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WE WILL CALL THEIR REGULAR DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF MONDAY, OCTOBER 26TH, 2026 TO ORDER.JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL ROLE MS. SALUTO? HERE.
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I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN TO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THE PURPOSES OF CONFERENCES WITH AN ATTORNEY FOR THE PUBLIC BODY CONCERNING DISPUTES INVOLVING THE PUBLIC BODY THAT ARE SUBJECT TO PENDING OR IMMINENT COURT ACTION TO CONSIDER CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION RELATED TO A REQUEST FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE THAT INVOLVES PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE DIRECTLY RELATED TO AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECT IN WHICH EXECUTIVE SESSION IS NECESSARY TO, TO PROTECT THE POSSIBLE INVESTMENT OR EXPENDITURE OF PUBLIC FUNDS TO BE MADE IN CONNECTION WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECT AND IN CONSIDERING THE EMPLOYMENT OF A PUBLIC EMPLOYEE.JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE MR. KEELER? YES.
I WILL REMIND THE, UH, THE VIEWING PUBLIC THAT WE WILL RECONVENE THIS MEETING IN THIS LOCATION AT 7:00 PM
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OKAY.IT IS 7:00 PM WE WILL RECONVENE THE OCTOBER 26TH, 2026 REGULAR DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
AMY, WOULD YOU PLEASE LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE? OKAY.
THE FIRST ITEM ON OUR AGENDA THIS EVENING IS
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A SPECIAL PRESENTATION OF THE CITYWIDE SPONSORSHIP STRATEGY UPDATE, AND OUR STAFF REPORT WILL BE BROUGHT FORWARD THIS EVENING BY MARA HUNTER.YOU'LL BE ASSISTED BY PAULA BEETLE WITH SPONSORSHIP MARKETING ASSOCIATION.
GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
TONIGHT WE'LL BE PROVIDING AN UPDATE ON THE CITYWIDE SPONSORSHIP STRATEGY PROJECT.
SO THIS PROJECT STEMS FROM RESOLUTION 35 25 AND COUNCIL'S DIRECTION THROUGH THE COMMUNITY EVENTS ROADMAP TO CREATE A COORDINATED SPONSORSHIP STRATEGY ACROSS CITY EVENTS, FACILITIES, AND PROGRAMS. HISTORICALLY, SPONSORSHIPS HAVE PRIMARILY FOCUSED ON COMMUNITY EVENTS, BUT WITH THE CITY'S ACQUISITION OF SPORTS OHIO AND THE ADDITION OF NEW SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES, IT'S BECOME CLEAR THAT A MORE COORDINATED CITYWIDE APPROACH IS NEEDED.
THE GOAL IS TO CREATE A STRATEGY THAT PROTECTS DUBLIN'S BRAND AND COMMUNITY VALUES, WHILE ALSO PROVIDING A SUSTAINABLE SOURCE OF NON-TAX REVENUE FOLLOWING A COMPETITIVE PROCUREMENT PROCESS.
THE CITY SELECTED SPONSORSHIP MARKETING ASSOCIATION TO LEAD THIS WORK SINCE THE PROJECT BEGAN.
SMA HAS COMPLETED EXTENSIVE STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT, INCLUDING INTERVIEWS WITH CITY COUNCIL STAFF, SPORTS FACILITY COMPANIES, AND THE DOWNTOWN DOUBLET STRATEGIC ALLIANCE PARTNERS.
PAULA BELE IS WITH US THIS EVENING FROM SMA AND WILL PREVENT HER FINDING SHORTLY.
THE PROJECT IS CURRENTLY IN THE ASSET VALUATION AND STRATEGY PHASE.
SMA HAS COMPLETED DOCUMENT REVIEWS, STAKEHOLDER INTERVIEWS IN A COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT OF THE CITY SPONSORSHIP LANDSCAPE AS IT CURRENTLY EXISTS.
THEY'RE NOW DEVELOPING RECOMMENDATIONS AROUND SPONSORSHIP, PACKAGING, VALUATION, GOVERNANCE, STAFFING AND IMPLEMENTATION.
THE FINAL REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS REMAIN ON SCHEDULE FOR DELIVERY TO STAFF BY NOVEMBER 30TH.
STAFF MEMBERS WILL THEN EVALUATE THE FINAL DELIVERY AND BRING IT BACK TO COUNCIL FOR ADOPTION IN EARLY 2027.
AND NOW I WILL TURN IT OVER TO S-M-A-C-E-O, PAULA BELE.
THANK YOU, MARA, FOR THE INTRODUCTION.
UH, WHAT A PERFECT DAY IT WAS TODAY TO TOUR YOUR LOVELY CITY.
UH, AS A MID-WESTERNER, I FELT VERY WELCOME AND VERY AT HOME.
I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT SPONSORSHIP MARKETING THIS EVENING, WHICH IS WHAT I DO EVERY DAY.
I LEAD THE SPONSORSHIP MARKETING ASSOCIATION, WHICH UNITES AND INSPIRES AND HELPS GROW SPONSORSHIP MARKETING AND ORGANIZATIONS AND THE PEOPLE IN OUR INDUSTRY AND HELP THEM THRIVE.
SO AGAIN, I'M FEELING RIGHT AT HOME THIS EVENING.
UM, I AM GOING TO SHARE AN UPDATE AND PRELIMINARY CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE CITYWIDE SPONSORSHIP STRATEGY.
AND, UH, PLEASE NOTE THE DUBLIN GREEN.
I FEEL LIKE THIS SCORES ME SOME EXTRA POINTS WITH EVERYONE THIS EVENING.
ALRIGHT, I'VE GATHERED INFORMATION AND FEEDBACK FROM INDIVIDUAL STAKEHOLDERS.
COMMUNITY GROUPS, UH, HELD THREE DIFFERENT STRATEGIC, UH, STRATEGY SESSIONS WITH THE STAFF.
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CANDID.THERE IS A VERY HIGH LEVEL OF ENGAGEMENT.
UH, IT TURNS OUT THAT I AM NOT THE ONLY PERSON THAT LOVES TALKING ABOUT SPONSORSHIP.
HERE IN DUBLIN, UH, DUBLIN STARTS FROM A PLACE OF STRENGTH, DOUBLE DIGIT EVENT SPONSORSHIP GROWTH, EXCEPTIONAL RETENTION.
IT IS A BRAND THAT SPONSORS WANT OVER $700,000 IN CASH AND TRADE.
UH, THIS YEAR ALONE, THE EVENT SPONSORSHIP SALES EFFORT IS STRONG AND IT SHOULD BE APPLAUDED.
UH, THE APPROACH FOR GROWTH IS, OR THE OPPORTUNITY, OPPORTUNITY FOR GROWTH IS REAL.
UH, IT WILL REQUIRE A COORDINATED STRATEGIC APPROACH.
IT WILL ALSO REQUIRE AN INVESTMENT AND PATIENCE.
SPONSORSHIP IS NEVER AS FAST OR AS EASY AS ANYONE WANTS OR EXPECTS.
SO I WON'T, UH, SPEND TOO MUCH TIME TALKING ABOUT WHAT HAS BEEN DONE.
MARA DID A GREAT JOB WITH THAT.
WE HAVE COMPLETED THE DISCOVERY, ALSO BENCHMARKING, ALTHOUGH I AM CONTINUING TO HAVE DIRECT CONVERSATIONS WITH CARMEL AND THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH AND THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO, WHO HAVE ALL BEEN LEADERS, UH, IN SPONSORSHIP.
AND YOU'LL SEE THAT IN THE FINAL REPORT.
UM, ASSET VALUATION AND PACKAGING ARE UNDERWAY.
NOW, WE HAVE IDENTIFIED OVER 100 ASSETS.
NOW, THEY'RE NOT ALL GREAT IDEAS, BUT HOW WE USE THEM AND HOW WE PACKAGE THEM WILL DETERMINE THE REVENUE POTENTIAL.
AND THAT'S THE WORK THAT'S UNDERWAY RIGHT NOW.
SO NEXT UP I'LL ALSO BE MAKING SOME POLICY SUGGESTIONS, CREATING SOME TEMPLATES AND A STAFFING MODEL.
THE FINAL STRATEGY WILL BE DELIVERED TO THE STAFF AT THE END OF NOVEMBER, AND THEN I WILL BE BACK HERE IN EARLY 2027 TO PRESENT THE FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS AND STRATEGY TO THE COUNCIL.
AND SO THERE'S THREE QUESTIONS THAT I'D LIKE YOU TO KEEP IN MIND AS I'M SPEAKING TODAY.
UH, DOES THE COUNCIL SUPPORT THE DIRECTION? WHAT DESERVES MORE OR LESS EMPHASIS? AND ARE THERE ANY CONCERNS TO ADDRESS AT THIS TIME? I WILL CIRCLE BACK, BUT WANTED TO SHARE THESE QUESTIONS WITH YOU NOW SO YOU COULD CONSIDER THEM WHILE I'M SPEAKING.
UM, SO I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU A FEW THINGS THAT I HAVE HEARD.
FIRST OF ALL, THERE'S VERY STRONG ALIGNMENT, SPORTS OHIO TOP OPPORTUNITY NAMED INDEPENDENTLY BY EVERY GROUP AND EVERY PERSON THAT I SPOKE WITH.
HEALTHCARE IS A NATURAL ANCHOR.
PARTNERSHIPS OVER ADVERTISING IS A SHARED PHILOSOPHY.
AND CITY HALL IN THE LINK STAY PROTECTED FROM POTENTIAL NAMING RIGHTS SPONSORS.
UH, ALTHOUGH NOT ALWAYS ASKED, UH, THERE IS SOME FRICTION ON NAMING RIGHTS, REVENUE EXPECTATIONS, AND VISIBILITY THAT IS VERY NORMAL AT THIS STAGE.
THE FINAL STRATEGY I WILL MAKE A RECOMMENDATION FOR YOU TO WEIGH.
SO THE STRENGTHS, UH, I MENTIONED DUBLIN STARTS FROM A POSITION OF RURAL STRENGTH.
WITH THE CURRENT EVENT SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM, UH, IT HAS GROWN BY DOUBLE DIGITS.
SPONSOR RETENTION IS EXCEPTIONAL.
IRISH FESTIVAL GIVES THE CITY A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED SIGNATURE EVENT.
UH, THE STAFF HAS RATED THE DUBLIN BRAND, UH, EIGHT, SEVEN OUT OF 10, WHICH IS VERY STRONG.
THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY, INCLUDING HEALTH SYSTEMS, IS VERY MUCH ENGAGED.
SOME OF THE WEAKNESSES, UH, THE GAPS ARE STRUCTURAL.
THERE'S NO, UH, THERE IS NO CITYWIDE STRATEGY AS YOU KNOW, UH, POLICY OR ASSET INVENTORY.
SPORTS OHIO AND CITY EVENTS ARE SOLD SEPARATELY WITH DIFFERENT PROCESSES AND PRICING.
THERE IS NO SHARED SYSTEM RIGHT NOW TO TRACK, UH, POTENTIAL SPONSORS.
SO SOME OF THE OPPORTUNITIES, AS I MENTIONED IN OUR BRAINSTORMING, WE HAD OVER 100 ASSETS.
ABOUT 20 OF THOSE ARE ACTUALLY WORKING TODAY.
SO THAT SHOWS YOU WHAT THE OPPORTUNITY HERE IS.
UH, SPORTS OHIO HAS VERY, UH, HAS NAMING RIGHTS POTENTIAL ACROSS MULTIPLE VENUES.
DUBLIN'S PROGRAMS, PARKS AND SERVICES ARE, UH, LARGELY UNTAPPED AS WELL.
SO A FEW THREATS FOR US TO, UM, ADDRESS EXPECTATIONS RANGE FROM COST RECOVERY TO TRANSFORMATIONAL WITH NO SHARED TARGET.
MANY SMALL DEALS TAKE A LOT OF STAFF TIME WITHOUT BUILDING REAL LONG-TERM VALUE.
THESE ARE THREATS THAT I WILL ADDRESS IN THE FINAL PLAN.
UH, THE WEAKNESSES ARE VERY SOLVABLE.
THEY'RE OPERATIONAL AND THE STRATEGY WILL ADDRESS THOSE FIRST.
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SPONSORSHIP.SAN DIEGO IN PARTICULAR, HAS RUN A CITYWIDE SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM SINCE 1999.
IN 2000, THEY CREATED AND ADOPTED A POLICY.
THE CITY SELLS OFFICIAL PARTNER DESIGNATIONS BY CATEGORY THAT IS UNIQUE, UH, AND HAS REPORTED GENERATING $27 MILLION SINCE 2000.
AND IN 2025, THEY REPORTED 2.9 FOR CASH AND IN KIND THEIR LARGEST SPONSOR.
CALIFORNIA CREDIT UNION, RENEWED IN APRIL OF 26, INVESTS ABOUT 1.3 MILLION OVER FIVE YEARS, UM, INCLUDING 3.7 MILLION IN SERVICES TO CITY EMPLOYEES.
SO IT GIVES YOU AN EXAMPLE OF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE DOING.
UH, RIGHT HERE IN OHIO, THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SIGNED A 10 YEAR NAMING RIGHTS DEAL WITH STATE FARM.
YOU MAY RECALL THAT WAS QUITE A FEW YEARS AGO.
IN 2014 FOR, UH, 10 YEARS, FOR ABOUT $8.6 MILLION, IT PUT STATE FARMS NAME ON 24 ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE PATROL TRUCKS.
UH, BOTH SIDES BROUGHT IN OUTSIDE SPONSORSHIP EXPERTS TO NEGOTIATE IT.
AND THAT PARTNERSHIP IS NOW ON A YEAR TO YEAR BASIS.
DUBLIN ALREADY RUNS THE STRONGEST EVENT SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM IN THE AREA.
UH, HILLARD IS THE ONLY NEIGHBOR WITH A FACILITY NAMING RIGHTS POLICY, AND IT DOES EXCLUDE CORPORATE NAMES ACROSS ALL FOUR OF YOUR NEIGHBORS PACKAGES.
SPONSORSHIP PACKAGES TOP OUT AROUND 10 TO 15,000.
SO OFFICIAL PARTNERSHIPS ABOVE THAT LEVEL ARE OPEN TERRITORY FOR DUBLIN.
WE TOOK A CLOSER LOOK AT CARMEL.
INDIANA ALLIED SOLUTIONS IS A CENTERPIECE SPONSOR.
ABOUT 500,000 IS SPENT OVER THREE YEARS ACROSS DOZENS OF CITY EVENTS.
UH, PLUS A SEVEN YEAR NAMING RIGHTS DEAL ON THE CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS.
ALLIED WAS A SEASON SPONSOR FOR NINE YEARS BEFORE THEIR NAME WENT ONTO THE BUILDING.
CARMEL SELLS THROUGH SEVERAL DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS.
A ONE TEAM APPROACH THAT I'LL PROPOSE FOR DUBLIN WOULD IMPROVE ON THAT MODEL.
ALRIGHT, SO DUBLIN HAS THE LARGEST EVENT SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM AMONGST ITS CENTRAL OHIO PEERS.
A PUBLISHED POLICY, ONE TEAM FOR ALL CITY ASSETS WOULD MAKE IT THE REGIONAL MODEL.
THE BENCHMARKING SUPPORTS THAT A STRATEGY SHOULD COME FIRST.
ONE PERSON, ONE TEAM SHOULD OWN SPONSORSHIP.
THERE'S A VERY STRONG OPPORTUNITY FOR 15,000 FOR OFFICIAL AND PROGRAM PARTNERS.
ANCHOR, ANCHOR PARTNERS WILL BUILD THE PROGRAM EVEN FASTER.
ALIGNMENT AND STRUCTURE AND OVERSIGHT, UH, IT ALL MATTERS AND IT WILL PROTECT THE VALUE.
THERE ARE PRIMARY CONSIDERATIONS, UH, THAT I WANNA SHARE WITH YOU TODAY.
THESE ARE NOT FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS.
SO WE WOULD START WITH A STRATEGY AND A POLICY FIRST, WHAT CAN WE NAME AT WHAT PRICE UNDER WHAT TERMS, AND WHO APPROVES? THAT'S THE WORK WE'LL NEED TO DO TOGETHER.
ONE TEAM FOR ALL CITY ASSETS MEANS A COORDINATED OUTREACH TO MAJOR COMPANIES.
SO DUBLIN LEADS WITH A PARTNERSHIP CONVERSATION, EVENTS STAY, THE FOUNDATION SPONSORSHIP STAYS DISTINCT FROM GRANTS AND PHILANTHROPIC EFFORTS.
FOCUSING ON FEWER PARTNERSHIPS AND IN SPECIFIC OFFICIAL PARTNERS WILL BE PART OF MY RECOMMENDATION.
UM, CONSIDERING CATEGORY EXCLUSIVE OFFICIAL PARTNERS ALSO IN ENVIRONMENTAL ANCHOR PARTNER, UH, SPONSOR CONVERSATIONS AT SHOULD HAPPEN AT THE DESIGN STAGE ON CAPITAL PROJECTS AND PRIOR TO RENOVATIONS BEING DONE, NOT AT RIBBON CUTTINGS, UH, DEDICATED OWNERSHIP AND CAPACITY.
UH, DUBLIN HAS THE BRAND, HAS THE ASSETS, HAS THE AUDIENCE THAT SPONSORS WANT TO ALIGN WITH.
AND SO THE QUESTION IS, HOW WILL DUBLIN CHOOSE TO SHAPE THAT GROWTH? OH, SO I WANT TO BRING BACK THE QUESTIONS THAT I ASKED YOU TO CONSIDER.
UM, AS I MENTIONED, THE FINAL STRATEGY RECOMMENDATIONS WILL BE TO THE STAFF AT THE END OF NOVEMBER AND THEN BACK BEFORE CITY COUNCIL, UH, EARLY 2027.
YOUR INPUT, UH, WILL SHAPE THE FINAL
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STRATEGY.AND SO WOULD LOVE TO REVISIT THESE QUESTIONS AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT I CAN FOR YOU.
OKAY, SO THERE ARE THREE QUESTIONS, UH, POSED TO US, AND I'M NOT SURE IF, UH, ANYONE IS PREPARED OR WILLING TO SHARE THEIR THOUGHTS, BUT WE'LL START DOWN HERE.
YOUR PRESENTATION KIND OF, I HAD A COUPLE MINOR QUESTIONS.
YOU ANSWERED THEM IN YOUR PRESENTATION.
I DO SUPPORT THE DIRECTION IT'S HEADED AND I MEAN, HONESTLY, I LOOK FORWARD TO THE, UM, POLICY AND STRATEGY PORTION OF IT.
'CAUSE I AGREE THAT'S THE FIRST PIECE TO SET IN PLACE.
SO I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD OR NO ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.
THIS, I THINK THAT, UM, WHAT YOU PUT TOGETHER IS REALLY GOOD, AND YES, I SUPPORT THE DIRECTION.
UM, WHAT DESERVES MORE OR LESS EMPHASIS? I THINK, UM, CERTAINLY, UM, LINKING THE STRATEGY TO HOW TO OPERATIONALIZE THINGS.
UM, YOU KNOW, YOU MENTIONED A LACK OF A-C-R-M-I, I THINK IT WOULD, IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT TO DO, UM, TO REALLY ORGANIZE GIVING WITHOUT A CRM.
UM, SO THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT I THINK, UM, WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT.
UM, I DON'T THINK I HAVE ANY CONCERNS TO ADDRESS.
I I DO WONDER SOME OF THE FRICTION POINTS, HOW WE'LL WORK THROUGH THOSE.
UM, AND, AND I ALSO THINK THAT POLICY WILL BE VERY KEY IN THAT, THAT THAT MIGHT BE THE PLACE WHERE WE AS POLICY MAKERS WORK THROUGH SOME OF THAT FRICTION TO COME OUT WITH WHAT THOSE ANSWERS ARE, SO THAT DIRECTIONS ARE VERY CLEAR FOR STAFF.
SO I ALSO THINK THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT PIECE.
YOU READY? SO I'LL KIND OF PIGGYBACK ON THAT.
UM, YOU KNOW, I, FOR ME, IT'S SORT OF A QUESTION OF WHO'S GOING TO LEAD THE EFFORTS ON AN ONGOING BASIS AFTER WE CREATE THE STRATEGIES, THE POLICIES AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.
UM, WHOEVER IT IS NEEDS TO HAVE A-C-R-M-A ROLODEX, SO TO SPEAK.
UM, AND THERE'S SORT OF A SPECTRUM OF WHERE THEY FALL IN TERMS OF ARE THEY A LEAD, ARE THEY A PROSPECT? YOU KNOW, UM, I'D HAVE TO GO BACK TO ONE OF YOUR, UH, FIRST SLIDES, BUT I'M WONDERING IF YOU'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS YET WITH ANY POTENTIAL SPONSORS.
SO WE HAVE I THINK FOUR HEALTH SYSTEMS IN THE CITY OF DUBLIN AND THEY'VE SPONSORED OTHER THINGS.
WE HAVE EVENT SPONSORS LIKE THE 4TH OF JULY OR INDEPENDENCE DAY.
UM, BUT WE'RE GOING TO BE HAVING SOME VENUE OPPORTUNITIES.
SO TO ME THERE'S, YOU KNOW, SORT OF A ONCE A YEAR THING AND IT COULD BE A ROLLING DIFFERENT SPONSOR EVERY YEAR VERSUS A VENUE FOR A PERIOD OF FOUR YEARS OR WHATEVER.
I'D BE VERY INTERESTED TO HEAR, YOU KNOW, UM, THE INSIGHTS THAT THOSE FOLKS WOULD OFFER IN TERMS OF THEIR SPONSORSHIP, UM, INTERESTS.
UM, I REMEMBER WHEN OHIO HEALTH OPENED, UM, THE DUBLIN METHODIST HOSPITAL, THEY HOSTED A ECONOMIC FORECAST AT THEIR CAMPUS BY RIVERSIDE, SO NOT IN DUBLIN.
AND THEY SAID, WE REALLY WANT TO BE PART OF YOUR COMMUNITY.
SO SOMETIMES YOU NEED TO ASK, ASK FOR MONEY, UM, AS ATTACK AS THAT SOUNDS.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU'VE GOT A GREAT STRATEGY.
I THINK THERE ARE SOME THINGS WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT AND MAYBE SOME TOOLS OR INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WILL NEED TO BE PUT IN PLACE TO GET THIS THING, UH, SUSTAINABLE AND RUNNING.
THIS IS FANTASTIC AND I REALLY ENJOYED THE CONVERSATION, UH, THAT I HAD WITH YOU.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS A LOT OF FUN.
I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
SO IN REGARDS TO THE CATEGORIES, COULD YOU ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT MORE IN THE CATEGORIES? SO FOR INSTANCE, IN SAN DIEGO, UH, YOU HAD MENTIONED SAN DIEGO IS ONE OF THE EXAMPLES.
UM, I SUSPECT THAT A LOT OF THESE CATEGORIES WOULD BE VERY SIMILAR FROM CITIES TO CITIES, YOU KNOW, WITH THE EXCLUSION OF LIKE THE SIZE OF THE CITIES THEMSELVES.
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE CATEGORIES, FOR INSTANCE, THAT YOU'RE ENVISIONING AND THAT SAN DIEGO HAS USED? UM, CATEGORIES COULD BE, UH, OFFICIAL HEALTH CARE PARTNER, OFFICIAL, AUTOMOTIVE, OFFICIAL BANKING PARTNER, OFFICIAL INSURANCE.
I THINK THERE'S ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A DESIGNATION AS AN OFFICIAL PARTNER WHERE IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE CATEGORY, BUT YET THAT COMPANY IS THE ONLY, THEY'RE DESIGNATED THE EXCLUSIVE PARTNER, FOR EXAMPLE, OF ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY EFFORTS.
I HAD, I'M SO SORRY TO INTERRUPT YOU, BUT I DID HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THAT.
SO IF THERE IS AN EXCLUSIVE PARTNERSHIP IN YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH OTHER CITIES, SO FOR INSTANCE, HEALTHCARE, YOU ACTUALLY MENTIONED SPECIFICALLY HEALTHCARE, IN
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FACT THAT OHIO HEALTH, MOUNT CARMEL AND OHIO STATE ARE ALL, YOU KNOW, COMPETITORS HERE.SO IF WE DID NAME A SPECIFIC EXCLUSIVE PARTNERSHIP, IN YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH OTHER CITIES, HOW HAD THAT AFFECTED OTHER RELATIONSHIPS, UH, WITHIN, FOR INSTANCE, THAT PARTICULAR SECTOR? UH, I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE A CRITICAL PART OF THE STRATEGY BECAUSE YOU HAVE SIGNIFICANT SUPPORT FROM ALL OF THE HEALTHCARE COMPANIES IN THIS COMMUNITY.
SO I THINK THIS HAPPENS TO BE ONE CATEGORY THAT WE DO NEED TO BE VERY THOUGHTFUL, VERY STRATEGIC, UH, HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM AND REALLY CONTEMPLATE WHAT IS THE ADVANTAGE TO HAVING AN OFFICIAL HEALTHCARE PARTNER, AND HOW WOULD THAT IMPACT THE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE OTHER THREE AND WHAT THEY'RE CURRENTLY, UM, SUPPORTING.
SO I DON'T HAVE THE ANSWER TO THAT, BUT IT WILL REQUIRE RIGOR AND STRATEGY AND A LOT OF CONVERSATION.
AND JUST ADDING TO THAT COMPLEXITY A LITTLE BIT.
SO THE EXAMPLE THAT ANDY GAVE ABOUT OHIO HEALTH.
OHIO HEALTH IS ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, VERY INVOLVED WITH THE CITIES, OR I'M SORRY, WITH THE SCHOOLS.
AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF THEY HAVE A PARTNERSHIP OR A SPONSORSHIP WITH THE SCHOOLS, BUT THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT COULD OVERLAP.
SO THAT JUST ADDS TO THE COMPLEXITY, UH, UH, OF, OF THIS, THE EXCLUSIVE PARTNERSHIPS.
UM, I USUALLY DO LIKE THE OVERALL DIRECTION, UH, FOR THIS.
UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE CITYWIDE STRATEGY, UH, IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
UM, I DO THINK EMPHASIS SHOULD BE PLACED ON THE POLICY BECAUSE THE POLICY IS WHAT'S GONNA GUIDE US.
AND THERE'S SO MANY QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE ABOUT THE POLICY, WHICH YOU ALLUDED TO IS, WHICH WILL BE ANSWERED.
LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHAT GETS DESIGNATED, HOW DOES IT GET DESIGNATED, UH, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
UM, I THINK THAT THE CLEAR DELINEATION BETWEEN SPONSORS, GRANTS AND THE PHILANTHROPY IS ACTUALLY PRETTY IMPORTANT AS WELL TOO.
SO I'M ACTUALLY REALLY GLAD THAT YOU, YOU MENTIONED THAT.
UM, AND I THINK THE ENVIRONMENTAL ANCHOR PARTNERSHIP IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT LOOKS, AND I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE THAT OUT.
COULD YOU ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL, UH, ANCHOR PARTNERSHIP THAT YOU, THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT? I THINK IT'S SOMETHING TO BE CONSIDERED, GIVEN THE NATURAL BEAUTY, THE PARKS, THE BIKE TRAILS, THE ENVI, UH, SOME OF THE SUSTAINABILITY GOALS.
IT MAKES SENSE TO ALIGN A COMPANY WHO COULD HELP IN SUPPORTING THOSE EFFORTS.
I THINK THERE ARE A NUMBER OF COMPANIES THAT HAVE STATED INITIATIVES TO SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE HELPING TO FURTHER THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY EFFORTS.
AND SO IT'S AN AREA WITHIN SPONSORSHIP THAT IS GROWING.
UH, PROBABLY THE BEST EXAMPLE OF THAT WOULD BE AMAZON IN THE CLIMATE PLEDGE ARENA IN SEATTLE AS AN EXAMPLE, WHERE A COMPANY IS NOT NECESSARILY PUTTING THEIR NAME ON THE BUILDING, BUT THEY'RE PUTTING A STRATEGIC, UM, COMMITMENT THAT THEY'VE MADE AROUND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY.
SO IT, IT'S, IT'S A CATEGORY WHERE THERE'S SOME OPPORTUNITY AND WORTH US EXPLORING, EXPLORING IT FURTHER.
I, I, I THINK THAT, SO I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT, BECAUSE DUBLIN PRIDES ITSELF IN ITS SUSTAINABILITY.
WE PRIDE OURSELVES IN OUR GREEN SPACES.
THE ONE THING THAT DOES, GIMME A LITTLE BIT OF PAUSE THOUGH, IS, FOR INSTANCE, WHAT YOU MENTIONED ABOUT AMAZON, UM, WITH ANY COMPANY, THERE'S ALWAYS THE, THE ADVERSE PART OF IT.
AND, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE SAY, WELL, AMAZON DOES DATA CENTERS, WHICH IS BAD FOR THE ENVIRONMENT.
SO, SO I DO THINK WE HAVE TO TREAD A LITTLE CAREFULLY ON THAT, BUT, BUT I DO LIKE THE IDEA AND I DO LIKE THE CONCEPT, BUT OVERALL, I THINK THE DIRECTION IS VERY, VERY GOOD.
HAPPY YOU'RE HERE THIS EVENING.
UM, ALL THE DAYS IN DUBLIN ARE LIKE THE WEATHER TODAY, JUST SO YOU KNOW.
WE, YOU CAN MARKET THAT FOR US, US.
UM, I HAD A COUPLE QUESTIONS TOO.
AS I STARTED TO THINK ABOUT SOME OF THE EXAMPLES.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVE WORKED HARD, UM, IN THE, UH, CITY OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS IS TO REALLY GROW FESTIVALS, TO GROW INDEPENDENT FESTIVALS.
I KNOW YOU HAD THE, THE CHRIS KRINGLE MARK FROM, BUT IT'S A DIFFERENT ANIMAL THERE.
IT'S AN INDEPENDENT, UH, SPONSORSHIP.
SO AS WE THINK ABOUT THIS, WE'RE GONNA HAVE, WE HOPE A LOT OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT'LL WANNA DO FESTIVALS, ET CETERA, AND THEY'RE GONNA BE KNOCKING ON THE SAME SPONSOR DOORS THAT WE MAY BE KNOCKING ON, AND THEY'RE INCENTED IN DIFFERENT WAYS THAN WE'RE INCENTED.
SO I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT IN A CATEGORY.
OUR IRISH FESTIVAL'S US, UM, SEVERAL 'EM ARE US, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO GROW THE NON-US TYPES OF THINGS.
AND I THINK THAT'S A DIFFERENT ANIMAL, AND I THINK WE NEED TO BE CLEAR ABOUT THAT, UM, AND SUPPORTIVE IN, IN EVERY WAY, BUT IT'S NOT THE SAME ANIMAL.
I, I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT THING, UM, TO, UH, GREG'S POINT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, CORPORATE NAMES.
YOU SAID SOMEBODY HAD A POLICY OF NO CORPORATE NAMES.
AGAIN, THINGS LIKE THAT I THINK ARE GONNA BE IMPORTANT FOR US AS WE MOVE FORWARD ABOUT WHAT WE'RE NOT ONLY ARE WE WILLING TO PUT A NAME ON IT, BUT WHAT ARE THE PARAMETERS AROUND THAT NAME.
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UM, AND THEN I KEEP THINKING ABOUT SORT OF THE ONE TIME NAMING VERSUS THE ONGOING.SO I KNOW YOU'RE GONNA COVER THAT.
SO YOU HAVE THE INDEPENDENT PEOPLE THAT ARE TRYING TO BUILD THEIR OWN SPONSORSHIPS, WHETHER IT'S THEY'RE TRYING TO DO A 5K RACE OR WHATEVER, UM, OR TO THE, TO BIGGER THINGS TO OUR ONGOING FESTIVALS.
AND THEN AGAIN, I WOULD PUT SPORTS OHIO AS A QUASI INDEPENDENT.
WE'RE DOING SOME THINGS, BUT THEY'RE DOING SOME THINGS.
SO HELP US THINK ABOUT THOSE POLICY THINGS.
I THINK IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT.
AND THEN FINALLY, IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME INDIVIDUAL, RATHER IT WORKS FOR US OR SOME OTHER ORGANIZATION, UM, WHAT WOULD BE THE SKILL SETS OF THAT PERSON? COULD YOU PLEASE BRING THAT BACK TO US? SO IF WE WERE GONNA HAVE SOMEBODY WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR PARTNERSHIPS, WHAT ARE THE SKILL SETS WE'RE LOOKING FOR? BECAUSE IT'S NOT A, THIS DEPARTMENT OWNS IT.
WE NEED A SET OF SKILLS, WHETHER IT'S INTERNAL OR EXTERNAL TO, TO DO THIS EVERY DAY.
SO HELP US THINK ABOUT WHERE TO RECRUIT FOR THAT, HOW TO, HOW WOULD WE STAFF THAT, OR WHO WOULD WE STAFF THAT? UM, OTHER THAN THAT, I REALLY LIKED YOUR SWOT ANALYSIS.
I THOUGHT IT WAS, I, I THINK IT REALLY PUTS A LOT OF THE BIG CONSIDERATIONS IN THE, IN THE AREAS THAT WE NEED TO, SO SUPPORTIVE OF IT, JUST HELP US THINK THROUGH SOME OF THESE NUANCES AS WE TRY TO EXPAND.
AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT A STANDALONE THING.
S PARTNERSHIPS, RIGHT, OF COURSE.
SO HELP US THINK ABOUT THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
AND, UH, THANKS FOR COMING TODAY.
WELL, YES, IT'S CERTAINLY, UH, GOOD TO HAVE YOU.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS AND THANKS FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.
I, I HAD A COUPLE QUESTIONS SIMILAR TO WHAT KATHY WAS MENTIONING ABOUT THE COSTS AND THE SKILL SETS THAT WE WOULD NEED AND, AND WHAT IS THE SPEND IF WE, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO GENERATE $3 MILLION A YEAR, WHAT, WHAT IS IT GOING TO COST ALL IN, IN TERMS OF, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT INDIVIDUAL, ANY SUPPORT, ANY TRAVEL THAT WOULD BE ASSOCIATED WITH ATTENDING VARIOUS FUNCTIONS WHERE, YOU KNOW, THESE CONVERSATIONS HAPPEN? SO I'D LIKE TO HAVE A GOOD IDEA OF THE ALL IN SPEND.
UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE COULD, COULD LOOK AT THAT.
UM, AS KATHY MENTIONED, WE HAVE LOTS AND LOTS OF FESTIVALS HERE.
MANY OF THE FESTIVALS COME TO US AND, AND WE ARE THE SPONSORS.
UM, AND SO DO WE ENTER INTO OUR OWN SPONSORSHIP PACKAGES OR DO WE TRY TO SUPPLEMENT THOSE WITH OTHER FOLKS? YOU KNOW, WE'LL HAVE, UM, WE HAVE THE FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS COMING UP, THE DW FESTIVAL, WHICH THE CITY IS A SPONSOR HERE SHORTLY.
WE'LL HAVE THE JASKO, UM, EVENT IN BRIDGE PARK THAT THE CITY SPONSORS WILL DO THE, UH, THE MOON FESTIVAL, ALL OF THESE SORTS OF THINGS.
AND REALLY UNDERSTANDING THE, THE FESTIVALS THAT WE SPONSOR, UM, AND THEN WHAT WOULD BE GENERATED IN, IN THESE SPACES.
FUNNY ENOUGH, AND COINCIDENTALLY LAST WEEK I HAD DINNER WITH TODD GLORIA, WHO IS THE MAYOR OF SAN DIEGO, AND HE WAS TALKING ABOUT AT DINNER, I SAT NEXT TO HIM AT DINNER AND HE WAS TALKING ABOUT, THEY JUST GOT A BIG AGREEMENT WITH TOYOTA WHO WAS GOING TO SPONSOR ALL OF THEIR BEACH VEHICLES AND THAT THEY DONATED ALL OF THOSE VEHICLES.
AND TOMMY BAHAMA, THEY WERE GONNA SELL THE BACK OF ALL OF THE LIFEGUARD STANDS, A TOMMY BAHAMA AD, AND WHAT THEY WOULD GENERATE.
SO THEY ARE SPONSORING LITERALLY EVERY SURFACE IN THE CITY.
AND I'M NOT SURE THAT THAT IS AT ALL WHAT WE ARE INTERESTED IN DOING, BUT, UM, THERE CERTAINLY IS A, THEY, THEY ARE FULLY COMMITTED TO THOSE SPONSORSHIPS AND THEY'RE GOOD REVENUE GENERATORS FOR THEM IF THAT'S THE MARKET THEY WANT TO BE IN.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I CONCERNS TO ADDRESS NOW, YOU KNOW,
AND I THINK MAYBE JUST SOME ADVICE ON WHAT TO LOOK FOR AND SO THAT WE DON'T GET OURSELVES IN A RELATIONSHIP THAT ONE DAY WE MIGHT NOT WANT TO BE IN.
AND, UM, MAYBE SOME THOUGHTS ON EXIT STRATEGIES AND, UM, YOU KNOW, CRISES KIND OF THINGS.
JUST AN EYES WIDE OPEN SORT OF THING OF, OF THESE ARE THE, THESE CAN BE THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES AND THIS COULD BE THE OUTCOME OF THOSE.
SO, UH, THOSE WOULD BE SOME OF THE CONCERNS I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN SEEING, UM, HOW WE MIGHT NAVIGATE THOSE WATERS, SHOULD WE FIND OURSELVES IN THEM.
UM, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, VERY INFORMATIVE AND, AND REALLY APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE.
DID YOU GET FROM US THIS EVENING THE FEEDBACK THAT YOU WERE LOOKING FOR SO THAT YOU COULD CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD? I DID.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OUTSTANDING THAT YOU FEEL WE DID NOT ANSWER? UM, NO, I DON'T BELIEVE SO.
THOSE, THOSE WERE THE THREE MOST IMPORTANT.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR REACTIONS TO THEM.
MARA, ANYTHING ELSE YOU NEED? NO, THAT'S IT.
UM, AND WE'LL, WE WILL LOOK FORWARD TO
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OUR TIME TOGETHER AGAIN IN THE FUTURE.[CITIZEN COMMENTS ]
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.
UM, AS A REMINDER, WE HOPE YOU TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIGN IN ON YOUR, UH, WAY IN THIS EVENING.
IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO DO SO, WE WILL HEAR YOU AT THE CONCLUSION OF THOSE THAT DID SIGN IN.
DID WE HAVE ANY SIGN-INS? GOOD EVENING COUNSEL.
WE DO, WE HAVE THREE PEOPLE WHO SIGNED IN.
UH, THE FIRST IS RACHEL ALTOFF.
SO AS A REMINDER, UM, PUBLIC COMMENT IS, IS LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES, AND UH, YOUR CLOCK WILL BE THERE AND YOU'LL SEE IT COUNTDOWN, THE GREEN, YELLOW, RED.
UM, SO WE ASK THAT YOU HONOR THAT THREE MINUTE LIMIT, AND IF YOU WOULD PRESS THE BUTTON THERE AND YOU WOULD STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS INTO THE RECORD.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING YOUR THOUGHTS.
RACHEL ALTOFF, UH, ADDRESS IS 6 9 1 2 BLACK HAWK COURT.
GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
I HAVE LIVED IN INDIAN RUN MEADOWS FOR 14 YEARS.
I HAVE CALLED DUBLIN HOME FOR 20 OF THE LAST 30 YEARS.
I'M A PROUD GRADUATE OF DUBLIN KAUFMAN HIGH SCHOOL, THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY TWICE, AND COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY.
I HAVE SPENT MY CAREER IN EDUCATION DEDICATED TO HUMAN DEVELOPMENT.
I BELIEVE IN RECOVERY, AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHY I'M HERE TONIGHT.
INDIAN RUN MEADOWS IS A 325, COMPRISES 325 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES BEHIND THEM.
THE MEADOWS, OUR NEIGHBORS SHARE.
THE COMMUNITY WAS DESIGNED FOR LONG-TERM RESIDENTS WHO LIVE SIDE BY SIDE AND CARE FOR THAT COMMON GROUND.
TOGETHER, WE HAVE BUILT THE VALUE OF THIS NEIGHBORHOOD FOR THE BETTERMENT OF OUR COMMUNITY, THE PEOPLE WHO RESIDE IN IT AND ALL WHO VISIT.
WE DID NOT BUILD THAT VALUE FOR A FOR-PROFIT UNREGULATED BUSINESS TO SKIM THAT VALUE INTO THE OWNER'S POCKETS.
A TRANSITIONAL GROUP HOME IS NOW OPERATING AS A BUSINESS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
MY CONCERN IS NOT WITH THE PEOPLE IT SERVES.
MY CONCERN IS HOW IT IS BEING RUN IN.
WHO IS HOLDING IT ACCOUNTABLE? THE STATE ALREADY HAS NAMED THIS PROBLEM.
OHIO WENT FROM 356 RECOVERY HOUSES IN 2022 TO MORE THAN 1700 TODAY WITH A GROWING NUMBER OPERATING WITHOUT CERTIFICATION AND AN UNSAFE CONDITIONS.
GOVERNOR DEE'S EXECUTIVE ORDER 20 26 0 3D NOW REQUIRES STATEWIDE CERTIFICATION AND ENFORCEMENT BUILDING ON HOUSE BILL 58, WHICH PASSED THE OHIO HOUSE UNANIMOUSLY.
OUR NEIGHBORS WERE ALSO SURPRISED TO LEARN THAT THE CITY CONSIDERS INDIAN RUN MEADOWS TO SHARE A PUD WITH DUBLIN VILLAGE.
WE HAVE UNDERSTOOD I INDIAN RUN MEADOWS TO BE ITS OWN LOW DENSITY PUD CITY RECORDS FROM AS RECENTLY AS 2020 SHOW.
THE TWO IS SEPARATE WITH DUBLIN VILLAGE LISTED AS ADJACENT.
SO I RESPECTFULLY ASK COUNSEL FOR THREE THINGS.
FIRST, EXPLAIN HOW THE CITY IS VERIFYING INFORMATION IS GATHERING ABOUT THIS BUSINESS.
RESIDENTS ARE HEARING AND OBSERVING A GREAT DEAL OF CONTRADICTORY INFORMATION AND WE DESERVE CLARITY.
SECOND, EXPLAIN WHY AND HOW A MAP FROM NEARLY 50 YEARS AGO SERVES THE RESIDENTS OF TODAY.
THIRD, DESIGNATE A CITY POINT OF CONTACT SO NEIGHBORS KNOW WHERE TO GO WITH QUESTIONS, CONCERNS, SO THAT THEY CAN BE DRESSED WITH RESPONSES.
PEOPLE REBUILDING THEIR LIVES DESERVE A SAFE WELL-RUN HOME WITH REAL OVERSIGHT.
THE CLIENTS IN RECOVERY DESERVE BETTER THAN THIS AS TO THE FAMILIES WHO LIVE ALONGSIDE OF THEM.
NEXT, NEXT WE HAVE PETER MURRAY.
PLEASE COME FORWARD, UH, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS INTO THE RECORD AND YOU'LL NOTICE YOUR TIMER THERE TO THE RIGHT.
UH, MY NAME IS PETER MURRAY AND I LIVE AT 6 0 6 3 TERRA HILL DRIVE, TWO DOORS DOWN FROM THE RECOVERY HOUSING AT 6 0 8 5 TERRA HILL.
LAST WEEK I RECEIVED A RESPONSE TO AN OPEN RECORDS REQUEST TO THE OHIO DEPARTMENT OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH OR OBH.
AS THEY'RE KNOWN, I'VE FORWARDED THOSE RECORDS TO THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT AND TO A CITY ASSISTANT LAW DIRECTOR.
THE DBH RECORDS INCLUDED 25 COMPLIANCE LETTERS ALL DATED OCTOBER 15TH CONCERNING RESIDENCES ASSOCIATED WITH DOVE RECOVERY AND COLUMBUS AND CLEVELAND.
ONE OF THOSE COMPLIANCE LETTERS IS ADDRESSED TO DUBLIN LIVING LLC AT 6 0 8 5 TERRA HILL DRIVE, AND WAS SENT BY EMAIL TO THE DOVE RECOVERY OPERATOR.
THAT LETTER STATES AND I QUOTE, ACCORDING
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TO OUR RECORDS, YOU HAVE NOT ATTAINED CERTIFICATION THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, DBH FOR THE RECOVERY HOUSING RESIDENCE YOU OPERATE AND THEREFORE ARE OPERATING IN VIOLATION OF THE LAW.THE LETTER ALSO SAYS THAT FAILURE TO INITIATE CERTIFICATION EFFORTS WITHIN 60 DAYS MAY RESULT IN REFERRAL TO THE OHIO ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE.
THE CONTENTS OF THIS LETTER IS DIRECTLY RELEVANT TO THE CITY'S OWN CODE, NOT JUST TO STATE RE REGULATION ENFORCEMENT AT THE OCTOBER 21ST MEETING WITH RESIDENTS, THE CITY DESCRIBED IN ITS PRELIMINARY POSITION AS ALLOWING THE USE OF 6 0 8 5 TERRY HILL DRIVE AS A TRANSITIONAL COMMUNITY RESIDENCE BY RIGHT.
THE RELEVANT CODE SECTION 1 53 0.78 OR SEVEN THREE C3 MAKES ALLOWANCE AS A RIGHT SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS ALONGSIDE LOCATION REQUIREMENTS.
IT SPECIFIES STATE LICENSING OR CERTIFICATION, CERTIFICATION FROM AN APPROPRIATE NATIONAL ACCREDITING AGENCY OR RECOGNITION OR SANCTIONED BY CONGRESS FROM, UH, TO OPERATE THE PROPOSED COMMUNITY RESIDENCE.
YET DBHS OCTOBER 15TH, LETTER TO THE OPERATOR EXPRESSLY STATES THAT THE RESIDENCE AT 6 0 8 5 TERRA HILL DRIVE, ACCORDING TO ITS RECORDS, HAS NOT ATTAINED CERTIFICATION AND WAS OPERATING IN VIOLATION OF LAW.
WHAT DOCUMENTATION THEN ESTABLISHES THAT THE OPERATOR SATISFIES THE QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED FOR ALLOWANCE AS OF RIGHT UNDER THE CITY'S CODE.
ALSO SIGNIFICANT IS THAT THE COMPLIANCE LETTERS LIST 24 OTHER RESIDENTS IN THE STATE, NOT AN ISOLATED LETTER ABOUT THE TERRA HILL HOUSE.
THIS COMES AS OHIO IS STRENGTHENING RECOVERY HOUSING OVERSIGHT THROUGH THE GOVERNOR'S OCTOBER 10TH EXECUTIVE ORDER AND THE RESULTING EMERGENCY RULES.
THE GOVERNOR'S INITIATIVE CALLS FOR CENTRALIZED STATE CERTIFICATION AND OVERSIGHT, ACCOUNTABILITY, PROTECTION, AND PROTECTION OF RESIDENTS.
AGAINST THAT BACKDROP, 25 COMPLIANCE LETTERS WARRANT CLOSE ATTENTION AND DOCUMENTED VERIFICATION AS THE CITY REVIEWS THIS OPERATOR'S COMPLIANCE.
AT THE OCTOBER 21ST MEETING, THE CITY'S LAW ASSISTANT LAW DIRECTOR SAID THAT A MEETING IS SCHEDULED BETWEEN DBH AND THE CITY REPRESENTATIVES IN NOVEMBER.
I ASK THAT THE CITY BRING THESE COMPLIANCE CONCERNS TO DBH AND WORK WITH DBH TO ENSURE THAT ANY RESIDENTS IN THE CITY IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH BOTH STATE REGULATIONS AND THE CITY CODE.
I ALSO ASK THE CITY TO PROVIDE A WRITTEN DETERMINATION EXPLAINING WHETHER 6 0 8 5 TERRA HILL SATISFIES THE APPLICABLE CITY CODE REQUIREMENTS, THE DOCUMENTATION SUPPORTING THAT DETERMINATION, AND WHAT NEXT STEPS FOLLOW FROM IT.
NEXT, UH, THE LAST PERSON WHO SIGNED IN IS AKHA DARAL.
IF YOU PLEASE COME FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS INTO THE RECORD AND YOU WILL HAVE YOUR THREE MINUTES.
UH, UH, AKHA AL 5 3 8 5 DRUM, KELLY LANE, DUBLIN, UH, RESPECTED, UH, MADAM MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY OFFICIALS, AND, UH, MEMBER OF DUBLIN COMMUNITY.
I AM RESIDENT OF DUBLIN SINCE LAST EIGHT YEARS, AND I'M HERE TO BRIEFLY TALK ABOUT SWA DIWALI FOOD DRIVE, WHICH WE RUN EVERY YEAR.
BRIEFLY, I'LL JUST MENTION WHAT SWA AND DIWALI MEANS.
SO, UH, DIWALI IS BASICALLY A FESTIVAL OF LIGHT, WHICH IS CELEBRATED BY THOSE WHO FOLLOW INDIC TRADITION.
AND THE FESTIVE SPIRIT IS EXPRESSED BY THOSE ANY ALL AND NO AND NO FAITH.
DIWALI SYMBOLIZES THE SPIRITUAL VICTORY OF LIGHT OVER DARKNESS.
GOOD O OVER, UH, EVIL AND KNOWLEDGE OVER IGNORANCE.
LIGHT IS A METAPHOR FOR KNOWLEDGE AND CONSCIOUSNESS.
SA MEANS SELFLESS SERVICE, WHICH IS REGARDED, REGARDED AS A DUTY THAT EXPECTS NOTHING IN RETURN.
IN OUR INDIC TRADITION, DIWALI IS ALSO REGARDED AS REGARDED AS A FESTIVAL OF GIVING.
HENCE SEVERAL DIWALI IS THE FESTIVAL OF LIGHT AND FESTIVAL OF GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY THROUGHOUT THE NATION AND IN OUR COLUMBUS DUBLIN AREA.
SIWA DIWALI IS A COLLABORATIVE INITIATIVE INVOLVING VARIOUS SOCIAL, CULTURAL, UH, INTERFAITH
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ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS DEEPLY CONNECTED TO THE SIWA VALUES.IT REPRESENT, IT REPRESENTS ORGANIZATION AND INDIVIDUAL WHO ARE COMMITTED TO UPHOLDING THE SAVER, WHICH EMPHASIZES SERVING TO HUMANITY IS SERVING TO DIVINITY.
THE COLLECTIVE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE WELFARE OF SOCIETY IS SHARED COMMITMENT THAT UNITES US ALL.
LAST YEAR, CLOSE TO 8,000 LB FOOD GOT DONATED ACROSS FOUR FOOD PANTRIES ACROSS COLUMBUS AREA, INCLUDING DUBLIN FOOD PANTRY.
MULTIPLE CITY COUNCILS ACROSS THE COLUMBUS REGION HAVE EXTENDED THEIR SUPPORT AND RECOGNITION FOR THIS
AND WITH THAT, WE ARE SO THANKFUL TO THE DUBLIN'S CITY FOR SUPPORTING OUR NATIONAL CAMPAIGN SINCE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, AND WE ARE HOPING SAME THIS YEAR.
AND ALSO WE ARE SO PROUD OF OUR INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY THAT WE HAVE HERE.
ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA? OKAY.
UM, FOR THE FOLKS TALKING ABOUT THE RECOVERY HOMES, I THINK, UM, JENNY ROUSE IS HERE THIS EVENING AND I BELIEVE SHE HAS SOME UPDATES INCLUDING A MEETING DATE AND THE CONTENT OF THAT MEETING.
SO SHE'LL BE OUT THERE, UH, IN, IN THE, UH, RECEPTION AREA, AND SHE WILL ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS OF EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE TO DATE AND, UH, THE DATE OF THE SCHEDULED MEETINGS THAT WE HAVE MOVING FORWARD, EITHER BETWEEN US AND, UM, THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ALSO, UM, THE PUBLIC BODY MEETINGS.
SO, UM, WE HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH OUR CONGRESSIONAL AND OUR STATE REPRESENTATIVES AND, AND SHE WILL PROVIDE SOME UPDATES ON THOSE THINGS FOR ALL OF YOU.
SO WE MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP EVERYBODY INFORMED.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PUBLIC COMMENTS.
UM, AND IF THERE IS NO MORE, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT ON AN ITEM, NOT ON THIS EVENING'S AGENDA, WE WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE BALANCE OF OUR AGENDA THIS EVENING.
[CONSENT AGENDA ]
THE CONSENT AGENDA IS THERE ARE A REQUEST TO REMOVE ANY ITEM FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA CONSISTING OF THE OCTOBER 12TH AND 19 MEETING MINUTES.HEARING NONE, I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.
JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE MS. CRAM? YES.
THIS BRINGS US TO SECOND READING,
[Ordinance 52-26 ]
PUBLIC HEARING ORDINANCES ORDINANCE 52 DASH 26, AMENDING CHAPTERS 51 AND 52, ESTABLISHING USER FEES AND CAPACITY CHARGES FOR THE SANITARY SEWER AND WATER SYSTEMS. GREAT, THANK YOU.AND OUR STAFF REPORT WILL BE BROUGHT FORWARD THIS EVENING BY MATT MURDO.
GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
THIS ORDINANCE ESTABLISHES THE USER CHARGES FOR THE CITY'S SANITARY SEWER AND WATER SYSTEM.
UM, A FIRST READING IN PUBLIC HEARING WAS, UH, TOOK PLACE AT THE OCTOBER 12TH COUNCIL MEETING.
UM, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THIS ORDINANCE ADOPTING THOSE RATES, UH, FOR 2027 AND 2028 AT TONIGHT'S MEETING AFTER THE SECOND READING IN PUBLIC HEARING.
IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THIS EVENING THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING NONE COUNCIL QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION.
I WOULD ONLY ADD, UH, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT LAST, I BELIEVE IT WAS THURSDAY, THE CITY OF COLUMBUS PASSED THEIR WATER AND SEWER RATES FOR, UM, THEMSELVES AND ALL OF THE SURROUNDING MUNICIPALITIES.
SO HOPEFULLY THAT WILL SHED SOME MORE LIGHT ONTO REAL COSTS MOVING FORWARD.
AND WE CAN UPDATE THE INFORMATION WE PROVIDED TO COUNCIL ACCORDINGLY.
UM, IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE, JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE MAYOR AROSE GROOMS? YES.
[Ordinance 53-26 ]
READING ORDINANCES.ORDINANCE 53 DASH 26 A DOCK IN THE ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2027, AND THE 2027 THROUGH 20 31 5 YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM.
AND WE WILL STICK WITH MATT OR FOR STAFF REPORT.
UM, TONIGHT WE'RE INTRODUCING THE ADOPTION OF THE 2027 OPERATING IN 2027 THROUGH 2031 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM.
I HAVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION, UH, TO GO THROUGH THE INFORMATION YOU'LL SEE.
WE'LL LOOK FAMILIAR BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING THIS DURING BUDGET DEVELOPMENT SESSIONS OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS.
I'LL GO THROUGH THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE OPERATING CAPITAL AND BUDGETS AND OF COURSE ALLOT TIME FOR QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL.
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IN YOUR PACKETS MULTIPLE DOCUMENTS, AND THESE ARE, THIS IS SIMILAR INFORMATION THAT WE PROVIDE EACH YEAR.WE HAVE THE NORMAL BRIEFING MEMO, A MEMO FROM WORK SESSION TWO, WHICH WAS THE SESSION THAT FOCUSED ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND FORECASTING.
SO SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED THERE.
UH, THE ORDINANCE ITSELF, UH, THE OPERATING AND CIP REPORT FROM OUR CLEAR DOCS, OUR BUDGET REPORTING SOLUTION, UH, THE SUMMARY CIP PROGRAM, AND ALSO OUR BUDGET REPORTS THAT WE NORMALLY PROVIDE.
THE DETAILED BUDGET REPORTS, WE'VE CONSOLIDATED THOSE INTO ONE REPORT WITH A TABLE OF CONTENTS, AND THAT INCLUDES SEVEN BUDGET DETAILED REPORTS, THE TWO UTILIZATION REPORTS AND INFORMATION ON THE TOP TAXPAYERS AS OF 2025.
THE AGENDA TONIGHT, WE'LL GO THROUGH THE OPERATING BUDGET, THE CURRENT SCHEDULE.
WE'LL LOOK AT OPERATING REVENUE EXPENDITURES, UM, BUDGET RESULTS IN RESERVE, UH, COMPLIANCE IN A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE PROPOSED 2027 THROUGH 31 CIP.
IT'S, UH, WE HAVE A TWO TRACK APPROVAL IN THE SENSE HERE AT THE CITY OF DUBLIN.
WE HAVE, UH, APPROVAL OF THE ACTUAL OPERATING.
AND CIP IS A PIECE OF LEGISLATION THAT'LL GET TWO READINGS.
ONCE THE BUDGET HAS BEEN APPROVED BY COUNCIL, THERE'LL BE A SECOND PIECE OF LEGISLATION APPROPRIATING THE BUDGETS, AND THAT'LL HAPPEN.
UM, MY FIRST READING PLAN FOR NOVEMBER 16TH FOR THAT, IF, IF, UH, WE SEEK, GET APPROVAL FROM COUNCIL, COUNCIL GOALS, WE'RE FAMILIAR WITH THESE THE FOUR GOALS THAT HELP DRIVE BUDGET DEVELOPMENT AND PRIORITIZATION OF THE BUDGETS.
IN SUMMARY, SNAPSHOT OF THE OPERATING BUDGET, WE HAVE TWO SUMMARY TABLES.
THE FIRST, FIRST OF WHICH IS THE OPERATING REVENUE DIVIDED BY THE TWO MAIN CATEGORIES THAT WE DISCUSSED DURING WORK SESSION.
TWO, TAX REVENUE AND NON-TAX REVENUE FOR THE OPERATING BUDGET.
TAX REVENUE COMPRISES ABOUT 75% OF EXPECTED RESOURCES AND FOR OPERATING EXPENDITURES, PERSONAL SERVICES, WE ARE DRIVEN BY AN EMPLOYEE'S EMPLOYMENT COST OVER 53% OF THE OPERATING EXPENDITURES, UM, ARE RELATED TO PERSONAL SERVICES.
YOU KNOW, LET'S LOOK AT RE UM, OPERATING REVENUE.
UM, BRIEFLY, UH, BY FUND, 80% OF REVENUE IS IN THE GENERAL FUND AND THE REMAINDER OF THE OTHER OPERATING FUNDS, UM, RECEIVE OTHER OPERATING REVENUE SOURCES FOR THE OPERATING BUDGET.
AND ON A TREND BASIS, WE HAVE PAST FEW YEARS, 124.3 MILLION, UM, PROPOSED BUDGET FOR ESTIMATED OPERATING REVENUE AND COMPARED TO PRIOR YEARS ON THIS, UH, CHART HERE BY CATEGORY, ABOUT A 4% INCREASE COMPARED TO THE 26 APPROVED BUDGET FOR REVENUE.
AND HERE WE HAVE THE REVENUE ESTIMATES BY FUND.
REMEMBER, THE CITY'S OPERATING BUDGET IS COMPRISED OF MULTIPLE OPERATING FUNDS, THE LARGEST OF WHICH IS THE GENERAL FUND.
AND WE HAVE ONE NEW FUND, WHICH WE'LL SPEAK ON LATER.
THE, UH, SPORTS OHIO FUND IS PART OF THE OPERATING FUND GROUP AT THIS POINT, BUT YOU CAN SEE HOW THE VARIOUS FUNDS TOTAL TO THAT 124.3 MILLION IN EXPECTED REVENUE, UM, FOR 2027.
AND IF WE LOOK AT REVENUES BY REVENUE CATEGORY, LOCAL TAXES MAKE UP 75%.
UM, BOTH INCOME TAX AND HOTEL MOTEL TAX ARE PART OF THAT 75%.
THE GENERAL FUND SHARE OF EXPECTED INCOME TAXES JUST UNDER 90, 90 MILLION OR 72% OF REVENUE FOR 2027, BLESS YOU.
AND OF COURSE, CHARGES FOR SERVICES MAKING UP THE, THE SECOND LARGEST PIECE AT 12% INCOME TAX REVENUE.
THIS CHART INCLUDES PRIOR ACTUALS 2026 PROJECTION AND THE BUDGET ESTIMATE FOR 2027.
AS WE DISCUSSED AT OUR LAST WORK SESSION ON THE BUDGET ESTIMATE IS IN THE LIGHT GREEN BARS.
THE AMOUNT ON TOP REPRESENTS THE ADDITIONAL AMOUNT WE THINK WE'LL RECEIVE ON A PROJECTION BASIS.
SO THE 2027 BUDGET WAS BASED OFF THE 26 BUDGET ESTIMATE.
WE HAVE 119.5 MILLION IN INCOME TAX REVENUE IN TOTAL.
UH, WE EXPECT WE'LL, UH, BRING IN OVER 124.5 MILLION DURING THE ACTUAL YEAR, BUT THE BUDGET BASIS IS 119.5 AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO OPERATING EXPENDITURES AND SAME TYPE OF SUMMARY CHART, 124.1 MILLION IN OPERATING EXPENDITURES.
THIS IS REPRESENTATION BY OPERATING FUND, GENERAL FUND BEING THE LARGEST PIECE.
TOTAL OPERATING EXPENDITURES ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE BY 4.1% OVER THE APPROVED 2026 BUDGET.
SOME, SOME UPDATES SINCE THE LAST WORK SESSION.
WE HAVE ONE NEW DEPUTY CITY MANAGER POSITION.
THE BUDGET IMPACT WAS ADDED, UH, TO THE OPERATING BUDGET IS BE TALKING ABOUT LATER ON CREATION OF TWO NEW FUNDS.
ONE FOR THE SPORTS OHIO OPERATIONS AND ONE FOR THE EV CHARGING FUND, WHICH IS NOT PART OF THE OPERATING BUDGET, BUT THAT IS PART OF THE OVERALL BUDGET.
WE HAVE A NEW BUDGET NET OPERATING RESULT, OPERATING RESULT OF JUST UNDER $238,000.
THE BUDGET IS STILL STRUCTURALLY BALANCED
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AS PROPOSED.IF WE GO INTO THE OPERATING BUDGET BY EXPENDITURE CATEGORY, AGAIN, PERSONAL SERVICES MAKING UP THE MAJORITY OF THE PROPOSED OPERATING BUDGET AT OVER 53% AND THEN CONTRACTUAL SERVICES AT 25%.
AND THE REMAINING, UH, OTHER EXPENDITURE CATEGORIES AT 22%.
IF WE LOOK AT THE TREND, UH, 4.1% INCREASE FROM 26, UH, APPROVED BUDGET TO THE 27 PROPOSED BUDGET OF 124.1.
SO SIMILAR CHART TO THE REVENUE CHART.
UM, PREVIOUSLY WE COMBINE THOSE TWO CHARTS.
UH, ONE, AN IMPORTANT TREND THAT WE WILL, WILL OBSERVE HERE, IF WE LOOK AT THE TWO, UM, PRIOR YEARS 24 AND 25, THE LARGE THE, UH, DARK GREEN REPRESENTS REVENUE.
THE LIGHT GREEN IS EXPENDITURES.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE TREND EACH YEAR AS FAR AS BUDGET, PERFORMANCE, OPERATING REVENUE TEND TO OUTPERFORM OPERATING BUDGET UTILIZATION REVENUES TYPICALLY EXCEED, UM, EXPENDITURES EACH YEAR.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE TWO BUDGETED GROUPINGS, 26 AND 27, WE DO BUDGET ON A, ON A VERY THIN OPERATING MARGIN.
BUT TYPICALLY, AND ON A PROJECTION BASIS, ACTUAL REVENUE EXCEEDS OPERATING EXPENDITURES.
SO THIS CHART JUST DEMO DEMONSTRATES THAT TREND.
UM, WE TARGET STRUCTURAL BALANCE, BUT EACH YEAR WE DO SEE THIS TREND WHERE REVENUES EXCEEDING OPERATING EXPENDITURES.
AND AS FAR AS BUDGET POLICY AND BUDGET PRACTICE, THIS GOES BACK QUITE A WAYS, BUT IT IS IMPORTANT TO FOCUS ON THE, UH, TOWARDS THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE CHART.
IN 2023 WAS THE LAST YEAR WE WERE NOT NECESSARILY TARGETING STRUCTURAL BALANCE IN THE OPERATING BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.
THE, THE CONCEPT WAS THAT TYPICALLY BECAUSE REVENUE WAS EXCEEDING OPERATING EXPENDITURE, REVENUE WAS EXCEEDING OPERATING EXPENDITURES THAT WE WEREN'T NECESSARILY TARGETING THAT STRUCTURAL BALANCE IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET.
IN 2024, THAT PRACTICE POLICY WAS CHANGED TO WHERE THE, AND AGAIN, IF WE LOOK AT THE LIGHT BLUE BARS, IT'S HARD TO SEE IN 24 AND 25, VERY SLIGHT OPERATING SURPLUSES WERE TARGETED IN BUDGET DEVELOPMENT.
THE DARK BLUE BARS REPRESENT THE ACTUAL OPERATING RESULT.
SO IT WAS A SHIFT IN PRACTICE TO TARGET STRUCTURAL BALANCE.
AND IN EACH SUBSEQUENT YEAR, THE OPERATING RESULT PRIOR TO ANY TRANSFERS AS ADVANCES WAS A POSITIVE AMOUNT.
YOU KNOW, IN THE $10 MILLION RANGE WHERE REVENUE ON AN ONGOING BASIS EXCEED EXPENDITURES, LOOK AT GENERAL FUND, UH, BALANCE POLICY.
BRIEFLY, 2027 BUDGET IN, UH, ASSUMES TOTAL EXPENDITURES OUTTA THE GENERAL FUND.
SO IT'S EVERYTHING IN BOTH THE OPERATING BUDGET, BUT ALSO TRANSFERS TO OTHER FUNDS FOR OTHER USES OF JUST OVER A HUNDRED MILLION.
AND CURRENT ESTIMATE IS THAT 2027 ENDING FUND BALANCE IN THE GENERAL FUND WOULD BE 77%, WHICH EXCEEDS THE 50% POLICY TARGET ON THIS TABLE.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE 2017 THROUGH 2025 ARE BASED OFF OF ACTUAL RESULTS.
26 IS BASED ON THE CURRENT PROJECTION, AND 27 IS BASED ON BUDGET.
AND OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS, CITIES AVERAGE ABOUT A 76% RESERVE BALANCE.
AND A FEW POINTS ON THAT, THAT POLICY AND THE AMOUNT THAT EXCEEDS THE, UH, CURRENT POLICY LIMIT THAT MENTIONED, UH, 26 IS AT 78%.
THE GENERAL FUND RESERVES ABOVE THE 50% POLICY LIMIT CAN BE USED FOR ACCELERATED PAY DOWN OF EXISTING SHORT-TERM DEBT, UNFORESEEN OPERATING AND CAPITAL NEEDS AND STRATEGIC INVESTMENTS APPROVED BY COUNCIL, INCLUDING LAND ACQUISITION AND OTHER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PURPOSES.
THE CITY POLICY DOES ALLOW FOR A 25% PORTION OF RESERVES OVER 75%, UH, TO BE TRANSFERRED TO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS FUND IF RECOMMENDED BY THE DIRECTOR OF, OF OF FINANCE RIGHT NOW, THAT WOULD BE LESS THAN THE $600,000 IF THAT RECOMMENDATION WAS MADE.
AND I'M CURRENTLY NOT MAKING THAT RECOMMENDATION BECAUSE I THINK THERE MAY BE OTHER, UH, NEEDS OR USES FOR THE RESERVE OVER THAT 75% POLICY LIMIT.
AT THIS POINT IN TIME, WE'LL MOVE TO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
THE UH, PLAN WAS DEVELOPED IN FURTHER FOR FURTHERANCE OF COUNCIL GOALS.
AS WE MENTIONED, RIGHT NOW, THE TOTAL FIVE YEAR CCIP TOTAL IS JUST UNDER 397 MILLION AND THAT INCLUDES 127 MILLION FUNDING FOR MAINTENANCE.
ALMOST A THIRD OF THE PLAN IS MAINTENANCE OF EXISTING ASSETS.
AND THE UPDATED 27 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM INCLUDES 102.6 MILLION IN TOTAL PROJECTS REQUESTS.
THAT'S JUST FOR THE 2027 CIP YEAR.
AS FAR AS PROGRAM SOURCES, THERE ARE 396.8 MILLION IN SOURCES FROM INCOME TAX, PROPERTY TAX GRANTS, DEBT PROCEEDS, AND OTHER SOURCES.
SO IT'S A BALANCED CIP PROPERTY TAX FROM UN VOTED MILLAGE IS DEVOTED TO THE CIP TO BOTH FUND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AND PARKLAND ACQUISITION.
OVER THE FIVE YEAR PLAN, WE HAVE ANTICIPATED DEBT ISSUANCE OF 46.4 MILLION IN 2027 FOR CAPITAL NEEDS THAT COULD QUALIFY FOR BOND FUNDING.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING
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AND THAT WOULD INCLUDE GENERAL CAPITAL AND SANITARY SEWER PROJECTS IN 2027.IT'S A SUMMARY OF THE FIVE YEAR CIP BY PROJECT CATEGORY LARGEST TWO CATEGORIES BEING IMPROVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF THE CITY'S TRANSPORTATION NETWORK.
AND THEN JUST OVER 56, UH, MILLION FOR PARKS.
AND YOU CAN SEE IT TOTALS TO THAT 396.8 MILLION OVER FIVE YEARS.
GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF THE PLAN, THE LIGHT GREEN SHOWS MAINTENANCE.
SO THE PLAN IS FAIRLY EVENLY DISTRIBUTED OVER THE FIVE YEARS WITH THE HEAVIER CONCENTRATION IN THE FIRST TWO YEARS.
UH, BUT WE DO MANAGE TO CONTINUE TO INVEST IN MAINTENANCE AND NEW ENHA ENHANCEMENTS IN THAT ONE THIRD, TWO THIRD SPLIT OVER THE FIVE YEAR PLAN.
AND AS FAR AS, UH, DEBT IMPACT ANALYSIS, AS WE MENTIONED AT THE LAST WORK SESSION, UH, THE CURRENT CIP UH, MATCHES THE DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL TO TARGET ABOUT 12% OF OUR, UH, INCOME TAX CAPACITY UTILIZATION FOR DEBT.
AND THAT EQUATES TO JUST ABOUT 60 MILLION.
SO WE'RE SLIGHTLY PROPOSING JUST UNDER 60 MILLION IN NEW INCOME TAX BACKED DEBT OVER THE FIVE YEAR CIP NEW SEWER DEBT OF 29.9 MILLION.
UM, TO FUND RECOMMENDED SEWER CIP PROJECTS, ANNUAL DEBT SERVICE, UH, FOR SEWER WOULD GO FROM 1.8 MILLION TO 5.6 MILLION BY 2035 IF THOSE PROJECTS ALL COME TO FRUITION.
AND THAT, THAT, UH, IMPACT WAS CALCULATED INTO THE UTILITY RATE STUDY IN THE RATES THAT COUNCIL APPROVED EARLIER.
AND WITH THAT STAFF RECOMMENDS COUNCIL APPROVAL OF ORDINANCE 53 26 APPROVING THE 2027 OPERATING BUDGET AND 2027 THROUGH 2031 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM AT THE SECOND READING AND PUBLIC HEARING ON NOVEMBER 9TH, 2026.
AND WITH THAT, I CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL.
YOU WANNA TAKE A MOMENT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING NONE COUNCIL QUESTIONS.
UM, MATT AND TEAM, I KNOW BUDGETS ARE A TEAM SPORTS, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
UM, MATT, COULD YOU GO BACK TO THE CAPITAL SLIDE? OOPSIE? NO, I'M SORRY.
UM, THE ONE WHERE IT, IT LISTS THE CHANGE, UM, IN THE, UM, DEBT ANALYSIS.
UM, SO COULD YOU SHARE A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT, UM, WHEN YOU MADE THE ADJUSTMENTS TO, TO HIT THE THRESHOLD FROM A POLICY PERSPECTIVE, THAT WAS THE DIRECTION OF, OF THE COUNCIL.
DID IT CHANGE ANY PROJECTS, REMOVE ANY PROJECTS OR JUST, UM, MOVE THEM OUT IN TIME OR? WE MOSTLY MOVED THEM OUT OR PHASE SOME OF THE LARGER PROJECTS, ESPECIALLY FOR THE ROADWAY PROJECTS AND INFRASTRUCTURE IN, UH, THE WEST WEST INNOVATION DISTRICT.
SOME OF THOSE LARGER, THE COSWAY ROAD IN PARTICULAR, THOSE WERE PHASED OR MOVED OUT.
WE ALSO UTILIZED MORE OF OTHER SOURCES RATHER THAN RELYING ONLY ON FUTURE DEBT PROCEEDS FOR SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS TO GET TO THAT NUMBER.
AND I THINK ORIGINALLY WE WERE PROBABLY CLOSER TO 95 MILLION IN INCOME TAX BACKED DEBT.
SO WE HAD TO, UM, BRING THAT BACK DOWN TO MATCH THAT 12% OR SO, UH, TARGET THAT THAT COUNCIL HAD GUIDED US ON.
SO WE, UH, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION FOR THE, SO WE DIDN'T REMOVE ANY OF THE SIGNATURE PROJECTS.
WE IN FACT PHASED THEM OR FOUND OTHER FUNDING MOSTLY PHASED OR PUSHED OUT OF THE, THE FIRST FIVE YEARS.
SO THE, I I WOULD, I WOULD, I WOULD OFFER THAT THE CIP HAS PRESENTED WHEN IT WAS FIRST PROPOSED IS LARGELY INTACT WITH SOME CHANGES IN PHASING AND ASSUMPTIONS ON THE TYPE OF REVENUE WE WOULD USE TO FUND THOSE PROJECTS.
AND STAFF IS COMFORTABLE WITH THAT NEW PHASING? I'M LOOKING AT MIKE AND DEAN.
Y YES, WE, UH, WE'VE REVIEWED THAT IN DETAIL AND WE'RE COMFORTABLE WITH IT AS, AS PROPOSED.
I KNOW COUNCIL APPRECIATES THAT 'CAUSE WE HAVE A VERY, VERY BIG ENVELOPE AND FIGURING OUT HOW TO DO IT IS, IS A SCIENCE AND AN ART.
AND SO WE, WE APPRECIATE YOUR WORK ON BOTH OF THOSE THINGS AND I I DO, I WOULD NOTE THAT COUNCIL ALSO ASK THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SOME IMMEDIATE SEWER NEEDS FROM OUR RESIDENTS.
AND I KNOW THERE'S AN INCREASE FROM THERE.
I DON'T KNOW WHY I AM GETTING SO MUCH FEEDBACK HERE ON MY MIC, BUT I, I KNOW THERE WAS AN, UM, INCREASED NEED THERE, BUT I THINK COUNCIL IS SUPPORTIVE OF THAT AND THE CHANGE IN THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME IMMEDIACY.
SO I THANK YOU FOR THE RESPONSIVENESS OF, OF DOING BOTH OF THOSE THINGS.
AND STILL GETTING US A VERY ROBUST CAPITAL PLAN THAT MEETS THE GOALS THAT WE HAVE BEFORE THIS GROUP.
SO MY QUESTION RELATES TO THE MEMO THAT WAS IN HERE ABOUT THE GOLF CLUB, THE DUBLIN.
WHICH IS FOREVER PLAGUING US IN MY OPINION.
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UM, THE, THERE WAS A QUESTION IN THERE WHETHER WE SUPPORT AN ADDITIONAL 300,000 FOR THE MAINTENANCE FACILITY FOR NEXT YEAR, WHICH IN MY OPINION I DON'T, BECAUSE I LOOKED BACK AT OUR, WE SPENT 150,000 IN 2024 TO HELP THEM DECIDE IF WE WERE GONNA MOVE THIS THING.WE SPENT 200,000 IN 2025 FOR THE MAINTENANCE FACILITY.
SO WE'RE ALREADY UP TO 350,000 TO DECIDE WHAT TO DO ABOUT THIS MAINTENANCE FACILITY.
IT CAME BACK, WE DECIDED THAT WE CAN'T MOVE IT, IT'S GOTTA SIT THERE.
THE MEMO MENTIONS WE TECHNICALLY HAVE NO OBLIGATION TO CONTINUE DOING THIS.
SO IN MY OPINION, SPENDING ANOTHER 300,000, UM, I JUST, IF WE'RE GONNA SPEND THAT MONEY, I THINK THAT MONEY NEEDS SPENT TO JUST PERHAPS UPGRADE THE ELECTRICITY AND THE PLUMBING AND THE THINGS IN THE HOUSE, UM, SO THEY CAN CONTINUE USING IT SAFELY AND NOT DESTROY THE STORE INTEGRITY OF THE HOUSE.
I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHAT THAT 300,000 WAS FOR.
IT SAID SOMETHING ABOUT MOVING THE RESTROOMS TO THIS NEW, UH, MAINTENANCE FACILITY.
UH, THERE WAS AN ATTACHED CONCEPT PLAN OF THE MAINTENANCE FACILITY, WHICH I'M NOT SUPPORTIVE OF FOR MULTIPLE REASONS, MAINLY RELATED TO THE HISTORIC INTEGRITY OF THE PROPERTY, WHICH WILL BE COMPLETELY RUINED BY THE CONCEPT PLAN.
UM, SO THAT'S, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY I'M NOT GONNA HOLD THIS UP IF YOU GUYS WANNA GIVE ANOTHER 300,000 TO THE GOLF CLUB WITH DEVLIN, BUT IN MY OPINION, UM, I DON'T THINK THAT'S MONEY WELL SPENT.
I WOULD RATHER ACTUALLY, IN MY OPINION, PUT THAT MONEY TOWARDS, IF YOU'VE LOOKED, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT GOT BUMPED BACK WAS OUR CROSSWALK IMPROVEMENTS.
IT GOT PUSHED BACK YET ANOTHER YEAR.
EVEN THOUGH THAT REPORT'S SUPPOSED TO BE DONE AT THE END OF THIS YEAR, THE IMPROVEMENTS NOW AREN'T UNTIL 2028.
AND I WOULD CERTAINLY RATHER SPEND $300,000 TO MAKE CROSSWALK IMPROVEMENTS THAN TO GIVE IT TO GULF CULPA DUBLIN.
SO STAFF AND MATT, RELATED TO THAT, WHAT IS THE, UM, I DON'T WANNA USE THE WORD RATIONALE, BUT WHAT IS THE, UM, UH, REASON WHY THE RESTROOM MOVE, ET CETERA? WHAT'S THE PHILOSOPHY? SO THERE ARE, THERE IS A LAUNDRY LIST OF AGREEMENTS AND, UM, ADDENDUMS TO AGREEMENTS THAT DATE OR, OR THAT ARE RELATED TO, UH, KES OCCUPANCY OF THAT, UH, FACILITY AND THAT PARCEL IN PARTICULAR.
UM, SO AS, AS I UNDERSTAND IT NOW, THEY ARE OCCUPYING THE, UH, THE HOUSE AND THEY'RE UTILIZING THAT AS A KIND OF A MAKESHIFT OFFICE AREA AND ALSO UTILIZING IT FOR RESTROOM ACCOMMODATIONS.
SO THE CONSIDERATION WAS THAT IF WE WOULD WANT THEM TO, TO VACATE THE, THE HISTORIC HOME THAT WE WOULD NEED TO AUGMENT THEIR ABILITY TO GET SANITARY SEWER AND WATER SERVICE TO A DIFFERENT LOCATION.
UM, SO THERE'S, UH, AGAIN, THERE'S A LOT OF AGREEMENTS, UH, THAT, THAT SPEAK TO IT.
AND, AND I WANT TO ASSURE COUNSEL THAT, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING THAT, UH, WE WOULD, WE WOULD PROPOSE, WOULD CERTAINLY COME BEFORE COUNCIL FOR REVIEW AND, AND APPROVAL BEFORE ANY, ANY DECISION WOULD BE MADE IN THAT REGARD.
UM, BUT THERE ARE SOME, UH, I, I BELIEVE THROUGH SOME OF THE AGREEMENTS WE HAVE SOME, UH, I THINK THERE'S SOME SKIN IN THE GAME FOR THE CITY TO PARTICIPATE IN KIND OF, UH, PUTTING THEM IN A MORE APPROPRIATE LOCATION, UM, IF, IF THAT'S OUR INTEREST.
SO, BUT WE'LL CERTAINLY, I, I'D BE HAPPY TO PROVIDE A, A MORE DETAILED SUMMARY TO COUNCIL ON THAT AND JUST GIVE YOU SOME BACKGROUND, UH, YOU KNOW, IN, IN THE COMING WEEKS.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GOT TO, BUT IT WAS AT THE END OF, IT WAS LIKE ATTACHMENTS EIGHT.
IT WAS A PRETTY EXTENSIVE MEMO THAT PUT THE WHOLE HISTORY OUT THERE.
IT'S IN THERE HOW MUCH I, THE NUMBERS I GAVE, I LOOKED BACK UP IN THE CIP 'CAUSE I KNOW WE KEEP GIVING THEM MONEY EVERY YEAR FOR THIS MAINTENANCE FACILITY.
WHAT EXACTLY IS THE 300,004 RESTROOMS? JUST RESTROOMS? I'M SORRY, WHAT? WHAT'S IT FOR? YEAH, WHAT IS IT FOR? IS IT JUST RESTROOMS? SO, YEAH, SO THE INTENT WOULD BE, SO I, I THINK WE COLLECTIVELY WE'RE VERY INTERESTED IN THEM, UH, PROVIDING MORE APPROPRIATE ACCOMMODATIONS FOR THEIR EQUIPMENT THAT THEY HAVE LOCATED ON SITE.
IT'S OUT IN IT, IT'S VISIBLE TO THE PUBLIC.
IT'S NOT, UH, IT'S KIND OF AN EYESORE ALONG THE ROADWAY.
UM, SO THE $300,000, AGAIN, WAS JUST, UH, FOR SOME COST CONTRIBUTION RELATED TO THE EXTENSION OF WATER AND SEWER TO A FUTURE IMPROVEMENT.
SO IT'S NOT FOR RESTROOMS, IT'S THE ULTIMATE USE WOULD BE RESTROOMS, BUT IT'S FOR THE WATER AND SEWER, IT WOULD BE FOR WATER AND SEWER.
UM, THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD TO DATE IS THAT THEY WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE
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FOR THE COST OF ANY BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS, THAT WE WOULD HAVE A WILLINGNESS TO EVALUATE, A COST SHARE TO PROVIDE WATER AND SEWER, UH, TO THE NEW, UM, BUILDING SHOULD THEY MOVE IN THAT DIRECTION.SO THAT, THAT WAS REALLY JUST A PLACEHOLDER FOR THAT PURPOSE ONLY.
SO, YOU KNOW, IF YOU LOOK AT THE PICTURES, IT'S, UM, NOT EXACTLY A POSTER CHILD FOR CLEANLINESS AND ORGANIZATION.
IT SEEMS LIKE AT THE MOMENT THERE'S NO SUITABLE ALTERNATIVE.
AND, AND THERE PROBABLY WASN'T AN ALTERNATIVE AT THE TIME THAT THE CITY ENTERED INTO THE LEASE AGREEMENT AND ESSENTIALLY PROVIDED SOMETHING THAT THE OPERATOR OF A GOLF COURSE NEEDED A PLACE TO STORE THEIR STUFF, HAVE OFFICES GO TO THE RESTROOM.
BUT HERE WE ARE, 20 SOME YEARS LATER, THAT PROPERTY, AS I RECALL, WE RESTORED IT NEW, UH, TUCK POINTING PAINTING 25 YEARS AGO.
BUT NOT A WHOLE LOT HAS BEEN DONE TO IT SINCE.
AND IT'S FALLEN INTO A STATE OF DISREPAIR.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE HOUSE ITSELF, NOTHING REMARKABLE, BUT WHEN YOU PUT THE, THE BUILDINGS TOGETHER, IT'S A LASTING, UM, STORY OF AGRICULTURAL HISTORY IN WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP.
SO I THINK IT'S WORTHY OF PRESERVATION, BUT WE'RE PUTTING A, A ROUND PEG IN A SQUARE HOLE BY HAVING THESE FOLKS USE IT FOR WHAT THEY'RE USING IT FOR.
NOW, I'M AT A LOSS BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ALTERNATIVE IS, IF THERE'S NO, I DON'T KNOW THE GOLF COURSE, IF THERE, IF THERE ARE NO PARCELS ADJACENT TO IT THAT THEY CAN, UM, BUILD SOMETHING ON AND, AND I WOULD BE, UM, COMFORTABLE HELPING WITH THAT.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE OWN THIS STUFF, THEY'RE LEASING IT, SO WE'RE THE LANDLORD LANDLORDS TYPICALLY MAKE IMPROVEMENTS.
AND, YOU KNOW, THIS CURRENT STATE IS A POOR REFLECTION IN MY OPINION, BUT UNTIL SOMEONE CAN COME UP WITH A PLACE TO ACTUALLY PUT THIS, I, I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE THERE IS TO SAY.
AND I THINK THE STUDY THAT WE DID THAT WAS LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO, YOU KNOW, AN ALTERNATIVE PLACE, THE THE, SO WHAT OF THAT WAS THERE'S NO PLACE ELSE.
NOW, I, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW.
IT'S WHAT THE PEOPLE WE HIRED TO TELL US, TOLD US.
AND I CONTINUE TO BE DISAPPOINTED AT THE CONDITION OF WHICH THEY LEAVE THE FACILITY.
JUST BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE A PLACE FOR EVERYTHING, DOESN'T MEAN EVERYTHING CAN'T BE IN ITS PLACE.
SO HOW MANY YEARS ARE LEFT ON THAT AGREEMENT? I, I DON'T KNOW OFFHAND.
IT WAS, IT WAS A LONG-TERM AGREEMENT.
I WANNA SAY IT WAS LIKE A 40 YEAR AGREEMENT.
SO THERE ARE EVERY BIT OF 20 YEARS OR, OR MORE REMAINING.
YEAH, I, I CAN FOLLOW UP WITH THE SPECIFIC DATE ON THAT, BUT YEAH, I, I DON'T KNOW.
AND MAYBE IF THEY'RE ASKING FOR A CONTRIBUTION, IT'S AN OPENER FOR US TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION AGAIN ABOUT THE AGREEMENT.
IF THEY WANT A CONTRIBUTION WITH US, MAYBE, MAYBE FOR THE CONTRIBUTION, WE SAY, FINE, THAT'S A CONTRACT OPENER.
AND YOU KNOW, WE'D LIKE TO LOOK AT THE TERMS OF THIS CONTRACT AND LOOK AT REVENUES AND, AND ALL OF THOSE SORTS OF THINGS SO THAT IT REALLY IS A SHARED RESPONSIBILITY VERSUS A SHIFTED RESPONSIBILITY.
SO I, IF THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WANTING TO DO, I WOULD WANT TO USE THAT TO OPEN UP THE CONTRACT OR MAYBE AT LEAST REVIEW THE CONTRACT AND SEE WHAT IN THE CONTRACT IS UNSETTLING TO US.
AND IF WE FIND THINGS UNSETTLING, WE USE THIS CONTRIBUTION AS A CONTRACT OPENER, AND THEN WE CAN START THE DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO WITH THIS HOUSE? WHAT IS THE CONDITION THAT, THAT IT SHOULD BE IN? UM, I THINK WE PUT A ROOF ON IT A, A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO TO HELP MITIGATE SOME WATER DAMAGE AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT MIGHT BE TIME FOR A CONVERSATION WITH THEM AND, AND MAYBE A $300,000 CONTRIBUTION MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT WE GARNER MORE THAN $300,000 ON THE OPPOSITE ON THE OTHER END.
BECAUSE WHEN WE ENTERED THIS CONTRACT, I THINK USAGE WAS FAR LOWER THAN IT HAS BEEN IN THE RECENT PAST.
SO I, I, YOU KNOW, I SUSPECT REVENUES HAVE GONE UP SIGNIFICANTLY SINCE THE CONTRACT WAS LAST EXECUTED.
SO THAT, THAT WOULD BE MY ONLY THOUGHT IS I'M NOT NECESSARILY OPPOSED TO THE $300,000 CONTRIBUTION.
IF WE CAN, UM, ADDRESS SOME OF THE ISSUES WE MIGHT HAVE THERE.
I'LL THROW A COUPLE MORE THINGS IN THERE.
I'M OKAY WITH 300,000 IF IT'S USED FOR SOMETHING PRACTICAL IN MY PUR IN MY SENSE, WE'VE DECIDED THAT THEY'VE DECIDED THIS IS THE ONLY PLACE THEY CAN DO THIS.
WELL, WE HAD A REHABILITATION RENOVATION STUDY DONE.
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IT IS POSSIBLE TO RENOVATE THAT HOUSE AND MAKE IT USABLE FOR OFFICES AND BATHROOMS. THAT IS TOTALLY POSSIBLE, BUT NO ONE HAS DONE AN ENGINEERING OR STRUCTURAL REPORT TO FIND OUT HOW EXPENSIVE THAT WOULD BE, LIKE WHAT PLUMBING AND ELECTRICAL WORK NEEDS DONE.NO ONE'S DONE THAT TO THE BARN FACILITY.
NO ONE'S LOOKED AT HOW COULD WE MAKE THE EXISTING FACILITIES ACTUALLY WORK LIKE THAT WORK HAS NOT BEEN DONE YET.
IF WE'RE GONNA SPEND 300,000 TO HELP THEM, THEN YOU KNOW, THAT'S A BETTER USE OF THAT.
I MEAN, WE'RE STUCK WITH THIS PROPERTY AND IF REUSE IT THAN GREAT, THEN LET'S REUSE IT.
BUT WE'VE NEVER EVEN STUDIED TO SEE IF THOSE BUILDINGS COULD ACTUALLY BE REUSED.
OTHER COMMENTS? WELL, THANK YOU.
UM, WE DO HAVE SECOND HEARING PUBLIC OR SECOND READING, PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED FOR NOVEMBER THE NINTH.
SO PERHAPS WE'LL, UM, MAYBE HAVE, HAVE SOME MORE THINGS TO TALK ABOUT AT THAT POINT IN TIME RELATIVE TO THAT.
[Ordinance 54-26 ]
54 DASH 26, ESTABLISHING THE SPORTS OHIO OPERATIONS FUND NUMBER 2, 2 7 SPECIAL REVENUE FUND.HARDEST WORKING MAN IN THE BUILDING TONIGHT.
THE NEXT TWO ORDINANCES ARE RELATED TO THE BUDGET, CREATING TWO NEW FUNDS, UH, AS RECOMMENDED DURING OUR BUDGET DEVELOPMENT WORK SESSIONS.
THE FIRST OF WHICH IS ESTABLISHING THE SPORTS OHIO OPERATING FUND NUMBER 2 27.
UM, THE SPORTS OHIO OPERATIONS SPECIAL REVENUE FUND WILL BE USED TO ACCOUNT FOR ALL REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES RELATED TO SPORTS OHIO OPERATIONS.
SO NOT THE CAPITAL, BUT ALL THE OPERATIONS.
IT'S PART OF THE OPERATING BUDGET.
INSTEAD OF BEING, UH, BLENDED INTO THE GENERAL FUND, IT'S NOW GONNA BE A STANDALONE SPECIAL REVENUE FUND.
IT'LL MAINTAIN, UH, FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY, ACCOUNTABILITY BY SEPARATING THE ACTIVITY OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND, SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DO WITH THE RECREATION AND POOLS FUNDS, UH, THAT, UH, TRACK THOSE TWO PROGRAMS. UH, THE BUDGET FOR THE NEW FUND, AS I MENTIONED, WILL BE PART OF THE OPERATING BUDGET, AND WITH THAT STAFF RECOMMENDS COUNCIL APPROVAL OF ORDINANCE 54 26, ESTABLISHING THE SPORTS OHIO OPERATIONS SPECIAL REVENUE FUND NUMBER 2 27 AT THE SECOND READING IN PUBLIC HEARING ON NOVEMBER 9TH, 2026.
UM, THIS ADOPTED ORDINANCE WILL BE SUBMITTED TO THE AUDITOR STATE FOR APPROVAL OF THE NEW FUND.
WE'LL TAKE A MOMENT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING NONE COUNCIL QUESTION, DISCUSSION.
UM, SO ANY DOWNSIDE TO SETTING THIS SPECIAL FUND.
ONCE THE FUNDS ARE IN THIS FUND, WE CAN MOVE THEM AS NEED THEM NO DOWNSIDE AS WE'LL.
WORK ON DETERMINING HOW MUCH GENERAL FUND RESOURCES ARE IN THE GENERAL FUND THAT SHOULD BE ATTRIBUTABLE TO SPORTS OHIO AND MAKE THAT AS PART OF THE, UM, APPROPRIATIONS MEASURE FOR 2027.
THAT'S FAIRLY STRAIGHTFORWARD CALCULATION THAT WE WILL DO.
AND, UM, I THINK ULTIMATELY IT'LL BE GOOD FOR THE FINANCIAL REPORTING, SUBSEQUENT UPDATES ON THE BUDGET, AND ALSO BUDGET DEVELOPMENT.
I THINK IT'S A, A GOOD MEASURE AND IT CONFORMS TO A CURRENT PRACTICE WE HAVE WITH OUR OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS.
SHOULD THERE EVER BE EXCESS REVENUE IN THIS FUND, COULD IT BE TRANSFERRED BACK TO THE GENERAL FUND OR IS IT A ONE WAY TRANSFER POLICY? UH, WE COULD MOVE IT BACK TO THE GENERAL FUND ON A LITTLE MORE TECHNICAL NOTE ON A FINANCIAL REPORTING PERSPECTIVE, MOST OF THESE SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS ARE ACTUALLY PART OF THE GENERAL FUND AND OUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
SO I WOULD ASSUME THERE'S A COMPLIANT WAY TO MOVE MONEY BACK TO THE GENERAL FUND OR ELSEWHERE IF WE NEEDED TO.
OR EVEN USE IT, UH, FOR, TO OFFSET CAPITAL EXPENDITURE COSTS AS WELL.
WE WILL LOOK FORWARD TO SECOND READING, PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED FOR NOVEMBER 9TH ON THAT AS WELL.
[Ordinance 55-26 ]
TO ORDINANCE 55 DASH 26, ESTABLISHING THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING FUND NUMBER 6 4 0 ENTERPRISE FUND.I'LL DO, WE'LL STICK WITH MATT.
UH, SIMILAR TO THE PREVIOUS ORDINANCE, THIS ORDINANCE IS, UH, ESTABLISHES A NEW ENTERPRISE FUND FOR THE CITY'S ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING ENTERPRISE FUND.
THIS IS NOT PART OF THE OPERATING BUDGET, BUT IT IS PART OF THE TOTAL BUDGET.
SO WE WANT TO ESTABLISH BOTH FUNDS PRIOR TO BRINGING THE APPROPRIATIONS MEASURE FOR THE FULL 2027 BUDGET TO COUNCIL.
THAT'S WHY THIS ONE IS ALSO INCLUDED.
SO THIS WOULD BE ENTERPRISE FUND NUMBER 6 4 0.
UM, IT WILL TRACK ALL RELATED REVENUE, OPERATING MAINTENANCE, AND CAPITAL EXPENDITURES RELATED TO THE EV CHARGING PROGRAM HERE AT THE CITY.
AND AGAIN, THIS IS, UH, PER RECOMMENDATION THAT WAS MADE DURING THE BUDGET DEVELOPMENT WORK SESSIONS.
UM, THIS IS WITH, UH, ESTABLISHING THIS ENTERPRISE FUND.
UM, IT'S CONSISTENT WITH BEST PRACTICE AND THE IDEA IS THE FUND WOULD BE SELF-SUPPORTING OVER TIME.
THERE WILL BE NEED TO ADVANCE FUNDING TEMPORARILY TO THIS FUND TO, IN A SENSE PROVIDE SOME SEED FUNDING UNTIL THE PROJECT, UM, GETS MOVING OR THE, THE PROGRAMING GETS MOVING.
SO OVER THE NEXT YEAR, WE'LL HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT THE NORMAL REVENUE
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AND EXPENDITURE CYCLE IS GOING TO LOOK.WE'LL EVENTUALLY BE ABLE TO MOVE THAT MONEY BACK TO THE GENERAL FUND.
AND WITH THAT, AGAIN, STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING ENTERPRISE FUND NUMBER SIX 40 AT THE SECOND READING OF PUBLIC HEARING AT THE NOVEMBER 9TH MEETING.
THIS ORDINANCE WILL ALSO BE, UH, PROVIDED TO THE AUDITOR STATE FOR APPROVAL.
IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THIS EVENING THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING NONE COUNCIL QUESTIONS.
WE WILL LOOK FORWARD TO SECOND READING, PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED FOR NOVEMBER 9TH, 2026, BRINGING US TO ORDINANCE
[Ordinance 56-26 ]
56 DASH 26 AMENDING VARIOUS SEC, VARIOUS SECTIONS OF ORDINANCE 1517, INTRODUCE IT.WE'LL GIVE MATT A BREAK AND GO WITH JENNIFER.
MEMBERS OF COUNCIL ORDINANCE 56 DASH 26 IS A COMPANION ORDINANCE TO THE OPERATING BUDGET.
THERE ARE A FEW CHANGES IN THIS DOCUMENT AS OUTLINED IN YOUR ACCOMPANYING MEMO.
FIRST IS AN UPDATED LIST OF AUTHORIZED POSITION TITLES TO REFLECT THE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE IN THE PROPOSED 2027 OPERATING BUDGET SUBMISSION AND THE SUBSEQUENT ALIGNMENT OF THE CLASSIFICATION AND PAY GRADES.
ADDITIONALLY, AT THE SECOND READING OF THIS ORDINANCE, I WILL SHARE THE PROPOSED ORGANIZATIONAL CHART ON NOVEMBER 9TH.
THE FINAL CHANGES INCLUDE THE RENAMING OF THE INSTANT BONUS PROGRAM TO THE EXCEPTIONAL U BONUS PROGRAM.
THE PROGRAM ITSELF REMAINS UNCHANGED.
AND LASTLY, THERE IS UPDATED LANGUAGE IN THE MEDICAL, DENTAL, VISION, AND LIFE INSURANCE BENEFITS SECTIONS REGARDING THE RESULTS BASED PREMIUM WAIVER INCENTIVE FOR THE HEALTHY BY CHOICE WELLNESS PROGRAM.
INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET IS A RECOMMENDATION TO ADD HINGE HEALTH TO THE MEDICAL BENEFITS PORTFOLIO IN MID 2027.
THIS UNIQUE PROGRAM DIRECTLY SUPPORTS THE CITY'S COMMITMENT TO EMPLOYEE WELLNESS, PREVENTIVE CARE, AND DEMONSTRATES RESPONSIBLE HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT, HEALTHCARE COST MANAGEMENT.
SUBJECT TO ANY QUESTIONS, COUNSEL MAY HAVE, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THIS ORDINANCE AT THE SECOND READING ON NOVEMBER 9TH.
I'M GONNA TAKE A MOMENT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT THIS EVENING FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING NONE COUNCIL QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION? SHOCKED.
UH, JENNIFER, THANKS VERY MUCH.
SO UNDER THE, UM, UH, WAGE AND SALARY STRUCTURE ADMINISTRATION, SO THERE'S ONLY, UM, TWO RECLASSIFICATIONS IN THIS BUDGET THERE.
THERE'S USUALLY A, A LONGER LIST.
SO EVERYTHING IN THAT MEMO COVERS IT.
THERE'S ONLY A FEW OF THEM, AND THEY WERE, SOME OF IT IS JUST CLEANUP.
ONE OF THEM IS A RECLASSIFICATION OF WHERE A POSITION SHOULD HAVE BEEN.
AND I JUST THINK OVER THE YEARS IT GOT MISCLASSIFIED INCORRECTLY, A CORRECTION THERE, AND THEN A REMOVAL OF THE DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING.
WE ACTUALLY HAD TWO OF THEM IN THE PLAN.
AND NOW THAT WE'VE HIRED JEREMY HOYT, WE JUST NEED THE ONE.
SO THOSE ARE THE ONLY TWO CHANGES THAT ARE IN THERE.
UH, IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, WE WILL AGAIN LOOK FORWARD TO SECOND READING, PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED FOR NOVEMBER 9TH, 2026 AS WELL.
[Resolution 46-26 ]
THE INTRODUCTION, PUBLIC HEARING VOTE RESOLUTION PORTION OF OUR AGENDA.WE WILL BEGIN WITH RESOLUTION 46 DASH 26, ACCEPTING THE LOWEST AND BEST BID FOR THE SPORTS OHIO PARKING LOT RESURFACING PROJECT HONOR.
AND OUR STAFF REPORT WILL BE BROUGHT FORWARD THIS EVENING BY BRIAN GABLE.
MEMBERS OF COUNCIL STAFF CONDUCTED A COMPETITIVE BID PROCESS FOR THE SPORTS OHIO PARKING LOT RESURFACING PROJECT.
THIS PROJECT PROVIDES FOR ASPHALT, RESURFACING AND CONCRETE CURB REPAIRS OF THREE EXISTING PARKING LOTS IN THE SPORTS OHIO COMPLEX, LOCATED ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF COS GRAY ROAD.
THIS PROGRAM IS FUNDED FROM THE 2026 THROUGH 2030 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM IN THE AMOUNT OF THREE 3,800,000 FOR THE SPORTS OHIO SLASH DARI FIELDS ACCOUNT.
THIS PROJECT'S SCOPE IS A PART OF A MULTI-PHASE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT INITIATIVE, INCLUDING VARIOUS IMPROVEMENTS AT THE CITY OWNED SPORTS FACILITY.
THE ENGINEER'S ESTIMATE FOR THIS PROJECT IS $542,000.
ON OCTOBER 7TH, 2026, SIX BIDS WERE RECEIVED AND PUBLICLY OPENED.
BREX PAVING SUBMITTED THE LOWEST AND BEST BID OF $370,438 AND 38 CENTS.
CONSTRUCTION IS EXPECTED TO COMMENCE IN NOVEMBER AND BE COMPLETE IN THE SAME MONTH.
STAFF RECOMMENDS COUNSEL APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION 46 DASH 26 ACCEPTING AS LOIS INVESTS THE BID OF BREX PAVING IN THE AMOUNT OF $370,438 AND 38 CENTS FOR THIS PROJECT.
I WOULD BE GLAD TO ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS COUNSEL MAY HAVE REGARDING THIS RESOLUTION.
AND TAKE A MOMENT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
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EVENING FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK RELATIVE TO THIS LEGISLATION? HEARING NONE COUNCIL QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION, IS IT POSSIBLE FOR YOU TO TELL US WHETHER THIS PARKING LOT WILL EXIST THREE OR FOUR YEARS FROM NOW UNDER THE, THE MASTER PLAN THAT WE HAVE FOR THE PARK? YES.UH, ACCORDING TO THE PARK PLAN, UH, THE MAJORITY OF THESE LOTS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE.
YOU KNOW, THE, UH, OH, GO AHEAD.
JUST JUST TO ADD TO THAT, WE DID, UH, WE OVERLAID WHAT THE CURRENT LAYOUT IS, THE CURRENT ALIGNMENT OF ROADWAY EXTENSIONS, AND WE DID OUR BEST, UH, NOT TO PROPOSE A MILL AND OVERLAY, UH, SCOPE OF WORK FOR AN AREA THAT WOULD BE A SHORTER TERM AREA.
SO WE WERE VERY INTENTIONAL ABOUT THE TYPE OF TREATMENT THAT WE SELECTED FOR THESE AREAS BECAUSE WE FELT CONFIDENT THAT THESE WOULD BE LONGER TERM INVESTMENTS.
I'M CURIOUS IF YOU'VE HEARD ANY MORE FROM THE PGA PEOPLE AND I'M CURIOUS WHERE THAT WOULD GO.
SO I RECEIVED AN EMAIL JUST TODAY ABOUT THAT.
SO I ADMIT I HAVE TO GET UP TO SPEED ON THAT, BUT, UM, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THERE IS A LOT OF INTEREST IN THAT, BUT I, THE FINER DETAILS, I, I DON'T HAVE IT, UH, AT MY FINGERTIPS, BUT I CAN CERTAINLY FOLLOW UP.
SORRY TO PUSH YOU ON THE SPOT.
OTHER COMMENTS? WELL, HOPEFULLY NOVEMBER WILL BE AS GOOD OF A PAVING MONTH AS OCTOBER HAS BEEN.
I KNOW THE EMERALD PARKWAY IN ALL OF THAT PAVING HAS, HAS GONE QUITE WELL.
SO WE WILL, WE WILL HOPE FOR GOOD THINGS IN NOVEMBER AS WELL.
UH, JENNY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE VICE MAYOR DEROSA? YES.
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COMMENTS PORTION OF OUR AGENDA.I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU, MIKE.
GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL TONIGHT.
I HAVE ONE, UH, STAFF COMMENT TO SHARE WITH YOU TODAY.
UH, THE CITY ISSUED A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR PHASE TWO OF THE PREMIER ATHLETIC AND RECREATION CAMPUS INITIATIVE.
THIS PHASE WILL VALIDATE AND REFINE THE EXISTING PARK VISION FRAMEWORK, WHICH WAS ACCEPTED BY CITY COUNCIL EARLIER THIS YEAR, AND IT WILL BEGIN TRANSLATING THAT VISION INTO PRACTICAL IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY.
THE SELECTED CONSULTANT WILL ASSESS PROGRAMMING AND OPERATIONS INCLUDING HOW COMMUNITY, UH, RECREATIONAL NEEDS AND TOURNAMENT AND EVENT OPPORTUNITIES CAN SUCCESSFULLY COEXIST AS WELL AS INFRASTRUCTURE ACCESS, PARKING, ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS, COSTS, AND IMPLEMENTATION RISKS.
THE WORK WILL ALSO HELP US BETTER UNDERSTAND PRIORITIES PHASING, SEQUENCING, AND IDENTIFY ISSUES THAT NEED TO BE RESOLVED BEFORE MOVING INTO MORE DETAILED DESIGN AND SIGNIFICANT CAPITAL INVESTMENT.
THESE THEMES ARE REFLECTED IN THE SCOPE DEVELOPED THROUGH THE EARLIER PARK RFP DRAFTS, AND THE RESULT WILL BE PRIORITIZED NEAR TERM ACTIONS AND A ROADMAP TO GUIDE FUTURE PLANNING, DESIGN AND INVESTMENT DECISIONS.
PROPOSALS ARE DUE ON NOVEMBER 13TH, 2026 WITH CONSULTANT SELECTION ANTICIPATED DURING THE WEEK OF DECEMBER 13TH.
SO WE INTEND TO GET THIS SELECTED AND AWARDED, UH, BY THE END OF THIS YEAR.
WE'RE VERY EXCITED FOR THIS PROJECT TO MOVE FORWARD.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
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OKAY, THIS BRINGS US TO COUNCIL REPORTS.WE'LL BEGIN WITH COMMITTEE REPORTS AND THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.
THE FINANCE COMMITTEE MET ON OCTOBER 20TH TO EVALUATE THE HOTEL MOTEL TAX GRANT APPLICATIONS.
WE RECEIVED 23 APPLICATIONS, UH, WITH A TOTAL OF $413,165 THAT WAS REQUESTED USING THE SCORING RUBRIC FOR COMMUNITY EVENTS AND FORMULA FOR SPORTS EVENTS.
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED GRANT AWARDS TOTALING $292,500.
THESE AWARDS WILL BE BEFORE COUNSEL FOR APPROVAL AT THE, UH, NOVEMBER 9TH COUNCIL MEETING.
ADDITIONALLY, THE COMMITTEE REACHED CONSENSUS ON HAVING AN ABBREVIATED APPLICATION FOR WHEN AN APPLICANT SEEKS ONLY A FEE WAIVER.
STAFF WILL BRING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR A CAP ON THE AMOUNT WAIVED AND A PROPOSED APPLICATION PROCESS TO A FUTURE FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING.
FINALLY, THE COMMITTEE DISCUSSED THE POLICY PROVISION THAT STAFFING COSTS ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR GRANT FUNDS.
THE COMMITTEE CONSENSUS WAS THAT CONTRACTUAL PERSONNEL COSTS SPECIFIC TO AN EVENT ARE ACCEPTABLE, BUT THAT GRANT FUNDS MAY NOT BE USED FOR ONGOING OR YEAR-ROUND STAFF.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY.
WE'LL START WITH BOARD OF EDUCATION, UH, KATHY AND GREG.
YEAH, UM, I'LL GIVE THE REPORT.
UM, SO THE LIAISON MET ON, UM, OCTOBER THE FIFTH, UM, FROM THE CITY NET.
RUBINO AND MIKE BARKER WE'RE IN ATTENDANCE ALONG WITH VICE MAYOR DEROSA, MYSELF, UH, FROM THE CITY STANDPOINT.
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WE DISCUSSED THE WATER TREATMENT TRANSITION MAINS AND HOW THAT WOULD AFFECT THE SCHOOLS, PARTICULARLY THE TRAFFIC PATTERNS AND THE BUS ROUTES.UM, NEXT WE DISCUSSED THE FINALIZED SRO AGREEMENT.
UM, MS. RUBINO WENT OVER THE COST STUDY AND THE FEE SCHEDULE APPROVAL, INCLUDING UPDATES TO THE, UH, POOL FEES.
AND WE ALSO INFORMED THEM THE ONGOING EVALUATION PROCESS FOR OUR 2027 ANNUAL BUDGET.
FROM THE SCHOOL STANDPOINT, THEY ALSO GAVE AN UPDATE ON THEIR FINANCIALS, UM, INCLUDING THEIR ANNUAL BUDGET AND ALSO CONSIDERATION FOR REVENUE GENERATION.
UM, THEY ALSO DISCUSSED THEIR ENGAGEMENT GROUPS, INCLUDING THEIR BUSINESS ADVISORY GROUP, THEIR PERC AND THEIR APP GROUPS.
AND THE PERC STANDS FOR THEIR PARENTS ENCOURAGING RESPONSIBLE CHOICES.
AND THE ACT GROUP, A CT STANDS FOR ADOLESCENTS AND COMMUNITY TOGETHER COALITION.
AND BOTH OF THESE GROUPS FOCUS ON MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AND HOW TO PREVENT AND REDUCE YOUTH SUBSTANCE MISUSE.
AND THEN LASTLY, UH, THE SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT, JENNIFER W***Y, INVITED THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO VISIT THE TOWS CAREER TECHNICAL CENTER, UM, JUST TO SEE ALL THE WONDERFUL PROGRAMS THAT THEY HAVE THERE.
AND THAT CONCLUDES THE REPORT.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE 33 CORRIDOR GROUP AND 1 61 CORRIDOR GROUP.
AND THAT WILL BE KATHY AND WENDY.
I'LL TAKE THE BALL ON THIS ONE THIS EVENING.
UM, SO THE, UH, US 33 CORRIDOR MET ON THE 9TH OF OCTOBER, AND WE MET AT THE MARYSVILLE WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY.
WE'VE BEEN THERE A COUPLE TIMES.
UM, WE HAD A SPECIAL GUEST, WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT RHYTHM THAT WE NORMALLY DO.
UM, MIKE MCNUTT, WHO WAS FROM THE OHIO DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, UM, GAVE A VERY EYE-OPENING, UH, AT LEAST TO ME, PRESENTATION ABOUT THE BIG DARBY WATERSHED AND SOME RECENT REPORTS THAT THEY HAVE AND WORK THAT THE, UM, OD AND R HAVE JUST COMPLETED.
ON THAT, I'LL JUST SHARE JUST A, A COUPLE PIECES OF INFORMATION.
THE WATERSHED ITSELF IS 556 SQUARE MILES.
THAT IS AN ENORMOUS WATERSHED.
AND OF COURSE IT COVERS UNION COUNTY MADISON IN, IT'S INCLUDED IN UNION COUNTY, MADISON FRANKLIN, AND PICK AWAY.
SO A LOT OF THE DEVELOPMENT UP AND DOWN THE 33 CORRIDOR AND THE 1 61, OBVIOUSLY WE MUST BE SENSITIVE TO IT, AND OBVIOUSLY IT IS A PARTNERSHIP ACTIVITY.
SO WE SPENT SOME TIME TALKING ABOUT, UM, THEIR FINDINGS.
UM, IT IS ONE OF THE MOST, AND I'M GONNA USE THE WORD PRISTINE, UM, WATERWAYS IN THE UNITED STATES.
UM, AND JUST A FUN FACTOID TO SHARE AT YOUR NEXT, UM, PARTY OPPORTUNITY.
THERE'S A HUNDRED SPECIES OF FISH IN THE DERBY, UM, WHICH IS AMAZING.
AND IT WAS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR THE GROUP WHO, AS WE DO DEVELOPMENT AND PLAN DEVELOPMENT, TALK ABOUT THE NEEDS AND THE SHARED RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE WATERSHED.
UM, WE VOLUNTEERED TO BE A SOUNDING BOARD BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THEY'RE TRYING HARD TO DO IS TO MAKE SURE THEY GET THE RIGHT FOLKS AROUND THE TABLE WHEN THEY'RE HAVING THESE DISCUSSIONS.
SO, UM, IT WAS A GOOD DISCUSSION AND, UH, WE APPRECIATE, UM, MR. VNU JOINING THE GROUP.
THEN WE HAD, UM, OUR ONGOING 1 61 CORRIDOR MEETING.
WE HAD A MEETING LAST, UM, FRIDAY, UM, OR COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON AND I ATTENDED.
UM, I'M JUST GONNA GIVE A COUPLE UPDATES 'CAUSE WE, AS YOU RECALL, JAMIE GREEN CAME AND GAVE A VERY BIG OVERVIEW OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING.
WE REALLY TALKED ABOUT TWO SIGNIFICANT THINGS AT THIS LAST MEETING, AND THEN I'LL GIVE A A LITTLE BIT OF A NOTE ABOUT WHAT'S NEXT.
SO WE SPENT SOME TIME TALKING ABOUT UTILITIES.
UM, AS WE MENTIONED, AND I THINK JAMIE MENTIONED, UH, MID-OHIO, MARYSVILLE, UH, COLUMBUS, ALL HAVE WATER SERVICE RIGHT AGREEMENTS IN THIS AREA, SOME ACTUALLY OVERLAPPING ON PARTICULAR PARCELS.
SO, UM, THE IDEA OF UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE LAND USE PLAN ISN'T, AS YOU RECALL, UM, A SIGNIFICANT PIECE OF WORK THAT'S COME OUT OF THIS IS THAT SHARED LAND USE PLAN THAT CAME OUT.
UM, SO WE TOOK THAT LAND USE PLAN, THEN WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS THERE FOR WATER? AND YOU KNOW, WHO, WHO'S UP AND, AND WHERE ARE THERE CONFLICTS? SO WE HAD A VERY GOOD CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT AND THE NEED FOR A CONTINUED COLLABORATION.
AND AGAIN, ONCE YOU HAVE A LAND USE MAP, THEN THE NEXT THING THAT OF COURSE HAPPENS IS TRANSPORTATION.
AND THIS IS AN EVEN BIGGER BIKE THAN UTILITIES.
SO WHAT THEN WOULD BE LOGICAL NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, WEST, UM, ROADWAYS IN ADDITION TO AND COMPLEMENTING 1 61 BECAUSE, UM, I THINK AS WE SHARED THE 1 61 IMPROVEMENTS ALONE WILL NOT EVEN UNDER THE, THE, THE MOST CONSERVATIVE PLANS, UM, BE SUFFICIENT.
UM, THE ROADWAY WILL FAIL, THE OVERPASS WILL FAIL IF THERE AREN'T ADDITIONAL.
SO WE SPENT SOME TIME, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, ANYTIME YOU PUT A LAND USE MAP UP AND YOU SHOW ROADWAYS GOING THROUGH PROPERTIES, ET CETERA, YOU GET CONVERSATIONS.
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WAS VERY USEFUL CONVERSATION BECAUSE IT HELPS OUR PARTNERS AT ODOT AND WARP C HELP US THINK THROUGH IF, IF, IF THESE COULD BE POTENTIAL ROADWAYS, UH, WHAT MIGHT THIS MEAN? AND AGAIN, I WOULD JUST SHARE THAT'S REALLY ONE OF THE BIG THINGS WE'RE TRYING TO DO WITH THIS GROUP IS TO GET UNITED SO THAT WE CAN GET PARTNERSHIP DOLLARS AND WE CAN GET THE BEST ROADWAYS.SO THAT WAS A VERY ROBUST AND, AND I WOULD SAY VERY, UH, FRUITFUL CONVERSATION.
THE LAST THING WE TALKED ABOUT, AND IT WAS JUST A BRIEF, IF YOU WILL, UH, PRELUDE TO THE DECEMBER MEETING, UM, WHERE WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IS IT POSSIBLE GIVEN THE LAND USE THAT WE HAVE, UM, COLLECTIVELY BUILT THE TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE HOPE COULD HAPPEN, UTILITIES, ET CETERA, TO PUT AN ECONOMIC VALUE ON, UM, WHAT THE ECONOMIC IMPACT FOR THE REGION AND FOR ALL THE PARTICIPATING MUNICIPALITIES AND, UM, JURISDICTIONS MIGHT BE.
AND SO THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT, UH, WE ASKED JAMIE GREEN, THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS A LOT, BUT HE REMINDED US IT'S NOT COMMON TO GET GROUPS OF PEOPLE LIKE THIS TO AGREE ON A LAND USE MAP.
SO, UM, I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT.
THE GROUP LOOKS FORWARD TO THAT BECAUSE I THINK IF WE CAN COLLECTIVELY SAY WORKING TOGETHER WE CAN CREATE THIS KIND OF ECONOMIC IMPACT, IT'S AN EASIER CONVERSATION WITH THE FUNDING PARTNERS AND IT'S UNITING CONVERSATION WITH THE FUNDING PARTNERS, WHETHER THAT BE INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, OR DEVELOPMENT.
SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT DISCUSSION ON DECEMBER.
AND THEN, UM, I THINK AS WE SPOKE LAST TIME, I THINK THERE IS CONSENSUS FROM THAT GROUP THAT WE'LL HAVE TO HAVE A FEW ADDITIONAL MEETINGS, WHICH WAS MORE THAN PLANNED.
AND THIS GROUP SAID WE'D BE WILLING TO, UM, CONTINUE TO THOSE DISCUSSIONS WITH, WITH SOME FUNDING.
SO, UM, AGAIN, CONTINUED WAY FORWARD AND I THINK WHAT WE'RE GONNA END UP WITH REALLY WILL BE A FIRST OF ITS KIND, UM, COLLABORATIVE, UM, APPROACH.
AND, UM, UH, WE, WENDY AND I THANK ALL OF THE PARTNERS THAT HAVE COME TO THE TABLE TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION.
AND, UM, WE LOOK FORWARD TO NEXT STEPS.
UH, AMY PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, A RB, UH, NOT MUCH TO SHARE.
THE JANS HAVE BEEN PRETTY LATE.
THE, AT THE LAST PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, THOUGH THEY DID RECOMMEND THE MINOR CHANGES TO THE ID TWO AND ID THREE CODE, WHICH WILL BE COMING TO COUNCIL.
WENDY? YEAH, JUST BRIEFLY, UM, WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP ALSO HOSTED JAMIE GREEN IN PLANNING NEXT FOR THEIR OWN OVERVIEW OF THE 1 61, UH, CORRIDOR PLANNING GROUP.
UM, THEY ARE A SMALL PART OF THE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT PLAN, BUT THEY'RE VERY HAPPY TO BE AT THE TABLE AND I THINK THEY, THEY'RE COMMITTED TO MOVING FORWARD AS A, AS A CO-PARTNER, UM, IN THAT COLLABORATION.
AND THEN JUST ALSO WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO, UM, CHIEF DONAHUE FOR ATTENDING THE FALL HOA MEETING.
UM, I THINK IT'S WONDERFUL THAT MANY RESIDENTS IN DUBLIN DON'T SEE THEM AS A SEPARATE PROVIDER.
THEY, THEY SEE THE QUALITY OF SERVICE THEY GET FROM THE CITY.
THEY SEE THE EXCELLENT SERVICE THEY GET FROM WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST, UH, HATS OFF TO THEM FOR BEING SUCH A WONDERFUL PARTNER IN, IN SUPPORTING OUR RESIDENTS THE WAY THAT THEY DO.
UH, THIS BRINGS US TO WELLNESS ALLIANCE, GREG.
UH, NOTHING TO REPORT, UH, ARTS COUNCIL, LOGAN, UNION CHAMPAIGN, ANDY.
SO ON OCTOBER 15TH, UH, DUBLIN ARTS COUNCIL HOSTED A PUBLIC ART TOUR.
WE BOARDED A BUS AND VISITED THE MODIFIED SOCIAL BENCHES AND BRIDGE PARK AND HEARD A PROFESSOR IN ART AT OHIO STATE KIND OF GIVE THE BACKGROUND AS TO, YOU KNOW, THE, THE CONCEPT, UH, HOW THOSE BENCHES CAME TO BE.
AND THEN WE VISITED THE FIELD OF CORN.
AND MALCOLM COCHRAN, THE GENTLEMAN THAT CREATED IT, SHARED THE WHOLE STORY FROM BEGINNING TO END.
HE SAID THAT, UM, THE CITY OF DUBLIN, MORE OR LESS SAID, THE ONLY REQUIREMENT IS THAT YOU CAN SEE IT FROM THE STREET.
THAT WAS IT, IT WAS NOT PRESCRIPTIVE.
UM, LATER ON WE RETURNED TO THE ARTS COUNCIL FOR A NICE DINNER AND THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF, UM, SORT OF A PANEL DISCUSSION, AND MALCOLM SHARED HIS THOUGHTS ON PUBLIC ART, AND MORE OR LESS JUST INDICATED THE LESS PRESCRIPTIVE WE ARE, THE MORE ARTISTIC THE ART IS GOING TO BE.
UM, AFTER I WAS MARRIED, MY WIFE AND I ASKED A-C-C-A-D STUDENT TO PAINT A PORTRAIT OF THOMAS JEFFERSON TO HANG OVER OUR, UM, FIREPLACE.
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ME LIKE, REALLY? THAT'S NOT REALLY, IT'S NOT, THERE'S NO CREATIVITY OR IMAGINATION.SHE'S ESSENTIALLY COPYING A PICTURE THAT I GAVE HER AND I'M ASKING HER TO PUT PAINT ON A CANVAS THAT'S NOT OUR, AND SO, YOU KNOW, THE BOTTOM LINE IS AS WE CONTINUE TO PROMOTE PUBLIC ART IN THE CITY OF DUBLIN, WE WANT TO DO AS MUCH AS WE CAN TO LET THE ARTISTS DO THEIR THING AND, AND BE AS, UH, AS, AS LEAST PRESCRIPTIVE AS POSSIBLE, UM, WITH THE LOGAN UNION, CHAMPAIGN COUNTY REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION, NOTHING TO REPORT.
UM, I WILL JUST SAY, UH, RELATIVE FOR TO THE MORSEY UPDATE, UM, WE CONTINUE TO WORK ON REFINING THE TOOLS FOR THE ADVANCED FUND AND, UM, THE GUARDRAILS THAT WILL GOVERN HOW THOSE FUNDS ARE, UH, DISPENSED.
AND THEN, UH, WEDNESDAY OF THIS WEEK, WE HAVE THE SUMMIT ON SUSTAINABILITY.
SO I, I KNOW MANY STAFF FOLKS ARE
[COUNCIL ROUNDTABLE ]
START HERE ON MY FAR RIGHT.JUST TRYING TO REMEMBER WHAT'S HAPPENED IN, SINCE WE MET LAST.
I THINK SPECTACULAR HAPPENED AND IT WAS ANOTHER THANK YOU TO STAFF.
I ALWAYS, I DON'T GET, I'VE NEVER GOT TRICK OR TREATERS AT MY HOUSE, SO FOR ME, IT'S A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE COSTUMES AND THE CHILDREN.
MY APOLOGIES, I ALWAYS BRING RAIN, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO SHARE.
UM, MY, MY ALWAYS DRIVE SAFE, IT'S TRICK OR TREAT ON THURSDAY, WATCH FOR THE KIDDOS.
UM, AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S GETTING DARK EARLY, SO, UM, IT'S A FUN NIGHT, BUT, UM, JUST BE REALLY CAREFUL.
UM, GREG, I'M GLAD THAT YOU MENTIONED TOLL'S.
UM, I, I, I THINK IT'S AN EXCELLENT PLACE TO GO VISIT IF YOU'VE NEVER BEEN THERE AND SEEN SOME OF THE PROGRAMS THAT THEY OFFER.
UM, THEIR PARTNER SCHOOL IN DELAWARE IS DACC.
AND SO SOME OF THE DUBLIN KIDS WHO WANT TO GO INTO THE PROGRAMS THAT TOLLS DOESN'T OFFER LIKE THE EQUESTRIAN PROGRAM AND THE ZOO PROGRAM.
SO THAT'S ANOTHER GREAT PLACE TO GO CHECK OUT.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE REALLY WONDERFUL PARTNERS, BOTH OF THEM ARE.
UM, SO I'M GLAD THAT YOU BROUGHT IT UP.
UM, AND THEN I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.
THE WALK WITH YOUR CITY WALKS THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING, UM, I I THINK THEY'VE BEEN PRETTY SUCCESSFUL AND REALLY FUN.
ARE WE PLANNING MAYBE ON DOING IT IN THE SPRING QUESTION AGAIN? UH, I CAN LOOK INTO THAT.
I KNOW WE HAVE ONE MORE SCHEDULED FOR THIS YEAR.
UH, BUT THEY'VE DEFINITELY BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL.
SO, UM, I, I WOULD IMAGINE WE'D BE WILLING TO ENTERTAIN CONTINUING THOSE NEXT SEASON.
JUST DROPPING A BUG IN YOUR EAR ABOUT IT.
CHRISTINE NARDIA HAD INDICATED AT THE, UM, HOA MEETING THAT THEY WERE LOOKING AT SCHEDULING SPRING ONES TWO AND ASKED THE, THE ATTENDEES IF THEY HAD, IF THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD WAS, WOULD BE INTERESTED IN REQUESTING ONE TO BRING THAT FORWARD TO HER TOO.
YEAH, THAT'S ACTUALLY SOMETHING THAT I WAS GONNA BRING UP BECAUSE I HAD THE PLEASURE OF ATTENDING A WALK WITH YOUR CITY WITH CHRISTINA ON THE 14TH.
UM, AND THAT WAS A LOT OF FUN AND SO MANY THANKS TO THE STAFF THAT SHOWED UP.
UM, IT RAINED THAT DAY, BUT WE STILL HAD A REALLY GOOD TURNOUT.
UM, WE LEARNED A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT MOSTLY WE GOT A CHANCE TO INTERACT WITH OUR RESIDENTS, WITH OUR NEIGHBORS, UH, AND IT WAS JUST A GREAT TIME.
AND SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE CONTINUATION OF THE PROGRAM.
UM, AND THE ONLY OTHER THING I HAD TO SAY IS JUST THANKS TO MATT AND HIS STAFF, UH, FOR ALL THE EXCELLENT WORK THEY'VE DONE WITH THE FINANCES, UM, IT'S BEEN A HUGE PROCESS.
UM, I'VE LEARNED A LOT AND JUST REALLY WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM.
UH, I HAPPENED TO GO TO THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS LAST WEEK TO DROP OFF MY SON'S BALLOT.
I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT.
TRAFFIC WAS BACKED UP BOTH WAYS ON MORSE ROAD, THEY HAD SET UP BARRICADES TO, UH, DIRECT PARKING, A SPECIFIC AREA.
THEY HAD FOLKS DIRECTING PEOPLE WHERE TO PARK.
UM, I GUESS, UH, THINGS ARE ALIVE AND WELL HERE IN THE UNITED STATES.
UM, AMY AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO THE UNVEILING OF THE OHIO WOMEN'S, UM, MONUMENT ON THE STATE CAPITOL.
UM, I HAVE TO SAY, UM, WE, WE, UM, WE WERE OVER AT THE OHIO THEATER AND THEY BEGAN THE PRESENTATION AND THEY SAID, OVER THE NEXT HOUR AND A HALF, AND I'M LIKE, OH MY, OVER THE NEXT HOUR AND A HALF, OH MY, IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST INSPIRING, WONDERFUL PROGRAMS THAT, UM, I'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY AND AMY AND I CONCURRED ON THIS.
UM, FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW, UM, STEPHANIE EY, WHO WAS OUR SENATOR AT THE TIME, UM, BROUGHT UP THE FACT THAT WE WERE CELEBRATING THE HUNDREDTH YEAR
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OF WOMEN'S RIGHT TO VOTE AND WHAT WERE WE DOING, UM, ABOUT IT.AND THE ANSWER WAS THERE WASN'T REALLY ANYTHING PLANNED.
THERE WAS A COMMISSION SET UP AND WHAT STARTED AS TRYING TO COMMEMORATE A A DATE BECAME LET'S COMMEMORATE THE AMAZING WOMEN WHO TOOK PART IN THIS AND THE SUFFRAGETTE MOVEMENT ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.
A LOT OF IT HAPPENED IN OHIO, AND SO IT WAS JUST INCREDIBLY MOVING THE STORIES THAT WERE TOLD THE BACKGROUNDS.
UM, AND THEN WE GOT TO GO SEE THE, THE UNVEILING, IF YOU WILL, OF THE MONUMENT.
SO IF YOU GET A CHANCE, OH, DO GO.
AND, UM, MANY THANKS TO STEPHANIE AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION AND MANY, MANY SPONSORS.
THE LIST OF SPONSORS OF PEOPLE WHO WERE INVOLVED WAS, WAS LONG AND WIDE, AND IT WAS, AS WE THINK ABOUT VOTING NEXT TIME, A LOT OF PEOPLE WORKED INCREDIBLY HARD FOR, UH, THAT OPPORTUNITY.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANNA ADD SOME SOMETHING TO THAT.
AND WE HAVE SOME PICTURES FOR THAT.
SO IT WAS JUST, IT WAS, IT WAS SO FABULOUS.
SO, UM, FEEL HONORED TO HAVE BEEN THERE.
UM, AND THEN THE ONLY OTHER THING THAT I MIGHT ADD IS, UM, OVER THE WEEKEND IT TOOK A LITTLE WALK DOWN RIVERSIDE DRIVE IN ANTICIPATION OF ALL THE ACTIVITY THAT'S GOING ON.
THERE ARE, ARE, ARE WE ON SCHEDULE TO GET THAT SECOND SIDEWALK IN AND THOSE BOULDERS IN AND THE BOULDERS ARE THERE? WE ARE, UH, THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS COMING TOGETHER AT ONCE THERE, I CAN IMAGINE.
SO I THINK THERE'S MOMENTS OF KIND OF CRAZY THERE, BUT I THINK OVERALL, UH, WE, WE ARE ALIGNED AND, UH, ON SCHEDULE, SO, AND I THINK THAT'LL BE WONDERFUL TO HAVE THAT ADDITIONAL, UM, PROTECTION.
AND SO IT, IT IS A HEAVY LIFT, PUN INTENDED THERE.
UM, IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT, THE ROCKS ARE ALL DECORATIVE BOULDERS IS WHAT WE'RE CALLING 'EM, ARE ALL THERE.
BUT, UM, AS I WANDERED DOWN THERE, I CAN SEE THE LEVEL OF WORK AND THAT STAFF IS DOING.
AND I SHOULD HAVE MENTIONED THIS BEFORE WHEN WE WERE HAVING THE SPONSORSHIP.
UM, I, I AM, UM, I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT EARLIER, BUT I KNOW IN ADDITION TO THE WORK STAFF HAS, HAS MADE GREAT STRIDES IN IMPROVING, UH, DOLLARS, BROUGHT IN IN SPONSORSHIP THIS LAST YEAR.
SO I THINK THEY'VE LEFT, BUT IF YOU COULD EXTEND OUR THANKS TO THEM, THAT WOULD BE GRATEFUL AS WELL.
SO, UM, HAPPY TRICK OR TREAT AND HAPPY VOTING EVERYBODY.
WE HAD, UM, OHIO MAYORS ALLIANCE MEETING AND WE CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON THE CORE CITY STRATEGY AND REALLY THE FACT THAT, UM, AT THE TOP 20 CITIES IN THE STATE OF OHIO DRIVE ITS ECONOMY, UH, AND WHAT ARE WE GOING TO BE DOING TO INVESTING IN THOSE TOP 20 CITIES? CERTAINLY THE CITY OF DUBLIN BEING ONE OF THEM, UM, TO DRIVE THE GROWTH OF OUR STATE IN ITS FISCAL HEALTH.
ALSO HAD THE, UM, HONORED, UH, TO RECEIVE THE ICF UM, AWARD THERE FOR THE INTELLIGENT COMMUNITY.
I THINK JEREMIAH'S GOT THE HARDWARE, I THINK HE CAME HOME WITH IT.
SO, UM, CONGRATULATIONS TO THE STAFF AND ALL THOSE, UH, THAT PARTICIPATED IN, UH, RECEIVING THAT AWARD AND CERTAINLY TO DOUG MCCULLOUGH AS WELL, AND HIS WORK IN THAT SPACE.
I'D JUST LIKE TO THANK THE, ALL OF THE, UH, UH, HOA LEADERS FOR COMING TO OUR FALL, HOA LEADERSHIP, UM, MEETING.
AND WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO THE RESULTS OF THAT SURVEY OF HOW WE CAN, UM, CONTINUE TO MAKE THAT, UH, VALUABLE EVENING FOR THOSE FOLKS.
ON THE 20TH, UH, THE US CONFERENCE OF MARRIAGE WAS IN TOWN, UM, MAYOR GINTHER HOSTED A AFFORDABILITY TOUR AND WE BEGAN WITH DINNER ON THE EVENING OF THE 20TH.
UM, AGAIN, TODD GLORIA, THE, UH, MAYOR OF SAN DIEGO WAS THERE, AS WELL AS THE MAYOR OF COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA.
AND THEN THERE WERE THREE OTHER OHIO CITIES REPRESENTED OTHER THAN DUBLIN, ELIA, WARREN, AND LIMA.
SO THANK YOU FOR THOSE, UH, MAYORS FOR COMING IN.
WE HAD THE AFFORDABILITY TOUR, UM, THE FOLLOWING DAY, AND IT WAS FOCUSING ON HEALTHCARE.
AND SO, UM, WE HAD A WONDERFUL TIME WITH, UH, TIM ROBBINS, UH, FROM NATIONWIDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL.
AND, UM, HE WAS VERY COMPLIMENTARY OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN AND OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM VIA THE MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT AND OTHER THINGS.
SO, UH, THEY'RE DOING SOME FANTASTIC WORK ON BEHALF OF, UH, OF YOUNG KIDS IN HEALTHCARE.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE DOING SOME VERY, UH, OUT OF THE BOX SORT OF THINKING AND STARTING SOCCER LEAGUES AND ALL OF THESE SORTS OF THINGS FOR MANY OF THE INNER CITY KIDS TO, UH, BEGIN HEALTH INITIATIVES EARLY.
WHAT THEY WOULD, WHAT HE HAD INDICATED THEY WOULD LIKE TO DO IS NOT TO HAVE VERY MANY PATIENTS BECAUSE ALL OF THE KIDS IN THE REGION, UM, THEY SERVED ALL 50 STATES LAST YEAR, AND I BELIEVE HE SAID 26 COUNTRIES.
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IS TO BE, UH, CONTRIBUTORS TO WELLNESS, TO YOUNG PEOPLE, TO PREVENT, UM, PREVENT THE NEED FOR MANY OF THE SERVICES THAT THEY PROVIDE.SO, UM, WITH THAT, IF THERE IS NOTHING FURTHER FOR THE GOOD OF THE ORDER, WE WILL STAND ADJOURNED.