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[CALL TO ORDER]
I WILL CALL TO ORDER THE MONDAY, APRIL 13TH, 2026, REGULAR DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER.JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE MS. SALUTO? HERE.
[ADJOURNMENT TO EXECUTIVE SESSION]
ADJOURN TO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THE PURPOSES OF PERSONNEL MATTERS, CONSIDERING THE APPOINTMENT OF A PUBLIC OFFICIAL AND THE PUBLIC AND THE EMPLOYMENT OF A PUBLIC EMPLOYEE AND CONSIDERING THE PURCHASE OF PROPERTY FOR PUBLIC PURPOSES AND TO CONSIDER CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION RELATED TO A REQUEST FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE THAT INVOLVES PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE DIRECTLY RELATED TO AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECT IN WHICH AN EXECUTIVE SESSION IS NECESSARY TO PROTECT THE POSSIBLE INVESTMENT OR EXPENDITURE OF PUBLIC FUNDS TO BE MADE IN CONNECTION WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECT.IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND, MR. KEELER? YES.
[RECONVENE (7 P.M.)]
WE WILL RECONVENE THE REGULAR DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF MONDAY, APRIL 13TH.UH, WENDY, WOULD YOU PLEASE LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE?
[SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS/RECOGNITION]
OKAY.WE HAVE TWO, UH, SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS RECOGNITIONS, UH, FOR US THIS EVENING.
THE FIRST ONE WE WILL DO WILL BE FOR EARTH MONTH, AND I BELIEVE THAT SCOTT RE WILL BE ACCEPTING THIS.
SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO MEET ME DOWN THERE.
WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION HERE AND I WILL READ IT AS FOLLOWS.
WHEREAS EARTH DAY IS CELEBRATED EVERY YEAR ON APRIL 22ND TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES WHILE PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE HABITS TO PROTECT RESOURCES IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND WHEREAS A SOUND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT IS THE FOUNDATION OF A HEALTHY SOCIETY AND A ROBUST ECONOMY.
AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF DUBLIN ASPIRES TO BE THE MOST SUSTAINABLE GLOBAL CITY OF CHOICE BY MODELING SUSTAINABLE LEADERSHIP, DESIGNING SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES, SUPPORTING THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, AND ACHIEVING ZERO WASTE.
AND WHEREAS THE CITY SEEKS TO CONSERVE RESOURCES, REDUCE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, WASTE, LITTER AND POLLUTION, AND PROTECT THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE OF WILDLIFE, VEGETATION, STREAMS, AND RIVERS, ALL OF WHICH ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE COMMUNITY.
AND WHEREAS THIS YEAR IN CONJUNCTION WITH EARTH DAY ACTIVITIES, THE CITY OF DUBLIN IS TAKING ACTION TO HELP SAVE MONARCH BUTTERFLIES, WHICH ARE CRITICAL TO MOVING POLLEN, POLLEN FROM ONE PLANT TO ANOTHER, FERTILIZING FLOWERS AND MAKING IT POSSIBLE FOR PLANTS TO PRODUCE FOOD NEEDED TO FEED PEOPLE AND WILDLIFE.
WHEREAS THE CITY OF DUBLIN HAS PLAYED A LEADERSHIP ROLE IN EFFORTS TO ENGAGE WITH COMMUNITY GARDEN GROUPS TO PROMOTE THE EXCHANGE AND PLANTING OF NATIVE PLANTS AND TO EDUCATE ABOUT INVASIVE SP PLANT SPECIES AND BY BEING HOME TO A COMMUNITY WILDLIFE HABITAT.
AND WHEREAS DURING THE MONTH OF APRIL, THE CITY OF DUBLIN OFFERED A VARIETY OF OPPORTUNITIES TO CELEBRATE EARTH MONTH, WHICH KICKED OFF WITH SUSTAINABLE SATURDAY, THIS PAST APRIL 11TH AND CONCLUDED WITH EARTH DAY IN ARBOR DAY CELEBRATIONS THIS COMING APRIL 24TH WITH VOLUNTEERS TAKING PART IN A COMMUNITY CELEBRATION AT AMBER LEE COMMUNITY PARK.
NOW THEREFORE, I, CHRIS AROSE GROOMS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN, OHIO DO HERE I PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF APRIL, 2026 AS EARTH MONTH IN THE CITY OF DUBLIN AND ENCOURAGE THE SUPPORT OF GREEN INITIATIVES THROUGHOUT DUBLIN, OHIO AND FOR OTHERS TO TAKE SIMILAR ACTIONS.
SIGNED THIS 13TH DAY OF APRIL.
SO ON BEHALF OF, UH, THE CITY, THANK YOU FOR RECEIVING THIS.
DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE? NO, WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA DO ALL OF THOSE THINGS THIS MONTH.
WE HAVE THE ARBOR DAY, UH, PROCLAMATION AS WELL.
AND RECEIVING THAT ON BEHALF IS GOING TO BE JEFF MEYERS.
THIS PROCLAMATION READS AS FOLLOWING, WHEREAS IN 1872, THE NEBRASKA BOARD OF AGRICULTURE SET ASIDE A SPECIAL DAY FOR THE PLANTING OF TREES.
AND WHEREAS THE HOLIDAY CALLED ARBOR DAY IS NOW
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OBSERVED THROUGHOUT THE NATION AND THE WORLD, AND WHEREAS TREES CAN REDUCE THE EROSION OF TOPSOIL BY WIND AND WATER CUT HEATING AND COOLING COSTS, MODERATE TEMPERATURE, CLEAN THE AIR, PRODUCE LIFE-GIVING OXYGEN, AND PROVIDE HABITAT FOR WILDLIFE.AND WHEREAS TREES ARE A RENEWABLE RESOURCE GIVING US PAPER WOOD FOR OUR HOMES, FUEL FOR OUR FIRES, AND COUNTLESS OTHER WOOD PRODUCTS.
AND WHEREAS TREES IN OUR COMMUNITY INCREASE PROPERTY VALUES, ENHANCE THE ECONOMIC VITALITY OF BUSINESS CENTERS AND BEAUTIFY OUR COMMUNITY.
AND WHEREAS TREES, WHEREVER THEY ARE PLANTED ARE A SOURCE OF JOY AND SPIRITUAL RENEWAL.
AND WHEREAS IN 2025, THE DUBLIN CEMETERY ACHIEVED ARBORETUM ACCREDITATION AT LEVEL ONE.
SIGNIFYING ITS IMPORTANT IS A FOUNDATIONAL GREEN SPACE THAT FOSTERS THE APPRECIATION FOR TREES WHILE SUPPORTING CONSERVATION EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT MARKING AN IMPORTANT MILESTONE REPRESENTING THE ACHIEVEMENT OF GOALS SPECIFIC TO TREE FOCUSED PUBLIC GARDENS.
NOW THEREFORE, I, CHRIS AROSE GROOMS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN, OHIO DO HEREBY PROCLAIM APRIL 25TH, 2026 AS ARBOR DAY IN THE CITY OF DUBLIN AND URGE ALL CITIZENS TO CELEBRATE ARBOR DAY SUPPORT EFFORTS TO PROTECT OUR TREES AND WOODLANDS AND PLANT TREES TO PROMOTE THE WELLBEING OF THIS AND FUTURE GENERATIONS.
YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO ADD? YEAH, SO WE'LL BE DOING THE ARBOR DAY PLANTING, UM, AT AMBERLEY PARK ALONG WITH THE EARTH DAY CELEBRATION, AND WE'LL HAVE COOKIES AND WATER AND EVERYTHING SO YOUR KIDS ALL SUGARED UP.
[CITIZEN COMMENTS]
THIS BRINGS US TO THE CITIZEN COMMENTS PORTION OF OUR AGENDA.THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CITIZENS TO COMMENT ON ANY TOPIC THAT IS NOT ON THIS EVENING'S AGENDA.
HOPEFULLY YOU HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIGN IN AT THE KIOSK OUT FRONT, UH, TO LET US KNOW OF YOUR INTEREST.
IF NOT, WE WILL HEAR YOUR COMMENTS AT THE END OF THOSE THAT SIGNED IN.
LINDSAY, GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, UH, WE HAD ONE COMMENT NOT ON THE AGENDA SUBMITTED BEFORE THIS EVENING'S MEETING.
THIS IS FROM JEFF BARNES, 59 41 ROUNDSTONE PLACE, SUBJECT COS GRAY ROAD ZONING.
TONIGHT, YOU HAVE A CRITICAL OPPORTUNITY TO PRIORITIZE OUR RESIDENTS BY MAINTAINING RESIDENTIAL ZONING FOR THE PARCELS ADJACENT TO BALANCE TRAY.
THIS CONSISTENCY IS SUPPORTED BY THE CITY'S 2023 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN UPDATE, WHICH EXPLICITLY STATES THAT LIGHT INDUSTRIAL USES SHOULD BE TYPICALLY LOCATED AWAY FROM RESIDENTIAL USES.
A VIABLE COMMUNITY ALIGNED ALTERNATIVE ALREADY EXISTS.
THE DEVELOPERS OF COS GRAY FARMS REMAIN WILLING TO PROCEED WITH RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT ON THEIR PARCELS AND POTENTIALLY THE CITY OWNED LAND TO THE NORTH.
THEIR PROPOSAL FOR SENIOR TARGETED HOUSING ADDRESSES A DOCUMENTED GROWING NEED IN DUBLIN AND DIRECTLY FULFILLS THE OBJECTIVES OUTLINED ON PAGES 1736 AND 67 THROUGH 69 OF THE ENVISION DUBLIN PLAN.
THIS PATH REPRESENTS THE THOUGHTFUL FORWARD LOOKING PLANNING OUR COMMUNITY EXPECTS.
UH, AND IS THERE ANYONE ELSE PRESENT THIS EVENING THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK THAT DID NOT HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO SIGN IN ON AN ITEM? NOT ON THIS EVENING'S AGENDA.
[CONSENT AGENDA]
THIS BRINGS US TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.IS THERE A REQUEST TO MOVE ANY ITEM FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA? HEARING NONE, I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.
JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE MS. CRAM? YES.
[Ordinance 19-26 - Ordinance 22-26]
THE SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING PORTION OF OUR AGENDA ORDINANCES.AND I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO WAIVE THE COUNCIL RULES OF ORDER AND READ ORDINANCES 17 DASH 26 THROUGH 2226 TOGETHER.
JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL A ROLL? MAYOR AROSE GROOMS. YES.
ORDINANCE 19 DASH 26 AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AND ACCEPT NECESSARY CONVEYANCE DOCUMENTS AND CONTRACTS TO ACQUIRE A 0.011 ACRE TEMPORARY RIGHT OF WAY EASEMENT AND A 0.007 ACRE TEMPORARY RIGHT OF WAY EASEMENT FROM NWP FOUR LLC, AN OHIO LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY FROM THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 16 THROUGH 18 BRIDGE STREET FOR THE PUBLIC OF PUBLIC PURPOSE OF CONSTRUCTING AND IMPROVING ROADWAY INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH SHALL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC WITHOUT CHARGE.
ORDINANCE 20 DASH 26 IS TO ACQUIRE A 0.011 ACRE TEMPORARY RIGHT OF WAY EASEMENT AND A 0.016 ACRE TEMPORARY RIGHT OF WAY EASEMENT AND A 0.017 ACRE PERMANENT UTILITY EASEMENT FROM COMMUNITY SPACE DEVELOPMENT LLC
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AND OHIO LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY FROM THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 56 NORTH HIGH STREET, ORDINANCE 21 DASH 26, ACQUIRING A 0.010 ACRE FEE.SIMPLE WARRANTY DEED FOR RIGHT OF WAY AND A 0.051 ACRE FEE.
SIMPLE WARRANTY DEED FOR RIGHT OF WAY WITH RESERVATION OF EXISTING ACCESS RIGHTS FROM DUBLIN WEST DLLC AND OHIO LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY FROM THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 86 THROUGH 88 NORTH HIGH STREET AND ORDINANCE 22 DASH 26 ACQUIRING A 0.011 ACRE PERMANENT PERMANENT UTILITY EASEMENT AND A 0.006 ACRE PERMANENT UTILITY EASEMENT FROM CSD DUBLIN, LLC AND OHIO LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY FROM THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 37 AND 53 NORTH RIVERVIEW STREET.
JEANNIE WILLOW WILL BE OUR GIVE OUR DELIVER OUR STAFF PRESENTATION THIS EVENING.
MEMBERS OF COUNCIL STAFF IS PLEASED TO RETURN TONIGHT FOR THE SECOND READING OF ORDINANCES 19 DASH 26 THROUGH 22 DASH 26.
THERE HAVE BEEN NO CHANGES TO THESE ORDINANCES SINCE THEIR FIRST READING ON MARCH 23RD.
STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THESE ORDINANCES THIS EVENING.
AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THIS EVENING THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING NONE COUNCIL QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION.
JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE VICE MAYOR OSA? YES, MAYOR AM.
[Ordinance 23-26]
BRINGS US TO ORDINANCE 26 DASH 23, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AND ACCEPT NECESSARY CONVEYANCE DOCUMENTS AND CONTRACTS TO ACQUIRE 0.071 ACRE EASEMENT FROM THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 6 9 3 9 SHIRE RINGS ROAD, IDENTIFIED AS FRANKLIN COUNTY PARCEL NUMBER 2 7 2 0 0 0 3 6 4 FROM JOHN A MCCAULEY AND DIANE M MCCAULEY FOR THE PUBLIC PURPOSE OF CONSTRUCTING A SHARED USE PATH, WHICH SHALL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC WITHOUT CHARGE.OUR STAFF REPORT WILL BE BROUGHT FORWARD THIS EVENING BY BRIAN GABLE.
GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF COUNSEL.
I HAVE NO NEW OR UPDATED INFORMATION TO PRESENT REGARDING THIS ORDINANCE SINCE THE FIRST READING STAFF RECOMMENDS ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE, UH, 23 DASH 26.
AND I WOULD BE GLAD TO ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS COUNCIL MAY HAVE REGARDING THIS ORDINANCE.
IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THIS EVENING THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING NONE.
JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? DR.
THIS BRINGS US TO THE INTRODUCTION.
[Ordinance 24-26]
FIRST READING ORDINANCES PORTION OF OUR AGENDA.WE WILL BEGIN WITH ORDINANCE 24 DASH 26, ACCEPTING AN ANNEXATION OF 79 ACRES, MORE OR LESS FROM DARBY TOWNSHIP, MADISON COUNTY TO THE CITY OF DUBLIN.
AND WE HAVE WITH US OUR STAFF REPORT WILL BE BROUGHT FORWARD BY JESSE SHAM.
UH, ORDINANCE 24 26, UH, IS THE LEGISLATION WHICH ACCEPTS THE ANNEXATION OF 79 ACRES, UH, IN MADISON COUNTY ON THE SITE PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS CARTER FARMS. UH, THIS ANNEXATION WAS APPROVED BY THE MADISON COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AT THEIR JANUARY 27TH BOARD MEETING.
WE THEN HAD A 60 DAY WAITING PERIOD, UH, AND WILL NOW, UH, RECOMMEND ADOPTION OF THIS, UH, AT ITS SECOND READING IN TWO WEEKS.
WE THEN HAVE A 30 DAY WAITING PERIOD, AND THEN WE'LL WORK WITH OUR CLERK OF COUNSEL TO GET EVERYTHING SUBMITTED TO THE MADISON COUNTY RECORDER AND AUDITOR, AND THEN BEGIN THE BOUNDARY CONFORMITY PROCESS TO BRING THIS LAND INTO WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP.
HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS? VERY GOOD, THANK YOU.
IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THIS EVENING THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING NONE COUNCIL QUESTIONS.
WE WILL HAVE SECOND READING, PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED FOR APRIL THE 27TH.
[Ordinance 25-26]
DASH 26 AUTHORIZING THE ANNEXATION OF 146.9 ACRES, MORE OR LESS OF PROPERTY FROM WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, FRANKLIN COUNTY TO THE CITY OF DUBLIN.AND WE WILL STICK WITH JESSE FOR THE STAFF REPORT.
UH, THIS IS THE FRANKLIN COUNTY PORTION OF THE MILLER AND GINGRICH FARMS LAND PURCHASE.
UH, THIS LEGISLATION IS THE FIRST STEP.
IT AUTHORIZES THE LAW DEPARTMENT TO FILE A PETITION FOR MUNICIPAL ANNEXATION WITH, UH, THE FRANKLIN COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
UH, THEY'RE OBLIGATED TO PLACE THAT ON THEIR FIRST PUBLIC MEETING AFTER THE FILING OF THE PETITION, AND THEY'RE REQUIRED BY STATUTE TO ACCEPT IT, AND THE ANNEXATION IS COMPLETE UPON ACCEPTANCE OF THE THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
UH, IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING FROM THE GENERAL, GENERAL PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING NONE COUNCIL QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION? I JUST HAVE ONE.
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SO THERE'S NO WAITING PERIOD ON THIS WITH THE FRANKLIN COUNTY.IT BECOMES EFFECTIVE UPON PASSAGE.
WE WILL HAVE SECOND READING, PUBLIC HEARING.
WE'LL BE SCHEDULED FOR APRIL 27TH, 2026 ON THAT ITEM AS WELL.
[Ordinance 26-26]
US TO ORDINANCE 26 DASH 26, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AND ACCEPT NECESSARY CONVEYANCE DOCUMENTS AND CONTRACTS TO ACQUIRE 0.069 ACRE EASTMAN FROM THE PROPERTY, LOCATED AT 7 0 7 0 AVERY ROAD, IDENTIFIED AS FRANKLIN COUNTY PARCEL NUMBER 2 7 3 0 0 0 4 3 0 FROM GT DAIRY BERRY AND JENNIFER M. BERRY FOR THE PUBLIC PURPOSE OF CARRYING OUT THE AVERY ROAD SIDEWALK CONNECTIONS PROJECT, WHICH SHALL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC WITHOUT CHARGE.AND WE'LL GO BACK TO BRIAN GABLE FOR THE STAFF REPORT.
MEMBERS OF COUNSEL, THE AVERY ROAD, SIDEWALK CONNECTIONS HIGHLAND DRIVE TO AVERY PARK SOUTH LOT PROJECT WILL CONSTRUCT APPROXIMATELY 1000 FEET OF SIDEWALK ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF AVERY ROAD, PROVIDING A CONTINUOUS SIDEWALK ALONG THAT SIDE OF THE ROADWAY, IMPROVING THE MOBILITY NETWORK, CONNECTIVITY AND SAFETY.
THE PROJECT WILL ALSO EXTEND SANITARY SEWER TO COMPLETE UTILITY EXTENSION.
ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY INTEREST FROM ONE PROPERTY OWNER IN THE PROJECT AREA IS NECESSARY TO CONSTRUCT THE PROJECT.
THE ORDINANCE BEFORE COUNCIL THIS EVENING PROVIDES FOR ONE ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY AS DETAILED IN THE STAFF MEMO NECESSARY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SANITARY SEWER.
AS PART OF THIS PROCESS, THE PROPERTY OWNER, GAVIN AND JENNIFER BERRY, DAIRY BERRY, SORRY, UH, DECIDED TO DONATE THE REQUIRED EASEMENT TO THE CITY.
THE CITY WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE DAIRY BERRIES FOR THEIR KINDNESS AND DONATION TO THE CITY OF THIS EASEMENT.
THE ADOPTION OF THE THIS ORDINANCE AUTHORIZES THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY CONVEYANCE DOCUMENTS AND CONTRACTS TO FORMALLY ACQUIRE THE NECESSARY PROPERTY INTEREST.
STAFF RECOMMENDS ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE 26 DASH 26 AT THE SECOND READING IN PUBLIC HEARING ON APRIL 27TH, 2026.
AND I'LL DO MY BEST TO ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS COUNSEL MAY HAVE REGARDING THIS ORDINANCE.
YOU WANNA TAKE A MOMENT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT HERE THIS EVENING THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE COMMENT REGARDING THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING NONE COUNCIL QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION.
I DO ALSO WANNA, UH, THANK THE DAIRY BERRIES FOR DONATING THEIR PROPERTY FOR THIS BECAUSE IT'S FURTHERING OUR SANITARY SEWER, WHICH IS A GOOD CAUSE OF MINE.
SO I JUST WANNA THANK THEM FOR DONATING IT CERTAINLY.
AND PROTECTING THEIR NEIGHBORS AND GIVING THEIR NEIGHBORS ACCESS TO CLEAN DRINKING WATER IN, IN THE SEWER SYSTEM.
SO THAT IS A VERY, UH, COMMUNITY FOCUSED GROUP OF FOLKS.
SO WE DO, WE ARE VERY APPRECIATIVE.
PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE SCHEDULED FOR APRIL 27TH, 2026 FOR THAT AS WELL.
[Resolution 15-26 ]
US TO INTRODUCTION, PUBLIC HEARING VOTE RESOLUTION PORTION OF OUR AGENDA.AND WE WILL BEGIN WITH RESOLUTION 15 DASH 26 APPOINTING A MEMBER TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN, OHIO.
AND OUR COMMITTEE REPORT WILL BE BROUGHT FORWARD BY OUR VICE MAYOR KATHY DEROSA.
UM, A RESIGNATION CAUSED A VACANCY ON THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FOR AN UNEXPIRED TERM ENDING MAY 31ST, 2028.
COUNSEL'S REVIEWED THE APPLICANT'S CONDUCTED INTERVIEWS AND HAS SELECTED A CANDIDATE TO FILL THIS UNEXPIRED TERM.
IT'S MY PLEASURE TO RECOMMEND THE APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION 1526 APPOINTING VICTORIA NEWELL TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
UH, I WANNA TAKE A MOMENT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE COMMENT RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING NONE.
JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? MS. CRAM? YES.
[Resolution 16-26]
RESOLUTION 16 DASH 26, ACCEPTING THE LOWEST AND BEST BID FOR THE AVERY ROADSIDE CONNECTIONS PROJECT.AND WE WILL RETURN TO BRIAN GABLE WITH THE STAFF REPORT.
MEMBERS OF COUNCIL STAFF CONDUCTED A COMPETITIVE BID PROCESS FOR THE AVERY ROAD SIDEWALK, UH, CONNECTIONS PROJECT.
THIS PROJECT WILL CONSTRUCT, UH, SIMILAR AS WHAT WE DISCUSSED DURING THE RESOLUTION PORTIONS, A THOUSAND FEET OF SIDEWALK IN TWO SEPARATE LOCATIONS ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF AVERY ROAD.
UH, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THOSE, UH, ON THE MAP HERE IN THE SOLID GREEN TOWARDS THE BOTTOM OF THE IMAGE AND, UH, NEAR THE TOP, UH, OF THE IMAGE AS WELL.
UM, THIS PROJECT WILL ACTUALLY COMPLETE PHASES TWO AND THREE OF THE OVERALL AVERY ROAD SIDEWALK CONNECTIONS PROGRAM TO FACILITATE CONNECTIVITY OF THE SIDEWALK SYSTEM AND CORRECT MISSING SIDEWALK CONNECTIONS.
PHASE ONE WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 2021 FROM HIGHLAND DRIVE TO TARA HILL DRIVE, UH, FURTHER TO THE SOUTH.
THIS PROJECT WILL ALSO INCLUDE EXTENSION OF SANAIR SEWER TO COMPLETE UTILITY EXTENSION AREA 14 B FUNDING FOR THIS PROJECT IS FROM THE
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2026 THROUGH 2030 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM IN THE AMOUNT OF 270,000 FROM THE AVERY ROAD.SIDEWALK CONNECTIONS HIGHLAND DRIVE TO AVERY PARK SOUTH LOT.
THE ENGINEER'S ESTIMATE FOR THIS PROGRAM IS $260,000.
ON MARCH 26TH, 2026, FIVE BIDS WERE RECEIVED AND PUBLICLY OPENED J AND J SCHLEGEL, EXCUSE, EXCUSE ME, SUBMITTED THE LOWEST AND BEST BID OF $256,264 AND 97 CENTS.
CONSTRUCTION IS EXPECTED TO COMMENCE IN MAY AND BE COMPLETE IN OCTOBER THIS YEAR.
STAFF RECOMMENDS COUNSEL APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION 16 DASH 26 ACCEPTING AS LOWEST AND BEST THE BID OF J AND J SCHLEGEL INCORPORATED IN THE AMOUNT OF $256,264 AND 97 CENTS FOR THIS PROJECT.
I'D BE GLAD TO ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS COUNCIL MAY HAVE REGARDING THIS RESOLUTION.
IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THIS EVENING THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING NONE COUNCIL QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION.
I JUST HAVE ONE COMMENT AND THAT'S THE FACT THAT I NOTICED WE HAD TWO COMPANIES HERE THAT WERE NEWER NEW BIDS.
AND I, AND I LIKE THAT THAT'S GOOD THAT WE'RE SEEING SOME NEW PEOPLE COME THROUGH.
SO I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THIS NEW COMPANY.
NICE TO SEE SOME OF THESE MISSING TEETH COME IN TOO, PARTICULARLY AS IT RELATES AROUND SCHOOLS AND, AND PARK AREAS.
SO VERY GLAD TO SEE THAT AS WELL.
UH, JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL A ROLE MS. SALUTO? YES.
[Resolution 17-26]
RESOLUTION 17 DASH 26 ACCEPTING THE LOWEST AND BEST BID FOR THE NORTHERN HISTORIC JUST DUBLIN INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT.AND OUR STAFF REPORT WILL BE BROUGHT FORWARD THIS EVENING.
WE'LL, WELCOME BACK JEANNIE WILLIS.
MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, UH, STAFF IS PLEASED TO PRESENT RESOLUTION 17 DASH 26 FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION TONIGHT.
THIS RESOLUTION WILL COMPLETE THE LEGISLATION REQUIRED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE OF THIS PROJECT.
NICE BIG, UH, MILESTONE FOR US.
SO STAFF CONDUCTED A COMPETITIVE BIDDING PROCESS FOR THE NORTHERN HISTORIC DUBLIN INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT.
THE PROJECT LIMITS ARE ILLUSTRATED ON THE LOCATION MAP CURRENTLY DISPLAYED.
THE PROJECT INCLUDES APPROXIMATELY 2100 FEET OF ROADWAY RECONSTRUCTION AND THE ADDITION OF PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES.
THE PROJECT SCOPE ALSO INCLUDES ASPHALT PAVEMENT, INSTALLATION ON STREET PARKING, BRICK SIDEWALKS AND CROSSWALKS, GRANITE CURBS, A DA COMPLIANT CURB RAMPS, STORM SEWER IMPROVEMENTS, STREET LIGHTING AND LANDSCAPING ENHANCEMENTS.
THIS PROJECT DOES FULFILL THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT OBLIGATIONS IDENTIFIED IN THE CITIES AS THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY UNDER THE RIVERVIEW VILLAGE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE OF THIS PROJECT IS FUNDED THROUGH THE 2026 THROUGH 2030 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM IN THE AMOUNT OF $9.7 MILLION.
THE ENGINEER'S ESTIMATE FOR THE PROJECT IS $8.6 MILLION.
ON MARCH 25TH, 2026, THREE BIDS WERE RECEIVED AND PUBLICLY OPENED BY STAFF.
COMPLETE GENERAL CONSTRUCTION SUBMITTED THE LOWEST AND BEST BID OF $9,802,387 AND 56 CENTS, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 14% HIGHER THAN THE ENGINEER'S ESTIMATE.
AN INTERNAL REVIEW OF THE BID ITEMS INDICATES THAT THE INCREASE IS LIKELY ATTRIBUTABLE TO SEVERAL FACTORS, INCLUDING THE SITE'S PROXIMITY TO BEDROCK, THE RELATIVELY CONSTRAINED PROJECT AREA AND WORKSPACE, THE USE OF HIGH QUALITY AESTHETIC MATERIALS AND FINISHES AND ONGOING UNCERTAINTY AND FUEL COSTS.
GIVEN THE CLOSE ALIGNMENT AMONG THE BIDS RECEIVED WITH A COST DIFFERENCE OF LESS THAN 2% BETWEEN THE TWO LOWEST BIDS.
STAFF BELIEVES THAT THE SUBMITTED PRICING REFLECTS THE CURRENT MARKET CONDITIONS AND THE TRUE CONSTRUCTION COST.
BASED ON THESE FACTORS, IT IS NOT ANTICIPATED THAT REBIDDING THE PROJECT WOULD YIELD SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER PRICING AND THE, AND WOULD DEFINITELY IMPACT THE PROJECT'S TIMELINE CONSIDERABLY.
ADDITIONALLY, THERE IS A RISK THAT SOME OR ALL OF THE CURRENT BIDDERS MAY ELECT NOT TO PARTICIPATE IN A REBID OF THE PROJECT, WHICH COULD FURTHER REDUCE COMPETITION AND POTENTIALLY RESULT IN HIGHER COSTS, GIVEN THAT THE LOWEST AND BED BID EXCEEDS THE ENGINEER'S ESTIMATE.
STAFF CONDUCTED A COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REVIEW OF THE PROJECT DEBT IN THE AMOUNT OF $11.7 MILLION WAS ISSUED IN SEPTEMBER OF 2025 TO SUPPORT THE CONSTRUCTION RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION AND UTILITY RELOCATION PHASES OF THIS PROJECT, WHILE THE ENGINEER'S ESTIMATE WAS $8.6 MILLION, STAFF CONSERVATIVELY RETAINED A CONSTRUCTION BUDGET OF $9.7 MILLION BASED ON INITIAL COST ESTIMATES WITH AN ADDITIONAL $800,000 ALLOCATED FOR UTILITY RELOCATIONS WITHIN THE TWO THOU 2026 THROUGH 2020 CIP ACTUAL COSTS FOR THE A EP AND AT AND T RELOCATIONS CAME IN SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER THAN ANTICIPATED,
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RESULTING IN ADDITIONAL FUNDS AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE BASED ON CURRENT COST PROJECTIONS AND AVAILABLE FUNDING.STAFF DOES NOT ANTICIPATE THE NEED FOR ANY ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS REQUESTS AT THIS TIME.
STAFF RECOMMENDS COUNCIL APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION 17 DASH 26, ACCEPTING AS LOWEST AND BEST THE BID OF COMPLETE GENERAL CONSTRUCTION IN THE AMOUNT OF $9,802,387 AND 56 CENTS FOR THIS PROJECT.
AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE REGARDING THIS RESOLUTION.
IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT IN THIS EVENING FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING NONE COUNCIL QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION.
WHAT IS THE TIMETABLE ON THIS? WE WOULD ANTICIPATE STARTING SOMETIME THIS SUMMER AND IT WOULD BE WRAPPED UP WHEN, UH, THE CURRENT SCHEDULE IS ON NOVEMBER OF 2027 FOR SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION.
SO WE'LL GET, GET USED TO SOME ACTIVITY IN THAT AREA.
JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE MS. JOHNSON? YES.
[Resolution 18-26]
18 DASH 26 AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT WITH THE FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE LODGE.REGARDING WAGES, HOURS, AND TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT FOR EMPLOYEES WITHIN THE POLICE OFFICERS, SERGEANT AND LIEUTENANT BARGAINING UNITS.
AND OUR STAFF REPORT WILL BE BROUGHT FORWARD BY JENNIFER MAGLIE THIS EVENING.
MEMBERS OF COUNCIL RESOLUTION 18 DASH 36 AUTHORIZES THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT FOR THE 2026 THROUGH 2028 FISCAL YEARS WITH THE FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE LODGE.
THE NEW COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT WAS RATIFIED BY MEMBERS OF THE FOP BARGAINING UNIT ON APRIL 8TH.
THE DETAILS OF THE FINANCIAL IMPACT ARE OUTLINED IN THE MEMO TO COUNCIL, BUT INCLUDES IS, INCLUDES WAGES FOR EACH YEAR OF THE CONTRACT.
STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT COUNCIL APPROVE RESOLUTION 18 DASH 26.
UH, IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING NONE COUNCIL QUESTIONS DISCUSSION.
JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL A ROLL DR.
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19 DASH 26 AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT WITH THE UNITED STEEL WORKERS OF AMERICA REGARDING WAGES, HOURS, IN TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT FOR EMPLOYEES WITHIN THE MAINTENANCE WORKER, FLEET TECHNICIAN, ONE ELECTRICAL WORKER AND CUSTODIAL WORKER BARGAINING UNIT.AND WE WILL STICK WITH JENNIFER FOR OUR STAFF REPORT.
AGAIN, VERY SIMILAR TO THE LAST RESOLUTION, BUT RESOLUTION 19 DASH 26 AUTHORIZES THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT FOR THE 2026 THROUGH 2028 FISCAL YEARS WITH THE UNITED STEEL WORKERS OF AMERICA.
THE NEW COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT WAS RATIFIED BY MEMBERSHIP OF THE BARGAINING UNIT ON MARCH 30TH.
AGAIN, THE DETAILS OF THE FINANCIAL IMPACT ARE OUTLINED IN THE MEMO TO COUNCIL AND STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT COUNCIL APPROVE RESOLUTION 19 DASH 26.
IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING NONE COUNCIL QUESTIONS DISCUSSION.
JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE MR. KEELER? YES.
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OKAY.THIS BRINGS US TO THE OTHER BUSINESS PORTION OF OUR AGENDA AND WE WILL BEGIN WITH A 2026 SPRING BEAUTIFY YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD GRANT APPLICATIONS.
OUR STAFF REPORT WILL BE BROUGHT FORWARD BY RODDY SINGH.
AND GOOD EVENING MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
THIS IS A REQUEST FOR OUR APPROVAL OF THE SPRING 2026 PURIFY YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD GRANT APPLICATIONS TWO COMPLETE APPLICATIONS ARE MOVING FORWARD FOR CONSIDERATION TONIGHT.
THE FIRST ONE IS SHEFFIELD MEADOWS AND THE OTHER ONE IS VILLAGE ATTU CROSSING THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
LOCATIONS ARE SHOWN ON THE MAP, WHICH IS DISPLAYED BEFORE YOU AND INDICATED BY A YELLOW STAR.
THE ANNUAL BUDGET FOR THE 2026 PURIFY NEIGHBORHOOD GRANT PROGRAM IS 32,000.
THE SPRING GRANT REQUEST TOTAL IS APPROXIMATELY 5,400, WHICH LEAVES APPROXIMATELY 26,600 FOR THE FALL BEAUTIFY NEIGHBORHOOD GRANT OBLIGATIONS.
THE FIRST GRANT REQUEST IS FROM SHEFIELD MEADOWS CIVIC ASSOCIATION.
THESE ARE THE EXISTING PHOTOS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ENTRANCES.
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THESE PARCELS ARE PRIVATELY OWNED AND MAINTAINED BY THE CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS.THE PROJECT SCOPE INCLUDES LANDSCAPE ENHANCEMENT AT THE TWO PRIMARY NEIGHBORHOOD ENTRANCES.
THE FIRST ONE IS THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE AVERY ROAD AND THE WINFORD ROAD ENTRANCE.
AND THE OTHER ONE IS THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE MURFIELD DRIVE AND THE DUBLIN SHIRE DRIVE ENTRANCE TO ADDRESS THE DECLINING VEGETATION.
THE ASSOCIATION IS PROPOSING TO REMOVE TOTAL OF 13 DEAD TREES AND REPLACE THEM WITH SEVEN DOGWOOD TREES AND WITH A TOTAL OF 11 FLOWERING SHRUBS.
THIS PROJECT AIMS TO REFRESH THE AESTHETIC APPEAL AT BOTH THE ENTRANCES AND THE TOTAL GRANT REQUEST IS APPROXIMATELY $4,700.
THIS IS THE EXISTING PHOTO OF THE MAIN ENTRANCE OF THE VILLAGE AT TUTTLE CROSSING ECONOMIES, WHICH IS THE SECOND GRANT REQUEST TONIGHT.
THIS PARCEL IS OWNED BY THE CITY OF DUBLIN AND MAINTAINED BY THE VILLAGE OF TUTTLE CROSSING CONDO ASSOCIATION.
THE CURRENT LANDSCAPE CONSISTS OF A SINGLE TREE AND A NEIGHBORHOOD SIGNAGE.
THE PROJECT AIMS TO TRANSFORM THE ENTRYWAY INTO A MORE VIBRANT OR VERY PLEASING SPACE BY UTILIZING A DIVERSE MIX OF PERINEALS ANDOVER GREENS AND PROVIDING A YEAR-ROUND VISUAL INTEREST.
AND THE TOTAL GRANT REQUEST IS APPROXIMATELY $622.
STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE TWO GRANT REQUESTS TO CITY COUNCIL WITH THE TOTAL AMOUNTS AS LISTED ON THE SCREEN.
WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
WE DO HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD HERE TONIGHT.
WE'LL TAKE SOME TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENT THIS EVENING.
I BELIEVE WE MAY HAVE AN APPLICANT FROM SHEFFIELD MEADOWS, KATIE BROWN, THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE COMMENT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION FOR IF YOU WOULD PLEASE, IF YOU'D STEP COME UP TO THE MICROPHONE.
WE TRY TO BE INCREDIBLY TRANSPARENT.
SO YOU'RE GONNA BE THE VICTIM OF THAT TONIGHT.
UH, IF YOU'LL PRESS THAT BUTTON, UH, GREEN LIGHT WILL COME ON.
AND IF YOU JUST STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS INTO THE RECORD.
KATIE BROWN, 6 0 4 5 ROUND TOWER LANE.
I'M CO-PRESIDENT OF SHEFFIELD MEADOWS.
I'M SARAH PEARSON, 6 0 6 1 ROUND TOWER LANE.
SO, AND WE JUST THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
WE HAVE A LOT OF DEAD TREES, UM, VERY HIGH TRAFFIC AREA AND IT'S A LOT OF TREES THAT WE'RE TAKING OUT AND WE CAN'T EXACTLY DO THE ONE-TO-ONE RATIO I KNOW THAT DUBLIN LOOKS FOR, BUT 'CAUSE THERE'S NOT ENOUGH ROOM ON OUR ENTRANCES.
BUT I THINK WE'VE COME UP WITH A GOOD PLAN AND WE'RE EXCITED TO HOPEFULLY SEE THIS COME THROUGH.
AND THANK YOU FOR BEING CO-PRESIDENTS OF THE HOAI KNOW THAT SOMETIMES IS NOT A, NOT A, UH, A JOB THAT EVERYBODY WANTS, SO THANK YOU FOR STEPPING FORWARD AND DOING THAT.
AND I BELIEVE WE MIGHT HAVE, UH, PEGGY MALLORY FROM THE VILLAGE AT TOTAL CROSSING.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO IF YOU DON'T WANT TO.
COUNCIL QUESTIONS? DISCUSSION? I, I DO HAVE A QUESTION JUST FOR THE GRANT ITSELF.
SO, UM, AFTER THE AMOUNT IS AWARDED, IF THERE IS ANY OVERAGE OR UNDER, UH, HOW DOES THAT WORK AS FAR AS WITH THE GRANT? AND THE SECOND QUESTION JUST HAS TO DO WITH, UM, IF I, I KNOW THAT THERE'S STILL A FALL APPLICATION PROCESS, BUT IF THE TOTAL 32,000 ISN'T USED, DOES THAT GET CARRIED OVER TO SUBSEQUENT TO THE FOLLOWING YEAR OR IS IT ALWAYS JUST GONNA BE 32,000? YEAH, SO TO ANSWER YOUR FIRST QUESTION, UM, WHICH WAS OVER UNDER, I'M SORRY, OVER UNDER THE COST ESTIMATE? YES.
SO IF IT IS UNDER, THEN THE APPLICANT IS GRANTED THE HALF OF WHATEVER TOTAL IS THE EXPENDITURE.
SO IT DOESN'T MATCH IN THAT CASE.
BUT IF IT IS OVER THE MAXIMUM, IT IS WHAT IS WE ARE GRANTING TONIGHT.
SO IT WON'T GO BEYOND THAT, WHAT WE ARE GRANTING TONIGHT.
AND IF THERE ARE ANY FUNDS LEFT OVER, THEY WON'T CARRY OVER TO THE NEXT YEAR.
SO IT'S A ANNUAL YEAR, UM, ALLOTMENT FOR THE BEAUTIFY NEIGHBORHOOD GRANTS.
SO IT'S EITHER YOU USE IT OR YOU LOSE IT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF COUNCIL? VERY GOOD.
I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE SPRING BEAUTIFY YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD GRANT REQUEST.
JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE MAYOR A ROSE GRMS? YES.
THE NEXT ITEM, UH, UNDER OUR OTHER BUSINESS PORTION OF OUR AGENDA IS THE WEST INNOVATION DISTRICT INTEGRATED IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY UPDATE.
I'LL TRY NOT TO SAY THAT TOO FAST.
OUR STAFF REPORT WILL BE BROUGHT FORWARD THIS EVENING BY ZACH HEL WITH JAMIE GREEN FROM PLANNING NEXT, MIKE BREAM AND AMANDA BRANDON FROM EMH AND T.
THANK YOU MAYOR, AND GOOD EVENING.
UM, THIS IS AN UPDATE FOR THE WEST INNOVATION DISTRICT INTEGRATED IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY.
UM, WE HAVE AN ACRONYM FOR THIS,
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WHICH IS WITTIS.SO IF YOU SEE THAT ANYWHERE, UM, THAT IS JUST US SAVING SOME BREATH.
UM, BUT THIS IS, THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN AROUND FOR A LITTLE OVER A YEAR NOW, AND WE STARTED THIS FOLLOWING COUNCIL'S 2025 GOAL TO ACCELERATE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE WEST INNOVATION DISTRICT.
UM, SO AS WE STARTED THIS, WE, UH, CONTRACTED WITH PLANNING NEXT, UH, WHO WAS WORKING WITH EMH AND T TO COMPLETE THIS WORK AND REALLY TAKE A LOOK AT ALL THE WORK THAT WE'VE ACCUMULATED OVER THE PAST, UH, 10 TO 15 YEARS AND PUT THAT INTO ONE DOCUMENT ABOUT HOW DO WE WANT TO, OR HOW DO WE EXPECT TO, FOR INFRASTRUCTURE TO BE, UM, IMPLEMENTED OUT HERE AND WHAT'S IT GONNA TAKE TO GET THERE.
UM, THE LAST TIME, THIS WAS BEFORE COUNCIL WAS IN NOVEMBER FOR THE COUNCIL RETREAT WHERE WE SHARED A BIG UPDATE AT THAT TIME.
UM, BUT THAT ALSO SHOWED 2026 COUNCIL GOAL, UM, REALIGNMENT WITH LAST YEAR TO CATALYZE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE WEST INNOVATION DISTRICT.
AND A KEY PART OF THAT WAS TO ADOPT THIS, THIS STRATEGY.
UM, SO WE'VE, UH, BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD.
WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO SHARE A LOT OF THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE TO THIS POINT.
UM, THE TEAM AS STATED, UH, CONTAINS JAMIE GREEN, UH, MIKE BREM, AND AMANDA BRANDON, AS WELL AS ANDREW SOUDERS.
HE'S GONNA GO THROUGH, UM, A LOT OF THE UPDATES THAT WE, WE'VE DONE.
AND THEN ONCE HE'S DONE, I'LL COME BACK UP AND, UH, LEAD US INTO SOME DISCUSSION.
SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO JAMIE.
AND, UH, THANK YOU ALL THIS EVENING.
GOOD TO BE BEFORE COUNCIL IN THIS IMPORTANT WORK.
I THANKED, UH, ZACH VERY BRIEFLY, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF THANKS TO ZACH AND HIS COLLEAGUES FOR THE INTENSE COLLABORATION THAT'S, UH, BEEN REQUIRED TO GET TO THIS POINT THIS EVENING.
SO WE'VE GOT A SHORT PRESENTATION HERE, UM, AND MIKE AND AMANDA AND I WILL SHARE THAT AND THEN ENTERTAIN ANY, ANY, UH, QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.
SO JUST TO REVIEW, THE PURPOSE HERE IS TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE, UH, WITTIS, UH, THAT IS THE TWO SYLLABLE VERSION OF THE 11 SYLLABLE FULL NAME, UH, AN OVERVIEW OF THE WORK, PRESENT THE DELIVERABLES AND THE KEY FINDINGS, REVIEW THE INFRASTRUCTURE READINESS AND DEVELOPMENT SEQUENCING THAT HAS COME OUT OF THIS WORK, AND THEN OUTLINE WHAT WE THINK THE IMPLEMENTATION STEPS ARE GOING FORWARD, UH, FROM THE WORK.
SO JUST AS A LITTLE BIT OF FRAMING, I THINK SOME OF YOU, UH, ARE PROBABLY FAMILIAR THIS RECALL THIS, BUT WE'VE GOT A COUPLE THINGS HERE ABOUT WHAT WE THINK THIS PROJECT IS AND WHAT IT IS NOT.
AND WHAT IT IS, FIRST OF ALL, IS ABOUT TRYING TO REALIZE THE VISION THAT YOU'VE SET FORTH THROUGH THE ENVISION DUBLIN PLAN, UH, AND SO MANY OF YOUR OTHER POLICY WORK, BUT TO HELP GUIDE DEVELOPMENT, UH, AND SUPPORT YOUR GOALS IN THE PROCESS.
IT IS ALSO A REFINEMENT OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS IN THIS AREA, WHICH TURNS OUT, YOU KNOW, FOR A RELATIVELY SMALL AREA OF 2,250 ACRES, A FAIRLY COMPLEX AREA TO ADDRESS THE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS.
IT IS ALSO, UH, INTENDED TO BE SOMETHING THAT HELPS COORDINATE THE, THE VARIOUS PROJECTS IT WILL TAKE TO ACTUALLY ENABLE THE KIND OF DEVELOPMENT THAT YOU WANT IN THIS AREA.
IT IS ALSO CLEAR TO ABOUT WHAT IT IS NOT.
IT IS NOT ABOUT CHANGING LAND USE OR ZONING.
OUR ASSUMPTION FROM THE VERY BEGINNING OF THIS WORK WAS THAT THIS WAS ABOUT TAKING THE VISION FOR LAND USE THAT YOU'VE ALREADY MEMORIALIZED IN YOUR, UH, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO BRING IT TO LIFE.
SO IT'S NOT ABOUT LAND USE, NOT CHANGING LAND USE OR CHANGING THE ZONING OUT THERE.
IT'S NOT ABOUT REDESIGNING THE SPECIAL AREA.
IT'S REALLY ABOUT HOW DO YOU ENABLE THE WORK THAT YOU'VE ALREADY PUT FORWARD IN A VERY INTEGRATED WAY.
AND THEN IT IS NOT ABOUT DETERMINING THE SPECIFICS OF PROJECTS.
IT'S NOT ABOUT ROADWAY SPECIFIC ALIGNMENTS, GENERAL ALIGNMENTS, YES, BUT NOT THE SPECIFIC ALIGNMENTS, NOT THE SPECIFIC SANITARY SEWER EXTENSIONS.
BUT THE GENERAL IDEA ABOUT THAT, UH, WHEN WE, THIS PROJECT WAS, YOU KNOW, NAMED THE INTEGRATED STRATEGY FOR A REASON, AND THAT'S BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH WORK THAT YOU'VE ALREADY DONE, PUBLIC POLICY, GOOD POLICY WORK THAT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE WERE ADDRESSING.
AND SO, UM, AS ZACH ALLUDED TO, SOME OF THIS WORK STARTED WITH, WITH YOUR COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, BACK IN THE LATE TWO THOUSANDS, UH, EARLY 2000, UH, TENS.
BUT WE WANTED TO DOCUMENT, AND IF YOU LOOK AT MAYBE THE BIG COLORED BANDS HERE ABOUT LOOKING AT YOUR GUIDING DOCUMENTS, LOOKING AT YOUR ECONOMIC DOCUMENTS, LOOKING AT YOUR HOUSING DOCUMENTS, TRANSPORTATION AREA PLANS, PARKS, UH, AND OTHER PLANS, THERE'S A, A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF WORK THAT WE WANTED TO INTEGRATE AND TAKE STOCK OF.
YOU'LL NOTICE LIKE RIGHT BEFORE THE BANDS OF COLOR START TO
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COLLAPSE, THAT THERE'S A NUMBER OF THESE THAT HAVE, UH, TRIANGLES TO THEM POINTING TO YOUR RIGHT.SO ONE OF THE, UH, ONE OF THE TREATS OF THIS PROJECT WAS TRYING TO INTEGRATE ACTIVE POLICY WORK THAT WAS GOING ON.
YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S THE PASSENGER RAIL STUDY OR THE TREAT STREET TYPOLOGY OR THE SIGNATURE TRAIL.
SOME OF THOSE, IF YOU THINK ABOUT WHERE THEY WERE, YOU KNOW, OVER A YEAR AGO, THEY WERE LESS CLEAR THAN THEY ARE TODAY.
SO WE'VE WORKED OUR WAY THROUGH THIS MOVING DYNAMIC, IMPORTANT MOVING DYNAMIC HERE, AND THEN GOT TO THIS POINT WHERE WE SHOW THIS THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE A BOW, NOT A KNOT THAT PULLS, THAT STOPS THINGS, BUT I GUESS EVEN BOWS HAVE KNOTS.
BUT THE IDEA WAS TO PULL IT ALL TOGETHER AND THEN BE ABLE TO HELP YOU FEED IT BACK IN TO THE IMPLEMENTATION, UH, STRUCTURE THAT YOU ALREADY HAVE, WHETHER IT'S YOUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PLANNING, OR YOUR OPERATING BUDGET OR PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT DECISIONS THAT ARE NEEDED.
BUT ALL HOW THAT IS FLOWS IN SERVICE OF YOUR HIGHER OR DIVISION ABOUT THIS BEING A GLOBAL CITY OF CHOICE WHERE SUSTAINABILITY, RESILIENCY, AND CONNECTIVITY ARE FUNDAMENTAL.
SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE SIMPLEST PICTURE ABOUT WHAT WE, YOU KNOW, HAVE BEEN TRYING TO DO WITH THE INTEGRATION PART OF THE WORK.
THIS DIAGRAM SHOWS, YOU KNOW, IN A CASCADING DOWN, GETTING MORE SPECIFIC AS WE GO DOWN, UH, IN OUR WORK THAT YOU'LL HEAR REFERENCE TO THE, ALL OF THESE IN A MINUTE.
BUT THINKING ABOUT THIS IS THE INNOVATION DISTRICT, SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? AND THEN WE GOT MORE SPECIFIC ABOUT WHERE DOES, WHERE DOES INNOVATION TAKE PLACE IN A CHARACTER BASED WAY? AND THEN GOING FROM THERE TO INFRASTRUCTURE AREAS AND THEN LOOKING AT DEVELOPMENT AREAS, GETTING DOWN TO THE PARCEL LEVEL ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO ENABLE DEVELOPMENT IN THIS.
SO THIS IS SORT OF LIKE A SIMPLE VISUAL ABOUT HOW THAT ALL SORT OF RELATES, UH, BUT GETTING MORE SPECIFIC AS YOU GO DOWN.
SO JUST IN TERMS OF INNOVATION, IT'S BEEN A LONG DESIRE, UH, A POLICY ASPIRATION FOR THE CITY TO HAVE THIS AREA WHERE INNOVATIVE ACTIVITY HAPPENS.
EARLIER IN OUR PROCESS, WE TALKED ABOUT WHAT DOES THAT ACTUALLY MEAN? AND WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT INNOVATION HAPPENS ON A CONTINUUM, YOU KNOW, FROM THE IDEA GENERATION TO ACTUALLY THE PRODUCTION.
AND SO WE BELIEVE THAT IN THIS AREA YOU HAVE SPACE AND YOU UNIQUELY HAVE SPACE FOR SOME OF THE LATER STAGE INNOVATION THAT YOU JUST DIDN'T HAVE IN THE COMMUNITY.
YOU ALSO MAY RECALL THAT FROM AN EARLIER PRESENTATION ABOUT HOW MUCH TALENT THE NORTHWEST PART OF THIS REGION HAS IN TERMS OF STEM EDUCATED, GRADUATE LEVEL, EDUCATED FOLKS IN THIS COMMUNITY.
THEY'RE HERE FOR A REASON AND WE OUGHT TO BE FACILITATING THAT.
SO THIS, UH, INNOVATION PIECE IS SORT OF THE MORE GENERAL PART THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DRIVE, UH, THE ECONOMY AND DRIVE OPPORTUNITIES TO.
IN TERMS OF CHARACTER AREA, WE, UH, HAVE DEVELOPED, AND I'LL SHOW YOU IN A MINUTE, THE MAP OF THESE THREE SORT OF NOTIONS ABOUT THE CHARACTER OF DEVELOPMENT THAT FACILITATES INNOVATION.
SO WE HAVE STRUCTURED SOME STRATEGIC NODES WHERE WE THINK EARLY STAGE INNOVATION HAPPENS.
UH, AND THOSE HAPPEN TO BE WHERE OU IS LOCATED RIGHT NOW.
AND ALSO IT CAN HAPPEN IN PLACES LIKE AROUND THE RAIL, THE, THE, UH, PASSENGER RAIL LOCATION WHERE THERE COULD BE CONCENTRATED NODES OF COLLABORATIVE WORK THAT LOOKS AT EARLY STAGE AND APPLIED R AND D AND ATTRACTS THOSE KIND OF FIRMS. WE'VE ALSO, IN OUR CHARACTER AREAS HAVE AN AREA THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT ENABLING HIGH QUALITY, FLEXIBLE GROWTH IN, IN THE GEOGRAPHY THAT WE HAVE.
AND THEN ALSO WE'RE REALLY MINDFUL THAT THERE'S OTHER REGIONAL GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES TO ATTRACT INNOVATIVE WORK THAT REINFORCES THE CORE MISSION OF, UH, THE WID IN THIS AREA.
SO GRAPHICALLY, OOPS, I WENT, I WENT AHEAD HERE.
UH, IN TERMS OF LIKE, WHAT, WHAT WE MEAN BY THE CLUSTER AREA, SO THE LIGHT BROWN ORANGEISH ORANGEISH COLOR, WHAT WE THINK ABOUT AS THE NODES WHERE EARLY STAGE INNOVATION CAN HAPPEN, WHERE RESEARCHERS, SCIENTISTS, KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY WORKERS ARE THERE, UH, THINKING ABOUT THINGS.
YOU HAVE A LOT OF OF INNOVATION ACTIVITY HAPPENING ALREADY IN THIS, IN THE CITY, BUT THIS MIGHT BE A UNIQUE PLACE TO PUT THAT PART OF THE CONTINUUM IN PLACE WITH THE LARGER AREA THAT WE IDENTIFY AS THE BUSINESS PARK, WHERE YOU HAVE FLEX INNOVATION SPACE THAT ACTUALLY CAN HAVE LATER STAGE INNOVATION, UH, ACTIVITY HAPPENING THERE.
SO IN TERMS OF LIKE, WE WENT FROM INNOVATION TO CHARACTER AREAS TO NOW WE'RE IN A DIFFERENT TYPE OF AREA THAT IS THE INFRASTRUCTURE OPPORTUNITY AREAS.
AND I'M GONNA ASK, UH, MIKE FROM E, M, H AND T TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS, BUT THIS IS ABOUT TAKING EVERYTHING WE'VE EARNED SO FAR
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AND THEN FOR THE FIRST TIME BEGINNING TO THINK ABOUT WHAT THE INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, CONDITIONS WILL PROVIDE FOR US.UM, SO AS PART OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE ANALYSIS, UM, WE BROKE THE, OR CATEGORIZED THE WID AREA A COUPLE DIFFERENT WAYS.
THE FIRST WAS BY OPPORTUNITY AREA.
AND SO THIS IS LARGELY, UM, AN ATTEMPT TO MEASURE THE, UM, DEVELOPMENT READINESS OF DIFFERENT PORTIONS OF THE WID, UM, AND SORT OF RANK THEM, UH, ONE THROUGH FIVE, UH, ONE BEING THE MOST DEVELOPMENT READY.
AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DEVELOPMENT READY IN THE WID IT'S LARGELY FOCUSED ON WATER AND SEWER ACCESS.
AND SO OPPORTUNITY AREA ONE, UH, SHOWN IN GREEN ON THE GRAPHIC WATER AND SEWER IS THERE TODAY.
UM, MOVING TO OPPORTUNITY AREA TWO, UM, THAT REQUIRES EXTENSION OF WATER MAINS AND SANITARY SEWERS, BUT IT'S WITHIN THE CITY OF COLUMBUS PLANNING AREA.
SO DUBLIN IS LARGELY IN CONTROL OF, UH, THE TIMING OF THOSE EXTENSIONS.
AND THEN AS YOU MOVE INTO OPPORTUNITY AREAS, THREE, FOUR, AND FIVE START TO GET OUTSIDE OF THE COLUMBUS PLANNING AREA AND, UM, EITHER OUTSIDE THE COLUMBUS PLANNING AREA OR STARTING TO OVERLAP WITH UTILITY SERVICE AREAS FOR OTHER UTILITIES.
SO AN ADDED LEVEL OF COORDINATION REQUIRED THERE.
THE OTHER WAY WE GROUPED, UH, AREAS WITHIN THE WID WAS BY DEVELOPMENT AREA.
AND SO, UH, WE TRIED TO GROUP, UM, AREAS BASED UPON SIMILAR LAND USE AND OR LIKELIHOOD OF CONCURRENT DEVELOPMENT.
AND SO WE, WE BROKE IT INTO, UH, I THINK 10 AREAS, A THROUGH J AND FOR EACH DEVELOPMENT AREA.
UM, WITHIN THE STUDY WE HAVE SUMMARIZED THE CATALYTIC INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, NEEDED TO SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT IN EACH ONE OF THOSE AREAS.
UM, AGAIN, MAINLY WATER, SEWER AND TRANSPORTATION.
WE HAVE, UH, PROVIDED BUDGETARY CONSTRUCTION COSTS FOR THOSE IMPROVEMENTS TO ASSIST WITH CAPITAL PLANNING.
AND, UM, WE'VE ALSO, UH, FOR THOSE DEVELOPMENT AREAS, UH, TRIED TO IDENTIFY WHICH PARCELS ARE ACTIVATED BY CERTAIN INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, LIKE A SEWER EXTENSION WERE TO UNLOCK, YOU KNOW, A CERTAIN DEVELOPMENT AREA OR A PORTION OF A DEVELOPMENT AREA.
AND, UM, WE'LL ACTUALLY COME BACK TO THAT WITH THE GIS TOOL.
UH, WE'VE DEVELOPED A COUPLE OF TOOLS TO HELP STAFF QUICKLY RELATE, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE TO THE DEVELOPMENT THAT IT WILL ENABLE.
UH, THE FIRST TOOL, UM, IS THE DEVELOPMENT AREA ONE PAGER.
AND THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF A ONE PAGER FOR DEVELOPMENT AREA E UH, IT'S ADMITTEDLY QUITE BUSY, UM, BUT IT INCLUDES MAPPING OF EXISTING AND PROPOSED UTILITIES AND ROADWAYS, AND IT ALSO INCLUDES SOME INFORMATION AND TABLES, UM, WITH A QUICK SUMMARY OF SOME OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS, UM, AND POTENTIAL INVESTMENTS TO SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT IN THOSE AREAS.
AND, UH, SOME OTHER INFORMATION THAT YOU CAN SEE IN THE BOTTOM LEFT, UH, REGARDING EXISTING CONDITIONS AND THINGS LIKE, UH, ENVISION DUBLIN LAND USE AND ASSOCIATED WATER DEMAND AND SEWER DEMAND.
UH, SO WE HAVE, UH, PDFS OF THESE FOR, UH, EACH DEVELOPMENT AREA, UH, WITHIN THE STUDY.
AND, UM, WE AS A SECONDARY TOOL, WE'VE DEVELOPED A, UM, A G ARC, GIS, UH, EXPERIENCE WEB-BASED TOOL.
UM, AND THE BEST WAY WE'VE COME UP WITH TO SHOW YOU THAT IS WITH A VIDEO.
SO TO SUPPLEMENT THE STUDY, A JS WEB EXPERIENCE WAS CREATED FOR THE CITY.
UM, THIS DELIVERABLE WAS DESIGNED FOR THE CITY TO USE AS AN INTERACTIVE
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TOOL TO HAVE INFORMED DISCUSSIONS WITH, UM, DEVELOPERS AND TO HELP WITH DECISION MAKING AND CAPITAL PLANNING.THE GIS WEB EXPERIENCE HAS THREE MAIN TABS.
UM, THE FIRST ONE I HAVE UP IS THE INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES TAB.
THIS ALLOWS THE CITY TO EXPLORE DISTRICTWIDE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS WITH SUBTABS FOR DIFFERENT WATER, SEWER AND TRANSPORTATION INVESTMENTS THAT ARE REQUIRED.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN YOU CLICK ON THE CAUSE GRAY SANITARY EXTENSION SUBTAB, UM, AS THE VIDEO IS SHOWING, IT ALLOWS YOU TO CLICK THROUGH AND SEE WHAT SEWER EXTENSIONS NEED BUILT, WHICH EXTENSIONS HAVE PREREQUISITES, AND WHICH PARCELS WILL GAIN OFFSITE UTILITY ACCESS FROM THE DIFFERENT EXTENSIONS.
THERE'S ALSO A PARCEL INQUIRY TAB, WHICH IT'S GOING TO NOW, THIS ALLOWS THE USERS TO SELECT ANY PARCEL IN THE WOOD TO VISUALLY SEE THE WATER AND SEWER EXTENSIONS THAT NEED TO BE BUILT FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT.
SO AS YOU CLICK ON A DIFFERENT PARCEL, IT FILTERS TO SHOW YOU THE NEEDED UTILITIES.
THERE'S ALSO A BUTTON TO QUICKLY ACCESS AN OVERALL TABLE OF APPROXIMATE CONSTRUCTION COSTS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THOSE ARE, WHAT THOSE ARE NEEDED FOR THE DIFFERENT DEVELOPMENT AREAS.
THERE'S A DEVELOPMENT AREAS TAB, WHICH ALLOWS THE CITY TO LOOK AT EACH OF THE PROJECT AREAS INDIVIDUALLY AND SEE EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDED INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS, AND ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURES ALONG WITH SUMMARY TABLES FOR THE DIFFERENT DEVELOPMENT AREAS, USERS CAN ALSO PRESS A LINK TO OPEN UP THOSE ONE-PAGER EXHIBITS THAT WE PUT TOGETHER IN ORDER TO ACCESS MORE DETAILED INFORMATION.
WITH AN EGIS PLATFORM, THERE ARE DIFFERENT TOOLS SUCH AS DRAWING, MEASURING, PRINTING, UM, CAPABILITY TO CLICK ON DATA AND SEE ITS ATTRIBUTES AND TOGGLE ON AND OFF DIFFERENT LAYERS SUCH AS ZONING OR CITY OWNED PARCELS.
SO THE INTERACTIVE DELIVERABLE WILL BE TRANSFERRED OVER TO THE CITY AT THE END OF THE PROJECT TO BE USED AS A RESOURCE, AS THE WOOD CONTINUES TO BE PLANNED AND DEVELOPED.
SO HOPEFULLY IT'S NOT TOO HARD TO IMAGINE HOW USEFUL THE TOOL IN THE ONE PAGERS WOULD BE WHEN YOUR STAFF MEMBERS ARE MEETING WITH A PROSPECT THAT WANTS TO UNDERSTAND A PARTICULAR SITE CONDITION, A PARTICULAR OPPORTUNITY, AND THEN ALSO THEN TO COME BACK TO YOU AND SAY, WE'VE GOT THIS KIND OF INTEREST, WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO GET US THERE? UH, SO IT'S A, YOU KNOW, WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF TOOLS, BUT WHAT, UH, WHAT THESE FOLKS HAVE PUT TOGETHER REALLY IMPRESSIVE, UH, FOR YOUR TEAM.
SO IN TERMS OF PHASING, YOU KNOW, WE THINK ABOUT, UM, THIS THREE TIER SEQUENCING, AND THAT IS FIRST ABOUT WHAT IS THE PRIMARY OPPORTUNITIES THAT, IN THAT ARE ENABLING INFRASTRUCTURE.
HOW DO YOU GET MORE CLOSELY MORE QUICKLY TO BEING READY FOR THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT YOU WANT TO HAVE? WE ALSO THINK ABOUT, UH, THE PHASING BEING WHERE THERE MIGHT BE CATALYTIC PROJECTS.
THERE MAY BE SOMETHING THAT IS MAYBE NOT IN THE LOGICAL EASY SEQUENCE, BUT IT'S A HIGH VISIBILITY OPPORTUNITY AND IT NEEDS INVESTMENTS THAT COULD SIGNAL MOMENTUM AND ATTRACT OTHER KINDS OF THINGS FOR YOU.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, AT ANOTHER PHASING TIER, IT'S JUST WHAT'S THE REMAINING BUILD OUT THAT LOOKS LIKE, UH, FOR, UH, THE WID UH, AREA? SO IN TERMS OF IMPLEMENTATION, UH, WE THINK WHAT HAS BEEN PROVIDED HERE IN THE DOCUMENT AND IN THE TOOLS IS A FLEXIBLE PHASING APPROACH THAT ALIGNS PHYSICAL READINESS WITH THE POLICY INTENT THAT YOU HAVE ESTABLISHED, UH, AND THAT IT WILL ALLOW THE ALIGNMENT WITH THE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE REALLY IMPORTANT TO YOU THAT I MENTIONED.
LIKE HOW DOES THIS FLOW IN AND HELP YOU MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PRIORITIES, UH, WHEN YOU'RE DOING DEVELOPMENT REVIEW AND LOOKING AT VARIOUS STAGES IN THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCESS, WHAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY, UH, BE EXPECTED OR WOULD LIKE TO DO, IT WOULD ALSO HELP FACTOR IN, UH, AND HELP MAKE GOOD JUDGEMENTS ABOUT YOUR ECONOMIC INCENTIVES AND YOUR ANNUAL BUDGETING PROCESS.
SO WE SEE A VERY D DIRECT FLOW, UH, INTO THAT.
WE HAVE, AS YOU'VE SEEN IN THE THE READINGS, LIKE WE'VE TRIED TO IDENTIFY A MATRIX THAT IDENTIFIES THE CRITICAL INVESTMENTS THAT EITHER ENABLE DEVELOPMENT TO HAPPEN TO OCCUR OR REPRESENT OPPORTUNISTIC MOVES THAT UNLOCK MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES AT THE SAME TIME, AND DO THIS IN A WAY WHERE THE TIMING RESPONSE TO, YOU KNOW, MARKET DEMAND, UH, FUNDING AVAILABILITY AND PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT INTEREST.
AND I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS ARE ALL ALL AWARE THAT THERE ARE CERTAIN MOVES THAT YOU CAN MAKE THAT ACTUALLY INDUCE MARKETS THAT YOU WANT TO HAVE.
IT'S NOT COMPLETELY ABOUT WAITING FOR THE MARKET TO COME MEET YOU,
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THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY DO THINGS TO ENABLE THE MARKET.AND THAT WHILE MANY OF THESE PROJECTS, YOU KNOW, CAN ADVANCE CONCURRENTLY THE PRIORITIES MATRIX TRIES TO IDENTIFY SOME LOGICAL SEQUENCE ABOUT HOW THEY SHOULD OCCUR ABSENT, YOU KNOW, OTHER UNFORESEEN THINGS HAPPEN.
SO I KNOW THAT YOU'VE SEEN THIS IN THE DOCUMENT THAT WE'VE LISTED OUT WHAT WE THINK THE SEQUENCING COULD LOOK LIKE.
UH, WE'VE IDENTIFIED THE LOCATIONS OF THE PHYSICAL WORK WITH THE GREEN DOTS, BUT ALSO IDENTIFIED WHERE CERTAIN THINGS MIGHT BE ENABLED ONCE YOU DO A PARTICULAR IMPROVEMENT.
SO THESE AREN'T LIKE ONE-OFF, LIKE A ONE-TO-ONE RELATIONSHIP.
SOME OF THESE HAVE RELATIONSHIPS THAT ONCE YOU DO IT GIVE YOU OTHER OPPORTUNITIES.
AND I THINK THOSE WILL BE IMPORTANT CONSIDERATIONS AS YOU EVALUATE, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT YOU MIGHT WANNA INVEST IN.
SO WE THINK THAT THERE'S THIS EVALUATION CRITERIA THAT WE PUT INTO THE REPORT THAT, YOU KNOW, FIRST AND FOREMOST DOES THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ANY OF THESE THINGS, UH, HOW DOES IT RELATE TO ADVANCING YOUR CORE GOALS ABOUT ACCELERATING DEVELOPMENT? DOES IT SUPPORT THE WIDS IDENTITY AS AN INNOVATION DISTRICT? DOES IT ALIGN WITH, WITH YOUR LARGER INFRASTRUCTURE AND CONNECTIVITY PRIORITIES HERE, DOES IT OPTIMIZE THE LAND THAT YOU HAVE REMAINING TO USE IN A REALLY PURPOSEFUL WAY? DOES IT DEMONSTRATE IMPLEMENTATION, READINESS AND COORDINATION? AND THEN THE LAST CRITERIA THAT WE KNOW IS IMPORTANT TO YOU, ARE WE DOING THIS IN A WAY THAT ADVANCES SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCY, UH, FOR THE CITY OF DUBLIN? SO I THINK ZACH, YOU WANTED TO TALK ABOUT SOME NEXT STEPS? YES.
SO FOLLOWING THE DISCUSSION TONIGHT, UM, THE STAFF WILL GO BACK AND REVIEW, UM, ANY FEEDBACK OR QUESTIONS OR EDITS THAT WE NEED TO MAKE AND BRING THAT BACK AT A FUTURE DATE FOR ADOPTION.
UM, TO HELP GUIDE DISCUSSION TONIGHT, WE'VE PROVIDED FOUR QUESTIONS.
UH, I'D SAY THAT THE MAIN NEW THING THAT WE'VE PRESENTED THAT WASN'T PROVIDED BEFORE IS THAT IMPLEMENTATION SECTION.
SO REALLY A LOT OF THESE QUESTIONS ARE ABOUT THE IMPLEMENTATION, UM, SECTION OF THE DOCUMENTS.
SO THE FIRST IS WHETHER OR NOT COUNCIL IS SUPPORTIVE OF THE DIRECTION THAT STAFF HAS TAKEN WITH THE INTEGRATED STRATEGY.
THE SECOND QUESTION, AGAIN, IS BASED AROUND THAT PRIORITY MATRIX AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND WHETHER, WHETHER THEY'RE CLEAR ON WHAT'S NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE DISTRICT.
UH, THIRD IS ARE THERE ANY OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE PRIORITIES THAT COUNCIL WOULD LIKE CLARITY ON OR WOULD LIKE TO BE SEEN AS A PRIORITY IN THAT MATRIX? AND THEN IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER CONSIDERATIONS, UH, THAT WE CAN TAKE WHEN, UH, FINALIZING THIS, THIS STRATEGY.
SO WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO YOU MAYOR, AND THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME.
THAT, UH, THERE CERTAINLY WAS A LOT THERE, BUT FIRST WE WANNA TAKE A MOMENT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT HERE THIS EVENING FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS AGENDA ITEM? DANIEL HAMEL SIGNED IN.
IF YOU COULD PLEASE STEP FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS INTO THE RECORD AND WE WELCOME YOUR THOUGHTS.
MS. GROOMS. GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
UH, FIRST I'D LIKE TO THANK CITY STAFF, UH, FOR MEETING WITH THE BALANCE TRADE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION.
RECENTLY, UH, THERE'S BEEN CONTINUED PROGRESS THAT HAS BEEN MADE THUS FAR, UH, WITH REGARD TO RESIDENTS CONCERNS OF THE PARCELS IN THE WID THAT SIT ADJACENT TO BALANCE TRAY AND THE HOARD ROAD, UH, COMMUNITY.
IN THE PAST, I'VE BEEN VERY VOCAL AND CRITICAL OF THE PROGRESS MADE BETWEEN STAFF AND RESIDENTS, BUT I WANNA BE UP HERE AND CALL BALLS AND STRIKES AND I WANNA GIVE CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE.
SO I WANNA THANK MS O CALLAHAN AND HER TEAM, UH, AND I WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE THOSE EFFORTS AT CITY STAFF FOR THEIR WILLINGNESS AND THOUGHTFULNESS IN MEETING OUR COMMUNITY LEADERS AND REPRESENTATIVES OF THE BALANCER COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION.
WITH THAT SAID, THOUGH, IN THE MINDS OF THE RESIDENTS OF BALLANT TRAIN, HOARD ROAD, UH, WE'RE NOT QUITE THERE YET.
UM, THERE CONTINUES TO BE WORK TO DO WITH REGARD TO ADDITIONAL REFINEMENT AND DEFINITION OPPORTUNITIES WITH WITHIN THE WID PLAN.
UH, OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST YEAR, THERE HAVE BEEN ABOUT THREE IMPORTANT STAKEHOLDERS.
OBVIOUSLY IT'S THE RESIDENTS, THE CITY, AND OF COURSE NOW THE PROPERTY OWNERS.
UH, AS OF TODAY, RESIDENTS AND THE PROPERTY OWNERS ARE NOT FULLY ALIGNED WITH THE CURRENT PROPOSALS FROM THE CITY STAFF ON THE ADJACENT PARCELS TO BALANCE TREE AND HOARD ROAD.
UH, THE RESIDENTS FEEL THERE ARE ADDITIONAL REFINEMENT, LIKE I SAID BEFORE, THAT THOSE OPPORTUNITIES EXIST, UH, AND UH, WE BELIEVE THERE'S SOME WORK TO DO.
ADDITIONALLY, THERE'S DISCUSSIONS, UH, THESE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE WID HAVE NOW CAUGHT THE ATTENTION OF SOME AREA HOUSING EXPERTS.
THERE IS CONCERN SPECIFICALLY OVER SENIOR HOUSING THAT, UH, USED TO BE IN THE PLAN, UH, BUT NO LONGER ARE, ARE INCLUDED IN THE REVISED WID PROPOSAL.
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UH, IT HAS BEEN WELL KNOWN AND DOCUMENTED THAT THE NEED FOR MORE SENIOR HOUSING IN DUBLIN IS ESSENTIAL.WE HOPE TO BRING THOSE EXPERTS TO YOU, UH, VERY SOON IF AND WHEN SCHEDULES ARE ALIGNED.
UH, FINALLY, I RECENTLY HEARD OF SOME IDEAS, ONE SPECIFICALLY THAT I BELIEVE MEETS THE GOALS OF THE CITY, UH, THE CONCERNS OF THE RESIDENTS AND ALSO MARY AMOS GRU TAKES ACCOUNT THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS, LIKE YOU SAID A YEAR AGO.
UH, IF AND WHEN THIS PROPOSAL COMES TO YOUR ATTENTION AND ENTERS INTO A JUDICIAL PROCEDURE, I REALLY HOPE YOUR MIND IS OPEN TO IT.
I PERSONALLY FEEL THAT THIS IDEA THAT I HAVE HEARD RECENTLY, UH, MEETS THE GOALS OF ALL THREE OF US.
AND IT BY FINDING A COMMON GROUND THAT IS TRULY IN THE MIDDLE SO THAT EVERYONE FEELS SEEN AND HEARD NOW OVER THE WEEKEND, NO MATTER WHAT IS DECIDED THAT GOES OVER THERE.
WE JUST HAD A TRUCKING FATALITY HERE IN THE CITY OF COLUMBUS WHERE I BELIEVE TWO ADULTS AND A CHILD WERE, WERE KILLED AROUND 71 AND ROUTE 36.
WE'VE HAD TRUCKING ACCIDENTS HERE POST ROAD LAST YEAR WE HAD A FLIPPED OVER SEMI, AND THEN WHEN WE OPENED UP THE NEW, UH, EXIT TO 33 AND TWO 70 IN 2017, IF YOU REMEMBER, A TRUCK EXPLODED BECAUSE IT WAS GOING TOO FAST.
WHATEVER YOU DECIDE TO PUT THERE, WHATEVER HAPPENS.
THINK OF THE TRUCKING INDUSTRY.
DO WE WANT THOSE NEAR SCHOOLS AND RESIDENTS? WE'VE JUST HAD SOME FATALITIES AND I THINK THAT'S A BIG CONCERN WHEN YOU'RE MAKING YOUR DECISIONS.
THANKS AGAIN FOR YOUR TIME, AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ANYONE ELSE? WE HAD THREE COMMENTS SUBMITTED ONLINE PRIOR TO THE START OF THIS EVENING'S MEETING THAT I CAN READ INTO THE RECORD.
FIRST IS FROM SANDRA MCINTOSH, 57 92 TRAFALGAR LANE.
DEAR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, AS YOU CONSIDER THE WITT IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY THIS EVENING, I ASK THAT YOU VIEW IT THROUGH THE LENS OF THE FAMILIES WHO CALL BALL ANDRE HOME CITY MANAGER O CALLAHAN AND HER TEAM HAVE BEEN GENEROUS WITH THEIR TIME AND THOUGHTFUL IN HEARING RESIDENTS CONCERNS REGARDING THE DEFINITION OF ADVANCED MANUFACTURING AND WHAT COULD ULTIMATELY BE PERMITTED ON PARCELS ADJACENT TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
HOWEVER, IT HAS BEEN MADE CLEAR THAT THEY ARE TAKING DIRECTION FROM YOU.
AS YOU LISTEN TO THE PRESENTATION, ASK YOURSELF, WOULD YOU CHOOSE TO RAISE YOUR FAMILY NEXT TO AN AREA DESIGNATED FOR ADVANCED MANUFACTURING? IS THERE ANY HESITATION IN THAT ANSWER? I URGE YOU TO ACT ON IT.
YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TONIGHT TO PROVIDE CLEAR DIRECTION THAT PRIORITIZES RESIDENTS BY MAINTAINING RESIDENTIAL ZONING FOR THE PARCELS ADJACENT TO BALANCE TRAY.
THIS ALIGNS WITH THE CITY'S 2023 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY PLAN UPDATE, WHICH NOTES LIGHT INDUSTRIAL IS TYPICALLY LOCATED AWAY FROM RESIDENTIAL USES.
IMPORTANTLY, THERE IS A VIABLE AND COMMUNITY ALIGNED ALTERNATIVE.
THE DEVELOPERS OF COS GRAY FARMS HAVE INDICATED THEIR CONTINUED WILLINGNESS TO PROCEED WITH RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT ON THEIR PARCELS AND POTENTIALLY ON THE CITY OWNED PARCELS JUST TO THE NORTH.
THEIR ORIGINAL PLAN INCLUDED HOUSING DESIGN DESIGNED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF SENIOR CITIZENS, A DEMOGRAPHIC FOR WHICH THERE IS A WELL-DOCUMENTED AND GROWING NEED IN DUBLIN.
THIS APPROACH NOT ONLY ALIGNS WITH COMMUNITY PRIORITIES AS NOTED ON PAGES 1736 AND 67 THROUGH 69 OF THE ENVISION DUBLIN PLAN, BUT ALSO REPRESENTS THOUGHTFUL FORWARD LOOKING PLANNING.
THIS IS A MOMENT TO AFFIRM WHAT KIND OF COMMUNITY DUBLIN STRIVES TO BE ONE THAT PLACES THE WELLBEING OF ITS RESIDENTS AT THE FOREFRONT OF ITS DECISIONS.
I RESPECTFULLY URGE YOU TO DIRECT STAFF TO ALLOW THE COS GRAY FARMS RESIDENTIAL PLAN TO MOVE FORWARD AND TO PRESERVE THE RESIDENTIAL ZONING ADJACENT TO RE THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, YOUR SERVICE, AND YOUR CAREFUL CONSIDERATION.
COMMENT TWO IS FROM VICTORIA MCDONALD, 56 42 TIME CASTLE LOOP.
GOOD EVENING, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
AS CONVERSATIONS ABOUT ADVANCED MANUFACTURING CONTINUE, IT'S ESSENTIAL THAT OUR DEVELOPMENT CODE PUTS RESIDENTS FIRST CITY STAFF HAS BEEN COLLABORATIVE AND ENGAGING.
AS MANY RESIDENTS HAVE PROVIDED INPUT RELATED TO CONCERNS ABOUT DEVELOPING INDUSTRIAL ADVANCED MANUFACTURING AND RESEARCH SLASH DESIGN ON THE PARCELS ADJACENT TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
ANY UPDATES TO ZONING OR PERMITTING MUST BEGIN WITH A CLEAR COMMITMENT TO PROTECTING NEIGHBORHOODS, SAFEGUARDING PUBLIC HEALTH, AND ENSURING THAT INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY DOES NOT ERODE QUALITY OF LIFE.
ADVANCED MANUFACTURING CAN INVOLVE INCREASED TRAFFIC, HEAVY UTILITY DEMANDS, NOISE AND ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS.
OUR CODE SHOULD REQUIRE STRONG BUFFERS BETWEEN INDUSTRIAL SITES AND HOMES, TRANSPARENT ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS, ENFORCEABLE LIMITS ON EMISSIONS AND NOISE AND INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING THAT PREVENTS BURDENS FROM FALLING ON NEARBY RESIDENTS.
HAVING CLEAR DEFINITIONS ABOUT CODES WILL HELP CREATE CERTAINTY AND ELIMINATE AMBIGUITY ABOUT WHAT CAN BE DEVELOPED.
IN PROPOSED ID SIX ZONE RESIDENTS DESERVE A DEVELOPMENT CODE THAT PRIORITIZES CLEAN AIR, SAFE STREETS, AND STABLE PROPERTY VALUES.
BEFORE ACCOMMODATING NEW INDUSTRIES, WE MUST ENSURE THAT OUR RULES ARE STRONG ENOUGH TO PREVENT HARM, HOLD OPERATORS ACCOUNTABLE AND PRESERVE THE CHARACTER AND SAFETY OF OUR COMMUNITY.
PROTECTING THE PEOPLE WHO ALREADY LIVE HERE SHOULD BE THE FOUNDATION OF ANY DISCUSSION
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ABOUT ADVANCED.WE CAN LOOK TO OTHER STATES SUCH AS CALIFORNIA, PENNSYLVANIA, AND EVEN HERE IN OHIO TO HELP ESTABLISH WHAT THOUGHTFUL AND INTENTIONAL CODING BEST PRACTICES CAN BE PRO COMMUNITY.
I HAVE SENT AN EMAIL TO CITY STAFF AND COUNCIL MEMBERS WITH SPECIFICS AS DIVINE DEFINED BY PENNSYLVANIA AND CALIFORNIA THAT HIGHLIGHT THE IMPORTANCE OF DEVELOPING PARTNERSHIPS THAT ARE FOCUSED ON CREATING A STRONG ECONOMY WHILE BUILDING A POSITIVE IMAGE IN SAFEGUARDING THE COMMUNITY.
I RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT YOU CONSIDER THE DIRECTION THAT YOU WILL MOVE FORWARD IN RELATED TO PROTECTING CITIZENS AND DEVELOPING THE ECONOMIC FUTURE OF DUBLIN.
AND THE FINAL COMMENT IS FROM AMY SWANK 59 45 VAND LER PLACE TONIGHT, CITY STAFF WILL ASK YOU IF YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE INCLUDED IN THE WEST INNOVATION DISTRICT INTEGRATED IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY.
THE STRATEGY, I WOULD LOVE THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS TO BE ASKED AND ADDRESSED BY CITY STAFF SINCE THE CITY'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STUDIES WERE LAST COMPLETED IN 2023.
IS CITY STAFF CONFIDENT THAT THE STRATEGY WILL ATTRACT THE TYPES OF JOBS THAT IT INTENDS TO ATTRACT OR HAS THE RAPID ADVANCEMENT OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND WORK FROM HOME REQUIREMENTS MATERIALLY CHALLENGE THE ASSUMPTIONS IN THOSE STUDIES? IF CITY STAFF ANSWERS THE QUESTION IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, THEN THE CITY'S CONSULTANTS OPINED THAT ONLY OFFICES ARE NEEDED AND THE STRATEGY SHOULD BE UPDATED ACCORDINGLY.
IF CITY STAFF ANSWERS THE QUESTION IN THE NEGATIVE, THEN NEW STUDIES SHOULD BE CONDUCTED AND APPROVAL OF THE STRATEGY SHOULD BE DELAYED.
IN 2023, THE CITY ENGAGED TWO CONSULTANTS TO UPDATE ITS ECONOMIC STRATEGIC PLAN.
RECOMMENDATIONS FROM DICHOTOMY PARTNERS LLC IN WAKE OF THE PANDEMIC DATED 2023, THE NODE STUDY AND TWO, A SEMICONDUCTOR SUPPLY CHAIN POSITION POSITIONING STUDY BY NEWMARK GLOBAL STRATEGY AND CONSULTING DATED MAY, 2023.
THERE IS AMPLE RESEARCH INDICATING THAT THE TYPES OF JOBS, ENGINEERING, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, ET CETERA, THAT THE CITY WISHES TO ATTRACT WILL BE MATERIALLY CURTAILED BY ARTIFICIAL INTE INTELLIGENCE.
ACCORDINGLY, DOES THE CITY NEED NEW STUDIES? IF NOT BOTH.
STUDIES STATE THAT MOST OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT THE CITY WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME IN THE WEST INNOVATION DISTRICT ARE APPROPRIATE FOR THE OFFICE CATEGORY.
PAGE 30 OF THE SEMICONDUCTOR STUDY PROVIDES BUSINESS SERVICES, SALES, ENGINEERING, AND SOME R AND D ACTIVITIES OCCUR IN OFFICE BUILDINGS.
THE NODE STUDY IS A DEEP DIVE INTO WHAT TYPES OF JOBS THE CITY SHOULD TRY TO ATTRACT IN STATES DICHOTOMY IS IN AGREEMENT WITH THE ANALYSIS PUT FORWARD IN THE NEWMARK STUDY AND WOULD FURTHER NOTE THAT DUBLIN IS WELL POSITIONED TO ATTRACT VALUE ADDED UPSTREAM, MICROELECTRONICS R AND D AND DESIGN SERVICES THAT ALIGN WITH ITS EXISTING BASE OF SKILLED TALENT.
ITS SPECIALIZED R AND D AND ENGINEERING SERVICE CLUSTER AND LOWER NEED FOR LARGE LAND USE REQUIREMENTS.
ACCORDINGLY, THE CITY'S CONSULTANTS HAVE STATED THE JOBS IT IS TRYING TO ATTRACT CAN BE DONE IN AN OFFICE SETTING AND THE STRATEGY SHOULD BE UPDATED ACCORDINGLY.
OKAY, COUNCIL QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION.
SO, UH, SOME PRETTY IMPRESSIVE TOOLS YOU HAVE THERE IN YOUR TOOLKIT.
UH, WHO OWNS THAT? SO, EMH AND T CREATED THE EXPERIENCE AND ONCE THIS IS ADOPTED, IT WILL TRANSFER OVER TO CITY STAFF.
SO STAFF WILL BE MAINTAINING THAT.
UM, I AGREE WITH THE STATEMENT.
UM, REMAINING BUILD OUT AS MARKET AS THE MARKET DEMANDS.
IT'S SORT OF A CHICKEN OR EGG QUESTION.
UM, WHAT DO WE DO BEFORE DEVELOPMENT COMES CALLING AND WHAT DO WE DO AS DEVELOPMENT COMES CALLING? AND I THINK THE, IT'S VERY HELPFUL TO SEE IN YOUR MATRIX HOW SPECIFIC PROJECTS AFFECT MULTIPLE AREAS.
SO, YOU KNOW, IF IF ONE PROJECT AFFECTS THREE AREAS AND ANOTHER ONE AFFECTS ONE, PERHAPS YOU GO FOR THE ONE THAT CAPTURES MORE AREA.
UM, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION SPECIFICALLY, I I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANYTHING MORE THAT I WOULD ASK.
I THINK YOU'VE MADE GREAT PROGRESS AND ARMED STAFF AND US WITH THE THINGS I WOULD NEED TO MAKE DECISIONS.
SORRY, I CAN KEEP THIS KIND OF SHORT.
'CAUSE, UM, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS, I, I REALLY DO THINK YOU DID WHAT WE ASKED YOU TO DO.
UM, I THINK ABOVE AND BEYOND REALLY, I THINK THAT MATRIX IS GONNA BE THE MOST HELPFUL,
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UM, I GUESS VISUAL THING TO HELP US WITH OUR CIP TYPE WORK AND THE, UM, I THINK THE, YEAH, GIS TOOL WILL BE INVALUABLE FOR OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.BUT IN THE BOTTOM LINE, WE ASKED YOU, WE HAVE THESE LAND USES, HOW CAN WE IMPLEMENT IT? AND YOU TOLD US THAT AND YOU'VE TOLD US WHAT OUR WATER DEMAND'S GONNA BE, WHAT OUR SEWER DEMAND'S GONNA BE, WHAT OUR TRAFFIC'S GONNA BE DEMAND BE.
UM, SO I THINK WE'RE WELL ARMED TO PICK WHAT PROJECTS WE WANT NEXT.
AND UM, AS YOU NOTED IN THE BEGINNING, THIS ISN'T RELATED TO THE WHAT ACTUAL COMPANY OR BUSINESS COMES IN THERE.
THIS IS JUST CAN WE SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT? AND REGARDLESS OF WHAT WE PUT IN HERE, WE'RE GONNA NEED ROADS AND WATER AND SEWER.
SO I THINK YOU ANSWERED THOSE AND I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR THINGS TO ADD, CHRISTINA.
UH, SO WHEN THE TOOL IS TURNED OVER TO CITY STAFF, WILL THAT BE SOMETHING THAT THE PUBLIC CAN ACCESS OR THE COUNCIL CAN ACCESS? 'CAUSE IT'S REALLY INTERESTING AND I THINK IT ANSWERS A LOT OF QUESTIONS REGARDING SORT OF WHAT AMY WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT.
UM, WHAT IS THE INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORT THAT'S GOING TO BE NEEDED FOR CERTAIN TYPES OF PROJECTS ON CERTAIN TYPES OF, UH, PARCELS.
SO THE CURRENT INTENT IS FOR THAT TO BE AN INTERNAL TOOL, BUT THE ONE PAGERS WILL BE, UM, ABLE TO BE ACCESSED BY, UM, VARIETY OF MEMBERS OF STAFF OR COUNCIL.
BUT THE INTENT WITH THOSE IS TO SHARE WITH PROPERTY OWNERS AND DEVELOPERS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT, UM, WHAT IMPACTS ARE NEEDED OR WHAT IMPROVEMENTS ARE NEEDED.
'CAUSE THAT WAS MY NEXT QUESTION IS, WELL, THE ONE-PAGERS BE HELPFUL, BUT YOU ANSWERED THAT SO YOU KNOW, RELATIVE TO WHAT YOU HAVE HERE, UM, I I I AGREE.
I THINK THE MATRIX IS GOING TO BE REALLY, REALLY KEY FOR HELPING US TO MAKE DECISIONS AND PRIORITIZE THINGS, PARTICULARLY WHEN IT COMES TO CIP, UM, INFRASTRUCTURE BUILD OUT.
UM, YOU KNOW, I I, AND I GET THAT THIS DOCUMENT DOES NOT SPEAK TO, UM, YOU KNOW, ZONINGS AND, AND CODE AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, AND THAT'S AS IT SHOULD BE.
THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS DOCUMENT IS FOR.
UM, AND UH, TO ECHO AMY, AGAIN, IT YOU DID WHAT WE, WE ASKED YOU TO DO IS HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE EXPRESS TO, UM, POTENTIAL DEVELOPERS AND TO RESIDENTS WHERE PARCELS ARE AT RELATIVE TO WHAT'S, WHAT CAN COME NEXT? WHAT MAKES THE MOST SENSE TO COME NEXT? 'CAUSE YOU DON'T WANNA PUT A PIECE OF SEWER OR WATERWAY OVER HERE WHEN YOU'VE GOT NOTHING IN BETWEEN, RIGHT? THAT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.
UM, AND I THINK THIS DOES A REALLY GOOD JOB OF HELPING US UNDERSTAND WHAT ARE THE WAYS THAT WE CAN GET TO THESE DIFFERENT THINGS, UM, AND, AND WILL HELP US TO PRIORITIZE.
SO, UH, I'M REALLY APPRECIATIVE OF THIS.
I THINK IT'S DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB.
UM, I'M NOT SURE THERE'S ANY OTHER CONSIDERATIONS SPECIFIC TO THIS STUDY OR THESE DOCUMENTS.
UM, I THINK WE DO HAVE MORE DISCUSSION THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN, UM, RELATIVE TO WHAT WE WANT TO SEE.
UM, SO THAT WE ARE PAYING ATTENTION TO OUR RESIDENTS.
WE ARE PAYING ATTENTION TO THE LANDOWNERS AS WELL AS WHAT WE SEE AS IMPORTANT FROM AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVE.
IT'S JUST THAT THAT'S NOT A PART OF THIS DOCUMENT.
SO THIS WAS, UM, INCREDIBLE TO READ THROUGH AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THE WORK THAT'S GONE INTO IT.
IT'S REALLY IMPRESSIVE AND I CAN'T WAIT TO SIT AND PLAY WITH THAT GIS TOOL
UM, THERE WAS A COUPLE OF TIMES AS I READ THROUGH THE ENTIRE PROPOSAL OR THE ENTIRE PROJECT AND SUMMARIES, UM, YOU MENTIONED THAT THE, THAT THE PARK, THE PREMIER ATHLETIC AND RECREATION COMPLEX WAS IDENTIFIED AS THE HIGHEST PRIORITY ACTIVATION.
SO DID THAT, I'M JUST CURIOUS, DID THAT WEIGH HEAVILY IN THE INFORMATION THAT YOU BROUGHT FORTH AND IN THE OVERALL PRIORITIZATION, LIKE TARGETING THAT AS THE FIRST AREA TO ACTIVATE? I, I'M JUST CURIOUS WHAT THE, THE WEIGHT OF THAT WAS ON THE OUTCOME.
SINCE IT WAS ONE OF YOUR OTHER TOP GOALS.
YES, IT WEIGHED HEAVILY IN TERMS OF WHAT WE THOUGHT WE NEEDED TO ENABLE AND ACTIVATE.
YEAH, SO REALLY WONDERFUL WORK.
UM, THIS WAS A TOUR TO FORCE AND I THINK IT REALLY DID ADDRESS A LOT OF THE, UM, QUESTIONS THAT COUNCIL HAD.
UM, I THINK IT REALLY ALIGNED WELL WITH ENVISION DUBLIN.
YOU KNOW, IT TALKED ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE READINESS, ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS, INTEGRATED LAND USE, UM, IN REGARDS TO THE PROJECT EVALUATION CRITERIA, THE ONLY THING THAT I WOULD JUST ASK FOR MORE CLARITY ON IS THE, THE VERY LAST ONE, WHICH IS ADVANCES SUSTAINABILITY AND RE RESILIENCY.
UM, YOU KNOW, YOU HAD MENTIONED THE MULTIMODAL HUB, WHICH CENTERS AROUND THE, THE PASSENGER RAIL.
UM, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, MAKES DUBLIN DUBLIN IS JUST THE MULTIMODAL BACKBONE.
YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT THE SIGNATURE TRAIL, BUT ALSO OTHER THINGS THAT MAKE DUBLIN, DUBLIN IS, YOU KNOW, THE SHARED USE
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PATHS, THE SIDEWALKS, YOU KNOW, THE BIKE TRAILS, ALL OF THAT KIND OF STUFF, WHICH ACTUALLY GOES TO THE SUSTAINABILITY AND THE RE RESILIENCY OF THE COMMUNITY.UM, I DIDN'T REALLY SEE THAT MENTIONED HERE.
AND PERHAPS THIS IS SOMETHING THAT AS, AS, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER LUDA WAS MENTIONING THAT THIS HAS, THIS IS GONNA BE DISCUSSED FURTHER, UM, AS WE TALK ABOUT SOME OF THESE THINGS.
UM, BUT YEAH, I GUESS MY QUESTION IS JUST MORE CLARITY AND DEVELOPMENT ON THE SUSTAINABILITY ASPECT OF THIS AND HOW THAT INTERWEAVES AND ALL THE DIFFERENT, UM, ASPECTS OF THIS, UM, BECAUSE THAT IS GONNA GO TO COSTS.
YOU KNOW, WE TALK A LOT ABOUT ROADS, WE TALK A LOT ABOUT SEWERS, BUT ALSO SOME OF THESE OTHER THINGS TOO.
AND ALSO ALSO, UM, ATTRACT BUSINESSES AS WELL TOO, IF WE HAVE THAT.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, IN REFERENCING A LOT OF THE, UM, COMMUNITY COMMENTS, UM, I AGREE THAT THE COSGRAVE ROAD, UM, STRATEGY, THE QUARTER STRATEGY IS GONNA BE REALLY IMPORTANT AND WE ACTUALLY REALLY DO NEED TO ADDRESS THAT.
DO YOU WANNA SPEAK TO THAT AT, ON THE CONNECTIVITY OF THAT WILL BE COVERED IN THE CODE AND THAT WILL BE BROUGHT FORWARD WITH DEVELOPMENT, ALL THE MULTIUSE TRAILS, THE SIDEWALKS, THE, THAT, THAT'LL BE A CODE COMPONENT.
YEAH, I WOULD JUST ADD TO THAT, THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE MULTIMODAL THOROUGHFARE PLAN DOES A VERY GOOD JOB OF SETTING THE EXPECTATION THAT ANY STREETS THAT ARE BUILT IN DUBLIN REALLY, UM, HAVE REALLY TOP QUALITY SIDEWALK AND SHARED USE PATH.
AND SO THIS STUDY KIND OF BUILT ON THAT.
AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT STREETS THAT NEED TO BE BUILT, IT'S KIND OF A GIVEN FROM OUR STANDPOINT THAT THEY'RE GONNA HAVE, YOU KNOW, CYCLE, TRACK, SHARED USE PATH SIDEWALK AS IT'S BEEN LAID OUT IN THAT MULTIMODAL RIVER PLAN.
SO, UM, I KNOW WE'RE MAYBE GUILTY SOMETIMES JUST SAYING STREETS, AND THE IMPLICATION IS THAT IT'S AUTOCENTRIC.
BUT UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'RE WORKING IN DUBLIN, IT'S JUST A GIVEN TO US THAT IT'S NOT JUST CARS THAT ARE BEING ACCOMMODATED, IT'S WALKERS AND ROLLERS AS WELL.
SO, SO MIKE, YOU ACTUALLY SAID EXACTLY WHAT I WROTE DOWN, WHICH IS THAT, UM, THOSE THINGS ARE IMPLIED, BUT THEY'RE NOT EXPLICIT.
AND SO JUST ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I JUST WAS HOPING TO SEE IF IT WAS ACTUALLY MAYBE A LITTLE MORE EXPLICIT IN, IN OUR, IN OUR STRATEGY, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING GOOD WE CAN EXPLICITLY STATE, BUT IT IS CODIFIED IN THE CODE THAT IT IS REQUIRED.
SO, UM, BUT WE DON'T CALL OUT THAT IT IS REQUIRED AND, AND CODIFIED IN THE CODE.
WE CAN CERTAINLY ADD THAT TO THIS DOCUMENT.
I WOULD, UM, BE TELLING A FIB IF I SAID I READ EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE CHARTS IN INGLORIOUS DETAIL, MAYBE MY COLLEAGUES DID.
BUT, UM, THE ABILITY TO USE A TOOL TO DO THAT WHEN YOU NEED TO IS PRETTY IMPORTANT.
SO WHEN I THOUGHT ABOUT THIS, I WENT AND THOUGHT ABOUT, UM, OKAY, WHEN WE AS A COMMUNITY DID THE EMERALD PARKWAY AND WE DID THE BRIDGE STREET DISTRICT, AND WE DID, WE'RE WORKING ON THE BRIDGE OVER TWO 70, UM, THE THING THAT, UH, STRUCK ME WAS DECLARING A ROADWAY CONNECTIVITY AND TALKING ABOUT THE POTENTIAL ALONG THE ROADWAY ACTIVITY.
SO I KNOW THIS WORK WAS DONE IN, UM, AREAS OF MOST READY TO EASIEST TO START TO LONGEST.
I WONDERED, AND I'M NOT SURE HOW I'M ARTICULATING THIS VERY WELL, IS THERE, WHEN WE THINK ABOUT PRIORITIZATION, TO THINK ABOUT, IS NEW ROAD FOR EXAMPLE, THE THING THAT'S REALLY GOING TO BE THE DRIVER OF SOME OF THIS WORK? IS IT A PIECE OF THAT INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT'S READY FIRST THAT WILL BE MOST IMPORTANT? AND I JUST ASK YOU TO THINK ABOUT THAT.
I DON'T KNOW IF I'M ARTICULATING THAT, BUT WHEN SOMEBODY SAID EMERALD PARK, WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO CONNECT THIS SIDE OF THE CITY TO THIS SIDE OF THE CITY, AND THIS IS WHAT IT'S GOING TO DO.
I THINK IT WAS COMPELLING AND, AND USEFUL.
SO I KNOW WE DID IT ON READINESS, BUT MAYBE THERE'S A WAY TO HELP US ARTICULATE THAT IN THAT VENUE AS WELL.
UM, AND TO THAT SAME VEIN, WHEN I LOOKED AT THE HUBS, WHICH I THINK ARE GONNA BE ESSENTIAL, AND WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THAT, I KNOW AT OUR RETREAT AND BEFORE THAT, BUT I LOOKED AT THE NAMES OF SOME OF THE HUBS.
WE HAVE THE PREMIER ATHLETIC COMPLEX THAT, THAT RINGS TRUE TO ME.
UM, HEALTH AND RESEARCH CORRIDOR, THAT, THAT, I GET THAT.
BUT THE OTHER THREE, INNOVATION BUSINESS PARK MULTIMODAL, I I I MAY BE THE MULTIMODAL, I JUST THINK WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY, WHICH I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, TO DO A LITTLE VISIONING HERE BECAUSE FROM WHAT I'M READING ABOUT THE FUTURE OF WORK, THERE'S A RELUCTANCE FOR ORGANIZATIONS TO PUT CONCRETE DOWN AND BRICKS DOWN UNLESS THEY KNOW THE AREA THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE IN MATCHES, THEY'RE ALSO THEIR LONG-TERM
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FUTURE.SO, UM, I KNOW THAT WORK HAS BEGUN, AND I HAVE TO SAY I LIKE THE LANGUAGE A LOT AROUND EACH OF THE INTRODUCTIONS.
SO WHOEVER WORKED ON THAT EXTRA KUDOS TO THAT, I JUST, I THINK THAT'S NICE.
BUT I JUST THINK WHEN I THINK OF THE OTHER BIG CATALYTIC WORK THAT WE HAVE DONE IN THE CITY, THERE, THERE HAS BEEN SOME MORE DEFINITION, IF YOU WILL.
AND I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT BRANDING, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE VISIONING PARTS OF IT.
AND I, I THINK THAT THAT COULD BE HELPFUL, UM, IN HERE AS WELL.
UM, I THINK THAT, I THINK MY COLLEAGUES COVERED THE REST OF IT.
UM, BUT I DO THINK THERE'S JUST BEING SO MUCH WRITTEN NOW ABOUT THE FUTURE OF WORK AND COEXISTING, UM, AND THE NEED, I THINK AS YOU ARTICULATED JAMIE, AT THE VERY BEGINNING FROM I IDEATION TO PRODUCTION, I THINK WE COULD DO A LITTLE MORE WORK ON HELPING US THINK THROUGH SOME OF THAT.
AND, AND THE ONLY REASON I WOULD SUGGEST THAT IS BECAUSE THAT HELPS WITH THE PRIORITIZATION, WHICH IS YOUR TOP QUESTION FOR US.
DOES THAT HELP US? IF IT DOESN'T, THEN DON'T DO IT.
BUT IF IT DOES, AND I THINK IT'S SOME OF THE WORK WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST QUITE USEFUL, I WOULD, I WOULD GO THROUGH THE EXERCISE TO SEE IF THAT DOESN'T HELP.
UH, TREMENDOUS BODY OF WORK AND AS MY COLLEAGUES HAVE SAID, AMY'S, I WAS GONNA ADD ON TO SOMETHING YOU SAID ACTUALLY, AND I THINK THIS IS WHERE YOU WERE GOING WITH THIS IN THE PRIORITIES MATRIX PAGE.
SO LIKE ON PAGE 3 81 HERE,
SO FOR EXAMPLE, IT SAYS UNIVERSITY BOULEVARD PHASE THREE, THERE'S A GREEN.IN C, WHICH MEANS WE'RE ACTUALLY CONSTRUCTING IT IN C BUT ALL THOSE GRAY DOTS MEAN IT NOW ACTIVATES ALL THOSE OTHER AREAS.
SO IF WE CONSTRUCT IT C ARTICULATE IT, RIGHT? RIGHT.
SO WHAT I'M ASKING IS MAYBE, BUT IT'S IN THERE.
PERHAPS IT'S JUST, IT'S IN HERE IN THE IN.
I THINK WE COULD ADD A LITTLE BIT OF TEXT TO EXPLAIN THAT, WHAT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE GREEN AND THE GRAY IS.
'CAUSE RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST A LITTLE, IT SAYS AREA ENABLED OR ADVANCED, BUT MAYBE A LITTLE MORE DISCUSSION ON WHAT THAT MEANS, UM, WOULD HELP ANSWER THAT.
SO, AND I WOULD WANT MORE THAN JUST A DEFINITION OF THE GRIDS, BUT YOU'RE RIGHT.
BUT I THINK THAT'S, YEAH, I THINK THAT IS MAYBE WHERE WE CAN ADD A LITTLE BIT TO EXPLAIN LIKE IT'S, YES, WE'RE CONSTRUCTING IT IN THIS ONE PIECE, BUT HERE'S WHAT IT DOES A LITTLE BIT FURTHER.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT MAKES ANY SENSE, BUT YES, THANK YOU.
UH, WHEN I THINK BACK TO EMERALD PARKWAY OR, OR IN SOME LEVEL, UH, UNIVERSITY BOULEVARD AS WELL, YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT PHASING AND EVERY PHASE HAS A NUMBER, YOU KNOW, PHASE 1, 2, 3, 8, 13, WHATEVER.
UM, I THINK IT'LL BE INCUMBENT UPON US TO, UM, MAYBE, MAYBE YOU ALL CAN HELP US BREAK IT UP INTO PHASES.
AND THEN OUR JOB IS GONNA BE TO PRIORITIZE WHICH PHASE WE WANT TO GO FIRST.
AND PART OF THAT'S GONNA BE INFORMED BY MUCH OF THE INFORMATION THAT YOU GAVE US OF, YOU KNOW, LIKELY USERS OR WHERE WE UNDERSTAND, UH, INTEREST IS COMING.
AND IF WE CAN BREAK IT DOWN INTO PHASES, AND THEN AT LEAST WE COULD, UM, LOOK AT THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH EACH PHASE, UM, AND THEN BE RESPONSIVE TO THE MARKET AS WE SEE INTEREST COME IN FOR THAT.
SO FOR ME, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
IT'S KIND OF IN THE HOW DO YOU EAT AN ELEPHANT DEPARTMENT, RIGHT? AND IF WE COULD JUST BREAK IT DOWN, UM, THAT WAY THE PRIORITY MA PRIORITIES MATRIX IS LIKE 90% OF THAT.
BUT, UM, KIND OF MAPPING OUT THAT PRIORITY MATRIX AND, UM, TARGETED INDUSTRIES AND, AND THEN WE CAN LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, WHAT INDUSTRIES ARE MOVING IN THE REGION AND, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, IS IT PHARMA, PHARMA, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS IT? AND THEN SEE AND THEN MATCH THAT UP WITH WHAT WE HAVE TO OFFER, AND THEN HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THAT INFRASTRUCTURE COST WOULD BE FOR US.
AND, UM, WE COULD START, UH, REALLY HONING IN ON GETTING SOME DEVELOPMENT SPURRED IN THAT AREA, BECAUSE CERTAINLY WE HAVE, UM, THIS HAS BEEN, I DON'T KNOW, PROBABLY A 15, 8, 16 YEAR GOAL, UH, OF THIS HAS BEEN NAMED A COUPLE OF THINGS OVER THE COURSE OF TIME, BUT WE'RE REALLY FINALLY WHERE WE WANTED TO BE IN ALL OF THAT TIME ONCE WE SORTED OUT UTILITIES AND, UM, OWNERSHIP AND ALL OF THOSE SORTS OF THINGS.
THIS, THIS IS REALLY TREMENDOUS AND I, I DON'T KNOW, WE MAYBE IT'S, IT'S WORTH A CONVERSATION OF HOW MUCH OF THAT TOOL IS WE USE ONLY IN HOUSE AND HOW MUCH WE ALLOW THAT TO BE USED AND MAYBE IN OTHER DEVELOPABLE
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DEVELOPABLE PARCELS IN THE CITY, UM, WHEN SOMEONE'S TRYING TO DO A QUICK SEARCH OF SAYING, YOU KNOW, AND, AND PERHAPS WHEN YOU SELECT ON WHAT YOUR USE MIGHT BE, OH, WELL, THESE OTHER PARCELS IN THE CITY ARE AVAILABLE FOR SIMILAR USES TO THAT AS WELL, AND MAYBE WE WOULDN'T HAVE SOME, WE COULD GET SOME, UH, TRACTION IN THOSE AREAS WITH HAVING, WITHOUT HAVING ALL OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE UPFRONT COSTS.AND, UM, THAT MIGHT HELP OFFSET SOME OF THOSE.
UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS.
I, I LOOK FORWARD TO USING THE TOOL A BIT AND, AND SEEING WHERE WE GET.
DID WE, WERE THERE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAD THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL MOVING FORWARD THAT WE DIDN'T ANSWER? NO, I THINK WE'RE GOOD.
UM, WE HAVE SOME HOMEWORK, BUT OVERALL, UM, VERY PLEASED TO HEAR, UM, YOU ARE AGREEING WITH THE DIRECTION WE'RE TAKING WITH THIS.
WE'LL COME BACK, UH, HAVE A FINAL DRAFT AND I HOPE TO GET ADOPTED.
UM, THE NEXT ITEM WE HAVE ON OUR AGENDA IS THE PREMIER ATHLETIC AND RECREATION CAMPUS UPDATE VISION FRAMEWORK.
AND, UH, CHRIS WILL WILL BE BRINGING THAT FORWARD.
MEMBERS OF COUNCIL I AND OUR PARKS REC DIRECTOR MATT IRMAN, ARE HAPPY TO BE BACK IN FRONT OF YOU TO SHARE A DRAFT OF THE VISION FRAMEWORK.
UM, HIGH LEVEL, THE PARK VISIONING HAS BEEN DEVELOPED WITH THREE OBJECTIVES, ADVANCED COUNCIL'S GOAL TO CREATE A PREMIER ATHLETIC AND RECREATION CAMPUS THAT PLANS FOR DARI FIELDS SPORTS OHIO IN THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES AS A COORDINATED CAMPUS.
ESTABLISHES A FRAMEWORK, FRAMEWORK WHICH THE CITY CAN USE TO GUIDE FUTURE PARK PLANNING AND INVESTMENT, AND DEFINE PARAMETERS FOR THE PARK TO COORDINATE WITH THE WITS WORK, WHICH COUNCIL JUST DISCUSSED AS COUNCIL RECALL.
AS COUNCIL CAN RECALL, HERE'S THE GOAL THAT WAS UPDATED IN 2026 FOR THE PARK CAMPUS.
UM, THE FRAMEWORK WE ARE PRESENTING THIS EVENING IS INTENDED TO BE A FLEXIBLE, HIGH LEVEL AND LONG-TERM GUIDE THAT ARTICULATES THE VISION OF THE FUTURE OF THE PARK.
AS A COORDINATED CAMPUS IS ORGANIZED INTO FOUR SECTIONS AND IDENTIFIES EXISTING ASSETS CHALLENGES WHILE FRAMING FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES.
ITS RECOMMENDATIONS CONSIST OF A VISION STATEMENT, GUIDING PRINCIPLES, PROGRAM CONSIDERATIONS, AND A DESIGN FRAMEWORK WITH KEY CONSIDERATIONS.
AS COUNCIL WILL RECALL, THE CITY PURCHASED SPORTS OHIO SHEPHERD'S EXCAVATING, AS WELL AS PART OF FARMS IN 2024.
THESE PROPERTIES WERE ACQUIRED IN PART TO SUPPORT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ENABLED TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS, AND EXPAND REC OPPORTUNITIES, WHICH ARE SUPPORTED BY OTHER CITY PLANS AND POLICIES.
FOLLOWING COUNCIL'S GOAL LAST YEAR TO ESTABLISH A PREMIER ATHLETIC COMPLEX, ITS SINCE BEEN UPDATED TO PARK STAFF ENGAGED OUR CONSULTANT FRIENDS AT SUZAKI TO HELP LEAD A VISIONING PROCESS, WHICH STARTED WITH STAKEHOLDER INTERVIEWS, INCLUDING THOSE WITH COUNCIL.
AN INNOVATIVE PLANNING PROCESS LED TO A, UH, LED TO COUNCIL'S RETREAT AT THE END OF LAST YEAR WHERE THREE CONCEPTS WERE SHARED AND DISCUSSED.
EACH ALTERNATIVE WAS CONSIDERED IN TERMS OF FEASIBILITY, PROGRAM CONSIDERATIONS, CIRCULATION USE OF EXISTING FACILITIES, AND CONSISTENCY WITH THE BROADER WITS PLANNING, CITY COUNCIL EXPRESSED PREFERENCE FOR THIS CENTRAL PARK CONCEPT WHILE HIGHLIGHTING REFINEMENTS THAT ARE NEEDED TO CONSIDER.
UM, THE SPORTS OHIO STEERING COMMITTEE, WHICH I WILL TOUCH ON SHORTLY, ALSO EXPRESSED SUPPORT FOR THE CENTRAL PARK CONCEPT.
UM, FOLLOWING THE THE RETREAT, THE TEAM REFINED THE UPDATED PREFERRED CONCEPT AND DRAFTED THE DESIGN FRAMEWORK, WHICH WAS SHARED WITH COUNCIL.
DURING THE FEBRUARY WORK SESSION, COUNCIL EXPRESSED SUPPORT FOR THE DIRECTION OF THE FRAMEWORK, WHILE PROVIDING CLEAR DIRECTION ON UPDATES AND CHANGES TO CONSIDER FOR FUTURE, FUTURE PHASES OF WORK.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE TO THANK THE SPORTS OHIO STEERING COMMITTEE, WHICH WAS ESTABLISHED BY THE CITY TO CREATE A REPRESENTATIVE GROUP OF COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS, UM, TO HELP PROVIDE INPUT FOR THE FUTURE OF SPORTS OHIO.
THEY HELPED THROUGH THE VISIONING PROCESS BY VETTING THE VISION STATEMENT, GUIDING PRINCIPLES, PROGRAM CONSIDERATIONS, AND THE FRAMEWORK.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE INCLUDED TWO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, MS. O LUDO, AND MR. KEELER, UM, AS WELL AS THE CHAIR OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, REPRESENTATIVES OF DUBLIN YOUTH ATHLETICS, DSL DUBLIN CITY SCHOOLS, THE GREATER COLUMBUS SPORTS COMMISSION, THE CHILLER, THE MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT, OHIO HEALTH, OHIO UNIVERSITY, AND VISIT DUBLIN.
UM, SHOWN HERE IS A LARGER CONTEXT OF THE WID AND THE DARK GREEN ARE THOSE CITY OWNED PROPERTIES CONTEMPLATED THROUGH THE VISIONING PROCESS.
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SHEPHERD'S EXCAVATING, AND NORTH JWT, AS WELL AS ADJACENT EXISTING AND FUTURE FAIR FAIRES, MOST NOTABLY UNIVERSITY BOULEVARD COS GRAY ROAD AND SHIRE RINGS ROAD.ALSO POINTING OUT HERE, UM, FUTURE MIXED USE AREAS OF ADJACENT PARCELS NEAR THE OU CAMPUS AND PLANNED PASSENGER RAIL MULTIMODAL STATION SPORTS OHIO TODAY INCLUDES A MIX OF INDOOR AND OUTDOOR FACILITIES, INCLUDING THE GOLF CENTER.
THERE ARE ALSO TWO UNDEVELOPED LOTS WITHIN THE PROPERTY, AS WELL AS THE 30 ACRE FIELD AREA HIGHLIGHTED IN GREEN AT THE EAST OF THE SITE.
DARI FIELDS TODAY CONTAINS OUTDOOR SOCCER, LACROSSE, BASEBALL, SOFTBALL, AND OTHER FIELDS, AND ALREADY PLACED HOSTS TO MINI TOURNAMENTS EACH YEAR.
DURING THE FEBRUARY WORK SESSION, COUNCIL ASKED FOR A LIST OF TOURNAMENTS, WHICH OCCUR AT DARI FIELDS.
UM, THE LARGEST ONE HELD IN APRIL IS THE NIKE CUP WITH ABOUT 18,500 ATTENDEES.
THIS HIGHLIGHTS THE USE OF THE PROPERTY, UM, FOR TOURNAMENTS ALREADY, AND THE BUSY SCHEDULE THAT IT ACCOMMODATES.
THE NEXT FEW SLIDES REALLY HIGH, THE HIGHLIGHT THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE VISION FRAMEWORK.
UM, THE VISION STATEMENT, WHICH HAS BEEN THE NORTH STAR OF THE PROJECT, HAS BEEN UNCHANGED SINCE THE FEBRUARY WORK SESSION.
THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES TRANSLATE THE VISION OF THE PARK TO ESTABLISH CORE PRIORITIES THAT WILL GUIDE FUTURE PLANNING, DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT OF THE CAMPUS.
FOLLOWING COUNCIL'S FEEDBACK DURING THE FEBRUARY WORK SESSION, WE HAVE REFINED THE FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY PRINCIPLE TO FURTHER HIGHLIGHT THE IMPORTANCE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND PARTNERSHIPS IN THE FUTURE OF THE PARK.
THE PROGRAM'S PROGRAM CONSIDERATIONS, WHICH ESTABLISH A FLEXIBLE MENU OF POTENTIAL PROGRAM ELEMENTS THAT CAN BE EVALUATED, PRIORITIZED, AND IMPLEMENTED OVER TIME AS NEEDS EVOLVE AND RESOURCES ALLOW.
THIS LIST HAS BEEN UPDATED FOLLOWING COUNCIL'S FEEDBACK DURING THE WORK SESSION.
ALSO, THE BIGGEST CHANGE HERE WITH THE ADDITION OF THIS BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP CATEGORY, AGAIN, TO FURTHER HIGHLIGHT THE ROLE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND FISCAL PLANNING THAT SHOULD PLAY IN THE PARKS FUTURE.
IN ADDITION TO THE VISION STATEMENT, GUIDING PRINCIPLES AND PROGRAM CONSIDERATIONS FOR DESIGN FRAMEWORKS HELP INFORM PHYSICAL PLANNING OF THE PARK.
THE FIRST IS THE PROGRAM AREA FRAMEWORK, WHICH ORGANIZES THE PARK INTO PROGRAM AREA PODS THAT REFLECT EXISTING CONDITIONS WHILE ALLOWING FOR FUTURE GROWTH CENTERED AROUND A CONNECTED OPEN SPACE BETWEEN THE EAST AND WEST AREAS OF THE PARK, WITH ADDITIONAL AREAS SUPPORTING PARK OPERATIONS, MAINTENANCE AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
THE OPEN SPACE FRAMEWORK IS ORGANIZED TO HIGHLIGHT THE SITE'S TWO MOST SIGNIFICANT NATURAL FEATURES, THE SOUTH FORK INDIAN RUN, AND THE DARI FIELD WOODLOTS, AND HELPS REINFORCE THIS AS A CAMPUS AND CONNECTION EAST AND WEST ACROSS COSWAY ROAD.
THE OPEN SPACE FRAMEWORK ALSO HIGHLIGHTS GUIDANCE FOR BUFFERING OF THE PARK TO SURROUNDING LAND USES AND HIGHLIGHTS FUTURE GATEWAYS AND PLACE MAKING OPPORTUNITIES.
THE CIRCULATION FRAMEWORK GUIDES IMPROVEMENTS TO ENHANCE CONNECTIVITY ACROSS THE PARK AND HOW TO ACCOMMODATE FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS TO ADJACENT THOROUGHFARES.
ONE OF THE KEY RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE FRAMEWORK IS ESTABLISHING A NEW CONNECTION BETWEEN UNIVERSITY SPORTS, OHIO AND DARI FIELDS, WHICH CAN CREATE A NEW GATEWAY FOR THE ENTIRE PARK, AS WELL AS HANDS TRAFFIC FLOW.
AND SIMILARLY, THE PEDESTRIAN AND CYCLING FRAMEWORK PROVIDES GUIDANCE AND STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE WALKING AND BIKING IN THE PARK USING THE SIGNATURE TRAIL AS A CENTRAL SPINE.
RECOMMENDATIONS FOCUS ON MAKING IT EASIER FOR FOLKS OF ALL AGES AND ABILITIES TO MOVE AROUND, UM, WITHIN EACH PROGRAM AREA, AS WELL AS DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE PARK AND CONNECTIONS TO THE BROADER DUBLIN COMMUNITY TO CONVEY THE LONG-TERM VISION OF THE CAMPUS.
AND AN ILLUSTRATIVE PLAN IN 3D RENDERINGS, UM, ILLUSTRATE HOW THE CAMPUS CAN GROW AND CHANGE OVER TIME.
THESE 3D RENDERINGS WERE HIGHLIGHTED DURING THIS YEAR'S STATE OF THE CITY.
THE ILLUSTRATIVE CONCEPT SHOWN HERE SHOWS HOW DIFFERENT USES CAN BE ACCOMMODATED ACROSS THE PARK AS THE PARK FILLS OUT AND CHANGES OVER TIME.
THIS GRAPHIC ISN'T INTENDED TO BE A BLUEPRINT, BUT RATHER AN EXAMPLE OF THE TYPE OF CHANGE WHICH CAN OCCUR.
YOU CAN SEE HERE HIGHLIGHTED TOO ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE LAST WORK SESSION, LIKE PROVIDING, UM, A SOLID SURFACE TO ALL THE SPECTATING AREAS TO ALLOW FAMILIES AND FOLKS OF ALL ABILITIES TO ACCESS EACH SPORTING EVENT.
ADDITIONAL PARKING CONSIDERATIONS THING FOR THINGS LIKE, UM, DROP OFF AREAS, BUT ALSO BUS AND SHUTTLE PARKING IN THE DIFFERENT AREAS.
SIMILARLY, THE 3D RENDERING SHOW OPPORTUNITIES, UM, AND EXAMPLES, NOT SPECIFIC BUILDING PLANS.
SHOWN HERE IS THE EXTENSION OF UNIVERSITY BOULEVARD, UB THREE AND A NEW GATEWAY WHICH COULD BE CREATED.
UM, STAFF IS WORKING WITH SUZAKI TO UPDATE THESE RENDERINGS TO REFLECT THE FEEDBACK, UM, TO THE VISION FRAMEWORK FROM BOTH COUNCIL
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AND THE BROADER TEAM.THE INTENT HERE IS TO HAVE THESE READY FOR OUR NEXT MEETING WITH COUNCIL.
UM, UPDATES TO THIS RENDERING INCLUDE MOVING THE SIGNATURE BUILDING TO DIRECTLY FRONT UNIVERSITY, MOVING PARKING AND ADDING ADDITIONAL AREAS FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THAT FRONT UNIVERSITY.
UM, THIS RENDERING HERE FOCUSES MORE ON THE DARI FIELDS AND HIGHLIGHTS GROWING SPORTS AND REC OPPORTUNITIES TO HELP ATTRACT TOURNAMENTS WHILE MEETING COMMUNITY NEEDS AND PROVIDING SOMETHING FOR EVERYTHING.
CHANGES HERE WILL FOCUS ON UPDATING ORIENTATION, UM, OF THE DIFFERENT FIELDS AND ACCOMMODATING, UM, MORE PARKING AREAS TO HELP SERVICE THOSE.
AND THE THIRD RENDERING, UM, HIGHLIGHTS THE PARK'S PLANS FOR ADAPTABLE AND FLEXIBLE USES THESE MULTI-USE SPACES, THE HYBRID FIELDS TO ACCOMMODATE BASEBALL, SOFTBALL, LACROSSE, DIFFERENT TYPES OF SPORTS THAT CAN COME BE ACCOMMODATED YEAR ROUND.
FOLLOWING THIS EVENING'S COUNCIL MEETING, THE PROJECT TEAM WILL INCORPORATE COUNCIL'S FEEDBACK AND COMPLETE FINAL EDITS TO THE VISION FRAMEWORK DOCUMENT THE TEAM PLANS TO RETURN TO COUNCIL FOR REVIEW AND ADOPTION OF THE FRAMEWORK.
WE ASK FOR COUNCIL'S REVIEW OF THE DRAFT PARK VISION FRAMEWORK AND PROVIDE FEEDBACK OR OTHER CONSIDERATIONS FOR ADOPTION.
PRIOR TO THE NEXT MEETING, I AND MATT ARE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS.
I WANNA TAKE A MOMENT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS AGENDA ITEM? HEARING NONE, COUNCIL QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION.
THIS WAS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK.
UM, IT'S BEEN VERY INTERESTING FOR ANDY AND I TO HAVE STARTED THIS WHERE IT WAS JUST SORT OF, UM, BOY, WHAT IF LIKE, IT WAS, THERE WAS NOTHING.
SO, UM, I, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE, THE, THE LISTENING THAT HAS OCCURRED AND THEN IMPLEMENT, YOU KNOW, PUTTING INTO, UM, THIS FRAMEWORK ALL OF THE THINGS THAT YOU HEARD, WHETHER IT WAS, UM, EXTRA SHADE TO A DA ACCOMMODATION, TO REALLY TRYING TO THOUGHTFULLY PLACE THINGS.
UM, AND I KNOW THIS IS NOT INTENDED TO BE A ROADMAP.
UM, YOU KNOW, I, I APPRECIATE THAT YOU ADDED SORT OF THE GATEWAYS.
I DON'T THINK THOSE WERE IDENTIFIED EARLIER, OR AT LEAST THEY WEREN'T LABELED EARLIER.
UM, AND I THINK THOSE ARE REALLY IMPORTANT, PARTICULARLY KIND OF COMING OFF OF UNIVERSITY BOULEVARD.
UM, I THINK WE SAW ONE RENDERING WHERE THERE THE BUILDING WAS SORT OF IN A DIFFERENT PLACE.
IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S, IT'S FRONTING THAT NOW, WHICH I, I THINK IS REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT.
UM, THANK YOU FOR THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE CURRENT TOURNAMENTS THAT WE HAVE.
UM, I THINK THAT'S REALLY HELPFUL.
I, I THINK THAT WE HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO ACCOMMODATE, BUT A LOT MORE BOTH FOR OUR LOCAL SPORTS AS WELL AS, UM, REGIONAL AND, AND POTENTIALLY NATIONAL TOURNAMENTS AS WELL.
UM, I'M REALLY SUPPORTIVE OF WHAT YOU HAVE HERE.
UM, AND I JUST, I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK IT'S BEEN.
THIS IS REALLY WONDERFUL WORK.
UM, I THINK, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU ADDRESSED A LOT OF THESE THINGS WITH OUR STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT IS VERY STRONG.
THE PROGRAMMATIC REFINEMENT I THINK IS REALLY GOOD.
I DID HAVE ONE QUICK QUESTION, THOUGH.
FORGIVE ME, IT'S A VERY SPECIFIC QUESTION ABOUT THIS, BUT IN THE WORK SESSION WHERE YOU TALKED ABOUT THE CRICKET FIELDS AND I NOTICED THAT OVER HERE, THERE WAS NO MENTION OF THAT.
IT'S JUST THE THOUGHTS STILL, LIKE IN THE HYBRID FIELDS TO ACCOMMODATE THE GROWING CRICKET LEAGUE THAT WE HAVE HERE IN DUBLIN.
UM, WHEN IT, UM, WHEN WE MEET WITH OUR CRICKET, UM, LEAGUES, WE DO HAVE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE.
UH, WE ALSO TALK ABOUT THE, UH, THE MAKEUP OF THEIR LEAGUES AND THE RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS THAT, YOU KNOW, UH, ALLOW THEM TO USE OUR FIELDS.
AND WE'RE DOING SOME STUDIES OUT AT EMERALD FIELDS TO SEE WHAT IMPROVEMENTS WE CAN MAKE OUT THERE TO THEIR EXISTING FIELDS TO MAKE THEM A LITTLE BIT MORE ACCESSIBLE DURING, UH, EXCESSIVE RAIN AND, AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
UM, BUT AS FAR AS THIS STUDY GOES, IT DOES NOT CURRENTLY INCLUDE CRICKET FIELDS.
UM, HOWEVER, THE NEXT STEP THAT WE TAKE, WE'RE GONNA BE ENGAGING IN COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS AND OTHERS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DRILL DOWN INTO MORE DETAILS ABOUT SPECIFICS ABOUT WHAT THOSE NEEDS ARE WITH THE CURRENT ENVIRONMENT.
AND THEN WE, WE, WE CAN ADAPT THIS TO MAKE THOSE CHANGES DEPENDING ON THE FEASIBILITY OF THOSE.
I JUST, I JUST REMEMBER, I RECALL FROM OUR, UH, WORK SESSION WE TALKED ABOUT HOW THIS WOULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY REINFORCE DUBLIN'S GLOBAL CITY OF CHOICE AND TO, UM, DRAW UPON JUST THE VERY DIVERSE NATURE OF OUR COMMUNITY.
AND THEN ONE OTHER QUESTION I HAD, AND YOU ALLUDED TO THE TRANSPORTATION WITH THE BUSES AND, UM, I DIDN'T REALLY SEE THIS THERE, BUT, BUT ACTUALLY THAT WAS CONSIDERED LIKE THE, THE BUSING AND THE, UH, SPACE FOR THE BUSES AND ALL JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT TRAFFIC, UH, GAME DAY TRAFFIC AND ALL THAT IS STILL FLOWS SMOOTHLY.
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YEAH, THE CIRCULATION FRAMEWORK HIGHLIGHTS TRYING TO IMPROVE AND MAKING EASY WAY FINDING FOR ALL, ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE VISITING DUBLIN FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME.UM, THE ILLUSTRATIVE PLAN KIND OF HIGHLIGHTS THOSE PIECES THAT YOU POINTED OUT AT THE FEBRUARY WORK SESSION, COMMENTING DROP OFF AREAS FOR FOLKS AT THE DIFFERENT SPORTING AREAS, ACCOMMODATING PLACES FOR SCHOOL BUSES OR SHUTTLES TO PARK AS WELL.
'CAUSE A LOT OF FOLKS WILL COME BY THOSE AS WELL.
SO IT HIGHLIGHTS THE, UM, THE INCORPORATION OF THOSE INTO IT AND WOULD BE FURTHER STUDIED THAN THE NEXT WORK.
WHAT WAS THE PARKING RATIO USED? AND I MEAN, I KNOW WE'RE LOOKING AT RENDITIONS, WE'RE LOOKING AT VISION OF THE PARK, BUT CAN YOU JUST SWAG THE PARKING ASSUMPTIONS THAT WERE USED? YEP.
SO DIFFERENT RATIOS ARE GONNA BE NEEDED FOR DIFFERENT SPORTS AND AGE GROUPS.
UM, GENERALLY 60 TO 100 WERE USED FOR THE FIELD COUNTS, UM, FOR THE INDOOR SIDE, UM, OF COURSE KIND OF DIFFERENT USES AND THE VERY SPECIFIC USE PARKING NEEDS.
BUT FOR THE FIELD USE PLANNING, 62 OR A HUNDRED WAS GENERALLY USED PER FIELD.
HEY CHRIS, COULD YOU PLEASE BRING UP THE PICTURE THAT SHOWS LIKE THE GATEWAY INSTRUCTOR? IT SAYS PAGE 4 39 ON MY PACKET HERE, BUT I DOUBT THAT'S, UM, OH, LOOK AT THAT.
UM, AND YOU SAID THERE'S GONNA BE A CHANGE TO THIS, RIGHT? YEAH, SO WE'RE WORKING WITH, WE WERE WORKING WITH SUZAKI TO UPDATE THE RENDERINGS.
UM, BUT COUNCIL'S FEEDBACK WAS TO POSITION THAT SIGNATURE BUILDING WHATEVER IT IS, CLOSER TO UNIVERSITY AND SHIELDING THAT PARKING YES.
UM, SO THAT WOULD BE ACCOMMODATED WITH THAT, UM, UPDATE TO THE RENDERING.
IT DIDN'T, CAN YOU PULL UP IT SHOWED IN THE STATIC? YEAH, YEAH, NO, IF YOU COULD STAY IN THAT PICTURE.
UM, SO TO ME, WHEN I LOOK AT THIS WHOLE AREA, THIS JUST SCREENS 1980S TO ME, I, SO IS, IS, IS THE CHANGE OF THE, THE BUILDING ARE ARE, ARE THEY LOOKING AT THE WHOLE, THIS WHOLE AREA AND GIVING IT A DIFFERENT LOOK BECAUSE, OR IS IT JUST THAT ONE BUILDING THAT, SO THROUGH THIS VISIONING PROCESS, WE WEREN'T ESTABLISHING A NEW ARCHITECTURAL IDENTITY, BUT IT WAS IDENTIFIED THAT THIS SIGN SIGNATURE LOCATION ON UNIVERSITY WILL ALLOW THE OPPORTUNITY TO UPLIFT THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE REST OF THE CAMPUS, WHICH ARE SIMPLE SHED TYPE BUILDINGS AND MAKE THAT STATEMENT AT THAT GATEWAY.
UM, AND FUTURE CONSIDERATIONS FOR UPDATES TO EXISTING BUILDINGS COULD ALSO BE MADE LATER TOO.
YEAH, AND I'M NOT LOOKING FOR SOME FAB, I JUST LOOK AT THE LAYOUT HERE AND I LOOK AT THE, AND THERE'S, IF, UNLESS I'M THE SIGNATURE BUILDING, I'M NOT SURE WHAT'S COMPELLING ABOUT THIS.
SO WE'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON LAYOUT ON THE REST OF IT, AND THIS IS WHAT'S GONNA FEED THE WHOLE BEAST.
AND SO I JUST WONDER IF THERE'S NOT AN APPROACH HERE, BECAUSE THIS, YOU'VE GOT PARKING RETENTION PONDS, UM, AND FLAT BUILDINGS.
ANYWAY, I, SOME OF IT'S EXISTING.
I I GET THAT, BUT IT DOESN'T INCUR, I MEAN, AGAIN, WE PAY FOR THIS WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THAT OCCURS HERE AND ANYWAY, SO THAT'S JUST MY STRONG FEEDBACK ON IF WE'RE GONNA SPEND SOME TIME REORIENTING THAT BUILDINGS A LITTLE MORE THOUGHT MIGHT BE USEFUL.
AND THAT CAN DEFINITELY BE ACCOMMODATED.
SO THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT PARKING, AND PARKING IS A TREMENDOUS WASTE OF REAL ESTATE, BUT UNFORTUNATELY NOT EVERYBODY'S USING ROBO TAXIS YET.
I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN, IN, UH, ROUND TABLE.
UM, WE DO, WE STILL HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH DUBLIN COMMUNITY CHURCH IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT FOR OVERFLOW PARKING.
SO AS WE DEVELOP THE, UM, INNOVATION SITE ON THE JEWETT PROPERTY INTO THE SOUTH, AS WE MOVE TO THE SOUTH, IT WOULD SEEM TO ME THAT WE HAVE SOME SORT OF COLLABORATIVE AGREEMENT FOR PARKING, ESPECIALLY BUSES.
UM, I WOULD IMAGINE THE TOURNAMENT, A LOT OF THE TOURNAMENTS OCCUR ON WEEKENDS.
UM, SO IF, I'M SORRY, KEEP GOING.
SO IF WE CAN, UM, ACCOMMODATE PARKING OFFSITE, THAT WOULD ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE NEED FOR, YOU KNOW, A HUNDRED FOOT SPACES FOR BUSES.
UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT AS WE DEVELOP TO THE SOUTH.
UM, I DIDN'T NOTICE SPECIFIC DROP OFF LOCATIONS IN, IN THE, THE RENDERINGS, BUT THERE'S A LOT GOING ON.
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UH, COUNCIL MEMBER LUDO SAID, WE'VE COME A LONG WAY.I THINK WE'RE JUST KIND OF DOTTING OUR I'S AND CROSSING OUR T'S AND LIKE METRO CENTER, WE'RE GONNA BE STUCK WITH SOME BUILDINGS THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO KIND OF PEPPER AROUND UNLESS WE SCRAPE THE WHOLE THING AND FIND A TON OF MONEY.
ANY OTHERS? UM, I, I JUST HAD A COUPLE THINGS THAT WE'RE, WE'RE CLOSED IN ON IT.
SO THAT, THAT IS THE GOOD NEWS.
THERE CERTAINLY HAS BEEN A LOT OF PROGRESS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, HO HOPEFULLY WE CAN FIND SOME SYNERGIES OF USES TO CUT DOWN ON SOME OF THE PARKING, PARTICULARLY, UM, ON THE REVENUE GENERATING SIDES OR, UH, YOU KNOW, BE ABLE TO CONTEMPLATE SCOOTER SERVICE OR PERHAPS A MICRO TRANSIT SOLUTION OR SOMETHING THAT MIGHT HELP.
UM, SO THAT WE DON'T EAT UP ALL OF OUR REAL ESTATE WITH PARKING.
UM, I DO REMEMBER THAT WE SPOKE BRIEFLY ABOUT HAVING, UM, SOMETHING IN PROXIMITY AND, AND MAYBE THIS WOULD BE IN THE WEST TOURNAMENT HUB AS WE WOULD HAVE LIKE A, A STAGE KIND OF AREA FOR TROPHY PRESENTATIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO HOPEFULLY AS WE GET FURTHER DOWN THE LINE, WE'LL SEE MORE OF THAT WHERE, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE TEAMS CAN COME AND IT WOULD PROBABLY NEED TO BE IN PROXIMITY TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP FIELD.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD BE A GOOD LOCATION BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF HALFWAY BETWEEN THE CHAMPIONSHIP SOCCER FIELD AND THE CHAMPIONSHIP BASEBALL FIELD.
BUT I DO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE, UM, THERE WAS SOME, UH, FOOD TRUCK PARKING, BUT THAT WE, WE HAVE AN AREA THAT'S PARTICULARLY ACTIVATED MAYBE THAT WOULD, UM, MIGHT RELOCATE THE FOOD TRUCKS TO THAT, THAT PARCEL WHERE PEOPLE WOULD REALLY GATHER AT THE, AT THE CONCLUSION OF TOURNAMENTS TO, UM, CELEBRATE.
AND, YOU KNOW, I, I'VE BEEN TO A LOT OF THESE KINDS OF TOURNAMENTS AND THEY'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT SOME PLACE TO HAND OUT THE TR TROPHIES AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
SO I'D LIKE TO THINK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT ON THE FRONT END.
BUT CERTAINLY THERE HAS, HAS BEEN A LOT OF PROGRESS MADE.
UM, BUT I AGREE ON THE, ON THE REVENUE GENERATING SIDE, UM, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE GET ALL THE FIELDS RIGHT, BUT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GET THAT RIGHT TOO IN ORDER TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO GET THE FIELDS RIGHT.
SO, UM, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO RACE TWO HORSES THERE AND, AND, UH, BOTH OF THEM ARE GONNA HAVE TO WIN.
SO, UM, DID YOU HAVE QUESTIONS SPECIFICALLY FOR US THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ANSWERED OR WAS THERE A CERTAIN, UM, TOPIC OF FEEDBACK YOU WERE LOOKING FOR? NO, JUST ANY SPECIFIC FEEDBACK THAT THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE UPDATED BEFORE WE COME BACK.
AND I'M HEARING A LOT OF GOOD FEEDBACK HERE, BUT IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE SPECIFICALLY WE WOULD LIKE TO NOTE, THIS IS A FRAMEWORK PLAN, SO ADDITIONAL PIECES, WE'LL FIND MORE DETAILS TO THIS, BUT JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS COULD BE SOMETHING THE CITY WILL BE USING IN THE FUTURE TO HELP GUIDE, I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN NO, UH, GETTING A FEEL FOR THIS SPACE BETWEEN ROUNDABOUTS.
SOME COMMUNITIES HAVE PUT ROUNDABOUTS IN REALLY CLOSE PROXIMITY TO EACH OTHER, AND THAT MAKES THEM FUNCTION, UM, LESS IDEALLY THAN, THAN IF THEY'RE SPACED PROPERLY.
SO, UM, MAYBE WE CAN CAN START GATHERING SOME OF THAT DATA AND MAKE SURE THAT THESE THOROUGHFARE CONNECTIONS ARE HAPPENING IN THE RIGHT PLACE AND, UM, THAT MAYBE TRAFFIC AND ENGINEERING COULD TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW THESE ROADWAYS MIGHT FUNCTION.
UM, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, I, I, UH, SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S VERY POSITIVE FEEDBACK AND LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING IN THIS DIRECTION 'CAUSE IT'S THE RIGHT ONE.
OKAY, THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS THE HUMAN RESOURCES BRIEFING.
AND WE'LL, WELCOME BACK JENNIFER TI WITH THE STAFF REPORT.
AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO ONCE AGAIN DISCUSS AND REVIEW THE FOCUS AREAS OF HUMAN RESOURCES FOR TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION.
I WILL FOCUS ON A FEW OF THESE AREAS.
ADDITIONALLY, ALL OF THE DATA THAT WE REVIEW TONIGHT IS LOCATED IN THE CITY MANAGERS MONTHLY REPORT, STARTING WITH EMPLOYEE RELATIONS.
ALL FOUR OF THE CITY'S COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THREE YEARS.
COUNCIL APPROVE RESOLUTIONS, 18 DASH 26 AND 19 DASH 26 FOR THE USW CONTRACT AND THE FOP CONTRACT THIS EVENING.
WE WILL ENTER INTO NEGOTIATIONS FOR THE FOP OHIO LABOR COUNCIL, WHICH IS THE DISPATCHERS IN THE FALL AS THEIR CONTRACT EXPIRES ON 1231 OF THIS YEAR.
MOVING ON TO RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION, AS WE'VE
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SHARED AT THE LAST SEVERAL HR BRIEFINGS, I WANNA UPDATE YOU ON THE MOST RECENT VACANCY AND TURNOVER DATA.AS A REMINDER, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO IS THAT A VACANCY REFERS TO A JOB THAT IS CURRENTLY UNOCCUPIED.
WHILE TURNOVER DESCRIBES THE RATE AT WHICH EMPLOYEES LEAVE THE CITY.
THIS TIME, THEY ACTUALLY HAPPEN TO BE CLOSE TOGETHER.
THAT'S RANDOM CHANCE, BUT THE CITY CURRENTLY HAS A 5.9% VACANCY RATE AND A 4.9% TURNOVER RATE, BOTH OF WHICH DEPICT A GOOD BALANCE AND INDICATE THAT WE HAVE EFFECTIVE TALENT MANAGEMENT AND WORKFORCE STABILITY.
THIS HIGHLIGHTS THE CURRENT VACANCIES ACROSS THE CITY.
AGAIN, THESE ARE IN THE CITY MANAGER'S MONTHLY REPORT.
SEVERAL OF THESE POSITIONS HAVE MULTIPLE OPENINGS LIKE OUR POLICE OFFICERS, COMMUNICATION TECHNICIANS, COMMUNICATION SUPERVISORS, AND MAINTENANCE WORKERS.
AT THE END OF 2025, THE CITY EARNED THE 2025 PLATINUM PLATINUM LEVEL HEALTHY WORK SITE DISTINCTION FROM THE HEALTHY BUSINESS COUNCIL OF OHIO.
THIS AWARD CELEBRATES THE CITY'S CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO EMPLOYEE WELLNESS THROUGH THE HEALTHY BY CHOICE WELLNESS PROGRAM.
THE PLATINUM DESIGNATION IS THE HIGHEST LEVEL AWARDED AND RECOGNIZES OUR ORGANIZATION THAT DEMONSTRATES A COMPREHENSIVE AND INNOVATIVE APPROACH TO WORKPLACE WELLNESS.
THE CITY OF DUBLIN WAS RECOGNIZED FOR OFFERING A VARIETY OF PROGRAMS THAT SUPPORT EMPLOYEES, PHYSICAL AND MENTAL AND FINANCIAL WELLBEING.
IN ADDITION TO ACCESS TO ONSITE FITNESS FACILITIES AND PREVENTIVE HEALTH SCREENINGS, EMPLOYEES HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTICIPATE IN AN IN, IN INNOVATIONS SUCH AS COLLAB, COLLABORATIVE COOKING EXPERIENCES, PAIRED WITH NUTRITIONAL EDUCATION, FINANCIAL WELLNESS WORKSHOPS, SOUND MEDITATION SESSIONS, AND OTHER WELLNESS LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES.
THIS RECOGNITION HIGHLIGHTS THE CITY'S CONTINUED INVESTMENT IN CREATING A SUPPORTIVE WORKPLACE THAT PRIORITIZES EMPLOYEE WELLBEING AND ENCOURAGES HEALTHY HABITS, BOTH AT WORK AND BEYOND.
OUR HEALTHY BY CHOICE PROGRAM, WHICH WE REFER TO AS HBC, EMPOWERS STAFF TO TAKE CONTROL OF THEIR WELLNESS BY MAKING INFORMED PROACTIVE HEALTH DECISIONS.
THE HBC PROGRAM ENCOURAGES SUSTAINABLE, HEALTHY LIFESTYLE CHANGES THAT REDUCE HEALTH RISKS AND IMPROVE OVERALL WELLBEING.
LEADING TO A LONG-TERM HEALTHCARE COST SAVINGS.
DURING THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY AND MARCH, EMPLOYEES WERE ENCOURAGED TO SEEK OUT MOMENTS OF CALM WITH A GENTLE REMINDER TO PAUSE.
EMPLOYEES HAVE FREE ACCESS TO THE CALM APP WHERE THEY CAN READ ABOUT SMALL RESET TIPS AND TRICKS TO REDUCE STRESS ANYTIME, ANYWHERE.
RIGHT? UH, FOLLOWING A SIMILAR STRUCTURE TO TED TALKS, THE CITY HOSTED AN INTERNAL VERSION OF THE PROGRAM CALLED DUB TALK, AN ANNUAL SIGNATURE EMPLOYEE SPEAKER EVENT.
10 EMPLOYEES CHOSE TO BE SPEAKERS DURING THEIR UNIQUE PERSPECTIVES ON CULTURE IN THE CITY OF DUBLIN AND HOW THEY INCORPORATED OUR CULTURE PLAYBOOK INTO THEIR PROFESSIONAL LIVES.
IN JANUARY, ALL FULL-TIME STAFF MEMBERS WERE REQUIRED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CITY OF DUBLIN'S COMPLIANCE TRAINING.
THE CITY REMAINS COMMITTED TO ETHICAL BEHAVIOR AND ADHERENCE TO ALL APPLICABLE LAWS, REGULATIONS, AND POLICIES.
THIS ANNUAL TRAINING SUPPORTS CITY CULTURE PLAYBOOK INITIATIVES AND MEETS REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS.
THE ASSIGNED CURRICULUM INCLUDED MODULES ON CYBERSECURITY, THE TECHNOLOGY USE PROGRAM, WHICH IS A O 9.2, A REVIEW OF THE CITY'S DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION POLICY, WHICH IS A O2 0.76, DRUG-FREE WORKPLACE AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE TRAINING, SAFE DRIVING CUSTOMER SERVICE STANDARDS, AND BUILDING EMERGENCY EVACUATION PROCEDURES.
STAFF MEMBERS ACCESS THE MODULES THROUGH CORNERSTONE, THE CITY'S LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.
AND FINALLY, A FEW UPDATES ON OUR TALENT AND CULTURE MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS. EACH OF THESE PICTURES REPRESENT A DIFFERENT EVENT THAT HAS HAPPENED IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS.
ON DECEMBER 9TH, THE CITY'S SENIOR LEADERSHIP TEAM GATHERED FOR THE YEAR END RETREAT AND SERVICE PROJECT LEADERSHIP RECEIVED KEY UPDATES ON SEVERAL IMPORTANT INITIATIVES, INCLUDING THE DUBLIN WELLNESS ALLIANCE, THE CITIZEN SURVEY RESULTS, CUSTOMER SERVICE ENHANCEMENTS, THE 2026 BUDGET PROCESS, AND THE ORGANIZATIONAL UPDATE FROM THE CITY MANAGER, MEGAN O' CALLAHAN.
THE TEAM HELD A YEARLY REVIEW OF EACH DIVISION AND REVIEWED THE 2026 STRATEGIC OUTLOOK.
THE DAY CONCLUDED WITH A SERVICE PROJECT AT THE DUBLIN FOOD PANTRY, WHERE THE TEAM PACKED LUNCHES FOR STUDENTS OVER THE SCHOOL HOLIDAY BREAK.
THIS ACTIVITY UNDERSCORED THE VALUES OF TEAMWORK AND COMMUNITY SERVICE, FOSTERING DEEPER CONNECTION WITH THE EXCEPTIONAL COMMUNITY WE ARE HONORED TO SERVE.
IN MID-DECEMBER, STAFF WAS INVITED TO JOIN THE EXCEPTIONAL YEAR CELEBRATION AT THE MARRIOTT COLUMBUS NORTHWEST FOR BREAKFAST.
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RECEIVED CITY UPDATES, WE HAD CELEBRATIONS, WE WENT THROUGH STAFF AWARDS, AND WE SPENT SOME TIME BEING TOGETHER.STAFF WERE INVITED TO DONATE AN UNWRAPPED GIFT TO THE DUBLIN POLICE'S ANNUAL FILL A CRUISER TOY DRIVE.
DURING OUR QUARTER THREE EMPLOYEE MEET AND GREET OUR NEWEST DUBLIN TEAM MEMBERS CONNECTED WITH CITY MANAGER MEGAN O. CALLAHAN, AND THE HUMAN RESOURCES STAFF MEMBERS TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS, EXPLORE THE SERVICES AND BENEFITS AVAILABLE TO THEM, AND EXPERIENCE WHAT IT MEANS TO BE PART OF A TEAM THAT IS DRIVEN BY EXCELLENCE, DEDICATED TO SERVICE AND BETTER TOGETHER.
AND LASTLY, IN JANUARY, STAFF PARTICIPATED IN THE ANNUAL SUPER BOWL POTLUCK, PREPARING THEIR FAVORITE SOUPS, CHILI, OR STEW TO SHARE WITH THEIR TEAM MEMBERS IN HONOR OF THE SUPER BOWL.
AND FINALLY, AS I'VE SHARED IN PAST BRIEFINGS, THE CITY CELEBRATES EMPLOYEES WHO OUR INTERNAL CULTURE AND OUR DEDICATION TO SHOWING STAFF APPRECIATION.
OUR FIRST CELEBRATION STATION OF 2026 RECOGNIZE THE ENGINEERING TEAM WHO ARE HONORED FOR THEIR COLLECTIVE WORK.
ON THE AVERY RINGS, AVERY ROAD RINGS ROAD, CARA ROAD IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, WHICH WAS A SHINING EXAMPLE OF DUBLIN'S EXCEPTIONAL TEAMWORK.
THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT, THE ENGINEERING TEAM WORKED COLLABORATIVELY AND WITH PURPOSE.
THE TEAM SUPPORTED DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, UTILITY COORDINATION, WATER AND SEWER TAPS AND ACCEPTANCE, PUBLIC INFORMATION AND GIS UPDATES.
THEIR WORK HELPED DELIVER IMPROVEMENTS WITH THAT BENEFIT, THE LIVES AND DRIVES, EXCUSE ME, THAT BENEFIT THE LIVES AND DRIVES OF THE COMMUNITIES WE SERVE.
THEIR EFFORT, REFLECT OUR VALUES AND BELIEFS, AGAIN, HAVE DRIVEN BY EXCELLENCE, BETTER TOGETHER AND DEDICATED TO SERVICE.
AND WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS COUNCIL MAY HAVE.
COUNCIL QUESTIONS? DISCUSSION? I HAVE A QUICK ONE.
UM, JUST REALLY QUICKLY, UM, SOME OF THE, MAYBE A COUPLE OF OTHER METRICS THAT MIGHT BE HELPFUL, UH, RELATIVE TO, UH, TURNOVER ARE, UM, AVERAGE YEARS OF SERVICE.
UM, AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU TRACK THIS, BUT, UM, LIKE MEDIAN, UH, HIGHER SALARY AND MEDIAN DEPARTURE SALARY, IT CAN SOMETIMES SORT OF DEMONSTRATE THAT PEOPLE SEE GROWTH IN THEIR SALARY DURING THEIR TIME.
I, YOU DON'T HAVE TO PROVIDE THAT, IT'S JUST WHAT I WAS THINKING ABOUT.
UM, AND I LIKE USING MEDIAN JUST BECAUSE IT SORT OF, UH, TAKES OUT SOME OF THE OUTLIERS, ESPECIALLY THE, YOU KNOW, THE HIGHER PAID FOLKS.
UM, JUST A THOUGHT, BUT YOU DON'T, AND YOU DON'T EVEN NEED TO RESPOND TO THAT.
I JUST THOUGHT THOSE MIGHT BE INTERESTING TO SEE.
AND ACTUALLY I WANTED TO PARTICULARLY THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS IN HEALTH AND WELLNESS FOR THE STAFF.
UM, AT THE DUBLIN WELLNESS MEETING, WE ACTUALLY TALKED A LOT ABOUT BELONGING AND THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT.
AND YOU ACTUALLY ADDRESSED A LOT OF THESE THINGS HERE WITH LIKE THE CULTURAL RECOGNITION, UH, WITH THE ABILITY TO GIVE BACK.
UH, VOLUNTEERISM HAS BEEN SHOWN TO ACTUALLY DO A LOT TO INCREASE THE SENSE OF BELONGING AND, AND, UH, IMPROVE HEALTH AND WELLNESS TOO.
WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT INCREASING PARTICIPATION OF THAT WITH THE CITY STAFF? WHERE LIKE SOME OF THOSE INITIATIVES THAT'LL IMPROVE HEALTH AND WELLNESS? WELL, OUR EMPLOYEES AS PART OF THE HEALTHY BY CHOICE PROGRAM ARE ASKED TO COMPLETE TWO EDUCATION COURSES.
WE CALL THEM EDUCATION COURSES, BUT THAT CAN BE EDUCATION IN ANY WAY THAT YOU CAN IMAGINE IT.
SO THEY HAVE THE OPTION TO PARTICIPATE IN VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES TO GO TO ACTUAL SPECIFIC COURSES DESIGNED ON WHATEVER HEALTH TOPIC THEY'RE INTERESTED IN.
AND THEY'RE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN A VARIETY OF THINGS THAT HAPPEN THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
SO WE CONTINUE TO COMMUNICATE IN OUR MONDAY MORNING UPDATES AND WE ENCOURAGE IN STAFF MEETINGS AND EVERY CHANCE HR HAS TO BE IN FRONT OF PEOPLE TO TALK ABOUT THOSE OPTIONS.
SO THE MORE WE TALK ABOUT IT, THE MORE PEOPLE DO PARTICIPATE AND THAT HAS WORKED QUITE WELL FOR US.
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THIS BRINGS US TO THE STAFF COMMENTS PORTION OF OUR AGENDA.GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
UM, THE FIRST COMMENT THAT I HAVE IS TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE CITY OF COLUMBUS ENHANCED METER PROJECT.
UM, THIS IS A PROJECT THAT THEY'RE ADVANCING THAT'S GONNA CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS ACROSS THE ENTIRE CENTRAL OHIO REGION.
AND THROUGH THIS PROJECT, THEY ARE UPGRADING WATER METERS, INCLUDING THOSE THROUGHOUT ALL OF DUBLIN TO MODERN ADVANCED METERING INFRASTRUCTURE.
THE NEW METERS WILL REPLACE AGING INFRASTRUCTURE AND METERS AND EQUIPMENT, AND THEY ARE DESIGNED TO BE MORE ACCURATE, THEY ARE MORE OPERATIONALLY EFFICIENT AND THEY PROVIDE INCREASED CUSTOMER SERVICE.
SO THEY, UM, THE NEW METERS ARE INSTALLED IN ROUGHLY THE SAME LOCATIONS AS THE EXISTING ONES AT, AT, UM, EXISTING
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RESIDENTS AND ALONG WITH A SMALL READING DEVICE.AND THERE IS NO COST TO OUR CUSTOMERS.
UM, OVER TIME THE PROJECT'S INTENDED TO PROVIDE SEVERAL CUSTOMER FACING BENEFITS, INCLUDING THEY'LL PROVIDE ALERTS AND NOTIFICATIONS, UM, ACCESS TO DATA AND GRAPHS AND IMPROVED INSIGHT INTO CONSUMPTION PRACTICES.
AND ALSO YOU CAN IDENTIFY INEFFICIENCIES IN YOUR CONSUMPTION.
AND ALSO THEY WOULD PROVIDE INSIGHTS INTO EARLY LEAK DETECTION.
UM, AS WORK BEGINS IN A NEIGHBORHOOD, COLUMBUS AND ITS CONTRACTOR WHO IS V-V-E-P-O, THEY WILL SEND MAILINGS TO THE RESIDENTS EXPLAINING THE PROCESS AND THEY'LL ALSO PROVIDE INSTRUCTIONS AS TO HOW TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT FOR HOMES WITH INDOOR WATER METERS.
SO THOSE ARE THE ONLY HOMES THAT ARE REQUIRING OF AN APPOINTMENT.
UM, COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES ARE ALSO ENCOURAGED TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT AND THAT WOULD BE TO MINIMIZE DISRUPTION TO OPERATIONS.
SO ALL VEPO EMPLOYEES ENTERING HOMES OR BUSINESSES, THEY WILL CARRY CITY OF COLUMBUS ISSUED IDENTIFICATION.
SO THEY'RE EASILY IDENTIFIABLE.
UM, MAILINGS TO DUBLIN RESIDENTS EAST OF THE SCIOTO RIVER WILL BEGIN APRIL 13TH AND THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO GIVE COUNSEL A HEADS UP ABOUT THIS WORK.
UM, AND THEN ABOUT A MONTH LATER, NOTIFICATIONS WILL BEGIN FOR RESIDENTS ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE SCIOTO RIVER AND THERE IS LOTS OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROJECT AND DETAILS.
UM, AND ALSO THE INFORMATION ABOUT SCHEDULING AN APPOINTMENT ON THE WEBSITE, ON THE SCREEN.
DO YOU KNOW IF THEY WERE, ARE REPLACING BOTH THE WATER METER AS WELL AS THE WATER REDUCTION METER? YOU DON'T KNOW.
I DO NOT KNOW, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY FOLLOW UP AND THANK YOU.
WHEN, WHEN THEY DID OURS AND WE, OURS WAS DONE A COUPLE MONTHS AGO.
UM, THEY REPLACED THE METER AND THEY REPLACED THE SUBMETER AS WELL.
OH, THEY DID? OH, THAT'S GREAT NEWS.
OKAY, WE'LL FOLLOW UP ON THAT AS WELL.
THE NEXT PROJECT UPDATE IS COLUMBUS FOURTH WATER PLANT TRANSMISSION MAINS PHASE TWO FIELD SURVEY WORK, WHICH IS VISIBLE AND RESIDENTS OFTEN START ASKING QUESTIONS WHEN THEY SEE SURVEYORS IN THE AREA.
SO STARTING ON APRIL 14TH, CREW FROM MS. CONSULTANTS, THEY'RE PART OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS DESIGN TEAM FOR THIS PROJECT, THEY WILL BEGIN CONDUCTING FIELD AND UTILITY SURVEYS WITHIN THE ROAD RIGHT AWAY.
SO THEY WON'T BE ON PRIVATE PROPERTY.
UM, AND THEY'LL BE FOCUSING ON WHAT COLUMBUS IS REFERRING TO AS THE PHASE TWO WORK OF THEIR FOURTH WATER PLANT TRANSMISSION MAINS PROJECT.
THE APPROXIMATE ALIGNMENTS ARE AS SHOWN ON THE GRAPHIC IN THE SCREEN.
BLUE IS IDENTIFIED AS PHASE ONE AND YELLOW FOR PHASE TWO.
THE FIELD SURVEY WILL BE PERFORMED ALONG NEARFIELD DRIVE FROM TARTAN DRIVE TO POST ROAD AND THEN ALSO ALONG POST ROAD FROM MUIRFIELD DRIVE TO COMMERCE PARKWAY AND RESIDENTS.
THEY WILL SEE, UH, WORKERS IN THE AREA WHILE THE SURVEYING IS ACTUALLY BEING PERFORMED.
UM, CONSTRUCTION FOR THIS PROJECT WILL BE PHASED WITH PHASE ONE EXPECTED IN LATE 2027 OR 28, AND PHASE TWO IS PRESENTLY SCHEDULED.
AND THEN PHASE THREE WOULD FOLLOW AFTER THAT IF THEY GO SEQUENTIALLY IN ORDER.
UM, ADDITIONALLY, COLUMBUS'S TEAM'S GONNA BE PERFORMING UTILITY LOCATING, WHICH IS ALSO VERY VISIBLE WORK, AND THAT WORK WILL BE ALONG ARLINGTON PARKWAY IN THE COMING WEEKS.
AND WE DISCUSSED THAT WHEN COLUMBUS CAME IN AND PROVIDED AN UPDATE, UM, ON THE STATUS OF THEIR PROJECT.
AND THEN NEXT WE HAVE A EP MEREFIELD CABLE REPLACEMENT NOTICE.
SO BEGINNING APRIL 13TH, A EP IS GONNA START THE NEXT PHASE OF THEIR CABLE REPLACEMENT PROJECT WITHIN PORTIONS OF MUIRFIELD.
UM, A EP INTENDS TO PERFORM THEIR REPLACEMENTS ALONG THE STREETS, LISTED ON THE SCREEN IN 2026.
SO THIS IS A MULTI-PHASE PROJECT THAT'S BEEN HIGHLY ANTICIPATED THROUGHOUT MUIRFIELD.
UM, IT'S THE SECOND PHASE OF THEIR WORK AND THE THIRD PHASE IS CURRENTLY BEING REVIEWED AND THEY'RE IDENTIFYING THE SCOPE OF THAT PHASE, UM, TO DETERMINE WHAT AREAS WILL NEED REPLACED.
AEPS WORK WILL PAUSE, THEY WILL RESTORE THEIR WORK AND THAT WILL BE DONE PRIOR TO THE MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT.
IS IS A EP THE ONE WHO'S SENDING OUT COMMUNICATIONS? YES.
I JUST, I THINK THEY NEED TO MAKE IT REALLY CLEAR WHO RESIDENTS NEED TO CALL WHEN THEIR YARD LOOKS LIKE TRASH.
UM, WE, I MEAN, JUST IN MY 'CAUSE THIS IS WHERE I LIVE, RIGHT UP IN THIS AREA.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS AND YEAH, AND EVERY YARD HAS SINKHOLE AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE PUTTING DOWN, BUT IT ISN'T GRASS SEED.
SO WE NEED TO KNOW WHO TO REACH OUT TO, TO COMPLAIN.
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THEN, UM, LASTLY, I WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO OUR PUBLIC SERVICE CREWS AND HIGHLIGHT OUR CHIPPER SERVICE, WHICH IS ALWAYS ONE OF OUR MORE POPULAR REQUESTED SERVICES.IN MARCH, WE SAW SEVERE WIND EVENTS INCLUDING 69 MILE PER HOUR GUSTS ON MARCH 13TH AND 60 MILE PER HOUR GUSTS ON MARCH 22ND.
AND THEN WE ALSO THREW IN A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
AND THEN ADDITIONALLY, WE HAD WIND ADVISORIES ON MARCH 15TH AND 16TH.
AND A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT WAS ISSUED ON MARCH 27TH, 26TH FOR WIND GUSTS UP TO 50.
AND THIS LED TO, YOU CAN SEE THE SPIKE IN REQUESTS.
UM, WE HAD 732 RESIDENTIAL CHIPPER REQUESTS, WHICH IS NEARLY THREE TIMES THE NORMAL AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH.
WE HAD STAFF WORKING 615 HOURS ON CHIPPING IN MARCH, REQUIRING 105 HOURS OF OVERTIME.
AND THAT WAS JUST TO KEEP UP WITH THE VOLUME OF REQUESTS.
SO I JUST WANT TO THANK OUR STAFF, UM, PUBLIC SERVICE STAFF, COMMUNICATION STAFF.
THEY ALL STEPPED UP, COORDINATED OVERTIME, COORDINATED SCHEDULING, ADJUSTED THEIR WORK PLANS, UM, AND ALSO COMMUNICATED WITH RESIDENTS THROUGHOUT THIS ENTIRE PROCESS.
AND THOSE EFFORTS ALL ENSURED THAT WE CONTINUE TO DELIVER A RELIABLE SERVICE DESPITE THIS SIGNIFICANT SURGE IN DEMAND.
MEGAN, DO YOU KNOW, ARE THEY CAUGHT UP? I STILL SEE A LOT OF PILES AROUND THE CITY AT THE CURB.
ARE THOSE PEOPLE THAT HAVEN'T PUT IN A A GO DUBLIN APP REQUEST, OR ARE WE SO AS OF LAST WEEK, THEY WERE CAUGHT UP.
I HAVEN'T CHECKED TODAY, BUT THEY HAD CAUGHT UP AS OF LAST WEEK.
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REPORTS THIS EVENING WE HAVE A REPORT FROM THE ADMIN COMMITTEE, VICE MAYOR ROSA.THE ADMIN COMMITTEE MET ON APRIL THE SEVENTH.
WE HAD ONE TOPIC, AND THAT WAS THE SECOND REVIEW OF THE COUNCIL RECOGNITION POLICY.
THE COMMITTEE PROVIDED A BIT OF ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK AND THEN VOTED TO BRING THAT POLICY TO COUNCIL AT A FUTURE MEETING.
AND THEN TOMORROW THERE WILL BE A SPECIAL ADMIN COMMITTEE MEETING WILL, WHICH WE WILL BEGIN THE INTERVIEW PROCESS FOR THE ANNUAL BOARD AND COMMISSION APPOINTMENTS THAT WE MAKE EVERY MAY.
SO WE THANK THE RESIDENTS AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT.
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COUNCIL ROUND TABLE.TO MY FAR RIGHT, I JUST, UM, THANK THE HAAHS FOR A WONDERFUL CHERRY BLOSSOM LUNCH ON FRIDAY.
AND OTHER THAN THAT, IT'S BEEN PRETTY QUIET.
UH, I'LL JUST MERE, UM, MS. KRAMS COMMENTS.
IT WAS A WONDERFUL FIRST, UM, OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THE CHERRY BLOSSOM FESTIVAL, AND ALL THE HYPE ABOUT THE ICE CREAM IS COMPLETELY TRUE.
UM, JUST WANTED TO MENTION, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH THE RIVER FOREST, HOA AND MANY THANKS TO, UH, ANTHONY SEVERIN FOR ACCOMPANYING ME TO THAT AND ALSO WITH THE BRISTOL COMMONS, HOA.
AND I JUST REALLY APPRECIATED, UH, THEIR RESIDENTS TIME AND I LOVED HEARING THEIR QUESTIONS AND THEIR CONCERNS, SO THANK YOU.
SO I TOO WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE HIKA FOR THEIR HOSPITALITY AND ICE CREAM LAST FRIDAY.
I BUMPED INTO THEM SATURDAY NIGHT.
UH, AS IT, AS IT TURNS OUT, THEY WERE SUPPORTING THE DUBLIN TYCO GALA THAT WAS HELD AT, UH, JEROME HIGH SCHOOL.
I DIDN'T KNOW THIS, BUT THE DUBLIN TYCO IS THE LARGEST IN NORTH AMERICA.
I MEAN, THAT'S A HUGE FEATHER IN, IN OUR CAP.
UM, SO SAW THEM SATURDAY NIGHT AND NOT TO BE LEFT OUT.
MARIAH VANDER HYDEN, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE DUBLIN ARTS COUNCIL.
TURNS OUT THE, UH, DUBLIN TYCO WAS THE 2026, UM, RECIPIENT OF THE DUBLIN ARTS COUNCIL'S COMMUNITY ARTS PROGRAM.
UM, IT'S GREAT TO SEE THE IMPACT THAT THESE GRANTS CAN HAVE ON THE ARTS IN OUR COMMUNITY, NOT JUST THE VISUAL ARTS, BUT THE PERFORMING ARTS AS WELL.
MAYBE IN MY LIFE TIME WILL HAVE A STATE-OF-THE-ART COMMUNITY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER.
UH, I RECENTLY HAD THE PLEASURE OF HAVING COFFEE WITH A RESIDENT THAT HAD EXPRESSED INTEREST IN OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
ONE TOPIC THAT CAME UP WAS TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY.
I SHARED THE VISION OF LINK US, AND HE WAS SKEPTICAL OF RIDERSHIP.
HE SAID, YOU KNOW, I LOOK AT THESE CODA BUSES, THERE'S USUALLY ONE OR TWO PEOPLE ON IT.
AND SO HE, THE, THE CONVERSATION MORPHED INTO A CONVERSATION ABOUT ROBO TAXIS.
HE HAD JUST GOTTEN BACK FROM VEGAS AND WAS TALKING ABOUT THESE WAYMO ROBO TAXIS.
AND IT OCCURRED TO ME, WE LIVE, WE'RE IN THE CITY OF DUBLIN, WE'RE IN THE BETA DISTRICT, WE'RE IN THE SMART CORRIDOR, AND YET IN
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THESE TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY CONCEPTS WE'RE SEEING WITH LINK US, I DON'T REALLY SEE A WHOLE LOT WITH RESPECT TO DRIVERLESS CARS OR ROBO TAXIS.I KNOW FIVE YEARS AGO WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT ROBO TAXIS AND FLYING CARS, PEOPLE KIND OF ROLLED THEIR EYES, BUT THE FUTURE IS NOW, AND THIS STUFF IS HAPPENING.
SO I, I JUST THINK AS WE LOOK AT, UH, TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY FROM, SAY, SAWMILL ROAD ALL THE WAY OUT TO THE PARK, PARC, UM, WE THINK FORWARD, WE THINK AHEAD, UM, AND WHAT THE LANES MIGHT NEED TO LOOK LIKE TO ACCOMMODATE THAT, THAT KIND OF TRAFFIC.
UM, I'D LIKE TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT LASTLY TO THE FOLKS THAT VOLUNTEERED ON SATURDAY TO MAKE SUSTAINABLE SATURDAY.
UH, TRAFFIC WAS BACKED UP THROUGH AT LEAST ONE ROUNDABOUT, IF NOT TWO, IT WAS A, A MAJOR HIT.
HEY, ANDY, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO PUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IN THE, IN THE BUCKET EVERY TIME YOU SAY PERFORMING AT CENTER.
UM, IT'S INTERESTING YOUR POINT ABOUT, UM, DRIVERLESS CARS.
UM, WENDY AND I, UM, AND SEVERAL STAFF MEMBERS WERE AT OUR, UM, BIMONTHLY, UM, 33 CORRIDOR MEETING, AND DOUG MCCAL HAD A VERY BRIEF UPDATE.
WE'RE GONNA GET MORE UPDATE ON IT.
THERE ARE, THERE ARE DRIVERLESS CARS MOVING IN AN IN AND AROUND THAT REGION RIGHT NOW.
YOU JUST MAYBE HAVEN'T, NO PUN INTENDED, RUN INTO ANY OF 'EM YET.
BUT I, I'LL JUST SAY REAL QUICK, YOU KNOW, I WAS MENTIONING PARKING.
UM, IF YOU CAN HAVE A RESERVE PARKING SPOT, I, I SAY TUTTLE MALL AS A GREAT EXAMPLE.
UM, IF I LEAVE MY HOUSE AND MY CAR AND I WANT TO GO TO FOUR DISTINCT LOCATIONS, EACH LOCATION HAS TO HAVE A PLACE FOR ME TO PARK MY CAR TEMPORARILY WHEN I'M NOT PARKED THERE.
AND NO ONE ELSE IS PARKED THERE.
THAT'S A WASTE OF A VALUABLE REAL ESTATE.
IT'S SOAKING UP SUN IN THE BLACK, ASPHALT EMITTING HEAT.
SO ANY WAY, ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO THINK ABOUT WAYS TO IMPLEMENT THIS, IT IS HAPPENING.
IT'S HAPPENING IN HOUSTON, AUSTIN, UH, NASHVILLE.
UM, I MENTIONED, UM, LAS VEGAS, LA SO IF THEY CAN TRY IT, I THINK WE CAN.
SO YOU, I THINK WE'LL GET AN UPDATE FROM, FROM DOUG HERE AT SOME POINT, UM, ALONG THAT WAY.
AND, UM, I WOULD JUST TO ALSO THANK THE HAASS FOR JUST FRIENDSHIP PARTNERSHIP FELLOWSHIP.
IT'S JUST FANTASTIC, SO THANKS.
UH, WELL SINCE WE WERE TOGETHER LAST WE HAD OUR, UH, HOA LEADERSHIP MEETING.
SO CERTAINLY WANNA THANK ALL OF OUR HOA LEADERS FOR COMING AND, AND, UH, GIVING US THEIR TIME, MORE OF THEIR TIME, AND, UH, HEARING SOME UPDATES FROM STAFF AND HEARING QUESTIONS FROM THEM.
UH, ON APRIL THE SIXTH, WE DID HAVE A MOR PC STRATEGY MEETING.
MORSEY HAS RETAINED THE SERVICES OF FORMER SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION, RAY LAHOOD AND MARSHALL HILL, UM, TO BE, TO SERVE IT.
IT IS IN AN ADVISORY CAPACITY, UM, ABOUT OUR FSP GRANT AND SOME OTHER INITIATIVES MOVING FORWARD.
UH, ON APRIL THE SEVENTH, WE HAD OUR GRAND MARSHALL SELECTION MEETING.
SO LOOK FORWARD IN THE COMING DAYS TO HEARING THE, UH, THE, UM, SELECTED GRAND MARSHALL FOR THE 4TH OF JULY PARADE.
UM, ON THE EIGHTH, UH, JEREMIAH, JENNY AND I ATTENDED THE, UH, NORTHWEST, UH, REGION MORSE MEETING.
UH, JEROME TOWNSHIP HOSTED THAT, AND WE HEARD UPDATES, UH, FROM ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORS, INCLUDING ALL OF THE COUNTIES IN WHICH WE RESIDE.
UM, SO THANK THEM FOR PUTTING ON THAT EVENT.
UH, ON THE NINTH, WENDY AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, ATTEND THE LEWELLEN FARMS HOA MEETING, AND THEY HAD GREAT QUESTIONS AND, UM, IT WAS A LOVELY TURNOUT AND WE'RE REALLY GRATEFUL FOR, UM, FOR THEIR CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP AND, AND THE GREAT RESOURCE THEY ARE TO US, AND GIVING US INSIGHTS OF THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN AND AROUND THE COMMUNITY.
UM, WITH THAT, I AM SORRY THAT I MISSED THE CHERRY BLOSSOM LUNCHEON.
UM, HOPE TO ATTEND THE ONE NEXT YEAR.
SO IF THERE IS NOTHING FURTHER FOR THE GOOD OF THE ORDER, WE WILL STAND ADJOURNED.