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I WILL CALL THE MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23RD, 2026.
REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER.
JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE MS. SALUTO? HERE.
[ ADJOURNMENT TO EXECUTIVE SESSION]
OKAY.I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN TO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THE PURPOSES OF PUR PERSONNEL MATTERS CONSIDERING THE EMPLOYMENT AND COMPENSATION OF A PUBLIC EMPLOYEE AND CONSIDERING THE APPOINTMENT OF A PUBLIC OFFICIAL.
JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE MR. KEELER? YES.
I WILL REMIND THE VIEWING PUBLIC THAT WE WILL RECONVENE THIS MEETING IN THIS LOCATION AT 7:00 PM THANK YOU.
[ RECONVENE]
RECONVENE THE MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23RD, 2026, REGULAR DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING.AND GREG, WOULD YOU LIKE TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE P TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
THIS BRINGS US TO CITIZEN COMMENTS.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A CITIZEN TO COMMENT ON ANY TOPIC THAT IS NOT ON THIS EVENING'S AGENDA.
UH, HOPEFULLY YOU HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIGN IN THE KIOSK IF YOU CHOSE TO SPEAK PUBLICLY THIS EVENING.
IF NOT, WE WILL, UH, RECOGNIZE YOU IN ORDER.
LINDSAY, DO WE HAVE ANYONE? WE DO NOT.
IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO SOMETHING NOT ON THIS EVENING'S AGENDA? HEARING NONE CONSENT AGENDA.
[CONSENT AGENDA ]
REQUEST TO REMOVE AN ITEM FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA? HEARING NONE.I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.
IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND, JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? MS. CRAM? YES.
[Ordinance 07-26 - Ordinance 13-26 ]
US TO INTRODUCTION.FIRST READING ORDINANCES, PORTION OF OUR AGENDA.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO WAIVE COUNT THE COUNCIL RULES OF ORDER AND READ ORDINANCES ZERO SEVEN DASH 26 THROUGH 13 DASH 26 TOGETHER.
JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL MAYOR AROSE GROOMS? YES.
ORDINANCE SEVEN DASH 26 AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AND ACCEPT NECESSARY CONVEYANCE DOCUMENTS AND CONTRACTS TO ACQUIRE A 0.019 ACRE WARRANTY DEED AND A 0.074 ACRE EASEMENT FROM THE PROPERTY.
LOCATED AT 7 0 6 5 SHIRE RINGS ROAD, IDENTIFIED AS FRANKLIN COUNTY PARCEL NUMBER 2 7 2 0 0 0 2 3 3 FROM JASON R. HUFFMAN FOR THE PUBLIC PURPOSE OF CONSTRUCTING A SHARED USE PATH, WHICH SHALL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC WITHOUT CHARGE.
ORDINANCE EIGHT DASH 26 IS REGARDING ACQUIRING A 0.021 ACRE WARRANTY DEED AND A 0.086 ACRE EASEMENT FROM THE PROPERTY.
LOCATED AT 7 0 5 5 SHIRER RINGS ROAD FROM JASON HUFFMAN.
ORDINANCE NINE DASH 26 IS ACQUIRING A 0.12 ACRE EASEMENT AND A 0.024 ACRE WARRANTY DEED FROM THE PROPERTY.
LOCATED AT 7 0 2 5 SHIRER RINGS ROAD FROM DARRELL SCHWAR AND STEPHANIE SCHWAR.
ORDINANCE 10 DASH 26 ACQUIRING A 0.082 ACRE EASEMENT FROM THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 6 1 1 1 HOLIDAY LANE FROM MICHAEL E. RAMSEY AND SHARON D. RAMSEY.
ORDINANCE 11 DASH 26 IS ACQUIRING A 0.068 ACRE EASEMENT FROM THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 6 1 1 0 HOLIDAY LANE FROM ALAN E ALBU HASSAN AND RACHEL ABBA HASSAN.
ORDINANCE 12 DASH 26 IS ACQUIRING A 0.071 ACRE EASEMENT FROM THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 6 9 5 7 S SHI RINGS ROAD FROM RONNIE GREEN AND ORDINANCE 13 DASH 26 IS ACQUIRING A 0.091 ACRE EASEMENT FROM THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 6 1 1 3 SHIRE LANE FROM BARRY MESSA JUNIOR AND ANGELA MICHELLE MESSA I'LL INTRODUCE.
OUR STAFF REPORT WILL BE BROUGHT FORWARD THIS EVENING BY BRIAN GABLE.
THE SHIRE RINGS ROAD, EMAN ROAD TO COS GRAY ROAD PROJECT WILL CONSTRUCT A SHARED USE PATH ALONG THE SOUTH SIDE OF SHIRE RINGS ROAD, CONNECTING TWO EXISTING SHARED USE PATHS AND IMPROVING THE OVERALL SHARED
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USE PATH NETWORK CONNECTIVITY.IN 2024, THE CITY ENTERED AN AGREEMENT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF THIS PATH WITH WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP.
THE TOWNSHIP SUBMITTED AND RECEIVED LINK US GRANT FUNDING IN 2020, UH, FOUR FUNDING IN 2026.
UM, ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY INTEREST FROM NINE PROPERTY OWNERS IN THE PROJECT AREA ARE NECESSARY TO CONSTRUCT THIS PROJECT.
SEVEN, UH, THE THE SEVEN ORDINANCES BEFORE COUNCIL THIS EVENING PROVIDE FOR SEVEN ACQUISITIONS OF PROPERTY.
AS DETAILED IN THE STAFF MEMO, THE CITY HAS PARTICIPATED IN GOOD FAITH DISCUSSIONS WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS AND HAVE ARRIVED AT MUTUALLY AGREEABLE TERMS. THESE ARE ALL BUT TWO ACQUISITIONS FOR THE PROJECT, ONE OF WHICH IS GOING THROUGH THE APPROPRIATION PROCESS AND YOU YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT SHORTLY.
THE OTHER IS NEARING COMPLETION OF NEGOTIATIONS.
THE ADOPTION OF THESE ORDINANCES AUTHORIZES THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY CONVEYANCE DOCUMENTS AND CONTRACTS TO FORMALLY ACQUIRE THE NECESSARY PROPERTY INTERESTS.
STAFF RECOMMENDS ADOPTION OF ORDINANCES OH SEVEN DASH 26 THROUGH 13 DASH 26 AT THE SECOND READING AND PUBLIC HEARING ON MARCH 9TH, 2026.
I WILL DO MY BEST TO ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS COUNSEL MAY HAVE REGARDING THESE ORDINANCES.
IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION THIS EVENING? HEARING NONE COUNCIL QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION.
IT'S EXCITING TO SEE THIS, UH, MOVE FORWARD.
IT'LL BE A GREAT, GREAT LINKAGE IN THAT, THAT PART OF THE CITY.
JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL A ROLL? I'M SORRY.
THIS FIRST READING, WE'LL HAVE SECOND READING.
PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE SCHEDULED FOR MARCH THE NINTH ON 20 MARCH 9TH, 2026.
THIS BRINGS US TO ORDINANCE 14 DASH
[Ordinance 14-26 ]
26 APPROPRIATE, A 0.090 ACRE EASEMENT FROM THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 6 1 1 4 SHIRE LANE, IDENTIFIED AS FRANKLIN COUNTY PARCEL NUMBER 2 7 2 0 0 0 3 5 7 FROM JAMES, A RAVE FOR THE PUBLIC PURPOSE OF CONSTRUCTING A SHARED USE PATH, WHICH SHALL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC WITHOUT CHARGE.WE WILL STAY WITH, UH, WITH BRIAN WALKER, OUR STAFF REPORT.
GOOD EVENING AGAIN, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
UH, THIS ORDINANCE IS WITHIN THE SAME PROJECT AS DISCUSSED IN THE PREVIOUS ORDINANCES THIS EVENING.
UH, ORDINANCE 14 DASH 26 WILL APPROVE THE APPROPRIATION OF AN EASEMENT ON ONE PROPERTY.
UH, THE PARCEL IS HIGHLIGHTED IN RED ON THE RIGHT HAND OF YOUR SCREEN.
UH, IN THE, UH, IN THE SLIDESHOW THERE ATTEMPTS TO CONTACT THE OWNER OF THIS PARCEL OR ANY AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF RECORD HAVE BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL.
STAFF CERTAINLY HOPES TO NEGOTIATE THIS ACQUISITION WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER.
HOWEVER, THIS LEGISLATION ALLOWS THE CITY TO PROCEED WITH THE APPROPRIATION PROCESS.
SHOULD CONTACT WITH THE OWNER NOT BE FEASIBLE.
THE CITY'S NEGOTIATOR SENT CERTIFIED COPIES OF THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED RE RESOLUTION TO THE APPROPRIATE, OR EXCUSE ME, RESOLUTION TO APPROPRIATE TO THE HOME AND ANY ASSOCIATED OWNER'S REPRESENTATIVE.
SHOULD THE OWNER OR A REPRESENTATIVE BE FOUND, THE CITY WILL WORK TO ACHIEVE A FAIR SETTLEMENT FOR THIS ACQUISITION.
STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF ORDINANCE 14 DASH 26 TO COMMENCE THIS APPROPRIATION AND TO ALLOW THE PROJECT TO REMAIN ON SCHEDULE AND PROCEED TO CONSTRUCTION.
I'LL BE GLAD TO ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS COUNCIL MAY HAVE REGARDING THIS ORDINANCE.
IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING NONE COUNCIL QUESTIONS.
THIS TWO WILL BE FOR SECOND READING, PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED FOR MARCH 9TH, 2026.
[Ordinance 15-26 ]
AMENDING CHAPTER 72 AND 75 OF DUBLIN'S CODIFIED ORDINANCES TO AN ENHANCED SAFETY REGULATIONS FROM MICRO MOBILITY DEVICES AND OTHER SIMILAR DEVICES.OUR STAFF REPORT WILL BE BROUGHT FORWARD BY JEANNIE WILLIS AND JOE BACHELOR FROM FROST BROWN.
GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL TONIGHT.
STAFF IS PLEASED TO PRESENT THE DRAFT CODE FOR MICRO MOBILITY DEVICES FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
JOE BACHELOR, AS YOU MENTIONED, UH, PLAYED A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN DEVELOPING THE DRAFT CODE IS WITH ME HERE TONIGHT TO PROVIDE LEGAL INSIGHTS INTO THE EXISTING AND PROPOSED CODE AND WE'LL REVIEW EACH FOR YOU.
THIS EVENING'S PRESENTATION WILL BEGIN WITH A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE CODE SECTIONS AFFECTED BY THE PROPOSED MICRO MOBILITY UPDATES AND HOW THOSE SECTIONS INTERACT WITH ONE ANOTHER.
JOE WILL THEN WALK THROUGH THE PROPOSED CODE REVISIONS HIGHLIGHTING THE KEY CHANGES, CLARIFICATIONS, AND POLICY CONSIDERATIONS REFLECTED IN THE DRAFT.
THE PRESENTATION WILL THEN NEXT FOCUS ON HELME CONSIDERATIONS, INCLUDING OPTIONS AND THE POLICY IMPLICATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH EACH.
I WILL THEN PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE EDUCATION PLAN OUTLINING HOW EXISTING PROGRAMS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND COMMUNICATION CHANNELS WILL BE LEVERAGED TO SUPPORT IMPLEMENTATION OF THE UPDATED CODE.
THE PRESENTATION WILL CONCLUDE WITH STAFF REQUESTING COUNCIL FEEDBACK AND DIRECTION, PARTICULARLY ON HOW ANY POTENTIAL CHANGES TO HELMET REQUIREMENTS PRIOR TO THE SECOND READING.
WITH THIS, I WILL TURN OVER THE PRESENTATION TO JOE TO
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REVIEW THE CHANGES MADE TO THE CODE SINCE THE JANUARY 20TH MEETING.SO, UM, AS WE DISCUSSED LAST TIME, THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT MORE THOROUGH PRESENTATION OF THE OVERALL CODE PROPOSED CODE AMENDMENTS.
I'LL GO THROUGH A COUPLE OF THE BIG POINTS.
ONE IN 75 0 6 IS REALLY WHERE THE BIG MEAT OF THIS ORDINANCE IS IN TERMS OF, UH, THE RULES FOR ALL OF THESE DEVICES ON ROAD SIDEWALK SHARED USE PADS, UM, A COUPLE OTHER POINTS.
75 12, UH, DEFINES MICRO MOBILITY DEVICES AND AIMS TO CLARIFY THAT BY ALSO SPECIFYING WHAT IS NOT A MICRO MOBILITY DEVICE TO AVOID ANY CONFUSION.
UM, 75 POINT 13 ADDS A PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY REQUIREMENT THAT A LOT OF OTHER CITIES HAVE THAT DUBLIN DOES NOT CURRENTLY HAVE.
AND THEN 75.14 ADDS, UH, SOME CLARIFICATIONS ABOUT FLEETS LIKE VO THAT ARE CURRENTLY OPERATING.
UM, NOW I'LL MOVE ON TO SOME CHANGES SINCE THE LAST MEETING.
SO ONE, AS, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS KRAM AND KEELER HAD DISCUSSED, WE HAVE AMENDED THE DEFINITION OF MINIATURE MOTORCYCLE TO CLARIFY THAT IT APPLIES TO BOTH A COMBUSTION AND AN ELECTRIC ENGINE, UM, PER COUNCIL'S DIRECTION.
WE ALSO REMOVED THE HELMET REQUIREMENT AND THEN ALSO WITH SOME CONSTITUENT FEEDBACK THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED SINCE THE LAST MEETING.
UM, THERE WAS A CLARIFICATION IN THE CODE THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON WHERE, UM, CURRENT STATE LAW DOES NOT REFLECT WHERE CURRENT CODE DOES NOT REFLECT WHERE CODE CURRENTLY IS.
SO STATE LAW USED TO REQUIRE RIDING WITHIN THREE FEET OF THE RIGHT EDGE OF A ROADWAY.
IT NOW REQUIRES AS FAR RIGHT AS PRACTICABLE.
SO WE HAVE ELIMINATED THE THREE FOOT REQUIREMENT IN CURRENT CODE AND THEN ALSO WE'LL BE SHIFTING ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS INTO 75.06 SO THAT IT'S EASIER FOR A WRITER OR A CONSTITUENT TO READ THE CODE AND UNDERSTAND SOME EXCEPTIONS TO THAT RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD REQUIREMENT AS WELL.
UM, AND THOSE CHANGES, MOST OF THEM ARE CURRENTLY IN THE DRAFT CODE.
ONE OF THEM, UM, CAME WITHIN THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS, SO IT WILL BE IN THE NEXT VERSION OF THE CODE THAT IS PRESENTED TO YOU.
UM, WE ALSO, AGAIN, REMOVE THE HELMET REQUIREMENT.
UM, HOWEVER, WE WERE ASKED TO LOOK FURTHER INTO, UH, SOME OF THE HELMET CONSIDERATIONS, UM, STARTING WITH THE 18-YEAR-OLD REQUIREMENT.
SO SURVEYING OTHER COMMUNITIES, IT'S SOMEWHAT OF A MIXED BAG.
THERE'S A SMALL PLURALITY, UM, WITH AN 18-YEAR-OLD REQUIREMENT FROM NEW ALBANY, COLUMBUS AND BEXLEY.
UM, AND I KNOW THAT THERE WAS QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL MEMBER KEELER REGARDING, UM, HOW THAT WOULD APPLY TO RENTING VO DEVICES, FOR EXAMPLE.
UM, SO V UNDER VOS CURRENT AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY, THEY WON'T RENT TO ANYONE UNDER 18, SO THAT WOULDN'T BE IMPACTED.
NOW, CURRENT STATE LAW DOES NOT ALLOW RENTING TO ANYONE UNDER 16.
SO THERE'S A LITTLE DEVIATION THERE, BUT FROM WHAT WE UNDERSTAND, THE STANDARD INDUSTRY PRACTICE IS TO NOT RENT TO ANYONE UNDER 18 FOR VARIOUS REASONS.
UM, AND ALSO THERE WAS SOME COMMUNITY FEEDBACK PROVIDED THAT WE FORGOT TO MENTION AT THE LAST MEETING WHERE THE DUBLIN RESIDENTS WHO TOOK THE SURVEY EXPRESSED BROAD SUPPORT FOR SOME FORM OF A HELMET REQUIREMENT.
AND THEN, SO WITH THAT, THERE ARE SEVERAL OPTIONS.
ONE, WE CAN CLARIFY THE FLEET SECTION TO SAY THAT NO RENTALS ARE ALLOWED FOR ANYONE UNDER 18, WHICH WOULD THEN NOT IMPACT ANY HELMET REQUIREMENT.
OPTION TWO, IT COULD BE A 16-YEAR-OLD HELMET REQUIREMENT, WHICH ALIGNS WITH THE REVISED CODE.
AND OPTION THREE IS THAT WE CAN PICK AND CHOOSE SOME DEVICE HELMET REQUIREMENTS THAT'S NOT INCLUDED ON THE SLIDE.
UM, BUT THAT COULD BE DEVICES THAT ARE NOT FULLY HUMAN POWERED REQUIRE A HELMET UP TO A CERTAIN AGE WHILE MANUAL DEVICES MIGHT NOT.
AND NOW JEANNIE CAN GO TO THE EDUCATION POINT.
SO DUBLIN ALREADY HAS A STRONG MULTI-CHANNEL MICRO MOBILITY EDUCATION FRAMEWORK IN PLACE AND IS PROVIDED IN MORE DETAIL IN THE MEMO.
UM, IF YOU ARE, ARE LOOKING FOR THAT INFORMATION, AS THE CODE IS UPDATED, EXISTING YOUTH PROGRAMS, SCHOOL PARTNERSHIPS, COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND ONLINE RESOURCES WILL BE LEVERAGED AND ALIGNED TO REFLECT THE FINAL AMENDMENTS REINFORCING AN EDUCATION FIRST APPROACH TO SAFETY AND COMPLIANCE.
BICYCLE AND MICRO MOBILITY EDUCATION BEGINS EARLY THROUGH THE DUBLIN COMMUNITY RECREATION CENTER PROGRAMMING WITH SAFETY EDUCATION WEEK INCORPORATED INTO YOUTH CAMPS FOR AGES FOUR THROUGH NINE.
INSTRUCTION FROM THE DUBLIN POLICE AND WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP FIRE DEPARTMENT FOCUSES ON AGE APPROPRIATE SAFETY, HOME USE, AND BASIC ROADWAY AND AWARENESS.
THE CITY'S ANNUAL, UM, DUBLIN BIKE RODEO FURTHER REINFORCES THESE MESSAGES THROUGH A HANDS-ON SAFETY EVENT LED BY DUBLIN POLICE FEATURING A SKILLS COURSE HELMET EDUCATION AGAIN, AND OPPORTUNITIES TO SAFELY TEST RIDE SHARED MICRO MOBILITY DEVICES.
COMMUNITY-BASED EDUCATION IS ALSO SUPPORTED THROUGH THE MOBILITY CONCIERGE POP-UP MEETINGS AND THE SLOWDOWN DOUBLING CAMPAIGN, WHICH PROMOTES SAFE SPEEDS AND SHARED RESPONSIBILITY AMONG DRIVERS, BICYCLISTS, SCOOTER WRITERS, AND PEDESTRIANS THROUGH SIGNS OUTREACH AND ONGOING COMMUNICATIONS.
OUR SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS PLAY A KEY ROLE IN REINFORCING SAFE WRITING BEHAVIORS AND REGULATORY
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AWARENESS IN OUR SCHOOLS, INCLUDING DEVELOPMENT OF AN INTERACTIVE WEB-BASED TOOL TO HELP STUDENTS AND PARENTS UNDERSTAND WHERE DEVICES MAY OPERATE IN THE APPLICABLE AGE AND HELMET REQUIREMENTS, IF ANY.THESE EFFORTS ARE COMPLIMENTED BY PARTNERSHIPS WITH OUR, UM, DUBLIN CITY SCHOOLS AND A COMPREHENSIVE SET OF ONLINE RESOURCES INCLUDING BICYCLING, MOTORIZED MO MOBILITY AND MICRO MOBILITY WEBPAGE, ALONG WITH NEW TOOLS SUCH AS THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION SAFETY GUIDE AND THE MOBIL MICRO MOBILITY MATRICES.
THE SCREENSHOTS ON THE RIGHT SHOW A SMALL SAMPLE OF THE EXISTING EDUCATIONAL VIDEO VIDEOS THAT CAN BE REPURPOSED AND MODIFIED FOR THE MICRO MOBILITY EDUCATION TO GATHER THESE ESTABLISHED PROGRAMS PROVIDE A STRONG FOUNDATION TO SUPPORT THE UPDATED MICRO MOBILITY CODE, ENSURING CONSISTENT MESSAGING, BROAD COMMUNITY REACH AND SAFE RESPONSIBLE MICRO MOBILITY USE ACROSS ALL AGES AND MODES OF TRAVEL.
SO WITH THIS STAFF IS SEEKING DIRECTION FROM CITY COUNCIL IF THEY WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF EITHER OPTION OR, UM, THE THIRD OPTION THAT JOE MENTIONED, FOUR HELMET REQUIREMENTS TO BE ADVANCED TO THE SECOND READING STAFF WILL INCORPORATE ANY REVISIONS BASED ON COUNCIL FEEDBACK, IF ANY, AND RECOMMENDS ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE 15 DASH 26 AT THE SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING ON MARCH 9TH, 2026.
AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING NONE COUNCIL QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION.
UM, TO BE CLEAR, I I MISSED THE DEFINITION AGAIN.
SO, SO A MOTORIZED BICYCLE THOUGH IS A, UM, IS IS A MOPED.
BUT FOR THE MOTORCYCLE, WHEN WE COMBINED THEM, I'M SORRY, SAY THE LAST WE COMBINED THEM, WE CHANGED THE TERM OH, FOR THE, THE, THE THE GAS ENGINE AND THE ELECTRIC ENGINE.
WE CLARIFY FOR THE MOTORCYCLES FOR THE MOTORCYCLE.
SO A MOTORIZED BICYCLE IS STILL LIKE A MOPED.
UM, I HAD ONE QUESTION I WAS READING, LET'S SEE, IT WAS PAGE 2 69.
HOLD ON, LET ME FIND THE RIGHT PAGE.
UM, THE SECTION THERE WAS ONE, SO SECTION 75.06, UM, IT WAS D IT SAYS THAT NO PERSON SHALL OPERATE A MICRO BUILT MICRO MOBILITY DEVICE, BICYCLE, ELECTRIC BICYCLE, UM, IN A PARKING GARAGE.
BUT DON'T WE HAVE, UM, COVERED PARKING AT THE LIBRARY.
LIKE YOU, IN THEORY YOU WOULD RIDE YOUR MICRO MOBILITY DEVICE INTO THAT GARAGE.
SO THERE IS A, UM, SPECIFIC LOCATION THAT WOULD BE IN THE NORTH WEST CORNER OF THERE.
AND SO THERE, YES, IT'S, I GUESS IT'S JUST A TECHNIC TECHNICALITY.
IT, IT'S, SO IT'S REALLY MEANT TO COVER THE RIDING UP AND DOWN THE RAMPS.
I FIGURED THAT'S WHAT IT'S MEANT TO COVER.
I JUST, I KNEW WE HAD COVERED PARKING IN A GARAGE SOMEWHERE, BUT IT'S LIKE RIGHT OFF OF THE SIDEWALK, SO IT, I FEEL LIKE THAT THAT WOULD NOT WE'RE GOOD.
I DID JUST KNOW IF WE NEEDED TO SAY EXCEPT FOR PARKING THE DEVICE OR SOMETHING, BUT THAT'S FINE.
I THINK THAT'S THE ONLY PLACE WE HAD COVERED PARKING WAS THE PARK.
OTHER COMMENTS? SO, UH, THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS THAT WERE POSED TO US IF YOU WANNA, UM, SO THERE, THERE'S THE RECOMMENDATION AND THEN HERE'S THE QUESTION POSED ABOUT HELMETS.
DOES, WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO CHIME IN OR DEVIATE FROM THE LAST DIRECTION WE GAVE TO THAT? I WOULD JUST SAY I THINK IT, THERE WAS NEW INFORMATION, UM, AFTER THE VO UM, RENTAL.
I DON'T KNOW THAT IT WAS MADE CLEAR TO US THAT YOU COULD NOT RENT ONE OF THOSE VEHICLES IF YOU WERE UNDER THE AGE OF 18.
AND I THOUGHT THAT IT WAS A GOOD POINT TO SAY WE DON'T WANNA HAVE SOMEONE GO RENT, BUT I CAN'T IMAGINE THAT WE WOULD HAVE A HELMET AGREEMENT FOR 18 YEARS OF AGE AND OLDER.
BUT PERHAPS IT MIGHT BE APPROPRIATE THEN TO SAY FOR YOUNGER 12, 14, 16, WHATEVER, PICK THE AGE THAT IT MAY BE APPROPRIATE TO HAVE A HELMET REQUIREMENT, GIVEN THAT IT WILL NOT BE IN CONFLICT WITH THE RENTAL, UM, MICRO MOBILITY TOOLS THAT ARE AVAILABLE IN THE CITY.
SO I, I I, I LIKE THE, THE SECOND OPTION THAT WAS PRESENTED HERE JUST BECAUSE IT ALIGNS WITH STATE LAW, IT JUST MAKES IT CLEANER AND EASIER.
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UM, AND WOULDN'T CAUSE US TO HAVE TO MAKE CHANGES, YOU KNOW? MM-HMMREQUIRING PEOPLE TO BRING HELMETS WITH THEM AS THEY'RE GONNA DO A, A MICRO MOBILITY DEVICE SINCE THEY DON'T RENT TO ANYBODY UNDER 18.
SO THAT, I WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF THAT.
'CAUSE I JUST FEEL LIKE IT MAKES IT CLEANER AND EASIER.
ARE WE COMPLETELY CLEAR THAT, UM, THERE'S NO, UM, CAVEAT FOR FAMILY RENTALS? LIKE I TAKE MY SON, HE'S 14, WE'RE GONNA GO RENT A SCOOTER, SO WE'RE SURE THAT WE CAN'T DO RENTALS.
SO WITH THE END USER AGREEMENT, AND IT DOES SEEM TO BE STANDARD INDUSTRY PRACTICE, THAT IF, UM, YOU, IF A PARENT ALLOWS A CHILD TO RIDE A SHARED RENTED DEVICE, IT CAN ONLY BE A MANUALLY POWERED PEDAL.
SO IT WOULD NOT BE AN EMO TYPE OF DEVICE.
SO THE DOUBLE SCOOTERS OR YEAH.
SO IT WOULD, YEAH, IT'D BE A BIKE THAT THEY WOULD BE RIDING.
SO TO BE CLEAR, OHIO LAW IS IF YOU ARE UNDER THE AGE OF 16 AND WRITING A MICRO MOBILITY DEVICE, IF WE, AS WE'VE DEFINED IT, YOU HAVE TO WEAR A HELMET.
SO THE WAY THE OHIO LAW IS WRITTEN IS THAT YOU MUST BE 16 YEARS OF AGE IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO RENT A MICRO MOBILITY DEVICE.
BUT THERE'S NO HEL THERE'S NO OHIO LAW REQUIRING MM-HMM
A HELMET ON ANY OF THE DEVICES E-BIKES CLASS THREE E-BIKES.
AND THAT ONE WE DID NOT REMOVE.
AND THAT IS AN OHIO LAW AND PERSONAL ASSISTIVE MOBILITY DEVICES.
UM, BUT IN TERMS OF SCOOTERS, UM, ANY OF THE DEVICES THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UM, CLASS ONE, CLASS TWO E-BIKES, THE SKATEBOARDS? NO, THERE'S NO REQUIREMENT.
SO I AM STILL SUPPORTIVE OF NOT HAVING A REQUIREMENT.
IF THE STATE DOES NOT HAVE A REQUIREMENT, I WOULD SAY NOT MUDDY THE WATERS AND MAKE IT CONFUSING AS TO WHO NEEDS A HELMET.
SO CAN I ASK THE QUESTION, UM, THAT YOU SAID THERE WAS SOME NEW INFORMATION ABOUT WHEN WE, UM, ASK THE RESIDENTS THERE WAS STRONG SUPPORT FOR A HELMET.
COULD YOU SHARE A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT PLEASE? YES.
SO AS PART OF THE COMMUNITY WIDE SURVEY THAT WE CONDUCTED, UM, LATE LAST YEAR, ONE OF OUR QUESTIONS SPECIFICALLY WAS, DO YOU SUPPORT, UM, THE, UM, PROVISION OF A HELMET REQUIREMENT FOR YOUTH UNDER THE AGE OF 18? OVERWHELMINGLY OUR RESIDENTS SUPPORTED THAT.
THE SURVEY RESPONDENTS SUPPORTED THAT WITH NEARLY 90% OF THE RESPONDENTS SAYING YES, THEY FELT THAT THAT WAS APPROPRIATE TO INCLUDE IN OUR PROVISIONS.
SO I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH 88% OF THE SURVEY RESPONDENTS, AND I STILL THINK, UM, AND I THINK UNDER THE, I THINK 14 IS A, I DON'T KNOW THAT IT HAS TO BE, YOU KNOW, 18, BUT I AM STILL SUPPORTIVE OF A HELMET, UM, REQUIREMENT FOR YOUTH.
AND WE COULD DIS DIS DISCUSS WHAT IS YOUTH? IS IT 12? IS IT 14? WHATEVER.
UM, I WOULD ALSO SAY THAT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THAT, I WOULD REQUEST, AND I DO KNOW THAT, UM, THAT UM, UH, LAW ENFORCEMENT GROUP HAS FREE HELMETS FOR PEOPLE THAT CAN'T AFFORD TO.
I'M CORRECT IN THAT I MIGHT NOT.
THAT WE WOULD CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THEM.
SO WE'RE NOT MAKING A LAW FOR WHICH SOMEONE WHO COULDN'T FINANCIALLY MA MANAGE IT, DO IT, BUT, 'CAUSE WE WANNA ENCOURAGE BIKE RIDING.
SO, UM, AGAIN, AS AN AVID BIKE RIDER, I WOULD STRONGLY, UH, ADVOCATE FOR A YOUTH HELMET.
UM, SO THIS OPTION ONE, UM, MORE OR LESS SAYS THE VENDORS WE CHOOSE TO OPERATE THE FLEETS, THESE ARE RENTALS ONLY NOT PERSONAL DEVICES THAT SOMEBODY OWNS.
UM, THEY CAN'T RENT TO SOMEONE UNDER THE AGE OF 18 THAT'S ALREADY IN PLACE.
SO WE'VE, THAT ADDRESSES MM-HMM
THE FOLKS THAT ARE RENTING MM-HMM
THEN YOU HAVE THE QUESTION OF THE PEOPLE THAT OWN THEIR OWN DEVICE.
UM, IT WOULD SEEM LIKE RESIDENTS ARE SUPPORTIVE.
THE MAJORITY OF RESIDENTS ARE SUPPORTIVE OF IT.
SO I WOULD SAY ANY RIDER UNDER THE AGE OF 18 MUST RE MUST WEAR A HELMET.
SO, UM, QUICK QUESTION FOR THE SURVEY THAT WAS CONDUCTED, HOW MANY RESPONDENTS DID YOU GET TO THAT SURVEY? I BELIEVE THERE WERE 320.
SO THAT'S ACTUALLY A REALLY GOOD NUMBER.
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CITY AND THERE WAS NOTHING I COULD FIND ON ZEN CITY ABOUT THE QUESTION OF, UM, HELMETS FOR MICRO MOBILITY FOR FOR YOUTH.BUT I THINK THE SURVEY ACTUALLY SPEAKS VERY LOUDLY TO THAT.
UM, I ACTUALLY AM IN FAVOR OF THE HELMETS.
INITIALLY, I WASN'T ONLY BECAUSE THERE WASN'T THAT DISTINCTION ABOUT THE RENTALS, BUT NOW THAT THERE IS, LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER KEER SAYS THIS ONLY APPLIES TO THE PRIVATELY OWNED, UM MM-HMM
THE, THE RENTALS ACTUALLY THAT'S ALREADY SAID AND DONE BECAUSE YOU CAN'T RENT UNDER 18.
UM, AND THE REASON WHY I SUPPORT IT IS BECAUSE THE VAST MAJORITY OF PREVENTABLE HEAD INJURIES ARE TO THOSE 16 AND UNDER MM-HMM
SO THIS IS, AND THIS IS JUST A PHYSICIAN TO ME, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY HELP PREVENT A PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM.
AND SO, UM, THE AGE, THAT'S TOUGH.
UM, I DON'T THINK YOU'RE GONNA GET ANY 18 OR 17-YEAR-OLD TO WEAR A HELMET, BUT CERTAINLY I THINK 16 IS REASONABLE.
AND SO I WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF A HELMET, UH, REQUIREMENT FOR 16 AND UNDER.
OTHER THOUGHTS? WELL, I, I GENERALLY BELIEVE EVERYONE WHO RIDES A DEVICE, NOBODY PLANS ON HAVING AN ACCIDENT AND EVERYONE SHOULD WEAR A HELMET.
I DON'T BELIEVE THAT IT'S THE ROLE OF THE CITY GOVERNMENT TO MANDATE THAT.
I THINK IT'S, IT'S A PERSONAL CHOICE AND I DON'T SEE HOW WE POLICE IT.
HOW DO WE ENFORCE IT? AND SO TO PASS AN ORDINANCE WITHOUT TEETH, UM, I, I'M, I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF THAT.
I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF THE HELMET LAW AND, AND I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF PASSING AN ORDINANCE THAT WE REALLY CAN'T REALISTICALLY ENFORCE.
OTHER THOUGHTS? WELL, YOU KNOW, AS, AS A MOM OF KIDS, I THINK THAT IT IS HELPFUL TO HAVE A BACKSTOP SOMETIMES WHEN YOU WANT TO ENCOURAGE SOME BEHAVIOR THAT MAYBE NOT BE WIDELY POPULAR.
BUT IF YOU COULD SAY, WELL, IT'S THE RULE AND YOU HAVE TO, IT'S NOT MY RULE, IT'S THE RULE AND IT'S THERE TO KEEP PEOPLE, UM, TO KEEP PEOPLE SAFE.
I THINK THAT MIGHT BE GOOD ENOUGH REASON.
AND I DON'T THINK CHIEF IS GOING TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE A NEW DEPARTMENT THAT'S GOING TO BE ON HELMET PATROL AROUND THE CITY, BUT IT MAY HELP SOME PARENTS, UM, COMMUNICATE TO THEIR KIDS THAT THIS IS IMPORTANT AND YOUR SAFETY'S IMPORTANT AND IT'S JUST NOT ME THAT'S CONCERNED ABOUT YOU, IT'S THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE THAT IS AS WELL.
SO FOR THAT, I WOULD, I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN SELECTING AN AGE.
I, I AGREE THAT, YOU KNOW, 17, 18 YEAR OLDS ARE NOT 16.
YOU KNOW, I PROBABLY WOULD BE IN THE 14 RANGE 'CAUSE YOU'RE NOT IN HIGH SCHOOL YET.
IT SEEMS LIKE THAT'S WHEN SOME OF THOSE THINGS CHANGE A LITTLE BIT.
UM, BUT I DON'T WANNA LEAVE OUT A PEOPLE GROUP THAT MIGHT BE, UM, YOU KNOW, MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO INJURY.
SO, UM, I, I THINK THERE IS ENOUGH SUPPORT TO DISCUSS WHAT'S THE RIGHT AGE.
SO I, I WOULD WELCOME THOUGHTS ON WHAT IS THE RIGHT AGE.
I THINK IF WE'RE GONNA DO IT, I THINK 16 MAKES SOME SENSE.
UM, HAVING A CURRENT 15-YEAR-OLD IN MY HOUSE, I THINK 16 PROBABLY MAKES SOME SENSE.
JUST SAYING
UM, NOW WE NEED TO MAKE THE AMENDMENT NO, NO.
COMES, THAT WILL COME BACK IN SECOND READING.
I CAN HAVE THE CODE REVISED BY THE SECOND READING.
UM, SO I THINK THE, TO THE, THE FIRST ONE IS PROBABLY THE SELECTED ONE, AND THEN THE AGE WOULD WOULD BE 16.
WE CAN GET THAT, UM, THAT FEEDBACK FOR SECOND READING.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS MEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO MAKE PRIOR TO MOVING ON? OKAY.
WE WILL HAVE SECOND READING, PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED FOR MARCH THE NINTH, 2026.
THIS BRINGS US TO INTRODUCTION,
[Resolution 08-26 (Part 1 of 2)]
PUBLIC HEARING VOTE RESOLUTIONS RESOLUTION ZERO EIGHT DASH 26, APPOINTING A MEMBER TO THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD FOR THE CITY OF DUBLIN, OHIO.UH, OUR STAFF REPORT WILL BE BROUGHT FORWARD BY OUR ADMIN COMMITTEE CHAIR, VICE MAYOR KATHY OSA.
SO AT THE FINAL MEETING OF 2025, HILLARY DAMER WAS APPOINTED TO FILL A VACANCY ON THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, AS YOU RECALL.
THEREFORE, CREATING A SUBSEQUENT VACANCY ON THE, UM, ARCHITECTURE REBOOT REVIEW BOARD, UM, PURSUANT TO THE CHARTER, SUCH VACANCIES MUST BE FILLED WITHIN 60 DAYS.
UM, COUNSEL CONDUCTED INTERVIEWS AND HAVE SELECTED A CANDIDATE TO SERVE IN THAT ROLE ACCORDINGLY, IT IS MY PLEASURE TO RECOMMEND TO COUNSEL ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION OH 8 26 REPORTING.
UM, TERRY DEL TO THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD.
UH, IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THIS EVENING THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS RESOLUTION? HEARING NONE COUNCIL QUESTIONS DISCUSSION.
JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE VICE MAYOR DEROSA? YES.
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MAYOR AROSE GROOMS? YES.[Resolution 09-26 ]
NINE DASH 26 ACCEPTING THE LOWEST AND BEST BID FOR THE 2026 STREET SWEEPING CONTRACT AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO CONTRACT FOR THE PROJECT.AND OUR STAFF REPORT WILL BE BROUGHT FORWARD THIS EVENING BY JAY ANDERSON.
MEMBERS OF COUNCIL BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING IS RESOLUTION ZERO NINE DASH 26 TO ACCEPT THE BID FOR THE 2026 CITYWIDE STREET SWEEPING CONTRACT.
THIS CONTRACT IS EXECUTED WITH A MAXIMUM THREE YEAR TERM WITH THE OPTION TO RENEW EACH YEAR BASED ON THE PERFORMANCE OF THE CONTRACTOR.
THIS CONTRACT INCLUDES FIVE COMPLETE SWEEPS OF THE CITY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND HAS THE OPTION OPTIONAL SWEEPING SERVICES THAT CAN BE EXECUTED UPON OUR REQUEST.
ONE BID WAS RECEIVED FOR THIS CONTRACT AND SUBMITTED BY SCA OF OHIO IN THE AMOUNT OF $148,000 800 AND 800, WHICH IS 9.8% BELOW THE PROJECTED AMOUNT WITHIN THE 2026 OPERATING BUDGET.
SCCA OF OHIO, WHICH IS A SUBSIDIARY OF SWEEPING CORP OF AMERICA, HAS SUCCESSFULLY PROVIDED STREET SWEEPING SERVICES FOR THE CITY FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS IN CONTRACT PERIODS.
STAFF HAS THOROUGHLY REV REVISED THE BID, OR SORRY REVIEWS THE BID.
AND SCA OF OHIO HAS HISTORICALLY PROVIDED SATISFACTORY SERVICES FOR THE CITY STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THE ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION ZERO 9.26 AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS RESOLUTION? HEARING NONE COUNCIL QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION.
HOW MANY STREET SWEEPERS DOES THE CITY OWN? I I KNOW WE HAVE AT LEAST ONE 'CAUSE I SEE ONE DRIVING AROUND WITH OUR LITTLE LOGO ON THE DOOR.
UM, THEY'RE VERY EXPENSIVE AND VERY EXPENSIVE TO MAINTAIN AND THUS USING THIS OPTION HAS PROVED, YOU KNOW, COST EFFECTIVE SOLUTION.
UM, I WOULD SAY WE'D NEED ANOTHER ADDITIONAL TWO STREET SWEEPERS.
UM, IF WE WERE GONNA DO WHAT WE DO WITH THIS CONTRACT, SO THE CONTRACT REALLY BRINGS SOME VALUE.
DO WE USE THE ONE THAT WE HAVE OFTEN? WE DO.
SO THAT'S SET ASIDE FOR ANY EMERGENCY RESPONSE WE MAY HAVE.
UM, WE USE IT FOR EVENT SWEEPING.
UM, ANY TYPE OF SPECIAL REQUEST WE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S AT HAND AND READY TO GO AT A MOMENT'S NOTICE.
UM, SUPPORT PD WITH A LOT OF OPERATIONS WITH THAT.
SO, UM, YEAH, WE DO GET QUITE A BIT OF USE OUT OF IT.
IF THERE IS NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE DR. LAMB? YES.
[OTHER BUSINESS ]
THIS BRINGS US TO THE OTHER BUSINESS PORTION OF OUR AGENDA AND WE WILL BEGIN BY THE ZONING CODE AND SUBDIVISION'S REGULATION AUDIT.INTRODUCTION IN OUR STAFF REPORT WILL BE BROUGHT FORWARD THIS EVENING BY SARAH HOLT.
GOOD EVENING COUNCIL, WE ARE HERE TO FORMALLY AND ENTHUSIASTICALLY INTRODUCE THE CODE AUDIT PROJECT TO YOU.
YOU MAY HAVE SEEN MENTION OF THIS PROJECT IN THE CITY MANAGER'S REPORT.
PLANNING HAS RECENTLY HIRED CLARION AND MCBRIDE DALE CLARION TO HELP US.
THEY ARE TRUSTED PARTNERS THAT WE'VE WORKED WITH ON A LOT OF SIGNIFICANT PROJECTS.
AN AUDIT IS AN ANALYSIS AND PRIORITIZATION, UM, EXERCISE.
IT'S A NECESSARY STEP BEFORE WE ACTUALLY START TO MAKE ANY CHANGES.
IN OTHER WORDS, THIS PROJECT WILL PROVIDE PRIORITIZED STEPS FOR FUTURE CODE UPDATES AND THE PROJECT WILL NOT REWRITE THE CODES YET AND IT WILL NOT REOPEN PREVIOUSLY APPROVED PLANS.
SO THE PURPOSE TONIGHT IS TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THIS PROJECT TO YOU RELAY A SUMMARY OF THE PROJECT KICKOFF ACTIVITIES AND RECEIVE HIGH LEVEL COUNCIL FEEDBACK ON THE PROJECT DIRECTION.
AS YOU KNOW, THERE ARE MANY VISIONARY AND ADOPTED PLANS THAT INFORM THIS EFFORT AND THESE INCLUDE IN VISION DUBLIN, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN, THE HOUSING STUDY.
MOST RECENTLY THE SUSTAINABILITY PLAN AND THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCESS IMPROVEMENT EFFORTS BEGAN IN 2024.
AND OF COURSE WE HAVE CITY COUNCIL GOALS OF SUSTAINABLE, CONNECTED AND RESILIENT.
ALL OF THESE DOCUMENTS HAVE BOLD IDEAS THAT SUPPORT CONSISTENT GOALS.
AND OUR CHALLENGE IS THAT THE CURRENT
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CODES ARE OUTDATED AND MAY NOT HELP US ACHIEVE THE GOALS THAT WE SEE.SO NOW WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MODERNIZE THEM AND AT THE SAME TIME, FOLD IN THE EFFICIENCIES THAT WE'VE DISCOVERED THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCESS IMPROVEMENT EXAMPLES ARE SPECIFICALLY TOUCHED ON IN THE MEMO IN YOUR PACKET, YOU ALSO HAVE A POLICIES SUMMARY MATRIX AND THAT RECAPS THE GOALS OF ENVISION DUBLIN, THE HOUSING STUDY AND THE SUSTAINABILITY PLAN AND HOW THOSE INTERSECT WITH THIS PROJECT.
TO EMPHASIZE THE AUDIT IS A NATURAL OUTGROWTH OF THESE VISIONARY EFFORTS.
AND AGAIN, OUR PRIMARY GOAL IS TO ENSURE THAT THE CODES SUPPORT THE VISION.
SO FIRST, TAKING A LOOK AT WHERE WE HAVE BEEN, WE CONTRACTED WITH THE CONSULTANT TEAM IN LATE 2025.
AND IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR WE HAD A MULTI-DAY PROJECT KICKOFF.
AND THAT INVOLVED STAKEHOLDERS, BOARD AND COMMISSION MEMBERS, A TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE, FULL STAFF AND THE CONSULTANTS.
WE HAD A VERY SUCCESSFUL SURVEY AND THAT WAS COMBINED WITH IN-HOUSE AND VIRTUAL MEETINGS AND INTERVIEWS.
AND WE RECEIVED VERY THOUGHTFUL AND USEFUL FEEDBACK THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE PROCESS.
AND THERE IS A SUMMARY SHEET IN YOUR PACKET.
SO NOW THE FORMAL INTRODUCTION COMES TO YOU ALL.
AND PLEASE NOTE THAT IN MARCH WE WANT TO HAVE INDIVIDUAL DISCUSSIONS WITH YOU TO GET SOME MORE DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR THOUGHTS.
IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF THIS YEAR, YOU WILL BE SEEING BOTH DRAFT AND FINAL DOCUMENTS TO COMMENT ON AND HOPEFULLY TO ADOPT.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT PHASE TWO OF THIS PROJECT ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTS THE AUDIT.
THAT'S WHERE THE CHANGES START COMING IN.
PHASE TWO IS BUDGETED FOR LATER THIS YEAR AND THAT WILL INVOLVE ROBUST PARTICIPATION.
SO BASED ON THE KICKOFF SURVEY AND THE DISCUSSION RESULTS AND OUR TEAM EXPERIENCE, THESE ARE THE POTENTIAL TOPICS FOR INVESTIGATION.
AND THIS IS BY NO MEANS A COMPLETE LIST, BUT THE TOPICS ARE WIDE RANGING.
INCLUDE EVERYTHING FROM REFORMAT AND REORGANIZE.
THE CODES FOR EASE OF USE, IMPROVE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR THINGS LIKE PARKING, LANDSCAPING, SIGNAGE, USING OR REMOVING UNDERUTILIZED ZONE CATEGORIES.
EXAMINING MIXED USE STRATEGIES.
AND THIS IS A MUCH LARGER TOPIC THAN WE HAD ORIGINALLY ANTICIPATED.
SO WE ARE NOW WORKING ON DEVELOPING A SEPARATE AND PARALLEL CONTRACT WITH THE CONSULTANTS TO HELP DEFINE WHAT IS MIXED USE AND HOW DO WE ACHIEVE IT WHILE MINIMIZING CITY RISK.
WE ARE ALSO GONNA CONSIDER HOUSING VARIETY UPDATE AND CLARIFY PROCEDURES.
AND OVERALL JUST MODERNIZE THE PHILOSOPHY AND THE APPROACH OF THE CODES.
NEXT STEPS AS HINTED AT PREVIOUSLY INCLUDE INDIVIDUAL MEETINGS WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THAT'S IN MARCH.
THE PROJECT TEAM WILL COMPILE ALL OF THESE INPUTS AND DRAFT THE AUDIT DOCUMENT.
AND THEN THE TEAM WILL PRESENT THE DRAFT DOCUMENT TO BOTH PLANNING COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL FOR LAST INPUTS AND ADJUSTMENTS.
AND THEN BASED ON THAT, THE TEAM WILL FINALIZE THE CODE AUDIT REPORT, PRESENT IT TO PLANNING COMMISSION FOR A RECOMMENDATION AND TO CITY COUNCIL TO REVIEW AND HOPEFULLY ADOPT.
AND THEN WE CAN COMMENCE PHASE TWO, WHICH IS THE ACTUAL IMPLEMENTATION OF WHAT THAT REPORT TALKS ABOUT.
SO TO THAT END, WE HAVE SOME SPECIFIC QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
UM, TO PARAPHRASE, WHAT POLICY AREAS OR PRIORITIES SHOULD BE EMPHASIZED? HOW SHOULD THE CODES BALANCE CLEAR STANDARDS VERSUS DISCRETIONARY REVIEW? WHAT LEVEL OF FLEXIBILITY AND CREATIVITY IS ANTICIPATED VERSUS HIGH QUALITY DESIGN AND PREDICTABILITY? WHAT HOUSING TYPES, LAND USE CONCEPTS OR TOPIC AREAS NEED PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO SUPPORT OUR LONG-TERM VISION? AND ARE THERE ADDITIONAL
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AREAS OF REFINEMENT REGARDING THE INITIAL INPUTS? AND THEN OF COURSE ANY OTHER CONSIDERATIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.AND WITH THAT, I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
YOU WANNA TAKE A MOMENT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS TOPIC? HEARING NONE COUNCIL QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION? WE'VE GOT SIX, FIVE PLUS QUESTIONS POR US.
UM, I WANNA START ANYBODY, I SUPPOSE I CAN START.
UM, THE, I GUESS THE POLICY MATRIX THAT WAS ATTACHED HERE, UM, I'M, AS I'M ASSUMING THAT WAS DEVELOPED FROM THE STAKEHOLDERS YOU'VE TALKED TO TO DATE THEN IS THAT WHERE THESE CAME FROM? THE POLICY MATRIX? THE MULTI-PAGE ONE? YEAH, THE 15 PAGE ONE.
WE ACTUALLY WENT BACK THROUGH THOSE THREE ADOPTED DOCUMENTS AND PULLED OUT ALL OF THE ACTION ITEMS. OKAY.
TO HIGHLIGHT WHERE THIS ACTIVITY COULD INTERSECT WITH THOSE DOCUMENTS.
UM, 'CAUSE A LOT OF THOSE THINGS YEAH.
AREN'T ACTUALLY, I GUESS FIXABLE IN THE CODE MAYBE, I GUESS IS THE RIGHT ANSWER.
THE CODE'S NOT THE SOLUTION TO A LOT OF THOSE THINGS.
SO I WAS A LITTLE PERPLEXED ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANT.
BUT YOU'RE JUST SAYING THAT YOU'RE USING THAT AS A BASIS OF WHERE SOME CODE CHANGES COULD BE POSSIBLY CHANGED.
AND MAKING SURE THAT WE DON'T MISS ANYTHING.
SO AS FAR AS I GUESS THE QUESTIONS, UM, WHAT CAME TO MIND FOR ME WAS, PARTICULARLY IN ENVISION DUBLIN, WE CAME UP WITH SOME NEW, UM, CATEGORIES, I GUESS ARE THERE LAND USE CATEGORIES, UM, WHICH DON'T EXIST IN OUR CODE YET.
AND WE'VE FOUND THAT THAT OBVIOUSLY CAUSES A PROBLEM.
SO I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT NEEDS FIXED.
UM, SO AGAIN, I DON'T A LOT, I GUESS THE IDEAS I HAVE HAVE PROBABLY ALREADY POPPED UP.
LIKE YOU GAVE US SUCH A HIGH LEVEL OF, THESE ARE THE CATEGORIES WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT.
UM, I DON'T HAVE ANY SPECIFIC THINGS TO ADD BECAUSE I'M SURE YOU'VE TALKED, I MEAN THERE WAS SOMETHING IN THERE ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY, SO I'M SURE YOU'VE CONSIDERED WIND AND OTHER THINGS THAT MIGHT POP UP.
MY INITIAL THOUGHT WAS, UM, KIND OF TIES TO OUR WEBSITE AND EDUCATION OF THE CODE BECAUSE IT'S REALLY HARD TO FIND INFORMATION ABOUT OUR CODE.
UM, IF YOU, IF YOU TYPE IN CITY OF DUBLIN CODE, IT TAKES YOU TO THE AMERICAN LEGAL PUBLISHING, WHICH IS KIND OF HARD TO SEARCH.
YOU CAN SEARCH BY A WORD, BUT THEN IT PULLS IT UP EVERYWHERE AND THERE AND THE AVERAGE PUBLIC DOESN'T KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, SECTION 1 52 OR WHATEVER IS ZONING.
UM, SO I MEAN, I, I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT TO AT SOME POINT HAVE AN INDEX OF CODE SECTION BASICALLY EQUIVALENT TO A BOOK INDEX.
LIKE SO YOU COULD GO TO OH DECKS AND IT WOULD TELL YOU THE CODE SECTIONS AT LEAST THAT YOU COULD GO SEARCH THROUGH AMERICAN LEGAL PUBLISHING.
SO I THINK SOMETHING THAT HELPS PEOPLE FIND WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR.
LIKE RIGHT NOW YOU COULD GO TO PERMITS AND FIND OUT YOU NEED A PERMIT FOR A DECK OR A POOL OR A FENCE, BUT IT'S REALLY HARD TO FIND OUT HOW YOU GET APPROVED FOR SOLAR PANELS OR AN ACCESSORY BUILDING.
YOU KNOW, YOU WANNA PUT A SHED UP.
UM, SO I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF WORK ON OUR WEBSITE WE CAN DO, 'CAUSE RIGHT NOW YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THE BRIDGE STREET CODE AS A PDF AND IT'S GREAT.
THAT'S EASY ACCESSIBLE, BUT LIKE THE WI OR TEXT FLEX THAT'S NOT OUT THERE
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE CAN IMPROVE IT FROM A PUBLIC FACING SIDE 'CAUSE IT'S NOT JUST DEVELOPERS WHO GO AND, AND LOOK FOR THIS STUFF.
YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE WANNA KNOW IF THEY CAN PUT A SHUT UP OR IF THEY CAN, I GOTTA QUESTION THE OTHER WEEK, CAN I PUT UP A SMALL LITTLE WIND TURBINE? YOU KNOW, I JUST, THERE'S, IT'S REALLY HARD TO FIND ANYTHING.
SO, UM, I THINK AS WE'RE LOOKING AT IMPROVING THE CODE, WE ALSO NEED TO IMPROVE HOW PEOPLE FIND THE CODE AND FIND THE ANSWERS SO THAT WE DON'T ALWAYS HAVE TO EMAIL PLANNING STAFF AND ASK YOU GUYS TO SEARCH SOMETHING DOWN FOR US.
SO, UM, I THINK THAT'S KIND OF ALL I HAVE AT THIS POINT SINCE YOU GAVE US SUCH HIGH LEVEL STUFF.
UH, I, I LIKE AMY, I I MEAN, I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH EVERYTHING THAT AMY JUST SAID.
THERE'S, I MEAN, I THINK YOU'VE COVERED EVERY POLICY AREA
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YOU CAN COVER IN THE POLICY DOCUMENT, THE MATRIX THAT YOU GAVE.I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT IN THERE FROM, YOU KNOW, AGING IN PLACE TO, UM, ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY.
I'M NOT SURE I COULD COME UP WITH ANOTHER CATEGORY IF YOU'D REALLY PRESSED ME TO.
UM, SO I'M REALLY SUPPORTIVE OF THE, THE MATRIX THAT YOU HAVE HERE.
UM, AS FAR AS LIKE WHAT LEVEL OF FLEXIBILITY AND CREATIVITY.
I, I THINK THAT IF YOU'RE GOING TO CONSIDER THINGS, ALL THINGS SHOULD BE ON THE TABLE.
IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU HAVE TO SELECT ALL THINGS.
UM, SO I I THINK THAT, UM, DEVELOPERS ARE ALWAYS GONNA LOOK FOR THINGS THAT ARE PREDICTABLE AND, UM, SO THAT THEY KNOW SORT OF WHAT THE PROCESS IS TO GET SOMETHING DEVELOPED.
BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S ANY DIFFERENT FOR A HOMEOWNER WHO'S TRYING TO BUILD A SHED OR PUT IN A WIND TURBINE, RIGHT? YOU, YOU WANNA BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT PREDICTABILITY.
UM, SO I, I THINK THAT HAS TO CONS BE A CONSIDERATION AS YOU'RE GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
UM, YOU KNOW, I I MEAN WE'VE TALKED ABOUT A LOT OF DIFFERENT POTENTIAL CONCEPTS FOR, PARTICULARLY FOR AGING IN PLACE.
UM, SO I THINK THOSE ARE THINGS THAT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT A LOT OF THAT OVER, OVER THE YEARS.
I I THINK YOU'VE ADDRESSED IT IN THE, IN THE POLICY MATRIX.
UM, SO I'M NOT SURE THAT I HAVE A WHOLE LOT MORE TO ADD, BUT I WILL DOUBLE DOWN ON WHAT AMY SAID ABOUT LOOKING FOR THINGS, ESPECIALLY FOR SOMEONE LIKE ME THAT I'M NOT IN THAT WORLD EVERY DAY.
SO IF IT'S HARD FOR AMY TO FIND SOMETHING AND SHE DOES THIS KIND OF STUFF ALL THE TIME, IT'S REALLY, REALLY HARD FOR YOUR AVERAGE PERSON TO FIND SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU WANT TO PUT UP THAT SHUT OR WHAT HAVE YOU.
SO I WOULD JUST, I WOULD DOUBLE EMPHASIZE THAT.
THE, THE MATRIX IS REALLY EVEN I UNDERSTOOD IT.
UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS.
UM, I CAN THINK OF A COUPLE AREAS THAT I WOULD EMPHASIZE AND I REFLECT BACK TO.
WE HAD A JOINT BOARD AND COUNCIL WORKSHOP LAST AUGUST AND SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT CAME UP, UM, THE MIXED USE AS YOU HAVE IN THERE, I THINK THE VERNACULAR IS GONNA BE REALLY IMPORTANT HERE BECAUSE FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN WE SAY IT'S, IT'S GOING TO BE MIXED USE, SO IT'S ALL HOUSING.
AND I HAVE A COFFEE SHOP THAT IS NOT MIXED USE THAT IS HOUSING WITH A COFFEE SHOP.
SO I THINK GETTING THE BALANCE OF, WHEN WE SAY MIXED USE, IT IS A MIX OF USES AND GIVE SOME, SOME FRAMEWORKS AROUND WHAT WE'RE TALKING BECAUSE AS WE KNOW, WHEN THIS CODE WAS WRITTEN, THERE WASN'T, I MEAN, MIXED USE WASN'T A THING, RIGHT? SO IT DOESN'T, BUT I THINK WE HAVE TO HAVE SOME LEVEL OF, OF, UM, POLICY OR SPECIFICITY BECAUSE I KNOW RIGHT NOW THE PLANNING AND ZONING GROUP IS ARE, ARE, ARE LOOKING AT THESE AND THEY'RE LIKE, WELL, THERE'S SOMETHING IN THERE, BUT THAT ISN'T THE SPIRIT.
SO I THINK WE HAVE TO, AND IT'S HARD TO DO IN THE CODE FOR FLEXIBILITY, BUT I THINK WE HAVE TO PUT SOME FRAMEWORKS AROUND IT BECAUSE, UM, IT CAN'T BE ALL THINGS AND IT CAN'T BECAUSE WE'RE, WE'RE UP AGAINST IT RIGHT NOW.
SO, UM, I DID HAVE A QUESTION A BIT ABOUT THE TIMELINE.
WHAT IS THE TIMELINE TO COMPLETION ON THIS? JUST ROUGHLY? WELL, THE TIMELINE FOR COMPLETION OF THE AUDIT, PART OF IT IS THE SECOND QUARTER OF THIS YEAR.
AND WE DON'T HAVE A TIMELINE RIGHT YET BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW HOW MANY SORT OF INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS THERE MIGHT BE OR PHASES.
SO THE REASON I SAY THAT IS I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US PRIORITIZE THOSE THINGS THAT ARE COMING AT US NOW.
AND THAT IS A BIG EXAMPLE OF SOMETHING COMING AT US NOW.
'CAUSE I SEE I, YOU HAD MENTIONED IN HERE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE A SEC SECOND AGREEMENT.
I WOULD MOVE THAT WAY UP THE, THE TIMELINE AND MOVE THAT FORWARD BECAUSE THERE ARE BEING DECISIONS BEING MADE NOW THAT WE DON'T GET THAT LAND BACK FROM.
SO I WOULD, I WOULD ADVOCATE FOR THAT.
UM, RELATED TO THAT, I THINK THERE'S, UM, DENSITY AND INTENSITY AS IT RELATES TO THESE.
WE'VE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT HAVING, YOU KNOW, THREE FOOT, THREE FEET BETWEEN BUILDINGS.
YOU COULDN'T PUT TWO AIR CONDITIONS AND, AND MO BETWEEN THE TWO, RIGHT? SO AS WE THINK ABOUT MIXED USES, WE THINK ABOUT HIGHER DENSITY.
I THINK THE INTENSITY OF THAT AND THE FOOTPRINT, UM, AND I KNOW THAT'S A LOT, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT WHAT ARE THE POLICY.
WE'RE NOT SAYING THAT SOMETIMES DENSITY IS AN IMPORTANT, BUT IT'S AN IMPORTANT IN THIS RELATIONSHIP.
SO I WOULD REFER BACK TO SOME OF THAT JOINT MEETING WE HAD.
AND I WOULD FOCUS REALLY ON A COUPLE OF THOSE PARTICULAR AREAS.
AGAIN, BECAUSE WE'RE FACING, WE HAD DONE SOME EARLY GUIDELINES AS THE CODE WAS GETTING, AS THINGS WERE GETTING FINALIZED.
SO WHATEVER WE COULD DO, UM, RELATED TO THAT.
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YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT HOUSING TYPES ARE GONNA BE IMPORTANT, BUT WE SHOULD THINK THROUGH THEM AGAIN THEN AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS.SO AT THIS POINT, THOSE WOULD BE MY CONSIDERATIONS OF PRIORITIZATION AND TOPICS.
SO, UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE SUMMARY.
AS SOMEONE NEW TO THIS WHOLE PROCESS, I'M STILL LEARNING.
AND SO I THOUGHT THIS WAS FANTASTIC.
I THINK I TOOK A LITTLE BROADER APPROACH TO THIS ONLY BECAUSE I'M SO NEW AND I DON'T REALLY KNOW ALL THE DETAILS AS A LOT OF THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS DO THAT HAVE SERVED MUCH LONGER, UM, AND ARE EXPERTS IN THIS.
AND SO THE WAY THAT I LOOKED AT THIS WAS NUMBER ONE, YOU KNOW, WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO TO THE CODE TO MAKE DUBLIN THE PREMIER CITY THAT'LL ATTRACT EMPLOYERS, ATTRACT, UM, WORKERS, BUT ALSO GIVE ALL FAMILIES A PATH TO LIVE HERE IN DUBLIN, YOU KNOW, FROM, UM, THE YOUNG RECENT COLLEGE GRADUATES, THE YOUNG FAMILIES TO THE MORE ESTABLISHED FAMILIES, BUT ALSO TO OUR ELDERLY.
UM, AS MANY PEOPLE KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS I ALWAYS SAY IS THAT MY SON, WHEN HE WENT OFF TO COLLEGE, HE CAME BACK AFTER HIS FIRST YEAR AND HE SAID, I DIDN'T REALIZE HOW MUCH I LOVE DUBLIN.
I WANNA COME BACK HERE, UH, WHEN I'M DONE WITH SCHOOL.
AND MY RESPONSE WAS, BUDDY, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO BECAUSE OF THE COST OF HOUSING.
AND THEN SIMILARLY, MY PARENTS RECENTLY MOVED TO DUBLIN TOO.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, AFFORDABILITY FOR OUR SENIORS IS SOMETHING TOP OF MIND TO ME.
THE SECOND THING THAT I USED TO KIND OF GUIDE MY VIEW OF THIS WAS ACTUALLY THE, THE SURVEY SUMMARY THAT, THAT YOU GUYS DID, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS EXCELLENT.
SO CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I THOUGHT THAT WAS SAID IN THE SURVEY SUMMARY WAS THAT SOME OF THE MOST CHALLENGING AND UNCLEAR ASPECTS, UH, WAS THE ZONING DISTRICT REGULATIONS, THE GENERAL DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AND THE OVERALL CODE FORMAT, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT, YES.
BUT, BUT THE SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS WERE VIEWED AS, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE MORE UNDERSTANDABLE, A LITTLE EASIER TO DEAL WITH.
UM, BUT I THINK IF I READ THE SUMMARY CORRECTLY, WHAT WAS REQUESTED WAS, YOU KNOW, CLEARER DEVELOPMENTAL APPROVAL STANDARDS, INTERNAL PROCESS ALIGNMENT, UM, AND, AND THOSE ARE THE BIG THINGS.
SO THOSE ARE THE CHALLENGES STAFF HAD WITH THAT.
AND, AND SIMILARLY, YOU KNOW, THE MATRIX I THOUGHT WAS ACTUALLY REALLY HELPFUL TOO BECAUSE THAT SORT OF CROSSWALKED, YOU KNOW, HOW THE CODE HAS TO CHANGE TO ADOPT THE DIRECTION FROM ENVISION DUBLIN.
AND, AND AS COUNCIL MEMBER K GRAHAM MENTIONS, THERE ARE SOME CHALLENGES WITH THAT, UM, BECAUSE OF THE CATEGORIES THAT WAS DEFINED.
AND I THINK THE CATEGORIES SPECIFICALLY WERE LIKE NEIGHBORHOOD VILLAGE CENTER URBAN, RIGHT? BUT WE DON'T REALLY HAVE CODE FOR THAT, SO THAT'S CHALLENGING.
UM, AND SO THOSE ARE, I THOSE ARE WHAT I ACTUALLY USE AS FAR AS TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE BECAUSE IN MY MIND, UM, ONE OF THE BIGGEST THING IS PLAN ALIGNMENT.
SO, SO PLAN ALIGNMENT WITH, UM, THE ENVISION DUBLIN'S FUTURE USE LAND CLASSIFICATIONS, BUT HOW THAT WALKS WITH THE HOUSING SUBSTUDY OR THE HOUSING STUDY AND THE SUSTAINABILITY PLAN, UM, BECAUSE I WAS POINT WAS, WAS POINTED OUT, YOU KNOW, LIKE THERE'S A 60 40 RESIDENTIAL TO NON-RESIDENTIAL LAND LAND USE, SO HOW ARE WE GONNA DO THAT? AND THEN AT THE SAME TIME, I THINK IT WAS ACTUALLY POINTED OUT HERE THAT THE HOUSING STUDY NOTES THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S PROJECTED GROWTH OF 38% FOR SENIORS BY 2040.
SO HOW DO WE DO THAT? UM, AND SO IN ANSWER TO SOME OF THE QUESTIONS, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT ONE OF THE BIG THINGS SHOULD BE PLAN ALIGNMENT WITH ENVISION DUBLIN WITH THE REST OF THE, UM, STUDIES THAT YOU MENTIONED.
UM, FOR ME, INTERGENERATIONAL HOUSING ATTAINABILITY IS GONNA BE HUGE, UH, FOR THAT.
AND SO I THINK A LOT OF THE, UH, CODE PRIORITIZATION WILL HAVE TO BE DONE IN MODERNIZATION TO THAT.
UM, I THINK THOSE ARE THE BIG THINGS.
UM, SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT AND I THINK WAS MENTIONED LIKE THE SUSTAINABILITY STUFF, UM, SOME MOBILITY, YOU KNOW, LIKE MICRO MOBILITY, UM, TRANSPORTATION, PARKING.
I THINK THAT SHOULD BE ALSO INCLUDED IN THAT AS WELL TOO.
ONE THING THAT I WAS THINKING ABOUT THAT, UM, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE ADDED IS, UM, SOMETHING ABOUT MAYBE LIKE A DASHBOARD OR SOME METRICS THAT COUNCIL CAN USE.
UM, SO WE CAN SEE HOW WE'RE PROGRESSING IN ALL OF THESE THINGS.
UM, SO LIKE HOUSING FOR ELDERLY, YOU KNOW, HOUSING FOR THE YOUNG, UH, WHAT DO WE MEAN BY, UM, MIXED USE AND HOW THAT'S DEFINED? UM, BECAUSE TO BE HONEST, AS, AS A, AS A NEWCOMER COMING INTO THIS, IT'S A LITTLE HARD, UH, FOR ME TO KEEP UP WITH THAT.
SO SOME EASY METRICS, SOME EASY DASHBOARD THAT WE COULD, UH, WE COULD USE TO KIND OF KEEP TRACK OF ALL OF THESE THINGS.
UM, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, I THOUGHT THIS WAS FANTASTIC.
I THINK THERE'S LOTS, LOTS MORE TO DISCUSS.
SO, UM, I'M GONNA ECHO A LOT OF MY COUNCIL MEMBER'S THOUGHTS.
I THINK SUSTAINABILITY SHOULD REALLY GUIDE THE CODE.
UM, THE VICE MAYOR MENTIONED DENSITY AND, UM, THE, THE CURRENT CODE, AS I UNDERSTAND IT AND, AND I'M AT A SEVERE DISADVANTAGE 'CAUSE I'VE NEVER BEEN ON PLANNING AND ZONING, BUT IT, IT PROVIDES, OR I SHOULD SAY ENVISION DUBLIN PROVIDES GUIDANCE ON THE RANGE DENSITY RANGE, BUT I'VE SEEN FOUR
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TO 17 UNITS PER ACRE.THAT'S A PRETTY BIG DIFFERENCE.
AND I THINK WE NEED TO BE SENSITIVE TO WHAT THAT PARTICULAR AREA ABUTS WHERE, WHERE IT IS RELATIVE TO OTHER ITS SURROUNDINGS, LET'S SAY.
SO THERE'S AN AREA ON RINGS ROAD WHERE THERE'S A PROPOSAL FOR DEVELOPMENT AND YOU KNOW, I I THINK WE NEED TO BE VERY SENSITIVE TO WHAT'S ALONG RINGS ROAD, WHAT'S ALONG THAT ROADWAY, AND THEN MAYBE MORE DENSE AS YOU GET BACK INTO THE, INTO THE, THE PARCEL.
AND YOU KNOW, I THINK BECAUSE WE HAVE, UH, POPULATION GROWTH, WE NEED TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS, BUT WE ALSO NEED TO BE SENSITIVE TO IT.
AND AS DR. LAMB MENTIONED, WE WANT DUBLIN TO REMAIN A DESIRABLE PLACE TO LIVE.
AND I THINK WE NEED TO KEEP IN MIND AS COUNCIL MEMBER REINER USED TO SAY CONSERVATION DESIGN, WE CAN'T GET AWAY FROM THAT.
THAT IS WHAT MADE DUBLIN DUBLIN.
UM, SO FOR ME, SUSTAINABILITY IS KIND OF THE OVERARCHING ISSUE.
AND THEN, UH, DENSITY INTENSITY AND CONSERVATION DESIGN SHOULD GUIDE EVERYTHING.
BUT THERE'S CLEARLY BEEN A LOT OF THOUGHT AND A LOT OF STAKEHOLDER INPUT INTO THIS MATRIX.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF REALLY GOOD STUFF HERE THAT YOU CAN BUILD UPON.
I THINK WE'RE HERE TO JUST KIND OF GIVE THE, GO AHEAD AND, AND SAY, YEP, THAT LOOKS GOOD.
THIS WAS REALLY GREAT OVERVIEW AND, AND I'VE LEARNED A LOT READING THROUGH EVERYTHING.
UM, JUST ONE COMMENT BECAUSE SO MUCH HAS ALREADY BEEN SAID.
WE DO USE SOME TERMS IN THE CODE, UM, IN SOME OF ITS LAND USE DESIGNATIONS, RURAL MAINTAIN THE RURAL CHARM.
I, I THINK I KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS, BUT IT COULD BE VERY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT OTHER PEOPLE FEEL.
SO I THINK TERMS LIKE THAT, UM, CAN EITHER PIGEONHOLE US OR LEAVE, LEAVE IT TOO BROAD AND MAYBE CAN GET US INTO SOME TROUBLE.
SO JUST CALLING ATTENTION TO TERMS LIKE RURAL CHARACTER, MAINTAIN THE RURAL CHARACTER OR UNIQUELY DUBLIN, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE STUMBLED ACROSS AND WITH DIFFERENT DEVELOPMENTS OF THE PAST, WHAT EXACTLY DOES THAT MEAN? SO JUST IN, I GUESS I WOULD ENCOURAGE THE AUDIT TO IDENTIFY SOME OF THOSE, UM, MAYBE WHAT WE FEEL ARE BENIGN TERMS, BUT ONES THAT TEND TO BE STICKING POINTS OVER TIME.
I'M GONNA TAKE THESE QUESTIONS IN REVERSE ORDER 'CAUSE THAT'S HOW THEY LINE UP BETTER IN MY HEAD.
SO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
UM, SO THE, THE TWO, FOUR AND FIVE, WHAT ADDITIONAL AREAS OF REFINEMENT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED REGARDING THE INITIAL INPUTS? SO I, I THINK SO OFTEN WHEN A PROJECT GETS TO PLANNING AND ZONING AND STRUGGLES IS BECAUSE THERE WAS EITHER A BREAKDOWN IN THE TELLING OR THE HEARING OF DIRECTION FROM STAFF.
AND SO OFTENTIMES YOU GET A APPLICANT COMING IN TO THE COMMISSION AND THEY'RE EITHER THEY, THEY JUST HAD A HARD TIME UNDERSTANDING WHAT STAFF WAS TRYING TO TELL 'EM OR THAT THEY DIDN'T WANT TO HEAR IT AND THEY SAID, I'LL, YOU KNOW, I'LL TAKE MY CHANCES.
SO I THINK THAT THAT CHECKLIST OF, OF, UM, OF FEEDBACK FROM STAFF NEEDS TO BE REALLY CRITICAL FOR THERE TO BE A LOT OF CLARITY FOR THE APPLICANT.
UM, WHICH HOUSING TYPES, LAND USE CONCEPTS, TOPIC AREAS SHOULD RECEIVE PARTICULAR ATTENTION.
UM, FOR OUR LONG-TERM VISION, I THINK WE REALLY NEED TO FOCUS IN AND HAVE A ROBUST PORTION ON TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT.
SO AS WE SEE LINK US COME IN TO RUN IN THROUGH THE CENTER OF TOWN TO, TO EVERYONE'S POINT IS WE ARE, WE NEED TO ADD HOUSING.
UM, WE DON'T HAVE REALLY ENOUGH REAL ESTATE AND QUITE FRANKLY, IT ISN'T AFFORDABLE ENOUGH ANYMORE TO ADD LOTS MORE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, YOU KNOW, ON THE THIRD OF AN ACRE OR QUARTER OF AN ACRE OR WHATEVER THAT IS.
THAT'S PROBABLY, WE'RE NOT GOING TO SEE LOTS OF THAT COME IN, UM, FOR A HOST OF REASONS, BUT I THINK WE REALLY WILL HAVE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY FOR TRANSIT DEVELOPMENT AND I DON'T REALLY WANT US TO WAIT UNTIL LINK US HAS BEEN BUILT TO START CONTEMPLATING THE TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ALONG THOSE ROUTES BECAUSE THEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, THREE TO FIVE YEARS BEFORE YOU HAVE FOLKS LIVING IN THEM AND THAT'S NOT GONNA MAKE THOSE, THOSE TRANSIT MODELS WORK AND WE DON'T WANT TO LOSE ACCESS TO THEM.
SO WE, WE NEED TO KIND OF TRY TO LINE THOSE THINGS UP AND GET OUR, OURSELVES GET OUR HOUSE IN ORDER IN TERMS OF THE CODE SO THAT AS THESE ALIGNMENTS BECOME MORE AND MORE CLEAR AND THE TIMELINES OF THOSE BECOME MORE CLEAR THAT THOSE TWO THINGS CAN HAPPEN AT THE SAME TIME.
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ON OUR WESTERN BORDER, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PASSENGER RAIL, I THINK WE NEED TO START LOOKING AT MORE TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT AND WHAT IS THAT GONNA MEAN FOR US? WHAT IS THAT, WHAT IS THE DUBLIN VERSION OF THAT GOING TO BE AND HOW MANY UNITS CAN WE ADD IF WE, YOU KNOW, IF WE LOOKED THROUGH WHERE LINK US MIGHT COME THROUGH OF HOW MANY STOPS THERE MIGHT BE.WE KNOW THERE'S GOING TO LIKELY BE ONE IN BRIDGE PARK, WE KNOW THERE'S LIKELY GOING TO BE ONE SOMEWHERE, UH, NEAR THE KROGER AREA OR YOU KNOW, 1 61 FRANCE ROAD, SOMEWHERE IN THROUGH THERE.
THERE'S LIKELY GOING TO BE ONE, MAYBE AT THE OU NEIGHBORHOOD, AND THEN HOPEFULLY IT'LL TERMINATE INTO A PASSENGER RAIL STOP TO LOOK AT HOW MANY UNITS OR CONTEMPLATE COULD WE ADD THERE.
UM, IT'S THE EASIEST PLACE TO DO 'EM BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE, THE SMALLEST, UH, IMPACT ON OUR ROADWAY NETWORK.
SO, UM, I'D LIKE TO SEE US LEAN INTO THAT, LEAN INTO CODE LANGUAGE ABOUT TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT AND SEE HOW MANY UNITS WOULD FEEL COMFORTABLE FOR OUR COMMUNITY IN THOSE SPACES.
UM, THEN WHEN IT TALKS ABOUT WHAT LEVEL OF FLEXIBILITY, CREATIVITY SHOULD THE AUDIT CONSIDER IN ALLOWING DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS TO SUPPORT HIGH QUALITY DESIGN WHILE MAINTAINING PREDICTABLE AND COMMUNITY EXPECTATIONS.
I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT OUR MATERIALS, RIGHT? SO THERE ARE, EVERY DAY THERE'S A NEW MATERIAL OUT, RIGHT? LIKE, I GET THIS, I DON'T KNOW HOW I GOT ON THE ALGORITHM ON MY PHONE THAT SHOWS, UM, SYNTHETIC STONE THAT YOU NAIL ONTO A BUILDING.
I GET, I GET THOSE POP THROUGH MY PHONE ALL THE TIME.
SO THERE'S NEW MATERIALS COMING OUT EVERY DAY.
SO I THINK WE REALLY NEED TO WORK WITH SOMEONE IN THE INDUSTRY TO DEVELOP A LIST OF MATERIALS SO THAT ONE OF THE BIG TRIPPING POINTS IS WHEN THEY SAY, WELL, THIS IS A NEW MATERIAL AND WE WANNA PRESENT IT TO THE COMMISSION BECAUSE WE THINK IT'S GONNA BE GREAT, AND IT'S DURABILITY IS THROUGH THE ROOF AND IT'S COST IS IN THE BASEMENT, AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
SO I THINK WE REALLY NEED SOME EXPERT ADVICE SO THAT WE CAN HAVE VERY HIGH QUALITY, LONG-TERM, DURABLE BUILDINGS, UM, WHILE WE MANAGE PREDICTABILITY AND EXPECTATIONS.
UM, SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE US TO DO A LOT OF WORK IN THE MATERIAL SPACE.
UM, AND THEN, UH, HOW DOES CITY COUNCIL WANT THE CODES TO FUNCTION AS IMPLEMENTATION TOOL FOR ADOPTED PLANS? PARTICULAR IN TERMS OF BALANCING CLEAR STANDARDS WITH DISCRETIONARY REVIEW.
AND I THINK WHEN WE TALK ABOUT MIXED USE, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT IS IS IT A PROJECT WITH A MIX OF USES? IS IT A MIXED USE BUILDING? IS IT, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE, WHAT ARE THOSE THINGS? AND, AND THAT CONVERSATION IS LONG, BUT I THINK IF WE HAD SOME STANDARDS OF SAYING YOUR NEW DEVELOPMENT, YOU CAN'T RELY ON YOUR NEIGHBOR'S DEVELOPMENT, RIGHT? BUT IN YOUR NEW DEVELOPMENT, AND I'M GONNA MAKE UP THE PERCENTAGE 'CAUSE I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY'RE RIGHT.
BUT IF IT'S 60, 60% RESIDENTIAL AND 40% OF COMMERCIAL USE, THEN, THEN YOU ARE GRANTED A DENSITY, RIGHT? SO DENSITY X, IF YOU BRING IN A BUILDING THAT HAS THAT MIX OF USES, RATHER THAN TRYING TO SAY, THIS IS AN APARTMENT BUILDING WITH A COFFEE SHOP, THIS ISN'T A MIXED USE BUILDING.
THIS IS, THIS HAS AN AMENITY, YOU KNOW, INSTEAD OF A GYM, IT HAS A COFFEE SHOP.
SO, UM, SO I, I THINK WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PERCENTAGES OF THE BUILDING COMING THROUGH THAT WOULD HAVE, UM, WOULD RE WOULD REMOVE SOME OF THIS, THE, THE DISCRETIONARY NATURE OF THE REVIEW.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING AROUND THAT BE CONTEMPLATED IN THIS SPACE.
UM, AND THEN WHAT POLICY AREAS OR COMMUNITY PRIORITIES SHOULD BE EMPHASIZED OR CONSIDERED AS THE AUDIT MOVES FORWARD? I'LL GO BACK TO WHAT I ALREADY SAID, AND IT'S GONNA BE WHERE CAN WE ADD DENSITY? I BELIEVE IT'S AROUND TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT.
WHERE CAN WE ADD DENSITY TO THE COMMUNITY WITHOUT, UM, HAVING NEGATIVE IMPACTS TO THE PEOPLE THAT ENJOY THEIR SINGLE FAMILY HOME EXPERIENCE? UH, BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE COME HERE FOR THAT EXPERIENCE, AND WE DON'T WANT TO REDUCE THAT EXPERIENCE BY INTRODUCING NEW USES IN PROXIMITY TO SOMEONE WHO WASN'T COMFORTABLE IN THAT SPACE.
SO, BUT WE DO NEED TO FIND SPACE TO ADD HOUSING, AND I THINK THAT ON THOSE TRANSIT CORRIDORS IS GONNA BE THE PLACE TO DO IT.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF WORK NEEDS TO HAPPEN.
SO, UH, DO YOU HAVE THE, OH, SORRY.
I I HAVE ONE MORE THING TO ADD AND IT'S MY PIPE DREAM, BUT I'M GONNA THROW IT OUT THERE.
I KNOW IT PROBABLY WON'T HAPPEN, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THE CODE LOOK AT, UM, CONSIDERING, UH, QUALITY REUSABLE BUILDINGS VERSUS ONE USE.
LIKE WE, WE BUILD THINGS FOR ONE PURPOSE AND THEY'RE NOT ADAPTABLE, YOU KNOW, OLD BUILDINGS, YOU COULD CHANGE 'EM INTO ALL SORTS OF THINGS AND WE JUST DON'T BUILD THAT WAY ANYMORE.
AND I'VE SAID IT MULTIPLE TIMES OVER THE YEARS, AND I'M, THIS IS MY ONE PITCH, I'M GONNA SAY IT AGAIN.
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE US ENCOURAGE REUSABLE
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CONSTRUCTION OF HIGH QUALITY REUSABLE BUILDINGS.I, I THINK WE HAVE, WE EXPERIENCED THAT TOGETHER FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME, THAT ANY BUILDING OVER FOUR STORIES OR WHATEVER WOULD BE SLAB BUILDINGS RATHER THAN STICK BUILDINGS, SO THAT IN THE EVENT THAT THEY WERE GOING TO, THAT THEY WOULD HAVE SOME ADAPTABILITY FOR FU FOR DIFFERENT USES OVER THE COURSE OF TIME.
I, IT'S THE REASON WHY WE STILL HAVE METRO CENTER AND HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR REDEVELOPMENT THERE.
SO, UH, YOU HEARD A LOT FROM US.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? IS THERE ANY CLARIFICATIONS? WHAT ELSE CAN WE GIVE YOU TO MAKE THIS A SUCCESS, A SUCCESSFUL ENDEAVOR? GREAT FEEDBACK.
AND, UM, I WOULD JUST ASK YOU TO LOOK FOR, UM, REQUESTS FROM, I THINK MARA HUNTER IS GONNA SEND THEM OUT SO THAT WE CAN HEAR FROM YOU IN MORE DETAIL AS WE GO ON IN MARCH.
OKAY, THIS BRINGS US TO OUR PUBLIC SAFETY BRIEFING, Q1 OF 2026, AND OUR STAFF REPORT WILL BE BROUGHT FORWARD BY OUR VERY OWN CHIEF WELCOME.
UH, GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
UH, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY, UH, TO PROVIDE OUR FIRST QUARTER PUBLIC SAFETY UPDATE THIS EVENING.
UH, AS WE TALK ABOUT WHERE WE STAND IN 2026, I WANNA START WITH HOW WE FINISHED IN 2025.
UM, SO JUST AS A REMINDER, UH, THE GOALS FOR 2025 THAT WE ESTABLISHED TO HELP SUPPORT DELIVERING OUR MISSION OF PROTECTION SERVICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY AND PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COMMUNITY WERE CRITICAL INCIDENT AND MAJOR CRIME PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE THEFT, DEFENSE REDUCTION THROUGHOUT THE CITY, OVERALL TRAFFIC SAFETY IMPROVEMENT, AND THEN EFFECTIVELY ADDRESSING ISSUES OF SIGNIFICANT COMMUNITY CONCERN.
UH, IN 2025, THE GRAPHIC WE HAVE ON THE SCREEN THIS EVENING, AND JUST AS A REMINDER, WE PUBLISH MONTHLY THROUGH THE CITY MANAGERS UPDATE AS OUR COMMITMENT TO TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY AND HOW WE ARE PERFORMING IN DELIVERING ON THOSE GOALS EACH AND EVERY YEAR.
UH, AS WE TALK ABOUT HOW WE FINISHED 2025, AGAIN, THESE METRICS ARE BENCHMARKED AGAINST PREVIOUS ACTIVITY.
WE HAVE RECORDED THROUGH, UH, REPORTS OF INCIDENTS IN 2024.
AND WHAT WE SAW IN 2025 WAS WE ENDED THE YEAR, UH, PROGRESSING IN A POSITIVE DIRECTION AND DOWNWARD TRENDS DECREASING IN OVERALL THEFT OFFENSES, UH, DECREASING IN THEFT FROM VEHICLE OFFENSES AND BREAKING AND ENTERING OFFENSES.
AND WE ENDED THE YEAR WITH THE EXACT SAME NUMBER OF REPORTS FOR, UH, THEFT AND ATTEMPT, UH, ATTEMPTED THEFT OF, UH, VEHICLES OR STOLEN VEHICLES.
UH, WE DID SEE A DECREASE IN BURGLARY OFFENSES AS WE ENDED THE YEAR.
UM, WE'RE STILL TRACKING SOME INCREASE IN OVERALL CRASH REPORTS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
WE'LL TALK A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THAT INFORMATION, UH, AS WE PROGRESS THROUGH THE PRESENTATION THIS EVENING.
UH, BUT DID SEE A DECREASE IN OVI RELATED CRASH, UH, REPORTS FROM LAST YEAR.
SO IN 2026, JUST WANTED TO SHARE.
WE HAVE AMENDED OUR GOALS SLIGHTLY.
UM, IT, IT REALLY IS THE SAME SPIRIT OF, AGAIN, UH, UNDERLYING AND SUPPORTING THAT, UH, MISSION OF PROTECTION SERVICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY AND PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COMMUNITY.
UH, OUR GOALS FOR 2026, AS WE HAD CONVERSATION WITH OUR SUPERVISORS ENTERING THE YEAR WILL, UH, REMAIN CRITICAL INCIDENT AND MAJOR CRIME PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE THEFT, OFFENSE REDUCTION THROUGHOUT THE CITY, OVERALL TRAFFIC SAFETY IMPROVEMENT.
AND THEN WE SPLIT THE GOAL THAT, UM, SPLIT THE FOURTH GOAL INTO TWO SEPARATE FOCUSES, UH, IN PROACTIVE AND COLLABORATIVE COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT, AND THEN EFFECTIVELY ADDRESSING ISSUES OF SIGNIFICANT COMMUNITY CONCERN.
WE JUST FELT LIKE WE HAD, UH, FIT A LOT INTO THAT LAST GOAL, UH, AND WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE HIGHLIGHTED AND HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE PROMINENT THOSE OCCASIONS WHERE WE'RE REACHING OUT AND CONNECTING WITH THE COMMUNITY AND COLLABORATIVE EFFORT IN PUBLIC SAFETY.
UM, SO AS WE BEGIN 2026, WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF THE INCIDENTS THAT WE'VE, UH, HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS AND SOME OF THE FOCUSES FOR THE YEAR, UM, FROM A CRITICAL INCIDENT PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE.
WE WERE ABLE TO MEET WITH THE WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP FIRE DEPARTMENT'S ADMINISTRATION IN JANUARY TO DISCUSS OUR RESPONSES TO A COUPLE OF INCIDENTS OF ARSON THAT OCCURRED AT THE END OF 2025.
FELT LIKE IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO CONTINUE TO ENGAGE WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO LEARN FROM THOSE EXPERIENCES AND FROM THOSE INVESTIGATIONS, ALTHOUGH THEY REMAIN INFREQUENT, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US, UH, IN A, UH, IN A, UH, SETTING OF, OF LEARNING TO TALK THROUGH HOW WE, HOW WE HANDLED THOSE, HOW WE COMMUNICATED AND PREPARE, UH, FOR THE OCCASIONS WHERE WE MIGHT HAVE TO RESPOND TO THOSE TYPES OF EVENTS IN THE FUTURE.
AND SO, THANKFUL FOR WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP FOR HOSTING US IN JANUARY.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT CRITICAL INCIDENTS, WE OFTEN TALK ABOUT CRIME OR THE, UH, PREPARATION.
THAT'S CERTAINLY A FOCUS FROM US AS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND SAFETY AS A FOCUS FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, BUT WANT TO ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT CRITICAL INCIDENTS CAN MEAN ANY OCCASION WHERE THERE'S PROLONGED, UH, EVENT THAT OCCURS IN OUR COMMUNITY
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THAT IMPACTS SAFETY.AND SO I WANT TO GIVE, UH, THANKS TO THE CITY MANAGER FOR BRINGING TOGETHER ALL OF THE DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS THAT HAVE AN IMPACT AND FOCUS ON NAVIGATING THROUGH THOSE MAJOR WEATHER EVENTS, UH, AND PULLING TOGETHER A VIRTUAL EOC SO THAT WE COULD CONTINUE TO COMMUNICATE THROUGHOUT THAT WEEKEND AND MAKE SURE, UM, THAT AGAIN, UH, THANKS TO JAY'S TEAM, PARKS AND REC, THE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM FOR ALL COMING TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE WE HAD THE RIGHT FOCUSES AS WE NAVIGATED THOSE, UH, THOSE FEW DAYS OF, OF HEAVY SNOW IN JANUARY FROM CRIME TRENDS THIS YEAR.
UM, WANNA TALK AND HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF INCIDENTS AS WE, UM, HAVE SUCCESSFULLY RESOLVED SOME CRI, UH, CRIMINAL TRENDS OCCURRING, OR SOME CRIMINAL INCIDENTS THAT HAVE OCCURRED.
UH, AT THE BEGINNING OF FEBRUARY, WE HAD AN INCIDENT, UM, THAT WAS, UM, NEWSWORTHY ON THAT EVENING, UH, WITH A STOLEN VEHICLE THAT WAS DRIVEN BY AN ADULT AND A JUVENILE, UM, WHO, UH, UNFORTUNATELY, UM, CRASHED INTO THE BUILDING AT, UH, SOUTH, UH, UM, AT THE DONATOS BUILDING ON SOUTH HIGH.
UM, THOSE INDIVIDUALS FLED FROM THAT INCIDENT, BUT WERE QUICKLY APPREHENDED.
AND I WANTED TO, AGAIN, HIGHLIGHT JUST THE RESPONSIVENESS AND PREPAREDNESS FOR THE OFFICERS ON THE OCCASIONS THOSE EVENTS OCCUR.
WE CERTAINLY WANT TO DO OUR BEST TO PREVENT THOSE, UM, AT ALL COSTS, BUT ON THIS OCCASION, IT WAS SOMETHING WE NEEDED TO RESPOND AND, AND HANDLE QUICKLY.
UM, AND THEN, SO FOR THE OFFICERS WHO RESPONDED, UH, SERGEANT CLARK, OFFICER WILLIAMS FORD AND BORTON, UH, ALL RESPONDED QUICKLY AFTER OFFICER STEINKE, UM, TRAFFIC STOP TURNED A LITTLE MORE DYNAMIC THAN ANYONE ANTICIPATED THAT MORNING.
UM, BUT I WANT TO GIVE CREDIT TO THE OFFICERS FOR RESPONDING AND QUICKLY BRINGING INTO CUSTODY THOSE TWO INDIVIDUALS, UH, AND INCLUDE, UH, A HIGHLIGHT FOR THE COMMUNICATIONS TECHNICIAN, MCKINLEY WARD, WHO DID AN EXCELLENT JOB OF COMMUNICATING DURING THAT EVENT.
BUT I ALSO WANNA HIGHLIGHT AND FOCUS THAT IT, UH, THERE WAS SOME CRITICAL SUPPORT FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COMMUNITY, THAT INCLUDES ON THOSE OCCASIONS WHERE SOMETHING HAS OCCURRED, AND WE HAVE RESIDENTS WHO ARE WILLING TO PICK UP THE PHONE OR TO, UH, COMMUNICATE WITH THE OFFICERS AS THEY'RE MOVING THROUGH A SITUATION SAFELY, CERTAINLY, UH, TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE OFFICERS WHERE WE'RE LOOKING.
AND, AND THAT WAS CRITICAL IN, IN BRINGING THOSE INDIVIDUALS INTO CUSTODY VERY QUICKLY.
UM, SO AS WE HIGHLIGHT SOME ADDITIONAL INCIDENTS, AGAIN, THAT PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COMMUNITY WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR AND APPRECIATIVE AND, AND WOULD ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS TO CALL US WHEN THEY SEE SOMETHING THAT SEEMS SUSPICIOUS AS IT DID IN THIS OCCASION.
AND A COUPLE OF OTHERS THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT, UM, ON SOME OTHER INCIDENTS, WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT A, AGAIN, AS COMMUNICATION FROM THE PUBLIC.
WE HAD A, AN INCIDENT WHERE, UH, THERE WAS A CAMERA THAT WAS PLACED IN A, A STRANGE, UH, LOCATION WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
WE HAD SOME COMMUNITY MEMBERS REPORT IT TO US.
WE TOOK A REPORT AND IMMEDIATELY BEGAN INVESTIGATING, UH, AND WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE PERSON WHO HAD PLACED THAT AND WHAT WE SUSPECT WAS MORE NEFARIOUS INTENT THAN JUST, UM, A, A TRAIL CAMERA.
UM, AND WERE ABLE TO QUICKLY IDENTIFY AND ADDRESS THAT ISSUE WITH THAT INDIVIDUAL, UM, AND GREAT WORK AGAIN, UH, BY THE COMMUNITY AND HIGHLIGHTING IT, AND THEN DETECTIVE VIC AND IDENTIFYING THAT INDIVIDUAL SHORTLY THEREAFTER.
UM, AS A COMMITMENT TO CONTINUING TO LEVERAGE TECHNOLOGY.
UM, ON FEBRUARY 6TH, UH, WE HAD AN INCIDENT WHERE OUR FLOCK SYSTEM NOTIFIED US OF A VEHICLE THAT WAS TRAVELING THROUGH THE COMMUNITY, UH, THAT WAS REPORTED AS STOLEN.
IT WAS AN UNAUTHORIZED USE THAT HAD ACTUALLY BEEN MISSING FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS.
UM, BUT OUR OFFICERS WERE ABLE TO USE THAT TECHNOLOGY ALONG WITH THE DRONE THAT EVENING, UH, DRONE AS FIRST RESPONDER, UH, TECHNOLOGY AS WELL, TO IDENTIFY WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS AND THEN TO SAFELY AND QUICKLY BRING THAT INDIVIDUAL INTO CUSTODY.
UH, AND THEN, UH, FROM THE COMMUNICATION OF INFORMATION WITH OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS IN THE CENTRAL OHIO AREA, THAT'S A CRITICAL COMPONENT OF US, UH, RESOLVING ISSUES THAT ARE NOT JUST IN DUBLIN, BUT THAT IMPACT OUR, OUR, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY PARTNERS IN OTHER COMMUNITIES, IN OUR COMMUNITIES, UH, ADJACENT TO US.
AND THE COMMUNITY IMPACT, UH, UNIT DID SOME EXCELLENT JOB, UH, WORK IN COMMUNICATING, UH, ABOUT A SPECIFIC TREND OF ACTIVITY WITH A SINGULAR INDIVIDUAL, UM, WHO WAS INVOLVED IN, AND THEN, UH, MAKING SURE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO SAFELY RESOLVE THAT AND HOLD THAT PERSON ACCOUNTABLE FOR THOSE OFFENSES.
AGAIN, A HIGHLIGHT OF THAT CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP IN CENTRAL OHIO, UM, FROM THE CRIME TRENDS THAT WE WERE TRACKING TOWARDS THE END OF LAST YEAR, WE DID HIGHLIGHT THAT, UH, INCIDENTS OF BURGLARY REPORTS WAS SOMETHING THAT WE WERE TRENDING, UH, A LITTLE BIT OF AN UPTICK, ALTHOUGH THOSE INCIDENTS REMAIN, UH, RARE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, BUT JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT AGAIN, THE THEFT PREVENTION EFFORTS IN MAKING SURE THAT SECURITY SYSTEMS ARE, UM, NOT JUST, UH, IN PLACE, BUT UTILIZED AND MAKE SURE THAT THE SOFTWARE IS UPDATED.
AND THOSE, THOSE ARE ON, UM, AS A RECOGNITION, AGAIN, OF ADDITIONAL TECHNOLOGY WE'VE LEVERAGED TO HELP US RESOLVE THESE CRITICAL INCIDENTS IN THE AFTERMATH THAT THEY DO OCCUR.
UM, OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT PLANNER, WE HAD A UNIQUE INCIDENT OF A REPORT OF AN UNOCCUPIED APARTMENT THAT WAS BURGLARIZED AND, AND THE INDIVIDUALS ATTEMPTING TO SELL THE APPLIANCES THAT THEY TOOK FROM THAT APARTMENT.
UM, THAT INVESTIGATION REMAINS OPEN, BUT WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT PLANNER, OUR CRIME ANALYSTS, UM, USE SOME TECHNOLOGY FOR FACIAL RECOGNITION ON THE SURVEILLANCE VIDEO WE WERE ABLE TO OBTAIN FROM THAT INCIDENT.
UH, WE WOULD NOT HAVE HAD IDENTITY ON THE SUSPECTS OTHERWISE.
WE ARE STILL WORKING THROUGH THAT.
IT'S NOT THE SOLE SOURCE OF WHAT WE WOULD USE, BUT THAT FACIAL RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY GIVES US AN ADDITIONAL LEAD.
AND SO, AGAIN, JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT HOW WE ARE USING TECHNOLOGY TO HELP US INVESTIGATE CRIMES IN THE AFTERMATH THAT THEY OCCUR.
UM, AS A PREVENTATIVE, UH, WE MADE A COMMITMENT LAST YEAR, UH, WITH OUR COMMUNITY SAFETY AMBASSADORS AND FROM OUR OFFICERS TO REALLY FOCUS ON, BECAUSE
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WE SAW THAT TREND IN, IN BURGLARIES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.UH, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HIGHLIGHTED, UH, THE EMPHASIS ON VACATION HOUSE WATCH, UM, AND CERTAINLY SAW THAT COMMITMENT FROM OUR OFFICERS AND OUR COMMUNITY SAFETY AMBASSADORS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
UH, FROM A TRAFFIC SAFETY, UH, PERSPECTIVE, AGAIN, OUR OFFICERS CONTINUE TO REMAIN FOCUSED ON TRAFFIC SAFETY AND TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT IN THE RIGHT PLACES, AT THE RIGHT TIMES FOR THE RIGHT REASONS.
UM, UH, OUR COMMITMENT CERTAINLY WAS HIGHLIGHTED BY OUR CONTINUAL EFFORT AND THE NUMBER OF TRAFFIC STOPS.
OUR FOCUS AND SLOW DOWN DUB DUBLIN ON THE, UH, FOCUS AND EMPHASIS ON SPEED.
UH, AND THEN THE SPEED WARNING CAMERAS AND LEVERAGING FOR THOSE COMMUNITY CONCERNS THAT ARE IN NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE IT'S PROBABLY ADVANTAGEOUS FOR US TO USE SOME TECHNOLOGY AND THEN HAVE OUR OFFICERS BE FREED UP TO FOCUS ON THE AREAS, UH, ELSEWHERE IN THE COMMUNITY WHERE WE CAN, UH, WORK TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT.
THE SPEED WARNING CAMERAS CONTINUE TO GIVE US AN ADDITIONAL RESOURCE TO BE ABLE TO BE RESPONSIVE TO THE COMMUNITY FROM THE BUSINESS DISTRICT UNIT'S FIRST YEAR IN OPERATION, REALLY, UH, UH, GREAT WORK ON THE PART OF, UH, SERGEANT KIRBY AND OFFICER WEBER AND OFFICER DABNEY.
UH, YOU CAN SEE THEIR FIRST YEAR ACTIVITIES FOCUSED, AGAIN, TRAFFIC IN THAT AREA.
THERE'S A LARGE CORRIDOR ON RIVERSIDE THAT, UH, IS AN INTENTIONAL FOCUS ON, ON THEIR PART, ALONG WITH THE TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND PATROL.
UM, BUT THEIR, UH, EFFORTS AND, AND FOCUSED DOES NOT GO UNNOTICED, UM, BY NOT JUST THE DEPARTMENT, BUT CERTAINLY BY THE COMMUNITY.
AND, AND, UH, PROUD OF THE WORK THAT THEY HAVE DONE IN CARVING THAT PATH FOR THAT TEAM.
A AS THEY, UH, HAD THEIR FIRST YEAR OF OPERATIONAL ACTIVITY.
AND THEN FROM COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT, AGAIN, HIGHLIGHTING THAT GOAL INTENTIONALLY THIS YEAR TO FOCUS ON THOSE CONNECTIONS WITH THE COMMUNITY.
UH, WANT TO THANK THE CITY MANAGER, UH, WASHINGTON TOWN FIRE, UH, FIRE DEPARTMENT CHIEF, UH, DONAHUE, DR. MARSH HAUSEN, AND THEN SENT CEO SARAH HARRISON MILLS FOR PARTICIPATING IN THE PANEL ON MENTAL HEALTH, UM, AS PART OF THE MARTIN LUTHER KING SUNDAY SUPPER EVENT EARLY THIS YEAR.
OUR HOPE IS THE PLATFORM, THE FEEDBACK WE RECEIVED AT THAT EVENT INTO SOME ADDITIONAL CONVERSATIONS WITH THE COMMUNITY ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH AND THE RESOURCES THAT EXIST IN SUPPORT OF THOSE IN NEED, UM, DURING TIMES OF CRISIS THIS YEAR.
AND THEN AS IT RELATES TO RECOGNITION, I WANT TO THANK THE CITY MANAGER, UH, FOR, UM, THE SUPPORT AND CITY COUNCIL FOR SUPPORT OF THE DRONE AS FIRST RESPONDER PROGRAM.
UH, THIS, UH, PHOTO ON THE SCREEN IS, UH, A PICTURE OF SERGEANT CLARK, WHO WAS, UH, RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE DUBLIN STRONGEST LINK AWARD WINNERS AT THE END OF 2025.
SO GRATEFUL FOR HIS EFFORT IN FURTHERING THAT PROGRAM.
UH, AND ITS RECOGNITION BEYOND THE CITY OF DUBLIN, UH, IS A TESTAMENT TO THE INNOVATION, UH, IN THAT PROGRAM.
UH, THE CITY RECEIVED, UH, NOTICE THAT WE, AND THANKS TO KENDALL FOR SUBMITTING THE APPLICATION RECEIVED ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND AN AWARD FROM THE OHIO CITY COUNTY MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION, UH, FOR INNOVATION IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
SO REALLY PROUD TO SEE THAT, UH, PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTED IN THE SUPPORTIVE COUNCIL, THE CITY MANAGER, THE IT DEPARTMENT, AND SERGEANT CLARK AND THE TEAM OF, OF DRONE PILOTS, UH, FOR, UH, LEVERAGING THAT PROGRAM THIS YEAR.
AND CERTAINLY SEEING THE SUCCESS OF THAT PROGRAM AND THAT TECHNOLOGY IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UH, AND THEN LASTLY, WE HAD A NUMBER OF NEW STARTS THAT ENDED, UH, THE YEAR IN 2025, PEOPLE MOVING INTO NEW POSITIONS AND SOME MOVING ON FROM THEIR CAREER HERE IN DUBLIN.
UM, SO ON THE LEFT YOU'LL SEE, UH, SERGEANT MORELAND, UH, AND THEN LIEUTENANT HOWARD, WHO WERE PROMOTED AT THE END OF THE YEAR IN 2025 ON THE FAR RIGHT.
UM, YOU'LL SEE TWO OF OUR COMMUNICATION SUPERVISORS, LAURA MEAD, WHO IS JOINING US FROM FAIRFIELD COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE AS A COMMUNICATION SUPERVISOR, AND THEN ANGIE FLETCHER BELOW, UH, WHO HAS LONG BEEN A COMMUNICATIONS TECHNICIAN WITH US, BUT STEPPING INTO A ROLE OF LEADERSHIP AS A COMMUNICATIONS SUPERVISOR WITH THE, UH, WITH N REC.
UH, AND THEN IN THE CENTER, JUST WANT RECOGNIZE, UM, A DEPARTING MEMBER IN A COMMUNICATIONS TECHNICIAN, CHRIS BURKHART, WHO SERVED 28 YEARS WITH US AS A COMMUNICATIONS TECHNICIAN IN THE CENTER.
UM, THE LAST, UH, THING I WILL LEAVE, AND I APOLOGIZE, THERE'S NOT A SLIDE IN HERE, BUT I FEEL REMISS IF I DIDN'T HIGHLIGHT A TREND THAT WE HAD ACTUALLY, UM, OF REPORTS AND JUST WANTED TO SHARE WITH COUNSEL.
WE SAW IN THE LAST WEEK SOME OCCURRENCES WITHIN THE HOTEL, LOTS IN VEHICLES THAT WERE DAMAGED.
WE SUSPECT AS, UH, THE INTENTION LOOKING FOR THINGS, UH, IN VEHICLES TO, TO TAKE ARE, ARE BASED ON WHAT WAS ACTUALLY TAKEN.
'CAUSE WE HAVE VERY FEW REPORTS OF ACTUAL THEFT FROM THE VEHICLES.
UH, WE DO BELIEVE THAT IT'S IMPORTANT, AGAIN, TO RECOGNIZE THAT IF YOU'RE CARRYING A FIREARM, THAT YOU REMOVE THEM FROM THE VEHICLE, UH, AS THAT SEEMS TO BE CONSISTENT WITH ACTIVITY THAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE PAST.
UM, BUT AS A TESTAMENT TO OUR OFFICER'S ABILITY TO NAVIGATE AND ADAPT QUICKLY AND RESPOND TO THOSE INCIDENTS, WE HAVE GOOD PLANS, INCLUDING CONTACTING THE HOTELS TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE AWARE OF THAT ACTIVITY AND HOW THEY CAN CONTINUE TO SHARE THE PREVENTION INFORMATION WITH, UH, THEIR CLIENTS AS THEY COME THROUGH.
UM, OUR COMMUNITY IMPACT UNIT AND THE LAW ENFORCEMENT PLANNER AND OUR PATROL SECTION HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH OTHER AREA LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES TO HELP DEVELOP LEADS FOR THOSE OCCURRENCES THAT, UH, AND TO SHARE INFORMATION.
'CAUSE IT'S CERTAINLY NOT JUST IN DUBLIN THAT THOSE THINGS OCCUR.
UM, BUT I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT, UH, AS WE START THE YEAR, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE PAYING ATTENTION TO.
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BECAUSE IT'S SEPARATE FROM THE REPORTS WE GET OF THEFT FROM THE VEHICLES WHEN IT'S JUST DAMAGE TO THE CAR, EITHER VANDALISM OR CRIMINAL DAMAGING.UM, TALKING WITH OUR SUPERVISORS AND OFFICERS ABOUT HOW WE ACCURATELY CAPTURE THAT INFORMATION SO WE CAN STAY ON TOP OF THAT TREND AND MAKE SURE WE'RE RESPONSIVE TO THE PUBLIC, SHOULD THERE BE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THOSE ACTIVITIES.
UM, AND WITH THAT, I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU, OH, I'M SORRY.
UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHIEF, WONDERFUL REPORT AND HUGE KUDOS TO YOUR STAFF AND EVERYTHING YOU DO TO KEEP US SAFE.
UM, THE INCREASE IN TRAFFIC STOPS, IT'S BEEN INCREASING BY ABOUT LIKE 1500 TO 2000 A YEAR.
IS THAT MOSTLY FOR THE SLOWDOWN DUBLIN? AND JUST TO WARN PEOPLE ABOUT DRIVING SPEEDS? YEAH, I, I, THAT HAS CERTAINLY BEEN AN INTENTIONAL, UH, FOCUS FROM SLOW DOWN DUBLIN.
AND AGAIN, UH, IT, WE, UH, OPERATE IN WHAT WE ARTICULATE AS INTELLIGENCE LED TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT.
AND SO THAT IS TAKING A LOOK AT WHERE WE'VE EITHER SEEN, UH, CONCERNS ABOUT THE SPEED OR, UH, TRADITIONALLY HAVE HAD VALIDATED, UM, UH, STUDIES OF SPEED CONCERNS.
AND, AND SO I, YES, I WOULD DEFINITELY ATTRIBUTE THAT TO OUR FOCUS AND EMPHASIS IN SLOW DOWN DUBLIN.
DO YOU THINK THAT'S, THAT'S RESULTED IN OVERALL INCREASED COMPLIANCE WITH THE SPEED LIMITS? YOU KNOW, AS WE LOOK AT LAST YEAR, AND, AND I KNOW WE'VE HAD THIS, UH, CONVERSATION, UH, IN QUESTION FROM COUNSEL, AT WHAT POINT DO WE SEE SOME RETURN IN THE, UH, THAT WE'RE NOT JUST INCREASING THE NUMBER OF CITATIONS? 'CAUSE THAT CERTAINLY IS NOT OUR FOCUS.
IT'S NOT TO BE PUNITIVE OR TO GENERATE REVENUE, IT'S TO CHANGE DRIVER BEHAVIOR.
UH, AND AS WE SAW LAST YEAR, COMPARATIVE TO 2024, WHILE WE HAVE MORE TRAFFIC STOPS OVERALL, UM, BY ALMOST 2000, UM, WE SAW A SLIGHT REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER OF SPEEDING CITATIONS, WHICH AGAIN, EVEN THAT, UM, EVEN THAT AMOUNT OF CHANGE I WOULD ATTRIBUTE TO HOPEFULLY THERE BEING A CHANGE IN BEHAVIOR IN THOSE AREAS THAT WE'RE, WHILE WE'RE STILL FOCUSED IN THOSE AREAS, WE'RE SEEING LESS CITATIONS THAT NEED TO BE WRITTEN AS A RESULT OF, OF THOSE VIOLATIONS.
AND THEN THE SECOND QUESTION I HAD HAS TO DO WITH THE DRONE PROGRAM.
AND I THINK I READ SOMEWHERE IN THE FIRST FIVE MONTHS THERE WERE LIKE 240 MISSIONS THAT WERE DEPLOYED.
HAS THAT INCREASED WITH TIME? AND THE SECOND PART OF THE QUESTION IS, WHERE DO YOU FORESEE THE DRONE PROGRAM GOING? LIKE, HOW DO YOU EXPAND FROM THERE, UM, THOUGHTS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE ON THAT? YEAH.
UH, I THINK IT HAS INCREASED AS WE'VE GOTTEN A COMFORT LEVEL AND, AND, UM, WE HAVE MORE PILOTS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO FLY.
AND I THINK THAT ALSO ANSWERS, UM, A PROJECTION OF WHERE WE MAY END UP.
I THINK THE MORE WE CAN HAVE PILOTS AVAILABLE TO LEVERAGE AND UTILIZE, AND IT'S A BALANCING ACT FOR OUR OFFICERS AND RESPONSIVENESS, UH, AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING TO THE SCENE, BUT ALSO SOMEBODY THINKING THROUGH, UH, MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION OF DEPLOYING THE DRONE AND FO FOCUSING ON THAT AS A RESOURCE.
AND SO I THINK AS WE, UM, GET OUR FEET UNDERNEATH US, UH, A FULL YEAR INTO THE DEPLOYMENT OF THAT PROGRAM, WE'LL HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF HOW TO LEVERAGE OUR PERSONNEL ASSETS AND THE TECHNOLOGY AS TIME MOVES FORWARD AS WELL.
AND I SAID TWO QUESTIONS, BUT I ACTUALLY HAVE ONE, ONE LAST QUESTION.
THE ROBOT, UM, THAT'S CURRENTLY USED TO POLICE THE, UM, PARKING STRUCTURES.
WHAT ARE, WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT AND WHAT'S THE PLAN FOR THAT? YEAH, I THINK WE, WE, I OWE A CHECK-IN WITH THE CITY MANAGER, UH, FROM THE BUSINESS DISTRICT TEAM AND, AND DEPUTY CHIEF LATTANZI ON ASSESSING WHAT THE EFFECTIVENESS AND LEVERAGE OF THAT TECHNOLOGY HAS BEEN.
IT'S CERTAINLY GRATEFUL FOR US TO TRY ON THE TECHNOLOGY, BUT I THINK WE'RE BALANCING THE EFFECTIVENESS AND RESPONSIVENESS, UH, UM, FROM THE COMPANY ON HOW WE, HOW WE WOULD LEVERAGE THAT, UM, CONTINUED INTO THE FUTURE.
SO WE'RE DEFINITELY AT A POINT OF CHECK-IN TO ASSESS THAT.
WELL, CHIEF, WE SURE DO APPRECIATE IT.
I SUSPECT A LOT OF THOSE, UH, INCREASED STOPS WERE ALONG RIVERSIDE DRIVE, WHERE THE, WHERE THE SPEED LIMIT WAS REDUCED AND WE HAD A PERIOD OF TIME THAT WE WERE ISSUING MORNINGS AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
SO THAT, UH, WOULD EXPLAIN OR PARTIALLY EXPLAIN SOME OF THOSE BIG INCREASES IN TRAFFIC STOPS THROUGH THE CHANGE IN SPEED LIMIT.
UM, BUT THAT WAS KIND OF A CONSCIOUS DECISION, UH, THAT THE DEPARTMENT MADE AND CERTAINLY A GOOD ONE.
YOU'RE MUCH APPRECIATED IN, IN ALL OF YOUR OFFICERS AS WELL.
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STAFF COMMENTS PORTION OF OUR AGENDA, AND I WILL TURN IT OVER TO OUR CITY MANAGER, MEGAN O' CALLAN.GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
I HAVE JUST A FEW UPDATES THIS EVENING.
UM, THE FIRST UPDATES FOCUSED ON 1 61 CORRIDOR PLANNING EFFORTS.
WE CONTINUE TO ADVANCE THE COOPERATIVE PLANNING EFFORTS ALONG WITH OUR REGIONAL PARTNER JURISDICTIONS LOCATED ALONG THE 1 61 CORRIDOR.
RECENT DISCUSSIONS WITH THAT GROUP HAVE BEEN FOCUSED ON PREPARING A SCOPE OF WORK FOR PLANNING NEXT FOR MOVING FORWARD, SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO COORDINATING LAND USE AND INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING.
DISCUSSIONS HAVE CENTERED ON STATE ROUTE 1 61 BETWEEN DUBLIN AND PLAIN CITY, AND THE EMPHASIS IS ON ALIGNING GROWTH TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE STRATEGIES ACROSS JURISDICTIONAL BOUNDARIES, AND PRIMARILY ENSURING THAT THERE'S CONTINUED
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COMMUNICATION AND AWARENESS OF EVERYBODY'S PLANNING EFFORTS IN THAT AREA, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT GOING ON.UM, THE STUDY AREA THAT WE'VE HONED IN ON IS SHOWN IN THE HIGHLIGHTED AREA IN YELLOW, UM, TO DATE PLANNING.
NEXT HAS BEEN ASSISTING WITH THE FACILITATION AND THE ORGANIZATION OF THAT GROUP UNDER DUBLIN'S WEST INNOVATION DISTRICT, UM, IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY CONTRACT.
SO THE LATEST CONVERSATIONS WITH THE GROUP HAVE DISCUSSED, UH, THE NEED TO TRANSITION THAT WORK TO A CONTRACT, UM, THAT SERVES ALL OF THE REGIONAL PARTNERS IN THAT AREA, AND THAT IS ALSO FUNDED BY THE PARTNERS IN THAT AREA.
SO THE GROUP IN THE LAST MEETING THAT WE HAD, THE GROUP DISCUSSED HOW THE COST MOVING FORWARD, FORWARD WOULD BE ALLOCATED ACROSS THE PARTICIPATING JURISDICTIONS.
SO THE ESTIMATED COST OF THE STUDY, UM, IS ABOUT $200,000.
THE GROUP DISCUSSED, UM, UNION COUNTY, MADISON COUNTY, AND DUBLIN CONTRIBUTING 50 EACH.
AND THE GROUP ALSO DISCUSSED EACH OF THE TOWNSHIPS CONTRIBUTING $10,000 EACH WITH THE UTILITY PROVIDERS BEING THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE UTILITIES AND MID OHIO EACH CONTRIBUTING 5,000 EACH.
SO EVERYBODY AT THE TABLE WILL HAVE A CONTRIBUTION JUST AT DIFFERENT LEVELS, UM, BASED ON INTEREST POPULATION OF THE SORTS.
SO A FORMAL PROJECT KICKOFF MEETING HAS BEEN SCHEDULED FOR FRIDAY, MARCH 27TH, AND THAT WILL MARK THE START OF WORKING WITH PLANNING NEXT AS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT AND A NICE TRANSITION POINT.
UM, AND COUNCIL'S REPRESENTATIVES ARE INCLUDED IN THAT MEETING AND ALL MEETINGS MOVING FORWARD.
SO IT'S A, WE'RE GETTING TO A GOOD PLACE, UM, WITH THAT GROUP.
UH, THE CITY OF DUBLIN HAS INITIATED A STUDY OF UNSIGNED PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS ON STREETS WITH FOUR OR MORE LANES TO IMPROVE SAFETY AND ACCESSIBILITY FOR ALL AGES AND ABILITIES.
THE EFFORT WILL EVALUATE EXISTING CROSSINGS, GATHER RESIDENT FEEDBACK AND INPUT, UH, INCORPORATE NATIONAL BEST PRACTICES AND UPDATE THE DUBLIN CROSSWALK TREATMENT GUIDELINES AND ALIGNMENT WITH COMMUNITY PRIORITIES AND SAFETY STANDARDS.
A PUBLIC SURVEY, AND THIS IS WHY I'M MENTIONING IT THIS EVENING, IS A PUBLIC SURVEY WILL BE LAUNCHED FROM FEBRUARY 25TH TO MARCH 15TH.
AND THAT SURVEY, IT'LL BE HOSTED ON TELL DUBLIN AND IT WILL ASK RESIDENTS TO IDENTIFY, IDENTIFY PRIORITY LOCATIONS, SUGGEST IMPROVEMENTS TO EXISTING CROSSINGS, AND SHARE WHAT FEATURES MAKE CROSSINGS FEEL SAFER AND MORE COMFORTABLE.
AND THAT FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVE FROM THIS SURVEY WILL GUIDE RECOMMENDATIONS AND PROJECT PRIORITIZATION CITYWIDE.
AND A FINAL REPORT IS EXPECTED IN THE FALL OF 2026.
AND THEN LASTLY, UM, ALL ARE INVITED TO THE 2026 STATE OF THE CITY, UM, SCHEDULED FOR THURSDAY, MARCH 5TH AT THE EXCHANGE IN BRIDGE PARK.
THERE'S A LOT OF PLANNING THAT'S COMING TOGETHER.
UM, THIS IS OUR ANNUAL ADDRESS AND COMMUNITY RECEPTION AS WE REFLECT ON OUR ROLE IN AMERICA TWO 50, WHICH IS THE THEME THIS YEAR.
AND WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AHEAD TO INITIATIVES THAT WILL SHAPE OUR FUTURE.
SO THERE WILL BE INTERACTIVE ENGAGEMENT STATIONS AS IN THE PAST, DURING THE RECEPTION.
UH, THE RECEPTION'S GONNA START A LITTLE EARLIER THIS YEAR, UM, TO ALLOW FOR MORE TIME, UH, FOR CONVERSATIONS.
THE PRESENTATION WILL INCLUDE KEY UPDATES ON PROJECTS AND OTHER INITIATIVES.
AND THAT'S GOING TO BEGIN AT SEVEN, AND IT WILL ALSO BE LIVE STREAMED ON OUR WEBSITE.
AND WE HOPE TO SEE EVERYBODY THERE.
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REPORTS, WE'LL START WITH COMMITTEE REPORTS.UH, THE PUBLIC SERVICES COMMITTEE, COUNCIL MEMBER CRAM.
THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMITTEE MET ON FEBRUARY 11TH.
WE HAD TWO TOPICS, THE GREENWAY THAT HAD BEEN REFERRED TO US RECENTLY, THE GREENWAY CORRIDOR SCREENING PROGRAM, AND THEN THE HOA MAINTAINANCE OF WOOD LOTS.
SO REGARDING THE GREENWAY CORRIDOR SCREENING, BASICALLY, UM, W THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED STAFF GO BACK AND KIND OF EVALUATE SOME OTHER AREAS, SOME BROADER AREAS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
SOME OF THE AREAS SUGGESTED WERE, UM, WE HAD BEEN GIVEN INFORMATION ON THE EAST SIDE OF KAUFMAN ROAD.
WE ASKED ABOUT THE WEST SIDE SELLS, MILLS CAME UP, BRAND ROAD CAME UP.
AND THEN JUST IN GENERAL, KIND OF OUR OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS, THE STUFF BUILT IN THE EIGHTIES AND NINETIES WHERE LANDSCAPING IS STARTING TO DETERIORATE.
SO, UM, IF ANYONE ELSON COUNCIL HAS SUGGESTIONS OF OTHER, WHERE OTHER AREAS FOR STAFF TO LOOK
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AT, UH, BASICALLY WE WERE KIND OF LOOKING AT A COMPREHENSIVE, WHERE ARE THERE GAPS IN OUR EXISTING STREET SCAPES? UM, AND THEN ALSO STAFF WAS GOING TO CATEGORIZE THOSE GRA UH, GAPS AS WHETHER THEY WERE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES OR COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES OR SCHOOL PROPERTIES.UM, BECAUSE THE TYPE OF PROPERTY MIGHT DEPEND, LIKE OUR CONCERN WAS COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES WE MIGHT NOT WANT TO SCREEN OR THEY MIGHT NOT WANT TO BE SCREENED BECAUSE OF THEIR SIGNAGE AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO BOTTOM LINE STAFF WAS GONNA GATHER SOME MORE INFORMATION.
I BELIEVE THEY'RE COMING BACK TO PUBLIC SERVICES FIRST, AND THEN, UM, WE'LL BRING IT BACK.
BUT IN THE MEANTIME, IF YOU DO HAVE OTHER IDEAS OF OTHER AREAS, LET ME KNOW AND WE'LL PASS THAT ALONG TO STAFF.
REGARDING THE HOA MAINTENANCE AND THE WOODLOCK PROGRAM, UH, STAFF WAS, UH, PROPOSING OPPOSING, UH, TO ADD A GRANT PROGRAM UNDER THE BEAUTIFY YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD PROGRAM.
BASICALLY, WE HAD THE STORMWATER PROGRAM OUT THERE, WE HAD THE BEAUTIFY YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, AND NOW WE'RE CONCERNING THIS WOODLOT.
SO THEY WERE GONNA MAKE AN UMBRELLA PROGRAM, UM, THAT WOULD HAVE ALL THREE.
AND, UM, WE ADVISED TO TRY TO GET A SIMPLIFIED APPLICATION THAT WOULD APPLY TO ALL THROUGH PROGRAM, MAKE IT A LITTLE EASIER FOR THE HOAS TO FILL OUT THESE APPLICATIONS, TRY TO REMOVE SOME HURDLES FROM THE HOAS SO WE COULD TRY TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO APPLY.
UH, SO STAFF WAS GONNA GO BACK AND LOOK AT WAYS THAT THEY COULD KIND OF STREAMLINE THE PROCESS.
UH, AND THERE WAS ALSO SOME DISCUSSION ON, UM, STREAMLINING HOW TO PRIORITIZE.
BASICALLY, WE THOUGHT WE'D PUT ALL, WE, WE HAVEN'T HAD MUCH PE UH, INTEREST IN THE STORMWATER.
WE GET A LOT ON THE ENTRYWAYS.
AND SO WE THOUGHT IF WE JUST POOLED ALL OF THE MONEY INTO ONE AND JUST SEE WHAT WE GET, UM, AND, AND GIVE IT A YEAR OR SEE WHAT KIND OF APPLICATIONS COME THROUGH, THAT WAS WHERE WE WERE HEADED.
SO AGAIN, STAFF WAS GONNA, UH, GO BACK AND LOOK INTO THOSE THINGS ABOUT HOW TO MAYBE IMPROVE THE PROCESS AND THE APPLICATION PROCESS AND THEN BRING IT BACK TO US.
AND THAT WAS IT FOR PUBLIC SERVICES.
UH, FINANCE COMMITTEE, COUNCIL MEMBER LUDO.
UM, WE HAD A GOOD DISCUSSION RELATIVE TO THE HOTEL.
MOTEL TAX STAFF GAVE A GREAT BACKGROUND, UM, TO REMIND US SORT OF THE HISTORY OF THE HOTEL MOTEL TAX, SO THAT WAS REALLY NICE.
UM, THEN THE, UH, THEN STAFF ASKED US TO CONSIDER HAVING, IMPLEMENTING A, UM, FUND BALANCE POLICY, WHICH WE TALKED THROUGH, AND SOME ADDITIONAL FORMALIZED AGREEMENTS WITH, UM, ALL HOTEL MOTEL TAX REVENUE REP RECIPIENTS, UM, THAT WOULD INCLUDE SOME CONSISTENT REPORTING AND ACCOUNTABILITY.
UH, SO WE GAVE STAFF SOME DIRECTION.
THEY'RE GOING TO COME BACK TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE WITH, UM, THE CHANGES IN RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON OUR FEEDBACK.
AND THEN ULTIMATELY IT WILL END UP BACK IN FRONT OF FULL COUNSEL BECAUSE THERE'LL BE SOME, SOME, SOME CHANGES THAT WE'RE GONNA RECOMMEND.
UM, BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, HAPPY TO TALK FURTHER.
OKAY, WELL THIS BRINGS US TO LIAISON REPORTS AND WE'LL START WITH THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.
THAT IS VICE MAYOR OSA, DR. LAMB.
UH, US 33 CORRIDOR GROUP AND 1 61 CORRIDOR GROUP WILL BE VICE MAYOR DEROSA AND COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON.
UM, SINCE THIS WAS COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON'S FIRST FIRST MEETING, I'M GONNA TAKE A STAB AT THE REPORT.
UM, THE US CORRIDOR GROUP MET ON THE 13TH OF FEBRUARY, AND COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON AND I ATTENDED ALONG WITH CITY STAFF, AND AS HAS BECOME OUR PRACTICE, THE GROUP SPENT THE TIME REALLY TALKING ABOUT THE STATUS OF THE MAJOR DEVELOPMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS THAT ARE, UM, PLANNED UP AND DOWN THE CORRIDOR.
I'M JUST GONNA HIGHLIGHT A, A COUPLE AREAS.
UM, THE FIRST IS WI OF WHICH IS THAT DATA CENTERS CONTINUE TO BE A TOPIC OF DISCUSSION, AND I WOULD SAY A AREA OF CONCERN BY, UM, MANY MEMBERS UP AND DOWN THE CORRIDOR.
UM, JEROME TOWNSHIP PROVIDED A VERY BRIEF UPDATE ON THE 3D DATA CENTER LOCATIONS ALONG IN INDUSTRIAL PARKWAY THAT WERE GIVEN, GIVEN ZONING CERTIFICATES OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS.
UM, COLLECTIVELY, UM, THIS, THESE ZONING CERTIFICATE PROPERTIES WOULD REPRESENT AN EXCESS OF 2 MILLION SQUARE FEET, UM, OF DATA CENTERS IF ALL OF THOSE WERE COMPLETED AS SUBMITTED.
UM, THE TOWNSHIP SHARED THAT THEY ARE WORKING ON UPDATING THEIR ZONING CODE REGARDING DATA CENTERS, PARTICULARLY THINGS SUCH AS LANDSCAPING BACK, UH, SETBACKS, BUFFERING, LIGHTING CONTROLS, UH, NOISE MITIGATION, ET CETERA.
SO, UM, THEN UNION COUNTY STAFF SHARED THAT THEIR DEMAND FOR DATA CENTERS CONTINUES TO BE STRONG
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ACROSS UNION COUNTY, UH, SEVERAL PROPERTIES UNDER DISCUSSION, AND WE DISCUSSED A FEW OF THOSE.SO THE GROUP, UM, TALKED ABOUT CONCERNS ABOUT LAND USE, WATER USE, NOISE, ET CETERA.
UM, AND I ANTICIPATE THAT THIS IS GONNA BE AN ONGOING, UM, DISCUSSION FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE BECAUSE THE INTEREST SEEMS TO BE INSATIABLE UP AND DOWN THAT AREA.
A COUPLE OTHER TOPICS THAT WERE RELEVANT TO DUBLIN INCLUDED A BRIEF DISCUSSION OF THE CURRENT APPLICATION IN JEROME TOWNSHIP THAT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED BY THE, UM, MEYER STORES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP TO MODIFY THE EXISTING, UH, PRODUCT ZONING OF APPROXIMATELY 29 AND A HALF ACRES TO ALLOW FOR CHANGES THAT WOULD ACCOMMODATE A, UM, LARGE FORMAT RETAIL SPACE IN SOME ASSOCIATED OUT PARCELS.
UM, THE CITY OF DUBLIN HAS FORMALLY SUBMITTED COMMENTS CONCERNING THIS REQUEST, UM, SHARING CONCERNS RELATED TO LAND USE, UM, CAP, UM, CAPACITY, UM, COMPATIBILITY, SITE DESIGN, TRAFFIC, ET CETERA.
UM, THE JEROME TOWNSHIP PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, IT IS ON THEIR AGENDA TO HEAR THIS THIS EVENING.
SO WE'LL HAVE, UH, WE'LL KNOW MORE ABOUT THAT, UM, PENDING THE OUTCOME OF THAT, UM, DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE 42, UM, NORTH OF 33 CONTINUES, AND THERE WERE SOME UPDATES ABOUT, UM, A A FAIR BIT OF SIGNIFICANT, UM, FOOTPRINT THAT'S GONNA BE PLANNED OR UNDERWAY AROUND THE KROGER SITE.
AND THAT'S GONNA, WE'RE REALLY GONNA SEE, I THINK A, A, A REAL BUILD OUT OF, OF, UM, INFRASTRUCTURE UP AND DOWN THAT CORRIDOR.
UM, AND THEN FINALLY, UM, WE, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED A BIT ABOUT RESIDENTIAL HOUSING IN OUR DISCUSSION TONIGHT.
AND AS WE HAVE SHARED IN THE PAST, IT CONTINUES.
UM, I MEAN, THERE WAS A REPORT AFTER REPORT OVER DEVELOPMENTS, AND I'LL JUST SHARE ONE FOR EXAMPLE.
UM, THE DELL WEB DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS SORT OF A DIFFERENT TYPE OF LAND USE FOR 55 AND PLUS AT IN PLAIN CITY ALONG THE MITCHELL DEWITT ROAD, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, AREA SOUTH OF INDUSTRIAL.
UM, THE WORK IS WELL UNDERWAY AND, UM, 700 HOMES WILL BE ADDED IN THAT UNIT, AND THEY'RE EXPECTING SOME OF THAT TO OPEN THIS YEAR.
UM, THEY WILL BE IN THE JOHN JONATHAN ALDER SCHOOL DISTRICT IN ESS BUILDING THEM.
WE COULD, WE COULD SHARE MANY, BUT, UM, DEVELOPMENT IN TERMS OF, OF RESIDENTIAL DATA CENTER COMMAND, HOUSING CENTER COMMAND.
SO THE, UM, JUST THE AMOUNT OF ACTIVITY UP ON THAT CORRIDOR CONTINUES TO, TO, UH, TO MOVE ON.
SO COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON AND I WILL CONTINUE TO UPDATE YOU, SO THANK YOU.
THE SPORTS OHIO STEERING COMMITTEE COUNCIL MEMBERS, KEELER AND A LUDO.
UM, IN MY ABSENCE, UM, UH, I THINK MAYBE COUNCIL MEMBER A LUDO MAY HAVE MENTIONED THAT THE SPORTS OHIO REBRANDING CONVERSATION WE HAD.
UM, SO IF YOU ALREADY DID CONSIDER IT DONE, THANKS.
[Resolution 08-26 (Part 2 of 2)]
WE'LL GO BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBER CRAM FOR THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION IN THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD.SO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING FROM FEBRUARY 19TH HAVE BEEN CANCELED FOR LACK OF AGENDA.
UH, SO ALL'S PRETTY QUIET ON THAT FRONT FOR NOW.
AND THEN THE ARCHITECTURE REVIEW BOARD MEETS WEDNESDAY, AND WE'LL SWEAR IN OUR NEW MEMBER THAT WE APPROVE THIS EVENING.
SO WE'LL HAVE A FULL HOUSE AGAIN.
AND OF INTEREST, I GUESS WOULD BE THE, WHAT'S ON THE AGENDA IS, UH, KIND OF A REVAMP OF THE OSCAR SITE.
I KNOW THERE'S BEEN PROPOSALS TO KIND OF PUT A WHOLE NEW THING THERE.
UM, THE LATEST IS JUST KIND OF CLEANING UP WHAT'S THERE.
COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP LIAISON.
SO, UM, WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP CONTINUES TO TAKE STEPS TO FORMALIZE THEIR 90 DAY MORATORIUM ON DATA CENTERS.
AGAIN, BIG TOPIC, UM, BUT THEY WILL BE ISSUING A FORMAL RESOLUTION THAT, UM, ELUDES TO THEIR LAND USE PLAN, AND THEY ARE LOOKING TO EXTEND THAT TO SIX MONTHS.
UM, ALSO AS A PART OF THAT, THEY WILL FORMALIZE THEIR DATA CENTER STANCE, UM, BASICALLY A BAN ON DATA CENTERS.
AND IN REGARDS TO THEIR LAND USAGE, AS THEY START THEIR ZONING CHANGES, UM, THEY'RE COLLECTING ALL OF THEIR ZONING CHANGES AND THEY'LL START TO EXECUTE ALL AT THE SAME TIME.
SO SOMETIME WITHIN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS, THEY SHOULD FORMALIZE, UM, THAT BAN ON DATA CENTERS IN WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP.
UM, THEY'VE JUST HIRED A NEW, QUITE EXPERIENCED TRAINING AND SAFETY MANAGER, UH, GEORGE SORGE, WHO COMES TO THEM FROM, UH, WESTERVILLE, WHO'S THE DEPUTY CHIEF IN WESTERVILLE.
AND HE ALSO SPENT 20 YEARS IN NORWICH TOWNSHIP.
SO THEY FEEL QUITE GOOD THAT THEIR TRAINING AND SAFETY, UH, MANAGER POSITION IS IN GOOD HANDS THERE.
AND THE LAST THING, UH, CONTINUES TO BE A PRETTY BIG TOPIC, UH, WITH, UH, WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP IS CEMETERY SPACE.
AND, UM, GENE BOSTIC, UH, GOT UP AND SPOKE EARLY IN, I GUESS IT WAS JANUARY ONE OF THE JAN, THE FIRST MEETING THAT WE ATTENDED.
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ST.JOHN'S CEMETERY EXPANSION IS NOT GOING TO OCCUR.
MAYBE THAT'S NEWS TO SOME OF YOU, BUT THAT WILL NOT OCCUR, WHICH I THINK PROBABLY PROMPTED THE LETTER THAT CITY COUNCIL RECEIVED FROM WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, TRUSTEES AND ADMINS, UM, ASKING FOR PARTNERSHIP WITH DUBLIN ON CEMETERY SPACE.
UM, I'VE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH SEVERAL OF YOU ON THE HISTORY OF CEMETERY SPACE IN DUBLIN, JUST TRYING TO GET A FEEL FOR WHAT'S HAPPENED.
AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED ONBOARDING AND TIME THAT YOU GIVE, UH, DR. LAMB AND I AS WE COME UP TO SPEED.
UM, IT SOUNDS LIKE POSSIBLY THIS QUESTION'S BEEN ANSWERED BY CITY COUNCIL.
UM, AND IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE FORMALIZE A RESPONSE TO WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP ON OUR DESIRE OR OUR PLANS TO ENGAGE ON ADDITIONAL CEMETERY SPACE.
SO MAYBE THE FIRST STEP IN DOING THAT, I COULD ASK OUR CITY MANAGER TO RECIRCULATE A PREVIOUS MEMO THAT DETAILED CURRENT CEMETERY AND BURIAL AVAILABILITY WITHIN OUR CITY.
I GUESS IT SPOKE TO NUMBER OF SPACES, SPACES SOLD, NUMBER OF REQUESTS, ET CETERA.
IF WE COULD RE CIRCULATE THAT MEMO, COUNCIL COULD PROVIDE ANY NEW FEEDBACK THAT WE HAVE.
UM, AND THEN I WOULD ASK THAT CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE PROVIDE A FORMAL RESPONSE TO WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP ON THIS SO WE CAN KIND OF MOVE AND MOVE ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.
SO LET'S JUST DECIDE WHAT OUR, WHAT OUR, UM, NEXT STEPS WILL BE, AND THEN LET'S COMMUNICATE THAT TO WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP.
UH, DR. LAMB DUBLIN WELLNESS ALLIANCE.
OUR FIRST MEETING IS MARCH 23RD.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KEELER DUBLIN ARTS COUNCIL, LOGAN UNION CHAMPAIGN REGIONAL, UH, COUNTY REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION.
SO I'LL START WITH DUBLIN ARTS COUNCIL LIAISON.
THEIR STRATEGIC PLAN HAS BEEN COMPLETED.
I THINK THEY SHARED THAT WITH US EARLIER IN THE YEAR.
UH, THEIR MOTTO HAS BECOME MOVING DUBLIN FORWARD THROUGH PUBLIC ART, COMMUNITY AND IMPACT.
UH, WE ALSO RECEIVED, WE'VE RECEIVED OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS UPDATES ABOUT THE SWING INSTALLATION, UH, THAT'S GOING TO OCCUR OFF OF, UM, MUIRFIELD DRIVE.
UM, THE ARTIST, IVAN DENA HAS COMPLETED HIS WORK.
UM, THE DUBLIN ARTS COUNCIL HAS CREATED A MARKETING VIDEO OF THE PROJECT GRADING AND FOUNDATION WORK WAS TO BE BEGUN, WAS TO HAVE BEGUN UNTIL SNOWMAGEDDON HIT, AND THAT DELAYED THE PROJECT.
A BIT FABRICATION, UH, IS OCCURRING IN FEBRUARY, NORTH CAROLINA.
UH, THERE WILL BE AN A DA COMPLIANT PATH.
I'M SURE CHRISTINA WILL BE HAPPY ABOUT THAT.
UM, THEY'LL BE INSTALLING AT THE END OF MARCH.
10 PIECES WILL BE TRANSPORTED BY TRACTOR TRAILER FROM NORTH CAROLINA, HOPING FOR A DEDICATION AT THE END OF MAY, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT'S 50TH ANNIVERSARY.
UH, THE PUBLIC ART, UM, INITIATIVE THAT THE DUBLIN ARTS COUNCIL IS UNDERGOING.
UM, STARTS WITH A, UH, FOUR STORY PARKING GARAGE IN BRIDGE PARK, WHICH I'M REALLY HAPPY ABOUT.
UH, ALSO THE SNAIL IS NOW AT FRIENDSHIP VILLAGE.
AND FRIENDSHIP VILLAGE HAS NOW HAD A CALL FOR AN OPEN CALL FOR ART.
UH, THE DUBLIN LIBRARY IS GOING TO HAVE SOME MURALS, AND THE ARTS LOG CABIN PROGRAMMING HAS BEGUN STARTING IN MAY OR JUNE.
THE ARTS COUNCIL WILL BE TYING TOGETHER HISTORY WITH ART, FABRIC, DYING, AND STORYTELLING.
THE LOGAN UNION CHAMPAIGN, I DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT TO ADD ABOUT THE MEYER OTHER THAN, UH, WE DO HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE ON THE LOGAN UNION CHAMPAIGN COUNTY COMMITTEE.
AND SHE WAS THE, UM, DISSENTING VOTE IN THAT PROPOSAL.
SO, UM, THE VOTE WAS NOT UNANIMOUS AND TAMMY NOBLE, UH, VOTED AGAINST THE MOTION.
AND I WILL DELIVER, UH, THE WARP C REPORT.
SO WE, UH, HELD DAY TO DAY ON THE 10TH, UM, DOWN AT COLUMBUS STATE, VERY WELL ATTENDED.
UM, IF YOU LIKE DATA, IT WOULD'VE BEEN A GREAT DAY FOR YOU.
UH, WE DID HAVE COMMISSION ON THE 12TH.
WE RECOMMENDED A FEW NEW MEMBERS, UH, AND I THINK OUR MEMBERSHIP NUMBERS ARE NOW UP TO 97 LOCAL, UH, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, UM, COUNTIES AND VILLAGES AND TOWNSHIPS.
WE HAVE HAD A COUPLE OF PASSENGER RAIL CHAMPIONS MEETINGS, ONE ON THE 17TH AND ONE ON THE 19TH.
MOST RECENTLY, WE ENGAGED THE HASLAM SPORTS GROUP THAT HAS AGREED TO, UH, SUBMIT A LETTER OF SUPPORT TO OUR FSP GRANT AT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
SO, UH, HOPEFULLY WE WILL HEAR SOMETHING ON THAT GRANT IN THE COMING, UH, IN THE COMING MONTHS.
UM, THAT SPECIFIC GRANT IS, UH, WE, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE, UM, THE, UH, FRANKLIN COUNTY SPORTS COMMISSION FOR CONTRIBUTING $1.2 MILLION TO, FOR MATCHING FUNDS
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FOR THAT GRANT.IT WOULD BE AN $11 MILLION GRANT THAT, UH, WOULD STUDY RIGHT OF WAY AND, UH, CROSSINGS AND HAVE A LOT OF SAFETY IMPACTS.
SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL HEAR ON THAT GRANT IN NEAR FUTURE AND APPRECIATE THOSE FOLKS THAT ARE WILLING TO, UM, SPEAK TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ON OUR BEHALF.
[COUNCIL ROUNDTABLE ]
TO COUNCIL ROUNDTABLE, AND I WILL START DOWN WITH COUNCIL MEMBER KRA SCOTT, NOTHING, AS DOES COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON AND LUDO AND LAM.UH, ON FEBRUARY THE 18TH, I ATTENDED A OHIO MUNICIPAL LEAGUE WEBINAR ON DATA CENTERS.
UM, THE PRESENTATION WAS MOSTLY FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE DATA CENTER OPERATORS.
UH, SO IT WAS CERTAINLY, UM, BIASED OR SKEWED IN THEIR FAVOR.
UM, I, I WOULD SAY THIS, WE HAVE ONE DATA CENTER CURRENTLY, AND IT'S OPERATED BY AMAZON.
AMAZON WAS ONE OF THE PRESENTERS IN IN THIS WEBINAR.
AND AS I'VE SAID FROM THE BEGINNING, IF THEY WANT TO BUILD A DATA CENTER ANYWHERE, THEY NEED TO ACCOMMODATE THE, THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITIES.
AND THEY'VE MADE A COMMITMENT TO DO THAT, WHICH IS REALLY GOOD TO HEAR.
SO FROM A NOISE STANDPOINT, UM, THEY'RE COMMITTED TO RETROFITTING TECHNOLOGY TO, UM, KEEP, KEEP NOISE TO A MINIMUM.
UM, I BELIEVE, UH, WE'VE, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, UM, POLLUTION FROM DIESEL GENERATORS.
I BELIEVE DIESEL GENERATORS ARE OLD TECHNOLOGY, NEW TECHNOLOGY IS RUN BY NATURAL GAS.
SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE MORE COMMUNITIES COMPLAIN AND HOLD AMAZON OR OTHER OPERATORS, ALL OF 'EM ARE DOING IT.
M, MICROSOFT, GOOGLE, THEY'RE ALL CREATING DATA CENTERS.
UH, THEY HAVE TO LISTEN TO US IF THEY'RE GONNA BUILD A DATA CENTER ANYWHERE, AND THEY, THEY SEEM TO BE DOING THAT.
UH, I JUST HAVE A, A COUPLE OF THINGS.
UM, SOME STAFF AND I ATTENDED THE POWER BREAKFAST BY BUSINESS FIRST AND, UH, HEARD COMMENTS FROM, UM, UH, ZACH MEERS WITH ANDRE AND, UM, PRESIDENT CARTER FROM THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY.
AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS AN INSIGHTFUL TIME AND APPRECIATED THE OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN THAT.
AND I WANT TO SAY HELLO TO MY FRIENDS FROM THE THIRD GRADE AT, UH, DEPP ELEMENTARY ON THE 18TH.
I HAD THE GOOD FORTUNE OF SPENDING THE AFTERNOON WITH 110 THIRD GRADERS, AND THEY WERE DELIGHTFUL.
UM, TODAY I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIT DOWN WITH, UH, SOME FOLKS REPRESENTING THE ALL IN, UH, ORGANIZATION THAT'S BUILDING THE NEW HOUSING, UM, FOR SPECIAL NEEDS FOLKS AND SOME MARKET RATE HOUSING AND SOME BELOW MARKET RATE HOUSING AS WELL.
AND THEY, UM, SHARED THEIR EXCITEMENT AND HOW MUCH THEY WERE LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THIS PROJECT COME TO FRUITION, AND HOW MUCH FEEDBACK THEY HAVE GOTTEN FROM DUBLIN RESIDENTS THAT, UM, ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT BEING AN OPTION FOR THOSE FOLKS THAT CALL THE CITY OF DUBLIN HOME.
SO, UM, THIS WILL, UM, SO I, I WOULD LIKE
[ADJOURN TO EXECUTIVE SESSION (IF NEEDED) ]
TO MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN TO EXECUTIVE SESSION, UM, FOR THE PURPOSES OF PERSONNEL MATTERS, CONSIDERING THE APPOINTMENT OF A PUBLIC OFFICIAL.IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND, JENNY, WHICH CALL THE ROLE MS. JOHNSON? YES.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, REMIND ANY, UH, ANY OF THE VIEWING PUBLIC.
WE WILL RECONVENE THIS MEETING FOLLOWING EXECUTIVE SESSION, BUT SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF ADJOURNMENT.
SO THERE WILL BE NO OTHER NEW BUSINESS THAT HAPPENS FROM THE DIOCESE THIS EVENING.
[RECONVENE ]
IF THERE'S NO OTHER BUSINESS FOR THE GOOD OF THE ORDER, WE WILL ADJOURN THE MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23RD, 2026 DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING AT 9 34.