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[CALL TO ORDER]
DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING.I WILL NOW CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.
JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE VICE? UH, MAYOR AROSE GROOMS HERE.
AND, UH, VICE MAYOR LUDO HAS HAD A FAMILY EMERGENCY AND WON'T BE ABLE TO JOIN US THIS EVENING.
UM, WITH THAT, AMY, WOULD YOU PLEASE LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE? OKAY.
[Syntero Update]
OF SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS THIS EVENING.IN THE FIRST ONE, WE WILL DO BE FROM OUR FRIENDS AT SENT AND, UH, THE NEW DIRECTOR.
THEY'RE NOT SO NEW ANYMORE, BUT MAYBE NEW TO US DIRECTOR THERE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME THIS, THIS EVENING.
I MET MOST OF YOU LAST SEPTEMBER, UM, WHEN JULIE ALDI INTRODUCED ME AS THE NEW CEO OF SENTARA.
UM, I DID WANNA LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT I'VE BEEN WITH THE ORGANIZATION FOR OVER 14 YEARS, AND I'VE BEEN IN THE NONPROFIT COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SECTOR FOR OVER 20 YEARS.
SO I'M VERY COMMITTED TO ENSURING THAT OUR ORGANIZATION IS PROVIDING THE SERVICES NEEDED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
SENTARA HAS BEEN PROVIDING BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES IN CENTRAL OHIO FOR OVER 45 YEARS.
MANY OF YOU MAY KNOW THAT THE NAME SENTARA COMES FROM THE GREEK WORD FOR SUPPORT, AND IT REPRESENTS THE MERGER OF DUBLIN COUNSELING CENTER AND NORTHWEST COUNSELING SERVICES.
BACK IN JANUARY OF 2013, DUBLIN COUNSELING CENTER WAS STARTED BY A GROUP OF COMMITTED COMMUNITY MEMBERS BACK IN 1978 WHEN DUBLIN WAS STILL A VILLAGE.
AS THE COMMUNITY HAS GROWN AND BECOME A MORE DIVERSE AND LARGER CITY, THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH NEEDS AND RES OF THE RESIDENTS HAVE INCREASED AND SENT, HAS EXPANDED TO MEET THOSE NEEDS.
WE ARE COMMITTED TO PROVIDING HIGH QUALITY EVIDENCE-BASED INTERVENTIONS TO SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY AND BUILDING RESILIENCE TO MEET THE CHALLENGES THAT WE FACE.
A CORE TENET OF OUR ORGANIZATION IS MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE EMBEDDED IN THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE SERVE AND BUILDING PARTNERSHIPS TO MEET THOSE EMERGING NEEDS.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF THE SUPPORT THAT THE CITY OF DUBLIN HAS PROVIDED TO SENTARA OVER THE YEARS.
WHAT THE TRENDS IN MENTAL HEALTH STATISTICS ARE TELLING US IS THAT THE MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY ARE CONTINUING TO INCREASE.
IN THE PAST DECADE, UM, THE PERCENTAGE OF OHIO ADULTS THAT REPORT FREQUENT POOR MENTAL HEALTH DAYS HAS INCREASED OVER 20%.
AT THE SAME TIME, WE'RE HEARING THAT CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS ARE EXPERIENCING INCREASED MENTAL HEALTH SYMPTOMS AS WELL.
THIS IS HAPPENING AT A TIME WHERE WE ARE EXPERIENCING A SIGNIFICANT WORKFORCE SHORTAGE.
AND SO ACCESS TO GERE HAS BEEN A HUGE BARRIER FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE SEEKING ACCESS TO OUR SERVICES.
WE ALSO KNOW THAT, UH, SUICIDE RATES HAVE CONTINUED TO GO UP ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND IN THE STATE OF OHIO.
I BELIEVE THE STATISTIC IS THAT SINCE 1999, THE RATES OF SUICIDE NATIONALLY HAVE GONE UP 35%.
THE FRANKLIN COUNTY SUICIDE PREVENTION COALITION RECENTLY RELEASED THEIR 2024 REPORT, WHICH SHOWED THAT FRANKLIN COUNTY RESIDENTS AGE 75 TO 84 HAVE THE HIGHEST RATES OF SUICIDALITY, UM, SUICIDE MORTALITY COMPARED TO OTHER AGE GROUPS.
SO THE SERVICES THAT WE'RE PROVIDING TO SUPPORT OLDER ADULTS IN OUR COMMUNITY ARE ESSENTIAL AND MANAGING THAT RISK.
THE OTHER THING THAT HAS BEEN DIFFICULT IS RECOGNIZING THAT MOST PEOPLE, MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO ACCESS CARE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO ACCESS THAT CARE.
THERE ARE OFTEN LONG WAITS, UM, TO GET IN FOR SERVICES.
FAMILY MEMBERS GET TO A POINT WHERE THEY'RE READY TO CALL IN AND ACCESS CARE, AND THEY'RE TOLD, I'M SORRY, WE DON'T HAVE ANY AVAILABILITY, OR, WE CAN'T SEE YOU FOR SIX TO NINE MONTHS.
SENTARA IS WORKING REALLY HARD TO ADDRESS THAT, UH, THROUGH CHANGES IN OUR STRUCTURE AND HOW WE SCHEDULE INTAKES, WE'RE PILOTING A SAME DAY ACCESS PROGRAM OUT OF OUR LEWIS CENTER OFFICE, WHICH IS SUPPORTED BY GRANT FUNDING FROM THE DELAWARE MEMORIAL MENTAL HEALTH BOARD.
AND OUR HOPE IS TO EXPAND THAT SERVICE TO FRANKLIN COUNTY, UM, THAT ALLOWS INDIVIDUALS TO WALK IN FOR CARE THE DAY THAT THEY NEED IT AND BE IMMEDIATELY LINKED WITH A MENTAL HEALTH CLINICIAN.
SENTARA PROVIDES SERVICES ACROSS THE CONTINUUM OF CARE.
THIS IS OUR WAY OF TRYING TO MEET THE INCREASED NEEDS THAT WE SEE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
WE PROVIDE MENTAL HEALTH PROMOTION SERVICES THROUGH EDUCATIONAL PRESENTATIONS AND PUBLIC OUTREACH, DOING SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS, AND PROVIDING ARTICLES FOR THE HEALTHY DUBLIN MAGAZINE AROUND WAYS TO COPE WITH, UM, AND MANAGE STRESSORS.
WE WORK WITH STUDENTS IN THE CITY AND DUBLIN CITY SCHOOLS AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL, PRIMARILY TO PROVIDE MENTAL HEALTH PREVENTION SERVICES.
THESE SERVICES ARE FOCUSED ON INCREASING PROTECTIVE FACTORS AND REDUCING RISK FACTORS TO DELAY THE ONSET, OR, UM, HOPEFULLY PREVENT AN INDIVIDUAL FROM DEVELOPING A MENTAL HEALTH OR SUBSTANCE USE CONCERN.
SO THOSE SERVICES ARE DIRECTED TOWARDS WORKING WITH THOSE KIDS WHO ARE AT RISK.
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SO THEY'RE HAVING SOME KIND OF A SCHOOL CHALLENGE RELATED TO DECREASED GRADES OR, UM, LOWER SCHOOL ATTENDANCE.THEY MAY BE HAVING CONFLICTS OR OTHER THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING AT HOME THAT ARE, MAKE THEM MORE LIKELY TO DEVELOP A, A MENTAL HEALTH CONDITION.
SO OUR GOAL IS TO EQUIP THEM WITH THE STRATEGIES AND SKILLS THAT THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO MANAGE THOSE AND TO GET THEM LINKED WITH THAT ONGOING CARE, IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, UM, WOULD BENEFIT THEIR FAMILY.
OUR SCHOOL-BASED SERVICES REALLY PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HELP THOSE INDIVIDUALS GET LINKED WITH CARE WHEN THEY MAY OTHERWISE HAVE, UM, LONG WAIT LIST TO ACCESS THIS, THAT CARE.
FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE A MENTAL HEALTH OR SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER, WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT TREATMENT LEVEL OF SERVICE BY DOING A FULL ASSESSMENT, A DIAGNOSTIC ASSESSMENT TO IDENTIFY WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THEM, AND TO BE ABLE TO OFFER EVIDENCE-BASED TREATMENT INTERVENTIONS.
AND THEN WE CONTINUE TO PROVIDE SUPPORT THROUGH THEIR RECOVERY TO, TO HOPEFULLY WORK TOWARDS PREVENTING RELAPSE IN THEIR MENTAL HEALTH OR SUBSTANCE USE CONDITIONS.
WE KNOW THAT MENTAL HEALTH PROMOTION, PREVENTION, TREATMENT AND RECOVERY SUPPORTS FORM THE BASIS OF A FULL CONTINUUM OF CARE THAT ALLOW PEOPLE TO RECOVER AND THRIVE.
SO WHEN PEOPLE THINK ABOUT SENTARA, THEY OFTEN THINK OF OUR OFFICE AND THAT INDIVIDUALS COME TO OUR OFFICE TO ACCESS THOSE TREATMENT LEVEL SERVICES.
OVER HALF OF OUR SERVICES ARE PROVIDED OUT IN THE COMMUNITY MEETING INDIVIDUALS WHERE THEY ARE.
WE DO A LOT OF CASE MANAGEMENT, UM, INTENSIVE OUTREACH WITH OLDER ADULTS IN OUR COMMUNITY, COMMUNITY CRISIS RESPONSE AND MEETING WITH INDIVIDUALS WHERE THEY ARE IN THEIR HOMES OR IN THEIR SCHOOL SETTINGS.
WE ALSO OFFER MORE INTENSIVE SERVICES FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE MORE SEVERE MENTAL HEALTH OR SUBSTANCE USE CONCERNS OUT OF OUR DUBLIN OFFICE THROUGH OUR INTENSIVE OUTPATIENT PROGRAM.
UM, OUR OUR ADULT PROGRAM FOCUSES ON THOSE WHO HAVE SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS, AND OUR ADOLESCENT FOLK PROGRAM FOCUSES ON THOSE WHO HAVE MENTAL HEALTH AND OR SUBSTANCE USE CONCERNS.
WE'VE BUILT OUR PROGRAMS TO HELP THOSE INDIVIDUALS BE ABLE TO STAY IN THEIR COMMUNITIES, UM, TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO ATTEND WORK OR CONTINUE TO ATTEND SCHOOL.
SO OUR PROGRAMS ARE OFFERED IN THE EVENINGS WHEN IT'S MORE, UM, ACCESSIBLE FOR INDIVIDUALS AND THEY'RE NOT PULLED OUT OF THEIR SCHOOL SETTINGS.
ONE OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE JUST FINISHED OUR FIRST YEAR IS, UM, SOMETHING THAT THE CITY OF DUBLIN HAS SUPPORTED OUR PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICES LIAISON.
THIS IS A PARTNERSHIP WITH DUBLIN POLICE, WHERE WE HAVE A MENTAL HEALTH CLINICIAN THAT IS EMBEDDED WITH DUBLIN POLICE TO BE ABLE TO RECEIVE REFERRALS DIRECTLY FROM THE POLICE WHEN THEY HAVE HAD A CALL RELATED TO AN INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS A MENTAL HEALTH SUBSTANCE USE OR OTHER RESOURCE INSECURITY CONCERN.
UM, OVER THIS PAST YEAR, WE HAVE HAD 158 UNIQUE REFERRALS, PRETTY EQUALLY SPLIT BETWEEN MALE AND FEMALE REFERRALS, AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ENGAGE 77% OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS WITH ONGOING SUPPORT THROUGH A THOUSAND ENCOUNTERS.
YOU CAN SEE ON THE LEFT OF THE SLIDE, THE REASON FOR REFERRAL.
GREAT MAJORITY IS RELATED TO WANTING ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, AND OUR PSSL CLINICIAN IS ABLE TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE SERVICES AND SUPPORT UNTIL THEY ARE EFFECTIVELY LINKED, LINKED WITH THE SERVICES THAT THEY NEED.
UM, SHE IS ALSO ABLE TO HELP NAVIGATE THE COMPLEX HEALTHCARE SYSTEM AND SOCIAL SERVICES SECTOR TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND HOW DO YOU BEST GET CONNECTED WITH THE NEEDS, THE NEEDED SERVICES AND RESOURCES.
THE, UH, THE RESPONSES THAT WE'VE GOTTEN FROM THE PUBLIC AS WELL AS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAVE BEEN OVERWHELMINGLY POSITIVE THAT THIS HAS BEEN A VERY NEEDED RESOURCE, UM, AND THE INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE BENEFITED FROM THIS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET ACCESS TO THOSE SERVICES THAT THEY OTHERWISE MAY HAVE STRUGGLED TO FIND.
WE ARE EXCITED THIS NEXT YEAR TO BE ABLE TO EXPAND THAT WITH WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP FIRE DEPARTMENT.
UM, SENTARA HAS ALSO BEEN HONORED TO BE A PART OF THE COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN WORKING GROUPS.
WE HAVE HAD STAFF MEMBERS PARTICIPATE IN THE YOUTH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH WORK GROUP AND THE HEALTHCARE NAVIGATION WORK GROUP.
WE ARE EXCITED TO HEAR THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT YOU'LL CONSIDER AND LOOK FORWARD TO BEING A PARTNER IN THOSE ONGOING INITIATIVES.
NOW, AS AN ORGANIZATION SENT IS MORE THAN JUST A OFFICE PHYSICAL OFFICE LOCATION LOCATED IN DUBLIN.
WE REALLY SEE OURSELVES AS EMBEDDED IN THE COMMUNITY AND PARTNERING WITH DUBLIN IN MULTIPLE AREAS.
WE WERE HONORED TO BE ASKED TO BE ONE OF THE FIRST BUSINESSES IN OHIO TO BE A SAFE SPACE AS PART OF THE SAFE SPACE, SAFE SPACE INITIATIVE THAT THIS DUBLIN POLICE LAUNCHED.
WE ALSO ARE VERY HONORED TO HOUSE THE DUB FOREVER DUBLIN HUB, UM, WHERE WE EMPLOY A NAVIGATOR TO HELP GET OLDER ADULTS LINKED WITH NEEDED RESOURCES AND SERVICES.
WE SERVE AS THE FISCAL AGENT FOR THE DUBLIN ACT COALITION, WHICH IS A LOCAL YOUTH COALITION OR LOCAL COALITION FOCUSED ON REDUCING SUBSTANCE USE AND ABUSE AMONG YOUTH.
AND WE'VE DONE LOTS OF DIFFERENT PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE DUBLIN ARTS COUNCIL, WHEN THEY'VE HAD EXHIBITS THAT HAVE HAD A MENTAL HEALTH THEME OR SOME KIND OF SENSITIVE INFORMATION.
THEY'VE REACHED OUT TO ASK FOR MENTAL HEALTH CONSULTATION RESOURCES AND SUPPORT.
AND WE'VE BEEN ONSITE FOR THOSE EXHIBITS TO HELP OFFER RESOURCES TO THOSE, UH, TO THAT ENTITY AS WELL, WHERE WE OFFER SEVERAL DIFFERENT WELLNESS PRESENTATIONS THROUGH THE FIT BS PROGRAM OR MEMBERS OF THE DUBLIN CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE.
UM, WE'VE PARTICIPATED IN THOSE ENVISIONED DUBLIN WORK GROUPS AND MY CHIEF PROGRAM INFORMATION OFFICER SUSAN ORTEGA, HAS SAT ON THE CHIEF'S ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR MULTIPLE YEARS TO
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BE ABLE TO PROVIDE RESOURCE AND SUPPORT FOR THAT COMMITTEE.WE VALUE BEING A PART OF THE DUBLIN COMMUNITY AND REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF THE SUPPORT THAT THE CITY COUNCIL HAS OFFERED TO OUR ORGANIZATION OVER THE YEARS.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE DONE TO SUPPORT SENTARA.
UH, IT TRULY DOES TAKE A VILLAGE TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE MENTAL HEALTH, UH, THE MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS OF THE CITIZENS IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND WE APPRECIATE ALL OF THE SUPPORT THAT THE CITY OF DUBLIN HAS OFFERED.
I'M OPEN TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS.
I JUST WOULD REALLY LIKE, OH, I'M SORRY.
WHAT WAS YOUR QUESTION? I, I WOULD JUST REALLY LIKE TO THANK YOU.
I MEAN, THE, THE DATA PROVES THAT, UM, THAT THE NEED IS TREMENDOUS AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE PARTNERSHIP AND, UM, THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT RESIDENTS WITH, UM, RESOURCES THAT CAN HELP THEM MEET THEIR NEEDS AND FLOURISH AND BECOME ALL THAT, UH, THEY HOPE AND DREAM TO BE ONE DAY.
SO WE VERY MUCH APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO AND THANKS FOR COMING TONIGHT AND GIVING US THIS UPDATE ON THE STATE OF THINGS.
ALRIGHT, WELL THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[IEDC Accredited Economic Development Organization]
IS, UH, THE IEDC ACCREDITED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION, AND I WILL TURN IT OVER TO OUR CITY MANAGER, MEGAN O. CALLAHAN.GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
I'D LIKE TO ASK JEREMIAH AND HIS TEAM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO COME TO THE FRONT TO BE RECOGNIZED.
UM, I'M PROUD TO SHARE THAT OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION RECEIVED THEIR RE-ACCREDITATION FROM THE ACCREDITED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION OR A EDO ORGANIZATIONS ARE REVIEWS EVERY THREE YEARS THROUGH A PROCESS THAT INCLUDES A DOCUMENTATION REVIEW AS WELL AS A TWO DAY SITE VISIT.
OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION IS ONE OF 85 INTERNATIONAL ADOS THAT ARE ACCREDITED AND THE ONLY, UH, A EDO ACCREDITED ORGANIZATION IN OHIO.
SO JUST ONE ACCREDITED ORGANIZATION IN OHIO, AND THAT'S THE DUBLIN TEAM.
THE ACCREDITATION PROCESS IS EXTREMELY COMPREHENSIVE AND IT INCLUDES REVIEWS OF OUR PRACTICES AND OUR POLICIES, AND INCLUDES INTERVIEWS WITH OUR STAFF, UM, A VARIETY OF STAFF ACROSS THE CITY AS WELL AS COMMUNITY AND REGIONAL PARTNERS AND STAKEHOLDERS.
AND OUR TEAM SPENDS A LOT OF WORK PREPARING FOR THE SITE VISIT.
I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEND SOME TIME WITH THE REVIEWERS AND THE EVALUATORS THAT WERE IN TOWN, AND THEY ARE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROFESSIONALS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY, AND THEY WERE VERY IMPRESSED WITH OUR TEAM AND PROGRAMS IN DUBLIN IN GENERAL, WHICH WAS REALLY GREAT TO HEAR.
UM, IT'S REALLY GREAT TO HEAR THE VALIDATION FROM OTHER PROFESSIONALS, SO PLEASE JOIN ME IN CONGRATULATING OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM, AND JEREMIAH WOULD LIKE TO ADD SOME WORDS.
CITY MANAGER, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, UH, ALSO THINK IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO INTRODUCE NOT ONLY TO YOU, BUT TO THE COMMUNITY, OUR, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM WHO WORKS EVERY DAY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE, UH, DRIVING THE LARGEST REVENUE SOURCE, WHICH IS SORT OF THE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT SIDE OF THE COMMUNITY EVERY DAY.
UM, US WHEN, UH, CALL OUT OF COUPLES, THE TEAM MEMBERS THAT HAVE, UH, REALLY INSTRUMENTAL IN THIS NEW, UH, RE-ACCREDITATION PROCESS.
SO I'LL START WITH, UM, JENNA GORING.
JENNA LED THE, UH, PROCESS OR APPLICATION PROCESS FROM BEGINNING TO END AND MAKING SURE WE COORDINATED ALL OF THE VISITS WITH INTERDEPARTMENTAL AND EXTERNAL PARTNERS TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT DAY, THOSE TWO DAYS RAN AS SEAMLESS AS POSSIBLE.
AND SO I WANNA, UH, CONGRATULATE HER AND THANK HER FOR HER WORK, UM, IN MAKING SURE THAT WE HAD ALL THE T'S CROSSED AND ALL THE I'S DOTTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE DAY WAS THE TWO DAYS WERE SEAMLESS.
I ALSO WANNA, UH, RECOGNIZE LUKE FLEMING, WHO ALSO A PART OF OUR TEAM, WHO ALSO WITHIN THE LAST YEAR GOT TO, UH, EXPERIENCE ALL THE THINGS DUBLIN AND, UH, BE A PART OF THAT PROCESS.
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, OUR NEWEST ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM MEMBER, UH, ABBY FALCON, WHO TODAY IS HER FIRST DAY.
AND WE WILL NOT ASK HER TO PRESENT THE BUDGET OR ANYTHING TO THAT, LIKE, BUT SHE'S, SHE'S HERE.
UM, BUT ASIDE FROM OUR TEAM, I ALSO WANT TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO, AS MENTIONED, UH, BY THE CITY MANAGER, OUR OTHER DEPARTMENTS.
AND SO THAT WORK IS REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE DO EVERY SINGLE DAY WITH ALL OUR DEPARTMENTS, UM, PLANNING, TRANSPORTATION, MOBILITY, ENGINEERING, COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING.
AND EVEN TO OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT TONIGHT.
YOU KNOW, WE WILL TALK, UH, ABOUT OUR BUSINESS DISTRICT UNITS, RIGHT? ALL THOSE THINGS MATTER WHEN YOU BRING A, UH, EVALUATOR TO YOUR COMMUNITY.
AND WHEN YOU BRING A BUSINESS THAT'S EVALUATING WHETHER IT'S THE RIGHT PLACE FOR THEM AND ALSO ALL THE EXISTING COMPANIES THAT ARE HERE SAYING, THIS IS WHAT MAKES US DIFFERENT AND THIS IS WHY WE WILL DO THIS NOWHERE ELSE BUT DEON, OHIO.
AND SO I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE RECOGNIZED FOR THAT BECAUSE WITHOUT THAT WORK, WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO SELL, NOR ANYTHING TO POSITION LITERALLY ON A GLOBAL SCALE.
UM, THIS AWARD ALSO IS A CULMINATION OF OUR OWN, UH, PILLARS OF OUR CULTURE, PLAYBOOK OF SORT OF BEING, YOU KNOW, JUST DRIVEN BY EXCELLENCE, BETTER TOGETHER AND DEDICATED TO SERVICE BECAUSE THOSE ARE ALL THE THINGS WE WERE BEING GRADED ON.
AND AGAIN, BEING ONE OF 85 INTERNATIONALLY AND THE ONLY ONE IN OHIO WAS CONFIRMATION OF ALL
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THOSE THREE PILLARS.SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND THANK YOU.
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO MANY MORE YEARS OF SUCCESS.
IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING, THERE IS SOME HARDWARE THAT YOU THAT CAME ALONG WITH THIS.
MAYOR, DON'T YOU THINK AN APPLAUSE IS AN ORDER? WELL, THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH, UH, FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO.
WE'RE SO GLAD THAT YOU'RE HERE AND IT'S GOOD TO KNOW.
I THINK I HAD THE LAST MEETING WITH THE EVALUATORS WAS A, WAS A BREAKFAST AND THEIR NEXT STOP WAS THE AIRPORT.
SO DESPITE THAT MEETING THAT I HAD, WE STILL GOT THE AWARDS, SO WE'LL CHALK THAT UP AS A VICTORY.
UM, BUT CONGRATULATIONS IN, IN ALL SINCERITY.
THAT IS A TREMENDOUS HONOR AND THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO IN REPRESENTING OUR COMMUNITY.
OKAY, THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA WILL BE FOR CITIZEN COMMENTS.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CITIZENS TO COMMENT ON ANY TOPIC THAT IS NOT ON THIS EVENING'S AGENDA.
UH, YOU WOULD'VE SEEN A KIOSK TO SIGN IN ON YOUR WAY IN.
UM, LINDSAY, HAVE WE HAD ANYONE SIGN IN TO SPEAK ITEMS? NOT ON THIS EVENING'S AGENDA.
BUT IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM THAT IS NOT ON THIS EVENING'S AGENDA THAT PERHAPS DIDN'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SIGN IN? NO.
[CONSENT AGENDA]
OUR AGENDA IS THE CONSENT AGENDA.IS THERE A REQUEST TO REMOVE? AND THIS THE ONLY ITEM FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA.
HEARING NONE, I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.
JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE RULE MR. ROSA? YES.
SECOND, READING PUBLIC HEARING
[Ordinances 01-25 & 02-25]
ORDINANCES.I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO WAIVE THE COUNCIL RULES OF ORDER AND 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 5 8 5 SOUTH RIVERVIEW STREET, IDENTIFIED AS FRANKLIN COUNTY PARCEL NUMBER 2 7 3 0 0 0 1 4 4 0 0 FROM PAUL GDI AND KATHERINE E GDI, TRUSTEES OF THE GOOD FAMILY TRUST DATED MAY 5TH, 2021 FOR THE PUBLIC PURPOSE OF CARRYING OUT THE SOUTH HIGH STREET UTILITY BARREL, PHASE TWO, PROJECT ORDINANCE 2 25 REGARDING THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1 0 9 SOUTH RIVERVIEW STREET FROM GREGORY SCHMIDT.
OKAY, OUR STAFF REPORT THIS EVENING WILL BE FROM BRIAN GABLE.
MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, I HAVE NO NEW OR UPDATED INFORMATION TO PRESENT REGARDING THESE ORDINANCES SINCE THE FIRST READING STAFF RECOMMENDS ADOPTION OF ORDINANCES ZERO ONE DASH 25 AND ZERO TWO DASH 25.
AND I WOULD BE GLAD TO ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS COUNSEL MAY HAVE REGARDING THESE ORDINANCES.
IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING NONE.
COUNSEL, QUESTIONS DISCUSSION? JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? MR. REINER? YES.
[Ordinance 03-25]
READING ORDINANCES, ORDINANCE ZERO FIVE DASH 23 REZONING APPROXIMATELY 1.53 ACRES LOCATED AT 3 8 3 8 SUMMIT VIEW ROAD FROM R ONE RESTRICTED SUBURBAN RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT TO SO SUBURBAN OFFICE AND INSTITUTIONAL DISTRICT.OUR STAFF REPORT WILL BE FROM ZACH HOWHOW.
UH, BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS A REQUEST FOR REZONING, UH, ON THE SITE HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW ON YOUR SCREEN.
UH, THIS SITE IS 0.87 ACRES IN SIZE.
UM, IN THE, THE MEMO TO YOU, IT DOES INCLUDE THE SIZE OF BOTH PROPERTIES.
HOWEVER, THE PROPERTY AT THE INTERSECTION WAS REZONED BACK IN 2017, SO THAT'S NOT A PART OF THIS.
WE'RE JUST LOOKING AT THAT SINGLE FAMILY LOT CURRENTLY.
UM, AND AGAIN, THE PROPERTY OWNER DOES OWN BOTH OF THESE SITES, WHICH DOES EQUAL THAT 1.53 ACRES.
THE SITE IS ZONED R ONE, RESTRICTED SUBURBAN RESIDENTIAL.
UH, AND AGAIN, THE PIECE AT THE INTERSECTION WAS REZONED TO SO FROM R ONE BACK IN FEBRUARY OF 2017.
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SO WITH STANDARD DISTRICT REZONINGS, UH, THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN IS THE PRIMARY DOCUMENT THAT IS UTILIZED TO DETERMINE WHETHER A REZONING SHOULD BE APPROVED OR NOT.UH, FOR THIS SITE, THE FUTURE LAND USE DE DESIGNATION IS MIXED USE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, SO THE INTENT STATEMENT FOR THIS IS FOR NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES LOCATED NEAR EXISTING AND FUTURE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE WALKABLE, AUTO ACCESSIBLE AND SCALED TO NEIGHBORHOODS.
SO THE INTENDED USES, UM, FIT WITHIN THAT, THAT DESCRIPTION AS WELL, WHICH GENERALLY IS OFFICE COMMERCIAL USES.
UH, AND THEN SINGLE FAMILY AND MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL USE ARE CONSIDERED SUPPORTING INTENDED USES GENERALLY WHERE THIS, UM, DESIGNATION IS LISTED THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
SO THE REQUEST TONIGHT IS TO GO FROM R ONE TO, SO, UH, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING THIS TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE OTHER PROPERTY THAT WAS REZONED.
THE PERMIT AND CONDITIONAL USES ARE LISTED ON THE SCREEN.
UH, GENERALLY THE, THE USES THAT ARE LISTED HERE ALIGN WITH THE RECOMMENDED USES FOR THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN, WHICH ARE GENERALLY BUSINESS, UH, THE OFFICE USES.
AND THEN AS CONDITIONAL USES ARE SOME OF THOSE MORE SENSITIVE USES ADJACENT TO NEIGHBORHOODS SUCH AS YOUR AUTO ORIENTED COMMERCIAL FACILITIES, UM, YOUR FOOD AND LODGING, EATING AND DINING.
UM, AND THEN ANY OF THOSE USES DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS ARE LISTED ON THE SCREEN.
THOSE ARE DEPENDENT ON THE TYPE OF PROJECT THAT COMES FORWARD ON ANY SITE LISTED.
SO, UM, I DID WANNA MENTION THAT BECAUSE THIS IS A STANDARD DISTRICT, THE PLAN ZONING COMMISSION DOES NOT HAVE PURVIEW OVER ANY DEVELOPMENT THAT HAPPENS ON SO PROPERTIES.
UM, WHEN A PROJECT COMES FORWARD AND IT MEETS ALL THE ZONING STANDARDS, THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO GO STRAIGHT TO BUILDING STANDARDS.
UM, ANYTHING THAT DEVIATES FROM THAT WOULD GO TO THE BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS FOR A VARIANCE REQUEST.
SO STAFF HAS REVIEWED THIS TO THE APPLICABLE CRITERIA ALONG, UH, BASED ON THE FUTURE LAND USE AND THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN PLANNING COMMISSION DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL ON JANUARY 9TH, AND THEN AT THE SECOND MEETING ON FEBRUARY 18TH, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THIS ORDINANCE AS WELL.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
UH, IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? MAYOR, WE DO HAVE TWO PEOPLE SIGNED IN TO SPEAK.
THE FIRST IS CARL LEROY DUFFORD.
CARL, IF YOU COULD PLEASE COME FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS INTO THE RECORD.
I LIVE AT 1 44 EDWARDS ROAD IN JOHNSTOWN, OHIO.
AND I'M A MEMBER OF THE CHURCH OF THE REDEEMER MORAVIAN CHURCH, WHICH IS, UH, HERE TO TALK A LITTLE BIT, A COUPLE CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE THAT WE'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH COUNCIL TONIGHT.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, I APPRECIATE THAT WE GOT CONTACTED BY CITY COUNCIL ABOUT THIS MEETING 'CAUSE WE HAD NOT, UH, WERE AWARE OF SOME OF THE FACTS THAT HAVE BEEN GOING ON.
SO WE'VE BEEN PLAYING A LITTLE BIT OF CATCH UP.
AND OUR BOARD TONIGHT WANTED ME TO PRESENT TWO CONCERNS AND TOGETHER INFORM, BECAUSE WE HAVE A MEETING A WEEK FROM TUESDAY, UH, A JOINT BOARD MEETING AT AT THE CHURCH.
UM, THE PRIMARY TWO CONCERNS WE HAVE IS THAT DAILY, UH, WE HAVE 10 TO 20 VEHICLES THAT TURN INTO OUR PARKING LOT, CIRCLE AROUND THE ISLAND AND GO BACK OUT ON SUMMIT VIEW TO GO, UH, OPPOSITE DIRECTION ON SAWMILL ROAD.
UH, WE HAVE CARS, WE'VE HAD DUMP TRUCKS, WE'VE HAD SCHOOL BUSES THAT HAVE DONE THIS.
AND WE'VE HAD FREQUENTLY HAVE HAD TO PUT MONEY BACK INTO OUR PARKING LOT TO REPAIR AREAS, CERTAIN AREAS WE'VE HAD TO CUT OUT AND REPLACE.
SO AGAIN, WITH THIS PROPOSAL WE'RE LOOKING AT IS THAT IT BEING NON-RESIDENTIAL, THERE'S A POSSIBILITY THAT THERE COULD EVEN BE MORE TRAFFIC THAT WOULD BE COMING INTO OUR PARKING LOT, TURNING AROUND TO GO OUT THE OTHER WAY OR INTO THIS ESTABLISHMENT AS A POSSIBILITY.
UM, THE OTHER CONCERN WE HAVE IS WITH, UH, THE SEWER ARE WE, UH, AS THEY ASKED ME TO SAY, UM, WILL THE CHURCH OF THE REDEEMER STILL BE USED, UH, CAN STILL USE OUR, UH, SEPTIC SYSTEM THAT WE PRESENTLY HAVE AND USE AND KEEP UP TO CODE AND WE HAVE PEOPLE COME IN AND CLEAN IT AND DO THE PROPER THINGS THAT WE'RE REQUIRED TO DO.
THOSE ARE YOUR, WE WILL HAVE A DISCUSSION AFTER.
WE'LL, WE TAKE ALL THE PUBLIC COMMENT JUST TO LET YOU KNOW.
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THAT CONCLUDE YOUR, WHAT YOU'D LIKE TO BRING FORWARD THIS EVENING? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.UH, ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? JOANNE CROCKETT HAS SIGNED IN.
IF YOU COULD PLEASE COME FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS INTO THE RECORD.
I LIVE AT 38 40 SUMMIT EIGHTH WEST.
IF YOU COULD PRESS THE BUTTON FOR THE MICROPHONE.
I HAD A COUPLE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CITY'S UM HMM.
HOW YOU'RE DESCRIBING OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT SAYS THAT IN THE VICINITY THERE ARE HOMES, CHURCHES, TOWNHOUSES, OFFICE, AND RETAIL.
THERE IS NO OFFICE AND RETAIL WITHIN A HALF MILE OF HERE.
AND IF YOU STAND IN THE MIDDLE OF SAWMILL ROAD, IT LOOKS SOUTH.
SO EVEN COLUMBUS ON THE COLUMBUS SIDE HAS NO RETAIL NEAR HERE.
SO, AND I'VE GONE THROUGH THAT WITH THE P AND Z WHATEVER.
UM, SO I DON'T REALLY SEE WHY YOU THINK THAT WE NEED RE UH, ANY KIND OF OFFICE UP THERE.
ALSO, YOUR PAPERS SAY THAT, UH, MANY NEIGHBORS NORTH AND WEST OF THIS PROPERTY HAVE TRIED TO GET NEW ZONING.
I'M GUESSING THAT'S THE 43 ACRES THAT ANNEX BACK INTO PERRY TOWNSHIP, WHICH HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE REST OF US.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHY THAT HAS ANY BEARING ON THIS.
SO ANYWAY, I DON'T, I DON'T SEE THE NEED TO GO FROM R ONE TO, UM, OFFICE OR WHATEVER.
UH, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE PRESENT THIS EVENING THAT DID NOT HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO SIGN IN THAT WOULD STILL LIKE TO SPEAK? IF YOU WOULD PLEASE, SIR, YOU COULD COME FORWARD, UH, AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS INTO THE RECORD.
MY NAME IS AKHIL PATEL, 6 5 1 6 ENTRE PLACE, DUBLIN, OHIO, 4 3 0 1 6.
I AM A MEMBER AND PRINCIPAL OF THE ENTITY THAT OWNS THESE TWO PARCELS.
THE PARCELS WERE PURCHASED TOGETHER, I BELIEVE IN 2016.
IN 2017 WHEN AN APPLICATION WAS MADE APPROVED, UH, ZONING CHANGE FOR THE CO LOT, UH, AT THAT TIME IT WAS ANTICIPATED THAT WE WOULD BUILD AN OFFICE BUILDING THERE.
UH, BY THE TIME WE GOT AROUND TO IT FUNDING AND DETERMINING WHERE ACCESS WOULD BE ALLOWED, COVID HAPPENED.
THINGS SLOWED DOWN COMPLETELY.
WE WERE ALSO WAITING FOR THE CITY TO UH, UH, SEE, UH, IT WAS, AT THAT TIME IT WAS SAID IT WOULD BE AROUND 2021 TO GET CITY UTILITIES.
PRIMARILY THE, THE WATER, UH, WHICH YET HAS NOT HAPPENED.
WE ARE CURRENTLY SEEKING, UH, ZONING CHANGE FOR THE SECOND LOT.
THE, ONCE AGAIN, THESE WERE PURCHASED TOGETHER.
UH, THEY HAVE THE MAILING ADDRESS OF 38 38 SUMMIT VIEW ROAD.
UH, WE ARE SEEKING A ZONING CHANGE FOR THE SECOND LOT, WHICH HAS A HOUSE ON IT RIGHT NOW AND IS RENTED.
UH, WE BELIEVE IT IS APPROPRIATE TO GRANT THE ZONING CHANGE NUMBER ONE BECAUSE YET, UH, AGAIN, IN 2017 THIS BODY ALREADY APPROVED AS ZONING CHANGE FOR THE, FOR THE NEIGHBORING LOT.
NUMBER TWO, THE ZONING IS CONSISTENT WITH THE MASTER PLAN.
THE ENVISION DUBLIN PLAN THAT THE CITY, UH, CONSIDERED NOT, UH, LONG AGO, UH, THE CITY STUDIED THE AREA, THE, IT IT WAS A LONG, UH, I I I BELIEVE IT WAS QUITE A LONG PROCESS TO COME UP WITH THE ENVISION DUBLIN PLAN FOR THAT AREA.
THE ZONING CHANGE WE REQUEST IS CONSISTENT WITH THAT CHANGE.
NOW, WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN COMMENTS, UH, THAT WERE MADE, UH, THIS CORNER LOT AND THIS HOUSE IS RIGHT IN MIDDLE OF TARGET AND WALMART.
YEAH, IT IS A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN HALF A MILE AWAY, BUT IT IS RIGHT BETWEEN TARGET AND WALMART.
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HAVE A PURCHASE AGREEMENT IN HAND, ALTHOUGH WE HAVEN'T YET SIGNED IT.UH, OUR, WE ARE PLANNING TO, BASED ON THIS MEETING FOR A CHILDCARE CENTER TO BE DRILLED IN THOSE TWO LOTS.
A CHILDCARE CENTER IS CONSISTENT WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IS THERE, THERE IS A NEED, SOMEONE IS WILLING TO PLAY A GOOD AMOUNT TO DEVELOP A CHILDCARE CENTER THERE BECAUSE THERE IS A NEED.
THERE IS SO MUCH RESIDENTIAL, AS HAS BEEN STATED IN THE AREA.
UH, THERE ARE A LOT OF CHILDREN IN THE AREA AND A CHILDCARE CENTER WOULD CERTAINLY HELP.
ALSO, THE HOUSE IS DATED, THE LAND, THE CORNER LOT IS EMPTY AND HAS BEEN EMPTY SINCE FOREVER.
UM, THIS, THE SUMMIT VIEW ROAD IS AN ENTRYWAY INTO THE DUBLIN FROM COLUMBUS.
THE HOUSE IS NOT NECESSARILY SIGHTLY, UH, THE EMPTY LOT IS NOT NECESSARILY SIGHTLY.
UH, WE BELIEVE THAT HAVING A NICE NEW CHILDCARE CENTER OR SOMETHING ELSE, BUT HOPEFULLY A CHILDCARE CENTER, UH, WOULD BE ACTUALLY QUITE GOOD FOR THE AREA AND FOR THE ENTRYWAY INTO DUBLIN.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE PRESENT THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? YES SIR.
PLEASE COME FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND INTO THE RECORD.
I LIVE AT 38 40 SUMMIT VIEW ROAD, DELMONT, OHIO 4 3 0 1 6.
SO A COUPLE THINGS MY MOM MENTIONED AND, UH, MR. PATEL MENTIONED IT'S MORE THAN HALF MILE AWAY FROM ANYTHING.
THERE'S ONE CURB CUT ON SOME OF YOU CURRENTLY AND I DON'T SEE HOW ON EARTH A DAYCARE OR ANYTHING ELSE WITH MORE THAN 10 TO 15 CARS A DAY CAN EVER GET IN AND OUT OF THAT SMALL LITTLE CURB CUT.
I KNOW THEY CAN MAKE IT BIGGER, BUT IT'S RIGHT ON THE INTERSECTION.
AND IF NONE OF YOU HAVE EVER BEEN ON SOME OF YOU ROAD DURING RUSH HOUR, THAT BACKS UP PAST OUR DRIVEWAY AND WE'RE ANOTHER A HUNDRED AND SOME ODD YARDS DOWN THE STREET.
SO MY QUESTION IS, ORIGINALLY HE WAS TALKING ABOUT PUTTING A SMALL OFFICE, 10 TO 12 CARS.
WHEN YOU'RE TALKING DAYCARE AND YOU'RE TALKING A HUNDRED CARS AT A TIME, HOW ARE YOU GONNA GET 'EM IN AND OUT? SOME OF YOU IS A VERY NARROW TWO LANE ROAD AND THERE'S A REASON WHY THERE'S NO PARK ENTRANCE ON SOME VIEW BECAUSE NONE NEIGHBORS WANT ALL THE EXTRA TRAFFIC.
THE OTHER REASON, YOU KNOW, COLUMBUS HAS ALREADY SAID THEY'RE NOT GONNA ALLOW A CURB CUT ON SMALL ROAD 'CAUSE IT'S TOO CLOSE TO THE INTERSECTION.
SO I JUST WANT GET, SEE, SEE HOW YOU CAN GET THAT MANY MORE CARS AND THAT SMALL OF A STRETCH AND THE SAFETY ASPECT.
JUST, THERE'D HAVE TO BE A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS AND A LOT OF THE RESIDENTS WEREN'T REAL HAPPY WITH THE WAY THEY CHANGED THE PLAN ANYWAY.
UM, AND OUR CONCERN IS A LOT OF THOSE THINGS CAN BE APPROVED WITHOUT ANY SAY FROM THE NEIGHBORS OR FROM PLANNING AND ZONING OR ANYBODY ELSE.
THERE ARE LIKE EIGHT ITEMS THAT THEY CAN PUT IN WITH NO INPUT FROM THE NEIGHBORS.
I, I DUNNO, I DON'T AGREE WITH THAT PART.
AND P AND ZI THINK THAT OUTTA THE SEVEN MEMBERS, FOUR OR FIVE HAVEN'T BEEN TO THAT INTERSECTION IN YEARS.
AND THEY VOTED YES, UNLESS YOU GO SEE THAT INTERSECTION.
YOU CAN'T SEE, LIKE MY MOM SAID, YOU CAN'T SEE ANY BUSINESSES, YOU CAN'T SEE ANYTHING.
THERE'S A CHURCH, I'M SORRY, TALK ABOUT A QUIET NEIGHBOR WHO'S GREAT.
I, I THINK THAT P AND Z AND CITY COUNCIL SHOULD HAVE TO VISIT A NEIGHBOR LIKE A PROPERTY BEFORE THEY EVER MAKE A VOTE ON IT, JUST BECAUSE THAT WAY THEY CAN SEE WHAT THEY'RE VOTING ON.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE PRESENT THIS EVENING THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? OKAY, HEARING NONE.
UM, COUNCIL QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION.
I ACTUALLY HAVE, UH, SEVERAL QUESTIONS.
UM, SO THE FIRST ONE RELATES BACK TO WHEN WE REZONED IT IN 2017.
I CAN'T REMEMBER, BUT I'M PRETTY SURE THAT REZONING CAME WITH THAT CONCEPT FOR BUSINESS, RIGHT? WE HAD A CONCEPT WITH THE APPLICATION.
THERE WAS NO CONCEPT WITH IT AT THE SECOND HEARING.
IT WAS REQUESTED OF STAFF TO PROVIDE SOME SORT OF DEVELOPMENT, UM, ESSENTIALLY FRAMEWORK OF WHAT COULD BE BUILT IF JUST CONSIDERING THAT CORNER LOT.
SO THAT'S WHAT WAS PROVIDED AT THAT TIME.
SO, UM, UNLIKE 2017 TONIGHT, WE DON'T HAVE ANY CONCEPT
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OR ANY IDEA OF WHAT'S GOING THERE.SO, UM, THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS, RIGHT NOW THERE ARE TWO SEPARATE PARCELS.
SO DO THE SETBACK REQUIREMENTS AND THE LOCK COVERAGE APPLY TO EACH PARCEL SEPARATELY? THAT IS CORRECT.
AND IT WOULD BE OUR DIRECTION SHOULD IT BE DEVELOPED TOGETHER FOR THOSE LOTS TO BE COMBINED.
IF THE LOTS ARE COMBINED, THEY'D HAVE TO COME BACK TO US FOR A FINAL PLAT.
UM, TYPICALLY WE HANDLE LOT SPLITS LIKE THIS OR LOT COMBINATIONS.
THOSE ARE ADMINISTRATIVE APPLICATIONS.
SO COUNSEL WOULD NOT SEE IT IF YOU COMBINED IT? CORRECT.
UM, THE OTHER QUESTION IS, WHAT'S THE IMPACT? IT, IT SEEMS PREMATURE TO REZONE THIS IF IT, THOSE PARCELS DON'T HAVE CITY SERVICES.
THERE'S NO CITY WATER OR SEWER FOR THOSE PARCELS AND THERE WON'T BE FOR MANY YEARS.
CURRENTLY THERE ARE NO PUBLIC SERVICES OR PUBLIC UTILITIES THAT ARE PROVIDED THERE.
UM, HOWEVER, WITH THE STANDARD REZONING, OUR PURVIEW IS LOOKING STRICTLY AT THE FUTURE LAND USE, UNDERSTANDING THAT IT COULD STILL BE, IT COULD BE REZONED TODAY AND IT COULD STILL TAKE SEVERAL YEARS TO DEVELOP.
UM, THE OTHER QUESTION IS UNDER, UH, STRAIGHT ZONING, WOULD THEY HAVE TO DO ANY TYPE OF TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDY? YEAH, THEY WOULD NOT HAVE TO.
SO I HAVE A CONCERN WITH THAT, THAT WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO ASSESS THE TRAFFIC ON THESE PARCELS IF WE REZONED IT.
SO THAT, I THINK THAT WAS THE LAST OF MY QUESTIONS.
UH, TO ME IT JUST SEEMS A LITTLE PREMATURE BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IS GOING THERE.
UM, I'D LIKE TO SEE SOME TYPE OF CONCEPT TO SEE IF IT COULD FEASIBLY WORK, UH, TO ME.
WELL, THE OTHER, OKAY, HERE'S ONE MORE QUESTION.
SO THE ZONING, IT'S A CONDITIONAL USE IF IT'S EDUCATIONAL, BUT IT'S A STRAIGHT USE IF IT'S DAYCARE, WHAT'S THE TECHNICAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THAT? I'D BE HAPPY TO COME BACK AT THE MEETING WITH THE DEFINITION FOR THE NEXT READING.
SO WHAT, WHAT'S, YEAH, WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DAYCARE AND EDUCATIONAL? ABSOLUTELY.
OTHERS, JANE, IT SEEMS LIKE ONE OF THE MAJOR CONCERNS IS TRAFFIC.
SO, UM, I AM INTERESTED, UM, HOW THIS WORKS.
IF IT CAN, UM, BYPASS PLANNING AND ZONING.
HOW DOES, UH, TRAFFIC AND ENGINEERING LOOK AT THOSE CURB CUTS? UM, ESPECIALLY IF THE PARTIALS ARE NEVER COMBINED AND YOU HAVE TO ACCESS EACH ONE.
SO NOW WE'RE TALKING A COUPLE OF CURB CUTS.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S AN ANSWER.
WE CAN GET ONE AT THE SECOND READING.
SO THE LAST TIME THIS CAME FORWARD, UM, A BIG PIECE OF THAT DISCUSSION AS WELL WAS TRAFFIC AND ACCESS.
UM, SOMETHING THAT WAS DISCUSSED AT THAT TIME WAS OPERATING AS IF THERE WAS POTENTIAL SHARED ACCESS AGREEMENTS, UM, BETWEEN THE TWO.
NOW ACCESS HAS TO BE PROVIDED TO EACH PROPERTY.
AND WITH THESE POTENTIALLY BEING COMBINED AND DEVELOPED AS ONE, WE WOULD WORK WITH ANY, WHOEVER'S DEVELOPING THE PROPERTY TO LOCATE THE ACCESS.
AND IT, IT WOULDN'T NECESSARILY BE WHAT'S CURRENTLY OUT THERE, BUT WHAT IS THE SAFEST LOCATION FOR THIS TO DEVELOP, MOST LIKELY AS FAR AWAY FROM THAT INTERSECTION.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS CERTAINLY WORKED ON WITH OUR ENGINEERING TEAM.
UM, ALTHOUGH THINGS DO GO WOULD, YOU KNOW, AND SO GO STRAIGHT TO OUR BUILDING STANDARDS, THERE'S STILL HEAVY INVOLVEMENT WITH PLANNING STAFF AND ENGINEERING STAFF TO WORK THIS OUT TO MAKE SURE IT MEETS THOSE REQUIREMENTS, BUT ALSO MEETS THE INTENT OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IN THESE AREAS, INCLUDING THAT PEDESTRIAN VEHICULAR SAFETY.
OTHERS, I, WE'LL STAY WITH THAT FOR ONE MOMENT IF WE COULD PLEASE.
SO IN, IN THAT INSTANCE, LET'S JUST SAY IT IS A DAYCARE FROM A, UM, EMERGENCY VEHICLE SAFETY ISSUE.
I, I WOULD SAY THERE WOULD BE A TREMENDOUS NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WORKED EFFECTIVELY AND, AND HOW DOES THAT WORK UNDER THE CURRENT PROCESS? ABSOLUTELY.
UM, SO THE FIRE, THE WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP FIRE DEPARTMENT IS INVOLVED IN ALL REVIEWS THAT GO THROUGH THE CITY.
UM, ANY STANDARD DISTRICT OR ANY DEVELOPMENT, UM, JUST LIKE A PLANNED DISTRICT, THEY'RE INVOLVED.
SO THEY WOULD HAVE TO PROVIDE SOME SORT OF A CIRCULATION PLAN THAT WOULD MEET THEIR REQUIREMENTS AS WELL AS CITY'S REQUIREMENTS.
AND THEN, UM, MY SECOND QUESTION, UM, DURING THE COURSE OF THE REZONING WORK, UM, THIS IS CONSIDERED MIXED USE.
UM, IN ORDER TO BE MIXED USE, THERE HAS TO BE A MIX OF USES.
AND I'M NOT TRYING TO BE FLIP, I'M TRYING TO, TO ARTICULATE THAT.
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BUSINESS ON A PIECE OF PROPERTY IN, IN MY OPINION, WAS NOT THE SPIRIT OR THE NATURE OF THAT.SO IF YOU'VE GOT, UM, ONE THAT'S ALREADY OR ONE PARCEL THAT'S ZONED BUSINESS, IT WOULD ONLY BE LOGICAL THAT THE OTHER ONE WOULD STAY RESIDENTIAL TO KEEP THE MIX OF USES AND OR BOTH OF THEM DEVELOP IN A MIX OF USE.
AND I THINK THIS, AND I BROUGHT THIS UP AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING, IF YOU RECALL, DURING ROUND TABLE OF A DISCUSSION OF THE IMPORTANCE OF UNDERSTANDING THE MIX OF USE.
AND I DON'T KNOW THAT IF WE DON'T HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN THERE, ARE WE IN FACT ALIGNED WITH WHAT COUNCIL SUPPORTED AND WHAT THE GROUP SUPPORTED ABOUT MIXED USE IS THAT THERE IS A, UH, A TREND AND A A AS WE KNOW TO, TO HAVE EFFECTIVE MIXED USE.
THIS, FROM WHAT I'VE TOLD, DOESN'T SEEM TO HIT THE SPIRIT OF THAT.
AND WITHOUT BETTER DETAIL, IT WOULD SEEM LOGICAL, YOU WOULDN'T REZONE THIS TO KEEP IT THE MIXED USE.
SO, UM, I THINK WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT MORE AND, AND TO SAY THAT IT ALIGNS WITH WHAT THAT INTENTION IS, I THINK WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE.
SO THAT'S MY QUESTION FOR NEXT TIME.
I WOULD JUST ECHO SOME OF MY PEERS, UH, COMMENTS ABOUT TRAFFIC.
THERE'S A, UH, CHILDCARE CENTER ON STONE RIDGE LANE AND YOU CAN HARDLY DRIVE DOWN THAT ROAD WHEN THE SCHOOLS ARE COME COMING AND GOING.
SO, UH, IF THIS WERE TO BECOME A DAYCARE, I DO SHARE THE RESIDENT'S CONCERNS THAT THIS COULD BE A MAJOR BOTTLENECK ON, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S CALLED AN ARTERIAL, BUT, UH, SUMMIT VIEW ROAD IS A PRETTY BUSY ROAD.
AND THEN IF, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS THE APPROPRIATE BODY TO ANSWER THE GENTLEMAN'S QUESTION ABOUT THE SEPTIC, BUT IF YOU WANNA STAY AFTER THE MEETING, SOMEONE'S HAPPY TO TALK WITH YOU INFORMALLY ABOUT THAT.
YOU KNOW, UM, I GUESS MY CONCERN IS THE, UH, IT'S HARD TO VISION THE CONCEPT FOR THIS.
THIS IS, UM, AN ENTRYWAY INTO DUBLIN SAWMILL ROAD AND SOME OF YOU, AND I WOULD THINK THAT A FUTURE APPLICANT OR THIS APPLICANT, I, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHAT COULD POSSIBLY BE THE ENTRY FEATURE ON THIS IMPORTANT INTERSECTION.
WE'RE BORDERING COLUMBUS ON, UH, TWO SIDES, SO I HAVE THAT CONCERN.
UM, THE TRAFFIC, I'M NOT SURE ABOUT HOW IT'S GONNA BE HANDLED.
UH, THE ENTRIES FOR SUMMIT VIEW OR THE ENTRIES ON SUMMIT VIEW, OR THEY'RE GONNA BE ENTRIES ON BOTH OF THOSE.
I GO DOWN THE STREET A LOT GOING HOME.
SO IT, IT'S REALLY CRAZY AT NIGHT WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO WORK YOUR WAY, UM, DOWN TO THE RIVER ROAD.
SO, I DUNNO, I JUST HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THIS VAGUE OF A CONCEPT.
UM, JENNY, I OR I I DO WANNA DOUBLE CHECK, MAYBE ZACH CAN ANSWER.
UM, SO THE, UH, THE GENTLEMAN INDICATED THAT THEY WERE NOT AWARE OF THIS, UH, UNTIL A RECENT MAILING.
SO WERE THE NOTIFICATIONS SENT OUT PRIOR TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S REVIEW OF THIS OR WERE THEY MAILED OUT MORE RECENTLY? THEY WERE SENT OUT PRIOR TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING.
UM, THE QUESTION ABOUT WATER AND SEWER IS NOTHING ABOUT THIS DEVELOPMENT WOULD PRECLUDE YOUR ABILITY TO UTILIZE WATER AND SEWER.
NOW, IF SOMETHING WENT ON THERE AND WENT INTO THE SAME AQUIFER AT THE SAME ELEVATION THAT YOU WERE, IT MAY LIMIT YOUR ABILITY TO HAVE SUFFICIENT WATER, UM, BUT YOUR SEWER PROCESS WOULD, WOULD CONTINUE TO WORK.
UM, AS FAR AS I'M AWARE AT, AT WHATEVER CAPACITY, UH, IT IT DOES TODAY.
UM, I AGREE THAT THERE REALLY IS NOT RETAIL IN THE AREA ON, IN 2017.
MANY OF US WERE, UM, WERE ON THIS BODY WHEN IT WAS REZONED IN 2017.
AND THE, THE REASON FOR THAT WAS, IS THAT IT REALLY WAS UNDEVELOPABLE AT THE TIME.
IT DID NOT HAVE ANY CURB CUTS AND THE SETBACK REQUIREMENTS, UM, MADE THE BUILDABLE AREA ON THE LOT, REALLY NOT CONDUCIVE TO DEVELOPING ANYTHING.
THERE WERE HEIGHT RESTRICTIONS ON IT, UM, IN THE, THE FOOTPRINT OF THE BUILDABLE LOT.
AND SO WE WENT WITH THE, UM, THE COMMUNITY PLAN CONCEPT BECAUSE ULTIMATELY THIS MIGHT BE ONE POINT IN TIME IN THE FUTURE AT COMMERCIAL CORNER.
UM, AS MANY, AS MANY OF THESE CORNERS THAT WE'VE SEEN DEVELOP UP AND DOWN SAWMILL ROAD.
AND SO, UM, THERE REALLY WASN'T IN, IN MY RECOLLECTION, READING THROUGH THE MINUTES TODAY, THERE WASN'T MUCH, UM, OPPORTUNITY FOR THIS LOT TO DEVELOP ASIDE FROM ADDITIONAL LOTS COMING
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TOGETHER AND, UM, HAVING A MASTER PLAN.THAT BEING SAID, I I THINK, UM, WITH THE ONE RESIDENTIAL CURB CUT THAT'S THERE, I I THINK THAT IT IS, WOULD BE OUR INTENTION TO SEE A MASTER PLAN FOR THIS CORNER.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT ALL HAS TO HAPPEN AT THE SAME TIME, BUT THAT THERE WOULD BE AN OVERRIDING PLAN FOR, UM, ENTRANCE AND EGRESS.
AND HOW IS THIS GOING TO WORK SOMEDAY IN THE FUTURE WHEN ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE LIVING THERE MAKE THEIR OWN DECISION THAT THEY NO LONGER WANTED TO LIVE THERE AND THEY WANT TO SELL THOSE THOSE PIECES OFF TO WHOEVER MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN BUYING THEM.
WHAT WOULD REDEVELOPMENT LOOK LIKE IN THIS AREA? UM, SO I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY OF THAT WORK HAPPEN.
YOU KNOW, KATHY MENTIONS WE DID SPEAK OF A MIX OF USES, UM, AND THIS IS A SINGLE USE.
AND WHILE THE, THE, THIS PARCEL EVEN COMBINED IS LIKELY TOO SMALL TO HAVE A MIX OF USES ON THESE, ON THIS PARCEL, WE DO NEED TO DEMONSTRATE THAT OUR COMMITMENT TO THAT MIX, THAT THOSE MIX OF USES AT SOME POINT IN TIME.
AND SO I WOULD, I WOULD EXPECT ANYONE THAT CAME IN THIS AREA TO REDEVELOP THIS, TO DO A, A MASTER PLAN OF THE SURROUNDING SIX OR EIGHT PROPERTIES AND INDICATE HOW WE THEY COULD ALL LAY OUT.
UM, BECAUSE CERTAINLY RIGHT NOW I THINK THERE IS FOUR OR FIVE CURB CUTS TO THE NORTH ON SOMO ROAD.
I DON'T THINK THAT ANYBODY WANTS TO CONTINUE IN PERPETUITY TO HAVE THOSE FOUR OR FIVE CURB CUTS ON SOMO ROAD IF WE CONTINUE THIS, THIS LOT EVEN COMBINED IS THE SAME SIZE AS MANY OF THOSE LOTS TO THE NORTH.
AND SO IF WE DID NOT REQUIRE A MASTER PLAN AT THIS TIME, I THINK IN THE FUTURE WE WOULD BACK OURSELVES INTO A CORNER TO HAVE TO SAY YES TO FOUR OR FIVE CURB CUTS ALL ALONG SAWMILL ROAD TO THE NORTH OF THIS PROPERTY.
I DON'T KNOW HOW WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO SAY THAT.
SO, UM, I I, I FIND THAT TO BE VERY PROBLEMATIC.
BUT THAT IS MY RECOLLECTION OF THE CONVERSATION IN 2017 THAT THERE, THIS REALLY WASN'T ELIGIBLE TO HAVE A HOME FEE BUILT ON IT.
ONE, IT DIDN'T HAVE ANY CURB CUT ACCESS.
AND TWO, BY THE TIME WE DID THE SETBACKS AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS AND, AND UH, SIDEWALKS AND SO ON AND SO FORTH, THE LOT LARGELY WASN'T BUILDABLE.
SO IT, IT WASN'T, THE NEIGHBORS WEREN'T GOING TO EXPECT SOMETHING TO BE BUILT THERE BECAUSE IT WAS LARGELY UNBUILDABLE.
UM, I, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHEN IN THE CIP WATER AND SEWER IS ANTICIPATED, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT IT WAS EVER COMPREHEN, UM, IT WAS EVER THOUGHT TO BE IN 2021.
I THINK THIS IS PROBABLY STILL ANOTHER 10 YEARS OUT BEFORE WATER AND SEWER AT THE EARLIEST BEFORE WATER AND SEWER WOULD REACH THIS PLACE.
UM, CERTAINLY THIS LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT WOULD NOT JUSTIFY THE EXPENSE OF THE CITY TO EXTENDING THE WATER AND SEWER THAT WE HAVE TO DO THERE, UM, FOR A SINGLE UH, DEVELOPMENT IN THAT AREA.
UH, AND I TOO HAVE, I I AM ON, I'M IN THIS INTERSECTION PROBABLY AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK.
AND EVEN THAT SINGLE DRIVEWAY CUT IS, UM, YOU KNOW, IT, IT'S A RESIDENTIAL AND IT MEETS THOSE NEEDS, BUT IT DOESN'T MEET THE NEED FOR MORE THAN A SINGLE RESIDENTIAL UNIT.
UM, IT, IT IS QUITE SMALL AND UH, THERE WOULD HAVE TO BE SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS TO MAKE.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHEN THIS, UM, WHEN THE WATER AND SEWER EXTENSION IS IN THE CIP, IF IT'S EVEN IN THE FIVE YEAR FORECAST, I DON'T BELIEVE IT IS, UM, WHEN THAT MIGHT HAPPEN.
AND WHAT I DON'T WANNA DO IS COMMUNICATE TO THE CURRENT LANDOWNER THAT HERE'S YOUR REZONING, GO GET A DAYCARE.
AND THEN THEY'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO HANDLE WATER IN SEWER.
SO ONCE THIS IS DEVELOPED, ONCE PARKING COMES IN, WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO PUT YOUR SEPTIC SYSTEM? YOU, THERE SIMPLY ISN'T SPACE.
AND SO I THINK IT WOULD NOT BE JUDICIOUS OF US TO GO AHEAD AND SAY, HERE'S YOUR REZONING, YOU'RE OFF THE BUILDING PERMITS WHEN WE KNOW THE IN GOOD FAITH THAT THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT BARRIERS TO THAT COMING TO FRUITION.
I JUST WANNA CLARIFY A COUPLE THINGS.
UM, SO LET'S START WITH THE WATER AND SEWER.
SO WATER CURRENTLY IS PROVIDED, LIKE IS AVAILABLE, IT'S THE SEWER COMPONENT THAT'S NOT, BUT, AND CONFIRMING WITH PAUL, THAT'S NOT IN THE NEAR TERM.
IT'S NOT IN THE FIVE YEAR CIP IT IS, IT IS AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME OUT FOR THAT AND THE APPLICANT IS AWARE OF THAT AS WELL.
JUST TO ASSUAGE THAT CONCERN AND TO FURTHER ELABORATE ON THAT, THIS AREA HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED LONG AGO AS DEVELOPMENT DEPENDENT.
SO DEVELOPMENT WOULD DRIVE AND BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ACCOMPLISHING SUCH EXTENSIONS.
SO THEN TO THE TRAFFIC PART, AND AGAIN, WE CAN PROVIDE, UH, LOTS MORE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, BUT JUST WANNA PUT SOME OF THESE INITIAL THOUGHTS OUT THERE.
UM, FOR Y'ALL TO THINK ABOUT FROM A TRAFFIC STANDPOINT, THE REASON A TRAFFIC STUDY'S NOT REQUIRED, UM, IS WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE COMMUNITY PLAN AND WHAT THE RECOMMENDED USES ARE, AND AGAIN, WE CAN TALK ABOUT MIXED USE AND SO, AND HOW THOSE ALIGN, UM, FURTHER.
BUT THE COMMUNITY PLAN LOOKS AT THE LAND USES AND TRAFFIC GENERATION AND MODELING WAS DONE.
SO THAT'S WHY IF THEY'RE STICKING WITH WHAT'S RECOMMENDED AND AND COMPARABLE WITH THE PLAN, ADDITIONAL
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TRAFFIC MODELING IS NOT REQUIRED.IT'S WHEN YOU DO A PUD AND YOU'RE ADDING ADDITIONAL DENSITY OR PUTTING USES OR INTENSITY THAT WASN'T CONTEMPLATED AS PART OF THE COMMUNITY PLAN, THAT A TRAFFIC STUDY IN THOSE INSTANCES IS REQUIRED.
SO AGAIN, AS PART OF A BUILDING PERMIT PIECE OF THIS ENGINEERING AND TRAFFIC WOULD BE PART OF THE CONVERSATION IN REVIEWING THAT.
BUT NO, THAT'S WHY NO TRAFFIC STUDY IS REQUIRED.
UM, AND THEN AGAIN TO THE SITE PLAN QUESTION, THIS IS, I MEAN THIS IS VERY MUCH AN ANOMALY, RIGHT? A STANDARD DISTRICT DOESN'T REQUIRE, THAT'S WHY THERE IS NO PLAN.
'CAUSE ONE IS NOT REQUIRED, UM, BECAUSE IT'S REALLY DEPENDENT ON WHAT THAT DEVELOPMENT IS GOING TO BE IN THE FUTURE AND MEETING THAT FROM A BUILDING, BUILDING PERMITTING STANDPOINT.
SO THAT'S WHY NOTHING'S PROVIDED.
UM, IN TERMS OF THE SCALE OF DEVELOPMENT THAT SO, AND THE USES FROM A STAFF PERSPECTIVE, WE FELT THE SO RIGHT, THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST TO, TO REZONE THIS TO SO IS COMPARABLE TO THE SCALE OF DEVELOPMENT WE WOULD WANNA SEE IN THAT MIXED USE.
UM, PARTICULARLY OFFICE FOCUSED.
'CAUSE THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION WHETHER THIS SHOULD BE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL, UH, WHICH AGAIN IS MUCH MORE RETAIL COMMERCIAL ORIENTED AND REALLY FELT LIKE SO WAS THE BEST COURSE UM, FOR THIS PARTICULARLY BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A MIXED USE NEIGHBORHOOD DISTRICT IN THE CODE.
UM, AGAIN, LIKE THE HISTORIC DISTRICT MIXED USE VILLAGE THAT WOULD FIT THAT.
BUT AGAIN, IT GETS TO THIS LARGER CONVERSATION OF HOW ARE WE IMPLEMENTING THAT OVER TIME.
SO AGAIN, I'M HAPPY TO PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION, BUT JUST WANTED THOSE PIECES TO BE OUT THERE.
'CAUSE THIS IS PRETTY U UNIQUE FOR US.
WE REALLY DON'T DO A LOT OF STANDARD REZONING, SO APPRECIATE ALL YOUR COMMENTS.
SO, AND THAT MAKES PERFECT SENSE THAT WE WOULDN'T HAVE A, A SITE PLAN, BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT IT IS INCUMBENT UPON US TO HAVE A MASTER PLAN FOR HOW IS ORDERLY DEVELOPMENT GOING TO HAPPEN IN THIS SPACE AND HOW IS THE ACCESS GOING TO BE GRANTED TO ALL OF THESE SITES.
WE, WE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT WE DO.
UM, THAT'S THE CORE OF WHO, WHO, YOU KNOW, WHO WE ARE IS, IS TO THINK THROUGH.
WE'RE NOT JUST DEVELOPING THIS, THIS LOT IN ADJACENT TO THE LOT NEXT TO IT.
IT, IT IS A DEVELOPMENT THAT HAPPENS IN CONTEXT TO ITS NEIGHBORS, PARTICULARLY WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT 0.87 ACRES AT A TIME.
UM, SO I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA PIGGYBACK.
I JUST WANT, WANNA SAY ONE MORE THING IS BECAUSE IT IS SUCH A SMALL PARCEL, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE WANT TO SPOT STRAIGHT REZONE.
I JUST THINK IT IT IS GONNA CREATE PROBLEMS IN THE FUTURE.
UM, AS, AS JOHN MENTIONED, THIS IS ONE OF THE GATEWAYS INTO THE CITY.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY LIKE WHERE A-A-P-U-D MIGHT BE BETTER OR SOME TYPE OF, UM, YOU KNOW, PLAN WE'RE NOT REQUIRED TO DO STRAIGHT ZONING.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT IS STRAIGHT ZONING RESIDENTIAL NOW.
YES, BUT WE'RE NOT REQUIRED TO KEEP IT STRAIGHT ZONING.
THE PLAN SAYS WE WANT SUBURBAN OFFICE, BUT WE CAN GET THERE IN MULTIPLE WAYS.
AS KATHY SAID, LOOKING AT, OR ACTUALLY, SORRY, THE PLAN SAYS MIXED USE.
I THINK WE JUST NEED TO KEEP THE IDEA OPEN THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO DO STRAIGHT REZONING, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE COME BACK FOR THE SECOND READING PRIOR TO THAT, AS I LOOK AT THE P AND Z DRAFT, UM, DOCUMENTS, BECAUSE R ONE WRAPS AROUND THIS AND IT IS A SMALL PARTIAL, YOU KNOW, I I TEND TO AGREE THAT THE IDEA OF RESIDENT, UH, RESIDENTIAL ALONG SAWMILL ROAD PROBABLY ISN'T SINGLE FAMILY WHAT WE WANNA SEE IN THE FUTURE.
BUT MIXED USE AS COUNCIL MEMBER DEROSA SAID, COULD LOOK ENTIRELY DIFFERENT IF THERE WAS ENOUGH MASS OF MIXED USES.
SO I TEND TO THINK THAT BY GOING STRAIGHT ZONING ON THIS CORNER, I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE, UH, A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION PROVIDED TO US AS TO WHAT THE ENVISION DUBLIN PLAN IS LOOKING AT AND HOW FAR UP, UH, SAWMILL ROAD, THE ENVISIONED DUBLIN PLAN IS LOOKING AT MIXED JUICES.
BECAUSE RIGHT NOW I, I FEEL LIKE A LITTLE BIT LIKE I'M LOOKING AT THIS PIECE IN A VACUUM WITHOUT REALLY UNDERSTANDING THE CONTEXT OF WHAT THE ENVISIONED DUBLIN PLAN IS ASKING US SO THAT WE HAVE AN IDEA OF WHERE WE'RE HOPING TO GO AND WHAT WE MIGHT LIKE TO DO WHEN IT TO GET THERE.
AND, AND, AND RELATED TO THAT, THE, THE, SO CODE UPDATES HAVE NOT YET BEEN ALIGNED TO MATCH THE IN DUBLIN PLAN.
YOU CAN'T EAT THE ELEPHANT ALL AT ONCE.
SO WE DON'T YET SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
AND SO AGAIN, PREMATURE TO WHAT ACTUALLY THE IN DUBLIN PLAN SAYS AND WANTS TO BE.
WE, WE DON'T HAVE THE, WE DON'T HAVE THAT ALIGNMENT FIGURED OUT YET AND ISN'T DONE YET.
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EARLY AND WHEN WE SEE THE, THE DETAILS ON ENVISION DUBLIN, IT'S NOT GOING TO HAVE ANY DEVELOPMENT HERE.THERE, THERE'S, IT'S NOT A PLANNING DOCUMENT IN THAT IT SAYS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS HOW THE, UM, ACCESS IS GOING TO BE GRANTED.
IT'S, IT'S A USE DRIVEN DOCUMENT.
SO WHEN WE SEE THOSE, WE LIKELY WON'T SEE THAT LEVEL OF DETAIL.
SO, I MEAN, IT'LL BE HELPFUL TO SEE WHAT ALL OF THE ZONINGS ARE IN THE SURROUNDING AREAS, BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, HOW ORDERLY DEVELOPMENT IS GOING TO HAPPEN.
AND, AND MY BIGGEST CONCERN ABOUT THIS IS, IS THE PROGRESSION OF ORDERLY DEVELOPMENT.
AND I WANT ALL OF THESE PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO LIVE IN THEIR HOMES EXACTLY LIKE THEY ARE FOR AS LONG AS THEY WANT TO LIVE THERE OR SOMEBODY WANTS TO LIVE THERE.
BUT IN THE EVENT THAT THAT HAPPENS AND THERE IS A CHANGE IN THAT SPACE, WE HAVE TO HAVE A PLAN FOR ORDERLY DEVELOPMENT.
IT LIKELY WON'T HAPPEN ALL AT ONE TIME AND IT'LL TAKE 20 YEARS PERHAPS TO PERHAPS LONGER, UM, TO, TO COME TO FRUITION.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, PLANNING IS, IS WHAT WE HANG OUR HAT ON AND WE, WE NEED TO HAVE A PLAN FOR ORDERLY DEVELOPMENT ON THIS CORNER BECAUSE WE ARE VERY RESTRICTED IN OUR ACCESS OPPORTUNITIES.
YOU KNOW, I, I DON'T DISAGREE WITH YOU CHRIS.
I, I THINK WHAT I'M LOOKING AT, AND IT'S PROBABLY BECAUSE NOW WE HAVE THE ENVISION DUBLIN PLAN AND WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE HOPING TO SEE IN THE FUTURE.
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA GET DOWN TO THE GRANULARITY OF IT ALL, BUT IT DOES, UH, DESCRIBE, UH, A CERTAIN NUMBER OF PARTIALS OR A CERTAIN AREA WHERE WE'RE LOOKING FOR MIXED USE IN THE ENVISION DUBLIN PLAN.
BUT BECAUSE IT'S A FRESH NEW PLAN OR IT IS GUIDING US IN A WAY, UM, IT'S, THIS IS THE BEGINNING PRACTICE.
SO TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT CONTEXT, TO BE ABLE TO DISCUSS WITH PLANNING HOW SHOULD WE EVALUATE SINGLE PIECES LIKE THIS WHEN THE ENVISION DUBLIN PLAN IS LOOKING AT LARGER PIECES.
I THINK THAT'S, AND UH, KATHY BRINGS UP A GOOD DISCUSSION UNLESS WE UNDERSTAND WHAT MIXED USE REALLY LOOKS LIKE.
IT'S REALLY HARD TO EVALUATE SOMETHING IN A VACUUM LIKE THIS WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE MIXED USE PROCESS, UM, THAT'S WHY CONTEXT IS EVERYTHING.
HOW IS THE ORDERLY DEVELOPMENT EVERYTH GOING TO HAPPEN? SO YEAH, I THINK THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF WHAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO BE DEALING WITH ALONG THE WAY TO GET THE ENVISION DOUBLE AND PLANNED OFF THE GROUND.
AND I THINK WE JUST NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW WE BEGIN TO EVALUATE THAT TO GIVE NOT ONLY THE NEIGHBORS WHO, UH, HAVE TO LIVE NEXT TO IT, BUT THIS GENTLEMAN WHO WANTS TO PURCHASE PROPERTY AND HAVE SOME DIRECTION ABOUT WHAT HE CAN DO WITH IT.
I DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR TO LEAVE A PIECE, A PARTIAL WITHOUT US BEING ABLE TO IDENTIFY SOME PATH FORWARD, RIGHT.
UM, WHETHER THAT'S NO PATH, NO WAY, UM, THAT WE KNOW THAT WE'RE GONNA MOVE IN THIS DIRECTION.
I JUST, UM, KNOW THAT THE PRACTICE OR THIS, UM, PROCESS NEEDS TO BE A LITTLE CLEARER FOR COUNCIL TO BE ABLE TO DO IT.
WELL THERE WILL NOT BE A VOTE ON THIS THIS EVENING.
THIS IS SCHEDULED FOR ITS SECOND READING ALL OF OUR, UM, INTRODUCTION FOR FIRST READINGS FOR ORDINANCES.
UM, THIS ONE WILL CERTAINLY BE NO DIFFERENT.
THE SECOND READING, PUBLIC HEARING IS SCHEDULED FOR TUESDAY, FEBRUARY THE 18TH.
UM, AND AT THAT POINT IN TIME, UH, IT WILL HAVE ITS SECOND READING AND WILL LIKELY HAVE A VOTE.
SO, UH, ANYONE THAT IS INTERESTED IN FOLLOWING UP AND PARTICIPATING IN THAT CONVERSATION, THAT IS THE, UH, AND IT WILL BE IN THIS LOCATION.
UH, THAT MEETING WILL START AT 7:00 PM AS WELL.
WE WILL MOVE ON TO, UM, INTRODUCTION, PUBLIC
[Resolution 07-25]
HEARING RESOLUTIONS RESOLUTION ZERO SEVEN DASH 25 AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT FOR WITH THE FRANKLIN COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF WIRELESS 9 1 1 GOVERNMENT ASSISTANT FUNDS.AND OUR STAFF REPORT WILL BE FROM DEPUTY CHIEF LATTANZI.
GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, UH, AGAIN, BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING IS, UH, UH, A DOCUMENT AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO THAT INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT WITH THE FRANKLIN COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, UH, FOR THE PURPOSE OF UH, RECEIVING REIMBURSEMENTS FROM THE WIRELESS 9 1 1 GOVERNMENTAL ASSISTANCE FUND.
UH, AGAIN, THOSE FUNDS HAVE TRADITIONALLY, UH, BEEN SET ASIDE AND IN CONVERSATION WITH OUR FORMER FINANCE DIRECTOR, MATT STIFFLER, IN PREPARATION WITH, UH, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, THE INTENTION WOULD BE TO USE THOSE FUNDS TOWARDS OUR ALLOCATION OF A CIP PROJECT FOR A NEW COMPUTER AIDED DISPATCHING, UH, SYSTEM FOR N REC.
UH, ADDITIONALLY, THE FUNDS THAT ARE PROPOSED TO BE ALLOCATED TO THE CITY OF DUBLIN IN 2025 ARE THE SAME AS, UH, IN, IN, UH, AMOUNT AS 2024.
UH, I WILL HAVE OUR OPERATIONS MANAGER, KELLY DAVIDSON.
UH, JOIN ME HERE FOR THE REST OF THE PRESENTATION.
KELLY CAME TO US, UH, IN 2024 FROM GROVE CITY WITH OVER 30 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, UH, AND IS LEADING, UH, OUR N REC OPERATIONS.
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BEFORE YOU, FOR CONSIDERATION, IS A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT WITH THE FRANKLIN COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FOR THE PURPOSE OF RECEIVING REIMBURSEMENTS FROM THE WIRELESS 9 1 1 GOVERNMENTAL ASSISTANCE FUND.OHIO REVISED CODE SECTION 1 28 ESTABLISHES A STANDARD FEE TO BE PAID PER WIRELESS ACCESS DEVICE.
THE COLLECTED FUNDS ARE THEN DISTRIBUTED AMONG MULTIPLE AGENCIES FOR THE PURPOSE OF HELPING TO SUPPORT LOCAL 9 1 1 OPERATIONS AND NEXT GENERATION 9 1 1 IMPLEMENTATION IN 2024.
THE NORTHWEST REGIONAL EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION CENTER RECEIVED OVER 41,000 9 1 1 CALLS WITH 82% OF THOSE CLASSIFIED AS WIRELESS AS DIRECTED BY ORC 1 28.
THE WIRELESS 9 1 1 GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE FUND IS ADMINISTERED BY THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WITH FUNDS BEING DISTRIBUTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH A FORMULA SET BY THE STATE 9 1 1 PLANNING COMMITTEE.
TO FACILITATE, FACILITATE DISBURSEMENT, LOCAL AGENCIES ARE REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN A CURRENT INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT.
THESE, THIS NEW AGREEMENT WILL ALLOW US TO CONTINUE TO RECEIVE FUNDING DISBURSEMENTS THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST, 2025.
SHOULD THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT BE AUTHORIZED, FRANKLIN COUNTY WILL CONTINUE DISBURSEMENTS ON A MONTHLY BASIS FOR THE DURATION OF THE YEAR.
DISBURSEMENTS RECEIVED FROM THE WIRELESS 9 1 1 GOVERNMENTAL ASSISTANCE FUND WILL BE USED IN ACCORDANCE WITH REVISED CODE SECTION 1 28 0.571.
THIS INCLUDES THE COST INCURRED IN THE DESIGNING, UPGRADING, PURCHASING, AND MAINTAINING EQUIPMENT, AS WELL AS THE TRAINING OF STAFF WHO SUPPORT OUR MISSION OF PUBLIC SAFETY.
BY ANSWERING 9 1 1 CALLS, STAFF RECOMMENDS THE PASSAGE OF THE ENCLOSED RESOLUTION.
WITH THAT, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING NONE COUNSEL, QUESTIONS DISCUSSION? JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE MAYOR AROSE GROOMS? YES.
WELL, THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO IN THAT 9 1 1 CENTER, AND THAT'S REALLY KEY IN KEEPING NOT ONLY OUR COMMUNITY, BUT MANY OTHER COMMUNITIES SAFE AS WELL.
SO THANK YOU FOR TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR THE WORK YOU DO THERE.
THIS BRINGS US TO THE OTHER BUSINESS PORTION OF
[Quarterly PD Safety Update]
OUR AGENDA, AND WE ARE GOING TO GET A QUARTERLY POLICE DEPARTMENT SAFETY UPDATE FROM OUR VERY OWN CHIEF PE.GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
AS THE, UH, YOU MENTIONED, THIS IS OUR FIRST PUBLIC SAFETY BRIEFING, AND I'M VERY GLAD TO BE HERE TONIGHT TO SHARE SOME INFORMATION WITH YOU.
UM, TONIGHT'S, UH, PRESENTATION, I'LL BE ASSISTED BY DEPUTY CHIEF LATTANZI AND DEPUTY CHIEF TABER AS WE, UH, SHARE SOME INFORMATION, UH, THROUGHOUT THE PRESENTATION.
SO IMPORTANTLY, UH, AS CONTEXT, OUR MISSION FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN BRIEF IS PROTECTION, SERVICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY.
IMPORTANTLY, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COMMUNITY, AGAIN, IMPORTANTLY, THIS MISSION IS, UH, BOTH INFORMS THE GOALS THAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US TODAY TO TALK ABOUT AS OUR 2025 GOALS AND OUR OUTCOME FROM OUR 2024 RULES.
BUT ALSO IMPORTANTLY IS IN LINE WITH THE CITY OF DUBLIN STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK, UH, WITH THE INTENTION AND VISION OF BEING THE MOST SUSTAINABLE, CONNECTED, AND RESILIENT COMMUNITY.
UH, CERTAINLY UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF RESILIENCE IS THE IMPORTANT FOCUS AND INTENTIONAL FOCUS IN THE CITY OF DUBLIN ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND OUR COMMITMENT TO ENSURE THAT DUBLIN IS THE SAFEST PLACE TO LIVE, UH, ON THE GOALS IN FRONT OF US TONIGHT IN OUR 2025 GOALS.
UH, THOSE FOCUSES ARE CRITICAL INCIDENT PREPAREDNESS AND MAJOR CRIME RESPONSE THEFT, DEFENSE REDUCTION THROUGHOUT THE CITY, OVERALL TRAFFIC SAFETY IMPROVEMENT, AND EFFECTIVELY ADDRESSING ISSUES OF SIGNIFICANT COMMUNITY CONCERN.
UH, AGAIN, AS WE TALK THROUGH THESE GOALS TONIGHT, THERE ARE 20, 25 GOALS, BUT ARE ALSO REFLECTIVE OF OUR 2024 GOALS AS WE GO BACK AND TAKE A LOOK.
THESE HAVE LARGELY BEEN THE SAME OVER THE LAST DECADE FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND OUR COMMITMENT, AGAIN TO ENSURING PUBLIC SAFETY FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
THE METRICS THAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY, THIS GOAL PROGRESS CHART IS WHAT WE USE IS OUR MECHANISM TO TRACK OUR PROGRESS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, UH, AND THOSE METRIC, UH, OUTCOMES AS WE TAKE REPORTS AND GATHER INFORMATION AND, AND CONDUCT POLICE SERVICES THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.
UH, THE INFO IN FRONT OF YOU TONIGHT IS IMPORTANT TO REFLECT THAT THESE ARE THE TOTALS FOR THE OUTCOMES IN 2024.
THIS INFORMATION IS COMPILED AND ANALYZED REGULARLY BY LAW ENFORCEMENT PLANNER AND OUR CRIME ANALYST TOM HERSHEY, ON AN ONGOING AND IN FACT A DAILY BASIS.
UM, THE GOAL PROGRESS CHART IS PRODUCED MONTHLY FOR OUR SUPERVISOR STAFF MEETINGS AND DRIVES OUR ACTIVITY AS A POLICE DEPARTMENT, OUR DIRECTION FROM OUR SUPERVISORS AND OUR ACTIVITIES IN OUR WORK UNITS.
AND THE INFO IS ALSO INFORMATION THAT
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WE INCLUDE IN THE CITY MANAGER UPDATES MONTHLY, UH, TO SHARE WITH THE PUBLIC IN THE ENTRANCE IN THE INTEREST OF, UH, TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY.UM, I WANNA ALSO EMPHASIZE THAT WHILE THESE METRICS ARE TRACKED AS AN, UH, ON A DAILY BASIS AND THE OUTCOMES ARE PRESENTED ON A MONTHLY BASIS, UH, EMERGING TRENDS, IT'S IMPORTANT ARE SHARED REGULARLY THROUGH OUR STAFF, UH, TO EACH OF OUR WORK UNITS.
FROM THE IN INFORMATION THAT TOM HERSHEY GATHERS AND THE EMERGING TRENDS AS THEY ARE IDENTIFIED, WE DON'T WAIT UNTIL THE END OF THE MONTH TO TAKE ACTION.
THIS INFORMATION FLOWS REGULARLY THROUGHOUT OUR ORGANIZATION.
UH, AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE PRESENTATION TODAY, I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT ALTHOUGH THESE METRICS ARE, UH, INDICATION OF OUTCOMES, EACH OF THESE OFTEN HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL VICTIM BEHIND THEM.
AND SO FOR US, OUR FOCUS IS VERY INTENTIONAL THAT WE TAKE THIS PERSONAL AND WE TAKE OUR COMMITMENT TO THE PUBLIC AND OUR FOCUS ON CRIME AND TRAFFIC SAFETY IN THE COMMUNITY EXTRAORDINARILY SERIOUSLY.
SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT AS WE TALK ABOUT SUCCESS IN SOME OF THESE GOALS, WE DO RECOGNIZE THAT THAT IS NOT IDEALLY THE OUTCOME WHEN WE HAVE OFFENSES OCCUR FOR THE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE INVOLVED IN THOSE, UH, IN THOSE INCIDENTS OR OFFENSES, UH, AS VICTIMS OF CRIME.
UM, BUT I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I EMPHASIZE AS WE TALK ABOUT IT, THAT DUBLIN IS IN FACT A VERY SAFE CITY, AND THAT IS OUR COMMITMENT.
UH, AND SO MUCH OF WHAT WE WILL SHARE TODAY IS REFLECTIVE OF IN FACT, THAT DUBLIN IS AND REMAINS A VERY SAFE COMMUNITY TO LIVE AND TO VISIT.
UM, SO GOAL ONE IS WE BREAK DOWN THOSE GOALS.
AGAIN, OUR FIRST GOAL BEING PREPAREDNESS TO RESPOND TO CRITICAL INCIDENTS AND TO RESOLVE MAJOR CRIMES.
UH, THE METRIC THAT WE TRACK IN THIS CATEGORY ARE PART ONE, VIOLENT CRIMES, UH, FOR THE INTEREST OF TRANSPARENCY AND SHARING WHAT WE'RE TRACKING THERE.
THOSE PART ONE VIOLENT CRIMES THAT WE TRACK ARE HOMICIDE, RAPE, ROBBERY, AND AGGRAVATED ASSAULT.
THESE CATEGORIES ARE INDICATIVE OF THE FBI'S UNIFORM CRIME REPORTING CATEGORIES.
AND SO THOSE ARE WHAT WE TRACK AS WELL, BECAUSE WE CONTRIBUTE TO THAT INFORMATION AS WE TAKE REPORTS AND INVESTIGATE CRIME THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.
YOU LOOK AT THE TREND THERE AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS SLIDE, THE TOTALS FROM 20 22, 20 23, AND 2024 ARE VERY CLOSE, ALTHOUGH WE DO SEE AN INCREASE IN THE LAST YEAR, UM, BY TWO ADDITIONAL OFFENSES.
UH, AS WE BREAK DOWN THOSE CATEGORIES, THOSE ARE LARGELY CARRIED BY AGGRAVATED ASSAULT REPORTS.
UM, AS A DISTINCTION FOR 2024, THAT WAS THE FIRST YEAR ANNUALLY THAT THE OFFENSE OF STRANGULATION WAS ELEVATED TO A FELONY OFFENSE IN THE STATE OF OHIO.
SO THERE ARE SIX OFFENSES THAT ARE INCLUDED THAT IN THE PAST WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THAT CATEGORY AS A METRIC FOR TRACKING THIS INFORMATION.
UM, AS YOU TAKE A LOOK, AGAIN, I WANT TO JUST EMPHASIZE THAT 35 TOTAL OFFENSES OVER THE ENTIRE CALENDAR YEAR OF 2024 ARE CERTAINLY 35 MORE THAN WE WOULD WANT TO EXPERIENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY, BUT IS A VERY LOW NUMBER REFLECTIVE OF THE TOTAL ACTIVITIES THAT HAVE HAPPENED OR OCCUR REPORTED TO US IN THE CITY OF DUBLIN FOR A CAL CALENDAR A YEAR.
UM, ON OUR NEXT SLIDE, UH, AGAIN, THAT GOAL ONE IS REALLY CRITICAL INCIDENT PREPAREDNESS, IN ADDITION TO TRACKING THE METRICS OF THE OFFENSES THAT ARE REPORTED TO US.
THESE ARE OFFENSES THAT OCCUR INFREQUENTLY, BUT HAVE A VERY HIGH IMPACT WHEN THEY DO OCCUR IN OUR COMMUNITY.
SO IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY AND OUR COMMITMENT TO PERPETUALLY PREPARING AS IF THEY ARE IMMINENT.
THESE, UH, PHOTOS THAT WE SEE ARE ACTUALLY FROM A TRAINING DAY IN MARCH OF LAST YEAR AT THE OLD VIVO LOCATION WHERE WE TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY.
UH, LIEUTENANT STO AND SERGEANT HOWARD ARE IN THAT PHOTO ON THE LEFT, AND THAT IS A PICTURE OF A VEHICLE FROM THE DELAWARE TACTICAL UNIT.
WE TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO UNPLUG OUR SUPERVISORS FROM THEIR NORMAL DUTIES AND RUN THEM THROUGH SCENARIOS AT THAT FACILITY SO THAT WE COULD MOCK A RESPONSE TO AN ACTIVE THREAT AND A BARRICADE SITUATION.
WE HOPE THAT WE DON'T HAVE AN ABUNDANCE OF THESE OCCURRENCES TO HAVE TO NAVIGATE, BUT WE WANT OUR SUPERVISORS TO BE PREPARED TO ON THE OCCASION WHEN THEY OCCUR, AND WE DON'T WANNA WAIT FOR IT TO BE THE FIRST TIME THAT IT HAPPENS IN REAL LIFE.
UM, SO ON, UH, THAT DATE IN MARCH OF LAST YEAR, UH, OUR SUPERVISORS ALL WENT THROUGH THIS TRAINING RUN BY OUR TRAINING STAFF AND PARTNERS IN DELAWARE COUNTY.
UH, IMPORTANTLY ON THAT DATE, WE LEFT THAT TRAINING EXERCISE EARLY TO RESPOND TO WHAT WE BELIEVED WAS AN ACTIVE THREAT IN THE COMMUNITY OCCURRING.
WE HAD A, UH, AN ALARM GO OFF AT THE NESTLE'S QUALITY ASSURANCE CENTER, AND, UH, IT WAS FORTUNATELY A FALSE ALARM.
SOMEBODY JUST BUMPED A BUTTON ON THE WALL, BUT WE TREATED IT CERTAINLY AS IF IT WAS REAL.
UM, THE PARTNERSHIP FROM WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP AND SURROUNDING PUBLIC SAFETY PARTNERS, AND CERTAINLY OUR OFFICERS AND COMMUNICATION TECHNICIANS IN COORDINATING THAT RESPONSE TO THAT INCIDENT, CERTAINLY REASSURED ME THAT WE ARE READY AND PREPARED TO RESPOND TO THOSE TYPES OF INCIDENTS.
BUT AGAIN, IMPORTANTLY, IT WAS SOMETHING WE WERE ALREADY WORKING TOWARDS TO MAKE SURE IT'S NOT JUST PHILOSOPHY, IT'S NOT JUST POLICY, BUT IT IS PRACTICE THAT WE ARE READY TO RESPOND TO THOSE TYPES OF INCIDENTS.
UH, AND THAT'S AN IMPORTANT CONTEXT BECAUSE AS WE NAVIGATE TO THE NEXT SLIDE, IN APRIL OF LAST YEAR, OR IN THAT SAME MONTH, MAYBE WE HAD A, AN INCIDENT RESPONSE
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TO BRIDGE PARK, AND I SHARED A LITTLE BIT OF THAT INFORMATION AT THE END OF THAT COUNCIL MEETING.UH, ON THAT MONDAY EVENING, UH, WE HAD AN INDIVIDUAL, UH, WHO, UM, TERRIBLY WAS FIRING A FIREARM FROM, UH, AN APARTMENT IN THAT LOCATION.
AGAIN, OUR OFFICERS DID EXACTLY WHAT THEY WERE TRAINED TO DO.
THEY RESPONDED IMMEDIATELY AND HANDLED THAT SITUATION.
AND THANKFULLY, THERE WERE NO INJURIES FROM THAT EVENT.
UH, THE OFFICERS DID A REMARKABLE JOB, AND ALONG WITH THE COMMUNICATIONS TECHNICIANS IN CO GATHERING AND COORDINATING THAT, UH, INFORMATION AND GETTING IT TO OUR OFFICERS.
UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT AGAIN, FROM THE, UH, PRACTICE OF SETTING OUR GOAL, OUR, UH, POLICY, AND OUR COMMITMENT TO TRAINING TO THE DELIVERY OF THAT RESPONSE.
UH, WE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT AGAIN, OFFICERS BORTON JONES KIRKMAN MCCLOSKEY REARDEN AND COMMUNICATION SUPERVISOR KANE SALTZMAN AND, UH, COMMUNICATIONS TECHNICIAN BEN CARNES, FOR THEIR, UH, RESPONSE TO THAT INCIDENT.
AND CERTAINLY, UM, GRATEFUL FOR THE SAFE RESOLUTION AND HOLDING THAT PERSON ACCOUNTABLE FOR THAT OFFENSE.
AS WE MOVE INTO OUR SECOND GOAL OF ADDRESSING ISSUES OF CRIME REPORTED TO US, UH, THE NUMBER ONE OFFENSE REPORTED IN MOST COMMUNITIES HAPPEN TO BE A THEFT OFFENSES.
SO THE FOCUS FOR US IN THIS CATEGORY ARE THAT WE ARE PAYING ATTENTION TO THOSE INCIDENTS MOST REPORTED TO US, AND ENGAGED IN STRATEGIES AND TACTICS TO REDUCE THOSE LIKELIHOOD OF OCCURRENCES, AND CERTAINLY THE, UH, INCREASE THE LIKELIHOOD THAT WE ARE HOLDING ACCOUNTABLE INDIVIDUALS INVOLVED IN THOSE OCCURRENCES.
UM, SO IN DUBLIN, IN 2024, FORTUNATELY WE'RE, UH, HAPPY TO REPORT THAT WE SAW DECREASE IN OVERALL THEFT DEFENSES, DECREASES IN THEFT DEFENSES, A DECREASE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A, IN A FEW YEARS IN MOTOR VEHICLE THEFTS.
AND THEN IN, UH, THE CATEGORIES THAT WE ARE TRACKING PRESENTLY, UM, ARE AN INCREASE IN BREAKING AND ENTERING OFFENSES AND A, UH, AND A STEADY NUMBER OF BURGLARY OFFENSES.
BUT WE'RE WATCHING THAT TREND OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS AS PEOPLE RETURN TO WORK FROM HAVING BEEN AT HOME, THERE BEING OCCASIONALLY MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOSE TYPES OF OFFENSES TO OCCUR.
SO IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO PAY ATTENTION TO THAT TREND, AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT EACH OF THESE CATEGORIES A LITTLE CLOSER AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN THE PRESENTATION.
SO ON THE TRENDS IN THEFT FROM VEHICLES IN, UH, 2024, WE SAW THE NUMBER OF OFFENSES REDUCED OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS FROM 248 IN 2022 TO 210 IN 2023 TO 200, OR TO 145 IN 2024.
UM, ONE OF THE IMPORTANT EMPHASIS THAT WE CONTINUE TO SHARE WITH THE PUBLIC AS A TREND, UH, IN DUBLIN, WE ARE SEEING, BUT ALSO THROUGH CENTRAL OHIO.
AND MANY COMMUNITIES, FRANKLY, ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, ARE THE NUMBER OF OCCURRENCES WHERE A FIREARM IS STOLEN FROM A VEHICLE.
AND WHAT WE EMPHASIZE IS IF INDIVIDUALS DE DECIDE TO CARRY A FIREARM THAT IS CERTAINLY THEIR PREROGATIVE, BUT TO DO SO, UM, RESPONSIBLY EACH TIME THEY TRAVEL WITH THAT FIREARM, SO IT IS NOT LEFT UNATTENDED AND ACCESSIBLE IN A VEHICLE WHEN THEY LEAVE THE VEHICLE.
UH, IN 2024, WE SAW 15 OF THOSE TOTAL OFFENSES INVOLVING A THEFT OF A FIREARM.
UH, THE TOP LOCATIONS AS WE WERE TRACKING THAT BROKEN DOWN BY OUR CRIME ANALYSTS WERE, UH, HOTELS, APARTMENT COMPLEXES, UH, AND THEN AS, UH, FACILITIES WHERE INDIVIDUALS MAY BE AWAY FROM THEIR VEHICLE FOR EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME CONTINUE TO BE POINTS OF EMPHASIS FOR US FROM A PREVENTATIVE STANDPOINT, UM, BUT ALSO IN SHARING INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC FOR THEIR AWARENESS AS WELL, UH, ON THE TRENDS IN, UH, THEFT, UH, FROM VEHICLES, JUST WANT TO SHARE AND TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT SOME GOOD WORK, UH, BY OUR OFFICERS IN EACH OF THESE CATEGORIES.
UH, SO EARLIER THIS YEAR, OFFICER JARED DABNEY, WHO WILL TALK A LITTLE MORE ABOUT IN OUR BUSINESS DISTRICT UNIT, UM, IDENTIFIED TWO SUSPECTS, UH, IN COLLABORATION WITH, UH, UH, THEFT FROM A VEHICLE, UTILIZING A STOLEN CREDIT CARD AND SECURITY FOOTAGE FROM A WALMART, AND WAS ACTUALLY ABLE TO TAKE THE PERSON INTO CUSTODY AS THEY RETURNED AGAIN THAT DAY, UH, AS PART OF A CONTINUING, UH, COURSE OF CONDUCT, UH, AND ABLE TO RESOLVE NOT ONLY OUR THEFT, BUT THEFT IN OTHER COMMUNITIES ON MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT TRENDS.
UH, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE SEEN AND, AND I'M CERTAIN MOST OF THE PUBLIC IS AWARE, HAS, UH, BEEN, UH, AN ISSUE, UH, INCREASING IN OCCURRENCE OVER MANY COMMUNITIES IN CENTRAL OHIO AND ACROSS THE US.
UH, IN 2024, WE DID SEE A REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER OF MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT REPORTS.
UH, THIS CATEGORY IS INCLUSIVE OF BOTH MOTOR VEHICLES THAT WERE TAKEN AND THEN ATTEMPTS TO STEAL A MOTOR VEHICLE.
UH, WE DO RECORD THOSE IN THIS CATEGORY AS WELL.
IN 2024, WE SAW 70 REPORTS, UM, AND THE TOP LOCATIONS FOR THESE OCCURRENCES.
UH, AUTO DEALERSHIPS, UH, UNFORTUNATELY ARE THE, ARE AT THE TOP OF THAT LIST, BUT ALSO TRACKING THE TYPE OF ACTIVITY WE ARE SEEING FROM THAT REGARD IN APARTMENTS AND CONDOS, UH, AT HOTELS AND IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS AS A, AS AREAS OF FOCUS FOR US, AGAIN, FOR A PREVENTATIVE, UH, PERSPECTIVE, AND ALSO TO GUIDE OUR OFFICERS ACTIVITY IN PAYING ATTENTION TO THE RIGHT PLACES IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AGAIN, I WANNA TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT SOME REALLY EXCEPTIONAL WORK BY MEMBERS OF OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND, UH, THANK COUNCIL AND THE CITY MANAGER FOR THEIR CONTINUED SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY THAT HELPS US TO ACHIEVE THESE GOALS.
UH, SUCCESSFULLY RESOLVED INCIDENTS INCLUDED THE FLOCK CAMERA SYSTEM ALERTING OFFICERS TO STOLEN VEHICLE THAT
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WAS STOLEN IN THE CITY OF COLUMBUS.UH, AND OUR OFFICERS WERE ABLE TO COORDINATE BASED ON THAT EARLY INFORMATION, KNOWING THE VEHICLE ENTERED OUR CITY, AND WERE ACTUALLY ABLE TO DETAIN EIGHT INDIVIDUALS ON THE DUBLIN LINK BRIDGE INVOLVED IN THAT AND ASSOCIATED WITH THAT STOLEN VEHICLE, WHICH RESULTED IN SEVERAL ARRESTS, INCLUDING, UM, THE RECOVERY OF STOLEN CREDIT CARDS AND TWO FIREARMS THAT WERE ILLEGALLY POSSESSED DURING THAT INCIDENT AGAINST.
SO TECHNOLOGY HELPING GUIDE OUR OFFICERS ACTIVITY TO THE RIGHT PLACES TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THAT SITUATION.
UH, AND THEN OUR COMMUNITY IMPACT UNIT DID SOME REALLY GOOD WORK OVER THE COURSE OF SEVERAL MONTHS, TRACKING VEHICLES THAT WERE NOT STOLEN IN THE CITY, BUT, UH, WERE DEL UH, UM, ABANDONED IN THE, IN THE CITY IN A PARTICULAR AREA.
SO USING, UH, SURVEILLANCE TECHNO, UH, TECHNOLOGY, AND ALSO JUST, UH, THEIR OWN TIME AND EFFORT IN THE EVENINGS CONDUCTING SURVEILLANCE, THEY WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY TWO MINORS INVOLVED IN THOSE OFFENSES, UH, AFTER, UH, DISCARDING 10 STOLEN VEHICLES IN THE CITY OF DUBLIN, NONE OF WHICH WERE STOLEN, UM, BUT I THINK ASSOCIATED WITH AS MANY AS UP TO 70, UM, STOLEN VEHICLES THEY ADMITTED TO.
UH, SO AGAIN, REALLY GOOD WORK TO IDENTIFY AND HOLD ACCOUNTABLE THESE TWO JUVENILES, BUT ALSO CONTRIBUTED TO THE RESOLUTION OF THOSE STOLEN VEHICLE OFFENSES IN SEVERAL COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE CENTRAL OHIO AREA.
SO, AGAIN, AS WE'VE SHARED IN THE PAST, THEFT PREVENTION IS A, PREVENTION IS ALWAYS OUR BEST OPTION.
UM, ON THE OCCASIONS THAT WE ARE ABLE TO DELIVER INFORMATION AND HELP, UH, UH, REDUCE THE NUMBER OF OPPORTUNITIES THERE ARE FOR OCCURRENCES IN OUR COMMUNITY, WE ARE CERTAINLY COMMITTED TO THAT EFFORT.
UH, THIS LAST YEAR, WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE, WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE DUBLIN CITIZENS POLICE ACADEMY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION, WAS BRINGING AWARENESS TO THE EXISTENCE OF SUB TECHNOLOGY THAT MIGHT HELP, UH, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SHOULD THEIR VEHICLE END UP BEING TARGETED AND STOLEN.
UH, SO AIR TAGS, BUT REALLY ANY SORT OF TRACKING DEVICE THAT A, UH, ARE CAPABLE OF TRACKING YOUR VEHICLE ON THE OCCASION, IT MIGHT BE TAKEN, THE EMPHASIS ALWAYS BEING, PLEASE DON'T TRACK IT YOURSELF, CONTACT THE AUTHORITIES, UH, AND HIDE IT SOMEWHERE IN THE VEHICLE WHERE ONLY YOU KNOW IT WOULD BE INCLUDED.
WE'VE ALSO GIVEN HUNDREDS OF, UH, FREE STEERING WHEEL LOCKS, UH, IN PARTNERSHIP FROM KIA AND HYUNDAI WHO HAVE PROVIDED THEM TO US.
THOSE ARE STILL FREE TO THE PUBLIC FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND AVAILABLE IF, UH, THE, ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC SHOULD DESIRE TO COME AND SEE US AND, AND, UH, OBTAIN THAT, UH, STEERING WHEEL LOCK.
UH, AND THEN THE PARTNERSHIP, UH, WITH THE VISIT DUBLIN, WE HAVE REFERENCED DOWN THERE AT THE BOTTOM, SEEING ACTIVITY OCCURRING IN OUR HOTEL LOTS.
WE REACHED OUT TO SCOTT RING, UH, TO HELP GATHER, UH, THE CONTACT INFORMATION AND HELP DISSEMINATE INFORMATION ON PREVENTION, UH, MATERIAL, AND TO COMMUNICATE THE TRENDS THAT WE ARE SEEING AT AREA HOTELS.
UH, HE'S BEEN A WONDERFUL PARTNER AND RESOURCE FOR US IN BEING ABLE TO DELIVER THE INFORMATION TO THE RIGHT PEOPLE AND, AND MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS AWARENESS OF, UH, EMERGING TRENDS AS WE MOVE ON TO BURGLARY AND BREAKING AND ENTERING OFFENSES.
AGAIN, ONE OF THE CATEGORIES, WE DID SEE AN INCREASE OF REPORTS, UH, AGAINST PREVIOUS YEARS AND TRENDING UPWARDS SINCE, UH, THE, UH, THE END OF THE PANDEMIC LAST YEAR, WE SAW 55 TOTAL OFFENSES REPORTED ON EITHER BURGLARY OR BREAKING AND ENTERING.
WE BROKE THOSE DOWN TO TAKE A LOOK CLOSER AT THOSE TWO SPECIFIC CATEGORIES.
UH, IN 2024, WE HAD 22 BURGLARY OFFENSES REPORTED RESIDENTIAL, UM, STRUCTURES THAT WERE ENTERED FOR THEFT.
UH, THAT IS THE SAME NUMBER OF OCCURRENCES THAT WE SAW IN 2023.
SO REALLY THE SAME REPORTED AMOUNT, UH, THE INCREASES ATTRIBUTABLE TO BREAKING AND ENTERING OR THEFTS FROM COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES IN 2024.
AND AGAIN, UH, AN OFFICER'S, UH, JUST A RECOGNITION THERE.
UM, OFFICERS WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY A SUSPECT INVOLVED IN TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS, UH, INVOLVED WITH A STOLEN VEHICLE FOR BREAKING AND ENTERING OFFENSES IN MULTIPLE BUSINESSES ALONG THE SAW MILL ROAD.
SO, AGAIN, ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF OUR CRIME ANALYST AND LAW ENFORCEMENT PLANNER, IDENTIFYING INFORMATION ON SOMEBODY INVOLVED, OUR OFFICERS IN THE RIGHT PLACES AND IDENTIFYING THAT PERSON, UH, AND, AND ABLE TO APPREHEND HIM TWICE INVOLVED IN THOSE, IN THOSE OFFENSES.
AS WE CONTINUE, AGAIN, TO EMPHASIZE PREVENTION BEING OUR BEST STARTING POINT, UM, OUR, UH, OFFICERS HAVE TRAVELED THE COMMUNITY THIS LAST YEAR, UH, PRESENTING A PRESENTATION ON, UH, RESILIENT NEIGHBORHOODS, WHICH IS A LOT OF THE SAME INFORMATION WE ARE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT, BUT WE DO IT IN NEIGHBORHOODS, USUALLY DURING HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, UH, MEETINGS SO THAT WE CAN DELIVER SPECIFIC INFORMATION ABOUT THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS DIRECTLY IN CONVERSATION WITH THOSE COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
AND IMPORTANTLY, IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO MEET OUR OFFICERS.
SO THERE'S A FAMILIAR FACE THEY, UH, THEY KNOW AND CAN ASK QUESTIONS OF.
SO WHEN THEY, UH, ON THE OCCASION, THEY HAVE TO PICK UP THE PHONE AND CALL FOR ASSISTANCE, THEY HAVE A COMFORT LEVEL IN KNOWING WHO IS GOING TO RESPOND AND WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WHEN THOSE OFFICERS COME TO ASSIST THEM.
UH, AND, UH, JUST AS A, A, A, UH, FOR THE PUBLIC PRESENTATION TONIGHT, WE, WE ARE OPEN TO, UH, UM, SCHEDULING THOSE FOR ANY HOMEOWNER'S ASSOCIATION OR GROUP IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT DESIRES TO DO SO.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE HAD A, UH, COM, UH, DUBLIN VILLAGE COMMUNITY REACH OUT TO US TODAY AND HAD THAT SCHEDULED PRESENTATION FOR MARCH 19TH OF THIS YEAR ON TRAFFIC SAFETY TRENDS.
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UM, OUR FOCUS CERTAINLY IS IMPROVING TRAFFIC SAFETY THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.UH, WE TRACK, UH, CRASHES AS OUR METRIC FOR SUCCESS IN THIS CATEGORY.
UH, UNFORTUNATELY SINCE, UH, THE PANDEMIC WHEN WE REDUCED FROM ONE YEAR TO THE NEXT, I THINK BY ABOUT 300 CRASHES AS MOST PEOPLE WERE AT HOME AND, AND NOT COMMUTING TO WORK, WE ARE STILL ON AN UPWARD TREND IN SEEING THE NUMBERS INCREASE OVER TIME.
UM, SO 600 FROM 625 IN 2022 TO 720, 23 TO, UH, 745 IN 2024.
UM, FORTUNATELY THERE ARE A FEW NUMBER OF THOSE CRASHES THAT ARE SERIOUS IN INJURY, BUT A AGAIN, I DON'T WANNA BE DISMISSIVE OF EACH OF THOSE OCCASIONS HAVING A, A TREMENDOUS IMPACT ON THE INDIVIDUALS INVOLVED IN THOSE CRASHES.
SO, 19 OF THOSE CRASHES WERE A SERIOUS INJURY IN 2024, THE TOP LOCATIONS THAT WE TRACK, AGAIN, IN PROVIDING INFORMATION TO OUR OFFICERS ON WHERE TO CONDUCT TRAFFICKED ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES TO CHANGE BEHAVIOR US 33 BETWEEN THE WEST CITY BOUNDARY AND FRANCE ROAD I TWO 70, BETWEEN SAWMILL ROAD AND RINGS ROAD, AND THEN US, THE US 33 1 61 STATE ROUTE 2 57 ROUNDABOUT.
UH, ALTHOUGH I'LL GIVE CONTEXT FOR THE CRASH ROUNDABOUT, BECAUSE WE OFTEN GET THAT QUESTION.
UM, WHEN THAT ROUNDABOUT OPENED IN 2017, WE RECORDED 145 CRASHES IN THAT FIRST YEAR, UH, IN 2024, WE HAD 59, UM, TOTAL.
SO IT'S BEEN A DOWNWARD TREND SINCE IT'S OPENED.
WE CONTINUE TO TRY TO PROVIDE AS MUCH INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC IN PARTNERSHIP WITH TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY ON HOW TO NAVIGATE THAT, UH, THAT PARTICULAR INTERSECTION.
SO, BUT IT'S FORTUNATE THAT WE HAVE SEEN A DOWNWARD TREND OVER TIME IN THAT PARTICULAR LOCATION.
UH, AND THEN FROM OUR EFFORTS, UH, AGAIN, WANT TO THANK, UH, CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITY MANAGER AND TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY FOR HELPING US TO MOVE FORWARD THE SLOW DOWN DUBLIN PROGRAM, AND CERTAINLY OUR, UM, COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING TEAM FOR HELPING US SHARE THAT INFORMATION.
UH, IT'S BEEN A, A, A CERTAINLY A POINT OF EMPHASIS FOR US TO BE ENGAGED IN TRAFFIC SAFETY THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY ON A REGULAR BASIS WITH THE GOAL OF CHANGING DRIVER BEHAVIOR TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC SAFETY ON THE ROADWAY AND FOR ANY OF THOSE VULNERABLE ROAD USER OR PERIPHERAL, UH, TO THE ROADWAY.
UM, SO, UH, OUR FOCUS IS BEING IN THE RIGHT PLACES AT THE RIGHT TIMES, AND ENFORCEMENT FOR THE RIGHT REASONS.
IN 2024, UH, THROUGHOUT OUR DEPARTMENT, WE MADE 9,623 TRAFFIC STOPS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY AND THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE YEAR, UH, AND CERTAINLY WITH THE FOCUS ON SLOW DOWN DUBLIN BEING A POINT OF EMPHASIS, UH, OVER 2200 SPEEDING CITATIONS ISSUED.
AND I JUST WANNA HIGHLIGHT THE, UH, THE WORK FOR ONE OF OUR THIRD SHIFT OFFICERS, WHO WAS IN FACT, OUR OFFICER OF THE YEAR FOR 2024.
UH, OFFICER ANDREW KINZEL RECEIVED THE MAT AWARD IN 2024, AND ACTUALLY WAS FOLLOW UP TO HIM RECEIVING THIS AWARD IN 2023 AS WELL, UM, WITH A, AN INTENTIONAL FOCUS ON MAKING SURE THE ROADWAYS ARE SAFE AND THAT OVI OFFENSES ARE SOMETHING THAT, UH, HE'S PAYING ATTENTION TO, TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE GETS HOME SAFELY AT THE END OF THE NIGHT FROM THE, UH, A CONTINUATION OF SLOW DOWN DUBLIN AND THE SPEED MANAGEMENT TOOLBOX AND RESOURCES THAT WE PROVIDE, UM, TO THE COMMUNITY.
OUR TRAFFIC UNIT LAST YEAR HANDLED 253 INFORMAL COMPLAINTS.
SO THOSE OCCASIONS WHERE SOMEBODY FROM THE PUBLIC HAS REACHED OUT AND SHARED WITH US INFORMATION THAT THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT SPEEDING, UH, TYPICALLY IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, OR ANY THOROUGHFARES, UH, TRAVELING TO OR FROM THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD, EIGHT OF THOSE RESULTED IN FORMAL COMPLAINTS WHERE TARGETED ENFORCEMENT WAS PART OF WHAT WE PROVIDED FROM A TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT PERSPECTIVE.
UH, AND THEN IMPORTANTLY, I JUST WANTED TO SHARE, AGAIN, THANK, UH, CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITY MANAGER AND TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY FOR HELPING US, UH, DEVELOP THIS PROGRAM HERE IN DUBLIN.
WE MET WITH ANOTHER SUBURBAN COMMUNITY JUST LAST WEEK, UM, TO DISCUSS SLOW DOWN DUBLIN, UH, IN THE INTEREST OF THEM IMPLEMENTING SOMETHING SIMILAR IN THEIR COMMUNITY.
SO JUST WANTED TO OFFER THAT OUT LOUD AGAIN, AS, AS A GREAT RECOGNITION FOR THE INITIATIVE THAT WE HAVE HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY TO TAKE CARE OF TRAFFIC SAFETY.
SO THOSE FIRST THREE GOALS ARE REALLY THE, THE ONES THAT WE COVER IN THAT, UM, UH, GOAL PROGRESS, UH, MATRIX THAT WE SHARE, AGAIN WITH THE PUBLIC, UM, EVERY MONTH, UH, THROUGH THE CITY MANAGER UPDATE, AND CERTAINLY UTILIZE INTERNALLY FOR OUR TRACKING, UH, FOR GOAL FOUR, ADDRESSING SIGNIFICANT ISSUES OF COMMUNITY CONCERN.
IT'S REALLY A MORE COMPREHENSIVE, UH, GOAL THAT IS FLEXIBLE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND TO THOSE THINGS THAT WE DIDN'T FORESEE, OR THOSE THINGS THAT TAKE A LITTLE MORE TIME OVER MULTIPLE YEARS TO ADDRESS.
AND SO, SOME OF THE CATEGORIES OF FOCUS FOR THIS PARTICULAR GOAL, UH, IN INCLUDE, UH, PROGRESS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR BUSINESS DISTRICT UNIT, WHICH WE'LL TALK ABOUT HERE WITH DEPUTY CHIEF LATTANZI.
UM, CERTAINLY WE HEARD FROM RO THIS, UH, EARLIER IN THIS MEETING ON THE PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICES LIAISON, AND A FOCUS ON MENTAL HEALTH BEING AN INTENTIONAL, UH, PARTNERSHIP, UH, ON OUR PART WITH SENT AND FOR OUR COMMUNITY, UH, COMMUNITY EVENT SAFETY, UH, SECURITY PARTNERSHIPS AND ONGOING DISCUSSIONS ON HOW WE KEEP OUR EVENTS IN DUBLIN, AS SAFE AS THEY POSSIBLY CAN BE IN LEARNING LESSONS FROM OTHER EVENTS THAT HAVE OCCURRED ACROSS THE COMMUNITY.
UM, A AN INTENTIONAL LEAN INTO REGULAR ENGAGEMENT WITH OUR PUBLIC THROUGH THE CHIEF'S ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UM, OUR PEER SUPPORT PROGRAM, AND MAKING SURE THAT MENTAL HEALTH IS NOT JUST A FOCUS EXTERNALLY, BUT ALSO
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INTERNALLY WITHIN OUR AGENCY.AND THEN OUR DRUG TAKEBACK PROGRAM ADDRESSING, UH, THE ISSUES THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH DRUG OFFENSES OR DRUG, UM, VICTIMS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND SO, AT THIS POINT IN OUR PRESENTATION, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO DEPUTY CHIEF LATTANZI TO DISCUSS THE DEVELOPMENT AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF OUR NEW TEAM, UH, THE BUSINESS DISTRICT UNIT.
MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, UH, TONIGHT EXCITED TO TALK ABOUT OUR BUSINESS DISTRICT UNIT.
UM, IT'S SOMETHING WE WORKED VERY HARD ON IN 2024, UH, TO GET STAFFING IN PLACE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO, UH, PUT THESE OFFICERS IN PLACE TO HAVE INTENTIONAL FOCUS, UM, OF THE BUSINESS DISTRICT UNIT.
SO HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THAT, UM, SERGEANT JOSH KIRBY, OFFICER JARED DABNEY, AND OFFICER JOSH WEBER HAVE ALL BEEN SELECTED FOR THE BUSINESS DISTRICT UNIT.
AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE, UM, THOSE INDIVIDUALS AS WELL AS, AS OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR DEPARTMENT, BECAUSE THAT WAS A PRETTY HIGHLY COMPETITIVE, UH, PROCESS FOR THOSE OFFICERS TO BE SELECTED, UH, FOR THIS UNIT.
AGAIN, SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE ORGANIZATION, UM, APPLIED FOR THOSE POSITIONS.
UM, THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH INTERVIEWS, UH, DIFFERENT PROJECTS, UM, SUBMIT A LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION.
WE, WE GET IMPLEMENT, UH, INFORMATION FROM THEIR SUPERVISORS ABOUT THEIR WORK PRODUCT.
UH, SO NOT AN EASY TASK FOR THEM TO BE SELECTED FOR THIS UNIT.
AND I THINK IT HIGHLIGHTS, UH, BOTH THEIR ENGAGEMENT ON WHERE WE ARE AT, UH, WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, PARTNERING WITH OUR COMMUNITY, AND THEN HOW INVESTED THEY ARE AND, AND WHAT WE ARE ASKING OF THE MEMBERS OF THE BUSINESS DISTRICT UNIT.
SO WHAT WE'VE, UM, ASKED THESE OFFICERS TO DO IS TO THINK ABOUT INNOVATIVE POLICE STRATEGIES THAT IS, THAT ARE TAILORED DIRECTLY TO THE UNIQUE NEEDS OF THE BUSINESS DISTRICT UNIT.
WE RECOGNIZE THAT, UM, THE BUSINESS DISTRICT, BRIDGE PARK, HISTORIC DUBLIN, THE PARKING GARAGES ARE UNIQUE AREAS OF OUR CITY THAT BRING UNIQUE ISSUES, UH, FOR RESIDENTS, BUSINESS OWNERS AND VISITORS.
AND WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT, UM, THAT OUR OFFICERS HAVE THE ABILITY TO STRICTLY FOCUS ON THOSE PARTICULAR, UM, ISSUES THAT ARE BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION AND HELP PROBLEM SOLVE WITH RESIDENTS TO ADDRESS THOSE PARTICULAR NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY.
UM, AGAIN, FOCUSING ON, UH, ADDRESSING COMMUNITY PRIORITIES AND WORKING TO ENHANCE THE SAFETY IN THOSE AREAS.
SO THEIR FOCUS, AGAIN, IS GOING TO BE ON PREVENTION, PROBLEM SOLVING, INVESTIGATION SHOULD CRIME OCCUR, AND THEN HOLDING INDIVIDUALS ACCOUNTABLE, UM, AFTER OFFENSES OCCUR IN THAT AREA.
CERTAINLY, UM, THOSE OFFICERS ARE GONNA BE FOCUSING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH BUSINESS OWNERS AND RESIDENTS ON CRIME PREVENTION, EDUCATION AND STRATEGY, UM, EVENT SAFETY PLANNING, INCIDENT RESPONSE SHOULD SOMETHING HAPPEN, TRAFFIC SAFETY, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS WITH THOSE COMMUNITY MEMBERS SO THAT WAY THEY'RE HEARD, UM, AND THEY UNDERSTAND THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WANTS TO WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM TO ADDRESS ANY OF THE CONCERNS THAT THEY MAY HAVE FROM A SAFETY STANDPOINT, WHAT YOU'LL SEE IN FRONT OF YOU NOW IS A COVERAGE MAP, UH, A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO SEE IF YOU SEE THE, UM, HASHED, UH, THE HASH MARKS, WHICH IS A LITTLE LARGER AROUND THE HISTORIC DUBLIN AREA.
UM, SO THAT ENCOMPASSES OUR ENTIRE DISTRICT SIX.
UM, EACH DISTRICT AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR EACH SHIFT HAS AN OFFICER THAT IS SPECIFICALLY ASSIGNED TO IT FROM PATROL FOR RESPONSES, FOR CALLS FOR SERVICE, UH, THAT WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE A PATROL OFFICER, UM, ENGAGED IN THOSE AREAS FOR RESPONSE TO CERTAIN CALLS FOR SERVICE.
BUT THEN HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW IS THE FOCUS AREAS FOR THE BUSINESS DISTRICT UNIT.
UM, BUT WE'RE ALSO GONNA ALLOW THIS UNIT TO BE FLEXIBLE IN THEIR RESPONSES.
SO IF YOU CONSIDER AREAS LIKE LOCAL HOTELS THAT HAVE UNIQUE, UH, PROBLEMS THAT WE SEE AT THE, THAT THE HOTELS, THE BUSINESS DISTRICT UNIT COULD ALSO EXPAND TO THOSE UNIT TO HELP ADDRESS AND BETTER CONNECT WITH THOSE BUSINESS OWNERS TO RESOLVE THOSE PARTICULAR INCIDENTS.
AND WHAT WE DID IS WE TOOK A LOOK AT SOME OF THE DATA AND THE CALLS FOR SERVICE TO GENERATE THESE FOCUS AREAS, UM, TO ENSURE THAT WE WERE POINTING OFFICERS IN THE RIGHT DIRECTIONS TO HELP MEET THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY IN 2024.
WE ALSO TOOK SOME TIME TO, UH, TO TRY TO BENCHMARK AND CREATE A BASELINE FOR, UM, SOME OF THE ACTIVITY THAT WE'VE SEEN IN THIS AREA, SO THAT WAY WE KNOW, UM, AND HAVE SOME METRICS IN, IN 2025 TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE IMPACT THAT THE BUSINESS DISTRICT UNIT WILL HAVE.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, UH, IN 2024, THERE WAS OVER 5,500 CALLS FOR SERVICE, UM, SPECIFICALLY WITHIN THAT BUSINESS DISTRICT
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UNIT.AND THEN I'VE BROKEN DOWN, UM, SOME OF THOSE OTHER CATEGORIES THAT THE CHIEF HAS TALKED ABOUT IN REGARDS TO METRICS THAT WE REGULARLY TRACK AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UH, BUT AGAIN, UH, A SIGNIFICANT POINT OUT TO THE ENGAGEMENT AND SPECIFIC FOCUS THAT WE ADD IN 2024, UM, FROM A TRAFFIC AND PROACTIVE, UH, APPROACH TO TRYING TO PREVENT AND REDUCE CRIME IN THIS AREA, 1,249 TRAFFIC STOPS OVER 400 CITATIONS, UM, AND REALLY OVER 2,500, UM, TARGETED PATROLS AND FOOT PATROLS, UM, IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA.
WHAT IS, UM, WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE AS WELL? A LOT OF THAT ACTIVITY WAS DONE, UH, BY OUR PATROL OFFICERS IN OUR TRAFFIC UNIT, BUT WE ALSO SUPPLEMENTED IN 2024 DURING THE SUMMERTIME WITH NUMEROUS OFFICERS DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS ON AN OVERTIME, UH, DETAIL TO SPECIFICALLY ADDRESS THESE NEEDS.
AND THE BUSINESS DISTRICT UNIT WILL NOW TAKE THE PLACE OF THOSE OFFICERS THAT WERE ON OVERTIME FOR THAT, UH, PARTICULAR, UH, DETAIL.
SO THAT WAY IN THE FUTURE, UH, WE REDUCE OVERTIME COSTS WITH, UH, THE MEMBERS OF THE BUSINESS DISTRICT UNIT AND THEIR FOCUS.
AND I ALSO WANNA HIGHLIGHT THIS BUSINESS DISTRICT UNIT HAS BEEN IN PLACE SINCE JANUARY 15TH.
THEY'VE ALREADY MADE OVER 80 TRAFFIC STOPS, ISSUED 37 CITATIONS, MADE TWO O-V-I-R-S AND HAVE RECOVERED ONE STOLEN VEHICLE.
SO IN JUST A MERE COUPLE OF WEEKS, THEY'RE ALREADY SHOWING THEIR IMPACT, UM, ON SAFETY IN OUR BUSINESS DISTRICT UNIT, OR IN, I'M SORRY, IN OUR BUSINESS DISTRICT.
UH, AGAIN, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH, UH, COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING, WE WERE ABLE TO, UH, CREATE A LONG, UH, LANDING, UH, SPOT ON OUR WEBSITE, UM, FOR THE BUSINESS DISTRICT UNIT.
SO IF ANYBODY WAS RESEARCHING THAT OR NEEDED TO GET IN CONTACT WITH THOSE INDIVIDUALS, THEY CAN DO SO EASILY, UH, FROM OUR POLICE WEBSITE.
AGAIN, LIKE I MENTIONED, UH, THIS UNIT LAUNCHED IN JA, UH, IN, IN MID-JANUARY, AND WE HAD A STAKEHOLDER MEETING WITH, UH, WAS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CRAWFORD HOING.
SO THERE WAS ABOUT OVER 40, UH, BUSINESS OWNERS, RESIDENTS, UM, AND OTHER, UH, STAKEHOLDERS WITHIN THE BUSINESS DISTRICT THAT, UH, MET AT CRAWFORD HOING LEASING OFFICE TO DISCUSS, UM, WHAT THE INTENTION OF THE UNIT WAS.
THEY HEARD A LOT OF THE SAME INFORMATION YOU'RE HEARING TONIGHT, UM, AND WAS VERY WELL RECEIVED BY THE INDIVIDUALS IN THAT AREA, AND AGAIN, HELPED US CONNECT WITH THE RESIDENTS DOWN THERE AND START AN ONGOING PARTNERSHIP, UM, THAT WE'RE VERY PROUD OF AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
ADDITIONALLY, WE TOOK A LOOK AT SOME OF THE DATA FROM 2024 IN YEARS PAST ABOUT WHAT THE BEST TIMEFRAME WAS FOR THESE OFFICERS TO WORK.
UM, THIS WILL BE UNIQUE BECAUSE THEY'RE THE FIRST WORK GROUP AT OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT'LL BE ON 10 HOUR SHIFTS, BECAUSE WE WANTED THOSE OFFICERS TO BE, UH, WITHIN THE BUSINESS DISTRICT UNIT WHEN IT'S MOST BUSY.
UM, SO THESE OFFICERS ARE GONNA BE SACRIFICING A LOT OF THEIR WEEKEND TIME, UM, UH, TO INVEST IN THE SAFETY OF THE BUSINESS DISTRICT UNIT.
UM, SO WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY, THOSE OFFICERS WILL BE, UH, PRESENT IN THE BUSINESS DISTRICT, AND AGAIN, UH, THROUGHOUT THOSE LATE HOURS AND INTO THE MORNING WHEN, UH, SOME OF THIS ACTIVITY, UH, THAT WE'VE SEEN, UH, OCCUR HAPPENS.
AND THEN LASTLY, I JUST WANNA TOUCH ON, UH, AGAIN, A UNIQUE PART OF THIS UNIT IS WE WANT THEM TO ENGAGE IN DIFFERENT, UH, TECHNOLOGIES TO HELP, UH, TO HELP US FIGHT CRIME AND PREVENT CRIME.
UH, SO, UH, WHAT YOU'LL SEE ON THE TOP LEFT THERE, THAT, THAT, AGAIN, WE'VE ALREADY TALKED, UH, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH, FLOCK PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, LICENSE PLATE READING TECHNOLOGY.
UH, THIS UNIT WILL AGAIN, UH, UTILIZE THAT TECHNOLOGY.
UH, WE'VE GOT OVER, UM, OVER 20, UH, FLOCK CAMERAS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, UH, THAT GIVE REALTIME INFORMATION TO OUR OFFICERS, UM, AND OUR DISPATCHERS ABOUT STOLEN VEHICLES, INDIVIDUALS THAT, UM, THAT MAY HAVE WARRANTS THROUGH THE, UH, READING CAPABILITIES, UH, FROM THE LICENSE PLATE, UM, WHICH HELP US DETER CRIME IN THE AREA OR APPREHEND INDIVIDUALS AS THEY COME INTO THE CITY.
UH, BOTTOM LEFT HAND PART OF YOUR SCREEN.
SO THAT, UM, IS A PROJECT THAT DEPUTY CHIEF TABER AND TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY HAVE BEEN WORKING HARD ON FOR THE ROCKCREST PARKING GARAGE, UM, TO HAVE A SWING ARM AT THE ENTRY POINTS OF THAT, UH, PARKING GARAGE TO, AGAIN, AS A MEASURE OF SAFETY, REDUCTION OF, UH, SPEED FOR VEHICLES COMING IN AND OUT OF THE GARAGE, AS WELL AS TO ENHANCE SAFETY OF PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC, UM, THAT GOES IN FRONT OF THOSE, UH, ENTRANCES AND EXER EXITS OF THE ROCK CREST PARKING GARAGE.
UH, THE PLAN IS FOR THAT TO BE, UH, UH, INSTALLED FEBRUARY THE 13TH, AND THEN OPERATIONAL AT THE END OF FEBRUARY.
UH, IN THE MIDDLE, WHAT YOU'LL SEE IS, UH, AN AUTONOMOUS SECURITY ROBOT.
SO WE ARE, UH, INVESTING IN THAT TECHNOLOGY AND PLAN ON HAVING TWO AUTONOMOUS SECURITY ROBOTS.
UH, ONE WILL BE IN THE ROCK CREST PARKING
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GARAGE.THE OTHER WILL BE, UH, TRAVERSING RIVERSIDE CROSSING PARK.
UM, SO THAT WILL GO FROM THE, UH, FROM THE EAST SIDE OF THE RIVER.
IT WILL TRA TRAVERSE THE PARK.
IT WILL GO ACROSS THE BRIDGE, UH, TO THE SMALL LANDING AREA ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE BRIDGE, UM, AND THEN, AND THEN RETURN BACK, UH, TO THE WEST SIDE.
AND WHAT THE CAPABILITIES OF THAT TECHNOLOGY, UM, ARE IS IT'S A 360 CAMERAS THAT ARE INSIDE OF THIS ROBOT AS A TWO-WAY COMMUNICATION FEATURE.
UM, AS WELL AS SHOULD SOMEONE, UM, ENGAGE WITH THIS ROBOT WOULD CONNECT THEM DIRECTLY TO N REC, UM, FOR US TO, UH, PLAN A RESPONSE, UH, FOR WHATEVER THEIR NEEDS MAY BE.
AND THEN LASTLY, UM, OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH PALLET AND DRONES.
SO CURRENTLY, UH, THE DEPARTMENT HAS SIX DRONES.
UM, THOSE DRONES ARE MANNED BY OUR OVER 20 FAA CERTIFIED PILOTS, UM, THAT GO THROUGH SPECIALIZED TRAINING THROUGH THE FAA.
UM, BUT THOSE DRONES, UH, GO WITH OFFICERS WHEN THEY'RE OUT ON PATROL OR WE CAN BRING THEM TO AN EVENT TO FLY.
UH, THE DRONE IS FIRST RESPONDER.
SOME, UH, PROGRAM IS SOMETHING, UH, BOTH UNIQUE TO DUBLIN AS WELL AS, UH, IN THE STATE OF OHIO.
UH, CURRENTLY THERE WOULD NOT BE ANY OTHER PROGRAM LIKE THIS, UH, IN THE STATE OF OHIO.
UM, WE WOULD PARTNER WITH, UH, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS THE DUBLIN CITY SCHOOLS FOR LOCATIONS.
AND WE WOULD HAVE FOUR DRONES, UM, STATIONED, UH, THROUGHOUT THE CITY, UH, GELLE MIDDLE SCHOOL, SCIO HIGH SCHOOL, UM, THIS BUILDING HERE, AS WELL AS THE WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP FIRE ADMIN BUILDING.
AND WHAT IT ALLOWS US TO DO IS TO AUTONOMOUSLY LAUNCH, UH, DRONES BEYOND VISUAL LINE OF SIGHT, UH, WITH PERMISSIONS FROM THE FAA, UM, AS WE OBSERVE THE AIRSPACE.
AND THOSE DRONES CAN BE OVER TOP OF ANY LOCATION WITHIN THE CITY AND BEYOND OUR BORDERS IN 90 SECONDS OR LESS.
AND WHAT THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO DO IS GET, UM, EYES OVER TOP OF A SCENE TO BETTER DIRECT RESOURCES TO THAT SCENE, UH, POTENTIALLY BE ABLE TO LOCATE MISSING INDIVIDUALS, CREATE TRAFFIC, UH, DIVERSIONS, SHOULD WE HAVE A, A MAJOR CRASH OR TRAFFIC BACKUP, UM, AS WELL AS TO, UH, ASSIST US IN SAFELY SENDING RESPONDERS TO THE RIGHT LOCATION.
SO, VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT PROGRAM.
ALL OF THESE IN WHICH THE BUSINESS DISTRICT UNIT MEMBERS WILL HAVE A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN, UM, ASSISTING US IN, UH, ROLLING THESE OUT, UM, AND MONITORING, UM, ALL OF THE, THE TECHNOLOGY THAT, UH, THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW.
SO WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT BACK OVER TO THE CHIEF.
AS WE TALK ABOUT GOAL FOUR, UH, IN ADDRESSING ISSUES OF SIGNIFICANT COMMUNITY CONCERN, PART OF THE INTENTIONAL EMPHASIS AND NEC UH, NECESSITY FOR SUCCESS IS US ENGAGING REGULARLY WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
AND SO WHETHER IT'S THE CHIEF'S ADVISORY COMMITTEE OR IT, UH, ENLISTING VOLUNTEERS TO HELP SUPPORT OUR ACTIVITIES, THOSE ARE IMPORTANT COMPONENTS OF US BEING SUCCESSFUL IN THE CITY OF DUBLIN.
SO I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO DEPUTY CHIEF TABAC TO SHARE JUST A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION ABOUT HOW WE ARE RE-ENVISIONING HOW VOLUNTEERS WOULD HELP SUPPORT US IN OUR ACTIVITIES IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT MOVING FORWARD.
GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL BEAR WITH ME.
WE HAVE THREE SLIDES LEFT, AND I'M EXCITED TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ON OUR COMMUNITY SAFETY AMBASSADOR PROGRAM.
IN 2013, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT INITIATED A VOLUNTEER COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICER PROGRAM, WHICH SOUGHT TO ENHANCE OUR ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS AND ASSIST WITH PROVIDING EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE TO THIS COMMUNITY.
OVER THE LAST 11 YEARS, THIS UNIQUE PROGRAM HAS PROVIDED THE DEPARTMENT WITH COUNTLESS POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS AND ALLOWED COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICERS TO SELFLESSLY SERVE THE CITY OF DUBLIN.
FOR THAT, WE CAN'T THANK THEM ENOUGH.
WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING TOWARDS INNOVATION AND BEST PRACTICES IN ALL WE DO.
AND SOMETIMES, AS CHIEF SAID, THAT INCLUDES RE-IMAGINING ROLES WITHIN THE CITY AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AFTER NUMEROUS DISCUSSIONS WITH OUR PARTNERS AT OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT, WE'VE CONCEPTUALIZED A REVITALIZED COMMUNITY SAFETY AMBASSADOR PROGRAM, WHICH WE'LL LAUNCH LATER THIS YEAR.
A COUPLE HIGHLIGHTS OF OF THE ROLE FOR THE COMMUNITY SAFETY AMBASSADOR BE A POSITIVE ROLE MODEL AND SAFETY AMBASSADOR, WHILE ALSO BEING A SAFETY ADVOCATE DURING SPECIAL EVENTS AND STAFFING.
OUR IDENT IDENT TENTS PROVIDE COMMUNITY EDUCATION AND THEFT PREVENTION TO EMPOWER COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND ENHANCE SAFETY AND CONDUCT VACATION HOUSE WATCH CHECKS.
AND JUST AS A, UH, REAL QUICK INTRO INTO HOW WE'VE EXPANDED THE ROLE, UH, WE ARE, WE ARE TAKING APPLICATIONS, OR WE'LL BE TAKING APPLICATIONS FOR GRADUATES OF ANY OF THE FOUR ACADEMIES WITHIN THE CITY, WHICH
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ALSO INCLUDES THE WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP CITIZENS FIRE ACADEMY.UH, APPLICANTS NEED TO BE 21 YEARS OLD.
WE WILL GO THROUGH AN INTERVIEW PROCESS AND A BACKGROUND CHECK.
AND THEN ONCE THEY ARE DESIGNATED AS COMMUNITY SAFETY AMBASSADORS, WE WILL HAVE QUARTERLY TRAINING SESSIONS BETWEEN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT.
AND OF COURSE, UH, WE WILL, UH, EXPECT THEM TO ABIDE BY THE CITY OF DUBLIN'S CODE OF CONDUCT.
THE LAST PIECE IS WE'RE ASKING VOLUNTEERS TO VOLUNTEER FOR A MINIMUM OF FOUR HOURS PER MONTH.
AND WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT BACK OVER TO CHIEF.
UM, SO THAT IS OUR PRESENTATION THIS EVENING.
AGAIN, I WANNA THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE AN UPDATE, UH, TO COUNSEL, AND WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
UM, COUNSEL COMMENTS AND, SORRY, I WASN'T READY WHEN, OKAY.
SO FIRST OFF, I'M BEAMING, BEAMING WITH PRIDE HERE.
I MEAN, YOU HAVE AN INCREDIBLE BENCH THERE.
THESE GENTLEMEN HAD OUTSTANDING PRESENTATIONS, AND I APPRECIATE THAT.
UM, THE, THE TRAFFIC AND VEHICULAR STUFF IS REALLY MORE MY CONCERN.
UM, AND IT'S NOT REALLY SO MUCH A CONCERN AS IT IS, UH, I GUESS RECOGNITION OF WHAT YOU'VE DONE, UM, DOUBLED THE NUMBER OF TRAFFIC STOPS FROM 2022 AND, UM, QUINTUPLED, IF THAT'S A WORD, FIVE TIMES THE NUMBER OF SPEEDING CITATIONS.
UM, YOU KNOW, I, I MONITOR SOCIAL MEDIA AND I JUST HEAR A LOT OF DRAG RACING LOUD CARS.
I HEAR A LOT ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING ON TWO 70, BUT IT'S ON RIVERSIDE DRIVE AS WELL THROUGH BRIDGE PARK.
UM, SO AGAIN, I COMMEND YOU FOR MAKING A STRONG EFFORT.
UM, SOME COULD ARGUE A TRAFFIC STOP WITHOUT A CITATION IS A WASTE.
I THINK IT'S, UM, SENDING A MESSAGE.
AND SO HOPEFULLY THAT MESSAGE CONTINUES TO GET OUT AND PEOPLE ARE BEGINNING TO OBEY THE TRAFFIC LAWS IN THE CITY OF DUBLIN.
UH, SOMETHING I'M SORT OF CURIOUS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, OUR LICENSE PLATE READER THAT TELLS THERE'S A WARRANT ON THAT PERSON THAT JUST WENT BY YOU, DOES IT ALSO LIST THE CRIME OR JUST THE FACT THERE'S A WARRANT OUT ON THAT PERSON? THAT INFORMATION WOULD COME BACK WITH THE OFFENSE THAT IT INCLUDES BECAUSE IT GOES THROUGH A DATABASE THAT IS, UH, THAT HAS THAT INFORMATION ASSOCIATED AS WELL.
WITH THE ALERT, IT COMES UP IMMEDIATELY.
SO THAT INFORMATION IS BOTH IN THE VEHICLE AND IN OUR COMMUNICATION CENTER.
IT GIVES YOU SOME IDEA HOW COMPLEX, YOU KNOW, THIS INTERCEPTION MIGHT BE.
AND I WAS JUST SORT OF CURIOUS.
BASED ON THEIR PREVIOUS CRIME.
WELL, I HAVE TO AGREE WITH ANDY.
AND I, I FEEL LIKE, SO BLESSED TO F TO KNOW THAT THIS COMMUNITY IS SO PROTECTED.
UM, I THINK GOVERNMENT'S FIRST PRIORITY IS SAFETY, UH, AMONG ANYTHING WE CAN PLAN ALL WE WANT, BUT UNLESS YOU FEEL SAFE IN YOUR COMMUNITY, IT'S REALLY WORTHLESS.
AND WHAT I'M AMAZED AT, AND I WANNA GIVE KUDOS TO YOUR DEPARTMENT, YOU NOT ONLY TRY TO PREVENT AND COMMUNICATE AND STOP PEOPLE, BUT YOU TRY TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM.
AND I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY PLACES I'VE BEEN WHERE THERE'S SOMETHING THAT HAS HAPPENED AND THE OFFICERS COME AND THEY SAY, WELL, THAT JUST HAPPENS.
AND IT DOESN'T GO ANY FARTHER THAN THAT.
UM, THE FACT THAT YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO SOLVE MANY OF THE PROBLEMS THAT YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO STOP SOME PEOPLE, AND I'M SURE SOME OF THESE JUVENILES ARE FINDING RESOURCES MAYBE SO THAT THEY DON'T GO ON AND BEHAVE THE WAY THEY DID.
UM, I CAN JUST SAY THAT IF THIS COMMUNITY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY, IF THEY'RE LISTENING TO THIS, WHAT A BLESSING, WHAT A GIFT, WHAT A SERVICE THAT YOU DO FOR US, AND, UM, THE FACT THAT YOU'RE USING TECHNOLOGY TO, TO IMPROVE YOU HAVE A GROWTH MENTALITY.
IT'S NOT JUST WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS GREAT.
WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS, UM, FUTURISTIC.
AND SO I JUST THANK YOU FOR THAT AND I THINK IT'S GREAT.
I'LL JUST SAY ALSO A QUICK THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION AND THE, ALL THE DATA AND INFORMATION.
I'LL CERTAINLY SHARE IT AND PEOPLE WILL BE GLAD TO READ IT AND BE HAPPY IT'S THERE.
I ALSO JUST WANNA THANK YOU FOR THE CONTINUED RESPONSIVENESS TO ALL OF THE QUESTIONS.
I KNOW I SEND YOU A LOT OF QUESTIONS, PARTICULARLY ABOUT THE TRAFFIC AND NOISE AND, UM, YOUR OFFICERS ARE ALWAYS RESPONSIVE AND, UH, JUST APPRECIATE
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THAT.UM, I WILL ECHO THE, THE THANKS AND, UM, ADMIRATION AT THE, BOTH THE CHALLENGE YOU STEP UP TO, BUT I ALSO APPRECIATE, UH, CHIEF YOUR COMMENT THAT, UM, THE GOAL IS ZERO, RIGHT? THE GOAL IS NOT TO REDUCE IT BY 2% OR 1%, BUT THE GOAL, YOU, YOU WOULD LOVE TO SEE ZEROS, WHICH IS, WE WILL NOT SEE THAT, BUT I CONTINUED TO DO THAT.
UM, THE TRAFFIC, THE STOPS, THE 9,000 TRAFFIC STOPS, WHAT IT SAYS TO ME, MAYBE CORRECTLY OR INCORRECTLY, I DON'T KNOW, IS THAT, UM, IF WE HAVE 9,000 TRAFFIC STOPS, WHAT CAN WE DO TO SLOW IT DOWN MORE? OR WHAT CAN WE DO TO, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THE PREVENTION PART OF THE, IS THIS, UM, HAVE WE SEEN A CHANGE SINCE THE, THE, UM, SPEED LIMITS WENT DOWN OR DID THAT, WAS THAT WHAT CAUSED THE STOPS? I MEAN, WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT, AGAIN, SORT OF A PREVENTION? 'CAUSE IT SAYS, IT SAYS THERE'S A NEED IF THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING.
SO THOUGHTS ON THAT? I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT AND THANK YOU AGAIN.
YEAH, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT, UM, UH, RECOGNITION OF, AND CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT WE WANNA CHANGE BEHAVIOR.
AND SO AS I SHARE IN PUBLIC PRESENTATION THAT WE HAD 2200 TRAFFIC CITATIONS FOR SPEED, WE HAVE WORK TO DO TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE IS AWARE OF THAT.
SO THAT SAFETY IS THE, IS THE END GOAL, NOT THE OUTPUT.
UM, I THINK THAT, UH, OVER THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF, WE HAVE HAD A CONCERTED EFFORT IN ON SPEED BEING A FOCUS IN SLOW DOWN DUBLIN.
I THINK THAT IS A TESTAMENT TO THE CULTURE THAT WE HAVE IN THIS ORGANIZATION, THAT WHEN WE IDENTIFY THAT THIS IS THE, UH, ISSUE WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS, WE HAVE COME UP WITH A PLAN TO, UH, TACKLE IT, THAT WE'RE GOING TO COMMIT TO IT AND THAT EVERYONE IS GOING TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT.
THAT COUPLED WITH THE FULL TRAFFIC UNIT BEING AVAILABLE TO US IN ALL OF 2024, I WOULD SUGGEST, ARE REALLY GOOD INDICATORS OF WHY WE SEE THAT OUTPUT.
I THINK OVER TIME IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US IN WORKING WITH TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY TO IDENTIFY WHERE ARE THOSE CITATIONS GOING, AND THEN WHAT SOLUTIONS ARE THERE THAT ARE BEYOND JUST THE ENFORCEMENT.
AND SO THAT EDUCATION IS AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT, MAKING SURE THAT THAT COMMUNICATION IS CONTINUAL, UM, SO THAT AT SOME POINT ON THE HORIZON, WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS JUST BETTER, UH, TRA BETTER COMMITMENT TO TRAFFIC SAFETY FROM THOSE USING THE ROADWAY.
UM, SO THAT IS SOMETHING IMPORTANT FOR US TO TRACK OVER TIME.
CHIEF, THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION.
CERTAINLY VERY INFORMATIVE AND, UH, IT REALLY HIGHLIGHTS THE WORK OF THE OFFICERS IN THIS COMMUNITY.
AND, UM, I, I THINK EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY, PERHAPS MAYBE NOT THE PERSON BEING PULLED OVER, REALLY APPRECIATES THE DIFFICULTY OF WALKING UP TO A VEHICLE TO A PERSON THAT YOU HAVE NO IDEA AND YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT'S GOING ON IN THAT VEHICLE, AND STILL STANDING IN THE GAP FOR THE BALANCE OF THE COMMUNITY TO ENSURE THEIR SAFETY.
SO THAT IS A LEVEL OF SERVANT TO A SERVANTHOOD THAT IS, UM, REMARKABLE.
AND CERTAINLY WE WANT TO, UM, PASS ALONG OUR THANKS TO ALL OF THOSE OFFICERS, YOU KNOW, THAT ARE DOING ALL OF THESE TRAFFIC STOPS.
UM, I'M SURE THAT IT'S, IT'S NOT THEIR FAVORITE PART OF THEIR DAY, BUT, UM, IT IS IMPORTANT FOR THE SAFETY OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT, UM, WE KEEP PEOPLE IN VEHICLES NOW, THE VEHICLES SAFE AND THAT WE LET THE PUBLIC KNOW THAT OUR POLICE ARE PRESENT AND THEY'RE AVAILABLE AND THEY'RE RESPONSIVE.
SO PLEASE PASS ALONG ALL OUR THANKS ON BEHALF OF THAT.
AND THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU AND DEPUTY CHIEFS ARE DOING AS WELL.
YOU CAN REALLY FEEL IT IN IN BRIDGE PARK.
YOU CAN, YOU CAN FEEL THAT IT'S A GETTING TO BE A SAFER PLACE.
PEOPLE ARE SLOWING DOWN AND IT'S, UM, I, I THINK IT'S PALATABLE.
THANK YOU FOR ALL THE FEEDBACK.
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THIS BRINGS US TO THE STAFF COMMENTS PORTION OF OUR AGENDA.I'LL TURN IT OVER TO OUR CITY MANAGER STAFF COMMENTS.
GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
I HAVE TWO ITEMS TO SHARE THIS EVENING.
THE FIRST BEING, I'D LIKE TO THANK OUR DEVELOPMENT STAFF, NAMELY MITCH AMIT, FOR WORKING WITH CLB RESTAURANTS TO FACILITATE DISCUSSIONS WITH HISTORIC DISTRICT BUSINESS OWNERS TO BRING BACK A DISTRICT-WIDE VALET PARKING SERVICE.
CLB RESTAURANTS HAS THE LEAD ROLE IN THAT, AND THEY ARE CONTRACTING WITH A VENDOR TO PROVIDE VALET PARKING SERVICES ON WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY, AND SATURDAY EVENINGS FROM FOUR 30 UNTIL 10:00 PM THE VALET SHED THAT IS DESIGNATED FOR VEHICLE DROP OFF AND QUEUING IS LOCATED AT THE BRI HIGH SQUARE DEVELOPMENT ON THE EAST SIDE OF DARBY STREET.
AND VEHICLES WILL BE PARKED BY VALETS AT THE INDIAN RUN MUNICIPAL PARKING LOT, UTILIZING THOSE PUBLIC PARKING SPACES AS IN THE PAST, THIS SERVICE AVAILABLE TO ANY VEHICLE PRESENTED FOR PARKING, REGARDLESS OF THE DRIVER'S VEHICLE OR THE DRIVER'S DESTINATION WITHIN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT.
SO STAFF WILL MONITOR THE SUCCESS OF THE VALLEY PARKING OPERATIONS AS THEY PROGRESS.
AND THEN, LAST BUT NOT LEAST, AND IN THE SPIRIT OF, UM, INTRODUCING COUNCIL TO NEW TEAM MEMBERS, I'D LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE NEW TEAM MEMBER, AND THAT IS MIKE BARKER.
MIKE JOINS THE TEAM AS DEPUTY CITY MANAGER OVERSEEING DUBLIN'S CRITICAL DAILY OPERATIONS AND SERVICES, INCLUDING ENGINEERING, PUBLIC SERVICE, FLEET AND FACILITIES, TRANSPORTATION, MOBILITY AND ASSET MANAGEMENT.
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HOLDS AN MBA AS WELL AS A BACHELOR OF CIVIL ENGINEERING AND BRINGS A WEALTH OF EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE TO THE CITY.HE PREVIOUSLY SERVED OVER A DECADE WITH THE CITY OF NEW ALBANY, WHERE HE HAS HELD PROGRESSIVELY RESPONSIBLE MANAGEMENT POSITIONS AND HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL, INSTRUMENTAL IN OVERSEEING MAJOR CRITICAL AREAS OF MUNICIPAL SERVICES.
MOST RECENTLY, HE SERVED AS PUBLIC SERVICE DIRECTOR.
HIS CAREER HAS ALSO INCLUDED SERVICE WITH THE CITY OF WESTERVILLE AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC SEC SECTOR.
UM, SO HIS EXPERIENCE AND DEDICATION TO PUBLIC SERVICE MAKE HIM AN EXCELLENT ADDITION TO DUBLIN'S LEADERSHIP TEAM, AND WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE HIM ON BOARD.
SO PLEASE HELP US WELCOME MIKE.
HI, THAT'S ALL I HAVE THIS EVENING.
[Ms. Kramb – Washington Township]
YOU.UH, WE DO HAVE ONE LIAISON REPORT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CRAM FOR WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP.
AT LAST I ATTENDED A MEETING LAST WEEK, SO IT WAS JANUARY 28TH.
THE TRUSTEES PASSED A RESOLUTION DECLARING THAT THE TOWNSHIP'S INTENT TO PLACE A RENEWAL LEVY ON THE MAY 6TH PRIMARY ELECTION BALLOT.
SO I JUST WANTED EVERYONE TO KNOW THIS IS A RENEWAL OF AN FIVE YEAR OPERATING LEVY, AN EXISTING FIVE YEAR, SO THEY JUST WANNA RENEW IT.
UM, AND THE VOTERS HAVE PASSED THIS EVERY FIVE YEARS SINCE 2010.
SO, UH, IT'S GONNA BE BACK ON THE BALLOT IN MAY.
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COUNCIL ROUNDTABLE.I'LL STICK WITH YOU, AMY, WHILE YOU'RE THERE.
I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD FOR ROUND TABLE SINCE WE JUST MET LAST WEEKEND.
UM, JUST QUICKLY, UM, ROUNDTABLE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO THINK ABOUT A COUPLE OF THINGS MAYBE FOR A PUBLIC PUBLIC SERVICES COMMITTEE.
UM, I'M SO GLAD TO HEAR THAT WE HAVE VALET BACK, UH, IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT 'CAUSE IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
AND AFTER THE CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD, UM, AT OUR LAST MEETING CONCERNING RIVERSIDE CROSSING PARK AND THE LACK OF POSSIBLY PARKING, AS WE GET THAT PARK UP AND RUNNING, I'M WONDERING IF IT WOULDN'T BE WORTH PUBLIC SERVICE DISCUSSION.
UM, AND IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE IN PUBLIC SERVICES, IT COULD BE IN COMMUNITY, THE COMMUNITY SERVICES, BUT, UM, MAYBE GIVING SOME THOUGHT TO HOW WE GET EASY DESTINATIONS TO, UM, THAT NOT ONLY THE HISTORIC DISTRICT, BUT EVEN MAYBE OVER TO BRIDGE PARK, MAYBE WHEN METRO PLACE GETS DEVELOPED, HOW WE GET EASE EASILY, UM, FROM ONE DESTINATION TO ANOTHER FOR EVERYONE.
WHETHER THAT'S VALET, WHETHER THAT'S A CONNECTOR, A TROLLEY, I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, BUT I DO THINK AS WE, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE GROW METRO PLACE AND THIS BECOMES A DISTRICT THAT MOVES MAYBE A, A MILE OR SO FROM ONE END TO THE OTHER, THEN NOW'S THE TIME TO THINK ABOUT WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE.
AND I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, BUT I DO KNOW THAT VALET IS REALLY GONNA BE HELPFUL FOR PEOPLE AS THOSE PARKING GARAGES GET FILLED UP AND DISTANCES TO WALK ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER GETS A LITTLE LONGER.
SO, UM, I'M JUST THROWING THAT OUT THERE AS A POSSIBILITY.
I KNOW PUBLIC SERVICES, UM, HASN'T REALLY HAD A LOT ON THEIR AGENDA LATELY, BUT, UM, MAYBE THINKING ABOUT THE FUTURE OF EASY MOBILITY AND DESTINATION MAKING IN, UH, THIS AREA MIGHT BE A GOOD DISCUSSION.
I'D LIKE TO HEAR YOUR FEEDBACK ON THAT.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE FOR ROUND TABLE? NOPE, THAT'S IT, JOHN.
UM, YEAH, I JUST WANT TO, UH, THANK THE CHIEF FOR THE, UH, COMPREHENSIVE, UM, POLICE REPORT AND THANK YOU FOR DEVELOPING THE, THE BDU BECAUSE, UM, ANY COMMERCIAL AREA THAT IT'S FAILED HAS FAILED BECAUSE OF SAFETY AND YOU GETTING AHEAD OF THAT AND PROTECTING OUR CITY AND OUR INVESTMENT IS, IS PRETTY FANTASTIC.
AND CONGRATULATIONS TO THE ON THE IEDC FOR A, A, UH, DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
AND, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF JENNY, WERE YOU ABLE TO GET THE SLIDES UP NOW? OKAY, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT LATER.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MAYBE AN ORDINANCE, UH, ADDITION, ADDING GREEN ROOFS, NOT TO PLANTS, BUT JUST SOMETHING INEXPENSIVE.
WE GOT A COUPLE SLIDES TO SHOW YOU SOME TIME ON THAT.
SO WE MAYBE, MAYBE CHANGE OUR, UH, PERHAPS WORKS COMMERCIAL ZONING, SOMETHING.
SO SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE READ THAT, UH, DUBLIN WAS RECENTLY RANKED AMONG THE FASTEST GROWING WEALTHY CITIES.
I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I'M SUPER EXCITED ABOUT
SO WE HAVE OUR WORK CUT OUT FOR US.
UM, UH, I WAS GOING TO, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM MUST BE OFF ECONOMIC DEVELOPING, SO, UM, UH, CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM.
THEY'RE SO BUSY THAT, UM, THAT'S, THAT'S NOT EASY TO GET THAT LEVEL OF ACCREDITATION.
UM, AND SO, UH, CONGRATULATIONS
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TO THEM.WE HOPE WE DIDN'T SCARE YOU OFF AFTER OUR FIRST MEETING.
THEY'RE ALWAYS THIS SHORT, USUALLY DONE BY EIGHT.
UM, BUT WELCOME
WE'RE GLAD YOU'RE HERE AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR INSIGHTS AND EXPERTISE AND TEAMWORK.
AND, UH, WE APPRECIATE, UM, YOUR, UM, COMING TO DUBLIN.
SO WELCOME, UH, ON, ON FRIDAY, UH, THE 31ST.
WE, UH, HOSTED THE COLUMBUS IMPACT ACADEMY HERE IN THIS ROOM.
SO I JUST WANNA THANK THE TEAM FOR PUTTING THAT PRESENTATION TOGETHER.
WE HAD A, A NUMBER OF FOLKS COME AND, UM, THEY WANTED TO TALK ABOUT LEADERSHIP AND, AND WE TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLAIN TO THEM HOW WE LEAD AS A CITY AND, UH, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IN OUR REGION.
AND SO THANKS TO KENDALL AND ALL OF THE STAFF THAT CAME AND PARTICIPATED, UM, I'M, I THINK THAT IT WAS A, A, A REALLY GOOD EXERCISE AND I HOPE, HOPEFULLY THE PEOPLE FELT, UM, THAT DUBLIN IS A PLACE THAT YOU CAN LOOK TO FOR LEADERSHIP AND IT'S A MODEL OF LEADERSHIP, UM, IN OUR REGION AS WELL.
UH, I TOO WOULD LIKE TO THANK MIKE FOR COMING.
UH, WE HAVE LONG AWAITED YOUR ARRIVAL AND WE ARE SO GLAD THAT YOU'RE HERE AND, UM, WE JUST LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR LEADERSHIP AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONTINUED IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE, THAT WE ARE ALWAYS COMMITTED TO IN THIS COMMITTEE, IN THIS CITY, UM, TO CONTINUE MOVING FORWARD.
SO, UM, IF THERE IS NOTHING FURTHER, WE WILL STAND ADJOURNED.