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AND WELCOME TO THE CITY OF DUBLIN PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.YOU CAN JOIN THE MEETING IN PERSON AT 55 55 PERIMETER DRIVE AND ALSO ACCESS THE MEETING VIA THE LIVE STREAM ON THE CITY OF DUBLIN'S WEBSITE.
PLEASE JOIN ME NOW FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
ALLEGIANCE, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC, WHICH STANDS, ONE NATION, ONE UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE ALL.
OKAY, MS. MAXWELL, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE MR. ALEXANDER? HERE.
UM, NOW WE'RE GONNA HAVE ACCEPTANCE
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OF DOCUMENTS AND APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES.SO I WILL ACCEPT A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE DOCUMENTS INTO THE RECORD AND APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE FEBRUARY 5TH, 2026 MEETING.
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PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION IS AN ADVISORY BOARD TO THE CITY COUNCIL WHEN REZONING AND PLATTING OF PROPERTIES UNDER CONSIDERATION.IN SUCH CASES, CITY COUNCIL RECEIVES RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE COMMISSION.
IN OTHER CASES, THE COMMISSION HAS THE FINAL DECISION MAKING RESPONSIBILITY.
THIS EVENING, THE COMMISSION WILL HEAR UPDATES FROM STAFF ON PLANS, LEGISLATION, AND EFFORTS RECENTLY APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL OR INITIATED TO ADVANCE CITY COUNCIL'S GOALS.
THERE'LL BE NO DETERMINATIONS MADE AID.
SO TONIGHT WE'RE GONNA START OFF OUR DISCUSSION FIRST WITH A SIGNATURE TRAIL AND AN OVERVIEW OF THE PLAN ADOPTED BY CITY COUNCIL ON DECEMBER 8TH, 2025.
SO THIS IS A, AN APPROVED PLAN THAT WE ARE GETTING A BRIEFING ON.
SO WITH THAT, JM, GREAT TO SEE YOU.
LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR PRESENTATION.
GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION.
MY NAME IS JM RAYBURN, I'M A TRANSPORTATION PLANNER WITH THE CITY OF DUBLIN, AND I AM VERY EXCITED TO TELL YOU MORE ABOUT THE SIGNATURE TRAIL THIS EVENING.
I'LL GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROJECT.
WE DID A STUDY THAT CONCLUDED IN DECEMBER, AND I'LL TALK ABOUT OUR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT THAT WENT INTO THAT STUDY, AS WELL AS THE OUTCOMES, WHICH WERE THE TRAIL ALIGNMENT, UM, THE TYPOLOGIES THAT GO WITH THE TRAIL, THE SIGNATURE EXPERIENCES, WHETHER IT BE WAYFINDING OR SOME OTHER AMENITIES THAT WE'RE CONTEMPLATING, AND THEN HOW WE'RE GONNA BUILD IT THROUGH THE PHASING AND IMPLEMENTATION.
S SO THIS PROJECT ALIGNS WELL WITH CITY COUNCIL'S STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK.
IT HELPS US BECOME A MORE CONNECTED, SUSTAINABLE, AND RESILIENT CITY.
AND IT ALSO, UM, HELPS ELEVATE EL ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION AS IT RELATES TO IN DUBLIN.
SO, SIGNATURE TRAIL MUST CONNECT KEY DESTINATIONS, AND IT MUST BE DESIGNED WITH HIGH QUALITY, SAFETY AND COMFORT IN MIND BECAUSE THERE'S, UH, BECAUSE AT THE TIME THERE WAS NO PREDEFINED ROUTE, LIKE A RAIL CORRIDOR THAT WAS ABANDONED.
WE HAD TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE'RE GONNA MEANDER THE TRAIL FROM THE EAST SIDE OF THE CITY, SAW MILL ROAD ALL THE WAY TO THE WEST SIDE OF THE CITY, WHICH IS THE PROPOSED PASSENGER RAIL STATION.
SO THE FIRST PART WAS GETTING THAT ROUTE, UH, COMING TO CONSENSUS ON THE ROUTE.
AND SO WE DID THAT THROUGH PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AS WELL AS ACTIVITIES WITH COUNCIL.
IN TOTAL, WE ENGAGED OVER 500 PEOPLE FOR INPUT ON THE DISTINGUISH TRAIL STUDY.
WE HAD 13 DIFFERENT PUBLIC, UH, ENGAGEMENT EVENTS, AND THOSE RANGED FROM POPUP EVENTS AT THE MOBILITY CONCIERGE THAT WE WOULD HOLD EVERY FRIDAY, ADVERSE CROSSING PARK.
BUT WE ALSO DID A SERIES OF OPEN HOUSES, UM, IN AN ONLINE SURVEY.
A SO SURPRISE, THE TRAIL ALIGNMENT IS IN FRONT OF YOU THROUGH THE DIFFERENT, UH, INPUTS THAT WE GOT AND ANALYSIS.
WE LANDED ON THIS ALIGNMENT AND KEEP IN MIND THAT THERE ARE SHORT-TERM PIECES TO THIS TRAIL ALIGNMENT, BUT THE LONG-TERM VISION IS WHAT YOU SEE IN GREEN ON THE SCREEN.
SO IF YOU WANNA START WITH THE PROPOSED PASSENG RAIL STATION SITE, UM, GOING THROUGH DARI FIELDS, YOU'LL HEAR MORE ABOUT ANOTHER PROJECT THIS EVENING PARK THAT HAS, UH, INTEGRATION WITH THE TRAIL AND THEN THINKING ABOUT HOW WE'RE GONNA OVERCOME THOSE SIGNIFICANT BARRIERS AS RELATES TO HIGHWAY CROSSINGS, RIVERS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
SO WHAT YOU SEE IS THE SIGNATURE TRAIL WILL CONTINUE ON UNDER 33, CONTINUE TO RED TRABU
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THROUGH COFFIN PARK, AND THEN, UH, EVENTUALLY WHEN JOHN SHIELDS PARKWAY IS EXTENDED OVER THE RIVER AND FURTHER WEST, WE HOPE WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE TRAIL ALIGNMENT, UM, ON JOHN SHILS PARKWAY BEFORE IT THEN CONTINUES, UM, ONTO BRIDGE PARK AVENUE.AT THE VERY END, YOU'LL SEE THAT METRO CENTER AND BLAZER HAVE A LOOP THERE.
I LIKE TO CALL IT AN ACORN FOR BETTER WORDS, BUT YOU HAVE THE PERMANENT ALIGNMENT IN GREEN AROUND THE INTERCHANGE OF 33 AND TWO 70.
AND THEN WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE TOUCHING ALL THE BUSINESS DISTRICTS IN THE CITY.
SO THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THIS METRO BLAZER LOOP, UM, UNTIL THE BRIDGE OVER TWO 70 IN METRO CENTER IS REALIZED.
SO WE HAVE DIFFERENT, UM, PHASING AS PART OF THIS ALIGNMENT, BUT OVERALL, UM, A LOT OF THE CITY WILL BENEFIT OR HAVE SOME PROXIMITY TO THE TRAIL.
IN TERMS OF FUTURE CONNECTIONS.
THE ALIGNMENT IS ADOPTED BY COUNCIL, BUT THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE SYSTEM TO CONTINUE TO GROW AND REACH MORE OF THE CITY.
UM, I'LL START WITH THE HERITAGE TRAIL LINK AND AT THE BOTTOM.
SO WE CALL THIS THE SOUTH SIDE LINK, FOR LACK OF BETTER WORDS AT THE MOMENT.
AND THIS WAS BORN OUT OF ONE OF THE POTENTIAL ALIGNMENTS THAT COUNCIL REVIEWED AND TO CONSIDER MORE OF IN INTEGRATING THE SOUTHERN PART OF OUR CITY.
THERE COULD BE OPPORTUNITY FOR A SOUTHERN, A SOUTH SIDE LINK THAT WOULD EVENTUALLY CONNECT TO THE HERITAGE TRAIL, UH, ON THAT, UH, SEGMENT.
WE ALSO HAVE BEEN ENGAGING WITH REGIONAL PARTNERS.
SO RAPID FIVE, BUT ALSO CENTRAL, HOW GREENWAYS, THAT'S A COG IN THIS PLACE.
UM, THE SCIOTO TRAIL DOES GO FROM DOWNTOWN COLUMBUS UP ALONG THE SCIOTO RIVER.
SO RAPID FIVE SLASH SCIOTO TRAIL IS WHAT IS, UH, POSSIBLY GONNA TAKE, UH, SHAPE AND BE A SPUR FROM THIS TRAIL.
AND THEN WE HAVE, UM, DOJI TRAIL, SOME LAST CONNECTIONS BETWEEN DOJI TRAIL AND SAWMILL AND 1 61.
SO THOSE ARE BEING PROGRAMMED AND BUILT.
AND SO IN A COUPLE YEARS WE HOPE TO HAVE THAT CONNECTION, UM, FROM THE TJI TRAIL ALL THE WAY TO DUBLIN'S FRONT DOOR, AND THEN CONTINUE TO WORK WITH COLUMBUS ON THE BIKE PLUS PLAN AS THEY UPDATE THEIR MASTER PLANNING FOR BIKEWAYS.
UM, THESE CONNECTIONS WILL STRENGTHEN DUBLIN'S RELATION TO THE REGION, PARTICULARLY WITH ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION AND WILL CAPITALIZE ON OTHER PROJECTS WHILE PRESERVING AN NATURAL RESOURCES, WHICH WE HEARD FEEDBACK FROM THE, UM, PUBLIC THAT HAVING THAT ESCAPE TO A NATURE SETTING IS DESIRED AS PART OF THE RECREATIONAL EXPERIENCE ON THE TRAIL.
I'LL TALK ABOUT TYPOLOGIES AND THAT'S PART OF THE TRAIL DESIGN AS WE LOOK AT NOW THAT WE'VE ESTABLISHED THE ROUTE, NOW THINKING ABOUT WHAT WILL THAT LOOK LIKE AND FEEL LIKE.
AND SO WE FOCUS ON THE TRAIL DESIGN AS THE NEXT STEP.
AND WHAT YOU'LL SEE IS THAT THERE'S A FIXED AND FLEXIBLE PART OF THIS TRAIL.
SO THE CENTER, IF YOU WILL, THE FIXED TRAIL ZONE, THE DESIGN ELEMENTS THAT WILL LARGELY STAY THE SAME, BUT BE ADAPTABLE TO WHERE THEY ARE ALONG THE CITY.
UM, BUT THE, THE FINE TRAIL ZONE EXPERIENCE NOT ONLY INCLUDES THE PEDESTRIAN CYCLIST PATH, BUT ALSO THE SURROUNDING BUFFERS AND AMENITIES.
THINK OF LANDSCAPE LIGHTING, BENCHES AND OTHER FEATURES THAT SHAPE THE TRAIL'S CHARACTER.
UM, ITEMS WITHIN THE TRAIL ZONE SHOULD REMAIN MORE OR LESS FIXED BECAUSE IT WILL BE CONTINUOUS ALONG THE STRETCH, BUT ALSO TO KNOW THAT YOU'RE ON THE SIGNATURE TRAIL.
SOME OF THE FLEXIBLE, UM, AMENDING AND GATHERING SPACES.
WHILE THE CORE ELEMENTS WILL STAY CONSISTENT, THEY'LL HAVE, THEY'LL VARY IN PLACEMENT AND FREQUENCY, ALLOWING EACH LOCATION TO EXPRESS ITS OWN UNIQUE CONTEXT WHILE MAINTAINING OVERALL SIGNATURE TRAIL SIGNATURE TRAIL IDENTITY.
SO THINK OF THE CENTER AS I HAVE INDICATION AND AMENITIES AND MATERIALS THAT TELL ME I'M ON THE SIGNATURE TRAIL.
BUT OUTSIDE OF THAT, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE PLACEMAKING OPPORTUNITIES? WHAT ARE SOME OF THE RECREATIONAL ACTIV ACTIVITIES OR EVEN GATHERING SPACES THAT WE CAN COMPLEMENT? THE, THE TRAIL ZONE ITSELF, UM, WITH THE TRAIL TYPOLOGIES, THERE ARE THREE TO, UM, TO FIND THE TRAIL AS IT MEANDERS THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY.
THE OR, AND IT MAY BE A LITTLE DIFFICULT, BUT I'LL WALK THROUGH IT.
UM, THERE, URBAN, UH, ORANGE, THE ORANGE LINE, I SHOULD SAY, REPRESENTS MORE OF AN URBAN CONTEXT OR DESIGN.
SO THINK OF THE BRIDGE PARK AREAS, THINK OF METRO CENTER WHEN THAT'S REDEVELOPED AND REALIZED AND THINKING ABOUT HOW THAT SPACE IMMEDIATELY AROUND THE PASSENG REAL STATION AND SOME OF THE LAND USE IN DIFFERENT DESIGN ELEMENTS THAT WILL GO INTO THAT.
NEXT WE HAVE THE GREEN LINE, WHICH IS THE PARK AND NAP NATURE PRESERVE.
SO THIS WILL LARGELY BE THE PARK
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SPACES SUCH AS DARI FIELDS AND PARK.UM, WHAT THAT WILL BECOME A TRABU NATURE PRESERVE COFFIN PARK.
UM, AND THEN AS IT GOES BETWEEN, UM, I WANT TO SAY SHAAN FALLS, AND THEN GETTING TO THE EXTENSION OF JOHN SHILLS PARKWAY, KNOWING THAT THAT AREA'S VERY WOODED AND KIND OF MAINTAINING THAT CHARACTER AS BEST WE CAN.
AND FINALLY, THE MAGENTA LINE THAT YOU SEE WITH THE TYPOLOGIES IS THE, WHAT WE CALL THE SUBURBAN OR NEW DEVELOPMENT.
SO AS WE THINK ABOUT PROJECTS THAT MAY COME TO THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION, THESE TYPOLOGIES WILL HELP INFORM YOU, WILL HELP INFORM RATHER, UM, DIFFERENT SITE DEVELOPMENT PO YOU KNOW, POSSIBILITIES WITH THOSE PROPOSALS.
BUT EACH SEGMENT ALSO HAS ITS OWN PREFERRED WIDTH.
SO WITH THE LARGEST BEING, EXCUSE ME, NATURE PRESERVE.
UM, AND THEN WE GO TO NEW DEVELOPMENT AND THEN YOU CAN SEE HOW COMPACT, BUT ALSO ALLOWING THOSE FACILITIES IN THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT.
SO EACH OPTION HAS A CHARITIES PATH THAT'S 16 FOOT WIDE AND A SIDEWALK THAT IS SIX FEET WIDE.
AND THEN ALL THE OTHER, UH, PARTS OF THAT WILL EITHER HAVE THE AMENITY ZONE OR SOME OTHER PLACEMAKING OR, UH, FEATURES.
UM, SO GOING BACK TO THIS, THE, UH, NATURE RESERVE HAS A PREFERRED WIDTH OF 27 FEET WIDE.
SO THAT'S PROBABLY FROM CURB TO WHEREVER THE SITE WITHIN THE SITE WHEN IT COMES TO REDEVELOPED, UM, THE NEW DEVELOPMENT HAS PREFERRED WIDTH OF 33 FEET, AND THE URBAN ONE HAS A 35 FOOT WIDTH.
THERE ARE INSTANCES WHERE THERE'LL BE PERHAPS PHYSICAL BARRIERS OR CONSTRAINTS, AND THERE ARE TYPOLOGIES THAT SPEAK TO WHAT THOSE CONSTRAINTS WOULD BE.
SO RATHER THAN, LET'S SAY, UH, 27 FEET AND MAYBE 17 FEET, AS WE STRIP AWAY A LOT OF THE AMENITY SPACE AND GATHERING SPACE AND JUST FOCUS ON THE CORE TRAIL ZONE, WE HAVE IDENTIFIED SEVERAL CROSSINGS THAT WILL HAVE TO RECONCILE WITH, UH, NEW INFRASTRUCTURE OR TREATMENTS.
UM, SO THE PREFERRED ALIGNMENT DOES MINIMIZE ROADWAY INTERACTIONS AND USES A MIX OF AT GRADE AND GRADE CROSSING OR GRADE SEPARATED CROSSINGS TO MAINTAIN THE COMFORT, BUT ALSO THE CONT UH, CONTINUOUS AND ACCESSIBLE EXPERIENCE OF THE TRAIL.
UM, ALL TRAIL CROSSINGS, ESPECIALLY AT MAJOR ROADS, WILL FOLLOW NATO AND THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION'S BEST PRACTICES WITH HIGH VISIBILITY MARKINGS, SIGNS, CLEAR SIGHT LINES IN CONTEXT, SPECIFIC UPGRADES SUCH AS, UM, THE, THE HIGH VISIBILITY LIKE PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
UM, BRIDGES UNDERPASSES WILL BE MORE COSTLY, BUT WILL PROVIDE THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF SAFETY AND CREATE ICONIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR VIEWS, UM, PERHAPS PUBLIC ART AND MEMORABLE GATEWAYS ALONG THE TRAIL.
AND THESE WILL BE SUPPORTED BY DETAILED ANALYSIS DURING THE DESIGN TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE THE BEST SOLUTIONS FOR THOSE CROSSINGS.
WE ALSO HAVE A VARIETY OF TRAIL HEADS OR ACCESS POINTS FOR THE SIGNATURE TRAIL.
UM, SO WE USE A HIERARCHY OF TRAIL HEADS AND ACCESS POINTS TO ENSURE CONVENIENT AND EQUITABLE ACCESS FOR BOTH LOCAL RESIDENTS, BUT ALSO THE REGIONAL VISITORS.
UM, WHETHER THEY'RE ARRIVING BY FOOT BIKE OR BY CAR.
UM, THE TRAIL HEADS WILL BE TIED TO FUTURE DEVELOPMENT.
SO THINK OF OPPORTUNITIES AT METRO CENTER, THE JOHN SHIELDS PARKWAY EXTENSION WEST INNOVATION DISTRICT, AND THEN MAYBE RETROFITTING TRAILHEADS THAT EXISTING THE DESTINATION LIKE COFFIN PARK OR SIDE CROSSING PARK AND DARI FIELDS.
UM, AND THESE WHEEL TRAILHEADS COULD PROVIDE PARKING, MAYBE PLAZAS INFORMATION SUCH AS KIOSKS AND MAPS, SEATING, BIKE AMENITIES.
SO THAT CAN BE EITHER FIX-IT STATIONS OR EVEN PERHAPS E-BIKE CHARGING, UH, CHASE STATIONS.
AND THEN OPPORTUNITIES FOR PLACEMAKING ARE IN ART.
UM, SMALLER COMMUNITY ACCESS POINTS AND TRAIL JUNCTION ACCESS POINTS WILL OFFER FREQUENT LOCAL CONNECTIONS WITH BASIC AMENITIES SUCH AS BIKE RACKS, SEEDING AND WAVE FINDING, BUT WILL ALSO STRENGTHEN THE INTEGRATION WITH DUBLIN'S BROADER PARK AND TRAIL SYSTEM.
SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THE SIGNATURE EXPERIENCES.
WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE TRAIL, THERE'S NO ONE WORD OR ELEMENT THAT CAN CAPTURE THE ENTIRE TRAIL EXPERIENCE.
SO WE'VE HIGHLIGHTED A FEW KEY GUIDING PRINCIPLES ON YOUR SCREEN.
THINKING ABOUT THE NATURE AND URBAN, I MENTIONED IN THE PUBLIC SURVEYS WE HEARD A LOT OF FEEDBACK ABOUT PRESERVING THAT EXPERIENCE.
SO BLENDING DUBLIN CIVIC AND ECONOMIC ENERGY WITH ITS ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTS, CREATING A TRAIL EXPERIENCE WHERE ECOLOGY AND CUNY LIFE MEET SEAMLESSLY, TIMELESS AND AUTHENTIC.
WE WANT TO USE MATERIALS AND FORMS AND
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DESIGN ELEMENTS ROOTED IN DUBLIN'S LOCAL CHARACTER TO ENSURE THAT THE TRAIL FEELS ENDURING, GENUINE, AND CONNECTED TO ITS PLACE.AND THEN FUN AND EXPRESSIVE, UM, CELEBRATE DUBLIN'S HISTORY, OUR CULTURE, OUR COMMUNITY, AND THINK ABOUT HOW WE CAN BE CREATIVE THROUGH ART AND STORYTELLING THAT MAKE THE TRAIL COME ALIVE, BUT ALSO IT'S MEMORABLE, UM, AND UNIQUELY A DUBLIN EXPERIENCE.
UM, IN TERMS OF SOME OF THE, I GET AN IDEA OF WHAT THIS COULD LOOK LIKE.
UM, THERE HAS BEEN A COORDINATED PALETTE OF FIXED FEATURES.
SO THOSE WOULD INCLUDE LOGOS, BRANDING, LIGHTING, SIGNS, AND WAYFINDING.
SO YOU HAVE A UNIFIED, EASY NAVIGABLE IDENTITY THAT ANCHORS THE SIGNATURE TRAIL ACROSS ALL THE ENVIRONMENTS THAT IT COMES ACROSS.
UM, WE WANT THE, THE EXPERIENCE TO BE ADAPTABLE TO THE CONTEXT WHERE IT IS IN THE CITY.
SO WHILE CORE ELEMENTS WILL REMAIN CONSISTENT, UM, SUCH AS FURNISHING AND LANDSCAPING AND OTHER COMPLIMENTARY FEATURES, WE WANT THOSE TO ALSO TO ADJUST, REFLECT THE CHARACTER OF WHERE THEY ARE, UM, AND MAKE SURE THAT WE, THAT THE TRAIL RESPONDS AUTHENTICALLY TO ITS SURROUNDINGS.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, WHAT YOU MAY SEE IN HISTORIC DUBLIN MAY BE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT YOU SEE IN WEST INNOVATION DISTRICT, JUST BEING SENSITIVE TO THE CONTEXT AROUND THE TRAIL.
BUT WE ALSO WANT IT TO BE A FLEXIBLE BUT COHESIVE EXPERIENCE.
SO THAT WILL MEAN BALANCING THE CONSISTENCY AND ADAPTABILITY, WHICH WILL ALLOW THE TRAIL TO FEEL COHERENT FROM URBAN DISTRICTS.
BUT AS YOU TRANSITION INTO NATURAL GATEWAYS OR NATURAL GREENWAYS, I, I SHOULD SAY, EXCUSE ME, UM, IT MAY STILL MAINTAIN A RECOGNIZABLE SENSE OF PLACE WHILE YOU'RE ON THE TRAIL.
WE DIVIDED THE TRAIL INTO DIFFERENT PLACEMAKING ZONES, FOR LACK OF BETTER WORDS.
UM, AND EACH OF THESE ARE MEANT TO TELL THE STORY OF DUBLIN IN SOME WAY.
SO YOU'LL SEE SOME ARE FOCUSING ON RECREATION AND ART AND KIND OF THE VIBRANCY OF THE COMMUNITY.
UM, THE WEST INNOVATION DISTRICT, YOU'LL PROBABLY SEE MORE PUBLIC ART EXPERIENCES AND MURALS THAT REFLECT THE DISTRICT AND THE ARCHITECTURE, BUT ALSO THINKING ABOUT THE PARKLAND.
SO THE AREAS THAT WE PERHAPS GO LIKE IN THE RIGHT TRADE VIEW, NATURE RESERVE, WE THOUGHT MAYBE LIVING PLANT SCULPTURES COULD BE, OR TEMPORARY KIND OF TREATMENT COULD BE REALLY INTERESTING, BUT ALSO SENSITIVE TO THE CONTEXT.
AND THOSE CAN INCLUDE LOCAL WILDLIFE OR ZOO WILDLIFE SINCE THAT'S IN OUR BACKYARD.
UM, THE FUTURE EXPERIENCE, UM, WHEN WE WERE FIRST TALKING ABOUT THIS, I GOT INSPIRATION FROM TRON, BUT OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE MANY FUTURISTIC INSPIRATIONS THAT YOU CAN GET FROM WHAT THAT COULD LOOK LIKE, BUT REALLY IT'S THINKING ABOUT HOW CAN WE INCORPORATE DIFFERENT LIGHTING COMPONENTS AND APPLICATIONS TO GIVE THAT FUTURISTIC SKIN TO THAT PART OF THE TRAIL.
THE HISTORIC CORE WILL CERTAINLY WANT TO PAY HOMAGE TO DUBLIN'S HISTORY AND THE CULTURAL ASSETS.
SO WE WANT TO DRAW INSPIRATION FROM THEM AND WE'LL LOOK TOWARDS THE 27 DUBLIN CULTURAL HISTORICAL ASSESSMENT, UM, FOR SOME OF THAT INSPIRATION.
AND THEN FINALLY, THE URBAN COURSE.
THEY'RE THINKING ABOUT THE RICH PARK AREA IN THAT WHOLE SWATH TO SAWMILL ROAD.
UM, WE REALLY WANT TO HIGHLIGHT DUBLIN'S DIVERSITY.
WE HAVE UNIQUE DIVERSITY COMPARED TO OTHER CENTRAL OHIO COMMUNITIES, AND WE SHOULD CELEBRATE OUR MULTICULTURALISM AND HOW WE DO ON THE TRAIL TO BE DETERMINED.
BUT IT'S CERTAINLY OUR GOAL TO, UH, MEET, TO HONOR THAT DIVERSITY AND SERVE AS A GATEWAY, UM, BETWEEN THE RIVERSIDE CROSSING PARK AND THE CITY OF COLUMBUS.
SO I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF EXCITING THINGS TO BE SAID THERE, BUT, UM, WE'LL SEE WHAT THE DESIGN ULTIMATELY LEANS, LEANS INTO, UM, SOME EXAMPLES OF THE PLACEMAKING STRATEGIES AND ELEMENTS USED ALONG THE TRAIL.
AGAIN, WE WANT IT TO BE VERY ADAPTABLE AND RE RE UM, RESPONSIVE TO WHERE THE TRAIL IS IN THE CITY AND THEN BUILD OR CAPITALIZE ON THOSE OPPORTUNITIES.
SO THIS MAY BE WHERE YOU ALL PAY ATTENTION, BUT WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH A LITTLE BIT.
I SHOULD PAY ATTENTION A LITTLE BIT MORE, BUT 'CAUSE WE'RE GONNA GIVE YOU KIND OF SOME INSPIRATIONAL IDEAS OF WHAT EACH DISTRICT OR AREA OR NEIGHBORHOOD COULD LOOK LIKE OR COULD INCORPORATE AS WE GO THROUGH THE TRAIL.
AND AGAIN, UM, I WANNA STRESS THAT THIS IS STILL GONNA BE DETAILED DESIGN, BUT AT LEAST IT'S CONCEPTUAL AND CAN GIVE YOU ENOUGH TO WORK OFF OF AS YOU REVIEW, UH, PROPOSALS IN FRONT OF THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION.
SO WE'LL START IN THE, UM, RECREATION ZONE, WHICH IS THE WEST INNOVATION DISTRICT.
UM, WE SEE A LOT OF FAMILY FRIENDLY, FRIENDLY SPACES THAT CELEBRATE, UM, SPORTS, OFFICIALLY YOUTH SPORTS, REGIONAL TEAMS, AND DUBLIN'S GOLF LEGACY.
WE WANNA CREATE A LIVELY CONNECTED CORRIDOR BETWEEN DARI FIELDS AND THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF SPORTS OHIO.
UM, A POTENTIAL SIGNATURE MOMENT IS A CROSSING OF COS GREAT LINKING
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DARI IN SPORTS OHIO.BUT WE'LL SEE, UM, ULTIMATELY WHAT, UH, IS REALIZED.
AND THEN THINKING ABOUT WEST INNOVATION DISTRICTS, WE WANT THAT TO BE MORE BOLD AND MAYBE REFLECTIVE OF THE REDEVELOPMENT THAT'S HAPPENING THERE.
SO THIS COULD BE A LINEAR ART PARK EXPERIENCING, FEATURING ABUNDANT PUBLIC ART AND LANDSCAPE DESIGNED AS A THERAPEUTIC INSPIRING GREEN RIBBON THAT SUPPORTS THE FUTURE DISTRICT BENEFITING PATIENTS, BUT ALSO STUDENTS AND EMPLOYEES AND OTHER TRADE USERS ALIKE IN THAT DISTRICT.
THE PARKLANDS, UH, WILL EMPHASIZE ON NATURE AND CALM AND KIND OF ESCAPE FROM THE BUSY URBAN LIFE.
UM, SO THINKING ABOUT, UM, AN IMMERSIVE NATURE CORRIDOR THAT HAS A CONTINUOUS SCREENING EXPERIENCE FROM WRIGHT TRABU TO COFFIN PARK, OFFERING A PEACEFUL ROAD FREE ESCAPE ANCHORED BY FORESTS AND LANDFORMS AND NATURAL SCAPES THAT CELEBRATE THE SEASONALITY AND ECOLOGY OF DUBLIN.
UM, THE WESTERN PRESERVE AREA PROVIDES QUITE EXPLORATION AND CONTEMPLATED MOMENTS WHILE THE EASTERN SECTIONS TRANSITION TO MORE ACTIVE SPACES WITH NATURE PLAY, LANDSCAPE ART, SEASONAL PLANT DISPLAYS LEADING UP TO THE DUBLIN, UH, COMMUNITY RECREATION CENTER.
AND THEN AS THE TRAIL APPROACHES COFFIN PARK, THINKING ABOUT SMALL GATHERING AREAS, PICNIC SPOTS, SEATING, AND PLAYFUL NATURE FEATURES THEN WOULD ENHANCE THE SOCIAL ACTIVITY NEAR AROUND ENJOYMENT OF THE TRAIL.
AS WE MOVE TO THE HISTORIC AND URBAN CORE, THINKING ABOUT HOW WE CAN EMPHASIZE HISTORY AND CULTURE, UM, WE'RE HOPING THAT THE TRAIL WILL BE A SUBTLE BUT AUTHENTIC, UH, EXPERIENCE THAT ACTS AS A GUIDED JOURNEY THROUGH DUBLIN'S PAST, UM, FEATURING INTERPRETIVE ELEMENTS CREATED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH HISTORIC, THE DUBLIN HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND OTHERS.
UM, THINKING ABOUT THE URBAN CORE FOCUSED ON PEOPLE AND CULTURE, WE, LIKE I SAID, WOULD LIKE THIS TO BE VIBRANT, MULTICULTURAL GATEWAY, UM, LINKING THE RIVER TO THE CITY'S EASTERN EDGE ACTIVATED BY BUSINESS FRONTAGE, LIGHTING, BANNERS AND PUBLIC ART THAT CELEBRATES THE DIVERSE COMMUNITIES SHAPING DUBLIN TODAY IN THINKING ABOUT THOSE COMMUNITY ORIENTED URBAN SPACES, IMAGINING A LINEAR PARK, UH, AREAS ALONG THE URBAN CORE, UH, PLACEMAKING ZONE THAT CAN PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR GATHERING PLAY AND CULTURALLY INSPIRED ART, REINFORCING THE CITY'S IDENTITY AND FUTURE FOCUSED ENERGY.
AND THEN THINKING ABOUT THE FUTURE EXPERIENCE ZONE WITH EMPHASIS ON INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY.
WE ENVISION THIS TO BE ICONIC AND HIGH VISIBLE DESIGNS AS PART, UH, PART OF THE TRAIL.
IT'LL EMBRACE BOLD AND ILLUMINATED AND HIGHLY VISIBLE ELEMENTS THAT CREATE AN AWE-INSPIRING URBAN PRESENCE EASILY RECOGNIZABLE FROM THE HIGHWAY.
WE ENVISION THIS BEING A TECH INTEGRATED TRAIL EXPERIENCE.
SO I MENTIONED LIGHTING, UM, INTERACTIVE FEATURES, MODERN MATERIALS THAT SHOWCASE DUBLIN'S FORWARD LOOKING ECONOMIC DISTRICTS WHILE HIGHLIGHTING INNOVATION ALONG THE ROUTE.
AND IN THINKING ABOUT HOW THE ZONE CAN FUNCTION LIKE A FIBER OPTIC CABLE CONNECTING DYNAMIC ART INSTALLATIONS AND SIGN STRUCTURES TO FORM A CONTINUOUS FUTURISTIC ART EXPERIENCE.
SO WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT HOW WE'RE GONNA BUILD THIS.
IT'S GONNA BE, IT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN OVERNIGHT, I'LL, NOT TO SPOIL ANYTHING, BUT UM, WE HAVE A PHASING PLAN.
WE BROKE UP THE TRAIL INTO OVER 20 DIFFERENT SEGMENTS AND THESE SEGMENTS ALLOW FOR MORE MANAGEABLE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE TRAIL.
SO THE GOAL IS NOT TO JUST PICK SOMETHING EASY, WE WANNA START SOME WITH SOMETHING INTERESTING.
UM, SO WE FELT WORKING IN THE WEST COULD PROVIDE A LOT OF INTEREST AND EXCITEMENT AND A MOMENTUM TOWARDS THE FUTURE PLANNING AND PHASING OF THE TRAIL AND BUILDING THE TRAIL, WHETHER ONE DOESN'T CURRENTLY EXIST.
UM, THERE ARE MULTIPLE PHASES THAT ARE LISTED, BUT WE ALSO THINK THAT IT, IT COULD BE SEQUENTIAL IN THIS FASHION, BUT THERE ALSO ARE BLUE LINES WHERE WHEN THE MONEY AND TIMING AND OTHER THINGS ARE RIGHT, THOSE CAN BE, UM, OPPORT, THOSE CAN BE OPPORTUNITIES TO QUICKLY MOVE ON OVERCOMING THOSE BARRIERS.
SO AS WE ARE ABLE TO OVERCOME THE TWO 70 BARRIERS, 33 THE RIVER, UM, THAT MAY NOT HAPPEN IN SEQUENTIAL ORDER, BUT WHEN THEY DO HAPPEN IT WILL CERTAINLY ADVANCE THE TRAIL IN A BIG WAY.
SO THE OVERALL STRATEGIES TO ALLOW FOR THESE AREAS AND OTHERS TO BE ADAPTIVE TO THE CHANGING, UH, CONDITIONS.
AND NOW THAT WE HAVE A DEFINED SET OF ALIGNMENTS AND SEGMENTS, UM, IT'LL HELP US WITH A LOGICAL BUT EXCITING PATH FORWARD FOR IMPLEMENTATION.
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IT'S WORTH NOTING THAT WE ARE DOING A LOT OF COORDINATION WITH OTHER PROJECTS AND STUDIES AND DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE UNDERWAY.AND YOU CAN SEE THOSE ON THE SCREEN THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED WHERE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES ARE FOR WHEN THOSE PROJECTS ADVANCE, HOW THE TRAIL CAN BE INTEGRATED INTO THOSE PROJECTS OR STUDIES, UM, OR OTHER ACTIVITIES THAT WE'RE LOOKING TOWARDS THE FUTURE.
THE TRAIL STUDY, UH, EXCUSE ME, THE DUBLIN SIGNATURE TRAIL STUDY IS AVAILABLE ONLINE.
IT'S UNDER OUR STRATEGIC, UH, STUDIES WEBPAGE, UM, UNDER TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY.
YOU MAY ALSO SCAN THE QR CODE IF YOU WANT TO RIGHT NOW WITH THE FEW PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THE AUDIENCE, BUT IF NOT, PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AND YOU'LL BE ABLE TO FIND THE COMPLETE STUDY ON THERE.
I'M SURE YOU HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS, BUT I'LL STOP THERE AND LEAVE IT ON THE LINE AND WE CAN, UH, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A VERY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND PROCESS AND WELL-DOCUMENTED AS YOU JUST SAID.
UM, I'M GONNA OPEN IT UP TO THE COMMISSION NOW FOR QUESTIONS AND ANYBODY WANNA START ANY PARTICULAR END? I GIVE A CHOICE TONIGHT DAN.
I'M ACTUALLY NOT GONNA TALK 'CAUSE MY VOICE IS STILL RECOVERING SO
UH, REALLY APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION.
I THINK IT WAS WELL PUT TOGETHER.
UM, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THE PHASES AND THE TIMELINE ARE UP IN THE AIR TO SOME EXTENT.
WHAT ARE, ASIDE FROM, ASIDE FROM THOSE, UH, PHASE FOUR, THE ADDITIONAL KIND OF THINGS DEPENDING ON JOHN SHIELDS PARKWAY, WHAT DO YOU SEE THE OTHER PHASES HINGING ON, UM, AND, AND ADVANCING ON WHAT WOULD CAUSE THOSE TO MOVE ALONG? UH, YES, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
IN THE MOST RECENT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN THAT WE ADOPTED FOR 2026 TO I WANNA SAY 2031, UM, WE DO IDENTIFY THE CULVERT UNDER 33 TO BE EXPANDED AS PART OF THAT, GETTING THAT FIRST PROJECT UNDERWAY.
BUT UNDERSTANDING THAT'S A BIG BARRIER.
SO WHILE THAT PROJECT CAN BE DONE, WE CAN ALSO FOCUS WITH OUR PARTNERS IN PLANNING AND PARKS ABOUT WHAT THE WEST OF THAT WILL LOOK LIKE.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, AS PARK, UH, REDEVELOPS AND WEST IN WEST INNOVATION DISTRICT, REDEVELOPS AND THE PASSENG REAL STATION, THOSE WILL ALL HAVE THE TRAIL BAKED INTO THEM IN SOME CAPACITY WITH THE DESIGN AND THE THOUGHT THAT GOES INTO THOSE.
UM, IN TERMS OF THE OTHER PARTS WE HEARD FROM COUNCIL THAT THEY WANT US TO START WITH A BIG SPLASH, YOU KNOW, GET THE EXCITEMENT GOING.
UM, AND THEN AFTER WE'RE ABLE TO GET WEST OF 33 REALIZED, I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'LL SHIFT TO.
HOW CAN WE RETROFIT EITHER RED TRABU TO HAVE THE SIGNATURE EXPERIENCE OR TREATMENT ADDED TO IT.
THERE MAY BE OPPORTUNITIES THAT THE COMMISSION WILL REVIEW PROJECTS, UM, WHERE THE TRAIL IS SLATED TO GO.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE WILL COMMUNICATE THAT WITH THE APPLICANTS, BUT ALSO HOPE THAT THE COMMISSION WILL HELP US WITH MAKING SURE THAT THE TRAIL IS CARVED OUT AS PROJECTS COME BEFORE YOU.
AND WITH STARTING IN THE WEST, OBVIOUSLY THE KIND OF DESTINATION IS THAT POTENTIAL FUTURE PASSENGER RAIL, AND OBVIOUSLY I DON'T WANNA JINX ANYTHING, BUT IF THAT WEREN'T TO HAPPEN, WHAT WOULD, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU STARTED OFF ON THE WEST SIDE WITH THE TRAIL AND MAYBE DON'T HAVE A DESTINATION AT THAT POINT.
HOW'S THE TIMELINE WORK THERE? WELL, WE CERTAINLY WANT THE PASSING REAL STATION TO COME TO FRUITION, BUT I THINK WHAT I MENTIONED EARLIER IS THAT WE WANT TO CONNECT TO THE HERITAGE TRAIL.
AND SO I THINK THAT IS WHERE THE TRAIL WILL CONTINUE ON.
UM, REGARDLESS IF THE TRAIL TRAIN STATION'S BUILT OR NOT, WE STILL WANT TO CONTINUE THE TRAIL WEST OF OUR CITY AND CONNECT TO THE HERITAGE TRAIL.
THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT RIGHT NOW.
UH, I JUST HAVE A MINOR QUESTION.
I, I THINK THE BROCHURE THAT YOU PUT TOGETHER IS REALLY IMPRESSIVE AND SO IT'S NICE TO SEE HOW YOU LOOKED AT THE DIFFERENT OPTIONS AND HOW YOU CAME UP WITH THIS.
THE ONLY THIS, THIS IS REALLY A QUESTION THAT'S IN THE WEEDS, BUT YOU HAVE, UM, A CONNECTION TO RIVERVIEW VILLAGE.
UM, IS THAT, ARE YOU ANTICIPATING GOING UNDER THE BRIDGE TO ALSO CONNECT TO THE SOUTH OR IS THAT JUST A CONNECTION? THAT WOULD BE OVER THE BRIDGE TO, UM, THE NEWER DEVELOPMENT IN THE SHORT TERM, IT'LL BE USING THE EXISTING DUBLIN LINK PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE.
AND SO WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE PART OF THE TRAIL ALIGNMENT, UM, HUG AT LEAST THE INDIAN RUN,
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UH, FALLS BEING VERY SENSITIVE TO THAT AREA AND WORKING WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ON THAT CONNECTION UNTIL THE JOHN SHILTS PARKWAY IS EXTENDED OVER THE RIVER AND CONTINUE WESTWARD.UM, THE, IT WILL, WE SEE THE TRAIL COMING UP MOST LIKELY CORBIN MILLS AND THEN FIGURING OUT HOW WE'RE GONNA GET TO THAT DUBLIN LAKE BRIDGE AT, UH, ROCK CREST AND HIGH STREET.
SO THAT IS STILL GONNA BE, THAT IS THE GOAL, BUT I, THE EXACT, UH, THE ALIGNMENT WILL HAVE TO BE WHEN WE GET TO THE DESIGN PHASE.
'CAUSE WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE'RE GONNA CROSS HIGH STREET, UM, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND THEN GETTING OVER TO THE BRIDGE, UM, UNTIL THE DO, UH, UNTIL THE JOHN CHILLS PARKWAY BRIDGE IS REALIZED.
AND ON THAT NOTE, UM, BEFORE THAT, UH, THIS IS EXCELLENT.
IT'S REALLY GREAT TO SEE THIS AND ALL THE TIME AND EFFORT THAT WENT INTO THIS.
AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE BRIDGE AND UM, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT WITH BRIDGE PARK THAT THERE'S NO ISLANDS THERE AND IT SURE SEEMS THAT, HAVE YOU ALL LOOKED AT THAT OPPORTUNITY ON WITH, UM, DUBLIN GRANDVILLE ROAD, A CONNECTION THERE THAT SOMEHOW SAFELY PEOPLE CAN, IS THAT, IS THERE A POSSIBILITY OF, UM, TINKERING WITH THAT, THAT THAT KINDA FILLS IN? AND I KNOW THERE'S TIME TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT THAT, BUT IS THAT ANYTHING YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT AT THIS POINT? WOULD THAT BE THE DUBLIN ROAD, GRANDVIEW ROAD, UH, EAST OF SAWMILL OR WEST OF SAWMILL? YEAH, I'M THINKING OF, YOU KNOW, WHERE WENDY'S IS AT THAT POINT.
AND SO CROSSING THERE, THERE'S SOME OPTION OPPORTUNITIES THERE, BUT IF IT BIKES AND THINGS OF THAT SORT, PEOPLE WALKING IT AND I LOOK AT ISLANDS AND I THINK THAT ALL AREAS ALMOST LIKE AN ISLAND AND HOW CAN THEY BECOME MORE CONNECTED AND HERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THAT.
AND UM, ALSO KEEP IN MIND THAT WE ARE COURTING WITH THE REGIONAL PARTNERS ON THE LINK US NORTHWEST MM-HMM
BUS, RAPID TRANSIT LINE, WHICH WOULD GO THROUGH THE CORRIDOR.
SO PART OF THAT REENVISIONING AND REDESIGN OF THE CORRIDOR WOULD BE MUCH MORE PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY.
AND WE WOULD USE THIS STUDY TO INFORM WHERE THOSE CROSSINGS WOULD BE AND HOW THEY CAN BE AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE AND COMFORTABLE AS POSSIBLE.
BECAUSE I KNOW THIS COMMITTEE HERE IS EVEN, UH, TALKED ABOUT THE IDEA OF A, A BRIDGE OR, OR SOMETHING THAT WOULD GO OVER.
SO YOU'RE SAYING THERE'S A, YOU ALL ARE GOING TO KEEP, UM, TALKING ABOUT THAT AND TRYING TO HONE IN ON THE BEST SAFETY POSSIBILITY AND EVERYTHING'S KIND OF ON THE TABLE WITH THAT? IT IS.
SO IT IS, NOTHING IS SET IN STONE YET, BUT THE INTENT IS TO THINK ABOUT THAT CROSSING AND THE ENTIRETY OF THE CORRIDOR AND HOW WE CAN ACHIEVE MORE CONNECTIVITY THROUGH TRANSIT, BUT ALSO PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE CONNECTIVITY.
BUT THAT IS CERTAINLY ON OUR TOP OF MIND WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THAT.
WE DO HAVE IN DUBLIN A LOT OF GROUPS THAT ARE BIKE RIDERS AND, UM, YOU SEE, HAVE YOU CONNECTED WITH ANY OF THEM OR WOULD THAT BE A GOOD CONNECTION TO MAKE? WE'RE HAPPY TO MAKE MORE CONNECTIONS AND KEEP TELLING EVERYONE ABOUT THIS PROJECT, BUT WE HAVE BEEN ENGAGING WITH LOCAL GROUPS AS PART OF OUR UPCOMING BICYCLE FRIENDLY COMMUNITY APPLICATION THAT'S DUE THIS SUMMER.
SO WE'VE BEEN ENGAGING AND WORKING WITH OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT AND THEIR RESOURCES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE GETTING INPUT FOR THIS PROJECT, BUT ALSO ADVANCING OTHER INITIATIVES BY THE CITY.
THE OTHER GROUP I WAS THINKING ABOUT IS WALK WITH A DOC.
THEY'VE BEEN AROUND FOR 20 YEARS AND THERE'S A DOUBLING GROUP IN THE, I WOULD THINK THEY WOULD BE, THEY'VE BEEN WALKING AROUND HERE FOR A LONG TIME.
AND, UM, ALSO JUST VERY NATURE ORIENTED AND I THAT MIGHT BE AN OPTION OPPORTUNITY THERE.
I ALSO HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
SO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS A RADIUS WHERE IT'S A MILE THAT YOU ARE A WALKER.
AND SO THE CLOSER AND SOME OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT AREN'T AS, IT'S NOT THAT EASY TO WALK TO SCHOOL, SO THE PARENTS END UP DRIVING THEM AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND IT'S ONLY FOR HIGH SCHOOLS.
IT'S ONLY FOR HIGH SCHOOLS AND FOR SOME FAMILIES IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO PICK UP YOUR KID BY TWO 40, UM, AND THEN, OR THEY WALK HOME AND THAT'S CAN BE A DIFFICULT THING.
SO KEEPING IN MIND, HAVE YOU, HAVE YOU CONNECTED WITH DUBLIN CITY SCHOOLS? MAYBE TALKING ABOUT THAT RADIUS? YES, WE HAVE.
THIS IS ALSO ANOTHER PROJECT I'M WORKING ON IS OUR PEDESTRIAN BICYCLE SCHOOL SAFETY ACTION PLAN.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE A WORKSHOP NEXT, UH, THURSDAY WITH THE SCHOOLS WITH DUBLIN AND HILLIARD CITY SCHOOLS.
AND THAT IS A CONTINUATION OF ENVISION DUBLIN.
THERE IS AN EXERCISE THAT IDENTIFIED GAPS IN THE CHARITIES PATH AND SIDEWALK SYSTEM AND WE WERE LOOKING AT AROUND A HALF MILE RADIUS AROUND ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND A MILE AROUND HIGH SCHOOLS.
SO THAT WILL ALSO HELP INFORM THIS PROJECT AS IT ADVANCES, BUT WE ARE LOOKING AT WHERE THOSE GAPS ARE AND HOW WE CAN PRIORITIZE THEM, WHICH WOULD PROBABLY HELP ACCESS TO THE TRAIL OVERALL.
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NEWBIE TO ALL THIS, BUT ALSO HAVE YOU, UM, CONNECTED WITH THE WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP FIRE DEPARTMENT JUST ABOUT ACCESS INTO THAT.THEY CAN EVEN DRIVE THEIR VEHICLE ANYWHERE AND GET TO SOMEBODY QUICKLY.
AND IS THERE THE A-E-D-A-A-D-E, SORRY, I GET THAT ALL MESSED UP.
UM, YOU KNOW, DEFIBRILLATORS OUT THERE THAT, UM, ARE EASY ACCESS TO, TO THE COMMUNITY AS WELL TOO.
THAT'S A GREAT SUGGESTION, THANK YOU.
UM, THE LAST THING I HAD TOO, AND I APPRECIATE ALL THIS, I I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT IT, UM, IS SO ARE THE TRAILS TO BE USED.
IT'S PROBABLY IN HERE AND I PROBABLY MISSED IT.
UM, LIKE A PARK WHERE IT'S DAWNED A DUSK OR IS IT 24 7 YOU CAN WALK ON, BE A PART OF THE PARK OR SORRY, THE TRAIL.
SO THAT, YEAH, THINKING ABOUT THAT, UH, I MEAN WE WANNA INCLUDE LIGHTING, SO I CAN SEE IT BEING A 24 HOUR POSSIBILITY.
YEAH, WE HAVEN'T TALKED TOO MUCH ABOUT THE POLICIES YET, BUT I THINK IT COULD BE A POSSIBILITY, ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE GOING FROM, IF A HOTEL EXPERIENCE AND BACK AND FORTH COULD BE SOMETHING THERE TOO.
THAT WAS A HARD NO, HILLARY, RIGHT?
SO AGAIN, THIS IS A REALLY GREAT GREAT, UM, REPORT AND PLAN, WHICH IS, I UNDERSTAND NOW IT WAS ADOPTED.
SO, UM, FROM OUR STANDPOINT, THIS NOW BECOMES A GUIDING ONE OF OUR GUIDING DOCUMENTS WHEN WE'RE REVIEWING PROJECTS.
AND I, AND I'M ALREADY SEEING THINGS IN THIS THAT LIKE, OH, WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT THAT OR THIS.
SO AGAIN, IT WAS ADOPTED BY COUNCIL, UM, DECEMBER 8TH, UM, FEB IN FEBRUARY.
SO IT'S RELATIVELY NEW, SO WE HAVEN'T REALLY TESTED IT YET IN ANY OF OUR CASES OR ANYTHING.
I HAVEN'T SEEN STAFF NECESSARILY INCLUDE IT IN ANY OF THE RELEVANT UM, CASES.
SO I I I'M ASSUMING GOING FORWARD THIS WILL BE FOLDED INTO THE NORMAL STAFF REPORT AND, AND, UM, BECOME SOMETHING THAT WE CAN USE ON TO SAY, HEY, DOES THIS SUPPORT THE SIGNATURE TRAIL WHEREVER IT'S IMPACTING WHAT WE DO? SO THAT'S CORRECT.
AND COUNCIL ADOPTED THE STUDY ON DECEMBER 8TH, 2025 LAST YEAR AND WE, THIS PAST WEEKEND CASE REVIEW, WE ACTUALLY HAVE A PROJECT THAT IS ON THE ALIGNMENT THAT WE SAID, OH, PLEASE TELL APPLICANT THEY ALSO HAVE TO PROVIDE 33 FEET, UM, FROM CURB FOR THE SIGNATURE TRAIL.
SO THE INTENT IS THAT WE WILL SHARE THAT WITH OUR PARTNERS IN PLANNING AND ENGINEERING, AND THEN THE APPLICANT WILL BE AWARE OF THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES.
SO I I THINK ITS IMPLEMENTATION IS PROBABLY GONNA START IN A, MAYBE EVEN A DIFFERENT WAY, RIGHT? AS, AS PART OF EVALUATING PROJECTS AND ALL OF THAT.
SO I THINK THAT'S A, A GREAT THING.
I DO WANT TO SAY THAT THE PROJECTS ALREADY STARTED AND ESTABLISHED BECAUSE INDIAN RUN, UM, IS ONE OF THE MOST FABULOUS RIPARIAN OPEN SPACE TRAILS THAT I'VE BEEN ON ANYWHERE.
AND IN FACT, I, I REFERENCE IT WHEN I'M TRAVELING AROUND THE COUNTRY WORKING OTHER PROJECTS
AND TO THINK OF HOW EXPANDING THAT AND EXTENDING THAT IS JUST GONNA CONNECT THE CITY BETTER AND CREATE MORE OPPORTUNITIES LIKE THAT.
AND AGAIN, I'M A BIKER
SO I, I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
AND UM, I AL ON ON THE, THE REVERSE SIDE OF THE APPLICATION PLANNING PART OF IT IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE ATLANTA BELTLINE, YOU KNOW, IS, AND IT REFERENCED IN THE REPORT IS LIKE JUST GONE CRAZY AND IT IS A MAJOR ECONOMIC FORCE IN THE CITY.
LIKE WHEN THEY EXTEND THE BELT LINE DEVELOPMENT HAPPENS, LIKE, I MEAN, IT JUST LIKE BLOWS UP.
UM, AND HAVE, AGAIN, HAVE YOU THOUGHT OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IMPACT OF THE BELT LINE? AND I'M SURE THE ANSWER IS YES, BUT THE PURPOSEFUL, HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS AS AN AMENITY, AS A MOBILITY CONNECTOR AND PLACE THE RIGHT TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT OR ACTIVITIES, NOT JUST THE, THE PLACEMAKING PART OF IT OR THE ART OR WHATEVER, BUT ACTUAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LIKE THE, THE BELT LINE IN, UM, IN ATLANTA.
I MEAN, YOU CAN WALK FROM RESTAURANT TO RESTAURANT TO RESTAURANT TO FOOD COURT TO, I MEAN, IT'S LIKE AMAZING.
I YOU CAN GO FOR LIKE MILES AND HOURS AND THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING GOING ON.
SO HOW I THINK THE PLAN TAKES THAT TO A CERTAIN POINT, BUT CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT? YEAH, UM, WE DEFINITELY LOOKED AT THE, UH, BELTLINE IN ATLANTA.
WE LOOKED AT SEVERAL OTHER RECREATIONAL DESTINATION
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TRAILS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.WE ALSO DREW INSPIRATION FROM THE NETHERLANDS AND THEIR BICYCLE INFRASTRUCTURE.
UM, WE ARE CONTINUING TO WORK WITH OUR PARTNERS REGIONALLY.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, MORSEY HAS BEGUN, UM, A PROGRAM CALLED TRAIL TOWNS AND THEY HAVE THEIR FIRST COHORT IDENTIFIED AND DUBLIN IS, AND WAITING IN LINE FOR THE SECOND COHORT.
SO THE TRAIL TOWN, UH, PROGRAM, WHAT YOU JUST SPOKE TO SAYS WHAT ARE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE FULL EXPERIENCE? SO FOR FOOD, LODGING, UM, RECREATION, HOW CAN THE CITY CAPITALIZE ON OUR ASSETS AND WHAT WE OFFER ALREADY AND PUT OURSELVES ON THE MAP, SO TO SPEAK, AT LEAST WITH THAT PROGRAM.
UM, WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS IN THE CITY AND THEY'RE AWARE OF, UH, THIS AS A POTENTIAL DRAW FOR RETAINING AND ATTRACTING MORE TALENT.
SO I THINK WE'VE HAD THESE CONVERSATIONS, BUT WE'LL CONTINUE TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS TO REALLY GET A UNDERSTANDING OF THE IMPACT THAT THIS TRAIL CAN HAVE.
AND ONCE WE HOPEFULLY GET THE FIRST BITS BUILT, THAT WILL HELP US, I THINK GET A BETTER PICTURE OF ITS IMPACT.
UM, AND, AND ONE OTHER KIND OF MORE DETAILED QUESTION AND IT'S MORE ABOUT THE OPERATIONAL SIDE OF THE TRAIL.
LIKE HOW DO YOU REGULATE THE SUCCESS OF IT WHERE IT DOESN'T, YOU, YOU START OFF BY TALKING ABOUT SAFETY IS A PARAMOUNT THING AND I'M JUST THINKING THE WORLD OF MOBILITY IS CHANGING, THE TYPES OF MOBILITY DEVICES ARE CHANGING AND, AND ALMOST GETTING TO A POINT WHERE THEY'RE KIND OF SUPERSEDING WHAT THE CONVENTIONAL KIND OF THINKING OF WHAT A BIKEWAY IS OR A IT ALL OF A SUDDEN BECOMES A MOTORCYCLE WHITE
HAVE Y ALL THOUGHT ABOUT JUST THAT AS A OPERATIONAL THING.
WE HAVE, UH, TIMELY ENOUGH ON MONDAY COUNCIL, UH, APPROVED THE SECOND READING OF OUR MICRO MOBILITY CODE UPDATE.
SO 30 DAYS UNTIL THAT GOES INTO EFFECT, BUT THAT DOES CREATE EXPECTATIONS FOR THE TYPE OF DEVICES WE LIKE TO SEE AND WHERE AND HOW FAST.
UM, AND ALSO INCLUDES SOME, UH, LANGUAGE FOR PARENTAL ACCOUNTABILITY TO HELP GET THE POINT HOME.
UM, BUT FOR, UH, FOR US, WE'RE ALSO GONNA BE LOOKING AT, UM, THE OPERATIONS AND I THINK THE DESIGN ITSELF LENDS ITSELF HOPEFULLY TO, UH, HELPING PEOPLE WITH DIFFERENT SPEEDS AND DIFFERENT DEVICES.
SO WE HAVE THE SHARED USE PATH THAT WILL BE SIX FOOT WIDE AND THEN THE SIX FOOT SIDEWALK RUNNING ADJACENT TO IT.
AND HOPEFULLY THAT WILL HELP, UH, SEPARATE SOME OF THE DIFFERENT TRAVEL SPEEDS THAT PEOPLE WILL BE USING THE TRAIL AT.
UM, WE'LL HAVE TO LOOK AT OUR PARTNERS AT PARKS AND REC AND PUBLIC SERVICE PROBABLY TO HELP FINALIZE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
BUT, UM, WE CERTAINLY ARE EXCITED FOR THIS TRAIL AND WE'LL FIGURE OUT THE BEST WAY TO MAINTAIN ITS OPERATIONS FOR EVERYBODY.
YEAH, I MEAN, DUBLIN IS NOT ATLANTA BY ANY MEANS POPULATION WISE, BUT YOU KNOW, THE BELT LINE CAN BE SO CONGESTED THAT YOU CAN'T ACTUALLY RIDE A BICYCLE ON IT.
THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE, I MEAN IT'S ALMOST DANGEROUS TO, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE JUST TRY TO BIKE THROUGH CROWDS AND IT'S LIKE, IT'S A PROBLEM, BUT IT'S, IT'S, IT'S KIND OF A GOOD PROBLEM TO HAVE
SO, UM, AND, AND ONE OTHER, ONE OTHER KIND OF FINAL QUESTION, UM, IS THERE, IS THERE A, IN ALL THESE GRAPHICS, THERE'S IN THE BOOK THERE'S JUST, THERE'S OBVIOUSLY THERE WAS PRELIMINARY STUDIES AND, AND THEN STUDIES AND THEN THERE'S THE PLAN AND THEN THERE'S OTHER, IT DOES THERE SEEMS LIKE THERE THE ALIGNMENT IS STILL KIND OF A WIGGLY THING AND WILL THERE BE AT SOME POINT SOMETHING THAT'S MORE LIKE A CENTER LINE ESTABLISHED FOR THE TRAIL THAT REALLY TIES IT DOWN TO A SPECIFIC AND I AND I AND I AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN.
I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT FROM OUR STANDPOINT, WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS AT, AT A PLANNING AND ZONING LEVEL, DOES THAT GIVE US A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY TO THINK ABOUT WHERE THE TRAIL MIGHT GO IN A PARTICULAR AREA VERSUS, UM, GIVING DEVELOPERS OR WHOEVER A VERY, VERY CLEAR, THIS IS THE CENTER LINE OF THE TRAIL, IT'S THIS WIDE AND YOU NEED TO PRESERVE THIS PARTICULAR PIECE OF LAND IN THE STUDY ITSELF, WE SAID THAT THEY'LL, THEY WILL, THERE WERE, THERE WILL BE SOME ADJUSTMENTS MOST LIKELY IN THE WEST INNOVATION DISTRICT PART AS THOSE STUDIES ARE FINALIZING.
SO THERE IS SOME EXPECTATION THAT SOME PARTS OF THE TRAIL MAY HAVE ADJUSTMENTS.
UM, BUT I WOULD SAY OTHER PARTS MAY NOT.
SO AROUND, FOR EXAMPLE, THE BLAZER OR THE METRO CENTER BLAZER, THE LOOP, THE BOTTOM OF THE ACORN IF YOU WILL, RIGHT.
UM, WE KNOW THAT THAT IS EXISTING SHARED USE PATH.
WE JUST WANT TO UPGRADE IT AND GIVE IT THE
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SIGNATURE TREATMENT.AND THOSE HAVE BEEN, UM, THOSE WILL BE INSIDE, WHEN I SAY INSIDE THE EAST SIDE OF EMERALD PARKWAY, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, JUST GIVEN THAT THE CONNECTION TO POST ROAD, YOU DON'T HAVE TO CROSS AGAIN IF WE CAN KEEP IT ON ONE SIDE, RIGHT.
SO THERE MAY BE SOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR ADJUSTMENT AND THEN OTHERS MAYBE NOT SO MUCH SO, SO IT'S STILL A CORRIDOR KIND OF LEVEL ALIGNMENT.
AND, AND THERE'S FLEXIBILITY THERE IS.
THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAD.
ANY OTHERS? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU MR. RAYBURN.
OUR OWN MR. BOGGS IS GOING TO LEAD US NOW IN THE NEXT DISCUSSION ON THE COMMUNITY.
NO-NO NOISE ORDINANCE, AN OVERVIEW OF CODE AMENDMENTS ADOPTED BY CITY OF COUNCIL ON FEBRUARY 9TH, 2026 TO ADDRESS VEHICULAR AND ENVIRONMENTAL NOISE.
REALLY EXCITED TO HEAR ABOUT THIS
AND, AND I DO HAVE TO SAY, WHEN WE FIRST PRESENTED TO CITY COUNCIL ABOUT THESE UPDATES TO THE CODE IN NOVEMBER OF 2025, UH, WE MADE OUR PRESENTATION BEFORE J'S PRESENTATION ABOUT THE SIGNATURE TRAIL, WHICH IS ACTUALLY HOW I LIKE IT BECAUSE THE, THE SIGNATURE TRAIL IS A HARD ACT TO FOLLOW AND I REALIZE I'M THE ONLY THING BETWEEN YOU AND THE PREMIER, UH, SPORTS AND ATHLETIC CAMPUS.
SO, UM, BUT AT LEAST I'M NOT THE ONLY THING BETWEEN YOU AND THE REST OF YOUR EVENING.
SO, UM, YEAH, VERY BRIEFLY, UH, OR PERHAPS NOT SO BRIEFLY, THE NOISE SECTIONS THAT WERE UPDATED BY COUNCIL FOLLOWED A LONG LEAD UP THAT WAS DRIVEN, UH, BY RESIDENT FEEDBACK ON NOISE ISSUES THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
ESSENTIALLY THOSE HAD MULTIPLE PRONGS TRAFFIC NOISE, BOTH IN TERMS OF VEHICLE OPERATION AND AMPLIFICATION SYSTEMS IN VEHICLES NUISANCE NOISE FROM LAND USES, WHETHER THAT BE HVAC EQUIPMENT AND INDUSTRIAL NOISE OR, UH, LAWN CARE NOISE AND THEN DISORDERLY CONDUCT, WHICH IS, UM, I SORT OF THINK OF THE NUISANCE SECTION DEALS WITH EXCESSIVE NOISE FROM PROPERTY AND LAND USES THE DISORDERLY CONDUCT DEALS WITH EXCESSIVE NOISE FROM PEOPLE EVERY DAY, THE PEOPLE YOU MEET OUT ON THE STREET.
SO THAT MULTIPLE PRONGED APPROACH, UH, THAT MULTIPLE PRONGED PROBLEM DEMANDED A MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH.
SO WE BROUGHT TOGETHER PEOPLE FROM ENGINEERING, TRAFFIC AND MOBILITY, LEGAL POLICE PLANNING, ESSENTIALLY ALL OF THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS OF THE CITY THAT TOUCHED ON ANY OF THOSE, UM, ASPECTS OF THAT PROBLEM.
I WILL START JUST WITH A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE LOUD NOISE FROM MOTOR VEHICLES AND, UH, THERE WAS STUDY THAT WENT INTO THIS, UH, PREVIOUSLY IN 2011, THE CITY CONDUCTED A NOISE STUDY REGARDING TRAFFIC AT LYNDON LANE FOR THE, AROUND THE LYNDON LANE NEIGHBORHOOD AND ROUND HARD ROAD.
AND THOSE COM COMPLAINTS FROM THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS HAD KIND OF DRIVEN REVISITING THIS IN 2024.
AND SO ANOTHER NOISE STUDY WAS CONDUCTED THEN, AND INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, IT FOUND THAT, UH, WHILE THERE WAS A BROADER RANGE OF DECIBEL LEVELS, UM, THEY, NONE OF THOSE DECIBEL LEVEL LEVELS EXCEEDED WHAT EITHER ODOT OR THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION RECOMMEND FOR NOISE MITIGATION LEVELS FROM TRAFFIC.
THERE WERE SOME OUTLIERS, UM, THAT SEEMED TO BE THE RESULT OF LAWN CARE EQUIPMENT AND SIRENS, BUT THOSE DECIBEL READINGS MIDDLED OUT AROUND 50 OR 60 DECIBELS, WHICH THE SORT OF COMPARATIVE CHARTS WILL TELL YOU IS ANYWHERE FROM SUBURBAN NEIGHBORHOOD AMBIENT NOISE TO SORT OF NORMAL CONVERSATIONAL LEVEL OF, OF NOISE CITY.
ALSO CONDUCTED TRUCK COUNTS TO GET A, A SENSE FOR WHETHER THE CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT IN THE CITY HAD INCREASED THE VOLUME OF TRUCK TRAFFIC AT CERTAIN KEY AREAS WITHIN THE CITY.
UM, THOSE INCLUDED HARD ROADIES OF RIVERSIDE, AVERY AND WARNER TEMPLE ROAD, COS GRAND AND SHIRE RINGS ROAD, DUBLIN ROAD AND EMERALD PARKWAY, HIGHLAND CROIX AND, UH, TULLY MOORE AND STATE ROUTE 1 61 AND INDUSTRIAL PARKWAY.
SO AT HARD ROAD EAST OF RIVERSIDE THERE WAS AN INCREASE IN TRUCK TRAFFIC, COS GRAY AND SHIRE
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RINGS AND HIGHLAND CROIX AND TULLY MOORE, THERE WERE DECREASES IN TRUCK TRAFFIC.THE OTHERS WERE, UH, LARGELY IN LINE WITH WHERE THEY HAD BEEN IN THE PRIOR TRUCK COUNTS, WHICH IN SOME WAYS WAS WHAT THE CITY WAS EXPECTING BECAUSE AS, UM, AND I'LL, I'LL STEAL WHAT JEANNIE WILLIS I'VE HEARD SAY IS THAT THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM IN THE CITY IS JUST THAT A SYSTEM.
AND WHAT THE CITY HAS BEEN TRYING TO DO SYSTEMATICALLY OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, DECADE AND A HALF PLUS, IS TO DEVELOP THAT SYSTEM SO THAT THERE ARE ROADS THAT ARE BUILT FOR LARGER TRAFFIC, LARGER, UH, DEMAND OF LARGER VEHICLES AND THERE ARE OTHERS THAT ARE NOT.
AND THAT THE SYSTEM IS DESIGNED TO CREATE ALTERNATIVE ROUTES FOR DIFFERENT KINDS OF TRAFFIC SO THAT WE DON'T GET CONGESTION, WE DON'T GET AS MUCH CONCENTRATION ON PARTICULAR, UH, ROUTES AS, AS COULD OTHERWISE RESULT IF THEY WERE ALL CONCENTRATED INTO ONE AREA.
SO TAKING THOSE RESULTS FROM BOTH THE NOISE STUDIES AND THE TRUCK COUNT STUDIES WE SET ABOUT LOOKING AT WHAT WE COULD DO FROM A CODE PERSPECTIVE TO ADDRESS THE NOISE PROBLEMS THAT PEOPLE WERE STILL EXPERIENCING IN THEIR HOMES AND WHAT WE COULD DO TO IMPROVE OUR CODE AND IMPROVE ENFORCEMENT IN WORKING WITH THE POLICE.
WHAT WE DISCOVERED WAS THAT THEY HAVE BEEN TAKING TARGETED ENFORCEMENT AIR, UH, E EFFORTS IN CONSULTATION AND COOPERATION WITH OTHER LOCAL AGENCIES ON I TWO 70, US 33 AND RIVERSIDE DRIVE TO ADDRESS ISSUES LIKE SPEED STREET RACING, ENGINE REVVING, THINGS THAT REALLY DRIVE UP THOSE SORT OF OUTLIER NOISES THAT AFFECT THAT QUALITY OF LIFE AROUND THERE.
BUT WHAT THEY DID NOT HAVE, AND THIS PROVED TO BE A COMMON THREAD THROUGHOUT SORT OF THE THREE PRONGS OF THE NOISE PROBLEM, WAS THEY DID NOT HAVE AN OBJECTIVE STANDARD IN OUR CODE TO MEASURE EVERYTHING WAS, UM, WELL, OBJECTIVE IS NOT REALLY THE RIGHT WORD.
THEY DID NOT HAVE A QUANTITATIVE MEASURE IN OUR CODE VERSUS A QUALITATIVE.
WHAT WE HAD HAD COMING INTO THIS EFFORT IN ALL THREE ASPECTS WAS A PRINCIPLE OF REASONABLENESS, WHICH, UM, THE LAW DEALS WITH COMMONLY SORT OF WHAT IS OFFENSIVE TO A PERSON OF ORDINARY SENSIBILITIES.
AND THEN YOU DEVELOP EVIDENCE IN RELATION TO THAT.
THE QUANTITATIVE ASPECT THAT WE ULTIMATELY RECOMMENDED AND THAT COUNCIL ULTIMATELY ADOPTED IN ITS AMENDMENTS PROVIDES A SECOND APPROACH.
IT'S NOT EXCLUSIVELY QUANTITATIVE NOW IT'S NOT EXCLUSIVELY QUALITATIVE, BUT ENFORCEMENT CAN RELY ON EITHER ONE DEPENDING ON THE CONTEXT.
SO THESE WERE THE AFFECTED CODE SECTIONS FROM THE CODE REVISIONS THAT CITY COUNCIL ULTIMATELY ADOPTED.
THOSE WERE ADOPTED FEBRUARY 9TH.
I DON'T THINK YOU'RE SHARING THAT.
SO THESE ARE THE, UH, ULTIMATELY FOUR CODE SECTIONS THAT WERE ADOPTED.
LOUD NOISE FROM A MOTOR VEHICLE.
SO THAT INCLUDES BOTH, AS I NOTED AT THE OUTSET, AMPLIFICATION AND OPERATION ENGINE BREAK.
SO WHICH SHOULD BE B-R-A-K-E, I REALIZE IF, UH, BLANC SCHNEIDER WERE, WE'RE STILL HERE, HE'D BE ALL OVER THAT.
UM, SO THAT AGAIN IS A LOUD OPERATING NOISE, BUT OF A SPECIFIC TYPE.
SO THERE WE'RE RELYING ON PEOPLE RECOGNIZING THAT TYPE OF NOISE AND BEING ABLE TO IDENTIFY IT WITH A PARTICULAR VEHICLE AND ALSO TO HELP WITH JUST THE ABILITY TO ENFORCE THAT WITHOUT NECESSARILY HAVING A DECIBEL METER AT HAND, DISORDERLY CONDUCT AS I KNOW THAT THAT'S SORT OF THE PERSON BEING LOUD VERSUS A LAND USE BEING LOUD.
AND FINALLY THE UH, CHAPTER 1 53 PUBLIC NUISANCE PROVISIONS, WE WENT THROUGH COMMUNITY BENCHMARKING AND WHILE YOU CAN'T SEE IT IN THAT SMALL TYPE UP THERE, THE CITY OF DUBLIN WAS NOT ALONE IN SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT IT HAD FACED IN HAVING A NOISE CODE OR VARIOUS NOISE, UH, PROVISIONS WITHIN THEIR CODES THAT WOULD PROVIDE QUANTITATIVE
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MEASURES FOR, FOR NOISE.SO SOME HAD DECIBEL READINGS FOR VEHICULAR NOISE, BUT NOT FOR OTHER TYPES, ET CETERA.
SO EVERYBODY WAS SORT OF ALL OVER THE MAP.
I THINK THAT ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE BENEFITS THAT THE CITY'S APPROACH HAS HAD IS THAT IT CREATES THOSE QUANTITATIVE LEVELS ACROSS THE BOARD WHILE MAINTAINING THE QUALITATIVE.
THE OTHER THING THAT THE CITY OF DUBLIN HAS DONE THAT OTHERS IN CENTRAL OHIO HAVE NOT YET DONE IS ADDRESS NOT JUST LOUD NOISE, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT DECIBELS GET AT, IS IT LOUD? WE'VE ADDRESSED PERVASIVE NOISE.
SO EVEN IF IT DOES NOT REACH THAT DECIBEL LEVEL READING, IF IT IS A PERVASIVE NOISE THAT IS UNREASONABLE, THEN THAT IS AGAINST THE PROVISIONS OF THE NEW CODE.
SO THERE WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME OF THESE INDUSTRIAL NOISES THAT ARE DESCRIBED AS MORE LIKE LOW HUMS OR SORT OF A BUFFETED VIBRATING TYPE OF NOISE, WHETHER THAT BE FROM AN HVAC SYSTEM, A FAN, UM, COOLING EQUIPMENT FROM DATA CENTERS IS OFTEN POINTED TO AS A A CAUSE OF THAT, UM, WHETHER THAT IS EVEN FROM LAWN CARE EQUIPMENT.
SO BOTH OF THOSE ITEM, BOTH OF THOSE TOOLS ARE AVAILABLE EFFECTIVE JUST THIS PAST WEEK FOLLOWING THE ADOPTION ON FEBRUARY 9TH OF THESE NEW NOISE CODES.
UM, THE 80 DECIBEL LEVEL THAT THESE PROVISIONS HAVE BEEN SET AT IS WHAT WOULD BE COMPARED TO, UM, EXCUSE ME, I LOST MY PLACE.
80 DECIBELS IS MORE LIKE LAWN EQUIPMENT.
SOMETHING THAT GETS TO THAT THRESHOLD WHERE PROLONGED EXPOSURE COULD START TO CAUSE HEARING DIFFICULTIES.
THE CITY OF DUBLIN POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS DECIBEL METER TO, UM, EVALUATE THE DECIBEL READINGS AND WE'VE ALSO WORKED WITH THE POLICE IN MAKING SURE THAT THEY HAVE THE TOOLS TO, IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE QUALITATIVE ASPECTS, WHAT EVIDENCE WOULD BE HELPFUL TO DEVELOP IN THE EVENT OF ENFORCEMENT AND ULTIMATELY ADJUDICATION OF THAT TYPE OF CLAIM.
SO WE HAVE NOT, AS THIS JUST BECAME EFFECTIVE, UH, THIS PAST WEEK, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY, YOU KNOW, SORT OF CASE STUDIES YET ARISING OUT OF FURTHER ENFORCEMENT OF THE NEW CODE.
BUT WANTED TO PRESENT THIS TO THE COMMISSION AS YOU KNOW, INFORMED, ENGAGED PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY TO KNOW THAT THIS IS OUT THERE.
UM, THE NUISANCE PROVISIONS HAVE NOT BEEN ADOPTED AS PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR APPLICATIONS.
SO THEY WON'T GENERALLY PLAY INTO THE ROLE THAT YOU PERFORM IN THIS ROOM, BUT AS YOU ARE OUT AND ABOUT KNOWING FOR YOURSELVES AND YOUR NEIGHBORS THAT THERE ARE THESE NEW PROVISIONS IN THE CODE WE THOUGHT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF.
AND SO WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
UM, LOOKING AT THE BENCHMARKING FOR OTHER COMMUNITIES, I'M SORRY, I'M GONNA COUGH AGAIN.
IS THERE ANY CHANCE IN YOUR OPINION THAT HAVING THESE NUMERICAL, YOU KNOW, THE QUANTITATIVE VALUES MAKES IT MORE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL NOISE? JUST LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, UNREASONABLE NOISE VERSUS 80 DECIBELS.
WOULD YOU SEE THESE KIND OF THINGS CHALLENGED MORE? I THINK IT PROVIDES TWO TOOLS AND THE, THE ANALOG I WOULD GIVE IS THIS, UM, AND IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT AN OVI OPERATING VEHICLE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL OR A DRUG OF ABUSE, THERE'S TWO CHARGES THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO POLICE WHEN THEY'RE ENFORCING THAT.
THERE'S ONE THAT PROSECUTOR WOULD CALL OVI IMPAIRED WHERE THE OFFICER CAN WRITE UNDER THAT SUBSECTION, BUT HAS TO DEVELOP EVIDENCE THAT THERE WAS ACTUAL IMPAIRMENT, WHETHER THAT BE THROUGH SPEED WEAVING, UM, FAILING TO USE TURN SIGNAL, SORT OF MOVING VIOLATIONS THAT LEAD UP TO THAT TRAFFIC STOP, AND THEN OBSERVATIONS THAT THE OFFICER MAKES AT THE WINDOW TO SAY THAT THIS PERSON HAS BEEN IMPAIRED BY ALCOHOL.
BUT THERE'S A SECOND TOOL AND THAT IS WHAT WE WOULD CALL THE OVI PER SE, AND THAT'S YOUR 0.08 LIMIT.
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THEY COME IN AT 0.14, THEY GET CHARGED WITH THAT OVI PER SE, AND THE OVI IMPAIRED, IF THERE'S EVIDENCE OF ACTUAL IMPAIRMENT, THEY WILL GET AN OVI CONVICTION JUST BASED ON THE OVI PER SE.YOU DON'T HAVE TO DEVELOP ALL OF THAT EVIDENCE OF IMPAIRMENT, BUT IF FOR SOME REASON THE TEST IS THROWN OUT, YOU STILL HAVE THAT OVI IMPAIRED THERE THAT CAN GET THE OVI CONVICTION AS WELL.
THIS ALBEIT NOISE AND NOT AN OVI, I THINK IT'S COMPARABLE.
THERE COULD BE A DECIBEL READING ABOVE THAT 80 DECIBEL THRESHOLD AND DEVELOPMENT OF EVIDENCE THAT IT WAS UNREASONABLE NOISE UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCE.
SO I THINK IT REALLY GIVES MORE TOOLS FOR ENFORCEMENT AND PROSECUTION OF NOISE.
SO IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY REPLACE THE PREVIOUS, IT KIND OF LAYERS ON TOP AUGMENTS IT.
I THINK MY QUESTION IS SOMEWHAT SIMILAR.
UM, HOW DO YOU REGULATE PERVASIVE NOISE BELOW 80 DECIBELS? UH, BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE YOU'RE SAYING THAT'S NOT, THAT'S A PUBLIC NUISANCE AS WELL.
SO WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE DETERMINATION? IS IT THE LENGTH OF TIME OF SOME NOISE? IS IT A NOISE THAT BOTHERS SOMEBODY BUT MAYBE IT DOESN'T BOTHER OTHER PEOPLE? HOW DO YOU, HOW DO YOU REGULATE THAT? SO MY ANSWER IS YES.
AND SO IT IS A REASONABLENESS STANDARD.
SO IT'S, WE'RE NOT LOOKING TO SORT OF THE MOST SENSITIVE RECEPTOR.
IF YOU'RE SOMEBODY WHO IS FOR WHATEVER REASON, MORE SENSITIVE TO NOISE THAN A PERSON OF ORDINARY SENSIBILITIES IS THE WAY THE LAW WOULD LOOK AT IT, THEN THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE ENOUGH.
WHAT WE WOULD BE TRYING TO ADDRESS IS WHAT IS THE DISTANCE FROM THE SOURCE OF THE NOISE? WHAT ARE YOU DOING WHEN YOU HEAR THE NOISE? WHAT DOES IT PREVENT YOU FROM DOING BECAUSE OF THE NOISE? ARE YOU PREVENTED FROM CARRYING ON A CONVERSATION ON YOUR PATIO? ARE YOU PREVENTED FROM READING A BOOK ON YOUR PATIO OR KEEPING YOUR WINDOWS OPEN AT NIGHT WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO SLEEP? DOES IT DISTURB YOUR SLEEP? AND DEVELOPING THAT FROM, YOU KNOW, ONE PERSON, TWO PEOPLE, WHOEVER IS COMPLAINING ABOUT IT.
BECAUSE IN THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES, WHAT, AT LEAST ANECDOTAL, ANECDOTALLY, WE HAVE FOUND, IT'S USUALLY NOT JUST ONE PERSON IN A NEIGHBORHOOD WHO'S, UM, DISTURBED BY THIS SORT OF PERVASIVE BUT YET LOW DECIBEL NOISE.
IT'S A RANGE OF PEOPLE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND SO THERE IS MORE EVIDENCE THAT HAS TO BE COLLECTED, BUT AT LEAST IN WE, WE HAVE NOT ARRIVED AT A QUANTITATIVE MEASURE THAT BETTER SEEMS TO ADDRESS IT AND WANTED TO DO SOMETHING OTHER THAN NOT ADDRESS IT.
KATHY, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
AND IT'S A GOOD, UM, THOUGHT PRO PROCESS HERE.
AND I HAVE A COUPLE DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS I WANNA GO.
FIRST IS A CITIZEN, ARE THEY TO CALL THE POLICE OR ARE THEY TO USE THE DUBLIN CODE ENFORCEMENT AND HOW WOULD THEY WORK TOGETHER? OR ANY THOUGHTS ABOUT THAT? YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S AN EXCELLENT QUESTION.
UM, FOR TRAFFIC NOISE AND FOR THAT SORT OF DISORDERLY CONDUCT NOISE COMING FROM A PERSON COMING FROM, UM, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY PLAYING A STEREO ON THE SIDEWALK OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT IS LOUD OR FROM THEIR, PERHAPS FROM A NEIGHBOR THAT IS, UM, HOLDING A PARTY OR SOMETHING WHERE IT'S NOT DURING NORMAL BUSINESS HOURS, THOSE WOULD BE POLICE CALLS.
AND DEPENDING UPON THE NATURE OF IT, PROBABLY A NON-EMERGENCY LINE TYPE OF POLICE CALL, UM, FOR SOMETHING THAT IS ONGOING WHERE IT IS FROM AN HVAC OR SOME OTHER BUILDING SYSTEM, CODE ENFORCEMENT WOULD BE THE, THE RIGHT ENTITY TO CONTACT.
SO THEN I GET INTO THINKING ABOUT, UM, IN INFORMING NEIGHBORHOODS ABOUT THIS MM-HMM
SO DO YOU ENVISION IT GOING TO THE HOA MEETING, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY HAVE WITH THE CITY? DO YOU SEE A DOCUMENT THAT WOULD GO TO HOAS? WOULD THAT BE SOMETHING I I DO ANTICIPATE THOSE BEING NEXT STEPS IN, IN PUBLICATION ABOUT THIS.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT SORT OF LIKE WITH THE MO MICRO MOBILITY, UM, PROVISIONS THAT JM REFERENCED.
A LOT OF THIS IS GONNA BE EDUCATION, BOTH WHAT ARE PEOPLE'S RESPONSIBILITIES AND WHAT ARE PEOPLE'S AVENUES FOR RELIEF IF THEY ENCOUNTER PROBLEMS. HELP ME UNDERSTAND TIME OF DAY BECAUSE, UM, UH, I'M THINKING ABOUT TRASH PICKUP.
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THINKING ABOUT CONVERSATIONS WITH NEIGHBORHOODS, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT HAVE BEEN HERE SAYING YOU KNOW, TRASH GETS PICKED UP REALLY EARLY OR, UM, THAT THOSE KIND OF THINGS THAT YOU'RE WORKING WITH, UH, AN ENTITY YOU'RE WORKING WITH A, A BUSINESS AND THEY NEED TO DO THEIR, YOU KNOW, HAVE THEIR TRASH PICKED UP AND HAPPENS TO BE AT SEVEN O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING.SO, IS THERE THINGS THAT THIS WOULD, WOULD FLY WITH OR WORK IN THOSE DIRECTIONS? THERE, THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS.
UM, THE EXCEPTIONS THAT WERE LEFT IN THERE DO NOT REALLY DEPART FROM WHAT THE EXISTING EXCEPTIONS WERE.
SO TRASH PICKUP AND SERVICE VEHICLES DURING CERTAIN HOURS, UH, ARE, ARE AN EXCEPTION TO THE NOISE ORDINANCE.
SPECIAL EVENTS THAT HAVE A CITY EVENT PERMIT ARE EXCEPTIONS DURING THEIR ALLOTTED HOURS, ET CETERA.
I THOUGHT THERE WAS TWO DIFFERENT THINGS THAT I READ ABOUT THE TRASH THAT IN THE, AND SO MAYBE I'LL LOOK IT UP AND, AND GET BACK WITH YOU ABOUT THAT.
I READ ONE THAT IT, IT COULD BE SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT AND THEN I READ IT AGAIN WHERE IT FIT UNDERNEATH WHAT YOUR, YOUR AREA THAT YOU'RE MENTIONING.
SO I MAY HAVE READ IT WRONG OR WHATEVER, BUT IT SEEMS TO ME THERE COULD BE SOME DISCUSSION, YOU KNOW, JUST BEING GOOD NEIGHBORLY, UH, YOU KNOW, CONVERSATIONS WITH BUSINESSES THAT MAY BE CLOSE TO, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE'S, UM, YOU KNOW, BACKYARD AND SO FORTH ABOUT PICKUP, IF THAT'S EVEN, EVEN PART OF THAT.
UM, BUT THEN I, I, I GO TO ANOTHER, ANOTHER SITUATION WHERE, HELP ME WITH THIS TOO.
I FEEL LIKE THIS, THIS BODY NOW CAN ASK SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT NOISE.
SO, UM, IF WE CAN HAVE SOME, UH, DIRECTION ON THIS.
I THINK ONE PART I'M WANTING TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT IS IF A A, A GARAGE DOOR OPENS AND NOISE HAPPENS, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE AS A BODY OR, AND THE, AND UM, UH, STAFF CAN ASK INSIDE, TELL US MORE ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE GONNA BE DOING, SO THEN WE CAN UNDERSTAND IF THAT'S NOISE RELATED OR NOT.
AND IF IT IS NOISE RELATED OR NOT, THEN WOULD THAT HIT THIS? SO SAY YOU HAVE A, YOU KNOW, A TRUCK COME, YOU KNOW, THREE TIMES A WEEK OR WHATEVER, AND THE DOOR'S UP AND THERE'S A HUMMING NOISE OR SOMETHING OF THAT SORT.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE NOW CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT? THESE ORDINANCES DO NOT ADDRESS THAT.
I, I DO THINK, AND YOU, YOU CURRENTLY DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO ASK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT A FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN, IF IT SHOWS WHERE LOADING DOCKS ARE AND WHAT'S THEIR PROXIMITY TO OTHER USES THAT MAY NOT BE COMPATIBLE WITH THAT.
WHAT KIND OF ACTIVITY DO WE EXPECT TO SEE, ET CETERA, AS YOU'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT AND EVALUATE A SITE PLAN.
SO THERE IS SOME EXISTING ABILITY TO ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES.
THESE ORDINANCES DO NOT SPECIFICALLY DO THAT.
LEMME SEE IF I HAVE ANYTHING ELSE.
UM, I JUST HAD A COUPLE QUESTIONS.
WHAT, AGAIN, THIS MAYBE GOES BACK TO EXCEPTIONS.
UM, WHAT ABOUT CONSTRUCTION? LIKE, WOULD, IS THAT, WOULD A CONSTRUCTION SITE BE ALLOWED TO EXCEED THE 80 BECAUSE OF SPECIFIC ACTIVITY THAT IT HAS TO DO TO COMPLETE THE TASK AT HAND? AND WOULD THAT BE WRITTEN INTO A BUILDING PERMIT OR SOMETHING THAT SAYS YOU, YOU'RE ALLOWED TO DO IT FOR THIS MUCH TIME, BUT AFTER THAT YOU CAN'T? OR WOULD THIS, WOULD THIS CAUSE THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY TO TAILOR THEIR ACTIVITY? SO IT'S UNDER 80 DECIBELS.
CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES DURING HOURS OF WORK FOR ACTIVITIES THAT HAVE A BUILDING PERMIT ARE AN EXCEPTION.
AND I ASSUME THAT FIREWORKS AREN'T SANCTIONED SO THAT THEY ARE IN VIOLATION IF IT'S OVER 80.
I'M TALKING ABOUT
I MEAN THAT, THOSE ARE TRICKY ENFORCEMENT SITUATIONS.
UNDER THE BEST OF CIRCUMSTANCES.
SO ONE, ONE AREA THAT I DID NOT SEE THAT IS SOMETHING THAT'S COMING UP IN A LOT OF COMMUNITIES IS RAILROADS AND SETTING QUIET ZONES AND SPECIFICALLY TO RAIL ACTIVITY.
AND PROBABLY, I THINK IT'S TWOFOLD.
ONE IS, UH, BLOWING THEIR HORNS, WHICH I BELIEVE IS A SAFETY FACTOR WHEN YOU HAVE AN
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ACCURATE CROSSING THAT THEY'RE REQUIRED TO DO THAT.UM, AND THE OTHER IS JUST THE SPEED OF THE TRAIN AND THE NOISE THAT IT MAKES.
UH, AND I KNOW A LOT OF CITIES ARE TRYING TO ADOPT THIS QUIET ZONE IN REGARD TO RAIL RAILWAYS.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WAS CONSIDERED IN THIS, THAT OUR, WE HAVE A RAIL LINE THAT RUNS THROUGH THE COMMUNITY AND I HEAR IT FROM MY HOUSE ON A RAINY MORNING
BUT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE BLOWING THEIR HORN.
I HEAR THE TRAIN GOING AND I'M A MILE FROM THE TRACKS, BUT I CAN IMAGINE WHAT IT'S LIKE VERY CLOSE.
SO IS THAT SOMETHING THAT CAME UP IN THIS CONVERSATION AT ALL? NOT IN THIS ONE, NO.
SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE COULD CONTINUE TO PURSUE, ESPECIALLY AS DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY IN THE WEST INNOVATION DISTRICT AND ALL THAT HAPPENS THAT ALONG THE RAIL LINE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE RAIL LINE NOW.
I KNOW WORTHINGTON IS, IS, UM, EITHER IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO GET SOMETHING LIKE THAT, I, I WORKED ON A, ON A SPECIFIC PLAN AND THEY, WE WERE ASKED TO ADD THAT LANGUAGE INTO IT BECAUSE IT'S WAS RIGHT ALONG THE RAIL LINE.
UH, AND, YOU KNOW, NOT DEFINING A QUIET ZONE, BUT ASKING THAT, THAT BE A CONSIDERATION AS THE PROJECT EVOLVES.
NO, THAT'S A, AN EXCELLENT POINT.
NOT ONE THAT CAME UP IN THIS ITERATION, BUT I SUSPECT THAT IT WILL NOT BE THE LAST WE HEAR FROM NOISE
ANY OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? MR. YES, KATHY? I JUST, I JUST HAD SOMETHING SO HELP.
UM, WHAT WOULD A NEIGHBORHOOD DO IF THERE IS A BUSINESS IN YOUR BRIDGE PARK OR, AND, UM, AND IT, IT IS ACTIVE NOISE HAPPENING AND SO FORTH.
DO THEY HAVE RECOURSE OR IF IT'S A INDUSTRY, BUSINESS SOMEPLACE AS WELL TOO? DO THE NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE RECOURSE? LIKE ONCE IT'S THERE, IT'S THERE.
UM, DO THEY, THEY HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF LEEWAY OR THE POLICE, UM, OR CODE ENFORCEMENT WILL VISIT THEM AS WELL TOO.
IF IT'S HARMFUL SOUND THAT'S NOT NORMAL ACTIVITY THAT DOESN'T FIT IN THERE.
THEY, THEY WOULD STILL BE, YOU KNOW, JUST THE OPERATION OF A BUSINESS WOULD STILL BE SUBJECT TO THE DECIBEL LEVEL AND TO THE QUALITATIVE REASONABLENESS LEVEL.
SO OUR NEXT PRESENTATION IS THE PREMIER ATHLETIC AND RECREATION CAMPUS UPDATE ON THE VISION AND FRAMEWORK DEVELOPMENT PROCESS FOR CREATING A PREMIER ATHLETIC AND RECREATION CAMPUS AND COMPETENCY, THE SPORTS OHIO AND DARRY FIELD SITES AND THEIR VICINITY.
AND MR. WILL, GOOD TO SEE YOU.
I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE TONIGHT TO SHARE THIS UPDATE.
I'M JOINING THE AUDIENCE BY OUR PARKS AND REC DIRECTOR, MATT ERMAN AS WELL.
UM, WHO CAN PROBABLY HELP ANSWER QUESTIONS WHEN WE GET TO THAT PORTION.
UM, FOLLOWING THE CITY'S ACQUISITION OF THE SPORTS OHIO PROPERTY IN LATE 2024, CITY COUNCIL MADE IT ONE OF THEIR GOALS, UM, TO CREATE A PREMIER ATHLETIC COMPLEX.
THAT GOAL HAS BEEN UPDATED IN 2026 TO BE A PREMIER ATHLETIC AND RECREATION CAMPUS AND CONTINUED ON THIS YEAR.
UH, CONTEXT FOR THE COMMISSION.
YOU CAN SEE THE DARI FIELDS PROPERTY, 150 ACRES, KIND OF THE CENTER OF THE SCREEN.
I'D MENTIONED THE PROPERTY OR ACQUISITION ACQUISITION OF SPORTS OHIO, WHICH IS ABOUT A HUNDRED ACRES.
ALONG WITH THAT ACQUISITION, THE CITY ALSO ACQUIRED SHEPHERD'S EXCAVATING, WHICH IS BETWEEN DARI FIELDS AND SPORTS OHIO AND CARTER FARMS. UM, YOU CAN ALSO SEE OTHER CITY OWNED PROPERTY IN THE VICINITY OF DARI FIELDS.
THIS IS A LITTLE OUTDATED AS THE CITY HAS MADE A FEW OTHER ACQUISITIONS FOR TO THE WEST.
UM, YOU CAN ALSO NOTE CHILLER HERE, UH, CHILLER, WHICH IS, UM, PART OF SPORTS OHIO, BUT OWNED SEPARATELY AND IT'S ITS OWN PROPERTY, SO POINTING THAT OUT.
UM, BUT ALSO THE NORTH JEW PROPERTY, UM, WHICH THE CITY OWNS BETWEEN DORY FIELDS AND SPORTS OHIO.
SO TO IMPLEMENT, UM, OR MAKE PROGRESS TOWARDS COUNCIL'S GOAL, UM, STAFF WORKED WITH A GROUP OF CONSULTANTS WITH OUR FRIENDS FROM SUZAKI, UM, AS WELL AS PLANNING NEXT AND SPORTS FACILITIES COMPANIES WHO IS MANAGING SPORTS OHIO TO START A VISIONING PROCESS.
SO THIS STARTED, UM, IN SUMMER OF LAST YEAR WITH SOME PROJECT ALIGNMENT AND BACKGROUND.
UM, THE TEAM EXPLORED SOME BIG IDEAS, ADVANCED SOME CONCEPTS, AND REFINED SOME PREFERRED, A PREFERRED FRAMEWORK.
WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF TIDYING THAT UP.
THIS WILL THEN LEAD TO A FUTURE STEP OF PHASE TWO, WHICH IS A MASTER PLANNING, WHICH WILL TAKE THIS FRAMEWORK THAT WE'RE DEVELOPING, WHICH IS REALLY
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JUST A SKELETON AND VISION FOR THE PARK AND LOOK AT IT IN MUCH MORE DETAIL, UM, FROM ENGINEERING, ARCHITECTURE, FEASIBILITY, BUSINESS MODELING.SO WE DIDN'T START FROM ZERO, WE HAD LOTS OF THINGS TO CONSIDER.
AND OF COURSE ENVISION DUBLIN AND OUR WEST INNOVATION DISTRICT.
THIS IS THE ILLUSTRATIVE PLAN.
SO SOME CONSIDERATIONS, UM, WITHIN THE WID ARE, OR THAT WERE WERE MADE THROUGH ENVISION DUBLIN IS THE POTENTIAL EXPANSION OF THE PARK, WHICH WE WERE EXPLORING.
UM, FUTURE ADJACENT MIXED USE NODES, THINKING AROUND THE OU CAMPUS MIXED USE CENTER THERE, UM, AS WELL AS POTENTIAL, UM, FUTURE NEIGHBORHOOD LEVEL MIXED USE NEAR SHIRE RINGS AND COS GRAY ROAD.
UM, THE PURPOSE OF THE WEST INNOVATION DISTRICT IS TO PROMOTE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND IS CENTERED AROUND INNOVATION.
SO CONSIDERING THAT AS WELL AS OUR THOROUGHFARE AND MOBILITY.
SO THE CARRIAGE OF COSGRAVE ROAD, WHICH BISECTS DARRY FIELDS AND SPORTS OHIO'S TODAY, AS WELL AS BUILDING OUT OUR TRANSPORTATION NETWORK WITH UNIVERSITY BOULEVARD CONNECTION AND SHI INCS EXTENSION.
AND THEN THE SIGNATURE TRAIL, WHICH JM DID A GREAT JOB OF EX UM, SHARING WITH THE COMMISSION, UM, EARLIER.
UM, SO IN COORDINATION WITH OTHER PROJECTS, THE SIGNATURE TRAIL BEING ONE OF THEM, THE CITY IS ALSO WORKING ON THE WID INTEGRATED IMPLEMENTATION STUDY, WHICH IS LOOKING AT HOW TO IMPLEMENT THIS, UM, THE WEST INNOVATION DISTRICT AND ALL THE OTHER WORK THAT THE CITY IS DOING.
SO THE SPORTS OHIO AND DARI FIELDS IS IN THE HEART OF THE WID ADJACENT TO, UM, THE WEST PASSENGER, SORRY, THE DUBLIN PASSENGER RAIL, WHERE OUR TEAM IS LOOKING AT THAT.
UM, COORDINATING WITH, UM, MOBILITY AND TRANSPORTATION CONNECTIONS, UNIVERSITY BOULEVARD SHIRE RINGS, THINGS HAPPENING ON POST ROAD.
UM, SO REALLY INTEGRATING THIS WORK, WHAT, WHICH WITH WORK THAT WAS GOING ON, UM, CONCURRENTLY WAS AN IMPORTANT PART, UM, OF THIS STUDY.
AND THEN AGAIN, OTHER PLANS THAT THIS VISIONING PROCESS IS BUILDING UPON.
UM, THE PARKS AND REC MASTER PLAN, WHICH WAS ADOPTED IN 2 1 25, UM, 2023, WHOOPS.
UM, WHICH HIGHLIGHTS PARKS AND REC NEEDS ACROSS THE CITY, BUT ALSO MAKES RECOMMENDATION, UM, FOR DARI FIELD SPECIFICALLY.
THAT WAS A MECHANISM FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
AND, UM, THE PREMIER ATHLETIC, THE PARK PLANNING REALLY BUILDS UPON THAT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AS WELL AS THE DEN STUDY, WHICH, UH, VISIT DUBLIN COMPLETED, WHICH LOOKED AT ADDING ADDITIONAL, UM, FACILITIES TO DARI FIELDS TO ATTRACT, UM, TOURNAMENTS AND GROW ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND PROMOTE, UM, THE CITY'S, UH, TOURISM.
SO SPORTS OHIO AND DARI FIELDS TODAY.
UM, AS SHOWN ON THE SCREEN, A FEW, UM, OBSERVATIONS, IF YOU'VE BEEN TO THE PARK TODAY.
UM, ACCESS AND CIRCULATION IS A LITTLE BIT SO, UM, DISCONNECTED.
UM, AS YOU MOVE THROUGH THE PARK.
UM, THE ENTRANCES, UH, A FEW CURVES TO KIND OF FIND OUT WHERE YOU'RE GOING.
UM, LIMITED PARKING IN SOME INSTANCES WHERE THERE ARE TOURNAMENTS, UM, WHICH EXCEED THE NUMBER OF SPACES THAT ARE OUT THERE TODAY, COS GRAY ROAD, WHICH IS A TWO LANE ROAD, AS WE THINK ABOUT MODERNIZING THAT, UM, HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE STILL CONNECTING THE TWO DIFFERENT SIDES.
UH, SPORTS OHIO DEVELOPED IN THE EARLY NINETIES, HAS ITS OWN TYPE OF ARCHITECTURE.
DARI FIELDS HAS ITS OWN TYPE OF ARCHITECTURE.
SO HOW DO WE THINK ABOUT THESE TWO? UM, ONE IS THAT SOMETHING WE CONSIDER, UM, AS BOTH WERE KIND OF ADDED ON OVER THE YEARS.
THERE MAY BE SOME INS, UM, INEFFICIENT LAYOUTS AND DESIGNS FOR FIELDS OR FOR PARKING, UM, THAT WANTED TO BE REVISITED.
AND THEN FROM AN EXPERIENCE STANDPOINT, LACK OF SHADE, UM, SOME OTHER AMENITIES.
THERE'S NO KIND OF HEART, UM, PLACE MAKING ELEMENTS.
UM, AND THEN AS WELL AS IN THE WEST INNOVATION DISTRICT, YOU COULD SEE TO THE NORTH THERE ARE SOME OTHER USES, UM, THAT AREN'T QUITE A PARK-LIKE SETTING THAT FOLKS POINTED OUT.
SO IN THIS BACKGROUND WORK THAT THE TEAM DID, WE DID LOOK AT SOME CASE STUDIES, WHICH I WILL BRIEFLY RUN THROUGH.
I'M SURE MANY OF THE COMMISSION MEMBERS ARE AWARE OF GRAND PARK AND INDIANA.
IT'S A VERY LARGE SPORTS COMPLEX, 31 RECTANGLE FIELDS AND 26 DIAMONDS.
UM, SOME TAKEAWAYS FROM THAT FOR OUR TEAM THOUGH, UM, IT CAN ATTRACT VERY LARGE TOURNAMENTS, YES, BUT IF YOU'VE BEEN THERE, THERE IS A LACK OF SHADE.
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YOU CAN KIND OF GET LOST.UH, IT HAS A SUPER BLOCK FOR WAY FINDING, SO IT CAN BE CHALLENGING TO NAVIGATE TO DIFFERENT PARKING OR WHEN YOU'RE IN THE PARK TO DIFFERENT AREAS WITHIN YOUR RESPECTIVE SPORTING AREAS.
UM, THEY DO ACCOMMODATE, UM, PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE PACERS OR OTHER PROFOR PROFESSIONAL SPORTS.
SO I THINK THAT'S A REALLY BENEFIT FOR THIS PARK.
UM, AND THEN THEY, THERE'S A LACK OF AMENITIES, UM, RESTAURANTS, HOTELS NEARBY, UH, WHICH THEY ARE TRYING TO RECTIFY NOW WITH CURRENT PLANNING.
BUT THAT WAS ONE OF THE TAKEAWAYS, UM, FROM OUR CASE STUDY.
THE WAKE MED SOCCER PARK CAN CARRY NORTH CAROLINA.
YOU CAN SEE IN THIS AREA TO THE TOP.
IT'S PRIMARILY JUST FOR, UH, SOCCER.
IT HOSTS A NUMBER OF LARGER TOURNAMENTS THOUGH, UM, AS WELL AS COLLEGIATE AND KIND OF STATEWIDE SOCCER TOURNAMENTS.
THERE'S A MIXED USE CENTER, WHICH YOU CAN SEE FENTON SQUARE TO THE BOTTOM LEFT, WHICH IS ALMOST IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT.
IT'S SEPARATED BY A RAVINE IN WOODS, AND THOUGH IT'S VERY CLOSE, THERE'S NO CONNECTION.
SO WHEN YOU'RE AT THE SOCCER PARK, YOU HAVE NO IDEA THAT THERE ARE HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS LITERALLY IN WALKING DISTANCE.
SO MAKING THAT, UM, MORE APPARENT IN THE WAY FINDING WAS A TAKEAWAY FROM THAT CASE STUDY.
PARADISE COAST SPORTS COMPLEX IN NAPLES, WHICH SFC ALSO MANAGES.
UM, IT'S A LARGE NEW, UM, MULTI-SPORT COMPLEX WITH TURF FIELDS.
UM, AN IMPORTANT PART OF THIS IS KIND OF A COMMUNITY HUB HERE THAT YOU CAN SEE KIND OF IN THE FRONT WHERE BOTH THE COMMUNITY AND PARK GOERS USE.
SO IT REALLY HELPS ACTIVATE THAT AND GIVE SOMETHING, UM, PEOPLE TO DO WHILE YOU'RE THERE AND KIND OF BE A COMMUNITY HUB AND NODE.
AND THEN THE LAST CASE STUDY TO SHARE IS THE NORTH MYRTLE BEACH PAR PARK SPORTS COMPLEX IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
UH, ONE THING THAT STICKS OUT ABOUT THIS IS EASIER WAY FINDING.
THERE'S KIND OF A CIRCULAR LOOP THAT CONNECTS THE DIFFERENT SPORTING AREAS WITHIN THAT, SO IT'S EASIER TO FIND.
IT'S INTEGRATED INTO THE WOOD SCAPES, UM, AS WELL AS HAS NICE AMENITIES FOR EACH OF THE SPORT AREAS.
SO THINKING ABOUT THE VISION FOR THE PARK, THE CITY COUNCIL HAS THEIR GOAL.
WE'VE KIND OF ADAPTED THIS TO MAKE A VISION STATEMENT AND IT'S REALLY AROUND CREATING THAT PREMIER ATHLETIC RECREATION DISTRICT THAT'S UNIQUE TO DUBLIN AND REALLY SERVES ALSO AS AN ECONOMIC DRIVER, UM, TO ATTRACT TOURNAMENTS AND, AND GROW ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE CITY.
AND AS I TALK ABOUT THE FRAMEWORK IN THE VISION, THERE ARE A FEW COMPONENTS OF THIS.
SO THAT VISION STATEMENT IS ONE OF THOSE PIECES THAT MAKE UP THAT FRAMEWORK.
AND ANOTHER ONE ARE THESE GUIDING PRINCIPLES THAT WERE DEVELOPED.
THERE'S SEVEN, AND I WON'T READ THROUGH IN DETAIL, UH, BUT GAME DAY AND EVERY DAY REALLY IS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, CELEBRATING SPORTS AND RECREATION, BUT ALSO MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY, WHETHER IT'S A VISITOR OR SPECTATOR OR SOMEONE THAT'S NOT EVEN PARTICIPATING IN SPORTS, THAT LIVES IN DUBLIN AND CAN ENJOY, UM, THE PARK EXPERIENCE AND COMMUNITY INSPIRED.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS A VERY DUBLIN PARK, THAT IT REPRESENTS OUR CHARACTER AND OUR CULTURE.
AND THAT SHOULD BE REFLECTED THROUGH DESIGN AND PROGRAMMING.
A SMART LAYOUT AND SAFE AND FRIENDLY DESIGN AS WE TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE CIRCULATION ISSUES, FIXING THOSE.
UM, IF ANYBODY'S BEEN TO A SPORTS TOURNAMENT, A GREAT WAY TO RUIN IS YOU SPEND HALF HOUR TRYING TO GET OUT OF THE PARKING LOT OR GET IN THE GATE.
SO MAKING SURE WE THINK THROUGH THAT.
UM, OF COURSE, MAKE SURE IT'S SAFE AND FAMILY FRIENDLY.
LOTS OF FAMILIES, KIDS COMING HERE.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE IT'S EASY TO GET AROUND AND SAFE FOR THEM, UH, CONNECTED AND ACCESSIBLE FOR ALL.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU CAN GET TO DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE PARK MORE EASY, BUT FROM DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE CITY TO THE PARK AND THAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT ALL FOLKS OF ABILITY NEEDS AND HOW TO EASILY GET TO A FIELD OR PARKING OR DIFFERENT AMENITY SPACES WITHIN THE PARK AND DESIGNED BY OR DESIGNED WITH NATURE, REALLY MAKING NATURE A FOCAL POINT OF DEVELOPMENT.
THERE ARE SOME NATURAL FEATURES OF THE PARK ALREADY TODAY TO KIND OF GROW UPON.
AND AGAIN, THIS GOES BACK TO A PARK-LIKE SETTING, MAKING IT GREEN, UM, LITERALLY, BUT ALSO FROM A SUSTAINABILITY, MAKING THAT A FOCAL POINT, BOTH LARGE AND SMALL.
SO AS WE THINK ABOUT STORMWATER, BUT ALSO ABOUT RECYCLING RECEPTACLES SO BIG AND SMALL.
UM, WE ALSO WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE FINANCIALLY SUSTAINABLE IN TERMS OF CREATING OPPORTUNITIES TO GENERATE REVENUE WITHIN THE PARK TO HELP SUPPORT THE LONG-TERM VIABILITY FROM, UH, FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE.
AND THEN IT BEING ROOTED IN THE DISTRICT THAT THIS IS PART OF THE WEST INNOVATION DISTRICT, UM, AND CAN SUPPORT WELLNESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, SPORTS MEDICINE.
AND THERE'S ADJACENCIES TO OTHER PARCELS WHERE WE TALKED ABOUT THESE FUTURE MIXED USE AREAS AND PROVIDING THAT CONNECTION.
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YOU CAN HAVE THESE AMENITIES THAT THEY'RE NOT ONSITE, BUT YOU CAN GO TO A HOTEL OR RESTAURANT, ESPECIALLY FOR VISITORS.AGAIN, THAT FRAMEWORK AND VISION, THESE ARE KIND OF SEVEN PIECES THAT WILL HELP GUIDE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT AND DECISION MAKING IN THE PARK OR FOR THE PARK.
THERE ARE ALSO PROGRAM CONSIDERATIONS, UH, FOR THE PARK, OUTDOOR ATHLETICS.
SO THINKING ABOUT RECTANGLE FIELDS, UM, SOCCER, LACROSSE, UM, DIAMOND FIELDS, SO, OR SOFTBALL AND BASEBALL.
AND THEN HYBRID FIELDS WHERE WE CAN TRY TO USE, UM, MULTIFUNCTIONAL FIELDS FOR BOTH DIAMOND AND FOR RECTANGLE FIELDS OR FOR SPORTS, INDOOR ATHLETICS.
UM, INDOOR SOCCER, INDOOR PRACTICE FIELDS, INDOOR LACROSSE, VOLLEYBALL, BASKETBALL, UM, ACTIVE AND PASSIVE RECREATION.
SO THINKING ABOUT TRAILS, PLAYGROUNDS, ADVENTURE COURSES, THOSE OTHER NON-SPORT.
BUT THINGS THAT DRAW PEOPLE FOR ALL, UM, ALL PARTS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY CAN USE.
UM, OF COURSE THE FACILITIES THAT SUPPORT IT.
PARKING, VISITOR MAINTENANCE, THOSE THINGS THAT WE NEED.
RESTROOMS. AND THEN ALSO BUSINESS PARTNERSHIPS.
UM, THE GOAL OF THIS IS TO BE TO PROMOTE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
SO HOW CAN WE MAKE SYNERGY WITH SPORTS MEDICINE, UM, INNOVATION, THOSE TYPES OF BUSINESSES AND MAKE THEM A PART OF THE CAMPUS AS WELL.
SO AS I TALKED ABOUT THE PROCESS WITH THIS, UM, USING, UM, INFORMATION AND GUIDANCE FROM THE PARKS AND REC AND DEN STUDY AND OTHER EXISTING PLANS FROM THE CITY, UM, THE TEAM DEVELOPED THREE BROAD CONCEPTS WHICH WERE VETTED WITH COUNCIL.
AND THE FIRST ONE WAS REALLY TAKING THE BONES THAT WERE OUT THERE AT THE PARK TODAY AND FILLING IN, UM, UNDERUTILIZED AREAS OR NORTH JEW FOR EXAMPLE, BUT REALLY JUST STICKING TO THE BONES AND LAYOUT THAT YOU HAD.
THE SECOND ONE WAS A CENTRAL PARK IDEA WHERE WE TOOK THE WOODED LOT, UM, AT THE CENTER OF DARI AND BUILT A GREEN SPINE AROUND THAT AND THE SOUTH FORK INDIAN RUN THAT CONNECTS BOTH SPORTS OHIO AND DARI TODAY.
AND THE THIRD ONE WAS KIND OF TAKING THAT INSIDE OUT, UM, AND PUSHING ALL THE CIRCULATION FOR THE PARK TO THE EDGE AND KIND OF CREATING A, A GREEN, UM, HEART TO IT WITH FINGERS THAT EXTENDED OUT.
UM, FROM THAT BALANCING FEEDBACK FROM OR GUIDANCE FROM THE CONSULTANT TEAM AND THE PROJECT TEAM AND FEEDBACK FROM CITY COUNCIL AND THE SPORTS OHIO STEERING COMMITTEE, UM, WHICH IS ORGANIZED TO HELP MAKE DECISIONS OR BE A SOUNDING BOARD FOR THINGS FOR SPORTS OHIO, BUT WAS ALSO USED FOR THIS LARGER PARK PLANNING EFFORT SINCE A PAR, THE CENTRAL PARK CONCEPT WAS BROADLY, UM, SUPPORTIVE ACROSS THE BOARD FOR ITS REUSE OF EXISTING PURPOSES OR EXISTING FACILITIES AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, BUT LEVERAGING THE NATURAL RESOURCES OF THE SITE TO MAKE SOMETHING SPECIAL WHILE STILL KIND OF FIXING THE THINGS THAT NEEDED FIXED CIRCULATION, BETTER LAYOUT MATTING, ADDING AMENITIES.
SO AS WE THINK ABOUT THAT CENTRAL PARK CONCEPT AND BLOWING THIS UP AND BREAKING IT DOWN INTO A BIT OF PARTS, THERE'S AN ILLUSTRATIVE PLAN UNDERNEATH, BUT KIND OF BREAKING INTO THESE FRAMEWORK ELEMENTS ARE WHAT WILL BE USED TO HELP GUIDE THE NEXT PHASE OF PLANNING.
SO THE TURF FIELDS, I TALKED ABOUT THE RECTANGLE FIELDS IN RED, THE YOUTH DIAMONDS, AND THEN THESE HYBRID FIELDS, UM, FORM A RING AROUND THIS CENTRAL FORESTED PARK ALONG THE DARI SIDE, THE GOLF CENTER KIND OF IN PINK ON SPORTS OHIO CONTINUES TO FUNCTION WITH THE ORANGE BEING MORE INDOOR ATHLETIC OR OTHER OPPORTUNITIES.
UM, BUILDING UPON THE FACILITIES THAT ARE THERE, THINKING ABOUT, UM, ADDITIONAL NEW FACILITIES TO THE SIGNATURE TRAIL AND THE SOUTH FORK INDIAN RUN BEING THIS KIND OF SPINE THAT CONNECTS EAST AND WEST, THINKING ABOUT EITHER GOING UNDER OR OVER COS GRAY EVENTUALLY.
THAT AGAIN HAS TO BE STUDIED IN MORE DETAIL ALONG WITH A NUMBER, UM, OF THESE IMPROVEMENTS OVER TIME.
AND THEN FROM A CIRCULATION STANDPOINT, THIS BEING MORE VEHICLE, UM, COS GRAY ROAD BISECTING, UM, THE PARK TODAY, AS I MENTIONED, UNIVERSITY BOULEVARD CONNECTION IS A RECOMMENDATION OF THE MULTIMODAL PLAN AND ENVISION DUBLIN, YOU CAN SEE A PORTION OF THE SPORTS OHIO AREA TO THE EAST IS USED TO MAKE THAT UB THREE CONNECTION AS WE REFER TO IT.
UM, BUT A NEW PIECE THAT CAME OUT OF THIS STUDY WAS CREATING A CONNECTION, A CONTINUOUS CONNECTION FROM UNIVERSITY THROUGH SPORTS OHIO TO COS GRAY ROAD AND TO DARI THAT ESTABLISHES ONE SINGULAR KIND OF GRAND ENTRANCE FOR BOTH.
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THINK ABOUT THIS AGAIN AS A UNIFYING FEATURE.UM, WE'D ALSO LIKE TO KIND OF REOPEN ONE OF THE EXISTING, UH, PARK ENTRANCES THAT'S OFF OF COS GRAY AND OPPOSITE OF DARI PARK DRIVE OR DUBLIN PARK DRIVE, RATHER TODAY, UM, AS WE CONTINUE TO ACCOMMODATE THE MULTIMODAL PLAN, SHIRE RINGS EXTENSION USES THE FOURTH LEG OF THE ROUNDABOUT.
SO THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE SHIFTED OVER TIME TO ALLOW FOR SHI RINGS TO EXTEND.
AND THERE WOULD BE A NEW PARK ENTRANCE TO THE SOUTH.
AND THEN, UM, CONTINUE TO HAVE AN ENTRANCE OFF OF HOOED.
UM, PART OF THIS FRAMEWORK, THIS TRANSPORTATION AND CIRCULATION FRAMEWORK REALLY HELPS DISPERSE TRAFFIC.
SO WHEN WE DO HAVE LARGER TOURNAMENTS, THERE'S MULTIPLE POINTS TO GET TO THE PARK.
UM, HIGHLIGHTED IN BLUE ON THE DARI SIDE IS WHAT WE'RE CALLED THE DARI FIELDS LOOP DRIVE, UM, WHICH IS IN SOMEWHAT FORM THERE TODAY, BUT IT'S MORE CIRCUITOUS, LOTS OF TURNS AND IT'S NOT INTUITIVE FOR FOLKS THAT ARE COMING, ESPECIALLY FOR FOLKS OUTTA TOWN, BUT ALLOWS YOU TO MOVE THROUGHOUT THE PARK EASIER INTO THE DIFFERENT PARKING AREAS, TO THE DIFFERENT ENTRANCES AND EXITS.
ON THE SPORTS OHIO SIDE, HIGHLIGHTED IN GREEN, THERE'S THE DUBLIN PARK DRIVE, WHICH IS KIND OF A HORSESHOE TODAY, BUT WITH THAT NEW PINK CONNECTION THAT CONNECTS UNIVERSITY TO COS GRAY AND DARI, THAT'S DISTURBED.
SO THINKING ABOUT REARRANGING OR MODIFYING DUBLIN PARK DRIVE TO ACCOMMODATE THAT AND MAYBE REORIENTING THAT STREET A LITTLE BIT TO CREATE A CAMPUS FEEL, UM, WITHIN THE SPORTS OHIO SIDE, ALONG SOME GREEN SPACES.
AND THEN OF COURSE, VERY IMPORTANTLY, THINKING ABOUT THE BIKE AND PED CONNECTIONS TODAY WITHIN THE DIFFERENT SPORTING AREAS.
AND OF COURSE SPORTS OHIO TWO, DARI.
IT CAN BE CHALLENGING FOR BIKES AND PEDS BECAUSE THERE MIGHT NOT BE SOME FACILITIES BECAUSE SOME OF THESE ROADS HAVE NOT BEEN MODERNIZED OR THOSE FACILITIES AREN'T THERE.
SO THE FRAMEWORK PLAN WILL HIGHLIGHT A HIERARCHY OF BIKE AND PAD CONNECTIONS.
AND THE SPINE OF THAT IS THAT SIGNATURE TRAIL, WHICH AGAIN, LINKS THE EAST AND WEST SIDES OF THE CAMPUS, BUT WITHIN BOTH THE EAST AND WEST SIDES THERE NEEDS TO BE KIND OF A SECONDARY PATH FOR FOLKS TO BUY, SORRY, TO BIKE AND WALK AROUND, AND THEN TO CONNECT THEM TO CERTAIN AMENITY AREAS, UM, BUT ALSO FROM PARKING TO FIELDS.
UM, AS WE TALK ABOUT MAKING SURE THIS IS ACCESSIBLE FOR ALL FOLKS THAT MAYBE ARE IN A WHEELCHAIR OR PUSHING A CART, UM, OR A STROLLER, MAYBE HAVING A HARD TIME MOVING THAT ACROSS GRASS, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S MAYBE WET.
SO THINKING ABOUT PROVIDING, UM, WALKS THAT GO TO SPECTATOR AREAS FROM PARKING, UM, LOTS TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR FOLKS TO GET AROUND.
AND THEN THE OPEN SPACE FRAMEWORK, AS I HIGHLIGHTED THAT FORESTED PARK IN THE MIDDLE AROUND DARI FIELDS WHERE THE, UH, TWO WOODLOTS WHICH HAVE TREES, YOU KNOW, A HUNDRED, 150 YEARS OLD TO KIND OF BUILD UPON THAT AS A GREEN HEART FOR THE AREA.
UM, FOCUSING THIS WEST TOURNAMENT HUB THAT WE'RE CALLING IT TO HAVE AMENITIES FOR LARGER TOURNAMENTS, SPILL OF OUR SPACE GATHERING AREAS.
AND THEN THAT SIGNATURE TRAIL KIND OF FOLLOWS THE INDIAN RUN CORRIDOR ACROSS COS GRAY AND CONNECTS TO THE SPORTS OHIO SIDE, WHERE THERE'S AN EXISTING POND WHERE THERE COULD BE A EAST COMMUNITY HUB, WHICH OFFERS MORE COMMUNITY ORIENTED USES AND AMENITIES, UM, WHICH ARE EASIER TO GET TO MAYBE PARKING'S MORE A AVAIL AVAILABLE SO THAT WHEN TOURNAMENTS ARE GOING AROUND DUBLIN, RESIDENTS CAN GET HERE AND GET OUT A LOT EASIER.
BUT THAT BEING ANOTHER TRAIL HEAD FOR THE SIGNATURE TRAIL AS IT CONTINUES NORTH ONTO OU AND FUTURE MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT IN THAT AREA.
AND THEN KIND OF TAKING OFF THE FRAMEWORK AND THEN JUST, JUST BEING IN THAT ILLUSTRATIVE, UM, KIND OF CONCEPT, SHOWING IT AS A WHOLE CAMPUS TOGETHER, UM, WITH THE BITS AND PIECES THAT WE WALKED THROUGH.
SO PART OF THE KIND OF COMMUNICATION OF THE VISIONING AND, AND COMMISSIONERS MIGHT HAVE SEEN THESE AT UH, THE STATE OF THE CITY RECENTLY WERE RENDERINGS TO HELP KIND OF COMMUNICATE THE LONG-TERM VISION THAT THIS IS GONNA BE IMPLEMENTED OVER 1, 5, 10, 15, 20 YEARS MAY BE, UM, SO SUBJECT TO CHANGE, BUT HOPEFULLY GET FOLKS EXCITED, UM, AND TO HELP VISUALIZE SOME OF THE CHANGE.
SO THIS IS A RENDERING, A CONCEPTUAL RENDERING, HOVERING OVER WHERE THE FUTURE UNIVERSITY BOULEVARD WOULD BE.
AND THINKING ABOUT SOME GATEWAY CONNECTION, IT'S HIGHLIGHTED IN PINK, THEY'RE JUST TREES OVER THROUGH SPORTS OHIO TO COS GRAY AND THEN EVENTUALLY TO DARI.
SO THINKING ABOUT CREATING A REALLY MEMORABLE GATEWAY THERE THAT ROUNDABOUT COULD BE SOMETHING SPECIAL.
UM, WATER FEATURES OR LANDSCAPE OR A NICE DIFFERENT TYPE OF WAY FINDING, UM, NEAR THE ROUNDABOUT.
AND THEN ADDITIONALLY THE FIRST BUILDING OFF OF UNIVERSITY, AGAIN, CONCEPTUALLY WHAT THAT COULD BE.
BUT THAT COULD HELP LIFT UP THE EXISTING ARCHITECTURE THAT'S THERE AT SPORTS OHIO TODAY AND BE KIND OF A SIGNATURE BUILDING OUT
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ON UNIVERSITY THAT HELPS BUILD THAT GATEWAY EXPERIENCE THAT YOU SEE FROM UNIVERSITY.ALSO HIGHLIGHTED IN PURPLE THAT KIND OF TRAVERSES FROM THE BOTTOM RIGHT OR BOTTOM RIGHT PART OF THE SCREEN.
UM, THROUGH THE BACKGROUND IS THE SIGNATURE TRAIL HIGHLIGHTED IN PURPLE.
AND AGAIN THAT THAT'S A LINKING FEATURE FOR BIKES AND PETS AS THEY, UM, FOLKS KIND OF WALK OR ROLL ACROSS THE SITE.
AND THIS IS KIND OF MOVING A LITTLE FURTHER WEST, HOVERING OVER WHERE THE GOLF CENTER AND THE DRIVING RANGE ARE TODAY, FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS OR EXPANSION POTENTIALLY THERE.
UM, BUT THE ROUNDABOUT HERE, AGAIN AT COS GRAY, YOU COULD SEE THE TRAIL POTENTIALLY GOING UNDER OR OVER.
UM, AGAIN, THAT HAS TO BE STUDIED, BUT CREATING A REALLY MEMORABLE, UM, ENTRANCE INTO THE DARI SIDE AS WELL.
AND THAT WEST COMMUNITY HUB, YOU COULD THINK ABOUT SOME NICE ARCHITECTURE THERE OR A TERMINAL VISTA, UM, THAT FOLKS CAN GATHER, BUT THEN THAT LINKS YOU INTO THAT, UH, DARI LOOP DRIVE AGAIN.
SO IT'S EASIER TO CIRCULATE AROUND THE SITE, UM, INTO THE DIFFERENT PROGRAM AREAS, UH, UM, SOCCER OR LACROSSE FIELDS TO THE RIGHT.
UM, AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE NEW HYBRID FIELDS TO THE LEFT OF THIS SCREEN, UM, WITH YOUTH DIAMONDS IN THE BACK AND THE MIRACLE LEAGUE FIELD WHERE IT IS TODAY, UM, BEHIND THE WOODS.
UM, AND THEN A LITTLE CLOSER END PERSPECTIVE THINKING ABOUT, UM, SOME SPORTING HYBRID FIELD AREA.
WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE FOLKS, UM, PLACES FOR FOLKS TO GATHER DURING TOURNAMENTS.
UM, THINKING ABOUT POTENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, GATING THESE, UM, FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
SO WE, THERE'S REVENUE SOURCES, UM, IMPROVING CONCESSIONS, HAVING SHELTERS OUT THERE THAT TEAMS OR FAMILIES CAN RENT, UM, AND ADDITIONAL AMENITIES AS WELL.
AND TO THE EARLIER WORK WITH THE PARKS AND REC MASTER PLAN AND WITH THE DEN STUDY, AGAIN, THINKING ABOUT HOW THIS VISION HELPS ACCOMPLISH THE CITY'S GOALS AROUND PARKS AND REC AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
JUST THAT WE'RE BUILDING CONSISTENCY WITH WHAT THE PARK VISION IS, UM, PROPOSING AND WHAT THE CITY'S LONG-TERM, UM, COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC NEEDS ARE.
AND THEN THINKING ABOUT NEXT STEPS, THE UM, TEAM IS GOING TO FINISH THE FRAMEWORK PLAN.
UM, SOME OF IT'S STILL IN WORK AND MAKE REVISIONS BASED UPON COUNCIL FEEDBACK AND THEN TO, UM, ESTABLISH AND RELEASE A RFP FOR THIS NEXT PHASE OF WORK, UM, WHICH WOULD DETERMINE MORE DETAILED PIECES OR MAYBE INITIAL NEXT STEPS THAT MIGHT COME OUT OF THE PARK AND MORE DETAILED AROUND CIVIL ENGINEERING, STORMWATER ARCHITECTURE, UM, FIELD UTILIZATION, UM, HOW THAT WOULD WORK, THOSE COMPONENTS.
BUT AS WE DO THAT, CONTINUE TO EXPLORE DIFFERENT PARTNERSHIPS AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT COME TO THIS CITY AROUND SPORTS REC AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
SO WITH THAT, THANK YOU AND I AND MATT ARE HERE AND HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
IT LOOKS LIKE AN EXCITING PROJECT.
UM, A FEW QUESTIONS JUST AROUND, SO ALL OF THE FIELDS ARE TURF, IS THAT RIGHT? THE MIXED USE ONES AS WELL.
SO THAT NEXT PHASE OF WORK WILL HELP REALLY DETERMINE WHAT MIGHT BE TURF, WHAT IS NATURAL TURF, AND THEN THE PHASING OF WHEN THOSE WOULD HAPPEN.
I THINK THE INTENTION IS THAT ALL THE HYBRID WOULD BE TURFED, ARTIFICIAL TURF BECAUSE THEY WOULD BE USED THE MOST 'CAUSE MORE SEASONALITY WITH DIAMOND AND RECTANGLE SPORTS.
AND IT'S KIND OF A CHICKEN OR OR AN EGG THING, BUT IN TERMS OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AROUND IT, HOW DO YOU SEE THE ORDER OF THINGS? DO YOU SEE AN INVESTMENT FROM THE CITY TO GET CLOSER TO THIS VISION AND THEN THAT ENTICES THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN OR WILL IT BE BY PHASES AS COMPANIES ARE INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN AN AREA OF THE PARK? I THINK THAT, AGAIN, THAT PHASE TWO WILL HELP HIGHLIGHT THE DIFFERENT BITS AND PIECES OF THAT AND COST COMPONENTS AND MAYBE POTENTIAL PHASING.
BUT I THINK THE FRAMEWORK IS INTENDED TO BE REALLY OPPORTUNITY BASED.
SO IF SOMETHING SPECIAL OUTSIDE PARTNER PRIVATE SECTOR COMES TO THE CITY WITH SOME OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE, UM, WOULD LIKE TO EXPLORE TO BE ABLE TO PUT THAT INTO THE RIGHT SPOT AS IT FOLLOWS THE LARGER VISION AND FRAMEWORK.
UM, THE CITY IS, UM, LOOKING TO STUDY OR WILL BE STUDYING THAT UNIVERSITY BOULEVARD PIECE AS, UM, JAY MENTIONED THE SIGNATURE TRAIL.
THIS IS POTENTIALLY ONE OF THE EARLIER SEGMENTS THAT MIGHT GET CONSIDERED.
UM, AGAIN, THAT NEXT STEP WILL HELP IDENTIFY MAYBE SOME OF THESE EARLY LOW HANGING, UM, BUT THINKING ABOUT POTENTIALLY
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TURFING PORTIONS OF THE EXISTING, UM, RECTANGLE FIELDS THAT ARE OUT THERE TODAY OVER TIME.UM, AND THEN OF COURSE THE ANCILLARY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THAT OCCURS AROUND IT, NOT NECESSARILY ON THE PARK, BUT WE WANT TO ACTIVATE THOSE ADJACENT PARCELS, SPORTS MEDICINE, WELLNESS, INNOVATION, THINKING ABOUT THINGS THAT WANT TO BE CLOSE TO THIS, UM, BECAUSE OF DIRECT ACTIVITY THAT'S HAPPENING AT THE PARK OR THEY'RE JUST ALIGNED, UM, WITH THIS KIND OF VISION, UM, LONG TERM.
UM, WELL A SMALLER QUESTION HERE.
I SAW THE GGG, I'M SORRY MR. GARVIN, YOUR MICROPHONE'S NOT ON.
SO THE GGG DID THAT REFER TO THAT SCULPTURE, SO IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S INTENDED THAT THAT WOULD STAY AND BE BUILT IN.
YOU REFERENCED THAT AS A MIXED USE LAUNCH, SO I WAS JUST WONDERING IF THAT'D BE THE CASE.
THE GOING, GOING, GONE, UM, ARTWORK INSTALLATION, WHICH IS I THINK A UNDERUTILIZED GEM.
I THINK THE IDEA IS TO ADD, UM, MORE FOCUS THERE WITH THAT WEST TOURNAMENT HUB AND ACTIVATE THAT AREA MORE SO BEYOND LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE.
IT COULD BE A GATHERING PLACE FOR FOLKS IN DUAL PURPOSE.
UM, BUT AGAIN, DUBLIN ART AND PLACE MAKING THAT WORKS REALLY WELL.
SO WE WANTED TO DEFINITELY HIGHLIGHT THAT AND INCORPORATE, UM, THAT ARTWORK AS IT ALSO EXTENDS INTO THE WOODLOTS AS WELL.
IT'S BEYOND THE OVAL LAWN RIGHT, THE CLOCKS.
UM, I'M WONDERING, AND HOPEFULLY THE ARTIST WOULDN'T FIND THIS OFFENSIVE.
IS THAT DAMAGED AT ALL? I NOTICED THE BAT IS, IS BENT.
IS THAT PART OF THE ARTWORK OR IS THAT VANDALIZED? I AM UNSURE.
IT IS, I THINK BRASS, SO IT WOULD PROBABLY BE HARD TO BEND, BUT OKAY.
GARY, HAS THERE BEEN ANY KIND OF MARKET STUDY DONE TO DETERMINE WHAT THE REVENUE GENERATING, GENERATING CAPABILITIES OF THIS PLACE ARE? SO THE DEN STUDY, WHICH I MENTIONED THAT VISIT DUBLIN COMPLETED, IT HAS A LONGER NAME MARKET FEASIBILITY, DARI FIELDS EXPANSION.
AND THAT WAS THE INTENT OF THAT STUDY IS TO DEMONSTRATE THE MARKET FEASIBILITY OF EXPANDING DARI FIELDS OR SPORTS AND REC HERE IN ORDER TO ATTRACT, UM, LARGER TOURNAMENTS THAT HELP DRIVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
AND THAT STUDY DEMONSTRATED THAT THERE IS, UM, THAT DEMAND OUT THERE AND THAT WITH THE RIGHT MIX OF FIELDS, WHICH WE'VE DEVELOPED ALONGSIDE OUR PARTNERS, THAT WE CAN ATTRACT THE TYPES OF A TOURNAMENTS THAT WE'D NEED.
I THINK AGAIN, FUTURE STEPS MIGHT THINK ABOUT FIELD UTILIZATION AND UNDERSTANDING THAT A LITTLE BIT, UM, IN MORE DETAIL AND HOW THAT WOULD BE IMPLEMENTED.
UM, YOU MENTIONED THE CITY OWNS SOME OF THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES.
HAVE YOU LOOKED AT THE POTENTIAL FOR THIS PLAN TO EXPAND OR WOULD THOSE BE COMPLIMENTARY USES ON THOSE ON THE PERIMETER OR HAS THAT EVEN BEEN CONSIDERED? YEP.
SO PART OF THOSE EXPLORING DIFFERENT IDEAS AND DIFFERENT CONCEPTS AND UH, UM, SKETCHES WE'LL SAY IS LOOKING AT WITH THE PROGRAM THAT WAS IDENTIFIED THAT THIS CITY NEEDS TO MEET COMMUNITY NEEDS AND TO ATTRACT TOURNAMENTS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WHAT SPACE DO WE NEED TO ACCOMPLISH THIS? SO THE PARK PLAN DOES USE THE NORTH JEWETT PROPERTY, WHICH IS BETWEEN COS GRAY AND EXIST DURING DARI, AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF, UM, THE SHEPHERD'S EXCAVATING, WHICH THAT COMPANY HAS PLANS TO RELOCATE, UM, USING PORTIONS OF THOSE.
SO IT DOES INCLUDE THOSE TWO ADDITIONAL PROPERTIES WITH, UM, TO SUPPORT SPORTS AND REC IN THE PARK.
IN ADDITION TO DARI AND SPORTS OHIO TODAY, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PROPERTIES THAT SURROUND THIS AREA THAT AREN'T NEEDED TO SUPPORT THAT, UM, PROGRAM AND THAT CAN BE USED FOR OTHER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UM, INITIATIVES AND FOLLOW THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN.
IS THERE ANYTHING BEING ADDED TO THIS FOR SENIORS? BECAUSE I DON'T SEE SPORTS THAT SENIORS PICKLEBALL, TENNIS, UM, IS THERE A ANNEX TO THE REC CENTER? WHAT MAYBE BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE THIS IS REALLY SCALED UP FOR KIDS ACTIVITIES.
AND I WANNA MAKE SURE I HIGHLIGHT THAT.
SO ONE OF THOSE GUIDING PRINCIPLES, GAME DAY EVERY DAY IS ABOUT SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE AND SENIORS ARE OF COURSE PART OF THAT GROUP.
I MIGHT HIGHLIGHT THINKING ABOUT THE COMMUNITY, UM, EAST HUB AS THAT IS A PLACE FOR DIFFERENT, WE'LL SAY SPORTS OR ACTIVITIES THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE IN A PHASE TWO STUDIED MORE OF AND MAYBE SOME COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT OF COURSE.
WHAT EXACTLY THAT MIGHT BE? UH, I THINK I DIDN'T HIGHLIGHT THIS AND I APOLOGIZE THAT PICKLEBALL WAS SOMETHING THAT IS IN OUR PROGRAM LIST OF THINGS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE OUT HERE OR THAT WAS IDENTIFIED, UM, AND
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WOULD BE A ACCOMMODATE ON THE SPORTS OHIO SIDE, BUT WE DEFINITELY WANT TO ACCOMMODATE EVERYONE.HOW DID YOU IDENTIFY THOSE SPORTS THAT MIGHT BE ADDED? SO I DON'T KNOW IF MATT WANTS TO ANSWER THAT.
I'M GONNA SAY THE PARKS AND REC MASTER PLAN.
UM, THERE ARE A VARIETY OF THINGS IN THE MAR PARKS AND REC MASTER PLAN THAT WE'RE CONSIDERING FOR THIS SITE.
AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE CONDUCTED THE, THE, THE PLAN IN ITSELF, WE DIDN'T HAVE THIS IN MIND YET.
WE DIDN'T HAVE HAVE IT PURCHASED.
WE DIDN'T EVEN HAVE THE IDEA OF BEING PURCHASED.
SO, UM, NOW THAT WE HAVE THIS AS AN ASSET AND A RESOURCE, WE WILL CERTAINLY LOOK AT WHAT WE CAN DO WITH THE ITEMS THAT ARE LISTED IN THE PARKS AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN TO INCORPORATE OUT HERE.
THAT SAID, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE DO PUT OUT HERE SOLVES TWO DIFFERENT MAJOR PROBLEMS. ONE IS A DE UH, A DESIGNATION, UM, UM, OF COMMUNITY NEEDS, REGIONAL NEEDS, UM, MAKE IT A POINT OF DESTINATION, A YEAR ROUND DESTINATION AND I, AND ADDRESSING THE NEEDS THAT ARE ADDRESSED OR THAT ARE IDENTIFIED IN THAT PLAN.
SO IT IS STILL IN THE WHAT CAN WE DO WITH THIS PHASE, BUT THE NEXT PHASE, AS CHRIS ALLUDED TO, WAS GONNA BE A FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR A LOT OF THIS.
AND HOW WOULD IT ACCOMMODATE A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
THE THE ITEMS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED ON HERE, WE STILL NEED TO GO THROUGH A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A DETAIL AS TO EXACTLY WHAT THEY ARE, WHERE THEY ARE AND WHAT NEED THEY WILL FULFILL.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF WORK STILL TO BE DONE.
THIS WAS A EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL OF US TO HEAR TODAY.
ONE IS, SO IS THERE A STAGE WHERE IT'S NEEDED THAT, UM, YOU WORK WITH THE, UH, FEDERAL OR STATE GOVERNMENT JUST TO FIND OUT IF, UM, THIS LOCATION CAN STAY THERE AND INDUSTRY BE BUILT AROUND IT? IS THERE ANY PHASING TO THAT THAT YOU CHECK WITH THEM AND ABOUT WHAT COULD BE BUILT THERE, WHAT COULDN'T BE BUILT THERE FOR SAFETY REASONS? THANK YOU.
IT TODAY IS A PARK AND HAS BEEN FOR 19 SINCE 1990.
SO THESE USES HAVE BEEN OCCURRING HERE ALREADY.
AND THEN HOW DOES THE REC CENTER BE AFFECTED BY ALL THIS? IF, IF YOU, UM, ARE AWARE WE'RE GOING THROUGH A RENOVATION PHASING FOR THE RECREATION CENTER, THERE ARE CERTAIN ASPECTS OF THE RECREATION CENTER THAT WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT AS PART OF THE MASTER PLAN FOR THAT PROJECT, BUT REALIZING THAT WE MIGHT HAVE ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES HERE ON THIS SITE TO EXPAND WITHOUT EXPANDING THE FOOTPRINT OF THE RECREATION CENTER OR BEING ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE A NEED FROM THE RECREATION CENTER AND MOVE THINGS TO A DIFFERENT LOCATION.
THOSE THINGS ARE STILL GONNA BE LOOKED AT COMPREHENSIVELY.
SO WE ARE FOCUSING ON THE ITEMS IN THE RECREATION CENTER TODAY THAT WE KNOW THAT ARE NOT GONNA BE A PART OF THIS AND, BUT UNTIL WE KNOW WHAT IS GOING TO BE A PART OF THIS, WE'RE HOLDING OFF ON SOME OF THOSE ITEMS IN THE RECREATION CENTER.
AND THEN IS THE SCHOOL DISTRICT PART OF YOUR COMMITTEE? ON THE COMMITTEE? I WAS THINKING ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, PARENT ATHLETIC GROUPS AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT RAISE MONEY.
UM, AND IF THAT WAS A CONSIDERATION ALSO, I GUESS, UM, TURF, THEY SPEND A LOT OF MONEY ON TURF AND THEY'RE PRETTY GOOD ABOUT UNDERSTANDING THAT AND THERE ARE SOME ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES WITH THAT.
SO AS FAR AS, UM, THE SCHOOLS BEING INVOLVED, THEY DO HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE ON OUR, OUR STEERING COMMITTEE, UM, FROM THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.
SO THEY ARE REPRESENTED ON THAT FRONT.
UM, AS FAR AS, I'M SORRY, WHAT WAS YOUR SECOND QUESTION? THE, OH, I GUESS, UM, JUST THE TURF TOO, YOU KNOW.
SO AS CHRIS ALLUDED TO, YOU KNOW, TURF IS VERY EXPENSIVE AND IT DOES COME WITH ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENTS AND, AND STORM WATER RUNOFF AND ALL OF THESE THINGS, AND WE'RE GONNA TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE FIND AS AN ADVANTAGE TO ARTIFICIAL, TURF AND LIT FIELDS IS YOU CAN MORE THAN DOUBLE THE USE OF AN EXISTING FIELD IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE.
SO YOU NEED FEWER FIELDS AND YOUR SCHEDULING AND YOUR LENGTH OF SEASON AND SO FORTH CAN BE EXPANDED QUITE EXPONENTIALLY.
SO IT WOULD FULFILL OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS THAT WE ARE WORKING WITH OUR LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS, OUR SOCCER GROUPS, AND DUBLIN YOUTH ATHLETICS.
THEY WILL BE VERY, VERY HEAVILY INVOLVED IN THE NEXT PHASE OF THIS.
'CAUSE I WANT, BECAUSE I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER MODEL WE COME UP WITH, THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT THE, THE OBJECTIVE IS, THE STRATEGIES THAT WE'RE PUTTING IN PLACE TO BE ABLE TO
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ACHIEVE THOSE BECAUSE THEY ARE GONNA, IT IS GONNA REQUIRE SOME SCHEDULING SHIFTING MM-HMMUM, BUT WE WANT TO CERTAINLY INVOLVE EVERYBODY THAT IS GOING TO BE AFFECTED.
WELL, WOULD THAT ALSO BE LIKE LAST MINUTE CANCELLATIONS OF LIKE A, A BASEBALL TEAM THAT IN SOME OF THE SCHOOLS YOU COULD HAVE A LAST MINUTE CANCELLATION 'CAUSE THE WATER DIDN'T RUN OFF AND OR THINGS OF THAT SORT.
SO MAYBE YOU'RE LOOKING IN THAT DIRECTION.
THE OTHER ONE IS WHEN WE DON'T CANCEL AND WE SHOULD HAVE, AND THEN THE DAMAGE TO THE FIELDS AND IT TAKES THOSE FIELDS OUTTA COMMISSION, PUTS 'EM ON A ROTATION OF REST THAT DISTRIBUTES PLAY ELSEWHERE, WHICH PUTS MORE PRESSURE ON OTHER FIELDS.
SO, UM, WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UM, THE NEXT PHASE REQUIRING A SEQUENCING OF HOW WE GO ABOUT DOING THIS.
AND WE HAVE AREAS THAT WE ARE NOT CURRENTLY USING THAT WE COULD USE TO SHIFT EXISTING PROGRAMMING WHILE WE'RE TURFING FIELDS AND THEN MOVE THEM AROUND.
SO WE DO HAVE ROOM TO NOT MOVE THE, THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE ALREADY IN PLACE AND ACCOMMODATE THEM IN A WAY THAT WE CAN MAKE THIS HAPPEN WITHOUT, YOU KNOW, INTERRUPTING THAT PLAY.
I JUST THINK ABOUT SAFETY, AND I DON'T MEAN TO GET AHEAD OF MYSELF AND SO FORTH AND WHERE YOU ALL ARE, BUT I WOULD THINK THE WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP FIRE DEPARTMENT WILL BE GREAT BECAUSE THEY'RE THIS, YOU'VE, YOU'VE GOT LAND TO DRIVE A, AN AMBULANCE ON NOW INSTEAD OF, THERE'S LOTS OF SITUATIONS WHERE THEY BRING A GOLF CART, PUT SOMEBODY ON IT, AND THEN TRANSPORT 'EM TO ANOTHER LOCATION.
AND I THINK IT'S BETTER FOR THAT PERSON IF THERE'S ONE.
SO THOSE KIND OF THINGS YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT TOO AS WELL, THE SAFETY AND YEAH.
AND YOU MENTIONED A ED DISTRIBUTION.
ON THE, ON THE, UH, SIGNATURE TRAIL.
YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE AEDS IN OUR PARKS TODAY.
WE, WE LOOK TO HOPE TO EXPAND THAT WITH A PARTNERSHIP WITH WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP AND, AND STATE GRANT FUNDING AND SO FORTH.
AND YES, THE, THE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE ACCESS TO THE FIELDS, UH, FOR EMERGENCY VEHICLES IS GOING TO BE UP AND FRONT AND CENTER AS IS PREVENTING FIELD ACCESS FROM VEHICLES.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S A SECURITY AND PREVENTIVE TYPE TYPE OF SITUATION THAT WE REALLY HAVE TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT WHEN YOU START INVESTING THIS KIND OF MM-HMM
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PROTECTING IT AS WELL.
AND I DIDN'T SEE ANY STADIUM LIKE, UH, SEATING IT, THAT'S, I SAW IT IN A PICTURE AT ANOTHER LOCATION.
YOU'RE NOT LOOKING AT STADIUM, LARGE STADIUM SEATING OR IS EVERYTHING KIND OF UP IN A, CONCEPTUALLY WE'RE LOOKING AT TWO DIFFERENT OPTIONS FOR MAYBE A CHAMPION FIELD.
WHERE, YOU KNOW, TOURNAMENTS THEY PLAY ON THE FIELD THAT HAS, UH, MORE SOPHISTICATED BLEACHER SEATING AND ACCESS TO CONCESSIONS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
BUT THAT'S GONNA COME AT THE NEXT PHASE.
IS IT WORTH THE INVESTMENT OR SHOULD WE USE JUST EXISTING RESOURCES TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MAXIMIZING THE, THE RESOURCE THAT WE HAVE WITHOUT OVER COSTING THE, THE PROJECT.
UM, I HAVE A COUPLE OTHER QUESTIONS, BUT I CAN'T MOVE ON WITHOUT SAYING STREET HOCKEY, OUTDOOR STREET HOCKEY TOO IS ANOTHER CONSIDERATION OR I CAN'T GO HOME TONIGHT.
UM, SO, UM,
I'VE GONE PLACES WHERE I'M LOST, I CAN'T, YOU KNOW, WHERE I GO.
AND THEN, OH, THERE WAS A HOTEL CLOSE.
SO I THINK THAT IS A, A GREAT OPPORTUNITY AND EVEN WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT, UM, YOU KNOW, GETTING PEOPLE OVER THERE USING DIFFERENT VANS AND STUFF LIKE THAT BEING, AND IF THOSE CAN COME FROM DUBLIN, THAT SEEMS EXCITING FROM, IN THAT PERSPECTIVE OF IT AND THAT YOU CAN LOAD EQUIPMENT AND, AND YOU ALSO ARE WORKING PEOPLE INTO EATING THERE, SLEEPING THERE AND DOING OTHER ACTIVITIES THERE.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF EXCITEMENT THAT, UM, CAN HAPPEN IN THAT DIRECTION.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I'M EXCITED ABOUT SEEING THE NEXT STAGES.
THANK YOU, MR. WILL, IT'S SO NICE TO HEAR THE ACRONYM PARK VERSUS WID
SO I LOVE THAT THIS BEING THE PARK.
IT IS SOME, SOMEHOW THAT RISES TO THE SURFACE FOR ME.
UM, SO THE COMMISSION KNOWS THAT REBECCA WAS ON THE STEERING COMMITTEE AND WHEN SHE LEFT I WAS ASKED TO STEP ONTO IT.
SO I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE STREET COMMITTEE FOR ONE MEETING,
UM, AND I WAS ACTUALLY HELP, UM, PART OF THE, UM, DISCUSSION AROUND WHICH OPTION WAS, YOU KNOW, THE, THE PROS AND CONS.
AND I'M VERY HAPPY THAT THIS WAS THE OPTION THAT I FELT THE STRONGEST ABOUT.
AND ONE ELEMENT OF IT WAS THE PRESERVATION OF THE WOODLAND AND, AND USING THE WOODLAND AS AN ENTERTAINMENT SPACE DURING EVENTS.
SO FAMILIES COME, KIDS ARE PLAYING SOCCER, YOUNGER KIDS COULD HAVE SOMETHING TO DO AND IT'S KIND OF IN A SAFE PLACE, IF YOU WILL.
AND MY ONLY CONCERN, MATT, IS THE JUST HOW DO WE PRESERVE THAT WOODEN ENVIRONMENT IF IT
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GETS FROM GETTING OVERRUN'CAUSE YOU KNOW, KIDS WILL GO ANYWHERE.
SO HOW DO YOU KEEP 'EM CORRALLED AND, YOU KNOW, NOT DAMAGING EVERYTHING.
SO, UM, I THINK, AND, AND AGAIN, THE OTHER, THE OTHER COMMENT I WANNA MAKE IS, UM, CHRIS YOU SAID THIS WAS A CONCEPT TO ME, THIS IS A VISION PLAN, RIGHT? WE, WE'VE GOT TO A VISION FOR THIS PRI FOR PARK AND I THINK IT'S A GREAT VISION AND THERE'S A LOT OF DETAILS TO WORK OUT USES AND ALL THAT STUFF.
AND I, I THINK THIS GIVES YOU AN INCREDIBLE FRAMEWORK TO BUILD ON AND YOU KNOW, IT HAS EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW, FROM HEARING ABOUT THE SIGNATURE TRAIL TONIGHT AND HOW THAT WEAVES INTO THIS.
AND THEN I, I THINK TO GARY'S POINT, UM, ABOUT SURROUNDING LAND USES, YOU KNOW, AS THE, AS THE WI DEVELOPS, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOW HAS SOMETHING ELSE TO REALLY, UM, INFLUENCE THAT DEVELOPMENT.
AND SO ALL THOSE EDGES OF HOW THEY RELATE TO, UM, THIS GREAT AMENITY AND THEN TRANSITION TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS, I THINK IS GONNA BE PART OF OUR DUTY TO KIND OF THINK ABOUT HOW THAT ALL HAPPENS.
SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT HAVING THIS AS, AS, AS KIND OF THE PRI IT IS THE PREMIER
SO, UM, ANYWAY, I APPLAUD THE EFFORT AND LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO SERVE ON THE STRING COMMITTEE.
SO IF ANY OF YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS YOU WANT ME TO BRING BACK, 'CAUSE I'M REPRESENTING PLANNING AND ZONING ON THAT STRING COMMITTEE, SO BE GLAD TO SHARE THAT.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I DID THINK OF ONE, JUST, UM, BASED OFF KATHY'S COMMENTS ON THE STADIUM, OBVIOUSLY THIS WOULD BE TO YOUR POINT, A FURTHER PHASE OF DEVELOPMENT.
BUT ARE YOU GUYS CONSIDERING AT ALL, UM, LIKE A HOME FRANCHISE OR POTENTIAL LOWER LEVEL, UM, PROFESSIONAL TEAM TO KIND OF ANCHOR SOME SORT OF STADIUM OR TRY TO GET MAYBE A STUDY ON WHAT REGIONAL EVENTS YOU COULD ATTRACT INTO A STADIUM IF YOU WERE BUILDING THAT MAYBE AT A HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL OR EVEN DIVISION TWO OR THREE COLLEGE LEVEL? I WOULD SAY THAT, UM, JUST A GENERAL STATEMENT TO THAT QUESTION IS ALL OPTIONS ARE ON THE TABLE.
UM, WE HAVE TO CERTAINLY LOOK AT A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE CAN FUND THE FACILITY AND SOMETIMES THOSE OPPORTUNITIES CAN PROVIDE A LOT OF ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO SUPPORT.
SO, UM, WE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT THOSE CLOSELY AND HEAVILY AND, AND WE'LL SEE WHAT WE CAN GET BACK.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU MR. WILL, MR. ERMAN.
UM, THAT'S THE COMPLETION OF OUR PRESENTATIONS.
I NOTICED WE HAVE SEVERAL FOLKS FROM THE COMMUNITY.
I JUST WANTED TO OFFER YOU THE OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMENT ON WHAT YOU HEARD TONIGHT IF YOU WANT TO OR NO REQUIREMENT, BUT I JUST WANT TO OPEN, OPEN THE MIC UP.
UH, I LISTENED TO THE SENIORS CHAIR TRAIL AND WE CAUGHT THE GENTLEMAN, UH, IN THE HALLWAY AND GAVE HIM SOME OF OUR OPINIONS BACK THEN.
UM, SOME OF THOSE ITEMS WERE KIND OF RELATED TO YOU STARTING IN THE WEST END.
UH, THE WI FIRST KIND OF FELT STRANGE 'CAUSE COULD YOU JUST, UH, SAY YOUR NAME? UH, TODD HEER, 58 24 CHER ROAD, UH, DUBLIN, OHIO.
UM, FELT A LITTLE STRANGE 'CAUSE IT'S CONNECTED TO NOWHERE THEN.
SO IT WAS A LITTLE BIT ODD TO START THERE WHERE THERE'S NOT VERY MANY PEOPLE LIVING OUT THERE.
UM, SO IT MIGHT BE A BANG, BUT THERE WILL BE, IT'S REALLY RELYING ON THE, UH, THIS NEW SPORTS COMPLEX TO HAVE IT DONE FIRST.
UH, BUT THE SPORTS COMPLEX, THERE'S HEAVY ROADS THAT NEED TO BE PUT IN AND I THINK WE'RE JUMPING THE GUN QUICKLY TO HAVE THIS GREAT VISION AND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.
BUT AROUND IT, WE GOT, YOU KNOW, PROPERTIES NOW TALKING ABOUT ID SIX INDUSTRIAL USES RIGHT NEXT TO THESE FIELDS.
SO I LOVE YOUR GUYS' COMMENTS TONIGHT, UM, ABOUT LOOKING ABOUT THE, UH, YOU KNOW, AMENITIES AROUND THE AREA AND MAKING SURE IT FITS.
SO IT SEEMS A LITTLE BIT DISJOINTED HOW WE'RE GOING ABOUT THIS, UM, IS MY PERSONAL OPINION.
UM, AND THEN WE, WE LIVE ON HOARD ROAD AND, UH, HAVE A LARGE EFFECT EVENTUALLY IF ALL THIS TRAFFIC AND EVEN ON, UH, ON COS GRAY TOO, THE HEAVY TRAFFIC USE.
SO LOOK FOR HOW TO, UH, MANAGE THE TRAFFIC.
IT'S VERY CLEAR FROM THESE IMAGES.
THE PARKING IS GONNA BE A UTTER DISASTER.
UH, SO THAT HAS TO BE LIKE RETHOUGHT BUSES.
UH, THOSE KIND OF THINGS ARE KIND OF MISSING IN THE PLAN.
UH, THOSE ARE JUST QUICK THOUGHTS, YOU KNOW, SO AS YOU SAID, IT'S EARLY IN THE PLAN.
UM, BUT, UH, I THINK THE SURROUNDING AREA IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO BE THINKING ABOUT.
YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, RETAIL HOTELS WHERE THOSE BELONG, UH, AND MAKE SENSE AND CONNECT, UH, BUSINESSES AND MAKE ECONOMIC, UH, SENSE.
'CAUSE RIGHT NOW THIS IS GONNA BE VERY, VERY EXPENSIVE.
IT'S BE A VERY, VERY EXPENSIVE HOT DOG TO SUPPORT THIS PLACE.
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SO, UH, THAT'S ALL I HAD TO SHARE.
WELL THANK YOU THA THANKS FOR COMING OUT AND THANKS FOR YOUR, YOUR COMMENT.
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I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO BASSEN FOR COMMUNICATIONS.THE, THE ONLY ITEM WE HAVE RIGHT NOW IS, UH, MR. DESLER HAS RESIGNED FROM THE COMMISSION AND SO THE, UH, CITY COUNCIL IS WORKING HARD ON GETTING SOMEBODY ELSE APPOINTED AND WE ARE HOPEFUL THAT WE WOULD NOT HAVE A VACANCY FOR TOO LONG.
SO, UH, WHETHER WE CAN HAVE THAT FILLED BY THE NEXT MEETING, WE'LL WE'LL SEE.
BUT, UH, WE, UH, WISH MR. DESLER THE BEST AND THE NEW MEMBER OR THE BEST AS WELL.
MS. DAMER, YOU WILL NOT BE THE NEWEST ANYMORE.
I THINK THERE'S A PA THAT'S IN DETROIT IN APRIL.
WE, UH, I THINK AT THE LAST MEETING WE PROVIDED A LIST OF ALL THE CONFERENCES.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE THOSE AGAIN, WE CAN, UH, PROVIDE THOSE.
BUT YES, THE A PA AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION CONFERENCES IN DETROIT, UH, NEAR THE END OF APRIL.
UH, THERE'S AN URBAN LAND INSTITUTE CONFERENCE IN NASHVILLE.
I THINK IT'S EARLY MAY IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY.
IT'S MAY AND A FEW OTHERS THAT, UH, ARE AVAILABLE.
SO, UH, THOSE ARE, ESPECIALLY THOSE TWO ARE COMING UP PRETTY FAST.
AND SO IF THERE IS INTEREST, WE NEED TO TRY TO GET PEOPLE REGISTERED AND THEY TYPICALLY ARE WITHIN DRIVING DISTANCE SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO GET ON A PLANE AND GO THROUGH TSA AND ALL THAT STUFF.
SO, UM, IF YOU'RE AFRAID TO TRAVEL, THAT'S, THEY'RE GOOD DRIVING AND BOTH OF THOSE ARE WILL BE FABULOUS EVENTS.
AND DETROIT, IF YOU HAVEN'T JUST EXPLORED IT RECENTLY, IS JUST INCREDIBLE.
SO MAYBE THE NEXT NEXT WEEK WE CAN JUST, I DUNNO IF WHEN EVERYBODY IS HERE, THAT'S HERE GONNA BE HERE, WE, WE CAN TAKE A POLL AND SEE WHO'S INTERESTED IN AT LEAST THE A PA TO BEGIN WITH.
BUT I ASSUME THE CITY WANTS TO GET RESERVATIONS AND STUFF IF ANYBODY'S YEAH, SOME, SOME OF THOSE, ESPECIALLY FOR THE A PA ONES, UM, THE HOTEL ROOMS IN THAT AREA AND SOME OF THE, UH, SESSIONS THAT, UH, I MEAN IF YOU, IF FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN TO THOSE CONFERENCES, THERE ARE SESSIONS WHERE YOU GO IN AND YOU, UH, LISTEN TO PRESENTATIONS, BUT THEY ARE ALSO WHAT THEY CALL MOBILE WORKSHOPS, UH, THAT WHICH ARE THE BEST PART.
THEY GET TO DIFFERENT PLACES AND THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE FILLING UP PRETTY QUICKLY.
I'M TARDY IN TERMS OF REGISTERING.
SO HOPEFULLY, UH, WE CAN GET SOME OF THE GOOD SESSIONS STILL.