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AND WE WILL CALL THE MONDAY, OCTOBER 6TH, 2025, REGULAR DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER.
JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL A ROLL VICE MAYOR LUDO.
THIS TIME I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO
[ADJOURNMENT TO EXECUTIVE SESSION]
ADJOURN TO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THE PURPOSE OF PERSONNEL MATTERS COMP, CONSIDERING THE EMPLOYMENT OF A PUBLIC EMPLOYEE TO CONSIDER CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION RELATED TO A REQUEST FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANT THAT INVOLVES PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE DIRECTLY RELATED TO AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECT IN WHICH EXECUTIVE SESSION IS NECESSARY TO PROTECT THE POSSIBLE INVESTMENT OR EXPENDITURE OF PUBLIC FUNDS TO BE MADE IN CONNECTION WITH THE ELEMENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECT IN CONSIDERING THE PURCHASE OF PROPERTY FOR PUBLIC PURPOSES.JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE MR. ROSA? YES.
I WILL REMIND THE LISTENING PUBLIC THAT WE WILL RECONVENE THIS MEETING IN THIS LOCATION AT 7:00 PM THANK YOU.
[RECONVENE (7 P.M.)]
WE WILL RECONVENE THE MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 6TH, 2025 REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING INTO ORDER.ANDY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE? OKAY.
[SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS/RECOGNITION]
BEGIN THIS EVENING WITH A SPECIAL PRESENTATION FROM THE DUBLIN HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY UPDATE.UH, WE'RE GONNA MIX IT UP A LITTLE BIT TONIGHT.
I KNOW HOW OFTEN YOU LOVE HEARING MY VOICE RAM ON UP HERE.
UM, BUT WE'RE GONNA, I THOUGHT IT'D BE GOOD TO HAVE YOU GUYS HEAR FROM AND ASK QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY FROM THE FRONT LINES.
SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE, UH, RACHEL STEWART, WHO IS, UH, WITH EMBASSY SUITES, OUR LARGEST HOTEL IN DUBLIN.
UM, ALSO THE REPRESENTATIVE OF OUR, OF OUR 18 HOTELS.
UM, RACHEL'S BEEN IN DUBLIN FOR 13 YEARS, UM, WHICH IS A LIFETIME IN THE HOTEL WORLD.
UM, SO SHE'S JUST GONNA GIVE YOU A LITTLE GLIMPSE OF, UH, THE HOTEL MARKET AND WHERE WE STAND RIGHT NOW.
UH, 2025 HAS BEEN AN OUTSTANDING YEAR FOR THE HOTELS.
AS SCOTT SAID, WE REPRESENT 18 HOTELS HERE IN THE DUBLIN MARKET.
SO THANK YOU FOR MAKING OUR CITY SAFE, WELCOMING, AND A DESIRABLE DESTINATION FOR GUESTS AND VISITORS.
ALL INDICATORS SAY THAT THE REST OF THE REMAINING OF 2025 WILL CONTINUE TO BE STRONG.
UM, THAT IS SOMETHING GREAT FOR HOTELS, ESPECIALLY HEADING INTO AN OFF SEASON THROUGH AUGUST.
DUBLIN'S HOTEL OCCUPANCY RATE STANDS AT 69%, WHICH IS AN INCREASE OF 4% YEAR OVER YEAR DURING THAT SAME PERIOD.
OUR AVERAGE DAILY RATE IS A 1 32, WHICH IS UP 5.2% YEAR OVER YEAR.
TOGETHER, THESE NUMBERS TRANSLATE INTO WHAT WILL BE A RECORD BED TAX YEAR FOR THE CITY OF DUBLIN IN 2025.
LOOKING AHEAD INTO 2026, WE DO ANTICIPATE ANYWHERE FROM A TWO TO A 4% INCREASE IN THESE REVENUES BEYOND THE BED TAX VISITORS CONTINUE TO FUEL DUBLIN'S ECONOMY BY SUPPORTING RESTAURANTS, SHOPS, ATTRACTIONS, AND OUR LOCAL WORKFORCE.
THANK YOU FOR THE RESOURCES YOU DEDICATE TO VISIT DUBLIN.
AS A COMPANY THAT MANAGES OVER 1500 HOTELS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE COMPETITION TO ATTRACT VISITORS HAS NEVER BEEN MORE INTENSE.
ONE COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE THAT WE DO HAVE IS VISIT DUBLIN AND THE RESULTS THAT THEY DELIVERED YEAR AFTER YEAR.
OUR HOTELS RELY HEAVILY ON SCOTT AND HIS TEAM TO SELL AND MARKET OUR COMMUNITY, TELL OUR STORY, AND DRIVE BUSINESS TO THE CITY OF DUBLIN.
ANY REDUCTION IN VISIT DUBLIN'S RESOURCES WOULD HAVE A DIRECT IMPACT ON OUR HOTEL'S PERFORMANCES AND WILL IMPACT THE MOMENTUM THAT WE'VE BUILT IN GENERATING BED TECHS IN THE FUTURE.
WITH THAT, I'LL TURN THAT BACK TO SCOTT, RACHEL.
UM, AND I'LL ECHO ECHO WHAT RACHEL SAID.
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT, UM, THROUGH THE YEAR AND THE STAFF TOO, MEGAN AND LINDSAY AND CHIEF AND, AND THE WHOLE TEAM.
IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE'RE VERY, UM, COHESIVE IN WORKING TOGETHER AND VERY CLOSE AND IT'S, IT'S A GREAT, UH, IT'S A GREAT TEAM EFFORT.
UM, AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE FINANCE COMMITTEE IF I COULD.
CHAIRPERSON KEELER AND VICE MAYOR LUDO AND COUNCILMAN, UH, REER.
I KNOW THE LAST BED TECHS MEETING, THEY HAD, UH, A GREAT DISCUSSION ABOUT MAKING SURE THOSE THAT RECEIVED BED TECHS HAD ACCOUNTABILITY TO IT, AND WE CANNOT AGREE MORE WITH THAT.
UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK I STAND UP HERE A LOT OVER THE YEARS AND, AND YOU GET OUR COMMUNICATIONS AND WE ALWAYS GRAVITATE TOWARDS STRATEGIES, TACTICS, INITIATIVES OF WHAT WE DO.
THINGS LIKE THE FERRY DOOR TRAIL AND THE REGIONAL CAMPAIGN AND THE,
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THE OTHER DUBLIN CAMPAIGN.ALL THOSE CAMPAIGNS, UM, ALL TRY TO ACHIEVE WHAT WE HAVE NINE ORGANIZATIONAL METRICS THAT WE USE EVERY YEAR.
UM, AND WE HAVE THESE METRICS THAT WE HAVE OVERALL.
AND ACCOUNTABILITY IS REALLY A FOUNDATION OF WHAT WE DO.
UM, AND I THINK YOU ALL CAN ALL RELATE.
WE HAVE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF STAKEHOLDERS THAT WE HAVE TO RESPOND TO, UM, ALL OF YOU CITY.
UM, BUT WE HAVE HOTELS, RESTAURANTS, RETAIL, OUR BOARD, UM, AND MANY OTHERS.
SO WE HAVE TO BE ACCOUNTABLE TO EVERYTHING WE DO.
SO THESE ARE OUR NINE METRICS THAT WE HAVE.
EACH OF THESE ARE, HAVE NUMBERS ATTACHED TO THEM EVERY YEAR.
UM, WORLDWIDE MEDIA IMPRESSIONS.
THAT'S WHAT WE DO TO RAISE THE DUBLIN ON A GLOBAL STAGE.
THINGS LIKE THE OTHER DUBLIN CAMPAIGN, UH, GENERATE GETTING, UM, UH, BLOGGERS TO COME IN TOWN, MEDIA FAN TRIPS, THOSE KIND OF THINGS.
UM, THAT'S NOT A TYPE OF ISSUE.
WE'VE HAD 1.9 BILLION IMPRESSIONS WORLDWIDE RAISING THE PROFILE OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN.
THAT'S THE RECORD REGIONAL CAMPAIGN IMPRESSIONS.
THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE THE, THE PITTSBURGH, DETROIT, INDIANAPOLIS, THOSE, UM, REGIONAL MARKETS WHERE WE HAVE IMPRESSIONS OF THOSE AS WELL.
AND A LOT OF THESE ARE, UM, INDUSTRY RELATED RELATED, UM, OBJECTIVES.
THEY'RE A LITTLE IN THE WEEDS FOR YOU, BUT, UM, IT'S STUFF THAT WE DO, UM, FOR OUR INDUSTRY.
ANOTHER FOURTH MEASURES THAT WE HAVE IS WEBSITE VISITORS, ROOM NIGHTS.
THE AMOUNT OF HOTEL ROOM NIGHTS WE GENERATE FOR HOTELS.
UH, WE PROVIDE NOT ONLY HOTELS, BUT RESTAURANTS AND THEN PRIVATE SECTOR MONEY AS WELL.
AND THEN THERE'S TWO, UH, REALLY MEASURES THAT WE DON'T HAVE 100% CONTROL OF, BUT OBVIOUSLY IT'S AN IMPORTANT METRICS FOR US.
AND AS RACHEL SAID, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A RECORD THIS YEAR, A BED TAX, 4.2 MILLION OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS.
THE PREVIOUS FOUR YEARS, WE'VE HAD AN AVERAGE INCREASE OF NINE POINT 0.5% INCREASE.
SO THE BED TAX HAS BEEN JAMMING, UM, AS WELL.
AND OCCUPANCY, RACHEL AS WELL AS MENTIONED AS RACHEL MENTIONED.
UM, THAT IS THE HIGHEST NUMBER WE'VE SEEN, UM, BEFORE PRE COVID.
SO, UM, WE ARE GETTING TO THAT NUMBER WHERE WE WERE BEFORE, BEFORE COVID HIT AS WELL.
UM, WHAT DOES THIS ALL MEAN TO YOU? UM, IT'S A 16 ONE ROI, SO EVERY DOLLAR YOU INVEST WITH US OR INVEST IN SALES AND MARKETING, YOU'RE GETTING $16 BACK.
UM, AND THAT'S NOT JUST BED TAX, IT'S MUCH, MUCH BROADER THAN BED TAX.
IT'S THE TRICKLE DOWN ECONOMICS.
PEOPLE ARE SPENDING MONEY IN OUR RESTAURANTS, IN OUR SHOPS, RAISING AWARENESS, GENERATING JOBS, GENERATING INCOME TAX FOR THE CITY OF DUBLIN AS WELL.
SO IT'S ALL, IT ALL, UH, WORKS OUT TO THAT 16 ONE ROI, UH, WE HAD A RECORD YEAR WITH AWARDS THIS YEAR AS WELL.
UM, AND AWARDS ARE AWARDS, RIGHT? I MEAN, THEY'RE GREAT TO COME UP HERE AND TALK TO ALL OF YOU ABOUT IT.
THEY'RE, UH, GREAT TO TELL OUR STAKEHOLDERS, HELPS STAFF HAVE STAFF, UM, YOU KNOW, MORALE.
BUT WE'RE REALLY, YOU KNOW, JAZZES ME UP ABOUT THIS.
IT'S WHO WE'RE BEATING, NOT THAT I'M COMPETITIVE OR ANYTHING, BUT IT'S WHO WE'RE BEATING WITH THESE AWARDS AND NO DISRESPECT TO OUR CENTRAL OHIO, UH, COLLEAGUES AND FRIENDS, BUT WE'RE NOT COMPETING WITH HILLIARD AND WORTHINGTON WESTERVILLE.
WE'RE COMPETING WITH CINCINNATI, CLEVELAND, COLUMBUS, WARREN COUNTY, SUMMIT COUNTY, TOLEDO, ET CETERA.
AND, AND MOST OF THOSE CBBS HAVE FIVE, 10 TIMES THE AMOUNT OF BUDGET WE HAVE AS WELL.
UM, AND THE, ON THE NATIONAL SCOPE, IT'S THE SAME THING.
WE DON'T COMPETE, UM, OP BY BUDGET.
WE'RE COMPETING WITH, YOU KNOW, ORLANDOS, NEW YORK CITIES, ET CETERA.
IT'S FUNNY, A COUPLE WEEKS AGO I WAS AT A CONFERENCE SITTING NEXT TO A PERSON THAT WAS FROM LAS VEGAS, AND THEIR BUDGET LAST YEAR WAS $457 MILLION, JUST THE CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU.
SO WE'RE NOT QUITE AT THAT POINT YET, BUT, BUT YOU NEVER KNOW DOWN THE ROAD.
UM, I'M GONNA KIND OF END AND SHOW YOU GUYS A VIDEO.
LET ME KIND OF TEE IT UP FOR YOU A LITTLE BIT.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, WE HAD THE, UM, UH, CINEMA SATURDAYS.
THE CITY DID A GREAT JOB, UH, DOING THAT.
AND THEY ALLOWED US TO DO A VIDEO, UH, VERY BRIEF VIDEO TO KIND OF, I GUESS, INCREASE AWARENESS TO LOCAL RESIDENTS AND VISITORS OF WHO WE ARE, WHAT WE DO, AND WHY WE DO IT WITH OUR SMALL TEAM.
UM, SO YOU KIND OF GET THE FLAVOR OF THIS.
AGAIN, IT'S RATED C FOR CHARMING.
SO THAT KIND OF SETS THE TONE OF WHAT THIS IS REAL QUICK IN A WORLD, WELL, MORE LIKE IN A TOWN, TECHNICALLY IN A CITY, ONE TEAM WORKS TIRELESSLY TO MAKE IT A DESTINATION.
THEY ARE VISIT DUBLIN, PART VISITORS BUREAU, PART HYPE SQUAD, AND THEY'RE ON A MISSION TO TAKE THEIR HUMBLE HOMETOWN TO THE NATIONAL STAGE, BOOST THE LOCAL ECONOMY AND MAKE THIS VIBRANT OHIO CITY, EVEN VIBRANT EARTH.
OTHERS SAID IT COULDN'T BE DONE, THEY SAID, WE ARE FEELING LUCKY AND ATTRACTED MORE THAN 3.4 MILLION VISITORS LAST YEAR, VISIT DUBLIN, COMING SOON TO A CITY IN YOUR, YOU ACTUALLY, THEY'RE ALREADY HERE, BUT THEY WON'T REST UNTIL THE WHOLE WORLD KNOWS THE NAME.
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OOPS, SORRY.YEAH, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR RACHEL, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER.
SO WHO WAS THAT CEO IN THE C-SUITE THAT WON THAT AWARD? WHO WOULD THAT HAVE BEEN? OH, NO, I THINK I WAS TELLING SOMEBODY BACK THERE, I THINK THEY RAN OUTTA NONPROFITS.
THAT IS, THAT'S NOT AN EASY, THAT'S NOT AN EASY THING TO ACHIEVE.
WE APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU DO AND, AND THANK YOU FOR COMING AND, AND BEING WITH US TONIGHT.
SO IT'S CERTAINLY GOOD TO SEE YOU AS WELL.
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US TO THE CITIZENS' COMMENTS PORTION OF OUR AGENDA.THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CITIZENS TO COMMENT ON ANY TOPIC THAT IS NOT ON THIS EVENING'S AGENDA.
UH, WE DO, I DO BELIEVE WE HAVE ONE INDIVIDUAL THAT SIGNED IN AND WE HAVE ONE INDIVIDUAL THAT HAS SUBMITTED THEIR COMMENTS ONLINE.
SO WE WILL BEGIN WITH THE COMMENTS ONLINE AND THEN WE WILL, UH, PROCEED ON TO THE ONE THAT HAD SIGNED IN TO SPEAK.
WE RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM SANDY MCINTOSH, 5 7 9 2 TRAFALGAR LANE DUBLIN 4 3 0 1 6.
GOOD EVENING COUNCIL MEMBERS, I AM WRITING CONCERNING AN ITEM NOT ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA.
THE WID REZONING AND ASSOCIATED CODE LANGUAGE OVER THE SUMMER CITY STAFF MET WITH REPRESENT CITY OF THE BALL TRADE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION TO DISCUSS CONCERNS RELATED TO THE WID AND NEXT STEPS IN LIGHT OF THOSE CONCERNS, SINCE THE AUGUST 11TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING, HOWEVER, THERE HAS BEEN NO COMMUNICATION FROM THE CITY, I PERSONALLY SENT TWO EMAILS REQUESTING THAT STAFF CONTINUE REGULAR MEETINGS WITH ASSOCIATION REPRESENTATIVES SO WE CAN BE A PART OF THE CODE LANGUAGE DISCUSSIONS.
I RECEIVED NO RESPONSES WHATSOEVER TO THOSE EMAILS.
I RESORTED TO PUBLIC RECORD REQUESTS TO TRY AND OBTAIN INFORMATION.
RESPONSES ARE TAKING UP TO THREE WEEKS, WHICH IS UNREASONABLE WHEN RECEIVED.
THE RESPONSES ARE QUESTIONABLE SPECIF SPECIFICALLY, I ASKED FOR DRAFT CODE LANGUAGE AND WAS TOLD THERE IS NONE.
THIS IS DESPITE THE FACT THAT SINCE STAFF TOLD YOU ON AUGUST 11TH, THEY HAD ANTICIPATED SUBMITTING DRAFT LANGUAGE TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION IN OCTOBER.
MY SPECIFIC REQUEST TO YOU TONIGHT IS THAT YOU DIRECT STAFF TO MAINTAIN REGULAR COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE BALANCE TRADE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION'S, DESIGNATED REPRESENTATIVES WHO ARE ME, JIM MARTINSON AND JOY KON LEWIS, AND TO SHARE UPDATES REGARDING THE REZONING PLANS AND CODE LANGUAGE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO DRAFT LANGUAGE IN THE SETBACK STUDY THAT WAS COMMISSIONED MONTHS AGO.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
AND WE HAVE ONE MEMBER THAT HAS SIGNED IN TO SPEAK THIS EVENING.
UH, THE FIRST MEMBER IS SHERRY FANELLI.
IF YOU COULD, UM, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS INTO THE RECORD AND SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS.
OH, WE WE'RE GONNA NEED YOU TO PRESS THE LITTLE BUTTON THERE TO TURN YOUR MICROPHONE ON.
I LIVE AT 68 81 MEREFIELD DRIVE.
AND MY CONCERN FOR TONIGHT IS SOME SAFETY ON THE BIKE PATH.
SO I MAINLY AM TALKING ABOUT THE STRETCH OF PATH FROM CAR MIDDLE SCHOOL THROUGH INDIAN RUN TO THE REC CENTER.
AND I'VE NOTICED THIS SUMMER, IT SEEMS TO HAVE BECOME A LITTLE MORE DANGEROUS FOR EVERYONE ON THE PATH, PARTICULARLY WITH MORE SCOOTERS, ELECTRIC BIKES, MOTORCYCLES, ROLLERBLADING AND BIKE RIDERS USING THE PATH.
THEY ARE ALL GOING TOO FAST IT SEEMS. WELL, NOT ALL, A LOT GOING TOO FAST WHEN APPROACHING AND PASSING WALKERS AND RUNNERS.
I'VE SEEN OTHERS AND MYSELF NEED TO MOVE OUT OF THE WAY MORE THAN A HANDFUL OF TIMES BECAUSE THEY'RE JUST NOT GIVING ENOUGH SPACE OR SLOWING DOWN FOR THOSE WALKERS AND RUNNERS.
UM, OFTENTIMES THEY'RE NOT ANNOUNCING WHEN THEY'RE PASSING, LIKE THAT'S A PROTOCOL AND A COURTESY FOR BIKERS TO SAY, PASSING ON THE LEFT, PASSING ON THE RIGHT.
UM, AND THEN OTHER TIMES THEY'RE USUALLY PASS ON THE RIGHT OR LEFT.
THEY'RE WANTING TO PASS IN THE MIDDLE.
SO A COUPLE EXAMPLES I'VE SEEN AS WHERE YOU'VE GOT A COUPLE WALKERS MAYBE COMING, THIS HAPPENED TO ME TOO, OPPOSITE EACH OTHER.
AND THEY DO SEEM TO PASS EXACTLY WHEN A BIKER'S COMING OR THE BIKER WANTS TO GO THROUGH.
AND I BELIEVE THE PROTOCOLS THAT THEY SHOULD SLOW DOWN, GIVE THAT WALKER THE RIGHT OF WAY FIRST AND YIELD AND JUST WAIT, YOU KNOW, TILL THEY CAN PASS.
UM, ANOTHER INSTANCE IS, UM, WHERE I'VE SEEN BIKERS, UM, COLLIDE AND AN OLDER WOMAN, ACTUALLY A MONTH AGO WAS KNOCKED OFF.
AND THIS IS, UH, IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S BECOME MORE DANGEROUS WHEN YOU'RE GOING DOWN THE, TO THE TUNNEL AT AVERY ROAD FROM TULLEY MOORE.
UM, AND THEN PEOPLE ARE COMING UP LIKE THE BIKERS MAY BE COMING DOWN OR CUTTING IT A LITTLE TOO CO CLOSE OR GOING FAST.
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AND THEN I SAW A YOUNG MAN KNOCK A OLDER WOMAN OFF AND SHE HAD A BLOODY ELBOW AND SHE WAS VERY SHAKEN UP AND UPSET.SO, UM, I HAVE A COUPLE OF SUGGESTIONS, UM, AND, AND, AND THAT AGAIN, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, AND I'VE SEEN NEAR MISSES AT THAT SPOT IN PARTICULAR.
SO I WAS GOING TO PRO PROPOSE SOME IDEAS IN THAT SPOT.
PARTICULAR A WELL POSITIONED CONVEX SAFETY MIRROR AT THE TOP OF THE TUNNEL SO PEOPLE CAN SEE EACH OTHER COMING OUT OR COMING TOWARDS THE TUNNEL.
A SOLID PATH LINE, POSSIBLY IN THE SPOT BY THE TUNNEL WHERE YOU'RE GOING DOWN SO PEOPLE KNOW TO STAY ON THEIR SIDE OF THE, YOU KNOW, THE LEFT TO GO DOWN A SIGN REMINDING PEOPLE TO MAINTAIN THEIR LANE AND CAUTION WHEN TURNING LEFT AT THAT SPOT A SIGN REMINDING THOSE GOING INTO THE TUNNEL FROM THE OTHER SIDE TO USE CAUTION WHEN EXITING THE TUNNEL.
THAT ALSO CAN BE A PROBLEM, I THINK, 'CAUSE YOU'RE GOING UP OUT OF THE TUNNEL AND PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, THEY WANNA GET SPEED UP AS WELL TO GET UP THAT LITTLE HILL AND, YOU KNOW, THAT CAN CAUSE PROBLEMS. UM, ALSO POSSIBLY SPEED LIMIT SIGNS FOR THE WHEELED VEHICLES BECAUSE THEY ARE, I MEAN, I'VE BEEN LIKE BEEN A BIKER TOO, AND THEY MIGHT BE GOING 15 MILES AN HOUR AND I THINK AS YOU'RE PASSING PEDESTRIANS, YOU, YOU, THAT'S JUST TOO FAST.
UM, AND THEN ALSO A NOTICE TO HOUSEHOLDS IF THERE ARE UPDATED SAFETY PROTOCOLS AND THINGS THAT, UM, RESIDENTS DO NOT KNOW ABOUT.
I THINK SOME, MAYBE DON'T REALIZE NOW IT HAS BECOME A MULTI-USE PATH TO, I, I, I BELIEVE THE, UM, POLICE DEPARTMENT EXPLAINED TO OUR HOA THAT IT'S ALSO, YOU KNOW, TO HELP WITH TRAFFIC AND, YOU KNOW, THE, UM, AIR AND ALL THAT FOR LESS CARS.
UM, AND THEN ALSO I NOTICED ON THE WEBSITE UNDER PARKS AND REC AND THE, THERE'S A BIKING AND HIKING TAB UNDER THE CITY OF DUBLIN WEBSITE UNDER THE PARKS AND REC.
AND IT ONLY MAINLY ADDRESSES THE BIKING.
AND THERE'S NOTHING ABOUT HIKING OR PEDESTRIANS OR WALKING AND RUNNING OR ANY TYPE OF SAFETY PROTOCOLS OR ANYTHING ABOUT SAFETY.
SO THOSE ARE, THAT'S MAINLY MY, UM, SIMPLE SOLUTIONS I THINK COULD BE IMPLEMENTED SOME MAYBE RIGHT AWAY, LIKE ON THE WEBSITE OR BY NEXT SPRING.
AND ALSO WANTED TO MAKE A POINT, I THINK THE BIKING PASS USED TO BE MAINLY FOR WALKING AND DIDN'T ALLOW, YOU KNOW, THERE USED TO BE SKIES THAT SAY NO SKATEBOARDING OR NO, YOU KNOW, ROLLERBLADING, WHICH, YOU KNOW, THAT'S LONG GONE.
THAT'S A, UM, WE'VE COME A LONG WAY FROM THAT.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? NO, THANK YOU.
UH, WE WILL HAVE A STAFF PERSON, UH, MEET YOU OUT THERE TO, TO GATHER SOME CONTACT INFORMATION SO THAT THEY CAN FOLLOW UP.
OUR SECOND PERSON WHO'S REGISTERED TO SPEAK IS ARGENE.
IF YOU PLEASE COME FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS INTO THE RECORD.
MY NAME IS ARJUN CHAN AND MY ADDRESS 7 4 7 2 BARSTON DRIVE IN DUBLIN.
AND DEAR HONORABLE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER AND ALL THE GUESTS, HAPPY MOON FESTIVAL IS EXACTLY TODAY, AND I KNOW WE HAVE CELEBRATION COMING THIS WEEKEND.
AND GREETING ON BEHALF OF ONG, OUR PRACTITIONER IN OHIO, AND AS THE 20 YEARS RESIDENT OF JALIN, I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE A GROWING CONCERN THAT IS NOW REACHING INTO OUR OWN COMMUNITIES.
THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY CCP HAS LONG PERSECUTED, FALLEN GONE IN CHINA, BUT IN RECENT YEARS, ITS EFFORTS HAVE EXPANDED OVERSEAS, INCLUDING HERE IN OHIO.
THE FIRST ONE, WHAT IS F GO AND WHY THE CCP THREATENED AMERICANS? HOW BEIJING'S WEAPONIZE US SYSTEMS AND MEDIA.
ONG, ALSO KNOWN AS PHI, IS A PEACEFUL MEDITATION PRACTICE BASED ON THE PRINCIPLES OF TRUTHFULNESS, COMPASSION, AND FORBEARANCE.
I SINCERELY APPRECIATE THE CITY OF DUBLIN'S FOR RECOGNIZED WORLD FOLLOWING DFA DAY ON MAY 13 OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEAR.
AND ONCE WIDELY PRAISED IN CHINA FOR HIS, HIS POSITIVE IMPACT ON HEALTH AND MORAL VALUES.
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BANNED BY THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY CCP IN 1999 WHEN THE REGIME LAUNCHED A BRUTAL CAMPAIGN OF PERSECUTION THAT CONTINUE TO THIS DAY, INCLUDING IMPRISON, TORTURE, TORTURES, AND EVEN FORCED ORGAN HARVESTING.GOVERNMENTS AND HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS AROUND THE WORLD HAVE CONDEMNED THIS ELECTRICITIES.
WHAT MAY SURPRISE YOU IS HOW THIS PERSECUTION IS SHOWING UP HERE AT HOME IN OHIO.
WE HAVE SEEN THIS INFORMATION.
SMEAR CAMPAIGNS AND PRESSURE TACTICS AIM AT SILENCING SHANE PERFORMING ARTS, A US BASED COMPANY THAT BRING TRADITIONAL CHINESE CULTURE TO LIFE, HAS BEEN PERFORMED IN THE OHIO THEATERS FOR MANY YEARS.
HIS FACE, VENUE INTERFERENCE, CYBER ATTACKS, AND EVEN THREATS COORDINATED FROM A BOARD.
THE IZE HAS ALSO ENDURED REPEATING CYBER ATTACKS AND MEDIA SMEARS.
THIS ACTION ARE NOT ONLY DIRECTED AT ANG GONG, THEY ARE ATTACKS ON FREEDOM OF BELIEF, FREE SPEECH AND CULTURE EXCHANGE IN AMERICA THIS MATTER TO ALL OF US.
IF A FOREIGN AUTHORITARIAN REGIME CAN INTIMIDATE ARTISTS, HARASS LOCAL RESIDENT INTIMIDATE ARTISTS, HARASS LOCAL RESIDENTS, OR MANIPULATE MEDIA HERE IN OHIO, IT THREATEN THE VERY FREEDOMS WE HOLD MOST DEAR.
WE HOPE YOU WILL STAND WITH US IN RAISING AWARENESS AND RESISTING THIS TRANSNATIONAL FORMS OF REPRESSION SUPPORTING ONG.
AND CHENIN IS NOT JUST ABOUT ONE COMMUNITY, IT'S ABOUT PRESERVING AMERICA AS A PLACE WHERE FAITH, CULTURE, AND FREEDOM CAN FLOURISH WITH WITHOUT FEARS.
THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO READ AND REFLECT ON THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE.
I THINK, UH, JUSTIN, OUR, UH, POLICE CHIEF JUSTIN PIEL WILL MEET YOU OUT BACK AND PERHAPS, UM, BRANDON, OUR IT GUYS.
UM, WE'LL GET SOME CONTACT INFORMATION FROM YOU AND, UH, SOME OTHER DATA AND MAKE SURE THAT WE RESPOND APPROPRIATELY.
ANYONE ELSE PRESENT THIS EVENING THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO SOMETHING NOT ON THIS EVENING'S AGENDA? HEARING NONE, WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT
[CONSENT AGENDA]
AGENDA.IS THERE A REQUEST TO REMOVE AN ITEM FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH CONSISTS OF THE SEPTEMBER 22ND AND SEPTEMBER 29TH MEETINGS? HEARING NONE, I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.
JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE MR. KEELER? YES.
MAYOR AROSE GROOMS. MS. OSA? YES.
[Ordinance 42-25]
INTRODUCTION FIRST READING ORDINANCES, ORDINANCE 42 DASH 25, AMENDING CHAPTER 35 OF THE CODIFIED ORDINANCES TO REVISE THE FEE IN SERVICE CHARGE REVENUE COST COMPARISON SYSTEM, AND ESTABLISHING A SCHEDULE OF FEES AND SERVICE CHARGES FOR THE CITY OF DUBLIN SERVICES.AND OUR STAFF REPORT WILL BE BROUGHT FORWARD THIS EVENING BY DOUG.
MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL TONIGHT WILL BE REVIEWING THE 2025 COST STUDY, INCLUDING THE PROPOSED FEE CHANGES ACROSS THE DEPARTMENT'S HISTORICAL CONTEXT.
AND THEN FINALLY, UH, COST OF DEVELOPMENT, UH, DATA.
SO ORDINANCE 94 13 ESTABLISH A STRUCTURE FOR ALTERNATING BETWEEN INFLATIONARY INCREASES AND FULL COST STUDIES.
ODD NUMBER YEARS LIKE 2025, APPLY INFLATIONARY ADJUSTMENTS WHILE EVEN NUMBER YEARS INVOLVE COMPREHENSIVE REVIEWS.
THIS APPROACH ALIGNS WITH GFOA BEST PRACTICES TO RECAP, UH, 2023 APPLIED A 4.25 INFLATIONARY INCREASE.
THIS WAS DISCUSSED DURING THE FINANCE COMMITTEE IN 2023, SINCE THE ORIGINAL INFLATIONARY MEASURE WAS 6.8%.
4.25% WAS DETERMINED, WHICH WAS A SIMILAR INCREASE, UH, FOR THE AVERAGE SALARY AND BENEFITS OF THAT YEAR.
2024 WAS A FULL COMPREHENSIVE COST STUDY.
AND THEN AGAIN, THIS YEAR IS AN INFLATIONARY MEASURE.
THIS CYCLE ENSURES WE MAINTAIN FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY WHILE ADAPTING TO ECONOMIC CONDITIONS AND SERVICE DEMANDS.
SO HERE'S THE TIMELINE REGARDING THE 2026
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FEE SCHEDULE.SO BETWEEN MAY AND JULY FINANCE, WE CONDUCTED DEPARTMENTAL REVIEWS.
UH, THE PROPOSED CHANGES WERE PRESENTED TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE ON SEPTEMBER 9TH, AND THE FIRST READING IS TONIGHT WITH THE ANTICIPATED, UH, COUNCIL ADOPTION, UH, ON OCTOBER 20TH WITH THE FEES BEING IMPLEMENTED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.
SO NOW WE'LL REVIEW ANY OF THE PROPOSED FEE CHANGES THIS YEAR FOR ENGINEERING PARKS, POLICE AND PUBLIC SERVICE.
NO FEE CHANGES ARE PROPOSED THIS YEAR.
ONLY INFLATIONARY ADJUSTMENTS.
ALL DEPARTMENTS WILL UNDERGO FULL EVALUATION AND NEXT YEAR'S COMPREHENSIVE COST STUDY TO ENSURE FEE EQUITY AND PROPER COST RECOVERY IN COURT SERVICES, WE'RE PROPOSING, UH, NEW FEES FOR PROBATION SERVICES.
SO $50 FOR NON-REPORTING AND $150 FOR REPORTING PROBATION.
ADDITIONALLY, CREDIT CARD FEES, WHICH TOTALED OVER $12,000 IN 2024 WILL BE PASSED ON TO THE PAYEES TO REDUCE THE GENERAL FUND SUBSIDY.
MOST OF THESE FEES INCURRED ARE BY NON DOUBLING RESIDENTS.
THESE FEES HAVEN'T CHANGED SINCE 2019.
SO WE'RE PROPOSING INCREASES ACROSS THE BOARD WITH A LARGER JUMP FOR PAVILIONS THROUGH THE COST TO MAINTAIN THE ENHANCED AMENITIES.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE SHELTER RENTALS FOR RESIDENTS WILL GO FROM 10 TO $15 AN HOUR AND PAVILION RENTALS FROM 15 TO $25 AN HOUR.
WE'RE ALSO TRANSITIONING THE DORA CUPS TO A STICKER BASED PRICING, UH, FOR $10 FOR 45 STICKERS.
THIS SHIFT IN DOOR PROGRAMMING FROM BRANDED CUPS TO STICKERS IS IN AN OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY MEASURE.
THE CHANGE ADDRESSES RETAILER FEEDBACK REDUCES STORAGE NEEDS AND ALLOWS FOR MORE FLEXIBILITY IN CUP TYPES, INCLUDING, UH, OPTIONS FOR WINE AND HOP BEVERAGES.
THE USE OF THE QR CODES ON THE STICKERS WOULD ALSO ENABLE REALTIME UPDATES TO DORA RULES.
THIS SHIFT ALLIANCE WITH BEST PRACTICES IN NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES AND COULD IMPROVE RETAILER COMPLIANCE, WHICH HAS BEEN INCONSISTENT.
BASED ON RECENT ORDER TRENDS, RECREATION FEES, WE'LL SEE A 2.6% INFLATIONARY INCREASE.
UH, NOTABLY, LAP LANE RENTALS FOR DOUBLING RESIDENTS WILL INCREASE FROM $9 AN HOUR TO $20 AN HOUR, MOVING CLOSER TO THE FULL COST RECOVERY RATE OF $56 AN HOUR.
THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S ADJUSTMENTS, UH, WERE PART OF ORDINANCE 1225 AND TOOK EFFECT OCTOBER 1ST OF THIS YEAR WITH A SIMILAR, UH, PRICING STRUCTURE FOR BUILDING STANDARDS.
UH, THIS TABLE SHOWS OUR COST RECOVERY PERFORMANCE OVER THE PAST DECADE.
IN 2024, THE BUILDING STANDARDS DEPARTMENT ACHIEVED 105% COST RECOVERY.
CITY COUNCIL'S GOAL IS TO, UH, ACHIEVE A HUNDRED PERCENT FULL COST RECOVERY, WHICH INCLUDES DIRECT AND INDIRECT COSTS, WHICH WOULD APPROXIMATELY BE 130%.
COST RECOVERY STAFF IS PROPOSING A 2.6% INFLATIONARY INCREASE, ALIGNING WITH THE INFLATIONARY RATE MEASURE.
DUBLIN CONTINUES TO OFFER EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE, SAME DAY INSPECTIONS, EARLY MORNING AVAILABILITY, AND AN ONLINE REQUEST SYSTEM, ALL OF WHICH CONTRIBUTE TO OUR COST STRUCTURE.
SO AS A RESULT OF LAST YEAR'S COMPREHENSIVE COST STUDY, UH, STAFF PERFORMED A COST OF DEVELOPMENT BENCHMARKING ANALYSIS DURING THIS YEAR'S INFLATIONARY YEAR TO TO, TO DETERMINE HOW DUBLIN COMPARES TO CITIES IN THE SURROUNDING AREA.
SO DUBLIN REMAINS ONE OF THE MORE EXPENSIVE CITIES FOR DEVELOPMENT, BUT THE CITY'S RANKINGS HAVE IMPROVED SINCE 2020.
UNLIKE CITIES THAT SUBSIDIZED FEES THROUGH THE GENERAL FUNDS, DUBLIN'S MODEL EMPHASIZES SERVICE QUALITY AND TRANSPARENCY.
CITIES LIKE WESTERVILLE AND MARYSVILLE ARE MORE EXPENSIVE DUE TO INFRASTRUCTURE OWNERSHIP WHILE OTHER LOWER FEES, WELL, WHILE OTHERS OFFER LOWER FEES, BUT FEWER SERVICES.
SO THE CITY'S FEES REFLECT ACTUAL SERVICE COSTS, ENSURING SUSTAINABILITY, HIGH PLANNING FEES, SUPPORT CUSTOMIZED SERVICES LIKE PUDS, DEVELOPERS BENEFIT FROM UNLIMITED INSPECTIONS AND FAST REVIEWS WHILE RESIDENTIAL FEES ARE MID TO UPPER RANGE DEVELOPERS CONSISTENTLY PRAISE OUR RESPONSIVENESS AND EFFICIENCY REINFORCING DUBLIN'S COMPETITIVE VEG.
AND WITH THAT, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
UH, IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THIS EVENING THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING NONE COUNCIL QUESTION DISCUSSION.
UM, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE COMPARISONS.
I KNOW WE'VE ASKED FOR 'EM IN THE PAST AND EVEN THOUGH I KNOW THAT COUNCIL BELIEVES IN, I THINK IT IS A WISE THING TO LOOK AT COST RECOVERY.
UM, WE ARE DOING SOME THINGS TO STREAMLINE OUR PROCESSES.
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A VALUE SIDE, I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE OUR COSTS COME DOWN.I MEAN, WHEN YOU LOOK AT, UM, THE, THE COMMERCIAL BUILDING DEPARTMENT FEES, THEY'RE TWICE WHAT THEY ARE IN MARYSVILLE, HILLIARD, NEW ALBAN AND WESTERVILLE.
AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT, UM, THE COST FOR, UM, PLANNING AND ZONING, UM, THEY'RE LIKE SEVEN TIMES HIGHER.
SO NOT THAT WE DON'T OFFER THE BEST QUALITY AND WE HAVE GREAT STAFF, IT'S STILL OBVIOUS THAT WE COULD BE MORE EFFICIENT.
AND I THINK IT'S JUST AN IMPORTANT THING.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE GREAT COMP, WE HAVE GREAT COMPETITION, COMPETITION'S GONNA BE EVEN STRONGER.
SO I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE US TO LOOK AT WAYS TO BRING THE FEES DOWN HOWEVER WE COULD AS WE LOOK AT OUR, OUR PROCESSES.
I THINK WITH NEXT YEAR'S, UH, COMPREHENSIVE COST STUDY, WE'LL BE ABLE TO DIVE DEEPER INTO THE ACTUAL COST FOR THOSE FEES.
SO OTHER COMMENTS? I I GUESS I'LL PIGGYBACK ON THAT AND ASK THE QUESTIONS.
FROM AN AI ADOPTION PROCESS, WHAT NEW THINGS DO WE ANTICIPATE IN SOME OF THESE AREAS THAT COULD LOWER THOSE COSTS? OOH, THAT IS AN, AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER TONIGHT.
I I AM, I, I, BUT I'M GO, I'M ASKING THE, I'M ASKING THE QUESTION ALONG THE SAME LINE IS THAT WE HAVE TOOLS NOW, AND ANYTIME YOU'RE COST BASED, I MEAN, WE HAVE LARGER STAFFS AND INFRASTRUCTURE BECAUSE OF QUALITY.
THAT'S A CHICKEN AND AN EGG PROBLEM WHEN YOU DO IT.
BUT, UM, WE, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO AND WILL GIVE RAISES.
WE WANT TO, I MEAN, WE'RE GONNA HAVE THOSE COSTS.
SO, UM, IN ORDER TO DRIVE EFFICIENCIES, THE REQUESTS WILL BE TO, TO BRING NOT JUST WHAT ARE THE PROCESS CHANGES.
SO I KNOW YOU WERE EXPECTING TO GIVE A PRESENTATION ON THAT
BUT YEAH, IF, IF THAT COULD BE PART OF THE, THE DISCUSSION, I THINK THAT WOULD BE INCREDIBLY HELPFUL.
AND I, I KNOW THINGS ARE GOING ON AND I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY TO HEAR WHAT THOSE ARE.
AND TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES ABSOLUTELY.
WILL BE PART OF, UM, THE CONVERSATION MOVING FORWARD.
WE'RE STARTING OUR NEXT PHASE OF PROCESS IMPROVEMENT, FOCUSING ON THE AREAS OF ENGINEERING AND THOSE TECHNICAL PROCESSES.
SO WE'RE DOING A DEEPER DIVE FROM WHAT WE HAD DONE LAST YEAR, AND THOSE AREAS ARE CERTAINLY RIPE FOR AI IMPROVEMENTS.
SO WE'LL CERTAINLY CONSIDER THOSE OVER THE NEXT YEAR AS WE CONTINUE THAT PROCESS TOWARDS THE NEXT COST STUDY NEXT YEAR.
I JUST HAVE ONE COMMENT AS WE GO INTO NEXT YEAR.
WHEN YOU SAID YOU DO THE FULL COST STUDY MM-HMM
I THINK IT'D BE, UM, GOOD TO LOOK AT HOW, BECAUSE WE HAVE ONE PRICE POINT, WHETHER THEY HAVE TWO MEETINGS OR 20, RIGHT.
SO, UM, WHICH IS DIFFERENT THAN SOME OF THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.
SO I THINK WE SHOULD AT LEAST TRY TO CAPTURE SOME OF THE NUMBERS.
LIKE WHAT'S THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF TOUCHPOINTS MM-HMM
UM, I MEAN, YOU'RE ALWAYS GONNA HAVE THAT RARE CASE THAT HAS FIVE TIMES MORE THAN THE USUAL, BUT IF WE CAN KIND OF FIND AN AVERAGE, UM, I THINK THAT WOULD BE GOOD AS PART OF THAT ANALYSIS, BECAUSE I WOULDN'T WANNA SEE IF, IF THE MAJORITY OF CASES, YOU KNOW, HAVE TWO AND THEN WE HAVE THIS HIGH COST BECAUSE THEY'RE PAYING THE BURDEN OF THE HANDFUL THAT HAVE THE 30 OR 40, LIKE THE REALLY COMPLICATED.
SO I THINK WE NEED TO MAKE, FIND THAT MIDDLE PRICE SO WE'RE NOT PUTTING THE BURDEN ON ONE SIDE OR THE OTHER.
WE COULD DEFINITELY TAKE A LOOK INTO THAT.
THANK, UH, THANK YOU FOR SAYING THAT, AMY, BECAUSE, UM, I, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES AS WE BRING THESE CONVERSATIONS TO, UH, YOU KNOW, TO FINANCE COMMITTEE, UM, HAVING DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES LIKE THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT 'CAUSE WE DON'T KNOW ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT YOU BROUGHT THAT UP.
'CAUSE IT REALLY WILL HELP WHEN WE DO THE FULL COST STUDY NEXT YEAR AND FINANCE COMMITTEE STARTS TO HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS.
SO I, I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THAT FORWARD.
PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 20TH ON THIS.
[Resolution 50-25]
PUBLIC HEARING RESOLUTION RESOLUTION 50 DASH 25 ADOPTING THE DUBLIN SUSTAINABILITY PLAN, HONOR.AND OUR STAFF REPORT WILL BE BROUGHT FORWARD BY EMILY GOVER.
GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
WE'RE HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT THE SUSTAINABLE CATEGORY OF OUR VISION TO BE THE MOST SUSTAINABLE, CONNECTED, AND RESILIENT GLOBAL CITY OF CHOICE.
BY WAY OF BACKGROUND, CITY COUNCIL HAD ADOPTED THE 2018 TO 2020 SUSTAINABILITY FRAMEWORK AT THE SEPTEMBER 24TH, 20.
UM, THE SEPTEMBER 24TH, 20, UH, 20, 20 18, EXCUSE ME, UH, MEETING OF THE 35 GOALS, 31 WERE SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETED.
THE SUSTAINABILITY PLAN WAS REVIEWED AT THE JUNE 3RD, 2024 CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND A REVISED PLAN WAS BROUGHT FORTH TO CITY COUNCIL AT THE
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AUGUST 25TH, 2025 CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND COUNCIL PROVIDED FEEDBACK TO THE QUESTIONS ON THE SCREEN, AND STAFF HAS AMENDED THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND THE SUSTAINABILITY PLAN BASED ON COUNCIL'S FEEDBACK AT THAT AUGUST MEETING.ONE POINT OF FEEDBACK FROM CITY COUNCIL WAS THAT AS THE BUDGET PROCESS CONTINUES, STAFF SHOULD HIGHLIGHT WHICH ITEMS ADVANCE SOME OF THE SUSTAINABILITY PLAN GOALS.
AND SO COUNCIL HAS, UH, IN FURTHERANCE OF, UH, THAT, UH, COUNCIL HAS SEEN THE, UH, PROPOSED 2026 OPERATING BUDGET, UH, WHICH CONSOLIDATES SEVERAL OF THE SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVES INTO THE OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER, WHICH WOULD INCREASE THE VISIBILITY AND, UH, OF SOME OF OUR SUSTAINABILITY AND ECO-FRIENDLY PROGRAMS. ANOTHER POINT OF FEEDBACK WAS THAT THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY SHOULD BE MORE READER-FRIENDLY FOR THOSE WHO DON'T UNDERSTAND THE INDUSTRY BUZZWORDS.
SO WE WERE ABLE TO CUT OUT SOME PARTS OF THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY THAT WERE REDUNDANT AND COULD BE FOUND IN THE PLAN ITSELF AND SHORTEN IT DOWN TO TWO PAGES.
UM, AND WE REALLY, UH, REFINED SOME OF THE LANGUAGE IN THERE.
SO THIS, THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY FOR THE SUSTAINABILITY PLAN, IT NOW PROVIDES BACKGROUND DEFINES SUSTAINABILITY, HIGHLIGHTS A FEW OF THE MOST IMPACTFUL INITIATIVES FROM THE PLAN, AND OUTLINES THE, UH, NEXT STEPS FOR COMMUNICATING THE PLAN AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION.
UM, ANOTHER POINT OF FEEDBACK WAS THAT PUBLIC EDUCATION SHOULD BE HIGHLIGHTED IN THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY, SINCE THAT'S GOING TO BE A REALLY IMPORTANT PART OF IMPLEMENTING THE PLAN ITSELF.
UM, SO THE OBJECTIVE 1.3 WAS ADDED THAT IS AMPLIFIED DUBLIN'S SUSTAINABILITY STORY.
THIS WAS ADDED TO THE GOALS AND IMPLEMENTATION ROAD BACK.
UH, THAT OBJECTIVE PROVIDES STRATEGIES AND ACTIONS TO DEVELOP CLEAR AND CONSISTENT COMMUNICATIONS REGARDING EVENTS, PROGRAMS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION.
AND LANGUAGE WAS ALSO ADDED TO THE ROAD AHEAD SECTION THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH OBJECTIVE 1.3.
ANOTHER POINT OF FEEDBACK WAS THAT THE TIMEFRAME FOR, UM, 1.1 0.5 POINT D, IT SEEMS LIKE A LONG TIME TO WAIT TO HIRE A CONSULTANT.
AND SO SOME LANGUAGE WAS ADDED TO CLARIFY THAT THAT ALSO INCLUDES THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, THAT WOULD BE COMING FORTHCOMING FROM THAT, UH, CONSULTANT THAT WAS HIRED.
FINALLY, THE ACTION PLAN SHOULD LIST YEARS FOR IMPLEMENTING THE ACTION ITEMS RATHER THAN THE TIMEFRAMES.
UM, AND SO THROUGH THIS MEMO AND THROUGH THIS THIS CONVERSATION, WE ARE KIND OF MEMORIALIZING THAT THE TIMEFRAMES ARE, UM, CONSIDERED TO BEGIN AND SHOULD BEGIN WITH THE ADOPTION OF THE SUSTAINABILITY PLAN.
THE TIMEFRAMES OF THE YEARS ONE THROUGH THREE, FOUR THROUGH SEVEN, SEVEN PLUS, THOSE WERE SELECTED TO ALIGN WITH THE PARKS AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN, JUST FOR A LITTLE BIT OF CONSISTENCY, UM, IN OUR TRACKING PURPOSES AS WELL.
SO WITH THAT, STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT CITY COUNCIL APPROVE RESOLUTION 50 DASH 25 ADOPTING THE DUBLIN SUSTAINABILITY PLAN.
AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING NONE COUNCIL QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION.
I JUST WANNA COMMENT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR REVISING THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.
THAT WAS EXACTLY WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR.
I THINK IT WAS VERY USER-FRIENDLY.
SO I, I WILL SAY THERE, THERE'S ONE THING I WOULD CHANGE.
THE ONLY THING THAT'S NOT PARALLEL, LIKE GRAMMATICALLY IN THE WHOLE THING IS NUMBER FOUR.
SO I WOULD JUST SAY FOSTER A THRIVING CIRCULAR ECONOMY, THEN IT'S ABSOLUTELY PERFECT
AND ACTUALLY THAT SAME STATEMENT IS ON PAGE TWO, SO IT WAS TOO BAD, BUT YEAH, IT WAS, IT WAS GREAT.
I, I, IT'S NOT A GR IF, IF I DON'T CORRECT GRAMMAR, YOU KNOW, MY ENGLISH TEACHERS WOULD NOT BE PROUD.
UH, YOU REALLY DID A WONDERFUL JOB AT, UM, TAKING ALL OF THE COMMENTS AND IMPLEMENTING THEM INTO THE DOCUMENT.
SO THAT IS VERY MUCH APPRECIATED.
UH, OKAY, IF THERE IS NOTHING FURTHER, NOPE.
JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE MAYOR AROSE GROOMS? YES.
[OTHER BUSINESS]
BUSINESS PORTION OF OUR AGENDA, AND THE FIRST ITEM IS THE PROPOSED 2026 COUNCIL MEETING SCHEDULES.NOW WE'LL TURN IT OVER TO OUR CLERK, JENNY DELGADO.
UM, AT YOUR LAST MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 22ND, I PROVIDED PROPOSED 2026 MEETING SCHEDULES, UH, FOR YOUR REVIEW AND ANY FEEDBACK OR CONCERNS.
SINCE THAT TIME, I'VE NOT HEARD ANY FEEDBACK OR RECEIVED ANY CONCERNS.
SO STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO ADOPT THE SCHEDULES.
WELL, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE REGULAR MEETING SCHEDULE, WORK SESSION SCHEDULE AND STANDING COMMITTEE SCHEDULE FOR 2026.
JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE MS. FOX? YES.
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KEELER? YES.UP NEXT IS OUR HUMAN RESOURCES BRIEFING.
AND FOR THAT OUR STAFF REPORT WILL BE BROUGHT FORWARD BY JENNIFER MAGLIE.
WHEN I PRESENTED THE HR BRIEFING IN MAY AND JULY, I SHARED THE HUMAN RESOURCES FOCUS AREAS FOR TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION.
I'M GOING TO FOCUS ON SEVERAL OF THESE AREAS.
ADDITIONALLY, ALL OF THE DATA WE REVIEW TONIGHT IS REGULARLY REPORTED IN THE CITY MANAGER'S MONTHLY REPORT.
AS YOU KNOW, ALL FOUR OF THE CITY'S COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THREE YEARS.
CURRENTLY WE ARE IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE UNITED STEEL WORKERS AND THAT CONTRACT HAS BEEN EXTENDED THROUGH ONE ONE OF 26.
WE VERY RECENTLY BEGAN NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE PATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE AND WILL MAKE SIGNIFICANT STRIDES IN OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER.
THE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE RECENTLY RECEIVED AN IN-DEPTH HEALTHCARE BENEFITS REVIEW AND I WANTED TO SHARE A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW WITH THE WHOLE OF COUNCIL.
CURRENTLY WE HAVE 410 EMPLOYEES, AND OF THAT 374 PARTICIPATE IN OUR MEDICAL PLAN COVERAGE WITH A TOTAL OF 1,129 LIVES COVERED.
WE HAVE A SMALLER GROUP OF EMPLOYEES THAT PARTICIPATE IN ONLY OUR DENTAL AND VISION BENEFITS.
THE CITY CONTINUES TO BE MINDFUL OF OUR EVER INCREASING HEALTH INSURANCE COSTS.
FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, OUR PLAN COSTS HAVE BEEN DRIVEN BY INCREASED STOP-LOSS PREMIUMS. STOP-LOSS IS THE ADDITIONAL INSURANCE PURCHASED TO PROTECT THE CITY FROM MEDICAL CLAIMS THAT EXCEED 175,000 PER INDIVIDUAL.
AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS CHART THROUGH JULY OF THIS YEAR, WE'VE HAD THREE CLAIMS EXCEED THE STOP LOSS STOP-LOSS THRESHOLD WITH THREE MORE CLAIMS LIKELY BEFORE THE YEAR IS OVER.
THE THREE CLAIMS THAT HAVE EXCEEDED STOP-LOSS THUS FAR HAVE COST OVER $810,000 MAKING STOP-LOSS COVERAGE.
THESE STOP-LOSS CLAIMS REPRESENT AN EXTREMELY SMALL PERCENTAGE OF OUR HEALTH POPULATION, BUT THESE CLAIMS DRIVE THE ANNUAL PREMIUM FOR OUR CITY.
DURING THE OPERATING BUDGET PRESENTATION, THESE COST INCREASES WILL BE SHARED AND EXPLAINED.
ON A POSITIVE NOTE, OUR MEDICAL INCREASE WAS EXTREMELY LOW AND THAT REPRESENTS THE VAST MAJORITY OF OUR EMPLOYEES.
SO OUR ANNUAL RENEWAL THIS YEAR WAS 0.14% AND OUR DENTAL COSTS INCREASED A MODEST 4.9%.
WE ATTRIBUTE THESE CONTAINED COSTS TO OUR HEALTHY BY CHOICE WELLNESS PROGRAM AND THE EMPLOYEE EDUCATION ON BEING A SMART CONSUMER.
AS A FOLLOW UP TO A QUESTION ASKED BY THE ADMIN COMMITTEE, THE CITY'S TOP THREE DRIVERS FOR 2024 WERE NERVOUS SYSTEM CLAIMS, WHICH REPRESENTED 25% OF OUR TOTAL PLAN SPEND MATERNITY COSTS DUE TO THREE NICU STAYS.
AND I ALWAYS SCREWED THIS WORD UP, MUSCULOSKELETAL CLAIMS, UH, FOR SURGICAL AND CONSERVATIVE CARE.
IN ADDITION, DIABETES IS ALWAYS AN AREA OF FOCUS IN ANY MEDICAL PLAN AND THE DIABETES COSTS REPRESENT 5% OF OUR OVERALL PLAN SPEND PROCEEDING.
STOP LOSS CLAIMS ARE HIGH COST CLAIMS, WHICH REPRESENT INDIVIDUAL CLAIMS THAT ARE MORE THAN $75,000, BUT LESS THAN THAT STOP LOSS THRESHOLD OF 175,000.
WE PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THESE AND WORK WITH UNITEDHEALTHCARE AND OSWALD, OUR BENEFITS BROKER TO IMPLEMENT COST SAVING PROGRAMS THAT ASSIST COVERED EMPLOYEES AND THEIR FAMILIES TO MAKE MORE COST CONSCIOUS MEDICAL DECISIONS WITH ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FROM MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS.
AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS CHART, WE'VE HAD AN INCREASE IN HIGH CLAIMS OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.
PREMIUMS FOR EMPLOYER SPONSORED HEALTH INSURANCE, LIKE THE CITIES HAVE HISTORICALLY GROWN AT APPROXIMATELY FOUR 4.7% ANNUALLY.
ACCORDING TO ONE OF THE LARGEST BROKERS, MERCER, THEIR RECENT SURVEY SHOWED THAT IN 2026, HEALTH BENEFIT COSTS PER EMPLOYEE ARE EXPECTED TO RISE ABOUT 6.5% THE HIGHEST IN SEVERAL YEARS.
FOR A CA MARKETPLACE PLANS, WHICH IS THE INDIVIDUAL EXCHANGE, INSURERS ARE PROPOSING VERY LARGE INCREASES.
FOR 2026, THE MEDIAN PREMIUMS ARE INCREASING 15 TO 18% IN TERMS OF THE CITY'S ANNUAL COSTS, THE CITY'S PROJECTS OUR 2026 FUNDING TO BE AT $24,783 PER EMPLOYEE PER YEAR.
OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS, THE CITY'S PLAN SPEND HAS BEEN 17.81%.
AND NOW FOR THE POSITIVE NEWS
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IS SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER THAN MERCER AND THE A CA MARKETPLACE.AGAIN, AS WAS WISELY ASKED DURING THE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE A FEW WEEKS AGO, I AM PLEASED TO REPORT THAT AS OF JULY 81.26% OF OUR EMPLOYEES AND THEIR SPOUSES HAVE HAD A DENTAL CLEANING SINCE LAST OCTOBER.
WE ANTICIPATE THIS NUMBER INCREASING.
UH, ONCE WE HAVE THE FULL YEAR'S WORTH OF DATA.
A HIGH DENTAL CLEANING PARTICIPATION IS A GOOD SIGNAL THAT EMPLOYEES ARE PROACTIVE ABOUT THEIR HEALTH.
AS REGULAR DENTAL CLEANINGS REDUCE THE RISK OF GUM DISEASE, WHICH IS LINKED TO CHRONIC CONDITIONS LIKE HEART DISEASE, DIABETES, AND STROKE.
EMPLOYEES WHO TAKE CARE OF THEIR ORAL HEALTH OFTEN HAVE FEWER EXPENSIVE MEDICAL CLAIMS RELATED TO SYSTEMATIC HEALTH ISSUES.
NEVER THOUGHT I'D TALK ABOUT GUM DISEASE IN A COUNCIL MEETING.
THIS YEAR'S THEME WAS A ROLE INTO BETTER HEALTH.
THE HEALTH FAIR OFFERED HEALTH INFORMATION FREE SCREENINGS, FOOD, HEALTHY FOOD GAMES, AND ENGAGEMENT WITH MANY VENDOR PAR PARTNERS, INCLUDING UNITEDHEALTHCARE, VSP, VISION CARE, CANCER BRIDGE, MISSION SQUARE RETIREMENT, OHIO 5 29 RETIREMENT, OHIO DERM AND MANY OTHERS.
THERAPY DOGS WON THE HEARTS OF ALL THOSE WHO STOP BY TO PET THEM.
THIS EVENT KICKS OFF OUR HEALTH INSURANCE OPEN ENROLLMENT PERIOD WHEN EMPLOYEES ELECT THEIR ANNUAL BENEFITS.
ANOTHER EXCITING CHANGE THAT WE MADE IN 2025 WAS THE ADDITION OF THE HEALTH CHECK 360 APP.
THIS APP IS A ONE STOP SHOP FOR ALL ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES AND THEIR SPOUSES TO TRACK THEIR HEALTH AND COMPLETE THE HEALTHY BY CHOICE WELLNESS PROGRAM.
BY PARTICIPATING IN THE WELLNESS PROGRAM, EMPLOYEES CAN EARN A WAIVER OF PREMIUM, WHICH IS THE MOST UNIQUE AND GENEROUS MEDICAL BENEFIT OF ANY MUNICIPALITY IN CENTRAL OHIO.
MOVING ON TO RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION, AS HAS BEEN SHARED AT THE PREVIOUS HR BRIEFINGS, I WANTED TO UPDATE YOU ON THE MOST RECENT VACANCY AND TURNOVER DATA.
AS A REMINDER, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO IS THAT VACANCY REFERS TO A JOB THAT IS CURRENTLY UNOCCUPIED.
WHILE TURNOVER DESCRIBES THE RATE AT WHICH EMPLOYEES LEAVE THE CITY.
THE CITY CURRENTLY HAS A 3.1% VACANCY RATE AND AN 8.4% TURNOVER RATE, BOTH OF WHICH DEPICT A GOOD BALANCE AND INDICATE THAT WE HAVE EFFECTIVE TALENT MANAGEMENT AND WORKFORCE STABILITY.
THIS SCREEN HIGHLIGHTS THE CURRENT VACANCIES ACROSS THE CITY.
AND AGAIN, WE UPDATE THESE MONTHLY IN THE CITY MANAGER REPORTS.
DUBLIN WELCOMES SEVERAL NEW EMPLOYEES OVER THE LAST QUARTER.
DURING OUR Q3 EMPLOYEE MEET AND GREET OUR NEWEST TEAM DUBLIN MEMBERS, CONNECTED WITH CITY MANAGER MEGAN O'CALLAHAN AND THE HUMAN RESOURCES TEAM TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS, EXPLORE THE SERVICES AND BENEFITS AVAILABLE TO THEM, AND TO EXPERIENCE WHAT IT MEANS TO BE PART OF A TEAM THAT IS DRIVEN BY EXCELLENCE, DEDICATED TO SERVICE AND IS BETTER.
NEW STAFF MEMBERS HIRED IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS, WERE ALSO INVITED TO ATTEND A THREE HOUR IN-PERSON RACTOR AND CULTURE TRAINING PROGRAM CULTURE PLAYBOOK TRAINING PROGRAM.
AS YOU'LL RECALL, ALL EMPLOYEES RECEIVED THIS TRAINING FROM LATE 2023 THROUGH MID 2024 FOCUS THREE.
THE COMPANY THAT TEACHES THE R FACTOR RECENTLY COMPLETED ONE OF THE TWO TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES FOR 2025.
AND MOVING FORWARD, WE WILL BE OFFERING THIS POWERFUL CULTURAL TRAINING TO ALL NEW HIRES ON A SEMI-ANNUAL BASIS.
WE RECENTLY COMPLETED OUR EMPLOYEE SURVEY WITH ENER GAUGE, THE FIRM BEHIND THE TOP WORKPLACES PROGRAM.
AND WE HAD AN IMPRESSIVE 70% PARTICIPATION RATE.
RESULTS SHOW THAT EMPLOYEES CONTINUE TO FEEL PROUD TO WORK FOR THE CITY AND VIEW DUBLIN AS AN EMPLOYER OF CHOICE.
THE CITY SCORED 15 POINTS ABOVE AVERAGE FOR BENEFITS AND COMPENSATION AND MANY COMMONS HIGHLIGHTED EMPLOYEES CONTINUED APPRECIATION.
AT THE SAME TIME, WE HEARD CONCERNS ABOUT WORKLOAD BALANCE AND THE VOLUME OF MEETINGS AND CONCERNS ABOUT LONGER TERM DEVELOPMENT AND PROG CAREER PROGRESSION THAT WE WILL NEED TO ADDRESS ENERGY GAUGE PROVIDED CLEAR REPORTING THAT WILL HELP GUIDE OUR NEXT STEPS AS WE CONTINUE TO SHARE RESULTS WITH EMPLOYEES AND LEADERSHIP.
WE WILL UPDATE COUNCIL WITH CHANGES WE ARE PROPOSING, SOME OF WHICH WILL BE PRESENTED DURING THE OPERATING BUDGET MEETINGS.
AND I WILL BRING FURTHER UPDATES AT THE DECEMBER HR BRIEFING TO SHARE JUST A FEW OF THE STATISTICS THAT I FOUND IMPRESSIVE.
THE SURVEY SHOWED THAT 79% AGREED THAT MY JOBS MAKE MY JOB, MAKES ME FEEL LIKE I AM PART OF SOMETHING MEANINGFUL.
68% SAID MY WORK STRESS IS AT A MANAGEABLE LEVEL.
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I AM VERY SATISFIED WITH MY BENEFITS PACKAGE.ANOTHER 68% SAID THE CITY OF DUBLIN MOTIVATES ME TO GIVE MY VERY BEST AT WORK.
73 SAID I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND WORKING AT THE CITY OF DUBLIN TO OTHERS.
74% SAID THE CITY OF DUBLIN OPERATES BY STRONG VALUES.
75% SAID OVERALL, I AM SATISFIED WITH MY JOB.
AND LASTLY, 79% SAID MY SUPERVISOR CARES ABOUT MY CONCERNS.
AS FOR BENCHMARKING DATA, 67 LOCAL GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS WITH BETWEEN 200 AND 870 EMPLOYEES WERE COMPARED AGAINST DUBLIN.
YOU CAN SEE A SEMI LIST OF THEM.
I KNOW THE PRINT IS REALLY TINY.
UM, NOT ALL CITY NAMES ARE DISCLOSED AS THEY'RE CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS FOR THE TOP WORKPLACES AWARD, BUT THOSE ARE JUST A FEW.
AND FINALLY, IN MAY AND JULY I SHARED ABOUT THEIR VARIETY OF WAYS THE CITY CELEBRATES EMPLOYEES THROUGH OUR INTERNAL CULTURE AND DEDICATION TO SHOWING STAFF APPRECIATE APPRECIATION.
OUR FOURTH CELEBRATION STATION RECOGNIZED OUR LATEST EXCEPTIONAL TEAM FINANCE.
THIS GROUP LED AN INNOVATIVE EFFORT TO INTEGRATE THE OPERATING AND CAPITAL BUDGET PROCESS, WHICH YOU'RE CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING INTO A SINGLE STREAMLINED SCHEDULE BOOSTING EFFICIENCY AND STRENGTHENING ALIGNMENT CITYWIDE TO CELEBRATE THE TEAM ENJOYED TO CELEBRATION STATION IS THANKS FOR THE BIG IMPACT THEY'VE MADE.
THEIR EFFORTS REFLECT THOSE VALUES OF DRIVEN BY EXCELLENCE BETTER TOGETHER AND DEDICATED TO SERVICE.
AND WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS COUNCIL MAY HAVE AND THANK YOU.
COUNCIL QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION.
SO IT'S MY FAULTS THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT DENTAL HYGIENE
AND I'M REALLY GLAD TO SEE THAT YOU'RE USING THE ENER GAUGE, UM, UH, SURVEY PROGRAM.
IS THIS THE FIRST YEAR WE'VE USED GAUGE? YES.
IT'S, IT BECOMES REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT AS YOU GET BEYOND YEARS TWO AND THREE.
'CAUSE YOU CAN REALLY SEE, UM, YOU KNOW, YOUR PROGRESSION AND WHERE YOU ARE WITH YOUR EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT.
UM, IS THERE A WAY FOR US TO VIEW THE EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT SURVEY IN TOTAL? YOU SHOWED THE OTHER CITIES, THE BENCHMARK CITIES.
I'D LIKE TO SEE KIND OF WHERE WE STACK UP AGAINST THE OTHERS.
THEY DON'T NECESSARILY SHOW HOW WE STACK UP AGAINST THE OTHERS.
THEY DO SHOW HOW WE COMPARE WITH THEIR BENCHMARK OF THOSE PARTICULAR CITIES.
SO WE'RE CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS.
THIS IS THE FIRST UPDATE WE'RE GIVING TO COUNCIL.
UM, IN OUR MONDAY MORNING UPDATE COMING UP IN A WEEK, WE'RE GONNA BE SHARING WITH EMPLOYEES WHAT THOSE RESULTS WERE.
AND THEN WE'RE GONNA BE SHARING WITH SENIOR LEADERS SHORTLY.
SO WHEN I COME FOR THE DECEMBER HR BRIEFING, I WILL GIVE MUCH MORE INFORMATION.
I'LL INCLUDE THAT AS PART OF MY PACKET.
IS THERE AN OPTION FOR THE 150 PLUS FOLKS THAT DIDN'T FILL OUT THE SURVEY, UH, TO TRY TO CIRCLE BACK AND GLEAN THAT DATA? I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
UM, I THINK PROBABLY JUST WITH MY PAST EXPERIENCE, THE NEXT BEST WOULD BE WHEN WE GO THROUGH IT AGAIN TO ENCOURAGE MORE PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE.
UM, IN THE YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN THE HR DIRECTOR, THIS IS THE HIGHEST PARTICIPATION THAT WE'VE GOTTEN.
UH, WE'VE GONE FROM 50% ALL THE WAY TO 70% IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS.
IT'S JUST I NAG PROBABLY THE MOST.
AND SO THAT HAS AIDED IN PARTICIPATION.
SO WE'LL JUST KEEP CONTINUING TO DO THAT.
AND THEN WE DO HAVE THE RESULTS OF WHICH DEPARTMENTS PARTICIPATED MOST VERSUS LEAST, SO WE CAN FOCUS ON THOSE NEXT GO ROUND.
SOUNDS LIKE WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO HEAR.
OH, OH, JUST ONE, JUST ONE QUESTION, JENNIFER.
THE, UH, I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE SURVEY AS, UH, CHRISTINA IS.
YOU SAID YOU CAN IDENTIFY THE DEPARTMENTS, BUT IT IS AN ANONYMOUS SURVEY, CORRECT? IT IS, ABSOLUTELY.
THERE'S COMMENTS LISTED, BUT IT IS, IT'S JUST COMMENTS.
THERE'S NO NAMES ATTACHED TO IT BECAUSE THIS IS RUN BY THE TOP PLACES TO WORK.
WE HAVE NO ABILITY TO FIND OUT WHO SAID WHAT, WHERE THOSE COME FROM.
SO IT'S, THEY HAVE AGGREGATED IT ALL FOR US TO ENSURE THAT THAT PRIVACY.
OUR NEXT ITEM ON OTHER BUSINESSES, INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY BRIEFING IN OUR STAFF REPORT WILL BE BROUGHT FORWARD BY BRANDON BROWN.
THANK YOU AND GOOD EVENING MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, UM, FOR TONIGHT'S QUARTERLY UPDATE FROM THE INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY SIDE OF THINGS, YOU ALL REQUESTED TO HEAR A BIT ABOUT KIND OF THE STATE OF AI IN, IN OUR VIEW OF IT HERE AT THE CITY AND WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH VARIOUS THINGS.
AND, AND I, I THINK THAT IT HELPS TO FRAME THIS DISCUSSION JUST LIKE I'VE FRAMED SOME OF THE OTHER DISCUSSIONS OF WITHIN OUR GROUP, WE HAVE THESE FOCUS AREAS WHERE WE'RE ALWAYS THINKING CUSTOMER FIRST AND THAT THAT
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CUSTOMER STARTS WITH OUR CITIZENS AND OTHERS WE WORK WITH AND COMES ALL THE WAY DOWNTOWN DOWN INTO OUR TEAM, WORKING ADMINISTRATIVELY, SUPPORTING ALL OF THE TEAM MEMBERS THAT DO ALL THE GREAT WORK.AND NONE OF THESE FIVE AREAS IS IMMUNE FROM BEING IMPACTED BY AI IN SOME WAY OR ANOTHER.
UM, YOU KNOW, FROM OUR SECURITY TO A CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE THAT COULD BE, AGAIN, A RESIDENT ASKING FOR A SERVICE OR OUR TEAM HELPING A RESIDENT GET A SERVICE.
AND, AND SO WE'LL, AS I WALK THROUGH THIS, WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS KIND OF SET A LITTLE BIT OF GROUNDWORK WHERE AI IS SUCH A LARGE AND ACTUALLY LONG RUNNING TOPIC AND REALLY JUST FOCUSING ON A COUPLE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE REALLY SEEING HERE, WHICH WE'VE TALKED ABOUT HERE A LITTLE BIT BEFORE, WHICH IS GENERATIVE AI AND AG AI, WHICH YOU'LL HEAR NUMEROUS PLACES.
AND I JUST WANTED TO GIVE US A GOOD BASELINE TO START FROM WITH THOSE.
AND I'LL TOUCH ON SOME OF THE OTHER TECHNOLOGIES THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE LARGER AI UMBRELLA DOWN DOWN THE ROAD IN THIS PRESENTATION.
SO WHEN WE THINK OF GENERATIVE AI, WE'RE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING THAT'S BUILT ON AN LLM OR A LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL.
IT USES DIFFERENT TYPES OF DATABASE TECHNOLOGY IN THE BACKGROUND.
IT'S KIND OF THE EVOLUTION OF WHAT THE BIG DATA, UM, WAVE BROUGHT US IN IN SOME SENSE WHERE YOU'RE STARTING TO PUT SYNTAX AND PROGRAMMING AND NEURAL NETWORKING ON TOP OF ALL THE DATA TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AND, AND TO RESPOND TO PROMPTS.
AND THAT'S JUST, IT IS THAT GENERATIVE AI IS TYPICALLY RESPONDING TO SOMETHING.
YOU'RE GIVING IT, YOU'RE ASKING IT A QUESTION OR YOU'RE GIVING IT SOME TEXT AND YOU'RE TELLING IT TO DO SOMETHING.
SO LISTED HERE, JUST SOME OF THE TOOLS THAT YOU SEE OUT IN THE WORLD CHAT, GPT BEING THE ONE THAT REALLY UNLOCKED EVERYONE'S IMAGINATION AROUND THIS.
BUT IT SEEMS THAT EVERY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY THEY'LL GET LEFT BEHIND IF THEY DON'T INCLUDE SOME SORT OF INTELLIGENT TYPE OF, OF TOOL THAT YOU CAN UTILIZE WITH THAT.
AND SO I JUST HAVE A FEW HERE FOR YOUR INFORMATION.
WHERE AGEN AI STARTS TO CHANGE IS THAT AGEN AI WORKS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY WHERE IT STARTS TO STRING TOGETHER ACTIONS.
SO THINK OF IT'S, IT'S, IT'S ABOUT, UM, IT ADVANCING A AUTONOMOUS AUTOMATION IN SOME SENSES.
SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE UTILIZING THE INTELLIGENCE, THE DATA AND ALL THOSE THINGS TO TAKE US THROUGH A WORKFLOW AND TO, TO FIND OTHER INFORMATION THAT HELPS US ANSWER OTHER QUESTIONS.
SO THIS IS STILL FORMULATING AND THIS IS STILL RELATIVELY NEW.
I MEAN, ON ANY COMMERCIAL YOU'LL HEAR SALESFORCE AGENT FORCE, MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY'S A A NICE SPOKESMAN PERSON FOR THAT.
UM, BUT A LOT OF THE RESEARCH SUGGESTS FOR LIKE REALLY DEEP AND MATURE ADOPTION, THIS IS STILL A COUPLE OF YEARS AWAY.
UM, I WOULD VENTURE TO GUESS WE'RE A LITTLE CLOSER THAN AS FAR AS SOME OF THE, THE RESEARCH SAYS JUST BASED ON THE SPEED OF ADOPTION THAT WE'RE STARTING TO SEE THIS, EXCUSE ME, THE GENERAL TYPES OF EENT AI OR AI ASSISTANCE, WHICH ARE KIND OF A STEP ABOVE GENERATIVE AI, WHERE THEY'RE, THEY'RE GOOD FOR KIND OF ROUTINE PROCESSES AND DOING THINGS OVER AND OVER IF THEY ALWAYS KNOW TO GO TO THIS LOCATION TO FIND THIS TYPE OF FILE THAT'S NAMED KIND OF LIKE THIS.
AND IF THEY SEE SOMETHING THAT LOOKS LIKE THIS TO DO THIS WITH IT, AND THEN NEXT STEP IS THAT AT THE PURE AGENT, WHERE AN AGENT CAN CHAIN THOSE TYPES OF ACTIONS TOGETHER OR AN AGENT OF AGENTS.
SO WE START TALKING ABOUT ORCHESTRATION AND, AND INTERESTING THINGS ALONG THOSE LINES.
THAT ALSO GETS US TO WHERE SOME OF THE CHALLENGES, RISKS, FEARS, AND MYTHS ARE WITH AI.
SO THE THINGS THAT WE LOOK AT CONSTANTLY ARE SECURITY, OF COURSE.
UM, THIS IS ALL BUILT AROUND DATA AND TECHNOLOGIES THAT ARE RUNNING WITH OUR DATA IN CERTAIN INSTANCES AND PEOPLE ASKING THINGS OUT IN DIFFERENT PUBLIC TOOLS.
AND SO WE WE'RE VERY CONCERNED WITH THAT AND WE KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON THAT.
THERE'S A LOT OF WORK AROUND THE ETHICS OF AI AND ENSURING KIND OF FAIR AND UNBIASED RESULTS THAT COME BACK BECAUSE AGAIN, IT ALL RELIES ON THE DATA THAT IS WITHIN THESE MODELS BEING USED AND OR HOW PEOPLE ARE ASKING FOR PROMPTS.
SO THAT'S ANOTHER AREA OF FOCUS.
AND THEN THE PURE TECHNOLOGY WHERE WHAT IS ACCURATE AND RELIABLE? WHERE IS THE DATA STORED? HOW IS IT STORED? HOW FAST IS THIS? WHAT TYPE OF ENERGY USAGE IS THIS? IS THIS HAVING, UM, THAT, THAT SPILLS OUT INTO SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES? KEEPING THE HUMAN IN THE LOOP IS A TERM THAT WILL BE USED OVER AND OVER, AND THAT, THAT IS HAVING SOMEONE WITHIN THAT LOOP OF CHAIN OF AUTOMATED RESPONSES AND THINGS SO THAT WE'RE MONITORING OR BEING ASSISTED.
AND OF COURSE CYBER THREATS, ANY NEW TECHNOLOGY, IT'S GOING TO HAVE THE BAD GUY ASPECT.
SO BAD GUYS ARE USING AI TOOLS, CERTAINLY SECURITY FIRMS ARE USING AI TOOLS TO COMBAT IT.
AND SOME OF THE BIG MYTHS, I I THINK ONE OF THEM OUT THERE IS THAT THERE IS A, AN AREA OF, OF FOLKS THAT ARE THINKING IT'S KIND OF THE NEXT FAD AND IT DEFINITELY IS NOT A FAD.
I COULD SEE WHY THEY THINK THAT, BUT IT'S JUST GOING TO BE SO INGRAINED INTO OUR LIVES THAT ARE ALREADY STARTING IS TO BE THAT WAY.
BECAUSE WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT YOU ALL ARE INTERESTED IN THIS, OTHERS ARE INTERESTED IN THIS, NOT JUST TECHNOLOGISTS, NOT JUST FOR CODING, IT'S FOR HELPING AND, AND UNDERSTANDING.
IT'S KIND OF THE, THE GOOGLE SEARCH OF, OF THE NEXT ERA.
WE'RE NOT TO A PLACE WHERE IT'S FULLY AUTONOMOUS AND IT'S NOT QUITE CAPABLE
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OF THAT.I'M CERTAIN IN RESEARCH LABS AND SOME OTHER PLACES, THERE IS ACTIVITY GOING ON THAT'S APPROACHING THAT, BUT, BUT IT'S NOT OUT THERE.
UM, WITH LIKE ANY OTHER NEW TECHNOLOGY THAT COMES ALONG, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE START TO REALLY RELY ON IT BECAUSE IT DOES MAGIC.
YOU KNOW, WHEN WE ASK THESE TOOLS TO DO SOMETHING, IT'S RELATIVELY AMAZING WHAT YOU CAN GET BACK.
BUT IT'S NOT INFALLIBLE AND IT CAN'T BE DONE WITHOUT ME IN THE LOOP.
AND I, AND I THINK ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT COMES UP QUITE A BIT IS WORKFORCE FEAR.
YOU KNOW, WILL THIS REPLACE JOBS? WILL THIS ENHANCE JOBS? HOW DO WE TRAIN OUR WORKFORCE TO UTILIZE THESE TOOLS AND NOT BE AFRAID OF THE TOOLS THEMSELVES.
SO HERE AT THE CITY, AGAIN, I MENTIONED OUR INFORMATION SECURITY ASPECT OF THINGS.
AND WITHIN OUR PROGRAM, WE, WE DO HAVE AI GUIDANCE THAT WE'RE CONSTANTLY LOOKING AT AND, AND THINKING ABOUT TWEAKING AND FINE TUNING BASED ON THE TOOLS AND BASED ON WHAT WE'RE SEEING.
SO WE'RE SEEING THERE IS AI ADOPTION HERE, AND WE, WE KNOW THERE IS, AND WE'RE GONNA BE PUSHING THAT TO, TO INCREASE OPPORTUNITY FOR AI ADOPTION, FOR USAGE WITHIN THE CITY AND WITH CERTAIN OF OUR, OUR DATA TOOLS, AGAIN, WITHIN THE CONFINES OF, OF KIND OF THE CITY ENVIRONMENT.
WE WERE RELATIVELY EARLY MEMBERS WITH SOMETHING CALLED THE GOV AI COALITION THAT THE CITY OF SAN JOSE STARTED.
UM, I BELIEVE JIM AND I WERE THE ONLY ATTENDEES FROM OHIO AT, AT THEIR CONFERENCE LAST YEAR.
SO THIS IS A, A THINK TANK OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS THAT HAS COME TOGETHER TO PUT TOGETHER RESOURCES FOR EACH OTHER.
SO THINK POLICIES OR THINK PLAYBOOKS AND GUIDEBOOKS USE CASES, SCRUBBING VENDOR LISTS.
SO THAT'S BEEN A VERY VALUABLE RESOURCE FOR US AS WELL AS OUR TYPICAL PARTNERS LIKE OUR VCSO SERVICE AND GARTNER.
AND THEN THERE'S A FEW LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS HERE IN THE STATE THAT WE TRY TO STAY REALLY INVOLVED IN TO UNDERSTAND.
AND I THINK THE THING THAT WE REALLY ENJOY ABOUT THE OHIO X AND SOME OF THE STATE PROGRAMS IS THAT THAT'S WITH PUBLIC PRIVATE.
SO WE'RE DEALING WITH, WE'VE GOT WENDY'S, WE'VE GOT OTHERS THAT ARE OUT THERE IN THE PRIVATE INDUSTRY ALONG WITH SOME OF THEIR GOVERNMENT PEERS TO HEAR ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE ARE DOING AND HOW THEY'RE THINKING ABOUT AI.
SO EARLIER WHEN I MENTIONED MULTIPLE DIFFERENT TYPES OF AI AND MACHINE, MACHINE LEARNING BASED TOOLS, ONE THAT WE ACTUALLY DO UTILIZE HERE IS, IS SOMETHING CALLED MORE COMPUTER VISION.
AND I'LL GET TO THAT IN A MOMENT.
BUT, BUT THE WAY I LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THIS AND THINK ABOUT IT IS THAT THESE TECHNOLOGIES FOR US FALL INTO A COUPLE OF BIG BUCKETS.
WE HAVE ASSISTIVE TOOLS AND WE HAVE TOOLS THAT HELP US WITH PREDICTIVE ANALYSIS AND ACTION.
AND WE HAVE TOOLS THAT HELP US WITH STRAIGHT UP ANALYSIS.
AND SO I'D LIKE TO KIND OF WALK THROUGH A FEW EXAMPLES TO SHOW YOU IN EACH OF THESE AREAS WHERE WE'RE USING THESE TOOLS AND THINGS WE'RE THINKING ABOUT DOING IN THE FUTURE.
SO GENERATIVE AI, THINK OF TEAMS MEETINGS.
SO THERE ARE HELPERS WITHIN THAT TO HELP US TAKE SOME MEETING NOTES AND CAPTURE TASKS.
WE DEFINITELY ARE USING CO-PILOT AND SOME OF THE OTHER TOOLS FOR DRAFTING AND REVISING DOCUMENTS OR SUMMARIZING LONG EMAILS.
I HEARD OF A GREAT USE CASE WHERE SOMEONE CHANGED POSITIONS AND THEY WERE FACED WITH THEIR PREDECESSOR'S EMAIL BOX OF HUNDREDS OF EMAILS, AND THEY ASKED IT TO MAKE A TWO HOUR PODCAST TO LISTEN TO ON A FLIGHT AND SUMMARIZE.
AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS SUCH A GREAT AND NOVEL USE JUST TO GET YOURSELF UP AND GOING AND RUNNING.
AND SO AGAIN, ASSISTIVE, IT'S HELPING ME DO SOMETHING.
AND THESE ARE BASED ON PROMPTS.
SO THE WAY THAT PROMPTS ARE LIKE TO, OR THE WAY THAT THE AI TOOLS LIKE TO BE ASKED QUESTIONS IS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO.
SO GIVE IT CONTEXT AND GIVE IT INTENT.
AND YOU CAN EVEN HAVE FUN WITH IT.
YOU CAN TELL THAT I'M SOMEONE THAT LOVES BEACH VACATIONS AND THIS AND THIS.
IF YOU'RE ASKING IT SOMETHING, YOU KNOW THAT'S RELATIVE TO THAT.
THE MORE CONTEXT YOU GIVE IT, THE BETTER IT CAN FIND WHAT, WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR AND A CLEAR GOAL WHERE YOU WANT IT TO FIND ITS INFORMATION AND THE EXPECTATIONS OF THE OUTPUT.
AND SO THEN I THOUGHT, WELL, MAYBE I SHOULD ASK A CHAT GPT AGENT OR A COPILOT AGENT, WHAT MAKES A GOOD PROMPT TO THEM? AND AGAIN, WE HEAR BACK MAYBE NOT QUITE AS STRUCTURED, BUT CLEAR, SPECIFIC, PURPOSEFUL TONE, AWARE AND CONSTRAINED.
SO THE TONE AWARE I THINK IS REALLY INTERESTING BECAUSE IT HELPS YOU THINK AND WRITE FOR YOUR AUDIENCE, WHICH I THINK IS A HARD THING SOMETIMES FOR PEOPLE TO DO WHEN THEY'RE CREATING TEXT OR PRESENTATIONS AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
WE EVEN HAVE SOME INSTANCES WITHIN THE CITY WHERE WE'RE HAVING IT ACT AS A CODING HELPER.
SO WHETHER IT'S SPREADSHEET FORMULAS OR PYTHON CODE OR, OR THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, THAT GIVES, AGAIN, AN ASSISTIVE BOOST WHERE YOU'RE NOT SPENDING ALL YOUR TIME ON GOOGLE, REDDIT, AND SOME OF THE OTHER TOOLS WE HAVE STARTED UTILIZING AND LOOKING AT AGENT TO AI AND HERE THAT LOOKS LIKE MICROSOFT CO-PILOT.
AND SO WE'VE GOT A NUMBER OF FOLKS AROUND THE CITY UTILIZING MICROSOFT CO-PILOT AGENT STUDIO TO BUILD AGENTS, AND WE'RE STARTING TO REALLY GET TO SEE SOME RESULTS FROM THIS.
ONE OF MY FAVORITE EXAMPLES IS OUR FRIENDS IN FINANCE WHO ALSO JUST WON THEIR CELEBRATION STATION, BUT WE NAMED THEIR AGENT FINNEY.
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AGENT NAMING AGENTS.IT'S, IT'S MAKES IT EVEN MORE FUN, UM,
SO IF WE FEED IT TEXT OR A PRESENTATION, IT'LL MAKE SUGGESTIONS ABOUT HOW TO REWRITE THAT WITH SOME OF THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE WITH THE FRONT DESK THAT YOU RECENTLY HEARD ABOUT.
WE ARE WORKING ON AN AGENT THAT HELPS OUR AGENTS.
SO IT'S NOT THAT A RESIDENT WILL JUST HEAR A BOT, BUT OUR FOLKS THAT ARE ANSWERING THE PHONE CAN GET TO DATA AND INFORMATION FASTER BY USING NATURAL LANGUAGE THAN RATHER NAVIGATING OTHER TYPES OF DATABASE SYSTEMS OR OTHER SYSTEMS TO FIND THE ANSWER TO WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR.
AND THEN I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT, AGAIN TO MENTION THAT A LOT OF THE AI THAT WE'LL EXPERIENCE HERE IS THROUGH OUR THIRD PARTY PARTNERS BECAUSE WE USE SO MANY DIFFERENT SOLUTIONS AND ALL OF THEM ARE BAKING AI AND IN SOME FORM OR ANOTHER, WHICH GIVES US PLENTY TO DO WITH SECURITY WORK, DOUBLE CHECKING THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, BUT ALSO GIVES US A BIG BOOST.
SO THERE'S A NUMBER, JUST AS AN EXAMPLE, OUR MAIN GIS SOFTWARE VENDOR JUST RECENTLY RELEASED A SERIES OF AGENTS THAT WILL TAKE YOU THROUGH A CHAIN OF ANALYSIS EVENTS THAT AN ANALYST WOULD TYPICALLY DO, BUT IT'LL START MAKING SUGGESTIONS AND START RUNNING THE TOOLS WHILE YOU'RE WORKING ON SOMETHING ELSE AND SOMEWHERE WHERE YOU CAN ADD MORE VALUE.
SOME OTHER EXAMPLES, ONE OF THEM WILL BE RUN ON THIS, MY VOICE TONIGHT.
I ASKED JENNY IF SHE THOUGHT THAT IF I SAID CLERK MINUTES AND THAT WE'RE USING CLERK MINUTES, IF CLERK MINUTES IS GONNA BLOW UP WHEN IT STARTS TO SUMMARIZE AND, AND BUILD A FIRST DRAFT OF MINUTES FOR THIS EVENING.
BUT THE, THE MINUTE CREATION IS HUGE.
THAT SAVES SO MUCH TIME GETTING A FIRST DRAFT WHERE THEN WE GET THE HUMAN IN THE LOOP TO REALLY WORK THROUGH THAT AND MAKE SURE THINGS ARE ARE CORRECT.
IT JUST TAKES THAT, THAT FIRST BLUSH OUT.
AND WE HAVE OTHER EXAMPLES OF THAT AS WELL.
AND I THINK WE'VE TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THESE IN THE PAST.
HEY, GEN IS WHERE WE'RE DOING SOME VIDEO TRANSLATION FOR REC CENTER VIDEOS AND JUST FOIA FOR REDACTING CERTAIN TYPES OF INFORMATION BEFORE WE SEND THEM OUT.
PREDICTIVE AND ACTION BASED, THIS CENTERS A LOT AROUND OUR TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY TEAM.
A LOT OF THE THINGS GENIE'S TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING ON IS RELYING ON CAMERAS AND SENSORS AND ACTION THAT IS TAKEN ON DATA THAT'S COLLECTED AND INTERPRETED, TIED WITH PAST RESULTS, PREDICTIVE ANALYSIS AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS AS WELL.
SO WE'VE GOT A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT TECHNOLOGIES THAT ARE OUT THERE FROM DIRK, WHICH WE'VE PROBABLY HEARD ABOUT, PARK PAL FIBER AND A NUMBER OF THOSE.
AND THEN CONTINUALLY LOOKING FOR WAYS TO EXPAND TESTING IN THOSE AREAS.
I'VE MENTIONED THE PICKLEBALL COURT USE IN WAIT TIMES AND THAT'S ACTUALLY UTILIZING SOME OF OUR CAMERA TECHNOLOGY AND DOING VIDEO ANALYTICS AND COMPUTER VISION TO DETERMINE QUEUE LENGTH, UM, TIME ON COURT AND VARIOUS THINGS LIKE THAT THAT WILL START BEING REPORTED IN SOME WAY OR ANOTHER.
OUR POWER BI, YOU'LL SEE THAT POP UP A LOT.
THAT'S ONE OF OUR MAIN VISUAL ANALYTICAL TOOLS AND AND THEY'VE BEEN BAKING MORE AND MORE TECHNOLOGY INTO THAT.
UH, SO THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO ANALYZE DATA IN WAYS THAT YOU THINK AND THEN WAYS THAT YOU HAVE NOT THOUGHT ABOUT AND GIVE YOU, GIVE YOU IDEAS FOR THAT.
AND THEN OUR DYNAMIC SNOWPLOW ROUTING IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF A PREDICTION AND ENACTION BASE.
SO THAT WILL CHANGE THE DRIVER'S ROUTE BASED ON IF ANOTHER DRIVER IS IN THE SAME ZONE OR DEPENDING ON DOWN THE ROAD.
WE HOPE IT'S EVEN DEPENDING ON THE AMOUNT OF SNOW COMING DOWN, UM, KIND OF THE DIFFERENT SENSORS THAT ARE AROUND THE CITY.
AND FINALLY, ANALYSIS, AGAIN, I MENTIONED POWER BI, WHICH IS A BIG POWER, A BIG ANALYTICAL TOOL FOR US, WHICH IS USED TO ANALYZE WORK, ORDER AND SERVICE REQUESTS.
UM, THE ASSET HISTORY PERMITS, FINANCE DATA, CUSTOMER SERVICE DATA AND INFORMATION.
AND I THINK YOU ALL HAVE HEARD ABOUT PLACER A NUMBER OF TIMES IN MEETINGS AND WORK SESSIONS WHERE WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT LOCATION ANALYTICS FOR EVENTS AND, AND HOW PEOPLE ARE USING OUR FACILITIES AROUND, AROUND THE CITY.
AND WE DO HAVE A SALESFORCE IMPLEMENTATION WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
SO THE AGENT BASED WORK THAT CAN BE DONE THERE CAN ASSIST THEM WITH BUSINESS RETENTION VISITS AND UNDERSTANDING AND ANALYZING THEIR CUSTOMERS.
AND SOME OF THESE HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR QUITE A WHILE.
WE'VE USED CHANGE DETECTION IN, IN THE GIS WORLD AND SPATIAL WORLD FOR, FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS WHERE WE CAN LOOK AT AERIAL PHOTOS FROM DIFFERENT YEARS AND HAVE THE MACHINE TELL US WHERE SOMETHING IS DIFFERENT.
UM, THINK OF IN TERMS OF CHANGE TO COLLECT ASSETS OR TO LOOK FOR PLACES FOR PERMIT VIOLATIONS, THAT TYPE OF THING.
AND THEN AGAIN, WE'VE, WE'VE UTILIZED A FEW DIFFERENT TECHNOLOGIES TO TEST DIFFERENT WAYS OF LOOKING AT PAVEMENT CONDITIONS, PIPE CONDITIONS.
UM, THERE'S ONE THAT WILL LIKELY BE TESTING NEXT YEAR THAT DOES EVEN MORE, UH, WITH THE, THE SEWER PIPE INSPECTION PROGRAM.
SO IT'S VISION ASSISTED ANALYTICS FOR THAT.
AND THEN THE SAFETY CAMERA, AGAIN, OUR SAFE, OUR CAMERAS THAT WE UTILIZE FOR TRAFFIC AND SAFETY HAVE A LOT OF BUILT IN TOOLS AND WE WORK WITH A THIRD PARTY NETWORK, UM, OF VENDORS ALSO.
SO THE PICKLEBALL COURT WAS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THAT, BUT THESE ARE THINGS WHERE IT GIVES YOU COUNTS OF PEOPLE UTILIZING PLACES, ANOMALOUS BEHAVIOR, UH, ENTRY WARNINGS AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
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CONTINUE TO LOOK IN OUR CUSTOMER FOCUSED FIVE FOCUS AREAS AND ALL OF THESE, WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT TARGETED DOCUMENT SEARCH AND INTELLIGENCE.IT'S A HUGE PLACE FOR SOMEWHERE LIKE A CITY WHERE WE'RE CONSTANTLY ANSWERING QUESTIONS AND WE'RE TRYING TO GO BACK IN HISTORY AND SEE WHAT THE DECISION PROCESS WAS FOR CERTAIN DECISION AND FIND INFORMATION.
UM, WHEN YOU'RE SMALL, YOU CAN KIND OF DO THAT.
YOU ALWAYS TALK TO BILL 'CAUSE BILL KNOWS WHAT, WHERE THE, THE FILES OF THIS TYPE ARE.
UM, NOW WE'RE, WE'LL HOPEFULLY GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE HAVE AGENTS THAT HELP US WITH THAT, CONTINUE DOWN THE PATH WITH FINANCE DATA PROCESSING AND ANALYSIS AND MORE AGENT DEVELOPMENT, LOOKING THROUGH SOME THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN SUGGESTED HERE AND ELSEWHERE AS FAR AS A CODE AND PERMIT ASSISTANT.
HOW DO YOU GUYS WANT ME TO WORK WITH YOU AS A CITY TO GET THERE? AND THAT, THAT TIES DIRECTLY IN WITH THE DIGITAL FRONT DOOR IDEA AND SOME OF THE EVOLUTION OF GO DUBLIN THAT WE'VE BEEN SPEAKING ABOUT AS WELL.
AND THEN OF COURSE, SOMETHING NEW IS BEING INVENTED RIGHT NOW AND SOMETHING NEW IS JUST INVENTED AND RELEASED FIVE MINUTES AGO BEFORE I STARTED MY TALK AND IT WILL WILL CONTINUE.
SO WE JUST WILL CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR THINGS THAT ARE APPLICABLE HERE AND HOW WE CAN APPLY THEM WITHIN THE CITY TO ASSIST OUR PEOPLE, TO ASSIST OUR RESIDENTS.
SO WITH THAT, I HOPE THAT WAS A GOOD OVERVIEW AND UPDATE OF WHERE WE ARE DOING THINGS WITH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
UM, I, I APPRECIATE THAT YOU BROUGHT THE HUMAN FACTOR INTO IT.
I THINK IT'S NOT NECESSARILY, IT, IT'S REALLY MORE ABOUT TASK DISPLACEMENT, NOT HUMAN DISPLACEMENT.
UM, AND THE TASK DISPLACEMENT IS SO THAT THE HUMAN CAN WORK AT THEIR HIGHEST AND BEST CAPACITY.
UM, AND I LIKE THAT THAT IS A FOCUS, UM, BECAUSE IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT HUMANS CAN DO THAT MACHINES LIKELY WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO DO.
RELATIONSHIP BUILDING, JUDGMENT, UM, YOU KNOW, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
UM, YOU KNOW, SO I I, I APPRECIATE THAT AS A FOCUS AND AS YOU START TO LOOK AT SOME OF THESE PARTICULARLY AGTECH TECHNOLOGIES, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO REALLY WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH HR IN HOW THOSE THINGS WILL IMPACT PEOPLE'S OVERALL JOB DESCRIPTIONS.
IT'S NOT THAT THE HUMAN GOES AWAY, IT'S JUST THAT THE THINGS THAT THE HUMAN WILL BE DOING WILL BE THINGS THAT ARE REALLY AT THAT HIGHEST AND BEST VALUE.
UM, AND REALLY WORKING THROUGH THAT FROM A CHANGE MANAGEMENT PERSPECTIVE.
UM, 'CAUSE THIS IS REALLY, REALLY EXCITING STUFF.
IT CAN REALLY HELP US TO REDUCE COSTS, RIGHT? AND TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT HIGH TOUCH HUMAN FACTOR THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN WHEN IT NEEDS TO HAPPEN VERSUS ALWAYS BEING THERE, YOU KNOW, UM, FOR EVERY SINGLE PHONE CALL TO YOUR POINT EARLIER.
SO I, I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT APPROACH.
SO CLEARLY IT'S A GAME CHANGER.
IT'S GONNA, YOU KNOW, LIKE IT OR NOT, IT IS GONNA ELIMINATE SOME POSITIONS AND SOME, UH, SOME BUSINESSES AND, AND, AND MAYBE CITY GOVERNMENT AS WELL.
BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW, UNDERSTAND THE LIMITATIONS ALSO.
SO I WAS THINKING THROUGH, OKAY, WHAT COULD SAY THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT USE CHAT GBT OR ONE OF THESE AI UH, SYSTEMS FOR IT? WELL, WE HAVE SOLAR AND WE DON'T HAVE A CODE, SO LET'S HAVE CHAT GBT CREATE A SOLAR CODE FOR US BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE IT.
SO IT CREATES THIS CO IT GOES OUT INTO THE ETHER AND IT GATHERS CODES FROM FRANKLIN, TENNESSEE AND CARMEL, INDIANA.
AND IT'S BASICALLY JUST TAKING ALL THIS DATA AND IT'S PUTTING IT INTO THIS NICE NEAT PACKAGE.
THE QUESTION IS, HAS THAT REALLY BEEN VETTED? SO WE WROTE A CODE AND AFTER SIX MONTHS WE REALIZED THAT WE NEEDED TO MAKE CHANGES TO THE CODE, AND THERE ARE CERTAIN CODES THAT WILL BE CHALLENGED IN COURT.
SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S, WE NEED TO BE VERY CAREFUL HOW WE USE IT, WHERE WE USE IT.
WE CAN'T RELY ON IT WHOLEHEARTEDLY.
UM, WILL IT SAVE TIME? ABSOLUTELY.
BUT I THINK IT TAKES A HUMAN ATTOR IN THIS CASE, ATTORNEYS TO LOOK AT IT AND SAY, YEAH, YOU KNOW, IT GOT MOST OF IT RIGHT, BUT IT MISSED THIS, OR IN THIS MUNICIPALITY THEY HAD THIS PROBLEM.
SO WE NEED TO ADDRESS THAT IN THE CODE THAT CHAT, GBT OR WHATEVER WROTE.
UM, I'M LOOKING AT IT FROM, UM, THIS IS, THIS IS SO INTERESTING BECAUSE AI IS GOING TO BE LIKE ANDY SAID, SUCH A GAME CHANGER.
AND I, I DO BELIEVE THAT THERE IS THIS FEAR OF WHAT IT'S GOING TO DO TO ALL OF US.
SO I THINK IN MANY WAYS AI CAN EITHER BUILD TRUST IN CITY GOVERNMENT OR IT CAN BREAK THE TRUST OF CITY GOVERNMENT BECAUSE PEOPLE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THIS NEW TECHNOLOGY AND HOW IT WILL EITHER BENEFIT THEM, MAKE THEIR LIFE EASIER,
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GIVE THEM MORE INFORMATION, MORE CLARITY, OR WILL IT PUT THEM AT RISK IN SOME WAY, RIGHT? BECAUSE THERE'S CAMERAS NOW AND IT'S COLLECTING DATA AND IT'S TELLING YOU EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON ALL OVER THE PLACE.SO I WOULD CHALLENGE US AS WE GO FORWARD TO HELP US TEACH THE PUBLIC HOW WE'RE USING AI TO MAKE THEIR LIVES AND THE INFORMATION WE PROVIDE TO THEM AND THE SERVICES THAT WE GIVE THEM BETTER.
AND THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING TO PROTECT THEM.
BECAUSE WE'RE SOMETIMES IN MEDICINE, THEY TEACH YOU IN MEDICAL SCHOOL, THEY SAY TO TEACH EVERYONE, TALK TO EVERYONE BETWEEN A THIRD AND FIFTH GRADE LEVEL BECAUSE MEDICINE IS DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND.
WE'RE TALKING KINDERGARTEN HERE BECAUSE AI IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IT MIGHT DO TO THE ENVIRONMENT AROUND US IN OUR EVERYDAY LIVES.
SO I GUESS I WOULD, I WOULD ASK YOU TO HELP US FIND WAYS TO INFORM OUR RESIDENTS AND ALLOW THEM TO GROW WITH US AS WE BRING AI ONLINE SO THAT THEY HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING EITHER THROUGH THE DUBLIN LIFE MAGAZINE OR THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA OF THE WAYS THAT WE'RE BRINGING THIS FORWARD AND PROTECTING THEM TO MAKE THEIR LIVES BETTER.
BECAUSE I THINK IT'S A LITTLE SCARY AND WE WANT 'EM TO HAVE TRUST IN US.
YOU KNOW, I, IT IT IT'S THE NEXT BIG THING UNTIL THE NEXT BIG THING.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GONNA BE AFTER THIS.
'CAUSE I DIDN'T SEE THIS COMING, YOU KNOW, 10 YEARS AGO.
SO, UM, I DO THINK IT HAS AMAZING IMPLICATIONS IN THE PLANNING WORLD OF BEING ABLE TO DO MODELING AND VISIONING AND FEED DRAWINGS INTO IT AND IT CAN SPIT BACK OUT A BUILDING IMAGES AND, YOU KNOW, UM, LANDSCAPES OVER THE COURSE OF TIME AND TREE CANOPIES AND, UM, ALL OF THOSE SORTS OF THINGS.
SO IT, IT'S GOING TO BE FASCINATING AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THANKS FOR, UH, TRYING TO KEEP US UP WITH THIS MM-HMM
UM, I THINK DUBLIN, WE SAY WE LIKE TO LEAD.
I DON'T THINK, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE WANNA LEAD HERE, UH, MAYBE LEAD IN PREPAREDNESS, UM, BUT MAYBE NOT GET, UM, NOT GET TOO FAR O OVER OUR SKIS AND THAT IN THE SAME TIME AND, UH, MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE JUDICIOUS IN THIS BECAUSE WITH GREAT POSSIBILITY THERE IS ALSO POSSIBILITY FOR GREAT HARM.
SO, UM, THANKS FOR, OH, THE ONE THING I WOULD SAY IS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WE LIVE IN, I WOULD SPECULATE THAT 75 TO 95% OF ALL BUSINESSES AND ALL EMPLOYEES ARE IN GETTING INVOLVED WITH US TODAY.
I THINK THE EXPECTATION OF OUR CITIZENRY WILL, WILL, WE WILL BE BOLD BUT BUT PRUDENT IN THAT.
I, I I THINK THE, UM, THE EXPECTATION WILL BE TO USE THIS TO LOWER COST, IMPROVE SERVICE.
AND SO WE, WE HAVE TO PUSH HARD ON IT, IN MY OPINION.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE RELEASE EVERYTHING, BUT WE HAVE TO PUSH HARD ON IT BECAUSE THEY'RE DOING IT.
THEY ARE THE, THE PEOPLE THAT WE SERVE.
SO I'M, IT'S NOT THAT I DON'T FEAR IT, BUT WE DIDN'T FEAR THE TELEPHONE, THE COMPUTER, THE, YOU KNOW, IT, WE'RE JUST HEADED INTO THAT WORLD.
BUT WE HAVE A COMMUNITY THAT I THINK EXPECTS US TO, TO BE ON THE LEADING EDGE, WHICH WE ARE.
AND SO I APPRECIATE THAT WORK.
AND I DID WANT TO WISH YOU ALL HAPPY CYBERSECURITY AWARENESS MONTH.
SO KEEP AN EYE OUT AND YOU'LL GET YOUR FISHING SOON.
THERE'S THAT, HUH? YOU'RE WELCOME.
UH, THE NEXT ITEM ON OTHER BUSINESS IS, UH, THE JAPAN TRIP REPORT.
AND I'M GOING TO BE ASSISTED BY MY TWO TRAVEL COMPANIONS, UH, JEREMIAH AND JENNA.
UM, SO I, I WILL KICK IT OFF A LITTLE BIT.
SO, UH, AS YOU KNOW, THE THREE OF US ATTENDED THE MIDWEST US JAPAN, UM, CONFERENCE.
IT WAS THE 55TH, UH, ANNUAL CONFERENCE.
AND SO, UH, THIS ONE, AS YOU KNOW, UH, THEY ALTERNATE SITES IN THE UNITED STATES VERSUS SITES IN, UH, TOKYO.
THIS HAPPENED TO BE IN TOKYO, AND THAT THE MIDWEST US JAPAN ASSOCIATION IS A, IS A 10 STATE ORGANIZATION.
UM, ITS PRIMARY PURPOSE IS TO DISCUSS THE GROWTH AND PROGRESS OF ECONOMIC RELATIONS BETWEEN AMERICAN, BETWEEN THE AMERICAN MIDWEST AND JAPAN.
UM, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THERE WAS LOTS OF CONVERSATIONS AROUND TARIFFS AND FOREIGN POLICY AND THINGS OF THOSE NATURE OF THAT NATURE.
UM, SO THERE WAS, UH, SOME VERY COMPELLING INFORMATION PRESENTED.
THERE ALSO WAS A VERY STRONG CONTINGENT
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FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR THERE, UH, WITH PRESIDENTS AND CEOS FROM JAPAN AIRLINES, ELI LILLY, JAPAN, HITACHI TOYOTA, UM, A NA MEDTRONIC, UM, PRECISION MACHINERY, KAWASAKI LINDSEY CORPORATION, KAMAN CORPORATION, UNITED AIRLINES MITSUBISHI.UH, A LONG LIST OF, UM, EXECUTIVES WERE PRESENT TO PARTICIPATE IN THESE CONVERSATIONS.
UH, ALSO PRESENT WERE THE GOVERNOR OF MICHIGAN, GRETCHEN WHITMER, GOVERNOR OF NEBRASKA, JIM PILLEN, AND THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF KANSAS, DAVID TOLAND.
UM, AND THEN THERE WERE ALSO, WE WERE JOINED BY SEVERAL, UM, GOVERNORS OF PREFECTURES IN JAPAN.
UM, OUR OWN CONS GENERAL, UH, KEISHA MAORI WAS THERE, AND HE HAD ARRANGED A VISIT FOR US TO SOMETHING CALLED THE MAORI BUSINESS URBAN LAB.
AND, UH, YOU CAN SEE HERE, IT IS A ONE 1000 EXACT REPLICA OF THE CITY OF TOKYO.
AND THEY ALSO HAD, UM, SIMILAR REPLICAS FOR THE CITIES OF NEW YORK AND LONDON.
UM, I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT WE DEVELOP A ONE 1000TH, UH, REPLICA OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN, BUT WHEN YOU HAVE A CITY ON THIS SIZE AND THIS SCALE, IT IS VERY INTERESTING TO SEE HOW THEIR COASTLINE HAS CHANGED OVER THE LAST, UH, 10,000 YEARS PLUS.
UM, BUT WHAT THEY DID OFFER IS HIGHLIGHTING, WE HAVE TALKED FREQUENTLY ABOUT TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT, AND THEY CAN ISOLATE DIFFERENT CORRIDOR LINES OF THEIR SUBWAY SYSTEM AND THEIR PASSENGER RAIL SYSTEM, UH, MAJOR THOROUGHFARES.
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT TRANSIT ORIENT DEVELOPMENT IS COMING ALONGSIDE THESE CORRIDORS.
THEY ALSO COULD TALK, COULD ISOLATE PARK SPACE AND ALL OF THOSE KINDS OF THINGS TO SEE, UM, IN, IF YOU WERE IN THIS AREA OF TOKYO, WHAT WAS AVAILABLE TO YOU IN PROXIMITY IN TERMS OF, UM, TRANSPORTATION INITIATIVES, GREEN SPACE, UH, OPTIONS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
IT WAS, IT WAS REALLY FASCINATING.
I THINK WHAT IT DID FOR ME WAS TALK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF KIND OF SOMETIMES BACKING OUT FROM YOUR COMMUNITY AND LOOKING AT IT MORE HOLISTICALLY THAN, UM, THAN JUST BOOTS ON THE GROUND AND UP CLOSE.
UM, THEN WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH, UH, SOME EXECUTIVES FROM HONDA.
UH, ONE COLUMBUS HOSTED A LUNCH, UM, FOR, UH, FOLKS FROM BELL FOUNTAIN, THE CITY OF BELL FOUNTAIN, THE CITY OF COLUMBUS, OBVIOUSLY US FROM DUBLIN, MARYSVILLE WEST, JEFF FRANKLIN COUNTY, LOGAN COUNTY, MADISON COUNTY, AND UNION COUNTY.
UH, I DID HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE OUR THANKS TO THE HONDA CORPORATION ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN, AND, UH, HOW APPRECIATIVE WE WERE, UH, OF THE SUPPLY OF NOT ONLY HONDA'S PRESENCE HERE, UH, IN OUR PROXIMITY, BUT ALSO ALL OF THE SUPPLY CHAIN FOLKS THAT CONTRIBUTED TO OUR LOCAL ECONOMIES.
UM, THEY DID SPEND SOME TIME TALKING ABOUT THE FUTURE OF WHAT THEIR PLANT WOULD BE OUT THERE.
THEY TALKED ABOUT ITS CAPACITY TO BE ABLE TO TOGGLE BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN MANUFACTURING, GASOLINE, UH, PRODUCTS AND BATTERY PRODUCTS.
AND THEY ALSO INDICATED THEIR COMMITMENT TO, UM, EV BATTERY TECHNOLOGY AND DEVELOPING IT HERE IN OHIO.
SO, UM, ALL OF THAT, UH, EXCEPT FOR THE TARIFF PORTION OF THE CONVERSATION WAS GOOD NEWS, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, UH, IN THE AUTOMOTIVE SPACE, THAT IS A CHALLENGE FOR THEM THAT THEY'RE WORKING TO OVERCOME.
AND WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO ONE OF MY COATES, JEREMIAH.
UH, SO THE SECOND, UH, PART OF THE, UH, AFTER THE, UH, MWJA CONFERENCE, WE TRAVELED, UH, ABOUT THREE HOURS SOUTH TO OSAKA, WHERE WE MET WITH THE JAPANESE, UH, EXTERNAL TRADE ORGANIZATION.
SO JETRO, THEY ARE FOCUSED ON JAPANESE COMPANIES LOOKING TO, UH, BRING THEIR INVESTMENTS TO THE US OUTBOUND.
AND SO WE WERE, UM, WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS JOBS OHIO PRESENTING TO THAT ROOM OF, UH, OF, UH, INTERESTED, UH, BUSINESSES AND EXECUTIVES ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITIES IN OHIO.
AND, UH, OBVIOUSLY WE AND MANY OTHER FOLKS THAT FROM THE CONTINGENCY WERE THERE AS WELL FOR A SORT OF AFTER NETWORKING EVENT TO MEET THOSE INDIVIDUALLY.
SO OUR CHICAGO OFFICE OF JETRO, UM, WAS THE COORDINATOR OF THAT.
AND SO THE, THAT'S WHERE WE WERE TAKING OUR OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW WHAT OHIO HAS TO OFFER TO MANY FOLKS THAT MAY NOT BE, UM, FAMILIAR WITH IT, BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT THE LA'S AND THE NEW YORKS, UH, BUT THEY DON'T REALLY KNOW ABOUT OHIO.
AND SO WE HAD THAT CHANCE TO, TO DO THAT FOR, UM, A HALF A DAY.
UM, THE OTHER PIECE THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT IS, UH, IT HAPPENED TO BE THE WORLD EXPO WAS HOSTING, UH, SELECTED OSAKA FOR ITS, UH, DESIGNING FUTURE SOCIETY OF OUR LIVES.
SO WE WERE ABLE TO ATTEND THAT.
AND THAT EXPO RUNS ACTUALLY FROM
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APRIL THROUGH, UH, ACTUALLY NEXT WEEK.UM, AND IT'S A, UH, THINK OF IT KIND OF AS A CITY WINNING THE OLYMPICS, RIGHT? AND YOU'RE GONNA HOST THAT, UH, WORLD EXPO, AND IT'S EVERY COUNTRY ACROSS THE GLOBE, UH, HAS A, A CENTER, IF YOU WILL, OR A, UH, A SMALL DEMO HALL.
UH, SMALL IS NOT, IT'S NOT REALLY SMALL ACTUALLY.
BUT WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO HERE IS, IS HIGHLIGHTING THE OSAKA PREFECTURE ITSELF HAD AN ENTIRE, UM, PAVILION FOCUSED ON, UH, HEALTHCARE AND THE TECHNOLOGY RELATED TO THAT IN THE FUTURE OF HEALTHCARE.
AND SO, UH, WE GOT TO VISIT, UH, UH, WALK THROUGH THAT WITH A SPECIAL, UM, GUIDE, UM, AND MEET SOME OTHER FOLKS TO TALK ABOUT, UH, WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING ON THE FUTURE OF FOOD, HEALTHCARE, AND CITY INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO IT WAS GOOD TO UNDERSTAND THAT AND WHAT THEY'RE, UH, WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR IN A, IN A GROWING CITY LIKE OSAKA.
UM, WE THEN MOVED, UH, ANOTHER PART OF OUR, UM, TRAVELS OUR MEETING WITH OUR EXISTING CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS WHILE WE'RE THERE.
AND, UH, OBVIOUSLY WE ALL KNOW AND LOVE, LOVE HADDAH, USA AND MR. HAAH.
UH, AND, UM, WE GOT TO MEET HIS, UH, TO BE NOTED YOUNGER BROTHER, UM, WHILE WE WERE THERE.
AND THIS IS A PICTURE THAT WE WERE, UM, THE MAYOR PROVIDING A, A GIFT TO, UM, MICKEY HERO.
UM, AND SO WHAT WAS REALLY TOUCHING ABOUT THIS IS YOU CAN'T, WELL, YOU CAN KINDA SEE THERE'S A DUBLIN GIFT ON THAT COUNTER BEHIND THERE.
WELL, THE ROOM ITSELF IS ACTUALLY FILLED WITH OTHER DUBLIN GIFTS THAT WERE AROUND.
SO THERE WAS A MEMORIAL FLAG, UM, GOING BACK MANY MAYORS AND COUNCIL MEMBERS BEFORE.
SO THEY'RE VERY PROUD AND, UH, JUST CONFIRMS THAT RELATIONSHIP BUILDINGS REALLY IMPORTANT AND IT'S, THEY TAKE IT SERIOUS AND TAKE THE TIME TO, UH, HOST US AND, UH, CHANGE THEIR SCHEDULES.
AND IN THIS CASE, ACTUALLY, UM, IT SEEMS AS THOUGH WE'RE SPENDING THE NIGHT BEFORE FINISHING AN ACTUAL ROBOT TO SHOWCASE TO US, UH, THE NIGHT, UH, THE, THE MORNING THAT WE WERE THERE.
SO IT WAS REALLY TOUCHING, UM, UM, UH, TO BE, UH, RECEIVED IN SUCH A WAY, AND THEY ADJUSTED THEIR SCHEDULE TO FEED US, TO FIT US IN THAT DAY.
UM, BEFORE I HAND IT OVER TO JENNA, THERE'S ONE OTHER VISIT THAT WAS MENTIONED IN HERE THAT WE DON'T HAVE A PICTURE, BUT WE DID MEET, MEET THE ACCENTURE OFFICE, OUR OWN TRANSPORTATION MOBILITY OFFICE, UH, ACTUALLY IS WORKING WITH AN ACCENTURE STAFF ON OUR TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY INITIATIVES.
THROUGH THAT NETWORK, WE WERE ACTUALLY ABLE, UM, TO MEET, UH, UH, WITH THEIR, UH, TOKYO OFFICE, AND WE TALKED A LITTLE ABOUT MANY OF THEIR SMART CITY INITIATIVES AND PILOTS THAT THEY WERE WORKING THROUGH IN CHALLENGES THAT ARE VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAVE IN THE UNITED STATES, AND, UH, INTEROPERABILITY TECHNOLOGIES, TALKING TO EACH OTHER, UH, ADOPTION RATE, ALL THOSE THINGS.
SO IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING TO SPEND THAT MORNING IN ACCENTURE IN A, UM, IN DOWNTOWN TOKYO.
SO CONTINUING WITH OUR, UH, BUSINESS VISITS, THIS IS TOYO ZO, WHICH IS THE PARENT COMPANY OF WE TECH, WHICH IS HERE IN DUBLIN.
UM, WE MET WITH THEIR EXECUTIVE TEAM IN JAPAN.
AND TOYO DENZO DEVELOPS AND MANUFACTURES 4,000 TYPES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS AND CONNECTS DRIVERS AND MACHINES TO THE WORLD'S MOST ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY.
UH, DURING OUR MEETING, THE TOYO DENZO TEAM PROVIDED AN OVERVIEW OF THE COMPANY'S INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS, AND WE ALSO DISCUSSED THINGS LIKE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND THE CHANGING LANDSCAPE OF THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY, UM, INCLUDING THE SHIFT TO ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF CONNECTED VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY.
SO THE TEAM FROM DUBLIN, UH, SHARED OUR, UM, INFORMATION ABOUT INCENTIVES AND THE BETA DISTRICT AND WHICH ARE ATTRACTED TO RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, UM, TYPE OF COMPANIES THAT SUCH AS TOYOTA DENZO.
UM, AND THEN AFTER THOSE DISCUSSIONS, THE TOYOTA DENZO TEAM LED US TO, UM, A TOUR OF THEIR, UH, FACILITY THAT HAD PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT, MANUFACTURING, AND ALL KINDS OF TESTING GOING ON.
NEXT IS, UH, GOKIN NEON, WHICH IS A SUBSIDIARY OF GOKIN AMERICA.
GOKU NIJA IS A GLOBAL ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY SERVICES PROVIDER ACROSS VARIOUS INDUSTRIES, LARGELY IN THE AUTOMOTIVE AND AEROSPACE INDUSTRIES.
UH, GOKIN NIJA LEADERSHIP GAVE US A PRESENTATION ON THE COMPANY'S HISTORY AND OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTNER FOR WITH THE CITY OF DUBLIN.
AND THE DUBLIN TEAM DISCUSSED WAYS TO HELP GOKIN WITH MARKETING AND OUTREACH OPPORTUNITIES, AS WELL AS GROWTH STRATEGIES.
AND THIS IS M**K W THE DUBLIN TEAM.
MET WITH M**K W LEADERSHIP AT THE COMPANY'S HEADQUARTERS IN KOBE.
M**K WIR DEVELOPS NAVIGATION SOFTWARE AND IN-VEHICLE ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLE MANUFACTURERS, INCLUDING HONDA, TOYOTA, MAZDA, AND OTHERS.
AND OUR CONVERSATION DURING THAT MEETING CENTERED AROUND NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND PART PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE DATA BETA DISTRICT AS WELL.
SO, AS A FINAL THOUGHT FROM ME, UM, EFFECTIVE BUSINESS RETENTION AND EXPANSION EFFORTS ARE KEY PART OF THE CITY'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY.
AND OUR REGIONAL AND STATE PARTNERS ALSO RECOGNIZE HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO STAY CONSISTENTLY ENGAGED WITH OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY.
REGULAR BUSINESS MISSIONS TO JAPAN ARE ESPECIALLY VALUABLE AS THE JAPANESE COMPANIES PLACE GREAT IMPORTANCE ON THESE LONG-TERM RELATIONSHIPS.
AND THAT WAS VERY EVIDENT DURING OUR VISIT.
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THESE VISITS PROVIDE MEANINGFUL OPPORTUNITIES TO HEAR DIRECTLY FROM OUR BUSINESS PARTNERS, GAIN INSIGHTS AND GATHER FEEDBACK THAT HELPS US SHAPE PROGRAMS AND RESOURCES TO STRENGTHEN OUR OVERALL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT.AND THIS ONGOING ENGAGEMENT SUPPORTS BUSINESS ATTRACTION ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, I'VE TRULY APPRECIATED THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE PART IN THIS WORK AND TO SEE FIRSTHAND AT HOW WE, WHAT WE DO LOCALLY AND HOW IT CONNECTS ON A GLOBAL SCALE.
UM, THIS EXPERIENCE HAS DEEPENED MY APPRECIATION FOR THE LONG-TERM PARTNERSHIPS AND THE CRITICAL ROLE THEY PLAY IN SUSTAINING AND ADVANCING OUR COMMUNITY'S ECONOMIC VITALITY.
SO APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY.
WELL, THANK YOU BOTH, UH, AND THANK YOU FOR BEING GREAT TRAVEL PARTNERS.
YOU KNOW, THESE TRIPS ARE LONG PLAYS, RIGHT? UH, YOU HAVE TO MEET WITH SOMEONE FOR, FOR A, A NUMBER OF TIMES, REALLY BEFORE YOU ARE ABLE TO BUILD THOSE RELATIONSHIPS AND GAIN THAT TRUST, HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TELL YOUR STORY.
I WILL SAY THAT EVERY COMPANY THAT WE MET THAT HAD A SUBSIDIARY HERE IN SU IN DUBLIN, WAS EXTREMELY, UM, A COMPLIMENTARY OF OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM AND THE WORK THAT WE DO.
UM, AND I THINK JEREMIAH HAD A LONG LIST OF TAKEAWAYS AND FOLLOW UPS, UH, TO HELP DEEPEN THOSE RELATIONSHIPS AND A FEW, UH, ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES.
AND WE WOULD BE DISINGENUOUS IF WE DIDN'T SAY ONE EVENING WE DID GO AND HAVE SOME FUN.
AND WE WENT TO A BASEBALL GAME.
WE WENT TO THE TOKYO GIANTS GAME ONE NIGHT AFTER, AFTER A LONG DAY OF TRAVERSING TOKYO.
UH, IT WAS A LITTLE WARM WHILE WE WERE THERE.
UM, BUT IF YOU'VE NEVER BEEN TO A BASEBALL GAME IN TOKYO, THEY ARE COMPLETELY UNLIKE A BASEBALL GAME IN THE UNITED STATES.
IT'S KIND OF A, MAYBE LIKE A CREW SOCCER MEETS WWF
UM, SO WE, WE DID, WE DID DO THAT ONE EVENING, AND, UM, I'D LIKE TO THANK BOTH OF YOU FOR BEING GREAT TRAVEL PARTNERS AND, UM, AND BUSINESS PARTNERS AS WELL.
SO IT WAS A GOOD TRIP, EVEN BETTER TO BE HOME.
UM, ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING ON THAT? OKAY.
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COMMENTS, AND WE WILL GO TO, UH, MEGAN.I'M PLEASED TO SHARE THAT THE CITY IS A RECIPIENT OF YET ANOTHER AWARD.
WE RECEIVED THE SPECIALIZED PLAN AWARD FOR THE METRO CENTER REVITALIZATION PLAN AT LAST WEEK'S AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION, OHIO CONFERENCE.
THE AWARD FOCUSES ON RECOGNIZING PROJECTS THAT ADDRESS A SPECIFIC PLANNING CHALLENGE WITH INNOVATIVE APPROACHES AND TRANSFERABLE SOLUTIONS.
SO CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR PLANNING TEAM FOR LEADING THEIR LEADERSHIP OR FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP ON THAT EFFORT, AND ALSO TO COUNCIL AND THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY FOR THEIR ROLE IN SHAPING THE OUTSTANDING PLAN.
NEXT, UH, SINCE 2003, THE CITY'S PARTNERED WITH OTHER CENTRAL OHIO COMMUNITIES TO COLLABORATIVELY BID FOR SOLID WASTE SERVICES, INCLUDING, UM, PROCESSING AND COLLECTION.
THIS GROUP IS CONVENED BY WACO PERIODICALLY, AND IT'S KNOWN AS THE SOLID WASTE CONSORTIUM.
IT'S EVOLVED OVER THE YEARS, BUT THE MEMBERSHIP CURRENTLY CONSISTS OF 11 COMMUNITIES, INCLUDING DUBLIN, HILLIARD, BECKSLEY, H REYNOLDSBURG, NEW ALBANY, WESTERVILLE, AND BLENDON MIFFLIN PLAIN AND WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP.
SO THE CONSORTIUM'S RATHER LARGE, IT REPRESENTS APPROXIMATELY 68,000 HOUSEHOLDS IN TOTAL, THE CITY OF DUBLIN ENTERED INTO A CONTRACT WITH RUMPKE FOR RESIDENTIAL SOLID WASTE, RECYCLE OF MATERIALS AND YARD WASTE SERVICES STARTING JANUARY 1ST, 2022.
THE CONTRACTS INITIALLY FOR THREE YEARS WITH TWO ADDITIONAL ONE YEAR EXTENSION OPTIONS THAT WOULD TAKE US THROUGH NEXT YEAR, 2026.
DUBLIN STAFF HAS BEEN PARTICIPATING AS PART OF THE CONSORTIUM.
THE PLANNING FOR THIS BID PROCESS, UM, BEGAN, UM, STARTING LAST JANUARY.
SO IT TAKES A, UH, QUITE A WHILE TO, UH, CONVENE ALL OF THOSE COMMUNITIES AND GET ALIGNED WITH, UM, BIDDING PROCEDURES AND SCHEDULES AND ALL THAT.
UM, THE CONSORTIUM'S BEEN MEETING REGULARLY TO DISCUSS SERVICE LEVELS, VENDOR INFORMATION EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS, AND ENVIRONMENTAL FRIENDLY SERVICES.
SO THE PLAN IS THAT THE CONSORTIUM WILL BID SEPARATELY FOR THE COLLECTION AND THE DELIVERY OF SOLID WASTE, AS WELL AS OF SEPARATE BID FOR THE PROCESSING OF RECYCLABLES.
UM, TO DATE, THE RECYCLING PROCESSING AGREEMENT BID IS SCHEDULED TO BE RELEASED IN NOVEMBER, WHILE THE COLLECTION SERVICES BID WILL BE RELEASED IN MARCH OF 26.
SO WE'LL PROVIDE UPDATES TO COUNCIL AT THE APPROPRIATE TIMES DURING THIS BIDDING PROCESS, AND ULTIMATELY, WE WILL BRING AGREEMENTS FORWARD TO COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL SOMETIME NEXT YEAR.
ON SEPTEMBER 26TH, WE HOSTED CITY MANAGERS AND ADMINISTRATORS ALONG WITH CHIEFS OF POLICE AND FIRE, UM, FROM THE NORTHWEST REGIONAL COMMUNICATIONS CENTER OR N REC FROM THOSE PARTNER AGENCIES FOR A COMPREHENSIVE DISCUSSION REFLECTING ON THE PAST, THE PRESENT AND THE FUTURE OF OUR REGIONAL COMMUNICATIONS
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OPPORTUNITY OR OPERATIONS.THIS WAS A TIMELY UPDATE BECAUSE WE HAVE ALL, ALL OF THE AGREEMENTS EXCEPT FOR THE AGREEMENT WITH UPPER ARLINGTON, THOSE ARE EXPIRING AT THE END OF THIS YEAR.
SO WE NEED TO GET NEW AGREEMENTS NEGOTIATED END IN PLACE BY THE END OF THE YEAR SO THAT THEY'RE EFFECTIVE COME THE BEGINNING OF 2026.
WE DON'T ANTICIPATE TOO MANY CHANGES WITH THE TERM, SO NO WORRIES.
UM, WE'RE GONNA BE SUCCESSFUL IN THAT PROCESS.
WE'RE ALL ALSO IN OUR ANNUAL BUDGETING PROCESSES.
SO WE RECEIVED QUESTIONS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, FROM OUR PARTNER AGENCIES ABOUT WHAT THEY SHOULD BE BUDGETING.
AND AS COUNCIL'S AWARE, WE ARE PROPOSING SOME ADDITIONAL POSITIONS AS PART OF THAT ORGANIZATION FOR NEXT YEAR.
AND THO THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE POSITIONS WILL BE REFLECTED IN THE CHARGES THAT WE, UM, CHARGE OUR PARTNER AGENCIES.
THERE'S ALSO SOME FUTURE SIGNIFICANT CAPITAL INVESTMENTS THAT WILL NEED TO BE MADE IN THE FIVE YEAR HORIZON.
SO WE WANTED TO INTRODUCE THOSE, UM, CAPITAL EXPENDITURES TO OUR PARTNER AS WELL, SO THAT THEY CAN INCORPORATE THOSE EXPENSES, UM, IN THEIR BUDGET PROCESS AS WELL.
SO NOW THAT NRE EXISTED FOR OVER A DECADE, THE LEADERSHIP IN THE ROOM, NONE OF THEM WERE INVOLVED IN THE INITIAL FORMATION OF N REC, SO IT REALLY WAS BENEFICIAL, AND I KNOW THE GROUP APPRECIATED HEARING THE HISTORY.
HOW DID N REC COME TO BE? HOW ARE THINGS WORKING? UM, HOW'S THE BILLING GOING? AND, UM, JUST AN OVERVIEW OF THE STAFFING AND HOW THE OPERATIONS EVOLVED.
SO IT WAS A REALLY GREAT MEETING.
I'D LIKE TO THANK, UM, POLICE FOR PUTTING TOGETHER PRESENTATION.
DIGGING UP A LOT OF HISTORY WAS REALLY INFORMATIVE, HONESTLY, FOR ALL OF US.
UM, WE HAD VALUABLE DISCUSSION ABOUT ALL THE COMMUNICATIONS PROTOCOL, THE STAFFING, HOW THAT'S EVOLVED OVER TIME, HOW THE CALL VOLUMES HAVE, UM, TRENDED OVER TIME, AS WELL AS TECHNOLOGY IMPROVEMENTS AND INNOVATIONS.
SO THE COLLABORATIVE DISCUSSIONS DEFINITELY UNDERSCORED OUR SHARE OF COMMITMENT TO ADOPTING, UM, BEST PRACTICES AND ENHANCING THE DELIVERY OF OUR EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION SERVICES ACROSS ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES.
AND THAT WAS JUST THE FIRST OF SEVERAL ENGAGEMENT MEETINGS THAT WE'LL BE HAVING WITH OUR PARTNERS OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.
AND THEN FINALLY, UH, THE ANNUAL SNOW GO RODEO TOOK PLACE LAST WEEK ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1ST.
HARD TO BELIEVE THAT WITH THE WEATHER THAT WE'VE BEEN EXPERIENCING, BUT IT IS THAT TIME OF YEAR.
SO IT STARTED WITH OUR PUBLIC SERVICE TEAM PARTICIPATING IN COMPREHENSIVE SNOW AND ICE CLASSROOM TRAINING.
UM, THEN THAT SET THE STAGE FOR THE RODEO EVENT WHERE PARTICIPANTS HAD THE CHANCE TO DEMONSTRATE THEIR MANEUVERABILITY SKILLS WHILE OPERATING THE SNOWPLOWS, UM, THAT NOT ONLY TESTED THEIR ABILITIES, BUT ALSO EVALUATED THE OPERATIONAL READINESS OF OUR SNOW GO SYSTEM.
AND THEN AFTER THE TRAINERS, OR AFTER THE TRAINING DRIVERS SET OUT ON THEIR ASSIGNED ROUTES TO IDENTIFY POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OR HAZARDS AND FAMILIARIZE THEMSELVES WITH THE ROUTES THAT THEY'RE, THEY WILL BE WORKING THIS UPCOMING WINTER.
SO THAT REALLY HELPS ENSURE SAFETY AND EFFICIENCY IN THEIR WORK.
AND THEN THE EVENTS SCORING AND JUDGING WERE EXPERTLY HANDLED BY OUR DUBLIN CITIZEN U ALUMNI.
SO THAT WAS REALLY GREAT FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO EXPERIENCE THE DAY.
THEY ALSO BOUGHT, BROUGHT SOME TREATS IN FOR OUR STAFF, WHICH WAS VERY NICE.
AND THEN FOLLOWING THE EVENT, ALL ATTENDEES ENJOYED A COOKOUT STYLE LUNCH, UM, WHICH PROVIDED SOME NICE COMRADERY FOR EVERYBODY THAT WILL BE PARTICIPATING IN SNOW AND ICE SEASON, WHICH IS NOT TOO FAR AWAY.
SO, UM, ACTUALLY LASTLY, UH, WANNA SHARE, THAT'S TACULAR.
IT'S, UH, COMING UP AND I HOPE THAT EVERYBODY COMES OUT AND JOINS US FOR, UM, THE EVENT NEXT WEEK.
THIS IS A FUN COMMUNITY EVENT THAT TAKES PLACE OCTOBER 16TH AND 17TH IN KAUFMAN PARK.
THIS YEAR, THE EVENTS TEAM HAS RECRUITED A RECORD BREAKING NUMBER OF SPONSORS, MORE THAN AN 88% INCREASE.
OVER 20, 24 TOP SPONSORS INCLUDE AMAZON, MOUNT CARMEL, AND STATE FARM.
SO TOTAL SPONSORSHIP THIS YEAR IS $22,000.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY STAFF COMMENTS.
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WILL BRING US TO COUNCIL ROUND TABLE, AND I'LL START HERE TO MY RIGHT.UH, BEEN BUSY WITH SOME EVENTS LATELY.
THE T ON THE 26TH, I ATTENDED THE DUBLIN CITY SCHOOL HALL OF FAME, SO I WANNA CONGRATULATE ALL THE NEW INDUCTEES.
AND THEN ON THE 27TH, I ATTENDED THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF MIRACLE LEAGUE WITH SOME OTHER COLLEAGUES HERE.
AND IT WAS A, IT WAS A WONDERFUL EVENT, IT WAS GREAT.
THERE'S A NICE VIDEO CIRCULATING AROUND.
AND THEN ON THE 30TH, ALSO WITH SOME OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS ATTENDED MOR SEA'S SUSTAINABILITY SUMMIT.
AND I WANNA THANK MORSI FOR HOLDING ANOTHER GREAT EVENT.
IT WAS HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE SHOWED UP THEN THAT EVENING, IT WAS THE TASTE OF DUBLIN.
SO THANK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOR ANOTHER DELICIOUS EVENING.
UH, THE LAST THING I WANTED TO SAY, IT WAS JUST ANNOUNCED.
SO THE STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE
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GIVES PRESERVATION AWARDS EVERY YEAR TO VARIOUS PROJECTS.AND ONE OF THE PROJECTS AWARDED THIS YEAR IS THE BROWN HAIR CEMETERY.
SO, UM, IT ACT, THE AWARD GOES TO THE PROJECT ITSELF AND ALL THE PEOPLE INVOLVED IN IT.
SO THE CITY OF DUBLIN WAS OBVIOUSLY INVOLVED IN IT.
THERE'S, UM, THE ANNOUNCEMENT HAS BEEN MADE, THE ACTUAL CEREMONY WILL BE ON NOVEMBER 7TH IF ANYONE'S INTERESTED IN GOING PRESERVATION OFFICE.
ONE, UM, IT WAS SO GREAT TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR TRIP TO JAPAN AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS, UM, GOING, AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IN THE PAST, UM, WE'RE A GLOBAL CITY OF CHOICE.
SO I'M ALWAYS GOING TO PROMOTE THE FACT THAT WE NEED TO GET OUT AND SEE MORE PLACES, GET MORE IDEAS, GAIN MORE PERSPECTIVES, CREATE NEW RELATIONSHIPS, AND HOPEFULLY NEW PARTNERSHIPS THAT COME INTO THE CITY.
SO, UM, I'M ENCOURAGING ONCE AGAIN THAT, UM, COUNCIL MEMBERS GET OUT AND TRAVEL, GO OUT AND SEE THE WORLD, AND BRING BACK SOME GREAT IDEAS.
WE WOULDN'T HAVE A BRIDGE IF WE DIDN'T HAVE DONE THAT IN THE PAST.
AND THEN THE OTHER THING I'D LIKE TO BRING UP IS THAT, UM, I TOOK A YOUNG GIRL, UH, ON A QUICK LITTLE TOUR OF THE CITY HALL THIS PAST WEEK, AND ONE OF THEIR SCHOOL PROJECTS WAS SENIOR HOUSING POCKET NEIGHBORHOODS.
SO, UM, IN THINKING ABOUT THIS, AND I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT IN THE PAST, I WOULD ENCOURAGE THE CONVERSATION AS WE GO FORWARD TO THINK ABOUT, UM, ALLOWING ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS WITHIN THE CITY OF DUBLIN BECAUSE, UM, WE DON'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR AFFORDABLE SENIOR HOUSING.
UH, LAND IS EXPENSIVE, AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO PUT SOME ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS ON EXISTING PROPERTIES WHERE FAMILIES ALREADY LIVE BRINGS CONNECTIONS, PROVIDES SOME LOWER INCOME, ALLOWS SENIORS TO AGE IN PLACE.
AND I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE US TO START TO THINK ABOUT THAT BECAUSE IT'S CERTAINLY THE CHEAPEST WAY TO BRING LESS EXPENSIVE SENIOR HOUSING HERE.
SO I WOULD HOPE THAT GOING FORWARD, AND, UM, MAYBE WE CAN BE TALKING ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT.
SO AS, UH, AMY MENTIONED A NUMBER OF US ATTENDED THE MORSE SUSTAINABILITY SUMMIT, UM, LAST WEEK, ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS REALLY INTERESTED IN HEARING ABOUT WAS STORMWATER MANAGEMENT.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD INCREASED RAINFALL OVER THE PAST FIVE OR SIX YEARS.
UM, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT INCREASING THE SIZE OF SOME OF THE STORMWATER PIPES THAT WE HAVE.
WE'RE DOING THAT OFF OF BRAND, UH, BRAND ROAD.
UM, BUT WHAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT IS THE COLLABORATION WITH THE FOLKS, I LIKE TO SAY UPSTREAM FROM US.
UH, BECAUSE WHAT THE PEOPLE UPSTREAM FROM US DO, THE NUMBER OF ROOFS, ROOFTOPS THAT THEY BUILD HAS IMPLICATIONS TO EVERYBODY DOWNSTREAM.
AND SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT ALL THESE COMMUNITIES WORK TOGETHER.
THE LOGAN UNION CHAMPAGNE, UM, COMMITTEE IS ONE, UH, SUCH ENVIRONMENT WHERE THAT CAN HAPPEN.
BUT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE TAKE THE TIME TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT CAN WE DO TO HELP YOU? AND WHAT ADVICE COULD WE PROVIDE TO YOU, UM, IN, IN ADDRESSING THIS, UH, STORMWATER MANAGEMENT ISSUE.
BRANDON, UH, AS HE WAS REVIEWING OUR ADOPTION OF AI MENTIONED DREAM LAB VIDEOS, I WONDER IF WE COULD ADDRESS THE, THIS, THIS RESIDENT THAT SPOKE ABOUT THE SCOOTERS, PUBLIC SERVICES COMMITTEES ALREADY ADDRESSING SPEEDS AND, YOU KNOW, REQUIREMENTS AND LIMITATIONS AND THINGS ON THAT.
I THINK THAT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT ETIQUETTE.
AND I THINK REALLY THE ETIQUETTE IS SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T ALWAYS NECESSARILY TEACH OUR KIDS.
UM, SO JUST MAYBE A VIDEO AND, AND SIGNAGE IN CERTAIN SPOTS, LIKE THE TUNNELS WHERE THERE ARE BLIND SPOTS REMINDING RIDERS OF WHATEVER IT IS THEY'RE RIDING.
UM, RUNNERS WALKERS, WHO HAS THE RIGHT OF WAY.
UM, I THINK THAT COULD GO A LONG WAY.
AND THEN AGAIN, HATS OFF TO OUR EVENTS COMMITTEE FOR SHAKING SOME TREES AND GETTING $22,000 FOR SPOOKTACULAR.
MY COLLEAGUES HAVE DONE A VERY NICE JOB OF COVERING THE MAJOR EVENTS.
I, I WOULD JUST SAY WITH THE MIRACLE LEAGUE, IT WAS SO HEARTWARMING TO HEAR THE ORIGINS OF IT AGAIN, AND THE NUMBER OF, I THINK IT WAS OVERNIGHT, HELP ME REMEMBER, NINE, 9,000 DIFFERENT INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE PARTICIPATED OVER THE YEARS ON THAT AMAZING FIELD.
AND IT WAS JUST, UH, IF YOU WANNA FEEL GOOD ABOUT SOMETHING THAT IT WAS JUST AN, AN ABSOLUTE AMAZING EVENT.
UM, THE COMMENT ABOUT THAT PARK, I TRAVERSE THAT PARK, UH, DAILY.
AND, UM, I THINK THE RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT, AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, MARKINGS
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ON THE TRAIL, UM, AND SIGNS IN THE TRAIL ABOUT ETIQUETTE.AND I, AND THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMITTEE IS WORKING ON THAT BECAUSE, UM, THAT'S GONNA BE INCREASINGLY I IMPORTANT AS WE DO THE SIGNATURE TRAIL AND A BUNCH OF OTHER EXCITING THINGS.
AND, AND I AGREE WITH BOTH OF YOU BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT BICYCLES AND WALKERS RIGHT NOW.
WE HAVE E-BIKES, THOSE ARE ON THE TRAILS.
AND, UM, I WOULD ALSO SAY THESE SORT OF SMALL LITTLE MOPED SLASH MOTORCYCLES, AND THEY'RE, IT'S NOT JUST THE TRAILS THAT THEY'RE ON.
THEY'RE GOING ON THE, ON THE SURFACE ROADS AS WELL.
UM, AND THAT'S A LITTLE SCARY 'CAUSE I SEE LOTS OF TEENAGE BOYS OUT THERE HAVING ONE IN MY HOUSEHOLD, UM, WHO ARE, WHO ARE DRIVING THESE THINGS ON THE ROAD.
UM, SO I, WE, IT, IT IS, I'M GLAD THAT THE PUBLIC SERVICES COMMITTEE IS, IS, IS WORKING ON IT, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S REALLY NEEDED RIGHT NOW.
BUT OTHER THAN THAT, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE.
AS AMY MENTIONED, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN, UH, FOR THE HALL OF FAME INDUCTION FOR THE DUBLIN CITY SCHOOLS ON THE 26TH.
AND THERE WERE SOME GREAT INDUCTEES.
I TELL YOU, IF YOU EVER JUST WANNA BE AMAZED AT THE PEOPLE THAT, UM, THE THINGS THAT THEY DO ONCE THEY GRADUATE FROM OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM IS PHENOMENAL, UM, TO JOE FOX, THANK YOU.
HE IS REALLY THE FACE OF THIS COMMUNITY TO SO MANY WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES.
AND HE, I HAD SENT HIM A NOTE AND JUST TOLD HIM THAT, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE THAT HIS, THE KINDNESS THAT HE SPREADS ON BEHALF OF US AS A CITY.
UM, AND FOR MANY PEOPLE IN THE REGION, HE'S THE ONLY TOUCHPOINT WITH THE CITY OF DUBLIN, AND HE REPRESENTS US WITH EXCELLENCE.
SO I'M VERY GRATEFUL TO HIM AND, AND CONGRATULATIONS ON THEIR 30TH ANNIVERSARY.
UM, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY ON THE 29TH TO BE WITH THIRD GRADERS FROM DEAR RUN.
UH, ONE OF MY ABSOLUTE FAVORITE THINGS TO DO.
I RECEIVED THEIR THANK YOU NOTES TODAY, AND I JUST, IF YOU WOULD'VE BEEN WATCHING ME OUTSIDE THE WINDOW FROM MY DESK, YOU WOULD'VE THOUGHT, WHAT IN THE WORLD'S GOING ON? 'CAUSE I JUST GIGGLED.
'CAUSE THEY, THEY WERE SO ADORABLE.
UM, THANK YOU TO THE FOLKS FOR THE UNIVERSAL ONENESS DAY WHO CAME AND DID THE, UH, WRIST TYING EVENT HERE BEFORE OUR WORK SESSION ON THAT DAY AS WELL.
UM, THANK YOU TO THE MORPHE TEAM FOR THE SUMMIT ON SUSTAINABILITY.
IT WAS ANOTHER SOLD OUT EVENT, AND THEY WORK REALLY HARD ON PUTTING THAT TOGETHER.
UM, I HAD ATTENDED A COUPLE OF SESSIONS.
ONE OF THEM WAS ABOUT, UH, PARKS AND TRANSIT AND HOW IMPORTANT THOSE TWO THINGS ARE TO AS THEY RELATE TO EACH OTHER.
ALSO, CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CHAMBER FOR A GREAT TASTE OF DUBLIN.
UH, HAD MORSEY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ON THE SECOND, WE WELCOMED TWO NEW MEMBERS TO OUR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
UH, KELLY KOKO FROM, SHE'S THE PUBLIC SERVICES DIRECTOR FOR THE CITY OF COLUMBUS AND THE CITY MANAGER FROM UPPER ARLINGTON, STEVE SHONEY.
SO WELCOME THEM TO THAT BOARD AND ARE THANKFUL THAT THEY'RE GONNA GIVE SOME OF THEIR EXPERTISE.
UH, AND THEN ON THE THIRD, WE HAD BOTH A COMMA MEETING AND AN ULTA FIBER MEETING.
SO MEGAN AND I DECIDED WE WOULD DIVIDE AND CONQUER.
I TOOK THE ULTA FIBER, UM, GRAND OPENING AND, AND SHE ATTENDED THE COMMA MEETING ON BEHALF OF THE CITY AND, UM, WANNA THANK ALTA FIBER FOR THEIR PARTNERSHIP.
AND, UH, THEY HAVE SOME BIG NEWS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE SHARING WITH US IN THE NEAR TERM ABOUT, UH, INCREASED, UM, INCREASED SPEEDS AND INCREASED CAPABILITIES.
SO WE WILL LOOK FORWARD TO THOSE ANNOUNCEMENTS.
AND THEN TODAY, UH, I HAD THE THIRD GRADERS FROM BAILEY ELEMENTARY, IF ANY OF YOU ARE STILL UP, IT'S PROBABLY TIME FOR BED.
UM, BUT HAD A GREAT TIME WITH THEM TODAY AND, UH, THE ENERGY THAT THEY BROUGHT TO THAT.
UM, ALSO WANNA APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT THE PUBLIC SERVICES COMMITTEE IS DOING ON THE E-BIKES.
AND I, UM, THERE ARE SOME OF THOSE, UM, CONVEX MIRRORS ON A FEW OF THE TUNNELS, AND I DO FIND THEM HELPFUL.
SO HOPEFULLY THAT'S ONE OF THE SOLUTIONS THAT THEY BRING BACK TO ENHANCE SAFETY AS, UH, AS PEOPLE TRAVERSE THROUGH THE TUNNELS.
UH, THEN LASTLY, UH, WE RECEIVED THIS FROM MICHAEL STENZIANO.
IT IS A CONGRATULATIONS ON THE CITY OF DUBLIN, OF BEING RECOGNIZED FOR THE BEST SUBURBAN 4TH OF JULY CELEBRATION BY CITY SCENE MAGAZINE.
UH, IT IS ADDRESSED TO ME, BUT IT BELONGS, UH, NOT TO ME.
SO I WILL GIVE THIS TO ALLISON AND HER TEAM AND EVENTS FOR PUTTING ON, UH, SUCH A WONDERFUL, UM, A WONDERFUL EVENT AND, UM, AND APPRECIATE, UM, THE FRANKLIN COUNTY AUDITOR, UH, MIKE STENZIANO.
HE'S ALWAYS A, A WONDERFUL COMMUNICATOR AND A GREAT PARTNER IN THOSE SPACE.
SO THANK YOU MICHAEL, FOR THIS, UH, THIS LETTER.
AND I WILL, I WILL FORWARD IT ON AND MAKE SURE THAT ALLISON GETS IT.
BUT I THINK THAT, I THINK A LITTLE BIT OF IT GOES TO ALL OF YOU.
'CAUSE I THINK 4TH OF JULY IS ONE OF OUR ALL HANDS ON DECK DAYS.
SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO IN THAT SPACE.
AND WITH THAT, IF THERE'S NOTHING FURTHER, FURTHER THE GOOD OF THE ORDER, WE WILL STAND ADJOURNED.