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ACCEPT THE DOCUMENTS INTO THE RECORD AND APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE SEPTEMBER 24TH, 2025 MEETING.SO IT LOOKS LIKE THE ONLY CASE ON THE DOCKET TONIGHT HAS BEEN, UH, REQUESTED TO BE POSTPONED BY THE, BY THE, UH, APPLICANT.
SO, UM, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO PROPO TO POSTPONE THE MINOR PROJECT REVIEW CASE NUMBER 25 0 9 MPR, UH, SHARPEN RESIDENCE, UH, AT THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST UNTIL THE NEXT SCHEDULED A RB MEETING.
AND THEN, UH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A, IN THE COMMUNICATION
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SECTION, WE WILL HAVE AN INFORM, AN INFORMATIONAL PRESENTATION, UH, ON THE RIVERSIDE DRIVE.STONEWALLS AND JOSH MILLER WILL DO THE PRESENTATION.
UH, I JUST WANNA SAY GOOD EVENING BOARD MEMBERS.
I AM ONE OF THE ENGINEERS IN OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS DIVISION, AND I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A PRESENTATION FOR OUR RIVERSIDE DRIVE UTILITY AND SHARED USE, UH, PATH EXTENSION PROJECT FOR THE AREA THREE.
UM, SO OUR PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE EXISTING STONEWALL OFF ON THIS SITE, WHICH HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED IN THE 2017 HISTORIC AND CULTURAL ASSESSMENT.
SO WE WANTED TO PRESENT SOME OF THAT INFORMATION TO YOU.
THE STONEWALL IS LOCATED WITHIN RIGHT OF WAY.
SO FOR SOME BACKGROUND ON OUR PROJECT, OUR PROJECT WAS IDENTIFIED IN THE 2016 FEASIBILITY STUDY TO, UH, CONNECT TWO DEAD END PATHS BETWEEN TANTE DRIVE AND WIND WOODS.
UH, IT WAS IDENTIFIED AS A PRIORITY CONNECTION BY THE DUBLIN BIKEWAYS PLANNING COMMITTEE AND RANKED NUMBER 11 BY USING THE SHARED USE PATH PROJECT SCORING CRITERIA TOOL.
THIS CORRIDOR IS ALSO RECOGNIZED, UM, AS PART OF THE SCIOTO TRAIL THROUGH A, THE CENTRAL OHIO GREENWAY INITIATIVE.
UM, IN ADDITION TO THE SHARED USE PATH, THIS PROJECT WILL EXTEND PUBLIC SANITARY SEWER AND PUBLIC WATER TO THE SURROUNDING AREA THAT'S CURRENTLY UNDERSERVED AS PART OF THE CITY'S UTILITY EXTENSION POLICY, WHICH WAS APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL IN 2015 AND THEN AMENDED BACK IN 2022.
SO WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS SECTION A LITTLE BIT, JUST AS A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND IN THAT A LOT OF THE TIME WE LOOK AT PROJECTS LIKE THESE AND WE WONDER WHY THEY HAVEN'T BEEN CONSTRUCTED YET.
AND ULTIMATELY THERE ARE CHALLENGES, I WOULD SAY, WITH THIS AREA.
UH, WE'LL SORT OF GO THROUGH SOME OF THOSE CHALLENGES.
AS PART OF THIS PROJECT, UH, CITY STAFF IDENTIFIED THE EXISTING STONEWALL AS A CONFLICT EARLY ON AND NOTED THAT IT WILL MOST LIKELY NEED TO BE CONSTRUCTED IN PORTIONS THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT ALIGNMENT.
SO TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF PROJECT BACKGROUND, THIS AREA WAS WIDENED BY ODOT BACK IN THE 1940S AS PART OF A WORKS PROGRESS, UH, ADMINISTRATION PROJECT.
SO ODOT CAME THROUGH AND ESSENTIALLY WIDENED RIVERSIDE DRIVE BY 20 FOOT ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE ROAD, COMPLETELY RECONSTRUCTED THE ENTIRE EASTERN HALF OF REALLY THAT CORRIDOR, INCLUDING SIGNIFICANT REGRADING AS WELL AS REPLACING THE SNOW WALL BACK IN THE 1940S.
SO, PER THE HISTORIC AND CULTURAL ASSESSMENT, WE HAD INITIALLY BELIEVED THAT THIS WALL WAS QUITE A BIT OLDER THAN THAT, BUT,
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UH, ULTIMATELY WE DETERMINED THAT IT WAS RECONSTRUCTED BY ODOT IN THE 1940S.IN 2024, THE BOARD ESTABLISHED THE AREA OF ERA OF SIGNIFICANCE FOR BUILDINGS AND STONE WALLS AS BEING FROM 1820 TO 1930.
AND THIS WALL WAS CONSTRUCTED OUTSIDE THE AREAS ERA OF SIGNIFICANCE.
SO ODOT AS PART OF THEIR PROJECT, PERFORMED A FIELD SURVEY BACK IN 1939 AND NOTED THAT THERE WAS AN EXISTING STONE WALL ON APPROXIMATELY HALF OF THIS AREA.
SO STARTING TO THE SOUTH, THE TANTE DRIVE, AND THEN GOING NORTH TO WHAT IS NOW ROUGHLY 77 78 RIVERSIDE DRIVE.
IT'S ABOUT A THOUSAND FEET OF EXISTING STONEWALL THAT WAS, UH, THERE IN THE 1930S TO BE RECONSTRUCTED.
UM, AS PART OF THAT RECONSTRUCTION, AGAIN, THEY HAD TO COMPLETELY RECONSTRUCT THE EASTERN INSIDE OF THE, UH, RIGHT OF WAY.
SO I HAVE ON THE SCREEN HERE A CROSS SECTION FROM THEIR 1940S PLANS WHERE WE'VE ROUGHED IN THE APPROXIMATE WALL LOCATION.
THIS CROSS SECTION IS NOT NECESSARILY AS DRASTIC AS SOME OF THE OTHER CROSS SECTIONS, BUT IN GENERAL, THERE WAS REGRADING AT ALL THE CROSS SECTION LOCATIONS, AND YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THAT THE LOCATION OF THE WALL IS CURRENTLY, UM, NOW COVERED BY RIVERSIDE DRIVE PAVEMENT.
ADDITIONALLY, SINCE THE, UH, ODOT WIDENING, THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL HOMES BUILT THROUGHOUT THE AREA THAT HAVE RECONSTRUCTED AND MODIFIED THE WALL OVER THE PAST SEVERAL DECADES.
SO AS PART OF, AS PART OF ENGINEER'S DUE DILIGENCE FOR THIS PROJECT, WE HAVE CATALOGED ESSENTIALLY THE EXISTING CONDITION OF THE WALL ALL THE WAY FROM TATI DRIVE NORTH TO CLOSE TO WIND AT WOODS BOULEVARD AS PART OF OUR PROJECT AREA.
ON THE NEXT COUPLE SLIDES, YOU'LL SEE THE WALL, UH, HIGHLIGHTED IN RED WOULD BE AN AREA THAT IS EXTREMELY DETERIORATED OR COLLAPSED AND YELLOW.
YOU HAVE AREAS THAT ARE STARTING TO COLLAPSE AND GREEN.
YOU HAVE AREAS THAT ARE IN GOOD CONDITION.
AND THEN THERE ARE ALSO A COUPLE AREAS IN PINK WHERE THE WALL'S BEEN MODIFIED RECENTLY, AND IT'S VERY APPARENT THAT IT HAS BEEN MODIFIED BY THE HOMEOWNER OR SOME OTHER MEANS.
SO IN FRONT OF THE 77 20 RIVERSIDE DRIVE PROPERTY, WE HAVE ONE SUCH LOCATION WHERE THE COLLAPSED AND IT'S COLLAPSED IN A HANDFUL OF OTHER LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THIS AREA AS WELL.
AND THEN IN ADDITION, THERE'S A SLIGHT MODIFICATION, UM, AT THE CORNER NEAR TANTE DRIVE.
YOU CAN KIND OF JUST BARELY SEE WHERE THE WALL COMES IN, OR THE, THE WALL MOVES SLIGHTLY AWAY FROM THE ROAD.
IT WAS ACTUALLY RECONSTRUCTED AT SOME POINT AROUND AN EXISTING POWER POLE.
YOU CAN ALSO SEE THAT IT'S HEAVILY OVERGROWN THROUGHOUT THIS PORTION, STARTING TO GO NORTH FROM THERE IN FRONT OF 77 26 RIVERSIDE DRIVE, THERE ARE ADDITIONAL SIGNS OF COLLAPSE.
AND THEN THERE'S ALSO A SECOND POWER POLE HERE.
I'M NOT SURE IF YOU CAN SEE MY POINTER POINTER, BUT YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE WALL KIND OF CURVES OFF TO THE, THE RIGHT SIDE OF THAT PICTURE.
I GUESS I CAN'T SHOW MY POINTER.
IN FRONT OF THE 77 26 DRIVEWAY, THERE'S AN AREA THAT'S COMPLETELY OVERGROWN, TRAPPING MOISTURE, AND LIKELY, UH, SPEEDING UP THE DETERIORATION OF THE WALL THROUGHOUT HERE.
AND THEN THERE'S ALSO, AS YOU PROCEED NORTH, UH, GETTING CLOSER TO THE 77 30 DRIVEWAY, WE HAVE AN EXAMPLE OF WHERE THE WALL IS STARTING TO SETTLE, ESSENTIALLY AWAY FROM THE ROAD.
WE SUSPECT THIS IS LIKELY TO DO THE TREE ROOTS THAT YOU CAN SEE OFF TO THE SIDE.
CONTINUING UP 77 30, THE EMBANKMENT STEEPENS QUITE SIGNIFICANTLY, THERE'S A PROBABLY FIVE OR SIX FOOT GRADE DIFFERENCE FROM THE, UH, ROADSIDE TO THE TOP OF THE, THE HILL WHERE THE WALL SITS.
AND THE WALL HAS CONTINUED TO SORT OF COLLAPSE, ESPECIALLY TOWARDS RIVERSIDE DRIVE.
THERE ARE TREE ISSUES THROUGHOUT THIS AREA.
THERE ARE A HANDFUL OF SPOTS THAT THE TREES VERY CLEARLY UPSETTING THE WALL AND SOME AREAS THAT IT'S JUST SETTLING.
I'VE SPOKEN WITH THE RESIDENT FOR 77 30 RIVERSIDE DRIVE, AND THEY'VE TALKED ABOUT HOW OVER THE YEARS THEY'VE HAD TO CONTINUE STACKING NEW STONE ON THE WALL JUST BECAUSE IT STARTS TO SETTLE AWAY FROM THEIR PROPERTY INTO THE ROAD AND THEY JUST CONTINUE TO STACK STONES ON IT.
AS YOU GO TOWARDS 77 78 WE HAD, OR ORIGINALLY EXPECTED THERE WOULD BE SOME STONE WALL THROUGHOUT THIS AREA.
IT'S ACTUALLY A VERY UNIQUE GEO GEOLOGICAL AREA WHERE THERE'S A SINKHOLE THAT DROPS DOWN A VERTICAL CLIFF FACE, PROBABLY 15 TO 20 FOOT.
AND THERE'S NO EVIDENCE OF THE STONEWALL THAT RUNS THROUGH THERE.
UM, IT MAY HAVE EXISTED AT SOME POINT, BUT THERE'S, YOU CAN'T SEE ANYTHING.
SO NOW JUST ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT EXISTING SINK HOLE IN FRONT OF THE 78 36 PROPERTY, THERE'S A SMALL PORTION OF STONEWALL THAT IS CONNECTED TO THE, UH, GUARDRAIL IN THE ADJACENT AREA.
AND THE STONEWALL HERE IS COMPLETELY JUST, THEY MODIFIED IT VERY HEAVILY.
THEY BASICALLY LATHERED IT WITH CONCRETE, AND NOW IT JUST DOES NOT EVEN RESEMBLE THE TRADITIONAL SECTION.
AND THEN HERE, AS YOU CONTINUE FURTHER UP TO 78, 36, THE WALL REALLY
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STARTS TO DETERIORATE.IT'S VERY OVERGROWN THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE AREA.
THIS IS ONE OF THE BETTER LOOKING SECTIONS THROUGHOUT HERE.
UM, AND THEN IN GENERAL, WE'VE APPROXIMATED THE, THE SIZE OR THE HEIGHT OF THE WALL THROUGHOUT THIS AREA AS YOU GO NORTH TO BE, AND IT'S 12 TO 18 INCH HEIGHT RANGE, SO IT'S VERY SHORT AS WELL.
LASTLY, AS WE GET TO THE CITY OF DUBLIN PROPERTY, UH, NEAR THE CORNER OF W WOODS AND RIVERSIDE, THE WALLS IN COMPLETE DISREPAIR.
THERE ARE SECTIONS THAT ARE JUST COMPLETELY MISSING WHERE THERE'S NO, YOU CAN SEE THE GAP FROM ONE LOCATION TO THE NEXT, BUT THERE'S NO SIGN WHATSOEVER OF A WALL IN BETWEEN.
AND WHERE THE WALL DOES EXIST, LIKE IN THE PICTURE TO THE LEFT, IT'S MAYBE 12 INCHES TALL.
IT, IT'S MORE THE, THE STONES ARE COLLAPSING JUST IN A PILE.
SO, UH, ONE OTHER THING TO NOTE ON THIS SLIDE, YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE, JUST FOR REFERENCE, OUR, UH, EXISTING WATERLINE THAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO CONNECT INTO THIS KIND OF GIVES YOU A LITTLE BIT OF A JUDGMENT OR, UM, A REFERENCE FOR WHERE THAT WATERLINE EXISTS.
SO ON THE SCREEN NOW, I HAVE SHOWN A PRINT FROM, UH, ONE OF OUR PLAN SHEETS.
UM, FOR REFERENCE, THE APPROXIMATE LOCATION OF THE 1939 WALL IS SHOWN IN PINK.
YOU CAN SEE THAT IT DOES EXTEND INTO RIVERSIDE DRIVE QUITE SIGNIFICANTLY BEFORE IT BOWS AWAY.
UM, IN ORANGE WE HAVE HIGHLIGHTED THE EXISTING WALL LOCATION IN GREEN, WE HAVE OUR PROPOSED WALL LOCATION WHERE WE'RE, UH, PROPOSING TO RE RECONSTRUCT THE WALL.
AND THEN THERE ARE ALSO A COUPLE OTHER THINGS HIGHLIGHTED LIKE THE YELLOW EXISTING STONE COLUMNS AS WELL AS THE, UH, THERE'S AN EXISTING POWER POLE, UM, THAT YOU CAN SEE HIGHLIGHT ON RED THROUGH HERE.
SO WHEN WE LOOKED AT THIS PROJECT INITIALLY, WE WANTED TO AVOID IMPACT, SO THE WALL, BUT DUE TO PROVIDING AN APPROPRIATE SAFETY BARRIER FOR OUR SHARED USE PATH, AS WELL AS AVOIDING SEVERAL UTILITY CONFLICTS, WE ULTIMATELY ENDED UP WITH OUR SHARED USE PATH BEING PLACED WHERE IT IS.
AND THEN WE ALSO LOOKED AT OUR WATER MAIN, UH, WHICH HAS TO SERVE BOTH SIDES OF RIVERSIDE DRIVE.
AND AGAIN, WE RAN INTO SOME OF THE SAME ISSUES AND THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL UTILITIES WITHIN RIVERSIDE DRIVE.
THERE'S MULTIPLE SANITARY LINES.
WE HAVE A PROPOSED SANITARY LINE THAT'LL BE ANOTHER 10 FOOT DEEP ON TOP OF THE FACT THAT RIVERSIDE DRIVE IS SITTING ON BEDROCK.
SO AS SOON AS YOU GO DOWN THE, IT BECOMES COST PROHIBITIVE AS WELL.
SO TO ACCOMMODATE THIS, WE ARE PROPOSING TO RECONSTRUCT THE WALL USING A TRADITIONAL DRY LAID STONE SECTION.
AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE ARE HOPING TO INCORPORATE SOME OF THE GOOD CONDITIONED WEATHERED STONE FROM THE ORIGINAL WALL WHERE FEASIBLE TO REINCORPORATE THAT INTO THE NEW WALL.
SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT RECENTLY TO KIND OF IDENTIFY WHAT KEY ELEMENTS WE WOULD LIKE TO, TO RETAIN IN OUR PROPOSED WALL.
UH, WE'VE LOOKED AT SEVERAL OF THE COLUMNS THROUGHOUT THE, UH, AREA, AND ESSENTIALLY WE ARE TRYING TO KEEP THE COLUMNS THAT ARE IN GOOD CONDITION TODAY AND EITHER CONSTRUCT THE PATH UP TO THEM.
WE MAY TRY TO WORK WITH A CONTRACTOR, WE'RE FEASIBLE TO RELOCATE THOSE COLUMNS, BUT THAT'LL UNFORTUNATELY BE A CONSTRUCTION CALL OF IF THEY CAN BE PRESERVED AND MOVED PROPERLY AND WHERE THEY CAN'T BE MOVED.
WE ARE PROPOSING NEW COLUMNS AT DRIVEWAYS.
SO IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE ARE PROPO WELL ON YOUR SCREEN HERE, WE SHOW TWO COLUMNS TO THE LEFT THAT WE ARE PROPOSING TO KEEP WHERE WE, THESE WILL SIT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SHARED USE PATH.
WE'LL ALSO HAVE A NEW STONEWALL ON THE PRIVATE RESIDENT SIDE, BUT THEN YOU'LL ALSO SEE THE COLUMNS ON THE LEFT SIDE.
SO THE MIDDLE IS A SET OF COLUMNS THAT WE ARE PROPOSING TO KEEP.
WE WILL BUILD OUR WALL UP TO THESE COLUMNS.
AND THEN, SO THE RIGHT, WE ARE LOOKING TO WORK WITH THE, THE, UH, PROPERTY OWNER TO SEE IF WE CAN FIND A WAY TO REINCORPORATE THE, UH, WAGON WHEEL THAT'S OUT THERE CURRENTLY.
UM, WE'LL HAVE TO WORK WITH THEM TO FIGURE OUT WHERE MAKES SENSE AND MAKE SURE WE CAN, UH, WITH THEIR PERMISSION, GET IT REINSTALLED.
SO IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE ARE PROPOSING A SMALL PORTION OF THE WALL TO BE CONSTRUCTED ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE, UH, SHARED USE PATH SO THAT IT'S CLOSER IN LINE WITH THE, UH, CURRENT ALIGNMENT.
AND THEN WE HAVE TALKED BACK AND FORTH.
UH, WE HAVEN'T UPDATED THE PLANS YET, BUT WE'VE TALKED BACK AND FORTH ABOUT POTENTIALLY INCLUDING SOME ORNAMENTAL GRASSES ALONG A SIMILAR ALIGNMENT DUE TO THE LOCATION OF OUR PROPOSED WATER MAIN, WE CAN'T NECESSARILY EXTEND, UH, THE WALL AS LONG AS WE WOULD LIKE TO ON THE WEST SIDE, BUT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO INCLUDE SOME PLANTINGS THAT ARE LESS OF A TROUBLE TO DEAL WITH FUTURE MAINTENANCE OF THE WATER MAIN.
FOR EXAMPLE, THIS AREA IS SHOWN AT THE, UH, NORTHERN END OF THE PROJECT AREA ON THE CITY OF DUBLIN'S PROPERTY.
SO HERE WE HAVE A COUPLE SECTIONS SHOWING OUR TRADITIONAL DRY LA STONE SECTION.
UM, AND AGAIN, WE'RE INTENDING TO REINCORPORATE GOOD CONDITION WEATHERED STONE FROM THE EXISTING WALL.
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UH, WE WILL HAVE TO IDENTIFY THOSE, UH, STONES THAT WILL BE USABLE AND THEN USE THEM IN, IN AESTHETIC OR NON LOAD BEARING FASHION JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY DON'T IMMEDIATELY CRUMBLE AND CAUSE THE WALL TO COLLAPSE IMMEDIATELY.AND THEN WE ARE PROPOSING FOR THE WALL HEIGHT TO VARY, KIND OF SIMILAR TO WHAT IT DOES TODAY.
UH, YOU'LL HAVE AREAS OF PROBABLY 30 TO THE 36 INCH HEIGHT AS YOU GO FURTHER SOUTH NEAR AUI.
AND THEN YOU'LL PROBABLY HAVE 18 INCHES IN HEIGHT AS YOU GET CLOSER TO THE TOP 12 TO 18 INCHES.
AGAIN, SIMILAR TO WHAT IT IS, WHAT IT DOES TODAY.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE ARE AGAIN, PROPOSING COLUMNS AT ALL THE DRIVEWAYS THAT CANNOT RETAIN THEIR EXISTING COLUMNS.
WE'RE HOPING TO INCORPORATE THAT, UH, SOLDIER COURSE THAT YOU SEE ON TOP OF THE COLUMNS INTO, UH, THE DETAIL HERE.
THAT'S NOT SHOWN, BUT, UH, WE'RE HOPING TO INCLUDE THAT.
ADDITIONALLY, THIS SECTION IS VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'VE USED AT, UH, OTHER LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY WHERE WE'VE HAD TO RECONSTRUCT THESE WALLS.
SO I'VE PROVIDED A HANDFUL OF QUESTIONS THAT WE HAD HOPED TO GET THE BOARD'S FEEDBACK ON.
UM, SUCH AS IS THE BOARD IN SUPPORT OF PRESERVING SELECT EXISTING COLUMNS, WHERE FEASIBLE WOULD THE BOARD BE IN FAVOR OF PROVIDING ORNAMENTAL GRASS PLANNINGS IN CERTAIN KEY LOCATIONS THAT ACCENTUATE THE PREVIOUS WALL LOCATION? IS THE BOARD IN AGREEMENT TO VARY THE WALL HEIGHT TO MORE CLOSELY MATCH THE EXISTING WALL HEIGHT RATHER THAN INSTALLING A UNIFORM WHILE HEIGHT ACROSS THE PROJECT? AND WE'RE CERTAINLY, UM, LOOKING TO HEAR ANY OTHER FEEDBACK THAT YOU HAVE FROM US.
UH, ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE MAYBE WE GO THROUGH THE QUESTION? ANY CLARIFYING QUESTIONS BEFORE WE GO TO THE I DO
SO MR. CHAIR, I, I'M, UM, INTERESTED TO KNOW, SO WHERE, UH, THE WALL HAS BEEN MODIFIED MM-HMM
AND IT'S LIKE GOING INTO PEOPLE'S PROPERTY, ARE YOU PROPOSING TO REDO THAT AS WELL OR ARE YOU GONNA LEAVE LIKE THE CEMENTED INN? I ALWAYS HATE THAT THE CEMENTED INN.
SO THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE WALL IS LOCATED WITHIN THE RIGHT OF PLAY.
IT WAS BUILT ON THE RIGHT OF WAY LINE.
WHERE THE, THE MAJORITY OF IT IS, THERE ARE A COUPLE SMALL LOCATIONS THAT BEND IN AND OUT.
UM, RIGHT NOW, EXCEPT FOR THE HANDFUL OF LOCATIONS THAT WE'RE PRESERVING EITHER WITH, UH, AT THE COLUMNS WHERE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY PROPOSING TO KEEP THAT IN IN THEIR, UH, PROPERTY.
UM, THERE IS A RIGHT OF WAY TAKE FOR MOST OF THESE PROPERTIES THAT PUTS IT VERY SQUARELY WITHIN OUR RIGHT OF WAY.
I MEAN, WE'RE TAKING, I BELIEVE, 10 FOOT AND EVEN THE WORST LOCATIONS WOULD CURRENTLY OR WOULD THEN BE EIGHT OR NINE FOOT INTO THE RIGHT OF WAY.
FIRST OF ALL, YOU'RE GOING TO PRESERVE SOME EXISTING COLUMNS, BUT YOU'RE ALSO GONNA CREATE NEW ONES, CORRECT? YES, YES.
SO WE ARE PROPOSING TO, RIGHT NOW, AS YOU GO THROUGH THE CORRIDOR, MOST DRIVEWAYS HAVE A COLUMN ON EITHER SIDE OF THE DRIVEWAY.
WE'RE PROPOSING TO INSTALL NEW COLUMNS AT THOSE DRIVEWAYS THAT CURRENTLY HAVE THEM, UM, WHERE WE CAN'T MAINTAIN THEM.
THERE ARE A HANDFUL OF DRIVEWAYS THAT WE ARE PLANNING TO PRESERVE THE COLUMN, UM, WHERE WE'LL TIE OUR NEW WALL INTO THAT COLUMN.
BUT, UH, IN GENERAL, WE WILL MAINTAIN WHERE THERE ARE COLUMNS TODAY, THERE WILL BE COLUMNS AT THE END OF OUR PROJECT.
UM, MY, UM, WHAT I WANT TO DRAW ATTENTION TO AND ACTUALLY HEAR OTHER PEOPLE'S INPUT ON THIS AND YOUR INPUT IS, UM, MM-HMM
WHEN I THINK OF THOSE COLUMNS, UH, WE GIVE WALKING TOURS OF, UH, HISTORIC DUBLIN AND SPECIFICALLY AT THE CORNER OF, UM, EBERLY AND RIVERVIEW STREET.
UM, THERE'S A COLUMN AND, UH, IT'S AT 64 SOUTH RIVERVIEW, BUT IN THAT COLUMN THAT WAS CONSTRUCTED BY THE PENNIES AND I, AND I THINK IT WAS ELI PENNEY, WHO'S LIKE FOURTH GENERATION FROM DR.
ELI PENNEY GETTING A LITTLE OFF SUBJECT THERE, BUT I WANT TO GET TO THE POINT.
AND IN THAT COLUMN THERE'S A FACE AND IT'S WHIMSICAL, IT'S KIND OF FUN.
AND, AND DUBLIN KIND OF HAS A HISTORY OF THIS WHERE THEY KIND OF HAVE STONES THAT WERE DONE BY THESE STONE MASONS MULTIPLE GENERATIONS AS STONE MASONS THAT PUT KIND OF WHIMSICAL THINGS IN THESE COLUMNS.
IT'S A THOUGHT I HAVE FOR THE NEW COLUMNS THAT YOU'RE CREATING TO PUT SOMETHING IN THE COLUMNS ALSO, MAYBE NOT SO WHIMSICAL, MAYBE NOT A FACE OR SOMETHING WEIRD, BUT I ALSO WONDERED WHAT OTHERS THOUGHT.
I I, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY SINCE IT'S IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT, WE HAVE THAT FACE AND WE HAVE THAT KIND OF FUN TRADITION, FUN HISTORY MM-HMM
AND I'M WONDERING IF WE CAN DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT SIMILAR WITH NEW COLUMNS THAT ARE GOING IN AND SEE WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK.
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GO AHEAD.UM, I LIKE THAT IDEA ACTUALLY.
UM, THE FACE, IS IT, IS IT OUT OF CONCRETE OR OUT OF STONES? HOW DOES IT YEAH, THEY CARVED IT OUTTA STONE.
YEAH, THAT'S, IT'S, IT'S REALLY CUTE.
AND IT'S A, IT'S, WE TAKE THE THIRD GRADERS ON TOURS DOWN THROUGH THERE AND THESE GUYS WERE, IT, IT, THEY WERE EXPERT STONE MASONS.
I MEAN, THEY BUILT THE BRIDGE AND THEY DID ALL THOSE THINGS AND THEY JUST KIND OF HAD FUN.
AND I THINK THERE'S ONE OVER THE, UM, OH ONE PIZZA SHOP IN DOWNTOWN DUBLIN ALSO, BUT THERE'S A COUPLE OF 'EM AROUND.
PART OF HISTORY TO ADD IN THERE.
NOW, I'M SORRY, I MAY BE ASKING FOR SOMETHING THAT COSTS MORE, BUT MAYBE THERE'S FUNDS SOMEWHERE MAYBE WITH THE COLUMBUS OR THE DUBLIN ARTS COUNCIL OR SOMETHING THAT'S, I WAS JUST GONNA SUGGEST IS THE DUBLIN ARTS COUNCIL.
I THINK THAT'S A WONDERFUL IDEA.
DO WE HAVE ANY HISTORY OF, I MEAN THE, I MEAN THE HISTORIC SOCIETY PROBABLY HAS SOME HISTORY OF THIS JUST TO, I, OTHERWISE WE GOTTA GIVE THE, GIVE THE ENGINEERING GOOD GROUP A LITTLE DIRECTION.
UM, I DON'T KNOW, DO WE KNOW WHERE THAT WOULD COME FROM, SARAH DO OR WHO WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO CONTACT TO HELP ENGINEERING, FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT COULD LOOK LIKE? WELL, UM, I THINK YOU'RE LOOKING AT THESE WERE A COUPLE, UH, A COUPLE GUYS, UH, FATHER AND SON THAT ACTUALLY DID IT JUST OUT OF FUN.
THEY WERE THE ONES WHO CONSTRUCTED THE COLUMNS, CONSTRUCTED THE STONE WALLS BACK IN, UH, UH, ELI, HIS NICKNAME WAS SPARKY PENNY.
HE DIED IN 1990, SO IT WASN'T THAT LONG AGO.
THAT HE WAS DOING THESE THINGS.
AND MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE, UH, TO TALK TO, FOR EXAMPLE, THE DUBLIN ARTS COUNCIL AND SEE IF THEY HAVE AN ARTIST THAT MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN CREATING, UM, SOME TYPE OF ART THAT WOULD GO IN THESE COLUMNS, MAYBE FUN, MAYBE MORE ARTISTIC, UM, AND, UM, UH, SEE WHAT THAT KIND OF RESOURCE MIGHT BE ABLE TO SERVE FOR.
CAN, CAN I ASK QUE SO WHAT IS THE PROJECTED COST PER FOOT ISN'T? I KNOW IT'S VERY, BECAUSE WE WOULD'VE LOVED TO HAVE HAD THAT AROUND OUR HOUSE.
IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE PER FOOT TO RECONSTRUCT THAT WALL.
IS IT NOT? WHAT IS THE, UH, I DON'T KNOW OFF THE TOP, WHAT IS IT? UH, 300, 3 50 A FOOT.
SO IT, IT IS VERY, IT IS VERY EXPENSIVE FOR THE, THE TALLER PORTIONS.
THE SHORTER PORTIONS WILL BE A LITTLE BIT CHEAPER, BUT NOT BY A LOT WITH HOW CUSTOM AND SPECIALTY IT IS.
SO, SO I, I KNOW IT'S REALLY, I LOVE THAT IDEA.
BUT THE OTHER THING IS TOO, WE'RE KIND OF PRESERVING WHAT'S THERE, WHICH THERE, THERE WEREN'T THOSE, WHICH KIND OF TAKES AWAY FROM WHERE THEY ARE JUST SAYING.
AND IT MIGHT BE KIND OF, IT, IT'S PRETTY EXPENSIVE TO REBUILD THOSE WALLS, SO IT MIGHT BE OUT OF THEIR PRICE RANGE, BUT WELL ALSO WITH THE ARTS COUNCIL, THERE'S THE PUBLIC ARTS MONEY.
AND THESE ARE THE NEW COLUMNS.
THAT'S WHERE, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE THE ONES THAT HAVEN'T BEEN CREATED YET WHERE THEY'RE JUST MAKING THEM LOOK SIMILAR TO THE OTHER DRIVEWAYS.
SO ANYWAY, IT'S SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.
MAYBE THEY COULD PUT A B FACES ON THERE.
I DO NOT WANT TO BE CAR SARAH'S FACE ON THERE.
WHAT IS THAT? I'M JUST JOKING.
SO JO, MAYBE IF YOU COULD, MAYBE WE CAN PUT THE ENGINEERING IN TOUCH WITH SOMEBODY AT ARTS COUNCIL OR THE HISTORIC SOCIETY JUST TO SEE IF IT'S SOME, THAT'S SOMETHING I'M SURE IT'S GONNA BE, IT MIGHT BE SUPER PRICEY, BUT MAYBE JUST TO SAY, OKAY, IS IT SOMETHING FROM A HISTORIC STANDPOINT THAT COULD BE THERE? YEAH, I MEAN WE'RE, WE'RE CERTAINLY WILLING TO TALK TO THE ARTS COUNCIL AND SEE WHAT WE CAN, UH, MUSTER UP OUT OF THAT.
I, I DON'T KNOW THAT THE WALLS OUT ON RIVERSIDE HAVE ANYTHING LIKE THAT PRESENTLY.
UM, YOU KNOW, I WAS JUST LOOKING AT THE FACE.
I HAD NOT ACTUALLY NOTICED THAT MYSELF.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, HONESTLY, I THINK WHERE THEIR PLACE WOULD BE SIMPLE ENOUGH ESSENTIALLY TO REPLACE, YOU KNOW, ONE STONE VERSUS THAT LOCATION.
UM, YOU KNOW, AND IF WE CAN COORDINATE SOMETHING BETWEEN THE ARTS COUNCIL US WHERE MAYBE THEY JUST PROVIDE US, YOU KNOW, WITH THAT, UH, ITEM, WE COULD GET FIT IN WITH THE STONE MASON WHEN THEY'RE, UH, CONSTRUCTING THE WALL.
I THINK AS EVERYBODY SAID, IT COULD BE INTERESTING.
IT'S A NEW TWIST ON AN OLD THING THAT COULD BE IN THERE.
AND AS YOU SAY, I MEAN, YOU HAVE TO FIND OUT HOW, I HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH IT COST TO CHISEL UP STONE, BUT, UH, BUT IT COULD BE INTERESTING TO SEE THAT THAT'S A NEW, A MODERN TWIST ON AN OLD, UH, AN OLD, UH, HERITAGE OF THE CITY.
AND I, AND I THINK GENERALLY SPEAKING, WHERE, YOU KNOW, UH, MOST OF THE COLUMNS ARE AT DRIVES RIGHT NOW.
UM, ONE OF THEM, YOU KNOW, JOSH HAD SHOWN ON THE SCREEN WAS IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE.
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WE THINK WE WON'T ACTUALLY HAVE TO MOVE AT ALL AND, UH, CAN JUST KIND OF BUILD THE NEW ONES UP TO IT.UM, THE NEXT SET IS, IS PRETTY WELL WORN.
UM, ACTUALLY HAS A LIGHT FITS THROUGH IT AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT WAS MODIFIED AND PROBABLY NOT MODIFIED VERY WELL.
UM, THOSE WE ARE NOT VERY POSITIVE THEY'RE GONNA SURVIVE MM-HMM
UM, BUT THEN TO THE NORTH OF THAT, THEY'RE IN A LITTLE BETTER SHAPE.
THE THIRD SET, IT WAS VERY CLEARLY VERY RECENTLY RECONSTRUCTED.
AND, UM, THOSE, THE PATH KIND OF GOES THROUGH.
UM, AND, AND I THINK JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE SO NEW, WE WEREN'T TOO WORRIED ABOUT THOSE.
UM, AND THEN SARAH AND AND US HAD TALKED ABOUT TRYING TO MAINTAIN KIND OF WHERE THAT SMALLER PEDESTRIAN GATE WAS A LITTLE BIT MORE STATELY COLUMNS THERE.
THOSE ARE, THE PATH IS ACTUALLY GONNA BE BEHIND THAT ANYWAY.
SO WE'RE GONNA TRY TO KEEP THOSE COLUMNS WHERE THEY'RE AT.
UM, BUT THEN WE'RE STILL GONNA HAVE NEW ONES WHERE THE DRIVES ARE AND SO WE CAN TRY TO SEE AND COORDINATE WITH OUR PLANNING FRIENDS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THE ARTS COUNCIL TO SEE WHAT WE COULD FIT INTO THOSE.
UH, THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING IT, IT, IT, IT'S AN IDEA I BROUGHT UP.
IF YOU NEED ANY HELP TALKING TO SOMEBODY, I'M MORE THAN WILLING TO OFFER SOME HELP.
IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S GENERAL INTEREST IN IT.
WE'LL BE HAPPY TO LOOK INTO THAT.
I I JUST HAD ONE MORE CLARIFY IF NOBODY ELSE THE, THERE YOU HAD A PART OF THE WALL WHERE YOU, WHERE IT WAS KIND OF, UH, UH, YOU MOVED IT IN FRONT OF THE SHARED PATH.
SO YOU HAD ONE WHERE YOU HAD IT, IT WAS DISJOINTED FROM ONE TO THE OTHER AND IT WAS ALL IN THE SAME RIGHT OF WAY.
I JUST WAS WONDER WHY DIDN'T YOU KEEP IT ALL BEHIND? SO I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WHAT'S THE REASON TO, IS THIS THE PORTION YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? YEAH, YEAH.
I MEAN, YOU'RE TRYING TO KEEP IT IN THE EXIST WHERE THE EXISTING WALL WAS.
SO YOU THINK THAT IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, UH, INTERESTING ENOUGH TO KEEP THERE.
I I 'CAUSE AS YOU LOOK THE, I MEAN THE WATER LINE IS STILL, I I WAS JUST WONDERING WHY YOU DECIDED TO KEEP THAT SECTION.
SO ULTIMATELY WE, WE TRIED TO LOOK WHERE WE COULD SAVE SECTIONS OF THE WALL.
THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE SHARE, OR THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE EXISTING STONEWALL SORT OF OVERLAPS WITH OUR SHARED USE PATH.
UM, THIS IS ONE OF A HANDFUL OF SECTIONS ON THE CITY OF DUBLIN PROPERTY WHERE WE WERE ABLE TO SHIFT THE PATH FURTHER BACK.
BUT THEN YOU RUN INTO CONFLICT WITH THE WATER LINE.
SO YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE IN THE VERY LIGHT DASHED UNDER THE BLUE WATERLINE CALLOUT IS WHERE THE EXISTING WALL IS.
SO WE ARE ESSENTIALLY GOING BE GOING RIGHT THROUGH THE EXISTING WALL, AND THEN IT BECOMES A MAINTENANCE CONCERN IF WE WERE TO BUILD A NEW SECTION OF WALL THAT CLOSE TO THE EXISTING WATERLINE, IF THE WATERLINE EVER HAS A, A BREAK OR NEEDS ACCESS FOR ANYTHING.
AND THEN YOU'VE ALSO GOT THE, THE ADDITIONAL WEIGHT PUSHING DOWN FROM THE, THE STONEWALL ONTO THAT, UH, WATER MAIN.
AND, UH, THERE'S ALSO A SIGNIFICANT GRADE DIFFERENCE THROUGHOUT HERE.
SO ONCE YOU GET TO, I BELIEVE IT'S 77 30, UH, WHERE THE EMBANKMENT STEEPENS UP, YOU'VE GOT A, A GRADE DIFFERENCE OF FIVE OR SIX FOOT FROM THE, UH, ESSENTIALLY THE TOP OF THE EMBANKMENT DOWN TO RIVERSIDE DRIVE.
IT'S ALL TWO TO ONE OR THREE TO ONE SLOPES.
IT'S VERY, VERY STEEP WHERE THERE WILL BE SOME DIFFICULTIES IN TERMS OF, UH, EVEN JUST PLACING THE WATER LINE.
BUT TO, TO GET A WALL TO BE CONSTRUCTED ON THAT EMBANKMENT AND NOT HAVE STRUCTURAL ISSUES DOWN THE LINE WOULD, UH, BE AN ISSUE.
AND THEN THAT WE, SAME COMPANY THAT'S DONE, THE OTHER ONES IS DOING THIS.
I MEAN, HOW DO YOU, WHO DOES ALL THE WORK? IT'S A, SO THIS WILL BE BID OUT AND THEN IT'LL BE ULTIMATELY UP TO THE CONTRACTOR TO, TO WORK WITH, UH, WHETHER THE CONTRACTOR DOES THE WORK THEMSELVES OR IF THEY HAVE TO HIRE OUT TO A STONE MASON.
UM, SO YOU'RE NOT SINGLE SOURCING THIS TO SOMEBODY.
YOU'RE GONNA BID THIS AND THIS, YOU'RE GONNA GIVE 'EM A URS THAT SAYS IT HAS TO BE DONE IN CERTAIN WAY.
THIS WILL BE BID AS PART OF THE OVERALL PROJECT.
SO, AND THEN WE'LL JUST HAVE TO PROVE WHOEVER'S ACTUALLY INSTALLING THE WALL, WHETHER IT'S THE CONTRACTOR OR A SUB, SO.
AND DID I HEAR YOU CORRECTLY, YOU'RE GONNA TRY TO REUSE AS MANY OF THE STONES? YES.
WE ARE PLANNING TO REUSE THE STONES WHERE POSSIBLE THEY WILL LIKELY MOSTLY HAVE TO BE, UH, CLOSER TO THE TOP OF THE STONE WALL WHERE THEY'RE NOT IN A LOAD BEARING CAPACITY.
UM, OTHERWISE IF YOU PUT FRACTURED STONE IN AND THEN YOU MESS WITH IT WITH CONSTRUCTION, YOU, YOU RUN THE RISK OF IT IMMEDIATELY COLLAPSING AGAIN.
MAYBE IF WE JUST GO TO THE QUE JUST TO SEE IF ANY, IF YOU CAN GO TO, TO THE, UH, UH, THREE QUESTIONS THAT YOU JUST HAD.
SO MAYBE JUST, UM, HERE EVERYBODY'S WE'RE SUPPORTIVE OF PRESERVING THE COLUMNS WERE FEASIBLE.
I THINK THAT'S PART OF OUR YES.
OUR, UH, MANDATE TO MAKE SURE WE DO THIS.
SO I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE WE, WE WANT TO PRESERVE THOSE BEST WE CAN AND LOOK A BIT IN, IF WE COULD PUT A LITTLE, UH, TWIST INTO SOME OF THE, THE ONES THAT WE HAVE TO REBUILD, UM, IN FAVOR OF ORNAMENTAL GRASS, UH, IN CERTAIN CERTAIN LOCATIONS EVERYBODY'S OKAY WITH.
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EVERYBODY ASKING.UH, IN VARYING THE WALL HEIGHT TO MATCH WHAT WAS EXISTING THERE AND EVERYBODY.
YOU KNOW WHAT I DO HAVE, I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THAT.
THAT, THANK YOU FOR REMINDING ME TOO,
SO, UH, HOW ARE YOU GONNA DETERMINE HOW, WHERE YOU'RE GONNA VARY THE HEIGHT? AND MY ONLY REASON FOR ASKING THAT IS OBVIOUSLY A SHORTER FENCE IS CHEAPER TIRE HIRES MORE EXPENSIVE.
SO I'M JUST WONDERING HOW YOU'RE GONNA BALANCE THAT FOR AESTHETICS VERSUS COST.
YEAH, SO GENERALLY SPEAKING, AS YOU LOOK AT THE WALL AS IT IS TODAY, UM, MOST OF THE PROPERTIES THAT ARE SOUTH OF THE, THE SINKHOLE AREA ARE IN THAT 30 TO 36 INCH RANGE.
WE WERE PLANNING TO GENERALLY KEEP THE HEIGHT, UH, VERY CLOSE TO THAT, UH, 30 TO THREE SIX INCH RANGE.
THERE MAY BE SOME SMALL VARIANCES IN BETWEEN THERE.
AND THEN AS SOON AS YOU GET NORTH OF THAT, UH, SINKHOLE, UM, IT GENERALLY TENDS TO BE ABOUT 18 INCHES OR SMALLER.
AND I BELIEVE WE WERE PLANNING TO PROPOSE ROUGHLY 18 INCHES FOR THAT CAPACITY.
SO YOU'RE GONNA BASICALLY TRY TO MIMIC WHAT HAD BEEN THERE SIZE WISE, THAT WAS THE INTENT.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? NO, I THINK IT LOOKS GOOD.
I THINK IT'S GOOD TO TRY TO REHAB THE AREA.
'CAUSE AS YOU SAY, PART OF IT LOOKS NOT IN VERY GOOD SHAPE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
UM, SO WE HAVE THE NEXT THING AND WE HAVE THE, UH, MEETING DATES FOR NEXT YEAR.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY CONCERNS OR COMMENTS? I, I MEAN, I ALREADY KNOW THERE'S TWO OF 'EM.
I WON'T BE HERE ALREADY IN MY CALENDAR, BUT, UH, THE ONE, THE ONE I WON'T BE AVAILABLE FOR IS, UH, THE APRIL 8TH, UM, DISTRICT TOUR.
I'M WONDERING, I I'D LOVE TO, I HAVE A CONFLICT THAT I WON'T BE ABLE TO CHANGE, AND THAT'S ALWAYS A TENTATIVE DATE.
AND SORT OF DEPENDING ON, UM, WEATHER, THE NUMBER, THE WEATHER THIS YEAR WAS ALL WEATHER.
UM, AND DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF PROJECTS THAT TENDS TO FLOAT.
SO IT'S EITHER GONNA BE IN THE SPRING OR THE EARLY FALL.
YEAH, I MEAN, I KNOW EVERYBODY PROBABLY HAS A CONFLICT ON ONE OR TWO OF THEM SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LINE, BUT I KNOW CHANGING THE DATES IS SUPER DIFFICULT WITH THE HOW THE THING IS.
SO UNLESS ANYBODY HAS A REALLY, UH, DIRE ISSUE WITH THAT, I WOULD, I, AT THIS POINT, I'M TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED TO BE OUT OF STATE FOR THE FEBRUARY MEETING.
I WAS HERE LAST YEAR FOR FEBRUARY, BUT I THINK THIS YEAR I'M GOING TO BE GONE.
SO AS LONG AS YOU HAVE A QUORUM YES.
JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU GET EXACTLY ENOUGH PEOPLE AT THE MEETINGS.
BECAUSE I SAW THIS DUBLIN SPRING BREAK WAS IN A DIFFERENT TIME.
SO I THINK IT WOULD, I THINK, YEAH.
I DIDN'T HAVE ANY OTHER CONFLICTS.
UM, IF NOBODY HAS ANY CON WE'LL WE'LL WORK OUT THE DETAIL, UH, CONFLICTS AS THEY COME UP.
SO, UH, I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE 2026 MEETING DATES AS PRESENTED.
SECOND MS. ER, I'M ACTUALLY GONNA ABSTAIN BECAUSE I WILL NOT BE ON THE BOARD.
YOU DON'T GET TO VOTE WHEN WE MEET.
I CAN VOTE, BUT I DON'T WANNA INFLUENCE THE VOTE.
I THINK WE HAVE THE, THE ONLY THING WE HAVE LEFT IS THE, WE HAVE A BOARD PHOTO FOR THE, FOR THE YEAR.
BUT, BUT BEFORE WE GET TO THERE, I WANTED TO, UH, UH, IN CASE EVERYBODY'S A, NO, UH, THIS IS HILLARY'S LAST MEETING.
SHE'S BEEN, UH, CALLED TO A CALLED, CALLED TO A DIFFERENT SERVICE.
BUT, UH, BUT, UH, UH, YEAH, WHEN, UH, KATHY T YEAH.
FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW, I'M GOING TO PLANNING AND ZONING.
SO I I'LL BE IN THE MODERN WORLD.
THE FUTURE WORLD INSTEAD OF THE PAST WORLD.
SO AT HIL, I WANNA PICKING UP A COUPLE ERRORS.
THANK YOU FOR ALL THE SERVICE.
I, I APPRECIATE THAT YOU'VE TAKEN OVER FOR A FEW TIMES.
AND ALSO, UH, YOU HAVE STEPPED IN A FEW TIMES WHEN I WAS GETTING TOO WINDY TO LIKE, SAY, OKAY, WE, WE GOTTA DO SOMETHING HERE.
BUT, UH, THANKS FOR ALL THE HELP AND THANKS FOR ALL OF THE SERVICE TO THE BOARD.
BUT, UH, WE'RE CERTAINLY GONNA MISS YOU AS YOU, UH, MOVE ON TO THE NEXT THANK THE NEXT ROLE.
I HAVE LOVED WORKING ON THIS BOARD.
I'VE LEARNED SO MUCH ABOUT THE HISTORY OF DUBLIN AND HAVE REALLY ENJOYED IT A LOT.
AND I LOVE WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU STAFF AND, UM, THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING ME AND I'M GONNA MISS YOU ALL.
AND I THINK I'D LIKE TO GO ON THAT TOUR.
SO, 'CAUSE THESE ARE MY PROJECTS, WE CAN ARE BEING FINISHED.
UM, THE ONLY OTHER THING I JUST
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HAD IS THAT I SENT EVERYBODY OUT, UH, WHAT DO WE CALL IT? THE SUMMARY OF 2025.SO IF NOBODY HAS ANY OTHER COMMENTS, WE'LL, I GUESS WE'LL SUBMIT IT FOR THE, AT THE NEXT MEETING WE'LL SUBMIT IT OFFICIALLY AND THEN, THEN WE'LL DO IT THEN.
BUT IF ANYBODY THINKS OF SOMETHING ELSE, JUST PUT IT IN THERE AND WE'LL, WE'LL ADDEND IT.
I SAW SARAH GAVE IT THE APPROVAL, BUT I ALSO READ IT.
WELL, I CONCISE AS YOU, YOU KNOW, I'M AN ENGINEER, NOT A LITERALIST.
SO THAT'S, UH, HOW WE HOW NOT A LAWYER
DO I, UH, WE'LL DO THE PHOTO THEN WE'LL ADJOURN, I GUESS.
OR DO WE, I HAVE JUST A COUPLE ANNOUNCEMENTS AND THEN WE CAN DO THE PHOTO AT THE END SO YOU'RE NOT RUNNING BACK AND FORTH.
UM, SO FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA INTRODUCE TORI BRUBAKER, WHO'S OUR NEW PLANNER, AND YOU'LL BE SEEING MORE OF HER IN THE COMING MONTHS.
UM, SPEAKING OF THE YEAR END REPORT, IF ANYBODY HAS ANY BIOS OR ANYTHING THAT THEY WANNA UPDATE, PLEASE LET US KNOW.
UM, BY THE 23RD SO WE CAN PUT THE FINISHING TOUCHES ON THAT FOR JANUARY DELIVERY TO YOU ALL.
MS. PAT MCDANIEL, YOU WANTED TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT 11 NORTH RIVERVIEW, FORMERLY KNOWN AS 40 EAST BRIDGE.
AND WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO PIN THEM DOWN ON AN EXACT DATE OF WHEN THEY'RE GONNA BE TURNING IN THEIR BUILDING PERMIT REQUESTS.
AND THE LAST THAT WE HEARD IS THAT IT'S GONNA BE VERY SOON, AND THEY EXPECT TO HAVE CONSTRUCTION DONE BY EARLY SECOND QUARTER OF 2026.
I WAS JUST CONCERNED BECAUSE IT'S DETERIORATING QUICKLY.
UH, IT IS EVERY TIME I GO PAST IT, SO THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO KNOW.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE KEEPING AN EYE ON THAT AND IN CLOSE CONTACT WITH THEM.
THE OTHER HOUSE IS, BY THE WAY, LOOK, ARE LOOKING NOT VERY NICE, SO JUST THOUGHT I'D THROW THAT IN.
YEAH, I, I THINK THERE WAS A WINDOW OPEN, UM, WHEN I DROVE BY THE OTHER DAY.
ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE, YEAH.
'CAUSE EVERY TIME I WALKED BY IT, I JUST WORRY THAT IT'S GONNA DETERIORATE, BUT WELL, WE'LL GO WITH THAT.
WE'LL, WE'LL KEEP, WE'LL KEEP AFTER IT.
BASSAM HAS A BIG ANNOUNCEMENT.
IS THIS THE NIGHT OF ANNOUNCEMENTS
UH, THE RIVERVIEW VILLAGE PROJECT, UH, AS YOU MAY REMEMBER, THE PROPERTIES WERE ALL ACQUIRED BY THE CITY AND PART OF THE AGREEMENT WITH THE KATCH TEAM WAS THAT THEY WOULD BE CONVEYED TO KATCH AFTER ALL OF THESE, UH, ZONING APPROVALS AND A MILLION DIFFERENT AGREEMENTS.
AND WE ORIGINALLY EXPECTED THE CLOSING TO HAPPEN PROBABLY ABOUT A YEAR AGO.
AND I'M NOT GONNA GONNA BORE YOU WITH ALL THE DETAILS AND ALL THE ENTITIES INVOLVED, BUT THE CLOSING JUST HAPPENED TODAY.
SO, UH, THE EXPECTATION AT THIS POINT, THE CITY IS FINALIZING THE, UH, PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT PLANS WITH THE EXPECTATION TO GET 'EM OUT FOR BID IN EARLY 2026 AND BEING UNDER CONSTRUCTION SOMETIME LATER THAT YEAR.
AND THE KATCH TEAM IS STARTING TO WORK ON THEIR PERMITS.
THEY JUST, IN FACT TURNED IN THEIR FOUNDATION PERMIT FOR THE NEW BUILDING AND THE, UH, AREA BETWEEN THAT AND THE, UH, RED HOUSE.
AND SO I THINK THEY'RE ALSO EXPECTING THAT THEY WOULD START SOME OF THE RENOVATIONS AND DECONSTRUCTION IN THE SECOND HALF OF 2026.
SO, I KNOW THE AREA IS LOOKING A LITTLE SAD RIGHT NOW, BUT HOPEFULLY WE'LL START SEEING SOME PROGRESS THERE.
UM, I THINK IT WAS APPROPRIATE THAT THERE WAS A PRESENTATION ABOUT STONEWALL, BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN SPENDING A LOT OF TIME ALSO ON WHATEVER REMAINS OF THE STONE WALLS THERE.
AND WE'VE CONSULTED WITH SOME MASONRY CONSULTANTS AND AS WELL AS OUR, UH, CONSULTANTS THAT HAVE BEEN ON BOARD THE WHOLE TIME.
AND WE ARE GONNA DO THE SAME THING IN THAT STRETCH AS WELL TO PRESERVE AS MANY OF THE ORIGINAL STONES AS POSSIBLE.
AND THEN WE FOUND A PRODUCT THAT'S VERY SIMILAR THAT'S GONNA COMPLIMENT THOSE.
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EXPERT MEN, UH, BASICALLY TOLD US THAT ONCE THEY'RE ALL ALLOWED TO WEATHER A LITTLE BIT, THEY'VE GAINED THAT PATINA AND YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO, UH, TELL.AND WE ALSO DISCOVERED THAT THERE WAS A GATE KINDA INTERESTING, UH, UH, COMPARISON AS WELL.
UH, CLOSER TO 27 SOUTH RIVERVIEW TO JUST SOUTH OF WING HILL.
THERE'S ONLY ONE PILLAR THAT REMAINS RIGHT NOW, BUT WE SAW EVIDENCE THAT THERE WAS ANOTHER ONE, SO WE'RE GONNA BE RECREATING THAT, BUT MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE DON'T THINK IT'S REALLY A GAME, BECAUSE THEN YOU'RE TUMBLING DOWN TO THE RIVER.
SO, UH, UM, SO ALL KINDS OF EXCITING STUFF, BUT THIS CLOSING HAS BEEN A LONG TIME IN THE MAKING, SO WANTED TO SHARE.
AND THE LAST THING I WANTED TO SHARE WAS, THANK YOU ALL FOR A WONDERFUL YEAR.
IT'S, IT'S BEEN BUSY, MAYBE NOT AS BUSY AS THE PREVIOUS YEAR, BUT NEVERTHELESS, VERY BUSY.
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND THOUGHTFUL COMMENTS AND DILIGENCE IN THE WORK THAT YOU DO.
AND HILARY, WE'RE GONNA MISS YOU.
UM, YOU HAVE SOME GOODIES FROM SASHA'S SOURDOUGH.
SHE IS MOVING TO A BRICK AND MORTAR LOCATION IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT AT ANY MOMENT.
HER BUILDING PERMITS HAVE BEEN IN, THIS IS AT, UM, I WANNA SAY 42 TO 50 SOUTH HIGH NEXT DOOR TO, UM, THE PET STORE.
SO THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH ACTUALLY, JUST PLANNING MY TRIP,
I MEAN, WITHOUT, UH, ALL YOUR INPUT, SUPPORT, ALL THE THINGS YOU, UH, PUT ON OUR PLATE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN MAKE GOOD DECISIONS AND HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION IT WOULD, WELL, WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO IT.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF YOUR EFFORT LAST YEAR.
CERTAINLY SOME DIFFICULT, I'D SAY DIFFICULT AND THINGS HAVE BEEN GOING ON FOR A WHILE, UH, THIS SUN, RIVERVIEW.
BUT, UH, BUT THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT, ALL THE SUPPORT AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR THE GOOD YEAR AND WISH YOU THE GOOD END OF THE YEAR AND THE HOLIDAYS.
AND IF WITH THAT, IF YOU'D LIKE TO ADJOURN, THEN WE CAN DO, I THINK THAT THERE'S NO REASON.
I DON'T THINK WE HAVE, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE TO MOVE TO TAKE OUR PICTURE, RIGHT.
SO, SO I'LL MOVE TO ADJOURNED SECOND, OR WE JUST GONNA ADJOURN? WE JUST ADJOURN.
IF YOU, YOU CAN SECOND FOR THE LAST, THAT'S THE LAST, YOUR LAST WORD.