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[CALL TO ORDER]
IS FIVE O'CLOCK.I WILL CALL THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF MONDAY, JANUARY 13TH TO ORDER.
JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE VICE MAYOR LUDO? HERE.
[ADJOURNMENT TO EXECUTIVE SESSION]
I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN TO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE CONFERENCES WITH AN ATTORNEY FOR THE PUBLIC BODY CONCERNING DISPUTES INVOLVING THE PUBLIC BODY THAT ARE SUBJECT TO PENDING OR IMMINENT COURT ACTION.THE CONSIDERATION OF PURCHASE OF PUBLIC PROPERTY FOR PUBLIC PURPOSES AND PERSONNEL MATTERS RELATING TO THE EMPLOYMENT OF A PUBLIC EMPLOYEE.
JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE MR. ROSA? YES.
UH, REMIND THE PUBLIC THAT WE WILL RECONVENE IN THIS LOCATION AT 7:00 PM THANK YOU.
[RECONVENE (7 P.M.)]
OKAY.IT IS 7:00 PM AND WE WILL RECONVENE THE MONDAY, JANUARY 13TH, 2025.
REGULAR DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
UH, JANE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE? THANK YOU.
UM, THIS, WE ARE NOW TO 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, IF YOU HAD OPPORTUNITY TO SIGN IN AT THE KIOSK, THAT'S GREAT.
IF NOT, WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME.
[CONSENT AGENDA]
ITEM IS OUR CONSENT AGENDA.IS THERE A REQUEST TO MOVE ANY ITEM FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA? HEARING NONE.
I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.
JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE MR. KEELER? YES.
[Resolution 01-25]
OKAY.UH, THIS WILL BRING US TO THE INTRODUCTION, PUBLIC HEARING VOTE RESOLUTION RESOLUTION ZERO ONE DASH 25, ADOPTING THE CITY OF DUBLIN SCHOOLS FOR 2025.
OUR STAFF REPORT WILL BE, UH, BROUGHT FORWARD BY KENDALL BLAKE THIS EVENING.
THIS RESOLUTION IS FOR THE ADOPTION OF CITY COUNCIL'S 2025 GOALS.
THESE GOAL STATEMENTS WERE INITIALLY DISCUSSED BY COUNCIL DURING THE NOVEMBER 8TH, 2024 FALL RETREAT AND REVIEWED BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE ON DECEMBER 3RD, 2024.
FEEDBACK WAS GATHERED AT THOSE TIMES AND CHANGES WERE MADE TO THE GOAL STATEMENTS.
THE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE CONSENSUS WAS FIRST STAFF TO BRING FORWARD THE AGREED UPON GOALS THAT YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN AT TONIGHT'S COUNCIL MEETING.
STAFF RECOMMENDS ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION 0 1 25.
AND WITH THAT, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS COUNCIL MAY HAVE.
WE'LL TAKE THIS MOMENT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
IF THERE'S ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE COMMENT RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION.
HEARING NONE COUNCIL QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION.
I JUST WANTED TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO, TO THANK, UH, STAFF, UM, FOR ALL, ALL THE WORK ON THIS.
THESE ARE PRETTY AMBITIOUS GOALS AND WE KNOW IT'LL BE EXCITING YEAR, BUT, UH, WE VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THE PARTNERSHIP AND LOOK FORWARD TO MAKING THESE HAPPEN.
YES, THESE ARE INDEED, UH, IT, IT IS GOING TO BE A BUSY YEAR WITH, UM, HIGH EXPECTATIONS.
SO THANK YOU TO MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS, PARTICULARLY THE ADMIN COMMITTEE FOR WORKING ON THAT AND, UH, STAFF FOR ALL THE WORK THEY HAVE DONE AND WILL DO ON THIS IN THE COMING YEAR.
JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE MR. REINER? YES.
[Resolution 02-25]
RESOLUTION ZERO TWO DASH 25 ACCEPTING THE LOWEST AND BEST BID FOR THE AVERY MUIRFIELD AND US 33 WESTBOUND RAMPS DUBLIN METHODIST LANE SIGNAL IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT.IN OUR STAFF REPORT THIS EVENING WILL BE FROM BRIAN GABLE.
MEMBERS OF COUNCIL STAFF CONDUCTED A COMPETITIVE BID FOR THE AVERY MUIRFIELD AND US 33 WESTBOUND RAMPS, UH SLASH DUBLIN METHODIST LANE SIGNAL IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT, UH, WHICH WILL PERFORM IMPROVEMENTS TO THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL INFRASTRUCTURE.
LOCATED AT THE AVERY MUIRFIELD DRIVE IN US 33 EXIT RAMPS AND DUBLIN METHODIST LANE INTERSECTION.
THE RECONFIGURATION OF THE TURN LANE ALIGNMENT ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE INTERSECTION, UM, INCLUDES TURN LANE IMPROVEMENTS
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THAT'LL ADD A BRICK APRON, UH, TO ALLOW TRACTOR, EXCUSE ME, TRACTOR TRAILER OVER TRACKING, UH, WITHOUT WIDENING THE ASPHALT PAVEMENT.OTHER IMPROVEMENTS ARE REPLACING A SIGNAL MASTER ARM AND NEW TRAFFIC CONTROLLER CABINET AND RESURFACING THE PAVEMENT WITHIN THE INTERSECTION.
THE 2025 THROUGH 2029 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM PROVIDES $375,000 FOR THIS PROJECT.
ON DECEMBER 11TH, 2024, TWO BIDS WERE RECEIVED AND PUBLICLY OPENED.
STRAWS ARE PIAN COMPANY INCORPORATED SUBMITTED THE LOWEST AND BEST BID OF $482,000 3 480 $2,359 AND 60 CENTS FOR THE ALTERNATE BID, WHICH WAS, UH, 7.19% OVER THE ENGINEER'S ESTIMATE OF 450,000.
AND I APOLOGIZE THERE WAS NO ALTERNATE BIT ON THIS.
UH, STAFF ANTICIPATES BEING ABLE TO COVER THE ADDITIONAL PROJECT COSTS USING OTHER UNENCUMBERED FUNDS.
UH, BUDGETED FUNDS IN THE CIP CONSTRUCTION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN, UM, OR LATER THIS YEAR AND BE SUBSTANTIALLY, SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE BY THE END OF 2025 WITH FINAL RESTORATION COMPLETED BY MARCH, 2026.
STAFF RECOMMENDS COUNCIL APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION ZERO TWO DASH 25 ACCEPTING AS LOWEST AND BEST OF THE BID OF STRAWSER PAVING COMPANY, INCORPORATED IN THE AMOUNT OF $482,359 AND 60 CENTS FOR THIS PROJECT.
I'D BE GLAD TO ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS COUNSEL MAY HAVE REGARDING THIS RESOLUTION.
UH, I WANNA TAKE A MOMENT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE COMMENT RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING NONE COUNCIL QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION.
IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING PROBABLY THE LAST COMPONENT OF THIS WOULD BE THE MA ARM TO ARRIVE, UH, THE MA ARM AND SOME OF THE CONTROLLER, UH, ITEMS THEY KIND OF HAVE BEEN COMPETING FOR WHICH PART TAKES LONGER.
JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE MAYOR AROSE GROOMS? YES.
[Resolution 03-25]
ZERO THREE DASH 25 ACCEPTING THE LOWEST AND BEST BID FOR THE AVERY ROAD AND RINGS ROAD.CARA ROAD INTERIM INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.
I'LL INTRODUCE AND WE WILL STICK WITH BRIAN FOR THE STAFF REPORT.
MEMBERS OF COUNCIL STAFF CONDUCTED A COMPETITIVE BID FOR THE AVERY ROAD AND RINGS ROAD.
CARA ROAD INTERIM INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENT PROJECT WHICH INCLUDES CONSTRUCTING A ROUNDABOUT AT THE INTERSECTION OF AVERY ROAD AND RINGS ROAD, UH, CARA ROAD WATER AND SANITARY SEWER LINE EXTENSIONS, UH, FOR AREA AA SERVING RINGS ROAD, CARA ROAD AND CARA COURT.
CURB AND GUTTER INSTALLATION ON CARA ROAD AND CARA COURT AND PEDESTRIAN F FACILITIES FOR RINGS ROAD, KARA ROAD AND AVERY ROAD AND CARA COURT.
UH, THE 2025 THROUGH 2029 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM PROVIDES $7 MILLION FOR THIS PROJECT.
ON DECEMBER 18TH, 2024, SEVEN BIDS WERE RECEIVED AND PUBLICLY OPENED.
COMPANY INCORPORATED SUBMITTED THE LOWEST AND BEST BID OF $6,249,459 AND 5 CENTS FOR BID.
ALTERNATE TWO WHICH WAS 10.7% UNDER THE ENGINEER'S ESTIMATE OF $7 MILLION.
ALTERNATE TWO COMPLETES THE PROJECT SIX MONTHS AHEAD OF ALTERNATE ONE AND IS APPROXIMATELY $300,000 LESS THAN ALTERNATE.
CONSTRUCTION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN MARCH AND BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF OCTOBER, 2025.
STAFF RECOMMENDS COUNCIL APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION ZERO THREE DASH 25, ACCEPTING AS LOWEST AND BEST THE BID OF STRAWS OR PAVING COMPANY IN THE AMOUNT OF $6,249,459 AND 5 CENTS FOR THIS PROJECT.
AND I WOULD BE GLAD TO ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS COUNSEL MAY HAVE REGARDING THIS RESOLUTION.
YOU WANNA TAKE A MOMENT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION, LEGISLATION? HEARING NONE.
COUNCIL QUESTIONS? DISCUSSION.
BRANDON, I HAVE A QUESTION AND IT IS, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO DO WITH THE, UH, THE BID, IT, IT'S JUST A QUESTION ABOUT, UM, IN THE PAST THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT SOME SORT OF A TUNNELING COMING UNDERNEATH.
UH, KIRA I CAN'T TELL ON HERE IS, IS THAT PART OF THE DESIGN OR WAS THAT ELIMINATED NOT NECESSARY? UM, PEDESTRIAN USAGE OF THIS WHOLE ROUNDABOUT.
CAN YOU JUST GIVE ME A LITTLE BIT OF HEADS UP ON THAT? YEAH, I BELIEVE THE TUNNEL BEING REFERENCED IS, UH, UNDER AVERY ROAD CLOSER TO THE TUNNEL, UH, PARK EXTENSION.
SO, UM, THAT IS STILL ANTICIPATED.
SHOULD TUTTLE UM, SHOULD TUTTLE PARK DRIVE BE EXTENDED OVER TO AVERY ROAD? OKAY.
UM, THAT'S STILL IN THOSE PROJECT PLANS.
AND, BUT THIS IS GOING TO ALLOW PEDESTRIAN USAGE.
UM, YOU ANTICIPATE THAT THIS IS GONNA BE, I SAW THAT THERE'S NEW SHARED USE PATHS AND EVERYTHING, SO THIS SHOULD BE A VERY PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY AREA.
AND NOW ONCE THIS IS COMPLETED, YEAH, THIS WILL INCLUDE A CONNECTION ALL THE WAY TO THE NORTH, UH, AT THE RINGS ROAD IN
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KRAMER DITCH, UM, OR, SORRY, NOT KRAMER DITCH, BUT KRAMER'S CROSSING INTERSECTION, UM, WHICH WILL ALLOW PATH, UH, FURTHER TO THE NORTH.AND THEN THERE'S A FUTURE PROJECT TO CONNECT THE SHARED USE PATH, UH, A LITTLE BIT FURTHER TO NORTH ON AVERY ROAD AS WELL.
AND ONE OTHER QUESTION, AND I SAW THAT THE UTILITIES AND ALL OF THE, THE SEWER AND ALL THAT, SO FOLKS THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT BUILDING OR DEVELOPING IN THIS AREA WHEN THIS IS COMPLETED, THEY WILL HAVE ACCESS TO WATER AND SEWER AT THAT TIME.
UM, SO AREA EIGHT A, UH, SERVES THE EXISTING HOMES WITHIN THE PROJECT AREA.
UM, HOWEVER, THE AREA TO THE SOUTH AND WEST OF RINGS AND AVERY, UM, THAT IS ACTUALLY, UH, PART OF THE TRIBUTARY FOR THE TUTTLE, UH, UH, SANITARY SEWER.
SO THAT WILL NEED TO BE EXTENDED.
UM, AND, AND THAT'S MOSTLY BECAUSE OF OUR CAPACITY.
WE NEED TO REACH AS FAR WEST AS WE CAN AND, UM, TRYING TO KEEP THOSE TRIBUTARIES THE SAME WILL HELP US BE ABLE TO EXTEND FURTHER TO THE WEST.
SO IF I HAVE QUESTIONS FROM RESIDENTS ABOUT THIS, THEY CAN JUST GIVE THE DEPARTMENT A CALL, FIND OUT IF IT'S ACCESSIBLE FOR ANY AREAS THAT THEY I DO HAVE, THERE WAS A RESIDENT THAT HAD BEEN WAITING FOR IT AND I JUST WONDERED, SO I'LL JUST, UM, YEAH, SO I'LL REFER THEM TO YOU AT THIS POINT.
SO THE, THE RESIDENTS ON RINGS ROAD TO THE NORTH SIDE ARE ALL SERVED BY THIS PROJECT AND EVERYBODY THAT'S ON CARA COURT AND CARA ROAD THERE, UH, WILL BE SERVED BY THIS PROJECT INCLUDING TED COBA.
AND I JUST HAD ONE QUICK QUESTION ABOUT THE MAINTENANCE OF TRAFFIC.
HAVE, HAVE WE FIGURED OUT THE DETOUR ROUTE YET? BECAUSE YOU SAID THIS IS GONNA BE CLO TO GET THE CHEAPER PRICE.
WE ARE PERMANENTLY CLOSING THIS, SO I WASN'T SURE IF WE KNOW WHERE THE DETOUR ROUTE IS.
YEAH, THE DETOUR WAS WORKED, UH, WITH THE TRANSPORTATION GROUP, UM, AND IS, UH, PART OF THE PROJECT PLANS.
OKAY, SO, BUT IT'S NOT, IS IT NOT, IT'S NOT WEAVING THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT'S PROBABLY NO GOING DOWN LIKE COIT ROAD OR SOMETHING? NO, UH, IT, IT, IT, IT WILL USE SECTIONS, UM, LIKE RINGS ROAD OUT TO, UM, WHY AM I BLANKING? UH, ON THE ROAD TO THE WEST COS GRAY.
UM, AND, AND WE'LL COORDINATE, UH, THIS AREA SERVED BY HILLIARD CITY SCHOOLS.
WE'LL COORDINATE WITH THEM SOME MORE, UM, AND SOME OF THE OTHER ITEMS. AND WE'VE ALREADY BEEN WORKING WITH EVENTS REGARDING TED COBA AS WELL.
OTHER COUNCIL QUESTIONS? HEARING NONE JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? MS. CRAM? YES.
[Resolution 04-25]
RESO UH, RESOLUTION ZERO FOUR DASH 25 AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A COST SHARING AGREEMENT WITH DUBLIN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR THE HIGHLAND CRO ROAD AND CACIO LANE TRAFFIC SIGNAL PROJECT HUNTER.AND WE WILL WRAP UP WHAT WITH BRIAN GABLE'S TIME WITH US AS THE STAFF REPORT.
GOOD EVENING AGAIN, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, UH, THE RESOLUTION BEFORE YOU IS TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A COST SHARING AGREEMENT WITH THE DUBLIN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR THE HIGHLAND CROIX ROAD AND CASHOUT LANE TRAFFIC SIGNAL PROJECT.
THE PROJECT SCOPE INCLUDES THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW TRAFFIC SIGNAL AT THE HIGHLAND CROIX ROAD IN CASHOUT LANE INTERSECTION, WHICH IS JUST NORTH OF BRAND ROAD.
THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL WILL BE OWNED AND MAINTAINED BY THE CITY OF DUBLIN.
THE SIGNAL WAS IDENTIFIED AS PART OF THE DUBLIN CITY SCHOOL TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDY FOR THEIR NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LOCATED AT 6 8 5 5 CASHIER LANE.
SINCE THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL IS WARRANTED BASED ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, THE COST SHARING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE DUBLIN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT AND CITY OF DUBLIN IS NECESSARY TO DETAIL THE COOPERATIVE RESPONSIBILITY AND FINANCIAL PARTICIPATION FOR EACH AGENCY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COST SHARING AGREEMENT.
THE CITY OF DUBLIN'S PARTICIPATION INCLUDES 50% OF THE PROJECT DESIGN COSTS AND 50% OF THE ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION COSTS.
THE DUBLIN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT AGREED PARTICIPATION IS ALSO 50% OF EACH OF THOSE.
THE AMOUNT SPLIT BY THE PARTIES IS BASED ON THE TRAFFIC BEFORE AND AFTER, UH, OPENING THE SCHOOL AND THE FACT THAT THE CITY IS MANAGING THE PROJECT.
CURRENTLY THE PROJECT'S TOTAL, UH, COST IS ESTIMATED TO BE $601,300 WITH EQUAL SHARES OF $300,650 FOR EACH PARTY.
THE CITY'S ENGINEERING STAFF IS MANAGING THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF THIS PROJECT.
THE CONSTRUCTION PLANS WERE FINALIZED LATE LAST YEAR AND ARE CURRENTLY ADVERTISED FOR BIDDING WITH A BID OPENING LATER THIS MONTH.
CONSTRUCTION IS ANTICIPATED TO OCCUR IN 2025 WITH SIGNAL ACTIVATION LIKELY IN 2026 DEPENDING ON MATERIAL LEAD TIMES FOR SIGNAL COMPONENTS.
STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION ZERO FOUR DASH 25 AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A COST SHARING AGREEMENT WITH THE DUBLIN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR THIS TRAFFIC SIGNAL PROJECT.
I'LL DO MY BEST TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS COUNCIL MEMBERS MAY HAVE REGARDING THIS RESOLUTION.
IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING THAT LIKE, THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE COMMENT ON THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING NONE COUNCIL
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QUESTIONS DISCUSSION.JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE MS. FOX? YES.
[A Motion Supporting the Ohio Municipal League’s Challenge of AT&T’S Tariff Application at the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio]
US TO THE OTHER BUSINESS PORTION OF OUR AGENDA.UM, AND WE AND I WILL TURN IT OVER TO MEGAN O' CALLAGHAN FOR THE STAFF REPORT.
MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, I ADDED THIS AS A TOPIC UNDER THIS SECTION OF THE AGENDA DUE TO TIME SENSITIVITY OF NEEDING A DECISION BY TOMORROW REGARDING OUR POTENTIAL PARTICIPATION IN AN EFFORT TO CHALLENGE A TARIFF REQUEST THAT WAS MADE IN LATE DECEMBER BY AT AND T WITH THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF OHIO OR PUCO AS THEY'RE COMMONLY REFERRED TO THE TARIFF WOULD IMPACT GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES INCLUDING MUNICIPALITIES AND THE REVISION WOULD REQUIRE ANY GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY, UM, REQUESTING THE RELOCATION AND UNDERGROUNDING OF COMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES THAT EXIST IN A PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY TO PAY THE COST INCURRED BY AT AND T FOR SUCH A RELOCATION, WHICH IS A CHANGE IN THE, UM, CURRENT ARRANGEMENT.
IF THIS WERE TO GO UN CHALLENGE THE TARIFF REVISION WILL BECOME EFFECTIVE ON JANUARY 18TH AUTOMATICALLY.
ANY CHALLENGE TO AT AND T'S APPLICATION FOR TARIFF UPDATES MUST BE FILED PRIOR TO THE 30 DAY EXPIRATION DATE.
AND IDEALLY, UM, ANY CHALLENGE WOULD HAPPEN BEFORE THAT DEADLINE TO ALLOW THE COMMISSION TO CONSIDER THE ARGUMENTS AND REMOVE A T AND T FROM THE AUTOMATIC APPROVAL PROCESS AND ALLOW THE CHALLENGERS TO BE HEARD.
WE'VE BEEN ENGAGED IN CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR LEGAL TEAM, UM, THE OHIO MUNICIPAL LEAGUE AND OTHER ASSOCIATIONS THAT DO PLAN TO INTERVENE AND THEY'RE REQUESTING AS MANY MUNICIPALITIES, UM, AS POSSIBLE ALSO SUPPORT SUCH A CHALLENGE.
SO IF AT T'S TARIFF CHANGE BECOMES EFFECTIVE, THE TARIFF GIVES AT T THE ABILITY TO CHARGE MUNICIPALITIES IN ADVANCE WHEN THEY RELOCATE FACILITIES.
EVEN IF THAT RELOCATION IS REQUIRED FOR SAFETY OR FOR PUBLIC WELFARE PURPOSES.
THIS CHANGE WOULD SHIFT THE COST FROM THE COMPANY TO THE TAXPAYER.
SO ADDITIONALLY, IF AT AND T'S SUCCESSFUL IN HAVING THE OHIO LAW CHANGE THROUGH A TARIFF REVISION, THEN OTHER UTILITIES COULD POTENTIALLY MAKE THAT SAME FILING, WHICH WOULD BE A SIGNIFICANT COST IMPACT FOR MUNICIPALITIES AND THAT WOULD FURTHER HINDER MUNICIPALITIES AND THEIR PROJECTS, UM, AND CAUSE SUBSTANTIAL COSTS TO INCREASE.
UM, OML IS LEADING THE EFFORT IS REQUESTING MUNICIPALITIES INDICATE THEIR CONSENT TO BE INCLUDED IN THIS EFFORT BY TOMORROW, JANUARY 14TH.
UM, SO AGREEING TO PARTICIPATE, UM, AT THIS TIME DOES NOT COMMIT DUBLIN TO, UM, FINANCIAL SUPPORT.
ALTHOUGH IF THE MATTER ISN'T RESOLVED AT THE PUCO LEVEL, UM, A REQUEST MAY BE MADE FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE DOWN THE ROAD.
AND AT THAT POINT WE COULD HAVE ANOTHER CONVERSATION IF, UM, REGARDING WHETHER WE WOULD LIKE TO DECIDE TO PARTICIPATE OR CONTINUE AS A PARTY IN THOSE PROCEEDINGS.
SO WITH ALL THAT INFORMATION, I RECOMMEND THAT WE SUPPORT THE OHIO MUNICIPAL LEAGUE'S CHALLENGE OF AT AND T'S TARIFF APPLICATION AT THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF OHIO AND WOULD APPRECIATE A COUNCIL MOTION TO THAT EFFECT.
AND PHIL AND I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
ANY QUESTIONS, COUNSEL? HEARING NONE.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO SUPPORT THE OHIO MUNICIPAL LEAGUE'S CHALLENGE OF AT T'S TARIFF APPLICATION AT THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF OHIO.
JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? MR. OSA? YES.
[STAFF COMMENTS]
OKAY.THIS BRINGS US TO THE STAFF COMMENTS PORTION OF OUR AGENDA AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MEGAN OAL.
GOOD EVENING AGAIN, OTHER THAN HAPPY NEW YEAR AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH EVERYBODY SUCCESSFULLY THIS UPCOMING YEAR.
I DON'T HAVE ANY FURTHER STAFF COMMENTS.
[COUNCIL ROUNDTABLE]
UM, COUNCIL ROUND TABLE.AM I FAR RIGHT HERE WITH MS. CRA? I JUST WELCOME EVERYONE BACK.
I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANYTHING ELSE THIS EVENING, JANE.
JUST A SHOUT OUT AND A THANK YOU TO, UM, ALL THOSE PEOPLE WHO WORKED, ALL THE STAFF WHO WORKED OVER THE HOLIDAYS, OUR POLICE, OUR STAFF, EVERYBODY WHO COVERED DURING THOSE HOLIDAYS AND ALSO TO OUR TOP-NOTCH SNOW PLOW DRIVERS AND THE PEOPLE FROM, AND THE STAFF FROM PARKS AND STREETS AND UTILITIES WHO HAVE CLEANED OFF ALL OF THE SURFACES, SIDEWALKS, EVERYTHING TO MAKE OUR LIFE A LITTLE BIT EASIER AND GET PEOPLE BACK OUTSIDE.
I GOT TO UH, STUDY ABROAD FOR A LITTLE WHILE SO JUST WANNA SHARE WITH YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE KNOWN AS THE CITY WITH THE BEST PLANNING, EVERYBODY COMPLIMENTS 'CAUSE YOU'RE ALWAYS 10 TO 15 YEARS AHEAD OF EVERYBODY ELSE.
SO I DID HAVE A CHANCE TO, UM, LISTEN TO THE ITR ECONOMISTS AT THIS STUDY SESSION I WAS AT AND IT WAS VERY INTERESTING 'CAUSE THEY SAID THAT PREPARE FOR A 2.6 PRICE INCREASE, INFLATION INCREASE FOR, UH, 25 AND A
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3.4% INCREASE IN 2026.SO IT'S SORT OF INTERESTING, THEY HAVE BEEN 98% SUCCESSFUL ON EIGHT QUARTERS AND 10 QUARTERS OUT.
ONE OF THE MOST INTERESTING THINGS, I THINK THEY, THEY'VE, THE GUY BROUGHT UP, THIS IS THREE HOURS REDUCED TO A MINUTE, BUT HE SAID THAT, UM, EXPECT A RECESSION IN EARLY, UM, 2030 AND IT'LL BE OVER IN BY 2036 AND THE ECONOMY WILL GO CRAZY AGAIN.
SO IT WAS REALLY
BUT IT WAS A VERY INTERESTING, I THOUGHT THAT THESE GUYS WERE COMING UP WITH THESE FORECASTS FOR OUR ECONOMY AND ALSO TELLS US ABOUT, UM, UH, REALLY HOW WE YOU WOULD ADJUST, UH, WAGES TO, UM, SUPPORT THESE INCREASES THAT ARE COMING UP.
SO IT GIVES YOU AN IDEA ABOUT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE GONNA HAVE 2.6% INCREASE OR 2.8%, THEN YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOME KIND OF WAGE ADJUSTMENT TO HELP PEOPLE OUT.
SO IT WAS, THAT WAS ALL VERY, VERY INTERESTING.
AND THE OTHER THING I WAS THINKING ABOUT WHILE I WAS ABROAD WAS, UM, I WAS NOTICING THAT THEY HAD ROOF COVERINGS ON FLAT ROOFS AND THEY WERE USING JUST ASTROTURF.
BUT MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING WE OUGHT TO SEND A SEA CSAC.
SO IF YOU'RE VIEWING IN DUBLIN DOWN ONTO ROOFS, AND MAYBE THIS COULD BE A CHANGE IN OUR BUILDING CODE THAT, YOU KNOW, CSAC COMES UP WITH SOME KIND OF COVERING.
THEY WERE USING ASTROTURF AND IT WORKED REALLY COOL 'CAUSE YOU'RE UP LOOKING DOWN AND OF COURSE THERE'S GRASS AT THE LOWER ELEVATIONS.
AND THEN THEY HAD ASTROTURF AT ALL THESE OTHER ELEVATIONS ON, ON THE ROOFTOP.
SO I WAS THINKING HOW ABOUT IF WE JUST, THAT'S ANOTHER INTERESTING PROJECT FOR CSAC TO LOOK AT.
YOU KNOW, PEOPLE USE GRAVEL FOR ROOFS.
UH, THE RIVERSIDE HOSPITAL ACTUALLY HAS A PLANTED ROOF WITH PLANTS, BUT IT'S AN INEXPENSIVE ROOF COVERING THAT LOOKS REALLY A LOT NICER THAN JUST AN ASPHALT TARRED ROOF.
SO, UH, WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK ABOUT SENDING THAT OVER TO CSAC TO HAVE, TAKE A LOOK AT THAT, YOU GUYS FOR THAT ONE OF MANY THINGS WE CAN LOOK AT.
SO AN AERIAL PHOTO OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN WOULD LOOK LIKE A BIG GOLF COURSE.
IT WOULD, YOU WOULDN'T SEE ANY HOUSES.
WE WOULD IT'S LIKE CAMO FOR HOUSES.
THE, UH, IN THE PRINCIPALITY OF MONACO.
I WENT OVER THERE ONE TIME FOR A PROJECT AND THEY WERE SHOWING ME AROUND THE, THE URBAN PLANTER THAT RUNS THE COUNTRY OF MONACO.
AND WHAT WAS INTERESTING, HE TOOK ME UP ON THE MOUNTAIN AND WE LOOKED DOWN AND THEY HAVE MANDATED LANDSCAPE ROOFS.
IT WAS REALLY, I SAID, WOW, THAT'S REALLY SORT OF PROGRESSIVE, BUT ALSO YOU'VE GOT A TON OF MONEY FROM GAMBLING AND OTHER SORT OF VENTURES.
BUT I'M JUST THINKING IT MIGHT BE A NEAT THING FOR CSAC.
TAKE A LOOK AT THE ASTROTURF IS CHEAP AND LOOK GOOD.
OR, OR JOHN MAYBE, MAYBE AS WE TALK ABOUT THE DESIGN GUIDELINES FOR METRO, UH, WHICH IS ALL A NATURAL THING.
MAYBE THAT'S WHERE IT COULD BE DISCUSSED IN INSTEAD OF TAKING IT TO CSAC BECAUSE IT'S A IT'S A GREAT IDEA.
YEAH, IT LOOKED, IT REALLY LOOKED SHARP BECAUSE IF YOU'RE LOOKING DOWN, YOU SAW THE ROOFS AND THEY SORT OF DISAPPEARED AND THEN YOU SAW THE GRASS DOWN BELOW 'EM AND YOU GO, THAT'S REALLY COOL.
IT JUST ALL BLENDS IN REALLY IN NEAT FASHION.
AND THAT WAS THE BEST DOG ON GAME YOU EVER SAW.
UM, WE GOTTA KEEP DISNEYLAND, DISNEYLAND.
SO WE HAVE A WORK CUT OUT FOR US THIS YEAR.
I'D LIKE TO THANK STAFF THAT WORK TIRELESSLY TO KEEP THE ROADS SAFE, KEEP OUR RESIDENTS SAFE.
AND ON A SOMBER NOTE, I'D LIKE TO OFFER OUR CONDOLENCES TO THE DIPIRO FAMILY.
UM, DON WAS HERE LAST YEAR AT OUR, UM, STATE OF THE CITY AND, UH, WE MOURN THE LOSS OF A CHAMPION OR A DOUBLING RESIDENT, BUT A CHAMPION FOR THE CENTRAL OHIO COMMUNITY.
YES, THANK YOU FOR THAT, ANDY.
UM, ALSO THANK YOU TO THE, THE SNOW WARRIORS AND EVERYONE OUT AND ABOUT.
I WENT FOR QUITE A LONG WALK TODAY AND IT, IT WASN'T A PROBLEM.
I DIDN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT ICE.
UM, I ALSO HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TRAVEL OVER THE HOLIDAY.
UM, AND I WAS IN ITALY IN DIFFERENT PARTS.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT STRUCK ME, I WAS THERE TWO YEARS AGO IN DECEMBER AS WELL, IN 2022 THIS YEAR, UM, IN TWO YEARS TIME, WHICH IN ITALY TO MAKE THESE KIND OF CHANGES IN TWO YEARS IS MIND BLOWING 'CAUSE IT DOESN'T HAPPEN THERE.
UM, BUT FROM A SUSTAINABILITY STANDPOINT, NOW THEY HAVE RATHER YOU'RE AT A INDIVIDUAL HOME, A RESIDENT OR UM, A COMMERCIAL, UM, FROM A RECYCLING PERSPECTIVE.
THEY HAVE PLACES FOR ORGANIC WASTE, PLACES FOR PLASTIC, PLACES FOR PAPER, ET CETERA.
AND LITERALLY WE WERE IN, UM, SOUTHERN ITALY.
WE WERE UP IN THE TUSCAN REGION AND WE WERE IN SICILY.
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AND AS A MATTER OF FACT, IN THE HOME WE RENTED, IT WAS IN THE CONTRACT THAT YOU HAD TO PROMISE TO DO THE TRASH THIS WAY.THE OTHER THING THAT IT DID WAS, UM, THEY SELECT, THEY PICKED UP TRASH AT DIFFERENT TIMES.
SO ON LET'S SAY MONDAY, TUESDAY, THERE WAS ORGANIC AND PAPER AND THIS OR THAT.
IT CHANGED THE WHOLE FIELD OF THE CITY.
'CAUSE YOU KNOW HOW YOU'RE IN A BIG CITY AND THERE'S THE PILES OF TRASH OUTSIDE THE FRONT DOOR ON TRASH NIGHT.
IT WASN'T THERE, THERE WERE, IT WAS JUST AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT, UM, ATTITUDE TOWARDS HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO, UM, RECLAMATION AND TRASH PICKUP, ET CETERA.
AND IT WAS JUST STRIKING THE DIFFERENCE.
AND I, AND I BRING IT UP 'CAUSE YOU THINK, YOU KNOW, CAN WE DO RECYCLING IN OUR PARKS OR WHATEVER THE ENTIRE, I MEAN, AT LEAST FROM TUSCANY DOWN ALL THE WAY TO THE POINTS OF SICILY, THE ENTIRE COM COUNTRY ADOPTED THIS AND LIKE TWO YEARS PERIOD OF TIME.
I MEAN, THE GUY, WHEN I WAS SIGNING THE CONTRACT FOR THE HOUSE, THIS IS IMPORTANT.
LOOK AT ME, THIS IS IMPORTANT.
THIS IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU HAVE TO DO THIS ON MONDAY NIGHT AND YOU HAVE TO DO THIS ON TUESDAY NIGHT.
IT WAS FABULOUSLY FASCINATING.
AND, UM, I THINK WE COULD TAKE A LESSON.
SO I, I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY DID IT IN SUCH A PERIOD OF TIME, BUT, UM, WE COULD LEARN FROM THAT.
'CAUSE IT WAS, IT WAS INCREDIBLY WELL DONE AND IT, IT CHANGED THE FEEL WHEN YOU'RE WALKING THE STREETS.
THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR STAFF FOR A GREAT YEAR AND A GREAT YEAR AD INCLUDING OUR COLD WEATHER WARRIORS.
IT IS AWESOME WHAT THEY DO AND I GET LOTS OF COMMENTS ABOUT IT ALL THE TIME.
MEGAN AND I HAD A MEETING WITH, UH, A GAL LAST WEEK AND SHE WAS NOT A, DIDN'T LIVE IN THE CITY OF DUBLIN AND SHE SAID THAT SHE, WHEN SHE CAME TO DUBLIN, THAT SHE REALLY APPRECIATED THAT ALL THE ROADS HAD BEEN PLOWED AND DID WE KNOW ANYBODY IN, IN THE COMMUNITY IN WHICH SHE LIVED THAT, THAT WE COULD MAYBE HELP HER REACH OUT TO, TO GET HER STREET PLOWED.
BUT IT'S A TESTAMENT TO THE WORK THAT OUR TEAM DO AND, UH, HOW IT IS NOTICED BY PEOPLE THAT, UM, DON'T MAYBE TAKE IT FOR GRANTED ON A EVERY OCCURRENCE BASIS.
SO CERTAINLY THANK YOU TO THE TEAMS WHO, UM, WORK THE COLD AND DARK NIGHTS TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
UM, WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, WE APPROVED OUR GOALS TONIGHT AND THAT'S A HEAVY LIFT FOR US IN THE YEAR AHEAD.
AND, UH, IT'S GONNA BE PEDAL TO THE METAL AND WE HAVE A LOT TO DO.
AND, UM, AND WE WILL CERTAINLY, UH, TRUDGE THROUGH THAT TOGETHER AND LOOK FORWARD TO THAT OPPORTUNITY IN THE COMING YEAR.
SO WITH THAT, THE GREATEST GIFT WE CAN GIVE YOU TO LEAD OFF THE YEAR IS A SHORT MEETING,
UM, SO, UH, IN THAT LIGHT, WE'LL STAND ADJOURNED.