Jul 01, 2025 City Council

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OKAY, IT IS 530 AND I WOULD LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THE.

[CALL TO ORDER]

I HAVE RECEIVED NOTICE FROM MISS CRAM THAT THERE IS A TRAFFIC ISSUE ON RIVERSIDE DRIVE.

SHE WILL BE JOINING US BUT WILL BE LATE. AND WITH THAT, JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? VICE MAYOR LUTO HERE. MAYOR AMBROSE HERE. MISS DEROSA HERE.

MISS FOX. MISTER KEELER HERE. MISTER REINER HERE.

[ADJOURNMENT TO EXECUTIVE SESSION]

JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? MR. ROSSA? YES, MR. KEELER. YES. VICE MAYOR. YES. MR. REINER.

MISS FOX. YES. MAYOR AMBROSE. YES. YES. OKAY.

WE WILL RECONVENE FOR THE LISTENING PUBLIC HERE IN THIS LOCATION AT 7 P.M..

THANK YOU. OKAY. IT IS 7 P.M. AND WE WILL RECONVENE THE TUESDAY, JULY 1ST, 2025.

[RECONVENE (7 P.M.)]

[SPECIAL PRESENTATION]

SO AT THIS TIME, THERE HE IS. DAVID GILLAN IS HERE.

IF YOU WOULD PLEASE COME FORWARD. INVITE DAVID GILLAN WITH THE DUBLIN ARTS COUNCIL TO MAKE A VERY IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT. WELCOME. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.

MARY ANN ROSS ROOMS. TONIGHT, WE'RE SORT OF MARKING A NEW BEGINNING AT THE ARTS COUNCIL.

I'M REALLY EXCITED. WE'VE IDENTIFIED A FANTASTIC CANDIDATE FOR THIS POSITION, AND I JUST CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT HER, AND I WANT HER TO INTRODUCE HERSELF, BUT I ALSO WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR WELL WISHES.

I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I'M DANCING WITH PARKINSON'S PATIENTS AND TAKING ART CLASSES AND DOING ALL THOSE THINGS THAT THE ARTS CAN DO TO HELP HEAL.

I'M LIVING THE LIVING. WHAT I'M PREACHING. SO I'M REALLY EXCITED FOR THIS NEXT CHAPTER FOR THE ARTS COUNCIL.

AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OVER ALL THESE YEARS, ALL THESE 20 YEARS.

IT MEANS SO MUCH TO ME. AND MAUREEN IS FANTASTIC.

SHE COMES TO US FROM THE URBAN ART SPACE AT THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, AND SHE'S READY TO GO.

AND SHE'S READY TO LISTEN TO ALL OF YOU AND WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY.

AND SHE NEEDS YOUR FEEDBACK AND YOUR INPUT. AND AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

AND I'LL INTRODUCE MAUREEN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU EVERYONE. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AMBROSE GROOMS AND VICE MAYOR LUTO AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND THANK YOU, DAVID, FOR YOUR VERY GENEROUS INTRODUCTION AND FOR YOUR YEARS OF DEDICATED LEADERSHIP, WHICH HAVE SHAPED DUBLIN ARTS COUNCIL INTO A VITAL AND INSPIRING FORCE IN THE COMMUNITY.

IT'S A TRUE, TRUE HONOR TO FOLLOW IN YOUR FOOTSTEPS.

YEAH. I BELIEVE DEEPLY THAT THE ARTS ARE ESSENTIAL TO INDIVIDUAL AND COMMUNITY WELL-BEING.

THEY BRING US TOGETHER. THEY OFFER HEALING. THEY CREATE SPACE FOR CONNECTION AND MEANING.

AND THROUGH OUR SHARED INVESTMENTS BETWEEN THE CITY OF DUBLIN, DUBLIN ARTS COUNCIL WE HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE MAKING A LASTING IMPACT IN THE LIVES OF RESIDENTS BY CENTERING COMMUNITY, BY FOSTERING BELONGING AND ENSURING ACCESS TO THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF THE ARTS FOR ALL. AS AN ARTIST AND AN ARTS ADMINISTRATOR, I'M EXCITED TO BUILD ON A STRONG FOUNDATION ALREADY IN PLACE AND TO WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH YOU AND WITH THE TEAM, OF COURSE, AT DUBLIN ARTS COUNCIL AND THE BOARD, AND WITH THE PEOPLE OF DUBLIN TO SHAPE A VIBRANT, INCLUSIVE FUTURE THAT REFLECTS THE CREATIVITY AND SPIRITS OF THE DUBLIN COMMUNITY. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE WARM WELCOME AND I'M THRILLED TO BE HERE AND I'M READY TO GET STARTED.

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IF THEY COULD JUST STAND AND BE RECOGNIZED. THANK.

THANK YOU. THANKS AGAIN. WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND, DAVID, WE CANNOT THANK YOU ENOUGH AS A AS JUST YOUR LEADERSHIP IN THIS COMMUNITY.

I REMEMBER WHEN YOU FIRST CAME. IT DOESN'T. AND THEN YOU SAID IT'S BEEN 20 YEARS, AND THAT DOESN'T SEEM QUITE POSSIBLE, BUT TIME SURE DOES FLY WHEN YOU'RE HAVING FUN.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK. AND WE HOPE THAT YOU FEEL OUR WARM HEARTS AND OUR BEST WISHES FOR YOU IN THE NEXT, IN THE NEXT STEPS. AS YOU KEEP DANCING AND KEEP CREATING ART AND WE ARE INDEBTED, YOU KNOW? THANK YOU. JUST DOESN'T SEEM LIKE SUFFICIENT ENOUGH LANGUAGE TO USE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE INDEBTEDNESS THAT THIS COMMUNITY OWES YOU.

SO WE ARE WE ARE CERTAINLY A GRATEFUL BODY HERE.

AND AND WE'VE JUST BEEN HUMBLED BY BEING ABLE TO WORK WITH YOU.

AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING TO KNOW YOU. AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT YOUR VISION FOR THE ARTS COUNCIL IS GOING TO BE.

YOU BEHIND AND AROUND YOU ARE SOME FANTASTIC PEOPLE THAT HAVE REPRESENTED THE ARTS IN THIS COMMUNITY WITH EXCELLENCE.

SO WE KNOW THAT THAT YOU WILL LEAD THEM AND TAKE THEM TO NEW PLACES AND THAT THEY WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE GREAT INSIGHT AND DIRECTION.

SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS.

SO THANK YOU. OKAY. YOU'RE WELCOME TO STAY FOR THE BALANCE OF OUR MEETING IF YOU'D LIKE TO.

[CITIZEN COMMENTS]

I CAN'T WAIT TO GET INTO IT. BUT BUT IN THE EVENT THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO DEPART, FEEL FREE TO DO SO.

BUT AT THIS TIME, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CITIZENS TO COMMENT ON ANY TOPIC THAT IS NOT ON THIS EVENING'S AGENDA.

TRUST THAT SOME OF YOU HAD A CHANCE TO SIGN IN IN THE KIOSK ON YOUR WAY IN, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING YOUR THOUGHTS.

SO, LINDSAY, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA THIS EVENING? GOOD EVENING. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL JUNG WOO HAS SIGNED IN.

OH, OKAY. DID YOU. IF YOU'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD, COME FORWARD.

AND IF YOU WOULD STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS INTO THE RECORD AND FOR YOUR COMMENTS.

SO GOOD EVENING, MAYOR GROOMS, VICE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS HONCHO YOU? I WILL. I HAVE A PROPERTY CALLED THE CITY OF DUBLIN, HOME FOR THE PAST 19 YEARS.

DURING THIS TIME, I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF SERVING ON THE COMMUNITY SERVICE ADVISORY COMMISSION FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS.

SO I HAVE TWO CHILDREN WHO HAVE BOTH GONE THROUGH THE K THROUGH 12 EDUCATION HERE, ATTENDING GLACIER RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND JEROME HIGH SCHOOL.

I REMAIN ACTIVE, INVOLVED, ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERING EVENTS, PARTICIPATING IN SCHOOL PTO, AND SERVE AS KEY COMMUNICATORS FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WHILE MY KIDS WERE IN SCHOOL.

SO I ALSO SERVE ON THE BOARDS OF CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS ASIAN AMERICAN COALITION OF OHIO, WITH A PURPOSE TO PROMOTE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT. AND THEN OTHER ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS US ARTS FOUNDATION, WHICH PRESERVES AND PROMOTES ASIAN DANCE PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENT, PLUG THEIR ANNUAL DANCE PERFORMANCE IS GOING TO BE SEPTEMBER 28TH AT ABBEY THEATER. I HOPE YOU GUYS WILL BE ABLE TO GO AND ENJOY.

SO THIS IS A LOT ABOUT ME. I ALSO ATTENDED OHIO STATE, YOU KNOW, GOT A PHD DEGREE.

MY HUSBAND GOT A BACHELOR MASTER'S DEGREE IN COMPUTER SCIENCE, AND THEN WE DECIDED TO BUILD OUR FAMILY HERE TO RAISE OUR KIDS, YOU KNOW, FOR OUR HOME, WHICH TO FULFILL THE AMERICAN DREAM.

SO AS A LONG TIME RESIDENT AND COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER, I CARE DEEPLY ABOUT THE VALUE THAT THE THAT DEFINES OUR CITY AND THE STATE.

ALL THIS LONG TALK, I JUST WANT TO SAY ONE THING IS THAT IT'S NOT THAT HOW AWESOME I AM IS THAT I WANT TO SHOW YOU THAT PEOPLE LIKE ME WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE PROPOSED OHIO HOUSE BILL ONE IN OHIO SENATE BILL 88.

SO THOSE BILLS, THEY AIM TO BAN PEOPLE LIKE ME FROM OWNING A HOME IN OHIO, WHICH I THINK IT'S NOT FAIR.

IT'S AN ATTACK ON FAIRNESS, ON CIVIL RIGHTS AND THE VALUES THAT WE HOLD VERY DEAR.

IT'S NOT ONLY UN-AMERICAN, IT'S UNCONSTITUTIONAL.

AND THIS BILL ECHOES THE DISCRIMINATORY ALIEN LAND LAWS FROM ABOUT 100 CENTURIES AGO.

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SO I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. AND COULD WE PLEASE JUST GET YOUR ADDRESS INTO THE RECORD, IF YOU WOULD, PLEASE. I'M SORRY. YOUR ADDRESS.

OH, MY ADDRESS, 64801 CIRCLE. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

UNTIL NEXT YEAR. WELCOME.

OH, THERE YOU GO. YOU'RE ALL SET. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING.

COUNCIL MEMBERS. MAYOR GROOMS VICE MAYOR LUTO AND THE DUBLIN COMMUNITY.

MY NAME IS YING WU. AND TONIGHT, I'M STANDING HERE BEFORE YOU.

NOT JUST AS A DUBLIN RESIDENT, BUT AS A MOTHER, AS A NEIGHBOR, AND AS SOMEONE WHO CHOSE THIS COMMUNITY AS A PLACE TO BUILD OUR AMERICAN DREAM. SO MY WHEN MY HUSBAND FINISHED HIS PHYSICIAN FELLOWSHIP.

WE STOOD AT A CROSSROADS THAT MANY IMMIGRANT FAMILIES ACTUALLY ALSO WELL KNOWN THE NEW YORK CITY SKYLINE, THE LOS ANGELES GLAM, OR THE TAMPA SUNSHINE OR THE BUFFALO'S AFFORDABILITY.

WE HAVE A LOT OF OPTIONS IN FRONT OF US TO CHOOSE FROM, BUT ONLY ONE PLACE FEELS LIKE HOME.

WE CHOSE DUBLIN NOT ONLY JUST FOR ITS WORLD CLASS SCHOOLS OR THE BEAUTIFUL PARKS WE ALL ENJOY.

WE CHOSE A WAY HERE THAT NEIGHBORS BECOME FAMILIES, THE WAY THE COMMUNITY, NOT JUST TOLERANT DIFFERENCES.

IT CELEBRATES THEM. DUBLIN'S STRENGTHS HAS ALWAYS BEEN IN ITS DIVERSITY.

80 PLUS COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN. 60 PLUS LANGUAGES SPOKEN IN SCHOOLS.

ONE COMMUNITY. THIS IS WHERE WE BOUGHT OUR FIRST HOME.

THIS IS WHERE WE WELCOME OUR SECOND CHILD, WHERE WE BUILD A LIFE FILLED WITH NOT ONLY JUST BACKYARD BARBECUES, SCHOOL CONCERTS, BUT ALSO THE QUIET JOY OF BELONGING HERE.

BUT NOW, LIKE JOHN SAID, HB ONE AND SB 88 REALLY THREATEN TO REWRITE OUR STORY HERE.

THE BILLS SCREAM AT FAMILIES JUST LIKE MINE. NO MATTER HOW MUCH YOU CONTRIBUTE TO WORK TOWARDS, YOU WILL ALWAYS BE SEEN AS DIFFERENT OR A THREAT.

PLEASE LET ME BE CLEAR HERE. THIS IS NOT ABOUT SECURITY.

IT IS ABOUT FEAR. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ACTUALLY HAVE A VERY STRONG SYSTEM IN PLACE TO ADDRESS REAL THREATS.

THESE BILLS, THEY TARGET FAMILIES, TARGET TEACHERS, DOCTORS, ENTREPRENEURS, AND SIMPLY BECAUSE OF WHERE THEY WERE BORN AND FROM. I KNOW ABOUT PROVING YOUR WORTH.

OUR PATH TO CITIZENSHIP TOOK ABOUT 15 YEARS OF BACKGROUND CHECKS, INTERVIEWS, AND THEN WAITING.

WE DID EVERYTHING RIGHT. BUT THIS BILL SAID NONE OF THAT MATTERS TO YOU.

SO TO I'M HERE. I'M STANDING HERE REALLY TO OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS AND ALSO TO OUR FELLOW RESIDENTS.

THIS AFFECTS ALL OF US. WHEN ANY FAMILY LIVE UNDER SUSPICION, OUR WHOLE COMMUNITY WILL SUFFER.

DUBLIN'S MAGIC HAS ALWAYS BEEN TURNING THEM INTO.

WE. WE CHOSE DUBLIN BECAUSE IT REPRESENTS THE BEST AMERICA, THE AMERICAN VALUE.

LET'S KEEP IT THAT WAY. I HOPE THAT MY REMARKS HERE TRULY RAISE AWARENESS SO WE CAN ALL WORK TOGETHER TO TO HAVE THE CONVERSATIONS TO PROTECT THE INCLUSIVE SPIRIT THAT DUBLIN HAS THAT MAKE US STRONGER.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

VERY GOOD. COULD WE GET YOUR ADDRESS INTO THE RECORD? SURE. 6753 OLIVER WAY. WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. LINDSAY.

NO ONE ELSE HAS SIGNED IN. OKAY. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE PRESENT THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? SURE. IF YOU WOULD, PLEASE COME FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS INTO THE RECORD AND GIVE US YOUR THOUGHTS.

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GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MEMBERS. THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TONIGHT.

MY NAME IS SHOTARO AKITO. I'M A PROUD RESIDENT OF THIS CITY AND NATURALIZED U.S.

CITIZEN ORIGINALLY FROM JAPAN, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, A FATHER OF TWO YOUNG CHILDREN WHO ARE BEGINNING TO DISCOVER THE WORLD AROUND THEM.

MY FAMILY AND I LOVE THE CITY. WE LOVE THE REC CENTERS, THE POOLS, THE LIBRARIES AND THE DUBLIN MARKET.

ON THE WEEKENDS. WE LOVE THE JAPANESE FESTIVALS, THE ASIAN FUSION RESTAURANTS, THE BAKERIES AND THE BEAUTIFUL ENVIRONMENT THAT SURROUNDS US. BUT WHAT WE CHERISH MOST IS THE PEOPLE. THE NEIGHBORS WHO'VE BECOME FRIENDS, THE CHILDREN WHO PLAY TOGETHER AT THE SAME PLAYGROUNDS, AND THE TEACHERS AT OUR PRESCHOOL WHO SPEAK MULTIPLE LANGUAGES AND CELEBRATE EVERY CULTURE.

OUR PRESCHOOL IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF WHAT WHAT MAKES THE CITY SPECIAL.

THE CHILDREN SPEAK DIFFERENT LANGUAGES. THE PARENTS BRING DISHES FROM THEIR HOME COUNTRIES TO SHARE.

IT'S A PLACE WHERE DIVERSITY ISN'T JUST ACCEPTED, IT'S EMBRACED.

IT'S WHERE MY CHILDREN ARE LEARNING THAT THEY BELONG.

BUT HOUSE BILL ONE AND SENATE BILL 88 THREATEN ALL THIS.

IF PASSED, THIS BILL WOULD FORCE MANY OF OUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS, LEGAL RESIDENTS AND VISA HOLDERS TO LEAVE THEIR HOMES, IT WOULD TEAR APART THE VERY FABRIC OF OUR COMMUNITY.

IT WOULD SEND A CHILLING MESSAGE TO FAMILIES LIKE MINE THAT NO MATTER HOW MUCH WE CONTRIBUTE, NO MATTER HOW MUCH WE LOVE THIS PLACE, WE MIGHT NEVER TRULY BELONG.

THIS BILL REMINDS ME OF A PAINFUL CHAPTER IN AMERICAN HISTORY DURING WORLD WAR TWO.

OVER 120,000 JAPANESE AMERICANS, MANY OF THEM WITH U.S.

CITIZENS, WERE FORCED INTO INTERNMENT CAMPS. THEY WERE TREATED AS THREATS SIMPLY BECAUSE OF THEIR ANCESTRY.

WE NOW RECOGNIZE THAT AS A GRAVE INJUSTICE. BUT IF WE DON'T SPEAK UP NOW, WE RISK REPEATING THAT HISTORY.

I ASK YOU TO IMAGINE A VERSION OF OUR CITY WITHOUT ITS ASIAN IMMIGRANTS.

NO CHINESE GROCERY STORES, NO JAPANESE FESTIVALS, NO KOREAN BAKERIES, NO VIETNAMESE PHO SHOPS, NO INDIAN NEIGHBORS BRINGING SAMOSAS TO THEIR SCHOOL POTLUCK.

IMAGINE OUR CLASSROOMS, PARKS, AND NEIGHBORHOODS WITHOUT THE BEAUTIFUL BLEND OF ASIAN CULTURES, LANGUAGES AND TRADITIONS. THAT'S NOT A CITY I WANT MY CHILDREN TO GROW UP IN.

WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR SPECIAL TREATMENT. WE ARE ASKING FOR FAIRNESS.

FOR BELONGING. FOR THE CHANCE TO CONTINUE BUILDING A LIFE HERE ALONGSIDE ALL OF YOU.

WE RESPECTFULLY URGE THIS COUNCIL TO TAKE A STAND.

SPEAK OUT AGAINST HB ONE AND SB 88. LET THE STATE KNOW THAT OUR CITY VALUES DIVERSITY, INCLUSION, AND THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF EVERY RESIDENT, REGARDLESS OF WHERE THEY ARE BORN.

LET'S MAKE SURE OUR CHILDREN GROW UP IN A CITY THAT WELCOMES THEM, NOT ONE THAT PUSHES THEIR FRIENDS AWAY.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO TO MAKE THIS CITY A PLACE WE'RE PROUD TO CALL HOME.

THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE PRESENT THIS EVENING THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM, NOT ON THE AGENDA.

HEARING NONE. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR COMING AND MAKING YOUR CONCERNS PUBLIC THIS EVENING.

YOU KNOW, WE WE DO MONITOR WHAT HAPPENS AT THE STATE HOUSE, ALTHOUGH WE DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO CONTROL IT.

WE DO MONITOR IT, AND WE COMMUNICATE REGULARLY WITH THE OFFICIALS THAT ARE ELECTED THAT REPRESENT US.

I KNOW THAT THIS IS AN ISSUE NOT ONLY FOR RESIDENTIAL FOLKS SUCH AS YOURSELF, BUT MANY OF OUR CORPORATIONS AS WELL.

SO IT IS AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ISSUE IN THE COMMUNITY ALONG WITH A RESIDENTIAL ISSUE.

SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR HOUSE BILL ONE AND SENATE BILL 88.

I UNDERSTAND THAT IT HAS HAD THREE HEARINGS DOWN AT THE STATE HOUSE, AND IT HAS NOT YET COME OUT OF COMMITTEE.

THEY WILL BE ON BREAK UNTIL THE FALL. WHICH AT THAT POINT IN TIME THIS TOPIC WILL WILL BE TAKEN UP AGAIN AND WE WILL MONITOR IT CLOSELY.

WE WILL COMMUNICATE WITH OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS OF THE THE CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE FOR THE SAFETY OF OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR CORPORATE CORPORATIONS AS WELL. AND WE WILL CERTAINLY KEEP YOU IN THE LOOP.

WHEN YOU SIGNED IN OUT THERE, YOU PROBABLY GIVE US YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS. SO WE WILL KEEP YOU IN THE LOOP TO HOW THOSE THINGS PROGRESS AND THE THINGS THAT WE HEAR, AND WE HOPE THAT YOU WILL DO LIKEWISE. SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING.

MUCH APPRECIATED. OKAY. THIS BRINGS US TO THE CONSENT AGENDA PORTION OF OUR AGENDA.

[CONSENT AGENDA]

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL?

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YES. MR. REINER. YES. MAYOR. GROOMS. YES. MR. ROSA. YES. MISS FOX. YES. OKAY. THIS BRINGS US TO SECOND READING.

[Ordinance 24-25 - Ordinance 27-25]

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? THANK YOU. JENNY. WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? MAYOR AMBROSE GRIMES.

YES. MR. REINER? YES. MISS FOX. YES. MR. ROSSA.

YES, MR. KEELER. YES. VICE MAYOR LUTO. YES, MISS.

CRAM. YES. ORDINANCE 24 DASH 25, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AND ACCEPT NECESSARY CONVEYANCE DOCUMENTS AND CONTRACTS TO ACQUIRE A 0.050 ACRE TEMPORARY EASEMENT FROM THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 68108 MUIRFIELD DRIVE, IDENTIFIED AS FRANKLIN COUNTY.

PARCEL NUMBER 27300044100 FROM RICHARD A COLEMAN, THE SECOND FOR THE PUBLIC PURPOSE OF CARRYING OUT THE WATERWAYS MAINTENANCE PROGRAM 2025 PROJECT. ORDINANCE 2525 IS REGARDING A 0.026 ACRE TEMPORARY EASEMENT FROM THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 7777 LANHAM COURT, FROM OSCAR AND OSCAR, FOR THE PUBLIC PURPOSE OF CARRYING OUT THE WATERWAYS MAINTENANCE PROGRAM.

ORDINANCE IT'S 2625 IS REGARDING A 0.031 ACRE TEMPORARY EASEMENT FROM THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 7771 BOYLSTON COURT FROM JORDAN SPELLMAN AND REBECCA SPELLMAN. ORDINANCE 2725 IS REGARDING A 0.058 ACRE TEMPORARY EASEMENT FROM THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 7772 BOYLSTON COURT, FROM MARK GREGORY STOLTZ AND JULIE STOLZ.

VERY GOOD. OUR STAFF REPORT WILL BE BROUGHT TO US THIS EVENING BY MICHAEL HENDERSHOT.

WELCOME. THANK YOU AND GOOD EVENING. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, AT THE FIRST READING OF ORDINANCES 24 DASH 25 THROUGH 2725.

CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS REQUESTED A COST COMPARISON OF THE PROPOSED STREAM STABILIZATION TREATMENT MEASURES, AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING THE DURABILITY AND REPEATABILITY OF TEMPORARY EASEMENTS FOR THE WATERWAYS MAINTENANCE PROGRAM 2025 PROJECT.

THE COST COMPARISON OF THE PROPOSED STREAM STABILIZATION TREATMENT MEASURES, PER THE ENGINEER'S OPINION OF PROBABLE CONSTRUCTION COSTS ARE SHOWN ON THE SCREEN.

ROCK ARMORING IS APPROXIMATELY 62 TO $82 PER LINEAR FOOT.

ANCHOR LOGS ARE APPROXIMATELY $30 PER LINEAR FOOT.

SLOPE EROSION PROTECTION MATTING IS APPROXIMATELY $26 PER LINEAR FOOT, AND THEN THE NATURALIZED MATERIAL COMPOSITION, WHICH DOWN AT THE BOTTOM AS A FOOTNOTE, IS KIND OF THE BREAKDOWN OF WHAT THAT IS IS APPROXIMATELY $195 PER LINEAR FOOT.

IN DETERMINING THE TYPE OF STREAM STABILIZATION MEASURES UTILIZED FOR EACH SITE, STAFF CAREFULLY CONSIDER THE SEVERITY AND EXTENT OF EROSION ACCESS TO THE SITES.

LONG TERM MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS. COST AND BENCHMARKING WITH OTHER COMMUNITIES.

AND THEN ALSO THE TABLE ON THE SCREEN SHOWS THE PROPOSED STREAM STABILIZATION TREATMENT MEASURES PER SITE.

SO FOR ROCK ANCHORING THAT IS BEING PROPOSED FOR FIVE OF THE EIGHT SITES.

SITES THREE, 18, 24, 27 AND 44. AND I CAN ALSO I HAVE ADDITIONAL SLIDES DOWN BELOW IF YOU'D LIKE TO SEE WHERE THOSE SPECIFICALLY ARE.

I CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT. ROCK OR ANCHOR LOGS ARE UTILIZED FOR ONE SITE, WHICH IS SITE 28.

THE NATURALIZED MATERIAL COMPOSITION IS UTILIZED FOR THAT SAME SITE, WHICH AGAIN IS SITE 28.

AND THEN SLOPE EROSION PROTECTION MATTING IS UTILIZED FOR ALL EIGHT SITES WITHIN THE PROJECT, WHICH IS SITES THREE, 18, 22, 24, 25, 27, 28, AND 44.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF SITES THERE. REGARDING THE DURATION AND REPEATABILITY OF TEMPORARY EASEMENTS FOR THE PROJECT, THE TEMPORARY EASEMENTS WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR ONE YEAR FROM THE START OF CONSTRUCTION.

STAFF CONSERVATIVELY ANTICIPATES THE PROJECT IMPROVEMENTS WILL WILL PROVIDE STREAM STABILIZATION AT EACH SITE FOR OVER 30 YEARS.

SO GIVEN. ALSO GIVEN THE DYNAMIC NATURE OF WATERWAYS THAT MOVES OVER TIME.

ACCESS LOCATIONS TO PERFORM STREAM STABILIZATION IMPROVEMENTS MAY CHANGE OVER TIME FOR THAT REASON.

AS A RESULT, IN ADDITION TO THE ANTICIPATED LIFESPAN OF THE PROJECT IMPROVEMENTS, FUTURE TEMPORARY EASEMENT NEEDS FOR ACCESS AND CONSTRUCTION OPERATIONS WILL BE EVALUATED AND ACQUIRED AT THE TIME WATERWAY IMPROVEMENTS ARE DEEMED NECESSARY, SO THE THE CONCEPT OF RECURRING TEMPORARY EASEMENTS, IF WE'RE GETTING INTO THAT, THAT REALLY MOVES MORE TOWARDS A PERMANENT EASEMENT.

THE INTENT FOR THESE TEMPORARY EASEMENTS IS REALLY FOR THE DURATION OF THE PROJECT.

SO ALL OF THE SITES PROPOSED AS PART OF THIS PROJECT, WE CAN ACCESS VIA RIGHT OF WAY AND ON CITY OWNED PROPERTY.

THE REASON FOR THESE TEMPORARY EASEMENTS IS SPECIFICALLY FOR THE TYPE OF EQUIPMENT WE NEED TO USE TO GET BACK TO THOSE SITES TO CONSTRUCT THESE TYPES OF IMPROVEMENTS NEEDED US TO HAVE ADDITIONAL BIT OF ROOM, WHICH AGAIN IS THE REASON FOR THE TEMPORARY EASEMENT.

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THOSE ALL CAN BE HANDLED THROUGH US ACCESSING OUR RIGHT OF WAY AND THROUGH OUR OWN CITY OWNED PARCELS, WHICH WAS ANOTHER REASON WHY WE DIDN'T PURSUE PERMANENT EASEMENTS AS PART OF THIS PROJECT AND PURSUED THE TEMPORARY EASEMENTS.

SO WITH THAT STAFF RECOMMENDS COUNCIL ADOPTION OF ORDINANCES 2425 THROUGH 27 DASH 25, AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS COUNCIL MAY HAVE REGARDING THESE ORDINANCES. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THIS EVENING THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING NONE. COUNCIL QUESTIONS. DISCUSSION. CAN YOU SHOW THE SITES? 28 I THINK IT WAS THE. SO SITE 28. SO SHOWN ON THE SCREEN.

SO THERE'S REALLY THREE SITES HERE. SO SITE 25 IS IF YOU CAN SEE KIND OF AT THE LEFT PORTION OF THE SCREEN WHERE LANHAM COURT IS, AND THE RED SHADING WITH THE BLACK BOUNDARY REALLY HIGHLIGHTS THE THREE DIFFERENT SITES.

SO SITE 25 IS KIND OF THE EASTERNMOST OF THE THREE SITE.

27 IS REALLY MORE SO THE MIDDLE PART WHERE IT SAYS 7772 BOYLSTON COURT, DIRECTLY SOUTH OF THERE.

THAT'S GENERALLY WHERE SITE 27 IS IN. SITE 28 IS MORE KIND OF THE WESTERN PORTION OF WHAT'S SHOWN ON THE SCREEN.

AND THEN NORTH IS POINTING UP IN THIS EXAMPLE.

SO IF YOU CAN FOLLOW ALONG WHERE THE WATERCOURSE IS, YOU CAN SEE THE EASEMENTS THAT WE'RE ACQUIRING IS FOR 7777 LANHAM COURT.

SO IF YOU LOOK AT WHERE THAT BLUE LINE, WHICH REPRESENTS THE WATERWAY, WE NEEDED A LITTLE BIT MORE ROOM SOUTH OF THAT TO HAVE THAT EQUIPMENT MANEUVER, THAT AREA. AND THEN IF YOU LOOK AT 7771 AND 7772 BOYLSTON COURT, YOU CAN SEE THAT STREAM EVER SO SLIGHTLY CROSSES ONTO THEIR PROPERTY. SO THE MAIN WAY THAT WE'RE ACCESSING THESE SITES IS TO GO THROUGH THE STREAMS. SO AGAIN, THAT IS THE REASON WHY WE'RE PURSUING THOSE TEMPORARY EASEMENTS.

OKAY. SO I'M TRYING TO PIECE THIS TOGETHER IN MY HEAD.

THE LEFT OR LEFT OR MOST PORTION ON THE SCREEN IS WHERE YOU'RE DOING THE NATURALIZED MATERIALS.

CORRECT? WHICH LOOKS LIKE WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THE LARGEST AMOUNT OF WATER FLOW.

RIGHT. AND SO THERE WAS A LOT OF CONSIDERATIONS IN HOW WE DETERMINE THE TYPE OF TREATMENT MEASURE TO BE UTILIZED.

SO ONE OF THE CONSIDERATIONS IS WE REALLY THE TYPE OF EROSION THAT'S THERE.

WE WANTED TO REALLY REESTABLISH THAT STREAM BANK.

AND WE FELT LIKE ROCK ARMORING WASN'T THE MOST APPROPRIATE USE OF DOING THAT.

ANOTHER REALLY STRONG CONSIDERATION SPECIFIC TO THAT SITE, AS YOU CAN SEE IN RELATION TO THE OTHER SITES, IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE DIFFICULT TO GET TO. SO IF WE JUST WENT WITH THE ROCK ARMORING APPROACH, THAT'S A LOT OF MATERIAL OFF SITE THAT WE WOULD NEED TO BRING TO THAT SITE.

SO SITE 28 IS UTILIZING MORE OF THAT NATURAL MATERIAL COMPOSITION.

A LOT OF THAT MATERIAL WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE UTILIZING ON SITE.

SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE CUTTING DOWN TREES.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE EXCAVATING SOME AREAS SO THAT MATERIAL IS GOING TO BE HARVESTED BASICALLY FOR THOSE IMPROVEMENTS.

SO THAT WAS ANOTHER CONSIDERATION. I CAN APPRECIATE THAT.

I SENT I SUBMITTED SOME PICTURES BECAUSE THERE WERE CONCERNS ABOUT HOW IT WOULD LOOK, AND IT WOULD BE NOT IN CHARACTER.

I THINK YOU HAD SHOWN ONE OF THEM HERE THAT HAD BEEN WHAT DONE 18 MONTHS AGO OR THEREABOUTS.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN PULL THAT PICTURE. YEAH. LET ME GO BACK TO THAT. SO THIS IS A IF WE CAN ONE MORE. THERE WE GO. OKAY. SO THIS IS A PICTURE OF OUR SITE FIVE B WHICH WAS ONE OF THE THE EIGHT SITES FROM OUR YEAR ONE PROJECT.

SO THIS IS ABOUT 18 MONTHS POST-CONSTRUCTION.

SO THIS IS DOING EXACTLY WHAT WE ARE WANTING IT TO DO.

SO YOU CAN SEE KIND OF AT THE BOTTOM LEFT OF THE PICTURE, YOU'VE GOT THE LARGER ROCK, THERE'S SMALLER ROCK KIND OF INTERMIXED WITHIN THERE.

AND THEN A GREAT THING THAT WE'RE SEEING IS VEGETATION IS ALREADY WELL ESTABLISHED BETWEEN THOSE ROCKS.

SO ALL OF THOSE THINGS WORKING TOGETHER REALLY LOCK IN ALL OF THAT MATERIAL TO REALLY HELP STABILIZE THE SLOPE.

SO THAT WAS ANOTHER, YOU KNOW, COMMENT THAT WE HAD IN THE FIRST READING ABOUT THE COLOR OF THE ROCK.

DOES IT LOOK OUT OF PLACE? SO THIS IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF 18 MONTHS LATER.

I MEAN THAT THAT LOOKS PRETTY WELL NATURALIZED IN THE AREA.

SO I LAST WEEK WENT OUT TO ALL OF THE EIGHT SITES FOR THE YEAR ONE PROJECT.

WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IS PRETTY REPRESENTATIVE OF WHAT THE OTHER EIGHT SITES LOOK LIKE.

AND NONE OF THOSE EIGHT SITES DID IT LOOK LIKE THINGS ARE FALLING INTO THE STREAM.

THERE'S THERE'S CONCERNS ABOUT LONGEVITY OF THIS.

SO WHICH IS WHAT WE WERE EXPECTING TO SEE. SO WE JUST THAT WAS CONFIRMATION OF THEY'RE HOLDING UP VERY WELL.

WE ANTICIPATE THESE TYPES OF IMPROVEMENTS LASTING 30 PLUS YEARS.

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AND I WOULD SAY THIS WOULD LIKELY LAST 30 YEARS, YOU KNOW, WITH THE NATURALIZATION MATERIAL COMPOSITION THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT DOING ON THIS SITE, I DON'T HAVE A HIGH LEVEL OF CONFIDENCE THAT THAT'S GOING TO LAST 30 YEARS BECAUSE THE MATERIAL IS SIMPLY GOING TO BREAK DOWN.

NOW, IT MAY ALLOW FOR SOME ESTABLISHMENT, BUT BEING THAT IT'S THREE TIMES THE COST PER LINEAR FOOT, AND ACCORDING TO THE CHART YOU PROVIDED, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US GO WITH TREATING THESE BANKS LIKE THIS.

I THINK IT'S THE MOST JUDICIOUS WAY TO DO IT.

I THINK IT'S THE MOST LIKELY TO STAND UP AGAINST THE EROSION, AND IT IS PROBABLY THE MOST COST EFFECTIVE.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE HAS ANY THOUGHTS. YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS, AS THE MAYOR SAID, THE ROCK IS THE OBVIOUS CHOICE. IT'S THE MOST DURABLE, IT'S NOT THE MOST EXPENSIVE.

BUT I ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT THERE ARE LIMITATIONS TO THE SPECIFIC SITES.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, I WOULD SAY IN GENERAL, IT WOULD BE AT LEAST MY DESIRE THAT YOU USE ROCK WHEREVER POSSIBLE.

AND, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS A CONCERN THAT IT'S NOT GOING TO LOOK NATURAL.

YOU'RE POINTING IT OUT RIGHT HERE. I ACTUALLY HAVE IT ALONG MY RIVERBANK.

AND WITHIN A YEAR, STUFF IS GROWING UP, I HAD PUT SOIL IN WITH THE THE ROCK, SO I KIND OF PROMOTED THAT OVERGROWTH. BUT IF THERE ARE SPECIFIC SITES WHERE IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO TRANSPORT, PROBABLY 80 TONS OF ROCK, RIGHT, I GET IT. BUT I WOULD SAY IN GENERAL GO WITH THE ROCK, AND IF I MAY.

SO I'M LOOKING AT THIS MORE SO FROM A COST STANDPOINT, SO SPECIFIC TO THE NATURALIZED MATERIAL COMPOSITION.

AND THAT, AND THIS IS THE ENGINEER'S OPINION OF PROBABLE CONSTRUCTION COSTS.

WE'RE ANTICIPATING PUTTING THIS OUT TO BID HERE IN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO.

BUT ACCORDING TO OUR ENGINEERS, PROBABLE CONSTRUCTION COST, IT'S ABOUT $27,000 FOR THAT LINE ITEM.

SO THE PROJECT IS 1.2 $1.4 MILLION. SO THAT'S ABOUT 2% OF THE OVERALL PROJECT COST.

I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERN AND JUST KIND OF THE LONGEVITY OF THIS, I CALL IT MORE OF A PROGRESSIVE APPROACH FOR STABILIZATION TREATMENT.

SO WE'RE NOT PROPOSING THIS ON ALL OF THE SITES.

IT'S ONLY ONE OUT OF THE EIGHT. I DON'T WANT TO SAY WE'RE USING THIS AS A TEST CASE, BUT WE FELT BASED ON BENCHMARKING WITH TWO COMMUNITIES IN ILLINOIS WHO HAVE DONE SOMETHING SIMILAR. THERE WAS POSITIVE FEEDBACK BASED OFF OF THAT.

TALKING AGAIN ABOUT KIND OF LIMITED ACCESS AND HAULING MATERIAL A LONG DISTANCE TO GET TO THIS AREA.

WE FELT THIS WAS AN APPROPRIATE STABILIZATION MEASURE TO UTILIZE.

WE'RE DEFINITELY GOING TO BE OUT THERE DURING CONSTRUCTION TO MAKE SURE IT'S INSTALLED PROPERLY. WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT IT POST-CONSTRUCTION. AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, WE DON'T NEED THE TEMPORARY EASEMENTS TO GET TO THE SITES.

IT'S NOT SOMETHING LIKE ONCE THAT EXPIRES, WE HAVE NO WAY OF PHYSICALLY GETTING THERE.

WE CAN STILL ACCESS THESE SITES THROUGH OUR CITY OWNED PROPERTY.

SO WE WILL BE TAKING A LOOK AT THAT. THAT WOULD BE A GOOD DATA POINT FOR US AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROGRAM, BUT WE FELT LIKE IT WAS SOMEWHAT LOW RISK PROPOSING THIS TYPE OF MEASURE FOR ONE OF THE SITES.

OUT OF THE 16 THAT WE'VE DONE SO FAR IN THIS OVERALL PROGRAM.

OKAY. AS I SAY, I'LL ALSO ADD THAT. SO THESE THIS IS IN THE VERY WOODED AREA.

THIS IS ON THE WHAT'S CONSIDERED WYANDOTTE WOODS OPEN SPACE.

THAT'S ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THADDEUS PARK. SO IT'S THAT SAME THICK WOODED AREA.

SO IT WOULD BE REALLY HARD TO BRING ROCK INTO THERE.

IT'S ALSO NOT A REALLY HIGH VOLUME STREAM. IT'S IT'S NOT IT'S NOT HAVING VERY HEAVY WATER FLOWS IN THIS PARTICULAR STREAM COMPARED TO LIKE SOME OF THE OTHER ONES, LIKE OUR ONES OVER BY BRANDON BRAND ROAD AND OTHER COMMUNITIES UTILIZE THIS.

I DON'T THINK THIS IS SOMETHING UNIQUE THAT'S NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE. SO IN MY PROFESSIONAL RECOMMENDATION, I WOULD LIKE TO PROCEED WITH THIS. IT'S ONE SITE.

IT'S 119FT IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF THE OVERALL LENGTH OF THE PROJECT, IT'S 2% OF THE OVERALL PROJECT COST.

I WOULD LIKE TO EXPLORE THAT, HAVE THAT INSTALLED.

LET'S SEE HOW IT GOES. I DON'T I DON'T THINK THERE'S A LOT OF RISK FOR A YEAR LATER.

MAN, THIS WAS NOT A GOOD IDEA. WE HAD TO COME BACK AND REDO THIS.

I JUST IN MY PROFESSIONAL RECOMMENDATION. I DON'T THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE THE CASE.

THAT WASN'T MY ASK. MY ASK WAS FOR THE INFORMATION SO THAT WE COULD MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION.

RIGHT? I WASN'T ASKING THAT WE CHANGED THAT. YOU'RE USING A MEDIUM SIZED RIPRAP.

IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE USING? SHOT SHOT LIMESTONE INSTEAD OF GRANITES? YES. OKAY. AND THE OTHER PORTIONS AND THIS ONE, IT'S NATURALIZED MATERIAL.

YEAH. AND YOU KNOW WHAT? AND JUST A HINT IF THEY'RE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE RIPRAP, THE GRANITE, WHICH TAKES A WHILE TO GET THE GRAY OFF OF IT.

IF YOU JUST TAKE AGED MILK, SOUR MILK OR ANYTHING AND MOSS AND MIX IT IN A BLENDER AND SPRAY IT ON.

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SO IF PEOPLE ARE ASKING YOU, HEY, I REALLY DON'T LIKE THE COLOR, YOU CAN SHARE THAT WITH THEM.

IF THEY'RE INTERESTED ENOUGH TO DYE THE BANK, THEY CAN.

THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. IF THERE'S NOTHING FURTHER FROM COUNSEL, JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? MISS FOX? YES. MISS CRAM. YES. MR. KEELER? YES. MAYOR AMBROSE GROOMS. YES. MISS DEROSA. YES. VICE MAYOR LUTO. YES. MR. REINER? YES. OKAY. I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO WAIVE THE COUNCIL.

RULES OF ORDER TO READ ORDINANCES 28, DASH 25 AND 29 DASH 25 TOGETHER.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? MISS KRAMM? YES. VICE MAYOR LUDO? YES. MR. REINER.

YES. MR. ROZA. YES. MISS FOX? YES. MAYOR AMBROSE GROOMS. YES. MR. KEELER. YES. ORDINANCE 2825. AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AND ACCEPT NECESSARY CONVEYANCE DOCUMENTS AND CONTRACTS TO ACQUIRE 0.032

[Ordinance 28-25]

PARCEL NUMBER 27300058700 FROM STEPHEN K GILL AND RACHEL GILL, FOR THE PUBLIC PURPOSE OF CARRYING OUT THE ARLINGTON PARK DRAINAGE BASIN IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT AND ORDINANCE 2925 IS REGARDING A 0.022 ACRE TEMPORARY EASEMENT FROM THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 5584 BRAND ROAD, FROM STEPHEN GILL AND RACHEL GILL. VERY GOOD AND WE WILL STAY WITH MICHAEL FOR OUR STAFF REPORT.

WELCOME. GOOD EVENING AGAIN, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.

I HAVE NO NEW OR UPDATED INFORMATION TO PRESENT REGARDING THESE ORDINANCES SINCE THE FIRST READING.

STAFF RECOMMENDS COUNCIL ADOPTION OF ORDINANCES 28 DASH 25 AND 29 DASH 25.

I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS COUNCIL MAY HAVE REGARDING THESE ORDINANCES.

VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING NONE.

COUNCIL QUESTIONS. DISCUSSION. JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? MR. REINER? YES. MISS FOX? YES. MAYOR AMBROSE GROOMS. YES. MISS CRAM. YES. VICE MAYOR LUTO. YES. MISS DEROSA.

YES. MR. KEELER. YES. MR.. ORDINANCE 30 DASH 25 AUTHORIZING THE PROVISION OF OF CERTAIN INCENTIVES TO PATHWAYS

[Ordinance 30-25]

VERY GOOD. AND OUR STAFF REPORT WILL BE WITH LUKE FLEMING.

WELCOME, LUKE. THANK YOU. MAYOR. GOOD EVENING.

MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. THERE HAVE BEEN NO CHANGES TO THIS LEGISLATION SINCE THE FIRST READING TONIGHT.

I DO WANT TO INTRODUCE THE CHIEF LENDING OFFICER FROM PATHWAYS FINANCIAL CREDIT UNION, CURTIS, ON FREE. AND ALLOW HIM TO SAY A FEW WORDS. WELCOME.

IF YOU COULD PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS INTO THE RECORD. CURTIS AT 5665 NORTH HAMILTON ROAD.

MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK TODAY ON BEHALF OF PATHWAYS FINANCIAL CREDIT UNION.

WE APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT THAT COUNCIL IS POTENTIALLY PROVIDING US IN MOVING HERE TO DUBLIN.

OUR CREDIT UNION HAS BEEN SERVING THE CENTRAL OHIO COMMUNITY FOR OVER 50 YEARS.

OUR MISSION IS TO BE OUR MEMBERS TRUE FINANCIAL PARTNER BY OFFERING CONVENIENT, RELIABLE AND FLEXIBLE FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS DESIGNED TO MEET THE CHALLENGES OF AN EVER CHANGING WORLD. WITH A DEEP COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITIES WE SERVE.

PATHWAYS EMPOWERS OUR MEMBERS WITH TOOLS THEY NEED TO ACHIEVE SUCCESS.

THIS MISSION HAS LED OUR COMPANY TO AN EXCITING GROWTH JOURNEY.

OVER THE PAST 20 YEARS, WE'VE BEEN THE FASTEST GROWING CREDIT UNION IN THE STATE OF OHIO.

WITH THIS GROWTH, WE'VE REALIZED THAT IT'S CRITICAL FOR US TO LOCATE A BUILDING THAT SERVES OUR AS OUR HEADQUARTERS NOW AND WELL INTO THE FUTURE AS MANY.

AFTER MANY YEARS OF SEARCHING, WE BELIEVE WE HAVE FOUND THAT LOCATION HERE IN DUBLIN.

THE PURCHASE OF THIS BUILDING WILL REPRESENT A NEW CHAPTER IN OUR STORY.

IT WILL BE A SUPPORT CENTER FOR ALL OF OUR BRANCHES THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF OHIO.

IT WILL ALSO ALLOW US TO BETTER FOCUS OUR ENERGY ON OUR MEMBERS WALKING INTO OUR BRANCHES, CALLING US OR VISITING US ONLINE. WE HOPE TO BEGIN OCCUPYING THIS LOCATION SOMETIME IN 2026.

FOR NOW, THOUGH, OUR PRIMARY FOCUS IS TO STABILIZE AND REHABILITATE THE BUILDING.

DEFERRED MAINTENANCE AND TIME HAVE CONSPIRED TO CREATE A SIGNIFICANT PERFORMANCE CHALLENGES WITH THE BUILDING.

WE HAVE BEEN ACTIVELY ENGAGED WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IN THE IN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENTS TO DISCUSS WAYS TO BRING THIS BUILDING BACK TO LIFE.

BOTH TEAMS HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY HELPFUL IN OUR NEEDS AND HONESTLY, WITHOUT THEIR SUPPORT, THIS TRANSACTION MAY NOT HAVE HAPPENED IN THE FIRST PLACE.

AS WE FINALIZE THE ACQUISITION OF THE BUILDING, I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUED WORK WITH THE CITY COUNCIL,

[00:40:01]

THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THIS EVENING THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING. NONE. COUNSEL. QUESTIONS. DISCUSSION.

WELL, WELCOME. WE ARE SO GLAD THAT YOU'RE HERE.

AND WE LOOK FORWARD THE NEXT TIME YOU'RE STANDING THERE AND I ASK YOU YOUR ADDRESS. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE ON HAMILTON ROAD ANYMORE, RIGHT? IT'S GOING TO BE WITH US. SO WE ARE VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING YOU AND LOOK FORWARD TO A LONG, A LONG RELATIONSHIP.

WITH THAT, JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL, MISTER KEELER? YES, MR. ROSA? YES. VICE MAYOR. LUDO? YES. MISS FOX? YES. MISS KRAM. YES. MR. REINER. YES. MAYOR AMBROSE GROOMS. YES. YES. WHAT WILL THE NEW ADDRESS BE? I THINK WE SHOULD ADVERTISE IT.

WHAT IS THE NEW ADDRESS? IT'LL BE 5000 TUTTLE CROSSING BOULEVARD.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. ORDINANCE 31 DASH 25 AUTHORIZING THE PROVISION OF CERTAIN INCENTIVES TO HIGHLAND GROUP, INC.. TO INDUCE IT TO LEASE A FACILITY TO RELOCATE AND EXPAND AN OFFICE AND ITS ASSOCIATED OPERATIONS AND WORKFORCE, ALL WITHIN THE CITY, AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.

VERY GOOD. AND WE WILL STAY WITH LUKE FOR OUR STAFF REPORT.

THANK YOU AGAIN, MAYOR. GOOD EVENING AGAIN. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.

NO CHANGES TO THIS LEGISLATION SINCE THE FIRST READING.

I DID WANT TO FOLLOW UP ON ONE ITEM, THOUGH. TO THE QUESTION ABOUT JOB AND JOB RETENTION.

LAST WEEK THAT WAS NOT IN THE MEMO. THE MEMO HAS BEEN UPDATED, BUT I DID WANT TO CLARIFY THAT THE RETENTION WOULD INCLUDE 64 EMPLOYEES, WITH THE HOPE OF ADDING NINE MORE BY DECEMBER 31ST OF 2028.

BUT WITH THAT, I WANT TO INTRODUCE CHRIS GODLEY, THE NORTHEAST REGIONAL CEO OF HIGHLAND GROUP.

VERY GOOD. WOULD YOU PLEASE. GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR THE RECORD.

YEAH. MY NAME IS CHRIS GODLEY AND OUR ADDRESS IS FIVE, SIX FIVE METRO PLACE SOUTH.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK IN FRONT OF YOU AND FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION OF OUR APPLICATION. I HAVE BEEN WITH THE HIGHLAND ORGANIZATION FOR 26 YEARS, ALL OF WHICH HAVE BEEN IN DUBLIN, OHIO, WHICH HAVE BEEN HOME TO MANY OF OUR EMPLOYEES.

BUT CERTAINLY THE CITY HAS TREATED US AS VERY WELL, AND WE'RE VERY HAPPY TO BE EXTENDING OUR LEASE IN OUR CURRENT LOCATION FOR,

[Ordinance 31-25]

SO I EXPECT TO HAVE 120 PEOPLE IN THAT OFFICE.

BY THE TIME WAS SAID AND DONE. BUT I'M IN A OVERPROMISED AND UNDER-DELIVERING.

SO ANYWAY, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO KEEPING THE DUBLINER HOME FOR MANY YEARS. VERY GOOD.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING. NONE. COUNSEL. QUESTIONS. DISCUSSION.

JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? VICE MAYOR. LUDO.

YES. MAYOR AMBROSE GROOMS. YES, MISS DEROSA. YES, MISS FOX.

YES, MISTER. KEELER. YES. MISS KRAMM. YES. MR. REINER? YES. WELL, THANKS FOR STICKING AROUND.

WE'RE WE'RE GLAD TO SEE YOU. AND I'M SURE YOU ARE AN UNDER-PROMISE OR AN OVER DELIVERER.

AND WE'LL BLOW THOSE NUMBERS CLEAN OUT. SO THANKS FOR STAYING HOME.

YEAH. ORDINANCE 32 DASH 25 RENAMING A PORTION OF ROAD TO HERITAGE BOULEVARD IN THE CITY OF DUBLIN,

[Ordinance 32-25]

WELCOME BACK. GOOD EVENING AGAIN. AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.

SO I HAVE NO NEW OR UPDATED INFORMATION REGARDING THIS ORDINANCE SINCE THE FIRST READING.

STAFF RECOMMENDS COUNCIL ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE 32 DASH 25.

AND WITH THAT, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS COUNCIL MIGHT HAVE REGARDING THIS ORDINANCE.

VERY GOOD. IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING NONE. COUNCIL QUESTIONS. DISCUSSION. JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? MISTER REINER? YES. MISTER ROSA. YES. MISS CRAM.

YES. VICE MAYOR. LUDO. YES. MISS FOX. YES. MAYOR AMBROSE.

GROOMS. YES. MISTER KEELER. YES. OKAY, THIS BRINGS US TO THE INTRODUCTION.

[Ordinance 33-25]

ORDINANCE 33 DASH 25 REZONING APPROXIMATELY 2.95 ACRES FROM PCD PLANNED COMMERCE DISTRICT TO PUD PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT TO ADD SUBAREA B AND ASSOCIATED DEVELOPMENT TAX. HONOR TO SET.

THANK YOU. AND OUR STAFF REPORT WILL BE BROUGHT BY RODNEY KING.

WELCOME. THANK YOU AND GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.

THIS IS A REQUEST FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF A REZONING.

THE SITE IS HIGHLIGHTED HERE IN YELLOW AND A ZONE PLAN.

COMMERCE DISTRICT PERIMETER CENTER SUBAREA I.

[00:45:02]

THE REQUEST IS FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF A REZONING OF THE HIGHLIGHTED PARCEL FROM THE PLANNED COMMERCE DISTRICT SUBAREA I TO A PUDI CROWN CAMPUS SUBAREA BY.

COMMUNITY PLAN IS A KEY POLICY DOCUMENT WHICH ASSISTS IN THE EVALUATION OF DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS AND HELP ENSURE THAT THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT SUPPORTS THE COMMUNITY LONG TERM OBJECTIVES AND GOALS. RECOMMENDED FUTURE LAND USE FOR THIS SITE IS SUBURBAN COMMERCIAL, WHICH IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE A VARIETY OF RETAIL AND COMMERCIAL USES FOR THE COMMUNITY THROUGH ANCHOR DRIVEN SHOPPING CENTERS, OUT PARCELS AND DRIVE THRUS.

THE PROPOSED REZONING WOULD CONTINUE TO ALIGN WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE, AND WOULD ALLOW FOR AMENDMENTS TO THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS THAT ARE UNIQUE TO CAR DEALERSHIP AND PROVIDE FURTHER CONSISTENCY TO THE SURROUNDING AREAS.

THIS IS A PHOTO OF THE BUILDING WHERE FACADE IMPROVEMENTS ARE PROPOSED.

CURRENTLY THERE IS A ZIGZAG FACADE IN THE COLOR OF THE BUILDING IS TAN.

JUST A QUICK HISTORY OF THE CROWN CAMPUS BEAUTY.

CITY COUNCIL REZONED THE NEIGHBORING DEALERSHIP, WHICH IS HIGHLIGHTED HERE IN YELLOW DOTTED LINE.

THIS WAS APPROVED IN 2017 AND WAS APPROVED AS A SUBAREA A OF THE BEAUTY.

THE SITE WAS REZONED FROM PERIMETER CENTER PCD SUBAREA EYE I TO CROWN CAMPUS, AND THIS WAS DONE TO ALLOW FOR INCREASED DENSITY AND TO CREATE AN INDIVIDUALITY TO THE WHOLE CAMPUS. AT THAT TIME, IT WAS CONTEMPLATED THAT THE ADJACENT PARCELS, WHICH ARE ALONG THE SAME ROADWAY FRONTAGE, WOULD REQUIRE REZONING IN THE FUTURE, WHICH IS HIGHLIGHTED AS SUB AREA B, C AND D, WHICH IS ALONG THE FRONTAGE OF THE HIGHWAY.

AND THIS WOULD ALLOW THE PARCELS TO DEVELOP AND THE FUTURE REZONING AND THEN ALLOW WHAT THE AMENDMENTS TO THE TEXT.

THE REQUESTED REZONING MEETS THE INTENT OF THE PREVIOUSLY COMMITTED PUD, AND WILL CONTINUE TO ALIGN WITH THE VISION OF THE ENTIRE CAMPUS.

THE CURRENT PROPOSAL INVOLVES IMPROVISING THE EXISTING CAR DEALERSHIP TO ACCOMMODATE THE CHANGE OF A NEW VEHICLE BRAND THAT IS GOING TO BE SOLD AT THIS LOCATION AS ENVISIONED EARLIER. THIS KIND OF NECESSITATES THE REQUIREMENT OF THE REZONING THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS ALIGN WITH THOSE FOR THOSE WHICH ARE LISTED WITH THE SUBAREA A, AND THIS TEXT ADDITIONALLY PERMITS THE USE OF COMPOSITE MATERIALS AS ESTHETIC ELEMENTS.

THE BUILDING WOULD USE COMPOSITE PANELS AND THE ENTIRE PAINTED WILL BE BUILDING WILL BE PAINTED BLACK IN COLOR.

THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT TEXT FOR THE SUBAREA B ALSO PERMITS THE BUILDING MOUNTED SIGN TO BE INSTALLED AT A HEIGHT OF 22FT, AND THIS IS TO ALLOW THE SCIENCE TO BLEND SEAMLESSLY WITH THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE BUILDING.

WHEN THE SIBERIA AVE WAS APPROVED IN 2017, ALL THE SIGNS WITHIN THE CROWN CAMPUS WERE REQUIRED TO BE REVIEWED BY THE COMMISSION TO ENSURE THAT THERE IS A CONSISTENCY BETWEEN THE DESIGN OF THE SUBAREA A AND THE ADJACENT PARCELS.

WITH THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT TEXT. THE STAFF HAS THE ABILITY TO APPROVE THESE CHANGES OF DESIGN PHASES, AS LONG AS THESE SIGN PHASES CONTINUE TO MEET THE TEXT REQUIREMENTS AS WELL AS THE CODE COMPLIANCE.

THESE MODIFICATIONS, AS I SHARED, WERE REVIEWED, DELIBERATED AND APPROVED BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AS AN AMENDED FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN APPLICATION WITH CONDITIONS AND SUBJECT TO CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL OF THE REZONING.

AT THE JUNE 5TH, 2025 MEETING, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF REZONING WITH NO CONDITIONS.

STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF ORDINANCE 3325 AT THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING ON AUGUST 11TH, 2025.

WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING NONE. COUNCIL QUESTIONS. DISCUSSION. I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION REGARDING THE HEIGHT OF THE SIGNAGE.

IS IT SPECIFIED THAT IT COULD BE 22FT IF INCORPORATED ON THE BUILDING? SO THE TEXT SAYS THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF THE BUILDING MOUNTED OR THE WALL MOUNTED.

SO IT'S ONLY BUILDING MOUNTED. THAT CAN BE 22 OKAY.

AND IS THAT JUST FOR THIS SUBAREA OR IS THAT CHANGING THE SUB AREA A AS WELL.

THIS IS JUST FOR SUB AREA B OKAY. THANK YOU. NO GO AHEAD.

IS THERE ANYONE HERE FROM INEOS. YES. I JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.

SO THE GRENADIER IS THE ONLY MODEL THAT INEOS MAKES.

IS THAT CORRECT. IF YOU COULD PLEASE IF YOU COULD STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS INTO THE RECORD.

MY NAME IS VINCE DISTEFANO. I'M WITH ARCH, ALL ARCHITECTS, AND WE ARE AT 49 EAST THIRD AVENUE,

[00:50:01]

SO MY I'M SPLITTING HAIRS HERE, BUT THE SIGN SAYS INEOS, WHICH IS THE BRAND, AND THEN IT SAYS GRENADIER.

MY CONCERN IS THAT FIVE YEARS FROM NOW, IF ANY HOST DEVELOPS OTHER MODELS, THEY'RE GOING TO WANT TO CHANGE THAT AND IT COULD BE A MESS.

YOU KNOW, WE SEE WHEN TENANTS LEAVE STRIP SHOPPING MALLS, THE SIGNS COME DOWN.

THEY PUT UP A NEW SIGN. THEY DON'T PAINT WHERE THE OLD SIGN WAS.

IT JUST LOOKS KIND OF SLOPPY. SO IT'S JUST A SUGGESTION.

I MEAN, TO ME, THEY'RE SORT OF PIGEONHOLING THEMSELVES INTO A PROBLEM DOWN, DOWN THE ROAD, BUT IT'S ON THEM, I SUPPOSE. THANK YOU.

I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU WANTED TO COMMENT ON THAT BEFORE WE MOVE ON.

YOU'RE WELCOME TO, OBVIOUSLY. THE ONLY COMMENT I WOULD HAVE BASED UPON THAT IS THE FACT THAT RIGHT NOW, THE WAY THAT INEOS HAS BEEN BRANDING THEIR VEHICLES IS THAT THERE IS THE GRENADIER, AND THEN THERE'S DIFFERENT MODELS OF THE GRENADIER.

SO THEY'RE ALL SO I THINK THEY HAVE 2 OR 3 SEPARATE GRENADIER RENTIER MODELS.

IT'S LIKE HAVING A LAND ROVER DEFENDER X OR Y OR Z.

SO THAT'S THE WAY THAT THE BRANDING CURRENTLY.

THANK YOU. THANKS FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS I. I JUST WANTED TO BRING UP I KNOW THERE WAS A CONVERSATION IF YOU READ THE PLANNING AND ZONING MINUTES AS TO MATERIALS, AND I KNOW THERE'S SOME NEW TYPES OF MATERIALS HERE.

I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT THE ARCHITECTURAL, THE CONSULTANT THAT WE USE IS POSITIVE ON THESE MATERIALS AND FEELING GOOD.

AND I'M GETTING NODS FOR THAT BECAUSE THIS WOULD BE, I THINK, OUR FIRST FORAY INTO THESE TYPE OF MATERIALS IN THIS DEVELOPMENT OR IN DUBLIN OVERALL. IS THAT RIGHT? YES, CORRECT. SO WE DID REQUESTED OUR ARCHITECTURAL CONSENT TO REVIEW ON THESE MATERIALS.

AND THESE ARE VERY HIGH QUALITY CONTEMPORARY MATERIALS.

AND OUR ARCHITECT CONSULTANT DID PROVIDE AN ANALYSIS ON THAT AND MADE SURE THAT ALL THESE THE WAY THE INSTALLATION IS GOING TO BE DONE THEY ARE GOING TO BE VERY APPROPRIATE. AND PROBABLY MEET THE CODES. GREAT.

AND I APPRECIATE IT. AND I ACTUALLY THINK THE ESTHETIC WITH THE COLOR CHOICES WILL HAVE PICTURES.

DON'T DO IT JUSTICE, I DON'T THINK. I THINK IT WILL HAVE QUITE A NICE IMPACT WHEN IT'S DONE.

AND I APPRECIATE THE THE SUPPORT OF THE CONSULTANT AND THE WORK ON THAT.

SO THANK YOU. OTHER QUESTIONS I HAD JUST ONE.

IT'S KIND OF ALONG THE LINES OF ANDY, BUT SO THIS IS THE SECOND ONE THEY BROUGHT IN.

AND THERE'S SOME MENTION IN THE PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING MINUTES THAT THEY ARE GOING TO BE DOING REDOING THE NEXT FACILITY OVER TO THE, TO THE EAST. ARE THEY GOING TO BE BRINGING FORWARD A MASTER SIGN PLAN FOR THE ENTIRETY OF THE SITE? I COULDN'T REALLY TELL IF THAT WAS INTENTIONAL OR NOT.

WE DO NOT. STAFF DOES NOT HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON THAT YET.

OKAY. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. IF THERE IS NOTHING FURTHER, THIS WILL HAVE SECOND READING, PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST 11TH. AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AT THAT TIME.

ORDINANCE 34 DASH 25 AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ACCEPT AN APPROXIMATELY 2.053 ACRE PARCEL AND RELATED NECESSARY CONVEYANCE FROM YOUR FIELD

[Ordinance 34-25]

ON BEHALF OF THE CITY FOR A PUBLIC ART PROJECT.

I INTRODUCE IT.

GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. AT THE NOVEMBER 4TH, 2024 MEETING, CITY COUNCIL APPROVED RESOLUTION 5624 AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH ARTIST IVAN PENA FOR THE DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION AND INSTALLATION OF THE MURPHY ART AND PUBLIC PROCESS OF ART AND PUBLIC PLACES PROJECT.

THE ARTWORK WILL BE LOCATED AT THE NORTHEAST PARCEL.

OF INTERSECTIONS OF MUIRFIELD DRIVE AND WHITTINGHAM DRIVE.

AS COUNCIL WILL RECALL, THE PROJECT WAS AWARDED $175,000 GRANT FROM THE STATE OF OHIO.

THE ASSOCIATION AS PART OF THE AGREEMENT WITH THE ASSOCIATION OF MUIRFIELD, THEY WILL DONATE THE PROJECT PARCEL TO THE CITY AT NO COST.

THE APPRAISED VALUE OF THAT DONATED PARCEL WILL COUNT TOWARDS THE MEETING OF THE REQUIREMENT OF LOCAL MATCH OF $87,500.

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THE CITY WILL ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY OF MAINTAINING THE ARTWORK ITSELF, WHICH WILL BECOME PART OF THE CITY'S PUBLIC ART INVENTORY.

CONSTRUCTION OF THE ART PIECE IS ANTICIPATED TO BEGIN THIS FALL, TO BE COMPLETED PRIOR TO THE 20 OR THE 2026 MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT'S 50 YEAR ANNIVERSARY.

WITH THAT. CITY COUNCIL, OUR STAFF RECOMMENDS THE APPROVAL OF ORDINANCE 3425. ACQUIRING THIS THE THIS ACQUISITION TO THE INVENTORY OF CITY PROPERTY.

THIS IS GOING TO BE BROUGHT TO THE AUGUST 11TH MEETING FOR FINAL APPROVAL.

HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU.

IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THIS EVENING THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING NONE. COUNSEL. QUESTIONS. DISCUSSION.

I'M CURIOUS. HAS HE EVER RESOLVED THE THE GREEN MATERIAL DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THE CIRCLE? HE SEEMED TO BE SOMEWHAT UNDECIDED ABOUT THAT AND CONFUSED.

AND DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THAT YET? THE GREEN MATERIAL OF THE ART PROJECT ITSELF, IN THE ART PROJECT, YOU KNOW, AND WHY WE'RE CONCERNED. IT'S THE MAINTENANCE, YOU KNOW, THE ORIGINAL MAINTAINING IT.

THE ORIGINAL PROPOSAL WAS FOR A NATURAL MATERIAL.

STAFF IS RECOMMENDING AN ARTIFICIAL MATERIAL TO MINIMIZE THE MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR THAT PROJECT.

YEAH, AND HE SEEMED UNDECIDED YET ON WHAT THAT WAS GOING TO BE.

I THOUGHT MAYBE WE COULD HELP HIM. OR YOU COULD HELP HIM.

OR MAYBE THE ARTS COUNCIL WILL HAVE TO HELP HIM.

WE CAN BRING FORWARD MORE INFORMATION ABOUT EXACTLY WHAT THAT MATERIAL IS.

BUT MY INITIAL RESPONSE TO THAT WOULD BE ARTIFICIAL TURF, IF YOU WILL.

BUT WE. WE CAN BRING THAT FORWARD WITH MATERIALS IF IT IS COUNCIL'S DESIRE TO LOOK AT THAT AGAIN.

I THINK JUST FOR MAINTENANCE, BECAUSE OF THE EXPENSE OF MAINTAINING OUR ART AND OUR CITY.

IT'S INTERESTING TO KNOW THE FIRST IDEA WAS TOTALLY UNTENABLE AND IMPOSSIBLE TO TAKE CARE OF THAT HE WAS AN ARTIST, SO MAINTENANCE OF EACH OF THESE PIECES OF ART ARE CRUCIAL FOR SURE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OTHER COMMENTS. OKAY. THIS WILL BE SCHEDULED FOR SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING ON THE AUGUST 11TH MEETING. THANKS, MATT. ORDINANCE 35 DASH 25 AMENDING ZONING CODE SECTION 153.074 REGARDING ACCESSORY USES AND

[Ordinance 35-25]

I'LL INTRODUCE IT. THANK YOU. AND OUR STAFF REPORT THIS EVENING WILL BE BROUGHT FORWARD BY TAMMY NOBLE.

WELCOME. GOOD EVENING.

MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME TONIGHT.

WE ARE DISCUSSING THIS EVENING A CODE MODIFICATION TO OUR SOLAR CODE, WHICH HAS CURRENTLY BEEN IN PLACE FOR APPROXIMATELY TWO YEARS, AND WE HAVE PREVIOUSLY BROUGHT SOME ITEMS THAT WE HAD WANTED SOME FEEDBACK FROM CITY COUNCIL IN MAY.

WE RECEIVED THAT FEEDBACK AND HOPEFULLY WE'VE ADDRESSED YOUR COMMENTS.

VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. I WANT TO 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? HEARING NONE. COUNCIL QUESTIONS.

DISCUSSION. SO I NEED A LITTLE BIT OF A REFRESHER ON THIS.

I THOUGHT THAT COUNCIL WAS NOT SUPPORTIVE OF GROUND MOUNTED.

SOLAR PANELS. AM I INCORRECT IN THAT? I THINK THAT WAS.

AND THEN. AND THEN THE DISCUSSION WAS AROUND PUBLIC SAFETY FOR THE WATER FEATURES AND THE TRAFFIC ALARM.

SO CLEARLY WE SUPPORT IT FOR SAFETY AND THAT SORT OF THING.

BUT GROUND MOUNTED ACCESSORY STRUCTURE ON A RESIDENTIAL PARCEL.

SOLAR PANELS WERE IN AGREEMENT THAT THAT'S NOT PERMITTED.

OKAY. THE WAY THE WAY THAT I READ THIS, IT IS PERMITTED.

SO I KIND OF NEED I NEED SOME HELP. SO. SO I'M HAPPY TO PROVIDE SOME BACKGROUND.

SO OUR CURRENT CODE ALLOWS GROUND MOUNTED EQUIPMENT IN NONRESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS.

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SO WE HAD TO MODIFY THE CODE TO ALLOW GROUND MOUNTED EQUIPMENT IN RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS TO CONTINUE THOSE PROGRAMS. SO THAT WAS IT'S A PRIMARY PART OF THIS. THIS MODIFICATION WE DID.

HOWEVER, I WILL SPECIFY WE DID, HOWEVER, LIMIT IT TO ANYTHING THAT'S RELATED TO HEALTH AND SAFETY AND SPECIFICALLY FOR POND MANAGEMENT TO NOT PROMOTE ANY TYPE OF UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES.

SO THE VERY BEGINNING OF I'M LOOKING AT THE REDLINE VERSION.

SO AT THE VERY BEGINNING THEY'RE MORE OR LESS DEFINITIONS.

CORRECT? YES. SO YOU HAVE RESIDENTIAL STORAGE, RECREATION, RESIDENTIAL GARAGES, CARPORTS.

NONRESIDENTIAL. I'M NOT CONCERNED ABOUT NONRESIDENTIAL.

WE GET INTO WHAT RENEWABLE ENERGY EQUIPMENT IS.

THE APPLICABILITY. IT'S JUST MORE OR LESS THAT THAT WHOLE SECTION IS TALKING ABOUT WHAT SOLAR EQUIPMENT IS. THEN BE GROUND MOUNTED EQUIPMENT.

GROUND MOUNTED EQUIPMENT FOR THE COLLECTION OF SOLAR ENERGY SHALL ONLY BE PERMITTED AS AN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE IN RESIDENTIAL AND NONRESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS.

SO I'M THINKING THIS. WHAT YOU'RE SHOWING NEXT TO THIS POND IN THE BACKYARD OF A HOME.

IT'S AN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE, CORRECT? CORRECT.

OKAY. SO SO FAR, WE'RE SAYING SO FAR, IT'S PERMITTED.

YES. SO IF WE KEEP GOING. SHALL NOT BE PERMITTED AS A PRIMARY OR PRINCIPAL USE.

WELL, THAT'S THE OPPOSITE OF AN ACCESSORY, RIGHT? IT IS. YES. SO WE'RE STILL OKAY HAVING IT AS AN ACCESSORY? CORRECT. OKAY. BE SITED TO MINIMIZE VIEW FROM PUBLIC RIGHT AWAY.

OKAY. SO I HAVE IT IN MY BACKYARD. THE EQUIPMENT SHALL MEET ALL APPLICABLE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, INCLUDING LOT COVERAGE REQUIREMENTS, SETBACKS, THAT KIND OF STUFF.

NO PROBLEM. SHALL NOT EXCEED A MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF 20FT.

SO I HAVE TO MEET ALL THOSE. WHERE ARE WE SAYING IT'S PROHIBITED? NUMBER TWO. NUMBER TWO. GROUND MOUNTED EQUIPMENT IN RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS, INCLUDING RESIDENTIAL PLAN DISTRICTS, SHALL BE PERMITTED ONLY TO ADDRESS. OKAY, THAT'S ALL I NEED.

THANK YOU. I'M GLAD I COULD HELP WITH THAT. I JUST WANTED TO SAY, YOU KNOW, I REALLY COMMEND THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT BECAUSE SOLAR IS PROGRESSING EVERY FEW YEARS.

AND I THINK AS BECAUSE WE WE WANT THE CITY TO BE SO SUSTAINABLE THAT WE'RE TAKING THE TIME TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MEET THE NEED OF SUSTAINABILITY WITHOUT SACRIFICING THE ESTHETICS AND THE THE PUSH TO JUST THROW SOMETHING OUT THERE JUST TO GET THE ENERGY PIECE GOING.

AND JUST LOOKING AT THIS JUST IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, AS I MENTIONED ABOUT THE SOLAR FILMS, THEY'RE COMING TO MARKET. THERE'S NEW THERE'S NEW TECHNOLOGIES OUT THERE THAT ARE USING, NOT SILICONE, BUT SOMETHING ELSE WHICH DOESN'T CREATE THE DEMAND ON NATURAL MATERIALS AND ENERGY TO PRODUCE.

THERE ARE THERE ARE NOW SOLAR PANELS THAT ACTUALLY COLLECT THE SUN FROM ABOVE AND BELOW.

I MEAN, WE'RE PROBABLY NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO MOVE FAST ENOUGH IN THE CODE. BUT THE NICE THING IS, IS THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY KEEPING UP. WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH THE POSSIBILITIES OF BEING ABLE TO BRING THESE THINGS FORWARD WITHOUT SACRIFICING THE ESTHETICS OF THE COMMUNITY. AND I, I JUST THINK IT'S FASCINATING TO WATCH HOW QUICKLY IT'S COMING.

BUT I'M STILL NOT. THE ONE THING I STILL THINK OUR CODE NEEDS TO LOOK AT IS THE WIND PIECE, BECAUSE I DO THINK WE WE HAVE OPENED OURSELVES UP TO THE POSSIBILITY THAT THAT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT MIGHT NOT CREATE THE ESTHETIC WE'RE LOOKING FOR.

BUT BUT I'M REALLY HAPPY THAT YOU BROUGHT THIS FORWARD, SO THANK YOU.

SO, ANDY, I THOUGHT THE EXACT SAME THING WHEN I READ THAT.

AND I HAD TO READ IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN. BUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S INTERESTING IS THAT I GUESS WE'RE USING THE SOLAR SYSTEM THAT WAS INVENTED, OR THE HEADQUARTERS ARE IN HILLIARD FOR CLEARING PONDS USING SOLAR ENERGY.

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WE'RE EXPERIMENTING WITH THEM. AND JACK NICKLAUS IS USING IN HIS PONDS.

AND JEREMIAH IS PROBABLY GOING TO BRING THAT COMPANY INTO DUBLIN. SO THANK YOU.

AND JUST TO THAT POINT, WE FOUND THAT THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT COST SAVINGS AND LESS CHEMICALS.

SO IT ALL THERE'S MANY BENEFITS TO TO USING IT.

ALL RIGHT. I JUST HAVE TWO COMMENTS. ONE WOULD BE IN THAT FIRST SECTION OF THE FO BE GROUND MOUNTED UNDER ONE, THE LAST ONE D WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT AND HOW IT SHOULD BE MEASURED.

WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE 20FT IS APPROPRIATE, BECAUSE I THINK SOME OF THE THE ONES FOR.

DO WE HAVE SOME? ARE THEY TORNADOES? ARE THERE SOME WHERE THEY'RE PRETTY HIGH UP ON TELEPHONE POLES. SO JUST MAKE SURE 20FT CAPTURES THAT, WHICH I'M PROBABLY YOU HAVE. THE OTHER THING IS IT SAYS THIS SHALL BE MEASURED FROM THE ESTABLISHED GRADE TO THE TOP OF THE EQUIPMENT.

A LOT OF SOLAR EQUIPMENT IS MOVABLE, SO IT CAN ADJUST TO ANGLES OF THE SUN AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO I WOULD LOOK AT THAT AND MAYBE THINK ABOUT REWORDING IT TO SAY TO THE TOP OF ALL ASSOCIATED APPARATUSES, ONE FULLY EXTENDED OR SOMETHING TO THAT EXTENT, BECAUSE SOME OF THEM CAN LAY FLAT AND THEN COMPLETELY STAND UP.

BUT YOU MIGHT HAVE AN ANTENNA OR SO JUST THINK OF ALL OF NOT JUST THE PANEL ITSELF BEING 20FT, BUT ANYTHING YOU MIGHT HAVE TO ATTACH IT TO. SO AND MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE RIGHT NUMBER.

AND THEN MY OTHER QUESTION RELATED TO WHO WAS THE NEXT PAGE? UNDER THE NEXT PAGE THREE BE. IT SAYS. DOES THAT MEAN LOOK AT MY COMMENT HERE A MINUTE.

WELL WE HAVE WE HAVE A AND B AND THE QUESTION IS SHOULD IT BE A AND B LIKE BOTH OF THOSE CRITERIA ARE REQUIRED.

SO IT'S IT READS GROUND MOUNTED EQUIPMENT FOR NONRESIDENTIAL SHALL BE PERMITTED ONLY IN AREAS THAT ARE HARDSCAPE, SUCH AS PARKING AREAS OR OUTDOOR SEATING AREAS, AND BE PERMITTED TO FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY.

BECAUSE I THOUGHT IN OUR NONRESIDENTIAL THEY COULD HAVE LIKE PARKING LOT STUFF.

SO CURRENTLY A IS A PERMITTED. WE ALREADY ALLOW THAT.

WE WANTED TO PROMOTE ANY TYPE. SO IT SHOULD BE AN OR SO IT'S A OR.

SO YOU NEED TO ADD OR. YES ON THAT. SO THAT MEANS SO SO THEN THAT'S FAIR TO SAY THAT IF IT IS FOR HEALTH AND SAFETY, IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE ON ANY HARD SURFACE.

SO IF YOU'RE BY THE POND, IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE MOUNTED ON A CONCRETE HARD SURFACE.

YEP. OKAY. SO SO TO THE ANSWER IS JUST IT NEEDS TO BE AN OR A OR B.

AND THAT WAS ALL I HAD. THANKS. OKAY. YEAH. TAMMY, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE THIS INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO YOU, BUT AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS, WHAT KIND OF UPTICK HAVE WE SEEN IN THE SOLAR APPLICATIONS SINCE THE ADOPTION OF OUR GENERAL POLICY HERE LAST YEAR? SURE. SO FOR RESIDENTIAL PERMITS.

SO THE PRIMARY INTEREST THAT WE HAD PREEMPTING THIS.

THIS CODE MODIFICATION WAS RESIDENTIAL AND BUILDING MOUNTED SOLAR.

I WOULD SAY FOR THE FIRST YEAR IT WAS WE HAD SOME HIGH NUMBERS.

WE HAD A LOT OF ENERGY, THAT ENERGY. WE HAD A LOT OF INTEREST FOR, FOR PERMITS.

IT'S SLIGHTLY DECREASED. AND I WOULD SAY I'M GOING TO QUOTE THIS, BUT I WOULD SAY WE WENT FROM I'M GOING TO SAY 45 ISH TO HALF OF THAT.

BUT THE OTHER SIDE OF IT IS WE'VE SEEN MORE ACTIVITY ON THE COMMERCIAL SIDE OF THINGS.

SO IT'S IT'S STARTING TO, I WOULD SAY, BALANCE ITSELF OUT.

IT WAS INTERESTING. IT HAPPENED TO BE IN A SUBURB IN NEW JERSEY THIS PAST WEEK.

AND I WAS SURPRISED AT THE PERVASIVENESS OF SOLAR.

IT WAS IT, I WANT TO SAY EVERY FOURTH HOUSE OR SOMETHING.

IT WAS JUST IT BLEW ME AWAY. WHAT I DID NOTICE IS THAT THE COLORS OF THE PANELS MATCHED THE COLORS OF THE ROOFS.

SO I THINK THEY MUST HAVE A SIMILAR TYPE POLICY.

SO YOU REALLY DIDN'T SEE IT. AND THESE WERE HOUSES OF ALL DIFFERENT, I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, TYPES AND NEIGHBORHOODS AND SHAPES AND PRICE PRICING.

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IT JUST IT BLEW ME AWAY. SO I WAS JUST CURIOUS HOW WE'RE HOW WE'RE MOVING AND AND MAYBE THAT'S AN HOA ISSUE OR SOMETHING.

I REALLY DON'T KNOW. BUT THANK YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK ON THIS.

ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY. THIS WILL BE SCHEDULED FOR SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING ON AUGUST 11TH.

THANK YOU. OKAY. THIS BRINGS US TO THE INTRODUCTION, PUBLIC HEARING VOTE RESOLUTION PORTION OF OUR AGENDA,

[Resolution 41-25]

I'LL INTRODUCE IT. THANK YOU. AND OUR STAFF REPORT WILL BE BROUGHT BY CHIEF PEARSON, AND HE'S GOT PEOPLE WITH HIM.

WELCOME. GOOD EVENING. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. YES.

RESOLUTION 4125 IS OUR ANNUAL REVISIT OF OUR CONTRACT, IN AGREEMENT WITH THE DUBLIN CITY SCHOOLS FOR OUR SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER PROGRAM.

I'M GOING TO TURN OVER OUR PRESENTATION THIS EVENING OR DISCUSSION ON THE RESOLUTION TO DEPUTY CHIEF NICK TABERNA.

GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. I WILL NOT BE TURNING IT OVER TO SERGEANT KOVACS.

SO DON'T WORRY, IAN. YOU'RE FINE. WELL, THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME A FEW MINUTES TO DISCUSS THE POSITIVE AND MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE CITY AND DUBLIN CITY SCHOOLS. AS YOU CAN SEE IN YOUR PACKET, WE'RE REQUESTING THE AUTHORITY FOR THE CITY MANAGER TO RENEW THE CONTRACT FOR THE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER PROGRAM DURING THE UPCOMING 2025 2026 SCHOOL YEAR.

THIS WOULD BE THE 27TH YEAR FOR THE SRO PROGRAM, AND A CONTINUATION OF A LONG STANDING PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN DUBLIN CITY SCHOOLS, THE CITY OF DUBLIN AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

OUR COMMUNITY EDUCATION UNIT PROVIDES FULL TIME SROS FOR EACH DUBLIN HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL, WITH MIDDLE SCHOOL SROS HAVING RESPONSIBILITY AT ONE OR MORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

SROS FOCUS ON SAFETY AND CRIME PREVENTION, AS WELL AS COUNSELING AND EDUCATION FOR THE YOUTH IN OUR COMMUNITY.

THE SRO PROGRAM'S PRIMARY FOCUS IS TO CREATE A SAFE AND POSITIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL DUBLIN CITY SCHOOL STUDENTS, WITH THE OVERARCHING GOALS OF DEVELOPING AN ATMOSPHERE CONDUCIVE TO LEARNING.

BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN POLICE OFFICERS AND JUVENILES.

INCREASING POSITIVE ATTITUDES TOWARD LAW ENFORCEMENT.

ENCOURAGING MORE COOPERATION BETWEEN JUVENILES AND THE POLICE, AND FINALLY REDUCING JUVENILE CRIME.

ANOTHER HALLMARK OF DUBLIN'S SRO PROGRAM IT IS BASED IS THAT IT'S BASED ON INPUT FROM SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION, TEACHERS, FACULTY AND STUDENTS. IN LINE WITH THAT CONCEPT, DUBLIN POLICE RECEIVE REGULAR FEEDBACK FROM SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION TO ENSURE A COHESIVE PARTNERSHIP FOCUSED ON THE SAFETY AND WELL-BEING OF ALL THE STUDENTS.

ADDITIONALLY, OUR SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS HAVE PRESENTED TO THE CHIEF'S ADVISORY COMMITTEE MULTIPLE TIMES, WHICH HAS GENERATED IN-DEPTH DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE SRO PROGRAM, SCHOOL SAFETY, AND ACTIVE THREAT PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE WITH OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

CONVERSATIONS CENTERED ON A SROS COUNSELING ROLE, HOW OFFICERS ASSIST WITH THE OVERALL SAFETY AT AND AROUND THE SCHOOL, HOW OFFICERS WORK TO BUILD STRONG RELATIONSHIPS WITH STUDENTS, AND HOW THEY CAN CONNECT WITH STUDENTS.

EXCUSE ME HOW THEY CAN CONNECT STUDENTS WITH MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT AND RESOURCES.

DUBLIN POLICE REMAIN CONFIDENT THAT THE ONGOING SRO PARTNERSHIP TRAINING AND DIALOG WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ARE ALL HIGHLY BENEFICIAL TO THE YOUTH IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AS A TESTAMENT TO OUR PARTNERSHIP, I'D ACTUALLY LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT OFFICER PAUL BIRKS, WHO WILL BE RETIRING IN SEPTEMBER OF THIS YEAR.

FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW PAUL, PAUL SERVED FOR SEVEN YEARS WITH NYPD AND THE ARLINGTON, TEXAS POLICE DEPARTMENT BEFORE JOINING US IN 2000 AND BECOMING AN SRO IN 2016. THE RELATIONSHIPS HE'S BUILT AND FOSTERED, ESPECIALLY IN HIS ROLE AS SRO AT ROZELLE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND JEROME HIGH SCHOOL, SHOWCASE OUR DEPARTMENT'S PARTNERSHIP WITH THIS COMMUNITY.

ALTHOUGH I CAN HIGHLIGHT HIS CONTRIBUTIONS, IT MAY BE BETTER TO HEAR DIRECTLY FROM ONE OF THE STUDENTS AT JEROME WHO RECENTLY SENT PAUL A PERSONAL NOTE THANKING HIM FOR ALL HE'S DONE. AMONG OTHER COMPLIMENTS, THE STUDENT OFFERED THE FOLLOWING.

THANK YOU FOR BEING SUCH A GREAT OFFICER DURING MY MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL YEARS.

I LOOK UP TO YOU AND CAN COME TO YOU IF I HAVE A QUESTION OR NEED ASSISTANCE.

YOU BRING HAPPINESS TO THE DISTRICT AND TO THE SCHOOLS.

I COULDN'T BE HAPPIER TO HAVE SOMEONE LIKE YOU AROUND MY SCHOOL.

YOU HELPED MAKE DUBLIN A BETTER PLACE. NOT JUST IN THE SCHOOLS, BUT ALSO IN THE COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION TO THE DUBLIN POLICE.

AND FRANKLY, I COULDN'T HAVE SAID IT BETTER MYSELF.

I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND THE CONSIDERATION. AND DUBLIN POLICE STAFF RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION 4125.

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THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING. NONE. COUNSEL. QUESTIONS. DISCUSSION.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THANKS. I HAPPEN TO BE THE LONE STANDING COUNCIL MEMBER WHO STILL HAS A KIDDO IN SCHOOL.

AND SO I HAVE SOME WONDERFUL FIRSTHAND EXPERIENCE WITH WITH OUR AMAZING OFFICERS.

YOU KNOW, OFFICER BROOKS IS JUST A LEGEND IN THE SCHOOL, AND I.

IT'S. THOSE ARE SOME BIG SHOES TO FILL. AND CERTAINLY WE WISH HIM THE VERY, VERY BEST IN HIS RETIREMENT.

IT'S SORT OF IT'S VERY WELL DESERVED. BUT THE BIG QUESTION IS WHO'S GOING TO BACKFILL THOSE VERY, VERY BIG SHOES? SO THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. OFFICER CHAD PATRICK, WE HAVE FULL CONFIDENCE THAT HE CAN FILL MAYBE NOT PHYSICALLY FILL THOSE SHOES, BUT THAT HE COULD FILL THAT ROLE VERY EFFECTIVELY, PROPERLY IRISH NAME AS WELL.

SO I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY. SO AS FAR AS OFFICER BIRKS IS CONCERNED, THE STUDENT SAID HE LOOKS UP TO HIM.

WHO DOESN'T? HE'S A BIG MAN. I THINK THIS THIS WHOLE SRO PROGRAM REALLY HIGHLIGHTS THE COLLABORATIVE RELATIONSHIP WE HAVE WITH THE DISTRICT. AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMIND RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN AND THE FOLKS THAT HAVE KIDS IN DUBLIN CITY SCHOOLS, THAT THE TWO ARE MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE.

AND WE HAVE OFFICERS IN COLUMBUS. SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT KIND OF I THINK A LOT OF FOLKS WOULD TAKE IT FOR GRANTED THAT THEIR LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENT WOULD PROVIDE AN SRO AT THEIR SCHOOLS.

IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, WE'RE PROVIDING SROS TO FOLKS OUTSIDE THE CITY.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK. WELL, CERTAINLY IF IF THE DICTIONARY HAD PICTURES AND YOU LOOKED UP GENTLE GIANT, YOU WOULD SEE OFFICER BURKE.

HE HAS CERTAINLY BEEN A GENTLE GIANT IN THOSE HALLS OVER THERE FOR A LONG TIME.

I KNOW MY KIDS. THEY COULD HAVE WRITTEN THAT NOTE, BECAUSE THAT WOULD THAT WOULD BE REFLECTIVE OF THEIR OPINION OF HIM AS WELL.

SO CERTAINLY APPRECIATE HIS SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY AND CERTAINLY TO THE SCHOOLS AS WELL.

WITH THAT, JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? MR. ROSA? YES. MAYOR AMBROSE GROOMS. YES, MR. REINER? YES. MR. KEELER. YES. MISS CRAM. YES. VICE MAYOR LUTO.

YES. MISS FOX? YES. THANK YOU. GENTLEMEN. RESOLUTION 42 DASH 25, ADOPTING AN INFORMATION SECURITY POLICY FOR THE CITY OF DUBLIN,

[Resolution 42-25]

WELCOME. GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS COUNCIL. ONE MOMENT PLEASE.

FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION THIS EVENING, WE ARE BRINGING BRINGING FORWARD RESOLUTION 42 DASH 25, WHICH IS THE ADOPTION OF AN INFORMATION SECURITY POLICY.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND OF HOW THIS STARTED, WHERE WE WHERE WE'VE BEEN AND KIND OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PIECES OF THE POLICY.

SO AT THE NOVEMBER 8TH, 2024, CITY COUNCIL FALL RETREAT, STAFF WAS DIRECTED TO RESEARCH AND AND TO BUILD AN INFORMATION SECURITY POLICY FOR THE CITY IN A VERY HIGH LEVEL. WE BROUGHT FORTH THE FIRST DRAFT TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE ON MARCH 4TH OF THIS YEAR, AND THEN A SECOND DRAFT ON JUNE 17TH OF THIS YEAR, WHICH WAS NOT VERY LONG AGO.

VERY GOOD COLLABORATIVE EFFORT. WE GOT A LOT OF GREAT FEEDBACK FROM THE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE THAT WE COULD TAKE BACK TO OUR VARIOUS RESOURCES AND CRAFT THIS POLICY.

THAT'S BEFORE YOU TONIGHT TO DEVELOP THE POLICY.

WE UTILIZED OUR NEW SERVICE THAT WE'VE HAD SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR OR THE END OF LAST YEAR, WHICH IS OUR VIRTUAL CHIEF INFORMATION SECURITY OFFICER SERVICE.

SO THEY THEY ARE CHARGED WITH OFFERING STRATEGIC LEVEL SUPPORT AND, AND A LOT OF KNOWLEDGE, AND THEY HAVE MANY DIFFERENT RESOURCES WITHIN THEIR COMPANY, NOT ONLY THE VC.

SO THAT WE USE WE ALSO UTILIZED OUR GARDENER RESOURCES AS WELL AS OTHER PUBLIC ASPECTS.

RESOURCES. WE HAVE A MEMBER OF OUR SECURITY TEAM IS ON THE OHIO CYBER RESERVE.

AND SO SO WE REALLY SCOURED AROUND TO LOOK AT WHAT THIS MIGHT LOOK LIKE.

AND INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, AS WE BENCHMARKED LOCAL AGENCIES, WE DIDN'T FIND ANY FORMALIZED ORDINANCES OR RESOLUTIONS OR COUNCIL LED DOCUMENTS, OR AT THE HIGHEST OF POLICY LEVELS AND REGIONAL AND NATIONWIDE, WE FOUND VERY FEW ACTUAL POLICIES IN A LOT OF PLACES.

WHAT WE FOUND WERE MORE PROCLAMATIONS OR STATEMENTS.

SO YOU MAY SEE THINGS ON DIFFERENT CITIES WEBSITES, EXCUSE ME, THAT TALK ABOUT THE FUNDAMENTALS OF WHAT THIS IS.

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AND THE PURPOSE OF THIS IS TO REALLY ESTABLISH THE CITY'S COMMITMENT, SAFEGUARDING OUR TECHNOLOGY AND INFORMATION, ACKNOWLEDGING IT'S SUCH AN IMPORTANT AND INGRAINED PART OF OUR BUSINESS AND WORKING WITH OUR CITIZENS, RESIDENTS, PARTNERS AND ESTABLISHES THE NEED AND MAINTENANCE OF AN INFORMATION SECURITY PROGRAM.

SO THIS IS OUR GUIDANCE. THIS IS OUR LIGHT THAT WE WILL FOLLOW.

THIS IS JOINED BY A SERIES OF INTERNAL ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS, STANDARDS, OTHER PROCEDURES, WORK PLANS, RESPONSE PLANS AND ALL ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT MATERIALS THAT SNAP UNDERNEATH OF THIS POLICY.

SO THE SCOPE OF THIS POLICY, IT AFFECTS ALL TECHNOLOGY AND INFORMATION ASSETS OF THE CITY.

AND WHO IT AFFECTS IS IT'S ALL CITY EMPLOYEES, CITY COUNCIL BOARDS AND COMMISSION MEMBERS, THIRD PARTY VENDORS, CONTRACTORS AND SERVICE PROVIDERS.

SO EVERYONE WE DO BUSINESS WITH OR FOR. AND THE MAIN PART OF THIS IS THAT IT IS ESTABLISHING AN INFORMATION SECURITY PROGRAM, WHICH THANKFULLY, YOU ALREADY HAVE AND WE ARE ALREADY RUNNING THAT.

AND IT DOES RECOMMEND OUR INFORMATION SECURITY PROGRAM BE GROUNDED IN THE MOST CURRENT VERSION OF NIST, WHICH IS THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY.

THEY PROVIDE A FRAMEWORK THAT'S FOLLOWED BY FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL AGENCIES, AND THAT IS CONSTANTLY BEING UPDATED AND CHANGED.

THAT'S WHY YOU'LL SEE THE LANGUAGE OF CURRENT NEXT.

SO IT'S CHANGED DURING THIS DISCUSSION. AND THE THE BASIS BEHIND ALL OF THIS IS TO PROTECT THE CONFIDENTIALITY, THE INTEGRITY AND THE AVAILABILITIES OF THE TECHNOLOGIES AND DATA.

SO ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO IS WITH THAT IN MIND AND FOLLOWING THE NYSC STANDARDS.

THIS IS DONE BY HAVING A SERIES OF TECHNICAL CONTROLS.

AND THESE ARE THINGS THAT YOU MAY HEAR US COME TO YOU AND TALK ABOUT AT BUDGET TIME, BECAUSE THEY'RE THINGS, THEY'RE FIREWALLS, EMAIL SECURITY, DATA ENCRYPTION AND THINGS LIKE THAT, AND ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROLS, WHICH WE WHICH I MENTIONED EARLIER, THE STANDARDS, THE GUIDELINES, THE IMPLEMENTATION PLANS, THE RESPONSE PLANS. A BIG PORTION OF AN INFORMATION SECURITY PROGRAM IS TO UNDERSTAND RISK CLASSIFYING AND ASSESSING RISK.

WHEN WE THINK ABOUT WHAT IS RISK, WE WORK WITHIN THE WHOLE BUSINESS AND THE CONSTRUCT AND THINKING ABOUT WHAT WHAT DOES PUT THE CITY AT RISK.

AND WE'RE CONSTANTLY LOOKING AT THE THREAT LANDSCAPE.

AND ONE THING THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT, WHICH WAS GREAT FEEDBACK FROM THE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE, WAS AND WE DID FIND GREAT RESEARCH IN THIS IS THE THE NEED TO KNOW PRINCIPLES.

SO ALLOWING PEOPLE TO ACCESS AND UTILIZE INFORMATION FOR ONLY THE JOB AT HAND, COLLECTING INFORMATION FOR ONLY THE JOB AT HAND.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE RECORDS RETENTION. WE'LL WORK WITHIN ALL OF THOSE THINGS AS WELL.

BUT BUT THIS IS A PRINCIPLE OF IT'S BEST NOT TO HAVE CERTAIN THINGS OR BEST NOT TO HAVE CERTAIN THINGS FOR TOO LONG.

AND THIS THIS APPLIES AGAIN TO OUR WHOLE SCOPE OF WHO THIS IS WHO, WHO WE'RE COVERING WITH THIS.

WITH THAT COMES ASSESSING AND REPORTING. AND THAT EVEN INCLUDES OUR CITY SERVICE PROVIDERS AND OUR PARTNERS AND VENDORS.

SO WE HAVE VARIOUS MECHANISMS THAT WE'LL BE WORKING ON AND THAT WE HAVE BEEN UTILIZING WITH OUR VENDORS TO UNDERSTAND THEIR SECURITY POSTURE AND WHERE THAT WHERE THAT SITS WITH US, BECAUSE WE RELY A LOT ON PARTNERSHIPS AND VENDORS.

WE HAVE A LOT OF PARTNERS AND REC DISPATCHES FROM MULTIPLE AGENCIES.

SOME OF THESE THINGS ARE GOVERNED AT DIFFERENT LEVELS FROM THE STATE OR FROM THE FBI OR CSIS AND THINGS LIKE THAT AS WELL.

REPORTING IS A KEY PORTION OF THAT WAS SUGGESTED FOR THE POLICY, WHICH I THINK IS GREAT.

IT ALLOWS THE CONVERSATION THAT WE HAVE, AND ANNUAL REPORTING WOULD BE DONE THROUGH EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR PURPOSES OF SECURITY, AND THAT WOULD BE SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DID AT THE COUNCIL RETREAT LAST YEAR, WHERE WE GET INTO GENERAL UPDATES, SOME ASSESSMENT RESULTS AND TESTING RESULTS SO THAT WE CAN SHOW YOU HOW WE'RE DOING, HOW WE'RE IMPROVING AND WHERE WE STILL ARE IMPROVING.

WE WILL ALSO TALK ABOUT THE CURRENT THREAT LANDSCAPE IN SPECIFICS TO THE CITY, AND TALK ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE THAT THE CITY COUNCIL WOULD DESIRE.

INCIDENT REPORTING IS A SECONDARY AREA OF REPORTING.

AND SO THAT IS AS THINGS HAPPEN. WE HAVE AN INCIDENT RESPONSE PLAN.

WE WORK WITHIN THE STRUCTURE OF OUR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN.

ALL OF THESE THINGS TALK TO COMMUNICATIONS, PLAN WHAT WE DO WITH DATA BREACHES, WHAT WE'RE REQUIRED TO DO BY OHIO REVISED CODE, AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS AS WELL. AND AGAIN, THIS ALL APPLIES TO OUR THIRD PARTIES AND SERVICE PROVIDERS.

ANOTHER KEY COMPONENT OF AN INFORMATION SECURITY PROGRAM IS EDUCATION AND TESTING.

EDUCATION, TRAINING AND AWARENESS ARE DONE ON A QUARTERLY BASIS AT THIS POINT HERE WITH ALL OF OUR STAFF.

AND THEN ALL OF THOSE PLANS THAT I MENTIONED INCIDENT RESPONSE, DISASTER RECOVERY, BUSINESS CONTINUITY, THOSE ARE ALL EXERCISED AND THEY'LL CONTINUE TO BE EXERCISED.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN SHARE RESULTS WITH AGAIN AT OUR ANNUAL REPORTING.

AND FINALLY, IT DISCUSSES THE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES, THE ROLES OF CITY COUNCIL, BOARD AND COMMISSION MEMBERS.

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BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND YOU ALL ALSO PARTICIPATE LIKE STAFF AS FAR AS TAKING OUR SECURITY CLASSES AND DOING THE ASSESSMENTS AND TRAINING.

AND THEN AGAIN, CITY STAFF HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY NOT JUST TO TAKE THE TRAINING, BUT TO KEEP THEIR EYES EARS OPEN, BE VIGILANT, DO THEIR OWN REPORTING. TELL US IF THEY SEE SOMETHING SUSPICIOUS.

BE CAREFUL. AND THESE THEIR BEHAVIORS ARE ALL GOVERNED BY OUR INTERNAL ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS AND OUR OTHER INTERNAL STANDARDS.

AND THEN AGAIN, THIRD PARTIES AND PARTNERS, SERVICE PROVIDERS, THEY THEY WILL ABIDE BY THESE STANDARDS AS WELL.

SO WITHIN OUR CONTRACT LANGUAGE, WHEN WE DO PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENTS OR WHEN WE SIGN CONTRACTS TO BRING SOMEONE ON BOARD.

THOSE INCLUDE SECTIONS ABOUT SECURITY, ABOUT REPORTING OF DATA BREACHES AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS AS WELL.

SO WITH THAT, WE RECOMMEND THE APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION 4225, ADOPTING THE INFORMATION SECURITY POLICY.

AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU.

IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING NONE. COUNSEL. QUESTIONS. DISCUSSION.

I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU. I THINK YOU PUT ALL OF US AT EASE WHEN YOU EXPLAIN THE COMPLEX LAYERS OF SECURITY IN DUBLIN AT THE RETREAT.

I KNOW PERSONALLY, I MEAN, I THINK FOR ALL OF US, THAT'S OUR NUMBER ONE WORRY IS CYBERSECURITY.

I'VE CHANGED OUT MY CREDIT CARD ABOUT EVERY 3 TO 4 MONTHS.

SOMEBODY HACKING IT. SO I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU GUYS DO IT, BUT YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB.

THANK YOU. BRENDA, THANK YOU TO THE TEAM. I KNOW WHEN WE HAD SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS IN THE COMMITTEE ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A PROCLAMATION AND A POLICY.

I KNOW WE SAID, YOU KNOW, PROCLAMATIONS OR STATEMENTS THAT SAY WE THINK THIS IS IMPORTANT.

THE POLICY IS A STATEMENT. THIS IS HOW WE ARE GOING TO BE SURE IT IS IMPORTANT.

SO I THINK VERY MUCH LIKE WE DO IN OUR FINANCIAL POLICIES, THERE'S A SET OF HURDLES.

THERE'S A SET OF BENCHMARKS AND WE'VE MADE A COMMITMENT.

I THINK THIS COUNCIL TO BE SURE THAT WE REVIEW THEM AND WE ASK OUR STAFF, HAVE WE MET THE THINGS THAT WE SAID ARE IN THE POLICY.

SO I THINK TAKING THAT EXTRA STEP, IT IS INTERESTING TO ME THAT OTHER COMMUNITIES HAVEN'T YET DONE THAT, BUT I KNOW THEY WILL. AND I KNOW THERE'S LEGISLATION MOVING AROUND IN THE STATE HOUSE. BUT I THINK TAKING THAT STEP FORWARD AND LISTING THE THINGS WE'RE GOING TO COMMIT TO ANNUALLY AS A TEAM MAKE IT EASIER ON US BECAUSE WHEN WE KNOW THOSE ARE DONE, WE WE KNOW THOSE ARE DONE.

AND SO IT'S BEEN A GOOD BACK AND FORTH. AND I DO THINK AND, AND HOPE THAT SOME OF THIS LANGUAGE WILL BE ALSO HELPFUL TO OUR PARTNERS IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND I HOPE IT'S A STRONG MESSAGE TO OUR RESIDENTS THAT WE TAKE THIS INCREDIBLY SERIOUSLY.

WE ALWAYS HAVE. I THINK THIS JUST HIGHLIGHTS THAT AND AS COUNCIL MEMBER GRAHAM MENTIONED AT THE LAST ADMIN COMMITTEE, I THINK IT, IT LENDS ITSELF TO FURTHER COMMUNICATION WITH OUR RESIDENTS, AND I DON'T KNOW IF SHE WANTS TO ADD ANOTHER COMMENT ON THAT, BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK AND I APPLAUD THE LEADERSHIP IN THIS AREA.

THANK YOU. I'LL JUST SAY THANK YOU FOR MAKING THE CHANGES THAT WE REQUESTED IN OUR COMMITTEE.

AND AS FAR AS THE PUBLIC DOCUMENT JUST FOR THE REST OF COUNCIL WE JUST THOUGHT IT DESERVED A PAMPHLET OR PROMOTION, JUST LIKE OUR CITIZENS GUIDE TO TAXES DOES, SO THAT IT WOULD REASSURE THE COMMUNITY AND PUT IT IN PLAIN, SIMPLE LANGUAGE. THANKS. ANY OTHERS? BRANDON, YOU KNOW, THERE THERE'S BEEN SOME TALK AROUND THE STATE HOUSE OF REQUIRING THIS OF EVERY COMMUNITY IN THE STATE, AND THERE'S BEEN SOME AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL AS WELL.

I'M ASSUMING THAT THIS POLICY WOULD MEET OR BEAT WHATEVER REQUIREMENTS WE MIGHT SEE COMING, PERHAPS IN THE FALL. YES. CURRENTLY THERE'S PROPOSED HOUSE BILL 283, AND THAT'S IN HOUSE COMMITTEE AT THE MOMENT.

AND AS WE LOOK THROUGH THAT, IT AGAIN, WE APPLAUD THAT EFFORT.

IT HAS A LOT OF THE KEY COMPONENTS. THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT COUNCIL THEMSELVES WILL HAVE TO CONSIDER WITH THAT.

BUT WE'VE BEEN IN CONTACT AND PROVIDING FEEDBACK TO OUR LOBBYISTS AND OUR OTHER TEAMS WITH THAT HAVING BRAD JONES, WHO'S OUR SECURITY ADMINISTRATOR ON THE TEAM AND PARTICIPATE IN OHIO CYBER RESERVE, IS VERY HELPFUL BECAUSE HE'S HE SEES AND UNDERSTANDS THESE THINGS A LITTLE BIT EARLIER THAN WE EVEN GET NOTICE OF THEM OR PUBLIC NOTICE AND WHAT HE CAN SHARE, WHAT HE'S THINKING OF.

AND HIS PERSPECTIVE IS REALLY IMPORTANT WITH THAT POLICY.

AND AND OUR POLICIES DO DOVETAIL QUITE NICELY.

THERE WILL BE SOME PROVISIONS THAT ARE IN THE CURRENT PROPOSAL THAT, AGAIN, WILL HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE DO FEEDBACK WITH WITH THAT AND EVERYTHING.

AND YOU ALL MAY BE INTERESTED IN SEEING THAT AS IT PROGRESSES.

VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE? NO. JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL?

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YES. MISS FOX. YES. MR. ROSA. YES. MAYOR AMBROSE.

GRIMES. YES. MR. KEELER. YES. OKAY, THIS BRINGS US TO THE OTHER BUSINESS PORTION OF OUR AGENDA,

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AND OUR STAFF REPORT WILL BE BROUGHT FORWARD BY JENNIFER MIGLIORE. WELCOME.

THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.

WHEN I PRESENTED IN MAY OUR LAST HR BRIEFING, I SHARED THE HUMAN RESOURCES FOCUS AREAS.

FOR TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION, I'M GOING TO FOCUS ON SEVERAL OF THESE AREAS.

AND ADDITIONALLY, ALL OF THE DATA THAT YOU SEE IN THIS REPORT TONIGHT IS ALSO IN THE MONTHLY CITY MANAGER'S REPORTS.

ON THIS SLIDE YOU WILL SEE THE MOST RECENT VACANCY AND TURNOVER DATA.

AS A REMINDER, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO IS THAT A VACANCY REFERS TO A JOB THAT IS CURRENTLY UNOCCUPIED, WHILE TURNOVER DESCRIBES THE RATE AT WHICH EMPLOYEES LEAVE THE CITY.

SO THE CITY CURRENTLY HAS A 6.6 VACANCY RATE AND A 7.5% TURNOVER RATE, BOTH OF WHICH DEPICT A GOOD BALANCE AND INDICATE THAT WE HAVE EFFECTIVE TALENT MANAGEMENT AND WORKFORCE STABILITY. THE RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION SLIDE HIGHLIGHTS THE CURRENT VACANCIES ACROSS THE CITY.

AGAIN, THESE ARE IN THE MONTHLY CITY MANAGER REPORT AS THEY CHANGE ON A MONTHLY OR WEEKLY BASIS.

MOVING ON TO LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT, STAFF MEMBERS WERE REQUIRED TO ATTEND A TWO HOUR IN PERSON ACTIVE SHOOTER TRAINING SESSION TAILORED TO THEIR BUILDING'S LAYOUT BETWEEN JANUARY AND MAY. THIS YEAR, WE HAVE TWO MAKEUP SESSIONS COMING THIS FALL.

THE TRAINING, WHICH WAS CONDUCTED BY A TEAM OF OUR DUBLIN POLICE OFFICERS, COVERED BEST PRACTICES FOR PERSONAL AND TEAM SAFETY, BUILDING SPECIFIC EMERGENCY PROCEDURES AND HOW TO RESPOND SPAWNED EFFECTIVELY IN THE EVENT OF A CRITICAL INCIDENT.

THE CITY MANAGER FELT IT WAS OF UTMOST IMPORTANCE TO EMPOWER STAFF WITH THE KNOWLEDGE AND CONFIDENCE TO ACT DECISIVELY IN AN EMERGENCY.

HEALTHY BY CHOICE HBC IS OUR VOLUNTARY HEALTH MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, WHICH IS AVAILABLE TO ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES AND SPOUSES.

THE HBC WELLNESS PROGRAM ENCOURAGES THOSE ON THE CITY'S MEDICAL BENEFITS TO ENGAGE IN VARIOUS WELLNESS ACTIVITIES THAT SUPPORT HEALTHIER LIFESTYLES AND WELL-BEING.

FULL PARTICIPATION CAN EARN A WAIVER OF THE MEDICAL PREMIUM, WHICH IS VERY UNIQUE TO THE CITY OF DUBLIN.

SO FAR THIS YEAR, WE'VE HAD 288 EMPLOYEES COMPLETE WELLNESS CLASSES SO FAR.

WE'VE OFFERED 18 IN-PERSON SESSIONS AND OVER 50 ONLINE SELF-PACED OPTIONS COVERING EMOTIONAL, PHYSICAL, MENTAL, AND FINANCIAL TOPICS. EACH QUARTER, WE FOCUS ON A NEW CAMPAIGN, AND FOR QUARTER ONE THIS YEAR, WE HAD HEART STRONG, WHICH WAS A CAMPAIGN THAT FOCUSED ON KEY LIFESTYLE HABITS, INCLUDING FOOD, SLEEP AND MOVEMENT TO SUPPORT HEART HEALTHY AND OVERALL ENERGY.

WE ALSO HAD A SPECIAL EVENT THAT OUR FIRST QUARTER THAT WAS CALLED FOOD CONNECTS US.

IT WAS A GLOBAL CHARCUTERIE EXPERIENCE THAT WAS HOSTED AT EACH CITY BUILDING, AND WE SERVED OVER 270 SAMPLES IN CELEBRATION OF OUR NATIONAL NUTRITION MONTH.

QUARTER TWO WAS THEIR REFRESH AND THRIVE CAMPAIGN AND CENTERED AROUND RECHARGING, RESILIENCE AND MAKING WELLNESS FEEL SIMPLE AND FUN.

MOVING ON TO EMPLOYEE RELATIONS, ALL FOUR OF THE CITY'S COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS LAST FOR THREE YEARS EACH.

THIS YEAR, WE WILL NEGOTIATE THE UNITED STEELWORKERS BEGINNING LATER THIS MONTH, AND THE FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE BEGINNING SOMETIME THIS FALL.

MOVING TO OUR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY PROGRAM. DUBLIN WAS THE SECOND CITY IN THE IN OHIO, FOLLOWING CINCINNATI, TO ADOPT A SELF-INSURED MODEL FOR WORKERS COMPENSATION.

THIS TRANSITION IN 2007 AND FORWARD HAS GENERATED AN ESTIMATED $5.1 MILLION IN SAVINGS, COMPARED TO PURCHASING COVERAGE THROUGH THE OHIO BUREAU OF WORKER'S COMP. THE BWC REDUCED COST SAVINGS IN 2012, 2015, AND 2016 WERE DUE TO THE BWC REBATES ISSUED TO ALL STATE FUNDED PROGRAMS, TEMPORARILY AFFECTING YEAR TO YEAR COMPARISONS.

THE CITY MAINTAINS A $500,000 PER OCCURRENCE RETENTION AND THANKFULLY HAS NEVER EXCEEDED THAT THRESHOLD SINCE BECOMING SELF-INSURED.

ALL CLAIMS ARE MANAGED IN-HOUSE THROUGH RISK MANAGEMENT, WITH HUMAN RESOURCES OVERSEEING MEDICAL TREATMENT, WAGE CONTINUATION AND CLAIM DECISIONS. I SHARED THE 2024 WORKFORCE COMP COMPOSITION IN MAY, AND I WANTED TO REMIND YOU THAT OUR SEASONAL RECRUITMENT PROCESS INCREASES SIGNIFICANTLY IN APRIL AND MAY AS WE PREPARE FOR THE SUMMER MONTHS, JUNE, JULY AND AUGUST. SO AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS SLIDE, WE HAVE AN EXTREMELY HIGH RETENTION RATE FOR THE TWO HIGHEST AREAS OF SEASONAL HIRING, WITH 88% RETENTION FOR LIFEGUARDS AND 76% RETENTION FOR CAMP COUNSELORS.

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AND WE'RE CURRENTLY RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT CYCLE, SO HOPEFULLY WE HAVE ANOTHER YEAR OR TWO OF STRONG RETENTION AS PART OF OUR TALENT AND CULTURE MANAGEMENT. THE THE CITY IS CURRENTLY CONDUCTING AN EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT SURVEY.

THIS SURVEY OPENED TWO WEEKS AGO AND WAS EMAILED AND OR TEXTED TO STAFF.

IT TAKES LESS THAN TEN MINUTES TO COMPLETE AND IT CLOSES THIS THURSDAY, JULY 3RD.

I LOOK FORWARD TO SHARING THE RESULTS FROM THE SURVEY AT OUR NEXT HR BRIEFING LATER THIS FALL.

IN MAY, I SHARED ABOUT THE VARIETY OF WAYS THE CITY CELEBRATES EMPLOYEES THROUGH OUR INTERNAL CULTURE AND OUR DEDICATION TO SHOWING STAFF APPRECIATION.

ASIAN. ONE OF THE NEWEST CULTURAL EVENTS IS OUR CELEBRATION STATIONS, WHICH IS AN INNOVATIVE WAY TO CELEBRATE AN EXCEPTIONAL TEAM.

OUR THIRD CELEBRATION STATION HAPPENED RECENTLY AND IT HIGHLIGHTED THE BUILDING STANDARDS TEAM.

THEIR COMMITMENT WAS ESPECIALLY CLEAR IN THEIR WORK ON THE MOUNT CARMEL DUBLIN PROJECT.

WITH OVER 700 INSPECTIONS, NEARLY 1000 PLAN SHEETS REVIEWED AND MORE THAN 300 DOCUMENTS ANALYZED, THEIR EFFORTS REFLECT OUR VALUES OF BEING DRIVEN BY EXCELLENCE, BETTER TOGETHER, AND DEDICATED TO SERVICE.

AS WE CONTINUE MOVING FORWARD WITH OUR CULTURE PLAYBOOK STRATEGY FOR 2025 AND BEYOND, HUMAN RESOURCES IS FOCUSED ON IDENTIFYING POTENTIAL SUCCESSORS FOR KEY LEADERSHIP POSITIONS. PLANNING FOR FACILITATING CAREER PATHS, ANTICIPATING RECRUITMENT NEEDS AND PLANNING FOR INCREASED LEADERSHIP.

DELEGATION TO PROVIDE LEADERSHIP RESILIENCE. CITY LEADERSHIP RECOGNIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF A STRUCTURED SUCCESSION PLAN TO MITIGATE RISK.

ENSURE BUSINESS CONTINUITY AND RETAIN TOP TALENT.

HUMAN RESOURCES IS WORKING WITH BOB WELCH FROM LEVERAGED LEADERSHIP AS WE FURTHER DEVELOP OUR STRATEGY, USING OUR CULTURE PLAYBOOK AS A GUIDE. WE ARE CURRENTLY DISCUSSING WHAT WE WILL CALL OUR SUCCESSION PLANNING EFFORTS, AND WE WANT TO FOCUS ON TRANSPARENCY AND OPEN COMMUNICATION AS WE IDENTIFY OUR TALENT STRATEGY AND CONCENTRATE ON DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH IN PLACE.

AS WE PLAN FOR LEADERSHIP RESILIENCE, WE WILL CONTINUE FOCUSING AND IDENTIFYING KEY ROLES WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION, WHICH INCLUDES THE CITY MANAGER, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, DIVISION AND DEPARTMENT HEADS, AND HIGH IMPACT ADMINISTRATIVE ROLES.

WE'VE OUTLINED THE CRITERIA FOR CRITICAL ROLE SUCCESSION PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT FOR PHASE ONE.

SUCCESSION AND DEVELOPMENT. PLANNING IS A BUSINESS PROCESS AND IS PART OF AN INTEGRATED TALENT SYSTEM.

IN MAY AND JUNE, A SMALL LEADERSHIP TEAM MET WITH BOB WALSH FROM LEVERAGE HR FOR A TWO HALF DAY WORKSHOPS TO EVALUATE OUR CURRENT SUCCESSION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLANS, AND THE DIRECTION WE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS YEAR AND INTO 2026 AND 2027.

OUR PROJECT TIMELINE INCLUDES ALIGNMENT OF OUR CURRENT PRACTICES, WHICH INCLUDE OUR ANNUAL EVALUATIONS, ENGAGEMENT CHECK INS, ALSO KNOWN AS STAY INTERVIEWS.

OUR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN EVALUATION LEADERSHIP DELEGATION, CROSS DIVISIONAL WORK TEAMS, AND THE EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT SURVEY. AS WE UTILIZE THE CULTURE PLAYBOOK VISION, WE WILL CONTINUE DEVELOPING AND TRAINING LEADERS AND MANAGERS ON STANDARDS AND SKILL DEVELOPMENT TO SUPPORT THEM AS WE IMPLEMENT PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT PLANS AND IDENTIFY KNOWLEDGE GAPS IN COMPETENCY MAPPING OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS.

AS WE CONTINUE TO PREPARE FOR THE FUTURE WORKFORCE, I LOOK FORWARD TO SHARING FOR FUTURE UPDATES WITH YOU IN THE COMING MONTHS, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. VERY GOOD QUESTIONS.

HAVE A QUICK COMMENT. THANKS. THIS IS REALLY GREAT INFORMATION.

I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. I'M REALLY GLAD TO SEE THAT YOU'VE INCLUDED A GAP ANALYSIS IN YOUR SUCCESSION STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT PLAN.

I THINK IT'S A REALLY KEY COMPONENT WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT FROM A TALENT PERSPECTIVE, ESPECIALLY WITH THE, YOU KNOW, INFUSION OF A GENETIC AI AND AUTOMATION, YOU KNOW, DO YOU BUILD A DATABASE? DO YOU HIRE IT? RIGHT. BECAUSE THOSE ARE YOUR OPTIONS.

AND YOU CAN'T REALLY ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS WITHOUT THAT GAP ANALYSIS. SO I'M REALLY GLAD TO SEE THAT IN THERE. SO THANK YOU. THIS IS GREAT INFORMATION I APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU. WELL, YOU WERE OUT IN FRONT OF EVERYONE'S QUESTIONS.

WELL DONE. IT'S EXHAUSTING. WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. THIS BRINGS US TO OUR INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY BRIEFING.

AND OUR STAFF REPORT WILL BE BROUGHT TO US BY BRANDON BROWN.

WELCOME BACK. I DON'T THINK I'LL BE MICHAEL FOR.

TIME'S UP HERE. THIS IS THE LAST TIME YOU GET TO HEAR ME SPEAK TONIGHT. SO HOLD ON ONE SECOND, PLEASE. AS A REMINDER, THE WAY THAT WE VIEW OUR FOCUS AREAS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT THE LAST TIME WE WERE HERE FOR AN UPDATE IS THAT WE STRIVE.

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FOUNDATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE, WHAT WE THINK OF AS DRIVING VALUE AND IMPACT FOR THE CITY.

INNOVATION IN AND OF ITSELF. AND TO KEEP THIS REGULAR FOLLOWED THE SAME FORMAT AND JUST PROVIDED SOME UPDATES AND SOME NEWER PROJECTS WE'VE WORKED ON.

SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE WORK ON DO, THOUGH, LAST QUITE A WHILE. SO SOMETIMES QUARTERLY UPDATES, THERE MAY BE SOME WORK THAT'S STILL HAPPENING.

INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, SOME OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE MOVING AHEAD ON IS PHASED AS WELL.

SO FOR INSTANCE, AS WE UPDATED OUR HELPDESK AND SERVICE SOFTWARE THAT CAME WITH A SUITE OF AI TOOLS AND KNOWLEDGE BASES THAT WE CAN START TO EXPOSE TO STAFF, TO HELP THEM HELP THEMSELVES AND TO HELP OUR TEAM ANSWER QUESTIONS MORE RAPIDLY.

AND SO TYPICALLY, WE WILL GET BACK TO A SOLID STATE OF HAVING A NEW SYSTEM AND THEN EXPLORE ALL THE NEW FUNCTIONALITY AND START TO IMPLEMENT THAT IN MOVING THOSE THINGS ALONG. ANOTHER THING FOR CUSTOMER FOCUS, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING TEAM ON OUR INTERNAL UNIT SITE, WHICH IS WHICH IS A VALUABLE RESOURCE FOR ALL STAFF TO FIND ANYTHING FROM DOCUMENTS, POLICIES OR ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS TO CONNECTING AND FURTHERING THEIR USE OF TEAMS AND VARIOUS THINGS ALONG THOSE THOSE LINES AS WELL.

OTHER CUSTOMER SERVICE THAT YOU MAY SEE IF YOU'RE WALKING AROUND THE BUILDING, AND IT'S ALSO BEEN IN THE CITY MANAGER UPDATE AS WE HAVE EQUIPPED MORE ROOMS WITH THE VIDEO CONFERENCING SYSTEMS. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE SOME THE KIOSKS AT THE FRONT DESK FOR VISITORS TO CHECK IN WHICH WHICH ALLOW NOTIFICATION TO THE STAFF OF WHO IS RECEIVING THE VISITOR. AND THEN IN MEETING ROOMS, THERE ARE NICE LITTLE PANELS THAT WILL TELL YOU HOW LONG THE MEETING ROOM IS IN USE FOR, WHO HAS IT RESERVED, OR YOU CAN RESERVE IT AD HOC.

SO THAT'S GIVING US SOME NICE SPACE. AND I'VE SEEN THOSE IN USE EVERYWHERE AROUND THE CITY.

OUR SECURITY WE CONTINUE WITH OUR VC ENGAGEMENT.

AND PART OF THAT IS AN ASSESSMENT AND THAT IS IN PROGRESS.

WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM. AND THAT'S AGAIN SOMETHING THAT WILL FEED INTO SOME OF OUR ANNUAL REPORTING TO YOU AT A LATER DATE.

AND THEN I DID MENTION THE SECOND DRAFT OF OUR POLICY, WHICH I THINK THANK YOU.

WE JUST WE JUST FORWARDED FOUNDATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE.

WE HAVE A FEW MORE THINGS GOING ON THERE WHERE WE WE'VE UPDATED OUR FILE STORAGE SYSTEM.

AND AGAIN, WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME NEW ADVANCED FUNCTIONALITY WITH THAT TO HELP PRODUCTIVITY.

INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, ALTA FIBER KEEPS MOVING ALONG.

WELL. THEY'RE PROGRESSING RAPIDLY. AND WE'RE STARTING TO REALLY EXPLORE WHERE WE CAN UTILIZE THEM AS A PARTNER TO HELP US EXPAND OUR INFRASTRUCTURE.

SO THAT MEANS THINK OF FAR OUTREACHING TRAFFIC SIGNALS IN THE FAR NORTH OF THE CITY OR OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE NEED CONNECTIVITY TO.

THAT WOULD BE PRETTY COST PROHIBITIVE FOR US TO BUILD A DIRECT FIBER RUN TO.

AND WE DO HAVE SOME CASES WHERE WE LEASE SOME LINES, AND THIS WILL START TO ALLEVIATE THAT AT A MUCH BETTER COST.

ANOTHER PART OF THAT PARTNERSHIP THAT'S REALLY PAYING OFF.

WE HAVE ALSO SUPPORTED POLICE IN THEIR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE UNMANNED OR THE DRONE FIRST DRONES FIRST RESPONDER PROGRAM, AND THAT'S GETTING READY TO TAKE OFF. AND DRIVING VALUE AND IMPACT.

WE HAVE BEEN WORKING, AND WE'RE VERY CLOSE TO RELEASING SOME INTERNAL DASHBOARDING FOR OUR DIRECTORS AND OTHERS TO USE TO MONITOR THEIR BUDGETS AND DO BUDGET PLANNING.

EVEN BETTER, IT UTILIZES THE DATA THAT'S IN OUR MAIN CORE SYSTEMS, BUT IT GIVES SOME MODERN ANALYTIC TWIST TO IT, WHERE IT'S MUCH EASIER TO DO FILTERING AND INTERROGATE THE DATA AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.

AND I'M NOT SURE IF ANYONE SAW THE IMAGES. IT WAS A LITTLE BIT AGO.

BUT AS SNOW SEASON ENDED THIS YEAR, WE DEVELOPED SOMETHING WITH OUR NON STREET SNOWPLOWS LIKE ALL THOSE SMALLER, COOL PIECES OF EQUIPMENT WHERE THEY WENT OUT AND THEY ACTUALLY MAPPED HAZARDS THAT ARE ON THE BIKE PATH.

SO HAZARD NOT BEING SOMETHING THAT'S JUST THERE, BUT LIKE A, LIKE A MANHOLE COVER OR SOMETHING THAT COULD DISTURB THE PLOW AND THAT ACTUALLY ALERTS THEM WHEN THEY GO OUT TO PLOW, THEY'LL GET A NOTICE THAT THEY'RE APPROACHING THAT WITHIN A CERTAIN BUFFER DISTANCE. AND THAT WAS PRETTY INTERESTING COLLABORATION WITH OUR WITH OUR MAINTENANCE TEAMS. AND AGAIN, I EVERYWHERE. VICE MAYOR JUST MENTIONED THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT EFFORTS GOING ON WITH THAT.

LOOKING AT HOW DO WE USE THIS FOR TRANSCRIPTION, HOW DO WE USE THIS FOR SEARCH? HOW DO WE USE THIS FOR ANYTHING? BASICALLY, BECAUSE IT'S VERY PREVALENT EVERYWHERE.

FOR OUR DRIVING VALUE AND IMPACT. WE CONTINUE WITH OUR TECH SOLUTION THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON DEVELOPING AS WELL AS OUR TIMEKEEPING.

THAT'S A GOOD, FOR INSTANCE, OF SOMETHING THAT JUST TAKES A LITTLE WHILE BECAUSE IT'S ORGANIZATION WIDE AND IT MOVES ALONG THERE, AND WE'RE MOVING FORWARD AND HAVE BEEN MAKING PROGRESS WITH ANALYZING GO DUBLIN, WHICH WAS A DIRECT ASK AT THE LAST MEETING.

AND PART OF OUR GOALS, WHICH WE WERE WORKING ON AS WELL, AND THEN STAFF ENABLEMENT.

WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO KIND OF REPURPOSING SOME OF OUR STAFF AND REFOCUSING THEM ON ADOPTION OF TECHNOLOGY.

SO REALLY GETTING OUT INTO THE ORGANIZATION, MAKING SURE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT'S AVAILABLE TO THEM, HOW THEY CAN BEST USE IT AND REALLY UTILIZE THAT.

AND FINALLY, INNOVATION THAT'S KIND OF AT OUR CORE, WHERE WE THINK OF ALMOST EVERYTHING WE DO THERE.

A LOT OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT HAS BEEN GOING ON.

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VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. QUESTIONS? ACTUALLY, I HAVE ABOUT FIVE, BUT ONE IS A REQUEST.

THERE IS SO MUCH INFORMATION THAT IS BEING LEARNED BY STAFF.

I WOULD REQUEST THAT IN THAT MAYBE WE HAVE SOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR COUNSEL TO BE ABLE TO LEARN, ESPECIALLY ON SOME OF THE OPPORTUNITIES TO UTILIZE THE RESEARCH CAPABILITIES.

ANY OF THE THINGS THAT REALLY IMPACT THE STAFF IMPACT COUNSEL TO AND BEING ABLE TO UNDERSTAND AND UTILIZE SOME OF THE NEW TECHNOLOGIES.

SINCE WE'RE NOT HERE EVERY DAY TO DAY, ONE OF THE REQUESTS I WOULD HAVE IS AS WE BEGIN TO USE AI I WOULD HOPE THAT THE CITY WILL ALWAYS HAVE WHEN YOU PICK UP THE PHONE, A PERSON TO ANSWER IT.

THERE'S NOTHING MORE AGGRAVATING THAN GOVERNMENTS THAT DON'T HAVE A PERSON TO ANSWER THE PHONE WHEN YOU HAVE A QUESTION.

IF THEY GET FILTERED TO SOME TECHNOLOGY, THAT'S ONE THING, BUT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO MAINTAIN.

I THINK THIS PERSONAL CONNECTION, I THINK WE'RE KIND OF KNOWN FOR THAT, AND I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT CONTINUE.

I'M CURIOUS ON THE CAMERA DATA ON THE STREETS.

I'D BE INTERESTED IN HOW WE USE THAT DATA AND WHAT KIND OF ANALYTICS YOU COME UP WITH THAT.

I DO KNOW WE DO IT. WE HAVE LICENSE PLATE READERS AND WE'RE USING IT TO HELP WITH SPEED CONTROL.

BUT I JUST BE KIND OF CURIOUS AT THE NEXT TIME THAT YOU MAYBE GIVE A REPORT JUST HOW YOU USE THE STREET CAMERA DATA IN A GENERAL TERM.

THE LAST THING THAT YOU MENTIONED WAS THE INNOVATION AND USING AI FOR AUGMENTED REALITY.

IT OCCURRED TO ME, AS WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE DEVELOPMENT CONCEPTS WEST INNOVATION DISTRICT, METRO PLACE, THAT THE UTILIZATION OF AI TO CREATE VIRTUAL REALITIES OR IMAGES THAT SHOW THE POSSIBILITIES OF SOMETHING PUT IN THE DATA. YOU PUT IN SOME PICTURES AND YOU'LL BE ABLE TO.

I MEAN, I'VE PLAYED WITH IT A LITTLE BIT JUST IN DOING SOME GARDEN DESIGN OR PATIO DESIGN, AND IT WILL COME UP AND SHOW YOU EXACTLY WHAT IT WILL LOOK AT.

WHAT A NICE WAY TO BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN TO PEOPLE, OR TO SHOW PEOPLE WHAT THE POSSIBILITIES OF A DEVELOPMENT MIGHT LOOK LIKE.

AND THAT AND THAT JUST PICTURES ARE ALWAYS MUCH MORE IMPACTFUL THAN READING A LONG LIST OF PAGES OF CODES AND, AND, AND THAT SORT OF THING. SO I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT.

AND THEN ON THE DUBLIN GO APP, YOU KNOW WE ALL GET THIS THAT COMES ACROSS OUR EMAIL.

I LOVE THE GO THE THE GO DUBLIN APP. I THINK OUR PEOPLE LOVE THE GO DUBLIN APP, BUT I AM SURE THERE ARE MULTIPLE APPS LIKE THAT.

ARE YOU LOOKING AT DIFFERENT KINDS OF APPS OR JUST IMPROVING ON THE ONE THAT WE HAVE? YES, THAT IS THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING WHERE WE'RE PUTTING TOGETHER KIND OF THE LINEAGE OF WHERE WE'VE BEEN WITH GO DUBLIN AND WHAT WE'VE DONE AND WHAT WE'VE IMPROVED.

AND ALSO SCOURING THE MARKET TO LOOK AT NEW POTENTIAL APPS.

DOVETAILED WITH THAT IS KIND OF THE NOTION OF CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT AS WELL.

AND THERE'S THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT THOUGHTS, THEORIES AND APPLICATIONS AND PROGRAMS OUT THERE.

AND SO THAT'S THAT'S PART OF WHAT WE ARE RESEARCHING RIGHT NOW.

I KNOW THAT I WHEN I ATTENDED THE, THE INTELLECTUAL I'M NOT GOING TO SAY THIS RIGHT.

IT WAS A CONFERENCE THAT WAS HERE THE NOT THE INTELLECTUAL COMMUNITY, THE ICF, THAT'S IT.

WE HAD QUITE A FEW PEOPLE THAT WERE TALKING ABOUT ALL THE DIFFERENT APPS THEY USE IN THEIR GOVERNMENT, AND SOME HAD LIBRARIES, AND YOU COULD MAKE MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS AND YOU COULD CALL A TAXI. AND THERE'S ALL. I MEAN, I THOUGHT OURS WAS COOL UNTIL I COMPARED IT TO THEIRS.

SO IT WOULD BE GREAT TO BE ABLE TO LOOK TO SEE HOW WE CAN IMPROVE IT, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S JUST A FASCINATING WAY TO CONNECT WITH THE COMMUNITY.

SO YOU'RE DOING GREAT WORK. AND AND I APPRECIATE IT.

AND I THINK IT'S IT'S JUST BEEN VERY BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I WOULD ASK BRANDON, IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THE DEVELOPMENT SUGGESTION USING AR TO VISUALIZE DEVELOPMENT, BECAUSE WE'RE DOING SOME OF THAT.

YEAH. SO SO WHAT THE AR WHICH A NEW TERM IF YOU GUYS WANT TO SOUND COOL TO ALL THE PEOPLE WHO TALK TO XR.

SO IT'S EXTENSIBLE REALITY. SO IT COVERS BOTH AUGMENTED AND VIRTUAL REALITY AND THEN OTHER TACTILE THINGS AS WELL,

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AS IMAGES IN A PRESENTATION OR A LIVE WAY TO DO THIS ON A COMPUTER, THAT YOU CAN KIND OF START AT A HIGHER LEVEL AND YOU CAN GO DOWN TO STREET LEVEL SO THAT FOLKS CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT MOUNDING LOOKS LIKE OF A CERTAIN HEIGHT OR WHAT A BUILDING HEIGHT LOOKS LIKE.

AND SO THIS WAS STARTED WITH THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD IN AN HISTORIC DISTRICT WHERE THAT VISUAL AND UNDERSTANDING THE MASSING OF THINGS AND TO YOUR POINT OF VISUAL PAINTS MANY MORE WORDS THAN WORDS IS JUST THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN SOMEONE STANDING IN THE PLACE AND WITH A BACKGROUND IN GEOGRAPHY, I THINK THIS IS SO IMPORTANT IS YOU GO THERE AND YOU CAN SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, EVEN IF YOU DON'T SEE IT IN REALITY.

SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS THERE ARE STEPS THROUGH THIS WHERE WE CAN UTILIZE OUR PHONES.

I THINK A MORE IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE IS DOWN THE ROAD.

WE DON'T WANT TO SEND PEOPLE OUT WALKING AROUND WITH THE VISION PRO, IT'S RELATIVELY LARGE.

YOU CAN WALK INTO WALLS, YOU CAN DO ALL KINDS OF FUN THINGS. BUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE INDUSTRY IS THAT TECHNOLOGY IS PROGRESSING VERY QUICKLY WHERE IT WILL JUST BE EYEGLASSES.

SO THE NEXT COUPLE OF STEPS ARE YOUR EYEGLASSES WILL KIND OF REPLACE AIRPODS, AND THEN THE NEXT STEPS WILL BE THEY'LL HAVE EMBEDDED SCREENS WHERE THEY'LL SHOW YOU MORE INFORMATION AND DATA. AND SO THIS IS ALL IN PREPARATION FOR THAT.

BUT I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, FOR A CITY LIKE OURS AND THE ACTIVITIES WE DO, THE THE 3D MODELING AND MAPPING IS, IS A HUGE PORTION OF THAT. AND I THINK THAT THAT CAN REALLY HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT SOMETHING IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE.

OKAY. WELL THANK YOU BRANDON. WE REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK YOU DO AND BRINGING THAT INFORMATION FORWARD.

IT'S ALWAYS VALUABLE TO HEAR. UP NEXT UNDER OTHER BUSINESS WILL BE OUR EAST BRIDGE STREET CORRIDOR STUDY.

AND OUR STAFF REPORT WILL BE GOING BACK WITH TAMMY NOBLE.

AND SHE'LL BE JOINED BY JEANNIE WILLIS. AND SOME FOLKS FROM EMH AND T LOOKS LIKE CHRIS HERMAN AND TREVOR TRAFFIC AND MIKE REAM AND LARRY CREED. WELCOME. GOOD EVENING.

TONIGHT WE'D LIKE TO PRESENT TO CITY COUNCIL SOME FINDINGS FROM THE EAST BRIDGE STREET CORRIDOR STUDY THAT WAS ORIGINALLY COMMENCED IN MID 2023. THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY WAS TO CREATE A MOBILITY FOCUSED STREET DESIGN THAT PRIORITIZES MOBILITY TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS THAT GUIDE LONG TERM TRANSPORTATION FOR THE CORRIDOR.

THIS PARTICULAR STUDY IDENTIFIES A ONE MILE SEGMENT OF EAST BRIDGE STREET THAT WE INTENDED TO DESIGN A CHARACTER THAT'S MORE URBAN IN NATURE AS OPPOSED TO A SUBURBAN DESIGN. WE WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO WORK WITH EMH AND T, AS WELL AS MKS WHO ARE HERE TONIGHT TO BRING FORTH THE STUDY, STUDY'S THE STUDY'S RESULTS.

SO WITH THAT, I WILL INTRODUCE MIKE BRUMM, WHO'S GOING TO LEAD THE CONVERSATION.

WE DO HAVE A HOST OF PEOPLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT COUNCIL HAS, INCLUDING MYSELF.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU JAMIE. GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.

JUST A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON THE STUDY. WE FOCUSED ON, AS TAMMY SAID, THE ONE MILE SEGMENT OF EAST BRIDGE STREET BETWEEN RIVERSIDE DRIVE AND SAWMILL ROAD. AND THAT'S ALSO KNOWN AS DUBLIN GRANVILLE ROAD AND ALSO DESIGNATED AS STATE ROUTE 161.

IN TERMS OF THE BRIDGE STREET DISTRICT STREET FAMILY.

EAST BRIDGE STREET IS THE SAME FAMILY TYPE AS RIVERSIDE DRIVE, BUT, AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE PHOTOS, IT EAST BRIDGE STREET HAS VERY LITTLE IN COMMON WITH RIVERSIDE DRIVE.

TODAY, EAST BRIDGE STREET IS LARGELY THE PERFECT 1990S ARTERIAL ROADWAY WITH WIDE LANES, MODEST BIKE PED ACCOMMODATIONS. IT HAS LONG BLOCKS WITH SERVICE ROADS, OVERHEAD UTILITIES, AND ETC.

SO WE WERE TASKED TO EXAMINE EXISTING CONDITIONS AND STUDY WHAT CHANGES ARE NEEDED ON EAST BRIDGE STREET TO ELEVATE IT TO THE BRIDGE STREET DISTRICT TYPOLOGY. AND AT THE SAME TIME, TO REBALANCE THE TYPICAL SECTION IN THE NEW TRANSPORTATION PARADIGM OF ENVISION DUBLIN. WE STARTED IN 2023 WITH DATA COLLECTION AND TRAFFIC ANALYSIS, AND DEVELOPED ALTERNATIVES AND

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AND THE STUDY WAS VERY CLOSELY COORDINATED WITH TWO PARALLEL INITIATIVES.

THE FIRST WAS ENVISION DUBLIN. WE COORDINATED PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT, INCLUDING TO COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS SPECIAL AREA PLANNING AND PARTICULARLY THOROUGHFARE PLANNING. AND THE SECOND INITIATIVE THAT WAS VERY INFLUENTIAL ON OUR STUDY WAS LINK US.

AND A BIG PART OF OUR STUDY WAS TO ENVISION HOW BUS RAPID TRANSIT SHOULD BE INCORPORATED INTO THE EAST BRIDGE STREET CORRIDOR. IN TERMS OF OUR GOALS FOR THE STUDY.

IT WAS REALLY TO REDEFINE AND REIMAGINE THE CORRIDOR IN FOUR MAIN AREAS.

MOBILITY AND SPEED MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR SPEED LIMIT CHANGES OVER TIME, WITH CHANGES IN CHARACTER IMPLEMENTING SPEED MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES AND A MORE URBAN STYLE OF ACCESS MANAGEMENT. STREETS IN REDEVELOPMENT PLANNING, AFFIRMING AND UPDATING THE BRIDGE STREET DISTRICT, STREET NETWORK PLANNING, INTERSECTION LOCATIONS AND LANE ARRANGEMENTS, AND DEVELOPING HIGH LEVEL REDEVELOPMENT CONCEPTS.

PEDESTRIAN SAFETY. WE WERE FOCUSED ON MINIMIZING CROSSWALK LENGTH, IMPROVING MARKINGS, AND EVALUATING POTENTIAL SIGNAL TIMING CHANGES SUCH AS LEADING PEDESTRIAN INTERVAL AND STUDYING PEDESTRIAN HYBRID BEACON AND HAWK SIGNALS AS A WAY OF ASSIGNING RIGHT OF WAY TO WALKERS AND ROLLERS.

AND STAFF'S INSTRUCTIONS TO US WERE, WERE WERE TO CHALLENGE US TO NOT JUST ENCOURAGE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, BUT TO ACTUALLY PROVIDE IT. AND THEN THE LAST GOAL WAS RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION AND MULTIMODAL INTEGRATION.

AND LIKE I SAID, THAT WAS LARGELY CENTERED ON BRT.

THE EAST BRIDGE STREET STUDY, AS I SAID, WAS DEVELOPED IN COORDINATION WITH ENVISION DUBLIN AND IS LARGELY A NEXT STEP IN IMPLEMENTING THE ENVISIONED DUBLIN PRINCIPLES ON EAST BRIDGE STREET, PARTICULARLY THE NEW TRANSPORTATION PARADIGM.

EAST BRIDGE STREET AND ITS EXISTING FORM FITS VERY WELL IN THE OLD PARADIGM, AND THIS STUDY SEEKS TO REBALANCE THE TYPICAL SECTION TO FIT THE NEW PARADIGM FAVORING PEDESTRIANS, BICYCLES, AND TRANSIT ABOVE AUTOMOBILES.

IN KEEPING WITH THE NEW PARADIGM IN WHICH PEDESTRIANS ARE THE TOP PRIORITY.

WE EXAMINED PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS AT TWO INTERSECTIONS AS A VERY EARLY TASK, AND THOSE TWO INTERSECTIONS ARE EAST BRIDGE STREET AT RIVERSIDE DRIVE AND EAST BRIDGE STREET AT DALE DRIVE. WE CHOSE THOSE INTERSECTIONS BECAUSE THEY'RE CLOSE TO BRIDGE PARK AND WITH BLOCK WIDE.

DEVELOPING IN THE NEAR FUTURE, THERE'S A NEED TO REBALANCE THOSE INTERSECTIONS TO PROVIDE SAFER NORTH-SOUTH CROSSINGS.

SO AT RIVERSIDE DRIVE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SCREEN, YOU CAN SEE THE PEDESTRIAN CROSSING FROM SOUTH TO NORTH FACES MULTIPLE LANES.

TRAFFIC EXITING THE ROUNDABOUT CAN BE PERCEIVED AS GOING FAST IN CREATING DIFFICULTY OF FINDING GAPS TO GET FROM THE SOUTH SIDE TO THE TO THE CENTER MEDIAN, AND ON FROM THERE. AND STAFF HAD HEARD FROM PEDESTRIANS THAT THEY REALLY JUST DON'T FEEL SAFE CROSSING AT THAT INTERSECTION.

SIMILARLY, EAST BRIDGE STREET AND DALE DRIVE.

THE PHOTO ON THE RIGHT IS ALSO LOOKING FROM SOUTH TO NORTH.

THE WEST CROSSWALK IS 97FT LONG. SO THAT'S ABOUT 28 SECONDS AT 3.5FT PER SECOND IN THE EAST LEG IS 88FT LONG. TO JUST CROSS FIVE LANES.

JUST FOR REFERENCE. THE RIVERSIDE DRIVE BRIDGE PARK AVENUE INTERSECTION CROSSES THE SAME NUMBER OF LANES, BUT THE CROSSWALK IS ONLY 70FT. SO UNDER THE UNDERSTANDING THOSE CHALLENGES, WE PUT TOGETHER A MENU OF BEST PRACTICES AND WHITTLED THOSE DOWN TO A FEW IMPACTFUL MEASURES THAT COULD BE IMPLEMENTED SOON, POTENTIALLY AHEAD OF OTHER IMPROVEMENTS ON EAST BRIDGE STREET.

AND THOSE ARE SHOWN ON THIS SLIDE AND ARE INCORPORATED INTO THE PROPOSED 2026 TO 2030 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AT RIVERSIDE DRIVE. THE RECOMMENDATIONS WERE TO NARROW LANES ON ALL APPROACHES OF THE ROUNDABOUT BY USING PAVEMENT MARKINGS, AND TO INSTALL PEDESTRIAN HYBRID BEACONS TO ASSIGN RIGHT OF WAY TO PEDESTRIANS REQUIRING VEHICLES TO STOP RATHER THAN

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INSTALLING HIGH VISIBILITY CROSSWALK MARKINGS LIKE THE LADDER STYLE IN THE UPPER RIGHT HAND IMAGE, AND IMPLEMENTING LEADING PEDESTRIAN INTERVAL SIGNAL PHASING, IN WHICH THE PEDESTRIANS ARE GIVEN A 3 TO 5 SECOND HEAD START TO ESTABLISH THEMSELVES IN THE CROSSWALK BEFORE THE VEHICLES PROCEED. WE ALSO TOOK A LOOK AT DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS AND THEIR IMPACT ON EAST BRIDGE STREET. OBVIOUSLY A VERY URBAN TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT AS CALLED FOR IN THE BRIDGE STREET DISTRICT SPECIAL AREA PLAN.

THOUGHT ABOUT HOW DEVELOPMENT INTERFACES WITH THE STREET ACTIVATING THE STREET, THE NUMBER AND SPACING OF INTERSECTIONS AND THE BLOCKS THAT THOSE CREATE, AND THE IMPACT OF REDEVELOPMENT ON AUTOMOBILE TRAFFIC.

IN. ONE OF THE POSITIVE DEVELOPMENTS IS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE STREET GRID THAT HELPS TO DISPERSE TRAFFIC.

PLANNING FOR LINK US, AS I SAID, PROVED TO BE A HUGE PART OF THE STUDY AND THE VISION FOR EAST BRIDGE STREET.

AND AS A REMINDER, EAST BRIDGE STREET IS ON PHASE TWO OF THE EAST NORTHWEST CORRIDOR.

AND OF COURSE, BUS RAPID TRANSIT IS ONLY ATTRACTIVE IF IT'S RAPID, AND THE BEST WAY TO MAKE IT RAPID IS TO PROVIDE DEDICATED LANES FOR THE BUSSES. SO ALL THE ALTERNATIVES THAT WE'RE GOING TO SHOW YOU TODAY HAVE DEDICATED BRT LANES AS PART OF THE VISION FOR THE FUTURE EAST BRIDGE STREET.

IN TERMS OF THE TIMING OF BRT YOU KNOW, FIRST PHASE IS WEST BROAD AND THE SECOND CORRIDOR IS EAST MAIN STREET, AND I THINK NORTHWEST CORRIDOR PHASE ONE WOULD BE THIRD.

SO IT'S OUT OF WAYS. BUT CERTAINLY THAT'S GOOD IN A WAY THAT WILL HAVE THE BENEFIT OF SEEING HOW BRT IS INCORPORATE ON THE OTHER CORRIDORS AND BE ABLE TO APPLY LESSONS LEARNED.

BUT HAVING A STAKE IN THE GROUND IN TERMS OF WHAT WE ENVISION EAST BRIDGE STREET TO LOOK LIKE WITH BRT, I THINK IS HIGHLY APPROPRIATE. SO AGAIN, EAST BRIDGE STREET FITS THE OLD TRANSPORTATION PARADIGM.

IT'S AUTOMOBILE CENTRIC, WIDE LANES, GOOD LEVEL OF SERVICE AND PEAK HOURS WITH MODEST BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN ACCOMMODATIONS.

WE DEVELOPED FIVE ALTERNATIVES THAT FIT THE NEW PARADIGM AND ITS PRIORITIZATION OF BIKE, PED AND TRANSIT OVER AUTOMOBILES. AND TO THAT END IF YOU LOOK AT THE GRAPHIC ON THE RIGHT, EVERY SINGLE ALTERNATIVE I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU FEATURES WIDE SIDEWALKS. ALL ALTERNATIVES FEATURE A DEDICATED TWO WAY CYCLE TRACK ON THE NORTH SIDE OF EAST BRIDGE STREET, FOLLOWING THE DESIGNATED ALIGNMENT OF THE EMERALD TRAIL, THE CENTRAL OHIO GREENWAY.

ALL ALTERNATIVES FEATURES CENTER LOCATED TRANSIT STOPS AND DEDICATED BUS LANES, CONSISTENT WITH THE LINKOUS LOCALLY PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE ROUTE STUDY.

THE DIFFERENCE LARGELY BETWEEN THE ALTERNATIVES IS HOW AUTOMOBILES ARE HANDLED WITHIN THE SECTION.

LIKE ALL ALTERNATIVES, ALTERNATIVE A, WHICH IS SHOWN ON THE SCREEN, CURRENTLY INCLUDES A 12 FOOT WIDE SIDEWALK ON EACH SIDE OF THE ROAD, A 12 FOOT WIDE, TWO WAY CYCLE TRACK ON THE NORTH SIDE, AGAIN FOLLOWING THAT EMERALD TRAIL ALIGNMENT.

THE CYCLE TRACK IS BUFFERED FROM BOTH THE AUTOMOBILE LANES AND THE SIDEWALK.

IT INCLUDES DEDICATED BRT LANES WITH CENTER LOCATED STATIONS, AND THIS IMAGE IN THE IMAGES OF THE FOLLOWING ALTERNATIVES PARTICULARLY ARE THE EAST BRIDGE STREET SHAMROCK BOULEVARD INTERSECTION.

THIS ALTERNATIVE FEATURES A SINGLE THRU LANE ON EAST BRIDGE STREET IN EACH DIRECTION BETWEEN DALE DRIVE AND DUBLIN CENTER DRIVE.

WEST OF DALE DRIVE, WE GET INTO THE ROUNDABOUT SO THE LANE ARRANGEMENTS WOULD LARGELY STAY THE SAME THERE.

EAST OF DUBLIN CENTER DRIVE, WE'RE GETTING INTO SAWMILL ROAD, SO THE LANE ARRANGEMENTS WOULD BE THE SAME THERE GENERALLY.

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THE PEDESTRIAN CROSSING. EXCUSE ME. IN TERMS OF TRAFFIC CONTROL.

SO AT THOSE THREE MAJOR INTERSECTIONS, WHICH WOULD BE DALE DRIVE SHAMROCK BOULEVARD AND DUBLIN CENTER DRIVE, THERE WOULD BE TRAFFIC SIGNALS. AND THE PEDESTRIAN CROSSING THAT RESULTS FROM THIS PARTICULAR SECTION IS 80FT.

HOWEVER, IT DOES HAVE A REFUGE IN THE MIDDLE.

SO IN TERMS OF TIME THAT PEDESTRIANS ARE EXPOSED, IT WOULD BE 23, ABOUT 23 SECONDS FROM ONE SIDE OF THE ROAD TO THE OTHER, OR ABOUT 12FT FROM THE OUTSIDE OF THE ROAD TO THE REFUGE AREA.

ALTERNATIVE B IS VERY SIMILAR TO A, EXCEPT THAT IT DOES NOT HAVE.

LEFT TURN LANES AT THE MAJOR INTERSECTIONS. THIS WOULD BE THE PERHAPS MOST PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY ALTERNATIVE, BECAUSE IT DOES SHORTEN THE TOTAL CROSSING LENGTH BY ABOUT 11FT.

HOWEVER, NOT ALLOWING LEFT TURNS. A COULD BE CONFUSING, AND B COULD HAVE SOME ADVERSE CONSEQUENCES ON THE GRID THAT SURROUNDS.

BECAUSE TO GO LEFT, YOU'D NEED TO MAKE A RIGHT AND MAKE YOUR WAY THROUGH THE GRID.

SO AGAIN, A PEDESTRIAN HEAVILY BALANCED TOWARD THE PEDESTRIAN, THAT ALTERNATIVE.

ALTERNATIVE C ALSO HAS THAT SINGLE LANE IN EACH DIRECTION.

HOWEVER, IT USES ROUNDABOUTS. IT WOULD HAVE A ROUND, WOULD HAVE ROUNDABOUTS AT DALE AND SHAMROCK AND DUBLIN CENTER.

IN THIS CONCEPT, IF THERE WERE TO BE ROUNDABOUTS, ALL APPROACH TRAFFIC WOULD HAVE TO BE STOPPED AT THE ROUNDABOUT.

AND SO THAT WOULD INVOLVE TRAFFIC SIGNALS SO THAT THE BRT CAN PROCEED THROUGH THE INTERSECTION.

SO WE ARE AWARE OF SOME EUROPEAN EXAMPLES OF THIS, BUT NONE NOTHING QUITE LIKE THIS IN THE UNITED STATES THAT WE KNOW OF.

AND THIS ALTERNATIVE WORKS PRETTY WELL FOR AUTOMOBILES IN TERMS OF MANAGING QUEUE LENGTHS.

BUT THE CHALLENGE OF ANALYZING THE APPROACHES FOR AUTOMOBILES, FOR THE BRT PREEMPTION, COUPLED WITH SIGNALS THAT WE WOULD PROBABLY WANT TO ASSIGN RIGHT OF WAY FOR PEDESTRIANS, JUST BECOMES VERY, VERY COMPLICATED, IF NOT INFEASIBLE. ALTERNATIVE. ALTERNATIVE D IS PROBABLY THE BEST ALTERNATIVE FOR CARS.

IT DOES MAINTAIN TWO THROUGH LANES IN EACH DIRECTION, SO THAT WOULD BE SORT OF STATUS QUO IN TERMS OF THE NUMBER OF THROUGH LANES.

HOWEVER, WITH ALL THE OTHER IMPROVEMENTS THERE WERE SORT OF NON-NEGOTIABLE.

THIS SECTION FROM BACK OF WALK TO BACK OF WALK IS 150FT WIDE WHICH ACTUALLY DOESN'T PHYSICALLY FIT BETWEEN THE BUILDINGS IN SOME AREAS, PARTICULARLY THE AREA JUST EAST OF SHAMROCK, WHERE STATE BANK IS ON THE NORTH SIDE, AND THE SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES ON THE SOUTH SIDE.

THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THOSE BUILDINGS IS NOT QUITE 150FT, JUST FOR FOR REFERENCE.

AND THE CROSSWALK IN THIS ALTERNATIVE WOULD BE 100FT LONG, WHICH WE JUST SAID WE DIDN'T LIKE THAT AT DALE IN THE EXISTING CONDITION.

AND THEN FINALLY WE LOOKED AT ALTERNATIVE E, WHICH WAS A BLEND OF A AND C WITH TRAFFIC SIGNALS AT DALE AND DUBLIN CENTER, AND A ROUNDABOUT AT SHAMROCK. THE ROUNDABOUT PERHAPS IS MAYBE A GOOD SPEED MANAGEMENT ELEMENT, BUT STILL HAS THOSE SAME CHALLENGES WITH SIGNALIZATION THAT WE TALKED ABOUT WITH ALTERNATIVE C.

THE STUDY CONCLUDED THAT ALTERNATIVE A BEST MEETS THE GOALS OF THE STUDY BRIDGE STREET DISTRICT TYPOLOGY AND THE ENVISIONED DUBLIN NEW TRANSPORTATION PARADIGM. IT CHECKS THE BOXES FOR SPEED MANAGEMENT WITH A COMPACT SECTION.

IT DOES ELIMINATE A THRU LANE IN EACH DIRECTION.

SO THE QUEUING ASSOCIATED WITH THAT HAS BEEN CHECKED AS PART OF OUR STUDY AND, AND ALSO TO SOME DEGREE AS PART OF ENVISION DUBLIN.

IT DOES CHECK THE BOX FOR STREETS AND REDEVELOPMENT PLANNING WITH THE COMPACT COMPACT SECTION.

WE WOULD BE ABLE TO FIT ABOUT 70 ON STREET PARKING SPACES ALONG EAST BROAD STREET IN THAT MILE STRETCH.

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AND THEN, OF COURSE, THE TRANSIT AND MULTIMODAL INTEGRATION GOALS ARE ACCOMPLISHED WITH THE BRT LANES AND THE DEDICATED CYCLE TRACK. THESE ARE JUST A FEW REAL LIFE IMAGES OF SOME OF THE CORE ELEMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH EAST BRIDGE STREET. ALTERNATIVE. A'S VISION.

ACTIVE STREET FRONTAGES. BUFFERED CYCLE TRACKS.

DEDICATED BRT LANES. WELL-MARKED CROSSINGS AND JUST GENERALLY NICE PLACES FOR PEOPLE TO BE.

AS FAR AS NEXT STEPS ARE, ALTERNATIVE A IS PREFERRED TO ADVANCE TO PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING, WHICH IS LIKELY TO BE LED BY CODA. AS PART OF THE LINKOUS PLANNING AND AGAIN THIS STUDY.

THE GOAL OF THIS STUDY WAS TO OUTLINE A VISION FOR HOW THAT BRT MIGHT BE IMPLEMENTED ON EAST BRIDGE STREET IN THE CITY OF DUBLIN.

AS I MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, WE ARE THAT ALTERNATIVE DOES REMOVE A LANE OF OF TRAFFIC BETWEEN DALE AND DUBLIN CENTER. AND REALLY, BETWEEN THOSE INTERSECTIONS, THERE IS EXCESS CAPACITY AND THE ENVISION DUBLIN TRAVEL DEMAND MODEL. CHECK THAT AGAINST 2050 FULL BUILD TRAFFIC.

BUT BOTH OUR STUDY AND ENVISION DUBLIN BOTH RELY ON THE STREET GRID TO CONTINUE TO BE BUILT OUT.

SO THAT IS IMPORTANT TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT AS THE AREA REDEVELOPED.

CERTAINLY. JOHN SHIELDS PARKWAY, ULTIMATELY EXTENDING FROM POST ROAD OVER TO SAWMILL, WOULD BE A VERY IMPORTANT LINK TO MAKE AS WELL AS THE STONE RIDGE DRIVE EXTENSION, WHICH IS VERY KIND OF ROUGHLY SHOWN ON THE GRAPHIC ON THE SCREEN.

YOU KNOW, THAT'S KIND OF EFFECTIVELY RELOCATING SHARPE LANE FROM ITS SERVICE ROAD LOCATION, WHERE IT'S REALLY AN IMPEDIMENT TO ACTIVATING THE STREET TO MORE THE REAR.

THE SOUTH SIDE OF THOSE PARCELS FOR REDEVELOPMENT.

OTHER NEXT STEPS IMPLEMENT THOSE NEAR TERM PEDESTRIAN ENHANCEMENTS AT EAST BRIDGE STREET AND DALE DRIVE, AS SHOWN IN THE PROPOSED 2026 2030 CIP, AS WELL AS UP FOR DISCUSSION AT UPCOMING BUDGET DISCUSSIONS.

AND THEN AS A FINAL NEXT STEP STUDY WEST THE WEST BRIDGE STREET CORRIDOR.

SO THIS WOULD BE IN PHASE THREE, POTENTIALLY OF THE NORTHWEST CORRIDOR.

TO EVALUATE WHERE CAN WE IMPROVE AND STRENGTHEN PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIVITY? NORTH. SOUTH. STUDY THE FEASIBILITY OF INCORPORATING ON STREET PARKING AT SOME TARGETED AREAS.

DEVELOP RECOMMENDATIONS FOR STREETSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS.

AND THIS IS ONE OF THOSE REALLY DIFFICULT TRANSITION AREAS BETWEEN IT COULD NOT BE MORE DIFFERENT RIGHT AT THE WEST END WHERE YOU'RE COMING OFF OF THIS LIMITED ACCESS FREEWAY WEST OF FRAN'S ROAD, DOWN TO THE CORE OF HISTORIC OF THE HISTORIC DISTRICT.

SO HOW CAN THE STREETSCAPE AND IN THE DEVELOPMENT, HOW IT INTERACTS WITH THE STREET MAKE THAT TRANSITION MAKE SENSE? AND, OF COURSE IMPROVING CROSSWALKS AND EXAMINING INTERSECTIONS.

SO WITH THAT, WE ARE GLAD TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.

DO YOU HAVE LARRY CREED DIRECTOR OF TRAFFIC ENGINEERING SERVICES, IF WE HAVE TRAFFIC QUESTIONS, AS WELL AS CHRIS HERMAN AND TREVOR HAGAN FROM THEY'RE VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT US IN THE BRIDGE STREET DISTRICT.

IDEAL IN GENERAL. THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. AND THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. SINCE THIS IS AN UPDATE ON A CORRIDOR STUDY, I DO WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

IF THERE IS ANYONE PRESENT FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS TOPIC.

HEARING NONE. COUNCIL QUESTIONS. DISCUSSION. I'LL GO AHEAD AND START BECAUSE I HAVE A PRETTY STRONG OPINION.

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I ABSOLUTELY WOULD NOT SUPPORT A. I DON'T SUPPORT ONE LANE OF TRAFFIC IN EACH DIRECTION IN ANY WAY WHATSOEVER DURING THE STRETCH.

I THINK IT WOULD. WELL, FIRST OF ALL, YOU SAID ALTERNATIVE A ONLY WORKS WHEN ALL THE OTHER STREET BUILD IS COMPLETED.

THEORY LIKE IT WORKS BEST, AND IT'S GOING TO BE A WHILE BEFORE THE REST OF THAT STREET GRID CRED IS BUILT OUT.

I MEAN, THIS THIS IMPROVEMENT IS GOING TO COME BEFORE THE EASTERN HALF OF THAT STREET GRID IS FINALIZED.

YEAH, IT'S KIND OF A THERE'S A LOT OF FACTORS INVOLVED, RIGHT? THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE BRIDGE STREET DISTRICT AREA IS GOING TO TAKE A LOT OF TIME, DECADES FOR US TO REALIZE THE INTENSITY OF DEVELOPMENT AND ALL THE TRIPS THAT THAT GENERATES.

SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 20, 40, 20, 50 TRAFFIC.

AND AS LONG AS THE STREET GRID COMES ONLINE WITH THAT YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH THE MODELING THAT WAS DONE BOTH AS PART OF OUR STUDY AND THE ENVISION DUBLIN TRAVEL DEMAND MODEL THAT WAS DEVELOPED AS PART OF THE MULTIMODAL THOROUGHFARE PLAN.

SO THAT STUDY IN PARTICULAR DID SOME STRESS TESTS ON SOME CORRIDORS.

EAST BRIDGE STREET AND WEST BRIDGE STREET WAS ONE OF THEM.

AND THE STRESS POINT LARGELY IS THE IS THE BRIDGE OVER THE RIVER WHICH IS AGAIN, I, I UNDERSTAND TRAFFIC AND I GET IT. I JUST WOULD NEVER SUPPORT IT.

IT JUST THIS IS A STATE ROUTE. IT'S A MAJOR STATE ROUTE.

IT'S NOT JUST LOCAL TRAFFIC. YOU KNOW, I, I WAS DRIVING HERE TODAY ON RIVERSIDE DRIVE, WHICH WAS DOWN FOR 1 TO 1 LANE FOR JUST 1000FT. THAT WAS IT. TRAFFIC WAS BACKED UP FOR THREE TIMES THAT DISTANCE BECAUSE IT WAS DOWN TO ONE LANE.

AND IT'S JUST IT'S THE HABITS OF THE DRIVERS.

THEY'RE NOT ALL LOCAL. AGAIN, I COULDN'T EVEN IMAGINE THE TRAFFIC COMING EASTBOUND.

THAT ALREADY BACKS UP ALL THE WAY TO THE 1919 BUILDING COMING INTO THE BRIDGE.

AND IT'S JUST TO ME, IT'S A NIGHTMARE TO GO FROM THE EXISTING STREET CONDITION AT SAWMILL AND THE OTHER END.

NARROW IT. YOU'RE FUNNELING ALL THESE PEOPLE DOWN TO ONE LANE AND THEN BACK OUT AGAIN.

AND I JUST IT'S GOING TO BE A NIGHTMARE. I'M SUPPORTIVE OF D, WHICH LEAVES THE TWO LANES, BUT I'M NOT SUPPORTIVE OF ON STREET PARKING AND I AM NOT SUPPORTIVE OF ONE LANE.

IT ON STREET PARKING IS ALREADY, TO ME, NOT SAFE ON RIVERSIDE DRIVE.

AND YOU HAVE A SECOND LANE WHERE PEOPLE, WHEN YOU KNOW THEY'RE TRYING TO PARALLEL PARK, YOU CAN AT LEAST GO AROUND THEM HERE.

YOU WOULDN'T EVEN HAVE A LANE TO GO AROUND SOMEONE TRYING TO PARALLEL PARK IF YOU ONLY HAD ONE THRU LANE.

SO AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW WHERE OUR OPINION STANDS AND I KNOW YOU'VE ALREADY.

YOU SAY YOU'RE SELECTING A. BUT THERE'S NO WAY I COULD SUPPORT A AND HAVE ONE LANE OF TRAFFIC OUT THERE.

AND WE BUILT ALL THESE GARAGES SO PEOPLE WOULD PARK, AND THERE'S NO NEED TO PARK ON A SIDE OF THE STREET OF A STATE ROUTE.

THAT'S JUST NOT THAT. YEAH. I THINK MAYBE, MAYBE JUST ONE MORE COMMENT ON THAT.

THIS YOU KNOW, THE REPRIORITIZATION OF THE THE ROAD THAT'S CALLED FOR AN INVASION.

DUBLIN IS KIND OF OUR GUIDING LIGHT ON THAT. I GUESS THAT'S WHAT YOU WERE TASKED WITH.

I KNOW THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE TASKED WITH, AND I'M FINE WITH THAT. ON ALL OF THE THE SIDE STREETS AND THE GRID STREETS, BUT THE MAJOR STATE ROUTE THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY.

I'M NOT SUPPORTIVE OF THAT. SO WHAT YOU'VE LAID OUT HERE IS VERY AMBITIOUS, AND I AM COMPLETELY SUPPORTIVE OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO. MAKING, YOU KNOW, PEDESTRIANS REALLY A HIGHER PRIORITY.

BUT THANKS FOR GOING FIRST, AMY, BECAUSE YOU'VE SAID A COUPLE OF THE POINTS THAT I WOULD HAVE MADE.

YOU KNOW, I HAVEN'T REALLY NOTICED A LOT OF CONGESTION ON THAT STRETCH OF ROAD.

SO I WAS THINKING TO MYSELF, DO WE REALLY NEED TWO LANES? I THINK WE DO. I'M NOT SUPPORTIVE. I DON'T I DON'T THINK WE NEED 70 SPOTS ON ON THE STREET WHEN THE GARAGES THAT ARE WITHIN AT LEAST SOME OF THAT VICINITY WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE TO PART OF THIS SECTION OF ROADWAY.

THE GARAGES ARE ARE NOT BEING USED TO CAPACITY ANYWAY.

SO I REALLY THINK WE NEED TWO LANES. IT'S VERY HARD FOR ME TO ENVISION THIS WHOLE SECTION OF ROADWAY, REALLY, FROM 270, HONESTLY, ALL THE WAY UP TO SAWMILL ROAD.

I KIND OF WOULD WANT TO SEE THE WHOLE PICTURE AND HOW YOU GET THROUGH THE HISTORIC DISTRICT WHEN YOU'RE DOING WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO.

IT'S AGAIN AMBITIOUS. MORE POWER TO YOU IF YOU CAN FIGURE IT OUT.

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BUT YOU'RE THE ENGINEERS, AND IT'S YOUR JOB TO FIGURE THAT OUT.

I GUESS I'D ALSO ASK AS AS AMY POINTED OUT, THIS IS A STATE ROUTE HAS ODOT.

HAVE YOU VETTED THESE WITH ODOT YET? WOULD THEY BE SUPPORTIVE OF ALL OF THESE OPTIONS? I CAN SAY AS PART OF THIS PARTICULAR STUDY, WE HAVE NOT.

I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THE MULTIMODAL THOROUGHFARE PLAN, BUT I MY UNDERSTANDING WOULD BE THAT, YOU KNOW, HIOH IS A HOME RULE STATE. AND SO A STATE ROUTE IN THE CITY OF DUBLIN.

YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF POWER TO DECIDE WHAT HAPPENS THERE.

AND IT WOULDN'T BE UNLIKE YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT CONGESTION, MAYBE THIS EXAMPLE IS NOT GREAT, BUT THINK ABOUT 161 IN WORTHINGTON. SO WORTHINGTON'S KIND OF TAKEN THE APPROACH OF, OKAY, WELL, WE DON'T REALLY CARE IF IT'S CONGESTED.

WE WANT PEOPLE TO BE IN OUR DOWNTOWN DOWN. AND IF THERE'S A LITTLE CONGESTION AND PEOPLE HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE LATE. FIRST THEY GOT TO LEAVE TEN MORE MINUTES FOR SOCCER PRACTICE.

SO BE IT. WE JUST DON'T REALLY CARE. NO. YOU KNOW, THAT'S A POLICY DECISION.

AND I DO THINK ENVISION DUBLIN SETS YOU UP TO MAKE THAT POLICY DECISION IF IT'S ONE THAT YOU WANT TO MAKE.

BUT I DO THINK IT'S LARGELY IN THE CITIES. TO ANSWER YOUR SPECIFIC QUESTION.

LARGELY THE CITY'S DECISION TO MAKE IN TERMS OF YOU KNOW, WHAT HAPPENS TO 161, NOT THAT ODOT ISN'T A PARTNER, BUT I DO THINK IT'S AS AS PART OF HOME RULE, LARGELY YOUR DECISION.

THAT'S A VERY VALID POINT. DRIVING THROUGH WORTHINGTON, I HONESTLY IT DOESN'T GIVE ME HEARTBURN WHEN I'M DRIVING.

ON 161 EAST OR WEST. SO THAT'S THAT IS A VERY GOOD POINT FOR ME.

I THINK I WOULD JUST START WITHOUT THE THE ON STREET PARKING AND MAKE THAT ANOTHER LANE OF TRAVEL TO START THERE.

AND IF WE WANT TO MAKE IT PARKING LATER ON WE COULD SAY THAT'S ALTERNATIVE D.

YEAH. YEAH, I WOULD AGREE. WE DON'T HAVE PARKING ON THERE NOW.

I DON'T SEE ANY REASON WHY WE WOULD NEED PARKING ON THAT STRETCH OF ROAD AT ALL.

I THINK TO WHAT BOTH OF MY COLLEAGUES ARE SAYING IS, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO GET ON TO 161 EAST, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER YOU'RE COMING FROM THE NORTH, COMING FROM THE SOUTH, OR COMING FROM THE WEST, DURING HEAVIER TRAFFIC TIMES, THAT TRAFFIC BACKS UP PRETTY BADLY FROM DALE TO THE TO THE ROUNDABOUT.

AND IF YOU'RE TRYING TO SQUEEZE THOSE CARS FROM TWO LANES DOWN INTO ONE AT ANY OF THOSE HIGHER CONGESTION TIMES OUT, YOU'RE GOING TO BACK UP THE ENTIRE ROUNDABOUT.

I JUST AND I'M NOT A TRAFFIC ENGINEER, SO MAYBE I'M WRONG ABOUT THAT.

I JUST HAVE DRIVEN IT DURING THOSE TIMES AND IT IS DIFFICULT AT BEST, WITH TWO LANES GOING IN EACH DIRECTION DURING THOSE HIGH TRAVEL TIMES.

I, I SEE LITERALLY NO REASON WHY WE NEED PARKING ON THAT ROAD WHATSOEVER.

I WANT ALL THOSE CARS PARKING IN THE IN THE PARKING GARAGES.

THAT'S WHAT WE BUILT THEM FOR. AND THAT'S WHERE I THEY'RE I THINK THEY SHOULD GO.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE MAKING SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO THOSE. FOR EXAMPLE, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SIGNS TO TELL YOU HOW MANY SPACES ARE LEFT IN THE GARAGES. I THINK THOSE ARE GOING TO MAKE A HUGE IMPACT FOR WHERE PEOPLE CHOOSE TO PARK. YOU KNOW, SO I AM NOT SUPPORTIVE OF TAKING THIS DOWN TO ONE LANE.

AND I'M ABSOLUTELY UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SUPPORTIVE OF HAVING PARKING ON THIS ROAD.

I GET IT. IT IS A LONG DISTANCE TO WALK TO CROSS 161 FOR SURE.

I DO IT AT LEAST A COUPLE OF TIMES A YEAR FOR, YOU KNOW, THIS, THAT OR THE OTHER REASON.

THERE'S THERE'S A FAIR BIT OF LAND THERE ON EITHER SIDE, AT LEAST UNTIL YOU GET UP TO US.

THIS US STATE BANK AND AND THE HEARTLAND, I THINK IT'S CALLED OR WHATEVER THAT'S CALLED TO DO SOME OF WHAT WE NEED TO DO HERE WITHOUT PARKING AND WITHOUT POTENTIALLY LOSING LANES OF, OF TRAVEL.

I LIKE A LOT OF WHAT YOU'VE GOT HERE, SO I DON'T WANT THIS TO COME OFF AS BEING SUPER NEGATIVE. IT'S JUST THOSE ARE THE TWO PIECES I CANNOT.

I'M SITTING HERE. I KNOW IF YOU SAW MY FACE CONTORTING LIKE I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE THAT.

AND I THINK A LITTLE BIT LIKE ANDY. I WAS ALSO STRUGGLING, ENVISIONING HOW WE'RE GOING TO TRANSITION FROM 270 ALL THE WAY UP TO PARK CENTER.

I MEAN, THAT'S A IT'S TO YOUR POINT. IT'S A VERY WEIRD TRANSITION.

YOU COULD NOT HAVE MORE DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTS.

THAT'S A STRUGGLE. BUT YOU KNOW, I LIKE THAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON ON BRT AND THAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON ON THE PEDESTRIANS.

I THINK THOSE THINGS ARE THE RIGHT GOALS TO TRY TO ACHIEVE.

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IT IS GOING TO AND THEN YOU, YOU OPEN BACK UP TO SAWMILL.

IT'S JUST WEIRD. THE WHOLE THING IS JUST WEIRD.

AND I KNOW THAT THAT'S NOT ANYBODY'S FAULT. THAT'S JUST HOW IT EXISTS. SURE, BUT THOSE ARE MY $0.02.

I AGREE WITH WITH WITH WHAT BOTH AMY AND ANDY ARE SAYING RELATIVE TO PARKING AND AND LANES OF TRAVEL.

AND JUST TWO THOUGHTS ON THAT. ONE, ONE THING, JUST TO BE CLEAR YOU KNOW, THE WEST BRIDGE STREET STUFF WEST OF THE ROUNDABOUT.

THAT STUDY IS JUST KICKING OFF. SO WE'RE NOT SUGGESTING AT THIS POINT THAT A LANE BE REDUCED IN THAT AREA.

BUT I DO KNOW THAT IN TERMS OF PARKING, IT'S REALLY HARD TO.

THIS IS A HUGE CHANGE AND IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO ENVISION WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE.

BUT IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO THINK ABOUT WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE WITH THE ARCHITECTURE AND THE DEVELOPMENT.

YOU KNOW, A LOT OF DEVELOPERS ARE AND THIS DOESN'T MEAN YOU HAVE TO GIVE IT TO THEM, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO WANT AND DESIRE STREET PARKING, WHETHER IT'S ON 161 RIVERSIDE DRIVE, WHATEVER THEY LIKE THE STREET PARKING TO BE.

TO HELP ACTIVATE YOU KNOW, THE FRONTAGE AND WE, WE WANT WE TYPICALLY WANT THEM TO ACTIVATE THE FRONTAGE.

THAT'S A HIGHLY NEGOTIABLE ITEM, I THINK, IN TERMS OF YOU KNOW, THE THE BIG TICKET ITEMS ON, ON THIS STUDY, I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE LOWER TICKET ITEMS, BUT WE DID IDENTIFY IF WHERE, IF STREET PARKING WERE DESIRED. THESE ARE SOME AREAS WHERE YOU COULD DO IT.

I HEAR THAT. I JUST THINK WE'RE TRYING TO SOLVE A PROBLEM THAT ISN'T GOING TO ARISE FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

THAT AREA IS NOT GOING TO GET REDEVELOPED TOMORROW.

YOU KNOW, JOHN'S NOT MOVING OAKLAND ANYWHERE.

SO I JUST THINK WE'RE TRYING TO SOLVE FOR A PROBLEM THAT DOESN'T ACTUALLY EXIST AND THAT WE CAN WORK AROUND IN THE FUTURE IF WE, IF WE LAY THIS THING OUT CORRECTLY. SO GO AHEAD.

I JUST I JUST WANT TO ADD ONE THING. YOU KNOW, I LIVED IN WESTERVILLE.

IT WAS ACTUALLY COLUMBUS, BUT BEFORE POLARIS MALL EVEN EXISTED.

BANK ONE HAD JUST OPENED THEIR CAMPUS THERE, AND THE CITY OF COLUMBUS THOUGHT AHEAD AND BUILT THIS GARGANTUAN POLARIS PARKWAY. AND I THOUGHT, WHAT ON EARTH IS HAPPENING? WHAT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN OUT HERE? AND SO, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND KIND OF WHERE YOUR MIND IS.

YOU'RE PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE. IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE WE'RE THINKING THAT SOME OF THESE THINGS AREN'T GOING TO BE NECESSARY FOR 5 OR 10 YEARS.

POLARIS REALLY DIDN'T BECOME WHAT IT WAS FOR 10 OR 15 YEARS.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, I GUESS WE REALLY NEED TO BE SETTING WHAT IS OUR OUR HORIZON THERE? IS IT THREE YEARS, FIVE YEARS, TEN YEARS. AND YOU KNOW, HE'S HE'S BEEN SAYING THAT THIS IS A 90S ROADWAY.

SO WHAT? THAT'S 30 OR 35 YEARS AGO. TIMES ARE CHANGING.

AND AGAIN, I ASPIRATIONALLY THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE DOING.

IT'S VERY, SORT OF EUROPEAN, VERY COOL, PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY.

THERE'S JUST WE JUST HAVE TO STRIKE THIS BALANCE BETWEEN WHERE WE ARE NOW, WHERE WE THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE IN FIVE YEARS, TEN YEARS, 15 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD. AND THERE'S MAYBE A COMPROMISE.

MAYBE WE DO ADD SOME THINGS NOW SO WE DON'T HAVE TO TEAR IT UP AND CAUSE MORE TRAFFIC HEARTACHE DOWN THE LINE AND THE PHASING. TO YOUR POINT YOU KNOW, THE, THE PHASING OF IT IS, IS REALLY TOUGH TO SAY.

WHAT IS THE RIGHT WAY TO PHASE SOMETHING LIKE THIS IN I MEAN, A WAY TO PHASE IT IN COULD BE WE GO BUILD THIS AND THERE'S NOT BRT ON DAY ONE. SO WE USE THAT DEDICATED BRT LANE AS A THRU LANE AND BRT.

WHEN IT COMES KIND OF OCCUPIES THAT THRU LANE, THERE'S THAT TYPE OF PHASING.

THERE'S THE PHASING OF YOU KNOW, WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE WITH THE, YOU KNOW, BACK OF CURB WORK.

YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO GO, YOU KNOW, SPEND A BUNCH OF MONEY ON SIDEWALKS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, MAYBE UNTIL DEVELOPMENT HAPPENS, BECAUSE A LOT OF THAT STUFF GETS DESTROYED.

SO THERE'S MANY DIFFERENT LAYERS OF HOW THIS COULD BE PHASED IN OVER TIME.

AND IT'S LARGELY DEPENDENT UPON THE TIMING OF US AND THE TIMING OF REDEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS A VERY WHICH THERE'S A LOT OF UNKNOWN RELATED TO BOTH OF THEM.

IF I COULD ALSO ADD, IT'S ALSO VERY HELPFUL TO HAVE AN IDEA OR AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE LONG TERM VISION AS WE REVIEW DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS, BECAUSE WE HAVE RECEIVED SEVERAL DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS FOR INDIVIDUAL SITES ALONG 161 OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS,

[02:30:04]

AND THEN WE START TALKING ABOUT THE PARKING. AND MOST BUSINESSES NOW THAT ARE LOOKING AT THAT AREA ARE WANTING THAT WALKABLE ENVIRONMENT.

AND THE ON STREET PARKING REALLY DOES HELP PROMOTE THAT.

AND JUST THE OTHER THING IS JUST FOLLOWING UP ON THE ENVISION DUBLIN CONVERSATIONS AND THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE HAD ABOUT THE POLICY SHIFT AND THAT PARADIGM SHIFT. IT REALLY DOES COME INTO PLAY AS FAR AS YOU KNOW, WHERE ARE THE PRIORITIES? IS THE PRIORITY IN THE FUTURE THE PASSENGER VEHICLE? OR IS IT THE OTHER MODES? AND AS YOU BRING IN LINKOUS, YOU WOULD THINK THAT A LOT OF THE FOCUS IS GOING TO BE ON THAT MULTI PASSENGER TYPE OF TRANSPORTATION IN THE FUTURE. SO IT'S DO WE WANT TO CONTINUE THE CHARACTER OF THAT CORRIDOR AS IT IS TODAY, OR DO WE HAVE A DIFFERENT VISION FOR IT LONG TERM.

AND THIS IS A DIFFERENT TYPE OF PROJECT THAN RIVERSIDE DRIVE.

RIVERSIDE DRIVE. WE BUILT THAT OUT IN ONE PHASE.

THIS IS A LITTLE MORE COMPLEX, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHAT THAT VISION IS AND HAVE A LOT OF THESE DETAILS IRONED OUT SO THAT WE CAN APPROPRIATELY FIELD THOSE DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS AS THEY'VE COME IN. I, I SAT ON THE STEERING COMMITTEE WITH THE ENVISION AND CHRIS AND I DID, AND WE TALKED ABOUT THIS A LOT. AND I WILL TELL YOU ABOUT HALF OF THE COMMITTEE WAS THIS COULD NEVER WORK.

ITS WERE TOO CAR DOMINANT, THE OTHER HALF OF THE COMMITTEE.

SO THIS SAME DEBATE ACTUALLY PLAYED OUT IN THOSE DISCUSSIONS.

I THINK THE VISION WAS TO WORK TOWARDS SOMETHING LIKE THIS, NOT NECESSARILY TO SAY IT HAS TO BE 100% THE FIRST TIME OUT OF THE GATE, BECAUSE THERE IS A TIMING AND A TRANSITION.

MY REQUEST WOULD BE IN THIS LONG TERM VISION TO HELP US LOOK AT NOT JUST THIS PARTICULAR CORRIDOR, BUT THIS, BUT THE ROADS DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO IT.

BECAUSE AS A BIKER, I'M THE BIKER IN THIS GROUP.

I WILL BIKE DOWN THIS AND THEN I'M TELLING YOU NOW, YOU CAN'T BIKE THROUGH BRIDGE PARK.

IT'S IMPOSSIBLE. THERE'S NO DEDICATED BIKING IN THERE.

YOU'RE EITHER ON THE STREET, YOU CANNOT DO IT ON THE BIKE.

SO I KEEP ASKING MYSELF, IF I BIKE THERE, WHERE AM I GOING? SAWMILL. AND TURN AROUND AND COME BACK. I. I CANNOT SEE HOW THE PEDESTRIAN FIRST CONNECTS TO THE REST OF THIS.

SO IT WOULD BE MY REQUEST AND I THINK IT WOULD HELP WITH THE VISION.

HOW DO WE THINK ABOUT THAT OTHER THAN OTHERWISE? I THINK WHAT WE WILL SEE IS SIMILAR TO ON EMERALD PARKWAY, ALL THOSE BIKE LANES OVER THE BRIDGES.

I CAN COUNT ON ONE HAND HOW MANY TIMES I'VE EVER SEEN ANYBODY RIDE A BIKE ON THOSE THINGS, AND IT'S BEEN A DECADE, AND I THINK PART OF THAT IS THERE'S NO THERE'S NO OFFER ON RAMP.

SO AS YOU'RE BRINGING THIS BACK TO US IN SOME SORT OF A PHASE, HELP US THINK ABOUT THAT LONG TERM FUTURE, BECAUSE IT CAN'T JUST BE THIS ROAD. BECAUSE IF IT IS, IT'LL I DON'T WANT TO SAY IT'S A ROAD TO NOWHERE, BUT I MEAN, THAT IS NOT CREATING THAT WALKABLE ENVIRONMENT.

SO I THINK FOR ME PERSONALLY, IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL AND IN THE SHORT TERM, TO HAVE, AS YOU HAVE IN SOME OF YOUR ALTERNATIVES, YOU DON'T NEED A SITE, TWO SIDEWALKS AND A BIKE PATH DEDICATED.

IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, YOU COULD HAVE A BIKE PATH SIDEWALK COMBO ON ONE SIDE.

AND I MEAN, I THINK THERE ARE SOME OPPORTUNITIES TO CREATE WITHIN THIS SPACE.

SO I LOVE THE I LOVE THE IF YOU GO TO I DON'T I'M NOT GOING TO PICK ONE OF THESE.

BUT IF IF YOU THINK ABOUT ACTUAL DAY IN THE LIFE OF THE PERSON, WHERE ARE THEY GOING TO? WHAT IS THEIR DESTINATION? HOW DO THEY GET ON AND OFF? I MAYBE PAY EVEN MORE ATTENTION TO THE LATERAL THAN THE HORIZONTAL FOR A WHILE, BECAUSE I THINK IN THE SHORTER TERM THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO MAKE IT WORK.

AND I, I CAN'T I'M STRUGGLING TO SEE IT. WE HAVE YET TO BE ABLE TO MAKE A PEDESTRIAN ONLY STREET WITHIN BRIDGE PARK OUR MOST WALKABLE THING.

WE DON'T HAVE ONE. WE DON'T HAVE ONE. SO IF WE WANT TO SET A VISION, WE SHOULD PROBABLY START THERE AND WE'RE NOT THERE.

SO I KNOW WE HAVE TO BUILD FOR THE FUTURE. SO I'M NOT AN OBJECTION TO THIS, BUT I JUST THINK WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THE WHOLE THE WHOLE ENCHILADA HERE. THANK YOU. I'M REALLY TRYING TO KEEP MY MY THOUGHTS OPEN ABOUT THIS BECAUSE I LOVE THE IDEA THAT WE'VE CONCENTRATED ON PEDESTRIAN. BUT EAST BRIDGE STREET IS NOT A STREET THAT HAS ANY ACTIVATION WHATSOEVER.

I MEAN, THERE'S NOTHING ON IT AT THIS POINT THAT YOU WOULD GO AND SIT DOWN AND HAVE A CUP OF COFFEE AND WHEN THINGS HAVE COME BEFORE PLANNING AND ZONING THAT MAYBE DON'T MATCH THE HEIGHT AND ALL OF THAT, THEY GET TURNED AWAY.

SO THE PROBLEM I HAVE WITH DOING SOMETHING LIKE THIS IS THAT WE HAVE TO WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT

[02:35:08]

THAT MAKES IT WORTH BEING PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY OR BICYCLE FRIENDLY, OR WHAT'S THE POINT OF IT IF THERE'S NOTHING THERE FOR IT? SO YOU'RE SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY? THE OTHER THING I WORRY ABOUT IS, LIKE US IS GOING TO CHANGE THE ENTIRE CHARACTER OF THE STREET.

IT'S ALSO, FROM WHAT I CAN TELL, IT'S GOING TO TURN AT THE ROUNDABOUT, GO UP RIVERSIDE DRIVE AND DOWN THROUGH BRIDGE PARK? NO, IT'S. I SAW IT GOING AROUND BRIDGE PARK.

IS THAT TRUE? AND THEN DOWN BACK. THEY'LL DRIVE.

I'VE SEEN THE SAME THING FOR THE PHASE TWO TERMINUS AS PART OF THE LOCAL PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE STUDY.

WE HAVE PROBABLY THE MOST WALKABLE DISTRICT IN THE WHOLE CITY OF COLUMBUS.

THAT IS RIGHT AT THE BRIDGE. IT'S PROBABLY THE BUSIEST INTERSECTION IN OUR CITY.

I CAN'T IMAGINE SENDING LINKS THROUGH THAT. LINKOUS IS LIKE IS GOING TO CREATE.

I KNOW IT'S NOT GOING TO BE THERE ALL THE TIME. IT'S GOING TO COME THROUGH. BUT I DO THINK THAT WE SHOULD THINK OF LINKOUS AS A CONVENIENCE TO GET TO A PLACE, BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE TO. RIGHT. GO RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE OF OUR MOST PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY AREA.

I WORRY HOW I WILL TRANSITION THAT. I WOULD KIND OF HESITATE TO SEE IT EVEN ON WEST BRIDGE STREET.

ONCE AGAIN, EMERALD PARKWAY HAS A VARIETY OF SCHOOLS, PLACES THAT PEOPLE MIGHT WANT TO TAKE A LINK TO.

I DON'T WANT TO SAY WHERE IT GOES, AND I KNOW WE WANT TO TRY TO GET IT OUT TO THE WESTERN INNOVATION DISTRICT, BUT TO ME.

THE CHARACTER OF THESE STREETS HAVE TO MAKE SENSE TO THE USES OF THE STREET.

AND, AND I THINK TRANSITION WOULD BE SOMETHING LIKE IF WE'RE IF LINKOUS IS COMING DOWN TO EAST BRIDGE STREET AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S SOMEWHAT PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY OR WE CAN GET THROUGH THERE.

YOU COULD YOU COULD TAKE THE STREET AND TAKE THE OFF STREET, THE ON STREET PARKING AWAY AND LEAVE IT FOR TWO LANES.

STILL DO THE STREETSCAPE THAT YOU WANT. THEN AS DEVELOPMENT HAPPENS AND YOU HAVE A REASON FOR ON STREET PARKING, YOU COULD CHANGE IT OUT. I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY HERE IN ALL OF THESE LANES THAT YOU HAVE.

BUT I THINK WE HAVE TO BE REALLY CAREFUL THAT WE DON'T PLANT PLAN IN SEGMENTS BECAUSE WE HAVE THIS BEAUTIFUL DOWNTOWN, AND IF WE'RE NOT ACTUALLY BUILDING THINGS FOR PEDESTRIANS AND BIKERS THAT THEY WANT TO GO TO OR THEY HAVE A REASON TO GO TO, THEN WE'RE SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY. AND AND I THINK TO I THINK THE, THE WEST END OF WHEN YOU GET TO THE STUDY ON THE WEST END, THERE'S AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT CHARACTER ON WEST BRIDGE STREET THAT IS QUIET AND A LITTLE OLD FASHIONED AND IT'S TRANSITIONAL.

AND I THINK THAT THAT REALLY BECOMES THE PLACE.

AND I WORRY ABOUT THE THE LINK IS COMING THROUGH HERE IN HIGH SPEED AND CHANGING THAT ENTIRE CHARACTER.

SOME CITIES SHARE THE THE LINKS OR THE HIGH SPEED TRANSIT BUS LANE WITH CARS AND THROUGH TECHNOLOGY.

WHEN THE BUS ISN'T THERE, A CAR CAN USE IT. SOME OF THEM EVEN HAVE ONE LANE.

AND IT CAN GO BOTH WAYS THROUGH TECHNOLOGY. SOME ARE ON CURBS.

I MEAN, IT DOESN'T ALWAYS HAVE TO BE JUST LIKE THIS.

I DON'T KNOW IF CODA REQUIRES IT, BUT THERE'S A VARIETY OF WAYS THAT HIGH SPEED TRANSIT CAN COME THROUGH AN AREA WITHOUT IMPACTING IT IN A NEGATIVE MANNER.

SO THERE'S JUST A LOT TO THINK ABOUT. AND I CAN'T GIVE YOU A YES OR NO ON ANY OF THEM, BUT BUT I WORRY ABOUT CHARACTER.

I JUST WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS ON LONG, LONG TERM PLANNING.

I DON'T THINK WE'RE REALLY YET. BUT YOU KNOW, IT WAS REALLY IT'S INTERESTING ALL THE DIFFERENT VARIATIONS THAT I COULDN'T PICK ONE NOW.

YOU KNOW, I THINK I WON 61 I, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT PARKING ON 161 IF THAT ENDS UP PART BEING PART OF IT.

SO YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK WE'RE MOBILE ENOUGH YET FOR BICYCLES AND PEDESTRIANS.

I MEAN, THAT TIME MAY COME. AND THEN IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT 161, YOU'RE THINKING HOW DO I FIT THE BUILDINGS OR THE USES WITH THE FACT THAT PEOPLE MIGHT USE THIS ON FOOT OR BICYCLES? SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S A LITTLE EARLY YET.

WE GOT WENDY'S AND WE GOT LOWE'S, AND WHO IN THE HECK WOULD WANT TO RIDE A BICYCLE TO OAKLAND NURSERY?

[02:40:01]

BUT, YOU KNOW, IN TIME, THIS IS A GREAT GREAT IDEA AND THERE'S SOME GREAT VALUE IN EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WELL, I THINK FOR ME IT'S DIFFICULT TO SEE SMALL INTERSECTION, CROSS SECTIONS. FOR ME, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO SEE THE LENGTH OF THE ROADWAY AND HOW IT MIGHT EBB AND FLOW IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT, AND WHERE WE ANTICIPATE THE STOPS BEING, BECAUSE THAT'S GOING TO TAKE UP A LOT MORE OF THE REAL ESTATE.

AND THAT'S A LOT WHERE THE PEDESTRIAN ACTIVITY IS GOING TO BE.

I THINK THAT WOULD ALSO HELP US PLAN A BIT FOR OUR TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE CLEARLY GOING TO SEE SOME PRESSURE AROUND WHERE THESE STOPS ARE.

AND EVEN IF WE'RE NOT SAYING THAT THE STOPS ARE GOING TO BE RIGHT HERE, BUT THIS IS HOW THE TREATMENT IS GOING TO BE, MAYBE THE BUS LANES CAN BE IMMEDIATE ADJACENT TO ONE ANOTHER, AND THEN THEY SEPARATE AT THE STOPS OR WHATEVER THOSE THINGS MIGHT BE THAT COULD HELP US ENVISION IT AND REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE COMFORTABLE WITH AND WHAT WE'RE NOT COMFORTABLE WITH.

THE GOOD NEWS FOR US IS THAT THERE'S PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO EXPERIENCE FAR MORE PRESSURE IN THE MORE NEAR TERM THAN US, AND SO WE'RE GOING TO GET TO SEE HOW THIS WORKS, FOR EXAMPLE, THROUGH MAIN STREET IN BEXLEY.

RIGHT. SO THEIR STREET IS CONSTRICTED SIGNIFICANTLY MORE THAN WE ARE, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE BRIDGE, PERHAPS, BUT MAYBE NOT. YOU KNOW, AND HOW THEY'RE GOING TO NAVIGATE THAT AND IN WHAT CREATIVE WAYS? IS THEY'LL BE ABLE TO GET AROUND IT. JAYNA, I DON'T SEE THIS GOING THROUGH DALE DRIVE.

I THINK WHEN THE RUBBER MEETS THE ROAD, IT'S GOING TO COME STRAIGHT DOWN. 161 AND THROUGH THE CITY.

I CAN'T IMAGINE US NAVIGATING IT TO ANYWHERE ELSE.

EVEN IF IT STOPS, YOU KNOW, THEN IT SWITCHES OVER THE LANE AND IT HEADS BACK THE OTHER DIRECTION.

SO I THINK THAT WE KEEP IT ON 161 AND WE YOU KNOW, WE MAKE IT LIKE TRUE TRANSIT.

YOU KNOW, MY HOPE FOR THIS IS EVEN WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT SUPPORTING BUSSES, THAT ONE DAY THAT THIS WOULD BE LIGHT RAIL AND THAT IT WOULDN'T BE BRT FOREVER.

AND SO THE THIS EXERCISE IS ABOUT GARNERING THE REAL ESTATE THAT ULTIMATELY WILL BE THAT LIGHT RAIL SYSTEM THAT SERVES THE REGION. SO I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE TAKE THE VISION TO GET IT OUT TO OUR WEST INNOVATION DISTRICT, WHERE THE RAIL STOP WILL BE, BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT ONE DAY THAT'S GOING TO CARRY.

LIGHT COMMUTER RAIL AS WELL, THAT THAT WON'T BE JUST PASSENGER RAIL, BUT THAT IT WOULD BE COMMUTER RAIL AS WELL.

SO I THINK THAT IT'S GOING TO BE YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT TRANSIT OVER THE COURSE OF TIME AND WHAT OUR COUNTRY HAS DONE, IT'S BEEN FORTITUDE TO MAKE REALLY DIFFICULT DECISIONS.

IF YOU COULD IMAGINE WHAT OUR COUNTRY WOULD BE LIKE WITHOUT THE WITHOUT THE INTERSTATE SYSTEM.

RIGHT. SOMEBODY ONCE SAID, WELL, YOU HAVE ROUTE 40 GOING ALL THE WAY TO THE EAST COAST.

YOU YOU ALREADY HAVE THESE THINGS. BUT BUT SOMEBODY HAD THE FORTITUDE TO SAY, WE HAVE TO PLAN FOR SOMETHING BIGGER.

THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE OUR LONG TERM SOLUTION.

AND SO OUR LONG TERM SOLUTION CANNOT BE 161 AS IT IS, AS THINGS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ON THE WEST AND THEY CONTINUE TO DEVELOP TO THE NORTH, AND WE HOPEFULLY ADD DENSITY SO THAT WE DON'T JUST SPRAWL ON FOREVER.

THAT THAT'S GOING TO BECOME WHAT WE DO NOW. YOU CAN SEE HOW IT'S GOING TO NAVIGATE THESE OTHER PLACES.

BUT I THINK FOR US YOU KNOW, IT'S SETTING A VISION AND IT'S GOING TO BE DIFFICULT.

THERE'S THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT. THERE'S NO NEW TRANSIT THAT'S EVER COME IN ANYWHERE.

THAT WAS AN EASY DECISION THAT DIDN'T HAVE RESISTANCE.

SO I, YOU KNOW, AND PERHAPS IT ISN'T THERE TODAY, BUT I'M REALLY GLAD THEY DIDN'T WAIT FOR DUBLIN TO BLOSSOM TO BUILD 270.

IT WOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN BUILT. AND THAT WAS THAT.

TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT IS THE COMMUNITY THAT WE ENJOY.

IT'S NO ACCIDENT THAT OUR DEVELOPMENT COINCIDES WITH THE COMPLETION OF THE INTERSTATE.

AND SO WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD. WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO THINK FORWARD ABOUT WHAT OUR TRANSIT OPTIONS ARE GOING TO BE.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THEM IN TOTALITY. NOT THAT THIS IS WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO BE AND, YOU KNOW, BUY UP ALL THE LAND, ALL YOU DEVELOPERS AROUND IT BECAUSE THERE'S GOING TO BE A TRANSIT STOP THERE. I MEAN, IT'LL BE PROPOSED. RIGHT. WE LABEL THE MAP ACCORDINGLY.

BUT I THINK THAT WE NEED TO PLAN THE THE WHOLE OF IT RATHER THAN JUST PLAN IT SECTION BY SECTION BY SECTION.

YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED. YOU KNOW, EMERALD PARKWAY WAS PLANNED IN THE WHOLE.

NOW, IT TOOK MANY YEARS FOR IT TO BE BUILT OUT.

[02:45:01]

WELL, WE HAVE PHASE THREE AND SEVEN AND NINE AND 12 DONE.

NOW, WHERE ARE WE GOING TO PUT, YOU KNOW, ONE, TWO, FOUR, SIX.

SO I JUST I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US PLAN THE WHOLE.

I'D LIKE TO SEE IT LAID OUT. AND I THINK THAT'LL HELP US TO DETERMINE WHERE WE CAN HAVE ON STREET PARKING AND WHERE WE WON'T.

THERE'LL BE PLACES THAT WE CAN. AND I THINK THERE'LL BE PLACES THAT WE CAN'T BECAUSE OF HISTORIC BUILDINGS AND FOR VERY GOOD REASONS THAT WE DON'T WANT TO DISRUPT.

BUT I THINK THIS IS A GREAT EXERCISE. IT'S A GOOD START.

IT STARTS THIS CONVERSATION THAT WE'RE HAVING RIGHT NOW, AND I BELIEVE THAT'S THE INTENTION OF THIS, IS TO START THE CONVERSATION, THROW ALL THE SPAGHETTI AGAINST THE WALL AND SEE WHAT IS THERE AN APPETITE FOR.

SO IN THAT RESPECT, IT'S A HUGE SUCCESS. I JUST WOULD LIKE TO, TO LOOK AT IT IN ITS TOTALITY.

AND I REALIZE THAT'S DIFFICULT. AND THERE'S SO MANY THINGS THAT WE DON'T KNOW AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.

THAT'S OKAY. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS WORK.

I APPRECIATE YOU STRETCHING OUR MINDS AND TRYING TO THINK DIFFERENTLY.

AND WHAT WILL THIS BE? I'M REALLY GLAD WE'RE NOT.

FIRST, AS MUCH AS WE'VE FOUGHT TO GET INCLUDED ON THAT MAP.

THE FIRST MAP, I THINK IT WAS VERY STRATEGIC THAT WERE INCLUDED ON THE FIRST MAP, BUT WERE THE LAST LEG ON THE FIRST MAP.

AND SO THAT IS HELPFUL TO US. IT GIVES US TIME TO LEARN FROM OUR PEERS.

IT GIVES US TIME TO EDUCATE OUR PUBLIC. IT GIVES US TIME TO BUDGET AND IT GIVES US TIME TO PLAN.

SO I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHERE YOU REALLY WANT TO GO FROM HERE AND WHEN WE'LL SEE YOU BACK AND HOW LONG THESE THINGS TAKE. BUT I THINK WE MIGHT HAVE INTEREST IN OF ANSWERING SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS.

YEAH. I JUST WANT TO ADD ONE MORE THING. KIND OF AN ANSWER TO WHAT MEGAN SAID ABOUT PLANNING AS AS APPLICATIONS COME, IN MY OPINION, IS RESERVE THE ABSOLUTE WIDEST POSSIBLE RIGHT OF WAY THAT WOULD ACCOMMODATE ANY AND ALL OF THESE SOLUTIONS.

GO BIG. I THINK WE WENT TOO NARROW WHEN IT CAME TO BRIDGE STREET INITIALLY.

SO, YOU KNOW, AS PEOPLE COME IN AND WE TELL THEM, MOVE TO THE EDGE OF THE PROPERTY LINE, MAKE SURE THAT'S SET WAY BACK SO THAT EVERY ONE OF THESE THINGS. BECAUSE AGAIN, I LIKE, LIKE ALTERNATIVE D I LIKE EVERYTHING IN THERE.

LIKE I SAID, I, I THINK WE HAVE IT I THINK YOU HAVE THE NUMBERS OF HOW MUCH HOW MANY FEET YOU NEED TO GET ALL OF THIS STUFF IN.

SO AS WE'RE PLANNING AND APPLICATIONS COME IN, JUST MAKE SURE WE HAVE ENOUGH ROOM TO BUILD IT WHEN WE FINALLY NEED IT.

LET'S NOT PUT ANYTHING TOO CLOSE. YEAH, I AGREE, AND IN URBAN DISTRICTS CROSSING A LONG STREET, YOU KNOW, IN NEW YORK THEY GO CATTY CORNER, RIGHT? THEY THEY DON'T TAKE THE SHORTEST PATH.

THEY TAKE ARGUABLY THE LONGEST. SO WHEN YOU'RE IN AN URBAN DISTRICT AND THE DRIVER IS, IS COGNIZANT THAT THEY'RE IN AN URBAN PEDESTRIAN DISTRICT THE LENGTH OF THE WALK, ALTHOUGH YOU ALWAYS WANT IT TO BE SHORT, AS SHORT AS IT POSSIBLY CAN BE.

THAT'S NOT A DEAL BREAKER TO ME. A LONG WALK IN AN URBAN DISTRICT IS NOT NOT A DEAL BREAKER.

SO I GUESS THAT'S THE FEEDBACK THAT YOU HAVE FROM HERE.

WHAT WHAT IS THE TIMETABLE? I MEAN, I, I THINK WE WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE TO MAKE ITERATIONS SO THAT WE DON'T WAIT TOO LONG AND THEN WE HAVE TO MAKE BIG DECISIONS. I THINK WE WOULD PROBABLY PREFER A MORE FREQUENT LOOK AND CONVERSATION AS WE CONTINUE DOWN THE PATH.

SO WHAT IS IT THAT YOU ALL HAVE IN MIND AND AND WHAT CAN WE EXPECT? WELL, NOT TO SPEAK FOR STAFF, BUT TWO THOUGHTS.

YOU KNOW, THE STUDY IS ABOUT 800 PAGES. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CRACKED THAT.

BUT IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO BOIL IT DOWN TO A 20 MINUTE PRESENTATION.

WE DO HAVE, IN TERMS OF A A LONGER LOOK AT THE CORRIDOR.

WE DO HAVE SOME SCROLL PLOTS. AND AGAIN, I DON'T BLAME YOU IF YOU DIDN'T CRACK THE 800 PAGES.

BUT AS THE WESTBRIDGE STREET STUDY KICKS OFF, AND I THINK THE GOAL IS TO MAKE REALLY GOOD PROGRESS ON THAT HERE IN THIS CALENDAR YEAR.

THAT MAYBE THAT HELPS TO GIVE A BIGGER PICTURE TO REALLY OF BOTH SIDES OF THE RIVER AND, YOU KNOW, REALLY THE ENTIRE BRIDGE STREET DISTRICT FROM SAWMILL ROAD TO FRANS ROAD, SLASH 270.

SO I THINK THERE'S SOME GOOD OPPORTUNITIES THERE.

AND AS WE START TO TACKLE SOME OF THESE NEXT STEPS TO GIVE SOME MORE UPDATES.

OKAY. DOES STAFF HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD ON TO THAT BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM?

[02:50:04]

THERE'S NO PRESSURE. SO SO THE WEST BRIDGE STREET IS PROPOSED TO START FAIRLY QUICKLY.

WITH HOPES OF HAVING SOMETHING SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE BY THE END OF THE YEAR.

OKAY. AS FAR AS THE SCHEDULE FOR THIS GOES, WE'RE JUST GOING TO NEED TO TAKE THE FEEDBACK THAT WE HEARD TONIGHT AND DETERMINE NEXT STEPS WE HAD.

WE HAD KICKED OFF THIS STUDY TAKING THE CUES FROM ENVISION DUBLIN.

I THINK WE MIGHT NEED TO REVISIT SOME OF THAT, OR AT LEAST HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW TO TACKLE THAT MODE SHIFT CONVERSATION MOVING FORWARD. GREAT. WELL, THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS.

IT'S NO SMALL TASK. AND WE ARE VERY APPRECIATIVE AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO IT.

IT'S GOING TO BE IT'LL BE DIFFICULT, BUT IT'LL BE TRANSFORMATIVE.

AND I THINK IT WILL HELP IMPROVE TRANSPORTATION IN THE REGION.

AND I THINK IT WILL IMPROVE JOB GROWTH AND IT WILL IMPROVE ALL OF THOSE THINGS.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON IT, I APPRECIATE IT.

OKAY. THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS THE TRADITIONAL EUROPEAN STYLE CHRISTMAS MARKET OPERATOR SELECTION COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION IN OUR STAFF REPORT WILL BE BROUGHT FORWARD BY EMILY GULLIVER. WELCOME. GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.

IN FURTHERANCE OF COUNCIL'S VISIONARY GOAL TO REIMAGINE AND LAUNCH DUBLIN'S COMMUNITY EVENTS PROGRAM, THE CITY HAS BEEN INVESTIGATING A POTENTIAL EUROPEAN STYLE CHRISTMAS MARKET OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS.

RESOLUTION 2225 WAS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED AT THE MARCH 17TH, 2025 CITY COUNCIL MEETING EARLIER THIS YEAR.

AN RFP WAS ISSUED ON APRIL 11TH WITH RESPONSES DUE BACK ON MAY 2ND.

ONE RESPONSE WAS RECEIVED TO THIS RFP FROM MARKETPLACE CONSULTING, LLC.

THE SELECTION COMMITTEE, WHICH WAS COMPRISED OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM COMMUNITY EVENTS, PARKS AND RECREATION, FINANCE, THE OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER, COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING, VISIT DUBLIN, OHIO AND THE DOWNTOWN DUBLIN STRATEGIC ALLIANCE REVIEWED THE RESPONSE AND HELD AN INTERVIEW IN PERSON IN THE CITY ON MAY 9TH.

THE SELECTION COMMITTEE THEN MET ON MAY 12TH AND DETERMINED THAT MARKETPLACE CONSULTING'S RESPONSE AND INTERVIEW ALIGNED CLOSELY WITH THE SCOPE OF WORK OUTLINED IN THE RFP.

AND OVER THE PAST SEVERAL WEEKS, STAFF AND LEGAL HAVE BEEN CONDUCTING A DUE DILIGENCE PERIOD ON THIS TO PROMOTE THE RFP.

STAFF SHARED IT VIA THE INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL AND EVENTS ASSOCIATION'S JOB BOARD, POSTED IT ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE DIRECTLY, EMAILED IT TO OPERATORS OF EXISTING MARKETS, AND DIRECTLY EMAILED IT TO ORGANIZATIONS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE FEASIBILITY STUDY ADOPTED EARLIER THIS YEAR. THE CRITERIA THAT THE SELECTION COMMITTEE USED TO EVALUATE THE RESPONDENTS ARE ON THE SCREEN.

THE MEMO THAT WAS PROVIDED TO COUNCIL PROVIDES A SUMMARY OF THE SELECTION COMMITTEE'S DISCUSSIONS RELATED TO EACH ITEM ON THE SELECTION CRITERIA FOR COUNCIL'S REFERENCE.

IN SUMMARY, THE SELECTION COMMITTEE DETERMINED THAT THE CEO OF MARKETPLACE CONSULTING HAS SIGNIFICANT EXPERIENCE OPERATING A SUCCESSFUL CHRISTMAS MARKET.

SHE HAS A PROVEN TRACK RECORD OF EXECUTING EACH ITEM ON THE SELECTION CRITERIA, MAKING HER ORGANIZATION A STRONG CANDIDATE WITH EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE.

AND WITH THAT, THE SELECTION COMMITTEE IS RECOMMENDING THAT COUNCIL DIRECT STAFF TO ENTER INTO CONTRACT NEGOTIATION NEGOTIATIONS.

EXCUSE ME. WOW. LATE CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS WITH MARKETPLACE CONSULTING, LLC TO OPERATE A TRADITIONAL EUROPEAN STYLE CHRISTMAS MARKET IN DUBLIN. SHOULD COUNCIL SUPPORT ENTERING INTO CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS WITH MARKETPLACE CONSULTING.

THE NEXT STEP WILL BE TO BEGIN DEFINING EACH PARTY'S ROLE.

THIS WILL INCLUDE WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PROCURING THE TRADITIONAL STYLE BOOTHS, WHO RETAINS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS FOR THE EVENT, APPROVAL PROCESS, ETC.. MARIA ROSENFELD WITH THE CEO OF MARKETPLACE CONSULTING IS IN ATTENDANCE THIS EVENING AND IS AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL SPECIFIC TO HER RFP RESPONSE, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT SINCE THIS IS A BID BID RECOMMENDATION FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS TOPIC? HEARING. NONE. COUNSEL. QUESTIONS. DISCUSSION.

SO I ASSUME THAT MARKETPLACE CONSULTING, LLC HAS LOOKED AT THE FEASIBILITY STUDY, AND HAVE THEY OFFERED ANY THOUGHTS OR DIFFERENCES IN OPINION ON WHAT THEY'VE SEEN? IT WAS PART OF THE RFP THAT WENT OUT. AND I CAN LET MARIA, I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR HER ON HER THOUGHTS OR DIFFERENCES OF OPINIONS, BUT THE RFP RESPONSE DID HAVE SOME CHANGES TO IT.

FOR EXAMPLE, THE FEASIBILITY STUDY INCLUDED THAT THE CITY WOULD PURCHASE AND RETAIN OWNERSHIP OF THE HUTS FOR THE MARKET, AND THE RESPONDENT INCLUDED THAT THEY WOULD PURCHASE AT THEIR EXPENSE THE BOOTHS.

[02:55:05]

BUT THAT WAS ONE MAJOR CHANGE BETWEEN THE FEASIBILITY STUDY AND THE RESPONSE.

SO, MARIA, I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR YOU ON ANYTHING.

IF THERE WAS ANYTHING YOU WANTED TO ADD ON THAT.

IF YOU COULD STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS INTO THE RECORD.

YES. OH, IF YOU'LL PRESS THE LITTLE BUTTON THERE.

YOU GOT IT. THERE WE GO. IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE WHEN YOU'RE STANDING HERE, YOU CAN'T SEE THE GREEN LIGHT.

I'M MARIA ADELA ROSENFELD, MARKETPLACE CONSULTING 993 ORLANDO STREET, CARMEL, INDIANA.

AND TO ANSWER THE QUESTION, THERE WERE A NUMBER OF ITEMS THAT I HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT REGARDING THE FINANCES AND THE PROJECTIONS, IN PARTICULAR ON THE EXPENSE LINE AND MY EXPERIENCE.

I THINK THAT THOSE NUMBERS WERE VERY LOW. AND MY RESPONSE REFLECTED THAT AS WELL.

AND SO THERE WAS DISCUSSION AROUND THAT. AND THEN THERE'S JUST A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT AREN'T MENTIONED IN THERE.

THAT WILL BE PART OF THE NEXT STEPS IN THE CONVERSATION.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. EMILY. THANK YOU. MARIA, THANK YOU FOR THE WORK.

IF YOU WOULD GO BACK ONE SLIDE, PLEASE, ABOUT THE CRITERIA.

I THINK WHAT I AM PLEASED ABOUT IN THE RESPONSE AND THE WORK IS THAT IF YOU LOOK AT ALL OF THE EXPERIENCES HERE, NOT ONLY AS IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT NOT ONLY HAS THE ORGANIZATION HAD EXPERIENCE THROUGH THIS, BUT THE START UP, THE BEGINNING OF A NEW MARKET, WHICH I KNOW HAPPENED IN CARMEL.

AND I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE REALLY IMPORTANT.

HOW MUCH DO WE BITE OFF IN THE FIRST YEAR? HOW DO WE MAKE SURE ECONOMICALLY IT MAKES SENSE FOR ALL PARTIES INVOLVED? I THINK NOT ONLY RUNNING IT SUCCESSFULLY, BUT THAT FIRST ONBOARDING I THINK IS GOING TO BE PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT AND APPRECIATE SOME ATTENTION TO THAT.

SO I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THIS AND APPRECIATIVE OF THE WORK SO FAR.

I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO THE FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY PART OF IT BECAUSE, AS YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS COUNCIL IS TRYING TO DO IS TO REALLY UNDERSTAND HOW DO WE DO MORE OF THESE PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS.

AND THIS WOULD BE OUR REALLY FIRST BIG ONE. SO TO REALLY UNDERSTAND THAT AS AND PROVIDE INCENSE ALONG THE WAY WOULD BE IN, IN PORTLAND. SO AGAIN, SUPPORTIVE OF IT AND APPRECIATE THE WORK TODAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COMMENTS. OKAY.

WHAT DO YOU NEED FROM US THIS EVENING? EMILY.

I THINK WE NEED A MOTION TO DIRECT STAFF TO ENTER INTO CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS WITH MARKETPLACE CONSULTING.

OKAY. I WILL MAKE A MOTION FOR THE CITY TO ENTER INTO CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS WITH MARKETPLACE CONSULTING, LLC TO OPERATE A TRADITIONAL EUROPEAN STYLE CHRISTMAS MARKET IN DUBLIN.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? MISS KRAMM? YES. VICE MAYOR LUDO? YES. MR. REINER.

YES, MISS FOX. YES. MISS DEROSA. YES. MAYOR AMBROSE GROOMS. YES. MR. KEELER? YES. GREAT. WELL, THANK YOU, EMILY, AND THANK YOU FOR MAKING THE TRIP.

OKAY, THIS BRINGS US TO THE STAFF COMMENTS PORTION OF OUR AGENDA.

[STAFF COMMENTS]

I HAD RECEIVED SOME QUESTIONS AND RECEIVED SOME FEEDBACK ABOUT THE LAUNCH OF VO, SO I THOUGHT IT WAS TIMELY TO PROVIDE A BRIEF UPDATE ON THAT INITIATIVE IN THE FIRST MONTH OF IO'S LAUNCH, RIDERSHIP REACHED 1891 RIDES, AND THAT'S THE HIGHEST MAY THAT WE HAVE SEEN TO DATE.

THE AVERAGE TRIP DISTANCE WAS 2.8 MILES WITH 754 UNIQUE RIDERS.

THESE FIGURES DO DEMONSTRATE STRONG EARLY UTILIZATION AND GROWTH IN THE TRIP LENGTH, WHICH IS POSITIVE AND DEMONSTRATES INCREASED DEMAND FOR THIS TYPE OF SERVICE TO SUPPORT SAFE AND EFFICIENT OPERATIONS, AND RECOGNIZING THAT WE'VE SEEN SOME CHALLENGES THAT HAVE BEEN OBSERVED WITH DEVICES BEING ABANDONED IN UNACCEPTABLE LOCATIONS, WHICH WE HEARD, I BELIEVE, AT A ROUNDTABLE AT A PREVIOUS MEETING STAFF IS PARTNERING WITH POPULUS TO IMPLEMENT ITS MOBILITY MANAGER DIGITAL PLATFORM.

AND THIS IS A TOOL THAT THE CITY OF COLUMBUS IS UTILIZING AS WELL.

THE TOOL PROVIDES CENTRALIZED DATA INSIGHTS, REAL TIME AND HISTORICAL DASHBOARDS, CUSTOMIZABLE GEOFENCING, WHICH WILL ADDRESS THAT VERY ISSUE, AND AUTOMATED POLICY ENFORCEMENT TO HELP ACHIEVE SAFETY AND COMPLIANCE GOALS.

[03:00:04]

THIS PAST WEEK, WE HOSTED 20 STUDENTS IN GRADES TEN, 11, AND 12, AND THEY SPENT A WEEK WITH THE DIFFERENT LINES OF BUSINESSES WITHIN THE CITY.

THEY MET WITH A LOT OF STAFF. THIS IS THE HIGH SCHOOL VERSION OF OUR CITIZEN UNIVERSITY AND OTHER ACADEMIES.

THEY LEARNED ABOUT LOCAL GOVERNMENT, THEY DISCOVERED PUBLIC SERVICE CAREERS AND WORKED ON WAYS THAT THEY CAN WORK TOWARDS GREATER CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY.

JUMP START ALUMNI CONTINUE TO REMAIN INVOLVED IN THE CITY, SO YOU'LL BE SEEING THEM IN VOLUNTEER ROLES MOVING FORWARD.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO THEIR FUTURE INVOLVEMENT IN EVENTS IN ANY WAYS THAT WE CAN ENCOURAGE THEIR PUBLIC SERVICE UNDERSTANDING, AS WELL AS THEIR JOURNEY INTO FUTURE SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES EASE.

AND IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR THAT WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING EVERYBODY OUT AND ABOUT THIS FRIDAY TO CELEBRATE INDEPENDENCE DAY.

THE EVENING CELEBRATION WILL FEATURE KANSAS AND 38 SPECIAL INCOME FROM SPONSORSHIP, AND VIP TABLES INCREASED BY 50% OVER 2024, REPRESENTING AN ADDITIONAL 23,000 IN INCOME FOR THE EVENT.

SO SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR TOP SPONSOR FOR THIS EVENT, THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER, AND LOOK FOR AN EMAIL FROM ME TOMORROW WITH MORE DETAILS ABOUT LOGISTICS FOR COUNCIL FOR FRIDAY.

AND HARD TO BELIEVE. BUT TODAY WE ARE ALSO ONE MONTH OUT FROM THE START OF THE DUBLIN IRISH FESTIVAL, WHICH STARTS ON FRIDAY, AUGUST 1ST. KENT WEEKLY WITH NATIONWIDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL WILL SERVE AS THIS YEAR'S HONORARY CHAIR.

SPONSORS AT THE $20,000 AND ABOVE LEVEL INCLUDE OHIO HEALTH, THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER, GUINNESS, AMAZON, COORS GO RAVINE, BEING THE MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT PRESENTED BY WORKDAY AND WENDY'S.

SO I'D LIKE TO THANK OUR THANK OUR EVENTS TEAM FOR ALL THEIR EFFORTS IN SECURING ADDITIONAL SPONSORSHIP.

AND THIS IS ALL IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE RECENTLY ADOPTED COMMUNITY EVENTS ROADMAP.

AND LIKEWISE, I WILL PROVIDE COUNCIL WITH AN EMAIL WITH ADDITIONAL DETAILS ABOUT LOGISTICS LATER THIS MONTH.

SO LOOK FOR THAT. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY STAFF COMMENTS.

VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. THIS BRINGS US TO COUNCIL COMMITTEE REPORTS FINANCE COMMITTEE, MR.

[COUNCIL REPORTS]

THE FIRST TOPIC WAS REGARDING NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION CONTRIBUTION REQUESTS AND THE NEED TO DEVELOP A FORMAL PROCESS FOR HANDLING THEM.

THE COMMITTEE SUPPORTED DEVELOPING A CLEAR PROCESS, INCLUDING CRITERIA AND AN EVALUATION MATRIX TO GUIDE FUNDING DECISIONS.

MEMBERS EXPRESSED INTEREST IN PURSUING A COMBINATION OF APPROACHES TO PROVIDE FLEXIBILITY WHILE MAINTAINING FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY.

THIS INCLUDES IDENTIFYING APPROPRIATE FUNDING LEVELS TO BE DETERMINED EACH YEAR AS PART OF THE BUDGET CYCLE, AND EMPHASIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF SUPPORTING DUBLIN RESIDENTS THROUGH THESE FUNDING INITIATIVES.

STAFF WILL TAKE THE COMMITTEE'S FEEDBACK AND DRAFT A PROCESS FOR THE COMMITTEE'S CONSIDERATION.

THE SECOND TOPIC WAS THE 2026 OPERATING AND 2026 THROUGH 2030 CIP BUDGET.

SCHEDULE. STAFF SHARED THE CHALLENGES OF HAVING TWO SEPARATE AND SEQUENTIAL BUDGET PROCESSES, AND PRESENTED TWO OPTIONS TO THE COMMITTEE FOR AN INTEGRATED AND CONCURRENT BUDGET SCHEDULE.

I WILL NOW ASK THE CITY MANAGER TO FURTHER EXPLAIN THE BUDGET SCHEDULE THAT WAS PRESENTED AND DISCUSSED AS THE PREFERRED OPTION.

HAPPY TO DO THAT. SO TO DATE, OUR OPERATING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM BUDGETS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED SEPARATELY IN SEQUENTIAL.

AND FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS WE'VE HAD, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN, A JOINT INITIAL WORK SESSION, FOLLOWED BY SEPARATE WORK SESSIONS AND TIMELINES FOR EACH OF THOSE BUDGET PROCESSES.

THESE PROCESSES DO PRESENT SOME CHALLENGES FOR STAFF IN THE COMMUNITY, I BELIEVE.

NUMBER ONE, IT'S MORE CHALLENGING TO FULLY ALIGN THE OPERATING RESOURCES AND THE CAPITAL INVESTMENTS WHEN THEY'RE SEQUENTIAL.

RESIDENTS INTERESTED IN THE FULL SCOPE AND COUNSEL AS WELL.

OFTENTIMES, THERE'S QUESTION DURING BOTH OF THESE PROCESSES THAT REALLY RELATE TO THE OTHER PROCESS.

AND THERE'S REALLY NOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE ENTIRE PICTURE OF THE BUDGET DEVELOPMENT.

SO TO BE FULLY ENGAGED IN THE PROCESS, A RESIDENT WOULD NEED TO ATTEND SOME MEETINGS EARLIER ON WITH THE CAPITAL AND THEN A FEW MONTHS LATER, ALSO ENGAGE WITH A SEPARATE OPERATING BUDGET THAT'S SEPARATED BY SEVERAL MONTHS.

SO THAT'S LESS CONVENIENT AND HARDER TO FOLLOW.

AND WHAT YOU DON'T SEE ON THE SCREEN IN THAT TIMELINE IS THE BEHIND THE SCENES WORK THAT'S PERFORMED BY STAFF AND THAT WORK HAS STARTED IN MARCH. SO THAT'S VERY EARLY IN THE YEAR. IT STARTS SO EARLY IN THE YEAR THAT IT CAN CREATE UNCERTAIN FORECASTING.

[03:05:02]

AND SO OR THEY'RE IN EARLY STAGES. SO IT'S REALLY HARD FROM A STAFF PERSPECTIVE TO START THINKING ABOUT WHAT THE BUDGET IMPACTS OR BUDGET REQUESTS ARE GOING TO BE FOR THE NEXT YEAR. SO TO ADDRESS THESE CHALLENGES AND PROVIDE FOR A MORE TRANSPARENT AND EFFICIENT PROCESS WE'RE MODIFYING THIS YEAR'S PROCESS, AS DISCUSSED WITH THE FINANCE COMMITTEE, TO DEVELOP THE OPERATING AND CIP IN A MORE INTEGRATED AND CONCURRENT MANNER.

SO THIS WOULD RESULT IN COMBINED WORK SESSIONS AND TIMELINES AS SHOWN ON THE SCREEN.

SO THIS IS A COMMON PROCESS FOR BUDGET DEVELOPMENT FOR MUNICIPALITIES.

AND THE BENEFITS AS WE SEE THEM INCLUDE BETTER COORDINATION OF RESOURCES, ENSURING THAT THE CAPITAL INVESTMENTS ARE SUPPORTED BY THE NECESSARY OPERATIONAL FUNDING, AND THAT'S MORE TRANSPARENT AS IT'S DEVELOPED AT THE SAME TIME.

PRESENTING BOTH BUDGETS TOGETHER IS A MUCH MORE CLEARER PICTURE, MORE COMPREHENSIVE VIEW FOR RESIDENTS AND STAKEHOLDERS.

IT'S ALSO IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE GOVERNMENT FINANCE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION, OR THE ZOA, WHICH ENCOURAGES INTEGRATED FINANCIAL PLANNING TO PROMOTE FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY, PERFORMANCE, ALIGNMENT AND STRATEGIC RESOURCE ALLOCATION.

SO SCHEDULE FOR THE PROCESS THIS YEAR IS SHOWN ON THE SCREEN AND WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS A BUDGET KICKOFF AT THE AUGUST 11TH COUNCIL MEETING, WITH WORK SESSIONS IN AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER FOLLOWING, FOLLOWED BY THE INTRODUCTION AND THE SECOND READING IN OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER.

AND WE DID LEAVE SOME ROOM AT THE END OF THE YEAR THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR ADDITIONAL TIME TO SHIFT THE SECOND READING IF NECESSARY.

SO I HOPE THAT ADDRESSES THE PROCESS, AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROCESS. ANYTHING ELSE? ANDY? GREAT. OKAY. THIS BRINGS US TO COUNSEL ROUND TABLE.

[COUNCIL ROUNDTABLE]

I FORGET THE COMPANY. ARE WE PAYING FOR THAT? YES. JEANNIE WOULD HAVE THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT. I THINK IT WAS 7000.

OOPS. SHE'S COMING BACK. WELL, I ASKED BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WAS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE RIDESHARE PEOPLE THAT THEY WERE GOING TO GO, THAT THEY WERE GOING TO BE DOING THIS. AND SO WHY ARE THEY FALLING SHORT? THEY SAID THEY WERE GOING TO MAKE SURE THEY WERE PARKED WHERE THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE PARKED, AND THE SPEEDS WERE REGULATED. SO WHY ARE WE SPENDING MONEY ON AN OUTSIDE VENDOR WHEN WE WERE TOLD THEY WERE GOING TO DO THIS.

GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. SO THAT IS AN THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION.

SO WE DID SPEND $7,500 ON THE SOFTWARE, THE PLATFORM FOR POPULUS, TO HELP US BETTER MANAGE THE RIGHT OF WAY AND GATHER MORE DATA. WE HAVE BETTER INSIGHTS INTO THE RIDERSHIP AND HOW THE MICROMOBILITY PROGRAM IS OPERATING AND WHERE THE DEVICES ARE IN THE RIGHT OF WAY SO THAT WE CAN CONTACT VEO, THE MICROMOBILITY OPERATOR, TO TIDY UP THE RIGHT OF WAY.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HELP CREATE STRONGER GEO FENCES THAT WE CAN THEN UPLOAD DIRECTLY TO POPULUS SO THAT IT GOES INTO THEIR APP.

AND THE GEO FENCES OFFENSES OPERATE MORE EFFICIENTLY, AND WE HAVE CONTROL OVER EXACTLY HOW THE OFFENSES ARE DRAWN. SO WE HAVE BETTER CONTROL OVER HOW AND WHERE THESE DEVICES OPERATE.

THEY HAVE, POPULIST OR NOT POPULIST. EXCUSE ME? VIO HAS DONE THE OFFENSES. WE ARE NOT SATISFIED WITH HOW THEY ARE OPERATING.

SO WE ARE TAKING IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL AND TAKING MORE CONTROL OF THE OPERATION OF IT IN OUR OWN HANDS.

AND IS THAT PURCHASE THAT $7,000 PURCHASE? IS THAT A ONE TIME THING OR IS THAT AN ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION? IT WAS A ONE TIME PURCHASE, AND CAN IT BE USED WITH OTHER VENDOR IF WE GO WITH ANOTHER RIDESHARE? OKAY. YES. ALL RIGHT. THAT ANSWERS THAT QUESTION.

AND THEN MY OTHER QUESTION IS ARE WE GOING TO GET A REVISED COUNCIL CALENDAR, SEEING THEN WITH THE NEW DATES OF OUR MEETINGS VERSUS WORKSHOPS, IS THIS CHANGING THE DATES FOR THE OPERATING BUDGET.

IS THAT CHANGING OUR NORMAL DATES OF SCHEDULED MEETINGS? I COULD DOUBLE CHECK AND IF I NEED TO PUT ONE OUT, I'M HAPPY TO DO THAT.

OKAY, THANKS. OKAY. AND THEN MY ROUND TABLE ITEM I HAD TO BRING FORWARD, I WAS SOME RESIDENTS, SOME FROM THE HOA. WYANDOTTE WOODS REACHED OUT ABOUT THE WOODED AREA THAT'S BETWEEN RIVERSIDE DRIVE AND THEIR DEVELOPMENT

[03:10:09]

THE TREES HAVE THINNED. A LOT OF TREES HAVE FALLEN, AND IT'S VERY THIN.

IT WAS A VERY GOOD SOUND BARRIER BETWEEN THEM.

AND THEY HAD REACHED OUT INITIALLY WITH THE QUESTION OF, HEY, COULD THE CITY USE TREE FUND MONEY TO HELP REPOPULATE OR REFOREST OR LOOK INTO PUTTING NEW TREES BACK IN THAT AREA? IT TURNS OUT THAT'S ACTUALLY IT'S A VERY THEY HAVE VERY LARGE OPEN WOODED AREAS THAT THE HOA ACTUALLY MAINTAINS THE CITY OWNS.

SO IT'S UP TO THE HOA. IF THEY HAD TO REINFORCE TO THOSE AREAS, THEY'RE VERY LARGE AREAS.

SO WHAT I WAS PROPOSING OR SUGGESTING IS PERHAPS WE COULD LOOK AT IN COMMITTEE WITH THE BEAUTIFY YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD PERHAPS, OR WE I KNOW WE HAVE THE STORMWATER GRANT PROGRAMS, BUT SOME TYPE OF MECHANISM TO HELP FUND REFORESTATION OR WHATEVER THE RIGHT TERM IS FOR THESE WOODED LOTS.

JUST THE MAINTENANCE OF THESE REALLY LARGE WOODED AREAS AND SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS TO HELP FUND THEM, JUST LIKE WE DO THE STORMWATER AND SOME OF THOSE OTHERS.

SO I JUST WANTED TO THROW THAT IDEA OUT THERE.

I DON'T KNOW, AGAIN, IF IT WOULD BE TACKED ON TO A SIMILAR TYPE PROGRAM OR IF WE WOULD INVESTIGATE SOME NEW PROGRAM, BUT I COULD CONSIDER IT PROBABLY PRETTY EXPENSIVE TO REINFORCE THOSE AREAS AND OR MAYBE LOOK AT OUR TREE FUND ORDINANCE AND HOW THAT IS AND SEE IF THERE WAS A WAY WE COULD USE IT. SO JUST THOUGHTS OF IF THERE'S SUPPORT TO SEND IT TO.

SO, AMY, I HAVE REQUESTED FOR YEARS THAT THE CITY DEVELOP A PROGRAM WHERE WE STUDY THE RIGHT OF WAYS BECAUSE MANY OF THE DEVELOPERS OVER THE YEARS HAVE HAVE USED PLANT MATERIAL TO SEPARATE THE BACKS OF THEIR HOUSES FROM STREET RIGHT AWAYS.

AND IT SOUNDS LIKE, YOU KNOW, LOOKING UP ON THAT HILL, THAT STUFF IS GETTING OLD AGAIN.

SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE SEQUENTIALLY OVER THE YEARS, THESE TREES LAST ABOUT 20 YEARS, AND THEN THEY START THINNING OUT 30 YEARS THAT WE HAVE A PROGRAM WHERE WE INSTITUTE THE REPLACEMENT OF ALL THOSE TREES THROUGH SOME KIND OF FUN TO KEEP OAKLAND OR KEEP DUBLIN GREEN.

OAKLAND'S ALREADY GREEN. UNFORTUNATELY. BUT I MEAN, SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE DO THIS BECAUSE IN THE END YOU'RE GOING TO JUST SEE A LOT OF BACKS OF HOUSES. AND THAT'S BEEN THE CLEVER WAY WE'VE DESIGNED THIS CITY TO GIVE THE GREEN CORRIDOR LOOK TO ALL OUR STREETS.

SO I JUST WANT TO REITERATE HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS.

AND THAT MIGHT BE AN ADDITIONAL CONCEPT. YOU'RE TALKING PROBABLY MORE OF THE MOUNDING AND THE TREES ON THE MOUNTAINS.

THESE ARE THE LARGE FORESTED AREAS, WOODED LOT, YOU KNOW.

BUT MAYBE THEY CAN BE LUMPED TOGETHER. BUT THE QUESTION IS, IS ARE WE GOOD WITH GOING TO COMMITTEE WITH SOMETHING ABOUT THAT? SO IT'S CDC AND I WOULD START WITH STAFF. SO I WOULD CONNECT THE HOA FOLKS WITH STAFF WHICH THEY HAVE.

THAT'S AS A STAFF LOOKED INTO IT. AND THERE'S NO EXISTING MECHANISM TO HELP THEM.

IT DOESN'T QUALIFY RIGHT NOW UNDER BEAUTIFY YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

IT'S NOT STORMWATER AND THEY CAN'T USE THE TREE FUND.

SO MY QUESTION IS, IS THAT AN AREA WE'D BE WILLING TO HELP HOA'S WITH? AND IF SO, WOULD AMENDING THOSE PROGRAMS. SO I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT THE HOA IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING IT.

BUT WHO PUT THOSE TREES IN IN THE FIRST PLACE? THEY GREW ABOUT 100 YEARS AGO. OKAY. OKAY. OKAY.

NEVER MIND. YEAH. I THINK, AMY, ALONG THOSE LINES, IF WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT, WE HAVE TO TAKE A HOLISTIC LOOK, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHEN ONCE WE SAY WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT, WHAT THAT MEANS CITYWIDE, I'M SURE THIS IS NOT THE ONLY.

IT WOULD REQUIRE INVENTORYING ALL OF THE WOODED OPEN AREAS THAT ARE UNDER HOA MANAGEMENT.

THAT. YEAH. HOW MANY AREAS WOULD APPLY THERE BEFORE WE GO DOWN THAT? THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION. AND IF AND UNFORTUNATELY THAT IS A STAFF REQUEST.

SORRY, BUT I THINK WE WOULD HAVE TO START THERE BECAUSE ONCE WE ONCE WE, GO DOWN THIS PATH.

WE'RE DOWN THE PATH. RIGHT. AND SO IT'S MAYBE EXACTLY THE RIGHT THING.

I JUST THINK WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT WHERE WE'RE HEADED.

SO I WOULD BE FINE WITH ASKING STAFF TO HELP US WITH THAT INVENTORY.

I DON'T KNOW ABOUT MY COLLEAGUES, BUT NOW THAT I UNDERSTAND THE PROBLEM, I'M NOT A FORESTER OR HORTICULTURIST, BUT IT'S THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO MAINTAIN THOSE AREAS.

AND IT WOULD SEEM TO ME THAT IF THEY WERE ELIMINATING HONEYSUCKLE AND OTHER THINGS, TREE,

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SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THIS IS SORT OF OUTSIDE THE PURVIEW OF, OF OUR RESPONSIBILITY.

IF I COULD MAKE A SUGGESTION BECAUSE I'VE BEEN THROUGH SIMILAR CONVERSATIONS PROBABLY EVERY THREE YEARS WE HAVE PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED HAD LENGTHY DISCUSSIONS WITH THE PUBLIC SERVICES COMMITTEE, THE TOPIC OF HOA.

MAINTENANCE OF COMMON AREAS. AND AS PART OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS, I BELIEVE THE FIRST TIME I WENT THROUGH THAT, IT WAS ABOUT POND MAINTENANCE. SECOND TIME A FEW YEARS LATER, IT WAS ABOUT SOME PRIVATE STREET MAINTENANCE.

AND IN EACH OF THOSE OCCASIONS WE HAD MULTIPLE PUBLIC SERVICE MEETINGS.

WE INVENTORIED CITYWIDE HOW MANY PONDS OUR CITY MAINTAINED, HOA MAINTAINED.

WE INVENTORIED THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE MAINTENANCE.

WE QUANTIFIED WHAT THOSE COSTS WOULD BE CITYWIDE.

SO IT'S A VERY SIMILAR DISCUSSION. AND WE ALREADY HAVE A LOT OF SLIDES THAT WE CAN DIG UP FROM A FEW YEARS AGO.

BUT I BELIEVE THAT THAT WAS WITH THE PUBLIC SERVICES COMMITTEE.

OKAY. SO I WOULD SUGGEST PUBLIC SERVICE COMMITTEE AND HAVE THAT SIMILAR HOA MAINTENANCE OF COMMON AREAS DISCUSSION, IF THAT MAKES SENSE TO ME. I WOULD REALLY I WOULD SUPPORT THAT.

AND I THINK WE PROBABLY NEED TO YOU KNOW, WE'RE GETTING TO THE POINT WHERE WE PROBABLY NEED SOME URBAN FOREST POLICIES.

YOU KNOW, DO WE WANT TO KEEP FORESTS IN URBAN AREAS AND THEY DON'T POPULATE LIKE, LIKE A NATIVE LARGER FOREST WOULD.

AND AND WE'VE HAD SOME DISEASE AND INSECT INFESTATION.

YOU KNOW, WE LOST ALL THE ASH TREES. WE'VE YOU KNOW, WE'VE LOST SO MANY DIFFERENT KINDS OF WE'VE LOST ELM.

WE YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TREE LOSS.

AND SO THERE'S NOT THERE'S NOT THE DIVERSITY WITHIN OUR URBAN FORESTS AS THERE THERE WAS AT ONE TIME THERE'S BEEN A BEECH FUNGUS ROT THAT'S, YOU KNOW, KILLING ALL OF THE BEECH TREE, MANY BEECH TREES OR THOSE THAT ARE UNDER STRESS.

SO I THINK IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR PUBLIC SERVICES TO LOOK AT A POLICY OF HOW ARE WE GOING TO MANAGE OUR URBAN FORESTS NOW THAT OUR FORESTS ARE GETTING A BIT MORE URBANIZED? SO I, I WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF THAT. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE MANY OF THESE ARE GOING TO BE IN OUR PARKS, RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO SEE THEM IN READ TRIBUTE PARK.

WE'RE GOING TO SEE IT IN KOSCIUSZKO PARK. MANY OF THOSE URBAN FORESTED AREAS ARE FIGHTING THE SAME BATTLES.

SO YOU KNOW WHAT? AND WHAT YOU SUGGESTED IS TRUE.

BUT IT TAKES LIKE 50 TO 100 YEARS BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE HACK BERRIES AND THE WEED TREES, AND THEN FINALLY OAK TREES COME ON. AND THE REALLY GOOD TREES, THE MAPLES, AND IT JUST TAKES FOREVER FOR THAT TO HAPPEN.

A LOT OF LIVES AND SOMETIMES NEVER IN AN URBAN FOREST, YOU KNOW, IN A PRAIRIE LAND WHERE YOU HAVE A THOUSAND ACRES, IT'S DIFFERENT THAN WHEN YOU HAVE FOUR. SO I THINK IT'S BETTER TO TAKE AN AERIAL OF OUR CITY, TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT OUR GREEN CORRIDORS. IT'S GREENER IN DUBLIN, WHICH WAS ALL ARTIFICIALLY CREATED BECAUSE WE STOLE THAT IDEA FROM WASHINGTON STATE.

BECAUSE WHEN YOU DRIVE THROUGH WASHINGTON STATE, YOU SEE ALL THESE FABULOUS TREES LEFT AND RIGHT.

YOU GET THIS WONDERFUL FEELING. YOU GET OFF THE HIGHWAY AND WALK 50FT INTO THE FOREST AND IT'S ALL CLEAR CUT AND WIRE.

HAUSER OWNS IT, BUT YOU WANTED TO CREATE THAT IMAGE OF BEAUTY IN OUR CITY, AND THAT WAS ARTIFICIALLY ALL DONE.

AND NOW IT'S JUST GETTING OLD, AND WE SHOULD HAVE A PROGRAM TO START THINKING ABOUT REPLACING SOME OF THOSE CORRIDORS.

THANKS. ANYTHING ELSE? AMY. JANE. WAIT, BEFORE WE GO ON, COULD I ASK FOR A MOTION TO REFER THAT TO PUBLIC SERVICES COMMITTEE? BECAUSE IT'S NOT LAID OUT IN YOUR RULES THAT THAT'S A TOPIC.

MAKE A MOTION TO REFER TO PUBLIC SERVICES COMMITTEE.

THE MANAGEMENT OF OUR URBAN FORESTS. SECOND. JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? MR. KEELER? YES. MR. ROSA. YES. VICE MAYOR LUTO.

YES. MISS FOX? YES. MISS KRAMM. YES. MR. REINER? YES. I WANT TO INCLUDE OUR OUR TRAFFIC CORRIDORS IN THAT TWO AND MARY M RESTROOMS. YES. OKAY. I HAVE TO SPEAK TO THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE EARLIER BY THE FOLKS THAT CAME FORWARD THIS THIS EVENING THAT SPOKE ABOUT HOUSE BILL ONE AND SENATE BILL 88.

ONE, IT MADE ME FEEL REALLY GOOD TO HEAR THEM SAY HOW MUCH THEY LOVE THIS CITY.

IT MADE ME FEEL GREAT TO HEAR THEM SAY HOW INCLUSIVE, HOW WELCOMING, AND HOW CELEBRATORY WE ARE OF OUR DIVERSE COMMUNITY, RESIDENTS AND OUR BUSINESSES. THIS COMMUNITY, FROM AS LONG AS I'VE LIVED HERE, HAS SUPPORTED EVERY RESIDENT, EVERY BUSINESS THAT IS FROM ANY CULTURE, FROM ANY COUNTRY, OF ANY COLOR, OF ANY SIZE, SHAPE OR AGE.

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BUT I WON'T SPEAK FOR YOU. THIS IS A COMMITMENT THAT THIS CITY NEEDS TO STAND BY, AND WE DO EVERY DAY.

WE DO EVERY DAY WITH OUR STAFF AND OUR POLICE FORCE AND HOW WE TREAT PEOPLE, HOW WE CELEBRATE THEM.

I WAS NOT AWARE OF THIS HOUSE BILL. I KIND OF TOOK A LOOK AT IT.

THERE'S A LOT IN THERE THAT'S A LITTLE BIT FRIGHTENING.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I THINK IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY AS THE CITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DEFEND AND CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR DIVERSE CULTURE. CITIZEN JUMPSTART.

IF YOU SAW THE FACES ON THOSE CHILDREN, THEY WERE FROM EVERY COUNTRY IN THE WORLD.

THIS IS THE TIME THAT WE, AS REPRESENTATIVES OF OUR CITY, NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE STAND UP AND TAKE A STAND AGAINST ANY KIND OF BIAS, AGAINST ANY OF OUR PEOPLE IN THIS CITY AND ANY OF OUR BUSINESSES.

IT'S IMPORTANT. AND I THINK IT'S IT'S A PHILOSOPHY THAT WE'VE LIVED BY EVER SINCE THIS TOWN WAS FIRST FORMED. AND IT NEEDS TO CONTINUE UNTIL UNTIL THE END.

I MEAN, THAT'S JUST THE WAY IT SHOULD BE. AND I WAS SO MOVED BY IT, AND I I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THAT.

AND I ENCOURAGE OUR RESIDENTS, I ENCOURAGE OUR COUNCIL, I ENCOURAGE OUR CITY ADMINISTRATION TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T ALLOW SOMETHING THAT IS DAMAGING TO OUR RESIDENTS OR OUR BUSINESSES OCCUR.

SO I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS SO IMPORTANT THAT WE PASSED THAT, THAT I MAKE THAT STATEMENT.

SO THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO DO SO. I JUST WANT TO COMMENT ABOUT WELCOMING OUR NEW HEAD OF THE DUBLIN ARTS COUNCIL.

IT WAS VERY INTERESTING. YOU KNOW, WE'RE SWORN TO SECRECY.

YOU COULDN'T SAY ANYTHING. NOW I CAN SHARE WITH YOU THAT WHAT I THINK IS HOW THIS ALL TURNED OUT.

I'D HAVE TO SAY THAT THIS PERSONALITY IS THE GRAND.

MAYBE YOU WOULD DESCRIBE HER DOM OF THE ARTS WORLD, BECAUSE I FOUND OUT THAT TWO PHDS AND IN THE ARTS CALL HER ALL THE TIME FOR INFORMATION RESOURCES, QUESTIONING WHAT TO DO ABOUT DIFFERENT THINGS.

VERY, VERY INTERESTING HIGHLY RESPECTED PERSON IN THAT FIELD.

THERE WAS ANOTHER PERSONALITY THAT WAS JUST REALLY FANTASTIC, BUT LEANED A LITTLE BIT TOO MUCH TOWARDS THE PERFORMANCE ARTS AND DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH.

MAYBE ASPECTS IN THE VISUAL ARTS, BUT I THINK WE GOT SOMEBODY HERE WHO'S PRETTY EXTRAORDINARY.

AND I THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE. I JUST WANT TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU. GREAT.

THANK YOU. ANNIE. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING PROFOUND TO SAY, SO I'LL JUST SAY, CARRY ON, MY WAYWARD SON.

HOW ABOUT HAPPY FOURTH? WISHING EVERYBODY A VERY HAPPY FOURTH.

I KNOW WE GET TO GO ON BREAK. I'M SORRY YOU DON'T GET TO GO ON BREAK.

TAKE THAT UP WITH YOUR BOSS AND SEE IF YOU GET THE MONTH OF AUGUST OFF.

BUT OUR JULY OFF, MAYBE YOU GET AUGUST OFF, BUT I JUST WANT TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY.

TONIGHT WAS A PERFECT EXAMPLE. IF YOU LOOK AT BOTH THE THINGS WE HAVE TO DO EVERY DAY AND THEN THE BIG VISION, THINGS THAT YOU GUYS BRING FORWARD TO US, AND IT MAKES FOR A LONG NIGHT, BUT IT IT IT'S IT IS INSPIRING AND MAKES US FEEL GOOD ABOUT THE WORK WE GET TO DO EVERY DAY. SO WE APPRECIATE ALL THAT. HAPPY 4TH OF JULY, EVERYBODY.

AND AS AS JANE SAID, THE FOURTH REMINDS US THAT WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER.

SO HAPPY FOURTH, AND WE'LL SEE YOU OUT THERE.

THANKS, THANKS. HAPPY FOURTH. I HOPE EVERYONE HAS A SAFE AND WONDERFUL FOURTH.

I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANKS TO MEGAN FOR BRINGING IN OUR NEW CFO TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.

MATT. THE NEW MATT. MATT RUBINO I TALKED TO HIM AFTERWARDS AND I LET HIM KNOW WHAT A PHENOMENAL STAFF BOTH HE HAS AND HOW.

WHAT A PHENOMENAL STAFF WE HAVE HERE AT THE CITY.

AND EVERYONE WORKS TOGETHER TO MAKE ALL OF THESE INCREDIBLE THINGS HAPPEN OR, YOU KNOW, HAPPEN.

SO HE'S HE'S EXCITED TO JOIN US. AND SO I GAVE YOU ALL A LOT OF PROPS BECAUSE Y'ALL DESERVE THEM.

SO HAPPY FOURTH AND HAPPY BREAK FROM US. A COUPLE OF THINGS.

ON THE LION'S CALL ON THE 24TH. IT WAS A LOT ABOUT STATE BUDGET AND THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY.

ON THE 26TH I HAD AN ITC COMMITTEE MEETING FOR THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES.

THAT REALLY CONCENTRATED ON THE THE RECENT FCC RULING OF THE UNIVERSAL SERVICE FEE AND THE SUPREME COURT RULING THAT UPHELD

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SO THAT CERTAINLY WAS WAS A WIN FOR. PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE, PARTICULARLY AS IT RELATES TO COMMUNICATIONS.

AND THEN I MET WITH THE RESIDENTS THAT WE SAW HERE THIS EVENING ON THAT DAY.

WE HAD BEEN FOLLOWING THE OHIO MUNICIPAL LEAGUE AND THE OHIO MAYORS ALLIANCE AND OTHERS HAD BEEN FOLLOWING A HOUSE BILL ONE AND SENATE BILL 88.

AND YOU'VE SEEN THAT IN YOUR EMAILS OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

SO WE HAD A VERY GOOD CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT.

I ENCOURAGED THEM TO BRING IT TO ALL OF COUNCIL, WHICH THEY DID THIS EVENING.

AND WE HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH OUR LOBBYING AGENTS AND THOSE FOLKS TO MONITOR THAT BILL.

THE GOOD NEWS AND THE BAD NEWS IS THAT THE STATE HOUSE IS ON RECESS UNTIL THE FALL.

SO THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT NOTHING BAD WILL HAPPEN.

THE BAD NEWS IS THAT NOTHING GOOD WILL HAPPEN.

SO THAT'S WHERE WE ARE. WE ARE COMMITTED TO THEM THAT WE WOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR IT.

THIS IS A VERY DIFFERENT THING THAN WE HAVE SEEN IN SOME RESIDENTIAL FOLKS BEFORE, BECAUSE IT IS A THREAT TO THEM HERE LOCALLY, AND IT IS FRIGHTENING TO THEM, AND IT'S THREATENING TO OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY AS WELL.

WE HAVE MANY BUSINESSES IN THE CITY. I THINK JEREMIAH WAS GOING TO TAKE A PEEK AT SOME OF THOSE THINGS, BUT A NUMBER OF BUSINESSES WITHIN THE CITY THAT THIS WOULD HAVE VERY NEGATIVE IMPACTS TO AS WELL.

SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO MEET WITH THEM AND AND HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS.

THEN YESTERDAY, I HAD THE GOOD FORTUNE, AND I TOLD DORIS AND MARY THAT I WOULD WISH THEM A HAPPY BIRTHDAY IN OUR MEETING TONIGHT.

AND I TELL YOU WHAT, IF I HAVE THE GOOD FORTUNE OF LIVING TO BE 100, I WANT TO EITHER DO IT JUST LIKE DORIS OR JUST LIKE MARY.

THEY HAD A COCKTAIL IN THEIR HAND AND THEY WERE SURROUNDED BY FRIENDS, AND THERE WAS REALLY JOYFUL CELEBRATION WITH FAMILY AND PEOPLE THAT HAVE BECOME FAMILY. SO. MARION DORRIS, I HOPE THAT YOU'RE ASLEEP, BUT HAPPY BIRTHDAY.

THEN THE LAST THING I WANT TO TALK A BIT ABOUT IS THE EXCLUSION OF PASSENGER RAIL IN THE STATE BUDGET.

SO, AS YOU KNOW, WE MADE IT OUT OF THE SENATE INTACT IN THE BUDGET.

THE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REMOVED THAT. AND IT IS REALLY ATTRIBUTED TO A SINGULAR INDIVIDUAL THAT HAD THE ABILITY TO REMOVE THAT FROM THE BUDGET BEFORE IT GOT SENT TO THE GOVERNOR'S DESK. AND BECAUSE IT WASN'T IN THERE WHEN IT WENT TO THE GOVERNOR'S DESK, THERE WASN'T ANYTHING THAT HE COULD DO ABOUT IT BECAUSE IT WASN'T IN THE BUDGET.

AND YOU CAN ONLY VETO THINGS TO GET THINGS OUT OF THE BUDGET.

YOU CANNOT PUT THINGS BACK INTO THE BUDGET AT THAT POINT.

AND SO WE HAVE SOME MEETINGS NEXT WEEK. I WILL TELL YOU THIS, THAT THE RAIL STUDY IS GOING TO HAPPEN THAT WE HAD BEEN HOPEFUL THAT THE STATE WOULD BE A PARTNER IN THAT SPACE AND THAT THEY HAVE DECIDED THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE A PARTNER IN THAT SPACE.

BUT IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD ON IT.

WE ARE WORKING TO COLLECT THE FUNDS AND GARNER ALL THE FUNDS.

THE $750,000 THAT WE HAD ASKED FOR, FOR THE STATE THAT WE WERE UNABLE TO DO.

SO WE HAVE A MEETING NEXT WEDNESDAY. I WON'T SEE YOU FOR A BIT IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS.

I'M HAPPY TO TO SHARE WHATEVER IT IS THAT I KNOW.

BUT I DO KNOW THIS. I KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD ON IT BECAUSE IT'S TOO BIG OF AN OPPORTUNITY WHEN YOU HAVE A 90% FEDERAL MATCH AND YOU ONLY NEED TO COME UP WITH 10% OF THE LOCAL DOLLARS. I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU LET THAT OPPORTUNITY PASS YOU BY.

SO THAT IS THE ALL THE NEWS THAT'S MAYBE FIT OR UNFIT TO PRINT.

I'M NOT SURE, BUT BUT WE WILL WE WILL PRESS ON ON THAT.

AND WITH THAT, IF THERE IS NOTHING FURTHER FOR THE GOOD OF THE ORDER, WE WILL STAND ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.