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[CALL TO ORDER ]
SIX 30 AND I WILL CALL TO ORDER THE REGULAR DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF MONDAY, AUGUST 10TH, 2026.JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE MS. ALITO? HERE.
[ADJOURNMENT TO EXECUTIVE SESSION ]
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN TO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THE PURPOSES OF CONSIDERING THE EMPLOYMENT OF A PUBLIC EMPLOYEE.JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE MR. KEELER? YES.
I WILL REMIND THE VIEWING PUBLIC THAT WE WILL RECONVENE THIS MEETING IN THIS LOCATION AT 7:00 PM
[RECONVENE (7 P.M.) ]
OKAY.WE WILL RECONVENE THE REGULAR DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF MONDAY, AUGUST 10TH, 2026.
WENDY, WOULD YOU LEAD 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 AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
[CITIZEN COMMENTS ]
BRINGS UP THE CITIZEN COMMENTS PORTION OF OUR AGENDA.THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CITIZENS TO COMMENT ON ANY TOPIC THAT IS NOT ON THIS EVENING'S AGENDA.
UH, AS A REMINDER, WE HOPE THAT YOU HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO USE THE KIOSK WHEN YOU SIGNED IN.
UM, IF YOU DID NOT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY, WE WILL RECOGNIZE YOU AFTER THOSE HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED.
LINDSAY, DO WE HAVE ANYONE? NO ONE HAS SIGNED IN TO SPEAK THIS EVENING.
WE DID RECEIVE ONE COMMENT OVER THE WEEKEND THAT WAS SUPPLIED TO COUNCIL AHEAD OF TONIGHT'S MEETING, UM, PER OUR PROTOCOL.
ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM? NOT ON THIS EVENING'S AGENDA.
PLEASE COME FORWARD IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO, UM, THE PERSON WHO SUBMITTED THE AGENDA IN ADVANCE.
IF YOU WANNA PRESS, THERE'S A LITTLE BUTTON THERE.
GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL.
I'M A 35 YEAR RESIDENT AND I HAVE FOR THE PAST 35 YEARS, WORKED IN CYBERSECURITY AND DATA, DATA PRIVACY.
IF YOU CARRIED A PHONE TO THE IRISH FESTIVAL EARLIER THIS MONTH, YOUR VISIT WAS PROBABLY COUNTED.
THE CITY, AS YOU KNOW, USES A PLATFORM CALLED PLACER AI THAT ESTIMATES FOOT TRAFFIC FROM MOBILE LOCATION DATA, YOUR PHONE AND THE PHONES OF SOME 85,000 GUESTS.
THE CITY JUST HOSTED, ALMOST NONE OF THEM KNOW THAT CREDIT, WHERE CREDIT IS DUE EVER.
SEVERAL WEEKS OF CORRESPONDENCE, ACTUALLY MONTHS.
THE CITY STAFF PUBLISHED A LOCATION ANALYSIS WEBSITE THAT EXPLAINS THE TOLL, HONESTLY, WHAT THE CITY RECEIVES, WHAT IT DOESN'T, AND HOW RESIDENTS CAN LIMIT LOCATION SHARING.
IT'S PLAINLY WRITTEN AND MOST CITIES USING THIS TOLL HAVE PUB PUBLISHED.
THE COMMUNICATION TEAM IN THIS INSTANCE DID EXCELLENT WORK.
I BROUGHT THE CITY TWO REQUESTS BEYOND THAT PAGE ON JULY 21ST.
THE CITY'S COUNCIL, WHO'S HERE TODAY, ANSWERED BOTH IN WRITING.
BOTH ANSWERS WERE NO STAFF AND COUNCIL DID THEIR JOBS.
THEY APPLIED THE CURRENT POLICY.
HOWEVER, WHETHER THAT POLICY IS THE RIGHT ONE IS A QUESTION THAT BELONGS TO YOU AND THAT'S WHY I'M HERE.
MY FIRST REQUEST, TELL PEOPLE THAT THE PAGE EXISTS.
ANNOUNCE IT ONCE THROUGH CHANNELS THAT THE CITY ALREADY USES.
RESIDENT EMAILS, DUBLIN LIFE EVENT COMMUNICATIONS, ALL OF WHICH THE CITY DECLINED.
THE PAGE WILL BE SHARED ONLY WITH THE RESIDENTS WHO ASK, BUT CONSIDER WHAT THAT MEANS.
FOR WEEKS, THE CITY INVITED PEOPLE TO THIS FESTIVAL THROUGH ADS, EMAILS, AND SOCIAL MEDIA, AND NEVER ONCE MENTIONED THE TOLL MEASURING THEIR VISIT.
THOSE GUESTS CAN'T ASK ABOUT A PAGE THEY SIMPLY HAVE NEVER HEARD OF.
THE COUNTING IS THE ONLY PART NO ONE MENTIONED.
REQUEST NUMBER TWO, A SIMPLE ADDRESS EXCLUSION LIST.
CITY STAFF DRAW EVERY REPORT BOUNDARY IN THE PLATFORM.
A FAMILY ON A STREET BORDERING KAUFMAN PARK SAT INSIDE THAT BOUNDARY, SAT INSIDE THAT BOUNDARY.
STAFF WOULD NATURALLY DRAW FOR THIS YEAR'S ATTENDANCE REPORT.
I ASKED THAT STAFF KEEP A SHORT LIST OF HOMES TO DRAW AROUND
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ON THAT REQUEST.NO NEW AUTHORITY, NO COST, NO VENDOR INVOLVEMENT.
THE CITY ALSO DECLINED BECAUSE THEY STATED THAT THE DATA IS ANONYMIZED.
RESPECTFULLY, THAT ANSWERS A QUESTION I DIDN'T ASK.
A LOCATION REPORT CAN'T IDENTIFY A DEVICE, BUT IT DOESN'T NEED TO WHEN A BOUNDARY ITSELF ALREADY IDENTIFIES THE HOUSEHOLD.
THE QUESTION WAS NEVER WHAT THE VENDOR COLLECTS.
IT'S WHERE THE CITY CHOOSES TO DRAW ITS OWN LINES.
THE CITY HAS TOLD ME ITS PRACTICES ARE LEGAL, AND I SIMPLY DON'T DOUBT THAT WHATSOEVER.
HOWEVER, THE LAW IN THIS CASE IS THE FLOOR NOT STANDARD, AND DUBLIN HAS NEVER MEASURED ITSELF AGAINST THE FLOOR EVER.
ONE, DIRECT STAFF TO ANNOUNCE LOCATION ANALYTICS PAGE THROUGH EXISTING CHANNELS AND TWO DIRECT STAFF TO HONOR ADDRESSES, EXCLUSIONS, REQUESTS WHEN DRAWING REPORT BOUNDARIES BOTH COST ALMOST NOTHING.
ONE IS AN EMAIL, THE OTHER IS A LIST.
MY OFFER TO HELP STAFF AT NO COST STILL STANDS.
DUBLIN HAS ALREADY DONE MORE THAN MOST CITIES.
I ASK TONIGHT THAT YOU FINISH THE JOB AND HAVE DUBLIN LEADS THE STATE IN THIS AND OTHER ISSUES.
AND, UH, WE WILL OFFER OUR LEGAL TEAM TO CONTINUE TO MEET WITH YOU AND RESOLVE THOSE CONCERNS.
ANY OTHERS WANNA SPEAK ON AN ITEM THAT IS NOT ON THIS EVENING'S AGENDA? OKAY.
HEARING NONE BRINGS US TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.
[CONSENT AGENDA ]
PORTION OF OUR AGENDA IS THE REQUEST TO REMOVE AN ITEM FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA THAT CONSISTS OF THE JULY 1ST, AUGUST 3RD, AND THE SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING OF AUGUST 3RD AS WELL.HEARING NONE, I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.
JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE MS. CRAM? YES.
[Ordinance 36-26 ]
INTRODUCTION.FIRST READING OF ORDINANCES, PORTION OF OUR AGENDA.
AND WE WILL BEGIN WITH ORDINANCE 36 DASH 26 AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AND ACCEPT NECESSARY CONVEYANCE DOCUMENTS AND CONTRACTS TO ACQUIRE 0.068 ACRE EASEMENT FROM THE PROPERTY, LOCATED AT 4 4 9 7 HARD ROAD IDENTIFIED AS FRANKLIN COUNTY PARCEL NUMBER 2 7 3 0 0 9 8 7 1 0 0 FROM WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP FOR THE PUBLIC PURPOSE OF CARRYING OUT THE ANNUAL STORM WATER MANAGEMENT BASIN MAINTENANCE PROGRAM 2026 PROJECT I'LL REDUCE.
ALRIGHT, IN MICHAEL HENDERSHOT WILL DELIVER OUR STAFF REPORT THIS EVENING.
GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION THIS EVENING AS AN ORDINANCE TO ACQUIRE A PERMANENT ACCESS EASEMENT FOR THE ANNUAL STORM WATER MANAGEMENT BASE AND MAINTENANCE PROGRAM 2026 PROJECT.
THE ANNUAL STORM WATER MANAGEMENT BASIN AND MAINTENANCE PROGRAM PROVIDES FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF CITY OF DUBLIN OWNED AND MAINTAINS STORMWATER MANAGEMENT BASINS AS IDENTIFIED IN THE STORMWATER MASTER PLAN.
THE ANNUAL STORMWATER MANAGEMENT BASIN MAINTENANCE PROGRAM 2026 PROJECT WAS IDENTIFIED AS PART OF THE OVERALL PROGRAM AND INCLUDES IMPROVEMENTS TO A DRY DETENTION BASIN ON THE CITY RESERVE AREA IN THE RIVERSIDE WOODS NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND ON 44 10 MAY APPLE COURT WITHIN THE CITY DRAINAGE EASEMENT IN THE WOODLANDS NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE PROJECT INCLUDES REGRADING INSTALLATION OF STORM SEWER, PLACEMENT OF ROCK WITH UNDER DRAIN INSTALLATION OF AN OUTLET CONTROL STRUCTURE AND CONSTRUCTION OF A BERM AND EMERGENCY SPILLWAY TO IMPROVE BASIN FUNCTIONALITY AND PERFORMANCE.
THE PROJECT IS CURRENTLY PLANNED TO BE ADVERTISED FOR BIDS LATER THIS MONTH IN AUGUST WITH CONSTRUCTION PLAN TO COMMENCE IN FALL 2026 AND BE COMPLETED BY BY SPRING 2027.
TO FACILITATE CONSTRUCTION AND SUPPORT LONG-TERM MAINTENANCE OF THE RIVERSIDE WOODS BASIN, THE PROJECT REQUIRES ACQUISITION OF A PERMANENT AND PERPETUAL ACCESS EASEMENT FROM WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, THE PROPERTY OWNER OF 44 97 HARD ROAD.
THE CITY HAS PARTICIPATED IN GOOD FAITH DISCUSSIONS WITH WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP REGARDING THIS EASEMENT.
AT THE APRIL 14TH, 2026, WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVED A MOTION AUTHORIZING TOWNSHIP ADMINISTRATOR ERIC RICHTER TO EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS TO DONATE THE EASEMENT AT 44 97 HARD ROAD TO THE CITY.
THE CITY WOULD LIKE TO THANK WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR THEIR KIND GESTURE AND DONATION, WHICH HELPS TO ALLOW FOR THE EXECUTION OF THE PROJECT.
THIS ORDINANCE AUTHORIZES THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AND ACCEPT ON BEHALF OF THE CITY ALL NECESSARY CONVEYANCE DOCUMENTS TO FORMALLY ACQUIRE THE NECESSARY
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PROPERTY INTEREST FROM THE PROPERTY OWNER.STAFF RECOMMENDS ADOPTION OF THIS ORDINANCE AT THE SECOND READING IN PUBLIC HEARING ON AUGUST 24TH, 2026, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS COUNSEL MIGHT HAVE REGARDING THIS ORDINANCE.
YOU WANNA TAKE A MOMENT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THIS EVENING THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING NONE COUNCIL QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION.
I JUST WANTED TO THANK WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP AGAIN FOR WORKING WITH US AND MAKING THAT DONATION.
THIS WILL BE SCHEDULED FOR SECOND READING, PUBLIC HEARING FOR AUGUST THE 24TH OF THIS YEAR.
[Ordinance 37-26 - Ordinance 42-26 ]
TO WAIVE COUNCIL RULES OF ORDER AND READ ORDINANCES 37 DASH 26 THROUGH 42 DASH 26 TOGETHER.JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE MAYOR A SCRUMS? YES.
COORDINATE 37 26 AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AND ACCEPT NECESSARY CONVEYANCE DOCUMENTS AND CONTRACTS TO ACQUIRE 0.238 ACRE WARRANTY DEED FROM THE PROPERTY.
LOCATED AT 7 7 2 0 RIVERSIDE DRIVE, IDENTIFIED AS FRANKLIN COUNTY PARCEL NUMBER 2 7 3 0 0 8 7 5 8 0 0 FROM SAMUEL L I'M SORRY, N LILLARD AND MONICA M ZON LILLARD FOR THE PUBLIC PURPOSE OF CONSTRUCTING THE RIVERSIDE DRIVE, SHARED JUICE PATH WATER MAIN AND SANITARY SEWER EXTENSIONS AND RELATED STREET MAINTENANCE PROJECT, WHICH SHALL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC WITHOUT CHARGE.
ORDINANCE 38 DASH 26 IS ACQUIRING A 0.085 ACRE WARRANTY DEED FROM THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 7 7 2 6 RIVERSIDE DRIVE FROM JOHN DAWSON.
ORDINANCE 39 DASH 26 IS ACQUIRING A 0.511 ACRE WARRANTY DEED, A 0.143 ACRE PERMANENT PERPETUAL PUBLIC UTILITY EASEMENT AND A 0.014 ACRE TEMPORARY EASEMENT FROM THE PROPERTY.
LOCATED AT 7 7 3 0 RIVERSIDE DRIVE FROM ANITA PLU AND CHARLES HESS.
ORDINANCE 40 DASH 26 IS ACQUIRING A 0.055 ACRE WARRANTY DEED AND A 0.014 ACRE TEMPORARY EASEMENT FROM PROPERTY LOCATED AT 7 7 7 8 RIVERSIDE DRIVE FROM SARAH STRAUSER, TRUSTEE OF THE SARAH STRAUSER REVOCABLE TRUST ORDINANCE 41 DASH 2126 IS ACQUIRING A 0.113 ACRE WARRANTY DEED AND A 0.055 ACRE TEMPORARY EASEMENT FROM THE PROPERTY.
LOCATED AT 7 8 3 6 RIVERSIDE DRIVE FROM REBECCA J. HAMILTON AND WESLEY N HAMILTON.
AND ORDINANCE 42 DASH 26 IS ACQUIRING A 0.039 ACRE PERMANENT PERPETUAL PUBLIC UTILITY EASEMENT FROM THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 4 4 1 0 MAY APPLE COURT FROM WILBERT W HARVEY AND BARBARA WISER HARVEY, I WANNA DO SO.
OUR STAFF REPORT WILL BE BROUGHT FORWARD THIS EVENING BY BRIAN CABLE.
MEMBERS OF COUNCIL FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION THIS EVENING ARE SIX ACQUISITIONS RELATED TO THE RIVERSIDE DRIVE, SUSE PATH WATER MAIN AND SANITARY SEWER EXTENSIONS AND RELATED STREET MAINTENANCE PROJECT.
THE OVERALL PROJECT AREA IS ALONG RIVERSIDE DRIVE BETWEEN HARD ROAD AND SUMMIT VIEW ROAD AND EXTENDS INTO THE DREXEL HILLS AND WOODLAND SUBDIVISIONS.
THIS PROJECT BRINGS TOGETHER SEVERAL PLANS, CITY PROJECTS, INCLUDING THE RIVERSIDE DRIVE EAST SHARED USE PATH, TAUNT DRIVE TO WIND, WOODS BOULEVARD WATER MAIN EXTENSION AREAS THREE A AND THREE B SANITARY SEWER EXTENSION AREAS THREE A AND THREE C AND PLANNED STREET MAINTENANCE WITHIN THE WOODLANDS AND DREXEL HILLS SUBDIVISIONS.
THE PROPOSED SHARES USE PATH WILL CONNECT THE CITY'S MOBILITY NETWORK AND FILL IN THE EXISTING GAPS BETWEEN PATHS ALONG, EXCUSE ME, ALONG RIVERSIDE DRIVE, THE END AT TAUNT DRIVE AND AT THE NORTH, UH, AT WDO WOODS BOULEVARD.
THIS PROJECT WILL EXTEND PUBLIC WATER MAINE THROUGH THE AREA, UH, THREE A, WHICH IS IN TEAL IN YELLOW, AND CONNECT TO THE EXISTING DEAD END WATER MAINS AT HARD ROAD TAUNT DRIVE AND W WOODS BOULEVARD.
ADDITIONALLY, STAFF WILL HAVE COORDINATED WITH PROPERTY OWNERS IN BOTH AREAS, THREE A AND THREE B IN GREEN TO INSTALL WATER SERVICES TO HOMEOWNERS WHO HAVE AGREED TO CONNECT.
SANITARY SEWER WILL BE EXTENDED THROUGH AREAS THREE A AND THREE C UH, AND THREE C IS IN PINK, UH, TO THE EXISTING WIND AT WOODS BOULEVARD PUMP STATION.
SANITARY LATERALS WILL BE INSTALLED TO ALL HOMES IN BOTH OF THESE AREAS.
FOLLOWING THE UTILITY EXTENSION PROJECTS, STREET MAINTENANCE WILL BE PERFORMED ALONG TAUNT DRIVE, OUS COURT, RED BAY COURT, AND MAYA COURT.
ADDITIONALLY, THE IMPACTED LANES AND RIVERSIDE DRIVE WILL BE RESURFACED.
ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY INTEREST FROM NINE PROPERTY OWNERS IN THE PROJECT AREA IS NECESSARY TO CONSTRUCT THE PROJECT.
ADDITIONALLY, EASEMENTS AND RIGHT OF WAY ARE PLANNED TO BE DEDICATED FROM CITY OF DUBLIN OWNED PROPERTIES TO THE NORTH AND SOUTH OF THIS IMAGE.
THE ORDINANCES BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING ARE FOR PARCELS NUMBER FOUR, UH, WHICH IS CIRCLED IN RED PARCEL NUMBER FIVE BESIDE
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IT ALSO IN RED PARCEL NUMBER SIX, WHICH IS A SLIGHTLY LARGER PARCEL.PARCEL NUMBER SEVEN, PARCEL EIGHT TO THE NORTH.
THE SIX ORDINANCE BEFORE COUNCIL THIS EVENING PROVIDE FOR SIX ACQUISITIONS OF PROPERTY.
AS DETAILED IN THE STAFF MEMO, THE CITY HAS PARTICIPATED IN GOOD FAITH DISCUSSIONS WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS AND HAVE ARRIVED AT MUTUALLY AGREEABLE TERMS. ON THE SCREEN NOW YOU CAN SEE PARCELS FOUR, FIVE, AND SIX, AND THIS IS PARCEL SEVEN, EIGHT, AND 11.
ALL SIX PROPERTY OWNERS AGREED TO THE CITY'S APPRAISED FAIR MARKET VALUE F ESTIMATE OR FMVE.
THE ADOPTION OF THESE ORDINANCES WILL AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY CONVEYANCE DOCUMENTS AND CONTRACTS TO FORMALLY ACQUIRE THE NECESSARY PROPERTY INTERESTS.
STAFF RECOMMENDS ADOPTION OF ORDINANCES 37 DASH 26 THROUGH 42 DASH 26 AT THE SECOND READ IN PUBLIC HEARING ON AUGUST 24TH, 2026.
I'LL DO MY BEST TO ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS COUNSEL MAY HAVE REGARDING THESE ORDINANCES.
WE'LL TAKE A MOMENT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING NONE COUNCIL'S QUESTION.
UM, IF NOBODY ELSE HAS ANY, UH, YOU KNOW, MANY OF THESE RESIDENT, UM, TO ON THE, THAT IS REALLY LOUD TONIGHT, ISN'T IT? UH, MANY OF THESE RESIDENTS ON THE WEST SIDE OF RIVERSIDE DRIVE SIT WELL BELOW WHERE THE SEWER LINE WILL BE.
DO WE HAVE ANY DRAWINGS OR DO WE HAVE ANY INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO THOSE PEOPLE IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO TIE INTO THE SEPTIC SYSTEM OF WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE? OR WOULD IT OR WOULD WE EXPECT EACH OF THEM TO DESIGN THEIR OWN SORT OF LIFT STATION OR WHATEVER THAT MIGHT BE TO BE ABLE TO RID THEMSELVES OF THE SEWER? YEAH, IT'S, UH, PRETTY COMMON PRACTICE WHEN HOMES ARE BELOW THE GRADE OF THE, UH, GRAVITY SYSTEM THAT, UH, HOMES WILL HAVE TO BE, UH, THEY'LL HAVE TO DESIGN AND WORK WITH A PRIVATE CONTRACTOR THAT WILL INSTALL A GRINDER PUMP IS WHAT IT'S CALLED.
UM, AND THAT WOULD FORCE THEIR SEPTIC UP TO THE GRAVITY SERVICE.
UH, THAT'LL BE A LONG RIVERSIDE DRIVE.
SO, UH, THE CITY'S GOING TO INSTALL THE GRAVITY SERVICE FROM THE MAIN TO THE WEST, UH, SIDE OF RIVERSIDE DRIVE, UM, FOR THESE OWNERS.
SO THAT'LL BE THE GRAVITY PORTION.
UH, AND THEN WE'LL END IT WITH A SMALL, UH, MANHOLE FOR THEM TO TIE INTO, UH, WITH THEIR SYSTEM.
UM, ONCE THE SANITARY IS FULLY ACCEPTED AND APPROVED, UH, BY THE CITY AND CITY OF COLUMBUS, UH, WHAT WE DO IS WE SEND A, A PRETTY DETAILED PACKET, UH, THAT EXPLAINS, YOU KNOW, THE PROCESS TO CONNECT AND ALSO DISCUSSES, UH, SOME OF THOSE TOPICS THAT SOME HOMES MAY REQUIRE GRINDER PUMPS IF THEY'RE LOWER THAN THE ELEVATIONS, UH, THAT THE GRAVITY SYSTEM HAS.
SO THERE'LL BE MULTIPLE OF THOSE.
AND THEN WE'VE ALSO HAD, UH, ONE PUBLIC MEETING ON THIS PROJECT AS WELL WHERE WE EXPLAIN THAT, UH, TO SOME OF THE OWNERS AS WELL.
SO, AND I'M ASSUMING THOSE WILL BE PERMITABLE, UM, UH, THEY WOULD HAVE TO SUBMIT FOR A PERMIT FOR THAT.
SO ARE WE COMMUNICATING WHAT OUR EXPECTATIONS ARE OF, IN TERMS OF SPECIFICATIONS SO THAT THEY DON'T GO THROUGH THE EXERCISE OF DESIGNING? HAVE, YOU KNOW, HAVING THIS SYSTEM DESIGNED ONLY TO GO FOR A PERMIT AND IT BE TURNED DOWN? YEAH.
THE, UH, PRIVATE CONTRACTORS ARE SPECIALIZED AT REVIEWING WHAT, UH, SIZE PUMP THE HOMES ARE GONNA REQUIRE, WHAT KIND OF OUTPUTS THEY'RE HAVING THAT GET INTO THEIR SYSTEM.
UM, AND THEN THEY SUBMIT FOR, UH, PERMITS WITH THE CITY, BOTH FOR SEWER AND OR WATER, UH, DEPENDING ON WHAT IT IS.
AND THEN ALSO A RIGHT OF WAY PERMIT.
SO, UH, WE REVIEW THOSE APPLICATIONS WHEN THEY COME IN AND ALSO WORK WITH THE CONTRACTORS AS MOST OF THE, UH, PEOPLE THAT SUBMIT THEM ARE, UH, THE CONTRACTORS ON BEHALF OF THE RESIDENTS.
BUT I WOULD IMAGINE IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO COVER EVERY CONTRACTOR THAT THEY MIGHT CHOOSE.
SO DO WE HAVE LIKE A, A HANDBOOK OR A GUIDE THAT IS, IS AVAILABLE UPFRONT OR ARE WE JUST RELYING ON EACH INDIVIDUAL CONTRACTOR TO MAKE THEMSELVES AWARE OF WHAT OUR SPECIFICATIONS WOULD BE? YEAH, UH, LEGALLY WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO SPECIFY CONTRACTORS, BUT, UM, NO, NO, NOT THE CONTRACTOR, BUT A HANDBOOK IN TERMS OF WHAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE, WHAT WHAT WILL PASS INSPECTION SO THAT IN THE EVENT THAT THEY SELECT A CONTRACTOR THAT MAYBE HASN'T WORKED IN THE CITY OF DUBLIN BEFORE.
YOU KNOW, DO WE HAVE SOMETHING AVAILABLE FOR SO THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO YEAH.
SELECT A SMALL GROUP OF CONTRACTORS.
SO IN ADDITION TO THE PACKET WE PROVIDE WHEN THE SANITARY IS ACCEPTED, UH, WE'LL ALSO, UH, PROVIDE EXAMPLES, UH, FOR PREVIOUS PERMITS IF SOMEBODY, UH, WOULD LIKE TO SEE ONE THAT MAYBE HAD A GRINDER PUMP AND BEFORE, UM, AND THEN AGAIN, WE'LL, WE'LL TALK WITH THEM
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AND THEIR CONTRACTOR TO TRY AND PROVIDE WHAT GUIDANCE WE CAN, UH, FOR SIZING THOSE, UH, EQUIPMENT.YEAH, AND PROBABLY A POINT OF CLARIFICATION, MAYOR, TO YOUR QUESTION, WE'RE NOT GOING TO REVIEW THE SIZE OF THEIR PUMP.
WE'RE REALLY JUST PERMITTING THEIR DISCHARGE OF THEIR SEWAGE INTO OUR SYSTEM.
SO WE'RE NOT GONNA REVIEW THE DESIGN OF THEIR PUMP PER SE.
SO THAT'S REALLY GONNA BE UP TO THEIR CONTRACTOR TO DO ON THEIR OWN.
UH, BUT, AND THEN THE WATER LINE WILL COME UNDER RIVERSIDE DRIVE, THERE'LL BE A TERMINATION FOR THE HOMES ON THE WEST SIDE, OR WILL THEY BE RESPONSIBLE TO TRAVELING TO THE EAST SIDE TO PICK IT UP? YEAH, SO FOR ALL THE HOMES THAT HAVE SIGNED A WATER COMMITMENT LETTER, UH, WE'LL BOTH INSTALL A SLEEVE AND A WATER SERVICE ALL THE WAY OVER TO THE CURB BOX.
THAT'LL BE ALONG THE RIGHT OF WAY LINE ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE, OF THE HOME.
SAME THING FOR THE EASTERN SIDE.
UM, BUT JUST THEY WON'T HAVE A SLEEVE THAT, UH, WILL GET THEM UNDER THE ROAD.
UH, FOR ANY HOMES THAT HAVEN'T SIGNED A WATER COMMITMENT LETTER, WHICH, UH, THANKFULLY ARE NOT, NOT TOO MANY, UM, WE'LL STILL INSTALL A SLEEVE TO MAKE THAT, UM, THAT SERVICE MORE REASONABLE TO GET.
UM, BUT UNFORTUNATELY WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO INSTALL WATER SERVICE THAT SOMEBODY'S NOT COMMITTED TO, UH, SIGN UP FOR.
THAT TOO WILL BE SCHEDULED FOR SECOND READING, PUBLIC HEARING, UH, ON AUGUST 24TH, 2026.
[Ordinance 43-26 ]
BRINGS US TO ORDINANCE 43 DASH 26, AUTHORIZING THE PROVISION OF CERTAIN INCENTIVES TO JOHN W DANFORTH COMPANY TO INDUCE IT TO LEASE SPACE IN AN EXISTING OFFICE BUILDING TO RE-LOOK AT THE COMPANY'S EXISTING OFFICE FROM WITHIN THE CITY TO AND TO EXPAND THAT NEW OFFICE IN ITS ASSOCIATED OPERATIONS AND WORKFORCE, AND TO RELOCATE EXISTING AND CREATE NEW JOBS AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES ALL WITHIN THE CITY, AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.OUR STAFF REPORT WILL BE BROUGHT FORWARD THIS EVENING BY JEN GEHRING.
JOHN W DANFORTH COMPANY IS CONSIDERING RELOCATING TO A LEASE SPACE IN DUBLIN.
JOHN DANFORTH COMPANY IS FULL, A FULL CYCLE, UM, MECHANICAL SERVICES PROVIDER AND MECHANICAL CONTRACTING, ENGINEERED BUILDING SYSTEMS AND ENG ENERGY SOLUTIONS.
THE PROPOSED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT INCLUDES A TWO YEAR 15% INCENTIVE ON WITHHOLDINGS, SUBSEQUENTLY FOLLOWED BY A FIVE YEAR, 10% PERFORMANCE INCENTIVE ON WITHHOLDINGS, VALUED AT $353,000 FOR THE TERM OF THE AGREEMENT IN CONSIDERATION OF THE COMPANY'S INVESTMENT AND PLANNED WORKFORCE GROWTH IN DUBLIN.
THE CITY IS ALSO PROPOSING A $50,000 LOCATION GRANT TO SUPPORT CONSTRUCTION COSTS RELATED TO THE RENOVATION OF THE FACILITY.
THE PROJECT WOULD RESULT IN A RETENTION OF 125 JOBS AND THE CREATION OF A HUNDRED JOBS BASED WITHIN THE CITY BY DECEMBER 31ST, 20, 20 33.
THE PROJECT IS ANTICIPATED TO BRING APPROXIMATELY 1,904,000 IN NET WITHHOLDINGS THROUGH THE SEVEN YEAR TERM OF THE PROJECT.
STAFF RECOMMENDS COUNCIL APPROVAL OF THIS ORDINANCE ON AUGUST 24TH.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
WANNA TAKE A MOMENT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING NONE COUNCIL QUESTIONS.
WE, THAT WILL, UH, BE BEFORE US FOR SECOND READING, PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED ON AUGUST 24TH, 2026.
[Ordinance 44-26 ]
NEXT UP WILL BE ORDINANCE 44 DASH 26, AUTHORIZING THE PROVISION OF CERTAIN INCENTIVES TO INSOURCE LLC TO INDUCE IT TO LEASE SPACE IN AN EXISTING OFFICE BUILDING TO RELOCATE THE COMPANY'S EXISTING OFFICE FROM WITHIN THE CITY, AND TO EXPAND THAT NEW OFFICE AND ITS ASSOCIATED OPERATIONS AND WORKFORCE, AND TO RELOCATE EXISTING AND CREATE NEW JOBS AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES ALL WITHIN THE CITY AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.OKAY, WE'RE GONNA STICK WITH JENNA FOR OUR STAFF REPORT.
INSOURCE, CONSIDERING RELOCATING ITS OFFICES TO ELISE FACILITY IN DUBLIN.
THE COMPANY PROVIDES STAFFING, HR, RECRUITING, AND TECH WORKFORCE TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS FOR INDUSTRIES INCLUDING FINANCIAL SERVICES, INSURANCE, HEALTHCARE, AND CONTACT CENTERS.
THE PROPOSED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT INCLUDES A 10% PERFORMANCE INCENTIVE ON WITHHOLDINGS OVER FIVE YEARS, VALUED UP TO A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
THE CITY IS ALSO PROPOSING A $50,000 LOCATION GRANT TO SUPPORT FACILITY RENOVATIONS AND CONSTRUCTION COSTS.
THE PROJECT WOULD RETAIN 80 JOBS AND CREATE 24 NEW DUBLIN BASED JOBS BY DECEMBER 31ST, 2031.
THE PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO GENERATE APPROXIMATELY 846,000 IN NET WITHHOLDINGS OVER THE FIVE-YEAR TERM.
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RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OR COUNCIL APPROVAL OF THE ORDINANCE ON AUGUST 24TH, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING NONE COUNCIL QUESTIONS.
I HAVE A BUSY NIGHT ON AUGUST 24TH.
READING WILL BE HELD ON AUGUST 24TH FOR THIS AS WELL.
AND IT BRINGS US TO ORDINANCE 45
[Ordinance 45-26 ]
DASH 26 AUTHORIZING THE PROVISION OF CERTAIN INCENTIVES TO NORTHWEST BANK TO INDUCE IT, TO LEASE AN OFFICE BUILDING, TO RELOCATE EXISTING EMPLOYEES FROM OUTSIDE THE CITY AND EXPAND THE NEW OFFICE AND ITS ASSOCIATED OPERATIONS AND WORKFORCE ALL WITHIN THE CITY, AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.AND OUR STAFF REPORT WILL BE BROUGHT FORWARD THIS EVENING BY LUKE FLEMING.
UM, OUR TEAM HAS BEEN IN DISCUSSIONS WITH NORTHWEST BANK AND ENGAGING THEM ON AN INTEREST TO MOVE MAJORITY OF THEIR OPERATIONS TO THE CITY OF DUBLIN.
UM, AFTER AN EXHAUSTIVE NATIONWIDE SEARCH, UM, INCLUDING OPPORTUNITIES IN THEIR CURRENT HOMETOWN OF COLUMBUS, OHIO, UM, NORTHWEST BANK HAS CHOSEN TO RELOCATE MAJORITY OF THEIR OPERATIONS HERE TO DUBLIN.
THE TRANSITION WILL CONSIST OF MOVING CURRENT, UM, 120 EMPLOYEES HEADCOUNT, AND WITH THE HOPE TO EXPAND THAT HEADCOUNT TO 300 BY THE END OF 2034.
UM, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT PROPOSED BY THE CITY INCLUDES A FIVE YEAR, 15% PERFORMANCE INCENTIVE WITH ON THEIR WITHHOLDINGS, COLLECTED ON THEIR NET NEW EMPLOYEES, AND CAPPED AT $460,000 DURING THAT DURATION.
ALSO PROVIDES A ONE-TIME GRANT OF $50,000, UM, TO NORTHWEST BANK, PAYABLE UPON PROOF OF THE COMPANY'S, UM, EXECUTED 15 YEAR LEASE AGREEMENT AND PROOF OF OCCUPANCY PERMIT AS, UM, AS THEY WOULD BE READY TO MOVE IN.
UH, JUST WANTED TO ITERATE AGAIN THAT NORTHWEST BANK'S DECISION, UH, TO, TO LOCATE HERE IN DUBLIN.
JUST SPEAKS VOLUMES, UH, TO OUR STRONG BUSINESS FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT AND OUR COMMITMENT TO BUILDING ECONOMIC GROWTH AND MOMENTUM.
UM, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THIS ORDINANCE ON THE AUGUST 24TH COUNCIL MEETING.
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING NONE COUNCIL QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION, KUDOS TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM.
ANY OTHERS? OKAY, THIS WILL BE SCHEDULED FOR SECOND READING, PUBLIC HEARING ON AUGUST 24TH AS WELL.
[Resolution 31-26 ]
BRINGS US TO INTRODUCTION, PUBLIC HEARING VOTE RESOLUTIONS PORTION OF OUR AGENDA.AND WE WILL BEGIN WITH RESOLUTION 31 DASH 26, ACCEPTING THE LOWEST AND BEST BID FOR THE CONCRETE CEILING MAINTENANCE 2026 PROJECT I.
AND WE WILL WELCOME BACK BRIAN GABLE FOR THE STAFF REPORT.
MEMBERS OF COUNCIL STAFF CONDUCTED A COMPETITIVE BID PROCESS FOR THE CONCRETE CEILING MAINTENANCE 2026 PROJECT.
THIS PROJECT PROVIDES FOR THE CEILING OF FOUR CONCRETE PEDESTRIAN TUNNELS UNDER MEREFIELD DRIVE, USING AN EPOXY URETHANE SEALER.
CONCRETE SPOT REPAIRS AND TUNNEL JOINT REPAIRS WILL BE PERFORMED PRIOR TO CEILING.
THIS PROGRAM IS FUNDED FROM THE 2026 THROUGH 2030 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM IN THE AMOUNT OF $300,000 FOR THE CONCRETE CEILING MAINTENANCE.
THE ENGINEER'S ESTIMATE FOR THE PROGRAM IS $115,000.
ON JUNE 17TH, 2026, THREE BIDS WERE RECEIVED AND PUBLICLY OPENED.
MARTIN PAINTING AND CODING COMPANY SUBMITTED THE LOWEST AND BEST BID OF $105,629.
THE WORK FOR THIS PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO COMMENCE IN AUGUST AND BE COMPLETE IN OCTOBER.
STAFF RECOMMENDS COUNCIL APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION 31 DASH 26, ACCEPTING AS LOWEST AND BEST THE BID OF MARTIN PAINTING AND CODING COMPANY IN THE AMOUNT OF $105,629 FOR THIS PROJECT.
I'D BE GLAD TO ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS COUNSEL MIGHT HAVE REGARDING THIS RESOLUTION.
YOU WANNA TAKE A MOMENT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING NONE COUNCIL QUESTIONS? DISCUSSION? UH, I HAVE ONE.
SO, YOU KNOW, THE, UM, FOURTH WATER PLANT IS ANTICIPATED COMING DOWN THROUGH THIS AREA WITH THEIR, UM, LINE BURIAL.
AND I'M WONDERING ARE, ARE WE TIMING THIS UP WITH THAT WORK? UH, BECAUSE IT APPEARS ON THE MAPS THAT I'VE SEEN, AND I KNOW THAT FINAL ALIGNMENTS HAVEN'T HAPPENED, BUT, UM, COULD THAT BE DISRUPTIVE TO SOME OF THESE, THESE AREAS? AND SHOULD WE PERHAPS HOLD OFF UNTIL THAT'S COMPLETE? UM, SO THESE PEDESTRIAN TUNNELS IN PARTICULAR, WE, WE HAVE LOOKED AT IN REV IN, UH, UH, IN RELATION TO THAT PROJECT.
UM, THEY ARE PLANNING TO EITHER GO AROUND, UM, OR BORE UNDER, UH, THESE TUNNELS.
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SO, UM, THEY ARE NOT PLANNING TO CURRENTLY IMPACT THEM, UH, IN ANY WAY.I WOULD JUST IMAGINE THAT IF THEY WERE BORING UNDER THEM THAT IT WOULD BE A, A MESSY SITUATION THROUGH THERE.
BUT I'M, I GUESS THAT IT WOULD BE THEIRS TO CLEAN UP THEN IF THEY, UH, WERE TO DAMAGE THEM OR SOMETHING IS, DON'T KNOW IF IT, IF IT'S WISE TO DO IT BEFORE OR AFTER THEY COME THROUGH.
BUT I, I WILL ACCEPT YOUR ANSWER.
JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE VICE MAYOR DEROSA? YES.
[OTHER BUSINESS ]
BUSINESS PORTION OF OUR AGENDA AND WE WILL BEGIN WITH THE ZONING CODE AND SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS AUDIT FOR THE FINAL REPORT AND ADOPTION.AND WITH THAT, WE WILL BEGIN WITH OUR STAFF REPORT WITH SARAH HOLT, AND SHE WILL BE JOINED BY GREG DALE, UH, I GUESS JUST GREG DALE.
GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
UM, YOU ALL RECOGNIZE GREG DALE, ONE OF OUR TRUSTED PARTNERS FROM MCBRIDE DALE CLARION.
AND AS NOTED, WE ARE HERE FOR THE CODE AUDIT REPORT ADOPTION.
YOU'LL REMEMBER THAT THIS PROJECT IS A CRITICAL STEP IN ALIGNING OUR ZONING AND SUBDIVISION CODES WITH ENVISION DUBLIN AND OTHER CITY POLICY DOCUMENTS.
THE PROJECT DOESN'T PROPOSE ANY CHANGES TO WID THE MUR DISTRICTS BRIDGE STREET OR THE HISTORIC DISTRICT CODES.
TONIGHT'S PURPOSE IS TO OBTAIN CITY COUNCIL DECISION ON THE REPORT AND THE NEXT STEPS SO THAT WE CAN BEGIN THE ACTUAL REWRITES.
AS YOU KNOW, THE CITY HAS PARTNERED WITH CLARION AND MDC ON MANY PROJECTS AND WE ARE EAGER TO CONTINUE THAT PARTNERSHIP.
AND WITH THAT, GREG IS GONNA DESCRIBE WHERE WE'VE BEEN DURING THE PROJECT.
UM, I'M JUST GONNA COVER A COUPLE THINGS.
UM, I JUST WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE LAND USE PRIORITIES AND, AND THE EVALUATION THEMES, JUST AS KIND OF A REFRESHER AS TO HOW WE GOT TO THIS POINT.
UM, AND THEN I WANNA REVISIT THE JUNE, 2026, UM, JOINT MEETING AND JUST TALK ABOUT HOW WE'VE ADDRESSED SOME OF THOSE THINGS, THINGS.
AND I'M GONNA TURN IT BACK OVER TO SARAH TO TALK ABOUT THE IMPLEMENTATION OPTIONS.
SO JUST TO REMIND COUNSEL, THIS IS A, THE PROJECT TIMELINE, IT STARTED RIGHT AT THE END OF 2025.
WE'RE ABOUT EIGHT MONTHS INTO IT, WE'RE ON SCHEDULE.
UM, YOU CAN SEE THE PROGRESSION OF WHAT WE'VE HAD HERE MOST RECENTLY, THE JOINT SESSION IN JUNE.
UM, AND THAT BRINGS US TO WHERE WE ARE TONIGHT.
SO WE'RE HAPPY TO, HAPPY TO BE ON TRACK WITH THIS.
UM, THIS, JUST TO REMIND COUNSEL, THIS IS KIND OF AN OVERVIEW OF HOW WE TRIED TO TIE THE LAND USE PRIORITIES TO THE EVALUATION THEMES.
I WON'T GO THROUGH THIS IN DETAIL, BUT THE FOUR BOXES THAT YOU SEE ON THE LEFT ARE THE LAND USE PRIORITIES THAT CAME FROM PRIMARILY THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, HAVING TO DO WITH THE QUALITY AND CHARACTER OF NEIGHBORHOOD AND SENSE OF PLACE, UH, MOBILITY, HOUSING AND INFILL AND ADAPTIVE REUSE.
THOSE WERE THEMES THAT KIND OF, THAT WE WERE USING AS FOUNDATIONAL.
AND THEN THE, UM, THE, UH, AUDIT ITSELF IS ORGANIZED AROUND THESE SIX THEMES THAT YOU HEARD IN THE PRESENTATION IN JUNE.
SO JUST A COUPLE OF POINTS ABOUT WHAT WE HEARD, UH, FROM COUNCIL IN THAT, IN THAT DISCUSSION.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, I THINK THERE WAS A PRETTY STRONG POSITIVE REACTION ABOUT JUST THE NEED TO REORGANIZE THE CODE AND TO CREATE A MUCH MORE USER FRIENDLY, GRAPHICALLY ORIENTED DOCUMENT THAT, THAT, THAT ALONE WOULD BE A MAJOR IMPROVEMENT.
UH, THERE WAS CONCERN ADDRESSED, OR NOT CONCERN, BUT JUST A, A CAUTION ADDRESSED TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE TRACKED PUBLICLY.
KIND OF THE TRANSPARENCY ELEMENT OF THIS, BOTH THROUGH CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT, BUT ALSO CLEARLY IDENTIFYING CHANGES AS AS THEY OCCUR.
THERE WAS DISCUSSION ABOUT THE SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS AND THE NEED FOR DESIGN AND LAYOUT STANDARDS, A FAIR AMOUNT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT THE THE PUD PROCESS.
WE HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR THAT THE PLAN UNIT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS IS STILL A VITAL TOOL FOR THE CITY.
AND IT INTENDS TO USE IT, FRANKLY, ANYTHING OUTSIDE OF THE SPECIAL DISTRICTS THAT'S OF ANY, ANY SIZE OR CONSEQUENCES LIKELY TO OCCUR THROUGH THAT PUD PROCESS.
SO THAT WILL RECEIVE A LOT OF ATTENTION, THE IMPORTANCE OF TYING THE AUDIT TO THE FISCAL HEALTH AND SUSTAINABILITY.
UM, AND THEN IN PARTICULAR, UM, I THINK WHAT WE REALIZED IS THE AU AUDIT WAS NOT STRONG ENOUGH IN ACKNOWLEDGING THE HISTORIC DISTRICTS AND JUST THE IMPORTANCE OF, OF STRENGTHENING CONTINUING STRENGTH.
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AND THEN, UH, THEN ARE, UH, A NUMBER OF KIND OF TOPICS, PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT OF WHICH HAS TO DO WITH THE HOUSING ISSUE.AND AGAIN, THE CAUTION THAT WE HEARD THAT WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT HOW TO MEET THE NEEDS OF HOUSING, AS CALLED FOR AN IN COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THAT ANYTIME THAT GETS GETS INTO DISCUSSIONS ABOUT INCREASES IN DENSITY, THAT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO TREAD CAREFULLY ON AND BE VERY DELIBERATE IN THE DISCUSSIONS.
UH, WE KNOW THAT THAT'S, THAT'S AN IMPORTANT ISSUE FOR THE CITY.
SO I WON'T GO THROUGH THESE IN, IN ANY, ANY DETAIL, BUT WE HEARD, WE HEARD, WE LISTENED AND WE MADE SOME CHANGES TO THE AUDIT THAT HOPEFULLY COUNCIL FEELS LIKE ADDRESSED.
I BELIEVE YOU'RE PROVIDED WITH A TRACK CHANGE, UH, VERSION OF THAT.
HONESTLY, A LOT OF THE CHANGES WERE KIND OF CLEANUP CHANGES, BUT THERE WERE CHANGES, EDITS THAT WERE MADE TO ADDRESS, UH, SOME OF THOSE CONSIDERATIONS.
UH, NEW LANGUAGE ABOUT HOW THE VISION DOCUMENTS WILL BE INCORPORATED, THE SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS, UH, THE ISSUE I TALKED ABOUT IN TERMS OF HISTORIC DISTRICTS.
UM, AND THEN JUST A VARIETY OF SMALLER KIND OF FOOTNOTE NOTES KINDS OF THINGS THAT WERE ADDED TO THE AUDIT.
BASED UPON THE COMMENTS, UH, FROM COUNSEL.
UM, THE, THAT IS A QUICK OVERVIEW.
SARAH'S GONNA TALK ABOUT THE RECOMMENDATION OF STAFF AT THIS POINT.
AND RECOMMEND, UH, REGARDING THE ACTUAL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CODE REWRITE AT THE JUNE JOINT WORK SESSION.
THE GROUP OVERWHELMINGLY RECOMMENDED OPTION TWO, WE CONCUR.
AND THAT TIMEFRAME WILL BE APPROXIMATELY TWO YEARS SPLIT INTO TWO SEPARATE PHASES TO MAKE THINGS EASIER TO TRACK.
SO WITH THAT, WE ARE REQUESTING ADOPTION OF THE REPORT AND THE NEXT STEPS AS OUTLINED IN THE MEMO.
AND WE ARE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.
I WANNA TAKE A MOMENT FOR 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.
WENDY, YOU WANT TO START? OR AMY? EITHER.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.
UM, I JUST WANT SOME CLARIFICATION.
I KNOW THAT THIS PROJECT OUTSIDE THE PURVIEW OF THIS PROJECT IS THE WEST INNOVATION DISTRICT.
THIS PROJECT DOES NOT EVALUATE OR PROPOSE SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES TO THE WEST INNOVATION DISTRICT.
IN A COUPLE OF TOPICS, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT CODE MODIFICATIONS IN THE WEST INNOVATION DISTRICT AND IT'S RECOMMENDED THAT WE TACKLE THE LONGER TERM CODE MODIFICATIONS UNDER THIS PROGRAM.
SO I GUESS I'M JUST, I'M NOT EVEN SURE WHAT I'M ASKING FOR.
I MEAN, IT'S OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ALL AWARE OF.
WE'RE ALL NODDING OUR HEADS THAT THIS LITTLE CONFLICT OF WORDING EXISTS.
BUT ANY, IS THERE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION YOU CAN PROVIDE THAT REASSURES ME THAT THE WEST INNOVATION DISTRICT WILL INDEED BE A PART OF THIS PROJECT AS WE MOVE FORWARD? YEAH, SO, SO FIRST OF ALL, ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE, UM, GIVENS IS THAT THOSE SPECIAL DISTRICT WEST, INNOVATION DISTRICT, MUR, HISTORIC DISTRICTS, BRIDGE STREET, UM, ARE NOT GOING TO BE MODIFIED IN ANY SUBSTANTIAL WAY WITH THIS.
NOW AS WE GET INTO IT, IF THERE ARE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED, CERTAINLY THOSE WILL BE BROUGHT FORWARD.
UM, BUT THE HARD WORK THAT WE JUST DID ON THE WEST INNOVATION DISTRICT IS NOT GONNA BE UPSET.
IN FACT, ONE OF THE COMMENTS THAT ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, MAYBE TWO COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON MADE WAS, UM, LET'S LEARN FROM THAT PROCESS AND IN PARTICULAR ON SOME OF THE LANDSCAPING, THE OPACITY ISSUES.
WE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT.
SO LET'S LEARN FROM THAT AS WE, AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
SO IT MAY BE THAT THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE LEARNED THAT ARE TRANSFERABLE FROM THE WEST INNOVATION DISTRICT.
DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? I THINK SO, YEAH.
ACTUALLY THAT MY WAS VERY SIMILAR, BUT UM, TO BE MORE SPECIFIC, WE HAVE SOME IN ON OUR NEXT COUPLE OF AGENDA ITEMS, WE ARE GONNA CONSIDER SHORT TERM CHANGES POSSIBLY TO THE WEST INNOVATION DISTRICT IN ID TWO AND THREE UNDER USES AND STUFF OUTSIDE OF THIS PROJECT.
BUT COUNCIL AGREED WHEN WE DID THE REZONING THAT WE SHOULD PROBABLY LOOK AT THE OVERALL ID TWO AND THREE FROM A LARGER PROCESS STANDPOINT.
SO THEY WOULD BE SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES, WHICH WASN'T IN YOUR SCOPE WHEN YOU DID THIS.
SO THE QUESTION IS, ARE WE AMENDING YOUR SCOPE TO INCLUDE THAT OR ARE WE GOING TO DO A SEPARATE PROJECT TO DO THAT? I'M SORRY, COULD YOU SAY THAT LAST PART AGAIN? ARE WE AMENDING YOUR SCOPE TO NOW INCLUDE IT OR ARE WE GOING TO DO A SEPARATE PROJECT? YEAH, SO IT WON'T BE A SEPARATE PROJECT.
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IT WILL, AND WE DON'T HAVE A FINAL SCOPE FOR THIS NEXT PHASE.SO I GUESS TO YOUR QUESTION, AND COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON'S QUESTION, WHEN WE'RE SAYING WE'RE NOT SUBSTANTIALLY MODIFYING SOME OF THOSE DISTRICTS, IT'S REALLY RELATED TO, OUR INTENT IS NOT TO GO BACK IN AND LOOK AT ID SIX AND RESTART THAT AS YOU AS YOU MENTIONED.
IN OUR NEXT TWO, TWO AGENDA ITEMS FROM NOW, WE'RE SAYING WE'RE GONNA DO SOME SHORT TERM THINGS POTENTIALLY TO ID TWO AND THREE BASED ON YOUR FEEDBACK.
BUT THEN AS WE LOOK AT THAT REST OF THAT WEST INNOVATION DISTRICT CODE, IF THINGS NEED TO BE MODIFIED FOR THOSE OTHER AREAS WITHIN THAT DISTRICT AND ANY OF THE OTHER ONES, WE CAN DO THAT.
AND THAT WILL BE PART OF OUR REVIEW.
IT'S JUST WE'RE NOT STARTING ID SIX FROM SCRATCH OR YOU KNOW, MAKING THOSE SIGNIFICANT SIMILAR WITH THE HISTORIC DISTRICTS.
LIKE WE JUST WENT THROUGH A MULTI-YEAR PROCESS FOR THAT.
OF COURSE WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT IT, REVIEW IT, BUT OUR INTENT IS NOT TO DRAMATICALLY CHANGE THAT DISTRICT.
ALSO, AS AN EXAMPLE, I GUESS THE, THE POINT WAS THOUGH THAT WE WANTED TO LOOK AT INTENSELY TWO AND THREE.
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE LOOK AT THEM.
AND THIS, THIS DOCUMENT JUST SAYS WE WILL NOT, AND THAT'S WHERE THE CONFUSION YEAH, I GET YOU.
WE, WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S INCLUDED.
SO YEAH, WE JUST WANT, I THINK THE SEPARATION PORTION OF THAT IS THAT THIS IS A TWO YEAR PROJECT AND WE DIDN'T WANT TO, FOR THAT TO WAIT TWO YEARS TO BE ADDRESSED.
I KNOW WE HAVE SHORT TERM STAFF, SO THE, WHEN WE, WHEN WE LOOK AT IT, IT'S GOING TO BE JUST A LOOK AT THOSE ID TWO, ID THREES AND MAKE THE SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES THAT WE'RE INTERESTED IN MAKING AT THAT POINT IN TIME SO THAT IT DOESN'T DRAG OUT TWO YEARS.
BUT THERE MIGHT, I GUESS THE POINT BEING JUST WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THIS DOCUMENT IN MUL IN MULTIPLE PLACES SAYS WE WILL NOT LOOK AT THE WID.
AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IT'S CLEAR THAT WE ARE STILL GOING TO LOOK AT COMPREHENSIVELY MAYBE CHANGES TO THE WID.
I THINK THAT THERE WILL BE A COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AT THE WID, BUT I THINK IT'S GONNA BE SEPARATE FROM THIS.
THAT IS GOING TO BE A, A DIFFERENT UNDERTAKING THAN THIS ONE THAT WILL TAKE TWO YEARS NO, TO SUBSTANTIVELY FINISH.
THAT'S NOT WHAT, THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING.
AGAIN, THAT'S HARD 'CAUSE THAT'S COMING HERE IN A MINUTE.
BUT YES, OUR PROPOSAL WITH THE LATER AGENDA ITEM IS WE WILL DO SOME REALLY QUICK FIXES BARRING YOUR INPUT NOW, AND THEN WE WOULD LOOK AT THE LARGER WID CODE WITH THIS CODE UPDATE SO THAT WE WOULD INCLUDE THAT MORE COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AT THAT.
'CAUSE WE'RE ALREADY DOING THE WORK, SO IT WOULD MAKE SENSE TO DO IT TOGETHER.
SO THAT LANGUAGE WILL NEED TO CHANGE THEN.
SO WE CAN UPDATE THIS TO INCLUDE THAT.
THAT'S, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE.
PROBABLY RE ROOTING, REMOVING THE KNOT IN THERE MIGHT FIX THAT.
UM, AND THEN JUST I HAVE, I JUST, I, I ACTUALLY READ THROUGH ALL OF YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS, LOTS OF GOOD SUGGESTIONS.
UM, THERE WERE SEVERAL PLACES WHERE YOU HAD, WE COULD GO THIS WAY OR THAT WAY.
AND I'M JUST GONNA THROW MY 2 CENTS IN ON THE PARKING ONE.
UM, THERE WAS A SUGGESTION, ONE OF THE SUGGESTIONS WAS TO LET THE MARKET DECIDE HOW MUCH PARKING WAS NEEDED.
AND I PERSONALLY WOULD DISAGREE WITH THAT APPROACH.
UM, I THINK IF BRIDGE STREET IS AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE, WHEN IT GOT DEVELOPED, THEY SAID, WE DON'T NEED LOADING ZONES, WE DON'T NEED THOSE THINGS.
AND THEN WE FOUND OURSELVES GOING BACK AND SPENDING MONEY ON A PARKING STUDY AND OPENING UP LOADING ZONES.
AND SO IF WE ASK THEM IF THEY WANNA PUT IT IN OR WITH THE, EVEN IF THE MARKET SAYS WE DON'T NEED IT THEN, AND THEN THE USE CHANGES TO SOMETHING ELSE AND THE MARKET CHANGES.
SO MY SUGGESTION WAS THE OTHER ONE, WHICH WAS LIKE, STILL KEEP THE MINIMUM, UM, INDUSTRY STANDARD PARKING STEPS.
SO THAT'S JUST MY 2 CENTS ON THAT ONE.
BUT ALL OF THE OTHER ONES, THE DIFFERENT SUGGESTIONS, UM, GOING DIFFERENT WAYS, I THINK WE, I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING HOW THAT WORKS OUT.
ACTUALLY MY COMMENT ACTUALLY ECHOES WHAT IAN JUST BROUGHT UP AND IT HAD TO DO WITH THE ELIMINATION OF THE PARKING MINIMUMS. AND THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE DID DISCUSS, UM, BEFORE I HAD BROUGHT UP THE CONCERNS, UM, BROUGHT UP BY A LOT OF THE RESIDENTS IN WARD THREE, UM, AT, WITH AVERY PARK.
AND THERE IS A LOT OF SPILLOVER.
UM, THE AUDIT REALLY FRAMES THAT, UM, THE PARKING REFORMS IS BENEFICIAL.
UM, AND IT STATES THAT IT'S UNAWARE OF ANY CITY THAT REVERSED A MINIMUM PARKING REPEAL.
ACTUALLY, I DID A CURSORY REVIEW AND ACTUALLY I WAS ABLE TO FIND A GREAT EXAMPLE OF MIAMI, UM, IN FLORIDA IN 2015.
THEY ACTUALLY REPEALED THE MINIMUM PARKING, UM, JUST TO REVERSE THAT IN 2022 BECAUSE OF THE CONCERNS THAT WE POINTED OUT, WHICH WAS SPILLOVER INTO ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL AREAS.
AND SO I WOULD ALSO, UM, ECHO WHAT AMY SAID IN KEEPING THE MINIMUM PARKING, UM, AND NOT REPEALING THAT ONLY BECAUSE WE'VE SEEN THIS TIME AND TIME AGAIN.
AND THERE IS PRECEDENT OF ACTUALLY ONCE A CITY HAS REPEALED THAT TO THEN GO AND REVERSE IT SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE OF THE OVERFLOW.
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YEAH, THANK YOU.UH, I HAD A SIMILAR QUESTION ABOUT THE WOOD AS WELL.
SO I APPRECIATE THE CLARIFICATION AND I, I WOULD ECHO, UM, UH, WHAT GREG AND AMY SAID AS WELL ABOUT THE PARKING.
UM, I JUST THINK THAT WE VERY CLEARLY SAW THE IMPACTS THAT IN, IN BRIDGE STREET AS AMY POINTED OUT.
UM, AND, AND SO I THINK WE SHOULD, UM, NOT LET THE MARKET DECIDE, OKAY, I'LL BE THE LONE WOLF FOR THE MARKET.
UM, SO I, I AM ALWAYS CONSTANTLY REMINDED OF OUR 7,000 PARKING SPOTS IN METRO CENTER.
IT JUST 7500, 7500 I UNDERESTIMATED 7,500 SPOTS.
AND NOW WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS WE ALL KNOW IS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO WITH THAT PRECIOUS LAND.
SO WE FIND OURSELVES IN THIS QUAGMIRE OF FORMULAS THAT WERE CAR-CENTRIC AND, AND NOT THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE CAR PRIMARY, BUT I THINK I WOULD LOOK TO YOU TO BRING US SOME CREATIVE WAYS TO THINK ABOUT HOW DO WE PUT OUT, HOW DO WE PUT BOUNDARIES ON IT THAT WE'RE NOT ENCROACHING BUT WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT THE FUTURE.
BECAUSE THE LAST THING WE WANNA DO AS WE DO THIS RENT, THIS REDO IS TO CREATE THAT SAME ENVIRONMENT AGAIN.
SO I WOULD LOOK TO YOU TO SAY, INSTEAD OF SAYING NO, I WOULD SAY BRING US SOMETHING THAT, THAT OTHERS ARE DOING THAT WE FIND INTERESTING.
WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT, UM, PLACEMAKING A LITTLE LATER TONIGHT.
AND I KNOW THE WORLD IS CHANGING ON THIS, SO I'M GONNA BE THE VOICE THAT SAYS BRING US SOMETHING.
UM, THEN I HAD A COUPLE QUESTIONS.
MY FIRST IS, WE'RE GONNA RUN THIS PROJECT SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH THE MIXED USE DISCUSSION.
DO YOU HAVE AN ESTIMATED TIMELINE FOR THAT PIECE OF WORK? YES, WE ARE WORKING ON THAT RIGHT NOW.
THERE WILL BE A LAUNCH ON THE 1ST OF SEPTEMBER AT ANOTHER JOINT WORK SESSION.
AND THE GOAL IS TO HAVE IT TRACK WITH THAT FIRST PHASE OF THE ACTUAL CODE REWRITES WHERE WE'RE JUST REORGANIZING INTO A UDO.
SO WE'RE CAPTURING THE MIXED USE ELEMENTS THAT WILL THEN INFORM PHASE TWO OF THE ACTUAL REWRITES.
SO THE TIMELINE IS APPROXIMATELY SIX MONTHS.
THAT'S GREAT BECAUSE I DO THINK THAT IS REALLY OF THE THINGS THAT WE KNOW BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS STRUGGLE WITH.
AND MY FINAL QUESTION, UM, RIGHT, IS JUST RELATED TO THE USE OF TECHNOLOGIES.
I MEAN, TWO YEARS IS A LONG TIME.
WE'RE GOING TO SEE, I THINK WE TALKED LAST TIME ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT VISUALS ARE, BUT THEY NEED TO BE SEARCHABLE AND USABLE.
'CAUSE I THINK WHAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE IS JUST PARTICULARLY IN, I MEAN THIS IS A DATA RICH, THIS IS AN AI.
IF, IF THERE WAS ANYTHING WITH AI PRINT, THIS IS A PROJECT WHERE THAT COULD BE, COULD YOU SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT TOOLS YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT USING? AND IF THERE'S, UM, SOMETHING, SOME THOUGHTS ON INTERESTING.
HONESTLY, I I, I'LL JUST GIVE YOU THE HONEST ANSWER AT THIS POINT.
NO, WE, WE UNDERSTAND WE'RE LIKE EVERY OTHER PROFESSION IN THE WORLD RIGHT NOW THAT IS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO BEST UTILIZE EMERGING AI TOOLS.
UM, AND SO WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THOSE AND TRYING TO IDENTIFY THE ONES THAT MIGHT BEST FIT THE CITY.
UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE HONEST ANSWER IS THAT'S JUST TO BE LOOKED AT AND I APPRECIATE THAT.
SO WE'D LIKE TO LEARN WITH YOU SO THAT AS WE'RE EVOLVING HERE, I MEAN, I THINK ALL OF US WOULD SAY E EVERY EIGHT YEARS, WE SHOULDN'T TAKE TWO MORE YEARS TO DO IT AGAIN, IF THERE'S TOOLS THAT CAN HELP US ALONG THE WAY.
SO I KNOW YOU WOULD ADVOCATE FOR THAT AS WELL.
SO YES, HELP US THINK, AND I, I WOULD ENCOURAGE AND, AND I WILL KEEP ASKING THAT QUESTION.
SO AS WE MOVE FORWARD, SO, AND I THANK YOU FOR THIS WORK.
SO I'M GONNA PIGGYBACK ON WHAT THE VICE MAYOR WAS TALKING ABOUT WITH RESPECT TO PARKING 90 ACRES AND 7,500 SPOTS IN METRO CENTER.
UM, A MINIMUM PARKING STANDARD MINIMUM COULD MEAN A LOT OF THINGS.
I DON'T KNOW WHEN THE LAST TIME WAS THAT WAS UPDATED, BUT OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS TALKING ABOUT B-R-T-B-R-T MEANS PEOPLE ARE COMING INTO OUR CITY NOT ON A, IN A CAR, SO THEY'RE NOT GONNA HAVE TO HAVE A PLACE TO PARK A CAR.
SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE A STANDARD, WE NEED TO HAVE PLACES TO PARK CERTAINLY, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO BE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT OVERSHOOTING THAT ESTIMATE.
I WILL ALSO PIGGYBACK ON VICE MAYOR DEROSA, BUT ON THE AI TOPIC, UM, AS YOU LOOK AT TOOLS, I MEAN, I THINK THE FIRST THING ANY OF US WOULD CONSIDER IS WHAT CAN HELP ME GET IT DONE FASTER? UM, BUT I WOULD ALSO ENCOURAGE YOU TO BE THINKING ON THE CONSUMPTION END OF IT FOR THE PEOPLE WHO NEED TO USE THAT CODE AND SEARCH THAT CODE AND GLEAN FROM THAT CODE, UM, THEIR GUIDELINES.
SO IT'S, IT'S NOT JUST CREATION, BUT IT'S CREATION FOR, UM, CONSUMPTION BY LARGE LANGUAGE
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MODELS AND EVENTUAL USE BY, YOU KNOW, THE TARGETED END USERS.SO JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT IF IT'S NOT ON, ON YOUR RADAR.
I I, UM, I GUESS I WOULD FALL IN THE, WE NEED TO DO PARKING DIFFERENTLY.
UH, YOU KNOW, EVERY GROCERY STORE IN THE CITY, EVERY, YOU KNOW, I'LL SAY A BIG BOX KIND OF USE, BUT I WOULD INCLUDE IN THE BIG BOX USES BIG OFFICES, SEEMS TO BE OVER PARKED CITYWIDE NOW THAT NOW THERE ARE CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS.
THERE'S SOME RESTAURANTS AND OTHER THINGS THAT ARE UNDER PARKED.
SO I, AND YOU KNOW, PERHAPS IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO KNOW HOW MANY OF THE PARKING MODELING HAS CHANGED SINCE IF, IF WE BUILT METRO CENTER TODAY, HOW MANY PARKING SPOTS WOULD WE HAVE TO HAVE? IS IT STILL THE SAME 7,500 OR WOULD IT YIELD 3,200 OR, YOU KNOW, 3,200 OR WHAT THAT NUMBER MIGHT BE? SO I THINK BEFORE WE SAY DON'T USE THE MODELS, I WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND HOW THE MODELS HAVE CHANGED AND WHAT THE RESULT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, IF, IF WE WERE TO BUILD IT TODAY TO STEAL ONE OF MY FAVORITE SHOWS TO WATCH OF HOW THAT WOULD BE DONE.
SO, UM, I WOULD STRONGLY ENCOURAGE US TO UNDERSTAND THAT BEFORE WE SAY THAT THE MODEL THAT WE HAVE IS EITHER PERFECT OR BROKEN, I DON'T KNOW.
UM, AND THEN THE SECOND THING I HAVE, YOU HAVE A MATRIX ON THE AUDIT REPORT MATRIX, AND IT GOES WITH IMPROVED USABILITY AND CLARITY, UM, IMPROVED PROCESS, ALIGN WITH THE CITY, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.
THE, UM, EIGHTH COLUMN IS PROMOTE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND IN THAT COLUMN ARE THREE CHECKS.
AND I THINK WE NEED TO PUT A CHECK IN EVERY ONE OF THOSE COLUMNS THAT IF WE ENHANCE SITE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, I THINK THAT IS PROMOTING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
IF WE'RE GOING TO UPDATE PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, THAT'S AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAY.
SO JUST AS MUCH AS EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING IS TO IMPROVE USABILITY AND CLARITY, I THINK EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING IS TO PROMOTE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE THOSE ARE KIND OF TWO PS IN A POD.
UM, SO I JUST, I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE A CHECK MARK IN EVERY ONE OF THOSE COLUMNS AND KEEP THAT ON THE FOREFRONT OF OUR MIND OF WHY WE'RE DOING THIS.
UM, I THINK THAT CONCLUDES THE COUNCIL QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSIONS.
SO WITH THAT, I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE FINAL CODE AUDIT REPORT AND NEXT STEPS.
JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE DR. LAMB? YES.
THIS BRINGS US TO THE BRIDGE STREET CORRIDOR VISIONING UPDATE, AND OUR STAFF REPORT WILL BE BROUGHT FORWARD THIS EVENING BY TAMMY NOBLE, AND SHE WILL BE JOINED BY JEFF SPECK FROM SPEC DEMPSEY.
SO THE PURPOSE OF THIS EVENING'S, UH, CONVERSATION WITH CITY COUNCIL IS TO UPDATE CITY COUNCIL ON A WORK SESSION THAT WE HAD A VERY PRODUCTIVE WORK SESSION THAT WE HAD IN JUNE.
WE'RE VERY THANKFUL FOR COUNCIL'S FEEDBACK.
WE WANNA ENSURE THAT YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH WHAT WE HEARD DURING THAT DISCUSSION, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, MOVE, WELL, NOT MORE IMPORTANTLY, BUT MOVE FORWARD TO THE FINAL STAGES OF A, A REPORT THAT WE WOULD PRODUCE FOR CITY COUNCIL.
ANTICIPATE, ANTICIPATE TIMEFRAMES ARE ROUGHLY, UM, SEPTEMBER.
SO WE WILL BE MOVING INTO THE NEXT STAGE UPON, UM, COMMENTS FROM CITY COUNCIL.
SO THIS EVENING'S, UH, CONVERSATION IS CENTERED AROUND A PROJECT THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON WITH FOR SEVERAL YEARS WITH, UH, TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY, UM, REGARDING THE BRIDGE STREET CORRIDOR VISIONING STUDY.
THIS DOES, HAS TWO SEPARATE PHASES THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON, BUT WE ARE LOOKING AT THIS AS A HOLISTIC CORRIDOR.
UH, WE DO BELIEVE THAT THIS IS IMPLEMENTING THE, UH, TERMS AND POLICIES RELATED TO ENVISION DUBLIN, SIMILAR TO WHAT WE JUST HEARD.
UM, AGAIN, IT TREATS THIS CORRIDOR AS ONE CORRIDOR, ALTHOUGH THERE ARE SPECIFIC CHALLENGES THAT WE FOUND IN EACH ONE OF THOSE CORRIDORS.
WE WANT TO BUILD UPON WHAT WE'VE PRESENTED TO CITY COUNCIL FOR SPECIFICALLY THE EAST BRIDGE STREET CORRIDOR VISIONING STUDY, UH, WHICH WE'LL DISCUSS HERE IN A MOMENT.
UM, BUT BOTH IMPROVE SAFETY, COMFORT AND CONNECTIVITY FOR ALL OF OUR USERS.
SO WE'RE EXPLORING MORE MOBILITY OPTIONS FOR OUR USERS.
IT ALSO SUPPORTS REDEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC INVESTMENT, WHICH WE BELIEVE THAT DUBLIN IS WELL ROUNDED IN THESE CONCEPTS IN MULTIPLE PROJECTS, BUT INCLUDING THIS.
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AT OPPORTUNITIES FOR BRT, WHICH WAS A BIG TOPIC OF CONVERSATION AT THE JUNE WORK SESSION.SO IN TERMS OF THE EAST, UH, BRIDGE, STREET CORRIDOR VISIONING, UH, SESSION, AGAIN, THIS WAS THE ORIGINAL, UH, STUDY THAT WE PRESENTED TO CITY COUNCIL APPROXIMATELY A YEAR AGO.
UM, IT DID PRESENT, UM, OPPORTUNITIES FOR CITY COUNCIL TO CONSIDER AS WELL AS ALTERNATIVES THAT WE PRESENTED.
UH, WE DID HAVE A PREFERRED OPTION, SPECIFICALLY OPTION A THAT WE PRESENTED TO CITY COUNCIL.
UM, THERE WAS SIGNIFICANT CONVERSATION REGARDING THAT OPTION.
AND SO WE'VE BROUGHT IN, UH, A EXPERT IN THE, UH, PLANNING WORLD FOR ROCKABILITY, MR. JEFF SPEC, WHO'S, UH, WE'RE FORTUNATE TO HAVE TONIGHT.
UM, WE DID ASK FOR THEIR CONSIDERATION ABOUT THIS ALTERNATIVE, AND THERE WAS SUPPORT, CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR THIS ALTERNATIVE.
UM, AND WE COULD TALK MORE AND, UH, ABOUT THAT SUPPORT.
AND AGAIN, WITH PART OF THIS CONVERSATION, WE'RE ASKING FOR CONTINUED SUPPORT WITH CITY COUNCIL AS WE MOVE FORWARD FOR A FINAL REPORT.
SO I WILL TURN THIS OVER TO JEFF BECAUSE HE, UH, PROVIDED THIS ILLUSTRATION, AND OF COURSE I DID NOT.
UM, BUT THIS TALKS ABOUT PRINCIPLES THAT WE COULD IMPLEMENT WITHIN THE CORRIDOR, UM, AND JUST SOME CONCEPTS THAT HOLISTICALLY WE THINK ARE POSSIBILITIES.
SO WITH THAT, UH, JEFF SPECK FROM SPEC DEMPSEY.
SINCE IT'S BEEN SINCE JUNE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, UM, I'M HERE MOSTLY TO TALK TONIGHT ABOUT WESTBRIDGE STREET.
BUT, UH, THIS IS A GOOD SEGUE.
WE HAVE BEEN ASKED TO PREPARE A MEMO, UH, DESCRIBING WHATEVER CRITIQUE WE CAN PROVIDE AROUND THE EAST BRIDGE STREET STUDY.
AS TAMMY SUGGESTED, WE DO SUPPORT ALTERNATIVE A AMONG THE DIFFERENT ALTERNATIVES.
UM, THIS DRAWING, WHICH I PRESENTED PUBLICLY A NUMBER OF MONTHS AGO, UH, BEGINS TO DESCRIBE SOME OF THE THOUGHT THAT WE WOULD BRING TO A CRITIQUE IF WE'RE LOOKING FOR THINGS THAT MIGHT BE IMPROVED.
WHAT THIS SHOWS WITH THE YELLOW LINES IS HOW, UM, IF YOU APPLY A SLIGHTLY LOWER DESIGN SPEED TO THE ROAD, ONE THAT WOULD MATCH THE SPEEDS THAT WE HOPE TO SEE CARS DRIVING ON IT, THEN ALLOWING, FOR EXAMPLE, A SLIGHT, UH, UM, SIDEWAYS MOVEMENT ACROSS AN INTERSECTION WOULD ELIMINATE THE GORE STRIPING THAT YOU SEE, THAT'S ADDING 10 TO 12 FEET TO EACH SIDE OF THE ROAD APPROACHING THAT INTERSECTION.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, IF, IF THIS SHIFT WERE ALLOWED, UH, THE, THE, THE, THOSE, UM, DIAGONAL SLASHES THAT ADD WIDTH TO THE STREET, ADD CROSSING DISTANCE, ADD SPEED TO DRIVING WOULD BE ELIMINATED, AND THINGS LIKE THAT NOW ARE POSSIBLE.
UM, THAT, UM, CONTACT SENSITIVE DESIGN HAS ALLOWED US TO APPLY DESIGN SPEEDS THAT ARE MORE REASONABLE TO CORRIDORS LIKE THIS.
SO WE'LL BE LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES LIKE THAT TO, UH, IMPROVE THE PLAN.
BUT I, I WILL REITERATE THAT WE ARE SUPPORTIVE, UH, OF ALTERNATIVE A BUT I'M HERE, UH, MOSTLY TONIGHT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT WESTBRIDGE STREET, WHERE WE'VE BEEN WORKING.
YOU, UH, WILL RECALL THAT LAST TIME WE PRESENTED FAIRLY PRELIMINARY CONCEPTS FOR EACH SEGMENT OF THIS STREET.
WE PRESENTED THEM TO YOU IN CROSS SECTION, WHICH MEANT WE DIDN'T HAVE TO DRAW THAT MUCH, RIGHT? WE DREW SLICES OF THE STREET AND THAT WAY WE WERE ABLE TO STUDY MANY DIFFERENT ALTERNATIVES VERY QUICKLY.
UM, AND WE, WE, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE PLEASED TO GET YOUR, UH, PERMISSION TO MOVE FORWARD AND TO TAKE THAT INTO THE NEXT STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT, WHICH MEANS THAT WE'VE ACTUALLY DRAWN IT TONIGHT IN PLAN.
SO WE'LL BE SHOWING YOU TONIGHT A PLAN FOR THE WHOLE CORRIDOR.
WE PANED OURSELVES TO THINK OF A WAY TO DRAW IT THAT IT WOULD NOT SEEM FINAL.
THE DRAWINGS WILL BE SHOWING YOU, UH, HOPEFULLY CONVEY THE DESIGN QUITE WELL.
BUT, UH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE HOPEFULLY, UM, CARTOONY ENOUGH
SO THE, UH, WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THE ENTIRETY OF THE CORRIDOR FROM FRAN ROAD, WHICH WAS INITIALLY TAKING US TO, UH, FRANKLIN STREET.
WE ASKED TO EXPAND THE PROJECT, UH, TO TAKE US TO THE BRIDGE BECAUSE THERE'S SOME OPPORTUNITIES THERE AS WELL.
SO WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THIS FULL STRETCH, UM, ALL THE WAY TO RIVERVIEW STREET.
AND, UM, THIS IS THE CURRENT AERIAL VIEW OF THAT.
BUT THIS IS THE FULL DRAWING THAT SHOWS IN PLAN,
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THE DIFFERENT SECTIONAL PROPOSALS THAT WE HAVE, THAT DUE TO THE CHANGING NATURE OF THE STREET, THE CHANGING WIDTH OF THE STREET, THE CHANGING DEMANDS ON THE STREET, UH, VARIES ALMOST EVERY, ALMOST EVERY BLOCK.IN FACT, IT VARIES EVERY BLOCK, IT VARIES MULTIPLE TIMES,
UH, BUT WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH, UH, UH, DIFFERENT SEGMENTS.
WE'RE GONNA GO FROM WEST TO EAST.
UH, WE'LL START IN FRA FRANCE ROAD TO, TO, UH, SHAAN FALLS DRIVE.
THIS IS WHERE IT HAS RESTRICTED ACCESS.
THIS IS WHERE ODOT HAS THE MOST, UH, DEMANDS IN JURISDICTION.
THIS IS A GOOD TIME FOR ME TO MENTION THAT, THAT WE ALL KNOW THIS IS A, AN ODOT STREET, AND IT'S, IT'S A FEDERAL STREET AS WELL AS A DUBLIN STREET.
AND SO, UH, UH, WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING, UH, IS BY NO MEANS GOING TO WHAT, WHAT WE AS A COMMUNITY, WHAT YOU AS A COMMUNITY DECIDE TO PUSH FORWARD HERE IS NOT NECESSARILY THE OUTCOME WE'RE GOING TO HAVE, BUT IT'S HOPEFULLY GONNA BE THE, UH, THE OUTCOME THAT YOU PRESENT, THE, THE DESIRED OUTCOME THAT YOU PRESENT TO YOUR OTHER PARTNERS WHO HAVE SOME SAY OVER THE, OVER THE, THE, THE FUTURE OF THIS ROAD.
AND WE DO WANT IT TO BE IDEAL FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE, UNDERSTANDING THAT SOME COMPROMISES MAY BE NECESSARY MOVING FORWARD TO SATISFY THE REQUIREMENTS, PARTICULARLY, PARTICULARLY OF ODOT, PARTICULARLY IN THIS SECTION WHERE IT IS APPROACHING THE HIGHWAY, UH, AND COMING FROM THE HIGHWAY.
UM, IN THIS SECTION, WE ARE PROPOSING WHAT YOU SEE HERE, WHICH IS ONE OF THE FEW ACTUAL LANE REDUCTIONS IN THE ENTIRE PLAN.
WE DO BELIEVE THAT, UH, FURTHER STUDY WILL ALLOW US TO ELIMINATE ONE OF THE WESTBOUND LANES APPROACHING THE INTERSECTION.
UH, WE'RE NOT CONVINCED OF THAT YET, BUT WE'RE HOPEFUL.
WE'RE PROPOSING A FOUR LANE SECTION, UH, AS OPPOSED TO THE CURRENT FIVE LANE SECTION.
THE MAIN THING THAT'S CHANGING HERE, HOWEVER, IS THAT, UH, THIS IS VERY MUCH DESIGNED AS A HIGH SPEED HIGHWAY.
THERE ARE SHOULDERS, WHICH IS SOMETHING YOU DON'T TEND TO SEE IN MORE WALKABLE ENVIRONMENTS.
UM, THOSE ADD A LOT OF WIDTH TO THE ASPHALT AND THE, AND IF YOU MAKE THE LANES A PROPER WIDTH AND REMOVE THE SHOULDERS, AND PARTICULARLY WITH THE REMOVAL OF THAT ONE LANE, YOU GET A LOT MORE ROOM BOTH FOR, UH, UH, TREE LAWNS ON EITHER SIDE, AND FOR A BROADENED MEDIAN.
WE'RE GONNA SEE IN A BIT HOW THE WIDER MEDIAN IS VERY CONVENIENT BECAUSE IT IS A, A GOOD SITE FOR FUTURE BRT THAT DOES NOT ALLOW, DOES NOT, DOES NOT REQUIRE EITHER OF THE SIDES OF THE STREET TO CHANGE.
IF BRT COMES INTO THIS SECTION, UH, OTHER CHANGES YOU'LL NOTICE ARE, UM, A NEW SIDEWALK ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE STREET.
UH, IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY, YOU'LL SEE THAT SOME OF THE TREES ARE DARK AND SOME OF THEM ARE LIGHT.
THE DARK TREES ARE EXISTING THAT WE HOPE TO PRESERVE.
WE BELIEVE GENERALLY THAT WHERE WE DON'T MOVE A CURB, WE WON'T LOSE THE TREES, AND THAT'S OUR HOPE.
UH, BUT YOU SEE THE, THE MAJOR CHANGE HERE FROM AN AESTHETIC POINT OF VIEW.
AND I THINK FROM A, UH, A GATEWAY INTO DOWNTOWN DUBLIN POINT OF VIEW, UH, IT'S GONNA BE A BEAUTIFULLY TREE-LINED STREET THAT WILL BE, THAT WILL BE, UH, POST POSTCARD READY, EVEN THOUGH
UM, SO YOU SEE ALSO THE, UH, ALL THE TREES ON THE SOUTH IMPLY THE, UH, REMOVAL OF THE OVERHEAD UTILITIES AND THE BEARING OF UTILITIES IS SOMETHING THAT, THAT, THAT DUBLIN TENDS TO DO WHEN THEY MAKE AN IMPROVEMENT TO A ROAD OF THIS NATURE.
SO WE'RE ALSO, UH, PRESUMING THAT CHANGE AS WELL.
THE NEXT SEGMENT, SHAWAN FALLS TO MONTEREY DRIVE.
THIS IS WHERE THE, UH, MONTEREY VILLAGE, UH, PROJECT IS PROPOSED, UH, TO LAND.
SO IT, IT NEEDS TO BECOME A BIT MORE OF AN URBAN SECTION, EVEN MORE OF A WALKABLE SECTION.
YOU SEE HERE, AS YOU LOOK AT EXISTING CONDITIONS, UH, THAT THE GAS STATION, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, TO THE SOUTHWEST HAS TWO, TWO CURB CUTS.
ONE OF THEM QUITE CLOSE, DANGEROUSLY CLOSE TO THE INTERSECTION.
YOU SEE THAT THE CURB CUTS THAT EXIST ARE QUITE BIG AND WIDE, AND SWOOPY, WHICH ENCOURAGES HIGH SPEED ENTERING AND, AND, AND EXITING.
UM, AND AS WE LOOK AT THE PROPOSAL, YOU SEE THE SIGNALIZE INTERSECTION AT MONTEREY DRIVE.
YOU SEE CROSSWALKS INTRODUCED WHEREVER THEY, UH, THERE IS A PEDESTRIAN DESIRE IN LINE.
YOU SEE THE, THE, THE, THE PROPOSED CLOSING OF ONE OF THE TWO ACCESS POINTS TO THE GAS STATION TO THE SOUTH.
YOU SEE A NICE, UH, PARALLEL PARKING FOR THE SEGMENT AGAINST THE MONTEREY VILLAGE DEVELOPMENT.
THAT WILL BE A COMMERCIAL SIDEWALK.
SO THERE'LL BE BUSINESSES THERE, SHOPS THERE.
IF, IF THE PLAN COMES FORWARD, THERE'LL BE PLAN.
THERE'LL BE BUSINESSES THAT FACE THE STREET AND THEREFORE WILL BENEFIT FROM AND ACTUALLY BE PROTECTED BY PARALLEL PARKING ALONG THE CURB.
YOU SEE THE INTRODUCTION AGAIN, OF MANY NEW TREES.
AND THEN IMPORTANTLY, UH, IN, IN MOST OF THIS, THIS, UH, THIS STUDY, THIS CORRIDOR, YOU SEE THAT WHERE THERE'S SPACES BETWEEN TURN LANES,
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UM, YOU CAN HAVE MEDIANS AND GIVEN THE RIGHT SIZING OF THE LANES AND THE REMOVING OF SHOULDERS, THERE'S ACTUALLY ROOM FOR A CONTINUOUS MEDIAN.SO WE STILL HAVE LEFT TURN LANES INTO MONTEREY DRIVE, LEFT TURN LANES, UM, TO THE NORTH AS WELL.
BUT THE MEDIAN WITH TREES IS ABLE TO CONTINUE.
UH, YOU SEE THE, AND I FORGOT TO MENTION LAST TIME, UM, ON THIS SEGMENT AS WELL, YOU HAVE THE, UH, PRESERVATION OF THE BOARDWALK SECTION OF THE SIDEWALK TO THE NORTH THAT WE REALLY LIKE.
I, I, I, I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE IT.
BUT BEYOND THAT IS THE INTRODUCTION.
AND FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS CORRIDOR WHERE THERE'S ROOM, THERE'S INTRODUCTION, THE INTRODUCTION OF A PROPER, UH, UH, MULTI-USE PATH, 11 FEET WIDE FOR BICYCLES AND FOR WALKING ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE STREET.
AND YOU SEE THAT HERE AS WELL.
THOSE OF YOU WHO BIKE THROUGH THIS CORRIDOR, I KNOW SOME OF YOU DO, UH, COMPLAIN PROPERLY OF THE DODGING BETWEEN POLES AND TREES AND, AND WIGGLING.
UH, THIS PLAN WOULD, WOULD ADDRESS THAT AS WELL.
UM, MOVING FURTHER EAST, WE ARE PASSING THE CEMETERY.
HERE'S WHERE THE, THE, THE SIDEWALK GETS QUITE NARROW, WHERE THE WALL, UH, ENCROACHES, WHERE THERE ISN'T MUCH ROOM, UH, AGAIN, RIGHT SIZING THE LANES.
AND, UM, REMOVING A LITTLE BIT OF SHOULDER ALLOWS THAT SIDEWALK TO WIDEN.
YOU SEE THAT, UH, AS IT PASSES IN FRONT OF THE CEMETERY, IT ACTUALLY LOSES THE TREE STRIP AND BECOMES ENTIRELY PAVED.
UH, BUT WITH, WITH, UH, WITH TREE GRATES IN IT, UH, OR COBBLE HOLDING TREES, WHICH IS THE SOLUTION WE PREFER, UH, BECAUSE RATHER THAN HAVING A, JUST A SIX WALK SIDEWALK, A SIX FOOT SIDEWALK THERE WITH GRASS NEXT TO IT, WE WANTED SOMETHING A LITTLE MORE AMPLE.
THE, THE, THE CURB RADII ENTERING AND EXITING, UH, HIGH SCHOOL ROAD, UH, IS TIGHTENED UP.
CROSSWALKS ARE INTRODUCED, MORE TREES ARE ADDED.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE AGAIN, WHERE THERE ISN'T A TURN LANE, THERE IS, UH, A TREE MEDIAN HERE.
THE STREETS BECOME QUITE A BIT NARROWER, SO THERE'S, UH, A QUICKER CROSSING.
AS WE MOVE FURTHER EAST, YOU SEE THE GORE STRIPING IN FRONT OF THE CHURCH THAT UNNECESSARILY WIDENS THE STREET IN ANTICIPATION OF THAT LEFT HAND TURN LANE INTO FRANKLIN STREET.
THIS IS THE HIGHWAY WAY TO HANDLE A LEFT TURN LANE, IS TO KEEP PEOPLE OUTTA THE CENTER OF THE STREET UNTIL THAT LANE IS INTRODUCED.
BUT THAT JUST WIDENS THE STREET UNNECESSARILY FOR A HIGHER, HIGHER SPEED.
AS I DESCRIBED EARLIER IN MY DISCUSSION OF THE EAST SIDE.
UM, NOT AS MUCH OPPORTUNITY FOR CHANGE HERE BECAUSE THE ROADWAY IS SO NARROW, BUT THERE IS ROOM TO THE NORTH FOR THAT 11 FOOT MULTI-USE PATH THAT YOU SEE THERE ON THE NORTH SIDE.
AND THEN WHERE POSSIBLE, THE INTRODUCTION OF MORE TREES, UH, ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET AS WELL IN THE MEDIAN.
NOW FROM FRANKLIN STREET EAST, UH, THIS STREETSCAPE WAS REDONE RECENTLY QUITE WELL.
THERE'S VERY LITTLE OPPORTUNITY FOR CHANGE HERE, UH, BUT THE BIGGEST OPPORTUNITY, UH, EXISTS.
SO, SO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE, ESSENTIALLY IS THE, UM, REINFORCEMENT AND BASICALLY, UH, UH, NOT CHANGING THE SET, THE, THE, THE CURRENT, UH, STREET SECTION EXCEPT FOR THE ADDITION OF MISSING TREES.
BUT AS YOU GET TO THE EASTERN EDGE AGAINST HIGH STREET, SOME OF YOU'LL RECALL FROM MY EARLIER CONVERSATION WITH YOU, IT'S ACTUALLY HIGH STREET IS WIDE ENOUGH TO INCLUDE, UH, BOTH THREE DRIVING LANES AND A PARKING LANE APPROACHING THE INTERSECTION.
AND CURRENTLY IT'S JUST THREE WIDE DRIVING LANES.
SO WE CAN INTRODUCE A PARKING LANE THERE, AS YOU SEE ON THE EAST SIDE OF HIGH STREET, AND ALSO HAVE A BULB OUT SURROUNDING IT.
SO THOSE CROSSINGS, THAT, THAT WHOLE, UM, WHETHER YOU'RE GOING NORTH, SOUTH, OR EAST WEST, THAT WHOLE EXPERIENCE OF CROSSING THERE, UH, COULD BE, UH, CONSIDERABLY BETTER.
AND THEN FINALLY, THERE'S THE ISSUE OF THE, THE BRIDGE, THE VERY NARROW SIDEWALK ON THE BRIDGE.
IT'S, IT'S THE MOST UNCOMFORTABLE PLACE TO WALK IN THIS PART OF DUBLIN.
UH, THERE'S ALREADY PLANS UNDERWAY.
YOU'RE PROBABLY AWARE TO PUT A BARRIER, UH, UH, PEDESTRIAN PROTECTIVE BARRIER ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THAT SIDEWALK, WHICH IS THE ONLY SIDEWALK CROSSING THE BRIDGE.
BUT YOU ALSO HAVE THIS GORE STRIP CONDITION WHERE THE STREET'S BEEN WIDENED, UH, AROUND BLACKSMITH LANE.
UM, YOUR, YOUR TEAM HAS ALREADY BEEN WORKING TO PUT A MEDIAN THERE.
THAT'S, THAT'S A, A LIKELY IMPORTANT ADDITION SO THAT PEOPLE AREN'T TAKING LEFT TURNS ACROSS THIS BUSY STREET WHERE PEOPLE ARE DRIVING QUICKLY OVER THE BRIDGE.
BUT YOU'LL NOTICE THAT IF YOU COMPARE, UH, THE EXISTING CONDITIONS TO THE PROPOSAL, THAT CENTRAL AREA IS QUITE NARROW.
THE GORE STRIPING HAS EFFECTIVELY BEEN REMOVED.
THAT ALLOWS THE SIDEWALK ON THE BRIDGE TO WIDEN.
IT ALLOWS THERE TO BE TREES PLANTED WHERE YOU SEE TO THE WEST OF BLACKSMITH LANE.
AND SO A MUCH MORE, UH, A COMFORTABLE, UH, EXPERIENCE FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO DO CHOOSE TO WALK, UH, ON THIS CORRIDOR.
SO THAT IS THE, UM, THAT IS THE FULL DISCUSSION
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OF THE EAST TO WEST TRAJECTORY.THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO DISCUSS WITH YOU TONIGHT, WHICH WE'VE SPENT NOT AS MUCH TIME ON, UH, IT'S REALLY NOT, IT'S NOT THE ASSIGNMENT, BUT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS PLAN WAS FUTURE PROOFED FOR THE BRT, OR AT LEAST TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WOULD HAPPEN WHEN THE BRT CAME AND HOW IT WOULD BE INCORPORATED.
UH, WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE HAVE A PLAN THAT DOES NOT CAUSE UNDUE COST OR RECONSTRUCTION.
WHEN THE BRT COMES, I'M GONNA TAKE YOU THROUGH THESE SEGMENTS IN, UM, IN A WEIRD ORDER, BECAUSE SEGMENT C, THERE'S PRETTY MUCH ONE GOOD SOLUTION THAT'S QUITE EASY BECAUSE OF THE, THE LARGE WIDTH OF THE RIGHT OF WAY.
SO THAT CAN ACCOMMODATE THE BRT IN ITS OWN DEDICATED LANES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET WITHOUT CHANGING ANYTHING THAT WE'VE DONE ON THE EDGES OF THE STREET SEGMENT.
A IN CONTRAST IS SO NARROW THAT WE CAN'T ACCOMMODATE THE BRT IN DEDICATED LANES UNLESS WE ARE WILLING TO SACRIFICE DRIVING LANES.
IT COULD BE THAT AS EAST BRIDGE STREET IS CONSTRUCTED AND WE SEE THE EXPERIENCE OF, UH, TRAFFIC VOLUMES AND CONGESTION IN THAT SEGMENT, THAT, THAT WE, YOU KNOW, THAT YOU AS A COMMUNITY COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT PERHAPS YOU COULD HAVE TWO DRIVING LANES RATHER THAN FOUR, UH, THROUGH SOME OF THIS, UH, TRAJECTORY.
RIGHT NOW, THOUGH, WHAT WE'VE BEEN HEARING IS THAT PEOPLE ARE NOT COMFORTABLE WITH A REDUCTION OF LESS THAN FOUR DRIVING LANES THROUGH THIS SECTION.
SO THE PROPOSALS, WE'RE GONNA SHOW, YOU PRESUME FOREIGN LANES.
UH, SO WHAT THAT MEANS FOR SEGMENT A FOR THIS EASTERN SEGMENT IS THAT ESSENTIALLY THE BUS IS DOING WHAT IT DOES IN OTHER PLACES ALONG, UH, THE, THE CODER ROUTE, WHICH IS TO MIX WITH TRAFFIC.
AND IT'S UNDERSTOOD THAT BRT AT TIMES WILL MIX WITH TRAFFIC.
AND YES, THAT SLOWS IT DOWN A BIT, BUT IT'S PART OF A LARGER STRATEGY FOR GETTING FASTER SPEEDS THROUGHOUT THE CORRIDOR ELSEWHERE.
SO THEN THERE'S SEGMENT B, WHICH THERE ARE A MILLION DIFFERENT SOLUTIONS, UH, AND YOU'LL SEE THAT IT'S, IT'S SOMEWHAT CONSTRAINED, BUT LESS CONSTRAINED THAN SEGMENT A.
AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GONNA SPEND MOST OF OUR TIME, BY THE WAY, WHICH I'M ALMOST DONE
SO SEGMENT C, WE'LL LOOK AT FIRST, THERE'S THAT MEDIAN THAT I SHOWED YOU THAT WE'RE PROPOSING FOR THE CENTER OF THE STREET, THE WIDENING OF THE EXISTING MEDIAN THAT ALLOWS FOR, UH, TWO BUS LANES TO ARRIVE IN THE MIDDLE.
A GOOD PLACE FOR THE STOP WOULD BE UP AGAINST FRANZ ROAD.
THERE'S GENERALLY AN EXPECTATION THAT THE BRT WOULD HAVE TWO STOPS THROUGHOUT THE WEST BRIDGE STREET CORRIDOR, ONE CLOSER TO HIGH STREET, AND ONE CLOSER TO THE WEST END.
UH, THIS WESTERN STOP COULD GO ANYWHERE IN THIS CORRIDOR.
UH, THERE'S ROOM FOR IT, BUT WE'RE IMAGINING IT, UM, AT THE WESTERN EDGE OF, OF THE STUDY AREA.
LOOKING TO THE EAST, AS WE DESCRIBED, UH, WHAT YOU SEE IN BLUE, RIGHT BLUE IS VEHICLE LANES AND, AND RED WHEN WE HAVE THEM, OR BUS LANES, YOU SEE THAT THERE'S NOT REALLY AN OPPORTUNITY FOR DEDICATED BUS LANES.
SO THE BUS WOULD BE MIXING WITH TRAFFIC THROUGH THIS LIMITED AREA.
SEGMENT B, WE HAVE REALLY FOUR SOLUTIONS WHICH GO INTO TWO, TWO CATEGORIES.
THE FIRST CATEGORY IS A SINGLE DEDICATED LANE OF WE, FOR WHICH WE HAVE AN OPTION A AND AN OPTION B.
AGAIN, THE PURPOSE OF OUR STUDY NOW IS NOT TO DETERMINE THIS, IT'S JUST TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IT COULD BE TO PREDICT WHAT IT COULD BE, RIGHT? AND THE BEST WAY TO PREDICT THE FUTURE IS TO INVENT IT, AS THEY SAY,
OPTION A SHOWS, UH, SOMETHING THAT IS ALSO PROPOSED FOR OTHER PARTS OF THE BRT SYSTEM.
UH, THE TECHNOLOGY EXISTS TO ALLOW FOR A LIMITED SEGMENT TO HAVE A SINGLE LANE WITH THE BUS GOING BOTH WAYS IN THIS LANE SIGNALING, UH, ITSELF, YOU KNOW, SIGNALING EACH OTHER.
AND THIS IS ONE SOLUTION WHICH HAS A CENTER STOP NEAR HIGH SCHOOL ROAD THAT WOULD BE THE EASTERN STOP IN THIS PART OF THE CORRIDOR.
AND YOU SEE THAT THERE, IT SPLITS AROUND THE STOP, AND THEN IT'S A DEDICATED LANE WEST OF THERE.
THE ALTERNATIVE IS TO PLACE THE STOP FURTHER EAST.
YOU CAN SEE IT AT THE EXTREME RIGHT OF THIS IMAGE.
IN THIS CASE, IT'S A SPLIT STOP ON THE, ON THE ALTERNATE SIDE OF THE BUS.
THESE BUSES HAVE DOORS ON BOTH SIDES.
AND THE, THE DIFFERENCE IF YOU COMPARE THE TWO IS ESSENTIALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S MIXING WITH TRAFFIC FOR A LITTLE BIT LONGER IN OPTION B, BUT THE STOP IS CLOSER TO HIGH STREET, WHICH IS PROBABLY A BETTER PLACE FOR IT.
SO YOU'RE TRADING PROXIMITY TO MOST OF THE ACTIVITY, WHICH IS EAST OF THE, OF THE STOP FOR A LITTLE BIT MORE MIXING IN TRAFFIC.
IF, IF, IF, IF I HAD TO PICK ONE, I'D PICK OPTION B.
THESE ARE NOT THE ONLY CHOICES.
HOWEVER, WHAT IF WE DON'T WANT THE BUS TO BE ON A SINGLE SHARED LANE GOING IN TWO DIRECTIONS? THERE'S A COUPLE SOLUTIONS FOR THAT AS WELL.
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THIS SHOWS, UM, TWO LANES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET.THIS REQUIRES THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE NORTHERN CURB AND A CON, A CONSIDERABLE WIDENING OF THE CORRIDOR.
FROM A WALKABILITY POINT OF VIEW, THIS IS NOT IDEAL BECAUSE CROSSING THE, THE STREET IS GONNA BE A VERY LONG, UH, EXPERIENCE.
THERE CAN BE SOME MEDIANS INTRODUCED, UH, FRAMING THE BUS ROUTES, SEPARATING THEM FROM THE CAR, UH, THE CAR LANES.
BUT IT WILL BE A PRETTY LONG CROSSING.
AND IN A LOT OF PLACES, OF COURSE, UH, FOR THE LENGTH OF THIS CORRIDOR, THE NORTHERN CURB AND ITS TREES WOULD BE REMOVED.
THE OTHER SOLUTION IS QUITE, IS A BIT RADICAL, BUT ACTUALLY PROBABLY IS A SUPERIOR OUTCOME, IN WHICH CASE THERE'S A, THE, THE, THE NORTHERN CURB IS KEPT, THE TREES LIKELY ARE KEPT, THE TREES ARE, YOU KNOW, HOPED TO BE KEPT.
BUT THIS IS THE IDEA OF A BUSWAY.
THERE'S ACTUALLY ROOM WITHIN THESE PRIVATE PROPERTIES THAT ARE DEVELOPED, BUT NOT, YOU KNOW, BUT WITH MOSTLY LANDSCAPE, UH, IN THIS AREA NORTH OF THE STREET, THERE'S ROOM TO, UH, TO PLACE A BUSWAY, A TWO LANE DELICATE, UM, YOU KNOW, SPECIALLY DETAILED BUSWAY SEPARATE FROM THE, THE, THE STREET.
YOU'LL NOTICE, UH, AT THE, PARTICULARLY AT THE EASTERN EDGE, UH, THE NECESSARY RECONFIGURATION OF THE, UH, INTERSECTION WITH FRANKLIN STREET.
THAT'S A TRICKY SPOT THAT WOULD NEED TO BE DETAILED VERY CAREFULLY, PROBABLY WITH COBBLESTONE OR SOME OTHER, YOU KNOW, UNIT PAVER SOLUTION, SO THAT IT'S STILL PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY.
BUT THIS SOLUTION IS AN INTERESTING ONE BECAUSE IT ALLOWS THE, UH, TWO FULL LANES FOR THE BUS IN A WAY THAT WOULD MAKE CROSSING, UM, UH, BRIDGE STREET, UH, NOT A BAD, UH, A BAD EXPERIENCE.
SO THESE ARE THE TWO DEDICATED LANE CHOICES.
UM, AND THESE ARE THE FOUR CHOICES I PRESENTED FOR THIS CENTRAL SEGMENT.
I JUST, I WANT YOU TO SEE THESE TO UNDERSTAND HOW THEY MIGHT IMPACT THE DESIGN.
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT, UH, OPTIONS, A, B AND CD OPTIONS, A, B, AND D ACTUALLY WOULD NOT REQUIRE REBUILDING OF ANY OF THE NORTHERN OR SOUTHERN CURBS THAT WE WOULD BE BUILDING IN THIS PLAN AS PART OF THE PRINCIPLE EXERCISE.
SO THE, THE, THE, THE REMOVAL OF THE MEDIANS IS PRETTY MUCH FOR MOST OF, CERTAINLY FOR THE WESTERN SEGMENT.
AND THEN FOR THREE OF THESE FOUR ALTERNATIVES IS THE IMPACT THAT BRINGING BRT WOULD HAVE FOR THE CORRIDOR.
BUT WE ARE, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT A PLAN, THAT PRINCIPLE THAT IN MOST CASES DOES NOT INVOLVE REBUILDING EITHER THE NORTH OR THE SOUTH CURBS, WHICH WE WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, MAKING NICE AND, AND PLANTING WITH TREES.
SO THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
UH, I'M GONNA HAND IT BACK TO TAMMY, AND, UH, I LOOK FORWARD TO QUESTIONS.
SO WE APPRECIATE COUNCIL'S ATTENTION.
AGAIN, WE HOPE THAT WE'RE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION BASED ON FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE HEARD FROM COUNSEL.
OUR INTENTION THIS EVENING IS TO AGAIN, DISCUSS ALTERNATIVE A AND GET CONFIRMATION FROM COUNSEL IF THAT'S THE ALTERNATIVE THAT WE SHOULD PROCEED WITH.
UM, ADVANCE OUR CONCEPTS FOR THE WESTBRIDGE STREET, EVALUATE, EVALUATE, UM, RECOMMENDATIONS FOR BRT, WHICH WE HAD DISCUSSED AT AT LENGTH IN SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS.
UM, CONCLUDE THIS CONVERSATION WITH A FINAL REPORT THAT WE WILL PRESENT TO, UH, CITY COUNCIL IN NOVEMBER.
UM, IDENTIFY ANY TYPE OF FUTURE IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES, INCLUDING FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS FOR THOSE STRATEGIES.
AND OF COURSE, ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT COUNCIL HAS.
SO I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT WE DO HAVE A FULL CONSULTANT TEAM HERE WITH US.
UM, MR. SPEC IS ONE OF THIS, THE CONSULTANT TEAMS. WE ALSO HAVE EMH AND T AND MKSK HERE TO ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS THAT COUNCIL HAS.
SO AT THAT, I'D LOVE TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS.
TAKE A MOMENT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS AGENDA ITEM? OKAY, HEARING NONE COUNCIL QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION? WELL, TAMMY, CAN YOU PUT THAT LAST SLIDE UP SO WE HAVE IT, PLEASE? OKAY, WE'LL START DOWN HERE ON THE END, GREG.
UM, TAMMY, MR. SPEC, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
MR. SPEC IS ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO HEAR FROM YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING AND FOR ALLOWING US TO DRAW ON YOUR EXPERTISE, UH, FOR THIS TWO QUESTIONS.
UM, THE FIRST HAS TO DO WITH SEGMENT C, THE WESTERN PART OF THIS AREA, AND SPECIFICALLY IT HAS TO DO WITH THE ELIMINATION OF THE THIRD WESTBOUND LANE, AS WE DISCUSSED IN THE WORK SECTION.
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WALK ME THROUGH YOUR THOUGHT PROCESS? BECAUSE INITIALLY I THOUGHT THAT THE PROPOSED WAS TO ALLOW FOR THE BRT, BUT YOU KNOW, YOU SAID THAT ACTUALLY RIGHT NOW WE COULD PUT THE BRT THERE WITHOUT MAKING ANY CHANGES.UM, AND AGAIN, MY CONCERN IS, IS WHAT I BROUGHT UP IN THE WORK SESSION IS THAT, UM, WITH THE THREE WESTBOUND LANES, THE FURTHEST LEFT IS MOSTLY FOR PEOPLE PROCEEDING ON 33.
UM, THE MIDDLE ONE IS FOR PEOPLE PROCEEDING ON 33, BUT ALSO TAKING TWO 70 SOUTH.
AND THE RIGHT, UH, WESTBOUND LANE IS FOR PEOPLE PROCEEDING ON TWO 70 NORTH, BUT ALSO AS A POP OFF TO GOING ONTO POST ROAD.
THE REASON WHY THAT'S IMPORTANT IS BECAUSE, UM, THAT GETS PRETTY CROWDED, UM, DURING RUSH HOUR.
SO FOR INSTANCE, THIS MORNING I WAS DRIVING ON THAT AND THE CAR BACKUP WAS ALL THE WAY TO SCHWAN, SCHWAN FALLS ROAD.
UM, SO THERE WERE, I DON'T KNOW, AT LEAST A DOZEN OR MORE CARS IN THE MIDDLE WESTBOUND LANE IN THE RIGHT HAND LANE.
THERE WERE THREE CARS TURNING RIGHT ONTO POST, BUT SEVERAL OTHER CARS, INCLUDING MYSELF, THAT WERE ZIPPERING IN TO THE TWO 70 SOUTHBOUND LANE.
AND SO I THINK THAT THAT'S ACTUALLY VERY HELPFUL.
I THINK THAT IF WE ACTUALLY GOT, IF WE DID AWAY WITH THAT, THAT WOULD FURTHER CONGESTION, UM, PEOPLE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO MAKE IT THROUGH ONE TRAFFIC LIGHT CYCLE.
UM, AND IF IT DOESN'T COMPROMISE THE BRT, THEN I, AND ALSO, I ACTUALLY REALIZE TOO THAT YOU SAID THAT THE STUDY IS STILL BEING PERFORMED, SO WE HAVEN'T MADE A DECISION ON THIS YET, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE FROM THE UPDATE THAT THAT'S WHAT THE CURRENT PROPOSAL IS.
SO WHAT IS THE THOUGHT PROCESS OF REDUCING IT JUST TO TWO WESTBOUND NAMES INSTEAD OF KEEPING THE THIRD? I WOULD SAY THE THOUGHT PROCESS, I WOULD SAY THE THOUGHT PROCESS WAS INADEQUATE.
SO WE WOULD NEED TO STUDY IT MORE CAREFULLY IN ORDER TO, UH, COMMIT TO THIS BEING THE RIGHT SOLUTION, OR TO HAVE THREE WESTBOUND LANES IN ADDITION TO THE TWO TURN LANES.
UM, I BELIEVE, UH, THE DRAWING IS A RESULT OF OUR WISHFUL THINKING, BUT WE WOULD, WE, WE CERTAINLY NOTED THE COMMENT LAST TIME AND, UM, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE NOT COMMITTED TO THIS SOLUTION.
IF WE FIND, I THINK, I THINK WHAT YOU'RE PLACING ON US IS THE BURDEN THAT WE STUDY IT MORE DEEPLY.
AND ACTUALLY, IF WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO PROPOSE THIS SOLUTION, WE NEED TO JUSTIFY IT WITH THE PROPER TRAFFIC MODELING.
I LOOK FORWARD TO THE RESULTS OF THAT STUDY.
UM, THE SECOND QUESTION HAS TO DO WITH SEGMENT B AND THE FOUR PROPOSALS.
UM, I THOUGHT THAT THEY WERE INTRIGUING.
AND SO MY QUESTION FOR YOU IS, OF THE FOUR PROPOSALS, WHICH ONE DO YOU LIKE AND WHY? WELL, NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BRT, THE BRT, CORRECT? YEAH.
UM, AND THESE ARE THE FOUR PROPOSALS.
I
I WOULD SAY THAT THE BIDIRECTIONAL OPTION B IS THE PREFERRED OF THE TWO BIDIRECTIONAL SOLUTIONS BECAUSE IT PLACES THE STATIONS CLOSER TO, UH, HIGH STREET WITH ALMOST NO SACRIFICE AND FUNCTIONALITY.
AND I ALSO BELIEVE THAT THE TECHNOLOGY WILL ALLOW THE SHARED LANE RATHER THAN HAVING TWO LANES THROUGH A LIMITED SHORT SEGMENT LIKE THIS ONE.
THE BUSWAY IS INTRIGUING, BUT IT'S PROBABLY OVERKILL FOR A, UH, SUCH A SHORT SEGMENT.
IT'S A VERY SHORT BUSWAY, RIGHT? SO WHILE IT WAS AN INTERESTING INVESTIGATION, IT'S, IT WOULD PROBABLY BE AN A, AN ODD ANOMALY ALONG THE ROUTE TO INTRODUCE IT HERE.
AND I DO NOT THINK THE TWO DEDICATED LANES ARE NEEDED.
I'M AN URBAN DESIGNER AND CITY PLANNER.
UM, MARK ON OUR TEAM, MARK BENNETT, WHO YOU MET LAST TIME, IS A, IS A, UH, BRT EXPERT, BUT HE'S ALSO A, A NEW FATHER.
HE HAS A, A FIVE DAY OLD CHILD, WHICH IS WHY HE'S NOT HERE,
UM, BUT I IBEL, UH, THE CONVERSATION AT INTERNALLY AT SPECT DEMPSEY HAS BEEN IN SUPPORT OF BIDIRECTIONAL OPTION B MORE THAN THE OTHERS.
LAM WAS TALKING ABOUT THE ELIMINATION OF ONE OF THE LANES IN SECTION C.
FOR ME, IT'S THE RIGHT TURN LANE, HEADING WESTBOUND ONTO POST ROAD.
UM, I'M NOT A TRAFFIC ENGINEER, DON'T PROFESS TO BE AN EXPERT, BUT I USE THAT, THAT TURN LANE QUITE A BIT.
I DON'T KNOW HOW OFF HOW MANY VEHICLES USE IT, RIGHT? IF YOU ELIMINATED IT AND PUT THOSE FOLKS THAT WANT TO TURN IN THE NEXT LANE OVER, GIVEN THE CONGESTION IN THAT AREA, IS THAT GONNA MAKE IT WORSE? SO YOU DON'T,
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I DON'T NEED AN ANSWER.I WOULD SAY IT'S, YOU KNOW, MORE OF A, UM, CONCERN FOR ME ELIMINATING THE LANES IN THAT AREA THAT I, I BELIEVE IS A VERY BUSY, BUSY AREA.
UM, I'M CURIOUS WHAT OTHER COMMUNITIES IN CENTRAL OHIO ARE DOING WITH RESPECT TO THE BRT.
UM, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE COMMENTS IN, IN YOUR VISIONING IS PRESERVING OPPORTUNITIES FOR FUTURE BUS RAPID TRANSIT.
I'M HESITANT TO JUMP ON BOARD WITH BOTH FEET, TWO DEDICATED LANES FOR SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T KNOW WHEN IT'S GONNA HAPPEN.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE RIDERSHIP IS.
YOU KNOW, IN OUR, OUR PREVIOUS AGENDA ITEM, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOW MANY PARKING SPACES WE NEED.
SO ON THE ONE HAND WE'RE SAYING PEOPLE ARE GONNA BE DRIVING CARS.
HERE WE'RE SAYING PEOPLE ARE GONNA BE RIDING BUSES.
I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'RE GONNA BE EVERYTHING TO EVERYBODY, BUT, UM, FOR ME, DEDICATED, UH, DEDICATED LANES ARE OUT HAVING THE BI-DIRECTIONAL, ONE BI-DIRECTIONAL LANE, I CAN GET ON BOARD WITH THAT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, TO YOUR POINT, IT'S GONNA BE CUT UP ANYWAY.
AND I, I GOTTA BELIEVE THAT OTHER COMMUNITIES AROUND CENTRAL OHIO ARE NOT GONNA HAVE TWO DEDICATED LANES ALL THE WAY THROUGH THEIR, THEIR DOWNTOWNS.
UM, THE REMOVAL OF THE ONE, UH, WESTERN CURB CUT INTO THE GAS STATION AT THE CORNER OF, IT'S EITHER CORBIN'S MILL OR SHAWAN FALLS.
BUT SHAWAN FALLS, UM, AGAIN, I'M NOT A TRAFFIC ENGINEER, BUT I ACTUALLY USE THAT FIRST CURB CUT BECAUSE IT DOES ALLOW ME TO ENTER PRETTY QUICKLY.
UM, ONE OF THE REASONS I LIKE THAT ENTRANCE IS BECAUSE FOLKS THAT ARE HEADING, I GUESS, EASTBOUND ON SHAWAN FALLS AND WANTING TO TURN RIGHT, HEADING EAST ON BRIDGE STREET, MY CONCERN IS ALWAYS IF I, IF I WERE TO USE THE SECOND ENTRANCE INTO THAT GAS STATION, IT WOULD ALLOW THAT PERSON THAT'S TURNING TO PICK UP SPEED AND NOT BE PAYING ATTENTION TO ME TURNING INTO THAT, THAT, UM, THAT GAS STATION.
AND I'M WORRIED ABOUT GETTING REAR-ENDED THERE.
SO AGAIN, YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS ARE THE EXPERTS, SIX, A SIX FOOT SIDEWALK.
UM, THERE ARE AREAS OF THIS, UH, THOROUGHFARE THAT HAVE NO SIDEWALKS.
SO, AND THERE ARE OTHER AREAS THAT HAVE FOUR, I THINK FOUR FOOT SIDEWALKS BY THE, BY THE CEMETERY.
UM, SO SIX FEET SEEMS AMAZING.
I STILL THINK GIVEN THE FUTURE OF THIS AREA, THERE'S REALLY NOT MUCH
BUT WITH METRO CENTER AND SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN THAT AREA, UH, FOR ME, I WOULDN'T WANT TO COMPROMISE SIDEWALK AT ALL.
IF ANYTHING, I WOULD LIKE TO GO WIDER IF AT ALL POSSIBLE.
UM, YOU HAVE, I DON'T KNOW IF CHICANE IS THE PROPER TERM FOR IT, BUT AT THE CORNER OF BRIDGE AND HIGH STREET, UM, AND I, THAT, THAT AREA WITH THE CHICANE IS REMINISCENT TO ME OF, UM, EASTON, IF YOU'RE DEEP IN EASTON, THE, THE, THE, THE ROADS TEND TO BE PRETTY NARROW AND I, I BELIEVE THEY HAVE ON STREET PARKING.
UM, SO I, I'M, I'M GOOD WITH THAT.
THE, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN, UH, THE AREA THAT YOU'RE SHOWING HERE ON THE SLIDE AND EASTON IS WE HAVE 1 61, WHICH IS A MAIN CORRIDOR.
SO NARROWING A MAIN CORRIDOR, I'M A LITTLE HESITANT ABOUT JUST GIVEN THE, THE TRAFFIC FLOW.
IF WE HAD JOHN SHIELDS PARKWAY, THAT BRIDGE DONE, UM, THAT WOULD ALLOW ANOTHER, I GUESS, WHAT IS THAT EAST WEST, UM, ALTERNATIVE, I THINK IT WOULD MAKE MORE SENSE, BUT AT THE MOMENT, UM, SACRIFICING THROUGH LANES ON BRIDGE STREET, UM, IT WOULD BE HARD FOR ME TO GET BEHIND.
YOU WANNA GO? IT DOESN'T MATTER.
THIS HAS, UM, BEEN REALLY GREAT.
SORRY, MY SCREEN SHUT DOWN HERE.
UM, REALLY GREAT, REALLY INFORMATIVE WORK AND I THINK, UM, TO TRY TO GET TO YOUR LAST SLIDE THERE, UM, HAS REFLECTED A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT YOU HEARD FROM US.
UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT IS A GOOD IDEA TO WORK TO TRY TO PREPARE THE AREA FOR THE POTENTIAL OF BRT.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT SUGGESTING THAT LIKE, HEY, WHEN WE APPROVE ALL OF THIS, WE'RE GOING OUT AND WE'RE GONNA GO BUILD THOSE BRT DEDICATED LIENS.
UM, I, I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO, UM, TO THINK FORWARD, UM, TO THE FUTURE OF THOSE AS WELL.
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WIDER SIDEWALKS ARE GOOD.I I'M NOT OPPOSED TO NARROWING SOME OF THESE STREETS BECAUSE IT, THE WHOLE IDEA BETWEEN HIGH STREET AND AND BRIDGE STREET HERE IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA IS TO TRY TO GET IT TO BE MORE PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, THIS AREA, THE ONE THAT YOU ACTUALLY HAVE ON THE SCREEN RIGHT NOW DOES A FAIRLY GOOD JOB AS IT IS TODAY.
THERE'S LOTS OF FOLKS WHO FEEL OKAY AND COMFORTABLE WALKING THROUGH THERE, AND PART OF THAT'S BECAUSE OF THE BARRIERS THAT HAVE BEEN PUT THERE.
THERE'S A LOT OF CHANGES THAT HAVE HAPPENED OVER THE YEARS TO MAKE IT THAT WAY.
UM, I, I TEND TO BE A LITTLE BIT IN AGREEMENT WITH THAT.
WE'RE GOING INTO SECTION C WITH THAT, UM, WESTBOUND SORT OF RIGHTMOST LANE THERE.
UM, YOU KNOW, I DO ACTUALLY TRY TO AVOID THIS AREA AS MUCH AS I CAN, BUT WHEN I DO, THAT'S ACTUALLY ONE OF THE TURNS I MAKE FAIRLY FREQUENTLY.
UM, AND I THINK YOU'RE GONNA FIND SOME PRETTY DEEP STACKING OF VEHICLES IF YOU TAKE THAT LANE AWAY, UM, BACKING UP BY PROBABLY AT LEAST A LIGHTER TWO.
UM, SO I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE A BIT OF A STRUGGLE.
SO I'D LIKE TO SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, RESEARCH ON THAT AREA TO SEE IF THAT REALLY MAKES SENSE TO ELIMINATE THAT LANE.
AND, AND I GET THAT THAT MAKES THE, THE, THE ROAD FAIRLY WIDE, BUT THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE FACING WHEN YOU'RE GOING WESTBOUND, IS YOU'RE, YOU'RE GETTING ONTO A HIGHWAY.
UM, YOU KNOW, AND SO IT'S, IT'S, IT'S SO INTERESTING TO SEE HOW MUCH THAT ROAD CHANGES FROM FRANCE ROAD TO, UM, HIGH STREET.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, AND IT'S NOT A VERY LONG WAY.
UM, SO IT, IT, IT WAS REALLY GOOD TO SORT OF HAVE ALL OF THESE PICTURES AND STUFF SIDE BY SIDE.
'CAUSE I COULD KIND OF FLIP THROUGH THEM AND GET A REAL FEEL FOR WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT.
UM, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS POTENTIAL FOR FUTURE BRT, I'M FINE WITH HAVING SOME BRT MIXED IN WITH TRAFFIC WHERE THE ROAD IS REALLY NARROW.
I THINK THAT IT'S A REALLY SHORT LENGTH TO DO THAT.
UM, SECTION, UM, IN BI THINK IT WAS WHERE YOU'VE GOT THE, THE ONE LANE, TO ME, I THINK THAT MAKES, IT'S JUST SO SHORT THAT I THINK THAT THE TECHNOLOGY WILL BE THERE.
AND I, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT AT ALL.
UM, AND I, I DO LIKE, YOU KNOW, AS MUCH OF THAT ON STREET PARKING AS YOU CAN GET, I THINK MAKES THE ROAD SAFER.
IT SLOWS MY 16-YEAR-OLD DOWN IF THAT TELLS YOU SOMETHING.
UM, SO I THINK THOSE ARE ALL REALLY GOOD THINGS.
SO I, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK AND I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO HAVE THIS FEEDBACK AS THINGS DEVELOP, BECAUSE AS YOU SHOW US MORE STUFF, YOU KNOW, IT GETS OUR BRAINS TURNING.
THIS WAS, THIS WAS GREAT WORK.
UM, AND I REALLY AM LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT, WHAT Y'ALL BRING BACK TO US IN THE FINAL REPORT.
UM, THANK YOU FOR ALL THE INFORMATION.
UM, I GUESS WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT BRT IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE CORRIDOR, I ALSO LIKE OPTION B.
AND ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I WANTED TO ASK WAS, I MEAN, WE PROBABLY HAVE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC THERE DURING SCHOOL PICK UP AND DROP OFF, AND THEN THERE'S PROBABLY AS MANY WALKERS AS POSSIBLE COMING OUT OF THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS.
WOULD THAT ALSO LEND ITSELF TO BEING THE SAFEST FOR PEDESTRIAN CROSSWAYS? ASSUMING THAT THERE'S A NEW INTERSECTION AT MONTEREY, IT SEEMS TO ME LIKE OPTION B, UM, FOR THE SINGLE LANE, BRT THROUGH THAT CORRIDOR WOULD ALSO AGAIN BE THE SAFEST.
IS THAT A CORRECT ASSUMPTION? MAYBE.
I WISH I COULD TELL YOU, MINE SAYS PAGE 4 0 1.
I'M SURE THAT'S, THAT'S NOT HOW YOU'RE NAVIGATING GONNA MENTION THAT WE MET WITH THE SCHOOLS.
SO, WHICH, WHICH, UH, OPTION B IS, YEAH, JUST SEEMS TO ME LIKE OPTION B MIGHT BE THE END UP BEING THE SAFEST FOR PEDESTRIANS.
WOULD IT BE? YEAH, I THINK SO.
NARROW CROSSWALKS OR WOULD IT 'CAUSE IT, I GUESS IT DOESN'T PRESENT THE OPPORTUNITY FOR A PAUSE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD, LIKE WE'RE SEEING AT THE FAR WEST END WITH THE DOUBLE LANES, BUT IT WOULD JUST BE A SINGLE, SINGLE CROSS THEN, RIGHT? YEAH.
OR PEDESTRIAN THAT, UM, MOVE FROM BIDIRECTIONAL TO, TO, YOU KNOW, MIXING WITH TRAFFIC COULD OCCUR IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS.
RELATED TO I TO HIGH SCHOOL ROAD, I HAVEN'T LOOKED AT IT CLOSELY ENOUGH TO KNOW WHAT THE SAFEST MERGE WOULD BE, BUT, UM, IT'S NOT AN UNUSUAL MOVE TO MAKE.
I GUESS THAT'S THE OTHER THING I WOULD MENTION THERE, WHERE, WHERE WE HAVE THE MERGE, SOMETHING TO KEEP IN UNDER CONSIDERATION AS THE CONTINUE WITH TRAFFIC STUDIES IS, I MEAN, THAT'S GOING TO BE A HEAVY LEFT TURN LANE RIGHT THERE.
FROM THE EASTBOUND JUST BE, IS THAT THE DROP OFF PATTERN THERE? IT SELLS IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, I WOULD ASSUME SO I'M, BUT IT COULD BE THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT TRANSITION SHOULD OCCUR A LITTLE BIT FURTHER WEST SOMEWHERE ELSE.
THAT WAS REALLY MY ONLY OTHER COMMENT.
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SUPPORT OF BRTI, I LIKE THE DUAL LANES IN THE EASTERN PORTION.UM, IF BRT DOESN'T HAPPEN, THE ROAD'S BUILT FOR EXPANSION, YOU KNOW, WE WANNA PUT THOSE LANES BACK IN.
IT'S AVAILABLE, BUT IF WE PLAN FOR IT, I'M A BIG BELIEVER THAT IT WILL COME.
AND, UM, SO I'M IN SUPPORT OF THE ONGOING VISION TOWARDS OPTION A IN THE EASTERN PORTION AS WELL.
I THINK WE, YOU DID EXACTLY WHAT WE ASKED YOU TO, UM, TO TELL US IF WE COULD ACCOMMODATE THIS WITHIN THE RIGHT OF WAY.
AND OBVIOUSLY WE CAN, WE HAVE MULTIPLE OPTIONS TO LOOK FORWARD TO IN THE FUTURE.
UM, MY ONLY CONCERN OR COMMENT, YOU HAD MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT PARKING ON HIGH STREET, UM, AND ON THAT SLIDE THERE WAS A LITTLE GREEN BAR ON THE WEST SIDE OF SOUTH HARTH STREET.
AND I, IF THAT WAS THE PARKING LOCATION, I WOULD OKAY, GOOD.
GOOD, BECAUSE
UM, AND IF IT WAS PARKING, THAT WOULD'VE BEEN A HORRIBLE SPOT, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW WHERE WITH THAT GREEN, THAT LINE ON THE, OH, THAT'S THE, I THINK THAT'S A TREE STRIP.
JUST DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THAT WAS.
AND THAT, THAT SEGMENT'S QUITE NICELY RECENTLY REBUILT, SO WE WOULDN'T BE MESSING WITH THAT.
I, I HAVE ARE YOU DONE? I'M SORRY.
UM, SO QUESTION, CROSSING THE BRIDGE, THERE WOULD NOT BE A DEDICATED BUS LINE AT THIS POINT.
SO THE IDEA OF, OF NARROW, I MEAN, YOU, YOU'RE GONNA COME THROUGH MERGED OVER THAT BRIDGE ANYWAY, SO THE THOUGHT OF HAVING A LITTLE BIT LONGER BEFORE IT DEDICATED MAKES PERFECT SENSE.
I MEAN, I KNOW WE, THE PROJECT TRUNCATES HERE, SO THE CONVERSATION, BUT THEY'RE GONNA BE COMING AN EMERGE THING, SO IT'S NOT GONNA FEEL LIKE WE'VE GOT FOUR FEET OF UNMARKED.
IT'S GONNA FEEL QUITE NATURAL, ISN'T IT, UNTIL AT WHICH TIME IT CHANGES.
TO ME, THAT MAKES OPTION B JUST NOT ONLY ECONOMIC, BUT JUST LOGICAL IN THAT REGARD, IS THAT GREAT.
THE OTHER THING THAT, UM, I FOUND MYSELF THINKING AS YOU WERE GOING THROUGH THIS IN A VERY POSITIVE WAY, RIGHT NOW, WHAT WE TALK ABOUT IS HOW FAST I CAN GET TO THE FREEWAY OR HOW FAST I CAN GET TO THE NEXT THING, OR HOW FAST I THINK THIS IS GOING TO CHANGE.
I THINK JUST MENTALLY WHEN IT FEELS DIFFERENT AND THERE WILL BE MORE, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF PEDESTRIAN ONCE YOU LEAVE.
SORT OF THAT, I THINK HOW WE FEEL ABOUT HAVING TO WAIT ONE MORE MINUTE THROUGH A LIGHT TO DO TWO LIGHT, I I THINK IT MIGHT CHANGE IF WE'VE CREATED AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE I'M HAPPY TO BE IN THAT SPACE, RIGHT? RIGHT NOW I JUST WANNA GET TO THE FREEWAY OR I JUST WANNA MAKE MY TURN.
SO AS YOU WERE GOING THROUGH THIS, I KEPT THINKING, YEAH, I, I DRIVE SLOWER AND IF I SAW PARKING OR IF I SAW THESE THINGS, I, I THINK, I THINK THERE'S OBVIOUSLY ALWAYS THE CHICKEN AND THE EGG, BUT I THINK THAT WILL, I DON'T, I THINK THAT WILL ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE ANGST THAT WE FEEL.
AND I'M PERFECTLY CONVINCED THAT OUR, UM, TRAFFIC, LIGHT SPEED FOLKS, I'M LOOKING AT JEANNIE AND SMILING, BUT THEY'RE GONNA FIGURE OUT HOW TO ADJUST WITH THIS CHANGE, RIGHT? THE TIMINGS ARE ALL SET TO THE CURRENT ENVIRONMENT.
SO MAYBE DURING TIMES WHEN THE KIDS ARE DRIVING, I MEAN, I'M, I'M CONVINCED THAT THAT WHOLE NETWORK WILL LOGICALLY CHANGE.
AND AS SOMEBODY WHO, WHO RIDES THEIR BIKE THROUGH HERE, I'M JUST TICKLED PINK AT THE PINK LINE THAT YOU ADDED TO THE OTHER SIDE BE THAT WILL ACTUALLY MAKE IT A, A LOVELY PLACE TO WANT TO, TO JOURNEY THROUGH.
SO, UM, I'M SUPPORTIVE AND, AND I APPRECIATE BOTH THE MECHANICS, BUT ALSO THE, WHAT I BELIEVE WILL BE THE MIND SHIFT AND I, I HOPE RAPID TRANSIT COMES 'CAUSE WE'LL BE READY FOR FOR THEM IF THEY DO.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS.
UM, ALTHOUGH I DON'T THINK WE EXPECTED ANYTHING LESS, AND THANK YOU.
WE, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE MET IN THE PARKING LOT THERE BY MCDONALD'S AND OH, AND WE WANTED TO WALK WEST AND YOU SAID, OH, I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING EAST.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO, TO BACK UP AND, AND TAKE A PEEK, UM, THERE TO THE WEST.
'CAUSE I THINK IT, I THINK IT'S WORTH IT.
UM, AS I LOOK AT THE FRANCE ROAD POST ROAD INTERCHANGE THERE, IF YOU ARE HEADED WEST, THERE ARE TWO LANES DEDICATED TO LEFT TURNS.
AND IF, IF WE WERE GOING TO ELIMINATE A LANE, I THINK MAYBE WE CONSIDER ELIMINATING ONE OF THE LEFT TURN LANES.
THEY DON'T SEEM TO GET AS STACKED
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AS THE PEOPLE GOING THROUGH TO GET ON THE HIGHWAY.SO WHEN WE DO THE TRAFFIC STUDY, I, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT BE ONE OF THE COMPONENTS THAT WE LOOK AT IS IF WE ONLY HAD ONE LEFT TURN LANE, IT WOULD STILL GIVE US FOUR LANES, THREE WOULD PRESS THROUGH AND ONE WOULD BE DEDICATED TO THE LEFT.
SO I'M, I'M HOPEFUL THAT THERE'S MORE THAN ONE SOLUTION, UM, IN THAT SPACE.
UM, I THINK ANYTIME WE CAN GET, I THINK EVERY ROAD THAT HAS A MEDIAN IS BETTER THAN A ROAD THAT DOESN'T.
SO AS MANY OPPORTUNITIES AS WE HAVE TO GET MEDIANS IN THIS SPACE, UM, AND YOU KNOW, WHEN WE GET TO THAT POINT, I THINK IT'LL BE A VERY GOOD CONVERSATION TO TALK ABOUT WHAT DO WE CHOOSE TO PLANT WHERE, UM, AND, AND HOW DOES THAT TRANSLATE? SO, UH, I I WILL LOOK FORWARD TO THAT CONVERSATION RELATIVE TO THE BRTI.
I MAY DIFFER FROM MY COLLEAGUES A LITTLE BIT IN THAT IT IS MY HOPE THAT BRT IS THE PREDECESSOR OF LIGHT RAIL AND, UM, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE BUILD IT TO, UH, HOST LIGHT RAIL TODAY, BUT I REALLY WANNA PRESERVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A MEANINGFUL LIGHT RAIL COME THROUGH.
UM, I I JUST THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE A, A VALUABLE THING FOR THE COLUMBUS REGION TO HAVE AS WE TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, SOLVING COMPLICATED TRAFFIC PROBLEMS. AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'RE PRETTY WELL BACK FROM COVID IN TURN, MAYBE NOT ON FRIDAYS, BUT I THINK WE'VE REBOUNDED TO TRAFFIC VOLUMES, THE, THE BALANCE OF THE DAYS OF THE WEEK.
AND WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF STRESS ON AN OUR INFRASTRUCTURE AS A RESULT OF THAT.
AND SO COLLECTIVELY, REGIONALLY, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO COME UP WITH SOME SOLUTIONS AND, UM, MY HOPE IS THAT BRT IS THE PREDECESSOR TO LIGHT BRAILLE TRANSIT.
SO THE BUS WAY I'M VERY, IS VERY ATTRACTIVE TO ME.
I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT WE BUILD IT RIGHT NOW, BUT I'M SUGGESTING THAT WE CONTEMPLATE THAT BEING A, A SOLUTION AND PRESERVE THAT AS WE GET REDEVELOPMENT THROUGH THAT AREA AS WE GARNER THE RIGHT OF WAY NECESSARY IN REDEVELOPMENT SO THAT WE CAN HOLD A SPACE THERE, UM, FOR THAT TO HAPPEN.
AND I THINK IT WILL, WOULD MAKE THAT PORTION OF THE CITY WILDLY SUCCESSFUL, UM, AND, AND REALLY ATTRACTIVE TO REINVESTMENT.
SO, UM, I I DON'T DISAGREE THAT THE, THAT OPTION B IS, IS PROBABLY A GOOD ATTRACTIVE ONE THROUGH THERE, YOU KNOW, AND TO GREG'S POINT AND ANDY'S POINT ABOUT SEEING WHAT OTHERS DO, I KNOW, YOU KNOW, BESLEY'S WRESTLING WITH THIS RIGHT NOW ON MAIN STREET AND UH, IT WILL BE INTERESTING, THEIR SOLUTION WILL BE IN PLACE PRIOR TO US REALLY HAVING TO MAKE A FIRM DECISION.
SO WE'RE FORTUNATE IN THAT WAY THAT WE DO HAVE A LITTLE TIME AND WE GET TO LEARN FROM OTHER PEOPLE'S EXPERIENCES.
THERE'S A LOT OF VALUE TO THAT.
SO, UM, I GUESS MY ANSWER IS BOTH
UM, I, I HAD A LITTLE BIT OF CONCERN ABOUT THE INTERSECTION OF, UH, HIGH STREET AND 1 61 OR BRIDGE STREET, UM, WHERE THE ON STREET PARKING WAS.
UH, I, I THINK I AM VERY SUPPORTIVE OF INTRODUCING SOME MORE ON STREET PARKING.
I THINK THAT CLOSE TO THAT INTERSECTION HEADED NORTH, UM, IS GONNA BE REALLY CLOSE TO THAT INTERSECTION.
IF YOU ARE RIGHT THERE AND YOU'RE BACKING UP INTO THAT ON STREET PARKING SPOT, YOU'RE GOING TO BE INTERACTING WITH SOMEBODY THAT IS IMMEDIATELY COMING OFF OF A LEFT TURN AND PROBABLY WILL HAVE TO STOP AND MAYBE HAVE TO BLOCK THE INTERSECTION, CERTAINLY THE CROSSWALK AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
SO MY ONLY SUGGESTION IS MAYBE NOT START THE ON STREET PARKING QUITE THAT CLOSE TO THE INTERCHANGE AND THAT WE PUSH IT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER TO THE NORTH TO RESOLVE THAT CONFLICT.
THE DRAWING ACTUALLY IGNORES THE FACT THAT THERE'S A CURB CUT THERE FOR THAT BUSINESS.
SO I DON'T THINK THE PARKING CAN ACTUALLY START THERE.
THOSE CERTAINLY AREN'T, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THAT WOULD BE RIGHT FOR DEVELOPMENT.
MAYBE ONE DAY WE COULD MOVE THE CURB CUT, BUT WHATEVER, HOWEVER THAT GOES, MOSTLY BECAUSE YOU SEE PEOPLE BACK OUT OF THAT, UH, THE PIZZA SHOP NOW AND TRY TO BACK UP ON 1 61 AND PEOPLE ARE MAKING A TURN AND, UH, THAT SOUNDS EVEN MORE DANGEROUS.
SO IT MIGHT NOT BE THE RIGHT SPOT FOR THAT BUSINESS TO HAVE A CURB CUT, BUT THAT'S WHERE IT IS.
SO, UM, THAT'S MY ONLY FEEDBACK ON THAT.
UH, OTHER THAN THAT, I, IT'S, IT'S A GREAT UPDATE.
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YOU KNOW, YOUR QUESTIONS WERE, ARE WE TRENDING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION? UM, AND I THINK, YES, I THINK THE ANSWER IS IS THAT WE'RE, WE'RE GETTING CLOSE AND I, I THINK THE NARROWING OF THE LANES AND, YOU KNOW, I REALLY LIKE THE LOOK OF THIS BEING MORE OF A COMMUNITY ROAD THAN A, THAN A HIGHWAY.AND, UM, I'M HOPEFUL THAT WE'LL HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO STATE THAT CASE TO ODOT AND US DOT AND ANY OTHER DOT THAT MIGHT WANNA HAVE A, HAVE AN OPINION ON THAT.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS.
UM, DID WE ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAD OF US OR DO YOU HAVE THE, THE RIGHT INFORMATION TO KEEP MOVING FORWARD? I THINK SO, AND I THINK I HEARD SOME, SOME, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, AGREEMENT AROUND RE-LOOKING AT THAT VERY WESTERN INTERSECTION.
I THINK WE'LL TALK TO EHM AND T ABOUT A LITTLE, MAYBE A LITTLE QUICK TRAFFIC MODELING TO SEE, UH, WHAT REALLY IS HAPPENING THERE.
BUT IT DOESN'T WRECK THE PLAN TO HAVE AN ADDITIONAL LANE IF THAT'S WHAT IT NEEDS.
AND IT, IT'S, UH, WE'VE BEEN VERY GRATEFUL, WE'VE BEEN VERY LUCKY TO WORK WITH WITH THIS STAFF.
UM, THEY'VE BEEN SUPER HELPFUL AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO COMING BACK IN NOVEMBER AND SHOWING YOU SOMETHING FINAL.
UM, WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE THAT THERE'S NO ACTION FOR US TO TAKE ON IT TONIGHT OTHER THAN TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE THE INFORMATION THAT YOU NEED.
THIS WILL BRING US TO OUR NEXT OTHER BUSINESS ITEM AND IS THE ID TWO AND ID THREE DISTRICT CODE AMENDMENT APPROACH AND OUR STAFF REPORT WILL BE BROUGHT FORWARD THIS EVENING BY ZACH HEL.
SO, FOLLOWING THE ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE 0 6 25 ON JULY 1ST, UH, CITY COUNCIL DIRECTED STAFF TO REVIEW AND OUTLINE A STRATEGY FOR FUTURE REFINEMENTS TO THE ID TWO AND ID THREE CODE WITHIN THE WEST INNOVATION DISTRICT.
UM, SO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING TONIGHT, UH, IS SOME OF THE BRAINSTORMING THAT STAFF HAS DONE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S A PATH FORWARD WITH ID TWO AND THREE.
UM, WE BRIEFLY BROUGHT IT UP EARLIER, BUT WE'LL GO A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DEPTH WITH THIS.
UM, BUT REALLY WE'RE JUST LOOKING TO IDENTIFY WHAT THE NEXT STEPS ARE FOR THIS WORK AND IDENTIFY WHAT ARE THOSE SHORT TERM IMPROVEMENTS.
BUT AS PART OF OUR BRAINSTORMING, WE STARTED OFF BY LOOKING AT SOME OF THE BACKGROUND OF THE GEOGRAPHY OUT HERE.
SO THE, LOOKING AT ID TWO AND ID THREE, THE MAP THAT'S SHOWN ON YOUR SCREEN CONTEMPLATES FOUR DIFFERENT, UH, AREAS.
THE FIRST IS KIND OF THAT SOLID LIGHT PINK OR LIGHT PURPLE, UH, WHICH IS PROPERTY THAT IS CURRENTLY ZONED ID TWO.
UH, THE HATCHED AREA THAT'S LIGHTER IS, UH, DESIGNATED FOR FLEX INNOVATION, FUTURE LAND USE PLAN, WHICH WOULD BE ID TWO IF IT WERE TO REZONE IN THE FUTURE.
AND THEN IN THE DARK SOLID, THAT'S GONNA BE YOUR ID THREE, UH, WHICH IS CURRENTLY ZONED TODAY.
AND THEN THE DARK HATCHED AREA IS INDUSTRIAL FUTURE LAND USE PLAN, WHICH WOULD, UH, REVERT TO ID THREE IF IT WERE REZONED.
SO APPROXIMATELY THAT'S ABOUT 78% OF THE LAND WITHIN THE WEST INVIS INNOVATION DISTRICT THAT'S DEDICATED TO ID TWO OR ID THREE TODAY OR IN THE FUTURE.
NOW, DISCLAIMER WITH THIS TWO THINGS, IT DOES TAKE OUT THE ID SIX AREA THAT WAS EXPECTED TO BE THAT FLEX INNOVATION FUTURE LAND USE PLAN.
BUT ON THE OTHER SIDE, THIS DOES INCLUDE DARIA FIELD SPORTS OHIO.
SO THERE JUST WANTED TO POINT THOSE OUT, BUT STILL, I, THE NUMBER IS GONNA BE NORTH OF 70% OF THE LAND OUT HERE.
SO AS WE'RE LOOKING AT FUTURE REFINEMENTS, IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S A LOT OF LAND THAT'S ALREADY ZONED ID TWO AND ID THREE OUT HERE, AND THOSE THAT ARE EXPECTED TO, UH, IDEALLY IN THE FUTURE ZONE INTO THOSE LANDS.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF IMPACTS THAT, UH, THESE CHANGES WOULD HAVE.
SO, AS STATED EARLIER, UH, WE'VE KIND OF PUT THINGS INTO TWO BUCKETS HERE.
THE FIRST IS THE NEAR TERM REFINEMENTS, AND WE'VE IDENTIFIED KIND OF THREE CATEGORIES THAT, THAT WE WOULD APPROACH WITH THIS AT THIS POINT.
SO THE FIRST IS GONNA BE YOUR USE PER PERMISSION.
SO IDENTIFYING, UH, CURRENTLY PERMITTED USES THAT DO NOT ALIGN WITH THE ESTABLISHED DISTRICT INTENTS AND INTENDED DEVELOPMENT CHARACTERS FOR THE ID TWO AND ID THREE DISTRICTS.
SOME OF THOSE USES COULD BE, UH, LIKE YOUR DISTRICT ENERGY PLANTS OR LIKE A DAYCARE.
SO IDENTIFYING THOSE THINGS THAT DON'T REALLY MEET THE INTENT OF THE DISTRICTS AND DON'T MEET THE INTENT OF THE, UM, WEST INNOVATION DISTRICT WITHIN OUR SPECIAL AREA PLAN.
THE SECOND IS LOOKING AT THE USES THAT DO ALIGN WITH THE INTENT, AND THOSE WOULD BE YOUR MANUFACTURING ASSEMBLY, R AND D, WHICH ARE CURRENTLY PERMITTED USES AND LOOKING TO CREATE SOME TARGETED STANDARDS WHEN ADJACENT TO SENSITIVE LAND USES.
UM, THERE'S NOT MUCH LAND OUT HERE THAT IS IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO SENSITIVE LAND USES, BUT LOOKING AT WHAT WE DID WITH ID
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SIX, MAYBE THERE'S SOME PERFORMANCE STANDARDS THAT WE COULD PUT IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, ANY IMPACTS THAT ARE HAPPENING ON THE SITE WOULD NOT BE IMPACTING PROPERTIES ADJACENT, UH, TO THE SITE, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT WE ALREADY INTEND TO DO.UH, BUT THAT WOULD JUST ADD A LITTLE BIT MORE CLARITY IN THAT REALM.
AND THEN THE LAST THING, AND THIS IS WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON, IS THE SETBACK AND SCREENING DESIGN MANUAL.
A PORTION OF THAT FOR ID SIX WAS APPROVED, UH, FOR COS GRAY ROAD, THE SECTION ADJACENT TO BALANCE RATE.
BUT THIS WOULD BE LOOKING AT THE ENTIRE 2200 ACRES OF THE WEST INNOVATION DISTRICT AND FIGURING OUT WHAT'S A COMPREHENSIVE TREATMENT, UH, FOR ALL THE PUBLIC STREETS THAT ARE EXISTING IN FUTURE WITHIN THE DISTRICT SO THAT WE HAVE A CONSISTENT SCREENING MECHANISM OUT HERE AND CREATE THAT CHARACTER THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ESTABLISH.
AND THEN THE LONGER TERM REFINEMENTS, UH, WOULD BE DOING A MORE COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF THE DISTRICT STRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AND REVIEW PROCESS AS PART OF OUR ZONING CODE AND SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS UPDATE.
SO AS PART OF THE NEXT STEPS, THIS WOULD NEED TO FOLLOW THE CODE AMENDMENT PROCESS THAT WE JUST WENT THROUGH AS WELL.
SO GOING BACK TO PLAYING A ZONING COMMISSION AND THEN BEING A DETERMINATION THROUGH ORDINANCE WITH CITY COUNCIL, WE WOULD ENGAGE PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN THE WID, UH, THAT ARE CURRENTLY ZONED OR PLAN TO BE ZONED ID TWO AND THREE.
WE WOULD MEET WITH WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP TO SHARE THE APPROACH AND GATHER FEEDBACK.
AND THEN THE GOAL OF THIS WOULD BE TO ESTABLISH THESE NEAR TERM AMENDMENTS BY THE END OF 26, AND THEN PUSHING THOSE LARGER COMPREHENSIVE, UH, REVIEW AND POTENTIAL CHANGES TO THAT ZONING CODE AND SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS UPDATE.
SO WITH THAT, WHAT STAFF IS LOOKING FOR TONIGHT, UH, IS DIRECTION BASED ON WHAT WAS PRINTED THEN TONIGHT WITH OUR DIRECTION AND TARGETED AMENDMENTS, UM, AND THEN ANY OTHER CONSIDERATIONS AS WE GO ABOUT THIS PROCESS.
WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
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 AGENDA ITEM? VERY GOOD.
COUNCIL QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION? ANYONE LIKE TO KICK IT OFF? OKAY.
I THINK THIS DIRECTION'S GREAT.
UM, I WOULD JUST MAKE IT CLEAR, UM, THAT, SO UNDER THE PROCESS, THE NEXT STEPS YOU SAID WE'RE GOING TO PLANNING AND ZONING AND COUNCIL.
SO I WOULD JUST, AS WE MOVE FORWARD, I JUST WANNA MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THOSE ARE THE PUBLIC COMMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND THAT, AND, AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ADVERTISE, UM, TO EVERYONE WHO'S BEEN INVOLVED WITH ALL THE WOOD REZONING.
AND SO BASICALLY DON'T DO OUR STANDARD 3,300 FOOT RADIUS OR WHATEVER IT IS.
I MEAN, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ADVERTISING WHEN IT GOES TO PLANNING AND ZONING, WHICH WILL PROBABLY BE MULTIPLE TIMES WHEN WE GET TO COUNCIL.
THAT'S THEIR OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT IN THAT ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE ON THAT MAILING LIST ARE GETTING THOSE NOTICES.
ANYONE ELSE? I I JUST WOULD SAY DITTO TO THAT.
I, I I, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS A COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNICATION EFFORT FOR THE FOLKS WHO HAVE AN INTEREST IN THIS REZONING, WHICH IS ALL OF THOSE FOLKS THAT HAVE BEEN IN THIS COUNCIL CHAMBERS FOR THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS.
UM, YEAH, ACTUALLY I REALLY AGREE WITH THE TWO TRACK APPROACH FOR THIS, FOR THE SHORT TERM AND THE LONG TERM.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I ACTUALLY, UH, WROTE DOWN, WHICH YOU ADDRESSED WAS ACTUALLY THE STANDARDIZATION FOR THE SETBACKS.
UH, 'CAUSE RIGHT NOW THE SETBACK AND SCREENING DESIGN MANUAL EXCLUDES, UM, ID TWO, I BELIEVE IT IS.
AND SO INCLUSION OF ID TWO WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL, UH, FOR THAT.
AND THEN, YEAH, UH, I THINK THE, UM, PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, AS YOU GUYS ARE ALREADY POINTED OUT, IS GONNA BE CRITICAL.
BUT YEAH, IN GENERAL, I REALLY, UH, AGREE WITH, WITH, WITH THIS APPROACH.
I THINK, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER CRAM ASKED THE QUESTION AND YOU ANSWERED, BUT I JUST WANT, WOULD YOU CONTINUE TO USE THE WID WEB PAGE AS KIND OF A CENTRAL AREA FOR POSTING? AND I MEAN, I KNOW YOU'RE GONNA COMMUNICATE AND PEOPLE ARE GONNA GET EMAILS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT I THINK THAT THAT WAS REALLY HELPFUL.
SO IF THERE'S ANY THOUGHT TO CONTINUING THE USE OF THAT SPECIFIC WEBSITE, I WOULD ENCOURAGE IT.
UH, I THINK THAT THE, UH, NEAR TERM AND, AND LONG TERM APPROACH IS REALLY GOOD.
HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THOSE SETBACKS AND SCREENINGS.
I THINK THAT'S REALLY WHAT THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY, PROBABLY ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THEY'RE WAITING ON IS JUST TO UNDERSTAND WHAT, UH, HOW MUCH THEY HAVE TO WORK WITH.
UM, SO, UM, THE USE SPECIFIC STANDARDS WILL BE IMPORTANT.
OH, I THINK WE'RE CLOSER ON THE USE SPECIFIC STANDARDS THAN WE ARE.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVEN'T REALLY HAD SUBSTANTIVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT SETBACKS AND SCREENINGS OF A LOT OF THOSE ROADS, SO THAT WILL BE APPROPRIATE.
AND, YOU KNOW, THE, THE LONGER TERM AND THE COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE OVERALL, UM, ZONING CODE THAT, YOU KNOW, I, IT'LL PROBABLY SHED A LOT OF LIGHT ON THAT BECAUSE IT
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WON'T BE THAT SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT THAN OTHER CODE REVISIONS THEY'RE DOING.IT SEEMS LIKE SO MANY OF THEM ARE A REFERENCE TO OTHER TYPES OF USES OR OTHER PARCELS OR OTHER DEFINITIONS IN THE CODE.
AND THAT'S WHERE IT GETS REALLY MUDDY IS BECAUSE THE CODE REFERS BACK TO ITSELF IN SO MANY LOCATIONS THAT WHEN YOU CHANGE WHAT SOMETHING ELSE IN THE CODE REFERS TO, AND YOU'VE SUBSTANTIVELY CHANGED A SECTION OF THE CODE THAT YOU DIDN'T MEAN TO TOUCH.
SO, UM, I THINK THAT WILL BE REALLY HELPFUL IN THE, IN THE LONG TERM, PARTICULARLY AS IT RELATES TO DEFINITIONS AND, UH, ASPIRATIONAL IMAGES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
WELL, IF THERE IS NOTHING FURTHER, THEN I WILL MAKE A MOTION DIRECTING STAFF TO PROCEED WITH THE CODE AMENDMENT PROCESS AS FOLLOWS, AS PRESENTED.
JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? MS. JOHNSON? YES.
THIS BRINGS US TO THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE 2026 TURK REPORTS.
FRANKLIN UNION AND DELAWARE COUNTIES IN OUR STAFF REPORT WILL BE BROUGHT FORWARD THIS EVENING BY MATT RUBINO.
MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, THE THREE TAX INCENTIVE REVIEW COUNCILS MET IN JUNE TO REVIEW THE CITY'S REQUIRED INCENTIVE REPORTING.
ALL THREE COUNCILS REVIEWED AND DID ACCEPT THOSE REPORTS.
COUNTY AUDITORS, UH, DO PREFER THAT CITY COUNCIL ADOPT BY MOTION, UM, ACCEPTING THE MINUTES OF THE MEETINGS.
SO WE JUST HAVE A SIMPLE ANNUAL ROUTINE REQUEST THAT CITY COUNCIL, UM, ADOPT BY, BY MOTION THE, THE MINUTES FOR ALL THREE, UH, TURK MEETINGS THAT WERE HELD IN JUNE.
UM, I WANNA TAKE A MOMENT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS AGENDA ITEM? HEARING NONE.
COUNCIL QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION? I, I HAD ONE QUESTION.
NOW THIS REPORT IS REALLY LONG.
UM, AND I'M, I'M LOOKING FOR IT, BUT WHEN SOME OF THE PROPOSED INVESTMENTS WERE ZERO AND, UM, THE CURRENT INVESTMENTS WERE SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER, HOW DID WE ARRIVE AT, AT A TIFF ON SOMETHING THAT WE PROJECTED TO BE ZERO? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
DO YOU HAVE AN EXAMPLE SPECIFICALLY MAYBE TO, WELL NOW THIS IS 913 PAGES AND LONG OF COURSE, I'M NOT FINDING THE PAGE THAT I WANTED TO FIND.
I WAS HOPING MY COLLEAGUES WOULD'VE A FEW QUESTIONS.
MAYBE I'LL EMAIL IT AND YOU CAN ANSWER A QUESTION.
UM ASIDE, IT DOESN'T HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT, BUT THERE WERE SOME, THERE WERE A COUPLE PARCELS THAT, UM, THAT WE PROJECTED, UM, PRIVATE INVESTMENT OF ZERO AND THEN WE HAD SOME INVESTMENT.
AND YOU CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
IT DOESN'T SUBSTANTIVELY IMPACT THE OVERALL, AND THOSE REPORTS AREN'T LENGTHY.
WE'VE WE'RE REQUIRED TO FILE THAT REPORT WITH THE STATE OF OHIO.
IT, IT IS A LAW, BUT IT DOES GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF EACH OF, OF THE INDIVIDUAL AGREEMENTS.
UM, I WILL SEND THAT TO YOU AND WE CAN TALK OFFLINE ABOUT THAT, BUT IT, IT DOES NOT IMPACT THE OVERALL TURK REPORT.
SO I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE TURK REPORTS.
JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? MS. SALUTO? YES.
UH, THIS BRINGS US TO OUR FINAL OTHER AGENDA ITEM THIS EVENING, WHICH IS THE DEAR RUN SANITARY SEWER SHED, INFILTRATION, INFLOW MITIGATION PILOT PROJECT INSPECTION.
AND OUR STAFF REPORT IS MAYBE, WE'LL WE WILL END WHERE WE BEGAN BACK WITH, UH, MICHAEL HENDERSON.
THANK YOU, AND GOOD EVENING AGAIN, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
THIS PRESENTATION PROVIDES AN OVERVIEW OF THE DEER RUN SANITARY SEWER SHED, INFILTRATION INFLOW MITIGATION PILOT PROJECT AND UPCOMING ASSOCIATED FIELD INSPECTIONS.
THE PROJECT IS INTENDED TO IDENTIFY SOURCES OF STORMWATER AND GROUNDWATER INFILTRATION AND INFLOW INTO THE SANITARY SEWER COLLECTION SYSTEM AND EVALUATE POTENTIAL MITIGATION MEASURES.
POTENTIAL SOURCES OF INFILTRATION AND INFLOW INTO THE SANITARY SEWER COLLECTION SYSTEM INCLUDE POINTS OF STORMWATER, INTRUSION,
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BUILDING, DOWNSPOUTS, BASEMENT DRAINS, SUMP PUMPS, CROSS CONNECTIONS WITH STORM SEWERS AND DEFECTIVE SANITARY SEWER CONNECTIONS.THE SANITARY SEWER COLLECTION SYSTEM IS DESIGNED TO CONVEY WASTEWATER FROM HOMES AND BUSINESSES.
THE SYSTEM CAN BECOME SURCHARGED WHEN EXCESSIVE STORMWATER OR GROUNDWATER ENTERS THE SYSTEM.
THESE CONDITIONS ARE UNFORTUNATE AND CONTRIBUTE CAN, CAN CONTRIBUTE TO SANITARY SEWER, OVERFLOWS, AND WATER AND BASEMENT EVENTS.
AND THE PICTURE THAT'S SHOWN ON THE SCREEN IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT A SANITARY SEWER OVERFLOW LOOKS LIKE, WHICH IS NOT ENJOYABLE.
THE PROJECT WILL IDENTIFY AND EVALUATE TARGETED MITIGATION MEASURES THAT MAY BE IMPLEMENTED MORE BROADLY THROUGHOUT THE SANITARY SEWER COLLECTION SYSTEM TO REDUCE THE OCCURRENCE OF SANITARY SEWER OVERFLOWS AND WATER AND BASEMENT EVENTS.
POTENTIAL MITIGATION MEASURES COULD INCLUDE LINING PRIVATE SANITARY SERVICE, LATERALS, GROUTING, PRIVATE SANITARY SERVICE LATERALS AT THE MAINLINE CONNECTION, DISCONNECTING PRIVATE SUM PUMPS AND BASEMENT DRAINS FROM THE SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM AND REDIRECTING PRIVATE ROOF DOWNSPOUTS AWAY FROM THE SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM.
THE CITY CONTINUOUSLY MONITORS FLOWS AND OUR SANITARY SEWER COLLECTION SYSTEM THROUGH A COMPREHENSIVE FLOW MONITORING PROGRAM.
THE PROJECT AREAS WERE IDENTIFIED BASED ON SANITARY FLOW MONITORING, WHERE EXCESSIVE INFILTRATION INFLOW ARE BEING CAPTURED IN THE SANITARY SEWER COLLECTION DURING RAINFALL EVENTS.
AND THOSE THREE LOCATIONS ARE SHOWN ON THE FOLLOWING THREE SLIDES.
SO THE FIRST LOCATION IS WITHIN A PORTION OF MUIRFIELD VILLAGE PHASE FIVE THAT'S SHOWN ON THE SCREEN.
THE SECOND AREA IS WITHIN A PORTION OF MUIRFIELD VILLAGE, PHASE 33, AND THE THIRD AREA IS WITHIN A PORTION OF MUIRFIELD VILLAGE PHASE 36.
THE CITY IS CONTRACTED WITH MH AND T TO PERFORM SANITARY SEWER INSPECTIONS FROM AUGUST 24TH THROUGH AUGUST 28TH, 2026, AS PART OF THE DEER ON SANITARY SEWER SHED.
INFILTRATION INFLOW MITIGATION PILOT PROJECT INSPECTION METHODS INCLUDE NON-TOXIC SIMULATED SMOKE TESTING, NON-TOXIC DIET TESTING, WET WEATHER, CLOSED CIRCUIT TELEVISION AND INSPECTION OF THE PUBLIC SANITARY SEWER MAIN AND PRIVATE SERVICE LATERALS AND INS.
VISUAL INSPECTION OF SUMP PUMP CONFIGURATIONS TO DETERMINE WHETHER DISCHARGE PIPING IS CONNECTED TO THE SANITARY SEWER COLLECTION SYSTEM.
THESE INSPECTION METHODS WILL BE DESCRIBED FURTHER ON THE FOLLOWING SLIDES.
SMOKE TESTING IS AN INSPECTION METHOD THAT WILL BE PERFORMED USING SIMULATED SMOKE.
THE SMOKE USED DURING TESTING IS WHITE, NON-TOXIC, NON-HAZARDOUS, NON-COMBUSTIBLE.
IT LEAVES NO RESIDUE AND IS SIMILAR TO PRODUCTS THAT YOU WOULD SEE AT CONCERT IN, UH, THEATER VENUES TO PERFORM THE TESTING.
SIMULATED NON-TOXIC SMOKE WILL BE BLOWN INTO THE PUBLIC SANITARY SEWER COLLECTION SYSTEM THROUGH MANHOLES.
THE SMOKE UNDER PRESSURE WILL FILL THE SANITARY SEWER REMAINS AND SERVICE CONNECTIONS AND WILL ESCAPE THROUGH DEFECTS AND PROPER CONNECTIONS OR OTHER OPENINGS.
AND THAT'S KIND OF WHAT YOU'RE SEEING UP THERE ON THE SCREEN.
EXAMPLES OF THAT SMOKE IS COMMONLY OBSERVED.
UH, EXITING SANITARY MANHOLE COVERS CLEAN OUTS AND ROOF FENCE INDICATING THE SMOKE HAS FILLED THE SANITARY SEWER COLLECTION SYSTEM.
FIELD STAFF WILL OBSERVE AND DOCUMENT LOCATIONS WHERE SMOKE IS DETECTED.
THE CITY HAS SUCCESSFULLY USED SMOKE TESTING IN PREVIOUS SANITARY SEWER INVESTIGATIONS TO IDENTIFY SOURCES OF STORMWATER INTRUSION INTO THE SANITARY SEWER COLLECTION SYSTEM.
UM, AN EXAMPLE OF THAT, UM, IS IN 2018 AND DOCUMENTS RELATED TO THE SMOKE TESTING PERFORMED IN 2018, INCLUDING THE ASSOCIATED FINDINGS HAS BEEN PROVIDED IN THE COUNCIL PACKET FOR REFERENCE.
DIET TESTING IS ANOTHER INSPECTION THAT WILL BE PERFORMED.
THE DAI USED DURING TESTING AS FLUORESCENT IS NON-TOXIC.
NON-HAZARDOUS AND LEAVES NO RESIDUE.
THE D WILL BE PLACED INTO THE PUBLIC STORM SEWER SYSTEM WITHIN PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY AND EASEMENTS IN THE PROJECT AREA.
FOLLOWING THE PLACEMENT OF DYE CLOSE CIRCUIT TELEVISION INSPECTIONS ARE CONDUCTED WITHIN THE SANITARY SEWER COLLECTION SYSTEM TO DETERMINE WHETHER D IS PRESENT WITHIN THAT SYSTEM, WHICH MAY INDICATE IF, IF D IS PRESENT, WHICH MAY INDICATE A CROSS CONNECTION BETWEEN THE SANITARY SEWER AND STORM SEWER SYSTEMS EXIST.
D TESTING OF THE PUBLIC SANITARY SEWER WAS PERFORMED IN 2019 BASED ON THE RESULTS OF THE SMOKE TESTING THAT WAS PERFORMED IN 2018, UM, IN WHICH WE FOUND FOUR LOCATIONS WHERE INFILTRATION FROM PUBLIC STORM SEWERS WERE ENTER ENTERING INTO PRIVATE SANITARY SERVICE.
LATERALS, WET WEATHER, CLOSED CIRCUIT TELEVISION INSPECTION WILL ALSO BE PERFORMED.
THIS INSPECTION UTILIZES CCTV CAMERA TECHNOLOGY TO EVALUATE THE INTERIOR CONDITION OF PUBLIC SANITARY, SANITARY SEWER REMAINS
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AND PRIVATE SERVICE LATERALS DURING WET WEATHER CONDITIONS.WHILE THE, THIS INSPECTION METHOD IS INTENDED TO BE PERFORMED DURING THE WEEK OF AUGUST 24TH, 2026, THE INSPECTIONS MAY EXTEND INTO SEPTEMBER OF 2026 AS THEY'RE DEPENDENT UPON PROLONGED RAINFALL EVENTS SUFFICIENT TO OBSERVE STORMWATER AND GROUNDWATER ENTERING INTO THE SANITARY SEWER COLLECTION SYSTEM.
VISUAL INSPECTIONS OF SUM PUMP CONFIGURATIONS WILL, WILL ALSO BE PERFORMED.
EMH AND T AND CITY STAFF WILL WORK WITH PARTICIPATING PROPERTY OWNERS TO VISUALLY INSPECT SUM PUMP CONFIGURATIONS WITHIN EACH HOME.
TO DETERMINE WHETHER DISCHARGE PIPING IS CONNECTED TO THE SANITARY SEWER COLLECTION SYSTEM, THE INFORMATION COLLECTED DURING THE VARIOUS INSPECTION METHODS WILL BE USED TO IDENTIFY MITIGATION MEASURES THAT COULD BE IMPLEMENTED TO MITIGATE STORMWATER AND GROUNDWATER INFILTRATION AND INFLOW ENTERING THE SANITARY SEWER COLLECTION SYSTEM.
AND ALSO TO NOTIFY PROPERTY OWNERS OF ANY NECESSARY REPAIRS OR MODIFICATIONS TO THEIR RESIDENTIAL PLUMBING.
RESIDENTS WITHIN THE PROJECT AREA WILL BE NOTIFIED THROUGH A MAILED NOTICE AT LEAST ONE WEEK IN ADVANCE OF THE INSPECTIONS.
THAT WILL ALSO BE A DOOR HANGER THAT IS PLACED 48 HOURS BEFORE TESTING BEGINS.
WE WILL HAVE MULTIPLE SOCIAL MEDIA ANNOUNCEMENTS AS WELL AS UPDATES ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE.
IN ADDITION, RESIDENTS WILL RECEIVE A FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS FLYER WITH EACH NOTIFICATION FIRE AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE SURFACES HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE TIMING OF THE SCOPE OF THE INSPECTIONS.
ENGINEERING STAFF WILL BE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS REGARDING THE INSPECTION METHODS AND THE PROJECT.
AND ADDITIONALLY, INFORMATION REGARDING THE PROJECT IS AVAILABLE ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE AT THE LINK SHOWN ON THE SCREEN.
SO THE NEXT STEPS FOR THIS PILOT PROJECT ARE TO PERFORM THE INSPECTION METHODS THAT ARE DESCRIBED IN THIS PRESENTATION TO IDENTIFY SOURCES OF INFILTRATION AND INFLOW, TO THEN EVALUATE POTENTIAL MITIGATION MEASURES AND PREPARE ASSOCIATED CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS TO ADVERTISE FOR BIDDING AND THEN TO CONSTRUCT THE MITIGATION MEASURES FOLLOWING CITY COUNCIL BID ACCEPTANCE.
AND THEN LASTLY, TO EVALUATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THESE MITIGATION MEASURES POST-CONSTRUCTION, NO ACTION BY COUNSEL IS REQUIRED AT THIS TIME AS THE MATERIAL IS PROVIDED FOR INFORMATION ONLY.
AND I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS COUNSEL MIGHT HAVE REGARDING THIS PROJECT AS WELL AS THE ASSOCIATED INSPECTIONS.
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 AGENDA ITEM? HEARING NONE COUNCIL QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION.
SORRY, JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK QUESTIONS.
SO THE FIRST PILOT PROJECT HAPPENED IN 2018 AND IT IDENTIFIED TWO PROPERTIES FOR WHICH THE SUBSEQUENT DIE TESTING WAS DONE.
BUT NOW EIGHT YEARS LATER, WE'RE GONNA BE DOING ANOTHER PILOT PROJECT.
AND SO, AND YOU HAD MENTIONED THAT THERE HAS BEEN SOME OBSERVATION, UM, BUT NO SMOKE TESTING.
SO I'M JUST WONDERING WHY NOW, WHY EIGHT YEARS LATER, WHAT HAS BEEN DONE IN THE INTERIM? RIGHT.
SO THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING ISSUE WITH WHAT WE CALL I AND I INFILTRATION AND IN INFLOW.
SO THAT IS BASICALLY GROUNDWATER STORMWATER THAT'S ENTERING INTO OUR SANITARY SEWER COLLECTION SYSTEM.
NOW THOSE SYSTEMS ARE DESIGNED TO ACCEPT A LIMITED AMOUNT OF WHAT WE CALL I AND I INTO THE SYSTEM.
BUT WHAT WE'RE FINDING SPECIFICALLY IN OUR DEER RUN, SANITARY SEWER SHED AND NORTH FORK INDIAN RUN, WE'RE GETTING EXCESSIVE AMOUNTS OF SAN OF THAT GROUNDWATER STORMWATER INTO THE SYSTEM WHEN IT RAINS.
SO WHAT THAT'S CAUSING IS THERE'S A PRETTY TELLING PICTURE EARLIER IN THE PRESENTATION OF WHAT CAN HAPPEN WITH THE SANITARY SEWER OVERFLOW WHERE THAT IS SANITARY EFFLUENT COMING OUT OF A MANHOLE AND ONTO THE, YOU KNOW, ONTO THE SURROUNDING GROUND.
BUT THEN WATER AND BASEMENT EVENTS CAN HAPPEN, UM, WHEN YOU HAVE THIS GOING INTO SOMEONE'S BASEMENT, WHICH IS NOT A GOOD SITUATION.
SO THIS IS SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN IDENTIFYING REALLY SINCE 2012.
WE'VE BEEN DOING COMPREHENSIVE MODELING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THIS IS OCCURRING LEADING UP TO THIS.
THIS IS CALLED A PILOT PROJECT.
AND REALLY THIS WAS BASED ON MODELING AND FLOW MONITORING THAT HAS BEEN DONE TO IDENTIFY WHERE THE AREAS WHERE WE'RE SEEING EXCESSIVE AMOUNTS OF I AND I, AND THAT'S HOW WE'VE PICKED THESE AREAS.
UM, SO THE PROJECT THAT WAS DONE IN 2018 WAS REALLY SPECIFIC AROUND KIND OF THE GLICK ROAD CORRIDOR, A LITTLE BIT SOUTH OF THERE.
AND THEN FURTHER TO THE NORTH DUNEDIN DRIVE WAS KIND OF THE EASTERN BOUNDARY.
UM, I BELIEVE MUIRFIELD DRIVE WAS THE WESTERN BOUNDARY.
SO THAT WAS SPECIFIC TO SMOKE TESTING AND WE FOUND POSITIVE RESULTS IN TWO LOCATIONS.
ONE, THERE WAS A SANITARY CLEAN OUT THAT WAS DEFECTIVE, SO THAT HAD BEEN SUBSEQUENTLY BEEN REPLACED TO ADDRESS THAT ISSUE.
BUT THEN WE ALSO SAW THAT THERE WAS SMOKE COMING OUT OF A, A PUBLIC STORM SEWER, UH, CATCH BASIN.
SO WE USED THAT INFORMATION IN 2018, IN 2019 TO DYE TESTING.
SO WE LOOKED AT, AT, UM, FIVE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS, DID DYE TESTING.
FOUR OUT OF THE FIVE LOCATIONS WE DID SEE DYE ENTERING INTO THE SANITARY
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SEWER SYSTEM, WHICH TELLS US, OKAY, WATER THAT'S IN THE STORM SEWER SYSTEM, WHICH IS TYPICALLY ABOVE THE SANITARY THAT IS LEAVING THE STORM SEWER SYSTEM, WHICH ISN'T DESIGNED TO BE WATERTIGHT.IT'S GOING THROUGH THAT MATERIAL AND THEN IS SOMEHOW MAKING ITS WAY INTO THE SANITARY SERVICE LATERALS.
SO REALLY THE OUTCOMES OF WHAT WE DID IN 2018 AND 2019, THERE'S TWO THINGS.
SO YOU CAN EITHER HAVE THE SERVICE LATERALS ADDRESSED TO MAKE THOSE WATER TIGHT SO THAT CAN'T GET INTO THERE.
OR YOU COULD POTENTIALLY LINE THE STORM SEWER SYSTEM AS WE EVALUATED THAT LINING.
THE STORM SEWER SYSTEM, YES, COULD PREVENT THAT SPECIFIC AREA FROM WATER LEAVING THE PIPE.
BUT WHAT THAT DOESN'T DO IS FIX REALLY WHAT THE PROBLEM IS.
IT'S THE SANITARY SERVICE LATERALS THAT'S ALLOWING FOR WATER TO GET IN THAT.
SO LINING OF THE STORM SEWER BACK IN 20 20, 20 19 TIMEFRAME WOULDN'T ADDRESS IF THERE'S GROUNDWATER GETTING INTO THE SANITARY SERVICE LATERAL.
SO THIS IS REALLY, IN OUR OPINION FROM WHAT WE'RE SEEING, AND WE REALLY WANT TO CONFIRM THAT WITH THIS PILOT PROJECT.
WE'RE THINKING THERE'S SOME ISSUES WITH SANITARY SERVICE LATERALS.
AND THAT REALLY GETS INTO, I'M EXCITED ONCE WE GET THROUGH THIS PILOT PROJECT TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL AND TALK ABOUT OUR FINDINGS.
UM, BECAUSE I THINK THE PRIVATE SANITARY SERVICE LATERALS IS WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE FINDING IS AN ISSUE.
AND PER OUR CODE CODE CURRENTLY, THAT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE PROPERTY OWNER.
IN THE PAST WE'VE MADE PROPERTY OWNERS NOTIFY THAT, HEY, WE'VE IDENTIFIED THAT THERE'S SOME ISSUES WITH THEIR SERVICE LATERALS.
HISTORICALLY WE'VE HAD SOME CHALLENGES WITH PROPERTY OWNERS.
IF IT'S NOT CAUSING A, AN OBSTRUCTION AND IMPACTING THEIR USE OF THEIR FACILITIES.
WE'VE HAD A HARD TIME FOR COMPLIANCE WITH 'EM.
SO, UM, AGAIN, THIS PILOT PROJECT IS INTENDED TO REALLY PINPOINT THE SOURCES AND WHY WE'RE GETTING I AND I USING THAT INFORMATION TO BETTER INFORM US AS WE MOVE FORWARD ABOUT HOW DO WE TACKLE THIS ISSUE AS A CITY THAT'S VERY THOROUGH.
THAT ANSWERS MY QUESTION ABOUT WHY THIS AREA, BUT YOU KNOW, YOU HAD MENTIONED FOUR OF THE FIVE THAT YOU IDENTIFIED.
SO YOU GUYS ARE MONITORING ALL THE OTHER SEWER SHEDS.
UM, HAVE, AND AND THERE HAS BEEN SOME OTHER AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN OF CONCERN, UH, TO YOU AS WELL.
BUT THIS IS JUST THE FIRST AREA THAT WE WANNA START WITH THE PILOT PROJECT.
WE'VE IDENTIFIED AREAS WHERE THERE'S HIGH I AND I CAPTURE TO REALLY USE 'CAUSE THAT'S KIND OF OUR BEST CASE, LIKE WHERE WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF THIS COMING IN, LET'S DO THIS PILOT, SEE THESE MITIGATION MEASURES, HOW EFFECTIVE IS IT? WE ALSO HAVE THREE ADJACENT PILOT AREAS THAT WE'RE CALLING AS CONTROLS.
SO WE'VE GOT FLOW MONITORS AND MANHOLES TO TRACK LIKE WHEN IT'S RAINING, HOW MUCH FLOW'S COMING THROUGH, WHEN IT'S NOT RAINING, HOW MUCH FLOW, WHAT'S THE DELTA.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET REALLY AS MUCH APPLES TO APPLES COMPARISON SO WE CAN USE SAME RAIN EVENTS.
WE ALSO WERE STRATEGIC ABOUT SAME NUMBER OF HOMES, SAME AGE OF HOMES.
SO WE CAN REALLY TRY TO PINPOINT LIKE WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THIS INI, WHAT MITIGATION MEASURES ARE MOST EFFECTIVE.
THEN WE CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION HOPEFULLY ABOUT WHAT DO WE DO WITH THAT INFORMATION.
THAT'S VERY GOOD AND VERY SCIENTIFIC.
THE SCIENTIST IN ME IS VERY, VERY HAPPY WITH YOUR APPROACH.
THE, THE LAST PART OF WHAT YOU BROUGHT UP WAS ACTUALLY MY OTHER QUESTION HAD TO DO WITH COSTS.
UM, YOU KNOW, ON THIS SLIDE HERE, IT ACTUALLY MENTIONS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL, IT, IT, IT, THE WAY THAT I TOOK IT WAS THE CITY COUNCIL WILL PAY FOR THIS, BUT A LOT OF THE MITIGATION EFFORTS, IF IT IS LOCAL, THEN WILL THERE BE ANY COST SHARING? WILL WE ANTICIPATE THE HOMEOWNER TO, YOU KNOW, PAY FOR PART OF THESE REPAIRS OR HOW WILL THAT WORK? YES.
AND THEN PART TWO OF THIS QUESTION IS, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THE ESTIMATED COST OF THIS PILOT PROJECT? YEAH, SO THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
SO I BELIEVE WE HAVE ABOUT 850,000 AROUND THAT NUMBER.
850,000 THIS YEAR FOR THIS OVERALL PILOT PROJECT.
SO THAT INCLUDES ABOUT $150,000 FOR THE STUDY COMPONENT DOING THE, UM, THE INSPECTIONS THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT IN THIS PRESENTATION.
AND THEN DOING KIND OF THE POST MITIGATION MEASURE IMPLEMENTATION STUDY THAT TO SEE KIND OF WHAT THE RESULTS ARE.
THE REST OF THAT MONEY IS REALLY TOWARDS THESE ACTUAL MI MITIGATION MEASURES.
SO WE WILL BE BRINGING FORWARD, I BELIEVE IT'S THE NOVEMBER 16TH COUNCIL MEETING BID ACCEPTANCE FOR THIS PROJECT, UM, WHERE WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA BE CONSTRUCTING, THERE'S THREE DIFFERENT OPTIONS WE'RE THINKING AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
SO GROUTING SERVICE, AND I MENTIONED THE PRESENTATION, GROUTING SERVICE CONNECTIONS AT THE Y BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW IS THAT WHERE THE WATER'S COMING IN, JUST AT THE Y CONNECTION AT THE MAINLINE.
UM, WE'RE GONNA DO ANOTHER OPTION TO DO SERVICE LINING FROM THE MAINLINE CONNECTION TO THE RIGHT OF WAY.
IS THAT COST EFFECTIVE? ARE WE SEEING THE I AND I REDUCTION BASED ON THAT OPTION? AND THEN A THIRD OPTION IN A THIRD AREA IS WE'RE GONNA LINE BASICALLY FROM THE MAINLINE CONNECTION ALL THE WAY TO THE HOUSE.
SO WE WANT TO SEE LIKE WHAT IS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THOSE THREE DIFFERENT OPTIONS TO INFORM US IF WE'RE HAVING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WIDE SCALE IMPROVEMENTS.
YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THE BETTER COST EFFECTIVE OPTION? SO THIS ALL PLAYS INTO THE I AND I DISCUSSION OF WE'RE TRYING TO MITIGATE, I, AND I KNOW COUNCIL IS AWARE OF, THERE'S NUMEROUS RELIEF SEWERS THAT HAVE BEEN PROPOSED FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
IF WE CAN HAVE AN EFFECTIVE APPROACH TO REDUCE THE I AND I, WHICH IS REALLY THE PROBLEM, MAYBE WE
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CAN REDUCE THE SCOPE OF WHAT THE RELIEF SEWERS NEED TO BE, WHICH IS A SIGNIFICANT COST SAVINGS.SO THOSE ARE ALL THINGS THAT WE'RE GONNA WANT TO BE WORKING ON AND FIGURING OUT COMING UP.
UM, BUT THIS IS REALLY THE FIRST STEP IN ALL THAT PROCESS.
WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHERE IS THE I AND I GETTING IN, WHAT ARE SOME MITIGATION MEASURES TO INFORM THE CONVERSATION.
THIS IS A CASE EXAMPLE OF HOW A PILOT PROJECT SHOULD BE CONDUCTED.
IF I COULD ADD, WE ARE ALSO PREPARING FOR A WORK SESSION, UM, IN ABOUT A MONTH OR SO.
AND THAT WORK SESSION WILL DISCUSS THIS PILOT PROJECT AS WELL AS, UM, A COMPREHENSIVE DISCUSSION ABOUT OUR PUBLIC UTILITY SYSTEM.
UM, WE ARE FACING THE NEED TO MAKE SEVERAL POLICY DECISIONS AS WELL AS PRIORITIZATION OF FUNDING.
UM, FROM STAFF'S PERSPECTIVE, WE'VE BEEN TAKING A CLOSE LOOK AT ANY ISSUES THAT WE'RE SEEING ACROSS THE CITY AND I'VE ASKED MICHAEL AND STAFF TO DETERMINE WHAT IT WOULD TAKE FROM A PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE MAINTENANCE PERSPECTIVE TO ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES.
AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR COUNCIL TO BE AWARE OF THOSE ISSUES AS WELL AS, UM, HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT TIMELINE FOR ADDRESSING THEM AS WELL AS AWARENESS OF THE SIGNIFICANCE, UM, IN FUNDING THAT'S NEEDED TO ADDRESS THOSE.
SO STAY TUNED FOR AT LEAST A TWO HOUR CONVERSATION, UM, ON THIS TOPIC IN ABOUT A MONTH, I JUST HAVE ONE COMMENT RELATED TO THE, UM, PUBLIC NOTICE PORTION OF THIS.
MY SUGGESTION IS TO PUT SOME TYPE OF SANDWICH BOARD OR NOTICE ON THE STREETS IN THESE AREAS.
BECAUSE THERE'S GONNA BE RESIDENTS THAT DON'T GET THE DOOR HANGERS ABSOLUTE THAT JUST WALK THROUGH AND THEY'RE GONNA BE, WHY IS SMOKE COMING OUT? AND WE'RE GONNA GET A BUNCH OF PHONE CALLS.
SO I DIDN'T SEE SIGNAGE IN THE COMMUNICATION PLAN.
AND THAT, AND THAT'S A GREAT THOUGHT.
WE WE'VE THOUGHT ABOUT THAT TOO.
SO I KNOW THAT DIDN'T MAKE IT IN THE DOCUMENTS, BUT WE ABSOLUTELY WILL BE DOING THAT.
WE'LL BE HAVING SIGNAGE AT THE THREE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS.
'CAUSE I, I RECOGNIZE THAT YOU COULD HAVE SOMEONE DRIVING BY THAT'S NOT A RESIDENT IN THOSE AREAS AND THEY SEE SMOKE COMING OUTTA A ROOF FENCE AND THEY'RE LIKE, OH MY GOSH, THERE'S A FIRE.
SO I HAVE NOTIFIED OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, I'VE NOTIFIED, UM, CHIEF DONAHUE WITH WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP FIRE DEPARTMENT.
THEY'RE SUPPORTIVE, THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON.
TIMING N REC WILL BE MADE AWARE.
SO FROM A EMERGENCY RESPONSE STANDPOINT, EVERYONE'S GONNA BE MADE AWARE.
SO IF, IF SOMEONE SEES THAT THERE'S SMOKE COMING OUT OF A ROOF VENT THAT HEY, THERE'S NOT A FI I MEAN THERE'S NOT A FIRE, HOPEFULLY THAT'S NOT A SEPARATE SITUATION WHERE THERE IS A FIRE, BUT JUST TO KNOW THAT YEAH, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING OUT THERE AT THAT TIME.
ANY OTHERS? MICHAEL? YOU KNOW, WE PAY FOR THAT SEWER, SO THERE IS A COST TO DOING THIS, THE $850,000 OR WHATEVER BUDGET, BUT THERE'S A REALLY BIG COST OF NOT DOING IT BECAUSE WE END UP PAYING ALL OF THOSE FEES FOR WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE TIES IN THEIR DOWNSPOUTS INTO THE SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM.
WELL, WE'RE PAYING THE FEE ON ALL OF THAT SANITARY SEWER ONCE IT REACHES DOWN TO THAT PLACE.
SO IT IS EXPENSIVE, BUT IT'S EXPENSIVE NOT TO DO IT AS WELL.
AND YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE LEARNED BACK IN 2012 THROUGH 2016 WAS, UM, YOU KNOW, BUILDING THAT LIFT STATION THERE ON DUBLIN ROAD AND THAT WAS A VERY, I DON'T REMEMBER THE COST ON THAT LIFT STATION AT THE MOMENT, BUT IT IS A VERY EXPENSIVE ENDEAVOR TO CONSTRUCT AND MAINTAIN THOSE LIFT STATIONS.
AND, YOU KNOW, SHOULD WE BE ABLE TO FIND MORE, UM, I AND I INTO THIS, THAT CAN BE ELIMINATED.
IT MIGHT HELP US AVOID HAVING TO DO A BIG LIFT STATION IN THE FUTURE, WHICH COULD BE TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
SO, UM, WHILE IT SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF MONEY AT THIS POINT IN TIME, IT, IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S PAY ME NOW, PAY ME MORE LATER.
UH, SO THANKS FOR LOOKING INTO THIS.
THAT'S A, IT'S AN IMPORTANT THING TO DO.
RIGHT? AND THE THING TO KEEP IN MIND WHEN YOU SEE THE RELIEF SEWERS IN OUR PROPOSED CIP, SO THAT IS ACTUALLY NOT FIXING THE PROBLEM THAT'S CURING THE SYMPTOMS OF A PROBLEM.
SO WE'RE JUST TAKING THAT EXCESS WATER AND JUST SENDING IT DOWNSTREAM.
SO EVENTUALLY THAT'S GONNA GET OVERSIZED.
IF WE'RE NOT ADDRESSING THE PROBLEM OF LIKE ACTUAL SANITARY SERVICE LATERALS IS WHAT WE'RE THINKING.
IF WE DON'T GET THOSE ADDRESSED, IT'S JUST GONNA CONTINUE TO GET WORSE AS THE EIGHT, THE INFRASTRUCTURE GETS OLDER.
SO TO ME IT'S REALLY A TWO-PRONGED APPROACH.
LET'S FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE ADDRESS THE I AND I THE ACTUAL PROBLEM AND THEN THAT CAN ALSO REDUCE THE SCOPE OF THE RELIEF SEWERS, WHICH MEANS LESS MONEY TOWARDS RELIEF SEWER.
WELL THANKS FOR YOUR WORK ON THAT.
UM, DID YOU GET WHAT YOU NEEDED FROM US? I DID, YES.
[STAFF COMMENTS ]
TO THE STAFF COMMENTS PORTION OF OUR AGENDA.GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
I HAVE ONE COMMENT THIS EVENING AND IT IS TO EXPRESS TREMENDOUS GRATITUDE TO THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY FOR A SUCCESSFUL DUBLIN IRISH FESTIVAL.
UM, IT TAKES LOTS OF PLANNING.
UM, PRETTY MUCH ALL OF OUR STAFF ARE INVOLVED IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.
UM, WHETHER IT'S PREPARING FOR THE FEW DAYS, STAFFING
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THOSE FEW DAYS AND TEARING DOWN.AND I BELIEVE WE'RE STILL, UM, WORKING ON THE PARK AND WE WILL BE FOR QUITE SOME TIME TO RESTORE THAT AREA.
SHOUT OUT TO ALL OUR CITY STAFF FOR EVERYTHING THAT THEY DID TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE SUCCESSFUL EVENT.
SHOUT OUT TO ALL OF THE VOLUNTEERS WHO DEDICATE THEIR TIME, THEIR EFFORTS.
UM, IT'S GREAT TO SEE THEM HAVING FUN AS WELL WHILE THEY'RE HELPING STAFF THE EVENT.
ALL OF OUR SPONSORS, ALL OF OUR PARTNERS, UM, AND JUST THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY WHO HELPED MAKE THAT EVENT POSSIBLE.
UM, IT DOES TAKE A TREMENDOUS TEAM EFFORT.
IT'S A HUGE EVENT FOR US, RIGHT ON THE HEELS OF THE 4TH OF JULY, UM, INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION.
SO, UM, TIMING IS A LITTLE TIGHT THERE, BUT WE PULLED IT OFF AND IT'S GREAT TO SEE ALL THE SMILES ON THE PART OF ALL THE VISITORS AND ALL OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE HEARD FROM THEM.
UM, I PARTICULARLY APPRECIATED THE ASSISTANCE AND CLOSE MONITORING AND STRATEGIC PLANNING ASSOCIATED WITH THE WEATHER.
UM, JUST A FEW DAYS PRIOR IN LEADING UP TO THE EVENT, UM, I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO STORM THE ENTIRE EVENT
UM, FORTUNATELY THE WEATHER DID HELP HOLD OFF MOST OF THE WEEKEND.
UM, BUT AS WE HEADED INTO SATURDAY EVENING, UM, WE WORKED CLOSELY WITH OUR METEOROLOGIST AND GREAT PARTNERSHIP WITH, UM, OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM POLICE.
EVERYBODY REALLY WORKED TOGETHER TO MAKE THE TOUGH CALL TO CLOSE THE FESTIVAL EARLY.
UM, AND WE WERE ABLE TO TIME IT SUCH THAT PATRONS WERE ABLE TO GET TO THEIR VEHICLES, UM, IN TIME PRIOR TO THE SEVERE WEATHER ARRIVING.
UM, SO THAT WORKED OUT GREAT AND GREAT NEWS IS WHILE THE FESTIVAL, OR WHILE THE WEATHER DID IMPACT ATTENDANCE AND REVENUE, PRELIMINARY NUMBERS SHOW THAT THIS YEAR'S FESTIVAL'S STILL ON TRACK TO GENERATE THE THIRD HIGHEST GROSS REVENUE IN ITS HISTORY NOW.
UM, IT'LL TAKE SOME TIME TO GET ALL OF THE EXPENSES ACCOUNTED FOR BECAUSE, UM, SOME INVOICES WILL BE COMING IN OVER TIME.
UM, SO IT'LL TAKE A WHILE TO GET THE COMPLETE ACCOUNTING, BUT THAT'S A GOOD SIGN, UM, AS WE HEAD INTO COMPLETING THAT ACCOUNTING.
SO, UM, THE FESTIVAL CONTINUES TO BE ONE OF THE PREMIER IRISH CULTURAL CELEBRATIONS IN THE COUNTRY AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE KNOW THAT OUR COMMUNITY IS PROUD OF.
SO THANKS TO CITY COUNCIL FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT TOO.
[COUNCIL COMMITTEE REPORTS ]
US TO COUNCIL REPORTS AND WE HAVE ONE REPORT THIS EVENING FROM THE ADMIN COMMITTEE, VICE MAYOR DEROSA.THE ADMIN COMMITTEE MET ON AUGUST THE FOURTH AND WE HAVE THREE TOPICS.
THE FIRST WAS A REVIEW OF THE UPCOMING JOINT WORK SESSION THAT WE DO EVERY YEAR.
AND THIS YEAR IT'S ON THE 1ST OF SEPTEMBER, AS YOU KNOW.
UM, WE'RE GONNA HEAR BRIEF REPORTS FROM THE UM, BOARD, UH, FROM THE BOARDS.
THEY'RE GONNA GIVE US A WRITTEN RUN AND THEN A BRIEF UPDATE FROM THE MAYOR ON THE GOALS ARE OUR COUNCIL GOALS AS THEY RELATE TO THAT WORK.
AND THE BULK OF THE EVENING THEN WILL BE A DISCUSSION OF THE MIXED USE CODE DEFINITIONS AND STANDARDS THAT WE STARTED TO HAVE A DISCUSSION.
AND WE'LL HAVE MR. DALE THERE FOR THAT.
THE SECOND TOPIC IS WHAT WE DO EVERY YEAR IS WHEN WE GET THROUGH THE BOARD AND COMMISSION RECRUITING, WE SPENT SOME TIME SAYING WHAT WORKED, WHAT COULD BE IMPROVED IN THE SPIRIT OF CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT.
SO WE HAD SOME SUGGESTIONS, WHICH YOU SAW IN THE REPORT.
AND THEN FINALLY, UM, IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR WE'RE KICKING OFF SOME THOUGHTS FOR OUR COUNCIL RETREAT COME NOVEMBER.
SO YOU MAY HAVE, UH, SEEN AN EMAIL FROM ME ASKING FOR THOUGHTS.
UM, AND SO BRING THOSE ON AND, UM, ONCE WE GET THOSE PUT TOGETHER, WE'LL PUT THE NEXT GENERATION OF A DRAFT AND WE'LL GO FROM THERE.
[COUNCIL ROUNDTABLE ]
OR START DOWN HERE TO I, RIGHT.I ACTUALLY HAVE QUITE A FEW THINGS.
UH, WE'LL START WITH ON JULY 31ST, I DID THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE'S EYECARE.
I SERVE, I LEAD GRADUATION, WHICH IS ALWAYS A GREAT TIME TO SEE MIDDLE SCHOOL KIDS THAT HAVE BEEN SPENDING THE WEEK LEARNING ABOUT OUR CITY AND JUST GIVING BACK TO OUR COMMUNITY.
MY LITTLE FUNNY STORY THERE IS THEY ALWAYS PUT US TO TALK ABOUT GOVERNMENT IN THE LAST 20 MINUTES AFTER A WEEK LONG CAMP, WHERE THAT DAY THEY GOT TO GO TO THE FIRE STATION AND POLICE STATION AND THEN THEY HAVE TO HEAR FOR GOVERNMENT.
SO, BUT IT ACTUALLY WENT REALLY WELL.
UM, GREAT GROUP OF KIDS AND I WISH THEM THE BEST IN THEIR NEW SCHOOL YEAR.
THEN OBVIOUSLY THE IRISH FESTIVAL WAS WONDERFUL.
UM, SHOUT OUT TO PARTICULARLY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UM, THE FACT THAT WE HAD THAT MANY PEOPLE, PARTICULARLY ON FRIDAY NIGHT, I THINK EVERYONE LOOKED AT THE, THE, THE WEATHER AND, AND SAW THAT FRIDAY NIGHT WAS GONNA BE THE BEST DAY.
'CAUSE I'VE NEVER SEEN IT SO CROWDED ON FRIDAY NIGHT.
AND JUST THE FACT THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE MAJOR INCIDENTS AND THAT EVERYONE COULD HAVE A GOOD TIME WITH THAT MANY PEOPLE IN ONE PLACE WAS AMAZING.
UH, AND THEN, LET'S SEE, ON AUGUST 4TH AFTER OUR ADMIN MEETING, UM, KATHY AND I WALKED OVER TO THE, UH, NATIONAL NIGHT OUT.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY THE ICE CREAM AND HOT DOGS WEREN'T READY YET.
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OUR MEETING A LITTLE EARLY, BUT THANK YOU TO THE POLICE AND TO WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP FOR COMING OUT FOR THAT, UH, EVENT.UH, ALSO, ACTUALLY DURING THE DAY ON AUGUST 4TH, I GOT TO ATTEND THE DUBLIN HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
RECEIVED A GRANT FROM THE AM DUBLIN ROTARY FOR RECORDING EQUIPMENT.
AND THEY DID THE FIRST OF HOPEFULLY MANY, UM, SESSIONS WHERE THEY INTERVIEWED PEOPLE.
UH, CHRIS WAS THE MODERATOR OF A WONDERFUL GROUP OF FORMER CITY LEADERS WHO TALKED ABOUT, UH, THE FORMATION OF DUBLIN BETWEEN 1970 AND 1990.
AND IT WAS A GREAT CONVERSATION, SO MUCH KNOWLEDGE IN ONE PLACE IN THE FACT THAT CHRIS COULD KEEP THEM ON TASK IN TARGET.
AND WE KEPT IT TO AN HOUR, UM, WHEN YOU WOULD SEE THE PANEL OF PEOPLE THAT COULD HAVE SPOKEN AN HOUR ON EACH TOPIC.
IT WAS A WONDERFUL, UM, EARNED MY PAY THAT DAY.
AND THEN, UM, LET'S SEE ON THE, OH, ON, UM, THE SEVENTH, UH, WE GOT TO THANK, UH, CONGRESSMAN MIKE CAREY, STOPPED BY, GOT TO THANK HIM FOR HIS SUPPORT ON THE EMERALD CONNECTOR.
AND ON THE EIGHTH, UM, THE MAYOR AND I, WE GOT TO GO TO THE, WE, UM, PRESIDENT BUSH'S PORTRAITS OF COURAGE OPENING AT THE NATIONAL VETERANS MEMORIAL, WHICH IS A WONDERFUL EVENT.
SHE'LL PROBABLY, SHE, I THINK HAS SOMETHING MORE TO SHARE ON THAT.
AND THEN TODAY, KATHY, CHRIS AND I GOT TO GO TO THE, UH, DUBLIN IOTA HIGH SCHOOL EDITION THAT OPENED UP, AND THEY'RE READY FOR THEIR NEW SCHOOL YEAR.
AND CONGRATS TO THEM TO FINISHING ON TIME
SO THAT'S ALL RIGHT, WENDY, I GONNA SAY QUICKLY, UM, CONGRATULATIONS AND ACCOLADES ON THE DUBLIN IRISH FESTIVAL.
I PROBABLY SHOULDN'T ADMIT THIS, BUT IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE MY FAMILY HAS ATTENDED.
AND TO SEE HOW IT'S CHANGED AND GROWN.
UM, THE ACCOLADES THAT COME IN FROM SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES AND THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT COME AND VISIT IT, IT WASN'T A SURPRISE AT ALL.
SO GREAT JOB TO THE STAFF, THE POLICE PRESENCE WAS INCREDIBLE.
UM, TO GO INTO, INTO SUCH A LARGE CROWD AND KNOW THAT YOU'RE SAFE AND, UM, AND JUST TO BE ABLE TO ENJOY YOURSELF.
AND THE DRINK TICKETS WERE GONE.
I MEAN, IT WAS JUST, IT WAS JUST RUN SO MUCH SMOOTHER AND, AND JUST SO MUCH MORE EFFICIENTLY THAN THE LAST TIME THAT WE WERE THERE.
SO WE WERE OVERWHELMED, UH, WITH THE PROGRESS AND JUST THE, THE FUN OF THE OVERALL EVENT.
UH, YEAH, DITTO ON THE IRISH FESTIVAL.
UM, I'VE BEEN FOR MANY, MANY YEARS AND, UM, IT GETS, YOU KNOW, BETTER ALL THE TIME.
I, I LIKE TO GO AROUND TO SOME OF THE VENDORS AND, AND ASK THEM ABOUT HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, HOW WE DO.
'CAUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE KIND OF SOME OF THE BREAD AND BUTTER AND WITHOUT FAIL, THEY ALL SAY IT IS THE BEST FESTIVAL THAT THEY ATTEND ALL YEAR ROUND.
SO, WONDERFUL JOB FROM, FROM STAFF AND FROM OUR FIRST RESPONDERS.
UM, AND A BIG THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO CAME.
IT WAS, UM, A LITTLE IFFY ON THE WEATHER, BUT WE, WE GOT A LITTLE BIT LUCKY.
AND IT IS NOW TIME FOR MY ANNUAL REMINDER THAT SCHOOL IS ABOUT TO START NEXT WEEK.
SO PLEASE BE CAREFUL WHEN YOU DRIVE OUT THERE.
UM, WATCH OUT FOR THOSE KIDDOS, ESPECIALLY.
WATCH OUT FOR THE ONES THAT ARE NEW DRIVERS, MINE IS ONE OF THEM.
UM, I BELIEVE OUR LAST MEETING WAS BEFORE THE 4TH OF JULY, AND SO I JUST DON'T WANT TO BE REMISS.
UM, I WANT TO THANK THE STAFF.
THE 4TH OF JULY CELEBRATION WAS AMAZING.
AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THERE WERE SOME WEATHER ISSUES, BUT I THINK THE COMMUNICATION WITH THE WEATHER WAS FANTASTIC.
IT JUST AMAZES ME, YOU KNOW, WITH BACK TO BACK BETWEEN THE MORE TOURNAMENT, THE 4TH OF JULY AND THEN THE IRISH FESTIVAL.
UM, THE CITY, THE STAFF DOES SUCH AN AMAZING JOB.
AND SO, UM, HUGE KUDOS AND MY THANKS TO THE ENTIRE STAFF GONNA SOUND LIKE A BROKEN RECORD HERE, BUT, UH, KUDOS TO STAFF, JOB WELL DONE AGAIN, UH, SOME PRETTY SEVERE WEATHER ABOUT A MONTH AGO FOR THE IN INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION.
UM, BUT YOU GUYS PULLED OFF ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL EVENT AND HATS OFF TO NICK QUA.
UH, A GENTLEMAN, UH, HEAD OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS AT THE CONSULATE GENERAL OF IRELAND VISITED US AND HE MADE QUITE AN IMPRESSION.
UM, HATS OFF TO HIM FOR REALLY PLUGGING PUBLIC ART AND THE IMPORTANCE OF PUBLIC ART IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND, AND I'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT WHEN I REPORT OUT ON THE DUBLIN, UH, ARTS COUNCIL, UH, AT OUR NEXT OPPORTUNITY.
BUT, UM, I SAW NICK ON HIS BIKE.
IT, IT LOOKED LIKE A BIKE THAT HE MIGHT HAVE ACTUALLY PACKED.
UH, IT, IT, IT DIDN'T LOOK LIKE A, IT WASN'T ONE OF THOSE RENTAL BIKES, THAT'S FOR SURE.
HE WAS, HE WAS PEDALING UNDER HIS OWN POWER.
HE WAS CRUISING, UH, UP RIVERSIDE DRIVE ON ONE OF THE SHARED USE PATHS, THE WIND BLOWING HIS, HIS WISPY CURLY HAIR.
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TO HAVE HIM IN OUR COMMUNITY FOR THE WEEKEND.IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WAS A CITY BIKE THAT WAS LOANED TO HIM.
UM, JUST FOR THE SAKE OF TIME, THANK YOU, TEAM DUBLIN.
EVERYBODY DID AN AMAZING JOB AND, UH, YOU MAKE US ALL INCREDIBLY PROUD EVERY DAY.
IT'S BEEN BEEN MORE THAN A MONTH SINCE WE'VE BEEN TOGETHER IN THIS FORUM, SO CERTAINLY THANK YOU FOR 4TH OF JULY.
THAT WAS, UH, IT WAS A GREAT DAY.
I THINK OUR COMMUNITY REALLY ENJOYED IT.
UM, ON THE EIGHTH, THE CHIEF AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH SOME LOCAL RESIDENTS ABOUT THE, UM, POLICE SCHOLARSHIP FUND THAT ALSO IS EXTENDED TO OUR FIRST ALL FIRST RESPONDERS.
SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE SEEING MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT AND DISTRIBUTING IT TO OUR OFFICERS OF SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES THAT'S AVAILABLE TO THEIR CHILDREN.
ON THE NINTH, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS COMMITTEE MEETING AT THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
UM, CONGRESSMAN CAREY CAME THERE.
SO IT'S ALWAYS NICE WHEN YOU GET TO OFFER YOUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY TO SIT DOWN WITH THEIR CONGRESSMAN AND ASK QUESTIONS.
AND, AND HE WAS GENEROUS WITH HIS TIME IN THAT SPACE.
UM, ON THE 13TH, ANNIE AND I BOTH ATTENDED THE WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION WHERE THEY, UH, HAD SOME QUESTIONS FOR US.
SO WE WILL LOOK FORWARD TO THE OUTCOME OF THEIR STRATEGIC PLANNING EFFORTS.
ON THE 16TH, WE HAD THE OHIO MAYOR'S ALLIANCE MEETING, UM, THAT WAS LARGELY ABOUT THE STATE OF CITIES AND THE STATE OF OHIO AND THEM BEING THEIR, OUR STRENGTH IN THE GROWTH IN THOSE CITIES.
THAT'S HAPPENING ALL OVER THE STATE, THAT WE ARE, IN FACT A STATE OF CITIES.
UM, AND ON THE 20TH, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SWEAR IN THE NEW CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BOARD AFTER, AT THE CONCLUSION OF THEIR, UM, THEIR GOLF OUTING, JEREMIAH.
AND, UH, I THINK LUKE WAS WITH US.
A COUPLE, COUPLE FOLKS FROM THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM WERE THERE AS WELL.
ON THE 22ND, WE HAD THE HONORARY CHAIR RECEPTION FOR THE IRISH FESTIVAL.
AND, UH, WE HAD A GREAT HONORARY CHAIR AND BRIAN THIS YEAR AND CERTAINLY WANT TO CONGRATULATE HIM ON THAT.
UM, SOMEONE WHO'S BEEN NEAR AND DEAR TO THIS SPACE, BRIAN ASHFORD HAD HIS RETIREMENT PARTY ON THE 23RD, AND WE HAD, UH, HAD A CHANCE TO SAY GOODBYE TO HIM AND THANK HIM FOR HIS WORK, AND PARTICULARLY ON THIS BUILDING.
AND HIS FINGERPRINTS ARE ALL OVER IT, FIGURATIVELY AND, AND IN IN PRACTICE AS WELL.
SO WE WISH HIM ALL THE BEST IN HIS RETIREMENT.
ON THE 27TH STAFF PUT TOGETHER A GREAT, UM, HOST EVENT FOR THE CITY OF FINDLAY.
CAME TO VISIT AND SEE HOW WE, UH, DO SOME THINGS.
AND I KNOW THAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND FINANCE AND OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER WERE ALL INVOLVED IN THAT.
SO THANK YOU ALL FOR THE TIME.
UM, MAYOR MURIN WAS VERY GRATEFUL FOR THAT.
AND SO THANK YOU FOR REPRESENTING US WITH EXCELLENCE.
UH, ON THE 30TH, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, WELCOME THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PEDIATRIC NURSE PRACTITIONERS.
THEY CHOSE TO HAVE THEIR EVENT HERE IN THE CITY OF DUBLIN AND, AND WELCOME THEM OBVIOUSLY.
THEN WE HAD THE FESTIVAL, WHICH WAS OUTSTANDING.
AND, UM, I KNOW THAT THE, WE CAN'T RECOUNT ALL OF THE BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS THAT WENT INTO THAT, BUT ALLISON'S NOT WITH US TONIGHT.
SHE'S PROBABLY STILL TRYING TO RECOVER 'CAUSE SHE, SHE WORKED SO HARD FOR THAT TIME.
BUT THANK YOU FOR ALL THOSE FOLKS IN THE DEDICATION.
UM, AS AMY MENTIONED, ON AUGUST 4TH, WE HAD THE OLD TOWN MEETING, SO HOPEFULLY THEY WILL BE HAVING SEVERAL OF THOSE.
AND, AND REALLY THE IDEA BEHIND THAT IS THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY IS TRYING TO CAPTURE THE STORIES THAT ARE RELATIVE TO DUBLIN.
AND WHILE I COMPLETELY LOVE AND ADORE EVERY SINGLE PERSON THAT WAS ON THAT PANEL, IT DID REMIND ME THAT TIME IS TICKING.
AND IF WE ARE GOING TO CAPTURE THIS HISTORY, WE BETTER NOT DELAY.
UM, SO I HOPE THEY CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
UM, AS AMY SAID, WE, WE THANKED CONGRESSMAN CAREY FOR HIS SUPPORT ON THE EMD EMERALD CONNECTOR ON THE SEVENTH.
UH, AND THEN ON THE EIGHTH, UH, ON SATURDAY, AMY AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO DOWN TO THE NATIONAL VETERANS MUSEUM AND MEMORIAL TO SEE THE PORTRAITS OF COURAGE THAT, UM, WERE PAINTED BY GEORGE W. BUSH.
AND, YOU KNOW, AS WE ENTER INTO THE, UM, THE, THE ANNIVERSARY OF SEPTEMBER 11TH, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE'RE REMINDED OF THE, THE REALLY PROFOUND ACTS OF COURAGE THAT MANY AMERICANS DISPLAYED AS A RESULT OF, OF WHAT HAPPENED THERE.
AND, UM, OUR PRIDE OF DUBLIN, STEPHEN WHITE IS, UH, HE'S PART OF THAT AND HE OFFERED IT FOR US FOR A, A NIGHT OF OUR RETREAT.
SO I, I HADN'T GOTTEN THAT BACK TO YOU YET, BUT IT MIGHT BE A GREAT PLACE AND A GREAT TIME FOR US TO KICK OFF THE VISIONING PROJECT FOR OUR RETREAT.
UM, AND TO BE ABLE TO, TO SEE ALL OF THE PIECES OF ARTWORK THAT, UM, THAT PRESIDENT BUSH CREATED AS A, AS A RESPONSE TO THE COURAGE THAT HE SAW FROM THE MEN AND WOMEN THAT, UM, STEPPED IN, IN A, IN A VERY TRAUMATIC TIME.
UM, AND LASTLY, I WILL SAY THERE WERE TWO, TWO VERY IMPORTANT EVENTS THAT HAPPENED WHILE WE WERE ON RECESS.
AND THEY WERE THE BIRTHDAYS OF BOTH AMY
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CRAM ON THE 16TH AND ANDY KEELER ON THE 21ST.SO WE DID NOT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE YOU IN PERSON OVER THAT COURSE OF TIME, BUT WE CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TIME TO PASS AND, AND NOT TAKE THAT OPPORTUNITY.
SO HOPE THAT YOU BOTH HAD A VERY WONDERFUL BIRTHDAY AND, AND CELEBRATED BY NOT BEING WITH US.
SO IF THERE IS NOTHING FURTHER FOR THE GOOD OF THE ORDER, WE WILL STAND ADJOURNED.