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ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENIS AND GENTLEMEN, WELCOME TO THE NEW ALBANY CITY COUNCIL MEMBER FOR TUESDAY. JUNE 7TH. I WOULDN'T INVITE EVERYONE TO PLEASE STAND WITH COUNSEL AND RECITE OUR NATIONAL PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. EXCUSE ME THE FLAG. OF THE EVENTS IN AMERICA. TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH SAYS ONE NATION UNDER GOD. SUGGESTIBLE INJUSTICE FOR ALL. CLARK MASON, THE ROLL, PLEASE. SEVEN AND IF COUNSEL WOULD TURN ON THEIR MICROPHONES, PLEASE. MAYOR SPAULDING COUNCIL UNDER THE BRISK COUNCIL MEMBER, DEREK COUNCIL MEMBER FELLOWS COUNCIL MEMBER KISSED COUNCIL MEMBER SHELVES HERE COUNCIL MEMBER WILL CHAT IS TRAVELING AND HAS REQUESTED TO BE EXCUSED. AND I WOULD MOVE THAT WE EXCUSE THE ABSENCE OF COUNCIL MEMBER OF WALTRIP, SECOND. SPALDING COUNCIL MEMBER OF RISK? YES COUNCIL MEMBER SHALLOW? YES KISSED. YES COUNCIL MEMBER FELLOWS? YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. DEREK YES, YES, VOTES TO EXCUSE
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COUNCIL MEMBER WILL TRAVEL FROM TONIGHT'S MEETING. ACTION ON THE MINUTES. WE HAVE TWO SETS OF MINUTES FOR APPROVAL TONIGHT, THE FIRST BEING THE CAPITAL. RETREATING CAPITAL PROJECTS WORKSHOP FROM LAST YEAR ON SEPTEMBER 27. WERE THERE ANY ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS TO THOSE MINISTERS PROPOSED. RIGHT THEN I WOULD MOVE THAT THEY BE ADOPTED BY CONSENSUS. THE SECOND IS OUR MEETING MINUTES FROM OUR REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING ON MAY 17TH 2022. THOSE WERE ALSO DISTRIBUTED PRIOR TO TONIGHT'S MEETING. ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS TO THOSE PROPOSED MINTS? AND I WOULD MOVE THEIR ADOPTION BY CONSENSUS. ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS TO THE AGENDA HAVE STAFF FOR COUNCIL RECOMMENDED ANY ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS. ALL RIGHT. GIVE US[6. HEARING OF VISITORS]
GETS US THROUGH HEARING VISITORS . WE DO HAVE A PROCLAMATION THIS EVENING. I WOULD JUST GO AHEAD AND READ THAT FOR THE RECORD. A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING JUNE 19TH AS JUNETEENTH NATIONAL FREEDOM DAY IN NEW ALBANY. WHEREAS PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN SIGNED THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION ON JANUARY 1ST 18 63 DECLARING ALL SLAVES IN CONFEDERATE STATES TO BE FREE AS SYMBOLIC AND IMPORTANT SHIFT IN NATIONAL POLICY. AND SETTING THE STAGE FOR THE PERMANENT ABOLISHMENT OF SLAVERY IN THE UNITED STATES. AND WHEREAS THE CIVIL WAR ENDED WITH THE SURRENDER GENERALLY IN THE CONFEDERATE ARMY ON APRIL 9TH 18 65. AND WHEREAS UNION GENERAL GORDON GRANDER ARRIVED IN THE TOWN OF GALVESTON, TEXAS, ON JUNE 19TH 18 65 AND ISSUED A PRONOUNCEMENT OF THE CIVIL WAR HAD ENDED AND ALL SLAVES WERE NOW FREE. WHEREAS SLAVERY UNITED STATES WAS FORMALLY ABOLISHED BY THE RATIFICATION OF THE 13TH AMENDMENT BY THE STATES ON DECEMBER 18TH 18 65. WHEREAS ON JUNE 19TH, KNOWN AS JUNETEENTH DAY, HAS SPECIAL MEANING TO OUR AFRICAN AMERICAN RESIDENTS AND COLLEAGUES AND HAS BEEN COMMENSURATE COMMEMORATED FOR OVER 150 YEARS AS A DAY OF REMEMBRANCE AND CELEBRATION. PRESSED BY LAW, THE STATE OF OHIO DESIGNATES THE 19TH DAY OF JUNE AS JUNETEENTH NATIONAL FREEDOM DAY ACKNOWLEDGING THE FREEDOM, HISTORY AND CULTURE. THE JUNE 19TH 18 65 HAS COME TO SYMBOLIZE AND WE'RE ASKED. THE CITY OF NEW ALBANY IS A COMMUNITY THAT WELCOMES ALL CELEBRATES THE FREEDOMS EACH OF US ENJOYS AND WISHES TO INSPIRE ENCOURAGE FUTURE GENERATIONS. NOW THEREFORE I SLANTY SPALDING , MAYOR OF THE CITY OF NEW ALBANY COUNTY'S OF FRANKLIN AND LOOKING STATE OF OHIO, ON BEHALF OF COUNCIL AND OUR RESIDENTS RECOGNIZE JUNE 19TH AS JUNETEENTH NATIONAL FREEDOM DAY AND ENCOURAGE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY TO REFLECT ON THEIR FREEDOMS. APPRECIATE THE HISTORY OF STRUGGLE AGAINST SLAVERY THAT LED TO LIBERATION AND ACKNOWLEDGE THEIR PERSEVERANCE OF OUR AFRICAN AMERICAN FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS AGAINST RACISM AND INEQUALITY. AND I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE ANYONE TO ACCEPT THE PROCLAMATION JUST READ IT FOR THE RECORD. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT THAT TAKES US TO HEARING OF VISITORS. I BELIEVE I HAVE A COUPLE OF VISITOR CARDS. AN OLD OLD FRIEND I HAVEN'T SEEN FOR A WHILE. MR JUSTMAN. HOW ARE YOU, SIR? GO AHEAD AND ADDRESS COUNCIL AT YOUR LEISURE. THE. THANK YOU, SIR. ORDERS. WELL WHAT BRINGS ME HERE TONIGHT IS BECAUSE. IN THE EARLY NINETIES, WHEN I FIRST GOT INVOLVED IN NEW ALBANY AND GOT INTERESTED IN NEW ALBANY. WAS WHEN JACK KESSLER MADE A PRESENTATION OVER THE OLD W C V L BECAUSE THE ROADS OF SHARING ROOM STAFF IT WAS PROBABLY THE BIGGEST THIS ROOM. OKAY SO IT COULD SIT. YOU KNOW 30 40 PEOPLE. AND SO THAT WAS WORK. JACK KESSLER ASKED. YOU KNOW THE STATION IF HE COULD[00:05:06]
HAVE A COUPLE OF MEETINGS SURE, YOU KNOW, SO I WAS INVOLVED WITH WC VIA RADIO STATION. GIVEN LITTLE HISTORY I USED TO HOST ONE OF THE RADIO SHOWS THERE AND SO. I LISTENED TO PRESENTATIONS AND I WAS LIKE, WOW. I MEAN, AND HE BROKE IT DOWN. AND I MEAN, MR WEXFORD PICKED THE RIGHT GUY TO EAT THE SALESMAN. YOU KNOW THE FRONT MAN TO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF LAUNCHED NEW ALL. AND I MEAN, THAT'S PART OF MR WEXLER GENIUSES, YOU KNOW, PICKING THE RIGHT PEOPLE SO, ANYHOW, LONG STORY SHORT I BOUGHT IN AND I STARTED BUYING EVERY HOUSE LIKE POSSIBLY BY WITHIN MY FINANCIAL ABILITY. AND SO I, YOU KNOW, STARTED ACQUIRING PROPERTIES IN NEW ALBANY AND, UH AND ONE OF THE PRESENTATIONS THAT REALLY STUCK WITH ME OVER THE YEARS WAS THEY WERE GOING TO BE FOUR MAJOR CAMPUSES. IN THE MASTER PLAN. ONE WAS THE EDUCATIONAL CAMPUS BEYOND ONE PIECE OF GROUND FOR TOTAL SECURITY FOR TOTAL FUTURE USE. THE SECOND WAS THE BUSINESS CAMPUS, WHICH WAS SUPPOSED TO LOWER OUR PROPERTY TAXES. WHICH WAS A NICE I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT YET. THE THIRD WAS THE MEDICAL CAMPUS, THE HOSPITAL AND THE MEDICAL OFFICES. YOU KNOW, RIGHT OR THEY ARE AND THE SPORTS CANNONS. WHICH I THINK KIND OF DIED ON THE BOND. BUT THIS MAP THAT I HAVE HERE FOR YOU SHOWS A DRAWING OF THE OUTLAW. UM THE FUTURE SPORTS CAMPUS. IT WAS TO BE ABOUT 200 ACRES. I THINK WE HAVE 90 ACRES RIGHT NOW UP IN THAT VICINITY. THE MAINTENANCE BARN IS UP THERE AND THEIR SEWER. THAT'S 33 FT. DEEP I THINK OVER THERE THAT IS READY TO SPROUT OUT AND SERVICE. YOU KNOW THE WHOLE ENTIRE REST OF THE AREA, BUT SO WHEN I BOUGHT THAT FIVE ACRES YOU KNOW, I WAS THINKING SURELY. THE SPORTS CAMPUS IS GOING TO COME TO FRUITION AT SOME POINT, BUT THEN I STARTED TALKING TO DIFFERENT PEOPLE. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SPORTS CAMPUS. I SAID, YEAH, JEFF. THAT'S WHAT SAID WAS GOING TO BE STATE OF THE ART, THE ENVY OF EVERY CITY IN AMERICA. IT WAS GONNA HAVE HOCKEY AND EQUESTRIAN AND BOWLING AND SOCCER AND YOU NAME IT. IT WAS GOING TO HAVE EVERY SPORT THAT IS POPULAR IN IN AMERICAN LIFE. AND IT WAS GOING TO BE HOUSED UP IN THIS 200 ACRES AND IT WAS GOING TO BE UNDER RUTH. AND IT WAS GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, YEAR ROUND AND IT WAS GOING TO BE AND THE OTHER THING WAS HE WAS TALKING ABOUT A HIGHWAY. GOING ACROSS EITHER BETWEEN THE COUNTY LINE IN FRENCH OR ROAD OR SOMEPLACE IN BETWEEN THERE. THAT WAS GOING TO CONNECT JOHNSTOWN WITH WESTERVILLE. AND IT WAS GOING TO CONNECT OVER AT THE HARLEM ROAD CIRCLE. BUT THEN THE REAL BIG, NICE, EXPENSIVE HOUSES RIGHT THERE BY THE CIRCLE, WHICH YOU KNOW THEY'RE IN THE NEW ALBANY SCHOOL DISTRICT. THEY PUT UP A STINK. AND SO SOME OF THAT IDEA DIED BECAUSE THEY WERE GONNA EMINENT DOMAIN THEM. CAUSE HIGH WAGE CAN DO THAT. AND THE GOVERNMENT WAS GOING TO EMINENT DOMAIN AND COME THROUGH. WELL, NOW THEY COME NORTH OF THAT NEIGHBORHOOD BETWEEN FRENCH ER AND THE COUNTY LINE AND NOT MESS WITH. YOU KNOW THOSE BEAUTIFUL HOMES THAT ARE BACK IN BUT SO SOME OF THE SPORTS CAMPUS APPARENTLY KIND OF DIED ON THE BOMB. WELL. I WANT TO BRING IT BACK. AND I THINK TIME IS NOW TO DO THAT. AND I THINK THAT BEFORE YOU KNOW, PRICES GO TO SKY HIGH . THEY'RE ALREADY SKY HIGH. I MEAN, I PAID 300,000 FOR MONTHS 6 60,000 AND EIGHT IS WHAT I PAID FOR MY FIVE AND IT'S WORTH THREE TIMES THAT NOW. AND I'VE GOT A GUY FROM CALIFORNIA. THAT'S A PART OF THE INTEL GROUP. THAT HAS A FIVE ACRE HORSE FARM AND I GOT A REALTOR THAT'S BUGGING ME. THE SELLING TOOLS. NO I DON'T KNOW IF HE BUYS THAT IF HE'S EVER GOING TO LET IT GO BECAUSE HE WANTS NO DEED RESTRICTIONS. HE WANTS FIVE ACRES FOR HORSES. HE WANTS A BARN, WHICH I JUST PUT A BRAND NEW ROOF ON MY BARN. I JUST PUT A BRAND NEW ROOF ON MY HOUSE. SO I HAVE PREPARED TO STAY THERE.BUT NOW WITH A SIGNIFICANT OFFER ON THE TABLE. BUT I'VE ALWAYS BEEN LOYAL TO NEW ALBANY. AND SO
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I'M HERE TO GIVE YOU A CRAP. AT HAVING I THINK A STRATEGIC PIECE OF PROPERTY. THAT COULD ENHANCE THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SPORTS. FACILITY UP THERE. AND SO, UM YOU GUYS HAVE, YOU KNOW? THE RESOURCE IS MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT YOU KNOW, WITH EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN GOING ON WITH THE GREAT MANAGEMENT OF JOE AND FUTURE, THE MAYOR SCOTT AND OR SLOAN AND NATE FERGUSON, AND ALL THE PRIOR MAYORS AND YOU KNOW, BRISCOE, AND YOU KNOW THEY HAVE DONE A FANTASTIC JOB BRINGING NEW ALLMAN E TO WHERE IT IS TODAY. AND SO THE SURPLUS YOU HAVE I THINK SHOULD BE EARMARKED FOR THE FUTURE. ENDED THE SPORTS CAMPUS SHOULD BE A BIG PART OF BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T GET THE LAND NOW. AND I'LL JUST TELL YOU A LITTLE STORY AND THEN I'M DONE. I OWN 11 PROPERTIES DOWN NEAR CHILDREN'S HOSPICE. I'VE BEEN A REAL ESTATE INVESTOR FOR MY WHOLE LIFE. AND I HAD A GUY I CALL THEM THE IN BETWEEN I OWNED EVERYTHING AROUND HIM. BUT HE WOULDN'T SELL ME. BECAUSE HE WAS STUBBORN. AND BECAUSE HE KEPT THINKING IT WAS WORTH, YOU KNOW, A GAZILLION MORE DOLLARS THAN IT WAS REALLY WORK. AND SO THE STUBBORN IN BETWEEN HER I JUST KEPT HAVING TO GIVE HIM MORE MONEY. AND MORE MONEY. AND WHEN I OFFERED HIM MORE MONEY THEN HE WANTED MORE. AND I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT REAL ESTATE. BUT IF YOU DON'T HAVE EMINENT DOMAIN, YOU KNOW YOU BASICALLY HAVE TO PAY SOMEBODY'S PRICED IF THEY'RE IN BETWEEN. OPERATIVES THAT YOU OWN AND YOU WANT TO DEVELOP. YOU'RE JUST KIND OF STUCK. YOU KNOW, SO I DON'T WANT THERE TO BE A STUBBORN IN BETWEEN HER MOVING IN FROM CALIFORNIA. THAT DOESN'T REALLY CARE ABOUT NEW ALBANY.THE WAY I CARE ABOUT AND MY SON IS A SOCCER COACH. HIS BEST FRIEND IS A SOCCER COACH, BRIAN FARBER, AND THEY HAVE DREAMED ABOUT BUILDING SOMETHING INDOOR SOCCER. SO THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO TO THE BARN. AND WEIGHED IN LINE. THEY DON'T HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, SCHEDULE A SPOT. YOU KNOW A WEEK OR TWO OR THREE OR FOUR IN ADVANCE, YOU KNOW, TO GET INDOOR SOCCER. AND SO I THINK YOU GUYS HAVE THE POWER AND I HOPE YOU HAVE THE VISION. TO DO SOMETHING. AND SO THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO MY PRESENTATION. I APPRECIATE IS THERE. IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS? I MIGHT BE ABLE TO ANSWER, RICHARD. I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE YOU COMING FORWARD TONIGHT TO SHARE THAT WITH US.
YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S THE JOINT PARKS DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN TALKING ABOUT SOME EXPANSION AND THE POSSIBILITY OF INCREASING SOME FACILITIES. AND BETWEEN THE CITY AND SCHOOL DISTRICT JOINT PARKS. I THINK WE'RE ALL SORT OF TRYING TO EVALUATE WHAT LAND ACQUISITION OPPORTUNITIES ARE STILL OUT THERE, SO I JUST YOU KNOW, YOU COULD HAVE SOLD TO THE GUY FROM CALIFORNIA. AND JUST, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY HAD A GOOD PAYDAY. BUT YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE YOU COMING FORWARD TO AT LEAST PRESENT US TO US SO WE CAN WE CAN THINK ABOUT IT AND HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT IT.
ANY ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL. HMM NO, I JUST I JUST THANK YOU TO YOU KNOW, YOU AND I HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR SOME TIME. NOW I WILL LET YOU KNOW THAT I DO KNOW THAT J P D BOARD IS CURRENTLY TALKING ABOUT THAT. AS WE SPEAK. SO AS FACT, THEY HAD A DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT LAST NIGHT, SO TO SLOAN'S POINT, IT'S A TOPIC THAT'S ON EVERYBODY'S MIND RIGHT NOW. OKAY? WELL AND THEY TOLD ME MY SON RELAYED TO ME BECAUSE I DIDN'T GO TO THE MEETING. I WAS UNAVAILABLE, BUT HE WENT IN MY TO REPLACE MYSELF , AND HE SAID THAT THEY HAD TO PUT SOMETHING ON THE BALLOT.
OKAY WHICH MEANS THEY DON'T HAVE THE FINANCIAL WHEREWITHAL THAT YOU GUYS COULD PARTNER WITH THEM. AND PROVIDE THAT FINANCIAY DO GET SOMETHING ON THE ON THE BALLOT. AND DO YOU KNOW, DO ANOTHER LEVEL. BUT I THINK THAT ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I'M HERE TONIGHT IS TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO THINK OF, YOU KNOW THE RESOURCES THAT YOU HAVE AVAILABLE AND WHAT WOULD BE A WIDE USED OF SOME OF THOSE RESOURCES FOR THE LONG TERM. YOU KNOW, FUTURE BEST INTEREST. OF THE COMMUNITY AND.
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YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT 3500 NEW PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO WANT TO BE MOVING IN AND WANT TO, YOU KNOW, BUILD A HOUSE FOR HALF A HOUSE OR MOVE INTO A HOUSE OR, YOU KNOW, FIND A HOUSE THAT AND A LOT OF ONE HAVE THEIR KIDS IN THE NEW ALBANY SCHOOL DISTRICT. YOU KNOW, AND YOU KNOW AS WELL AS I DO THAT THAT'S VERY, VERY LIMITED. AND SO, UM, I THINK NOW IS THE TIME TO MOVE FORWARD, AND THAT'S. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I'LL HAVE CITY MANAGER STEFANO, FOLLOW UP WITH YOU TO JUST APPRECIATE THE TIMELINE THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT. AND THIS IS A PUBLIC MEETING. SO I DON'T WANT YOU HAVE TO SAY HOW MUCH WERE YOU CAN TALK TO JOE ABOUT THAT. WE'RE VERY FLEXIBLE. MY WIFE'S BEEN WITH THE COLUMBUS POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR 34 YEARS SHE'S READY TO RETIRE. OKAY, SO THIS MIGHT BE THE YOU KNOW, THE. THE IMPETUS TO SAY OKAY, BUT SHE SHE'S GOT AN OFFICE WITH THE WINDOW. AND HER OWN DOOR, OKAY, AND SHE'S GOT A PLAN IN THE WINDOW. OKAY WHICH TOOK HER LIKE? I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY 20 YEARS TO, YOU KNOW, TO GO UP FOOD CHAIN, YOU KNOW, TO GET HER OWN OFFICE WITH THE WINDOW, SO I DON'T KNOW IF SHE'S GONNA WANT TO JUST PACK UP MOVE, OR SHE WOULD LIKE, WANNA MIGHT WANT TO ENJOY THAT WINDOW FOR A WHILE LONGER? I DON'T KNOW. NO PROBLEM. WE'LL WE'LL HAVE JOE REACH OUT AND START THE CONVERSATION AND JUST REALLY APPRECIATE YOU COMING FORWARD. UM YOU KNOW, IN FAIRNESS, THERE'S BEEN SOME OTHER PROPERTIES THAT HAVE SOLD RECENTLY THAT WE'RE KIND OF LIKE, I WISH I WISH WE HAD KNOWN KNOWN AT THE TIME SO APPRECIATE YOU COMING FORWARD. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THE NEXT SPEAKER CARD I HAVE IS JOEL MILLER. MR MILLER. I'LL SEE YOU AGAIN. HOW ARE YOU? GOOD. HOW ARE YOU GUYS? THANKS. COUNCIL. THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK HERE TODAY. UM TALK ABOUT AN ISSUE THAT'S PRETTY CONTROVERSIAL. UM. AND RELATES THE AROUND THE PROMOTION OF LGBT Q. I A TWO PLUS ISSUES. SPECIFICALLY AS IT RELATES TO, YOU KNOW WHAT WE ARE NOW CALLING PRIDE MONTH. UM AND SPECIFICALLY , YOU KNOW, THE CITY COUNCIL THE GOVERNMENT'S ROLE IN THE PROMOTION OF THOSE ISSUES. UM YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK ANYONE HERE WOULD DENY THAT THIS ISSUE IS CONTROVERSIAL. NO MATTER WHAT SIDE YOU BELIEVE IN, NO MATTER WHAT YOUR IDEOLOGY IS, IT IS SOMETHING THAT'S TALKED ABOUT ON THE NEWS EVERY NIGHT. LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS COUNTRY EVERY NIGHT, TALKED IN THE FAMILY ROOM ALMOST EVERY NIGHT. AND, UM. I THINK THERE ARE SEVERAL GROUPS HERE IN NEW ALBANY. IN FACT, THE MAJORITY OF THEM, YOU KNOW, NEW ALBANY PRIDE THAT WAS RECENTLY FORMED IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. THE WELLNESS CONNECTION. HEALTHY NEW ALBANY, THE HEIGHT CENTER, THE NEW ALBANY CHAMBER OF CONGRESS WHO ARE ALL, UH, PROMOTING ONE SIDE OF THIS IDEOLOGY TO THE TOWN. UM NOT ONLY THAT, BUT THEY'RE PROMOTING IT TO THE CITY COUNCIL PROMOTING IT TO THE GOVERNMENT. AND FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN HERE LATELY, THERE'S LINKS TO THEIR THESE GROUPS. WEBSITES SPECIFICALLY, YOU KNOW, PROMOTING THIS ISSUE. AH THAT THAT AGAIN, MANY IN THIS COMMUNITY STILL THINK IS CONTROVERSIAL, ESPECIALLY AS IT RELATES TO INVOLVEMENT INTO OUR SCHOOLS. UM. YOU KNOW THE GROUPS THAT I JUST TALKED ABOUT AND I COULD I COULD GO THROUGH A MILLION DIFFERENT EXAMPLES. OF WAYS THAT THEY HAVE ATTEMPTED AND ARE SUCCESSFULLY GETTING INTO THE SCHOOLS TO PUSH THAT IDEOLOGY ON TO OUR CHILDREN. UM YOU KNOW AGAIN, THIS BEING A HIGHLY DEBATED AND CONTROVERSIAL TOPIC. YOU KNOW, WE QUESTIONED THE ROLE OF THE GOVERNMENT. IN PROMOTING. AH AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT I'M HERE TO SAY IS, YOU KNOW WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE EITHER THE PROMOTION STOP ON THE ON THE GOVERNMENT LEVEL AND OR, YOU KNOW THE OPPOSITE IDEOLOGY.MAYBE BE EQUALLY REPRESENT. AND IT'S NOT FOR OR AGAINST THEM NECESSARILY. UM BUT I KNOW YOU FORMED THIS IDEA COMMITTEE. BUT AS I DID COMMITTEE, WHICH WE TALKED ABOUT INCLUSION BUT THE INCLUSION SEEMS TO ONLY BE ONE WAY IT'S ONLY INCLUSIVE OF THOSE WHO SHARE THE SAME IDEOLOGY OF THE L G B T Q. I H TWO PLUS GROUPS. YOU KNOW? PRIOR TO THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. UH YOU KNOW, I'M UNAWARE OF ANY MAJOR EVENTS HERE IN NEW ALBANY. THAT WE'RE EXCLUSIVE OF THAT GROUP OR ANY LAWS THAT ARE OUT THERE RIGHT NOW, ESPECIALLY IN NEW ALBANY THAT WOULD BE EXCLUSIVE OF ANYONE'S SEXUAL IDENTIFICATION OR GENDER IDENTIFICATION. UM SO I GUESS WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS, I KNOW AH, THAT THERE'S LOTS OF LINKS TO THESE GROUPS, AND
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THERE'S LOTS OF THINGS THAT ARE BEING PROMOTED. AH THROUGH THE CITY COUNCIL AND AGAIN AS A PRIVATE ENTITY AND YOU'RE IN AMERICA. YOU HAVE TO WRITE. TO EXPRESS YOUR VIEWPOINT, EVEN IF IT IS A HATE VIEWPOINT. BUT AS A GOVERNMENT THAT'S SUPPOSED TO REPRESENT ALL PEOPLE IF YOU TRULY WANT TO BE INCLUSIVE. THEN I THINK YOU HAVE TO NOT PROMOTE JUST ONE IDEOLOGY, ESPECIALLY ONE AS CONTROVERSIAL AS THIS. AND, UH, I DON'T THINK THERE'S A MINORITY OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE A DIFFERENT IDEOLOGY THAN LGBTQ. TWO. PLUS I A. I THINK THAT THEY ARE OVERWHELMINGLY SILENT. UH YOU KNOW, DUE TO THE BACKLASH THAT YOU CAN GET UP AND IF YOU SPEAK AGAINST THE PROMOTION OF THESE EVENTS AGAIN. IT'S NOT THE IDEOLOGY ITSELF THAT I'M UP HERE TALKING AGAINST IT'S SIMPLY THE PROMOTION AND THE EXCESSIVE CELEBRATION. THE EXCESSIVE IN YOUR FACE. I'VE GOT TO WEAR A T SHIRT. I'VE GOT TO HAVE A FLAG. I'VE GOTTA HAVE A MARKET AND BY THE WAY, I GOT TO HAVE YOUR KIDS THERE, OR ELSE THEY HATE EVERYONE. AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE CASE. YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT ISSUES CAN BE ACCEPTED AND OR INCLUSIVE WITHOUT. EXCESSIVE CELEBRATION.EXCESSIVE PROMOTION. UH AND IN SOME INSTANCES WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH CHILDREN, INDOCTRINATION SO ANYWAYS, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW THAT THERE ARE A GROUP OF US THAT WOULD LIKE TO ASK THAT THAT BE CONSIDERED. WHEN YOU GUYS ARE IN THESE GROUPS OR WHEN THESE EVENTS ARE HAPPENING, THAT THERE IS ANOTHER SIDE THAT DOESN'T WANT TO SEE. EXCESSIVE PROMOTION. OF AN IDEOLOGY THEY MAY OR MAY NOT AGREE WITH. AGAIN I'M NOT TRYING TO RELATE IT NECESSARILY TO RELIGION. BUT IF I ASKED YOU GUYS TO PROMOTE A CERTAIN CHURCH OR A CERTAIN RELIGION OR CERTAIN, YOU KNOW THINGS LIKE THAT. I DON'T THINK I WOULD PROBABLY BE HIS FAVORITE. AS WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THIS? LGBT Q A TWO PLUS MONTHS. SO ANYWAY, THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME TALK. AND THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SHARE MY OPINION, JOE. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? APPRECIATE YOU, MAN. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT ANY OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS COUNCIL REGARDING THE MATTER NOT ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA. SURE COME UP TO THE MICROPHONE. AND DO YOU HAVE A HAVE YOU FILLED OUT THE SPEAKER THIRD OKAY, THAT WOULD JUST BE HELPFUL, HELPFUL FOR THE RECORD JUST SO OUR CLERK CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE KNOW WHO YOU ARE. NO, IT'S OK. YOU CAN DO IT AFTER MY NAME IS AARON MEYERS. I LIVE ON BEACH ROAD TRYING TO CALL AND UM JUST KIND OF CAN YOU HELP US ON WHERE? ON BEACH? I'M VERY ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE WATER TOWER AT 25 79. I'M KIND OF IN THE MIDDLE OF JUG AND THE SMITHS MILL ROAD, THE LOOP. SO I HAVE BEEN TO THESE MEETINGS BEFORE AND I'VE ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT REALLY SLEEP THINGS BUT THINGS THAT BOTHER ME TRASH IN MY FRONT YARD. TACO BELL MCDONALDS. I DON'T KNOW. JUST WHATEVER UM. AND WHO CAN ADDRESS THAT? BUT SOMETIMES I'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE. TOLD IT SO DOT ACTUALLY CALLED OUT THAT TODAY. I MEAN, IT'S YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY HARD TO REACH ANYONE STILL AFTER COVID BUT EVEN THE PROMPTS I MEAN, THERE'S REALLY NOTHING SO I TRIED. OH, DOT OH, DOT SAYS NO. YOU NEED TO TALK TO NEW ALBANY. AH WAS ALSO MENTIONED. MAYBE IT'S LOOKING COUNTY THING I DON'T KNOW, BECAUSE ONE SIDE OF THE ROAD IS NEW ALBANY. THE OTHER SIDE IS STILL JERSEY TOWNSHIP LICKING. COUNTY SO I DON'T REALLY KNOW. WHO I NEED TO ADDRESS, BUT THERE WERE STILL OUT THERE AND WE'RE KIND OF IN THE MIDST OF WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE CORNER. JUG STREET. IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE CORNER AT JUG AND BEACH, IF YOU LOOK AT I GUESS THAT WOULD BE THE NORTHWEST. THE OPPOSITE SIDE. WHATEVER THAT IS. THERE HAPPENS TO BE A PARKING LOT NOW FOR ALL OF THE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS. AND TYPICALLY, THERE WAS A FLUX OF TRAFFIC FOR THE INNOVATION BEAUTY CAMPUS FROM LET'S SAY SEVEN SOMETHING MAYBE TILL EIGHT SOMETHING AND NOW IT'S ABOUT 5 30 IN THE MORNING. THERE'S A LOT OF NOISE, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF LIKE THINGS THAT MAYBE NO ONE REALLY CONSIDERS A BIG DEAL OR VIBRATIONS FROM SOMEBODY'S MUSIC. UM. LOUD MUFFLERS SPEEDING. AND IT'S INCREASING. AND SO I DON'T KNOW WHO I NEED TO SPEAK TO ABOUT. IS THERE ANYTHING THAT CAN BE DONE? LITTERING IS AGAINST THE LAW. AND YOU KNOW THAT THAT INFURIATES ME AND I'VE BEEN BEHIND SEMIS, LEAVING THE INNOVATION CAMPUS TO GET ON 1 61. I WATCH THE SKY THROUGHOUT HIS RED BULL CAN ONTO 1 61. TODAY THE REASON WHY I JUST JUST
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TRIGGERED ME IS I'M DRIVING OR LEAVE MY HOUSE. I'M ON BEACH ROAD, AND IT'S NOT THERE'S SMITH'S MILLS THAT THERE'S A TRUCK SORT OF ENTRANCE AND EXIT BETWEEN THOSE TWO ROADS. AND THERE ARE A LOT OF SEMIS, LEAVING THERE AND THEY DO NOT RESPECT THAT THEY DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT OF WAY. THEY JUST TURN OUT INTO TRAFFIC. THEY DON'T WANT TO WAIT FOR THE ONE OR TWO CARS THAT MIGHT BE RIGHT OF WAY. TRAVELING ON BEACH ROAD. THEY'RE MAKING A LEFT HANDER. IT'S A PROBLEM. AND IT'S LIKE WHAT DO YOU DO TO ADDRESS EVERY INDIVIDUAL COMPANY BY I TOOK A PICTURE WAS A FEDEX TODAY WAS ANOTHER TRUCKING COMPANY ANOTHER DAY. I MEAN, WHO DO I SPEAK TO ABOUT THESE THINGS THAT IT'S YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT GOOD DRIVING. THEY HAVE A LICENSE. THEY'RE BREAKING THE LAW. I'VE BEEN TOLD TO SPEAK TO THE POLICE. I IS THERE A CHANCE THAT YOU CAN REROUTE THE TRAFFIC FOR THESE TRUCK DRIVERS THAT THEY USE A DIFFERENT EXIT WHERE THEY DON'T HAVE TO MAKE THAT LEFT HAND TURN. MAYBE FROM MINK OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT POSSIBLY COULD BE IN THE FUTURE? IS THERE A WAY TO DIRECT SOME KIND OF COMMUNICATION TO THESE DRIVERS THAT THEY AT SOME POINT MIGHT HAVE TO GET THERE MIGHT BE A NEW ROUTE FOR ARRIVING AND LEAVING THAT SORT OF THING. UM, THE LITTER. THE TRAFFIC. THE SPEED LIMIT. UM AND THE NOISE. NOISE UM, YOU KNOW, I HAVE NO LUCK WITH OH DOT UM I ALSO WONDERED, UM, BECAUSE THE OTHER EVENING HAD TO CLOSE MY WINDOWS. THE INNOVATION THE BEAUTY CAMPUS.THEY MAKE THOSE FRAGRANCES. I GUESS IT'S BATH AND BODY WORKS. I DON'T REALLY KNOW. BUT THEY'RE NOT. THEY'RE NOT NATURAL THINGS . IT'S I HAD TO CLOSE MY WINDOWS. I MEAN, MY HOUSE WAS STARTING TO SMELL LIKE FAKE PINE TREES OR WHATEVER. I MEAN, IT'S LIKE IT GETS IN YOUR THROAT, GET HEADACHES. I'M NOT YOUNG ONE WHO'S COMPLAINING ABOUT IT. I HAVE ASKED MANY TIMES. IS THERE ANY DOCUMENTATION REGARDING THE ACTUAL EMISSIONS OF THESE PRODUCTS INTO THE AIR. THERE'S ONLY A FEW OF US OUT THERE SO QUITE HONESTLY DON'T THINK ANYBODY REALLY CARES ABOUT US? BECAUSE YOU KNOW, AND I PROBABLY MAYBE ONE OF THE FEW WHO WOULD ACTUALLY COME HERE AND SPEAK ABOUT IT. BUT SEVERAL OF YOUR NEIGHBORS FROM BEACH THEY WERE HERE AT THE LAST MEETING. I DIDN'T KNOW WHICH ONE I JUST WAS JUST KIND OF WAS FED UP TODAY AND I GOT THIS MIGHT BE THE ONLY WAY TO REALLY KIND OF EITHER HAVE SOMEONE WHO CAN GUIDE ME IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. IF THERE'S ANYTHING I CAN DO. I MEAN, IT'S I THINK IT'S ONLY GONNA GET WORSE. I MEAN, IT MIGHT GET BETTER TO ONCE IT'S ALL KIND OF IRONED OUT AND ORGANIZED IN SUCH A WAY, BUT IN THE MEANTIME, WE'RE STILL THERE. YEAH THERE'S A LOT OF LOT OF CHANGE COMING, RIGHT? UM WELL, IT WAS A LOT OF CHANGE BEFORE AND YOU KNOW I CAME HERE, LAUREN. YOU KNOW, SOMEONE SORT OF RIDICULED US FOR TALKING ABOUT THE COUNTRY LIFE. I MEAN, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT A LOT MORE FROM A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE THAT I KNOW VERY SAD ABOUT IT. BUT YOU KNOW, WE'VE ADAPTED FAIRLY WELL, IT'S JUST I THINK THAT YOU'RE FORGETTING THAT WE'RE STILL THERE AND LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, I HAVE A GUARDRAIL NEXT TO MY DRIVEWAY. NOBODY EVER CUTS THOSE WEEDS. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, YOU MIGHT SAY IT DOESN'T BELONG TO ME, BUT THEY'RE GETTING TALL NOW AND WITH THESE CONSTANT VEHICLES PASSING WITH THAT TRAFFIC. YOU KNOW, I HAVE TO BE REALLY CAREFUL WHEN I LEAVE, AND I DON'T EVER BACK OUT. BUT IN THE NEIGHBOR DOWN THE STREET, I MEAN, HE CAN'T EVEN THEY CAN'T EVEN BACK OUT OF THEIR DRIVEWAY. SO I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW WHO THE LIAISON IS WITH ACROSS THE STREET. WHAT'S GOING ON? WHO WANTS TO CALL US THEIR NEIGHBORS AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT? BUT YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I HEAR THE GATE AT NIGHT SOMETIMES. AND WHY IS THIS IT HAVE TO BE ON IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT? YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WE DESERVE OUR REST. WE DESERVE TO BE ABLE TO OPEN OUR WINDOWS AT NIGHT. I'M SORRY. THERE'S A GUARD GATE AT THE AMAZON ENTRANCE, AND IT'S LIKE BBB BBB. IT JUST GETS ITS LIKE QUITE COVER ON AT NIGHT. AND KNS COMING AND GOING FROM THAT FACILITY? YOU HAVE SOME DOCUMENTATION WITH THEIR LICENSE PLATE OR SOMETHING. JUST SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT MORE. THERE'S NO LIKE THERE'S NO WAY TO GET AROUND IT. YOU HEAR IT? OH, YEAH. PLEASE GO OUT THE SPEAKER CARD, AND I MEAN A COUPLE OF THINGS WE CAN ADDRESS FOR SURE IS TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT . WE CAN INCREASE THE PRESENCE ON BEACH ROAD. OH, DOT I MEAN, IF IT'S NOT, OH DOT AND THEY'RE SAYING IT'S YOU THEN WHO IS IT? REALLY? TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT BEACH ROAD IS OUR JURISDICTION FOR SURE. UM NOW YOU'RE HUNGRY, PROBABLY INSURGENT COUNTS OF MONEY OFF OF FINDING PEOPLE FOR LITERARY YEAH, I MEAN, OR EVEN JUST A DISCOURAGING THEM WITH A COUPLE OF SIGNS ON DIFFERENT INTERVALS OF THE STREET ON EITHER SIDE. I DON'T KNOW. I
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MEAN, DO WE HAVE ANY SIGNAGE ON THIS STREET REGARDING LITTERING . I DON'T KNOW. HEY IT'S WHATEVER HOW MUCH IT STOP THEM FROM LITTERING. TRUST ME. I WISH I WOULD WRITE MORE FINES FOR LITTERING WITH YOU ON THAT. BUT WELL AGAIN. IF THE SPEAKER CARD MAKE SURE THAT WE INCREASE PATROLS ON BEACH AND THEN JOE, IF YOU CAN JUST HAVE STAFF FOLLOW UP TO TALK A LOT ABOUT SOMEONE YOUR PARTICULAR ISSUES. I MEAN THE NOISE ISSUES. REGRETTABLY YOUR YOU LIVE CLOSE TO A STREET. I LIVE RIGHT BEHIND MORRIS ROAD AND YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW DOWN THAT ROAD BUT YOU KNOW, I CAN HEAR STUFF TOO. AT NIGHT 45 MILES AN HOUR. I WAS WONDERING, YOU KNOW, IS THERE WOULD IT CHANGE ANYTHING? OR WOULD IT MAKE IT WORSE IF YOU LISTEN IT BECAUSE THEN MAYBE NO , HONEY. UH, REMARKABLY, IT'S IT IS REMARKABLY DIFFICULT TO ADJUST SPEED LIMITS ON THE RUG.SMITH MILL ROAD WHERE ABERCROMBIE IS YOU'VE GOT LIKE A DOUBLE LANE WITH AN ISLAND IN BETWEEN, AND IT'S 35. AND WE'RE RELAYING ROAD. WITH TRAFFIC AND IT'S 45. SO I MEAN, WHY IS THAT? I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO I CAN ASK THESE QUESTIONS. TO BE HONEST. THERE HAVE ANY LUCK AT O DOT TODAY? FOR SURE. AND I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THEM. UM I'M ASSUMING YOU WOULD BE. YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WHO WOULD LIKE HOW HOW WOULD IT EVER BE CONSIDERED , OR IS IT ISN'T IT? IS IT AN ISSUE? WE NEED OR IS IT JUST BECAUSE THERE'S A LEFT? THAT REALLY DOESN'T MATTER. ONCE IT'S ALL SAID AND DONE, THERE IS A PRETTY LENGTHY PROCESS FOR ADJUSTING SPEED LIMITS ON BROADWAY, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A STATE ROUTE OR NOT. I DON'T THINK IT IS TOWNSHIP B 88.
IT IS IT'S A TOWNSHIP. WELL, IT WASN'T CANCER ROAD, OKAY? WE WERE ROAD MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT ON IT. IT'S PROBABLY FIXATION CAN FOLLOW UP WITH YOU APPRECIATE THE TRASH COLLECTION . I HAVE NO IDEA THAT YOU KNOW THESE DRIVERS. I MEAN, THE CHAPTER TRAILERS. I MEAN, IT'S YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING TO BE DANGEROUS NOW. WE SHOULD. YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE YOU COMING IN. LET US KNOW THAT THERE'S SOME CONCERNS WE CAN TRY TO GET AHEAD OF IT. THE BUSINESS CAMPUS. THAT'S OVER THERE. THEY DO HAVE SORT OF A GROUP THAT MEETS ON A FAIRLY REGULAR BASIS SO WE CAN REACH OUT TO THEM AND START TALKING ABOUT THE TRAFFIC FLOW. UM YOU KNOW, THERE'S GOING TO BE INCREASED TRAFFIC AND PROBABLY SOME INCREASED CONSTRUCTION IN THAT, BUT EVENTUALLY, ONCE EVERYTHING IS SORT OF SET UP, I WONDERED IF THERE IS LIKE SOME WAY TO KIND OF DEVIATE THAT TYPE OF CIRCULATION OF BIG TRUCKS AND THINGS AWAY FROM US. I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF OPTIONS NOW. YEAH, THERE'LL BE MORE ROAD CONSTRUCTION COMING TO HELP.
DIVERSIFY THE ROAD NETWORK. OKAY SHORT TERM. I MEAN, YOU HAVE MINK AND BEACH. THAT'S ALRIGHT, UNDERSTAND, BUT I JUST WANTED TO KNOW MOVING FORWARD. WHERE DO I NEED TO ADDRESS MY CONCERNS? WE'LL MAKE SURE WE HAVE STAFF THE FOLLOW UP WITH YOU, AND WE'LL HAVE CHIEF JONES INCREASING ENFORCEMENT IF YOU CAN JUST FOLLOW THAT SPEAKER. THANK YOU, FOR YOU GUYS WANT TO MAKE SURE ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I HAVE ONE QUESTION.
HOW OFTEN DO YOU SMELL? THE ODORS COMING FROM DAILY? BECAUSE YOU KNOW, I HATE TO SAY THIS, BUT I CALL IT COOKING. I THINK THEY COOK IT AT NIGHT BECAUSE THEY THINK MAYBE THEY GET GETTING AWAY WITH IT. I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW. UM BECAUSE YOU KNOW, IT WAS THE FIRST TIME I'VE HEARD OF THAT NOTICEABLE IN THE SENSE THAT IF YOU'RE DOING IT DURING THE DAY IS THAT YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IT MIGHT BE PUMPKIN SPICE. IT MIGHT BE FRESH LAUNDRY, WHICH HAS ONLY ONE I CAN TOLERATE, BUT I MEAN, IT'S INTENSE. OKAY GOOD TO KNOW. DON'T KNOW WHO CAN TELL ME IF I WANTED TO KNOW IF I'M SAFE? YEAH, CAN TELL ME THAT. FOR ARE YOU NOT GOING TO BE FORTHCOMING ABOUT ALLOWING ME TO? YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION. I MEAN, IS THAT A WORD YOU FIND OUT? THOSE EMISSIONS ARE REGULATED BY THE STATE E P A. WE DON'T KNOW. HOW COULD I HAVE ACCESS TO IT? I MEAN, WHO DO I CONTACT? GOOD QUESTION. I WHEN DID THEY GO OUT THERE AND TESTED AGAIN. I DON'T HAVE THE ANSWERS TO THESE QUESTIONS. I APOLOGIZE SO, BUT IT'S LOOKING COST SOME PRETTY BAD. IT JUST DEPENDS ON WHAT IT IS, AND SOME PEOPLE ARE MORE SENSITIVE TO ALLERGIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO I KNOW WHEN I READ BY MY BIKE AND HIS FRENCH VANILLA DAY. I FEEL LIKE CIRCLING BACK TO STARBUCKS TYPE . YOU CAN ALWAYS TELL WHICH WAY THE WIND IS BLOWING BY WHERE YOU KNOW WHAT'S SO IRONIC THERE USED TO BE A PIG FARM DOWN THERE, SO I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS OF BAD. BUT AT LEAST SHE KNEW WHAT IT WAS. YOU SO IT WAS ONLY CERTAIN YOU KNOW, EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE WE CAN FIND THIS. THIS CAN BE REALLY? ALL RIGHT. WELL, WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING OUT AGAIN. DON'T HESITATE TO COME TO OUR MEETING IF WE CAN BE OF HELP, BUT WE'LL HAVE STAFF REACH OUT AND YOU HAVE A CONTACT NAME THAT YOU CAN. YOU CAN HELP ANSWER SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU. GOOD TO SEE YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. RIGHT? ANY OTHER MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC. THEY WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS COUNCIL REGARDING A MATTER NOT ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA.
[7. BOARD/COMMISSION REPORTS]
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ALRIGHT THEN THAT TAKES US TO BOARD AND COMMISSION REPORTS. I BELIEVE WE HAD A PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING LAST EVENING . IS THERE ANY REPORT FROM YES, THERE WAS A PLANNING COMMISSION LAST NIGHT COUNCIL MEMBER CHARLES WAS NOT ABLE TO ATTEND, SO I ATTENDED HIS ABSENCE AND MR COUNCIL MEMBER DEREK WAS ALSO IN ATTENDANCE FOR THE MEETING. THERE WAS ONE ITEM ON THE AGENDA AND IT WAS TOO DO THE INITIAL REVIEW OF THE NEW STANDARDS FOR THE HAMLET. THAT IS UPON CENTRAL COLLEGE AND 65. AH THERE WERE A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS THAT NEEDED TO BE ANSWERED SEVERAL RESIDENTS FROM THE NORTH PART OF THE COMMUNITY ALSO SHOWED UP. AND HAD SOME VERY GOOD QUESTIONS.MOST OF THE QUESTIONS WERE AROUND DENSITY. COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES. WHAT TYPE OF COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES WOULD BE PRESIDENT WITHIN THE DEVELOPMENT SETBACKS FROM THE STREETS. WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IN ADDITION TO SOME QUESTIONS REGARDING BUILDING HEIGHT. AND WHAT TYPE OF HOUSING OTHER THAN THE TOWN HOMES MIGHT ALSO BE INCLUDED THERE. A LOT OF CONCERNS ALSO ABOUT TRAFFIC AND TRAFFIC FLOW. MR MAYOR. ALSO STEPHEN WAS ALSO IN ATTENDANCE AND ANSWER ABOUT 80% OF THOSE QUESTIONS SOON. IS THERE ANYTHING THAT I MIGHT BE MISSING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD IN? NO I THINK THAT WAS A GREAT SUMMARY OF THE TOPICS THAT WE HAD COVERED LESS. I WILL SAY THERE WERE AGAINST SOME. FOLKS FROM THE COMMUNITY UP THERE THAT ASKED SEVERAL QUESTIONS. THERE WILL BE A LOT OF INTEREST IN HOW AFFECTED DEVELOPED ALL RIGHT. THANKS FOR THE UPDATE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? ALRIGHT PARKS AND TRAILS ADVISORY BOARD ANY UPDATES FROM PARKS AND TRAILS THERE WAS NO MEETING. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. MR DIRK. ANY UPDATE FROM THE RB? NO MEETING.
TROUT IS NOT HERE. BUT I DO NOT BELIEVE THERE WAS A BUSY A MEETING. ANY UPDATE FROM SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD MEETING TOMORROW NIGHT. RIGHT AND THE IDEA IMPLEMENTATION BOARD. I BELIEVE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SOME CANDIDATES THIS EVENING. CORRECT ALRIGHT CEMETERY RACE OF RESTORATION ADVISORY BOARD MEETING MEETING RECORDS COMMISSION. IN TEXAS TO CORRESPONDENCE AND COMMUNICATION , HAS A MEMBER OF COUNCIL RECEIVED ANY CORRESPONDENCE OR COMMUNICATION SINCE OUR LAST MINUTE LIKE TO PROVIDE AN UPDATF ORDINANCES IN PUBLIC HEARING
[9. SECOND READING OF ORDINANCES AND PUBLIC HEARING]
ORDINANCE 17 2022 AN ORDINANCE TO ACCEPT RIGHT AWAY DEDICATION OF 1.168 ACRES AT 5321 HARLEM ROAD, AS REQUESTED BY THE NEW ALBANY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. MR MAYOR. THANK YOU SO AS PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SITE OUTLINED IN RED HERE, THE DEVELOPERS REQUIRED TO PROVIDE RIGHT OF WAY TO THE CITY AS PART OF ANY NEW CONSTRUCTION. SO THIS ORDINANCE IS TO ACCEPT RIGHT OF WAY FOR A TOTAL OF 50 FT. FROM CENTER LINE ALONG DUBLIN, GRANVILLE ROAD TO THE NORTH AND 30 FT FROM CENTER LINE. ALONG HARLEM ROAD HERE, SO BASED ON THOSE MEASUREMENTS THAT WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO FIT THE CITY'S PAST. WE SHOULD TRAIL PROJECTS AND ALSO THE THERE WILL BE FUTURE IN THE FUTURE PROJECT WILL BE SUFFICIENT SPACE FOR THE INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENT TO THE NORTH AS WELL. SO THE CITY ENGINEER HAS REVIEWED THIS AND ALSO SAID THAT IS SUFFICIENT RIGHT OF WAY FOR THE CURRENT AND FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS. AND STAFF IS HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL REGARDING THE ORDINANCE. OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING WITH ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC LIKE TO SPEAK REGARDING ORDINANCE 17 2022. THERE IS NO COMMENT WILL CLOSE.
THE PUBLIC HEARING IS VERY EMOTION ON THE ORPHANS MOVE ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE 17 2022 2ND. ANSWER. MEMBERSHIP YES, YES , YES, YES. COUNCIL MEMBER FELLOWS COUNCIL MEMBER KISSED? YES. HAVE SIX YES. VOTES APPROVED ORDINANCE 17 2022. ORDINANCE 18 2022 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THOSE EARNING ORDINANCE THAT THE CITY OF NEW ALBANY BY MANY DISCERNING MAP TO RESIGN.
141.8 PLUS OR MINUS ACRES OF LAND. GENERALLY LOCATED SOUTH OF DRUG DRUG STREET, WEST OF MAIN STREET AND NORTH OF INNOVATION, CAMPUS WAY FROM AGRICULTURAL, A GTA LIMITED AND GENERAL EMPLOYMENT LG FOR AN AREA TO BE KNOWN AS THE MINK STREET WEST ZONING DISTRICT, AS REQUESTED BY M. B. J HOLDINGS LLC CARE FROM HERE IN UNDERHILL. MR MAYOR. SO THE AREA AS PART OF THIS ORDINANCE TONIGHT IS OUTLINED IN RED. SO AGAIN, IT IS GENERALLY SOUTH OF JUG STREETS AND WEST OF MING STREET. SO THIS REZONING IS A LIMITATION TEXT SO IT CAN ONLY BE MORE RESTRICTIVE THAN OUR
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CURRENT CODE REQUIREMENTS. AND THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO REZONE TO LIMITED GENERAL EMPLOYMENT DISTRICT. SO THIS MATCHES THE ZONING TO THE WEST AND TO THE SOUTH, SO THIS WILL ALLOW USES, SUCH AS GENERAL OFFICE MANUFACTURING AND PRODUCTION. WAREHOUSE AND DISTRIBUTION AND DATA CENTER USES. SO THIS IS THE CITY'S CURRENT ZONING MAP AND AGAIN, THE AREA IS HIGHLIGHTED IN RED HERE, SO IT'S CURRENTLY ZONED AGP ON ANNEXATION. SO THE ZONING UH AND LIMITATION TEXT REQUIRES CONSISTENT STREETSCAPE AND SETBACKS ALONG JUG STREET AND MAIN STREET HERE. UM FOR THE AREAS AND FOR THE AREAS TO THE SOUTH AND TO THE WEST, AND THIS LIMITATION TEXTS ALSO INCLUDES THE SAME HALLMARKS AS THE SURROUNDING, UM GENERAL EMPLOYMENT DISTRICTS FOR THINGS SUCH AS ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN. ROOFTOP SCREENING, 65 FT BUILDING HEIGHTS AND 75% OF CAPACITY SCREENING FOR NEIGHBORING RESIDENTIAL USES. SO THE PROPERTY AGAIN IS HERE. THIS IS THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN IN THE CITY STRATEGIC PLAN, SO AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, THE STRATEGIC PLAN DOES ENVISION A FUTURE ROADWAY EXTENSION HERE COMING FROM CLOVER VALLEY AND THEN CONNECTING HIM TO MINK STREETS, SO THIS CONNECTION IS CONTEMPLATED AND ACCOUNTED FOR THE LIMITATION. TEXT. AND IT DOES REQUIRE THAT 70 FT OF RIGHT OF WAY. BE DEDICATED WHILE MING STREETS 40 FT OF RIGHT OF WAY ALONG JUG AND THEN A TOTAL OF 80 FT OF RIGHT OF WAY. FOR THIS NEW CLOVER VALLEY EXTENSION THAT WOULD COME OVER AND EXTEND DOWN . SO THE CITY ENGINEER HAS REVIEWED THIS AND SAID ALL THESE RIGHT OF WAY COMMITMENTS ARE SUFFICIENT FOR THE PLANNED IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN THE AREA. SO THE PROPOSAL FOR THE REZONING MATCHES THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE NEW ORBITING STRATEGIC PLAN AND IS CONSISTENT WITH THE SURROUNDING AREA, AND, LASTLY, THE PLANNING COMMISSION DID REVIEW AND RECOMMEND APPROVAL ON APRIL 18TH MEETING. ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL REGARDING YOUR. OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING WITH ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC LIKE TO SPEAK REGARDING ORDINANCE 18 2022. HMM. BIG NO CUTS. NO PUBLIC COMMENT WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND MOVE FOR THE ADOPTION OF ORGANS. OH, 18 2022.MAYOR SPAULDING YES. COUNCIL MEMBER TEST COUNCIL MEMBER OF RISK? YES COUNCIL MEMBER DEREK YES, COUNCIL MEMBER FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBER SHAWL. YES YES. FIRST STOOD UP ORDINANCE 18 2022. INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING IMPORTANCE IS WE HAVE NONE ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA.
RESOLUTIONS AND PUBLIC HEARING ALSO, NONE. I THINK THAT'S GONNA BE THE FIRST IN MY LIKE, 10 YEARS AGO. YEAH UM, STANDING COMMITTEE REPORTS WHERE ANYONE CARE TO MAKE A STANDING
[13. REPORTS OF REPRESENTATIVES]
COMMITTEE REPORT. ALRIGHT REPORTS OF REPRESENTATIVES JOINING UPDATE FROM WORK MEETING. AND MR SOLO ON THE UPDATE FROM THE JOINT PARKS. THEY HAD A MEETING, BUT NOTHING TO REPORT AT THIS TIME. ALL RIGHT, MR KISS ANY UPDATE FROM NEW ALBANY PLAYING LOCAL SCHOOLS, NO MEETING, BUT THE CLASS OF 2022 GRADUATED. AH LAST WEEK, UH, SUCCESSFULLY HUNTED SOME PART. DID NOT RAIN AND IT WAS CLOUDY. SO IT WAS PERFECT DAY. DID YOU CRY? THERE WERE A COUPLE TEARS. UM THERE WERE A COUPLE OF BASEBALL ANALOGIES WHICH I APPRECIATED, UM AND BASEBALL LIFE IS LIKE A RUNNING THE BASES. AH! BUT IT WAS A GREAT DAY AND I THINK THE SCHOOL IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO HAVE IT DOWN PARK FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE. AND THEN, UH, THIS LAST SATURDAY. UH, THE GIRLS ACROSS TEAM WON THE STATE TITLE. THEY GOT THE MONKEY OFF THEIR BACK.THANK YOU. FINALS TYPICALLY TO UPPER ARLINGTON, AND THEY BEAT UP WELLINGTON IN OVERTIME DOWN AT HISTORIC CREW STADIUM. AND IT WAS UNBELIEVABLY CRAZY GOALS AND FOUR MINUTES OR SOMETHING. THEY WERE DOWN 12 3 WITH THREE MINUTES LEFT, AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS FAMILIAR WITH GIRLS ACROSS BUT NO SHOT CLOCK. VERY HARD TO GET THE BALL BACK TO COME BACK FROM THREE GOALS AGAINST A TEAM OF OPERATIVES. QUALITY WAS UNBELIEVABLE, UM, FIRST STATE CHAMPIONSHIP SINCE THEY BECAME THE ONE THE ONE STATE TITLE AND CALLED NUGGET NEW ALBANESE COACH PLAYED FOR NEW ALBANY, ARLINGTON'S COACH PLAYED FOR NEW ORLEANS. THEY PLAYED ON THE SAME TEAM BACK IN THE DAY, AND NOW THEY WERE COACHING AGAINST EACH OTHER IN THE STATE FINAL, SO A LOT OF EAGLE TIES, AND IT WAS A GOOD DAY AND WE HAD 800 GIRL MAKE THE PODIUM AT THE STATE TRACK MEET ON SATURDAY. UNFORTUNATELY OUR BOYS BASEBALL TEAM CAME TO MET A BUS SAW GROWTH CITY PICTURE.
IT'S GOING TO HAVE STATES. UNBELIEVABLE SO THEY LOST TWO OH, IN THE REGIONAL FINALS. HAD ANOTHER FANTASTIC SEASON AFTER THEIR STATE TITLE LAST YEAR, SO IT WAS A GOOD DAY FOR ATHLETICS.
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THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE. I'LL BE IN TOUCH WITH THE GIRLS ACROSS COACH. I GOT THEIR CONTACT INFORMATION. I'LL EMAIL THEM. PLEASE. PLEASE THANK ALRIGHT, MR DIRK. ANY UPDATE FROM THE TOWNSHIP? YES, SEVERAL THINGS THEY DID MEET LAST WEEK. I DON'T KNOW IF PEOPLE WERE AWARE OF THE POOL CLOSED ON MEMORIAL DAY. I HAD SOMETHING ABOUT THAT. YEAH WERE. THEY WERE FORCED TO CLOSE THE POOL ON MEMORIAL DAY. WITHOUT GETTING INTO ALL THE TECHNICAL ISSUES.THERE'S THE WAY THAT THEY HAVE THE FILTRATION SYSTEM. THERE'S UNDERGROUND TANKS AND A DIET TENACIOUS EARTH, WHICH IS NOT HAZARDOUS ANYONE, BUT THAT'S WHAT THEY CLEAN THE WATER WITH THERE WAS AN OVERLOAD SOME PUMPS THAT DIDN'T WORK. THE POOL WAS VERY CLOUDY. IT WAS NOT HAZARDOUS, BUT IT WAS A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE GUARDS CANNOT SEE DOWN INTO THE WATER SUFFICIENTLY . THEY TRIED, UH HOUR AFTER HOUR DAY EVENTUALLY HAD EMPTIED THE POOL, CLEAN THE POOL AND REFILL IT. THEN IT WAS OH ON. THE SEC. SO IT WAS JUST AN UNUSUAL CHAIN OF EVENTS THAT OCCURRED. AH THE OTHER ITEM. I'LL PASS THIS ALONG. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAD FOR PROMOTIONS THAT THEY CELEBRATED LAST WEEK. ONE BATTALION CHIEF CAPTAIN IN TWO LIEUTENANTS, ALL PROMOTES FROM WITHIN, AND THIS. YOU KNOW THEIR NAMES, ETCETERA ON THE BROCHURE AS I PASSED ALONG. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS SEEN RECORD NUMBERS OF RUNS IN THE MONTH OF MAY. THEY HAD 267 RUNS IN THE MONTH OF MAY. COMBINATION OF FIRE AND E M S. THE 1139 YEAR TODAY, SO THEY'RE AVERAGING OVER 220 RUNS A MONTH. E M S WAS OUT OF THE 267 168 WERE, UM, S RUNS IN 100 FIRE RUNS. AH NORMALLY, THEY ONLY AVERAGE ABOUT 60 PLAYER RUNS IN A MONTH, SO THEY CLOSE TO 100 THEY HAD ONE DAY WITH OVER 20 RUNS THE OF VMS AND FIRES, SO THEY'RE SEEING A MAJOR UPTICK COMBINATION NO ONE PARTICULAR ISSUE, RIGHT? UM WE HAVE A LOT OF CAR ISSUES AND ACCIDENT ISSUES. THEY RESPOND TO THE END OF VARIETY OF OTHER THINGS AS WELL, SO THEY JUST SEE MAJOR UPDATE PARTICULARLY ACTIVITY. UM AND THE LAST THING IS DAVE HOMESTEAD IS LEAVING THE TOWNSHIP AND HE RETIRED OFFICIALLY AS OF THE LAST MEETING, SO THERE IS A VACANCY. THEY'RE WORKING ON THEIR PROCESS TO GENERATE CANDIDATES INTERVIEW IN NAMING THE REPLACEMENT FOR HIM. IT'S JUST A MATTER OF HE'S BEEN INVOLVED IN CITY OR TOWNSHIP POLITICS. FOR ABOUT 27 YEARS, HE THOUGHT IT WAS TIME TO STEP BACK AND RETIRE AND LAST MEETING WAS HIS LAST MEET. YEAH NOT A LOT OF LEAD TIME. SO FUNCTION THAT SEAT DOWN THERE. YEAH, IT'S EMPTY NOW. SO THEY'RE THEY'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT PROCESS AND GENERATE CANDIDATES AND NAME SOMEONE QUICKLY AS THEY CAN. IN THOSE CALLS, FINISH THE CHALLENGE WITH ONLY THREE PEOPLE ON IT. WELL YEAH, THAT'S WHAT THAT'S WHAT THE TIMELINE IS SO TIGHT BECAUSE THEY GOT PEOPLE SIGNED A CHECK SO HEY. IN THE AIRPORTS. THEY HAVE TO PROVE ALL THE PAYMENTS IN THERE. MEETING FACT. IT A VERY DIFFICULT PROCESS. TOGETHER. VERY OLD.
WHEN THERE PROVIDING THOSE STATS, BUT HOW MANY? DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY OF THOSE WERE EXTRA JURISDICTIONAL? SO OUTSIDE OF NEWARK WOULD HAVE TO LOOK YEAH. I MEAN, JUST JUST CURIOUS. I MEAN, SOMETIMES YOU KNOW, THERE'S A COVID OUTBREAK IN THE M JUST MAKING THIS UP IN THE TOWNSHIP FIRE DEPARTMENT. AND SO THE MUTUAL AID REQUIREMENTS GET INCREASED. SO I JUST DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WAS EPISODIC OR IF THIS IS A TREND. SI COM. YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU KNOW BETTER AFTER THIS MONTH, BUT THEY HAVE SEEN A STEADY INCREASE SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. NOT A DRAMATIC AS MAY HAS BEEN THE MOST NOTICEABLE TO LIKE. I FEEL LIKE I HEAR SIRENS ALL THE TIME.
LIKE GOING DOWN 1 61. WHERE I LIVE. IT'S DEFINITELY MUCH MORE MEMBERS. YOU PROBABLY NOTICE IT EVEN MORE THAT THAT WAS AN INEVITABLE THING. BUT I'M SAYING IT DEFINITELY IS. YEAH. NOTICE ENGAGED BECAUSE CHANGED AND THEY DO GET CALLED OUT. I MEAN, THEY HAD TO HELP MIFFLIN TOWNSHIP ON SOME WATER RESCUES. THAT'S RIGHT THINGS, BUT EQUALLY THERE ARE OTHER TOWNS AS THEY EXPLAINED TO ME, THERE ARE OTHER JURISDICTIONS. RESPOND WHEN OUR TWO VEHICLES OR VEHICLES ARE OUT
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AND STEP IN AND HELP EACH OTHER. AND THEY WOULD HAVE TO FIND OUT COLUMBUS FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION THAT SHOULD BE COMING ONLINE HERE AND ABOUT THE NEXT SIX MONTHS, RIGHT? THINK RIGHT? IS IT HARD? PARLIAMENT NORTH OF HARLEM. PARLIAMENT. CENTRAL COLLEGE. YEAH. MHM. YEAH I MEAN, CLOSE BY. YEAH. NEARNESS. I THINK IT HELPS THEM AND ALSO ALLEVIATES THEM. HAVING RESPONDED SOMETHING'S EXACTLY YEAH. OKAY BUT HAVEN'T STARTED BROKE AROUND. WHAT THEY HAVE.AND HARLEM AND CENTRAL COLLEGE, ITS FLOW FURTHER NORTH IN THAT AREA. IT'S NOT EXACTLY THEY HAVE BROKEN GROUND. YEAH, THERE'S SO MUCH DEVELOPMENT GOING ON UP THROUGH THERE. GOODBYE THEY'RE MAKING IT LOOK LIKE AN APARTMENT BUILDING JUST TO HIDE IT. YEAH THAT'S VERY POPULAR. THAT'S IT
[14. REPORTS OF CITY OFFICIALS]
FOR THE TOWNSHIP. THANK YOU, UM AS WE BEGAN TO REPORTS OF CITY OFFICIALS TOM AGAIN, IT JUST APPRECIATE THE STAFF AND COUNCILS. ENTHUSIASM AND PARTICIPATION WITH THE FOUNDER, STATE PARADE. IT WAS A GREAT DAY, THE WEATHER TURNED OUT NICE. HEADS AFTER THE STAFF.THEY'RE GETTING THE DOOR OPEN AND ALL OF THE RETAILERS THAT HELPED PARTICIPATE. SURE WE LEARNED A THING OR TWO ABOUT THAT FIRST WEEKEND REGARDING HEAVY THINGS NEED TO BE THAT GET BLOWN AWAY. UM BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT WAS WELL RECEIVED BY THE PUBLIC AND SEEMED LIKE A PRETTY GOOD EVENT. I DON'T BELIEVE BEFORE THE FORMS OF THE GAME THAT NIGHT, AND THAT WAS KIND OF LITTLE SCARED ABOUT WHAT HE WAS GONNA LOOK LIKE WHEN I GOT BACK. YOU KNOW YOU DO. THEY GOT STUFF DOWN OR ATTACKED IT DOWN, BUT IT DIDN'T LOOK TOO BAD. THE INDUSTRY, THANKS FOR COUNSELING STAFF BALLPARK WORKING ON BOTH OF THOSE EVENTS. ANY UPDATE FROM THE CLERK. UM, L AS MY BOSSES IN SPEAKING AT PARADES. FOR JULY. 4TH I WANT TO MAKE SURE I HAVE YOUR PERMISSION. YOU'RE OKAY TO CLOCK OUT. GO STILT WALK BACK IN AND I'LL DO MY USUAL HELP PREPARING AND GETTING THE CANDY READY AND GIVING COUNSEL THERE BLAMED. BUT THEN I'M GOING TO HAPPEN ABOUT 30 MINUTES AHEAD OF TIME. GO FIND MY SPOT IN THE PARADE LIKE I USUALLY DO. MAKE SURE YOU'RE OKAY WITH THAT, AND NOW SOON TO BE FEATURED IN SOONER EVENT, UM , SAFETY TOWN GRADUATION, HAS HIRED A STILT WALKER. SURE THEIR GRADUATIONS AND OF COURSE COUNCIL IS WELCOME TO COME AS WELL AND MAKE SURE COUNCIL UNDERSTANDS I'M GOING TO BE IN AND OUT CLOCKING IN AND OUT AS I COME TO AND FROM I MAY BE IN A WONDER WOMAN COSTUME AT MY DESK. ON. UM THAT'S PRE IT JUNE 16TH MUCH EVERYDAY SPEAKERS WITH THE LAST OF TRUTH, UH, JUNE 16TH IN JUNE 30TH THE CLASSES START AT 10 32 30 AND CHIEF JONES WILL HAVE MORE DETAIL ABOUT THE ACTUAL GRADUATION CEREMONY PIECE. A LITTLE LATER. WE OBVIOUSLY INVITE YOU AND BUT IF YOU REMEMBER AFTER GRADUATION AND GM, IT'S PRETTY PRE PACKED AGENDA FOR THE GRADUATION AS THE KIDS GO OUT AND MEMBERS GO OUT.
WE TAKE PICTURES WITH THE FIRE ENGINE OF THE POLICEMEN, THE FIREMEN AND THEN THE POLICE CARS , SO I THINK, GENERALLY A GREAT ADDITION AND, UH, YEAH, WELL, I'M SURE THEY WOULD LOVE IT.
CAREFUL YOU GET IN THE HANDSHAKE LINE GOES STILTS ON STAGE. YEAH. THOSE KIDS ARE PLAN PLAN CAREFULLY. SHE CAN. SHE CAN STAY ON THE FLOOR AND THE POINT THEY SEE HOW HARD THEY CAN SLAP YOUR HAND. DON'T THINK. WOW, THAT WAS PRETTY GOOD. SO, YEAH. COUNCILS OKAY WITH THAT. AND THEN ALSO, I JUST WANT TO DO A QUICK CHECK PEOPLE STARTING TO PLAN TIME AWAY RIGHT NOW. I'VE GOT MAYOR SPOTTING AND COUNCIL MEMBER FELLAS OUT FOR THE NEXT JUNE 21 MEETING. IS EVERYONE ELSE PLANNING ON BEING PRESENT? AS FAR AS WE KNOW HERE. AND THEN ON JULY FIVE MEETINGS, ANYONE KNOW THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE MISSING THAT MEETING. WE GOTTA OKAY. I JUST HAD SOME MESSAGES TO CHECK AND THAT'S IT. THAT'S IT. FOR ME. I KNOW WE HAVE AN UPDATE ON THE FINAL STRESS. YES UM, SO THIS IS OUR APRIL MONTHLY REPORT . AND THIS IS 33% OF THE YEAR WAS COMPLETE. AS YOU CAN SEE, WE WERE TRACKING WITH REVENUES PRETTY MUCH, ALMOST EXACTLY WHAT WE WERE DOING LAST YEAR, WHICH IS GREAT BECAUSE I REALLY BUDGETED FOR A DECREASE IN INCOME TAX FOR THIS YEAR IN RELATION TO THE WITHHOLDING AND DIFFERENT THINGS GOING ON. SO IF WE TRACK UM THE SAME FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR WILL BE $3.3 MILLION MORE THAN WHAT I BUDGETED, SO THAT'S A GOOD THING. WITH THEIR EXPENSES. WE ARE HIGHER THAN LAST YEAR WITH DIFFERENT INCREASES THAT WE HAD
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, UM BUT AGAIN, LOOKING DOWN AT THE BOTTOM OF THE INCOME TAX BREAKDOWN AND ACTUALLY QUITE IMPRESSED THAT IT PRETTY MUCH IS THE SAME ACROSS ALL CATEGORIES. I DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S HAPPENED IN MY TIME HERE YET SO WITHIN A $42,000 DIFFERENT. THE NEXT PAGES ARE INVESTMENTS. THIS IS STILL WITH LOWER INTEREST RATES. THE AVERAGE YIELD. AT THE BOTTOM GOT CUT OFF. IT WAS THAT 0.72. AND THEN THE WEIGHTED AVERAGE TO MATURITY WAS 1.34 YEARS TO PUT THAT IN PERSPECTIVE TODAY AGAIN, THIS WAS AT 4 30. STAR WAS AT 0.48. AND WE HAVE A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT. A COUPLE OF BASIS POINTS ABOVE THAT ON OUR WHOLE PORTFOLIO FOR PORTFOLIO. TODAY STARS ACTUALLY AT 0.9 SO THAT CAN TELL YOU RATES ARE INCREASING, SOME EXPECTING TO SEE THAT INCREASE WITH INTEREST REVENUE AS WELL. AND THEN THE FINAL PAGES JUST WHERE WE ARE SITTING, UM OR WORSE, SITTING AT THE APRIL MONTH END. AND JUST SHOWS THE DIFFERENT FUNDS WHERE WE ARE. YOU'LL SEE WILL HAVE MADE FOR NEXT MEETING AND YOU'LL SEE THE DRAMATIC DIFFERENCE ON INVESTMENTS AND FUND ACTIVITY WHERE WE ARE SO STAY TUNED. YEAH, STUFF TO WATCH THE MARKETS. ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL REGARDING THE FINANCE DIRECTOR REPORT? AND I'M NOT GOING TO SKIP THE CITY MANAGER TONIGHT, JOE. OH WALKED RIGHT INTO THAT FIRST. OKAY ALRIGHT. CITY ATTORNEY. ANY UPDATES ONLY BRING THIS UP IN LIGHT OF RECENT EVENTS INVOLVING CHIEF AND POLICE DEPARTMENT. BUT THERE IS LEGISLATION HAS BEEN INTRODUCED SEEKING TO REPEAL POLITICAL SUBDIVISION IMMUNITY AGAINST CLAIMS OF LIABILITY FOR EMERGENCY VEHICLES RESPONDING TO EMERGENCY SITUATIONS, SO JUST SOMETHING TO KEEP AN EYE ON WHAT'S THAT? WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU. RESPONDING. THERE'S AN ACTOR. IT'S HARD FOR THEM TO FIND LIABILITY AGAINST THE CITY. AND THOSE ARE ACTING WANTING LEE AND WELCOME RECKLESSLY ALL THOSE DIFFERENT THINGS. SO IT'S A VERY RARE THAT CLAIM FOR NEGLIGENCE STANDS AGAINST THE MUNICIPALITY.THERE'S LEGISLATION HAS BEEN INTRODUCED, SEEKING TO REPEAL THAT SO THAT PEOPLE CAN RECOVER FOR UM, DAMAGES RESULTING IN DEATH INJURY PROPERTY LOSS IN THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. THERE IS AN EXCEPTION TO THE RULE. THAT'S PENDING. THAT SAYS THAT THEY'RE RESPONDING TO SOMEONE WHO IS FLEEING OR ATTEMPTING TO EVADE CAPTURE FOR COMMITTING A CRIME. SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN IN.
KILLING OR ATTEMPTING TO. I THINK THAT'S ROBERT. DR JASON THERE. 72 OR 72. THANKS TRACK IS AT THE HOUSE OR SENATE HOUSE. GO. IT WAS INTRODUCED END OF MAY MIDDLE NEXT. TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. ALL RIGHT, PULL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. JACOBS. ANYTHING THAT. YOU LOOK GREAT IN THE VIDEO, BY THE WAY, THANK YOU FOR HELPING OUT THAT. YEAH. DEBORAH. ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO ASK.
YOUNG MAN WHO'S JOINED US FOR THE WHOLE MEETING. YOU PICKED A GREAT NIGHT TO BE HERE BECAUSE
[16. POLL FOR COUNCIL COMMENT]
THIS IS LIKE THE SHORTEST MEETING WE'VE HAD IN A LONG TIME. NO. ALRIGHT COUNSELOR.COMMENT ANY ADDITIONAL COUNSEL COMMENT? I TALKED TO HIM. YOU'RE GONNA SEE HIM FORGOT TO MR MAX STEINER. HE'S DOING HIS SENIOR SEMINAR SHADOWING COUNCILWOMAN WILL TRAVEL OKAY, YOU'LL SEE HIM FREQUENTING. TRY TO MAKE ALL THE MEETINGS ARE YOU DON'T HAVE TO WRITE MATCH. SHE AIN'T TAKE YOU TO DISNEY WITH HER. WHAT YEAH, YOU CAN DO IT FROM THE COMFORT OF YOUR OWN HOME. VALLEYS ALREADY MADE MORE THIS MONTH THAN ANDREA. SO THAT'S GOOD. OH NO. KIDDING ANDREW THAT DOWN, MAKE SURE THAT MAKES THE MINISTER I'M SURE SHE'S WATCHING . DADDY YOU'RE AT THAT END OF THE DAY IS HERE SO FAR AWAY. I'M GOOD, ALL RIGHT, AND THE OTHER COUNCIL COMMENTS. YEAH VALUE. I
[17. EXECUTIVE SESSION]
THINK WE'RE GOOD. WE'RE GOOD. WE'RE GOING TO ADJOURN TO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO A HIGHER ADVICE CODE. 1 21 22 G ONE. FOR DISCUSSION REGARDING APPOINTMENT OF PUBLIC OFFICIALS IN PARTICULAR. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT APPLICANTS AND CANDIDATES FOR THE IDEA BOARD. SECOND. MARY[01:00:10]
SPAULDING. YES COUNCIL MEMBERSHIP? YES. RISK? YES COUNCIL MEMBER, DEREK? YES FELLAS. YES YES. SIX YES VOTES TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 7 31. FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE FOLLOWING AROUND IT FROM, UM WE'RE GOING TO TURN OFF THE MICROPHONES, BUT THE VIDEO WILL STILL BE RUNNING AND WE WILL RESUME THE REGULAR MEETING AFTERWARDS. I DO NOT BELIEVE MAYOR. I DO NOT BELIEVE WE INTEND TO TAKE ACTION AFTERWARDS. THAT CORRECT. OKAY, SO YES, WE DO NOT* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.