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[CALL TO ORDER]
RIGHT.IT IS FIVE 30 AND I WILL CALL THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF THE DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL OF TUESDAY, MAY 26.
JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE MS. SALUTO? HERE.
[ADJOURN TO EXECUTIVE SESSION]
OKAY.I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN TO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THE PURPOSES OF LAND ACQUISITION, 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 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, JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE MR. KEELER? YES.
I WILL REMIND THE VIEWING PUBLIC THAT WE WILL RECONVENE IN THIS LOCATION AT 7:00 PM THANK YOU.
[RECONVENE - 7 PM]
WE WILL RECONVENE THE DUBLIN'S REGULAR DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF TUESDAY, MAY 26TH, 2026.UH, AND WE WILL START WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
GREG, WOULD YOU LIKE TO LEAD US TO THE PLEDGE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT SCAMS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVIDUAL WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE? OKAY.
UP NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS CITIZEN COMMENTS.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CITIZENS TO COMMENT ON ANY TOPIC THAT IS NOT ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA.
AS A REMINDER, WE HOPE THAT YOU HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIGN IN AT THE KIOSK ON YOUR WAY IN.
IF NOT, WE WILL HEAR YOUR COMMENTS ONCE WE HAVE CON CONCLUDED.
LINDSAY, DO WE HAVE ANYONE WHO HAS SIGNED IN TO SPEAK? WE DO NOT.
IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM THAT IS NOT ON THIS EVENING'S AGENDA?
[CONSENT AGENDA]
HEARING NONE.WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.
IS THERE A REQUEST TO REMOVE AN ITEM FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA CONSISTING OF TWO MEETING MINUTES AND A LEGISLATIVE, UH, AUTHOR TO TRANSFER OWNERSHIP OF DBA LIQUOR PERMIT? HEARING NONE.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.
JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE MS. CRAM? YES.
[TABLED ITEM]
OKAY.WE HAVE A TABLED ITEM THIS EVENING.
UH, ORDINANCE ZERO SIX DASH 25.
YOU WANT ME, YOU'RE GONNA READ THE TITLE? NO.
UH, COUNCIL TABLED ORDINANCE 0 6 25, WHICH IS A MOTION TO REMOVE ORDINANCE 0 6 25 FROM THE TABLE AND PLACE IT ON A JULY 1ST, 2026 AGENDA FOR ADDITIONAL READING AND PUBLIC HEARING.
COUNCIL TABLED THIS ORDINANCE LAST AUGUST AND DIRECTED STAFF TO WORK WITH STAKEHOLDERS TO DRAFT TARGETING ZONE ZONING CODE AMENDMENTS TO ADDRESS COMP, UM, COMPATIBILITY CONCERNS WHILE PRESERVING THE LONG-TERM VISION FOR DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE WID, AND ENSURING CONSISTENCY WITH THE APPROVED ENVISION DUBLIN COMMUNITY PLAN, PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
REVIEWED THE CODE AMENDMENT IN AT ITS MAY 21ST MEETING.
UM, WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO REMOVE THE ORDINANCE ZERO SIX DASH 25 FROM THE TABLE AND PLACE IT ON THE JULY 1ST, 2026 COUN COUNCIL AGENDA FOR AN ADDITIONAL READING PUBLIC HEARING.
JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE MAYOR AROSE GROOMS? YES.
UH, I NOW WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND ORDINANCE ZERO SIX DASH 25 TO THE SUBSTITUTE VERSION FOR THE MAY 26TH, 2026 MEETING.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE? JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE VICE MAYOR DEROSA? YES.
AND I DO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT STAFF WILL BE SENDING OUT NOTICES 30 DAYS IN ADVANCE OF THE JULY 1ST MEETING.
SO ONE OF THE, UH, REASONS FOR PLACING IT ON THIS AGENDA IS SO WE HAVE PLENTY OF TIME TO, UM, GET OUT ALL OF THE PUBLIC NOTICES THAT, UH, OF THE INTERESTED PARTIES THAT WE HAVE HEARD FROM TO DATE, AND THOSE THAT WE ARE, UM, LEGALLY OB UH, OBLIGATED TO NOTIFY AS WELL.
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OKAY.[Ordinance 27-26]
THIS BRINGS US TO SECOND READING, PUBLIC HEARING ORDINANCES, AND WE'LL BEGIN WITH ORDINANCE 27 DASH 26 AUTHORIZING THE SUBMISSION OF A PETITION FOR THE REGULAR ANNEXATION OF 201.7 ACRES, MORE OR LESS OF PROPERTY FROM DARBY TOWNSHIP, MADISON COUNTY, TO THE CITY OF DUBLIN, OHIO.OUR STAFF REPORT WILL BE BROUGHT FORWARD THIS EVENING BY YAZ RI.
UH, THERE HAVE BEEN NO CHANGES, CHANGES SINCE THE, UH, LAST READING.
THIS WILL PERMIT THE CITY TO FILE THE ANNEXATION PETITION FOR REGULAR ANNEXATION OF THIS PROPERTY WITH THE COUNTY.
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
UH, WE WANNA TAKE SOME TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING NONE.
COUNSEL, QUESTIONS DISCUSSION? JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE DR. LAMB? YES.
[Ordinance 28-26]
28 DASH 26 AUTHORIZING THE PROVISION OF CERTAIN INCENTIVES TO RECI CONSTRUCTION AND COMPANY LLC TO INDUCE IT TO PURCHASE AN OFFICE BUILDING FOR THE RELOCATION OF THE COMPANY'S EXISTING OFFICE AND THE EXPANSION OF THAT OFFICE AND ITS ASSOCIATED OPERATIONS AND WORKFORCE WITHIN THE CITY, AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.OUR STAFF REPORT WILL BE BROUGHT FORWARD THIS EVENING BY ABBY FALCON WELCOME, AND SHE'LL BE JOINED BY RU SILLY REPRESENTATIVE RUTH FRIED LAKE, WHO IS ALSO WITH US HERE THIS EVENING.
MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, AS YOU'LL RECALL, STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING WITH SILI CONSTRUCTION COMPANY AS THEY'RE CONSIDERING EXPANDING THEIR OPERATIONS TO A NEW LOCATION IN DUBLIN.
THEY'RE ALSO CURRENTLY HEADQUARTERED IN DUBLIN.
THE PROPOSED INCENTIVE IS FOR A 10% PERFORMANCE INCENTIVE ON WITHHOLDINGS OVER FIVE YEARS, VALUED AT $185,000 FOR THE TERM OF THE AGREEMENT.
ADDITIONALLY, THE AGREEMENT INCLUDES A LOCATION GRANT PAYMENT OF $50,000 FOR THE PURPOSE OF PURCHASING A BUILDING IN DUBLIN AND RELATED RENOVATION EXPENSES.
THERE HAVE BEEN NO CHANGES TO THE REPORT.
PROPOSED ORDINANCE AND STAFF RECOMMENDS COUNCIL APPROVAL, AND HERE WITH US THIS EVENING REPRESENTING RU LAKE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY AS ANDREW FRED LAKE, VICE PRESIDENT, GENERAL COUNSEL AND PARTNER, AND HE'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.
I WANNA TAKE A MOMENT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING NONE.
UH, COUNCIL QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION.
ANDREW, DO YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH US? JUST A FEW.
IF YOU COULD START WITH YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS INTO THE RECORD.
THERE, THERE'S A BUTTON THERE.
IF YOU PRESS IT, A GREEN LIGHT WILL COME.
I'M VICE PRESIDENT GENERAL COUNSEL OF SILI CONSTRUCTION.
UM, 58 15, UH, WALL STREET, UH, RIGHT DOWN HERE IN DUBLIN.
UM, JUST, UH, ALL RIGHT, THERE WE GO.
UM, JUST WANTED TO GIVE A FEW COMMENTS ON ELLI.
UH, WHEN WE FIRST MOVED TO OUR CURRENT HEADQUARTERS IN DUBLIN, UH, AS I MENTIONED, RIGHT DOWN HERE IN WALL STREET, IT WAS 2020.
UH, OUR HEADCOUNT WAS APPROXIMATELY 120 ASSOCIATES.
UH, WE MOVED IN AT THAT TIME AS A FAMILY OWNED BUSINESS INTO A 22,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING.
UH, THAT GAVE US PLENTY OF ROOM THAT WE THOUGHT TO GROW.
NOW, SIX YEARS LATER, WE'RE A HUNDRED PERCENT EMPLOYEE OWNED.
WE'VE ADDED 140 ASSOCIATES TAKING OUR HEADCOUNT TO 260, AND WE'RE NOW OPERATING OUT OF MULTIPLE OFFICES, UH, HERE IN DUBLIN, NOT JUST IN OUR HEADQUARTERS.
UM, WHEN WE SOUGHT OUT EARLIER THIS YEAR FOR OUR NEXT HEADQUARTERS, WE LOOKED AT A NUMBER OF OPTIONS THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO GROW AND GET UNDER ONE ROOF, UH, AND PERHAPS MORE IMPORTANTLY, PROVIDED US ROOM TO GROW AS WE LOOKED AT ANOTHER 20 TO 30 ASSOCIATES BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR.
UM, WITH THAT, WE BELIEVE WE FOUND OUR NEXT HEADQUARTERS, AND WE'RE EXCITED TO MAKE IT OFFICIAL AND GET MOVING.
UH, SPECIFICALLY WE'RE LOOKING, UM, OR NEGOTIATING WITH A BUILDING DOWN AT 54 50 FRANCE, WHICH IS LOCATED RIGHT AT THE CORNER OF FRANCE AND TUTTLE.
UM, AND OUR CURRENT PLAN WOULD BE TO RENOVATE APPROXIMATELY 40,000 SQUARE FEET OF THAT SPACE, UH, WHICH WOULD HOUSE ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES, OUR, OUR 20 TO 30 NEW EMPLOYEES, UH, AND ALSO MAKE A COMMON AREA OF BUILDING SURROUNDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS TO THE BUILDING ITSELF.
SO, UM, GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU GUYS MAY HAVE.
WELL, THAT CERTAINLY IS AN IMPRESSIVE SUCCESS STORY OF, OF A TIMELINE IN THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE.
AND, UH, WE KNOW YOU'VE BUILT, UH, MANY GREAT BUILDINGS IN THIS COMMUNITY, INCLUDING MOST OF THE SCHOOLS THAT, UH, THE KIDS OF THIS COMMUNITY ATTEND EVERY DAY.
SO, UM, WE, WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? MS. JOHNSON? YES.
WELL, WELCOME BACK HOME AND WELCOME TO A NEW NEIGHBORHOOD.
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THANKS.A IN YOUR CONTINUED COMMUNITY.
SO WE'RE SO THANKFUL THAT YOU CHOSE DUBLIN, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUED GROWTH AND SUCCESS OF THE ORGANIZATION.
[Ordinance 29-26]
BRINGS US TO INTRODUCTION.FIRST READING ORDINANCES, ORDINANCE 29 DASH 26 AMENDMENTS TO SECTIONS 1 5 3 0.002, AND 1 5 3 0.172.
AND ADDING CHAPTER 1 23 TO THE DUBLIN CODIFIED ORDINANCES TO ADDRESS FOOD TRUCK OPERATIONS.
OUR STAFF REPORT WILL BE BROUGHT FORWARD THIS EVENING BY KENDALL BLAKE.
MEMBERS OF COUNCIL BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING IS AN ORDINANCE TO ESTABLISH FOOD TRUCK REGULATIONS WITHIN THE CITY OF DUBLIN.
TWO SECTIONS OF CHAPTER 1 53 ARE RECOMMENDED FOR REMOVAL TO CREATE A STANDALONE CHAPTER 1 23.
THIS CHAPTER IS INTENDED TO CREATE REGULATIONS THAT ARE CLEAR AND ENFORCEABLE AND RESPONSIVE TO OPERATIONAL NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY.
AT THE MAY 11 CITY COUNCIL MEETING STAFF PRESENTED THE PROPOSED REGULATIONS AND REVIEWED POLICY CONSIDERATIONS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED BY THE PUBLIC SERVICES COMMITTEE.
COUNCIL EXPRESSED SUPPORT AND PROVIDED FEEDBACK.
THREE SPECIFIC FEEDBACK ITEMS ARE HIGHLIGHTED ON THE SCREEN BEFORE YOU.
IN REGARDS TO THE 12 DESIGNATED LOCATIONS, COUNCIL SUPPORTED ADDITIONAL PARKING LOTS IN THE DESIGNATED LOCATIONS, WHICH HAVE ALL BEEN EXPANDED.
ADDITIONALLY, CITY COUNCIL WANTED STAFF TO EXPLORE THE POSSIBILITY OF HAVING FOOD TRUCKS WITHIN RIVERSIDE CROSSING PARK RATHER THAN ON RIVERSIDE DRIVE.
AFTER CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR PUBLIC SERVICE TEAM AND WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP FIRE MARSHAL STAFF DOES NOT RECOMMEND FOOD TRUCKS WITHIN THE PARKS DUE TO TOPOGRAPHY, UH, CHANGES INFRASTRUCTURE, UNABLE TO SUPPORT THE WEIGHT OF FOOD TRUCKS, UH, CIRCULATION CONCERNS AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE TIMES.
SO CONSISTENT WITH COUNCIL CONSENSUS AT THAT LAST MEETING, SHOULD RIVERSIDE CROSSING PARK NOT BE AN OPTION, STAFF HAS NARROWED THE ALLOWABLE ON STREETE PARKING TO THE NORTHERN PORTION OF RIVERSIDE DRIVE.
AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK ANTHONY SEVERN WITH FROST BROWN AND TODD GIBBONS TO PROVIDE COMMENTS ON THE OTHER TWO FEEDBACK ITEMS. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.
THERE WAS A REQUEST, UH, BY COUNCIL MEMBER LAMB TO TALK ABOUT MORE OF A PROGRESSIVE DISCIPLINE APPROACH.
UM, THAT MIGHT HAVE STEMMED FROM A MISCOMMUNICATION ON MY END.
WHERE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW SOME ASPECTS OF THE CODE ARE IMMEDIATELY A THIRD DEGREE MISDEMEANOR, WHILE OTHERS ARE PROGRESSIVE, UH, FROM MINOR FOURTH TO THIRD BASED ON SEVERITY AND REPEAT OFFENSES.
THE DISTINCTION IS BETWEEN LICENSE RELATED OFFENSES IN THE ONE HAND, WHICH WE TREATED AS MORE SEVERE IN THE DRAFTING PROCESS, AND THEN OPERATIONAL RELATED OFFENSES ON THE OTHER HAND, WHICH ARE MORE PROGRESSIVE BASED ON DAY-TO-DAY VIOLATIONS.
UH, AND THAT WAS THE APPROACH.
SO WE BELIEVE THAT WE UNDERSTOOD THE REQUEST THERE.
IF THAT'S NOT THE CASE, HAPPY TO TAKE ADDITIONAL DIRECTION.
AND TO THE EXTENT THERE WERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT MAYBE HOW DOES A, A HEALTH DEPARTMENT OR OTHER RESTAURANT OPERATORS, HOW WOULD THEY BE USED TO DEALING WITH, UH, SOME TYPES OF OFFENSES? UH, AT THE END OF THE DAY, THIS ORDINANCE DOESN'T ADDRESS HEALTH AND SAFETY, UH, FOR FOOD OPERATIONS EXACTLY.
BUT IT ADDRESSES WHERE YOU CAN PARK HOW YOU OPERATE WHEN YOU'RE ENGAGING IN YOUR OPERATIONS AND BUSINESS, AND THEN LICENSE RELATED ASPECTS.
UH, SO THOSE HEALTH RELATED SAFETY CONCERNS ARE STILL WITHIN THE PURVIEW OF THE, UH, COUNTY BOARDS OF HEALTH AND THEIR ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS WOULD ALWAYS BE AVAILABLE.
AND, UH, THEY CAN TAKE REPORTS AND CONCERNS THERE.
SO WE HOPE THAT THAT HAS ALLEVIATED ANY QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT.
NO, ACTUALLY I THINK THE, UH, MEMO CLEARED THAT UP.
AND THEN FINALLY, THERE WAS A REQUEST, UH, BY COUNCIL MEMBER CRAM TO CONSIDER SOMETHING ALONG A REVENUE SHARING, UH, APPROACH AT SPORTS COMPLEXES.
AND THE CONCERN WAS CERTAINLY HEARD, BUT FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS, UM, BOTH ADMINISTRATIVE FEASIBILITY AND LEGAL.
WE RECOMMEND NOT APPROACHING THAT AT THIS POINT.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE MORE INFORMATION ON SOME OF THE LEGAL ASPECTS, WE'D BE HAPPY TO PROVIDE, UH, A MEMORANDUM TO THAT EFFECT.
UH, BUT AT THIS POINT, WE JUST, UH, BELIEVE THAT IT'S NOT A PRUDENT WAY TO ADD TO THIS, UH, ORDINANCE.
SO IN REGARDS TO NEXT STEPS, IF COUNCIL APPROVES ORDINANCE 29 26, STAFF WOULD PUBLISH AN EDUCATIONAL WEBSITE, WHICH WILL EXPLAIN THE NEW CODE LICENSING AND APPLICATION PROCESS, DESIGNATED LOCATIONS AND RESERVATION PROCESS AND PROHIBITED DATES.
UH, LAST WEEK STAFF MET WITH THE CENTRAL OHIO FOOD TRUCK ASSOCIATION TO DISCUSS HOW THEY COULD BE A RESOURCE TO COMMUNICATE WITH FEED TRUCK OPERATORS WITHIN THE REGION.
THEY WERE MORE THAN SUPPORTIVE TO SEND INFORMATION OUT ON OUR BEHALF TO THEIR MEMBERSHIP, WHICH CURRENTLY HAS 150 OPERATORS, BUT THEY HAVE MULTIPLE VEHICLES, UM, THEMSELVES ON OUR BEHALF.
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ALSO STAFF MET WITH THE STREET FOOD FINDER LAST WEEK, SO, UM, WHICH IS A PUBLIC PLATFORM USED TO LOCATE AND SCHEDULE FOOD TRUCKS.IT IS USED BY CUSTOMERS, EVENT ORGANIZERS AND FOOD TRUCK OPERATORS.
SO WE BE BELIEVE THAT THIS PLATFORM CAN SERVE AS THE CITY'S REGISTRATION SYSTEM FOR FOOD TRUCK LOCATIONS.
UH, THE PUBLIC IS ALREADY FAMILIAR WITH THAT PLATFORM.
FOOD TRUCK OPERATORS ARE USED TO THE SYSTEM, AND AFTER THE PILOT PERIOD, WE'RE ACTUALLY ABLE TO LIMIT WHO CAN SIGN UP FOR OUR LOCATIONS ONLY TO THOSE THAT HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN LICENSED.
UM, ADDITIONALLY, STREET FOOD FINDER ALSO PROVIDES LOCATION SPECIFIC REPORTING, UH, AND AN ADDED BENEFIT.
IT WOULD NOT COST THE CITY ANYTHING.
THE FOOD TRUCKS ARE ACTUALLY, UH, CHARGED A NOMINAL FEE WHEN THEY SIGN UP FOR A LOCATION, AND THAT'S HOW THE PLATFORM IS SELF-SUSTAINING.
SO WE BELIEVE THAT THAT'S A REALLY GREAT, UH, SOFTWARE THAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY USE.
AND WITH THAT STAFF RECOMMENDS ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE 29 26 AT THE SECOND READING AND PUBLIC HEARING ON JUNE 8TH.
AND WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING NONE.
COUNCIL QUESTIONS DISCUSSION, KENDALL, THANK YOU FOR THIS.
UM, I JUST HAD ONE QUESTION ON THIS SCHEDULING, DOES THE ENTIRE CALENDAR OPEN UP AT ONE TIME OR IS IT OPENED ON A ROLLING BASIS? SO WE WOULD LIKELY TIME THAT UP WITH OUR, WE'LL OPEN IT AS MUCH AS WE CAN.
HOWEVER, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT SOME OF THESE LOCATIONS ARE NEAR WHERE PERMITTED EVENTS OCCUR.
AND SO WE WOULDN'T WANNA BOOK TOO FAR OUT IN THE SAKE OF WE HAVE AN EVENT OPERATOR THAT, UH, GOES THROUGH THE EVENT PERMIT PROCESS, SUBMITS THEIR APPLICATION IN THE APPROPRIATE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT'S REQUIRED THROUGH THAT PROCESS, AND THEN GO BACK AND TELL A FOOD TRUCK VENDOR, SORRY, YOU CAN ACTUALLY NO LONGER PARTAKE HERE BECAUSE OF THE BUFFER ZONE.
SO, UH, WE WOULD WANNA BE STRATEGIC IN HOW FAR OUT IN ADVANCE.
WE ALSO KNOW THAT THESE FOOD TRUCK OPERATORS ARE PLANNING MULTIPLE EVENTS.
AND SO, UM, WE KNOW THAT THEY PROBAB FROM DISCUSSIONS WITH A FEW OPERATORS.
THEY DON'T BOOK TOO FAR OUT JUST BECAUSE THEY WANNA KEEP THEIR OPTIONS OPEN OF WHAT THE BEST POSSIBILITY IS.
BUT WE WOULD MAKE SURE THAT WE'D ALIGN THAT WITH THE COMMUNITY EVENT PERMIT PROCESS.
SO I THINK MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE TO NOT BOOK IT TOO FAR OUT.
I GUESS WHAT I'M, I, WHAT WE DON'T WANT IS FOR SOMEONE TO BOOK THE SAME SPOT LIKE EVERY DAY FOR LIKE THE NEXT THREE MONTHS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO I THINK WE NEED TO CONSIDER, UM, LIKE A ROLLING SCHEDULE OR, OR THEY CAN'T BOOK THE SAME SPOT MORE THAN THREE TIMES IN A WEEK OR SOMETHING.
'CAUSE IT, IT TURNS MORE INTO A BRICK AND MORTAR TYPE PLACE IF THEY'RE BOOKING THAT SAME SPOT EVERY DAY FOREVER, EVER.
SO I JUST AS WE ROLL OUT THAT, I THINK YOU NEED TO, WE NEED TO CONSIDER SOME LIMITATIONS.
AND STREET FOOD FINDER DOES HAVE THE ABILITY TO LIMIT.
SO IF WE WANTED TO SAY, THIS FOOD TRUCK CAN COME TO THIS LOCATION ONCE PER WEEK.
NOW MAYBE THEY'RE SWITCHING LOCATIONS EVERY OTHER DAY, AND MAYBE THAT CREATES THE EXCITEMENT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD OR WHEREVER IT MAY BE THOSE PARKS.
BUT, UM, THAT, THAT SOFTWARE HAS THAT ABILITY.
SO WE'LL BE LOOKING INTO THAT THROUGH THE PILOT PERIOD.
AND I APPRECIATE THE, UH, STAFF'S ANALYSIS OF THE, THE LEGAL ANALYSIS OF THE REVENUE SHARING FOR THE CONCESSIONS.
UM, BUT I THINK THE QUESTION STILL IS, IS WHAT CAN WE DO TO HELP PROTECT THE REVENUE FOR SOME OF THE YOUTH SPORTS THAT THEY GET, THAT THAT DERIVED THROUGH THE, UM, CONCESSIONS.
SO IN PART OF THE LEGAL ANALYSIS OF IT, WAS THERE ANY OTHER IDEAS THAT STAFF CAME UP WITH TO MAYBE HELP PROTECT, UH, SOME OF THAT? UM, WITHOUT CREATING THE LEGAL INCONSISTENCIES THAT WERE CITED? I DON'T THINK WE HAD A PARTICULAR, UH, CONSIDERATION OTHER THAN BLOCKING OUT CERTAIN LOCATIONS AT CERTAIN TIMES AND MAKING IT SO THAT IT'S NOT A ALLOWED, UH, BOOKABLE, YOU KNOW, DESIGNATED FOOD TRUCK PARKING ZONE ON THAT DATE TO HELP REDUCE ANY, UH, COMPETITION CONCERNS OTHERS.
ONE OF THE THINGS I REALLY LIKE ABOUT THE PILOT, UM, IT RATHER IT PERTAINS TO WHAT IMPACT IS IT HAVING ON CERTAIN CLUBS OR ARE WE BOOKING PEOPLE TOO FREQUENTLY OR WHERE IS IT LOCATED? IS IT GONNA WORK ON THE NORTH SIDE OF RIVER? I I THINK OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS WE'RE GONNA LEARN A FEW THINGS AND I THINK IF WE'LL HEAR FROM SOME OF THE GROUPS AS TO THE IMPACT POTENTIALLY, AND WE'LL HEAR ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S WORKING AND WHAT ISN'T.
UM, SO AFTER THIS PASS, AFTER THE CODE PASSES, WE'LL HEAR BACK FROM
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YOU WHEN AS TO WHAT'S, YEAH, SO STAFF WAS PLANNING ON COMING BACK IN ROUGHLY AROUND JANUARY OF NEXT YEAR.WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE GAVE ENOUGH TIME THAT IF THERE WERE CODE CHANGES THAT WE LEARNED THROUGH THE PILOT PERIOD, WE'D HAVE ENOUGH TIME BEFORE WE HIT THAT LICENSING TIMEFRAME OF MARCH 1ST.
SO, UH, ALSO I'M ASSUMING THAT IT WILL BE A VERY QUIET TIME IN, UM, JANUARY FOR FOOD TRUCK OPERATIONS.
SO WE THOUGHT THAT WE SHOULD LEARN ENOUGH THROUGH THE SUMMER IN THE FALL TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL WITH ENOUGH INFORMATION.
AND I THINK STAFF KNOWS WHAT QUESTIONS ARE OF INTEREST TO, I MEAN, THE, TO THE COMMUNITY, TO THIS COUNCIL, ET CETERA.
SO TO PROVIDE SOME REPORTS ABOUT HOW THESE ARE GOING AS WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
UM, THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF THE PILOT, RIGHT? IS THAT WE CAN MAKE WHATEVER CHANGE WE FEEL WE HAVE TO DO.
BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN SOME INSTANCES GUESSING BECAUSE WE JUST REALLY DON'T KNOW.
SO I APPRECIATE THE STAFF'S WORK ON THAT AND, UM, WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO THAT REPORT BACK AND WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THIS BACK FOR A SECOND.
I JUST HAVE A QUICK FOLLOW UP ON THAT COMMENT 'CAUSE I ABSOLUTELY AGREE AND I THINK IN PART OF THE PILOT EVALUATION FRAMEWORK, WE ACTUALLY DID TALK ABOUT OBTAINING COMMUNITY FEEDBACK AND ALSO LOOKING AT OPERATIONAL IMPACTS.
I MAY HAVE MISSED THIS, BUT WERE THERE SPECIFIC MEASURES THAT WE WANTED TO IDENTIFY A PRIORITY? BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IF WE DON'T AND THEN WE JUST SAY LIKE, OH, WELL, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THEM AFTERWARDS, BUT WE HAVEN'T IDENTIFIED THAT AHEAD OF TIME, WE MIGHT MISS THE BOAT ON THE ABILITY TO COLLECT SPECIFIC DATA THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
SO MY QUESTION IS, IS DID THE STAFF HAD SPECIFIC MEASURABLE METRICS THAT WE WANTED TO TRACK DURING THIS PILOT SO THAT WE CAN THEN FOLLOW UP WITH THE, UM, FOOD TRUCK OPERATORS TO SEE IF IT WAS SUCCESSFUL AND ALSO IF IT MET PART OF THE, THE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE QUESTIONS THAT WE HAD? YEAH, I APPRECIATE THAT QUESTION.
SO THROUGH THE STREET FOOD FINDER, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO, UH, SURVEY THE OPERATORS.
WE ALSO ABSOLUTELY ON THE WEBSITE THAT WE WOULD BE CREATING ONE OF, HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO TELL US WHETHER OR NOT THEY APPRECIATED THESE LOCATIONS OR NOT.
UM, WE ALSO LEARNED THAT THROUGH THAT SYSTEM THEY ACTUALLY REPORT THEIR EARNINGS.
UM, OBVIOUSLY THAT'S UP TO THE DISCRETION OF THE HONESTY OF THE OPERATOR, BUT, UH, WE COULD USE THAT.
BUT ALSO, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T KNOW YET HOW TO DETERMINE IS SUCCESS FIVE TIMES A WEEK IS SUCCESS TWICE? YOU KNOW, WHO DETERMINES WHAT THAT, UM, CADENCE IS OF WHETHER OR NOT A LOCATION IS GREAT OR NOT? I THINK THE, THE DATA WILL TELL US HOW MANY TIMES A FOOD TRUCKS ARE PICKING CERTAIN LOCATIONS.
THAT'S PROBABLY GONNA TELL US WHAT'S THE MOST ADVANTAGEOUS FOR THEM.
BUT WE ALSO, THROUGH THAT SURVEY, WANNA LEAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO SAY LIKE, WE WOULD REALLY LOVE TO HAVE ONE HERE, AND THEN WE LEARN THROUGH THE PILOT PERIOD AND THEN WE CAN IMPLEMENT THAT AT THAT CHANGE POINT.
DO WE KEEP TRACK OF INFORMATION ON OUR FOOD TRUCK WEDNESDAYS AT KAUFMAN IN TERMS OF LIKE, I KNOW THEY PROBABLY DON'T SHARE WITH US THEIR REVENUE, BUT WE WOULD HAVE AN IDEA OF HOW MANY PEOPLE VISITED ROUGHLY.
UM, DO WE CORRELATE THAT WITH, YES, WE SHOULD HAVE TECHNOLOGY THAT SHOULD BE ABLE TO TELL US THAT INFORMATION? UH, BUT WE ALSO ARE CURRENTLY ALREADY USING THAT STREET FOOD FINDER PLATFORM TO, TO GET THOSE FOOD VENDORS FOR THOSE WEDNESDAYS.
SO, AND WE LIMIT THEM NUMBER OF TIMES THAT THEY CAN COME SO THAT EVERY SINGLE WEDNESDAY YOU'RE NOT SEEING THE SAME TRUCK.
SO WE DO HAVE SOME DATA FROM THAT ALREADY.
'CAUSE THAT'S GOOD INFORMATION TO, YOU KNOW, FOR YOUR FOUNDATION OF YOUR PILOT PROGRAM AND SAY, THIS IS, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'VE, WHAT WE'VE SEEN THUS FAR AND, AND WHAT WE BUILT ON.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WELL, THANK YOU FOR THAT BOTH OF YOU.
UH, WE WILL SCHEDULE SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING FOR JUNE THE EIGHTH OF 2026.
[Ordinance 30-26]
BRINGS US TO ORDINANCE 30 DASH 26 ADOPTING AND ENACTING A SUPPLEMENT TO THE CODE OF ORDINANCES FOR THE CITY OF DUBLIN, OHIO.I'LL IT AND OUR STAFF REPORT WILL BE BROUGHT FORWARD THIS EVENING BY JOE BACHELOR.
WE'LL ALL BE GLAD TO KNOW THAT I THINK I'M THE LAST LAWYER YOU'LL BE HEARING FROM TONIGHT, SO WE'LL TRY TO KEEP IT QUICK.
UM, JUST WANNA GO THROUGH SOME BASICS OF THE CODE SUPPLEMENT PROCESS AS WELL SINCE I KNOW WE HAVE SOME NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UM, SO THE CITY'S ORDINANCE CO A FIRE, WHICH IS THE ENTITY THAT PUTS THE CITY'S CODE ONLINE, IS AMERICAN LEGAL PUBLISHING.
UM, SO EACH YEAR WHEN CITY COUNCIL PASSES A NEW ORDINANCE THAT WOULD AMEND THE CODE OR ADD CODE, IT DOES NOT IMMEDIATELY GO ON THE WEBSITE EVEN THOUGH IT MIGHT BE IN EFFECT.
THE SAME GOES WITH THE OHIO GENERAL ASSEMBLY, WHO OFTEN AMENDS LAWS, UM, THAT THE CITY HAS INCORPORATED INTO ITS CODIFIED ORDINANCES, UM, MOSTLY IN THE TRAFFIC AND CRIMINAL CONTEXT.
SO THOSE CHANGES DON'T APPEAR INSTANTANEOUSLY WHEN THE NEW STATUTE OF LAW TAKES EFFECT.
INSTEAD, TWICE EVERY YEAR, THE CO A FIRE, UM, COMPILES CODE CHANGES FROM LOCAL ORDINANCES AND THE OHIO REVISED CODE, IT ADDS IT INTO, UH, DUBLIN'S CODE TO STAY UP TO DATE.
UM, AND THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU WITH THIS ORDINANCE.
SO MOST OF AMERICAN LEGALS PROPOSED CHANGES ARE FROM THE OHIO REVISED CODE.
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ARE THROUGH JUNE 25TH, 2025.UM, MOST OF THAT CAN BE SUMMARIZED AS MINOR CHANGES TO TRAFFIC DEFINITIONS, UM, CHANGES TO DEFINITIONS OR MINOR ALTERATIONS TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
FOR LOCAL CHANGES, IT'S JUST ORDINANCES PASSED LAST YEAR THROUGH DECEMBER 8TH, 2025 AS WELL.
UM, EXAMPLES WAS AN AMENDMENT TO THE FEE SCHEDULE AS A RESULT OF THE COST STUDY AND THEN OTHER MINOR CODE CLEANUP THAT WENT ON.
UM, SO THE VERSION YOU ARE LOOKING AT AS WELL IS NOT THE MOST UP TO DATE.
THAT IS THE VERSION THAT THE COIF FIRE SENT DIRECTLY TO US OVER THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS.
OUR OFFICE HAS GONE THROUGH PAGE BY PAGE ALL 263 PAGES TO CONFIRM ACCURACY, UM, AS WELL AS MAKE SURE, YEAH, CONFIRM ACCURACY AND MAKE SURE NOTHING WAS MISSED.
UM, WE GAVE THEM THE EDITS ON FRIDAY ACCORDING TO THE TIMELINE.
SO WHEN YOU CONSIDER THIS AT YOUR SECOND READING, YOU WILL HAVE THE MOST UPTODATE VERSION.
BASED ON THE CHANGES THAT WE FOUND, UM, FOR THINGS WE CAUGHT GOING THROUGH SOME, JUST SOME GRAMMATICAL CHANGES, THERE WERE SOME COMMAS INSERTED WHEN COMMAS WERE NOT THERE IN THE STATUTE AND VICE VERSA.
UM, POTENTIAL CONFUSION WHERE THE NEW COMPREHENSIVE MICRO MOBILITY CODE IS CODIFIED AT THE NEXT CODIFICATION PROCESS.
THERE WAS A DEFINITION ADDED THAT WE JUST KEPT OUT TO MAKE SURE THERE WAS NO CONFLICT, UM, AS WELL AS JUST FIXING AN ISSUE IN THE CODE SECTIONS MINOR ISSUE DEALING WITH FIREWORKS AS WELL.
SO THOSE WERE ALL OF THE CHANGES WE CAUGHT.
AND I AM HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS WITH THE QUALIFIER THAT IF I HAPPEN TO NOT REMEMBER SOMETHING FROM THE 263 PAGE DOCUMENT, WE CAN COME BACK TO YOU WITH AN ANSWER AS WELL.
ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? AMY SWANK SIGNED IN.
IF YOU COULD PLEASE COME FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND INTO THE RECORD.
WILL YOU WELCOME YOUR THOUGHTS? I'M SORRY IF YOU COULD PRESS THAT LITTLE BUTTON THERE.
UM, I, WHEN I WENT BACK TO, UH, THE APRIL 7TH, 2025 COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES, IN ORDER TO PREPARE MY COMMENTS FOR P AND ZI RECOGNIZED THAT THERE WAS ACTUALLY AN ERROR THAT DIDN'T MAKE IT INTO THE SUPPLEMENT, UM, THAT YOU'RE ABOUT TO DISCUSS TONIGHT.
UM, SO AT THAT MEETING, UM, CITY COUNCIL ACTUALLY TOOK A MOTION ON THE FLOOR.
MAYOR GROOMS, YOU MADE IT ALLUDE MS. LUDO, YOU SECONDED IT.
UM, AND IT BASICALLY SAID, UH, MOVE TO AMEND THE CODE SECTION APPLICABLE TO THE WEST INNOVATION DISTRICT TO REFLECT THAT DATA CENTERS WILL BE CONDITIONAL USE RATHER THAN A PERMITTED USE IN ID THREE ZONING DISTRICT.
AND THAT'S ON PAGE 10 OF THOSE MINUTES.
UM, THERE WAS MUCH DISCUSSION ABOUT ID THREE, IT WAS MENTIONED A COUPLE TIMES IN THOSE, UH, COMMENTS AND THE SUPPLEMENT DOES NOT REFLECT THAT CHANGE.
IT WAS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY BY CITY COUNCIL AFTER THAT MOTION WAS MADE ON THE FLOOR AND THOSE CODE CHANGES WERE THEN UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED AND ADOPTED.
UM, I'M ACTUALLY THE NOT, HE'S ACTUALLY NOT THE LAST LAWYER.
UM, AND THERE LEGAL MAY ASSERT THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME, WHEN THERE'S A DISCREPANCY BETWEEN MINUTES AND ORDINANCES, ORDINANCES RULE, BUT THAT'S REALLY ONLY THE CASE WHEN YOU HAVE A TRUE DISCREPANCY.
THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR WAS VERY CLEAR.
THE MINUTES WERE VERY CLEAR, YOU ALL ADOPTED THEM AT THIS, THIS, YOU KNOW, SET THE MEETING AFTER THAT.
SO IT WASN'T NECESSARILY A TYPOGRAPHICAL ERROR OR AN ISSUE WHERE IT WASN'T CLEAR.
UM, SO MY ASK IS THAT YOU GUYS GO BACK, I HAVE AN AUDIT DONE.
I, I CAN'T IMAGINE THAT I'M THE ONLY ONE THAT FOUND A MISTAKE
UM, I'M, I'M GUESSING THAT THERE'S MORE THAN THAT.
I WOULD, SO THAT'S REQUEST ONE.
I THINK REQUEST TWO IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SUPPLEMENT THAT YOU DO ADOPT DOES REFLECT THE MOTION THAT WAS MADE AT THAT APRIL 7TH MEETING.
UM, AND THEN THE THIRD I THINK ASK WOULD BE TO MAKE SURE THAT AS YOU ARE COMMUNICATING ABOUT ID SIX TO THE COMMUNITY, THAT YOU MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE USING THE CORRECT VERSION OF THE CODE THAT REFLECTS THE ACTIONS TAKEN BY COUNSEL IN APRIL OF 2025, BECAUSE THAT HAS NOT BEEN DONE.
I'M NOT SURE AGAIN SINCE THAT WAS A COUNCIL ACTION, IF THAT WAS THE RIGHT PLACE, BUT I'M HOPING YOU ALL ARE THE RIGHT PLACE.
ANY OTHERS LIKE TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT HEARING NONE? YES.
SO I WILL TRY TO EXPLAIN AND YAZ WILL BACK ME UP AS WELL IF OTHER QUESTIONS COME UP.
SO THE SUPPLEMENT INCLUDES AN UPDATE, UH, TO THE LAND USE CODE THAT COUNCIL ADOPTED LAST YEAR, I BELIEVE WAS ORDINANCE 42 25.
THE ONLY REGULATORY CHANGE, UM, IN THAT ORDINANCE WAS MAKING DATA CENTERS A CONDITIONAL USE IN ID TWO, I BELIEVE, UM, WHERE THEY WERE PREVIOUSLY PERMITTED USES.
UM, AND AS WELL THAT SUPPLEMENT JUST MAKES REFERENCES TO WIT IN GENERAL.
UM, BUT TO MY UNDERSTANDING, THE PROPOSED NEW ID SIX CODE ALSO WILL INCLUDE A CHANGE TO MAKE DATA CENTERS PROHIBITED IN ALL WIT DISTRICTS AS WELL TO HELP CLARIFY THINGS.
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NOT CATCHING IT IN THE PROPOSED UPDATE TO THE CODE, TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE, THE RED LINE IS THERE, BUT IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN PERCEIVED AS NOT EXISTING PREVIOUSLY, EVEN THOUGH THE ORDINANCE HAS BEEN IN EFFECT, IT'S JUST NOT BEEN ONLINE.BUT WE WILL ALSO GO BACK AND CHECK TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS THERE CORRECTLY.
I KNOW WE DO THESE, UM, THESE UPDATES PERIODICALLY WHERE WE UPDATE EVERYTHING ONLINE AND THEN THINGS HAPPEN UNTIL OUR NEXT UPDATE AND THEN THE UPDATE HAPPENS AND THEN THAT LIVES ONLINE.
AND, UH, THAT'S SOMETHING WE REPEAT AT LEAST ANNUALLY, SOMETIMES BI-ANNUALLY, EVERY, EVERY YEAR.
UM, COUNCIL QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION.
I JUST HAVE, I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THIS FOR THE NEXT ONE, BUT WHEN YOU COME AT, I THINK WHEN WE SEE IT IN DECEMBER OR WHATEVER, UM, I ASKED THIS BEFORE, IT'S VERY HELPFUL IF YOU USE A TWO COLOR HIGHLIGHTING SYSTEM WHERE ONE COLOR IS THE STATE CHANGES AND ONE COLOR IS OUR CHANGES.
UM, AGAIN, DON'T HAVE TO GO BACK AND REDO IT FOR THAT.
I FIGURED I USED THE INDEX IN THE BACK.
I'LL TRY TO, IF WE, IF THIS WOULD'VE BEEN OUR RED LINE, WE WOULD'VE DONE THAT, WE HAVE TO GO TO AM LEGAL FOR THAT.
'CAUSE WHAT YOU'RE VIEWING IS WHAT THEY GAVE US DIRECTLY.
WITH THE GREEN HIGHLIGHTS AND THINGS THAT ARE NOT THE EASIEST TO COMPREHEND.
WELL, THERE'S AN INDEX IN THE BACK AND TELLS YOU WHICH SECTIONS WERE THE STATE ONES, WHICH I USED MM-HMM
BUT IF WE CAN DO IT IN A TWO COLOR ONE YEP.
WE'VE, I KNOW WE DIIV IT BEFORE AND IT'S HELPFUL.
WE WILL, WE WILL, WE WILL MAKE THAT EFFORT.
OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, DISCUSSION? UM, WHEN WE COME BACK FOR A SECOND READING, CAN WE BE VERY, VERY CLEAR? CAN WE, CAN WE JUST DOUBLE CHECK AND GO BACK AND WALK THROUGH THE PROCESS? GO BACK THROUGH THE MEETING MINUTE NOTES.
LET'S JUST CROSS THE T'S AND DOT THE I'S ON THIS.
AND I'D LIKE TO HEAR THAT YOU HAVE ADDRESSED IT SPECIFICALLY SO WE CAN CLARIFY IF THERE'S A CONCERN OR, OR NOT.
SO IF YOU COULD JUST PLEASE GO THROUGH AND I KNOW THINGS HAPPEN AND, BUT LET'S JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN BACK UP WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH WHAT'S ON THE RECORD AND WE CAN MOVE FORWARD AND FEEL GOOD ABOUT IT.
JUST, JUST TO CLARIFY, I THINK THIS IS MORE OF A TIMING ISSUE THAN ANYTHING BECAUSE SURE.
UH, SO YEAH, WE'LL MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S CLEAR THOUGH.
BUT JUST IF YOU COULD JUST MAKE SURE YOU'LL ADDRESS IT AND, AND REPORT BACK IN THE SECOND READING.
WE WILL HAVE SECOND READING, PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 8TH, 2026 ON THAT ORDINANCE.
[Ordinance 31-26]
31 DASH 26 ADOPTING THE PROPOSED TAX BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2027.AND OUR STAFF REPORT WILL BE BROUGHT FORWARD THIS EVENING BY MEGAN MURRAY.
COUNCIL ORDINANCE 31 26 PROPOSES THE ADOPTION OF THE TAX BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2027.
THE TAX BUDGET IS REQUIRED BY OHIO REVISED CODE AND MUST BE ADOPTED BY COUNCIL NO LATER THAN JULY 15TH OF EACH YEAR.
ONCE ADOPTED, IT'LL BE FILED WITH DELAWARE AND FRANKLIN COUNTY AUDITORS BY JULY 20TH.
THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THE TAX BUDGET IS TO ESTABLISH PROPERTY TAX RATES AND TO ALLOCATE LOCAL GOVERNMENT FUND DOLLARS.
I WANNA EMPHASIZE THIS IS NOT AN APPROPRIATION MEASURE.
THE TAX BUDGET DOES NOT GRANT SPENDING AUTHORITY, NOR DOES IT COMMIT THE CITY TO ANY SPECIFIC CAPITAL PROJECTS FOR 2027.
APPROPRIATION DECISIONS WILL BE MADE SEPARATELY DURING THE FULL BUDGET PROCESS LATER THIS YEAR.
SO THE KEY CONSIDERATIONS AS WE BUILD THE TAX BUDGET.
LOOKING FIRST AT THE REVENUE SIDE, WE HAVE HELD THE INCOME TAX PROJECTIONS.
FLAT UPDATED REVENUE PROJECTIONS WILL BE DEVELOPED LATER IN 2026 AS PART OF THE FULL 2027 BUDGET PROCESS, WHICH WILL GIVE US A CLEAR PICTURE BASED ON ACTUAL ECONOMIC CONDITIONS.
MOST OTHER REVENUE SOURCES IN THE TAX BUDGET HAVE ALSO BEEN HELD FLAT REFLECTING THIS CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT OF THE BUDGET PROCESS.
ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, WE HAVE APPLIED A 3% INCREASE TO PER PERSONNEL SERVICES, WHICH IS CONSISTENT, WHICH WE'VE DONE IN PRIOR YEARS.
WE'VE ALSO APPLIED A 3% INFLATION FACTOR ACROSS OTHER SPENDING CATEGORIES TO COUNT FOR ANTICIPATED COST INCREASES.
REGARDING THE PROPERTY TAX MILLAGE, 100% OF THE INSIDE MILLAGE OR 1.75 MILLS HAS BEEN ALLOCATED TO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS TAX FUND CONSISTENT WITH RESOLUTION 48 25 ADOPTED BY COUNSEL.
DEVOTED ONGOING 1.2 MILLS DEDICATED TO POLICE AND SAFETY OPERATION REMAINS SEPARATE AND CONTINUES AS PREVIOUSLY AUTHORIZED.
SO LOOKING AHEAD JUNE 8TH, WE'LL BRING BACK THE PROPOSED TAX BUDGET FOR A SECOND READING AND PUBLIC HEARING.
AND THEN UPON ADOPTION, THE TAX BUDGET WILL BE FILED WITH THE COUNTY AUDITORS.
AND THEN SEPARATELY, WE ARE GOING TO START THE 2027 BUDGET PROCESS OVER THE COMING MONTHS AND UPDATED REVENUES AND ESTIMATES AND MORE DETAILED ANALYSIS WILL BE SHARED
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WITH COUNCIL AS THAT BUDGET PROGRESSES.AND WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
I TAKE A MOMENT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING NONE COUNCIL QUESTIONS.
THANKS MEGAN FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
SO JUST TO BE CLEAR, THE TAX BUDGET DOES NOT NEED TO BE FILED WITH UNION COUNTY AT THIS TIME? CORRECT.
OTHERS? WELL, UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THAT AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT FORWARD IN A TIMELY FASHION THAT WE CAN HAVE SECOND, SECOND HEARING ON JUNE 8TH.
SHOULD THERE BE ANY, UH, SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES THAT ARE BROUGHT UP BY MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY OR ANYONE ELSE? WE WOULD STILL HAVE ADDITIONAL MEETING TIME, UH, TO PASS THAT TO MEET OUR STATE STATUTE.
SO APPRECIATE THE CONSIDERATION ON THAT.
WE WILL, UH, HAVE SECOND READING, PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 8TH, 2026 ON THAT ORDINANCE.
[Ordinance 32-26]
BRINGS US TO ORDINANCE 32 DASH 26, AMENDING THE ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2026.AND OUR STAFF REPORT WILL BE BROUGHT FORWARD THIS EVENING BY DOUG BICK.
WELCOME, GOOD EVENING MEMBERS COUNSEL.
TONIGHT I'LL BRING FORWARD THE Q2 SUPPLEMENTAL.
SO A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND REGARDING THESE AMENDING APPROPRIATIONS ORDINANCES.
SO TYPICALLY THEY'RE, UH, TO PROVIDE SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING.
IT ALSO ENSURES THAT BUDGET ACCOUNTS REMAIN PROPERLY FUNDED AND COMPLIANT.
SO, YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, THIS COULD SUPPORT DEBT SERVICE CAPITAL PROJECTS, PUBLIC SAFETY AND OP OPERATIONS.
AND ALSO IT UTILIZES AVAILABLE UNENCUMBERED FUND BALANCES WHEN AVAILABLE.
SO RIGHT NOW WITH THE Q2, THERE ARE FOUR SECTIONS.
SO THE FIRST SECTION IS REGARDING OUR MANUSCRIPT DEBT PAYMENT.
SO THIS WOULD BE A $3.4 MILLION TRANSFER FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO THE CIP FUND.
UH, THIS SUPPORTS THE 2024 MANUSCRIPT DEBT SERIES, UH, THAT WAS ASSOCIATED WITH THE 2024 LAND ACQUISITION.
THERE IS $11 MILLION FROM THE WATER FUND AND 4.2 MILLION FROM THE SEWER FUND.
SO THIS STRUCTURE ALLOWS FLEXIBILITY FOR EARLY PRINCIPAL REPAYMENT IF ADDITIONAL FUNDING IS AVAILABLE.
AND THIS YEAR WE DECIDED TO GO WITH THE STANDARD $3.4 MILLION PAYMENT IN ALIGNING WITH THE DEBT PAYMENT SCHEDULE.
UH, SECTION TWO ALSO RELATES TO DEBT SERVICE FUND.
THIS IS A $585,000 APPROPRIATION FOR INTEREST PAYMENTS.
THIS IS RELATED TO THE 2026 LAND ACQUISITION NOTES THAT WERE ISSUED IN FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR.
AND TO NOTE, THERE ARE ONLY INTEREST ONLY PAYMENTS UP UNTIL DECEMBER, 2027 AND THIS ALIGNS APPROPRIATIONS WITH THE PAYMENT SCHEDULE ACCORDINGLY.
FOR SECTION THREE, THIS IS REQUESTING $690,000 IN ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THE CAD AND RMS UPGRADE IN 2026.
SO THE FUNDING CONSISTS OF, UH, ALLOCATION FROM THE CIP FUND, THE SAFETY FUND, AND THE WIRELESS 9 1 1 FUND.
SO RIGHT NOW, THE CURRENT SYSTEM IS AT ITS USEFUL LIFE, WHICH WAS INSTALLED IN 2014.
AND ORIGINALLY WE BUDGETED, UH, APPROXIMATELY 550,000 FOR THE CAD EQUIPMENT AND 450,000 FOR THE RMS EQUIPMENT IN 2026 AND 2027.
IN THIS YEAR'S APPROVED 2026 TO 2030 CIP.
AND THROUGH A COMPETITIVE SELECTION PROCESS THAT INCLUDED, UH, REPRESENTATIVES FROM PARTNER AGENCIES, THEY WERE INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS TO TO SELECT A VENDOR FOR THIS EQUIPMENT.
SO THE TOTAL FINANCIAL IMPACT IS $3.8 MILLION WITH THE PHASE ONE COSTS OCCURRING IN 2026 AT 1.7, UH, MILLION DOLLARS.
AND WITHIN NEXT YEAR IN 2027, WE WILL ALSO WORK WITH OUR PARTNER AGENCIES IN, UH, A REIMBURSEMENT OF $1.5 MILLION.
AND THIS SUPPORTS THE REGIONAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE OPERATIONS.
AND HERE'S A, UH, DETAILED BREAKDOWN OF THE PROJECT COSTS BY PHASE AND BY FUNDING SOURCE.
SO YOU COULD SEE IN 2026 THAT 693,000 IS IT NEEDED IN ADDITIONAL FUNDING.
AND THEN WITH SECTION FOUR OF THE ORDINANCE, UH, THIS INCLUDES A $4,000 APPROPRIATION OF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT TRUST FUND.
SO THESE FUNDS ARE RESTRICTED FOR ASSET, UH, FORFEITURES.
THIS APPRO APPROPRIATION WILL SUPPORT INVESTIGATIVE, UH, ACTIVITIES INCLUDING EVIDENCE COLLECTION AND CASE PREPARATION.
AND WITH THAT, UH, STAFF, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF ORDINANCE 32 26 AT THE JUNE 8TH HEARING.
I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THEY MAY HAVE.
IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING NONE COUNCIL QUESTIONS DISCUSSION.
SO MY FIRST IS A CLARIFYING QUESTION.
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THIS WE'RE, THIS IS THE CAD ONE, SECTION THREE.UM, BUT WE'RE GONNA GET REIMBURSED FROM PARTNERS FOR 1.5 OF THAT, CORRECT? YEAH, WE'RE GOING, UH, COST SHARE AMONG ALL THE PARTNER AGENCIES.
WHEREAS THE RMS FUNDING IS SOLELY FOR THE CITY OF DUBLIN.
MY, I THINK THAT'S 1.25 MILLION, TWO FIVE FINANCIAL IMPACT.
TOTAL PROJECT COSTS 3.8 PHASE ONE COST 1.7.
SO THE ONE PART WE GET REIMBURSED FOR.
MY SECOND QUESTION IS HOW ARE WE SO FAR OFF ON OUR ESTIMATE? I MEAN, THAT WAS A HUGE DIFFERENCE AND, AND I GET IT, THAT THAT'S WHAT IT COSTS.
AND YOU GOT ASKED FROM VENDORS, BUT WHAT ARE WE DOING THAT WE WERE SO FAR OFF ON OUR YEAH.
WHAT HAPPENED? ASK THE QUESTION.
UM, AGAIN, JUST TO TO COVER, UH, THE FIRST QUESTION.
THE CAD PROJECT TOTAL IS $2.3 MILLION.
UM, OVER THE COURSE OF THE TWO YEAR, UH, CIP PROJECT, UH, AGAIN, WE WOULD COLLECT, UM, REIMBURSEMENT FROM OUR PARTNER AGENTS AGENCY SOLELY FOR THE CAD PROJECT BECAUSE THAT IS A SYSTEM THAT IS USED BY ALL OF OUR PARTNERS.
UM, IN N REC, THE, THE RMS SYSTEM IS A SYSTEM THAT IS SPECIFIC TO SOLELY MEMBERS OF THE, OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HERE IN THE CITY OF DUBLIN, UM, AND OUR COMMUNICATIONS, UH, TECHNICIANS.
SO IN REGARDS TO THE ESTIMATES, WHEN WE STARTED THIS PROJECT, UM, IN CONSIDERATION OF THIS PROJECT, WE TOOK A LOOK AT SOME DIFFERENT VENDORS, UM, AND JUST GOT SOME BALLPARK NUMBERS FROM THOSE VENDORS WITHOUT DEEP DIVING INTO THE CONSIDERATIONS OF, UM, OF WHAT WE MAY NEED TO SUPPORT A CENTER OF OUR SIZE.
WE GAVE THEM KIND OF A, A BACKGROUND OF OUR CENTER, GOT SOME ESTIMATES FROM THOSE COMPANIES.
WHAT WE QUICKLY LEARNED WHEN WE WERE, UH, RESEARCHING VENDORS, UM, MORE THOROUGHLY THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF PIECES OF INTEGRATIONS, UM, AND FUTURE NEEDS FOR, UM, OUR WIRELESS 9 1 1 SYSTEM AND THE ADVANCEMENTS OF WIRELESS 9 1 1 SYSTEMS THAT WERE NOT IN INCLUDED IN THOSE INITIAL, UM, PROPOSALS BY THOSE COMPANIES.
UM, AND AS WE CONDUCTED FURTHER RESEARCH, WHICH ARE WITH, UH, THAT INCLUDED ALL OF OUR PARTNER AGENCIES, WE FOUND THAT THE NEEDS OF A CENTER OF OUR SIZE THAT SUPPORTED, UH, REGIONAL PARTNERS, UM, NEEDED AN ADVANCED TECHNOLOGICAL SYSTEM THAT, UH, WAS ABLE TO CAPTURE THE NEEDS OF THAT SYSTEM.
AND, AND WITH THAT, THERE WAS OBVIOUSLY INCREASED COSTS THAT, UH, WE'D INI DIDN'T INITIALLY ANTICIPATE, UM, A, A COUPLE YEARS AGO WHEN WE STARTED CONSIDERING, UH, THIS PROJECT.
OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? OKAY.
WELL WE WILL LOOK FORWARD TO SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 8TH, 2026 ON THAT ORDINANCE AS WELL.
[Resolution 25-26]
THIS BRINGS US TO THE INTRODUCTION, PUBLIC HEARING VOTE RESOLUTIONS PORTION OF OUR AGENDA.AND WE WILL BEGIN WITH RESOLUTION 25 DASH 26, ACCEPTING THE LOWEST AND BEST BID FOR THE SHIRE RINGS ROAD.
IMAN TO COS GRAY SHARED USE PATH PROJECT.
AND OUR STAFF REPORT WILL BE FROM BRIAN GABLE.
MEMBERS OF COUNCIL STAFF CONDUCTED A COMPETITIVE BID PROCESS FOR THE SHIRE RINGS ROAD, IMAN DE COS GRAY ROAD SHARED USE PATH PROJECT.
THIS PROJECT CONSTRUCTS 1,730 FEET, EXCUSE ME, OF SHARED USE PATH ALONG THE SOUTH SIDE OF SHIRE RINGS ROAD BETWEEN TWO EXISTING SHARED USE PATHS JUST EAST OF SHIRE LANE AND JUST EAST OF LAROY DRIVE THAT WAS CONSTRUCTED AS PART OF THE AIR SHIRE FARMS RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.
THE PROJECT ALSO INCLUDES SOME DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS TO ACCOMMODATE THE SHARED USE PATH RECONSTRUCTION OF DRIVEWAY APRONS AND 80 A RAMPS WHILE ATTEMPTING TO AVOID IMPACTS TO LARGER MATURE TREES, PRIVATE SEPTIC FACILITIES AND UTILITIES WITHIN THE CORRIDOR.
FUNDING FOR THIS PROJECT IS FROM THE 2026 THROUGH 2030, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAMMED IN THE AMOUNT OF 460,000 FROM THE SHIRE RINGS ROAD IRONMAN TO CAUSE GRACE SHARED USE PATH ACCOUNT.
THIS PROJECT ALSO RECEIVED LINK US FUNDING, UH, THROUGH WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, WHICH WILL BE DISCUSSED MOMENTARILY.
THE ENGINEER'S ESTIMATE FOR THE PROJECT IS $486,000 ON MAY 7TH, 2026, FIVE BIDS WERE RECEIVED AND PUBLICLY OPENED.
J AND J SCHLEGEL INCORPORATED SUBMITTED THE LOWEST AND BEST BID OF $467,884 AND 53 CENTS.
CONSTRUCTION IS EXPECTED TO COMMENCE IN JUNE OF 2026 AND BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF OCTOBER, 2026.
FUNDING FOR THE PROJECT INCLUDES $544,300 IN GRANT FUNDS FROM LINK US.
THESE FUNDS REQUIRE THE CONTRACT TO BE UNDERWAY IN 26 AND COMPLETED WITHIN A CERTAIN TIMEFRAME.
THE CITY WILL ENCUMBER THE COST AND THEN BE REIMBURSED BY LINK US THROUGH WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP.
COST FOR THE ACQUISITION PHASE OF THE PROJECT ENCUMBERED IN 2026 HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED TO LINK US FOR REIMBURSEMENT.
AS CONSTRUCTION PROGRESSES, THE CITY WILL SUBMIT PROGRESS PAYMENTS TO LINK US FOR REIMBURSEMENT UNTIL THE ALLOTTED FUNDS ARE
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USED.ONCE THE PROJECT IS COMPLETED, THE CITY WILL REVIEW THE FINAL COST AND INVOICE WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP FOR THE REMAINDER OF THEIR AGREED UPON PORTION OF THE PROJECT COSTS THE ESTIMATED FINAL COST AMOUNTS FOR THE CITY AND WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP.
AFTER LINK US FUNDING IS APPLIED OR SHOWN ON THE SCREEN, STAFF RECOMMENDS COUNCIL APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION 25 DASH 26, ACCEPTING AS LOWEST AND BEST THE BID OF J AND J SCHLEGEL, INCORPORATED IN THE AMOUNT OF $467,884 AND 53 CENTS FOR THIS PROJECT.
I'LL DO MY BEST TO ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS COUNCIL MAY HAVE REGARDING THIS RESOLUTION.
IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING NONE COUNCIL QUESTIONS.
DISCUSSION? WELL, I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE OUR STAFF.
START WITH OUR CITY MANAGER, MEGAN O' CALLAHAN, WHO CHAIRS THE TSI PROGRAM THROUGH, UH, THROUGH MORS E FOR LINK US AND HAS PUT TOGETHER, I THINK THERE WERE 130 OR SO PROJECTS THAT ARE COMING OUT OF THE PIPELINE RIGHT NOW IN PRIORITIZING THEM AND BUILDING CONSENSUS AROUND THE, THE 15 COUNTY REGION OF WHAT THOSE ARE GOING TO BE.
UM, THESE ARE PARTICULARLY IN THE, THE CO UM, THE CODE OF SERVICE AREA, BUT MORSE COALESCED BEHIND ALL OF THOSE.
AND, UH, MAYBE IF THINGS GO WELL, THIS MIGHT BE THE FIRST LINK US PROJECT THAT GETS A RIBBON CUT.
SO WE'LL, WE'LL HOPE FOR THAT.
AND, AND MAYBE THAT WILL BE SO THANK YOU TO ALL THE VOTERS THAT PASSED.
WE'LL, WE'RE SEEING THE SAVINGS OF, UH, LOOKS LIKE MAYBE 600 PLUS THOUSAND DOLLARS TO OUR CITY TO MAKE THESE, UH, CONNECTIONS THAT WE DIDN'T PREVIOUSLY HAVE.
SO THANKS FOR YOUR WORK ON THAT, UM, FOR EVERYBODY THAT WAS INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS.
WITH THAT, IF THERE IS NOTHING FURTHER, JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE MS. SALUTO? YES, DR.
[Resolution 26-26]
RESOLUTION 26 DASH 26 APPOINTING MEMBERS TO THE VARIOUS BOARD BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN AND THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE BRIDGE PARK NEW COMMUNITY AUTHORITY.AND OUR STAFF REPORT WILL BE BY OUR OWN VICE MAYOR KATHY DEROSA THIS EVENING.
UM, EVERY YEAR COUNCIL REVIEWS THE MEMBERSHIP OF OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AS TERMS EXPIRE AND APPLICATIONS ARE RECEIVED.
I'M DELIGHTED TO SAY THAT THERE WAS A WONDERFUL POOL OF APPLICANTS AGAIN THIS YEAR.
FOLKS READY TO SERVE THEIR COMMUNITY AND WE THANK THEM VERY MUCH FOR STEPPING FORWARD.
THE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE CONDUCT INTERVIEWS ON APRIL 14TH AND COUNCIL CONDUCTED INTERVIEWS ON APRIL THE 27TH.
I'M PLEASED TO BRING FORWARD A RESOLUTION FOR THE FOLLOWING APPOINTMENTS AND REAPPOINTMENTS FOR COUNCIL'S APPROVAL.
KATHY HARDER AND JAMIE CHINOOK TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FOR FOUR YEAR TERMS EXPIRING MAY 31ST.
2030 STACIA STACIA SOMAN TO THE ARCHITECTURE REVIEW BOARD FOR A THREE YEAR TERM EXPIRING MAY 31ST, 2029, BRIDGETTE TISK TO THE BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS FOR A THREE YEAR TERM EXPIRING MAY 31ST, 2029.
LYNN REEDY AND ED ARMSTRONG TO THE BRIDGE PARK NEW COMMUNITY AUTHORITY FOR TWO YEAR TERMS EXPIRING MAY 31ST, 2028.
INGRID FIELDS, DANA MACK AND VICTORIA GINTER TO THE COMMUNITY SERVICES ADVISORY COMMISSION FOR TWO YEAR TERMS EXPIRING MAY 31ST, 2028.
LISA BEAR AND RON BARNES TO THE CHIEF'S ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR A TWO YEAR TERM EXPIRING MAY 31ST, 2028.
STEVEN DICKMAN, BENEDICT AWA AND TOM HOLTON TO THE VETERANS COMMITTEE FOR A TWO YEAR TERM EXPIRING MAY 31ST, 2028.
LAUREN HUNTER TO PERSONNEL BOARD OF REVIEW FOR A THREE YEAR TERM EXPIRING MAY 31ST, 2029.
DEBORAH NER AND BILL ROOT TO THE TAX BOARD OF REVIEW FOR A TWO YEAR TERM EXPIRING MAY 31ST, 2028.
DAVID WALSH TO RECORDS COMMISSION FOR A TWO YEAR TERM EXPIRING MAY 31ST, 2028.
AND MIKE STOOL TO THE DUBLIN ARTS COUNCIL FOR A TWO YEAR TERM EXPIRING MAY 31ST, 2028.
I'M PLEASED TO BRING THEM FORWARD, UM, FOR COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION THIS EVENING.
UH, I WANNA TAKE OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS ACTION? HEARING NONE.
JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? MR. KEELER? YES.
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VERY GOOD.WELL, WE CONGRATULATE ALL OF THOSE APPOINTEES AND, UH, THANK EVERYONE WHO, UH, NAVIGATED THE APPLICATION PROCESS AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO ADD RESIDENTS TO BE ENGAGED IN THESE SPACES IN THE COMING YEARS.
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THIS BRINGS US TO THE OTHER BUSINESS PORTION OF OUR AGENDA AND WE WILL BEGIN WITH A REQUEST TO REFER, A REQUEST TO REFER A REVIEW OF THE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF THE KAYAK, CIAC TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE AND OUR VERY OWN DR. LAMB IS GONNA INTRODUCE THAT.UM, AS PART OF THE COUNCIL'S ANNUAL BOARD AND COMMISSION APPOINTMENT REVIEW PROCESS, THE COMMUNITY INCLUSION ADVISORY COMMITTEE, OTHERWISE ON HIS KAYAK WAS DISCUSSED ALONG WITH THE CITY'S OTHER ADVISORY COMMITTEES.
AND IN REFLECTING ON THE ORIGINAL PURPOSE OF KAYAK, IT'S IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT THE COMMITTEE WAS ESTABLISHED FOLLOWING THE DEDICATED WORK OF THE COMMUNITY TASK FORCE TO EXPLORE KEY ISSUES, ELEVATE DIVERSE COMMUNITY PERSPECTIVES, AND RECOMMEND MEANINGFUL ACTIONS.
OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS, KAYAK HAS ACCOMPLISHED ITS MISSION IN PROMOTING CULTURAL AWARENESS AND FOSTERING COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS.
AS A COMMUNITY AND ORGANIZATIONAL PRIORITIES CONTINUE TO EVOLVE, THERE IS VALUE IN PERIODICALLY REVIEWING ADVISORY STRUCTURES TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE BEST POSITIONED TO ACHIEVE THEIR GOALS.
AND WITH THAT IN MIND, I'D LIKE TO PROPOSE I'M ASKING THE COUNCIL'S ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE TO EVALUATE THE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF KAYAK AND CONSIDER HOW THE CITY CAN BEST CONTINUE AND STRENGTHEN THIS IMPORTANT WORK IN DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION MOVING FORWARD.
I'D BE INTERESTED IN RECEIVING A REPORT FROM THE COMMITTEE REGARDING WHETHER THE CURRENT STRUCTURE OF KAYAK REMAINS THE MOST EFFECTIVE MECHANISM FOR ADVANCING OPPORTUNITIES OF COMMUNITY INCLUSION AS WE ACHIEVE OUR GOAL OF DUBLIN BECOMING A GLOBAL CITY OF CHOICE.
AND THEREFORE I MOVE TO REFER AN EVALUATION OF THE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF THE COMMUNITY INCLUSION ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE MAYOR ANN ROSE GROOMS? YES.
WELL, WE WILL LOOK FORWARD TO THE OUTCOMES OF THE ADMIN COMMITTEE'S CONVERSATION IN BRINGING RECOMMENDATIONS BACK TO THIS BODY.
NEXT UP ON OUR AGENDA, OTHER BUSINESS AD UH, ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION, PROPOSED COUNCIL RECOGNITION POLICY AND OUR STAFF REPORT AGAIN, WILL BE BY, BY OUR OWN JENNY DELGADO.
AT YOUR APRIL 13TH MEETING, VICE MAYOR DEROSA REPORTED THAT STAFF PROVIDED A DRAFT POLICY TO ESTABLISH A FRAMEWORK FOR RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBERS AT THE CONCLUSION OF THEIR SERVICE.
ESTABLISHING A FRAMEWORK IS MEANT TO PROMOTE TRANSPARENCY AND CONSISTENCY IN PRACTICE.
THE POLICY DEVELOPMENT PROCESS INCLUDED BENCHMARKING OF COMPARABLE MUNICIPALITIES AS WELL AS A REVIEW OF PAST RECOGNITION PRACTICES.
THE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE REVIEWED THE DRAFT POLICY AT TWO SEPARATE MEETINGS AND PROVIDED FEEDBACK ON EACH OCCASION.
AND BEFORE THIS COUNCIL MEETING IT OR BEFORE THIS COUNCIL TONIGHT IS A DRAFT POLICY THAT IS REC AS RECOMMENDED BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE FOR COUNCIL'S REVIEW AND FEEDBACK.
I WOULD ASK THAT COUNCIL ADOPT THE POLICY AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING ON JUNE 8TH, AND I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR TAKE ANY FEEDBACK AS IS THE ADMIN COMMITTEE.
IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS AGENDA ITEM? HEARING NONE COUNCIL QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION? NO.
WELL, UH, WE WILL, UH, LOOK FOR POTENTIAL ADOPTION OF THIS POLICY WITH, UH, ANY INCORPORATED FEEDBACK ON JUNE 8TH, 2026.
THIS BRINGS US TO PARKS AND RECREATION BALANCING POPULATION GROWTH STRATEGIES UPDATE, AND WE WILL GO TO, UH, OUR DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND REC, UM, FOR OUR STAFF REPORT.
GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
UM, AS YOU'LL RECALL, THE PARKS AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN WAS ADOPTED IN OCTOBER OF 2023.
AFTER ABOUT TWO YEARS OF A LOT OF PUBLIC INPUT AND UNDERSTANDING AND EVALUATING, RESEARCHING ALL OF OUR PARKS AND RECREATION SYSTEMS, ONE OF WHICH WAS, UH, VERY IMPORTANT ITEM, WHICH WAS BALANCING THE ANTICIPATED PROJECTED GROWTH THAT IS OCCURRING IN THE REGION.
UM, YOU'LL RECALL THAT, UM, A LOT OF THAT GROWTH HAS TO DO WITH THE, UM, AREAS JUST OUTSIDE OF DUBLIN, UM, OF WHICH WE SERVE, UH, TO CERTAIN CAPACITIES.
SO THERE WERE, UH, A SERIES OF RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE INVOLVED IN THE PARKS AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN AND STRATEGIES TO MANAGE THIS CONTINUED GROWTH TO SERVE BEYOND THE CITY LIMITS.
UM, IT'S AN INCREASES, UM, TO OUR SYSTEM DEMANDS.
UH, WE HAVE MULTIPLE SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND BOUNDARIES THAT
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ARE LARGE AND INCONSISTENT FOR PRICING FOR, UM, UH, A FAIR UNDERSTANDING OF OF, OF WHERE THE TAX DOLLARS GO AND WHERE THE RESOURCES ARE ALLOCATED.WE HAVE THE OVERLAPPING DISTRICTS, UM, THAT MAKE ELIGI ELIGIBILITY DIFFICULT TO DEFINE FAIRLY.
UH, CURRENT STRUCTURE CAN CREATE INEQUITIES FOR SOME DUBLIN RESIDENTS, UM, THAT FALLS IN LINE WITH WHAT'S AVAILABLE FOR OUR RESIDENTS VERSUS OTHERS.
AND THEN, UH, CITY RESIDENT BASED MODEL, UH, THAT SUPPORTS CONSISTENCY AND FAIRNESS.
AND THE PARKS AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN DOES OUTLINE SPECIFIC STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE, UH, FUTURE SERVICE LEVELS.
JUST TO, UM, SUMMARIZE A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT THAT MEANS, UM, WE, WE IMPLEMENTED SOME, OR WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF IMPLEMENTING STRATEGIES, UM, THAT ARE IN THE MOUNT, UH, PARKS AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN, INCLUDING THE CREATION OF PARTNERSHIPS WITH NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES FOR REGIONAL PLANNING AND AMENITIES FOR FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES, UH, THAT THAT CAN HELP WITH OUR PARTNERSHIPS WITH REGIONAL STAKEHOLDERS.
CONSIDER NEW PRICING STRATEGIES TO OFFSET OUR COSTS AND CONSIDER POLICY AMENDMENTS WITH LIMITATIONS FOR NON-RESIDENTS FOR AMENITIES THAT ARE NEAR OR AT CAPACITY.
AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF THESE RESOURCES THAT WE PROVIDE THAT ARE NEAR OR AT CAPACITY.
UM, SO WE TOOK A LOT OF THOSE IN, IN INTO PLAY.
UM, THERE ARE SOME OTHER STRATEGIES HERE.
UM, SOME OF THIS WAS PHILOSOPHICALLY CHANGED OVER THE YEARS FROM PREVIOUS CITY COUNCILS AND PREVIOUS STRATEGIES THAT WE'VE IMPLEMENTED, UH, TO NEW DEDICATED FUNDING OPTIONS.
UH, DIVERSIFIED FUNDING STRATEGIES, ALLOCATE FUNDING FOR DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATIONS OF NEW FACILITIES, ESTABLISHING, IMPLEMENT AND IMPLEMENT, UH, FINANCIAL DIRECTION ACROSS DIVISIONS AND SERVICES AND UPDATE THE DEPARTMENT'S PRICING POLICY AND PARTNERSHIP POLICIES FOR REVENUE PRODUCING FACILITIES ACROSS ALL USER GROUPS.
SO A LOT OF THIS HAS CHANGED OVER THE YEARS AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, WE HAVE BEEN A, WE HAVE BEEN A SYSTEM OF PARKS AND RECREATION AMENITIES THAT HAVE BASICALLY BEEN JUST DUBLIN, UM, RESOURCED.
AND, AND SO THIS IS TAKING OUR RESOURCES AND TRYING TO WORK WITH OTHERS TO COLLABORATE ON A REGIONAL BASIS.
SO TO MARCH 4TH, UH, COUNCIL WORK SESSION, A LOT OF DISCUSSION TOPICS WERE RAISED, UM, ABOUT THE AREAS WHERE WE HAVE CAPACITY ISSUES, SOME OF WHICH WERE THE DCRC MEMBERSHIPS, OUR OUTDOOR SWIMMING POOLS, ATHLETIC FIELDS, UH, THE OVERUSE OF THOSE FIELDS AND THE CAPACITY ISSUES THAT WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH FOR DECADES.
UH, THE COMMUNITY EVENTS, ACCESS FOR INDEPENDENCE DAY RISK BRAND, UH, RISK BANDS, DUBLIN, IRISH FESTIVAL TICKETS AND SPOOKTACULAR CAPACITY.
AND THEN AT THE OCTOBER 4TH, UH, 14TH COUNCIL WORK SESSION, WE TALKED TO, UH, THE, THE IDEA OF PROPOSED SHIFT FROM A THREE TIER FEED STRUCTURE, UM, WHICH WAS A RESIDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT RESIDENT AND NON-RESIDENT TO A TWO TIER SYSTEM THAT IS JUST DUBLIN RESIDENT AND NON DUBLIN RESIDENT.
THE TRANSITION TO THE NEW MODEL INCLUDED A PHASE TWO STEP IMPLEMENTATION FOR CERTAIN CIRCUM, UH, SERVICES, SUCH AS FIELD USE, UM, AND THE SWIM TEAM FACILITY USE FEE THAT IS APPLIED AT THE RECREATION CENTER FOR, UH, THE SEA DRAGONS PROGRAM.
UH, THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS TO THIS WHERE OUR RECREATION PROGRAMS ARE USING THE DUBLIN CITY SCHOOLS THAT WILL CONTINUE OFFERING SCHOOL DISTRICT RESIDENT RATES AND OR PARTICIPATION ACCESS, UM, SUCH AS OUR YOUTH, UH, SUMMER CAMPS.
SO STRATEGIES, UM, AND THE IMPLEMENTATION UPDATES.
UM, IT HAS BEEN ASKED FROM COUNCIL FOR US TO PROVIDE, WHAT, WHERE ARE WE, WHAT IS THIS DOING? WHAT ARE THE RESULTS OF WHERE WE ARE TODAY BASED ON SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED? SO STAFF HAS BEEN MONITORING, MONITORING PARTICIPATION TRENDS TO ASSESS TO THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE IMPLEMENTA, UH, IMPLEMENTED STRATEGIES.
ONGOING UPDATE TO THE COST, UH, COST OF SERVICE STUDY, UH, WILL CERTAINLY GUIDE SOME FUTURE RECOMMENDATIONS.
UM, IT IS A VERY PRELIMINARY PROCESS WHERE WE ARE NOW.
IT'S A SNAPSHOT OF WHERE WE ARE NOT NECESSARILY A, UM, A, A FOUNDATION ON WHICH WE SHOULD MAKE PERMANENT DECISIONS.
UM, THERE'S A FOCUS THAT REMAINS ON ALIGNING REVENUES WITH COST RECOVERY EXPECTATIONS.
AND CURRENTLY ON, WE ARE ON TRACK TO ACHIEVING AT LEAST THE 50% COST RECOVERY EXPECTATION ESTABLISHED BY THE CITY COUNCIL.
SO, TO GET INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THE DATA, UM, UH, INFORMATION DOUBLING COMMUNITY RECREATION, MEMBERSHIP SALES, THE SHIFT FROM 2025, UH, TO NOW, WE
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ARE IN A TWO-TIER SYSTEM.IT'S RESIDENT AND NON-RESIDENT.
THE SCHOOL DISTRICT RESIDENT MEMBERSHIPS DECREASED YEAR OVER YEAR.
UH, HOWEVER, THE TOTAL MEMBERSHIPS HAVE REMAINED STABLE GROWTH IN DUBLIN.
RESIDENT MEMBERSHIPS HAVE DO OFFSET THOSE DECLINES.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT CHANGES EVERY SINGLE DAY.
SO AS, AS SOMEBODY, UH, CANCELS A MEMBERSHIP OR RENEWS A MEMBERSHIP, THIS IS A SNAPSHOT IN TIME.
SO PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS, THIS IS GONNA REQUIRE SOME ADDITIONAL, UH, ANALYSIS AS, AS WE PROGRESS PROGRAM ENROLLMENTS.
UH, DUBLIN RESIDENTS RECEIVE PRIORITY ENROLLMENT, UH, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SUMMER CAMPS, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THAT ARE HELD IN THE, UH, DUBLIN CITY SCHOOLS.
2025 ENROLLMENT HAS DECREASED COMPARED TO 2024.
WE HAVE SEEN, UM, A LOT OF FLUCTUATION IN OUR ENROLLMENTS FOR A VARIETY OF, UH, REASONS, CYCLES AND, AND TIMES OF SCHOOL LETTING OUT AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
UM, BUT THE RESIDENT PARTICIPATION CONTINUES TO INCREASE, WHICH SUPPORTS THE STRATEGIES FOR MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE PRIORITIZING THE RESIDENT, UM, OPPORTUNITIES, UM, MORE BALANCED USE OF HIGH DEMAND AMENITIES, UM, AND IT SUPPORTS PRIORITIZING THE CITY RESIDENTS WITHOUT OVERLOADING.
THE FACILITIES AND ENROLLMENT TRENDS MAY FLUCTUATE DUE TO THE PROGRAM TIMING AND OTHER FACTORS, AS I, AS I JUST MENTIONED.
I'M NOT CONCERNED ABOUT ANY OF THIS, AND I, I FEEL AS THOUGH THIS IS GONNA CHANGE OVER TIME AS WELL.
OUTDOOR POOLS, 2025 OUTDOOR POOL PASSES WERE CHANGED TO DUBLIN RESIDENT AND NON-RESIDENT CATEGORIES ONLY.
THE TOTAL SEASON PASSES, UH, SALES SLIGHTLY DECLINED.
UH, THE DECREASE INCLUDED 100 FEWER SCHOOL DISTRICT RESIDENT PASSES, UM, AND YEAR TO YEAR SALES AS, AS EVERYTHING DOES FLUCTUATES FOR A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT PARAMETERS, MUCH OF WHICH FOR THE OUTDOOR POOLS IS THE WEATHER CONDITION.
UH, THE COMMUNITY SWIM TEAM, UH, WAS A PHASED FEE INCREASE, WHICH WAS IMPLEMENTED FOR SCHOOL DISTRICT RESIDENTS STARTING IN 2025.
THE FIRST PHASE WAS, UM, INITIATED, UH, UM, IN 2025 FOR $75 FOR A SEASONAL FEE OR AN OPTION TO PURCHASE A DUBLIN COMMUNITY RECREATION MEMBERSHIP.
EITHER ONE OF THOSE WILL OFFSET.
AND THEN PHASE TWO, FOR THIS, THIS YEAR'S SEASON, WHICH STARTS IN THE LONG COURSE SEASON, THIS SUMMER FEES INCREASE TO $150 FOR ALL NON-RESIDENTS, OR AGAIN, THEY CAN PURCHASE A-D-C-R-C MEMBERSHIP.
UM, INCREASE, UH, SUPPORTS COST RECOVERY AND OFFSETS OPERATIONAL EXPENSES.
THE INITIAL PHASE SHOWED MODEST SH SHIFTS IN, UH, THE PARTICIPATION BY RESIDENCY.
UH, THERE IS AN IMPROVED AVAILABILITY AND FLEXIBILITY FOR DOUBLING RESIDENTS AS A RESULT OF THAT.
AND OVERALL PARTICIPATION REMAINS STRONG AND CONSISTENT WITH PRIOR SEASONS ATHLETIC FIELD USE.
THIS IS A VERY LARGE CHART, AND I APOLOGIZE FOR ALL OF THE INFORMATION THAT'S ON HERE, BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAPTURED ALL OF THE, UH, SPORTS ORGANIZATIONS THAT USE THE CITY RESOURCES AND UNDERSTAND, UH, THE PARTICIPATION NUMBERS THAT HAVE, UH, CHANGED OVER THE YEARS.
AND YOU WILL FIND ON THIS CHART BY, BY AND LARGE, THE, THE LARGEST CHANGE IS WITH THE DUBLIN SOCCER LEAGUE, UM, UH, RECREATIONAL PROGRAM THAT HAS DECREASED ALMOST BY 500 OR ALMOST 500, UH, PARTICIPANTS.
AND THAT IS ACROSS ALL THE RESIDENCY STATUSES.
IT'S A RESIDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT AND AND NON-RESIDENT.
UM, THERE ARE A VARIETY OF, OF VARIABLES INVOLVED WITH THAT, UH, SOME OF WHICH ARE COACHES THAT CAN'T FORM TEAMS, THAT THEY MOVE ON BECAUSE OF THE, UH, SCHOOL DISTRICT RATE AND, AND SO FORTH.
SO, UM, WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THAT.
BUT JUST A, A LITTLE BIT OF A SUMMARY HERE.
THERE'S A TWO-PHASE FEE INCREASE THAT IS, THAT IS DATA THAT REFLECTS THE $75 INCREASE FOR FIELD USE FEES IN 2025.
UH, THAT IN THAT FEE WILL INCREASE TO $150 FOR THIS FALL, UH, OF WHICH PARTICIPATION AND, AND, UH, REGISTRATIONS HAVE BEGUN ALREADY FOR A LOT OF THE ORGANIZATIONS, UH, FOR ALL NON-RESIDENTS.
UH, THE PARTICIPATION TRENDS REMAIN STABLE AFTER PHASE ONE, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF WHAT I MENTIONED THERE WITH THE DUBLIN SOCCER LEAGUE.
UM, THE DECLINE MAY HELP REDUCE THE FIELD DEMAND AND SCHEDULING PRESSURES.
AS YOU KNOW, DUBLIN SOCCER LEAGUE USES AVERY PARK BY AND LARGE, AND, UM, ALL OF THEIR GAMES, UM, ARE CONDUCTED ON SATURDAYS.
OVERCROWDING IS QUITE AN ISSUE.
CAPACITY ISSUES, UM, WITH ALL OF OUR FIELD SPACE.
IN FACT, WE USE OUR, OUR FIELDS OVER HERE IN KAUFMAN PARK, WHICH ARE NOT DESIGNATED ASLE
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ATHLETIC FIELDS BECAUSE OF THAT, UH, CAPACITY ISSUE.SO, UM, IN MY ESTIMATION HERE, BASED ON THE INITIAL RESPONSE OR THE INITIAL RESULTS HERE, THERE'S NO NEED FOR, OR THERE IS AN, THERE'S A CONTINUED NEED FOR ADDITIONAL, UH, TURF FIELDS AS PER THE PARKS AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS.
UH, THAT WAS, UM, EIGHT FIELD TURF LIT SITUATION FOR, UH, JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE ACCOMMODATING OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS.
SO, UM, THIS, THIS WILL CONTINUE TO BE MONITORED, UH, AS WE ENTER INTO PHASE TWO.
UM, WE HAVE HAD SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THE HIGHER FEES FOR PARTICULARLY THE YOUNGER AGE GROUPS, AND I HAVE A RECOMMENDATION HERE FOR THAT.
THAT IS OUR TIMBITS PROGRAM FOR DUBLIN SOCCER LEAGUE, THE U FOUR AND FIVE.
UH, THOSE, UH, THOSE KIDS USE THE ARLINGTON PARK, UH, FOR THEIR GAMES AND PRACTICES PRIMARILY, WHICH ARE NOT FORMALLY GROOMED FIELDS AS OUR, OUR, AS OUR OTHER FIELDS.
SO I'LL, I'LL BRING THAT UP HERE IN A FEW MINUTES.
UH, BUT THE BROADER FEE REVIEW IS UNDERWAY AS PART OF OUR COST STUDY, AND A LOT OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE VARIATION BETWEEN WHAT WE CHARGE FOR FIELD USE FEES BETWEEN OUR RECTANGULAR FIELDS TO OUR BALD DIAMONDS AND SO FORTH.
BUT, UH, WE WILL BRING THAT FORWARD TO CITY COUNCIL FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION AS WE GO THROUGH THE COST STUDY.
UH, COMMUNITY EVENTS, UH, ANOTHER CATEGORY THAT WAS AFFECTED FOR INDEPENDENCE DAY.
UH, NO CHANGES WERE MADE TO THE STADIUM AND KIDS ZONE WRISTBAND AVAILABILITY FOR SCHOOL DISTRICT RESIDENTS, THE DISCOUNTED WRISTBANDS ARE AVAILABLE TO SCHOOL DISTRICT AND DUBLIN RESIDENTS BEFORE THE GENERAL PUBLIC SALES RESERVE.
SALES CONTINUE WITH DUBLIN RESIDENTS RECEIVING EARLY ACCESS AND UNSOLD TABLES ARE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC AFTER JULY 1ST, UM, APPROACH, UM, BALANCES BROAD ACCESS WITH PRIORITIZING DUBLIN RESIDENTS AND MAXIMIZING THE SEATING AVAILABILITY IN THE STADIUM.
AND THEN THE FUTURE RECOMMENDATION, UM, THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION HERE, UM, AND FORTHCOMING, WHICH WILL, UH, LIMIT THE EARLY DISCOUNTED WRISTBAND ACCESS FOR DUBLIN RESIDENTS ONLY.
AND WE'LL GET TO THAT DISCUSSION HERE MOMENTARILY.
DUBLIN IRISH FESTIVAL 2025 TICKET PRICING REMAINED UNCHANGED EXCEPT FOR ONE ADJUSTMENT.
PRE-SALE DISCOUNT PRICING FOR DUBLIN RESIDENTS ONLY, UM, WAS, UM, IMPLEMENTED IN 2025.
AND THEN THE DISCOUNT TICKET SALES AT THE DCRC UM, DECREASED BY 9% IN 2025.
UH, HOWEVER, ONLINE TICKET SALES INCREASED BY 34% DURING THAT SAME TIME PERIOD, WHICH IS A VERY BIG ADVANTAGE FOR US TO HAVE, UH, NON WEATHER RELATED TICKET SALE, UM, APPLICATIONS THERE.
AND THEN THE OVERALL DEMAND REMAINS STRONG FOR, UM, FOR ALL, DESPITE THE ELIGIBILITY CHANGE.
SPOOKTACULAR, UH, 2025 TRUNK OR TREAT PRIORITY ACCESS LIMITED TO DUBLIN ONLY.
DUBLIN RESIDENTS RESERVED 3,600 TICKETS, UM, WHICH IS AN 82% OF THE TOTAL INVENTORY DURING THE PRIORITY PERIOD IN 2025.
UH, THURSDAY TIME SLOTS WERE FULLY RESERVED BY DUBLIN RESIDENTS.
AND THEN THE REMAINING AVAILABILITY WAS, UM, UH, AVAILABLE FOR NON-RESIDENT, WHICH WAS, OR NON-RESIDENTS, WHICH WAS ON THAT FRIDAY.
AND THEN THE REVISED STRUCTURE IMPROVED RESIDENT ACCESS WHILE MAINTAINING STRONG OVERALL ATTENDANCE, AND THE TIER SYSTEM SUPPORTED HIGH DEMAND MANAGEMENT AND PRIORITIES FOR DUBLIN RESIDENTS.
SO WHAT DOES ALL THIS MEAN? I, IN A, IN A SUMMARY, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IT IS UNDERSTOOD THAT THIS IS A SNAPSHOT IN TIME.
THIS IS, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHERE WE UNDERSTAND THE DATA TO BE TODAY.
THE FINDINGS ARE VERY PRELIMINARY.
UH, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A LONG-TERM CONCLUSION, UH, BUT CONTINUED DATA COLLECTION WILL GUIDE FUTURE DECISIONS, ESPECIALLY ON PHASED FEES GOING FORWARD.
UH, THE MASTER PLAN STRATEGIES SUPPORT BALANCED GROWTH, UH, THE SUSTAINABILITY AND PRIORITIZE DUBLIN RESIDENTS AS IT WAS INTENDED.
UH, RESIDENT ACCESS HAS IMPROVED WHILE OVERALL COMMUNITY OPPORTUNITIES REMAIN STRONG.
PARTICIPATION IS GENERALLY STABLE WITH INCREASED RESIDENT SHARE.
AND THEN TRENDS SHOW IMPROVED FUNDING SUSTAINABILITY.
SO WHAT STAFF IS RECOMMENDING AND OR ASKING OF CITY COUNCIL THIS EVENING IS ONE, UM, MAINTAINING THE CURRENT $75 FIELD USE FEE FOR THE YOUNGEST AGE GROUP IN THE DUBLIN SOCCER LEAGUE THAT USES ARLINGTON PARK.
UH, WE FEEL THAT THAT IS A, UH, A FAIR APPROACH APPROACH TO THE CHARGING OF THE FOUR U FOUR U FOUR AND U FIVE, UH, AGE GROUPS THAT, UH, DON'T USE OUR FORMALLY, UH, MAINTAINED FIELDS FOR INDEPENDENCE DAY.
STAFF IS RECOMMENDING EARLY AND DISCOUNTED WRISTBANDS
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TO DUBLIN RESIDENTS ONLY BEGINNING IN 2027.AND THEN CERTAINLY STAFF WOULD LIKE TO HEAR ANY KIND OF FEEDBACK OR WHAT OTHER KIND OF DATA WOULD CITY COUNCIL LIKE TO UNDERSTAND FOR FURTHER, UH, CONSIDERATION.
I WANNA TAKE A MOMENT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS AGENDA ITEM? UH, YES.
PLEASE STEP FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS INTO THE RECORD, AND WE WELCOME YOUR COMMENTS.
ERIC, DO YOU MIND, ROBERTA WAS UP FIRST.
WE, WE WILL DO WHATEVER ORDER YOU'D LIKE TO DO.
YOU GET THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME.
UH, ADDRESS IS 6 1 9 9 TURVY LOOP WEST, UH, DUBLIN, 4 3 0 1 6.
UM, A COUPLE MAJOR POINTS, UH, REGARDING THE FIELD USE FEES HERE TONIGHT.
UM, VIRTUALLY ALL OTHER COMMUNITIES IN CENTRAL OHIO, OHIO HAVE A FIELD USE FEE THAT'S UNDER $60, AND THAT'S FOR FALL AND SPRING.
UH, DUBLIN'S IS SCHEDULED TO GO TO $300 MOST COMMUNITIES.
THAT INCLUDES WORTHINGTON, HILLIARD, GROVE CITY, OLAND, TANGIE, AND MOST OTHERS CONSIDER SCHOOL RESIDENTS AS RESIDENTS LIKE DUBLIN DID UNTIL A YEAR AGO.
UM, AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED RECENTLY, UM, DUBLIN SOCCER LEAGUE.
SO DUBLIN SOCCER, DUBLIN, UNITED SOCCER CLUB.
I'M NOT SPEAKING FOR DUBLIN SOCCER LEAGUE, BUT, UM, MAJOR IMPACT TO THEM, UH, FROM 2024 TO 2025.
THEY LOST 34% OF THEIR DUBLIN CITY SCHOOLS.
UM, UH, PLAYERS, UH, SO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE, BASEBALL.
AND SO, UH, BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL PLAYERS PAY 33% LESS THAN SOCCER AND LACROSSE PLAYERS.
MEANWHILE, THEY HAVE LIGHTED FENCED LASER GRADE FIELDS, UH, PAVED AND COVERED BENCH AREAS.
UH, LAST YEAR, BASEBALL, SOFTBALL, CAPITAL EXPENDITURES WERE HALF A MILLION DOLLARS.
SOCCER AND LACROSSE WERE ZERO UNTIL FEES AND THEIR EFFECTS ARE COMPLETELY KNOWN.
PLEASE CONSIDER A $50 PER PLAYER PER SEASON FOR ALL SPORTS FOR THE FALL 2026, AND THEN GOING TO THE SPRING 27, 20 27, UM, SEASON.
NEXT, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS INTO THE RECORD AND WELCOME YOUR THOUGHTS.
UH, KEN MCMAHON, UM, 2163 CANNER STREET, MARYSVILLE, OHIO.
UM, AND I AM THE FOUNDING DIRECTOR OF DUBLIN UNITED, WAY BACK IN 2005.
AT ONE POINT IN TIME, ALL OF YOU WOULD'VE KNOWN ME BECAUSE WE GOT TO SPEAK BEFORE CITY COUNCIL ON A FAIRLY REGULAR BASIS.
I'VE KNOWN MATT FOR 20 PLUS YEARS.
UM, DUBLIN, JEROME HIGH SCHOOL WON THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP IN SOCCER.
A MAJORITY OF THE DUBLIN JEROME RESONANCE, OUR DUBLIN JEROME STUDENTS ARE NOT RESIDENTS OF DUBLIN.
498 KIDS ARE NOT PLAYING SOCCER IN DUBLIN BECAUSE OF THIS POLICY.
$150 A YEAR, $150 A YEAR JUST TO USE FIELDS.
NO OTHER COMMUNITY IS MORE THAN $50 TO DO THE SAME THING.
NONE OF THE OTHER COMMUNITIES, ALL THE BIG COMMUNITIES, HILLARD, WORTHINGTON, WESTERVILLE, POWELL, O ALL THESE LARGE COMMUNITIES, IT'S ALL BY SCHOOL.
NO, IT'S INTENDED BECAUSE OF THE TRASH PICKUP.
THEY MOVED TO DUBLIN BECAUSE OF THE SCHOOLS.
WE ARE RUINING THIS, THIS PRICING POLICY IS RUINING THE RECREATIONAL PROGRAM AND WILL RUIN DUBLIN UNITED.
THE $75 FEE, $150 PER YEAR AFFECTED THIS YEAR.
THE DSLS RATE WAS ONLY $130 TO PLAY REC.
WE'RE NOW CHARGING $300 TO USE GRASS AT ARLINGTON PARK.
THE SMART WAY TO HANDLE THIS IS TO ALLOW FOR THE DUBLIN SOCCER LEAGUE REC TEAMS TO PRACTICE AT THE SCHOOLS.
LET 'EM PLAY THEIR GAMES AT AVERY.
WE WOULDN'T BE WEARING OUT THE PARKS.
NOW, ALMOST ALL THE REC TEAMS PRACTICE AT AVERY.
THERE'S NO REASON FOR THEM TO DO THAT.
AND, AND LASTLY, AS MARK, MATT OR ROB MENTIONED, WE'RE SPENDING WAY MORE MONEY ON BASEBALL FIELDS.
I GO OUT AND PRACTICE IN THE FALL.
I LOOK OVER AT ALL THE BASEBALL, DIAMONDS, LIGHTS, EXPENSIVE LIGHTS THAT IF I STAND FIVE FEET OFF THE FIELD, THERE'S NO AIR POLLUTION, NO LIGHT POLLUTION.
WE'VE HAD FIELDS VANDALIZED EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THE LAST SIX YEARS BECAUSE THERE'S NO
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FENCES, THERE'S NO PROTECTION, AND YET WE HAVE TO PAY MORE.THIS JUST DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.
SO MY ASK IS, PLEASE, UNTIL YOU GET ALL THE DATA, BEFORE WE LOSE ANOTHER THREE OR 400 DUBLIN NON-CITY RESIDENTS, BUT SCHOOL RESIDENTS, PLEASE CONSIDER A $50 PER FEE, UM, FOR THE, FOR PER SEASON, A HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR THE YEAR.
'CAUSE REMEMBER, ALL SOCCER PEOPLE PLAY BOTH SEASONS.
PLEASE CONSIDER REDUCING IT TO A HUNDRED DOLLARS.
YOU'LL AT LEAST SAVE THE DUBLIN JEROME HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM 10 YEARS FROM NOW.
ANY OTHER ONE? ANY OTHER COMMENTS? OKAY, HEARING NONE COUNCIL QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION.
I BELIEVE THAT, UH, I'M SORRY, JUST THE ONE QUESTION.
THERE ARE THREE ITEMS, ONE SPECIFIC QUESTION SO WE CAN ADDRESS ALL THREE OF THESE TOPICS.
SO THE FIRST QUESTION, OUR CLARIFICATION THEN IS YOU SAID THAT THE $75 WE IMPLEMENTED LAST YEAR WAS FOR EVERY SPORT, RIGHT? THAT WAS FOR, UM, SOCCER AND LACROSSE.
SO THERE'S A DIFFERENT FEE SCHEDULE FOR BASEBALL, SOFTBALL.
SO THE 75 IS FOR GRA, IS THE GRASS SPORTS FOR 2025? YES.
AND PHASE TWO WAS ONE 50, CORRECT.
AND WE DID, WE, I CAN'T REMEMBER, WE HAD A PHASE THREE.
'CAUSE THERE WAS A MENTION OF, OF A $300 WHERE, SO IT, CORRECT.
RIGHT NOW IT IS $75 PER PERSON PER SEASON.
IN 2026 THIS FALL, IT GOES TO $150 PER PLAYER.
YOU PLAY AROUND 300 AND THEY PLAY TWO SEASONS.
AND THOSE FEE, SO THOSE FEES, THE 75 AND ONE 50 ARE BASED ON WHAT IT COSTS TO MAINTAIN THE GRASS.
THAT'S ON A PRELIMINARY, UM, COST STUDY THAT WAS CONDUCTED YEARS AGO.
WE ARE CURRENTLY DOING, DOING A VERY, UM, UPDATED VERSION OF THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND ALL OF THE COSTS, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE DISTRIBUTED.
THE, THE DIFFICULTY HERE IS THERE ARE A LOT OF SHARED USES THAT HAPPEN AT EACH OF OUR PARKS, THE RESTROOMS, THE, THE PARKING LOTS, THE, THE CONCESSION STANDS, ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
SO, UM, WE ARE WORKING WITH OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT TO LOOK THROUGH THE COST STUDY AND WE WILL BRING THAT FORWARD TO CITY COUNCIL FOR FURTHER THERAPY.
BUT THE FIELD SPORTS ARE PAYING A DIFFERENT PRICE.
DO YOU KNOW OFFHAND WHAT THOSE PRICES, THE, THE FEE DO YOU HAVE OFFHAND THEN WHAT THE FEE IS FOR THE FIELD? FOR THE, UM, BASEBALL SOFTBALL? BASEBALL SOFTBALL IS $100.
IT GOES TO A HUNDRED DOLLARS THIS YEAR.
SO THEIR MAX IS A HUNDRED EACH? CORRECT.
AND THEN THE, THEY ONLY PLAY ONE SEASON.
THEIR SEASONS ARE, WELL, BASEBALL HAS A FALL SEASON.
WELL, DY BASEBALL HAS A FALL SEASON.
THEY DO FOR, FOR CERTAIN THINGS THEY DO, BUT PRIMARILY THEY HAVE A SEASON.
BUT IF THEY PLAY MORE THAN ONE SEASON, THEY WILL PAY IT TWICE.
SO YOU'RE, SO IT IS BASED ON THE LENGTH OF THE SEASON, THE AMOUNT OF TIME THEY'RE USING? THAT'S CORRECT.
AND THE FEES THAT, OR THE COSTS THAT ARE INCURRED TO THE CITY.
UM, SO AS FAR AS THE ANSWER TO QUESTION NUMBER ONE, I AM OKAY WITH LEAVING THEN THE, 'CAUSE YOU'RE NOT, YOU'RE NOT PAINTING THE LIKE LINES AT ARLINGTON PARK OR ANYTHING, IT'S JUST YOU'RE PURELY JUST MUL MOWING GRASS? WE'RE SEEDING, FERTILIZING AND MOWING, BUT NOT TO THE EXTENT WITH IRRIGATION AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WE DO AT, AT THE, UH, AVERY DARI FIELDS.
SO I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THE $75 FIELD USE FOR NUMBER ONE, IF THAT SEEMS AT THE MOMENT A REASONABLE, UM, PRICE AND NUMBER TWO IS FINE.
WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I'LL SAY THAT TO OUR NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UM, ONE OF THE BIG REASONS FOR THESE FEES WAS BECAUSE, UM, WE DON'T, THE SCHOOLS AREN'T USING THEIR FACILITIES FOR PRACTICE, RIGHT? SO THE, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT RESIDENTS ARE USING CITY OF DUBLIN FIELDS FOR PRACTICE.
THEY'RE NOT USING, AS WAS MENTIONED BY, UM, IN A COMMENT.
THEY'RE, THEY AREN'T USING SCHOOL FACILITIES.
THEY'RE USING CITY FACILITIES.
AND WE WERE TRYING TO, UM, WHICH ARE OVERUSED.
AND SO WE WERE, THE ATTEMPT WAS TO MAKE SURE OUR DUBLIN RESIDENTS COULD HAVE THAT SPACE.
SO IT SEEMS LIKE, SO TO ME, IN THE YEAR THAT IT'S IMPLEMENTED, IT SEEMS TO BE WORKING THE
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WAY WE INTENDED IT TO WORK.UM, WE WERE TRYING TO SUPPORT DUBLIN RESIDENTS.
SO I, I'M OKAY WITH THE WAY THINGS ARE GOING AS FAR AS WHAT DATA WE WOULD LIKE.
UM, ONE ADDITIONAL COMPONENT THAT WE HAD DISCUSSED THAT'S NOT IN THIS WAS THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS USING OUR POOLS AND THE RATES THAT WE CHARGED.
WE WERE CHART, WE INCREASED THE RATES TO THE SCHOOLS TO USE THE LAP LANES AT THE POOL.
AND WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY DATA ON THAT OR HOW THAT'S USING IT.
UM, I'M ASSUMING THE COST DIDN'T DETER THEM IN ANY WAY, AND THEY'RE STILL USING IT JUST THE SAME.
AND, AND OUR INTENT, OR AT LEAST MY INTENT, WAS HOPEFULLY TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO LOOK INTO OTHER AVENUES AND MAYBE BUILD THEIR OWN POOL FACILITIES OR THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, UM, CONSIDERATION IF, IF THE FEES WE STARTED CHARGING THE SCHOOL FOR OUR POOL USE ARE IN NO WAY A DETERRENT WHATSOEVER, I WOULD CONSIDER POSSIBLY REEVALUATING THAT FEE.
AND MAYBE WE NEED TO INCREASE THAT FEE.
AND, AND I THINK THAT IS ALSO SOMETHING THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT FOR THIS COST STUDY.
UM, BUT IF, IF YOU'LL RECALL, THAT WAS A PHASED APPROACH AS WELL.
YEAH, I DO REMEMBER IT BEING A PHASED APPROACH.
WE, WE HAVE NOT SEEN A DECLINE.
YEAH, IT WAS LIKE A THREE YEAR PHASE, BUT CONSIDERING THE IMPROVEMENTS WE'RE DOING TO THE REC CENTER, THE AMOUNT OF IMPROVEMENTS WE WANNA DO TO THE POOL AT THE REC CENTER, UM, AND WHAT I FEEL IS A VERY MINOR PORTION THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS SWIM AND DIVE TEAMS ARE USING FOR OUR POOLS.
UM, I THINK WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THAT NUMBER.
OTHERS COMMENTS? I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT SOMETHING THAT COUNCIL MEMBER CRAM SAID ABOUT INTENT.
SO THE INTENT OF THESE ADDITIONAL FEES WERE TO LIMIT, HELP ME UNDERSTAND, LIMIT THE USE OF DUBLIN CITY PARKS BY NON DUBLIN CITY RESIDENTS.
IS THAT ESSENTIALLY SO WHEN WE, IS THAT RIGHT? BE BECAUSE I, WHEN WE CON, WHEN WE CONDUCTED THE PARKS AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN, IT WAS UNDERSTOOD THAT OUR, THERE WERE SEVERAL FACILITIES THAT WE PROVIDE FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT WERE AT CAPACITY OR EXCEEDING CAPACITY.
THE OTHER ISSUE WAS OUR COST RECOVERY RATES WERE NOT, WERE NOT ACHIEVING WHAT WE NEED TO ACHIEVE IN ORDER TO INVEST IN FACILITIES THAT COULD INCREASE THE CAPACITY.
SO IT WAS A COMBINED SITUATION WHERE WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT RESIDENTS HAD THE PRIORITY FOR PARTICIPATION AND OR THE FEES THAT WE WERE ASSESSING FOR THE USE OF THOSE FACILITIES.
THAT WAS THE OTHER BIGGER ISSUE HERE IS THE, UM, THE POPULATION GROWTH EXPECTATIONS FOR THE REGION.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE CORPORATE BOUNDARIES OF DUBLIN, AND YOU COMBINE THAT WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT BOUNDARIES, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT BOUNDARIES ARE TWICE THE SIZE OF THE CORPORATE BOUNDARIES OF DUBLIN.
SO WE ARE, WE WERE SUBSIDIZING A LOT OF THE USE FOR THE DUBLIN'S SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT WAS OUTSIDE OF OUR CO UH, OUR CORPORATE LIMITS.
UM, THAT'S WHAT CHANGED TO THE TWO TIER SYSTEM.
AND AS PART OF THAT STUDY, UM, IT FOUND THAT WE WERE FACING THE, BASED ON ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS AND THE TRENDS AS FAR AS, UM, ENROLLMENTS IN YOUTH SPORTS, IT IDENTIFIED THE NEED FOR MANY, MANY EXTRA FIELDS OF ALL SORTS AND ADDITIONAL AMENITIES.
AND WE WERE FACING, UM, VERY HIGH COSTS TO ADD THOSE AMENITIES.
SO THAT CAUSED US TO START LOOKING AT THE USERS AND WHERE THE USERS ARE COMING FROM, AND, UM, DETERMINED STRATEGIES AS TO HOW BEST TO MANAGE, UM, THOSE CAPACITY ISSUES.
AND AS PART OF THAT EFFORT, WE ALSO BENCHMARKED OTHER CITIES ALL ACROSS THE STATE.
WE FOUND THAT ACROSS THE BOARD WE WERE UNIQUE IN HAVING A THREE TIERED PRICING STRUCTURE IN THAT HAVING DUBLIN RESIDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT RESIDENT AND NON-RESIDENT, ALL THE OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT WE RESEARCHED HAD RESIDENT, NON-RESIDENT APPROACH.
SO THAT'S HOW WE ENDED UP HAVING THIS CONVERSATION AND COMING UP WITH A MODIFIED PRICING STRUCTURE.
I UNDERSTAND THE DATA AND I UNDERSTAND THE INTENT.
UM, YOU PLAY YOUTH SOCCER WITH YOUR FRIENDS, IT'S, THIS IS A DIFFICULT DECISION BECAUSE YOU PLAY YOUTH SOCCER WITH YOUR FRIENDS.
YOU PLAY YOUTH SOCCER WITH THE KIDS THAT YOU GO TO SCHOOL WITH.
EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE YOU GET LUCKY.
AND MAYOR GROOMS, AND I KNOW THAT YOU CAN ALSO PLAY CROSS SCHOOLS AND, AND THOSE CAN BE REALLY REWARDING.
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JUST THE ADDITIONAL EXPLANATION.AND THAT HELPS ME LOOK AT THE DATA AND UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENED HERE.
THANKS FOR PULLING THIS TOGETHER.
I THINK WE WERE ALL PRETTY ANXIOUS TO HEAR WHAT SOME OF THE RESULTS FROM THE CHANGES THAT WE MADE, AT LEAST PRELIMINARILY WERE.
UM, SO I TOOK A LITTLE TIME TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF RESEARCH ON, UM, WHAT IS LOVINGLY BEING CALLED THE POPULATION CLIFF.
UM, PARTICULARLY IN HIGHER EDUCATION, BUT IT APPLIES TO YOUNGER AGE GROUPS AS WELL.
THE INTERESTING THING ABOUT AN AREA SUCH AS CENTRAL OHIO IN PARTICULAR IS THAT THOSE YOUTH SPORTS WON'T NECESSARILY SEE A DECLINE IN POPULATION.
UM, WHAT THEY'LL SEE IS AN INCREASE IN COST AND, UM, THAT WILL DISPROPORTIONATELY HURT, UM, CERTAIN DEMOGRAPHICS.
UM, WHAT I HATE TO SEE IS KIDS NOT BEING ABLE TO PLAY GROUP SPORTS.
AND TO ME, OUR FACILITIES AND OUR EVENTS TICKETS, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS ARE OF A DIFFERENT ILK THAN TEAM SPORTS ON A FIELD.
UM, I, IN LOOKING AT THIS AND IN, AND IN LOOKING AT SOME OF THE, THE DEMOGRAPHIC POPULATION, UM, NUMBERS THAT ARE BEING PROJECTED, UM, FOR THE CENTRAL OHIO AREA AREA, I AM CONCERNED AND WORRIED THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING IS ACTUALLY EXACERBATING THAT PROBLEM PARTICULAR TO FIELD SPORTS.
UM, I AM VERY OKAY IN, YOU KNOW, OUR DUBLIN RESIDENTS BEING A MUCH LARGER PORTION OF THE FOLKS WHO ARE BUYING DUBLIN REC CENTER PASSES, WHO ARE BUYING POOL PASSES, WHO ARE BUYING 4TH OF JULY WRISTBANDS.
THAT KIND OF STUFF MAKES PERFECT SENSE TO ME.
THAT IS A VERY LOCAL COMMUNITY EFFORT.
I, I HAVE TO WONDER IF THERE IS A WAY THAT WE CAN TRY TO START WORKING WITH THE SCHOOLS TO GET THEM TO ALLOW KIDS TO DO SOME PRACTICES.
YEAH, I, I'LL SPEAK FROM MY OWN EXPERIENCE.
UM, YOU KNOW, I'VE HAD A FEW KIDS GO THROUGH, UM, DFL, THE DUBLIN FOOTBALL LEAGUE.
THEY DO USE THE SCHOOLS FACILITIES NOW.
THEY'RE NOT TYPICALLY USING THE FIELDS FOR PRACTICE.
THEY, THE, THE MARKED FIELDS, THEY'RE USING THOSE FOR GAMES GENERALLY, BUT THEY'RE USING THE ANCILLARY SPACES TO PRACTICE.
AND SOME OF THEM ARE NOT VERY BIG SPACES.
THESE ARE LITTLER KIDS, RIGHT? THEY'RE LEARNING HOW TO TACKLE.
THEY DON'T NEED A BIG FOOTBALL FIELD TO LEARN SOME OF THAT STUFF.
AND I THINK IN PARTICULAR, FOR SOME OF THESE MUCH YOUNGER AGE GROUPS, THERE HAS GOT TO BE A WAY WE CAN WORK WITH THE SCHOOLS TO GET SOME OF THOSE KIDS OFF OF THE GAME FIELDS AND ONTO THESE ANCILLARY FIELDS TO HELP ALLEVIATE SOME OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
AND NOT TO RAISE THESE PRICES ON THE FIELD SPORTS SO MUCH.
UH, AGAIN, I THINK WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO HERE IS, IS, IS A GOOD THING IN CONCEPT.
IT, IT WILL BREAK MY HEART TO HEAR ANOTHER THREE OR 400 KIDS DON'T GET TO PLAY BECAUSE THEY'RE ESSENTIALLY PRICED OUTTA THE MARKET.
I, I, I JUST CAN'T SIT BY AND LET THAT HAPPEN.
AND I KNOW THERE'S STRESS ON OUR FIELDS, AND I KNOW WE'RE WORKING ON THINGS WITH, YOU KNOW, THE, WITH SPORTS OHIO, I KNOW WE'RE GONNA GET TO A BETTER PLACE, BUT WE'VE GOTTA FIND SOME BALANCE IN BETWEEN HERE AND THERE.
AGAIN, I'M FINE WITH THE REC CENTER PASSES AND ALL THAT STUFF, BUT THE FIELD SPORTS, I MEAN, IT JUST HURTS MY HEART A BIT TO, TO SEE THE, THOSE NUMBERS DECLINE LIKE THAT WHEN I KNOW THAT THE NUMBER OF KIDS WANTING TO PLAY IS NOT REALLY DECLINING IN SPITE OF THIS POPULATION CLIFF, THAT THAT IS COMING RIGHT? IN THE RESEARCH THAT I DID, DEPENDING ON THE AREA OF THE COUNTRY THAT YOU'RE IN, YOU'RE LOOKING AT ANYWHERE FROM 11 TO 15% DECREASE IN GRADUATING, YOU KNOW, STUDENTS, HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS BY 2041 SOUTHERN STATES, THEY'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO GROW A LITTLE BIT.
UM, BUT AGAIN, YOU'RE GONNA START TO PUT EVEN MORE PRESSURE FINANCIALLY ON THESE KIDS WHO MAY NOT AFFORD TO BE ABLE TO, TO, TO DO THESE SPORTS BECAUSE THE, THE, THE GAP BETWEEN THE NUMBER OF KIDS THAT YOU HAVE AND THE NUMBER OF KIDS THAT CAN AFFORD TO DO THESE SPORTS IS GONNA GROW, NOT SHRINK.
AND THAT'S THE PART THAT, TO ME, WE GOTTA DO SOMETHING ELSE WHEN IT COMES TO THESE FIELD SPORTS.
SO I WOULDN'T, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS, YES, I WOULD SUPPORT LEAVING THE YOUTH AT $75.
I WOULD SUPPORT MAYBE, AND WE DON'T HAVE OUR UPDATED COSTS FOR WHAT THESE THINGS COST FOR MAINTENANCE.
SO I FEEL A LITTLE REMISS THAT WE WOULD BE RAISING OUR FEES WHEN WE'RE NOT EVEN SURE WHAT THE COSTS ARE AT THIS POINT.
I'D SAY KIND OF LEAVE 'EM AS THEY ARE RIGHT NOW.
UM, AND, AND DON'T DO THIS PHASE TWO JUST YET.
I THINK WE HIT THE PAUSE BUTTON, UM, AND, AND ALLOW OURSELVES THE ABILITY TO DO SOME RESEARCH FROM A POPULATION PERSPECTIVE AND AFFORDABILITY PERSPECTIVE AND A COST FOR MAINTENANCE PERSPECTIVE.
AND LET'S GET ALL THOSE DUCKS IN A ROW BEFORE WE RAISE THE FEES.
UM, I'M FINE WITH NUMBER TWO, INDEPENDENCE DAY.
UM, AND I JUST TALKED ABOUT THE ADDITIONAL, UM, DATA THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE BROUGHT INTO THIS CONVERSATION FOR FIELD SPORTS.
THIS IS REALLY INTERESTING DATA.
UM, I ECHO THE CONCERNS OF THE FEE EQUITY, UM, NOT ONLY THE FEE EQUITY FOR THE STUDENTS WITHIN AND OUTSIDE OF THE SCHOOL, BUT ALSO, YOU KNOW, FOR THE DIFFERENT SPORTS TOO.
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UM, I ACTUALLY AGREE THAT WE SHOULD GET MORE DATA, UH, FOR IT.AND THE OTHER THING THAT I WOULD CAUTION TOO IS THAT WE'RE ONLY DEALING WITH ONE YEAR TRENDS, AND YOU CAN'T REALLY ACTUALLY TELL TRENDS AFTER ONE YEAR.
AND SO I ACTUALLY, I TOO WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE IN FREEZING THE COST INCREASE UNTIL WE HAVE MORE DATA, UM, UNTIL WE CAN TREND THIS OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN ONE YEAR, UH, AS WELL TOO, UNTIL WE ALSO LOOK AT A LITTLE MORE OF THE FEE EQUITY BETWEEN THE SCHOOLS VERSUS, YOU KNOW, THE, THE CITY RESIDENTS VERSUS NON-CITY SCHOOL RESIDENTS, AND THEN ALSO THE DIFFERENT SPORTS AS WELL.
SO, UM, I'D LIKE TO, I AGREE WITH WHAT DR. LAMB JUST SAID.
UM, ONE YEAR ISN'T A TREND, AS YOU POINTED OUT IN YOUR MEMO, WHICH I THINK THE MEMO DID AN EXCELLENT JOB OF HITTING ALL THE POINTS.
SO I APPRECIATE THE DETAIL IN THAT.
UM, THERE, THERE'S JUST SO MANY FACTORS THAT AFFECT ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
THE SPOOKTACULAR, THE WEATHER, THE INDEPENDENCE DAY, THE WEATHER.
UM, IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THERE'S A GENERAL TREND OF KIDS MOVING FROM SOCCER TO, TO LACROSSE.
I DON'T, I'M NOT AN EXPERT, BUT IT, IT SEEMS LIKE LACROSSE IS GROWING.
MAYBE SOCCER IS STAYING THE SAME.
I COULD BE, I COULD BE WRONG ON THAT.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, AS WE PLAN SPORTS OHIO, I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT THE TURF FIELDS BE MULTIPURPOSE.
BUT THE SLIDE THAT YOU HAVE UP RIGHT NOW, I THINK IS ONE THAT WE REALLY NEED TO TALK MORE ABOUT, AND THAT'S LOOKING FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING SOURCES.
UM, A NUMBER OF US VISITED CARMEL, INDIANA A FEW YEARS AGO, AND WE VISITED THE, UM, CARMEL CLAY, UH, RECREATION CENTER, WHICH WAS A JOINT RECREATION CENTER BETWEEN, I THINK IT'S CLAY TOWNSHIP AND CARMEL INDIANA.
AND, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT, UM, OUR FO OUR FRIENDS IN JEROME TOWNSHIP MAY NOT BE SUPER INTERESTED IN, UM, BUILDING A REC CENTER WITH THE CITY OF DUBLIN.
BUT, YOU KNOW, LET'S, LET'S BE HONEST, MOST OF THE GROWTH AND MOST OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT GROWTH IS IN THE WESTERN PART OF, UM, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, NOT THE CITY.
AND SO I THINK WE REALLY NEED TO WORK TO, UM, COLLABORATE WITH OUR NEIGHBORS.
I'M NOT OPPOSED TO HAVING SPONSORSHIP OF FIELDS AND, YOU KNOW, BANNERS, SELLING BANNERS.
UM, AND IT'S THE, YOU KNOW, AS WE'RE SAYING HERE, IT'S THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT ARE POTENTIALLY PUTTING KIDS ON FIELDS THAT THE CITY OF DUBLIN RESIDENTS ARE PAYING FOR.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS SAFEGUARD THE, THE TAXPAYER DOLLARS FOR THE CITY OF DUBLIN.
UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN A UNIQUE SITUATION IN THAT, UNLIKE SOME OTHER MUNICIPALITIES WHERE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS THE CITY HERE, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS DOUBLE THE SIZE OF THE CITY.
AND SO WE'RE FACED WITH THIS DIFFICULT SITUATION OF TRYING TO ACCOMMODATE THOSE KIDS AND ALLOWING THEM TO ENGAGE IN SPORTS AND BE FIT AND ALL THOSE THINGS.
UM, BUT AT THE EXPENSE OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN.
SO I, I'D REALLY LIKE TO EXPLORE COLLABORATION MORE.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT COULD LOOK LIKE.
UM, I'M, I'M ALSO CURIOUS HOW WE, HOW DO WE MONITOR OR DOCUMENT, UH, FOLKS WHE WHETHER THEY'RE A DUBLIN RESIDENT OR NOT, IF THEY'RE SIGNING UP FOR SPECTACULAR OR INDEPENDENCE DAY, HOW DO WE KNOW THAT THEY'RE DUBLIN RESIDENTS IN, IN THAT INSTANCE, THEY HAVE TO, UM, SHOW PROOF OF RESIDENCY AT THE RECREATION CENTER FOR THOSE TICKETS.
SO THEY HAVE TO SIGN UP FOR THEM AND BRING A UTILITY BILL OR WHAT HAVE YOU, AND THEN FOR, BUT THERE'S AN ONLINE OPTION, RIGHT? IF, IF, IF YOU ARE ALREADY REGISTERED AS A RESIDENT AND YOU ARE IN OUR SYSTEM, OKAY.
AND AS FAR AS THE, UM, UH, THE SPORTS AND THE ATHLETIC FIELD USE FEE, UH, EACH ORGANIZATION PROVIDES US A LIST OF THEIR ROSTERS AT THE END OF THEIR SEASON.
AND WE RUN THAT THROUGH OUR GIS SYSTEM OKAY.
AND AN ADDRESS CHECK, AND THEN WE BILL THEM ACCORDINGLY.
I FIGURED YOU, YOU HAD A WAY TO DO IT.
AND I'M JUST CURIOUS, UM, IT LOOKS LIKE DSX, THEIR NUMBERS INCREASED A LITTLE BIT WHERE DSL DROPPED OFF.
AND AGAIN, IT'S A ONE YEAR TREND, IT'S NOT REALLY A TREND.
UM, BUT I'M JUST WONDERING WHAT DSX DID A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY FROM DSL IN 2025.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT DIFFERENCE MIGHT HAVE BEEN.
UM, BUT AS YOU ARE POTENTIALLY AWARE, UM, DUBLIN SOCCER LEAGUE GOT ACCESS TO, UH, THE CHURCH PROPERTY FOR THEIR DSX PROGRAM, WHICH THEY ARE, THEY ARE NOW NOT HAVING TO PAY DUBLIN FIELD USE FEES.
THEY'RE PAYING THE CHURCH DIRECTLY.
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KNOW WHAT THAT FEE IS, BUT THAT IS A DIFFERENCE THIS YEAR.YEAH, MATT'S REFERENCING THE FIELDS THAT WERE ADDED AT RADIANT LIFE CHURCH ON POST POST ROAD THAT WENT THROUGH THE P AND Z PROCESS LAST YEAR.
SO THOSE ARE ADDITIONAL NEW AMENITIES THAT ARE PRIVATELY, PRIVATELY OPERATED THAT DSL IS PARTNERING IN USING THOSE FIELDS.
AND I WILL SAY THAT DOES TAKE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THE BURDEN OFF OF OUR EXISTING FIELDS AT AVERY PARK AND DARI FIELDS.
MATT, COULD YOU BRING UP THE SLIDE THAT SAYS, UM, FIELD USAGE HEAT MAP BY RESIDENCY DSL? DO YOU HAVE THAT SLIDE OR DO YOU NOT HAVE THAT IN THIS? YOU DON'T HAVE THAT AVAILABLE IN YOUR DECK HERE, DO YOU? I'M SORRY.
WHICH THE ONE THAT'S, UM, REC SOCCER, THE, THE FIELD MAP, I'M LOOKING AT IT ON OUR, UM, DO YOU HAVE THAT IN YOUR, THE FIELD, THE, LIKE, THE HEAT MAP AS TO WHERE PARTICIPANTS IT'S A PLOT MAP? YES.
THE PLOT MAP, YOU DON'T, YOU DON'T HAVE, DON'T HAVE THAT IN THIS SLIDE DECK.
UM, I, I THINK THAT ONE TELLS THE STORY.
I WANNA REMIND US HOW WE GOT HERE.
I WANNA GO BACK TO THE DISCUSSION THAT WE HAD WHEN WE WENT THROUGH THIS.
WE DID A MASTER PLAN, JUST LIKE WE DO OTHER PLANNING.
WE SAY 10 YEARS OUT, LET'S LOOK AT THE PROJECTIONS.
WHAT IS IT GOING TO COST US TO PROVIDE FOR OUR RESIDENTS, QUALITY FIELDS, QUALITY INFRASTRUCTURE, ET CETERA, SO FORTH.
AND I KNOW FOR THE NEW FOLKS THAT WEREN'T THROUGH THAT, WE, WE LOOKED AT ALL THE MATH, I'M, I MIGHT KNOW WE'RE GONNA BRING SOME OF THAT MATH BACK HERE.
WE LOOKED AT THAT MATH PRETTY HARD, AND THERE WAS NO SCENARIO WHERE WITHOUT SPENDING AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF MONEY, WE WERE GONNA BE ABLE TO MEET DEMAND FOR WHAT WE NEEDED.
UM, I WILL TELL YOU JUST FROM CONVERSATIONS, UM, WITH, UM, OUR NEIGHBORS, UH, MUNICIPALITIES, ET CETERA, THEY SAY, WHY SHOULD WE BUILD THEM? DUBLIN'S GONNA BUILD THEM.
AND THAT HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE THAT IT'S NICE TO SAY WE'RE GONNA ASK.
AND IF YOU LOOK, THE REASON I FIND THAT MAP SO INTERESTING IS ALL THE GROWTH IS HAPPENING OUTSIDE OF THE CITY PROPER.
SO THE DE FUTURE DEMANDS FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ON THE FIELDS ARE, ARE GONNA BE TREMENDOUS.
THEY MAY NOT BE, BUT AS THAT GROWTH CONTINUES, ALL OF IT IS OUTSIDE OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN PROPER.
AS A MATTER OF FACT IN YOUR NUMBERS, THE CITY OF DUBLIN PROPER ACTUALLY DECREASES A LITTLE BIT IN POPULATION GROWTH.
SO YOU ARE GOING TO SEE THAT TREND.
WE DON'T HAVE A ONE YEAR DATA TREND, BUT WE HAVE GROWTH TREND.
THE REASON I BRING ALL THIS UP IS WE HAD THIS DISCUSSION IN GREAT DETAIL, AND THEY SAID WE HAD TWO CHOICES.
EITHER WE'RE GONNA BUILD MORE FIELDS OR WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO ENCOURAGE OUR SURROUNDING COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO BUILD THEIR OWN FIELDS.
IF WE WERE GOING TO SAY, WE'RE NOT GOING TO SUBSIDIZE ALL THAT PARTICIPATION, THAT IS HOW WE GOT HERE.
SO EVEN THOUGH THERE'S ONE YEAR TREND DATA HERE, ALL THE COST STUDY AND ALL THAT INFRASTRUCTURE THAT LED TO THE PARKS AND RECS SUGGESTS THAT THIS GROWTH IS GOING TO MAKE IT UNTENABLE.
SO WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO ABOUT IT? AND THAT WAS THE DECISION.
AND WE SAID, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A HARD TREND.
WE WOULD LIKE TO SIGNAL THAT WE ARE GOING TO DO THIS.
SO WE INCREASED IT A CERTAIN AMOUNT THIS YEAR, AND IN TWO YEARS TO SIGNAL TO OUR PARTNERS AND TO OUR COMMUNITY TO CREATE SOME OF THOSE PARTNERSHIPS, THERE HASN'T, THAT HAS NOT OCCURRED.
UM, SO I JUST WANNA REMIND US THAT AS WE LOOK AT THE DATA, AND I'M NOT SURE WHERE ALL THE GROWTH IS GOING TO HAPPEN, ARE NECESSARILY RELATED TO, WE DON'T HAVE THIS ECONOMIC STRAIN, WE DON'T HAVE THAT DATA TO SAY THAT WHERE THE GROWTH IS GONNA BE WOULD BE THE KIDS THAT COULDN'T AFFORD, WE DON'T HAVE THAT DATA.
THAT WOULD BE USEFUL DATA, BECAUSE I WOULD AGREE IF THAT WAS THE CASE, I'M NOT SURE THAT'S THE CASE.
I HAVE NO DATA TO SUGGEST THAT.
BUT THESE WILL BE NEW HOMES IN NEW AREAS.
AGAIN, OUR GOAL WAS TO ENCOURAGE OUR PARTNERS TO DO STUFF, AND WE HAVEN'T HEARD THAT OCCURRING TO NOT HAVE TO PLAN.
'CAUSE THE MASTER PLAN IS A 10 YEAR PLAN.
SO I, I DON'T WANNA JUST HIT PAUSE BECAUSE I THINK IF WE DO, WE'RE NOT GONNA, WE'RE GONNA BE IN A PROBLEM WHERE WE WERE BEFORE.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S SOME PLACE IN THE MIDDLE WHEN WE DO THE COST STUDY AND WE SAY, OKAY, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE 150.
IT, IT CAN BE 135 OR WHATEVER.
BUT GUYS, NOTHING HAS CHANGED FROM WHEN WE DID THIS STUDY THREE YEARS AGO.
THE SCENARIO IS EXACTLY THE SAME.
SO MY DATA IS REQUEST WOULD BE WHEN WE DO THE COST DATA, IF IT WASN'T ONE 50, BUT IF IT WAS 1 35, I'M NOT SURE THAT CHANGED.
A LOT OF THE KIDS THAT PLAY COLLAB SPORTS, THE FIELD USE FEE IS NOT THE BIGGEST FEE ON THE TABLE BY ANY STRETCH OF THE IMAGINATION.
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THAT'S, THERE'S A LOT MORE DOLLARS THERE.UM, SO I, I JUST REMIND EVERYBODY WHY WE DID THIS, AND IT'S NOT GONNA GO AWAY BY OUR, OUR, WE'RE GONNA BE IN A SITUATION WHERE THAT IS THE CASE.
SO MY DATA REQUEST IS AS WE DO THE COST STUDY AND BRING THIS BACK, IF THERE'S SOME COST SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS WHERE WE COULD SEE THAT, UM, AND IF THE ACQUISITION OF OUR NEW SPORTS FACILITY CHANGED ANY OF THAT DEMAND, UPDATE US ON THAT.
BUT, UM, THE, THE, THE TRENDS OF GROWTH ARE WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO PLAN TO DO.
SO I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THE DIRECTION THAT WE'RE TAKING BECAUSE IT WON'T BE FAIR TO THE TAXPAYERS OF THE CITY IF WE DON'T DO THAT.
I MEAN, THAT'S IMPORTANT TO THAT.
SO I'M SUPPORTIVE OF IT, IS THERE'S SOME ANALYSIS THAT WOULD BE INTERESTING.
UM, AND FOR THE ARLINGTON, I, THOSE ARE SMALL LITTLE FIELDS AND I, I CONCUR WITH THAT.
YOU KNOW, I, IF, IF WE LOOK BACK OVER THE COURSE OF A VERY LONG PERIOD OF TIME, UM, CERTAINLY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT BOUNDARIES HAVE NOT CHANGED, BUT THE INTENSITY OF SCHOOL DISTRICT RESIDENTS IN THE OUTER PORTIONS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT BOUNDARIES HAVE INTENSIFIED GREATLY.
SO IF WE, IF WE WENT BACK TO THE BEGINNING OF DSL AND I, I'M GONNA GUESS THAT PROGRAM PROBABLY STARTED IN THE LATE SEVENTIES, RIGHT? THE BULK OF THE, UM, DISTRICT RESIDENTS, SCHOOL DISTRICT RESIDENTS LIVED IN THE CITY OF DUBLIN, THE ONES THAT LIVED OUTSIDE OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN, LARGELY LIVED IN THE CITY OF COLUMBUS IN OLDER AND MORE ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP LARGE PARKS IN THESE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WERE ALREADY LARGELY DEVELOPED.
AND SO IT FELL TO THE CITY OF DUBLIN AS WE DEVELOPED OVER THE COURSE OF TIME TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP FIELDS BECAUSE WE HAD GREEN FIELDS AND WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, MAKE PARKS AND RECREATION FACILITIES IN OUR COMMUNITY.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT, UM, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY OLD SAWMILL AND RIVERSIDE GREEN AND RIVERSIDE HILLS, THOSE WERE PRE-EXISTING COMMUNITIES, UM, THAT REALLY DIDN'T HAVE 20, 30 ACRE TRACKS TO MAKE GREENFIELDS FOR, UM, FOR THIS LEISURE KIND OF SPORT.
SO FAST FORWARD, ALL THROUGH THE COURSE OF TIME, WE ESTABLISHED LONG BEFORE I THINK ANY OF US WERE PROBABLY ON THIS COUNCIL, THAT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE A 50% RECOVERY RATE IN, UM, LEISURE ACTIVITIES OF OUR RESIDENTS.
SO THAT MEANT THAT WE WERE GOING TO SUBSIDIZE ALL OF THE LEISURE ACTIVITIES, SPORTS RELATED, WHAT HAVE YOU, SWIMMING REC, UM, THE REC CENTER, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
WE WERE GOING TO SUBSIDIZE THE TUNE OF 50% ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS BECAUSE THEY PAID OUR TAXES AND WE WERE INTERESTED IN INVESTING IN THEIR HEALTH.
AND SO WE MADE THAT CONSCIOUS DECISION THAT WE WOULD HAVE THIS COST RECOVERY PROGRAM AT 50%.
OKAY, SO FAST FORWARD TODAY, WE HAVE, UM, IF WE JUST GO TO DUBLIN SOCCER LEAGUE, WE HAVE, I'M, I'M JUST GONNA ROUND NUMBERS, 1400 DUBLIN RESIDENTS AND 900 NON-RESIDENTS.
OKAY? SO THE QUESTION WE HAVE TO ASK OURSELVES IS WE ARE, ARE WE WILLING TO TAKE THE CITY OF DUBLIN TAXPAYER DOLLARS TO SUBSIDIZE 900 KIDS THAT DO NOT LIVE IN THE CITY OF DUBLIN? AND, UM, DON'T CALL IT HOME, TO SUBSIDIZE THE TUNE OF 50% THEIR RECREATION.
NOW WE HAVE MANY OF THE GROWTH, AS WAS MENTIONED, IS IN THE NORTHWEST PORTION OF OUR COMMUNITY, UH, I'M SORRY, IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.
AND THERE ARE GREEN FIELDS THERE, AND THERE IS OPPORTUNITY TO ADD PARK SPACE.
AND THEY HAVE DECIDEDLY NOT DONE THAT.
INSTEAD THEY HAVE CHOSEN TO TAKE OUR SUBSIDY OF 50% AND COME AND PLAY HERE.
SO I, I GUESS AS AN ELECTED, THAT IS A QUESTION OF IS IT OUR POLICY THAT WE ARE GOING TO SUBSIDIZE PEOPLE THAT DON'T LIVE HERE TO THE TUNE OF 50% THEIR RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES? AND, AND I THINK THAT IS A FUNDAMENTAL UNDERLYING QUESTION.
NOW, I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT WHEN THE COST STUDY WILL BE COMPLETE AND UPDATED COST STUDY.
UM, AND, AND THEN THE SECOND PORTION OF MY QUESTION IS THE CONSIDERATION OF TURF FIELDS AT THE SCHOOLS.
I KNOW THE SCHOOLS DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE ALL OF THESE TEAMS PRACTICING ON THEIR FIELDS BECAUSE THEY WERE HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME HAVING QUALITY FIELD SURFACE SURFACES GIVEN, EXCUSE ME, THAT INTENSITY OF USE.
WELL, THEY'VE DOUBLED, IN SOME CASES, TRIPLED THE AMOUNT OF TURF FIELDS
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THAT THEY HAVE.SO DOES THAT DOUBLE AND TRIPLE THEIR CAPACITY? AND I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION IN, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE COST STUDY SO THAT WE HAVE A VERY CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF ALL OF THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF SPORTS, NOT JUST THE TURF SPORTS, BUT THE OTHER FIELD SPORTS AS WELL, OF WHAT THOSE MIGHT BE.
BUT FOR ME, THE FUNDAMENTAL QUESTION ISN'T, DO I NOT WANT KIDS NOT TO PLAY SOCCER? IT'S, DO I THINK IT'S RIGHT TO SPEND OUR TAXPAYERS MONEY TO SUBSIDIZE LEISURE ACTIVITIES OF PEOPLE THAT DON'T CALL THIS CITY HOME? AND, UH, FUNDAMENTALLY, I DON'T FEEL LIKE THAT IS WHAT WE ARE CALLED TO DO NOW, SHOULD IT REALLY COST $150 OR $300 PER KID TO RUN AROUND ON A BLADE OF GRASS? THAT'S WHY I WANNA SEE THE UPDATED COST STUDY.
UH, I DON'T, THAT SOUNDS EXPENSIVE TO ME TO MAINTAIN, UH, A SOCCER FIELD OR IN, I UNDERSTAND.
I'M, I'M A HORTICULTURIST BY TRADE.
I UNDERSTAND YOU, YOU, WE NEED TO AERATE IT, WE NEED TO SEED IT, WE NEED TO TOP DRESS IT, AND WE NEED TO MOW IT.
WE NEED TO DO ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SEE THE, THE OUTCOME OF THAT COST STUDY BEFORE WE DOUBLE THE RATES THAT WE CHARGE THIS YEAR.
UM, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I AM, I DON'T THINK I'M INTERESTED IN SUBSIDIZING AND, AND I'LL JUST CALL IT OUT, THE KIDS THAT LIVE IN JEROME TOWNSHIP TO PLAY SOCCER.
I, IF I'M A TAXPAYER IN THE CITY OF DUBLIN, AND YOU WALK INTO THIS PODIUM AND YOU SAY, MY STREET REALLY NEEDS PAVED.
THERE'S A POTHOLE AT THE END OF IT, AND I NEED IT TO BE FIXED.
AND WE SAY IT'S NOT IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET.
WE'LL LOOK AT PUTTING IT IN THE, THE FIVE YEAR CIP AND WHEN WE CAN GET THAT REPAVED BECAUSE THESE KIDS IN JEROME VILLAGE REALLY WANT TO PLAY SOCCER.
I, I'M NOT GONNA SAY THAT TO OUR RESIDENTS.
I, I DON'T FEEL LIKE THAT IS THE RIGHT THING FOR US TO DO IN BEING STEWARDS OF THE PUBLIC DOLLAR.
SO, UM, I WILL STOP WITH THAT.
I, I, I WOULD LIKE TO MAYBE HIT PAUSE UNTIL WE UNDERSTAND WHAT THE COST STUDY OUTCOME IS GONNA BE, UM, AND THEN WE GIVE ORGANIZATIONS ANOTHER YEAR TO ADAPT TO, UM, WHAT MIGHT BE COMING AND THEN COMMUNICATE IT ON THAT.
SO, UM, I THINK, DID WE GIVE YOU THE FEEDBACK YOU WERE LOOKING FOR AND IS THERE ANY LEVEL OF CLARITY OF WHAT WE HAVE TO, I'LL JUST SAY YES AND NO, I'M KIDDING.
UM, NO, THAT'S, THAT'S VERY HELPFUL.
AND, AND IF I'M HEARING OUT LOUD, WE'RE GONNA PUT A PAUSE ON THE, THE, THE FEE INCREASE.
AND I, I, I, I ASSUME WE WILL NEED TO VOTE ON THAT PART OF, PENDING THE OUTCOME OF THE COST STUDY RESULTS.
SO IF I COULD ASK MATT, WHEN THE COST STUDY PLAN TO COME SEPTEMBER WOULD BE THE TIMING OF THE COST STUDY.
SO THE TIMING OF ALL OF THIS, THE, THE SOCCER ORGANIZATIONS, FOR INSTANCE, ARE ALREADY TAKING REGISTRATIONS FOR FALL AND SPRING.
FALL IS WHEN THIS NEW FEE COMES INTO PLAY.
SO IF WE'RE GONNA CAUSE A, IF WE'RE GONNA CALL FOR A PAUSE ON THIS, WE NEED TO KNOW THAT NOW SO THAT THEY CAN RELAY THAT INFORMATION TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS, OR WE WAIT AND SEE THE OUTCOME AND THEN WE MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT.
CAN I ASK A QUESTION? SO WHEN WE DID THE COST STUDY TO COME UP WITH THESE NUMBERS, THE ONE, WHATEVER, UM, WE HAVE THAT DATA, RIGHT? WE HAVE THE DATA THAT DROVE US TO THIS RECOMMENDATION.
WE SHOULD SEE THAT DATA AND ASK OURSELVES HOW CLOSE TO THAT DO WE THINK THAT IS? BECAUSE SOMETHING GAVE US THESE NUMBERS AND THAT WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS COST STUDY.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE HALFWAY HOME WITH THE COST STUDY DATA OR NOT.
I THINK WE SHOULD RESURRECT THAT AND, AND LOOK AT IT AND SAY, WHAT IS GONNA BE DIFFERENT COME SEPTEMBER THAN IT IS NOW? I MEAN, A LOT OF THAT COST STRUCTURE WAS THERE.
SO I MEAN, SOMETHING GAVE RISE TO THESE NUMBERS, SO RIGHT.
AND THESE, THESE NUMBERS ARE 100% COST RECOVERY, NOT 50% FOR, FOR NON-RESIDENTS.
AND THAT IS POINT THAT THE POLICY DECISION, BUT TO YOUR POINT, BUT THERE IS DATA.
SO SHOW US THE DATA, WE'LL UPDATE THAT DATA, UPDATE WITH THE, GIVEN THE PARTICIPATION AND, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE THE DATA THAT WE NEED, RIGHT.
I THINK TO MAKE THIS DECISION.
SO AS FAR AS TIMING GOES, THEY'VE STARTED TAKING REGISTRATIONS OR WHERE ARE WE WITH REGISTRATIONS? YOU'VE ALREADY, BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE WE NEED TAKING REGISTRATION TODAY.
REGISTRATIONS, RIGHT, KEN? SO THEY'VE ALREADY PROCESSED REGISTRATIONS AND YOU'RE ASSESSING THAT FEE CURRENTLY, WHICH
THEY, THEY, THEY PAY IN ADVANCE FOR TWO SEASONS.
SO THE FEE GOES INTO EFFECT FOR FALL, WHICH MEANS THEY'RE ALREADY COLLECTING THE $150 FEE PER SEASON.
YEAH, I MEAN, I, I, MY, MY BOYS PLAYED SOCCER IN KEN'S ORGANIZATION.
I, I, HE IS WELL EQUIPPED TO BE ABLE TO ISSUE A REFUND OR A CREDIT FOR AN UPCOMING SEASON.
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I'M CERTAIN THAT HE WOULD BE, WE HAVE NOT MORGAN, IF YOU WOULD LIKE, YOU KNOW, UM, THANK YOU.I GUESS I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHAT COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO DO FROM A VOTE AS FAR AS IMPLEMENTING IT IMMEDIATELY.
SO I, AND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ACROSS THE BOARD, NOT JUST THE ARLINGTON FIELD AT THIS POINT.
SOUNDS, WELL, THERE'S THE ARLINGTON FIELD COST AT 75, BUT THEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT PAUSING THE ONE 50 TO 75 AS WELL.
SO WE ARE GOING TO, WHAT, WHAT I'M, I THINK WE NEED THE DATA BEFORE WE, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE TO WAIT TILL SEPTEMBER.
BECAUSE THIS WAS THIS DATA THAT GAVE US THIS, THIS INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE TO GIVE US NOW, IS IT NOT? I THINK SOME, I THINK SOME OF THE DATA THAT WE'RE WAITING ON IS THE OTHER FIELD SPORTS, THE, UH, BASEBALL, SOFTBALL, UM, SOME OF THOSE, IS THAT CORRECT? EXTRACTING EACH, EXTRACTING EACH OF THE SPORTS IS WHERE THE DIFFICULTY LIES.
IT WAS MORE OF A, A COMPREHENSIVE, WHAT DOES IT COST US TO MAINTAIN THE FIELDS AND, AND THEN DIVIDE THAT BY THE NUMBER OF PLAYERS TO DETERMINE HOW MUCH IT COSTS PER PLAYER TO MAINTAIN THE FIELDS.
IT'S OLD, IS WHAT HE'S SAYING.
SO THE COST WILL HAVE GONE UP.
WE HAVE, WELL, WE HAVE NOT, OKAY.
WE HAVE NOT ASSESSED IT SEPARATELY PER SPORT, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE, THAT'S WHAT WOULD HAPPEN OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS.
SO THE OPTION WOULD BE TO BRING BACK THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE ON THE EIGHTH, WHICH WOULD BE THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAD THAT INFORMED THE RATES THAT WERE DISCUSSED A COUPLE YEARS AGO.
AT THIS POINT, I THINK, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO KNOW HOW THIS DATA WAS DERIVED.
I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE IS IT ONE 50? IS IT 1 25? IS IT ONE? I'M, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO SEE THAT DATA AND THE NEW DATA BOTH.
WELL, UM, THERE, THERE IS NO VOTE TO BE TAKEN THIS EVENING.
SO WE HAVE GIVEN YOU THE FEEDBACK THAT WE, THAT I, I GUESS MY FIRST QUESTION IS, IS DID YOU GET THE FEEDBACK THAT YOU NEED, UM, TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OUR POLICIES? I WILL BRING BACK TO CITY COUNCIL THE DATA WE HAVE THAT DETERMINE THE FEES THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN PLACE, AND THEN IN SEPTEMBER WE WILL UPDATE THOSE FEES OR UPDATE THAT DATA BASED ON TODAY'S DOLLARS.
AND THEN I GUESS MY QUESTION TO COUNCIL IN THE MEANTIME ARE, ARE WE IN FAVOR OF FREEZING BECAUSE ALL OF THESE ENTITIES NEED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THESE SPORTS IN THE NEAR TERM.
DO WE HAVE INTEREST IN FREEZING THESE RATES, UM, FOR ONE MORE SEASON UNTIL WE HAVE THE DATA AND CAN MAKE A, AN INFORMED DECISION? YES.
SO WE'RE FREEZING 'EM AS OF THE INCREASE WE MADE THIS LAST YEAR? YES.
SO, UM, I GENERALLY SPEAKING, OR NOT, GENERALLY SPEAKING, THE, THE MAJORITY OF COUNCIL IS IN AGREEMENT WITH FREEZING THAT AT THE, THE, THESE CURRENT RATES OF $75 FIELD USE.
UM, I THINK THAT WE, UH, FOR INDEPENDENCE DAY, THE, UH, EARLY AND DISCOUNTED WRISTBANDS, I THINK THAT WE'RE IN AGREEMENT THAT THAT IS AN APPROPRIATE WAY TO MOVE FORWARD ON QUESTION OR ON TOPIC NUMBER TWO.
UM, AND IS THERE ADDITIONAL PARTICIPATION DATA? THERE IS PARTICIPATION DATA AND, AND THEN THERE IS COST DATA THAT, UH, THAT COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO HAVE TO BETTER INFORM ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS GOING FORWARD.
SO, UM, WE WILL, WE WILL, UM, WE WILL WITHHOLD THE INCREASE FOR THIS COMING SEASON.
MAYOR FOR MAYBE, MAYBE FOR THE SAKE OF THE RECORD AND POSTERITY, COULD WE DO A QUICK MOTION, BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THOSE INCREASES WERE ORDINANCE ADOPTED VIA ORDINANCE TO BE, UH, INCREASED.
SO I THINK A MOTION WOULD BE APPROPRIATE.
THEN I WILL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE HOLD OUR EXISTING, UH, 2025 FEE STRUCTURE FOR 2026.
IS, IS THAT FOR ALL SPORTS? FOR ALL SPORTS INCLUDING RECREATION CENTER? SWIMMING TEAM? INCLUDING RECREATION CENTER, THANK YOU.
UH, UM, FOR THE, A PERIOD OF, OF ONE YEAR PENDING, UH, AND WE WILL BE REVIEWING THIS GIVEN THE OUTCOME OF THE COST STUDY THAT WILL BE DUE IN SEPTEMBER.
IS THERE A SECOND? I WILL SECOND.
JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE MS. CRAM? NO.
MAYOR AROSE GROOMS. MR. KEELER?
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YES.UH, WE WILL LOOK FORWARD TO YOU ON AN AGENDA COMING SOMETIME IN SEPTEMBER OR IN THE, IN THE FALL.
THIS BRINGS US TO OUR Q2 PUBLIC SAFETY BRIEFING.
GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
UM, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE, UH, FROM THE PUBLIC OR FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY BRIEFING FOR Q2 OF 2026.
UM, JUST AS A REMINDER, OUR GOALS FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR 2026 IS CRITICAL INCIDENT PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE THEFT REDUCTION, IMPROVING OVERALL TRAFFIC SAFETY, PROACTIVE AND COLLABORATIVE COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT.
AND THEN EFFECTIVELY ADDRESSING ISSUES OF COMMUNITY CONCERN, UH, AS WE TALK ABOUT THE GOAL MEASUREMENTS AND METRICS THAT WE TRACK, UH, TO, UH, CONTINUE TO, UH, GUIDE OUR SUCCESS AND STRATEGIES AND TACTICS FOR ACHIEVING THESE GOALS.
UH, AGAIN, THE INFORMATION IS SHARED EVERY MONTH IN THE CITY MANAGER REPORT.
UH, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UM, FOR CLARITY'S SAKE, ANYBODY, UH, REVIEWING THIS MATERIAL, THESE COMPARATIVES ARE FOR THE SAME TIME PERIODS EACH YEAR.
SO THE INFORMATION, UH, THAT WE'RE SHARING THIS EVENING WAS, UH, THE DATA WE'VE COLLECTED THROUGH OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT PLANNER AND THROUGH OUR ACTIVITIES UP TO MAY 1ST, 2026.
UM, CERTAINLY, UH, PLEASED TO CONTINUE TO SHARE THAT DUBLIN IS A VERY SAFE COMMUNITY AND WE WORK HARD IN PARTNERSHIP, CERTAINLY WITH THE COMMUNITY AND OUR PUBLIC SAFETY PARTNERS IN DUBLIN TO ENSURE THAT THAT IS THE CASE.
AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT TRENDS FOR OUR MEASUREMENTS AND METRICS FOR 2026, WE CONTINUE TO SEE A DECREASE IN OVERALL THEFT DEFENSES, UH, THEFT FROM VEHICLES AND MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT AND ATTEMPTED THEFT COMPARATIVE TO THE SAME TIME PERIOD LAST YEAR.
UM, WE ARE TRACKING SOME, UH, SOME SMALL INCREASES IN BREAKING AND ENTERING AND BURGLARY OFFENSES.
AGAIN, EACH OF THESE OCCURRENCES WE KNOW AFFECT THOSE WHO ARE IMPACTED BY THOSE INCIDENTS, UH, SIGNIFICANTLY.
SO WE DO PAY ATTENTION AS THOSE EVEN, UH, TEND TO UPTICK, UH, IN SMALL DEGREES, UH, BUT HAVE GOOD INFORMATION TO SHARE IN OUR RESPONSIVENESS TO THOSE TRENDS AS WE TALK THROUGH THE PRESENTATION THIS EVENING.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANNA KEEP AN EYE ON FROM, UH, THE TRAFFIC CRASH PERSPECTIVE AND THE TRAFFIC SAFETY OVI CRASHES COMPARATIVE TO THIS SAME TIME PERIOD LAST YEAR.
UM, WE DID SEE WHAT WE WOULD CONSIDER A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE THERE.
SO I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PAYING ATTENTION TO THAT TREND.
UM, BUT ALSO WE'LL REPORT AS WE GO THROUGH THE PRESENTATION THIS EVENING ON OUR EFFORTS, UH, IN OVI ENFORCEMENT.
AND CERTAINLY, UH, THE, THAT IS AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF US MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE IN THE RIGHT PLACES AT THE RIGHT TIMES AND LOOKING FOR THE RIGHT ACTIVITY TO PREVENT ANY HARM TO THE PUBLIC FROM A CRITICAL INCIDENT PREPAREDNESS.
UH, AS OUR FIRST GOAL FOR THE PRESENTATION THIS EVENING, UH, WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF, UH, WHAT WE'VE EXPERIENCED AS SWATTING OR HOAX THREATS, UH, IN DUBLIN OVER THE SAME TIME PERIOD THAT OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND OTHER FACILITIES ACROSS THE STATE AND HAVE EXPERIENCED SIMILAR ACTIVITY.
UM, BUT VERY PROUD OF OUR TEAM, CERTAINLY AND THOSE PARTNERS.
IT, UH, THE FACILITIES THAT HAVE RECEIVED THESE, THESE HOAX THREATS IN BEING PREPARED TO SHARE THE INFORMATION AND WORK THROUGH AND NAVIGATE THE RIGHT RESPONSE FOR EACH OF THESE SITUATIONS SPECIFICALLY AND INDIVIDUALLY, BUT, UH, CONTINUE TO STAY PREPARED, UH, AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ADDRESS THOSE, UH, EACH WITH INTENTION AND HOLD ACCOUNTABLE PEOPLE WHO ARE INVOLVED WHEN WE ARE ABLE TO, UH, FROM A PREPARATION PERSPECTIVE.
IN APRIL, WE HELD ANOTHER PARTNERED CONVERSATION AND A TABLETOP EXERCISE WITH THE WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, UH, FIRE DEPARTMENT LEADERSHIP TEAM AND OUR SUPERVISORY TEAM FOR OUR APRIL STAFF MEETING.
AND THAT CONVERSATION, UH, CERTAINLY PAID DIVIDENDS SHORTLY INTO MAY AS WE EXPERIENCED A FIRE AT THE ASHERTON APARTMENTS.
UM, AND REALLY PROUD, CERTAINLY OF THE, UH, THE MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WHO CALLED THAT IN EARLY AND REPORTED THAT SO THAT WE COULD GET, UH, FIRST RESPONDERS ON THE WAY.
UM, PROUD OF OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM FOR GETTING THE INFORMATION OUT AND GETTING THE RIGHT EQUIPMENT SENT, UH, AND THANKFUL FOR WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP'S, UH, PARTNERSHIP AND THEIR QUICK RESPONSE.
AND AS I REVIEWED THE VIDEO FROM OUR RESPONSE TO THE INCIDENT, PROUD OF OUR OFFICERS FOR, UH, LEANING INTO AND MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF THOSE APARTMENTS WERE EVACUATED IMMEDIATELY, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE WAS SAFE AND THAT FIRE PERSONNEL COULD THEN WORK ON CONTAINING THAT FIRE AND, AND MAKING SURE THAT EVERYONE MADE IT THROUGH THAT SITUATION, UH, SAFELY.
UH, BUT AGAIN, THANKFUL FOR THAT CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP AND CONVERSATION WITH, UH, THE WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THEIR INVITATION FOR US TO CONTINUE THOSE TABLETOP EXERCISES.
UM, AS WE TALK ABOUT, UH, POLICE REPORTS AND CRIME TRENDS, UH, AS I SAID, WE HAVE A STAFF MEETING WITH OUR SUPERVISORS EVERY MONTH, UH, TO TALK ABOUT THE ACTIVITIES, OUR STRATEGIES AND TACTICS AND, UH, OUR PROGRESS AT ACHIEVING THESE GOALS.
AND WHAT I WANTED TO SHARE, UH, WITH, UH, COUNCIL TONIGHT IS THE SAME CONVERSATION I HAD WITH OUR SUPERVISORY TEAM.
THE DIFFICULTY REALLY IS, IS PICKING OUT THE HIGHLIGHTS, UH, EACH QUARTER TO, TO SHARE HERE, BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH GOOD WORK THAT'S BEING DONE THROUGH THEIR LEADERSHIP AND THE COMMITMENT OF OUR MEMBERS AND, AND CERTAINLY THE PARTNERSHIPS WE SHARE WITH THE COMMUNITY, AND ADDRESSING THESE ISSUES AND REPORTS OF TRENDS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UH, AND THIS IS JUST A SMALL SAMPLING OF, UH, HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE LAST QUARTER, UM, UH, THE, THE TOP BULLET THERE, UH, AGAIN, HIGHLIGHTING THE DRONE AS FIRST RESPONDER PROGRAM AND IDENTIFYING, UH, INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE ATTEMPTING TO TAKE, TAKE A TRAILER.
UM, NOT ONLY WERE WE ABLE TO PREVENT THAT, UH,
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OCCASION FROM, OR THAT THEFT FROM OCCURRING IN THAT OCCASION, BUT ALSO TO HOLD ACCOUNTABLE THE INDIVIDUALS INVOLVED IN THAT OFFENSE.UM, THE NEXT COUPLE OF BULLET POINTS, AS WE TALK ABOUT TRENDS IN BREAKING AND ENTERING OR BURGLARY OFFENSES, UM, WE CERTAINLY WORK HARD TO, UH, TO PREVENT THOSE ACTIVITIES, BUT WHEN THEY DO OCCUR, UM, WORK RELENTLESSLY TO HOLD ACCOUNTABLE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE INVOLVED IN THOSE.
AND SO THOSE ARE HIGHLIGHTS OF A COUPLE OF OCCASIONS AT THE SHOPS OF RIDGE RI, RIVER RIDGE, UH, AND THEN A SEPARATE OCCASION AT AUBREY LOOP, UH, FOR A BURGLARY AND BREAKING AND AREA OFFENSE WHERE OFFICERS WERE ABLE TO RESPOND QUICKLY AND AGAIN, HOLD ACCOUNTABLE INDIVIDUALS INVOLVED IN THAT ACTIVITY.
UH, IN, UH, WE WE'RE CERTAINLY GRATEFUL FOR THE PARTNERSHIP IN OUR COMMUNITY TO CALL US WHEN THEY SEE SOMETHING THAT STANDS OUT THAT WE HAVE CONCERN ABOUT.
UH, IN THE ASHFORD ROAD, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD LAST MONTH, WE HAD A CALL ABOUT POTENTIAL, UH, VEHICLE THEFT FROM VEHICLE ACTIVITY.
OUR OFFICERS QUICKLY RESPOND AND WERE ABLE TO RECOVER A STOLEN VEHICLE AND HOLD ACCOUNTABLE A COUPLE OF INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE INVOLVED, UH, JUVENILE SUSPECTS WHO WERE INVOLVED IN THOSE OFFENSES.
UH, AND THEN THAT LAST BULLET POINT, UM, DETECTIVE VIC HAS PARTNERED, UH, ON THE FBI, UH, TASK FORCE IN OUR CENTRAL OHIO REGION INVESTIGATING CYBER CRIME CASES.
AND, AND THIS OCCASION IN PARTICULAR, WAS INVOLVED IN, IN SUPPORTING AN INVESTIGATION THAT WAS THE CONVERSE FIRST CONVICTION UNDER THE FEDERAL TAKE IT DOWN ACT, UH, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THAT TASK FORCE.
SO GRATEFUL FOR HIS PARTNERSHIP, THE SUPPORT RESOURCES WE GET FOR THE OCCASIONS WE NEED THEM FOR INVESTIGATIONS THAT ARE PRINCIPLED TO DUBLIN, UM, BUT ALSO, UH, THANKFUL FOR HIS CONTINUED, UH, LEAN INTO MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE APPRISED OF THE TRENDS THAT ARE OCCURRING, UH, AND MAKING SURE THAT, UH, WHEN WE CAN HOLD ACCOUNTABLE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE INVOLVED IN THOSE OFFENSES THAT WE DO.
SO, UH, FROM A THEFT PREVENTION EFFORT, UH, UM, THERE ARE STILL MORE OCCASIONS THAN WE WOULD WANT WHERE FIREARMS HAVE GONE MISSING, UH, FROM VEHICLES.
AND SO, UM, LAST WEEK, UH, AGAIN, AS A TESTAMENT TO THE CONTINUED, UM, UH, DISCUSSION ABOUT REMOVING FIREARMS, WE HAD A, A BURGLARY OFFENSE THAT CERTAINLY WAS A DISCONCERTING INCIDENT, UM, THAT INVOLVED A FIREARM AND, AND TO YOUNG PEOPLE WHO CAME INTO POSSESSION OF THAT, UM, THROUGH MEANS THAT WERE NOT LEGAL, UH, WE WERE GRATEFUL THAT WE QUICKLY RESPONDED, IDENTIFIED THOSE INDIVIDUALS INVOLVED, AND HAD THE, UH, SUSPECTS IDENTIFIED IN CUSTODY.
ALL OF THE PROPERTY RETURNED, UH, IN THAT SITUATION RESOLVED WITHIN 12 HOURS.
SO, REALLY REMARKABLE WORK BY OUR OFFICERS AND DETECTIVES IN THE COMMUNITY IMPACT UNIT.
UM, WHAT WE WOULD CONTINUE TO EMPHASIZE IN ORDER TO AVOID THE OCCASIONS WHERE THAT OCCURS, WE WOULD, UH, CONTINUE TO IMPLORE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO REMOVE FIREARMS FROM THEIR VEHICLES.
SO THEY DO NOT GO MISSING ON THE OCCASIONS WHERE VEHICLES ARE ARE ENTERED.
UH, WE WANTED TO GIVE AN UPDATE QUICKLY ON THE BUSINESS DISTRICT ACTIVITY AND THEIR SECOND YEAR OF OPERATION.
SO CERTAINLY STAY VERY ACTIVE AND PARTNERED, UH, WITH THE BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS, UH, IN THE BRIDGE PARK AREA.
UM, UH, UH, OFFICER LOU ALTMEYER IS OUR NEWEST ADDITION TO THE BUSINESS DISTRICT UNIT.
WE HAD A PROMOTION FROM THAT TEAM.
UH, UH, SERGEANT DOEY HAS NOW, UM, BEEN PROMOTED, SO HE LEFT THAT TEAM.
BUT, UH, UH, OFFICER ALTMEYER HAS, HAS TAKING UP HIS ROLE AND CERTAINLY LEANING INTO ALL OF THOSE ENGAGEMENTS AND CONTINUED ACTIVITY, UH, FOR THAT TEAM AS THEY SEE CONTINUED SUCCESS IN THE BUSINESS DISTRICT AREA.
DURING OUR LAST PRESENTATION, THERE WAS A QUESTION, UH, FROM COUNCIL MEMBER LAMB, UH, AS AN UPDATE ON THE, UM, AUTONOMOUS ROBOT IN THE ROCKCREST PARKING GARAGE.
SO WE WANTED TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE.
I ASKED, UH, DEPUTY CHIEF LATTANZI AND SERGEANT KIRBY, UH, TO PROVIDE AN ASSESSMENT ON THAT PILOT PROGRAM.
UM, AND WHAT, AND IT WAS AN HONEST ASSESSMENT AND REFLECTION ON THE TECHNOLOGY AND THE LEVERAGE OF THAT TECHNOLOGY.
I'M SO GRATEFUL THAT WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEAN INTO AND ASSESS THE UTILIZATION IN THE ROCKCREST PARKING GARAGE.
AND WHAT WE DID FIND, THOUGH, WAS A, AN HONESTNESS REFLECTION OF IT, IS THERE WAS A LOT OF DOWNTIME, UH, THAT WE, UH, WE HAD TO WORK THROUGH AND NAVIGATE.
THERE WERE SOME DEPLOYMENTS OF VERY SPECIFIC TECHNOLOGY THAT WE HAD TO WAIT ON THAT DIDN'T QUITE WORK AS WELL AS WE HAD HOPED OR INTENDED.
UM, IT REQUIRED A LOT OF STAFF TIME BECAUSE, UH, OF THOSE, UM, THOSE HICCUPS, UH, IN THE PILOT PROGRAM, AND, AND REALISTICALLY, WE WERE SPENDING MORE TIME THAN WE ANTICIPATED IN MANAGING THAT PROJECT.
UM, SO, UH, ULTIMATELY WHAT WE ASSESSED IS THAT WHAT WE ENVISIONED AND THEN WHAT WE OPERATIONALLY EXPERIENCED WE'RE PROBABLY TOO FAR APART, UH, TO JUSTIFY THE CONTINUATION OF THAT PROGRAM.
UH, SO WE HAVE, UH, AT THIS POINT, UH, CONCLUDED THAT PILOT WITH THAT, UH, VENDOR PARTICULARLY, BUT WE'LL CONTINUE TO CONSIDER ANY TECHNOLOGIES WE COULD IMPLEMENT TO HELP AUGMENT THE WORK THAT OUR, UH, OFFICERS ARE DOING THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.
UH, ON THE OTHER SIDE OF TECHNOLOGY PROJECTS, THOUGH, I WANT TO GIVE, UH, AN ENCOURAGING UPDATE ON THE DRONE AS FIRST RESPONDER.
UM, AND I JUST HAD TO CHECK THIS, I, I TEXTED, UH, DEPUTY CHIEF LATTANZI TO MAKE SURE THIS NUMBER WAS RIGHT.
SO THAT 585 DEPLOYMENTS, IT, IT SAYS YEAR TO DATE, THAT'S ACTUALLY SINCE THE START OF THE PROGRAM LAST YEAR.
UM, BUT THE NUMBER FOR YEAR TO DATE IS 212.
SO WE ARE STILL GETTING REGULAR, UM, UTILIZATION OUT OF THE PROGRAM, UM, PROVIDING CRITICAL INFORMATION FOR FIRE PERSONNEL AND POLICE RESPONDING TO, UH, TO INCIDENTS, UM, TO ADDRESS TRAFFIC CONCERNS.
AND CERTAINLY FOR THE OCCASIONS WHERE THERE'S AN EMERGENCY THAT EXISTS.
UM, OUR PROGRAM CONTINUES TO GET SUPPORT AND
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RECOGNIZED ACROSS THE STATE.AND DEPUTY CHIEF LAAN AND SERGEANT CLARK, UH, PRESENTED, UH, THE ON THE CITY OF DUBLIN'S FIRST DUBLIN, UH, DRONE AS FIRST RESPONDER PROGRAM AT THE OHIO ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC SAFETY DIRECTORS AT THE CONFERENCE ON MAY 8TH.
SO, A, A NUMBER OF COMMUNITIES HAVE REACHED OUT TO US TO EITHER COME AND TAKE A LOOK AT THE PROGRAM OR TO GET INFORMATION ABOUT, UH, OUR DRONE AS FIRST RESPONDERS PROGRAM.
AND JUST AS A TESTAMENT IN, IN THE LAST, UM, COUPLE OF WEEKS, UH, ONE OF THOSE, UM, SWATTING INCIDENTS, UH, SERGEANT CLARK WAS ABLE TO LAUNCH, LAUNCH THE DRONE AS FIRST RESPONDER FROM HOME, UH, THAT EVENING, UH, HEARING ABOUT THE INCIDENT AND BE, AND, AND WAS ABLE TO SUPPORT OUR RESPONSE TO THAT INCIDENT AND THE SAFETY OF THE OFFICERS AND THE COMMUNITY.
UM, AND REALLY AS THE TECHNOLOGY CONTINUES TO, UH, TO, UH, PROGRESS FOR US, UH, AN EXCEPTIONAL TOOL.
AND SO WE WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THAT.
UM, ADDITIONALLY, LAST WEEK, WE HAD AN INCIDENT IN ONE OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS WHERE A STUDENT, UM, LEFT THE BUILDING HAVING A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFICULT DAY.
AND WHILE THERE WAS STAFF WHO HAD THE STUDENT, UM, WITHIN SIGHT, UM, WE LAUNCHED THE DRONE AND SOURCE RESPONDER AS AN ADDITIONAL MECHANISM TO KEEP AN EYE, SHOULD THERE BE ANY DISCONNECT BETWEEN, UM, THE, THE SCHOOL STAFF AND FINDING THAT YOUNG PERSON BEFORE OFFICERS WERE ABLE TO GET, UM, TO THEM AND SA AND SAFELY MAKE SURE THAT THEY GOT BACK TO SCHOOL.
SO A NUMBER OF, OF DIFFERENT WAYS THAT THE PROGRAM CONTINUES TO PROVE SUCCESS.
UH, AND SO THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT OF, OF THAT CONTINUED TECHNOLOGY FROM TRAFFIC SAFETY TRENDS.
OUR OFFICERS CONTINUE TO BE IN THE RIGHT PLACES, IN THE RIGHT TIMES, AT THE RIGHT REASONS.
UM, OUR FOCUS ON TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT, UH, THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY CONTINUES, UH, TO BE AN INTENTIONAL FOCUS ON SPEEDING.
UM, BUT ALSO AS WE TALKED ABOUT THE OVI CONCERNS, UM, WITH TRAFFIC CRASHES, UM, OUR OFFICERS ENGAGED AND INVESTED IN MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE ON THE ROADWAY WHO COULD HAVE DIFFICULTY THEMSELVES OR CAUSED DIFFICULTY FOR OTHERS ON THE ROADWAY, UM, ARE HELD ACCOUNTABLE, BUT ALSO MADE SAFE.
UH, IT CERTAINLY CONTINUED, UH, FOCUS FOR OUR OFFICERS WORKING THE EVENING HOURS AND, AND THROUGHOUT THE DAY, FRANKLY, 'CAUSE THOSE INCIDENTS CAN OCCUR ANYTIME OF THE DAY FROM OUR TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT UNIT.
WANTED TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON, UH, THE TRAFFIC COMPLAINTS THAT OUR TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT UNIT, UH, CONTINUES TO INVESTIGATE.
AND AGAIN, EVERYBODY WHO CALLS IN GETS A PERSONAL PHONE CALL BACK FROM THAT TEAM TO MAKE SURE WE COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND WHAT THE CONCERNS ARE IN THE COMMUNITY, UH, AND THEN THE FOCUSED ATTENTION THAT EACH OF THOSE DESERVE.
UM, RESULTING IN, AGAIN, 1,241 TRAFFIC STOPS AND, AND 710 CITATIONS FOR VARIOUS OFFENSES, INCLUDING SPEEDING THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.
UH, AND THEN THE UPDATED LOCATION OF OUR SPEED WARNING CAMERAS ON RINGS, ROAD, POST ROAD, AND DUNKER PARK.
WE DO HAVE ONE OF THOSE, UH, CAMERAS, WHICH IS, UH, BEING, UH, JUST, UH, WORKING THROUGH SOME TECHNOLOGY ISSUES TO GET DEPLOYED TO THE COMMUNITY, UH, HERE IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
UH, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE GAVE AN UPDATE ON THE NOISE ORDINANCE AND OUR EFFORTS AND ACTIVITY IN ADDRESSING THOSE CONCERNS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UH, OUR, UH, UH, OFF OUR, OUR OFFICERS AND SERGEANT KIRBY AND SERGEANT DABNEY HAVE, UH, LOOKED FOR TECHNOLOGY TO HELP, UH, LEVERAGE, UH, FOR THOSE OCCASIONS WHERE WE'RE ADDRESSING THOSE OFFENSES.
SO WE HAVE PURCHASED SIX DECIBEL READERS, UM, WHICH, UH, SERGEANT KIRBY MADE SURE WERE COMPLIANT WITH THE OHIO REVISED CODE, UH, FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF THAT TYPE OF ACTIVITY, UH, CONSISTENT, UH, WITH THE AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARD INSTITUTE ON, UH, UH, SPECIFICATIONS FOR SOUND LEVEL METERS.
I HAD TO LOOK THAT UP TO MAKE SURE I GOT ALL OF THAT CORRECT.
BUT HE DID ALL THE, UH, THE, UH, WORK IN RESEARCH TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PURCHASE THE RIGHT EQUIPMENT.
UH, HE'S DONE THE TRAINING WITH OUR OFFICERS.
UM, SO FAR, UH, WE HAVE, UH, 23 TOTAL STOPS FOR NOISE RELATED OFFENSES, SPECIFICALLY SIX CITATIONS AND 17 WARNINGS.
UM, WE HAVE WORKED SPECIFIC CAMPAIGNS, UH, AND WILL CONTINUE TO, FOR ENFORCEMENT OF THAT TYPE OF ACTIVITY ACROSS THE COMMUNITY, OUR FIRST OF WHICH WAS ON MAY 9TH IN THE BRIDGE PARK AREA.
UH, AND THEN AGAIN, AS A TESTAMENT TO BEING IN THE RIGHT PLACES TO ADDRESS THAT ACTIVITY ON SATURDAY NIGHT, UM, SERGEANT KOVAC AND THE COMMUNITY IMPACT UNIT AND THE PATROL TEAM, UH, WORKED TOGETHER AND, UH, WORKED FOR A, A COUPLE HOUR PERIOD ON SATURDAY EVENING, MAKING 22 STOPS IN THE BRIDGE PARK AREA.
UM, AND JUST, IT'S, UH, OCCASIONALLY IT'S REALLY NICE TO HEAR FROM THE RESIDENTS, UM, THAT THEY SEE THE EFFORT AND APPRECIATE IT.
SO WE DID GET A COMPLIMENT FROM ONE OF THE BRIDGE PARK RESIDENTS WHO HAS CERTAINLY PROVIDED US, UH, SOME PERSPECTIVE ON THE CONCERNS THAT THEY HAVE WITH REGULARITY, BUT, UH, WAS CERTAINLY APPRECIATIVE THIS WEEKEND OF SEEING THE ACTIVITY AND, AND THE IMPACT THAT WE'RE HAVING FROM A COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT FOR GOAL FOUR.
UM, AS WE TALK ABOUT SCOTERS AND BIKES AND SMALL MOBILITY DEVICES, UM, WE CONTINUE TO EMPHASIZE, UH, THE EDUCATION ON THE FRONT END OF, UH, THAT ACTIVITY.
UH, WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT, UH, DEPUTY CHIEF TABER AND JEANNIE, UH, FOR, UH, UH, PRESENTING THE LINK AHEAD, UH, PODCAST, WHICH WAS RELEASED ON MAY 7TH.
UM, AND JUST AS A REFLECTION OF THE ENGAGEMENT WITH ACT ACTIVITY, OR I'M SORRY, WITH THAT, UH, PODCAST, THERE ARE MORE THAN 500 DOWNLOADS OF THAT SPECIFIC PODCAST, WHICH IS ABOUT DOUBLE WHAT WE, UM, UH, ACCORDING TO COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING ABOUT DOUBLE WHAT WE NORMALLY SEE.
UM, WHICH IS, AGAIN, NOT JUST, UH, THE VOLUME, BUT THE ENGAGEMENT WITH THE INFORMATION THAT WE ARE PUTTING OUT.
UH, UH, SPECIFIC TO E SCOOTERS, BIKES, AND SMALL MOBILITY DEVICES.
UM, WE INTENDED TO RELEASE THE NEW BIKE
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MAP, UH, UPDATE AT THE BIKE ROAD.UNFORTUNATELY, WE ONLY GOT ABOUT 20 MINUTES INTO THAT, UH, THAT ACTIVITY ON THAT SATURDAY DUE TO THE WEATHER.
BUT WE WILL CONTINUE TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION, UH, FROM THE SCHOOL'S PERSPECTIVE.
UH, NUMBER OF THINGS THAT WE'VE, UH, CONTINUED TO WORK WITH THE SCHOOLS IN PARTNERSHIP IN SHARING THE SAFETY MESSAGING THROUGH DISTRICTWIDE PRINCIPAL NEWSLETTERS.
UH, AND THEN AS WE HAD THE, UH, BRING A KID TO WORKDAY PRODUCED A FLYER SO THAT, UH, UH, THOSE THAT WERE PARTICIPATING IN AN EVENT AND THEIR PARENTS RECEIVED THE SAME INFORMATION.
UH, AS WE MOVE FORWARD, UH, FOR RESOURCES AND TOOLS, WE'LL CONTINUE TO LEVERAGE THE ONLINE RESOURCES THAT EXIST, THE WEEKLY E-NEWS, UH, LETTER TO RESIDENTS, UH, AND NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS AND SCHOOLS.
AND THEN CURRENTLY IN DESIGN, WE'RE WORKING THROUGH A RACK CARD WITH A SUMMARY OF RULES AND MOTORIZED ABOUT MOTORIZED DEVICES, UH, AND THEN A, UH, DUBLIN RIDE GUIDE AS WELL TO PROVIDE AS WE MOVE FORWARD FOR FUTURE EDUCATION.
IN ADDITION, FROM OUR COMMUNITY EDUCATION UNIT, UH, THEY'VE BEEN WORKING, UH, OFFICER COCHRAN, WHO IS THE SRO AT KAUFMAN HIGH SCHOOL, HAS BEEN WORKING ON A RIDE MATRIX TOOL, UH, TO BE ABLE TO INPUT CATEGORIES AND TO GET INFORMATION BACK SO THAT PARENTS WHO WILL MAYBE BE CURIOUS ABOUT DEVICES AND THEIR LEGALITY WITHIN, UH, THE CITY OF DUBLIN.
AND WITH THE, THE LAWS THAT EXIST PRESENTLY, UH, CAN GET FEEDBACK ON THOSE RULES AND DEVICES.
UM, THE BICYCLE AND MICRO MOBILITY SAFETY EDUCATION INTEGRATION INTO PROGRAMMING AT THE REC CENTER AND IN SAFETY CITY, UH, IS UPCOMING AS WE MOVE INTO THE SUMMER.
AND THEN OUR BIKE OFFICERS AND SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS WILL BE CONDUCTING EDUCATION THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY AS WE MOVE INTO THE SUMMER.
UM, WHAT WE WOULD ASK, AND I KNOW, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CRAM HAS, UH, ASKED THIS IN THE PAST, HOW DO, HOW DO WE REPORT THE, UH, PLACES WHERE YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE US, UH, DELIVER THAT EDUCATION, AND CERTAINLY ADDRESS THE CONCERNS THAT EXIST AROUND THIS ACTIVITY.
UM, WE WOULD ASK THAT YOU CONTINUE TO CALL THE PUBLIC, CONTINUE TO CALL THE NON-EMERGENCY NUMBER, UH, FOR, UH, NRE TO SHARE WITH US.
UM, WE ALREADY HAVE COLLECTED SOME LOCATIONS THAT WE'D LIKE TO FOCUS OUR ACTIVITY, UM, STARTING OUT IN THE SUMMER, INCLUDING, UH, THE ARNERY.
UM, IT SEEMS TO BE A LOCATION WHERE WE'VE SEEN SOME GATHERING OF DEVICES.
UM, OUR, UH, POOLS, WE INTEND TO SPEND SOME TIME AT THE POOLS AS, AS KIDS TRAVEL, THE POOLS, AS THEY'RE OPEN NOW, UM, IN BRIDGE PARK.
UH, AND THEN, UM, ASHERTON APARTMENTS HAS BEEN, UH, ONE OF THE LOCATIONS WHERE, UM, WE'VE SEEN ENOUGH TRAVEL THAT WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE SPEND SOME TIME THERE.
SO IF THERE ARE ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS, WE WOULD ASK JUST THAT, UH, THE PUBLIC REACH OUT TO US SO THAT WE CAN FOCUS OUR INTENTION AND EFFORTS, UH, IN THOSE LOCATIONS TO EDUCATE, UH, ANYONE WHO MIGHT STILL BE, UH, UH, LEARNING THE MESSAGE.
AND THEN FROM, I'M SORRY, AND FROM AN ENFORCEMENT PERSPECTIVE, UM, WHILE WE HAVE LEANED FORWARD HEAVY ON THE EDUCATION AT THE FRONT END, WE HAVE HAD A FEW OCCASIONS WHERE WE'VE HAD TO ISSUE CITATIONS EITHER BECAUSE OF, UM, SAFETY CONCERNS OR BECAUSE OF REPEATED BEHAVIOR.
SO, UM, WE HOPE THAT THE EDUCATION, UH, PERMEATES, UH, UH, TO A PLACE WHERE EVERYBODY HAS AN UNDERSTANDING.
BUT, UM, I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT WE HAVE HAD SOME ACTIVITY FOR ENFORCING THAT AS WELL, TOO, UM, SHOULD YOU RECEIVE QUESTIONS.
UH, AND THEN LASTLY, UM, ISSUES OF SIGNIFICANT COMMUNITY CONCERN.
UH, I WANT TO THANK, UH, DEPUTY CHIEF TABER, UH, RO AND THE DUBLIN WELLNESS ALLIANCE FOR HELPING BRING TOGETHER, UH, THE COMMUNITY TO TALK ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH, UH, AND CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE RESOURCES THAT EXIST AND ENCOURAGING PEOPLE, UH, TO REACH OUT AND ASK FOR ASSISTANCE.
UH, BECAUSE DUBLIN IS WELL POSITIONED, UH, AND CERTAINLY IN CENTRAL OHIO, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF RESOURCES.
WHAT WE WANNA DO IS REDUCE ANY STIGMA, UH, THAT MIGHT EXIST FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE IN NEED OF SUPPORT, A A AND, UH, ENCOURAGE THEM, UH, TO RAISE THEIR HAND, UM, TO REACH OUT AND SO THAT WE CAN BE GOOD PARTNERS IN MENTAL HEALTH, UH, AND THE PREVENTION OF THE SAFETY CONCERNS THAT MIGHT EXIST, UH, IF, UH, THOSE SITUATIONS GO, UH, UNADDRESSED.
SO, UM, THAT IS THE LAST OF THE PRESENTATION I HAVE, BUT I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, UH, COUNSEL MAY HAVE.
CHIEF COMMENTS? I WOULD SAY, JUST REAL QUICK, THE MICRO MOBILITY, DEVICE ENFORCEMENT COMMUNICATION EDUCATION, I THINK IT'S JUST GONNA TAKE TIME.
UM, I'M STILL SEEING WHAT I WOULD CALL OFFENDERS OR OFFENSES.
UM, THEY'RE JUST SO PREVALENT AND, AND FRANKLY, I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE CONFUSED, INCLUDING MYSELF, AS TO WHICH DEVICES ARE ALLOWED WHERE.
SO I THINK IT'S JUST GONNA TAKE REPETITION.
THERE'S, I HAD ONE, UH, SO ONE SUGGESTION, UM, ON THE EDUCATION FOR THE E-BIKES, I SEE A LOT OF KIDS RIDING THEM FROM, I GUESS THEY LIVE EAST OF SAW MILL ROAD, AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE GOING TO PRACTICE, THEY'RE GOING TO PRACTICE AT THE ATHLETIC FIELD, AND I THINK AS THE SUMMER COMES AND THEY HAVE SUMMER CAMPS, UM, OR THEN IT COME AUGUST 1ST WHEN THEY HAVE TWO A DAY PRACTICES AT THE FOOTBALL FIELD OR WHATEVER.
IF WE CAN GET INFORMATION PERHAPS TO THE COACHES OR TO THE PEOPLE HOLDING THOSE CAMPS, UM, TO PASS OUT INFORMATION OR SOMETHING, I THINK THAT WOULD BE GOOD TO, TO DO.
YEAH, THAT'S EXCELLENT SUGGESTION.
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SO THE NUMBER OF TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED.SO ACCORDING TO THE CHART, THE TRA THE TRAFFIC CRASH REPORTS FOR 2026 ARE UP AT 2 32, AND WE'RE ONLY FIVE MONTHS IN, AND ALL OF 24 WAS 2 22, AND 25 WAS 2 23.
NO, AND THAT'S, UM, SO THANK YOU FOR, UH, FOR ASKING THAT QUESTION.
SO THESE ARE COMPARATIVE TO THE SAME TIMEFRAMES AS LAST YEAR.
SO, UH, FOR AN EXAMPLE, WE HAD 232 RECORDED UP TO THE BEGINNING OF MAY OF MAY LAST YEAR, JANUARY TO MAY LAST YEAR.
AND WE GET THAT QUESTION, UM, PERIODICALLY.
AND SO THAT'S, UM, WHY I TRY TO EMPHASIZE THAT IT'S THE SAME COMPARATIVE TIMEFRAME YEAR AGO BECAUSE YEAH, BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE CONCERNING IF YOU WERE ALREADY IN EXCESS.
I WROTE AS YEAR, LIKE OKAY, GOT IT.
'CAUSE I WAS LIKE, WAIT A MINUTE, WHY IS THAT NUMBER SO OFF? OKAY.
AND, AND, AND WE ARE TRENDING.
UM, AND WE CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THAT AND THEN LOOK AT SPECIFIC TRENDS FOR INJURY, UM, CRASHES, UH, PARTICULARLY, AND THEN THE OVI.
UM, SO WE, THAT IS SOMETHING WE'RE PAYING ATTENTION TO, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, COMPARATIVE NINE MORE THAN WE HAD LAST YEAR, WHICH CERTAINLY NEVER.
OKAY, SO IT'S, YEAH, I WAS THINKING IT WAS, THAT WAS HOW MANY WE HAD FOR THE WHOLE YEAR, AND THEN WE'VE HAD THAT MANY SO FAR.
UM, FOLLOW UP QUESTION TO THAT CHIEF.
FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN, GREAT WORK BY THE DUBLIN POLICE AND WITH YOUR LEADERSHIP, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE FANTASTIC WORK THAT YOU GUYS DO.
BUT FOLLOW UP QUESTION TO THE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS, DO YOU GUYS ALSO ALSO LOOK AT THE ETIOLOGY FOR THE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS? LIKE IS IT DISTRACTED DRIVERS? IS IT DEER RUNNING OUT? IS IT, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT THE CAUSES ARE, UH, AS PART OF THE ANALYSIS THAT YOU DO? YEAH, WE DO.
THEY TEND TO BE, UM, THE SAME CONTRIBUTORS NOW, FRANKLY, THAT SOMETIMES AS A PRODUCT OF WHAT WE ARE ABLE TO DEFINITIVELY SAY WHEN WE INVESTIGATE A CRASH.
SO WHILE THERE MAY BE CONTRIBUTING FACTORS THAT, THAT, UM, COMPILE TO ADD TO AN ACCIDENT, WHAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO TELL AT THE END OF IT IS ASSURED CLEAR DISTANCE AHEAD IS HOW THE CRASH OCCURRED.
SO THERE MAY BE OTHER ELEMENTS THAT CONTRIBUTE, BUT WHAT WE REFLECTIVELY SEE ARE SOMETIMES THE THINGS THAT WE CAN OBJECTIVELY, ABSOLUTELY SAY CAUSED THE CRASH FOR THAT CITATION.
BUT THAT IS INFORMATION THAT WE TAKE A LOOK AT IN, IN DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE CITY, TRY TO DISCERN WHAT EXACTLY IS CONTRIBUTING THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO TARGET AS A, AN OFFENSE, A TRAFFIC OFFENSE, UM, SO THAT WE CAN FOCUS OUR TIME AND ACTIVITY IN CHANGING THE RIGHT BEHAVIOR.
FRANKLY, I MEAN, SPEED IS ONE THAT THE LESS TIME YOU HAVE TO REACT, THE MORE LIKELIHOOD THAT A CRASH MAY OCCUR, WHICH IS WHY WE FOCUS SO HEAVILY ON, ON SPEED AND CHANGING THAT BEHAVIOR TO HELP IMPROVE SAFETY ACROSS THE COMMUNITY.
BUT WE CAN GO BACK AND, AND DRILL DOWN TO SOME OF THAT INFORMATION AND PROVIDE, UH, MAYBE A LITTLE, UH, MORE IN DEPTH ANALYSIS, WHICH WE DO MONTHLY FOR OUR SUPERVISORS, UH, IN A FUTURE UPDATE AS WELL.
THE ONLY REASON WHY I ASK IS BECAUSE THAT MIGHT THEN HELP IDENTIFY, UM, TARGETING INTERVENTIONS, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT IS SPEED, WHETHER IT IS LIKE DISTRACTED, DRIVERS TEXTING, THAT KINDA STUFF.
AND MY LAST THING IS JUST A COMMENT.
I'M GONNA ADD ONE MORE, UH, RESIDENT TO THANK YOU BECAUSE MY PARENTS LIVE IN BRIDGE PARK AND THEY ACTUALLY JUST TOLD ME THIS PAST WEEKEND HOW THEY NOTICE A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE IN NOISE.
AND SO, UH, TWO MORE RESIDENTS THAT THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS.
THERE'S A LOT OF EFFORT THAT GOES INTO IT, BUT IT'S NICE WHEN, UM, IT'S RECOGNIZED OR WE'RE, OR WE'RE HITTING THAT, UH, EXPECTATION OF THE PUBLIC.
I, UM, THE, I READ, I HEAR THAT THE NUMBER OF HOAXES OR WHATEVER WE'RE CALLING IT NOW, AI GENERATED CHALLENGES THAT OF THREATS AND THINGS ARE RISING AND CONTINUE TO RISE.
ARE THERE TECHNOLOGIES THAT YOU'RE GONNA BRING BACK SOME FUNDING REQUESTS TO HELP US THROUGH THIS? UM, WHAT, EDUCATE US A LITTLE BIT ON, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S HAPPENING AND WHAT YOU MIGHT NEED TO OPERATE IN THIS NEW ENVIRONMENT? THANK YOU.
YEAH, IF THERE ARE TECHNOLOGIES, UM, THAT'S SOMETHING CERTAINLY TO GO BACK AND RESEARCH.
AND CERTAINLY, UM, AS AI BECOMES A, UM, TOOL INTEGRATED WITHIN PUBLIC SAFETY AND SO MANY OTHER INDUSTRIES, UM, THAT'S SOMETHING WE WOULD BE, UH, INTERESTED IN, IN, IN TAKING A LOOK AT, UH, WHEN WE TEND TO HAVE THESE, UM, SPATS AND, AND HERE RECENTLY IT WAS EVERYTHING FROM HOSPITALS TO THE ZOO, TO OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM, TO RESIDENCES.
UM, IT'S HARD TO DISCERN EVEN FROM THAT SHORT PERIOD OF TIME ANY SORT OF, UH, SPECIFIC TREND.
BUT WE DO WORK WITH OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS, UH, IN SHARING INFORMATION IN THE HOPES THAT WE'RE ABLE TO, ONE, IDENTIFY, UM, THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE INVOLVED, BUT ALSO TO STAY AB ABREAST OF TRENDS THAT MAY BE OCCURRING.
UM, SO I CAN'T SPEAK SPECIFICALLY TO ANY ASK ASSET, BUT THAT'S, THANK YOU FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT TO CONTINUE TO LOOK AT TECHNOLOGIES THAT MIGHT HELP US.
I WILL SHARE, UH, IN THESE, UM, MOST RECENT INCIDENTS WE HAD, EVERYTHING FROM WHAT WE EXPECTED WAS JUST SORT OF THE SAME CALL GOING AROUND TO OTHER FACILITIES, TO ONE SPECIFIC INDIVIDUAL WHO JUST STAYED ON THE PHONE THROUGH THE DURATION OF THE EVENT.
THAT WAS, IT WASN'T AI, IT WAS SOMEBODY WHO WAS JUST, UM, HAVING I THINK A VERY DIFFICULT DAY BUT CAUSING MORE DIFFICULTY,
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UM, FOR OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL TOO.SO, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CERTAINLY WILL CONTINUE TO, UH, TO TAKE A LOOK AT.
AND, AND I APPRECIATE THE ENCOURAGEMENT TO LOOK FOR THE RIGHT TECHNOLOGY TO HELP US.
OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? THANKS, CHIEF, WE ALWAYS APPRECIATE YOU.
UM, I DO WANT TO, UH, JUST ADD ONE POINT OF CLARITY TO OUR MEETING THIS EVENING BECAUSE WE DON'T TABLE AND, AND REMOVE THINGS FROM THE TABLE VERY OFTEN THAT THIS WAS NOT A PUBLIC HEARING ON THAT ORDINANCE 0 6 25.
IT WAS SIMPLY A REMOVAL OF THE TABLE OF IT.
SO WE WILL HOLD THE PUBLIC HEARING AS WE STATED PUBLICLY ON JULY 1ST, AND WE WILL MEET ALL OF THE INTENTS OF NOTIFICATION OF REQUIREMENTS OF RESIDENTS.
BUT, UM, IT IS NOT A HEARING THIS EVENING.
WE DO NOT HAVE DISCUSSION ON THAT.
IT IS SIMPLY A REMOVAL OF THE TABLE.
SO JUST WANNA TAKE A TIME, UH, A MOMENT TO KIND OF OUTLINE THAT BECAUSE, UM, WHILE IT IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT, UH, THAT CAN HAPPEN IN MEETINGS LIKE THIS, WE DON'T DO IT VERY OFTEN 'CAUSE WE DON'T TYPICALLY TABLE THINGS.
SO, UH, IF ANYONE IS LISTENING THIS EVENING OR HAS INTEREST, UM, THAT IS NOT, NOT UP FOR DISCUSSION TONIGHT, THAT'S WHY WE DO NOT TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT.
WE WILL NOTIFY SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A ROBUST AND WELL-INFORMED CONVERSATION WITH ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT, UM, ON JULY 1ST.
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WITH THAT, THAT WILL BRING US TO THE STAFF COMMENTS PORTION OF OUR AGENDA.GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
I HAVE A FEW STAFF COMMENTS THIS EVENING.
THE FIRST I WANTED TO BRING TO COUNCIL'S ATTENTION THE QUARTERLY REAL ESTATE REPORT THAT'S INCLUDED IN THE APRIL CITY MANAGERS REPORT.
ANYTIME THAT WE RECEIVE THIS REPORT, WE DO INCLUDE IT IN THE MONTHLY REPORT.
UM, AND I JUST WANTED TO, UH, CALL OUT A FEW HIGHLIGHTS THAT YOU WILL FIND IN THAT REPORT.
FIRST BEING LEASING ACTIVITY REMAINS STRONG FOR THE CITY OF DUBLIN WITH 15% OF ALL CENTRAL OHIO LEASING VOLUME IN Q1 TAKING PLACE IN DUBLIN.
UM, DUBLIN REMAINS AMONG THE MOST ACTIVE SUBMARKETS IN CENTRAL OHIO, AND TENANTS MOVING WITHIN THE REGION CONSISTENTLY PLACE DUBLIN AMONG TOP SUBMARKETS FOR LEASING INTERESTS.
AND THERE'S ALSO A FEW NOTABLE EXECUTED LEASES THAT WE WANNA HIGHLIGHT AS THEY ARE WINS WITHOUT INCENTIVES.
SO THOSE DO NOT COME TO COUNCIL IN THE FORM OF AN EDA, UM, THAT'S WHY THEY'RE REFERRED TO BY STAFF AS WINS WITHOUT INCENTIVES.
SO THE FIRST BEING ROSEN, USA, THAT'S 16,000 SQUARE FEET.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STAFF WAS ENGAGED IN CONVERSATIONS WITH THAT COMPANY AS THEY WERE EXPLORING LOCATIONS WITHIN DUBLIN.
AND ULTIMATELY THEY DECIDED TO LOCATE AT 5,900 PARKWOOD.
NORTH AMERICA IS AN 11,000 SQUARE FOOT LEASE.
THEY'VE BEEN A LONGSTANDING JAPANESE BASED COMPANY, UM, THAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STAFF AND MAYOR AMHERST GROOMS VISITED M**K WEAR'S, UH, CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS IN SEPTEMBER DURING THE JAPAN BUSINESS MISSION TRIP.
THEY WERE LOOKING FOR AN ALTERNATE LOCATION.
THEY DECIDED TO LOCATE AT PARKS CENTER OR CIRCLE FOR THEIR NEW OFFICE SPACE.
UM, THEIR CURRENT OFFICE SPACE HAS BEEN LOCATED ON COMMERCE PARKWAY FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
SO AGAIN, UH, REFER TO CITY MANAGER REPORT FOR A LINK TO, UM, THE QUARTERLY REAL ESTATE REPORT FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, PLEASE.
AND THEN THE NEXT, UM, ITEM IS COLUMBUS'S FOURTH WATER PLANT TRANSMISSION MAIN PROJECT TEAM.
THEY WILL BE HOLDING A NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING WITH PROPERTY OWNERS FROM MUIRFIELD GREEN AND BRISTOL COMMONS SUBDIVISIONS, THOSE SUBDIVISIONS, UM, AND THE PROPERTIES WITHIN THOSE SUBDIVISIONS.
A BUT ASAL ROAD AND THE MEETING'S GONNA BE HELD AT THE DUBLIN COMMUNITY RECREATION CENTER IN THE TALLIS ROOMS. IT'LL START AT 6:00 PM ON JUNE 18TH.
THE PURPOSE OF THIS MEETING IS TO DISCUSS THE EXPECTED IMPACTS OF THE ASH BALL OR OF THE, UM, WATER MAIN TRANSMISSION, UH, MAIN CONSTRUCTION ON THE ASH BALL ROAD AND THE LANDSCAPING SURROUNDING THE ROAD.
UM, SO AS PART OF THOSE CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES, UM, COLUMBUS IS PROPOSING TO REMOVE THE INVASIVE SPECIES AND THAT WILL INCLUDE HONEYSUCKLE.
AND THEY WILL ALSO PLAN TO INSTALL NEW IMPROVED LANDSCAPING, UM, SCREENING.
SO THIS MEETING IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR RESIDENTS IN THAT VICINITY TO, UH, VOICE THEIR OPINION ON THE FUTURE CHARACTER OF ASAL ROAD, UM, AS WELL AS HOW IT WILL DIRECTLY AFFECT THE RIGHT OF WAY ABUTTING, UM, THEIR YARDS.
AND SO, INVITATIONS ARE PLANNED TO BE SENT OUT, UM, BY COLUMBUS'S TEAM LATER THIS WEEK.
AND THOSE INVITATIONS WILL BE GOING TO THOSE PROPERTIES THAT BACK TO ASAL ROAD, AS WELL AS HOA LEADERSHIP FOR THEIR AWARENESS.
UM, SO WHILE THE MEETING'S INTENDED TO FOCUS SPECIFICALLY ON THAT, VICINITY OF THE PROJECT MEETING IS OPEN TO ANY RESIDENTS THAT ARE INTERESTED IN ATTENDING BUS SHELTER INSTALLATIONS.
UM, THE INSTALLATION OF THE NEW, UH, CODE OF BUS SHELTERS IS OFFICIALLY UNDERWAY.
WE HAVE THE FIRST SHELTER COMPLETED AT EAST BRIDGE STREET AND DALE DRIVE.
THE UPGRADED SHELTERS ARE INTENDED TO ENHANCE THE
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RIDER EXPERIENCE, AND THEY'RE ALREADY GENERATING POSITIVE FEEDBACK AS SHOWN ON THIS SLIDE.SOME OF THE COMMENTS INCLUDE THE MODERN DESIGN, THE IMPROVED SAFETY, ACCESSIBILITY IN THE OVERALL APPEARANCE OF, UM, THE SHELTER.
SO IMPROVEMENTS ARE BEING COMPLETED AT FIVE LOCATIONS ACROSS THE COMMUNITY, SEVERAL OF WHICH ARE ALONG SAWMILL ROAD AT BRIGHT ROAD HARD ROAD, SNUFFER ROAD, UM, EAST BRIDGE STREET, AND THEN AT EAST BRIDGE STREET AND DALE DRIVE.
SO ALL FIVE SHELTER INSTALLATIONS, THEY'RE NEARLY COMPLETE AND FINAL COORDINATION ON THE DETAILS IS OCCURRING WITH CODA TO FINALIZE THOSE LOCATIONS.
AND THEN CENTRAL OHIO PRISM AWARDS.
I'M PLEASED TO SHARE THAT THE COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING TEAM ARE NINE AWARDS.
YOU CAN SEE JACKIE UP THERE TRYING TO JUGGLE ALL OF THEM.
UM, THESE AWARDS WERE RECEIVED FROM THE CENTRAL OHIO PRSA AT THE ANNUAL PRISM AWARDS.
LAST THURSDAY, TEAM WAS RECOGNIZED FOR ENVIRONMENTAL BRANDING, THE NEW RESIDENT WELCOME PACKET, DUBLIN REINDEER ROUNDUP, CELEBRATING A COMMUNITY CHAMPION, THE DUBLIN NEWS.
NOW E NEW E-NEWSLETTER GO DUBLIN TEXTS THE 2025 STATE OF THE CITY AND THE 2025 DUBLIN IRISH FESTIVAL ANNUAL REPORT, WHICH EARNED A BEST OF SHOW DISTINCTION.
SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THE TEAM FOR THESE ACHIEVEMENTS.
AND ALSO CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR PARTNERS AT VISIT DUBLIN, OHIO, WHICH ALSO EARNED ANOTHER FIVE AWARDS.
AND THEN THANKS TO EVERYBODY THAT CAME OUT TO CELEBRATE MEMORIAL DAY IN DUBLIN AFTER THE RAINY WEEKEND.
IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL DAY AND SPECIAL THANKS TO THE AMERICAN LEGION, ALL THE SPONSORS, THE COMMUNITY PARTNERS, UM, AND ALL THE VOLUNTEERS AND STAFF WHO HELPED MAKE THE MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONY AND THE SPECIAL AMERICA TWO 50, UH, COMMUNITY PICNIC OF SUCCESS.
AND WE ESTIMATED THAT APPROXIMATELY 750 GUESTS ATTENDED, UH, BOTH EVENTS.
AND THEN LASTLY, IN THE WEEK LEADING UP TO THE MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT, JUST WANT TO THANK THE STAFF FOR ALL OF THEIR EFFORTS, UM, THAT HAVE BEEN ONGOING FOR MONTHS AND WILL CONTINUE ON THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK, WEEK.
UH, THE RAIN CERTAINLY MAKES ALL THE MOWING SCHEDULE A LITTLE CHALLENGING AT THIS POINT 'CAUSE THE GRASS IS GROWING VERY FAST.
BUT, UH, THE COMMUNITY CERTAINLY WILL LOOK ITS BEST AND IS WILL BE PREPARED TO BE, UH, HIGHLIGHTED ON THE GLOBAL STAGE.
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO NEXT WEEK'S ACTIVITIES.
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THIS WILL BRING US TO THE COUNCIL REPORTS PORTION OF OUR AGENDA.WE'LL START WITH FINANCE COMMITTEE.
THE FIRST WAS TO REVIEW DRAFT HOTEL MOTEL TAX AGREEMENTS FOR VISIT DUBLIN, OHIO AND THE DUBLIN HISTORICAL SOCIETY VISIT.
DUBLIN, OHIO FUNDING WILL BE BASED ON ACTUAL REVENUE WITH AN ANNUAL 3% INFLATIONARY INCREASE PROPOSED.
THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY AGREEMENT WILL ESTABLISH DIRECT ANNUAL FUNDING WITH A STARTING ALLOCATION OF THE PREVIOUS YEAR'S GRANT AWARD, WHICH IS $36,000.
THE COMMITTEE WAS SUPPORTIVE OF CONDUCTING AN UPDATED ANALYSIS OF THE DUBLIN ARTS COUNCIL LEASE STRUCTURE.
A TRIPLE NET LEASE STRUCTURE WAS IDENTIFIED AS THE PREFERRED FRAMEWORK.
THE COMMITTEE ALSO REVIEWED A DRAFT HOTEL MOTEL TAX FUND BALANCE POLICY, AND WERE SUPPORTIVE AS WELL AS REQUESTING ANNUAL REPORTING ON ACTUAL GRANT DISBURSEMENT RATES.
THE SECOND TOPIC WAS THE INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO UPDATE.
THE PORTFOLIOS REMAIN IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE CITY'S INVESTMENT POLICY, WHICH WAS GREAT TO HEAR.
THE COMMITTEE IS SUPPORTIVE OF CONSIDERING STRATEGIC LAND BANKING ALONGSIDE LIQUID AT INVESTMENT PERFORMANCE SO THAT WE CAN GET A MUCH BIGGER PICTURE OF ALL OF OUR INVESTMENTS.
COMMITTEE MEMBERS WERE ALSO SUPPORTIVE OF REVIEWS EVERY THREE TO FIVE YEARS OF INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT SERVICES.
AND THAT CONCLUDES THE FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT.
LIAISON REPORTS WILL BEGIN WITH THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, VICE MAYOR OSA AND DR.
33 CORRIDOR AND 1 61 CORRIDOR GROUP.
UH, VICE MAYOR OSA AND COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON.
SPORTS OHIO STEERING COMMITTEE COUNCIL MEMBERS, ALITO AND KEELER.
SO THE SPORTS OHIO STEERING COMMITTEE MET ON MAY 7TH TO DISCUSS RECENT PLANNING EFFORTS, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT ACTIVITY AND PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES.
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT ACTIVITY CONTINUES TO ADVANCE ACROSS THE CAMPUS, INCLUDING THE INSTALLATION OF 12 SOCCER GOALS, COMPLETION OF THE FUEL TANK REPLACEMENT AND PROGRESS ON SECURITY AND WIFI UPGRADES, WHICH ARE NEARING COMPLETION.
ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS ARE PLANNED OR UNDERWAY, INCLUDING HVAC, UPGRADES AT SOCCER, FIRST PARKING LOT, MAINTENANCE, GOLF CENTER, PUMP STATION REPLACEMENT, LANDSCAPING EQUIPMENT PURCHASES, AND PARK PHASE TWO SCHEMATIC DESIGN, WHICH IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
THE COMMITTEE ALSO DISCUSSED THE INTEREST SPORTS OHIO IS RECEIVING FROM A VARIETY OF POTENTIAL PARTNERS AND USER GROUPS, INCLUDING STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING, GOLF PARTNERS, HANDBALL AND VOLLEYBALL ORGANIZATIONS AND OTHERS.
INTERESTED IN BOTH EXISTING BUILDING SPACE AND VACANT LAND OPPORTUNITIES DUE TO THIS HIGH LEVEL OF INTEREST.
AND IN AN EFFORT TO ENCOURAGE TRANSPARENCY,
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GATHER A WIDE RANGE OF IDEAS AND BETTER UNDERSTAND POTENTIAL PARTNERSHIP BENEFITS.STAFF DISCUSSED ISSUING A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION OR RFI WITH THE COMMITTEE.
THE RFI WOULD ALLOW INTERESTED PARTIES TO SHARE CONCEPTS AND HELP THE CITY EVALUATE OPPORTUNITIES IN A COORDINATED MANNER, INCLUDING HOW PROPOSED PARTNERSHIPS COULD ENHANCE RECREATIONAL AND ATHLETIC OFFERINGS, INCREASE UTILIZATION OF EXISTING FACILITIES, ACTIVATE VACANT LAND SUPPORT LONG-TERM FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY, AND EXPAND ACCESS TO SPORTS AND WELLNESS PROGRAMMING FOR THE COMMUNITY.
THE PROCESS WOULD ALSO HELP STAFF COMPARE POTENTIAL USES, IDENTIFY OPERATIONAL CONSIDERATIONS, AND UNDERSTAND WHETHER PROPOSED PARTNERSHIPS COULD COMPLEMENT THE BROADER VISION FOR THE SPORTS OHIO CAMPUS.
THE COMMITTEE WAS SUPPORTIVE OF MOVING FORWARD WITH THE RFI PROCESS.
ADDITIONALLY, SPORTS FACILITIES COMPANY ADVISED THAT BASED ON CURRENT DEMAND AND THE INTEREST THEY'RE RECEIVING, CONVERTING SOME FIELD SPORTS, INDOOR TURF FIELDS TO MULTIPURPOSE SPORTS COURTS WOULD HELP ADDRESS A STRONG AND GROWING NEED IN THE DUBLIN MARKET.
THE RECOMMENDATION ALIGNS WITH THE PARKS AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN AND HUNTIN STUDY, BOTH OF WHICH IDENTIFIED DEMAND FOR ADDITIONAL MULTI-PURPOSE COURT SPACE SPORTS FACILITIES.
COMPANIES INDICATED THEY PLAN TO ISSUE A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL OR RFP TO CONVERT HALF OF THE FIELD SPORTS BUILDING FROM TURF TO MULTIPURPOSE COURTS.
AND THE COMMITTEE WAS SUPPORTIVE OF MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT PROCESS.
ANY RECOMMENDED PROPOSAL AND RESULTING AGREEMENT RELATED TO THE RFI OR RFP WOULD BE BROUGHT FORWARD TO COUNCIL FOR AUTHORIZATION AT A FUTURE DATE BEFORE IMPLEMENTATION.
IT IS GREAT TO SEE THE CONTINUED PROGRESS ACROSS THE SPORTS OHIO CAMPUS AND THE MOMENTUM BUILDING AROUND FUTURE PARTNERSHIP AND FACILITY OPPORTUNITIES.
MS. CRAM, PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND A RB.
SO ALL IS QUIET WITH THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD.
UH, THEY DO NOT HAVE A MEETING AGAIN THIS MONTH BECAUSE OF LACK OF AGENDA, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
I JUST WANNA THANK THEM FOR THEIR TIME.
THEY SP BOTH ON MAY 7TH AND MAY 21ST, REVIEWED THE WID CODE UPDATES, UM, AND PUT A LOT OF THOUGHT AND EFFORT INTO THAT.
AND THEY'VE MADE A RECOMMENDATION IT WILL BE COMING BACK TOWARDS COUNCILS.
THANK YOU, MS. JOHNSON, WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP.
UM, DUE TO SCHEDULING CONFLICTS AND CANCELLATION ON WASHINGTON TOWNSHIPS PART, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO REPORT.
DR. LAMB DUBLIN WELLNESS ALLIANCE.
UH, NOTHING TO REPORT MR. KEELER DUBLIN ARTS COUNCIL, LOGAN UNION, CHAMPAIGN COUNTY REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION.
SO THE, THERE'S A CONFLICT WITH THE DUBLIN ARTS COUNCIL.
AND NOTHING TO REPORT ON LOGAN UNION OF CHAMPAGNE.
UH, I WILL GIVE AN UPDATE ON MORSE.
UM, I, I WAS NOT ABLE TO GET BY, UH, MY HOUSE TODAY TO, I WANTED TO BRING SOME THINGS IN.
I'LL ACTUALLY BRING 'EM IN NEXT TIME 'CAUSE THEY'RE KIND OF FUNNY.
BUT I DID HAVE MY, UH, LAST MEETING AS CHAIR, UM, LAST, UH, THURSDAY.
AND, UH, CERTAINLY WANNA CONGRATULATE, UH, BEN KESSLER ON BECOMING THE CHAIR, THE NEXT CHAIR OF MORSEY.
BUT I'LL BRING IN SOME FUN, UH, FUN GIFTS I RECEIVED, UH, AT OUR NEXT TIME TOGETHER.
'CAUSE SOME OF THEM WERE VERY CREATIVE, LIKE COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE, UM, URBAN TREE MAPLE SYRUP HARVESTING.
UM, SO I'LL, I'LL BRING SOME IN AND, UH, SHARE 'EM WITH YOU.
'CAUSE THERE CERTAINLY ARE SOME CREATIVE WAYS TO, UH, HAVE GIFTS IN YOUR COMMUNITY THAT ARE VERY REFLECTIVE OF THE WORK THAT YOU DO.
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OKAY, WE WILL, UH, NOW GO TO COUNCIL ROUND TABLE.I'LL START DOWN HERE TO MY FAR RIGHT COUNCIL MEMBER.
CRA ACTUALLY, THE REPORT ON THE BUS SHELTERS REMINDED ME I WAS REALLY EXCITED TO SEE.
SO FRIDAY, IT WAS POURING DOWN RAIN ALL DAY.
I DROVE PAST THE BUS SHELTER AT BRIGHTON SAWMILL TWICE.
BOTH TIMES PEOPLE WERE USING THE SHELTER AND THEY WERE ACTUALLY OUT OF THE RAIN.
SO I, IT JUST, IT FELT GOOD
UM, BESIDES THAT, I JUST WANNA THANK ALL THE RESIDENTS WHO CAME OUT FOR MEMORIAL DAY.
I MEAN, THE SUN CAME UP JUST IN TIME AND THE NUMBER OF RESINS THAT, EVEN JUST LINE 1 61, UM, WAS AMAZING THAT THEY CAME OUT FOR THAT.
I WILL ECHO COUNCIL MEMBER CRAMS, THANKS TO THE COMMUNITY.
I THOUGHT THE MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONIES WERE FANTASTIC AND SO WELL ATTENDED.
I LOVED SEEING ALL OF OUR YOUNG SCOUTS OUT THERE IN SUPPORT AS WELL.
BUT A HUGE THANKS TO THE STAFF AND THE VOLUNTEERS BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY PICNIC WAS INCREDIBLE.
UM, JUST A, A GREAT FELLOWSHIP AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE.
AND, AND SO JUST THANK YOU TO ALL THE FOLKS THAT MADE THAT POSSIBLE.
I, I AM SORRY I WAS NOT ABLE TO MAKE IT THIS YEAR.
I TYPICALLY DON'T MISS THAT ONE.
UM, BUT I DID HEAR FROM SOME OF MY FRIENDS WHO ATTENDED AND THOUGHT IT WAS WONDERFUL.
SO BIG THANKS TO STAFF AND TO ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS WHO SHOWED UP FOR THE MEMORIAL DAY CELEBRATION.
UM, I DON'T WANT TO BE REDUNDANT, BUT IT WAS INCREDIBLE.
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A GREAT JOB.SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO THE STAFF FOR A REALLY POIGNANT, VERY SPECIAL, UH, MEMORIAL DAYS, UM, CELEBRATION AND ALSO FOR THE, UH, FOR THE PICNIC AS WELL.
I HOPE THAT THAT'S THE LAST TIME THAT COLONEL POWERS US.
A YEAR TAPS IN A REALLY, REALLY LONG TIME.
UM, CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR ASSISTANT LAW DIRECTOR, YA RI, FOR HIS RECOGNITION AND BUSINESS FIRST FOR BEING 40 UNDER 40.
I JUST WANNA BE 40, BUT CONGRATULATIONS,
UM, I HAD THE HONOR AND REALLY THE, THE PLEASURE REALLY TO JOIN THE LEADERSHIP DUBLIN GRADUATION CELEBRATION, UH, COUPLE WEEKS AGO.
AND FOR THOSE THAT HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND BEFORE THE LEADERSHIP, DOUBLE IN CLASS, GIVE PROJECT UPDATES, AND, UM, THIS YEAR THEY WERE FOCUSED ON PROJECT UPDATES TO MANY OF THE NONPROFITS THAT WE KNOW AND LOVE.
AND THEY JUST DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB.
EVERYTHING FROM STRATEGIC PLANS TO, UH, NEW WAYS TO GROW REVENUE, TO NEW WAYS TO SERVE.
SO THANK YOU TO THE CHAMBER FOR THAT PROGRAM.
AND THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE THERE.
UM, I WANNA THANK CHIEF AND HIS LEADERSHIP TEAM FOR THE POLICE MEMORIAL SERVICE.
THE MAYOR AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND ON THE 15TH OF MAY TO HONOR THOSE WHO GAVE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE, REALLY THEIR LIVES TO PROTECT US AND TO DO THEIR DUTY.
IT'S A BEAUTIFUL TOUCHING CEREMONY.
IT WAS A GORGEOUS DAY, AND THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.
AND FOR ALL THE, THE FOLKS THAT TEND IN THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES, I KNOW HOW MUCH THAT MEANT TO THEM.
SO IT'S, IT'S JUST, UM, IT WAS, I WISH WE DIDN'T HAVE TO HAVE IT, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOU DO IN THAT AS WELL.
UM, AND I WANTED TO THANK THE MAYOR.
I DIDN'T KNOW YOU WERE GONNA SAY THAT IT WAS YOUR LAST BOARD MEETING, BUT THE PRESS RELEASE CAME OUT AND SAID YOU WERE THE LONGEST SERVING WAR SEA CHAIR.
SO, UM, UM, ON BEHALF OF COUNCIL, WE KNOW HOW MUCH WORK THAT IS.
WE SEE YOUR SCHEDULE, AND SO NOT ONLY DO YOU COMMIT TO THIS COMMUNITY, BUT YOU'VE COMMITTED SO MUCH OF YOUR TIME AND ENERGY TO SERVING IN CENTRAL OHIO.
AND WE JUST WANT TO, YOU KNOW, COLLECTIVELY THANK YOU.
WE KNOW YOU, WE KNOW YOU'RE NOT DONE.
YOU'RE GONNA STILL BE OUT THERE.
UM, AND IN THE SPIRIT OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND VOLUNTEERING, I WANTED TO CONGRATULATE ALL THE NEW BOARD AND COMMISSION MEMBERS THAT WE, UM, APPROVED THIS EVENING.
UM, THANK YOU FOR ADVANCE FOR YOUR SERVICE AND FOR THOSE THAT ARE LEAVING SERVICE, WE WILL HAVE A CELEBRATION AND APPRECIATION ON THE 8TH OF JUNE WHEN WE'LL ALSO SWEAR IN ALL THE NEW MEMBERS.
AND THAT'S A VERY FUN CEREMONY AS WELL.
IT JUST MAKES YOU FEEL SO GREAT TO SEE EVERYBODY TOGETHER WHO'S RAISING THEIR HAND TO, TO SERVE ON BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
SO, UH, CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU TO TO ALL THOSE WHO HAVE VOLUNTEERED.
EVERYBODY LEFT IN THE ROOM, HAS TO PROMISE NOT TO TELL MAYOR BEN KESSLER, BUT I DID RECEIVE A MEDAL.
I WILL BRING IT IN HIS FACT THAT I GOT A MEDAL THAT SAYS MORRISSEY'S LONGEST SERVING AND GREATEST BOARD CHAIR
SO, UH, I'M NOT GONNA LET, THAT WAS NOT IN THE PRESS RELEASE.
I'M NOT GONNA LET BEN SEE THAT, BUT, UM, BUT I DID BECOME THE, UH, THE CHAIR OF THE PASSENGER RAIL COMMITTEE.
SO I WILL BE CONTINUING THAT WORK THERE.
ON THE 12TH, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO ATTEND A JOINT MEETING OF COMMA AND OUR PEERS IN NORTHEAST OHIO.
AND WE HAD SEVERAL, UM, DELEGATIONS FROM THE STATE HOUSE AND HAD A LUNCH TOGETHER.
AND, YOU KNOW, IT, IT'S JUST AMAZING THE MORE TIME YOU SPEND TOGETHER, YOU REALIZE THAT THE ISSUES THAT YOU'RE FACING ARE THE SAME.
AND THERE'S, UH, A LOT OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE DOING CREATIVE SOLUTIONS TO TRY TO SOLVE SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT, THAT FACE US.
UM, I DID HAVE ATTEND THE LINK US EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEETING ON BEHALF OF MORSEY ON THE 14TH.
UH, MAYOR GINTHER HELD THAT IN HIS CONFERENCE ROOM AT, AT COLUMBUS CITY HALL.
UM, YOU KNOW, THERE WE, TONIGHT WE SAW SOME OF THE GOOD WORK COMING OUT OF LINK US AND THERE'S CERTAINLY SOME CHALLENGES AHEAD TOO IN IDENTIFYING THESE CORRIDORS AND, AND GARNERING THE APPROPRIATE AMOUNT OF EASEMENT FOR, FOR THIS WORK TO HAPPEN.
BUT I AM HOPEFUL AND CONFIDENT THAT, UM, THAT REGIONALLY WE WILL COME TOGETHER AND COME UP WITH GOOD SOLUTIONS THAT WILL GIVE THE FOLKS THAT VOTED FOR THE LINK US INITIATIVE, UM, A VIABLE AND ATTRACTIVE, UM, OPPORTUNITY FOR NEW WAYS OF TRANSIT.
UM, THANK YOU CHIEF FOR THE POLICE MEMORIAL SERVICE, UH, REALLY MOVING SPEAKER.
THAT WAS, UH, JUST A GREAT TIME AND IT'S, IT'S THE HARDEST FAVORITE EVENT OF THE YEAR.
YOU SO WISH THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE TO HOLD THOSE.
AND IT'S APPROPRIATE THAT WE DO.
AND THERE IS SO MUCH TO CELEBRATE FROM THOSE FOLKS THAT, UM, MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE.
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LEANING INTO THAT AND REPRESENTING OUR COM UH, OUR COMMUNITY WITH EXCELLENCE IN THAT SPACE.UM, THE MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONY WAS PARTICULARLY SPECIAL TO ME THIS YEAR.
COLONEL ANDREW POWERS, OR ANDY AS I KNEW HIM GROWING UP, HE, HE LIVED AT THE OTHER END OF MCDUFF FOR ME, SO I LITERALLY HAVE KNOWN ANDY SINCE THE DAY HE WAS BORN.
UM, SO IT'S SO FUN TO SEE THE SUCCESS OF OUR NATIVE DUBLINS THAT GROW, GROW UP AND DO AMAZING THINGS GROW UP.
I SAY THAT HE'S 50 YEARS OLD, HE'S, HE'S A
UH, BUT IN, IN MY EYES, HE'S ALWAYS THE LITTLE KID I USED TO BABYSIT AT THE OTHER END OF THE STREET.
AND TO SEE, UM, THE, YOU KNOW, THE THINGS THAT THEY DO.
AND, UM, I I, IT, IT'S AMAZING.
I HAD SO MANY QUESTIONS FOR HIM OF, YOU KNOW, HOW IS IT THAT YOU EX HOW DO YOU FUEL AN AIRPLANE AND MID-FLIGHT LIKE THAT, THAT IS JUST, AND WHO DID, WHO DID IT THE FIRST TIME? AND HOW DID THAT GO? UM, BUT JUST WANNA THANK HIM FOR, UH, HIS COMMITMENT TO THIS COMMUNITY, HIS COMMITMENT TO HIS COUNTRY, AND THE COMMITMENT THAT HE HAS THAT WAS EVIDENT IN THE MESSAGE THAT HE SHARED TO THE PEOPLE THAT HE, UM, THAT SERVE ALONGSIDE HIM IN THAT SPACE.
UH, AND THEN TODAY, UH, I DID ATTEND THE OHIO MAYORS ALLIANCE MEETING.
WE, UH, HAD DOWNTOWN, WE HAVE TWO IN PERSON A YEAR.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S GONNA BE A VERY INTERESTING YEAR.
WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT, UM, CENTRALIZED COLLECTIONS AND PROPERTY TAX AND INCOME TAX, AND MANY OF THE THREATS WE HAD, UH, DOC DIRECTOR LYDIA MAHALET COME FROM THE DEPART OHIO DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT.
UM, WE'RE GOING TO SEE SOME REVISED DATA ABOUT, UM, UH, IMMIGRATION, UH, NET IMMIGRATION INTO THE STATE OF OHIO.
UH, NOT FROM FROM OTHER, UH, STATES IN THE COUNTRY.
CERTAINLY SOME FROM OUTSIDE OF THE COUNTRY.
BUT I THINK THE NUMBERS ARE GOING TO BE, UH, DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE HAD PROJECTED.
AND, AND OHIO IS GROWING AND I THINK THAT'S A RESULT OF A LOT OF THE GOOD WORK THAT WE'VE SEEN DONE IN THAT SPACE.
SO, UM, I THINK THOSE NUMBERS ARE GOING TO BE, UH, PUBLISHED HERE IN THE COMING WEEK.
AND, UH, IT CERTAINLY IS GOOD NEWS FOR THE STATE OF OHIO THAT MAYBE WE ARE NOT SHRINKING AT THE RATE THAT WE THOUGHT THAT WE WERE.
UM, AND THEN WE HAD SOME, UH, OHIO MAYOR'S ALLIANCE, AND I'M HAPPY TO SHARE THIS WITH ANYONE WHO HAS INTEREST.
BUT, UM, THIS YEAR'S WORK IS GOING TO FOCUS ON HOW CITIES CAN POWER A RESURGENCE FOR OHIO.
AND MUCH OF THAT WORK IS, IS THAT, THAT OHIO IS A STATE OF CITIES.
UH, MOST STATES HAVE ONE MAJOR METROPOLIS THAT FUND THAT FUELS A LOT OF WHAT HAPPENS IN THE STATE.
IF YOU THINK ABOUT ILLINOIS, YOU THINK ABOUT CHICAGO.
IF YOU THINK ABOUT INDIANA, YOU THINK ABOUT INDIANAPOLIS.
IF YOU THINK ABOUT NEW YORK, YOU THINK OF NEW YORK CITY.
UM, AND, AND THEY HAVE PRIMARILY ONE CITY THAT FUELS THE GROWTH OF THE STATE.
AND WE ARE REALLY FORTUNATE IN THE STATE OF OHIO THAT WE HAVE A HOST OF CITIES, UM, THAT DO THAT FOR, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THE THREE C AND D, BUT THEN YOU ALSO HAVE THE, THE TOLEDOS AND THE AKRONS AND THE LIMAS AND, AND ALL OF THESE OTHER GREAT CITIES THAT, UM, THAT I GET TO SPEND THE DAY WITH TODAY, UH, AND HEAR ABOUT THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING.
SO I'LL SHARE THIS WITH STAFF.
IT IS AVAILABLE ONLINE ALSO, BUT IT REALLY HIGHLIGHTS, UH, THE DISTRIBUTION, THE, THE OR, OR THE, UH, GREEN DOTS OR THE DISTRIBUTION OF MAJOR METROPOLITAN AREAS THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF OHIO.
AND YOU CAN SEE THEY'RE PRETTY WELL BALANCED AROUND THE STATE.
UM, SO IT, IT WAS A REALLY GOOD DAY AND IT'S ALWAYS EN UH, ENCOURAGING TO HEAR FROM YOUR PEERS ABOUT THE, THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING AND TRY TO GLEAN SOME INFORMATION FROM THAT.
SO I, UH, I WILL LEAVE THIS FOR THAT.
UH, AND IF THERE IS, OH, I DID HAVE ONE QUESTION.
THE BUS STOP AT BRIDGE PARK, THAT ONE ON 1 61 THERE, THERE'S A SIGN LIKE 200 FEET TO THE EAST THAT SAYS BUS STOP.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHY THAT'S THERE OR IF WE CAN, THAT WAS A TEMPORARY SIGN THAT WAS USED DURING CONSTRUCTION AND THAT'S A COORDINATION, UH, THAT NEEDS TO OCCUR WITH THE CODE OF STAFF.
THERE WAS A CODE OF STAFF MEMBER THAT WAS, I BELIEVE OFF AND THAT JUST NEEDS TO SYNC UP WITH THE FINAL, UM, LOCATION.
AND THEN THANK YOU TO ALL THE STAFF.
THE CITY IS, IS REALLY LOOKING GREAT.
WE, WE REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO WELCOMING THE WORLD HERE NEXT WEEK.
WE DO HAVE A FEW OUTLIERS ON DUBLIN ROAD WHERE WE RECENTLY HEARD ABOUT THE TREE SURVEY AND, UH, THE REMOVAL OF TREES THERE.
HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET SOME NOTICES OUT TO THOSE PEOPLE, UM, THAT HAVE, YOU KNOW, TURF THAT'S IN EXCESS OF 10 OR 12 INCHES THAT WE CAN, UM, GET THEM TO, TO MOVE ON THAT HERE IN THE NEXT WEEK SO THAT, UH, WE GET OUR BEST FOOT FORWARD AND CERTAINLY GET TO PRESENT OURSELF IN THAT SPACE.
SO IF THERE'S NOTHING FURTHER, WE, FOR THE GOOD OF THE ORDER, WE WILL STAND ADJOURNED.