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[CALL TO ORDER]
WELCOME TO THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING IN DUBLIN, CITY HALL, MONDAY, JANUARY 27TH, 2025.JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE VICE MAYOR LUDO.
KATHY, WOULD YOU PLEASE LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE? OKAY.
[Hospitality Industry Update]
SPECIAL PRESENTATION THIS EVENING, AND THAT IS THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY UPDATE, GOING TO BE DELIVERED BY MR. SCOTT.UM, IF I MAY ALSO INTRODUCE OUR BOARD PRESIDENT, DAVE SIE IN THE BACK THERE, WHO, WHO'S JOINED US.
UM, LEMME GET THIS THING GOING.
I THINK KENDALL'S HELPED ME WITH THIS.
AS WE GET GOING, I WANTED TO KIND OF GIVE YOU KIND OF AN UPDATE ON WHAT HAPPENED IN 2004.
AND, UH, AND THEN GO INTO SOME OF THE THINGS QUICKLY ON WHAT WE HAVE PLANNED FOR THIS YEAR.
HERE'S THE KIND OF THE DATA THAT WE USE.
BED TAX REVENUE, AS YOU PROBABLY HAVE HEARD, A SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE LAST YEAR, UP 9%.
UH, OUR OCCUPANCY RATE, AND THAT'S THE NUMBER OF ROOMS THAT, UH, WERE OCCUPIED IN DUBLINS HOTELS, 67%, WHICH WAS UP SUBSTANTIALLY 8%.
UM, THE AVERAGE DAILY RATE, WHICH IS WHAT, UH, THE AVERAGE CONSUMER PAYS FOR A HOTEL ROOM WAS $126 UP, 2.5%.
SO IT WAS A VERY GOOD YEAR FROM THE HOTEL FRONT.
RESTAURANT OBVIOUSLY DID VERY WELL, EVEN WITH KIND OF THE INCREASED DEMANDS ON THEM WITH, UH, WITH THE FOOD SALES AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT THEY HAVE, UM, TO DEAL WITH IN SALESFORCE.
I'M ALWAYS A LITTLE HESITANT TO THROW UP THESE METRICS 'CAUSE THESE THE ONLY ONES WE HAVE.
AND IT REALLY DOESN'T TELL THE BIG STORY OF OUR INDUSTRY.
JUST KIND OF A, THE HOTEL METRICS SPECIFICALLY.
UM, A RESTAURANT'S A GOOD EXAMPLE.
LAST WEEK, WE ALL ENJOYED RESTAURANT WEEK HERE IN DUBLIN.
UM, ENJOYED THE IMMENSE OPPORTUNITIES AND THINGS WE HAVE HERE IN THE CITY.
AND, YOU KNOW, I'VE SAID MANY TIMES IF IT WASN'T FOR OUR VISITORS, WE AS RESIDENTS WOULD NEVER BE ABLE TO ENJOY ALL THE, THE RESTAURANTS WE HAVE.
THERE JUST ISN'T ENOUGH DEMAND FROM A LOCAL DUBLIN RESIDENT PERSPECTIVE.
SO, UM, ON FRIDAY, SATURDAY NIGHTS, THEY'RE OBVIOUSLY VERY BILLED, UM, FULL, BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY IS WHEN OF THE GREATEST TIMES OF EVENING.
THAT'S WHERE OUR VISITORS FILL, UH, FILL THOSE TIMES OF NEED.
SO, UM, AND AGAIN, THE, THE OVERALL, UM, OUR VISITORS, THEY, IT'S REALLY TRICKLE DOWN ECONOMICS.
I MEAN, OUR VISITORS COME, THEY STAY AT OUR HOTELS, BUT THEY SPEND MOST OF THEIR MONEY ON, ON RESTAURANTS, EVENTS, SHOPPING, ET CETERA.
UH, HELP GENERATE JOBS AND AWARENESS OF OUR COMMUNITY, UH, ACROSS THE GLOBE.
HERE'S JUST A COUPLE OF OUR INTERNAL METRICS.
UH, I'M NOT GONNA GO TOO DEEP INTO THESE, BUT, UM, AGAIN, HUGE WEBSITE, UH, VISITS WE DO ARE EARNED MEDIA IMPRESSIONS ACROSS THE WORLD.
2.7 BILLION, UH, REGIONAL CAMPAIGN, ET CETERA.
UM, ONE THING WE DID LAST YEAR TOO, YOU MAY, YOU MAY RECALL THE OTHER DUBLIN CAMPAIGN WHERE WE CAMPED THE IDEA TO OFFER FREE PINTS TO THOSE IN DUBLIN ISLAND, TO COME OVER TO DUBLIN, OHIO.
UH, THAT WAS TREMENDOUSLY SUCCESSFUL.
UH, WE HAVE OVER 130 MILLION MEDIAN IMPRESSIONS.
IT REALLY RAISED AWARENESS OF DUBLIN ON A GLOBAL SCALE SCALE.
WE ARE IN THE NEW YORK POST TO IRISH TIMES, SEVERAL WIRE SERVICES, AND JUST LAST WEEK WE HEARD THAT WE RECEIVED AN AWARD FROM AN ADRIAN WARD FROM HS, MAI.
AND THAT'S REALLY KIND OF OUR OSCARS, I GUESS YOU COULD SAY, AWARDS.
UM, AND WE'RE COMPETING NOT JUST LOCALLY OR RE OR STATEWIDE.
WE'RE COMPETING AGAINST HILTON AND MARRIOTTS AND DISNEY'S.
AND WE'LL BE GOING, ACTUALLY, LINDSAY'S GONNA ATTEND WITH US IN A COUPLE WEEKS.
WE'RE GOING TO NEW YORK, UM, TO ACCEPT THAT AWARD ON BEHALF OF THE CITY AND, UH, AND VISIT DUBLIN AS WELL.
UH, SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS WE'VE DONE, UM, IN YOUR PACKET THERE, YOU HAVE SOME OF OUR TRAIL INFORMATION.
UH, THE DUBLIN PARKS PASS, UH, YOU CAN SEE THERE IN THAT PICTURE, WE HAD OUR 10000TH, UH, FERRY DOOR, UH, PARTICIPANT.
UH, WE CONTINUE TO DO THE ART IN PUBLIC PLACES TRAIL, AND THE CELTIC COCKTAIL TRAIL, ACTUALLY THE CELTIC COCKTAIL TRAIL, UM, SOLD ALMOST 3000 COCKTAILS LAST YEAR JUST THROUGH OUR, OUR APP ALONE, UM, THROUGH THE PAST.
AND ONE THING I REALLY LIKE ABOUT THESE TRAILS THAT WE DO IS THEY'RE SO TRACKABLE.
I MEAN, EVERYONE THAT SIGNS UP FOR THAT, WE KNOW WHERE THEY'RE COMING FROM.
AND THE INTERESTING PART ABOUT THIS IS ABOUT 40, 45% OF THE PEOPLE THAT DO THESE TRAILS ARE DUBLIN RESIDENTS.
SO OUR RESIDENTS ARE USING THESE TRAILS TO KIND OF LEARN ABOUT DUBLIN, ENJOY THE AMENITIES WE HAVE, LEARN FOR THE FIRST TIME PATRONIZE OUR DOWNTOWN DUBLIN ESTABLISHMENTS AND SPEND MONEY IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT VISITORS, OBVIOUSLY, IT'S A LOT ABOUT DUBLIN RESIDENTS AS WELL.
UM, WE LAUNCHED WITH THE DUBLIN CITY SCHOOLS, THE DUBLIN TRAVEL AND TOURISM, UH, ACADEMY FOR THE FIRST TIME.
AND IT INCLUDES, UH, UP TO, I THINK IT'S 10 JUNIORS AND SENIORS, UH, DUBLIN SCHOOLS.
UM, THEY ARE, IT'S A REAL UNIQUE PROGRAM WHERE THEY'RE
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NOT JUST IN THE SCHOOL, IN THE CLASSROOM THE WHOLE TIME.THEY'RE ACTUALLY GOING ON, ON, ON THE ROAD AND GOING INTO HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS AND EVENTS.
UM, I KNOW THEY'VE STOPPED TO THE CITY AND THEY'RE GONNA MEET WITH LINDSAY'S TEAM, AND I BELIEVE THEY'RE MEETING WITH ALLISON'S TEAM AS WELL TO SEE ALL EVENTS WORK.
AND THEY'RE REALLY SEEING FIRSTHAND OF HOW OUR HOSPITALITY WORKS AND THE INS AND OUTS.
AND HOPEFULLY THEY'LL, UM, JUST DECIDE TO GO IN THEIR CAREER WITH THAT.
UH, WE HAD OVER 40,000 YOUTH ATHLETIC PARTICIPANTS COMING TO DOUBLE LAST YEAR IN VARIOUS SPORTS FROM SOCCER, LACROSSE, FIELD HOCKEY, WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE.
WE GOT RE-ACCREDITED, UM, WHICH IS, IT'S PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL.
THERE'S ALMOST 4,000 CDBS LIKE US WORLDWIDE, AND ONLY 6% ARE ACCREDITED.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE PROUD OF THAT.
UH, THE VISIT DUBLIN CHOICE AWARDS, AGAIN IN THE SECOND YEAR, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE AWARDS HERE.
UH, WE HAD A RECORD 50,000 VOTES WERE CAST, UM, FOR THESE 17 WINNERS.
UM, WE HAD OVER 120 DIFFERENT POTENTIAL, UM, UH, SUBMISSIONS THAT CAME IN FOR THESE VARIOUS CATEGORIES.
UM, THANK YOU MAYOR FOR COMING AND HELPING US, UH, UH, SUBMIT THOSE AWARDS AND PRESENT THOSE AWARDS.
UH, LOOKING ON TO THIS YEAR, UM, WE ARE EXCITED TO LAUNCH OUR REGIONAL CAMPAIGN ONCE AGAIN.
UH, THAT'LL BE IN MAY THROUGH THE END OF AUGUST.
UH, IT'LL BE IN OUR KEY MARKETS IN CINCINNATI, CLEVELAND, AND, BUT WE'RE ALSO GONNA BE IN OUR FEEDER MARKETS IN PITTSBURGH, DETROIT, INDIANAPOLIS, LEXINGTON, CHARLESTON, HUNTINGTON, ET CETERA.
SO THAT'S A HUGE CAMPAIGN THAT REALLY HELPS RAISE THE PROFILE, UM, OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO TOO, UH, BEYOND JUST THE, THE REGIONAL CAMPAIGN.
IN THE SUMMER WE DO SOMETHING CALLED SHOULDER SEASON CAMPAIGNS.
AND THAT'S BASICALLY CAMPAIGNS IN THE WINTER AND THE FALL TO KIND OF SU SUPPLEMENT.
OUR SPRING SUMMER CAMPAIGN, ONE WE HAVE GOING ON RIGHT NOW, IT'S CALLED LOVE IN DUBLIN.
IT'S, UH, ON OUR WEBSITE ACTUALLY.
YOU CAN GO ON THE WEBSITE AND YOU CAN PUT IN WHAT YOUR IDEAL DATE WOULD, WHAT CHARACTERISTICS YOU WANNA SEE IN YOUR IDEAL DATE, AND THEN WE WILL GIVE THEM AN ITINERARY IN DUBLIN ON WHAT THEY MIGHT WANT TO DO.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE A ROMANTIC GETAWAY THAT WE'RE PROVIDING THEM AS WELL.
AND WE'VE HAD OVER 4,000 COUPLES, UM, SUBMIT FOR THAT JUST IN THE FIRST TWO WEEKS.
AND SOMETHING I FOUND OUT JUST THE LAST WEEK, APPARENTLY, AND MEGAN MIGHT KNOW MORE ABOUT THIS THAN I DO, BUT ON, ON THE LINK BRIDGE, THERE'S AN ACTUAL CERTAIN SPOT WHERE THERE'S A LOT OF PROPOSALS BEING MADE AND THERE'S A PERFECT SPOT WHERE YOU CAN ACTUALLY HAVE IT DONE AND PEOPLE FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE RIVER CAN HIDE AND THEN POP OUT AND ACTUALLY CELEBRATE THE THING.
SO WE'RE DOING SOMETHING WITH THE CITY, UM, ON VALENTINE'S DAY, MORE INFORMATION TO COME TO KIND OF CELEBRATE THAT SPECIFIC SPOT, UM, ON THE BRIDGE DURING THAT DAY AS WELL.
UM, YOU HAVE IN YOUR, UH, INFORMATION THERE, OUR DESTINATION GUIDE, UM, THAT WE JUST RELEASED AT LAST WEEK.
WE ALSO HAVE OUR, UH, NEW WEBSITE, UH, THAT WE JUST LAUNCHED LAST WEEK, AND VISIT DUBLIN OHIO.COM IF YOU HAVE A CHANCE.
UM, GET ON THERE AND CHECK THAT OUT AS WELL.
UM, ONE THING TOO, I I WANTED TO MENTION TOO IS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR COLLABORATION WITH ALL OF YOU.
WE'VE HAD, WE'VE HAD A LONG HISTORY OF COLLABORATING WITH THE CITY OF DUBLIN AND STAFF AND ALL OF YOU.
UM, AND A COUPLE THINGS WE'RE DOING THIS YEAR, AGAIN, WE'LL OF COURSE CONTINUE THE DOWNTOWN DUBLIN STRATEGIC ALLIANCE THAT, UH, WE'LL DO WITH, WITH MANY OTHER, UM, ORGANIZATIONS HERE IN TOWN.
WE'LL BE LEADING WITH THAT, WITH THE CITY AS WELL.
UM, WE'RE WORKING HARD TO CREATE PACKAGES, UM, AND MARKETING CAMPAIGNS FOR THE IRISH FESTIVAL, ST.
PATRICK'S DAY, IRISH FE OR THE, UH, UH, MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT, ET CETERA AS WELL.
UM, WE'RE WORKING WITH ABBY THEATER, DOING WHAT WE CAN TO MARKET THAT AND PROMOTE THEIR, UH, GREAT AMENITIES AND THEIR UPCOMING, UM, PROGRAMMING THAT THEY HAVE COMING UP AS WELL.
AND THEN WE'RE EXCITED TO BE PART AN OFFICIAL CITY OF AMERICA TWO 50 CELEBRATION THAT WE'RE PART OF THE STEERING COMMITTEE AND THE CITY'S DONE THAT, UM, WE'RE COMING UP WITH EVENTS TO CELEBRATE AMERICA'S BIRTHDAY IN 2016.
THAT WILL BE A BIG PART OF, UM, FOR, FOR THAT AS WELL.
AND THEN FINALLY, JUST WANTED TO, UH, THANK YOU ALL ON YOUR COUNCIL'S GOALS AND CITY STAFF'S GOALS.
IT'S INTERESTING LOOKING AT 'EM.
I MEAN, ALL FIVE OF THE GOALS REALLY RELATE TO OUR MISSION AND WHAT WE DO.
TRYING TO, TO MAYBE ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND ALSO RAISE AWARENESS OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN ON A GLOBAL STAGE.
AND I THINK WE'RE PARTICULARLY EXCITED ABOUT THE, THE PREMIER ATHLETIC FACILITY THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR A LONG TIME.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE SAID THIS TO, TO CITY STAFF AND OUR BOARD THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT IS, UH, GONNA BE SOMETHING THAT, UM, LIVES WELL BEYOND FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND VISITORS FOR GENERATIONS DOWN THE ROAD.
SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT AND SOMETHING THAT, UH, WE'RE WILLING TO HELP IN ANY WAY WE CAN DOWN THE ROAD.
SO I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR SCOTT? YEAH, I JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU ON BEHALF OF CITY COUNCIL ON ALL YOUR AWARDS.
BUT, UM, I, I GUESS I'M CURIOUS HOW MANY IRISH SHOWED UP FOR THE FREE BEER
YEAH, WE HAD EIGHT, AND I THINK THEY WERE COMING TO CHICAGO AND THEY MADE, THEY DO DETOURED TO COME TO DUBLIN.
UH, BUT THEY, THEY DIDN'T WANT THE BUD LIGHT STUFF.
THEY WANTED THE REAL, THE REAL, THE REAL BEER.
BUT YOU KNOW, THAT THAT CAMPAIGN WAS MORE ABOUT, UM, THE VISIBILITY.
IT WAS KIND OF A PR STUNT, I GUESS YOU COULD SAY MORE
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ANYTHING ELSE, BUT YEAH, IT'S, UH, WE HAD EIGHT ACTUALLY COME OVER AND WE GOT SOME GOOD SOCIAL MEDIA OUT OF IT TOO.COULD YOU INCLUDE US ON THAT COMMITTEE NEXT TIME? OF COURSE.
WELL, WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU AND YOUR TEAM DO.
UH, IT IS A GREAT SERVICE TO THE CITY AND A GREAT PARTNERSHIP FOR US.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK.
AND, UH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO GREAT THINGS IN 25.
[CITIZEN COMMENTS]
THE CITIZEN COMMENTS PORTION OF OUR AGENDA.IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CITIZENS TO COMMENT ON ANY TOPIC THAT IS NOT ON THIS EVENING'S AGENDA.
UM, YOU HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIGN IN ON THE KIOSK OUTSIDE, UM, AND I'D LIKE TO CHECK IN WITH LINDSAY TO SEE IF WE HAVE ANYONE THAT HAS SIGNED IN.
WE, WE HAVE ONE RESIDENT WHO HAS SIGNED IN, AND THAT IS ARGENE CHEN.
IF YOU'D PLEASE COME FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS INTO THE RECORD, AND WE WILL, UH, WELCOME YOUR THOUGHTS.
YOU COULD, THERE'S A GREEN BUTTON THERE THAT YOU COULD PRESS THERE.
AND MY NAME IS AR JEAN CHEN, AND I'VE BEEN DOUBLING, UH, 7 2 7 4, UH, 7 4 7 2 BARSTON DRIVE,
AND THEN, UM, SO I WILL, I HAVE A, UH, PAPER HERE AND I GIVE EVERYBODY A COPY AND PLUS THE OTHER TWO INFORMATION ABOUT OUR EVENT COMING UP AND ALSO OUR SCHOOL INFORMATION.
AND SO FIRST, UH, DEAR HONORABLE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, FIRST, HAPPY NEW LORD EARS OFF THE SNAKE AND WE ARE DELIGHTED TO COORDINATE, INVITE YOU TO JOIN US FOR OUR ANNUAL LULA NEW YEAR CELEBRATIONS HOSTED BY THE COLUMBUS CHINESE ACADEMY.
THE EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE AT DUBLIN DANIEL RICE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ON SATURDAY, FEBRUARY EIGHT, AND THE TIME IS ONE TO FOUR.
THE COLUMBUS ACADEMY WE CALL CCA IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO PROMOTING THE TRADITIONAL CHINESE LANGUAGE AND CULTURES.
SINCE 2006, WE HAVE BEEN FORTUNE TO RENT LINS DANIEL RICE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AS OUR SEVENTH SCHOOL LOCATION.
OVER THE PAST 18 YEARS, WE HAVE HOST NUMEROUS EVENTS THERE, INCLUDING LUNA, NEW YEAR'S CELEBRATIONS, MOON FESTIVAL, AND A CHINESE CULTURE SUMMER CAMP.
THESE EVENTS ARE A CHERISHED TRADITION FOR OUR SCHOOL MEMBERS AND THE BROADER COMMUNITY.
WE ARE DEEPLY APPRECIATIVE OF THE WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT, EXCELLENT FACILITY AND SUPPORT PROVIDED BY DANIEL WRIGHT AND
CCA OFFERED MANDARIN CLASS FOR HERITAGE, FAMILY AND NON-HERITAGE FAMILY, AND ALSO THE ADULT, UH, CLASS.
HOWEVER, IN MAY, 2024, WE ARE INFORMED THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S COMMUNITY RENTAL PROGRAM WAS TERMINATED.
THE NEW RENTAL STRUCTURE COSTS OUR ANNUAL COST TO SEARCH DRAMATICALLY FROM 20,000 TO OVER A HUNDRED THOUSANDS BASED ON OUR CLASSROOM USAGE.
THIS UNPRECEDENTED INCREASE FORCED US TO RELOCATE IT TO A SMALLER VENUE WITH LESS THAN THREE MONTHS NOTICE.
LAST SUMMER SIGNIFICANTLY LIMITED OUR ABILITY TO SECURE A SUITABLE FACILITY LIKE DANIEL WRIGHT.
ON FEBRUARY 8TH, 2025, WE PLAN TO HOLD OUR ANNUAL LUNAR NEW YEAR'S CELEBRATION.
UNFORTUNATELY, OUR NEW LOCATION IS TOO SMALL TO HOST THIS IMPORTANT EVENT.
AS A RESULT, WE REQUEST TO RENT DANIEL WRIGHTS AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AGAIN FOR THIS SPECIAL OCCASION.
BASED ON THE CURRENT RENTAL STRUCTURES, WE PROJECTING THE COST OF THIS FOUR HOUR EVENT TO BE ABOUT $2,000, WHICH WE WILL PAY DESPITE THE FINANCIAL STRAIN AS WE HAVE NO OTHER VIABLE OPTIONS.
WE ARE WRITING TO SEEK YOUR ASSISTANCE WITH THE 2025 CHINESE CULTURE SUMMER CAMP.
THIS BELOVED WEEK LONG CAMP HAS BEEN A CORNERSTONE OF OUR COMMUNITY OF OUTREACH FOR 18 YEARS.
WE HOSTING THE FIVE DAY CAMP AT DANIEL WRIGHT TREE UNDER THE CURRENT RENTAL RATE WILL COST MORE THAN 13,000 FOR JUST FIVE DAYS.
A FIGURE FAR BEYOND OUR BUDGET.
LAST YEAR WE PAID ONLY 11 $1,125 IN 2020 5, 24.
TODAY ON BEHAVIORAL CCA, I'M REACHING OUT TO ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
MANY OF OUR CCA FAMILY ARE DABBLING RESIDENTS AND WE WOULD LOVE TO CONTINUE USING DANIEL WRIGHT AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO OUR, FOR OUR SUMMER CAMP.
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YOUR ASSISTANCE IN REDUCING THE RENTAL COST TO MAKE THIS IMPORTANT EVENT POSSIBLE.YOUR SPONSORSHIP WILL ENABLE US TO CONTINUE OFFERING THIS VALUABLE CULTURE AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION.
WE WILL APPRECIATE ANY SUPPORT YOU CAN PROVIDE.
ANY QUESTION? WELL, THANK YOU MS. CHEN FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT, AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS TO OUR ATTENTION.
UM, THERE'S A COUPLE THINGS I'D JUST LIKE TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF FEEDBACK ON.
IS DANIEL RAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WHILE IT'S LOCATED IN THE CITY OF COLUMBUS ON CASE ROAD, IT IS OWNED WHOLLY BY THE DUBLIN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
THE DUBLIN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT IS NEARLY TWICE THE SIZE OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN, AND WE MAKE UP ONLY A SMALL OR A, A PORTION OF THE ENTIRETY OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
SO WHEN THEY MAKE THOSE DECISIONS ON RENTING THEIR FACILITIES, THEY DO NOT BELONG TO US IN ANY WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM.
SO WE DO, WE DO NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO HAVE ANY MORE SAY THAN YOU DO ON HOW THEY STRUCTURE THEIR RENTAL RATES.
SO, UM, BUT WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS WE RUN A GRANT PROGRAM THROUGH, UM, OUR FINANCE COMMITTEE, AND I'M GONNA DIRECT YOU, UM, TO KENDALL, UH, HERE THIS EVENING, AND SHE CAN GIVE YOU THE INFORMATION OF HOW TO GET IN THE CYCLE FOR GRANT APPLICATIONS OKAY.
THAT ARE CONSIDERED BY THE FINANCE COMMITTEE EACH YEAR.
UM, THAT IS REALLY ALL THAT WE CAN DO FOR YOU IN THIS, IN THIS SPACE RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE THE FACILITY DOESN'T BELONG TO US AND IT ISN'T IN THIS WITHIN THE CITY OF DUBLIN.
SO, UH, BUT KENDALL CAN HELP YOU NAVIGATE THE GRANT PROCESS AND, UM, YOU CAN BRING IT BEFORE THE FINANCE COMMITTEE AT THE NEXT CYCLE.
AND YOU, IT'S A COMPETITIVE GRANT PROCESS, SO THERE'S LOTS OF APPLICANTS AND, UH, THERE'S SOME GRADUATED SCALING ON THAT.
AND WE WILL SEE HOW THAT LINES UP WITH THE, UH, GRANT FUNDING THAT WE GIVE AWAY EVERY YEAR.
AND THEN MAY I ASK, I WAS TOLD IF THIS PROGRAM SPONSORED BY CITY, THEN THEY MIGHT CAN BE WAIVE THE RENTAL FEE.
IS THAT TRUE? OR? WE DON'T COLLECT THE RENTAL FEE, SO WE CAN'T WAIVE IT.
THERE'S NOTHING FOR US TO WAIVE BECAUSE WE DON'T PARTICIPATE IN THAT SPACE.
UM, YOU CAN WORK WITH OUR EVENTS AND OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT FOLKS TO SEE WHAT SPONSORSHIPS THEY HAVE INTERESTED IN, IN THE, UM, NEXT COMING MONTHS.
BUT KENDALL CAN GIVE YOU ALL OF THAT INFORMATION AND MAKE SURE THAT SHE MATCHES YOU UP WITH WHATEVER MIGHT BE AVAILABLE TO YOUR ORGANIZATION.
AND THEN, UH, IF YOU AVAILABLE, PLEASE JOIN US ON THE FEBRUARY 8TH, OUR NEW YEAR'S CELEBRATION.
UH, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE PRESENT THIS EVENING THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ANY ITEM? NOT ON THIS EVENING'S AGENDA.
[CONSENT AGENDA]
WILL MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.IS THERE A REQUEST TO REMOVE 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. ROSA? YES.
THIS BRINGS US TO INTRODUCTION
[Ordinances 01-25 & 02-25]
FIRST READING OF ORDINANCES.UH, I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO WAIVE COUNSEL RULES OF ORDER TO READ ORDINANCES ZERO ONE DASH 25 AND ZERO TWO DASH 25 TOGETHER.
JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE MR. KEELER? YES.
ORDINANCE 1 25 AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AND ACCEPT NECESSARY CONVEYANCE DOCUMENTS AND CONTRACTS TO ACQUIRE A 0.038 ACRE EASEMENT FROM THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1 8 5 SOUTH RIVERVIEW STREET, IDENTIFIED AS FRANKLIN COUNTY PARCEL NUMBER 2 7 3 0 0 0 1 4 4 0 0 FROM PAUL G GADI AND CATHERINE E GADI, TRUSTEES OF THE GADI FAMILY TRUST, DATED MAY 5TH, 2021 FOR THE PUBLIC PURPOSE OF CARRYING OUT THE SOUTH HIGH STREET UTILITY BURIAL PHASE TWO PROJECT ORDINANCE TWO DASH 25 IS REGARDING THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1 0 9 SOUTH RIVERVIEW STREET FROM GREGORY A. SCHMIDT AND CARRIE R SCHMIDT? I DO SO.
OUR STAFF REPORT WILL BE FROM BRIAN GABLE THIS EVENING.
MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, THE SOUTH HIGH STREET UTILITY BURIAL PROJECT, OR EXCUSE ME, THE SOUTH HIGH STREET UTILITY BURIAL FEES TWO PROJECT.
WE'LL PERFORM THE BURIAL OF EXISTING OVERHEAD, PRIMARY ELECTRIC LINES AND TELECOMMUNICATION UTILITY LINES TO UNDERGROUND ALONG BLACKSMITH LANE, SOUTH HIGH STREET, AND INTERSECTING STREETS.
AT THE COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT, ALL OVERHEAD UTILITY LINES AND POLES IN THE PROJECT AREA WILL BE REMOVED BETWEEN WESTBRIDGE STREET AND SHORT STREET, INCLUDING THE POLES ALONG SOUTH HIGH STREET.
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PRESENTLY, THE PROJECT IS PLANNED TO BEGIN CONSTRUCTION IN APRIL OF 2025, AND IS ANTICIPATED TO BE SIGNIFICANTLY COMPLETE BY THE END OF 2025.WITH THE SOUTH HIGH STREET POLLS BEING REMOVED OVER THE WINTER OF 2026.
THE TWO ORDINANCES BEFORE COUNCIL THIS EVENING PROVIDE FOR TWO ACQUISITIONS OF PROPERTY.
AS DETAILED IN THE STAFF MEMO, THE CITY HAS PARTICIPATED IN GOOD FAITH DISCUSSIONS WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS AND HAVE ARRIVED AT MUTUALLY AGREEABLE TERMS. THESE ARE THE FINAL TWO ACQUISITIONS FOR THIS PROJECT.
ACQUISITIONS ARE, EXCUSE ME, ACQUISITION AREAS ARE IN THE LIGHT PURPLE FOR ALL THE UPCOMING SLIDES.
PARCEL ONE IN GREEN IS LOCATED AT THE RIGHT HALF OF YOUR SCREEN WITH AN EASEMENT GOING THROUGH THE REAR OF THEIR PARCEL, UH, CIRCLED HERE.
PARCEL SEVEN IS IN LIGHT ORANGE AND IS APPROXIMATELY IN THE MIDDLE OF YOUR SCREEN, UH, WITH AN EASEMENT GOING THROUGH THEIR REAR LOT AS WELL.
UH, AND THEN PARCEL EIGHT IN CHEYENNE AT THE RIGHT OF YOUR SCREEN HERE.
UM, THIS IS A SMALL EASEMENT LOCATED ADJACENT TO THE RIGHT OF WAY FOR THE PLACEMENT OF UTILITY STRUCTURES.
THE ACQUISITION OF PARCEL EIGHT WAS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED ON SEPTEMBER 9TH, 2024.
PRIOR TO CLOSING ON THE EASEMENT, THIS PROPERTY WAS SOLD TO A NEW OWNER TRY OAK REAL ESTATE 86 LLC.
THE NEW OWNERSHIP HAS DECIDED TO DONATE THE REQUIRED PROPERTY RIGHTS, AND WE WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEM HERE THIS EVENING.
THE ADOPTION OF THESE ORDINANCES AUTHORIZED THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY CONVEYANCE DOCUMENTS AND CONTRACTS TO FORMALLY ACQUIRE THE NECESSARY PROPERTY INTERESTS.
STAFF RECOMMENDS ADOPTION OF ORDINANCES ZERO ONE DASH 25 THROUGH ZERO TWO DASH 25 AT THE SECOND READING AND PUBLIC HEARING NEXT WEEK, FEBRUARY 3RD, 2025.
I'LL BE HAPPY TO ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS COUNSEL MAY HAVE REGARDING THESE ORDINANCES.
IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS, THIS EVENING THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING NONE, UH, COUNCIL QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION? WELL, CERTAINLY WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK THOSE THAT ARE WILLING TO CONTRIBUTE AT NO COST.
THE EASEMENT, UH, CERTAINLY HELPS US MOVE THESE PROJECTS FORWARD AND IS A GREAT SERVICE.
HOPEFULLY, IT'S BEEN, IT IS GOOD TO SEE THAT THEY REALIZE THE BENEFIT OF THIS WORK AS WELL.
AND WE WILL LOOK FORWARD TO SECOND READING, PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED FOR FEBRUARY THE THIRD.
[Resolution 05-25]
IS INTRODUCTION, PUBLIC HEARING FOR RESOLUTION.UM, FIRST WE WILL HEAR IS RESOLUTION ZERO FIVE DASH 25 AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN AMENDMENT OF A PARKING LOT LEASE AGREEMENT WITH THE DUBLIN COMMUNITY CHURCH AND TO EXECUTE A SUBLEASE FOR PARKING PLACES WITH GRABLE AND COMPANY.
UNDER THANK YOU IN OUR STAFF REPORT THIS EVENING WILL BE FROM JENNY GEHRING.
WELCOME EVENING MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
SINCE 2011, THE CITY OF DUBLIN AND DUBLIN COMMUNITY CHURCH HAVE ENTERED INTO PARKING LOT OR PARKING LEASE AGREEMENTS FOR EXCESS PARKING IN THE CHURCH'S PARKING LOT.
IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING MORE PARKING OPTIONS FOR THE HISTORIC DISTRICT.
THE INTENTION OF THESE OF LE THESE LEASE AGREEMENTS HAS BEEN TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FLEXIBILITY FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PURPOSES IN THE DISTRICT.
THE TERM OF THE CURRENT PARKING LOT LEASE AGREEMENT IS FROM NOVEMBER 1ST, 2023 THROUGH NOVEMBER 1ST, 2026.
THIS RESOLUTION AUTHORIZES THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A LEASE EXTENSION WITH THE CHURCH THROUGH NOVEMBER 1ST, 2029.
THE REASON FOR EXTENDING THIS LEASE WITH THE CHURCH IS TO ACCOMMODATE THE GROWTH OF A GROWING DUBLIN TECH COMPANY.
THE COMPANY HAS IDENTIFIED AN OFFICE SPACE AT 61 WEST BRIDGE STREET THAT FITS THEIR NEEDS AND EXECUTE A LEASE THROUGH FEBRUARY, 2029.
THE CITY PLANS TO SUBLEASE THE 29 SPACES TO THE BUILDING OWNER, GRABLE AND COMPANY FOR THE SAME TERM AS THE, AS THE OFFICE 10 TENANT LEASE MARCH 1ST, 2025 THROUGH FEBRUARY 28TH, 2029.
THESE SPACES ARE AVAILABLE TO THE COMPANY ON WEEKDAYS 7:30 AM TO 5:30 PM WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MAJOR HOLIDAYS, WHICH ARE NOTED IN THE SUBLEASE AGREEMENT.
THE LEASE RATE IS CONSISTENT WITH THE EXISTING AGREEMENT WITH DUBLIN COMMUNITY CHURCH AT $750 PER MONTH.
STAFF RECOMMENDS THE APPROVAL OF THIS RESOLUTION.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT COUNCIL MAY HAVE AT THIS TIME.
UH, IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING NONE COUNCIL QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION.
UM, JUST TO CLARIFY, AND I WANNA MAKE SURE, UM, I, I ASKED THIS QUESTION TODAY, BUT IT'S REALLY FOR PUBLIC INFORMATION THAT, UH, WHEN WE SUBLEASE THESE, THE SIGNAGE AT THE CHURCH STILL SAYS PUBLIC PARKING, SO PEOPLE WILL UNDERSTAND THAT THAT'S AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC.
SO WE ACTUALLY TOOK SOME PICTURES JUST TO SHOW COUNSEL.
SO YEAH, THERE IS A SIGN THAT SAID THAT SAYS THAT THESE PARKING SPOTS ARE FOR THE PUBLIC AND THERE'S ALSO A SIGN THAT, UM, HAS SOME TIMES THERE.
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BUT WE WILL WORK WITH TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY TOO, MODIFY THOSE TIMES TO GO WITH THE NEW SUBLEASE AGREEMENT.I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE GONNA BE USED BY THAT COMPANY, THERE'S STILL GONNA BE AVAILABLE PUBLIC PARKING THERE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? DISCUSSION? JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE RULE MR. REINER? YES.
[Resolution 07-25]
25 ACCEPTING THE LOWEST AND BEST BID FOR THE COMMUN DUBLIN COMMUNITY RECREATION CENTER, PHASE ONE RENOVATION PROJECT.AND OUR STAFF REPORT THIS EVENING WILL BE FROM MATT YERMAN.
MEMBERS OF COUNCIL ON DECEMBER 20TH, 2024, 11 BIDS WERE RECEIVED AND PUBLICLY OPEN FOR THE DUBLIN COMMUNITY RECREATION CENTER, PHASE ONE RENOVATION PROJECT.
THIS PHASE FOCUSES, FOCUSES ON THE RENOVATION OF THE EXISTING TEEN LOUNGE AND SENIOR LOUNGE AREAS.
ONCE COMPLETED, THESE SPACES WILL BE REBRANDED AND WILL OFFER INCREASED SERVICES FOR MULTIPLE GENERATIONS, NEW PROGRAMMING OFFERINGS AND DROP IN ACTIVITIES.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE RENOVATIONS TO THE TEEN LOUNGE DO INCLUDE ENCLOSING THE OUTDOOR PATIO, UM, AREA TO, UM, EXPAND THE INDOOR SPACE, WHICH SUBSTANTIATES MUCH OF THE COST FOR THIS PARTICULAR PHASE OF THE RENOVATIONS.
STAFF HAS THOROUGHLY REVIEWED THE BIDS FROM THE PROJECT AND HAS DETERMINED THAT SILI CONSTRUCTION'S BID OF $1,169,292 IS THE LOWEST AND BEST BID, WHICH IS APPRO APPROXIMATELY 38% BELOW THE PROJECT COST ESTIMATION.
ROBERTSON, UH, CONSTRUCTION'S BID WAS ACTUALLY $20,292 LESS THAN SILI CONSTRUCTION BID.
HOWEVER, AFTER THE EVALUATION OF BOTH BIDS STAFFED, DETERMINED SILIS CONSTRUCTION BID IS THE LOWEST AND BEST BID.
A CRITICAL FACTOR IN EVALUATING, UH, OR IN THAT EVALUATION WAS THE PROPOSED PROJECT SCHEDULE.
EACH BID, EACH BIDDER WAS OBLIGATED TO PROVIDE THAT SCHEDULE, UM, AND IS A KEY TO THE, UH, PROJECT AS A PRIORITY ELEMENT OF THE PROJECT TO LIMIT THE DISRUPTION AND SERVICES PROVIDED.
UH, FOR DUBLIN RESIDENTS AT THE DCRC IL'S BID WAS DETERMINED THE LOWEST AND THE BEST BECAUSE OF ITS PROPOSED SCHEDULE SHOWING THE TIMELINE THAT WAS ABOUT SIX WEEKS SHORTER THAN THE PROPOSED SCHEDULE FROM ROBERTSON'S CONSTRUCTION.
THIS WILL, THIS WILL REDUCE THE DISRUPTION TO THE PROGRAMMING O AND PUBLIC ACCESS STAFF HAS, UH, SUCCESSFULLY, UM, OR SILI HAS, UH, SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED PREVIOUS PROJECTS FOR THE CITY AND DEMONSTRATED THE NECESSARY EXPERIENCE AND CAPABILITIES TO COMPLETE THIS PROJECT TO A HIGH STANDARD.
THEREFORE, DESPITE THE HIGHER BID PRICE, SILI PROPOSAL, SILIS DISPOSAL, UH, PROPOSAL IS DE DEEMED THE LOWEST AND BEST FOR THE OVERALL PROJECT REQUIREMENTS AND PRIORITIES.
WITH THAT STAFF, UH, RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION OH 6 25.
I WILL SAY JOINING US THIS EVENING IS KEITH HALL FROM MSA SPORT AND DON MCCARTHY FROM MCCARTHY CONSULTING IF COUNSEL HAS ANY DETAILED QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROJECT.
UH, IS THERE ANY MEMBER OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC PRESENT THIS EVENING THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING NONE COUNCIL QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION? I HAD A QUESTION, MATT, COULD YOU, UM, UH, CLARIFY OR EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE TIMELINE OF THIS FIRST PHASE AND THEN WHEN WE WOULD, UH, POTENTIALLY ENTER A SECOND PHASE AND A THIRD PHASE? SO THIS PHASE WAS, UH, FUNDS THAT ARE, UM, AVAILABLE FROM THE ARPA FUNDS THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE, UH, FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE SIX, UM, SIX POINT, I THINK TWO 5 MILLION FOR THIS YEAR IN THE CAPITAL BUDGET.
SO ONCE THIS PROJECT STARTS AND, AND, AND MOVES FORWARD, WE WILL BRING TO COUNCIL FUTURE PHASE FOR THIS YEAR.
HOPEFULLY WE CAN BE ABLE TO GET, UH, THOSE FUNDS ENCUMBERED FOR THIS YEAR.
AND IF I RECALL, UM, WE HAD SOME DRAFT PROJECTS FOR THE NEXT PHASE OF THAT, UM, THOSE WILL BE BROUGHT FORWARD FOR OUR CONSIDERATION.
AND THE REASON I'M ASKING THIS IS ONCE WE START TO SEE THESE MOVEMENTS MADE, THE USERS OF THE REC CENTER ARE GONNA BE VERY INTERESTED IN PHASE ONE, PHASE TWO, PHASE THREE, PHASE FOUR.
SO, UM, I GUESS I'M ASKING FOR A BIT OF, YOU KNOW, JUST COMMUNICATION TO THE USERS ABOUT WE'RE BEGINNING THIS, THIS ISN'T THE END OF IT, THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF IT, THAT, THAT'S SORT OF THING.
AND I THINK THAT'S GONNA BE IMPORTANT.
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BE, UM, OVERALL, I KNOW THERE'LL BE OVERALL EXCITEMENT FOR THE REFRESH.AND I, AGAIN, I THINK IT'LL BE HELPFUL FOR, FOR GETTING THE PHASES OUT BEFORE I THINK THESE TWO AREAS ARE VERY INDEPENDENT FROM INFLUENCING THE RE REST OF THE BUILDING.
THE REST OF THE BUILDING IS GONNA BE VERY MUCH INCONVENIENCE TO, UH, BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE.
BUT THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SCHEDULING THESE AND PRICING THESE IN A WAY THAT IS MOST EFFICIENT AND COST EFFECTIVE FOR SURE.
AND I APPRECIATE THE WORK ON THIS.
I THINK FROM THE LAST GO AROUND, I THINK IT'S TAKEN A, A STEP FORWARD.
I THINK YOU HEARD WHAT, WHAT COUNCIL'S FEEDBACK WAS AND I I'M EXCITED TO SEE IT.
SO THANKS FOR, THANKS FOR EVERYBODY FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS.
I THINK, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE GONNA BE PUBLISHING PICTURES OR ANYTHING TO PUT UP AT THE REC CENTER OR IF YOU'RE GONNA PUT THIS ON ANY KINDA SOCIAL MEDIA.
I THINK PEOPLE WOULD BE FASCINATED TO SEE WHAT WE'RE DOING THERE.
I THINK IT'S KIND OF GREAT PR UM, SO THAT'S A SUGGESTION.
UM, ON THE SENIOR LOUNGE, UM, WE HAD TALKED IN THE PAST THAT A KITCHEN WAS GONNA BE RENOVATED SO THAT YOU COULD HAVE COOKING CLASSES AND THAT SORT OF THING.
IS THAT INCLUDED IN THIS? THAT'S NOT INCLUDED IN THIS PACKAGE.
SPECIFICALLY, BUT IT IS ONE THAT WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER IT IS WE END UP WITH THAT IT IS ACCOMMODATING THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY.
UM, WE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT POTENTIAL SPONSORSHIPS FOR THINGS ALONG THAT, UM, THAT LINE, UM, TO BE ABLE TO MOVE THESE PROJECTS FORWARD FASTER.
I WAS JUST CURIOUS, UH, SIX OF THE BIDS WERE 30% BELOW THE ESTIMATE AND THREE WERE 20% BELOW.
ANY, ANY IDEA HOW THAT OCCURRED? THAT WE WERE THAT FAR, THAT THEY CAME IN THAT LOW? I'M SORRY, WHAT WAS THE QUESTION? THE BID, THE BID NUMBERS COMING IN BELOW OUR ESTIMATE BY, HE WANTS TO KNOW IF YOU HAVE AN ATTRIBUTING YEAH.
WHY THE BIDS CAME IN SO MUCH UNDERESTIMATE.
I I THINK THE ONLY THING I CAN SAY TO THIS IS WE HAVE A VERY BIG INTEREST IN THE TOTAL RE RENOVATION PACKAGE FOR THE RECREATION CENTER.
UM, I THINK THERE'S AN INTEREST FROM THE CONSTRUCTION, UM, INDUSTRY OUT THERE.
UM, WE ALSO FACTORED IN SOME INFLATIONARY RATES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE ESTIMATING THE PROJECT TO A POINT WHERE WE COULD ACCOMMODATE IT.
UM, A LOT OF FACTORS IN THAT, BUT, YOU KNOW, I I WILL SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, THE PACKAGE THAT MSA PUT TOGETHER AND THEN THE SELLING OF THAT PACKAGE THROUGH MCCARTHY CONSULTING WITH MULTIPLE CONSTRUCTION, UM, FIRMS, ENABLED US TO GET A REALLY, REALLY GOOD RESPONSE FOR THIS.
ANY OTHERS? HEARING NONE, UH, JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE MAYOR AROSE GROOMS? YES.
[Historic Dublin NE Quad Street Network Update]
OTHER BUSINESS PORTION OF OUR AGENDA THIS EVENING WILL BE THE HISTORIC DISTRICT NORTHEAST QUAD STREET NETWORK UPDATE, AND OUR STAFF REPORT WILL BE FROM BASSAM BATAR.THANK YOU MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL.
UH, WITH ME TONIGHT, AS LAST TIME IS, UH, MIKE BREM FROM EMH AND T AND JOHN WOODS FROM MKSK.
I'M GONNA GIVE A VERY QUICK, UH, BACKGROUND AND REMINDER OF WHERE WE'VE BEEN AND THEN LET THEM TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE DETAILS THAT WE ARE BRINGING TO YOU TONIGHT.
SO THIS IS THE, UH, UH, PROJECT IN THE NORTH RIVERVIEW, UH, AREA.
AND AS YOU WILL RECALL THAT THERE WAS A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS THAT, UH, WAS RESPONDED TO BY ATCH, UH, A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO THAT ENVISIONED SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT OF, UM, UH, WITH, WITH SOME UNIQUE CHARACTER IN THIS, UH, GENERAL AREA.
SO THERE WERE, UH, SOME ELEMENTS TO THE, UH, STREETSCAPE AND SOME POTENTIAL FOR ON STREET PARKING IF THAT WAS FEASIBLE.
UH, AS THAT CONTINUED TO EVOLVE, UH, SOME OF THE PARCELS THAT WERE ORIGINALLY PART OF THE, UH, PROJECT ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF WING HILL ON NORTH RIVERVIEW WERE, UH, SEPARATED AND SOLD OFF, UH, THROUGH AUCTION.
UH, BUT THE GENERAL OVERALL PLAN REMAINED THE SAME.
AND IT WAS ALSO INTENDED TO INTEGRATE WITH SURROUNDING DEVELOPMENT SOME OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS, UM, THAT THE CITY HAD IN THAT AREA, AS WELL AS THE PARK IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
AS IT PROGRESSED TO THE CONCEPT PLAN, THE, UH, FOCUS AT THE TIME WAS ON THE PRIVATE COMPONENT OF THE DEVELOPMENT.
SO THE, UH, UH, PLAN THAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN WAS, UH, UH, SIMPLIFIED TO SIMPLY INCLUDE THE CO HATCH PROJECT.
AND IT STILL WAS TRYING TO ACCOMMODATE SOME ON STREET PARKING ON NORTH BLACKSMITH LANE.
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THE, UH, STUDY OF THE AREA CONTINUED TO EVOLVE, UH, DUE TO THE WITS OF SOME OF THOSE STREETS AND THE NEED TO ACCOMMODATE, UH, EMERGENCY VEHICLE ACCESS, UH, SOME OF THAT PARKING PROVED TO BE NOT FEASIBLE, ESPECIALLY ON BLACKSMITH LANE.SO THE FOCUS SHIFTED BACK TO PROVIDING SOME ON STREET PARKING FOR, ESPECIALLY FOR A DA ACCESS AND DELIVERIES AND EMERGENCY VEHICLES ON NORTH RIVERVIEW STREET, WHILE MAINTAINING, UH, SOME OF THE EXISTING PARKING, UH, THAT'S ON, UH, NORTH STREET, ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF NORTH STREET AND FURTHER SOUTH ON NORTH RIVERVIEW.
SO THE PLAN THAT YOU SEE ON, ON THE SCREEN WAS, UM, PRESENTED TO THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD AS PART OF THE PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN REVIEW.
AND THE STREETSCAPE ITSELF WAS VERY CONCEPTUAL AT THE TIME.
IT WAS JUST, UH, SHOWN FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES THAT EVOLVED, UM, SLIGHTLY.
AND, AND AS PART OF THE PRESENTATION, UM, ATCH PRESENTED SOME OF THEIR, UH, VISION FOR, UH, OCCASIONAL ART SHOWS AND MARKETS IN THAT AREA THAT, AGAIN, FOCUS ON PEDESTRIAN ACTIVITY AND, UH, SIMILAR USES IN THERE.
AND THAT PROGRESSED TO THE FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE ARCHITECTURE REVIEW BOARD BACK IN NOVEMBER.
AGAIN, THE, UH, STREETS SCAPE THAT WAS SHOWN WAS CONCEPTUAL IN NATURE.
WE CAME TO YOU BACK IN NOVEMBER WITH A FEW CONCEPTS THAT, UH, INCLUDED, UH, QUITE A BIT OF BRICK IN THE STREETS.
UM, THE FEEDBACK WE HEARD FROM YOU WAS THAT WE NEEDED TO, UH, BE MORE CONSISTENT WITH THE, UH, STANDARD THAT HAS BEEN MOST RECENTLY USED IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT AND FOCUSING ON, UM, INTEGRATING THE ELEMENTS SIMILAR TO THE FRANKLIN STREET EXTENSION.
SO, UH, WHAT WE ARE PRESENTING TO YOU TONIGHT IS, UH, OUR, UH, ATTEMPT AT RESPONDING TO YOUR FEEDBACK.
AND WE'D LIKE TO, UH, UH, GET FE UH, FURTHER FEEDBACK ON THAT AND ALSO SOME INPUT ON A COUPLE OF PARKING OPTIONS.
SO WITH THAT, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO MIKE AND JOHN AND WE'LL THANK YOU BASSAM.
GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
UH, JOHN AND I ARE PLEASED TO BE WITH YOU AGAIN, UH, TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE STREETS AND SIDEWALKS THAT ARE BEING PLANNED IN COORDINATION WITH THE ATCH PROJECT.
UM, IN NOVEMBER, WE PRESENTED A BASELINE OPTION THAT HAD ASPHALT STREETS AND BRICK SIDEWALKS AND BRICK CROSSWALKS.
UH, SO WE'RE HERE TONIGHT TO PRESENT AN UPDATED VERSION OF THAT BASELINE.
UM, ALL OF THE EXHIBITS WE'RE GOING TO SHOW YOU TONIGHT ARE ORIENTED WITH NORTH TO THE RIGHT SIDE.
SO THE INTERSECTION OF BRIDGE STREET AND HIGH STREET IS IN THE UPPER LEFT.
UH, JUST TO RECAP THE VARIOUS IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE PART OF THIS PROJECT, NORTH STREET AND LOWER NORTH RIVERVIEW STREET THAT GOES DOWN UNDER THE BRIDGE AND ALONG BUILDING Z, UM, AS WE DISCUSSED IN NOVEMBER, WE'RE PROPOSING TO REALIGN THOSE TO ENCOURAGE MORE OF AN EAST TO NORTH AND SOUTH TO WEST CIRCULATION.
OF COURSE, WE'RE NOT ENCOURAGING MORE CARS TO GO DOWN TO THIS AREA.
UM, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO BETTER, LARGELY JUST BETTER MANAGE THE, THE VEHICLES THAT, UM, DO NEED TO CIRCULATE IN THAT AREA.
NORTH STREET AND LOWER NORTH REARVIEW STREET WILL BOTH HAVE IN THIS PROPOSAL, ASPHALT PAVEMENT, BRICK WALK, BRICK CROSSWALK, AND THE CURBS WILL BE STRAIGHT GRANITE CONSISTENT WITH WHAT'S IN FRONT OF BUILDING Z.
AND, UH, THE REST OF THE HISTORIC DISTRICT AROUND THE LIBRARY.
STREET PARKING TODAY IS ALLOWED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF NORTH, NORTH STREET, UH, BETWEEN HIGH STREET AND BLACKSMITH.
AND THIS PROPOSAL WOULD PRESERVE THAT ABILITY TO PARK THERE.
UH, THE BOTTOM PART OF THE SCREEN, UH, IS ALSO VERY SIMILAR TO THE BASELINE THAT WE PRESENTED IN NOVEMBER, WOULD HAVE ASPHALT PAVEMENT.
IT'S, IT WILL BE 20 TO 21 FEET WIDE.
IN THIS CASE, THE CURBS ARE PROPOSED TO BE MOUNTABLE GRANITE CURBS, AGAIN, CONSISTENT WITH THAT BASELINE OPTION THAT WE SHOWED YOU IN NOVEMBER SIDEWALK ON THE EAST SIDE OF NORTH RIVERVIEW STREET.
UM, IT WOULD BE PROPOSED TO BE BRICK
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SOUTH OF WING HILL ALLEY.AGAIN, THERE'S PARKING IS NOT RESTRICTED THERE TODAY.
AND AS PART OF THIS PROPOSAL, THAT ABILITY TO PARK ON THE EAST SIDE OF NORTH RIVERVIEW STREET, SOUTH OF WING HILL WOULD REMAIN TO BE PERMITTED.
ALSO, AS WE DISCUSSED IN NOVEMBER, BETWEEN WING HILL AND NORTH STREET, UM, THERE IS A NEED TO RESTRICT PARKING TO, UH, ALLOW EMS, PARTICULARLY FIRE TRUCKS TO CIRCULATE THE BLOCK.
SOMETHING THAT WE COORDINATED PRETTY CLOSELY WITH WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP.
SO THERE IS A NEED IN THAT CASE TO RESTRICT PARKING.
THE INSET DETAIL IN THE LOWER RIGHT OF THIS GRAPHIC IS NEW, UM, AND SHOWS THAT, UH, AREA THAT'S ABOUT A HUNDRED FEET LONG, UM, IN FRONT OF THE NEW BUILD WHERE WE COULD PERMIT PARKING OR OTHER OBSTRUCTIONS IN COORDINATION WITH KATCH AND THEIR, UM, ARCHITECTURE AND ENGINEERING TEAMS. WE ARE CURRENTLY PROPOSING THAT THAT SPACE BE OCCUPIED BY TWO, UH, PARKING SPACES THAT ARE RESERVED FOR HANDICAPPED USE.
AND THE REMAINING LENGTH OF THAT A HUNDRED FEET WOULD BE, UM, DESIGNATED AS AN ACTIVE LOADING ZONE.
SO I KNOW, UH, ALSO IN NOVEMBER WE DISCUSSED THE CHALLENGE WITH THE GRADES AND, UM, THE DESIRE TO PROVIDE SOME REALLY A DA ACCESSIBLE SPACES.
AND, UH, IN FRONT OF THE NEW BUILD, THIS IS REALLY THE, THE BEST SPOT, UH, THAT GETS YOU CLOSE TO YOUR DESTINATION.
IF YOU ARE, UM, WANTING TO GO TO ONE OF THE KATCH BUILDINGS, IT'S, IT'S CLOSE PROXIMITY, AND THE GRADES ARE VERY CONDUCIVE TO WHEELCHAIR ACCESS.
THE BIGGEST CHANGE TO THE BASELINE IS TO THE SECTIONS THAT ARE PROPOSED FOR NORTH BLACKSMITH LANE AND FOR WING HILL.
AND THOSE ARE SECTIONS A AND C ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE.
UH, BOTH OF THESE STREETS ARE CURRENTLY ABOUT NINE FEET WIDE OF ASPHALT, UH, IN THE EXISTING CONDITION.
BLACKSMITH LANE HAS A MOUNTABLE CURB ON THE WEST SIDE AND JUST, UH, GRASS, AN UN UNCURBED CONDITION ON THE, UH, EAST SIDE.
AND WING HILL, UH, IS UNCURBED ON BOTH SIDES WITH GRASS.
SO AT THAT WIDTH, IF TWO VEHICLES ARE APPROACHING EACH OTHER, ONE OF THEM NEEDS TO, UM, CREEP INTO THE GRASS SO THAT THEY CAN PASS EACH OTHER.
AND THE SAME THING KIND OF APPLIES IF A PEDESTRIAN IS TRYING TO USE THE ROADWAY.
UM, IN NOVEMBER WE PRESENTED AN OPTION WHERE WE WOULD, UH, CREATE ON BLACKSMITH LANE AND WING HILL A A SHARED STREET TYPE OF AN ALLEY AT AN 18 FOOT TOTAL WIDTH.
AND THAT 18 FEET WAS INCLUSIVE OF FLUSH BAND.
SO THAT ENTIRE 18 FEET WAS, UM, AVAILABLE FOR VEHICULAR USE.
AND WE HAD SOME IDEAS ON HOW TO CARVE THAT SPACE UP FOR PEDESTRIAN USE USING PAVERS.
UM, WITH THIS, UH, NEW PROPOSAL, WE'VE COME UP WITH ANOTHER WAY TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT MORE ROOM, UH, BUT TO KEEP THOSE PAVERS RESERVED FOR A PREDOMINANTLY SIDEWALK CONDITION.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE ON SECTION A AND SECTION C, UH, WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THIS SECTION, WHICH WOULD BE THE WEST SIDE OF BLACKSMITH AND THE SOUTH SIDE OF WING HILL, UM, THAT WOULD JUST BE A MOUNTABLE CURB WITH TURF BEHIND IT.
AND THEN ON THE EAST, UH, EAST SIDE OF BLACKSMITH AND NORTH SIDE OF WING HILL, UH, WE WOULD HAVE, UH, AGAIN, A MOUNTABLE GRANITE CURB AND A FIVE FOOT BRICK WALK.
UH, SO IF, AGAIN, NOT A LOT OF TRAFFIC ON THESE STREETS, DON'T WANT A LOT OF TRAFFIC ON THESE STREETS.
BUT IF, UH, TWO CARS DO NEED TO PASS, JUST LIKE IN THE EXISTING CONDITION, ONE WOULD NEED TO CREEP, UH, EITHER TO THE, THE DRIVEWAY SIDE OR, UM, TO RUN UP OVER THE GRANITE CURB, UH, GRANITE MOUNTABLE CURB ONTO THE SIDEWALK, WHICH WOULD BE DESIGNED AND CONSTRUCTED IN SUCH A WAY TO HANDLE THAT VEHI UH, VEHICULAR TRAFFIC, BUT TO DISCOURAGE IT.
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UH, CERTAINLY A WAY TO, UH, PROVIDE A QUITE A BIT OF FRICTION ON THE STREET AND, UM, TO ENCOURAGE VERY SLOW SPEEDS.SO WE'LL GET INTO, UH, A LITTLE MORE DETAIL ON, UH, WHAT THIS WOULD LOOK LIKE IN THREE DIMENSIONS, AND THEN ALSO RECAP, UH, SOME OF THE FIXTURES AND OTHER DESIGN FEATURES THAT'LL GO ALONG WITH THIS PROPOSAL.
GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
UM, I'M GONNA EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT MORE THE DESIGN AND DETAILS OF THE PROPOSAL.
UM, SO WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT HERE IS WE'VE TAKEN A LITTLE BIT MORE URBAN APPROACH TO THIS INTERSECTION WITH, UH, LESS RELIANCE ON BRICK.
UM, COMPARED TO THE PROPOSAL THAT WE BROUGHT BACK IN NOVEMBER, UM, IT, WHAT WE'VE DONE HERE TO REMIND YOU PREVIOUSLY WE HAD THE TREE LAWN COMING UP FROM THE LEFT IN THIS VIEW IN THE FOREGROUND, UH, APPROACHING THE SIDEWALKS, WE'VE REPLACED THAT WITH BRICK PAVEMENT OUT TO THE CURB AND SOME MORE VERTICAL ELEMENTS, PLANTERS AND BOLLARDS TO ACT AND, UH, TO ACT AS A VISUAL QUEUE THAT YOU'RE ENTERING THIS PEDESTRIAN AREA.
COUPLED THAT WITH A WIDER CROSSWALK TO, UM, VISUALLY CUE, UM, THAT THIS PEDESTRIAN AREA AS WELL.
WE'VE KIND OF MAXED THAT OUT IN WHAT WE CAN DO IN TERMS OF, UM, WORKING WITH THE GRADES.
AND THEN WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH THE KATCH TEAM TO POTENTIALLY WIDEN THE STAIR IN THE, UM, THE PLAZA ACROSS THE STREET TO, TO WORK WITH BOTH OF THE CROSSWALK ON NORTH STREET AS WELL AS CROSSING NORTH RIVERVIEW TO MAKE THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE, UH, GRACEFUL.
UM, IN THE TOP RIGHT HAND VIEW, YOU CAN SEE THAT, UM, AS MIKE MENTIONED, WE'VE NARROWED THE ASPHALT PAVEMENT THERE AND ADDED THE SIDEWALK, UM, THE RAISED SIDEWALK ON THE MOUNTABLE CURB AND THE MOUNTABLE CURB KIND OF SURROUNDING THAT CENTER PART OF THE BLOCK.
SO WE'VE COME WITH ANOTHER, UM, AN OPTIONAL, UM, PROPOSAL HERE TO ADD A COBBLESTONE BAND, UM, INTO THAT CENTER BLOCK AREA AROUND THE THREE ATCH, UH, PROPERTIES, UM, THAT WOULD ENCIRCLE THAT BLOCK WITHIN THE, UM, LAWN ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE MOUNTABLE CURB AND EITHER THE LAWN OR PLANTING AREA OR INTEGRATED INTO THE SIDEWALK.
AND THEN IT WOULD STOP AT THE HISTORIC, UH, STONE WALL TO KINDA LET THAT, UH, HISTORIC WALL KINDA STAND ON ITS OWN AND HIGHLIGHT IT.
UH, THIS DOES A COUPLE OF THINGS.
IT ADDS A, A SUBTLE, UNIQUE, UH, DETAIL TO THIS AREA OF THE VILLAGE.
AND, UM, IT, WE ALSO HAVE A LOT OF TURNING MOVEMENTS THAT, THAT MIKE HAS BEEN WORKING HARD TO ACCOMMODATE WITH, UH, EMERGENCY VEHICLES AND EVERY, ANY OTHER VEHICLE THAT'S MAKING A LOT OF TURNING MOVEMENTS AROUND THAT BLOCK.
SO IT GIVES YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE SPACE TO KIND OF RIDE UP ON THERE AND NOT TEAR UP LAWN A LITTLE MORE DURABILITY INTO THAT SIDEWALK CROSS SECTION FOR THAT MOVEMENT.
IT ALSO ADDS A LITTLE BIT OF TECH VISUAL AND, UH, TEXTURE THAT YOU CAN FEEL IN A CAR, KIND OF KNOW THAT YOU'RE KIND OF IN THAT PEDESTRIAN AREA.
THESE VIGNETTES GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT THAT MIGHT, UH, LOOK LIKE, UH, IS DEPICTED IN PLANTING AREAS OR WITHIN THE SIDEWALK.
UM, I'LL NOTE THAT WE AREN'T EXPANDING THE SIDEWALK TO ADD THIS IN.
WE'RE JUST REMOVING SOME BRICK AND PLACING THAT INTO THE SIDEWALK.
SO IT'S NOT MUCH OF A, AN UPTICK IN COST.
IT'S MORE JUST A SUBTLE DETAIL IN SECTIONS.
UM, THIS REALLY JUST HIGHLIGHTS THE INTEGRATION OF THAT COBBLESTONE BAND AND THESE TYPICAL SECTIONS, SECTION A, WHERE IT'S INTEGRATED INTO THE SIDEWALK AND NORTH RIVERVIEW STREET SECTION B, WHERE IT'S INTEGRATED INTO THE WEST SIDE OF NORTH RIVERVIEW, I'M SORRY, SECTION A WAS IN BLACKSMITH, UM, SECTION B IN NORTH RIVERVIEW STREET WHERE IT'S ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE STREET.
AND THEN IN SECTION C, UM, IN WING HILL WHERE IT'S INTEGRATED INTO THE SIDEWALK.
THIS VIEW IS EXACTLY THE SAME AS ALAS.
WE'VE JUST ADDED A LITTLE BIT OF TEXTURE AROUND THE BACKSIDE OF THAT MOUNTABLE CURB TO KIND OF SHOW THE INTEGRATION OF THE COBBLESTONE BAND.
AND THEN THE MATERIALS THAT WE'RE PROPOSING, UM, FROM LEFT TO RIGHT, WE'RE UTILIZING THE STANDARD VEHICULAR BRICK FROM THE HISTORIC DISTRICT IN CROSSWALKS AND ANY PARKING SHOULD IT, SHOULD IT OCCUR.
UH, THE STANDARD HISTORIC, HISTORIC DISTRICT, UH, SIDEWALK BRICK, AND THEN THE GRANITE MATERIAL FOR THE CURB AND THE COBBLESTONES WOULD BE THE SAME
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MATERIAL, UH, THAT IS STANDARD IN THE DISTRICT FOR THE BRICK.AND THOSE, UH, PAVER DEMARCATIONS, IT WOULD JUST BE UTILIZED IN THIS DIFFERENT WAY.
LIGHTING HAS LARGELY GONE, UH, UN LIGHTING AND FURNISHINGS HAVE BASICALLY GONE UNCHANGED SINCE WE, UM, PRESENTED TO YOU IN NOVEMBER, UH, WITH THE ONLY CAVEAT THAT WE ADDED THAT PLANTER THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER.
UM, SO THE CATENARY LIGHTING THAT WE'RE, UH, PROPOSING ON BLACKSMITH LANE IS REALLY THERE FOR A, TO CREATE A, A UNIQUE ELEMENT WITHIN THE VILLAGE.
IT'S ALSO, UH, WORKS WELL WITH THE, UH, NEW CONSTRUCT, NEWLY CONSTRUCTED RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES AND THOSE THAT ARE POTENTIALLY COMING ONLINE TO KEEP, UH, GLARE OUT OF THE WINDOWS.
'CAUSE THAT ARY LIGHT IS CENTERED OVER THE MIDDLE OF THE PAVEMENT AS OPPOSED TO THE OUTSIDE EDGES OF THE, OF THE ROADWAY.
AND IT PUSHES THAT LIGHT DOWN TO THE PAVEMENT AS OPPOSED TO IN ALL DIRECTIONS IN THE WINDOWS OF THE RESIDENTIAL UNITS.
IT ALSO GIVES US FLEXIBILITY IN LOCATING THE LIGHT, THE, UH, THE STANDARD POLES THAT, UM, NEED TO DODGE THOSE BUILDINGS OR UTILITIES.
THE REST OF THE STREETS, UH, WOULD ALL HAVE THE, UM, STANDARD HISTORIC DISTRICT LIGHT POLE.
AND THEN WHERE WE'RE, UH, DEPLOYING BOLLARDS, WE WERE LOOKING AT SOMETHING WITH SOME HISTORIC CHARACTER.
PLANTING HAS ALSO GONE, UM, UNCHANGED OTHER THAN THE ADDITION, LIKE I MENTIONED, OF THE PLANTERS.
UM, AT THE INTERSECTION WITH THE, UM, GREEN DOTS BEING THE MEDIUM-SIZED, UH, SHADE TREES, THE RED DOTS BEING MORE OF AN ORNAMENTAL SCALE TREE TO KIND OF PRESERVE VIEWS AND PROVIDE PEDE PEDESTRIAN SCALE.
AND THEN THE, THE, UH, GREEN SHADED AREAS WOULD BE A MIXTURE OF PERENNIALS AND ORNAMENTAL GRASSES.
AND I JUST GONNA TELL YOU ALL ABOUT PARKING.
SO, UH, THE, THE OTHER UPDATE TO, SORRY, THE, THE OTHER UPDATE TO THE THE BASELINE IS, UH, JUST, UH, COMING BACK TO THE PARKING ON LOWER NORTH REARVIEW STREET, UM, IN NOVEMBER, WE SHOWED TWO OPTIONS, UH, ONE THAT ADDED AS MUCH PARKING AS WE COULD FEASIBLY ADD TO LOWER NORTH RIVERVIEW STREET, WHICH RESULTED IN ABOUT 21 ADDITIONAL SPACES.
AND AGAIN, THIS IS JUST LOOKING, IF WE WERE TO ADD PARKING SOMEWHERE IN THIS AREA, THIS IS PROBABLY THE MOST FEASIBLE PLACE TO DO IT.
UM, WE ALSO PREVE PRESENTED, UH, AND RECOMMENDED AT THAT TIME A MORE SCALED BACK VERSION, UH, THAT CREATES, UM, AN ADDITIONAL 12 SPACES.
SO IT WOULD LEAVE THE WEST SIDE IN FRONT OF BUILDING Z ALONE, ADD ADDITIONAL 12 SPACES ON THE EAST SIDE, UH, SPREAD THOSE SPACES OUT A LITTLE BIT, UM, WITH SOME ADDITIONAL BUMP OUTS TO PROVIDE SOME MORE PERMEABILITY OF VIEWS.
UM, IN TERMS OF A DA ACCESSIBLE SPACES DOWN HERE, UM, AND I SAY DOWN BECAUSE I'M ALWAYS THINKING ABOUT THE ELEVATIONS, BUT, UH, NOT A GREAT PLACE TO PARK IF YOU DO HAVE A WHEELCHAIR SITUATION.
UM, PROBABLY ONE OF THESE SPACES, UH, BY CODE WOULD NEED TO BE A DA ACCESSIBLE, UH, AND DESIGNATED FOR HANDICAP USE.
IF WE DID WANT TO ADD MORE HANDICAP PARKING, UH, MY PERSONAL OPINION WOULD BE IT WOULD NOT, PROBABLY DOWN THE HILL IN FRONT OF BUILDING Z'S PROBABLY NOT THE BEST PLACE FOR THAT.
AND, UM, WE WOULD LOOK AT UPPER NORTH RIVERVIEW STREET TO POTENTIALLY ADD ADDITIONAL HANDICAP SPACES.
UM, BUT WE ARE ALSO PRESENTING THERE ON THE TOP HALF AN OPTION WHERE WE DO NOT BUILD ANY PARKING DOWN THERE.
UM, THAT WOULD ALSO ELIMINATE THE SIDEWALK FOR NOW ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE ROAD.
UM, THE SIDEWALK ON THE EAST SIDE TODAY WITHOUT THE PARKING DOESN'T REALLY GO ANYWHERE.
UM, SO IF WE WERE TO, UH, ELIMINATE THAT FROM THIS BASELINE, IT COULD CERTAINLY BE REVISITED AS PART OF THE PARK MASTER PLAN.
UM, BUT UH, IS NOT SHOWN IN THAT TOP VIEW, UH, FOR THE BASELINE.
AND, UM, IN TERMS OF THE COST, THE COST WAS IN THE MEMO, IT, YOU KNOW, IT'S ABOUT $570,000 AT THE SIDEWALK IN THE PARKING.
UM, AND ABOUT HALF THAT COST IS THE SIDEWALK AND ABOUT THE OTHER HALF
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IS THE PARKING AND THAT, YOU KNOW, IT IS A BIG NUMBER AND IT'S, UM, LARGELY DUE TO THE, THE BRICK AND THE GRANITE THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH.AND, AND THOSE COSTS WOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH THE REST OF THIS PROJECT AND, AND OTHER PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN BUILT, UH, AROUND THE HISTORIC DISTRICT.
SO IN SUMMARY, WE ARE RE REQUESTING, UH, ACCEPTANCE OF THE STREETSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS.
UH, OUR RECOMMENDATION IS TO GO WITH THE KALE, UH, STRIP TO HELP WITH THAT TACTILE TEXTURE AND ALSO PROVIDE A UNIQUE ELEMENT AND TIDY, UH, HISTORIC STONEWALL WITH THE REST OF THE DEVELOPMENT.
AND WE'D ALSO LIKE YOUR INPUT ON THE PARKING OPTIONS.
I'M GONNA TAKE A MOMENT FOR ANYONE PRESENT FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS ITEM.
IF YOU WOULD PLEASE COME FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS INTO THE RECORD AND WE WELCOME YOUR THOUGHTS.
MY NAME IS LOU LANGAN, THANK YOU MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
AND I'M SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSING THE 12TH PARKING PLACES THAT ARE AS AN OPTION.
BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT, I WANNA ALSO ADDRESS THE 10 EXISTING PARKING SPACES IN FRONT OF THE BRIDGE PARK WEST BUILDING WHERE WE ARE A RESIDENT ON NUMBER ONE 17 ON THE GROUND FLOOR.
I HAVE PROVIDED YOU WITH SOME DOCUMENTS AND SOME PICTURES.
I'LL FIRST ADDRESS THE SITUATION AS IT EXISTS TODAY.
TODAY'S PARKING IS A PREAMBLE OF WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
PEOPLE PARK AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE AND NO CHARGE.
AND THAT'S NOT JUST BECAUSE I'M DUTCH BY HERITAGE, THAT I LOOK FOR FREE PARKING.
PEOPLE PARK TODAY AND JAM UP BY ATCH, WHERE THE RIVERVIEW VILLAGE IS BEING DEVELOPED IN THE PARKING PLAN.
THE LIBRARY PARKING AND THE BRIDGE PARK WEST PARKING, UH, PRIVATE PARKING ARE PART OF THE APPROVED PLAN.
WHAT IS NOT STATED IN ANY OF THE DOCUMENTS, WHICH I PROVIDED YOU WITH, THAT THE PRIVATE PARKING IN BRIDGE PARK WEST IS $25 FOR THE DAY.
IT'S A MISNOMER TO CALL THESE 12TH PARKING SPACES, SPACES.
THERE'S AN $8 MILLION PAYROLL COMING WITH 571 ASSOCIATES THAT WILL COME IN THE MORNING AT EIGHT O'CLOCK.
AND THEY'RE NOT GOING TO THE LIBRARY, THEY'RE NOT GOING AT THE BRIDGE PARK WEST FOR 25 BUCKS.
THEY'RE GONNA PARK THOSE 12 SO-CALLED PARKING SPACES.
AND THE 10 THAT ARE EXISTING, THERE WILL BE TWO PARKING LOTS.
TODAY WE ARE ALREADY CONFRONTED WITH THE PROBLEM OF SERVICE VEHICLES OF UPS, OF TRASH, OF FEDEX, OF THE POSTAL SERVICE, DOUBLE PARKING BECAUSE THESE SPOTS ARE TAKEN AND I'VE PROVIDED YOU WITH PHOTOGRAPHS OF THAT.
SO THE SITUATION THAT EXISTS TODAY, FREE PARKING THAT IS HAPPENING TODAY, I PROVIDED YOU WITH PICTURES OF ATCH OR THAT'S JAMMED IN THERE, HOW THEY'RE PARKING INTO THE TENT SPACES THAT ARE IN FRONT OF PARK BRIDGE PARK WEST, BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE NOT GONNA PAY 25 BUCKS.
I'VE PROVIDED YOU WITH PICTURES OF THE FIRST AND THE SECOND LEVEL OF BRIDGE PARK WEST PRIVATE PARKING.
AND YOU SEE THERE ARE VIRTUALLY NO CARS THERE.
SO WHEN BRIDGE PARK, WHEN RIVERVIEW VILLAGE WILL BE DEVELOPED, THOSE 12 OPTIONAL SPACES, PLUS THE EXISTING 10 SPACES WILL BE AT EIGHT O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING BY PEOPLE.
IF I WORKED THERE, I'D BE THE FIRST ONE THERE, CLOSE AND NO CHARGE.
I SHOULDN'T SAY IT'S REALISTIC.
WHAT HAS BEEN PRESENTED IS FACTUAL, BUT AS PAUL HARVEY SAID, YOU DIDN'T GET PAGE TWO AND KNOW THE REST OF THE STORY, WHICH IS WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO THE 12 OPTIONAL AND THE 10 EXISTING SPACES.
SO I'M AT THE END, MY, OUR RECOMMENDATION REQUEST IS NUMBER ONE, NO 12 SPOTS THERE PUT IN THE SIDEWALK, WHICH IS VERY, VERY NICE.
OF COURSE, I TOOK A PICTURE YESTERDAY FROM THE LINK BRIDGE WHERE THOSE PARKING PLACES WOULD BE.
WE WOULD ALSO REQUEST IF THOSE 10 SPACES THAT ARE THERE, THAT THEY WOULD BE FOR SERVICE OR RESIDENCE, AND THAT THERE WILL BE TIMED PARKING IMPLEMENTED FOR RIVERVIEW VILLAGE, BECAUSE IF IT'S NOT, IT WILL BE ONE LARGE PARKING LOT.
AND THE LAST I WANNA SAY IS TO SAY
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TO SPACE CARS, SO YOU WON'T IMPEDE THE VIEW OF THE, OF THE PARK.THAT'S ONE STRETCH TOO FAR TO SET CARS APART SO PEOPLE CAN SEE IT.
MY WIFE AND I ARE RESIDENT FOR SEVEN YEARS, SINCE DECEMBER 15TH, 2017 AT BRIDGE MARK WEST.
AND THIS IS OUR OBSERVATION OF THE FACTS AS THEY ARE TODAY.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT IS PRESENT THIS EVENING THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS? HELLO, UM, MATT DAVIS, 46 20 HIGER ROCK DRIVE, POWELL, OHIO.
UM, GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
UM, ONE THING I LEARNED IN MY 48 YEARS ON THIS PLANET IS THERE'S MULTIPLE WAYS TO LOOK AT THINGS AND I AM A FIRM BELIEVER OF PERSPEC.
EVERYTHING IS BASED OFF YOUR OWN PERSPECTIVE OF WHAT YOU, HOW YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT.
I'M NOT HERE TO ARGUE ANYONE'S PERSPECTIVE ABOUT THE PARKING OR NOT.
I'M JUST HERE TO GIVE YOU MINE.
SO I THINK THERE'S SEVERAL THINGS WE COULD AGREE ON AND SEVERAL THINGS I WOULD JUST LIKE YOU TO UNDERSTAND.
MY PERSPECTIVE AS DEVELOPING THIS PROJECT, UM, SEPTEMBER OF 2022 IS WHEN I FIRST SUBMITTED FOR THE RFP FOR THIS PROJECT.
UM, DURING THAT TIME PERIOD, WE ACTUALLY SHOWED BRICK STREETS AND THEN AN OPTION FOR NOT BRICK STREETS, WHICH WE THOUGHT WOULD BE UP TO EVERYONE'S CHOICE BASED OFF OF THE FINANCIAL OF THE PROJECT.
UM, WE ALSO SHOWED ONE OPTION FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD WAS IT WAS TO ACTUALLY PUT PARKING ON NORTH RIVERVIEW STREET.
AND THIS WAS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN IN SEPTEMBER OF 2022.
IT ALSO SHOWED THE KEY VITAL IMPORTANCE OF CONNECTING THE LINK BRIDGE TO THE PROJECT.
UM, IT ALSO SHOWED THE OTHER REQUIREMENTS THAT WE WERE ASKING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT AS WELL, ALL PUBLICLY.
UM, IT WAS ALSO AGAIN, PRESENTED ON FEBRUARY OF 2023.
AND THEN AGAIN FINALLY, UM, WE WERE THROUGH THE, THROUGH THE PROJECT, WE LOOKED AT ACTUALLY MOVING OUR NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS TO RIVERVIEW VILLAGE.
AND THAT WAS ACCEPTED ON AUGUST OF 23.
UM, BASED OFF OUR MOVING OUR HEADQUARTERS THERE, THE SCOPE CHANGED AND THE STREETS PARKING ON NORTH RIVERVIEW WAS STILL THERE.
IT WAS ALSO IN THE REQUIREMENTS IN THE BACK.
ONCE WE WERE ACCEPTED FOR THAT RFP, WE WENT THROUGH ANOTHER YEAR AND A HALF OF PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN, FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND EVERYTHING ELSE, ALL OF WHICH WAS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN EVERY SINGLE TIME AND TALKED ABOUT OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
UM, THEN WE MET WITH THE CITY AND EVERY ONE OF THE DEPARTMENTS TO GO THROUGH UNBELIEVABLY DETAILED STUDIES, REVIEWS, PARKINGS, AND SHOWED EXTREME FLEXIBILITY WITH TRYING TO DO ALL THIS TO MAKE IT AS BEST AS HUMANLY POSSIBLE.
UM, DURING THAT TIME PERIOD, I THOUGHT THE CITY WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND.
THEY THOUGHT IT WAS OVER BUDGET.
SO THE PUBLIC PLAZA I OFFERED TO PAY FOR OUT OF MY FUNDS FOR PUBLIC USE OF WHICH YOU OWN THE PLAZA, I DO NOT.
THE KIOSK AND EVERYTHING ELSE WILL BE PROGRAMMED BY US, OPERATE US, AND PAID FOR US FOR PUBLIC USE BASED OFF OF BRICK STREETS, PARKING, UH, AND ALSO THE CONNECTION WITH REARVIEW CROSSING PARK.
WE PROBABLY SPENT FOUR OR $500,000 DOING THAT PLAN TO GET TO THIS POINT.
AND WHERE I'M AT NOW IS WHAT WE DO AGREE ON WHY PARKING THERE.
WHAT WE DO FIRMLY AGREE ON IS THAT PEOPLE WILL PARK AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE FOR CHEAP.
THAT IS DURING THIS RFP, WE WERE ASKED TO NOT ONLY PROGRAM KATCH, BUT TO PUT AN F AND B USE FOR THE PUBLIC TO ACCESS AND USE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.
IF YOU GO TO ANY, I LOVE FOX IN THE SNOW.
IF YOU GO THERE AND IT'S 18 DEGREES, IT'S CROWDED.
YOU GO THERE WHEN IT'S FOUR DEGREES, IT'S CROWDED, THERE'S PARKING THERE AND BEHIND IT.
WELL, MY CONCERN IS WITH BUILDING A REALLY EXPENSIVE, BEAUTIFUL F AND B SPACE ON THE RIVER THAT COSTS MORE THAN WAY MORE THAN THOSE SPACES DO IS WILL IT BE CONVENIENT FOR PEOPLE TO GET THERE WHEN IT IS EIGHT DEGREES AND FOUR DEGREES? THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 12 SPACES AND NO SPACES IS ANYWHERE BETWEEN 12 AND 48 PEOPLE.
12 AND 84, 12 AND 48 PEOPLE ROTATING EVERY ONE OR TWO HOURS MAKES OR BREAKS A RESTAURANT OR AN F AND B USE IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT.
I ALSO AGREE THAT THEY'RE NOT GONNA GO EAT A $12 $15 LUNCH AND PAY $25 FOR PARKING.
HENCE WHY THE PARKING CLOSE IS IMPORTANT.
SO FOR ME, I THINK THIS PROJECT'S BEAUTIFUL.
I'M GONNA DO EVERYTHING I SAID I WAS GONNA DO, BUT THIS HAS BEEN TALKED ABOUT FOR THREE YEARS ABOUT PUTTING PARKING THERE HAS BEEN PUBLICLY DISPLAYED, AND I THINK THAT MOVING FROM 21 SPACES, WHICH IS MAX PARKING TO 12 SPACES, IS A GOOD COMPROMISE AS WELL AS I DO FIRMLY AGREE THAT IT SHOULD BE TWO HOUR PARKING TO ACCOMMODATE THE F AND B USE.
SO MY ASK WOULD BE THAT WE MOVE FORWARD WITH WHAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT,
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COMPROMISE ON A TWO HOUR PARKING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD PLAN, WHICH IS 12 SPACES AT TWO HOURS.IS THERE ANYONE ELSE PRESENT FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE COMMENT THIS EVENING? I THINK LINDSAY MIGHT HAVE SOMEBODY.
I JUST WANTED TO STATE PUBLICLY THAT WE DID RECEIVE FIVE ELECTRONIC COMMENTS AHEAD OF TONIGHT'S MEETING REGARDING THIS AGENDA ITEM.
ALL OF THEM WERE FROM NORTH RIVERVIEW STREET RESIDENTS EXPRESSING THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT THE 12 PARKING, UH, PLACES ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF NORTH RIVERVIEW STREET.
THOSE COMMENTS WERE PROVIDED TO COUNSEL IN THEIR ENTIRETY BEFORE TONIGHT'S MEETING.
ONE OF THOSE SUBMITTED COMMENTS WAS FROM, UH, MR. SLINGIN, WHO YOU HEARD FROM MOMENTS AGO.
OKAY, COUNCIL QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION.
I HAVE A COUPLE JUST QUICK CLARIFYING QUESTIONS.
UM, WITHOUT INCLUDING THE PARKING ON UPPER NORTH RIVERVIEW, HOW MANY A DA SPACES ARE BEING PROPOSED AS PART OF THE, UM, RIVERVIEW VILLAGE? IS IT ONLY JUST THE TWO? IT IS JUST THE TWO.
UM, SO AS WAS MENTIONED EARLIER, WE'VE GOT A, THERE'S A PARKING PLAN THAT'S BEEN, UM, PUT TOGETHER AND THAT PARKING PLAN UTILIZES A LOT OF THE PARKING THAT'S ALREADY IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT.
AND SO THE PARKING PLAN CALLS FOR ABOUT 50% OF THE, UH, CALCULATED PARKING TO OCCUR IN THE LIBRARY GARAGE.
AND THE OTHER 50% PLUS OR MINUS TO OCCUR IN THE HIGH STREET GARAGE, WHICH HAVE, UH, CERTAINLY A DA THERE.
SO IN TERMS OF THE NEW SPOTS THAT ARE BEING ADDED, IT IS JUST THE TWO ON STREET, UM, WHEELCHAIR DEDICATED SPACES.
SO ESSENTIALLY IN THIS ENTIRE AREA, THERE'S ONLY TWO IN THE STREETS THAT ARE BEING AFFECTED.
AT THE TOP OF THE HILL, THERE ARE TWO.
THERE ARE ALSO SOME EXISTING, UH, SPACES ON HIGH STREET, UM, THAT ARE JUST KIND OF OUTSIDE OF THE VIEW THERE, BUT THERE ARE A FEW, UM, ON STREET SPACES THAT ARE DEDICATED FOR A DA.
YEAH, THERE, THERE ARE, BUT MY CONCERN FROM AN A DA PERSPECTIVE, UM, IT'S NOT JUST PEOPLE IN WHEELCHAIRS, RIGHT? YOU'RE ALSO LOOKING AT PEOPLE WHO USE WALKERS WHO HAVE OTHER MOBILITY ISSUES IS TRAVERSING FROM HIGH STREET DOWN TO RIVERVIEW STREET, UM, BECAUSE IT, THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT GRADE CHANGE THERE.
UM, SO EVEN IF YOU FIND AN A DA SPOT ON HIGH STREET, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT.
AND I KNOW BECAUSE I'VE TAKEN MY MOM, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT FOR FOR HER.
AND, YOU KNOW, I, I MEAN SHE'S AS MOBILE AS SHE CAN BE, UM, TO GET FROM HIGH STREET DOWN TO, I MEAN, IT'S JUST REALLY HARD AND IT'S SOMETHING SHE JUST WOULD CHOOSE NOT TO DO.
UM, SO I DO HAVE A CONCERN ABOUT THE LACK OF A DA SPOTS IN THAT LOWER AREA.
AND, AND WHILE WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF, UM, PARK DEVELOPMENT DOWN THERE RIGHT NOW, UM, THERE'S REALLY NO WAY TO GET THERE.
UM, OTHERWISE FROM AN A DA PERSPECTIVE, YOU CAN TAKE THE ELEVATOR, BUT WHERE DO YOU GO FROM THE ELEVATOR DOWN TO GET DOWN TO THE PARK? YOU, YOU CAN'T, NOT REALLY.
SO I HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THAT.
UM, THE, THE PARKING SPOTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN EXISTENCE, UM, IN FRONT OF THEIR BUILDING, THOSE ARE PUBLICLY OWNED SPOTS, CORRECT? UH, ALL OF THE SPACES ARE ACCESSIBLE TO PUBLIC.
NOTHING, UH, NONE OF THE ON STREET SPACES ARE RESTRICTED FOR, UM, A SPECIFIC BUILDING OR RESIDENTIAL USE? THAT IS CORRECT.
UM, I'D BE ALL FOR TIMED PAR, YOU KNOW, PARKING, BUT I AM, WOULD NOT CONSIDER MAKING RESIDENTIAL ONLY PARKING IN PUBLICLY OWNED SPOTS.
UM, JUST TO CLARIFY THAT, THAT, THAT DOESN'T FEEL OKAY TO ME.
THAT'S MY CLARIFYING QUESTIONS.
OTHER THOUGHTS, JANE? NO, I'M GONNA START THAT.
WHAT DO YOU WANT? HOW DO YOU WANNA DO THIS? THIS IS A DEMOCRACY.
SO JUST TALKING ABOUT EVERYTHING ELSE BESIDES PARKING FIRST, I WANNA SAY I LIKE WHERE WE'RE AT.
UM, I SUPPORT THE COBBLESTONE THING.
IF IT'S A DURABILITY THING, I DON'T REALLY SUPPORT IT AS AN AESTHETIC THING IF IT, SO IT TOTALLY MAKES SENSE WITH THE GRASS, LIKE WHEN IT'S THE CURBS IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THE GRASS, I CAN SEE HOW THAT'S MORE DURABLE.
YOU'RE NOT GONNA GET RUTS AND STUFF.
IF THE COBBLESTONE STUFF IS MORE DURABLE THAN THE, UM, THE BRICK SIDEWALK PAVERS THAT YOU'D BE REMOVING TO PUT IT THERE, THEN I DO SUPPORT IT.
SO TO ME, IT'S NOT AN AESTHETIC THING, IT'S A DURABILITY THING.
UM, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT A BUNCH OF MAINTENANCE ISSUES WITH REPLACING THESE BRICKS ALL THE TIME.
SO DEPENDING, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE COST OF HOW THAT
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HOLDS UP, IF IT'S MORE EXPENSIVE TO REPLACE OR WHICH ONE'S GONNA BREAK EASIER.BUT I WOULD GO WITH WHATEVER'S GOING TO HOLD UP AND LOOK NICE IN THE FUTURE, NOT AN AESTHETIC THING.
UM, AND THEN, YEAH, I SUPPORT THE ASPHALT, THE BRICK SIDEWALK.
UM, THE MOUNTABLE CURVES, I HAVE A BUNCH OF NOTES HERE.
SO GUARDING THE, UM, I, I LIKE THAT WE HAVE LOADING IN 80, IN THE 2 88 SPOTS THERE.
MY QUESTION, UM, IS, SO ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF SOUTH SIDE OF NORTH STREET BETWEEN HIGH STREET AND BLACKSMITH, THERE'S ROOM TO PARK SIX CARS THERE.
UM, IT'S JUST KIND OF A FREE FOR ALL.
UM, I'M HOPING MAYBE CAN WE MAKE THAT A MORE OFFICIAL, IF WE'RE GONNA ALLOW THEM TO PARK THERE, CAN WE MAKE IT MORE OFFICIAL AND ACTUALLY STRIPE IN PARKING SPOTS? UM, LIKEWISE, THAT SAME COMMENT GOES FOR IF PEOPLE ARE ALLOWED TO PARK ON THE EAST SIDE OF NORTH RIVERVIEW STREET, SOUTH OF WING HILL, UM, WHERE THERE'S ANOTHER SIX SPOTS.
AGAIN, IF WE'RE GONNA ALLOW THAT, I THINK WE SHOULD STRIPE THEM AS SPOTS, UH, TO MAKE IT MORE FORMAL.
AND EVEN THEN, MAYBE A COUPLE OF THOSE ON THE EAST SIDE OF NORTH RIVERVIEW, SOUTH OF WING HILL, UM, SHOULD BE A DA SPOTS AS WELL.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY ARE REQUIRED FOR THAT RESTAURANT TO HAVE.
UM, TWO JUST DOESN'T SOUND LIKE ENOUGH, UM, ON A WHOLE SEPARATE NOTE THEN REGARDING THE NORTH END OF NORTH RIVERVIEW STREET ON THE EAST SIDE, UM, I SEE THAT PARKING ACTUALLY MORE RELATED TO THE PARK ITSELF.
UM, I THINK THAT IS AN IMPROVEMENT THAT WILL GREATLY BENEFIT THE, ESPECIALLY THE ACCESSIBILITY OF GETTING TO THOSE WALKWAYS.
UM, IT IS THE FLATTEST SPOT, UH, CLOSEST TO THAT PARK AS EVENTUALLY, ONCE WE GET ALL THESE TRAILS DOWN HERE, IT IS GONNA BE A BEAUTIFUL PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO VISIT.
AND WE HAVE NO PLACE FOR PARK USERS TO PARK.
THESE ARE PUBLIC SPACES, AND WE ARE CREATING AND SPENDING A TON OF MONEY ON THIS BEAUTIFUL PUBLIC PARK.
AND WE NEED A PLACE FOR PEOPLE USING THE PARK TO PARK.
UM, SO I AM SUPPORTIVE OF THOSE SPACES MORE SO FOR THE FUTURE AND FOR THE USE OF THE PARK, NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THE RIVERVIEW VILLAGE AND STUFF.
UM, BECAUSE I ACTUALLY MEASURED IT, IT WAS LIKE THREE, MAYBE 350 FEET, YOU KNOW, FROM THE CLO IF YOU GOT THAT CLOSEST PARKING SPOT, THE MOST SOUTHERN MOST SPOT AND WALKED UP TO THE, WHAT'S GONNA BE A RESTAURANT, IT'S 350 FEET.
IT WAS 450 FEET TO THE CLOSEST SPOT IN THE LIBRARY GARAGE.
I MEAN, COME ON, IT'S A HUNDRED FEET.
SOMEONE
AND THE FARTHEST SPOT, IF YOU PARKED FARTHEST NORTH ON RIVERVIEW, YOU'RE ALSO CLOSE TO 700 FEET.
SO IT, DISTANCE WISE, IT'S HONESTLY ABOUT THE SAME AS GOING TO THE LIBRARY GARAGE GRADE-WISE, IT'S DIFFERENT.
UM, SO THESE AREN'T NECESSARILY CLOSER SPOTS TO THAT RESTAURANT.
AGAIN, I SEE IT AS IF WE DON'T BUILD IT NOW AND WE DON'T PUT IN THIS SIDEWALK NOW, IT'S GONNA BE HARDER TO DEVELOP OUR PARK THAT WE REALLY WANNA ACTIVATE AND WE REALLY WANT PEOPLE TO GO TO THAT PARK.
SO I'M SUPPORTIVE OF PUTTING THEM IN THERE FOR OUR RESIDENTS TO USE THE PARK, BUT I DO THINK THEY SHOULD BE SI, I MEAN, WE DON'T WANT THESE ALL DAY PARKING.
I MEAN, THIS SHOULD BE TWO HOUR PARKING LIMIT.
UM, AND, AND IF WE TRULY DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO PARK THERE, THERE'S NO SIGN RIGHT NOW THAT SAYS PEOPLE CAN'T PARK ON THE EAST SIDE OF NORTH RIVERVIEW STREET.
I MEAN,
YOU KNOW, YOU CAN PARK ON THE SIDE OF THE STREET.
SO I, I SUPPORT PUTTING FORMAL SPACES IN WHETHER WE STRIP AGAIN, STRIPING 'EM ON THE ONES THAT ARE EXISTING NOW, UM, AND MAKING THEM TIME RESTRICTIVE AND ALSO A DA SPACES.
AND I THINK THAT I ANSWERED ALL OF YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED.
UM, I'M IMPRESSED THAT YOU KNOW HOW MANY FEET IT IS.
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THERE IS A GRADE THERE.ONE I WANNA COMPLIMENT YOU ON, UM, CREATING, UM, MORE INTEREST AS YOU COME AROUND ON THE SIDEWALK, OPENING UP THAT PLAZA.
UH, MY CONCERN HAS ALWAYS BEEN THAT IF WE REALLY WANT THIS TO BE PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY, THAT AS YOU COME DOWN FROM HIGH STREET, YOU HAVE TO SEE THAT THERE'S SOMETHING THERE WORTH WALKING DOWN THERE FOR.
I'M, UM, CERTAINLY IN THE CAMP OF, I, I, I LIKE THE BRICK SIDEWALKS, BUT THEN I LIKE THAT AESTHETIC, BUT THAT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN.
BUT I DO LIKE WHAT YOU'VE COME UP WITH AS A NEGOTIATED NO, NO, NO.
I DON'T MEAN, I MEANT THE BRICK STREETS, BUT I'M NOT GONNA WIN THAT ARGUMENT
AS, AS MATT SAID, THERE'S ALWAYS DIFFERENT WAYS TO LOOK AT THIS.
UM, AND I LIKE THE GRANITE BECAUSE I DO KNOW, UM, THERE IS THE ARGUMENT AND IT'S JUSTIFIED THAT BRICK SIDEWALKS AGAINST GRASS WILL FALL OFF EDGES.
UM, WE'VE SEEN THEM, YOU KNOW, ALONG HIGH STREET IN PLACES.
SO I, I, I LIKE THE COBBLESTONE.
UM, I, UM, WHEN IT COMES TO THE PARKING, THERE'S A VARIETY OF THINGS.
I AGREE WITH THE GENTLEMAN THAT WE DID NOT WANT A PARKING LOT.
THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS IS ABOUT.
PARKING SHOULD BE CONVENIENT TO GO TO A PLACE.
AND I WOULD ASK YOU, UH, MATT, THE QUESTION OF WHETHER OR NOT IT WAS MENTIONED THAT SOME OF THE, UH, BUSINESSES OFFER VOUCHERS, YOU HAVE QUITE A FEW PEOPLE.
DO YOU THINK VOUCHERS FOR PARKING GARAGES WOULD, UH, ENCOURAGE YOUR FOLKS TO UTILIZE THE PARKING GARAGES? OR DO THEY DO THAT NOW? WHAT, WHAT'S YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH, WITH PARKING, OTHER THAN WHAT WE SEE SORT OF ON THE STREET NOW? WELL, I THINK WE'RE GONNA USE FREE PARKING.
I THINK PEOPLE ARE GONNA USE AS MUCH FREE PARKING AS THEY POSSIBLY CAN GET.
AND I THINK PEOPLE ARE CREATURES OF HABIT.
I DON'T THINK PEOPLE REALLY UNDERSTAND DISTANCE.
THEY JUST GO WITH WHAT THEY SEE.
I WALK ACROSS THE BRIDGE, I SEE SPOTS, I'M GONNA GO THERE, RIGHT? I'M LOOKING AT REAR REVIEWS.
I WALK ACROSS THE BRIDGE, I SEE SPOTS.
I'M NOT GONNA SEARCH AROUND, DRIVE AROUND, GO TO THE LIBRARY TO FIND A FREE SPOT SO I CAN WALK OVER AND DOWN, RIGHT? SO I THINK VOUCHERS ARE SOMETHING YOU COULD LOOK AT VALID.
ALL THOSE THINGS ARE POSSIBLE THINGS TO DO.
I JUST THINK FOR THE PARK, USE ONE OR TWO HOUR USERS, THE RESTAURANT, ONE OR TWO HOUR USERS.
AND I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING YOU GUYS, YOU'RE SAYING AS FAR AS ONE, YOU HAVE TO DO IT.
YOU WANT TO BE SUCCESSFUL, YOU WANT TO HAVE TURNOVER FOR THE PARKS.
BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, I THINK VOUCHERS ARE POSSIBLE, BUT I WOULDN'T, I DON'T KNOW.
IT'S NOT IN ANYONE'S, IT'S NOT IN MY PRO FORMA TO MAKE IT WORK RIGHT NOW.
UM, I, I TOOK A COUPLE OF NOTES FOR ME.
THE QUESTION IS BALANCING THE, UH, ABILITY TO GET TO THE PARK WITHOUT BECOMING A BURDEN.
WE, WE ALWAYS HAVE TO KIND OF BALANCE THIS BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN WHAT'S PRACTICAL FOR THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE WITHOUT BECOMING A BURDEN FOR THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE AROUND THE AMENITY.
AND SO I BELIEVE THAT WE'VE REDUCED THE PARKING QUITE A BIT.
I BELIEVE THAT IT NEEDS TO BE RESTRICTED TO TWO HOURS.
WE WANT PEOPLE WALKING DOWN THERE.
SO I LIKE THE IDEA THAT, UM, AND I THINK THE 10 SPACES, IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM, THEY SHOULD BE RESTRICTED AS WELL, UM, FOR TWO HOURS SO THAT YOU DON'T HAVE PEOPLE PARKING IN FRONT OF YOUR HOMES.
AS FOR ADDING HANDICAPPED, AS CHRISTINA SAID, I APPRECIATE THAT.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU PUT IT IN FRONT OF THE HEADQUARTERS.
I THINK THAT THOSE SIX PARKING SPACES IN FRONT OF THE RESIDENCE AS AT THE OTHER END ALSO NEED TO BE TWO HOURS, BECAUSE WHY WOULD WE HELP OUT ONE RESIDENT AND NOT HELP OUT THE OTHER? AND IF YOU FIND THAT YOU HAVE PEOPLE THAT NEED HANDICAP SPACES, WE CAN ALWAYS ADD A SIGN THERE.
UM, I'M NOT PARTICULARLY CRAZY ABOUT UNLIMITED PARKING ON NORTH STREET WHEN IT'S THE ONLY PEDESTRIAN PATH DOWN AND IT'S THE VIEW SHED.
SO I ALSO LIKE THE IDEA THAT THAT'S TWO HOUR PARKING, BECAUSE AS YOU LOOK DOWN FROM HIGH STREET DOWN, IT'S A VERY CLUTTERED IMAGE.
AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE PEOPLE PARKING THERE ALL DAY LONG, WHICH I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO AVOID IT EVEN TWO HOURS.
BUT PERSONALLY, I, I DON'T LIKE PARKING ON NORTH STREET BECAUSE I THINK IT LOOKS REALLY CLUTTERED.
AND I LIKE THE VIEW DOWN INTO THE VILLAGE AND DOWN TO THE PARK, BUT I KNOW AT THIS POINT IT'S NOT SMART TO REMOVE PARKING SPACES.
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MAYBE WHEN WE GET MORE PARKING AT THE PARK, AS THE PLAN DEVELOPS, I'D LIKE TO SEE THOSE SPACES REMOVED OFF NORTH STREET.SO, DID I ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? THANK YOU.
YEAH, I, UH, APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU, UH, RE REVISED THE DESIGN AS WE RECOMMENDED.
UM, QUESTION ON THE ORNAMENTAL TREES VERSUS SHADE TREES.
AND WHY DID THAT HAPPEN? UH, THE ORNAMENTAL TREES WERE THERE TO HELP PRESERVE VIEWS OF THE BRIDGE AND NOT COMPETE WITH THAT FROM, UH, PEDESTRIANS WALKING THROUGH THE AREA, OR, UM, PEOPLE VIEWING IT FROM THE BUILDINGS ADJACENT.
YEAH, I NOTICED YOU DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF, UM, GREENERY DOWN AROUND THE HOWS, I DON'T KNOW IF ATCH IS, THAT'S GONNA END UP BEING THERE, BAILEY WICK OR NOT.
WHERE WOULD THE, UH, PEOPLE WORKING GO TO PARK? YEAH, LET'S LET BASSAM TAKE THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE A STUDY THAT'S GONNA BE REFLECTIVE OF THAT.
SO LET'S MAKE SURE WE GET THAT ON THE RECORD, IF THAT'S OKAY.
I, I TOO THINK THAT, UM, I THINK IT'S AFTER THREE YEARS WE HAD 21 PARKING SPOTS AND CUTTING IT DOWN TO 12 WAS PROBABLY A FAIR, UM, DEAL FOR I THINK EVERYBODY.
I ALSO REALIZED THAT, YOU KNOW, ALL THE MONIES WE SPENT BUYING THAT LAND OVER THE YEARS, WHICH WAS A, A LONG-TERM DEAL, THAT EVENTUALLY THIS IS GONNA BECOME AN IMPORTANT PARK.
UM, I THINK ALSO PROBABLY ALL THE SPACES SHOULD BE LIMITED TO THREE HOURS SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE THAT PARKING LOT THERE.
AND, UM, LOIS, I THINK YOU WERE THE GENTLEMAN THAT MOVED FROM ARLINGTON TO DUBLIN, WEREN'T YOU YEARS AGO THAT SAID.
AND I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT DUBLIN THAT YOU MADE.
UM, SO ANYWAY, SO FOR THE PARKING, I, I DO, UH, THINK THAT THE, UM, 12 SPACES SHOULD BE NE SHOULD BE USED.
AND, UM, JUST SORT OF CURIOUS, AGAIN, BACK TO YOU AS TO HOW, WHERE DO YOU, WHERE ARE YOU GONNA PARK YOUR STAFF? YES.
YOU NOW WAIT A MINUTE, LET ME, NO, I JUST WANT, I WANNA SEE HOW THIS IS GONNA WORK OUT.
A AGAIN, I THINK THE PARKING PLAN THAT, UH, WE NEEDED TO DO AS PART OF THE, UH, ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD APPROVALS WITH THE PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN, UH, WE INCLUDED, UH, A STUDY OF THE TWO GARAGES IN THE VICINITY AND REALIZING THAT THERE WOULD BE ONES THAT WERE IMPORTANT TO, UH, FOR EITHER A DA, UH, PARKING OR AT LEAST DROP OFFS IN THE AREA.
AND SO THE INTENT IS FOR THE, UH, REST OF THE PARKING TO BE DISPERSED THROUGHOUT THOSE, UH, EXISTING SPACES OTHER THAN THE ACCESSIBLE ONES.
AND TO TRY TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE TO LIMIT VEHICULAR TRAFFIC WITHIN THIS AREA AND FOCUS ON PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC.
ARE YOU IN AGREEMENT WITH THAT? IS THAT YEAH, I, PEOPLE ARE IN THE OFFICE SPOTS IN THE LIBRARY.
SO, UM, I'LL START WITH THE EASY STUFF.
IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE IN AGREEMENT THAT THESE SPACES SHOULD BE TIMED.
I AGREE THAT, UH, WE'VE MADE COMPROMISES AND, UH, THE 12 SPACES I THINK ARE NEEDED FOR THE, UH, FOLKS THAT DO FREQUENT THE PARK IN THE FUTURE AS WE DEVELOP THAT.
UM, THE COMMENTS ABOUT A DAI, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE REQUIREMENTS ARE, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF THIS AREA, THE GRADE OR THE, THE SLOPE ISN'T CONDUCIVE WITH A DA PARKING, UM, THE AREA RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE, UM, HEADQUARTERS, UM, WOULD SEEM TO ME TO BE THE LOGICAL PLACE.
AND I THINK YOU HAVE TWO SPOTS THERE, BUT IT WOULD APPEAR TO ME THAT THOSE SPOTS COULD GO ALL THE WAY TO THE SOUTH, UM, MORE OR LESS TO THE DEAD END OF THAT ROAD.
AND YOU COULD ACCOMMODATE ONE OR TWO MORE, UH, A DA SPOTS IF NECESSARY.
UM, IT, WHERE DO PEOPLE DELIVER THERE AND IF, IF A, LET'S SAY AN UBER OR UPS OR FEDEX COME ALONG IN THIS AREA, UH, IT WOULD SEEM TO ME THAT ACROSS THE RIVER THEY'VE MADE AN ACCOMMODATION FOR DELIVERY ZONES.
IT'S KIND OF ANNOYING WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING FOR CONVENIENT PARKING BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE EVERY SPOT IS A DELIVERY ZONE.
BUT IT WOULD SEEM TO ME THAT YOU SHOULD MAKE AN ACCOMMODATION FOR A SPOT OR TWO THAT'S A DESIGNATED DELIVERY ZONE, MAYBE A, YOU KNOW, 15 MINUTE LIMIT OR SOMETHING LIKE
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THAT.UM, AND THEN FOLKS THAT ARE BEING DROPPED OFF BY AN UBER OR OTHER MEANS WE SHOULD PROBABLY CARVE OUT AN AREA AND, AND IT COULD BE ON HIGH STREET.
I KNOW THAT IN FRONT OF THE AVENUE, UH, THEY HAVE, UM, FOLKS COMING AND GOING THAT WAY, BUT SOMETHING CLOSER TO THIS AREA IT WOULD SEEM, SEEM, WOULD MAKE SOME SENSE.
AND THEN, UM, THE TRAFFIC FLOW.
YOU KNOW, DO WE HAVE ANY ONE-WAY STREETS IN DUBLIN? ARE THEY JUST THAT ANNOYING THAT WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE ONE-WAY STREETS? AND, AND, AND NO.
ALL JOKING ASIDE, UM, THE, UH, WING HILL AND, AND BLACKSMITH, IT LOOKS LIKE YOU HAVE THE PARKING ORIENTATION OF THE FOLKS ON BLACKSMITH LANE ORIENTED IN A SORT OF SOUTHER SOUTHERLY MANNER.
WHAT, WOULD THERE BE A PROBLEM IN MAKING BLACKSMITH LANE ONE WAY TO THE SOUTH? WOULD THAT HELP? I'M JUST TRYING TO LIMIT TRAFFIC.
YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT A LOT OF VEHICULAR TRAFFIC IN THIS AREA.
AND SO IF YOU, IF YOU WERE TO DO THAT, MAYBE YOU MIGHT LIMIT SOME.
I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU GOT AN ANSWER ABOUT YOUR ONE WAY STREET.
MAYBE YOU COULD ANSWER THAT BEFORE I, UH, YES, I'D BE GLAD TO SPEAK TO THAT.
SO, UH, WE DID THINK ABOUT THAT.
THERE ARE A FEW ONE WAY STREETS.
UM, IF YOU LOOK AT THE ALLEYS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF BRIDGE STREET, UM, WHICH ARE ALL VERY NARROW, SOME SOUTH SIDE OF BRIDGE STREET, SO, UM, SPRING HILL, EBERLY HILL, SOME OF THOSE EAST WEST ALLEYS THAT YOU MAY NOT EVEN, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE THERE, BUT YOU DON'T KNOW THE NAMES.
AND I WOULDN'T, UH, FAULT YOU FOR THAT
UH, SOME ARE AND SOME AREN'T, SO SORRY,
UM, I, I THINK, I THINK THE ONES THAT ARE ONE WAY, UH, FOR THE MOST PART ARE NOT ONE WAY BECAUSE THEY'RE NARROW.
THEY'RE ONE WAY BECAUSE OF THEIR PROXIMITY TO THE BRIDGE STREET HIGH STREET INTERSECTION.
UM, LIKE FOR INSTANCE, WING HILL LANE, UH, BETWEEN HIGH STREET AND BLACKSMITH IS ONE WAY, UH, BECAUSE IF YOU TRAVELED WEST, YOU WOULD REALLY GET INTO KIND OF A NASTY SPOT, UH, TO DRIVE, UM, AT THE, AT THE HIGH STREET INTERSECTION WITH QUEUE OF CARS, UH, SOUTHBOUND AT, AT BRIDGE STREET.
SO, AND THAT, THAT'S A CASE OF MORE OF JUST AN OPERATIONAL NEED.
UM, OUR APPROACH GENERALLY WITH THESE ROADWAYS, UH, IS, WAS ACTUALLY TO TRY TO, UM, ELEVATE WHAT'S THERE MORE SO THAN CHANGING.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE, THE NARROWNESS, THE, THE TWO WAY FOR, UH, GARAGES AND DRIVEWAYS AND THINGS LIKE THAT TO TRY TO MAINTAIN THAT CIRCULATION, KNOWING THAT IT'S NOT PER, IT'S NOT PERFECT AND IT ACTUALLY KIND OF CREATES SOME, UH, FRICTION.
THAT'S NOT A BAD THING IN TERMS OF SLOWING PEOPLE DOWN AND DISCOURAGING.
AND THEN ANOTHER, UH, I KNOW I'M JUST RATTLING THINGS OFF, BUT AT BRIDGE STREET, UM, IF WE MAINTAIN SELF BOUND ONLY, THAT'S RESTRICTED AT CERTAIN TIMES OF DAY.
UM, SO IT BECOMES KIND OF DIFFICULT TO GET, YOU KNOW, FROM YOUR DRIVEWAY AND THEN BACK AGAIN FOR THOSE, UH, RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES THAT BACK UP TO BLACKSMITH LANE.
THAT'S WHY YOU'RE THE EXPERT
I DON'T, UM, LAST THING, THE COBBLESTONE, I LOVE IT.
UH, ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA, BOSTON USE IT.
IT'S BEEN AROUND FOR CENTURIES, SO I THINK IT'S A NICE TOUCH.
'CAUSE I, I HAD THE QUESTION ABOUT THE ONE WAY I KEEP LOOKING AT, AT WING HILL AND WONDERING WHY THAT ISN'T A ONE WAY STREET BASED ON ALL THE GYRATIONS WE'RE DOING TO MAKE THAT WORK.
UM, I, I THINK ABOUT IT MORE AT AS THE, UM, WHAT WOULD THAT BE, UM, EASTBOUND COMING UP THAT HILL, IF YOU WILL, AND TRYING TO MAKE A LEFT HAND TURN ONTO HIGH, UM, NORTH HIGH STREET.
THERE I CAN SEE ACCIDENTS GALORE 'CAUSE OF THE PARKING ON BOTH SIDES.
AND I LOOK AT THAT AND I THINK, HUH.
SO I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE VIEW SHED IS THERE, BUT I ALSO HAD THAT QUESTION ABOUT ONLY THAT PARTICULARLY, NOT SO MUCH BLACKSMITH LANE JUST BE, BUT JUST THE SAFETY MM-HMM
SO CERTAINLY GO AHEAD AND, AND WING HILL IS ONE WAY.
OH, IT IS DOWN, DOWN THERE ACTUALLY.
AND THAT WOULD NOT CHANGE UNDER THIS PROPOSAL.
WING, WING HILL BETWEEN, UH, HIGH STREET AND BLACKSMITH TODAY IS EASTBOUND ONLY AND WOULD REMAIN
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EASTBOUND ONLY.AND, AND, AND I AGREE WITH THAT.
UM, I, I AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUES.
I, I THINK WE NEED THE, UM, I'LL START WITH THE PARKING SPACES.
UM, I THINK WE'LL NEED THOSE, UM, THE PARK LOOK AT THE PAST THAT ARE PROJECTED ON SOME OF THESE IMAGES RIGHT NEAR THAT PEOPLE WILL PARK THERE, WHETHER IT'S A MARKED SPOT.
I THINK AMY SAID IT VERY CLEARLY, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO PARK THERE WHEN THAT PARK IS THIS, AT LEAST, UM, REGULATES, IF YOU WILL, THE TIMING, THE PARKING WHERE THERE'S GOOD PARKING.
SO I, I THINK THIS IS ACTUALLY ADVANTAGEOUS TO THE HOMES THERE RATHER THAN WHAT WILL HAPPEN WHEN THAT PARK COMES IN.
SO, UM, I THINK, UM, I'M SUPPORTIVE OF IT.
I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THE SIDEWALKS TOO BECAUSE, UM, I THINK JANE SAID, WHAT LEADS YOU DOWN TO A PARK OR WHAT LEADS YOU, SIDEWALKS LEAD YOU PLACES.
AND SO I'M SUPPORTIVE OF BOTH OF THOSE THINGS AS THIS BEAUTIFUL PARK, WHICH WE HAVE, AS JOHN SAID, SPENT YEARS BUILDING AND FUNDING COMES TO FRUITION.
I THINK IT'S A GOOD, A GOOD PLAN.
I AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUES ABOUT TIMING.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S TWO HOURS OR THREE HOURS.
I THINK EVERYWHERE ELSE IN THE DISTRICT IT'S THREE HOURS.
IS THAT NOT TRUE? I THINK WE OUGHT TO BE CONSISTENT.
OH, IT IS THREE JEANIE'S, JEANIE'S DOING THE THREE FINGERS UP IN THE BACK.
I, I THINK WE SHOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH WHATEVER WE'RE DOING.
SO IF IT'S THREE HOURS IN THE REST OF THE DISTRICT, IT'S THREE HOURS THERE.
AND SO I WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF THAT.
UM, THE A DA IS A CHALLENGE IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO INCREASE THAT IN SOME WAY.
UM, AGAIN, I LOOK TO THE EXPERTS TO DO THAT.
UM, UM, AS TO THE PAVEMENT VERSUS THE BRICK, UH, ROADS, THE PAVEMENT, I MEAN, ALL, ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS DRIVE IN SOME OF THE BRICK CROSSINGS RIGHT NOW IN BRIDGE PARK.
THEY'RE IN A REAL TOUGH SITUATION BECAUSE OF THE SNOW AND THE ICE AND THE TRUCKS.
AND SO FROM AN ONGOING MAINTENANCE, I JUST THINK IT'S A REAL COSTLY CHALLENGE.
AND I THINK WHAT YOU GUYS DID IS JUST LOVELY WITH THE INTERSECTIONS IN THE CROSSWAY, AND I THINK YOU GET THAT SAME SENSE OF BEAUTIFICATION AND FEEL, UM, AT A, AT A LOT BETTER PRICE POINT AND ACTUALLY MAINTENANCE POINT.
SO, UM, I APPRECIATE ALL THAT.
SO, UM, I, I THINK I'M IN FULL AGREEMENT WITH MY COLLEAGUES AND I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR WORK ON THIS.
UH, THANKS FOR EVERYBODY'S WORKS OF WORK.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THE RESIDENTS WHO TOOK THEIR TIME TO COME AND TALK TO US.
IT, IT DOES, UM, IT DOES HELP US, AND IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE.
AND WE DON'T ALWAYS NECESSARILY AGREE A WHOLEHEARTEDLY, BUT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT YOU FEEL YOU HAVE A VOICE BECAUSE YOU DO.
UM, SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT YOU TOOK THE TIME TO COME DOWN HERE.
I APPRECIATE THAT THE DEVELOPER CAME DOWN.
UM, I THINK THIS WHOLE LITTLE AREA IS REALLY BEAUTIFUL.
I THINK IT'S, UM, A FANTASTIC DEVELOPMENT.
UM, THE ROADS, THE, THE CROSSWALKS, UM, THE BOLLARDS, THE PLANTERS, ALL OF THAT STUFF.
I'LL LEAVE THE PLANTINGS TOO, ARE EXPERTS HERE.
UM, THAT'S CERTAINLY NOT MY BAILIWICK, BUT, UM, I, IT'S, I THINK IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DEVELOPMENT.
UM, I, I KNOW THAT I SAY THIS A LOT.
UM, I TEND TO BE PRETTY SENSITIVE TO THE, TO THE A DA, UM, ASPECT OF THINGS.
I THINK TWO SPACES IS PATHETICALLY LOW.
UM, UH, I AM SUPPORTIVE OF THE REDUCED NUMBER DOWN TO 12 SPACES, UM, A ACROSS FROM THE DEVELOPMENT.
UM, I I, I WOULD SEE HALF OF THOSE SPACES MADE A DA PERSONALLY.
UM, I THINK WE HAVE TO PUT THE SIDEWALK IN NOW REGARDLESS OF WHAT WE DO WITH PARKING.
UM, YOU KNOW, I, I DID NOT TAKE THE TIME TO MEASURE AS MY COLLEAGUE AMY DID.
BUT I DID MAKE MY MOM GO DOWN WITH ME, AND LITERALLY SHE COULDN'T GET DOWN THERE.
UM, AND, AND WE ARE, WE ARE PUTTING IN THESE PATHS IN THIS PUBLIC SPACE IN, AND AS JOHN SAID, AS WE'VE ALL SAID, WE'VE, WE'VE TAKEN YEARS TO ACQUIRE THIS LAND FOR PUBLIC USE.
I WANT ALL OF OUR PUBLIC TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS IT.
UM, THE PATHWAYS, IT, IT'S GOING TO BE BEAUTIFUL AND EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO GET DOWN THERE.
AND IF YOU HAVE MOBILITY ISSUES RIGHT NOW, ESPECIALLY SEVERE ONES, YOU CAN'T GET THERE.
AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S FAIR.
UM, SO I I, I WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF THE 12 SPACES.
I'D LIKE TO SEE SIX OF 'EM BE A DAI WOULD LIKE TO SEE ALL OF THESE SPACES HAVE TIMING ON THEM.
I COULDN'T AGREE MORE WITH AMY RELATIVE TO THE STRIPING ON THE OTHER SPACES THAT SHE MENTIONED.
THERE'S THAT WEIRD LITTLE GRASS PATCH THERE, AND THEY'RE RIGHT.
PEOPLE PARK ON THAT GRASS PATCH AND IT DRIVES ME NUTS.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE COULD DO ABOUT THE GRASS PATCH, BUT I FEEL LIKE WE COULD DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT, EITHER FORBID PARKING IN THE GRASS PATCH OR MAKE 'EM PARKING SPACES.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT, BUT THAT'S A, I DON'T, IT'S A SILLY LITTLE PET PEEVE, BUT IT IS A PET PEEVE.
UM, YOU KNOW, I I, I THINK THE SPACES THAT ARE ALREADY THERE IN FRONT OF THE BUILDING ON THE WEST SIDE OF UPPER NORTH RIVER, I LITERALLY HAVE TO LOOK AT THE MAP TO READ THESE NAMES OF THESE STREETS.
UM, I, I THINK THEY'RE FINE THE WAY THEY ARE.
I THINK THEY SHOULD BE TIMED THOUGH, IF WE'RE GONNA TIME THE SPACES, LET'S TIME THE SPACES, UM, I WOULD NOT BE FOR MAKING THOSE PUBLIC SPACES, UM, RESIDENTS ONLY, UNLESS
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THE RESIDENTS WERE GONNA OWN THEM, MAINTAIN THEM, AND ALL THE OTHER ASSOCIATED COSTS THAT COME WITH THEM.I'M ASSUMING THAT'S PROBABLY NOT YOUR DESIRE.
THAT'S JUST AN ASSUMPTION ON MY PART.
UM, OTHERWISE, I, I THINK, DID I ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS? DID I GET 'EM ALL? OKAY, THANK YOU.
WELL, THANK YOU, UM, TO OUR CONSULTANTS FOR HELPING US THINK THESE THROUGH THINGS THROUGH AND TO OUR STAFF THAT'S WORKED REALLY HARD ON THIS.
UM, I WILL PUT IN, UH, SOME OF MY THOUGHTS AND THEN TRY MY BEST TO SUMMARIZE WHAT I THINK WE'VE HEARD TONIGHT SO THAT WE CAN AN OPPORTUNITY TO EITHER AGREE THAT THAT'S A SUMMARY OF, OF THE THOUGHTS THAT WE SHARED, OR, UM, EXPRESS ADDITIONAL THOUGHTS SO THAT WE HAVE CLARITY MOVING FORWARD.
IT IS, IT IS CONVICTING WHEN YOU START WITH A 2022 NUMBER OF STARTING THIS.
SO WE NEED TO BE VERY CLEAR TONIGHT.
WE NEED TO BE VERY INTENTIONAL, UM, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT EVERYONE DESERVES OUT OF, OUT OF THEIR GOVERNMENT.
SO, UM, I WOULD SAY I, I AGREE WITH ANDY ON NORTH BLACKSMITH.
I THINK THAT NORTH BLACKSMITH SHOULD PROBABLY BE ONE WAY.
I WOULD MAKE IT ONE WAY TO THE NORTH, NOT TO THE SOUTH.
I THINK THAT IT IS AN UNSAFE CONDITION TO TRY TO EXIT BLACKSMITH LANE ONTO BRIDGE STREET.
UM, SO IN THINKING THROUGH HOW EVENTS MIGHT HAPPEN IN THIS SPACE IN THE FUTURE, UH, IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE RESIDENTS ON NORTH RIVERVIEW TO THE SOUTHERN MOST PARCEL WILL HAVE ACCESS TO THAT HOME FROM RIVERVIEW.
IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT'S THE ONLY ONE OF THOSE THREE THAT WILL.
SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE ABILITY FOR THAT INDIVIDUAL TO ALWAYS GET TO THAT HOME.
THE WAY THAT I HEAR HIM EXPLAIN OF THE USE OF THIS NORTH RIVERVIEW BETWEEN WING HILL TO THE NORTH OF NORTH STREET, UH, COULD POSSIBLY BE CLOSED FOR AN ARTS FESTIVAL OR SOME, YOU KNOW, THAT SECTION OF THE STREET.
THERE MIGHT BE TIMES THAT THAT MIGHT BE A PEDESTRIAN ONLY EXPERIENCE, SIMILAR TO WAY, THE WAY THAT THE NORTH, UM, THAT THE MARKET, UM, THE DUBLIN FARMER'S MARKET HAPPENS OVER IN THE BRIDGE STREET DISTRICT.
YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE NORMALLY OPERATING TWO-WAY STREETS THAT ARE CLOSED TO JUST A PEDESTRIAN EXPERIENCE FOR POINTS IN TIME.
BUT THERE'S STILL ACCESS TO EVERYTHING AROUND THERE.
SO, UM, I THINK THAT WE NEED TO BE COGNIZANT OF THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
THAT WE WOULD LIKE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THIS SECTION OF NORTH RIVERVIEW FROM WING HILL TO NORTH STREET TO BE A CLOSED DOWN FOR PEDESTRIAN USE ONLY, UH, TO ACCOMMODATE EVENTS.
I THINK THAT'LL BE IMPORTANT TO, UM, A LIVELY, PEDESTRIAN ATTRACTIVE PLACE THERE.
UM, I THINK THE, UH, PARKING SPOTS, THE 12 SPACES ARE, ARE PROBABLY GOING TO BE IMPORTANT.
YOU KNOW, I WAS, UH, DOWNTOWN COLUMBUS WITH A FRIEND OF MINE ON SATURDAY EVENING, AND CITY OF COLUMBUS HAS A VERY SIMPLE APP.
THEY HAVE IT JUST ON SOME OF THE PARKING SIGNS AND THERE'S A QR CODE ON IT, AND YOU GET YOUR QR CODE.
AND I DON'T WANNA MAKE SOME HUGE THING THAT OUR, YOU KNOW, THAT OUR OFFICERS ARE LIKE CHALKING TIRES TO, YOU KNOW, WITH, WITH A STOPWATCH.
I THINK FOR THE ENTIRETY OF THE BRIDGE STREET DISTRICT, I THINK IT'S TIME.
YOU KNOW, WE RECENTLY JUST MADE THOSE ARRANGEMENTS ON IN, UM, BRIDGE PARK AND ALMOST ALL OF BRIDGE PARK ON STREET PARKING IS LOADING ZONE ANYMORE.
THERE ARE VERY FEW SPOTS AVAILABLE TO ACTUALLY PARK ON THE STREET.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED THAT MANY LOADING ZONES OVER THERE, BUT I DO THINK IT'S PROBABLY TIME.
AND THE, AND THE COST CAN BE VERY LOW.
THE PENALTY CAN BE HIGH AND THE COST BE LOW, AND THEN THAT'S HOW YOU DON'T, UM, MAKE IT A, A HUGE BARRIER TO ENTRY FOR PEOPLE.
SO I, I WOULD JUST THROW THAT OUT.
I THINK IT'S KIND OF TIME THAT, AND FOR ON STREET PARKING AND COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS THAT WE HAVE, UM, THAT WE START MONITORING FOR TIME LIMITS OF THESE.
AND I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DO THAT WITHOUT HAVING, UM, SOME SORT OF MECHANISM IN PLACE THAT MAKES IT EASY TO ENFORCE.
OTHERWISE, WE'RE GOING TO SPEND ALL OF OUR TIME TRACKING.
HOW LONG HAS THIS CAR BEEN HERE? UM, SO I, I THINK THAT'S APPROPRIATE FOR THE ENTIRETY OF THE BRIDGE STREET DISTRICT.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE TREES THAT ARE PLANTED.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF CONFLICTS AROUND, AROUND THE LIBRARY WHERE WE PLANTED THE GINKGO TREES THAT ONLY HAVE A CLEAR TRUNK HEIGHT OF LIKE FOUR FEET.
I THINK THAT ANY TREE IN THE CITY THAT IS ADJACENT TO A SIDEWALK SHOULD BE A SHADE TREE AND NOT AN ORNAMENTAL TREE.
ORNAMENTAL TREES, BY DEFINITION, ARE NOT GOING TO GROW TALL.
THEY'RE GOING TO GROW LARGELY MORE OUT THAN THEY ARE UP.
AND SO THAT IS GOING TO FOREVER CREATE CONFLICT BETWEEN THE PERSON THAT IS IN THE SIDEWALK IN THE TREE THAT WE WANT TO BECOME BEAUTIFUL.
SO I WOULD MAKE ALL OF THE TREES, UH, SHADE TREES, AND I WOULD PUT IN THE SPECIFICATIONS FOR THOSE THAT THERE WOULD BE A SEVEN FOOT CLEAR TRUNK HEIGHT AT TIME OF INSTALLATION, SO THAT WE AREN'T CONTINUING THESE CONFLICTS, UM, BETWEEN OUR
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PEDESTRIANS AND THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT.UM, SO NOW I'M GONNA ATTEMPT TO SUMMARIZE, UM, I, I THINK THERE WAS RELATIVELY UNIVERSAL SUPPORT FOR THE 12 PARKING SPACES ON THE EAST SIDE OF NORTH RIVERVIEW STREET.
I THINK THAT THERE IS A DESIRE TO SEE, UH, THAT BE SOME, UH, SOME SIGNIFICANT PIECE OF HANDICAPPED PARKING, UH, AND THAT ALL OF THOSE SPACES ON THE EAST SIDE AND THE WEST SIDE OF NORTH RIVERVIEW BECOME TIMED SPACES, UH, OF SOME LIMIT, AS SUGGESTED PERHAPS THREE HOURS.
UH, I BELIEVE THAT THERE HAS BEEN BROAD SUPPORT FOR THE COBBLESTONES, AND I THINK THE GRANITE MATERIAL IS A GREAT USE FOR THAT.
ONE OF THE HARDEST MATERIALS YOU CAN HAVE, WHICH WILL WITHSTAND ANYONE THAT NEEDS TO MOUNT THAT CURB AND POSSIBLY GET OVER THAT CURB.
UH, I, I THINK THAT I HEARD THAT THERE WAS SUPPORT FOR ALL OF THE BRICK SIDEWALKS, ALL OF THE BRICK CROSSWALKS.
UM, I THINK THERE WAS BROAD SUPPORT FOR THE PARKING SPACES ON NORTH RIVERVIEW IN FRONT OF THE NEW CONSTRUCTED BUILDING.
UM, AND I THINK THOSE, OH, WELL, I, I MEAN, MY RECOMMENDATION WAS ONE WAY ON NORTH BLACKSMITH HEADED NORTH.
UH, YOU KNOW, I, I HAVEN'T HEARD MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS CHIME IN ON THAT SO MUCH, BUT DO I, I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN UNDERSTANDING WHAT THAT COULD LOOK LIKE.
I'M DEFINITELY NOT OPPOSED TO IT.
THAT WOULDN'T STOP YOUR MOVE FORWARD, WOULD IT? UH, IT WOULD NOT, IT WOULD NOT.
UM, I WOULD JUST, IF I COULD ADD ONE MORE CONSIDERATION, UH, IN REGARD TO THE ONE WAY NORTHBOUND, UH, SO AS THE MAYOR SAID, THE THREE HOUSES THAT ARE BOUNDED BY BRIDGE STREET TO THE SOUTH, BLACKSMITH TO THE WEST WING HILL TO THE NORTH, AND, UH, UPPER NORTH RIVERVIEW STREET TO THE EAST.
I'M GLAD EVERYBODY APPRECIATES THE DIRECTIONAL CHALLENGES HERE IN DESCRIBING THESE ROADS.
THE OTHER TWO HOUSES, THEY'RE GARAGES FRONT BLACKSMITH.
SO IF WE DO MAKE IT ONE WAY, UM, AND THIS PERHAPS APPLIES TO THE PEOPLE ON THE WEST SIDE OF BLACKSMITH ALSO, WE HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THAT THEIR ONLY WAY INTO THEIR HOME IS GOING TO BE NORTHBOUND FROM BRIDGE STREET.
UM, THAT COULD GET A LITTLE TRICKY AT TIMES.
THINK ABOUT IN THE AFTERNOON WHEN I THINK YOU CAN'T EVEN MAKE A LEFT.
THERE ARE, THERE ARE SOME RESTRICTIONS ON, UH, MOVEMENTS THERE.
BUT IF YOU'RE COMING, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE COMING FROM, UH, SOMEWHERE THAT'S NOT BRIDGE STREET AND YOU HAVE TO KIND OF REORIENT YOURSELF.
SO, UM, THERE CERTAINLY WOULD BE CHALLENGES.
IT, IT REALLY, IT'S THE INTERCHANGE WITH BRIDGE STREET THAT BECOMES PROBLEMATIC.
IT'S IF YOU HAVE ONE CAR THAT'S THERE WAITING TO TURN RIGHT OR LEFT, BECAUSE YOU CAN TURN EITHER DIRECTION FROM THERE.
THERE REALLY ISN'T ROOM FOR ANOTHER CAR TO COME IN.
THEN YOU GET STU THEN YOU GET TRAFFIC BACKED UP ON BRIDGE STREET AND YOU HAVE UNEXPECTED DELAYS, AND THEN YOU, I'VE SEEN A REAR END ACCIDENT HAPPEN RIGHT THERE.
UM, SO I, THERE ARE CHALLENGES, ABSOLUTELY.
I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE MORE THOUGHT THROUGH, AND THAT'S WHY I WASN'T PUTTING IT IN MY SUMMARY.
UM, I JUST, SOMETHING FOR US TO THINK ABOUT IF WE COULD, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER.
I DON'T WANNA GET CAUGHT UP ON THAT TONIGHT.
'CAUSE IT'S NOT, I DON'T THINK IT'S FUNDAMENTAL TO ALL OF THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE BEFORE US.
BUT, UM, SO WERE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAD THAT YOU DIDN'T RECEIVE SOME CLEAR DIRECTION ON? NO, I THINK EVERYTHING WAS VERY CLEAR.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE FEEDBACK AND I THINK WE HAVE OUR MARCHING ORDERS, SO WE CAN START WITH THE ACTUAL ENGINEERING AND WE CAN COME BACK TO YOU OR DISCUSS THE, UH, UH, ONE-WAY SYSTEM.
IF, IF THERE IS ANY MERIT TO THAT VERY GOOD'S, BE CLEAR ABOUT THE TREE, BECAUSE I AGREE WITH THE SHADE, SHADE TREES.
I GUESS THEN I WOULD ASK MY, UH, FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS ABOUT SHADE TREES VERSUS ORNAMENTAL TREES ADJACENT TO THE SIDEWALK AREAS.
I'VE EXPERIENCED THE, UH, HIT IN THE FACE WITH THE, WITH THE BRANCHES BY THE LIBRARY, AND WOULD PREFER THAT NOT TO HAPPEN.
SO YES, I THINK THEY ADD TO, I DON'T THINK THEY BLOCK THE BRIDGE.
I REALLY THINK IT, IT'S ADDITIVE.
I THINK YOU GET THOSE KIND OF PEEKABOO MOMENTS AND THERE WERE SO MANY BEAUTIFUL TREES.
I, I MEAN, HOW MANY OF US RECEIVED PHONE CALLS WHEN THE BRIDGE IN THIS, IN THE, UM, EXISTING BUILDING WHERE THE AVENUE IS WHEN ALL THOSE TREES CAME DOWN THAT WERE THERE, YOU KNOW, IT WAS, UH, IT WAS STARK
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BECAUSE IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL FOREST AT ONE POINT IN TIME.SO AS I, I ADD THAT, I DO SUPPORT THAT, BUT JUST REGARDING RIGHT NOW, I JUST PULLED UP, UM, IT'S THE, YOU CAN'T TURN LEFT ONTO BRIDGE STREET ONLY BETWEEN FOUR 30 AND 6:30 PM I'D BE SUPPORTIVE IF IT'S, IT'S ALWAYS A RIGHT OUT, OKAY, LIKE A WRITE OUT ONLY ON BLACKSMITH LANE.
SO RIGHT IN, THAT'S A GREAT SOLUTION.
AND LIKE, I, I THINK IT SHOULD BE RIGHT IN, RIGHT OUT AT BLACKSMITH, AND THEN THAT WOULD SOLVE THE PROBLEMS. AND, AND THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE CAN COME BACK TO.
AND WE, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE DIRECTIONAL THINGS.
THOSE AREN'T STRUCTURAL THINGS.
SO WE CAN, UM, CONTINUE TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION, UH, WITHOUT IMPEDING THE PROGRESS OF MOVING FORWARD.
THANK YOU FOR A, A VERY DETAILED PRESENTATION AND, AND THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND ENDURING THE CONVERSATION.
THIS BRINGS US TO THE STAFF COMMENTS PORTION OF OUR AGENDA, AND I WILL GO TO OUR CITY MANAGER, MEGAN O' CALLAN.
I DON'T HAVE ANY COMMENTS THIS EVENING.
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UM, I WILL START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER DEROSA WITH THE US 33 CORRIDOR AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.I WILL LOOK TO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER FOX TO GIVE THE 33 CORRIDOR UPDATE.
I WAS NOT AT THAT MEETING THE ONE BEFORE AT THE, UH, SPORTS OHIO.
YOU DID NOT HAVE A MEETING OUT THERE.
I WAS NOT AT THE MEETING, SO I APOLOGIZE.
I, I WOULD SAY, UM, JUST A NOTE TO COUNCIL THAT THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION HAS SEEN SEVERAL VERY BIG PROJECTS, SEVERAL MAKING THEIR WAY TO THIS GROUP.
UM, AS YOU MAY KNOW, UM, BLOCK Y CAME BEFORE THE PLANNING AND ZONING.
THEY, UM, VOTED, UH, UNANIMOUSLY TO ADVANCE THAT CONCEPT PLAN TO COUNCIL FOR OUR DISCUSSION.
SO WE'RE GOING TO SEE THAT, UM, PRETTY SOON.
UM, I, I GUESS, UM, UH, THE VISION OF THE UN ENVISION DUBLIN HAS BEEN, UH, POSITIVELY RECEIVED BECAUSE WE'RE SEEING SOME VERY NICE PROJECTS, UM, AND SOME EARLY PROJECTS COMING FORWARD IN THE VICINITY.
UM, THE PRETI PROJECT, UH, ON BLAZER HAS GONE BACK A FEW TIMES.
UM, AND THEN PROJECTS OUT IN THE WEST INNOVATION DISTRICT, I BRING BOTH OF THOSE UP FOR, FOR ONE PARTICULAR, UM, COMMENT.
AND THAT IS IN THE ENVISION DUBLIN, WE SPOKE, UM, UH, COLLECTIVELY VERY CLEARLY ABOUT OUR NEED AND A DESIRE TO HAVE MIXED USE, UM, CLARITY ON WHAT MIXED USE AND WHAT MIXES OF USE LOOK LIKE.
WE'RE SEEING THE FIRST, FIRST EXAMPLES OF THAT TO PLAY FORWARD.
SO AS THEY MOVE FORWARD, I THINK IT'S GONNA BE IMPORTANT FOR US TO GET CLARITY, UM, AND VISION AROUND WHAT DO WE MEAN, WHAT WE WANNA SEE MIXED USE.
AND SO THOSE ARE BEFORE PLANNING AND ZONING, AND THEY'RE GONNA COME BEFORE US.
SO CLARITY ON THAT AND MAKING SURE WE'RE, WE'RE LIVING UP TO THAT VISION IS GONNA BE IMPORTANT.
SO I THANK THEY'RE THEM FOR THEIR CONTINUED WORK.
UH, AND THEN WE'LL GO TO MR. KEELER FOR THE DUBLIN BOARD OF EDUCATION, LOGAN UNION, CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, AND THE SPORTS OHIO STEERING COMMITTEE.
SO SPORTS OHIO, UH, STEERING COM COMMITTEE MEETS TOMORROW TO INTERVIEW THE RFP RESPONDENTS.
UM, SO I'LL HAVE A REPORT ON THAT THE NEXT TIME.
AND NOTHING TO REPORT ON THE OTHER TWO.
WE HAVE OUR LIAISON MEETING, I THINK, IN FEBRUARY.
UM, VICE SM LUDO, YOU WANNA HAVE ANYTHING ADDITIONAL TO ADD TO THE SPORTS STEERING COMMITTEE? UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CRAM WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP AND THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD.
SO START WITH, UM, ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD.
I JUST WANNA SAY THAT, SO AT OUR AGENDA MEETING TODAY, I ASKED HOW THEY'RE LIKING ONBOARDING THE ON ONBOARD, AND SO FAR SO GOOD.
UM, YOU, I THOUGHT IT WAS VERY HELPFUL, MUCH EASIER TO REVIEW THE A RB PACKET THAT WAY.
UH, THERE ARE SOME CODE CHANGES THAT ARE BEFORE THEM, WHICH WE'LL EVENTUALLY SEE THAT ARE A RESULT OF THE DEVELOPMENT, UM, CHANGE THE, THE MEETINGS WE HAD WITH THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY ABOUT HELPING OUR PROCESS AND STUFF.
SO SOME OF THE FIRST OF THOSE CHANGES IS COMING THROUGH.
AS FAR AS WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE, SO CHIEF ALEC O O'CONNELL IS RETIRING AT THE END OF FEBRUARY, SO HE'S VERY CLOSE.
THIS IS HIS, HE'S GOT ONE MONTH LEFT.
HE HAS BEEN OUR FIRE CHIEF SINCE 2014.
AND OVERALL HE'S WORKED FOR THE TOWNSHIP FOR 36 YEARS NOW.
UM, THE DEPUTY CHIEF, UH, JOHN DONAHUE, HE WILL BE STEPPING IN.
HE HAS BEEN SHADOWING AND WORKING IN THAT ROLE FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS, SO HE WILL BE READY TO STEP UP.
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44 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN GENERAL ALREADY.SO WE ARE GONNA BE IN GOOD HANDS WITH OUR NEW CHIEF HERE AT THE END OF FEBRUARY.
SO I BELIEVE, UM, CHIEF OCON O'CONNELL WANTED TO COME IN, INTRODUCE, I KNOW A LOT OF EVERYONE HAS MET, UM, UH, JOHN DONAHUE OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS, BUT I THINK THE CHIEF WANTED TO OFFICIALLY WELCOME HIM.
SO JUST IN CASE THEY DON'T GET HERE AT OUR NEXT MEETING, I WANTED TO SAY THAT.
UM, I WILL REPORT OUT ON THE MID OHIO REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION.
UM, WE DON'T HAVE OUR NEXT FULL MEETING UNTIL FEBRUARY 6TH.
WE DID, HOWEVER, HAVE A, UH, NORTHWEST AREA MEETING LAST WEEK.
UM, JEANNIE ATTENDED THAT, UM, AS DID JM.
AND, UM, WE HEARD UPDATES FROM SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES AND, AND THEY GAVE AN UPDATE, UH, IN DUBLIN.
THERE WASN'T REALLY ANYTHING SIGNIFICANTLY NEW IN THAT PIECE.
UH, MORE OF AN EXPRESSION OF SOME OF THE STRUGGLES THAT SOME COMMUNITIES ARE ARE ENCOUNTERING.
UM, SO WE HAVE OUR NEXT MEETING ON FEBRUARY THE SIXTH.
I WILL BE, UH, IN WASHINGTON DC AT THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REGIONAL COUNCIL MEETINGS FROM, UH, FEBRUARY THE NINTH TO THE 12TH.
UM, WE HAVE MEETINGS WITH ALL OF OUR LEGISLATIVE PEOPLE, UM, CON CONGRESSIONAL STAFF AND SENATE STAFF TO TALK ABOUT RAIL AND A NUMBER OF OTHER, UM, MEMBER DIRECTED SPENDING PROJECTS AND, UH, OTHER FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES.
SO I WILL BRING BACK A FULL REPORT AFTER THAT POINT IN TIME.
WE DO HAVE, UM, A, UH, PLAN COMING FORWARD RELATIVE, UM, I'M SORRY, JUST LOST MY TRAIN OF THOUGHT.
UM, WE HAVE A PLAN COMING FORWARD RELATIVE TO A RAIL TRIP THAT WILL TAKE TO TEXAS, UH, TO SEE HOW SOME OF THE RAIL LINES ARE OPERATING IN THAT AREA AS WELL, TO SEE, UM, HOW THEY'RE FUNDED AND, AND HOW THAT, HOW THAT ALL IS GOING AS WELL.
UH, THE LAST UPDATE WE'LL HAVE IS FOR THE ARTS COUNCIL WITH JOHN.
UM, WE HAD A PRELIMINARY, UH, MEETING TO SORT OF INTRODUCE EACH OTHER TO THE, TO THE PARTICULAR BOARD.
IT'S GONNA BE SELECTING OUR NEW, UH, DIRECTOR OF, UH, DUBLIN ARTS.
UM, IT'S GONNA BE A NATIONAL SEARCH.
UM, TALKED TO, UH, DAVE AND HE SAID, I WANNA STAY NEUTRAL ON ANY RECOMMENDATIONS.
UM, LET'S GET THE BEST PERSON IN FOR THE JOB.
UM, HAVING SET THROUGH A NUMBER OF, UH, CITY MANAGERS SELECTION, UH, DEALS OVER THE YEAR, MAYBE FOUR OR FIVE OR SIX OF 'EM, I DON'T KNOW, IT LOOKS LIKE SORT OF A REDO OF THAT PARTICULAR EFFORT THAT YOU'VE ALL BEEN INVOLVED IN.
SO I'M HOPING WE'RE GONNA GET A GREAT PERSON.
WE ALL MENTIONED WHAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR, THE IDEAL CANDIDATE, WHICH WE ALWAYS DO WHENEVER WE'RE LOOKING FOR SOMEBODY TO FILL THE, THE SHOES OF RUNNING THE CITY.
SO FAR, SO FAR, IT'S TOTALLY PRELIMINARILY A MEETING THAT REALLY HAD NO SUBSTANCE TO IT, OTHER THAN LET'S GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER AND WHAT'S YOUR GOALS AND WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SEE THIS PERSON TO BE LIKE? SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT.
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TABLE AND I'LL START AT MY FAR RIGHT.I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD.
I'LL JUST, UM, SAY I HAD A GREAT TIME AT THE MLK SUPPER THE OTHER EVENING.
THE PEOPLE I SAT WITH AT THE TABLE WERE GREAT.
JUST WANNA THANK CHRISTINE, CHRISTINE NARDIA, AND THE STAFF AND EVERYONE WHO PUT IT ON.
UM, AT THIS TIME IN OUR COUNTRY WHERE THERE'S SUCH A CONVERSATION ABOUT DIVERSITY, IT'S SO WONDERFUL AND I FEEL SO GRATEFUL AND SO APPRECIATIVE THAT THIS COMMUNITY CAN COME TOGETHER LIKE WE DID AT THE MLK SUPPER.
AND I HOPE THAT WE HAVE MANY, MANY OPPORTUNITIES TO BE ABLE TO REPRODUCE THAT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, NOT JUST AT ONE SPECIAL EVENING, BECAUSE GETTING TO KNOW THE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY, LIKE THE, THE LADY WAS HERE TONIGHT THAT TALKS ABOUT THE, THE YEAR OF THE SNAKE.
IT'S JUST, IT'S, IT'S NICE TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER'S CULTURE, TO RESPECT THEM, TO CELEBRATE THEM, AND TO BE KNOWN AS A COMMUNITY THAT ENGAGES AND VALUES THEM.
SO, GREAT NIGHT, AND I THANK THE STAFF FOR THAT.
GREAT, JOHN, NOTHING MORE THAN TO SAY, YOU KNOW, KEEP ON, UH, DOING THE GREAT WORK YOU'RE DOING.
I KEEP GETTING OUTSIDE FEEDBACK FROM OTHER MUNICIPALITIES AS I TRAVEL AROUND IN MY JOB.
AND YOU ARE THE VY OF GREATER COLUMBUS, AND YOU, YOU, YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB FOR US.
I SECOND JANE'S EMOTION ON THE MLK UPPER, UM, SO I COULDN'T SAY IT BETTER MYSELF.
AND, AND I WANTED TO, UM, TAKE A MOMENT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE IT TEAM FOR, TO JENNY AND HER GROUP.
UM, AS AMY, UH, NOTED, THE ONBOARDING WENT, WE ONBOARDED, AND, AND IT'S GONE IN INCREDIBLY WELL IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
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AND, UM, WE APOLOGIZE IN ADVANCE FOR THE MANY QUESTIONS, BUT, UM, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK ON THAT.AND, UM, THANKS FOR THE TEAM THAT CONTINUE TO REMOVE SNOW AND MORE SNOW AND MORE SNOW.
SO LET'S BE DONE WITH THE SNOW.
UM, I JUST HAD A COUPLE THINGS ON.
UM, WE HAD A HIGH MARRIAGE ALLIANCE MEETING ON THE JANUARY THE 16TH.
UM, THERE WAS SOME CONVERSATION RELATIVE TO SANCTUARY CITIES AND WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE.
SO, UM, SOME MUNICIPALITIES ARE BEGINNING TO NAVIGATE WHAT THAT CONVERSATION WILL BE, UH, LIKE FOR THEIR CITY.
UM, ALSO HEARD SOME, UM, OTHER ADDITIONAL LEGISLATION THAT YOU PROBABLY HAVE SEEN THROUGH THE OHIO OMA, UM, EMAILS THAT WERE FORWARDED OUT THIS WEEK AS WELL.
ON THE 17TH, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH THE STUDENTS OF SELLS, UM, MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND THAT WAS A GREAT TIME TO BE WITH THEM.
ALSO ON THE 17TH, MEGAN AND I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO HOST, UH, THE FEDERATION OF INDIAN ASSOCIATION HERE AT CITY HALL AND HEAR SOME FEEDBACK ABOUT THEIR UPCOMING FESTIVITIES, UM, AND THE ROLE THAT THE CITY WILL PLAY IN THOSE.
AND I WOULD, I WOULD ECHO JANE AND ANDY'S THOUGHTS ON THE SUNDAY SUPPER.
IT WAS REALLY FOR A VERY COLD EVENING.
THE ROOM WAS WARM AND UH, THE CONVERSATION WAS GOOD.
SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE STAFF THAT HELPED DO THAT AND, UH, FOR THE RESIDENTS THAT CAME AND PARTICIPATED.
UM, WITH THAT, IF THERE IS NOTHING FURTHER FOR THE GOOD OF THE ORDER, WE WILL STAND ADJOURNED.