* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. OKAY, IT IS SEVEN [00:00:01] O'CLOCK. I WILL CALL THE REGULAR DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28TH, 2026 TO ORDER. JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE MAYOR AROSE GROOMS. HERE. VICE MAYOR DEROSA. HERE. MS. JOHNSON? HERE. MR. KEELER? HERE. MS. CRAM? HERE. DR. LAMP HERE. VERY GOOD. KATHY, WOULD YOU LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE? I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVIDUAL WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. [CITIZEN COMMENTS ] OKAY. THIS BRINGS US TO THE CITIZEN COMMENTS PORTION OF OUR AGENDA. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CITIZENS TO COMMENT ON ANY TOPIC THAT IS NOT ON THIS EVENING'S AGENDA. AND AS A REMINDER, WE ASK THAT YOU PLEASE SIGN IN AT THE KIOSK. IF YOU DID NOT HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO. WE WILL RECOGNIZE YOU ONCE THOSE WHO DID DO WITH THAT, JENNY OR LINDSAY? HAVE WE HAD ANYONE SIGN IN? YES. JUDITH YODER HAS SIGNED IN. VERY GOOD. YOU WOULD PLEASE STEP FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS INTO THE RECORD. GO AHEAD. SORRY. OKAY. MY NAME IS JUDY YODER. OH, I'M SORRY. CAN IF YOU COULD PRESS THE BUTTON THERE UNTIL THE GREEN LIGHT COMES ON. YEP. THANK YOU. OKAY. PROCEED. UHHUH . OKAY. UM, MY NAME IS JUDY YODER. I LIVE AT 5 6 6 1 WILCOX ROAD. UM, I'VE LIVED THERE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD SINCE 1976 AND IN THAT AMOUNT OF TIME, DUBLIN HAS CHANGED DRAMATICALLY. BUT I'M NOT HERE TO TALK ABOUT THAT. I'M TALKING ABOUT THE FUTURE AND THE FUTURE OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. AND, UM, THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT, JUST A MOMENT HERE. OKAY. SO, UM, WE HAVE MORE THAN 250 SIGNATURES. SOMEONE QUESTION, WELL, WE SEE THE PEOPLE COMMENT AND POST THE CEMETERY, BUT JUST A FEW OF THEM BACK PLEASE. GOOD. IF YOU COULD STEP BACK TO THE MICROPHONE. WE RECORD THESE MEETINGS AND SO WE, WE JUST NEED TO GET IT FOR THE RECORD, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY. SO WE WANTED TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU REALIZED THAT THIS IS AN ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD. THIS IS BRIGHTON, TRINITY BELL GRIFFITH AND THE REMI WILCOX. WE, WE ARE A COMMUNITY AND, UM, AND SO ST. JOHN WANTS TO COME AND PUT IN A CEMETERY, BUT WE REALIZE THAT YOU HAVE THE FUTURE OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IN YOUR HANDS. YOU LITERALLY DO BECAUSE THERE ARE RULES AND LAWS THAT DUBLIN HAS SET UP SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS SITUATION. WE HAVE TWO SINGLE, SINGLE FAMILY LOTS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO CHANGE INTO A CEMETERY. DUBLIN HAS AN A LAW. YOU CANNOT PUT A CEMETERY ON A PIECE OF PROPERTY, LESS THAN 40 ACRES. THIS IS A 10.8 ACRE PLOT. THIS IS 40 ACRES. YOU HAVE LAWS THAT NEED TO BE UPHELD TO PROTECT THE CITIZENS THAT PAY CA PAY TAXES. THE OTHER THING IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE IT IS SO INAPPROPRIATE. THERE IS, UM, KRAMER'S, UM, WATERSHED. IT'S A STREAM THAT RUNS WEST TO EAST RIGHT THROUGH THE CEMETERY, HAS A HUGE FLOODPLAIN. AND, UM, AND I THIS IS A BOOK, I MEAN A PAGE, SORRY. FROM THE ENVISION DUBLIN COMMUNITY PLAN WATERSHED MANAGEMENT, PROTECTING AND MANAGING DUBLIN'S WATERSHED IS A PRIMARY CONSIDERATION IN MAKING THE CITY SUSTAINABLE AND RESILIENT. WATERSHEDS THE LAND AREAS THAT WATER MOVES DOWN AND ACROSS THE STREAMS AND RIVERS AND THE FOUNDATION OF ECOLOGICAL SYSTEM THAT PROVIDE WATER FOR DRINKING AND IRRIGATION. IT. THIS IS IN THE BOOK THAT YOU ALL, SO WE HAVE DONE, YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE SAY, WELL, YOU KNOW, MAYBE IT COULD POLLUTE. THERE IS ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF INFORMATION THAT MAYBE THAT CEMETERY WON'T POISON OUR WATER TOMORROW OR MAYBE NOT NEXT YEAR, BUT A CEMETERY IS FOREVER AND EVENTUALLY IT WILL POISON THE WATER. AND THIS IS, THERE IS SO MUCH PROPERTY OUT WEST OF US THAT THEY COULD FIND 40 ACRES, SELL THOSE TWO, OH, SELL THOSE TWO, UM, RESIDENTIAL LOTS TO PEOPLE THAT CAN ENJOY THE WONDERFUL NEIGHBORHOOD WE HAVE. AND, AND SO WE'RE NOT ASKING YOU TO TO, AND WE ARE ONLY ASKING YOU TO UPHOLD [00:05:01] THE LAWS YOU PASSED TO PROTECT US AS RESIDENTS. AND, AND THERE'S OTHER FUNDAMENTAL THINGS THAT YOU WANNA PUD, BUT PUD HAS, IF YOU COULD WRAP UP SO YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. OH, OKAY. IF YOU COULD JUST WRAP UP THE FINAL THOUGHT. THE PPD HAS CERTAIN, UH, YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT IT NEEDS TO FULFILL. AND IF YOU LOOK, THEY DO NOT FILL ANY OF THEM. THEY DON'T IMPROVE PEOPLE'S LIVES. THEY DO TO, UH, UM, CAUSE THEIR REAL ESTATE TO GO DOWN IN VALUE. AND THESE ARE SPECIFIC LAWS THAT YOU HAVE ON THE BOOKS TO PROTECT US. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. WILLIAM YODER. WELCOME. IF YOU COULD PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS INTO THE RECORD. I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THEY ARE NOT, WE'RE NOT AS A, I DON'T THINK I NEED TO PUSH THIS BUTTON. OR IS IT NO, IT YOU'RE ON. GO AHEAD. SORRY. I'M ON. OKAY. MY NAME IS BILL YODER AND I'VE LIVED ON, ON, UH, WILCOX ROAD NEAR THE PROPOSED CEMETERY SITE FOR OVER 50 YEARS. IN THE PAST, I JOINED WITH MY NEIGHBORS AND THE CITY TO HELP OUR AREA GROW FROM CORNFIELDS INTO A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE THAT IT IS TODAY. BUT NOW AFTER ALL OUR NEIGHBORS BUILDING WORK IS DONE, A NEW ISSUE HAS ARISEN, WHICH COULD THREATEN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. ST. JOHN'S CHURCH WANTS TO BREAK THIS SINGLE FAMILY ZONING AGREEMENT CUT WITH DUBLIN OVER 50 YEARS AGO. THEY WENT TO WEDGE A LARGE CEMETERY, PUD IN OUR NOW COMPLETED NEIGHBORHOOD. I THINK YOU SAW A PICTURE OF IT UP THERE. UH, THE QUESTIONS ARE MANY. WHY HERE? WHY NOW IS THIS SUITABLE GROUND FOR A CEMETERY? HOW WOULD A CEMETERY AFFECT THE RESIDENTS AND THE VI VIABILITY OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD? WHAT ABOUT POLICING AND SAFETY OF THE AREA? IS THERE A DANGER OF POSSIBLE POLLUTION OF THE LAND, THE WATER AND OUR WELLS? HOW COULD A CEMETERY AFFECT THE PROPERTY VALUES OF OUR HOMES? WHAT ABOUT POSSIBLE CRIME INSIDE THE GRAVEYARD AREAS? AND HOW WILL SECURITY BE PROVIDED? WHO WILL, UH, PATROL THE CEMETERY TO ENSURE SAFETY? WHO WILL ADMINISTER THE ZONING PROVISIONS TO ENSURE THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS WILL BE CARRIED OUT? THE LIST GOES ON AND ON AND WE DON'T KNOW THE ANSWERS. NO ONE SEEMS TO KNOW THE ANSWERS. THE ANSWERS ARE CRITICAL TO THE VIABILITY AND LIVABILITY OF OUR HOMES AND OUR LIVES. IS THE CEMETERY SAFETY BE BUILT SO CLOSE TO NEIGHBORS? PERHAPS NOT. THE PUD INCLUDES GROUND BURIALS, NEAR DRINKING WATER WELLS ON HUMAN REMAINS, SCATTER GARDENS NEXT TO THE STREAM THAT FLOWS THROUGH THE CENTER OF THE SITE, CLOSE TO OUR EXISTING HOMES AND THROUGH, UH, BY PARKS AND OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS OPENING A POSSIBILITY FOR CONTAMINATION TO WELLS AND CHILDREN WHO OFTEN PLAY IN A CREEK. THE TRAFFIC GENERATED BY THE CEMETERY BUSINESS ACTIVITY AND CEMETERY PROCESSIONS BECAUSE EXCESSIVE CONFLICTS WITH RESIDENTIAL DRIVEWAYS BACKING INTO THE NEWLY BUSY STREETS, THE CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AROUND A NEW CEMETERY MAY CHANGE TO INCLUDE PEOPLE WITH NEFARIOUS INTENT CAUSING A SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD TO BE MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO NEGATIVE ACTIVITY. WHAT EFFECT WOULD A NEW BUSINESS HAVE INSIDE OUR LIVING CIRCLES? YES, THE CEMETERY IS A BUSINESS AS IS ANY ENTERPRISE WITH WHICH EXCHANGES GOODS AND SERVICES FOR MONEY. NORMALLY THIS TYPE OF BUSINESS IS CARRIED OUT IN COMMERCIAL AREAS AWAY FROM HOMES. HOWEVER, IN IN THIS CASE, IT WOULD BE THRUST IN BETWEEN OUR EXISTING RESIDENTIAL AREAS AND INTO OUR LIVES, INTO OUR, UH, BACKSIDE AND FRONT YARDS IN FULL VIEW OF OUR FAMILIES, PERHAPS ON A DAILY BASIS. WAIT, THAT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS NOT FOR THIS, THIS IS NOT WHY RESIDENTS MOVED HERE. THE RESIDENTS PAID, UH, FOR THEIR HOMES WITH THE ASSURANCE THAT DUBLIN ZONING WOULD PROVIDE A HEALTHY, QUIET, STABLE NEIGHBORHOOD. A CEMETERY THREATENS THAT PEACE. SOME OF THE FAMILIES MAY NOT BE AFFECTED. YOU COULDN'T SHARE YOUR FINAL THOUGHTS AS YOUR TIME IS UP. IF YOU'D LIKE TO CONCLUDE, SOME OF THE FAMILIES MAY NOT BE AFFECTED BY ALL OF THIS. HOWEVER, MANY OF, OF THOSE LIVING NEARBY WOULD HAVE TO DEAL WITH CONSEQUENCES THEY HAD NO CHOICE IN CREATING AND DID NOT BUY INTO. MANY WOULD HAVE TO MAKE THE CHOICE TO SELL THEIR HOMES ONLY TO FIND OUT THAT THE HOUSE IS NO LONGER WORTH WHAT THEY PAID FOR THEM. IT IS UNFAIR FOR THE CHURCH. UH, IT IS UNFAIR THAT THE CHURCH WOULD PROFIT, BUT MANY HOMEOWNERS MAY HAVE TO, TO BEAR THE [00:10:01] COST OF THE LOSS OF 10 TO 12% OR MORE DUE TO THE DEFLATED VALUE CAUSED BY THE PRESENCE OF A NEW CEMETERY CLOSE TO THEM IS A PROPOSED CEMETERY, A BENEFIT TO THE CITY AS A WHOLE. SIR, I'M GONNA HAVE TO ASK YOU TO WRAP UP. YOU HAVE EXCEEDED YOUR TIME. ONE MORE SENTENCE. PERHAPS A NEW CEMETERY COULD BE A BENEFIT FOR SOME RESIDENTS NOT LIVING IN THE AREA, BUT OTHER SITES COULD PERHAPS PROVIDE MORE BENEFITS. THERE ARE SUITABLE PROPERTIES NEARBY THAT MEET ALL OF DUBLIN ZONING REQUIREMENTS WITHOUT THE NEGATIVE IMPACTS ON THE ENVIRONMENT, HOME VALUES, DUBLIN'S TAX BASE, AND CURRENT ZONING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU AL. MY NAME IS KAY JOHN. WE'RE REPRESENTING GLOBAL ASIAN CULTURAL HERITAGE FOUNDATION AND UH, THIS IS SAL. WE ALSO HAVE TWO SPECIAL GUESTS. UH, NGAL WILL INTRODUCE SOME FROM, UH, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA. I HOPE MANY OF YOU ATTENDED OUR, UH, TENS ANNUAL OHIO MOON FESTIVAL. I KNOW MANY OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS DID THIS PAST WEEKEND. WE FINALLY HAD A GREAT, GREAT WE , UH, DAY ON SATURDAY. AND, UH, I THINK SOMEHOW YOU GUYS DID SOME KIND OF MAGIC AND BROUGHT THE THE SUN OUT. IT WAS A WELL VERY WELL ATTENDED EVENT. AND AGAIN, WE'RE HERE TO EXPRESS OUR GRATITUDE TOWARDS THE CITY OF DUBLIN. AND OVER THE YEARS, YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN SO SUPPORTIVE AND WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE TO CALL OUR FESTIVAL, UH, DUBLIN, OUR HOME FOR THE FESTIVAL. AND WE HOPE TO CONTINUE TO GROW AND CONTINUE TO BRING DIVERSE CULT UH, CULTURAL ACTIVITIES AND, UH, TO DUBLIN AND HAVE PEOPLE EXPERIENCE A LOT OF DIFFERENT, UH, CULTURAL, UH, ACTIVITIES. HELLO EVERYONE. VERY EXCITING. USUALLY I'M DOING BACK FLIPS KICKING, BUT TODAY I'M SPEECH. IF YOU COULD START WITH YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS IN THE DIRECT. OH, MY NAME IS NGAL ON BEHALF GLOBAL. ON BEHALF OF THE GLOBAL ASIAN CULTURE HERITAGE FOUNDATION, I WOULD LIKE TO SINCERELY THANK CITY OF DUBLIN FOR YOUR WONDERFUL SUPPORTER OF OUR 10TH ANNUAL AHA MOON FESTIVAL. IT, IT WAS TRULY AN HONOR TO HAVE OUR MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBER MANY YEARS TO SUPPORT. AND, UH, THE GOOD THING IS I REALLY APPRECIATE WE ARE DOING THE DRAG DANCE WHEN WE PASSED THE DRAGON HEAD TO MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL. UH, I MEAN, OH EVERYBODY. THAT VERY CROWD. I APPRECIATE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. MY PLEASURE. AND ALSO I WANNA SHARE MY NEW LOCATION, UH, ACROSS THE STREET. 6 6 3 3 1, UH, CROSS STREET AT THE COMMERCE PARKWAY. WELCOME, DRINK TEA WITH US NOW. WELCOME UP LOS ANGELES KUNGFU, BROTHER SISTERS. UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, CAROL AND I TRAVELED FROM LOS ANGELES TO BE HERE FOR THIS VERY SPECIAL EVENT. I'VE KNOWN KNOWN SUN GAL FOR SO LONG, AND, UH, I MET HIM AT THE TOURNAMENTS. HE WOULD TRAVEL ACROSS THE NATION AND HE WOULD WHOOP EVERY OTHER MARTIAL ARTIST IN THE NATION. HE IS ONE OF THE BEST TO HAVE HIM IN YOUR COMMUNITY TEACHING CHILDREN WHAT A WONDERFUL PLEASURE. AND, UH, HERE IN THE MIDWEST, HE HAS GATHERED ALL THE MARTIAL ARTS SCHOOLS AND SENSES AND KARATE, TAEKWONDO, EVERYTHING. HE'S REALLY A BIG POWERFUL LEADER IN THE MARTIAL ARTS COMMUNITY. SO AGAIN, WE ARE JUST HERE TO SHOW OUR GRATITUDE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE MAYOR AND EVERYONE AND WE HOPE AGAIN, UH, WE CAN HAVE THESE EVENTS FOR CULTURAL DIVERSITY. THANK YOU. THAT'S COOL. HELLO. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. MY NAME IS CAROL. UM, I AM, SO WE'RE FROM LOS ANGELES AND UH, I GREW UP DOING MARTIAL ARTS IN A VERY YOUNG AGE. MY PARENTS SENT ME TO A KUNGFU SCHOOL 'CAUSE THEY DID NOT WANT ME TO GET BULLIED. AND SO I WAS THE ONE END UP BULLYING EVERYBODY. AND THEN IN STAL WE STARTED MARTIAL ARTS BACK IN CHINA AND HE'S A NATIONAL AND HE'S A WORLD CHAMPION. I'M A NATIONAL CHAMPION OVER THERE. AND, UH, ALSO A GRAND CHAMPION IN THE USA. SO NATURALLY LIVING IN LA I FALL INTO THE MOVIE BUSINESS. SO THEN I STARTED TO DO ACTION FILM AND THAT'S WHAT I DO. ACTUALLY, MY BOSS IS VERY MAD RIGHT NOW THAT I TRAVELED ALL THE WAY HERE. SO I'M MISSING SOME MARVEL SESSION TRAINING. OKAY. BUT YOU KNOW, THAT'S BESIDES THE POINT. I'M REALLY HONORED TO BE HERE TO SEE THAT SOMEWHERE MIDWEST AND THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, SUPPORTING DIVERSITY AND JUST, I FEEL SO WARMED AND SO WELCOMED WHEN I COME TO THE CITY. AND BY THE WAY, SIR AND THE OTHER LADY, BECAUSE WE CAME FROM LA [00:15:01] SO I FOUND THIS PLACE THAT HAVEN'T LIKE THE ENVIRONMENT, EVERYTHING'S REALLY GOOD. I HAVE NEVER SEEN THIS MUCH GREEN OVER THERE AND THE CONTAMINATION OVER THERE, I DON'T WANNA MENTION IT, THAT'S NOT YOUR GUYS' A PROBLEM. BUT AGAIN, UM, WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU GUYS FOR HAVING US, GIVING US THE CHANCE TO SHOW YOU GUYS THE GOOD CULTURE AND VALUE AND THE TRADITION FOR CHINESE MARTIAL ARTS AND THE, AND THE ASIAN CULTURE. AND, UM, THE LEAST WE CAN DO FOR YOU GUYS IS SO AND I, WE WILL PERFORM A LITTLE SHORT TAI CHI TO, UM, FOR GIVE UP GIBE FOR THE CITY OF DUBLIN. AND THANK YOU GUYS FOR HAVING ME. AND I BELIEVE WE'LL BE HANGING OUT AND THEN COME HERE VERY OFTEN TO SUPPORT MY KUNGFU BROTHER. THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU. WOO, JOB. THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND SAFE TRAVELS TO YOU. ANYONE ELSE, LINDSAY? KEVIN, CASEY, WELCOME. IF YOU COULD PLEASE COME FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS INTO THE RECORD AND WE WON'T ASK YOU TO DO A DANCE OR ANYTHING, I PROMISE. I, I I COULDN'T FOLLOW THAT. UM, I'VE PREPARED, UH, I'VE SENT THE DOCUMENTS IN ADVANCE TO THE CLERK COURTS. I'VE ALSO PRINTED IT, SO, UM, I DID TIME MYSELF AND IT WAS THREE MINUTES AND 40 SECONDS, SO I'LL TRY TO FIND 40 SECONDS TO GIVE BACK. GOOD EVENING. I'M KEVIN CASEY, A 30 YEAR RESIDENT. THIS IS MY SECOND TIME IN FRONT OF YOU ON THIS TOPIC. I WAS HERE ON AUGUST 10TH ABOUT THE CITY'S USE OF PLACER AI, THE PLATFORM THAT ANALYZES LOCATION DATA FROM OUR RESIDENTS AND VISITORS PHONES TO MEASURE ATTENDANCE AND DUBLIN'S EVENTS IN PLACES. I WANT TO BEGIN THE WAY I BEGAN BECAUSE IT'S STILL TRUE WITH CREDIT. WHEN I FIRST WROTE TO THE CITY IN JUNE ASKING WHAT RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN TOLD ABOUT THIS PROGRAM, THERE WAS NOTHING TO TELL THEM WITH IN RESPONSE, DUBLIN, BUILD IT, THE LOCATION ANALYTICS PAGE ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE EXPLAINING WHAT THE CITY RECEIVES, WHAT IT DOESN'T, AND HOW PEOPLE CAN LIMIT SHARING OF THEIR OWN PHONES. STAFF AND COUNCIL HAVE ANSWERED EVERY REQUEST I'VE EVER MADE IN WRITING AND ON TIME. I'VE SAID PUBLICLY THAT DUBLIN HANDLES RESIDENT QUESTIONS BETTER THAN MOST CITIES IN THE COUNTRY AND TESTING THAT SINCE JUNE HAS ONLY CONFIRMED IT. WHATEVER ELSE I SAY TONIGHT, THAT COMES FIRST AND IT STAYS TRUE WHEN I SIT DOWN. SINCE THEN, TWO REQUESTS ANNOUNCE THAT PAGE THROUGH THE SAME CHANNELS THE CITY USES TO INVITE PEOPLE TO ITS EVENTS AND EXCLUDE RESIDENTIAL ADDRESSES WHEN REPORT BOUNDARIES GET DRAWN NEAR HOMES IN JULY, COUNSEL DECLINED BOTH IN WRITING. THE STATED REASON ON THE FIRST WAS THAT PAIGE IS PUBLICLY AVAILABLE AND SHARED WITH ANYONE WHO ASKED THAT ANSWER DESERVES TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY. IT'S NOT A BAD ANSWER, IT'S JUST SIMPLY NOT A COMPLETE ONE. AVAILABILITY IS NOT NOTICE. NO RESIDENT VISITS A PAGE THAT THEY DON'T KNOW EXIST. THIS CITY OF ALL CITIES DOES NOT OPERATE ON ANY OTHER THEORY. DUBLIN DOES NOT PROMOTE THE IRISH FESTIVAL BY PUBLISHING A WEBPAGE AND HOPING PEOPLE FIND IT. IT USES NEWSLETTERS, SOCIAL MEDIA, SIGNAGE AND PRESS WEEKS OF THEM BECAUSE DUBLIN UNDERSTANDS BETTER THAN ALMOST ANY CITY IN AMERICA. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN INFORMATION THAT EXISTS AND INFORMATION THAT REACHES PEOPLE. THIS AUGUST, MORE THAN 90,000 GUESTS CAME TO THAT FESTIVAL BY THE FESTIVAL'S OWN COUNT, INVITED THROUGH EVERY CHANNEL THE CITY OWNS THE MEASUREMENT OF THEIR VISIT WAS ONE THING THAT NO ONE MENTIONED. THOSE GUESTS CAN'T ASK ABOUT A PAGE THEY'VE NEVER HEARD OF. THIS IS NOT A TRIVIAL MEASUREMENT AND THAT COMES FROM THE CITY'S OWN DESCRIPTION OF IT. DUBLIN'S PAGE SAYS THAT THE PLATFORM HELPS THE CITY ESTIMATE ATTENDANCE AND VISITATION, UNDERSTAND HOW PARKS, PUBLIC SPACES AND BUSINESS DISTRICTS ARE USED, EVALUATE THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF MAJOR EVENTS AND SUPPORT PLANNING FOR TRAFFIC, PARKING AND PUBLIC SAFETY STAFFING. THOSE ARE ALL GREAT USES AND I'VE NEVER SAID OTHERWISE, BUT A PROGRAM VALUABLE ENOUGH TO INFORM STAFFING AND INFRASTRUCTURE DECISIONS IS A PROGRAM WORTH ONE SENTENCE, ONE SENTENCE TO THE MENTION THE PEOPLE IT MEASURES. I ALSO WANNA TAKE THE STRONGEST COUNTER-ARGUMENT OFF THE TABLE MYSELF BECAUSE IT DESERVES A STRAIGHT ANSWER. THE DATA IS AGGREGATED AND ANONYMIZED, I'VE NEVER ARGUED OTHERWISE. BUT NOTICE IS NOT A [00:20:01] FUNCTION OF RISK LEVEL, IT IS A FUNCTION OF RESPECT. THE QUESTION IN FRONT OF THIS CITY HAS NEVER BEEN WHETHER THE DATA CAN BE, CAN IDENTIFY YOUR CONSTITUENTS. IT'S WHETHER A CITY SHOULD MEASURE THAT MOVEMENT OF THE PEOPLE INVITES WITHOUT, WITHOUT EVER MENTIONING IT IN THE PLACES THAT THEY ACTUALLY LOOK. VERY GOOD. HERE'S THE DETAIL THAT CAPTURES THE WHOLE ISSUE. THE DISCLOSURE PAGE EXISTS AND I'VE CREDITED ALL NIGHT. DO YOU KNOW WHERE IT'S LINKED? IT'S IN THE FOOTER OF THE CITY'S WEBSITE. BOTTOM OF THE PAGE IN THE UTILITY LINKS NEXT TO THE PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST. I CHECKED AGAIN THIS MORNING. PLEASE GIVE, WRAP YOUR THOUGHTS UP PLEASE. I WOULD RESPECT ONE MORE MINUTE AND I'LL GET YOU GUYS CAN READ IT. RESPECT IS CERTAINLY A TWO-WAY SCREEN. WE HAVES. IT'S, WE HAVE, WE HAVE YOUR DOCUMENT WRITTEN AND IT WILL BE PART OF THE AGENDA OR A PART OF THE RECORD FOR THIS EVENING. SO I'LL, I'D LIKE, I'D LIKE 30 MORE SECONDS PLEASE. ONE LAST THING AND IT'S THE REASON I BELIEVE THIS REQUEST BELONGS IN THIS, IN THIS PARTICULAR CITY, DUBLIN BUILT ITS REPUTATION ON BEING AHEAD OF EVERYONE ON EXACTLY THIS KIND OF THING. WE PUT CITY OWNED FIBER IN THE GROUND BEFORE MOST CITY IN AMERICA KNEW WHAT IT WAS. WE BUILT A SMART MOBILITY CORRIDOR THAT RUNS THROUGH OUR BACKYARD. THE CITY HAS NEVER BEEN AFRAID OF DATA, BUT IT IS AFRAID OF BEING CANDOR AND HONEST AND TRUTHFUL. SO HERE'S THE PROCEDURAL ASK AND I'LL SAY IT ONE LAST TIME. AMASSING THAT A SINGLE MEMBER OF THIS CITY COUNCIL MOVE TO REFER THESE TWO ITEMS TO STAFF FOR A REPORT BACK TO COUNCIL THIS FALL WITH A WRITTEN DISPOSITION OF BOTH YES OR NO. THE MOTION TAKES 30 SECONDS, THE REPORT TAKES AN AFTERNOON AND THE TITLE IS SITTING RIGHT THERE IN FRONT OF YOU ON THE TABLE. AND I'M GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. LINDSAY. DIANA BURKEL, EXCUSE ME. WELCOME. PLEASE COME FORWARD, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS INTO THE RECORD. ALREADY PRESSED. THANK YOU. HI, MY NAME IS DIANA BURKEL. I LIVE AT 5 7 8 9 CLEARFIELD LANE, DUBLIN, OHIO 4 3 0 1 6. THIS IS ABOUT THE CEMETERY THAT YOU GUYS ARE VOTING ON IN NOVEMBER. UM, WE HAVE LIVED IN THIS PROPERTY FOR OVER 21 YEARS AND IT'S A BEAUTIFUL NEIGHBORHOOD. THIS IS GOING TO AFFECT THREE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AND ONE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT HAS LANDIN. WE'RE TALKING OVER 500 HOMES AND ACCORDING TO GOOGLE AI, OUR PROPERTY VALUES ARE GOING TO DROP BETWEEN FIVE TO 12%. THAT IS A LOT OF TAXABLE TAXES THAT WE PAY YOU GUYS ALSO, THAT IS GOING TO BE DROPPING ALSO. ALSO, THIS IS GOING TO LOOK EXACT. YOU HAVE THE TWO PROPERTIES AND THEN YOU HAVE LITERALLY RIGHT NEXT DOOR, TED COLTON BACK PARK. I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU HAVE GONE TO TED COLEN BACK PARK. IT'S A BEAUTIFUL VIBRANT PARK THAT IS SO LOVELY AND SO WELL USED AND SO WELL LOVED. AND HAVING A CEMETERY RIGHT THERE WHERE EVERYONE CAN SEE IT, IT'S GONNA PUT A DOWNER ON IT. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR LISTENING TO ME. THANK YOU LINDSAY. GENEVIEVE HAGGERTY, WELCOME. PLEASE COME FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS INTO THE RECORD. HI THERE, MY NAME'S GENEVIEVE HAGERTY. I'M A 56 87 WILCOX ROAD. AND I JUST WANNA, UM, ECHO WHAT SHE SAYS THAT THE NORTHWEST AREA, UH, OR SORRY, THE SOUTHWEST AREA THAT'S, UM, THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT AS FAR AS THE ST. JOHN'S, UM, PUD CEMETERY REZONING IS A LITTLE JEWEL THAT MY, UM, THAT, UH, IN MY PARENTS BILL AND JUDY YODER HAVE WORKED VERY HARD TO CREATE FROM A CORNFIELD BASICALLY. UM, THEY'RE VERY INVESTED AND THEY LOVE IT. YOU WALK AROUND, THERE'S PEOPLE WALKING ALL OF THE TIME, KIDS PLAYING IN THE PARKS, IT'S A GREAT PLACE. UM, MY PARENTS HELPED BUILD THAT BACK IN 1990. UM, THEY, WHEN THE LAND WAS ANNEXED TO DUBLIN, THE CITY'S ZONE PLANNING DIRECTOR SIGNED A SWORN AFFIDAVIT. IT'S ON RECORD WITH THE FRANKLIN COUNTY DESCRIBING THE LAND USE PLAN FOR THIS EXACT, UH, EXACT AREA. THE AFFIDAVIT STATED THAT, UH, QUOTE, A LARGE CORE OF LAND IS TO BE DEVELOPED RESIDENTIALLY. IT MUST BE IDENTIFIED AND MAINTAINED AS A BLOCK IN ORDER THAT THE FUTURE NEIGHBORHOOD [00:25:01] RETAIN IDENTITY AND INSULATE ITSELF FROM HEAVIER LAND USES. UM, THAT'S THE CITY'S COMMITMENT FROM 36 YEARS AGO. AND THEN, UM, NOW DUBLIN'S CURRENT ENVISION DUBLIN COMMUNITY PLAN DESIGNATE THIS EXACT AREA'S FUTURE LAND USE AS RESIDENTIAL LOAD DENSITY WITH A GROWTH FRAMEWORK GOAL LABELED MAINTAIN THE CHARACTER MINIMAL CHANGE. UM, THAT'S THE CURRENT ACT OF PLANNING GUIDELINES FOR THE PARCEL. UM, AND I JUST, UH, REQUEST THAT YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AS WELL AND CONSIDER THAT, UH, WITH LOOKING AT THESE CHANGES, I KNOW THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE AREA OBVIOUSLY NEEDS A CEMETERY, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, PLACING IT RIGHT INTO AN ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE MIDDLE OF IT, UM, JUST DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THE RIGHT MOVE. AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THEN JUST DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THE RIGHT MOVE. THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. NEXT, DAVID KEHE WELCOME. IF YOU PLEASE COME FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS INTO THE RECORD. GOOD EVENING. I'M DAVE KEHE. I LIVE AT 6 0 1 6 RINGS ROAD, DUBLIN. I WROTE A LETTER TO MS. DELGADO A FEW WEEKS AGO BECAUSE I WAS UNABLE TO ATTEND THE PRIOR MEETING REGARDING THIS MATTER. AND I THINK THE LETTER PROBABLY SUMS UP MY FEELINGS, UH, RATHER WELL, SO I'M GONNA QUOTE MOST OF THAT. WHEN I FIRST HEARD OF THE CHURCH'S PLANS FOR THE CEMETERY AT A CITY COUNCIL MEETING SEVERAL YEARS AGO, THE PROJECT WAS PRESENTED AS A RELATIVELY SMALL ONE DESIGNATED SOLELY AS A WAY FOR THE CHURCH AND THEIR MEMBERS TO BE CARED FOR FROM CRADLE TO GRAVE. AS I RECALL, THE PLANS AS THEY WERE PRESENTED SHOWED A MUCH MORE RESTRAINED VERSION THAN WHAT I'VE BEEN SEEING RECENTLY. THIS NEW DESIGN IS MUCH MORE EXPANSIVE WITH NEW ROADS, LANES, COLUMBAR. I HAD TO LOOK THAT UP, OTHER BUILDINGS AND MORE GENERALLY, SOMETHING THAT COULD SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT THE FEEL OF OUR RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD. BEYOND THAT, AS WE'VE DISCUSSED, DUBLIN'S OWN CODE REQUIRES A 40 ACRE MINIMUM FOR A NEW CEMETERY. I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT DIMENSIONS I'VE HEARD IT NOW. IT'S ABOUT 10.8 ACRES, UH, BUT IT WOULD ONLY BE A FOURTH OF WHAT THE CODE STATES. THAT CODE ALONE SHOULD CAUSE THIS REZONING TO BE RECONSIDERED. HOWEVER, ABOVE AND BEYOND THAT, THE STATE OF OHIO PROHIBITS A NEW CEMETERY WITHIN 100 YARDS OF A DWELLING WITHOUT THE OWNER'S PERMISSION. FROM THE CORNER OF MY HOUSE TO THE CORNER OF THE PROPOSED CEMETERY IS APPROXIMATELY 60 YARDS, SIGNIFICANTLY LESS THAN THE LAW ALLOWS. HAVING DISCUSSED THIS PROPOSAL AT LENGTH, MY WIFE AND I ARE IN AGREEMENT THAT WE DO NOT GIVE OUR PERMISSION AS HOMEOWNERS WITHIN THAT 100 YARD RANGE FOR THE CEMETERY TO MOVE AHEAD. I HAVE SPOKEN TO MANY OTHERS, THE ODORS AND OTHERS WHO LIVE NEARBY, AND I KNOW THEIR FEELINGS ALIGN WITH OURS ON THIS MATTER AS WELL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER. THANK YOU. NEXT, AND THANK YOU FOR THE DEMONSTRATION. NEXT MARJORIE YODER PARR. WELCOME. IF YOU COULD PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS INTO THE RECORD. SURE. HI, MY NAME IS MARJORIE PARR. UM, I GREW UP AT 5 6 6 1 WILCOX ROAD. I'M BILL AND JUDY'S DAUGHTER. I'M AN ARTIST, A TOY DESIGNER. I'M NOT A LAWYER. UM, BUT I WROTE A LOT OF LETTERS AND A LOT OF THINGS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE READ AND REVIEWED. SPENT MY SUMMER TRYING TO PEEL BACK AND FIGURE OUT WHAT IT IS THAT IT, THAT PLANNING AND ZONING, UM, HAS DONE. AND IN 2024, UM, THE CHURCH HAD ONE AND A HALF PAGES OF NARRATIVES AND, UM, THEY HAD AN INFORMAL MEETING AND THEY HAD, THEY RECEIVED SOME NON-BINDING FEEDBACK. AND THAT NINE BINDING FEEDBACK, UM, WAS BASED ON THE IDEA THAT IT WAS A RURAL, IT WAS A RURAL ZONE THAT WAS MISTAKEN THAT R ONE B WAS RURAL. AND SO THE FEEDBACK WAS SUCH THAT IT WOULD BE, UM, APPLICABLE TO HAVE A CEMETERY THERE BECAUSE, UH, THAT WOULD BE A SUPPORTED USE. BUT THIS INFORMAL NON-BINDING FEEDBACK, UM, WHEN THE CP NOW THEY MADE IT INSTEAD OF BINDING, THEY MADE A NON-BINDING. AND SO PNZ SAID, WELL, MAYBE WE WILL MAKE IT SO THAT, UM, THE INFORMAL NON-BINDING FEEDBACK CAN BE USED AS THE, AS A STAND IN FOR THE, UM, CP NON-BINDING FEEDBACK. AND, UM, UM, SO NO BOARD MEMBERS COMMENTED ON THIS BEAUTY CONFORMITY. THEY, UH, ALL ABDUCTED, ALL ABDICATED THEIR STATUTORY DUTY IN THE 12 MINUTE CP MEETING. SO NO BOARD MEMBER COMMENTED ON, UM, THERE'S NO ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD. THE INFORMAL REVIEW, UM, WAS PRE-APPLICATION AND IT DID NOT FULFILL THAT THE NON-BINDING, [00:30:01] THE NON-BINDING FEEDBACK FROM INF DID NOT FULFILL WHAT WAS NEEDED FOR AN, FOR A FORMAL CP REVIEW. UM, AND SO WITH THAT, I ASK THAT CITY COUNCIL PERHAPS REMAND THIS BACK TO THE CP BECAUSE IT NEEDS TO BE PROPERLY LITIGATED THROUGH, UM, UH, THE PROCESS, THE RE THE PUD REVIEW PROCESS, 1 53 0.048, THE REVIEW AND PROCESS E SAYS A CONCEPT PLAN REVIEW PROCEDURES STATES THAT IT MUST BE REQUIRED THAT P AND Z COMMISSION REVIEW AND THEY, THEY SHALL PROVIDE FEEDBACK FOR THE CONCEPT PLAN. ITS CONSISTENCY WITH THE COMMUNITY PLAN MRU, THE CONCEPT PLAN CONFORMS TO THE APPROPRIATE CODE REQUIREMENTS. THIS PLAN INVESTIGATES, UM, INTO ITS CON ITS CONSISTENCY WITH 1 5 3 0.046 USES AND NONE OF THAT WAS COMPLETED. AND SO THIS LAND AGREEMENT, UM, DOES NOT ALIGN WITH THE ENVISIONED DUBLIN COMMUNITY PLAN AS IT'S, IT'S A LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AND THE INTENT FOR THE LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL IS LARGE LOTS THAT ARE RESIDENTIAL THAT ARE RESPONSIVE TO THE ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE AREAS AND SITES. BUT THIS IS A CIVIL POLLUTIVE USE THAT THEY'RE PUTTING THERE. IT'S NOT A RESIDENTIAL ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE USE. IT DOESN'T ALIGN, BUT NO BOARD MEMBER COMMENTED IT WAS A 12 MINUTE MEETING. THERE IT GOES. SO I GUESS I'LL JUST WRAP IT UP. THAT, UM, FOR THE PUD, UM, 1 5 3 0.236 UNDER LETTER C SAYS THAT A PUD SHOULD UM, NO ACTIVITIES. OH, SO THE R TWO THAT'S BEING PEELED BACK, IF IT'S NOT ALLOWABLE, IF YOU COULD WRAP UP PLEASE. YEAH. IN THE R TWO A, A CONDITIONAL USE HAS TO MEET 10 REQUIREMENTS AND THAT'S ALL BEING PEELED BACK IN THE R ONE B. IT'S NOT PERMITTED USE IN THERE EITHER. THANK YOU. AND SO I JUST WOULD ASK THAT YOU REVIEW THAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH AND I HOPE THAT YOU CONSIDER REMANDING THIS BACK TO LINDSAY. NEXT THE CP. THANK YOU. THERE ARE NO OTHER INDIVIDUALS WHO'VE SIGNED IN TO SPEAK. OKAY. IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM THAT IS NOT ON THIS EVENING'S AGENDA THAT DID NOT HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SIGN IN? OKAY. IF YOU WOULD PLEASE STEP FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS ON THE RECORD. HELLO, MY NAME IS LINDA GARRIDO AND I LIVE AT 59 65 RINGS ROAD DIRECTLY BESIDE THE CEMETERY. UH, AND I, MY ONLY QUESTION IS WHY DO YOU ALL THINK IT'S MORE IMPORTANT FOR THAT, FOR THEM A NEW ADVENTURE VERSUS RUINING ALL OF OUR EXISTENCE. AND WE HAVE BEEN THERE, I HAVE BEEN THERE FOR 50 YEARS, , I'M NEWLY RETIRED AND NOW I GET TO, YOU KNOW, THE CHANCES THAT EVERY DAY WHEN I GO OUT IN MY YARD I GET TO LOOK AT A GRAVEYARD, CEMETERY, MEMORIAL GARDENS, WHATEVER YOU WANNA CALL IT. AND I DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR THAT YOU WOULD CHOOSE THEM OVER US. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE BEEN THERE FOR FOREVER. WE WERE THERE WHEN IT WAS A CORNFIELD AND THEN ALL THESE PEOPLE HAVE JOINED US, WHICH IS WONDERFUL, BUT I DON'T THINK THEY SHOULD GET, AND THEY SHOULD HAVE MORE OF A VALUE THAN, THAN US THAT HAVE BEEN THERE FOREVER. THANKS. THANK YOU. THERE WAS ANOTHER HAND UP. IS THERE ANOTHER YOU WOULD PLEASE COME FORWARD? STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS INTO THE RECORD? I, BRIAN HAGERTY 5 6 8 7 WILCOX ROAD. I JUST WANTED TO, I GUESS, GET A FEW QUESTIONS IN THE RECORD. UM, MARGIE MENTIONED THE, UM, INFORMAL MEETING AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT, THAT PROPER NOTIFICATIONS WERE MADE PRIOR TO THAT INFORMAL MEETING SINCE THE PROCESS SEEMS TO HAVE CHANGED SINCE THE, THE, UH, THIS PROCESS STARTED. AND, UM, I KNOW THERE WAS A MEETING, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS THERE WAS A VERY SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT WERE INCLUDED IN THAT. UM, THE OTHER QUESTION I WANTED TO GET INTO THE RECORD IS THAT THERE WAS NO TRAFFIC STUDY DONE. APPARENTLY THE TRAFFIC STUDY WAS REQUIREMENT WAS WAIVED BECAUSE OF A STATEMENT OF 10 TO 12 BURIALS A YEAR. BUT THAT'S NOT THE ONLY USE THE CEMETERY IS GOING TO HAVE. AND IT SEEMS LIKE A PROPER TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDY SHOULD BE COMPLETED FOR THIS CHANGE IN ZONING SINCE THE NUMBERS ARE SO INCREDIBLY LARGE OVER THE LIFE OF THE PROJECT. UM, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? PLEASE COME FORWARD. STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS INTO THE RECORD. HI, MY NAME IS MONICA RINKE. UM, [00:35:01] I LIVE AT 58 0 5 ZACHARIA WAY, SO I'M RIGHT BEHIND THE PARK. UM, AND I SPOKE LAST TIME AND I CRIED. THAT WAS REALLY EMBARRASSING. BUT THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING REALLY GRACIOUS OF. I JUST WANNA SAY, YOU KNOW, I, I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU HAVE EVER VISITED THE PARK. I TOOK A VIDEO AND I DON'T KNOW IF I'M ABLE TO LIKE SHOW IT OR SEND IT TO YOU GUYS, BUT WE DO, WE DO. EVERYBODY WALKS THERE. IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S A REALLY NICE WALKING TRAIL. UM, IT'S RIGHT BEHIND MY HOUSE, SO I WALK THERE TWICE A DAY. RIGHT. UM, AND IT'S BEAUTIFUL AND, UM, IT IS RIGHT BY THE WATERSHED. AND SO I REACHED OUT TO THE IOTA WATERSHED PROTECTION AGENCY JUST TO ASK, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY RULES OR ANYTHING, BUT IT IS ABOUT, I WOULD SAY LIKE 50 YARDS AWAY FROM KRAMER'S DITCH RUNS BEHIND IT. UM, I DON'T KNOW. BUT ANYWAY, I'VE SEEN BEAUTIFUL THINGS THERE AND I WROTE AN EMAIL IN, SO I THINK IT'S IN THE RECORD. I THINK THAT'S HOW THAT WORKS. BUT, UM, I JUST, UM, I DON'T KNOW, UH, WHAT IS GONNA HAPPEN LIKE WITH THE PARKING LOT BY THE BASEBALL DIAMONDS. HAVE YOU GUYS TALKED ABOUT THAT ALREADY? I THINK I CAME LATE TO LAST MEETING. I'M A MOM, I'M A SPECIAL NEEDS MOM. I WORK, I DO ALL THIS STUFF. MY DAD JUST PASSED AWAY LAST WEEKEND, SO I'M LIKE, I'M STILL HERE. I MISSED WHATEVER THAT WAS, BUT I, I JUST WANT TO SPEAK MY VOICE. IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PLACE. IT'S BEAUTIFUL. AND I WAS CURIOUS IF ANYONE HAD PROPOSED LIKE I'M A MEMORIAL GARDEN OR SOMETHING WHERE WE COULD STILL USE THAT SPACE. WHAT THE PASTOR HAD DESCRIBED TO ME IN PASSING, 'CAUSE I WALK IT, I'M THERE MORE OFTEN THAN I SEE THE PASTOR OR THE GROUNDSKEEPER. RIGHT. UM, BUT I ASKED HIM AND HE SAID IT WAS JUST A WALKING PATH THROUGH THE FIELD AND NOW THERE'S A PARKING LOT IN THE FIELD AND THERE'S SO MANY CHILDREN, TINY CHILDREN, AND THEY PLAY VOLLEYBALL. AND TYPICALLY WHAT THEY USE THAT FIELD FOR IS, AND THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE WHO COME AND SHOW UP TO THIS, BUT THEY USE IT FOR CRICKET. AND SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN, IT REALLY IS A PUBLIC SPACE AND I THINK IT WOULD BE MUCH MORE BETTER SERVED AS LIKE PART OF A PUBLIC PARK OR LIKE A MEMORIAL FOOD GARDEN, A NATIVE GARDEN WHERE YES, THEY COULD STILL EARN MONEY, BUT LIKE YOU SAID, UM, LAST TIME, IF IT GOES AND CHANGES HANDS, THEN NOW AFTER THEY'RE DONE CARING FOR IT, IT'S A CITY'S EXPENSE. AND SO MY THOUGHT WAS, WELL, MAYBE THEY COULD STILL DO SOMETHING WHERE IT'S A WALKING PATH, YOU KNOW, WHERE THEY COULD PLANT MEMORIAL TREES WITH HEADSTONES THAT DON'T INCUR PEOPLE. SOMETHING LIKE THAT WHERE THEY'RE STILL ABLE TO MAKE MONEY, MAKE USE OF THE LAND, BUT IT BECOMES, IT'S STILL MORE OF A WALKING PUBLIC SPACE. SO, UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. APPRECIATE THANK YOU. ANY OTHERS ITEMS? NOT ON THE AGENDA THIS EVENING. OKAY. UM, FOR THE FOLKS THAT WANTED TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THE ST. JOHN'S APPLICATION, I'M GONNA REFER YOU TO JENNY ROUSH, OUR PLANNING DIRECTOR. SO SHE'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER, UM, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE AND, AND UPDATE. UM, AND THEN FOR THE PACER AI QUESTIONS, I WILL CONNECT WITH, UH, LEGAL COUNSEL PHIL HARTMAN TO UM, ANSWER SOME OF THOSE THINGS. SO IF YOU ALL WANT TO EXCHANGE INFORMATION, THAT WOULD BE QUITE HELPFUL. OKAY. UH, WE WILL MOVE ON TO CONSENT [CONSENT AGENDA ] AGENDAS. THERE. A REQUEST TO REMOVE ANY ITEM FROM THIS EVENING'S CON CONSENT AGENDA. HEARING NONE, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. SECOND. THANK YOU. JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE MR. KEELER? YES. VICE MAYOR DEROSA? YES. MS. JOHNSON? YES. DR. LAMB? YES. MAYOR AROSE GROOMS. MS. CRA? YES. OKAY. THIS BRINGS US TO THE SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING ORDINANCES PORTION OF OUR AGENDA. WE WILL BEGIN WITH ORDINANCE 48 DASH 26. AND WITH THAT I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO POSTPONE THE SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING OF ORDINANCE 48 DASH 26 TO NOVEMBER THE NINTH, 2026. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. THANK YOU. JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE MS. CRAM? YES. MAYOR AROSE GROOMS? YES. MR. KEELER? YES. DR. LAMB? YES. MS. JOHNSON? YES. VICE MAYOR DEROSA? YES. ORDINANCE 49 DASH 26 [Ordinance 49-26] AMENDING CHAPTER 35 OF THE CODIFIED ORDINANCES TO REVISE THE FEE AND SERVICE CHARGE REVENUE COST COMPARISON SYSTEM AND ESTABLISHING A SCHEDULE OF FEES AND SERVICE CHARGES FOR THE CITY OF DUBLIN SERVICES. VERY GOOD, THANK YOU. THE STAFF REPORT WILL BE BROUGHT FORWARD THIS EVENING BY DOUG. DOUG SIC. WELCOME. UH, GOOD EVENING. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. SO STAFF HAS MADE ONE MINOR VIS REVISION TO THE PROPOSED FEE SCHEDULED BASED ON FEEDBACK RECEIVED DURING THE FIRST READING. UH, THE IDLE FEE FOR THE LEVEL TWO CHARGERS IS PROPOSED TO INCREASE FROM 10 CENTS PER MINUTE TO 20 CENTS PER MINUTE. THIS ADJUSTMENT CREATES GREATER CONSISTENCY WITH THE DCFC FEE STRUCTURE, WHICH IS AT 40 CENTS PER KILOWATT HOUR. AND THEN THE IDLE FEE IS 40 CENTS PER MINUTE. UH, THE PURPOSE OF THE IDLE FEE IS TO ENCOURAGE MOTORISTS TO MOVE THEIR VEHICLES ONCE CHARGING IS [00:40:01] COMPLETE, THEREBY IMPROVING CHARGER AVAILABILITY FOR OTHER USERS AND STAFF RECOMMENDS THE ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE 40 26 AND WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. VERY GOOD, THANK YOU. YOU WANNA TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT? IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? I AGREE. HEARING OTHER COUNCIL QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION. I WAS JUST GONNA MAKE A COMMENT. UM, I APPRECIATE THE FEEDBACK THAT YOU PROVIDED ON THE COST SAVINGS PORTION OF THAT, SO WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THOSE INDIVIDUALLY. WHEN IS THAT HOW WE'RE GOING TO SEE THAT PROCEED DURING THE OPERATING BUDGET? YEAH. OR FOR THE WORK SESSION NEXT WEEK AND THROUGHOUT THE OPERATING BUDGET, WE'LL HAVE MORE OF THE DIRECTORS THERE SO THEY'LL BE ABLE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THEIR DEPARTMENTS ON EFFICIENCIES. SO YEAH. AND SO IF WE COULD DURING THAT, PROVIDE SOME SPECIFIC NUMBERS RATHER THAN SORT OF GENERAL DIRECTIONS, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS. YEAH, WELL I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE YOU ADDRESSING THAT, UH, CHARGER AND I THINK THAT WILL HELP ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO, UH, USE THE CHARGER AND THEN, AND THEN MAKE IT AVAILABLE FOR OTHERS ONCE THEIR UH, CHARGING SESSION IS COMPLETE. SO WITH THAT, IF THERE IS NO FURTHER, UH, DISCUSSION, JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL MAYOR AROSE GROOMS? YES. MS. CRAM? YES. MS. JOHNSON? YES. VICE MAYOR DEROSA? YES. MS. KEER? YES. DR. LAMB? YES. ORDINANCE 50 DASH 26 [Ordinance 50-26] AMENDING THE ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2026. VERY GOOD. OUR STAFF REPORT, IF IT'S NOT BROKE, DON'T FIX IT. RIGHT. WE'LL STICK WITH DOUG. ICK. WELCOME AGAIN. GOOD EVENING. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. THERE ARE NO CHANGES TO THIS. ORDINANCE AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF ORDINANCE 50 26. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING NONE COUNCIL QUESTIONS DISCUSSION. JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE VICE MAYOR DEROSA? YES. MAYOR AROSE GROOMS? YES. MS. JOHNSON? YES. DR. LAMB? YES. MR. KEELER? YES. MS. CRAM? YES. OKAY. ORDINANCE 51 [Ordinance 51-26] DASH 26 WAIVING SECTION 91.08 OF DUBLIN'S CODIFIED ORDINANCES FOR THE LIMITED PURPOSE OF FACILITATING THE 2026 DEER MANAGEMENT PROGRAM. GREAT. OUR STAFF REPORT WILL BE BROUGHT FORWARD BY MITCH EMMETT TONIGHT. WELCOME. GOOD EVENING. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. THERE ARE NO CHANGES FROM THE FIRST READING OF THIS ORDINANCE AND COUNCIL'S RECOMMENDING, UH, APPROVAL OF ORDINANCE 51 26. VERY GOOD, THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING NONE. OH. PLEASE COME FORWARD. STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS INTO THE RECORD. IF YOU COULD PRESS THAT BUTTON THERE. THE MICROPHONE WILL TURN ON. THERE YOU GO. HI MEGAN AGAIN. UM, IT'S MONICA PREKI. UH, MY ADDRESS IS ON RECORD FROM EARLIER WHEN I SPOKE. HI MITCH. UM, I JUST WOULD LIKE FOR IT TO BE HUMANE AND ALSO I THINK THAT OUR HABITAT IS DISAPPEARING AND THAT IS A BIG ISSUE AND I KNOW THAT I BROUGHT UP THE PERCENTAGE QUESTION OF LIKE, LET'S SEE WHAT PERCENTAGE GREEN WE ARE AND WHAT PERCENTAGE CONCRETE WE ARE AND MAYBE TRY AND MARK SOME LIKE, BECAUSE ALSO WITH THE POLICE REPORT, THE SHERIFF HAD NOTICED AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S, YOU KNOW, NOTED SEPARATELY OR WHATEVER, HOW MANY ACCIDENTS ARE DUE TO LIKE DEER CROSSINGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO I WAS THINKING LIKE MAYBE WE COULD USE SOME OF THAT FUNDING TO HELP PUT UP SIGNS, ANIMAL CROSSING SLOW, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. UM, AND SUPPORT MAYBE SOME OF THE FOODS THAT THEY DO EAT IN AREAS WHERE WE WOULD LIKE THEM TO BE. RIGHT. IF THEY'RE HUNGRY AND WE FEED THEM WHERE THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE, THEN THAT MAKES SENSE AND THEY'LL GO TO THOSE PLACES. UM, AND ALSO THEY'RE VERY TERRITORIAL AND THEY STAY ALONG THEIR REGULAR PATHWAYS AND SO I WOULD JUST LIKE THERE TO BE A LITTLE BIT OF LIKE ACROSS HAY AND RUN ROAD. THE MAMA AND HER THREE BABIES, THEY CROSS THERE. RIGHT. SO THAT'S DANGEROUS AND IT'S RIGHT BY THAT ROUNDABOUT SO NOBODY SLOWS DOWN ANYMORE WHERE THEY USED TO STOP. AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF ACCIDENTS THERE WITH THE WILDLIFE AND STUFF LIKE THAT. SO I DON'T KNOW. THAT'S MY THOUGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. I DON'T THINK I HAVE ANY OTHER ISSUES. . ANY OTHERS? HEARING NONE. COUNCIL QUESTIONS? DISCUSSION? VERY GOOD. JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? DR. LAMB? YES. MS. JOHNSON? YES. MS. CRAM? YES. VICE MAYOR DEROSA? YES. MAYOR AROSE GROOMS? YES. MR. KEELER? YES. THIS BRINGS US TO [Resolution 39-26 ] THE INTRODUCTION, PUBLIC HEARING VOTE RESOLUTIONS PORTION OF OUR AGENDA. AND WE WILL BEGIN WITH RESOLUTION 39 DASH 26 AMENDING THE DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL RULES OF ORDER AND RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD AND BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS. I'LL INTRODUCE IT. VERY GOOD, THANK YOU. OUR STAFF REPORT WILL BE BY OUR OWN JENNY DELGADO. WELCOME. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. MEMBERS [00:45:01] OF COUNCIL, THE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE CONDUCTED THEIR ANNUAL REVIEW OF THE COUNCIL RULES OF ORDER AT THEIR SEPTEMBER 2ND MEETING. MINOR AMENDMENTS WERE PROPOSED BY STAFF TO ALIGN WITH CURRENT PRACTICES. STAFF HAS INCORPORATED THE FEEDBACK RECEIVED FROM THE COMMITTEE INTO THE DRAFTS PROVIDED FOR YOU TONIGHT. ADDITIONALLY, STAFF ALSO PROPOSED MINOR UPDATES TO THE RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR PLANNING AND ZONING. THE ARCHITECTURE REVIEW BOARD AND THE BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS STAFF HAS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THESE AMENDMENTS BY APPROVING RESOLUTION 39 DASH 26. AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. VERY GOOD, THANK YOU. 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? OH, JUST ONE QUESTION. UH, JENNY PLANNING AND ZONING, UM, CITIZEN COMMENTS, HAS THAT ALWAYS BEEN UNDER THE PURVIEW OF THE CHAIR OR HAS THERE BEEN A FIVE MINUTE? I APOLOGIZE, I SHOULD HAVE DUG INTO THIS, BUT HAS THERE ALWAYS BEEN A FIVE MINUTE LIMIT OR IT'S BEEN UNDER THE PURVIEW OF THE CHAIR TO SET THE LIMIT? I CAN YOU CLARIFY WHERE IT WAS BEFORE WE MOVE INTO THIS ONE? YEAH. IT ORIGINALLY STATED IN THEIR RULES IT WAS, UH, FIVE MINUTES MM-HMM . UM, AND OVER TIME, UH, IF, IF THERE'S A LARGE CROWD, THE THE CHAIR ALWAYS HAS THE OPTION FOR FACILITATING THE MEETING TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF TIME, UM, JUST IN THEIR ROLE AS CHAIR. AND IT TYPICALLY HAS JUST GONE INTO PRACTICE FOLLOWING COUNSEL AT THREE MINUTES. SO WE JUST DECIDED TO MEMORIALIZE THAT IN THEIR ROLES. STANDARDIZING. OKAY. THANK YOU. MM-HMM . OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? HEARING NONE? JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL MS. JOHNSON? YES. MS. CRAM? YES. MR. KEELER? YES. DR. LAMB? YES. VICE MAYOR OSA? YES. MAYOR AROSE GROOMS YES. BRINGS US TO [Resolution 40-26] RESOLUTION 40 DASH 26 AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AGREEMENTS WITH ROKEY OF OHIO INC. FOR THE COLLECTION, TRANSPORTATION AND DELIVERY FOR DISPOSAL AND PROCESSING OF SOLID WASTE RECYCLABLE MATERIALS AND YARD WASTE GENERATED BY RESIDENTIAL UNITS, MUNICIPAL FACILITIES, AND DURING SPECIAL EVENTS AND ACCEPTANCE OF DELIVERY AND PROCESSING OF RECYCLABLE MATERIALS. I'LL INTRODUCE IT. VERY GOOD. OUR STAFF REPORT WILL BE BROUGHT FORWARD THIS EVENING BY JAY ANDERSON. WELCOME, GOOD EVENING. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, UH, BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING IS RESOLUTION 40 DASH 26 AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT FOR THE COLLECTION, TRANSPORTATION AND DELIVERY FOR DISPOSAL OR PROCESSING OF RESIDENTIAL SOLID WASTE. SO THE CITY OF LIN IS ONE OF 10 COMMUNITIES THAT MAKE UP CONSORTIUM. ONE. THE CONSORTIUM COMBINED REPRESENTS MORE THAN 60,300 HOUSEHOLDS THAT LEVERAGE COMPETITIVE BIDDING FOR COLLECTION AND RECYCLING SERVICES. FOR LOGISTICAL PURPOSES, THE CITY AND WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP ARE BID TOGETHER. CITY HAS PARTNERED WITH WACO AND OTHER CENTRAL OHIO COMMUNITIES SINCE 2003. SO THE CURRENT COLLECTION AND RECYCLING CONTRACT WITH JUAN OF OHIO WAS A TWO YEAR TERM WITH THREE YEAR OPTIONAL ONE YEAR EXTENSIONS. THE TERMS OF THE CURRENT CONTRACT ARE SET TO EXPIRE DECEMBER 31ST OF THIS YEAR. COLLECTION SERVICES BIDS WERE RECEIVED AND OPEN ON APRIL 9TH, 2026. TWO RESPONSIVE BIDS WERE RECEIVED AND RUCHI OF OHIO WAS DEEMED TO BE THE LOWEST AND BEST BID AT $5,075,808. CURRENTLY THE CITY HAS 14,771 HOUSEHOLDS THAT ARE COVERED BY THE CONTRACT. THIS WOULD BE A FIVE YEAR CONTRACT FIXED FROM 20 20 27 TO 2031. THE PROPOSED RATE IS 28 58 MONTHLY PER HOUSEHOLD. THAT PROPOSED RATE DOES EQUAL AN 18% INCREASE FROM OUR CURRENT RATE OF 24 22. BUT IF YOU FACTOR THAT EVENLY OVER THE FIVE YEARS OF THE CONTRACT TERM, THE INCREASE REPRESENTS AN AVERAGE COMPOUNDED ANNUAL INCREASE OF 3.37%. SO FOR SOME ADDITIONAL RATE CONTEXT FROM 22 20 22 TO 2026, WE SAW AROUND A 7.12% INCREASE IN THE OVERALL COLLECTION SERVICES. UM, AGAIN, YOU SEE THAT JUMP UP, UM, FROM 26 TO 27. AGAIN, THAT REPRESENTS THAT 18% WE JUST SPOKE OF. UM, BUT AGAIN, IF YOU SPREAD THAT OUT OVER THE CONTRACT TERM, UM, EQUALS AGAIN APPROXIMATELY 3.37%, UM, ANNUALLY, AND THEN IT PROVIDES SOME STABILITY, UH, OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS WITH OUR BUDGETING. SO MOVING ON TO RECYCLING AND PROCESSING. THE RECYCLING AND PROCESSING BIDS WERE RECEIVED AND OPEN. ON JULY 17TH, 2026, THERE WERE TWO RESPONSIVE BIDS AND, UH, RUM KEY OF OHIO WAS DEEMED AGAIN TO BE THE LOWEST AND BEST BID AT $35 MAXIMUM TIPPING FEE PER TON AND 20 $20 MAXIMUM FOR REVENUE SHARING PER TON. [00:50:02] SO AGAIN, THIS IS A FIVE-YEAR CONTRACT FROM 2027 TO 2031, THIS WILL RUN CONCURRENTLY WITH THE COLLECTIONS CONTRACT. UH, THE MAXIMUM TIPPING FEE IS $35 PER TON. THAT IS STATUS QUO WITH OUR CURRENT AGREEMENT. UH, THE REVENUE SHARING IS $20 PER TON AND AGAIN, THAT'S STATUS QUO WITH OUR CURRENT AGREEMENT. SO THE REVENUE SHARING WOULD APPLY WHEN THERE'S A POSITIVE VALUE PER TON. THE CITY WOULD SHARE THAT VALUE EQUALLY UP TO THAT MAXIMUM REBATE OF $20 PER TON. UM, HOW THE RECYCLING PROCESSING MODEL ADJUSTS TO THE RECYCLING COMMODITIES MARKET DEFINES THE MAXIMUM COST OR OR REBATE THAT WE WOULD SEE FOR THE CITY OF DUBLIN. SO THE MARKET VALUE MINUS THE PROCESSING COST ULTIMATELY EQUALS THE TOTAL VALUE OR OR COST OR REBATE BACK TO THE CITY OF DUBLIN. SO WITH THAT STAFF RECOMMENDS ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION 40 DASH 26 AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO TWO FIVE YEAR CONTRACTS WITH RUM KEY ONE BEING A, A COLLECTION SERVICES CONTRACT, AND TWO, A PROCESS SERVICES CONTRACT. AND WITH THAT I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. AND TAKE A MOMENT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS AGENDA ITEM? HI, MONICA RINKE. UM, I'M NEW WITH THIS. I HOPE MY COMMENTS ARE HELPING. HI SIR. UM, WITH THAT INCREASE, ARE OUR, UH, DRIVERS GONNA GET A RAISE? WE, THIS IS A PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION, SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO, TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT, UH, WE, THIS IS NOT A QUESTION ANSWER PERIOD, SO WHY DON'T YOU GIVE US THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU WOULD WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ANSWERED AND THEN WE WILL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU. YEAH, THAT'S, WELL, OKAY. HERE'S THE STATEMENT THEN. IF THERE IS GOING TO BE AN INCREASE IN THE, YOU KNOW, PROPORTIONATELY 18% WHATNOT, PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS AN INCREASE FOR OUR DRIVERS AS WELL AND THAT IT GOES ALL THE WAY TO THE BOTTOM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I HOPE I DON'T SPEAK AGAIN. I REALLY PASSIONATE. ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING NONE COUNCIL QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION. SO I ACTUALLY LEARNED OVER THE LAST YEAR THAT RUM KEY GAVE WE, THE CITY GETS A DISCOUNT FOR HEAD OF HOUSEHOLDS THAT ARE SENIORS 60 AND OVER, BUT IT'S A SELF-REPORTING TYPE THING. ONE, DOES THAT DISCOUNT STILL APPLY UNDER THE RENEWED CONTRACT IS THE FIRST QUESTION? IT DOES. IT'S, IT'S, IT'S ROUGHLY ABOUT 10%. WE FACTOR IN ROUGHLY AROUND A THOUSAND HOUSEHOLDS FOR THAT DISCOUNT AND THAT'S, THAT'S IN THE NUMBERS THAT YOU'LL SEE NEXT MONDAY NIGHT. OKAY. THEN THE OTHER QUESTION OR, OR JUST MORE OF A STATEMENT IS I THINK WE NEED TO PUBLICIZE THAT MORE BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S A SELF-REPORTING. I YOU GET YOUR DATA OF WHO'S THE HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD OVER 60. IT'S THIS KIND OF A SELF-REPORTING THING. SO SOMEHOW, UM, THROUGH ONE OF OUR INITIATIVES, OUR OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT OR SOMETHING AT OUR HOA MEETINGS, WE NEED TO MENTION THAT AND HAVE PEOPLE REPORTING IN, 'CAUSE IT'S ONE LITTLE SENTENCE BURIED ON OUR TRASH COLLECTION WEBSITE, WHICH I'M SURE A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T IN THEIR SPARE TIME BROWSE OUR TRASH COLLECTION WEBSITE. SO , I THINK IT'S A GREAT THING THAT WE GET A DISCOUNT. UH, WE JUST HAVE TO PUBLICIZE THAT I NEVER KNEW ABOUT IT. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE. OTHERS, CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE SLIDES REAL QUICK AND, UH, THE COMPARISON BETWEEN WASTE MANAGEMENT AND ROKI? YEAH. IS THAT THE ONE? SO, UM, 5 MILLION, $75,808. LAST YEAR WE COLLECTED $5,759,000 IN PROPERTY TAXES. UH, THE REASON IS AN EDITORIAL COMMENT HERE, UM, A LOT OF RESIDENTS THINK THAT WE WANT RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE IT GENERATES REVENUE TO THE CITY. IT BARELY PAYS FOR YOUR TRASH PICKUP. IT PROBABLY DOESN'T COVER THE CHIPPER SERVICE, IT CERTAINLY DOESN'T COVER SNOW REMOVAL. UM, SO I'M JUST HAMMERING THE POINT HOME THAT, UM, WHEN WE BUILD A WHEN WE, UH, ALLOW A DEVELOPMENT FOR SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, WE'RE NOT MAKING A PENNY. THANKS. UM, JAY, I, I HAD, COULD YOU GO BACK TO THE UM, SLIDE WHERE IT SHOWS THE FIVE YEAR OH SOME FEEDBACK HERE? THE FIVE, I'M SORRY, WHICH ONE? WAS IT THE TREND LINE WHERE THAT OH YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. UM, I THINK THAT'S OUTSTANDING THAT THAT IS A FIVE YEAR FIXED IN THE ENVIRONMENT WE ARE IN. SO WHOEVER WORKED [00:55:01] ON THAT, THAT NEGOTIATION, I APPRECIATE THAT. AND I, I THINK AT 3% THAT'S 3.6 OR WHATEVER NUMBER, THAT'S PRETTY OUTSTANDING. SO I KNOW THANK YOU TO YOUR TEAM. UM, RELATIVE TO THE REBATE, HAVE WE RECEIVED ANY OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS? NO, IT'S BEEN SEVERAL YEARS. UM, RIGHT AROUND RIGHT AFTER COVID, I REMEMBER WE WERE GETTING, WE WERE GETTING REBATES BACK, BUT THE COMMODITIES MARKET HAS DEFINITELY SHIFTED AND, AND WE'RE NO LONGER SEEING THOSE SO, UM, AND I HONESTLY DON'T SEE THAT CHANGING ANY TIME IN THE NEAR FUTURE, BUT SO IN, THAT'S WHY IT DIDN'T MOVE. IT'S NOTHING'S REALLY HAPPENING THERE IN THAT REGARD. RIGHT. WE'RE NOT GONNA SEE THAT. RIGHT. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS. ABSOLUTELY APPRECIATE IT. ACTUALLY, I HAVE A FOLLOW UP QUESTION TO THAT THEN. DO WE HAVE THE STATISTICS, I MEAN ARE WE INCREASING THE AMOUNT OF RECYCLABLE? LIKE ARE MORE PEOPLE RECYCLING THAN THEY USED TO OR IS IT GOING DOWN? JUST CURIOUS. I THINK IT'S SAFE TO SAY THAT MORE PEOPLE ARE RECYCLING. EVERYTHING'S GETTING SO MUCH LIGHTER THOUGH, SO WE'RE SEEING OUR DIVERSION RATES KIND OF STAY STAGNANT AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO OFFSET THAT. AND I THINK EVENTUALLY MAYBE LOOKING AT FOOD COMPOSTING AND AND THINGS LIKE THAT DOWN THE ROAD, UM, WILL BE WAYS THAT WE CAN BOLSTER THAT NUMBER EVEN HIGHER, BUT OKAY. THANKS. YEAH. ANY OTHERS? JAY? UM, IF WE ADD HOUSING UNITS TO THERE, IS THERE A LIMIT TO THE NUMBER OF HOUSING UNITS WE COULD ADD AT THE 28 58 NUMBER OR ARE THOSE RENEGOTIATED? YI THINK WE HAVE SOME WIGGLE ROOM THERE. UM, I GUESS IT JUST DEPENDS ON, YOU KNOW, THE NUMBERS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, BUT WE ALWAYS DO BUILD IN A LITTLE BIT OF A BUFFER, UM, NOT KNOWING WHAT THE FUEL PRICE INDEX MIGHT DO. UM, SO FAR WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING ON THAT FRONT, BUT WOULDN'T SURPRISE ME EVENTUALLY IF THINGS KEEP GOING THE WAY THEY ARE. UM, SO WE DO HAVE SOME ROOM TO ADD ADDITIONAL HOUSEHOLD UNITS. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. UH, IF THERE'S NOTHING FURTHER, JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL A ROLE? DR. LAMB? YES, MAYOR AM. ROSE GRMS? YES. MS. JOHNSON? YES. MS. CRAM? YES. VICE MAYOR DEROSA? YES. MR. KEELER? YES. RESOLUTION 41 DASH [Resolution 41-26 ] 26 ACCEPTING THE LOWEST AND BEST BID FOR THE ANNUAL STORM STRUCTURE MAINTENANCE PROGRAM. 2026 PROJECT. I'LL INTRODUCE IT. THANK YOU. OUR STAFF REPORT WILL BE BROUGHT FORWARD THIS EVENING BY MICHAEL HENDERSON. WELCOME BEGINNING. GOOD EVENING MEMBERS OF COUNCIL FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION THIS EVENING AS A RESOLUTION TO ACCEPT THE LOWEST AND BEST BID FOR THE ANNUAL STORM STRUCTURE MAINTENANCE PROGRAM 2026 PROJECT. THE ANNUAL STORM STRUCTURE MAINTENANCE PROGRAM PROVIDES FOR THE MAINTENANCE, REHABILITATION, AND REPAIR OF STORM STRUCTURES ASSOCIATED WITH THE PUBLIC STORM SEWER SYSTEM, WHICH INCLUDES CURB GUTTER INLETS, CATCH BASINS AND MANHOLES THROUGHOUT THE CITY. THE ANNUAL STORM STRUCTURE MAINTENANCE PROGRAM 2026 PROJECT WAS IDENTIFIED AS PART OF THE PROGRAM AND INCLUDES LABOR AND MATERIALS FOR THE REPAIR OF 26 DEFICIENT STORM STRUCTURES IDENTIFIED DURING ROUTINE INSPECTIONS. MAINTENANCE OF THE STORM STRUCTURES HELP ROUTE STORM WATER RUNOFF TO THE STORM SEWER SYSTEM AS INTENDED AND REDUCE THE OCCURRENCES OF FLOODING. THIS PROJECT IS FUNDED FROM THE 2026 TO 2030 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM IN THE AMOUNT OF $180,000 FOR THE ANNUAL STORM STRUCTURE MAINTENANCE PROGRAM. 2026 PROJECT. THE ENGINEER'S ESTIMATE FOR THE PROJECT IS $176,000. STAFF CONDUCTED A COMPETITIVE BID PROCESS FOR THE PROJECT ON SEPTEMBER 11TH, 2026. ONE BID WAS RECEIVED AND PUBLICLY OPENED. STRAWSER PAVING COMPANIES SUBMITTED THE LOWEST AND BEST BID OF $191,201 AND 65 CENTS. STAFF ANTICIPATES BEING ABLE TO COVER THE ADDITIONAL PROJECT COSTS USING UNENCUMBERED FUNDS FROM THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS TAXED FUND. THE PROJECTS THAT IS EXPECTED TO COMMENCE UPON THIS BID ACCEPTANCE AND SUBSEQUENT CONTRACT EXECUTION AND SHALL BE COMPLETED BY MAY OF 2027. STAFF RECOMMENDS COUNSEL APPROVAL OF THIS RESOLUTION, ACCEPTING AS LOW AS AND BEST THE BID OF STRAWSER PAVING COMPANY IN THE AMOUNT OF $191,201 AND 65 CENTS FOR THIS PROJECT. AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS COUNSEL MIGHT HAVE REGARDING THIS RESOLUTION. VERY GOOD, THANK YOU. YOU 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 QUESTION, DISCUSSION? MY ONLY QUESTION IS WE ONLY HAD ONE BIDDER AND THEY WERE OVER THE, THE MEMO FOR THE NEXT ONE EXPLAINS WHY THIS ONE DOES NOT. SO I'M CURIOUS WHY WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY OTHER BIDS FOR THIS ONE. YEAH, SO WE ALSO LOOKED AT THAT TOO. SO WE HAD THE PROJECT OUT TO BID FOR FOUR WEEKS, WHICH WAS A PRETTY LONG TIME FOR A PROJECT TO BE OUT TO BID. WE DID REACH OUT TO CONTRACTORS [01:00:01] NOT GIVING PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT, BUT ANY CONTRACTOR THAT WE'RE AWARE OF THAT DOES THIS TYPE OF WORK, WE'VE REACHED OUT TO THEM JUST SAYING NO MORE THAN, HEY, THIS IS BEING ADVERTISED FOR BIDS. WE'RE NOT SAYING, HEY, GO IN AND BID. WE'RE JUST MAKING THEM AWARE. SO WE FELT AS STAFF WE'VE DONE ALL THAT WE POSSIBLY CAN, UH, TO MAKE CONTRACTORS AWARE THAT THAT PROJECT IS OUT BID. UM, THE FEEDBACK WE'VE RECEIVED FROM CONTRACTORS, AND I DON'T THINK IT'S UNIQUE TO THIS PROJECT SPECIFICALLY, IS CONTRACTORS HAVE A LOT OF WORK, UM, RIGHT NOW IN CENTRAL OHIO. SO WE'RE REALLY COMPETING AGAINST OTHER TYPES OF PROJECTS. OKAY. THANKS. OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? HEARING NONE? JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? MR. KEELER? YES. MAYOR AMROD SCRUMS? YES. MS. CRAM? YES. VICE MAYOR DEROSA? YES. DR. LAMB? YES. MS. JOHNSON? YES. YES. RESOLUTION 42 [Resolution 42-26] DASH 26 ACCEPTING THE LOWEST AND BEST BID FOR THE ANNUAL STORMWATER MANAGEMENT BASIN MAINTENANCE PROGRAM 2026 PROJECT. I'LL INTRODUCE IT. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. AND WE'LL STICK WITH MICHAEL FOR THE STAFF REPORT. WELCOME BACK. GOOD EVENING AGAIN. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION THIS EVENING AS A RESOLUTION TO ACCEPT THE LOWEST AND BEST BID FOR THE ANNUAL STORMWATER MANAGEMENT BASE AND MAINTENANCE PROGRAM. 2026 PROJECT, THE ANNUAL STORMWATER MANAGEMENT BASE 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 BASE AND MAINTENANCE PROGRAM 2026 PROJECT WAS IDENTIFIED AS PART OF THE PROGRAM AND INCLUDES IMPROVEMENTS TO A DRY DETENTION BASIN ON THE CITY RESERVE AREA AND THE RIVERSIDE WOODS BASIN. 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 BASE AND FUNCTIONALITY AND PERFORMANCE. THIS PROJECT IS FUNDED FROM THE 2026 TO 2030 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM AND THE AMOUNT OF $500,000 FOR THE ANNUAL STORMWATER MANAGEMENT BASE AND MAINTENANCE PROGRAM. 2026 PROJECT THE ENGINEER'S ESTIMATE FOR THE PROJECT IS $465,960. STAFF CONDUCTED A COMPETITIVE BID PROCESS FOR THE PROJECT ON SEPTEMBER 11TH, 2026. ONE BID WAS RECEIVED AND PUBLICLY OPENED. V THREE CONSTRUCTION GROUP LIMITED. SUBMITTED THE LOWEST AND BEST BID OF $558,670. STAFF ANTICIPATES BEING ABLE TO COVER THE ADDITIONAL PROJECT COSTS USING UNENCUMBERED FUNDS FROM THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS TAX FUND. THE PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO COMMENCE UPON THIS BID ACCEPTANCE AND SUBSEQUENT CONTRACT EXECUTION, AND SHALL BE COMPLETED BY MAY OF 2027. STAFF RECOMMENDS COUNSEL APPROVAL OF THIS RESOLUTION, ACCEPTING AS LOWEST AND BEST THE BID OF V THREE CONSTRUCTION GROUP, LIMITED IN THE AMOUNT OF $558,670 FOR THIS PROJECT. AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS COUNSEL MIGHT HAVE REGARDING THIS RESOLUTION. VERY GOOD, THANK YOU. YOU WANNA TAKE A MOMENT FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS? IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING NONE COUNCIL QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION. IS THIS A SIMILAR SCENARIO TO THE LAST ONE WHERE THE CONTRACTORS JUST HAVE A LOT OF WORK THAT'S PART OF IT. AND SO WE TOOK A LOOK AT THE BID BECAUSE WHEN IT'S ABOUT 20% OVER, IT'S LIKE, WELL, WHAT, WHAT'S GOING ON THERE? SO WE LOOK, THERE'S ABOUT THREE LINE ITEMS THAT'S DIRECTLY RELATED TO WEATHER EQUIPMENT HAULING OFFSITE, SO EXCAVATION, HAULING, OFFSITE MOBILIZATION. AND THEN THERE'S SOME OUTLET CONTROL STRUCTURES THAT ARE HEAVY, HEAVY. IT'S A SPECIALIZED STRUCTURE. AND ACTUALLY GETTING THAT BACK TO THESE BASINS, WE'RE PRETTY MUCH INTO THE WOODS. WE, WE THINK IT'S RELATED TO THE RISING FUEL COSTS IN TODAY'S ECONOMY THAT'S RESULTING IN THAT. GOTCHA. THANK YOU. YEAH, ACTUALLY, I JUST HAD A, THIS IS A SIMILAR QUESTION. I, I UNDERSTAND THE COST OF THE EXCAVATION, THE MOBILIZATION, AND THE RISING FUEL COST, BUT 20% UNDERESTIMATE SEEMED AN AWFUL LOT TO ME. BUT, UM, YEAH, IT WAS VERY, VERY SIMILAR TO THE QUESTION THAT AMY AND ANDY ASKED PREVIOUSLY. YEAH, AND AGAIN, IT'S, WE TOOK A VERY DEEP DIVE INTO JUST GO LINE BY ITEM AND SEEING WITH, GENERALLY THERE WERE SEVERAL QUANTITIES THAT WERE A LITTLE BIT OVER. SO THAT STARTED TO BUILD UP, 'CAUSE THERE WAS A LOT OF LINE ITEMS IN THIS PROJECT, BUT IT REALLY GOES BACK TO MOBILIZATION, THE EXCAVATION COMPONENT FOR A BASIN TO HAULING THAT OFFSITE. AND THEN THESE LARGER OUTLET CONTROL STRUCTURES, THEY'RE HEAVY, THEY'RE TRYING TO MOVE THAT EQUIPMENT TO GET IT BACK INTO AN AREA. SO THERE WAS SOME VARIABILITY ON THAT LINE ITEM SPECIFICALLY. SO BETWEEN THE HEAVY STRUCTURES, KIND OF THE UNCERTAINTY, THEIR SPECIALTY STRUCTURES SPECIFIC TO THIS PROJECT. AND THEN JUST AGAIN, WE POINT TO THE RISING FUEL COSTS IS REALLY THE MAIN REASONS FOR REASONS FOR THIS. WE ALSO LOOKED AT IT OF, HEY, [01:05:01] DOES IT MAKE SENSE TO PUT THIS OUT FOR BID? AND WE DON'T THINK WE'RE GONNA HAVE MORE FAVORABLE BIDS JUST BECAUSE OF WHERE WE ARE ON THE ECONOMY WITH THE RISING FUEL COSTS. SO FOR THOSE REASONS, WE WERE SUPPORTIVE OF MOVING THIS FORWARD. WE DO ANTICIPATE HAVING UNENCUMBERED FUNDS IN OUR CIP TAX FUND TO BE ABLE TO COVER THE ADDITIONAL OVERAGE FOR THIS. SO THAT'S WHY WE RECOMMENDED MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS. OTHER QUESTIONS, UM, I WOULD ASSUME YOU'RE GONNA ADJUST YOUR BID SCHEDULE IF, UH, IF THIS TIME OF YEAR IS GETTING REALLY TIGHT FOR GETTING GREAT BIDS BACK. PERHAPS WE LOOK AT A DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT WINDOW MOVING FORWARD. OH, ABSOLUTELY. YES. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. WITH THAT, JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE MS. CRAM? YES. VICE MAYOR DEROSA? YES. MR. KEELER? YES. MAYOR AROSE GROOMS? YES. MS. JOHNSON? YES. DR. LAMB? YES. RESOLUTION 43 DASH 26 [Resolution 43-26 ] ACCEPTING THE AMOUNTS AND RATES IS DETERMINED BY THE BUDGET COMMISSION AND AUTHORIZING THE NECESSARY TAX LEVIES AND CERTIFYING THEM TO THE COUNTY AUDITOR. I'LL INTRODUCE IT. THANK YOU. OUR STAFF REPORT WILL BE BROUGHT FORWARD THIS EVENING BY MATT RABINO. WELCOME. GOOD EVENING. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. THIS IS AN ANNUAL ROUTINE RESOLUTION. I'M ESTABLISHING THE PROPERTY TAX RATES FOR COLLECTION YEAR 2027. UM, CITY WILL CONTINUE LEVYING 1.75 MILLS OF UN VOTED MILLAGE OR WHAT'S KNOWN AS INSIDE MILLAGE AND 1.2 MILLS OF OUTSIDE OR VOTED MILLAGE FOR THE SAFETY FUND. UM, THIS PROCESS IS INITIATED WITH THE SUBMISSION OF THE TAX BUDGET TO THE COUNTY BUDGET COMMISSIONS AND THE THREE COUNTIES THAT WERE LOCATED. AND WITH THAT INFORMATION, THEY PROVIDE US A CERTIFICATE OF ESTIMATED RESOURCES, UM, BASED ON THE RATES THAT WERE INCLUDED ON THE, THE REPORTS THAT WERE PROVIDED. AS PART OF THAT, THAT, UH, COUNCIL APPROVAL, UM, FOR TAX YEAR 2026 FOR A COLLECTION IN 2027. UH, THE CITY WILL BE ALLOCATING THE ALLOCATING THE UN VOTED MILLAGE 1.75 MILLS, UM, TO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND. AND THAT'S PART OF A PLAN THAT WAS, UM, OUTLINED IN 2024. IT WAS PART OF THE PLAN OF FINANCE FOR THE LAND ACQUISITION, AND THE IDEA WAS TO LEVY THE FULL AMOUNT OF THE 1.75 MILLS INTO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS FUND FOR FOUR YEARS TO HELP IN A SENSE RESTORE FUND BALANCE THAT WAS USED AS PART OF THE FINANCING. UM, THE PLAN THEN IS TO MOVE FORWARD, UM, TO, LEMME JUMP AHEAD TO THE TABLE THERE. SORRY. IT GIVES YOU AN IDEA WHERE WE WERE IN PRIOR YEARS. THE PLAN IS THEN TO MOVE FORWARD IN COLLECTION YEAR 2029 AND REVERT BACK TO THE HISTORIC SPLIT WHERE 1.35, 1.4 MILLS RATHER GOES TO THE CAPITAL FUND AND 0.35 MILLS TO THE PARKLAND ACQUISITION FUND. UH, THE CITY WILL CONTINUE TO LEVY THE VOTED 1.2 SAFETY LEVY AND THAT, UM, IS ALLOCATED TO THE SAFETY FUND. SO, AS MENTIONED EARLIER, UH, THE INSIDE MILLS GENERATES ABOUT 5.8 MILLION PER YEAR, AND THE VOTED MILLAGE GENERATES JUST UNDER 560,000 PER YEAR. SO WITH THAT, WE'RE LOOKING FOR APPROVAL TO CERTIFY THE MOUNTAIN RATES AS DETERMINED BY THE BUDGET COMMISSION FOR TAX YEAR 2026 FOR COLLECTION IN 2027. AND WITH THAT, I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. COUNSEL QUE UH, YOU 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 COUNSEL QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? SO BEING THAT PROPERTY TAXES ARE ONE YEAR, ONE YEAR IN THE REAR, WE'RE ACTUALLY COLLECTING, WE'RE ACTUALLY PETITIONING ON THE COLLECTIONS FOR 2025, IS THAT CORRECT? WE WOULD BE COLLECTING ON THE VALUES ESTABLISHED IN TAX YEAR 26 NEXT YEAR. I THINK THIS IS A THREE YEAR UPDATE YEAR. SO THE VALUES THAT'LL BE DETERMINED THIS YEAR, UH, WILL BE, UM, THE BASIS OF COLLECTION THAT WE'LL RECEIVE NEXT YEAR IN 27. SO OUR RECENT ACQUISITIONS AND, UM, ANNEXATION OF MADISON COUNTY PROPERTIES, WILL, WILL WE RECEIVE THIS SAME SORT OF LEGISLATION TO YES, EVENTUALLY WE'LL HAVE FOUR, WE'LL HAVE FOUR COUNTIES, SO IT'LL BE THE THREE FOR THIS, THIS COMING YEAR, AND THEN SHE'LL ADD MADISON COUNTY TO THAT AS WELL. SO FOR THE 20 27 7 27 COLLECTION IN 28? CORRECT. OKAY. BUT SOME OF THOSE WERE ANNEXED INTO THE CITY IN 26? YEAH, I THINK WE OWN ALL OF THE LAND THAT'S, OR MOST OF IT. ONE OF IS, IS A PUBLIC UTILITY, UM, SMALL STRIP OF LAND. BUT I THINK RIGHT NOW THE CITY IS THE CURRENT OWNER OF ALL THOSE PARCELS IN MADISON COUNTY. OKAY. I I STILL THINK THAT WE WOULD, WE WOULD WANT TO PETITION FOR WHATEVER RETURNS WOULD BE AVAILABLE SO THAT WE GET INTO THE PRACTICE OF, OF DOING THAT IN OUR MADISON COUNTY. WE, WE CAN FALL TO MADISON COUNTY AND MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT MISSING ANYTHING. ON, ON TIMING THOUGH. CERTAINLY. GREAT. THANK YOU. QUE OTHER [01:10:01] QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE MAYOR AROSE GROOMS? YES. DR. LAMB? YES. MS. JOHNSON? YES. VICE MAYOR DEROSA? YES. MR. KEELER? YES. MS. CRAM? YES. RESOLUTION 44 [Resolution 44-26] DASH 26 REQUESTING THE DELAWARE FRANKLIN AND UNION COUNTY AUDITORS TO DRAW MONEY THAT MAY BE IN THE COUNTY TREASURIES AND TO ISSUE A DRAFT TO THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, DIRECTOR OF FINANCE OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN FOR ANY MONEY THAT MAY BE IN THE ACCOUNTS FOR THE CITY OF DUBLIN. I'LL INTRODUCE IT. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. AND WE'LL STICK WITH MATT FOR THE STAFF MEMO. UH, THANK YOU. THIS IS A COMPANION PIECE OF LEGISLATION FOR THE PREVIOUS RESOLUTION THAT WAS, UH, JUST APPROVED. AND ESSENTIALLY THIS JUST REQUESTS THAT THE, UH, COUNTIES DISTRIBUTE, UH, ADVANCES OF PROPERTY TAX, UM, REVENUE AS THEY ARE, AS THEY COME INTO THE, TO THE COUNTY. NORMALLY, IF WE DON'T HAVE THIS REQUEST, WE WOULD GET TWO DISTRIBUTIONS PER YEAR. UM, BY SUBMITTING THIS REQUEST EACH YEAR, UM, THE CITY IS ABLE TO GET TWO OR UM, TWO ADVANCES PER HALF. IN ADDITION TO THE FIRST HALF DISTRIBUTION, IT AIDS IN CASH FLOW, GETTING THE REVENUE IN ADVANCE OF, OF EACH FIRST HALF DISTRIBUTION. AND THIS, UH, RESOLUTION IS PROVIDED TO ALL THREE COUNTIES. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING NONE COUNCIL QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION, I WOULD JUST ASK SIMILARLY THAT WE, WE TREAT MADISON IN THE SAME WAY YES. AS THE OTHER COUNTIES. VERY GOOD. JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL DR. LAMB? YES. MS. JOHNSON? YES. MAYOR AM CRUS? YES. MR. KEELER? YES. MS. CRAM? YES. VICE MAYOR DEROSA? YES, DEAR. OKAY, THIS BRINGS US TO [OTHER BUSINESS] THE OTHER BUSINESS PORTION OF OUR AGENDA AND WE WILL BEGIN WITH THE 2027 MEETING SCHEDULE INTRODUCTION. AND WE'LL GO BACK WITH A STAFF REPORT TO OUR CLERK. WELCOME. THANK YOU. STAFF HAS PROVIDED PROPOSED MEETING SCHEDULES FOR 2027 WITH REGARD TO REGULAR COUNCIL MEETINGS, WORK SESSIONS, AND COUNCIL STANDING COMMITTEE MEETINGS. THESE SCHEDULES ALONG WITH THE MONTHLY CALENDAR VIEW AND CONSIDERATIONS FOR 2027 WERE INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET. AND I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE FOLLOWING HIGHLIGHTS CONSISTENT WITH THE COUNCIL RULES OF ORDER, THE SCHEDULE PROVIDES FOR REGULAR MEETINGS ON THE SECOND AND FOURTH MONDAYS FOR MOST OF THE MONTHS OF 2027, EXCEPT FOR WHERE ADJUSTMENTS WERE NEEDED DUE TO HOLIDAYS OR CONFERENCES. THE CHARTER REQUIRES THE FIRST COUNCIL MEETING IN JANUARY EACH YEAR TO SERVE AS COUNCIL'S ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING. BECAUSE COUNCIL APPOINTED TERMS ARE FOR TWO YEARS, COUNCIL APPOINTMENTS ARE GENERALLY REVISITED IN EVEN NUMBERED YEARS IN ODD NUMBERED YEARS. THE FIRST MEETING OF JANUARY IS USUALLY TREATED AS A REGULAR MEETING UNLESS COUNCIL HAS A NEED TO MAKE A CHANGE TO ITS APPOINTMENTS. THEREFORE, JANUARY 11TH, AS I NOTED, IS AN ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING THAT'S PER THE CHARTER, BUT IT WILL BE TREATED AS A REGULAR MEETING. AND AS YOU KNOW, THE CHARTER ALSO REQUIRES COUNCIL MEET AT LEAST ONCE PER MONTH. SO THE JULY MEETING IS PROPOSED FOR TUESDAY, JULY 6TH IN 2027, AND THE DECEMBER MEETING IS PROPOSED FOR MONDAY DECEMBER 6TH. THE COUNCIL RETREAT FOR 2027 IS PROPOSED TO BE NOVEMBER 4TH AND FIFTH. AND FINALLY, THE STANDING COMMITTEES WOULD FOLLOW THE SAME CADENCE AS IN PREVIOUS YEARS. SUBJECT TO ITEMS ON THE AGENDA FOR DISCUSSION, STAFF RECOMMENDS COUNCIL REVIEW THE DATES PROPOSED FOR 2027 AND ADOPT THE SCHEDULES BY MOTION AT YOUR OCTOBER 12TH COUNCIL MEETING. AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. VERY GOOD, THANK YOU. UH, COUNCIL QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION QUESTION, JENNY. IF WE HAVE A KNOWN CONFLICT THAT WE'D LIKE TO BRING BEFORE COUNCIL, DO WE CONTACT YOU WITH THAT AND YOU SHARE WITH THE REST? OKAY. CHECKING ON THE PROCEDURE. ANY OTHERS? I JUST WANTED TO THROW OUT THERE THAT, UM, IN LIGHT OF OUR ACTIVE BELL ENTRY COMMUNITY NOW, WE'VE NEVER HAD WORKED COUNCIL MEETINGS AROUND HILLIARD SCHOOLS. IT'S, WE'VE ALWAYS MADE SURE WE KNEW WHERE DUBLIN SPRING BREAK WAS AND TRIED NOT TO SCHEDULE MEETINGS DURING DUBLINS FROM A BREAK. SO THERE IS A COUNCIL MEETING ON MONDAY, MARCH 22ND, WHICH IS THE FIRST DAY OF HILLIARD'S SPRING BREAK. SO I JUST WANNA THROW THAT OUT THERE. I KNOW JENNY IS REASSURED, WE CAN ENSURE WHAT'S ON THE COUNCIL CALENDAR FOR THAT MEETING NIGHT. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE PEOPLE AWARE. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S GONNA BE AN ISSUE, JUST THROWING IT OUT THERE. OKAY. JENNY, THANKS FOR ALL YOUR WORK ON THIS. UM, SO I KNOW IN MARCH, MARCH IS LIKE THE HARDEST MONTH, ISN'T IT? SO WE HAVE THE STATE OF THE CITY AND WE HAVE THE PARADE AND THEY'RE TWO DAYS APART. SO I MEAN, IF THAT IS STAFF'S WISH, THEN FINE. BUT IF IT'S A CADENCE THAT WE'VE HAD FOR A WHILE, I, I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY HAVE TO BE COUPLED SO TIGHTLY. AND I'M NOT QUITE SURE HOW, HOW THAT HAS BEEN. BUT AGAIN, IF THAT STAFF'S DECISION, FINE. BUT IF IT'S BEEN SORT OF SOME CADENCE THAT COUNCIL'S ESTABLISHING, I WOULD [01:15:01] BE, YOU KNOW, WE PROBABLY CAN'T MOVE THE PARADE. THAT'S PROBABLY NOT GONNA HAPPEN. SO, I MEAN, IF THERE'S SOME, AND AGAIN, IF YOU DISCUSS THAT WITH STAFF AND, AND SEE WHAT MAKES THE MOST SENSE, UM, YEAH, WE CAN TAKE THE FEEDBACK AND, AND CERTAINLY HAVE A, A DISCUSSION WITH STAFF ABOUT THAT. THANKS. I THINK THE HARDEST ISSUE IS ALL THE SPRING BREAKS THAT START COMING AT THE END, END OF MARCH, BEGINNING OF APRIL. SO EITHER SIDE OF THE EASTER HOLIDAY. OKAY. BUT WE'LL KNOCK OUT SOMETHING. WE'LL LET STAFF YEAH, YOU'RE RIGHT. MARCH IS IS TOUGH, BUT I JUST WANTED TO TO TO STATE THAT IF THAT'S SOMETHING COUNCIL'S DECIDING. I DON'T KNOW MY COLLEAGUES FEEL, BUT WHAT WORKS FOR STAFF? 'CAUSE IT'S A LOT. CERTAINLY. AND WE COULD ALWAYS GO DOWN TO ONE MEETING IN THE MONTH OF MARCH. NO. OKAY. ? I TRIED. . OKAY. WELL, WE WILL LOOK FOR ADOPTION AT OCTOBER 12TH. IF YOU HAVE FUTURE THINGS YOU'D LIKE JENNY TO CONSIDER IN PRESENTING THE CALENDAR, PLEASE REACH OUT TO HER AND LET HER KNOW. OKAY, THIS BRINGS US TO THIS, UH, STATE ROUTE 1 61 CORRIDOR GROUP UPDATE. AND WE HAVE WITH US SOME, SOME VERY SPECIAL GUESTS. UH, WE'LL HAVE JAMIE GREEN WITH PLANNING NEXT, AND, UH, HOLLY MATE WITH CROSSROADS COMMUNITY PLANNING. AND I THINK THEY MIGHT BE JOINED BY A FEW OTHERS, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL START IT OUT WITH YOU GUYS. WELCOME. THANK YOU, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS. WE'RE REALLY GLAD TO BE HERE WITH YOU THIS EVENING AND SHARE, UH, THIS REPORT. WE'VE GOT ABOUT 20 MINUTES OF AN UPDATE HERE ON, UH, REALLY SIMPLE UNDERTAKING HAPPENING JUST WEST OF, OF YOU HERE IN THE COMMUNITY. UM, ABOUT NINE MONTHS AGO, A GROUP OF JURISDICTIONS THAT HAVE INTEREST IN THIS, UH, AREA JUST WEST OF YOU, ASKED FOR. AND OUR FUNDING JOINTLY AN EFFORT TO LOOK AT THE POTENTIAL OF THIS AREA AS IT RELATES TO DEVELOPMENT, INFRASTRUCTURE, DELIVERY. AND SO HOLLY, UH, WHO'S BEEN DOING SOME WORK IN MADISON COUNTY, AND DARBY AND I HAVE BEEN JOINTLY, UH, FACILITATING A GROUP OF FOLKS. UH, JUST A LITTLE BIT OF ORIENTATION HERE. THE, UH, THE YELLOW OUTLINE THAT YOU SEE IS THE GEOGRAPHY THAT WE'VE BEEN FOCUSED ON. THIS IS, UH, GENERALLY FROM, UH, FROM 33 TO THE, TO THE EAST TO PLAIN CITY ON THE WEST. AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, THIS IS ROUGHLY ABOUT 3000 ACRES. THERE ARE EIGHT JURISDICTIONS, UH, AND TWO, UH, THREE UTILITY PROVIDERS IF YOU INCLUDE, UH, COLUMBUS, UH, AND DUBLIN THERE. BUT, UH, IN A FIVE MILE CORRIDOR, THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT, UH, FOLKS WHO HAVE A SAY ABOUT, UH, WHAT, WHAT SHOULD HAPPEN THERE. I WANNA POINT OUT HERE THAT, UM, WE'VE BEEN MEETING, WE'VE HAD OUR SIXTH MEETING LAST WEEK WITH A GROUP THAT REPRESENTS ALL OF THESE ENTITIES THAT ARE ON THE LIST HERE. AND THAT USUALLY INCLUDES AT LEAST ONE STAFF MEMBER FROM EACH OF THE GROUPS AND AT LEAST ONE ELECTED OFFICIAL FROM THE GROUP. SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE THE MANY UNITED NATIONS WHEN WE GET TOGETHER, UH, FOR THAT. UH, THE GROUP WHEN THEY FIRST GOT TOGETHER, MANY OF 'EM DIDN'T KNOW EACH OTHER. UH, MANY KNOW WHAT THEY READ, HEAR, FEEL, UH, AND SO IT'S BEEN AN INTERESTING PROCESS FOR FOLKS TO GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER. AND I REALLY FEEL LIKE THE SIXTH MEETING WE'RE REALLY AT A PRETTY GOOD PLACE, AT LEAST OF BEGINNING TO, UM, GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER AND MAYBE BUILD SOME TRUST HERE. I WILL SAY THAT, UH, WE DID, UH, SET UP JUST A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, THE IDEA THAT WE WOULD GO TO EACH JURISDICTION AND OFFER A PRESENTATION LIKE WE'RE DOING TONIGHT TO YOU. UH, WE, UH, ARE SCHEDULED NEXT, UH, TUESDAY TO GO TO MADISON COUNTY AND MEET WITH THE COMMISSIONERS THERE AND GIVE THEM AN UPDATE. PLAIN CITY IS THE NEXT DAY. UH, WE'VE GOT SOME OTHER SCHEDULING THAT'S IN PLAY TONIGHT. I BELIEVE. WE HAVE SOMEBODY FROM MADISON COUNTY THAT'S LIVE STREAMING, YOU KNOW, WATCHING US TONIGHT. AND TRUSTEE LER IS HERE FROM JEROME, WHO'S AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THIS LARGER GROUP AS WELL. THIS LARGER GROUP HAS TWO SUBGROUPS TO IT. UH, ONE IS A CORE GROUP THAT KINDA ACTS LIKE THE EXECUTIVE GROUP, WHICH REPRESENTS THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LEAD FROM EACH ENTITY IF THEY HAVE IT. IF THEY DON'T, THEN IT'S AN ADMINISTRATOR THAT JOINS IT. AND THEN WE'VE BEEN ALSO WORKING WITH A PLANNERS GROUP THAT HAS HAD SOME SMALLER GROUPS, UH, MEETINGS IN PARALLEL, UH, PARTICULARLY TO LOOK AT THE LAND USE, UH, DYNAMICS. SO I JUST, WE'RE GONNA, I WILL, I, I'M GONNA TRY TO GET TO HERE IN 20 MINUTES, UH, BUT I'M JUST GONNA GIVE YOU A LITTLE WALK DOWN THE, THE CORRIDOR FROM YOUR INTERCHANGE HERE AT 33. I CAN SEE THAT ON YOUR SCREEN. BUT JUST TO GET A FEEL FOR WHAT THIS FIVE MILES LOOKS LIKE. UH, MOST OF IT, YOU KNOW, UNDEVELOPED IN THIS CORRIDOR, UH, SOME OF IT, UH, UNDER [01:20:01] SOME DEVELOPMENT, UH, HIGH DEVELOPMENT INTEREST AND HIGH LAND COSTS GOING ON HERE. BUT THIS IS OUR GENERAL SORT OF, OF VIEW OF IT. I'M SURE MANY OF YOU HAVE DRIVEN IT, UH, PLENTY OF TIMES. WHY THIS PROCESS IS IMPORTANT. I THINK THIS EFFORT IS REALLY TRYING TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENT INTEREST IN THIS 3000 ACRES THAT EXIST OUT THERE. I KNOW THAT MANY OF YOU ARE QUITE FAMILIAR WITH THE PROJECTIONS THAT MORSEY PUTS OUT ABOUT OUR REGION. LIKE THERE IS NO SIGN THAT PEOPLE ARE, UH, LESS INTERESTED IN CENTRAL OHIO TO BE HERE, AND THEY HAPPEN TO BE PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN YOUR PART OF THE REGION. UH, THIS EFFORT IS ALSO REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF PLANNING. UH, WHEN WE FIRST STARTED, IT WASN'T THAT LONG SINCE YOU HAD ADOPTED YOUR ENVISION DUBLIN PLAN. UH, MADISON COUNTY DARBY WERE UPDATING PLANS, PLAIN CITY WAS UPDATING PLANS, AND THERE WAS A CORRIDOR STUDY GOING ON, YOU KNOW, IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS. SO TRYING TO GET ALIGNMENT ABOUT THIS AS REALLY A CRITICAL REASON WHY WE WERE DOING IT. ALSO, THE INFRASTRUCTURE, THERE ARE REALLY THREE PROVIDERS THAT, YOU KNOW, ARE IN THIS GENERAL AREA. SO WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? WHAT'S THE TIMING OF GETTING TO THIS AREA, UM, TO UNLOCK DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL? THE MARKET, YOU KNOW, IS IN DYNAMIC RIGHT NOW IN TERMS OF WHAT'S HAPPENED WITH RETAIL AND THE OFFICE MARKET. UH, SO, UH, WE'RE DOING THIS IN PART OF THE WHY TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE MARKET PERSPECTIVE. AND THEN ALSO WE'RE DOING THIS FOR SOME COLLABORATIVE, UH, SOLUTIONS. HAVE TWO OF YOUR COLLEAGUES WHO HAVE BEEN ACTIVE MEMBERS AND CONTINUE TO REMIND US JUST HOW MUCH VALUE POTENTIAL IS OUT THERE. AND THERE'S PLENTY OF REASONS TO WORK TOGETHER SO THAT MUTUAL SELF-INTEREST CAN BE MET. AND WE BELIEVE THAT'S THE PATH THAT WE'RE ON, UH, RIGHT NOW, AND WE ARE TRYING TO ADVANCE THE NEXT SLIDE HERE. SO, OUTCOMES THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR, UH, ONE IS FIRST OF ALL, A SHARED UNDERSTANDING. LIKE THERE'S NO AGREEMENT, THERE'S NO ALIGNMENT IF WE DON'T HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE INTEREST IN NEEDS, UH, THAT EACH OTHER HAVE. AND I, WHEN I, WHEN I THINK ABOUT THIS PROJECT, AND I THINK ABOUT THE LAYERS OF COMPLEXITY THAT IS NOT BROUGHT ON THE JURISDICTIONS BY THEMSELVES, YOU KNOW, THE OHIO GOVERNMENT, POLITICAL SUBDIVISION, THE DIFFERENT TAXING RULES, UH, REALLY PUT MANY OF YOU AGAINST EACH OTHER, JUST THOSE FUNDAMENTALS. AND SO TRYING TO HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THOSE DYNAMICS, UH, THIS NEXT ONE IS CRITICAL AND WE'RE REALLY PROUD, AND HOLLY'S GONNA SHARE IN A MINUTE ABOUT WE EXPECTED IN THIS PROCESS TO TRY TO ALIGN LAND USES IN A LOT OF THIS SAME GEOGRAPHY. THERE WAS MORE THAN ONE JURISDICTION WHO RIGHTFULLY WAS PREPARING PLANS FOR THIS, AND THEY WERE NOT ALIGNED, UH, IN THAT PARISH. SO THAT'S A KEY OUTCOME. THE CHARACTER OF THAT CORRIDOR IS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT. THAT IS ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT I THINK FROM THE VERY BEGINNING WHEN HOLLY AND I GOT INVOLVED, IS THEY WANTED THIS CORRIDOR TO BE SAFE, FUNCTIONAL, AND ATTRACTIVE. NOT UNIFORM, BUT SOME SORT OF CONSISTENCY ABOUT TYING THIS TOGETHER. SO THAT WAS THE MAIN PART OF OUR MEETING LAST WEEK WITH THE LARGE GROUP. WE ALSO NEED OUT OF THIS CLEAR INPUTS FOR TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS LEARNED BY THAT CORRIDOR STUDY THAT WAS CONCLUDED IN JANUARY IS THE CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENTS ALONE ARE NOT ENOUGH TO MAKE, UH, THE CORRIDOR, UH, AS EFFECTIVE AS IT NEEDS TO BE. SO THAT SORT OF CLARITY AROUND INFRASTRUCTURE AND UTILITY NEEDS, UNDERSTANDING THE BROADER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IMPLICATIONS IN POLICIES, LIKE HOW DO WE WITH THIS VALUE CREATION, YOU KNOW, USE THESE TOOLS IN EFFECTIVE WAYS. AND THEN ULTIMATELY THE OUTCOME IS THAT WE HAVE BETTER RELATIONSHIPS AND MAYBE EVEN TRYING TO FORMALIZE WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY COMING TOGETHER ABOUT. SO WE WON'T, WE'RE NOT THERE YET, BUT I THINK THAT IS AN EXPECTATION IN THE WORK. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, FOR, FOR SOME OF THE FOLKS THAT JOINED US, YOU KNOW, THE, THE CROSSROADS AREA PLAN IS JUST LIKE 10 YEARS SINCE THAT WAS FINISHED. AND SO WE HAVE HAD FOLKS WHO'VE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER, JURISDICTIONS IN THE CORRIDOR FOR A WHILE, BUT WE DO HAVE SOME NEW FOLKS THAT HAVE JOINED THIS CONVERSATION AND WEREN'T PART OF THAT. UH, THAT INCLUDES MADISON COUNTY AND, UH, DERBY TOWNSHIP. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY WANTED TO DO, RIGHTFULLY SO, IS LIKE, WHAT LESSONS CAN WE LEARN FROM THIS EFFORT? SO I PUT THIS IN HERE AS A REMINDER, IS THAT THIS GROUP HAS BEEN VERY THOUGHTFUL ABOUT WHAT WORKED, WHAT DIDN'T WORK, AND WE'RE TRYING TO INCORPORATE THOSE LESSONS LEARNED, UH, IN THE PROCESS. SO WE HAVE JUST SOME, SOME BRIEF HIGHLIGHTS HERE ABOUT SOME OF OUR ANALYSIS, THE LAND USE, THE TRANSPORTATION, UTILITIES, AND SOME NUGGETS AROUND ECONOMICS. SO HOLLY IS GOING TO GIVE YOU LOTS OF NUMBERS AND MAPS. [01:25:01] , THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL. UM, SO WE'RE GONNA START OFF BY TALKING ABOUT WHERE WE HAVE BEEN IN THE PLANNING PROCESS, UH, AS FAR AS COMMUNITIES. AND JAMIE, UH, ALLUDED TO ALL OF THE DIFFERENT PLANNING ACTIVITIES THAT THE COMMUNITIES HAVE UNDERTAKEN. AND YOU CAN SEE, UM, YOU ARE AS DUBLIN THE EARLIEST, UH, AND YOU'RE ONLY TWO YEARS, UM, OLD IN YOUR COMMUNITY PLAN. AND THE OTHER COMMUNITIES HAVE BEEN UPDATING THEIR PLANS, UM, OVER THE LAST YEAR AND ALL THE WAY INTO JUST LITERALLY WEEKS AGO ADOPTING THEIR PLAN IN THE VILLAGE OF PLAIN CITY. UH, SO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH SOME EVOLVING DATA, UM, THROUGH THE PROCESS AS WELL AS WE STARTED, UM, DOWN THIS JOURNEY. BUT I THINK WE'VE LANDED IN A REALLY GOOD PLACE THAT REALLY STARTS TO ALIGN WHAT THE COMMUNITIES ARE THINKING FOR THE FUTURE OF THIS CORRIDOR. I ALSO WANNA MENTION THAT A FEW OF THE COMMUNITIES ARE ALSO IN THE PROCESS OF DOING SOME UPDATES TO THEIR ZONING. UM, MADISON COUNTY JUST ADOPTED ZONING, UM, IN THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS. UH, DERBY TOWNSHIP IS IN THE PROCESS OF MOVING FROM COUNTY ZONING TO TOWNSHIP ZONING, AND THEY HAVE THEIR ZONING ON THE BALLOT IN NOVEMBER. AND THEN I KNOW YOU GUYS, YOU AS IN DUBLIN, ARE WORKING ON SOME ID TWO AND ID THREE AMENDMENTS, UM, AS WELL. SO EVERYBODY IS DOING A LOT OF WORK IN THIS CORRIDOR. NOT GONNA SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON EACH OF THESE INDIVIDUAL MAPS, BUT I WANT JUST WANT YOU TO SEE ALL OF THE DIFFERENT COLORS AND ALL OF THE DIFFERENT IDEAS THAT ARE, UM, BROUGHT BY THE DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES, UH, WITHIN THIS CORRIDOR. UM, RANGING FROM RESIDENTIAL TO, UM, INDUSTRIAL AND OVERLAPPING AREAS, UH, THAT WE SEE WITHIN THIS CORRIDOR. AND SO, FOR EXAMPLE, AS IN THE CITY OF DUBLIN, UH, WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, UH, A LOT OF THE, UH, EASTERN PORTION OF THE CORRIDOR THAT HAS DEVELOPED ALREADY. AND AS WE MOVE, UH, TO THE WEST, HAVING THAT NODE AROUND THE, THE MOBILITY AND THE FUTURE, UM, TRAIN AREAS, UM, AND THEN MOVING, UM, TO THE WEST, UM, FOCUSED ON SOME RESIDENTIAL AND MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT. BUT AS WE LOOKED AT SOME OF THE OTHER COMMUNITIES, UH, THERE WERE SOME, UM, MORE INDUSTRIAL, UM, TYPE USES, MORE MIXED USE USES THAT WERE BEING PLANNED. AND THIS SLIDE IN AND OF ITSELF COMPARES, UH, 800 ACRES WHERE DERBY TOWNSHIP OVERLAPS THE CITY OF DUBLIN'S PLANNING AREA AND THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THOSE TWO COMMUNITIES, SOME OF THAT IS BASED ON, UH, ZONING ENTITLEMENTS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN MADE UNDER THE MADISON COUNTY ZONING, UM, PRIOR TO THEM AMENDING THEIR CODE. AND THEN THAT JUST HAS, UM, MADE US LOOK CLOSER INTO THOSE 800 ACRES TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENING WITHIN THESE OVERLAP AREAS. AND THIS IS NOT ONLY IN, UH, THIS, UH, PARTICULAR 800 ACRES, BUT THERE ARE OVERLAPPING AREAS OF, UM, DUBLIN AND PLAIN CITY THAT DON'T, UM, ALIGN EITHER. AND THEN, UM, THERE WERE ALSO, UH, DUBLIN AND JEROME TOWNSHIP THAT, UH, PROVIDED SOME AREAS THAT DIDN'T ALIGN AS WELL. THIS TABLE IS PRETTY ASTRONOMICAL WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS, UM, HERE. SO THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 3,200 ACRES WITHIN THIS CORRIDOR. AND THE CITY OF DUBLIN IS PLANNING FOR ABOUT, UM, TWO THIRDS OF THOSE. UM, PLAIN CITY WAS PLANNING FOR ABOUT TWO THIRDS OF THAT DERBY TOWNSHIP AND DURHAM TOWNSHIP BOTH HAVE ABOUT A THOUSAND ACRES. UM, AND THAT, SO AGAIN, A LOT OF OVERLAP. AND WHEN YOU START DIGGING INTO THE NUMBERS WITHIN THEIR, UH, ZONING CODES, WHEN ALL OF THE DIFFERENT ZONING CODES, ALL THE DIFFERENT, UH, COMMUNITY PLANS AND FUTURE LAND USE MAPS, YOU'RE SEEING SOME ASTRONOMICAL NUMBER OF DWELLING UNITS THAT ARE PLANNED FOR THIS AREA AS WELL AS SQUARE FEET OF, UM, COMMERCIAL OFFICE SPACE AND FLEX INDUSTRIAL AREA. SO WHAT WE'VE TRIED TO DO IS TO LOOK AT WHAT IS ENTITLED OUT THERE TODAY, WHAT, UM, HAS FUTURE LAND USES THAT CAN STILL BE TWEAKED AROUND AND MAKE THE BEST OF THOSE, UM, AREAS THAT, UM, ARE ALREADY SET WITH THOSE ZONING ENTITLEMENTS TO HELP, UM, BRING THESE NUMBERS IN LINE WITH MAYBE WHAT THE MARKET, UM, REALITY MAY BE. SO TO SUMMARIZE THIS, WE HAVE ABOUT 6,000 6,200 ACRES OF USES FOR 3,200 ACRES OF [01:30:01] LAND. SO THAT IS NUMBER ONE REASON WHY WE NEEDED TO START ALIGNING THESE AND TALKING TO EACH OTHER IN BETTER UNDERSTANDING. UM, AGAIN, CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF SIMILAR USES WITHIN THOSE OVERLAPPED AREAS. AND THAT'S THE OTHER REASON I MENTIONED THE COLORS IS EVERYBODY'S USING A DIFFERENT COLOR. EVERYBODY'S USING DIFFERENT NAMES AND DEFINITIONS. SOME WHICH WERE CLOSE IN NAME AND DEFINITION, BUT NOT NECESSARILY, UM, COMPLETELY. SO JUST CREATING A, A UNIFIED COLORING COLORED SYSTEM, A UNIFIED DEFINITION SYSTEM, AND STARTING TO ALIGN WHAT WE'RE ALL TALKING ABOUT AND PUTTING US ALL ON THE SAME PAGE. SOME OF THE USES, UM, RESIDENTIAL MADE TO BE FURTHER BROKEN DOWN, UM, GIVEN SOME OF THE MORE FOCUSED GEOGRAPHIC ASSIGNMENTS. UH, SO WE HAVE GONE THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND WHEN WE GET TO THE MAP, I WILL SHOW YOU THE, THE CHARACTER AREAS THAT WE'VE COME UP WITH FOR THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP. AND WE'VE STARTED ASSIGNING SPECIFIC, UM, DENSITIES AND CHARACTERISTICS, UM, TO EACH OF THOSE LAND USES AND SPECIFICALLY THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS, UH, TO HELP, UM, CREATE, UH, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR AS A UNIFIED COMMUNITY ALONG THIS CORRIDOR. AND SO THIS HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE, BUT WITH THE HELP OF THE PLANNER GROUP, AND I WANNA GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO JENNY AND HER FEEDBACK THAT SHE'S PROVIDED THROUGH THIS PROCESS. UM, AND AS WELL AS THE CORE GROUP AND JEREMIAH AND HIS INPUT. THROUGH THAT PROCESS, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO COME UP WITH A UNIFIED RECOMMENDED FUTURE LAND USE MAP. SO TO EXPLAIN THIS MAP, THE DARK COLORS ARE ZONING ENTITLEMENTS OR SOME PIECES OF LAND THAT ALREADY HAVE ZONING IN PLACE, UM, ON THOSE PARCELS. FOR PARTICULAR, USE THE LIGHTER COLOR. SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT LIKE THE BROWN, THE DARK BROWN HAS ENTITLEMENTS, THE LIGHTER BROWN IS A FUTURE LAND USE WITHIN, UM, THE CORRIDOR, EITHER BASED UPON THAT COMMUNITY'S PLAN OR WE'VE ALIGNED IT, UM, WITHIN THE CORRIDOR TO REFLECT, UM, EXISTING AREAS, UM, ZONED THAT WAY. WE'VE RETAINED THE, UH, MIXED USE NODE AROUND THE, UM, TRAIN, UM, HUB AREA. AND UH, THEN WE'VE ALSO MOVED AS YOU MOVE OUT OF THE INDUSTRIAL AREAS ALONG THE 1 61 CORRIDOR OUT OF THE DUBLIN AREAS TO THE WEST TOWARDS PLAIN CITY MOVING MORE INTO A MIXED USE SETTING. AND WE'VE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT DOES MIXED USE MEAN? IT CAN BE VERTICAL MIXED USE, IT CAN BE HORIZONTAL MIXED USE, AND HOW DO WE CLEARLY DEFINE THAT? AND THEN MOVING INTO OUR CONSERVATION RESIDENTIAL, AND MOST RECENTLY CALLING THAT CONSERVATION MIXED RESIDENTIAL. AND WHAT WE ARE, UM, REFERRING TO HERE IS 50% OPEN SPACE TO HELP PROTECT THAT DARBY WATER BIG DARBY WATERSHED, BUT HAVING THE OVERALL DENSITY OF THAT LIGHT YELLOW AREA NOT TO EXCEED TWO DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE, BUT THERE CAN BE POCKETS OF HIGHER DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AS LONG AS THE, THE OVERALL DENSITY DOESN'T EXCEED THE TWO UNITS PER ACRE. SO THAT HELPS PROTECT, IT HELPS CREATE THAT DENSITY TO HELP PROTECT THE WATERSHED AND THE OPEN SPACE. AND THEN SHOWING WHERE THAT BIG DARBY WATERSHED IS, UH, TO, UH, THE, WHERE THE FLOOD PLAIN IS AND MAKE THAT A PRIORITY AREA FOR THE OPEN SPACE. THE ONE THING I WANNA MENTION, UM, ABOUT THIS MAP IS THAT, UH, WE LEARNED QUICKLY THAT EVERYONE NEEDS TO MAKE CHANGES TO THEIR, EITHER THEIR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND OR THEIR ZONING CODES. UH, WE HAVE, UM, SEEN WHERE, YOU KNOW, DUBLIN WAS PLANNING FOR WHAT THEY KNEW ABOUT IN 2024, AND A LOT HAS CHANGED SINCE 2024. AND SO WITH RECENT TRANSACTIONS THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN THAT AREA, UM, THERE ARE SOME SIGNIFICANT SHIFTS PROPOSED IN THE DUBLIN AREA FROM RESIDENTIAL TO MORE OF A COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL SPACE, UM, WHICH FROM A TAX ADVANTAGE IS, IS A, YOU KNOW, A POSITIVE FOR THAT DUBLIN, FOR YOUR DUBLIN AREA. SO, UM, AS WE LOOK INTO THE MARKET AND THE ECONOMICS OF THIS, UM, I DO THINK THAT THAT IS A, A POSITIVE, UM, FOR YOUR COMMUNITY. AND THEN AS, UM, THE TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO HAVE ATTENDED OUR MEETINGS WILL KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD LARGE, UM, SPREADSHEETS OF ALL THE DIFFERENT CHARACTER AREAS. [01:35:01] WE'VE BROKEN DOWN WHAT THE USES ARE FOR THEM. WE'VE BROKEN DOWN WHAT, UM, THE CURRENT, UM, POLICY SAYS FOR THE COMMUNITIES AND WHAT MINOR MAJOR OR, UM, NO CHANGE AT ALL FOR EACH COMMUNITY, WHAT THEY WOULD NEED TO DO TO ALIGN WITH, UM, THE, THESE PROPOSED CHARACTER AREAS. AND I'M NOT GONNA BORE YOU WITH ALL THAT INFORMATION TONIGHT. THAT INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE IF YOU NEED IT. UM, BUT WE ARE CONTINUING TO WORK ON THAT TO HELP SET THAT CHARACTER STAGE AS WE, UM, MOVE THROUGH THIS PROCESS. THANKS HOLLY. SO, UH, JUST A COUPLE BRIEF UPDATES. THIS ISSUE OF MOBILITY AND TRANSPORTATION IN THIS AREA IS REALLY SIGNIFICANT. UM, SOME OF YOU'RE AWARE THAT, UH, THERE WAS AN ODOT SPONSORED STUDY ON THE CORRIDOR, BUT IT WAS REALLY ABOUT THE CORRIDOR ITSELF, AND IT IDENTIFIED SOME IMPROVEMENTS ALONG THE CORRIDOR. IT IDENTIFIED A PREFERRED CROSS SECTION FOR THE CORRIDOR, PUTTING SOME ROUNDABOUTS IN HERE. BUT THE CONCLUSION OF THEIR WORK IS, UM, IS THAT IF WE DO NOTHING LIKE THE NO BUILD CONDITION THAT VARIOUS INTERSECTIONS ALONG THE CORRIDOR, UH, WILL BE IT, UH, LEVEL FLOS, UH, LEVEL OF SERVICE F AT PEAK HOURS. AND YOU GUYS KNOW AT LEVEL, UH, UH, LEVEL OF SERVICE F IS, I THINK ALSO, LIKE WHAT'S PROBABLY REALLY IMPORTANT TO YOU IS ALL THE WORK THAT WAS DONE AT THIS INTERCHANGE WITH NO IMPROVEMENTS FAILS, UM, EVEN IN THE 2030 BUILD CONDITIONS. UM, IF ALL WE'RE DOING IS IMPROVING ON 1 61, UH, THE INTERCHANGE STILL EXPERIENCES LEVEL OF SERVICE F AND MAJOR DELAYS. AND OBVIOUSLY IF IT'S DOING IT IN 2030 AND YOU'VE NOT MADE ANY OTHER IMPROVEMENTS, YOU'VE STILL GOT MAJOR ISSUES AT THE, AT THE CORE, AT THAT INTERCHANGE. UH, SO WHAT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE THING THAT BECAME OBVIOUS FROM THIS STUDY IS THAT YOU CAN'T BUILD YOUR WAYS OUT OF DELAYS JUST BY FOCUSING ON 1 61 AND NEW CONNECTIONS ARE NEEDED THAT GIVE YOU A BROADER NETWORK TO DISTRIBUTE, YOU KNOW, TRAFFIC. AND THERE AREN'T A LOT OF EAST WEST OPTIONS, NORTH OR SOUTH. YOUR, YOUR TEAM IS IN THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW OF LOOKING AT THE TU ROAD EXTENSION. UM, AND I THINK THE TYPICAL DUBLIN WAY TO TRY TO GET AHEAD OF THESE THINGS, BUT THAT WOULD BE A VERY IMPORTANT PART. SO THERE'S SIGNIFICANT TO, TO IMPLEMENT THIS. THERE IS RIGHT OF WAY NEEDS, UH, THAT NEED TO BE PLANNED FOR, PRESERVED NOW FOR THIS CONNECTION. BUT THE BIGGEST THING RIGHT NOW IS WHAT DO WE DO ABOUT THE LARGER NETWORK? SO EARLIER THIS MONTH, UH, THERE WAS A MEETING HOSTED BY YOUR STAFF HERE OF THE JURISDICTIONS THAT ARE REPRESENTED BY THIS GEOGRAPHY, WHICH, UH, GOES WELL BEYOND THE BOUNDARIES OF THIS 3,200 ACRES. THERE'S SOMETHING LIKE I PROBABLY A HUNDRED THOUSAND ACRES IN ALL OF THIS, YOU KNOW, GOING UP TO MARYSVILLE, UH, AND GOING, YOU KNOW, PRETTY FAR SOUTH, BUT TO PREPARE A THOROUGHFARE PLAN. SO THERE IS A, A WORK PROGRAM THAT MORSEY HAS PUT TOGETHER WITH INPUT FROM ODOT. UH, THEY'RE LOOKING AT A 44 WEEK, UH, STUDY THAT SEEMS OPTIMISTIC BASED ON THE WAY WE'VE GOTTEN FROM JANUARY TO SEPTEMBER. NOW, UH, THIS, SOME RESOURCES HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED FOR MOR PC AND ODO, BUT THEY ARE LOOKING FOR SOME LOCAL RESOURCES. IT'S SOMETHING LIKE $60,000 DIVIDED BY, YOU KNOW, A DOZEN JURISDICTIONS, YOU KNOW, HERE. UM, I BELIEVE IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT YOU TAKE FROM THIS, UH, REEF PRESENTATION IS THE SENSE OF URGENCY ABOUT GETTING THAT MOVING ALONG. LIKE WE HAVE BEEN VERY INTENTIONAL WITH THE MORSI LEADERSHIP THAT THIS, YOU KNOW, IT SHOULDN'T HAVE TAKEN THIS LONG TO GET HERE AND WE NEED THEIR ATTENTION TO MOVE THIS ALONG. AT THE MEETING LAST WEEK, WE, YOU KNOW, GENTLY CALLED A SOFT QUESTION ABOUT, DO YOU FEEL LIKE THIS IS REALLY URGENT? AND TO A PERSON, IT IS URGENT. AND SO THE QUESTION WAS ASKED, WELL, IF IT'S $60,000 TO DO IT IN A YEAR, WOULD YOU BE WILLING FOR MORE RESOURCES IF THAT WOULD ACCELERATE IT? AND SO WE DIDN'T TAKE A VOTE, BUT THE SENSE OF THE ROOM THAT IF WE GOT US SOMETHING SOONER, WE'D BE OPEN TO THAT. SO WE'VE COMMUNICATED THAT TO MORSEY THAT IF THERE WERE MORE RESOURCES, WHAT WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE IN TERMS OF, OF THE SCHEDULE? BUT THIS IS A BIG DEAL, AND THIS IS JUST DOING THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN. THIS IS NOT GETTING THE IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAMMED, UH, IN TERMS OF UTILITIES. UH, THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I THINK WE GOT INITIALLY INVOLVED WAS BECAUSE OF INTEREST AND DEVELOPMENT INTEREST IN, IN MADISON COUNTY AND HOW THAT WAS GOING TO BE SERVED. THIS IS A MAP THAT SHOWS, AGAIN, IN, IN THE BRIGHT YELLOW OUR BOUNDARIES. THE, UH, THE GREEN IS THE COLUMBUS DUBLIN SERVICE AREA. THE, THE PURPLE IS MARYSVILLE, [01:40:02] AND YOU KNOW, THE BROWN IS, UH, IS THE HASHING, IS THERE, IS MIDOHIO. AND SO THEY ALL HAVE SERVICE IN OR POTENTIAL TO BE IN THIS AREA. SO WE, RIGHT NOW, THAT'S A BIG SUBJECT FOR OUR MEETING IN OCTOBER WITH A LARGE GROUP IS GETTING THE MOST RECENT INFORMATION ABOUT WHO CAN SERVE, WHERE MIDOHIO IS WORKING VERY AGGRESSIVELY TO, TO MAKE THEIR WAY UP HERE. AND BOTH IN TERMS OF PLANT CAPACITY AND DISTRIBUTION, THEY THINK THEY CAN BE UP HERE IN THE 2028, UH, PERIOD IN THE AREA THAT IS THEIR SERVICE AREA. NOW, THEY DON'T HAVE ALL THEIR RIGHT OF WAY SECURED, YOU KNOW, BUT THAT IS WHAT, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE HEARING RIGHT NOW AND WE'RE GONNA BE DIGGING INTO TO THAT. BUT THAT'S A FAIRLY AGGRESSIVE THING. THEY'RE WORKING ON THE CORRIDOR RIGHT NOW. UH, IF YOU'VE BEEN OUT THERE, THERE'S WORK GOING ON RIGHT NOW. UH, BUT THIS ISSUE OF ALIGNMENT ON HOW THIS GOES, AND THIS IS GONNA BE REALLY IMPORTANT IN A SLIDE I'M GONNA SHOW YOU HERE IN A MINUTE AFTER THE ECONOMICS, I THINK THAT ALL, YOU ALL HAVE AN APPRECIATION FOR WHAT AN ATTRACTIVE PLACE THAT'S BEEN CREATED IN NORTH WEST, A PART OF THE REGION. AND PART OF THE REASON THIS PLACE IS SO ATTRACTIVE IS BECAUSE IT, WHERE THE TALENT IS. I THINK SOME OF YOU HAVE SEEN THIS MAP BEFORE, BUT THIS IS THE CONCENTRATION OF, OF THE STEM TALENT IN THE REGION AND WHERE IT'S CONCENTRATED. ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT THINGS FOR BUSINESSES WANTING TO RELOCATE IS WHERE'S, WHERE ARE MY PEOPLE? WHERE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO CAN, YOU KNOW, THE TALENTED PEOPLE? SO YOU'VE GOT THAT. WE DON'T SEE ANYTHING THAT SUGGESTS THAT THAT CHANGES. AND SO THIS, UH, AREA IS GONNA CONTINUE TO BE ATTRACTIVE, AND SO WE WANNA WORK AT THAT. THE OTHER THING THAT, AND, AND THERE'S A LOT MORE WORK ON THE ECONOMICS, BUT I THINK THIS IS AN IMPORTANT PART THAT SAYS, IF YOU THINK THAT THIS AREA IS GONNA BECOME LESS ATTRACTIVE ANYTIME IN THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE, I, YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. THE OTHER THING I'D WANT YOU TO KNOW, THIS YELLOW, UM, THAT YELLOW OBLONG PIECE THAT IS GENERALLY WHERE THIS CORRIDOR IS SITUATED, IT HAPPENS TO BE VIRTUALLY AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE FOUR MAJOR, UH, MEGA SITES IN THE REGION. YOUR, YOUR TALENT IN THIS AREA, THEY'RE HERE, BUT THEY ALSO HAVE OTHER PLACES, YOU KNOW, TO GET TO WITHIN 40 MINUTES. THOSE ARE ALL 40 MINUTE, UH, DRIVE TIMES FROM ANDEL, FROM INTEL AND FROM THE HONDA PLANT. LOT OF SIGNIFICANT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT HAPPENED IN THE REGION. AND, UM, THERE'S A NEED TO BE REALLY PROACTIVE IN THE GROWTH. AND I THINK THIS COLLABORATORS GROUP HAS REALLY LEANED INTO THIS WORK. SO THE OTHER THING THAT I WOULD JUST SHARE WITH YOU, LIKE, THIS IS MY OATH AND THIS PART BECAUSE THIS IS TOUGH STUFF. SOME OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THIS GATEWAY PROJECT THAT'S, YOU KNOW, STRADDLING THE LINE. WELL, IT'S NOT THE ONLY ONE, RIGHT? SO THIS, THIS IS A MAP THAT SHOWS THAT RED LINE THAT GOES ACROSS THE TOP THAT IS THE COUNTY LINE. AND THE SHADED AREAS SHOW PARCELS THAT STRADDLE. THEY'RE EITHER CAN, YOU KNOW, SOLID, UH, UH, PARCELS UNDER SINGLE OWNERSHIP OR SHARED PARCELS BY THE SAME OWNERSHIP. BUT IF YOU GO OUT THE CORRIDOR, WE HAVE MULTIPLE PLACES WHERE THERE'S A REASONABLE ISSUE AROUND HOW DEVELOPMENT IS BEING APPROVED AND WHO'S GONNA SERVICE IT. SO PART OF THE ASSIGNMENT, UH, FOR THE UTILITIES FOLKS, IS THERE SOME CRITERIA THAT CAN BE DEVELOPED THAT IF X PERCENTAGE OF THE SITE IS IN YOUR SERVICE AREA, UH, BUT YOU CAN'T QUITE GET TO IT, THEN COULD SOMEBODY ELSE SERVE IT? SO WHAT DOES THAT CRITERIA AND DECISION MAKING LOOK LIKE SO THAT THIS, UH, ON DEVELOPMENT BY DEVELOPMENT PROCESS DOES NOT PLAY OUT OVER AND OVER. SO THAT'S WHY I SAY, OH, AND THEN THERE'S THIS PART OF THIS SPECIAL CORRIDOR THAT WE HAVE ANYWAY, GETTING ALIGNMENT. I JUST, JUST, THIS IS THE FINAL SLIDE HERE, IS THAT SOME GUIDE FOR GOING FORWARD ON HOW TO COMMUNICATE AND COLLABORATE, UH, IS ESSENTIAL. THE COMPLEXITY OF WHAT'S GOING ON AND THE PACE IS WHAT'S GOING ON. SO WE HAVE BEGUN TO DEVELOP, LIKE WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE IN A PRE-DEVELOPMENT SITUATION, PLUS ONCE AN APPLICATION HAS BEEN FILED, LIKE HOW DO WE TREAT EACH OTHER? IF IT'S IN THIS CORRIDOR AND IT'S ONE JURISDICTION, WHAT DO YOU DO? IF IT'S IN THIS CORRIDOR AREA AND IT'S GOT MULTIPLE JURISDICTIONS, HOW DO YOU BEHAVE IF IT'S ADJACENT TO THE CORRIDOR, HOW DO YOU BEHAVE? IF IT'S, IF IT'S AN INFLUENCE AREA, HOW DO YOU, DO YOU BEHAVE? SO WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT, BUT WE'RE REALLY CLEAR THAT PROTOCOLS DON'T GUARANTEE US ANYTHING THAT'S REALLY GONNA, AT THE END OF THE DAY GONNA COME DOWN TO THE RELATIONSHIPS I THINK THAT GET FORMED. AND SO WE THINK A LOT ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIPS. UM, THIS LAST ITEM HERE IS THAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE, LIKE IF WE'RE BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS, WE KNOW WE HAVE TO HAVE TO HAVE LIKE A CULTURE AROUND IT BECAUSE PEOPLE COME AND GO AND THE CULTURE IS WHAT'S GONNA HOLD US, YOU KNOW, TOGETHER. [01:45:01] UM, SO I THINK A LOT ABOUT, AND I THOUGHT A LOT ABOUT MR. ROGERS IN THIS WHOLE SITUATION, WHAT DOES IT MEAN? AND WE HAD A DISCUSSION A COUPLE MEETING AGO, WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR, FUNDAMENTALLY? AND I THOUGHT SOME REALLY GOOD, LIKE NO SURPRISES. NO ONE LIKES TO BE SURPRISED BY THEIR, BY THEIR NEIGHBORS TO BE HELPFUL, TO BE THINKING, TO BE BE EYES ON THE STREET. ANYWAY, WE'RE WORKING VERY HARD ON SOME OF THE TECHNICAL PART, BUT ALSO LIKE, HOW DO WE WORK TOGETHER GOING FORWARD WITH AND WITHOUT PROTOCOLS. SO THAT IS PROBABLY, I KNOW IT'S MORE THAN YOUR 20 MINUTES THAT YOU, YOU SIGNED UP FOR, BUT HOLLY AND ARE MORE THAN WILLING TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, INCLUDING YOUR STAFF AS WELL. WELL, THANK YOU FOR, FOR WRAPPING UP THE FORMAL PART OF OUR AGENDA WITH SUCH A LIGHT TOPIC, . OKAY. UM, COUNCIL QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION. SO, UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THIS IS INCREDIBLY COMPLEX. 6,200 ACRES ALREADY PLANNED, AT LEAST FOUR DIFFERENT DRAFTS, I THINK EIGHT TO 10 PARTNERS I COUNTED. UM, ALL WITH DIFFERENT USES. YOU HAD MENTIONED THAT THERE IS NO COMMON SET OF LAND USE DEFINITIONS YET. UM, BUT YOU ALSO SAID EARLY ON THAT MUTUAL SELF-INTEREST CAN BE MET. UM, HOW AND I KNOW THAT YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT YOU SAID IS BASICALLY WE HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER ON THIS. WE HAVE TO BE GOOD NEIGHBORS. YEAH. BUT THERE'S CERTAIN THINGS LIKE, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT WILL BE THE METHOD IF THERE'S GONNA BE DIFFERING OPINIONS ON HOW TO USE LANDS, HOW DO YOU RECONCILE THAT? YEAH. WHAT'S GONNA BE THE PROCESS FOR RECONCILIATION UTILITIES IS ACTUALLY SOMETHING ELSE THAT COMES TO MIND BECAUSE I THINK FOR A LOT OF THESE AREAS, UM, YOU KNOW, WHOEVER, WHICHEVER JURISDICTION EXTENDS UTILITIES FIRST, THEY'RE BASICALLY GONNA HAVE RIGHTS TO THAT LAND. AND I CAN SEE A RACE TO DO THAT. YEAH. STANDARDS MAY BE NOT BEING MET OR AN AGREEMENT OF STANDARDS NOT BEING, YOU KNOW, A COMMON RIGHT. UM, AND SO I GUESS I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THIS IS GONNA HAPPEN, HOW THIS IS GONNA BE MET. YEAH. HOW ARE YOU GONNA COME UP WITH A, A MECHANISM YEAH. UM, TO FIGURE THESE THINGS OUT. YEAH. SO THE, THE HONEST ANSWER, UH, DR. LAMB IS WE DON'T KNOW YET. WE'RE NOT THERE. THIS IS IN MANY WAYS SORT OF A PROCESS OF DISCOVERY ABOUT WHAT THE ISSUES ARE, WHAT'S THE SELF-INTEREST. I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, THAT UNIF THAT UNIFIES AND SHOULD UNIFY THIS GROUP IS THEY'RE ALL DEPENDING ON A FUNCTIONAL SAFE 1 61. AND THERE'S HUGE COMPETITION ACROSS THE STATE FOR LOTS OF OTHER LEGITIMATE IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS TO THE EXTENT THAT THIS GROUP CAN HANG TOGETHER AND LOBBY BIG L SMALL L FOR THESE IMPROVEMENTS. AND YOU'RE ALIGNED ON HOW DEVELOPMENT IS GONNA TAKE PLACE AND YOU'RE A BETTER BET THAN SOMEONE ELSE. THAT TO ME THEN WILL LAY THE FOUNDATION FOR OTHER AGREEMENTS THAT TO GO FORWARD. SO I THINK THAT'S ONE PLACE THAT GETS PEOPLE'S ATTENTION AND GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY. YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY'S A WRESTLER, BUT IT GIVES US A FOOTHOLD. DOES THAT HELP? I THINK I, IF I COULD, I THINK THAT WE HAVE TALKED IN THE GROUP THAT AT SOME POINT, IF THIS IS GONNA WORK, YOU OUGHT TO THINK ABOUT BINDING YOURSELF, RIGHT? IT COULD BE COOPERATIVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS. IT COULD BE A PACT, IT COULD BE AN ACCORD, UH, IT COULD BE ANY SORTS OF LIKE STRUCTURE THAT THE GROUP CAN AGREE ON ABOUT HOW THIS TAKES PLACE. BUT WE HAVE NOT PUSHED THE ISSUE ON WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE YET. 'CAUSE WE DON'T QUITE KNOW WHAT THE IT IS. WE JUST GOT THE LAND USE ALIGNED AND THAT IS GONNA ALLOW THE, THE, UH, THE ENGINEERS TO USE THOSE LAND USE ASSUMPTIONS WHEN THEY CALCULATE DEMAND AND HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF TIMING. AND, AND I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THAT BECAUSE, UM, I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT. I THINK THE STRUCTURE IS GONNA BE IMPORTANT IN AGREEMENT TO THE GENERAL CONCEPT. BUT WHAT, WHAT YOU SHOWED THAT WAS A PREFERRED LAND USE PROPOSAL, HAS THAT BEEN AGREED UPON BY ALL THE PARTIES YET? OR IS THAT JUST A, A PROPOSAL THAT YOU'VE COME UP WITH BUT STILL HAVE TO GET BUY-IN FROM ALL THE DIFFERENT JURISDICTIONS AND ALL THE DIFFERENT PARTIES? YEAH, SO THAT, THAT MAP THAT HOLLY SHARED HAS BUY-IN OF THE PLANNERS THAT REPRESENT ALL THE JURISDICTIONS. THAT MAP HAS THE BUY-IN OF ALL THE CORE GROUP PARTICIPANTS IN THIS PROCESS. AND IT HAS THE BUY-IN OF EVERY ONE OF THE PARTICIPANTS THAT ATTENDED LAST THURSDAY'S MEETING. NOW IT'S GONNA BE UP TO, TO YOU AND EVERY, AND WE TALKED ABOUT HOMEWORK, LIKE YOU HAVE, IF, IF YOU'RE AGREEING TO THIS, YOU GOTTA GO BACK TO YOUR JURISDICTION WITH YOUR COLLEAGUES AND HELP THEM UNDERSTAND WHY THIS IS THE WAY TO DO IT. AND THEN IF YOU NEED TO ADAPT YOUR POLICIES, THEN YOU'VE GOTTA DO THAT. BUT AT THE WORKING GROUP LEVEL, YES, THIS HAS BEEN, [01:50:01] IT'S NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, OUR INVENTION. IT'S BEEN A GROUP COLLABORATIVE EFFORT AND THEY BLESSED US TO USE THAT AS THE FOUNDATION FOR GOING FORWARD. YEAH. AND I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S GREAT WORK AND, YOU KNOW, GOOD JOB GETTING BUY-IN. I THINK THE OTHER KEY PART WOULD BE THE UTILITIES. AS YOU HAD MENTIONED, THERE'S THREE DIFFERENT UTILITY PROVIDERS IN THOSE AREAS. HOW TO FIGURE OUT WHO GETS THE RIGHTS IN CERTAIN AREAS. I THINK IT'S GONNA BE CRITICAL AND ALSO YEAH, FAIRLY DIFFICULT TO DO. YEAH. WELL, AND SOME OF THEM ALREADY HAVE THE RIGHTS. I MEAN, THERE ARE TWO EIGHT UTILITY PLANS FILED WITH OHIO EPA THAT SAYS, THIS IS WHERE YOU GET TO SERVE. SO SOME OF THAT IS THERE, THE, THE ISSUE IS, IS IF THE, IF, IF THERE'S A, A DEVELOPMENT IN A JURISDICTION AND IT'S GONNA TAKE A LONG PERIOD OF TIME TO GET THERE, LIKE IS THERE SOME GIVE AND TAKE? AND WHEN YOU'RE STRADDLING THAT MANY PARCELS, I THINK IT REALLY OPENS UP THE QUESTION ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? 'CAUSE PURELY DOING IT BY YOUR AGREED UPON BOUNDARIES IS A RECIPE FOR HUGE CONFLICT. AGREED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UM, HOLLY AND JAMIE, THANK YOU. UM, THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT HAS TAKEN TO ARRIVE AT WHERE WE ARE IS NOTHING SHORT OF TREMENDOUS. AND SO I, I TRY TO SHARE THIS IS, UH, WENDY AND I DO AT THE END OF EVERY MEETING BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S ENORMOUS. UM, I WOULD MAKE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS ABOUT SORT OF THE LAND USE MAP. AND PART OF IT IS, AND HOLLY YOU MENTIONED THIS WHEN THE WORK STARTED, A LOT OF FOLKS WERE WORKING WITH OUTDATED, UM, LAND USE MAPS, INCLUDING OURSELVES. SO WHEN WE AS A COMMUNITY DID ENVISION DUBLIN, A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT ARE IN THE PLANNED AREA THAT WEREN'T NECESSARILY WHAT WE'RE DOING, WE RELIED AND OUR STAFF RELIED ON THE COMMUNITY PLANS THAT EXISTED OUT THERE. SO WHAT WE HAVE IN OUR CURRENT COMMUNITY PLAN WAS NOT UP TO DATE BECAUSE THEY WERE IN THE PROCESS OF IT. SO WHAT WAS DISCOVERED IS, AS OVER A COURSE OF TIME AS PEOPLE HAVE FINISHED THEIR PLANS THAT BROUGHT IT TOGETHER, THERE WAS A LOT MORE ALIGNMENT. AND IT WAS ONLY BECAUSE PARTLY WE WERE WORKING WITHOUT DATA. SO I'M NOT SAYING THERE ISN'T SOME ALIGNMENT, BUT A LOT OF THIS WAS EVERYBODY AGREED THAT WE'RE GONNA HURRY UP AND FINISH OR SHARE WHAT WE CAN OF THE PLAN. SO, UM, I CAN'T SAY THANK YOU ENOUGH TO ALL THE, THE DIFFERENT FOLKS FROM ALL THE JURISDICTIONS THAT HAVE COME AND CONTRIBUTED AND SAID, WE'RE GONNA WORK AS HARD AS WE CAN TO GET THIS PORTION DONE SO WE CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION. SO I THINK THAT HAS BEEN A HUGE STEP FORWARD IN BOTH UNDERSTANDING AND COMMITMENT TO THIS PROCESS. BUT IT ALSO CREATED SOME CLARITY THAT PART OF IT WAS JUST WE WERE OUTTA SYNC WITH EACH OTHER. SO WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH NOW MOVING FORWARD, I'M HAVING FUN WITH THIS TONIGHT AND MAYBE, I DON'T KNOW, UM, IS, UM, WE'RE NOW DEALING WITH THE MOST CURRENT. AND AS, UM, BOTH HAULING AND JAMIE SAID, THERE'S SO MUCH GOING ON RIGHT NOW. THERE'S SO MANY ACTIVE PROJECTS THAT IT HELPED WHEN WE WERE ABLE TO ALSO SAY, OKAY, THESE HAVE BEEN ZONED, OR THEY'RE CLOSE TO BEING ZONED, SO THAT'S WHY THEY'RE THE DARKER COLOR. SO WE CAN ARGUE ABOUT THOSE ALL DAY LONG, BUT THEY'RE KIND OF COOKED LIKE OURS. THEY'RE KIND OF COOKED, SO LET'S THINK ABOUT THE REST. AND THAT CREATED LESS TO ACTUALLY ALIGN ON THAT MADE SENSE. UM, SO I, I THINK JUST THIS WORK OF GETTING CLARITY AND DISCUSSION WAS HUGE. UM, AND AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE 33 CORRIDOR WORKING GROUP. UM, AND SO WENDY AND I BOTH SIT ON THAT AND THAT MODEL. AND SO WE'VE, WE'VE GOTTEN TO KNOW A LOT OF THE, A LOT OF THE PLAYERS ACROSS THESE. AND I, I THINK THAT'S HELPFUL. I THINK FOR COUNCIL, AND WE SO APPRECIATE COMING HERE TONIGHT, I THINK ARE SOME OF OUR DECISIONS THAT WE'RE GOING TO MAKE, AND AGAIN, STAFF WILL BRING THOSE FORWARD IS ARE WE IN AGREEMENT WITH UPDATING OUR COMMUNITY PLAN WITH THESE, WITH THESE AREAS THAT AREN'T IN DUBLIN PROPER, BUT ARE IN THE PLANNING AREA NOW THAT WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION THAT'S GONNA HAVE TO COME BEFORE US AS IT IS EVERY JURISDICTION. SO, UM, AND, AND ARE WE WILLING TO CONTINUE TO FUND THIS, THIS TYPE OF WORK, UM, WITH TRANSPORTATION, THE, THE SHARED NEED BECAUSE IT'S GONNA FAIL FOR ALL OF US. AND SO THAT, SO THOSE ARE THE DECISIONS THAT I THINK WE AS A GROUP ARE GOING TO HAVE TO DO. UM, AND BY COMING TOGETHER, BEING ABLE TO WORK WITH MORSEY IN SOME OF THESE, SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OUR DECISIONS AS COUNCILS, DO WE AGREE WITH THAT WORK? ARE WE WILLING TO UPDATE THAT WORK? ARE WE WILLING TO CONTINUE TO FUND THOSE WORK? SO I THINK, UM, THIS WAS OUR REQUEST, WENDY AND I, TO HAVE THIS DISCUSSION AS I KNOW SOME OF OUR OTHER FELLOW, UM, UH, UH, PARTNERS IN THIS DISCUSSION TO HAVE WITH THEIR GROUPS BECAUSE WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO GO BACK WENDY AND I AND SAY, YEP, OUR, OUR COUNCIL IS, AND THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE TO, ET CETERA, SO FORTH. SO, UM, I, I THINK IT HAS BEEN A SOLID STEP FORWARD. AND HONESTLY, WE DON'T HAVE A CHOICE, RIGHT? IF WE DON'T DO THIS COLLECTIVELY TOGETHER, [01:55:01] WE'RE PRETTY SURE WE HAVE ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS WHO SAYS WE CANNOT US 23 OURSELVES MM-HMM . AND CONTINUES TO REMIND US THAT IF YOU DON'T, THERE'S SOME EXAMPLES. AND SO I APPRECIATE THAT, UM, HE THAT, SO, SO WENDY, I, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAD SOME COMMENTS YOU WANTED TO ADD TO THAT, BUT I HAVE NOTHING TO ADD EXCEPT IT'S REALLY GREAT TO BE SPECIAL, ISN'T IT, IN THIS SITUATION, THE FACT THAT WE HAVE SO MUCH OPPORTUNITY WITHIN THE CITY OF DUBLIN AND WITH OUR REGIONAL PARTNERS, IT'S AN EXCITING TIME. AND I, I CAN'T THANK YOU BOTH ENOUGH BECAUSE YOU ALWAYS BRING A LITTLE HUMOR, JAMIE, AND, AND THAT WAS, I THINK WAS ESSENTIAL AT THE BEGINNING, JUST GETTING US ALL TOGETHER AND FORCING US TO SHARE OUR HIGHS AND LOWS FROM THE WEEKEND. JUST THINGS LIKE THAT, TO, TO, TO REALIZE THAT THAT'S, THAT'S A, A FELLOW HUMAN SITTING NEXT TO US. AND I THINK IT'S JUST REALLY HELPED US ALL OPEN UP AND ESTABLISH THE TRUST THAT THE GROUP NEEDED. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK. YOU'RE WELCOME. YEAH, I WILL SAY THANK YOU BECAUSE YOU HAVE A VERY HARD JOB . UM, TO FOLLOW UP ON WHAT KATHY SAID, I, I THINK IT'S ONE I DO SUPPORT, UM, AMENDING OUR COMMUNITY PLAN FOR THIS AREA JUST TO SHOW THAT WE'RE SUPPORTIVE OF IT AND THAT WE CAN LEAD OTHERS AND HOPEFULLY THEY WILL CHANGE THEIR PLANS. SO IF, IF THEY'VE, IF WE'VE COME UP WITH A THING AND IT'S DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE HAVE IN OUR PLAN, I THINK WE SHOULD MAKE THAT AMENDMENT. SECOND POINT IS, I THINK THE, UM, I I SUPPORT THE, UM, TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS IN LOOKING AT THE NOT ALTERNATIVES ANALYSIS, BUT THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN, THOROUGHFARE PLAN BECAUSE, UM, I THINK IF, YOU KNOW, IF IT COSTS US 5,000 TO MOVE THAT FORWARD IN EACH BUCKET, I THINK THAT IS HUGE BECAUSE WE, FIRST OF ALL, MONEY SPEAKS AND MONEY WILL MAKE THE DIFFERENT JURISDICTIONS WORK TOGETHER. BECAUSE IF AS A GROUP THEY CAN GET MORE FUNDING AND ROADS ARE VERY EXPENSIVE TO BUILD, UM, I THINK THAT MONEY MIGHT BE YOUR SAVING GRACE TO GETTING ALL THESE PEOPLE TO AGREE TO SOMETHING BECAUSE IT'S GONNA BE EXPENSIVE, BUT IT'S GONNA BE CRUCIAL. SO, WENDY, IF I, UM, EXCUSE ME, AMY, IF I, I COULD MAKE A COMMENT IN THIS. ONE OF THE CONVERSATIONS WE HAD, UM, AT THE END OF, OF THIS LAST MEETING WAS, UM, AS WE THINK ABOUT THE ECONOMIC VALUE, SO IF WE'RE GOING TO BE MAKING A CASE TO FUNDERS AND, AND, YOU KNOW, REGIONAL PLANNING GROUPS, ET CETERA, IF YOU, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN THAT FIVE MILES BENEFITS, SO MANY DIFFERENT FOLKS THAT THE, WE AGREED AS A GROUP TO QUITE A QUANTIFY THAT IN A REASONABLE WAY SO THAT WHEN WE'RE MAKING THE CASE FOR, WITH, WITH, YOU KNOW, UM, UM, FUNDERS THAT BE, AND OTHER LEGISLATORS AND ELECTEDS, ET CETERA, SO FORTH, THAT WE HAVE A SHARED LANGUAGE AS TO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH IN THAT GROUP. BECAUSE THE AMOUNT OF DOLLARS FOR A, UM, THAT ARE AND, AND JOBS AND, YOU KNOW, UM, FRANKLY BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE UP AND DOWN THERE IF WE, IF WE DO THIS COLLECTIVELY IS, IS PRETTY IMPRESSIVE. AND IF WE HAVE A SHARED LANGUAGE THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT AND A SHARED PLAN, WE'RE IN A LOT BETTER PLACE. SO THERE ARE A LOT OF SHARED INTERESTS HERE. IF WE CAN, AS THE GROUP HAVE, UM, CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER TO, TO TALK ABOUT 'EM AND, AND QUANTIFY 'EM AND DESCRIBE THEM AND, AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. 'CAUSE IT DIDN'T GET A SLOW DOWN. WELL, IT NOT ONLY BRINGS, 'CAUSE YOU HAVE MORSEY OF THE UNION, LOGAN COUNTY PLANNING, UM, BUT THIS LIKE THE STATE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PLAN. LIKE YOU'VE GOT YOUR PURPOSE AND NEED WRITTEN. I MEAN, YOU'VE, WE'VE GOT THE, THE DATA AND I THINK IF YEAH, WE COULD WORK TOGETHER, GET SOME FUNDING, BUILD SOME NEW, UH, NORTH SOUTH TO EAST WEST CONNECTORS, WE'D BE IN GOOD SHAPE OVER THERE. WELL, THANK YOU. YOU, UH, THAT, THAT IS COMPLICATED WORK AND IT REQUIRES A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF PATIENCE. AND I DO THINK CHRIS CHRISTMAS IS COMING AND YOU MIGHT HAVE A BUTTON UP CARDIGAN IN YOUR FUTURE. . UM, THAT BEING SAID, YOU KNOW, IN, IN MY OPINION, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO GET DOWN IS THE USES. MM-HMM . AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE. AND IF EVERYONE CAN JUST ARTICULATE THE USE THAT THEY INTEND IN THEIR AREA, THEN, YOU KNOW, THE, THE PRIVATE UTILITIES, ELECTRIC, GAS, THEY'RE GONNA FIND THEIR WAY TO THE MARKET, RIGHT? THAT'S WHAT THE MARKET DOES. IT WILL FIND ITS WAY, UM, WATER AND SEWER WILL FIND ITS WAY TO IT, IT WILL FIND ITS WAY TO A USER. [02:00:01] ONCE THESE USER ARE IDENTIFIED, THE EXTENSIONS WILL JUSTIFY THEMSELVES AND THEY WILL HAPPEN. AND WHOEVER'S 2 0 8 PLAN THEY'RE IN WILL WILL PROVIDE. OR IF IT'S IN MULTIPLE, THEY'LL SHOP AND THEY WILL MAKE A SELECTION AND THAT THAT SELECTION WILL PROVIDE. SO WHILE UTILITIES ARE CERTAINLY A VERY BIG ISSUE, UM, THOSE ARE SOME OF THE EASIER ONES TO RESOLVE. IT'S THE INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, OR THE, THE TRANSPORTATION PIECE THAT IS GOING TO BE VERY DIFFICULT. AND SO I THINK YOU, THE HIGHEST PRIORITY HAS TO BE IN EVERYBODY SHOWING WHAT THEIR USES ARE AND SAYING, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO. AND THEN THE CALCULATIONS CAN BE MADE ON THE TRANSPORTATION MODELING THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN IN ORDER TO SERVICE IT. AND YOU KNOW, YOU MENTIONED 23, WHAT YOU LOOK AT THE OTHER END OF 1 61 AND WHAT HAPPENED THERE, RIGHT? THERE WAS, THERE WEREN'T SO MANY JURISDICTIONS AND SO MANY VOICES, ALTHOUGH THERE WERE, THERE WERE SEVERAL, MAYBE NOT AS COMPLICATED AS HERE, BUT, YOU KNOW, AND YOU LOOK AT WHAT, WHAT IS THE ROADWAY NETWORK THAT YOU WANT TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE NUMBER OF INTERSECTIONS ALONG THIS ARE THERE, THERE'S A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF INTERSECTIONS MM-HMM . AND SO YOU'RE EITHER GONNA HAVE TO MAKE MORE INTERSECTIONS IN PARALLEL ROADS OR FEWER INTERSECTIONS IN A BIGGER ROAD. LIKE SOME, SOME VERY FOUNDATIONAL FUNDAMENTAL DECISIONS HAVE TO BE MADE. AND I THINK THAT'S WHY YOU SEE ENTITIES LIKE MORSEY AND ALL OF THE OTHERS IS NOT PICKING IT UP BECAUSE THERE, THERE IS REALLY NOTHING TO DO UNTIL THE USES GET IDENTIFIED. MM-HMM . EVERYONE IS GOING TO BE IN A HOLDING PATTERN. ONCE EVERYONE SAYS, THESE ARE MY USES FOR MY PARCELS, THIS IS WHAT THE PROJECTIONS ARE GONNA BE, THEN YOU CAN DO THE TRAFFIC STUDY AND THEN YOU CAN SAY, YOU KNOW, X PLUS Y EQUAL Z, AND NOW WE HAVE OUR ROAD AND WE CAN GO AFTER MONEY TO BUILD IT. RIGHT. UM, BECAUSE THE, THE ROADWAY INFRASTRUCTURE, THE RIGHT AT THE, THE PRICE OF LAND IN THIS AREA PER ACRE IS REALLY GOING TO PRECLUDE EASEMENT ACQUISITION FROM ANY, ANY SINGULAR ENTITY, BE IT THE CITY OF DUBLIN OR PLAIN CITY WHO WHATEVER ENTITY MIGHT BE, THEY'RE GONNA NEED A LOT OF HELP BECAUSE THE, THE NUMBERS ARE GOING TO GET SO BIG SO FAST. AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LOOK AT GRADE SEPARATIONS OVER THE RAILROAD TRACKS AND YOU LOOK AT ALL OF THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO HAVE TO HAPPEN, UM, I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE RESPECT AND WANT TO ENCOURAGE THE NAILING DOWN OF THE USES, UM, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, AND THOSE CAN, THOSE ADJUSTMENTS CAN HAPPEN AT WHATEVER POINT IN THE FUTURE, BUT TO MAKE A STATEMENT TO GO AFTER ANY FUNDING, THAT THAT'S THE FOUNDATION THAT IT'S ALL GOING TO BE BUILT ON. RIGHT. UM, SO WHATEVER YOU CAN DO TO HELP IN THAT SPACE, UM, EVEN IF IT ISN'T A COMMON LANGUAGE OR COLOR. YEAH. UM, WHICH IS IMPORTANT. I I, I DO THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, WE NEED A DICTIONARY LIKE WHAT DOES MIXED USE MEAN? WHAT DOES MIXED USE RESIDENTIAL MEAN? LIKE, WE NEED A DICTIONARY THAT DEFINES THESE TERMS. RIGHT. UM, SO, UH, BUT, BUT REALLY WE'RE GOING TO HA WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO GO AFTER TRANSPORTATION DOLLARS BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE. YEAH. IT'S ALREADY DEVELOPING WAY TOO FAST ALONG THERE AND, AND THE FRONTAGE IS NOT GOING TO BE AVAILABLE. RIGHT. YEAH. AND THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED ON 23 RIGHT THERE, THERE WAS NO, ALL THE BUILDINGS WERE BUILT RIGHT UP AND, AND YOU COULDN'T GET ANYTHING. RIGHT. RIGHT. UM, SO THAT'S A LONG WAY OF SAYING, I YOU'RE, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK. YEAH. IT IS SO IMPORTANT. UM, AND WE GOTTA GET THESE USES DOWN SO THAT WE CAN PLAN THE TRANSPORTATION NETWORK, UM, BECAUSE IF WE DON'T, IT, IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW KUMBAYA WE ARE WITH WHAT IS, YOU KNOW, RESIDENTIAL MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT IF NOBODY CAN GET THERE OR LEAVE. RIGHT. SO, OKAY. CAN I RESPOND A COUPLE? YOU CAN DO ANYTHING YOU WANNA DO. OKAY. SO FIRST OF ALL, I'M REALLY GLAD WE HAD THIS MEETING AFTER THE MEETING LAST WEEK, , BECAUSE WE DID GET THAT GROUP IN THE THREE TIERS TO SAY THIS IS THE LAND USE THAT WE'RE ALIGNING ON. AGAIN, IT'S STILL SUBJECT TO YOU GUYS DOING SOMETHING TO MAKE IT FORMAL, BUT WE DID GET THERE LAST WEEK SO THAT THOSE COULD BE USED. 'CAUSE WE CAN USE IT FOR THE UTILITIES RIGHT NOW, BUT AS SOON AS MORSE'S READY, THEY HAVE MUCH BETTER. LIKE, IT'S NOT CLEAR TO ME WHAT THEY ACTUALLY DID IN THE CORRIDOR STUDY 'CAUSE OF WHAT, WHAT HAD BEEN REVEALED HERE ABOUT THE OVERLAPPING, BUT NOW IT'S REALLY CLEAR IN THE CORRIDOR, LIKE WHAT THOSE, WHAT THOSE, UH, SHOULD BE. UH, SO I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE WITH YOU AND I THINK WE JUST FEEL A HUGE, AND I'VE TRIED TO CONVEY THIS TO THE GROUP OF THE LARGE GROUP, LIKE THE URGENCY AROUND THIS QUESTION OF GETTING THE TRANSPORTATION STUFF ADVANCED NOW THAT WE HAVE SOME, A LAND USE OF MINE HERE. YEAH. WE CANNOT PORTRAY THE BOWL OF SPAGHETTI IMAGE FORWARD. RIGHT. LIKE WE HAVE TO HAVE SOME, UM, SOME RHYMES AND REASONS [02:05:01] AND SOME DIRECTION AND SOME CONVICTIONS AND SOME COMMON, UH, COMMON GOALS. UH, AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, YOU WOULD HAVE REALLY GOOD LUCK GETTING INTO THEIR, YOU KNOW, UM, THEIR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA. YEAH. RIGHT. SO DID YOU GET THE INFORMATION FROM US THAT YOU WERE HOPING TO HAVE? OR MAYBE, MAYBE YOU WERE JUST PRESENTING AND WEREN'T LOOKING FOR FEEDBACK? THAT WAS UNSOLICITED WAS, WHAT WAS THE QUESTION AGAIN? MAYOR? DID YOU GET WHAT YOU NEEDED FROM US TO CONTINUE? YES. AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE, PARTICULARLY THE, THE TWO OF YOUR COLLEAGUES THAT ARE PARTICIPATING IN THIS SHARING, LIKE WHAT THEY THINK IS NEEDED FROM YOU GOING FORWARD. BUT YES, I, I THINK THE ONE JUST UNDERSTANDING WHAT'S HERE, WHAT'S AT STAKE AND WHAT IS COMING AHEAD OF US. I MEAN, THERE'S STILL MORE WORK TO BE DONE TO THE POINT ABOUT HOW DO WE BIND OURSELVES? WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? UH, BUT YES, WE GOT WHAT WE NEEDED AND I APPRECIATE, YOU KNOW, YOU DOING THIS. UM, I THINK THE STAFF CAN SEND OUT TO YOU WHEN THESE OTHER ELECTED, THESE OTHER ELECTED OFFICIAL BRIEFINGS ARE HAPPENING. SO THAT IF ANY OF YOU WANTED TO, TO SIT IN ON THOSE LIKE, UH, TRUSTEE ALER IS TODAY, LIKE, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME. THE MADISON COUNTY PIECE WAS JUST SET ON FRIDAY JUST 'CAUSE THEY HAVE A REGULAR MEETING AND WE GOT IT PLUGGED IN NEXT WEEK TO THEIR AGENDA. BUT WE CAN SHARE THAT WITH ALL OF YOU IF YOU'RE CURIOUS TO LIKE, PARTICIPATE IN THOSE. THAT'S THE IDEA. IT'S THE SAME BASIC PRESENTATION, SO YOU WON'T REALLY LEARN ANYTHING NEW FROM US, BUT YOU MAY JUST BEING IN THE ROOM. SO JENNY OR JEREMIAH CAN SEND THAT OUT TO ALL OF YOU. GREAT. AND I THINK I, I THINK IT'S OKAY TO SPEAK FOR MY COLLEAGUES, BUT YOU KNOW, IN, WE, I THINK DUBLIN STUDIES MORE THAN ANYBODY ELSE, WE, WE COME TO EVERY TEST REALLY WELL PREPARED BECAUSE WE STUDY HARD. AND I, I THINK THAT WE WOULD BE MORE THAN WILLING TO PARTICIPATE OUR SHARE OF, OF THESE STUDIES MOVING FORWARD. MM-HMM . AGAIN, IT'S OUR SHARE. EVERYONE HAS GOT TO HAVE EQUAL SKIN IN THE GAME. YEP. UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT ABOUT WHAT YOU HAVE, IT'S ABOUT WHAT, WHAT'S AT STAKE FOR EVERY COMMUNITY. SO, UM, I THINK WE WOULD BE MORE THAN WILLING TO PARTICIPATE IN OUR SHARE. RIGHT. SO THAT WAS, THAT WAS REALLY THE SECOND PART OF THE AGREEMENT. FIRST WAS ALL TO SIT DOWN TOGETHER. THE SECOND PART WAS TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO SHARE COST AMONG DIFFERENT TYPES OF JURISDICTION. SO THAT WAS A GOOD FIRST STEP OR SECOND STEP IN THE PROCESS. SO I APPRECIATE YOU AFFIRMING THAT. THAT'LL MEAN SOMETHING TO THE OTHER GROUPS AS WELL AS THEY THINK ABOUT WHAT, WHAT NEEDS TO BE SUPPORTED GOING FORWARD. YEAH. GOOD. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE FOR US? THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME THIS EVENING FOR SURE. AND, AND, AND ALL OF THE OTHER MEETINGS THAT YOU'VE SAT THROUGH. OKAY. THIS BRINGS US TO THE STAFF [STAFF COMMENTS] COMMENTS PORTION OF OUR AGENDA. TURN IT OVER TO MIKE. OKAY. GOOD EVENING. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, UH, STAFF WILL HOST A SECOND PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETING ON OCTOBER 8TH FROM SIX TO 7:30 PM IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS REGARDING THE CITY'S DEER MANAGEMENT PROGRAM. THIS MEETING WILL PROVIDE RESIDENTS WITH INFORMATION ABOUT THE PURPOSE OF THE PROGRAM, OPERATIONAL DETAILS, AND WHAT THEY COULD EXPECT DURING ITS IMPLEMENTATION. THIS MEETING WILL INCLUDE A PANEL OF EXPERTS FROM THE CITY AND THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY. UH, THEY WILL ANSWER QUESTIONS AND PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE PROGRAM OPERATIONS AND LOCATIONS AT THIS MEETING. SO THIS MEETING WILL ALSO BE LIVE STREAMED FOR RESIDENTS WHO ARE UNABLE TO ATTEND IN PERSON AND WITH THAT STAFF HAS NO FURTHER UPDATES THIS EVENING. VERY GOOD, THANK YOU. THIS BRINGS US TO THE COUNCIL REPORTS PORTION OF OUR AGENDA, AND WE'LL START WITH THE BOARD OF EDUCATION WITH VICE MAYOR OSA, DR. LAMB. MAYBE I CAN SPEAK TO THE EDUCATION, THE 33 CORRIDOR AND THE 1 61. WE DON'T HAVE UPDATES ON ANY OF THOSE AND WE, WE GOT OUR 1 61 UPDATE TONIGHT, SO I THINK WE'RE IN GOOD SHAPE ON THOSE. THANK YOU. ALL. VERY GOOD. UH, SPORTS OHIO STEERING COMMITTEE. ANDY, STRAP YOURSELF IN, FOLKS. IT'S GONNA BE A LONG ONE, BUT I PROMISE TO KEEP IT UNDER THREE MINUTES. SO, UH, THE SPORTS OHIO STEERING COMMITTEE MET ON SEPTEMBER 17TH AND RECEIVED UPDATES ON SPORTS OHIO OPERATIONS CAPITAL PROJECTS, THE INDOOR COURT FACILITY, RFP, AND A POTENTIAL PARTNERSHIP FOR THE GOLF CENTER. SPORTS OHIO REMAINS IN A POSITIVE YEAR TO DATE FINANCIAL POSITION WHILE CONTINUING TO PURSUE SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES, FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS IN LONG-TERM CAMPUS ENHANCEMENTS. UPDATES WERE ALSO PROVIDED ON CAPITAL OPPORTUNITIES, INCLUDING FIELD RESURFACING, GOLF CENTER IMPROVEMENTS, DEMOLITION PLANS FOR PORTION PORTIONS OF THE FORMER POWER PLAY SITE, AND ONGOING DISCUSSIONS REGARDING SPORTS OHIO REBRANDING EFFORTS THAT WOULD ALIGN WITH VISIBLE IMPROVEMENTS ACROSS THE CAMPUS. A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE MEETING FOCUSED ON THE FIELD SPORTS INDOOR COURT FACILITY, RFP, WHICH WAS ADVERTISED BY SPORTS FACILITIES COMPANIES IN JUNE COMPANY. REV REVIEWED TWO FINALIST PROPOSALS. [02:10:01] BOTH PROPOSALS WOULD UTILIZE PRIVATE INVESTMENT TO CONVERT EXISTING SPACE INTO A MULTI COURT INDOOR FACILITY THAT COULD SUPPORT VOLLEYBALL, BASKETBALL TOURNAMENTS, CAMPS, CLINICS, AND OTHER RECREATIONAL PROGRAMMING. DISCUSSION CENTERED ON HOW EACH PROPOSAL ALIGNS WITH THE CITY OBJECTIVES OF FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY, INCREASED COMMUNITY ACCESS, EXPANDED RECREATION OPPORTUNITIES, AND SPORTS TOURISM COMMITTEE MEMBERS ALSO DISCUSSED HOW THIS OPPORTUNITY COULD SERVE AS AN INCREMENTAL STEP TOWARDS THE BROADER INDOOR SPORTS VISION IDENTIFIED THROUGH PREVIOUS PARK PLANNING EFFORTS, WHILE LEVERAGING EXISTING CITY OWNED FACILITIES AND PRIVATE SECTOR INVESTMENT COMMITTEE MEMBERS DISCUSSED THE IMPORTANCE OF BALANCING TOURNAMENT ACTIVITY AND REGIONAL ATTRACTION EFFORTS WITH ONGOING COMMUNITY USE AND LOCAL PROGRAMMING OPPORTUNITIES. FEEDBACK WAS PROVIDED REGARDING OPERATOR SELECTION, PERFORMANCE, EX EXPECTATIONS, POTENTIAL EXCLUSIVITY PROVISIONS, AND THE OVERALL STRUCTURE OF ANY FUTURE LEASE AGREEMENT. THE COMMITTEE ADDITIONALLY REVIEWED A CONCEPTUAL PARTNERSHIP PROPOSAL TO ESTABLISH A REGIONAL GOLF HUB AT SPORTS OHIO. THE PROPOSAL CONTEMPLATES EXPANDED YOUTH GROUP, YOUTH GOLF PROGRAMMING, SCHOOL PARTNERSHIPS, JUNIOR LEAGUES, VETERAN PROGRAMMING, TOURNAMENT ATTRACTION, AND THEN ATTRACTION, AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF A POTENTIAL GOLF HOUSE AND PERFORMANCE CENTER. A LOT OF THOSE BUILDINGS ARE PRETTY UGLY OUT THERE NOW. IF YOU COULD SEE THE, THE RENDERINGS OF WHAT THIS GROUP IS PROPOSING, IT'S OUTSTANDING COMMITTEE MEMBERS DISCUSSED HOW THE PROPOSAL COULD SUPPORT THE BROADER SPORTS OHIOAN PARK VISION BY ENHANCING RECREATION OPPORTUNITIES, STRENGTHENING COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS, INCREASING TOURISM, AND FURTHER POSITIONING DUBLIN AS A DESTINATION FOR SPORTS RELATED EVENTS. THANKS. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. UH, AMY PLANNING AND [COUNCIL REPORTS ] ZONING COMMISSION IN A RB. UH, THE ONLY UPDATE I HAVE IS IF YOU PROBABLY ALREADY SAW THE EMAILS, BUT PLANNING AND ZONING WILL BE SEEING THE FIRST DRAFT OF THE ID TWO, ID THREE, UH, THOUGH HE'LL BE HEARING IT THIS WEEK ON THURSDAY, SO IT IS OUT IN BOARD PACK IF YOU WEREN'T INTERESTED IN LOOKING AT IT. THANK YOU, WENDY WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP. I HAVE NOTHING TO REPORT. THANK YOU, DR. LAMB DUBLIN WELLNESS ALIGNMENT ALLIANCE. YEAH, THE, UM, DUBLIN WELLNESS ALLIANCE MET THIS AFTERNOON AND WE RECAPPED A REALLY PRODUCTIVE YEAR DURING WHICH WE MET ALL FOUR OF, OF THE GOALS FOR OUR PILLARS. AND AS YOU RECALL, THE FOUR PILLARS WERE COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS, YOUTH BEHAVIOR, HEALTH, HEALTHCARE, NAVIGATION, AND TRANSPORTATION. AND WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE, THE COMMUNITY PROGRAMMING THAT FOSTERS CONNECTIONS FOR OUR ELDERLY POPULATION AND OUR YOUTH, HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL FOR THE YOUTH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH. WE TALKED ABOUT THE LAUNCH OF THE TALK LIST AND LEARN CAMPAIGN, WHICH IS ONLY, YOU KNOW, A FEW WEEKS IN, BUT ALREADY SEVERAL THOUSANDS OF HITS ON THE WEBSITES. SO, UM, GENERATING A LOT OF INTEREST IN REGARDS TO HEALTHCARE NAVIGATION. WE TALKED ABOUT THE SUCCESS WITH TERRO, ONE OF OUR PARTNERS WHO'S BEEN VERY, VERY HELPFUL. AND FOR TRANSPORTATION, WE, WE REVIEWED THE HIGHLY UTILIZED DUBLIN CONNECTOR PROGRAM, UM, 6.7% INCREASE FROM LAST YEAR, 25% INCREASE OF UNIQUE RIDERS AND ALREADY A 20% INCREASE FOR THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THIS YEAR. SO HIGHLY, HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL. WE NEXT HAD AN UPDATE FROM OUR PARTNERS WITH FRANKLIN COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH, WHO PRESENTED DUBLIN SPECIFIC HEALTH DATA FROM THEIR DATA HUB AND ALSO THEIR COMMUNITY STORY HUB, WHICH WAS FANTASTIC BECAUSE IT ACTUALLY CONTAINED DATA FROM THE THREE COUNTIES. SO THIS OBVIOUSLY NEED FOR US TO DO ANOTHER UPDATED COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT. UM, VERY, VERY UP-TO-DATE DATA. UM, FROM THAT WE IDENTIFIED NEW, UM, HEALTH ISSUES THAT WE COULD TARGET. UM, AND THIS SPARKED A VERY, VERY LIVELY CONVERSATION AMONGST ALL THE ALLIANCE MEMBERS ON WHAT WE CAN DO TO IDENTIFY OR, OR TO ADDRESS SOME OF THESE NEEDS. AND SOME OF THESE NEEDS WERE JUST BRIEFLY BY THINGS LIKE ALCOHOL ABUSE, KINDERGARTEN READINESS, EARLY CHILDHOOD ANXIETY, CANCER SCREENING, PREVENTION, UH, INSURANCE COVERAGE, RENTAL HOUSING AND AFFORDABILITY. SO LOTS OF REALLY BIG WEIGHTY ISSUES THAT WE'LL NEED TO, UM, REALLY FURTHER DECIDE HOW WE WANNA ADDRESS THIS. UM, AND THEN LASTLY, WE JUST TALKED ABOUT THE PROS AND CONS OF OBTAINING A 5 0 1 C3 STATUS THAT MAY ALLOW US MORE FLEXIBILITY IN, UM, UH, OBTAINING GRANTS. UM, WE DECIDED THAT WE'LL PROBABLY MEET AGAIN SOMETIME BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR. UM, BUT THAT CONCLUDES THE, UH, THE REPORT FOR THE DUBLIN WALLACE LINES. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. ANDY ARCH COUNCIL. LOGAN UNION, CHAMPAIGN COUNTY REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION. SO THE ARTS COUNCIL BOARD MET ON SEPTEMBER 22ND TO DISCUSS ORGANIZATIONAL TRANSITIONS AND STRATEGIC GROWTH. KEY UPDATES INCLUDED THE DEPARTURE OF FIVE BOARD MEMBERS AND THE FORMATION OF A NEW NOMINATION COMMITTEE TO IMPROVE RECRUITMENT BASED ON SPECIFICS SKILLSET. SO, AS I MENTIONED THE LAST TIME I DID THIS, IF YOU KNOW ANYBODY THAT YOU THINK MIGHT BE A GOOD FIT, UM, WHETHER THEY'RE ARTISTIC ATTORNEYS, UH, ACCOUNTANTS, YOU KNOW, WE CAN USE THE WHOLE, THE WHOLE GAMUT. UM, MARIN INTRODUCED NEW BOARD CANDIDATE ELIZA HO AND DISCUSS POTENTIAL [02:15:01] STAFFING SHIFTS, INCLUDING A MOVE TOWARDS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ROLES. FINANCIAL REPORTS INDICATED A STRONG POSITION WITH GROWING HOTEL MA HOTEL TAX REVENUE. FUTURE INITIATIVES INCLUDE THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE RIVER BOXES PROGRAM, UPCOMING PUBLIC ART COMMISSIONS AND EXPLORING A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CERAMIC STUDIO. THE MEETING CONCLUDED WITH DISCUSSIONS ON COMMUNITY COLLABORATIONS AND UPCOMING ARTISTS TALKS. UH, THE, UM, LOGAN UNION CHAMPAGNE, UH, KIND OF A MIXED BAG LAST, LAST TIME. UM, AS YOU FOLKS HAVE, I THINK, NOTICED AND PICKED UP, ESPECIALLY THE 1 61 CORRIDOR FOR FOLKS AND THE ONES THAT HAVE FOLLOWED EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING ALONG THE HIGHLAND CROIX, THERE'S A GOOD BIT OF REZONING FROM RESIDENTIAL TO COMMERCIAL. AND THE MOST RECENT ONE REALLY, IT'S NOT IN THE DUBLIN SCHOOL DISTRICT, BUT, UM, IT'S AT MITCHELL DEWITT AND CONVERSE ROAD AND, UH, IT SAID MIXED BAG. IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE EVERSOL RUN NEIGHBORHOOD, THEY, UM, APPROVED 51 ADDITIONAL LOTS. THANKS. VERY GOOD. UM, JUST BRIEFLY, UH, FOR MORPHY, WE DO HAVE THE SUMMIT ON SUSTAINABILITY COMING UP. I KNOW JENNY HAD SENT OUT SOME, SOME NOTES ON THAT. SO, UM, LOOK FORWARD TO THAT COMING UP QUITE SOON. OKAY. THIS BRINGS [COUNCIL ROUNDTABLE] US TO COUNCIL ROUNDTABLE. START DOWN HERE. I, WELL, THANKS STEPH FOR THE EVENING OF GRATITUDE. LAST WEEK, I, IT WAS A, I THOUGHT IT WAS A GREAT CHANGE OF VENUE. I'M CURIOUS, UM, WHEN YOU GET THE SURVEYS BACK, WHAT EVERYONE ELSE THOUGHT. UH, EVERYONE DID SEEM LIKE THEY WERE ENJOYING IT, AND IT WAS A VERY LIVELY EVENT. ALWAYS A GREAT EVENING FOR THE CITY. AND OTHER THAN THAT, I HAVE NOTHING ELSE TO SAY. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU, WENDY. YEAH, THANKS. ALSO, UH, THE EVENING OF GRATITUDE. I HAD SUCH A GREAT TIME SPEAKING WITH THE, THE RESIDENTS WHO VOLUNTEER AND, AND DEVOTE SO MUCH OF THEIR TIME BECAUSE THEY SIMPLY LOVE OUR CITY. SO THANK YOU TO ALL THOSE FOLKS THAT PARTICIPATED IN, TOOK A FEW MINUTES TO TO TALK TO THIS COUNCIL MEMBER. UM, ON SEPTEMBER 16TH, I HAD THE PLEASURE OF ATTENDING THE NEW IIOS GRENADIER DEALERSHIP GRAND OPENING IN RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY WITH, UH, OUR VERY OWN VICE MAYOR DEROSA AND ALSO WITH, UH, DUBLIN CHAMBER. UH, COO JENNY AROSE, SHE WAS THERE. AND IF ANYBODY'S INTERESTED, I HAVE, UH, PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE OF THE OF OUR ADVENTURE IN THIS GORGEOUS, UH, VEHICLE. SO WE WENT ON OUR OWN LITTLE MINI SAFARI RIGHT THERE IN THE SHOWROOM, BUT IT WAS A GREAT EVENT AND I'M PROBABLY GONNA BE FOREVER SPOILED BY MY FIRST RIBBON CUTTING GRAND OPENING. THEY, THEY REALLY DID A GREAT JOB AND IT'S WONDERFUL TO HAVE THEM HERE IN THE COMMUNITY. SO THANKS TO THEM FOR SUCH A GREAT EVENING. HOW MANY MILES CAN YOU GET ON A CHARGE IN THAT THING? MY WIFE IS LOOKING FOR A NEW EV. YEAH, THAT, THAT WOULD BE A TOUGH, TOUGH, UH, TOUGH THING TO DELIVER THERE. SO ALL, ALL COMBUSTION. UM, ON SEPTEMBER THE 16TH, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH, UM, RESIDENTS OF BRISTOL COMMONS TO DISCUSS THEIR CONCERNS WITH THE COLUMBUS WATER MAIN PROJECT. I WANT TO THANK MIKE BARKER AND PAUL HAMMERSMITH FOR JOINING ME ALONG WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF COLUMBUS WATER. UH, WE LISTENED TO A LOT OF THE CONCERNS, ANSWER THEIR QUESTIONS. UM, AND I THINK IT WAS REALLY A GREAT EXAMPLE HOW THE PARTNERSHIP WITH COLUMBUS WATER AND THE CITY OF DUBLIN IS REALLY TRYING TO DO WHAT'S BEST FOR OUR RESIDENTS. AND I THINK THAT THAT MEETING DID A LOT TO ALLAY THEIR CONCERNS. UM, SECONDLY, ALONG WITH SOME OF THE OTHER MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO OBTAIN, UH, TO ATTEND THE, UH, OHIO MOON FESTIVAL HOSTED AT RIVERSIDE CROSSING ON SATURDAY. UM, AND AS MASTER SAN GAO HAD TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, UM, TODAY, AS, AS HE MENTIONED, THE CHINESE MOON FESTIVAL OCCURS IN AUTUMN AND IT'S USUALLY MEANT TO CELEBRATE THE HARVEST, BUT IT'S ALSO MEANT TO CELEBRATE FAMILY COMMUNITY, UM, GIVE GRATITUDE AND CELEBRATE UNITY, ALL OF THE THINGS THAT DUBLIN REPRESENTS. UM, SO I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST ANOTHER REALLY GREAT EXAMPLE HERE IN DUBLIN OF MULTICULTURALISM. AND, YOU KNOW, THE CELEBRATIONS IN DUBLIN, THIS IS, I THINK JUST EPITOMIZES WHAT MAKES, UH, DUBLIN GREAT. AND THEN LASTLY, I JUST WANTED TO REPORT THAT THE, UM, THE CRICKET LEAGUE HERE IN DUBLIN IS ALIVE AND WELL . OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS I'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND TWO OF THEIR CRICKET TOURNAMENTS. THEY ATTRACT 37 TEAMS, UM, FROM AROUND DUBLIN, THE GREATER, UH, COLUMBUS AREA. AND ACTUALLY WHEN I WAS THERE, I EVEN MET PEOPLE FROM OUTTA STATE AND TWO. AND SO THEY, UM, THEY ACTUALLY REALLY DO A LOT TO PROMOTE UNITY AND ATHLETICS, UH, HERE IN DUBLIN. UM, THEY'RE GONNA CONCLUDE THEIR SEASON THIS MONTH. UH, AND AGAIN, I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST REALLY ANOTHER GREAT EXAMPLE OF THE WIDE RANGE OF ACTIVITIES THAT DUBLIN HOSTS. THEY REALLY MAKES US A DIVERSE, UNIQUE CITY OF CHOICE. THANK YOU. SAVE YOUR APPETITE FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT. TASTE OF DUBLIN AT WE, IS THAT WENDY'S? YEP. SEE YOU THERE. IT'S TOMORROW, TOMORROW NIGHT. TUESDAY. SORRY. [02:20:02] TOMORROW NIGHT YOU START FASTING NOW IT'S ACTUALLY TOMORROW. MY MISTAKE TOMORROW NIGHT 'CAUSE I'M HEADING BACK FROM CLEVELAND AND I'LL BE HUNGRY. VERY GOOD. UM, I, WENDY IS, WENDY MENTIONED THE, THE, UM, LAUNCH OF THE NEW INEOS BRAND. THE, UM, EARLY FOLKS FROM, UM, THE CROWN DEALERSHIP THAT HAS BEEN THERE FOR, WHAT, 30 YEARS. UM, THEY CAME BACK TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE CITY. THEY CAME BACK TO CELEBRATE. I I HAVE TO SAY HOW MUCH THEY WENT OUT OF THEIR WAY TO, TO THANK THE CITY FOR THEIR PARTNERSHIP AND THEIR STAFF FOR THEIR HELP. AND SO, SO PROUD AND EXCITED THAT, THAT THIS DEALERSHIP WOULD BE NOT ONLY THE ONLY ONE IN OHIO, BUT REALLY IN THE MIDWEST AND BECAUSE OF THEIR STRONG RELATIONSHIP AND PAST PARTNERSHIP. SO THEY, I WANNA CONVEY THAT TO YOU BECAUSE THEY WENT OUT OF THEIR WAY TO CONVEY THAT TO US. AND AS WENDY SAID, THEY HAD A AT A HEAD OF WONDERFUL PROGRAM. SO, AND THE EVENING OF GRATITUDE IS I, I THINK MY FAVORITE NIGHT BECAUSE EVERYBODY'S JUST SO EXCITED ABOUT, UM, THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE BACK. SO THANK YOU TO THE STAFF FOR DOING THAT. IT WAS REALLY GREAT. SO GOOD. THANK YOU. UM, THANKS TO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE STAFF AS WELL WITH THE WALK WITH YOUR CITY. UM, I'VE ATTENDED A COUPLE OF THOSE SO FAR AND, UH, IT, IT'S, IT'S REALLY FUN TO WALK A COMMUNITY WITH PEOPLE THAT ARE SO PASSIONATE ABOUT IT. DID HAVE, UH, THE OHIO MAYORS ALLIANCE MEETING ON THE 17TH. UM, AND THEN WE HAD TO LINK US GROUNDBREAKING ON THE 18TH, WHICH IS, UH, CERTAINLY CAUSE FOR CELEBRATION OF MAKING THOSE CONNECTIONS. UH, AND THEN, UM, WE, WE DID GET SOME HARDWARE OVER THE WEEKEND, UM, FROM THE, THE MOON FESTIVAL. UH, AMY AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THEIR OPENING CEREMONY, UH, AND WE GOT THE AWARD FOR ASIAN CULTURAL AMBASSADOR. SO, UH, WE, AS I VERY JOKINGLY ALWAYS SAY TO MY KIDS, BRING HOME THE HARDWARE, DON'T COME HOME. SO WE BROUGHT HOME THE HARDWARE, UM, AND THEN IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED IN A MOON CAKE, UH, THEY, THEY WERE KIND ENOUGH TO GIVE US SOME MOON CAKES AND I WILL LEAVE THEM FOR ANYONE WHO HAS INTEREST TO ENJOY. AND THOSE WERE THE, SO WITH THAT, IF THERE IS NOTHING FURTHER, WE WILL STAND ADJOURNED. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.