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[CALL TO ORDER]
AND WELCOME TO THE TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18TH, 2025.UM, JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL A ROLE VICE MAYOR LUDO.
CHRISTINA, WOULD YOU LIKE TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE? OKAY.
[Joel R. Campbell Recognition - Dublin Mayor's Court]
THIS EVENING WE HAVE A COUPLE OF SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS AND WE'RE GOING TO START WITH, UH, RECOGNITION OF JOEL CAMPBELL.SO JOEL, IF YOU'LL MEET ME RIGHT THERE.
WELL, FIRST I'M GONNA HAND THIS TO YOU.
IT'S, UH, REALLY ON BEHALF OF THE CITY AND ALL OF CITY COUNCIL IS A SMALL TOKEN OF OUR APPRECIATION FOR YOUR TIME AS OUR MAYOR'S COURT JUDGE.
AND I HAVE SOME THINGS I WOULD LIKE TO READ ABOUT YOUR TIME WITH US.
SO TONIGHT WE HAVE A VERY SPECIAL PRESENTATION, UM, TO BESTOW OUR OUTGOING MAGISTRATE, JOEL CAMPBELL, UH, WHO ALSO HAPPENS TO BE THE FIRST PERSON THAT EVER SERVED IN THIS ROLE.
AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, JOEL HAS BEEN A LONG AND DEDICATED MEMBER OF OUR DUBLIN COMMUNITY.
HE HAS SERVED TWO TERMS ON DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL AS MAYOR FROM 1994 TO 96, AS WELL AS ON THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, BOARD OF ZONING, APPEALS, PARKS AND RECREATION COMMITTEE AND COMMUNITY PLAN STEERING COMMITTEE.
HE'S REALLY DONE JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING HE COULD POSSIBLY DO.
HE HAS BEEN THE GRAND MARSHAL FOR THE DUBLIN INDEPENDENCE DAY PARADE AND CELEBRATION.
IN ADDITION TO ALL THESE SIGNIFICANT VALUED COMMUNITY SERVICE ROLES, JOEL HAS DEDICATED 15 YEARS AS SERVING AS THE CITY OF DUBLIN'S MAGISTRATE OVERSEEING OUR MARIST COURT.
AS NOTED, HE HAS BEEN AN INCREDIBLE ASSET TO OUR COMMUNITY, UH, IN SO MANY WAYS, BUT PERHAPS NONE BETTER IN HIS ROLE AS MAGISTRATE.
MAGISTRATES PLAY A CRUCIAL ROLE IN PER PRESIDING OVER CASES SUCH AS TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS, MISDEMEANORS OF CITY ORDINANCES AND INFRACTIONS, AND ENSURING THAT PROCEEDINGS ARE CONDUCTED FAIRLY AND EFFICIENTLY.
UH, ITS WORK IS ESSENTIAL TO MAINTAINING PUBLIC TRUST, SOMETHING WE TAKE, UH, VERY SERIOUSLY IN THIS COMMUNITY, PROMOTING ACCOUNTABILITY AND SUPPORTING THIS SMOOTH OPERATION OF THE COURT.
PRESIDING OVER COURT PROCEEDINGS IS NOT AN EASY TASK.
UH, THAT'S WHY WE HAVE A MAGISTRATE.
AND IT OFTEN INVOLVES GUIDING INDIVIDUALS THROUGH WHAT MAY BE SOME OF THE MOST DIFFICULT TIMES OF THEIR LIVES.
UH, IT'S JOEL'S EVEN KEELED PERSONA AND HIS ABILITY TO PUT PEOPLE AT EASE WHILE STILL ACKNOWLEDGING THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE TASK AT HAND THAT MAKES HIM SO WELL SUITED FOR THIS POSITION.
IN SHORT, HE HAS THE PERFECT JUDICIAL TEMPERAMENT, AND ABOVE ALL, HE BRINGS PROFESSIONALISM, FAIRNESS, UH, MAKING HIM AN EXEMPLARY, EXEMPLARY JUDGE OVERSEEING THE FRACTIONS OF THE, THE FUNCTIONS OF THE COURT.
SO ON BEHALF OF THIS BODY SITTING HERE, ALL OF YOUR FRIENDS AND LOVED ONES HERE, AND A COMMUNITY AT LARGE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATED SERVICE OF SO MANY YEARS OF BEING OUR MAGISTRATE.
I'LL, OH, HE'S CAN TAKE OUR PICTURE.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS? YEAH, SURE.
I CAN START WITH THE FACT THAT, HERE, I'LL HOLD THIS FOR YOU.
I WAS JUST SAYING TO HER, I WAS ON THE CITY COUNCIL WITH HER DAD AND WE'RE BOTH, BOTH HAVE A FEW MILES ON US SINCE THEN.
BUT IT'S HARD TO KEEP HIM CRIMES ME MORE THAN YOU.
UM, IT'S UNBELIEVABLE HOW FAST TIME GOES.
AND I, FIRST OF ALL, I KNOW A LOT OF YOU OTHER THINGS YOU'RE HERE FOR, AND I APPRECIATE THE FOLKS THAT DID COME FOR, FOR THIS.
AND, UH, IT'S, I'M NOT GONNA TRY TO TAKE A LOT OF TIME 'CAUSE I KNOW THAT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU'RE STARTING TO BECOME THE CITY'S BUSINESS RIGHT HERE BEHIND US.
AND I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY WHO DID COME.
I HAD NO IDEA UNTIL ABOUT 10 MINUTES BEFORE WE WALKED IN
AND, UM, THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY.
AND, AND I, I I, I TELL PEOPLE ALL THE
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TIME, UH, WE LIVE IN ONE OF THE BEST OF, NOT THE BEST, I'M SORRY, COMMUNITIES IN THIS NATION.AND A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT BUILT THAT AND KEEP IT GOING ARE IN THIS ROOM TONIGHT.
AND I, I APPRECIATE THOSE WHO MADE THE TRIP BECAUSE ANYWAY, WE GO INTO OVER THE YEARS, TO THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES AND PLACES LIKE THAT, AND WE SEE OTHER COMMUNITIES.
EVERY TIME I LEAN THOSE, LEAVE THOSE, I'M THANKFUL I'M COMING BACK HERE AND, UH, I APPRECIATE THAT ALL OF YOU CAME HERE TONIGHT.
I KNOW THERE'S A NUMBER OF FOLKS THAT, THAT HAD TO COME A LONG WAYS TO GET HERE.
AND, UH, I WANT YOU TO KNOW HOW MUCH IT MEANS TO ME THAT YOU'RE HERE TONIGHT.
AND JOEL'S WIFE, ROBIN IS HERE, AND HIS KIDS ARE HERE WITH HIM AS WELL.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR MAKING THE TRIP LEAVE.
[Chief O'Connell, Washington Township]
UP IS, UH, CHIEF O'CONNELL FROM WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP.UH, COUNCIL MAYOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TONIGHT AND GIMME JUST A MINUTE.
UH, WITH MY PENDING RETIREMENT, I, UH, DIDN'T WANNA MISS THE OPPORTUNITY TO THANK COUNCIL FOR ALL THE SUPPORT THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN ME THROUGH MY 10 YEARS AS BEING CHIEF AND 37 YEARS ON THE DEPARTMENT.
IT'S, UH, UH, OBVIOUSLY AS YOU CAN SEE, THE EMOTION IN JOEL, I FEEL THE SAME WAY.
WHEN YOU THINK OF DUBLIN, YOU THINK OF THE RELATIONSHIPS, YOU THINK OF WHAT COUNCIL HAS DONE FOR US.
AND UH, UNFORTUNATELY, ALL DEPARTMENTS AREN'T LIKE THAT.
THE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CITY.
AND, AND WE'RE BLESSED TO HAVE THAT.
AND WE'RE BLESSED TO HAVE YOU.
AND, AND A LOT OF TIMES WE TALK ABOUT PARTNERSHIPS AND YOU REALLY CAN'T JUDGE A PARTNERSHIP UNTIL YOU GET IN A TOUGH TIME.
AND THEN YOU CAN SEE IF YOU'RE TRULY PARTNERS OR NOT.
AND WE EXPERIENCED THAT WITH COVID AS WITH THE DEPARTMENT THROUGH COVID AS WE ALL EXPERIENCED THAT SO MANY MEMBERS OF COUNCIL REACHED OUT TO, TO ME, ASKING TO DO THINGS.
THEY MADE MASKS FOR THE, FOR THE DEPARTMENT.
IT WAS A TIME WE NEEDED 'EM SO MUCH.
AND, AND THEY CAME THROUGH AND IT WAS SUCH A BLESSING.
AND, AND THE, AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS STOOD SIDE BY SIDE WITH US.
AND, AND THEY ARE TRULY A PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION.
I'M INDEBTED TO THE CHIEF AND HIS TEAM IS JUST FANTASTIC.
THEY'VE PROTECTED OUR PEOPLE FOR SO MANY YEARS.
AND, AND I'M SO MUCH APPRECIATIVE OF THAT.
SO, UH, BUT I, I, I'M, I'M BLESSED TO, TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY I'VE HAD HERE AND I APPRECIATE THAT.
BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNEW HOW MUCH I APPRECIATED FOR ME, ALL YOU'VE DONE FOR US IN THIS DEPARTMENT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN BLESSED WITH SU SUCCESS WITH OUR ISO RATING AND OUR ACCREDITATION.
AND, AND THOSE ARE YOUR SUCCESSES JUST AS MUCH AS OURS.
'CAUSE THEY DON'T HAPPEN ALONE.
WE CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE HAVE.
SO, UH, YOU'VE MADE THAT HAPPEN FOR US.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, THANK YOU FOR THAT.
AND I DID WANNA TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO INTRODUCE, UH, CHIEF DONAHUE, IF YOU COULD COME UP.
UH, CHIEF DONAHUE AS YOU MET HIM A WHILE BACK.
HE CAME ON TWO YEARS AGO AS OUR ASSISTANT CHIEF.
HE CAME FROM THE CITY OF DELAWARE, 16 YEARS AS THE CHIEF SPECTACULAR GUY.
UH, AND HE WILL TAKE OVER AS A CHIEF AND I KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO HIM TO BUILD THE RELATIONSHIPS WITH YOU.
'CAUSE HE DID THAT WITH COUNCIL IN DELAWARE.
AND IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE THOSE RELATIONSHIPS.
AND, UH, UH, THOUGH YOU HAVE BEEN LEADERS IN THE COMMUNITY AND MADE THIS A TREMENDOUS TOWN, EASY TO SET A, A HIGH STANDARD FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THAT'S WHAT YOU SET, SET FOR, FOR THE CITY.
SO WE ARE VERY BLESSED THERE, AND I KNOW HE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO CHIEF DONAHUE.
I THINK HE HAS A COUPLE WORDS TO SAY.
UH, I JUST WANNA, FIRST OF ALL, THANK, UH, CHIEF O'CONNELL FOR THE PAST, UH, TWO YEARS.
AND, UH, CERTAINLY BEEN, UH, TWO OF THE BEST YEARS OF, UH, MY PROFESSION, UH, UH, WORKING HERE AT THE CITY OF DUBLIN AS WELL AS WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP.
AND AS, UH, CHIEF O'CONNELL, UH, MENTION, UH, OUR DEPARTMENT HAS A STRONG RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CITY OF DUBLIN.
AND, UH, I'VE SEEN THAT WORKING WITH THE GREAT STAFF THAT YOU HAVE HERE, WORKING AND SEEING THE COUNCIL OUT ON THE STREETS, UH, UH, DOING WHAT THEY DO, UH, TO MAKE THIS A GREAT COMMUNITY.
AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING THE TRADITION THAT WE HAVE ALL, UH, HAD CONTINUING THE GREAT PROFESSIONAL, UH, UH, SERVICE THAT WE PROVIDE TO OUR COMMUNITY.
SO IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT CITY COUNCIL NEEDS, UH, THE CITY MANAGER
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OR CITY STAFF NEEDS, PLEASE, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT AND LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING OUR GREAT, UH, PROFESSIONAL SERVICE.WELL, VERY GOOD CHIEF, WE, WE CAN'T LET YOU GO THAT EASY.
THERE'S A BIT OF A THEME TONIGHT OF PEOPLE, UH, TRANSITIONING IN INTO, UH, INTO OTHER SPACES AND, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE WE'VE SEEN IN COUNCIL HERE AND YOU HAVE, UH, SET UP THE, YOUR DEPARTMENT FOR SUCH GREAT SUCCESS.
SO AMY'S GOT A FEW WORDS FOR YOU, AND WE JUST APPRECIATE WHO YOU'VE BEEN TO US AND THE WAY THAT YOU HAVE CARED FOR US AND THE WAY THAT YOU, YOU'VE LED A DEPARTMENT THAT SHOWS UP ON EVERYONE'S WORST DAY.
SO TONIGHT ON BEHALF OF CITY COUNCIL, I HAVE, I'VE MADE A COUPLE NOTES HERE,
AND JUST TO LET EVERYONE KNOW, HE HAS BEEN OUR CHIEF SINCE 2014, BUT HE HAS SERVED ON WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP FIRE FOR THIR OVER 33 YEARS.
I HAD IN MY NOTES THAT YOU STARTED AS A PART-TIME FIREFIGHTER AND WORKED YOUR WAY UP.
SO HE'S CERTAINLY SEEN OUR CITY GROW AND IT'S IN NO SMALL PART TO YOU THAT WE HAVE OUR ISO AND OUR ACCREDITATIONS.
AND FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS, I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING THE LIAISON TO THE TOWNSHIP.
AND DURING THAT TIME, I HAVE SEEN YOUR PASSION FOR SERVICE AND YOUR DEDICATION TO THIS COMMUNITY.
YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN WELCOMING AND PROFESSIONAL, AND YOU CERTAINLY SET AN EXAMPLE FOR ALL.
WE HAVE BIG SHOES TO FILL HERE.
UH, YOU WILL BE MISSED, BUT YOUR RETIREMENT IS WELL EARNED.
AND WE HAVE A COUNCIL GOT YOU.
A LITTLE TOKEN OF THINGS HERE.
SOME DUBLIN, SOME DUBLIN GOODIES.
SO MAYBE PERHAPS TRUSTEE KRAN STUBER COULD COME FORWARD AND YOU ALL CAN GET A PICTURE HERE.
CHUCK, YOU WANNA COME FORWARD IN THE PICTURE? THANK YOU, CHIEF.
[Great Blue Heron Award - Franklin Soil & Water Conservation District]
OUR NEXT UP FOR OUR PRESENTATION WILL, WILL BE THE GREAT BLUE HERON AWARD, UH, JENNIFER FISH FROM THE FRANKLIN SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COME FORWARD.I AM JENNIFER FISH DIRECTOR WITH THE FRANKLIN SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT.
AND FRANKLIN SOLE WATER IS THE HUB OF NATURAL RESOURCE CONSERVATION IN FRANKLIN COUNTY.
I AM VERY EXCITED HERE TO RECOGNIZE AN IMPORTANT PARTNER OF OURS, UM, ALONG WITH CITY DUBLIN.
UM, IS BARBARA RAY, WHO IS WITH THE IN CHARGE OF THE NATURE EDUCATION PROGRAM IN DUBLIN.
AS YOU ALREADY KNOW, UM, HAS A ROBUST NATURE EDUCATION PROGRAM SPEARHEADED BY A KIND AND PASSIONATE ONE OF A KIND PERSON.
BARBARA RAY, THE CITY GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND TO PROTECT THEIR NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE.
THEY WORK CLOSELY WITH SCHOOLS FRANKLIN SOIL, WATER, THE, AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO EDUCATE ITS RESIDENTS AND STUDENTS THROUGH SCHOOL PROGRAMS, SCHOOL AND PUBLIC PROGRAMS. UM, BARBARA WAS TELLING ME THAT LAST YEAR SHE REACHED A COUPLE THOUSAND PEOPLE A YEAR, AND SHE REALLY STRIVES TO GET THEM OUTSIDE INTO NATURE.
SO DOING MICRO VERTEBRATES IN THE STREAMS, UM, GETTING OUTDOORS AND LOOKING AT, UM, WILDLIFE HABITAT.
SHE ALSO HAS DEVELOPED OVER 40 HELP SHEETS FOR RESIDENTS SO THAT THEY HAVE INFORMATION AND FINGERTIPS, UM, INFORMATION AT THEIR FINGERTIPS, UM, SO THAT THEY KNOW HOW TO DEAL WITH THOSE, UM, INTERACTIONS WITH WILDLIFE.
UM, AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW IN THE CENTRAL OHIO AREA, BARBARA IN THE NATURE EDUCATION PROGRAM PROVIDE INFORMATION ON RESIDENTS CAN DO TO BALANCE DEVELOPMENT WITH NATURE AND PROVIDE INFORMATION AND RESOURCES FOR MANAGING WILDLIFE INTERACTIONS.
UM, ONE OF THE OTHER EXAMPLES, UM, THAT WE WERE EXCITED TO SEE IS THE OUTDOOR FEED ORDINANCE THAT SHE WORKED ON IN 2023, WHICH PROHIBITS THE FEEDING OF WILDLIFE ON PRIVATE AND PUBLIC PROPERTY, UM, WITH THE EXCEPTIONS OF BIRD FEEDERS AND PETS.
THIS ORDINANCE PROMOTES EDUCATION AND PROTECTS WILDLIFE FROM HUMAN INTERFERENCE, WHICH PROTECTS THE WILDLIFE AND THE ECOSYSTEM OF THE STE RIVER WATERSHED.
FRANKLIN SOIL WATER WORKS CLOSELY WITH BARBARA TO PROMOTE STORMWATER
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AND WATER QUALITY INFORMATION BY PROVIDING INFORMATION TO RESIDENTS AND ALSO PROVIDING INCENTIVES FOR RESIDENTS TO DO STEAM STREAM BUFFERS, PLANT NATIVE PLANTS, RAIN GARDENS, AND OTHER ACTIONS ON THEIR PROPERTY TO PROTECT OUR NATURAL RESOURCES AND WATER QUALITY.SO WE ARE VERY THRILLED, UM, TO WORK WITH BARBARA AND SHE WAS NOMINATED FOR THE GREAT BLUE HERON AWARD AND IT WAS APPROVED BY OUR BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
AND I WANTED TO INVITE BARBARA TO COME UP TO ACCEPT THE AWARD.
DID YOU WANNA SAY ANYTHING? SHE WAS GONNA SAY A COUPLE.
SO OF COURSE, IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO WORK IN THE CITY OF DUBLIN WITH ALL OF OUR WONDERFUL COLLABORATORS, UH, TO BE ABLE TO PURSUE MY PASSION OF, UH, PROTECTING WILDLIFE AND HABITATS AND INTERPRETING SUCH FOR OUR RESIDENTS.
MY, MY ADVENTURE STARTED WHEN I WAS FOUR YEARS OLD RESCUING ANIMALS IN CALIFORNIA, AND I KNEW I WAS GONNA BE DOING SOMETHING LIKE THAT, UH, TO HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WILDLIFE A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
SO IT'S, UH, CERTAINLY AN HONOR TO BE, UH, RECEIVING AN AWARD FOR, FOR WORK THAT'S REALLY DOESN'T SEEM LIKE WORK AT ALL.
SO, UM, I THINK ABOUT OUR GREAT CONSERVATIONIST AND NATURALIST JOHN MUIR AND HIS WORDS INTO THE FOREST.
I GO TO LOSE MY MIND AND SAVE MY SOUL.
WELL, CONGRATULATIONS BARBARA, AND THANK YOU, UM, DIRECTOR FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO AT THE FRANKLIN COUNTY SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION.
CERTAINLY IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS IMPORTANT TO US HERE IN THE COMMUNITY AND, UH, WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU DO.
[CITIZEN COMMENTS]
ON OUR AGENDA IS CITIZEN COMMENTS.THIS IS, UH, AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ANY CITIZEN TO COMMENT ON ANY ITEM THAT IS NOT ON THIS EVENING'S AGENDA.
AND I BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE, UH, ONE INDIVIDUAL SIGNED IN FIRST.
YES, MAYOR ANDREW CROCKETT HAS SIGNED IN.
IF YOU COULD PLEASE COME FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS INTO THE RECORD AND THE MICROPHONE IS ON THERE.
ANDREW CROCKETT, 3 8 40 SUMMIT VIEW ROAD, DUBLIN, OHIO 4 3 0 1 6.
UM, THERE ARE THREE THINGS THAT AREN'T ON THE AGENDA THAT HAVE SORT OF BEEN ON MY MIND FOR A WHILE.
SO ONE, A FEW YEARS AGO WHEN THEY REPAVED THE BIKE PATHS, THEY GOT RID OF THE BALLARDS THAT PROTECTED THE BIKE PATHS FROM VEHICLES GOING DOWN THEM LAST TIME ON THE CITY COUNCIL, AS WE WERE GETTING READY TO COME OVER, WE ACTUALLY SAW A CAR GOING DOWN THE BIKE PATH TO CUT THROUGH EMERALD FIELDS AND COME OUT ONTO SUMMIT VIEW ROAD.
THAT'S WHERE THERE USED TO BE A BALLARD.
THERE ALSO USED TO BE ONE RIGHT THERE BY THE, UH, BATHROOMS UP AT THE NORTH END.
AND ON A ROUTINE BASIS, I SEE CARS GOING DOWN THERE ALL THE TIME UP TO THAT SHELTER HOUSE.
AND FOR ME, THAT'S A SAFETY ISSUE.
'CAUSE COMING AROUND THAT TURN, YOU DON'T SEE THE KIDS ON THEIR BIKES.
I'M JUST CURIOUS, IS THERE A REASON WHY THERE AREN'T BALLARDS ANYMORE? UM, THERE ARE STILL SOME IN OTHER PLACES, JUST WASN'T SURE IF THAT'S AN ISSUE THAT CAN BE ADDRESSED AND MAYBE HAVE THEM BROUGHT BACK.
UM, SECOND THING, I KNOW THE CITY STAFF MADE A PLAN.
WE ARE TALKING AFTER THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING THAT SOME OF US BELIEVE THAT EVERY TIME THAT SOMETHING CHANGES LIKE A DEVELOPER COMES IN, THERE SHOULD BE AT LEAST ONE PUBLIC HEARING BECAUSE IF THE PLAN WAS MADE 10 YEARS AGO, THE PLAN'S STILL EFFECTIVE, BUT THAT MEANS NOBODY REALLY HAS A SAY ON IT.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'D TAKE TO SAY, HEY, BY THE WAY, HERE'S THE PLAN.
THESE 15 PLACES CAN BUILD IN THAT AREA, BUT THERE SHOULD STILL BE AT LEAST ONE PUBLIC HEARING.
THAT WAY PEOPLE CAN PUT THEIR INPUT ON IT.
BECAUSE IF IT'S JUST ON THE PLAN, IT'S ONE OF THE 15 THINGS THAT'S APPROVED AS RIGHT NOW.
THERE'S NO PUBLIC HEARING, THERE'S NO PUBLIC COMMENT OR CONCERN.
UM, AND THE LAST ONE, AFTER THE LAST MEETING, I THINK IT SHOULD BE THAT CITY COUNCIL PLANNING AND ZONING OR ANY ANYBODY ELSE WHO MAKES A VOTE ON A PROPERTY SHOULD ACTUALLY HAVE TO VISIT THE PROPERTY AT LEAST ONCE.
UM, I KNOW THAT I THINK P AND Z SEES FOUR TO SIX PROPERTIES THAT EVERY WEEK THAT THEY TALK ABOUT, WELL, THEY ONLY VOTE SOMETIMES THAT WEEK, 'CAUSE SOMETIMES TWO WEEKS LATER.
SO I UNDERSTAND IT'D BE A VISIT, BUT IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MAKING THINGS BETTER FOR THE CITY, I THINK THAT EVERY ON THE COUNCIL WHO'S VOTING SHOULD HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT THAT PROPERTY ACTUALLY IS AND NOT JUST LOOKING AT IT ON THE PICTURES.
AND PERHAPS MATT ERMAN CAN MEET YOU OUT.
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DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION AND HE CAN HELP EXPLAIN THE BALLARD, UH, MAYBE, UH, WHAT'S HAPPENED THERE.SO, AND WE WILL GET YOU INFORMATION ON THE PUBLIC MEETINGS HELD PRIOR TO, UH, ENVISION DUBLIN RELEASE.
UM, I THINK THAT WE CAN REACH OUT WITH A SCHEDULE OF THE MEETINGS THAT TOOK PLACE THERE.
UM, AND IN YOUR LAST QUESTION, WE'LL ASK LEGAL TO GO AHEAD AND, AND PIN IN ON THAT AS WELL.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BRINGING YOUR THOUGHTS FORWARD.
ANYONE ELSE PRESENT THIS EVENING THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM? NOT ON THIS EVENING'S AGENDA.
[CONSENT AGENDA]
MOVE ANY ITEM FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA? HEARING NONE, I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? MS. OSA? YES.
[Ordinance 03-25 (Amended)]
TO THE SECOND READING, PUBLIC HEARING PORTION OF OUR AGENDA, ORDINANCES.ORDINANCE ZERO THREE DASH TWO FIVE, AMENDED REZONING APPROXIMATELY 0.87 ACRES LOCATED AT 3 8 3 8 SUMMIT VIEW ROAD FROM R ONE RESTRICTED SUBURBAN RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT TO SO SUBURBAN OFFICE AND INSTITUTIONAL DISTRICT.
AND OUR STAFF REPORT WILL BE BY ZACH KAL.
AND GOOD EVENING MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
UH, JUST TO REORGANIZE OURSELVES WITH THIS, UH, THE SITE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT TONIGHT IS HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW ON YOUR SCREEN.
IT'S ABOUT 0.87 ACRES IN SIZE AND ZONED R ONE.
UH, THE PROPERTY OWNER OWNS BOTH OF THESE PARCELS.
THE ONE THIS PARCEL AND THEN THE PARCEL AT THE INTERSECTION OF SAWMILL ROAD AND SOME OF YOU.
AND THAT WENT FOR REZONING BACK IN 2017 TO GO FROM R ONE TO, SO, UM, SEVERAL THINGS THAT WE HEARD AT THE LAST MEETING THAT WE WANTED TO PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON, AND THAT WAS PROVIDED IN YOUR MEMO, BUT I'LL DO A BRIEF OVERVIEW HERE AS WELL.
UM, THE STANDARD REZONING PROCESS WAS ONE QUESTION AND JUST HOW THAT OPERATED FOR THIS.
UM, THERE ARE NO DEFINED SET OF CRITERIA FOR A STANDARD ZONING, UH, REZONING PROCESS AS LISTED IN THE CODE OF ORDINANCES.
SO, UH, IT IS LEGAL RECOMMENDATION, THE RE LEGAL RECOMMENDATION TO RELY ON THE ENVISION DOUBLING COMMUNITY PLAN RECOMMENDATIONS, WHICH PROVIDES A LOT OF GREAT, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, FOR LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS, UH, IN THAT SORT.
SO THAT IS, UM, USING ENVISION DOUBLING AS A GUIDE.
IT SERVES AS A PRACTICAL TOOL TO GUIDE ZONING DECISIONS AND DISPEL ANY ALLEGATIONS FOR POTENTIAL ARBITRARY DECISION MAKING.
UH, ADDITIONALLY, THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO DEPART FROM THAT PLAN.
UM, THE DECISION WOULD NOT AND PROVIDING THESE CONSIDERATIONS ARE FOLLOWED, AND SOME OF THOSE ARE LISTED ON THE SCREEN, UH, INCLUDING AVAILABILITY OF PUBLIC UTILITIES, IMPACTS ON TRAFFIC TO THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBOR OR, UH, ROAD NETWORKS COMPATIBILITY PERMIT USES TO ADJACENT, UH, NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND THEN ALSO CONSIDERING THE MOST INTENSE PERMIT USE FOR THE PROPOSED DISTRICT.
UH, A FEW TOPICS, UH, REGARDING TRAFFIC ACCESS AND UTILITIES.
UH, WITH STANDARD REZONINGS TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDIES ARE NOT REQUIRED.
THOSE ARE TYPICALLY ONLY APPLICABLE WITH PUDS OR REZONINGS EXCEEDING, UH, FUTURE LAND USE RECOMMENDATIONS.
UH, ACCESS, VEHICULAR ACCESS TO THE SITE IS, CAN SOLELY BE PROVIDED FROM SUMMIT V ROAD.
A SAWMILL, UH, WOULD REQUIRE APPROVAL THROUGH THE CITY OF COLUMBUS AS THAT IS THEIR JURISDICTION.
AND THEN UTILITIES ARE NOT READILY AVAILABLE TODAY AT THE SITE IN TERMS OF STORM STORMWATER AND SANITARY SEWER.
IT'S THE CITY'S ANTICIPATION THAT THOSE WOULD BE DEVELOPMENT DRIVEN EXTENSIONS IN THE FUTURE, SHOULD WE GET PROPOSALS IN THIS AREA.
AND THEN FINALLY, UH, THE LAST TOPIC IS AROUND COMPLETE NEIGHBORHOODS.
THIS IS A, A NEWER TOPIC THAT WAS INTRODUCED WITHIN VISION DUBLIN IN CHAPTER FIVE, WHICH IS THE HOUSING AND NEIGHBORHOODS SECTION.
AND THIS IS A CONCEPT THAT WAS INTRODUCED TO, UH, PROVIDE MORE NODES THROUGHOUT THE CITY IN DIFFERENT ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOODS FOR COMMERCIAL AND SERVICE, UM, AMENITIES THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO SERVE THOSE EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS THAT MAYBE AREN'T CURRENTLY SERVED, UH, TODAY.
SO THE INTENT OF THIS IS TO PROVIDE THOSE ESSENTIAL AMENITIES TO ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR RESIDENTS, UM, AND THEN ALSO CONTRIBUTING TO THE EXISTING CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
THE INTENT WAS NEVER TO, UH, PUT SOMETHING LIKE A DOWNTOWN IN THESE AREAS, BUT JUST TO PROVIDE, UM, SOME CHARACTER, UM, SENSITIVE NOS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
UH, SO FOR THIS AREA, IT IS A LOT OF LARGE LOT SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
AND THEN SOME OF YOU WROTE IS LARGELY ALSO A RURAL AND SUBURBAN CHARACTER, AND YOU, YOU DO VIEW THAT AS YOU GO UP AND DOWN THIS ROAD AND SEE A LOT OF THESE ESTABLISHED SINGLE FAMILY LOTS.
SO THAT'S THE BASIS BEHIND, UH, THE, THE MIXED USE NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, USE THAT IS LISTED, UH, AS A BRIEF SUMMARY, THE FIT LAND USE PLAN, UH, AS UPDATED
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WITH THE PREVIOUS ENVISION DUBLIN UPDATE, UH, CALLS FOR THIS AREA TO BE FUTURE OR MIXED USE NEIGHBORHOOD.UH, SHOULD THIS AREA DEVELOP IN THE FUTURE.
UH, THE INTENT FOR THAT IS NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES LOCATED IN NEAR EXISTING AND FUTURE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE WALKABLE, AUTO ACCESSIBLE AND SCALED TO NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND SOME OF THOSE INTENDED USES ARE LISTED ON YOUR SCREEN FOR REFERENCE AS WELL.
UH, SO THE REQUEST IS FOR THE SITE TO GO FROM R ONE TO, SO THE PERMANENT AND CONDITIONAL USES ARE LISTED ON YOUR SCREEN.
UM, AGAIN, WITH THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS AND THIS BEING A STANDARD DISTRICT, UH, DEVELOPMENT WOULD NOT BE REQUIRED TO GO TO PLANNING COMMISSION IF IT MEETS THE PERMITTED USES, BUT ALSO THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.
ANY SORT OF, UH, PUBLIC REVIEWING PROCESS WOULD BE THROUGH VARIANCES TO THESE REQUIREMENTS.
UH, WITH THAT STAFF HAD REVIEWED THIS CRITERIA, PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL ON JANUARY 9TH, AND STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE ORDINANCE TONIGHT.
MORE THAN 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? BRUCE, DO YOU HAVE YES, WE HAVE TWO INDIVIDUALS THAT SIGNED UP.
IF YOU WOULD PLEASE COME FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND I'M GOOD.
IF YOU'D PLEASE COME FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS INTO THE RECORD.
IS AGREED? YEP, YOU'RE ALL SET.
I LIVE IN DUBLIN, 6 5 1 6, UH, ENTRE PLACE, DUBLIN, OHIO.
I AM ONE OF THE PRINCIPLES OF THE APPLICANT.
UM, WE BOUGHT, AS I STATED LAST TIME, THE THE TWO LOTS TOGETHER.
WE INTEND TO DEVELOP THOSE LOTS TOGETHER UNLESS WE'RE FORCED TO DEVELOP ONE OF THE LOTS.
UH, SIX WEEKS AGO WHEN I WAS HERE IN FRONT OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, THERE WAS A GENTLEMAN SITTING IN THE FRONT ROW.
HE WAS DISCUSSING ANOTHER PROPERTY, UH, BETWEEN HILLIARD AND DUBLIN.
HE SAID HE LIKED DUBLIN BECAUSE DUBLIN MADE A PLAN AND STUCK TO IT.
DUBLIN MAKES A PLAN AND STICKS TO IT.
HERE THERE IS A COMMUNITY PLAN.
DUBLIN, DUBLIN ENVISIONED COMMUNITY PLAN.
THERE WAS A GREAT AMOUNT OF DISCOURSE BY THIS COUNCIL, BY THE COMMISSION, AND BY VARIOUS OTHER, UH, ENTITIES, UH, IN DUBLIN.
WE WAITED FOR THE PLAN TO BE APPROVED.
SUBSEQUENTLY, WE MADE AN APPLICATION FOR A ZONING CHANGE CONSISTENT WITH THAT PLAN.
UH, WE SEEK TO HAVE THE PROPERTY ONE OF THE TWO LOTS ONCE ALREADY BEEN CHANGED, AS YOU KNOW, UH, CHANGED FROM RESIDENTIAL TO SUBURBAN OFFICE.
WE THINK THE, WE STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT THE ZONING CHANGE SHOULD BE GRANTED.
A NUMBER OF ISSUES WERE BROUGHT UP BY THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TWO WEEKS AGO.
UH, THE CURRENT HOUSE THERE HAS A BARN BEHIND IT.
I STORE A LOT OF STUFF AT THE BARN.
I GO IN AND OUT MAYBE ONCE EVERY TWO, THREE DAYS.
TRAFFIC IS AN ISSUE, NO DOUBT, MOST OF THE TIME WITH MY TRAILER, I'M, I'M ABLE TO BACK OUT WITHOUT AN ISSUE.
TRAFFIC IS, SHOULD NOT BE PROHIBITIVE IN GRANTING THIS CHANGE.
WE'RE SEEKING A CHANGE WHERE THERE MIGHT BE A DAYCARE OR SOMETHING SIMILAR TO IT.
THERE ISN'T GONNA BE A GREAT AMOUNT OF ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC BECAUSE OF THE CHANGE.
CERTAINLY THERE WILL BE ADDED TRAFFIC, BUT AT THAT ARTERY, SO MANY HOUSES FLOW OUT OF THERE THAT THIS REALLY, I GUESS I'M, I'M, I'M EXAGGERATING, BUT IT'S MORE OR LESS A DROP IN THE OCEAN COMPARED TO THE TRAFFIC THERE.
SO IT SHOULDN'T BE PROHIBITIVE.
IN TERMS OF WHETHER YOU GRANT OR DON'T GRANT THIS ZONING CHANGE.
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UH, SPEAKERS BESIDES MYSELF TWO WEEKS AGO.THE CHURCH DID NOT OBJECT TO THE ZONING CHANGE.
THE CHURCH HAD CONCERNS THAT, UH, IN ABOUT A WEEK, ABOUT 10, 15 CARS GO THROUGH THEIR LOT AND TURN AROUND TO GO BACK ONTO SAWMILL.
IF THERE'S ACTUALLY A PARKING LOT ACROSS FROM THE CHURCH AT THE, AT THE, AT THE REQUESTED ZONING CHANGE PROPERTY, THAT MIGHT ACTUALLY ALLEVIATE THAT CONCERN.
THE SECOND WAS BY A MOTHER AND SON.
HE'S THE ADULT SON WHO LIVES WITH HIS MOTHER AT THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTY.
UH, THEY OBJECTED BECAUSE, UH, THEY, THEY THOUGHT THERE'D BE TOO MUCH TRAFFIC THAT RETAIL SHOULD NOT BE THERE.
ONCE AGAIN, SUBURBAN OFFICE, THAT'S THE TITLE OF THE ZONING CHANGE REQUEST THAT DOES NOT HAVE RETAIL IN IT.
WE ARE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING VERY LIGHT LIKE A DAYCARE.
YOU DON'T HAVE TRAFFIC CONSTANTLY COMING IN AND OUT.
YES, YOU MIGHT HAVE 50, 60 KIDS A DAY, 50, 60 PARENTS A DAY COMING IN AND OUT.
BUT THAT'S NOT A GREAT AMOUNT GIVEN THAT SAWMILL IS A BIG ARTERY.
UH, ONE OTHER THING WAS STATED THAT WHAT ABOUT THE CUTOUT? WOULDN'T THAT POSE AN ISSUE? WE WOULD BE WILLING TO CERTAINLY COMBINE THE LOTS.
WE, WE, WE ARE SEEKING TO SELL THE LOTS TOGETHER.
UH, SO WE WOULD CERTAINLY COMBINE THE LOTS.
I I WOULD ASK THIS COUNCIL TO LOOK AT THE OPTION IF THE ZONING CHANGE IS NOT GRANTED AT THAT POINT, THE SISTER LOT, THE SO LOT, THE CORNER LOT, WE'RE PAYING PROPERTY TAXES ON THERE.
WE'RE MAINTAINING THE PROPERTY.
UH, WE DO HAVE TO DO SOMETHING WITH THAT LOT.
IF WE WERE TO MOVE FOR THAT LOT TO BE DEVELOPED BY ITSELF, ALMOST CERTAINLY, AND I AM AN ATTORNEY, IT, IT'S MY OPINION, ALMOST CERTAINLY EITHER COLUMBUS OR DUBLIN OR BOTH, HALF HAVE, WE ARE RIGHT IN AND RIDE OUT OR SOMETHING OF THAT SORT.
WE'LL HAVE TO GIVE THAT INDIVIDUAL LOT A CUTOUT, A DRIVEWAY.
IN THAT INSTANCE, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TWO DRIVEWAYS, WHICH IS ANTITHETICAL TO WHAT CERTAIN PEOPLE WANT, WHICH IS CERTAIN AMOUNT OF DIRECTION, CERTAIN AMOUNT OF, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT IT DOESN'T, IT EXACERBATE THE TRAFFIC ISSUE THERE.
PERHAPS THE LAW DIRECTOR MIGHT DIFFER, BUT IN MY OPINION RIGHT NOW, THE CORNER LOT IS AN SOUL LOT.
SOMEONE WILL, IN MY OPINION, UH, IT'S ALMOST A CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUE, UH, WILL HAVE TO GIVE A DRIVEWAY THERE.
SO IT'S BETTER THAT THERE BE ONE DRIVEWAY BETWEEN THE TWO LOTS, THE TWO LIGHTS, LOTS ARE COMBINED AND, AND, AND THE, THE PROCESS IS SIMPLER INSTEAD OF TWO CUTOUTS, ONE CUTOUT.
WITH THAT STATED, ONCE AGAIN, THE CITY HERE MADE A PLAN.
WE MADE AN APPLICATION CONSISTENT WITH THAT PLAN.
WE PAID A LOT OF MONEY FOR THAT APPLICATION.
$5,000 IS NOT, UH, IT'S NOT, UH, IT'S NOT MINOR.
UH, WE CAME IN EXPECTING BECAUSE OUR REQUEST IS CONSISTENT WITH THE DUBLIN ENVISION COMMUNITY PLAN THAT IT BE APPROVED.
I HOPE, UH, THIS COUNCIL APPROVES THE ZONING CHANGE TODAY.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE, UH, PRESENT THIS EVENING THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING NONE COUNCIL QUESTIONS.
SO THE ENVISION DUBLIN DOES CALL THIS MIXED USE NEIGHBORHOOD.
WHAT IT, WHAT THE COMMUNITY PLAN DOES NOT DO.
IT DOESN'T SINGLE OUT THIS ONE LITTLE PARCEL.
AND TELL US HOW WE HAVE TO ACHIEVE THAT MIXED USE NEIGHBORHOOD.
YOU KNOW, WHEN WE WERE CONTEMPLATING THIS, WE, THE, YOU KNOW, THEY, THE VISION WAS ALL OF THE PARCELS ALONG SAW ROAD, THAT LARGER CHUNK, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY ACRES THAT IS, BUT BASICALLY SOME OF YOU NORTH TO OUR CITY LINE WOULD BE LOOKED AT TOGETHER AS MIXED USE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND WE STRAIGHT ZONING ISN'T THE ONLY WAY TO ACHIEVE
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MIXED USE NEIGHBORHOOD.WE CAN DO IT IN MULTIPLE WAYS.
A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT IS ONE OF THEM.
TO ME, I FIND THAT MORE BENEFICIAL.
WE WOULD GET THE TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDY, WE'D BE ABLE TO HAVE SOME DEVELOPMENT TEXT.
THE OTHER THING THAT ENVISION DUBLIN DOES, IT DOESN'T GIVE US A TIMEFRAME.
SO RIGHT NOW, ALL OF THOSE OTHER PARCELS ARE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL.
THIS IS A ONE ACRE LOT AMONGST SIX OTHER SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES.
SO I THINK ULTIMATELY IN THE FUTURE, YES, THAT'S WHAT WE WANT.
WE WANT MIXED USE NEIGHBORHOOD THERE.
IS IT BEST ACHIEVED BY REZONING ONE? TO ME IT'S CONSIDERED LIKE A SPOT ZONING ONE ACRE OUT OF THAT LARGER CHUNK THAT WE ENVISIONED.
UH, I JUST DON'T SEE THAT'S THE BEST WAY TO DO IT, IN MY OPINION.
UM, I TRY TO LOOK AT THIS FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE COIN, FROM THE APPLICANT'S SIDE AND ALSO FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, YOU KNOW, THIS REQUEST FOR REZONING TO SUBURBAN OFFICE IN THE ENVISION DUBLIN PLAN, UM, IT STATES THAT WHEN YOU HAVE SMALL PARTIALS LIKE THIS, IT'S A CHALLENGE TO TRY TO INFILL AND THEN BE ABLE TO, UM, CREATE THE KIND OF OBJECTIVE YOU WANT BECAUSE INFRASTRUCTURE'S THERE RIGHT OF AWAY IS ALREADY THERE.
BUT I THINK THAT, UM, THERE IS AN ANSWER INSIDE THE ENVISION DUBLIN PLAN.
AND IN THE HOUSING AND NEIGHBORHOOD FRAMEWORK, THERE'S SOME OBJECTIVES THAT, THAT I LOOK AT TO TRY TO DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT, YOU KNOW, WHICH WAY WE SHOULD MOVE, WHETHER WE SHOULD, UH, REZONE IN PART OR WHETHER AS, UH, COUNCILMAN RA SAID MAYBE WE SHOULD BE REZONING IN, IN MASS.
MAYBE WE TAKE ALL OF A LARGER AREA THAT WE WANNA, WE WANNA HAVE AN OBJECTIVE TO, TO REZONE IT.
SO THE OBJECTIVES THAT ARE NOTED IN THE FRAMEWORK SAY THAT WE HAVE TO BE CONTEXTUALLY SENSITIVE TO INFILL.
WE HAVE TO PRESERVE AND STRENGTHEN THE EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS, AND WE HAVE TO CREATE WELL-PLANNED LIVABLE NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND I BELIEVE THAT THIS INTENT OF A MIXED USE NEIGHBORHOOD ZONING, UM, WHICH IS WHAT HAS BEEN DIRECTED IN THIS NOT ONLY THE PAST, WHICH WAS MORE COMMERCIAL AND A MIXTURE OF DENSE, UH, HOUSING AND COMMERCIAL.
COMMERCIAL, EXCUSE ME, I HAVE A LITTLE COLD.
UM, BUT NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT A MORE VIBRANT, WALKABLE, UM, MIXTURE OF AMENITIES, NOT NECESSARILY JUST OFFICE.
AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR THINGS THAT CHARACTERIZES, UH, PERSONAL SERVICES, EATING AND DRINKING ESTABLISHMENTS OFFICE IS INCLUDED SOME COMMERCIAL, BUT IT'S INTEGRATED IN A STREET SCAPE THAT IS MORE THAN JUST SUBURBAN OFFICE.
SO IF WE LOOK AT IT THAT WAY, IF THAT'S WHAT THE PLAN IS ASKING US, THEN I BELIEVE THAT TO JUST SPOT ZONE SUBURBAN OFFICE WILL NEVER GET US TO THE OBJECTIVE OF A STREET SCAPE THAT INCLUDES SIDEWALKS AND PATIOS AND SEATING AREAS, CREATING A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT LOOKS LIKE WHAT THE PLAN IS ENVISIONING.
SO, SO I REALLY BELIEVE THAT, UM, NOT ONLY IS THE CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD GOING TO BE AT A DISADVANTAGE IF YOU SPOT ZONE, BUT SUMMIT VIEW IS A GATEWAY TO THE CITY AT THAT NORTHERN END BY DOING SPOT ZONING.
LIKE, LIKE WE'RE ANTICIPATING DOING.
UM, WE GIVE AWAY THE ABILITY TO LOOK AT WHAT THE OPTIONS FOR THE GATEWAY ARE, HOW WE CAN HAVE CREATIVE CONNECTIONS BY SIDEWALKS OR BIKE PATHS OVER TO EMERALD FIELDS PARK.
UM, AND I BELIEVE THAT BY DOING THIS, WE NEGATIVELY AFFECT THE ABILITY TO CREATE, UM, THE KIND OF PLAN AND THE KIND OF NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WE HOPE TO HAVE FROM THE NEW ENVISION DUBLIN PLAN.
SO FOR ME, I BELIEVE THAT, UH, IN ALL FAIRNESS, WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD, ESPECIALLY ON A SMALL PARTIAL LIKE THIS OR A SMALL AREA THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, AND, AND ACTUALLY LOOK AT HOW WE CAN REZONE IT IN A LARGER MASS SO THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY CREATE THE NEIGHBORHOOD WE'RE LOOKING FOR AND GIVING APPLICANTS OR OWNERS A PARTIAL LIKE THAT, THE ABILITY TO PUT IN OFFICE, BUT INTEGRATED WITH, UM, WITH WHAT THE PLAN ASKS FOR.
SO I THINK, UM, AS I LOOK AT CRITERIA, I THINK THAT WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE, I THINK IT'S GONNA NEGATIVELY AFFECT THE COMMUNITY PLAN.
IT WAS RE-ZONED SUBURBAN OFFICE FOR A REASON, BECAUSE AT THE TIME THE PLAN STATED THAT THE PLAN IS DIFFERENT.
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IF IT WERE THE SAME PLAN, I BELIEVE THAT SUBURBAN OFFICE LIKE WE HAD BEFORE, AND I WOULD LOOK TO OUR LEGAL FOR THIS, BUT IF, UH, NOW WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE SUBURBAN OFFICE, WE HAVE A MIX OF USES AND THAT ALONE IS NOT GONNA MEET THE OBJECTIVES OF THE ENVISION DUBLIN PLAN.SO I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S NEGATIVE ON MY, IN MY PERSPECTIVE.
SO I'M SORRY IT TOOK ME SO LONG TO EXPLAIN THAT, BUT THAT'S HOW, THAT'S HOW I VIEW THIS PARTICULAR APPLICANT.
OTHER THOUGHTS? UH, COUNSEL? UH, NO, YOU KNOW, I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH, UM, BOTH OF MY COLLEAGUES, AMY AND JANE, AND I THINK THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, IF THIS WAS COMING IN AS A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT AND AS AN ENTRY INTO OUR CITY, YOU COULD MAKE IT SOMETHING SIGNIFICANT AS A SMALL, SO ONE PARCEL, I CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT THE APPLICANT WANTS TO DO BY COMBINING THESE TWO.
HE CAN SELL THE, UM, THE LAND OFF AND END UP WITH A DAYCARE CENTER OR SOMETHING.
BUT I, I THINK WE'RE REALLY, UM, THE NEW DUBLIN'S REALLY LOOKING FOR THE ENVISION PLAN, A MORE COMPREHENSIVE NEIGHBORHOOD PROGRAM THAT REALLY ADDS TO THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF OUR CITIZENS.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS BY COUNSEL? UM, THANK YOU.
UM, I, UM, I AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUES.
I THINK THERE IS A, UM, A BIT OF A MISMATCH BETWEEN THE FUTURE LAND USE, WHICH WAS DESCRIBED AND THANK YOU JANE DE DESCRIBED.
UM, AND THE, SO, AND THAT IS A TIMING ISSUE.
WE, WE DO NOT HAVE A CODE THAT SAYS SUBURBAN MIXED USE OR NEIGHBORHOOD MIXED USE.
UM, AND IN YOUR PRESENTATION TONIGHT, IT SAYS A NEIGHBORHOOD MI MIXED USE HAS INTENDED USES, WHICH ARE NOT, NOT TO BE, UH, OBVIOUS BUT MIXED.
IT SAYS OFFICE, PERSONAL SERVICES, COMMERCIAL, RETAIL, EATING AND DRINKING, UH, SINGLE FAMILY AND MULTIFAMILY.
WHEN YOU READ THAT DESCRIPTION, THAT IS NOT SUBURBAN OFFICE, THAT THAT'S NOT THE SAME THING AS WHAT THIS, THIS CODE READS TO BE.
SO I THINK, UM, TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE PLAN, UM, THIS IS NOT A CONSISTENT, UM, APPLICATION OF THAT AT THIS POINT.
AND THERE ARE OTHER, UM, CONSIDERATIONS AS WE DISCUSSED, I THINK LAST TIME, WHICH WERE BROUGHT UP AT RELATED TO, UM, PUBLIC UTILITIES AND, YOU KNOW, THE TRAFFIC IMPACTS.
SO COLLECTIVELY, IF YOU LOOK AT THOSE PARTICULAR ITEMS IN A HOLISTIC VIEW, I WOULD AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUES THAT IT, THAT THAT, UM, A PUD OR SOME OTHER APPROACH WOULD BE A BETTER OR, UM, AS WE AWAIT A, UM, A BROADER LOOK AT THIS AREA.
I THINK YOU SAID IT VERY WELL, KATHY.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE GATEWAY ASPECT OF IT IS ONE THING, AGAIN, SUBURBAN OFFICE AND SAY A CHILDCARE CENTER ARE TWO VERY DIFFERENT ANIMALS.
UM, YOU WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A WRITE IN, WRITE OUT OFF OF, UM, SALMON ROAD, I THINK TO HAVE THE, THE TRAFFIC VOLUME, 50 TO 60 CARS, UH, AT REALLY TWO PEAK TIMES IN A DAY.
A SUBURBAN OFFICE DOES NOT HAVE THAT.
YOU HAVE ADULTS DRIVING TO AN OFFICE AND PARKING THEIR CAR THROUGHOUT THE DAY, MAYBE LEAVING AT FIVE AND COMING AT EIGHT.
BUT THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THAT AND PARENTS, I DON'T WANNA SAY LOITERING, BUT ESSENTIALLY HANGING OUT SOMETIMES IN PUBLIC ROADWAYS, BLOCKING LANES OF TRAFFIC.
UH, I JUST DON'T SEE THAT IT BEING FEASIBLE IN ADDITION TO THE HIGHER LEVEL THEMES THAT WE'RE TRYING TO PROMOTE IN THE ENVISION DOUBLE AND PLAN.
I, I THINK THAT MY COLLEAGUES HAVE SAID, UM, SOME VERY APPROPRIATE THINGS.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT, IT COMES DOWN TO, YOU KNOW, A PIECEMEAL OR THIS SPOT REZONING, UM, ISSUE AND, UH, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE EXCEPTIONS THAT NEED TO BE MADE FOR THINGS LIKE TRAFFIC, UTILITIES, ALL THE THINGS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE REALLY WORKED HARD, PARTICULARLY AS WE'VE REDONE THE COMMUNITY PLAN WITH ENVISION DUBLIN TO CONTEMPLATE THESE LARGER SWATHS OF LAND VERSUS ONESIE TWOSIES.
UM, BECAUSE THE ONESIE TWOSIES JUST DON'T WORK, FRANKLY.
UM, AND, AND WE HAVE, UM, PAST HISTORY OF, OF UNDERSTANDING THAT.
UM, SO I'M NOT GONNA REPEAT EVERYTHING ELSE THAT MY COLLEAGUE SAID, BUT I'LL PASS IT ALONG.
UM, I CERTAINLY WOULD HAVE NO OBJECTION TO REZONING THESE PARCELS TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE COMMUNITY
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PLAN.IF WE HAD A PATTERN OF ORDERLY DEVELOPMENT IN PLACE, IF THERE WERE ACCESS TO ADJACENT, UM, ADJACENT PARCELS CONTEMPLATED, IF THERE WAS APPROPRIATE CIRCULATION FOR, IF YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A CHILDCARE FOR FIRE, EMT, UM, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE SORTS SORT OF SERVICES THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED IN A MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT PATTERN.
AND WHAT WE DON'T HAVE HERE IS WE DON'T HAVE ANY, UM, ORDERLY DEVELOPMENT FOR THE CORNER.
WHEN YOU SEE THE ENVISION DUBLIN PLAN, IT TALKS ABOUT A MIX OF USES THAT ARE COMPATIBLE WITH ONE ANOTHER.
NOT ONLY ARE THEY COMPATIBLE IN TERMS OF THEIR USE, BUT THEY'RE COMPATIBLE IN TERMS OF THEIR ACCESS, THEY'RE COMPATIBLE IN TERMS OF THE, UH, FREQUENCY OF TRIPS, THINGS OF THOSE NATURE OF THAT NATURE.
UNFORTUNATELY HERE WE DON'T HAVE ANY OF THIS.
AND IT SPEAKS TO THE SPOT ZONING THAT AMY HAD INDICATED THAT IT WOULD BE A SPOT ZONING OF A SINGLE PARCEL WITHOUT THE CONTEMPLATION OF ORDERLY DEVELOPMENT TO THE ADJACENT PARCELS.
AND FOR THAT REASON, UM, I, I WOULD NOT BE SUPPORTIVE OF REZONING THIS SINGLE, UM, THIS SINGLE PARCEL.
UH, SO I, I GUESS I'M GONNA ASK THE APPLICANT TO PLEASE COME FORWARD BECAUSE I, I'D JUST LIKE TO, FOR YOU TO ANSWER A QUESTION SO THAT WE COULD BE FULLY TRANSPARENT WITH YOU.
SO WHEN WE VOTE ON THIS, THAT CONCLUDES, UM, YOUR APPLICATION.
AND SO WHAT I, I WANNA DO IS JUST TAKE A MOMENT AND WE'RE HAPPY TO GIVE YOU A VOTE ON THAT THIS EVENING.
THE OTHER THING THAT WE, THAT WE ARE CAPABLE OF DOING IS TABLING THIS AND GIVING YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO NAVIGATE THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND OTHER THINGS TO GET YOUR APPLICATION IN A SPACE THAT YOU'VE HEARD THE COMMENTS, UM, SO THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO START OVER AGAIN.
SO, UH, IT'S JUST A, JUST A QUESTION.
WOULD YOU PREFER THAT WE VOTE ON THIS, THIS EVENING, OR WOULD YOU LIKE, UH, UP OR DOWN, OR WOULD YOU LIKE IT TO BE TABLED AND GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO NAVIGATE ANY ISSUES THAT YOU'VE HEARD? I DON'T SEE, I OWN TWO PARCELS.
I DON'T OWN ANY OF THE OTHER PARCELS.
THE COMMENTS THAT I HEARD IS THAT SPOT ZONING IS NOT IDEAL.
I DON'T SEE WHAT I CAN DO BESIDES WHAT I'M PROPOSING RIGHT NOW.
SO YOU WOULD LIKE FOR US TO VOTE ON IT THEN WITH CERTAIN COMMENTS? OBVIOUSLY, I KNOW IT'S GONNA BE DENIED RIGHT NOW, BUT, UH, UH, WITH RESPECT TO WHAT COUNCIL, WHAT, WHAT WE'RE, WE'RE NOT GONNA GET INTO IS A, IS A BACK FORTH.
MY QUESTION TO YOU IS, WOULD YOU LIKE US TO VOTE ON IT? UH, YEAH, UP OR DOWN? OR WOULD YOU LIKE IT TO BE TABLED? UH, UP AND DOWN.
JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL MR. KEELER? NO.
[Resolution 08-25]
ON OUR AGENDA IS INTRODUCTION, PUBLIC HEARING VOTE RESOLUTION RESOLUTION ZERO EIGHT DASH 25.ACCEPTING THE LOWEST AND BEST BID FOR THE 2025 HIGHWAY MOWING CONTRACT.
AND OUR STAFF REPORT THIS EVENING IS FROM MATT EARMAN.
GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL ON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6TH.
TWO BIDS WERE OPEN FOR THE HIGHWAY MOWING MAINTENANCE CONTRACT.
UH, THIS CONTRACT PROVIDES MOWING MAINTENANCE AND WALL AND MEDIAN VEGETATION CONTROL ALONG THE SHOULDERS OF HIGHWAYS WITHIN THE CITY OF DUBLIN, INCLUDING STATE ROUTE 33, INTERSTATE TWO 70 FROM TUTTLE CROSSING TO SAWMILL ROAD.
THE INTERCHANGE AT, UH, INTERSTATE TWO 70 AND STATE 33 AND THE SAWMILL ROAD INTERCHANGE STAFF HAS REVIEWED THE BIDS RECEIVED AND DETERMINED THE LOWEST AND BEST BID SUBMITTED WAS FROM, UH, COMMERCIAL LAND MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS IN THE AMOUNT OF $144,170, WHICH IS 24% LESS THAN THE 2025 BUDGETED AMOUNT OF $188,500.
STAFF HAS, UH, REVIEWED THE BIDS AND RECOMMENDS ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION 8 25, ACCEPTING THE LOWEST BEST BID FROM COMMERCIAL LAND MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS IN THE AMOUNT OF 140 TO $4,170.
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS? VERY GOOD, THANK YOU.
UH, IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING NONE COUNCIL QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE MR. REINER? YES.
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RESOLUTION[Resolution 09-25]
ZERO NINE DASH 25 ACCEPTING THE LOWEST AND BEST BID FOR THE 2025 CENTRAL LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE CONTRACT.AND THEN WE WILL STICK WITH MATT FOR THE STAFF REPORT.
MEMBERS OF COUNCIL ALSO ON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6TH, SEVEN BIDS WERE OPEN FOR THE CENTRAL LANDSCAPE, UH, MAINTENANCE CONTRACT.
THIS BID REQUESTS ALL, UM, INCLUDE SPECIFIC UNIT COSTS FOR LANDSCAPE AND REPAIRS AND REPLACEMENTS TO ADDRESS ANY DAMAGES TO PLANT BEDS AND DECLINING PLANT HEALTH IN ADDITION TO THE GENERAL MAINTENANCE COSTS.
UM, AFTER A THOROUGH REVIEW OF THE BIDS, UH, RECEIVED, STAFF HAS DETERMINED THE LOWEST AND BEST BID TO BE $312,366 AND 55 CENTS SUBMITTED BY BRIGHTVIEW, WHICH IS 13% LESS THAN THE 2025 BUDGETED AMOUNT OF $360,000.
WITH THAT STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THIS RESOLUTION.
UH, IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING NONE.
COUNCIL QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.
JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE MAYOR AROSE GROOMS? YES.
[Resolution 10-25]
ACCEPTING THE LOWEST AND BEST BID FOR THE HIGHLAND CROIX ROAD AND CASHIO LANE TRAFFIC SIGNAL PROJECT.AND BRIAN GABLE WILL DELIVER OUR STAFF REPORT.
MEMBERS OF COUNCIL STAFF CONDUCTED A COMPETITIVE BID FOR THE HIGHLAND CROIX ROAD AND KOW LANE TRAFFIC SIGNAL PROJECT, WHICH WILL INSTALL A NEW TRAFFIC SIGNAL AT THE HIGHLAND CROIX ROAD AND KOW LANE INTERSECTION, WHICH IS JUST NORTH OF BRAND ROAD.
THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL WILL BE OWNED AND MAINTAINED BY THE CITY OF DUBLIN.
THIS SIGNAL WAS IDENTIFIED AS PART OF THE DUBLIN CITY SCHOOL TRAFFICKED IMPACT STUDY FOR THEIR NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LOCATED AT 6 8 5 5 CASHIER LANE.
A COST SHARING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE DUBLIN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE CITY OF DUBLIN WAS APPROVED BY COUNCIL IN JANUARY AND HAS SINCE BEEN APPROVED AND EXECUTED BY THE DUBLIN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
THIS AGREEMENT SHARES THE OVERALL PROJECT COST EVENLY BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE DUBLIN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
THE 2025 THROUGH 2029 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM PROVIDES $390,000 FOR THIS PROJECT.
ON JANUARY 22ND, 2025, THREE BIDS WERE RECEIVED AND PUBLICLY OPENED.
DAN ELECTRICAL CORP SUBMITTED THE LOWEST AND BEST BID OF $351,082 AND 23 CENTS, WHICH WAS 30.5% UNDER THE ENGINEER'S ESTIMATE OF $505,000.
CONSTRUCTION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN THE SUMMER OF 2025 AND BE COMPLETE BY MARCH, 2026.
PENDING MATERIAL DELIVERY FOR ITEMS WITH LONGER LEAD TIMES STAFF RECOMMENDS COUNCIL APPROVAL OF RES RESOLUTION 10 DASH 25, ACCEPTING AS LOWEST AND BEST THE BID OF DAN ELECTRICAL CORP IN THE AMOUNT OF $351,082 AND 23 CENTS FOR THIS PROJECT.
I'D BE GLAD TO ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS COUNCIL MAY HAVE REGARDING THIS RESOLUTION.
IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING NONE COUNCIL QUESTIONS.
BRIAN, IT'S ANTICIPATED THAT THIS WOULD BE COMPLETE AND TIME FOR SCHOOL TO START NEXT FALL.
THAT WAS THE INTENT WITH TRYING TO SELL IT AS EARLY AS WE WERE ABLE TO THIS YEAR.
UM, HOWEVER, WE DON'T THINK THE SIGNAL ITEMS WILL BE FULLY, UH, AVAILABLE AND INSTALLED BY THEN.
SO THE SCHOOL IS AWARE OF THAT AND, AND THEY ARE, YOU KNOW, PREPARING FOR YOU IT TO BE STOCK CONTROLLED AT THAT INTERSECTION FOR THE TIME.
UM, AND THEY BELIEVE THAT IT'LL WORK OKAY.
JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE MS. FOX? YES.
[Draft Community Health Needs Assessment and Strategic Action Plan ]
BUSINESS PORTION OF OUR AGENDA THIS EVENING, AND THE ONLY ITEM ON THAT IS THE COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN.AND OUR STAFF REPORT WILL BE BROUGHT FORWARD BY MOLLY STEINER.
GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL TONIGHT.
I CAN STAND BEFORE YOU WITH DR.
ORI CHRISTELLE, PRINCIPAL AT ILLUMINATION.
AS YOU MAY RECALL, THE CITY HAS BEEN WORKING WITH ILLUMINATION TO CONDUCT A COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT TO IDENTIFY AND ANALYZE COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS SPECIFIC TO DUBLIN.
THIS WORK HAS INCLUDED STAFF AND ADVISORY COMMITTEE, FOUR SPECIFIC WORK GROUPS
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AND DISCUSSIONS WITH MULTIPLE COMMUNITY PARTNERS.A DRAFT COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT REPORT AND STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN HAS BEEN DEVELOPED TO HELP GUIDE THE CITY TOWARD IMPROVED HEALTH OUTCOMES.
THIS DRAFT STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN WAS FIRST PRESENTED TO YOU ON NOVEMBER 4TH, 2024 FOR FEEDBACK AND DISCUSSION.
STAFF WAS ALSO ASKED TO PRESENT THE DRAFT REPORT AND STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN TO EACH OF THE FOUR ADVISORY COMMITTEES FOR REVIEW AND FEEDBACK.
AS NOTED ON THIS SLIDE, STAFF PRESENTED ON NOVEMBER 21ST TO THE VETERANS ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON DECEMBER 10TH TO A JOINT MEETING BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY SERVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND THE COMMUNITY INCLUSION ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
AND ON DECEMBER 19TH TO THE CHIEF'S ADVISORY COMMITTEE, THE COMMITTEES OFFERED A DIVERSE SET OF VOICE VOICES AND THERE WAS POSITIVE DISCUSSION REGARDING THE INITIATIVE.
THE COMMITTEE HAS AGREED THAT THIS IS A SUBSTANTIAL PROJECT AND THE WORK DONE TO THIS POINT IS AN EXCELLENT START.
FOLLOW UP HAS SINCE BEEN COMPLETED FOR ALL COMMITTEES THAT REQUESTED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
AFTER FIRST PRESENTING THE DRAFT PLAN ON NOVEMBER 4TH, AND THEN TO THE FOUR ADVISORY COMMITTEES, STAFF UTILIZED THE FEEDBACK AND MET WITH EACH WORK GROUP AGAIN TO FINALIZE THE OBJECTIVES OF FOCUS AND CORRESPONDING ACTION STEPS.
THIS WORK HAS CULMINATED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE FINAL PLAN, WHICH WAS INCLUDED IN YOUR COUNCIL PACKET FOR REVIEW, AND INCLUDES DETAILED INFORMATION AND ACTION STEPS.
THE FINAL PLAN REFLECTS THE CURRENT OBJECTIVES OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND THE WORK GROUPS.
AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THESE SLIDES, MULTIPLE ORGANIZATIONS AND PARTNERS HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS AND HAVE NARROWED THE WORK DOWN TO FOUR HEALTH PRIORITY AREAS.
THESE FOUR HEALTH PRIORITY AREAS INCLUDE HEALTHCARE, NAVIGATION, TRANSPORTATION, YOUTH, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, AND COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS.
IN TOTAL, THERE ARE NINE TOTAL OBJECTIVES BETWEEN THE FOUR PRIORITY AREAS AND 30 TOTAL ACTION STEPS THAT HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED.
ORI WILL NOW TAKE YOU THROUGH, EXCUSE ME, ORI WILL NOW BRIEFLY TAKE YOU THROUGH THE FOUR HEALTH PRIORITY AREAS, THE DETERMINED OBJECTIVES, AND THE CORRESPONDING ACTION STEPS FOR EACH AREA.
I HEARD BRIEFLY THERE, SO I'M GONNA TRY AND ACCENTUATE THAT.
UH, SO AS, AS MOLLY MENTIONED, THERE ARE, UM, A NUMBER OF, UH, OBJECTIVES THAT WERE IDENTIFIED BY EACH OF THESE WORK GROUPS.
UM, ON THIS SLIDE, YOU SEE THE THREE KEY OBJECTIVES IDENTIFIED FOR THE PRIORITY HEALTH NEED OF HEALTHCARE AND NAVIGATION.
UH, ON THE FIRST OBJECTIVE, DEPLOYING MORE COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS TO PLACES WHERE DOUBLE AND RESIDENTS GATHER.
A COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER IS A, A FRONTLINE PUBLIC HEALTH PROFESSIONAL WHO IS EXTREMELY FAMILIAR WITH NOT ONLY THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY SERVE, BUT ALSO THE HEALTH AND SOCIAL SUPPORT SERVICES THAT ARE LOCATED WITHIN A COMMUNITY.
UH, AND THIS PERSON ACTS AS A LIAISON, HELPING PEOPLE TO NAVIGATE THE SOMETIMES COMPLEX WORLD OF HEALTHCARE.
UM, OTHER OBJECTIVES IN THIS, UH, SET INCLUDE CREATING AND SHARING A GIS MAP THAT SHOWS LOCATIONS OF KEY HEALTHCARE AND WELLNESS RESOURCES IN DUBLIN, AS WELL AS INFORMING NEW RESIDENTS ABOUT THE HEALTHCARE AND WELLNESS RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO THEM.
SOME OF THE SPECIFIC ACTION STEPS ASSOCIATED WITH EACH OF THESE ARE, UH, LISTED ON THAT, UH, SLIDE THERE.
IN TERMS OF TRANSPORTATION, ONE OF THE THEMES THAT WE HEARD FROM THE RECENT COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT IS THAT THERE'S OFTEN A NEED OR PERCEIVED NEED TO BE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO CONNECT THOSE WHO ARE OLDER TO SOME OF THE COMMUNITY RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO THEM, NOT ONLY IN TERMS OF SOCIAL EVENTS, BUT ALSO ONES THAT RELATE TO HEALTH AND WELLNESS.
AND SO THIS WORK GROUP DECIDED TO FOCUS ON EXPANDING OUTREACH EFFORTS FROM MICROT TRANSIT SERVICES TO RESIDENTS OVER AGE 55 RELATEDLY.
THEY SAW AN OPPORTUNITY TO ALSO EXPAND OUTREACH EFFORTS FROM MICROT TRANSITS SERVICES TO EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES SPECIFIC ACTION STEPS THAT ARE RELATED TO EACH OF THESE OBJECTIVES ARE SHOWN ON THE SLIDE HERE AS WELL.
UH, IN TERMS OF YOUTH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, ONE OF THE STRONG THEMES THAT EMERGED FROM THE RECENT COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT WAS THAT THERE'S A GREAT DEAL OF CONCERN AMONG BOTH ADULTS AND YOUTH REGARDING YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH.
UH, THEREFORE, THIS REGROUP FOCUSED ON THIS OBJECTIVE, WHICH IS TO RE-ENERGIZE AN EXISTING COLLECTIVE IMPACT INITIATIVE, THE, THE DOUBLE ACT COALITION TO PROVIDE INFORMATION TO PARENTS OF DOUBLE AND YOUTH TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE PROVIDING THE KINDS OF INFORMATION AND THE KINDS OF SUPPORT THAT YOUTH NEED.
AND, UH, WHAT'S REALLY INTERESTING TO ME ABOUT THIS IS THAT THE WORK GROUP LOOKS TO SEE THAT THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY HERE TO LEVERAGE SOME EXISTING, UM, EVIDENCE-BASED, UH, CAMPAIGNS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN CREATED.
AND THAT COULD VERY WELL BE USED TO TASK HERE TO THIS PARTICULAR EFFORT, NAMELY THE NO MORE DO MORE CAMPAIGN AND THE ON OUR SLEEVES CAMPAIGN.
LASTLY, IN TERMS OF COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS, ANOTHER STRONG THEME THAT WAS HEARD AND EMERGED FROM THE COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT WAS THIS NOTION THAT NOT EVERYONE MIGHT FEEL AS STRONGLY CONNECTED TO THE CITY OR
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TO THEIR NEIGHBORS AS WE MIGHT WISH.AND SO THIS WORK GROUP WANTS TO DELVE MORE DEEPLY INTO THAT.
THEY WANT TO UNDERSTAND, WELL, WHY IS IT THAT NON-CONNECTED PEOPLE FEEL THAT WAY? WHAT ARE SOME OPPORTUNITIES TO COMMUNICATE WITH THEM BETTER, TO ENGAGE THEM MORE? AND THEN SPECIFICALLY MORE TACTICALLY, THERE'S A POTENTIAL HERE TO OFFER NATIONAL GOOD NEIGHBOR DAY PROGRAMMING TO DUBLIN RESIDENTS, AN EVIDENCE-BASED WELL, UH, DOCUMENTED, UH, NATIONAL CAMPAIGN THAT SEEKS TO FOSTER RELATIONSHIPS TO INCREASE ENGAGEMENT AT A SMALL SCALE NEIGHBORHOOD OR COMMUNITY, UH, BASED LEVEL.
AND THEN LASTLY, THIS THIRD OBJECTIVE, INCREASING COMMUNITY CAPACITY FOR ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES.
THE WORK GROUP SEES AN OPPORTUNITY TO EN ENCOURAGE MORE PEOPLE TO TALK MORE, MORE FREQUENTLY.
UM, AND THAT'S WHAT THIS IS TRYING TO GATHER HERE.
AND SO WITH THAT, UH, WHAT I CAN SHOW YOU LAST HERE IS, UM, A SAMPLE OR AN EXCERPT FROM THE STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN THAT SHOWS OR PROVIDES A TASTE OF THE KINDS OF INFORMATION THAT'S PROVIDED IN HERE.
UM, FOR EACH OF THESE OBJECTIVES, WE SHOW INFORMATION ABOUT THE LEAD ORGANIZATION ASSOCIATED WITH THIS WORK, THE SUPPORTING ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE HELPING TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN, UH, THE KEY CONTACTS AT THE LEAD ORGANIZATION, AND THEN IMPORTANTLY, WHAT ARE THE, THE KEY METRICS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS WORK, BOTH IN TERMS OF A BASELINE MEASUREMENT AND THEN A TARGET FOR THIS CALENDAR YEAR AHEAD.
AND THEN OF COURSE, THIS IS ALL A MOMENT IN TIME TYPE PAN PLAN.
THIS WILL EVOLVE AND CHANGE AS THE CONVERSATIONS, UH, UNFOLD AND WORK IS DONE.
AND SO, UH, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK WE'LL SEE, UH, ADAPT AND CONTINUE TO CHANGE IN THE FUTURE.
SO WITH THAT, I'LL PASS BACK OVER TO MOLLY.
THIS IS THE FINAL PLAN THAT REFLECTS THE CURRENT OBJECTIVES OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND THE WORK GROUPS, WHICH ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE AS THE PROGRAM EVOLVES.
LIKE ORI MENTIONED, WE WOULD LIKE TO PROCEED WITH THE OBJECTIVES AND THE ACTION STEPS OUTLINED IN THE PLAN, WHICH ARE REFLECTIVE OF WHAT IS KNOWN TODAY FROM THE WORK GROUPS AND THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
THIS EFFORT IS A SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY HEALTH IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
ONCE THESE OBJECTIVES ARE COMPLETED AND THE RESULTS MEASURED, THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF PUBLIC HEALTH EXPERTS WILL CONVENE AGAIN TO ESTABLISH THE NEXT FOCUS AREAS AND THE COMMITTEE WORK WILL CONTINUE TO ESTABLISH ADDITIONAL ACTION ITEMS. SO AT THIS TIME, STAFF IS REQUESTING FEEDBACK FROM COUNCIL BEFORE PRESENTING THE FINAL PLAN FOR ACCEPTANCE AT THE NEXT MEETING ON MARCH 3RD.
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
I WANNA TAKE A MOMENT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS ITEM? HEARING NONE.
SO, UH, BEAR WITH ME AS I GIVE YOU A BIT OF A BRAIN DUMP, UM, IN THREE OF THE FOUR AREAS THAT YOU OUTLINE.
UM, THE FIRST ONE IS HEALTHCARE NAVIGATION.
YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE MAY BE FOLKS OUT THERE THAT WOULD SAY, WHY IS IT A SMALL CITY LIKE DUBLIN'S JOB TO HELP PEOPLE NAVIGATE HEALTHCARE? UM, MAYBE IT'S NOT OUR JOB.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT THIS PLAN IS ABOUT.
WE'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT HELPING OUR RESIDENTS BE MORE HEALTHY AND LIVE A BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE.
UM, I GUESS THE A SUGGESTION WE HAVE FOREVER DUBLIN, WE HAVE SENT, UM, YOU MENTIONED, UH, FRANKLIN COUNTY USING LEANING ON THEM.
AND I'M ALL FOR USING AGENCIES THAT ALREADY EXIST TO HELP BOLSTER OUR EFFORTS.
IF THEY ALREADY HAVE AN OUTLINE, WE JUST PLUG IN AND RUN WITH IT.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE ARE A LOT OF ELEMENTS TO THIS AND I WOULDN'T NECESSARILY LIMIT IT TO THOSE 65 AND OVER.
I WOULD EVEN START MAYBE AT 55 AND EVENTUALLY GO YOUNGER.
NAVIGATING HEALTHCARE IN THE US IS VERY DIFFICULT.
UM, IT'S ONE THING IF YOU HAVE AN EMPLOYER BENEFITS PLAN, BUT IF YOU'RE SELF-EMPLOYED, YOU'RE RETIRED, BUT YOU'RE NOT 65.
I GET THESE QUESTIONS ALL THE TIME AND WE HAVE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY, SOME OF WHICH ARE RETIRED AND HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE IN THIS AREA, EMPLOYEE BENEFITS AREA.
SO JUST LIKE THE, THE HUB, THE FOREVER DUBLIN HUB, I THINK WE COULD ENLIST THE HELP OF SOME OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND LOCAL EXPERTS TO HELP RESIDENTS NAVIGATE HEALTHCARE, WHATEVER THEIR AGE IS.
YOU KNOW, I THINK 65 AND ABOVE YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE SORT OF NARROWING YOUR FOCUS AND NARROW NARROWING THE OUTCOMES.
UM, BUT I SEE ISSUES WITH THOSE YOUNGER THAN THAT.
SO MAYBE EVENTUALLY WE START GOING, GOING YOUNGER WITH THAT.
UM, NUMBER TWO, YOUTH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH.
UM, I HAVE AN 18-YEAR-OLD SON AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S TOUGH BEING A KID THESE DAYS.
UM, A LOT OF IT'S, UM, I THINK SOCIETAL AND IT'S, UH, SOCIAL MEDIA, YOU KNOW, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
WE ALREADY HAVE A GREAT PARTNERSHIP WITH SENT, I THINK JUST, UM, HIGHLIGHTING THAT PARTNERSHIP AND LEANING ON THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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THE THIRD, UM, ITEM, WHICH IS COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS.I ATTENDED THE MARTIN LUTHER KING SUPPER A FEW WEEKS AGO.
AND, UM, WE WERE MORE OR LESS TASKED WITH BRAINSTORMING ON HOW TO IMPROVE THOSE COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS.
AND THE SCHOOL PROVIDES THAT CONNECTION FOR PARENTS OF CHILDREN, OF MINORITIES, OF, UH, VARIOUS RACIAL AND ETHNIC BACKGROUNDS.
IT'S A WAY THAT PARENTS CAN MEET EACH OTHER.
UM, SO I THINK, UM, YOU KNOW, UM, UH, LIAISON TO DUBLIN CITY SCHOOLS.
SO THIS IS SOMETHING I THINK WE CAN TALK TO THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THE, AND THE BOARD OF EDUCATION ABOUT JUST WAYS THAT THEY CAN ENHANCE, UM, THE CONNECTIONS FROM OF PARENTS AND OF COURSE, THE KIDS, BUT THE KIDS SEE EACH OTHER ALL DAY, EVERY DAY AT SCHOOL.
SO I DON'T THINK THAT'S A PROBLEM THERE.
UM, IT'S, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT WORK, AND I KNOW YOU, YOU AND ALL OF THE, THAT INCREDIBLY LARGE LIST OF PARTNERS HAVE WORKED VERY HARD.
UM, THANK YOU FOR SPENDING TIME WITH THE ADVISORY GROUPS TOO.
I'M SURE THEY GAVE VALUABLE FEEDBACK THAT HELPED SHAPE THEM, AND WE APPRECIATE THAT.
UM, THANK YOU ALSO FOR LISTENING TO OUR REQUEST THAT WE KIND OF STREAMLINE IT AND FOCUS ON SOME AREAS WE SINCERELY APPRE.
I I THINK THAT HELPS US ALL KNOW THE ROAD WE'RE HEADED DOWN.
UM, I, I WON'T PROFESS TO ADD SPECIFICS ABOUT ANY OF IT.
I THINK YOU GUYS HAVE HAVE DONE GREAT WORK.
I WOULD REQUEST, UM, I KNOW WHEN WE TALKED LAST TIME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT COST RELATED TO THIS.
WHAT DOES IT COST TO IMPLEMENT THIS? UM, I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT.
I DON'T, IF THAT'S NOT IN THE REPORT, I, YOU DON'T HOLD UP DOING IT, BUT AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO SEE THE ECONOMIC VALUE OF BRINGING GROUPS TOGETHER, RIGHT? IF WE WERE TO TRY TO DO THIS ALONE, THE COST WOULD BE X.
THE FACT THAT WE'RE DOING THIS AND LEVERAGING THE COLLECTIVE, COLLECTIVE PUBLIC, PRIVATE, PRIVATE, PUBLIC PARTNERSHIPS, I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT.
UM, AND, AND ALSO, I WAS LOOKING AT THE MEASUREMENTS REALLY QUICKLY HERE THAT YOU HAD ON THAT LAST SLIDE AND THEIR, YOU KNOW, ACTION ITEMS. UM, I WOULD REQUEST THAT WE SORT OF HAVE OUTCOME MEASURES TOO, AND I'M SURE THAT'S THERE, BUT LIKE THE FIRST COLUMN SAID, WE DON'T HAVE ANY OF THESE MESSAGES GOING OUT.
WE'RE GONNA DO SOME MORE MESSAGES GOING OUT.
THE THIRD COLUMN IS, AND, AND WHAT, WHAT WAS THE IMPACT OF THOSE MESSAGES? WHAT NEEDLE DID WE CHANGE? SO I GUESS I'M LOOKING FOR, UM, AS YOU MOVE FORWARD, UM, SOME, YOU KNOW, WHAT DOES THIS COST US? HOW ARE WE MEASURING IT? AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, DID WE MOVE THE NEEDLE? NOT DID WE DO AN ACTIVITY, BUT DID WE MOVE A NEEDLE? AND, UM, I'M SURE THAT'S PART OF IT.
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SEE THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD, BECAUSE I THINK, I THINK IT WILL MOVE THE NEEDLE, AND I THINK THERE'LL BE SOME REALLY GOOD THINGS.
SO, UM, UH, REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR WORK AND I'M VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO THE UPDATES AS YOU MOVE FORWARD.
I THINK THIS IS, UM, YOU KNOW, PRETTY INCREDIBLE.
THERE ARE NOT A LOT OF COMMUNITIES I THINK, THAT, UM, ARE WILLING TO, TO TAKE THIS KIND OF STEP.
UM, I'LL ECHO ANDY'S QUESTION RELATIVE TO FOREVER DUBLIN.
UM, I THINK WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF SOME ECONOMIES OF SCALE.
WE HAVE SOME THINGS THAT I THINK HAVE WORKED REALLY WELL WITH THAT PROGRAM.
UM, AND MAYBE IT'S AN EXPANSION OF THAT PROGRAM, BECAUSE YOU COULD REALLY DO THOSE THINGS AT ANY AGE.
TO YOUR POINT, ANDY, UM, I REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE THE REFERENCE TO, ON OUR SLEEVES, THEY HAVE SOME WONDERFUL FREE RESOURCES IN TERMS OF EDUCATION, UM, BOTH FOR PARENTS AND FOR STUDENTS, UH, FOR KIDS.
UM, I ABSOLUTELY THINK WE SHOULD WORK AS BEST WE CAN TO PARTNER WITH, WITH THE SCHOOLS.
UM, PARTICULARLY WHEN IT COMES TO, UM, YOUTH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, UM, YOU KNOW, NAVIGATING THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM CAN BE DIFFICULT.
UM, YOU KNOW, I, I HAVE A, A FRESHMAN IN HIGH SCHOOL AND, UM, RIGHT NOW THERE IS AN EXTREME SHORTAGE OF A DHD MEDICATION.
WELL, WHAT DO YOU DO? HOW DO YOU MAKE THAT WORK? BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO BE THE PARENT THAT'S EMAILING YOUR KIDS TEACHERS TO SAY, I'M SORRY, MY KID'S GONNA BE A TOTAL SPAS IN CLASS FOR THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, BUT HE DOESN'T HAVE HIS MEDICATION AND I CAN'T GET IT.
UM, SO I THINK THERE ARE THINGS LIKE THAT THAT, THAT, UM, THAT NATIONWIDE CAN HELP US WITH.
UM, AND THAT THE SCHOOLS CAN ALSO HELP WITH AND PARTNER WITH BECAUSE THOSE THINGS DON'T JUST IMPACT THE STUDENT.
THEY IMPACT THEIR FRIENDS, THEY IMPACT THE TEACHERS, AND THEY IMPACT THE PARENTS, UM, AS WELL AS ANY OTHER CAREGIVERS, UM, PARTICULARLY IF THEY HAVE GRANDPARENTS WHO ARE TRYING TO CARE FOR THEM AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
SO I VERY, VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THAT, THAT THAT IS INCLUDED IN THERE.
UM, I THINK KATHY MAKES A GREAT POINT ABOUT COST AND ABOUT OUTCOMES AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE MEASURING THINGS AND NOT JUST DOING THINGS FOR THE SAKE OF DOING THEM.
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REALLY EXCELLENT WORK.UM, I'M REALLY PROUD THAT WE'RE DOING IT, SO THANK YOU.
I AM GONNA SAY THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO US LAST TIME.
I KNOW ONE OF THE ITEMS I ASKED FOR WAS A SHORT TWO PAGE SUMMARY OF THIS LONG 40 PAGE REPORT.
TWO PAGES GAVE YOU THE, EVERYTHING YOU NEEDED.
I MEAN, HONESTLY, I, I SEE THAT GOING FORWARD AS MAKING THAT ALMOST LIKE A SEPARATE STANDALONE DOCUMENT, YOU KNOW, SO THAT IT'S LIKE ALMOST A TWO PAGE FLYER OF HERE'S WHAT OUR GOALS ARE.
ONE COMMENT ON THAT WAS THAT THE SECOND ITEM, THE PRIORITY HEALTH NEED.
ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS I ASKED FOR, AND I THINK SOME OTHERS ASKED, IS TO ASSIGN THE TASKS TO PEOPLE.
AND YOU DID REALLY GOOD ABOUT THE WORK GROUP IDENTIFIES, OR THE CITY OF DUBLIN PRIORITIZES LIKE YOU DID THAT EXCEPT FOR UNDER PRIORITY HEALTH NEED TRANSPORTATION.
UNDER THOSE TWO OBJECTIVES, THERE'S NO SUBJECT ASSIGNED.
SO IT JUST SAYS, MEET WITH 10 SENIOR LIVING FACILITIES.
IT DOESN'T SAY WORK GROUP MEET.
SO FOR SOME REASON, THAT ONE JUST GOT MISSED.
THOSE TWO OBJECTIVES DON'T HAVE AN ASSIGNED SUBJECT, SO JUST ASSIGN THAT.
BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE, 'CAUSE I, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WE ASKED WAS, OBVIOUSLY THE CITY CAN'T DO ALL THIS, SO IT'S VERY HELPFUL THAT YOU SAID THE WORK GROUP DOES THAT IN THAT, IN THOSE SHEETS AT THE END, THOSE ACTION PLANS WHERE YOU, UM, PROVIDED THE LEAD ORGANIZATIONS PERFECT, LIKE THAT ANSWERED THE QUESTION THAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR, OR AT LEAST THAT I WAS LOOKING FOR.
SO, OKAY, I WILL LOOK AT THE TRANSPORTATION OBJECTIVES AND ADDRESS THAT.
UM, ALONG THE WAY TO PLAN
UM, AS I LOOK AT ALL OF THIS, I LOOK AT THE IMMENSE WORK THAT ALL OF THESE GROUPS WILL DO, AND I CAN'T HELP BUT THINK, WILL OUR COMMUNITY APPRECIATE WHAT WE'RE DOING? SO I'M GONNA THROW SOMETHING OUT THERE.
I THINK THIS NEEDS TO BE A VERY WELL, UM, ADVERTISED, UM, COMMUNICATION INITIATIVE.
UM, SOME COMMUNITIES HAVE WHAT THEY CALL BLUE ZONES AND THEY TALK ABOUT HOW THEIR CITY IS A BLUE ZONE.
THIS IS A HUGE LIFT TO TRY TO HELP OUR COMMUNITY BE WELL AND CONNECTED.
SO I THINK WE HAVE TO SHOW PEOPLE ALONG THE WAY THAT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE REALLY DOING.
AND SOMEHOW IN THIS PLAN, UM, WE HAVE TO COMMUNICATE TO OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR BUSINESSES THAT HEALTH IS A PRIORITY HERE AND THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING.
UM, I THINK IT SHOULD BE AS WE GO ALONG, WHEN GROUPS ARE DOING THINGS, THE, UH, I LOVE THE IDEA THAT WE'RE COMMUNICATING THROUGH, UH, GIS AND THROUGH, UM, HEALTHCARE WORKERS, BUT WE HAVE, UH, A DUBLIN GO APP THAT WE'RE TRYING TO BECO HAVE BECOME MORE USABLE.
SENIORS DON'T USE THAT MAYBE SO MUCH, BUT THEIR CHILDREN DO AND THEIR GRANDCHILDREN DO.
SO SOME OF THESE STRATEGIC AREAS THAT YOU WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW ABOUT COULD BE INCORPORATED IN THAT SORT OF A METHOD.
UM, THE DUBLIN MAGAZINE GETS READ BY A LOT OF OLDER PEOPLE.
UM, I JUST, I WANT IT TO BE KIND OF FRONT AND CENTER FOR THE COMMUNITY TO SEE ALL THIS GREAT WORK YOU'RE DOING.
AND I'M, AND I JUST, I'M NOT WORRIED, BUT I, I HAVE CONCERNS THAT A LOT OF THIS WILL GET DONE AND QUIETLY PEOPLE WILL MOVE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AND DO THE WORK, BUT THE COMMUNITY WON'T KNOW JUST EXACTLY HOW MUCH WORK YOU'RE DOING.
SO I ALMOST THINK IT HAS TO, WE HAVE TO SPLASH IT OUT THERE AND SAY, WE'RE DOING THIS FOR OUR COMMUNITY SO THAT THEY WILL ALSO BUY INTO IT.
UM, THAT WAS MY IMPRESSION HERE.
IT'S JUST SO MUCH GREAT WORK WILL THEY REALLY KNOW.
AND SO I THINK IT HAS, THE INITIATIVE HAS TO HAVE A NAME.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE TO REPORT BACK AND SAY, LISTEN, THIS IS THE KIND OF THING WE'RE DOING.
IF IT'S SOMETHING TO DO WITH, UM, MICRO TRANSIT, WE CAN SHOW PEOPLE GOING TO ALL THE DIFFERENT PLACES.
UM, AS AMY SAID, BEING ABLE TO, WHEN I TALKED TO SOME PEOPLE WHO WORKED ON THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, THEIR CONCERN WAS, WILL IT GET CARRIED FORWARD? WILL EVERYBODY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO? AND IT LOOKS LIKE THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT YOU'VE DONE.
UM, MY BIGGEST CONCERN, AS I MENTIONED, IS MAKING SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY KNOWS AND BECOMES A PARTNER IN OUR WORK.
SO, UM, MAYBE THIS MIGHT BE OUR MOST IMPORTANT WORK.
I THINK, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE TALKED FOR YEARS ABOUT HAVING
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A BLUE ZONE HERE IN DUBLIN.AND IF IT'S TRUE THAT A DUBLIN RESIDENT LIVES 10 YEARS LONGER THAN ANY OTHER RESIDENT IN THE STATE OF OHIO, OR OR MOST AVERAGE RESIDENTS IN THE STATE OF OHIO, THAT'S, THAT'S AN IMPRESSIVE THING.
I THINK, UM, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT ISOLATION AND LONELINESS OF OUR SENIORS, AND HOW WILL YOU DEVELOP A PROGRAM TO ENCOURAGE SENIORS TO FIND SOMETHING THEY'RE IN COMMON WITH GROUPS THAT THEY'RE IN COMMON WITH.
IT COULD BE COOKING, IT COULD BE CHURCH GROUPS, CARS OR WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, TO DRIVE THAT THING, WHICH, UH, JANE JUST SAID, WHERE THEY'RE AWARE OF THAT AT THE REC CENTER, THAT THEY COULD BE PARTY TO SOMETHING AND NOT BE ISOLATED IN A HOME, I THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
UM, I THINK, YOU KNOW, IT'S TIME TO WAKE THE STUDENTS UP AND, AND HOW YOU DO THIS WITH THE SCHOOLS.
I'M NOT SURE WITH 80, 80% OF THE AMERICAN YOUTH ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR OUR MILITARY 'CAUSE THEY'RE JUST OUTTA SHAPE IS A PATHETIC COMMENT ABOUT OUR COUNTRY.
AND THEY'RE AVERAGING SIX HOURS ON SOCIAL MEDIA A DAY.
YOU KNOW, IT'S TIME FOR THE COUNTRY TO WAKE UP AND START DOING SOMETHING.
UM, ALL YOU GUYS WHO ARE OLD ENOUGH TO REMEMBER, UH, GJ OF K'S 50 MILE WALK THAT YOU DID WITH YOUR PARENTS OR YOUR, YOU KNOW, YOUR SIBLINGS, THE, UH, PRESIDENTIAL PHYS ED THING THEY HAD WHERE YOU INTRODUCED THAT INTO THE SCHOOL AND YOU GOT A LITTLE BADGE OR SOMETHING, I FORGOT WHAT IT WAS.
UH, THOSE KIND OF THINGS, YOU KNOW, ARE REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE PREVENTATIVE HEALTHCARE IS REALLY WHAT MAKES YOU WHO YOU ARE AND MAKES THE QUALITY OF YOUR LIFE WHAT IT IS.
AND NOTHING'S WORSE THAN BEING SICK.
SO, UM, I JUST THINK, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT THE DRIVE TO COORDINATE THIS WITH OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM AND OUR SENIORS IS OF THE MOST, IS REALLY UTMOST IMPORTANT.
I, UH, I AGREE WITH THE VETERANS.
THEY'RE APPALLED THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR YOUTH CAN'T SERVE IN THE MILITARY.
I MEAN, THIS STUFF HAS GOTTA COME TO AN END AND WE GOTTA GET THESE KIDS AWAY FROM THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA AND ACTUALLY INVOLVED IN LIFE AND OTHER PEOPLE AND IN ACTIVITIES.
SO HOW YOU'RE GONNA DO THAT? I DON'T KNOW.
BUT I MEAN, THAT'S THE DIRECTION I LIKE TO SEE.
AND AWARENESS OF WHAT YOU'RE EATING FOR GOD'S SAKE.
I MEAN, YOU WANNA PUT ON POUNDS, EAT THE STANDARD AMERICAN DIET AND DIE EARLY.
I MEAN, THERE'S GOTTA BE SOME EDUCATION OUT THERE FOR OUR PEOPLE WHERE THEY START REALIZING, YOU KNOW, I GOTTA EAT WHOLE HEALTHY FOODS AND ALL.
THAT'S REALLY ANOTHER COMPONENT OF THIS WHOLE THING TO MAKE OUR PEOPLE WHERE, YOU KNOW, MAKE OUR PEOPLE WHAT THEY GOTTA BE.
WELL, TOO, I TOO WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR LISTENING AND THANK YOU FOR THE WORK, THE BODY OF WORK AND, AND, UH, NARROWING THAT DOWN.
YOU KNOW, THE OLD ADAGE IS THAT IF YOU HAVE YOUR HEALTH, YOU HAVE EVERYTHING.
AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE YOUR HEALTH, YOU HAVE NOTHING.
AND, UM, CERTAINLY I THINK THAT IS REALLY ONE OF THE GUIDING DIRECTIONS OF THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING IS TO MAKE IT SO THAT PEOPLE HAVE EVERYTHING.
UM, SO I, I DO HAVE INTEREST TOO IN, IN WHAT THE COSTS ARE GOING TO BE.
I, I THINK I WOULD REALLY ENCOURAGE US TO STAY, TAKE STOCK OF WHERE WE ARE AS WE START THIS JOURNEY OF THESE COMMUNICATION PRINCIPLES AND, AND DRIVING THESE THINGS OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY.
AND SO THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEASURE WHAT SUCCESS MIGHT BE OR WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE, SO THAT WE, IF, IF WE KNOW EXACTLY WHERE WE ARE IN TERMS OF NOW YOU'VE DONE THIS COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT, SO NOW WE HAVE AN ASSESSMENT AND KIND OF TAKE A MOMENT OF TIME GLANCE AT THAT SO THAT AS WE NAVIGATE THROUGH THESE THINGS AND MAYBE WE HAVE A X AMOUNT OF DOLLARS SPEND ON IT, YOU KNOW, WHERE DID THAT GET US? DID THAT GET US X PLUS ONE OR X PLUS THREE? AND IF THERE WAS MORE INVESTMENT, WHAT MIGHT THAT LOOK LIKE? WHAT MIGHT WE BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE SO THAT THERE'S SOME, UM, THERE, THERE'S SOME MEASURABLE SCALE IN, IN TERMS OF, UM, BEING PRUDENT INVESTORS OF THE PUBLIC DOLLAR AND WHAT THE RETURN ON THAT INVESTMENT IS.
BECAUSE CERTAINLY A HEALTHY COMMUNITY IS ONE THAT'S FAR EASIER TO MAINTAIN ON A WHOLE BUNCH OF DIFFERENT LEVELS THAN AN UNHEALTHY COMMUNITY.
SO I THINK THAT WE CAN MAKE GOOD DECISIONS BASED ON THAT DATA.
SO, UM, I TOO, I JUST REALLY WANNA APPRECIATE, WANNA LET YOU KNOW HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE THE WORK BECAUSE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SEEN IN THIS COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS AFTER CRISIS AFTER CRISIS, AND, UM, AND WE NEED TO TRY TO, UM, DO WHAT WE CAN TO, TO MOVE THE NEEDLE ON THOSE THINGS.
SO I, I WOULD JUST ASK FOR SOME RELATIVE TO THE, SPEND SOME DATA ON WHERE WE ARE
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AND THE SPEND THAT WE, THAT WE ULTIMATELY WOULD HAVE AND WHAT DIFFERENCE THAT'S MAKING AND WHAT OPPORTUNITIES THERE MIGHT BE TO MAKE A BIGGER DIFFERENCE.WITH THAT, IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS YOU HAVE OF US THAT WE MAYBE DID NOT ANSWER IN OUR DIALOGUE? NO, I DON'T THINK SO.
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US TO THE STAFF COMMENTS PORTION OF OUR AGENDA.I'LL TURN IT OVER TO OUR CITY MANAGER, MEGAN O. CALLAHAN.
GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
FIRST BEING THE DUBLIN POLICE DEPARTMENT IS PARTICIPATING MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL CONSORTIUM TO ADVANCE POLICE SUPERVISION, WHICH IS KNOWN AS CAPS.
AND IN 2024, DUBLIN POLICE LEADERSHIP SUPPORTED THE CREATION OF CAPS BY SENDING A LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION FOR THE GRANT APPLICATION TO SECURE THE FUNDING FROM THE US BUREAU OF JUSTICE ASSISTANCE, THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY.
JOHN GLENN COLLEGE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS WAS RECENTLY AWARDED THE GRANT FUNDING TO FORM CAPS, WHICH AIMS TO ADDRESS CHALLENGES IN POLICING AND IMPROVE THE LEADERSHIP CAPABILITIES OF FIRST LINE SUPERVISORS.
THE PROJECT WILL CREATE A CONSORTIUM OF POLICE SUPERVISORS AND EXPERTS TO DEVELOP TOOLS, RESOURCES, AND TRAINING TO IMPROVE SUPERVISION PRACTICES.
THE CONSORTIUM IS GUIDED BY AN ADVISORY BOARD OF 11 LEADING AUTHORITIES AND POLICING, COMMUNITY RELATIONS, CIVIL RIGHTS AND TECHNOLOGY.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE AND THANK SERGEANT DEVIN HOWARD FOR REPRESENTING THE CITY OF DUBLIN AS A PARTICIPATING MEMBER OF THE CONSORTIUM, WHICH INCLUDES 50 SUPERVISORS FROM 25 DIFFERENT STATES WHO WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE CAPS DISCUSSIONS.
SO THAT'S A BIG DEAL AND WE'RE PROUD TO HAVE HIM REPRESENTING THE CITY IN THAT INITIATIVE.
WE RECENTLY CONTRACTED WITH THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT RESEARCH ORGANIZATION, POCO, TO CONDUCT THE 2024 COMMUNITY SURVEY.
THIS MONTH, POCO IS MAILING POSTCARDS TO RANDOMLY SELECTED HOUSEHOLDS THAT WILL BE PART OF THE STATISTICALLY VALID SAMPLE.
THE COMMUNITY SURVEY, WHICH WAS FORMERLY, FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE NATIONAL CITIZEN SURVEY, MEASURES THE LIVABILITY OF COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE NATION.
THE SURVEY IS STANDARDIZED TO ENSURE HIGH QUALITY RESEARCH METHODS AND TO COMPARE RESULTS WITH OTHER CITIES FOR CONSISTENT BENCHMARKING PURPOSES.
SO WHILE THE FIRST MONTH WE'LL FOCUS ON RANDOM HOUSEHOLDS FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES, THE SURVEY WILL THEN BE OPEN TO ALL RESIDENTS BEGINNING MARCH 13TH.
THE CITY LAST PERFORMED THE NATIONAL CITIZEN SURVEY IN 2018, AND THE COMMUNITY ATTITUDE SURVEY WAS THEN CONDUCTED IN 2022.
SO WE, WE, UM, SET OUT TO DO THIS EVERY COUPLE OF YEARS ON A ROTATING BASIS AS PART OF ONGOING COORDINATION EFFORTS WITH A EP.
WE WERE RECENTLY INFORMED THAT TREE TRIMMING AND REMOVAL WITHIN AEPS, PRIVATE EASEMENTS ALONG DISTRIBUTION AND TRANSMISSION LINES WILL TAKE PLACE AGAIN IN 2025 AS PART OF THEIR ROUTINE FOUR YEAR MAINTENANCE CYCLE.
THE FIRST DISTRIBUTION LINE SCHEDULED FOR TRIMMING IS IN THE ASBA DRIVE BRAND ROAD AREA WITH WORK POTENTIALLY BEGINNING, UM, IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.
SO STAFF WILL CONTINUE WORKING CLOSELY WITH A EP, UM, THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO MONITOR THE TRIMMING AND REMOVAL SCHEDULE.
AND WE WILL ENSURE THAT WE COMMUNICATE TIMELY WITH OUR RESIDENTS ON THOSE ACTIVITIES.
BUT JUST WANTED TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THEIR TREAT, THEIR REMOVAL AND TREE TRIMMING IS ALL BEING PERFORMED IN THEIR PRIVATE EASEMENTS AS PART OF THEIR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE AND PROTECTION OF THEIR LINES.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE TYPICALLY WILL HEAR AND RECEIVE QUESTIONS FROM RESIDENTS.
AND THEN FINALLY, IN RESPONSE TO A REQUEST FROM THE DONAL CLIFFS, HOA BOARD STAFF IS COORDINATING THE REPLACEMENT OF THEIR EXISTING CUSTOM WOOD STREET NAME SIGNS THAT HAVE BEEN SPECIFIC TO THAT NEIGHBORHOOD WITH THE STANDARD CITY SIGNS TO ENSURE BROAD NEIGHBORHOOD AWARENESS, WE COLLABORATED WITH THE HOA BOARD, WHICH CONDUCTED EXTENSIVE OUTREACH, SECURING ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FROM 90% OF ITS MEMBERS REGARDING THE TRANSITION.
THERE WILL BE 15 SIGNS REPLACED THROUGHOUT THAT NEIGHBORHOOD WITH THE WORK BEING COMPLETED AS TIME AND RESOURCES ALLOW IN-HOUSE WITH OUR CITY STAFF.
UM, THIS IS A SIMILAR SITUATION WHERE WE WORKED WITH NEARFIELD A FEW YEARS AGO TO REPLACE THEIR CUSTOM SIGNS THROUGHOUT THAT NEIGHBORHOOD AS WELL.
SO SIMILAR EFFORT THAT WE'LL BE PERFORMING IN DONAL CLIFFS AND WANTED TO MAKE COUNCIL AWARE THAT THAT WORK IS COMING AS WELL.
AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE THIS EVENING.
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MOVE ON TO COUNCIL REPORTS.UH, AND WE WILL START WITH COMMITTEE REPORT FROM THE ADMIN COMMITTEE.
UM, THE ADMIN COMMITTEE MET ON WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY THE FIFTH.
WE HAD TWO ITEMS ON THE AGENDA.
UM, AS YOU ARE AWARE, THIS IS THE TIME OF YEAR WHEN THE BOARDS AND COMMISSION, UM, APPOINTMENTS ARE MADE.
UM, AS PART OF THAT, UM, WE HAVE REQUESTED, UM, AN ANNUAL OR SEMI-ANNUAL UPDATES ON ATTENDANCE.
SO WE SPENT SOME TIME TALKING ABOUT THAT.
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COMMITTEE MEMBERS WHO HAVE REALLY DONE A, AN EXCELLENT JOB AND GIVEN SO MUCH TIME, UM, AND THOSE REPORTS HAVE, HAVE MOVED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.UM, STARTING NEXT, UH, THIS NEXT MEETING IN MARCH, WE'LL BEGIN THE PROCESS OF LOOKING AT THE APPOINTMENTS THAT ARE, UM, UP FOR RENEWAL AND BEGIN THAT PROCESS.
SO, UM, READY OR NOT, HERE WE GO AGAIN.
UM, THE SECOND TOPIC THAT WE TALKED ABOUT WAS, UH, SIMPLY A MEETING SCHEDULE CHANGE.
WE HAVE BEEN MEETING ON TUESDAYS, BUT BECAUSE OF, UM, UM, OR RATHER ON SOME, UH, WEDNESDAYS, BUT BECAUSE OF SOME CONFLICTS NOW, WE'RE GONNA RE MEET AGAIN ON TUESDAYS.
SO, UM, IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR THAT, WE MADE THAT CHANGE.
SO THAT IS MY REPORT FOR THIS EVENING.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO LIAISON REPORTS AND WE'LL STICK WITH YOU WITH THE 33 CORRIDOR AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
UM, SO THE 33 CORRIDOR GROUP MET, UM, LAST FRIDAY ON THE 14TH.
UM, AND AS YOU KNOW, WE SPEND A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT, UM, DEVELOPMENT, AND WE'VE BEEN FOCUSED ON WHAT WE'VE BEEN CALLING HIGH IMPACT DEVELOPMENT NODES OR UP AND DOWN THE 33 CORRIDOR FROM MARYSVILLE, UM, DOWN TO DUBLIN.
UM, AND THAT HAS BEEN REALLY HELPFUL.
UM, I WANTED TO JUST BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION A COUPLE THINGS.
UM, THERE IS SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS, UM, IN, IN DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY IN THAT QUARTER ALONG 33.
IF WE LOOK AT THE 33 AND HIGHLAND CROIX ON ONE SIDE AND POST ROAD.
AND, UM, MITCHELL DEWITT ON THE OTHER SIDE, THAT TRIANGLE.
UM, TWO, UM, ACTIVE DEVELOPMENTS THERE, JEROME GRAND APARTMENTS, PHASE TWO, UM, IS GETTING UNDERWAY AND THE KIA CAR DEALERSHIP IS MOVING ALONG.
SO, UM, I, UM, REQUESTED FROM OUR PLANNING STAFF WHO ATTENDED THAT MEETING IF THEY COULDN'T PROVIDE AN UPDATE TO COUNCIL ABOUT WHERE THOSE PLANS ARE TRAFFIC FLOWS, UM, UM, ROAD PATTERNS SCREENING OR LACKING THEREOF SCREENING ALONG THAT WORK, JUST SO THAT WE'RE ALL AWARE OF IT.
'CAUSE WE'RE GONNA START TO SEE THAT STUFF COME TO FRUITION.
AND I, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE COUNCIL WAS AWARE OF THAT.
UM, THE OTHER THING THAT WE TALKED ABOUT AT THE MEETING IS, UM, THE CONTINUED, UM, ADDITION OF DATA CENTERS.
I MEAN, IT DOESN'T SEEM A, WE DOESN'T GO BY IN CENTRAL OHIO WHEN WE DON'T SEE IN THE ADDITION OF DATA CENTERS.
SO WE HAD SOME CONVERSATION ABOUT THE IMPACT ON UTILITIES, UM, WATER AND ELECTRIC WITH THOSE DATA CENTERS.
UM, AND AS WHAT WAS EXPLAINED TO AT, AT THE, UH, MEETING IS THAT FRANKLIN COUNTY HAS PUT SOMEWHAT OF A MORATORIUM ON DATA CENTERS JUST BECAUSE OF THE IMPACT.
SO WHAT WE'RE STARTING TO SEE IS THOSE DATA CENTERS ARE MOVING AROUND THAT REGION.
SO, UM, WE SPENT SOME TIME TALKING ABOUT THAT.
AND AGAIN, WE'LL ASK PLANNING STAFF TO GIVE US AN UPDATE ON WHAT IS THE MAP OF WHERE THOSE DATA CENTERS ARE AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
'CAUSE I THINK THAT'LL BE REALLY USEFUL FOR US, UM, AS A COUNCIL TO UNDERSTAND JUST SORT OF THE LONGER TERM IMPACTS FOR IN THE REGION.
SO IT WAS A, IT WAS A GOOD CONVERSATION AND SOME MEATY THINGS COMING OUT OF IT.
AND AGAIN, THE AMOUNT OF DEVELOPMENT THAT'S HAPPENING UP AND DOWN THAT CORRIDOR IS, I WOULD SAY ACCELERATING.
AND ANYTHING FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION? NOT THIS EVENING.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER FOX, UH, ADDITIONS TO THE 33 CORRIDOR GROUP IN THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.
I WAS OUTTA TOWN DURING THAT MEETING.
AND OUR DUBLIN BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING IS TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
MR. KEELER, BOARD OF EDUCATION, LOGAN UNION, CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, AND THE SPORTS OHIO STEERING COMMITTEE.
AS JANE JUST MENTIONED, OUR, UH, BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING IS TOMORROW.
THE LOGAN UNION CHAMPAIGN, UH, MET ON FEBRUARY 13TH.
A SERIES OF ZONING, TEXT AMENDMENTS, UM, AND THE SPORTS OHIO STEERING COMMITTEE.
THE TWO RESPONDENTS PUT THEIR BEST FOOT, FOOT, BEST FEET FORWARD, I GUESS.
AND WE MEET AGAIN TOMORROW TO EVALUATE THE TWO RESPONDENTS.
THE COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATION WILL BE BROUGHT BEFORE COUNCIL IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
THE ARTS COUNCIL, UH, HAS HAD A SERIES OF MEETINGS AND FINDING THE NEW, UM, HEAD OF, HEAD OF THE ARTS COUNCIL.
UH, THEY WILL BE CONTACTING STAKEHOLDERS HERE IN THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS TO GET THEIR, UH, OPINION ON WHO THIS SHOULD BE OR IF THEY HAVE A SUGGESTION WHO THIS COULD BE.
AND OF COURSE, WE WENT THROUGH THE WHOLE STANDARD OF, UM, THE IDEALISTIC PERSON WHO'S ABSOLUTELY A GENIUS AND A CEO TO RUN THIS THING.
SO I'M SURE YOU'LL REPEAT ALL THAT
MS. CRA, WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP AND THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD.
ACTUALLY, ALL'S BEEN PRETTY QUIET SO FAR.
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MEETING SCHEDULED FOR NEXT WEEK ON THE 26TH HAS BEEN CANCELED, I'M ASSUMING FROM LACK OF AGENDA.AND AS FAR AS WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, WE JUST WANNA WELCOME, UH, CHIEF DONAHUE TO STEP IN THE SHOES HERE IN TWO WEEKS.
UM, I WILL REPORT OUT ON MORS E.
UM, AS YOU ALL KNOW, UM, WE SPENT SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY OF LAST WEEK IN DC.
UM, WE HAD AT THE INVITATION AND EXPENSE OF MOR CI ATTENDED THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REGIONAL COUNCILS OR NARC.
UM, IT WAS A REALLY ONLY A PLANNING ORGANIZATION COULD HAVE THEIR ACRONYM BE NARC.
BUT, UM, IT, IT WAS A REALLY, A REALLY GREAT TIME.
UM, HEARD A LOT OF I IMPACTFUL THINGS THAT WERE COMING OUT OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
OBVIOUSLY THERE IS A LACK OF CLARITY ON A LOT OF THINGS DUE TO THE CHANGE IN ADMINISTRATION AND, UH, THE GOINGS ON IN DC.
UM, BUT WE DID HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY, UM, ON THE 10TH TO MEET WITH, UH, OUR, THE SENIOR SENATOR, I GUESS ALREADY FROM THE STATE OF OHIO, BERNIE MORENO.
UM, AND TO TALK TO HIM ABOUT, UM, WE PRESENTED THE, LEMME GET IT OUT HERE.
UM, THE PROJECTS THAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR, ATTRIBUTABLE FUNDS FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR IT REPRESENTS MAYBE $400 MILLION WORTH OF INVESTMENT IN THE 15 COUNTY MORPHE REGION THAT WE'VE PRESENTED TO HIM AND ASKED FOR HIS SUPPORT ON THOSE.
SOME OF THEM ARE SIGNIFICANTLY, UH, IMPACT OUR, THE CITY OF DUBLIN.
UM, ALSO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY ON THE 10TH TO MEET WITH THE, UM, THE FCC, UH, TO GO OVER WHAT THE TASKINGS MIGHT BE FOR THE, UH, WHAT THE PRESIDENT MIGHT TASK THE FCC WITH FOR THE FUTURE OF THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE.
UM, SO WE'RE PUTTING TOGETHER SOME, SOME TOPICS TO SEE HOW THOSE MIGHT PROCEED.
UM, ALSO HAD AN OPPORTUNITY HERE ABOUT THE FEDERAL BROADBAND EFFORTS.
AND I, I THINK WHAT I TOOK AWAY FROM THAT TIME IS WE'RE REALLY FORTUNATE TO BE WITH WE, WHERE WE ARE WITH ULTA FIBER IN THE FIBER TO EVERY HOME BECAUSE IT IS NOT LIKELY THAT THAT, UM, THAT THE PUSH ON BROADBAND IS GOING TO CONTINUE IN THIS ADMINISTRATION.
AND SO I THINK IF YOU WERE RELYING HEAVILY ON FEDERAL FUNDS TO COMPLETE THOSE PROJECTS IN YOUR COMMUNITY, THAT MIGHT BE CHALLENGING MOVING FORWARD.
SO, UH, WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE TO BE, UM, TO BE WHERE WE ARE.
AND THEN ALSO ON THAT DAY, I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SIT DOWN WITH OUR, OUR PREVIOUS CONGRESSMAN BALDERSON, UH, AND TALK THROUGH SOME OF THESE ISSUES AS WELL ON THE 11TH.
UM, WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK WITH THE, UH, INTERNATIONAL MUNICIPAL LAWYERS ASSOCIATION TO HEAR ABOUT ALL OF THE CASES, UH, COMING BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT THAT HAVE MUNICIPAL IN IMPLICATIONS.
UH, AND THAT LIST WAS VERY LONG AND, UH, WIDE RANGING.
AND SO I THINK WE'RE GOING TO SEE A LOT OF LEGISLATION COME OUT OF THIS SUPREME COURT.
UM, SOME OF IT MIGHT BE FRIENDLY TO US, SOME NOT SO MUCH.
UM, ALSO INCLUDED SOME APPELLATE COURT CASES.
AND SO THE, THE APPEALS ON THOSE DECISIONS COULD HAVE RAMIFICATIONS THAT WE WANT TO PAY ATTENTION TO AS WELL.
UM, WE DID ALSO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK THROUGH THE FUTURE OF TRANSPORTATION FUNDING AND WHAT WE THINK MIGHT BE ON THE LANDSCAPE FOR FEDERAL FUNDS IN TRANSPORTATION.
UH, IT, IN CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION, IT LOOKS LIKE A MEMBER DIRECTED SPENDING MIGHT BE THE MOST RELIABLE WAY TO, UM, PREDICT FEDERAL FUNDS IN TRANSPORTATION INVESTMENTS.
UM, WE DID HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SIT DOWN WITH THE NEW DIRECTOR OF THE US CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TO, UH, HEAR WHAT THEIR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA IS AND HOW THEY ARE GOING TO BE, UM, ADVOCATING TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO THEM.
UH, AND THEN THAT EVENING I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A SIT DOWN WITH OUR CONGRESSMAN MIKE CAREY, TO TALK THROUGH SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE MOSTLY IMPORTANT TO US.
UM, ON THE 12TH, WE HAD FORMAL MEETINGS WITH THE STAFF OF JIM JORDAN, UH, THE NEW CONGRESSMAN TAYLOR AND CONGRESSMAN CAREY.
AND WE HAD IN-PERSON SIT DOWNS WITH CONGRESSMAN BALDERSON AND CONGRESSMAN BEATTY.
UH, THIS, THIS FEDERAL FUNDING PACKET WAS PRESENTED TO THEM AS WELL AS THE, UH, LEGISLATIVE AGENDA FOR MORSEY, UH, WHICH HEAVILY SPEAKS TO RAIL.
UM, WE DID GET SOME GOOD DIRECTION ON THEM OF, OF WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE WITH THE, UH, THE FRA AND HOW TO APPROACH THOSE CONVERSATIONS.
HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT WITH THE AMTRAK FOLKS AND MEET WITH MARIAH MORALES, THEIR DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, AND GOT VERY GOOD
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FEEDBACK FROM HER ON WHERE WE WERE IN COMPLETING STAGE ONE.WHAT THEY ANTICIPATED THE FEDERAL FUNDING MATCH MIGHT BE FOR STAGE TWO.
AS YOU MIGHT RECALL HERE IN THE NEXT SIX WEEKS, WE WILL WRAP UP PHASE ONE AND BE ENTERING INTO PHASE TWO, UH, TO SEE ABOUT OUR LIKELIHOOD OF BEING ABLE TO NAVIGATE PHASE TWO.
IT'S ABOUT A $7 MILLION FEDERAL GRANT, UH, THAT DOES REQUIRE SOME MATCHING FUNDS.
UM, UH, THEN WE, UH, TRAVELED HOME NIGHT OF THE THIRD, UH, THE 12TH.
AND ON THE 13TH WE HAD THE, UH, LINK US PROGRAM DELIVERY FOR PARTNERS.
UM, I WAS THERE AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF MORSEY, DUBLIN WA.
WE, WE DIDN'T HAVE NECESSARILY A SEAT AT THAT TABLE, BUT THERE WAS A VERY INTERESTING CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW LINK US WILL MOVE FORWARD, WHO IS GOING TO TAKE UP WHAT PORTION OF THE WORK, AND REALLY THE IMPORTANCE OF, YOU KNOW, MULTIPLE JURISDICTIONS WORKING TOGETHER TO DELIVER ON THE $8 BILLION PROMISE.
THAT WAS, UM, WAS AT THE BALLOT BOX LAST NOVEMBER.
UH, AND THEN WE DID HAVE A COMMISSION MEETING ON THE AFTERNOON AT ONE 30, UM, ON THE 13TH.
AND IT WAS, THE AGENDA WAS A, WAS A STANDARD AGENDA BASED ON THE BUSINESS THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN TYPICAL FOR THAT TIME.
SO THAT CONCLUDES MY MORPHE UPDATE.
I KNOW IT WAS LONG, BUT, UM, HAVING HAD THAT TRIP, THERE WAS A A LOT TO FILL IN ON.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT, I DID BRING MY, MY FOLDER THAT WE PRESENTED TO OUR CONGRESSIONAL DE DELEGATION.
IF ANYBODY WANTS TO LOOK AT THAT, YOU'RE WELCOME TO BORROW IT.
WE DID HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SIT, SIT DOWN WITH THE GFOA PEOPLE TO TALK ABOUT PROTECTING BONDS, BUILDING INFRASTRUCTURE, AND CREATING JOBS.
I HAVE SOME HANDOUTS ABOUT THAT.
THE GFOA PEOPLE, AS YOU MAY HAVE HEARD, THERE HAS BEEN A MOVE AFOOT TO MAKE, UM, MUNICIPAL BONDS NO LONGER TAX EXEMPT.
UM, WHICH WOULD MAKE IT INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT FOR US TO EXECUTE ON PUBLIC PROJECTS.
AND SO WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION AND PRESENT TO OUR CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION THAT WE LIKELY WOULD NOT HAVE MANY PROJECTS THAT WE COULD COMPLETE IF WE WERE NOT.
UM, IF WE COULD NOT SELL TAX BONDS, THE INTEREST RATE WOULD BECOME TOO HIGH AND WOULD MAKE THE DEALS NOT PENCIL OUT.
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WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR ROUND TABLE, AND I WILL START DOWN HERE WITH MS. GRAHAM.ONE, UM, I JUST WANNA EXTEND A THANK YOU.
I'VE RECEIVED MANY THANK YOUS FROM RESIDENTS LATELY ABOUT THE, UM, PAVING AND OR, UM, PLOWING OF OUR PA, OUR PAVED PATHS OVER NEAR ALD FIELDS.
UM, I PROBABLY HAVE HAD AT LEAST A DOZEN THIS WEEK.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH ON BEHALF OF THE RESIDENTS WHO CAN STILL GET OUT DESPITE THE COLD WEATHER AND WALK ON OUR PATHS AND THEY'RE NOT TOO ICY.
AND THEN THE OTHER ONE IS, I HAVE SEVERAL THANK YOUS AND JUST KIND OF AN FYI, UH, I'VE HAD SEVERAL RESIDENTS.
WE'VE BEEN CALLING, UH, ACTUALLY BARBARA RAY RECENTLY, THE, APPARENTLY IT IS COYOTE MATING SEASON, AND THEY HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY ACTIVE, AT LEAST IN MY NECK OF THE WOODS,
AND, UM, AND BEHIND THE FIRE STATION, UH, ON HARD ROAD, APPARENTLY THERE'S A DEN IN THAT GENERAL AREA.
SO I KNOW WE'VE HAD AT LEAST SIX OR SEVEN REPORTED KILLS OF DEER IN THE LAST LIKE SIX WEEKS.
UM, SO JUST A HEADS UP, IF YOU LIVE IN THAT AREA, WE'VE BEEN, SEVERAL OF US HAVE BEEN CALLING BARBARA AND KEEPING TRACK OF IT.
I DON'T KNOW IF EMILY AND THE DEER FEEDING ORDINANCES OR ANY OF THAT ONES TO KEEP TRACK, BUT THEY ARE OUT AND ABOUT, AT LEAST ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE RIVER.
UM, SO I HADN'T INTENDED TO BRING THIS UP TONIGHT, BUT IT MADE ME THINK ABOUT THIS WHEN WE WERE, WHEN I WAS REVIEWING THE REZONING, WHEN FOR, UM, SUMMIT VIEW PARTIAL, UM, OUR ENVISION DOUBLE PLAN, AND I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE TIMING IS FOR COMING UP WITH THE NEW GUIDELINES AND THE ZONING FOR MIXED USE, BUT THE CHALLENGE WAS IDENTIFIED THAT THESE SMALLER LITTLE AREAS, AND THIS IS A FAIRLY SMALL PARTIAL TO BE LOOKED AT AS A MIXED USE, BUT IT'S NECESSARY BECAUSE OF ITS LOCATION.
UM, IN THE PREVIOUS COMMUNITY PLAN, WE ACTUALLY KIND OF LAID OUT A QUASI MASTER PLAN, WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE, TALKED ABOUT THE KIND OF USES, UM, I'M THINKING TO HELP MOVE DEVELOPMENT ALONG.
SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THAT I HOPE WILL COME IN THE NEW ONE BECAUSE IN THE NEW PLAN AND THE DESIGN, BECAUSE IF WE EVER EXPECT TO SEE THESE PARTIALS COME TOGETHER AND PEOPLE WHO INVEST IN ONE PARTIAL OR TWO PARTIALS ARE ALWAYS GONNA BE LEFT SOMEWHAT IN LIMBO UNTIL WE GET THIS LAID OUT, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME SMALL MASTER PLANNING SO THAT WE CAN GET PREDICTABILITY.
AND DEVELOPERS WILL LOOK AND SAY, THIS IS AN AREA.
WE KNOW EXACTLY HOW IT SHOULD BE LAID OUT.
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KNOW WE NEED MIXED RESIDENTIAL, WE NEED DIFFERENT HOUSING STOCK, WE NEED IT FOR SENIORS, WE NEED SOME RETAIL, WE NEED SOME AMENITIES.IF WE CAN DO THAT, I THINK THESE PLACES WON'T SIT, UM, LIKE THEY HAVE BEEN FOR SUCH A LONG TIME.
AND, UM, IT'S, IT'S FAIR TO INVESTORS AS WELL AS THE, THE NEIGHBORHOODS TO KNOW WHAT, WHAT THEIR PROPERTIES ARE GONNA LOOK LIKE IN THE FUTURE.
SO I JUST WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE US TAKE A LOOK AT THESE SMALL AREAS THAT ARE GONNA BE DIFFICULT TO MOVE WHERE WE WANT 'EM TO GO AND SEE IF WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT MORE PREDICTABLE, MORE MASTER PLAN WISE.
UM, I JUST, WE DID IT FOR METRO AND I DON'T KNOW WHY WE COULDN'T DO IT.
I KNOW IN OTHER AREAS OF THE CITY WHEN I WORKED IN CLINTONVILLE, WE DID THIS BLOCK BY BLOCK AND, AND THEN LITTLE BY LITTLE THE PREDICTABILITY ALLOWED DEVELOPMENT TO HAPPEN.
THEN SECONDLY, I JUST PERSONALLY WANT TO WANNA SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CHIEF.
UM, I HAVE BEEN SO HONORED TO WORK WITH YOU OVER THE YEARS.
UH, I THINK ABOUT THE PROFESSIONALISM, THE HIGHEST, MOST PROFESSIONAL FIRE DEPARTMENT IN THE STATE.
AND YOU'VE LED IT TO BE THAT I WATCHED YOU DURING THE EPIDEMIC.
I WATCH, I'VE TALKED TO YOU ON THE PHONE ABOUT CONCERNS ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH AND SUICIDE PREVENTION, AND YOU'VE ALWAYS SAT DOWN AND TALKED WITH ME ABOUT HOW WE CAN MOVE FORWARD AND WORKED WITH THE POLICE ON, UM, INITIATIVES AND PROGRAMS TO MAKE THIS COMMUNITY BETTER.
YOU HAVE BEEN ONE OF THE MOST AMAZING PARTNERS.
UM, I JUST, UH, WANNA SAY PERSONALLY THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DID AND I'M STILL GONNA TAKE THAT RIDE IN THE BACK OF THAT MEDIC
SO, UH, CHIEF DONAHUE, I HOPE YOU'LL LET ME, UH, CHIEF O'CONNELL ALWAYS INVITED, UH, ANY OF US TO DO THAT, ANY MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY TO SEE THE WORK THAT YOU ALL DO.
BUT, UH, ONCE AGAIN, WE'RE BLESSED TO HAVE YOU TAKING CARE OF US AS A COMMUNITY AND GOOD LUCK IN THE FUTURE FOR WHATEVER IT IS THAT YOUR NEW DOORWAY OPENS FOR YOU.
AND, UM, I'VE SAT HERE BEFORE WHEN PEOPLE HAVE COME BACK AND SAID, BECAUSE OF YOUR SERVICES, YOU'VE SAVED, MY HUSBAND HAD A STROKE, YOU GOT HIM IN THE HOSPITAL QUICK.
AND, UH, WHAT COULD BE A GREATER THING TO DO THAN SAVE SOMEONE'S LIVES? AND YOU GUYS HAVE ACCOMPLISHED THAT.
WE'VE ACTUALLY HAVE CITIZENS COME BACK AND HAVE THANKED US FOR, FOR THE SERVICES YOU PROVIDE TO OUR COMMUNITY.
UH, UH, SHOUT OUT A SPECIAL THANKS TO JENNY ROUSH.
JEANNIE WILLIS FOR SH SHOWING UP TO RESOLVE THE, UM, CURB CUT PROBLEM OVER ON, UH, GLICK ROAD AND, UH, FOR THE NEW, UM, UH, POOL SERVICE BUILDING.
I THINK, I THINK WE, I THINK YOU GUYS HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB TRYING TO PUT THAT THING TO BED.
UH, CONTACTED OOPS, ABOUT OUR NEW, UM, UH, FIBER AND IT BEING CUT BY OUR CITIZENS.
THEY SAID THAT, UH, YES, THEY'LL BE TRACKING IT, BUT THEY WILL SUBCONTRACT OUT TO SOMEONE ELSE.
THE ACTUAL ASPECTS OF MAKING SURE THAT, UH, WHEN YOU CALL, OOPS, THEY WILL, THEY NEED, STILL NEED 48 HOURS IF YOU'RE GONNA DIG A HOLE IN YOUR LAWN AND DO ANYTHING.
SO, UM, THEY SAID THEY THINK YOU CAN DO IT 48 HOURS, BUT THEY ARE GONNA CONTRACT OUT TO SOME OTHER COMPANY TO MANAGE DUBLIN ON THIS PARTICULAR ASPECT OF OUR FIBER.
AND, UH, I, I MOVE THAT WE HAVE OUR NEXT COUNCIL RETREAT AT YOUR FARM
UM, AND, UH, THE CITY MANAGER ALREADY HIGHLIGHTED THESE MAILINGS.
UM, BE SURE TO COMPLETE THIS THING.
IF YOU DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER, IT'S EXCELLENT.
THEY DON'T CALL DUBLIN, THEY DON'T CALL DUBLIN, DISNEYLAND FOR NOTHING.
UM, THERE IS ONE QUESTION ON THE SURVEY THAT SOME RESIDENTS MIGHT JUST BE LIKE, HOW WOULD I KNOW? AND IT'S, UH, THE OVERALL ECONOMIC HEALTH OF DUBLIN.
WELL, THE FACT THAT WE'RE PAV OR WE'RE PAVING PATHS, WE'RE CLEARING SNOW FROM A SHARED USE PATH.
I MEAN, WHO DOES THAT? WE DO IT HERE IN DUBLIN AND WE DO IT WITH A TAX RATE OF 2%.
YOU MOVE ANYWHERE ELSE AROUND CENTRAL OHIO, YOU'RE GONNA PAY 25% MORE IN INCOME TAXES THAN YOU PAY HERE.
IF YOU DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER, IT'S LIKE IN, IN GRADE SCHOOL, IF YOU DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER, IT WAS C HERE.
HOW MANY TIMES DID YOU TAKE THE SURVEY? WHAT, HOW MANY TIMES DID YOU TAKE THE SURVEY? ONLY ONE SO FAR.
UM, I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION FOR DO ARE IN THESE PARTICULAR NATIONAL SURVEY, ARE WE ALLOWED TO HAVE ANY QUESTIONS PARTICULAR TO US ON THAT SURVEY? YEAH.
EACH YEAR WE'RE ALLOWED TO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, BUT THE POWER OF THE SURVEY IS BENCHMARKING IT VERSUS
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OTHER COMMUNITIES, RIGHT? SO I THINK WE'RE ALLOWED TWO OR THREE QUESTIONS PER EACH TIME WE'VE DONE IT.SO WHAT DID WE, WHAT DID WE DO? THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION.
I'LL HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK.
'CAUSE I KNOW WE, WE HAD SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT IN PRIOR YEARS AND I, I KNOW COUNCIL HAD HAD SOME SUGGESTIONS, SO I WAS CURIOUS WHAT WE ENDED UP DOING.
SO IF YOU'D LET US KNOW, THAT'D BE GREAT.
UM, AND CHIEF, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
UM, 33 YEARS OF COMMITMENT AND SERVICE AND LEADERSHIP.
UM, WE ALL KNOW THAT THAT'S GONNA BE 300 YEARS OF IMPACT FOR ALL OF US THAT, UM, GET TO LIVE HERE AND TAKE PART AND, UM, UH, ARE THE BENEFIC, BENEFIC, BENEFACTOR, WHATEVER, WHATEVER, WHATEVER.
THANK YOU BENEFACTOR OF ALL OF YOUR LEADERSHIP.
UM, AND CHIEF DONAHUE, THEY SAY NEVER, NEVER FOLLOW A HERO, BUT WE HAVE NO PROBLEM.
YOU'RE GONNA DO AWESOME AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU.
SO THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO AND THE WHOLE TEAM EVERY DAY.
UM, AND I WANNA THANK THE SNOW WARRIORS FOR COMING OUT ON THEIR SUNDAYS AND THEIR HOLIDAYS TO KEEP US LOOKING GOOD.
CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU, CHIEF.
EVERYTHING HAS BEEN SAID AND IS TRUE A HUNDRED PERCENT 10 TIMES OVER.
SO THANK YOU AND WELCOME NEW CHIEF.
YOU'RE STANDING ON THE SHOULDERS OF GIANTS, UM, AND WE'RE JUST SO THRILLED TO HAVE YOU, UM, AND REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH YOU.
UM, AND YES, THANK YOU TO OUR SNOW CREW.
UM, I GET JOKES ABOUT OUR STREET BECAUSE, UM, THERE'S TWO OF US WHO HAPPEN TO LIVE ON IT THAT WE'RE GONNA GET PLOWED.
FIRST, LET ME MAKE IT REALLY CLEAR.
WE'RE A P THREE STREET, BUT IT'S ALL GOOD 'CAUSE THEY DO AN AMAZING JOB.
OKAY, I WANTED TO REPORT OUT ON THE, ON THE 7TH OF FEBRUARY, WE HAD A COMMA MEETING MEGAN AND I ATTENDED.
UM, THE, THE MEET OF THE AGENDA WAS ON THE COLUMBUS HOUSING STUDY THAT THEY HAVE ISSUED, AND IT IS A SEPARATE STUDY FROM THE MORSEY HOUSING STUDY.
WE'RE STILL TRYING TO UNDERSTAND.
I THINK THAT'S FAIR OF WHAT THIS STUDY INTENDS TO DO DIFFERENTLY THAN THE MORSEY HOUSING STUDY AND, UM, WHO ITS PARTNERS ARE AND WHAT VEHICLE THEY'LL USE TO REPORT BACK TO US.
WE DID GET AN EMAIL TO TAKE A SURVEY, BUT IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT, UH, THAT THAT STUDY WILL BE COMPLETE FIRST QUARTER OF THIS YEAR.
AND, UM, WE'LL HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT THAT MEANS FOR, UM, MAYBE OUR BORDERING JU JURISDICTIONS OR, OR OTHER FOLKS.
THEIR, THEIR STUDY AREA IS THE SAME STUDY AREA AS THE MORSI STUDY AREA, BUT IT'S, UM, SOLELY DONE BY THE CITY OF COLUMBUS.
SO, UM, WE'LL DO OUR BEST TO, TO KEEP YOU IN INFORMED AS BEST WE CAN WITH THE LITTLE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE ON THAT.
UM, OTHER THAN THAT, THANKS CHIEF, I, YOU KNOW, IT'S, UM, FOR YOU AND WITH OUR POLICE, YOU KNOW, I DON'T EVER CALL THE FIRE EMS FOLKS UNLESS SOMETHING HAS GONE REALLY SIDEWAYS AND I AM HAVING AN EXCEPTIONALLY BAD DAY.
AND, UH, PEOPLE THAT I LOVE OR MYSELF, HEALTH OR SAFETY, UH, IS IN MORTAL DANGER.
AND WHEN THOSE CALLS COME IN, YOU HAVE TAKEN THEM FOR 33 YEARS.
UH, AND YOU HAVE SHOWED UP AND, AND YOU HAVE REPRESENTED THIS COMMUNITY IN YOUR ORGANIZATION WITH EXCELLENCE.
AND I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE IS A GREATER ASK THAT WE COULD HAVE OF ANYONE THAT WOULD REPRESENT US THAN THAT.
SO THANK YOU FOR STANDING IN THAT SPACE.
UH, AND CHIEF DONAHUE, NEXT MAN UP.
UH, WITH THAT, WE WILL STAND ADJOURNED.