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IT IS FIVE 30 AND I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF THE DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL OF MONDAY, DECEMBER 8TH, 2025 TO ORDER.JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE VICE MAYOR LUDO? HERE.
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A MOTION TO ADJOURN TO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THE PURPOSES OF CONSIDERING THE PURCHASE OF PROPERTY FOR PUBLIC PURPOSES DETAIL RELATIVE TO THE SECURITY ARRANGEMENTS AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROTOCOLS FOR A PUBLIC BODY OR A PUBLIC OFFICE, IF DISCLOSURE OF THE MATTER DISCUSSED, COULD REASONABLY BE EXPECTED TO JEOPARDIZE THE SECURITY OF THE PUBLIC BODY OR PUBLIC OFFICE TO CONSIDER CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION RELATED TO THE REQUEST FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE THAT INVOLVES PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE DIRECTLY RELATED TO AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECT IN WHICH EXECUTIVE SESSION IS NECESSARY TO PROTECT THE POSSIBLE INVESTMENT OR EXPENDITURE OF PUBLIC FUNDS TO BE MADE IN CONNECTION WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECT, THE CONFERENCES WITH AN ATTORNEY FOR THE PUBLIC BODY CONCERNING DISPUTES INVOLVING THE PUBLIC BODY THAT ARE SUBJECT TO PENDING OR IMMINENT COURT ACTION AND PREPARING FOR CONDUCTING AND REVIEWING NEGOTIATIONS OR BARGAINING SESSIONS WITH PUBLIC EMPLOYEES CONCERNING THEIR COMPENSATION OR OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THEIR EMPLOYMENT.IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND, JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE MS. CRA? YES.
I WANNA REMIND THE, UH, VIEWING PUBLIC THAT WE WILL RECONVENE THIS MEETING IN THIS LOCATION AT 7:00 PM OKAY.
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WILL RECONVENE THE DECEMBER 8TH, 2025 DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING, AND WE HAVE SOME VERY SPECIAL GUESTS WITH US THIS EVENING THAT WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.SO IF GIRL SCOUT TROOP 7 2 5 7 FROM WYAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WOULD PLEASE COME FORWARD.
WE'VE BEEN LEARNING ABOUT OUR CITY AND WE WANNA SAY WE LOVE DUBLIN.
TO THANK AND HONOR OUR MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR THEIR HARD WORK, WISDOM AND LEADERSHIP, PLEASE STAND AND JOIN US.
COLOR GUARD, ATTENTION COLOR GUARD.
PLEASE JOIN US AS WE MAKE OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I PLEDGE PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IS STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD INDIVIDUAL WITH I JUSTICE FOR ALL GUEST.
PLEASE JOIN IN THE GIRL SCOUTS PROMISE, FOLLOWED BY THE GIRL SCOUTS LAW TO SERVE MY COUNTRY TO HELP WHAT I, PLEASE, PLEASE JOIN US IN THANKING OUR MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
LADIES, IF YOU'LL JOIN ME HERE, WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR BEING EXEMPLARY RESONANCE AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR
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COMMITMENT TO YOUR COMMUNITY, TO EACH OTHER, AND TO DOING THE RIGHT THING.SO WE ALL ARE SO DELIGHTED THAT YOU HAVE JOINED US HERE THIS EVENING, AND WE HAVE A SMALL TOKEN OF A GIFT FOR YOU IN APPRECIATION OF YOU JOINING US HERE TONIGHT.
SO, P PLEASE FEEL FREE TO TAKE ONE AND MAYBE WE'LL GET A QUICK PICTURE.
I THINK MAYBE THERE MIGHT BE A PARENT OR TWO HERE THAT WANT A PICTURE.
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HAVE SOME MORE, UH, SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS.WE'RE GONNA, UH, HAVE THE DUBLIN JEROME BOYS GOLF TEAM AND THE GIRLS GOLF TEAM AND THE, UH, BOYS SOCCER TEAM.
SO WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN WITH THE BOYS GOLF TEAM.
SO IF THE MEMBERS OF THE BOYS GOLF TEAM WOULD MEET ME RIGHT HERE, I'LL BE RIGHT DOWN THERE.
SO THIS EVENING WE'RE PROUD TO CELEBRATE THE OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS OF THREE EXCEPTIONAL TEAMS FROM DUBLIN JEROME HIGH SCHOOL.
AS I SAID, FIRST, WE'LL RECOGNIZE THE DUBLIN JEROME BOYS GOLF TEAM.
UM, SO THE DUBLIN JEROME BOYS GOLF TEAM HAD A REMARKABLE SEASON AS OCC CHAMPIONS, UH, THE O-H-S-A-A DISTRICT CHAMPIONS AND O-H-S-A-A STATE CHAMPIONS MARKING THE 10TH STATE TITLE IN SCHOOL HISTORY.
UH, WE ALSO EXTEND A SPECIAL CRED CONGRATULATIONS TO BRADY BARNUM.
HOW ARE YOU?
THE TEAM MEMBERS ARE BRADY BARNUM, BLAZE BARNUM, UH, BLAKE HARTMAN, EVAN MANGAS, AND TRENT THOMPSON.
SO IF YOU WILL, PLEASE JOIN ME IN CONGRATULATIONS, A STELLAR TEAM AND A WONDERFUL REPRESENTATION OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE CITY OF DUBLIN.
I'M GONNA ASK YOU TO SAY A FEW WORDS FOR A SECOND.
AND COACH BARB, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS? UH, SURE.
I'M HAPPY TO TALK ABOUT THESE YOUNG MEN.
SO WE HAD A UNBELIEVABLE YEAR, UM, AND JUST AN UN JUST, I CAN'T EXPRESS HOW AWESOME THESE YOUNG MEN ARE.
SO I'VE HAD THE GOOD FORTUNE TO BE AROUND A LOT OF GOOD TEAMS IN MY YEARS, AND THIS IS THE BEST GROUP COLLECTIVELY OF GUYS I'VE EVER HAD THE GOOD FORTUNE OF BEING AROUND.
UM, THEY SET AN ALL TIME SCORING RECORD AT JEROME 2 88 0.3, WHICH GIVEN THE COURSES WE PLAY IS INCREDIBLE, THEY WON SECTIONS, SECTIONS WITH AN ALL TIME RECORD SCORE.
DISTRICTS AN ALL TIME RECORD SCORE, THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP AND ALL TIME RECORD SCORE.
THEY HAD 15 WINS AND THEY RANKED THE NUMBER ONE TEAM IN THE COUNTRY.
SO THESE, THESE BOYS ARE UNBELIEVABLE.
AND BRADY TIME, THE ALL TIME RECORD LOW SCORE AT THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.
SO, WELL, CONGRATULATIONS, GENTLEMEN.
THAT'S QUITE AN ACCOMPLISHMENT.
THANKS FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.
I DON'T HAVE TO GET ON MY KNEES WITH ALL YOU GUYS.
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THANKS FOR HAVING US.OKAY, NEXT, WE, UH, ARE DELIGHTED TO HONOR THE DUBLIN JEROME GIRLS GOLF TEAM.
SO MEMBERS OF THE GIRLS GOLF TEAM, IF YOU COULD PLEASE COME FORWARD.
UM, THE DUBLIN JEROME GIRLS GOLF TEAM PROUDLY EARNS TITLES IS THE OCC CONFERENCE CHAMPION FOR HOW MANY YEARS IN A ROW? A FEW.
UH, THE, THE OHIO HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION DISTRICT RUNNER UP AND THE OHIO HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION STATE CHAMPION FOR THE EIGHTH TIME IN SCHOOL HISTORY.
THESE EXCEPTIONAL ATHLETES ARE LED BY BUTCH CD BUTCHER, UH, CHRIS MCDONALD AND LINDSEY MAYO.
THE TEAM MEMBERS ARE MAYA SINO, FINO FINO, ADELA PKI, MALLORY QUICKL, NIKITA SSH, AND MING Y ZANG.
COACH, DO YOU HAVE A FEW WORDS YOU'D LIKE TO SAY ABOUT YOUR GIRLS? UH, IT'S ALWAYS GOOD FOR THESE GIRLS TO GET ANY RECOGNITION THAT THEY CAN GET.
THEY'RE EXTREMELY HARD WORKERS.
UM, I KNOW JUST BY LOOKING AT THEM, YOU'D THINK THEY'RE ALL SIX YEAR SENIORS.
BUT, UH, WE ARE EXTREMELY YOUNG.
WE HAD, THEY'RE TIRED OF ME SAYING THIS, BUT WE DON'T HAVE A GIRL IN THE PROGRAM WHO HAS A DRIVER'S LICENSE.
AND COMING OFF LAST YEAR, IN THE LAST THREE YEARS OF, OF A LOT OF SUCCESS, UH, I JUST HAD MENTIONED BEFORE THAT WE HAD LOST FOUR OF OUR TOP SIX PLAYERS FROM LAST YEAR.
AND THIS YOUNG GROUP, THREE SOPHOMORES, A FRESHMAN AND A JUNIOR CAME IN.
WE HAD 23 MATCHES AND 20 OF THE 23 WE GOT FIRST OR SECOND, UH, ONE ANOTHER OCC TITLE.
BUT THEIR MAIN TRAIT IS THEIR MENTAL TOUGHNESS FOR SUCH A YOUNG AGE.
EVERY TEAM'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, UH, BUT THIS TEAM ALREADY AT SUCH YOUNG AGE IS THEIR, THEIR MENTAL GIANTS.
SO CONGRATULATIONS, LIONESSES.
WELL, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR REPRESENTING THIS COMMUNITY WITH EXCELLENCE AND GRACE.
I TALKED TO CD AFTER THE FIRST ROUND AND HE TALKED ABOUT YOUR MENTAL TOUGHNESS AND THAT CERTAINLY IS A, UM, IS A QUALITY THAT YOU WILL BE VERY VALUABLE TODAY IN WINNING STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS, BUT IT'S GOING TO BECOME EVEN MORE VALUABLE AS YOU NAVIGATE LIFE.
SO THESE ARE, THESE ARE GOOD LESSONS TO LEARN AT BEFORE YOU GET YOUR DRIVER'S LICENSE.
THANKS FOR COMING THIS EVENING.
YOU CAN EXCHANGE THESE BECAUSE THEY'RE PROBABLY NOT RIGHT.
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, FINALLY, WE WILL, WE ARE PLEASED TO RECOGNIZE THE DUBLIN JEROME BOYS SOCCER TEAM.
SO IF THE BOYS SOCCER TEAM FOLKS WOULD LIKE TO COME FORWARD, COME ON.
HOW ARE YOU? GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL.
UH, THE DUBLIN DRUM BOYS SOCCER TEAM HAD AN EXTRAORDINARY SEASON.
THEY CLAIM TITLES IS THE OCC CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS, THE OHIO HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION DISTRICT CHAMPIONS, THE OHIO HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION REGIONAL CHAMPIONS, AND THE OHIO STATE HIGH
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OHIO HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION STATE CHAMPIONS.THEY ARE LED BY COACHES, NATE MOSS, UH, COLIN BERGEN, RYAN MITCHELL, NATE, ER, COLIN MCCULLOUGH, AND COLE DONLAN.
UH, AND THEN WE HAVE TEAM, TEAM MEMBERS HERE THIS EVENING.
UH, AROU, POLA, UH, PATTY BREEDLOVE, COLE BORAN, OWEN ISDA, CONNOR HAN, NOAH CHAING, BRADY DELMORE.
MOS, DYLAN KAVANAUGH, JACK JONES, SEAN DEMPSEY, DYLAN HOUSER, NICK MEYERS, CONNOR MAPLE, JACOB DOLLY, SHANE KERN, JOSH SIEBEL, LIAM DENAL, PEDRO MA, MAHMUD, FINN PETERSON, CONNOR HILTON, CAL DEWALT, CHASE, FRITTER, BRADEN, KIEFER MASON, JUSTICE, AND KIAN RAMIAN.
SO GENTLEMEN, CONGRATULATIONS AND WELCOME OUR, AND, UH, WE ARE SO PROUD OF WHAT YOU HAVE DONE IN A FANTASTIC SEASON.
SO COACH, DO YOU HAVE A FEW THINGS YOU'D LIKE TO SAY ABOUT YOUR GUYS? SURE.
WELL, THANKS FOR HAVING US AND, AND RECOGNIZING US.
OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE NOT DUBLIN, JEROME GOLF, WHO IS USED TO BEING UP HERE.
UH, THIS IS OUR FIRST EVER STATE CHAMPIONSHIP, UM, FOR DUBLIN JEROME BOYS SOCCER.
IN FACT, THIS IS THE FIRST STATE CHAMPIONSHIP FOR BOYS SOCCER IN DUBLIN, PERIOD.
SO PRETTY PROUD OF THIS GROUP.
UM, I KNOW COLIN BERGEN, ASSISTANT COACH OVER THERE IS THE OTHER COACH THAT'S ABLE TO BE HERE WITH ME TONIGHT.
I WANNA CONGRATULATE AGAIN THIS GROUP HERE THAT, UM, WAS HISTORIC.
I KNOW THERE WAS A, A LARGE GROUPING OF DUBLIN, UM, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, PARENTS.
UH, IN FACT, I THINK THE WHOLE, UH, CITY OF COLUMBUS, UM, WAS ROOTING FOR US.
AND A LOT OF PEOPLE CAME TO OUR GAME EVEN THOUGH IT WAS FIVE DEGREES, IT FELT LIKE FIVE DEGREES FOR OUR GAME OR WATCHED IT ON TV OR WATCHED IT ON TV AND APPRECIATE THE, THE PEOPLE WHO WATCH THE LIVESTREAM.
IT PROBABLY WAS ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING SPORTING EVENTS THAT I'VE BEEN A PART OF.
UM, IT WAS REALLY, UH, FUN TO SEE OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY, OUR COLUMBUS COMMUNITY, DUBLIN COMMUNITY, BE ABLE TO BEAT ST.
IGNATIUS, WHO WOULD'VE WON THEIR SEVENTH IN A ROW IF WE HADN'T BEATEN THEM.
SO PRETTY IMPRESSIVE FOR THIS GROUP TO BE ABLE TO, TO, TO HANDLE THAT.
AND, AND THEY WILL LIVE FOREVER, UH, AS THE FIRST DUBLIN JEROME TEAM TO, TO WIN A STATE TITLE.
WELL, THERE'S MUCH TO BE PROUD OF, AND I WILL SAY THE SAME TO YOU AS TO THE OTHERS, IS THANK YOU FOR, UM, FOR THE WAY YOU REPRESENT EXCELLENCE ON THE FIELD.
AND I TRUST OFF THE FIELD AS WELL.
AND CERTAINLY THESE MEMORIES ARE ONES THAT YOU WILL CHERISH FOR A LIFETIME.
UH, AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU RECALL THOSE TIMES, THE, THE COMMITMENT THAT YOU HAD TO ONE ANOTHER AND THE COMMITMENT YOU HAD TO YOUR TRADE.
UH, AND THAT WILL SURELY LEAD TO WILD SUCCESS LONG AFTER YOU'RE OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL.
SO, CONGRATULATIONS GENTLEMEN, AND WE HAVE A CERTIFICATE HERE FOR YOU AND, UM, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TONIGHT.
IT'S PROBABLY SO JUST EXCHANGE THEM.
I'M GONNA GIVE YOU ALL THE LEFTOVERS.
THEY'RE NEED TO TRADE THEM AROUND A LITTLE BIT.
OKAY, WE'RE GONNA GET A PICTURE TEAM STYLE HERE.
GENTLEMEN, HERE'S CONGRATULATIONS, GENTLEMEN.
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OKAY, WELL THAT'S A GREAT REMINDER OF ALL OF THE WONDERFUL THINGS WE HAVE TO CELEBRATE TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY AND, UH, THE FUTURE BEING SO BRIGHT AND SO MANY WONDERFUL YOUNG PEOPLE.THIS WILL BRING US TO THE CITIZEN
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COMMENTS PORTION OF OUR AGENDA.THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CITIZENS TO COMMENT ON ANY TOPIC THAT IS NOT ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA.
UH, AS A REMINDER THAT YOU DID HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO SIGN IN ON YOUR WAY IN IF YOU WERE UNABLE TO DO THAT.
WE WILL, UH, CONTINUE TO, TO HEAR WHAT YOU HAVE TO SHARE WITH US.
UM, AS A REMINDER, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT IS, IS LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES, AND YOU WILL NOTICE THAT WHEN YOU STEP TO THE PODIUM.
SO, LINDSAY, HAVE WE HAD ANYONE SIGN IN FOR REMOTE PUBLIC COMMENTS? GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
WE HAVE HAVE A FEW SIGNED IN FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.
UH, FIRST WAS CADEN ASFA, WELCOME.
IF YOU WOULD, PLEASE STEP FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS INTO THE RECORD AND SHARE WITH US YOUR THOUGHTS READINGS.
CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, MAYOR GROOMS. MY NAME IS MR. CADEN CEFA, SOLE OWNER OF ME AND DIESEL INC.
IN LONDON, IN MOUNT FILLING AREA RIGHT HERE IN THE GREAT STATE OF OHIO.
RESIDENCE ADDRESS IS 2 3 5 DARBY HEARSE ROAD.
I WANNA FIRST TAKE MY HAT, MY CAP OFF TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE CITY OF DUBLIN POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR EVERYTHING THEY DO THAT IS NOT TO BE UNRECOGNIZED.
SO I'M HERE TO RECOGNIZE THAT ON BEHALF OF ME AND ALL MY BUSINESS PARTNERS.
LET'S GO TO THE MAIN TOPIC THAT I'M HERE TODAY.
CITIZENS OF DUBLIN, GOVERNOR ELECTION IS COMING UP AROUND THE CORNER AS A PROUD BUSINESS OWNER, DIESEL MECHANIC, AND AN UNCLE OF 24 NEPHEWS AND NIECES TO BE SHOCKING, I KNOW AT AGE 22, YEAH, THE LORD'S BLESSED ME TOO MANY TIMES.
I CAN'T THANK HIM ENOUGH CITIZENS OF DUBLIN.
I AM ASKING YOU GUYS AND PLEADING TO PLEASE VOTE VI S SWAMI AS GOVERNOR.
NOT ONLY IS HE GONNA KEEP OUR CHILDREN SAFE IN SCHOOLS, AND NOT ONLY IS HE A LAW ENFORCEMENT SUPPORTER LIKE MYSELF, BUT HE'S ALSO A BUSINESSMAN LIKE MYSELF.
AND NOT ONLY THAT, VIDIC RAS SWAMI IS SOMEONE THAT IS TRYING TO KEEP OUR STATE AND NOT ONLY OUR BEAUTIFUL CITIES SUCH AS DUBLIN, SAFE OF CRIMINALS AND OTHER, THOSE THAT DO NOT BELONG ON THE STREETS OF OUR CITY.
AND AS A, AND LIKE I SAID, STATED AS A PROUD BUSINESS OWNER, UNCLE AND BROTHER OF THREE YOUNGER SISTERS WHO PROTECTED MY SIBLINGS EVERY DAY WITH NO EXCUSES.
I AM ASKING THE CITIZENS OF DOUBLE TO PLEASE CLOSE THEIR PLACE, THEIR VOTE FOR VI S SWAMI FOR GOVERNOR.
ON THE OTHER HAND, MS. ANEY ACTON DOES NOT SUPPORT LAW ENFORCEMENT.
ON THE OTHER HAND, SHE SUPPORTED A ADMINISTRATION IN DC THAT SUPPORTED CRIMINALS AND ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS BEING ON OUR STREETS.
THAT IS SOMETHING NOT TO BE ACCEPTED AND THAT IS ILLEGAL AND AGAINST THE LAW.
NOW, I THINK ANYBODY COULD AGREE WITH ME IF YOU GUYS ARE A PARENT GRANDPARENT, COULD YOU PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU ARE A PARENT OR PARENT? ANDRE, YOU GUYS WANT YOUR CHILDREN TO BE SAFE.
SO I AM ASKING THE CITIZENS OF DUBLIN TO PLEASE CONSIDER THIS FOR THE GOVERNOR, RACE TO PLEASE VOTE VIDIC RAS SWAMI OVER ANY ACTON TO MAKE OHIO EVEN GREATER THAN IT IS NOW.
SAFER, BUT ALSO SUPPORTING OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT BECAUSE THEY PROTECT OUR STREETS, KEEP CRIMINALS OFF OUR STREETS.
AND NOT ONLY THAT, MAKE OUR COMMUNITY SAFE.
AND I WANNA SAY GOD BLESS OUR PRESIDENT, DONALD TRUMP.
GOD BLESS OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND FIRE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE WITHOUT THEM, OUR STREETS AND OUR CITIZENS WOULDN'T BE SAFE TODAY.
AND WE WOULDN'T BE ALL HERE TODAY.
GOD BLESS Y'ALL, AND GOD BLESS WASHINGTON DC AND GOD BLESS THE PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT AND LORD GOD, PLEASE GIVE ME THE STRENGTH TO SAY THIS, PLEASE PROTECT OUR FUTURE.
IF YOU'LL PLEASE COME FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS INTO THE RECORD.
I LIVE AT 64 65 MARTIN PLACE IN DUBLIN.
UH, THIS GIRL MOVED TO DUBLIN 48 YEARS AGO WHEN I FOUND THE MAN OF MY DREAMS ON A JOB HERE AND MOVED FROM UTAH OUT HERE TO DUBLIN AND HAVE BEEN LIVING AT, ON MARTIN PLACE FOR 40 YEARS.
UM, WHEN THE CORNER OF MARTIN ROAD AND RIVERSIDE DRIVE WAS BEING DEVELOPED, I TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO WORTHINGTON TO SEE A CONDOMINIUM COMPLEX THAT
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WAS PRETTY MUCH IDENTICAL TO THE ONE THAT WAS PROPOSED IN THAT SITE.THIS ENABLED ME TO PICTURE WHAT THAT PROPERTY WOULD LOOK LIKE ON THE SITE AT MARTIN AT ROAD AND RIVERSIDE DRIVE.
IT WAS MUCH TOO LARGE FOR THE PROPERTY AND THE CITY OF DUBLIN AGREED.
THE PROPERTY SUBSEQUENTLY BECAME THE HOME OF STANLEY LAW GROUP, A BEAUTIFUL RESIDENTIAL LOOKING BUILDING THAT WAS AGREEABLE TO THE NEIGHBORS.
THERE ISN'T AN IDENTICAL PROJECT ANYWHERE THAT I KNOW OF THAT SHOWS WHAT THE PROPOSED BLOCK Y PROJECT WOULD LOOK LIKE ON THAT PROPERTY, AND IN MY CASE, WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE FROM MY BACKYARD OR FROM MY HOME.
UM, UH, ONE OF MY NEIGHBORS SUBMITTED TO SOME OF YOU A PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN FROM MY PROPERTY WHERE I CAN CLEARLY SEE THE CUPOLA ON ONE OF THE BUILDINGS AT THE, UM, SHOPS AT RIVER RIDGE.
AND SO I, I'M A LITTLE PANICKED ABOUT WHAT I'M GOING TO SEE WHEN THERE'S A 10 STORY BUILDING ON, UM, ON THAT PROPERTY.
UH, AND I WOULD SAY THAT THE RENDERINGS SHOW ATTRACTIVE BUILDINGS, BUT I CAN ONLY IMAGINE THAT IT WILL FEEL MUCH TOO TALL, ESPECIALLY FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF OUR BACKYARDS ON MARTIN PLACE AND SURROUNDING HOMES.
THESE BUILDINGS, IF APPROVED, WILL BE LOOKING DOWN ON MY CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN IN MY SWIMMING POOL AND WILL BE TOWERING OVER MY HOME.
THE DUBLIN CODE IS IN PLACE AT LEAST PARTLY TO PROVIDE A BUFFER BETWEEN COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS OF DUBLIN.
THIS PROJECT CLEARLY LEAVES AN INSUFFICIENT BUFFER.
I HAVE ALL THE SAME CONCERNS AS THE OTHERS WHO HAVE SPOKEN AND WRITTEN TO CITY COUNCIL ABOUT THIS PROJECT, BUT I'D LIKE TO SAY THAT WHEN BRIDGE PARK WAS DEVELOPED, I HAD NO IDEA THAT I WOULD BE AWAKENED TWO TO FIVE TIMES A WEEK BETWEEN THREE AND 6:00 AM CONTINUING BY THE SOUND OF REFUSE TRUCKS BACKING UP TO PICK UP TRASH IN SEVERAL BUILDINGS AT BRIDGE PARK.
THE NOISE POLLUTION FROM THE PROPOSED PROJECT WILL BE SUBSTANTIALLY CLOSER TO ME IN BLOCK Y AND IS LIKELY TO BE DISRUPTIVE TO THE SLEEP AND LIVES OF OUR NEIGHBOR NEIGHBORHOOD DURING, DURING CONSTRUCTION AND AFTER COMPLETION.
IN SUMMARY, MY CONCERNS INCLUDE TRAFFIC, TRAFFIC, CONGESTION, EXCESSIVE BUILDING HEIGHTS, NOISE, AND LIGHT POLLUTION, AND UNFORESEEN PROBLEMS FROM SUCH A LARGE PROJECT.
PLEASE COME FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS INTO THE RECORD.
JOE CORDO, 3 3 9 0 MARTIN ROAD.
I WANNA EXPRESS MY CONCERNS THAT THE CITIZENS OF DUBLIN ARE NO LONGER VALUED.
IT FEELS LIKE NEIGHBORHOODS ARE BEING SACRIFICED FOR THE SAKE OF MONEY, WHICH IS OFTEN DISGUISED UNDER THE VEIL OF PROGRESS.
MY WIFE AND I HAVE LIVED IN DUBLIN FOR OVER 30 YEARS.
WE HAVE BEEN ATTENDING CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS AS WELL AS PLANNING AND ZONING MEETINGS.
AND THE CURRENT TREND SEEMS TO BE THAT NO MATTER HOW MANY RESIDENTS SPEAK OUT, IT DOES NOT MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
WE LIVE IN THE MARTIN ROAD CORRIDOR AND I'M SHOCKED THAT PLANNING AND ZONING IS EVEN CONSIDERING THE CRAWFORD ING DEVELOPMENT FOR THE Y BLOCK AT 1 61 IN RIVERSIDE DRIVE.
THE PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING ON NOVER NOVEMBER 6TH WAS A HORRIBLE REPRESENTATION OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING PROCESS.
PRIOR TO THE MEETING, WE HAD TO READ IN THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH THAT THIS PROJECT WAS ALREADY A DONE DEAL AND THE SUBSEQUENT MEETING THAT FOLLOWED DID NOT INDICATE OTHERWISE.
IT IS INCONCEIVABLE THAT AN 11 STORY BUILDING REQUIRING 14 WAIVERS COULD BE CONSIDERED IN AN AREA RESTRICTED TO SIX STORIES.
TRAFFIC IN AND AROUND BRIDGE PARK IS ALREADY A HEADACHE.
I CAN'T IMAGINE HOW MUCH MORE THIS PROJECT WILL IMPACT AN ALREADY BAD SITUATION.
MY QUESTION IS WHAT DO WE AS CITIZENS HAVE TO DO TO HAVE OUR VOICES HEARD? I FEEL LIKE WE ARE NO LONGER REPRESENTED, UH, IN CITY COUNCILOR PLANNING AND ZONING.
IF YOU'LL PLEASE STEP FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS INTO THE RECORD.
I LIVE AT 32 80 LILY MAR COURT, DUBLIN, OHIO.
THAT'S HERE IN THE MARTIN ROAD CORRIDOR.
UH, I DIDN'T REALIZE MY NEIGHBORS, GAIL AND JOE WERE GONNA SPEAK, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE THE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD IS OF, UM, SIMILAR MIND.
I DID WANNA LEAD WITH SAYING THANK YOU.
I DID, UH, ULTIMATELY RECEIVE A RESPONSE FROM THE CITY.
JOE MENTIONED THAT, UH, NOVEMBER 6TH
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PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING.AND I HAD EXPRESSED CONCERNS TO CITY COUNCIL, UM, ABOUT THAT.
UM, ONE THING THAT'S, UH, THAT'S TROUBLED ME PROBABLY THE MOST IN THE MONTHS SINCE THIS HAS HAPPENED.
UM, THERE'S GREAT CONFUSION AND SPEAKING TO NEIGHBORS.
DIFFERENT PEOPLE HAVE GOTTEN DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES.
UM, BUT GENERALLY THE REMARKS RELATE TO WHO'S IN CHARGE HERE.
UH, I'VE HEARD A REMARK THAT PLANNING AND ZONING IS THE END.
ALL THEIR DECISIONS ARE ABSOLUTE.
UH, ONE QUIP WAS THAT CITY COUNCIL HAS NO CONTROL OVER WHAT P AND Z DOES.
AND WHEN I WAS HERE PREVIOUSLY, UH, I REFERENCED THAT I DID FIND THE ORGANIZATIONAL CHART AT THE WEBSITE AND IT VERY MUCH SHOWS, UH, PLANNING AND ZONING OFF TO THE SIDE AS A DIRECT CONNECTION TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
SO THAT'S WHY I WROTE TO CITY COUNCIL.
I WAS KIND OF HOPING THAT CITY COUNCIL WOULD, UH, REPLY AND, AND GIVE THEIR TAKE.
SO I DID RECEIVE A REPLY, UM, FROM THE ASSISTANT TO THE CITY MANAGER.
SO THAT WOULD BE STAFF THAT WAS FURTHER DOWN IN THE, UH, IN THE FLOW CHART.
BUT I HAD THE LAUGHTERS ONE, UM, REMARK ON HERE.
AND, UH, IT TALKED ABOUT THE PROCESS AND THAT, UH, THE PRELIMINARY CONCEPT PLAN HAS NOT BEEN FULLY APPROVED AND THAT THE, ESSENTIALLY TABLED WAS THIS BIT ABOUT THE BUILDING HEIGHTS AND MAYBE WE'LL COME BACK TO THAT.
BUT THE, THE LETTER I GOT MADE REFERENCE TO THE COMMISSION MEETING PROVIDED THIS IS A DIRECT QUOTE, CLEAR DIRECTION, ACKNOWLEDGED BY THE APPLICANT THAT TOTAL HEIGHT NOT EXCEED THAT OF THE AC HOTEL.
NOW I BURST OUT LAUGHING BECAUSE I'VE RECENTLY WATCHED THE VIDEO FROM THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING MARCH, 2022, THE FIRST READING, AND THEN THE SECOND READING TWO WEEKS LATER WHERE CITY COUNCIL VERY PLAINLY SAID SIX STORIES MAX.
SO I'M NOT SURE HOW, UM, CLEAR DIRECTION THIS IS.
UM, I HAVE NO CONTROL OVER STAFF NOR P AND Z, BUT I DID ELECT TWO PEOPLE ON CITY COUNCIL AND I DON'T KNOW HOW ELSE TO SAY.
ARE YOU SURE THAT THE BEST PROCESSES ARE BEING UPHELD HERE? THE, UM, THE, THE SPECIAL COMMUNITY PLAN SEEMS TO HAVE USURPED THE ZONING.
I GUESS I THOUGHT THE COMMUNITY PLAN WAS MORE OF A RECOMMENDATION AND THAT THE ZONING WAS ABSOLUTE, BUT THAT'S APPARENTLY NOT THE CASE.
DO WE HAVE OTHERS? DANA KROMER.
I COME UP HERE MOSTLY TO BE INTENTIONALLY REDUNDANT.
WE ARE OVERWHELMED BY THIS BUILDING PROJECT FOR BLOCK Y UH, IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE OVERALL SCALE AND MASS OF THE PLAN OF THE PROPOSED BUILDING PROJECT IS JUST TOO MUCH, UM, DEVELOPMENT FOR THAT SMALL SITE.
AND WE ARE ALL VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE NEGATIVE IMPACT THAT WE'LL HAVE ON OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, AND I'M JUST GONNA REPEAT WHAT OTHER FOLKS SAY SO THEY UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH WE FEEL ABOUT THAT IS THE TRAFFIC IS OVERWHELMING.
IT'S BECOMING HAZARDOUS TO COME IN AND OUT OF MARTIN ROAD.
UM, WE HAVE MORE TRAFFIC NOISE.
WE HAVE A LOT MORE REFUSE TRUCKS THAT WE LISTEN TO.
UM, WE'RE LOSING, UM, TREE COVERAGE.
THERE'S A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF TREE REMOVAL PLAN FOR THIS PROJECT.
UM, AND WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT THE NOISE FROM THE EVENT CENTER THAT'S PLANNED.
AND WHEN I LOOKED BACK AT SOME OF THE OLD MEETINGS, I THINK FROM MARCH OF 22, THEY TALKED A LOT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THERE WAS GONNA BE GOOD PEDESTRIAN CROSSING THAT WOULD BE REALLY SAFE FOR THAT WIDE BLOCK TO BE, UM, PARTICIPATING OVER IN THE OTHER PARTS OF BRIDGE PARK.
AND, UH, THAT HAS REALLY JUST BECOME A NON-ISSUE.
NO ONE'S TALKING ABOUT IT AND IT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE ADDRESSED.
UM, ALSO, I JUST, UH, WANNA ADD, WE'RE FINDING CRAWFORD GOING TO BE A LITTLE DISINGENUOUS ABOUT THEIR REASSURANCE ABOUT ENGAGING OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
YES, THEY DID A BALLOON STUDY.
THE TREES WERE IN FULL COVERAGE WHEN ALL THE LEAVES COME DOWN.
I, I WAS THE ONE THAT TOOK THE PICTURE AT GAIL'S HOUSE.
A FEW OF YOU GOT THAT PICTURE.
IT'S CLEAR THAT CUPOLA SCENE THAT IS PROBABLY NOT EVEN THREE STORIES.
CRAWFORD HOEING IS PLANNING A FOUR STORY BLOCK BUILDING THERE ALONG WITH THE HOTEL THAT'S CLOSER TO THE CORNER.
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WE ANTICIPATE FULL DEVELOPMENT ALONG THAT AREA, AS I'M SURE YOU DO AS WELL.A WALL OF FOUR STORY BUILDINGS FLANKING OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS VERY WORRISOME.
AND, UM, I JUST ASK THAT YOU WORK WITH CITY COUNCIL, OR EXCUSE ME, WITH, UH, PLANNING AND ZONING AND THAT YOU LOOK VERY CLOSELY AS THE IMPACT OF WHAT THAT'S GONNA BE ON OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
I LIVE AT 5 3 8 5 DRUM KELLY LANE, DUBLIN, OHIO, UH, RESPECTED MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, CITY MANAGER, CHIEF POLICE CHIEF, UH, OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS, OFFICIALS, AND MY FELLOW CITIZEN.
UH, I'M HERE TO EXTEND MY HEART.
WELL THANK YOU TO DUBLIN CITY FOR ORGANIZING, UH, DIWALI EVENT THIS YEAR.
UH, DIWALI IS THE FESTIVAL WHICH IS CELEBRATED BY INDIC TRADITION.
AND THE FESTIVAL IS SPREAD, IS EXPRESSED BY THOSE OF ANY ALL AND NO FAITH.
UH, DIWALI IS THE VALLEY, IS THE FESTIVAL OF LIGHT CELEBRATED THAT SIGNIFIES THE VICTORY OF GOD OVER EVIL AND THE POWER OF HOPE, UNITY AND RENEWAL EVENT LIKE THIS BRING OUR COMMUNITIES TOGETHER, HELP SHARE THE RICH CULTURE TRADITION THAT MAKE OUR WORLD BRIGHTER.
SO WITH THAT, I AGAIN WANT TO THANK CITI FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE AND, UH, WHAT YOU DO EVERY DAY FOR US.
THAT IS ALL THE CITIZENS WHO HAVE SIGNED IN TO SPEAK ON SOMETHING THAT IS NOT ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA.
OKAY? SO I, UM, THANK YOU FOR THE, THE DIWALI THAT THAT WAS A WONDERFULLY EXECUTED EVENT.
FOR THE, UH, FOLKS ON MARTIN ROAD, I'D LIKE TO CONNECT YOU, UM, WITH JENNY ROUSH IS NOT HERE.
I THEN KENDALL, WILL YOU, UM, MEET THOSE FOLKS OUT THERE? THE, YOU KNOW, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION WAS, THEY GAVE NON-BINDING FEEDBACK AND THERE WERE NOT NOTES TAKEN OR, UH, VOTES TAKEN.
SO, UM, KENDALL CAN WALK YOU THROUGH, UH, WHAT THE, WHAT MOVING FORWARD THROUGH THAT IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE AND ALL OF THE OPPORTUNITIES TO WEIGH IN.
UM, AND IF IT WERE TO GO TO AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT THAT WOULD COME BACK TO THIS BODY.
SO KENDALL CAN WALK YOU, UM, THROUGH THOSE ITEMS AS WELL.
WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT ON AN ITEM THAT IS NOT ON THIS EVENING'S AGENDA? OKAY.
HEARING AN ITEM NOT ON THIS EVENING'S AGENDA, I'M SORRY, YOU, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM THAT IS NOT ON THIS EVENING'S AGENDA FOR UNDER CITIZEN COMMENTS? YES.
UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TONIGHT AND I HOPE EVERYONE IS READY TO ENJOY A WONDERFUL HOLIDAY SEASON WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
I'M HERE TONIGHT TO REQUEST THE CITY COUNCIL AND STAFF THAT THE BALL, ANDRE, HOA AND THE RESIDENTS OF CHAR ROAD ARE ABLE TO REMAIN TOGETHER IN THE UPCOMING DISCUSSIONS WITH STAFF ON THE PROPOSED ZONING CODE CHANGES IN THE WID SINCE APRIL, BOTH GROUPS OF RESIDENTS HAVE ATTENDED CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS, ATTENDED THE COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS DURING THE SUMMER, AND HAVE BEEN CONSISTENT IN OUR CONCERNS FOR THE WID ZONING AND HAVE BEEN CONSISTENT IN WANTING TO WORK WITH THE CITY TO FIND A SOLUTION THAT IS ACCEPTABLE TO ALL PARTIES.
LAST WEEK I EMAILED MEGAN AND ASKED TO UNDERSTAND WHY THE MEETINGS WOULD BE SEPARATE AND NOT TOGETHER.
SO THANK YOU MEGAN, FOR RESPONDING.
UH, AND WHILE I UNDERSTAND THE LAND WEST OF THE TRACKS IS ON PAUSE, I GUESS I STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THE TWO RESIDENT GROUPS ARE BEING HANDLED SEPARATELY.
UM, WHILE THE CONCERNS ARE THE SAME, I I WOULD THINK THAT IT MIGHT BE MORE EFFICIENT, EFFECTIVE, AND INCLUSIVE FOR ALL DIVERSE STAKEHOLDERS TO MEET TOGETHER.
SO AGAIN, I'M ASKING TO TRY TO UNDERSTAND WHY THEY'RE SEPARATE.
UM, AS BEEN DISCUSSED IN THE PAST, THE RESIDENTS HAVE STRUGGLED WITH THE APPEARANCE OF A LACK OF TRANSPARENCY REGARDING THE WID IN MY CAREER.
I LEARNED IN PRACTICE THAT WHEN YOU EXPLAIN THE REASON WHY A DECISION WAS MADE, IT HELPS TO BUILD TRANSPARENCY, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND TRUST.
SO I'M SIMPLY ASKING THAT THE WID RESIDENTS REMAIN TOGETHER AND BEING THE SAME MEETING WHEN DISCUSSING CODE AND LANGUAGE.
AND IF NOT, I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE UNDERSTAND WHY THAT CAN'T HAPPEN.
SO, UM, I THINK THIS IS A REASONABLE REQUEST.
I CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHY THEY WOULD BE HANDLED SEPARATELY.
SO I DON'T, DO I, WAIT, I HAVE A MINUTE, 20 SECONDS.
SO I WAIT FOR A RESPONSE OR I GO SIT DOWN
UH, SO I, I KNOW THAT MEGAN WILL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU, UH, AND GET YOU ANSWERS TO THOSE.
I KNOW THAT THERE ARE REASONS WHY SOME OF THOSE THINGS ARE NAVIGATED.
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FORUM FOR A BACK AND FORTH, THIS IS FOR US TO RECEIVE PUBLIC COMMENT.AND SO WE WILL, WE WILL ACCEPT THAT COMMENT FROM YOU OKAY.
AND THEN WE WILL ASSIGN IT TO THE APPROPRIATE INDIVIDUALS THAT WILL BE IN CHARGE OF FOLLOWING UP WITH YOU.
WE'LL MAKE SURE TO GET WHAT'S CLEAR.
SO IF YOU GUYS COULD HELP WITH THAT, THAT'D BE GREAT.
ANY OTHERS ON PUBLIC COMMENT? NOT ON THIS EVENING'S AGENDA.
UH, HEARING NONE, WE WILL MOVE
[CONSENT AGENDA]
ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA PORTION.UM, IS THERE A REQUEST TO REMOVE AN ITEM FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA THAT CONSISTS OF THE MEETING MINUTES OF NOVEMBER 13TH AND 14TH RETREAT NOVEMBER 17TH, REGULAR MEETING, DECEMBER 1ST WORK SESSION AND THE LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY OF TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP OF LIQUOR PERMITS.
HEARING NONE, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.
JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE MR. KEELER? YES.
[Ordinance 46-25]
US TO SECOND READING, PUBLIC HEARING ORDINANCES ORDINANCE 46 DASH 25 CREATING TWO TAX INCENT INCREMENT FINANCING INCENTIVE DISTRICTS DECLARING IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PARCELS WITHIN THE INCENTIVE DISTRICTS TO BE PUBLIC PURPOSE AND EXEMPT FROM REAL PROPERTY TAXATION, REQUIRING THE OWNERS OF THOSE PARCELS TO MAKE SERVICE PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES, ESTABLISHING A MUNICIPAL PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT TAX INCREMENT EQUIVALENT FUND FOR THE DEPOSIT OF THOSE SERVICE PAYMENTS, SPECIFYING THE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS THAT BENEFIT OR SERVE PARCELS IN THE INCENTIVE DISTRICTS AUTHORIZING COMPENSATION PAYMENTS TO THE DUBLIN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE TOLLS CAREER AND TECHNICAL CENTER.OUR STAFF REPORT WILL BE BROUGHT FORWARD THIS EVENING BY MATT RUBINO.
UH, THANK YOU MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
UH, THIS ORDINANCE APPROVES THE CREATION OF TWO RESIDENTIAL TIF DISTRICTS IN THE BRIDGE PARK J BLOCK DEVELOPMENT AREA.
UM, THERE HAVE BEEN NO CHANGES TO THIS LEGISLATION SINCE THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AT TONIGHT'S MEETING AFTER THE SECOND HEARING, PUBLIC HEARING RATHER.
IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING NONE.
JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE MAYOR AROSE GROOMS? YES.
[Ordinance 48-25 (Amended)]
DASH 25 AMENDING THE ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2025.THIS ORDINANCE AMENDS THE 2025 APPROPRIATIONS.
UM, THE REVISED OR, UM, ITEM INCLUDES ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE US 33 STATE ROUTE 1 61 PROJECT.
THERE ARE ALSO TWO ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS REQUESTED.
UM, ONE OF THEM IS TO REALLOCATE AN ADDITIONAL $336,000 IN CAPITAL FUNDING, UH, FOR DESIGN WORK IN ADVANCE OF RIVERSIDE CROSSING, UH, PERIMETER SECURITY UPGRADE PROJECT.
UM, THIS IS A REALLOCATION, SO IT IS BUDGET NEUTRAL AND THE PROJECT IS IN THE APPROVED, UH, 2026 CAPITAL BUDGET OF THE ADDITIONAL SECOND ADDITIONAL ITEM.
UM, REQUEST TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR, UH, FUNDING FOR A LAND TRANSFER.
AND THAT WAS APPROVED BY COUNSEL UNDER ORDINANCE 37 25.
UH, THE APPROPRIATION REQUEST, UH, INCLUDES A AGREED UPON PAYMENT AND, UH, REAL ESTATE AND CLOSING COST FOR, FOR THE TRANSACTION AND THE CITY'S SHARE OF THE, UH, PAYMENT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO ADD AVAILABLE TIF FUNDS.
AND THERE ARE NO OTHER CHANGES OTHER THAN THE THREE I OUTLINED.
AND WE SEEK APPROVAL AT, UH, TONIGHT'S MEETING AFTER THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING.
IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THIS EVENING THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING NONE.
JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE RULE MS. FOX? YES.
[Ordinance 49-25]
49 DASH 25 AMENDING THE LOCATION AND AMOUNT OF CASH ON HAND FOR CHANGE FUNDS.AND AGAIN, OUR STAFF REPORT WILL BE FROM MATT RUBINO.
ROUTINE REQUESTS, UM, MAKE SOME CHANGES TO CHANGE FUNDS IN A CASH DRAWER IN THREE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS.
THERE HAVE BEEN NO CHANGES SINCE THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING.
READING AND STAFF RECOMMEND APPROVAL AFTER TONIGHT'S, UH, SECOND PUBLIC HEARING READING.
UH, IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING NONE.
JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE MS. CRAM? YES.
MAYOR AROSE GROOMS. MR. KEELER? YES.
[Ordinance 50-25]
OKAY.I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO POSTPONE THE SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE 50 DASH 25 TO THE JANUARY 5TH, 2026.
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COUNCIL MEETING.JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE MR. KEELER? YES.
[Ordinance 51-25]
51 DASH 25 APPROVING THE EXPANSION OF THE BRIDGE PARK NEW COMMUNITY AUTHORITY AND METHOD OF SELECTING SUCCESSOR DEVELOPER MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.AND, UH, WE WILL STICK WITH MATT WITH OUR STAFF REPORT.
UH, THIS ORDINANCE ESTABLISHED, UH, SET SETS A PUBLIC HEARING DATE, UH, FOR EXPANSION OF THE BRIDGE PARK NEW COMMUNITY AUTHORITY AND APPROVES THAT EXPAN EXPANSION.
UH, THIS ORDINANCE WAS FIRST, UM, HEARD AT THE NOVEMBER 17TH MEETING.
THERE WAS A COMPLIMENTARY ORDINANCE THAT WAS APPROVED SETTING THE PUBLIC HEARING DATE IN CONSIDERATION OF THE NCA EXPANSION AT TONIGHT'S MEETING.
UH, THE NCA BOARD DID MEET ON DECEMBER 2ND AND APPROVED A RESOLUTION TO ADD THE PROPERTIES TO THE NCA IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE PUBLIC FINANCING COMPONENT OF THE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT AT THE, UH, J BLOCK.
AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING APPROVAL OF THIS ORDINANCE, UM, EXPANDING APPROVING THE EXPANSION OF THE NCA.
UH, IS THERE ANY MEMBER OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC PRESENT THIS EVENING THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING NONE COUNCIL QUESTIONS.
JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE VICE MAYOR LUDO? YES.
[Ordinance 52-25]
THIS BRINGS US TO INTRODUCTION FIRST READING IN ORDINANCE ORDINANCE 52 DASH 25, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A REAL ESTATE PURCHASE AGREEMENT FOR CERTAIN PROPERTY OWNED BY E AND D GINGRICH FARMS, LLC, LOCATED IN FRANKLIN COUNTY, OHIO, AND MADISON COUNTY OHIO AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF RELATED AGREEMENTS AND DOCUMENTS AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS.AND OUR STAFF REPORT WILL BE BROUGHT FORWARD BY OUR CITY MANAGER, MEGAN O' CALLAHAN.
MEMBERS OF COUNCIL ORDINANCES 52 DASH 25 AND 53 DASH 25 AUTHORIZES CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO REAL ESTATE PURCHASE AGREEMENTS FOR APPROXIMATELY 350 ACRES OF LAND WEST OF DUBLIN'S CORPORATE BOUNDARIES.
THE LANDS SPANS BOTH FRANKLIN AND MADISON COUNTIES AND SITS AT A CRITICAL LOCATION WITH OUR COMMUNITY PLAN PLANNING AREA.
BEFORE WALKING THROUGH THE INDIVIDUAL ORDINANCES, I WANNA PROVIDE BACKGROUND INFORMATION THAT APPLIES TO BOTH ACQUISITIONS.
SO COUNCIL HAS THE FULL PICTURE OF THE ACQUISITION STRATEGY.
THIS INCLUDES HOW THE PARCELS RELATE TO THE WEST INNOVATION DISTRICT, HOW THEY FURTHER OUR ADOPTED STRATEGIC PLANS, AND HOW THEY POSITION DUBLIN FOR LONG-TERM TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEEDS.
AND THEN IN ADDITION, OUR CFO MATT RABINO WILL PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE FINANCING APPROACH, UH, TIED TO BOTH OF THESE ACQUISITIONS.
SO FIRST OF ALL, UM, AS SHOWN HERE FOR CONTEXT, THE SUBJECT PARCELS ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW AND ORANGE, DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO OTHER STRATEGIC LAND HOLDINGS THAT ARE SHOWN IN GREEN AND POSITION TO INFLUENCE FUTURE TRA TRANSPORTATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THIS AREA, THE PROPERTY THAT IS THE SUBJECT OF ORDINANCE 52 DASH 25 IS APPROXIMATELY 84 ACRES OWNED BY E AND D GINGRICH FARMS. THIS SLIDE ILLUSTRATES THE PROXIMITY BETWEEN THE GINGRICH AND MILLER PROPERTIES.
THAT IS THE SUBJECT OF ORDINANCE 53 DASH 25.
AND TOGETHER THESE ACQUISITIONS ALLOW THE CITY TO CONTINUE TO PLAN HOLISTICALLY FOR LONG-TERM INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORTATION, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY PLANNING AREA, THE COMMUNITY PLAN IDENTIFIES SEVERAL FUTURE STREET NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, IMPROVEMENTS AND REFLECTS COORDINATION OF TRANSPORTATION PLANNING ACROSS THE REGION AS WELL AS NECESSARY UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE.
UH, THE MULTIMODAL THOROUGHFARE PLAN AND ASSOCIATED PLANNED ARTERIAL AND CONNECTOR ROAD LOCATION CONCEPTS ARE SHOWN ON THIS SLIDE.
ACQUIRING THIS LAND IS IN ALIGNMENT WITH MULTIPLE ADOPTED CITY PLANS, THE STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK COUNCIL, VISIONARY GOALS AND VISION, DUBLIN'S WEST INNOVATION DISTRICT SPECIAL AREA PLAN, THE MULTIMODAL THOROUGHFARE PLAN, AND THE RECENT WEST INNOVATION DISTRICT INTEGRATED IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY WORK.
THESE PROPERTIES PROVIDE FLEXIBILITY FOR FUTURE ROAD NETWORK EXPANSIONS, UTILITY IMPROVEMENTS, AND PURPOSEFUL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
IMPORTANTLY, OWNING THE LAND ENSURES THAT DOUBLING CONTROLS ITS UL ULTIMATE USE.
THE GINGRICH FARMS ACQUISITION, THAT'S THE SUBJECT OF ORDINANCE 52 DASH 25 INCLUDES THREE PARCELS AS SHOWN ON THIS SLIDE.
AND THE PARCELS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THIS ACQUISITION TOTAL APPROXIMATELY 84 ACRES AND THOSE PARCELS ARE LISTED ON THIS SLIDE.
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THE CITY WAS CONTACTED BY MR. GINGRICH ABOUT THE CITY'S INTEREST IN PURCHASING HIS PROPERTIES.AND AFTER INITIAL DUE DILIGENCE AND SUCCESSFUL NEGOTIATIONS, THE PROPERTY OR THE PARTIES REACHED AN AGREEMENT FOR THE GINGRICH FARMS AT A PURCHASE PRICE OF $105,000 PER ACRE.
THE REPA CONTAINS ALL THE TERMS, CONDITIONS AND CLOSING REQUIREMENTS OF BOTH PARTIES.
AND SIMILAR TO HOW WE HANDLED THE RECENT SHEPHERD ACQUISITION, THE PARTIES DID EXECUTE THE REPA ON NOVEMBER 13TH, 2025.
WITH THE REPA BECOMING EFFECTIVE AFTER FORMAL COUNSEL APPROVAL, THROUGH THE ADOPTION OF THIS ORDINANCE, THE CITY HAS DETERMINED THAT IT IS PREPARED TO PROCEED TO CLOSING ON THESE PROPERTIES.
THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS LAND WILL BE EVALUATED WHEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP OCCURS, AS HAS BEEN THE CASE FOR OTHER LAND THAT THE CITY HAS ACQUIRED IN THE PAST.
AND AT A MINIMUM, THESE PARCELS WILL ACT AS A BUFFER BETWEEN DEVELOPMENT FURTHER WEST AND THE CITY UNTIL DEVELOPMENT THAT THE CITY APPROVES, UM, OCCURS.
AND I'M GONNA HAND IT OVER TO MATT RUBINO TO SHARE AN OVERVIEW OF THE FINANCING PLAN FOR THESE ACQUISITIONS.
SO, THE FINANCING PLAN THAT WE HAVE, WE'RE RECOMMENDING FOR THESE LAND ACQUISITIONS.
UM, FIRST AND FOREMOST, IT IS COMPLIANT WITH ALL CITY FINANCIAL POLICIES, INCLUDING THE GENERAL FUND BALANCE POLICY, DEBT POLICY, AND INVESTMENT POLICY, WHICH IS THE CASE ANYTIME THE CITY, UM, ELECTS TO USE SOME FORM OF DEBT FINANCING, WHETHER SHORT TERM OR LONG TERM.
WE LOOK AT THESE FACETS OF, OF THE CITY'S FINANCIAL POLICIES BEFORE WE PROVIDE A RECOMMENDATION, AND WE'RE DOING THAT HERE AS WELL.
UH, WE'RE LOOKING TO GENERATE, UM, ENOUGH FUNDING FOR THE LAND ACQUISITIONS, UH, LOOKING AT A RELATIVELY SHORT TIMEFRAME.
UH, FOR THE PROPOSED LAND PURCHASES.
UH, WE'RE LOOKING TO UTILIZE A SHORT TERM STRUCTURE THAT HAS FLEXIBLE FINANCING TERMS AND THAT CAN PROVIDE THE CITY THE OPTION FOR AN EARLY PAYMENT OF PRINCIPLE ON ANY OF THE BORROWING THAT WE END UP DOING FOR THE LAND ACQUISITIONS.
AND AGAIN, WE'RE GONNA RELY ON THE CITY'S GENERAL OBLIGATION PLEDGE INHERENT CREDIT RATINGS TO MAINTAIN LOWER INTEREST RATES, UH, FOR THE COST OF BORROWING SOME ADDITIONAL, UM, FEATURES OF THIS FINANCING PLAN.
WE'RE LOOKING TO MINIMIZE TRANSACTION COSTS, UH, BY FOREGOING A NEW RATINGS PROCESS.
WE HAVE FRESH RATINGS AND LOOKING AT, UH, NOT HAVING TO DO A PREPARATION OF AN OFFICIAL STATEMENT.
IT ALSO STAYS ON TRANSACTIONAL COST.
AND BECAUSE WE HAVE, AGAIN, FRESH RATINGS FOR TRIPLE, UH, FOR AAA RATINGS, UM, WE CAN UTILIZE THAT WHEN IT COMES TIME TO, UH, HAVE THIS TRANSACTION, UH, ISSUED.
FOR THE, FOR THE PURPOSES MENTIONED, UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT A FIVE YEAR TERM BORROWING APPROXIMATELY 16.9 MILLION.
UH, WE'RE USING A DIRECT NOTE SALE PRODUCT OR DIRECT PLACEMENT.
SO UNLIKE PREVIOUS, UH, DEBT ISSUANCES THAT THE CITY HAS DONE WHERE WE DO A, A COMPETITIVE SALE, UH, MOST LIKELY IN THIS CASE WE'LL BE WORKING WITH A PARTNER BANK, HUNTINGTON BANK, AND THEY OFFERED THIS PRODUCT WHERE WE CAN ISSUE THE NOTE IN THE PRINCIPLE THAT WE NEED FOR THE TERMS, UH, THAT WE'LL DECIDE ON AND, UH, PLACE THAT OR AWARD THAT DIRECTLY TO THE BANK SO THAT, AGAIN, THAT SAVES ON TIME AND ON TRANSACTION COSTS.
WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT PROVIDING ABOUT A 25% CONTRIBUTION OF GENERAL FUND RESOURCES.
UH, WE'LL BE DEVOTED TOWARDS THE LAND ACQUISITIONS.
SO THE IDEA IS FLEXIBLE FINANCING TERMS, RELYING ON THE CITY'S GOOD CREDIT, UH, HAVE A SHORT TIMEFRAME WITH FLEXIBLE OPTIONS AND THE ABILITY TO PAY DOWN PRINCIPLE IN PART OR IN A HOLE BEFORE THE FIVE YEAR TERM IS UP.
BUT ALSO BALANCING THAT OUT WITH A CONTRIBUTION OF CITY RESOURCES IN THIS CASE, UM, CONTRIBUTION IN THE GENERAL FUND.
AND WE'LL BE WELL WITHIN OUR GENERAL FUND, UH, BALANCE POLICY, UH, WITH THIS CONTRIBUTION INCLUDING, UH, UH, PAST, UH, COMMITMENTS WE'VE MADE WITH OTHER DEBT FINANCINGS BOTH PREVIOUS YEARS IN THIS YEAR AS WELL.
AND WITH THAT, BECAUSE TIME OF THE, UH, TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR CLOSING ON THESE CRITICAL PROPERTY STAFF DOES RECOMMEND WAIVING THE SECOND READING AND ADOPTING ORDINANCE 52 DASH 25.
AND A VOTE TO SUSPEND THE TWO READINGS RULE WILL REQUIRE A SUPER MAJORITY OF COUNSEL.
UM, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO HOLD THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS LEGISLATION THIS EVENING.
IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND, JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL MR. REINER? YES.
IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? I WANTED TO NOTE FIRSTLY, THAT WE DID RECEIVE 12 COMMENTS PRIOR TO THIS EVENING'S COUNSEL MEETING, GENERALLY ASKING COUNSEL NOT TO SUSPEND THE TWO HEARING RULE WITH RESPECT TO THE PURCHASES OF THE GINGRICH AND MILLER FARMS. ALL OF THOSE COMMENTS WERE SHARED WITH COUNSEL IN ADVANCE OF TONIGHT'S MEETING.
ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE HAD A FEW MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO HAVE SIGNED INTO SPEAK THIS EVENING, BEGINNING WITH TODD HEMMER.
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VERY GOOD.IF YOU'LL PLEASE STEP FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS INTO THE RECORD.
THANK YOU FOR DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL FOR YOUR TIME TONIGHT.
MY NAME IS TODD HEER AND I LIVE AT 58 24 HUTCHER ROAD.
DUBLIN CITY EMPHASIZES TRANSPARENCY AND DEMOCRATIC PROCESS ON BEHALF OF ALL THE HOCHER ROAD RESIDENTS.
I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT YOU DO NOT WA THAT YOU DO NOT WAIVE THE SECOND READING OF THIS ORDINANCE.
A SECOND READING GIVES THE COUNCIL THE TIME TO DIGEST INFORMATION, ASK QUESTIONS, AND WORK WITH US.
THE RESIDENTS BEFORE MAKING A DECISION, THE MILLER FARM PURCHASE HINGES ON SE SECURING AND A, AN, AN EASEMENT ON HOARD ROAD ACCESS.
HAS STAFF ALREADY OBTAINED THIS AGREEMENT? THIS IS A CRITICAL QUESTION.
ALSO GIVES TIME TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE MADISON COUNTY WILL APPEAL THE CURRENT ANNEXATION, UH, RULING, WHICH IS, UH, GOT 26 DAYS.
I GREW UP ON A FARM AND I NOTICED CERTAIN THINGS.
THE MILLER AND GREENWICH FARM ARE EXTREMELY WET.
THEY'RE LAST TO BE PLANTED AND LAST TO BE HARVESTED EVERY YEAR.
THIS WEEKEND, THE FARMER WAS DISKING THROUGH THE SNOW TO BREAK DOWN THE CORNSTALKS.
THIS IS BECAUSE HE CANNOT DO THE WORK IN THE SPRING.
THE LAND MAY BE, MAY, MAY WORK OKAY FOR FARMING, BUT WHAT, WHAT, BUT WHAT LAND? UH, BUT WHAT LAND, UH, USERS NOT, ARE NOT POSSIBLE WITHOUT MAJOR COST.
BUT WHAT WILL IT TAKE TO MAKE THIS LAND VIABLE WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING THE LAND CONDITION AND THE PROPOSED USES? THIS DECISION IS PREMATURE ALSO.
THESE FARMS ARE NOT IN THE COLUMBUS WATERSHED.
WHERE WILL THE WATER AND SEWER COME FROM AND AT WHAT COST? RESIDENTS REVIEW THE DOUBLE AND WID BUSINESS PLAN AND OVER THE 27 YEARS, 1.12 BILLION SPENT FOR 1.14 BILLION.
0.4% OF DUBLIN'S CURRENT BUDGET WAS THIS LAND PURCHASE INCLUDED $22 MILLION FOR 350 ACRES OF SIGNIFICANT.
THIS WILL LEAD TO ANOTHER TIFF LIKE THE COMMAND ALCON, WHERE BUSINESSES LEAVE AFTER THE TERMS EXPIRE, LEAVING THE TAXPAYER TO FOOT THE BILL.
UNLIKE TRANSIENT BUSINESSES, WE LIVE HERE AT PUBLIC OUTREACH, UH, SESSIONS.
HOORA ROAD AND BALANCE TRADE RESIDENTS CLEARLY STATED THAT WE WANTED RESIDENTIAL USES FIRST, NOT INDUSTRIAL.
SURROUNDING OUR HOMES WITH INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT IS UNACCEPTABLE FOR SAFETY, HEALTH, TRAFFIC, QUALITY OF LIFE AND PROPERTY VALUE.
YET THE CITY HAS OFFERED NO COMPROMISE, ONLY PLANS TO PUT ROADS THROUGH OUR LIVING ROOMS. FINALLY, WHY THE URGENCY? THE CONTRACT ALLOWS FOR 90 DAYS AND THERE'S NO RISK TO FARMER OR THE CITY.
THIS RUSH DOES NOT BUILD TRUST.
IT FUELS THE PERCEPTION THAT STAFF IS CONCEALING THEIR TRUE AGENDA.
PLEASE DON'T APPROVE THIS PURCHASE TONIGHT.
INSTEAD, REQUIRE STAFF TO ANSWER THESE BASIC QUESTIONS AND ALLOW US TO HAVE A SECOND READING.
AND IN FINAL CLOSING, WE NEED TO LIVE MORE LIKE THE GIRL SCOUT MOTTO.
I HEARD THIS A THIS THIS EVENING.
IT WAS VERY, VERY HEARTFELT AND I THINK WE NEED ALL, COULD TAKE A LITTLE LESSON FROM THE GIRL SCOUTS.
HOPEFULLY 2026 WILL BE A LITTLE BIT BETTER FOR US ON, UH, ON HOO ROAD.
ANYONE ELSE LIKE THIS SPEAKER? WE HAVE ANOTHER SIGNED UP.
TIM MEYERS SIGNED IN TO SPEAK ON THIS TOPIC.
OH, AND HE'S, HE'S INDICATING HE ALREADY SPOKE.
AND IS THERE ANOTHER VICTORIA MCDONALD VICTORIA, WELCOME.
PLEASE COME FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS INTO THE RECORD.
I LIVE AT 5 6 4 2 TIME CASTLE LOOP.
I'M SPEAKING TONIGHT TO ASK THAT YOU NOT SUSPEND THE TWO READING REQUIREMENT FOR ORDINANCE 52 DASH 25 AND 53 DASH 25.
AS I'VE BEEN MORE INVOLVED IN THE MECHANISMS OF OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT, IT HAS BECOME EVIDENT TO MYSELF AND OTHERS THAT TRANSPARENCY CONTINUES TO BE A POINT OF CONCERN.
WHILE CITY STAFF WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE TOUTING THE THOUGHTFUL GROWTH THAT HAS OCCURRED OVER ITS HISTORY, IT IS CLEAR THAT THE CITY STAFF WILL OVERLOOK ETHICAL PRACTICES AND PROCESSES TO ENSURE THEY SEE THEIR PLAN TO ITS DESIRED END BYPASSING.
A SECOND READING REMINDS ME OF A TIME WHEN THERE WAS AN AUDITING ERROR AND HOMEOWNERS WERE NOT PROPERLY NOTIFIED RELATED TO REZONING ALONG COS GRAY ROAD.
SINCE THEN, OUR NEIGHBORS HAVE BEEN VIGILANT IN MAKING SURE TRANSPARENCY, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND TRUST IS RESTORED IN OUR COMMUNITY.
HAVING TWO READINGS, INCLUDING A PUBLIC HEARING, IS BENEFICIAL TO EVERYONE.
IT ALLOWS COUNCIL MEMBERS TIME TO REVIEW ALL OF THE INFORMATION, ASK QUESTIONS, AND DISCUSS ISSUES WITH IMPACTED CONSTITUENTS AND STAKEHOLDERS.
THE COUNCIL RULES OF ORDER STATE COUNCIL WELCOMES THE INVOLVEMENT OF CITIZENS AND THE DECISION MAKING.
CAN COUNCIL UPHOLD THIS IDEAL WITHOUT A PUBLIC HEARING? ADDITIONALLY, CITY STAFF
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STATED NO SPECIFIC REASON TO SUSPEND THE SECOND READING AND PUBLIC HEARING OTHER THAN TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE.YET THERE IS NO REASON THAT JUSTIFIES THIS SENSE OF URGENCY.
PLEASE CONSIDER OUR REQUEST TONIGHT AND CONTINUE TO BUILD AND RESTORE THE TRUST WITHIN YOUR CONSTITUENTS AND OUR NEIGHBORS.
PLEASE STEP FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS INTO THE RECORD.
MY NAME IS AMY SWANK AND I LIVE AT 59 45 VAND LER PLACE.
UH, BEFORE VOTING TONIGHT, I ASK THAT CITY COUNCIL ASK CITY STAFF TO PROVIDE YOU A SPECIFIC REASON WHY VOTING FOR ORDINANCES 52 25 AND 53 25 MUST BE PASSED TONIGHT INSTEAD OF AT THE NEXT MEETING OR EVEN AT A SPECIAL MEETING.
I THINK THE TRANSPARENCY AROUND THIS WOULD HELP EVERYONE.
IT WOULD CERTAINLY HELP THE PUBLIC FEEL BETTER, AND I THINK IT WOULD HELP YOU ALL MAKE A BETTER DECISION AND FEEL BETTER AND MORE CONFIDENT ABOUT THE DECISION YOU'RE ABOUT TO MAKE.
CITY STAFF SENT AN EMAIL TODAY ON YOUR BEHALF, UM, ABOUT THE ORDINANCES AND THEIR DESIRE FOR SPEED STATING, QUOTE, THE CENTRAL OHIO REAL ESTATE MARKET MOVES QUICKLY.
SO TIMING, TIMELY ACTION ALLOWS A CITY TO SECURE NEGOTIATED TERMS AND TO COMPLETE THE PROCESS WITH TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY.
END QUOTE, IT SEEMS LIKE CANCELING THE SECOND READING ACTUALLY TAKES AWAY TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY UNDER THE CITY CHARTER.
AFTER LEGISLATION IS INTRODUCED, WHICH IS WHAT WE'VE DONE HERE TONIGHT, UM, THE CHARTER REQUIRES A PUBLIC HEARING.
YOU VOTED TO HAVE THAT TONIGHT.
WHEN WAS NOTICE PROVIDED FOR THAT PUBLIC HEARING IS AN AGENDA THAT DOES NOT LIST THE PARCELS BY OWNER ADDRESS OR PARCEL ID, BUT JUST REFERS TO THEM AS QUOTE, CERTAIN PROPERTY END QUOTE, NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING UNDER YOUR CHARTER WITHIN YOUR HEART.
I WOULD WOULD DIRECT YOU TO MY WRITTEN COMMENTS ABOUT THE PUBLIC NOTICE PROBLEMS WITH THAT.
I HAD A LENGTHY DISCUSSION WITH ONE OF THE CITY'S ATTORNEYS TODAY AT HIS REQUEST, NOT MINE.
HIS POSITION IS THAT THE SELLERS COULD WALK AWAY AT ANY TIME UNLESS CITY COUNSEL PASSES THIS ORDINANCE TONIGHT.
IS THAT TRUE? IT'S NOT THE WAY I READ THE AGREEMENTS.
IT'S NOT THE WAY I READ LAW EITHER.
I THINK THE SELLERS ARE BOUND BY THE TERMS OF THE AGREEMENTS.
I THINK THE CITY HAS A CONDITION THAT THEY COULD WALK AWAY FOR IF THEY, IF YOU DON'T PROVE IT, IF YOU DON'T HAVE GOOD TITLE, UM, IF YOU DON'T GET THE EASEMENT IN THE CASE OF THE MILLER PROPERTY, I DO THINK THAT THERE ARE REASONS THAT YOU ALL CAN WALK AWAY, BUT I DON'T READ IT THAT WAY FOR THE SELLERS.
IF WHAT THE ATTORNEY HAS SAID IS TRUE, UH, WHY WAS THAT INFORMATION NOT GIVEN TONIGHT AS THE REASON THAT WE NEED TO EXPEDITE THIS PROCESS AND CANCEL THE SECOND READING? HOW IS NOT SHARING THAT INFORMATION TRANSPARENT? THE TRUTH IS, I DON'T KNOW IF I'M FOR OR AGAINST THESE LAND ACQUISITIONS BECAUSE I'VE ONLY HAD NOTICE OF THEM FOR THREE DAYS, TWO OF WHICH WERE A WEEKEND.
ALL I'M ASKING YOU TO DO TONIGHT IS TO ASK CITY STAFF TO GIVE YOU A SPECIFIC REASON WHY THE ORDINANCES MUST BE PASSED INSTEAD OF AT THE NEXT MEETING.
IF YOU CANNOT OR WILL NOT DO THAT, I THINK YOU HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO CONDUCT A SECOND READING.
I DID RECEIVE TWO COMMENTS ON THIS MATTER DURING THE MEETING THAT WERE NOT AVAILABLE TO COUNSEL BEFOREHAND, SO I'LL READ THEM, UM, RIGHT NOW FOR THE MEETING.
UH, THE FIRST IS FROM JENNIFER HAMILL, 57 25 TRAFALGAR LANE, DUBLIN, OHIO 4 3 0 1 6.
SUBJECT WAIVING SECOND READING OF ORDINANCES 52 DASH 25 AND 53 DASH 25.
I RESPECTFULLY URGE CITY COUNSEL TO NOT WAIVE THE SECOND READING OF ORDINANCES 52 DASH 25 AND 53 DASH 25, I BELIEVE WAIVING THE SECOND READING OF THESE ORDINANCES DISREGARDS THE RULES FOR PUBLIC NOTIFICATION.
SUCH ACTIONS WHILE THE AGENDA FOR TONIGHT'S MEETING WAS POSTED LAST TUESDAY, DETAILS REGARDING THESE PARCELS WERE NOT POSTED WITH THAT AGENDA.
CITY MANAGER MEGAN CALLAHAN, DID NOT EVEN CREATE THE MEMOS WITH DETAILS ABOUT THE PARCELS UNTIL DECEMBER 5TH, EVEN THOUGH SHE BACKDATED THEM FOR DECEMBER 2ND DOCUMENT PROPERTIES DON'T LIE.
HOW OUR DUBLIN RESIDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN BURNED ALREADY BY COUNSEL'S LACK OF TRANSPARENCY, SUPPOSED TO TRUST THAT THIS $23 MILLION PURCHASE MUST BE MADE RIGHT NOW WITHOUT TAKING A MINIMAL AMOUNT OF TIME FOR A SECOND READING IN PUBLIC COMMENT, THE DECEMBER 5TH BACKDATED MEMOS SAY THE SECOND READING MUST BE WAIVED BECAUSE
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TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE.THEN WHY WERE MEMOS PROVIDING DETAILED PROPERTY INFORMATION, WHICH HAS BEEN AVAILABLE SINCE NOVEMBER WRITTEN SO LATE.
I GUESS THE CITY MANAGER GETS EXTRA TIME TO PERFORM HER DUTIES WHILE CITY RESIDENTS ARE BEING ASKED TO FOREGO THEIR TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
AGAIN, PLEASE DO NOT WAIVE THE SECOND READING OF ORDINANCES 52 DASH 25 AND 53 DASH 25.
ANYONE ELSE PRESENT THIS EVENING THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION WHO MAYBE DIDN'T HAVE THE OPPORT? OH, I'M SORRY.
YOU HAVE ONE MORE? I HAVE ONE MORE.
FIRST, THANK YOU FOR PROHIBITING DATA CENTERS IN THE UPCOMING ZONING CODE CHANGES FOR THE WID.
PLEASE CONSIDER BEING A PROACTIVE EXAMPLE FOR OTHER COMMUNITIES IN OHIO BY PROHIBITING THEM ALTOGETHER WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.
EACH AND EVERY DAY, WE LEARN OF MORE HARMFUL IMPACTS ON OUR NATURAL RESOURCES AND HEALTH.
SECOND, PLEASE FOLLOW YOUR OWN GUIDELINES FOR THE LAND PURCHASE OF GINGRICH AND MILLER FARMS. DO NOT SUSPEND THE TWO HEARING RULE.
NOT ALLOWING TIME FOR COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT SEEMS RATHER SUSPICIOUS AND ERODES THE PUBLIC TRUST OF OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
LASTLY, AS I HAVE BEEN ATTENDING MEETINGS THROUGHOUT THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS, I HAVE NOTICED THAT THE ENVISION DUBLIN PLAN SEEMS TO PRIORITIZE DUBLIN BEING A GREAT PLACE TO VISIT.
BUT WE, THE RESIDENTS WANT TO CONTINUE TO BE A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE.
ANY OTHERS BEFORE I OPEN IT BACK UP TO, OKAY.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE PRESENT THIS EVENING THAT PERHAPS DIDN'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SIGN IN THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS HEARING? HEARING NONE.
I'M GONNA ASK OUR LEGAL COUNSEL TO, UH, PUT SOME FRAMEWORK BEHIND THIS.
THANK YOU, UH, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL YAWE WITH THE, UH, LAW DEPARTMENT.
I'M THE ATTORNEY THAT'S SPOKE WITH, UH, MS. SWANK EARLIER TODAY.
SO, UH, COUPLE DIFFERENT ITEMS RAISED.
UH, LET ME START WITH THE BASICS.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, THE CITY HAS ITS CHARTER, UH, AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF ITS POWERS UNDER THE CHARTERS TO BE LIBERALLY CONSTRUED IN FAVOR OF THE CITY IN ORDER TO TAKE ACTION.
UM, IN TERMS OF THE WAIVER OF THE SECOND, UH, READING AND THE NOTICE PROVISIONS ABOUT THE HEARING, THE REVISED CODE SECTION 73.17 MAKES IT VERY CLEAR THAT THE CITY COUNCIL CAN WAIVE ANY NUMBER OF READINGS WHEN ADOPTING, UH, LEGISLATION.
UH, THAT HAS NOT BEEN DISPUTED IN TERMS OF THE PUBLIC HEARING.
UH, IT IS TRUE THAT, UH, TYPICALLY WITH THERE'S AN INTRODUCTION AND THEN A SECOND READING WITH A PUBLIC HEARING.
AND THE PUBLIC HEARING IS, IS SCHEDULED AT THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING AFTER THE INTRODUCTION, EXCEPT THERE'S A PROVISION IN THERE THAT SAYS UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED BY COUNSEL.
AND THAT GOES BACK TO OHIO LAW'S GENERAL RULE, GENERAL LAW, THAT COUNSELS HAVE THE RIGHT TO GOVERN THEMSELVES.
THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO WAIVE RULES, AND THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO TAKE ACTION, INCLUDING EXPLICITLY IN THE CHARTER.
UM, I I I'M NOT CERTAIN WHERE THE SPECIFIC QUOTES OR THE SUGGESTIONS OF WHAT I MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE SAID EARLIER CAME FROM, BUT THE POINT IS THIS LEGISLATION IS, UH, REQUIRED FOR ANY CONTRACT TO BE AUTHORIZED AS A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, AS A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, A LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENTITY.
THERE ARE CERTAIN FORMULAIC AND, UH, PREREQUISITES TO HAVE AN ENFORCEABLE CONTRACT, WHICH INCLUDES HAVING FUNDS APPROPRIATED AND FUNDS AVAILABLE, WHICH IS THE ORDINANCE THAT'S GONNA BE BEFORE YOU, AFTER THE TWO, WHICH INCLUDES THE LAW DIRECTOR'S OFFICE OR CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE SIGNING OFFICE TO FORM AND WHICH INCLUDES THE AUTHORIZATION OF COUNCIL.
THAT'S SPECIFICALLY IN OUR CHARTER AS WELL.
UM, ALL THE POWERS OF THE CITY, WHICH INCLUDES THE POWER TO PURCHASE PROPERTY.
UH, IT GOES THROUGH CITY COUNCIL AND CITY COUNCIL THEN DELEGATES THOSE DUTIES AND OBLIGATIONS TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN, QUOTE, THROUGH THE ADOPTION OF LEGISLATION.
THIS IS MEMORIALIZING THE, UH, AGREEMENT ITSELF.
THIS IS, UH, COMPLYING WITH OUR CHARTER, UH, THIS IS COMPLYING WITH OHIO LAW, AND THE PROCESS IN DOING SO HAS ALL BEEN COMPLIANT.
AND IF THE POSITION IS THAT THESE, THIS CONTRACT IS ALREADY BINDING AND ENFORCEABLE WITHOUT FURTHER LEGISLATION, I THINK THIS STEP IS EVEN, UH, UH, AN ADDITIONAL STEP IN THE TRANSPARENCY THAT COUNCIL, UH, IS, IS THAT IS TYPICAL OF COUNCIL.
UM, WE HAVE ALWAYS MADE A HABIT OF AUTHORIZING THE ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY, WHETHER IT'S AS SIMPLE AS A, UH, TEMPORARY EASEMENT OR A DONATED EASEMENT OR DONATED LAND RIGHTS IN ORDER TO PROVIDE FOR THAT TRANSPARENCY IN ORDER TO, UM, MAKE A RECORD OF
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OUR, UH, OF OUR PURCHASES AND ACQUISITIONS AND CONVEYANCES AND THE LAND WE HOLD.UH, AND THIS FOLLOWS THAT, THAT PROCESS.
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.
COUNCIL QUESTIONS? DISCUSSION? NO, GO AHEAD.
UH, THANKS FOR THE ADDITIONAL EXPLANATION, UH, AS TO THE RIGHTS UNDER THE CHARTER, APPRECIATE IT.
UM, MAYBE IF YOU COULD JUST GET A LITTLE BIT, UH, INTO, UM, THE, THE SPEED AT WHICH WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE THIS ACQUISITION, I THINK THAT'D BE REALLY HELPFUL.
UH, CERTAINLY, UH, THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF REAL ESTATE ACTIVITY IN THE AREA.
UM, THERE IS END OF YEAR CLOSING ITEMS THAT NEED TO BE DONE, UH, INCLUDING THE FINANCING.
THERE IS, UH, THE, THE NEED TO BE ABLE, WE, WE HAVE THE 90 DAY REVIEW PERIOD, BUT WE WANNA BE SURE THAT WE HAVE ALL OUR RIGHTS, UH, UH, IN TERMS OF THE DUE DILIGENCE THAT WE'RE DOING, AND TO PROCEED FORWARD WITH THE PROTECTION AND THE, AND HAVING THE CITY MAINTAIN THE CONTROL OVER WHAT HAPPENS ON THESE PROPERTIES MOVING FORWARD.
BECAUSE OF THE RECENT ACTIVITY SURROUNDING THIS AREA, I'LL JUST MAKE ONE COMMENT, UM, TO THE FACT THAT YES, THERE'S OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF OTHER ASPECTS MOVING AND ALL THIS STUFF BECOMES EFFECTIVE ONCE WE VOTE ON THIS.
AND WE ARE LUCKY AND FORTUNATE ENOUGH THAT TONIGHT IS OUR LAST MEETING FOR THE YEAR.
BUT YOU GUYS ARE GONNA BE CONTINUING TO WORK.
UM, WE WON'T BE BACK HERE UNTIL THE WHAT, SECOND WEEK OF JANUARY.
SO, UM, I, I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THIS IS THE LAST TIME WE MEET FOR QUITE A WHILE, AS TYPICALLY WE WOULD HAVE TWO MEETINGS IN DECEMBER, BUT DUE TO THE HOLIDAY, WE HAVE JUST ONE.
AND THEN OUR NEXT UPCOMING MEETING WILL BE OUR ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING ON JANUARY THE FIFTH.
I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO DISPENSE WITH THE SECOND READING OF THE ORDINANCE AND PROCEED TO VOTE.
JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE RULE MAYOR AROSE GROOMS? YES.
[Ordinance 53-25]
53 DASH 25 AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER UNDER OF A REAL ESTATE PURCHASE AGREEMENT FOR CERTAIN PROPERTY OWNED BY MILLER FARM PROPERTIES, LLC LOCATED IN FRANKLIN COUNTY, OHIO, AND MADISON COUNTY OHIO AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF RELATED AGREEMENT AGREEMENTS AND DOCUMENTS AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS.AND WE, OUR STAFF REPORT, AGAIN, WILL BE BY OUR CITY MANAGER, MEGAN O' CALLAHAN.
MEMBERS OF COUNCIL ORDINANCE 53 DASH 25 AUTHORIZES THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A REAL ESTATE PURCHASE AGREEMENT FOR APPROXIMATELY 265 ACRES OWNED BY MILLER FARM PROPERTIES.
THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS SHOWN ON THE SCREEN HIGHLIGHTED IN ORANGE, AND THIS SLIDE ONCE AGAIN ILLUSTRATES THE PROXIMITY BETWEEN THE GINGRICH AND MILLER PROPERTIES, AS WELL AS OTHER STRATEGIC LAND HOLDINGS OF THE CITY.
THIS MILLER FARMS ACQUISITION INCLUDES FIVE PARCELS AS SHOWN ON THE MAP ON THE SCREEN, AND THE PARCELS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THIS ACQUISITION TOTAL APPROXIMATELY 265 ACRES.
THE CITY WAS CONTACTED BY THE BROKER REPRESENTING MILLER FARMS ABOUT THE CITY'S INTEREST IN PURCHASING THE FAMILY'S PROPERTIES.
AND AFTER INITIAL DUE DILIGENCE AND SUCCESSFUL NEGOTIATIONS, THE PARTIES REACHED AGREEMENT FOR MILLER FARMS AT A PURCHASE PRICE OF $50,000 PER ACRE.
THE REPA CONTAINS ALL OF THE TERMS, CONDITIONS, AND CLOSING REQUIREMENTS OF BOTH PARTIES, AND ONCE AGAIN, SIMILAR TO HOW WE HANDLED THE RECENT SHEPHERD ACQUISITION, THE PARTIES EXECUTED THE REPA ON NOVEMBER 13TH WITH THE REPA BECOMING EFFECTIVE AFTER FORMAL COUNSEL APPROVAL.
THROUGH THE ADOPTION OF THIS ORDINANCE, COMPLETION OF A PHASE ONE ENVIRONMENTAL SITE ASSESSMENT AND SECURING A PERMANENT ACCESS EASEMENT FROM HUARD ROAD SUBJECT TO THESE LIMITED CONDITIONS, THE CITY IS PREPARED TO PROCEED WITH CLOSING.
AND ONCE AGAIN, THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS LAND WOULD, WILL BE EVALUATED WHEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP OCCURS, AS HAS BEEN THE CASE FOR OTHER LAND THAT THE CITY HAS ACQUIRED IN THE PAST.
AND AT A MINIMUM, THESE PARCELS WILL ACT AS A BUFFER BETWEEN DEVELOPMENT FURTHER WEST AND THE CITY, UM, UNTIL DEVELOPMENT THAT THE CITY APPROVES OCCURS.
AND ONCE AGAIN, BECAUSE TIME OF IS OF THE ESSENCE FOR CLOSING ON THESE CRITICAL PROPERTY STAFF RECOMMENDS WAIVING THE SECOND READING AND ADOPTING ORDINANCE 53 DASH 25.
AND A VOTE TO SUSPEND THE TWO READINGS RULE WILL REQUIRE A SUPER MAJORITY OF COUNSEL.
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ALL I HAVE.I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO HOLD THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS LEGISLATION THIS EVENING.
JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE MS. FOX? YES.
IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT RELATIVE TO THIS HEARING? VERY GOOD.
IF YOU PLEASE, JUST AS A POINT OF ORDER, IF YOU'LL GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AGAIN.
IT, THE MICROPHONE DIDN'T TURN ON IF YOU COULD.
I LIVE AT 59 45 VAND LER PLACE, DUBLIN, OHIO.
I WANTED TO MAKE TWO FOLLOW UP COMMENTS TO CLARIFY WHAT THE ATTORNEY SAID.
UH, ONE HE MENTIONED END OF THE YEAR ITEMS, I THINK YOU ALL KNOW THIS, BUT THE ORDINANCES YOU PASS TODAY DON'T BECOME EFFECTIVE FOR 30 DAYS.
IN ADDITION, THEY HAVE A WAITING PERIOD BEFORE THEY CAN CLOSE THIS AGREEMENT.
I WOULD ASK YOUR ATTORNEY TO CLARIFY WHAT HE MEANS BY QUOTE, END OF THE YEAR ITEMS, WHEN THERE WOULD NOT BE ANY ACTIVITY HAPPENING BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR.
SECONDLY, I KNOW MS. CRAM AND MS, OR I'M SORRY, MS. GROOMS BOTH MENTIONED THAT THIS WAS THE ONLY MEETING IN DECEMBER.
AND, UM, I WOULD ASK BOTH OF YOU TO ELABORATE WHY THAT IS A VALID REASON TO FOREGO A SECOND HEARING IN THIS CASE.
ANYONE, ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION THIS EVENING HEARING ON LINDSEY? WE DID NOT HAVE ANY ONLINE.
YAS, DO YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? YES.
I THINK THE SECOND QUESTION ANSWERS THE FIRST QUESTION.
THE, THE END OF YEAR STUFF IS THE FACT THAT THIS IS OUR LAST MEETING IS WHAT I WAS REFERENCING, AND THE FACT THAT THE SECOND MEETING DOESN'T, UH, DOESN'T OCCUR TILL THE NEXT YEAR.
WE HAVE SOME WORK TO DO TO GET THIS TO CLOSING.
UH, AND WE'D LIKE TO DO THAT SOONER RATHER THAN LATER SO WE CAN BE PREPARED TO CLOSE, UH, WHEN THE CLOSING DATE IS THERE.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, COUNSEL'S MORE THAN WELCOME TO TALK ABOUT WHATEVER VALID REASON THERE IS OR ISN'T FOR, UH, WAIVING THE SECOND READING RULE.
BUT THE LAW'S REAL CLEAR, BOTH STATUTORILY IN THE CHARTER AND IN COMMON LAW.
COUNSEL HAS DISCRETION WHEN ACTING LEGISLATIVELY, UH, GOOD REASON OR NO REASON AT ALL.
UM, SO I JUST WANT TO POINT THAT OUT FOR THE RECORD.
THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S NOT ME.
COUNCIL QUESTIONS? DISCUSSION.
I'LL MAKE A COMMENT BECAUSE WE'VE HAD SO MANY, UM, PEOPLE CONCERNED ABOUT THIS.
UM, THE WAY I PERSONALLY FEEL, I WON'T BE HERE TO VOTE FOR IT IN JANUARY, BUT, UM, IF WE WERE TO HAVE A SECOND READING, BUT WE'VE SATISFIED, AS LEGAL HAS SAID, ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS, UH, LAND IS IN REAL ESTATE, IS VOLATILE OUT THERE, YOU ALL KNOW THAT.
I BELIEVE THAT COUNCIL HAS THE ABILITY TO PROTECT, UM, THE CITY ON ITS WESTERN BORDERS.
AND IN MANY WAYS, I BELIEVE PERSONALLY THAT WE'RE PROTECTING THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN DOING SO.
UM, IF ANOTHER ENTITY WERE TO PURCHASE THIS LAND, YOU WOULD HAVE NO ONE TO TALK TO, NO ONE TO, UM, WRITE CODE AMENDMENTS TOGETHER WITH.
UM, I BELIEVE THAT THE PROTECTIONS THAT DUBLIN CAN OFFER AND THE UPCOMING WORK OF THE CODE AMENDMENTS THAT IS BEING DONE COLLABORATIVELY IS A REALLY IMPORTANT THING.
AND, UM, I FEEL THAT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE MANAGE TO GET THE, UH, CONTRACT FINALIZED, THAT THE CITY HAS SECURED THE LAND FOR THE SAFETY OF THE COMMUNITY, FOR THE OBJECTIVES OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND THE PROTECTION OF THE BALL TRAIN NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO FOR THAT REASON, I WOULD NOT, UM, I WOULD NOTE NOT VOTE FOR A SECOND READING.
UM, I'LL JUST REITERATE AGAIN THAT, UM, SO THE REAL ESTATE PURCHASE AGREEMENT THAT EXISTS NOW BECOMES EFFECTIVE UPON US APPROVING THIS ORDINANCE.
AND BY US DOING THAT TONIGHT, WE LET STAFF KNOW THEY CAN CONTINUE THAT WE AGREE, WE WANNA MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS.
THEY CAN START CONTINUING WITH ALL THE OTHER ITEMS THAT ARE ON THE LIST.
THEY CAN WORK WITH THE BANKING AND ALL THE OTHER ITEMS THAT NEED TO FOR THE NEXT FOUR WEEKS.
UM, AND WE CAN JUST KEEP THE BALL ROLLING.
ANY OTHERS? UH, I I WILL SIMPLY SAY WE, UM, WE APPROVE OUR COUNCIL CALENDAR A YEAR IN ADVANCE, AND WE PLAN THE REST OF OUR LIVES AROUND THE COUNCIL CALENDAR.
AND SO, UM, WE, WE ARE ONE DOWN THIS EVENING, BUT AS WE, UH, HEAD INTO THE HOLIDAY SEASON, IT IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO COORDINATE THE CALENDAR OF SEVEN INDIVIDUALS WHO, UM, HAVE
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ALREADY MADE SIGNIFICANT COMMITMENTS, UH, AGAIN, FOR ADDITIONAL TIMES.AND WE CERTAINLY WOULD WANNA HAVE A QUORUM AND PROVIDE THE TIME AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE, UH, A ROBUST CONVERSATION.
SO THAT IS WHAT WE MEAN BY THE END OF THE TIME.
OUR, OUR CALENDAR IS APPROVED A YEAR IN ADVANCE.
WE APPROVED THE 26TH CALENDAR, UH, A LITTLE MORE THAN A MONTH AGO.
SO, UM, THAT, THAT WOULD BE MY RESPONSE TO THAT QUESTION.
I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO DISPENSE WITH SECOND READING THE ORDINANCE AND PROCEED TO VOTE.
JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE MR. REINER? YES.
AND ON THE ORDINANCE, MR. KEELER? YES.
[Ordinance 54-25]
DASH 25 PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE IN SALE OF NOTES IN THE MAXIMUM PRINCIPLE AMOUNT OF 23 MILLION IN THAT ANTICIPATION OF ISSUANCE OF BONDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING THE COST OF ACQUIRING CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY FROM MUNICIPAL PURPOSES TOGETHER WITH ALL NECESSARY APPRENTICES THERE TOO.AND OUR STAFF REPORT WILL BE BROUGHT FORWARD BY MATT RUBINO.
GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, AGAIN, I'M GONNA WALK YOU THROUGH THE, UH, FINANCING TERMS OF THE PROPOSED NOTE ISSUANCE AND ALSO SUMMARIZE THE AUTHORIZING LEGISLATION.
SAME POINTS WE TALKED TO YOU ABOUT EARLIER ON THE FINANCING PLAN.
I WON'T, UH, GO THROUGH THESE INDIVIDUALLY AGAIN, BUT THESE ARE THE, THE SAME, UM, COMPONENTS THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER.
AGAIN, WE'RE LOOKING FOR FLEXIBLE FINANCING TERMS, A STRUCTURE THAT MATCHES UP WITH THE LAND ACQUISITION TIMELINE AND BEING ABLE TO PAY IT ON PRINCIPLE IN PART OR WHOLE, UH, WITHIN FIVE YEARS OF THE PROPOSED TERM OF THE NOTE ISSUANCE AND MAKING A CONTRIBUTION OF, OF CITY RESOURCES TOWARDS THE ACQUISITION IN, IN ADDITION TO THE FINANCING.
SO THE PROPOSED STRUCTURE FOR THIS NOTE ISSUANCE, UM, THEY'RE GONNA BE SOLD DIRECTLY TO A BANK.
SO RATHER THAN HAVING A COMPETITIVE SALE, WE'RE WORKING WITH, UH, BANK, HUNTINGTON BANK, UM, THEY'LL, THEY'LL WILL AWARD THE NOTE TO THE BANK AND THEY WILL IN TURN PROVIDE THE CITY THE PROCEEDS AND FIND INVESTORS FOR THE CITY'S NOTE.
UH, IT'S GONNA BE A FIXED RATE FIVE YEAR TERM, UM, EXPECTED FINAL MATURITY OF DECEMBER 1ST, 2030.
AND THAT FIVE YEAR TERM MATCHES UP NICELY WITH BOTH THE ACQUISITION AND POTENTIAL PLANS FOR DEVELOPING THE ACQUIRED LAND.
AND THAT'S WHY WE CHOSE FIVE YEARS.
AND WE DO NOT HAVE TO DO A REFINANCE EVERY YEAR.
OFTENTIMES WHEN A CITY, UM, DOES BOND ANTICIPATION NOTES, THERE'S AN ANNUAL, UH, REISSUANCE IN THIS CASE, IT'S A FIVE YEAR TERM.
WE DO NOT HAVE TO GO THROUGH A TRANSACTION EVERY YEAR.
SO WE'RE SAVING ON TIME AND TRANSACTION COSTS WITH THIS STRUCTURE, WHICH IS A BENEFIT.
IT IS INTEREST ONLY PAYMENTS FOR THE FIRST, UH, THREE YEARS PAID, SEMI PAID SEMI-ANNUALLY.
IN THEORY OR IN CONCEPT, THE CITY CAN BEGIN TO PAY DOWN PRINCIPLE AFTER THE SECOND YEAR.
SO THE FIRST TWO YEARS INTEREST ONLY, WE CAN THEN BEGIN TO PAY DOWN PRINCIPLE WITH AVAILABLE RESOURCES, WHETHER IT'S CONTRIBUTIONS OF GENERAL FUND RESERVE OR PROCEEDS FROM THE SALE OF THIS PARTICULAR LAND OR OTHER LAND THE CITY OWNS AT THE TIME, WE CAN DEPLOY THOSE TOWARDS PAYING DOWN.
THE PRINCIPLE, AGAIN, FALLS BACK TO THE, THE FLEXIBLE TERMS THAT WE HAVE WITH THIS PARTICULAR FINANCING PRODUCT.
AND AS I MENTIONED, THE CITY HAS THE RIGHT TO PREPAY WITHOUT ANY PENALTY OR ADDITIONAL COST IN PART OR IN WHOLE.
UM, BEGINNING AFTER THE SECOND YEAR ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE FIFTH YEAR.
ANY PRINCIPLE THAT MAY BE REMAINING AT THE FIFTH YEAR, WE CAN EITHER PAY THAT DOWN OR CONVERT IT TO LONG-TERM DEBT WHEN THE CITY WILL MOST LIKELY BE ISSUING, UM, ROUTINE, UH, DEBT OR NOTES FOR OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PLANS.
UM, SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE, UH, THE STRUCTURE.
WE DO NOT HAVE TO GO THROUGH A RATINGS PROCESS.
THE BANK WILL DO, DO ITS OWN CREDIT REVIEW OF THE CITY BASED ON OUR RATINGS AND AVAILABLE INFORMATION, INCLUDING OUR AUDIT FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
AND THERE'S NO NEED TO DISTRIBUTE AN OFFICIAL STATEMENT.
THE, THE LARGE DOCUMENT THAT TAKES TIME TO PREPARE THAT WE NORMALLY DO WITH, UM, A TYPICAL, UM, BOND OR NOTE TRANSACTION.
UM, IT'S GONNA BE A, A LIMITED TAX GENERAL OBLIGATION NOTE RELYING ON THE CITY'S ABILITY TO ISSUE TAX EXEMPT.
SO WE'LL HAVE, UH, A LOWER, RELATIVELY LOWER INTEREST RATE RIGHT NOW.
THE BANK HAD INDICATED BETWEEN 4.25 AND 4.5.
WE ACTUALLY RECEIVED A DRAFT TERM SHEET FROM THE BANK IN THE PAST DAY OR TODAY ACTUALLY.
AND THAT RATE RIGHT NOW IS LOCKED IN BELOW 4.2%.
UH, THE GOOD NEWS, IT'S LOCKED IN THROUGH THE BEGINNING OF FEBRUARY, SO RIGHT UP UNTIL WHEN WE PLANNED TO DO THE ACTUAL ISSUANCE AND FUND THE, THE LAND ACQUISITIONS.
UH, SO THE GOOD NEWS, IT'S, IT'S LOCKED IN.
THE ONLY, ONLY WAY IT WOULD CHANGE IF, IF RATES DECREASE MORE IF THE, IF THE MARKET DECREASES AND THERE'S A POTENTIAL FOR THAT.
UM, THERE COULD BE ADDITIONAL FEDERAL RESERVE ACTION IN THE NEXT MONTH WHERE, UH, RATES COULD BE LOWERED AND I THINK THAT WOULD HAVE, UM, AN KNOCK ON EFFECT ON THE RATE THAT WE COULD GET WITH THIS ISSUANCE.
SO IT COULD BE CLOSER TO 4% WHEN ALL IS SAID DONE, WHEN IT COMES TIME TO AWARD THE NOTE TO
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THE BANK.SO WE HAVE PRELIMINARY TERM SHEET, WE'LL HAVE A FINAL TERM SHEET.
UM, I'LL GO THROUGH THE TIMELINE, BUT LATER IN JANUARY WE'LL HAVE A FINAL TERM SHEET FROM THE BANK.
UM, AS I MENTIONED, ANNUAL INTEREST PAYMENTS THAT THEY'RE PAID SEMI-ANNUAL.
I SHOW HERE APPROXIMATELY 750,000 PER YEAR OF INTEREST PAYMENTS.
THAT'S GOING TO BE LOWER BECAUSE WE KNOW THE RATE IS GONNA BE LOWER THAN THAT RANGE.
I HAVE UP ON THE SLIDE RIGHT NOW, AND AGAIN, THE, THE OPTIONAL REDEMPTION FEATURE, WE'RE GONNA USE THAT TO OUR ADVANTAGE TO DECIDE ON AVAIL AVAILABLE RESOURCES, UM, ALLOCATE THOSE TOWARDS PAYING DOWN PRINCIPLE AFTER THAT FIRST TWO YEARS AND CONTINUE MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS, UM, THIS TRANSACTION.
AND AGAIN, IT COULD BE PAID FULLY, UM, BY 2030 OR CONVERTED TO LONG-TERM DEBT.
UM, AT THE, UH, THE ENDS OF THE MATURITY, THE, THE, UH, LEGISLATION, IT'S VERY SIMILAR.
ALMOST EXACT COMPONENTS THAT TRADITIONAL AUTHORIZING LEGISLATION, UM, WOULD HAVE THAT COUNCIL WILL ADOPT FOR ANY TYPE OF BOND OR NOTE ISSUANCE.
SO THE MECHANICS AND THE STRUCTURING ARE REALLY SIMILAR OF WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST.
LEGISLATION HAS THE, THE SAME COMPONENTS.
IT REALLY SETS THE OUTLINES LEGALLY OF WHAT WE ARE, WHAT THE COUNCIL'S AUTHORIZING US TO DO FOR THIS TRANSACTION.
SO AGAIN, IT CAPS THE INTEREST RATE AT 6%.
IT'S GOING TO BE MUCH LOWER THAN THAT.
UH, THE CITY WILL DETERMINE THE FINAL PRINCIPLE AMOUNT THROUGH THE CERTIFICATE OF AWARD.
AS YOU NOTICE, THE THE 23 MILLION IS A NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT.
WE ARE NOT GOING TO ISSUE 23 MILLION IN PRINCIPLE, IT'S GONNA BE CLOSER TO THAT 16.9 I MENTIONED EARLIER.
BUT WE ALWAYS WANT TO PRESERVE OPTIONALITY WHEN WE'RE GETTING AUTHORIZATION TO DO ANY KIND OF DEBT FINANCING TRANSACTION.
AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THE $23 MILLION, UM, AMOUNT IN THE LEGISLATION.
WE'RE NOT INTENDING TO ISSUE THAT MUCH.
IN PRINCIPLE THOUGH, UM, THEY'LL BE DATED FOR THE DATE OF ISSUANCE AND THEY'LL HAVE, UH, THEY'LL BE EXEMPT FROM FROM TAXES.
SO WE'LL HAVE A TAX EXEMPT, UM, ISSUANCE.
ONE, I MENTIONED THE OPTIONAL REDEMPTION.
UH, THERE'LL BE EXCLUDED FROM GROSS INCOME TAX FOR THE PURPOSES OF FEDERAL INCOME.
UH, WE WE'RE GONNA AVOID PRIVATE USE, SO WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE'VE WORKED WITH BOND COUNCIL ON THIS, THAT THE LAND THAT CITY ACQUIRES AND OWNS, AND WE HAVE TO MONITOR ANY TYPE OF PRIVATE, UH, USE ACTIVITY SUCH AS LEASES AND OTHER THINGS.
DOESN'T MEAN WE HAVE TO EXCLUDE THEM OR BORROW FROM DOING THEM, BUT BECAUSE THE UNDERLYING NOTES WILL BE TAX EXEMPT, DO WE HAVE LIMITATIONS ON HOW MUCH, UH, THE CITY COULD EARN FROM PRIVATE ACTIVITY? AND WE HAVE THOSE NUMBERS CALCULATED, UM, BASED ON THE, THE, UH, THE AMOUNT OF THE LAND ACQUIRED AND THE ISSUANCE.
WHAT'S INTERESTING IS BECAUSE WE ARE CONTRIBUTING 25% TOWARDS THE ACQUISITION WITH GENERAL FUND CASH, THAT ACTUALLY PROVIDES US SOME ADDITIONAL EWAY IN THAT PRIVATE USE BECAUSE A PORTION OF THE MONEY USED TO ACQUIRE IS NOT SUBJECT TO THAT TAX EXEMPT, UM, REQUIREMENT.
IN, IN THAT THE NOTES ARE A LITTLE BIT OF A TIMELINE.
SO TONIGHT WE'RE DOING OUR, OUR, UH, FIRST READING, UH, FOR THE NOTE LEGISLATION.
WE'LL REQUEST A FINAL TERM SHEET FROM THE BANK THIS WEEK AS EARLY AS TOMORROW.
UH, THE NOTE ORDINANCE IF ADOPTED TONIGHT, WOULD BE EFFECTIVE JANUARY 7TH.
AND WE'LL AWARD THE NOTES ON THE SAME DAY ON JANUARY 7TH TO THE BANK.
AND WE'LL CLOSE THE NOTES AND RECEIVE FUNDS THE, THE FIRST WEEK OF FEBRUARY.
UM, ONCE WE AWARD THE SALE OF THE NOTE TO THE BANK, IT COULD BE AS, AS LITTLE AS THREE WEEK, UH, PROCESS TO CLOSE AND FUND THE TRANSACTION.
AND FUNDS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR THE CLOSING OF THE, OF THE PROPERTIES WITH THE FIRST INITIAL INTEREST PAYMENT, UH, DUE ON JUNE 1ST.
AND WE'LL MAKE THAT PAYMENT ALONG WITH OUR OTHER, UH, ANNUAL DEBT SERVICE PAYMENTS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE, UM, OUTSTANDING RIGHT NOW.
AND THOSE ARE THE OUTLINES OF THE TRANSACTION.
THE TEAM, AS YOU WOULD EXPECT.
UH, THE THE CITY TEAM IS THE CITY MANAGER OF THE CFO AND FINANCE STAFF AND, UH, LEGAL STAFF AS WELL.
WE'RE USING, UH, BAKER TILLY, UM, BRIAN COOPER AND TOM RETO FROM BAKER TILLY ARE OUR MUNICIPAL ADVISORS ON THIS TRANSACTION.
AND, UH, CHRISMAN IS BOND COUNSEL FOR THE TRANSACTION AS WELL.
SO FAMILIAR FACES, UH, FAMILIAR, FAMILIAR COMPONENTS OF WHAT THE CITY HAS DONE IN THE PAST WITH THE TAX EXEMPT STRUCTURE AND ABILITY TO, UH, DE DECIDE ON THE TERMS THAT BEST FIT THE PURPOSE, WHICH IN THIS CASE IS LAND ACQUISITION.
AND, AND WE ARE RECOMMENDING, UH, ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE 54 25 AND WAIVING OF THE SECOND READING A VOTE TO SUSPEND THE TWO READINGS WILL REQUIRE A SUPER MAJORITY OF COUNSEL.
AND WITH THAT, I CAN ANSWER ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS COUNSEL MAY HAVE.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO HOLD THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS LEGISLATION TONIGHT.
IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND, JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE VICE MAYOR LUDO? YES.
IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE COMMENT IN THIS HEARING? LINDSAY, DO WE HAVE ANY PROVIDED ONLINE? NO COUNSEL QUESTIONS? DISCUSSION? UH, I HAVE A QUESTION.
FIRST ONE IS, UM, WE CAN PREPAY THERE'S NO PREPAYMENT PENALTY AFTER TWO YEARS.
AND THEN, UM, I THINK YOUR PRESENTATION SAID THE FIRST PAYMENT'S
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JUNE 1ST, THE FIRST INTEREST PAYMENT WOULD BE JUNE 1ST OF THIS YEAR, CORRECT? I THOUGHT IT WAS SIX MONTHS AFTER CLOSING IT.IT, IT USUALLY IS, BUT BECAUSE WE'RE DOING A FULL FIVE YEARS, WE'VE ELECTED TO MAKE THE FIRST PAYMENT IN JUNE AND B IN THE SAME, I GUESS SAME CADENCE AS OUR OTHER DEBT SERVICE PAYMENTS THAT WE HAVE ONGOING THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
SO WE'VE, WE'VE ASKED TO STRUCTURE IT IN A SIMILAR FASHION, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE CLOSING, UH, THE, THE, UH, BEGINNING OF FEBRUARY, WE ARE OKAY WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF GOING WITH A JUNE 1ST INTEREST PAYMENT.
AND THAT THE FULL FIVE YEARS, IT'S ALWAYS JUNE 1ST IN DECEMBER 1ST FOR THE PAYMENTS, YEAH.
OTHER QUESTIONS? I HAVE ONE, YOU, YOU MENTIONED PRIVATE USE.
SO, UH, I, YOU KNOW, WE OWN OTHER LAND IN THE CITY THAT WE LEASE TO FARMERS.
AND WE PUT OUT A BID, UM, FOR FARMERS TO DO THAT.
WE WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO LEASE THIS LAND FOR FARMING OR WE WILL NOT HAVE THAT ABILITY.
THERE IS A LIMITED ABILITY AND THAT IT'S AN OPTION THAT HAS NOT BEEN PROHIBITED.
BUT IN ORDER TO PRESERVE THE TAX EXEMPT NATURE OF THE NOTES, IT'S RECOMMENDED TO NOT ENTERTAIN LEASES.
I KNOW PREVIOUSLY IN TRANSACTIONS IN PARTICULAR WITH SPORTS OHIO, THE CITY DID A LOT OF, UH, PROVIDED A LOT OF BOTH CASH UPFRONT.
UPFRONT, WHICH YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT PRESERVING TAX EXEMPT, UM, FEATURES.
AND ALSO THE CITY DID MANUSCRIPT DEBT, MEANING WE SOLD DEBT THAT THE CITY TOOK ON TO ITS PORTFOLIO.
AND AGAIN, WE DID NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT PRESERVATION OF A TAX EXEMPT STRUCTURE AND PRIVATE USE AS MUCH.
IT WASN'T AS SENSITIVE TO THE, TO THOSE, UH, PURPOSES IN, IN THIS CASE.
SO WORKING WITH BOND COUNSEL, WE DECIDED TO TAKE THE VERY CONSERVATIVE APPROACH BECAUSE THE MAJORITY OF THE FUNDING FOR THESE TRANSACTIONS IS GOING TO BE, UH, TAX EXEMPT IN NATURE AND NOT, UM, INCLUDE EXPLICIT LEASING TERMS IN THE REAL ESTATE PURCHASE AGREEMENTS OR EVEN CONSIDER THAT, UM, IN THE NEAR FUTURE BECAUSE OF THOSE REASONS.
SO IT'S, IT'S CERTAINLY NOT A A A POINT, BUT IT, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION AT SOME POINT IN TIME AFTER CLOSING OF, UM, WHAT WE CAN DO TO MAKE SURE THAT TO THE NEIGHBORS, THAT THIS, UM, CONTINUES TO FEEL LIKE LAND THAT IS TRUE TO ITS PREVIOUS USE UNTIL WHATEVER TIME DEVELOPMENT WOULD TAKE PLACE SO THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE CERTAINLY DON'T WANT IT TO BECOME UNSIGHTLY OR TO BECOME A, A HOME TO, YOU KNOW, TOO MANY ANIMALS OR, OR ANYTHING THAT CAN HAPPEN TO VACANT LAND WHEN IT SETS THERE.
SO I, I WANT WOULD ASK THAT WE PUT ON THE AGENDA A CONVERSATION OF HOW WE INTEND TO MAKE THIS LAND FEEL, UM, AS THOUGH IT'S, YOU KNOW, UM, NOT LEFT, BUT IT IS STILL ACTIVE IN AN ACTIVE PLACE.
UM, AND IS IS TRUE TO WHAT IT HAS BEEN.
AND THAT'S AN INTERESTING POINT 'CAUSE WE TEND TO THINK ABOUT THE FINANCIAL ASPECTS AND THE STRUCTURING AND, AND YOU BRING UP A VALID POINT THAT WE WILL, UH, KEEP THAT IN MIND FOR FUTURE CONVERSATION.
IF, IF WE WOULD WANNA PARTNER WITH SOMEBODY OR, OR, OR SOMETHING.
CERTAINLY NOT, NOT, UM, CONTINGENT ON ANYTHING THIS EVENING, BUT WE DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IN, IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT THIS DOESN'T, UH, DOESN'T FEEL LIKE SOMETHING THAT WAS ABANDONED.
I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO DISPENSE WITH SECOND READING OF THE ORDINANCE AND PROCEED TO VOTE.
JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE MS. CRAM? YES.
AND ON THE ORDINANCE VICE MAYOR LUDO? YES.
[Resolution 66-25]
PUBLIC HEARING VOTE RESOLUTIONS RESOLUTION 66 DASH 25 APPOINTING A MEMBER TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN.AND, UH, THIS WILL BE AN ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE REPORT DELIVERED BY VICE MAYOR LUDO.
AS COUNCIL'S AWARE, A RESIGNATION SUBMITTED IN OCTOBER CREATIVE EIGHT AGENCY ON THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
COUNCIL DIRECTED THE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE TO REVIEW THE APPLICATIONS RECEIVED AND RECOMMEND A CANDIDATE FOR CONSIDERATION.
FOLLOWING ITS REVIEW, THE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THAT COUNCIL APPROVE RESOLUTION 66 DASH 25 APPOINTING HILLARY ESER TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION TO SERVE THE UNEXPIRED TERM ENDING MAY 31ST, 2027.
WANNA TAKE A MOMENT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS RESOLUTION? HEARING NONE.
JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE MAYOR AROSE GROOMS? YES.
CONGRATULATIONS TO HILLARY AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO HER CONTINUED VALUABLE SERVICE RESOLUTION 67
[Resolution 67-25]
DASH 25 ACCEPTING THE LOWEST AND BEST BID FOR THE PARK PLACE STORMWATER BASIN IMPROVEMENTS[01:35:01]
PROJECT.AND OUR STAFF REPORT WILL BE BROUGHT FORTH THIS EVENING BY MICHAEL HENDERSHOT.
WELCOME, GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION THIS EVENING AS THE RESOLUTION TO ACCEPT THE LOWEST AND BEST BID FOR THE PARK PLACE STORMWATER BASIN IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT.
THE PARK PLACE STORMWATER BASIN IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT CONSISTS OF EDGE TREATMENT, UH, TO THE STORMWATER MANAGEMENT BASIN LOCATED WITHIN THE PARK PLACE SUBDIVISION NORTH OF MONTICELLO LANE AND SOUTH OF PARK MILL DRIVE TO ADDRESS AREAS OF EROSION.
THE PROJECT WILL REESTABLISH THE AQUATIC BENCH ALONG THE PERIMETER OF THE BASIN AND IMPROVE THE BASIN EDGE TREATMENT AESTHETIC THAT RESULTED FROM THE NORMAL POOL BEING LOWERED BY 19 INCHES.
TO ALLEVIATE AN UPSTREAM STORMWATER MANAGEMENT DEFICIENCY.
STAFF CONDUCTED A COMPETITIVE BID PROCESS FOR THE PROJECT.
THE PROJECT IS FUNDED FROM THE 2025 TO 2029 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM IN THE AMOUNT OF $790,000 FROM THE ANNUAL STORMWATER IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM.
THE ENGINEER'S ESTIMATE FOR THE THIS PROJECT IS $473,000.
ON NOVEMBER 19TH, 2023, TWO BIDS WERE RECEIVED AND PUBLICLY OPENED.
V THREE CONSTRUCTION GROUP LIMITED SUBMITTED THE LOWEST AND BEST BID OF $456,456.
THE PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO COMMENCE UPON THIS BID ACCEPTANCE AND SUBSEQUENT CONTRACT EXECUTION AND SHALL BE COMPLETED BY JULY, 2026.
STAFF RECOMMENDS COUNCIL APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION 67 DASH 25, ACCEPTING AS LOWEST AND BEST THE BID OF V THREE CONSTRUCTION GROUP LIMITED IN THE AMOUNT OF $456,456 FOR THIS PROJECT.
AND WITH THAT, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS COUNCIL MIGHT HAVE REGARDING THIS RESOLUTION.
IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS RESOLUTION? HEARING NONE COUNCIL QUESTIONS DISCUSSION.
JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE MS. FOX? YES.
[Resolution 68-25]
68 DASH 25 ADOPTING THE DUBLIN EV INFRASTRUCTURE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.AND OUR STAFF REPORT WILL BE BROUGHT FORWARD THIS EVENING BY JM RAYBURN.
THANK YOU MEMBERS OF COUNCIL AND GOOD EVENING.
TONIGHT WE'RE BACK TO PRESENT THE FINAL DRAFT OF THE EV INFRASTRUCTURE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
AS DISCUSSED AT THE OCTOBER 7TH, 2024 COUNCIL MEETING AND AS WELL AS OCTOBER 13TH, 2025, COUNCIL MEETINGS RECOGNIZING THE POTENTIAL OF ELECTRIC VEHICLES TO REDUCE CARBON EMISSIONS IN DEPENDENCE ON FOSSIL FUELS, DUBLIN HAS ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN FOSTERING THE ADOPTION OF EVS AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF NECESSARY CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE CITY FLEET RESIDENTS AND VISITORS.
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN LAYS OUT A CLEAR FORWARD LOOKING ROADMAP FOR HOW DUBLIN CAN SUPPORT AND ACCELERATE TRANSPORTATION ELECTRIFICATION IN A STR IN A STRATEGIC AND ORGANIZED WAY.
THE MEMO IN FULL REPORT PROVIDE DETAILED EXPLANATIONS OF THE REFINEMENTS MADE SINCE THE LAST DRAFT, WHICH ARE HIGHLIGHTED HERE ON THE SCREEN.
SO THIS INCLUDES EVERYTHING FROM THE CREATION OF ENTERPRISE FRONT FUND, THE FEE STRUCTURES THAT GO ALONG WITH IT, AND THE CHARGING FEES THEMSELVES.
THE PRIORITY WILL BE TO INSTALL LEVEL TWO CHARGERS AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO, UM, WITH OUR OWNERSHIP MODEL CURRENTLY, WHICH IS WE OWN ASSETS AND CONTRACT OUT THE OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE, AND THEN OF COURSE COLLABORATE WITH BUSINESSES AND OUR REGIONAL PARTNERS WITH THIS INFORMATION.
UH, AND AS INCLUDED IN THE ATTACHED REPORT, STAFF RECOMMENDS ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION 68 25.
AND I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING NONE COUNCIL QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION.
MY MICROPHONE WAS ALREADY ON, SO I MUST HAVE BEEN READY
SO, UM, I'M IN FAVOR OF ADOPTING THE RESOLUTION.
UM, I'M JUST GONNA SAY TONIGHT WHAT I SAID LAST TIME, AND THAT IS, AND AND THERE'S A CHART ON, UH, PAGE 25 OF YOUR REPORT.
AND THE HEADING ON THE, THE CHART IS, MANY EV ADOPTION FORECASTS WERE TOO OPTIMISTIC.
I THINK, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE WERE ALL HOPEFUL THAT EVERYBODY WOULD BE DRIVING ELECTRIC CARS DEFINITELY BY 2035.
UM, I THINK I, I'M IN FAVOR OF MORE CHARGERS, BUT TAKING KIND OF A MEASURED APPROACH TO IT, UM,
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THE PLAN SUGGESTS AN ADDITIONAL 84 CHARGES CHARGERS OVER 10 YEARS.SO IF YOU DID 8.48 TO NINE A YEAR, YOU'D GET THERE, I WOULD START MAYBE FIVE, MAYBE THE FOLLOWING YEAR, EVALUATE MAYBE IT'S SEVEN OR EIGHT OR NINE.
UM, BUT I WOULD TAKE IT SLOW BECAUSE I THINK WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE THOUGHT WAS GONNA HAPPEN ISN'T, UM, I OWN AN ELECTRIC CAR.
SO IN, IN, UH, FULL TRANSPARENCY, I LOVE ELECTRIC CARS, BUT DUBLIN RESIDENTS PROBABLY ARE NOT THE FOLKS CHARGING THEIR CARS IN DUBLIN.
I DON'T CHARGE IN DUBLIN, I CHARGE AT MY HOUSE.
UM, THE CITY OF DUBLIN HAS A HIGHER ADOPTION THAN MOST OF THE OTHER COMMUNITIES.
UM, WHICH TELLS ME THAT THE FOLKS THAT ARE CHARGING HERE, WHICH ARE NON DUBLIN RESIDENTS, THEY HAVE A LOWER ADOPTION THAN WE DO, WHICH WOULD AGAIN INDICATE WE WANT TO PLAY IT MORE CONSERVATIVE.
SO I WOULDN'T DUMP A, A WHOLE TON OF MONEY INTO THIS.
UM, I WOULD, UM, BACK LOAD IT MORE THAN FRONT LOAD IT.
AND I WOULD LEAN ON FEDERAL GOVERNMENT GRANTS IF, IF THERE ARE ANY OR OTHER GRANTS AT THE STATE, STATE OR FEDERAL LEVEL.
OTHER COMMENTS? YOU KNOW, I, I KNOW THAT THERE'S LOTS OF OPPORTUNITY OUT THERE AND I THINK, I THINK IT'S A VERY GOOD PLAN AND, UH, ALLOWING US FLEXIBILITY AS OPPORTUNITY ARISES TO RESPOND TO INCENTIVES THAT EXIST FOR THIS INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND, YOU KNOW, IF IN THAT YEAR IT MEANS THAT WE CAN GET 12 OF THEM, UM, BUT WE CAN GET THEM WITH SIGNIFICANT INCENTIVES, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I DON'T WANNA DO IT, YOU KNOW, WELL THIS IS 2027, WE HAVE TO DO NINE OF THEM THIS YEAR.
I, I, I REALLY WANNA BE MONITORING WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS AND WHAT INCENTIVES ARE OUT THERE, UM, BECAUSE THAT'S HOW WE GOT TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY, RIGHT? LARGELY, UM, LEVERAGING THE INCENTIVES THAT WERE AVAILABLE AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO THIS POINT TO OFFER THOSE CHARGING UNITS AT A VERY SMALL COST TO THE CITY ITSELF, UM, BY LEVERAGING THE MORPH C PROGRAMS AND MANY OTHERS.
SO I, I, I THINK IT'S A, A VERY GOOD COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THAT WE WOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD GO FAST WHEN THERE IS, IS MONEY AVAILABLE AND, AND WE MIGHT GO A BIT SLOWER WHEN IT ISN'T.
SO I, I APPRECIATE THE VERY MEASURED APPROACH.
UH, JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? MR. KEELER? YES.
[Resolution 69-25]
RESOLUTION 69 DASH 25 ADOPTING THE DUBLIN SIGNATURE TRAIL STUDY.WE'LL JUST STAY RIGHT THERE WITH JM.
TONIGHT WE ARE BACK TO PRESENT THE FINAL DRAFT OF THE DUBLIN SIGNATURE TRAIL.
AS DISCUSSED EARLY THIS YEAR ON APRIL 21ST, AUGUST 25TH, AND NOVEMBER 17TH, COUNCIL MEETINGS, THE SIGNATURE TRAIL ALIGNS WITH COUNCIL'S STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK TO ADVANCE SUSTAINABILITY, CONNECTIVITY, AND RESILIENCY, AS WELL AS ELEVATE THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION EXPERIENCE IN DUBLIN.
WE ARE HERE AT THE FINAL STAGE OF THE PROJECT COMPLETION AFTER 18 MONTHS OF STUDY AND ANALYSIS AND PUBLIC INPUT AND COUNCIL FEEDBACK.
THE DUBLIN SIGNATURE TRAIL STUDY ESTABLISHES A BOLD VISION FOR A NEW ICONIC TRAIL TYPE AND PROVIDES THE FRAMEWORK FOR A MANAGEABLE IMPLEMENTATION, INCLUDING THE CORPORATION OF TRAILHEAD LOCATIONS, ADDITIONAL FUTURE EXPANSIONS AND REGIONAL CONNECTIONS, PLACEMAKING ZONES, MATERIALS WAYFINDING, AND DIGITAL INTEGRATIONS BEYOND RECREATION.
THE SIGNATURE TRAIL WILL FUNCTION AS A LANDMARK PUBLIC SPACE AND A VITAL ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION CORRIDOR THAT WILL INFLUENCE DUBLIN'S IDENTITY FOR DECADES.
THE RECOMMENDED ALIGNMENT OF THE DUBLIN SIGNATURE TRAIL IS THE PREFERRED ROUTE PLUS, WHICH SPANS EAST WEST FROM SAW MILL ROAD TO THE WEST.
INNOVATION DISTRICT STAFF RECOMMENDS ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION 69 25, AND I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
TAKE A MOMENT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE COMMENT RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING NONE COUNCIL QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION? WELL, ONE, I WANNA TELL YOU THAT THE EV STRUCTURE WAS REALLY A GREAT PRESENTATION.
I SHOULD HAVE SAID THAT AT FIRST, BUT, UM, BUT THIS IS ALSO A GREAT ONE TOO.
THIS STUDY IS FABULOUS AND I THINK THE INPUT THAT WE'VE HAD FROM THE PUBLIC HAS BEEN AMAZING.
I THINK IT'S AN EXCITING, UH, LEGACY WE'RE GONNA LEAVE HERE IN THE CITY.
UM, I THINK YOU'VE NAILED ALL OF THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES.
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THE FUNCTION, THE INTEREST, UH, THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER.JUST THE FUN OF RECREATION AND THE POINTS ALONG THE WAY.
YOU KNOW, YOU'VE, YOU'VE HIT 'EM ALL AND YOU'VE EXPLAINED WHY AND I, AND I THINK THAT'S GREAT.
UH, I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE IT COME TO FRUITION.
I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG IT'S GONNA TAKE OR HOW MUCH IT'S GONNA COST, UM, BUT IT'S DEFINITELY A BEAUTIFUL PIECE OF WORK.
AND I THINK, UM, AS WE LOOKED AT, UM, THESE SIGNATURE TRAILS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, TRYING TO SEE WHO'S DOING WHAT PRETTY SOON THE DUBLIN SIGNATURE TRAIL WILL BE ONE THAT EVERYBODY ELSE IS GONNA LOOK AT TOO.
SO, UH, GREAT WORK ON THAT WITH THE STAFF AND EVERYBODY, ALL THE PEOPLE THAT HELPED.
'CAUSE KATHY'S GONNA PAY FOR IT.
WE'VE KATHY, RIGHT? I'M, I'M JOKING.
I THINK THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL PLAN.
I'M VERY EXCITED FOR IT AND, UM, I'M VERY, VERY EXCITED TO SUPPORT IT.
UM, I KNOW IT WILL TAKE A LONG TIME TO DEVELOP, BUT IT CAN'T DEVELOP AT ALL IF WE DON'T HAVE A PLAN.
AND SO THE WHOLE POINT OF THIS IS TO GET THAT PLAN IN PLACE SO THAT WE KNOW WHERE WE'RE HEADED.
I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN A LONG JOURNEY AND LOTS OF MEETINGS AND PUBLIC COMMENT AND COUNCIL FEEDBACK AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR INCORPORATING ALL OF THAT AND BRINGING IT TO FRUITION.
SO, UH, MUCH HARD WORK HAS BEEN DONE, BUT THE REAL HARD WORK IS AHEAD.
UM, JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE MS. CRAM? YES.
[Resolution 70-25]
DASH 25 AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN INTER GOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT WITH FRANKLIN COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF WIRELESS 9 1 1 GOVERNMENT ASSISTANT FUNDS.AND OUR STAFF REPORT WILL BE BROUGHT FORWARD BY KELLY DAVIDSON.
MEMBERS OF COUNCIL BEFORE YOU FOR CONSIDERATION AS A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT WITH THE FRANKLIN COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FOR THE PURPOSE OF RECEIVING ALLOCATED FUNDS FROM THE WIRELESS 9 1 1 GOVERNMENTAL ASSISTANCE FUND.
OHIO REVIS CODE SECTION 1 28 ESTABLISHES A STANDARD FEE TO BE PAID PER WIRELESS ACCESS DEVICE THAT IS THEN DISPERSED AMONG MULTIPLE AGENCIES FOR THE PURPOSE OF HELPING TO SUPPORT LOCAL 9 1 1 OPERATIONS AND NEXT GENERATION 9 1 1 IMPLEMENTATION IN 2025.
THE NORTHWEST REGIONAL EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS CENTER IS ON TRACK TO RECEIVE OVER 46,000 9 1 1 CALLS WITH OVER 90% OF THOSE CLASSIFIED AS WIRELESS OR INTERNET PROTOCOL AS DIRECTED BY ORC 1 28.
THE WIRELESS 9 1 1 GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE FUND IS ADMINISTERED BY THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WITH FUNDS BEING DIS DISTRIBUTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH A FORMULA SET BY THE STATE 9 1 1 PLANNING COMMITTEE TO FACILITATE DISBURSEMENT.
LOCAL AGENCIES ARE REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN A CURRENT INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT, AND THIS NEW AGREEMENT WILL ALLOW US TO CONTINUE TO RECEIVE FUNDING DISBURSEMENTS THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST, 2026.
SHOULD THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT BE AUTHORIZED, FRANKLIN COUNTY WILL CONTINUE DISBURSEMENTS ON A MONTHLY BASIS FOR THE DURATION OF THE YEAR.
DISBURSEMENTS RECEIVED FROM THE WIRELESS FUND WILL BE USED IN ACCORDANCE WITH REVISED CODE SECTION 1 28 0.571 THAT INCLUDES COSTS INCURRED IN DESIGNING, UPGRADING, PURCHASING, AND MAINTAINING EQUIPMENT, AS WELL AS THE TRAINING OF STAFF WHO SUPPORT OUR PUBLIC SAFETY MISSION.
BY ANSWERING THESE 9 1 1 CALLS, STAFF RECOMMENDS PASSAGE OF THE ENCLOSED RESOLUTION.
AND WITH THAT, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING NONE.
JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE MR. REINER? YES.
WELL, THANK YOU FOR LINING UP THESE AGREEMENTS AND, UH, TRYING TO GET EVERYONE ON CADENCE SO IT, UH, FLOWS QUITE SMOOTHLY.
OKAY, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO WAIVE THE COUNCIL RULES OF ORDER AND READ RESOLUTION 71 DASH 25 THROUGH 74 DASH 25 TOGETHER.
JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL A ROLE VICE MAYOR LUDO? YES.
[Resolution 71-25]
71 DASH 25 AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE DISPATCHING SERVICE FOR THE WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP FIRE DEPARTMENT.[Resolution 72-25]
DASH 25 IS AUTHORIZING AN AGREEMENT TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE DISPATCHING SERVICE FOR THE CITY OF WORTHINGTON, DIVISION OF POLICE AND DIVISION OF FIRE EMS RESOLUTION[Resolution 73-25]
73 DASH 25 IS AUTHORIZING AN AGREEMENT WITH TO CONTINUE DISPATCHING DISPATCHING SERVICE TO THE CITY OF HILLIARD DIVISION OF POLICE AND[Resolution 74-25]
RESOLUTION.[01:50:01]
DASH 25 IS AUTHORIZING AN AGREEMENT TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE DISPATCHING SERVICE FOR THE NORWICH TOWNSHIP FIRE DEPARTMENT.AND OUR STAFF REPORT WILL BE BROUGHT FORWARD THIS EVENING BY DEPUTY CHIEF GREG LATTANZI.
MEMBERS OF COUNCIL BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING ARE RESOLUTIONS AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO RENEWAL CONTRACTS WITH WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, NORWICH TOWNSHIP, THE CITY OF HILLIARD, AND THE CITY OF WORTHINGTON, FOR CONTINUED PROVISION OF PUBLIC SAFETY DISPATCHING SERVICES.
THESE CONTRACTS EXTEND DISPATCHING SERVICES UNTIL DECEMBER 31ST, 2028 FOR WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP FIRE DEPARTMENT, NORWICH TOWNSHIP FIRE DEPARTMENT, HILLIARD DIVISION OF POLICE, AND WORTHINGTON POLICE DEPARTMENT AND DIVISION OF FIRE AND, AND EMS, THE NORTHWEST REGIONAL EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION CENTER AND REC PROV, UH, SERVES AS A PRIMARY PUBLIC SAFETY DISPATCH CENTER FOR DUBLIN HILLIARD, UPPER ARLINGTON, WORTHINGTON, WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP AND NORWICH TOWNSHIP.
ESTABLISHED IN 2013 WHEN DUBLIN, WHO ALREADY PROVIDED DISPATCHING SERVICES FOR WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, EXPANDED TO SERVE NORWICH TOWNSHIP FIRE AND BECAME HILLIARD'S PRIMARY 9 1 1.
ANSWERING POINT HILLARD POLICE JOINED IN 2014 UP ARLINGTON FIRE IN 2017 UP ARLINGTON POLICE IN 2018 AND WORTHINGTON POLICE AND FIRE IN 2020.
TODAY N REC SUPPORTS AN AREA OF MORE THAN 55 SQUARE MILES AND APPROXIMATELY 145,000 RESIDENTS OF CENTRAL OHIO AS ONE OF SIX WIRELESS PUBLIC SAFETY ANSWERING POINTS IN FRANKLIN COUNTY, N REC ALSO SERVES AS PRIMARY ANSWERING POINT FOR WIRELESS 9 1 1 CALLS ORIGINATING IN NORTHWEST FRANKLIN COUNTY.
THESE LONGSTANDING PARTNERSHIPS REFLECT A COLLABORATIVE COMMITMENT TO DELIVERING EXCEPTIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS.
N REC HAS ALSO MAINTAINED ITS COMMISSION ON ACCREDITATION FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ACCREDITATION SINCE 2018 S RECEIVING RE-ACCREDITATION STATUS IN 2020 AND RECENTLY SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THE CLEA ONSITE ASSESSMENT TO ACHIEVE RE-ACCREDITATION IN MARCH OF 2026.
IN A RECENT EC N REC PARTNER EXECUTIVE MEETING, WE HIGHLIGHTED THE STRENGTHS OF OUR INTERAGENCY RELATIONSHIPS AND OUR SHARED DEDICATION TO HIGH QUALITY PUBLIC SAFETY EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS.
THE MEETING INCLUDED AN OVERVIEW OF NEX OPER, UH, ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE, STAFFING, BILLING METHODOLOGY CALL Y CALL VOLUME TRENDS, PERFORMANCE METRICS AND STRATEGIC DIRECTION PARTNER FEEDBACK AND PERSPECTIVES WERE INSTRUMENT MELON HELPING US SHAPE THE FUTURE PRIORITIES.
THE PARTNER MEETING ALSO OFFERED US AN OPPORTUNITY TO GATHER FEEDBACK ON CURRENT AND REC CONTRACTS AND OUTLINE GOALS FOR FUTURE AGREEMENTS WITH AN EMPHASIS ON CONSISTENCY IN BOTH THE BILLING STRUCTURE AND THE CONTRACT CYCLES DUE TO NRES PHASED APPROACH, THE PARTNER CONTRACTS CURRENTLY DO NOT CONSISTENTLY ALIGN.
UPPER ARLINGTON'S CONTRACT IS SET TO EXPIRE IN DECEMBER, UH, I'M SORRY, DECEMBER OF 2026.
OUR INTENT IS TO BRING UPPER ARLINGTON INTO THE SAME CONTRACT CYCLE AS THESE RENEWALS BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING BY REQUESTING TWO YEAR AGREEMENT LATER IN 2026, WHICH WILL ALIGN THEM TO THE CONTRACT EXPIRATION DATES WITH THE ONES BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING.
STAFF RECOMMENDS PASSAGE OF THE ENCLOSED RESOLUTIONS.
WITH THAT, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING NONE COUNCIL QUESTION.
THANKS FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS AND KEEPING US ALL SAFE, NOT JUST HERE IN DUBLIN, BUT IN OUR REGION AS WELL.
JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL MAYOR AROSE GROOMS? YES.
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BRINGS US TO THE OTHER BUSINESS PORTION OF OUR AGENDA.AND THE FIRST ITEM THERE IS THE GO DUBLIN EVALUATION UPDATE IN OUR STAFF REPORT.
GOOD EVENING MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
UH, AS LINDSAY'S PULLING THIS UP, WE'LL GET READY TO GET GOING EARLIER THIS YEAR, COUNCIL TASK STAFF WITH, UH, TAKING A CRITICAL LOOK AT GO DUBLIN, LOOKING AT THE LANDSCAPE OF WHAT'S OUT THERE, WHERE THINGS ARE HEADED, AND WE'VE DONE JUST THAT.
AND SO TONIGHT WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO IS GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORIC CONTEXT HOW AND WHAT GO DUBLIN WAS STARTED FOR.
TALK ABOUT THE POWER OF GO DUBLIN AND WHAT'S HAPPENING BEHIND THE SCENES THAT NO ONE EVEN REALLY SEES WITH OUR INTEGRATION AND WORK PROCESSES.
UNCOVER A FEW DATA AND STATISTICS THAT TALK ABOUT THE SUCCESS OF GO DUBLIN SO FAR.
UM, LINDSAY WILL REPORT ON SOME SURVEY RESULTS THAT, THAT WE DID OUTREACH TO THE COMMUNITY AND, AND SENTIMENT ANALYSIS.
AND THEN I'LL, I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH OUR BENCHMARKING OF OTHER COMMUNITIES AND THE SOFTWARE INDUSTRY IN GENERAL, TALKING ABOUT ALTERNATIVES IN THE EVOLUTION OF WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THIS SPACE.
SO THE ORIGINAL INTENT AND SCOPE WAS TO FIND A PURELY BASED CITIZEN REQUEST SYSTEM.
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OF THE BIG PARTS OF THIS WAS THAT THIS REQUEST SYSTEM WOULD HAVE TO INTEGRATE WITH CITY WORKS, WHICH IS OUR WORK ORDER AND ASSET MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.I'LL GIVE YOU JUST A LITTLE MORE DEEP DIVE INTO CITY WORKS IN A MOMENT.
SOME OF THE KEY DELIVERABLES WE'RE TRACKING REQUESTS FOR CUSTOMERS AND STAFF SO WE, WE KNOW WHAT PEOPLE ARE ASKING AND WE KNOW HOW IT'S GETTING DONE.
TWO-WAY COMMUNICATION REGARDING THOSE ISSUES AND SERVICES.
A MOBILE APP FOR CUSTOMERS, ENHANCED PERFORMANCE MEASURES AND INSIGHT, WHICH WOULD GIVE US INSIGHT INTO TYPES, PROBLEM TYPES AND LOCATIONS.
SO WITH THIS ORIGINAL SCOPE AND INTENT, GO, DUBLIN HAS PERFORMED IN SPADES, WE BELIEVE, UM, WITH THOSE, THE REASON WE WERE SO FOCUSED ON INTEGRATING WITH CITI WORKS IS BECAUSE, AGAIN, CITI WORKS IS OUR ASSET INVENTORY SYSTEM AS WELL AS OUR WORK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.
ON THE PUBLIC SERVICE SIDE, IT'S DIRECTLY INTEGRATED WITH GIS, WHICH IS OUR INVENTORY OF ALL OF OUR ASSETS.
AND IT'S BEEN GOING IN IN THE WORKS SINCE ALMOST AFTER I GOT HERE JUST A LITTLE BIT 2005.
SO, AND THAT'S GONE THROUGH NUMEROUS ITERATIONS OF US EVALUATING THE MARKET AND LOOKING AT OTHER SOLUTIONS AS WELL.
BUT THIS HAS SERVED US QUITE WELL.
SOME OF THE WORK ORDER AND ASSET MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS DO NOT PROVIDE A PUBLIC FACING REQUEST SYSTEM AND WORK WITH THIRD PARTY VENDORS.
AND WE'LL COVER THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE HERE.
IN A WHILE, THE SERVICE REQUEST MODULE WAS NOT IMPLEMENTED.
TOGO DUBLIN WAS IMPLEMENTED, SO IT WAS A CO-JOINED SYSTEM.
ABOUT HALF OF THE TEAM MEMBERS WITHIN THE CITY INTERACT WITH CITY WORKS IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.
AND OUR DATA AND ANALYTICS ARE USED FOR ANYTHING FROM MONITORING OUR WORK PROCESSES AND EFFICIENCIES, THE COMMUNICATION, AND WE ACTUALLY ALSO USE IT TO BUILD OUR CIP BUDGET AND MAINTENANCE PLANS.
SO THE TIMELINE FOR THIS WORK AND TO TAKE YOU DOWN A CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT PATH OF GO DUBLIN IS THAT A VENDOR WAS SELECTED IN 2018, IT WAS LAUNCHED, ITS STATE OF THE CITY THAT THE NEXT YEAR IN 2019.
AND OVER TIME WE'VE ADDED THINGS THAT WHERE WE COULD, WE ADDED, UM, EXCUSE ME, AN INTEGRATION WITH ELA, WHICH IS OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT PLATFORM THAT THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM UTILIZES.
THE GO DUBLIN TEAM WAS ACTUALLY FORMED.
TELL DUBLIN BUTTON AND ROTATING CONTENT SEASONALLY, TOPICALLY WE'RE ADDED AND APPLICATION LINKING.
AS WE GET NEW APPS, WE LINK TO THOSE APPS AND TRY TO GET PEOPLE TO INFORMATION AS SOON AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.
AND LAST, EXCUSE ME, LASTLY, THIS PAST YEAR, UM, TELL DUBLIN TECH SMS SERVICE WAS INTEGRATED.
SO WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A REQUEST IS SUBMITTED THROUGH THE GO DUBLIN INTERFACE THAT AN AUTOMATED CONFIRMATION IS SENT AND AS THE REQUEST IS TRANSFERRED TO CITY WORKS, I'LL PRIMARILY TALK ABOUT CITY WORKS BECAUSE CODE ENFORCEMENT REQUESTS AND VIOLATIONS ARE A VERY INFINITESIMAL AMOUNT OF THE REQUESTS WE ACTUALLY RECEIVE.
ONCE THIS GETS INTO OUR CITY WORK SYSTEM, IT'S DISTRIBUTED FOR WORK AND IT STARTS TO GET MONITORED FOR PERFORMANCE MEASURES OF HOW WE ARE DOING FULFILLING THAT REQUEST.
THERE ARE THREE ACTIONS THAT CAN HAPPEN WITH ANY GIVEN REQUEST AND EACH HAS ACCOMPANYING COMMUNICATION.
WE CAN, THERE'S ALSO SLAS WITH EACH OF THESE.
SO TIME WE'RE TRYING TO, TO PERFORM, PERFORM THIS INITIAL MEANINGFUL RESPONSE WITHIN TWO DAYS BUSINESS DAYS.
SO YOU CAN COMPLETE THE REQUEST.
SO YOU MAY SUBMIT A REQUEST AND YOU RECEIVE AN AUTOMATED NOTICE.
THE NEXT NOTICE YOU WOULD RECEIVE IF YOU ARE SET UP TO RECEIVE NOTICES WOULD BE THE RESPONSE SAYING THE WORK IS COMPLETE.
IF OUR TEAM HAS QUESTIONS, THEY USE THE TWO-WAY COMMUNICATION FEATURE AND ASK FOR MORE INFORMATION.
AND THEN IF IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS SCHEDULED FOR THE FUTURE, THEN THE RESIDENT IS NOTIFIED THAT THAT WORK IS SCHEDULED WITH AN APPROXIMATE TIME.
WHEN THE WORK IS ACTUALLY DONE, THE REQUEST IS CLOSED ALONG WITH THE WORK AND THE RESIDENT IS NOTIFIED.
SO THIS IS JUST A VISUAL PROCESS OF WHAT OUR TEAMS SEE ON THE INSIDE.
SO THEY HAVE A CITY WORKS APP THAT THEY UTILIZE THAT SHOWS THEM WHERE THE WORK IS.
THERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF THE COMMUNICATION THAT HAPPENS.
THIS IS SCHEDULED WITH WORK PROGRAMMING AND ESSENTIALLY ONCE OUR TEAM DOES THAT WORK, WEEKS, MONTHS LATER, IT ACTUALLY GETS SUBMITTED AND CLOSED.
SO SOME DATA AND STATISTICS WITH OUR USER ENGAGEMENT IS THAT WE'VE HAVE OVER 47,000 TOTAL REQUESTS.
I THINK AN INTERESTING PART OF THIS STORY THAT WE FIND IS WE ANALYZE THE DATA IS THAT REPEAT USERS ACCOUNT FOR 84% OF ALL OF OUR REQUESTS, WE DO ALLOW ANONYMOUS REQUESTS AND GO, DUBLIN IS NOT THE ONLY WAY THAT WE TAKE REQUESTS AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A FEW MINUTES.
ALSO, TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF WHERE THESE ARE COMING FROM ACROSS THE CITY, EVERYWHERE, AND THE, THE TWO COLORS REPRESENT TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.
ONE IS REQUEST FOR WHAT WE WOULD CONSIDER SERVICES MORE LIKE CHIPPER SERVICE OR NEW CYCLE BINS, NEW TRASH BINS, AND OTHERS ARE ACTUAL REQUESTS FOR SOMETHING THAT'S NEEDS ATTENTION, A TREE OVER A BIKE PATH, A POTHOLE, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
IT HAS GOTTEN MORE AND MORE POPULAR OVER THE YEARS AS WE ASKED EACH YEAR THERE'S A SLIGHT INCREMENTAL INCREASE.
UM, THIS YEAR WE DO HAVE A BIT OF A LARGER PROJECTED INCREASE GOING.
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THIS SHOWS REALLY THAT DEEP ENGAGEMENT AND AND ADOPTION BY PEOPLE UTILIZING THAT.AND TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR, BY AND LARGE, THE CHIPPER SERVICE, WHICH ENCOMPASSES WITHIN THE SOLID WASTE GROUP IS, IS THE TOPS.
THAT ALSO INCLUDES THINGS LIKE, UM, UH, REFUSE PICKUP AND ALL THINGS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT AS WELL.
SO WE'D LIKE TO JUST KIND OF GIVE YOU A SWATH OF HOW THIS IS AFFECTING OUR DIFFERENT TEAMS IN THE CITY AND WHAT PEOPLE ARE ASKING FOR.
WE'VE WRAPPED THIS IN WITH OUR DATA AND ANALYTICS PROGRAM TO UTILIZE POWER BI AND OTHER TOOLS TO ANALYZE THE DATA AND ALSO TO HELP US MONITOR AND KEEP TRACK OF THOSE SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENTS THAT WE HAVE INTERNALLY.
SO IN THE LOWER LEFT, YOU CAN SEE MEDIAN DAYS TO RESPOND.
THE GOAL IS TWO AND WE'RE RIGHT AT THAT GOAL IN MEDIAN DAYS TO COMPLETE A SEVEN AND WE'RE BELOW THAT GOAL.
WE CAN ALSO SEE IN THE UPPER RIGHT THINGS THAT MAKE THEIR WAY TO SUPERVISOR DASHBOARDS AND OTHER TOOLS THAT PEOPLE ARE USING.
WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT, AGAIN, THOSE ON HOLD REQUESTS, WE TALKED ABOUT THE OPEN REQUESTS, THE ONES THAT WILL BE DONE SOON AND TRYING TO MONITOR THOSE.
AN EXAMPLE SPECIFICALLY OF CHIPPING, AND THIS IS AN INTERESTING ONE FOR US BECAUSE WE HAVE A CERTAIN NUMBER THAT ARE SCHEDULED THROUGH FOLKS CALLING IN ANOTHER NUMBER SCHEDULED THROUGH GO DUBLIN AND UNSCHEDULED IS THAT THE CREWS ARE INSTRUCTED AS THEY'RE TRAVERSING FOR CALLS AND DRIVING AROUND THE CITY, IF THEY SEE PILES, THEY'LL PICK THEM UP.
SO YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A DISCONNECT BETWEEN AVERAGE DAYS TO RESPOND AND TO COMPLETE OR ACTUALLY AHEAD ON THE COMPLETE.
AND THE RESPOND IS JUST DUE TO THAT NATURE OF WHEN WE'RE SCHEDULING THINGS AND, AND GETTING OUT INTO THE, INTO WORLDWIDE OPENNESS TO GO DO CHIPPER.
AND AGAIN, SHOWING THE ADOPTION IS STILL STRONG AND MOVING UPWARDS STILL AS MORE AND MORE OF THE REQUESTS THAT WE DO RECEIVE ARE COMING THROUGH THE GO DUBLIN APP ITSELF.
AGAIN, WE WANT TO MEET FOLKS WHERE THEY ARE.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT A NUMBER OF TIMES.
SOMETIMES STAFF ENTERS REQUESTS ON BEHALF WHEN THEY'RE JUST OUT IN THE WORLD AND SOMEONE ASKS THEM ABOUT A PROBLEM OR THEY THEY DISCOVER SOMETHING.
I'LL HAND IT OVER TO LINDSAY TO KIND OF TALK THROUGH OUR SURVEY RESULTS AND SENTIMENT ANALYSIS.
MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, I'M PLEASED TO REPORT ON THE SURVEY RESULTS AND THE SENTIMENT ANALYSIS FOR THE GO DUBLIN APP.
I'M GONNA WALK YOU THROUGH, UH, FIRST THE SENTIMENT.
I KNOW YOU ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH ZEN CITY, WHICH IS THE AI, UH, PUBLIC SENTIMENT TRACKING TOOL THAT WE'VE BEEN USING FOR ALMOST 10 YEARS NOW.
WE USE THIS TO MEASURE ANY GIVEN TOPIC FOR THE CITY.
SO WHEN WE BEGAN OUR EVALUATION EARLIER THIS YEAR, WE ASKED FOR AN AI GENERATED REPORT FOR A SIX MONTH TIME PERIOD.
IT FOUND ABOUT 240 INTERACTIONS, WHICH IS NOT A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF PUBLIC DISCOURSE.
ADDITIONALLY, THE ANALYSIS SHOWED THAT PUBLIC DISCOURSE WAS PRIMARILY THE RESULT OF THE CITY POSTING AND PROMOTING THE APP AND THEN GETTING JUST A LITTLE BIT OF PASSIVE ENGAGEMENT, WHICH IS PRIMARILY LIKES AND SHARES WITH, UH, MINIMAL TEXTUAL COMMENTARY FROM USERS.
UH, THESE POSTS GENERALLY RECEIVED, UH, PASSIVE ENGAGEMENT INDICATING RATHER LOW OR NEUTRAL ENGAGEMENT, NEITHER POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE REALLY EARLY.
AS FOR THE SURVEY, UH, FIRST I WANTED TO THANK ALL OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO TOOK THE SURVEY.
WE HAD A CHANCE TO HEAR FROM YOU AND I KNOW THAT, UH, YOU ARE KIND OF SER UM, UH, SUPER USERS OF THE APP AND SO WE REALLY, UH, APPRECIATED HEARING YOUR INSIGHTS AND YOUR EXPERIENCES.
THEN WE, UH, SENT THE SURVEY OUT TO, UM, ALL OF THE PUBLIC BETWEEN AUGUST 28TH AND SEPTEMBER 26TH.
WE RECEIVED 115 RESPONSES AND UH, WE U WE UTILIZED THE TELL DUBLIN ENGAGEMENT PLATFORM TO ADMINISTER THE SURVEY.
AND THE KEY INSIGHTS HERE WERE THAT 80% FELT THAT THE APP MADE IT EASIER, UH, TO INTERACT WITH THE CITY.
91% REPORTED SATISFACTION WITH RESPONSE TIMES 94% ARE LIKELY OR VERY LIKELY TO RECOMMEND THE APP AND 90% FOUND IT VERY OR SOMEWHAT EASY TO NAVIGATE.
IN TERMS OF SOME OF THE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS, UH, WE DID ASK IF PEOPLE HAD ENCOUNTERED ANY TECHNICAL ISSUES OR BUGS WHILE USING THE APP.
AND UM, WE ABOUT 20% INDICATED THAT THEY HAD ENCOUNTERED A PROBLEM, A TECHNICAL ISSUE BEFORE WITH 80% INDICATING THEY HAD EXPERIENCED NO ISSUES.
WE ASKED, UH, WHAT DO YOU PRIMARILY USE THE GO DUBLIN APP FOR? AND UH, THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE USED IT FOR REQUESTING CITY SERVICES FOLLOWED BY UM, REPORTING ISSUES AND THEN ACCESSING CITY INFORMATION.
AND THEN ONE OTHER THING I WANTED TO POINT OUT IS JUST CONTACTING THE CITY, CITY COUNCIL THROUGH TELL DUBLIN, WHICH IS THE BLUE BAR THERE.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN INTERESTING BECAUSE WE'VE NEVER PROMOTED THAT IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM.
THERE'S JUST A BUTTON ON THE APP AND PEOPLE FIND IT TO REACH OUT AND ENGAGE WITH, UH, CITY COUNCIL AND THEIR CITY.
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WE ASKED WHAT APP, WHAT APP FEATURES AND ENHANCEMENTS PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO SEE.AND THE DATA SHOWED THAT THERE IS A DESIRE FOR THE ADDITION OF AI INTERFACES TO ESTIMATE RESPONSE TIMES AND PROVIDE RESOLUTIONS, UH, BASED ON SIMILAR PAST SCENARIOS.
THAT WAS A REALLY, UM, NICE INSIGHT THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THAT.
ALSO, THERE'S A DESIRE FOR MAP INTEGRATION THAT SHOWS CITY AMENITIES SUCH AS PARKS, EV, CHARGING STATIONS AND CITY BUILDINGS.
UH, SOME SUGGESTED THAT A CHAT FUNCTIONALITY WOULD MAKE IT EASIER FOR COMMUNICATION.
THERE WAS A REQUEST FOR EASIER ACCESS TO POLICE REPORTS BY DATE AND AN OPTION TO TAKE AND DOWNLOAD PICTURES OF ISSUES DIRECTLY IN THE APP.
SO THOSE WERE SOME OF THE IDEAS FOR ENHANCEMENTS THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE SURVEY.
THE OPEN-ENDED QUESTIONS THERE.
UM, AND IN TERMS OF TOP COMPLAINTS, UH, THOSE INCLUDED USABILITY, COMMUNICATION AND LACK OF INTEGRATED FEATURES OR AI AGENTS.
OVERALL USERS SEEM TO LIKE THE APP AND AGREE IT MAKES IT EASIER TO INTERACT WITH THE CITY AND WE DEFINITELY RECEIVED SOME ACTIONABLE IDEAS FOR ENHANCEMENTS.
AND WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT BACK TO BRANDON TO GO OVER THE BENCHMARKING.
WE CONDUCTED FOR BENCHMARKING.
WE NOT ONLY LOOKED AT PEERS, BUT WE ALSO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND.
STAFF WAS ALREADY ATTENDING A NUMBER OF CONFERENCES WHERE THIS TYPE OF WHAT'S CALLED GOVTECH IS IS DISCUSSED AND TALKED ABOUT THE A PWA AND ICMA CONFERENCES.
AND, AND THE CITY HERE HAS HOSTED A CITY WORKS REGIONAL USER GROUP THAT DRAWS FROM KENTUCKY, INDIANA, MICHIGAN, AND ALL OVER OHIO.
IT'S, IT'S KIND OF LIKE A NICE HONOR FOR US WITHIN THEIR USER GROUP.
SO WE USED THAT AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PULL EVERYONE TO SEE WHAT THEY WERE DOING AND WHAT WE FOUND WITH OUR BENCHMARKING, I'M SORRY.
ON TOP OF THAT WE ALSO DID GENERAL RESEARCH AND THEN UTILIZING OUR PARTNERS AT GARTNER AND A COUPLE OF OTHER RESOURCES.
WHAT WE FOUND WAS SOME FOLKS ARE USING THEIR WORK ORDER SYSTEMS BECAUSE SOME WORK ORDER SYSTEMS ACTUALLY HAVE THIS FRONT END CAPABILITY.
MANY WERE LIKE US, WHERE THEY'RE USING THIRD PARTY PARTNERS TO INTEGRATE UTILIZING COMMERCIAL OFF THE SHELF, UH, SOLUTIONS.
SO THAT'S AN APP THAT SOMEONE ELSE HAS DEVELOPED AND THEY CAN CUSTOMIZE IT TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE YOUR PLACE, BUT THEY DON'T REALLY OFFER A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY FOR YOU CHANGING THE FUNCTIONALITY OF ALL THE ORGANIZATIONS.
THE MORE MATURE AND LARGER, WHICH WE WOULD CONSIDER OURSELVES.
ONE OF THOSE, THE CHOICES DRIVEN BY INTEGRATION CAPABILITIES, JUST BECAUSE THOSE BACKEND WORK PROCESSES AND THE DATA SYSTEMS ARE SO IMPORTANT TO KEEP MOVING.
THERE HAD BEEN A NUMBER OF CUSTOM BUILT OR BUILT ON GIS TOOLS IN VARIOUS OF THOSE.
UM, EVERYONE IS ESSENTIALLY MOVING AWAY FROM THOSE.
AND THEN ALSO SOME, UH, MOST PLACES HAVE A REQUEST APP THAT THEN REFERENCES OTHER CITY SERVICES.
AND THIS SLIDE JUST DEMONSTRATES A SERIES OF THE PEERS THAT WE HAD TALKED TO, KIND OF LARGE, SMALLER CITIES, UM, ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
AND, AND THERE, THERE DEFINITELY ARE MORE OUT THERE.
WE TRIED TO STICK WITH ONES THAT WERE SIMILAR TO US SO WE COULD UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY WERE DOING AND WHAT THEY WERE LOOKING AT DOING.
THE INDUSTRY PATTERNS AND EVOLUTION, WHAT'S HAPPENING WITHIN WHAT WE CALL THIS COMMERCIAL OFF, THIS THE SHELF OR WHAT, WHAT WE USE FOR GO DUBLIN, YOU COULD CONSIDER THAT, IS THAT THEY'RE STARTING TO ADD MORE AND MORE FUNCTIONALITY.
SO AS AI'S MATURING ALL OF OUR DIFFERENT SOFTWARE AS A SERVICE VENDORS ARE INCORPORATING AI WHERE THEY CAN, WHERE IT MAKES SENSE, WHETHER IT'S KIND OF AN AGENT BASED, A GUIDE, UM, SOME SORT OF ANALYSIS THAT THAT WORKS THROUGH THAT.
THERE'LL STILL BE A HEAVY FOCUS WITHIN THIS GROUP THAT IS TIED DIRECTLY TO CITIZEN SERVICE REQUESTS.
SO WHAT IS BEHIND GO DUBLIN HAS ACTUALLY BEEN PURCHASED TWICE SINCE WE PURCHASED IT, UH, BY OTHER COMPANIES.
IT OWNS A NUMBER OF OUR OTHER SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS AND SPECIALIZATION.
SO THEY'RE DIALING EVEN TIGHTER IN ON WHAT THE APP DOES, UM, FOLLOWING PATTERNS GENERALLY IN THE INDUSTRY, AND AGAIN, FOCUSING ON INTEGRATION, INTEGRATING TO MORE BACKEND PLATFORMS AND MORE SYSTEMS. SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THAT, THIS SLIDE DEMONSTRATES JUST KIND OF THE, THE SWATH OF THESE THAT ARE CLOSE ENOUGH THAT THEY MAY WORK WITH CITY WORKS WITHOUT A LOT OF EXTRA WORK TO DO.
UM, THERE WE, THIS WAS A NICE WAY TO UNCOVER MORE CUSTOMERS THAT WE CAN TALK TO AND, AND FIND OUT ABOUT THAT THEY'RE ALL, SOME FORM OF WHAT WE HAVE NOW WITH GO DUBLIN.
THE EVOLUTION THAT WE SEE IS THAT NOT AS MANY CITIES ARE DOING THAT, BUT AS WE DISCUSSED DURING THE BUDGET HEARINGS AND DISCUSSION OF MORE OF A CENTRALIZED AND AND HOLISTIC PLATFORM, THESE PLATFORMS ARE THINGS THAT ARE USED IN PRIVATE INDUSTRY QUITE A BIT.
SOMETHING LIKE SALESFORCE, SERVICENOW, DYNAMICS 365, WHERE IT'S NOT JUST THE CITIZEN REQUEST, IT'S THE CUSTOMER JOURNEY AND THE CUSTOMER MANAGEMENT.
THIS TOUCHES AND, AND GOES ACROSS A WIDE BREADTH WITHIN THE CITY.
UM, WHERE WE WOULD BE THINKING IN TERMS OF LIKE WHAT THE PROJECT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON WITH ONE CITY PHONE NUMBER FOR INSTANCE.
WE'D LIKE TO KNOW WHO YOU ARE AND WHAT YOU'RE ASKING US TO DO SO THAT WE CAN PROACTIVELY HELP YOU WITH SERVICES OR
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GUIDE YOU TO THE RIGHT SERVICES.THE CONCIERGE IDEA IS, IS STRONG IN THIS AREA, SO THAT THAT GIVES THIS HIGHLY PERSONALIZED CUSTOM EXPERIENCE WHEN YOU'RE INTERACTING WITH THE CITY.
AND THEN OF COURSE, NOTHING WOULD BE TODAY IF IT WASN'T INCLUDING AGENTIC AI.
UM, THAT CAN HELP GUIDE AND, AND I DO BELIEVE COUNCIL MEMBER LUDO ASKED FOR THAT EXACT THING.
SO MOVING FORWARD, WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THOSE COMMERCIAL OFF THE OFF THE SHELF.
IF THERE'S A BETTER ALTERNATIVE OF GO DUBLIN, CONTINUE MONITORING RES RES RESIDENT FEEDBACK, CONTINUE OUR NORMAL CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT METHODOLOGIES AND ACTIVITIES, AND THEN SPEND QUITE A BIT OF TIME RESEARCHING THIS NOTION OF THE PLATFORM IDEA AND HOW WE CAN APPLY THAT TO START LOOKING THROUGH DIFFERENT ASPECTS WITHIN THE WHOLE CITY.
QUESTIONS,
UH, WE DO WANNA TAKE A MOMENT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT IS THAT IF THERE ARE ANYONE PRESENT, UH, THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE COMMENT RELATIVE TO THIS AGENDA ITEM, HEARING NONE WILL OPEN IT UP TO QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION.
SO THANK YOU FOR CALLING ME OUT.
'CAUSE YOU KNOW, THIS WAS LIKE A BIG THING WHEN I FIRST GOT ON COUNCIL.
IT TOOK DANA THREE YEARS TO GET THIS THING DONE.
I'M JUST GIVING HIM A HARD TIME AND HE'S NOT EVEN HERE TO DEFEND HIMSELF.
I REALLY APPRECIATE, I KNOW THE APP HAS, HAS GROWN OVER TIME.
I, YOU KNOW, IN MY PERFECT WORLD IT WOULD BE AN AGENTIC AI WHERE YOU COULD SAY, HEY, GO DUB, YOU KNOW, I NEED A CHIPPER SERVICE.
AND IT DOES IT FOR YOU, RIGHT? LIKE, I THINK THAT'S GONNA BE THE NEXT ITERATION, THE NEXT GENERATION OF, OF, OF HOW WE MOVE THIS FORWARD.
I, I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE ABILITY TO INTEGRATE THE GO DUBLIN APP, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH RECTRAC, I DON'T KNOW HOW POSSIBLE THAT IS.
UM, IT'S, I I KNOW THEY'RE TWO COMPLETELY SEPARATE SYSTEMS. I THINK ONE DAY GETTING TO THAT POINT WHERE WE COULD HAVE SOME OF THESE THINGS MORE INTEGRATED SO THAT IT'S A, A MORE SEAMLESS EXPERIENCE FOR OUR RESIDENTS WOULD BE GREAT.
UM, I, YOU KNOW, WITH THIS PARTICULAR APP, I'VE EXPERIENCED A LITTLE BIT OF BUINESS, BUT I WILL SAY IT'S BEEN VERY FEW AND FAR BETWEEN.
UM, AND I'VE REALLY APPRECIATED THE ABILITY TO USE THE APP.
AND I WILL TELL ANYONE WHO ASKS ME, WELL, HOW CAN I GO ASK FOR THIS? I'M LIKE, OH, I'LL TELL YOU HOW I GO DUBLIN.
UM, SO I DO REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
I APPRECIATE THE THOROUGHNESS WITH WHICH YOU'VE GONE THROUGH THIS.
I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S A TON OF, YOU KNOW, OUT OF THE BOX, OFF THE SHELF SOLUTIONS FOR WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE.
UM, IT'S JUST GONNA TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME.
A LOT OF THESE AGE AGENTIC AI TOOLS RIGHT NOW ARE BEING BUILT FOR HIGHER EDUCATION AND THEY'RE BEING BUILT IN LARGE PART FOR PRIVATE INDUSTRY.
THEY'LL GET TO US, UM, AND I'LL BE VERY EXCITED AND I KNOW THAT YOU'LL BE ON TOP OF IT, UM, WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE.
UM, BUT I REALLY LOVED THAT MAP THAT YOU SHOWED.
IT'S COMING FROM EVERYWHERE ACROSS THE CITY.
AND I'VE SEEN ON SOCIAL MEDIA THROUGH NEXTDOOR AND EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T TAKE A LOT OF TOUTING FOR PEOPLE TO BE LIKE, OH, THERE'S AN APP FOR THAT.
YEAH, THERE'S AN APP FOR THAT.
SO I THINK Y'ALL HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB WITH IT.
UM, KEEP STUDYING IT, KEEP WORKING ON IT.
WHEN THAT AGENTIC AI ABILITY COMES ALONG, I, I, I WILL BE VERY EXCITED FOR IT.
WHETHER I'M SITTING UP HERE OR NOT.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, AS A COUNCIL MEMBER, PEOPLE WILL CALL ME UP AND SAY, THERE'S A POTHOLE HERE OR THERE'S A PROBLEM THERE.
AND I GO, WELL, DON'T TELL ME YOU DUBLIN.
YOU'LL GET A FASTER RESPONSE
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I, I HOPE THAT YOU, THAT WE MOVE FORWARD TO AND, AND MAYBE IT'S POSSIBLE BEFORE WE EVER GET TO THE NEXT GENERATIONS THAT ARE COMING, IS, UM, THE ABILITY TO, TO MAKE IT VERY HOLISTIC SO THAT ANY INFORMATION THAT MAYBE IS ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE, UM, A CALENDAR EASY, WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE CITY, THIS COULD ANSWER A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH THE INFORMATION INPUT TO RESIDENTS WHO DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
I MEAN, IT COULD HELP WHEN PEOPLE SAY, WELL, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT WAS HAPPENING.
IT HAS A NOTIFICATION ABILITY TO SAY, IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, THIS IS COMING UP.
AND SO PEOPLE CAN'T SAY THAT IT'S NOT AT YOUR FINGERTIPS.
UM, THE DUBLIN CONNECTOR, HOW NICE.
IF YOU COULD JUST, AND MAYBE YOU CAN AT THIS POINT, I'M NOT SURE, BUT MAKE AN APPOINTMENT.
I USE IT TO LOOK AT THE PLANNING AND ZONING, UH, THINGS.
ONCE YOU PUT THAT BUTTON ON THERE, IT WAS GREAT.
I ALSO THINK THE ABILITY, AND I KNOW YOU'RE USING IT FOR PARKS AND REC, UM, I WONDER WE HAVE SOME GURUS IN THIS CITY WHEN IT COMES TO TECHNOLOGY FIRMS. IS THERE ANYONE HERE
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THAT WANTS TO JUST BE THE NEXT CUSTOM APP DEVELOPER FOR THE CITY? BECAUSE WE'VE GOT SOME FAIRLY AMAZING FOLKS HERE DOING THAT KIND OF WORK.AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'LL, MAYBE IT WOULDN'T INTEGRATE, BUT IT CERTAINLY IS WORTH ASKING.
AND, YOU KNOW, OUR DUBLIN BUSINESSES FIRST, UM, I JUST THINK IT'S, UM, A GREAT PIECE.
I'M SO EXCITED THAT WE INSTIGATED IT BECAUSE IT'S FUN, IT'S INNOVATIVE.
AND UM, I KNOW AT THE INTELLIGENT COMMUNITY FORUM IN TALKING TO PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD THAT HAVE THESE APPS, I MEAN, I THINK OUR APP WAS GREAT, BUT ONE, I THINK IT WAS IN PERU, I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE, BUT HE HAD, LIKE, THEY HAD A LIBRARY OF 500 BOOKS ON IT.
I MEAN, YOU CAN DO ALMOST ANYTHING.
YOU CAN MAKE A DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT ON IT, BUT I DON'T WANNA SEE YOU GO THAT FAR.
BUT I THINK THIS IS, UM, A REALLY FUN PROJECT.
SO I REALIZE, AND THANK YOU FOR THE SURVEY AND FOR GATHERING ALL THIS INFORMATION.
I THINK THE BOTTOM LINE IS WE'RE STICKING WITH THE PLATFORM WE HAVE NOW AND WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT OTHERS.
BUT AS WE STICK WITH WHAT WE HAVE FOR NOW, ARE WE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT QUITE A FEW THEN OF THE, I GUESS, THE BUGGINESS AND THE USER FRIENDLY ONES THAT WERE ASKED? OR IS THAT STILL BEYOND WHAT THE PLA WHAT WE HAVE CAN DO? SO WE ARE A VERY ACTIVE USER OF THE COMPANY THAT OWNS THIS SOFTWARE AS FAR AS REPORTING ISSUES AND SUGGESTING CHANGES.
AND THEY HAD BEEN MORE REACTIVE.
AND WE'VE SEEN THAT CHANGES AT THIS ACQUISITION PHASE HAPPENS.
UM, WE'RE STARTING TO SEE SOME MORE RESPONSIVENESS AGAIN, AND THAT'S PART OF WHY WE'VE ALWAYS LOOKED AT OTHER OPTIONS THROUGHOUT TIME.
WE, THE, THE CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT IN PLACE IS STILL REPORTING TO THEM.
WHAT WE'RE HEARING FROM FOLKS, WE ARE SHARING WHAT WE HEARD IN THE SURVEY WHEN WE SEE CERTAIN, JUST EVEN ATONAL INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE WOULD LIKE DIFFERENT OR MORE.
AND WE'VE TRIED TO FEED THAT INTO THEIR PIPELINE AND, AND THEIR HELP WITH THAT.
SO IT'S NOT SITTING PAT AND STANDING STILL WHILE WE'RE MOVING FORWARD.
IT'S CONTINUING WHERE WE CAN, BUT BEING THOUGHTFUL AND PLANFUL ABOUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO FOR NEXT STEPS.
BECAUSE I THINK IT HAS JUST MUCH BROADER AND DEEPER IMPLICATIONS THAN JUST, JUST THE SINGULAR APP.
BUT IN THE SHORT, I GUESS MY, I GUESS THE ANSWER IS IN THE SHORT TERM, WHY WE USE GO DUBLIN AS WE HAVE IT.
ARE WE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT ANY OF THOSE USER FRIENDLY SUGGESTIONS? WE CAN SUBMIT THEM TO OUR VENDOR AND ADVOCATE FOR THOSE.
IF, IF THEY'RES WE'RE ADVOCATE WITH I, SO THE ODDS ARE LOW IS WHAT YOU'RE TELLING ME IS THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO DO IT.
THEY, THEY MAY BE ABLE TO AND THEY MAY NOT.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE WE LAND WHEN WE'RE BUYING AND GETTING SOFTWARE AS A SERVICE AND COMMERCIAL OFF THIS OFF THE SHELF.
BUT THE GOOD VENDORS LISTEN TO THEIR CUSTOMERS AND MAKE THOSE TYPES OF CHANGES.
'CAUSE I DO KNOW THERE IS SOME BUGGINESS AND SOME, AND, AND I THINK IT'S JUST, UM, IN MY WARD WE HAVE A LOT OF OLDER PEOPLE THAT DON'T USE THE PHONES OR THE, SO THEY JUST CALL ME AND I ENTER IT.
SO THEY'RE PROBABLY LIKE, WHY DOES CRAM SMITH 200 THINGS ONE GO OUT? BUT IT'S 'CAUSE EVERYONE JUST ASKS, I JUST DO IT FOR THEM.
UM, BUT WHICH I'M HAPPY TO, IT'S, IT'S EASY, BUT IT WOULD BE NICE IF WE COULD GET IT MM-HMM
SLIGHTLY MORE USER-FRIENDLY AND TRY TO GET RID OF SOME OF THE GLITCHINESS.
BUT OVERALL IT'S GOOD IN THE, AND I CAN TELL YOU, I HAD AT LEAST THREE PEOPLE WHO SAW THE SURVEY ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND WERE LIKE, I DIDN'T KNOW WE HAD A GO DUBLIN APP.
AND NOW THEY USE IT ALL THE TIME.
SO AT LEAST ONE BENEFIT OF THE SURVEY IS PEOPLE LEARNED WE HAD IT.
I WOULD LIKE TO SAY TOO, THAT WE ARE TAKING A HARD LOOK AT OUR INTERNAL PROCEDURES THAT THE VARIOUS STAFF IN THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AND DIVISIONS ARE EXPECTED TO FOLLOW.
UM, SOME OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE HEARD, UM, ISN'T NECESSARILY ASSOCIATED WITH THE TECH ASPECT OF GO DUBLIN, BUT IT WAS FOCUSED MORE ON THE STAFF USER ASPECT OF GO DUBLIN.
AND SO, LIKE I SAID, WE'RE REVIEWING THOSE PROCEDURES, CONDUCTING TRAINING, AND WE'LL BE MAKING SURE THAT, UM, WE'RE, UH, REINFORCING THE EXPECTATIONS ACROSS THE BOARD WITH REGARD TO THE TIMELY RESPONSES, THE CLOSING OUT PROCEDURES THAT CAN BE CHALLENGES CHALLENGING BECAUSE ESPECIALLY TO MAKE CONSISTENT EXPECTATIONS ACROSS THE ORGANIZATION.
'CAUSE SOME IT'S OBVI, SOME REQUESTS, IT'S OBVIOUS WHEN YOU WANNA CLOSE IT OUT.
LIKE YOUR CHIPPING, UM, MATERIALS HAVE BEEN COLLECTED, CLOSED EASY.
UH, A QUESTION ABOUT RESURFACING, DO YOU CLOSE IT OUT WHEN YOU'VE ANSWERED THE QUESTION THAT THEIR STREET'S GOING TO BE RESURFACED IN FIVE YEARS? OR DO YOU KEEP IT OPEN FOR FIVE YEARS UNTIL THE STREET HAS BEEN RESURFACED? SO THOSE ARE TWO EXTREME EXAMPLES, BUT THOSE ARE, UM, EXAMPLES OF WHERE WE ARE, YOU KNOW, BOLSTERING OUR PROCEDURES INTERNALLY TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE FEEDBACK.
SO I USE IT A A FAIR AMOUNT AND I THINK IT'S PRETTY OKAY.
I, UM, YOU KNOW, I, TO TO CHRISTINA'S POINT, I THINK THERE'S CERTAINLY A POINT WHERE, UM,
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AI COULD PLAY A LARGER ROLE, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'RE THERE YET.AND I THINK THIS THING WORKS, YOU KNOW, AT 95%.
SO FIXING SOME OF THE BUGS, ADDING A CAMERA OPTION SO YOU CAN TAKE A PICTURE OF WHAT YOU'RE SEEING AS OPPOSED TO TAKING THE PICTURE IN YOUR PHONE AND THEN ATTACHING IT.
JUST, IT WOULD BE MORE CONVENIENT.
UM, A COUPLE BUGGY THINGS, UM, WHICH I, I'M HAPPY TO REPORT TO YOU DIRECTLY THE THINGS THAT I'VE ENCOUNTERED.
UM, BUT OVERALL, I THINK I'M NOT SEEING ANY REAL WINNER IN THE DIFFERENT VENDORS THAT YOU'RE SHOWING.
AND WE'D BE GOING DOWN A MAJOR RABBIT HOLE, I THINK IF WE TRY TO PURSUE ONE OF THOSE.
SO THAT, SO I THINK WE STICK WITH WHAT WE HAVE FOR THE SHORT TERM, BUTTON IT UP A BIT AND, UH, MOVE FORWARD.
WELL, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD OTHER THAN MY EXPERIENCE WITH IT HAS BEEN GOOD.
BUT, UM, I PROBABLY DON'T USE IT AS, AS MUCH AS SOME OTHERS.
BUT, UH, I DO KNOW THAT THOSE ARE ALL GOOD SUGGESTIONS AND, AND THINK THAT'S AN APPROPRIATE WAY TO GO FORWARD.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS.
UM, IT'S ONE OF THOSE PROJECTS WITHOUT END, RIGHT? SO IT'S A CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT PROJECT AND WE ARE WHERE WE ARE AND WE'RE GONNA LOOK TO GET BETTER AS, AS WE HAVE OPPORTUNITY IN THE, UM, IN THE TECHNOLOGY EVOLVES.
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COMMENTS.GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
UM, THE FIRST BEING, I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE GREAT WORK OF OUR FIRST RESPONDERS.
AND WE HAVE A TRUE EXAMPLE OF DEDICATION TO SAFETY AND COLLABORATION AMONGST OUR FIRST RESPONDERS.
AND IT HAPPENED THE NIGHT OF DECEMBER 2ND, THERE WERE TWO REPORTED FIRES, UM, WITHIN MINUTES OF EACH OTHER ON WEST BRIDGE STREET.
AND AS WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP FIRE, UH, WAS RESPONDING TO THE MARATHON GAS STATION, THEY OBSERVED A FIRE AT THE ACE HARDWARE NEARBY.
ONCE THEY ENSURED THAT EVERYONE GOT OUT SAFELY, UM, FROM BOTH LOCATIONS, THEY THEN BEGAN TO INVESTIGATE WHETHER THE FIRES WERE CONNECTED.
DUBLIN POLICE, ALONG WITH FIRE INVESTIGATORS AND N REC, UH, DISPATCHERS MADE USE OF CAMERAS IN THE AREA.
SO THAT TECHNOLOGY CERTAINLY CO, UM, BENEFITS THE COMMUNITY.
UM, AND IT WAS USED TO IDENT IDENTIFY A SUSPECT SCENE AT BOTH LOCATIONS.
AND HE WAS ARRESTED JUST A SHORT TIME LATER.
HE'S BEEN CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED ARSON IN THE MARATHON FIRE AND ANOTHER CHARGE AS EXPECTED.
YET THIS WEEK WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, AND I SEE CHIEF DONAHUE BACK IN THE MAC ALONG WITH, UH, ADMINISTRATOR ERIC RICHTER.
THANK YOU FOR COMING THIS EVENING AND THANKS FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP AND GREAT WORK.
AND ALSO TO ALL OF OUR FIRST RESPONDERS.
THANKS TO CHIEF TYSON AND HIS TEAM FOR EVERYONE'S SHARED COMMITMENT AND DEDICATION TO OUR COMMUNITY'S SAFETY.
UM, I'VE PROVIDED PERIODIC UPDATES ON, UH, A SERIES OF MEETINGS THAT WE'VE HELD ABOUT THE 1 61 CORRIDOR.
AND THAT GROUP HAS BEEN MEETING ROUTINELY AND MOST RECENTLY MET ON NOVEMBER 21ST.
ATTENDEES INCLUDE REPRESENTATIVES FROM ALL THE JURISDICTIONS ALONG THE CORRIDOR AS LISTED UP ON THE SCREEN.
UM, EACH COMMUNITY PROVIDES UPDATES ON PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES IN THOSE MEETINGS.
UM, AND WE DISCUSS ANYTHING REALLY THAT'S OCCURRING ALONG THE CORRIDOR, ALL OF THE PARTNERS AGREED TO PURSUE.
UM, AT OUR LAST MEETING, ALL OF OUR PARTNERS AGREED TO PURSUE A SIX MONTH WORK PLAN, UM, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH JAMIE GREEN AND JAMIE GREEN WITH PLANNING NEXT, HAS BEEN ASKED TO DRAFT A PROPOSAL FOR FACILITATION SERVICES TO ASSIST THAT GROUP, UM, WITH MOVING FORWARD COLLABORATIVELY.
AND, UH, THAT WORK WILL BE, UM, FUNDED WITH CONTRIBUTIONS FROM EACH OF THE RESPECTIVE, UM, CITY COUNTY TOWNSHIP ORGANIZATIONS.
AS PART OF THAT DISCUSSION, I DID PROPOSE TO THE GROUP THAT WE INCLUDE ELECTED OFFICIALS FROM EACH JURISDICTION AS PART OF THE PROCESS MOVING FORWARD.
THAT WOULD BE IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE 33, UM, CORRIDOR DESIGNEES, THE GROUP AGREED.
AND SO JENNY WILL BE BROADENING THE SCOPE OF THE 33 CORRIDOR ASSIGNMENT, UM, FOR YOUR ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING IN JANUARY.
SO WE WILL BE REQUESTING THE TWO REPRESENTATIVES TO SERVE BOTH ON AS PART OF THE 33 CORRIDOR GROUP, AS WELL AS THE 1 61 GROUP, BECAUSE THERE IS SO MUCH OVERLAP OVERLAPPING, UM, AREAS IN TERMS OF REPRESENTATION THAT PARTICIPATES IN THOSE MEETINGS AS WELL, OF THE SCOPE OF THE CONVER, AS WELL AS THE SCOPE OF THE CONVERSATIONS THAT OCCUR IN THOSE MEETINGS.
UM, AND OUR NEXT MEETING IS BEING PLANNED FOR MID-JANUARY.
UM, THANK YOU TO OUR ENTIRE STAFF CITY COUNCIL AND EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO HELPED MAKE LAST THURSDAY'S TREE LIGHTING SUCH A GREAT EVENT.
IT WAS SUPER FRIGID, UM, BUT IT WAS LOTS OF FUN AND A FESTIVE WAY TO KICK OFF THE HOLIDAY SEASON.
IT WAS GREAT TO SEE SO MANY FAMILIES OUT ENJOYING THE EVENING TOGETHER.
AND OF COURSE, SANTA'S ARRIVAL WAS A HUGE HIT.
AND THE LIGHTS AND KAUFMAN PARK AND REALLY ALL OVER THE CITY HAVE HELPED SET THE TONE FOR, UM, THE JOYOUS SEASON, AND WE APPRECIATE EVERYONE WHO PLAYED A PART IN MAKING THAT SUCH
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A SPECIAL EVENING IN DUBLIN.AND THEN AS WE CLOSE OUT THE, UH, FINAL COUNCIL MEETING OF 25, I JUST WANNA TAKE A MOMENT TO REFLECT ON WHAT HAS BEEN A PRODUCTIVE AND IMPACTFUL YEAR FOR THE CITY.
THERE'S WAY TOO MANY HIGHLIGHTS TO MENTION, BUT I'M ESPECIALLY PROUD OF OUR WORK ADVANCING COUNCIL'S VISIONARY GOALS.
AND THEY CERTAINLY ARE VISIONARY, UM, AND SIGNIFICANT, INCLUDING THE SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION OF THE FIBER TO EVERY HOME INITIATIVE.
UM, THAT'S BEEN A LONG TIME IN THE MAKING LOTS OF WORK BY LOTS OF CITY STAFF, LOTS OF COOPERATION BY OUR RESIDENTS.
UM, RESIDENT FEEDBACK IS AMAZING THANKS TO COUNCIL FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT IN THAT INITIATIVE.
UM, AND THAT'S ONE YEAR AHEAD OF SCHEDULE, WHICH IS AMAZING.
UM, THE SMOOTH TRANSITION OF SPORTS OHIO MANAGEMENT.
UM, THAT HAS BEEN A LOT OF WORK THANKS TO KENDALL FOR HER LEADERSHIP WITH THAT.
UM, SO WE'RE EXCITED AS WE WORK ON THE MASTER PLANNING EFFORT TO SEE THE FUTURE OF SPORTS OHIO.
ALSO CONTINUED MOMENTUM IN THE WEST INNOVATION DISTRICT AND ON THE METRO CENTER REVITALIZATION.
UM, THESE ACCOMPLISHMENTS ARE CERTAINLY INDICATIVE OF A STRONG PARTNERSHIPS SHARED COMMITMENT TO DELIVERING RESULTS.
AND JUST WANNA THANK THE ENTIRE, UH, TEAM DUBLIN FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK AND SUPPORT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, AND ALSO CITY COUNCIL FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT AND LEADERSHIP.
AND THEN FINALLY, UM, ON BEHALF OF ALL CITY STAFF, I WANNA THANK COUNCIL MEMBERS, JANE FOX AND JOHN REINER FOR YOUR MANY YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY, UM, AND TO THE CITY OF DUBLIN.
YOUR LEADERSHIP, YOUR ADVOCACY, YOUR SUPPORT, UM, HAVE CERTAINLY HELPED SHAPE OUR COMMUNITY AND STRENGTHENED OUR ORGANIZATION.
WE'RE PLEASED TO CALL YOU FRIENDS, UM, AND WE'VE APPRECIATED YOUR PARTNERSHIP, YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE RESIDENTS THAT WE SERVE.
WE WISH YOU ALL THE BEST, BEST IN YOUR NEXT CHAPTER, AND WE DO INVITE THE COMMUNITY TO JOIN US IN RECOGNIZING YOUR SERVICE HERE IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
UM, COUNCIL MEMBER FOX PUBLIC RECEPTION IS ON DECEMBER 11TH, UM, ONE 30 TO FOUR.
AND COUNCIL MEMBER REERS IS ON DECEMBER 15TH, FIVE TO SEVEN 30.
AND AGAIN, BOTH OF THOSE ARE HERE IN COUNCIL CHAMBER.
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING EVERYBODY HERE TO CELEBRATE YOUR YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE.
AND THANK YOU BOTH FOR EVERYTHING.
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COUNCIL ROUNDTABLE AND I'LL START ON THE FAR END.UM, I'LL FOLLOW UP THAT SAY THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE, JOHN, FOR YOUR MANY, MANY YEARS OF SERVICE.
AND I HOPE YOU GUYS FIND FUN THINGS TO DO ON MY, ON YOUR MONDAY NIGHTS.
AND, YOU KNOW, THANKS TO THE REST OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND ALL OF STAFF FOR A WONDERFUL YEAR.
AND I HOPE EVERYONE ENJOYS THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.
OKAY? THIS BE, YOU WANNA GO LATER? I COULD BE LATER.
IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOUR PREFERENCE, IT'S YOUR NIGHT.
I'M ASSUMING JOHN WILL DO THE SAME.
SO, UH, THANKS TO THE EVENTS TEAM FOR BRAVING THE COLD.
I THINK THEY GOT THERE AT 9:00 AM UM, SO THEY PUT IN A FULL DAY IN THE FRIGID COLD WEATHER SO THAT WE COULD HAVE HAVE A PHOTOGRAPH.
AND, UH, REGARDING THE ARSON SU SUSPECT, SWIFT IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT.
SO GOOD WORK, IMPECCABLE WORK, GUYS.
SO IT'S AN END OF AN ERA HERE.
UM, I'M PROBABLY GONNA GET CHOKED UP.
UM, JANE, I'VE ALWAYS ADMIRED YOUR PASSION AND YOUR, YOUR EMPATHY.
UM, YOU'RE ALWAYS WILLING TO DIG A LITTLE BIT DEEPER AND, AND LOOK AROUND THE WORLD AT WHAT OTHER COMMUNITIES HAVE DONE AND SAID, WHAT, WHAT, HOW CAN WE DO IT BETTER? UM, I'LL TRULY MISS YOUR WARMTH AND, AND THE SUPPORT THAT YOU'VE GIVEN ME OVER THE YEARS AND, AND YOU, JOHN.
UM, I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PAGES TO RECOGNIZE ALL THE YEARS THAT YOU'VE PUT IN HERE, UM, SELFLESS, UNWAVERING, DEDICATION TO THE CITY.
AND, AND I THINK THAT, UM, WE CAN THANK YOU FOR OUR COUNCIL GOAL TO MAKE THE CITY OF DUBLIN A GLOBAL CITY OF CHOICE.
THAT'S REALLY BEEN YOUR GOAL ALL ALONG.
AND IT'S A, A, A GLOBAL CITY OF CHOICE TO LIVE, WORK, AND PLAY.
UM, I HOPE THAT THIS COUNCIL AND FUTURE COUNCILS DON'T FORGET SOME OF THE PRINCIPLES THAT BOTH OF YOU LIVE BY, UM, KEEPING DUBLIN GREENER, WE'RE GREENER, I THINK IN PART BECAUSE OF, OF JOHN AND JANE.
AND, UM, YOU'RE GONNA BE TRULY MISSED.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO FORMALLY RECOGNIZING YOU, JANE, LATER THIS WEEK AND, AND YOU NEXT MONDAY.
UH, FIRST, A A A BIG THANK YOU TO CITY STAFF, UM,
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MEGAN AT THE HELM.IT'S BEEN AN INCREDIBLE YEAR OF A LOT OF PROGRESS ON A LOT OF THESE GOALS.
AND, UM, WE RECOGNIZE THAT IT'S NO, IN NO SHORT PART BECAUSE OF THE WORK THAT YOU ALL DO, UM, IN DEDICATION TO THE CITY AND TO THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY.
UM, WE WOULDN'T GET TO REALLY BE UP HERE IF IT WEREN'T FOR ALL OF YOU.
UM, AND I WILL DIVE INTO MY THANK YOUS TO BOTH JANE AND TO JOHN.
JANE, IT HAS BEEN AN INCREDIBLE PLEASURE GETTING TO KNOW YOU, GETTING TO WORK WITH YOU.
UM, I APPRECIATE THAT YOU'RE NOT AFRAID TO ASK ANY QUESTION, AND YOU'LL SAY, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A DUMB QUESTION OR NOT, BUT I'M GONNA ASK IT
AND, AND I ADMIRE THAT BECAUSE NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE DO.
UM, AS MYSELF AN INTROVERT, SOMETIMES I STRUGGLE TO DO THAT.
I I'M NOT GONNA BE THE FIRST PERSON THAT'S GONNA BE CLICKING THE MIC USUALLY.
UM, BUT I, I APPRECIATE THAT ABOUT YOU, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I WILL TAKE AWAY FROM MY TIME WITH YOU, UM, AND YOUR DESIRE TO COLLABORATE AND TO JUST BE TRUE TO YOURSELF AND TRUE TO THE THINGS THAT YOU HOLD DEAR.
UM, JOHN, WHEN I FIRST MET YOU, I THINK I WAS OUT IN THE RAIN SLINGING MUD WITH MY HUSBAND MANY, MANY YEARS AGO.
AND, UM, YOU DIDN'T TAKE PITY ON ME THAT NIGHT,
UM, AND THAT WAS MY FIRST INTRODUCTION TO YOU, AND IT'S BEEN A VERY LONG TIME, UM, THAT I'VE KNOWN YOU.
I WILL BE HONEST, I'M NOT GOING TO MISS ARGUING WITH YOU ABOUT CITY THINGS, ALTHOUGH I HAVE A FEELING WE'LL PROBABLY STILL ARGUE ABOUT CITY THINGS.
UH, YOU HAVE BEEN A TRUE FRIEND IN MY LIFE, YOU AND SHEILA, UM, SORT OF AN ADOPTED FAMILY.
AND I APPRECIATE YOU MORE THAN YOU POSSIBLY COULD KNOW.
I WOULDN'T BE HERE TODAY IF IT WEREN'T FOR YOUR ENCOURAGEMENT.
APPARENTLY, WHEN I WAS DONE WITH MY MBA, HE FELT LIKE I NEEDED MORE ON MY PLATE
UM, BUT I APPRECIATE YOU FOR BEING HERE AND INTERACTING WITH RESIDENTS AND WITH THE CITY STAFF AND WITH THE COLLEAGUES THAT I'VE HAD UP HERE OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS, HAS BEEN A TRUE HIGHLIGHT OF MY LIFE.
UM, I'VE LEARNED AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT.
UM, I'VE MET SOME AMAZING PEOPLE, INCLUDING ALL OF YOU THAT SIT HERE WITH ME, AND I CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH.
SO THANK YOU BOTH FOR YOUR SERVICE.
I WILL MISS YOU, BUT YOU BETTER NOT BE STRANGERS.
LET'S GRAB SOME BOURBON
UM, THIS HAS BEEN AN AMAZING, AMAZING EIGHT YEARS.
UM, ALL OF YOU, I DIDN'T EXPECT WHEN I GOT INTO THIS, UH, WHAT LESSON IN CITY GOVERNMENT TEAMWORK, UM, UNDERSTANDING THE INS AND OUTS, THE RELATIONSHIPS, I HAD NO IDEA.
UM, I WAS PROBABLY JUST LIKE ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT COME IN HERE, LIKE THE BALANCE RATE FOLKS, THINKING THAT I WAS GONNA CHANGE EVERYTHING.
AND WHAT I CAME TO LEARN IS THIS PLACE RUNS LIKE A FINE MACHINE.
AND, UM, I JUST THINK THAT, UM, I'VE, I'VE WORN A LOT OF DIFFERENT HATS THROUGH MY CAREER, BUT I DON'T THINK, UM, THAT I EVER THOUGHT THAT SITTING HERE AND BEING IN THE FRONT ROW OF UNDERSTANDING WHAT MAKES A COMMUNITY SO SPECIAL WOULD BE SUCH A GREAT EXPERIENCE.
UM, IT'S LIKE A DEEP DIVE INTO LEARNING.
I FEEL LIKE I HAVE A PHD IN PUBLIC AND ADMINISTRATION.
UM, EVEN ON PLANNING AND ZONING, I HAD TO TAKE A CLASS AT OSU JUST TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE HECK I WAS DOING.
IT'S JUST BEEN AN AMAZING, UM, MIND BLOWING, MIND GROWING EXPERIENCE.
AND BECAUSE OF THAT, THERE'S SO MANY OF YOU THAT HAVE HELPED ME GROW THAT WAY.
I'VE LEARNED SO MUCH FROM EACH OF YOU.
AND EVERYBODY BRINGS SUCH SPECIAL TALENTS HERE, DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT KINDS OF TALENTS TO THE TABLE.
AND IT'S JUST FUN TO WATCH THE SOUP GET MADE.
UM, I JUST KNOW THAT EVERY ONE OF YOU, AND I'VE WATCHED YOU, YOU DEDICATE ALL YOUR TIME, YOU SACRIFICE, YOU SPEND LATE MONDAY EVENINGS, BUT YOU LOVE, LOVE, LOVE THIS CITY, OR YOU WOULDN'T BE DOING THIS.
AND THAT JUST MAKES ME FEEL SO LUCKY TO BE A MEMBER OF THIS TEAM.
UM, I LOVE THE LIVELY DISCUSSIONS, THE BRAINSTORMING.
I LOVE THE CONTENTIOUS BACK AND FORTH.
I MEAN, THIS IS NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART AT ALL,
BUT IT'S CERTAINLY, UH, ENRICHES YOU.
IT MAKES, IT BUILDS YOUR CHARACTER.
AND THE CHALLENGES THAT HAVE COME, UM, HAVE MADE ME A BETTER PERSON.
SO, UM, IT'S BEEN A JOY REPRESENTING THE RESIDENTS.
IT'S BEEN A JOY, UM, SEEING THEM GATHER TOGETHER AND BECOME A VOICE FOR THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS.
I LOVE THE FACT THAT, UM, THAT I'VE COME TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE DNA OF THE CITY IS, IS ON, UM, THE BACKS OF OUR RESIDENTS WHO VOLUNTEER, WHO SIT ON ADVISORY BOARDS, WHO HELP WITH THEIR NONPROFITS.
THESE FOLKS ARE THE SPIRIT OF THIS COMMUNITY.
SO WHAT WE DO LOOKS LIKE WE'RE MANAGING SOMETHING, BUT OH MY GOSH, THEY'RE CARRYING THE WATER, UM,
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ON EVERY DAY.AND SO NOW I'M GONNA GET TO THE PART THAT I THINK IS THE MOST IMPORTANT TO ME IS THAT THE REAL HEARTBEAT AROUND HERE IS THE STAFF.
I MEAN, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ENOUGH WORDS TO TALK ABOUT ALL OF YOU.
YOU ARE THE MOST PROFESSIONAL, THE MOST DEDICATED, THE MOST HARDWORKING, THE MOST PATIENT.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES YOU'VE BITTEN YOUR TONGUE AND HADN'T SAID ANYTHING WHEN YOU REALLY WANTED TO.
YOU GIVE SO MANY HOURS, YOU STAY MONDAY NIGHTS LATE.
I WOULD PUT YOU UP AGAINST ANYBODY IN THIS COUNTRY.
I WOULD PUT YOU UP AGAINST ANYBODY IN THIS WORLD.
LOOK, YOU MAKE IT LOOK LIKE WE'RE DOING THE WORK.
WHEN WE KNOW THAT WE'RE NOT COUNCIL MEMBERS, COME AND GO.
AND THIS PLACE CAN CONSISTENTLY STEPS UP TO BE THE MOST EXCELLENT COMMUNITY IN THE COUNTRY.
AND IT'S BECAUSE OF THE WORK YOU DO.
I'VE BEEN BRAGGING ALL WEEK ABOUT THE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT WHO SOLVED THAT.
THAT IS LIKE, WRITE, WRITE THE BOOK.
I MEAN, YOU MIGHT AS WELL JUST WRITE THE BOOK ON HOW TO DO IT.
I'M JUST, I SO BLESSED TO HAVE HAD THIS OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH ALL OF YOU.
MEGAN, YOU HAVE BEEN SUCH A GREAT MENTOR.
I MEAN, YOU ARE A 24 7 KIND OF PERSON.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW YOU DO IT.
THE ENERGIZER BUNNY WOULD RUN OUT OF BATTERIES BEFORE SHE WOULD.
UM, I'VE ENJOYED OUR CONVERSATIONS.
I'VE ENJOYED THE WAY YOU'VE LISTENED.
I'VE ENJOYED THE WAY YOU'VE MENTORED.
YOU WORK SO HARD TO MAKE ALL OF US HAPPY.
AND THAT'S AN IMPOSSIBILITY FOR ANYBODY TO TRY TO HAVE SEVEN BOSSES.
AND I'VE BEEN BLESSED TO HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH YOU.
SO, UM, I HAVE TO SAY THANK YOU TO MY HUSBAND AND CASEY'S WATCHING BECAUSE HE'S BEEN EATING FAST FOOD FOR ALMOST EIGHT YEARS,
AND HE'S EATING FAST FOOD AGAIN TONIGHT.
SO I PROMISE HIM AN ITALIAN DINNER
SO I JUST WANNA THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WONDERFUL MEMORIES, THE GREAT RELATIONSHIPS, THE FRIENDS.
I HOPE THAT IF I COME AROUND, YOU'LL, UM, YOU'LL OPEN YOUR OFFICE DOOR AND OFFER ME A CUP OF COFFEE BECAUSE IF YOU COME, UH, THIS WEEK, UM, I PARTICULARLY DECIDED THAT I TOLD JENNY IT'S HOT FUDGE SUNDAY.
SO COME ON OVER AFTER LUNCH,
AND I WISH THE TWO NEW MEMBERS THAT ARE COMING ON COUNCIL, GOOD LUCK.
TELL YOUR FAMILIES YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE AT HOME EARLY ON MONDAY EVENINGS.
AND I KNOW THAT YOU'RE GONNA FIND THIS TO BE THE MOST STIMULATING, EXCITING, AND SPECIAL, UM, EXPERIENCE OF YOUR LIVES.
SO THANK ALL OF YOU VERY MUCH, AND I LOVE YOU.
BUT I'LL TELL YOU THAT NEXT WEEK.
AND, UH, IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE TO SERVE THEM.
AND, UM, UM, I WANT TO THANK MY FAMILY AND MY BUSINESS ASSOCIATES FOR LETTING ME GIVE UP THE TIME TO DO THIS.
UH, BUT I REALLY WANNA SAY, LOOK AT YOU.
I MEAN, ALL RIGHT, YOU PLANNED THE MOST WALKABLE CITY, POSSIBLY IN THE WORLD, OKAY? ALL OF YOU.
THEN YOU TURN AROUND AND YOU BUILD THE MOST ADVANCED SPORTS FACILITY THAT'S COMING UP.
YOU GUYS ARE PROBABLY IN THE YEAR 20, 35, 20 40.
YOU'RE CREATING THE MOST PROGRESSIVE CITY IN AMERICA, AND YOU ARE NUMBER ONE AND DESERVE IT.
AND IT'S JUST AMAZING ALL OF YOU.
I THINK, UM, WHEN I THINK BACK, ONE THING I DON'T WANT YOU TO BECOME IS OSSIFIED.
I THINK AT MARY LEE, TENNESSEE ZUERCHER, ONE DAY SHE COMES IN WITH THIS IDEA, I WANNA HAVE A MIRACLE LEAGUE FOR HANDICAPPED KIDS.
WHAT IS THAT? UH, THERE'S ONE UP NORTH.
THERE WASN'T ANY DOWN IN THIS WAY.
SO SHE, SO WE ALL GET TOGETHER AND WE SAY, LET'S DO THAT.
UM, STEVE SMITH GETS ON THE PHONE AND GETS US $10,000.
SHE CALLS UP FRED HAN SAYS, BREAK OFF A PIECE OF YOUR PARK.
WE'RE GONNA PUT A MIRACLE LEAGUE IN THERE.
THINGS HAPPEN HERE REALLY FAST AND REALLY COOL THINGS.
UM, IT, IT'S AN AMAZING PLACE TO BE IN.
AND I JUST HOPE WE DON'T BECOME OSSIFIED IN THE FUTURE AND, AND, AND GET TOO BUREAUCRATIC.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT MADE US GREAT.
UM, YOU KNOW, I WANNA LOOK BACK AND, UH, THINK OF SOME OF YOUR ACHIEVEMENTS, WHICH ARE JUST AMAZING.
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UM, SOME OF THE PEOPLE HERE, UH, MAYOR HEADLEY, WHO ONCE SAID, WRITE ANY LAWS YOU WANT, WE'LL PASS 'EM.I THINK OF, UM, OH, YOUR DAD, ZAK AND, UH, RONNIE GEESE.
AND WE'RE THINKING, HOW DO WE GET AN ELITE SCHOOL IN THIS PLACE? I MEAN, WE NEED A SCHOOL WELL FUNDED BECAUSE THAT WILL DRAW IN THE BUSINESSES AND WE'LL HAVE THIS GREAT COMMUNITY.
SO WE DECIDED THAT IT ALL WOULD HAPPEN IN PLANNING AND ZONING.
THAT'S WHERE ALL THE MONEY WOULD COME FROM.
AND, UH, WE WORKED OUT THIS SORT OF IDEA OF ROOFS AND BUSINESSES AND SORT OF RAN A SLUICE GATE SYSTEM.
SO WE'D HAVE A WEALTHY SCHOOL SYSTEM.
AND ALONG WITH THAT, YOU GOTTA THINK BACK, UH, OH GOSH, THE, UH, FORESTRY COMMISSION WHO READS THREE FEET OF EUROPEAN LAWS, WHAT DEDICATION? SIT DOWN AND READ THAT.
ARE YOU NUTS? AND A FOOT AND A HALF OF CANADIAN LAWS AND DECIDE, OKAY, THESE LAWS ARE REALLY PROGRESSIVE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE BOMBED OUT CORRIDORS OF EUROPE AND THEY'RE COMING UP GREAT IDEAS WHERE YOU ONLY NEED A BICYCLE AND A CAR.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE STUDYING THIS AND WE'RE THINKING ABOUT IT, AND WE'RE THINKING, OKAY, WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE ONIC LAW AND ANGLO-SAXON LAW, WHICH RUNS AMERICA.
AND WE'RE WORKING OUR MUDDLING OUR WAY THROUGH ALL THIS STUFF.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE COME UP WITH A PROGRAM, I GOTTA SAY THAT WAS, UH, PROBABLY THE FOUNDATION OF OUR CITY AS A, AS IT'S GREENER IN DUBLIN TYPE OF CITY.
BUT STREET WE REQUIRED STREET TREES, UH, BARRIERS BETWEEN DIFFERENT ZONINGS.
'CAUSE WE WANTED TO GET RID OF CONFLICT AND ZONINGS, A WHOLE HOST OF OTHER IMPROVEMENTS.
EVENTUALLY THAT MORPHED INTO, UM, PUTTING ALL THE UTILITIES UNDERGROUND, UH, REQUIRING LAND TO BE DONATED FOR A PARK SYSTEM.
YOU KNOW,
SO WHEN THE DEVELOPERS COME IN HERE, WE'RE GONNA TAKE SOME OF THEIR LAND AND MAKE IT INTO A PARK.
AND THE RESIDUAL LAND WE'RE GONNA PUT INTO SPORTS FIELDS.
AND, YOU KNOW, THAT ENERGY WAS JUST AMAZING.
I MEAN, WHAT THE CITY DID, AND IT WAS, IT WAS, IT WAS REALLY SORT OF CRAZY.
BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS WERE ON YOUR WAY TO BEING SO UNIQUELY DIFFERENT FROM EVERY OTHER CITY IN AMERICA.
AND WHAT A JOY TO BE HERE, YOU KNOW, AND DO ALL THOSE FUN STUFF.
I MEAN, THIS THING'S BEEN A TOTAL HOOT,
UH, THEN YOU GOT, UM, WELL, I WILL TELL YOU ON A PERSONAL LEVEL THAT WHEN WE PASSED THESE LAWS, THERE WAS FOUR YEARS OF POTENTIAL LAWSUITS AGAINST US BECAUSE THESE LAWS WERE SO OUTRAGEOUS THAT THE DEVELOPERS WERE IN TOTAL REVOLT, OKAY? THEY SAID, YOU CAN'T DO THIS TO US.
WE DON'T, YOU KNOW, THIS ISN'T HAPPENING ANYWHERE IN AMERICA.
YOU GUYS ARE NAZIS YOUR COMMUNISTS.
THEY, WE, IT WAS INTERESTING RANGE OF NAMES THAT THIS COMMUNITY WAS CALLED FROM 1980 TO 1984.
AND, UH, ON A, ON A PERSONAL LEVEL, UH, THE TWO BIG, THE ZONING GUYS WHO CONTROLLED ALL THE ZONING FOR THE POWER BROKERS, UH, WENT TO THE BIA AND BX.
AND THEY, UH, AND I OWE YOU A BIG FAVOR FROM THIS STORY, THEY WENT TO BIA AND BX AND THEY SAID, WE WENT TO BOYCOTT OAKLAND NURSERY, AND WE'RE GONNA PUT THEM OUT OF BUSINESS.
SO THE FOLD WOULDN RING IN MY OFFICE, WE'D WIN A BID FOR AN FOR, UM, YEAH, GOD, A SHOPPING CENTER, A BANK OR SOMETHING.
AND THE VOICE ON THE OTHER END WOULD GO, YOU MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE LOW BIDDER, BUT WE'RE GIVING IT TO THE NEXT GUY.
IT GOT A LITTLE BIT DEPRESSING AS I LOOKED AT MY STAFF.
AND, UH, SO WENT ON, WAS THE GUY, THE THING THAT RESCUE THERE IS DIVINE INTERVENTION ENDED, DO, ENDED COLUMBUS COMES LYNN CLAY AND VANTAGE CORPORATIONS.
THIS IS THE TIME WHEN PEOPLE WERE MOVING TO THE SUBURBS AND THEY START BUILDING OFFICE PARKS ALL OVER THE PLACE.
AND WE HOOKED ONTO THOSE GUYS, WHICH BAILED US OUT, AND IT BROKE THE BOYCOTT AGAINST OUR COMPANY.
AND GOD BLESS YOU GUYS, IF, IF THIS ALL DIDN'T HAPPEN.
WE WERE BUILDING OFFICE PARKS IN CLEVELAND AND ALL OVER THE PLACE.
AND ONE OF THE CEOS SAID TO US, IF YOU WIN US THE NATIONAL AWARD FOR UNITED STATES AND CANADA AND MEXICO,
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WE'LL GIVE YOU ALL OUR BUSINESS AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO BID IT.WELL, YOU KNOW, WE FOLLOWED THROUGH WITH THAT FOR EIGHT TO 10 YEARS.
AND SO, GOD BLESS DUBLIN, YOU TURNED OUR COMPANY AROUND AND WE
YOU KNOW, IT'S CRAZY HOW THE WORLD REALLY WORKS.
YOU KNOW, YOU THINK SOMETHING'S GONNA GO DARK AND TURNS OUT TO BE LIGHT.
AND, UH, SO YOU KNOW, IT, IT WAS JUST A CRAZY EVENT.
AND, UH, SO WE, WE HAD A LOT OF FUN.
THE TEAM, THE ARCHITECTS, DOING ALL THESE PROJECTS.
THEN I GOTTA LOOK BACK AND SAY, TIM HANSLEY SHOWS UP.
TIM BRINGS IN THE, WHAT I CALL THE DREAM TEAM.
I THINK THREE OF THE PEOPLE HE BROUGHT IN WAS CITY MANAGERS END UP BEING CITY MANAGERS FOR, FOR OUR CITY.
AND THEN COMES IN SANDRA PASICK AND MARY JO DE SALVIO AND, AND, UH, UM, ALLISON AND LAROI.
AND THEY COME UP WITH THIS PLAN, AND THEY'RE WORKING ON THIS IRISH FESTIVAL, AND IT TURNS OUT TO BE VOTED THE BEST ETHNIC FESTIVAL IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
AND THOSE GUYS WORKED LIKE DOGS.
AND I GUESS I DON'T, YOU GUYS MIGHT NOT ALL REMEMBER SOME OF THIS, BUT, UH, SANTA KARNIK WOULD TAKE THE BANDS INTO HER HOUSE, ENTERTAIN 'EM.
SHE'S KNOWN WORLDWIDE AND REALLY APPRECIATED FOR ALL HER EFFORTS, WHAT SHE DID FOR THE CITY.
AND, UH, SO THAT WAS AN INTERESTING, UH, PERIOD IN OUR HISTORY.
AND THEN YOU LOOK AT TERRY FOGLER, THIS GUY COMES IN AND HE REDEVELOPS ALL OF SOUTH HIGH STREET.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, IF YOU DID THE BAR SCENE FROM THE NORTH BERG TO THE SOUTH, BERG STOPPED AT THE SHAR BAR.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF 'EM ARE OLD ENOUGH.
YOU REMEMBER THIS, ALL THE BARS, HE CLEANED UP ONE OF THE UGLIEST PARTS OF COLUMBUS, OHIO, WITH THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY.
HE COMES INTO DUBLIN, HERE'S A BIG CHANCE.
SO THIS GUY SHOWS UP, AND I CALL THIS SORT OF THE COURAGEOUS CITY COUNCIL BECAUSE THEY DECIDE THAT WE'RE GONNA DO THIS BRIT STREET DEAL WITH A COMPANY CALLED CRAWFORD HOING.
IT WAS SORT OF COMING UP, IT WASN'T QUITE THERE, BUT I THINK IT WAS THE ONLY PER GROUP OF DEVELOPERS THAT, THAT LANDED, UM, RESPONDED TO OUR REQUEST.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, AND I, I GOTTA HAND IT TO 'EM, THEY WERE GREAT PARTNERS AND THEY BUILT US A MODEL CITY.
I, YOU KNOW, IN MY STUDIES IN EUROPE, I ALWAYS LUSTED AFTER A WALKABLE CITY, YOU HAD TO GROW UP IN COLUMBUS, OHIO, AND THERE WASN'T ANY, UM, THERE WASN'T ANY, UH, SHORT NORTH IN THE OLD DAYS.
THERE WASN'T A BREWERY DISTRICT.
THIS PLACE WAS NOT THAT EXCITING OF A PLACE TO BE IN.
AND SO HERE, THESE GUYS CREATE THIS THING, AND THIS IS ALL YOUR STAFF, IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT.
THE STAFF WAS BEHIND EVERY BIT OF THIS PROJECT.
AND THEN WE GET ANGEL MUMA, WHO'S ABSOLUTELY A FINANCIAL GENIUS, AND SHE COMES IN AND DEVELOPS THIS AND, UH, FINANCIAL SIDE OF THIS.
AND IT WAS SO WELL WORKED OUT THROUGH JILLIONS, IT SEEMS LIKE JILLS OF HOURS IN AT NIGHT THAT IF THIS THING WOULD'VE FAILED, THERE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ANY PROBLEM WITH THE CITY OF DUBLIN.
IT WAS THAT INTERESTING THAT WELL THOUGHT OUT.
AND LIKE I SAID, THESE GUYS WERE GREAT PARTNERS.
SO, YOU KNOW, THE CITY MOVED ON AND WE HAD, OH GOD, WE HAD, UH, DR.
DAVE GAON WHO COMES IN, HE'S HERE FOR 20 YEARS.
I WORKED ON HIS COMMITTEE FOR 19 YEARS.
HE PUTS UP 67, 60 SOME ART PROJECTS INTO OUR CITY.
AND THEN ALL THESE PERSONALITIES CAME IN AND, AND YOU GUYS SUPPORTED AND MADE ALL THIS REALLY HAPPEN.
I MEAN, UH, YOU KNOW, THE VETERANS COMMITTEE, I, EILEEN KEHO, RIGHT? IN DUBLIN'S, UM, JOURNEY AND HER HUSBAND A, UM, A, UM, A VIETNAM LIEUTENANT, WHICH HAD THE HIGHEST PER CAPITA CASUALTY RATE, AND ALL THESE GREAT VETERAN GUYS, UM, THAT CAME AND SERVED THAT COMMITTEE AND WERE WORRIED AND WORKED ON THE, UM, 30,000 VETERANS WHO COMMITTED SUICIDE.
WE ONLY HAD 58,000 GUYS KILLED IN VIETNAM.
BUT 30,000 YOUNG MEN HAVE COMMITTED SUICIDE AND ALL THE PROJECTS THEY WORKED ON IT, IT WAS, IT WAS JUST AN AMAZING, UH, TEAM OF PEOPLE.
I THOUGHT THAT SCOTT DRANG AND, UH, DEVELOPING THE TOURIST THING AND JUST TEAMS OF, UM, PEOPLE SO COMMITTED, YOU KNOW, THIS WAS THEIR LIFE.
THIS IS WHAT THEY CARED ABOUT.
AND, UM, I THINK BACK ON, UH, CHUCK KRANZ, STU AND JUDGE CAMPBELL AND AC STRIP, AND THESE GUYS DECIDE WE WANT TO HAVE A REC CENTER FOR OUR CITY.
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WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? A REC CENTER? NOBODY HAD A REC CENTER FOR THEIR CITY.THEY DECIDED TO DEVELOP THIS REC CENTER.
AND IT TOOK, MY GOD, IT TOOK SOME OF THESE CITIES 30 TO 40 YEARS TO CATCH US.
WORTHINGTON, ARLINGTON DUBLIN WAS JUST ALWAYS LEADING THE WAY.
THE, UH, I WAS GIVEN A LECTURE.
WHAT'S THAT GROUP YOU BELONG TO ON MONDAY MORNING? ROTARY ROT.
FRIDAY MORNING, RIGHT? SO I'M GIVING A, I'M GIVING A TALK TO THE ROTARIANS ONE MORNING ON THE UNIQUENESS OF THE, OF, OF, UH, DUBLIN'S LAWS THAT WE HAVE VERY UNUSUAL LAWS HERE COMPARED TO THE REST OF AMERICA.
THIS GUY WALKS UP AFTERWARDS, HE'S A PHYSICIAN.
HE SAID, WE JUST HAD A MEDICAL CONFERENCE IN THE ISLAND OF KWAI.
AND HE SAID, YOU KNOW, THEY TOOK, I HEARD THIS LECTURE, AND HE SAID THEY TOOK THE DUBLIN LANDSCAPE LAWS TO REBUILD THEIR GIANT TOURIST ISLAND.
AND THAT'S HOW DUBLIN JUST SPREAD OUT.
SO THE BRIDGE STREET CORRIDOR, WE HAD TWO OF THE BIGGEST PLANNERS SHOWED UP.
THEY'RE FROM NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY.
AND THEY REPORTED THAT THAT THING IS SO WELL EXECUTED, THAT THEY USE IT AS A MODEL FROM MAINE TO SAN DIEGO AND FROM PORTLAND TO FLORIDA.
WHAT WAS CREATED BY YOUR WORK? 'CAUSE ALL THESE JILLIONS OF DETAILS WENT INTO THAT THING WAS PHENOMENAL.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, HATS OFF TO YOU.
SO YOU ARE THE MODEL FOR WALKABLE CITY.
A LOT OF 'EM FAILED TOO MUCH, UH, RESIDENTIAL, TOO MUCH COMMERCIAL.
YOU HAD THE PERFECT MODEL AND YOU EXECUTED IT.
SO AGAIN, WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT THE STAFF, ABSOLUTELY TRUE.
I MEAN, UM, YOU KNOW, UM, I, I JUST, I'M A LOSS.
YOU KNOW, YOU LOOK AT THIS HISTORY AND HOW YOU GUYS DEVELOPED ALL THIS AND WHAT YOU'VE DONE AND WHY EVERYBODY'S JEALOUS OF YOU AND WHY EVERYBODY'S LOOKING UP AT DUBLIN AND TRYING TO COPY AND OF COURSE, STEAL YOU AWAY FROM US AND TAKE YOU TAKE OFF WITH YOU TO OTHER COMMUNITIES.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANNA SAY, UM, WELL FIRST OF ALL, TO YOU, JANE, WHO YOU'RE GONNA BE A BIG LOSS, YOUR VISIONARY LEADERSHIP WAS, UH, I THINK IT WAS POINTED OUT CLEARLY BY SUZAKI ONE TIME.
AND THAT'S A HECK OF A COMPLIMENT COMING FROM THE BEST PLANNING FIRM PROBABLY IN THE WORLD.
AND I ALWAYS NOTICE YOU PUT YOUR HEART INTO EVERYTHING, AND YOU WERE TOTALLY, TOTALLY DEDICATED TO THIS COMMUNITY.
YOUR EFFORTS WERE AWESOME, YOU KNOW, GOOD HEART ALL THE WAY.
AND WITH CHRISTMAS COMING, I'M HOPING THAT KATHY GETS HER CHRISTMAS PROGRAM GONE.
AND YOU GET YOUR PERFORMING ARTS CENTER.
I'M NOT SANTA CLAUS, BUT I'M HOPING.
AND YOU GET YOUR RAILROAD AND YOUR TRAIN.
AND, UH, UH, AGAIN, I WANNA THANK THE STAFF, MEGAN O. CALLAHAN, YOU ARE BRILLIANT WITH THE CAPITAL B I'VE HAD A LOT, I THINK I'VE BEEN THROUGH MAYBE, MAYBE SEVEN, EIGHT CITY MANAGERS SINCE I STARTED HERE,
YOU ARE LOVED AND APPRECIATED BY YOUR STAFF.
I'VE HAD CITY MANAGERS WHERE THE STAFF DIDN'T REALLY LIKE THE CITY MANAGER,
SO THEY, THEY REALLY, THEY, YOU KNOW, TALKING TO OUR STAFF, THEY DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DO IT.
UM, YOU ARE THE BEST OF THE BEST.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE GOTTA GIVE YOU A LONG LEASH BECAUSE YOU'RE SO SHARP.
YOU DON'T NEED ANY MICROMANAGEMENT.
YOU ARE ON TOP OF EVERYTHING ALL THE TIME.
UM, THAT WAS SORT OF THE HENSLEY PRINCIPLE.
TIM CAME IN HERE AND HE BROUGHT IN ALL THESE A PERSONALITIES AND EVERY DEPARTMENT AND JUST LET 'EM RUN.
AND I CALL THAT THE HENSLEY PRINCIPLE.
IF YOU GOT THE KIND OF PEOPLE THAT WANT TO DO GREAT THINGS.
AND IT HAPPENS IN BUSINESS TOO.
YOU CAN BUILD UP A GIANT BUSINESS DOING THE SAME THING.
AND, UH, I HOPE YOU SERVICE WELL AND YOU CONTINUE TO SERVICE.
YOU KNOW, THIS CITY NEEDS YOU.
AND, UH, WE ARE SO LUCKY TO HAVE YOU.
SO, UM, HAMMERSMITH,
HOW MANY YEARS HAVE YOU, HOW MANY
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YEARS HAVE YOU BEEN HERE? 26.AND WILLIS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND THE WHOLE STAFF.
I'D LOVE TO GO THROUGH EVERY ONE OF YOU.
MAYBE WE'LL DO THAT MONDAY, BUT IT'S, IT'S BEEN CRAZY.
THIS WHOLE EXPERIENCE TO ME IS LIKE, UH, BEEN A STARVING PERSON AT A SMORGASBORD.
JUST TO LET US CUT LOOSE AND DO ALL THE THINGS WE WANTED TO DO HERE.
UM, IT'S BEEN A BLAST, UH, PERFECT FOR A URBAN PLANNER AND A LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT.
UM, AND I'VE GOT TO WORK WITH SOME ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL PEOPLE.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT MORE COULD YOU ASK FOR PEOPLE YOU REALLY RESPECT AND TRUST FOR THEIR WISDOMS, THEIR SMARTS, THEIR DEDICATION, ALL THE IMPORTANT THINGS IN LIFE.
SO, UH, I HOPE I HOLD YOU ALL IN THE HIGHEST REGARD.
AND, UH, I WANNA WELCOME WENDY AND DR. LAMB AND WISH THEM WELL AND THEIR ADVENTURE HERE.
I'M SURE THEY'RE GONNA DO WONDERFUL THINGS FOR US.
WELL, THANK YOU BOTH SO VERY MUCH, JANE.
I, I REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME WE HAD LUNCH,
AND YOU MADE DELICIOUS SALADS, AND WE TALKED ALL THINGS CITY.
UM, AND IT'S BEEN, UH, A LONG AND FRUITFUL FRIENDSHIP AND REALLY APPRECIATE, UM, THE CONVERSATIONS THAT YOU HAVE WANTED TO HAVE AND HAVE HAD.
AND I'M SURE WE'LL CONTINUE TO HAVE.
I'M SURE THOSE COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS AREN'T OVER.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR DEDICATION AND YOUR FRIENDSHIP.
AND THANK YOU FOR, UM, PUTTING THE CITY FIRST.
IT'S VERY, VERY, UH, EVIDENT IN OUR COMMUNITY AND CERTAINLY MUCH APPRECIATED BY ALL.
AND JOHN, I I CAN DISTINCTLY RECALL INTERVIEWING IN FRONT OF YOU 18 YEARS AGO FOR A POSITION ON THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE IT'S A DECISION YOU'VE LEARNED TO REGRET, BUT, UM, I CERTAINLY HAVE APPRECIATED YOUR, UM, YOUR ZEAL AND YOUR TENACITY, UH, AND YOUR PASSION FOR THIS COMMUNITY.
SO, UH, I, I, I THINK I KNEW YOU LONG BEFORE, 18 YEARS AGO WHEN I INTERVIEWED.
IT WAS JUST HAVING GROWN UP AND, AND SEEN YOU AROUND.
BUT, UM, THANK YOU FOR TAKING A CHANCE ON ME AND THANK YOU FOR, UM, ALL OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES THAT HAVE, HAVE COME SINCE.
AND, UH, YOU HAVE GIVEN OF YOURSELF AND OF YOUR TIME.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THE OLDER YOU GET, THE MORE YOU REALIZE HOW PRECIOUS OF A COMMODITY THAT IS.
AND TO HEAR YOU, UH, REFER BACK TO THAT WITH FONDNESS AND NOT REGRET IS SUBSTANTIAL.
SO THANK YOU FOR THAT AS WELL.
UM, YOU WILL BE MISSED EVERY, EVERY TIME A COUNCIL CHANGES, IT'S A NEW COUNCIL, AND IT'S CERTAINLY GOING TO BE A NEW COUNCIL.
WE HAVE SOME WONDERFUL FOLKS COMING ON, AND, BUT WE CERTAINLY HAVE, UH, LONG, LONG TESTED AND DEDICATED FOLKS LEAVING.
SO WE WISH YOU GODSPEED, UH, AND WE, I HOPE THAT YOU HAVE, UH, YOU FIND TREMENDOUS FULFILLMENT IN THE THINGS THAT YOU PURSUE AFTER YOU, AFTER YOUR TIME HERE.
SO WITH THAT, I REALLY HAVE NOTHING FURTHER TO ADD FOR THE GOOD OF THE ORDER.
AND WITH THAT, IT'S OKAY WITH THE TWO OF YOU.