTH FOR THESE BUILDING TYPES AND IT'S ACHIEVING WHAT WE WANT.
SO THAT WOULD BE SORT OF A FURTHER PHASE THERE.
UM, I'LL, I'LL JUMP TO THE THIRD QUESTION REALLY QUICKLY.
CERTAINLY AS WELL, THAT IS THE NEXT STAGE OF CONCEPT EVOLUTION, WHERE OUR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS WOULD REALLY TAKE A LOOK AT THIS PLAZA AND DO ALL THE CORRECT SORT OF SIZING FOR SMALL SIZE FESTIVALS FOR SMALL GATHERING FOR LARGE SIZE FESTIVALS.
AND YOU, YOU REALLY SORT OF SPREAD IT OUT IN IT'S VERY SORT OF, UM, YOU KNOW, METRICS BASED ON PEOPLE PER SQUARE FOOT AND WHAT YOU CAN DO IN DIFFERENT GATHERING AREAS THAT WOULD BE YET ANOTHER SORT OF LEVEL OF DETAIL THAT, YOU KNOW, OKAY, MOVE FORWARD WITH UNDERSTANDING THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE FOR THIS PLAZA.
IN TERMS OF THE FRONT DOOR, WHAT'S SO INTERESTING, AND WE TALKED ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT BEFORE, IS THAT FRANZ ROAD WILL NO LONGER BE THE ONLY FRONT DOOR TO THIS TO METRO CENTER.
UM, THERE WILL BE A NEW CONNECTION FROM BLAZER COMING FROM THE SOUTH IN THE FUTURE.
THERE'LL BE A NEW CONNECTION OVER TWO 70 POTENTIALLY.
AND AS METRO PLACE, THE THE METRO PLACE NORTH SORT OF LOOPS IN AND EXTENDS DOWN THAT WILL BE YET ANOTHER FRONT DOOR.
UM, IN INSTEAD OF A FRONT DOOR NECESSARILY.
WE LIKE TO THINK A LITTLE BIT MORE OF SORT OF WHAT IS THE, YOU KNOW, INSTAGRAM MOMENT, I HAVE TO SAY, UH, WHAT IS, AND YOU'RE SORT OF LOOKING AT IT THERE.
IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, I LIKE IT EVEN BETTER.
WE'RE SO HAPPY THAT YOU ASKED US TO DO THIS, UM, TO REALLY WHAT IS THAT INSTAGRAM MOMENT? WHAT IS THE THING WHERE YOU FEEL LIKE, WOW, I'M, I'M GETTING WATER.
I'M GETTING THIS AMAZING SORT OF SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE IN THIS CURVE LINEAR FORM.
I'M ABLE TO OCCUPY THAT AND, AND HAVE THESE EVENTS.
SO WE SORT OF SKEW A LITTLE BIT AWAY FROM A SINGLE FRONT DOOR MOMENT IN TERMS OF,
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YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THAT SORT OF ICONIC, UM, IMAGE OF THE PROJECT IMAGE ABILITY.AND FOR US, WE REALLY THOUGHT THAT IT WAS A BIT MORE OF INTERIOR TO THE PROJECT AND NOT NECESSARILY THE VIEW FROM, UH, BY A CAR FROM, FROM THE OUTSIDE.
SO THAT'S JUST, IT'S A GREAT POINT, BUT THAT'S HOW I RESPOND TO THAT.
WELL, I, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING MY QUESTIONS 'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT IT FELT LIKE.
AND, UH, I, I WANTED TO VALIDATE THAT FOR RESIDENTS THAT SAY, OH, WE'RE PACKING EVERY SQUARE INCH AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S OPPRESSIVE AND, AND, UH, IT FELT TO ME LIKE THERE WAS GOING TO BE MORE, NOT LESS, UM, SPACE AVAILABLE FOR THE PUBLIC.
AND, UH, IT IS GOOD TO SEE THE, THE NUMBERS PROVE THAT OUT.
SO, UM, I WANNA WANNA THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING THAT INFORMATION.
I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT AS WE TALK TO THE PEOPLE THAT ALREADY LIVE IN THE AREA.
UM, AND THEN SECONDLY, I, I'VE STARTED READING SOME STUDIES ABOUT ARCHITECTURE AND HOW IT INFLUENCES BEHAVIOR.
AND I, I TOO, YOU KNOW, AS YOU GO THROUGH THE DESIGN GUIDELINES PORTION OF IT, UM, YOU KNOW, HARD EDGES AND REFLECTIVE SURFACES AND ALL OF THOSE KINDS OF THINGS, UH, STUDIES ARE SHOWING THAT THAT IS HAVING AN IMPACT ON PEOPLE'S BEHAVIOR IN THOSE SPACES.
AND SO I THINK IT'S IS REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE LOOK, UM, THAT WHEN WE LOOK TO THESE, WE, WE CERTAINLY WON'T WANT TO HAVE, MAKE IT FEEL LIKE A MODERN CITY, UM, BUT YET ALSO FEEL VERY WARM AND WELCOMING AND, UM, AND HAVE SOFTER EDGES.
UM, BECAUSE I, I THINK YOU SEE THAT PLAY OUT IN OTHER PLACES AND, UM, I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT SEPARATES EUROPE, THAT EVEN IN WHAT WE ARE DOING TO NEW URBANISM IN THE UNITED STATES, MM-HMM.
YOU KNOW, WE, WE DO LOTS AND BLOCKS AND WE, YOU KNOW, WE ARE REPLICATING MANY OF THOSE FROM AROUND THE WORLD THAT HAVE A GREAT LEVEL OF SUCCESS, BUT WE'RE NOT REPLICATING THE ARCHITECTURE.
NOW, SOME OF THAT, YOU KNOW, CANNOT BE REPLICATED BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE 500 YEAR OLD CATHEDRALS OR WHATEVER THAT MIGHT BE.
BUT, UM, I DO BELIEVE THAT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE, THAT WE TAKE THE NEXT STEP INTO, UM, REALLY CONSIDERING THE, THE IMPACT THE ARCHITECTURE HAS ON THE BEHAVIOR OF THE INHABITANTS.
I WANNA SAY THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU HAD A MISSION.
THE MISSION WAS TO CREATE A NEW CITY, A PLACE WHERE YOU WOULD WANNA LIVE IN AND I'D WANNA LIVE IN AND WE'D ALL WANNA LIVE IN.
I, YOU KNOW, WE LOOK AT BRIDGE PARK AND WE SEE WATER, BUT IT'S NOT TOUCHABLE WATER.
AND THE MISSION FROM THE GET GO, FROM THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE WAS, LET'S, LET'S USE THE WATER.
LET'S MAKE IT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN ENJOY THAT'S PART OF THIS NEW COMMUNITY.
'CAUSE WE WERE LOOKING FOR THAT HOOK.
AND I THINK YOU DID A GREAT JOB DEVELOPING THAT.
AND I LIKE THE FACT YOU STRETCH THAT WATER FROM THE FRONT TO THE BACK.
UM, THE, UH, THE ONLY THING I SAW MISSING
IF YOU HAVE 3000, 5,000, 10,000 PEOPLE THERE ON A SUNNY DAY, IF YOU CAN BUILD A BEACH WALKABLE AREA, I THINK YOU'RE GONNA SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE HANGING OUT THERE ENJOYING THEMSELVES.
AND THAT WAS THE ONE ITEM I, YOU KNOW, WE'VE DISCUSSED THAT, THAT I THOUGHT WAS REALLY SORT OF IN INTERESTING.
I DON'T KNOW HOW WE'RE GONNA DEVELOP THE PARKING GARAGES AND HOW THEY'RE GONNA APPEAR.
UM, BUT YOU REALLY DID A GREAT JOB.
UH, YOU KNOW, I'M REALLY GLAD THAT WE HIRED YOUR FIRM, UH, AND THE TEAM THAT WORKED ON THAT.
'CAUSE I THINK YOU DID AN EXCELLENT JOB.
I THINK YOU DID A BETTER JOB THAN ANYBODY ELSE PROBABLY COULD HAVE DONE.
AND, UH, GLAD TO HAVE YOU, YOU KNOW, DEVELOPING THIS PROCESS WITH US.
UH, YOUR COMMITMENT, YOUR FORESIGHT WAS AMAZING.
I HAVE TO LAUGH ABOUT THE WOUND EARTH.
I JUST GOT BACK FROM EUROPE, SPENT TWO WEEKS THERE, AND I ALWAYS LOCATED MY HOTEL NEAR THE CATHEDRAL.
'CAUSE I'D BE IN THE OLD PART OF THE CITY.
AND IT WAS INTERESTING HOW THE EUROPEANS HAVE USED THIS CONCEPT WHERE YOU HAVE A MODERN CAR AND YOU'RE DRIVING UP ONE OF THESE NARROW STREETS AND IT'S FLASHING THE FRONT, THE BACK, THE SIDES BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT'S IN PANIC BECAUSE THERE'S WALLS ALL AROUND IT.
PEOPLE ARE WALKING DOWN THE STREET WITH YOU.
SO IT'S LIKE AN OLD CONCEPT, NEW CONCEPT.
AND IT'S A GREAT CONCEPT BECAUSE YOU'RE RIGHT, ONCE YOU GET INTO THAT KIND OF ENVIRONMENT, YOU SLOW YOUR CAR DOWN, YOU'RE REALLY, UH, APPREHENSIVE ABOUT THE PEDESTRIAN ASPECTS OF THE PEOPLE MOVING AROUND YOU.
SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT YOU INCLUDED IT IN THIS AND
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USE OF SPACE.IT'S A GREAT USE FOR, UH, TRAFFIC.
SO I, YOU KNOW, JUST, IT'S AN OLD NEW IDEA.
BUT, YOU KNOW, ALL OVER EUROPE, I THOUGHT, GOD, HOW ARE THEY GONNA GET THESE CARS INTO THESE TIGHT, TIGHT STREETS NEAR THE OLD CATHEDRALS? BECAUSE NOT, NOT MUCH TRAFFIC WAS THERE, REALLY.
AND, UH, THERE WASN'T REALLY, THE STREETS ARE ALREADY 500 YEARS OLD, 600 YEARS OLD.
AND IT WAS INTERESTING HOW THEY INTEGRATED PEDESTRIAN AND AUTOMOBILE.
SO IT'S A GREAT CONCEPT, AND I AGREE WITH THE BALCONY IDEA.
YOU WANT TO HAVE THAT KIND OF LOOK.
AND NOW IF YOU'RE GONNA DO THIS, WE NEED BALCONIES.
THE PEDESTRIANS HAVE TO PARTICIPATE.
THE HOMEOWNERS, THE PEOPLE LIVING THERE HAVE TO VISUALLY MM-HMM.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER REINER, UM, I WOULD, I'LL JUST, I'LL FOLLOW UP A LITTLE BIT.
UM, THE, THE, THE COMMENTS THAT YOU MADE, MAYOR GROOMS ARE, ARE REALLY, YOU KNOW, UM, VERY CLOSE TO HOME AND, AND ACTUALLY GIVE A VERY SOPHISTICATED READING, REALLY, OF, OF 20TH CENTURY ARCHITECTURE.
AND THERE WERE VERY FEW EXAMPLES, UM, IN WHICH THE SORT OF WHAT WE CALL HUMANISTIC APPROACH TO ARCHITECTURE, TO MODERN ARCHITECTURE DID APPEAR.
AND THAT WAS REALLY MOSTLY IN SCANDINAVIA IN THE FIFTIES, SIXTIES AND SEVENTIES.
AND THERE'S A WHOLE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTS, UM, WHO WERE REALLY ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH MODERNISM FOR PEOPLE.
AND SO, WITHOUT BEING A HISTORICIST STYLE, LOOKING LIKE SOMETHING THAT'S OLD, BUT REALLY THINKING ABOUT HOW TO CENTER PEOPLE, I THINK THAT'S REALLY RETURNED TO A WAY OF, OF CITY BUILDING, WHICH, YOU KNOW, WE'VE, WE'VE ONLY JUST BEGUN TO REALLY INTRODUCE THAT HERE.
BALCONIES AS SIMPLE AS THAT IS, IS ACTUALLY ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHICH BRINGS HUMANS OUT OF BUILDINGS TO CREATE THAT VISIBILITY, THE EYES ON THE STREET, AND THEN THINKING ABOUT SORT OF THE SCALE AND TEXTURE THOSE BUILDINGS.
AND I REALLY APPRECIATE, IT'S BEEN REALLY A LABOR OF LOVE FOR ALL OF US AT SASAKI.
I'M JUST ONE OF, OF MANY WHO WORKED ON THIS PROJECT, AND IT'S, IT'S BEEN A TERRIFIC EXPERIENCE AND GREAT CITY STAFF HELPING US ALL ALONG THE WAY.
WELL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TALENT IN THAT.
AND I THINK YOU'VE BEGUN TO DO SOME OF THAT BY NOT MAKING, TO AMY'S POINT WALLS, RIGHT? WALLS OF BUILDINGS.
AND, AND THAT'S REPRESENTED IN YOUR DESIGN HERE.
SO, UM, WELL, I, KRISTEN, DO YOU HAVE THE DIRECTION, DO YOU HAVE WHAT YOU NEED OR WHAT YOU HOPE TO GET OUT OF THIS OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS THIS? I THINK SO, YES.
WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP ON THIS AND, UM, AND YOUR REALLY VISIONARY WORK.
AND WE'RE SO GLAD THAT YOU WERE, YOU WERE WILLING TO PARTNER WITH US ON THAT.
UM, AND WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO GREAT THINGS TO COME.
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THIS BRINGS US TO, UH, THE NEXT ITEM OF OTHER BUSINESS, THE HISTORIC DUBLIN NORTHEAST QUAD STREET NETWORK.AND OUR STAFF REPORT WILL BE BROUGHT FORWARD BY BASSAM BATAR, AND I BELIEVE, UH, MKSK AND EMH AND T WILL BE JOINING YOU.
THA THANK YOU FOR NOTING THAT AS WELL.
UM, MIKE BRAM FROM MH AND T AND JOHN WOODS FROM MKSK ARE HERE WITH ME TO TALK ABOUT THIS PROJECT.
AND I THINK IT ACTUALLY WAS, UH, THE DISCUSSION ABOUT METRO CENTER I THINK TIES VERY NICELY INTO WHAT WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT HERE AS WELL WITH, UM, ARCHITECTURE AND, AND, UH, HUMAN SCALE AND, UM, HOW OUR, UH, HOW THE STREET MATERIALS AND EVERYTHING ELSE RELATES TO HUMAN BEHAVIOR.
UH, JUST WANTED TO START BY A FEW REMINDERS IN TERMS OF WHERE WE'VE BEEN, AND THEN I'LL ASK, UH, OUR, UH, FRIENDS HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE PROJECT THAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR INPUT FOR.
BUT JUST, UH, AS A REMINDER, THE CITY ACQUIRED A FEW YEARS AGO, UH, SEVERAL PARCELS ALONG NORTH RIVERVIEW, NORTH OF EAST BRIDGE STREET, WITH THE INTENT OF ENCOURAGING REDEVELOPMENT OF THE HISTORIC DISTRICT AND MORE INVESTMENT, BUT AT A SCALE THAT'S COMPATIBLE WITH THE CHARACTER OF THE DISTRICT AND, UM, THE USES THAT ARE DESIRABLE IN THAT AREA.
THE, UH, ACQUISITION TOOK PLACE IN 2021.
THERE WAS AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE APPOINTED BY COUNCIL THAT, UH, UM, HELPED PREPARE AND REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS WHERE WE RECEIVED TWO AND THE ONE FROM ATCH GARNERED SUPPORT, UH, BY CITY COUNCIL.
THERE WAS AN INFORMAL REVIEW BY THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD IN EARLY 2023, WHERE THERE WAS SUPPORT FOR A VILLAGE CONCEPT, UH, IN TERMS OF THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE AREA, AND, UH, ACCOMMODATING SOME INNOVATIVE USES WHILE RESPECTING THE SCALE
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OF THAT GENERAL VICINITY.THE, UH, IN LATER IN 2023, SOME OF THE PARCELS WERE, UH, SOLD OFF, UM, AS RESIDENTIAL PARCELS.
UH, THE FOCUS REMAINED ON THE, THE NORTHERN PARCELS AND A FEW ON THE EAST SIDE OF, UM, NORTH RIVERVIEW STREET.
AND THEN IN SEPTEMBER OF 2023, UH, DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WAS SIGNED BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE ATCH TEAM, UH, WHICH WE TOUCH ON IN A LITTLE BIT HERE.
UH, SUBSEQUENT TO THAT ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD, CITY COUNCIL APPROVED CONCEPTS, PLANS.
AND THEN MORE RECENTLY, THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD APPROVED A PARKING PLAN, UH, PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN, AND, UH, RECOMMENDED REZONING OF THE PARCELS TO HISTORIC CORE, WHICH WOULD ACCOMMODATE THE USES THAT WERE ENVISIONED IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
THE, UH, REZONING WAS RECOMMENDED ALSO TO CITY COUNCIL BY PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
AND YOU SAW THE FIRST READING, UM, COUPLE WEEKS AGO ON NOVEMBER 4TH.
UH, THE SECOND READING IS EXPECTED ON DECEMBER 9TH.
SO, JUST AS A REMINDER IN TERMS OF THE, UH, ITEMS THAT WERE, UH, LOOKED AT AT THE RFP LEVEL AND AT THE INFORMAL LEVEL WITH THE A RB, UH, LAST YEAR, UH, ENVISIONED A UNIQUE CHARACTER FOR THIS PARTICULAR DISTRICT.
AND, UH, ONE OF A KIND, UH, TYPE OF USE THERE WITH ENTREPRENEURIAL, UH, COMMUNITY, INCLUDING STARTUPS AND INNOVATIVE ASPECTS OF HYBRID WORK AND REMOTE WORK, UH, ALONG WITH EATING AND DRINKING ESTABLISHMENTS, MARKETS AND EVENTS AND NONPROFITS AND, AND FREELANCERS.
AND ALONG WITH THAT WAS, UH, EMPHASIZED THAT THIS IS ONE OF THOSE DISTINCT DEVELOPMENT NODES, MUCH LIKE METRO CENTER OR OTHER PLACES THAT, UH, FOCUSED ON PRESERVATION OF THE COMMUNITY FABRIC.
SO WITH THAT, THERE WERE CERTAIN COMMITMENTS THAT THE DEVELOPER WAS OBLIGATED TO UPHOLD AND OTHERS THAT THE CITY WAS, UH, RESPONSIBLE FOR.
SO THE DEVELOPER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL THE PRIVATE IMPROVEMENTS, DESIGNING THE VILLAGE, AND, UH, GETTING ALL THESE ZONING APPROVALS, AT LEAST DOING THE BEST FAITH EFFORT OF GETTING THEM DONE BY THE END OF, UH, 2024, WHICH WE WERE ON TRACK, UM, TO ACCOMPLISH THAT, UH, CONSTRUCT THOSE, UH, PRIVATE IMPROVEMENTS WAS SOME FIGURES THAT WERE, UH, ESTIMATED AT THE TIME AT 8 MILLION, INCLUDING RESTORATION AND ADDITIONAL NEW BUILDINGS, UH, AND THEN TRYING THE BEST EFFORTS TO COMPLETE THE CONSTRUCTION BY THE END OF 2020.
ALSO, THE, UH, APPLICANT WAS, UH, REQUIRED TO ESTABLISH THEIR NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS WITHIN, UH, A CERTAIN PERIOD OF CLOSING, WHICH HAS ALREADY HAPPENED AT THE EXISTING KATCH LOCATION.
THIS WILL BE AN INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT THAT WILL, UH, INCLUDE THAT, UH, OBLIGATIONS FOR, UH, THEM TO SPONSOR SCHOLARSHIPS, UH, KATCH CREDIT LISTING THE CITY AS A CO-SPONSORS OF, OF EVENTS, UH, DOING DIFFERENT, UH, TRAINING SESSIONS AND, UH, SUBMITTING ANNUAL REPORTS TO THE CITY.
THE, THE CITY'S, UH, PORTION OF THE AGREEMENT WAS TO TRANSFER THEIR LAND AS IS WITH THE APPLICANT, BEING RESPONSIBLE FOR POSSIBLE FOR RENOVATIONS AND ANY, ANY NEW CONSTRUCTION, INCLUDING SPLITTING THE PARCELS ON THE EAST SIDE.
SO THAT MUCH OF THEM PRE, UH, REMAINS PRESERVED FOR IN ADDITION TO THE, UH, RIVERSIDE CROSSING PARK.
UH, WHILE THE REST WOULD BE DEVELOPED WITH, WITH A NEW BUILDING, UH, THERE ARE SOME TAX INCENTIVES, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GRANT.
BUT THEN I HIGHLIGHTED THE SECTION THAT WE ARE HERE TO TALK ABOUT TONIGHT, AND THAT IS THE, UH, DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PROJECT.
AND AT THE TIME, THE VISION WAS THAT WOULD INCLUDE THE PROJECT AREA AND THE AREA SURROUNDING IT, SO THAT IT ALL TIES TOGETHER AND, AND MAKES SENSE, UH, UH, IN TERMS OF ACHIEVING THAT, UH, NODE, THAT DISTINCT NODE.
SO, WHERE WE AT RIGHT NOW, THE APPLICANT WILL BE, UH, PRESENTING THE FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN TO THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
THE PLAN INCLUDES RENOVATION OF THREE, UH, BUILDINGS ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE STREET THAT WOULD BE USED AS SMALL OFFICES ON WEEKDAYS, AND FOR MARKETS AND EVENTS ON WEEKENDS.
THERE WOULD BE A PLAZA AT THE NORTHERN, UH, UH, SIDE OF THOSE HOUSES THAT WOULD INCLUDE ALSO PUBLIC EVENTS AND A EUROPEAN STYLE KIOSK WITH, UH, ICE CREAM AND COCKTAILS AND FLOWERS AND, AND SIMILAR USES.
AND THEN ON THE EAST SIDE, THE RED HOUSE WOULD BE RENOVATED INTO A RESTAURANT WITH AN ADDITION AND A PATIO.
THE, UH, NEW BUILDING TO THE SOUTH WOULD INCLUDE, UH, 12,000 SQUARE FEET OF OFFICE AND 2200 SQUARE
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FEET OF EVENT SPACE.AND THEN WITH THAT, AGAIN, THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDE INFRASTRUCTURE WORK, STREET IMPROVEMENTS, PARK ACCESS, UH, THAT'S BEING COORDINATED WITH THIS PROJECT AS WELL.
AND ALSO PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES.
UH, JUST A FEW IMAGES OF THE, UH, PRIVATE IMPROVEMENTS, UH, INCLUDING, AGAIN, THE RENOVATIONS OF THE HOUSES AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW BUILDING ON THE EAST SIDE, UH, WITH SOME ES ON OTHER PEDESTRIAN SCALE FEATURES.
AND, AND THE, YOU SEE THE, UH, PLAZA WITH THE KIOSK AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS IMAGE AS WELL.
SO, AGAIN, MENTIONED THE FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN ON SCHEDULE ON, UH, FOR THURSDAY REZONING, UH, FOR SECOND READING ON DECEMBER 9TH.
AND THEN, UH, SHORTLY AFTER, IF, UH, THE APPROVALS ARE GRANTED, UH, THE APPLICANT WILL COMMENCE WITH, UH, UH, DEVELOPING A CONSTRUCTION ENTRANCE AND, UH, STARTING WITH SOME OF THE TREE CLEARING AND THE, UH, INVESTIGATION OF THE SOILS AND, UH, GETTING READY FOR THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION ITSELF, WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE BETWEEN, UH, DECEMBER OF THIS YEAR AND DECEMBER OF 2026.
UH, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S PERMITTING AND OTHER ASPECTS THAT, UH, WOULD GO INTO THAT.
SO, UH, THE, JUST TOUCHING VERY BRIEFLY MENTIONED THAT, UH, WE TRIED TO COORDINATE EVERYTHING IN THE VICINITY THAT INCLUDES RIVERSIDE CROSSING PARK.
UM, COUNCIL HAD APPROVED THE MASTER PLAN FOR THE PARK BACK IN 2016.
IN 2024, THE CITY STARTED AN UPDATE TO THAT MASTER PLAN.
AND, UH, THERE'S AN EXPECTATION THAT THERE'LL BE A PRESENTATION TO COUNCIL IN, UH, EARLY 2025 TO FINALIZE THE PHASING AND, UM, UH, SET THE SCHEDULE FOR CONSTRUCTION IN, ACCORDING WITH THE, UH, CIP BUDGET.
SO WITH THAT, I WANTED TO TURN IT OVER TO, UH, MIKE FROM EMH AND T, AND THEN JOHN TO TALK ABOUT THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS.
AND, UH, I'LL WRAP IT UP AFTER THEY'RE DONE.
GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
JOHN AND I ARE HAPPY TO BE HERE, UM, TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE PUBLIC STREET AND SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE BEING PLANNED AS PART OF, UH, OR IN COORDINATION WITH THE KATCH, UH, RIVERVIEW VILLAGE DEVELOPMENT.
UM, ALL OF THE MAPS WE'RE GONNA SHOW YOU TODAY ARE ORIENTED SUCH THAT NORTH IS TO THE RIGHT, LIKE IT IS ON THIS MAP.
UH, RIVERVIEW VILLAGE IS HIGHLIGHTED OR OUTLINED IN RED, AND THE LARGER HISTORIC DISTRICT IS OUTLINED IN ORANGE.
IF WE ZOOM INTO THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF HIGH STREET AND BRIDGE STREET, AGAIN, WE HAVE THE VILLAGE BOUNDARY, UM, OUTLINED IN RED, INCLUDING THE FIVE BUILDINGS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ATCH PROJECT.
AND THEN WE'VE ALSO OUTLINED OUR PROJECT BOUNDARY, WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT BIGGER, UM, AND VERY FOCUSED ON WALKABILITY AND MAKING SURE THAT, UM, WE ARE PROMOTING WALKABILITY FROM BRIDGE STREET TO THE VILLAGE FROM HIGH STREET TO THE VILLAGE, FROM THE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE TO THE VILLAGE.
THIS PROJECT INCLUDES, UM, AND I'M JUST GONNA RUN THROUGH THESE AT A HIGH LEVEL, AND JOHN WILL GET INTO MORE OF THE DETAILS, BUT IT INCLUDES IMPROVEMENTS TO NORTH STREET.
NORTH STREET WILL GENERALLY REMAIN AT ITS CURRENT WIDTH, BUT IT HAS NO SIDEWALKS TODAY.
UM, SO OUR PLAN IS TO PROVIDE A NEW SIDEWALK ON THE NORTH SIDE OF NORTH STREET, CONNECTING HIGH STREET DOWN TO THE VILLAGE.
IT IMPROVES, UM, THE INTERSECTION OF NORTH STREET AND NORTH RIVERVIEW STREET.
AND, UM, TO KEEP TRACK OF THE SEGMENTS OF NORTH REARVIEW STREET, WE'VE BEEN USING THE TERMS UPPER NORTH REARVIEW STREET, WHICH IS TO THE LEFT ON THIS MAP.
IT'S HIGHER IN ELEVATION AND LOWER NORTH REARVIEW STREET, WHICH IS TO THE RIGHT ON THIS MAP AND LOWER IN ELEVATION TO JUST HELP, UH, KEEP TRACK OF WHICH SEGMENT OF ROAD WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, BECAUSE THEY'RE VERY DIFFERENT IN THE EXISTING CONDITION.
NORTH STREET AND, UM, UPPER NORTH RIVERVIEW STREET ARE ALIGNED IN SUCH A WAY THAT ENCOURAGES IN EAST TO SOUTH FLOW.
UM, YOU KNOW, THAT, UH, MADE SENSE WHEN DUBLIN WAS ORIGINALLY LAID OUT.
BUT, UM, NORTH RIVERVIEW STREET AND SOUTH RIVERVIEW STREET WERE BOTH DISCONNECTED FROM BRIDGE STREET IN THE 1930S.
AND SO NOW THAT, UM, STREET PATTERN ENCOURAGES FLOW TO WHAT AMOUNTS TO A DEAD END.
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INTERSECTION, WE WANNA FLIP THAT AND, UM, DIRECT WHATEVER VEHICULAR TRAFFIC THERE IS.WE WANNA DIRECT THAT EAST FROM HIGH STREET AND THEN NORTH TO NORTH RIVERVIEW STREET.
AND I WANNA REITERATE, AGAIN, WE'RE NOT ENCOURAGING, NOR WERE WE EXPECTING A BIG INCREASE IN TRAFFIC AS PART OF THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT, BUT IT'S BETTER DEALING WITH THE TRAFFIC THAT WE DO HAVE ON LOWER NORTH RIVERVIEW STREET.
UM, WE, ON THE WEST SIDE WOULD BE EXTENDING SIDEWALK FROM THE BRIDGE PARK WEST DEVELOPMENT UP TO NORTH STREET, AND ON THE EAST SIDE, ALSO ADDING A SIDEWALK, UM, ALL THE WAY FROM NORTH STREET UP TO THE, UH, NORTH END OF THE BRIDGE PARK WEST DEVELOPMENT.
WE'VE ALSO LOOKED AT THE, AT OPPORTUNITIES TO ADD STREET PARKING.
STREET PARKING IN THE DISTRICT IN GENERAL IS VERY SUCCESSFUL AND HIGHLY USED.
UM, AND AS WE EXAMINED ALL THE STREETS WITHIN OUR PROJECT AREA, THIS AREA, UM, OF LOWER NORTH REARVIEW STREET, NEAR BRIDGE PARK WEST, UH, WAS IDENTIFIED AS THE MOST FEASIBLE LOCATION TO POTENTIALLY ADD STREET PARKING.
AND WE'VE GOT SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THAT LATER IN THE PRESENTATION ON UPPER NORTH RIVERVIEW STREET.
UH, THAT WILL, UH, IN THE CURRENT PLAN, GENERALLY REMAIN THE SAME WIDTH.
IT'S GONNA BE A TIGHT ROADWAY.
UH, THERE IS, UM, IN COORDINATION WITH THE ATCH NEW BUILD, AN OPPORTUNITY NOW TO ADD SIDEWALK ON THE EAST SIDE OF NORTH REARVIEW STREET.
SO, UH, WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IN ORANGE IS THAT, UH, THAT NEW SIDEWALK, AND AGAIN, JOHN WILL GO THROUGH THESE SECTIONS IN SOME MORE DETAIL.
L IN TERMS OF BLACKSMITH LANE AND WING HILL, UM, THESE STREETS ARE EXTREMELY NARROW TODAY.
THEY'RE ABOUT NINE FEET WIDE OF ASPHALT.
AND, UM, AND THEY ARE TWO-WAY TRAFFIC.
SO I'M SURE IF YOU'VE EVER DRIVEN DOWN, UH, ONE OF THESE STREETS AND HAD AN OPPOSING CAR, IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A GAME OF CHICKEN, WHICH IN ITSELF IS NOT A BAD THING, RIGHT? BECAUSE IT SLOWS EVERYBODY DOWN.
UM, BUT TWO VEHICLES CAN'T PASS EACH OTHER.
AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, A VEHICLE AND A PEDESTRIAN BOTH OPERATING IN THAT SPACE, DON'T REALLY HAVE ROOM.
SO IN THESE STREETS, WE'RE LOOKING AT WIDENING THEM, AND THEN PICKING UP, PERHAPS ON THE WOUNDER CONVERSATION FROM METRO, UH, ENVISIONING A CURBLESS SITUATION WHERE WE ARE, UM, ENCOURAGING A SHARED STREET CONDITION.
AND THEN THE LAST COMPONENT OF THIS, UH, STREET AND SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS WOULD BE A NEW WALK AGAIN IN ORANGE, WHICH WOULD EXTEND FROM NORTH STREET UP TO, UH, TOWARD THE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE.
SO IF YOU CAN PICTURE IT TODAY, UH, NEAR NO SOLICITING, THERE'S A STAIRCASE THAT COMES DOWN FROM THE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE.
SO THIS PROJECT WOULD FINISH THAT THOUGHT IN, UM, CONNECTING THAT STAIRCASE DOWN TO THE VILLAGE.
AGAIN, ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, CREATE A MORE WALKABLE SITUATION AND CONNECT MANY OF THE AMENITIES THAT, UM, WE HAVE IN THE AREA.
WALKABILITY IS OUR NUMBER ONE CHARGE.
UM, THIS DIAGRAM SHOWS, UH, SOME OF THE PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES.
UM, THE SOLID BLUE LINES ARE NEW SIDEWALKS IN GENERAL, UM, DEDICATED SIDEWALKS.
AS YOU CAN SEE, NOT EVERY STREET HAS DEDICATED SIDEWALK IN THIS PLAN.
UM, THERE'S A LOT OF CONSTRAINTS.
UM, THERE ARE BOTH PHYSICAL CONSTRAINTS, FOR INSTANCE, ON BLACKSMITH, IMMEDIATELY NORTH OF BRIDGE STREET, WE HAVE HISTORIC WALLS THAT ARE ABOUT 20 FEET, UH, AWAY FROM EACH OTHER.
UM, AND WE ALSO, SO PHYSICAL CONSTRAINTS LIKE THAT, WE ALSO HAVE THE CONSTRAINT OF JUST THE CHARACTER, UM, THAT IT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE THESE STREETS SHOULD BE ANY WIDER THAN THEY NEED TO BE IN ORDER TO ENHANCE AND NOT DETRACT FROM THE CHARACTER OF THE VILLAGE.
SO THE, AS I MENTIONED, UH, BLACKSMITH LANE AND, UH, WING HILL IN PARTICULAR, UM, WE, WE THINK A SHARED STREET IS, UM, THE, THE RIGHT APPROACH TO KEEP THAT SCALED DOWN.
AND SO, UH, JOHN AND I, ALONG WITH CITY STAFF, HAVE BEEN, UM, LOOKING AT TOOLS AND MANY OF
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THE SAME TOOLS THAT WERE DISCUSSED IN THE METRO PRESENTATION OF HOW DO WE, UM, CREATE THAT SHARED SPACE AND MAKE IT FEEL INVITING AND SAFE FOR PEDESTRIANS.AND, UH, A A CONDITION WHERE CARS, TO THE EXTENT THAT CARS WILL, WILL DRIVE THERE, MAKE IT, UM, MAKE IT SLOW AND CALM.
UH, SO IN PARTICULAR, SO SOME OF THE TOOLS WE'RE, WE'VE EVALUATED AS PEDESTRIANS, SCALE, LIGHTING, BOLLARDS, UM, SOME DIFFERENT LANDSCAPE TREATMENTS IN STREET PAVERS.
KNOW, STREET PAVERS IS A BIG INVESTMENT, UM, NOT ONLY IN INITIAL CONSTRUCTION COSTS, BUT ALSO WHEN IT COMES TO MAINTENANCE.
SO WE'VE PREPARED THREE LEVELS OF, UH, SORT OF WAYS TO USE STREET PAVERS.
AND AGAIN, OUR APPROACH WITH STREET PAVERS IS WE'RE PROPOSING THESE IN AREAS WHERE WE FEEL LIKE, UM, THEY ARE AN EFFECTIVE TOOL, UM, AGAIN, TO MAKE IT AN INVITING AND SAFE PLACE TO WALK.
GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, PRIVILEGED TO TALK TO YOU TONIGHT ABOUT RIVERVIEW VILLAGE AND THE STREETSCAPE THERE.
UM, THE, THE PLAN THAT YOU'RE, UH, VIEWING NOW, UH, WE'RE CALLING THAT THE BASELINE PLAN.
UM, I'M GONNA DWELL ON THAT FOR A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE IT SETS, UH, THE FRAMEWORK FOR THE PLANS, UH, THE TWO OPTIONS THAT FOLLOW.
SO AS, UM, UH, MIKE AND BASSAM MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO, WITH THE OVERALL GOAL OF CREATING A PEDESTRIAN FIRST, UM, UH, ENVIRONMENT WITH A UNIQUE STREETS SCAPE THAT ENHANCES THIS, UH, NEW DEVELOPMENT AND CAPITALIZES ON ALL THAT ENERGY FROM THE KATCH, UH, FACILITIES THAT, THAT THEY ARE BRINGING TO THE TABLE.
UM, WE ARE LOOKING AT FIRST HERE ON THE BASELINE PLAN IS JUST OPTIMIZING THE STREET WIDTHS TO ENABLE THEM TO SERVE THE VEHICLES, UM, AND ALLOW PEDESTRIANS TO OCCUPY THE STREETS AT THE SAME TIME, NOT OVERBUILD THE STREETS, NOT ENCOURAGE MORE VEHICULAR TRAFFIC, BUT TO ALLOW IT TO, TO COME IN.
BUT, UM, UH, NOT CREATE OVERLY WIDE, UH, STREET SECTIONS.
SO, UM, AND THEN THE OTHER ASPECT IS TO REMOVE BARRIERS.
LIKE MIKE SAID, WE'RE TRYING TO CREATE AS MANY FLUSH, UM, CURB CONDITIONS AS POSSIBLE, AND, UM, MAKE IT A MORE PEDESTRIAN FEEL.
UM, BLACKSMITH IN PARTICULAR IS MORE OF AN ALLEY LIKE SCENARIO.
WE HAVE NEW, UH, RESIDENTIAL APARTMENTS, UM, UH, BEING CONSTRUCTED NOW.
OTHER PROPOSALS ARE ON THE TABLE.
WE HAVE, UM, SEVERAL DRIVEWAYS TO CONTEND WITH THERE.
SO THE FLUSH CONTI CONDITION REALLY MAKES THAT, UM, FLEXIBLE TO ACCESS ALL OF THOSE, UM, BUILDINGS AND DRIVEWAYS.
UM, THE OTHER ASPECT IS TO MAKE THIS A, A WALKABLE AREA, IS TO CONNECT IT BACK TO THE EXISTING, UH, UH, PARKING RESERVOIRS THAT ARE IN THE WEST SIDE OF THE DISTRICT.
AND THAT'S, UH, ACHIEVE THROUGH THE WALKWAYS THAT WE'RE ADDING.
AND, UM, THE BASELINE PLAN, IT, IT CAPITALIZES ON THOSE CHARACTERISTICS, BUT IT DOESN'T REALLY CREATE THE UNIQUE STREETS SCAPE THAT WE'RE AFTER.
THESE ARE USING MORE TYPICAL ROADWAY MATERIALS, IF YOU WILL.
SO TO, UM, DRILL DOWN ON THE STREET SECTIONS, UM, SECTION A THROUGH BLACKSMITH, WE'RE DOING A MODEST WIDENING THERE TO ABOUT 18 FEET WITH FLUSH CURBS ON BOTH SIDES.
AND THEN, UH, NORTH RIVERVIEW STREET, THE SECOND SECTION DOWN, UH, ANOTHER MODEST, UH, ENHANCEMENT THERE UP TO ABOUT 22 AND A HALF FEET.
AND THEN THAT ONE HAS A FLUSH CURB ON THE WEST SIDE.
ON THE EAST SIDE, WE'RE LOOKING AT A MOUNTABLE CURB.
AND IF YOU'RE UNFAMILIAR WITH THAT, IT'S NOT A STRICTLY VERTICAL CURB, IT HAS A BEVEL TO IT.
UM, THAT'S TO MAKE IT A LITTLE MORE PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY.
AND ALSO ALLOW ANY EMS VEHICLES THAT NEED A LITTLE MORE SPACE TO GET THROUGH HERE, THEY CAN RIDE UP ON THAT IF NECESSARY.
WE WOULD'VE MADE THAT CURB FLUSH.
UM, HOWEVER, WE'RE DEALING WITH SOME STORM WATER MANAGEMENT ISSUES, SO WE NEED THAT VERTICAL SEPARATION THERE TO HELP DIRECT WATER INTO THE DRAINAGE, UM, UH, DRAINS THERE.
AND THEN LASTLY, UM, SECTION C, UH, ON WING HILL LANE, IT WAS PRETTY MUCH IDENTICAL TO, UM, WHAT WE'RE SHOWING ON BLACKSMITH.
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ONLY DIFFERENCE THERE WE'LL GET INTO LATER IS HOW WE'RE GOING TO, HOW WE'RE LOOKING AT TREATING THE DIFFERENT PAVEMENT SITUATIONS.SO I WANNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHY BRICK, AND I THINK SOME OF THAT'S BEEN COVERED ALREADY, BUT I WILL, UM, SO I'LL MAKE IT BRIEF HERE, BUT, UM, JUST THE PRIORITY IS TO FOCUS THE BRICK, FIRST OF ALL, AROUND THE NEW, UH, RIVERVIEW VILLAGE, UM, DEVELOPMENT.
'CAUSE WE'RE GONNA SEE ENHANCED PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC COMING HERE TO GO TO THESE DESTINATIONS FROM ELSEWHERE IN, UH, THE HISTORIC DISTRICT, FROM PEOPLE PARKING REMOTELY WALKING IN.
THEY'RE GONNA WANT TO COME TO ATCH, THEY WANT TO COME TO THE RESTAURANT.
AND IN THE FUTURE, THEY'RE GONNA LAND HERE AT THE, UM, PARK ENTRANCE AS WELL, WHICH IS THE INTERSECTION OF NORTH RIVERVIEW AND, UH, NORTH STREET THERE.
UM, IN MY, IN MY EXPERIENCE, UH, I'VE BEEN TO, TO EUROPE AS WELL, TO BELGIUM, THE NETHERLANDS.
I'VE EXPERIENCED A LOT OF THESE STREETS WHERE YOU'RE SHARING THE ROADWAY, UM, WITH, UM, PEDESTRIANS ARE SHARING THE ROADWAY WITH CARS, AND, UM, THEY'RE, UH, VERY WALKABLE.
IT REALLY SLOWS THE CARS DOWN AND PROVIDES A NICE, UM, PEDESTRIAN EXPERIENCE.
UM, AND THEN TOP OF THAT WITH KATCH DEVELOPING THE EUROPEAN PLAZA, UH, OR THE EUROPEAN LIKE PLAZA WITH THE, UM, KIOSK EXTENDING THAT INTO THE STREET IS JUST BUILDING ON THAT IDEA AND ENHANCING THAT IN THAT ENVIRONMENT.
UM, ON THE PRACTICAL SIDE, UM, IF STREET REPAIRS NEED TO BE MADE, BRICK PAVEMENT CAN BE REMOVED, REPAIRS CAN BE DONE, AND BRICK PAYMENT CAN BE PUT BACK SO THERE'S NO UNSIGHTLY PATCHES AFTERWARDS.
AND THEN, UH, AS MIKE MENTIONED, UM, THE COST OF ALL THIS IS NOT, UH, TAKEN LIGHTLY.
UH, THERE'S A FIRST COST, THERE'S A MAINTENANCE COST, AND WE, UH, IF THIS WAS, UM, APPROVED, WE WOULD BE PARTNERING WITH A, UM, PAVE A PAVEMENT EXPERT WHO IS, UM, VERY WELL, UH, EQUIPPED TO DEAL WITH UNIT PAVER, UM, UH, INSTALLATIONS.
AND IT WOULD HELP US WITH THOSE DETAILS AND THE MAINTENANCE REGIME, UH, MOVING FORWARD.
SO IN THIS, UH, IN THIS FIRST UPGRADE OPTION, UM, THE STREET SECTIONS ARE BASICALLY THE SAME.
SO I WON'T DWELL ON THEM TOO MUCH, BUT I WANNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE INTERSECTION AT NORTH NORTH RIVERVIEW, BECAUSE THAT'S AN IMPORTANT SPOT WHERE WE NEED TO REALLY SLOW DOWN CARS AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A HIGHLY PEDESTRIAN ENVIRONMENT THAT THEY'RE ENTERING INTO.
SO THE PAVERS ACT AS A VISUAL CUE.
THEY CREATE A LITTLE RUMBLE ON YOUR TIRES TO KIND OF HELP YOU KNOW THAT YOU'RE ENTERING THIS AREA AND YOU NEED TO SLOW DOWN.
I'VE GOT SOME ADDITIONAL FEED, UH, IDEAS ON THAT AND FUTURE SLIDE, BUT WE'RE COUPLING THOSE PAVERS WITH OTHER ELEMENTS, LIKE PEDESTRIAN SCALE ELEMENTS LIKE BOLLARDS, LIGHTING AND PLANT MATERIAL CHANGES AT THAT INTERSECTION, JUST TO REINFORCE THAT IDEA AT THAT POINT.
AND THEN, UM, BLACKSMITH, UH, WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO ENHANCE THAT AS THIS ALLEY LIKE STREET, LIKE I MENTIONED BEFORE.
SO WE'VE CREATED, UH, AN INTERESTING PATTERN THERE TO HELP PEDESTRIANS AND VEHICLES AS THEY COME ACROSS EACH OTHER, UH, ON THE ROADWAY AT THE SAME TIME TO MAYBE FIND ROOM FOR THEM.
SO WE'VE CREATED SOME BANDS IN THERE TO CREATE ALMOST LIKE WALKWAYS WITHIN THE ROAD.
SO YOU KIND OF HAVE SOME DEMARCATION THERE TO, I WILL WALK HERE, THE CAR CAN THEN GO AROUND ME AND MOVE ON.
SO THAT, THAT IDEA HAS STARTED HERE IN THIS FIRST UPGRADE OPTION.
AND THEN IN THE SECOND, IT CAN CONTINUE ON.
ANOTHER ONE I WANTED TO POINT OUT WAS, UM, WE'VE ALSO LOOKED AT THE INTERSECTION OF WING HILL IN NORTH RIVERVIEW.
WE HAVE, UM, THAT'S NOT A CROSSWALK THERE, THAT IS REALLY JUST AN APRON, KIND OF LIKE A RESIDENTIAL DRIVE APRON.
AND THAT'S COUPLED WITH SOME, UH, POTENTIALLY SOME STONE PIERS ON EITHER SIDE, JUST TO KIND OF MAKE THAT LOOK A LITTLE BIT MORE PRIVATE AND DISCOURAGE TRAFFIC FROM GOING DOWN THERE AND GETTING INTO THAT DEAD END.
AND THEN AT THE END OF THAT, WE, WE HAVE INCORPORATED A TURNAROUND IN CASE SOMEONE GETS DOWN THERE BY ACCIDENT AND NEEDS TO, UM, NEEDS TO GET OUT.
AND THEN THE SECOND UPGRADE OPTION CONTINUES, UM, THE BRICK TO BRIDGE STREET ON BLACKSMITH TO COMPLETE THAT, THAT LOOK AND THAT, UM, PEDESTRIAN ACCESS ALSO MENTIONED THAT, UM, UH, FROM AN A DA STANDPOINT, NOW THIS IS NOT, UH, BLACKSMITH IS NOT AT A DA SLOPES PER SE, BUT IT'S MUCH MORE GENTLE THAN
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TRYING TO NAVIGATE DOWN NORTH STREET OR UP NORTH, YOU KNOW, DOWN NORTH RIVERVIEW.SO, UM, PEDESTRIANS COULD COME FROM HIGH STREET, DOWN BRIDGE STREET AND THEN GET ON BLACKSMITH AND THEN GO NORTH INTO THIS VILLAGE AND HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, A GENTLER SLOPE TO NAVIGATE THERE.
AND THE OTHER, THE OTHER ASPECT OF THE BRICK ON NORTH RIVER VIEW IS THAT, UM, SOUTH OF WING HILL IS THAT THAT KIND OF COMPLETES THE PICTURE.
IT PROVIDES SOME EQUITY IN TERMS OF MATERIALS ACROSS THIS, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD FOR THOSE RESIDENTS AS WELL.
AND THEN PROVIDES A, UM, AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A LITTLE GATEWAY ELEMENT COUPLED WITH THE TURNAROUND THERE INTO THE, INTO THE EXISTING PARK ENTRANCE.
SO A LITTLE BIT ON MATERIALS, UM, THE EXISTING MATERIALS IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT, THE PEDESTRIAN PAVER ON THE LEFT, AND THE VEHICULAR PAVER ON THE RIGHT THERE.
UH, THAT'S ALL I'LL SAY ABOUT THAT.
THOSE PAVERS ARE, UM, WHERE WE START FROM.
AND THE, THE PEDESTRIAN PAVER WOULD BE THE SAME PAVER THAT WE WOULD USE IN THE, UM, HISTORIC IN THE RIVERVIEW VILLAGE DISTRICT AS WELL.
UM, WE'RE TRYING TO CREATE A LITTLE BIT OF A UNIQUE, UM, SPACE HERE WITHIN THE DISTRICT AT RIVERVIEW VILLAGE.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT A DIFFERENT PAVER FOR THE ROADWAY THERE.
UM, THEN THAT'S IN THE, IN THE MIDDLE HERE.
AND WE ALSO HAVE SOME SAMPLES HERE OF THOSE.
'CAUSE SOMETIMES RENDERINGS AND THAT SORT OF THING DON'T DEPICT THEM, UH, AS ACCURATELY.
AND THEN, UH, THE CROSSWALKS, SINCE WE WOULD BE USING A DIFFERENT PAVER, UM, THE VEHICULAR PAVER IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT WOULD CLASH WITH THIS PAVER.
SO THE CROSSWALKS WE'RE RECOMMENDING A NEUTRAL PAVER TO, UM, FOR THE CROSSWALKS IN RIVERVIEW RIVERVIEW VILLAGE.
AND THEN THIS, UH, DEPICTS A LITTLE DETAILED PLAN IN THE TOP LEFT OF HOW, UH, BLACKSMITH LANE WOULD BE DEVELOPED.
UM, IT'S AN INVERTED CROWN, UH, THAT MEANS THE DRAINAGE IS GOING TO THE CENTER IN THIS, IN THIS SCENARIO.
SO THE STONE COBBLE, UH, IN THE MIDDLE WOULD PROVIDE A PLACE FOR THAT DRAINAGE TO, UH, RESIDE.
AND THEN THE BANDING WOULD HELP TO DIVIDE UP, UH, PLACES FOR PEOPLE TO WALK WITHIN THE STREET.
AND THE IMAGE IN THE TOP CENTER IS A SIMILAR PROJECT IN WASHINGTON DC THAT WE DID THAT KIND OF, UM, UTILIZES THE SAME CONCEPT, JUST SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT MATERIAL CONFIGURATION.
THE TOP RIGHT WOULD BE KINDA THAT TEXTURED, UH, COBBLE IN THE INVERTED CROWN.
AND THEN HERRINGBONE PATTERN WOULD BE, UH, THE PATTERN AND THE BULK OF THE REST OF THE STREETS.
AND A LITTLE BIT MORE, UH, INFORMATION ON THE, UM, INTERSECTION THERE.
THIS IS HIGHLIGHTING SOME OF THE BOLLARDS AND THE LIGHTING PLANTING THAT WOULD HELP REINFORCE THAT AS A, UH, AS A, A PEDESTRIAN ORIENTED INTERSECTION LIGHTING WISE.
AND BOLLARD WISE, WE'RE LOOKING AT A HISTORIC BOLLARD, UM, TO FIT THE CHARACTER OF THIS AREA.
UH, THE BULK OF THE LIGHTING IN THIS AREA WOULD BE THE HISTORIC LIGHT FIXTURE.
AND THEN WE'RE LOOKING AT A SPECIAL CANARY LIGHT FIXTURE THAT WOULD SPAN, UM, BLACKSMITH.
UH, THE BENEFIT OF THAT IS WE HAVE FLEXIBILITY IN LOCATING, UH, THE POLES THAT SUPPORT THOSE LIGHTS.
'CAUSE WE HAVE A LOT, AS I MENTIONED, WE HAVE A LOT OF ENTRANCES AND DRIVEWAYS AND THINGS TO CONTEND WITH THERE.
AND THEN THE, THE OTHER BENEFIT IS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT A, A LIGHT THAT IS NOT A LUMIN AIR THAT'S EMITTING LIGHT IN ALL DIRECTIONS, IS REALLY FOCUSING THE LIGHT DOWN ON THE CENTER OF THE STREET SO THAT WE'RE NOT GETTING A GLARE INTO THE, UM, RESIDENCES AS THEY COME ONLINE THERE.
PLANTING WISE, WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME MEDIUM SCALE STREET TREES ON NORTH STREET NORTH RIVERVIEW, AND THEN, UM, SOME SMALLER SCALE TREES ALONG THE LOWER PORTION OF NORTH RIVER VIEW AND THE WALK FROM THE WEST LANDING, THAT'S TO HELP MAINTAIN VIEWS.
AND THEN UNDERSTORY PLANTING IS PRIMARILY PERENNIALS AND GRASSES, AND THEN SOME LOWER PERENNIALS AND GRASSES ALONG THE HISTORIC WALLS THAT WE INTEND TO PRESERVE OR RECONSTRUCT.
AND THEN THE PINK AREA THERE, JUST A BLEND OF THOSE TWO DIFFERENT PLANTING CONCEPTS THAT DRAW FROM THE KATCH DEVELOPMENT.
WITH RESPECT TO THE HISTORIC WALLS, OUR INTENT IS TO, UH, PRESERVE OR RECONSTRUCT THOSE IN THEIR, UH, CURRENT LOCATIONS.
UH, MAIN ONE I'LL HIGHLIGHT HERE IS THE ONE IN BLUE THERE.
UM, THE WALL THERE IS, UM, WE'RE LOSING A LOT OF THAT STONE THERE AS KIND OF WALKED OFF, SO WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO BUILD THAT WALL
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IN COMPLETION, BUT WE MAY BE ABLE TO DO SOME SEGMENTS THERE TO KIND OF RECALL IT'S, UH, HISTORICAL LOCATION.WE'VE UPDATED THIS A LITTLE BIT FROM THE ONE YOU SAW EARLIER THAT, UH, MORE CLOSELY MATCHES THE MATERIALS THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING AND, UH, HIGHLIGHTING THE SORT OF EUROPEAN STYLE KIOSK THERE AT THE PLAZA.
NOW I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO MIKE.
SO ONE OF THE MAJOR THINGS WE WANTED TO GET, UH, COUNCIL'S FEEDBACK ON IS THE USE OF PAVERS.
UM, LIKE JOHN AND I HAVE BOTH DESCRIBED.
WE THINK IT'S A REALLY GOOD TOOL, UH, FOR THESE NARROWER STREETS TO HELP CREATE A MORE INVITING AND SAFE PLACE FOR PEDESTRIANS, BUT IT DOES COME AT A COST.
UM, AND MORE SPECIFICALLY ON THAT COST, UH, THE BASELINE CONCEPT WITH THE ASPHALT PA ASPHALT PAVEMENT AND, UM, PAVERS IN THE CROSSWALKS ONLY, IT IS ABOUT 7.5 MILLION BASED UPON, UM, SOME PRELIMINARY COST ESTIMATES.
AGAIN, THAT'S STORM, IT'S GRANITE CURB, IT'S BRICK SIDEWALKS.
THE ONLY THING THAT IS, UM, IN QUESTION THERE RELATIVE TO THESE NUMBERS IS THE USE OF PAVERS, UH, BETWEEN THE CURBS AND, AND BANDS.
UM, TO ADD, UH, PAVERS, JUST, UM, IN THAT OPTION ONE AREA IS ABOUT ANOTHER $564,000, AND THEN THE ABOVE THE BASELINE, AND THEN THE, UM, UPGRADE OPTION TWO WHERE EXTEND THOSE PAVERS ALL THE WAY TO BRIDGE STREET, UM, ADDS ABOUT $834,000.
UM, THE OTHER THING THAT, UM, SPECIFIC ITEM THAT I THINK WE WANTED, UH, WE'RE INTERESTED IN COUNCIL'S FEEDBACK ON IS THE ADDITION OF STREET PARKING ALONG NORTH RIVERVIEW STREET, UH, LOWER NORTH RIVERVIEW STREET.
LIKE I SAID, UM, THIS IS THE MOST FEASIBLE LOCATION TO AD STREET PARKING BECAUSE OF HOW CONSTRAINED THINGS ARE IN THE VILLAGE ITSELF.
UM, AND THIS GRAPHIC REPRESENTS THE MOST PARKING THAT WE COULD POSSIBLY ADD, UM, WHICH INCLUDES, UH, FOUR SPACES ON THE WEST AND ADDITIONAL FOUR SPACES ON THE WEST SIDE FOR A TOTAL OF 14.
AND THEN THE ADDITION OF 17 SPACES ON THE EAST SIDE.
UH, WE DID, UM, GET SOME FEEDBACK FROM A FEW RESIDENTS AT BRIDGE PARK WEST, UH, WITH, AND THEY HAD QUITE, UH, QUITE A FEW CONCERNS ABOUT THIS PARKING LAYOUT, UM, IN TERMS OF ITS USE BY ATCH PATRONS SORT OF ALL DAY SO THAT THERE ARE CARS PARKED THERE ALL DAY, POTENTIALLY, WHICH, UH, YOU KNOW, INTERRUPTS VIEWS INTO THE PARK AND, UM, AND CREATES SORT OF A WALL ALONG THE STREET.
UM, SO HEARING THAT, WE DID COME UP WITH AN ALTERNATIVE WHERE WE BREAK UP THE PARKING A LITTLE BIT.
SO THIS WOULD NOT ADD ANY ADDITIONAL PARKING ON THE WEST SIDE.
IT WOULD STILL ADD PARKING ON THE EAST SIDE, BUT IT WOULD ADD LESS.
UM, SO THIS ADDS A TOTAL OF 12 SPACES AND, UM, HOPEFULLY YOU CAN SEE, UH, IT'S HARD TO SEE UP HERE, BUT, UM, WHERE LIGHT POLES ARE TODAY, WE WOULD HAVE BUMP OUTS.
SO THOSE LIGHT POLES THAT ARE THERE TODAY WOULD, UH, STAY IN THEIR CURRENT LOCATIONS AND WE WOULD KEEP THAT RHYTHM AND, UM, BY, BY VIRTUE OF THAT, CREATE SOME OPENINGS IN THE PARKING AND MAKE IT FEEL LESS CONSTRICTIVE AND, UM, AND AVOID THAT, THAT WALLING EFFECT.
AND THEN THE LAST THING THAT WE, UH, WANTED TO MENTION IN THE SAME AREA IS RELATED TO CONSTRUCTION ACCESS FOR THE, UM, CONSTRUCTION OF THE KATCH NEW BUILD.
YEAH, SO JUST BRIEFLY, UM, THE NEW CONSTRUCTION ACCESS FOR KATCH WOULD ALIGN, UM, WITH THE, UH, CONSTRUCTION ACCESS POINT THAT WAS USED TO, UM, UH, BUILD THE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE, WHICH IS THERE AT THE NORTH END OF, UH, LOWER NORTH RIVERVIEW STREET.
UM, THAT, THE REASON THAT WAS THERE, UM, IT'S, IT'S A MUCH MORE GENTLE, GENTLE GRADE.
UM, BETWEEN THAT, THAT AND THE, UH, KATCH DEVELOPMENT, THE GRADES ALONG THAT BERM ARE MUCH STEEPER.
IT WOULD BE VERY DIFFICULT FOR CONSTRUCTION, UH, EQUIPMENT TO GET UP AND DOWN THAT SLOPE.
UM, SO WITH THE PARK PROJECT, WE'VE COORDINATED THE ALIGNMENT OF THIS ACCESS PATH
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WITH A FUTURE TRAIL.SO WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW, UM, UH, WE LIMIT THE DISRUPTION OF EXISTING TREES AND EXISTING HISTORIC WALLS THAT ARE DOWN IN THE, IN THE PARK FLOODPLAIN AREA.
SO THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO KINDA, UH, MITIGATE THAT.
ALRIGHT, SO JUST TO WRAP IT UP, THE UH, ESTIMATED TIMELINE FOR THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS WOULD BE, UH, PENDING APPROVAL OF A STREETSCAPE, UH, SCENARIO IS CONTINUING THE ACTUAL DESIGN, FINALIZING THE STREET DESIGN, SURVEYING AND, AND SO FORTH, AND, UH, GETTING PERMITTING AND RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION AS NEEDED.
SO THAT'S EXPECTED TO BE, TO START, UM, AT THE END OF THIS YEAR AND GO THROUGH OCTOBER OF 2025, AND THEN ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION HAPPENING BETWEEN NOVEMBER 25 UNTIL, UH, DECEMBER OF 2026.
SO WITH THAT, UH, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING ACCEPTANCE OF THE STREETSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS.
WE ARE, WE'RE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF UPGRADE OPTION TWO BECAUSE OF THE PEDESTRIAN FORCE ENVIRONMENT THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT.
AND WE ARE ALSO RECOMMENDING THE, UH, ON STREET PARKING ON THE, UM, LOWER PART OF NORTH RIVER VIEW, BUT WITH THE ALTERNATE OPTION WITH THE FEWER SPACES AND OPENINGS INTO THE, UH, UH, AT LEAST THE VIEW CORRIDORS.
AND WE ARE ASKING FOR YOUR FEEDBACK REGARDING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE PLAN, IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE NEEDS TO, THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDED, AND WHETHER IF WE ADDRESS ALL OF THOSE ISSUES, WHETHER UH, STAFF COULD MOVE ON TO THE NEXT STAGE.
WOULD THAT BE GLAD TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS.
I WANNA TAKE A MOMENT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS ITEM? PLEASE COME FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS INTO THE RECORD.
UH, 46 20 HICKORY ROCK DRIVE, POWELL, OHIO.
UM, GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS COUNCIL.
UM, FIRST AND FOREMOST, I COME HERE TONIGHT THANKFUL AND GRATEFUL TO BE A PART OF THIS PROJECT.
I HIGHLY DOUBT THAT THE REST OF MY CAREER OR LIFE THAT I'LL WORK ON SOMETHING SO COOL OR IMPACTFUL IS THIS PROJECT.
SO I GREATLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK ON IT.
UM, SECOND, I'M GONNA TELL YOU SOMETHING YOU ALREADY KNOW, BUT THE PEOPLE IN THAT CORNER OF THE ROOM ARE REALLY GOOD AT THEIR JOBS.
YEAH, SO I MEAN, THEY'RE REALLY GOOD AT THEIR JOBS.
THEY'RE NOT ONLY HIGHLY PRODUCTIVE, BUT THEY'RE ALSO HIGHLY DETAIL ORIENTED EXPERTS.
I WISH THEY DID SOMETIMES, BUT THEY DON'T.
UM, AND THEY'RE ALWAYS, UH, ADDING VALUE, WHICH I THINK IS SIGNIFICANT.
I'VE WORKED WITH OVER 40 DIFFERENT CITIES SINCE I'VE RUN MY COMPANY.
UM, AND THIS GROUP HAS INCLUDING THE ENGINEERS AND MKS, KE, MH AND T AND ALL THE CONTRACTORS HAVE TRULY MADE THIS PROJECT SPECIAL.
UM, AND THE LAST THING I'LL SAY IS THAT OFTEN AS A COMPANY THAT I'VE LEARNED, AND CITIES OFTEN CREATE GOOD THINGS, THEY CREATE GREAT THINGS, BUT VERY RARELY DO THEY CREATE SPECIAL THINGS AND SPECIAL THINGS LAST A VERY LONG TIME.
AND THEY CREATE FAR BEYOND A RIPPLE EFFECT THAT YOU COULD EVER IMAGINE BY CREATING SOMETHING VERY SPECIAL.
SO I THINK THIS IS GETTING TO THAT REALM AND I APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S WORK NO MATTER WHAT YOU GUYS DECIDE.
ANY OTHERS? LINDSAY, WE HAVE ONE ONLINE.
WE HAD A COMMENT SUBMITTED ONLINE.
BEAR WITH ME, IT'S A LITTLE LONG.
UH, THIS IS FROM TOM DAVIS AT 1 0 5 NORTH RIVERVIEW, UNIT 6 1 6.
MY NAME IS TOM DAVIS, MY WIFE AND I LIVE IN THE BRIDGE PARK, WEST CONDO BUILDING ON NORTH RIVERVIEW STREET OVERLOOKING THE WEST SIDE OF RIVERVIEW CROSSING PARK.
I AM WRITING ON BEHALF OF MANY OTHER CONDO RESIDENTS, AS MENTIONED IN THE NOVEMBER 12TH MEMO FROM THE CITY MANAGER TO CITY COUNCIL ENTITLED HISTORIC DUBLIN NORTHEAST QUAD STREET NETWORK IMPROVEMENTS 13 BRIDGE PARK WEST RESIDENTS MET WITH CITY STAFF ON THE PLANS FOR ATCH RIVERVIEW VILLAGE, THE PARK MODIFICATIONS AND THE STREET MODIFICATIONS.
IT IS SAFE TO SAY THAT THE RESIDENTS THAT WERE AT THE MEETING AND OTHERS THAT COULD NOT ATTEND WERE OVERWHELMINGLY AGAINST ADDING ANY PARKING ON NORTH RIVERVIEW STREET ACROSS FROM OUR BUILDING.
AT THAT TIME, 21 SPACES WERE SHOWN IN THE PLAN WITH 17 ON THE WEST SIDE AND FOUR ON THE EAST.
BASED ON OUR EXPERIENCE, THESE SPACES WOULD HAVE, WOULD BE TAKEN OVER BY KATCH USERS FOR ALL DAY PARKING, AND THE NEW SPACES WOULD INTERFERE WITH OUR GENERATOR ON THE EAST SIDE AND SPOIL THE VIEW FOR OUR RESIDENTS AS WELL AS CLOG THE STREET WITH CARS AND DISRUPT TRAFFIC.
WE MADE IT CLEAR THAT WE ARE NOT AGAINST DEVELOPMENT OF THE PARK AND WELCOME FOOT AND BIKE PATHS SIMILAR TO KIWANIS PARK AND ARE IN FAVOR OF A SIDEWALK ON THE WEST SIDE OF NORTH RIVERVIEW.
WE WERE ALL CLEAR THAT EVEN NOW A CHANGE IN PARKING REQUIREMENTS IS NEEDED.
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LIMITING PARKING IN THE CURRENT SPOTS TO THREE HOURS TO PRECLUDE THE ALL DAY PARKING WE ARE ALREADY SEEING OCCUR FROM ATCH AND CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES.THE 10 SPACES IN FRONT OF OUR BUILDING WERE DISCUSSED IN A RB REVIEWS BACK IN THE 2016 TIMEFRAME AS THE APPROPRIATE NUMBER TO SERVICE THE NEEDS OF THE BUILDING, SUCH AS GUESTS AND SERVICE CONTRACTORS.
AT THAT TIME, THERE WAS NO INDICATION THAT THE PARKING IN THIS AREA WOULD NEED TO ACCOMMODATE OVERFLOW FROM CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES AND THE PLANNED RESTAURANT AND 14,000 SQUARE FOOT OFFICE BUILDING.
DURING THE MEETING, SENIOR CITY MANAGERS EMPHASIZED THAT THESE SPACES WERE NOT NEEDED FOR THE KATCH PARKING PLAN, AND WE HAD THE DISTINCT IMPRESSION THAT THE CITY WAS AMENABLE TO REMOVING THEM FROM THE PLAN IN THEIR ENTIRETY.
WE WERE DISAPPOINTED TO READ THAT THE CITY HAS NOT RECOMMENDED ELIMINATION OF THE NEW PARKING PLACES.
THEIR PLANS CALL FOR TWO OPTIONS, ONE WITH THE ORIGINAL 21 SPOTS AND NEW PLAN FOR 12 SPOTS ALL ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE STREET.
THE NEWER, THE NEWER PLAN ADDRESSES OUR CONCERNS WITH DISRUPTION OF UTILITIES AND THE GENERATOR, BUT IS NO BETTER FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE REGARDING THE WEST SIDE OF THE STREET.
THE NEW PLAN WOULD STILL DISRUPT VIEWS, CLOG TRAFFIC, ATTRACT ALL DAY PARKING FROM CONSTRUCTION AND ATCH, AND PROVIDES LITTLE OR NO BENEFIT TO THE RESIDENTS.
BOTH THE OLD PLAN AND NEW PLAN HAVE THE EFFECT OF TAKING A PROBLEM AS RIVERVIEW VILLAGE IN ATCH WITH INADEQUATE CLOSE PARKING AND MOVING IT TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ACCORDINGLY.
WE REQUEST THAT COUNSEL TAKE THE FOLLOWING ACTIONS.
NUMBER ONE, INDICATE TO STAFF THAT NEW PARKING PLACES ON NORTH RIVERVIEW STREET ACROSS FROM BRIDGE PARK WEST CONDOS ARE NOT ADVISABLE AND SHOULD BE REMOVED FROM THE PLANS.
NUMBER TWO, INDICATE TO STAFF THAT ACTIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE TO CHANGE THE PARKING PARAMETERS IN FRONT OF OUR BUILDING TO LIMIT THE TIME TO THREE HOURS OR OTHER SHORT PERIOD TO PREVENT THE INCREASING PROBLEM WITH SPACES BEING TAKEN FOR ALL DAY PARKING.
IF COUNCIL IS NOT READY FOR THE ABOVE STEPS, WE REQUEST THAT COUNCIL DIRECT ACTIONS TO COLLECT INFORMATION TO MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION, INCLUDING NUMBER ONE, DIRECT, DIRECT CITY STAFF TO EXPLAIN WHY THEY PERSIST IN ADDING SPACES ON NORTH OF REVIEW STREET WHEN THESE SPACES ARE EXPENSIVE TO BUILD AND ARE NOT NEEDED.
ACCORDING TO THE CITY'S OWN PARKING PLANS AND UNAMBIGUOUS STATEMENTS BY CITY AND CONSULTANT STAFF, WE UNDERSTAND THAT OVERALL PLAN CALL FOR JUDICIOUSLY, ADDING STREET PARKING WHERE IT MAKES SENSE TO DO SO.
BUT THE OVERRIDING PARAMETERS OF THE PLAN IS TO KEEP VEHICLES ON THE WEST SIDE OF HIGH STREET.
THE CITY PLAN ALREADY ADDS STREET PARKING IN OTHER PLACES NEAR THE NEW RESTAURANT AND KHE OFFICE AND NEW SPOTS ON NORTH RIVERVIEW ARE CONTRARY TO THE GOAL OF KEEPING CARS TO THE EAST SIDE.
NUMBER TWO DIRECT CITY STAFF TO DETERMINE THE COST SAVINGS THAT WOULD BE REALIZED BY ADDING NO NEW SPACES ON NORTH RIVERVIEW IN FRONT OF BRIDGE PARK WEST, IT IS CLEAR THAT THE COSTS WOULD BE CONSIDERABLE AS THE NEW SPOTS WOULD REQUIRE A RETAINING WALL ALONG THE RIVER, AS WELL AS REQUIRING COORDINATION AND APPROVAL OF THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS.
AS THE CONSTRUCTION WOULD IMPACT A FLOODWAY, THESE COSTS ARE LIKELY TO BE MORE THAN $500,000, WHICH SEEMS A LOT FOR 12 NEW SPOTS THAT ARE NOT NEEDED IN THE FIRST PLACE.
IN CONTRAST, A NEW SIDEWALK ONLY WITH NO NEW PARKING IN THIS AREA WOULD BE RELATIVELY INEXPENSIVE AND WOULD NOT REQUIRE APPROVALS OR A WALL.
NUMBER THREE DIRECT CITY STAFF TO CONSIDER ALTERNATIVES IF ANY NEW SPOTS ARE NEEDED AT ALL.
FOR EXAMPLE, THERE IS SPACE ON NORTH RIVERVIEW FARTHER SOUTH IN THE TRIANGLE AREA OF NORTH STREET AND SOUTH OF THE LINK NEAR WHERE THE NEW SIDEWALK WILL RUN FROM THE PEARL TO NORTH RIVERVIEW.
THERE IS ROOM FOR SIX TO EIGHT NEW HEAD-IN PARKING SPACES IN THIS AREA THAT WOULD BE INEXPENSIVE TO BUILD AND CLOSER TO THE RESTAURANT IN KATCH.
WE DO NOT ADVOCATE THIS OPTION SINCE NO NEW SPACES ARE NEEDED PER THE CITY STAFF, BUT IT IS A PREFERABLE ALTERNATIVE TO THE CITY PLANS FOR ADDING SPOTS IN FRONT OF OUR BUILDING.
UM, THERE ARE SOME, UH, QUESTIONS HERE POSED TO US AND, UH, OTHERS THAT YOU MAY HAVE AFTER SEEING THE PRESENTATION.
SO WITH THAT, I WILL INVITE COUNCIL COMMENTS.
SO, UM, THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF REFERENCES TO EUROPE TONIGHT AND UH, I THINK WE CAN TAKE A LOT OF REALLY POSITIVE CUES FROM THEM.
UM, BUT I THINK I'M GONNA BE THE WET BLANKET HERE.
AND I'M GONNA SAY THAT WE ALSO HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT WE'RE NOT IN EUROPE.
AND, UM, I VISITED AMSTERDAM OVER THE SUMMER AND I I WOULD GUESS THAT THEY HAD PROBABLY 10 BIKES FOR EVERY CAR.
AND ALL OF THE, THE PLANS THAT I'VE SEEN TONIGHT INVOLVE PEDESTRIAN BIKES AND CARS, SORT OF COHABITATING ON THE ROAD TOGETHER.
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THE, UH, THE DANGER IS, IS THAT IF YOU TRAVEL TO EUROPE, YOU'LL SEE IT'S A BALLET BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS.UM, YOU CAN'T JUST TAKE A THOUSAND BIKES AND HAVE 'EM GO DOWN, UH, RIVERSIDE DRIVE AND HAVE THEM NOT GET HIT BY A CAR BECAUSE GOING THROUGH THE ROUNDABOUTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, UM, THESE, THESE FOLKS HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH THIS.
SO I'M IN, I'M IN FAVOR OF THE WOUND EARTHS, THEY HAVE TO BE BRICK TO YOUR POINT.
IT ENCOURAGES THEM TO SLOW, UH, UM, VEHICLES TO SLOW DOWN, BUT I THINK IT'S GONNA TAKE TIME.
I THINK YOU NEED TO HAVE THOSE BOLLARDS FOR A TIME SO THAT FOLKS RECOGNIZE THESE ARE NOT STREETS TO BE TRAVELING DOWN REGULARLY.
THEY, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S VERY, VERY SLOW SHARED WITH BICYCLISTS AND, AND PEDESTRIANS, BUT I THINK THERE'S GOTTA BE A LEARNING CURVE.
LIKE I SAID, YOU CAN'T PUT BIKE LANES DOWN RIVERSIDE DRIVE THROUGH THE, THE CIRCLE OF DEATH AS RESIDENTS CALL IT.
UM, YOU WOULDN'T HAVE A, A HAPPY ENDING.
SO, UM, I THINK IT'S GOTTA BE BRICK.
UM, OPTION ONE, IF YOU EXTENDED THE BRICK TO THE SOUTH TO UH, BRIDGE STREET, I THINK THAT COULD WORK OPTION TWO IF WE WANNA WRITE A WRITE A FATTER CHECK.
UM, I THINK YOU'RE OFF TO A GREAT START.
I ALSO SAW, UH, A CANOPY WALK.
I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'VE AGREED ON THAT.
I KNOW WE DISCUSSED IT, BUT IT WAS SOMETHING THAT I THINK SOME FOLKS HAD SOME RESERVATIONS ABOUT.
AND THEN AS FAR AS ON STREET PARKING GOES, YOU KNOW, I CAN SEE THE RESIDENTS CONCERNS.
I, I'M ALL FOR A THREE HOUR TIME LIMIT.
I THINK THAT'S PERF PERFECTLY REASONABLE.
UM, AND I'VE ALSO MENTIONED IN IN PREVIOUS MEETINGS THAT IT, IT, OTHER AREAS AROUND COLUMBUS, CENTRAL OHIO HAVE PERMIT PARKING AREAS.
SO, YOU KNOW, PERHAPS ESPECIALLY THOSE SPACES THAT ARE ADJACENT TO THOSE CONDOS, MAYBE THOSE ARE PERMIT ONLY.
UM, BUT IF WE'RE GONNA PUT, UH, PARKING ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE STREET, I'M ALL FOR A THREE HOUR LIMIT.
UM, I I GUESS I'LL DISAGREE, UM, WITH MY COLLEAGUE HERE, I DIDN'T SEE BIKES IN THIS PLAN VERY MUCH AT ALL.
BRICKS ARE REALLY HARD TO BIKE ON FROM SOMEBODY WHO BIKES A LOT.
UM, NOT SO MUCH YEAR ONE, BUT BY YEAR THREE OR FOUR WITH SOME WEATHER.
SO I STRUGGLE WITH THE BRICKS BECAUSE I LOOK AT BRIDGE PARK AND I LOOK HOW TOUGH IT LOOKS NOW, IT JUST LOOKS BAD.
SO IF WE'RE GOING TO DO BRICKS, WE'VE GOTTA FIGURE OUT THE WEARABILITY.
'CAUSE I MEAN, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS AS A COUNCIL, IT JUST LOOKS REALLY, IT LOOKS REALLY TOUGH.
THE VOLUME OF TRAFFIC THAT'S, THAT'S GOING OVER RIDGE PARK IS SUBSTANTIALLY DIFFERENT.
SO YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE SHAKING YOUR HEAD YES, BUT, UM, I, I THINK WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT WHAT THE RIGHT TYPE OF PAVER IS HERE.
AND I AM HAVE NO EXPERTISE AT ALL, BUT I THINK FROM A BIKEABILITY IT'S TOUGH.
AND I WONDER ALSO, UM, WE'RE PUTTING SIDEWALKS IN, IS IT SIDEWALKS OR IS IT A SHARED YOUTH PATH THAT WE OUGHT TO BE PUTTING IN THAT WOULD MAYBE MAKE IT EASIER FOR BIKERS VERSUS WALKERS? IT? I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WOULD EVEN GIVE IT A BETTER FEEL THAN A TRADITIONAL CEMENT SIDEWALK WITH GRATES.
AND UH, I THINK IF WE'RE REALLY THINKING ABOUT HOW TO BIKE IT, I'M NOT SURE YOU'RE THERE YET.
I WOULD LIKE SOMEBODY WHO BIKES TO COMMENT ON THAT A LITTLE BIT.
UM, BALLARDS ARE BIKERS' WORST NIGHTMARE.
UM, BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY ARE, THEY ARE DEADLY, NOT JUST DANGEROUS, THEY'RE DEADLY.
THE SMALLER ONES CAN BE DANGEROUS, PARTICULARLY WHEN THEY'RE NOT LIT AT NIGHT.
SO IF YOU'RE GONNA DO THAT FOR BIKERS, AND I DIDN'T SEE ANY BIKE RACKS OR ANY BIKE PARKING ANYWHERE IN THIS PLAN.
SO I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDED.
SO FOR SOMEBODY WHO DOES BIKE, I DON'T SEE THAT IN THIS PLAN YET AND WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE OF THAT, UM, UM, UM, ALONG THE WAY.
SO AGAIN, I'M NOT OPPOSED TO BRICKS, I'M JUST ABOUT THE LONGEVITY OF IT.
SO CONVINCE ME THAT, OR MAYBE MY COLLEAGUES WHO ARE HAVING BETTER EXPERTISE THAT THAT'S A BETTER OPTION.
UM, AS FOR PARKING, UM, I THINK OPTION TWO, I WOULD AGREE WITH STAFF.
I THINK ADDING A A LESSER NUMBER MAKES SOME SENSE.
I DON'T KNOW HOW THREE HOUR, THREE HOURS
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CHANGES MUCH BECAUSE SOMEBODY LEAVES AND SOMEBODY ELSE COMES.I DO THINK NO CONSTRUCTION PARKING IS GONNA BE HUGELY IMPORTANT IN ALL OF THOSE SPOTS DURING THE CONSTRUCTION.
'CAUSE WHAT WE DO SEE HAPPEN IS PEOPLE CON CONSTRUCTION IS THERE AND, AND THEY WILL TAKE IT UP ALL DAY AND IT IS THEN IT WILL NOT BE THE PURPOSE THAT WAS INTENDED TO BE.
SO IF THREE HOURS HELPS, THEN THAT'D BE FINE.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT DOES, IF PEOPLE, PARTICULARLY IN ATCH WHERE THEY COME AND THEY LEAVE AND I'M NOT SURE THAT'S AN OPTION.
BUT, UM, I THINK THIS IS A GREAT, UM, A GREAT START AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE CONSIDERATION FOR THE WALKABILITY IN THIS.
AND THE, UM, I DO THINK CARS AND, AND, AND WALKERS CAN COHABITATE.
UM, AND THESE ARE VERY SMALL SPACES.
THESE ARE NOT LONG SPACES, SO YOU'RE LIKELY GOING TO SEE THOSE CARS COMING AT YOU.
SO I THINK IN THIS INSTANCE IT ACTUALLY COULD WORK FAIRLY WELL.
IF, IF I CAN CLARIFY ONE THING, UH, THE, UH, UH, BIKE PARKING WILL BE INCLUDED AS PART OF THE PRIVATE IMPROVEMENTS.
BIKE PARKING WOULD BE THE, THE FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN THAT WILL GO TO A RB ON WEDNESDAY WILL INCLUDE BIKE PARKING, THE PRIVATE IMPROVEMENTS.
SO WE WOULD DO THEM OR THE HOME, UH, OR THE PROPERTY OWNERS WOULD DO THEM.
THE PROPERTY OWNER WILL INSTALL THEM, BUT THEY'RE AVAILABLE FOR THE PUBLIC.
AND WHAT WOULD INCENT THEM TO DO THAT? THAT'S PART OF THE PLAN.
SO THERE WILL BE SOME WITHIN THE PLAZA AND SOME ALONG THE STREET.
UH, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK ON THIS.
UM, I THINK IT'S REALLY FASCINATING.
UM, I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THE WALKABILITY OF IT.
I THINK THE PRICE TAG IS, I'M HAVING A HARD TIME WITH THE PRICE TAG.
UM, I AM NOT SURE ABOUT, UM, I DON'T KNOW.
I I I, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ABOUT BRICK IS REMOVABLE.
YOU CAN PUT IT BACK AND THERE'S NO, YOU KNOW, PATCHING AND STUFF THAT YOU LOOK AT.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, I LOOK AT THE BRICKS THAT WE PUT IN AT, IN, YOU KNOW, THE, THE BRIDGE PARK AREA, AND I, I KNOW WE'RE TRYING SOME DIFFERENT MATERIALS AND STUFF.
I MEAN, THEY STARTED CRUMBLING SO QUICKLY.
UM, I SHARE SOME OF KATHY'S CONCERN ABOUT THE BRICKS WITH WHEELS, BUT FOR A DIFFERENT REASON.
UM, FROM AN A DA PERSPECTIVE, UM, YOU KNOW, I, IT, THIS AREA IS HARD TO TRAVERSE IF YOU ARE SOMEONE WHO HAS MOBILITY ISSUES.
UM, AND I, I'M STRUGGLING TO SEE WHERE THERE'S, UM, THIS ACCOMMODATION FOR, UM, A DA ACCESSIBILITY, UM, AND MAYBE I'M JUST NOT SEEING IT.
IT NEEDS TO BE PRESENTED TO ME DIFFERENTLY.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE ROAD THAT YOU SHOW WITH THAT'S NARROW, THAT HAS THE REVERSE CROWN, I THINK THAT'S GONNA BE A MAINTENANCE STRUGGLE.
UM, SO I'M UNSURE ABOUT THE LONGEVITY OF THAT, SO I NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
UM, I DO, I VERY, VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THE DESIGN AND, AND IT'S, IT'S, IT LOOKS REALLY BEAUTIFUL.
UM, I'M NOT SURE I CAN GET BEHIND THE COST DIFFERENTIAL, UM, THAT WE, WE ADD ONTO IT AND I DON'T KNOW.
I MEAN, IT'S A, IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A STRUGGLE.
IT'S HARD TO SEE AS YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT ON A MAP IN, IN A DRAWING FORMAT.
BUT I THINK THAT IT'S, THAT'S HARD.
THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY FOR BRICKS THAT I'M NOT SURE I FEEL HAVE THE LONGEVITY THAT WOULD BE, WE WOULD BE SEEKING.
UM, AND I KNOW YOU TALKED ABOUT THE STAIRS, LIKE SORT OF CONTINUING THAT THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, FROM THE NO SOLICITING, AND I LOVE THAT.
BUT AGAIN, THERE'S AN A DA ASPECT HERE THAT I THINK IS NOT BEING ADDRESSED.
UM, AND I KNOW THAT NOT EVERYTHING CAN BE PERFECTLY A DA COMPLIANT, I GET THAT.
BUT WE HAVE TO DO OUR LEVEL BEST TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE THINKING OF THOSE THINGS.
AND THEN IF WE CAN'T DO IT, WE NEED TO SAY OUT LOUD WHY WE CAN'T DO IT.
SOMETIMES IT'S, THERE'S A TOTALLY REASONABLE REASON WHY WE CAN'T DO SOMETHING THAT WOULD PUT US IN THAT, LIKE, FOR LIKE ZONE FOR A DA COMPLIANCE, THAT'S OKAY, BUT WE'VE GOTTA SAY THAT AND BE ABLE TO ARTICULATE THAT OUT LOUD, UM, TO ANYONE THAT MIGHT HAVE MOBILITY ISSUES IN THE CITY.
UM, AS FOR THE PARKING, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY YEARS NOW WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT PARKING IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA, UM, I THINK THERE'S ACTUALLY MORE THAN ENOUGH SPACES TO ACCOMMODATE FOR PARKING.
UM, I, I WOULD LIKE TO MAYBE BETTER UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT IF WE DO NO PARKING THERE AND JUST SIDEWALKS, UM, I DIDN'T REALLY HEAR ANYTHING ABOUT A RETAINING WALL, SO I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S A LEGITIMATE CONCERN WHERE THOSE PARKING SPACES ARE THAT YOU'VE SHOWN ON HERE.
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WALL THAT'S REQUIRED THERE FOR THAT? UM, THERE IS NOT A RETAINING WALL REQUIRED.UM, AS WE, I THINK WHAT THE COMMENTER WAS ALLUDING TO IS THAT THERE IS A FLOODPLAIN THERE AND THERE IS A FLOODWAY.
UM, THE GRADING FOR THE PARKING WOULD NOT EXTEND INTO THE FLOODWAY.
UM, SO WE WOULD NOT BE WORKING WITH FEMA.
I THINK THEY MENTIONED ARMY CORPS, BUT I THINK WHAT THEY MEANT IS FEMA, UH, WE WOULD BE WORKING IN THE FLOOD PLANE AND IN ORDER, ONCE WE GET INTO THAT ANALYSIS, IF WE FEEL LIKE A WALL HELPS US LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF FILL IN THE FLOODPLAIN IN A MEANINGFUL WAY, THEN WE WOULD LOOK AT A WALL.
UM, BUT JUST PHYSICALLY TO STAY OUT OF THE FLOODWAY, WE DO NOT NEED A WALL.
THAT, THAT'S HELPFUL CLARIFICATION.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT PARKING SO MANY TIMES IN THIS AREA, UM, AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THREE HOUR AND THE CHALLENGES WITH DOING THREE HOUR PARKING.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, PARKING APPS AND PARKING METERS, AND THE CHALLENGES WITH THOSE.
UM, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I, I GUESS YOU COULD SWAY ME IN ONE DIRECTION OR ANOTHER WITH A, WITH A FEW ADDED SPOTS.
I DON'T LIKE THE FIRST OPTION WITH ALL THOSE EXTRA SPOTS.
I THINK ESPECIALLY DURING CONSTRUCTION, YOU'RE GONNA JUST FIND CONSTRUCTION VEHICLES SITTING THERE PROBABLY 24 7.
UM, YOU KNOW, SO I'M NOT, THAT DOESN'T FEEL VERY APPEALING TO ME.
I, I WOULD LIKE TO MINIMIZE ADDITIONAL PARKING, BUT I COULD BE SWAYED TO, TO, TO TALK ABOUT SOME PARKING.
UM, BUT AGAIN, IF WE GO BACK TO THE COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF PARKING STUDIES THAT WE'VE HAD HERE.
UM, EVEN IN THIS AREA, THERE REALLY IS QUITE A BIT OF PARKING.
WE'VE STRUGGLED TO GET PROPERTY OWNERS TO BE WILLING TO COOPERATE DURING OFF HOURS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, SO IF IT REALLY BECOMES A PROBLEM, MAYBE IT BECOMES AN INCENTIVE TO THEM TO REALLY WORK ON A SHARED PARKING SOLUTION, WHICH IS JUST SOMETHING WE'VE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO GET OFF THE GROUND.
UM, ANYWAY, SO I, I STILL HAVE SOME QUESTIONS AND SOME CONCERNS ABOUT LONGEVITY COST AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS, BUT I, AGAIN, I, I SO APPRECIATE THE DESIGN AND THE ABILITY TO REALLY WANNA INTEGRATE THIS WHOLE AREA FOR THE PURPOSE OF, OF, OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE, WHICH IS TO CREATE THIS VERY UNIQUE, VERY SPECIAL PLACEMAKING PLACE.
UM, I LOVE THE CONCEPT, SO A LOT OF GOOD STUFF HERE TOO.
I DON'T, I DON'T WANNA, YOU KNOW, GLAZE OVER THAT.
IF I COULD COMMENT JUST REAL QUICK ON THE A DA ISSUE, BECAUSE I'M, I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THIS UP, AND THIS HAS BEEN A STRUGGLE, UM, IN THE PLANNING OF THE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE, THE PARK NORTH RIVERVIEW STREET.
UM, THE GRADES ARE JUST VERY STEEP.
UM, SO IN TERMS OF A DA COMPLIANCE THAT, THAT, THOSE GUIDELINES APPLY OUTSIDE OF THE RIGHT OF WAY.
SO THAT APPLIES TO THE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE.
IT, IT APPLIES TO THE WEST PLAZA.
INSIDE THE RIGHT OF WAY IS GOVERNED BY THE, UH, PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY, ACCESSIBILITY GUIDELINES, WHICH HAVE JUST RECENTLY BECOME FINAL RULE AFTER 15 TO 20 YEARS OF BEING IN DRAFT FORM AND THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY, ACCESSIBILITY GUIDELINES RECOGNIZE THAT THE SIDEWALK GRADE IS GOING TO MATCH THE STREET GRADE IN SOME CASES.
THINK ABOUT PITTSBURGH, THINK ABOUT SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY.
UM, THERE'S SOME ALLOWANCE FOR THAT, BUT JUST BECAUSE IT'S COMPLIANT DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT NECESSARILY IS EASY OR EVEN FEASIBLE FOR SOMEONE IN A WHEELCHAIR TO NAVIGATE TO SOME DEGREE.
THOSE ARE TOPOGRAPHICAL CHALLENGES THAT ARE VERY DIFFICULT TO, UH, OVERCOME IN TERMS OF FROM THE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE DOWN INTO THE PARK.
UM, YOU KNOW, ONE OPTION IS THE PUBLIC ELEVATORS THAT ARE IN THE BRIDGE PARK WEST BUILDING.
I THINK THAT WAS ORIGINALLY KIND OF WHAT WE, UM, IN THE PLANNING OF THE PARK ENVISIONED AS THE BEST WAY TO CONNECT THE TWO.
UM, AND, AND I KNOW JOHN AND AND MATT IN THE PARK DESIGN HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT OTHER WAYS TO PROVIDE ACCESSIBLE ACCESS FROM HIGHER ELEVATIONS DOWN INTO THE PARK VIA CANOPY WALK OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UM, IN CENTRAL OHIO, WE'RE KIND OF SPOILED IN SOME WAYS BECAUSE IT'S FLAT, RELATIVELY FLAT.
AND THAT, AND, AND THOSE, UH, REAL, REALLY TRULY A D ACCESSIBLE, UM, CONDITIONS ARE RELATIVELY EASY TO ACHIEVE.
BUT BRIDGE PARK IS ONE OF THOSE EXCEPTIONS WHERE THE TOPOGRAPHY JUST MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT.
AGAIN, I THINK OFTENTIMES THERE ARE VERY GOOD REASONS THAT WE CAN'T DO CERTAIN THINGS.
WE JUST HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE'RE SAYING THEM OUT LOUD FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.
I'LL TRY TO KEEP THESE IN ORDER.
THE FIRST, I GUESS WOULD BE MY CONCEPT PREFERENCE.
AND HONESTLY, I LIKE THE BASELINE CONCEPT.
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ROADS.UM, THE CAVEAT BEING, SO I THINK ALL OF THE CROSSWALKS IN THE SIDEWALKS SHOULD HAVE THE SAME COLOR BRICK SO THAT YOU VISUALLY KNOW THAT'S WHERE YOU WALK.
SO I DON'T REALLY LIKE THE IDEA OF USING THE GRAY BRICK IN THE CROSSWALKS.
I THINK IT'D BE MORE VISIBLE AND EASIER TO TELL, OH, THAT'S THE SAME COLOR AS THE SIDEWALK I'M WALKING ON.
SO I LIKE THE CROSSWALKS IN BRICK.
I LIKE THE SIDEWALKS IN BRICK.
THEY WOULD ALSO THEN STILL, I WOULD, I LIKE THE SAME, CONTINUE THE SAME COLOR OF BRICK THAT WE HAVE THROUGHOUT THE REST OF HISTORIC DUBLINS.
SO, YOU KNOW, YOU WALK DOWN OFF HIGH STREET, IT'S THE SAME COLOR BRICK.
UM, SO I'M VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THAT.
I LIKE THE ASPHALT BECAUSE, EXCUSE ME, IT'S EASIER MAINTAINED, IT'S CHEAPER.
UM, BUT I ALSO, I LIKE THE CONCEPT OF THE FLUSH CURBS.
UM, I LIKE, UM, CHRISTINA, TO YOUR POINT, UM, WHAT THEY'RE KIND OF TALKING ABOUT IS THINK OF WHAT WE HAVE THE ROUNDABOUTS, UM, WHERE THE TRUCKS GO UP ON, ONTO THE BRICK.
I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND THE PURPOSE OF THAT, AND I'M O I'M OKAY WITH THAT.
IT GETS WORN AND SCUFFED, BUT IT'S NEEDED.
SO I ACTUALLY LIKE THE BASELINE.
UM, AND NOT ALL OF THE PAVER STUFF, I HONESTLY THINK A LOT OF THIS IS GONNA COME DOWN TO, UM, SIGNAGE.
AND I THINK YOUR QUESTION NUMBER TWO IS WHAT'S MISSING? AND I THINK THERE'S GONNA BE A LARGE COMPONENT OF SIGNAGE.
UM, SO MAYBE A COMPREHENSIVE SIGNAGE PACKAGE.
EVERYTHING FROM, UM, THE PARKING SIGN, YOU KNOW, IS IT TWO HOUR PARKING OR IS IT A, UM, DELIVERY ONLY ZONE, OR IS IT A, UM, RIDE SHARE DROP OFF AREA? 'CAUSE WHAT I, THE BIGGEST PROBLEM I SEE HERE IS CARS ARE GONNA COME OFF HIGH STREET, DOWN NORTH STREET, AND THEY'RE GONNA WANNA DR BECAUSE AGAIN, THEY DON'T WANNA WALK FROM THE GARAGE DOWN THAT HILL, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE ELDERLY, UM, OR HAVE MOBILITY ISSUES.
SO THEY'RE, PEOPLE ARE GONNA BE GETTING DROPPED OFF A LOT AT THIS RESTAURANT, SO THEY'RE GONNA COME DOWN THE HILL.
THERE IS NOWHERE FOR THEM TO STOP.
THEY ARE JUST GONNA STOP BY THAT KIOSK OR RIGHT AT THE TURN TO LET SOMEBODY OUT SO THEY CAN GO TO THE RESTAURANT.
UM, SO LIKEWISE, LYFT DRIVERS, THINGS LIKE THAT ARE STILL, ARE GONNA STOP.
SO I THINK WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN GET THEM OUT OF THE MIDDLE OF THE ROADWAY.
IS THERE, SO I, I'M NOT REALLY LOOKING AT PARKING SPACES PER SE, BUT I'M TALKING WHERE CAN THEY PULL OFF, OUT OF THE ROADWAY AND NOT BE IN THE WAY WHEN THEY DROP OFF THEIR PEDESTRIAN, THEY CAN GET OUT, GO AND THEN THEY CAN GO PARK AT THE GARAGE.
YOU KNOW, THE HUSBAND CAN WALK FROM THE GARAGE BACK AND COME GET YOU.
SO THAT'S WHAT'S MISSING TO ME IS THE DROP OFF.
ALSO, IT'S NOT CLEAR WITH THE DELIVERY TRUCKS.
I'M NOT REALLY SUPPORT LIKE THE, THE PARKING SPACES ON THE, I GUESS IT'D BE THE NORTHBOUND SIDE OF NORTH RIVERVIEW, RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE NEW KATCH BUILDING.
IF YOU, YOU HAVE A DELIVERY TRUCK, THEY'RE GONNA COME DOWN RIVERVIEW STREET, THEY'RE GONNA PULL RIGHT UP FRONT IN FRONT OF THAT RESTAURANT, THEY'LL BE BLOCKING ALL SOUTHBOUND TRAFFIC.
AND IF THERE'S CARS IN THOSE PARKING SPOTS, THEN THE ENTIRE ROADWAY IS BLOCKED.
SO I GUESS I'M, I'M CURIOUS WHERE THE DELIVERY TRUCKS ARE PARKING.
'CAUSE RIGHT NOW ON HIGH STREET, THEY PARK IN THE TURN LANE, SO YOU AT LEAST YOU HAVE NORTH AND SOUTH TRAFFIC THAT CAN GET AROUND HERE.
THERE'S NO TURN LANE FOR THEM.
THEY'RE PARKING IN THE LANE OF TRAFFIC.
SO, SO THAT, SO WHAT I ENVISION IS THEY'RE GONNA COME DOWN, THEY'RE GONNA COME DOWN NORTH RIVERVIEW STREET, THEY'RE GONNA UNLOAD THEN, THEN MAYBE THEY CAN MAKE THAT TURN AND GO UP WING HILL AND, AND AROUND THE BLOCK TO EXIT.
I THINK, I THINK YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT.
UM, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE BENEFITS OF THIS GRID OF STREETS AND TRYING TO MAINTAIN THE TWO-WAY, ALTHOUGH MAKING IT, UM, VERY NARROW, IS TO ALLOW FOR THOSE SITUATIONS TO, TO BUILD SOME FLEXIBILITY INTO THE STREET NETWORK.
UM, BECAUSE FROM A PRACTICAL STANDPOINT, IN TERMS OF DELIVERIES, UM, YOU KNOW, I IT IS, I THINK WHAT YOU'RE DESCRIBING IS POSSIBLE THAT THAT COULD HAPPEN.
OH, IT'S GONNA HAPPEN ALL THE TIME, ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE PEOPLE IN THOSE PARKING SPOTS.
YEAH, SO WE HAVE, WE, THERE'S VERY LITTLE TRAFFIC ON THESE STREETS TODAY, WHICH IS A GOOD THING.
WE ENVISION THERE BEING VERY LITTLE TRAFFIC ON THESE STREETS, UM, IN THE, UH, POST DEVELOPED CONDITION AND THE SHORT BLOCKS AND THE GRID AND BEING, BEING ABLE TO GET AROUND, I THINK IS PROBABLY THE BEST, UH, SOLUTION
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TO THAT.I JUST, THE PROBLEM BEING IS SO THEY PAR SO THE DELIVERY TRUCK PULLS IN, THEY'RE STOPPED RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE ATCH BUILDING.
THERE'S PARKING PEOPLE IN THOSE PARKING SPOTS.
I DON'T THINK THOSE SHOULD BE THERE.
SO NOW A CAR TURNS ONTO RIVERVIEW, AND UNLESS THEY BACK UP AND BACK INTO THAT INTERSECTION, THEY'RE STUCK THERE FOR AT LEAST PROBABLY 10 MINUTES AT MINIMUM, UNTIL SOMEONE COMES OUT AND MOVES THEIR DELIVERY TRUCK.
SO I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE SIGNAGE THAT SAYS NO STOPPING OR NO DELIVERY TRUCKS, OR WE NEED TO HAVE A PLACE WHERE IF WE DO, IF, IF THAT'S THE INTENT THAT THEY'RE GONNA COME SOUTHBOUND AND STOP, THEN WE CANNOT BE PUTTING PARKING ON THE OTHER SIDE.
WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO GET AROUND THEM.
UM, YOU KNOW, AND, AND SO, AND THEN I THINK WE NEED, I KNOW YOU HAVE THAT BAND THERE, WE NEED, WE DEFINITELY NEED SOME TYPE OF SIGNAGE THAT INDICATES THIS IS THE DEAD END STREET THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO TURN AND GO UP WING HILL.
UM, YOU KNOW, I, AGAIN, NOT HIGH VOLUME, BUT IT'S STILL GONNA KIND OF BE A PAIN.
AND ANOTHER ONE WOULD BE, I'M ASSUMING, OR I'D REALLY HOPE THAT THE NORTH BLACKSMITH AT BRIDGE STREET WOULD BE A RIGHT IN RIGHT OUT ONLY AND NOT A FULL ACCESS, BECAUSE I CERTAINLY WOULD NOT WANT TO SEE PEOPLE TRYING TO MAKE LEFT HAND TURNS OUT OF THERE.
YEAH, BLACKSMITH AT BRIDGE STREET IS RESTRICTED AT CERTAIN TIMES OF DAY.
SO THE PLAN WOULD BE TO KIND OF LEAD THAT AS, SO, YEAH, SO, YEP.
SO I THINK, SO AGAIN, I THINK SIGNAGE IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
UM, AND ALSO IF WE HAVE PEDESTRIAN USING THE ROADWAY, WE NEED SIGNAGE THAT SAYS PEDESTRIANS ARE USING THE ROADWAY, YOU KNOW, UM, AND I GUESS, YOU KNOW, JUST TO MAKE IT SO IT DOESN'T LOOK CLUTTERED AND, YOU KNOW, WHERE ARE WE PUTTING ALL THAT SIGNAGE SO PEOPLE SEE THAT.
UM, AND THEN MY, MY THOUGHT ON THOSE PARKING SPOTS IS, YOU KNOW, I THINK THEY SHOULD ALL BE, UM, LIKE A DA PARKING SPOTS, BECAUSE AGAIN, THEY'RE NOT GONNA WANNA PARK UP AT THE, AT THE, UH, LIBRARY AND COME ALL THE WAY DOWN THE HILL.
SO I, I MEAN, I THINK THOSE SHOULD BE ALL BE SIGNED AS A DA LOT.
I THINK A TWO HOUR PARKING LIMIT WOULD BE PERFECT THAT YOU CAN GO TO DINNER AND, YOU KNOW, TWO HOURS TIME AND THEN LEAVE.
AND TO YOUR POINT, KATHY, WHAT IT, UM, DISCOURAGE THE TWO HOUR DISCOURAGES THE EMPLOYEES FROM PARKING THERE, UM, THAT THAT'S WHAT IT DOES.
THEY'RE STILL GONNA BE FULL ALL THE TIME, BUT IT FORCES THOSE EMPLOYEES TO USE THE GARAGE AND IT LEAVES IT AVAILABLE TO THE, UM, TO THE CUSTOMERS.
SO, SO IN SUMMARY, I, YEAH, I'M, I LIKE THE BASELINE, NOT ALL THE PAVERS.
UH, SAME COLOR BRICK FOR ALL THE CROSSWALKS AND SIDEWALKS AND FIGURING OUT THE DELIVERIES AND DROP OFF AREAS SO THEY'RE NOT STOPPING AT THE INTERSECTION OF NORTH STREET AND NORTH RIVERVIEW STREET.
COULD YOU THROW THE QUESTIONS UP AGAIN?
I DIDN'T TURN IT TO THAT PAGE.
SO, UM, I THINK THAT, UM, I THINK CHARACTER IS EVERYTHING.
PERSONALLY, IF WE'RE GONNA DO THIS, I DON'T THINK WE CUT A WHOLE LOT OF CORNERS BECAUSE, UM, WE'RE TALKING A SIGNIFICANT PIECE OF THE HISTORIC DISTRICT WITH RENOVATION OF PROBABLY THE MOST SUBSTANTIAL NUMBER OF ORIGINAL HOUSES, UM, IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT LEFT ON THE NORTH SIDE OF, OF BRIDGE STREET.
SECONDLY, IT'S THE ENTRANCE WAY TO THE PARK.
AND, UM, I AGREE, I THINK THERE ARE SOME TWEAKS WE NEED TO MAKE WHEN IT COMES TO, UM, MANAGING THE CARS, BUT, UM, I THINK IT HAS TO BE RECOGNIZABLE AS A VERY SPECIAL PLACE.
SO I WOULD LOVE TO SEE OPTION TWO, ALTHOUGH I MUST SAY I'M WORRIED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UM, BLACKSMITH LANE COMING OFF OF BRIDGE STREET.
IF WE WENT WITH OPTION ONE, YOU WOULDN'T ENCOURAGE CAR TRAFFIC.
UH, I LIVE IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT, SO I KNOW HOW DANGEROUS IT IS TO TRY TO GET ON BLACKSMITH AND TO GET OUT OF BLACKSMITH.
AND IF YOU'RE ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO COME, YOU'RE REALLY ASKING FOR SOME ISSUES.
I LIKE THE IDEA THAT IT ALL HAS CONTINUITY, BUT I WONDER IF WE CAN'T STILL GET AS THE SAME KIND OF IMPACT WITHOUT GOING ALL THE WAY TO BRIDGE STREET.
AND ALSO I WORRY ABOUT THE AESTHETICS OF WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU JUST STOP
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THE BRICK MIDWAY ON NORTH RIVERVIEW.BUT IT IS RESIDENTIAL, IT'S NOT THE VILLAGE, IT'S RESIDENTIAL.
SO I'M SORT OF ON THE FENCE ON THAT ONE.
I THINK THAT, UM, I WANTED TO ASK YOU HOW WIDE BLACKSMITH WOULD BE.
UH, BLACKSMITH WOULD BE A TOTAL OF 18 FEET, BUT IT WOULD HAVE, UH, ONE FOOT WIDE BANDS ON EACH SIDE.
SO THAT INCLUDES, THAT'S INSIDE THE 18, THAT'S 18 FOOT WITH THAT 18 IS INCLUSIVE OF THE BANDS TOTAL.
SO THERE'D BE 16 FEET FROM BAND TO BAND.
AND WHAT IS IT NOW, ROUGHLY? NINE.
DO YOU NEED THAT MUCH WIDTH BECAUSE YOU NEED THAT MUCH ACCESS BY FOR WHAT REASON? UM, YOU KNOW, THE WAY I KIND OF LOOKED AT IT, UM, IS IF IT'S 10 FEET, NINE, 10 FEET WIDE TODAY AND WE WANT NINE OR 10 FEET FOR A CAR AND WE WANT A PEDESTRIAN ZONE, THAT KIND OF PUSHES US TO THAT 14, 15, 16 RANGE.
AND THEN THE BANDS ARE LOCK IT IN.
SO, UM, COULD TWO CARS PASS EACH OTHER AT 16? PROBABLY.
UM, AS YOU START TO GET NARROWER THAN THAT, JUST PHYSICALLY THE DIMENSIONS OF MIRROR TO MIRROR, UH, START TO GET A LITTLE TIGHT.
IT STRIKES ME IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT THAT AN 18 FOOT WIDE ALLEY MM-HMM.
THAT'S, I, I THINK OF THE ALLEY BEHIND STARBUCKS AND ALL THAT.
IT'S, I DON'T THINK THEY'RE 18 FOOT WIDE.
IT'S HARD TO PASS, BUT THAT'S OKAY.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REALLY WANT TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE COMING OFF OF BRIDGE STREET.
SO FOR ME, I THINK THE 18 FOOT WIDE IS TOO WIDE.
AND MAYBE YOU COULD SAVE A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY THAT WAY IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE IT QUITE SO WIDE.
'CAUSE REALLY YOU WANT PEDESTRIANS, YOU WANT BIKES, YOU DON'T REALLY WANT CARS BACK THERE.
SO IT SEEMS BIGGER TO ME THAN IT NEEDS TO BE.
UM, I AGREE THAT, UM, MY, UM, MY FAMILY HAS A DA ISSUES, SO I KNOW, I THINK TO MYSELF, HOW WILL I GET MY HUSBAND DOWN THERE? HE WILL NOT, HE HAS A WALKER.
SO I DON'T THINK GRADE-WISE OR OR BRICK WISE OR ANY OF THAT, YOU'RE GONNA GET OLDER PEOPLE TO WALK ANY OF THIS, RIGHT? YEAH.
SO I LIKE THE IDEA THAT THE PARKING, IF WE HAVE PARKING ON NORTH RIVERVIEW IS ALL HANDICAPPED.
AND OR LOADING ZONE THAT WAY WE DO, UM, MAINTAIN.
AND IT'S NOT JUST FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE CONDO.
I THINK IT'S THE, THE RIVERFRONT IS A COMMUNITY AMENITY.
AND, AND I DON'T THINK THAT WE NEED TO PILOT WITH CARS CONSTANTLY ALL THE TIME, BUT I DO THINK THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE ACCESS FOR PEOPLE WHO CAN'T MAKE IT DOWN THERE.
SO I THINK THE SLOPE MAKES A PROBLEM.
I WOULD LIKE THE IDEA OF LOOKING AT ENCOURAGING MAYBE MORE SHARED PARKING IF WE CAN.
I LIKE THE TIME LIMITS IDEA AND WE'VE BEEN TALKING A LOT ABOUT VALET IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT.
WE NEED TO REALLY THINK ABOUT THAT AS OPPORTUNITIES BECAUSE IT'S CHEAPER THAN A TROLLEY OR WHATEVER.
AND IT'S SELF-SUSTAINING FINANCIALLY.
AND I THINK WE NEED TO FIND AREAS IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT CONVENIENTLY LOCATED TO ALL THESE AMENITIES WHERE VALET IS AVAILABLE.
UM, AND THEN ALSO THINK ABOUT IF THERE'S LAND ANYWHERE ELSE THAT WE CAN GET PARKING.
I LOVE THE SHARED, UM, UM, I DON'T, IT'S UP TO THE ENGINEERING TO TELL US WHETHER OR NOT THE BRICKS REALLY HOLD UP AND WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE THE RIGHT THING.
UM, I DON'T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT ENGINEERING.
I DON'T LIKE THE 18 HUNDREDS OR THE 3000 SERIES UNILOCK PAVERS.
I LIKE THE SOFTNESS OF A NEUTRAL GRAY.
SO I, I LOVE YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS THERE.
UM, AND I THINK THAT THE, UM, WHAT'S IT CALLED? WOLFEN?
THERE'S NOT A LOT OF CURBING ON, IN THE OLD HISTORIC DISTRICT, IT WAS ALWAYS THAT WAY.
HORSES USED IT, CAR, YOU KNOW, TRUCKS USED IT, PEOPLE USED IT.
SO I LIKE THE IDEA OF AS CASUAL AS YOU CAN GET IN CURBING THE AMOUNT OF CURBING WHERE IT'S NEEDED.
I THINK, UM, YOUR DRAINAGE PATTERN IDEA IS CORRECT ON THE SLOPE.
IT'S A GOOD IDEA FOR DIRECTING WATER ALONG THE EDGE.
UM, IT'S CHANGE IN ELEVATION TO GET FROM THE ACTUAL BRIDGE DOWN INTO HERE IS GONNA BE UNGODLY EXPENSIVE.
I DON'T THINK THERE'S AN ADA A WAY TO SOLVE.
IT'S NO LESS THAN ELEVATOR AND JUST BUILDING, IT'S GONNA BE HORRENDOUSLY
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EXPENSIVE.SO, I MEAN, IT'S SOMETHING WE GOTTA DO AND IT'S GOTTA BE PART OF THE PROJECT.
UM, AS FAR AS THE STREET, IF YOU LOOK AT THE, UH, OPTION ONE AND WHY WOULD, WHY WOULD WE WANT TO PAVE ALL THE WAY TO THE END OF THE THREE RESIDENTIAL HOUSES THAT DIDN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.
PLUS THE IDEA OF THAT BEING PAVED.
IF YOU'RE DOWN IN THAT AREA AND YOU'RE DRIVING AROUND, YOU DON'T WANNA DRIVE TO THE END OF THE STREET, WHICH IS A DEAD END.
AND I THINK DESIGN WISE, THAT'S GOTTA BE CUT OFF.
SO THAT'S JUST STAYS ASPHALT, MAYBE A SIDEWALK, BUT YOU DON'T SPEND THAT KIND OF MONEY IN THAT AREA.
IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE AT ALL.
'CAUSE YOU'RE GONNA HAVE EVERYBODY TURNING BACK UPHILL TO GO BACK UP, UM, THE SIDE STREET.
SO THAT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE AT ALL.
IT'S A HUGE WASTE OF MONEY TO PAVE ALL THE WAY DOWN THERE FOR THE THREE LUCKY PEOPLE THAT BOUGHT THE THREE HOUSES.
SO, UM, UM, I THINK WE NEED, UM, SOME KIND OF PARKING.
AND I AGREE WITH THE, THE 10 SPACES.
UM, IT SEEMS THAT WHEN WE WERE DESIGNING BRIDGE PARK, WE FIGURED IT THESE PARKING GARAGES FOR SO MANY, SO MANY CARS.
AND NOW IT'S STARTING TO FILL UP BECAUSE OF ALL THE OTHER AMENITIES THAT WE'RE HAVING DOWN THERE.
SO, YOU KNOW, ANY WAY THAT YOU CAN WORK IN EXTRA PARKING I THINK IS GONNA BE REALLY IMPORTANT.
I THINK STREETS PROBABLY SHOULD BE ASPHALT WITH, UM, UH, PAVER SIDEWALKS AND PAVER DETAILS.
THE PAVILION AREA SHOULD BE PAVER TO MAKE IT MORE INTERESTING TO SEE.
UM, BUT UM, JUST THE USE OF, YOU KNOW, THE ENDLESS USE OF PAVERS.
IF YOU LOOK AT YOUR ELEVATIONS AND YOUR ILLUSTRATIONS, WHY WOULD YOU EVEN DO THAT? I MEAN, TO TAKE IT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO 1 61 DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE TO ME.
SO, UM, THAT'S REALLY WHAT I'VE GOT TO TELL YOU THAT I THINK IS IMPORTANT.
I DO IT THE ROAD BED AND ASPHALT, AND I ALSO TRIM THE PARKING SPOTS THAT YOU'VE ADDED DOWN THERE.
I TRIM THOSE INTO PAVERS SO YOU CAN OBVIOUSLY SEE THEM IN, IN THE SURFACE.
I'M A LITTLE BIT SURPRISED WHILE WE'RE HAVING THE CONVERSATION ABOUT ALL THESE PAVERS BECAUSE I THOUGHT WE HAD DECIDED THAT WE WERE, THAT THE DESIGN STANDARD WAS GOING TO BE THE HISTORIC DISTRICT DESIGN STANDARD.
THAT THE STREETS WOULD BE ASPHALT AND THAT THE, UM, WALKWAYS WOULD BE MATCHING BRICK WITH THE EXISTING HISTORIC DISTRICT.
AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS THE DECISION THAT WE HAD ALREADY COME TO.
SO I, I'M A LITTLE BIT CONFUSED IN SOME OF THESE, UM, THESE RENDERINGS I TO GRADE CHANGES ON BRICK ARE AN ABSOLUTE NIGHTMARE.
I, I'M NOT AN ENGINEER, BUT I DON'T REALLY, IT, IT'S NOT THAT IMPORTANT TO ME WHAT THEY SAY.
I HAVE A LOT OF REAL LIFE EXPERIENCE AND GRADE CHANGES ON BRICK, AND IT IS VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO KEEP THE SAND AND THE JOINTS, UM, AND TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE TRUCK TRAFFIC COMING UP AND DOWN THOSE GRADES I THINK WOULD BE INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT.
AND I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE GAIN.
I THINK OUR HISTORIC DISTRICT IS LOVELY THE WAY THAT IT IS.
AND IT HAS ASPHALT STREETS AND IT HAS BRICK SIDEWALKS.
AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANTED TO PUT A SHERO ON THE EDGE OF THE ROAD IN, IN A BRICK FOR BIKES AND, AND PEDESTRIANS AND THOSE THINGS, UM, I, I WOULD BE OKAY WITH THOSE.
BUT, UM, I, I'M NOT SUPPORTIVE OF THE ALL BRICK EVERYWHERE NOW.
I WOULD AGREE WITH JOHN AT THE, AT THIS LITTLE ENTRY WHERE THE PERGOLA IS, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT SHOULD PROBABLY BE A BRICK, UM, SIMILAR TO THE LANDINGS FROM THE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE RIGHT ON THE EAST AND THE WEST.
AND YOU WANT THAT TO FEEL LIKE A SPECIAL PEDESTRIAN PLACE.
SO I WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF THAT.
AND IF WE WANTED TO DO SOME CROSSWALKS IN ANOTHER MATERIAL OTHER THAN ASPHALT, UM, THERE CERTAINLY IS, UH, THERE IS PRECEDENT FOR US HAVING DONE THAT AS WELL.
SO, UM, I COULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF THAT.
ALTHOUGH I THINK IF WE DID AN EXPOSED AGGREGATE CONCRETE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, IT, IT LIKELY WOULD BE, UM, MORE USER FRIENDLY.
YOU KNOW, I I I LOOK AT THE MONEY WE SPEND EVERY YEAR ON JUST TAKING CARE OF THE EXISTING BRICK IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT AND WE SPEND A LOT OF MONEY THERE AND IT DOESN'T LOOK GREAT.
UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S AREAS THAT IT SETTLES AND, AND IT'S, IT'S, IT'S GOOD.
SO I GUESS I'M A LITTLE SURPRISED ABOUT THE CONVERSATION 'CAUSE I THOUGHT WE ALREADY HAD IT.
UM, I WOULD CAUTION ABOUT LIMITING SURFACE PARKING IN THE AREA.
YOU KNOW, IF YOU DRIVE UP AND DOWN RIVERSIDE DRIVE ON ANY GIVEN DAY, MOST OF THE PARKING SPOTS, PARTICULARLY ON THE WEST SIDE OF RIVERSIDE DRIVE, ARE NORMALLY OCCUPIED BY SERVICE VEHICLES OF SOME SORT, PAINTERS AND PLUMBERS AND, UH, ANYTHING LIKE THAT BECAUSE THEY DON'T FIT IN THE GARAGES.
AND SO WE HAVE TO HAVE SOMEWHERE FOR THE,
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YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE, THAT, THAT LIVE IN THE BRIDGE PARK BUILDING EXISTING, RIGHT.MANY OF THEIR SERVICE VEHICLES PARKED BEHIND THEIR, BECAUSE THEY CAN'T GET IN AND OUT OF THE GARAGE, UM, RIGHT THERE.
AND THE ONLY OTHER SURFACE PARKING AVAILABLE IS ON THE DARBY LOT.
SO I DO THINK THAT WE NEED TO INTRODUCE SOME PARKING TO THE AREA, UM, UH, JUST, JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE CONSTANTLY GOING TO HAVE SOME SORT OF SERVICE VEHICLE COME, PLUMBERS, PAINTERS, YOU NAME IT.
UM, I DO RECALL AT ONE POINT IN TIME WE HAD THE CONVERSATION OF RIVERVIEW STREET BEING A PEDESTRIAN ONLY STREET.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT EVER HAPPENED WITH THAT CONVERSATION.
UM, BECAUSE THE ACCESS TO THE THREE UNITS, THE THREE HOUSES TO THE SOUTH, THEIR VEHICULAR ACCESS IS FROM THE WEST.
UM, AND THEN THEY HAVE PEDESTRIAN ACCESS FROM THE EAST.
SO I, I THINK MAYBE I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN HEARING ABOUT WHAT THAT CONVERSATION MIGHT BE.
AND THEN AT THE INTERSECTION HERE OF KIND OF THE BLACKSMITH, UM, NORTH STREET AND RIVERVIEW, I AGREE THERE'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE SOMETHING, A PULL OFF AREA THERE FOR DELIVERIES, UM, FOR, UM, UBER LYFT RIDES AND THINGS.
SO I THINK THAT THERE'S GONNA NEED TO BE SOME REDESIGN DONE AROUND THAT INTERSECTION, UM, JUST TO ACCOMMODATE THOSE KINDS OF USES.
UH, AND THEN, UM, THE CANOPY WALK, I, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE DECIDED ON IT.
I THINK IT, UNTIL WE DECIDE THAT THERE, THERE WILL BE A CANOPY WALK THERE, MAYBE WE REMOVE THAT FROM THE DRAWING TO CREATE THE ILLUSION THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE APPROVING.
SO I, I WOULD NOT WANT TO GIVE A STAMP OF APPROVAL ON THIS PLAN THAT HAS A CANOPY WALK THAT WE HAVEN'T VETTED, AND WE KNOW WE HAVE NOTHING ABOUT WHAT THE COST OF ITS CONSTRUCTION WOULD BE AND, AND, UM, HOW THE COMMUNITY WOULD FEEL ABOUT THAT.
UM, SO I, I THINK, UM, I, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SEVERAL ITERATIVE OPPORTUNITIES TO DISCUSS THIS AS WE SEE SOME OF THE THINGS COME BACK.
I, I KNOW YOU PROBABLY NEED DIRECTION ON THE BASE PLAN WITH THE BITUMINOUS ROADWAY NETWORK VERSUS BRICK.
AND SO I GUESS I WILL ASK WHAT, UM, BASSAM, WHAT DO YOU, WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO HAVE TODAY TO KEEP MOVING FORWARD? WE, WE WERE HAVING TO, HOPING TO HAVE SOME DIRECTION BECAUSE THE ENGINEERING RIGHT DIRECTION ON, ON WHICH PARTS SPECIFICALLY YOU NEED TO KNOW THE, THE MATERIAL FOR THE ROADWAYS.
AND WHAT ELSE DO YOU NEED TO KNOW TODAY TO CONTINUE ENGINEERING? THE, UH, I, I THINK UNLESS THERE ARE OTHER ISSUES, LIKE I THINK WE ARE, WE CAN LOOK AT THE DELIVERIES AND THOSE, WE, WE HAVE TAKEN THOSE INTO ACCOUNT, BUT, UH, MOSTLY THE DIRECTION ON THE SURFACE MATERIALS AND THE UH, UH, UH, ON STREET PARKING ON NORTH RIVERVIEW.
OKAY, SO LET'S GO THROUGH AND SURFACE MATERIALS AND ON STREET PARKING AND LET'S GO AHEAD AND GIVE THEM THE FEEDBACK THAT THEY NEED TO KEEP MOVING FORWARD WITH THE ENGINEERING.
AND THEN WE CAN, SOME OF THE FINER DETAILS WE CAN CONTINUE TO REFINE.
SO, UM, I'M GONNA DIG MY HOLE DEEPER HERE, BUT, UH, I THINK ONE OF THE REASONS THAT BRICK WAS RECOMMENDED IS BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO CREATE AN IDENTITY OF SPACE.
UM, IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE SORT OF ITS OWN UNIQUE IDENTITY.
UM, NOT NECESSARILY, UM, IT'S, WELL, IT'S, UH, ADJACENT TO THE REST OF THE HISTORIC DISTRICT JUST TRYING TO CREATE AN ITS OWN, UH, SENSE OF PLACE WITH RESPECT TO BLACKSMITH LANE.
MY CONCERN WITH HAVING ASPHALT, I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT SPEED OF MOTORISTS THAT ARE TRYING TO CUT THROUGH WHEN WE HAVE PEDESTRIANS OR BIKES ON IT.
SO IF IT'S ASPHALT, I WOULD CHARGE YOU TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO SLOW PEOPLE DOWN.
AND MY COMMENT EARLIER ABOUT EUROPE, THEY'VE BEEN SHARING SPACES FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS, SHARING ROADWAYS WITH PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLISTS IS A NEW THING FOR THE UNITED STATES.
SO I'M JUST VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.
UM, I DON'T WANT TO BE PENNY WISE AND POUND FOOLISH WITH RESPECT TO THE COST OF THAT BRICK.
I KNOW I'M OUTNUMBERED AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE ASPHALT.
UM, IF THE DEVELOPER IS WILLING TO, YOU KNOW, PAY THE, PAY THE BILL, WE WILL HAVE MAINTENANCE WITH, WITH RESPECT TO THE BRICK.
I, I AGREE THAT WHAT WE'VE SEEN ON RIVERSIDE DRIVE IS NOT HELD UP.
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IS A DIFFERENT ANIMAL.THE SPEEDS ARE LOWER, THE AMOUNT OF VEHICULAR TRAFFIC IS LOWER.
SO FROM AN IDENTITY STANDPOINT AND A TRAFFIC SPEED MANAGEMENT STANDPOINT, I SUPPORT BRICK.
UM, I, I, AGAIN, I I DON'T HAVE ANY EVIDENCE TO BELIEVE THAT THIS BRICK IS GONNA LOOK GREAT AFTER TWO YEARS.
UM, AND I THINK IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO BIKE AND MANEUVER ON.
SO I WOULD BE MORE SUPPORTIVE OF A ASPHALT STREETS WITH CROSSWALKS THAT CREATE THE IDENTITY.
UM, AND IN THE LANDING WHERE IT'S MORE BRICK, I, I JUST THINK WE'RE GONNA BE PAYING NOW AND TOMORROW AND THE NEXT DAY AND THE NEXT DAY AFTER THAT.
AND FROM A MOBILITY, AGAIN, I, YOU, YOU'RE NOT GONNA RIDE YOUR BIKE ON THOSE SIDEWALKS 'CAUSE THOSE SIDEWALKS ARE GONNA HAVE PEOPLE, YOU HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO SHARE THE, THE ROAD, UH, IN THESE SMALL, AND THAT'S FINE.
BUT, UM, I, I WOULD FEEL BETTER AS A BIKER TO SAY THAT WE ARE GONNA PUT ASPHALT IN THERE.
UM, AS TO THE PARKING, WE HAVE TO HAVE SOME PARKING FOR, I THINK WE DO FOR WHERE WE ARE.
UM, IF WE THINK THE THREE HOUR IS GONNA STOP, I, IT HASN'T STOPPED IT, ANY OF IT HAPPENING OVER IN BRIDGE PARK, RIGHT? THEY'RE GONNA PARK THERE.
SO IF WE'RE NOT GOING TO MONITOR IT AND MANAGE IT AND WRITE TICKETS FOR IT, IT, THAT'S PROBLEMATIC.
IF WE'RE WILLING TO WRITE TICKETS FOR IT, I THINK IT COULD BE VERY USEFUL.
SO I'D BE SUPPORTIVE OF IT, BUT THAT'S AN ADDITIONAL COST FOR US.
SO, UM, I, I'D BE SUPPORTIVE OF ASPHALT.
I, I LIKE THE IDEA OF HAVING SOME DEMARCATIONS FOR CROSSWALKS AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I HEARD FROM KATHY AND, AND JOHN.
UM, NOT THAT I DON'T DIS THAT I DISAGREE WITH ANDY PER SE.
UM, I JUST, I REALLY STRUGGLE WITH THE LONG-TERM MAINTENANCE OF IT.
UM, AND AS FAR AS PARKING IS CONCERNED, I COULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF RESTRICTED PARKING.
NOW, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, WHETHER IT'S ALL, UH, HANDICAPPED PARKING OR HANDICAP, A MIX OF HANDICAP AND DELIVERY, UM, I THINK THOSE ARE GOOD POINTS THAT THAT CAN BE MADE.
UM, BUT THE IDEA WOULD BE TO REALLY DISCOURAGE THAT ALL DAY PARKING, UM, IN WHATEVER WAY THAT WOULD BE.
SO I WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF SOME KIND OF RESTRICTED PARKING.
UH, SO YEAH, I, I, I ALREADY SAID I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THE ASPHALT, THE, UM, BRICK PAVERS FOR THE, UM, SIDEWALKS, CROSSWALKS, UM, AND THE LANDING, LIKE, YEAH.
SO I THINK THE, I THINK WE CAN MAKE THAT IDENTITY THAT ANDY WAS SPEAKING ABOUT AT THE, WHERE THE KIOSK AND THE LANDING IN THAT AREA.
UM, YOU KNOW, THAT WE CAN USE BRICK PAVERS OR AN IDENTITY THERE.
'CAUSE THERE, I THINK THERE WAS SOME SIGNAGE THEY WERE GONNA PUT THERE.
LIKE I SAID, RIVERVIEW SOMETHING.
UM, BUT ASPHALT FOR THE STREETS, AND AS FOR PARKING, I BELIEVE WE NEED IT, BUT IT DOES NEED TO BE RESTRICTED PARK.
I, I, I THINK WE ARE, THIS AREA IS VERY LACKING IN THE DROP OFF DELIVERY IN A DA, YOU KNOW, THE, THAT PARKING.
SO I THINK IT WOULD BE LIMITED PARKING.
OH, I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T REALIZE THIS WAS ON.
I LIKE THE LOOK OF THE BRICK, BUT I THINK THERE'S A, A GOOD COMPROMISE THAT CAN BE MADE HERE BECAUSE DESIGN IS EVERYTHING, RIGHT? SO WHERE WE MIGHT SAVE MONEY IN THIS $800,000 WHERE WE THOUGHT WE WOULD GO TO OPTION TWO, THERE'S ABILITIES TO CREATE GREAT ENTRANCE WAYS, UM, IDENTITIES FROM THE STREET THAT YOU'RE MOVING IN A DIRECTION.
AND IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A BRICK, UM, PAVEMENT.
IT CAN BE ASPHALT WITH A LOT OF GREAT DESIGN UTILIZING HISTORIC DISTRICT BRICK.
MY CONCERN IS NOT WHETHER OR NOT WE HAVE A BRICK, UM, STREET.
MY CONCERN IS THAT WHEN YOU'RE ON HIGH STREET, THERE IS SOMETHING REALLY SPECIAL DOWN THERE THAT YOU NEED TO GO SEE.
AND THAT'S WHERE THE PARK IS, THAT'S WHERE THE VILLAGE IS.
AND GREAT DESIGN CAN TAKE YOU THERE.
SO CHANGE FOR ME, TAKE THOSE DOLLARS AND THINK ABOUT A DIFFERENT WAY TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO COME.
I DO WORRY THAT IF YOU TAKE BRICK ALL THE WAY UP BLACKSMITH TO 1 61, YOU'RE GOING TO ENCOURAGE A LOT OF TRAFFIC DOWN THAT ALLEY, WHICH I DON'T THINK YOU REALLY WANT.
SO FOR ME, UM, I WORRY THAT IN FRONT OF, OF, UM, THE VILLAGE AND THE KIOSK, IT WON'T LOOK EUROPEAN ENOUGH UNLESS WE DO SOMETHING WARM AND INVITING THAT BRICK AND THE WARMTH THE BRICK DOES.
SO I CHALLENGE YOU TO GO BACK AND MIX UP THE BRICK AND THE ASPHALT AND COME BACK WITH A GREAT DESIGN.
OKAY, JOHN? YEAH, I JUST WANNA AGAIN, SAY THAT PAST, THROUGH THE, UH, SOUTH OF WING HILL LANE, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE HAVE PUT PRIVATE,
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A PRIVATE AREA THAT MAKES SURE THAT THIS WHOLE IDEA SORT OF STOPS THERE AND IT BECOMES OBVIOUS THAT YOU TURN UP WING HILL TO GET BACK TO BLACKSMITH LANE.'CAUSE I CAN SEE THIS AS A CONSTANT CIRCLE OF TRAFFIC.
THERE'S NO PARKING, YOU DON'T HAVE A PLACE TO GO, AND YOU JUST KEEP SO, AND, AND, AND TO SEND PEOPLE UP TO A, UM, DEAD END BECAUSE YOU PAVED IT ALL THE WAY IN BRICK.
SO THAT PART OF IT, I THINK ALSO BACK TO THE, I I, I AGREE IT SHOULD BE BRICK, TRIMMED, BRICK, SIDEWALK, SIDEWALKS, BRICK, PEDESTRIAN, STREET CROSSINGS, ASPHALT, PROBABLY EVERYWHERE ELSE.
AND I DON'T KNOW, YOU GUYS ARE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS, SO THERE IS DYED ASPHALT TOO.
SOMETIMES YOU CAN BLEND THAT IN.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS WANT TO USE THAT PARTICULAR MATERIAL OR NOT, BECAUSE WE'VE ALL USED IT AND HAD DIFFERENT KINDS OF REACTIONS TO IT, BUT THERE'S OTHER SOLUTIONS MAYBE.
BUT, UH, I I, I JUST DON'T THINK IT SHOULD BE ALL PAVERS AND THERE'S JUST TOO MUCH TROUBLE WITH 'EM.
AND, UH, YOU BETTER BE SWEEPING SAND IN THEM EVERY SIX MONTHS AND YOU, BECAUSE OF THE CAR TIRE PRESSURES WHEN CRACKS 'EM, SO YOU GOTTA BE ON 'EM ALL THE TIME, IT SEEMS LIKE TO MAKE 'EM WORK.
THEN THERE'S OTHER OPTIONS THAT THE EUROPEANS USE, AND I DON'T THINK YOU'VE GOT INTO THAT, AND THAT'D BE LARGER COBBLE SET AND MORTAR AND STUFF, BUT I HAVEN'T SEEN A LOT OF THAT AROUND HERE AT ALL.
UM, I, I'LL JUST SAY I'M, I'M FOR THE STANDARD HISTORIC DISTRICT GUIDELINES IN, IN THE DEVELOPMENT AREA.
SO IT'S THE, THE BRICK ON THE SIDEWALKS.
AND, AND AGAIN, IF WE NEED A SHARE OR SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE IN BRICK, I, I WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF THAT.
UM, I, AND FOR ME, IT, I WANNA BE VERY CLEAR, IT'S NOT ABOUT MONEY, IT'S JUST ABOUT THE ABILITY TO KEEP IT LOOKING NICE OVER THE COURSE OF TIME.
I, I WOULD RATHER SPEND ANOTHER $800,000 ON A BEAUTIFUL PLAZA RIGHT THERE AT THE CORNER AND MAKE THAT FEEL FANTASTIC TO SEE LIKE, OH MY GOODNESS, THERE IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PIECE OF ARCHITECTURE I SEE DOWN THE END OF THIS HILL.
IT'S NOT ABOUT MONEY, IT'S ABOUT WHAT, WHAT CAN WE REALLY MAKE LOOK GOOD OVER THE LONG HAUL? AND I JUST DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S, I WOULD RATHER SPEND, AGAIN, IT'S NOT ABOUT MONEY.
I WOULD RATHER SPEND IT ON THE GAZEBO OR WHATEVER, PERGOLA OR WHATEVER WE'RE CALLING THAT, THAT LITTLE SQUARE AND MAKE THAT FANTASTIC.
UM, THAT'S WHERE, THAT'S WHERE I WOULD DO MY SPEND.
UM, SO YOU, YOU HAVE THE DIRECTION THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR OUT OF THIS TONIGHT.
UH, WE HAVE A LOT OF GROUND LEFT TO COVER AND IT'S NEARLY 11 O'CLOCK.
[Finance Committee Recommendation - Awarding 2025 Hotel/Motel Tax Grants]
US TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE 2025 HOTEL MOTEL TAX GRANTS.AND OUR STAFF REPORT WILL BE GIVEN BY EMILY GOVER.
MEMBERS OF COUNCIL AT ITS JULY 1ST, 2024 MEETING, CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED A POLICY FOR REVIEWING HOTEL MOTEL, TAX GRANT APPLICATIONS AND FOR AWARDING GRANTS.
THE POLICY PROVIDES A FORMULA AND OBJECTIVE PROCESS FOR AWARDING GRANTS BASED ON ESTABLISHED PRIORITIES.
THE FINANCE COMMITTEE REVIEWED APPLICATIONS FOR THE 2025 HOTEL MOTEL TAX GRANT AT ITS OCTOBER 22ND MEETING AS PART OF THE 2025 OPERATING BUDGET ADOPTED EARLIER THIS EVENING.
COUNCIL IS BUDGETING $234,000 FOR GRANTS NEXT YEAR.
THE COMMITTEE REVIEWED 25 GRANT APPLICATIONS, WHICH INCLUDED APPLICATIONS FROM NEW TWO NEW PREVIOUSLY UNFUNDED ORGANIZATIONS FOR A TOTAL OF $379,000, UM, APPROXIMATELY IN REQUESTS USING THE ADOPTED POLICY.
THE COMMITTEE IS RECOMMENDING THAT CITY COUNCIL ADOPT THE FUNDING ALLOCATIONS LISTED ON YOUR SCREEN, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
WANNA TAKE A MOMENT IF THERE'S ANYONE PRESENT FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS TOPIC? HEARING NONE COUNCIL QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION? I ONLY HAD ONE QUESTION.
UM, IS THAT THE 3 79? IS THAT LIKE THE HIGHEST NUMBER WE'VE EVER HAD REQUESTED IS, ARE WE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD? IT'S, IT'S PROBABLY THE SECOND HIGHEST LAST YEAR WE HAD A LITTLE BIT MORE REQUESTED, UM, BUT IT'S, IT WAS AROUND THAT.
AND SO THE ONLY QUESTION, AND I'M CERTAIN THAT THE COMMITTEE HAD THAT TO THINK ABOUT NEXT YEAR IS IT SEEMS LIKE IF YOU COME, YOU GET MONEY, EVERYBODY GOT SOME MONEY, AND, UM, IF WE CONTINUE TO GROW THEIR REQUEST, ARE WE, ARE WE MINIMIZING THE IMPACT BECAUSE WE'RE SPREADING THE DOLLARS? YOU KNOW, AND I I'M SEEING HEAD NODS, SO I KNOW YOU GUYS SPOKE ABOUT THAT.
WE DON'T HAVE, UM, I JUST THINK MOVING FORWARD, IF THIS IS WHERE WE ARE, I'M WONDERING IF NO IS AN OKAY ANSWER SO THAT WE CAN FUND ADEQUATELY.
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THE GROUP, WHAT THE DISCUSSION WAS ON THAT.SO WE USE, WE WE'RE TRYING TO USE MORE, UM, QUANTITATIVE METHODS NOW.
BUT SORT OF THE SUBJECTIVE OVERLAY IS HOW MANY YEARS HAVE YOU BEEN DOING THIS? AND TO WHAT DEGREE ARE YOU SUSTAINABLE? UM, HOW ARE YOU, UM, GOING OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY TO ASK FOR MONEY FROM OTHER ENTITIES OTHER THAN THE CITY? THE OTHER THING, IF YOU, IF YOU LOOKED AT SOME OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS AND THE TREND LINE FOR THEM OVER THE YEARS, IT'S BEEN CONSISTENTLY FALLING.
SO WE'VE ESSENTIALLY BEEN CUTTING BACK ON SOME OF THE ONES THAT WE'VE BEEN GIVING MONEY TO YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR IN FAVOR OF HELPING OUT THE ONES THAT ARE JUST TRYING TO GET STARTED.
AND I THINK THE OTHER THING THAT WE'VE DONE IS, UM, INTO THE RUBRIC AND THE RULES THAT, THAT WE BUILT, WE ACTUALLY DID BUILD IN, UM, SOME GUARDRAILS, IF YOU WILL, TO SAY, HEY, AFTER X NUMBER OF YEARS, IF YOU'VE COME TO REQUEST THIS AND YOU'VE NOT SHOWN US THIS, UM, RECIPROCITY, IF YOU WILL, THAT, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO CONSIDER.
SO, 'CAUSE TO YOUR POINT EXACTLY, IT GETS DILUTED.
IF WE CAN'T, IF WE'RE TRYING TO GIVE EVERYBODY SOMETHING AND EVERYBODY ENDS UP WITH FIVE BUCKS, HOW MUCH GOOD IS THAT ACTUALLY DOING? THAT'S MY THANK YOU.
I MEAN, SOME OF THESE THAT AREN'T HEADS AND BEDS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CONTINUE TO FUND THAT SHOULD BE ABLE TO FIND ITS OWN FUNDING SOURCES.
THERE SHOULD BE, YOU KNOW, OTHER OPPORTUNITIES THERE.
SO, UH, I GUESS I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE HOTEL MOTEL TAX GRANTS AWARD PER THE FINANCE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION.
JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE VICE MAYOR LUDO? YES.
[Request to Refer the Community Health Needs Assessment Draft Strategic Action Plan to Council’s Advisory Committees for Review and Feedback]
US TO THE REQUEST TO REFER THE COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT TO THE ADVISORY COMMITTEES FOR REVIEW AND FEEDBACK.AND OUR STAFF REPORT WILL BE FROM MEGAN OOC CALLAHAN.
GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
STAFF RECENTLY PROVIDED AN UPDATE ON THE COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND DRAFT STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN TO COUNCIL FOR REVIEW AND FEEDBACK.
BASED ON ALL OF THE DATA WE'VE HAD, UM, FOUR PRIORITY HEALTH NEEDS WERE IDENTIFIED AND WE'VE HAD WORKING GROUPS WORKING ON THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN FOCUSED ON EACH NEED AND THEY'VE BEEN MEETING FOR THE PAST SIX MONTHS.
FOLLOWING UP ON OUR DISCUSSION AT COUNCIL'S RETREAT, ENGAGING WITH COUNCIL'S ADVISORY COMMITTEES PRESENTS A VALUABLE OPPORTUNITY TO ENHANCE THIS WORK WITH A BROAD RANGE, BROAD RANGE OF PERSPECTIVES.
AND THEREFORE STAFF RECOMMENDS COUNCIL REFER THE TOPIC TO OF THE COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT DRAFT STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN TO THE ADVISORY COMMITTEES FOR REVIEW AND FEEDBACK.
UH, IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS TOPIC? HEARING NONE.
UH, COUNCIL THOUGHTS? THE ONLY THING I MIGHT ADD IS WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO HAVE A JOINT REPORT BACK INSTEAD OF INDIVIDUAL FEEDBACK? SO, UM, ALL THE GROUPS WORK ON IT.
A COMBINED SET OF RECOMMENDATIONS I, I THINK WOULD BE MOST EXCELLENT.
SO THEN THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR WHAT EACH OTHER SAID.
SO THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD BE MY ONLY, SO THEY WOULD VET IT WITH EACH OTHER AND THEN COLLECTIVELY BRING ONE REPORT TO US.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE LOVELY IF, IF IT'S DOABLE.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT MY COLLEAGUES THINK, BUT, OKAY.
SO WITH THAT, I'D MAKE A MOTION.
DO YOU, ARE YOU LOOKING FOR A MOTION, PLEASE? I'M LOOKING FOR ANYTHING.
REFER TO THE ADVISORIES AND TO BRING BACK A JOINT RECOMMENDATION.
DOES THAT, DOES THAT HOLD FOR THE TOPIC? AND NOW WE NEED TO MAKE A MOTION FOR, OKAY.
UM, THEN I WILL MAKE A MOTION, UH, TO APPROVE, UH, TO, UM, MAKE MOTION TO APPROVE THE AMENDED MOTION.
IS THAT HOW YOU'D LIKE THAT WORDED? JENNY, YOU WANNA REFER IT TO, OH, THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
SO THE MOTION HAS BEEN AMENDED NOW THE MOTION, I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO REFER THIS TO THE COMMISSIONS FOR THEIR, UM, WEIGH IN AND ADVICE.
WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL VICE MAYOR LUDO? YES.
[STAFF COMMENTS]
US TO THE STAFF COMMENTS, UH, PORTION OF OUR AGENDA.I DO HAVE A FEW COMMENTS THAT ARE TIMELY, BEGINNING WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM IS HOSTING TWO INTERNATIONAL
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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL EVALUATORS FROM TEXAS AND MISSOURI FOR OUR ACCREDITED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION EVALUATION.THEY'RE HERE TODAY AND TOMORROW.
THIS IS PART OF OUR RE-ACCREDITATION PROCESS THAT WE ADDITIONALLY RECEIVED A 2021.
THEY'RE MEETING WITH A VARIETY OF INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL DEVELOPMENT STAKEHOLDERS TO LEARN ABOUT OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY AND PROCESSES.
I DID HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEND SOME TIME WITH THEM TODAY, AND THEY HAD EXTREMELY POSITIVE FEEDBACK THUS FAR IN THEIR VISIT AND THEY APPRECIATED THE HOSPITALITY.
WE ARE CURRENTLY ONE OF, UM, ONLY A HUNDRED ACCREDITATION ACCREDITED ORGANIZATIONS IN THE WORLD, AND THAT'S OUT OF ABOUT 5,000 ORGANIZATIONS.
SO I'D LIKE TO THANK JEREMIAH AND THE ENTIRE TEAM FOR ALL THEIR WORK TO CONTINUE OUR ACCREDITED STATUS, AND ALSO FOR COUNCIL'S VISION AND SUPPORT OF OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS AND TACTICS FOR OUR SANITARY SEWER LINING AND REPAIR 2024 PROJECT.
THE CITY'S CONTRACTED WITH UNITED SURVEY TO PERFORM SANITARY SEWER LINING AND REPAIRS WITHIN THE FOLLOWING NEIGHBORHOODS.
WE HAVE ASHERTON DUBLIN SHIRE, ARLINGTON VILLAGE, INDIAN RUN, MEADOWS VILLAGE AT ARLINGTON WOODS OF DUBLIN SHIRE.
AND THE WOODS OF INDIAN RUN WORK WILL BE OCCURRING FROM THIS MONTH THROUGH MAY OF 25, AND IT WILL IMPACT APPRO APPROXIMATELY 870 PROPERTY OWNERS WHO WILL RECEIVE FOUR OR MORE NOTIFICATIONS THROUGHOUT THE DURATION OF THE PROS PROJECT WITH INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO, UM, ACCOMMODATE THAT WORK.
SO STAFF HAS ALSO SET UP A PROJECT WEBSITE TO SHARE MORE DETAILS WITH THOSE IMPACTED RESIDENTS.
ALSO, JEROME TOWNSHIPS IN THE FINAL STAGES OF UPDATING THEIR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WITH, WHICH WAS LAST UPDATED IN 2008, THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH MKSK, WHO HAS COMPILED A DRAFT OF THEIR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PLANNING STAFF HAS BEEN ACTIVELY MONITORING THAT PROCESS.
THEY ATTENDED TWO PUBLIC OPEN HOUSES AND THEY'VE REVIEWED THE ENTIRE DRAFT.
WE REVIEWED THE DRAFT PLAN WITH AN EYE ON COMPATIBILITY BETWEEN THEIR DRAFT AND OUR ENVISION DUBLIN COMMUNITY PLAN.
AND WE DO HAVE SOME FEEDBACK THAT WE WILL BE PROVIDING THE TOWNSHIP PRIMARILY REGARDING LAND USE AND INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND WE'RE ALSO TAKING THE OPPORTUNITY TO EMPHASIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF REGIONAL COLLABORATION.
I EARLIER THIS EVENING, PROVIDED COUNSEL WITH A DRAFT OF THE LETTER, UM, VIA EMAIL THAT I'D LIKE TO PROVIDE TO THE TOWNSHIP.
AND I'M ALSO SHARING OUR FEEDBACK WITH THE SCHOOLS FOR THEIR AWARENESS OF THE TOWNSHIP PLANS AS WELL.
UM, THE TOWNSHIP INDICATES THE PLAN WILL TENTATIVELY BE ADOPTED IN EARLY FIRST QUARTER OF 2025.
THE DOWNTOWN DUBLIN STRATEGIC ALLIANCE IS ONCE AGAIN COORDINATING A UNIFIED NIGHT TO LIGHT UP DOWNTOWN DUBLIN, HISTORIC DUBLIN, RIVERSIDE CROSSING PARK AND BRIDGE PARK WILL BE TURNING ON THEIR HOLIDAY LIGHTS ON NOVEMBER 21ST, ALTOGETHER TO MARK THE UNOFFICIAL START OF THE HOLIDAY SEASON.
I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S ALREADY HERE.
THE ICE RINK AT RIVERSIDE CROSSING PARK WILL ALSO BE OPENING THAT SAME DAY TO BEGIN ITS FOURTH SEASON AND NEW THIS YEAR.
WE WILL ALSO HAVE NIGHTLY LIGHT SHOWS THAT WILL BE 30 MINUTES IN DURATION AND THEY WILL BE RUNNING ON A LOOP TO HELP CELEBRATE THE SEASON.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE TEAM FOR LEADING THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND FOR ALL OF THE PARTNERS TO, UM, COOPERATE AND, UH, WORK TOGETHER FOR THAT PLAN.
THE REMAINDER OF THE HOLIDAY LIGHTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY WILL BE LIT WITH THE TREE LIGHTING EVENT ON DECEMBER 5TH, INCLUDING KAUFFMAN PARK, CITY HALL AND THE DEVELOPMENT BUILDING.
AND THEN FINALLY, OUR TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY WILL AGAIN TAKE PLACE IN OCTOBER OR IN IN OCTOBER.
WHAT TIME IS IT IN KAUFMAN PARK NEAR THE PAVILION AND COUNCIL WILL HELP SANTA LIGHT, THE HEADLEY TREE.
THE EVENT TIMES HAVE BEEN ADJUSTED SLIGHTLY AND WILL RUN FROM FIVE 30 TO SEVEN 30, AND THE CEREMONY WILL START AT 6:15 PM AND THAT CONCLUDES MY COMMENTS, AND I'D LIKE TO WISH EVERYBODY A HAPPY THANKSGIVING.
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LIAISON REPORTS.I'LL START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER DEROSA WITH THE 33 CORRIDOR GROUP AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
THANK THANK YOU, MS. FOX, 33 CORRIDOR GROUP BOARD OF EDUCATION.
WE HAVE A MEETING THIS WEEK WITH THE, UH, BOARD OF EDUCATION, MR. KEELER BOARD OF EDUCATION, LOGAN UNION, CHAMPAGNE REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION, AND THE SPORTS OHIO STEERING COMMITTEE.
I GOT NOTHING MR. REINER, WITH THE ARTS COUNCIL.
THE, UH, EMERGENCE, UM, FINAL, UM, CALL FOR THE NEXT GENERATION OF DUBLIN ARTISTS.
OUR, OUR YOUTH IS, UH, GONNA BE CLOSING ON DECEMBER THE SIXTH, AND THAT DISPLAY WILL RUN FROM JANUARY 11TH TO FEBRUARY 27TH.
AND I JUST WANNA SAY WITH A GREAT REGRET THAT, UM, SOMEBODY WHO'S BEEN WITH US FOR 20 YEARS, UM, UH, DR.
UM, DAVE GUION IS GONNA RETIRE, AND, UH, HE BROUGHT MANY EXCITING CULTURAL ENTERTAINMENT TO OUR CITY.
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IT WAS AMAZING.I THINK, YOU KNOW, FOR A SMALL CITY, I WAS ALWAYS IMPRESSED WHEN I PICKED UP THE NEWSPAPER AND THE ART SECTION IN THERE WAS DUBLIN.
I DON'T KNOW HOW HE DID THAT OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN, COMPETING WITH LARGER CITIES, LARGER VENUES.
HE DID A MAGNIFICENT JOB, UM, LEADING THE CITY IN THIS, IN THIS FIELD.
AND IF YOU THINK ABOUT, UM, SOME OF THE GREAT PUBLIC ART THAT WAS CREATED HERE AND THE GARDEN PARTY AND ALL THE OTHER PROJECTS SUNDAY AT THE SCIOTO, UH, ENDLESS ART SHOWS, UM, RIVER BOXES AND ON AND ON IT GOES.
UM, THINGS HE BROUGHT TO ELEVATE, UM, THE CITIZENS HERE TO A HIGHER STANDARD, UM, HAS BEEN AMAZING.
DAVE FOR MAKING THE ARTS COME ALIVE FOR THE CITIZENS OF DUBLIN.
I I WILL JUST ADD, UH, MOREI, WE HAD OUR, UH, MEETING THIS WEEK AND WE HAD A LUNCHEON PRIOR TO THAT WHERE WE HOSTED STEVE STEINHOWER, UH, WHO IS THE CEO OF HUNTINGTON BANK, WHO GAVE A REALLY, UM, A REALLY GREAT PERSPECTIVE OF THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY ON THE DEVELOPMENT TRENDS OF THE REGION AND TALKED ABOUT THE REGIONALITY THAT IS, UM, THAT IS CENTRAL OHIO AND THE ROLE THAT THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY WISHES TO PLAY IN THAT.
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UH, WE WILL GO AHEAD TO ROUND TABLE.I WILL START DOWN HERE IN MY FAR RIGHT COUNCIL MEMBER CRAM
I DIDN'T REALLY HAVE ANYTHING FOR MY LISA LIAISON, BUT I DO WANNA THANK OUR FOR ARCHITECTURE REVIEW BOARD.
DIDN'T I? WE'RE, I WANTED TO A THANK THEM FOR WE FINALLY APPROVED THE HISTORIC DISTRICT GUIDELINES.
WE DID THE CODE LAST TIME, SO WE'VE WRAPPED THAT UP THIS YEAR.
I WANNA THANK THEM FOR ALL THEIR WORK.
I ALSO WANNA THANK OUR CHAIR, SEAN KOTTER, WHO HAS DECIDED TO ATTEND FOR THE LONGEST MEETING OF OUR YEARS SO FAR, AND IS STAYING UNTIL THE END.
I'M ASSUMING YOU CAME FOR THE RIVERVIEW VILLAGE, BUT HAVE, HE'S STILL HERE AT 11 O'CLOCK.
HE WILL QUESTION HIS DECISION MAKING LATER
BUT THANK YOU FOR, UM, FOR ATTENDING
WELL, YES, WE KNOW HOW MUCH YOU MAKE FOR YOUR ARCHITECTURE REVIEW, BOARD CHAIR ROLE THERE.
UM, AND THEN A SHOUT OUT TO THE WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, THE POINTA SALE THAT IS FOR HONOR FLIGHT.
IT ENDS ON THURSDAY, SO YOU CAN STILL GET YOUR ORDERS IN FOR THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS.
UM, YOU CAN GO ONLINE AND ORDER THOSE AND ALL PROCEEDS SUPPORT ON OUR FLIGHT.
AND THEN, UM, FOR ROUND TABLE, I JUST WANNA DO A SHOUT OUT TO THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
WE HAD OUR ANNUAL MEETING LAST NIGHT, AND SO THEY, THE MUSEUM HAS BEEN OPEN FOR FIVE WEEKENDS NOW.
THEY'RE OPEN ON FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAYS.
UM, AND THEY HAVE IN FIVE WEEKENDS.
THEY'VE HAD 1,368 VISITORS ALREADY.
SO IT IS JUST AMAZING THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE AND, AND THEY WERE VERY APPRECIATIVE LAST NIGHT TO THE CITY.
THEY THANK THE CITY FOR ALL THE SUPPORT.
THEY THANK LINDSAY FOR HELPING WITH MARKETING.
UM, ALL SORTS OF STAFF FROM THE CITY HAS STEPPED UP AND, AND HELPED THEM.
AND, UH, THEY WANTED TO EXTEND THEIR THANKS.
UM, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT, UM, LINDSAY WEISER AND I ATTENDED THE FAREWELL RECEPTION FOR COUNCIL GENERAL SHINDO AND HIS WIFE IN DETROIT WHO ARE RETURNING TO JAPAN AND THEN AWAITING THEIR NEXT, UH, ASSIGNMENT.
AND THANK HIM SO VERY MUCH FOR THE FRIENDSHIP, THE TIME HE'S SPENT HERE, THE ADVICE HE'S GIVEN US, THE MENTORSHIP, AND ALL THE HELP HE'S DONE BECAUSE I THINK, UM, HE PROBABLY VISITED MORE THAN ANYONE.
SO IT WAS A WONDERFUL EVENING.
AND WE JUST WANNA THANK HIM FROM THE BOTTOM OF OUR HEARTS FOR THE TIME HE GAVE US.
JOHN, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE TIME YOU PUT IN TO CREATE THAT RELATIONSHIP AND WORK ON THAT RELATIONSHIP.
SO, MR. KOTTER, ALL OF OUR MEETINGS ARE THIS LONG
YOU HAVE SOME BIG SHOES TO FILL.
UM, I THINK, UH, WE HEARD THE WORD SPECIAL A FEW TIMES TONIGHT, AND HE REALLY HAS MADE IT SPECIAL.
UM, KIRBY, THANK YOU, THANK YOU TO, FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE, AND I WISH YOU AND YOUR FAMILY ALL THE VERY BEST.
UM, AND HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE.
A BIG THANK YOU TO DAVID GOON.
HE'S BEEN AN AMAZING PARTNER FOR THE CITY.
KIRBY, THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK.
I KNOW YOU'RE GONNA SHINE, UM, WITH YOUR FUTURE AND A VERY HAPPY AND SAFE THANKSGIVING TO EVERYONE.
ON NOVEMBER THE SIXTH, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, BE WITH THE BAILEY ELEMENTARY STUDENTS.
UM, ON THE SEVENTH WE HAD OUR MORSEY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING TO SET THE AGENDA, UM, ON THE EIGHTH.
THANK YOU STAFF FOR YOUR TIME, FOR OUR DAY LONG, EXCUSE ME, OUR DAY LONG RETREAT.
UH, AND OUR, THE FRUITFUL OUTCOME OF THAT WILL BE, UM, WILL BE FORTHCOMING.
UH, ON THE NINTH I ATTENDED THE ALL ABOARD OHIO, UH, SYMPOSIUM.
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GREAT THINGS AS WE CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT RAIL ON THE 11TH.THANK YOU TO THE VETERANS COMMITTEE AND ALL OF THE VETERANS THAT CALL DUBLIN HOME.
WE CERTAINLY HAD A WONDERFUL TIME HONORING YOU AT THIS CEREMONY.
AND, AND THANKS FOR ALL THE WORK THAT WENT INTO THAT.
UH, ON THE 12TH, MEGAN AND I ATTENDED THE CENTRAL OHIO PASSENGER RAIL MEETING AT MORSEY, AND THOSE CONVERSATIONS CONTINUE TO, UM, HELP FORM WHAT THE FUTURE OF RAIL MIGHT BE IN OUR REGION.
UM, ON THE 13TH, I HAD THE OHIO MAYOR'S ALLIANCE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE.
UM, I HAVE BEEN, UM, I HAVE BEEN APPOINTED AS THE VICE OR AS THE, UH, CO-CHAIR WITH KRISTEN, UH, GAIL, THE MAYOR OF EUCLID, OHIO, TO, UM, TO CHAIR THE PUBLIC POLICY ROUND TABLE FOR THE OHIO MAYORS ALLIANCE.
UH, WE HAVE ESTABLISHED FIVE, UM, GUIDING PRINCIPLES FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR, OF WHICH WE WILL HOPE TO, UM, LOOK TO MAKE SOME MOVEMENT IN THOSE SPACES.
I'M HAPPY TO SHARE THOSE IF YOU HAVE INTEREST.
UM, MEGAN AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY ALSO ON THE 13TH TO INTERVIEW, UH, MAGISTRATES.
SO YOU'LL SEE SOME LEGISLATION COMING FORWARD RELATIVE TO THAT.
CERTAINLY WANNA THANK STAFF AND ALL OF THE FOLKS THAT ATTENDED OUR EVENING OF GRATITUDE ON THE 13TH.
IT WAS REALLY ANOTHER LOVELY CELEBRATION AND A WONDERFUL TIME TO BE TOGETHER.
UM, AND THEN I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY, UH, MATT AND, AND LINDSAY AND I ATTENDED ON THE 14TH, THE DUB VISIT DUBLIN VOTERS CHOICE AWARD.
WE, UH, WERE ASSOCIATED WITH THREE AWARDS FOR THE DUBLIN LINK BRIDGE, THE INDIAN RUN FALLS PARK, AND THE LEATHER LIPS, UH, PUBLIC ART INSTALLATION.
ALSO WOULD LIKE TO, UM, WISH DAVE GION ALL THE BEST.
UM, CERTAINLY WA WAS A SURPRISE TO RECEIVE THAT INFORMATION, BUT, UM, DO WISH HIM ALL THE BEST IN KIRBY.
UH, YOU'RE GOING TO ODOT, BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF ODOT THINGS GOING ON AROUND HERE.
SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET TO SEE YOU, UM, FREQUENTLY.
AND WE CERTAINLY WISH YOU GOD'S SPEED IN YOUR NEW ENDEAVORS AND ARE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE IN YOUR TENURE HERE AT THE CITY OF DUBLIN.
AND WITH THAT, IF THERE'S NOTHING FURTHER, WE WILL STAND ADJOURNED.