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[CALL TO ORDER]
IT IS FIVE 30.I WILL CALL TO ORDER THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF MARCH THE 17TH, ST.
JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE HERE? MAYOR AMBROSE GROOMS HERE.
UH, I DID RECEIVE WORD FROM JANE.
SHE, UH, IS HAD SOMETHING AND, AND WILL BE HERE, UH, SHORTLY.
[ADJOURNMENT TO EXECUTIVE SESSION]
I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN TO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THE PURPOSES OF PERSONNEL MATTERS, CONSIDERING THE EMPLOYMENT OF A PUBLIC EMPLOYEE AND THE APPOINTMENT OF A PUBLIC OFFICIAL TO CONSIDER CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION RELATED TO A REQUEST FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANT THAT INVOLVES PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE DIRECTLY RELATED TO AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECT IN WHICH EXECUTIVE SESSION IS NECESSARY TO PROTECT THE POSSIBLE INVESTMENT OR EXPENDITURE OF PUBLIC FUNDS TO BE MADE IN CONNECTION WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECT.TO CONSIDER THE PURCHASE OF PROPERTY FOR PUBLIC PURCHASES AND CONFERENCES WITH AN ATTORNEY FOR THE PUBLIC BODY CONCERNING DISPUTES INVOLVING THE PUBLIC BODY THAT ARE SUBJECT TO PE PENDING OR IMMINENT COURT ACTION.
IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND, JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? MR. ROSA? YES.
WE WILL RE RECONVENE IN THIS LOCATION, UH, AT 7:00 PM THANK YOU.
[RECONVENE (7 P.M.)]
WE WILL RESUME THE MONDAY, MARCH 17TH, 2025 DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING.[APWA City Award]
AND IF BAIRD DEN LEADER MEGAN DAVENPORT IN PAC ONE 11 WOULD LIKE TO COME FORWARD AND MEET ME HERE, AND YOU WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.SO IF YOU COULD COME FORWARD WITH BEARDEN LEADER MEGAN DAVENPORT.
WELL, THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR COMING TONIGHT AND LEADING US IN THE PLEDGE.
AND, UM, THEY RECEIVED THEIR LITTLE GOVERNMENT PATCH FOR BEING WITH US THIS EVENING.
UM, WE DO HAVE A SPECIAL PRESENTATION THIS EVENING FOR THE A PWA CITY AWARD, UH, AND PRESENTING THIS AWARD THIS EVENING WILL BE LARRY LESTER FROM THE OHIO AMERICAN PUBLIC WORKS ASSOCIATION.
GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS LARRY LESTER AND I CURRENTLY SERVE AS A CITY MANAGER FOR MONROE, OHIO.
I'M HERE THIS EVENING WITH CLARK ROUSH, ENGINEERING DIRECTOR FOR THE CITY OF HILLIARD TO PRESENT THE 2024 CLYDE BUTCH SEIDEL PUBLIC WORKS SERVANT LEADER AWARD TO ONE OF YOUR MOST VALUED TEAM MEMBERS.
THIS AWARD HOLDS SPECIAL MEANING FOR CLARK AND I AS WE BOTH HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF SERVING UNDER BUTCH'S LEADERSHIP AT THE CITY OF HILLIARD DURING A PERIOD OF ECONOMIC AND INFRASTRUCTURE GROWTH.
BUTCH WAS A COACH MENTOR TO SO MANY PUBLIC WORKS PROFESSIONALS THROUGHOUT CENTRAL OHIO AND BEYOND.
THIS AWARD HONORS PUBLIC SERVANTS WHO EXEMPLIFY EXCELLENCE, DEDICATION, AND ACHIEVEMENT, CELEBRATING THE CREATIVITY AND SKILLS OF
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SERVANT LEADERS IN THE FIELD OF PUBLIC WORKS.THIS AWARD IS BEING PRESENTED TO PAUL HAMMERSMITH, YOUR ENGINEERING DIRECTOR.
PAUL HAS BEEN SERVING DUBLIN SINCE 2000, AND HIS CONTRIBUTIONS HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY ENHANCED DEVELOPMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND SURROUNDING REGION.
PAUL, PLEASE ACCEPT THIS AWARD FROM THE OHIO AMERICAN PUBLIC WORKS ASSOCIATION IN HONOR OF BUTCH SEIDEL AND HIS FAMILY, AND ALSO MARY SEIDEL AND MICHAEL SIDAL ARE WITH US THIS EVENING.
WE APPRECIATE YOU, PAUL, AND ALL THAT YOU DO FOR OUR PROFESSION.
I THINK THIS WARRANTS SOME PICTURES WITH THE NEWLY MINTED HARDWARE AND PERHAPS SOME OF THE FAMILY MEMBERS OF THE, OF THE INDIVIDUAL FOR WHICH IT IS NAMED.
IF YOU WOULD COME HERE TO THE CENTER, WE CAN GET APPROPRIATE PICTURES.
EVERYBODY COME ON IN THE MIDDLE.
PAUL, I PAUL, BEFORE YOU SIT DOWN, I KNOW THIS WAS A SURPRISE FOR YOU.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS?
SO I'M VERY HUMBLED BY, UM, THIS AWARD AND THIS RECOGNITION.
I KNEW BUTCH FOR MANY YEARS AND BUTCH WAS CERTAINLY A GUIDING LIGHT, A COACH, A MENTOR, AND HE WAS REALLY THE EPITOME OF JUST PUBLIC SERVICE, UM, VERY SELFLESS.
AND TO GET THIS, YOU KNOW, RECOGNITION WITH HIS NAME ON IT REALLY MEANS A LOT.
I LOVE SERVING THE CITY OF DUBLIN.
UM, 25 YEARS OF, OF A REALLY, I ALWAYS SAY A GRATEFUL COMMUNITY.
AND IT'S FUN TO SERVE A GRATEFUL COMMUNITY.
AND I GET TO DO THIS EVERY DAY AND HAVE FUN DOING IT.
OKAY, THIS BRINGS US TO SPEAKING OF A GRATEFUL COMMUNITY.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CITIZENS TO COMMENT ON ANY TOPIC THAT IS NOT ON THIS EVENING'S AGENDA.
UM, HOPEFULLY YOU HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SIGN IN BEFORE THE MEETING TONIGHT, AND IF NOT, UH, YOU COULD NOTIFY US AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ANYTHING THAT IS NOT ON THIS EVENING'S AGENDA?
[CONSENT AGENDA]
HEARING NONE.WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.
IS THERE A REQUEST TO REMOVE ANY ITEM FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA? HEARING NONE, I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.
JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? MR. KEELER? YES.
[Ordinance 04-25 (Amended)]
US TO THE SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING ORDINANCES PORTION OF OUR AGENDA.ORDINANCE ZERO FOUR DASH 25 REZONING APPROXIMATELY 14.2 ACRES FROM R ONE, RESTRICTED SUBURBAN RESIDENTIAL TO PUD PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT FOR DEVELOPMENT OF 20 SINGLE FAMILY LOTS WITH 5.8 ACRES OF OPEN SPACE AND ASSOCIATED SITE IMPROVEMENTS UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF ZONING CODE SECTION 1 5 3 0.050.
AND OUR STAFF REPORT THIS, THIS EVENING WILL BE BROUGHT BY RODDY SINGH.
AND GOOD EVENING COUNCIL MEMBERS.
JUST AS A REMINDER, WE ARE LOOKING AT 14.2 AC ACRES SITE, WHICH IS
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COMBINED OF TWO PARCELS AND A ZONED R ONE RESTRICTED SUBURBAN RESIDENTIAL.AS PRESENTED AT THE FIRST READING, THE PROPOSED UNIT DEVELOPMENTS CONSIST OF 20 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, TWO PUBLIC STREETS, AND FOUR RESERVES.
AT THE FIRST READING ON MARCH 3RD, COUNCIL PROVIDED FEEDBACK ON THE OWNERSHIP AND THE MAINTENANCE OF RESERVE A AND RESERVE B.
BASED ON THE COUNCIL'S FEEDBACK, THE MAINTENANCE RESPONSIBILITY OF BOTH THE RESERVES, THE RESERVE A AND B WILL BE SHIFTED FROM THE CITY TO THE HOMEOWNER'S ASSOCIATION, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE STORM WATER BASIN MAINTENANCE.
AND THE WATERWAYS STAFF ALSO REQUESTED COUNCIL'S FEEDBACK ON RESERVE WAY CONNECTION AND THE COUNCIL MEMBERS EXPRESSED SUPPORT FOR THE NATIONALIZATION OF RESERVE A WITHOUT A SHARED USE PATH CONNECTION COUNCIL RECOMMENDED THAT THE SHARED USE PATH, WHICH IS PLANNED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE BRIGHT ROAD, IS SUFFICIENT TO MEET THE NEED OF THE PEDESTRIANS AS WELL AS THE CYCLISTS BASED ON COUNCIL'S FEEDBACK AND TO ENSURE THAT THE ACCESS DRIVE CAN ACCOMMODATE MAINTENANCE VEHICLES SAFELY.
TO ACCESS THE STORM WATER MAINTENANCE BASIN STAFF RECOMMENDS USING COMPACTED AGGREGATE MATERIAL THAT PROVIDES DURABILITY WHILE MINIMIZING THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT AS THE PART OF FIRST READING.
STAFF ALSO REQUESTED COUNCIL'S FEEDBACK ON THE PROPOSED SIDEWALK LOCATIONS, WHICH IS ON THE ONE SIDE OF THE STREET.
STAFF REQUESTED THIS FEEDBACK AS THE SIDEWALKS DO NOT MEET THE RECENTLY ADOPTED STANDARDS AND VISION.
DUBLIN RECOMMENDS SIX FOOT SIDEWALKS ON BOTH SIDE OF THE STREETS, AND THE NEW STANDARDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE IMPLEMENTED WITH ANY NEW CONSTRUCTION.
STAFF HAS ALSO IDENTIFIED PROJECTS WHERE SIDEWALKS AND SHARED USE PATH HAVE BEEN CONSTRUCTED IN THE EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS AT A MUCH LATER DATE.
THE MEMO INCLUDES DETAILS AND THE ASSOCIATED COST FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SHARED USE PARK AND THE SIDEWALKS.
AND SOME OF THE PROJECTS ARE CARA ROAD AND THE MID-CENTURY NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND THIS IS INCLUDED IN THE MEMO FOR COUNCIL'S REFERENCE.
COUNCIL MEMBER ALSO REQUESTED INFORMATION ON THE NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE THERE IS ONE SIDED SIDEWALK AND A COMPARISON OF THOSE SIZES.
THIS INFORMATION IS ALSO INCLUDED IN THE STAFF MEMO ON FEBRUARY 6TH, PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL TO CITY COUNCIL WITH NINE CONDITIONS WHICH ARE LISTED HERE.
AND THEN ON THE NEXT SLIDE, AND BASED ON COUNCIL'S FEEDBACK, AT THE FIRST READING, STAFF RECOMMENDS REVISING CONDITION ONE TO ENSURE THAT THE ACCESS DRIVE IS ADEQUATELY DESIGNED AND RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF ORDINANCE OH 4 25 WITH ADDITIONAL THREE CONDITIONS WHICH ARE LISTED HERE ON THE SCREEN.
WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
I WANNA TAKE A MOMENT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? VERY GOOD.
IF YOU WOULD PLEASE COME FORWARD.
UH, AND IF YOU COULD STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS INTO THE RECORD.
I LIVE AT 4 2 7 3 HANNA HILLS DRIVE IN DUBLIN.
UM, I WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK COUNCIL, TO THANK THE PLANNING AGAINST ZONING COMMISSION.
THE MAYOR AND THE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN IN COMMUNICATION ABOUT THIS PROJECT, THE TIME YOU'VE TAKEN WITH IT.
UH, DON'T LET IT BE KNOWN THAT IT, WE WOULD, WE PAY ATTENTION TO THAT.
WE, WE KNOW WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING.
WE APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE DOING, TRYING TO GIVE IT THE ATTENTION IT DESERVES AND WE DO APPRECIATE THAT.
WE DO LIKE OUR, OUR COUNTY, WE LIKE OUR LITTLE AREA OVER THERE.
WE, WE HAVE COUNTRY OVER THERE IN H HILLS AND BRIGHT ROAD AND ALL THAT.
WE'D LIKE TO KEEP IT THAT WAY AND LOOKS LIKE YOU GUYS ARE GONNA DO THAT.
ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC HEARING? NONE, UH, COUNCIL QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION, UM, THANK YOU STAFF FOR YOUR UPDATES ON, ON THAT AND FOR THE SUMMARY.
UM, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO FIND A SOLUTION FOR THE SHARED YOUTH PATH.
I'M LOOKING FOR A NOD FROM THAT.
MEGAN'S NODDING THAT WE'LL FIND A WAY TO BE ABLE TO SERVICE IT EFFECTIVELY AND MAKE THAT SO.
I ALSO APPRECIATED THE FEEDBACK ON THE SIDEWALKS AND I KNOW LAST TIME I, UH, COMMENTED THAT, UM, I FEEL IT'S IMPORTANT WE FOLLOW THE ENVISION DUBLIN PLAN FOR A SAFETY REASONS AND FOR CONSISTENCY REASONS.
I MEAN, WE'VE BEEN PRETTY CONSISTENT IN OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS AND THIS ONE, THERE'S PLENTY OF LAND TO DO IT AND IT'S DONE BEFORE ANYTHING AND I'M SURE IT WOULD BE DONE BEAUTIFULLY.
SO I WOULD ADVOCATE FOR STAYING CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE'VE DONE AND WHAT OUR DESIGN GUIDELINES ARE AND, AND KEEPING TWO SIDED SIDEWALKS.
BUT, UM, WITH THAT ONE, UM, CHANGE, I WOULD BE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS.
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UM, I REALLY APPRECIATE LOOKING FOR THE COMPROMISE ON THE AGGREGATE DRIVEWAY.UM, THE SIDEWALK, TO ME, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THIS PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT IS DOING IS CREATING A UNIQUE LOOK, WHICH IN THE ENVISION DUBLIN WE'RE ASKING FOR CREATIVE ARCHITECTURAL, UH, DEVELOPMENTS.
WHEN WE HOLD STEADY TO A SUBURBAN LOOK WITH SIDEWALKS ON BOTH SIDES, WE CAN'T INTERRUPT THE ABILITY FOR THESE UNIQUE AND CREATIVE SPACES TO DEVELOP THE WAY WE WANT THEM TO.
THIS PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT HAS GIVEN US FIVE ACRES OF ADDITIONAL NATURAL SPACE.
THE, UM, CHARACTER OF THE AREA IS MORE LIKE AN INTIMATE, THEY CALL IT A MUSE OR POCKET NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO I LIKE THE IDEA THAT WE CAN BEND ENOUGH TO ALLOW THE ENTIRE PICTURE OF THIS CHARACTER TO TAKE PLACE.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I NOTICED IS THAT I CAN'T GET MY, UM, PARTICULAR PAGE TO OPEN, BUT I THINK THAT IT SAID IN THE ENVISION DUBLIN THAT WE WERE TO HAVE SHARED USE PATH ON BOTH SIDES OF BRIGHT ROAD ORIGINALLY, AND THE CITY SAID BECAUSE OF THE CHARACTER, THEY WEREN'T GONNA PUT THE PATH ON THE OTHER SIDE.
THIS IS KIND OF THE SAME THING BECAUSE OF THE CHARACTER.
I THINK WE CAN GO WITH ONE SIDE, SO THAT'S WHAT I WOULD THINK WE WOULD VOTE FOR IT.
OTHER COMMENTS? I'LL JUST SAY, I, I AGREE WITH THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN IN THE REPORT, WHICH IS THE STAFF RECOMMENDS WHAT PLANNING AND ZONING APPROVED AND PLANNING AND ZONING APPROVED ONE SIDE OF THE STREET FOR SIDEWALKS.
I THINK ONE SIDE IS ENOUGH, ONLY BECAUSE THIS WAS A LONG LINEAR DEVELOPMENT.
IT'D BE A GOOD IDEA TO HAVE IT ON BOTH SIDES, BUT IT'S SO COMPACTED THAT IT'S ALMOST REDUNDANT TO HAVE SECOND SET OF SIDEWALKS.
SO ELSE I I THINK THAT, THAT WE SHOULD HAVE SIDEWALKS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET.
I THINK THE NEXT TIME WE COME UP AGAINST, UH, YOU KNOW, THE NEXT DEVELOPMENT THAT WANTS TO BE DIFFERENT, THEY'RE GONNA SAY THEY WANT TO BE DIFFERENT.
UH, THE MULTI, MULTI-USE PATH ON JUST ONE SIDE OF BRIGHT ROAD, THAT'S WHAT WE DO EVERYWHERE.
I MEAN, THERE'S ONLY ONE SIDE ON DUBLIN ROAD.
THERE'S ONLY ONE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ONLY ONE SIDE ON EVERY MAJOR THOROUGHFARE THROUGH THE CITY.
WE DON'T TYPICALLY PUT MULTI-USE PATHS ON BOTH SIDES OF ANY STREET, YOU KNOW, UP AND DOWN DUBLIN ROAD, UM, ANYWHERE ELSE.
SO I'M SUPPORTIVE OF REQUIRING SIDEWALKS ON BOTH SIDES AND, AND I'M SYMPATHETIC.
I I, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY'RE MY PEOPLE.
I, I GET THE FEEL OF THAT AREA, BUT NO ONE'S BOUGHT A HOUSE THERE YET.
SO IF THEY DON'T LIKE SIDEWALKS IN THEIR FRONT YARD, THEY, THEY, THEY'RE, WE'RE NOT FORCING THEM ON SOMEONE WHO DOESN'T WANT SIDEWALKS, THEY'LL CHOOSE TO LIVE THERE AND THE SIDEWALKS WILL BE PRESENT.
I I THINK IT IS VERY, UM, SHORTSIGHTED OF US BECAUSE WE HAVE, UH, AS I READ THROUGH ALL OF THE MATERIAL THAT STAFF PROVIDED ABOUT THE HISTORY AND THE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS THAT WE'VE SPENT GOING IN, IN RETRO FITTING, UH, AREAS WITH SIDEWALKS IN THEM, I THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE THAT WE STAY CONSISTENT.
I DON'T KNOW THAT HAVING A SIDEWALK IN FRONT OF A HOUSE IS THAT DETERMINES THAT MUCH OF THE CHARACTER OF IT.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, I GREW UP IN A NEIGHBORHOOD OVER THERE THAT DIDN'T HAVE SIDEWALKS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY LIVED TO TELL, TELL THE TALE.
BUT I, I DO THINK THAT IN ORDER TO BE CONSISTENT ACROSS THE COMMUNITY AND IF THIS IS OUR ENVISION DUBLIN PROCESS, UM, THAT THAT'S THE RIGHT WAY TO GO.
SORRY, I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION.
UM, THE, THE, THE DEVELOPMENTS THAT YOU LISTED IN HERE WHERE, UM, THE SIDEWALKS ON BOTH SIDES WERE DEVIATED FROM, UM, THOSE DECISIONS WERE ALL MADE AFTER THOSE DIVI THOSE SUBDIVISIONS WERE PUT IN, RIGHT? THEY WERE POST CONSTRUCTION.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
AND TO FURTHER ELABORATE ON THAT, IF I COULD, THOSE WERE PROJECTS THAT WERE INITIATED WHEN RESIDENTS CAME TO STAFF, RESIDENTS CAME TO COUNCIL REQUESTING THAT SIDEWALKS BE ADDED.
SO IT WOULD'VE BEEN, YOU KNOW, SUBSEQUENT OWNERS, UM, THAT THEN POINTED TO, HEY, ALL THE OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE SIDEWALKS ON BOTH SIDES.
WE WOULD LIKE SIDEWALKS ON BOTH SIDES AS WELL.
SO THE CITY STEPPED IN AND ADDED THAT.
THANK, THANKS FOR THAT ADDITIONAL CONTEXT, MEGAN.
UM, AND I, I RECALL THAT, UM, AT LEAST ON ONE OF THESE ANYWAY, UM, WHEN WE HAD THAT DISCUSSION, UM, IT, IT WAS A MORE DIFFICULT DISCUSSION AFTER
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THE DEVELOPMENT IS BUILT BECAUSE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT TREES AND ALL OF THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.'CAUSE I SPENT SOME TIME KIND OF REVIEWING THROUGH THIS.
UM, SO THAT'S JUST A POINT THAT I WANNA MAKE, IS THAT I THINK IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT TO BE ADDING THOSE THINGS LATER ON DOWN THE ROAD, UM, BECAUSE YOU, YOU END UP WITH SOME CONFLICT BASED ON WHAT GROWS THERE IN THE PLACE WHERE YOU WOULD WANT TO PUT THE SIDEWALK AT A TIME WHEN THOSE SIDEWALKS PROBABLY WILL BE EVENTUALLY BE REQUESTED.
SO THANKS FOR THAT ADDITIONAL CONTEXT.
DID YOU HAVE, SO FIRST OF ALL, I APPRECIATE, UH, SOME OF THE CONCESSIONS OR THINGS THAT WE'VE COME TO AN AGREEMENT ON, UM, THE AGGREGATE VERSUS A PAVED SHARED USE PATH.
MY WIFE SAYS, WHY DOES DUBLIN HAVE TO PAVE EVERYTHING? UM, AND I KIND OF RESPECT THAT WE NEED TO LEAVE SOME AREAS MORE PASSIVE.
WITH RESPECT TO THE SIDEWALKS, YOU KNOW, UH, I I COULD SEE A SAFETY ISSUE WITH KIDS THAT ARE ON THE SIDE OF THE STREET THAT DON'T HAVE SIDEWALKS CROSSING THE STREET TO GET TO THE SIDE THAT DO.
AND I KNOW, UH, FOLKS THAT I'M FRIENDS WITH IN OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT DON'T HAVE SIDEWALKS, WISH THEY HAD 'EM.
UM, AND, AND I THINK TO KATHY'S POINT, WE KIND OF NEED TO STAY CONSISTENT WITH THE DIRECTION WE'RE HEADING AS A CITY WITH RESPECT TO ENVISION DUBLIN AND THE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO DO MOVING FORWARD.
I CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND THAT IN THE PAST, MAYBE SOME OF THESE NEIGHBORHOODS DIDN'T HAVE SIDEWALKS, HAD THEM ON ONE SIDE OR THE OTHER.
BUT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD AND I THINK, UM, IN RESPECT FOR THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE AND CONNECTIVITY, WE SHOULD HAVE SIDEWALKS ON BOTH SIDES.
WELL, YOU'RE CERTAINLY RIGHT AND IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DEVELOPMENT AND I I, IT IT'S GOING TO BE GREAT FOR THE AREA AND I I REALLY THINK THAT IT'S, UM, GONNA BE A GREAT AMENITY AND, AND THAT THEY WILL SELL QUICKLY.
I THINK THERE'S A HUGE APPETITE FOR THIS KIND OF HOUSING IN THIS COMMUNITY AND IT'S A, A GORGEOUS PIECE OF PROPERTY.
UM, WELL, UM, I GUESS I, I GUESS I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO, UM, TO AMEND, UH, TO INCLUDE SIDEWALKS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET.
UM, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A SECOND.
JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE ON THE AMENDMENT? MS. FOX? NO.
UH, NOW WOULD, UH, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE ON THE ORDINANCE AS AMENDED MAYOR AROSE GROOMS? YES.
[Ordinance 05-25]
25 AMENDING THE ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2025.AND, UH, JAMIE HOFFMAN WILL BRING US OUR STAFF REPORT.
THERE HAVE BEEN NO CHANGES TO THIS ORDINANCE SINCE THE FIRST HEARING.
STAFF RECOMMENDS ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE OH 5 25.
AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING NONE COUNCIL QUESTIONS.
JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? MS. FOX? YES.
[Ordinance 06-25]
TO THE INTRODUCTION.FIRST READING ORDINANCES PORTION OF OUR AGENDA, ORDINANCE ZERO SIX DASH 25 REZONING OF NINE PARCELS FROM OUR RURAL DISTRICT TO ID TWO RESEARCH FLEX DISTRICT AND ID THREE.
AND ZACH HOUNSELL WILL BRING FORTH OUR STAFF REPORT THIS EVENING.
MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, UH, BEFORE YOU.
TONIGHT IS A REZONING FOR NINE PARCELS, APPROXIMATELY 370 ACRES IN SIZE.
UM, THIS INCLUDES TWO PARCELS THAT ARE OWNED BY THE CITY UP AT THE INTERSECTION OF SHIRE RINGS ROAD AND COS GRAY ROAD.
THE REMAINDER OF THE PROPERTIES, UH, ARE PRIVATELY OWNED, BUT HAVE DECIDED, HAVE DETERMINED THAT THEY WANT TO BE A PART OF THIS REZONING.
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SO THEY'RE INCLUDED WITH THIS APPLICATION.UM, AT THE, DURING THE SUMMER OF LAST YEAR, UH, THE CITY ENGAGED IN THE ENVISION DUBLIN COMMUNITY PLAN UPDATE, WHICH INCLUDED REVISIONS AND UPDATES TO OUR FUTURE LAND USE PLAN AND OUR SPECIAL AREA PLANS, WHICH WE'LL TALK ABOUT HERE WITH THIS APPLICATION.
UH, THE SITES ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW ON YOUR SCREEN AND THEY FIT WITHIN TWO CATEGORIES.
THE FIRST IS THE FLEX INNOVATION DISTRICT, OR FLEX INNOVATION DESIGNATION, WHICH IS THE LIGHTER PURPLE.
UH, AND THOSE ARE ALONG COSBY ROAD.
AND THEN THE INTERSECTION OF HOCHER ROAD AND RINGS ROAD.
THE INTENT FOR THIS IS FOR VIBRANT MODERN DEVELOPMENT, INCORPORATING A VARIETY OF USES THAT ARE INTEGRATED INTO THE EXISTING NATURAL AND BUILT ENVIRONMENT.
THE REMAINDER OF THE PROPERTIES ARE LOCATED WITHIN THE INDUSTRIAL, UH, DESIGNATION, WHICH IS INTENDED FOR MEDIUM TO, UH, HEAVY INDUSTRIAL USES IN, UH, CLOSE PROXIMITY TO MAJOR ARTERIALS FOR EASE OF ACCESS.
UH, THE WEST INNOVATION DISTRICT SPECIAL AREA PLAN CONTINUES THIS RECOMMENDATION AND FURTHER REFINES IT.
THESE PROPERTIES WERE INCLUDED IN THE WEST INNOVATION DISTRICT, UH, PRIOR TO THIS, UH, PREVIOUS UPDATE.
THEY WERE IN THE SOUTHWEST AREA, BUT HAVE SINCE CHANGED OVER TO THE WEST INNOVATION DISTRICT FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PURPOSES.
UH, THESE PROPERTIES, AGAIN SHOW THE FLEX INNOVATION AND INDUSTRIAL USES CONSISTENT WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN.
THE GOALS IN LAND USE OR LAND DEVELOPMENT RECOMMENDATIONS ARE SHOWN ON THE SCREEN.
I DID WANNA NOTE, UH, AS WAS DISCUSSED AT A PREVIOUS UH, WORK SESSION THAT THE STAFF IS CURRENTLY GOING THROUGH THE WEST INNOVATION DISTRICT INTEGRATED IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY, WHICH IS TO TAKE A LOOK AT OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY AND THE COMMUNITY PLAN UPDATE AND INTEGRATE THOSE SO THAT WE HAVE AN IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY TO BRING THE DISTRICT VISION TO LIFE.
UM, WE ARE IN THE MIDST OF THAT PROJECT.
UM, THE SCOPE OF THAT WORK IS PRIMARILY FOCUSED ON ROADWAY INFRASTRUCTURE AND UTILITY PLANNING.
AS THE LAND USE, UH, PORTION OF THIS AREA WAS ADOPTED WITH THE ENVISION DUBLINS, THE INTENT IS NOT TO, UH, FURTHER REFINE THAT, BUT TO WORK OFF OF THE EXISTING EFFORTS THAT WE HAVE DONE IN THIS AREA.
UM, SO THE PROJECT TEAM'S GONNA BE WORKING WITH, UM, H AND T TO DEVELOP MODELING SCENARIOS FOR BOTH UTILITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE.
JUST WANNA LAY THAT BACKGROUND, UH, AS THAT IS A PART OF THIS WORK.
UH, THIS IS DEFINITELY ONE STEP IN MAKING, UH, THE VISION OF THIS DISTRICT CLOSER TO THAT, THAT ANGLE HERE.
SO THESE SITES ARE CURRENTLY ZONED R UH, IN RESTRICT OR RURAL DISTRICT.
THEY ARE ALL WITHIN THE CITY OF DUBLIN.
UH, AND THE PROPOSED REZONINGS REFLECT WHAT IS RECOMMENDED IN THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN, BUT ALSO THE SOUTHWEST, OR SORRY, THE, UH, WEST INNOVATION DISTRICT SPECIAL AREA PLAN.
THE TWO DISTRICTS ARE ID TWO RESEARCH FLEX AND THEN ID THREE RE RESEARCH ASSEMBLY.
THOSE ID TWO, UH, SITES ARE LOCATED ALONG COS GRAY ROAD.
AND THEN AT THE INTERSECTION OF RINGS ROAD AND HOARD ROAD, THE REMAINDER OF THE SITES, WHICH ARE BETWEEN THE RAILROAD, UH, AND HOCHER ROAD, ARE PROPOSED ID THREE.
AND THOSE PERMITTED USES AND CONDITIONAL USES ARE LISTED ON THE SCREEN.
THIS APPLICATION DOES ACCOMPANY A CODE AMENDMENT, WHICH ADDRESSES SOME PERMITTED AND CONDITIONAL USES, WHICH YOU'LL HEAR WITH THE NEXT APPLICATION.
UM, BUT APPLICATIONS AND DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THIS AREA WOULD BE REQUIRED TO RECEIVE APPROVAL BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW TEAM.
UH, IN THE CASE THAT THEY DO NOT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THAT, UH, ZONING DIS OR THE OF THE ZONING DISTRICTS, THEY WOULD REQUIRE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION APPROVAL.
WHEN STAFF REVIEWS STANDARD DISTRICT REZONINGS, UH, STAFF WILL USE THE FUTURE LAND USE RECOMMENDATIONS AND THOROUGHFARE PLAN AS OUR BASIS FOR REZONINGS.
UH, BASED ON THIS, STAFF HAS FOUND THESE CRITERIA HAVE BEEN MET.
PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSED REZONING BACK IN FEBRUARY.
AND STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE ORDINANCE AT THE SECOND HEARING ON APRIL 7TH.
I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS APPLICATION? IF SO, PLEASE COME FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS INTO THE RECORD.
LYNN RUS, UH, 58 30 HURA ROAD.
MY MOM'S MAIDEN NAME'S MCFARLAND.
UM, AT THE LAST PNZ MEETING, I ASKED THE, UH, QUESTION OF THE MEMBERS.
HAD THERE BEEN AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDY AND THERE WAS NO RECOLLECTION OF SUCH A THING BEFORE THE AMAZON APPROVAL? UM, UH, THERE'S BEEN SOME REQUESTS FOR ZONING PLANNING, UH, CHANGES FOR, UH, RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT FROM ESTABLISHED DEVELOPERS THAT WERE REJECTED, I BELIEVE BY PNZ AND, UH, UH, CITY OF DUBLIN.
AND MORE RECENTLY, CITY OF DUBLIN, AS YOU HAVE SAID, HAS ANNOUNCED THAT PLAN TO USE TAXPAYER DOLLARS TO, FOR THESE NINE PARCELS EVENTUALLY, UM, AND THEN CHANGE 'EM TO THIS FLEX, UH, USE
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THAT INCLUDES, UH, DATA CENTERS AND SPORTS AND, UH, HEAVY INDUSTRY AND R AND D.AND AGAIN, AT THAT LAST MEETING, I ASKED, HAS THERE BEEN AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDY, ESPECIALLY PRIOR TO THE AWS BUILDING.
AND I ASKED BECAUSE OF CONCERN FOR NATIVE HABITAT AND THE CORRIDORS THAT CONNECT NATIVE HABITAT, LIKE, LIKE TRAIN TRACKS AND GREENWAYS AND UTILITY BELTS.
BUT THEN IT HIT ME, THE RESIDENTS ARE PART OF THE ENVIRONMENT.
THE RESIDENTS OF BALL ANDRE ARE PART OF THIS ENVIRONMENT AND THEIR NEIGHBORS.
AND WE LIVE ABOUT A MILE AWAY, MAYBE A LITTLE MORE THAN A MILE AWAY.
AND SINCE AMAZON HAS BEGAN TO COME ONLINE, BY ALL ACCOUNTS, IT'S NOT FULLY ONLINE YET.
'CAUSE IT CAN'T BE, IT'S STILL CONSTRUCTION.
THERE IS A NOISE THAT WE HEAR, AND IT'S A, AN ESTABLISHED NOISE.
IT'S CALLED, AND I MENTIONED THIS LAST TIME.
IT'S CALLED VLF, VERY LOW FREQUENCY AND ELF, EXTREME LOW FREQUENCY.
UM, THESE ARE NOISES THAT CARRY SIX TO 60 MILES AT VLF AND 600 TO 60,000 MILES AT AT ELF.
IT'S THE WAY WHALES TALK TO EACH OTHER UNDER THE NORTH ATLA THROUGH THE NORTH ATLANTIC.
IT'S THE WAY NUCLEAR SUBS COMMUNICATE UNDER THE ICE CAPS.
IT'S ALSO USED AS A MILITARY WEAPON.
NOW IT SEEMS THAT THESE QUESTIONS MIGHT HAVE BEEN ASKED PRIOR TO APPROVING A WEB SERVICES BUILDING AND THERE WILL BE MORE.
UM, THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION HAS DETERMINED THAT EXPOSURE TO THESE THINGS CAUSE INSOMNIA, HYPERTENSION, THEY MIGHT BE CARCINOGENIC, THEY CAUSE IRREGULARITIES IN, UH, IN HORMONES AND REDUCED COGNITIVE EFFECT.
SO A 200 FOOT BUFFER WAS A RESPONSE AT P AND Z MEETING A 200 FOOT BUFFER, LET'S SAY, FOR BALANCE TRAY AND ALL THE RESIDENTS AND ANY OTHERS THAT WOULD LIVE OR WORK AROUND THERE, UM, IS IN OUR OPINION, INSIGNIFICANT.
AND, UH, AND IT DOESN'T, UH, PROTECT AGAINST THIS ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD AND THE DAMAGING EFFECTS OF THIS NOISE.
IT FEELS LIKE I'M THE FIRST PERSON TO ASK ABOUT THIS.
AND IT'S OUT THERE, DO SOME RESEARCH.
IT'S VERY CLEAR AND WE HEAR IT.
SOME PEOPLE DON'T HEAR IT, SOME PEOPLE CAN'T HEAR IT.
IT'S INAUDIBLE TO THEM, BUT THEY WILL FEEL IT.
DOES THAT SAY MY TIME IS UP OR DOES IT? NO.
UM, ONE, ONE OF THE, UH, SUGGESTED WAYS TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM THIS, THIS NOISE IS TO, UM, DISTANCE YOURSELF FROM THE SOURCE.
THAT'S NOT A POSSIBILITY FOR ANYONE THAT LIVES THERE.
UM, IT'S TO BUILD A SHIELD THAT'S IMPRACTICAL.
UM, IT'S, IT'S TO, UM, IT'S JUST TO, TO AVOID IT ENTIRELY, WHICH IS ALSO NOT PRACTICAL FOR ANYONE THAT LI LIVES THERE.
I WOULD HOPE THAT YOU WOULD RECONSIDER THE EFFECT OF THIS ON THE NEIGHBORS.
UM, IT'S HAPPENED VERY QUICKLY.
IT SEEMS SOME OF THESE LETTERS OF AUTHORITY WERE SIGNED THIS MONTH FROM PROPERTIES NOT YET OWNED.
UM, AND HOPEFULLY, UM, THIS WILL HELP GET THE WORD OUT TO THE RESIDENTS AND MAYBE, UM, ALSO INCREASE YOUR SENSITIVITY AND MAYBE YOUR CONSIDERATION AS TO HOW QUICKLY THIS IS GOING AND WHAT THIS CAN MEAN IN THE LONG RUN TO THE CITY OF DUBLIN AND THE RESIDENTS AROUND.
WE DID NOT RECEIVE NOTICE PRIOR TO THIS.
UH, WE RECEIVED OUR FIRST NOTICE WHEN THERE WAS GONNA BE A PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
WE DID NOT RECEIVE NOTICE, ALTHOUGH WE, OUR PROPERTY BORDERS THIS, WE SHARE A PROPERTY LINE.
WE DIDN'T RECEIVE NOTICE PRIOR TO THE P AND Z MEETING LAST MONTH.
SO MANY OF THE NEIGHBORS HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO FI FIND OUT, FIGURE IT OUT, AND COME FORTH.
AND, UH, I, HOPEFULLY THEY WILL.
UM, I WANNA THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY.
UM, AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO RESEARCH IT A LITTLE BIT.
THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, I, THEY, THEY'RE GENERALLY ACCEPTED AS, UH, CONSIDERED, UM, EXPERTS ON SUCH THINGS.
AND, UH, ANYWAY, I KNOW IT'S EARLY IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THESE WEB SERVICE BUILDINGS.
SOME OF 'EM ARE OPERATING AT LIKE ONE 10TH.
THEIR CAPACITY, ACCORDING TO ANY RESEARCH YOU DO, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE PLANNED FOR THE FUTURE, BUT IT WILL ONLY GET WORSE OVER TIME.
AND WE CAN'T REVERSE THIS AFTER THIS IF WE PRE-APPROVE THESE FOR THAT USE.
PEOPLE WHO BUY THAT LAND FOR THAT USE HAVE TO NOT DO IT PER THAT USE TO GET STOPPED.
IS THAT CORRECT? I'M ONLY ASKING THAT.
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TO MAKE COMMENT RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING NONE, UH, COUNCIL, OH, I'M SORRY.UH, IF YOU WOULD STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS INTO THE RECORD.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TONIGHT.
UH, I'M A BELLA RE RESIDENT LINDA M. PORTER AND I LIVE AT THE CORNER OF, UH, LAUREN DRIVE AND COS GRAY ACROSS FROM THE COS GRAY HISTORICAL HOME.
AND WE BUILT THERE ABOUT 17 YEARS AGO.
AND I HAVE TO SAY, I HEARD HIM SAY THIS AND I THOUGHT, I'VE GOTTA SAY SOMETHING BECAUSE WE HAVE NOTICED IT THERE IN THE LAST FEW YEARS.
AND, UM, MY HUSBAND CAN'T HEAR IT.
MY SON HEARS IT AND I HEAR IT AND I THOUGHT, MAYBE IT'S JUST US.
AND THEN MY NEIGHBOR SAID SOMETHING ABOUT, UH, A NEIGHBOR DOWN THE STREET, SHE KNOWS AND HE WORKS IN THE EVENING.
AND HE GOES, I CAN'T STAND THAT NOISE.
WHAT IS IT? WHAT IS IT? AND I LOOKED AT HER AND I SAID, WELL, UM, YOU MIGHT THINK ABOUT AMAZON BECAUSE THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON.
IT'S THAT DIRECTION AND IT VARIES.
UM, I DON'T, I DIDN'T KNOW THERE WAS ANY OTHER EFFECT OTHER THAN JUST SOMETHING I CAN HEAR.
SO I THOUGHT I WOULD COME UP TONIGHT AND JUST SAY IT.
IS THERE, I I, I DON'T THINK WE'RE CRAZY, YOU KNOW, BUT I'M PRAYING YOU'RE NOT BUILDING ANOTHER AMAZON DOWN THERE.
I I DON'T WANT 'EM FROM BOTH DIRECTIONS WE BUILT ON THE WEST SIDE OF DUBLIN, BECAUSE, UH, WE'VE MOVED A LOT OF PLACES AND WE'VE ALWAYS FOUND THAT IF YOU LIVE ON THE WEST AND THE NORTH SIDE OF A TOWN IN THE MIDWEST, IT'S THE BEST PLACE.
YOU DON'T GET THE POLLUTION, YOU KNOW? AND IT'S, I LIKE THE WINDS.
AND ANYWAY, UH, SO WE THOUGHT WE WERE PRETTY SHELTERED FROM THAT.
I DIDN'T, BUT WHEN WE DID SEE THE POWER LINES GOING IN, WE'RE LIKE, OKAY, IT'S NOT GONNA BE HOUSES ACROSS THERE, YOU KNOW? 'CAUSE NOBODY WANTS TO LIVE UNDER THOSE ANYMORE.
AND THAT, SO WE WERE A LITTLE CONCERNED THAT MAYBE IT'D BE APARTMENTS OR SOMETHING ELSE, YOU KNOW? AND IT'S LIKE, OKAY, BUT IF IT'S SOMETHING NORMAL IN BUSINESS, YOU KNOW, UH, SIZE AND NO SKYSCRAPERS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT, AND AMAZON LIGHTS UP LIKE A 4TH OF JULY DOWN THERE.
SO I WOULDN'T WANNA LIVE ANY CLOSER, YOU KNOW, BUT I JUST WANTED TO COME AND VOICE THAT.
THERE ARE PEOPLE IN BALANCE TRADE, BUT THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS.
THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS, YOU KNOW? SO I'M JUST THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY WHAT I KNOW FROM LIVING THERE ON THE CORNER.
ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT? OKAY.
UM, COUNCIL QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION.
JACK, DO YOU WANT TO PERHAPS ADDRESS SOME OF THE PROCESS MOVING FORWARD? ABSOLUTELY.
UM, SO THE NEXT STEPS FOR THIS WOULD BE THE SECOND HEARING, UH, FOR THE REZONING, WHICH IS THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS.
UM, WHEN IT COMES TO DEVELOPMENT, CURRENTLY DEVELOPMENT IS NOT CONSIDERED WITH THIS APPLICATION THAT EACH INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE PLANNING PROCESS AND ALIGN THEMSELVES WITH THOSE REQUIREMENTS.
UM, TO YOUR QUESTION ABOUT NOISE, UM, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IN TERMS OF ZONING IS NOT CONSIDERED, BUT IT'S UNDER OUR NUISANCE REQUIREMENTS AS WELL.
UM, SO WE HAVE STAFF THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO TALK WITH YOU THROUGH THAT AND HAVE BEEN VERY RESPONSIVE IN HANDLING NOISE NUISANCES IN THE PAST AS WELL.
BUT WITH ANY INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO COME FORWARD, UH, THROUGH OUR A RT, UM, POTENTIALLY PLANNING COMMISSION IF IT DOESN'T MEET THOSE REQUIREMENTS AS WELL.
SO THIS IS JUST SETTING UP THE ZONING TO ALLOW FOR PEOPLE TO COME IN OR DEVELOPERS TO COME IN, OR PROPERTY OWNERS COME IN, UH, UNDER THIS CURRENT ZONING TO ALIGN WITH THE FUTURE VISION OF THE CITY IN ANY ITEM OUTSIDE OF, UM, STORM WATER WOULD HA REQUIRE TO HAVE SOME SORT OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT IF THEY WERE HOUSING SOME MATERIALS ON SITE THAT WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH THOSE PRO THOSE CHANNELS.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS MY UNDERSTANDING, YES.
UH, PERHAPS YOU CAN EXCHANGE INFORMATION WITH THE RESIDENTS AND PRIOR TO SECOND READING, UM, PERHAPS ADDRESS THEIR CONCERNS AND, UH, BRING US A CONCLUSION ON THAT AT OUR NEXT TIME TOGETHER.
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UM, YOU KNOW, I I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE SOUND ISSUE A LITTLE BIT.UH, AFTER READING ABOUT THAT IN THE PLANNING AND ZONING CONCERN IN THE MINUTES, UM, I, I DID A LITTLE RESEARCH MYSELF AND AMAZON, UM, IS, IS, UH, COGNIZANT OF THE NOISE COMING FROM THEIR DATA CENTERS.
IT'S NOT, FROM WHAT I'VE READ.
AND, AND THIS IS JUST MY LIGHT RESEARCH, SO I I I THINK THIS, THAT MAYBE PLANNING SHOULD TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.
IT ISN'T NECESSARILY COMING FROM INSIDE THE DATA CENTER, FROM THE COMPUTERS.
IT'S COMING FROM THE FANS ON THE ROOF.
THE AIR IS, COMES IN THROUGH LOUVERS AND IS EXHAUSTED AND THE FANS ON THE ROOF.
AND WHAT AMAZON IS FINDING IS THAT AS IT'S EXHAUSTED, THAT NOISE SCATTERS TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND WHAT THEY'VE DONE AND THEY'RE DOING IN RETROFITTING THEIR DATA CENTERS.
AND OURS IS OLDER, SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT OURS IS, BUT THEY'VE CREATED TALLER COLUMNS ABOVE THE FANS TO DIRECT THAT NOISE UPWARD AND AWAY FROM NEIGHBORHOODS.
SO THIS IS A REAL CONCERN IN SOME AREAS OF THE COUNTRY WHERE AMAZON HAS DATA CENTERS AND I, AND THAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING THE SAME THING THAT, UM, THESE FOLKS ARE SAYING THAT THIS CAN BE VERY DISTRACTING AND DISTURBING.
SO I, I THINK WE NEED TO ADDRESS THAT BECAUSE WE DON'T ADDRESS IT ENVIRONMENTALLY.
AND, AND I THINK THAT WE SHOULD TAKE A LOOK AT THE CO CURRENT DATA CENTER WE HAVE AND IF AMAZON IS MAKING THESE RENOVATIONS AND REALIZE THAT THAT'S A PROBLEM.
AND IF WE DON'T HAVE IT, MAYBE WE COULD ASK THE SAME.
AND AS FOR LIGHT, I KNOW, UM, YOU MET THE, THE LADY MENTIONED THAT IT'S VERY BRIGHT.
UH, OUR ZONING CODE SAYS THAT IT, IT NEEDS TO BE NOT, UM, A LIGHT, UM, DISPLAY THAT CREATES PROBLEMS FOR ANYONE ELSE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND IF THAT'S THE CASE, WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT AS WELL.
THIS IS A NECESSARY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MOVE FOR THE CITY.
IT DOES NOT NEED TO BE A BURDEN ON THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS ADJACENT TO IT.
AND I THINK WE HAVE TO GO OUT OF OUR WAY TO REALLY MAKE SURE THAT WE ADDRESS SOME OF THESE CONCERNS.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I, SO I HAD, UM, ONE JUST CLARIFICATION THOUGH, IT THE, IN OUR NEXT ORDINANCE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE CODE ITSELF AND DIDN'T WE MOVED, UM, DATA CENTERS ARE NOW A CONDITIONAL USE IN THE FLEX ZONE, RIGHT? THAT IS CORRECT.
SO THEY, THEY WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH PLANNING AND ZONING AND THEN IN THEORY WE WOULD DISCUSS LIGHT MITIGATION AND NOISE.
AND THEN, AND ON THAT NOTE, UM, ALL MY QUESTIONS RELATE MORE TO THE CODE AND IT'S JUST, IT'S MY REQUEST THAT MAYBE AT THE NEXT READING OF THIS, IF WE COULD FLIP THESE, BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THAT THE CODE IN PLACE THAT WE'RE REZONING THESE, THAT I WOULD APPROVE THE CODE BEFORE I ACTUALLY REZONE THESE.
UM, SO WHEN I WOULD PREFER TO SWITCH THEM IN THE ORDER NEXT TIME.
'CAUSE ALL MY QUESTIONS REFER TO THE CODE, NOT THE REZONING.
CERTAINLY A VERY FAIR AND VALID STATEMENT.
UM, SO I APPRECIATE ALL THE, THE WORK THAT'S ON THIS.
AND AS WE SPOKE AT THE EARLIER CASE, UM, THIS EVENING THAT THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF WORK ON THE COMMUNITY PLAN AND UPDATES AND ET CETERA.
SO, UM, I HAD SORT OF TWO QUESTIONS.
THE RESIDENT AND NOTIFICATION, WE WANNA MAKE SURE CERTAINLY THAT THAT NOTIFICATION OCCURS BEFORE THE NEXT MEETING, UM, THROUGH THE HOA THROUGH THE LETTERS OR WHATEVER AND, AND FOR WHATEVER REASON TO MAKE SURE FOLKS ARE HERE.
UM, AND AS IT RELATES TO NOISE ORDINANCE, ET CETERA, I KNOW WE ARE UPDATING A LOT OF OUR, OR OUR CODES RIGHT NOW.
UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S INVOLVED IN, IN, BUT AGAIN, WE'RE MOVING INTO TO, YOU KNOW, NEW TECHNOLOGIES, ET CETERA, SO FORTH.
I KNOW WE'RE LOOKING AT LIGHTS, I KNOW WE'RE LOOKING AT LEDS.
I KNOW WE'RE LOOKING AT A LOT OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES JUST AS PART OF, OF THIS WORK, AND I THINK IT'S GONNA BE PRETTY DARN IMPORTANT, UM, THAT WE, THAT WE ADD THAT TO THAT.
SO I DON'T, I KNOW THAT'S, UM, IN PROGRESS.
AND, UM, I THINK THIS IS A, UM, A GOOD ADDITION FOR, LET'S MAKE SURE WE HAVE AN COVERAGE.
AND AS, UM, UM, AMY CLARIFIED, THIS IS A CONDITIONAL USE SITUATION, SO THAT ALSO GIVES ANOTHER BUFFER OF IT'S NOT AUTOMATIC THAT THINGS WOULD OCCUR, UM, ALONG WITH OTHER THINGS.
UM, SO LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR COMMENTS ON THAT NEXT WEEK.
SO, UM, WE WILL LOOK FORWARD TO THE
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OUTCOME OF YOUR MEETING WITH THE RESIDENTS, AND PERHAPS WE CAN LOOK F UM, FOR ANY CODE VIOLATIONS IN THE AREA RELATIVE TO LIGHT.SHE, I KNOW THAT THE, THERE IS A DESIGNATED AMOUNT OF, UM, SPILLOVER THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE KEPT TO, SO IF WE COULD DO AN INSPECTION ON THAT, MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE MEETING THE CODE ON THAT AND, AND MEET WITH THE RESIDENTS SO THAT WE HAVE A VERY CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF THEIR CONCERNS.
AND, UM, WE CAN COORDINATE THAT WITH THE OTHER INFORMATION THAT WE RECEIVE.
UM, AND WITH THAT SECOND READING, PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE SCHEDULED FOR APRIL THE SEVENTH ON THIS.
SO NO VOTE WILL HAPPEN TONIGHT.
THE VOTE WILL HAPPEN ON APRIL THE SEVENTH.
UH, PROVIDED, UH, WE, WE ARE IN, UH, POSSESSION OF ALL OF THE NECESSARY INFORMATION.
SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR COMING AND, AND MAKING PUBLIC COMMENT ON THAT THIS EVENING.
[Ordinance 07-25]
WE'LL MOVE TO ORDINANCE ZERO SEVEN DASH 25 AMENDMENTS TO ZONING CODE SECTION 1 5 3 0.0 0 2 1 5, 3 0.0 0 4 1 5, 3 0.037 THROUGH 1 5, 3 0.042, AND 1 5, 3, 2, 3, 6.REGARDING THE WEST INNOVATION DISTRICT, 1, 5 3 0 2 1 5, 3 0 4, 8 1 5 3 0 6 1 5, 3 0.176 REGARDING THE CONCEPT PLAN REVIEW PROCESS, 1 5 3 0.58 REGARDING TEMPORARY SIGNS FOR SPECIAL EVENTS AND 1 5 3 0.076 REGARDING PROPERTY NUISANCE REGULATIONS.
AND OUR STAFF REPORT WILL BE BY JENNY ROSCH THIS EVENING.
THANK YOU JENNY, FOR READING ALL OF OUR
UM, SO THIS EVENING, UM, AS YOU MENTIONED, THIS IS AN INTRODUCTION TO, UM, A SERIES OF CODE AMENDMENTS.
AND WE'RE GONNA COVER, UM, CONCEPT PLAN REVIEW PROCESS.
WEST INNOVATION DISTRICT USES, UM, SOME MINOR CHANGES TO THE SIGN REGULATIONS RELATED TO TEMPORARY SIGNS, AND THEN PUBLIC, THE PUBLIC NUISANCE SECTION IN GENERAL.
SO, AS YOU WILL RECALL, WE WERE WITH COUNCIL AND OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS BACK IN OCTOBER FOR A WORK SESSION WHERE WE TALKED THROUGH AND SHARED, UM, AN INITIATIVE THAT WE WERE, HAVE BEEN WORKING ON FOR OVER A YEAR REGARDING OUR DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCESS AND FINDING OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE THAT MUCH MORE PREDICTABLE AND TRANSPARENT.
UM, AND AS WE MET WITH COUNCIL AND THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, WE SHARED, UM, THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SOME AMENDMENTS WITHIN THE ZONING CODE TO HELP ACHIEVE THAT.
SO, UM, AGAIN, REALLY TRYING TO TIE BACK THESE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO HOW THAT PROCESS AS A, AS A DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY, UM, HAS TO GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS, HOW TO MAKE THAT MORE PREDICTABLE, MORE STREAMLINED.
SO WE'RE AGAIN, REALLY LOOKING AT OPPORTUNITIES TO DO THAT.
UM, AND THIS WAS BASED ON A, UM, COLLABORATIVE CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD WITH A NUMBER OF STAKEHOLDERS, INCLUDING COUNCIL MEMBERS, BOARD COMMISSION MEMBERS, DEVELOPERS, ATTORNEYS, UM, AND STAFF TO REALLY LOOK AT AND ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT ARE WE DOING RIGHT? WHAT ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPROVEMENT? SO THAT REALLY LED US TO, UM, THE RESULTS OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS TO, AS YOU'LL MAYBE RECALL, SIX SORT OF MAJOR THEMES WHERE WE WERE FOCUSING OUR AREAS, SO OF, UM, OF EFFORTS IN THAT DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCESS.
SO TONIGHT WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT ONE THAT IS FOCUSED ON THE REQUIREMENTS AND THE REVIEW PROCESS AND REALLY LOOKING AT HOW TO, HOW TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO THAT.
UM, AND AS PART OF THAT INITIAL DISCUSSION AT THE WORK SESSION, THE ONE IDENTIFIED AT THAT TIME WAS RELATED TO CONCEPT PLANS, UM, AND HOW CONCEPT PLANS ARE TREATED AND LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO STREAMLINE THAT THROUGHOUT THE CODE.
AGAIN, WHERE WE CAN, WE REALLY LIKE TO FIND OPPORTUNITIES FOR THINGS TO BE CONSISTENT, UM, BECAUSE THAT PROVIDES PREDICTABILITY.
UM, SO CURRENTLY THE CONCEPT PLAN PROCESS, UM, EXISTS WITHIN PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENTS, THE BRIDGE STREET DISTRICT, THE HISTORIC DISTRICT, AND OUR MIXED USE REGIONAL DISTRICTS.
UM, THE CONCEPT PLAN IS THE FIRST STEP IN A THREE STEP PROCESS.
AND AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED, THE CODE, THE STEP, THIS STEP VARIES, UM, DEPENDING ON THE DISTRICT THAT YOU'RE IN WITHIN A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT.
CURRENTLY CONCEPT PLANS ARE DISCUSSION ONLY WITHIN THE OTHER THREE DISTRICTS.
UM, AND THEN IF YOU HAVE A CONCEPT PLAN IN THE BRIDGE STREET OR THE HISTORIC DISTRICT WITH THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, THAT THEN ALSO REQUIRES A CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL.
SO THE GOAL OF THIS AMENDMENT IS TO REALLY MAKE CONSISTENCY AMONGST ALL THE REVIEW PROCESSES.
ALLOW AN APPLICANT TO GAIN FEEDBACK AT THAT CONCEPT PLAN LEVEL TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THEIR PROJECT.
'CAUSE AS WE FIND WITH CONCEPT PLANS, SOMETIMES THEY'RE NOT FULLY BAKED, RIGHT? THERE ARE IDEAS AND GIVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO, FOR THE APPLICANT TO CONTINUE TO FURTHER THOSE IDEAS BASED ON THE FEEDBACK, HELPS THEM AT THOSE SUBSEQUENT PHASES.
SO ALLOWING THEM TO HAVE THAT.
UM, AND THEN AGAIN, HELPING TO STREAMLINE THE NUMBER OF APPROVAL PROCESSES BECAUSE IF YOU'RE DOING A CONCEPT PLAN AND YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH A BOARD AND COMMISSION AND THEN YOU POTENTIALLY HAVE TO COME TO COUNCIL, THAT'S, THAT MAKES THAT PROCESS TAKE EVEN LONGER.
SO THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT, UM, BEFORE YOU TONIGHT, UM, IS RELATED TO, UM,
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MAKING THAT CONCEPT PLAN A DISCUSSION ONLY.SO A NON-BINDING FEEDBACK AT ALL IN ALL DISTRICTS.
UM, AND AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED, THAT GIVES THE APPLICANT THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR FROM THE PARTICULAR BOARD AND COMMISSION AND THEN GIVE THAT, UM, GET THAT FEEDBACK AND MAKE CHANGES IN THE SUBSEQUENT STEPS.
UM, ADDITIONALLY, THE CODE IS PROPOSING, UM, TO, WHEN THERE'S A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT OBVIOUSLY THAT'S A SEPARATE, SEPARATE ACTION BY COUNSEL, BUT THIS PROPOSED AMENDMENT WOULD NOT REQUIRE THEN A RB OR PLANNING COMMISSION TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO COUNSEL AND THUS NOT REQUIRE COUNSEL TO MAKE A SEPARATE, UM, DETERMINATION ON A CONCEPT PLAN.
BECAUSE AS PART OF THAT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, YOU'RE GETTING TO SEE THAT CONCEPT, THE DETAILS OF THAT ARE INCLUDED AS PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT REVIEW.
UM, BUT SO THEN YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO NECESSARILY TAKE A FORMAL ACTION OF A CONCEPT PLAN.
UM, AND THEN AGAIN, WE HAVE THE INFORMAL REVIEW OPTION THAT CONTINUES TO REMAIN AN OPTION.
SO YOU COULD, YOU KNOW, DO AN INFORMAL AND A CONCEPT PLAN.
I MEAN, THE GOAL AGAIN, IS TO STREAMLINE THAT.
SO THE HOPE WOULD BE YOU WOULDN'T NECESSARILY NEED TO DO BOTH.
UM, SO THAT, THOSE ARE THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS RELATED TO THE CONCEPT PLAN, UM, AS WE WENT THROUGH, UM, THE CODE AND IDENTIFIED OPPORTUNITIES FOR ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS, UM, IN THIS, IN THE SMALLER SCALE.
LOOKING THEN TO THE WEST INNOVATION DISTRICT.
UM, SO AGAIN, AS ZACH SHARED, AS PART OF HIS PRESENTATION, UM, YOU KNOW, THE WEST DIS WEST INNOVATION DISTRICT SPECIAL AREA PLAN REALLY LOOKS AT THAT REGIONAL COMPETITIVENESS, FUTURE GROWTH, UM, AND HOW THE CODE AND THE, UM, FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATIONS ALIGN.
UM, THE CURRENT WEST INNOVATION DISTRICT HAS FIVE ZONING DISTRICTS, AND THE INTENT AND THE USE IS PERMITTED IN THOSE VARY.
UM, WITH ID TWO REALLY, UM, BEING THE FOCUS OF THIS AMENDMENT, WE HAVE SOME MINOR AMENDMENTS, WHICH I'LL, I'LL DISCUSS ALSO IN THIS, IN THIS, UM, SECTION.
BUT THE GOAL OF THIS IS TO REALLY TRULY ALIGN THE CODE WITH WHAT THE FUTURELY INDUCED DESIGNATION IS OUTLINED IN THE NEW COMMUNITY PLAN.
SO AGAIN, THE GOAL IS TO HELP IMPROVE, UM, THE REVIEW PROCESS AND MAKING THAT CLEAR FOR APPLICANTS AS WE MEET WITH PEOPLE.
UM, ALSO LOOKING AT THE OPPORTUNITIES PARTICULARLY IN THAT ID TWO DISTRICT TWO REMOVE VARIOUS TO REMOVE BARRIERS TO DEVELOP THAT SMALL SCALE FLEX, UM, AND RESEARCH AND, AND KEEP THOSE SORT OF MORE HEAVY MEDIUM INDUSTRIAL USES IN THE ID THREE WHERE WE WANT THOSE TO BE LOCATED.
UM, AND AGAIN, ALIGNING THE CODE WITH THE, WITH THE MAP.
SO WITHIN THE ID TWO DISTRICT, WE ARE PROPOSING TWO CHANGES, AND THAT IS TO MAKE ASSEMBLY AND MANUFACTURING AND THE DATA CENTERS, UM, OR LET ME SPEAK ABOUT THIS STUFF REALLY.
SO ASSEMBLY AND MANUFACTURING WILL BE, WILL GO FROM A CONDITIONAL USE TO A PERMITTED USE WITH AN ID TWO, BUT THEN DATA CENTERS WOULD GO FROM A PERMITTED USE TO A CONDITIONAL USE.
SO THOSE MORE INTENSE USES REQUIRING MORE SCRUTINY, UM, BECAUSE THEY HAVE POTENTIAL IMPACTS.
UM, THESE OTHER AMENDMENTS THAT I MENTIONED INCLUDE, UM, THE CODE REFERENCES A FORMER NAME OF THE DISTRICT, WHICH IS THE ECONOMIC ADVANCEMENT ZONE.
SO IT'S CLEANING UP THAT LANGUAGE.
UM, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE WITHIN THE CODE WHERE YOU'RE WITHIN THE WD WD SPECIAL AREA PLAN, WHEN YOU ARE ANNEXED TO THE CITY, YOU CURRENTLY GET ASSIGNED A WEST INNOVATION DISTRICT ZONING CLASSIFICATION AND WOULDN'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT, UM, OR THE REZONING PROCESS.
SO WE ARE, BECAUSE WE'VE MODIFIED THE DISTRICT OF THE WEST INNOVATION, WE ARE THEN INCORPORATING THAT AS PART OF THIS AMENDMENT.
UM, AND AS ZACH MENTIONED, WE ARE GOING THROUGH THIS WEST INNOVATION INTEGRATED IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
AGAIN, DEPENDING ON THE CONVERSATIONS OF THAT, THERE COULD BE POTENTIAL CODE AMENDMENTS OR MODIFICATIONS THAT NEED TO BE MADE.
BUT AT THIS POINT WE ARE, UM, GENERALLY KEEPING THE CODE, UM, IN LINE WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE COMMUNITY PLAN.
UM, THE THIRD CODE AMENDMENT PROPOSED IS RELATED TO TEMPORARY SIGNS.
UM, IF YOU RECALL, WE HAVE BEEN BACK BEFORE YOU, UM, REGARDING TEMPORARY SIGNS A COUPLE TIMES.
THE MOST RECENT IN 2021, UM, LARGELY THE INITIAL, UM, CONVERSATION WAS RELATED TO, UM, HOW WE'RE REGULATING CONTENT, UM, OR NOT, UM, WITHIN THE CODE.
AND SO THIS AMENDMENT IS REALLY LOOKING AT MAKING TWO SMALL CHANGES TO COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES AND SPECIAL EVENTS TO ALIGN WITH OUR CURRENT PRACTICES.
SO WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT AS EVENTS GO THROUGH THE CITY'S EVENT PERMITTING PROCESS, THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE, OUR EVENTS TEAM TO REVIEW THOSE AND MAKE SURE THAT THOSE SIGN ALLOWANCES ALIGN WITH THE INDIVIDUAL EVENT NEEDS AND THEY HAVE PARAMETERS ON THEIR APPLICATION ABOUT WHAT'S, WHAT'S PERMITTED AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO THIS WOULD REALLY JUST ALLOW THAT PROCESS IS CURRENTLY HAPPENING TO NOT BE ON, IN CONFLICT WITH THE CODE.
UM, SO AGAIN, WE MODIFIED SOME CLARIFYING LANGUAGE AND THEN AMENDED, UM, THE SIGN ALLOWANCES
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IN BOTH OF THOSE, UM, CATEGORIES.AND THEN THE FINAL PIECE OF THIS, UM, IS RELATED TO OUR NURSE NUISANCE REGULATIONS, WHICH IS LARGELY, UM, ONE OF THE MAIN SECTIONS THAT OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT TEAM USES, UM, ON AN EVERYDAY BASIS.
SO REALLY WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ENSURING THAT WE'RE CLEAR ABOUT, UM, NUISANCES, UNSAFE UNSANITARY CONDITIONS, REDUCING NOISE, UM, REGULATING ABANDONED AND NEGLECTED PROPERTIES AND SORT OF, AND MAKING SURE WE HAVE A LOT OF PROPERTY MAINTENANCE OVERSIGHT AND CLARITY OF LANGUAGE IN THE CODE RELATED TO THAT.
SO THE GOAL IS JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S CLEAR, THAT THEY CAN HAVE CONSISTENCY BUT ALSO EVOLVING NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
SOME OF THESE SECTIONS OF THAT CODE HAVE NOT BEEN MODIFIED IN QUITE SOME TIME, SO THINGS HAVE CHANGED, UM, WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE CLEARER FOR OUR TEAM WHEN THEY GO OUT AND MEET WITH PEOPLE AND COME POINT TO A SECTION OF THE CODE.
SO REALLY LOOKING AT, UM, THIS PROPOSED AMENDMENT BROADENING THE APPLICATION OF PROPERTY MAINTENANCE TO ENTIRE PREMISES.
UM, AND THE CURRENT CODE IS, HAS SOME LIMITATIONS IN SOME SPECIFIC AREAS TO RESIDENTIAL ONLY, AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT OUR COMMERCIAL PROPERTY OWNERS, UM, HAVE TO ADHERE TO THE SAME STANDARDS.
UM, SIMILARLY CLARIFYING WHAT THOSE PREMISE CONDITIONS, UM, ALLOW, INCLUDING SOME ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS, UM, HOW TRASH CANS AND RESIDENTIAL, UM, RECYCLING CONTAINERS ARE SCREENING AND PROVIDING AN ADDITIONAL OPTION THAT WOULD ALIGN THEN WITH WHAT'S IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT.
UM, ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE RELATING TO VEHICLE STORAGE AND SCREENING.
UM, AND THEN PLANNING COMMISSION AS PART OF THEIR REVIEW WANTED SOME ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE REGARDING HOW FIREWOOD CAN BE STORED.
SO THAT'S ALSO BEEN INCORPORATED, UM, WITHIN THIS AMENDMENT AS WELL.
SO WITH THAT, UM, OUR RECOMMENDATION BASED ON THE ARCHITECTURE REVIEW BOARD, UM, SEEING THE CONCEPT PLAN PIECE, THEY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSIONS, SAW, UM, THESE AMENDMENTS IN TWO, UM, TWO PHASES.
THEY MADE RECOMMENDATIONS AND WE'VE INCORPORATED THE CHANGES THAT THEY'VE RECOMMENDED.
UM, WE ARE RECOMMENDING COUNCIL, UM, APPROVAL OF THIS ORDINANCE AT THE SECOND READING.
SO I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
UM, IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE COMMENT RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING NONE COUNCIL QUESTIONS DISCUSSION? JENNY, I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE PUBLIC NUISANCE PIECE.
UM, I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, MAINTENANCE AND THAT SORT OF THING IN PUBLIC SERVICES MAYBE TWO OR THREE YEARS BACK.
AND I'VE NOTICED THAT THERE'S, UH, A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE WORRIED ABOUT, ESPECIALLY WITH VACANT STRUCTURES, UM, THAT WE ANTICIPATED OR WE WERE HOPING THAT ORIGINALLY THE ZONING CODE OR OR THE, THIS CODE WOULD, UM, IF YOU HAD A VACANT HOUSE, IT SHOULD LOOK LIKE ANY OTHER HOUSE ON THE STREET.
IT SHOULDN'T LOOK VACANT, BUT I'VE NOTICED OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, YOU KNOW, EVEN IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICTS, A COUPLE OF THOSE PLACES JUST, THEY'VE JUST LOOKED BAD.
I MEAN, THIS CALLS FOR PAINT, IT CALLS FOR GUTTERS, CORNICES, THE WHOLE WORKS.
AND IT'S GREAT THAT WE'RE DOING THIS.
I AGREE WITH ALL OF THE, UM, MODIFICATIONS YOU'RE MAKING.
I GUESS MY CONCERN IS, IS HOW ENFORCEABLE ARE WE ON SOME OF THESE REALLY BAD SITUATIONS WHERE WE DO HAVE SOME REAL ISSUES AND, YOU KNOW, HOW STRONG IS THIS FOR US? UM, AND WILL IT HELP? YES, THOSE ARE THE QUESTIONS I HAVE ON THAT.
YEAH, SO I MEAN, FOR THE VACANT PROPERTY ORDINANCE, AS YOU MENTIONED, WE, UM, WE CREATED THAT A COUPLE YEARS AGO.
UM, I CAN DEFINITELY CHECK IN WITH OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT TEAM.
I MEAN, THEY'RE THE ONES THAT BROUGHT FORWARD THESE AMENDMENTS TO US FOR THIS PARTICULAR SECTION.
UM, IDENTIFYING WEAKNESSES AND AREAS THAT THEY THOUGHT SHOULD BE AMENDED, I'M, I'M HAPPY TO GO BACK AND TALK AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY THINK THAT IS, UM, APPROPRIATE AND NO ADDITIONAL CHANGES NEED TO BE MADE.
THAT'S, AGAIN, THAT'S NOT MY UNDERSTANDING.
AND WE'VE HAD SEVERAL VACANT PROPERTIES WHERE WE'VE USED THAT NEW ORDINANCE TO HELP ENSURE COMPLIANCE.
SO I MEAN, THAT HAS BEEN VERY EFFECTIVE FOR US IN A WAY THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE BEFORE.
WELL, AND MAYBE, MAYBE, UM, MAYBE PHIL CAN HELP WITH THIS.
I DO KNOW THAT SOMETIMES, UM, THERE HAS BEEN THE QUESTION THAT IF WE, THAT WE CAN'T MAKE IT COME UP TO LOOKING AS GOOD AS IF SOMEONE LIVED THERE.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF LEGALLY, UH, FOR INSTANCE, IF YOU'VE GOT CHIPPED PAINT AND, AND THE GUTTERS ARE LEAKING.
I MEAN, THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THESE HOUSES WITH CHIPPED PAINT AND GUTTERS ARE LEAKING.
SO I GUESS WHAT I'M ASKING IS WHAT IS THE STANDARD WE SHOULD EXPECT ON A VACANT PROPERTY THAT'S REASONABLE? AND, AND, AND WHAT IS ONE THAT IS TOTALLY UNREASONABLE? UM, AND I JUST POINT TO A COUPLE OF THE PLACES IN HISTORIC DISTRICT THAT STAYED THAT WAY FOR QUITE A LONG TIME.
UH, 'CAUSE IT'S THE ONLY ONE THAT COMES TO MIND, BUT, AND THEY'RE UNDER CONSTRUCTION NOW AND THANK GOODNESS THAT'S THE CASE AND THEY'RE GONNA BE BEAUTIFUL.
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TO KNOW LEGALLY, WHAT, WHAT CAN WE EXPECT FROM, UH, A VACANT BUILDING AND HOW, HOW WELL IT SHOULD BE MAINTAINED? YEAH, WE CAN LOOK INTO THAT AND GET BACK TO YOU WITH A MEMO.UM, ALL MINE ARE GONNA APPLY TO THE WEST INNOVATION DISTRICT.
UM, SO THE, THE FIRST QUESTION IS, I DID SEE, SO THE CONDITIONAL USE FOR THE DATA CENTERS ONLY APPLIED TO ID TWO, THE FLEX USE, I NOTICE ID THREE STILL SAYS DATA CENTERS ARE ALLOWED.
SO I'D LIKE A LITTLE INFORMATION ON WHY, WHY DID WE NOT CHANGE IT TO CONDITIONAL USE FOR THAT ONE? AND IF WE DON'T HAVE THE INFORMATION NOW, AND IF IT WAS A LONG DISCUSSION THAT'S ALREADY OCCURRED, YOU CAN JUST INCLUDE IT IN THE MINUTES OR IN OUR STUFF FOR NEXT READING.
AND THEN IF YOU WE HAVE FURTHER INFORMATION, THEN I, OR REQUESTS, WE CAN DEFINITELY ADD THAT.
SO AGAIN, WE'RE TRYING TO ALIGN THE CODE WITH ENVISION DUBLIN, UM, AND THE ID THREE DISTRICT ALIGNS WITH, UM, THE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT WHERE DATA CENTERS ARE WHERE WE ARE.
THAT'S, THAT'S THE AREA WHERE WE WOULD WANT DATA CENTERS TO BE.
SO THEY'RE CURRENTLY PERMITTED, WE'VE HAD CURRENT CONVERSATIONS WITH POTENTIAL APPLICANTS ABOUT WHERE THOSE ARE APPROPRIATE.
UM, SO AGAIN, WE'RE TRYING TO BALANCE WHAT THE FUTURE LAND USE RES DESIGNATION RECOMMENDS VERSUS THE EXISTING CODE AND NOT MODIFY THAT TOO MUCH.
UM, AND, AND CURRENT PROPERTY OWNERS, SOME WHICH ARE INCLUDED IN PART OF THIS, UM, OF THE REZONING HAVE THE EXPECTATION THAT THOSE ARE PERMITTED USE.
SO WE WANTED TO RETAIN THAT FROM A CONSISTENCY STANDPOINT.
THAT WAS, THAT'S BEEN THEIR EXPECTATION THAT THOSE ARE PERMITTED IN ID THREE AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE OKAY.
'CAUSE THE, THEY ARE AROUND RESIDENTIAL TOO AS WELL.
SO I WAS JUST CURIOUS HOW THAT YEAH, I MEAN WE DEFINITELY, AND I CAN INCLUDE MAYBE A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION WITH THE MAP.
WE REALLY TRIED TO TARGET THOSE ID THREE PROPERTIES, NOT ADJACENT, NOT ON COS GRAY ADJACENT TO BALANCER.
THEY'RE BEHIND, THEY'RE CLOSER TO BRAIL.
BUT THEY'RE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL TO THE NORTH, LIKE SANDWICHED IN BETWEEN, I GUESS.
OKAY, I SEE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
THE EXISTING DATA CENTER AND THE NEXT ONE, SO MM-HMM
SO, UM, SO MY NEXT, UM, RELATES TO THE BUFFERS AND SETBACK LANGUAGES.
IT ALL STARTS AND I BELIEVE ON MINE IT SAYS PAGE 19, I'M LOOKING AT THE, UM, THE RED LINE VERSION OF THE CODE AND STUFF MM-HMM
SO IT STARTS TALKING ABOUT FRONT YARD SETBACK, STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO WHEN ZACH PULLED UP THE SLIDE OF THE WEST INNOVATION DISTRICT AND WE SHOWED, UM, KIND OF THE PROPOSED, UH, STREET GRID, I GUESS THERE IS A PROPOSED STREET KIND OF THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THESE PARCELS.
SO COS GRAY THAT YEP, THAT ONE.
SO THERE'S A STREET, THERE'S, THERE'S A STREET THAT RUNS THROUGH THERE.
SO WHEN THIS REFERS TO THE FRONT YARD SETBACK WILL BE A HUNDRED FEET.
SO IF THE, THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN COS GRAY ROAD.
SO THESE ARE GONNA FRONT THAT STREET THROUGH THE CENTER.
SO WE'RE ASKING 'EM TO GO A HUNDRED FEET BACK FROM THAT.
SO THAT'S WHAT I'M WORRIED ABOUT IS THE TERM FRONT YARD VERSUS REAR.
I WANNA SEE THE SETBACK ON COS GRAY.
UM, OR ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL OR OR ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL.
BUT FOR, FOR THIS PARTICULAR, LIKE THESE PARCELS HERE, IF WE'RE GONNA PUT A ROAD IN THERE, THE SETBACK NEEDS TO BE ACROSS FROM THE RESIDENTIAL, NOT WHETHER IT'S THE BACKYARD OR THE FRONT.
BECAUSE HERE IF THEY PUSH IT A HUNDRED FEET BACK, THEN IT'S EVEN CLOSER TO THE RESIDENTIAL.
SO IT APPLIES TO PAGE 19 WHERE, UM, IT SAYS THERE, THERE'S SOME BLUE TEXTS THAT WE WERE GONNA ADD.
IT SAYS FOR PROPERTIES THAT ARE IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, THE REQUIRED FRONT YARD SETBACK FOR BOTH BUILDING PAYMENTS SHALL BE 150 FEET.
IT'S THAT LANGUAGE THAT WE NEED TO WORK ON.
BECAUSE, UM, I DON'T WANNA DEFINE THE FRONT YARD BY THIS NEW STREET WE'RE PUTTING IN AND NOW WE'VE JUST PUSHED THEM CLOSER TO THE RESIDENCE.
SO THAT IT'S, IT'S THAT LANGUAGE AND THEN IT KIND OF SPILLS ON TO THE TABLE THERE ON THE, ON THAT NEXT PAGE.
SORRY, MY STUFF ISN'T WORKING REAL WELL.
UM, AND ALSO THEN IT APPLIES TO THE BUILDING HEIGHTS AND WHERE THOSE, SO HOWEVER WE HAVE TO KIND OF TWEAK THAT LANGUAGE TO ENSURE THE GREATEST DISTANCE AND ALSO THE LOWEST HEIGHTS ADJACENT TO THE RESIDENCE, NOT WHAT WE'RE CALLING REAR FRONT SIDE.
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AND, UM, AND THEN AGAIN, AS I REQUESTED BEFORE, I'D REALLY LIKE TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE ALL THAT CODE RIGHT.FOR THE WEST INNOVATION DISTRICT BEFORE WE ACTUALLY WOULD REZONE IT, SO, OKAY.
OTHERS? I HAD A COUPLE THINGS.
I, I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN A, A HEAVY LIFT AND I APPRECIATE IT.
SO EVEN IF WE DON'T GET EVERYTHING COVERED, I THINK WE HAVE, WE'RE MOVING INTO THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND I SINCERELY APPRECIATE THAT.
UM, I HAD A COUPLE COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS.
SO LIGHTING IS NOT COVERED IN HERE.
THAT WILL BE A SEPARATE, UM, OR I COULDN'T FIND IT IF IT IS.
UM, IS IT COVERED IN HERE, JENNY? I'M, I'M LOOKING, I MEAN, WE HAVE A SEPARATE LIGHTING ORDINANCE OR PORTION OF OUR ORDINANCE.
SO THERE ARE LIGHTING, SITE LIGHTING REQUIREMENTS.
I'M JUST TRYING TO SEE IF IT REFERS TO THAT OR IF IT HAS SOMETHING PARTICULAR.
BUT THAT WILL, THAT WILL COME BACK AT A LATER DATE, RIGHT? WITH, YES.
AND WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING THROUGH AN AMENDMENT RELATED TO OUR SIGN, OR EXCUSE ME, OUR LIGHTING REQUIREMENTS YEAH.
TO UPDATE THAT BECAUSE I KNOW THAT HAS BEEN AND, AND ABSOLUTELY.
AND ANY THEN RELATED IMPACTS WOULD FIND ITS WAY BACK INTO HERE, CORRECT.
UM, AND THEN, UM, I HAD A JUST SORT OF A QUESTION OF DURATION OF IN, UH, SORT OF ENFORCEMENTS.
UM, IT, IT SAYS ENFORCEMENT IS SORT OF THE, THE, AT THE VERY END IT TALKS ABOUT A BIT ABOUT ENFORCEMENT AND IT SAYS IN CASE A FAILURE OR REFUSALS TO COMPLY WITH ANY SUCH NOTICE OF ABATEMENT.
SO DOES THAT MEAN IT IS THE CITY'S DISCRETION ON ANY OF THESE TO SAY YOU'VE GOT A WEEK TO FIX IT, YOU'VE GOT A MONTH TO FIX IT, YOU'VE GOT AN HOUR TO FIX IT.
I MEAN, HOW IS THAT, BECAUSE THE, THE RANGE HERE IS EVERYTHING FROM MOVE THE TRASH CAN TO FIX THE ROOF, RIGHT? RIGHT.
SO HOW IS THAT DECIDED? OR HOW DO WE CREATE SOME, OR MAYBE WE DON'T CREATE SOME MORE DEFINITION AROUND THAT.
HELP ME UNDERSTAND THE, YEAH, GREAT QUESTION.
SO, AND I CAN PROVIDE MORE DETAIL 'CAUSE I DON'T HAVE IT MEMORIZED, BUT WE DO HAVE A, WE DO HAVE A CITY POLICY AND AO THAT TALKS ABOUT WHAT'S THE PROCEDURE, UM, WHAT'S THE GENERAL TIMEFRAMES FOR COMPLIANCE AND HOW MANY STEPS WE GO THROUGH AND WHO INITIATES THOSE.
SO THERE'S A VERY DEFINED PROCESS.
UM, HONESTLY, WE REALLY TRY TO, UM, WITHIN THE LAST YEAR, OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT TEAM HAS DEVELOPED A DOOR HANGER.
SO YOU'RE NOT GETTING, IT'S TO, TO PROVIDE THAT ONE-ON-ONE INITIAL CONTACT, RIGHT? HEY, I'M GONNA KNOCK ON YOUR DOOR AND SAY YOUR TRASH CANS OUT, CAN YOU, HERE'S WHAT THE ORDINANCE IS, HERE'S WHY YOU NEED TO MOVE IT.
CAN YOU JUST TAKE CARE OF THAT TO GET COMPLIANCE LIKE IMMEDIATELY? UM, IF THAT'S NOT POSSIBLE, YES.
THEN THERE'S TIMEFRAMES THAT THEY SORT OF RULE OF THUMB THAT THEY HAVE.
I MEAN, WE'VE DEFINITELY HAVE, RIGHT? THE TRASH CANS, THAT'S A PRETTY EASY FIX.
YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO THAT WITHIN, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE DAYS.
UM, WHEREAS RIGHT, IF YOU'RE NOT COMPLIANT FOR LANDSCAPING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, IT MIGHT NOT BE THE RIGHT SEASON.
SO WE NEED TO GIVE YOU MORE TIME TO COMPLY WITH THE CODE.
'CAUSE THAT'S ULTIMATELY OUR GOAL IS COMPLIANCE, NOT ENFORCEMENT.
RIGHT? WE WANT PEOPLE TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS IN A, UM, IN A POSITIVE WAY SO I CAN PROVIDE MORE DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT THE POLICY IS JUST FOR YOUR AWARENESS AND HOW THEY OPERATE.
UM, BUT, AND I JUST THINK THAT LANGUAGE, FRANKLY, IS IMPORTANT TO RESIDENTS TO UNDERSTAND.
SO THE KNOCKER IS, OR THE DOOR KNOCKER IS ABOUT, YOU PROBABLY WEREN'T AWARE, RIGHT? EXACTLY.
AND SO I'M MAKING YOU AWARE OF THAT SORT OF THING, RIGHT.
AND IT'S JUST, AS YOU READ THROUGH ALL OF THIS, IT'S JUST, IT'S SILENT TO THAT.
I THINK, UM, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, AND CERTAINLY EVERY SITUATION IS DIFFERENT, BUT SOME SORT OF DIRECTION ABOUT CLARITY AROUND, I JUST THINK WE'D BE HELPFUL FOR FOLKS.
PARTICULARLY WHEN WE WILL START HOPEFULLY DOING SOME COMPLIANCE AGAINST THINGS WE HAVEN'T DONE IN SOME TIME.
AND I DID NOTICE THAT THERE WAS A SECTION ON NOISE IN HERE.
UM, I WONDER JUST IN LIGHT OF THE CONVERSATION TONIGHT, THAT WE SPEND SOME MORE TIME LOOKING AT THAT PARTICULAR BEFORE IT COMES BACK.
UM, OR, UM, BECAUSE THIS, THIS IS AGAINST, UM, THESE ARE APPLIED TO COMMERCIAL, RESIDENTIAL, EVERYTHING.
THINK IN LIGHT OF SOME OF THE DISCUSSION THIS EVENING, WE SHOULD HAVE SOME MORE, UM, REVIEW OF THAT.
SO, AND I VERY MUCH AMY, APPRECIATE YOUR SETBACK AND AGREE WITH THAT AND YOUR CHANGING OF THE ORDER.
I THINK THAT, UM, I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE YOUR, YOUR WORK ON THAT.
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HAD ONE OTHER THING.I FOUND MY OTHER NOTE RELATED TO THE SETBACKS.
THERE'S ACTUALLY, IT'S SPECIFICALLY, IT WAS ON PAGE 28 OF THE WEST INNOVATION DISTRICT.
CODE NUMBER NINE WAS ADDED AND IT'S SCREENING AND BUFFERING FROM RESIDENTIAL AREAS.
AND IT TALKS ABOUT WHEN ADJACENT TO THE RESIDENTIAL ZONING, YOU SHALL PROVIDE MOUNTING WITH REQUIRED FRONT, WITH REQUIRED FRONT YARD SETBACKS.
SO AGAIN, UM, I THINK THE MOUNDING NEEDS TO BE ON THE BOUNDARY WITH RESIDENTIAL REGARDLESS OF WHAT IT'S CALLED.
AND THEN WE NEED TO MAKE CLEAR DOES THE, IF THAT IS THE FRONT OR WHATEVER WE CALL, DOES THAT MOUNDING, DOES YOUR A HUNDRED FEET START FROM WHEN THE MOUNDING STOPS? OR DOES THAT MOUNDING INCLUDE THAT A HUNDRED FEET? WE NEED TO BE CLEAR ON THAT.
SO, 'CAUSE IF IT'S WHERE IT STOPS, THEN NOW WE'RE A HUNDRED OR 225 FEET BACK.
SO, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE MOUNDING ON THE SIDE OF THE PARCEL THAT FACES RESIDENTIAL, WHATEVER THAT, WHETHER IT'S SIDE, REAR, WHATEVER, OR ADJACENT NON-COMPATIBLE USE OR ADJACENT NON-COMPATIBLE.
I LIKE TO SEE IT WRITTEN SUCH THAT YOU ARE REQUIRED TO PUT THE MOUNDING IN AND THEN THE SETBACK OF YOUR FRONT, WHATEVER'S A SEPARATE TOPIC, I GUESS.
CAN I JUST ADD A, UH, ANOTHER IT DOES, IT TALKS ABOUT DECIDUOUS TREES AND NATIVE UNDERSTORY.
IF WE DON'T ADD, THAT WOULD BE A MISTAKE.
I THINK, ESPECIALLY IF WE DO HAVE ISSUES WITH NOISE AT ALL, HAVING EVERGREENS WITHIN THAT AS TO BE ABLE TO PROTECT DURING THE WINTER MONTHS WITH AND MAYBE BUFFER SOUND OR WHATEVER IT IS.
I THINK IT'S ALWAYS IMPORTANT TO ADD THAT.
AND I, I, WITH, I'M WITH AMY, I, I REALLY WANNA KNOW HOW, HOW DEEP THAT BUFFER IS, BECAUSE THE LAST THING WE WANNA DO IS, IS MAKE ANY OF OUR RESIDENTS UNCOMFORTABLE BY THIS ADDITION HERE.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR DOING THIS.
I, IF I LEARNED ANYTHING IN MY TIME ON PLANNING AND ZONING, IT'S THAT ZONING CODE MAY BE THE HARDEST THING.
WRITING ZONING CODE MIGHT BE THE HARDEST THING I'VE EVER ATTEMPTED TO DO.
AND YOU, AND YOU UNDERSTAND WHY THE TAXED CODE IS LIKE THIS THICK, RIGHT? BECAUSE EVERY TIME YOU SET OUT TO PROTECT A NEIGHBOR, THEN THERE'S SOME UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCE SOMEWHERE ELSE THAT YOU HAVE TO.
THANKS TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND THE OTHER BODIES THAT REVIEWED THIS.
'CAUSE IT'S CERTAINLY LABORIOUS WORK.
I, I, I'M A BIT INTERESTED IN HOW, UM, HOW WE ANTICIPATE IMPROVEMENTS HAPPENING HERE.
BECAUSE I WOULD IMAGINE A NUMBER OF THESE WOULD REQUIRE SOME SORT OF, BECAUSE OF THE LARGE PARCELS, UM, THAT THERE MIGHT BE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS TO THESE THINGS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS.
AND SO I'M HOPEFUL THAT THAT HELPS US TO HAVE A BIT OF LEVERAGE WHEN WE SEE THESE LARGE PROJECTS COME IN THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN, YOU KNOW, MAYBE 150 FEET ISN'T APPROPRIATE.
RIGHT? AND, AND MAYBE DEPENDING ON WHAT THEY'RE DOING ON THE SITE, MAYBE MORE OR LESS WOULD BE APPROPRIATE DEPENDING ON, UM, AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION WAS AROUND UTILITY.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE, WE DID A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK ON THE UTILITIES AVAILABLE, WATER, SEWER, ALL OF THOSE OF POWER.
UM, DO WE HAVE IT, SHOULD WE PUT ANYTHING IN THE ZONING CODE? RE AND WE'VE NOT DONE THIS BEFORE, BUT RELATIVE TO WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE AVAILABILITY ANYONE'S ALLOWED TO CONSUME.
SO, YOU KNOW, IF, IF WE GET SOME USERS EARLY ON THAT ARE HIGH WATER USERS, HIGH SEWER USERS, HIGH POWER USERS, WHATEVER, FILL IN THE BLANK, THAT REALLY MAKES THE RESIDUAL AVAILABLE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED.
THAT REALLY IMPACTS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO THROUGHOUT THE TOTALITY OF THIS.
I MEAN, SOME OF IT WE CAN MAKE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS AND DELIVER MORE, BUT SOMETIMES YOU CAN'T.
SO ARE WE CONSIDERING ANYTHING ABOUT THAT? SO NOT WITHIN THE CODE, BUT THAT IS A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THAT INTEGRATED IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO GIVE IT TO A PARTICULAR PERMIT, A PARTICULAR USER TO TAKE ALL THE CAPACITY THAT THEN LIMITS WHAT CAN HAPPEN ELSEWHERE.
SO THAT IS PART OF THAT LARGER, WHICH IS WHY THIS IS ALL A VERY INTEGRATED CONVERSATION.
'CAUSE WE WANNA BE THOUGHTFUL AND USE ALL THE DATA AND ALL THE FACTS TO HELP MAKE SURE WE'RE SUPPORTING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, BUT NOT HINDERING, YOU KNOW, HINDERING OTHER OPPORTUNITIES.
SO YEAH, WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING INTO THAT.
AND SO THAT WOULD COME FORWARD AT SOME OTHER, THAT'S PART OF JAMIE'S YEAH.
THE WORK WITH PLANNING NEXT AND ALL THOSE EFFORTS.
I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S THE MOST SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THAT IS HOW TO SERVE THESE PROPERTIES.
WILL CERTAINLY BE A CHALLENGE.
UM, WELL, WE WILL LOOK FORWARD TO SECOND READING,
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PUBLIC HEARING, WE'LL SCHEDULED FOR APRIL THE SEVENTH ON THIS AS WELL.AND, UM, AND WE WILL REVERSE THOSE, UH, BEFORE WE VOTE ON THOSE ON OUR, OUR NEXT AGENDA.
[Ordinance 08-25]
DASH 25 AUTHORIZING THE PROVISION OF CERTAIN INCENTIVES TO WAYLEN AND COMPANY CPAS, INC.TO INDUCE IT TO LOCATE AND EXPAND ITS OFFICE AND ASSOCIATED OPERATIONS AND WORKFORCE WITHIN THE CITY AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
AND OUR STAFF REPORT THIS EVENING WILL BE BROUGHT FORWARD BY LUKE FLEMING.
UM, OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM HAS BEEN IN TALKS, UH, RECENTLY WITH WHALEN CPAS.
WHALEN CPAS IS A TAX, UH, ACCOUNTING, AUDITING, AND BUSINESS ADVISORY FIRM, UH, BASED OUT OF CENTRAL OHIO, FOCUSED PRIMARILY ON HIGH QUALITY AND FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS FOR BUSINESSES OF ALL SIZES IN THEIR COMMUNITY.
UH, THE CITY OF DELMAN HAS PROPOSED A ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, UM, TO WAYLON, WHICH INCLUDES A ONE-TIME GRANT OF $20,000.
UM, WITH THAT AGREEMENT, THEY ARE INCLINED, UH, TO SIGN A LEASE AGREEMENT FOR A MINIMUM OF FIVE YEARS AND ALSO OBTAIN PROOF OF OCCUPANCY BY AUGUST 1ST, 2025.
UH, TRANSITION OF THIS, UH, OF WAYLON CPAS COMES, UH, AT THE EXPENSE OF AN EXHAUSTION SEARCH IN THEIR CURRENT COMMUNITY, UH, WHICH THEY IDENTIFIED DUBLIN AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM, UH, TO FURTHER EXPAND THEIR BUSINESS.
SO A GREAT COMPLIMENT TO US, UH, THAT THEY'VE DECIDED TO INVEST, UH, THEIR NEXT YEARS IN DUBLIN AND JUST AGAIN, REFLECTS OUR CITY'S STRONG COMMITMENT, UM, TO OUR BUSINESS FRIENDLY, FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT, UH, TO CREATE THIS, THIS TYPE OF ECOSYSTEM.
UH, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THIS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AT OUR APRIL 7TH MEETING, AND HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
I WANNA, UM, TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT.
IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING NONE COUNCIL QUESTIONS.
WELL, WE WILL LOOK FORWARD TO SECOND READING, PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED FOR APRIL THE SEVENTH.
[Resolution 19-25]
INTRODUCTION, PUBLIC HEARING VOTE RESOLUTIONS RESOLUTION 19 DASH 25, ACCEPTING THE LOWEST AND BEST BID FOR THE SOUTH HIGH UTIL STREET UTILITY BURIAL PHASE TWO PROJECT A HUNDRED.AND OUR STAFF REPORT WILL BE BROUGHT FORWARD BY BRIAN GABLE.
COUNCIL MEMBERS STAFF CONDUCTED A COMPETITIVE BID FOR THE SOUTH HIGH STREET UTILITY BURIAL PHASE TWO PROJECT, WHICH WILL PERFORM THE BURIAL OF EXISTING OVERHEAD, PRIMARY ELECTRIC, EXCUSE ME, ELECTRIC LINES UNDERGROUND AND RELOCATE THE EXISTING OVERHEAD, ELECTRIC AND TELECOMMUNICATION UTILITY LINES ALONG BLACKSMITH LANE, SOUTH HIGH STREET, AND INTERSECTING STREETS TO UNDERGROUND.
AT THE COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT, ALL OVERHEAD UTILITY LINES AND POLES IN THE PROJECT AREA WILL BE REMOVED FROM WESTBRIDGE STREET TO SHORT STREET, INCLUDING THE OVERHEAD UTILITY LINES AND POLES ALONG SOUTH HIGH STREET.
THE 2025 THROUGH 2029 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM PROVIDES $2,320,000 FOR THIS PROJECT.
ON FEBRUARY 27TH, 2025, TWO BIDS WERE RECEIVED AND PUBLICLY OPENED.
LLC SUBMITTED THE LOWEST AND BEST BID OF $2,499,652 AND 72 CENTS FOR THE PROJECT, WHICH WAS 10.73% UNDER THE ENGINEER'S ESTIMATE OF $2,800,000.
STAFF ANTICIPATES BEING ABLE TO COVER THE ADDITIONAL PROJECT COSTS USING OTHER UNENCUMBERED BUDGETED FUNDS WITHIN THE CIP CONSTRUCTION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN AND BE SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE BY THE END OF THE, OF 2025 WITH FINAL RESTORATION COMPLETED BY APRIL OF 2026.
THE OVERHEAD UTILITY LINES AND POLES ALONG SOUTH HIGH STREET ARE PLANNED TO BE REMOVED DURING WINTER OF 25 INTO 2026 THROUGH PORTION, UH, EXCUSE ME, THOUGH, PORTIONS OF THE AERIAL LINES WILL BE REMOVED PRIOR TO THIS.
AS EACH UTILITY COMPLETES THEIR RELOCATION WORK, STAFF RECOMMENDS COUNCIL APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION 19 DASH 25, ACCEPTING AS LOWEST AND BEST THE BID OF CST UTILITIES LLC IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,499,652 AND 72 CENTS FOR THIS PROJECT.
I'LL BE GLAD TO ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS COUNSEL MAY HAVE REGARDING THIS RESOLUTION.
IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING NONE COUNCIL QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION.
UH, COULD YOU GIMME A, A QUICK SYNOPSIS ON WHAT THE CONSTRUCTION'S GONNA LOOK LIKE FOR
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THE HISTORIC DISTRICT? IN OTHER WORDS, IS HIGH STREET GONNA GET TORN UP? TELL ME A LITTLE BIT SO I CAN SHARE WITH THE AREA YOU KNOW, WHAT TO EXPECT.UM, THE PROJECT WAS DESIGNED WITH A VERY MINIMAL IMPACT TO HIGH STREET ITSELF.
UM, WE TRIED TO BUILD ALL THE CROSSINGS IN PHASE ONE OF HIGH STREET, UNFORTUNATELY, UH, AP NEEDED ONE FURTHER CROSSING, UH, CLOSER TO SPRING HILL, I BELIEVE.
UM, UH, THAT ONE IS PLANNED TO BE BORED UNDERGROUND, UM, WITH MINIMAL IMPACT TO HIGH STREET ITSELF.
UM, THE PROJECT IS GOING TO BE BORING.
UH, THE LINE FROM SHORT STREET TO PENNY HILL THROUGH THE BACK LOTS, UH, THAT'S MEANT TO BE A, A ROCK, UH, UH, EXCUSE ME, A ROCK BOAR THROUGH THE PROPERTIES, UH, TO PARTIALLY TO AVOID TREE IMPACTS, PARTIALLY TO AVOID IMPACTS TO HISTORIC WALLS AND SOME OF THE OTHERS.
UH, AND THEN AS WE WORK THROUGH BLACKSMITH LANE, UH, WHICH IS THE PRIMARY ROUTE FOR A LOT OF THE BURIAL, UM, WE'LL BE CLOSING CERTAIN SECTIONS, UH, OF BLACKSMITH LANE AS WE KIND OF PROGRESS TO THE NORTH.
SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE PLANNING TO CLOSE ONE INTERSECTION AT A TIME, NO MORE THAN ONE.
EVEN IF YOU'RE DOWN ON SHORT STREET, UM, YOU KNOW, ONE INTERSECTION AT A TIME, THEN THE INTERSECTING BLOCK, THEN MOVE TO THE NEXT INTERSECTION.
SO KIND OF A SLOW, PROGRESSIVE WAY, TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE KEEP AS MUCH, UH, TRAFFIC FLOW OPEN AS WE CAN.
AND THEN THERE'LL PROBABLY BE A SLIGHT HIATUS IN SOME OF THE WORK AS WE, UH, LET THE UTILITIES GET THEIR WORK DONE AND THEN WE'LL START RESTORATION KIND OF BEHIND THEM, SO.
ANY OTHERS? UH, DO YOU KNOW THE STATUS ON, UM, ON THE WEST SIDE ALONG THE ALLEY TO THE, TO THE WEST OF HIGH STREET? DO YOU KNOW WHEN RESTORATION'S GOING TO HAPPEN THROUGH THERE? I HAPPEN TO WALK UP THAT, UH, UP THAT ROAD, UH, AFTER THE ST.
PATRICK'S DAY PARADE, AND THERE WAS A LOT OF MATERIAL LAYING AROUND, SOME BROKEN UTILITY BOXES.
AND DO YOU HAVE ANY TIMELINE ON THAT? Y YEAH.
SO, UM, THAT PROJECT IS ESSENTIALLY COMPLETE.
THERE WAS SOME WORK THAT, UH, OFFICIAL DID FOR OUR CONDUIT, UH, UPSIZE, A FEW POLE BOXES TO FIT EVERYTHING, UH, WITH SOME OF OUR PARTNERS THAT ARE GOING TO BE, UH, USING OUR CONDUIT AS WELL.
UM, SO THAT WORK IS NEARING COMPLETION.
UM, THEY'RE GONNA CLEAN UP SOME OF THAT HERE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.
UM, AND THEN A EP ACTUALLY IS GOING TO BE REMOVING THE REMAINING POLES, UH, IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS AS WELL.
SO NOW THAT WE HAD OUR, OUR, UH, ONE USER THAT KINDA SLID IN A LITTLE BIT TOWARDS THE END OF THE GAME, UH, THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO GET THEIR RELOCATION COMPLETED AND, UM, WE'RE FINALLY GONNA BE ABLE TO REMOVE ALL THOSE POLES.
SO, UH, WITHIN THE MONTH, YOU SHOULD SEE MOST OF THAT CLEARED UP.
HOPEFULLY WE CAN SEND SOMEBODY TO LOOK THROUGH THEIR, I, I SAW TWO DRAIN BODIES THAT LOOKED LIKE THE CATCH BASIN ELEVATIONS WERE LOW MM-HMM
UM, AND THERE WAS A LOT OF SIGNIFICANT EROSION AROUND THEM.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE MIGHT HAVE TO DO SOME ADJUSTMENTS OF THOSE CATCH BASIN INLETS, UH, ADJACENT TO THAT AREA THERE.
BUT, UH, IT'S BEEN A HECK OF A PROJECT AND I THINK THE, THE FINISHED PRODUCT IS HOPEFULLY GOING TO REALLY BE WORTH IT.
AND I LOOK FORWARD AT NEXT YEAR'S ST.
PATRICK'S DAY PARADE WHEN IT'S, NO, NOT RAINING, NOR IS IT WINDY TO SEE OUR GLORIOUS BALLOONS RISING, HIGH RIDING DOWN SOUTH, SOUTH HIGH STREET, UH, UNOBSTRUCTED.
SO I THINK THAT WILL BE, UH, A GREAT, A GREAT FINISH TO THIS PROJECT.
SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET ACROSS THE FINISH LINE BY THEN.
JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL ROLE MS. GRAHAM? YES.
[Resolution 20-25]
TWO ZERO DASH 25 ACCEPTING THE LOWEST AND BEST BID FOR THE OUTDOOR COMMUNITY NORTH AND SOUTH POOLS RESURFACING PROJECT.AND OUR STAFF REPORT WILL BE FROM STACY MILLER.
MEMBERS OF COUNT COUNCIL ON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28TH, 2025.
TWO BIDS WERE OPEN FOR THE OUTDOOR COMMUNITY, NORTH AND SOUTH POOLS RESURFACING PROJECT.
THIS PROJECT INCLUDES REPAIRS TO THE FOLLOWING AMENITIES, DUBLIN COMMUNITY POOL, SOUTH LEISURE POOL RESURFACING, THE DIAMOND BRIGHT SURFACE TILE REPLACEMENT, CAULKING, AND ALL RELATED FINISHES THAT WERE IDENTIFIED FROM A RECENT SUB-BASE.
DUBLIN COMMUNITY POOL, NORTH LIGHT, CONCRETE, CONCRETE REPAIRS AND REPAINTING.
UM, THE POOL SHELL SURFACES, SORRY, EXCUSE ME.
UM, THE POOL PAINT SURFACE IS EPOXY, WHICH HAS A LIFESPAN ABOUT APPROXIMATELY THREE YEARS.
THE POOL IS NOW HEADING INTO ITS FOURTH OPERATING SEASON IN 2025.
THE WORK FOR BOTH POOLS WILL BEGIN IMMEDIATELY THIS SPRING AS WEATHER PERMITS AND WAS PLANNING TO BE COMPLETED PRIOR TO THE 2025 POOL SEASON.
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AFTER REVIEWING THE BID'S RESPONSES, STAFF DETERMINED THE LOWEST AND BEST BID WAS RECEIVED FROM AQUA POOL AND CONCRETE IN THE AMOUNT OF $147,000 AND 300, EXCUSE ME, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 1.8 BELOW THE BUDGETED AMOUNT OF 150 K STAFF ARE THOROUGHLY REVIEWED.THE BID RECEIVED FROM AQUA POOL AND CONCRETE BID, UM, AND DETERMINED IT TO BE THE LOWEST AND BEST BID FOR THE PROJECT.
THE CONTRACTOR HAS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED PREVIOUS PROJECTS FOR THE CITY AND STAFF IS CONFIDENT THAT AQUA POOL AND CONCRETE HAS NECESSARY EXPERIENCE AND CAPABILITIES TO COMPLETE THIS PROJECT.
STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION 20 DASH 25, ACCEPTING THE LOWEST AND BEST BID FOR AQUA POOL AND CONCRETE IN THE AMOUNT OF $147,300.
AND AUTHORIZE THESE, THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER A CONTRACT WITH AQUA POOL AND CONCRETE FOR THIS PROJECT.
I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
UH, IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THIS EVENING THAT WOULD LIKE TO, TO MAKE COMMENT RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING NONE COUNCIL QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION.
JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? MR. KEELER? YES.
[Resolution 21-25]
RESOLUTION 21 DASH 25 ACCEPTING THE LOWEST AND BEST BID FOR THE SHIRE RINGS PARK WALL RENOVATIONS PROJECT.I'LL ABDU IT IN OUR STAFF REPORT WILL BE BROUGHT FORWARD THIS EVENING BY SEAN KKI.
COUNCIL MEMBERS ON FEBRUARY 25TH, 2025, UH, THERE WERE THREE BIDS RECEIVED BY THE CITY FOR THE SHOWER RING, STONE WALL, UH, RENOVATION PROJECT.
SO JUST A QUICK, UH, LOCATION, UH, FOR REFERENCE.
SHIRE RINGS PARK IS LOCATED AT, UM, THE INTERSECTION OF SHIRE RINGS ROAD AND EMERALD PARKWAY ON THE SOUTHEAST CORNER.
THE, UH, PROJECT HERE SHOWN IN THE SLIDES, UH, SHOWS THE TWO PHASES OF THE PROJECT.
THE PHASES IN RED ARE REPLACEMENT OF THE, UH, STONE WALLS THAT HAVE DETERIORATED OVER TIME, UH, WITH THE WATER, UM, TOUCHING THOSE STONES.
AND THEN, UH, ALSO THE REPLACEMENT OF THE IRON RAIL, WHICH SIT ABOVE AND A PORTION OF THE PLAZA THAT, UH, DRAINS INTO THAT POND.
THE SECOND PHASE OF THE PROJECT IS, WILL BE, UH, BID OR, UM, QUOTED AT A LATER DATE, WHICH WILL BE THE LANDSCAPE REPAIRS, OUR REPLACEMENTS, UH, FROM THE OUT OVER OVERGROWN SHRUBBERY THAT CAUSES A, UM, SAFETY CONCERN, VISIBILITY INTO THE SHELTER AREA, AS WELL AS, UH, FIXING THE GUTTERS AND SOME OF THE, UH, SHELTER THAT NEEDS REPAIRS.
THE, UH, PROJECT BUDGET FOR THIS WAS 500 5570 $5,000.
UM, THE, SORRY, THE, UH, BID WE RECEIVED WAS $351,050, WHICH IS 4%, UM, HIGHER THAN THE ENGINEER'S ESTIMATE OF 138,106.
UH, QUALITY MASONRY COMPANY, UH, WAS THE, UH, BIDDER AND THEY HAVE DONE, UH, UM, SORRY, THEY'VE DONE A NUMBER OF PROJECTS FOR THE CITY SUCCESSFULLY AND PERFORMED, UM, THEIR CONTRACTS WELL
SO, UM, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL, UH, FOR THE CITY MANAGER TO GO INTO CONTRACT FOR THE AMOUNT OF $351,050 FOR QUALITY MASONRY COMPANY.
I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
QUESTIONS, SEAN? I HAVE JUST ONE QUESTION, SO SURE.
THAT'S A RELATIVELY QUICK FAILURE FOR THOSE STONEWALL AND I DON'T, YOU KNOW, THAT PROJECT ISN'T ALL THAT OLD.
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RE-ENGINEERING DONE BEFORE THEY WENT OUT TO REBID, OR IS IT GOING TO BE POURED AS IF IT, UH, IS EXISTING CONDITIONS OR HAS THERE BEEN SOME REDESIGN WORK DONE ON THAT? SO THEY'RE GONNA BE REPAIRING THE, THE LEDGE THAT THE STONE SITS ON AND SETTING IT TO THE WATER TABLE LEVEL SO THAT THERE'S LESS INTERACTION BETWEEN THE STONE AND THE, AND THE MORTAR BED.SO THAT WILL HELP FROM THE STONE BEING DETERIORATED.
BUT SOME OF THIS IS CAUSED FROM THE, THE FREEZE THAW OF THE PONDS, UH, IN THE WINTERTIME AND PRESSING UP AND AGAINST THOSE STONES OVER TIME.
SO DO YOU FEEL LIKE THIS IS GOING TO BE MORE DURABLE THAN WHAT WAS EXISTING OR IS YES.
AND WE'RE ALSO PUTTING, UH, CAPSTONES ON THE TOP VERSUS SMALL STONES, SO IT'LL PREVENT SOME OF THAT WATER INFILTRATION THAT'S HAPPENING BETWEEN THE, THE CONCRETE BACKING WALL AND THE MORTAR.
AND IS THERE A SEALANT THAT'S GONNA BE APPLIED TO THE STONE FACE? SO THAT IS, IS IT, ARE YOU USING GENUINE STONE OR IS IT YOU ARE USING YEAH, IT'S REAL, REAL STONE.
NO, THERE'S NO, UH, PLAN TO PUT SEAL ON IT.
UM, WITH THAT, JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL MAYOR AROSE GROOMS? YES.
[Resolution 22-25]
RESOLUTION 22 DASH 25 ADOPTING THE HOLIDAY MARKET FEASIBILITY STUDY.AND OUR STAFF REPORT WILL BE BROUGHT FORWARD BY EMILY GOVER.
GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL THIS EVENING WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT A PROJECT THAT IS IN FURTHERANCE OF COUNCIL'S GOAL TO REIMAGINE AND LAUNCH DUBLIN'S COMMUNITY EVENTS PROGRAM.
COUNCIL REVIEWED THE DRAFT FEASIBILITY STUDY AT THE MARCH 3RD CITY COUNCIL MEETING, AND IN RESPONSE TO COUNCIL'S FEEDBACK, THREE AMENDMENTS WERE MADE TO THE FINAL REPORT.
THE AMENDMENTS THAT WERE MADE WERE TO CLARIFY THAT THE $50,000 PUT IN THE PRO FORMA FOR THE INITIAL INVESTMENT TOWARDS DECOR IS IN ADDITION TO WHAT THE EXISTING INVESTMENT THAT THE CITY MAKES INTO DECORATIONS, UM, IN RIVERSIDE CROSSING PARK.
AND THAT IS FUNDED ANNUALLY THROUGH THE OPERATING BUDGET.
THE OPERATOR SCOPE OF SERVICE WAS ALSO UPDATED TO INCLUDE LANGUAGE THAT SAYS, DEMONSTRATED EXPERIENCE IN DEVELOPING A DISTINCTIVE AND ENGAGING IDENTITY TAILORED SPECIFICALLY TO DUBLIN FOR THE MARKET.
AND THEN THERE WERE SOME MINOR GRAMMATICAL EDITS TO THE FINAL REPORT.
AND WITH THAT, STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT CITY COUNCIL ADOPT THE HOLIDAY MARKET FEASIBILITY STUDY FINAL REPORT VIA RESOLUTION 22 DASH 25.
AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING NONE COUNCIL QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION.
WE'VE HAD ROBUST CONVERSATION TO THIS POINT, HAVE WE NOT? VERY GOOD.
JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE VICE MAYOR LUDO? YES.
[Downtown Dublin Curbside Management Parking Report ]
BUSINESS PORTION OF OUR AGENDA.FIRST ITEM THERE IS THE DOWNTOWN DUBLIN CURBSIDE MANAGEMENT PARKING REPORT.
OUR STAFF REPORT WILL BE BROUGHT FORWARD BY TINA AND TOM WITH NELSON NYGARD.
AND GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
UH, WE'RE EXCITED TONIGHT TO PRESENT OUR PROGRESS ON THE DOWNTOWN CURBSIDE MANAGEMENT PLAN.
UM, THE STUDY TEAM HAS BEEN REALLY GOOD TO WORK WITH AND, UM, VERY FORWARD THINKING IN THE PARKING INDUSTRY, SERVING MANY COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN SIMILAR SITUATIONS, WHICH, UM, BY THE WAY, THIS IS A GOOD CHALLENGE TO HAVE, RIGHT? A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS DISTRICT FEELING THE SQUEEZE AT THE CURB.
SO WE HAVE OUR PROJECT MANAGER HERE FROM THE STUDY TEAM, TOM BROWN, WITH NELSON NYGARD, WHO WILL LEAD YOU THROUGH THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE STUDY, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING YOUR INPUT AND FEEDBACK ON THE, UM, CURBSIDE MANAGEMENT PLAN.
AND WITH THAT, I WILL HAND IT OVER TO TOM.
MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
UM, I'M GOING TO TRY TO BE BRIEF.
I WON'T MAYBE BE AS BRIEF AS THE OTHERS, UM, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF GROUND TO COVER.
THIS WAS A MULTI-YEAR STUDY, AND THIS IS A SLIDE THAT PRESENTS AN OVERVIEW OF THAT STUDY, INCLUDING THE OBJECTIVES THAT DROVE THE STUDY PROGRESS THROUGHOUT.
BUT I ALSO WANTED TO STEP BACK AND TALK ABOUT THE ORIGINS OF THIS STUDY.
THE PURPOSE, UH, THAT SOUGHT CITY STAFF TO SEEK A STUDY OF THIS NATURE.
UH, PROBABLY FAMILIAR TO MOST OF YOU IN MANY OF OUR DOWNTOWNS, UH, THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, THROUGHOUT OHIO, WE'VE SEEN INCREASED COMPETITION FOR CURB SP CURBSIDE SPACES WITHIN DOWNTOWN DISTRICTS, ACTIVITY DISTRICTS, MIXED USE DISTRICTS, WHATEVER YOU CALL THEM, HISTORIC DUBLIN AND BRIDGE PARK.
IN THIS, IN THIS CONTEXT, UM, YOU'VE SEEN A, AN INCREASE AMOUNT OF UPS TRUCKS, FEDEX TRUCKS, AMAZON TRUCKS, BUT ALSO OTHER USES THAT REALLY
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WEREN'T THERE 20 YEARS AGO, SUCH AS SCOOTERS, SHARED BIKES, USING THE CURBSIDE SPACE FOR STATIONS AND MOBILITY, AS WELL AS THINGS THAT REALLY POPPED OUT.UH, YOU KNOW, FIVE YEARS AGO, UH, OUTDOOR DINING WAS A BIG USE, UM, AND, AND GENERATED A LOT OF INTEREST IN THAT TYPE OF USE FOR OUR CURBSIDE SPACES GOING FORWARD.
SO A LOT OF CITIES ARE SEEING, YOU KNOW, OUR CURBSIDE SPACES AREN'T EXPANDING, BUT THE DEMAND FOR THEM HAS EXPANDED AND DIVERSIFIED.
SO, SEEKING A PLAN LIKE THIS IS, IS A COMMON BEST PRACTICE THAT, AND WE'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN SEVERAL OF THESE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT, UH, LEADING THIS EFFORT FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS FOR THE CITY OF DUBLIN.
UH, I'VE BEEN DOING PARKING STUDIES FOR OVER 20 YEARS, UM, NOT WHAT I WENT TO PLANNING SCHOOL TO DO, BUT THERE IS A REASON WHY USUALLY THERE'S A PACKED ROOM IF I'M TALKING ABOUT PARKING, I'M NOT USED TO EVERYONE LEAVING BEFORE WE GET TO PARKING.
UH, IT IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT TO DOWNTOWN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH.
AND I JUST WANTED TO STEP BACK AND LOOK AT, UH, AN OVERARCHING BEST PRACTICE THAT'S REALLY BEEN THERE FROM THE BEGINNING, FROM, FOR THESE STUDIES, THAT'S CENTRAL TO CURBSIDE MANAGEMENT.
AND THAT IS GENERALLY WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE DOWNTOWN DISTRICT AS A WHOLE.
YOU, YOU HAVE PRIMARY STREETS AND YOU HAVE SECONDARY STREETS, AND YOU HAVE OFF STREET PARKING OPPORTUNITIES.
AND THOSE PRIMARY STREETS ARE THE STREET.
THAT'S THE PARKING THAT EVERYONE'S GOING TO SEE FIRST.
IT'S OFTEN THE PARKING THAT'S RIGHT OUT FRONT OF THE DESTINATION THAT THAT TOOK THEM DOWNTOWN.
UH, AND IT'S WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO TRY TO PARK FIRST.
AND THEN THOSE SECONDARY STREETS ARE WHERE THEY END UP TURNING ONTO IF THEY DON'T FIND PARKING ON THE PRIMARY STREETS AND FAILING THAT THEY END UP IN A SURFACE LOT OR A GARAGE.
AND OFTEN THEY'RE FRUSTRATED BY THAT POINT BECAUSE THEY'RE, THEY'RE IN THEIR THIRD BEST IN THEIR MIND THE, UH, PARKING OPTION.
UH, AND, BUT REALLY THE SYSTEM WORKS BETTER IF MOST PARKING ACTIVITY CAN BE ABSORBED OFF STREET TO REDUCE PRESSURE ON THOSE CURBS, AND PARTICULARLY TO REDUCE PRESSURE ON THE PRIMARY STREETS BY FIRST ABSORBING MORE ACTIVITY ONTO SECONDARY STREETS, UH, AND HOPEFULLY TO OFF STREET AS WELL.
AND WHAT THAT DOES IS IT ALLOWS YOU TO DO OR AT LEAST EXPLORE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ACCOMMODATE MORE OF THOSE OTHER NON-PAR ACTIVITIES, PARTICULARLY AT YOUR PRIMARY AND SECONDARY STREETS.
SO THAT REALLY, THIS REALLY ANIMATED THE WHOLE STUDY, UH, AND INFORMED OUR ANALYSIS AND, UH, MOVEMENT TOWARDS SOLUTIONS.
UH, GOING BACK TO THE FIRST PHASE OF THE STUDY, THE EXISTING CONDITIONS REVIEW, UH, AND THIS REALLY BEGAN WITH THE BASICS, COUNTING YOUR RESOURCES, UH, IN TAKING AN INVENTORY OF CURBSIDE SPACES BY REGULATION.
HOW, HOW MUCH TWO HOUR PARKING DO YOU HAVE? HOW MANY THREE HOUR PARKING SPACES DO YOU HAVE? WHERE ARE YOUR A DA SPACES AND HOW MANY DO YOU HAVE, ET CETERA.
UH, THIS RESULTED IN A DIGITIZED INVENTORY OF YOUR CURB SPACES, AS WELL AS THOSE OFF STREET PARKING, UH, ASSETS THAT, AGAIN, ARE CRITICAL TO THE COHESIVE MANAGEMENT OF YOUR CURBSIDE.
SO THIS IS NOW PART OF YOUR CITY'S, UH, GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS DATABASE CAN BE UPDATED AS SPACES ARE ADDED, REMOVED, CHANGED, ET CETERA.
UH, IT'S A LIVING DOCUMENT THAT, UH, IS VERY PRECISE IN DETAIL.
NEXT, UH, AFTER THE INVENTORY, WE TURN TOWARD, YOU KNOW, HOW ARE PEOPLE USING THESE ASSETS? IS THIS THE COMMON STORY AS I, AS I MENTIONED, THAT FIRST PEOPLE LOOK TO THOSE PRIMARY STREETS, UH, FOR PARKING NEXT TO THE SECONDARY AND LAST REALLY TO OFF STREET.
UH, WE, WE REVIEWED HISTORIC, UH, STUDIES.
UH, THESE CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN STUDIED IN THE PAST.
WE REVIEWED THAT DATA AND ALSO UPDATED THAT DATA TWICE DOING COUNTS, UH, ON THESE BLOCKS OF PARKING AND IN THESE OFF STREET LOTS AND GARAGES.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS IS 10:00 AM THAT'S TYPICALLY WHEN ACT PARKING ACTIVITY STARTS TO PERK UP IN THESE DISTRICTS, UH, YOUR STREETS ARE ALREADY FILLING UP.
RED IS EFFECTIVELY FULL, SO EITHER JUST ABOUT FULL OR REALLY FULL.
IT'S SORT OF FEELING TIGHT, BUT THERE'S A FEW, UH, AVAILABLE SPACES.
AND GREEN IS SORT OF YOUR SWEET SPOT.
IT'S, IT'S WELL UTILIZED, IT'S PROVIDING VALUE, BUT THERE ARE, THERE IS ENOUGH AVAILABILITY THAT IT FEELS COMFORTABLE.
UH, VISITORS ARE REASSURED THAT THEY WILL FIND PARKING.
AND BLUE IS REALLY UNDERUTILIZED, AT LEAST DURING THESE PEAK PERIODS, UNDER 70% FULL, UH, TURNING TOWARD THE MIDDAY.
NOW, THIS TENDS TO BE THE PERIOD OF A TYPICAL WEEK WHEN MOST DOWNTOWNS SEE THE MOST PARKING ACTIVITY, THE MOST ACCUMULATED PARKING DEMAND IN THEIR DOWNTOWN.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE THAT THAT PARKING DEMAND HAS SPILLED OVER FROM YOUR PRIMARY AND SECONDARY STREETS INTO SURFACE LOTS FIRST.
UH, BUT NOTICE ALL OF YOUR PARKING DECKS, WHICH ARE THE BLUE RECTANGLES, UH, ARE STILL BELOW 70% FULL.
AND THIS REALLY REVEALS THAT, UH, HIERARCHY
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OF PREFERENCE, UH, PARTICULARLY FOR YOUR VISITORS.UH, SEVEN 7:00 PM THIS WAS A FRIDAY, 7:00 PM INTERESTING CHANGES IN DEMAND HERE.
UH, YOU'RE STARTING TO SEE SOME DECLINE OF DEMAND IN HISTORIC DUBLIN.
SOME OF THOSE SURFACE LOTS ARE FREEING UP, UH, BUT YOUR CURBSIDE ARE STILL VERY BUSY.
AND, AND ACTUALLY THE OVERALL DEMAND IN BRIDGE PARK WAS, UH, YOU KNOW, ABOUT AS HIGH AT THIS TIME AS IT WAS AT 1:00 PM DURING THE WEEKDAY.
JUST A LOT OF NIGHTTIME ACTIVITY.
BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, UH, IF YOU LOOK AT THE DATA, THERE'S ACTUALLY MORE VEHICLES IN THOSE FOUR PARKING GARAGES AT THIS TIME, BUT THEY'RE ALL STILL UNDER 70% U UTILIZED.
AND WHAT THAT SAYS TO ME IS THAT YOU HAVE A SIGNIFICANT OPPORTUNITY TO LEVERAGE MORE OF THOSE, UH, PARKING DECK RESOURCES THAT ARE, THAT ARE, THEY CAN ABSORB A LOT MORE DEMAND AND ALLOW YOU TO DO MORE WITH YOUR CURBS.
UM, AND, AND THEY ARE A SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT.
THOSE THAT'S NOT JUST LAND THAT'S BEING USED FOR PARKING, THAT IS, THAT IS A LOT OF CAPITAL THAT HAS A LOT OF INFRASTRUCTURE.
UH, AND THE AVAILABILITY REMAINS AT ALL TIMES, UH, IN THOSE FACILITIES.
WHILE THE CURB, UH, FLUCTUATES AND CAN BE VERY FRUSTRATING IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR PARKING OR IF YOU NEED PARKING, UH, ON STREET BECAUSE YOU, YOU ONLY HAVE 30 MINUTES TO, UH, GRAB A COFFEE OR, UH, DO A BIT OF SHOPPING.
SO SPEAKING OF THAT, UH, WE WANTED TO COMPLIMENT THE DATA ANALYSIS THAT WE COMPLETED WITH OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT TO STAKEHOLDERS, USERS, RES USERS OF PARKING RESIDENTS, BUSINESS OWNERS, ET CETERA, TO GET THEIR PERSPECTIVE ON, ON THESE PARKING CONDITIONS THAT WE'RE SEEING AND, UH, THEIR PERSPECTIVE ON CURBSIDE MANAGEMENT CONDITIONS AND OPPORTUNITIES.
SO THIS WAS COMPLETED, UH, UH, THROUGH A MULTI-STEP PROCESS, INCLUDING A SURVEY OF RESIDENTS, BUSINESS OWNERS, AND PROPERTY OWNERS.
SO AN ONLINE SURVEY WITH QUESTIONNAIRE STYLE SURVEY, WHICH YOU SEE A GRAPHIC SHOWING SOME RESULTS ON THIS SLIDE.
SO WE HAVE SHORT FOCUS DISCUSSIONS WITH BUSINESS OWNERS, MOBILITY PROVIDERS, AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS, AS WELL AS ONE OF THE SUB CONSULTANTS ON OUR TEAM ENGAGES WITH COMMERCIAL CURB USERS QUITE A BIT.
SO THEY GOT INPUT FROM UPS, FEDEX, UBER, LYFT, ET CETERA, FOR, UH, THEIR, WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR FROM CITIES IN TERMS OF CURBSIDE MANAGEMENT FOR, UH, THEIR BUSINESSES TO FUNCTION PROPERLY.
UH, IT ALSO INCLUDED A STATE OF THE PRACTICE REPORT ON BEST PRACTICES AND INDUSTRY GUIDELINES FOR MANAGING CURBSIDE SPACES.
AND WE HOSTED A SET OF WORKSHOPS WITH, UH, CITY STAFF, INCLUDING MULTIPLE DIVISIONS AND DEPARTMENTS FROM THE CITY, UH, TO MAKE SURE WE WERE HEARING FROM THEIR AREAS OF EXPERTISE AS WELL.
UH, AND INCREASINGLY, CITIES ARE NOT ONLY, UH, ADOPTING CURBSIDE MANAGEMENT PLANS, BUT THEY'RE, THEY'RE LOOKING TO ADOPT TECHNOLOGY.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAS EXPANDED WITH THE GROSS GROWTH OF ACTIVITY AT THE CURBSIDE, IS TECHNOLOGIES THAT HELP THE CITY UNDERSTAND WHAT CITIES UNDERSTAND WHAT IS GOING ON AT THEIR CURBS.
THEY KNOW THEY'RE FULL, THEY KNOW THEY'RE HEARING FROM, UH, FOLKS THAT PARKING'S GETTING HARDER TO FIND, OR THERE'S MORE DOUBLE PARKING.
UH, BUT TECHNOLOGIES ARE MOVING INTO THIS SPACE TO GIVE CITIES THE, THE TOOLS TO REALLY UNDERSTAND WHEN IS THIS HAPPENING? WHERE IS THIS HAPPENING, AND WHAT EXACTLY IS HAPPENING AT EACH, UH, LOCATION.
THIS WAS A CORE ASPECT OF THE STUDY THAT WAS DESIGNED BY THE CITY.
UH, THEY WANTED TO DO MULTIPLE PILOTS AT THE SAME TIME.
WHAT WE DECIDED TO DO WAS PILOTS THAT DID TWO KEY THINGS FOR THE CITY, PROVIDE DATA AND INFORMATION ON THAT CURBSIDE ACTIVITY SPECIFICALLY, AS WELL AS A, A COMPLIMENTARY SET OF TECHNOLOGIES THAT COULD CAPTURE THAT AVAILABILITY THAT IS IN THE PARKING GARAGES AND COMMUNICATE THAT TO THE PUBLIC.
SO THE FIRST PILOT IS REALLY MORE INTERNAL FACING DATA THAT CAN BE USED FOR EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT AND FOLLOW UP OF, OF MANAGEMENT CHANGES AND INFORMATION THAT COULD, UH, INFORM PARKING BEHAVIOR BY INFORMING VISITORS ABOUT THOSE PARKING OPTIONS THAT ARE LEAST OBVIOUS TO THEM, UH, THAT PARKING IN THE GARAGES.
UM, SO OF, OF THE FOUR ORIGINAL, UH, VENDORS THAT WERE PROVIDING THESE TECHNOLOGIES, PARK POW, WAS AR IT WAS THE MOST SUCCESSFUL THAT WAS, THEY USED CAMERAS THAT WERE PLACED IN, THAT WERE ALREADY IN THE ROCK CREST GARAGE THAT WERE PLACED TO CAPTURE, UH, ENTRANCE AND, AND EXIT ACTIVITY TO KEEP A RUNNING TALLY OF HOW MANY CARS WERE IN THE GARAGE AT ANY GIVEN TIME.
AND WE SPENT, UH, MANY MONTHS MAKING SURE THAT THAT INFORMATION WAS ACCURATE, BECAUSE YOU CAN IMAGINE YOU DON'T WANT TO TELL PEOPLE THERE ARE 50 SPACES IN THE ROCK CREST GARAGE AND THEY GET THERE AND IT'S FULL.
BUT, UH, YOU DO WANT THAT TO BE AS ACCURATE AS POSSIBLE BEFORE YOU TELL THE PUBLIC, UH, THERE IS AVAILABILITY IN THIS, IN THIS GARAGE.
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UH, PARK NAV WAS A PREDICTIVE MODEL THAT ES ESTIMATED HOW MUCH PARKING THERE WOULD BE.UH, THAT WAS NOT A SUCCESSFUL PILOT, BUT IT DID ALERT US TO OTHER COMPETITORS IN THAT SPACE THAT, UH, THAT DO PROVIDE THAT SORT OF SERVICE.
SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS MAYBE WORTH CONSIDERING IN THE FUTURE.
IN THE MEANTIME, UH, TWO CAMERA BASED TECHNOLOGIES, UH, WE'RE PROVIDING CURBSIDE, UH, UH, AVAILABILITY AND ACTIVITY INFORMATION.
AND THAT IS STILL A FOCUS TODAY WITH THREE NEW VENDORS UP, CITY DIRK, WHO BOTH USE CAMERAS TO CAPTURE CURBSIDE ACTIVITY AND FIBER, WHICH BRINGS IN NEW APPROACH, WHICH IS PUCK.
THEY'RE SENSORS THAT ARE EMBEDDED IN THE PAVEMENT OF THE ROADWAY AND THEY SENSE VEHICLE ACTIVITY ABOVE THEM AND PROVIDE DATA POINTS TO THE CITY FOR THAT.
AND AS I SAID, THE CITY IS STILL WORKING WITH PARK POWER AT THE ROCK ROCK CREST GARAGE AND MOVING TOWARD BROADCASTING THAT AVAILABILITY INFORMATION, THAT 469 FIGURE, YOU SEE, THERE IS MOSTLY SPACES THAT ARE AVAILABLE AT THAT GIVEN TIME AT THE ROCK CREST GARAGE.
AND THE CITY IS LOOKING AT NEXT STEPS TOWARD PROMOTING THAT AVAILABILITY THROUGH MOBILE TECHNOLOGY AND LOOKING AT DYNAMIC SIGNAGE.
SO IF YOU THINK BACK TO THE MAP WHERE THE DARBY LOT IS FULL, WHICH HAPPENS QUITE A BIT AND CREATES A LOT OF FRUSTRATION IF YOU HAVE A DIGITAL AVAILABILITY SIGN RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET AT THE ROCK CREST GARAGE SAYING 150 SPACES AVAILABLE THAT CAN, UH, INFLUENCE SOME OF THAT BEHAVIOR.
PEOPLE STOP CIRCLING THE DARBY STREET LOT AND GO INTO THE ROCK CREST GARAGE.
THAT, AGAIN, IS THE CRUX OF, OF THE OBJECTIVE OF THAT PILOT.
UH, THEY'RE ALSO LOOKING AT ADDITIONAL TECH PILOTS AND INITIATIVES AND INCLUDING SAFETY MONITORING AND NOISE MONITORING.
UH, THE UPCITY TECHNOLOGY, WHICH WAS NEW TO ME, INCLUDES THE CAPACITY TO CAPTURE, UH, NOISE LEVELS AND, AND INFORM THE CITY WHEN THOSE ARE GETTING HIGH.
AND AN ONGOING PART OF OUR STUDY, WHICH CONTINUES TODAY, IS COORDINATING WITH THE MICRO MOBILITY PROGRAM THAT THE CITY IS OPERATING, UH, TO MAKE SURE, AGAIN, THAT AS A CURB USER, UH, IN BOTH DISTRICTS IS, IS COORDINATED WITH THE PARKING MANAGEMENT PLAN.
SPEAKING OF WHICH, THE FINAL PHASE OF THE STUDY WAS WRAPPING UP A CURBSIDE MANAGEMENT PLAN, TAKING THE OUT OUTCOMES OF THOSE FIRST TWO PHASES AND CREATING A PLAN.
AND SO EXPANDING FROM THOSE PRIMARY AND SECONDARY STREETS THAT I STARTED WITH, UH, WE EXPANDED INTO A FIVE TYPE TYPOLOGY TO DEFINE.
THIS IS ANOTHER BEST PRACTICE THAT A LOT OF CITIES WE'VE, WE'VE HELPED A LOT OF CITIES DO, UH, IS DEFINING THESE DIFFERENT TYPES OF STREETS BASED ON PEOPLE, HOW PEOPLE ARE USING THEM TODAY, AND WHAT ARE THEIR OPTIMAL FUNCTIONS FOR A COHESIVE, UH, SET OF CURBS WITHIN A DISTRICT LIKE THIS.
AGAIN, YOU HAVE A LIMITED AMOUNT OF CURBSIDE SPACES, AND IF YOU CAN GET TO A POINT WHERE, UH, EACH BLOCK IS FOCUSING ON A SPECIALTY THAT IT DOES BEST, UH, THAT IS A, A MUCH MORE, UH, COHESIVE AND EFFECTIVE SYSTEM FOR EACH DISTRICT.
SO ON MAIN STREET, MANY CITIES ARE, ARE, ARE MOVING, UH, THE, THE PRIMARY PRIORITY FUNCTION FOR THOSE TYPES OF STREETS, THOSE STREETS THAT EVERYONE WILL PARK IN IF GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY.
THOSE ARE REALLY MORE VALUABLE TODAY FOR COMMERCIAL PASSENGER LOADING.
SO AGAIN, THE UPS TRUCKS, THE FEDEX TRUCKS, BUT ALSO THE TRUCKS THAT BRING FOOD AND GOODS TO YOUR RESTAURANTS AND OTHER COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES IN THE MORNING.
AS WELL AS PROVIDING, UH, PICKUP AND DROP OFF SPACE FOR UBER AND LYFT WHEN THINGS REALLY START TO PICK UP AT NIGHT AND A SECONDARY USE FOR THOSE STREETS, UH, MANY CITIES ARE MOVING TOWARD PUBLIC SPACE AND ACTIVATION.
YOU PICTURE LONGSHORE HIGH STREET, THAT IS REALLY THE LIVING ROOM OF BOTH DISTRICTS.
SO MANY CURBSIDE MANAGEMENT PLANS ARE MOVING TOWARD ACCOMMODATING THOSE TYPES OF USES.
AND THEN YOUR OFF MAIN STREETS ARE WHERE YOU WANT TO PRIORITIZE PARKING.
SO AGAIN, THOSE FOLKS THAT ARE LOOKING FOR ON STREET PARKING, THAT IS WHERE THEY WILL FIND THEM.
AND THOSE OFF MAIN STREETS ARE OFTEN RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER FROM THE MAIN STREET.
SO THEY'RE NOT FAR AWAY AND EASY TO DIRECT DRIVERS TO.
A TRANSITION IS A SOMEWHAT UNIQUE, UH, STREET TYPE, UH, PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT IN, IN HISTORIC DUBLIN, WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE A LOT OF OFF MAIN STREETS, THOSE SIDE STREETS THAT PROVIDE PARKING.
THESE ARE STREETS WHERE FOLKS ARE NO LONGER ARRIVING TO THE DISTRICT.
THEY'RE THERE AND THEY'RE STARTING TO LOOK FOR THEIR OPTIONS.
SO IF YOU CAN INTERCEPT THOSE CARS, PROVIDE THEM WITH PARKING ON THOSE STREETS AND DIRECT THEM TO GARAGES, THAT IS A GREAT WAY TO RELIEVE PRESSURE ON, IN THIS CASE, HIGH STREET PARKING.
TURNING TOWARD PRIORITIES, UH, TOWARD RECOMMENDATIONS.
THE CITY HAS ALREADY BEGUN TO ACT UPON MANY OF OUR RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE PLAN, UH, INCLUDING STANDARD.
WHAT ONE OF THE, THEY HAVEN'T IMPLEMENTED THIS, BUT HIGH ON THE LIST OF PRIORITIES IS STANDARDIZING TIME LIMITS.
SO RIGHT NOW YOU HAVE TWO HOUR PARKING AT THE CURB IN BRIDGE PARK, THREE HOUR PARKING AT THE CURB IN HISTORIC DUBLIN.
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WE RECOMMENDED MOVING TOWARD YOU EITHER HAVE ONE HOUR OR TWO HOURS, THREE HOURS, REALLY GIVES BUSINESS OWNERS AND EMPLOYEES TOO MUCH OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE AROUND THEIR CARS AND, AND USE THOSE, UH, REALLY VALUABLE SPACES ALL DAY LONG.UH, AND SO AS YOU CAN SEE IN AGAIN ON THIS MAP WHERE YOU'VE RESTRICTED TWO HOUR PARKING TO ONE HOUR PARKING, THERE IS TWO HOUR PARKING RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER.
AND WHERE YOU'VE SHIFTED FROM TWO HOUR PARKING TO A ACTIVE LOADING ONLY THERE IS TWO HOUR PARKING AGAIN, RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER.
SO IT IS STILL AN INTUITIVE SYSTEM THAT SEEKS TO ACCOMMODATE ALL NEEDS.
ANOTHER HIGH PRIORITY THAT, UM, IS, UH, SHOWN IN MORE DETAIL HERE IS, UH, UH, THE PRO WAG THE, UH, PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY.
ACCESSIBILITY GUIDELINES WERE UPDATED DURING THIS STUDY.
AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID DURING THE STUDY WAS MAP OUT WHERE, UH, YOU WILL BE IN THE FUTURE DEFICIENT IN A DA PARKING CAPACITY.
IF YOU DON'T, UM, ADD MORE SPACES.
AND IF YOU ADD THE SPACES, NOW YOU HAVE MORE FLEXIBILITY ON DESIGN THAN IF YOU WAIT UNTIL THEY BECOME A MANDATE.
AND SO WE OUTLINED A PLAN, UH, THAT THE CITY HAS ALREADY STARTED TO ACT UPON ADDING THESE DESIGNATED SPACES IN KEY LOCATIONS TO GET IN LINE WITH THOSE GUIDELINES AGAIN BEFORE THEY BECOME MANDATES.
UH, AND ANOTHER AREA OF, OF IMPLEMENTATION THAT'S ALREADY PUT, BEEN PUT IN PLACE, AND WE'RE ALREADY HEARING GOOD FEEDBACK FROM BUSINESS OWNERS AND PROPERTY OWNERS, IS THAT SHIFT TOWARD ACTIVE LOADING ONLY IN ON CERTAIN, UH, MAIN STREETS.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE HEARING POSITIVE FEEDBACK ON IS THE, THE DE THE LANGUAGE ON THE SIGNS THEMSELVES.
UH, THAT DOESN'T SAY COMMERCIAL TRUCKS ONLY.
IT DOESN'T SAY, UH, 15 MINUTE PARKING.
IT'S NOT GUESSING AND BEING OVERLY PRESCRIPTIVE.
AND WHAT WE'RE HEARING FROM BUSINESS OWNERS IS THAT THIS IS GREAT BECAUSE OUR FOOD DELIVERY TRUCKS FOR THE BUSINESSES THAT PEAK IN THE MORNING CAN USE THIS SPACE.
THE UPS TRUCK THAT, UH, AND FEDEX TRUCK AND AMAZON THAT TEND TO SHOW UP MORE IN THE AFTERNOON CAN USE THIS SPACE.
AND AGAIN, THOSE UBER AND LYFT VEHICLES AND EVEN, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE DROPPING OFF A SPOUSE OR FAMILY MEMBERS TO DINNER CAN USE THIS SPACE AS WELL.
SO IT'S VERY FLEXIBLE AND VERY SUPPORTIVE OF LOCAL BUSINESSES.
AND THIS IS ALL PART OF A FIVE-YEAR ACTION PLAN THAT, AGAIN, THE CITY HAS ALREADY STARTED TO ACT UPON.
UH, YOU SEE IN THE, IN THE GREEN TEXT RECOMMENDATIONS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN AT LEAST PARTIALLY IMPLEMENTED.
AND THE, THE ACTION PLAN IS COMPLIMENTED BY A SERIES OF MAPS WHERE THE CITY CAN TRACK WHAT THIS IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE IN YEAR ONE, YEAR TWO, YEAR THREE, AS THESE IMPLEMENTATION OR AS THESE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE IMPLEMENTED.
UH, NEXT STEPS WRAPPING UP, CONTINUE WITH THE CURRENT TECHNOLOGY PILOTS.
AGAIN, THEY HAVE NEW PARTNERS AS WELL AS, UH, CONTINUING TO WORK WITH PARK PAL FOR THE ROCK CREST GARAGE, EXPLORE NEW, UH, PARKING SOLUTIONS AND ADVANCEMENTS, DEVELOPING A FORMALIZED CURBSIDE VENDOR POLICY, SO FOOD TRUCKS FORMALIZING WHAT THE CITY WANTS AND WHERE, UM, AND OF COURSE, SEEKING, UH, A RESOLUTION TO APPROVE THE CURBSIDE MANAGEMENT PLAN AT A FUTURE MEETING.
AND HAPPY TO TAKE YOUR QUESTIONS WITH TINA'S HELP.
HOPEFULLY, UH, THESE ARE SOME SUGGESTED QUESTIONS THAT, THAT WE CAME UP WITH.
BUT OF COURSE, ANY QUESTION YOU WANT TO ASK, WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER.
UH, DO YOU WANNA TAKE A MOMENT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? I'M NOT SURE THAT WE HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC LEFT WITH US THIS EVENING, BUT IN THE EVENT THAT THERE IS A QUESTION ONLINE OR SOMEWHERE WE'RE HAPPY TO TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT, HEARING NONE COUNCIL QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION? I HAD ONE QUESTION, UH, A COUPLE, ONE ABOUT THE PILOTS.
UM, ARE THOSE OCCURRING FREE OF CHARGE FROM THE VENDORS WITH HOPES THAT WE MIGHT PAY FOR THEM LATER? OR ARE WE PAYING FOR THESE PILOTS? OR HAD THERE WAS ONE YOU, YOU, YOU SUGGESTED TO CONTINUE THERE? YEAH, AND THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A MIX OF BOTH.
UM, THOSE HAVE BEEN FUNDED THROUGH THE OPERATING BUDGETING UNDER THE TECHNOLOGY OR SMART PARKING, UM, PROJECT.
UM, PARK POWER IN PARTICULAR WORKED WITH US FOR A LONG TIME, UM, WITHOUT CHARGING US, WHILE THEY WERE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THEIR ALGORITHMS AND GETTING EVERYTHING SET UP.
AND THEN ONCE THAT EVERYTHING WAS IN PLACE, THOSE PAYMENTS STARTED.
SO IT'D BE HELPFUL TO FIND OUT HOW MUCH, IF, IF WE'RE GONNA PAY FOR THE EXTENDED, AND THIS IS RECOMMENDING EXTENDING THE PILOT, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO HAVE INFORMATION ON HOW MUCH WE'RE PAYING FOR.
UM, AND THEN WHAT THE ULTIMATE GOAL IS, IS LIKE THE ULTIMATE GOAL, LIKE YOU SAID, THE SIGNAGE.
LIKE I KNOW AT EASTON WHEN YOU PULL IN, THEY HAVE THE NUMBER OF CARS.
SO, UM, IF WE COULD ADD THAT WHEN WE COME BACK, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
UM, MY OTHER QUESTION PERTAINED TO THE A DA, UH, MAP THAT YOU HAD.
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DON'T HAVE, UNLIKE LONGSHORE, WE HAVE NOTHING SOUTH OF BRIDGE PARK AVENUE, UM, IN THE RECOMMENDATION OF, OF STUFF.AND I, IT SEEMS LIKE IT JUST, TO ME, IT DIDN'T SEEM LIKE WE HAD ENOUGH SPOTS.
IT WAS THE SLIDE THAT HAD, UM, THIS ONE YOU HAD CURB FUNCTION, THEN YOU HAD ACCESSIBLE PARK.
SO THERE'S NO LITTLE BLUE DOT PLANNED SPACES ANYWHERE SOUTH OF BRIDGE PARK AVENUE.
UM, AND TO ME, I WOULD THINK WE WOULD NEED AT LEAST ONE SPACE EVERY BLOCK.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT, IT'D BE HELPFUL MAYBE TO COME BACK WITH HOW YOU CAME UP WITH THOSE NUMBERS AND WHY YOU PICKED THESE SPOTS.
I MEAN, IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE ANSWER NOW, THAT'S FINE.
YOU CAN BRING IT AS YOU BRING THE PLAN BACK.
AND SORRY, JUST, JUST TO CLARIFY, UM, THIS MAY BE A GRAPHIC MISCOMMUNICATION IN THE KEY, BUT THE, THE NUMBERS THAT ARE WITHIN THE BLOCK ARE THE NUMBER THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING ARE ADDED TO THAT BLOCK.
BUT WHERE WE DON'T HAVE ANY, BUT THERE'S NO LIGHT BLUE PLANNED SPACE TO REMEDY THAT, THAT THAT'S THE PART THAT I THINK IS AN ERROR IN THE GRAPHIC.
I'M SORRY, HE'S TALKING ABOUT THE ONES IN THE CREAM COLOR THAT, SO LIKE WHERE THERE'S A ZERO, WE'RE SAYING YOU, YOU'RE ALREADY AT THAT TARGET FOR THE UPDATED PRO WA SO NONE NEED TO BE ADDED WHERE THERE'S TWO, WE'RE SAYING TWO NEED TO BE ADDED.
SO YOU'RE SAYING THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE BLUE DOTS ON IT? YES, YES.
INCLUDING ON THE GRAPHIC AND IN REAL LIFE.
'CAUSE YEAH, THEY SEEM LOW TO ME.
SO, SO THAT WAS THE OTHER QUESTION.
AND THEN THE, THE LAST PIECE, UM, NOWHERE ON ANY OF THIS PLAN DO WE ACCESS, UM, DO WE TALK ABOUT ENFORCEMENT? LIKE THIS IS GREAT THAT WE PUT SIGNS UP, YOU CAN PARK FOR AN HOUR, UM, BUT HOW ARE WE GOING TO ENFORCE THIS? HOW IS IT GOING TO WORK AND WHAT'S GONNA BE THE COST OF ENFORCEMENT? UM, SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS GONNA BE PART OF THIS PLAN OR IF THAT'S SOMETHING SEPARATE, BUT TO MAKE, TO ME, THE USEFULNESS OF THIS PLAN WOULD BE TO IMPLEMENT THE PLAN, WHICH MEANS ENFORCEMENT.
AND SORRY, AN EFFORT TO GO QUICKLY.
UH, SO THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE CAMERA BASED TECHNOLOGIES ARE PROVIDING, UH, UH, PROVIDING INFORMATION ON WHERE THERE IS NON-COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY, INCLUDING HOW MUCH AND WHERE AND AT WHAT TIME, UH, INCLUDING AUTOMOTIVE AND VA WHILE THEY WERE, UH, STILL WITH US AS WELL AS UP CITY DIRK AND FIBER CAPTURES DOUBLE PARKING, I BELIEVE FIBER AND OVERSTAYS.
SO IT'S CAPTURING DOUBLE PARKING.
SO NO, THEY, THE SENSORS AND THE CAMERAS KNOW WHEN FOLKS ARE PARKED IN THE TRAVEL LANE, WHEN THEY'VE OVERSTAYED THEIR, THE TIME LIMIT AND WHERE THEY'RE PARKED, SAY IN THE CROSSWALK, ET CETERA.
UM, AND WHAT THAT DOES IS IT INFORM, IT ALLOWS TINA'S TEAM TO INFORM PARKING ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WHERE THERE ARE TYPICALLY PROBLEMS SO THEY CAN FOCUS THEIR ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS RATHER THAN BROADLY TICKETING.
YOU KNOW, I HEAR THERE'S A PROBLEM OVER HERE.
I FOUND SOMEONE THAT STAYED OVER THEIR LIMIT 10 MINUTES AND YOU GIVE 'EM A TICKET THAT'S NOT WHAT YOU WANT, BUT THEY GO HOPEFULLY TO THE PLACE WHERE THERE IS A CHRONIC PROBLEM AT THE RIGHT TIME AND THEY TICKET THE FOLKS THAT ARE MORE REPEAT OFFENDERS AND, AND BRING UH, HOPEFULLY RESOLUTION TO THAT CONDITION.
AND WE HAVE MET WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, UM, AND, AND SPOKE WITH THEM ABOUT THE POSSIBILITIES OF USING THAT TECHNOLOGY.
IN SOME STATES, YOU CAN AUTOMATICALLY ENFORCE, YOU CAN ACTUALLY ISSUE A TICKET BASED ON CAMERA EVIDENCE.
SO IT'S JUST A MULTI-STEP PROCESS OF INFORMING, UH, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ON WHERE THIS IS HAPPENING AT, AT WHAT LEVEL AND HOW OFTEN AND WHAT TIME.
AND THEN THEY CAN TAKE ACTION AND THEY HAVE, UM, AND THERE'S ALWAYS GROWING PAINS WHEN YOU START TO ACTIVELY ENFORCE WHERE YOU HAVEN'T PARKING REGULATIONS.
UM, BUT THERE HAS BEEN IMPROVEMENT IN THAT AREA AND HOW MUCH THAT COSTS.
AND THAT WE'VE HAD GREAT SUPPORT FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UM, AND THAT NEW UNIT, THE BUSINESS DISTRICT UNIT IS FOCUSED IN THAT AREA AND HAS SOME RESOURCES, UM, THAT ARE AVAILABLE.
AND OBVIOUSLY IF THEY HAVE ANOTHER PRIORITY THAT IS THE PRIORITY, NOT PARKING, BUT, UM, TRYING TO HELP OUT WITH TECHNOLOGY AND LEVERAGING THAT COST AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
ONE QUESTION IN THE GARAGE NUMBERS.
UM, THE SPACES THAT YOU'RE COUNTING IN, THOSE ONES THAT YOU'RE COUNTING, DO THOSE INCLUDE THE SPACES THAT ARE RESERVED FOR THE RESIDENTS OR ARE THEY ONLY THE SPACES THAT ARE NOT RESERVED FOR THE RESIDENTS? BECAUSE THAT WOULD GIVE YOU A DIFFERENT PICTURE.
YEAH, AND CURRENTLY WE'RE COUNTING AT THE ROCK CREST GARAGE,
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WHICH DOES NOT HAVE THE, UH, RESIDENTIAL RESERVATIONS LIKE THE, THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RIVER DOES.SO WE ARE COUNTING THAT HOLISTICALLY KNOWING THAT THE PEAK TIME IS RIGHT AFTER THE LIBRARY CLOSES.
SO THOSE ARE, THEY'RE NO LONGER RESERVE SPACES.
SO AS YOU MOVE FORWARD THOUGH, WITH THE GARAGES THAT DO HAVE THOSE RESERVE SPACES, THOSE RESERVE SPACES WOULD NOT BE INCLUDED IN THAT NUMBER.
THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION.
UM, TO AMY'S POINT ON ENFORCEMENT, I I, I REALLY ENDORSE WHAT SHE SAID.
'CAUSE IT'S ONE THING TO DO IT, IT'S VERY DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, TO ENFORCE IT.
UM, FOR THE, UM, ACCESSIBLE PARKING SPACES, I DON'T KNOW WHAT OP AS OPPORTUNITIES ARISE MEAN FROM MY PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE, I WOULDN'T DO THAT TO YEAR TWO.
I WOULD DO IT YEAR ONE AND I WOULD MAKE THE OPPORTUNITY ARISE BECAUSE I THINK IT'S REALLY CRITICAL AND REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THOSE SPACES TO BE THERE AND TO BE AVAILABLE TO THE PEOPLE WHO NEED THEM.
UM, SO TO KIND OF GET INTO YOUR QUESTIONS, UM, AM I SUPPO, WHAT ARE THE PROPOSED CURBSIDE MANAGEMENT PLAN, GENERALLY SPEAKING, SAMI THINK THERE'S SOME TWEAKS THAT COULD HAPPEN.
UM, THE, THE FIVE YEAR ACTION PLAN SPECIFICALLY, I WOULD REALLY BUMP UP, YOU KNOW, YOUR, UM, A DA SPOTS.
UM, AND I, I SEE YOUR PROPOSED NUMBERS.
I ACTUALLY THINK THEY'RE KIND OF LOW, BUT, UM, I'M NOT THE PARKING EXPERT.
UM, AND I SORT OF ALREADY TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE ADDITIONAL, UM, THINGS THAT I'D LIKE TO SEE I AM SUPPORTIVE OF, OF USING TECHNOLOGY TO HELP WITH THIS.
I THINK IT'S A REALLY GREAT TOOL.
UM, I KNOW YOU CAN'T ENFORCE THROUGH TECHNOLOGY, UM, BUT OFTENTIMES IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO SEND SOMEONE THAT NOTE THAT SAYS, HEY, YOU'VE DONE THIS.
DON'T DO IT AGAIN IN A NICE WAY, BUT YOU GET MY POINT.
I MEAN, WE'RE DOING THAT ALREADY WITH, WITH SPEEDING.
I, I WOULDN'T SEE PARKING AS A WHOLE LOT DIFFERENT FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE.
SO, YEAH, AND JUST TO KIND OF RECAP THAT, AS OPPORTUNITIES ARISE, WE HAD A REALLY GREAT ONE COME UP RECENTLY FOR NORTH HIGH STREET.
AS THAT PROJECT REDEVELOPED, THEY REQUESTED THAT ON STREET PARKING AND WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT INFRASTRUCTURE FOR US AT NO COST.
SO THOSE ARE THOSE THE KIND OF THE ONES THAT WE WANNA TAKE ADVANTAGE OF.
IT'S JUST THAT SOME OF THESE ARE ALREADY DEVELOPED AND I JUST RIPPED THE BANDAID OFF AND PUT THE A DA PARKING IN IMPRESSIVE BODY OF WORK HERE.
UH, YOU'VE DONE YOUR HOMEWORK AND I APPRECIATE IT.
UH, AM I SUPPORTIVE? ABSOLUTELY.
I, I THINK THREE HOURS IS TOO LONG FOR ANYBODY TO PARK.
SO MOVING THOSE FROM ONE TO TWO, AND I SUP SUPPORT THAT.
UH, WE HEARD FROM THE HOLIDAY MARKET CONSULTANT, AND I THINK WE'VE HEARD BEFORE THAT WE NEED TO HAVE A FOOD TRUCK POLICY.
UH, SO I, I JUST, I'M INTERESTED IN MOVING FORWARD ON THAT.
UM, THE FIVE YEAR ACTION PLAN, I WOULD MOVE EVALUATION AND MONITORING REALLY TO IMMEDIATE, BEGINNING WITH THE FIRST THINGS THAT YOU, YOU KNOW, NIBBLE AWAY AT IN YEAR ONE.
I THINK WE NEED TO EVALUATE WHETHER IT'S WORKING OR NOT FROM THE GET GO.
AND THEN JUST, UH, UH, ANOTHER OBSERVATION, UM, SEEMS LIKE LONGSHORE, YOU'RE DESIGNATING AT LEAST ONE SIDE OF IT AS AN ACTIVE LOADING ZONE.
UM, COVID EXPOSED US, OR I GUESS ALLOWED US TO PEER INTO THAT ROAD BEING MORE OR LESS A WOOER WOOER.
THIS IS A NEW TERM THAT COUNCIL LEARNED IN THE LAST YEAR AND CLEARLY I HAVEN'T LEARNED HOW TO PRONOUNCE IT YET, BUT, UM, BASICALLY MAKING IT MORE PEDESTRIAN AND SCOOTER AND OUTDOOR DINING AND THAT KIND OF THING.
I DON'T KNOW HOW FEASIBLE THAT IS BECAUSE PEOPLE NEED TO BE ABLE TO GET INTO THOSE GARAGES.
BUT IT WOULD BE REALLY COOL IF WE COULD FIGURE OUT A WAY TO MAKE MAYBE PARTS OF THAT STREET SINCE YOU'RE FROM A PARKING STANDPOINT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE JUST KIND OF SLOWLY LIMITING THAT ROAD TO ACTIVE LOADING AND MAYBE A, A DROP OFF ZONE.
I CONCUR THAT THAT'S A LOT OF WORK.
AND I KNOW IT MAY FEEL LIKE FOREVER, BUT A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
SINCERELY APPRECIATE PAST YEARS.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I KEEP THINKING TO MYSELF IS WE DON'T HAVE A PARKING PROBLEM.
WE HAVE A WALKING PROBLEM, RIGHT? I MEAN, I KEEP, THE GARAGES ARE NEVER FULL GOOD ON US, RIGHT? FIGURED THAT OUT.
THANK YOU, UM, STAFF TO MAKE SURE WE CAN REALLY MANAGE ANYTHING.
AND YET PEOPLE ARE BOUND AND DETERMINED TO NOT WALK 400 STEPS.
SO HOW DO YOU MANAGE THAT IN OTHER COMMUNITIES? BECAUSE WE ARE VERY COMPACT COMPARED TO DOWNTOWNS OR WHATEVER.
HOW DO YOU MANAGE THAT, OR HOW DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT IN THIS ENVIRONMENT? THAT IS AN EXCELLENT QUESTION.
UM, A BETTER ANSWER MAYBE IS THAT IT'S ACTUALLY HAPPENING ORGANICALLY IN, IN BRIDGE PARK PARTICULARLY.
WE DID HEAR DURING THAT EARLY ENGAGEMENT OF STAKEHOLDERS, WE HEARD THAT PEOPLE ARE GETTING
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MORE COMFORTABLE WITH THE GARAGES AND WALKING, UM, EVEN IF THAT GARAGE IS A BLOCK OR TWO FROM THEIR DESTINATION, BECAUSE IT IS, WELL, ONE OF THE ANSWERS TO YOUR QUESTION IS THAT YOU CREATE A PLACE THAT PEOPLE WANT TO BE, AND THEY FEEL LIKE THEY'RE IN THAT PLACE, EVEN IF THEY'RE NOT IN THEIR, THE COFFEE SHOP THAT THEY'RE GOING TO IN THAT PLACE.AND THAT IS WHAT'S HAPPENING AT BRIDGE PARK.
AND PART OF THAT IS JUST TIME.
PEOPLE GETTING USED TO THIS IS NOT JUST A SET OF SHOPS, IT'S A, IT'S A PLACE.
THE OTHER THING IS, UM, AND THIS GETS TO THE REAL TIME AVAILABILITY OPPORTUNITY.
SOME OF THOSE GARAGES ARE PRETTY BIG AND THERE MAY BE A HUNDRED SPACES LEFT, BUT THEY'RE AT THE TOP LEVEL OR TOP TWO LEVELS.
AND IF I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY'RE THERE, I'M GETTING ANXIOUS AS I'M DRIVING UP.
AND MAYBE MY PASSENGER IS ALREADY TELLING ME I PICKED THE WRONG GARAGE.
UH, SO IF YOU HAVE THAT SIGN AT THE ENTRANCE THOUGH, AND SAYS A HUNDRED SPACES, THAT MAKES THE PARKING EXPERIENCE A LOT MORE COMFORTABLE AND, AND AGAIN, GETS MORE PEOPLE TO SAY YES TO THE GARAGES TO TAKE PRESSURE OFF THE CURB.
SO ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO SAY YES TO THE GARAGE I THINK HELPS.
THE OTHER THING IS, I KNOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT EV CHARGING AND EV I I, I'M NOT LOOKING FOR AN ANSWER TONIGHT, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE HOW YOU'RE GONNA INCORPORATE THAT BECAUSE FIVE YEARS FROM NOW, I ANTICIPATE MAYBE THE TECHNOLOGY WILL BE DIFFERENT, BUT THAT'S ONE OF THE CHALLENGES WE'RE ALREADY SEEING, RIGHT? EVEN OUT HERE, THE CARS COME AND PARK AT THE EV AND JUST DON'T EVER LEAVE.
AND WE ARE WORKING WITH THAT, THAT STUDY TEAM ON THE EV COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AS WELL.
AND THEN I AGREE WITH ANDY IN THE FOOD TRUCK.
UM, THIS IS A LOT ABOUT THE PARKING PART OF IT, BUT THOSE OTHER ASPECTS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, IF YOU COULD BRING THAT BACK TO THE, IN THE PLANT AND, YOU KNOW, PILOT SOME OF THOSE, RIGHT.
I MEAN, SEE WHAT, SEE HOW THAT WORKS.
BUT I KNOW ONE OF THE REASONS PEOPLE LOVE COMING TO BRIDGE PARK IS THERE'S ALWAYS A PLACE TO PARK, RIGHT? UM, DOWNTOWN CAN BE, YOU KNOW, UM, HISTORIC CAN BE A LITTLE BIT OF A PICKLE, BUT USUALLY AS THE DATA SHOWS, AND I THINK PEOPLE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
SO, UM, WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO KEEP THAT GOING AND MAKE THAT FREELY AVAILABLE, I THINK IS A SECRET SAUCE FOR US.
YEAH, I, I'M SORT OF CURIOUS ABOUT, UM, HAVE YOU EVER SUGGESTED THAT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU LOOK AT LONG STREET DURING COVID, WE ACTUALLY BLOCKED IT OFF AND IT BECAME A PEDESTRIAN ZONE.
IT WAS REALLY A PRETTY NEAT THING.
AND, UH, ACTUALLY OUR GARAGES CAN BE LOADED FROM THE BACK, AND THEY WERE DESIGNED THAT WAY.
SO SOMEDAY IF WE WENT TO EURO FI, THAT STREET, WE COULD ACTUALLY DO THAT.
SO, UH, THERE WAS A, UH, GRAPHIC THAT SHOWED, UH, LONG STREET, UH, WITH A LOADING ZONE, AND THEN THE BLUE LINE SHOWED, I THOUGHT IT SHOWED BOTH SIDES OF THE ROAD A LOADING ZONE.
HOW DID, HOW, HOW DO YOU GUYS PERCEIVE THAT? SORRY, IS THAT A RECOMMENDATION OR NO, NO, I WAS A SUGGESTION BECAUSE THERE WAS A PICTURE OF THAT ONE THERE.
IT SAYS ACTIVE LOADING ONLY GENERALLY ON ONE SIDE.
AND THEN ARE YOU SAYING PRESERVE THE OTHER SIDE FOR, UM, TEMPORARY PARKING? UM, GO BACK TO THE, OH, OH, THANK YOU.
UM, SO LONGSHORE IS A CLASSIC MAIN STREET.
SO THESE ARE JUST THE PRIMARY AND SECONDARY PRIORITIES.
THESE ARE BY NO MEANS THE ONLY THINGS THAT YOU CAN ACCOMMODATE ON THESE BLOCKS.
WE'RE JUST SAYING THESE ARE THE FIRST TWO YOU WANT TO TRY TO ACCOMMODATE.
SO, UH, IN THE DETAILS OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, LONGSHORE IS ACTUALLY ALTERNATE SIZE OF THE PARKING ARE ACTIVE LOADING ONLY.
AND, UH, RIGHT NOW, IS IT PARKING STILL, BUT MOVING TOWARD ACTIVE SPACE, UH, PUBLIC SPACE AND ACTIVATION USES.
SO I THINK THAT WAS BROUGHT UP, UH, BEFORE BY THE COUNCIL MEMBER.
UM, NOT JUST A BIG ACTIVE LOADING ZONE, BUT ALSO LOOKING TO CREATE MORE SPACES FOR GATHERING AND, AND COMFORTABLE PEDESTRIAN ENVIRONMENTS.
SO DOES, DOES THIS STUDY INCLUDE, LIKE SAY YOU'RE ENTERING ONE OF OUR GARAGES, A UM, A, A BOARD THAT SAYS, OKAY, WE HAVE 35 ZONE.
YOU KNOW, IF YOU GO TO EASTON, THEY HAVE LITTLE LIGHTS ABOVE THE SPOTS, BUT THIS WOULD TELL YOU EXACTLY WHAT WE GOT.
'CAUSE THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
IT IS GETTING A LITTLE MORE AND MORE CROWDED.
I NOTICED, AND YOU, YOU KNOW, I USED TO FILL UP THE SECOND AND THIRD STORY.
NOW WE'RE GOING UP TO THE FOURTH AND FIFTH STORY.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANNA MAX THE THING OUT, BUT IT'D BE GOOD TO HAVE THAT KIND OF INFORMATION AND THAT THAT IS AVAILABLE IN THIS SYSTEM.
SO I HAVE ABOUT SEVEN OR EIGHT QUESTIONS.
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ONLY ON NORTH HIGH STREET.DOES THAT MEAN THERE'LL BE NO SHORT-TERM PARKING, OR AM I JUST READING IT OR I'M JUST INTERPRETING IT WRONG? UH, THAT MEANS ACTIVE LOADING ONLY ZONES.
SO LIKE IN WHICH THEY'LL BE, BE SHORT-TERM PARKING IN FRONT OF RETAIL AND ALL OF THAT SORT.
UM, I LOVE THE IDEA OF THE BUFFER ZONES AND THE PUBLIC ACTIVATED SPACES, LIKE PLACES FOR PARKLETS.
I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT YOU ADD A BUFFER ON EBERLY ON SOUTH HIGH STREET, BECAUSE IT IS SANDWICHED.
IT'S A VERY QUIET LITTLE ALLEY STREET BETWEEN COAST AND A LITTLE RETAIL, AND IT'S A QUIET LITTLE STREET.
AND WHEN PEOPLE WALK FOR DORA AND THAT SORT OF THING, IT MAKES FOR A NICE PLACE TO BE ABLE TO SIT AND MAYBE PUT A PARKLET.
UM, AND THERE'S ALSO LAND BEHIND THAT PARTIAL TREVOR FUREY.
THAT WHOLE BACKYARD IS, IS, I DON'T KNOW WHY IT'S TORN UP NOW, MAYBE BECAUSE OF THE UNDERGROUND UTILITIES, BUT THAT WOULD BE IN AN IDEAL LEASE FOR ADDITIONAL PARKING, UH, BECAUSE I DON'T REALLY THINK TREVOR FURBANK IS GONNA BE EXPANDING ANYTIME SOON.
SO THAT WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY TO ADD A LITTLE PARKING THERE.
UM, THERE IS AN ACTIVATION SPACE AT NORTH HIGHEND BRIDGE.
CAN YOU GO TO THAT? I WAS A LITTLE CONFUSED AS TO WHY YOU SUGGESTED IT THERE.
SINCE THE TRAFFIC CONGESTION AT THAT ON THE WEST SIDE OF NORTH HIGH GOING SOUTH IS REALLY A BACKED UP, VERY DIFFICULT PLACE TO HAVE ANY KIND OF ACTIVATION SPACE.
SO, UH, AND TINA CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG.
I, I BELIEVE THE CURBSIDE, THE CURB LANE ON THAT BLOCK IS A RIGHT OF WAY, IS A TRAVEL LANE, IS THAT RIGHT? IT'S A TURN LANE.
DO DO, DID I READ IT RIGHT? IS THAT, IS THAT CONSIDERED AN ACT? YOU WANT IT TO BE ACTIVATION SPACE? SO IN THAT STREET, REALLY, IN THAT CASE, THE ONLY AREA WHERE WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOMETHING IS ON THE SIDEWALK.
SO THAT'S WHY THAT IS PUBLIC SPACE ACTIVATION.
I JUST WAS AFRAID YOU WERE TALKING OUT INTO THE STREET, NOT IN THE TRAVEL.
I DIDN'T THINK YOU WERE, BUT IF YOU WERE, THAT JUST WON'T WORK.
UM, SO THERE WAS SOME CONVERSATIONS ABOUT VALET STATIONS, AND WE HAVEN'T REALLY TALKED ABOUT THAT, BUT I DO THINK THAT WE NEED TO, ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT GOING INTO THE DOWNTOWN AREA IS THAT PEOPLE LOVE IT BECAUSE IT'S CONVENIENT AND IT'S ENJOYABLE AND EASY TO FIND A PLACE TO PARK OR TO GET DROPPED OFF AS WE'RE DOING NOW.
BUT ALSO THEY LIKE TO GO FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER.
SO WE HAVEN'T TALKED AT ALL ABOUT ANY POSSIBILITY OF SOME SORT OF LITTLE MICRO TRANSIT CONNECTOR, TROLLEY, ANYTHING.
BUT I THINK IT'S WORTH THE CONVERSATION.
BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, I THINK THE VALET IN TWO PLACES, BRIDGE PARK, BECAUSE OF ALL THE RESTAURANTS AND RIVERVIEW VILLAGE, BECAUSE OF THE DISTANCE AND TOPOGRAPHY.
I THINK THOSE ARE TWO PLACES WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT VALET AND I THINK THEY WOULD PAY FOR THEMSELVES, ACTUALLY.
BUT, UM, THAT'S, THAT'S SOMETHING I'D LIKE TO SEE IN THE PARKING AREA.
UM, YOU ALSO, UH, TALKED ABOUT IN, UH, IN THE SURVEY IMPROVING THE PEDESTRIAN CROSSING FROM RIVERSIDE CROSSING PARK TO BRIDGE PARK.
AND YEAH, I KNOW THAT WE'RE 25 MILES PER HOUR NOW, BUT HONESTLY THE PARKING ON THE WEST SIDE OF RIVERSIDE DRIVE, IF PEOPLE DID PARK THERE, AS YOU MENTIONED SO MANY TIMES IT SLOWS TRAFFIC DOWN.
BUT NO ONE WANTS TO PARK THERE BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO WALK TOO FAR TO GET ACROSS THE STREET.
WHAT'S THE OPPORTUNITY TO IMPROVE THAT? CAN WE GET ANY KIND OF CROSSING ANYWHERE ALONG RIVERSIDE DRIVE? SURE.
UM, SO THAT WEST SIDE OF RIVERSIDE DRIVE, UH, I'M GLAD YOU POINTED THAT OUT.
THAT'S A UNIQUE, THAT DOESN'T QUITE FIT OUR TYPOLOGY BECAUSE REALLY BECAUSE OF THE REASONS YOU POINT OUT THAT IS REALLY PARKING FOR THE PARK MOST OF THE TIME MM-HMM
UM, SO IT REALLY DOESN'T NEED TO BE MANAGED AS A COHESIVE PART OF THE CURBSIDE PARKING IN BRIDGE PARK.
SO OUR RECOMMENDATION HAS REALLY BEEN TO EASE RESTRICTIONS ON THAT TO ACCOMMODATE PARK GOERS TO USE THAT PARKING.
BECAUSE THE BEST THING ABOUT THAT IS THEY'RE NOT CROSSING THE STREET.
YOU DON'T ACTUALLY WANT TO MAKE THAT MORE ATTRACTIVE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE PRIMARILY GOING TO BE CROSSING RIVERSIDE DRIVE.
UM, IS NOT IN OUR SCOPE OF WORK.
AND I'M NOT AN EXPERT IN THIS AREA,
THEY, THEY DREW THE CIRCLE AROUND THAT INTERSECTION AND THERE ARE WAYS TO IMPROVE THAT, BUT IT'S NOT YOUR STREET.
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THAT'S FINE.I ONLY BRING IT UP 'CAUSE IT CAME UP IN THE SURVEY A COUPLE TIMES AND WE'RE LOOKING AT SIGNAL TIMING SPECIFICALLY TO PROVIDE MORE WALK, UM, CLEARANCE FOR THE PEDESTRIANS.
YEAH, I THINK THESE ARE ALL GREAT IDEAS.
I JUST WANNA MENTION THERE ARE TWO HANDICAPPED SPACES BEHIND THE FROG PARK THAT AREN'T NOTED ON HERE.
AND I THINK IT'S GONNA BE REALLY GOOD.
ANYONE ELSE? NO, UH, I HAD JUST A COUPLE THOUGHTS.
I READ THROUGH YOUR, UM, THERE WAS A LOT OF INFORMATION IN THERE, BUT IT TALKED ABOUT ENFORCEMENT AND IT TALKED ABOUT, UM, ON STREET PARKING AND HOW YOU GET COMPLIANCE ON YOUR TIME LIMITATIONS.
AND IT TALKED ABOUT CHARGE FOR PARKING, UM, AND TICKETING.
IT TALKED, UH, ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE BEST WAYS TO CONTROL THAT IS TO HAVE, UH, WHERE YOU PAY FOR YOUR TWO HOURS OR WHATEVER IT IS FOR ON STREET PARKING.
SO I, I THINK ONE, WE HAVE TO WALK BACK IN TIME.
SO WHEN THESE BUILDINGS WERE NAVIGATING THE PROCESS, IT WAS WHERE ARE, WHERE ARE YOU GONNA LOAD AND UNLOAD? HOW ARE YOU GONNA TAKE YOUR DELIVERIES? HOW ARE YOU GONNA DO THIS? HOW ARE YOU GONNA DO THAT? IT WAS, WE'VE GOT IT COVERED.
WE'RE GONNA LIMIT OUR DELIVERY HOURS TO THE EVENING HOURS.
WE'RE GOING TO DO X AND WE'RE GONNA DO Y AND THEY'RE GONNA BE ON THESE STREETS AND THEY'RE GONNA COME IN THROUGH THIS WAY.
AND SO WE DON'T, WE DON'T NEED LOADING ZONES, WE DON'T NEED ANY OF THAT.
WE HAVE IT ALL FIGURED OUT, IT'S CALCULATED.
AND SO NOW WE ARE TAKING THESE PUBLIC SPACES THAT THE, THAT THE TAX DOLLAR PAID FOR AND WE'RE NOW REVERTING THEM BACK TO THE LOADING ZONES THAT THE, THAT THE PEOPLE WHO BUILT THE BUILDING SAID THAT THEY NEVER NEEDED.
AND WE CAN PULL MEETING MINUTES, WE CAN DO WHATEVER WE WANNA DO.
SO I, I'M NOT REALLY IN FAVOR OF REMOVING.
I, I DRIVE THROUGH, I WAS THERE FOR LUNCH TODAY IN BRIDGE PARK.
THERE WERE TONS OF CARS IN THE ACTIVE LOADING AREAS, AND THEY WERE ALL PARKED FOR LUNCH.
AND PEOPLE WERE NOT ADHERING TO, THEY WEREN'T ACTIVE LOADING ZONES ONLY.
UM, I DON'T THINK THAT IT'S PRUDENT FOR US TO SPEND OUR, ALL OF OUR POLICE TIME GOING UP AND DOWN THERE AND, YOU KNOW, SAYING, WELL, HOW LONG HAVE THEY BEEN HERE? YOU KNOW, WELL, IT'S, I DON'T KNOW.
IT'S BEEN 40 MINUTES SINCE I WAS HERE.
THERE'S NO TIME LIMIT ON THERE.
WHAT DOES ACTIVE MEAN? UM, SO I, I AM FOR 1:00 AM JUST NOT REALLY SUPPORTIVE OF THE ACTIVE LOADING ZONES BECAUSE I THINK IT PROMOTES BAD BEHAVIOR AND, UH, IT WAS THE ASSURANCE ALL ALONG THAT THEY WEREN'T NECESSARY.
SO I, I'M NOT SUPPORTIVE OF THOSE.
UM, YOU KNOW, IF WE WANT SOME UBER, LYFT KIND OF DROP OFF LOCATIONS, WE CAN WORK WITH THOSE, UM, APP PEOPLE AND WE CAN DESIGNATE WHERE THEY CAN DROP THEM OFF AND HAVE A MORE CONDENSED SPACE IN THE AREA FOR, FOR THAT TO HAPPEN.
UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW WE ENFORCE THESE PARKING LIMITS.
UM, I DO KNOW THAT IF YOU GO AND IT, IT TALKED ABOUT, UM, THE COST OF A, OF A POLE AND A METER, AND IT WAS $400 FOR THE POLE AND $600 FOR THE METER.
UM, IN, IN THE DOCUMENTS THAT WERE IN HERE, THEY WEREN'T IN THE PRESENTATION TONIGHT, BUT THEY WERE IN THE, THE BACKGROUND DOCUMENTS.
UM, AND IT TALKED ABOUT HOW THEY CAN, THE COST OF THOSE CAN BE RECOVERED OVER CERTAIN PERIODS OF TIME.
UM, I DON'T, I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF SEEING ANY METER POLES AND THINGS LIKE THAT INSTALLED IN THE AREA, BUT I DO KNOW, UH, WHEN YOU GO TO THE CITY OF COLUMBUS, THEY'LL HAVE, WHERE WE SAY TWO HOUR PARKING, THEY'LL HAVE A QR CODE ON THERE AND SOME OTHER THINGS THAT YOU CAN SCAN AND YOU CAN PAY FOR YOUR PARKING AT THAT POINT IN TIME.
AND I, I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IT IS THAT THEY DO, BUT THEY MUST HAVE A CAMERA OPERATING SYSTEM THAT ALERTS THE POLICE OR SOMEBODY, UM, WHEN THAT TIME IS UP.
NOT THAT I HAVE ANY PERSONAL FIRSTHAND EXPERIENCE OF GETTING A TICKET IN THERE, BUT WHEN I DID, I MEAN, IF SOMEONE DID, THEN THE POLICE COME AND THEY WRITE YOU A TICKET FOR THE VIOLATION OF YOUR PERIOD OF TIME PARKING IN THERE.
SO I THINK IT'S AN AND SOLUTION RATHER THAN AN OR.
LIKE, WE DON'T NEED TO, IT ISN'T LEGAL IN THE STATE OF OHIO TO ISSUE A TICKET, UM, DIGITALLY, BUT, UH, WE CAN GET DIGITAL SIGNALS TO THE PEOPLE THAT CAN WRITE THE TICKETS AND THEN THEY CAN COME THROUGH AND DO THAT.
I THINK THE BEST WAY TO MANAGE OUR ON STREET PARKING IS TO HAVE THERE BE A VERY NOMINAL FEE FOR DOING SO.
MAYBE IT'S A DOLLAR AN HOUR OR WHATEVER THAT MIGHT BE.
UH, AND THEN HAVING SOME CAMERA TECHNOLOGY MONITOR THAT TO ALERT THE INDIVIDUALS THAT WOULD OVERSEE THAT OF WHEN THERE ARE EGREGIOUS, UM, ABUSES OF THE RULES.
UM, SO I, I'M VERY MUCH IN FAVOR FOR DOING SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
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THE WHOLE AREA ACTIVE LOADING ZONES BECAUSE THE, THE PUBLIC IS PAYING FOR THESE ON STREET PARKING SPOTS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, IF THEY WANT TO UTILIZE 'EM, THEY CAN HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO.AND THE BUSINESSES THERE ASSURED US THAT THEY NEVER NEEDED 'EM.
SO I, I, I'M NOT TERRIBLY, UH, SUPPORTIVE OF THAT.
I, I DO THINK A FOOD TRUCK POLICY IS, IS A, IS MUCH NEEDED PARTICULARLY, YOU KNOW, SEE 'EM ON RIVERSIDE DRIVE AND IN FRONT OF PINS IN SOME OF THOSE LOCATIONS.
SO I, I, I DO THINK THAT THAT'S, UM, IMPORTANT AND MAYBE WE GARNER SOME REVENUE IF WE DO COME UP WITH A POLICY.
I THINK THAT THERE, UM, THAT, YOU KNOW, THESE STREETS WERE INCREDIBLY EXPENSIVE TO INSTALL WITH THE BRICKS AND THE GRANITE AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
I, I THINK IT'S NOT UNREALISTIC FOR US TO EXPECT SOME RETURN ON THAT INVESTMENT ON BEHALF OF THE TAXPAYER.
UM, THANK YOU FOR WORKING ON THE EV CHARGING THING.
I, I THINK, YOU KNOW, YOU, WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT TIME LIMIT'S GONNA BE IF IT'S, YOU KNOW, YOUR FIRST TWO HOURS OR WHATEVER, AND THEN IF YOU'RE STILL PLUGGED IN AFTER TWO HOURS AND OR YOU'RE OCCUPYING THOSE SPACES AFTER TWO HOURS, THAT, UM, THERE SHOULD BE SOME, SOME FEE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.
UH, SORRY, I'M, MY COMPUTER KEEPS GOING TO SLEEP.
UM, SO I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THE CURBSIDE MANAGEMENT PLAN.
I THINK THERE'S STILL A LOT OF WORK TO, TO DO ON IT.
I, I DON'T, I LIKE OTHERS THINK THAT PROBABLY SOONER IS BETTER THAN LATER ON THAT.
UM, BUT WE NEED TO BE REALLY DECISIVE ON WHAT WE, WHAT WE'RE DOING, BECAUSE WE RECENTLY CHANGED SO MANY OF THE SIGNS, UH, PARKING SIGNS, PARTICULARLY IN BRIDGE PARK TO THOSE ACTIVE LOADINGS.
I DON'T WANNA JUST KEEP CHANGING AND KEEP CHANGING AND KEEP CHANGING BECAUSE THEN PEOPLE WILL, THERE'LL BE A HIGH LEVEL OF CONFUSION.
UM, SO A FIVE-YEAR ACTION PLAN SOUNDS LIKE A REALLY LONG TIME TO MANAGE PARKING.
I WOULD THINK WE, I WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF MAKING IT, CONDENSING IT INTO A TWO YEAR ACTION PLAN, UM, THAT WE DO THAT.
UH, AND THEN THE ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS WOULD BE, I, I WOULD REALLY WANT TO LOOK AT DO WE REALLY NEED THIS MUCH ACTIVE LOADING? LIKE HOW MANY, I'M SURE THE, THE DATA IS AVAILABLE.
HOW MANY UBER LYFTS ARE WE GETTING INTO THE DISTRICT? AND, AND WHAT ARE THE MOST POPULAR ADDRESSES? RIGHT? THERE'S PROBABLY FOUR, UH, THAT ARE THE MOST POPULAR DESTINATIONS IN THERE.
AND MAKE SURE IN THE PROXIMITY OF THOSE FOUR, WE HAVE SOMEWHERE FOR PEOPLE TO BE DROPPED OFF IN A SAFE MANNER.
UM, BUT TO JUST HAVE NO PARKING ON THE STREET BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT DELIVERIES ARE COMING.
YOU KNOW, WE, WE'VE TRIED THIS WITH THE AUTO DEALERSHIPS, RIGHT? AND HOW, HOW ARE YOU GONNA, WHERE ARE YOU GONNA PARK YOUR CARS? AND WE START, WE'VE STARTED ASKING THEM THOSE QUESTIONS.
AND I THINK IT'S FAIR TO ASK HERE AS WELL THAT IF IF YOU'RE NOT FORCED TO MANAGE THAT, THEN YOU DON'T.
UM, BUT THE, WHAT IS THAT NECESSITY WAS THE MOTHER IN INVENTION, RIGHT? SO, UM, I WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF THOSE THINGS.
WHEN WILL WE HAVE, WHEN WILL WE HAVE A FOLLOW UP CONVERSATION TO THIS ONE? UH, WE WOULD BE PREPARED TO COME BACK AT, UM, A MEETING IN A, IN A MONTH OR SO WOULD BE MY GUESS.
MEGAN, DO YOU WANT TO WEIGH IN? YEAH, THE PLAN WAS, DEPENDING ON THE FEEDBACK THAT WE WOULD BRING THIS BACK FOR ADOPTION, BUT IF COUNCIL WOULD LIKE A WORK SESSION OR ANOTHER OTHER DISCUSSION, WE'RE HAPPY TO DO THAT.
UM, THERE'S A FEW ITEMS I BELIEVE THAT COULD BE ADDRESSED NOW AS FAR AS LIKE THE CHARGING WASN'T PART OF THE SCOPE.
DO YOU WANNA SPEAK TO THAT? I MEAN, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IF COUNCIL WOULD LIKE THAT TO BE PART OF THE CONVERSATION, WE COULD CERTAINLY MOVE IN THAT DIRECTION.
THAT JUST HADN'T BEEN PART OF THE SCOPE FOR THIS PROJECT.
IT'S JUST COORDINATION BASICALLY RIGHT NOW BETWEEN THE TWO STUDIES.
FORTUNATELY, MOST OF THE TECHNOLOGY IS THERE, YOU KNOW, CHARGE POINTS USING IT.
SO IT'S LARGELY A, YOU HAVE TO, WE HAVE TO DECIDE WHAT IS THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF TIME AND WHAT THE FEES ARE GOING TO BE.
BUT IN TERMS OF IMPLEMENTATION, IT'S, IT'S A RELATIVELY MM-HMM
I WOULD, I WAS REFERENCING JUST CHARGING AND PARK FOR PARKING IN GENERAL.
SO THIS PARTICULAR STUDY DID NOT LOOK AT PAID PARKING.
UM, AND THE INTENT WAS TO ORGANIZE THE CURB AND TO MANAGE THE SPACE.
UM, SO IF THAT IS SOMETHING, UM, THAT, THAT COUNCIL DESIRES, THAT WOULD BE A, A NEW STUDY, A NEW SCOPE.
WELL, I THINK IT PUSHES PEOPLE INTO THE GARAGES.
AND IF THAT IS ONE OF THE INTENTS, LOOK AT EASTON, RIGHT? YOU GO TO EASTON AND YOU PAY, I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS, I A DOLLAR, $2 AN HOUR, WHATEVER IT IS.
BUT THE PARKING GARAGES ARE FREE, RIGHT? AND I THINK THAT PUSHES TRAFFIC TO THE PARKING GARAGES.
IF YOU THINK, OH, WELL I'M GONNA BE HERE FOR A WHILE, I'LL JUST PARK HERE.
SO I THINK IT IS ONE OF THE, I I BELIEVE
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IS ONE OF THE PROMOTERS OF HAVING RAPID TURNOVER OF YOUR ON STREET PARKING SPOTS.BUT I, ONE, ONE OF THE COMMENT, UH, SOME OF THE RESTAURANTERS, UM, WONDERED IF, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU LOOKED AT THIS VALET PARKING ON DARBY STREET, WE HAD IT THERE AT ONE TIME AND THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT MAYBE MOVING IT BACK A LITTLE TO THE SOUTH AND IT'D BE SELF-SUSTAINING.
THE CITY WOULDN'T HAVE TO PAY FOR IT.
AND THEY'RE SORT OF INTERESTED IN THAT.
I DON'T, THAT WAS JUST RECENTLY, THAT WAS JUST RECENTLY REINSTATED IN HISTORIC DUBLIN.
MY ONLY CONCERN ABOUT, I WOULD LOVE TO GET BACK TOGETHER OR WE CAN HAVE MORE CONVERSATION IF, IF THERE'S A LOT OF DISAGREEMENT ON IT, BUT I THINK THE SURVEY SAID THAT MOST RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES DIDN'T WANNA SEE PAID PARKING.
BUT I, BUT I I, YOU MAKE A REALLY GOOD POINT, CHRIS, IN THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE THESE SPACES AND THE CONVENIENCE AND THE EASE OF BEING ABLE TO PARK ON THE STREET IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
IT'S WHAT'S MADE THE AREA SO POPULAR.
SO YOU DON'T WANNA BREAK SOMETHING THAT ISN'T BROKEN ALREADY.
I MEAN, IT'S NOT REALLY BROKEN, IT JUST NEEDS TWEAKING.
SO, YOU KNOW, BEFORE WE GET TOO FAR DOWN THE ROAD, I THINK IT'S WORTH THE CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT ARE THE, WHAT ARE THE MILD AND MODERATE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO, TO MAYBE EASE THE LOADING AND UNLOADING AND THE HANDICAP WITHOUT ACTUALLY CHANGING THE WHOLE COMPLEXITY.
I WORRIED ABOUT THE FACT THAT LOADING DIDN'T EXIST EARLY ON IN THE, BUT SO, YOU KNOW, THE ARGUMENT WAS IS THAT IN AN URBAN AREA, YOU GET THIS DOUBLE PARKING, THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS, RIGHT? SO WE GOT THE DOUBLE PARKING, SO MAYBE WE DON'T HAVE TO DO SO MUCH TWEAKING.
WE JUST MAKE SURE THAT IT'S COMFORTABLE ENOUGH FOR PEOPLE TO FIND A SPACE.
I AM, I AM NOT EVER REALLY BEEN FOR PAID PARKING, BUT I THINK THE PROBLEM HAS TO BE SOLVED FOR THE ENFORCEMENT.
SO RATHER IT'S FREE FOR THE FIRST HOUR OR A BUCK.
I DON'T FEEL COMPELLED TO CHARGE A BUCK, BUT THERE SHOULD BE A FINE WHEN THAT HAPPENS.
SO IS IT THE PAID PARKING THAT FORCES THE FINE OR IS IT SOMETHING ELSE THAT FORCES THE FINE, IT'S THE FINE.
WE WANT THEM TO MOVE AFTER AN HOUR, NOT TO JUST KEEP GOING ON THEIR APP AND ADDING ANOTHER BUCK.
THEY'RE THERE FOR SEVEN HOURS.
SO I, I THINK IT'S THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE, OF THE MOVING THAT WE WANNA FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO.
SO IF IT MAKES SENSE TO THINK ABOUT WHAT THOSE OPTIONS ARE FROM CHARGING, NOT CHARGING, UM, HOW DO YOU DO THE ENFORCEMENT? I, I THINK, BECAUSE AGAIN, I DON'T THINK IT'S CHARGING THE BUCK.
IT'S, WE'RE TRYING TO GET 'EM TO MOVE AND TO DO THAT, IT HAS TO BE A FINE OF SIGNIFICANT SIGNIFICANCE IF THEY DON'T MOVE.
UM, AND IF YOU FEEL LIKE IT'S IMPORTANT TO INCORPORATE ALL OF THAT IN YOUR RECOMMENDATION, 'CAUSE IT'LL COME BACK AROUND, THEN I WOULD SAY TAKE A LITTLE MORE TIME AND DO THAT AND BRING IT BACK IN THE DOCUMENTS.
IT, IT REALLY INDICATED THAT THE ONLY ENFORCEMENT IS TO HAVE A PAID PARKING SO THAT YOU, YOU CAN MONITOR.
I, I JUST, WHAT I READ THROUGH TODAY, IT TALKED A GREAT DEAL ABOUT THAT.
I KNOW WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO SOLVE.
SO GIVE US THE OPTIONS TO SOLVE IT.
IF THAT'S THE ONLY ONE, IF THERE'S OTHER ONES TO DO IT.
BUT, UM, IT'S THE, TO SIGN IT SO I CAN GIVE YOU A PAGE NUMBER.
IT'S THE TICKET THAT UPSET YOU, RIGHT? NOT THE DOLLAR YOU PAID.
SO HOW DO WE DEAL WITH, HOW DO WE DO THAT? AND IF TECHNOLOGY CAN HELP US DO THAT, THEN, BUT I, AGAIN, IF IT TAKES TIME TO DO THAT, I WOULD SAY TAKE THE TIME AND DO THAT WORK AND THEN BRING IT BACK AS A COMPREHENSIVE, I'LL FIND THAT PAGE NUMBER AND SEND IT.
I, IT WAS, UH, IT WAS IN THE GENERAL CONDITIONS OF, YOU KNOW, ON STREET PARKING MANAGEMENT, IT WASN'T SPECIFIC TO DUBLIN, IT WAS REFERRING TO GENERAL TOOLBOX.
AND I, I, I DO THINK THAT THERE ARE MULTIPLE, UM, WAYS TO, UM, TO REALLY ADDRESS THE ISSUE AND, AND WE CAN SUMMARIZE AND BRING BACK.
I WAS SO THAT, THAT'S WHAT I WAS GETTING TO IN MY COMMENT.
I, I KNEW THERE WAS A BUNCH OF OPTIONS PRESENTED AND ALL THAT ADDITIONAL STUFF, BUT I, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE AS PART OF THIS PLAN, WHAT IS OUR PLAN FOR ENFORCEMENT SPECIFIC TO US? HOW ARE WE SOLVING THAT AND HOW, LIKE, HOW MUCH TIME AND EFFORT IS THAT GONNA COST? AND, UM, I, I JUST WANNA BE ABLE TO, IF WE, WE SPENT ALL THIS TIME ON THIS MANAGEMENT PLAN, I WANNA BE IT TO WORK.
LIKE I WANNA BE ABLE TO ENFORCE IT.
AND, AND THE REALLY WHERE WE BEGAN WITH, BECAUSE BY CONSENSUS THERE WASN'T REALLY ACTIVE ENFORCEMENT OF CURBSIDE REGULATIONS.
UH, WE WANTED TO START BY PROVIDING THE INFORMATION THAT WOULD MAKE THAT EASY AND EFFECTIVE AND PARTICULARLY COST EFFECTIVE OR STAFF OUR EFFECTIVE.
SO THAT'S REALLY WHERE WE BEGAN.
AND THEN ALSO ENGAGING IN DIALOGUE WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ABOUT, UM, HOW, HOW THEY
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FELT ABOUT REENGAGING WITH MORE ACTIVE ENFORCEMENT.SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE WE WERE.
AND, AND MAYBE THERE'S ANSWERS OUT THERE WHERE WE DON'T HAVE A OFFICERS WRITING PARKING TICKETS.
MAYBE THERE'S A, YOU KNOW, SOME OTHER SECURITY TEAM OR WHATEVER THAT, THAT COULD HELP ASSIST US IN THAT SO THAT WE'D TAKE, KEEP OUR OFFICERS FOCUSED ON, ON THE BIG PICTURE.
AND THEN FOR THESE MANAGEMENT ITEMS, WE POSSIBLY COULD HAVE ASSISTANCE FROM SOMETHING ELSE.
AND THERE, THERE WAS APPENDIX MATERIAL INCLUDED IN THE, UH, THE FINAL PLAN WHERE, UM, BACK IN 2018 WHEN WE DID A A COMPREHENSIVE PARKING MANAGEMENT STUDY, WE OUTLINED A PROCESS THAT IS ALSO A BEST PRACTICE, WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, NON-POLICE DEPARTMENT ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, UH, AS AN EFFECTIVE WAY TO MOVE INTO THAT DIFFERENT TYPE OF ENFORCEMENT PARADIGM.
SO DO YOU FEEL THAT AS IF YOU GOT THE FEEDBACK THAT YOU NEEDED THIS EVENING, WAS IT CLEAR? ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS YOU'D LIKE US TO ANSWER? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND THANKS FOR ALL OF THE, ALL OF THE HARD WORK AND, AND TAKING INVENTORY OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE.
THAT'S, THAT'S A BIG PART OF THE BATTLE FOR SURE.
[Quarterly Innovation & Technology Briefing]
OUR QUARTERLY INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY BRIEFING, AND OUR STAFF REPORT WILL BE FROM BRANDON BROWN AND JIM CONLEY.THANK YOU AND GOOD EVENING MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
UM, IF TOM THOUGHT PARKING COULD CLEAR A ROOM, HEARING ABOUT TECHNOLOGY MIGHT HAVE THE SAME EFFECT, BUT HOPEFULLY NOT TONIGHT.
AND WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO TONIGHT IS GIVE YOU A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF SOME OF THE CURRENT ACTIVITIES THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON.
AND THOSE ARE ARRANGED IN, INTO SOME SECTIONS OF HOW WE KIND OF VIEW OUR WORK AND HOW WE SATISFY THE DEMANDS OF OUR, OUR, OUR CITIZENS, AS WELL AS THE COUNCIL'S STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK, AS WELL AS OUR, OUR FELLOW STAFF MEMBERS.
SO I HAVE LISTED A NUMBER OF THINGS IN EACH OF THESE FOCUS AREAS THAT I'M NOT GOING TO GO INTO UNLESS YOU HAVE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS.
I JUST WANTED TO RAISE A COUPLE OF HIGHLIGHTS, BUT I WANTED TO PROVIDE THAT SO THAT YOU COULD SEE SOME OF THE BREADTH AND DEPTH OF THE THINGS THAT WE WORK ON, WHERE WE FOCUS OUR ATTENTION AND HOW WE THINK OF OUR WORK IS WITH A CUSTOMER FOCUS AND AROUND SECURITY KIND OF FOUNDATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE, DRIVING VALUE AND IMPACT AND INNOVATION.
AND SO WE'LL START WITH THE CUSTOMERS.
AND I THINK THAT THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT ONE BECAUSE NOT ONLY DO, AGAIN, WE SEE CITIZENS AS CUSTOMERS, BUT ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS, THE TEAMS ACTUALLY WORK A LOT MORE INTERNALLY ON KEEPING THINGS RUNNING SMOOTHLY, GIVING PEOPLE THE PROPER TOOLS THEY NEED TO DO THEIR JOBS.
AND SO WITH THAT, YOU WILL HEAR A NUMBER OF THINGS SPRINKLED THROUGH ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT SLIDES.
AI IS A KEY TERM THAT WILL POP UP OVER AND OVER BECAUSE IT'S JUST BECOMING A UBIQUITOUS PART OF LIFE.
BUT THE ONE I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT HERE IS REALLY LOOKING AT THAT OUTWARD CUSTOMER AND LOOKING AT OUR, OUR VENDORS BUSINESS PARTNERS, THE PUBLIC, WHOEVER COMES TO MEET WITH US, WE'RE LOOKING AT DEPLOYING SOME TECHNOLOGY IN THE LOBBIES TO IMPROVE CUSTOMER SERVICE, WHERE ONCE A PERSON ARRIVES, THEY CAN SIGN IN INSTEAD OF ON A PIECE OF PAPER, THEY CAN GET THEIR PHOTO BADGE IDENTIFICATION BADGE PRINTED OUT.
AND THE SYSTEM ACTUALLY NOTIFIES THE PERSON THAT THEY'RE THERE TO SEE AND VISIT.
AND, AND WE'RE STARTING TO DO SOME TESTING WITH THAT.
AND IN CONJUNCTION WITH THAT, WE'RE MODERNIZING SOME OF OUR MEETING ROOMS AS WELL, WITH INDICATORS OF IF THE ROOM IS BUSY, WHEN IT'S BUSY, HOW LONG IT'S BUSY, STAFF CAN WALK UP AND, AND RESERVE A ROOM ON THE FLY.
THE SECURITY AREA IS A BIG IMPORTANT ONE.
AND, AND WE HAD THE PLEASURE OF SPEAKING WITH THE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE, UM, BRINGING A FIRST DRAFT OF A, A POLICY FOR COUNCIL TO CONSIDER.
AND THAT DISCUSSION WAS GREAT.
WE GOT A LOT OF REALLY GOOD FEEDBACK AND WE'RE BRINGING THAT BACK IN THE BEGINNING OF MAY FOR CONTINUED DISCUSSION.
SOMETHING I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT AND THAT WE DID TALK ABOUT IN THAT MEETING IS THAT WE HAVE BEGUN OUR VIRTUAL CHIEF AND INFORMATION SECURITY OFFICER ENGAGEMENT.
AND SO THIS IS A FIRM THAT FOCUSES AND HAS VERY HIGH LEVEL EXPERTS IN STRATEGY AND IN PLANNING.
AND IN OUR, THE START OF THIS WITH THEM IS IN THEIR ASSESSMENT PROCESS.
SO WE'LL BE GOING THROUGH A NUMBER OF ASSESSMENTS, WHICH IS NICE.
IT GIVES US SOME COMPARISON TO SOME OF THEIR OTHER CLIENTS, UM, THAT, THAT ARE USING THEM AS WELL, AS WELL AS THE N STANDARDS THAT WE ADHERE TO.
WE DID COMPLETE OUR FIRST QUARTERLY SECURITY TRAINING.
UM, WE WE'RE STILL RECEIVING ABOVE INDUSTRY AVERAGE MARKS.
AND THEN WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON SOME TACTICAL TOOLS AND TACTICS TO, TO INCREASE OUR, OUR DEFENSIVE POSTURE FOR OUR FOUNDATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE.
THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT STILL GO ON THESE DAYS.
NOT EVERYTHING IS WIRELESS AND THE WIRELESS IS RUN BY A FOUNDATIONAL NETWORK.
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BEEN IN THE STAGES OF UPGRADING THE NETWORK OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS INCREMENTALLY.SOMETHING THAT'S OUTWARD FACING IS ULTA FIBER IS COMMENCING CONSTRUCTION THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK FOR THEIR FOLLOWING NEXT TWO PHASES.
UM, THEY'RE EXPECTING TO BE COMPLETE WITH THE RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ROLLOUT BY THE END OF THIS YEAR, WHICH IS GREAT NEWS.
SOMETHING OF NOTE HERE THAT SOUNDS PRETTY NEAT.
CAMERA ANALYTICS, YOU'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT THAT IN THE PARKING REALM AND TRANSPORTATION MOBILITY.
OUR PICKLEBALL COURT, WE'RE GOING TO BE INSTALLING CAMERAS THERE WORKING WITH A VENDOR THAT WILL PROVIDE COUNTS AND KIND OF LINE WEIGHTS BY ANALYZING HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE OUT THERE UTILIZING THE PICKLEBALL COURT.
AND SO WE CAN HAVE A DASHBOARD SIMILAR TO THE PARKING LOT DASHBOARD OF PICKLEBALL, COURT USAGE DASHBOARD.
SO WE THINK THAT'S PRETTY UNIQUE AND, AND SOMETHING THAT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
AND IT'S REALLY FUN TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH THESE CAMERA ANALYTICS.
ON THE COMMUNICATION SIDE, THINGS AS BORING AS PHONE SYSTEMS. THOSE NEED TO BE UPGRADED AND MANAGED.
THINGS AS EXCITING AS WIFI AND PARKS.
WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR OWN INTERNAL TEAMS AS WELL AS OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH ULTA FIBER ON LOOKING AT ACTIVATING A NUMBER OF MORE OF OUR PARKS WITH CONNECTIVITY.
WHEN WE THINK OF DRIVING VALUE AND IMPACT, IT'S HOW CAN WE USE THE THINGS WE HAVE BETTER AND MAKE SURE WE'RE GETTING THE BEST USE OUT OF THINGS WE'VE CHOSEN TO IMPLEMENT.
UM, IN SOME CASES THAT IS GOING DEEPER WITH ANALYTICS.
YOU HEARD, AGAIN, TRANSPORTATION MOBILITY IS ONE AREA WE'RE WORKING A LOT AS WELL AS UNCOVERING AND MAKING AVAILABLE USING MICROSOFT POWER BI TOOLS AND OTHER DASHBOARDING TOOLS TO GIVE DIRECTORS AND OTHERS, UM, ADVANCED ANALYTICS ABOUT HOW THEY'RE EXECUTING ON THEIR BUDGET AUTOMATION AND AI, AGAIN, KIND OF A CORNERSTONE TECHNOLOGY GROUPING.
AND SO WE'RE DOING SOME STAFF OUTREACH ENGAGEMENT, TRYING TO REALLY GET KNOWLEDGE OUT THERE, WHAT IS THE ART OF THE POSSIBLE FOR THAT, BUT THEN ALSO LOOKING AT AUTOMATING A NUMBER OF PROCESSES INTERNALLY SO THAT WE HAVE BETTER EFFICIENCY FOR THINGS THAT ARE SOMEWHAT MUNDANE THAT WE CAN FREE STAFF UP TO DO BETTER THINGS WITH ALSO AT DRIVING VALUE AND IMPACT, WE LOOK AT WHAT TYPES OF SOLUTIONS ARE OUT THERE WHERE THEY'RE AGING.
AND THIS HAS DIRECT IMPACT ON OUR BUDGET REQUESTS.
UH, SO WE HAVE A CYCLE, WE CALL IT LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT OF ANY GIVEN SOFTWARE WHERE WE WILL ANALYZE, IS THIS STILL THE BEST CHOICE? IS IT LOOK AT THE MARKET, WE LOOK AT OTHER VENDORS AND WE DO THAT.
SO SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS A TIMEKEEPING SOLUTION TO SOMETHING AS ADVANCED AS AI, AUGMENTED DOCUMENT SEARCH, WHICH WE'VE TALKED ABOUT A NUMBER OF TIMES HERE AS WELL.
AND WITHIN THAT AS WELL, IT IT IS EDUCATION COMPONENT.
IT'S OUR STAFF, KEEPING THEM UP TO DATE AS THE TECHNOLOGY CHANGES AND MAKING SURE THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT THE CAPABILITIES OF THE TOOLS THAT WE OFFER PROVIDE.
UM, SOMETHING THAT I'VE BEEN WORKING ON IS STARTING OUR DOUBLE INNOVATION TEAM.
SO WE, OUR LAND OF CROSS-FUNCTIONAL TEAMS, WHICH WE FIND VERY EFFECTIVE.
AND THIS BRINGS TOGETHER PEOPLE THAT JUST HAVE INTERESTS AND TO THEN WE CAN SET THEM ON A COURSE WHERE WE CAN FIND AND WE CAN EXPERIMENT, WE CAN PILOT, WE CAN TRY NEW TYPES OF TECHNOLOGIES AS THEY'RE COMING OUT AND LOOK TO WHERE IN THE CITY WE CAN APPLY THOSE FOR OUR EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS.
SO ONE THAT'S PRETTY NEAT THAT WE WILL START, UH, PUBLICIZING A LITTLE BIT MORE IS THE APPLE VISION PROTEST.
AND THIS IS KIND OF THE NEXT STEP WITH SOME OF OUR AUGMENTED REALITY WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON.
UM, SO WE JUST KIND OF FIGURE OUT WHERE IN THE CITY THAT COULD BE USEFUL.
ANYTHING FROM LOOKING AT UTILITIES IN A 3D MODE OUT IN THE FIELD TO HELPING OFFICE WORK WITH, PRESENTING A VERY LARGE SCREEN IF NEEDED.
AND ANOTHER EXCITING ONE IS LOOKING AT THE MULTIMODAL ASPECT OF ADVANCED AIR MOBILITY AND HOW DOES THAT FIT IN IN GENERAL.
UM, SO THAT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN JEROME'S FIRST RESPONDERS.
IT IS AN EMERGING AREA THOUGH.
THINK OF HUMAN TRANSPORT, CARGO TRANSPORT AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS AS WELL.
SO I DID TOUCH ON HIGHLIGHTS AS I PROMISED.
AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
COUNCIL QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION.
UM, WOULD THERE BE A BENEFIT TO HAVING THE FOLKS AT SPORTS OHIO USE THAT SO THAT THEY COULD TRACK THE PEOPLE THAT ARE USING THOSE FIELDS? JUST CURIOUS.
SO WE HAVE BEEN USING THAT IN CONJUNCTION WITH OUR EVENTS TEAM AND WITH MATT AIRMAN'S TEAMS. AND THAT'S THE EXACT EXAMPLE OF HOW A LOT OF COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISE USES PLACER AI, IDENTIFYING YOUR CLIENTS, WHERE THEY'RE COMING FROM, WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO, WHAT THEY'RE DOING, AND ALL OF THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT WAYS TO UTILIZE THAT ACROSS THE CITY AND WE ACTUALLY PROVIDED SOME OF THAT INFORMATION AS PART OF THE RFP WHEN WE ISSUED THAT AS SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION FOR WHERE FOLKS TRAVEL TO SPORTS OHIO FROM, UH, THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE.
UM, I KNOW ONE OF THE AREAS THAT COUNCIL IS MOST INTERESTED IN IS THE ADVANCEMENT AND UPGRADES OF OUR GO DUBLIN APPS AND THAT MOBILITY AND WHAT IT MEANS TO, UM, THE RESIDENTS.
SO WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING UPDATES ABOUT THAT BECAUSE
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AGAIN, PUTTING IT IN THE RESIDENTS HANDS IS GONNA BE, UH, WE THINK IMPORTANT.SO APPRECIATE UPDATES ON THAT IN THE FUTURE.
ANYTHING ELSE? REALLY QUICKLY? I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANKS FOR THE, UM, CONVERSATION RELATIVE TO, UM, THE POLICIES THAT WE TALKED OUT ABOUT THROUGH THE ADMIN COMMITTEE.
I LOOK FORWARD TO TO SEEING SORT OF THE FINAL PRODUCTS COME THROUGH ABOUT THAT.
I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT, UM, BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT, YOU KNOW, ON TOP OF EVERYTHING ELSE TO TALK ABOUT HOW AI AND MACHINE LEARNING AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS ARE USED BY CITY STAFF FOR THE CITY, RIGHT? THERE ARE SOME ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE SAID, I CAN'T USE AI UNLESS WE'VE APPROVED WHATEVER YOU'RE USING IT FOR.
OTHERS THAT ARE LIKE WIDE OPEN, DO WHATEVER YOU WANT WITH IT.
UM, AND I, I APPRECIATE THE THOUGHTFUL APPROACH THAT YOU AND YOUR TEAM ARE, ARE TAKING RELATIVE TO THAT.
UM, BECAUSE I, I THINK THERE IS A GOOD EQUILIBRIUM OF BALANCE THERE IN THE MIDDLE BETWEEN THOSE TWO EXTREMES.
UM, SO I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THAT IN THE FUTURE.
ALRIGHT, ANYTHING ELSE? WELL, THANK YOU.
[STAFF COMMENTS]
BRINGS US TO THE STAFF COMMENTS PORTION OF OUR AGENDA.GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
I JUST HAVE A FEW ITEMS. THE FIRST BEING I'D LIKE TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR ATTENDING THE, UM, STATE OF THE CITY LAST WEEK ON MARCH 13TH.
WE STARTED WITH EMPLOYEE STATE OF THE CITY, FOLLOWED BY THE STATE OF THE CITY FOR THE PUBLIC, FOLLOWED BY THE PARADE.
AND I'D LIKE TO THANK STAFF FOR ALL OF THEIR WORK THAT GOES INTO PLANNING, ORCHESTRATING, UM, EXECUTING AND MANAGING ALL OF THOSE EVENTS.
UM, WE HAD NEARLY 400 PEOPLE SHOW UP FOR THE STATE OF THE CITY, WHICH IS A HUGE TESTAMENT TO ALL THAT WE HAVE TO SHARE 'CAUSE IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL EVENING, ALMOST 70 DEGREES.
UM, SO WE KNOW WE'RE DOING SOMETHING RIGHT.
UM, SO FOR THOSE WHO WERE UNABLE TO ATTEND, UM, THE STATE OF THE CITY CAN BE VIEWED ON OUR WEBSITE.
AND THEN ON SATURDAY, UM, DESPITE THE LESS THAN IDEAL CONDITIONS AT THE BEGINNING, THE WEATHER WAS A LITTLE DICEY.
WE WERE MONITORING THE CONDITIONS ALL MORNING.
WE DID HAVE THOUSANDS WHO LINED THE STREETS.
UM, AND IT WAS GREAT TO SEE THE WEATHER TURNED OUT, UM, AS GOOD AS IT POSSIBLY COULD, UM, IN TIME FOR THE PARADE.
AND IT LOOKED LIKE EVERYBODY WAS HAVING LOTS OF FUN.
SO THANKS TO ALL OF THE VOLUNTEERS, EVERYBODY THAT PARTICIPATED, UM, DESPITE THE WET WEATHER.
AND THEN AS WAS STATED OR MENTIONED AT STATE OF THE CITY, I'M PROUD TO SHARE THAT THE DUBLIN IRISH FESTIVAL WAS NAMED THE CULTURAL FESTIVAL, THE BEST CULTURAL FESTIVAL IN THE COUNTRY, EARNING FIRST PLACE IN THE USA TODAY, 10 BEST 2025 READERS CHOICE AWARDS.
UM, WHILE THE FESTIVAL HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY RECOGNIZED IN THE TOP 10, THIS WAS OUR FIRST TIME EARNING THE TOP SPOT.
AND IT'S A GREAT NATIONAL RECOGNITION.
IT'S A GREAT TESTAMENT TO THE DEDICATION OF THE STAFF, THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY REALLY WITH ALL THE VOLUNTEERS, ALL THE PARTNERS, UM, THAT CONTRIBUTE TO MAKING THAT FESTIVAL THE WORLD'S LARGEST THREE DAY IRISH CELEBRATION.
UM, AND IT CERTAINLY IS AN UNFORGETTABLE EXPERIENCE EACH YEAR.
UM, AND THEN LASTLY, THE CITY'S PARTNERING WITH ODOT TO INSTALL A HIGH INTENSITY ACTIVATED CROSSWALK OR A HAWK, UM, AT MUIRFIELD DRIVE AND SELLS MILL DRIVE, UM, MOJAVE STREET, NEAR SCOTTISH CORNERS ELEMENTARY.
THE HAWK SIGNAL WILL GIVE PEDESTRIANS THE RIGHT OF WAY WHEN ACTIVATED ODOT IS FULLY FUNDING THE CONSTRUCTION, UM, AND THE CONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATION WITH NO LOCAL MATCH REQUIRED.
SO FOLLOWING ODOT REQUIREMENTS FOR THAT PROJECT, NOTIFICA NOTIFICATION LETTERS HAVE BEEN SENT TO RESIDENTS AND KEY OFFICIALS, AND DUE TO LONG MATERIAL LEAD TIMES CONSTRUCTION'S EXPECTED TO BEGIN THIS SUMMER AND FINISH SOMETIME IN 2026.
SO JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT PROJECT TO YOUR ATTENTION AND THANK ODOT FOR THEIR SUPPORT OF THAT EFFORT.
AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE THIS EVENING.
[Committee Reports]
YOU.UM, BRINGS US TO COUNCIL REPORTS.
UM, WE HAVE OUR COM COMMITTEE REPORTS.
WE WILL START WITH THE ADMIN COMMITTEE.
SO THE ADMIN COMMITTEE MET ON MARCH THE FOURTH, AND AS YOU HEARD THIS EVENING, WE, THE COMMITTEE RECEIVED A FIRST DRAFT UPDATE FOR THE INFORMATION SECURITY POLICY, UM, PROVIDED SOME FEEDBACK AND THEY'RE GONNA BRING IT BACK TO COMMITTEE, UH, FOR ADDITIONAL ROUND OF FEEDBACK AND THEN WE'LL BRING IT TO COUNCIL.
SO THANK YOU FOR STAFF FOR YOUR WORK ON THAT.
UH, SECONDLY, THE COMMITTEE RECEIVED A REPORT ON OUR ANTICIPATED VAC VACANCIES, UM, FOR THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS WE'RE ENTERING THAT CYCLE.
UM, THIS ALLOWS US, OF COURSE, TO BEGIN TO DO WHATEVER, UM, MORE TARGETING RECRUITMENT TO FILL SOME OF THOSE VACANCIES.
THAT WORK IS UNDERWAY, UM, WITH AN APPLICATION DEADLINE FOR APRIL 18TH.
SO, UM, WE, UM, ALWAYS ENCOURAGE, AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR RESIDENTS, UH, TO APPLY TO ONE OF THOSE SEATS ON THE BOARD'S, COMMISSIONS, OR COMMITTEE.
UM, IT'S A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY AND WE KNOW YOU'LL ENJOY IT.
SO WITH THAT, UM, IF THE NOT ANYTHING ELSE FROM MY CO-MEMBERS, THAT IS THE REPORT FOR THIS EVENING.
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UM, NOW[Liaison Reports]
LIAISON REPORTS WILL STICK WITH YOU, UH, KATHY FOR THE 33 CORRIDOR AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.NOTHING ON THE 33 CORRIDOR PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION SAW THEIR FIRST ROUND OF CONCEPTS FOR THE NEXT VISION OF THE BOGEY IN.
AND SO THAT FEEDBACK HAS, UM, BEEN RECEIVED AND MOVING, MOVING ALONG.
SO THANKS TO THE GROUP, GROUP FOR THEIR WORK ON THAT.
AND AS YOU SAW TONIGHT, THE GROUP HAD ALSO BEEN VERY INVOLVED IN WORKING ON SOME OF THESE CODE CHANGES.
AND AS YOU MENTIONED, CHRIS, THAT'S HEAVY LIFTING.
SO I WANNA THANK THE, UH, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FOR THEIR WORK ON THAT.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER FOX 33 CORRIDOR AND THE DUBLIN BOARD OF EDUCATION, NOTHING ON THE 33 CORRIDOR.
WE MEET APRIL 11TH, AND I THANK THE BOARD OF EDUCATION REPORTS COMING FROM ANDY.
UH, MR. KEELER, BOARD OF EDUCATION, LOGAN UNION, CHAMPAIGN COUNTY REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION.
I'LL START WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD UPDATE.
UH, WE MET ON FEBRUARY THE 19TH, DR.
MARSHAL AND BRIEFLY SHARED THEIR ADVOCACY, ADVOCACY EFFORTS FOR BROADER ACCESS TO THE COLUMBUS PROMISE.
DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW WHAT THAT IS.
UH, THE COLUMBUS PROMISE GRANTS COLLEGE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO COLUMBUS CITY SCHOOL STUDENTS, WHICH PUTS DUBLIN CITY SCHOOL STUDENTS AT A FINANCIAL DISADVANTAGE.
UH, SO, UH, THE SUPERINTENDENT WAS ADVOCATING ON THE SCHOOL'S BEHALF.
UH, SCHOOLS ALSO LAUNCHED THE HAPPINESS PROJECT, WHICH IS A LECTURE SERIES IN AN EFFORT TO IMPROVE MENTAL HEALTH AMONG STUDENTS.
THE FIRST, UH, RUNNING OF THAT IS CALLED TAKING BACK THE SCREEN, WHICH IS EDUCATING PARENTS ON HOW UNFETTERED ACCESS TO PHONES AND IS DETRIMENTAL TO ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AND MENTAL HEALTH.
UH, ABOUT LIMITING SCREEN SCREEN TIME.
I CAN'T TALK TONIGHT, IT'S LATE.
IT'S PAST MY BEDTIME AND HOW TO, UH, SET UP PARENTAL CONTROLS ON DEVICES.
UM, THE COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT.
ONE OF THE OBJECTIVES THERE, OR ONE OF THE TACTICS I SHOULD SAY, WAS TO REENERGIZE AN EXISTING COLLECTIVE IMPACT INITIATIVE TO PROVIDE INFORMATION TO PARENTS OF YOUTH.
SO THE SCHOOLS ARE CERTAINLY HELPING US IN THAT REGARD.
AND THE SUPERINTENDENT ALSO SHARED THAT HE BELIEVES THAT THE SCIOTO HIGH SCHOOL ADDITION WILL ELIMINATE THE NEED FOR A FOURTH HIGH SCHOOL UNTIL 2033 OR 2034.
MOVING ON TO LOGAN UNION CHAMPAIGN, UH, THE DELL WEBB JEROME SUBDIVISION, UH, FROM PULTE HOMES WAS REVIEWED IN THE LAST MEETING.
THAT'S 673 SINGLE FAMILY LOTS IN THE DUBLIN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
UH, WE WILL MOVE ON TO MR. REINER FOR THE ARTS COUNCIL AND THE COM, UH, ARTS COUNCIL SEARCH COMMITTEE.
UH, DUBLIN ARTS COUNCIL IS FEATURING THE ICELANDIC EXHIBIT CURRENTLY, AND, UM, THE SEARCH COMMUNITY, AFTER A LOT OF ZOOM MEETINGS, I, I WILL TELL YOU, IS STILL IN SEARCH FOR THE NEW LEADER.
UH, MS. CRAM WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP AND THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD ALL WAS PRETTY QUIET ON BOTH.
UH, SO CHIEF DONAHUE'S OFFICIAL FIRST DAY WAS, UH, SATURDAY DURING THE PARADE, SO WELCOME TO HIM.
HE'S NOW OFFICIAL, THE OFFICIAL CHIEF, AND THE ARCHITECTURE REVIEW BOARD IS AGAIN QUIET.
AND THE MEETING HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR FEBRUARY FOR NO AGENDA ITEMS. VERY GOOD.
UM, I, I WILL GIVE THE, UM, MORPH C REPORT.
UM, ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS COMING OUT OF OUR LAST MEETING THAT IS IMPORTANT TO US IS THE ATTRIBUTABLE ATTRIBUTABLE FUNDING, UH, PASSAGE OF, UH, IT WAS ABOUT 27, I THINK MILLION DOLLARS.
FOUR AND A HALF OF THOSE COME FOR THE, UH, EMERALD CONNECTOR BRIDGE.
SO THAT'S GOOD TO HAVE A, AN ADDITIONAL FOUR AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS FUNDING, UM, AS WE PURSUE THAT IMPORTANT CONNECTIVITY PIECE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT, I'M CERTAINLY HAPPY TO ANSWER THOSE.
UM, WITH THAT, WE WILL, UH, HAVE OUR COUNCIL ROUND TABLE, AND I'LL START DOWN HERE AT THE FAR END WITH MS. GRAHAM.
I JUST WANNA THANK ALL THE RESIDENTS WHO CAME OUT FOR STATE OF THE CITY AND CAME OUT IN THE RAIN FOR THE PARADE.
AND THEN I ALSO WANTED TO THANK, UH, DR.
GU FOR HIS SERVICE WITH THE ARTS COUNCIL.
I KNOW HE'S, UM, GOING TO ENJOY RETIREMENT, HOPEFULLY.
I JUST WANTED TO WISH HIM, WISH HIM WELL AND APOLOGIZE FOR NOT BEING ABLE TO ATTEND HIS RETIREMENT PARTY.
WELL, THE PARADE WAS FUN, WET
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I TOLD THEM THAT YOU GET MORE CANDY IN THE RAIN THAN YOU GET ON A SUNNY DAY.GUILLE, UM, I KNOW THAT HE'LL BE RETIRING AND I JUST WANT HIM TO KNOW, AND I HOPE HE IS WATCHING TONIGHT, THAT HE HAS REALLY LIFTED THE ARTS COUNCIL INTO AN EXTREMELY IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE IN UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATING AND EXPERIENCING ART FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE DAYS WHEN HE HAD THE BREAD FESTIVAL.
AND HE BOUGHT CULTURES TOGETHER TO COVID WHEN HE BROUGHT HEALTH AND ART TOGETHER AS A, AS A MODE TO HELP US GET THROUGH REALLY TOUGH TIMES TO THE WAY HE'S HELPED, UM, YOUTH AND CHILDREN UNDERSTAND THAT, UM, WHATEVER THEY DO IN ART WILL BE APPRECIATED THROUGH THE SHOWS THAT HE HAS, THE PUBLIC SPACE COMPETITIONS THAT HE DOES.
UM, HE HAS A WAY OF ALLOWING ALL OF US TO FEEL AS IF ART CAN BE SOMETHING WE CAN ENJOY WITHOUT BEING AFRAID OF IT.
SO I HOPE YOU HAVE A GREAT RETIREMENT AND KNOW THAT YOU'VE MADE AN ENORMOUS IMPACT HERE, AND THAT I HOPE PEOPLE WILL ALWAYS BE FULFILLED AND ENRICHED BY YOUR WORK AND THE ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO INCORPORATE ART INTO THEIR LIVES.
I'D LIKE TO, UH, CONGRATULATE PAUL ON HIS WELL DESERVED AWARD.
UM, YOU'RE NOT ONLY A GREAT ENGINEER
AND ALL THE PROBLEMS WE HAD, WERE YOU HERE 25 YEARS, RIGHT? YEAH.
AND YOU THINK BACK ALL THE PROBLEMS WE WENT THROUGH, UH, IT'S JUST AMAZING.
UH, I WANNA THANK ALLISON AND STAFF FOR WONDERFUL, UH, ST.
YOU STAYED THE COURSE WITH A TOUGH CALL ON THE WEATHER.
IT WAS GUTTY, I GOTTA HAND IT TO THE TEAM.
SO, UH, TONIGHT, UH, WISH TO ACKNOWLEDGE AGAIN ALONG WITH MY COLLEAGUES I OF DUBLIN'S, UH, GREAT SUPERSTARS.
I KNOW, UH, DAVE WATCHES THIS PROGRAM AND, UH, HE'S TOO HUMBLE TO COME HERE, HE SAID.
SO, UM, AFTER THE SERVING THE CITY FOR 20 YEARS, I WANNA THANK HIM FOR HIS OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP.
COVERED ALL THE IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF THAT A LEADER WOULD, HE WAS ALWAYS, UM, MANY OF YOU DON'T KNOW THIS, BUT HE WAS ALWAYS WORKING TO BRING IN SOME REVENUE TO SUPPLEMENT WHAT THE CITY WAS GIVING HIM.
AND IF YOU THINK BACK, THE GARDEN PARTIES, THE COMPLEXITY OF SOME OF THE STUFF, IT CAME, IT WENT.
HE WAS ALWAYS TRYING TO BRING IN MONEY FOR THE ARTS.
UH, YOU THINK OF, UM, SCIOTO SUNDAY AT THE SCIOTO IS WHERE HE CARRIED BASKETS UP THE HILL WITH EVERY PERFORMANCE TRYING TO BUST THE CROWD FOR CASH.
HE WAS ALWAYS IN THERE PITCHING, UM, NEVER GOT ANY CREDIT, BUT IT WAS ALWAYS WORKING HARD TRYING TO, UH, SUPPLEMENT THE INCOME OF THE ARTS.
UM, HE PLANNED EVERY ASPECT OF THE ARTS, BRINGING CONSTANT POSITIVE MEDIA REVIEWS TO OUR COMMUNITY.
HE WAS A NATURAL LEADER WHO CREATED A FIRST CLASS ORGANIZATION AND HE BROUGHT DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL INTO THE INTERNATIONAL SPOTLIGHT WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE, THE RIVER BOX PROGRAM.
UM, COMBINING ARTS WITH PHYSICAL OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES.
HE GOT A LOT OF AC ACCOLADES FOR IT.
AND, UM, I THINK WHEN HE PRESENTED THAT EITHER IN AUSTRALIA OR NEW ZEALAND, EVERYBODY WHO WAS AT THAT THING SAID, WE GOTTA TAKE THIS IDEA HOME AND DO IT IN OUR OWN COUNTRY.
SO, I MEAN, HE DEVELOPED MANY GREAT PROGRAMS INVOLVING THE CITIZENRY AND THEIR CHILDREN.
WISH TO SAY AGAIN, THANK YOU DAVE, FOR 20 YEARS OF OUTSTANDING SERVICE.
ANYTHING ELSE? THANK YOU, ANDY.
SO OUR RESIDENTS REALLY DID PROVE THAT WE ARE THE MOST RESILIENT AND CONNECTED COMMUNITY GLOBAL CITY OF CHOICE ON SATURDAY, IT WAS RAINING BUCKETS.
UH, I THINK I SPOTTED HIM WORKING UNDERCOVER, BUT I'M STILL NOT SURE IF IT WAS ACTUALLY HIM.
UM,
UH, I'D LIKE TO THANK MARK MICHAEL DARLING FOR ORGANIZING A TOUR OF RUM KEY'S STATE-OF-THE-ART RECYCLING FACILITY LAST FRIDAY.
THESE TOURS ARE OPEN TO ANYONE, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT BELIEVE THAT RECYCLING ISN'T A THING.
IN FACT, IT COSTS MORE TO DUMP WASTE AT THE LANDFILL THAN IT DOES TO RECYCLE.
IT'S MORE COSTLY TO TAKE A LOAD OF GARBAGE TO THE LANDFILL THAT REQUIRES NO PROCESSING THAN IT DOES TO TAKE RECYCLING.
THAT REQUIRES MACHINES, SOME, UH, HUMAN INTERVENTION TO SORT THE STUFF.
IT'S ACTUALLY CHEAPER FOR THE CITY TO RECYCLE THAT, TO DUMP TRASH.
UH, YOU MIGHT ASK, HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE? BECAUSE RUMPKE PROCESSES THE MATERIALS WHICH ARE COMMODITIES LIKE PAPER, PLASTIC, ALUMINUM,
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GLASS, ET CETERA, AND THEY SELL THEM TO MANUFACTURERS.IT'S NOT LIKE, YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE THINK THEY'RE TAKING IT TO THE LANDFILL.
IT MAKES THE MONEY, SAVES US MONEY, AND IT'S SIMPLY A NO-BRAINER.
UM, THIS IS NOT A RAFFLE OR A SILENT AUCTION.
GUION, YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE PRESENT TO BE RECOGNIZED.
UM, I THINK PRETTY MUCH EVERYONE ELSE HAS HIT ALL THE HIGH POINTS, BUT I WANT TO THANK HIM FOR HIS SERVICE, HIS VISION, HIS PASSION.
UM, NOT A YEAR GOES BY THAT WE DON'T SEE A NEW PUBLIC ART INSTALLATION.
AS I'VE SAID, PUBLIC ART MAKES US HAPPY AND WE NEED MORE OF IT, NOT LESS.
AND I'D LIKE TO CONGRATULATE PAUL HAMMERSMITH FOR HIS AMERICAN PUBLIC WORKS ASSOCIATION AWARD.
IS THAT THE EQUIVALENT OF AN OSCAR'S LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT?
UH, IF YOU'D INDULGE ME ONE SECOND, I, THERE THERE'S SOMETHING ON YOUR SCREEN, UH, I JUST WANTED TO BRING UP AGAIN.
UH, AND THAT WOULD BE THE CONCEPT OF, UM, MAYBE SENDING THIS OVER CS A OR US JUST DISCUSSING IT.
BECAUSE IF YOU THINK OVER TIME, YOU KNOW, WE STARTED SEEING VISUAL PROBLEMS WITH DUBLIN AND WE CAME UP WITH IDEAS ON HOW TO SOLVE 'EM.
ONE, ONE, A GOOD EXAMPLE WAS LIKE SEWER PIPES STICKING UP.
AND WE SAID, OKAY, WE'RE GONNA PASS A LAW THAT ALL, ALL PIPES THAT ARE IN DRAINAGE SWALES OR WHATEVER, WE'RE GONNA HAVE HEAD WALLS ON 'EM.
AND SO WE REALLY IMPROVED THE AESTHETIC.
SO WHAT, WHAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU IS A ZONING WHERE THEY PUT, UM, UM, UH, ARTIFICIAL TURF ON ROOFS THAT WERE VISUAL FROM OTHER PEOPLE WHO COULD SEE THEM.
AND I JUST THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, IT'S SORT OF A NEAT IDEA.
'CAUSE NORMALLY YOU SEE ROOFS, THEY'RE EITHER COVERED WITH GRAVEL OR BLACK TAR OR SOME OTHER SORT OF OBJECTIONABLE SUBJECT THAT ISN'T OBJECT, THAT ISN'T THAT ATTRACTIVE.
AND IN THIS PARTICULAR ZONING, THESE GUYS USED ASTROTURF TYPE OF THINGS FOR ROOFS.
SO I'D JUST LIKE COUNSEL TO CONSIDER MAYBE PUTTING THIS INTO A ZONING CODE OR SENDING IT TO CSAC TO HAVE THEM LOOK AT IT AND THINK ABOUT IT AS A WAY OF TREATING ROOFS.
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU GET UP ON THE ROOFS AND OUR CAR PARKS AND YOU START LOOKING AROUND, YOU GO, THIS COULD BE A LOT BETTER.
AND WE JUST DON'T HAVE A, A ZONING FOR THIS OR A A OR IDEAS OR A MANDATORY REQUIREMENT.
SO, UH, I'D LIKE TO SEE, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL EITHER, YOU KNOW, ADOPT SOMETHING LIKE THIS OR SEND IT TO CA ACT FOR STUDY.
SO THEY COME UP WITH A COMMON ROOF SOLUTION AND THAT'S A REQUEST.
SO, YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE YOU TO CONSIDER IT.
I MEAN, IT'S NOT JUST A SUGGESTION.
DO WE WANNA SEND IT TO CSAC? JOHN? DOES IT MAKE SENSE TO HAVE STAFF PUT SOME, PUT A LITTLE MORE, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WE'D BE.
WE, WE'D BE ASKING THE CSAC, DOES IT MAKE SENSE TO HAVE STAFF HAVE THAT? AND JUST LET'S DO THAT.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE BEFORE? YEAH.
WE, WE GOTTA WE GOTTA MOVE ON WITH THE AESTHETICS GUYS.
IS THAT ALL RIGHT? THAT WOULD THAT WORK? OKAY.
UM, I TOO WANNA THANK STAFF FOR THEIR 300 HOUR WEEK LAST WEEK.
AND PROBABLY THE HUNDRED HOUR WEEK BEFORE THAT.
BUT, UM, IT'S ALWAYS DONE SO INCREDIBLY WELL.
AND PAUL, FOR YOUR 200 HOUR WEEKS FOR 20 YEARS, I CAN'T EVEN DO THAT MATH.
BUT, UM, IT'S A PLEASURE TO GET TO WORK WITH YOU AND TO SEE THE FRUITS OF YOUR LABOR.
VERY, VERY DIS UH, WELL DESERVED.
AND DAVID, I HOPE YOU'RE HOME WITH YOUR FEET UP.
I HOPE YOU'RE NOT WATCHING THIS.
I HOPE YOU'RE WATCHING IT OVER A COFFEE.
BUT, UM, AS EVERYBODY SAID, UM, YOU HAVE JUST THE UNIQUE, WONDERFUL TALENT, WHICH HAS BEEN REALLY OUR GIFT TO HAVE A VISION OF WHAT ART COULD BE, AND THEN THE ABILITY TO PULL IT OFF IN AN AMAZING WAY AND SHOW US WHAT ART IS.
AND SO YOU DID BOTH OF THOSE MASTERFULLY.
SO IF I HAD TO SUM UP, UM, YOUR CAREER, I WOULD JUST SIMPLY SAY JUST A MASTERPIECE.
SO THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS AND WISH YOU ALL THE VERY, VERY BEST, UM, IN YOUR RETIREMENT.
AND WE KNOW WE'LL SEE YOU OUT AND ABOUT IN THE ART.
UM, AND, AND TO ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE, YOUR MANY YEARS OF SERVICE ARE VERY APPRECIATED BY EVERYONE.
PATRICK'S DAY PARADE, DESPITE THE RAIN.
UM, ALTHOUGH I'M NOT SURE HOW WELL THAT SOME OF THE CANDY FARED.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, AS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT ST.
PATRICK'S DAY AND RAIN AND SUN, YOU FORGOT TO MENTION THE SNOW, WHICH WE HAD NOT THAT LONG AGO.
SO IT, IT, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GONNA GET, RIGHT? IT'S LIKE A BOX OF CHOCOLATES.
UM, AND TO DAVID, WHO IS A VERY, VERY SPECIAL MAN, I WILL JUST REALLY SIMPLY STATE HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE THAT DAVID MADE THE ARTS ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE.
WHETHER THAT WAS SOMEONE FROM DUBLIN, SOMEONE COMING TO DUBLIN, SOMEONE PASSING THROUGH.
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EVERYONE, UM, AND MADE IT EASY.WE HAD A BIRTHDAY LAST WEEK AND THIS YOUNG LADY GOT TO SPEND, SPEND 22, 22 YEARS FUN, GOT TO SPEND HER BIRTHDAY AT THE STATE OF THE CITY.
I RECALL ONE YEAR DURING COVID, SHE GOT TO SPEND HER BIRTHDAY STANDING ON THE STAGE AT THE REVERSE ST.
PATRICK'S STAPLE PARADE THAT WE DID, WHICH WAS ALSO FABULOUS.
SO TO A VERY YOUNG LADY WHO IS VERY SPECIAL TO ALL OF US AND CLEARLY GIVES UP HER VERY OWN BIRTHDAY FOR CITY EVENTS.
I HOPE IT WAS A WONDERFUL ONE.
IT WAS I GOT TO SPEND IT WITH YOU.
HOW, HOW, WHAT MORE COULD A GIRL ASK FOR ON, FOR 54TH BIRTHDAY? UM, I'D LIKE TO START BY THANKING THE SAIL GROUP, THE SAFE ALLIANCE OF INTERFAITH LEADERS FOR HAVING A WONDERFUL IFTAR DINNER ON, UM, MARCH THE FOURTH.
IT WAS REALLY A FANTASTIC TIME.
THEY PUT TOGETHER A GREAT PANEL OF SPEAKERS, UM, THAT, THAT REALLY, IT WAS JUST REALLY REAFFIRMING IN OUR COMMUNITY AND REAFFIRMING OF WHAT WE'RE CAPABLE OF TO COME TOGETHER AND HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND, UH, BREAK BREAD TOGETHER IN THAT WAY.
ON, UH, MARCH THE SEVENTH, WE HAD OUR COMMA MEETING.
UH, THE BULK OF THAT COMMA MEETING REALLY CIRCLED AROUND, UH, THE SHORT TERM RENTAL ISSUES AND SOME OTHER ISSUES AROUND THE STATE HOUSE.
UH, THE ZOO WAS THE HOST, SO THANK YOU TO, UH, TOM SCHMIDT FOR HOSTING US THERE.
UM, POWELL WAS, UH, THE HOST COMMUNITY, UH, AND GAVE US A BRIEF UPDATE ON SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE, THAT'S GOING ON IN THEIR COMMUNITY AS WELL.
THEY HAVE SOME EXCITING THINGS THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON.
THEN ON THE NINTH, I, UH, HEAD TO, UH, HEADED TO WASHINGTON, DC FOR THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES MEETING.
I HAD MY ITC COMMITTEE MEETING, UM, WHERE WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME IN, UH, SETTING OUR FEDERAL ADVOCACY AGENDA.
AND CERTAINLY WITH THE NEW ADMINISTRATION, THERE IS A LOT OF WORK TO DO IN TERMS OF SETTING WHAT YOUR FEDERAL ADVOCACY IS GOING TO BE AND WHAT YOU THINK YOU CAN EXECUTE ON AND WHAT YOU CAN, UH, PURSUE.
SO WE'LL BE SPENDING THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS REFINING THAT, THAT WOULD BE DELIVERED HOPEFULLY IN, UM, AUGUST OR SEPTEMBER.
UM, I DID HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH, UH, TWO OF OUR LOCAL CONGRESSIONAL FOLKS, TROY BALDERSON AND MIKE CAREY.
UH, WE HAD SIGNIFICANT CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE TAX EXEMPT STATUS OF MUNICIPAL BONDS, WHICH, UM, IS ONE OF THE REALLY IMPORTANT THINGS.
IT'S, IT'S KIND OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT EQUIVALENT TO CENTRALIZED COLLECTIONS FOR US, BECAUSE WITHOUT THE TAX EXEMPT STATUS OF THOSE MUNICIPAL BONDS, IT WOULD BE INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT FOR US TO EXECUTE ON ANY CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS IN THE CITY.
UM, IT IS A HUGE PAY FOR, FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, FOR MANY OF THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE, UM, LOOKING TO DO.
SO IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE ADVOCATE FOR WHAT THAT WILL DO.
UM, THERE WAS SOME REQUEST ON OUR PART AND, UH, THAT I HAVEN'T REALLY, UH, CIRCULATED YET, WAS TO, WHAT WOULD THE COST OF YOUR PROJECT BE IF YOU DID NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO HAVE TAX EXEMPT MUNICIPAL BONDS IN, IN OTHER WORDS, WHAT WOULD YOUR, HOW MUCH WOULD YOUR ASK OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT GO UP IF YOU WEREN'T ABLE TO HAVE TAX EXEMPT BONDS? AND THEN CALCULATE THAT ACROSS THE NATION AND WHAT REALLY, WHAT REALLY ARE YOU EXTRAPOLATING THE PAY FOR? UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT MONEY'S LEFT OVER AFTER YOU DO THAT EXERCISE? SO I HOPE TO ENGAGE IN SOME OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS HERE IN THE NEAR TERM.
UM, FORTUNATELY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WAS FUNDED UNTIL, I THINK THROUGH SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER.
SO, UH, WE MAY HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME ON THAT.
ALSO, HA WENT TO A, A REALLY INTERESTING, UM, TIME THERE ON THAT CIRCULATED AROUND RAIL SAFETY.
AND NOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE, UM, REALLY MORE RAIL IN OUR COMMUNITY IN TERMS OF RAIL CROSSING.
IT KIND OF HAD BEEN ON THE PERIPHERY OF OUR, I THINK THERE'S SOME REALLY GOOD CONVERSATIONS FOR US TO HAVE RELATIVE TO WHAT DOES IT MEAN NOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE RAIL PASSING THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY RATHER THAN JUST ADJACENT TO OUR COMMUNITY.
UH, AND I BROUGHT SOME MATERIALS HOME THAT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO PASSING OFF TO STAFF SO THAT THEY CAN LOOK AT THAT.
I DID MEET WITH, UH, MARIAH MORALES.
UM, SHE IS THE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS DIRECTOR AT AMTRAK AND TRIED TO GET A, A, A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THIS PHASE TWO IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE, AND ARE THE FEDERAL MATCHES STILL GOING TO BE AVAILABLE FOR LOCAL COMMUNITIES.
AS WE COMPLETED PHASE ONE OF OUR RAIL STUDY AND EMBARK ON PHASE TWO, UM, I, THERE, I, I HAD A HIGH LEVEL OF CONFIDENCE THAT WE WOULD, THERE WOULD STILL BE FEDERAL FUNDING MATCHES.
IF, AS YOU RECALL, IT'S A 90 10 MATCH, 90% FEDERAL FUNDS, 10% STATE AND LOCAL FUNDS FOR THE COST OF THE PHASE TWO, UM, IT, IT APPEARS THAT THAT WILL REMAIN INTACT FOR THE TIME BEING.
AND SO WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT OUR PHASE TWO, UM,
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CONTINUES ON, UH, A GOOD TRAJECTORY.I ALSO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH, UH, CHRISTINE SERRANO GLASSNER.
SHE'S THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS.
AND AS WE LOOK AT FEDERAL FUNDING, YOU KNOW, I I, IN MY TIME WITH MIKE CAREY, I DID ASK HIM ABOUT HIS MEMBER DIRECTED SPENDING OR EARMARK PORTION OF THE $6 MILLION WE WERE GRANTED IN THE LAST BUDGET.
UM, THOSE DOLLARS WERE GOING TO HAVE TO REAPPLY FOR, UM, SO WE'LL HAVE TO, UM, SUBMIT THAT AGAIN IN ORDER FOR THAT TO BE FUNDED, BECAUSE THE CONTINUING RESOLUTION DID NOT INCLUDE EARMARK FUNDS.
SO THOSE WILL NAVIGATE THAT PROCESS AGAIN.
SO WE'LL HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF WORK TO DO THERE, BUT CHRISTINE HAD INDICATED THAT THE, UM, THAT HER JOB WAS TO ASSIST US IN THOSE SPACES.
SO I, I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH HER AND SEEING, UM, HOW WE CAN NAVIGATE THOSE WATERS IN THE, IN UNCERTAIN TIMES IN TERMS OF FEDERAL FUNDING, UM, ON THE 12TH, I, I, UH, LEFT DC AND WENT TO DETROIT FOR THE EMPEROR 65TH, HIS MAJESTY, THE EMPEROR 65TH BIRTHDAY PARTY.
UH, AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET OUR NEW CONS GENERAL, UH, JIMMY KIRA, UH, WHO IS REALLY A LOVELY GENTLEMAN, AND IT WAS, UH, IT WAS A VERY INFORMATIVE TIME.
HE HAD A PANEL CONVERSATION THERE, UM, WHERE HE TALKED ABOUT THE THINGS THAT JAPAN IS LOOKING TO DO.
UH, SO CERTAINLY TARIFFS AND THOSE THINGS CAME UP IN THE COURSE OF THAT CONVERSATION.
AND I THINK OUR SUPPLY CHAIN PEOPLE IN, IN THE CITY OR PEOPLE THAT WORK IN THOSE SPACES, UM, HOPEFULLY WE CAN CONTINUE TO GET GOOD ANSWERS FOR WHAT THE FUTURE MIGHT HOLD IN THOSE SPACES AND, UM, COMMUNICATE TO THEM SOME LEVEL OF CERTAINTY OR SOME LEVEL OF CONFIDENCE OF WHAT, HOW, WHAT THINGS MIGHT LOOK LIKE MOVING FORWARD.
UM, UH, WHEN ARINE CONGRATULATE PAUL, IT WAS REALLY FUN TO WATCH YOUR FACE AND FIGURE OUT WHY ARE THESE GUY, YOU STARTED LOOKING AROUND, WHY ARE THESE TWO GUYS HERE? WHAT'S GOING ON? AND THEN YOU LOOK TO THE BACK OF THE ROOM, WELL, WHY ARE THOSE PEOPLE HERE? SO, CONGRATULATIONS.
I, I HOPE THAT THAT WAS A, A MEANINGFUL SURPRISE FOR YOU.
AND IT CERTAINLY, UM, TO, TO SEE YOUR JOY IS, UH, YOU DON'T SEE A LOT OF ENGINEER PAUL HAMMERSMITH, JOY
I JUST DON'T GET TO SEE A LOT OF IT.
UM, BUT TO SEE, TO SEE THAT I KNOW THAT IT MEANT, MEANT A LOT TO YOU.
AND IT MEANS A LOT TO US TO HAVE, TO BE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING THAT MEANS A LOT TO YOU, AND CERTAINLY WELL DESERVED FOR THAT AWARD.
AND SO GLAD THAT THEY WERE HERE TO DELIVER IT, AND THAT THEY, THERE WAS AN ELEMENT OF SURPRISE.
YOU DON'T, YOU DON'T GET TO PULL MANY OF THOSE OFF.
UM, AND TO DAVID GUIANA, YOU KNOW, UH, ONE THING THAT I WILL REMEMBER ABOUT DAVID IS HIS JOY FOR THE ARTS AND HIS JOY IN DELIVERING THE ARTS AND HOW MUCH IT, IT MEANT TO HIM IN THIS COMMUNITY.
AND THE ART COLLECTION THAT THIS COMMUNITY HAS ASSEMBLED FOR THE SIZE OF OUR COMMUNITY IS REALLY REMARKABLE.
UM, AND THAT SPEAKS TO HIS PASSION FOR DOING SO.
AND I, YOU KNOW, I KNOW HE'S, UM, BEEN REALLY WORKING HARD TO GET HIS MOST RECENT, THE MOST ARTS COUNCIL, MOST RECENT INSTALLATION ACROSS THE FINISH LINE, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT HE DOESN'T WANNA LEAVE SOMETHING UNDONE.
SO, DAVID, THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE ON BEHALF OF THIS COMMUNITY.
BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, THANK YOU FOR THE JOY IN WHICH YOU DID IT.
AND, UM, EVERY TIME I WOULD SEE HIM, HE WOULD ALWAYS COME FORWARD WITH A SMILE ON HIS FACE.
AND LASTLY, THANK YOU TO THE COMMUNITY FOR COMING TO THE ST.
AND I OWE YOU ALL AN APOLOGY FOR PUTTING, SOAKING WET TOOTSIE ROLLS IN YOUR BAG.
UM, BUT IT WAS REALLY FUN TO SEE SO MANY, UH, FACES THAT JUST HAD SMILES EAR TO EAR, DESPITE THE RECEPTION OF A SOAKING WET TOOTSIE ROLL THAT I'M NOT SURE WHERE THAT ENDED.
BUT WE'LL HOPE FOR GOOD THINGS,
UM, WITH THAT, IF THERE IS NOTHING FURTHER FOR THE GOOD OF THE ORDER, WE WILL STAND ADJOURNED.