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[CALL TO ORDER ]
I WILL CALL THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF MONDAY, JUNE 22ND, 2026 TO ORDER.JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE MS. A LUDO? HERE, MAYOR AROSE GROOMS HERE.
UH, KATHY, WOULD YOU LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE? I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY.
[SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS/RECOGNITION ]
WE HAVE A COUPLE OF SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS, RECOGNITIONS ON OUR AGENDA THIS EVENING, AND WE, WE WILL BEGIN WITH THE DUBLIN FOOD PANTRY AND ITS NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, AND THE INTRODUCTION WILL BE DONE BY JULIE RINALDI.I'M THE NOW RETIRED DIRECTOR OF THE DUBLIN FOOD PANTRY, AND I WANTED TO INTRODUCE YOU GUYS TO BRIAN.
BRIAN IS, UM, HAS COMES WITH LOTS OF ENERGY, LOTS OF EXPERIENCE, AND LOTS OF GREAT IDEAS.
SO YOU'LL LOVE WORKING WITH HIM.
AND I JUST WANNA THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT WHILE I WAS IN THIS POSITION, AND THEN ALSO WHEN I WAS AT SENTARA.
SO BRIAN, UM, HE, UM, CAN INTRODUCE HIMSELF, BUT I JUST WANNA LET YOU KNOW WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE HIM ON BOARD.
I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE PANTRY FOR TWO YEARS AS A VOLUNTEER, AND I'M REALLY EXCITED TO STEP INTO THIS ROLE AND CONTINUE THE GOOD WORK THAT JULIE HAS DONE.
UM, I REALLY WANT YOU ALL TO BE PROUD OF WHO WE ARE AS AN ORGANIZATION AND THE WORK THAT WE DO IN THIS COMMUNITY.
SO THAT'S MY GREATEST GOAL AND I'M READY TO HEAR FROM YOU HOW WE BEST DO THAT.
WELL, WELCOME TO THE COMMUNITY.
WE ARE REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THE WORK THAT JULIE'S DONE.
AND, AND, UH, AS MUCH AS WE HAVE LOVED HAVING HER AROUND THIS COMMUNITY FOR OH SO LONG, WE HOPE THAT SHE IS BETTER, MORE SUCCESSFUL AT THIS RETIREMENT THAN SHE WAS AT THE LAST
SO, UM, WELCOME TO YOU AND I'M SURE WE WILL BE IN COMMUNICATION IN SHORT ORDER, AND, UH, WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU DO ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY.
OKAY, NEXT UP WE'LL HAVE A HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY UPDATE.
AND SCOTT DURING IS HERE FROM VISIT DUBLIN TO BRING THAT FORWARD.
I WANT TO, UH, IF I COULD ACKNOWLEDGE BETTY CLARK, WHO'S OUR BOARD PRESIDENT, SHE WAS ALSO YOUR CITY COUNCIL REP, UM, A FEW YEARS BACK, UM, AS WELL, UH, WE HAVE A LOT OF ORGANIZATIONAL METRICS THAT, THAT WE USE.
UM, AT VISIT DUBLIN, UH, WE HAVE ACTUALLY NINE, UM, ORGANIZATIONAL METRICS.
WE, WE GAUGE ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.
THEY'RE, AS YOU WOULD IMAGINE, THEY'RE VERY INDUSTRY SPECIFIC.
UH, THINGS LIKE THE AMOUNT OF ROOM NIGHTS WE GENERATE, THE AMOUNT OF LEADS WE HAVE, IMPRESSIONS, ET CETERA.
BUT ONE, UH, METRIC THAT WE USE IS, UM, HOTEL OCCUPANCY.
NOW, OBVIOUSLY THAT'S THE AMOUNT OF ROOMS THAT ARE, UM, UH, OCCUPIED IN THE CITY.
THESE ARE NUMBERS FOR THE FIRST FOUR MONTHS, UM, OF THE YEAR.
YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE PACING VERY WELL AHEAD, UM, OF THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
AND AGAIN, SO THAT MEANS 65% OF OUR ROOMS WERE OCCUPIED, UH, FOR THE FIRST FOUR MONTHS OF THE YEAR.
UM, A VERY STRONG KIND OF AN INDUSTRY PERSPECTIVE.
INDUSTRYWIDE, IT'S ABOUT 59% ACROSS THE COUNTRY, SO WE'RE OUTPACING, UM, INDUSTRY.
UM, ON, ON A VERY GOOD NOTE THERE.
ONE THING WE HAVE NO CONTROL OVER IS WHAT HOTELS ARE CHARGING PER ROOM.
SO THIS DAILY RATE IS WHAT ON AVERAGE, WHAT A HOTEL IS BEING CHARGED WITH PER PERSON, PER NIGHT, OR PER GROUP PER NIGHT.
UM, THAT, THAT 1 24 80 IS THE HIGHEST FOUR POINT MONTH FROM JANUARY THROUGH APRIL WE'VE EVER SEEN IN THE HISTORY, UM, OF THE CITY.
UM, SO WE'RE TURNING VERY WELL.
SO IF YOU HAVE A HIGH OCCUPANCY, IF YOU HAVE A RECORD NUMBER OF WHAT PEOPLE ARE PAYING FOR IT, I GUESS YOU CAN KIND OF GUESS WHERE OUR BED TAX IS.
OBVIOUSLY, BED TAX IS GONNA BE STRONG.
UH, WE'RE UP ALMOST 7% OVER LAST YEAR, AND THIS COMES ON THE HEELS OF ALMOST AVERAGE OF DOUBLE DIGIT ANNUAL INCREASES THE LAST FOUR TO FIVE YEARS.
SO, UM, WE CONTINUE TO DO, UM, VERY WELL, UM, IN TERMS OF BED TAX THERE.
UM, I WANNA TALK ABOUT SPORTS OHIO, IF I COULD.
UM, I WAS TELLING THE STEERING COMMITTEE A COUPLE MONTHS AGO.
I GOT A CALL FROM A COLLEAGUE OF MINE WHO WORKS IN A CITY THAT RUNS A COMPETITIVE SPORTS FACILITY THAT WE'VE COMPETED WITH IN YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS.
AND THEY TOLD ME, HE TOLD ME THAT THEY WERE VERY CONCERNED OF WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN DUBLIN BECAUSE OF THE COMP, UM, INCREASED COMPETITION THAT THEY WERE SEEING.
AND SO MUCH SO THAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY, UM, BUDGETING MONEY AND TIME TO DO SOME CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, UM, IN THEIR PROJECT.
SO, UM, WORD IS GETTING OUT OF OUR, OF OUR, UH, FACILITY THAT WE HAVE AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE DOWN THE ROAD.
UM, I WANT TO GIVE YOU SOME TANGIBLE RESULTS.
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UM, NIKE CUP, YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD OF THAT.IT'S OUR LARGEST HUGE SOCCER TERM.
WE HAVE EVERY YEAR IN APRIL, IT'S TWO WEEKENDS, APRIL AND MAY.
GENERATES ABOUT, ATTRACTS ABOUT 750 TEAMS, 13 STATES OR SO.
UM, THE LAST 10 YEARS WE'VE BEEN UNABLE TO USE SPORTS OHIO FOR OBVIOUS REASONS.
WE'VE ONLY USED DARI THIS YEAR.
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 10 YEARS, WE WERE ABLE TO USE SPORTS OHIO, AND WE SAW A 30% INCREASE IN HOTEL ROOM NIGHTS.
SO JUST ADDING THAT PIECE OF SPORTS OHIO, IT GENERATE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF PEOPLE.
AND AGAIN, THOSE ARE, THAT'S JUST HOTEL.
THAT'S 30% INCREASE IN MORE PEOPLE HERE, 30% MORE PEOPLE IN OUR HO IN OUR RESTAURANTS SHOPPING, SPENDING MONEY IN OUR COMMUNITY, ET CETERA.
SO, UM, JUST THAT LITTLE PIECE YOU CAN SEE.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE EVENTS WENT VERY WELL.
AND AGAIN, SOME THINGS WE'RE DOING ALREADY.
WE'VE GENERATED 12 NEW EVENT LEADS FOR SFC, UM, ONE BEING THE LONG DRIVE CONTEST.
THAT'S INTERESTING TOO THAT, I GUESS THE LONG DRIVE CONTEST FOR YOU GOLFERS, OUR RANGE IS NOT BIG ENOUGH.
SO FOR THAT WEEKEND, THEY'RE ACTUALLY EXTENDING THE RANGE INTO THE FIELD A LITTLE BIT TO KIND OF ACCOMMODATE, UM, THOSE, UH, THOSE, UH, LONG DRIVES AS WELL.
SO IT CONTINUES TO DO WELL THERE.
UM, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT TRAILS OVER THE YEARS.
AGAIN, THESE ARE A GREAT MECHANISM FOR US TO GENERATE ECONOMIC IMPACT, TO GET PEOPLE MOVING AROUND THE CITY, RESIDENTS AND VISITORS TO EXPLORE OUR CITY TO SPEND MONEY IN OUR CITY.
UM, THOSE NUMBERS NEXT TO THOSE ARE, UM, ECONOMIC IMPACT NUMBERS FOR, UH, 2025.
UM, SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT THOSE, WE JUST CELEBRATED OUR 10TH YEAR FOR THE FERRY DOOR TRAIL.
UM, THAT CONTINUES TO BE A HUGE HIT AMONG RESIDENTS MORE THAN ANYONE ELSE.
UM, YOU KNOW, RESIDENTS ARE COMING IN, THEY'RE GOING TO THE 13 OR SO AREAS IN DOWNTOWN DELMAN, EXPLORING IT, GET A T-SHIRT.
WE'VE PASSED OUT OVER ALMOST 20,000 T-SHIRTS IN THE 10 YEARS AS A GIVEAWAY TO THOSE.
WE TALKED ABOUT THE ESPRESSO TRAIL LAST TIME, UM, IN JUST A TWO MONTH PERIOD FROM OUR RESTAURANTS, WE HAD $125,000 OF ESPRESSO MARTINIS SOLD IN OUR 18 RESTAURANTS AROUND TOWN.
SO PEOPLE LOVE ESPRESSO MARTINIS HERE AND ECONOMIC IMPACT THERE BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE GETTING MORE THAN ESPRESSO MARTINIS AS WELL.
SO, AND ART AND PUBLIC PLACES.
WE'RE WORKING ON A REAL COOL THING WITH DUBLIN ARTS COUNCIL.
WE'RE, WE'RE DOING, UH, A COMMISSION.
WE'RE WORKING WITH A COMMISSION ARTIST FROM DUBLIN THAT'S GONNA CREATE A POSTER, UM, OF, OF VARIOUS PARKS AROUND THE CITY.
AND THAT WILL BE THE GIVEAWAY FOR THOSE PEOPLE THAT COMPLETE THE ART IN PUBLIC PLACES AS WELL.
UM, SO THAT CONTINUES TO BE A GREAT RESOURCE FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND A GREAT ECONOMIC GENERATOR AS WELL.
UH, OUR REGIONAL CAMPAIGN WAS LAUNCHED IN APRIL, UH, WILL GO THROUGH AUGUST.
UH, THIS CAMPAIGN OBVIOUSLY IS, UH, THE GOAL IS TO RAISE AWARENESS IN KEY MARKETS.
UH, DRIVABLE MARKETS WITHIN THREE HOURS.
WE ADDED TO CHICAGO THIS YEAR TO OUR, TO OUR MIX.
THE PAID PART OF THIS IS VERY, IS A HUNDRED PERCENT DIGITAL, SO PEOPLE IN THIS MARKET WILL GET ADS FROM US AND, AND ALL META YOUTUBE, TRIPADVISOR, ET CETERA.
BUT IT'S A VERY MULTIFACETED CAMPAIGN AS WELL.
SO WE ACTUALLY TARGET INFLUENCERS OR BLOGGERS THAT ARE IN EACH ONE OF THOSE THINGS, HAVE, HAVE THEM COME TO DUBLIN, THEY WRITE ABOUT GREAT THINGS IN DUBLIN, GO BACK TO THEIR CITY AND REACH TO THEIR CONSTITUENTS IN THEIR HOMETOWN AS WELL, TO, TO INCREASE THE, THE AWARENESS OF WHAT, OF, OF THE CITY, OF OUR CITY AS WELL.
UM, A GOOD EXAMPLE, WE'RE DOING THE LARGEST TV STATION IN, UH, THE CITY OF DETROIT.
UM, WE'RE DOING A DUBLIN GIVEAWAY, GET VACATION GIVEAWAY, THAT'S ALL FREE.
OUR, UM, PARTNERS GIVE US KIM MITCHELL.
IT'S A WEEKEND STAY, RESTAURANTS, ET CETERA.
AND IN EXCHANGE, UM, THE STATION WILL PROMOTE, GIVE 32ND SPOTS ON THE CITY OF DUBLIN.
AGAIN, NO, NO OUT OF POCKET MONEY FOR US.
IT'S JUST TOTALLY A TRADE THERE.
RACE HAS TREMENDOUS AWARENESS, UM, AS WELL FOR THAT.
WE DO A LOT OF STUFF, UH, MAKING SURE WE GET SOME, SOME PLAY IN, UH, COVERAGE IN, IN THOSE PUBLICATIONS, IN THOSE KEY MARKETS AS WELL.
UM, WE CONTINUE TO, TO, UH, ATTRACT NEW BUS PIECES OF BUSINESS.
I WANNA HIGHLIGHT JUST THESE TWO, UM, AS KA AN EXAMPLE.
THE GOOD GUYS, YOU MAY HAVE HEARD OF THIS.
IT'S AT THE FAIRGROUNDS, IT'S IN A COUPLE WEEKS.
THIS IS AN EXAMPLE WHERE SOMETIMES WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE AN EVENT IN DUBLIN TO, TO BENEFIT AND SEE THE BENEFIT OF THE ECONOMIC IMPACT.
SO THAT EVENT'S AT, AT THE FAIRGROUNDS, BUT THEY ARE STAYING IN DUBLIN HOTELS IN THE METRO CENTER HOTELS.
SO ALL THE METRO CENTER HOTELS ARE NEARLY FULL, UM, FOR THAT WEEK.
AND I THINK IT'S JULY 10TH THROUGH 12TH OR SOMETHING AROUND THAT TIME.
UM, WE'VE BEEN UP WITH THE CHIEF AND, AND SOME OTHER FOLKS AT THE CITY, UH, TO MAKE SURE WE'RE READY FOR THAT.
AND THEN THE OTHER EXAMPLE IS OHIO SOCIETY OF ASSOCIATION PROFESSIONALS.
THIS EVENT IS ONLY TWO TO 300 PEOPLE, SO IT'S NOT A HUGE IMPACT COMING INTO TOWN, BUT EVERY ONE OF THE PEOPLE COMING TO THIS EVENT ARE IN CHARGE OF THEIR OWN EVENT OR THEIR OWN ASSOCIATIONS MEETINGS.
SO THEY'RE GONNA GO BACK ACROSS THE STATE AND IN THEORY, HOPEFULLY IN THE FUTURE, THEN THEY'LL COME AND BOOK A FUTURE BUSINESS TO THEIR THING.
SO IT'S, IT'S A WAY FOR US TO KIND OF PUT OUR BEST FORWARD SHOW OFF OUR CITY TO THESE INFLUENTIAL, UM, MEETING PLANNERS, UH, ACROSS THE STATE.
WE TALKED LAST TIME ABOUT A VERY COOL CAMPAIGN.
WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT, UM, WORKING WITH OHIO STATE.
I THINK I MENTIONED LAST TIME OHIO STATE HAS MORE DOUBLE, HAS MORE STUDENT OR THE CITY OF DUBLIN HAS
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MORE, UM, STUDENT ATHLETES AT OHIO STATE THAN ANY OTHER HIGH SCHOOL, UM, IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY.SO WE'RE, WE'RE HIGHLIGHTING, WE, WE'VE WORKED ABOUT SEVEN OR EIGHT OF THESE STUDENT ATHLETES THAT HAVE BEEN BORN AND RAISED IN DUBLIN.
UM, THEY'RE GONNA SPEAK SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN AND TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY LOVE ABOUT DUBLIN, ABOUT THEIR DAYS PLAYING WITH DSL OR DYA OR AVERY PARK, WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE, UM, AND TO THE POINT WHERE THEY'RE NOW A, A COLLEGE ATHLETE AS WELL.
SO, UM, THAT'S A VERY COOL CAMPAIGN THAT WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT DOING.
UM, I MENTIONED THE ACCREDITATION LAST WEEK, SO I'M NOT GONNA DIVE INTO THIS.
ONE THAT WE'VE BEEN ACCREDITED SINCE 2007.
UM, THERE'S ALSO 4,500, UM, BMOS OR CONVENTION VISITORS BUREAUS ACROSS THE WORLD.
SO WE'RE AMONG LESS THAN 5% OF ALL DLS ACROSS THE ENTIRE WORLD THAT HAVE ACHIEVED THIS.
BUT WE'RE VERY EXCITED, BEST PRACTICES, ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.
ALMOST 120 DIFFERENT KIND OF STANDARDS THAT, THAT WE HAVE TO MEET.
UM, I WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UM, OR GO BACK FOR A SECOND, RELIVE OUR WORLD'S LARGEST SHAMROCK THAN A LOT OF YOU PARTICIPATE IN.
WE DID BREAK THE WORLD RECORD UNOFFICIALLY.
WE HAD 1,049 PEOPLE PARTICIPATE, UM, IN THAT SHAMROCK.
SO I'M, I THINK I'M, IF I JUST PLAY THIS, IT'LL PLAY A 32ND BLIP.
WE'RE TRYING TO BREAK A WORLD RECORD FROM HUNDRED OUT THE WORLD RECORD.
SO THANKS OF ALL YOU THAT PARTICIPATE IN, AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WHY DO WE DO THESE KIND OF THINGS? I MEAN, THIS, OBVIOUSLY IT'S A GREAT COMMUNITY EVENT, IT GETS PEOPLE TOGETHER, BUT THE, OUR MAIN FOCUS IS TO RAISE THE PROFILE OF THE CITY ACROSS THE GLOBE.
I MEAN, THAT'S WHY WE DO THESE KIND OF EVENTS.
UM, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S NOT JUST FOR A DESTINATION MESSAGE, NOT JUST FOR PEOPLE TO COME TO VISIT THE CITY OF DUBLIN, BUT IF RAISING A PROFILE HELPS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, IT HELPS MAYBE FUTURE RESIDENTS COMING INTO TOWN.
SO OUR ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO SEE HOW MUCH VISIBILITY PRESS WE COULD ACTUALLY GET THROUGH THIS EVENT.
WE HAD OVER 1 BILLION IMPRESSIONS, AND I, THAT'S A HUGE NUMBER AND IT IS, BUT JUST TO SEE SOME OF THE, THE, THE B ROLL.
AND THE GREAT THING ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR, UM, CAMPAIGN OR EVENT WAS IT WAS SO VISUAL.
SO WE, INSTEAD OF JUST IN IN PRINT MEDIA, IT WAS ALL OVER, UM, MEDIA, TV STATIONS.
WE ARE PHILADELPHIA, WE ARE ON PEOPLE MAGAZINE, NEW YORK POST, UM, ALL OUR KEY MARKETS AS WELL, UM, ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
SO, UM, AGAIN, THAT THIS KIND OF EVENT REALLY HELPS US RAISE THE PROFILE, UM, OF THE COMMUNITY ACROSS THE ENTIRE GLOBE.
SO KIND OF WRAP IT UP IN A BIG THING, YOU KNOW, HERE ARE THE, THE REAL FOUR KEY DELIVERABLES THAT WE'RE OFFERING ALL OF YOU.
AND WE'RE WORKING HARD TO DO EVERY, YOU KNOW, EVERY DAY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR WE'RE GENERATING IMPACT.
WE'D MENTIONED WE'RE GLOBAL, YOU KNOW, HELPING POSITION DUBLIN AS A GLOBAL CITY OF CHOICE.
WE'RE REALLY THE ENGINE THAT GENERATES THAT BED TAX REVENUE THAT CONTINUES TO FLOURISH.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, AND I THINK THAT THE LAST ONE'S PROBABLY OUR MOST IMPORTANT THING.
AND WE CONTINUE TO BE A TRUSTED RESOURCE TO OUR RESIDENTS, NOT ONLY FOR INFORMATION AS WELL, BUT I THINK USING EXPERIENCES IF IT'S THE FERRY DOOR TRAIL OR WHATEVER TRAIL IT MIGHT BE.
AND SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS WE OFFER THROUGHOUT THE STATE IS IT'S, OR THE CITY.
IT'S GETTING PEOPLE AROUND THE CITY AND EXPLORING THE CITY AND, AND REALLY BECOMING MORE AWARE OF IT AS WELL.
UM, AND AGAIN, THAT JUST GENERATES A 16 TO ONE.
SO EVERY DOLLAR YOU'RE SPENDING, UM, WITH US, UM, YOU'RE GETTING 16 BACK.
I WAS TELLING BETTY, UH, A LITTLE BIT EARLIER THAT THIS IS ACTUALLY MY HUNDREDTH PRESENTATION TO CITY COUNCIL.
SO, UM, I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU AND ALL YOUR PREDECESSORS PUTTING UP WITH ME FOR, FOR ALL THESE YEARS AND ALL YOUR SUPPORT THAT YOU'VE GIVEN, UH, THE ORGANIZATION.
I FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD HAVE A TROPHY FOR ENDURANCE.
NO, TO PRESENT TO YOU THIS EVENING,
YOU'VE GIVEN US DOZENS OF THOSE OVER THE YEARS.
WE SHOULD HAVE SOMETHING IN RETURN.
BUT, UH, ALL KIDDING ASIDE, THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO IN THIS COMMUNITY.
AND THANKS FOR, UH, HAVING SUCH A CREATIVE TEAM THAT BRINGS FORWARD GREAT IDEAS TO, UH, I, I, I LOVE THE FACT THAT YOU'RE WILLING TO TRY ANYTHING, UM, AND, AND TO SEE WHERE YOU CAN HAVE SUCCESS IN PROMOTING THE COMMUNITY AND PROMOTING FOLKS TO COME VISIT DUBLIN.
SO THANKS FOR THE WORK YOU DO APPRECIATE IT.
OKAY, THIS BRINGS US TO THE CITIZEN COMMENTS PORTION OF OUR AGENDA.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CITIZENS TO COMMENT ON ANY TOPIC THAT IS NOT ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA.
AS A REMINDER, THERE IS A KIOSK OUT FRONT WHERE YOU COULD SIGN IN.
HOPEFULLY YOU HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO.
IF YOU DID NOT, WE WILL, UH, YOU WILL BE PERMITTED TO MAKE THOSE COMMENTS AT THE END OF THE LIST OF THOSE THAT DID.
MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, NO ONE HAS SIGNED IN THIS EVENING.
IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM THAT IS NOT ON THIS EVENING'S AGENDA? OKAY, HEARING NONE, WE WILL MOVE FORWARD
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TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.[00:15:01]
IS THERE ARE A REQUEST TO REMOVE ANY ITEM FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA? HEARING NONE, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE MR. KEELER? YES.
[Ordinance 30-26 ]
POSTPONE ITEM, SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING ORDINANCE ORDINANCE 30 DASH 26 ADOPTING AN ENACTING A SUPPLEMENT TO THE CODE OF ORDINANCES FOR THE CITY OF DUBLIN, OHIO.OUR STAFF REPORT WILL BE BROUGHT FORWARD THIS EVENING BY JOE BACHELOR.
SO JUST AS A REMINDER, THIS IS FROM THE CITY'S CODIFY AMERICAN LEGAL PUBLISHING, EITHER ONCE OR TWICE A YEAR.
THEY WILL HELP INCORPORATE CHANGES MADE TO THE OHIO REVISED CODE THAT ARE INCORPORATED INTO THE CITY'S CODE, AS WELL AS ADDING LEGISLATION PASSED IN THE PREVIOUS TIME PERIOD BY THE CITY INTO THE CITY'S ACTUAL CODE.
UM, SO STARTING WITH REVISED CODE CHANGES, THESE ARE CHANGES MADE BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY THROUGH JANUARY OR THROUGH JUNE 25TH, 2025.
FOR THE CITY, ITS LOCAL CHANGES MADE THROUGH DECEMBER 8TH, 2025.
UH, FOR THE REVISED CODE AMENDMENTS, IT'S FOCUSED ON MORE MINOR TRAFFIC AND CRIMINAL DEFINITIONAL CHANGES.
FOR THE LOCAL CHANGES THAT INCLUDED AN AMENDMENT TO THE FEE SCHEDULE.
AFTER COUNCIL, CONSIDER CONSIDERED THE COST STUDY AS WELL AS SOME OTHER MINOR CODE CLEANUP.
UM, HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS? VERY GOOD, THANK YOU.
IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THIS EVENING THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING NONE COUNCIL QUESTIONS.
JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? MS. GRAHAM? YES.
THIS BRINGS US TO THE INTRODUCTION.
[Ordinance 34-26 ]
FIRST READING ORDINANCE PORTION OF OUR AGENDA, ORDINANCE 34 DASH 26 AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ACCEPT NECESSARY CONVEYANCE DOCUMENTS ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN FOR A 0.22 ACRE RIGHT OF WAY, DEDICATION FROM WILCOX TUTTLE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP.AND OUR STAFF REPORT THIS EVENING WILL BE FROM PHIL HARTMAN.
UH, EDWARDS GROUP WAS IN THE PROCESS OF CLOSING ON A PARCEL, AND IT CAME TO THEIR ATTENTION DURING THE DUE DILIGENCE THAT PART OF THE PARCEL WAS STILL ENCUMBERED WITH A RIGHT OF WAY, UH, UH, EASEMENT.
SO WE USUALLY, GENERALLY REQUIRE THEM TO CONVERT THAT TO A RIGHT OF WAY, EASE, OR RIGHT OF WAY FEE.
SO WE, UH, THEY CONTACTED US AND WE AGREED TO CONVERT THAT OVER TO A DEED.
SO, UH, JUST TO MEMORIALIZE THAT, SO WE HAVE THAT IN OUR RECORDS THAT IT HAS BEEN CONVERTED.
WE'VE ASKED IT TO GO BEFORE COUNSEL AS ANY, UH, CHANGE IN PRO PROPERTY TO RIGHT AWAY.
AND SO THAT'S WHY IT'S BEFORE YOU TONIGHT.
YOU CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE IT.
IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING NONE COUNCIL QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION.
AND JUST TO HIGHLIGHT, THIS IS A NO FEE TRANSACTION, CORRECT? YEAH.
UH, WE WILL HAVE SECOND READING.
[Ordinance 35-26 ]
HEARING WILL BE SCHEDULED FOR JULY THE FIRST 2026.BRINGS US TO ORDINANCE 35 DASH 26 AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A REAL ESTATE PURCHASE AND SALE CONTRACT, A PROPERTY RECONVEYANCE JUST ESCROW AGREEMENT, AND A THIRD AMENDMENT TO AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY ON BEHALF OF ITS WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER.
AND OUR STAFF REPORT WILL BE BROUGHT FORWARD BY OUR VERY OWN MEGAN O. CALLAHAN.
GOOD EVENING MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
I AM PLEASED TO INTRODUCE ORDINANCE 35 DASH 26 AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A REAL ESTATE PURCHASE AND SALE CONTRACT, A PROPERTY RECONVEYANCE ESCROW AGREEMENT, AND A THIRD AMENDMENT TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY.
IN MAY OF 2019, CITY COUNCIL APPROVED AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH OHIO STATE ON BEHALF OF OSU WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER TO FACILITATE DEVELOPMENT OF ABOUT 34 ACRES OF LAND IN OUR WEST INNOVATION DISTRICT TO ESTABLISH A HEALTH AND WELLNESS CAMPUS VISION.
THE AGREEMENT ESTABLISHED A PHASE DEVELOPMENT APPROACH ANCHORED BY A MINIMUM 225,000 SQUARE FOOT AMBULATORY MEDICAL FACILITY DESIGNED TO PROVIDE A FULL RANGE OF OUTPATIENT SERVICES WITH FUTURE EXPANSION POTENTIAL.
AND AS A RESULT OF THAT AGREEMENT, OSU CONSTRUCTED A 272,000 SQUARE FOOT OUTPATIENT CARE FACILITY LOCATED AT 6,700 UNIVERSITY BOULEVARD.
SINCE THE ADOPTION OF THAT AGREEMENT IN 2019, THERE HAVE BEEN TWO AMENDMENTS TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, AND THOSE AMENDMENTS ADDRESSED THE ADJACENT PARCELS IN OCTOBER OF 2024.
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THE AGREEMENT WAS FIRST AMENDED TO EXTEND THE RIGHT OF FIRST OFFER, RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL FOR PARCEL A FROM OCTOBER 1ST, 2024 TO OCTOBER 1ST, 2025.AND THEN IN FEBRUARY OF 2026, A SECOND AMENDMENT WAS EXECUTED AND FURTHER EXTENDED THE RIGHT OF FIRST OFFER, RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL FOR PARCEL A AGAIN UNTIL OCTOBER 1ST, 2026.
AND THAT WOULD COINCIDE WITH THE RIGHTS FOR PARCEL B.
THE CITY OF OSU HAVE SINCE NEGOTIATED A THIRD AMENDMENT TO THE EDA AND INCLUDED A NEW REAL ESTATE PURCHASE AND SALE CONTRACT AND PROPERTY RECONVEYANCE ESCROW AGREEMENT.
AND THESE SUPPORT THE NEXT PHASE OF DEVELOPMENT ON LAND THAT'S ADJACENT TO THE CURRENT OSU MEDICAL CENTER FACILITY.
AND UNDER THE TERMS OF THE PROPOSED AGREEMENT, THE CITY WILL CONVEY APPROXIMATELY 16.3 ACRES OF LAND ON UNIVERSITY BOULEVARD FOR A PRICE OF 2.934 MILLION.
AND THAT EQUATES TO ABOUT $180,000 PER ACRE.
OSU COMMITS TO CONSTRUCTING A MINIMUM 150,000 SQUARE FOOT SPECIALIZED MEDICAL BUILDING, WHICH BUILDS ON THE ORIGINAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK.
THE THIRD AMENDMENT ALSO PROVIDES OSU WITH A RIGHT OF FIRST OFFER, RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL FOR PARCEL E, WHICH IS LOCATED WEST OF THEIR CURRENT MEDICAL CENTER.
AND OSU MAY PURCHASE PARCEL E FOR $180,000 PER ACRE BEFORE DECEMBER 31ST, 2028.
AND THE CITY MAINTAINS RIGHTS FOR EASEMENTS DEDICATION OF RIGHTS AWAY, OR SIMILAR RIGHTS NECESSARY FOR THE BUILDING OF OUR FUTURE MULTIMODAL THOROUGHFARE PLAN THAT'S ADOPTED IN ENVISION DUBLIN.
THE AGREEMENT ALSO ESTABLISHES A FRAMEWORK FOR COORDINATION ON THE ALIGNMENT OF FUTURE OLD AVERY ROAD TO CONNECT TO THE EXISTING ROADWAY AT A ROUNDABOUT.
AND THE CITY WILL WORK COOPERATIVELY WITH OHIO STATE TO MINIMIZE IMPACTS TO THE MEDICAL CAMPUS, SUPPORT EFFECTIVE TRAFFIC CIRCULATION AND MAINTAIN THE LONG-TERM DEVELOPABILITY OF REMAINING OSU PROPERTY.
OSU ALSO WAIVED ANY WORKFORCE CREATION INCENTIVES THAT ARE RELATED TO THE NEXT PHASE DEVELOPMENTS, CONSTRUCTION AND, UM, EXPANSION PLANS.
AND THE PROPERTY RECONVEYANCE ESCROW AGREEMENT SUPPORTS THE TIMELY DEVELOPMENT BY OHIO STATE WHEREIN THEY MUST BEGIN CONSTRUCTION BY DECEMBER 31ST, 2031, OR THE CITY MAY INITIATE RECONVEYANCE OF THE PROPERTY.
AND THAT PROCESS IS CON AND REQUIREMENTS IS CONSISTENT WITH THE PROVISIONS THAT WERE INCLUDED IN THE ORIGINAL 2019 AGREEMENT.
THE LAND PURCHASE WAS APPROVED BY THE OSU BOARD OF TRUSTEES EARLIER THIS MONTH.
AND WITH THAT STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF ORDINANCE 35 DASH 26 AT THE SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING ON JULY 1ST.
AND I'D LIKE TO THANK THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY TEAM FOR ITS CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP AND COLLABORATION THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
WE APPRECIATE OS U'S COMMITMENT TO DUBLIN AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO BUILDING ON THE SUCCESS OF THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS CAMPUS, UH, TOGETHER INTO THE FUTURE.
AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT COUNCIL MAY HAVE.
IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING NONE COUNCIL QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION? UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH, MEGAN.
I THINK ONE OF THE, UM, STIPULATIONS WAS THAT THE CITY'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THE, UM, FILLING AND GRADING OF THE COS GRAY DITCH AND ALSO REMEDIATION OF THE WETLANDS.
IS THERE ANY ESTIMATE IS REGARDING THE COST OF THAT? SO WE HAVE, UM, OBTAINED WE HAVE A PERMIT THAT GOVERNS THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF THE WORK IN THAT AREA.
PAUL, I DON'T KNOW IF, OR JEREMIAH, IF EITHER OF YOU HAVE A COST ESTIMATE FOR THE WORK THAT IS REQUIRED TO BE PERFORMED UNDER THE TERMS OF THOSE PERMITS.
NO, BUT AS WE'VE DISCUSSED WITH THE CITY ENGINEER, MOST OF THAT WORK IS ON PARCEL E, UH, SORRY, D WHICH IS ACROSS THE STREET FROM A AND B, UH, ON UNIVERSITY BOULEVARD.
SO I DUNNO WHAT THE COST IS, BUT THE WORK WOULD BE NOT HINDRANCE TO THE A AND B SITES, MOSTLY ON, UH, PARCEL D ACROSS THE WHISTLE WOULD NOT IMPACT THEIR, UM, THEIR DEVELOPMENT PLANS ON THE A AND B PARCELS.
AND FOR CLARIFICATION, PARCEL D IS CITY OWNED PARCEL D IS CITY, CITY OWNED, OWNED LAND, AND IT'S THAT EXISTING, UM, DITCH THAT'S THERE NOW.
HEARING NONE, UH, WE WILL LOOK FORWARD TO SECOND READING, PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED FOR JULY 1ST, 2026.
[Resolution 29-26]
INTRODUCTION, PUBLIC HEARING VOTE RESOLUTIONS.AND WE WILL BEGIN WITH RESOLUTION 29 DASH 26, ACCEPTING THE LOWEST AND BEST BID FOR THE 2026 KAUFMAN PARK STONE WALLS CONTRACT.
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AGAIN, OUR STAFF REPORT WILL BE BROUGHT FORWARD THIS EVENING BY MATT ERWIN EARMAN.WELCOME, GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
UM, AS, AS YOU ARE AWARE, WE ARE WORKING TOWARD, UH, FORTIFYING OUR SAFETY INFRASTRUCTURE AND SOME OF OUR MORE POPULAR PARKS.
UM, AT THE JULY EIGHT OR THE JUNE 8TH MEETING, WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UM, RIVERSIDE CROSSING PARK, WHICH WE'LL BRING UP A LITTLE BIT MOMENTARILY.
UM, BUT IN THE MEANTIME, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON KAUFMAN PARK.
THIS IS A STONEWALL PROJECT PRIMARILY, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THAT THIS WHOLE PERIMETER OF KAUFMAN PARK IS QUITE EXTENSIVE AND IT'S GOING TO INVOLVE MULTIPLE PROJECTS, NOT JUST THE STONE WALLS.
SO I WANTED TO PRESENT THAT TO YOU THIS EVENING, JUST SO YOU'RE AWARE THAT THERE ARE MULTIPLE THINGS GOING ON.
UM, IT'S KIND OF DIFFICULT TO SEE ON THIS MAP, BUT AT THE VERY NORTHERN END OF THIS MAP ON DOWN PATRICK DRIVE, THERE IS AN INSTALLATION OF TREES.
AND I'LL GET A LITTLE BIT ZOOMED IN ON THAT HERE IN A MINUTE.
UM, AND THEN ALONG POST ROAD, UM, ENTERING INTO, UH, FROM COMMERCE DRIVE, UM, AND ANOTHER INSTALLATION OF TREES TO PROVIDE THAT SAFETY BARRIER.
AND IN A PRIMARY SECTION THAT WE'RE REALLY FOCUSING ON IS EMERALD PARKWAY AND PERIMETER DRIVE, WHICH IS THE, UH, MOST TRAVERSED AREA FOR VEHICLES, WHICH WILL INCLUDE MULTITUDE OF TREES, BOULDERS, AND STONE WALLS TO CREATE A VERY, UH, AESTHETIC LANDSCAPE TO CONTINUE WITH THE AREAS THAT, UM, WE HAVE ALREADY COMPLETED TO THE NORTH AT THE, UM, AT THE END OF POST ROAD DOWN AT, AT OR AT THE NORTH END.
SO IN, IN THIS SLIDE, IT SHOWS THE, UH, REPRESENTATION OF THE, OF THE TREES, UM, ALONG THE EMBANKMENT THERE AT THE NORTH AND NORTHERN END OF THE IRISH FESTIVAL.
AND, UM, THIS, THIS IS TO HELP FORTIFY SOME OF THE VEHICULAR TRAFFIC, UM, UH, VARIANCES THAT MIGHT BE ABLE TO PROTRUDE INTO THE PARK.
UM, WE ALSO INCLUDE, UM, UM, THE TREES THERE ALONG THE POST ROAD, UM, UM, DOWN NEAR THE, UH, SOUTHWEST AREA ENTRANCE TO, UH, THE IRISH FESTIVAL.
UM, AND THEN YOU'LL SEE HERE THERE'S A, A FORTITUDE OF MULTIPLE, UH, LANDSCAPE, UM, PLANS HERE TO INCLUDE THE, THE BLUE OR THE PURPLE IN THE STONE WALL MASONRY WORK THAT THIS RESOLUTION IS TO APPROVE THE WORK.
UH, THE REST OF THE WORK WILL BE THROUGH A SEPARATE CONTRACT THAT IS NOT, UM, IN, IN THIS PROJECT PER SE, BUT IT IS, UM, WE WILL BE WORKING WITH LANDSCAPE, UM, COMPANIES TO BE ABLE TO TRY TO GET AS MUCH AS WE CAN TO COMPLETE THIS PROJECT PRIOR TO THE IRISH FESTIVAL.
HOWEVER, THE WALLS WILL NOT BE COMPLETED UNTIL AFTER THE IRISH FESTIVAL.
BUT WE WILL CONTINUE TO FORTIFY THESE AREAS WITH, UH, CONCRETE BARRIERS AS WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST.
AND WE WILL DO WHAT WE CAN WITH THE BOULDERS AND, AND THE TREE LANDSCAPING BETWEEN NOW AND THE IRISH FESTIVAL ITSELF.
JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF THE BOULDERS AND THE TREE CONFIGURATION, THIS GIVES YOU AN, UH, AN INDICATION OF THE SIZE OF THE BOULDERS AND THE TREES, UH, THE PLACEMENT AND SO FORTH.
AS, AS WE, AS WE PLAN THROUGH, UH, THE, THE LANDSCAPING CONCEPT.
UM, THIS IS, UM, THE, UM, TOP RIGHT PICTURE, UH, ILLUSTRATES EXISTING WALL AND LANDSCAPE STRUCTURES THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO, UM, INTERMINGLE ALONG EMERALD PARKWAY, UH, TOWARD THE SOUTH TOWARDS PERIMETER DRIVE.
AND WE WILL INTERMINGLE THAT WITH THE BOULDERS AND THE TREE CONCEPT TO FORTIFY THAT AREA.
WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON A, A THIRD PROJECT HERE TO, UH, RE RECONFIGURE THE ENTRANCE TO THE EVENT SPACE AS IT'S BEEN REQUESTED.
AND, AND CONCERNS HAVE BEEN EXPRESSED BY CITY COUNCIL ABOUT PARKING ISSUES AND, UM, AND ACCESS.
AND, AND SO WE ARE GONNA REALIGN CERTAIN CURB STRUCTURES, UM, REALIGN THE SHARED USE PATH, INTEGRATING A GATING SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS US TO, UM, BE FLEXIBLE FOR EVENTS AND, AND FESTIVALS AND SO FORTH.
BUT IT DOES GIVE US THE STRUCTURE THAT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO KEEP PEOPLE FROM PARKING IN THESE AREAS AND CREATING A SAFETY CONCERN DURING NON-EVENT UM, CONDITIONS.
THIS IS A PROJECT THAT WILL ALIGN WITH THE REPAVING OF EMERALD PARKWAY AFTER THE FESTIVAL AS WELL.
SO WITH THAT, UH, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION 29 26, ACCEPTING THE LOWEST AND BEST BID SUBMITTED BY A QUALITY MASONRY COMPANY IN THE AMOUNT OF $624,000 FOR THE INSTALLATION OF THE STONE WALLS ALONG EMERALD PARKWAY AND, UM, THE CORNER OF PERIMETER.
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VERY GOOD.IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING NONE COUNCIL QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION? I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS FOR YOU, MATT.
UM, SO FOR THE TREES THAT WE'RE INSTALLING, OR CAN WE USE TREE FUND MONEY FOR THAT? 'CAUSE IT IS ON CITY PROPERTY.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE THE PURVIEW OF CITY COUNCIL TO DIRECT US TO DO SO.
UM, THAT IS A FUND THAT CITY COUNCIL HAS TO APPROVE US TO USE THOSE FUNDS FOR THAT PROJECT.
BUT CERTAINLY I WOULD, I WOULD IMAGINE SO.
UM, I WOULD JUST CONSIDER THAT LIKE FIND OUT HOW MUCH THE COST IS.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH, HOW MUCH WE'RE GONNA BE SPENDING ON TREES, BUT IF WE HAVE A TREE FUND AND WE'VE GOT MONEY IN IT TO HELP, MAYBE JUST CURIOUS WHAT THE PRICE WILL BE.
RIGHT NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT PROBABLY ABOUT 65 TO $70,000 FOR THE TREES.
AND THEN MY, MY OTHER QUESTION IS ON THE FUTURE PROJECTS, NOT THE STONE ONE, BUT YOU SHOWED THAT.
UM, SO THE GATE THAT'S GONNA BE AT THE EMERALD PARK, EMERALD PARKWAY ENTRANCE, IS THAT, SO IS THE GATE ITSELF CLOSE TO THE ROAD OR IS IT GOING TO BE UP ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SHADE? I CAN'T, IF YOU CAN, I DON'T THINK YOU CAN SEE MY UM, ICON HERE, BUT WELL, THERE'S A LINE.
IS THAT, THAT WHOLE THING, A GUARDRAIL THAT LINE, THAT STRAIGHT LINE THAT GOES ACROSS? OH, THAT IS A GUARD IT.
IT IS UP, IT IS UP AGAINST THE ROAD.
SO PEOPLE CAN'T JUST PULL IN SLIGHTLY.
NO, IT WILL BE COMPLETELY GATED OFF.
AND THEN DID, DO WE HAVE INCORPORATED IN THIS THEN WHERE THE RIDESHARE DROPOFF AREA WILL BE THEN? UH, THE RIDE SHA UH, THE RIDESHARE DROP OFF AREA IS NOT IN THIS LOCATION? WELL, PEOPLE WERE USING THAT AS A RIDE SHARE DROP OFF.
SO I'M JUST WONDERING, DO WE HAVE A PLACE ESTABLISHED ELSEWHERE? WE DO.
AND IT'S ALONG COMMERCE DRIVE IS, IS WHAT I UNDERSTAND.
AND WE CAN SIGN THIS ACCORDINGLY AS WELL, SO, OKAY.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE, 'CAUSE WHEN THE LYFT DRIVERS PUTS IN THE ADDRESS, THIS IS WHERE THEY'VE BEEN DROPPING 'EM OFF, SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE DON'T HAVE THEM STOPPING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD.
AND AGAIN, THIS WILL NOT HAPPEN UNTIL AFTER THIS YEAR'S IRISH FESTIVAL.
SO WE WILL MAKE THOSE PLANS AND, AND MAKE SURE WE HAVE IT SIGNED AND PEOPLE ARE AWARE ACCORDINGLY.
SO I'M JUST CURIOUS IF WE CONSULTED ANY OUTSIDE SECURITY CONSULTANTS ON HOW ROBUST THE WALL IS, THE SIZE OF THE BOULDERS.
I MEAN THE BOULDERS LOOK PRETTY, PRETTY LARGE.
UM, YOU KNOW, I, I UNDERSTAND THE GOAL, THERE'S AN AESTHETIC ASPECT TO IT, BUT THERE'S ALSO A SECURITY ASPECT TO IT.
AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE IS ROBUST ENOUGH BASED ON WHAT A PROFESSIONAL IN A PROFESSIONAL'S OPINION THE SIZE OF THE BOULDERS THEMSELVES, UM, ARE MEETING CERTAIN TRAFFIC STANDARDS.
UM, THE TREES WILL TAKE A FEW YEARS TO BE ABLE TO FORTIFY THAT SPACE, BUT IN, IN A FEW YEARS, THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO WITHSTAND ANY KIND OF VEHICULAR ACCESS.
SO THERE IS A STANDARD OUT THERE.
SO MATT, CONTINUING DOWN THAT, UM, VEIN ON THE VERY FIRST SLIDE THAT YOU PUT UP, YOU SHARED WITH US WHERE SOME TREES HAVE ALREADY BEEN PLANTED, IS THE THOUGHT.
IS THE THOUGHT TO INCORPORATE BOULDERS OR OTHER SAFETY ALONG WITH THOSE TREES, THE MOST NORTHERN SECTION ABOUT, UM, AT DOWN PATRICK? NO.
UM, IT IS A RESTRICTED AREA OF ACCESS FOR THE IRISH FESTIVAL TO BEGIN WITH.
SO WE DON'T FEEL AS THOUGH THE BOULDERS WOULD BE NECESSARY IN THAT SPECIFIC LOCATION.
UM, AND THEN ALONG, UM, POST ROAD IS A VERY SIMILAR ENVIRONMENT WHERE, UM, VEHICULAR ACCESS IS RESTRICTED.
I MEAN, IF IT'S GONNA TAKE SEVERAL YEARS FOR THESE TREES TO MEET THEIR PURPOSE, I I I JUST WONDER IF IT DOESN'T MAKE SOME SENSE TO THINK ABOUT THAT STRATEGICALLY ALONG THAT WAY TOO.
SO, UM, I JUST RAISED THAT AS WE'RE DOING THAT PROJECT.
'CAUSE YOU SAID THIS IS THE FIRST STEP OF SEVERAL AND I DIDN'T KNOW, BUT THOSE OTHER ADDITIONAL STEPS MIGHT BE WE'VE MET INTERNALLY WITH, UM, POLICE DEPARTMENT AND, AND REALLY IN OUR EVENTS TEAM TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE WERE DOING WAS APPROPRIATE AND AESTHETIC AND, AND NOT CREATING AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE IT WASN'T WELCOMING, BUT, AND STILL IT, IT
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PROVIDES THAT FORTIFICATION FOR VEHICULAR TRAFFIC.BUT AS WE LEARN AND AS WE UNDERSTAND THINGS GOING FORWARD, WE CAN, WE CAN ADD THOSE IN FOR SURE IF NEEDED.
NO OTHER COMMENTS? UM, MATT, FOR THE OTHER EVENTS THAT ARE HELD IN THIS SPACE, UM, ARE THESE SAME ROADWAYS HAVE LIMITED ACCESS? I'M SORRY, WHAT WAS THE QUESTION ABOUT THE ROADWAY ACCESS? SO FOR OTHER EVENTS THAT ARE HELD IN THIS SPACE, UM, WILL THAT BE A REQUIREMENT OF THE EVENT PERMIT THEN TO HAVE THESE ROADWAYS BE LIMITED ACCESS ROADWAYS TO PREVENT VEHICULAR MOVEMENT INTO THE PARK FOR EVENTS OTHER THAN THE IRISH FESTIVAL? I DON'T THINK I CAN ANSWER TO THAT PLANNING ASPECT OF IT, BUT IT'S, I THINK IT'S A VALID QUESTION.
WE WERE REALLY TAILORING TO THE IRISH FESTIVAL, UM, IN THIS CASE AND SPECTACULAR IN THE EVENTS THAT THE CITY ACTUALLY PUTS ON.
AND I WOULD, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT, YOU KNOW, IF IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO HOLD AN EVENT HERE, THAT WE WOULD REQUIRE THEM TO PROVIDE CERTAIN SECURITY MEASURES TO PREVENT THAT MM-HMM
UM, BECAUSE THAT IS, THAT IS PART OF OUR PLANNING WITH OUR EVENTS TEAM AS THEY APPLY FOR THESE TYPES OF EVENTS.
SO I, I THINK WE COULD RE WE WE COULD REQUIRE IT DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF THE EVENT OR THE NATURE OF THE EVENT OR WHAT HAVE YOU.
I I JUST WONDER IF, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE DON'T LOOK AT, I KNOW WE HAVE TWO PHASES IN LINE RIGHT NOW.
WE HAVE A PHASE THAT, THAT THIS ONE REPRESENTS.
I THINK THE BUDGET WAS 900 AND SOME ODD THOUSAND DOLLARS, SO THERE'S 300 SOME ODD THOUSAND DOLLARS LEFT IN PHASE TWO.
AND, AND MAYBE WE LOOK AT PHASE THREE WHERE WE HAVE A FORTIFICATION OF THE, OF THE PARK FOR EVENTS THAT WOULDN'T HAVE LIMITED ACCESS, UM, JUST, OR, OR WE WOULD REQUIRE PEOPLE TO HAVE LIMITED ACCESS TO THOSE.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT SIZE THE TREES ARE GOING TO BE AT INSTALLATION? UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, THREE TO FOUR CALIPER.
UM, BUT IT, IT, AND AGAIN, IT'LL TAKE A FEW YEARS FOR THEM TO GET ESTABLISHED FOR SURE.
WELL, I, I JUST, I GUESS I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE US TO MAYBE THINK ABOUT A PHASE THREE THAT WE WOULD FORTIFY THE, UM, THE ENTRANCES THAT AREN'T LIMITED ACCESS.
UH, OR WE WOULD LOOK AT PERMANENT LIMITED ACCESS OF THOSE STREETS OR THOSE, UM, THAT ACCESSIBILITY FOR ANY OTHER EVENT THAT WOULD BE HELD IN THE PARK.
UH, WELL, IF THERE ARE NO OTHER COMMENTS, JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL MAYOR AROSE GROOMS? YES.
[OTHER BUSINESS ]
TO THE OTHER BUSINESS PORTION OF OUR AGENDA, AND WE WILL BEGIN WITH THE WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION INFRASTRUCTURE UPDATE IN OUR STAFF REPORT WILL BE BROUGHT FORWARD THIS EVENING BY BRANDON, UH, BROWN.AND HE WILL BE, UH, JOINED BY BRETT SOLS, UH, FROM TELE TELE LOGICS.
MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, YOU GOT HIS NAME CORRECT.
AND THE TELE LOGISTICS CATCHES EVERYONE, I THINK, OR YOU SAY SO, UM, THANK YOU.
TONIGHT WE WANTED TO BRING FORTH SOME WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING HERE IN THE CITY, UH, TO DISCUSS WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS.
UM, I FIGURE WE'RE, WE'RE WELL ON OUR WAY WITH COMPLETION OF OUR WIRED TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND WIRELESS IS A HUGE PART OF EV EVERYDAY LIFE.
SO AS DEMAND FOR RELIABLE MOBILE CONNECTIVITY CONTINUES TO GROW FOR RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES, THE PUBLIC AND PUBLIC SAFETY OPERATIONS, THE CITY'S INITIATED THIS STUDY TO UNDERSTAND THE SITUATION WITHIN DUBLIN AND TO UNDERSTAND THE INDUSTRY AS A WHOLE.
AND SO BACKGROUND OF SOME OF THIS IS THAT AS LONG AS I'VE BEEN HERE, WHICH IS APPROACHING OVER 23 YEARS NOW, WHICH IS A LONG TIME, UM, WE'VE HAD NUMEROUS MEETINGS WITH, UH, MOBILE NETWORK OPERATORS, MNOS CARRIERS, AND WE HAVE THREE OF THE MAIN ONES THAT OCCUPY DUBLIN.
WE HAVE AT AND T, VERIZON AND T-MOBILE.
SPRINT USED TO BE HERE, T-MOBILE PURCHASED SPRINT.
AND WHAT WE HAVE HAD OVER THE NUMBER OF YEARS IS A SERIES OF MEETINGS TO TALK ABOUT GAPS IN COVERAGE WHERE THEY COULD FULFILL AND UTILIZE EITHER CITY ASSETS OR, OR OTHER STRATEGIES TO FILL IN GAPS.
SAME TIME WE'VE BEEN APPROACHED BY MANY TOWER COMPANIES.
SO THE, THE INDUSTRY, AND BRETT CAN ILLUMINATE THIS A LITTLE BETTER.
THE INDUSTRY'S COMPOSED OF NOT ONLY THE CARRIERS, BUT THOSE WHO RUN THE TOWERS, THAT THE ANTENNAS FOR THE CARRIERS GO ON.
AND EACH TIME WE HAVE THESE DISCUSSIONS, THERE'S SPECIFIC AREAS OF THE CITY THAT THEY KNOW IS UNDERSERVED, AND WE KIND OF JUST GO ROUND AND ROUND.
THEY GO ONTO THEIR COMMUNITIES, THEY RUN A BUDGET CYCLE AND PLANNING.
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DIDN'T HAVE REALLY HOLISTIC AND INDEPENDENT LOOK BECAUSE EACH CARRIER WOULD BRING THEIR OWN MAPS, THEIR OWN VERSION OF WHAT'S OUT THERE AND WHERE COVERAGE IS AND, AND THE LACK OF COVERAGE IN, IN THOSE CASES, OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, WE HAD UPDATED OUR MODEMS AND OUR PUBLIC SAFETY VEHICLES.SO WE HAVE WHAT'S CALLED A DUAL BAND MODEM.
IT UTILIZES VERIZON AND AT AND T FIRSTNET.
AND THOSE MODEMS ALSO GAVE US ACCESS TO SOME REALLY GOOD DATA ANALYTICS AND INSIGHTS WHERE WE COULD ACTUALLY SEE WHAT WAS HAPPENING OUT IN THE WORLD.
WE COULD SEE WHERE THERE ARE GAPS IN COVERAGE, WHERE OUR CRUISERS GO OUT.
AND AT THE SAME TIME, AS WE DEPLOY MORE AND MORE OF OUR CITY STAFF OUT AS A MOBILE WORKFORCE, WE GET REPORTS BACK FROM THEM.
THEY HAVE TROUBLE CONNECTING OR DOING THEIR, THEIR WORK ON THEIR IPADS IN CERTAIN LOCATIONS WITHIN THE CITY.
AND THEN ALL ALONG, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HEARD ANECDOTAL FEEDBACK FROM STAFF RESIDENTS, BUSINESS, VARIOUS QUESTIONS ABOUT THOSE.
SO SOME OF THE BLOCKING FACTORS HAVE BEEN A LACK OF A CONSISTENT VISION AND STRATEGIC, UH, KIND OF FRAMEWORK OR PLAN FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH SOME OF THESE.
WE DO HAVE RELATIVELY RESTRICTIVE ZONING CODE, UM, PAST PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND RESISTANCE WHEN PROJECTS HAVE COME UP.
SITE SUITABILITY, WHERE DO WE PUT CERTAIN TYPES OF INFRASTRUCTURE FOR, FOR WHAT USES? AND THEN TOPOGRAPHY.
I KNOW OHIO IS RELATIVELY FLAT, BUT WE WERE BLESSED TO HAVE A BEAUTIFUL RIVER THAT INTRODUCES LOTS OF ROCKS, LOTS OF DIPS IN THE VALLEYS, AND MANY, MANY TREES AS WE KNOW.
SO THOSE ALL AFFECT THOSE, UM, SORRY, EXCUSE ME.
SO REALLY IN THE FURTHERANCE OF OUR STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK, THEMES OF MOST CONNECTED AND MOST RESILIENT ARE PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERNS.
CONNECTIVITY FOR OUR, OUR RESIDENTS ARE BETTER PUBLIC SERVICES IN GENERAL.
AND FOR THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY, WE STARTED TO STUDY THIS TO GET AN INDEPENDENT LOOK.
AND THIS DOESN'T SHOW UP ON SOME OF THE SCREENS QUITE AS WELL, BUT I THOUGHT THIS WOULD JUST BE A VERY GOOD ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLE OF HOW MUCH PEOPLE ARE USING THEIR DEVICES TO CONNECT AND MOSTLY TO CONNECT TO DATA.
SO THIS DOES REPRESENT VOICE DATA AS WELL, BUT, BUT A LOT OF DATA USAGE.
AND YOU CAN SEE THERE IS A VERY LIGHT ROADWAY NETWORK AND FRAMEWORK HERE, BUT YOU CAN SEE WHERE PEOPLE GO.
YOU CAN SEE THE HEARTBEAT OF A CITY IN, IN THE SIMPLE PICTURE OF WHERE PEOPLE UTILIZING THEIR MOBILE DEVICES.
AND WE CAN SEE DARK AREAS AND WE CAN SEE VERY LIT UP AREAS AS BRETT'S TEAM PRESENTED THAT AS ONE OF THE PIECES OF INFORMATION THEY GATHERED.
I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING AND LETS US GET A KIND OF A LARGE FRAMEWORK FOR THIS.
SO AS PART OF THE WORK AND THE WAY WE WERE INTRODUCED TO BRETT AND HIS TEAM WAS, UM, KYLE MCKEE, OUR PROGRAM MANAGER FOR DUBLIN, AND I ATTENDED THE FIBER BROADBAND ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT TIMES.
AND WE ACTUALLY UTILIZED OUR ENTROPY CONSULTANTS, UH, WHO HELPED US WITH THE FIBER TE HOME TO MAKE SOME INTRODUCTIONS TO DIFFERENT BUSINESSES BECAUSE I HAD ASKED THEM, YOU KNOW, AS WE'VE GONE QUITE FAR WITH FIBER AND LOOKING AT FIBER, THERE'S THIS WHOLE WIRELESS COMPONENT, UM, TO, TO COMMUNICATION AND CONNECTIVITY.
SO THEY HELPED US ARRANGE A SERIES OF MEETINGS AND WE TALKED TO A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT VENDORS.
UM, LOGISTICS REALLY STOOD OUT BECAUSE THEY WORK WITH COMMUNITIES LIKE US.
UM, BRETT IS A DUBLIN RESIDENT, I'LL LET HIM SPEAK TO THAT.
HE WAS A DUBLIN RESIDENT, HIS MOTHER IS.
UM, BUT HE IS IN COLORADO NOW AND THEY'VE WORKED WITH ASPEN AND CHERRY HILLS AND, AND A NUMBER OF OTHER COMMUNITIES IN MICHIGAN AND SOME OTHER STATES THAT MADE US THINK OF DUBLIN AND UNDERSTANDING KIND OF WHAT AESTHETICS WE WOULD GO FOR AND WHAT THE TOPOGRAPHY IS LIKE HERE VERSUS OUT WEST AND, AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS AS WELL.
AND SO, AGAIN, WE REALLY TARGETED A IN INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT.
BRETT DOES NOT WORK FOR ANY OF THE, THE CARRIERS OR ANYONE.
UM, THEY, AND I'LL LET HIM TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THEIR DATA SOURCES HERE IN A MOMENT, BUT WE REALLY WANTED TO LOOK AT WHAT EXISTS, WHAT TYPE OF COVERAGE EXISTS, WHERE GAPS.
WE WANTED TO LOOK AT CITY OWNED ASSETS, INCLUDING PROPERTY, OTHER TYPES OF INFRASTRUCTURE SO THAT WE COULD START TO UNDERSTAND WHAT A FUTURE MIGHT LOOK LIKE.
AND SO REALLY WE'RE TO A POINT WHERE WE HAVE A REALLY SOLID SET OF INITIAL FINDINGS, AND WE WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU TONIGHT.
AND THE NEXT PHASE IS TO SPEND TIME DEVELOPING A ROBUST STRATEGIC PLAN WITH MANY TOOLS AND TACTICS AND REPEATABLE PLAYBOOKS FOR US TO USE AS WE APPROACH THE INDUSTRY OR AS THE INDUSTRY APPROACHES US.
AND SO I WON'T GET TOO DEEP INTO THIS, THIS IS BRETT'S TERRITORY, BUT REALLY WHAT WE LOOKED AT WERE THE RADIO FREQUENCY ANALYSIS OF THOSE TOP THREE CARRIERS.
AND BRETT WILL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE DATA SOURCE, BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS A NOVEL APPROACH.
THEY ACTUALLY USED A DATA SOURCE THAT CONTEMPLATES AND CONSIDERS WHAT'S HAPPENING ON YOUR DEVICE.
SO THEY WEREN'T GOING AND ASKING THE NETWORK CARRIERS FOR THEIR MAPS, WHICH YOU MIGHT SEE ON NATIONAL COMMERCIALS.
THEY'RE LOOKING AT DATA OF WHAT MOBILE DEVICE USERS ARE ACTUALLY REPORTING.
AND TWO KEY DISTINCTIONS HERE IS THAT THIS IS DIVIDED INTO TWO FREQUENCY BANDS, LOW BAND AND MID BAND AND LOW BAND.
YOU COULD THINK OF AS VERY GOOD FOR LONG RANGE, VERY GOOD FOR PENETRATING BUILDINGS AND TREE COVER.
SO YOU MAY HAVE A DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE WHEN YOU'RE CALLING AND TALKING ON YOUR PHONE THAN WHEN YOU'RE UTILIZING ANY KIND OF SOCIAL MEDIA APP OR MAPPING APPLICATION OR SOMETHING THAT'S UTILIZING A LOT OF DATA.
SO THAT'S AN IMPORTANT DISTINCTION AND WE, WE TOOK A LOOK AT BOTH OF THOSE.
AND SO WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO TURN IT OVER AND INTRODUCE BRETT
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AGAIN THAT HE CAN WALK US THROUGH SOME OF OUR FINDINGS AND WE'LL KEEP THE DISCUSSION.THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO ATTEND.
I'M PARTIALLY A PRODUCT OF THE DUBLIN SCHOOL SYSTEM UP TO GRADE FOUR.
I WAS INDIAN RUN, GRADUATED FROM WESTVILLE SOUTH.
AFTER THAT MY PARENTS MOVED, MOVED BACK TO DUBLIN.
SO I'VE BEEN COMING BACK TO DUBLIN FOR THE LAST 25 YEARS.
THE ONE THING THAT WHEN I FIRST MET BRANDON AND HIS TEAM, WE WANTED THE CITY TO HAVE CONTROL OF ITS OWN DESTINY WITH THEIR WIRELESS INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT.
EVERY CARRIER HAS THEIR AGENDA.
SOME PLACES DEMO WORKS BETTER, OTHER PLACES, EVERY TOWER COMPANY HAS THEIR OWN AGENDA.
A LOT OF THESE ARE PUBLICLY TRADED COMPANIES.
THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, PRIVATE EQUITY MONEY IN THIS BUSINESS THERE.
SOMEONE IN THE CITY TO HAVE DATA TO KNOW WHERE THE HOLES WERE, WHETHER THEY'RE NOT.
AND IT KIND OF CONFIRMS WITH THE PUBLIC SAFETY, WITH THE POLICE AND FIRE BECAUSE, UH, WHEN, WHEN YOU SEE THE EXAMPLE WE HAVE HERE, IT'S GONNA BE AT T WHEN YOU SEE AT T THINK FIRSTNET, THAT'S THE PRIMARY, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY APPLICATION THAT THE CITY USES.
UH, WE JUST FOCUSED ON AT T WITH SOME OF OUR DATA SOURCES.
UM, AND THEN OLA, UH, SHOWS WHAT ACTUALLY IS BEING USED.
SO IN, IN SOME OF OUR, UH, MAPS, YOU'RE GONNA SEE THIS AND YOU, YOU'LL KNOW THIS 'CAUSE I, I, I DRIVE AROUND DUBLIN.
I, YOU KNOW, I COME HERE A LOT AND, AND I'M IN THIS BUSINESS, UH, ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE SIDE TOO.
AND SO I BROUGHT IN A HIGH-END RF ENGINEER TO, TO DO THIS INITIAL STUDY AND I'M GONNA SEE THIS.
AND WHEN YOU SEE BLUE, THIS IS PLACES WHERE, UH, YOUR PHONE WON'T WORK.
AND THERE'S GOT LIKE THREE TYPES OF SPECTRUM HERE.
WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT LOW BAND, MID BAND, AND HIGH BAND.
AND I'M GONNA GIVE YOU A COUPLE ANALOGIES HOW TO THINK THROUGH THIS LOW BAND.
UH, IT'S LIKE A TWO LANE RURAL HIGHWAY.
IT'S BASICALLY LIKE VOICE AND TEXT, RIGHT? SO YOU KNOW THIS, DOES YOUR PHONE DROP A PHONE CALL? DOES THE TEXT GO THROUGH OR NOT? CAN YOU SEND A PICTURE OR WHATEVER? UM, HIGH BAND'S CALLED MILLIMETER WAVE.
IT'S MORE LIKE A EXPRESS MONORAIL SUPER FAST.
BUT IF YOU'RE A HUNDRED FEET OVER HERE OR A HUNDRED FEET OVER THERE, IT'S NOT GONNA WORK.
IT DOESN'T PENETRATE THROUGH BUILDINGS.
EVEN THE GLASS WILL PENETRATE, UH, STOP IT.
SO MID BAND IS WHERE THE CARRIERS, ALL THREE CARRIERS, T-MOBILE, VERIZON, AND AT T ARE FOCUSED ON.
AND IT'S, THINK OF IT LIKE AN EIGHT LANE INTERSTATE.
NOT QUITE AS FAST AS THE MONORAIL, BUT THINGS ARE MOVING HERE.
SO THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE GROWTH IS GONNA BE, IS THIS MID BAND SPECTRUM.
AND WE'RE GONNA SHOW YOU A COUPLE MAPS TO ILLUSTRATE THIS, BUT I JUST WANNA GIVE YOU A PARADIGM TO THINK THROUGH THIS.
UM, SO YES, WE LOOKED AT EACH INDIVIDUAL CARRIER AND THEY OVERLAYED THIS TOO WITH GAPS.
IT'S A POTENTIAL, UH, WAYS TO SOLVE THIS, UH, GAPS THROUGH CO-LOCATIONS AND SOME NEW INFRASTRUCTURE BUILDS TOO.
SO THIS IS A PICTURE OF DUBLIN, OHIO, WHERE THE TOWERS ARE.
IT'S A VERY, UM, THIS IS A HARD PICTURE TO SEE IN, IN THIS, IN THIS VENUE, BUT WE HAVE THE NEXT SLIDE ALSO WILL SHOW YOU WHERE, UH, THEY ARE ON A GRAPHICAL FORM, WHERE THE CARRIERS ARE, WHAT HEIGHT THEY'RE AT.
A LOT OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS BUILT AROUND THE CITY OF DUBLIN, NOT NECESSARILY IN THE CITY.
IT'S A KIND OF CIRCLING THE CITY.
AND, UM, THESE ARE EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURES.
THIS IS CALLED A SELF-SUPPORT TOWER.
IT'S A THREE LEGGED SELF-SUPPORT TOWER.
UH, THERE'S THREE LEGS THAT HOLD IT AND THERE'S LATTICE TYPE STRUCTURE.
UH, I GUESS THIS IS HERE ON, UH, RINGS ROAD.
IT'S OWNED BY THE COMPANY SBA, WHICH IS A PUBLICLY TRADED TOWER COMPANY.
YOU'RE GONNA SEE THESE AROUND THE CITY.
AND THE NEXT ONE IS, UH, A MONOPOLE.
IT'S ONE POLE AND THE CARRIERS ARE ON THERE.
UH, THERE ARE PANEL ANTENNAS ON THERE.
AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THOSE ANTENNAS UP THERE, THEY'RE ABOUT THE SIZE OF A REFRIGERATOR.
THAT'S HOW BIG THESE, THESE, THESE ANTENNAS ARE, OKAY? AND IT'S VERY, THIS KIND OF AN OLDER TYPE OF TECHNOLOGY.
IT'S STILL USED, THE PANEL ANTENNA.
UH, AND, AND AS YOU START DRIVING AROUND THE CITY AFTER THIS, YOU'RE START NOTICING THESE THINGS ALL OVER THE PLACE.
UH, THERE'S ANOTHER ONE TO COME FROM MORE MONOPOLES, UH, THAT ARE SAW ON TWO 70.
AND THERE'S A THIRD TYPE OF TOWER YOU REALLY DON'T SEE IN DUBLIN.
IT HAS LITTLE WIRES OFF THE SIDE.
THEY TEND TO BE, UH, BIGGER, LIKE MORE IN RURAL AREAS, YOU KNOW, UM, BUT THERE'S A COUPLE MORE MONO POOLS HERE.
YOU ALSO SEE INFRASTRUCTURE ON WATER TANKS.
UM, GREAT IDEA, GREAT SOLUTION.
AT TIMES THE CHALLENGE HAPPENS.
UH, WATER TANKS NEED TO BE REPAINTED AND THEY NEED TO BE, UH, SERVICED.
SO THE INFRASTRUCTURE HAS TO COME OFF SO THE COVERAGE GOES DOWN OR TO PUT UP A TEMPORARY STRUCTURE TOO IN THE PARK OR WHATNOT.
SO, UH, WATER TANKS ARE A GOOD IDEA, BUT THERE ARE SOME LIMITATIONS ON THIS HERE.
AND YOU HAVE ANOTHER, UH, MODEL POLE DOWN LOW.
UM, TMOBILE HAS MORE INFRASTRUCTURE BECAUSE THEY BOUGHT SPRINT, UH, FOUR OR FIVE YEARS AGO THIS TRANSACTION HAPPENED.
AND T-MOBILE REALLY WANTED TO GO AFTER THAT MID BAND SPECTRUM THAT, YOU KNOW, EIGHT LANE HIGHWAY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE.
THAT'S WHAT THEY NEEDED TO FILL IN HERE.
UH, VERIZON'S ON 16 TOWERS AND UH, AT T'S ON 15.
AND SO WE'RE GONNA JUMP ON AT T AGAIN BECAUSE WE FOCUSED AT T EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE MAPS IN ALL THREE, WHICH WE CONCLUDED AT
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THE END OF THIS PRESENTATION, JUST TO GIVE YOU A PERSPECTIVE.'CAUSE ALL THESE CARRIERS TELL A SIMILAR STORY.
UH, AND THEN WHAT A CO-LOCATION HAPPENS, AND THAT'S A CO-LOCATION MEANS, UH, FROM THE EARLIER SLIDE WE SAW WHERE THE TOWERS WERE AND SOME SLIDES LIKE AT T'S ON THIS TOWER, OR T-MOBILE'S NOT ON THIS TOWER.
WHAT HAPPENS IF WE GET THEM TO CO-LOCATE? UH, THE ONE CAVEAT I WILL PROVIDE ABOUT CO-LOCATIONS IS ABOUT THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF THE TOWER.
EARLIER I MENTIONED THAT, YOU KNOW, THESE PANEL ANTENNAS ARE THE SIZE OF A REFRIGERATOR.
THERE'S THREE OF 'EM GOING UP FOR EACH CARRIER.
SO CAN THE PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE TOWER SUPPORT MORE, UH, WEIGHT AND WIND LOAD AT THE ELEVATION? IT IS.
WE DO RUN STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS THAT OUR INDUSTRY, IT'S A VERY COMMON PRACTICE AND WE MEASURE ALL THIS STUFF.
BUT CAN A TOWER SUPPORT IT WITHOUT, UM, THAT, THAT'S A QUESTION THAT HAS TO BE SAID.
SO JUST BECAUSE WE WANT TO CO-LOCATE AT AND T HERE OR T-MOBILE HERE, MAYBE THE TOWER CAN'T HOLD IT, MAYBE IT CAN'T, OR MAYBE IT NEEDS MORE INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT THAT.
AND THERE ARE SOME CITY OWNED PROPERTIES AND ASSETS THAT COULD BE USED IF THE COUNCIL THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD IDEA.
SO I JUST WANTED TO MENTION A QUICK CAVEAT AS WE GO THROUGH THESE MAPS.
THESE MAPS ARE, ARE, ARE VERY GOOD AT PAINTING THE PICTURE.
AND WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL WALK YOU THROUGH FIRST THE LOW BAND AND YOU'LL SEE THREE MAPS.
AND THEN WE'LL WALK THROUGH THE MID BAND AND YOU'LL SEE THREE MAPS.
THE FIRST MAP IS THE EXISTING CONDITIONS.
THE SECOND MAP, YOU'LL SEE WHITE CIRCLES.
AND THAT MEANS THOSE ARE EXISTING POLLS WHERE WE THINK WE COULD ADVOCATE CO-LOCATION.
AGAIN, AS BRETT MENTIONED, IT MAY NOT BE SUCCESSFUL.
THEY MAY HAVE ALREADY TRIED NUMEROUS REASONS, BUT THEY'VE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS PLACES THAT WE COULD AT LEAST ASK THE QUESTION.
THERE ARE BLACK CIRCLES, AND THOSE ARE AT A PURELY HIGH LEVEL ANALYSIS BASE OF CITY PROPERTY WITHOUT CONTEXTUALIZATION OF ANYTHING.
IT WAS JUST BOXES ON A MAP OF WHERE DOES THE CITY OWN PROPERTY VERSUS WHERE ARE THE GAPS IN THE CITY.
AND SO THIS IS JUST AN IDEA TO GIVE US A SENSE OF WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE IF WE UTILIZE SOME OF OUR ASSETS OR PLACES.
UM, AND IT WOULD BE UP TO US WORKING WITH COUNCIL AND OTHERS TO IDENTIFY AND PRIORITIZE THOSE SPOTS.
SO I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF REINFORCE THAT, THAT THIS IS ALL VERY SCENARIO BASED AT THIS POINT.
THERE'S SO MUCH MORE WORK TO DO, WHICH WE'LL TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT LATER, BUT I'LL LET B BRETT, BRETT WALK THROUGH THE RESULTS.
THE, THE ONE REALLY INTERESTING THING ABOUT THIS MAP IS THE BLUE, RIGHT? BLUE MEANS YOU'RE, YOU CAN'T MAKE A PHONE CALL OR THE PHONE CALL DROPS.
TEXT DOES NOT GO THROUGH, RIGHT? THAT'S KIND OF THE BIG THING IS WE THINK ABOUT THIS, THIS LAYMAN'S TERMS JUST IT'S CAN'T EVEN MAKE A PHONE CALL.
AND THEN OBVIOUSLY LIGHTER BLUE'S BETTER AND IT GETS BETTER IN THE 16.
SO THIS IS THE CURRENTLY LOW BAND.
IF YOU HAVE AT AND T WHERE YOU'RE AT THE CITY, HOW WELL YOUR, YOUR PHONE WORK, IF YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, NOT ON WIFI, YOU'RE JUST WORKING ON THE 5G NETWORK.
AND THEN WE'VE IDENTIFIED, UH, FIVE LOCATIONS FOR CO-LOCATIONS, WHICH MAKES THE MAP LOOK BETTER.
I MEAN, AGAIN, MY CAVEATS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, CAN WE ACTUALLY CO-LOCATE, WE'VE NOT RUN STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS ON THESE TOWERS TO MAKE SURE THAT CAN BE DONE.
BUT, AND THEN, UH, WITH AT AND T WE BELIEVE THAT SEVEN SITES WOULD HELP KIND OF FILL IN THE CITY AND, UH, MAKE THE COVERAGE HAPPEN.
AND, AND, AND FROM A PUBLIC SAFETY PERSPECTIVE, THERE IS A LOT OF VALUE FROM MY UNLIMITED VANTAGE POINT IN PURSUING SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S CONNECTIVITY.
UH, MID BAND, THIS IS THE WORKHORSE WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, EARLIER, THE EIGHT LANE HIGHWAY.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S A LITTLE BETTER.
AND THEN, UM, CAN YOU GO TO THE NEXT ONE PLEASE? SO CO-LOCATIONS, AGAIN A SIMILAR STORY.
YOU'RE GONNA SEE THIS, IT GETS BETTER ON THE CITY.
THERE'S STILL HOLES UP NORTH TO ESPECIALLY, AND THEN, UH, IF SOME MORE SITES WERE DEVELOPED, UM, THREE, THIS IS NINE SITES HERE FOR THIS FULL POTENTIAL.
AND THEN OVERALL, WE HAVE 10 SITES WHEN YOU PUT ALL THE THREE CARRIERS TOGETHER.
SO, UM, I GOT THE PLEASURE OF LOOKING AT LEATHER LIPS.
THERE'S A STEALTH SITE BY LEATHER LIPS.
YOU GUYS KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT HERE, OKAY? I HAVE SOME BETTER EXAMPLES FOR YOU.
SO THERE'S THREE TYPES OF KIND OF TOWERS.
THEY'RE SMALL CELLS, WHICH I WAS VERY IMPRESSED.
DUBLIN HAS A, UM, YOU KNOW, ENGINEERING STANDARD ON THEIR WEBSITE ABOUT SMALL CELLS, HOW THEY GO ON THE RIGHT OF WAY, CONNECTED FIBER.
I MEAN, USE OUR FORWARD THINKING ON THIS STUFF.
SMALL CELLS ARE EXPENSIVE AND THEY USE, UM, THEY HAVE TO PUT 'EM EVERY, YOU KNOW, A HUNDRED FEET, 200 FEET, WHATEVER.
UH, THEY'RE IN THE RIGHT OF WAY.
UM, THERE WERE A LOT OF FOCUS ON THAT FIVE, 10 YEARS AGO.
IT'S KIND OF INDUSTRY SHIFTING MORE TOWARDS THIS MID CELL.
UM, BUT LET'S LOOK THE MACRO CELL TOO.
I MEAN, OF THE TRADITIONAL CELL TOWERS WE SHOWED YOU EARLIER, UM, THEY'RE BIG.
YOU SEE THESE AND THE MID CELL'S A NEWER SOLUTION THAT IS INNOVATIVE AND, UM, WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT IN A LITTLE BIT.
OKAY? SO THESE ARE A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
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SITES THAT ARE STEALTH, MEANING THEY'RE HIDDEN.THE FIRST TWO ARE FROM MORE MY NECK OF THE WOODS OUT WEST.
UM, AND THEN THE ONE ON THE RIGHT WAS ONE I LIKED A LOT.
IT WAS, I THINK IT WOULD FIT MORE IN WITH THE TOPOGRAPHY AND THE, THE TREES AND WHATNOT IN CENTRAL OHIO WOULD BLEND IN REALLY WELL.
OTHER, LIKE LEATHER LIPS, UH, SITE, THIS ONE LOOKS PRETTY GOOD, I THINK.
UH, THIS IS A 16, UH, INCH DIAMETER ONE.
THE, UH, ONE THAT WE REALLY LIKE, IT'S A 32 INCH DIAMETER, UH, SO IT'S 32 INCHES ROUND AND IT HAS, CAN HOLD ALL THREE CARRIERS.
UM, AND A TRADITIONAL CELL SITE.
WHEN YOU DRIVE AROUND AFTER YOU START NOTICING THIS, THEY HAVE A COMPOUND THAT'S LIKE 50 BY 50 FEET, OR 50 BY A HUNDRED FEET OR WHATEVER.
THIS IS BASICALLY LIKE ONE PARKING SPOT OR TWO PARKING SPOTS.
SO YOU CAN PUT ALL THE EQUIPMENT DOWN LOW AND OBVIOUSLY YOU WANNA PROTECT IT WITH SOME BARRIERS AND FENCING AND TREES OR WHATNOT TO HIDE IT.
BUT IT'S VERY AESTHETICALLY, UH, PLEASING AND HAS A LOWER IMPACT, UM, AS FAR AS LIGHT OF SIGHT.
AND ALSO HIS ABILITY TO EASILY PUT LIKE TO TORNADO SIRENS AND STUFF ON TOP.
SO YOU CAN INTEGRATE THE EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE INTO THESE.
THERE'S A FEW MORE EXAMPLES OF, UM, NO WORRIES.
UH, THESE ARE, THE FIRST IN THE LEFT IS TRADITIONAL MONOPOLES.
AGAIN, THEY'RE, THEY'RE MORE HIDDEN KIND OF, IT'S JUST A ONE CARRIER MONOPOLE 'CAUSE ONLY ONE, UH, SET OF PANEL ANTENNAS ON THERE.
UH, THE THIRD ONE WAS A GROUP OF MY CLIMBERS.
THEY WERE DOING AN INSPECTION ON THIS TOWER, UH, AND IT'S KIND OF HIDDEN.
IT'S CONCEALED AND, AND THE, THE, THE, THE TWO ON THE RIGHT ARE MORE LIKE A FLAGPOLE OR A SLIM STICK WE CALL THIS WHERE IT'S HIDDEN.
AND, UM, THEY'RE MORE OBVIOUS 'CAUSE THEY'RE BIGGER DIAMETERS AND I THINK A BIGGER FOOTPRINT THAN THE MID CELL.
SO THIS IS LIKE THE EVOLUTION AS, AS THE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPED, IT WAS KINDA MORE SLIM STICKS ON THE RIGHT, AND IT COMES IN THE MID CELL SOLUTION.
SO, UH, THE ENGAGEMENT WE HAD WAS REALLY FIRST IDENTIFYING COVERAGE HOLES, UH, SECOND ENCOURAGED COLOCATION.
AND UH, THIRD WAS JUST TO MAP OUT LIKE THE MAP YOU SAW WITH AT T OF, YOU KNOW, IF, IF WHAT WOULD HAPPEN, IF THERE WAS INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE, HOW IT WOULD IMPROVE CONNECTIVITY FOR THE RESIDENTS AND FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY.
SO WE'RE ENGAGING SOME DIFFERENT TECHNOLOGIES.
UM, AND, AND AS WE'VE BEEN STUDYING THIS, UM, I HAVE A TEAM OF EXPERTS THAT I WORK WITH.
I'M A CONNECTOR AND, UM, RFS GONNA BE KIND OF OUT THE PICTURE AS MUCH.
NOW WE'RE GONNA BRING IN SOME ZONING EXPERTS WHO, UH, WORK FOR THE LARGEST TOWER COMPANY FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, HANDLING 25 STATES LOOKING.
WE'D LIKE TO LOOK AT SOME OF THE ZONING THAT IS IN PLACE.
AND, AND WHAT'S HAPPENED, THIS SCENARIO WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE HAPPEN IS, UH, LIKE WHAT HAPPENED IN, UH, COLORADO IN A COMMUNITY CALLED CHERRY HILLS.
UH, CHERRY HILLS IS A, A WEALTHY, WELL-DEVELOPED COMMUNITY LIKE DUBLIN, WHERE THE BRONCOS LIVE.
UH, THEN WITH THE WHOLE PROCESS, THEY SLIPPED THE TECHNOLOGY AND, UH, THEY TOOK IT AND IT COULD GET PASSED ZONING.
SO WE, THIS WHOLE RFP PROCESS FOR N UM, AND THEN WE WOULDN'T HAVE A STRATEGIC VISION AND A PROCESS THAT, UH, IS ACCEPTABLE TO COUNCIL AND TO THE CITIZENS.
SO THE, THE SCOPE OF THE NEXT PHASE WOULD REALLY TO BUILD OUT THIS STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK.
SO WE, WE DO KNOW, AND, AND BRETT'S WORK WITH MANY OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT ZONING AND, AND ZONING AND CODE IN THIS AREA HAS CHANGED.
WE KNOW WE HAD TO DO SOME THINGS WHEN SMALL CELL CAME ALONG.
AND THEN THE NEWER TECHNOLOGIES, THE OTHER THING THAT CHANGED IS EXPECTATION OF CONNECTIVITY.
UM, YOU KNOW, COVID TAUGHT US THAT AS WELL AS JUST MODERN LIFE.
AND, AND SO THERE'S, THERE'S JUST DIFFERENT THINGS THAT NEED TO BE LOOKED AT AT DIFFERENT TIMES.
SO THAT IS SOMETHING TO LOOK AT AND, AND SEE WHERE, WHAT WE CAN DO THERE, AS WELL AS DEVELOP KIND OF A REPEATABLE PROCESS.
SO WHAT ARE ALL THE TECHNICAL AND REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS WE NEED FOR ANY SITE CONSIDERATION AND TO MOVE FORWARD WITH ANYTHING? AND IF WE CAN SET THAT UP IN A REPEATABLE FASHION, IT PUTS US IN A VERY GOOD POSITION TO WORK WITH THE CARRIERS, TO WORK WITH THEIR TOWER COMPANIES OR TO WORK WITH ANY OF THEIR REPRESENTATIVES.
A HUGE PART OF THIS IS THAT IF WE LOOK AT DOING THINGS OURSELVES AND CONTRIBUTING TO THE INFRASTRUCTURE OWNERSHIP MODELS AND PROCUREMENT METHODOLOGY, THERE ARE NUMEROUS WAYS THAT THIS CAN BE DONE.
UM, THAT IS SOMETHING BRETT'S GIVEN US SOME GLIMPSES AT.
UM, BUT, BUT WE WOULD REALLY LIKE TO BE ABLE TO OFFER CITY COUNCIL DIFFERENT IDEAS WITH PROS AND CONS.
UM, BECAUSE SOME OF THEM HAVE HIGH TECHNICAL DEBT AND MAINTENANCE DEBT.
SOME OF THEM ARE MORE LEASE ARRANGEMENTS AND, AND REVENUE SHARING.
THERE'S ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT THINGS OUT THERE.
SO WE'D LIKE TO GET THOSE ALL VERY DELINEATED FOR, FOR CHOICES.
AND THEN ALSO BUILD A RFP TEMPLATE THAT WE CAN USE IN A REPEATABLE FASHION.
SO IF WE DECIDE A CERTAIN SITE IS SUITABLE AND WE WANT TO GO OUT TO MARKET FOR THAT, OR IF WE DECIDE THAT THERE ARE SIX SITES THAT ARE SUITABLE AND WE WANT TO GO OUT TO MARKET WITH THAT, WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO CREATE THAT COMPETITION TO GET THE OWNERSHIP MODEL THAT, THAT WE SO CHOOSE THE OTHER PORTION OF THIS AND, AND IS TO FURTHER DEVELOP POTENTIAL SITE INVENTORY WHERE WE WILL START LOOKING AT OTHER FACTORS AND CONTEXTUAL, UM, INFORMATION
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AROUND CITY OWNED PROPERTY OR CITY ASSETS OR PARTNERS.UM, THAT'S, THAT'S ALSO SOMETHING THAT WE CAN LOOK AT AND ALSO WHAT MUST BE DONE AT ANY OF THOSE SITES.
SO THERE IS A WHOLE PLETHORA OF ENGINEERING THAT GOES INTO THOSE SITES, UM, WHERE DOING ANY KIND OF DESIGN, CHOOSING OF INFRASTRUCTURE, DOING PHOTO SIMULATIONS OF WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE FROM VARIOUS ANGLES, SOME OF OUR 3D MAPPING, VISUAL IMPACT STUDY AND, AND GENERAL CONNECTIVITY IMPACT STUDIES.
AND THEN ALSO COMING UP WITH A REPEATABLE PROCESS FOR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT.
SO HOW DO WE ENGAGE THE PUBLIC IN FORMAL AND INFORMAL SETTINGS, UM, TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PUBLIC'S DESIRE IS, AND THEN ALSO TO COMMUNICATE IF WE GO FORWARD WITH ANY PLANS.
SO WITH THAT, WE'D LIKE TO OPEN IT TO YOUR QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION.
AND A COUPLE OF OPENING ONES THAT I HAVE IS JUST WHAT QUESTIONS DO YOU HAVE REGARDING ANY OF THIS WORK OR THE TECHNOLOGY? WE'VE GOT AN EXPERT IN THE ROOM WHO CAN ANSWER A LOT OF THOSE QUESTIONS.
AND THEN THINKING ABOUT, AGAIN, THE VALUE TO OUR RESIDENTS BUSINESS, THE STRATEGIC FURTHERING, THE STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK, AND ALL THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
UM, DOES COUNCIL FEEL THAT WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD DOWN THIS PATH AND, AND LOOK AT DEVELOPING THAT STRATEGIC PLAN? VERY GOOD.
UH, YOU, WE WANNA START WITH PUBLIC COMMENT.
IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THIS EVENING THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS AGENDA ITEM? HEARING NONE COUNCIL QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION? SO, UM, I, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY QUESTION THAT THE WIRELESS INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS TO BE UPGRADED.
I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT STARLINK, BUT I'VE BEEN HEARING A LOT MORE ABOUT IT.
COULD THAT BE A POTENTIAL SOLUTION, UM, TO AVOID INSTALLING MORE POLES OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT EACH INDIVIDUAL CONSUMER HAS TO IMPLEMENT? I LOVE STARLINK PERSONALLY.
I USE IT ALL THE TIME WHEN I'M TRAVELING.
UM, THINK OF STARLINK LIKE THIS.
IT'S, IT'S A ISSUE OF LIKE, UM, STARLINK, LIKE EV EVERYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY OF DUBLIN HAD ONE HOSE.
THEY'RE ALL ON STARLINK, OKAY? AND YOU WANNA FILL YOUR BATHTUB UP WITH WATER.
ONE PERSON CAN DO IT, BUT EVERYBODY WANTS TO DO IT, IT WON'T WORK, RIGHT? SO STARLINK IS GOOD IN RURAL APPLICATIONS.
SO I'M USING AN ANALOGY TO DESCRIBE THIS.
THE WAY THE LATENCY WORKS, THE BAND'S WORTH WORKS.
STARLING'S THREE 50 KILOMETERS UP, YOU KNOW, CELL PHONE TOWERS, YOU KNOW, A MILE OR TWO AWAY, YOU KNOW, SO YOU GOT A LOT MORE CONNECTIVITY.
THIS WHOLE THING WITH THE, YOU KNOW, I WAS TALKING ABOUT THE SPECTRUM EARLIER, YOU KNOW, SO STARLINK COULD WORK IN SOMEONE'S HOUSE OR SOMETHING LIKE THIS, BUT IT WOULDN'T BE A SOLUTION FOR THE CITY.
PLUS YOU ALREADY HAVE THE FIBER NETWORK INSTALLED, WHICH IS IMPRESSIVE BY THE WAY.
AND MOST CITIES HAVE NOT DONE WHAT YOU'VE DONE THERE ON THAT.
SO, DID I ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, SIR? I THINK SO.
I, I GUESS A FOLLOW UP THEN IS IF WE ARE GONNA INSTALL HARDWARE HERE, I WOULD JUST WANT TO HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING.
I COULDN'T TELL FROM THE MAPS EXACTLY WHERE THOSE LOCATIONS WERE.
I TRIED TO BLOW 'EM UP AND MY VISION ISN'T GOOD ENOUGH.
SO MAYBE, YOU KNOW, AS WE, IF WE PURSUE THIS, I'D WANT TO KNOW OBVIOUSLY THE VERY SPECIFIC LOCATIONS.
AND THAT GOES TO MY EARLIER COMMENT.
AND SO I'M KIND OF GLAD YOU COULDN'T TOTALLY ZOOM IN AND GET A GOOD BEAT ON THOSE LOCATIONS BECAUSE AGAIN, THEY'RE SCENARIO BASED AND, AND THEORETICAL.
THEY ARE CITY PIECES OF PROPERTY THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY THAT, THAT WE OWN, WHETHER THEY'RE PARKLAND OR DESIGNATED AS OPEN SPACE.
BUT THAT WAS JUST, AGAIN, TO SHOW US THE POTENTIAL POSSIBILITY OF THAT.
AND THE FURTHER WORK IS TO REALLY DIVE IN AND UNDERSTAND WHAT IS A SUITABLE SITE, YOU KNOW, BASED ON COVERAGE.
WE CAN LOOK AT THAT, BUT THEN WE START LOOKING AT WHAT IS IT AROUND, WHAT IS THE CURRENT ZONING, WHAT OTHER OPPORTUNITIES DO WE HAVE? SO THAT IS ALL WORK TO BE DONE FOR SURE.
AND I CAN ADD A LITTLE FLAVOR TO STARLINK AS WELL BECAUSE OF OUR INVOLVEMENT WITH, UM, THE BROADBAND ASSOCIATION IN OHIO AND SOME OTHERS WHEN, WHEN THEY LOOK AT FEED FUNDING AND ALL THESE OTHER THINGS TO GET BROADBAND OUT INTO THE WHOLE STATE AND TO THE WHOLE UNITED STATES.
STARLINK IS A PORTION OF THAT AND AT PLAY, AND IT DOES HAVE VERY GOOD APPLICATION.
BUT WHAT WE'VE BEEN HEARING AND UNDERSTANDING AND LEARNING IS KIND OF WHAT EXACTLY WHAT BRETT SAID OF LIKE, URBAN DENTS.
A LOT OF PEOPLE, IT'S NOT QUITE AS SUITABLE, BUT THEN WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO SOLVE FOR TOO, TREES, TOPOGRAPHY, THOSE THINGS ALL AFFECT STARLINK AS WELL.
SO, AND IT, AND TO YOUR POINT, UM, COUNCILMAN KEELER, THE, IT WOULD BE A CONSUMER CHOICE.
I DON'T KNOW THAT WE COULD DO ANYTHING AS A CITY.
IT WOULD BE BECAUSE IT'S ANOTHER SERVICE SOMEONE ELSE COULD SIGN UP FOR.
AND, AND ONE LAST COMMENT, SIR.
UM, STARLINK, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE DEVICE, RIGHT? WE'RE TALKING, YOU KNOW, WITH A CELL PHONE TOWER, YOU JUST HAVE YOUR PHONE, YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A STARLINK DEVICE TOO.
SO IT'S A SEPARATE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.
SO OTHER QUESTIONS? UM, I GUESS JUST A COUPLE COMMENTS, UM, REGARDING YOUR, THE SECOND QUESTION, UM, HERE ABOUT THE STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK.
I WOULD, I THINK ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS IS PROBABLY LOOKING AT OUR CODE SINCE WE ORIGINALLY WROTE OUR GUIDANCE FOR CELL TOWERS.
I MEAN, TECHNOLOGY IS VASTLY DIFFERENT AND I THINK WE CAN ACCOMMODATE MORE THAN WE USED TO.
I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY THE BEST THING WITH CELL TOWERS IS HIGHER EGO, THE BETTER COVERAGE
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YOU HAVE.AND WE DON'T LIKE HEIGHT AROUND HERE, BUT SINCE WE WROTE THAT CODE, WE HAVE A LOT TALLER BUILDINGS THAN WE USED TO HAVE.
SO I'D REALLY BE CURIOUS, UM, KIND OF LOOKING AT OUR CODE.
I MEAN, THERE ARE SOME WAYS TO TACTFULLY CO-LOCATE ON BUILDINGS.
UM, I DO A LOT OF CO-LOCATION CELL TOWERS FOR HISTORIC SITES AND WE HAVE TO HIDE THEM PRETTY WELL.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK IF WE JUST, I THINK LOOKING AT OUR CODE IN THAT SENSE, THAT WITH JUST THE NEW TECHNOLOGIES ARE OUT THERE, PARTICULARLY, LIKE I SAID, WE HAVE TALLER BUILDINGS NOW, SO MAYBE WE CAN DO SOME CO-LOCATION.
UH, UH, YEAH, I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU.
AND, UM, MY TEAM WORKED WITH ASPEN AND GOT, UH, THIS PROBLEM SOLVED FOR ASPEN AND THAT WAS A LOT OF FOREST SERVICE, US FOREST SERVICE INVOLVEMENT.
'CAUSE THEY HAVE A LOT OF LAND AROUND THERE.
SO, UH, WE'RE REALLY ADEPT WITH WORKING WITH, UH, HIGHLY AFFLUENT AND MOTIVATED COMMUNITIES.
AND THIS IS WHAT DOUBLE NEWS AND THE, AND THE FAKE TREE ONES HAVE GOTTEN WAY BETTER THAN, LIKE YOU SAID, THE ONE AT CYTO PARK THAT I LIVE RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO, WHICH I LOVE BECAUSE I HAVE GREAT COVERAGE.
'CAUSE I LIVE RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO IT, BUT IT'S NOT THE BEST LOOKING FAKE TREE.
UM, BUT, BUT THEY'VE GOTTEN BETTER.
THEY HAVE DIFFERENT 3M FILMS THAT YOU CAN PUT ON THEM NOW THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE BEFORE.
I PERSONALLY, LIKE THE BEST ONE I'VE EVER DONE WAS A BIG SE UH, CACTUS, WHICH WAS AWESOME.
UM, AND THEY DO PUBLIC ART AND STUFF ON THEM AS WELL, SO THERE ARE WAYS TO MAKE THEM LOOK BETTER THAN THEY'RE USED.
SO I HAD THE PALM TREES I WANTED TO SHOW YOU, BUT BRAND, YOU TOOK 'EM, I WAS LIKE THE PALM TREES AND THE, UM, CACTUSES ARE THE BEST.
SO MIGHT STICK OUT A LITTLE, BUT WOULDN'T STICK OUT ANYMORE THAN OUR EXISTING PINE TREE AT CITO PARK.
UM, I'M NOT, THE ONLY QUESTION THAT I HAVE IS, UM, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE SOME AREAS IN THE CITY THAT, THAT DON'T HAVE PUBLIC PROPERTY ANYWHERE NEAR THEM.
I'M THINKING PARTICULARLY WARD THREE.
UM, SO, BUT WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF LARGER HOAS IN THE CITY THAT DO HAVE SOME BUILDINGS THAT I THINK POTENTIALLY COULD BE, UM, A, A PARTNERSHIP, UM, WITH SOME OF THE STEALTH THINGS THAT YOU, THAT YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT.
SO I, I WOULD SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW, UM, REACH OUT TO THE HOAS, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT MAYBE HAVE AN ANCILLARY BUILDING THAT'S THEIR OWN THAT YOU COULD POTENTIALLY PUT SOMETHING ON.
UM, I, I DO SEE VALUE TO RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES AND CERTAINLY PUBLIC SAFETY, UM, IN, IN DELIVERING AS FULL OF COVERAGE AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.
UM, YOU KNOW, WHILE WE HAVE FIBER TO EVERY HOME, UM, THERE ARE TIMES WHEN, YOU KNOW, YOUR WIRELESS GOES OUT, RIGHT? AND YOU'RE LIKE, OH, I NEED TO USE MY PHONE.
WELL, IF YOU CAN'T CONNECT WITH YOUR PHONE NOW, YOU CAN'T DO YOUR BUSINESS, RIGHT? UM, AND I SPEAK FROM EXPERIENCE IN THAT REGARD GIVEN WHERE I LIVE.
SO, UM, YEAH, I'M, I'M REALLY SUPPORTIVE OF, OF MOVING THIS STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK FORWARD.
UM, BUT I, I WOULDN'T SHY AWAY FROM ASKING OF, YOU KNOW, PRIVATE ENTITIES TO, TO HELP WITH THIS COVERAGE, UH, AS WELL.
I DON'T THINK IT NEEDS TO BE JUST, YOU KNOW, CITY OWNED LAND OR CITY OWNED BUILDINGS.
I FOUND THIS REALLY INTERESTING AND VERY HELPFUL SIMPLY BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW VERY MUCH ABOUT THIS, BUT I DID HAVE JUST A REALLY BASIC QUESTION BECAUSE WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT GAPS IN COVERAGE.
UM, BUT IN TAKING A LOOK AT THE AT AND T LOW BAND, REALLY, THERE'S ONLY ONE BIG BLUE SPOT, RIGHT? AND THE LOW BAND IS WHAT WE DO FOR PHONE AND FOR TEXTS AND FOR 9 1 1 EMS, ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.
SO IN THIS CASE, IT'S REALLY NOT A GAP IN COVERAGE WE'RE REALLY TALKING ABOUT IS INCREASING CAPACITY, RIGHT? THE MID BAND CAPACITY AND THE MID.
SO, SO I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, YOU KNOW, REFERRING TO WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER LUDA WAS SAYING WAS THAT FOR SAFETY, IS THE SAFETY MOSTLY TELEPHONE FOR EMS AND POLICE? OR DOES EMS POLICE ALSO RELY ON THE MID BAND 5G COVERAGE AS WELL TOO? BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE OUR BIG GAPS ARE, RIGHT? SO ARE WE TALKING ABOUT GAPS OR WE'RE REALLY TALKING ABOUT INCREASING CAPACITY? THERE IS BOTH.
SO, SO WHEN WE NOTICE THE BLUE AREAS DON'T MEAN YOU CAN'T MAKE A PHONE CALL, IT'S JUST YOU'RE LESS LIKELY, YOU'RE MORE LIKELY TO DROP A CALL OR SOMETHING.
SO THAT, THAT OUTBOUND ASPECT, AND, AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE POLICE WILL HAVE A PERSPECTIVE TO THIS, BUT A LOT OF THIS IS DUE ALSO TO THE ACTUAL FUNCTIONING OF PUBLIC SAFETY.
IN TODAY'S WORLD WHERE THE CRUISERS HAVE SO MUCH TECHNOLOGY IN THEM, THEY ARE DISPATCHED TO, THEY'RE ROUTED TO, THEY HAVE FALLBACK MEASURES WHERE OF COURSE THEY CAN DO THEIR JOB WITHOUT THAT TECHNOLOGY, BUT IT'S VERY DEPENDENT ON THAT TECHNOLOGY, TICKETING SYSTEMS, ANYTHING ALONG THOSE LINES AS WELL AS WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP FIRE THE SAME.
AND SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE ALL OUT THERE UTILIZING THESE MODEMS TO CONDUCT DAILY BUSINESS.
AND IT'S, IT'S JUST THE PATH OF THE TECHNOLOGICAL GROWTH I THINK, OF ALMOST ANY BUSINESS.
UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE DOUBLE SIDE OF THAT.
SO WHEN THEY'RE OUT AND LOOKING UP, UH, SAY THAT THEY PULL OVER SOMEONE IN AN AREA THAT HAS LOW DATA COVERAGE, THEY'RE, THEY COULD BE AT A DISADVANTAGE OF SEARCHING
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FOR WARRANTS OR SEARCHING FOR INFORMATION THAT WOULD HELP THEM IN THAT TRAFFIC STOPPER IN THAT SITUATION.I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S PURELY CALL BASED.
IT, IT, IT COULD ONLY GET BETTER FOR THAT.
UM, BUT AGAIN, I THINK THE DEPENDENCY IS ON, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE GAPS THAT YOU DO SEE IN THIS MAP, THAT'S WHERE IT'S VERY APPARENT THAT THAT'S WHERE IT'S HARDER TO DO BUSINESS IN, IN KIND OF TODAY'S ENVIRONMENT.
AND THEN ALSO, LIKE WITH THE DRONE TECHNOLOGY TOO.
SO WHEN IT'S ACTUALLY RELAYING BACK LIVE, UM, FEEDS, THAT'S ALSO RELYING ON THE MID BAND 5G.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT RELIES ON? UM, WE, WE CAN LOOK INTO WHAT THE DRONE, THE, THE DRONE IS PROBABLY UTILIZING A MULTI-TIERED MODEM ALSO.
UM, YEAH, SO IT'S DOING A LOT OF THE SAME WORK.
SOME OF THAT COMES WITH A BIT OF A DIFFERENCE BECAUSE THAT CAN BE PRE-PROGRAMMED INTO THE, THE COMPUTER THAT'S RUNNING THE DRONE AS WELL.
SO THAT'S, ITS FALLBACK IF IT LOSES CONNECTIVITY.
SO THAT ANSWERED MY QUESTION BECAUSE IT ACTUALLY REALLY IS A SAFETY, UH, SAFETY AND SECURITY ISSUE.
UM, AND THEN MY SECOND QUESTION ACTUALLY KIND OF KIND OF GOES BACK TO A QUESTION THAT, UH, COUNCILMAN CRAM HAD WAS WITH THE, THE CODE, UM, BECAUSE BRETT, YOU KNOW, YOU HAD MENTIONED THAT YOU ACTUALLY LIKED DUBLIN'S CODE, BUT IN THE MEMO IT TALKS ABOUT THE RESTRICTIVE CODES AND SPECIFICALLY REFER TO CHAPTER 99.
I'LL BE HONEST, I DIDN'T READ CHAPTER 99, BUT COULD YOU ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THE RESTRICTIVE NATURE OF THOSE CODES AND WHAT, YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE CHANGE SO WE COULD IMPLEMENT SOME OF THESE THINGS? YEAH, I, I THINK WHEN GREG FIRST MENTIONED, HE MENTIONED OUR, OUR SMALL CELL.
SO OUR SMALL CELL IS SET UP AND THE REGULATIONS AROUND THAT IS VERY DISTINCTIVE FROM THE REST OF THE CODE THAT GOVERNS LIKE THE LARGER STRUCTURES.
AND SO I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU MENTIONED, BUT YOU DO HAVE REALLY GOOD INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT YOU SEE.
AND SO, UM, IF YOU NOTICE, A LOT OF THE CELL PHONE TOWERS ARE BUILT AROUND DUBLIN AND NOT IN DUBLIN.
AND, UM, I HAVE, UH, RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE LARGEST TOWER COMPANIES.
AND WHEN I BRING UP, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE ALL EXCITED ABOUT WORKING IN DUBLIN, OHIO, LIKE PEOPLE, THIS IS A VERY DESIRABLE COMMUNITY TO WORK IN, UM, IN THE MARKETPLACE.
AND WE WANTED TO HAVE AN EXPERT STUDY THE CODES AND BASICALLY KINDA DO SOME BENCHMARKING TO OTHER CITIES SIMILAR TO DUBLIN THAT ARE VERY SUCCESSFUL CITIES AND KIND OF LAY A FRAMEWORK OUT OF MAYBE WHAT'S THERE, WHAT'S NOT.
BECAUSE I, I'VE NOT DONE A DEEP DIVE IN THAT AND NOR AM I AN EXPERT IN THAT, BUT I WAS GONNA BRING IN AN EXPERT IF YOU GUYS WANTED TO PROCEED THIS AND HAVE A STUDY DONE AND SAYING, HEY, LET'S TAKE A SNAPSHOT.
WHERE ARE WE AT? WHERE COULD WE GO AND WHAT DO YOU GUYS WANNA DO? BECAUSE THE WHOLE THING DRIVING THIS IS WHAT DOES THE CITY WANNA DO? YOU GUYS ARE DRIVING IT, YOU'RE MAKING THE DECISIONS, WE'RE GIVING YOU THE DATA TO MAKE THE DECISIONS.
THAT'S WHAT WE WANNA MAKE SURE HAPPENS.
I HAD A QUESTION JUST FOR IN MAYBE A TWO MINUTE PRIMER ON HOW THE DIFFERENT COMPETITORS THINK ABOUT CO-LOCATION AND, UM, THE FACT THAT WE WANT THEM TO CO-LOCATE WHAT IT IS THEY WANT TO DO AND HELP US JUST UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE COMPETITIVE NATURE AND REALISM THAT WE NEED TO HAVE.
THEY LOVE IT, RIGHT? 'CAUSE IF YOU'RE PUTTING ANOTHER CARRIER ON THEIR TOWER, THEY GET MORE RENT, RENT REVENUE, RIGHT? UM, THEY HAVE SALES FORCES NOW PROMOTING THIS, AND WE'VE BEEN ENGAGING WITH THEM TO KIND OF SAY, HEY, GET THIS GOING ON MORE AND MORE AGGRESSIVELY.
UH, THE REAL QUESTIONING COMES DOWN TO THE STRUCTURAL CAPACITY QUESTION, RIGHT? CAN THE TOWER HOLD TO MY KNOWLEDGE, AGAIN, OF THREE, YOU KNOW, REFRIGERATORS.
THEY'RE NOT REFRIGERATORS, THEY'RE PANELS, BUT IT'S THE SAME EQUIVALENT OF WHAT YOU'RE PUTTING UP THERE, RIGHT? SO CAN THE TOWER STRUCTURALLY HANDLE THAT? AND THAT'S THE QUESTION THAT HAS TO HAPPEN.
SO, AND THE OTHER THING IS THE CARRIERS HAVE BUILD PLANS, RIGHT? SO THEY ALREADY HAVE THEIR CAPITAL BUDGETS DONE FOR THIS YEAR, PROBABLY FOR NEXT YEAR, RIGHT? SO THERE'S CAPITAL BUDGET PLANS.
AND SO, UM, UNDERSTAND THE CARE SPENDING PATTERNS, UM, AND, AND THEN TRYING TO GET ON THEIR RADAR TOO, MAKING SURE IT'S A PRIORITY, A HIGH PRIORITY ITEM.
SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, ONE'S SITE BUY SOMEWHERE IS NOT AS HIGHER A PRIORITY THAN A LARGER PLAN TO HELP THEM MAKE A BIGGER IMPACT.
SO PART OF THIS ANALYSIS WOULD BE THE REALISM OF TIME, APPETITE TO THE MARKET, UH, CAPABILITY IS, WOULD THAT WE BE PART OF THIS STUDY AS WELL? UM, TO YOUR POINT ABOUT THEY HAVE, YEAH, WE COULD DEFINITELY PUT THAT IN THERE.
IT'S, YEAH, THEY, UH, SO THEY'VE TAKEN THE INITIAL STEPS TO ADVOCATE FOR US FOR THOSE COA CO, EXCUSE ME, CO-LOCATIONS, BECAUSE WE, WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE WHY, WHY AREN'T YOU CO-LOCATED? SO YOU'LL SEE DIFFERENT TOWERS WITH DIFFERENT ONES OF THEM.
SOME OF IT'S HISTORY, SOME COULD BE THAT SOMEONE BUILT IT ORIGINALLY AND THEY DON'T WANT TO CO-LOCATE, OR IT COULD BE STRUCTURAL AS BRETT HAS MENTIONED.
BUT, BUT WE'VE STARTED THOSE DISCUSSIONS AND WE WOULD CONTINUE DOWN THAT PATH.
IDEA WOULD BE USE WHATEVER INFRASTRUCTURE IS ALREADY IN PLACE BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY THERE.
SO IT'S ALREADY EITHER VERY VISIBLE OR INVISIBLE TO EVERYONE.
AND THEN MY SECOND QUESTION IS JUST RELATING TO REVENUE.
CERTAINLY YOU SEE A LOT OF THESE TOWERS BECAUSE THERE'S REVENUE GOING TO THE ORGANIZATION'S, ENTITIES, PROPERTY OWNERS
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THAT UM, ARE LEASING OR PERMITTING THESE TOWERS AND COULD SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UM, JUST THE REVENUE, UM, OPPORTUNITIES, REAL REALISTIC VIEW.I WANT TO GET YOU GUYS THE BEST DEAL POSSIBLE.
AND I HAVE SOME IDEAS OF HOW TO DO THAT DOWN THE ROAD.
SO LIKE THE STEPS WERE LIKE TO ZONING AND THEN SOME PHOTOS SIMS AND LIKE ANALYSIS.
AND IF WE WENT TO AN RFP MODEL, WE WOULD, UH, DRIVE THE RFP, UH, TO GETTING THE BEST DEAL FOR THE CITY.
UM, I DON'T WANNA THROW OUT JUST BLANK NUMBERS AT YOU BECAUSE SOME OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS MORE, LIKE IF WE DO MORE TREES, THOSE COSTS LIKE TWICE AS MUCH AS A MACRO SITE, RIGHT? SO THERE'S LESS REVENUE 'CAUSE THEY'RE PAYING MORE CAPITAL UP FRONT TO BUILD IT.
UM, I'VE NOT REALLY SEEN THE ECONOMICS ON THE MID SELL YET.
IT'S A NEWER TECHNOLOGY, UM, BEING OFFERED IN THE MARKETPLACE.
UM, I WAS TALKING TO A HIGH F RF ENGINEER TODAY.
HE SAID, UH, HE PITCHED AT AND TT AND T-MOBILE, THEY LOVE IT.
HE'S PITCHING VERIZON TOMORROW.
SO LIKE, THIS IS LIKE NEW TECHNOLOGY.
THE CARRIERS ARE GETTING EXCITED ABOUT IT.
SO WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE MODEL OF WHAT IT COSTS TO BUILD IT AND STUFF LIKE THAT TO MAKE SURE.
BUT THERE IS A DESIRE AND THERE IS, UM, I DON'T WANNA PROMISE YOU, BUT WE CAN MAKE REVENUE FOR THE CITY AND, AND MAKE IT.
I HAD, UH, JUST A COUPLE QUESTIONS.
UM, I THINK THE REVENUE SIDE OF THIS CAN BE, UM, VERY ATTRACTIVE FOR THE CITY.
I'VE BEEN A PART OF SOME OF THESE CONVERSATIONS BEFORE, UM, OUTSIDE OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN.
BUT, UH, THEY CAN BE TREMENDOUS REVENUE GENERATORS.
SO I THINK THAT IT WOULD BE WISE FOR US TO LOOK AT US, UM, INSTALLING THIS TECHNOLOGY AND LEASING OUT THE SPACE ON THESE.
UM, THEY SEEM TO BE EVEN MORE VALUABLE WHEN YOU HAVE DIRECT CONNECTION TO FIBER.
AND SO CERTAINLY THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO AND THAT WE CAN PROVIDE.
I THINK THAT, UM, THAT WOULD BE STRATEGICALLY WHERE WE WOULD PLACE THEM.
'CAUSE YOU CAN TIE 'EM RIGHT INTO FIBER AND THE CARRIERS SEEM TO REALLY LIKE THAT BECAUSE THEN IT GETS 'EM OFF THE REPEATER MARKET, IT GETS 'EM OFF OF THOSE AND IT GETS IT ONTO FIBER, IT GETS FASTER, MORE RELIABLE AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
SO, UM, I WOULD WANNA LOOK AT THAT WHEN WE, WHEN WE'RE CITING THESE, THAT THEY WOULD BE ON CITY PROPERTY, THAT, UM, THEY WOULD BE DIRECT TIED INTO FIBER.
I KNOW THERE'S SOME ADDITIONAL UPFRONT COST TO THAT.
UM, BUT I THINK THAT YOU CAN GET A HIGHER, UM, REVENUE ON THE LEASING OF THAT SPACE AND CERTAINLY WOULD WANNA LOOK AT THESE MORE ATTRACTIVE POLLS.
I THINK THE UPFRONT COST CAN, CAN JUSTIFY IT IF WE POSITION OURSELVES WELL IN THE MARKET, IF, UH, REQUIRE THE, THE GREATER LEASE RATES BECAUSE OF THE FIBER AND ALL OF THE OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE.
SO, UM, THAT WOULD BE MY NEXT STEP OF THIS, IS TO DEVELOP THAT AS PART OF THE STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK IS TO REALLY LOOK AT THIS AS A REVENUE DRIVER.
UH, 'CAUSE I THINK THERE'S TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY THERE.
SO DID YOU GET WHAT YOU NEEDED FROM US? I BELIEVE SO.
DID YOU GET WHAT YOU NEEDED FROM US? I BELIEVE SO.
WELL THANK YOU BOTH FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS AND, UM, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
THIS WILL BRING US TO THE NEXT, UH, OTHER BUSINESS ITEM ON OUR AGENDA, WHICH WILL BE THE 2027 BUDGET KICKOFF PRESENTATION.
AND WITH THAT, MATT RUBINO WILL BRING FORWARD OUR STAFF REPORT.
GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
GONNA BE PRESENTING THE 2027 BUDGET KICKOFF PRESENTATION TO YOU TONIGHT.
AND WE'LL GO THROUGH INFORMATION ON, UH, ECONOMIC INDICATORS ON THE BUDGET SCHEDULE.
TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THE HIGH LEVEL AVAILABLE RESOURCES AND HOW MONEY HAS BEEN ALLOCATED OR FUNDS HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED IN PAST BUDGETS SIMILAR TO LAST YEAR.
AND THEN WE'LL COURSE OPEN IT UP TO, UM, QUESTIONS FROM FROM COUNCIL ON THE BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PROCESS GOING FORWARD.
SO AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE'RE HERE TO DO TONIGHT.
UM, WE'LL ALSO TALK ABOUT WHERE WE'RE AT THIS YEAR IN 2026.
GIVE YOU SOME, SOME INFORMATION THERE AS WELL.
UH, INFORMATION ON DEBT PROFILE AND OF COURSE, BUDGET CONSIDERATIONS.
SO THIS PRESENTATION IS BEING PROVIDED TO COUNCIL PRIOR TO SUBMISSION OF THE DRAFT BUDGET TO FACILITATE DISCUSSION FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS.
A FEEDBACK REGARDING PRIORITIES FOR THE 2027 OPERATING AND CAPITAL BUDGETS, UM, WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO THE BUDGET PLAN THAT WILL BE PRESENTED TO COUNCIL, UH, LATER THIS SUMMER.
UH, THE KICKOFF PRESENTATION IS INTENDED TO OUTLINE THE CONTOURS IN MAJOR CATEGORIES OF RESOURCES AND EXPENDITURES,
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UH, MUCH LIKE I PRESENTED LAST YEAR, UM, IN AUGUST AT THE TIME.I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT AS YOU SEE THE INFORMATION LATER ON.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT, UM, FOR THIS FIRST STEP IN THE BUDGET KICKOFF OR THE BUDGET PROCESS IS TO JUST CONVEY A COMMON UNDERSTANDING OF THE RESOURCES TYPICALLY AVAILABLE TO THE CITY IN A GIVEN BUDGET DEVELOPMENT CYCLE AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
SO YOU'LL SEE, YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF HIGH LEVEL INFORMATION, UM, BOTH COMPOSITION TYPE INFORMATION, BUT ALSO TREND INFORMATION THAT WILL KEEP IT HIGH LEVEL AND WON'T GO INTO TOO MUCH DETAIL BECAUSE WE'LL SAVE A LOT OF THAT FOR THE DISCUSSION AT THE BUDGET WORK SESSIONS LATER THIS SUMMER.
SO THE SCHEDULE, AS YOU RECALL, COUNCIL APPROVED AN UPDATED, UH, BUDGET DEVELOPMENT SCHEDULE LAST YEAR.
ONE THAT HAD, UH, MORE INTEGRATION OF BOTH THE CAPITAL AND OPERATING BUDGETS IN ONE PROCESS.
PRIOR TO THAT THERE WAS INTEGRATION, BUT THIS IS A WAY TO ENHANCE THAT AND HAVE THEM, UH, BOTH CAPITAL AND OPERATING ON THE SAME, SAME SCHEDULE AND SAME PROCESS.
UM, IT CO COINCIDES WITH THE GEO GFOA BEST PRACTICE AS WE EXPLAINED, UM, LAST YEAR WHEN COUNCIL CONSIDERED THIS CHANGE.
AND THIS WILL BE OUR SECOND YEAR OF UTILIZING THIS, THIS INTEGR INTEGRATED PROCESS.
WE'RE ACTUALLY BACK TO THE NORMAL SCHEDULE AS WELL WHERE WE'RE GIVING THIS PRESENTATION IN JUNE.
AND THEN WE HAVE AN AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER WORK SESSION TO DISCUSS BUDGETS.
THERE'S A GRAPH FOUR REPRESENTATION.
UH, WE'LL BE DISCUSSING CAPITAL IN AUGUST, AUGUST 17TH, AND GOING TO OPERATING AND OTHER QUESTIONS ON CAPITAL SEPTEMBER 21ST WITH THE FIRST READING, PUBLIC HEARING EXPECTED OCTOBER 12TH AND SIMILAR TO LAST YEAR, UH, SECOND READING AND ADOPTION, UM, END OF OCTOBER.
AND THEN COUNCIL WOULD APPROVE APPROPRIATING THE BUDGETS THAT WERE APPROVED, UM, IN NOVEMBER.
SO SIMILAR SCHEDULE AS LAST YEAR.
I WANNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ECONOMIC POLICY AND OUTLOOK.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT'S GOING ON OUT IN THE REAL WORLD, AND THAT DOES HAVE AN IMPACT ON OUR BUDGET DEVELOPMENT, JUST LIKE IT WOULD ANY OTHER, UM, ENTITY THAT'S PLANNING, UM, A A SPENDING PLAN AND REVENUE PLAN FOR THE YEAR.
UH, I USUALLY STICK WITH FOUR INDICATORS, AS YOU'LL SEE, JUST TO PROVIDE SOME, SOME CONTEXT AND HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
A LOT OF THOSE FOCUS ON INFLATION AND INTEREST RATES.
BUT I'LL, I'LL RUN THROUGH THESE AND TALK THROUGH SOME OF THEM.
WE REALLY LOOK AT EMPLOYMENT, UM, INFLATION THROUGH CONSUMER PRICE INDEX.
THE GENERAL ECONOMY IS SEEN THROUGH, UH, UH, GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT, REAL GDP AND INTEREST RATES, 10 YEAR INTEREST RATE.
ALL THESE, UM, ALL, ALL FOUR OF THESE COMPONENTS ARE, ARE THROUGH MAY.
THERE'S NO WAY TO TAKE ALL THESE, PLUG 'EM INTO SOME SUPER FANCY MODEL AND COME UP WITH A BUDGET.
BUT WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE MAKING FORECAST AND ASSUMPTIONS ON WHERE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THESE IN MIND.
SO EACH OF THESE FOUR, I'LL SHOW A QUICK CHART.
IF YOU FOCUS ON THE FAR RIGHT OF THE CHART THAT'S CURRENT, UM, INFORMATION THROUGH MAY UNEMPLOYMENT, UM, IT'S TICKED UPWARDS IN THE PAST YEAR.
IT'S STILL HOLDING IN THE LOW 4% RANGE, AND IT'S IMPORTANT.
WE HAVE SEEN THE PAST THREE MONTHS ACTUALLY JOB GROWTH.
SO THAT THAT'S, THAT'S A WELCOMING SIGN.
AS I MENTIONED, EMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT'S HELD AT 4.3%.
UM, OHIO UNEMPLOYMENT IS AT 3.9%.
AND BECAUSE OF LATER ON WE'LL TALK ABOUT INFLATION, UM, REAL EARNINGS HAVE DECLINED SLIGHTLY.
SO AGAIN, AS WE THINK ABOUT THESE, THESE DIFFERENT FACTORS, ECONOMIC FACTORS, WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR THE CITY'S INCOME TAX BASE, FOR INCOME TAX COLLECTIONS, FOR THE THINGS THAT WE'LL EXPERIENCE WHEN WE'RE EITHER, UM, PURCHASING GOODS AND SERVICES OR GOING TO THE MARKET TO ISSUE DEBT.
THE, THESE ARE IMPORTANT THINGS TO CONSIDER.
UH, CPI, UM, AGAIN, IF YOU LOOK AT THE FAR RIGHT, IT'S, IT IS PROBABLY FAMILIAR.
IT HAS, UM, IT'S BEEN GROWING OR INCREASING IN THE PAST SIX MONTHS.
UM, PART OF THAT IS DUE TO THE, THE CONFLICT IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND SOME LINGERING RESIDUAL IMPACTS OF TARIFF POLICY.
UM, IN MAY, OF COURSE, CIP WAS JUST UNDER 3% YEAR OVER YEAR, AND THERE'S STILL SOME UNDERLYING PRICE PRESSURES.
WE'LL HAVE TO SEE HOW THINGS PLAY OUT FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR.
AND INFLATION EXPECTATIONS ARE HIGH.
SO, WHICH MEANS THE FEDERAL RESERVE ENTITY THAT CAN SET INTEREST RATES OR THE BASE INTEREST RATES FOR NOW THEY'RE HOLDING.
IN FACT, THEY JUST HAD A MEETING OF THE, UH, THE OPEN MARKET COMMITTEE AND THEY DECIDED TO KEEP RATES ON, ON HOLD FOR RIGHT NOW.
IT'S INTERESTING, SIX MONTHS AGO, THE THE BET WAS, WELL, IS IT GONNA BE ONE OR TWO RATE DECREASES? AND RIGHT NOW IT'S ON A HOLD AND WE'LL SEE FOR THE NEXT FEW QUARTERS.
WHAT HAPPENS WITH INTEREST RATE POLICY? RIGHT? SO THE, THE GREATER ECONOMY GDP, AGAIN, UP AND DOWN, UM, THERE'S BEEN SOME POSITIVE SIGNS IN THE PAST FEW QUARTERS.
UM, THERE'S CERTAINLY BEEN SOME GROWTH.
IT'S NOT A TWO OR 3% GROWTH, IT'S BELOW 2%.
UM, BUT THERE HAS BEEN, UH, SOME PROMISING SIGNS WITH GDP THAT THEY'RE NOT GDP, THE GREATER ECONOMY HAS NOT BEEN UNDERPERFORMING OR PERFORMING TO WHERE THERE'S RECESSIONARY SIGNS RIGHT NOW THAT DOES NOT APPEAR
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TO BE IN, IN THE NUMBERS.UM, OHIO GDP INTERESTING IS SLIGHTLY BELOW THE, THE, THE NATIONAL BETWEEN 1.2 AND 2% IN INTEREST RATES.
AGAIN, IF YOU JUST FOCUS ON THE, THE, THE FAR RIGHT OF OF THE CHART, WE'VE SEEN INCREASED, UM, INTEREST RATES.
WE LIKE TO LOOK AT BOTH WHAT THE FEDERAL RESERVE HAS SET FOR RATES.
'CAUSE THOSE SET THE, THE TEMPLATE FOR OTHER TYPES OF, OF RATES.
AND ALSO LOOK AT THE TENURED TREASURY, THE RATE AT WHICH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CAN BORROW FOR 10 YEARS OUT.
AND THAT IS AN IMPACT NOT JUST ON PRICES AND INFLATION EXPECTATIONS, UM, BUT IT DOES SERVE AS A, A USEFUL PROXY FOR THE CITY IF WE ISSUE DEBT NEXT YEAR.
THESE TYPES OF, UM, INTEREST RATE INDICATORS, UM, DO PLAY A ROLE IN THE COST OF FUNDS FOR THE CITY.
NOW THE CITY DOES PRICE COMPETITIVELY, SO WE'RE NOT PRICING OFF A 10 YEAR OR 20 YEAR TREASURY, UH, IS A WAY OF EXAMPLE.
LAST YEAR WHEN WE ISSUED DEBT, WE WERE AT A 3.4% COST OF COST OF ISSUANCE.
SO SLIGHTLY BETTER THAN WHAT YOU SEE HERE, A LITTLE BIT ON STATE AND FEDERAL POLICY.
WE'RE WATCHING AT THE STATE LEVEL, OF COURSE, PROPERTY TAX POLICY.
THERE HAVE BEEN, UH, MULTIPLE CHANGES TO STATE, UH, PROPERTY TAX POLICY ENACTED.
I THINK THERE ARE FIVE DIFFERENT PIECES OF LEGISLATION THAT HAVE S SMALL OR OR NEGLIGIBLE IMPACT ON THE CITY SPECIFICALLY, BUT WE'RE CONTINUING TO WATCH THOSE.
THE, THE POTENTIAL REFERENDUM TO PLACE A PROHIBITION ON PROPERTY TAX IS NOT GOING TO BE ON THE BALLOT.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S HELPFUL BECAUSE SURE, THE CITY DOES, UM, GET DIRECT INCOME FROM PROPERTY TAXES.
WE ALSO HAVE TIFF AND WE ALSO HAVE DEBT THAT IS, UM, SECURITIZED BY OUR ABILITY TO LEVY PROPERTY TAXES.
SO THAT'S A, THAT'S A GOOD, GOOD SIGN THAT THAT'S NOT GONNA BE ON THE BALLOT THIS COMING YEAR.
UH, LOOKING AT FUTURE POLICY ACTION ON MUNICIPAL INCOME TAX CODE FROM THE STATE, THERE'S BEEN TALK ABOUT CENTRALIZING LOCAL INCOME TAX COLLECTIONS, LIKE WITH THE STATE.
THIS CONVERSATION DOES HAPPEN FROM TIME TO TIME.
UM, RIGHT NOW THERE'S BEEN NO LEGISLATION INTRODUCED.
THERE'S BEEN TALK OF IT, AND WE'RE CONTINUING TO WATCH BOTH WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE STATE, WITH OUR LOBBYISTS AND OUR, OUR PARTNERS TO ADVOCATE FOR WHAT'S BEST FOR THE CITY WHEN IT COMES TO LOCAL INCOME TAX POLICY.
AND THERE'S STILL PEN, IT WAS PENDING LAST YEAR, IT'S STILL PENDING, BUT CHANGES IN POLICY FOR, UH, THE TWO, UH, STATE PENSION FUNDS OP, UH, OPNF AND O OPS THAT WE, UH, MAKE AN EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION OF OUR EMPLOYEES TOWARDS.
THERE IS, UM, CURRENT LEGISLATION FOR OPNF TO INCREASE THE EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION AND POTENTIAL FOR THAT TO HAPPEN WITH PRS AS WELL RIGHT NOW THAT NOTHING HAS BEEN ENACTED, BUT IT HAS BEEN IN COMMITTEE FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW.
SO WE'RE CONTINUING TO WATCH THAT AS WELL.
AND OF COURSE, FEDERAL POLICY LOOKING AT, UH, INTEREST RATE POLICY AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, AND THE IMPACTS OF FISCAL POLICY AND CONTINUED, UM, TRADE POLICY CHANGES.
WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT 2026 OPERATING BUDGET, AND WE'RE GONNA START WITH INCOME TAX COLLECTIONS.
I HAVE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON INCOME TAX LATER ON THE PRESENTATION, BUT WE'RE GONNA START HIGH LEVEL AND THROUGH THIS YEAR WE'RE AT 3.1%.
MOST OF THESE SLIDES FOR YEAR TO DATE ARE THROUGH MAY 31ST, THE LAST COMPLETE FISCAL PERIOD, UNLESS I DENOTE OTHERWISE, IT'LL BE THROUGH MAY.
SO WE WERE UP UP 3.1% TOTAL COLLECTIONS.
WE LOOK AT YEAR TO DATE OPERATING REVENUE.
SO ALL OPERATING REVENUE COMBINED UP 8.5%.
PART OF THAT INCREASE IS DUE TO TIMING WITH SOME REVENUE SOURCES IN THE NEXT MONTH OR TWO, THAT 8.5% WILL SETTLE BACK DOWN MORE TOWARDS A THREE OR 4%, UM, UM, YEAR OVER YEAR CHANGE.
AS FAR AS PERCENTAGE COLLECTION, WHERE WE, THE ESTIMATED REVENUE WE'VE COLLECTED, WE'RE AT 46.3% OF THE REVENUE ESTIMATE FOR THE YEAR.
AND THAT'S FAIRLY SIMILAR TO THE LAST TWO YEARS.
WE'RE USUALLY IN THE MID FORTIES OF, OF THE BUDGET ESTIMATE.
DOESN'T MEAN, UH, REVENUE WON'T COME IN HIGHER, BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE ABOUT 46, UH, PERCENT COLLECTED COMPARED TO THE BUDGET ESTIMATE THAT WAS PART OF THE ADOPTED BUDGET.
ALRIGHT, YEAR TO DATE, OPERATING EXPENDITURES, 9.2%.
ONE, ONE CAVEAT HERE, MAY WAS A THREE PAY PERIOD MONTH AND IT DOES HAVE AN IMPACT.
SO AGAIN, TIMING ONCE THAT, UH, UH, FALLS AWAY FROM THE COMPARISON, WE'LL, WE'LL BE MORE IN THE FOUR TO 5% RANGE.
REMEMBER THE BUDGET ANTICIPATED ABOUT 4% GROWTH.
AND I THINK WE'RE ALSO SEEING, UH, DEPARTMENTS ARE, THEY'RE OPERATIONALIZING OPERATIONALIZING THEIR BUDGETS QUICKER THAN THEY DID LAST YEAR FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS.
SO PART OF THAT IS WE'RE ABLE TO GET FUNDS ENCUMBERED AND BEGIN SPENDING MONEY A LITTLE BIT QUICKER PACE THAN WE DID LAST YEAR.
SO IT, THE EVIDENCE THAT THE, THE BUDGET SO FAR IS PERFORMING WELL, WE HAVE NOT COME TO COUNCIL IN THE FIRST OR SECOND QUARTER FOR ANY TYPE OF, UM, OPERATING BUDGET SUPPLEMENTALS.
AND AS FAR AS BUDGET UTILIZATION, WE'RE AT 36.6%.
SO WE'VE CURRENTLY OBLIGATED, UH, 36.6% OF THE BUDGET AND SIMILAR TO THE LAST FEW YEARS AND GENERAL FUND POLICY COMPLIANCE, UH, THROUGH MAY, WE WERE AT 69.4%.
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THAT THAT FUND BALANCE OF 77.7 MILLION IS INCLUSIVE OF THE CASH CONTRIBUTION THE CITY MADE, UM, FOR THE LAND ACQUISITION THAT CLOSED IN FEBRUARY.SO EVEN WITH THAT FIVE, UH, $0.4 MILLION ACQUISITION, UH, WE'RE STILL HAVE OUR, OUR POLICY LIMIT, UM, YEAR TO DATE.
UH, JUST BRIEFLY ON CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, OUR PLAN FOR THIS YEAR, UH, FOR OUR, OUR MAIN CAPITAL FUND, OUR INCOME TAX CAPITAL FUND, UM, IF YOU LOOK AT THE BOTTOM RIGHT, WE'RE AT 46% OBLIGATED.
THESE ARE PROJECT GROUPS, NOT INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS, BUT BY DEPARTMENT IN VARYING LEVELS OF, OF UTILIZATION FOR THE CAPITAL PLAN, WHICH IS NORMAL FOR THE, THE NON 4 0 1, THE OTHER CAPITAL FUNDS.
AND LOOKING BACK THE PAST FEW YEARS, NORM, NORMALLY BY THIS TIME OF YEAR, WE'RE BETWEEN 40 AND 50% UTILIZED FOR THE, THE MAIN, UM, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE ON TRACK THERE.
AND IN SOME AREAS WHERE YOU DON'T SEE FUNDS OBLIGATED YET, IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT DEPARTMENTS AREN'T CURRENTLY WORKING ON THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS TO, UH, PROCURE GOODS OR SERVICES RELATED TO THEIR PROJECTS.
THERE'S WORK GOING ON, EVEN IF THE FUNDS AREN'T OBLIGATED PRIOR TO, UM, AN ENCUMBRANCE.
SO IN ANY GIVEN YEAR, WE HAVE, UH, RESOURCES TO ALLOCATE ACROSS OPERATING BUDGETS, OTHER BUDGETS IN, IN THE CAPITAL PLAN.
JUST THIS GIVES YOU A HIGH LEVEL LOOK.
UM, AGAIN, COMPOSITION, THIS IS A THREE YEAR AVERAGE.
UM, AVERAGE ABOUT 290, 200 90 MILLION PER YEAR IN RESOURCES AVAILABLE.
AND DOESN'T MEAN THAT ALL GET APPROPRIATED OR SPENT IN A GIVEN YEAR.
ONE THING TO NOTE, WE, WE HAD SOME, UH, REFUNDING ACTIVITY WITH, WITH BONDS LAST YEAR.
SO IT DOES, UM, INCREASE THE NUMBER A LITTLE BIT AS FAR AS RESOURCES AVAILABLE.
SO THE, THE, THE 2025 YEAR IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
UH, LOCAL TAXES COMPRISE ABOUT 41% OF OUR RESOURCES IN ANY GIVEN YEAR OF THAT INCOME TAXES ARE 84%.
SO WE'RE HEAVY, HEAVILY RELIANT ON INCOME TAX AS OUR, OUR MAIN SOURCE OF REVENUE.
OUR, THE TREND OVER TIME, TOTAL REVENUE OR RESOURCES, UH, IS VARIED BETWEEN 250 TO 300 MILLION.
NOW IF WE, THAT INCLUDES, AS I MENTIONED, REFUNDING DEBT, WHICH IS NOT NEW MONEY NECESSARILY, SO IT'S A BIT OF A TECHNICAL DIFFERENCE.
IT ALSO INCLUDES TRANSFERS FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO OTHER FUNDS.
SO IF WE STRIP AWAY REFUNDING BONDS THAT AREN'T NEW MONEY AND IT TRANSFERS OUTTA THE GENERAL FUND, UH, ABOUT 210 MILLION IS THE AVERAGE PER YEAR, WHICH LINES UP, WE THINK ABOUT, WE LOOK LATER ON AT OUR AVERAGE AVAILABLE BALANCES.
THEY'RE IN THE 210, 200 $15 MILLION RANGE IN ANY GIVEN YEAR OR LOOK AT GENERAL FUNDS SPECIFICALLY.
SO WE WERE AT HIGH LEVEL, WE'RE ZOOMING DOWN INTO THE GENERAL FUND ALONE, AND YOU CAN SEE GENERAL FUND REVENUE ON, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE INCOME TAX IS ABOUT 98.6 MILLION PER YEAR, JUST UNDER A HUNDRED MILLION.
LOCAL TAXES, UH, COMPRISE 88% OF THE GENERAL OPERATING, UH, BUDGETS AND GENERAL, GENERAL OPERATING BUDGET.
AND MOST OF OUR REVENUE IS FROM LOCAL SOURCES.
AS FAR AS AS TREND, UH, GENERAL FUND REVENUE HAS INCREASED BY AN AVERAGE ABOUT 5% PER YEAR SINCE 2023.
INCOME TAX HAS INCREASED BY ABOUT 4.8% SINCE 2023 OVER THAT TIME PERIOD.
A FEW MORE SLIDES ON, ON ON INCOME TAX.
WE WILL GET INTO MORE, UH, FORECASTING AND SPECIFIC NUMBERS DURING THE ACTUAL BUDGET PRESENTATIONS LATER THIS SUMMER.
BUT I WANTED TO GO THROUGH, JUST PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON INCOME TAX.
I THINK A LOT OF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THIS.
WE HAVE A 2% INCOME TAX THAT GENERATES SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF REVENUE FOR THE CITY.
UH, WE DIVIDE THAT UP BETWEEN GENERAL FUND 75%.
THE REMAINING 25% IS FOR, UM, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.
A BIT OF A TREND INCOME TAX HAVE AVERAGED ABOUT 113 MILLION SINCE 2023.
AS I MENTIONED, AN AVERAGE INCREASE OF 4.8%.
YOU CAN SEE HOW WE COMPARE WITH OUR, OUR PEER, LOCAL PEER CITIES.
OUR 2% RATE, IT'S VERY COMPETITIVE AND THIS IS, UH, IMPORTANT SLIDE WE USUALLY TALK ABOUT, ABOUT 90% OF INCOME TAX COLLECTIONS ARE DERIVED FROM BUSINESSES AND THE EMPLOYEES THAT WORK FOR THOSE BUSINESSES THAT ARE IN THE CITY.
SO YOU CAN SEE THE IMPORTANCE OF, UH, ATTRACTING BUSINESSES AND HAVING THEM HERE IN THE CITY.
75% OF THE INCOME TAX COLLECTIONS WERE, WERE RELATED TO WITHHOLDING.
SO THE EMPLOYEES THAT WORK FOR THOSE BUSINESSES.
UM, WE, WE HAVE, UM, AN IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS.
RIGHT NOW WE'RE UPDATING THE CITY'S INCOME TAX SYSTEM COUNCIL APPROVED FUNDING IN 2025.
A LOT OF THE PRIMARY FOCUS HAS BEEN ON THE INTERNAL ADMINISTRATIVE PIECE THAT OUR STAFF USE TO AUDIT AND MONITOR INCOME TAX COLLECTIONS.
THE SECOND PHASE THAT'S CURRENTLY UNDERWAY IS THE OUTWARD FACING PORTAL FOR TAXPAYERS.
SO THAT'S CURRENTLY BEING DEVELOPED, BUT THE, THE NEXT STAGE IS REALLY GONNA BE WHAT YOU SEE
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HERE.THESE ARE EXAMPLES OF, UH, COMPONENTS OF THE NEW SYSTEM THAT ARE GOING TO BE DEVELOPED ONCE THE, UM, INTERNAL SYSTEM IS, IS FINALIZED IN THE TAXPAYER, UM, ONLINE PORTAL IS FINALIZED AND IT'S FINDING WAYS TO TAKE ANALYTICS OF THE, OF THE INCOME TAX DATA THAT WE HAVE WITHIN OUR SYSTEM.
AND SURE, PROJECTING OUTWARD AND USING, UH, THAT INFORMATION TO PREP FOR, FOR BUDGETS IS VERY IMPORTANT.
BUT WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING FOR OTHER WAYS TO USE THIS INFORMATION TO INTEGRATE WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, PLANNING OF THE CITY.
SO RIGHT NOW WE CAN, WE CAN DO SOME AD HOC REPORTING AND ANALYSIS IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS RELATED TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OR PLANNING OR SOMETHING ELSE.
BUT THE I IDEA IS GOING TO BE WITH THIS NEW SYSTEM TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A SERIES OF REPORTS AND ANALYTIC TOOLS THAT CAN HELP GUIDE DECISIONS.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, LOOKING AT GROWTH OF INCOME TAX REVENUE BY A PARTICULAR INDUSTRY TYPE WITHIN THE CITY OR BROAD CATEGORIES.
HOW CAN THE INFORMATION BE USED NOT JUST FOR OUR PROJECTIONS, BUT ALSO DEPLOYED ON THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SIDE OF THINGS AS WELL.
I'M LOOKING AT CHANGES IN COLLECTION TRENDS, UM, BY LOCATION WITHIN THE CITY.
WE COULD DO WORK AND FIND THAT, BUT TO GET THAT INTO A SYSTEM THAT PROVIDES THAT INFORMATION ON A REGULAR BASIS WOULD BE HELPFUL.
BUT THEN ALSO LOOKING AT CHANGES IN THE PAYROLL, UH, LEVELS OF OUR TOP, OUR TOP EMPLOYERS.
I THINK A CUSTOMARY PRACTICE IS TO BE ABLE TO MONITOR YOUR TOP 25 OR TOP 50 EMPLOYERS.
AND I'M TALKING IN INTERNALLY NOT PUBLISHING THAT INFORMATION, BUT BEING ABLE TO SEE THAT ON AN INTERNAL BASIS AND HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING FROM ANY GIVEN MONTH, YEAR OVER YEAR WHERE SOME OF THE TRENDS ARE AND ALSO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE SOME ASSISTANCE.
AND, YOU KNOW, ADDITIONAL CONTEXT FOR, AGAIN, WE TALK ABOUT ECO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND HAVING AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE CONDITIONS ARE IN THE CITY.
IF I BACK UP A FEW SLIDES, WE TALKED ABOUT THOSE ECONOMIC FACTORS THAT I REVIEWED.
THEY HAVE VARYING EFFECTS ON DIFFERENT CITIES.
EVERY CITY HAS A UNIQUE MIX OF EMPLOYERS AND THEY, THEY'RE ALL BUFFETED BY THE SAME HEADWINDS, BUT JUST IN DIFFERENT WAYS.
AND THOSE TRENDS MATERIALIZE IN THE INCOME TAX REVENUE AND THAT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE A FORECAST AND THE TREND.
BUT TO BE ABLE TO DRILL INTO THAT DATA MORE AND USE IT FOR OTHER PURPOSES IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE TRYING TO DO, UM, WITH THESE ADDITIONAL PIECES OF FUNCTIONALITY, UM, INTO THE FUTURE WITH THE, WITH THE SYSTEM.
SO IN SUMMARY, AS I MENTIONED, UH, INCOME TAXES HAVE CONTINUED.
INCOME TAX COLLECTIONS HAVE CONTINUED TO EXCEED 3% ANNUAL GROWTH.
UH, COLLECTION TRENDS ARE KEY FACTOR IN THE BUDGET DEVELOPMENT.
UH, WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO, UM, SHIFT FUTURE DEVELOPMENT TO UNDERSTANDING TRENDS AND REVENUE IMPACTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE CITY'S, UH, INCOME TAX BASE AND CONTINUE TO MONITOR, UH, LOCAL INCOME TAX POLICY AT THE STATE LEVEL.
IN PARTICULAR, WORK WITH OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT PARTNERS AND ADVOCATES ON THAT.
ALL WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT ALLOCATING RESOURCES.
SO HOW MONEY IS APPROPRIATE AND USED OVER THE YEARS.
AGAIN, HIGH LEVEL TOTAL EXPENDITURES BY FUND.
YOU CAN SEE GENERAL FUND IS 30% OF THE TOTAL BUDGET ON, ON AVERAGE OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS.
SO REALLY WE'RE SPENDING MONEY ON GENERAL OPERATIONS AND ON CAPITAL YOU CAN SEE IT'S 35%.
WE LOOK AT THE TREND, UH, WE'VE AVERAGED ABOUT 285 MILLION.
AGAIN, ALL FUNDS, THAT'S EVERYTHING.
SO IT'S OPERATING CAPITAL AND OTHER FUNDS AND USES, UH, CAPITAL, CAPITAL BUDGET ACCOUNTS FOR THE SECOND LARGEST PORTION OF THE CITY'S ALL FUNDS BUDGET.
NOW WE'RE SHIFTING DOWN TO OPERATING EXPENDITURES BY FUNDS.
WE'RE LOOKING AT THE OPERATING BUDGET.
SO THE OPERATING BUDGET THE COUNCIL APPROVED WAS 119 MILLION LAST YEAR OR THIS YEAR RATHER.
UH, 70% OF THE OPERATING BUDGET.
IT'S IN THE GENERAL FUND ITSELF.
SO WE KNOW THE OPERATING BUDGET IS THE GENERAL FUND AND OUR SPECIAL SPECIAL REVENUE, UM, FUNDS COMBINED.
IF WE LOOK AT THE OPERATING BUDGET TREND, UH, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT.
THE OPERATING BUDGET IS AVERAGE ABOUT 110 MILLION THAT GROWS EACH YEAR.
WE HAVE SOME SORT OF, UH, GROWTH AND ESCALATION YEAR OVER YEAR, BOTH IN STAFFING AND COST TO OPERATE THE CITY.
SO THAT'S A THREE YEAR AVERAGE.
AND THE GENERAL FUND PORTION IS AVERAGE ABOUT 70 MILLION.
SO THE BIGGEST PIECE OF THAT 110 MILLION IS THE GENERAL FUND.
IF WE LOOK AT THE GENERAL FUND BY EXPENDITURE CATEGORY, UH, THE CITY IS PEOPLE DRIVEN.
SO YOU THINK ABOUT STAFFING AS 31%.
THAT'S, UH, DIRECT EXPENDITURES ON, ON EMPLOYEES, INFRINGE BENEFITS, OTHER EXPENDITURES ARE JUST BELOW 50.
AND WE REMEMBER WE ARE MOVING RESOURCES OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND TO SUPPORT OTHER PURPOSES AND THOSE SHOW UP AS BUDGETED EXPENDITURES.
SO EVEN THOUGH THE MONEY IS BEING MOVED OUTTA THE GENERAL FUND TO ANOTHER FUND TO BE SPENT THERE, WE DO SHOW IT IN OUR NUMBERS BECAUSE IT IS PART OF THE, UH, UH, APPROVED BUDGET.
ALRIGHT, CAPITAL FUNDS, UH, MAJORITY OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PLAN IS BUDGETED ACROSS THREE CAPITAL FUNDS.
UM, ALMOST HALF, 42% ARE IN THE INCOME TAX CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS FUND.
THAT'S FUND 4 0 1 AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE ALLOCATING 25% OF INCOME TAX REVENUE.
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IS SUPPORTED ABOUT 21% OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ON AVERAGE AS WELL.SO YOU CAN SEE IT GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF THE MAKE UP.
OUR MAIN CAPITAL FUNDS, OUR TIFF FUNDS AND OUR ENTERPRISE FUNDS AS WELL IS WHERE THE, UH, ALMOST ALL OF THE CAPITAL, UH, BUDGET IS LOCATED, UH, APPROPRIATE ABOUT 95 MILLION ANNUALLY OR SPEND THAT MUCH.
AND THAT ALSO INCLUDES MOVING, UH, FUNDING FROM THE TIFF FUNDS, WHICH ARE CAPITAL FUNDS TO HELP SUPPORT DEBT SERVICE AND SPECIFIC PROJECTS IN THE CORRESPONDING TIFF DISTRICT.
YOU CAN SEE NOW WE LOOK AT THE FIVE YEAR CIP TREND, AND THESE ARE FIVE YEAR INCREMENTS AND WE'RE NOW UP TO AROUND THREE 50 MILLION OF FIVE YEAR CIP PLANS.
DOESN'T MEAN THAT'S HOW MUCH WILL EVENTUALLY BE APPROPRIATE AND SPENT, BUT THE NEEDS OF THE CITY, BOTH IN INFRASTRUCTURE AND MAINTENANCE HAVE CONTINUED TO GROW AS THE CITY HAS GROWN.
AND THAT'S REFLECTED IN THIS CHART.
AND THE FULL FIVE YEAR CPF IS REVISED AND SUBMITTED TO COUNCIL DURING THE BUDGET CYCLE.
SO IT GIVES YOU AN IDEA ANY GIVEN YEAR.
NOW WE'RE, WE'RE UP, UM, AROUND THE THREE $50 MILLION MARK FOR A FIVE YEAR PROPOSED PLAN TO MENTION TIF FUNDS.
UH, WE RELY ON ON, ON TIF SERVICE PAYMENT REVENUE.
MOST OF THAT IN ANY GIVEN YEAR IS ALREADY DEDICATED TO A SPECIFIC USE, EITHER BY SUPPORTING A DEBT SERVICE FOR PROJECTS OR DIRECTLY EXPENDED ON PROJECTS THAT ARE LOCATED IN A SPECIFIC TIF DISTRICT.
SO IF YOU LOOK, WE'VE AVERAGED JUST OVER 20 MILLION, UM, IN, IN TIF FUNDS FOR THE CAPITAL PLAN AND MOST OF THOSE ARE ALREADY DEDICATED OR ALLOCATED TO A SPECIFIC USE.
WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR, OUR, OUR DEBT PROFILE CURRENTLY HAVE 225 MILLION IN OUTSTANDING DEBT.
UM, THAT'S DEBT THAT'S BEEN ISSUED SINCE 2012.
THAT'D BE THE OLDEST ISSUANCE WE HAVE OUTSTANDING RIGHT NOW.
OUR GENERAL OBLIGATION DEBTS, OUR, OUR MAIN FORM OF BORROWING TO FUND CAPITAL PROJECTS MAKES UP 70 PER 70% OR 157 MILLION OF OUR CURRENT OUTSTANDING DEBT.
AND THE 2027 CAPITAL PLAN WILL INCORPORATE SOME FORM OF DEBT FINANCING.
UH, THE AMOUNTS AND THE PROJECTS THAT WILL UTILIZE DEBT PROCEEDS ARE TO BE DETERMINED AND WILL BRING THOSE TO, TO COUNCIL DURING THE, THE PRESENTATIONS.
THIS CHART SHOWS YOU OUR DEBT PORTFOLIO BY THE TYPE OF DEBT ISSUANCE AND YOU CAN SEE THE BOTTOM GREEN PIECE, 60%.
THAT'S OUR, OUR MAIN SOURCE OF, OF FINANCING GENERAL OBLIGATION DEBT.
AND YOU CAN SEE 134 MILLION OUTSTANDING.
UH, WITH THAT YOU HAVE THE, THE SEWER AND WATER, UM, COMPONENTS, THOSE ADDED UP GET YOU TO THAT $157 MILLION.
EVERYTHING ELSE IS A DIFFERENT TYPE OF BORROWING EITHER FOR CAPITAL PROJECT, PROJECT PROJECTS, OR SOME OTHER USE.
UH, WE'VE, UH, THROUGH LAND ACQUISITION, WE'VE ISSUED DIFFERENT TYPES OF OBLIGATIONS TO SUPPORT ACQUISITION LAND AND SHORT TERM NOTES, UH, AS AN EXAMPLE FOR THE ACQUISITION OF THE WID PROPERTY IN FEBRUARY.
AND THOSE ARE REPRESENTED IN THIS, THIS TABLE AS WELL.
DEBT SERVICE, UH, THIS IS REALLY, IT SHOWS YOU THE AMOUNT OF DEBT SERVICE PER YEAR OVER THE NEXT, UH, 20 YEARS.
IF WE ISSUED NO OTHER DEBT, THIS IS WHAT THE ACTUAL, UM, DEBT, ANNUAL DEBT SERVICE, THE AMOUNT THAT WE'RE PAYING TO SUPPORT DEBT, UM, EQUATES TO, AND YOU CAN SEE IT.
THIS IS TYPICAL THOUGH YOU CAN SEE AS, AS DEBT BEGINS TO FALL OFF, THE AMOUNT OF DEBT SERVICE DECREASES.
AGAIN, THAT'S JUST SHOWING WHAT'S CURRENTLY OUTSTANDING.
YOU CAN SEE THIS THIS YEAR WITH ALL INWARD, JUST OVER 22 MILLION IN, IN DEBT SERVICE AND IT CONTINUES TO DROP THROUGH THE YEARS.
UH, A FEW BRIEF COMMENTS ON THE CITY'S DEBT POLICY.
AS YOU KNOW, 25% OF OUR INCOME TAX REVENUES ALLOCATED TO CAPITAL AND THAT 25% IS SPLIT.
60% IS TO RETIRE DEBT INCOME, TAX SUPPORTED DEBT AND 40% IS TO CASH FUND PROJECTS.
UH, THERE'S ALSO A LITTLE BIT OF A BUFFER.
90% OF THAT IS WHAT CAN BE DEDICATED TO DEBT SERVICE.
THE REMAINING 10% IS HELD BACK.
SO CURRENTLY THAT, UH, 90% OF THAT COMPONENT, UM, IS ABOUT JUST UNDER, UM, 17 MILLION.
IT'S ABOUT 16 AND A HALF MILLION THAT IT COULD SUPPORT IN, IN TOTAL DEBT SERVICE.
AND WE'RE USING LESS THAN 60% OF THAT RIGHT NOW FOR INCOME TAX SUPPORTED DEBT.
THIS PARTICULAR CHART SHOWS A COUPLE OF THINGS.
IF YOU FOCUS ON THE, THE GREEN BARS SHOW, UM, OUTSTANDING PRINCIPLE OF ALL THE CITY'S DEBT AND STARTS AT THAT $225 MILLION NUMBER IN 2026, IT REALLY, THIS IS A 10 YEAR PAY DOWN OF PRINCIPLE.
AND IF WE DID NOTHING, THIS IS WHAT WE LOOK LIKE BY 2035, WE'D BE DOWN TO UNDER 70 MILLION IN PRINCIPLE.
BUT WE KNOW WE'RE GONNA HAVE ADDITIONAL NEEDS TO DEBT, FINANCE CAPITAL PROJECTS IN PARTICULAR.
SO THIS CHART JUST PROVIDES AN ILLUSTRATION IF THE CITY WERE TO ISSUE 20 MILLION A YEAR FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS, AGAIN, JUST AN ILLUSTRATION, UM, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, WHAT TOTAL, UM, PRINCIPLE LOOKS LIKE.
AND YOU CAN SEE IT HOLDS STABLE FOR THE FIRST FEW YEARS, BUT THEN WE START TO SEE SOME GROWTH AND THAT'S JUST IF WE ASSUME 20 MILLION, UM,
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STANDARD PAY DOWN OF OUR EXISTING DEBT.THE IDEA IS WE TAKE A MODEL LIKE THIS OR A VISUAL LIKE THIS AND ONCE WE HAVE DRAFT CAPITAL PLAN FOR YOU TO REVIEW, WE'LL BE ABLE TO UPDATE THAT AND PROVIDE YOU SOME ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE ON WHAT WE THINK THE CITY'S DEBT LIMITATIONS OR RESTRICTIONS SHOULD BE IN ANY GIVEN YEAR.
'CAUSE WE KNOW THEY'RE GONNA BE LIMITED BY EITHER THE POLICY OR THEY ALSO COULD BE LIMITED BY, UH, DEBT SENSITIVITY.
WE HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH COUNCIL LAST YEAR ABOUT THE RATING AGENCIES AND WHAT THEY HAD THOUGHT OUR LIMIT WAS TO MAINTAIN OUR AAA RATING AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
SO WE'LL HAVE TO WEIGH BOTH PARTIC UM, BOTH POTENTIAL BOUNDARIES AND WE PRESENT A DEBT FINANCING PLAN THAT COINCIDES WITH THE CIP FOR THE COMING YEARS.
BUT AGAIN, I THINK THIS IS, I KNOW THERE WAS, THERE WAS, THERE WERE QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL.
CAN YOU SHOW NOT JUST OUR CURRENT DEBT PROFILE, BUT IF YOU LAYER ON EXISTING DEBT, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? SO THIS GETS US, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST STEP OF THE WAY THERE AND THEN TO ACTUALLY INJECT SOME REAL NUMBERS INTO THIS TYPE OF MODEL TO GIVE COUNCIL A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING WHEN IT COMES TO DEBT FINANCING CAPITAL PROJECTS.
SO I ALWAYS LIKE TO MENTION THOSE LIMITS ARE IMPORTANT.
UM, OPERATING CAPACITY IS ALSO IMPORTANT BECAUSE OF THE, THE DEBT SERVICE THAT'S NOT DIRECTLY SUPPORTED BY INCOME TAX HAS TO BE SUPPORTED BY ANOTHER SOURCE.
WE HAVE TO IDENTIFY ANOTHER SOURCE OF REVENUE, UH, TO MAKE ANNUAL DEBT SERVICE PAYMENTS ON THE OTHER TYPES OF DEBT.
SO A LOT OF THAT IS BOUND BY, UM, OUR OPERATING CAPACITY, MEANING WE HAVE TO PROGRAM DOLLARS FOR OPERATING ON OTHER PURPOSES.
WHERE DOES ADDITIONAL DEBT OR DEBT PAYMENTS FIT INTO, UM, THAT FORMULA FOR STRUCTURAL BALANCE? IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
COMPARABLE DEBT BURDENS, UM, THAT ARE TRACKED BY THE RATING AGENCIES.
AND ALSO CREDIT RISK THAT IS ALSO TRACKED BY RATING AGENCIES, UM, ARE ALL PART OF THE CITY'S DEBT LIMIT.
IT'S NOT JUST THE STATUTORY DEBT LIMITATION OR OUR POLICY LIMITATION, IT'S THESE OTHER PRACTICAL FACTORS.
UH, WE WILL CONSIDER WHEN WE MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR, UM, ISSUING DEBT TO FINANCE PROJECTS.
JUST BRIEFLY ON FUND BALANCES.
SO WHAT, WHAT RESERVES ARE RESIDING IN THE FUNDS ON ANY GIVEN YEAR? UH, USUALLY ON AVERAGE WE HAVE OVER 200 MILLION IN FUND BALANCES.
A LOT OF THOSE ARE ACTUALLY OBLIGATED WITH ENCUMBRANCES.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE CAPITAL PROJECT FUNDS, YOU SEE AN AVERAGE OF JUST UNDER 96 MILLION.
UM, MUCH OF THAT FUNDING IS ACTUALLY ENCUMBERED FOR IN ONGOING PROJECTS.
PROBABLY ON AVERAGE CAPITAL IN PARTICULAR MAY BE 60, 70% OF THE FUNDING IS OBLIGATED IN IN, IN CONTRACTS OR, OR PURCHASE ORDERS.
AND THIS IS A COMPARISON OF ALL FUNDS BALANCE WITH A GENERAL FUND.
UM, ALONGSIDE YOU CAN SEE THE GENERAL FUND, IT'S ABOUT 35% OF THE ALL FUNDS BALANCE ON AVERAGE SINCE 2023.
AND IT JUST GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF RELATIVE, UM, UH, POSITION OF THE GENERAL FUND BALANCE IN THE CITY'S ALL FUND BALANCE.
AND OF COURSE, AS WE GO INTO BUDGET DEVELOPMENT, WE WANT TO KEEP, UH, IN MIND OF COUNCIL GOALS.
AND WE HAD THEM LISTED HERE FOR YOU.
YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THESE, UH, THESE ARE IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO CAPITAL PROJECTS.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PRIORITIZATION AND PROJECT DEPENDENCIES, HOW DO THESE, UH, COUNCIL GOALS COME TO PLAY? CURRENT TRENDS? YOU WAS DOING A LITTLE RESEARCH JUST ON WHAT ARE THE, RIGHT NOW, WHAT WE'RE OF THE MOST COMMON TRENDS IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT BUDGETING.
AND THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN RELATE TO THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY UTILIZING OR HAVE BEEN UTILIZING IN THE PAST.
UM, IT'S A PROCESS THAT CONTINUES TO MORE MOVE TOWARDS A STRATEGIC DATA-DRIVEN AND TRANSPARENT DECISION MAKING AND TARGETING, FISCAL RESILIENCY.
OR ANOTHER WAY OF SAYING THAT IS MAINTAINING STRUCTURAL BALANCE.
SO THAT IS SOMETHING WE'VE KEYED IN ON IN THE PAST AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO ON INCREASED OF REAL-TIME DATA ANALYTICS AND AI TOOLS THAT WE ARE WORKING IN FINANCE TO, UH, BEGIN TO ROUTINIZE THE USE OF AI TOOLS THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE THROUGH OUR ENTERPRISE LICENSING TO BOTH AUTOMATE AND INTERPRET OUR DATA FOR FORECASTING AND BUDGETING.
SO IT'S SOMETHING WE'RE JUST STARTING TO REALLY LEAN INTO AND WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE, UH, TO UTILIZE THAT INFORMATION FOR BUDGET DEVELOPMENT.
I'M GOING INTO THIS YEAR, UM, INCREASED RELIANCE ON PRIORITIZATION AND PROJECT DEPENDENCIES.
THE, THE CURRENT CIP THAT WE'RE WORKING ON, UH, WE'RE USING, UM, I THINK IMPROVED DEFINITIONS OF PRIORITIES AND ALSO THINKING ABOUT PROJECT DEPENDENCY.
IF A PARTICULAR PROJECT IS THE FIRST STEP IN A SERIES OF OTHER PROJECTS, DOES THE PRIORITY CHANGE.
SO WE'RE ALSO CONTINUING TO DO THAT.
AND THEN USE OF PUBLIC FACING DASHBOARDS, WHICH, WHICH THE CITY HAS DONE.
UH, WE USE CLEAR GOV TO COMMUNICATE OUR CAPITAL AND OPERATING PLANS TO, TO RESIDENTS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC CURRENT STATUS.
WE'RE WORKING RIGHT NOW ON BOTH THE BUDGETS, UH, DEPARTMENTS WILL BE WORKING ON THEIR OPERATING BUDGET, UH, THROUGH THIS MONTH INTO EARLY JULY.
AND WE'LL BE, UM, HAVING MEETINGS TO GO THROUGH BOTH CAPITAL AND OPERATING.
UH, BEFORE WE GET TO OUR WORK SESSIONS IN AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER, I JUST MENTIONED THERE AND WE GET TO THE QUESTIONS, UH, FOR COUNCIL, WHAT STRATEGIC PRIORITIES, INITIATIVES, OR COMMUNITY OUTCOMES WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE EMPHASIZED IN THE 2027 BUDGET? ARE THERE
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SPECIFIC SERVICES, PROGRAMS, INFRASTRUCTURE, INVESTMENTS OR ORGANIZATIONAL PRIORITIES THAT YOU BELIEVE WARRANT ADDITIONAL ATTENTION OR RESOURCES IN THE UPCOMING BUDGET CYCLE? ARE THE EXISTING PROGRAM SERVICES PROJECTS OR INVESTMENTS THAT YOU BELIEVE SHOULD BE EVALUATED FOR POTENTIAL MODIFICATION, RE-PRIORITIZATION OR REALLOCATION OF RESOURCES? ARE THE REVENUE ENHANCEMENT AND OPPORTUNITIES OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCIES OR COST CONTAINMENT STRATEGIES THAT COUNCIL WOULD LIKE STAFF TO EXPLORE AS PART OF THE 2027 BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PROCESS? AND ARE THERE EMERGING ISSUES, RISK OR OPPORTUNITIES THAT COUNCIL BELIEVES SHOULD BE CONSIDERED DURING DEVELOPMENT OF THE 2027 BUDGET IN THE FIVE-YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN? AND WITH THAT, I WILL COUNSEL'S QUESTIONS.I THINK WE'LL JUST GO DOWN THE LINE IF THAT'S OKAY ON THIS.
SO WE CAN GET THROUGH THE, I'LL START WITH YOU.
I'LL START HERE NEAR, GO DOWN THAT WAY OR SOME OTHER WAY.
THIS WAS, UM, PROBABLY THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE BUDGET AND CIP PRESENTATION THAT WE'VE HAD SINCE I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL.
AND THAT'S SAYING SOMETHING, 'CAUSE YOU KNOW, YOU'VE, YOU'VE CERTAINLY FILLED SOME VERY BIG SHOES.
UM, SO I REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE SOMETIMES WE'VE GOTTEN THESE IN BITS AND PIECES, LIKE WE ALWAYS GET WHAT, WHAT WE WERE ASKING FOR.
BUT THIS WAS, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I REALLY HAD TO SPEND SOME TIME WITH IT.
UM, BUT I REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
SO THANK YOU TO YOU AND YOUR STAFF FOR, FOR PULLING ALL OF THIS TOGETHER.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE BASE A LOT OF OUR BUDGET DECISIONS AND, AND, AND, AND HOW WE GIVE DIRECTION BASED ON OUR COUNCIL GOALS.
UM, SO I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THAT YOU'VE TIED, UM, A LOT OF WHAT YOU'VE BROUGHT TOGETHER BACK HERE AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IN FINANCE COMMITTEE, UM, LIKE OUR DEBT SENSITIVITY.
UM, AND, UH, SO SOMETIMES IT'S A LITTLE HARD THIS EARLY IN THE BUDGET PROCESS TO SAY, OH, HERE'S SOME ADDITIONAL PRIORITIES AND INITIATIVES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK JUST GENERALLY FROM A HIGH LEVEL PERSPECTIVE, THINKING ABOUT, UM, THE, THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF OUR RESIDENTS, RIGHT? WE, WE, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO BUMP UP WATER AND SEWER PROJECTS AS WE CAN, RIGHT? AS, AS OUR CIP WILL, UH, AFFORD US TO DO.
UM, I THINK THAT CONTINUES TO BE A, A GOOD THING TO THINK THROUGH MM-HMM
UM, LOOKING AT STRATEGIC DEBT RETIREMENT, WHICH YOU ALREADY DO, RIGHT? WHEN THERE'S WAYS WE CAN CALL OR WHAT HAVE YOU, YOU KNOW, WE ALREADY HAVE A, A PROCESS FOR DOING THAT.
UM, YOU KNOW, I I THINK WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT AS WE THINK THROUGH THE PROJECTS THAT WE WANNA DO IN OUR, IN OUR PARKS RIGHT? THAT WE'RE, UM, SPREADING THAT LOVE A BIT, RIGHT? IT'S HARD.
'CAUSE SOMETIMES THOSE PROJECTS CAN BE VERY CAPITAL INTENSIVE.
AND SO WE WANNA FOCUS IN ONE AREA AND THEN MOVE ON TO A DIFFERENT AREA.
UM, I, I THINK THAT, I ALWAYS LIKE TO SAY THAT THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT IS WHERE THE RUBBER HITS THE ROAD, LITERALLY AND FIGURATIVELY.
UM, ALWAYS LOOKING AT OUR, OUR, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS FROM ROADWAYS TO CURBS AND, AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS I THINK ARE, ARE REALLY IMPORTANT TOO BECAUSE IT'S WHAT PEOPLE HAVE TO DEAL WITH ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS.
UM, YOU KNOW, REVENUE ENHANCEMENT OPPORTUNITIES.
IT WAS INTERESTING THAT THE MAYOR TALKED ABOUT THE POTENTIAL FOR, UM, REVENUE STREAMS COMING FROM CELL PHONE, UM, POLLS, POWERS.
WE SHOULD ALWAYS BE LOOKING AT THINGS LIKE THAT.
WE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT REVENUE ENHANCEMENT JUST IN TERMS OF, UM, HOW WE DO OUR, UH, UM, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR SOCIAL OPPORTUNITIES, OUR ARE, ARE, ARE, UM, WHETHER IT'S IRISH FESTIVAL, YOU KNOW, BRINGING IN ADDITIONAL, UM, PARTNERS AND, AND REVENUE SOURCES FROM THOSE, YEAH.
WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
UM, EMERGING ISSUES, RISKS, YOU KNOW, WE JUST SORT OF GOT OUT OF THE WHOLE COVID THING.
I THINK WE'RE IN OUR NEW NORMAL, I DON'T WANNA INTRODUCE ANY MORE RISKS.
I FEEL LIKE THAT'S JUST ASKING THE UNIVERSE FOR TROUBLE.
BUT YES, AND I KNOW THAT WAS VERY HIGH LEVEL.
IT'S JUST, IT'S PERFECT THIS EARLY IN THE BUDGET CYCLE.
IT'S A LITTLE TOUGH TO ANSWER SOME OF THOSE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS.
BUT BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL JOB PULLING THIS ALL TOGETHER.
YOU KNOW, OUR GOALS, WHETHER IT'S METRO CENTER OR THE WEST INNOVATION DISTRICT IS GROWTH, GROWTH, GROWTH, PEDAL TO THE METAL.
AND, UM, WHEN I THINK ABOUT THAT AND THAT TYPE OF GROWTH AND WHERE WE'RE LOOKING TO ALSO EXPAND IN HOUSING, UM, AND THEN THINKING OF SOME OTHER COM, YOU KNOW, OTHER HOT TOPICS IN THE CITY WITH REDISTRICTING AND JUST READING COMMENTS FROM CITIZENS.
I KNOW WE FOCUS ON OUR TRANSPORTATION NETWORK, BUT THAT JUST SEEMS TO BE SOMETHING THAT CONTINUES TO RISE TO THE TOP,
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UM, IN MY MIND, IN THE MIND OF MANY RESIDENCES.HOW CAN WE GET PEOPLE AROUND THE CITY MORE SAFELY, UM, MORE EFFICIENTLY? SO AS WE APPROACH THE NEXT BUDGET CYCLE, I MEAN, I WOULD NOT ONLY FOR STAFF, BUT FOR, FOR MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS IS, YOU KNOW, WE LOOK FIVE YEARS OUT AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED AND BASED ON MAYBE SOME GROWTH AND CAN WE GET THERE SOONER? UM, MAYBE THAT'LL JUST COME DOWN TO PRIORITIZATION AND STRATEGIC PRIORITIES.
BUT CAN WE GET THERE SAFER? CAN WE GET THERE SOONER? UM, CAN WE BE THINKING AHEAD ON HOW WE MAKE THIS EASIER FOR RESIDENTS AS WE CONTINUED TO GROW AND, AND WHAT WE COULD SEE AS TRULY EXPLOSIVE GROWTH? HOW CAN WE MAKE IT EASIER FOR OUR RESIDENTS? AND HOW CAN WE LESSEN THE PAIN? AND I THINK TRANSPORTATION AND EVEN IF IT'S OUR MULTIMODAL SOLUTIONS, ARE PROBABLY AT THE TOP OF THAT LIST.
SO AS WE GO INTO THE BUDGET CYCLE, I GUESS I'M, WHAT I'M JUST SAYING IS THAT'S REALLY TOP OF MIND FOR ME AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
I DON'T REALLY HAVE MUCH ELSE TO SAY BEYOND THAT.
UM, AS FAR AS, AGAIN, YEAH, NOT SPECIFIC PROJECTS, BUT HIGH LEVEL, I THINK THE BIGGEST THING IS MAINTENANCE.
I MEAN, WE GOTTA TAKE CARE OF WHAT WE HAVE FIRST, RIGHT? BEFORE WE BUILD EVERYTHING.
UM, I KNOW WE FRONT LOADED LIKE OUR WATERWAY MAINTENANCE, SO HOPEFULLY THAT WILL BE KIND OF ROLLING OFF HERE SOON.
UM, WE'RE STILL GONNA HAVE SOME MAINTENANCE, I'M SURE THEN, THEN WE'LL HAVE TREE MAINTENANCE OR, OR SOMETHING ELSE.
UM, BUT I KNOW THAT ONE IS ROLLING OFF, BUT WE JUST HAVE CONTINUED MAINTENANCE ON OUR PARKS, OUR REC CENTER.
UM, SO I HAVE A PRIORITY OF TAKING CARE OF WHAT, OF WHAT WE HAVE LEFT, IF WE HAVE WHAT MONEY WE HAVE LEFT, UM, FOR NEW PROJECTS.
I DO THINK THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS A HIGH PRIORITY, PARTICULARLY IN, I WOULD SAY OUT IN THE WEST INNOVATION DISTRICT, UM, RELATED TO SPORTS OHIO.
IF WE'RE BRINGING ALL THESE PEOPLE IN TO SPORTS OHIO, WE HAVE TO HAVE THE ROADS TO GET THEM IN AND OUT.
UM, AND I THINK THAT'S GONNA TAKE A BIG CHUNK OF OUR MONEY
UM, BUT I, I, SO I, THAT'S I GUESS WHERE MY PRIORITIES WOULD BE.
UM, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE CAN'T DO IT ALL.
WE HAVE TO PICK AND CHOOSE AND I THINK, I THINK WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO LET THE PRIVATE SECTOR DO SOME OF THAT DEVELOPMENT.
UM, PERHAPS LIKE IN SPORTS OHIO ITSELF OR IN METRO CENTER ITSELF, BUT THE ROADS WE'VE GOTTA DO.
SO I, I AGREE WITH, UM, MY, MY COLLEAGUES, UH, I THINK, YOU KNOW, TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY THOROUGHFARE, THE SIGNATURE TRAIL.
WE HAVE A LOT OF PROJECTS THAT WE NEED TO FIND MONEY FOR.
UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS EVENING IS KICKING OFF THE BUDGET PROCESS.
UM, WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT LIABILITIES, THE, THE DEBT THAT WE HAVE.
BUT WE, I I, I'D BE CURIOUS, AND THIS IS COMPLETELY SORT OF, IT'S SORT OF OFF TOPIC ASSETS.
LOOKING AT THE BALANCE SHEET, LOOKING AT THE, THE PROPERTIES THAT WE OWN ACROSS THE CITY AND GETTING AN INVENTORY OF THOSE SO WE CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT PROPERTIES WE CAN POTENTIALLY EXCHANGE, UNLOAD, UM, OUR GOALS, METRO CENTER, UH, WEST INNOVATION AND PREMIER ATHLETIC COMP, UH, CAMPUS.
UM, WE HAVE TO BE PRETTY CAREFUL ABOUT PUTTING THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE.
WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE INTEREST IN, IN THESE AREAS.
AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME HURDLES IN METRO CENTER.
UM, WE NEED TO HAVE INTEREST IN THE WEST INNOVATION DISTRICT, BUT CLEARLY INFRASTRUCTURE IS SOMETHING THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT ALL THROUGH WEST INNOVATION DISTRICT AND THE PREMIER ATHLETIC, UM, CAMPUS.
BUT, YOU KNOW, HOW WE PAY FOR THE SIGNATURE MATERIAL AND HOW WE PAY FOR METRO CENTER AND THE PARK.
WE NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT THOSE THINGS.
MY, MY COMMENTS SORT OF MIRROR, UM, A LOT OF THE COLLEAGUES LIKE COUNCILMAN KEELER WAS SAYING, YOU KNOW, YOU STARTED THE PRESENTATION GROUNDING US IN THE FOUR GOALS.
AND OF THE FOUR GOALS, AND, AND THIS GETS TO YOUR FIRST QUESTION ABOUT THE STRATEGIC PRIORITIES.
IT'S NOT SO MUCH A PRIORITY OF THE BUDGET, BUT IT IS SORT OF VIS-A-VIS INCOME BECAUSE OF THE FOUR GOALS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, WEST INNOVATION DISTRICT VENTURE CENTER REALIZATION, THERE ARE REVENUE GENERATING, WHEREAS PARK, YOU KNOW, IT REALLY ISN'T.
AND THEN ALSO WITH THE WELLNESS, UM, THAT REALLY ISN'T EITHER.
AND SO I THINK FOCUSING ON THAT, IT'S KIND OF LIKE WHAT, UM, COUNCILOR JOHNSON WAS SAYING ABOUT INCREASING REVENUE, I THINK IS GONNA BE, UH, REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT.
AS FAR AS THE OTHER QUESTIONS, YOU KNOW, I DON'T REALLY HAVE MANY OTHER COMMENTS, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I DID LIST IS ACTUALLY SOMETHING THAT COUNCILMAN MEMBER KEILA HAD BROUGHT UP ABOUT OUR ASSETS, OUR PROPERTY ASSETS.
WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHICH ONES
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ARE WE HOLDING ONTO? WHICH ONES COULD WE GIVE UP TO ACTUALLY INCREASE, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR POSITIONS.AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I'D BE INTERESTED IN.
THE OTHER THING THAT ACTUALLY I HAD WRITTEN DOWN IN MY NOTES WAS JUST WHAT YOU HAD MENTIONED ABOUT THE PROPERTY TAX, UM, REFORM.
BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH YOU KNOW THAT, UM, CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT IS OFF, THERE'S STILL LOTS OF PRESSURE, UM, TO REDUCE PROPERTY TAX OR, YOU KNOW, THE, THE REDUCTION.
AND THAT'S GONNA AFFECT US, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THE TIFFS AND YOU ALL THOSE THINGS.
AND SO I THINK KEEPING AN EYE ON THAT AND BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THAT IS GONNA BE REALLY IMPORTANT.
I HAD, UM, A COUPLE, UM, JUST GENERAL INFORMATION REQUESTS I WANTED TO BE SURE I MADE BEFORE I MADE SOME COMMENTS.
SO AS WE GO INTO, UM, LOOKING AT, AT THE CAPITAL BUDGETS AND, AND THE OPERATING BUDGETS, UM, COULD YOU PROVIDE A LONGITUDINAL LOOK AT OUR DEBT BALANCES? I KNOW WE START AT 26 AND GO FORWARD.
COULD YOU TAKE US BACK 10 YEARS AND HELP US UNDERSTAND JUST THE RELATIVE, UM, UM, DEBT LEVELS COMPARED TO BOTH OUR ASSET LEVELS AND OUR, AND OUR, UM, UH, INCOME LEVELS? 'CAUSE I THINK THAT'S A VERY TELLING THING.
I VERY MUCH LIKE THE DYNAMIC ABILITY THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO SAY, OKAY, IF WE WANT TO DO A PARTICULAR INVESTMENT AND WE'RE GONNA CREATE DEBT, WHAT DOES THAT DO TO OUR CHART? BECAUSE IT ISN'T GONNA BE ZERO GOING FORWARD.
YOU, YOU BEGIN ONE OF YOUR DISCUSSIONS SAYING, WE WILL BRING BACK, UH, AS WE WOULD EXPECT A DEBT FINANCING.
SO HELPING US CONTINUE TO UNDERSTAND THAT, I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THE, UM, INCOME TAX SOFTWARE.
WHAT IS THE NAME OF THAT SOFTWARE THAT WE'RE USING? WHO ARE WE USING? WELL, THE, THE NAME OF IT NOW IS CVI CITI CVI.
THAT'S THE C CIV THAT IS THE NAME THAT WE, WE HAVE BRANDED.
WHAT'S THE VENDOR? THAT'S WHAT I'M TAZA.
UH, THEY'RE BASED OUTTA HUDSON, OHIO.
AND WE WORK WITH THEIR DEVELOPERS.
THEY'RE, THAT'S T-A-A-Z-A-A-T-A-A-Z-A-A, YES.
UM, BECAUSE I KNOW I HAVE REPEATEDLY SAID SINCE, UM, I, UH, FIVE OR SIX YEARS FROM NOW, UH, AGO, UM, TO REALLY UNDERSTAND THE DYNAMICS AND COMPOSITION OF THE REVENUE SIDE OF THE HOUSE.
WE WILL SPEND HOURS AND HOURS AND HOURS AND HOURS TOGETHER ON THE SPEND.
I WILL CONTINUE TO SAY, I WOULD LIKE TO SPEND AT LEAST HOUR
AND SO IF THOSE TOOLS, EVEN IF THEY'RE IN THEIR ANCY, CAN HELP US LOOK AT WHAT ARE WE SEEING HAPPENING WITH OUR TOP 25 OR 30, UM, EMPLOYERS, OBVIOUSLY ANONYMIZED, OBVIOUSLY, UM, WITHOUT ATTRIBUTION, UM, TO HELP US UNDERSTAND THAT.
SO HOW IS THAT GOING? I, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHATEVER WE THINK WE HAVE AVAILABLE.
I KNOW IT'S EARLY DAYS, BUT I'M GOING, UH, WE HAVE TO SPEND MORE TIME TALKING ABOUT THAT SIDE.
UH, WE JUST DO IN, IN MY OPINION.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE BOTH OF THOSE.
THE OTHER I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS IF YOU COULD BRING FORTH, UM, HOW ARE THE TIFS PERFORMING? AND YOU HAD MENTIONED IN YOUR PRESENTATION THAT FROM A TIF FINANCING PERSPECTIVE, WE'RE, WE'RE ALMOST FO FULLY UTILIZING THE TIFF THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE.
SO IF YOU COULD HELP US UNDERSTAND WHAT IS POTENTIALLY AVAILABLE.
'CAUSE THAT HISTORICALLY HAS BEEN A, YOU KNOW, A PRIMARY DRIVER AT LEAST THAT I WROTE DOWN AT LEAST 21% IN YOUR CURRENT CHARTS HERE.
SO THOSE WOULD JUST BE SOME INFORMATION REQUESTS.
THE OTHER QUESTION THAT I WOULD HAVE, AND I I, I'M GOING TO GIVE THIS QUESTION TO MY COLLEAGUES HERE BECAUSE THIS IS A POLICY LEVEL QUESTION.
I CAN'T REMEMBER THE YEAR, WHETHER IT WAS 18 OR 19, BUT COUNCIL HAD, AS ONE OF ITS ANNUAL GOALS TO INCREASE REVENUE BY 3%.
AND WE HAD THAT GOAL FOR A COUPLE YEARS.
I, AGAIN, I DON'T REMEMBER THE YEAR IT BEGAN, BUT WE HAD THAT FOR A COUPLE YEARS.
AND THEN WE SAID TO OURSELVES, WELL, THAT JUST HAS TO BE PART OF OUR GENERAL OPERATING.
SO WE MOVED IT FROM COUNCIL GOALS AND MADE THAT AN OPERATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND ON YOUR SUMMARY SLIDE, THAT IS THE FIRST BULLET YOU HAVE IS 3%.
I THINK WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT AND ASK OURSELVES, BECAUSE THAT IS NOT GOING TO BE SUFFICIENT.
UM, YOU GAVE US SOME OPERATING REVENUE INCREASES AND THOSE OPERATING REVENUES, AND I JUST WROTE THEM DOWN, OR, YOU KNOW, ARE, ARE GROWING AT, YOU KNOW, 7.5%, 9%.
I'M TALKING ABOUT THE ACTUALS, NOT THE CURRENT YEAR ONES.
SO GROWING OUR REVENUE AT 3% IS NOT, WE, WE'RE NOT EVEN HOLDING WATER, RIGHT? WE'RE NOT EVEN HOLDING WATER.
SO I WOULD ASK MAYBE SOME OF YOUR HELP AND THEN MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES TO SAY, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT ARE WE STRIVING TO DO FROM THE REVENUE SIDE? I DON'T KNOW, IT'S ALL HOLDS BARR OR, OR PEDAL TO THE METAL, BUT WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO SAY, ARE WE OPERATING THE CITY AT A, AT A LEAST BREAK EVEN FROM OUR OPERATING? AND THAT IS NOT HAPPENING BASED ON THE FACTS.
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GIVEN WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT INTEREST RATE, IT ISN'T GOING TO HAPPEN.SO I THINK STRUCTURALLY WE HAVE TO ASK OURSELVES, WHAT DO WE WANT THAT TO LOOK LIKE? AND THAT LEADS ME INTO MY, UM, COMMENTS ABOUT REALLY JUST IN INITIATIVES OR, AND PRIORITIES.
I THINK, UM, AND, UH, MY COLLEAGUES HAVE NOTED THIS, PRIORITIES HAVE TO BE ON THINGS THAT HELP US IN A REVENUE GENERATING CAPACITY.
AND SO, UM, OUR ANNUAL COUNCIL GOALS THIS YEAR ARE PRIORITIZED ON THOSE.
AND SO WHEN WE ARE LOOKING AT OUR CAPITAL SPEND, HELP US THINK ABOUT AND HOW DOES THIS HELP US AGAINST SOME OF THOSE.
UM, REVENUE, REVENUE GENERATING INFRASTRUCTURE.
I DON'T THINK THERE, MY SECOND COMMENT, I DON'T THINK THERE IS AN ORGANIZATION CITY A LOT, UH, ON THE, IN THE UNITED STATES TODAY THAT DOESN'T HAVE A VERY EXTENSIVE AI UH, UM, PROGRAM TO HELP FROM EFFICIENCIES AND REVENUE GENERATING.
SO WHAT I WOULD HOPE TO SEE IN THE, IN, IN OUR DISCUSSIONS, AND THIS IS NOT A TECHNICAL QUESTION, THIS IS AN OPERATIONAL QUESTION, WHAT ARE SIGNIFICANT AI, UM, PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES THAT WILL BEAR FRUIT THIS YEAR AND GOING FORWARD? AND SO I DON'T EXPECT TO SEE, UM, THAT COMING FROM THE IT, I EXPECT TO SEE THAT COMING REALLY FROM OPERATIONAL ACROSS WHAT ARE WE DOING? HOW ARE WE INVESTING, HOW ARE WE THINKING ABOUT IT? BECAUSE I GUARANTEE YOU ALL OF, ALL OF THE REST OF THE COMMUNITIES ARE.
UM, AND THEN TO THAT END, UM, I THINK, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE INVESTMENTS IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SIDE OF THE HOUSE, RATHER THAT IS IN STAFFING OR RATHER THAT IS IN TOOLS OR INFRASTRUCTURE.
BECAUSE WE CAN'T ASK THE CITY TO DO THIS IF WE'RE NOT WILLING TO SUPPORT THE WORK THAT IT TAKES TO DO THAT WORK, RIGHT? IF, IF WE'RE SAYING WE WANNA GROW THAT SIDE OF THE HOUSE, THEN WHAT WE NEED, AND MY REQUEST AND ASK FROM YOU TO YOU IS, AND WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO THAT? WHAT DO WE NEED FROM AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, FROM PROGRAM STAFF, TECHNOLOGY, WHATEVER, WHAT IS IT THAT WE NEED HELP WITH? UM, UM, AND INFRASTRUCTURE IS PART OF IT, BUT IT, IT, IT CAN'T BE INFRASTRUCTURE 10 YEARS OR FIVE YEARS AHEAD OF THE REVENUE WITH, WITHOUT SOME BETTER INDICATION OF WHAT THAT IS.
SO THOSE WOULD BE MY AREAS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE.
WE WILL SEE THE TRADITIONAL STUFF ON ROADS AND INFRASTRUCTURE AND MAINTENANCE, BUT REALLY TO, TO WRAP THOSE, AS YOU SAID AROUND WHAT WE KNOW IS HAPPENING IN THE ECONOMY.
AND THEN FROM AN INFLATION AND JUST JUST TREADING WATER, WE'VE GOTTA, WE'VE GOTTA DO SOME THINGS DIFFERENTLY.
SO, UM, THOSE WOULD BE MY ASKS GOING IN.
UH, I, I WOULD SHARE, UM, MUCH OF WHAT MY COLLEAGUES HAVE SAID SPECIFICALLY AROUND THE ASSET.
YOU KNOW, I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT BOTH SIDES OF THE, OF THE TABLE, UM, EXPENSES AND REVENUE, AND CERTAINLY OUR EXPENSES APPEAR TO BE GROWING RAPIDLY IN AN INFLATIONARY ENVIRONMENT, WHICH IS WHAT YOU WOULD EXPECT.
AND SO OUR, UH, REVENUE'S GONNA GONNA HAVE TO MEET AND HOPEFULLY EXCEED THAT.
SO, UH, I THINK MOST OF THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN SAID FROM HERE.
AND, AND NONE OF IT AM I IN DISAGREEMENT WITH.
I DID BRING FORWARD LAST YEAR THAT I WANTED TO SEE A SAFETY FUND THAT REALLY ENCOMPASSED OUR SPEND ON SAFETY, AND THAT WOULD BE PULLED OUT OF A LOT OF DIFFERENT OTHER SPACES, EVENTS, AND ALL OF THOSE OTHER AREAS.
WE CONTINUE TO SEE, UM, CUTS TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT FUND HAPPEN AT THE STATE HOUSE, AND WE CONTINUE TO HEAR OF THE, UM, OF THE GROWING OF THE SAFETY FUND AND MUNICIPALITIES HAVING ACCESS TO THE SAFETY FUND AND BEING REIMBURSED ON, ON A PER, UH, PERCENTAGE OF SPEND.
AND SO I WOULD LIKE US TO REALLY HAVE THIS SAFETY FUND AS AN EXPENSE IN OUR BUDGET, AND I WOULD LIKE IT TO REALLY REFLECT ALL THAT WE SPEND ON SAFETY, NOT, NOT JUST POLICE, BUT OKAY.
UM, AND I THINK WE NEED TO GET THAT NUMBER TO BE AS TRUE AND ACCURATE TO ALL THAT WE SPEND ON SAFETY IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND, AND THAT'S A BIG UNDERTAKING.
I GET IT BECAUSE THERE ARE SAFETY COMPONENTS TO PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING THAT WE DO.
BUT, UM, THE WAY IT APPEARS IS LOCAL GOVERNMENT FUND DOLLARS ARE GONNA CONTINUE TO GO AWAY, AND SAFETY FUND DOLLARS ARE GOING TO BE MADE MORE AVAILABLE.
OKAY? AND SO ARE BUD, YOU KNOW, AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE MAKING THOSE DETERMINATIONS ON OUR BUDGETS AND OUR SPENDS.
AND SO IF WE WANT TO HAVE ACCESS TO THOSE REVENUES, WE HAVE TO HAVE THIS DISPLAYED IN OUR BUDGET.
SO, UM, I GET THAT IT'S A DEPARTURE FROM WHAT WE'VE DONE.
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IF WE, YOU KNOW, EVEN EVEN WITH A CHANGE IN, IN LEADERSHIP OF THE STATE, THE STATE HOUSE IS STILL GOING TO BE HARDWIRED THE WAY THAT IT IS.AND SO I DON'T THINK THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT FUND, ALTHOUGH WE SAW A VERY SMALL UPTICK THIS YEAR, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO SEE ANY UPTICKS IN THAT.
UM, SO WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO, AND IT'S GONNA BE AN ALL HANDS ON DECK SORT OF THING, BUT I WILL ASK AGAIN THIS YEAR.
I KNOW WE WERE A LITTLE BIT LATE IN THE PROCESS LAST YEAR, BUT THIS IS EARLY.
SO TO GET THOSE SAFETY FUND NUMBERS, UM, IS AS ACCURATE AS WE CAN.
UM, OTHER THAN THAT, I, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD OTHER THAN WHAT YOU HAVE HEARD, BUT, UM, THIS IS A GREAT PRESENTATION AND IT IS VERY ACCURATE.
SO, UM, WHEN WE GO, WHEN WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD AND THAT, UM, AND I THINK OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCIES WILL, WILL BE A GOOD LOOK FOR US TO MAKE.
UM, SO, UM, I'M SORRY, I HAVE ONE MORE THING I WANTED TO MENTION.
UM, AND IT'S ACTUALLY RELATIVE TO OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCIES, YOU KNOW, AS WE AS A CITY WORK TO CREATE OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH AUTOMATION AND THROUGH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, WHETHER THAT'S, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, GEN AI OR AG AGENT AI, I THINK IT'S GONNA BE REALLY IMPORTANT, UM, TO UNDERSTAND THE CAPACITY THAT IT CREATES AND HOW WE SHIFT, UH, OUR HUMAN CAPITAL INTO HIGHER AND BEST USE OF SKILLS, RIGHT? YEAH.
IT'S A SKILLSET SHIFT, RIGHT? AND, UM, YOU KNOW, AND, AND THERE COULD BE THINGS THAT HAPPEN LIKE, YOU KNOW, ATTRITION AND THEN WE DON'T REPLACE THOSE POSITIONS OR, OR WHAT HAVE YOU, BASED ON THE EFFICIENCIES THAT ARE CREATED THROUGH THOSE KINDS OF EFFORTS.
SO I WOULD BE VERY INTERESTED IN UNDERSTANDING, UM, A TRACKING MECHANISM, IF YOU WILL, TO UNDERSTAND OVER TIME HOW THE EFFICIENCIES CREATED ARE USED AND REALLOCATED ACROSS THE CITY.
IT'S DIFFICULT TO DO AND IT'S DIFFICULT TO CONCEPTUALIZE.
UM, BUT I ATTENDED A SYMPOSIUM, AND I THINK THIS REALLY RINGS TRUE.
AN ORGANIZATION, WHETHER IT'S A GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION OR PRIVATE ORGANIZATION, CAN AI UNTIL THE COWS COME HOME.
BUT AN ORGANIZATION THAT DOESN'T UNDERSTAND THE IMPACTS OF THE CAPACITY THAT'S CREATED AND THE REDEPLOYMENT AND REALLOCATION OF THAT CAPACITY, IT'S JUST AI.
AND THEY'RE REALLY NOT GOING TO SEE THE BENEFITS OF WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THIS WORLD BEGINS TO CHANGE, RIGHT? IT IS, UM, IT'S MANAGING THE DISRUPTION, UM, BECAUSE AI IS A DISRUPTOR AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE A DISRUPTOR, AND WE BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW THAT'S GONNA COME OUT OR HOW IT IS COMING OUT ON THE OTHER END BECAUSE PEOPLE, WHEN GIVEN TIME WILL FILL THAT TIME WITH WHAT THEY CHOOSE TO DO, NOT NECESSARILY WHAT REALLY NEEDS TO BE DONE.
SO I WOULD, I WOULD ASK THAT YOU GUYS START TO THINK ABOUT THAT AND BRING SOME THOUGHTS AND IDEAS FORWARD.
I THINK IT'S GONNA BE REALLY IMPORTANT.
DID YOU GET WHAT YOU NEEDED FROM US? I DID.
THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS A ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT UPDATE, AND OUR STAFF REPORT WILL BE BROUGHT FORWARD BY JEREMIAH GRACIA.
WELCOME, GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL IN THE SPIRIT OF TIME, WE'LL TRY TO WORK THROUGH THESE, UH, SLIDES AND INCORPORATE SOME OF THE COMMENTS EVEN WE'VE HEARD TONIGHT IN BUDGET AND OTHER PIECES THAT ARE RELATIVE TO, WE'LL START WITH THE COUNCIL GOALS AND UNDERSTANDING THAT TONIGHT'S UPDATE IS REALLY FOCUSED ON HOW WE ARE PUTTING RESOURCES, BOTH HUMAN AND MONETARY TO COUNCIL GOALS, AND SPECIFICALLY THE THREE THAT, UH, WE FEEL ARE MOST DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PURPOSES.
AND, UH, GIVE YOU A BRIEF UPDATE ON SORT OF WHERE THEY ARE.
I WANNA CALL ATTENTION TO THE, UM, FISCAL IMPACT AND THE LIFT THAT THESE EACH OF THESE GOALS REQUIRE.
AND WE AS A STAFF UNDERSTAND THAT AND UNDERSTAND HOW WE HAVE TO COLLABORATE INTERDEPARTMENTALLY AND PUT THESE BUDGETS TOGETHER AND UNDERSTAND TIMING AND OUR OWN CONSTRAINTS AND BUDGETS AND, AND, UM, EXPENSES AND THE TIME IT TAKES TO DESIGN AND BUILD, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THESE.
AND SO I WANNA THANK EACH OF THOSE DEPARTMENTS AND WE MEET MONTHLY.
IN FACT, TOMORROW MORNING, WE'LL BE MEETING IN OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THOSE THINGS AND SOME OF THE IMPORTANT STEPS WE NEED TO DO, AND SOME OF THE FEEDBACK WE EVEN MAYBE HEARD TONIGHT ABOUT SOME OF THESE TRANSFORMATIVE PROJECTS FOR THE CITY.
SO IN THE CONTEXT OF HOW OUR DEPARTMENT TAKES IN CONSIDERATION, UM, HOW WE ACHIEVE HIGH QUALITY INFRASTRUCTURE AND QUALITY OF PLACE IS THROUGH THAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS.
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AS YOU HEARD TONIGHT, THAT LARGEST REVENUE SOURCE IS FROM INCOME TAX.AND SO WE HAVE TO BE VERY FOCUSED, LASER FOCUSED, PERHAPS SPECIFICALLY THAT SAY, HOW ARE WE CREATING THOSE DISTINCT MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT NODES THAT ARE SIGNATURE TO WHAT DUBLIN IS KNOWN FOR? HOW ARE WE STREAMLINING THOSE DEVELOPMENT PROCESSES TO, UH, FACILITATE THOSE DEVELOPMENTS AND TARGETING THE RIGHT INDUSTRIES THAT ARE GONNA BE MAKING THOSE INVESTMENTS BOTH PRIVATELY AND AND PUBLICLY WITH US? AND WE'RE AT THE MIDDLE OF THAT, OF THOSE SUSTAINING THOSE PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS.
THAT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO, UH, QUARTERBACK AND, UH, COORDINATE ALL OF THOSE DISCUSSIONS AS IT RELATES TO PUBLIC-PRIVATE INVESTMENTS AND THE IMPORTANCE DESIGN AND EXECUTION OF THOSE PROJECTS.
THEY, AGAIN, TO MAINTAIN HIGH QUALITY INFRASTRUCTURE AND QUALITY OF PLACE THAT MEET NOT ONLY OUR STANDARDS, BUT ALSO THE COMPANIES.
AND AS YOU'VE HEARD IT SAY, THE COMPANY'S LOOKING FOR A COMMUNITY THAT MATCHES AND, AND OR EXCEEDS ITS OWN BRAND BECAUSE OF WORKFORCE RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION.
SO WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MEET THOSE EXPECTATIONS EVERY DAY.
WE DON'T LOWER THOSE EXPECTATIONS.
WE MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WE UNDERSTAND, UH, WE HELP THEM UNDERSTAND HOW TO WORK THROUGH THE PROCESSES, UM, BECAUSE THEY'RE GOOD AT RUNNING THEIR BUSINESS AND NOT NECESSARILY AT SOME OF THEIR REAL ESTATE DECISION MAKING OR REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT.
THEY JUST KNOW HOW TO SELL A PRODUCT OR A SERVICE.
SO AS THE, UH, AS COUNCIL, SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE ASKED SORT OF THE OPERATIONAL SIDE OF, OF THE HOUSE, I WANT TO KIND OF STEP BACK AND JUST BREAK DOWN INTO THE BUCKETS OF HOW WE UTILIZE OUR STAFF AND RESOURCES ON EVERYDAY WORK AND HOW WE BENCHMARK THAT WORK AGAINST PEERS ACROSS THE GLOBE AND SPECIFICALLY CALL OUT THAT WE, YOU KNOW, THE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL IS OUR INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION THAT WE, UH, NETWORK WITH AND WE SEE OUR PEERS AND ATTEND THOSE CONFERENCES AND, AND ALSO PARTICIPATE IN VARIOUS COMMITTEES.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE MOST PROUD OF IS THAT OUR TEAM HERE IN DUBLIN IS THE ONLY ACCREDITED ORGANIZATION IN THE STATE OF OHIO.
THERE ARE ONLY NINE OF THOSE COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE GLOBE.
AND WE ARE CHOOSING TO TAKE THE, THE, UH, INITIATIVE TO BE REVIEWED BY OUR PEERS AND BEING ONE OF THOSE TO TAKE THAT EFFORT TO SAY, ARE WE, UH, DOING THE BEST PRACTICE? DO WE HAVE ALL THE COMPONENTS, SOME OF THOSE THAT ARE LISTED HERE THAT SET YOU APART FROM OTHER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS? AND WHEN WE GET TO GO, UH, HEAR FROM OUR PEERS, WE HEAR SOME GOOD THINGS AND WE HEAR SOME NOT GOOD THINGS.
AND MYSELF, I MYSELF ACTUALLY SIT ON THIS COMMITTEE, UM, THROUGH IDC AND GET TO SEE OTHER COMMUNITIES, AND WE GET TO SHARE THOSE BEST PRACTICES.
BUT WHAT WE LEARN MORE AND MORE ABOUT IS THAT DUBLIN'S A VERY UNIQUE PLACE.
WHEN I SPEAK TO MY PEERS AND ASK THEM AND SHARE WITH THEM ABOUT WHAT DUBLIN IS DOING, THE COMMUNITY OF ITS SIZE, THE TYPES OF INDUSTRIES, THE SCALE OF PROJECTS, THEY'RE BLOWN AWAY.
AND WE KNOW THAT BECAUSE WE SEE MANY, NOT ONLY IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, BUT MANY OTHER AWARDS THAT WE AS OUR CITY RECEIVE, AND EITHER ITS EVENTS OR TRANSPORTATION MOBILITY, OR EVEN OUR CONVINCING VISITORS BUREAU.
SO THESE BEING THE ONLY ACCREDITED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION IN OHIO SHOULD NOT BE TAKEN LIGHT BECAUSE WE HOLD OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE IN EVERY THREE YEARS.
WE HAVE TO GO BACK AND INVITE FOLKS TO RE US AGAIN.
SO WE USE OUR TIME AND EFFORTS TO FOCUS ON BNES, WHICH IS THE BUSINESS RETENTION AND EXPANSION, SORT OF THIS EDO MANAGEMENT, WHICH PRIMARILY ARE MY RESPONSIBILITIES, BUT ALSO, UH, THE CITY MANAGER.
AND, AND EVEN POLICY DIRECTIONS WE GET FROM COUNCIL REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT ARE THE THREE MAIN BUCKETS THAT WE PUT OUR TIME AND ENERGY IN FROM A STAFFING.
NOW, THE BNES, WHICH YOU'LL SEE IN A FUTURE IN A LITTLE BIT HERE IN FUTURE SLIDES, ARE THE MOST INFORMATIVE THING.
UH, WAYS TO GET INFORMATION FROM WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR COMPANIES AND THE TRENDS THEY'RE SEEING, THE CHALLENGES, THE OPPORTUNITIES, THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY.
AND THEY SHARE THOSE THINGS CONFIDENTIALLY WITH US.
AND THEY TELL US ABOUT WHAT THEY HAVE IN CHANGE OF FINANCING, MARKETING THEIR WORKFORCE, IF THEY'RE A SMALL BUSINESS, UH, AND WHAT, UH, CHALLENGES THEY'RE, THEY'RE FACING AS, UH, BEING A SOLOPRENEUR OR ENTREPRENEUR.
AND WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR HELPING BRING THOSE RESOURCES TO THEM.
WE DON'T NEED TO SOLVE ALL OF THEM, BUT WE NEED TO KNOW WHERE THEY, THEY CAN FIND THOSE RESOURCES.
AND THAT'S WHAT OUR TEAM IS DOING WHEN WE'RE MEETING WITH THEM ON REGULAR BASIS.
THE KEY TO THAT IS WE DON'T NECESSARILY ALWAYS HAVE TO BE IN THEIR OFFICE.
WE, WHEN YOU HAVE AN ESTABLISHED RELATIONSHIPS, YOU GET MANY PHONE CALLS, MANY EMAILS AND TEXT MESSAGES BECAUSE THEY SEE YOU AS A VALUE ADD, AND THEY KNOW THAT THEY CAN CALL, COME TO YOU AND SAY, HEY, I KNOW THAT YOU MIGHT NOT BE THE PERSON THAT'S GONNA SOLVE THIS, BUT I'M BETTING YOU'LL KNOW WHO I NEED TO CALL.
AND THAT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY FROM OUR TEAM TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THOSE FOLKS UNDERSTAND, AS YOU'VE SEEN FROM OUR BUSINESS DISTRICT MAP KNOWS WHO THEIR QUOTE UNQUOTE GO-TO PERSON IS WITHIN OUR TEAM, TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY CAN GET THEIR ANSWERS EFFICIENTLY AND BE FOLLOWED UP, UH, APPROPRIATELY WHEN THEY'RE IN THE MOST, YOU KNOW, TIME CRUNCH TIME THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT FOR THEIR OWN,
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UH, BUSINESS DECISIONS.AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, IS SORT OF ON OUR REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT SIDE, UM, WHICH OBVIOUSLY DE UH, ALSO TOUCHES UPON SOME OF THESE ASSETS THAT HAVE BEEN, UH, REFERENCED THIS EVENING ABOUT LAND, UH, ACQUISITION AND DISPOSITION, HOW THOSE ARE LEVERAGED.
AND WE SEE TONIGHT IN ONE OF OUR, UM, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS, WE ARE, WE'VE, WE'VE, WE'RE GONNA LEVERAGE THAT FOR ANOTHER EXPANSION PROJECT FOR ONE OF OUR MAJOR HEALTHCARE INSTITUTIONS BECAUSE OF A LAND DECISION THAT WE MADE, UM, MANY YEARS AGO.
AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE RELATED TO BUILD THAT, TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO THAT AREA.
NOT ONLY THAT, ONLY PARTICULAR HOSPITAL, BUT AREAS THAT NOW ARE GONNA BE THE MAIN THOROUGH FOR, FOR WEST INNOVATION DISTRICT.
AND THEN OUR SITE CAPACITY STUDIES.
AS YOU KNOW, WE, WHEN WE OWN THOSE PROPERTIES, IT'S INCUMBENT UPON US TO SAY HOW WE GET THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE SO THAT WE POSITION THAT PROPERTY FOR THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE.
AND WHEN WE GO TO, UH, POSITION IT BOTH IN UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION AND ZONING, THAT THAT IS A SITE READY OPPORTUNITY.
AND IT IS, UH, BE BEING ABLE TO BE POSITIONED AND SO THAT WHEN THE COMPANY SEES THE SITE, THEY KNOW THAT ALL THE THINGS HAVE BEEN, UH, UH, UH, PRE-VETTED, IF YOU WILL, AND UNDERSTAND THE NEEDS THAT THEY HAVE FOR THEIR INDUSTRY.
AND WE HAVE A, A TEAM THAT, THAT WE ALSO NOW WORK WITH FROM OUR OFFICE HOURS, WHICH I'LL DESCRIBE HERE IN A LITTLE BIT.
SO THIS IS, AGAIN, THE OPERATIONAL SIDE OF THE, THE MAJOR BUCKETS THAT OUR TEAM IS FOCUSING IN.
SO HOW DO WE KNOW THAT WE'RE, UH, COMPETITIVE IN THE MARKET? HOW DO WE TRACK THAT? HOW DO WE BENCHMARK IT AS THESE QUARTERLY REAL ESTATE REPORTS, WHICH WE UTILIZE, UM, COLLIERS TO, TO, UM, VALIDATE, UH, WITH US? AND, YOU KNOW, JUST IN LAST, THE LAST QUARTER, 15% OF ALL THE LEASING ACTIVITY IN CENTRAL OHIO WAS FOCUSED ON DUBLIN.
AND OUR VACANCY RATES IN OFFICE ARE, HAVE FALLEN FROM A HIGH OF SOME OF IT BEING 24, ALMOST 25 IN Q4, 24 TO 17%.
NOW, NOW THERE'S A VARIETY OF REASONS FOR THAT, BUT THE BIG TAKEAWAYS ARE THAT WE DO HAVE MARKET STRENGTH.
WE ARE THE MOST ACTIVE SUB-MARKET IN CENTRAL OHIO.
TENANT MIGRATION IS FOCUSING VERY MUCH SO ON DUBLIN AS ITS TOP SUB MARKET WHEN THEY'RE MAKING THEIR DECISIONS, IF THEY'RE NOT HERE, WHERE, WHERE ARE THEY LOOKING OUTSIDE OR, SORRY, WITHIN THE REGION TO MAKE THEIR INVESTMENT.
AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I'M GONNA HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE LARGEST TRANSACTIONS OF Q1 THAT MOST IMPORTANTLY ARE, UH, WHAT WE TRACK OF AS WINS WITHOUT INCENTIVES.
SO AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THE RELATIONSHIP BUSINESS IS IMPORTANT TO OUR WORK AND MANY OF THIS, UH, THESE PROJECTS, AND THESE ARE JUST THE ONES THAT WE HAVE CAPTURED, UM, THROUGH OUR, UH, INITIAL JUST KIND OF, UH, WORK OF SAYING, HEY, WHO ARE THOSE COMPANIES THAT MADE COMMITMENTS? AND YOU CAN SEE THOSE LISTED HERE.
AND, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ADAS THAT DO COME HERE, BUT I WOULD, UH, WOULD SAY TO YOU THAT OUR MEASURE OF SUCCESS SHOULD NOT BE ON HOW MANY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS WE HAVE ARE MEASURE SUCCESS WOULD BE MANY OTHER THINGS THAN JUST COMING HERE WITH DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS.
THOSE ARE NECESSARY IN SOME RESPECTS, BUT AGAIN, THE CONDITION SETTING, THE INVESTMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE, THE QUALITY OF PLACE IS PROBABLY WAY MORE IMPORTANT THAN A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
BUT WE UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS TO PROVIDE INFRASTRUCTURE AND COMMITMENTS TO ONE ANOTHER FOR THE PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP.
SO I'M GONNA HIGHLIGHT JUST A COUPLE COMPANIES HERE WHO HAVE MADE COMMITMENTS TO DUBLIN WITHOUT INCENTIVES, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY HAVE UTILIZED THE ASSISTANCE OF OUR TEAM TO MAKE THE DECISION ON WHERE THEY'RE GONNA GO.
AND SO THIS COMPANY, A PRECEDED ROBOTICS, IS A HEALTHCARE ROBOTICS COMPANY WHO JUST A COUPLE YEARS AGO WAS, UH, WON A PITCH COMPETITION AT KATCH, AGAIN, ANOTHER INFRASTRUCTURE AND INVESTMENT WE MADE, UM, YOU KNOW, 2019 ISH FOR THE FIRST TIME AND THIS COMPANY AND NOW HAVE, YOU KNOW, RIVER VILLAGE AND IT'S, IT'S, UH, UNDER CONSTRUCTION NOW.
AND THIS COMPANY WENT FROM, HEY, I'M ATTENDED AT ATCH TO, I'M A SUBLEASER IN A SPACE IN METRO CENTER TO NOW I'M TAKING MY OWN SORT OF, WE CALL IT THE BIG BOY SPACE OF 6,000 SQUARE FEET AND REALLY SAYING, HEY, WE ARE WILLING TO COMMIT TO OURSELVES OF, OF, OF GROWING ON OUR OWN, OUR OWN LEASE SPACE AND MAKING THAT NEXT STEP FROM RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT TESTING, PROTOTYPING TO A REAL COMPANY.
AND THIS IS ONE OF THOSE, AGAIN, ALL WE'VE PROVIDED TO THEM WAS GUIDANCE THROUGH OFFICE HOURS, THROUGH OUR RELATIONSHIPS ON WHAT DO YOU NEED TO LOOK FOR? HOW DO YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE YOUR ZONING WORKS FOR YOUR OFFICE SPACE? YOU'RE LOOKING FOR? WHERE DOES THAT OFFICE SPACE AT? WHAT ARE THE OTHER THINGS? LIKE ALL THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE, UM, LEARNING AS THEY'RE OUR GROWING COMPANY.
THEY'RE REALLY GOOD AT ROBOTICS AND PROVIDING HEALTHCARE AND ASSISTANCE, BUT THEY DON'T KNOW MUCH AS MUCH ABOUT REAL ESTATE, UH, SITE, LOCATION AND, AND EVALUATION.
ANOTHER COMPANY HERE IS, AGAIN, WE'VE, WE, UH, WERE ABLE TO, UM, VISIT THIS COMPANY IN OUR LAST VISIT TO JAPAN,
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AND ACTUALLY HAS BEEN A GROWING RELATIONSHIP WE'VE HAD FOR, UM, PROBABLY, UH, NOW, WELL PROBABLY AT LEAST, UH, ALMOST 10 YEARS, I GUESS.AND, YOU KNOW, THIS COMPANY IS CURRENTLY LOCATED JUST UP SOUTH SIDE OF THE STREET HERE.
AND NOW THEY HAVE OUTGROWN THEIR SPACE.
AND DUBLIN WAS THEIR FIRST LOCATION IN THE UNITED STATES, AND THEY CHOSE TO MAKE THIS INVESTMENT MANY YEARS AGO.
AND, AND THEY DECIDED TO SAY, HEY, WE NEEDED TO BE IN THE UNITED STATES.
THEY CHOSE DUBLIN HERE IN ON, UH, COMMERCE PARKWAY, AND NOW THEY'RE TAKING 28,000 SQUARE FEET OF PARK CENTER, AND THEY'RE CURRENTLY AT 20 EMPLOYEES.
BUT THAT GROWTH PLAN AT 28,000 SQUARE FEET IS PRETTY SIGNIFICANT.
UM, AND AGAIN, AN IMPORTANT PART OF THEIR REQUEST TO US WAS, HEY, CAN YOU HELP US UNDERSTAND WHAT THE TENANT FIT UP AND PERMITTING PROCESS LOOKS LIKE? BECAUSE WE'VE NOT DONE A PROJECT OF THIS SCALE.
AND SO, UM, IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, UM, ONE OF OUR TEAM MEMBERS IS HELPING THEM THROUGH THAT PROCESS AND TRACKING THAT THROUGH DEVELOPMENTAL RESERVICES.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST, IS ROSEN, AGAIN, A GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY COMPANY.
THEY'RE SPECIALIZING IN OIL, GAS AND THE MINING CENTER, BUT NOT DOING THAT HERE, OBVIOUSLY, THEY'RE JUST, THEY'RE THE BACKEND OFFICE.
AND INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, THEY'VE CHOSEN, UH, DUBLIN FOR, UH, FROM JOHANNA.
UM, MOST IMPORTANTLY WITH, IT'S NOT NOTED HERE IS THAT THEY CHOSE IT FOR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT REASONS.
THEY SAID, THIS IS THE LOCATION THAT'S GONNA PUT US IN THE BEST POSITION TO RECRUIT AND RETAIN WORKFORCE AND THE AMENITIES.
AND AGAIN, THE QUALITY OF PLACE THAT DUBLIN HAS WAS AN IMPORTANT PLACE FROM US.
AND I LOVE MY FRIENDS AND JOHANNA, BUT THAT WAS JUST THE FACTS.
THAT WAS WHAT THEY CALLED US AND WE WERE TRYING TO TALK THAT THROUGH, AND THEY JUST SAID, LOOK, WE THINK IT'S A BETTER FIT FOR US IN DUBLIN, UH, FOR ALL THOSE REASONS.
AND WE ARE MAKING THAT DECISION FOR 16,000 SQUARE FEET AT PARKWOOD PLACE.
SO WHAT DO WE, SO IN SUMMER, WHAT ARE WE LEARNING IN THOSE BRE VISITS? YOU KNOW, YOU HAD WORKFORCE CHALLENGES, WHICH EVERYBODY'S NEEDS THAT RISING CONSTRUCTION COSTS AND DEVELOPMENT COSTS ARE, ARE IMPACTING THEIR DECISIONS ABOUT WHERE IF THEY, UM, LEASE OR OWN, UH, WHICH IS ANOTHER BULLET POINT, TRANSPORTATION AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES.
BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, THEY APPRECIATE LEARNING ABOUT THE CITY OF DUBLIN AND ALL IT HAS TO OFFER IT IN EVENTS, IN PARKS, WHAT OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM CAN CONNECT WITH THEM.
AND THEN ALL THOSE OTHER PARTNER PROGRAMS, WHETHER IT'S, WHETHER IT'S JOBS, OHIO, ONE, COLUMBUS, UH, ASPIRE WORKFORCE, ALL THOSE PARTNERS, THEY JUST, THEY KNOW THAT THEY CAN COME TO SORT OF LIKE THE CLEARINGHOUSE AND GET THAT AND SAY, HEY, WHERE DO WE GET THAT? AND IN YOUR PACKET, AND I'LL END THAT SORT OF THIS ONE PAGE DOCUMENTS THAT WE HAVE PUT TOGETHER TO SAY, HERE'S THE MOST, UH, REQUESTED INFORMATION.
HERE ARE THE CONTACTS AND HERE'S HOW THEY FIT WITHIN YOUR BUSINESS NEEDS.
SO THAT ALL SAID, OUR CURRENT FOCUS AREAS ARE HERE.
UM, YOU'VE SEEN SOME OF THESE IN PREVIOUS UPDATES, AND MANY OF THEM, AGAIN, GOING BACK TO THE FIRST SLIDE OF COUNCIL GOALS, ARE ALIGNED WITH SOME OF THOSE COUNCIL GOALS IN OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY.
AGAIN, MOST IMPORTANTLY, THOSE PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS THROUGH BUSINESS RETENTION VISITS AND OUR WORK WITH OUR REGIONAL AND STATE PARTNERS AND OUR REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT GROUP.
SO OUR BROKER AND DEVELOPMENT CONTACTS, THEY ARE, UH, ALSO ON THE FRONTLINE SELLING AND MARKETING THE, THEIR BUILDINGS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND THEY EXPECT US TO BE RESPONSIVE TO THEIR NEEDS AS IT RELATES TO SIGNAGE OR PERMITTING PROCESSES OR CLARIFICATIONS ON WHAT IS OR IS NOT, UH, ALLOWABLE AND PARKING STANDARDS AND ALL THE THINGS.
AND THEN WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH OUR PLANNING AND, UM, TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING PARTNERS TO MAKE SURE WE GET THEM THE ANSWERS THEY NEED.
AND IT'S TRANSLATED IN A DIGESTIBLE WAY, UM, TO THEM AND UNDERSTANDING IS THAT A YES OR A NO? AND THEN THE PREDICTABLE, THE TRANSPARENT, PREDICTABLE AND DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCESSES.
OBVIOUSLY, UM, THERE HAVE BEEN SOME THE, UM, THE ADOPTION OF THE WEST INNOVATION DISTRICT INTEGRATED IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY, THE REZONINGS IN OFFICE HOURS, WHICH I'LL GIVE SOME HIGHLIGHTS, METRO CENTER REVITALIZATION.
AND AGAIN, LAST BUT NOT LEAST, IS CONTINUING THE MOMENTUM OF BRIDGE STREET WITHOUT SOME OF THAT SUCCESS.
COULD YOU, UH, I TELL THIS TO MANY FOLKS, UM, TRYING TO START THAT PROJECT TODAY AND ALL THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED ABOUT COST AND FINANCING AND INFRASTRUCTURE WOULD BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT.
AND I WOULD ALSO SAY THAT IN, AS WE ENTER THIS BUDGETING PROCESS, WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT FROM AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STANDPOINT, WHAT BETS WE'RE GONNA MAKE THAT WE FEEL HAS THE BIGGEST, UH, OPPORTUNITY FOR SUCCESS.
YOU MAY NOT WIN THEM ALL, BUT IF YOU DON'T MAKE THE BET, YOU'LL DEFINITELY WON'T BE ABLE TO CAPITALIZE.
AND I THINK BRIDGE STREET IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE'VE SEEN THAT HAVE CAPITALIZED AND, AND THAT'S JUST ONE OF MANY DECISIONS THAT WE'VE MADE OVER THE YEARS IN TERMS OF, UH, DEVELOPMENT OF, UM, OF THE CITY.
SO MOVING A LITTLE MORE SPECIFICALLY ON WEST INNOVATION DISTRICT, THE STRATEGY, UH, THE TECH ECONOMY STRATEGY TALKS SPECIFICALLY ABOUT SETTING CONDITIONS IN THE WEST INNOVATION DISTRICT FOR, UM, THAT ARE ATTRACTIVE TO THOSE DEVELOP TARGETED INDUSTRY CLUSTERS
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AND THE BUILDING ON THE SUCCESS OF CROSBY COURT FLEX SPACE, WHICH AGAIN, WAS A SPECULATIVE BUILD AND NOW IT IS FULLY LEASED.AND SO HOW DO WE DO THAT? WELL, WE'VE ALREADY ADOPTED, AS I MENTIONED, THE WIT STRATEGY BECAUSE THAT IS THE COORDINATED ROADMAP FOR GUIDING OUR PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS TO SUPPORT SITE READINESS GROWTH IN LONG-TERM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA, BUT WAS EMPHASIZED THERE, AGAIN, WAS SITE READINESS.
SO THAT IS APPLICABLE NOT ONLY WEST INNOVATION DISTRICT, BUT REALLY ANYWHERE ELSE ACROSS THE CITY.
AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT, UM, WHAT WE HAVE SEEN WHEN WE ARE EVALUATED IS IF YOU'RE NOT SITE READY, YOU'RE I, YOU CAN BE IMMEDIATELY ELIMINATED VERY QUICKLY.
AND I'LL TWO AREAS THAT WE'VE TAKEN THAT OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT.
ACTUALLY THREE IS THE OHIO LIFE SCIENCE, THE, THE LIFE SCIENCE READY COMMUNITY PROGRAM.
NOW, THEY JUST STARTED THIS PROGRAM AND WE TOOK IT UPON OURSELVES TO BE, UH, ONE OF THE FIRST HANDFUL TO PUT OURSELVES TO THE TEST, AND WE WERE AWARDED THE ADVANCED SITE READINESS.
NOW, WE DID FALL SHORT OF PREMIER SET READINESS BASED ON FEEDBACK.
WE GOT ON THE PENDING ZONING CONSIDERATIONS AND SITE READINESS OVERALL, SOME OF THOSE COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE IN FACT, UH, RECEIVE SORT OF THE NEXT, WHICH IS THE PREMIER, WHICH WOULD BE NEW ALBANY UNION COUNTY, AND THE CITY OF WESTERVILLE.
THOSE AREA, THOSE COMMUNITIES WE KNOW ARE NOT VERY FAR FROM US.
THEY HAVE VARIOUS, THEY HAVE GREAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENTS, THEY HAVE GREAT PROJECTS, BUT THOUGH THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ACHIEVE THEIR PREMIER SITE READINESS, UM, SIX, UM, CERTIFICATION FROM OHIO LIFE SCIENCES, WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS THAT.
BUT AGAIN, WE HAD A THIRD PARTY EVALUATE WHERE WE ARE IN ON THOSE, UH, IN THAT PARTICULAR, IN THOSE SITES, WE'VE ALSO TAKEN UPON OURSELVES, UM, THE CSX SITE SELECT PROGRAM THAT WAS REALLY MORE ON THE, UH, VILLE SITE ON THE NORTH NORTHERN PART OF WEST INNOVATION DISTRICT, JUST SOUTH OF 1 61, UM, UH, ON, UM, COS GRAY.
AND THAT ONE ALSO WAS AWARDED A BRONZE STATUS, WHICH YOU GO TO PLATINUM, GOLD, SILVER, BRONZE.
SO WE'RE AT THE ENTRY LEVEL OF THAT, UH, SITE SELECTION EVALUATION.
BUT WE UNDERSTAND THE WORK THAT WE NEED TO DO, AND A LOT OF IT WAS RELATED TO INFRASTRUCTURE READINESS IN, IN ZONING.
AND WE'VE ALSO REVISITING IN SITE OHIO, WHICH IS A PART, UH, PROGRAM THROUGH JOBS OHIO.
WE ARE REENTERING THAT WAY OF ACTUALLY THE, THE, UH, SITES ARE DUE BY JULY 1ST.
AND WE'RE FINISHING THE, UM, SITE INFORMATION, UH, SHEETS NOW AND WE'LL, UH, PROVIDE, UM, UH, FOUR SITES.
AND WE ARE, UM, JUST PROBABLY TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO, UH, WE, UM, SUBMITTED THE SOUTH SITE AND AGAIN, FELL SHORT OF MOVING ON TO THE FINAL ROUNDS FOR A LOT OF DIFFERENT REASONS RELATED TO INFRASTRUCTURE AND SONY.
BUT WE'RE, AGAIN, WE'RE MAKING ANOTHER RUN AT THAT BASED ON NEW LAND ACQUISITION AS IT RELATES TO OUR STRATEGY AND WE, HOW WE POSITION THAT LAND FOR SITE READINESS AND DISPOSITION.
SO I WANT TO CLOSE BY SAYING THAT THERE ARE ALWAYS CHALLENGES WITH ANY COMMUNITY.
I'VE HAD A CHANCE TO WORK IN OTHER COMMUNITIES, I TALK TO MY PEERS, AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT WE HAVE DEVELOPED IN MY OPINION IS THIS DEVELOPMENT OFFICE HOURS AND THE DEVELOPMENT OFFICE HOURS EVERY THURSDAY, NINE TO 11:00 AM GETTING ALL OF OUR IN INTERDEPARTMENTAL, UM, UH, SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS ON ONE CALL FOR THE CUSTOMER HAS PROVEN TO BE VERY, HAS VERY, VERY VALUABLE TO THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY.
AND WE GET MANY, UH, UM, COMPLIMENTS AT THE END, ESPECIALLY COMMUNITY, UH, FOLKS THAT HAVE NEVER DONE DEVELOPMENT IN CENTRAL OHIO OR OHIO AND SAID, WOW, YOU NEED TO TALK TO OTHER COMMUNITIES AND FILL IN THE BLANK BECAUSE WE HAD ONE CALL AND WE GOT ALL OUR ANSWERS, OR AT LEAST THE DIRECTION WHERE WE NEED TO GO FOR THE HOMEWORK.
WE DON'T GET THAT IN MANY PLACES.
YOU HAVE TO MAKE FOUR OR FIVE DIFFERENT PHONE CALLS, AND THAT'S NOT THE CASE.
WHAT THE EXPERIENCE IN THAT CALL, THAT'S WHAT THE IMPORTANT IS.
AGAIN, THE REASON THAT WE'RE DOING THAT IS BECAUSE JUST A FEW YEARS AGO, WE WEREN'T, WE WERE, UM, WHEN WE ADOPTED OUR STRATEGIC PLAN AND HAD OUR CONSULTANTS COME IN, THEY WERE VERY CRITICAL OF THAT PROCESS AND WE UNDERSTOOD IT, BUT WE ALSO UNDERSTOOD WE HAVE STANDARDS AND, AND, UM, EXPECTATIONS, AND WE WANTED TO MAINTAIN THOSE, BUT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE WAS REFINED.
AND THIS IS WHAT THE DEVELOPMENT OFFICE HOURS HAS DONE BECAUSE IT SUPPORTS DEVELOPMENT, INVESTMENT NECESSARY, AGAIN, FOR HIGH QUALITY INFRASTRUCTURE AND QUALITY OF PLACE, BUT LETS THEM UNDER GET THE ANSWERS THEY NEED IN ONE MEETING.
I'M GONNA CLOSE BY SAYING THESE TWO DOCUMENTS ARE IN YOUR PACKET, BUT THIS IS THE TYPE OF INFORMATION THAT WE SHARE WITH OUR COMPANIES WHEN THEY ARE, WE'RE MEETING WITH THEM IN PERSON OR AS A FOLLOW-UP, UH, PHONE CALL, AN EMAIL AND SAY, HERE'S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW.
YOU CAN SEE THE BREADTH OF INFORMATION
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THAT WE'RE TRYING TO COVER, ALL THE WAY FROM TRANSPORTATION, MOBILITY, OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT AND VOLUNTEERING EFFORTS TO OUR REC CENTER EVENT, SPONSORSHIPS.THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT THEY WANT TO HEAR FROM US, BUT THEN WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, UH, CONNECT 'EM TO THE RIGHT OTHER DEPARTMENTS WHEN WE COME BACK TO THE OFFICE AND BUILD THE RELATIONSHIPS, UM, 1, 2, 3, 4 LA LAYERS DEEP WITHIN THEIR ORGANIZATION, NOT JUST A PURELY TRANSACTION.
SO WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OFFICE.
QUESTION, UH, 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 TOPIC? WE DID HAVE A COMMENT SUBMITTED ONLINE FROM AMY SWANK, 59 45 ULAR PLACE, DUBLIN, OHIO 4 3 0 1 6 COMMENTS AS YOU REVIEW THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN UPDATE, PLEASE NOTE THAT THE PLAN WHICH WAS APPROVED AND ADOPTED BY COUNCIL BY RESOLUTION EXPRESSLY RECOMMENDS LOCATING INDUSTRIAL USES AWAY FROM RESIDENTIAL AREAS.
ARE YOU COMFORTABLE DISREGARDING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF YOUR CONSULTANTS AND THE PLAN YOU ADOPTED? RESOLUTION 78 DASH 23 ADOPTS THE CITY'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN AS TWO DOCUMENTS, ONE, RECOMMENDATIONS FROM DICHOTOMY PARTNERS LLC IN WAKE OF THE PANDEMIC DATED 2023, THE NODE STUDY, AND TWO, A SEMICONDUCTOR SUPPLY CHAIN POSITIONING STUDY BY NEWMARK GLOBAL STRATEGY AND CONSULTING DATED MAY, 2023, THE SEMICONDUCTOR STUDY.
BOTH OF THESE DOCUMENTS ARE AVAILABLE ON THE CITY'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PAGE.
THE SEMICONDUCTOR STUDY EXPRESSLY CONTRADICTS THE CITY'S PLAN FOR ID SIX NEXT TO RESIDENTIAL BY STATING THAT OFFICE IS THE ONLY TYPE OF PROPERTY CLASSIFICATION THAT SHOULD BE SITUATED NEAR RESIDENTIAL AND LIGHT INDUSTRIAL IS TYPICALLY LOCATED AWAY FROM RESIDENTIAL USES PAGE 29 OF THE SEMICONDUCTOR STUDY.
NOTABLY, THE SEMICONDUCTOR STUDY DIDN'T EVEN EXTEND THE WID SOUTH OF SHIRE RINGS ROAD, POSSIBLY FOR THIS REASON.
PAGE TWO OF THE DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION MINUTES FOR JUNE 5TH, 2023.
IT ALSO CALLED OUT THAT THERE WOULD BE LOCAL OPPOSITION TO PLACING INDUSTRIAL USES NEXT TO DARI FIELDS AND RESIDENTIAL PAGE 44 OF THE SEMICONDUCTOR STUDY.
ACCORDINGLY, AS STATED BY THE CITY'S CONSULTANTS, ONLY PROPERTIES CLASSIFIED AS OFFICE SHOULD BE SITUATED NEAR RESIDENTIAL ON COS GRAY ROAD.
PLEASE ASK CITY STAFF TO ADDRESS WHY THEY ARE NOT FOLLOWING THE PLAN ADOPTED BY CITY COUNCIL AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CONSULTANTS.
OTHERS? HEARING NONE, COUNCIL QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION, CONGRATULATIONS ON THE AWARD.
IT'S, UH, MUCH DESERVED AND I THINK THE RECOGNITION SPEAKS FOR ITSELF.
FOR ME, ONE OF THE METRICS THAT I THINK WOULD BE MOST VALUABLE, AND I I I KNOW I'VE SEEN THIS, IT WAS PROBABLY FOUR YEARS AGO THAT IT WAS SHARED WITH COUNCIL.
HEAD COUNT WOULD BE ONE TOTAL HEAD COUNT YEAR OVER YEAR OVER YEAR.
BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, UM, YOU MEAN CITY EMPLOYEE OF YOU MEAN COMMUNITY OF THE COMPANIES, THE COMPANIES THAT DO BUSINESS IN THE CITY OF DUBLIN.
WHAT, WHAT ARE THEIR HEAD COUNTS? UM, AND, AND I DON'T THINK THERE'S A CONFIDENTIALITY ISSUE WITH THAT.
WE CERTAINLY HAVE TO HAVE THAT FOR THE EDS, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY WOULD BE PAYROLL, TOTAL PAYROLL.
AND THEN A NICE TO HAVE WOULD BE THE, THE NET PROFIT NUMBERS.
I, I'M GUESSING THAT'S OFF LIMITS.
UM, BUT FOR THE EDS, YOU, YOU HAVE TO KNOW THE PAYROLL AND YOU HAVE TO KNOW THE HEADCOUNT.
BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF CORPORATE RESIDENTS IN THE CITY OF DUBLIN THAT AREN'T UNDER AN EDA.
IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE THAT.
AND I GOTTA BELIEVE TO THE VICE MAYOR'S POINT, UH, AI COULD PROBABLY PROVIDE THAT FOR YOU.
I'M SURE IT'S OUT THERE IN THE ETHER SOMEWHERE, BUT, YOU KNOW, LEASE OCCUPANCY, THAT'S NICE TO KNOW.
BUT WE COULD HAVE, UM, 80% VACANCY AND HAVE ONE EMPLOYER WITH A TRILLION DOLLARS IN PAYROLL AND WE'D BE JUST FINE.
UM, I THINK IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT IT'S HEALTHY TO HAVE A VACANCY RATE OF MAYBE 10, 10 TO 12% SO THAT WE HAVE A PLACE TO PLACE PEOPLE THAT WANNA WANT TO DO BUSINESS IN DUBLIN.
BUT FOR ME, I KNOW WE SAW THIS IN MAYBE 21 AND, AND 22 OR 22, UM, CARDINAL HEALTH WAS ON THE LIST AND SO THAT WE, WE SAW HOW MANY EMPLOYEES THAT THEY HAD.
I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT YEAR OVER YEAR.
AND WE HAVE A, A SAFETY UPDATE QUARTERLY.
WE HAVE AN HR UPDATE, I THINK QUARTERLY OR SEMI-ANNUALLY.
I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO HAVE AN ECONOMIC, GIVEN THE EMPHASIS THAT WE'RE PLACING ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND THE IMPORTANCE, UH,
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IT HAS IN THE RESILIENCE OF OUR ECONOMY HERE, I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO SEE THOSE METRICS AT LEAST ONCE A YEAR, YEAR OVER YEAR.WELL THANK YOU FOR THAT UPDATE.
CERTAINLY VALUABLE INFORMATION.
THIS BRINGS US TO OUR WAY FINDING SUMMARY OF UPDATES AND OUR STAFF REPORT WILL BE BROUGHT FORWARD BY TINA.
GOOD EVENING MEMBERS OF COUNCIL AND THANK YOU SUE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS EVENING.
TONIGHT WE'RE PRESENTING AN UPDATE ON THE CITY'S WAYFINDING PROGRAM AND WE'LL COVER SEVERAL INTERCONNECTED INITIATIVES ALL AIMED AT IMPROVING HOW RESIDENTS AND VISITORS NAVIGATE DUBLIN.
SO THESE ARE THE TOPICS WE'LL WANT TO COVER FOR TONIGHT'S DISCUSSION.
AND WE'LL CLOSE WITH, UM, SOME QUESTIONS AND WE WILL BE SEEKING COUNCIL'S FEEDBACK ON THESE ITEMS. SO FIRST I WANNA REVIEW HOW COUNCIL SHAPED THIS PROGRAM AND HOW IT HAS EVOLVED.
UM, GOING BACK ABOUT 10 YEARS, CITY COUNCIL APPROVED BY MOTION, THE PRIMARY WAYFINDING SIGN FAMILY, AND THAT ESTABLISHED FOUNDATIONAL SIGNS WE WILL REFERENCE HERE TONIGHT AND STAFF WILL BE SEEKING A SIMILAR TYPE OF APPROVAL THIS EVENING.
SO THEN IN 2025, COUNCIL ADOPTED THE CURBSIDE MANAGEMENT PLAN, WHICH ADDRESSED GROWING DEMAND FOR CURB SPACE IN DOWNTOWN DUBLIN.
AND ALSO LAST YEAR THE SIGNATURE TRAIL PLAN WAS APPROVED CREATING FRAMEWORK FOR TRAILWAY FINDING AND CONNECTIVITY.
AND MOST RECENTLY IN MARCH, THE MICRO MOBILITY CODE UPDATE MODERNIZED OUR REGULATIONS TO ADDRESS SCOTERS E-BIKES AND OTHER EMERGING MODES.
SO DUBLIN HAS GROWN AND TRAVELED.
PATTERNS HAVE CHANGED SINCE THE ORIGINAL SIGNED FAMILY WAS ADOPTED, AND OUR TRANSPORTATION NETWORK NOW SERVES A BROADER RANGE OF USERS.
AND WITH THAT IN MIND, LET'S START WITH, UM, SOME OF THE CURBSIDE TRENDS THAT ARE INFORMING OUR RECOMMENDATIONS TONIGHT.
THIS SHOWS THE PARKING VIOLATIONS AND CALLS FOR SERVICE AND CITATION, UM, IN DOWNTOWN DUBLIN GOING BACK TO JANUARY, 2024.
AND YOU CAN SEE IN SEPTEMBER OF 24 AND APRIL IN 20 OF 25 STAND OUT AS THOSE TWO PEAK MONTHS.
AND THESE SPIKES CORRESPOND TO INCREASED POLICE ENFORCEMENT BY THE BUSINESS DISTRICT UNIT AND THE COMMUNITY IMPACT UNIT, WHICH ARE BOTH ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN DOWNTOWN DUBLIN ENFORCEMENT.
SO WHAT'S ENCOURAGING HERE IS THAT WHAT HAPPENED AFTER THOSE TWO PEAKS, UM, WAS A, A DROPPING OF THOSE, UM, CALLS AND CITATIONS.
SO THIS PATTERN SUGGESTS THE ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY HAS BEEN EFFECTIVE AND THE PARKING BEHAVIOR IS BECOMING MORE STABLE.
SO WITH THAT ENFORCEMENT MAKING A DIFFERENCE, LET'S LOOK AT TWO TOOLS THAT WE'LL PUT IN PLACE TO HELP BUILD ON THAT PROGRESS.
UM, THE FIRST IS NEW SETTING, NEW TIME LIMITS BASED ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE CURBSIDE MANAGEMENT PLAN AND KEEP THINGS MOVING ALONG THE CURB.
SO THE TECHNOLOGY PILOTS REVEALED THAT DEMAND IS HIGH DURING PEAK PERIODS ALONG LONGSHORE AND NORTH HIGH, NO SURPRISE HERE, I'M SURE.
UM, AND IT AVAILABILITY REMAINS CONSISTENT ON SIDE STREETS AND IN THE PARKING GARAGES.
SO TO ADDRESS THESE PATTERNS, THE FOLLOWING AND FOLLOWING THE CURBSIDE MANAGEMENT PLAN RECOMMENDATIONS, THE EXISTING TWO HOUR AND THREE HOUR PARKING TIME LIFTS WILL BE REDUCED TO ONE HOUR ALONG HIGH STREET AND LONGSHORE TO SUPPORT THAT TURNOVER IN THE HIGH DEMAND AREAS.
AND OUTSIDE OF THOSE TWO CORRIDORS, TIME LIMITS WILL BE UPDATED TO TWO HOURS CONSISTENTLY FOR ON STREET PARKING, WHICH WILL INCLUDE RIVERSIDE DRIVE TO ALIGN WITH THE PROPOSED FOOD TRUCK CODE AMENDMENTS.
AND THOSE UPDATES ARE PLANNED TO BE IMPLEMENTED BY THE END OF JULY.
AND THAT SECOND TOOL, UM, TO COMPLEMENT PARKING AVAILABILITY IS THE NEW PARKING AVAILABILITY APP AVAILABLE ON GO DUBLIN IN OUR WEBSITE, DISPLAYING THE REALTIME DATA FOR ROCK CREST PARKING GARAGE AND, UM, USING ON-STREET SENSORS AND CAMERAS AND SELECT ON STREET AREAS SO THAT VISITORS CAN CHECK THIS PRIOR TO THEIR ARRIVAL.
AND THIS IS ONE PART OF INFORMING THOSE GUESTS.
AND THEN THE OTHER PART WILL BE, UH, THE PROPOSAL OF SOME PHYSICAL SIGNS, WHICH BRINGS US TO THE WAY FINDING SIGN FAMILY.
SO THIS IS THAT PRIMARY WAY FINDING SIGN FAMILY THAT WAS APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL MOTION IN 2015.
AND THIS ESTABLISHED THE FOUNDATION FOR OUR WAY FINDING SIGNS, THE LOOK AND THE FEEL THAT RESIDENTS AND VISITORS HAVE BECOME FAMILIAR WITH OVER THE YEARS.
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APPROVAL, WE HAVE IDENTIFIED A NEED FOR A FEW NEW ADDITIONS AND SIGN TYPES TO THIS FAMILY.THE FIRST IS A DYNAMIC PARKING AVAILABILITY SIGN.
SO BASED ON FEEDBACK FROM CITY COUNCIL, DURING THE CURBSIDE MANAGEMENT STUDY, STAFF REVIEWED OPTIONS FOR DYNAMIC PARKING SIGNS.
AND THE INTENT IS TO PROVIDE REAL-TIME INFORMATION DIRECTLY TO MOTORISTS ON THE STREET, REDUCING UNNECESSARY, CIRCLING AND DIRECTING USERS MORE EFFECTIVELY TO OUR PARKING GARAGE AND FREE UP CURB SPACE.
SO THE TWO OPTIONS HERE ARE ADVANCE FOR CITY COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION, THE FLAG MOUNTED AND THE CENTER MOUNT OPTION, AND THE COLORS ARE INTERCHANGEABLE.
STAFF RECOMMENDS THE OPTION ON THE LEFT, WHICH IS THE FLAG MOUNT STYLE, AS IT IS MORE CONSISTENT WITH THE PRIMARY WAYFINDING SIGN FAMILY ALREADY IN PLACE.
AND WE'LL WATCH YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS TONIGHT.
SO NOW LET'S TURN TO THE SECONDARY WAYFINDING SYSTEM AFTER WE GET OUT OF OUR CARS.
UM, THIS SYSTEM IS FOCUSED ON THE SHARE USE PATHS IN OUR PEDESTRIAN AREAS AND, AND WAS DEVELOPED AND DESIGNED BY KOHLER, THE SAME FIRM THAT CREATED THE PRIMARY WAY FINDING SIGN FAMILY FOR CONSISTENCY BETWEEN THE TWO SYSTEMS. AND THIS SHOWS THAT RANGE OF SIGNS INCLUDING REGULATORY WARNING, MAP, SIGN NOTIFICATIONS, AND THE MOST COMMON SIGNS ARE SHOWN HERE.
UM, AND THE MAIN DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THESE AND THE PRIMARY WAY FINDING SIGN FAMILY IS THEIR SIZE AND THE AMOUNT OF INFORMATION THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO DISPLAY.
AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO POINT OUT THIS PATH ETIQUETTE SIGN TOWARDS THE RIGHT, UM, WHICH WILL BE FOR SHOWING THE REGULATIONS ON THE SHARED USE PATHS, WHICH ARE NOW CODIFIED IN ORDINANCE 15 DASH 26.
AND A CLOSER LOOK AT THAT SIGN, UM, SHOWS THE GENERAL LAYOUT AND DESIGN FOR THAT AND COULD INCLUDE REQUIREMENTS SUCH AS THE HELMET USE FOR RIDERS UNDER 16, THE USE OF AUDIBLE SIGNALS WHEN PASSING AN APPROPRIATE WRITING SPEEDS.
THESE ETIQUETTE SIGNS WILL HELP COMMUNICATE THE RULES DIRECTLY TO USERS AT THEIR POINT OF, UM, INTERACTION WITH THIS PATH.
AND IN THE MIDDLE IS AN INSTALLED EXAMPLE OF THE SECONDARY WAY FINDING SIGNS.
UM, AND THEIR PLACEMENT FOLLOWS THE MANUAL AND UNIFORM TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES OR M-U-T-C-D WITH A LOWER MOUNTING HEIGHT THAN OUR VEHICULAR SIGNS.
AND ALSO, UM, TO BE LOCATED OUTSIDE OF THE, UH, ROADWAY USE TYPICALLY ON THE TR OUTSIDE OF THE TRAIL ON AS SHOWN IN THAT THIRD IMAGE.
I ALSO WANNA POINT OUT THAT THE SIGNATURE TRAIL SIGN FAMILY WILL BUILD ON THAT SECONDARY WAY FINDING SIGN FAMILY, UM, WITH A DISTINCT IDENTITY WHILE STAYING COORDINATED WITH THE BROADER WAY FINDING PROGRAM.
AND IT WILL, UH, FOLLOW THAT FRAMEWORK ADOPTED IN 2025 WITH THAT PLAN AND SHIFTING TO THE PARK AREAS.
UM, WE ALSO WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THERE ARE SOME LIMITATIONS WITH THE CURRENT APPROACH TO THE CURRENT, THE TEMPORARY SIGNS AND EVENTS, UM, WITHIN OUR PARKS TODAY.
THE TYPICAL USE IS OF A SANDWICH BOARD OR AN A-FRAME SIGN TO COMMUNICATE ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS, UM, PARTICULARLY IN PLACES LIKE RIVERSIDE CROSSING PARK.
AND THESE SIGNS HAVE A, A LOWER VISIBILITY, UH, ESPECIALLY FROM A DISTANCE OR IN HIGH TRAFFIC AREAS.
AND THE MESSAGING BECOMES OUTDATED.
THE SIGNS ARE FREQUENTLY REMOVED OR OBSCURED.
UM, AND THEY OFFER LIMITED SUPPORT FOR PROMOTING COMMUNITY EVENTS AND PROVIDING REAL TIME INFORMATION.
SO, UM, WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS IN EVENTS AND THE OFFICE CITY MANAGERS, THEY, WE ARE, UM, PROPOSING AN OPTION TO COMMUNICATE A LITTLE MORE CLEARLY WITH A DIGITAL SIGN, ALLOWING FOR FLEXIBILITY AND ADAPTIVE MESSAGING, REAL TIME COMMUNICATION, PROMOTION OF THE EVENTS AND CITY INITIATIVES.
UM, AND HIGHLIGHTING, UM, MANY FEATURES THAT CAN STRENGTHEN THE VISITOR EXPERIENCE IN THAT SENSE OF PLACE.
UM, AND HERE IS A LOOK AT THAT IN THE EAST PLAZA AT RIVERSIDE CROSSING PARK.
AND THIS DISPLAY DESIGN INCORPORATES ELEMENTS FROM BOTH THE PRIMARY AND SECONDARY WAY FINDING SIGN FAMILIES, ENSURING CONSISTENCY ACROSS THAT SYSTEM.
AND THE DISPLAY WOULD SERVE AS A CENTRALIZED COMMUNICATION TOOL, DELIVERING TIMELY INFORMATION FOR CITY EVENTS, COMMUNITY CALENDARS, NEARBY DESTINATIONS, BRIDGE LIGHTING SCHEDULES, PUBLIC SAFETY MESSAGING, AND WAY FINDING SUPPORT.
THIS PROJECT SUPPORTS THE COMMUNITY EVENTS ROADMAP AND ALIGNS WITH THE CITY'S BROADER DESTINATION MARKETING STRATEGY AND PLANNING INITIATIVES FOCUSED ON PLACEMAKING.
AND IF THIS SIGN IS EFFECTIVE, UM, SIMILAR INSTALLATIONS COULD BE CONSIDERED AT OTHER LOCATIONS SUCH AS RIVERVIEW VILLAGE, METRO PLACE, SPORTS OHIO, DAR FIELDS,
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KAUFFMAN PARK, THETO PARK, OR THE WEST PLAZA.SO TO WRAP UP, WE WOULD BE SEEKING, UH, CITY COUNCIL'S DIRECTION ON A FEW OF THESE ITEMS TONIGHT.
FIRST IS COUNCIL SUPPORTIVE OF THE DYNAMIC PARKING SIGNS AT ROCK CREST PARKING GARAGE.
SECOND, IS COUNCIL SUPPORTIVE OF THE PROPOSED SECONDARY WAY FINDING SIGN FAMILY.
AND THIRD IS COUNCIL SUPPORTIVE OF THE DIGITAL PEDESTRIAN SIGN AT RIVERSIDE CROSSING PARK.
AND THEN MORE BROADLY, OF COURSE, ARE THERE ANY OTHER CHANGES OR UPDATES, ELEMENTS THAT CITY COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO SEE INCORPORATED ON ANY OF THESE PROPOSED SIGNS? AND WE WELCOME YOUR QUESTIONS AND FEEDBACK ON THESE ITEMS. GREAT, THANK YOU.
WE'LL TRY TO GET THROUGH THIS AND WE'LL GO DOWN THE LINE AND WE'LL START WITH YOU AMY.
UH, SO YES, I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THE DYNAMIC PARKING SIGN AT ROCK CREST.
I THINK IT NEEDS TO STAY WHITE 'CAUSE IT'S THE MOST VISUAL TEXT, EASY TO READ, UM, SUPPORT OF THE PRO SEGMENT.
YES, I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THE ADDITIONAL SIGNS.
I THINK THE SIGNS ON THE BIKE PATH ARE GONNA BE, ARE WONDERFUL.
I I SEE SOME OF THEM OUT THERE NOW AND I THINK, I JUST THINK IT'S GONNA BE GREAT, ESPECIALLY WHEN I GET THE SIGNATURE TRAIL, UM, THE SIGN AT RIVERSIDE CROSSING PARK.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE A NICE ADDITION.
AND AS FAR AS ANY OTHER CHANGES, UM, I JUST, I HAD ONE QUESTION.
WHY ARE, UM, I NOTICED THE SAMPLE SIGNS FOR THE ONE HOUR AND TWO HOUR PARKING, WE HAD TIME RESTRICTIONS.
WHY WOULD WE TIME, WHY ARE WE TIME RESTRICTING THE, IT JUST SEEMS TO MAKE IT MORE COMPLICATED.
WHY WOULDN'T WE JUST KEEP IT ALWAYS ONE HOUR OR ALWAYS TWO HOURS? SO THAT'S BASED ON THE CURBSIDE MANAGEMENT PLAN AND THE DATA THAT WE COLLECTED, PARTICULARLY DURING THOSE PILOTS.
UM, AND WHEN WE BASICALLY NEED TO TURN OVER THE CURB.
SO THOSE ARE THE HOURS THAT WE REALLY ARE FOCUSED ON TURNING OVER THE CURB AND MAKING THAT AVAILABLE.
AND WE DON'T THINK THAT'S GONNA CHANGE LIKE THAT.
WE'RE GONNA CONSTANTLY LIKE CHANGE THE, THAT'S, I MEAN, NOT PARTICULARLY.
I THINK THAT'S A PRETTY BROAD RANGE OF HOURS THAT ARE DISPLAYED THERE.
UM, AND IT VARIES BASED ON WHETHER IT'S ONE HOUR OR TWO HOUR ACCORDINGLY.
I JUST THOUGHT LIKE, 'CAUSE THE ONE STARTS AT EIGHT, LIKE THE ONE HOUR STARTED AT 8:00 AM AND THE OTHER TWO HOUR STARTED AT 10:00 AM I DON'T KNOW, IT JUST SEEMS COMPLICATED TO ME.
SO THE, YOU HAVE TO PAY IT TO REALLY READ THE SIGN.
I WOULD GO FOR THE LEAST COMPLICATED TO HAVE 'EM BOTH BE EIGHT TO EIGHT OR SOMETHING.
I DON'T KNOW WHY WE'D START IT, BUT ANYHOW.
UM, AND THEN I, I LIKE THE IDEA OF THE ETIQUETTE SIGN.
UM, OBVIOUSLY WE DON'T WANNA CLUTTER AND PUT THEM EVERYWHERE, BUT I THINK SOME OF THE KEY PARKS THAT, UM, USE A LOT, PARTICULARLY WITH OUR YOUNGER WRITERS, UM, WOULD BE GOOD PLACES TO, TO START, UM, WITH THOSE SIGNS.
UM, BUT I, I DO THINK IN ETIQUETTE, THE ETIQUETTE SIGNS WOULD BE HELPFUL AND I LIKE THE QR CODE ON THERE 'CAUSE THEN WE CAN KIND OF UPDATE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE.
'CAUSE IT'S GOING TO THE, THE O UM, ONLY OTHER THING I COULD POSSIBLY THINK OF IS IF THERE WAS, WE DON'T, IF THERE WAS A SAFETY OR WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF LIKE, I MEAN MOST PEOPLE HAVE CELL PHONES THESE DAYS I GUESS, BUT, UM, YEAH, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A WAY, MOST OF OUR PARTS THOUGH DO HAVE LIKE THE SIRENS AND STUFF.
YOU CAN HEAR 'EM FROM MOST OF OUR PARTS, SO, OKAY.
I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD TO NUMBER ONE OR NUMBER TWO OTHER THAN WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER GRAHAM ALREADY SAID.
SO I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING THAT SHE SAID THERE.
UM, AND ACTUALLY NUMBER THREE AS WELL, THE ELECTRONIC PARK SIGN, I THINK THEY'RE ALL GREAT IDEAS.
IT'S COLORS, FLAG STYLE, ET CETERA.
HOW DO WE, UM, HOW DO WE ENFORCE THE PARKING? I'VE BEEN ASKED THAT NUMEROUS TIMES AND I CAN NEVER ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
SO THERE'S, THERE'S TWO UNITS THAT HELP US OUT WITH THAT.
THE DEDICATED BUSINESS DISTRICT UNIT AND THEN THE TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT UNIT UNDER THE COMMUNITY IMPACT UNIT.
AM I SAYING ALL OF THOSE
WE ALSO RESPOND TO CALLS FOR SERVICE WHENEVER THERE'S FOLKS THAT ARE REMEMBER IN THE CHART THE COMPLAINTS VERSUS THE CITATION.
SO WHEN WE'RE HEARING ABOUT THOSE SPECIFIC INCIDENTS, POLICE WILL RESPOND DIRECTLY.
IT SEEMS LIKE THAT WOULD BE THE BEST WAY TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE FOLLOWING THE POLICY IS TO RIGHT.
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ANSWER.UM, YEAH, I WILL ECHO SIMILAR STATEMENTS.
YOU KNOW, I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THE DS, THE FLAG ONE IS FINE.
UM, I, AND I THINK THE INSTALLATION AT RIVERSIDE CROSSING PARK WILL BE HELPFUL AND I AGREE ABOUT THE, UM, ETIQUETTE SIGNS SORT OF STRATEGICALLY PLACED.
I REALLY LIKE THE DYNAMIC PARKING SIGNS IN REGARDS TO OPTION ONE OR OPTION TWO, THEY'RE BOTH FINE.
IS THERE ANY VISIBILITY ADVANTAGE FROM ONE OVER THE OTHER OR IS IT BASICALLY THE SAME? WE CAN LOOK AT THAT.
I THINK THEY'RE, THEY'RE BASICALLY THE SAME.
WE MAY HAVE AN ADVANTAGE WITH THE FLAG STYLE JUST BECAUSE THE POLE'S OUTTA THE WAY.
AND SO THAT WOULD BE MY BIG THING IS IF WHATEVER HAS BETTER VISIBILITY AND WHATEVER'S CHEAPER, THAT'S FINE.
THE, UM, SECONDARY WAYFINDING SIGN FAMILY, ACTUALLY, I REALLY LIKE THAT.
UM, I REALLY DO LIKE THE ETIQUETTE THINGS, BUT THE ONE THING I WOULD SAY IS THAT, UM, THERE'S TOO MANY WORDS AND SO I'VE SEEN THEM, I'VE SEEN OTHER SIGNS WHERE THEY JUST HAVE A PICTORIAL THING THAT PEOPLE CAN SEE AS THEY'RE ZOOMING BY AND THEY UNDERSTAND THAT WITH ALL THOSE WORDS THERE, PEOPLE AREN'T GONNA READ IT.
AND SO IF WE COULD ACTUALLY FIX THAT, UM, DIGITAL SIGNAGE I THINK IS ALWAYS A GOOD IDEA.
SO IN REGARDS TO NUMBER THREE, I THINK YES.
UM, IN REGARDS TO OTHER THINGS, YOU KNOW, ONE THING THAT I THINK WOULD BE COOL, AND THIS HAS TO DO WITH THE EXPANDED, UM, SIGNAGE THING, IS IS THERE A WAY TO HAVE LIKE MULTILINGUAL THINGS FOOD? SO I'M JUST THINKING LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE HAD HOSTED THE LUNAR NEW YEAR, GOSH, WOULDN'T IT BE COOL IF WE ACTUALLY COULD HAVE SOME OF THE THINGS LIKE IN CHINESE OR, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UM, SO I DIDN'T KNOW IF THAT WAS, IF THERE WAS A CAPABILITY FOR THAT.
UM, AND THEN JUST IN THE MEMO MENTIONS THE A DA PARKING DESIGNATION UPDATES, BUT I DIDN'T SEE WHERE THAT WAS GONNA ACTUALLY TAKE PLACE.
I DIDN'T KNOW IF THAT WAS GONNA BE BUNDLED IN THESE, OR, YOU KNOW, COME LATER ON.
SO IF WE COULD JUST GET AN UPDATE ON THE A DA, UM, PARKING DESIGNATION UPDATES, THAT WOULD BE GREAT TOO.
THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE UNDERWAY.
UM, WE HAVE A, A DESIGNER REVIEWING THOSE, UM, A DA SPOTS BASED ON THAT CURBSIDE MANAGEMENT PLAN.
LOVE THE DYNAMIC PARKING SIGNS.
SO WE HAVE A COST FOR THE SIGN, THE TECHNOLOGY THAT ACTUALLY TELLS THE SIGN HOW MANY SPOTS ARE AVAILABLE.
AND THAT PART IS ALREADY IN PLACE.
SO THE CITY ALREADY HAD THE MERAKI CAMERAS IN THAT GARAGE AND WE'RE USING A, A TOOL OVERLAID WITH THAT TO COUNT THE VEHICLES IN AND OUT.
I, I ALSO AGREE THAT, UM, WITH THE ETIQUETTE SIGNS, I WOULD JUST SAY IN GENERAL, KIND OF A GENERAL RULE, LET'S AVOID SIGN CLUTTER AND SIGN OVERLOAD.
UM, I SEE IN, IN MY OPINION, WE HAVE A LOT OF THESE WAY FINDING SIGNS, MAYBE A HAIR MORE THAN WE PROBABLY SHOULD.
UM, AND IT JUST, IT JUST, IT'S NOT A CLEAN LOOK.
AND THEN, UM, ON THE INFORMATIONAL PARK SIGN, I AGREE.
YEAH, I'M, I'M INTERESTED IN THE DYNAMIC SIGNS TOO.
I, I PULLED UP THE GO DUBLIN APP.
UM, WHAT I WANTED TO DO IS THEN FIND MY WAY FROM WHERE I AM TO THERE, THERE ISN'T REALLY A DYNAMIC WAY TO GIVE DIRECTIONS OR CONNECT IT TO GOOGLE MAPS OR WHATEVER.
SO I THINK THIS IS A GOOD MAYBE FIRST STEP, BUT IF WE THINK ABOUT HOW TO REALLY MAKE THIS APP EFFECTIVE, I WANNA BE ABLE TO THEN CLICK ON IT AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET FROM WHERE I AM TO THERE.
SO, UM, YOU CAN GET A LIST, YOU CAN GET, FIND AN ADDRESS, BUT IT'S, IT'S STILL A STATIONARY APP.
SO ANYWAY, I, I THINK THAT'S GREAT FIRST STEP, BUT I THINK THERE'S WORK TO BE DONE TO REALLY, OR THEY WON'T OR FOLKS REALLY WON'T USE IT.
UM, BUT I'M VERY MUCH FOR THAT, THE SECONDARY, UM, WAY FINDING.
I AGREE AND I AGREE LESS IS MORE.
YOU'RE MOVING PAST IT, YOU WON'T READ IT.
UM, SAME TRUE WITH THE ELECTRONIC SIGNS.
I WOULD CAUTION US NOT TO MAKE THAT INTO A MARKETING BOARD, BUT INSTEAD TO MAKE IT INTO KEY MESSAGES, FEWER, BECAUSE IF IT JUST BECOMES AN ADVERTISING OF THINGS, WE'RE NOT GONNA PAY ATTENTION TO IT.
SO WHAT ARE THE ONE OR TWO BIG THINGS WE WANNA, UM, UH, SPEAK ABOUT OR, OR, OR TALK ABOUT, UM, WHO IS GOING TO MAN THOSE ELECTRIC, WHO, WHO, WHO UPDATES THOSE ON A REGULAR BASIS? HOW DOES THAT, WHO'S RESPONSIBLE WHEN IT'S A RAIN OUT EVENT ON A SATURDAY AFTERNOON? APPRECIATE THAT.
I'M GONNA ASK JEFF CHANG TO WEIGH IN.
SO THE SOFTWARE THAT WE CURRENTLY USE FOR SOME OF OUR TVS IS WHAT WE'RE EVALUATING FOR ESSENTIALLY PUSHING THOSE OUT.
AND THEN WE'LL WORK WITH COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING TO CONTINUOUSLY UPDATE THEM AS THINGS CHANGE.
UM, KEEP OUR MEMBERS ON EVENTS.
OUR STAFF THERE IS GOING TO UPDATE COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING AND WORK THROUGH THAT PROCESS
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INTERNALLY.SO SOMEBODY'S ON CALL ON A SATURDAY IF SOMETHING GETS CANCELED TO UPDATE THAT, SOMEBODY'S GONNA HAVE THAT JOB.
UH, THANK YOU FOR THE, UM, I THINK THE DYNAMIC PARKING SIGNS ARE A GOOD IDEA.
THE WHITE'S PROBABLY A LITTLE MORE LEGIBLE THAN THE GREEN, PARTICULARLY IN COLORED BLINDNESS.
GREEN IS CERTAINLY ONE OF THE SENSITIVE COLORS, SO, UM, MIGHT BE THE WAY TO GO THERE.
UM, THE SECONDARY WAY, FINDING SYSTEM FOR PATH, AGAIN, A PICTURE'S WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS, SO, UH, SIMPLIFY THOSE.
THE ELECTRONIC PARK SIGN WILL, WILL THIS NOW, UM, PRECLUDE SANDWICH BOARD SIGNS IN THE PARK BY EVENTS PEOPLE.
AND SO WILL, WILL THIS NOW BE PART OF THE EVENTS APPLICATION THAT YOU WILL NO LONGER BE ABLE TO PUT SANDWICH BOARD SIGNS IN THE PARK? Y YES, THAT'S THE IDEA, IS TO TRY TO ELIMINATE THOSE, UM, STATIC SIGNS.
AND WOULD THOSE INCLUDE THE SIGNS PEOPLE LIKE TO TIE UP TO THE TREES AND TO, I I CAN, LET'S HOPE.
RIGHT? I CAN TOTALLY SEE SOMEBODY'S TYING THEIR BANNER OVER THE FRONT OF THIS WAY FINDING SIGN BECAUSE THEY TIE THEM FROM THE TREES AND, AND EVERYWHERE ELSE THERE.
SO I'M WONDERING, WILL THIS IMPACT OUR EVENTS CALENDAR AND, AND WILL WE COMMUNICATE? BECAUSE WHEN I WALK THROUGH THE PARK AND THERE'S AN EVENT, IT, I'M VERY DISAPPOINTED.
AND I WAS HOPEFUL WITH THIS GRAPHIC SIGN AVAILABILITY THAT WE WOULD ELIMINATE THE TYING OF YOUR BANNER TO THE TREE.
WE CAN DEFINITELY LOOK AT THAT OPTION AND BRING BACK AN ANSWER THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE'VE PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED, BUT I'M HAPPY TO TAKE IT BACK TO THE TEAM AND HAVE A CONVERSATION.
SO WHAT I DON'T KNOW IS IF IT'S BIG ENOUGH, UM, IF YOU CAN COMMUNICATE ENOUGH INFORMATION, IF IT'S GOING TO SAY THAT THIS IS THE, UM, LUNAR FESTIVAL, IT WILL RUN SATURDAY FROM 10 TO TWO AND SUNDAY FROM TWO TO FOUR, OR YOU, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER.
UM, SO WHAT I, WHAT I DON'T KNOW.
I, I THINK IT'S GREAT AND I THINK, UH, UH, ELECTRONIC SIGN IS VERY APPROPRIATE IN THE PARK, BUT I WANNA HIT THE TARGET WE'RE AIMING FOR.
THE TARGET I'M AIMING FOR IS THE REMOVAL OF CLUTTER IN THE PARK, SANDWICH BOARDS, SIGNS TIED TO TREES, UM, ALL OF THOSE SORTS OF THINGS.
AND I JUST WANT TO BE CERTAIN THAT THIS ACHIEVES THE GOAL THAT WE'RE AFTER.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S MY FEEDBACK FOR THE ELECTRIC PARK SIGN.
UM, AND FOR ADDITIONAL TO THE WAY FINDING SIGN FA NO, I THINK THOSE ARE GREAT.
SO THANK YOU FOR THIS INFORMATION.
DID WE ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAD? YEAH, I THINK THAT WE GOT THE INFORMATION.
UM, AND IF THE, IF COUNSEL IS IN FAVOR, I THINK WE WOULD, UM, LOVE TO HEAR THAT INPUT IN FAVOR OF THE LAR THE, THE ELECTRONIC SIGN? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? I THINK, UM, BASICALLY ALL THREE THERE, THERE COULD POTENTIALLY BE A MOTION SIMILAR TO WHAT THERE WAS FOR THE 2015, UM, PRIMARY WAYFINDING SIDE FAMILY.
I'M WONDERING IF, UH, IF THERE'S A NEED FOR ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO COME BACK, BUT I GUESS WE CAN MAKE THE MOTION AND FIND OUT.
SO, UM, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED PRIMARY WAY FINDING SIGN PACKAGE TO INCLUDE.
BUT BEFORE I DO THAT, I, I'LL, I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE CONTINUE TO, UH, EVALUATE THE ELECTRONIC PARK SIGN, UM, AND WE'LL CALL A VOTE ON THAT AND SEE IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT COUNCIL IS IN FAVOR OF.
CAN I CLARIFY? I I THINK WE WERE ALL IN FAVOR OF THE SIGN IT'S GOING TO BE THE CONTENT OF THE SIGN AND HOW THE SIZE AND THE YEAH.
I THINK IT CAME TO US AS MAINLY A, UM, THE CITY, UM, GIVING UPDATES ON WEATHER OR CANCELLATIONS.
YOU, I, I LIKE YOUR SUGGESTION.
YOU'RE SUGGESTING THEN IT ADVERTISE THE EVENT THAT'S OCCURRING AT THAT TIME, UM, TO ELIMINATE OTHER SIGNAGE FOR THAT EVENT AT THAT TIME, WHICH IS WHAT THOSE SANDWICH BOARD SIGNS THE ILLUSTRATIVE RIGHT PICTURE WAS SHOWING WERE SIGNS THAT WERE INDICATING YEAH, MAYBE WHAT THAT
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THE SNOWMAN WAS GONNA BE IN THE PARK FROM.SO I THINK THE, THE FOUR TO SEVEN, THE VISIT YOU'RE ASKING, YOU'RE A, THE MOTION WOULD BE THEN TO, UM, CONTINUE CONSIDERING THE CONTENT AND USAGE OF THE SIZE CONTENT USAGE.
UM, TO CLARIFY, I APOLOGIZE, UH, WITH THAT CLARIFICATION, THE PURPOSE OF THE SIGNS, THE PRIMARY FUNCTION IS TO COMMUNICATE THE CURRENT EVENT HAPPENING OR THE UPCOMING EVENT.
SO THE NEXT SCHEDULED EVENT WITH THE MINOR OCCASION OF LIKE, THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED DUE TO WEATHER OR HAS BEEN RELOCATED.
UM, SO I HOPE THAT ADDRESSES THE ISSUE IN COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING.
I AND THE ENGINEERING AND ONE OF THE POTENTIAL VENDORS.
WE WERE ALL ON SITE TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS SIZE WAS RELATIVE ENOUGH TO CONVEY ALL OF THE MESSAGING FOR AN EVENT, TIMING, LOCATION, GENERAL SCHEDULING, CERTAIN DETAILS AS PER THE SAMPLE LANGUAGE AND MESSAGING PROVIDED IN THE SLIDE DECK.
SO IS THE HEIGHT OF THIS SIGN FIXED? SO IT'S RIGHT HERE BEHIND THE BENCH.
SO IF THERE IS SOMEBODY SITTING ON THE BENCH, YOU, IT, IT APPEARS.
I DON'T HAVE HOW HIGH IT IS OFF THE GROUND.
IT APPEARS THAT MAYBE THE LOWER PORTION OF THE SIGN WOULD NOT BE VISIBLE.
WE FELT COMFORTABLE ON OUR END WITH THE SPACE FROM THE GROUND TO COVER US IF SOMEONE WAS SITTING ON THAT BENCH THAT THERE WOULD BE ENOUGH CLEARANCE.
UH, THEY DID BRING A DEMO SIGN OUT WHEN WE WERE THERE, JUST A SMALL MOCK OF A FRAME AND SOMEONE SAT THERE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD THAT VISIBILITY.
SO WE WERE COMFORTABLE AT THE TIME IN WHICH WE WERE AT RIVERSIDE CROSSING PARK, BUT WE CAN DOUBLE CHECK THAT WITH THE ENGINEERS AND THE VENDOR AS WE MOVE THROUGH THAT PROCESS IN THE FUTURE.
WELL, I JUST HAVE SOME CONCERNS THAT THE SIGN WOULD BE HIGHLY VISIBLE ENOUGH SO THAT THAT WOULD REALLY COMMUNICATE TO, YOU KNOW, THE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT WOULD BE THERE, WHAT THE EVENT WAS, YOU KNOW, SO IF THERE WAS AN ENTRY FEE THING, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES PEOPLE WILL HOLD AN EVENT THERE THAT THERE IS A FEE ASSOCIATED WITH SO, BUT MAYBE I'M THE ONLY ONE THAT HAS THAT CONCERN.
BUT YOU'RE ALSO, YOUR OTHER CONCERN IS TO MAKE SURE THE, THE RULES ABOUT WHAT SIGNS THEN YOU CAN PUT UP AN EVENT IS ALSO AMENDED.
YOU'RE ASKING FOR THAT AS WELL.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF MAYBE WE NEED TO GET A MEMO BEFORE WE APPROVE ALL THIS.
THAT WAS MY, THAT WAS MY HESITATION IN MAKING THE MOTION.
MAYBE COME BACK WITH A MEMO WITH CLARITY ON BOTH OF THOSE, ON WHAT NEEDS TO CHANGE AND THEN DOES THAT HOLD ANYTHING UP? WELL, THAT'S JUST, SO THAT'S RELATED TO THE ELECTRIC PARK SIGN, RIGHT? SO YEAH, WE WERE ALL IN AGREEANCE ON ONE TWO.
IF IT DOESN'T HOLD ANYTHING UP YEAH, IT CAN COME BACK, RIGHT? I'M LOOKING, MEGAN SAID NO, IT WOULDN'T HOLD ANYTHING UP OR IT WOULD NO, NO, WE CAN BRING ALL OF THIS BACK AND DO A MOTION THE NEXT TIME.
I, I WOULD FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE IN THAT, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF MY COUNCIL, FELLOW COUNCIL THAT'S FINE.
WELL, WE WILL LOOK FORWARD TO AN UPDATE GIVEN THE COUNCIL FEEDBACK OF THIS EVENING, UH, AT A FUTURE MEETING.
UH, THIS BRINGS US TO THE ONE WE'VE ALL BEEN LOOKING FOR, UH, THE FINAL PRESENTATION FOR THIS EVENING, THE RIVERSIDE CROSSING PARK SAFETY AND STREET SCAPE IMPROVEMENTS UPDATE.
THANK YOU MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
UM, JUST TO FOLLOW UP FROM THE JUNE 8TH MEETING, WE HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE IMPROVEMENTS ALONG RIVERSIDE DRIVE TO ENHANCE THE SAFETY FOR RIVERSIDE CROSSING PARK.
UM, I, I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH OUR CONSULTANTS ON SOME OF THE CONVERSATIONS WE'VE HAD.
JUST TO REMIND YOU, THIS IS THE AREA BETWEEN THE PAVILION ON THE SOUTH, UM, THAT EXCEEDS TO THE NORTH OF JOHN SHIELDS PARKWAY TO SECURE THE GROUNDS FOR THE PARK FOR, UM, EVENTS, FESTIVALS, AND CERTAINLY ANY PARK, UM, UH, PATRONS.
UH, JUST A, UH, ANOTHER REMINDER ABOUT THE CADENCE OF THE STREETSCAPE.
IT WILL MIMIC THE EAST SIDE OF THE ROADWAY, UM, WITH LANDSCAPING TO, UM, CREATE AN AESTHETIC DESIGN.
UH, THERE WILL BE, UM, UH, VERTI OR HORIZONTAL, UH, LINES, UH, LIMESTONE BENCHES, UM, SCATTERED THROUGHOUT WITH BOULDERS TO, TO PROVIDE THAT SAFETY BARRIER ALONG WITH THE, THE TREES THAT WILL BE PLANTED.
UM, ALONG, ALONG THE WAY, THIS WILL GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF A RENDITION, UH, REMINDER OF WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT THE LAST TIME.
UM, THERE WAS ALSO DISCUSSION ABOUT THE IDEA OF CREATING A RECESSED FOOD TRUCK PARKING AREA ON THE NORTHERN SECTION TO ACCOMMODATE THE FOOD TRUCK POLICY.
STAFF, UH, DID STUDY THIS AS AN OPTION.
UH, THERE IS AN EXTENSIVE AMOUNT OF ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS THAT WOULD NEED TO TAKE PLACE, UM, ALONG WITH SOME OF THE, THE AREAS, UH, JUST TO THE
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WEST OF THAT FOR THE SEATING AREAS THAT COULD ACCOMMODATE SUCH A, UH, AN AMENITY.AND IT, I, AS WE DISCUSSED THIS AND STUDY THROUGH IT, WE, WE'VE REALIZED THAT WE ARE, WE ARE OF THE OPINION THAT WE ARE NOT JUST ELIMINATING A SAFETY SITUATION, BUT WE'RE ALSO CREATING A NEW ONE IN THIS ENVIRONMENT.
SO AT THIS TIME, AS I, AS I MENTIONED LAST TIME WHEN WE TALKED THROUGH THIS, THIS WHOLE DESIGN IS DESIGNED TO BE FLEXIBLE AND MOVABLE.
AND AT THIS POINT, WE NEED TO, UM, WE STAFF FEELS AS THOUGH WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN, UM, HAVE THIS IN PLACE FOR THE CHRIS KENDALL MARK IN, IN NOVEMBER.
SO WE'D LIKE TO, TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.
BUT ALSO WITH THE PARKS AND RECREATE OR THE, UH, RIVERSIDE CROSSING PARK MASTER PLAN, WE ARE STUDYING A LOT OF DIFFERENT AREAS AND OPTIONS FOR US TO PUT MORE PERMANENT TYPES OF STRUCTURE IN PLACE INSIDE THE PARK, UH, FOR A MUCH SAFER ENVIRONMENT WITH POWER AND WATER AND A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY OF AREAS THAT, UM, WE CAN, WE CAN, UH, PLACE FOOD TRUCKS WITHOUT ANY IMPEDIMENT FOR RIVERSIDE CROSS, UH, RIVERSIDE DRIVE.
UM, WE'RE CONTINUING TO EXPLORE THAT AS AN OPTION.
SO WITH THAT, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING PROCEEDING, UH, WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE STREETSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS CONCEPT AS PRESENTED ON JUNE 8TH.
UM, AND STAFF ALSO FURTHER RECOMMENDS THE, UH, UH, CONTINUED CONSIDERATION OF THE, UH, MASTER PLAN FOR THE PARK UPDATE TO ACCOMMODATE MORE PERMANENT, UH, FEATURES FOR, UH, A SAFER ENVIRONMENT WITHIN THE PARK PROPERTY.
SO WITH THAT, I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT RELATIVE TO THIS AGENDA ITEM? HEARING NONE COUNCIL QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION.
SO MATT, THIS COULD THEN POTENTIALLY BE BROUGHT FORWARD IN THE CAPITAL PLAN.
WE'RE DISCUSSING THAT THIS EVENING IN, IN 27.
IT, WOULD THAT BE A FEASIBLE, THIS, UM, ENHANCEMENTS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, WOULD THAT BE SOMETHING STAFF COULD BRING FORWARD? IS THAT A FEASIBLE OPTION? ARE YOU REFERRING TO THE MASTER PLAN DESIGN FOR THE PARK OR NO, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE CIP FOR NEXT YEAR DOING THAT WORK ABOUT FINDING A PLACE SU FOR THE YEAH.
OH, FOR INSIDE THE PARK, YES, ITSELF.
I'M SORRY, I WASN'T CLEAR ON THAT.
THAT IS PART OF THE MASTER PLANNING PROCESS, SO WE HAVEN'T FINALIZED THAT, BUT WE CAN BRING THAT FORWARD TO COUNCIL AS A SPECIFIC ITEM IF YOU'D LIKE.
UM, THAT WOULD BE WORTH MAYBE LOOKING AT, I THINK YEP.
IF YOU, IF WE'RE GETTING SOME NODS.
IS THAT, I I I DO WANT TO SAY THAT WE ARE WANTING TO BE A LITTLE BIT CAUTIOUS ON FINAL DESIGN FOR THE PARK UNTIL WE EXPERIENCE THE CHRIS KENDALL MARK FOR ONE YEAR.
SO I WOULD PREFER US TO GO THROUGH THAT SEQUENCE AND THEN BRING THAT FORWARD FOR CITY COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION NEXT YEAR AS A DESIGN, MAYBE PUT SOMETHING, MAYBE PUT A BUDGETARY ITEM IN, UM, PENDING, PENDING FINAL DESIGN STATUS.
I MEAN, YOU COULD, YOU KNOW, WE COULD ROUGHLY KNOW WHAT THAT, THOSE IMPROVEMENTS MAY COST, PARTICULARLY THE WATER AND THE ELECTRIC IS GONNA, UM, YOU'LL HAVE THAT BY DROP IN LINEAR FOOT.
SO, AND THEN YOU WOULD KNOW WHAT, IT DIDN'T, WOULDN'T NECESSARILY MATTER WHERE ALONG THE ASPHALT WE ADDED THE FOOD TRUCK PULL OFFS.
WE WOULD KNOW, YOU KNOW, ESSENTIALLY WHAT THE STRUCTURE WOULD BE.
YEAH, I THINK WE'RE LOOKING AT TWO DIFFERENT OPTIONS OF WHETHER IT'S REINFORCED TURF OR ASPHALT OR A COMBINATION OF BOTH.
SO IT IT'S THE INFRASTRUCTURE, WATER, AND ELECTRICITY THAT WE'D NEED TO ENHANCE AS WELL.
BUT WE CAN FIGURE THAT OUT FROM A COST PERSPECTIVE.
PROBABLY WOULD SUGGEST CONCRETE SO THAT IT COULD BE POWER WASHED BECAUSE OF THE FOOD AND SO FORTH AND DRIPPINGS AND WHATNOT.
BUT YOU CAN LOOK AT THAT AND YOU WOULD LIKE CONSTRUCTION FUNDING FOR 27.
YES, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SAYING.
I THINK THAT'S WAS THE GENERAL CONSENSUS, YES.
OKAY, THIS BRINGS US TO THE STAFF COMMENTS PORTION OF OUR AGENDA.
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A COUNCIL COMMITTEE REPORT FOR THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.UM, WE ACTUALLY MET EARLIER TONIGHT.
UM, THE TOPIC WAS PROCUREMENT POLICY UPDATES.
UM, STAFF PROVIDED BACKGROUND REGARDING THE CITY'S PRO PROCUREMENT POLICY FRAMEWORK, AS WELL AS HOW THE CITY'S POLICIES COMPARED TO GFOA BEST PRACTICES.
UM, WE HAD A, A GREAT DISCUSSION ABOUT IT IN TERMS OF THE COMPETITIVE BID THRESHOLD, LOCAL VENDOR PREFERENCE STATEMENT, UM, AND ALTERNATIVES TO FORMAL COMPETITIVE BIDDING.
SO, UM, STAFF WILL GO BACK AND, UM, DO SOME RESEARCH AND SOME
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THINGS AND BRING BACK, UM, THE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE COMMITTEE RELATIVE TO THOSE ITEMS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT.COUNCIL LIAISON REPORTS, BOARD OF EDUCATION.
KATHY, GREG, GREG'S, GOOD FOR YOU.
UM, COUNCIL MEMBER DEROSA, CITY MANAGER, MEGAN ON CALLAHAN.
MARCH DEN AND AMY MESSICK ON WEDNESDAY, UH, THE 27TH OF MAY.
UH, WE DISCUSSED NUMEROUS, THE NUMEROUS INQUIRIES WE'VE BEEN RECEIVING ABOUT THE REDISTRICTING PROCESS, UM, AND HOW WE'VE BEEN HANDLING THESE COMMUNICATIONS, WHICH IS SIMPLY TO REFER THESE BACK TO THE SCHOOL BOARD, UM, EXPLAINING THAT WE ARE A SEPARATE ENTITY AND RESPECTING THE SCHOOL BOARD PROCESS.
AND WE ALSO DISCUSSED THE PERMITTING PROCESS FOR SCHOOLS SCOREBOARDS TO MAKE SURE IT'S AN EQUITABLE AND TIMELY PROCESS.
UH, WE NEXT DISCUSS PLANS FOR THE WATER TREATMENT PLAN MEANS, AND HOW THIS WOULD AFFECT, UM, SCHOOLS, PARTICULARLY ELI LILLY AND WYANDOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
AND THE SCHOOL BOARD WILL BE PRIORITIZING TRAFFIC SAFETY AND THE NEED FOR BUSING ALL STUDENTS.
EVEN WALKERS, UM, FEE STRUCTURES FOR ATHLETIC FIELDS WERE ALSO DISCUSSED ALONG WITH AN UPDATED SRO AGREEMENT WITH THE SCHOOLS.
UM, WE SPEND SOME TIME TALKING ABOUT THE JOINT EDUCATION PLAN FOR PARENTS AND STUDENTS REGARDING THE MICRO MOBILITY ORDINANCE THAT, UH, CITY COUNCIL PASS.
AND THEN LASTLY, WE JUST SHARED SOME GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION WITH THE, UH, SCHOOL BOARD LIAISON COMMITTEE.
I 33 CORRIDOR GROUP 1 61 CORRIDOR GROUP, UH, KATHY AND WENDY.
UM, I'LL START WITH THE, UH, 33 CORRIDOR REPORT.
UH, VICE MAYOR OSA AND I MET WITH THE 33 CORRIDOR, UM, PARTICIPANTS ON JUNE 12TH.
AND AS OF JUNE 12TH, THERE WAS NO ACTIVITY TO REPORT ON THE, UH, FOUR DATA CENTERS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED FOR CONSTRUCTION.
SO RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST SILENCE.
THEY HAD NO UPDATES TO PROVIDE TO US.
UM, THEY'RE IN THE VERY PRELIMINARY INFORMATION STAGE FOR POTENTIAL OUT PARCELS AT THE MEYER, THE PENDING MEYER BUILD.
BUT THERE WASN'T ANYTHING CONCRETE ENOUGH, UM, FOR THEM TO REALLY MENTION.
UM, I THOUGHT IT WAS INTERESTING THAT JEROME TOWNSHIP IS EXPLORING IMPROVEMENTS TO THE JEROME TOWNSHIP PARK, INCLUDING THE BASEBALL DIAMOND AND SURROUNDING FIELDS.
SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS ENCOURAGING.
UM, WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET THE NEW MARYSVILLE CITY ENGINEER, JAMIE FINK.
AND, UM, MOST, MOST OF YOU MIGHT KNOW THIS, BUT KIMBERLY SHARP HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED AS THE NEXT MARYSVILLE CITY MANAGER.
AND ASSUMING THAT MARYSVILLE CITY COUNCIL VOTED, UM, POSITIVELY THIS EVENING, SHE'LL TAKE OFFICE, UM, ON JULY 6TH.
SO THAT'S ALL FOR THE 33 CORRIDOR.
I'LL DO A BRIEF, UM, SR 1 61 CORRIDOR GROUP.
AS COUNCILS AWARE, THIS GROUP IS ORGANIZED TO BRING REPRESENTATIVES OF THE EIGHT JURISDICTIONS WHO HAVE RESPONSIBILITY FOR, UM, ACTIVITIES UP AND DOWN THE 1 61 CORRIDOR FROM POST ROAD TO PLAIN CITY.
THE GOAL OF THAT GROUP, AGAIN, IS TO SHARE PROJECTS, CURRENT INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, OUR, UM, INDIVIDUAL AND COLLECTIVE COMMUNITY PLANS, AND THEN TO DIALOGUE ABOUT CURRENT AND FUTURE LAND USE.
THE MAY MEETING WAS THE THIRD MEETING OF THIS GROUP, AND WHILE THE FIRST COUPLE OF THE MEETINGS FOCUSED ON WHAT I WOULD CALL LEVEL SETTING WITH REVIEWS OF, UM, PLANS FROM EACH OF THE INDIVIDUAL JURISDICTIONS DURING THE MAY DISCUSSION, THE PROJECT LEADER, JAMIE GREEN, WITH PLANNING NEXT, PROVIDED THE GROUP WITH INFORMATION AND MAPPING THAT BROUGHT ALL THE CURRENT PROJECTS AND KNOWN ACTIVITIES ACROSS THOSE EIGHT JURISDICTIONS TOGETHER INTO A SHARED VIEW AND A SHARED MAP.
AND IT REALLY WAS, UM, VERY ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE NEED FOR, UM, COORDINATION AND CROSS JURISDICTIONAL CONVERSATIONS WHEN YOU SEE SIDE BY SIDE ALL THE DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES AND PLANS THAT ARE UP AND DOWN THAT CORRIDOR.
SO THE GROUP SPENT TIME AT THAT LAST MEETING DISCUSSING THESE PROJECTS, THE LAND USE, UM, IMPACTS, AND IT WAS A PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATION.
SO THAT GROUP'S GONNA MEET AGAIN LATER THIS WEEK.
UM, AND THEN FOLLOWING THAT COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON AND I ARE GONNA COORDINATE WITH SNAP STAFF, AND WE'RE GONNA BRING WHAT WE HOPE SOME OUTCOMES OF THIS MEETING IS SOME DETAILED UPDATES AND SOME POSSIBILITIES FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION.
AND I, UM, ANTICIPATE THAT'LL BE FOLLOWING OUR SUMMER BREAK.
SPORTS OHIO STEERING COMMITTEE.
ANDY, CHRISTINA, NOTHING, NOTHING TO REPORT.
UH, PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION
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ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD.AMY, THE ONLY THING I WILL REPORT IS ARBS FINALLY MEETING.
THEY'VE HAD LIKE THE LAST THREE MEETINGS CANCELED, SO THEY WILL HAVE A MEETING THIS WEEK.
AND OTHER THAN THAT PLANNING, WE WELCOME OUR NEW MEMBER, UH, SASHA WILL BE HER FIRST MEETING AS WELL FOR ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW REPORT.
UM, I'D JUST LIKE TO REPORT WITH WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP THAT THE TOWNSHIP ADMINISTRATOR HAS CONTRACTED WITH A CONSULTANT TO ASSIST WITH THE APPROVAL AND ZONING AND REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS AROUND THE GATEWAY PROJECT.
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THIS ISN'T SOMETHING THAT THEY NORMALLY DO WITHIN THE TOWNSHIP, AND SO BECAUSE OF THE IMPACT IT WILL HAVE ON THE, UM, STATE ROUTE 1 61 CORRIDOR OVERALL DEVELOPMENT, STARTING WITH THE LOOK AND FEEL OF THE DEVELOPMENT, UM, HE JUST FELT THAT IT WAS PRUDENT TO BRING IN A CONSULTANT.SO, UM, THE TRUSTEES APPROVE THAT, AND SO HE'LL BE WORKING THROUGH THAT OVER THE NEXT WEEKS.
ARTS COUNCIL, LOGAN UNION, CHAMPAIGN COUNTY REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION.
ANDY? SO, LOGAN UNION CHAMPAIGN IS NOT MEETING THIS MONTH.
UH, AS I'VE MENTIONED IN THE PAST, THE ARTS COUNCIL HAS BEEN WORKING THROUGH THEIR STRATEGIC PLAN.
THE NEXT STEP IS NOT SIMPLY ADDING MORE ARTWORKS, IT'S BUILDING A CULTURAL ECOSYSTEM THAT REINFORCES DUBLIN'S ASPIRATION TO BE A GLOBAL CITY OF CHOICE.
THIS STRATEGY AND VISION HINGES ON THE IDEA THAT PUBLIC ART IS NOT DECORATION.
IT'S SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE, JUSTICE PARKS, LIBRARIES, AND TRAILS SHAPE HOW PEOPLE EXPERIENCE A CITY.
PUBLIC ART SHAPES IDENTITY, BELONGING, CIVIC PRIDE, AND HOW A COMMUNITY IS REMEMBERED.
ALSO, THE SWING DEDICATION WILL LIKELY OCCUR ON EITHER WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER THE SECOND, OR THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER THE THIRD.
THAT'LL, THAT'S EXCITING TO SEE.
UH, THE ARTS COUNCIL IS ALSO IN THE PROCESS OF REBRANDING THE RIVER BOXES.
RIVER BOXES ARE A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE COMBINING ART, EXPLORATION, COMMUNITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL STORYTELLING.
THIS REBRAND STRENGTHENS, STRENGTHENS, EXPANDS ITS REACH BEYOND GEO CASHERS AND CELEBRATES THE ROOTS CREATIVITY AND COMMUNITY OF THIS PROGRAM, HELPING TO REACH MORE PEOPLE.
UM, AND THEY WILL BE RELEASING AN UPDATED PASSPORT AND BRAND ELEMENTS AT THE END OF JULY.
SUNDAYS AT SCIOTO ARE COMING UP THIS YEAR.
WHILE THE MUSIC HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE DRAW, THIS YEAR'S SERIES PUTS AN EVEN GREATER EMPHASIS ON BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER.
A FEW NEW EDITIONS REFLECT THAT FOCUS, INCLUDING AN ART MAKING TABLE STAFF BY VOLUNTEERS FROM THE DUBLIN ARTS COUNCIL BOARD, WHICH WILL GIVE ATTENDEES OF ALL AGES A HANDS-ON CREATIVE OUTLET BEFORE AND DURING THE CONCERT.
ALSO, A COLLECTIBLE POSTER DESIGNED EACH YEAR BY A LOCAL ARTIST WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR A SMALL DONATION, A SMALL WAY FOR THE COMMUNITY TO TAKE A PIECE OF THE SEASON HOME AND SUPPORT LOCAL ARTISTS IN THE PROCESS.
AND A NEW FAMILY FRIENDLY TIME FROM FOUR TO 6:00 PM GIVING FAMILIES WITH YOUNG CHILDREN A TIME TO ENJOY THE CONCERT.
BEFORE GETTING READY FOR THE UPCOMING WEEK, UM, IRISH FIDDLE FRENZY WILL BE OPENING THE SEPTEMBER 20TH CONCERT, GIVING LOCAL STUDENT MUSICIANS A CHANCE TO PERFORM ON STAGE.
UH, I WILL GIVE A BRIEF, UH, WAR UPDATE.
TODAY I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH THE, UH, FORMER GOVERNOR OF WASHINGTON STATE, UH, CHRISTINE GREGORY, UH, AND THEN FORMER DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION, UH, RAY HOOD.
WE ABOUT THE CASCADIAN, UH, DEVELOPMENT COALITION, UH, HAD SOME, I, I'LL HAVE A MORE ROBUST REPORT AT A LATER DATE, BUT, UM, WE DID TALK ABOUT HOW, UH, YOU KNOW, WE, OUR RAIL PROJECT IS COMPLICATED AS IT GOES.
THE MIDWEST CONNECT GOES THROUGH ESSENTIALLY FOUR STATES AND, UM, BUT THEIRS GOES THROUGH TWO STATES AND BRITISH COLUMBIA.
SO IT IS, UH, AN INTERNATIONAL, UH, SO WE, WE HAD SOME GREAT LESSONS LEARNED.
UM, THAT MEETING JUST HAPPENED THIS AFTERNOON.
SO NOW IT WILL BRING US TO COUNCIL ROUND TABLE.
AND I'LL START DOWN HERE WITH AMY.
I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TONIGHT.
UM, ON THURSDAY THE 18TH, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY OF, OF ATTENDING THE, UM, ASAL ROAD NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, MEETING CONCERNING THE COLUMBUS WATER PLANT TRANSMISSION MAIN PROJECT.
AND IT WAS A, UM, PROBABLY A 30 RESIDENTS THAT SHOWED UP AND THEY HAD EXPRESSED A LOT OF CONCERNS ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON.
UM, I WANT TO THANK THE CITY STAFF.
THEY DID A WONDERFUL JOB, UM, TALKING WITH THEM, LAYING SOME OF THEIR CONCERNS.
AND I'M SURE THIS IS GONNA LEAD TO FURTHER DISCUSSIONS, UH, IN THE FUTURE.
BUT THANK YOU, UH, FOR BEING THERE.
UM, AND THEN JUST, UH, LASTLY, UH, YES.
YESTERDAY I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY OF ATTENDING THE, UH, INTERNATIONAL DAY OF YOGA, UM, SPONSORED BY FIA
OVER A HUNDRED PEOPLE SHOWED UP FOR YOGA AT EIGHT 30 IN THE MORNING, AND IT WAS JUST A, A REALLY WON.
UH, I'M NOT A YOGA PERSON AND I GAVE MYSELF A CRAMP WITHIN THE FIRST 10 MINUTES, BUT IT WAS A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE.
UM, AND I JUST WANT TO THANK FIA FOR INVITING US.
I WAS WONDERING WHY YOU LOOKED SO RELAXED THIS EVENING.
UH, I WANNA THANK FIRST CITIZENS NATIONAL BANK FOR HOSTING THE ANDEL SPEAKER SERIES ON THE 10TH, UM, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECORD AN EPISODE FOR FACE THE STATE ON PASSENGER RAIL THAT, UM, AIRED THIS PAST SUNDAY.
SO THANK YOU MORSI FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO TELL OUR STORY.
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AMY AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO THE GRAND REOPENING OF THE OHIO HEALTH, UH, REHABILITATION HOSPITAL.AND THAT EVENING I HAD, UH, 13 GIRL SCOUTS HERE AND, UH, THEY WERE, WERE WONDERFUL.
SO THEY'RE ALL IN BED, I HOPE BY NOW.
BUT, UM, CERTAINLY WANNA THANK THEM FOR THAT TIME.
ON THE 17TH, WE, I HAD ATTENDED THE OHIO MAYOR'S ALLIANCE MEETING.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY WERE BRINGING FORWARD WAS, UM, THE FOREIGN MANUFACTURED DRONES AND THE STATE HOUSE LEGISLATION ON THAT.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHERE OUR DRONES WERE MANUFACTURED, BUT IF THEY WERE MANUFACTURED BY, UH, OUTSIDE OF THIS COUNTRY, WE MIGHT HAVE TO DO SOME UPDATES TO THEM.
UH, WE TALKED THERE ALSO ABOUT THE SAFETY FUND, WHICH I MENTIONED DURING, UH, THE, THE BUDGETING PROCESS.
UM, AND THAT THE FTA HAD A NOFO FOR TRANSIT SUPPORTED INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, UH, DESIGN.
SO THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD WANNA LOOK AT AS WE PUR PURSUE, UM, DEVELOPMENT IN THOSE SPACES.
UM, THIS AFTERNOON MEGAN AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, ATTEND THE SAWMILL SUMMIT VIEW, UH, DEVELOPMENT MEETING.
SO I LOOK FOR SOME OF THAT INFORMATION COMING, COMING FORWARD AS WELL HERE, UM, MAYBE PRIOR TO OUR NEXT MEETING.
SO WITH THAT, IF THERE IS NOTHING FURTHER FOR THE GOOD OF THE ORDER, WE WILL STAND ADJOURN.
WE ARE GOING TO GO TO AN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
UM, SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN
[ADJOURN TO EXECUTIVE SESSION ]
TO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THE PURPOSES OF CONSIDERING THE EMPLOYMENT OF A PUBLIC EMPLOYEE.JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE DR. LAMB? YES.
AND I WILL REMIND, UM, THE WATCHING PUBLIC THAT WE WILL RECONVENE THIS MEETING FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF AN ADJOURNMENT.