Jun 08, 2022 Sustainability Advisory Board

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AHEAD. YEAH. ALRIGHT I'D LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THE JUNE 2022 MILLION OF THE NEW ALBANY

[I. Call To Order ]

[III. Action of Minutes: April 13, 2022 ]

SECOND WAS THAT YOU, LAURA? YES. ALRIGHT SCHUMACHER? YES. GALLO YES. TATRO? YES. DUFFY YES, BARNES. YES, YES. GREAT ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS TO THE AGENDA FROM

[IV. Additions or Corrections to Agenda ]

[VI. Business ]

I'M DOING MY MATH ALONE. MONTH AND A HALF AGO, WE HAD EARTH DAY EVENT, UM, WHICH INCLUDED THE ELECTRONIC WASTE DRIVE. THE VIABLE IT'S AND COMPOST REGISTRATION. AND IT WAS A HUGE SUCCESS WITH THE AMOUNT OF ELECTRONIC WASTE THAT WE GENERATED. WE HAD FOUR TRUCKS OR TRAILERS FULL OF ELECTRONIC WASTE, INCLUDING UM OVER 50 CRT TV MONITORS AT LEAST ONES THAT THEY ACCEPTED. I DON'T HAVE A FINAL COUNT OF ALL ITEMS. UM, BUT THAT'S JUST ON THE RIGHT THERE. YOU CAN SEE A PICTURE OF EVERYTHING THAT WE COLLECTED AND TOOK TO THE SERVICE GARAGE. HUGE SHOUTOUT MAKES STAFF OVER THERE AT THE PUBLIC SERVICE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE WITHOUT THEM WE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PULL OFF THIS EVENT. I HAD SUCH A GREAT TURNOUT, SO. AND WE ALSO HAD OVER 20 COMPOST REGISTRATIONS THAT DAY. UM AND THE BIO BLITZ. IT LOOKED LIKE THERE WERE A LOT OF KIDS HAVING FUN OUT THERE. SNAPPED THIS PICTURE OF THAT CUTE LITTLE KID HAVING A BLAST.

HE REFUSED TO NOT BE ABLE TO NOT USING THAT, LIKE HE HAD TO BE LIKE HIS BROTHER. SO UM WE DID WANT TO TAKE SOME TIME TO VISIT AS A GROUP. SOME OF THE LESSONS LEARNED AND MAYBE SOME STRATEGIES THAT WE COULD USE GOING FORWARD IF WE WANTED TO DO THIS AGAIN NEXT YEAR. AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT STAFF HAD CONSIDERED, OR, UM, HOW WE WERE, HOW WE BLOCKED OFF THE PARKING LOT, POTENTIALLY MOVING THE DROP OFF LOCATION A LITTLE FURTHER. CLOSER TO THE HEIGHT, SO THAT WAY WE WOULD HAVE MOST OF THAT. I'LL FOR PEOPLE TO LINE UP. THEY NEED TO UM I KNOW CHARLES DID A GREAT JOB DIRECTING TRAFFIC. UMT PEOPLE LINE UP A LITTLE BIT IN LINE THAT COULD GO A LOT FASTER AND BE MAKE PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO GO AROUND US. A LITTLE HAPPIER TOO. AND ALSO. GOING FORWARD, MAYBE BEING A LITTLE MORE CLEAR IN OUR MESSAGING AND SIGNAGE OF WHAT CAN BE RECYCLED SO WE DON'T GET GIANT BOXES OF CASSETTE TAPES AND THINGS THAT COULD NOT BE RECYCLED OR TAKEN.

UM AND ALSO BEING A LITTLE MORE. PROACTIVE ON HOW TO ORGANIZE THE MATERIALS WHEN THEY'RE IN THE TRUCKS. UM I DON'T THINK WE ANTICIPATED HOW MUCH WE WOULD GET SO WE DIDN'T THINK IT WOULD BE AN ISSUE. UM IT'S A GOOD ISSUE TO HAVE. SO WERE THERE ANY OTHER LESSONS LEARNED THAT YOU THINK WE SHOULD TAKE INTO NEXT YEAR? WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO HAVE A DUMPSTER NEXT TIME FOR

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AND HE WAS LIKE, WHAT TIME IS IT LIKE? IT'S NOON? HE WAS LIKE, OH, SO I WENT DOWN TO THE BIO BLITZ. TALK TO MOLLY. LUCKILY THERE'S YOU KNOW, HEALTHY NEW ARMY IS SUCH A GREAT PARTNER THAT SHE GOT HOLD OF ANGELA. SHE DROPPED OFF THE FOOD PANTRY TRUCK FLORIST, AND THEN WE FILLED UP. I THINK TWO MORE TRAILERS FROM THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT. SO IT WAS UNEXPECTED

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CAME BACK IN A HALF AN HOUR LATER. I GOT MORE. HMM. I WONDER IF EACH ONE WOULD BE THAT VOLUME , OR, LIKE TWO PEOPLE LIKE GET IT ALL OUT OF THEIR HOUSE AND THEN WELL, LIKE DOES IT DWINDLE DOWN OVER TIME? OR MAYBE WE JUST ARE CONSTANTLY PUNISHING OUR E WASTE WAS IT? I MEAN, ONE OF THE SERVICE GUYS WAS KEEPING A TALLY OF HOW MANY CARS WE GOT. AND I THINK IT WAS SOMEWHERE AROUND LIKE 150. YEAH WE HAVE, LIKE 5000 HOUSEHOLDS IN YOUR ALBANY SO WE JUST HAVE 3000 MORE MORE THAN THREE. YEAH, I WOULD. BE A BETTING MAN TO SAY THAT WE ADDED A SHRED COLLECTION POINT TO IT, YOU WOULD HAVE CONSISTENT WHETHER IT'S. GOING TO BE THAT MUCH E WASTE. YOU WOULD HAVE CONSISTENT USE OF THAT PAPER, OKAY? WELL I THINK WE SHOULD KEEP THAT IN MIND AND AS A BOARD DETERMINE, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY, EARTH DAY ON APRIL SEEMS TO MAKE A LOT OF SENSE. BUT IF WE WANT TO ON YOU KNOW, START WITH NEXT EARTH DAY, GROWING THAT INTO SOMETHING MORE. AND THEN MAYBE WE DO IT MORE FREQUENTLY AS WELL. SO WE'LL KEEP KIND OF KEEP THIS ON THE AGENDA. LIKE FUTURE ITEM AND WE CAN DISCUSS THAT TIMING AND MIKE'S GROUPIES WATER. WHAT'S THE WATER FOR THE WORKING FOR? YES RIGHT. THAT WAS LIKE GUYS LASTED THAT ONE HOUR SUNBURN AFTER I HAVE A NICE FARMER'S TAN, RIGHT, OKAY. A BIG THANK YOU CAN I THINK YOU TO ALL OF YOU GUYS? HOLDING UP WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. THANKS FOR ALL OF YOU FOR PARTICIPATING. IT WAS FUN ACTUALLY WAS GREAT. I MEAN, WE DON'T UM, WE HAVE A LOT OF BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, BUT WE DON'T DO EVENTS WITH THEM OFTEN, SO I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY GREAT TO HAVE BE OUT THERE WITH YOU GUYS AND WORKING AND JUST PROMOTING THIS STUFF FOR THE CITY. UM AND SIMILARLY, AT THE FOLLOWING WEEK AFTER EARTH DAY WE HAD ARBOR DAY AND I FORGOT TO CHANGE THE TITLE OF THE SLIDE TO ARBOR DAY, BUT WE HAD AN ARBOR DAY EVENT. AND MARY LOU CAN GIVE AN UPDATE ON HOW THAT WENT. YES THAT WENT REALLY WELL. WE PLANTED A NICE GINKGO TREE. HER PLACE A GINGKO TRULY LOST. AND ROSA RUN, AND THEN WE PLANTED SOME NATIVE WHICH HAZEL SHRIMPS ON THE HILLSIDE AND THE NEED OF AREA. IN THE TREES AND THE PLANTS WERE DONATED BY ELEMENT ARBOR. AND PLANTED ALL BY THE MAYOR HIMSELF. HMM.

ALRIGHT SO I WANTED TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON HOW THE COMPOSTING PROGRAM IS GOING SO FAR, UM AND IT'S BEEN GREAT 250 SIGN UPS ONLINE. UM AND OF COURSE, PEOPLE DON'T NEED TO SIGN UP TO PARTICIPATE SO WE COULD HAVE MORE PEOPLE PARTICIPATING. UM WE'VE COLLECTED OVER £3100 OF FOOD WASTE SO FAR. IN AND OUT OF THE 200 BUCKETS THAT WE HAD ORDERED FOR THOSE TWO FIRST 200.

AH! REGISTERING ITS 126 HAVE BEEN PICKED UP. AND WE'VE GIVEN THOSE 1ST 200. UM. A FEW MORE WEEKS TO HAVE TIME TO PICK THAT UP. AND THEN AT THAT POINT, WE'LL OPEN UP THE REMAINING BUCKETS TO THE OTHER PEOPLE ON THE LIST. BUT WE'RE GETTING SOME REALLY INTERESTING DATA FROM BOTH GO ZERO AND THEN OUR G I S ANALYST BRIAN KELLY HAS BEEN WORKING TO CREATE A DASHBOARD THAT WE CAN PUT ON THE WEBSITE. UM FOR RESIDENTS TO SEE. SO FIRST SHOW YOU THE GO ZERO DATA THAT THEY SEND US. IT'S THIS BIG SPREADSHEET WHERE THEY JUST INDICATE HOW. MUCH VOLUME OF FOOD WASTE IS COLLECTED THE WEIGHT OF THE FOOD WASTE THAT'S COLLECTED, UM AND OVER TIME WILL BE ABLE TO TRACK IT COMPARED OVER OVER TIME. UM AND THEY DO IT FOR EACH LOCATION FOR ALL STATES. TEMPLE BETH PARKING LOT SERVICE, GARAGE AND VILLAGE HALL. AND THEN OUR. ANALYSTS HAS TAKEN THIS DATA AND UM, COMPILED IT INTO THIS DASHBOARD WHERE WE CAN SEE SOME REAL SOME COOL TRENDS. I GUESS SO. THE TOP, RIGHT? WE HAVE COLLECTED AT EACH LOCATION OVER THE LAST FOUR WEEKS, SO THAT'S THE TOP LEFT. THE TOP RIGHT? WE HAVE TOTAL FOOD WASTE COLLECTED. SINCE APRIL 14TH WHEN THE PROGRAM STARTED. UM, BOTH IN POUNDS AND GALLONS. AND THEN YOU CAN SEE

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EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE YOU'RE SAYING THAT YOU HAVE TO REGISTER. I THINK IT BECAME INTERESTING TO USE THE REGISTER THE 2 43 NUMBER THEN YOU CAN EXTRACT LIKE THAT IF EVERYONE REGISTERED AND OR UM PRESIDENT PARTOOK IN COMPOSTING AND YOU COULD SAY THIS IS HOW MUCH WE'RE DOING. THIS IS WHERE WE COULD GET TO AND USE THAT AS KIND OF A SOUNDING BOARD. FOR EITHER FOR FREE THREE OTHER FOLKS TO REGISTER THE ALREADY PARTICIPATE OR. TO PARTAKE IN REALLY KIND OF MAKE THAT GOING, YOU KNOW, MAYBE EVEN DO A BIG THERMOMETER TO TRASH CANDY NOW. THAT WOULD BE GOOD FOR MESSAGING IF WE WANT TO PERIODICALLY, LIKE, PUT SOMETHING IN THE BLASTER, YOU KNOW, PROMOTED SOMEHOW. A GOOD IDEA. BECAUSE IT'S JUST A YOU'RE TRYING TO GET SOME SORT OF BENCHMARK. I THINK IT MAKES SENSE TO THE SAME THING BECAUSE OTHER THAN THE OTHER THAN THE RANDOM HOUSEHOLD THAT'S DOING IT. PROBABLY LARGER CONTRIBUTOR IS THE PANTRY, RIGHT? ARE THEY REGISTERED? OKAY? THE PANTRY AND THE GARDEN . I WOULD IMAGINE WE'RE GETTING A LOT FROM THE GARDEN TO GETTING A LOT FROM MY HOUSE TO. YOU DON'T REALIZE HOW MUCH FOOD YOU THROW OUT UNTIL YOU'RE SAVING IT ALL IN A BUCKET AND YOU HAVE TO COME UP HERE A COUPLE OF TIMES A WEEK. DUMP IT. YEAH. SORRY ONE QUESTION ABOUT THAT. IT'S ALL TYPES OF FOOD, RIGHT? I MEAN, EVEN PREPARED FOOD AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT. CORRECT OKAY, THAT'S RIGHT, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S CLEARLY UNDERSTOOD MAYBE ON THE WEBSITE OR MAYBE THAT WAS JUST ME. MM. OKAY. WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. BUT, YOU KNOW YEAH, THERE'S A LOT OF EDUCATION ON WHAT WHAT'S ACCEPTED AND I'M SURE THERE'S A LOT MORE WE COULD DO. LAST TIME WE TALKED ABOUT THE IDEA OF MAYBE HAVING A BOOTH OR SOMETHING AT THE FARMERS, ONE OF THE FARMERS MARKETS BE HAPPY. TO NOPE. SET THAT UP. I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT WHICH WEAKER WHEN WE HAVE THE FARMERS MARKETS IN SUMMERTIME. I CAN I CAN REACH OUT AND THEY DO HAVE A COMMUNITY BOOTH. OKAY? YES. YEP YES. SO WE, YOU KNOW, HAVE ONE OR TWO AND SEE IF PEOPLE WANT TO COME AND IF WE HAD BUCKETS TO GIVE AWAY I MEAN, GREAT, BUT YOU KNOW, EVEN PRETTY SAD INFORMATION, I GUESS. YEAH. YEAH, WE CAN DO THAT. WE EVEN HAVE LIKE A DROP OFF ON SITE TOO. THEY GOT FARMERS MARKET AND THEN TAKE WHATEVER IS THERE TO

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FIELD TRIP FIELD TRIP. YEAH BECAUSE WHEN YOU TRY SOME SMART, RIGHT THIS WAS SO COOL, YEAH.

IT'S A GREAT TATTOO. WE'LL LOOK INTO IT, SO I KNOW THAT YOU WILL REACH OUT HIM REACH OUT GREAT.

RIGHT. GREAT. AND THIS IS NOT THIS SITE IS NOT YET PUBLIC, BUT WE'RE FINE. TUNING IT. WE'RE GONNA SEND IT TO OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM. HAVE THEM REVIEW IT AND THEN SOMEHOW WE'LL WE'LL PUBLISH IT. SO THEN WE'LL SEND IT OUT TO ALL OF YOU. ALL RIGHT. NEXT ITEM IS FOR LOOKING AT TAYLOR FARM. TAYLOR FARM. YEAH. SO WHEN WE DID OUR PRIORITIES STATION EARLIER THIS YEAR, UM, NATIVE LANDSCAPING AND , UM, KIND OF DROUGHT TOLERANT LANDSCAPING. THAT WAS AN AREA YOU WANTED TO LOOK INTO. AND SO I THOUGHT MAYBE THE KIND OF TEA THAT CONVERSATION UP. WE CAN. I COULD GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW AT TAYLOR FARM. BECAUSE THERE'S A CLOSE RELATIONSHIP TO NATIVE LANDSCAPING THERE. SO THE AGENDA IS GOING TO JUST LET YOU KNOW, KIND OF WHERE WE'VE BEEN WITH THE HISTORY OF THE FARM AND WHAT'S HAPPENED TO DATE. WHAT THE CITY IS DOING KIND OF IN THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE. AND THEN MAYBE OUR LONGER TERM PHASE TWO P SO S PROBABLY FAMILIAR WITH THE LOCATION, BUT I ALWAYS THINK IT'S GOOD TO ORIENT PEOPLE. SO THIS IS TAYLOR FARM. IT'S UH, NORTH OF DUBLIN. GRANVILLE IT'S FUN KIND OF THE WESTERN GATEWAY INTO NEW ALBANY. ROCKY FORK CREEK RUNS ALONG THE WEST SO THAT THAT RIPARIAN AREA YOU CAN SEE IS ROCKY PORTER CREEK. VERY OVERGROWN. UM I ONLY JUST SAW THE CREEK A COUPLE WEEKS AGO FOR THE FIRST TIME. EVERY TIME WE WERE OUT THERE LAST SUMMER. IT'S JUST BEEN TOO CHOKED OUT WITH

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IT'S KIND OF AN L SHAPE. GOES OVER TO HARLEM ROAD ON THE SOUTHEAST CORNER. SUGAR RUN IS RIGHT THERE. AND SO THAT KIND OF ALL GOES DOWN AND MEET ROCKY FORK AND RESTAURANT. UM AND SO IT WAS. IT'S ABOUT 100 ACRES. THERE'S A WOODED AREA IN THE MIDDLE. UH AND IT IT IT HAS BEEN A FOREIGN FOR, YOU KNOW, OVER 170 YEARS REALLY? THE TAYLOR FAMILY SETTLED IN THAT AREA, AND THEY HAD YOU KNOW ABOUT 455 100 ACRES THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN SOUTH OF, UM DUBLIN, GRANVILLE AND OVER WHERE HAMILTON'S ROAD AND TARGETED WAS ALL THEIR PROPERTY. UM, THE LAST TAYLOR DESCENDANT WAS ELEANOR TAYLOR. AND SHE SOLD THE FARM TO THE NEW ALBANY COMPANY IN 2019. UM WITH THE PURPOSE OF THE NEW AUDITING COMPANIES, USING IT FOR A WETLAND MITIGATION PROJECTS, SO THE OHIO EPA RUNS YOU KNOW IT. WETLANDS ARE GOING TO BE DISTURBED BY DEVELOPMENT. THERE IS A PROCESS THAT HAS TO GO. THAT DEVELOPER HAS TO GO THROUGH. AND THE WETLANDS ARE KIND OF CATEGORIZE IN TERMS OF QUALITY. AND IF ANY, ARE GOING TO BE IMPACTED, THEN DEVELOPER EITHER HAS TO BUY WETLAND CREDITS SOMEWHERE ELSE FOR CREATE WETLANDS TO REPLACE, UM WHAT IS BEING IMPACTED AND SO NOT IT. I GUESS NEW ARMY IN THIS AREA IS LUCKY BECAUSE THERE ARE SEVERAL WETLAND MITIGATION BANKS THAT HAVE BEEN CREATED IMMEDIATELY NEAR NEW ALBANY. A LOT OF TIMES THAT IS NOT THE CASE IN SOMEONE JUST BUYS CREDITS FOR MITIGATION SITE IN NORTHWEST OHIO. BUT IT'S BEEN. I THINK THERE'S SOME ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS MITIGATING THOSE WETLANDS CLOSE TO THE AREA WHERE THE DEVELOPMENT IS HAPPENING. SO THAT WETLAND CONSTRUCTION STARTED, I GUESS BACK IN 2020. IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S BEEN A REALLY LONG TIME. THE CITY BOUGHT THE PROPERTY FROM THE NEW ALBANY COMPANY LAST JUNE, SO WE CLOSED JUNE 15TH OF LAST YEAR, AND WE DID RECEIVE A CLEAN OHIO GRANT FOR A PORTION OF THE PURPOSE FOR THE PURCHASE, AND, UM, MEANING IT HAS TO STAY OPEN SPACE AND PASSIVE RECREATION. SO WE'VE BEEN DOING SOME MAINTENANCE ON THE PROPERTY AND THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT. MIKE AND MARY LOU HAVE BEEN OUT THERE A LOT.

THERE'S CERTAINLY A LONG WAYS TO GO. WE WALKED. REMEMBER WALKING AT LAST SUMMER, AND WE WERE LIKE THIS IS A 10 YEAR PROJECT, LIKE REALLY GET THIS ALL UNDER CONTROL. UM AND THEN, MOST RECENTLY THERE WAS SOME INVASIVE SPECIES MANAGEMENT EARLIER THIS YEAR. IN THE APPROPRIATE APPROPRIATE KIND OF WINDOW FOR THAT TO HAPPEN TO NOT IMPACT THE ENDANGERED SPECIES. SO THE WETLAND CONSTRUCTION IF YOU DRIVE IF YOU DROVE OUT THERE LIKE SIX WEEKS AGO, IT WAS THIS JUST BIG MUD PITS. AND IF YOU DRIVE OUT THERE NOW IT'S REALLY GREENED UP. YOU CAN SEE SOME VEGETATION. YOU CAN SEE SOME, YOU KNOW, DEPENDING ON THE RAINFALL, WHICH HAS BEEN A LOT THIS YEAR, YOU'LL SEE STANDING WATER. SO THERE ARE THREE WETLAND CELLS THAT HAVE BEEN CREATED, UM, SELLS 32 AND ONE SO , ESSENTIALLY ANYTHING IN LIGHT BLUE ON THESE WETLANDS CELLS.

ARE EVENTUALLY GOING TO BE FORCED AT WETLANDS. IT MIGHT BE, YOU KNOW, 30 TO 50 YEARS FROM NOW, BEFORE WE SEE LIKE THE TRUE FRUITION OF THAT, BUT THERE I THINK THAT NUMBER IS LIKE 22,000 TREES ARE GOING TO BE PLANTED. BUT THESE ARE LIKE WHIPS. AND SO THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE A LONG TIME TO MATURE. THEN THE THERE'S EMERGENT WETLANDS. AND THEN THE DARK BLUE IS THE WETLAND BUFFER . SO THERE'S ACTUALLY 50 FT. OUTSIDE OF THE BOUNDARY OF THE WETLANDS. THAT IS ALSO PROTECTED. THE DARKER MEDIUM BLUE AREAS ARE NO POOLS, SO THOSE ARE AREAS THAT WILL STAY.

WET LONGER. THE ENTIRE WETLAND ITSELF. THEY'RE PRETTY SHALLOW. REALLY AND THEY WILL, YOU KNOW, WITH THE SEASON THEY WILL FILL UP AND THEN THEY WILL SLOWLY DRAINED AND KIND OF ABSORBED BACK INTO THE GROUND AND EVENTUALLY TO THE CREEKS. THE POLLS WILL STAY WET LONGER, BUT EVEN SOME OF THOSE MAY DRY UP. ON A REALLY HOT AND DRY, YOU KNOW AUGUST BUT BY THE TIME DEPENDING ON THE SEASON, THE ONE INSULT TO IS REALLY BIG AND I HAVE SOME PICTURES OF IT. IT'S REALLY NICE. I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT SCENIC FEATURE. UM, AND A GOOD ATTRACTION FOR THE PARK. SO THIS IS EVERYTHING THE NEW OPENING COMPANY DID. THEY HAVE TO MONITOR THESE WETLANDS, I THINK FOR 10 YEARS, THERE'S ANNUAL INSPECTIONS OF THE VEGETATION. UM, DOESN'T TAKE

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UM ON MONDAY, GIVING AN INTERVIEW TO THE LOCAL PAPER AND LIKE WE SAW CRANE AND A BLUE PARENTS, SO THERE'S A LOT OF FANTASTIC SPECIES OUT THERE THAT I THINK WILL JUST KIND OF KEEP GROWING. AND THEN WE ALSO ARE BUILDING AN ACCESS DRIVE AND A PARKING LOT. UM, THAT WILL BE.

RIGHT HERE. SO UM, BASICALLY IT'S CLOSE TO WHERE THE EXISTING PARKING LOT TO THE HOMESTEAD IS NOW AND THAT ALSO IS GOING TO BE A PERMEABLE SURFACE. SO THAT IS THE CITY'S PHASE ONE PROJECT.

OUR CONTRACTOR IS FACE MEYER AND THEY WILL BE MOBILIZING OUT THERE PRETTY SOON, SO YOU'LL SEE CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT OUT THERE AGAIN. HERE IN THE COMING WEEKS. UH ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS. SO IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ESTABLISHING NATIVE LANDSCAPING , YOU HAVE TO GET RID OF ALL THE NOT NATIVE STUFF ON AND SO THAT BEGAN EARLIER THIS SPRING, AND I DON'T KNOW IF MICRO MARY LOU, IF YOU WANT TO TAKE THEM THROUGH WHAT WAS DONE SO FAR. SURE SO WRESTLE TREE EXPERTS DID THE WORK OUT THERE EARLIER. I KNOW LIKE LATE WINTER. THEY MOSTLY USED LIKE FORESTRY, MORE EQUIPMENT. UM. AND THEY REMOVED ALL OF THE HONEYSUCKLE PAIR, MULTIPLE ROWS ANY INVASIVE PLAN ? WHAT DO YOU PLAN THAT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE OUT THERE. THEY REMOVED THOSE. THEY ALSO REMOVE SOME DANGEROUS TREES AND DEAD ASH TREES. PRIMARILY FROM THE WOOD LIGHT ON THE NORTH SIDE.

UM, THEY ACTUALLY JUST WENT BACK OUT THERE. UM LAST WEEK AND RE SPRAYED LIKE SPROUTS AND HAD SPROUTED BACK UP. HONEY TOOK OPEN, BRO LIKE 9 50 YEAR, SO IT WAS ALREADY LIKE FOUR FT. TALL AND SOME PLACES THAT THEY JUST MOWED DOWN. SO THEY WENT BACK OUT AND THEY RE SPREE. THEY RE SPRAY THAT AND THEY'LL BE BACK OUT AGAIN IN THE FALL TO RETREAT IT AGAIN. AND WE ARE JUST AS SAFE AND YOU GUYS KNOW THIS, BUT THIS SERIES OF PICTURES, I THINK IS KIND OF INTERESTING. I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER. THIS BUT THIS IS DUBLIN GROUP. THIS IS ROSE AROUND PARK, PROBABLY AND 2018.

SO IF YOU REMEMBER WHAT DUBLIN GRANDFATHER ROAD LOOKED LIKE, AND YOU COULDN'T SEE THROUGH TO THE BACK OF THE LIBRARY, ANYTHING ON MARKET SQUARE. IT WAS COMPLETELY OVERGROWN. AND THIS LOOKS LIKE I MEAN, THAT'S A FAULT PICTURES SPRING PICTURE, MAYBE. SO IT'S NOT EVEN FULLY LEAKED OUT. UM AND IT WAS JUST FULL OF HONEYSUCKLE AND INVASIVE SPECIES. SO THIS WAS DURING WE STARTED. THE INVASIVE SPECIES REMOVAL. THE SUMMER BEFORE WE ACTUALLY STARTED CONSTRUCTION ON THE PARK JUST BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS WHEN YOU'RE DESIGNING SOMETHING LIKE THIS, AND YOU CAN'T EVEN SEE WHAT YOU HAVE TO WORK WITH, LIKE IT'S HELPFUL TO CLEAR THOSE OUT. SO THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE, PROBABLY TWO SEASONS OF DOING THE REMOVAL AND THEN OBVIOUSLY YOU GUYS KNOW WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE NOW, BUT WE'VE BEEN KEEPING THAT UP. UM LIKE MARY LOU SAID IT. IT'S A

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FROM THE MID 18 HUNDREDS. THERE IS A SUMMER KITCHEN BEHIND THE HOME. THAT'S PRETTY MUCH FALLING DOWN. THERE IS A CHICKEN COOP, WHICH YOU CAN SEE ON THE LEFT HERE AND UNBEKNOWNST TO ME THERE , THIS IS A POPULAR STYLE OF CHICKEN COOP AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS CREATED IN THE 19 TWENTIES, AND YOU WOULD HAVE SEEN THEM ALL AROUND THE MIDWEST AND THEY'RE DESIGNED TO THEY FACE SOUTH AND SO THEY GET SUN AND HEAT THE CHICKENS IN THE WINTER, BUT YOU CAN SEE THOSE WINDOWS AT THE TOP ALLOW FOR VENTILATION AND THEY ACTUALLY WERE BUILT SO THEY COULD BE MOVED AROUND. SO IF THE YOU KNOW , CHICKEN WASTE GOT TOO UNBEARABLE ONE LOCATION, IT WOULD BE MOVED TO ANOTHER PART OF THE FARM. SO IT ACTUALLY IS PRETTY INTERESTING THAT WE STILL HAVE UM, ONE OF THESE STILL EXIST ON THIS PROPERTY. THERE IS A BARN THAT, UH, THEY THINK DATES TO THE LATE 18 EARLY 19 HUNDREDS. AND THEN THERE'S THE HOME, WHICH IS HASN'T REALLY INTERESTING HISTORY. WE CONTRACTED WITH A GROUP CALLED HARDLINE DESIGN, THEIR ARCHITECTURE FIRM THAT ARE ALSO HISTORIC PRESERVATIONISTS. SO WE JUST ASKED THEM LIKE HOW DO WE SECURE THESE AND HOW DO WE STABILIZE THEM? ONE WE DON'T WANT TO CREATE KIND OF A HAZARD . WHEN WE OPEN THIS UP TO A PARK IF YOU GO OUT THERE, THERE'S A LOT OF GRAFFITI IN THE BARN AND ON THE CHIP CHICKEN COOPS, SO OBVIOUSLY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN IN THESE STRUCTURES OVER THE YEARS , AND SO WE GOT SOME RECOMMENDATIONS IN OUR FOR PHASE ONE. WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS JUST CLEAN IT UP, SO IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE AN ABANDONED PROPERTY. UM SECURE IT, YOU KNOW, BOARD IT DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO. THERE'S A PART OF THE BARN THAT'S NIGHT. THAT'S PROBABLY IN THE WORST SHAPE OF ANY OF THE STRUCTURES AND MAKE SURE PEOPLE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO GET IN THERE AND THEN THE FUTURE USE OF THESE ARE KIND OF STILL UP IN THE AIR, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE KIND OF SECURED AND STABILIZED, UM, DEPENDING ON WHAT CITY COUNCIL MAY CHOOSE TO DO IN THE FUTURE WITH THOSE STRUCTURES. SO. THIS IS KIND OF WHERE WE STAND RIGHT NOW. LIKE I SAID, WE'RE GOING TO

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THERE'S WOODS THAT PUT IT IN A LOT OF SHADE, BUT IT'S BEEN A GREAT COMMUNITY ASSET. THERE'S ROOM HERE, AND IT JUST MAKES A LOT INTUITIVE SENSE WHERE THERE WAS A FARM AND TO MOVE THE GARDENS. AND SO THEY WOULD PROBABLY THEY WILL PROBABLY END UP BEING SOME SOMEWHERE AROUND THE CHICKEN COOP. UM MOLLY HAS EVEN FOUND ACTUAL CHICKENS THAT MAY BE THERE FROM LIKE. MEMORIAL DAY TO LABOR DAY, BUT WE THINK WE CAN WE WANT TO CREATE THIS AS A DESTINATION FOR THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE THE GARDEN PLOTS, PLOTS, BUT ALSO PEOPLE THAT MAY JUST WANT TO COME OUT AND LIKE WALK AROUND THE GARDENS OR HAVE YOU KNOW BENCHES AND THEY CAN LOOK AT THE CHICKENS SIMILAR SMALLER IN SCALE, BUT SIMILAR TO MAYBE WHAT YOU MIGHT SEE AT THE COMMUNITY GARDENS AT FRANKLIN PARK CONSERVATORY. IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN DOWN THERE SO WE HAVE LOTS OF FUN IDEAS AND WE'RE GOING TO START THAT KIND OF DESIGN ENVISIONING PROCESS THIS SUMMER. WE ALSO WANT TO ADD IN SOME PLAY AREAS SO SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DID AT ROSELAND PARK WITH THE NATURE PLAY. WE THINK THERE ARE SOME OPPORTUNITIES TO ADD IN, UM WE'VE BEEN CALLING THEM LIKE TREEHOUSE PLAY TYPE STRUCTURES. IT'S SO WE'RE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS AND DIFFERENT STRUCTURES FOR THAT TENNIS WOULD YOU KNOW SIMILAR TO THAT? YEAH WHERE THEY HAVE THE ZIPLINE, AND THAT'S THE THAT'S BLENDON. THEY HAVE A TREEHOUSE IN ENNIS WOULD BACK IN THE WOODS. THAT'S REALLY COOL. I TAKE PHOTOGRAPHS. THERE ARE LOTS SO OKAY. THAT WOULD LOOK REALLY COOL IN A PLACE LIKE THIS. I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT. AFTER GO SEE THAT I WAS THINKING OF BLANKET BY THE CHILDREN'S AREA, AND DENNIS WOULD ACCEPT YOU DIVERT TO THE RIGHT INTO THE WOODS. I'LL CHECK THAT OUT. AND THEN WE ALSO WANT TO ADD THE HABITAT FEATURES, UM, THE BIRD OPPORTUNITIES, SO WE THINK FROM THE COMMUNITY GARDEN STANDPOINT, THERE'S A LOT OF REASONS FOR PEOPLE TO GO OUT THERE. IF YOU HAVE KIDS, THEY LOVE PLAYGROUNDS . SO YOU KNOW THIS WON'T BE A PLAYGROUND WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO PARK AND IT'S RIGHT THERE. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO EARN IT A LITTLE BIT. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WALK IN, YOU KNOW, INTO THE WOODS AND FIND IT. UM AND THEN WE THINK THE BIRDING OPPORTUNITIES YOU KNOW, INTERESTING FOR PEOPLE OF ALL AGES. UH AND SO THOSE ARE SOME THINGS WE'D LIKE TO DO, AND WE HAVE A COUPLE ADDITIONAL BOARDWALK CROSSINGS. THOSE AREAS YOU SEE IN BROWN HERE THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO ADD, UM THIS ONE BECAUSE IT WOULD BE A DIRECT CONNECTION UP THROUGH FROM GREENS WARD AND THEN THIS, WE JUST THINK IS FROM A BURNING STANDPOINT TO GET CLOSE TO THAT WETLAND CELL THAT'S GOING TO BE WHERE MOST OF THE YEAR WOULD BE GOOD FOR BURNING. SO THOSE ARE OUR FUTURE PHASES. WE WERE GOING TO START DESIGN ON THAT PRETTY SOON. NOW THAT PHASE ONE IS GOING TO START CONSTRUCTION AND NO TIMING YET, BUT I WOULD EXPECT THAT WOULD BE LIKE AN END OF 2023 OR EARLY 2024 TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS PHASE. UM SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE STAND FROM. UH COMPREHENSIVE STANDPOINT ON AND TAYLOR. I'M HAPPY LIKE IF WE WANT TO DO FIELD TRIPS, WE COULD DO A MEETING OUT THERE. UM I'M ACTUALLY MEETING SANDY REID.

FROM THE SCHOOL'S OUT THERE NEXT WEDNESDAY BECAUSE SHE WANTS TO THINK THROUGH WHAT SHE MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO WITH HER CLASS NEXT YEAR. BUT WE COULD WE COULD HAVE OUR JULY MEETING OUT THERE. WE JUST HAVE TO ADVERTISE IT THAT WAY. THAT'S SOMETHING YOU'RE INTERESTED IN. YOU COULD GO THROUGH THE HOUSE AND GO THROUGH THE BARN AND WALK AROUND THE WETLAND CELLS. UM OPEN IT UP TO ANYONE THAT WANTS TO COME. WELL, I GUESS WE'LL HAVE TO TALK TO THE CONTRACTOR AND MAKE SURE BUT

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TO GET YOU IN. THERE IS A LITTLE DRIVEWAY HERE. NOW THAT YOU CAN PULL IN, BUT THIS WILL GET YOU INTO THE PARK INTO THE PAST SYSTEM. SO IF YOU WANT TO THINK WE'RE EVEN PUTTING A COUPLE BIKE RACKS THERE, SO IF YOU WANTED TO RIDE YOUR BIKE AND CHANGE IT UP AND THEN GO TO THE PARK. THE SUCCESS SUPER COOL. I'M GETTING EXCITED ABOUT IT NOW MYSELF. I LOVE THE IDEA. I LIKE HOW YOU HAVE DIFFERENT REASONS FOR PEOPLE TO COME TO BIRDING ANGLE AND HIKING. I REALLY LIKED THE NATURAL PLAYGROUND ELEMENTS. SANDY REID DID A PROJECT WITH THAT WHAT SHE WAS TRYING TO DESIGN LIKE. SORT OF LIKE BLENDON WOODS, NATURAL PLAY ELEMENTS THAT WOULD BRING YOU KNOW KIDS, OR MAYBE EVEN TEENAGERS. THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING INTERESTING FOR THEM.

I GUESS MY ONLY CALL THE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CREEK IS WILL THAT EVENTUALLY RECEIVE RECEIVED INVASIVE SPECIES. REMOVAL AS WELL WILL BE OPENED UP. AND WELL THAT THE ACCESSIBLE I GUESS I'VE HEARD THE IDEA OF DOING MAYBE YOU KNOW SOMETHING WHERE YOU COULD PUT YOUR KAYAK IN THEIR LAUNCH OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. IT'S ON THE BUT YEAH , SO THE ANSWER TO THAT IS YES.

SO I THINK THAT THE CURRENT STATE OF THIS PROPERTY IS IT HAS IT'S BEEN OVERGROWN AND UNKEPT FOR ETERNITY. IT SEEMS LIKE SO THE COST. OF THE YOU KNOW THE INVESTMENT THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE TO DO. THAT LEVEL OF CLEARING IS PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL, SO WE'VE BEEN SORT OF INCREMENTALLY DOING IT. WE INTENTIONALLY STARTED ALONG GOVERNMENT GRANVILLE ROAD, HARLEM ROAD. AND THE AREA ALONG THE SOUTH SIDE OF THAT RESIDENTIAL AREA IN ORDER TO OPEN UP TO OPEN UP THE VIEW CORRIDOR FROM THE PUBLIC INTO THIS SPACE THAT WE'RE BUILDING. BUT WE'RE GOING TO BE ALL OF THIS EVENTUALLY WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR OR TWO WILL BE COMPLETELY ADDRESSED AND THEN YOU KNOW, MORE IMPORTANTLY, IS THAT WE CONTINUE TO EXPAND ON AN ANNUAL PROGRAM. THAT IS THE RECURRING TREATMENT OF THAT, BECAUSE YOU KNOW IF YOU LET IT GO FOR TWO YEARS, YOU'VE JUST YOU'VE WASTED YOUR MONEY. GOT TO DO IT AGAIN. SO BUT THAT INCLUDES AREAS HERE ALONG ROADS RUN AND WE CONTINUE TO LOOK AREAS TO EXPAND, SO. BUT AND THEN TO YOUR OTHER QUESTION WAS, UM AND THIS IS A MAYBE MORE OF A PLANNER THING, BUT UM, YOU KNOW, QUOTE, LAUNCHER, KAYAK OR SOMETHING. BUT YOU KNOW A LOT OF OUR CONCEPTUAL PLANS THAT WE DID BACK WITH THIS PARK PARKS FRAMEWORKS PLAN. THERE WAS A VERY INTENTIONAL THERE WANTED, UH, WE WANT INTENTIONAL, UH, INTERACTION BETWEEN THE STREAM AND PEOPLE'S. WE WANT PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS THE STREAM. TALKED ABOUT LITTLE LIKE SPLASH PAD TIGHT HERE IS, UM, WE DIDN'T NECESSARILY TALK ABOUT LIKE KAYAK OR BOAT TYPE THINGS, BUT BUT YEAH, THE INTENT IS TO MAKE IT ACCESSIBLE. RIGHT NOW. THERE IS A WALL AND IF YOU'RE 10 FT FROM IT, YOU DON'T KNOW IT. BUT THE REALITY IS THAT YOU KNOW, IT REALLY CAN BE A BEAUTIFUL AMENITY, AND IT SHOULD BE IN. THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE WILL DO EVENTUALLY IS MAKING AS IT SHOULD. SINCE I HAVE THE MIC, I AM DYING, DYING TO CHIME IN ON JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS. I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU SOME ENVIRONMENT GIVE YOU SOME SOME ENGINEERING JARGON. IF YOU WANT TO DROP SOME SOME LINES TO YOUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS, BUT UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A TREMENDOUS THIS PROJECT CHECKS A LOT OF BOXES FOR THE CITY. I MEAN, THIS IS A HUGE WIN ACROSS THE BOARD.

I CAN'T I'M TREMENDOUSLY EXCITED ABOUT IT, AND I'M GRATEFUL THAT SOME OF THE GRASS IS NOW TAKING BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN A MUDHOLE DISGUSTING HIT FOR A LONG TIME. BUT IF LIKE NOW THAT I SEE GREEN AND I'M SEEING THE SHAPE IT'S LIKE THIS IS FANTASTIC. OBVIOUSLY THE NUMBER ONE WIN IS THE ENVIRONMENT. UM YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY THAT THAT HABITAT THAT IS BEING CREATED HERE FOR PLANT ANIMAL AND AQUATIC LIFE IS GOING TO BE SECOND TO NONE. UM THIS IS GOING TO BE AMONG THE HIGHEST EQUALITIES FORESTED WETLAND AREAS. SO THEY'RE YOU KNOW, THEY'RE AIMING VERY HIGH, SO THIS IS CERTAINLY INTENDED TO HIT A VERY HIGH STANDARD. THE OTHER THING, TOO. IS THAT. NEW ALBANY. WE'RE FORTUNATE BECAUSE WE ARE LOCATED. GENERALLY IN THE HEADWATERS OF THE BLACK CLICK,

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AND ALL THAT SO YOU KNOW? SO NUMBER ONE, BUT THE WATER QUALITY COMPONENT OF THIS IS AMAZING. TO HAVE LITERALLY 100 ACRES. OF, YOU KNOW. FORESTED WETLAND AREA AT THE ULTIMATE OUTLET TO THE TO THE ROCKY FORK . I MEAN, THAT IS THAT IS A TREMENDOUS TREMENDOUS WIND FROM THE WALLET, WATER QUALITY STANDPOINT. WHAT WE HAVEN'T DISCUSSED IS THE FACT THAT IN ORDER TO BUILD THESE WETLANDS CELLS THERE WAS QUITE A BIT OF EXCAVATION THAT HAPPEN. SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT THIS AREA DUE TO ITS PROXIMITY TO ROCKY FORK, ADRIAN MENTIONED SUGAR RUN COMING IN ALONG ALONG HARLEM ROAD. THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF FLOODPLAIN AREA. WELL THROUGH THE EXCAVATION THAT WAS THAT HAD TAKEN PLACE AS PART OF THIS PROJECT. THERE IS A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF 100 YEAR FLOODPLAIN VOLUMES THAT WAS ADDED TO THIS AREA. THE NUMBERS RIGHT AROUND 54,000 CUBIC YARDS OF VOLUME IF YOU TAKE THE AREA OF A FOOTBALL FIELD AND IMAGINE THAT AS LIKE A FISH TANK. 25 FT DEEP. THAT'S SOMEONE WHO WATER. THAT'S HOW MUCH FLOODPLAIN VOLUME WE'RE AT. TO OUR NEIGHBORS, UH, YOU KNOW, DOWN DOWNSTREAM OF US, THAT'S A TREMENDOUS, TREMENDOUS BENEFIT THAT WILL BENEFIT THEM RIGHT NOW TODAY. SO I THINK THAT'S A GREAT THING. ANOTHER THING THAT I THINK IS WORTH SAYING IS THAT YOU KNOW THIS VERY EASILY. COULD HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED. IT'S VERY LIKELY COULD HAVE BEEN VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU SEE TO THE NORTH. YOU KNOW, THERE ARE THERE ARE SOME RESTRICTIONS AND THAT WOULD AS I MENTIONED SOME OF THE FLOODPLAIN AREAS, BUT THERE'S VARIANCES. THERE'S OTHER THINGS THAT CAN HAPPEN. WITH DEVELOPMENT COMES TRAFFIC WITH TRAFFIC, YOU KNOW, WITH DEVELOPMENT COMES IMPACT ON OUR SCHOOLS. SO AND EVEN BEYOND THAT. THIS IS A VERY PROMINENT GATEWAY TO OUR CITY. THIS IS THE WESTERN GATEWAY. THIS IS THE FIRST THING PEOPLE SEE WHEN THEY ENTER NEW ALWAYS COMING FROM THE WEST. FROM THE CITY. IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU KNOW THIS IS MEMORIALIZED AND SAY IT. ADRIAN KIND OF ALLUDED TO THE FACT THAT THIS IS THE MOST LOCKDOWN PIECE OF LAND THAT WILL NEVER BE DEVELOPED EVER. THERE ARE US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEER FEDERAL LEVEL ENVIRONMENTAL COVENANTS THAT ARE IN PLACE THAT THAT RESTRICTION AND PROHIBIT DEVELOPMENT ABOVE THAT WHICH PROBABLY NOT AS STRONG. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THERE ARE DEEP RESTRICTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN RECORDED WITH DISTRICT SO I MEAN, THERE'S NO CHANCE THIS IS GOING TO BE DEVELOPED. SO THIS IS DEFINITELY YOU KNOW, AND ASSET TO NEW ALBANY. FOREVER. IT'S OUT. I DON'T KNOW. I'M I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT. AND UH, I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF SHARE SOME OF THOSE DETAILS BECAUSE I THINK THOSE ARE THOSE ARE REALLY IMPORTANT DETAILS TO KNOW TO, IN ADDITION TO THE FACT THAT WE GET TO, YOU KNOW, EXPERIENCE THIS AND YOU JUST HAVE ACCESS TO IT IS AWESOME. BUT THE BENEFIT REALLY. THAT'S JUST THE ICEBERG. REALLY, SO HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE. WELL, IF WE'LL TRY. WE'LL TRY TO MAYBE GET A FIELD TRIP SCHEDULED ON, MAYBE MAKE IT A NORMAL MEETING TIME AND WE'LL JUST ADVERTISE IT FOR, UH OUT THERE, AND WE'LL JUST KEEP AN EYE ON THE LEATHER.

ADJUSTED NEEDED. BUT IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WOULD INTEREST YOU GUYS TO GO LOOK AT IT.

ABSOLUTELY. I THINK IT'D BE FUN. ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU. GREAT. YOUR FOOT. SUCH KIND OF PLAY OFF OF THAT, UM MARY LOU HAS PRESENTATION ON JUST THE DISCUSSION ON NATIVE AND

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HERE'S SOME EXAMPLES. UM OH DOT DOES ROADSIDE POLLINATOR HABITAT THEY'VE DONE 1200 ACRES SINCE 2017. WE CAN'T PUT IT IN THE MEDIAN. UM, THAT'S JUST OHIO LAW , AND EVERYONE'S LIKE, OH, THAT HORRIBLE WIRE THAT WE HAVE TO WEED WITH AROUND. CAN'T IT? JUST BE NATIVE PLANTS? NO, IT HAS TO BE MODE. THAT'S OHIO LAW. UNFORTUNATELY, UM. BUT THE REST OF OUTSIDE OF THE FOUR SLOPES COULD BE MODE ONCE OR TWICE A YEAR. AND THAT'S A PROGRAM THAT HELPS MANAGE AND THEN LANDSCAPE PLANTINGS. UM YOU KNOW, THEY CAN BE FORMAL. THEY CAN BE INFORMAL. THERE'S A WIDE RANGE. OF LOOKS THAT YOU CAN GET WITH NATIVE PLANTS. A LOT OF PEOPLE JUST KIND OF THINK OF THIS WILD, CRAZY MEADOW, BUT YOU KNOW, PLANTED AND GROUPINGS AND DRIFTS. YOU CAN HAVE A VERY FORMAL LOOKING A NATIVE GARDEN. SOME JUST YARD EXAMPLES. YOU MIGHT HAVE A SPOT IN YOUR YARD THAT JUST CONSTANTLY A WET AWFUL PLACE TO MO TORNADO. RATHER THAN YOU KNOW, RUNNING YOUR MOWER THROUGH A BIG MONEY HOLE ALL THE TIME. YOU COULD PLANT A RAIN GARDEN. UM KIND OF THE TOP PICTURE THERE. THAT'S WHAT THAT SHOWS, SO YOU JUST PUT IN SOME PLANTS THAT ARE SUITED TO A WET AREA AND THEN YOU DON'T HAVE TO MOW IT ANYMORE. AND YOU HAVE THIS NICE LITTLE GARDEN. YOU CAN ALSO USE SUSTAINABLE LANDSCAPING TO GET RID OF AN AREA THAT IS TOO SHADY TO EVER GROW GRASS.

AND THAT'S A COMMON PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE BECAUSE WE HAVE SUCH A FANTASTIC TREE CANOPY HERE.

BOTTOM RIGHT PICTURE. AH SHOWS JUST A SHADE GARDEN WHERE YOU WOULD TAKE NATIVE FOREST PLANTS AND, UM, THINGS THAT ARE MADE TO GROW IN THE SHADE AND YOU COULD GROW A NICE GARDEN. THERE'S ALSO IT'S CALLED XERISCAPING, WHICH IS KIND OF UM, MODELED AFTER A DESERT PLANTS. THERE ARE A LOT OF PLANTS THAT ARE HARDY THAT WILL SURVIVE THROUGH THE WINTER . THEY REQUIRE VERY LITTLE WATER , MOSTLY LIKE SUCCULENT TYPE PLANTS. AND THEY CAN BE PLANTED IN LIKE A GRAVEL TYPE BASE. AND THEN YOU DON'T HAVE TO HARDLY SPEND ANY WATER TAKING CARE OF THEM, AND IT CAN BE A LOT EASIER TO MAINTAIN. THAT WOULD BE A GOOD EXAMPLE WHERE YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THOSE PLANTS MIGHT NOT BE NATIVE, BUT THEY CAN BE VERY SUSTAINABLY MAINTAINED. AND THEN THE WILD ONES WEBSITE THAT I HAVE POSTED THERE ACTUALLY HAS GUIDES ON HOW YOU CAN PLAN YOUR OWN NATIVE LANDSCAPE, AND THEY HAVE DOWNLOADABLE LANDSCAPE DESIGNS ALREADY CREATED FOR A FEW DIFFERENT AREAS. THE CLOSEST ONE TO HERE IS LIKE A TOLEDO SO IT'D BE BASED OFF PLANTS THAT WOULD SURVIVE IN TOLEDO. UM BUT THAT WOULD BE VERY APPLICABLE TO HERE AS WELL. UM SO HERE'S SOME EXAMPLES. IN NEW ALBANY. SOME OF YOU'RE PROBABLY VERY FAMILIAR WITH THESE THE PRAIRIE AT THE E THREE BUILDING. AND I DON'T KNOW IF PETE WANTS TO GIVE US YEAH, FOR MY STUDENTS RIGHT THERE, PLAYING. AH WERE BLOODIED 1000 SQUARE FEET OF NATIVE WILDFLOWERS AND GRASSES. WE DID THAT, STARTING IN 2020. AND IT'S STILL GOING STRONG LOOKS. IT'S AMAZING HOW MUCH IT CHANGES EVERY YEAR, WHICH IS KIND OF FUNNY, THE DIFFERENT FLOWERS ALL THE TIME. THANKS. UH THERE'S MORE PICTURES CLICKED. SO THERE'S JUST MORE PICTURES OF THE PRAIRIE. AND THEN THERE WAS ALSO A POLLINATOR GARDEN PLANTED . UM JUST OUTSIDE OF SWITZERLAND. WOODS BY. I THINK THIS WAS THE ENVIRONMENTAL CLUB.

AND IT'S STILL OUT THERE. AND THEN I JUST HAD A RANDOM JUST OVERLAP. TAYLOR FARM PLANTINGS.

THE TOP FOUR PRAIRIE PLANTS PLANTED OUT TAYLOR FARM. OUR LITTLE BLUE STEM, NODDING WILD

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THAT WAS SOMETHING THIS GROUP WANTED TO WORK ON. AND I COULD SEE WE WANT THIS WAS MAYBE MORE INFORMATIONAL TONIGHT. BUT IN A FUTURE MEETING. WHAT CAN WE DO WITH THIS? SO ARE THERE DIFFERENT AREAS? WHETHER THERE'S A LANDOWNER THAT INTERESTED IN OR OR IMPLANTING. THESE TYPE OF SPACES OR IF IT'S LAND THAT THE CITY OWNED IS THEIR PROMOTIONAL CAMPAIGNS WE COULD DO TO HELP PEOPLE, UM, DO IT IN THEIR OWN. YARDS I'D LIKE I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THAT THING IN TOLEDO IS KIND OF INTERESTING THAT GET LIKE A DESIGN. UM SO I THINK WE'RE OPEN TO ALL THOSE POSSIBILITIES. AND WHAT I WOULD IMAGINE THIS GROUP MIGHT DO IS TO MAKE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT THAT, UM AND THEN DEPENDING ON WHAT THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE, YOU KNOW, TAKING THOSE CITY COUNCIL TO IMPLEMENT OR JUST MAYBE IT'S PARTNERING WITH SOMEBODY TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AND I ASKED BELIEVING QUESTION BECAUSE ALL STATES HAS 88 YEARS IN THE LAND.

JUST WRITE DOWN FROM OAKLAND NURSERY. IT'S BEEN A CONVERGENCE PROCESS OR SPEAKERS. KIND OF WOODS AND GRASP. TRADITIONALLY, IT'S BEEN MODE AND TREATED. FOR MANY YEARS AND SLOWLY CONVERTED IT WHERE WE'RE NOT TREATING IT ANYMORE, SO IT'S TORNADO JUST IN GENERAL. WE'RE SORRY PLANT POLLINATOR AREAS AS WELL AS THE PEOPLE NEXT DOOR IS DOING THE SAME THING. YOU KNOW, WE ENVISION TWO OR THREE ACRES OF THAT. ACTUALLY CONVERTED OVER TODAY. GRASSES AND FLOWERS. I'D LOVE TO BE ABLE TO GET PEOPLE OFF TRAIL OUT THERE ON 60 TO BE ABLE TO WALK IN. TO THE AREA PASSED THROUGH. COME IN BIRDWATCHING. TALK ABOUT ANOTHER FARMS. AND JUST BE ABLE TO SPEND TIME IN THAT AREA, SO WE'RE CERTAINLY INTERESTED PARTNER. LOOK FOR A PLACE YAHOO! AND IT LAST IT COSTS MONEY AND TIME. YEAH. OUTSIDE BASICALLY VERY IMPRESSIVE. I HAVE REACHED OUT REPEAT. SPECIAL. SIZE, OKAY? BRITAIN PERSPECTIVE, SO WE DON'T KNOW. OKAY? YEAH, I THINK YEAH, THAT SOUNDS FANTASTIC. I APPRECIATE THAT. I'VE HEARD OF LIKE MIGRATION CORRIDORS. IS THERE SUCH A THING? MAYBE MARYLAND LIKE POLLINATOR CORRIDORS AND LIKE CONNECTING.

YES, PARKS, SOMEONE TO LIKE A BIKE TRAIL. BUT POLLINATOR THERE ARE LIKE, UM MOSTLY LIKE MONARCHS THAT MIGRATE NOT A WHOLE LOT OF OTHER POLLINATORS MIGRATE LIKE MONARCHS DO, THOUGH, SO MOST OF THE MIGRATION AS BIRDS I'M SAYING IS THERE SOMETHING LIKE THAT IN A CITY THAT PROVIDES SMALLER PATHWAYS THROUGHOUT. I WOULD SAY THAT OUR LASER TRAILS PROBABLY WOULD BE THE CLOSEST THING TO THAT BECAUSE THEY'RE REALLY CONNECTED AND THEY TEND TO BE KIND OF PROTECTED, I GUESS WOULDN'T UNFORTUNATELY, YOU KNOW, CROSSING ROADS AND STUFF IS THE MOST DIFFICULT PROBLEM. A LOT OF PEOPLE'S BACKYARDS, BELIEVE IT OR NOT PROVIDE CONNECTION FOR POLLINATORS. UM, IT'S SURPRISING. HOW MUCH ABOUT YARD CAN MEAN TO, YOU KNOW AN INSECT? UM MAYBE NOT THE BEST THING FOR MOVING BIG ANIMALS ACROSS, BUT BACKYARDS REALLY CAN MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE. UM AND JUST KEEPING THE POLLINATORS AWAY FROM THE ROAD AND GIVING THEM A PLACE TO MIGRATE WITHOUT BEING LIKE. OH HERE'S THE STREET. LET ME LOOK AT THIS NICE, CLEAR PATH. LET ME FLY THAT WAY BACK, YOU KNOW. SO BACKYARDS REALLY CAN BE HELPFUL, AND THAT'S OF COURSE, PRIVATE PROPERTY, SO THAT'S WHERE YOU KNOW THEY'RE GETTING GETTING MESSAGING OUT, AND THOSE KIND OF CAMPAIGNS CAN REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE. BECAUSE THAT NATIVE GARDENS DESIGN AND DEFINITELY

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YOU CAN HIRE THEM, YOU KNOW AS WELL. BUT THEY ALSO HAVE JUST KIND OF A STEP BY STEP ON. HOW TO DESIGN YOUR OWN. PROJECT. PRETTY COOL. I DO THINK THAT SORRY. WE'RE OBVIOUSLY EARLY DISCUSSION LIKE ADRIAN SURVEY. TO ME. IT DOES HAVE KIND OF A TWO SIDED ASPECT TO THIS ISSUE, ONE BEING EDUCATING PEOPLE WHO MAY WANT TO DO THIS AT THEIR OWN HOME OR, LIKE SEAN SAID. AT THEIR CHURCH OF THEIR BUSINESS, SO I CAN SEE YOU KNOW, EVENTUALLY, MAYBE WE COULD DO SOME SORT OF A WORKSHOP OR A EVENT. OR MAYBE IT'S AT THE FARMERS MARKET AGAIN. WE SET UP A BOOTH AND YOU HAVE INFORMATION. AH! RESOURCES WEBSITES. MAYBE POSTING IT ON THE CITY WEBSITE. HERE'S IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN IN NATIVE LANDSCAPING, SUSTAINABLE LANDSCAPING HERE, SOME PLACES YOU CAN GO. UM THE GARDEN WE DID AT SCHOOL, LIKE, SEAN SAID. THE U. S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE. THEY DID ALMOST ALL OF THE ACTUAL BEHIND THE SCENES LABOR, YOU KNOW, THEY PREPARED THE SOIL FOR US. THEY HELPED US UNTIL IT UP AND EVERYTHING SO THERE ARE PLACES LIKE THAT THAT WE CAN HELP. YOU KNOW, LEAD PEOPLE TOWARDS, I GUESS, ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE A LARGER SPACE AND YOU CAN DO A FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT PROJECT. I ALSO LOVE THE IDEA OF DOING MORE. THE CITY LEVEL, ESPECIALLY THEATER FARMS, A GREAT START. IT WOULD BE INTERESTING. TO LOOK AT OTHER COMMUNITIES. AROUND AND SEE. WHAT ARE THEY DOING? NOT JUST IN CENTRAL OHIO, BUT THAT BE SOMETHING I'D BE HAPPY TO HELP RESEARCH A LITTLE BIT. WHAT WHAT WERE ITS TOWNS AND CITIES DOING NATIVE LANDSCAPING? HOW ARE THEY DOING IT? HOW IS IT? FITTING INTO THEIR YOU KNOW, KIND OF THE OVERALL LAYOUT OF THE TOWN THAT SORT OF STUFF. YEAH FOR SURE.

AND I THINK TO PICK UP WHERE YOU START, UM I'M CURIOUS, AND I CAN'T REMEMBER. HOW SPECIFICALLY DOES THE PLAN FOR THE CITY SPELL OUT? ANY NATIVE PLANTING GOALS BESIDES JUST LIFTING IT UP AS A PRIORITY OR LOOKING UP AS SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE WERE INTERESTED IN IT SAY ANYTHING MORE SPECIFIC ABOUT WHAT THEY MIGHT BE OPEN TO NO, IT'S MAINLY POLICY, SO THERE'S NOT A LOT OF LIKE TECHNICAL DETAILS, BUT I THINK THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT, AND MAYBE IT IS IN AN EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGN AND SOME ONLINE RESOURCES TO I MEAN, I'M EVEN THINKING ABOUT. I THINK MARY LOU'S EXAMPLES OF THE FORMAL TYPE OF GARDEN IS GOOD, BECAUSE YOU DO HAVE TO DO SOMETHING THAT FITS IN WITHIN THE AESTHETIC OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND SO KNOWING. I THINK SOMETIMES PEOPLE THINK NATIVE AND THEY THINK WILD AND WE COULD NEVER DO THAT HERE. BUT IF WE COULD FIND SOME OF THOSE RESOURCES RESOURCES THAT SHOW THAT YOU CAN THAT MIGHT BE A FANTASTIC WAY TO EDUCATE PEOPLE ON WHAT THAT'S LIKE, AND THEN PROVIDE THOSE TECHNICAL DETAILS LIKE WHAT IS THE SEED MIX THAT IS, YOU KNOW, SUSTAINABLE? UM WHERE DID YOU FIND THAT? HOW CAN YOU USE THESE PLANTS? QUESTION MORE WAS THINKING BACK TO WHEN WE WORKED IN THE COMPOSTING THING AND PASSED IT RIGHT. AND REMEMBER, WE WERE ALL TALKING. WE WERE ALL EXCITED, AND THEN WE SAID, OK, DON'T FEEL LIKE THIS. EVERY WIN IS GOING TO BE THIS EASY, RIGHT? AND SO WHEN I CAN'T REMEMBER, ONE OF Y'ALL SAID MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL. I GUESS I'M JUST CURIOUS. I MEAN, I DON'T WANT TO RECOMMEND SOMETHING THAT HAS NO CHANCE OF BEING PICKED UP. SO I GUESS I'M JUST I AM CURIOUS WHAT SORTS OF THINGS THE CITY'S ACTUALLY INTERESTED IN OPEN TO DOING, AND THAT MAY NOT BE AN ANSWERABLE QUESTION AT THIS TIME, BUT WELL, I THINK SO. BUT LIKE FROM A CONVERSION OF TURF, TOO. NATIVE SOURCES ALONG THAT LINE BECAUSE IT'S LIKE YOU THINK POWDER ON LEVEL HEIMER RIGHT? THERE'S ALL THIS GREEN SPACE THAT'S AROUND THAT HOLDING POND.

WHATEVER IS THE SAME LIKE CONVERSION OF. 15 ACRES. EXACTLY MY QUESTION. YEAH THAT'S THE EASIEST THING TO DO IS TAKE GRASS AND JUST TURN IT TURN IT INTO NATIVE LIKE WE'RE TRYING TO DO AT ALL SAINTS JUST EVEN FROM THIS DISCUSSION, I COULD THINK OF LIKE THREE DIFFERENT PROJECTS THAT COULD POSSIBLY COME OUT OF THIS AND I THINK CITY COURSE WE CAN'T GUARANTEE ANYTHING. BUT I

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YEAH, WHICH IS A DIFFERENT. KIND OF PROCESSING PATHWAY I THINK TO GO THROUGH. BOTH ARE IMPORTANT IN BOTH ARE THINGS THAT I MEAN, I THINK I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT IN THIS GROUP. AND I THINK THE PILOT PROJECT LIKE THAT ALSO IS EDUCATIONAL AS WELL. IF YOU COULD BRING PEOPLE THERE, AND YOU COULD PROMOTE THAT BY DOINGE GOOD DIRECTION. I MEAN, I THINK WE COULD MAYBE LIKE, GET A FRAMEWORK OF WHAT EACH OF THESE DIFFERENT PROJECTS COULD BE, AND WE COULD DISCUSS THEM AT OUR NEXT MEETING. UM OR MAYBE IN AUGUST IF WE'RE GOING TO BE, UH, TOURING TAYLOR UM AND YOU GUYS THINK KIND OF ADD TO IT CHANGE IT AND FORMER RECOMMENDATION AND I MEAN, THOSE ARE THREE BIG THINGS. I MEAN, THAT MIGHT TAKE US. YOU KNOW, A YEAR TO ACCOMPLISH ALL OF THOSE, UM BUT IT WOULD BE FUN TO KIND OF WHAT WOULD AN EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGN LOOKED LIKE THAT INCLUDES THESE ITEMS? UM, AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD WORK ON EVERY MEETING, YOU KNOW, OVER OVER THIS NEXT YEAR. QUESTION TO CLARIFY THE ROADWAY. SPACE IT'S 30 FT FROM THE ROADWAY EDGE. YEP, SO, THE FOUR SLOPES IT'S LIKE 30 FT FROM THE EDGE AS IT GOES AWAY FROM THE HIGHWAY, AND THEN THE MEDIUM HAS TO REMAIN LIKE MODE. FOR INSTANCE, 62 RUNNING ABOUT TO THE. OUTSIDE EDGE OF THOSE WALKWAYS ON THAT SHERIFF 62. THAT'S AN 020 DOT RULES. SO IT WOULD BE LIKE OHIO WIDE HIGHWAYS . YEAH, SO I DON'T I'M NOT REALLY SURE. I DON'T KNOW IF 62 QUALIFIES AS THAT OR NOT, BECAUSE I JUST REMEMBER YOUR NOTHING GOT THREE YEARS AGO. WHEN WHEN WE DID THE SURVEY AND HAD THE CITY MEETINGS ABOUT IT THAT DOES THE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT TRYING TO MAKE THOSE WALKWAY CORRIDORS LESS LIKE WORRIED ABOUT A CAR COMING OFF THE ROAD AND CARINI INTO ME KIND OF THING AND BUILDING SOME NOTICE. NOISE IN GREEN ABATEMENT AROUND THIS BLOCK WAYS THAT I STILL FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW. TO YOUR POINT ABOUT THE PARK FEELING LIKE A GREAT INFLUENCE IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE CITY 62 COMING THROUGH THERE. AT LEAST FROM THE ROADWAY TO THE WALKWAYS, HAVING SOMETHING THAT'S AND GREEN THAT'S NOT HAVING TO BE MODE CONSTANTLY, UM, WOULD BE A GREAT LITTLE ADDITION TO THE CITY. SURE. AND NOT JUST BECAUSE OF YEAH, BUT I CAN SURE AS SUPPORT WELL, MAYBE WHAT WE CAN DO AS PART OF OUR UM , RESEARCH FOR THE NEXT MEETING IS TO THINK ABOUT WHAT THOSE IDENTIFIABLE AREAS BECAUSE IT EXTENDS. YOU KNOW WHERE THE CHURCH IS GOING DOWN THAT ENTIRE AREA. AND I THINK, UTILIZING THE IDEA OF THE LARGER WALKWAYS.

WHETHER IT'S THAT OR GET THE WRONG IT'S RAMSBURG ALBANY ON THE OTHER SIDE. MHM. YEAH, WE CAN. WE CAN START TO KIND OF HONE IN ON SOME OF THOSE AREAS. THIS IS A GOOD DISCUSSION. THANK

[VII. Other Business ]

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THIS IS A COMPANY THAT MAKES THESE WASHINGTON SYSTEMS AND I'M SURE THERE'S OTHERS, BUT THIS IS JUST ONE OF THE BEST KNOWN AND I BELIEVE CORTICAL COZYING USES THESE STATIONS ON THEIR CONSTRUCTION SITES. SO HE WANTED US TO BE AWARE OF THAT. AND TO THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE COULD MAKE A RECOMMENDATION ABOUT OR TO, UM, YOU KNOW, GET MORE INFORMATION ABOUT AND SEE WHAT ARE THE CURRENT PRACTICES. AND ARE WE DOING ENOUGH TOAYS ONCE WE WERET TALKING ABOUT BELA FARM. PRESENTATION. YEAH, BUT UNDERSTANDING THIS RIGHT? THAT IS THE BEST AVAILABLE TECHNOLOGY OPINION AGAIN, YOU KNOW, LOOK TO MIKE HERE. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THIS. THIS IS NOT AN AREA OF EXPERTISE IN MIND. BUT I CAN SEE THE IMPORTANCE OF THE ISSUE TO PROPERLY CLEAN THE TRUCK. BEST AVAILABLE TECHNOLOGY WOULD BE TO BE WASHINGTON STATION WATCHING

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AND FROM A REAL WASH STATES STATION PERSPECTIVE, WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT THE STICKIER SOIL MORE ROTATIONS THE WHEEL NEEDS TO MAKE IN ORDER TO THOROUGHLY CLEAN IT. AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT THE LONGER THE PATH NEEDS TO BECOME FOR THESE WHICH IS FINE ON MANY SITES, RIGHT.

THERE'S HUGE SITES OUT THERE THAT CAN ACCOMMODATE THAT. BUT MANY OF OUR SMALLER SITES AH, SIMPLY CAN'T THERE'S JUST NOT ENOUGH SPACE THAT ARE PRACTICAL. UM SO. CERTAINLY I HAVE NO OBJECTION TO SEEING IT THROUGH. I THINK THAT THE REALITY IS THIS I THINK THAT. YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD A LOT. YOU KNOW, TAYLOR FARM HAS BEEN THE GIFT OF MUD FOR A YEAR. AND YOU KNOW THE CHURCH CONSTRUCTION KIND OF RIGHT NEARBY HAS BEEN EQUALLY MONEY. WHAT HAS BEEN PARTICULARLY PROBLEMATIC TO THAT TO THOSE SITES? IS THERE CONTINUITY TO THE STREET. SO THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW IF AND WHEN SOMETHING GOES BAD ON THOSE SITES. THERE IS AN IMMEDIATE IMPACT. TO THE DOWNSTREAM WATERWAY. UM SO YOU KNOW, THOSE SITES ARE WITHOUT A DOUBT AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL THAT SHOULD BE AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL OF SCRUTINY. AND YOU KNOW, INSPECTION AND RESPONSIBILITY FOR ALL INVOLVED. ONE THING TO KIND OF COME TO MY MIND, THOUGH, AS YOU KNOW, YOU BRING DIRT. YOU KNOW, IT HAPPENS TO ME ALL THE TIME. I GOT A LOT ON TO THE JOB SITE AND I COME BACK. I NOTICED THESE MUD SPOTS ON MY ON MY PANTS. AND YOU KNOW, THE WORST THING YOU CAN DO WITH THOSE IS GETTING WET AND TRYING TO WIPE THEM OFF BECAUSE THEN IT SMEARS AND TURNS IT INTO A MESS. WHERE IF YOU IF IT DRIES, YOU CAN CLICK IT. AND IT'S GONE. SO YOU KNOW, UM, MY CONCERN WITH THE WHEEL WASH IS JUST IS JUST SIMPLY WELL AND SIMILARLY, EVEN WITH WITH EVEN WITH STREET SWEEPERS, YOU KNOW WITH THE CITY OF NEW ALREADY OWNS THE STREET SWEEPER. AND WE USE IT. EVERY DAY. I MEAN, NINE MONTHS OF THE YEAR, IT'S RUNNING PROBABLY 6 TO 8 HOURS A DAY. THE AND IN MANY TIMES IT DOES A GREAT JOB. BUT WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH MUD AND YOU BRING OUR STREET STREET OR THROUGH AND IT'S PHRASE IT LOT OF TIMES. WHAT HAPPENS IS JUST YEARS. IT JUST TURNS IT INTO LIKE THIS WORRY, YOU KNOW, AND YOU CAN GO OVER IT 1000 TIMES, BUT IT'S STILL IT'S STILL TENDS TO LEAVE SOME RESIDUE. I GUESS. I'M ONLY BRINGING THESE THINGS UP JUST TO TELL YOU THAT. I HAVE NOTHING BUT RESPECT AND ADMIRATION OF MR RUSSIAN, HIS HIS COMMITMENT TO THE CAUSE, AND HE'S ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. YOU KNOW, THERE'S WE HAVE TO DO BETTER. WE HAVE TO KEEP A WATCHFUL EYE ON IT. BUT THIS THIS BEST AVAILABLE TECHNOLOGY IS IT'S VERY SUBJECTIVE, AND I THINK IT DEPENDS. ON SITE DEPENDS ON PROXIMITY. TO SIZE OF SIGHT, APPROXIMATELY TWO STREAMS AND WATERWAYS. OTHER THINGS. YOU KNOW THE FLIP SIDE OF THAT, YOU KNOW, LET'S SAY THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE SAME CONTIGUITY TO SUGAR RUN OR WHATEVER ELSE AND THEY'RE TRACKING MUD OUT ONTO THE STREET. NOW THERE'S THE SLIPPERY MUD ON THE STREET IS A PROBLEM, SO THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IF THERE IF THE CONTRACTOR AND THE ENGINEERING DESIGN IS SUFFICIENT, IT SHOULD BE. THERE SHOULD BE. URBAN LIGHTS OR BANDY BAGS OR OTHER BMPS IN PLACE

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SO WHAT HAPPENS NOW? WHEN A DEVELOPMENT PROJECT CREATES. THEIR CIVIL IMPROVEMENT PLANS.

WITH ALL THEIR ENGINEERING DRAWINGS, THERE'S A SHEET THAT'S A SEDIMENTATION AND AN ABRASION CONTROL SHEET AND OUTLINES WHETHER IT'S DANDY BEDS ARE KIND OF IT'S ALMOST LIKE A MENU OF THINGS THAT YOU CAN USE. TO CONTROL THE SEDIMENTATION AND EROSION AND THAT'S REVIEWED AS PART OF THE PLAN REVIEW PROCESS AND THEN I THINK THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK MORE COMPREHENSIVELY LIKE MIKE SAID, BUT THEN ALSO TO LOOK, I THINK IT JUST NEEDS TO BE TAILORED TO THE PROJECT AND THE SITE AND IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THAT THAT'S THE TECHNOLOGY THAT SHOULD BE USED EVERYWHERE, BUT WE PROBABLY CAN DO A BETTER JOB LOOKING AT OTHER WHEN THE SITUATION CALLS FOR IT, A MAJOR LIKE THOSE WASHING STATION AND JUST TO EXPAND ON THAT A BIT TOO. YOU KNOW, WE JUST RECENTLY REVISED OUR ESCALATION POLICY FOR SEDIMENT EROSION CONTROL STORMWATER ISSUES. WORKING WITH FRANKLIN SOIL AND WATER TO UPDATE THAT IT'S DONE. WE HAVE THAT. SO I THINK THAT THE REALITY IS THAT AS A CITY WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB ESCALATING IT. I THINK WE'RE FORTUNATE IN THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF REPEAT. CONTRACTORS AROUND HERE THAT ARE VERY COOPERATIVE. FORTUNATELY WE HAVE OTHERS THAT MIGHT NOT BE HIS AS MUCH. AND I THINK THAT THAT THAT'S ON ME. MY NAME IS LISTED BY THE E P A. SO BUILT BY THE WAY, SO YEAH, SO I AM PERSONALLY TAKING HIM MORE ACTIVE ROLE IN ENSURING THAT THE ENFORCEMENT IS. ABSOLUTELY IMPLEMENTED AND FOLLOWED. SO. APPRECIATE ALL THE THAT THE DETAIL, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK IT MAKES SENSE THAT THERE ARE DIFFERENT SITES, DIFFERENT CONDITIONS AND THAT THEY'RE DIFFERENT TECHNOLOGIES THAT WOULD WORK. I THINK YOU KNOW, BUILDS. BIG THING IS JUST REDUCING AS MUCH OF THE EROSION AND POLLUTION. IT'S POSSIBLE. AND SO I'M GLAD YOU GUYS ARE TALKING THROUGH AND I THINK WE'VE HAD BILL ON PINS AND NEEDLES FOR A WHILE WORKING ALONG THE ROADS RUN MOST RECENTLY NOW BASICALLY ROCKY FORK AND SUGAR RUN, AND I MEAN WE COULDN'T BE ABLE WE'RE TRYING TO YOU KNOW, KIND OF REINVIGORATE THOSE STREAM CORRIDORS. SO WE JUST HAPPEN TO BE KIND OF IN THE HEART OF IT, WHICH IS WHERE IT'S MOST CRITICAL, WHICH IS RIGHT, RIGHT? TALK ABOUT THIS PASSIONATE ABOUT THE STEP AS HE IS WHEN 82 OR 83.

SO I AM CURIOUS THAT, LIKE WHAT'S THE. WHAT ARE THE REGULATIONS? BECAUSE I'M BIG PROJECTS ARE ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL, BUT WALK THROUGH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, IN PARTICULAR ANY

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YEAH I THINK THE ANSWER IS, YOU KNOW IS THAT MAYBE MAYBE ME, BUT I THINK THE PRACTICAL REALITY IS WE HAVE TO CLONE YOURSELF. I THINK WE HAVE MORE CONSTRUCTION IN THE CITY OF NEW ALBANY THAN MANY STATES HAVE ABSOLUTELY I TOTALLY RESPECT AND THAT'S WHAT I'M FRUSTRATED. STAND LIKE WE'VE GOT TO. WE'VE GOT SO FROM A RESIDENTIAL STANDPOINT ARE RESIDENTIAL BUILDING INSPECTORS WHO ARE WITHIN OUR DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. YOU KNOW THEY ARE. THEY ARE LOOKING FOR THOSE THINGS. UM IT'S BASICALLY WHEN THEY'RE OUT AT AN INSPECTION THAT THOSE ARE THINGS THAT THEY DO. LOOK AT, AND WE DEFINITELY HAVE. THERE'S A COUPLE TWO IN PARTICULAR THAT ARE PRETTY PASSIONATE ABOUT IT. AND I THINK DO A GREAT JOB. BUT YOU KNOW, AS SOON AS YOU LEAVE A SITE YOU KNOW SOME SOMETHING HAPPENS AND IT IS JUST IT'S THE MOST UNPREDICTABLE THING. IT'S VERY CHALLENGING. SO. DESPITE OUR BEST INTENTIONS. YOU KNOW? OR WE'RE TRYING TO COUNT OUR WINDS HERE, BUT I GUESS THE QUESTION REALLY IS, BUT THERE SHOULD BE THAT MITIGATION LIKE IF YOU WERE WALKING ALONG AND YOU SAW FROM FROM SOMEONE'S DRIVEWAY FLOWING OUT AND GOING INTO YEAH, THE STORM DRAIN LIKE THAT SHOULD BE A RED FLAG YOU AS A CITIZEN, BY THE WAY, RIGHT? YEAH GOOD.

SENATE INSPECTOR, SO HOME HOME BUILDER FROM US BIG COMMERCIAL SITE EVEN TO AN INDIVIDUAL HOME.

THE BUILDERS SHOULD HAVE THOSE IN PLACE AND A LOT OF TIME THEY DO AS MIKE SAID DURING THE INITIAL INSPECTION, AND THEN A LOT OF TIMES FOR THE RIGHT AND SOMETIMES FOR THE REASONS, YOU SAID, BECAUSE THEY DO BLOCK THE PURPOSE IS TO BLOCK THAT FROM GETTING INTO THE STORM SEWER, BUT SOMEONE WILL PULL IT BECAUSE IT'S TOO MUDDY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO IT'S A CONSTANT.

STRUGGLE BUT THEY SHOULD BE IN PLACE AND THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT THAT ANYONE COULD CALL ABOUT AND REPORT SO I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF THERE'S A ROLE FOR US HERE IN THIS BEYOND APPRECIATION OF WHAT WE BROUGHT TO THE TABLE. YEAH, LIKE, ARE THERE CERTAIN THINGS THAT YOU SEE THAT OKAY, WE CAN PROVIDE A RECOMMENDATION. AND HELP WITH SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT YOU'RE HAVING WITH DIFFERENT SITES THAT WE CAN. VIGILANTE BRING UP THAT POINT, HAPPY TO BE IN THAT GROUP. I MEAN, I THINK JUST THE AWARENESS OF IT HELPS US TO GO BACK AND TALK TO YOU KNOW, MIKE'S TEAM IS ONE THING, BUT WE HAVE RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL BUILDING INSPECTORS THAT ARE OUT OF THESE PLACES. AND JUST KIND OF BRAIN FORCE TO MAKE SURE WE GOT IT ALWAYS. EVEN IF YOU SAW IT THERE THE LAST TIME THE NEXT TIME YOU'RE OUT FOR AN INSPECTION, YOU NEED TO CHECK IT AGAIN. AND THEN I THINK ON THE COMMERCIAL SIDE MAYBE BEING SOMEWHERE AWARENESS ON TAILORING WHAT THESE BMPS ARE TO THE SITE AND IF IT NEEDS MORE THAN THAT NEEDS A TRUCK WATCH STATION. IT NEEDS MORE THAN WHAT THE NORMAL MITIGATION MEASURES ARE. TO BE AWARE OF THAT AND TRY TO IMPLEMENT THAT. I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD PERCEPTION IF WE DON'T SEE IMPROVEMENT OR CHANGE. TRY SOMETHING, AND I THINK I SHOULD KNOW THIS, BUT IS THERE A STORM WATER? REPORT. CALLING MEMBER. IT'S ON THE WEBSITE AS A KIND OF THING LIKE POLLUTION CONGRESS NUMBER BECAUSE I KNOW I'VE ONLY RECALLED THE CULTURE FIVE DIRECTLY INTO THE INTO THE CITY SERVICES, BUT I WONDER IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD EXPLORERS GETTING SOMETHING ON THE WEBSITE JUST TO RAISE AWARENESS. YEAH SOMETHING HAPPENING. NUMBERS OF THOSE DIRECT WE ARE IN THIS LIVING HELL BUT MORE LIVING HEALTH AND IT IS ONE THING THAT WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED OVER THE PAST THREE MONTHS IS WE'RE REALLY BEEFING UP. UM THE I GUESS THE NARRATIVE ON SEDIMENT EROSION CONTROL AT OUR PRECONSTRUCTION MEETING. SO THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION

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YEAH YOU'LL BE HAPPY TO KNOW THAT THE COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS REACHED OUT AND THEY'RE REDOING THEIR FACILITY. AND YEARS BACK. THEY WERE AWARDED A GRANT THAT PROVIDED THE RECYCLING AND TRASH CONTAINERS. THEY'RE LIKE THE FULLY PLASTIC CONTAINERS AND THEY BASICALLY OFFERED THEM UP TO CITIES AROUND HERE, SO I TOOK 15 OF THEM. THAT'S GREAT BEACH. NICE. UM, YOU KNOW, THEY ARE ALSO NOT PERMANENT. HOWEVER THEY ARE MUCH MORE ROBUST AND WICKER BASKETS. YEAH IT'S PRETTY BAD.

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I HAVE ONE MORE TIME. MY MIND. UM I THOUGHT I NOTICED THAT THE SENATE BILL 60 TO 61 PART OF MINE. HAVE YOUR HEAD HAD PASSED THE HOUSE. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL HAD GOTTEN ANY INFORMATION ON THAT. THANKS SENT IT EVERYWHERE. OK? YEAH. SO IT'S BEEN PASSING STILL NEEDS TO BE SIGNED BY. WINE BUT SURE. YEAH SENATE, BILL 61 IS TWO. REMOVE. THE RESTRICTIONS THAT EACH WAYS PUT ON HOMEOWNERS. FOR RESIDENTIAL SOLAR ARRAYS. NOW I DON'T KNOW WHAT VERSION MADE IT OUT OF THE HOUSE IN TERMS OF THE LANGUAGE THAT CHANGED YET TO REVIEW IT, BUT AT LEAST IT DID PASS, SO THERE ARE DEFINITELY SOME EASING OF CONSTRAINTS FROM H OAS. BUT AGAIN IF THAT APPLIES TO NEW ALBANESE, I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY. YET, BUT. YEAH I LOOKED UP THE VERSIONS AS WELL. AND I READ THE ONE THAT THE HOUSE JUST PASSED AND JUST KIND OF WAITING TO SEE WHAT IS FINALLY SIGNED, BUT I THINK WE BE GOOD FOR US TO REGROUP ONCE WE HAVE THAT KIND OF GET THROUGH THE LEGISLATION AND TRANSLATE IT TO LIKE WHAT IF MEANS IN REAL TERMS AND THAT WOULD BE A GREAT ITEM FOR US TO DISCUSS. THAT'S GOOD TO PIGGYBACK OFF THAT FOR ANOTHER THING, UM. TO THE RESIDENT BASED ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY GROUP THAT WITH SIMILAR BOARDS AND COMMITTEES THROUGHOUT MAINLA SO WE MET BACK IN MARCH. AND THERE'S ANOTHER MEETING LATER THIS MONTH. JUNE 22ND SIX. PIANO MORE PC IN THE BREWERY DISTRICT. UM SO WE'VE ALREADY PUT TOGETHER AGENDA AND THE REASON I'M BRINGING UP FOR A COUPLE REASONS. ONE IS THE MAIN HIGHLIGHT IS GOING TO BE A PRESENTATION BY SLOW UNITED NEIGHBORS WHO IS RUNNING THE UM , THE COLUMBUS AREA RESIDENTIAL SOLAR COOP THEY'LL BE PRESENTING ON ALL ASPECTS OF THAT, WHICH FORMALLY KICKS OFF MID JULY. UM AND SO, DEPENDING ON HOW THAT SENATE BILL 61 PETERS OUT OR FOOT FLUSHES OUT, UM, MIGHT BE HELPFUL. BUT I BRING IT UP FOR THE ONCE A JUNE 22ND MEETING BECAUSE BE HAPPY TO HAVE OTHER OTHERS ATTEND. I'LL BE THERE. UM AND IF NOT. FOR FUTURE MEETINGS BECAUSE I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A FEW OF THESE. MAYBE QUARTERLY HASN'T BEEN EXACTLY DETERMINED. BUT WHAT GENERAL ITEMS YOU'D LIKE TO SEE IN ONE OF US CAN REPORT BACK TO THIS GROUP. ON BECAUSE IT MADE ME THINK OF WHAT PETE WAS MENTIONING YOU MENTIONED ABOUT THE BEST PRACTICES. HMM. MAYBE.

FOR NATIVE SPECIES PIECE, AND I KNOW THAT BEXLEY HAS SOMETHING THAT'S PROGRAM WITH THEIR ALLEYS . AND SO THERE MIGHT BE A GOOD WAY OF SHARING BEST PRACTICES INFORMATION. MEETING OTHER RESIDENTS WITH. LIKE MINDED PEOPLE. SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED , YOU CAN EITHER TELL ME NOW OR EMAIL ME. YEAH, SURE. SO MAKE SURE I DON'T WANT TO DISCOURAGE ANY PARTICIPATION. BUT WE CAN'T HAVE MORE THAN FOUR OF YOU AT THE FORUM. UM, JUST SO. JUST SO YOU MAYBE JUST MAKE SURE WE KNOW WHO'S GOING AND WHO'S NOT. YEAH. ARE THESE RULES? THAT WAS MY. IN MIND, AND YOU MAY HAVE TO HELP ME WITH THIS, BUT WE WERE TALKING. I REMEMBER THAT. UM THIS WACO GRANT I THINK COMES DUE IN SEPTEMBER, RIGHT? IS THAT RIGHT? AND I WAS HOPING THAT WE COULD TALK. I DON'T KNOW IF THE CITY ALREADY HAS SOMETHING IN MIND THAT THEY WERE GOING TO APPLY FOR, BUT THEY DO BECAUSE THANKS NODDING AT ME SO, BUT I WONDER IF WE COULD PARTNER OR IF THERE WAS ANOTHER IDEA OR SOMETHING WE COULD SORT OF BE IN THE YEAH. SO I DON'T HAVE ALL OF THE FINE DETAILS ON THAT. SO THAT OUR PREVIOUS SERVICE DIRECTOR MARK MANIC, THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT THAT HE HAD TAKEN ON. BUT BASICALLY THE WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF PROCURING ALL THE MATERIAL. BASICALLY IT'S ALL

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BUILDING ON THE 2022 GRANT WILL BE REAPPLYING FOR 23 GRANT TO DO OH, NO, I'M SORRY. I MISUNDERSTOOD YOUR YES. SO THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT THAT GRANT THAT YOU RECEIVED FOR 2022 WAS BUT GOING INTO 23 FOR THE NEXT CYCLE THAT STEW IN SEPTEMBER THAT WILL BE AWARDED AT THE END OF THE YEAR. I'M JUST SORT OF RAISING THE IDEA THAT THERE MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT WE COULD LOOK INTO. AND APPLY FOR RECOMMEND THAT THE CITY APPLIES FOR SO THERE ARE TWO SPECIFIC GRANTS RIGHT? THERE'S ONE THAT'S THE COMMUNITY WASTE REDUCTION GRANT, AND THAT'S THE ONE WE'VE WE IN SOME OF THOSE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE TRASH SITUATION AND UM , MARKET SQUARE. AND LIKE, HOW CAN WE POTENTIALLY AT MORE? MAYBE WE COULD GET FUNDING FOR SOME OF THOSE PERMANENT. UM TRASH AND RECYCLING. WE'VE HAD SOME JUST ODDS AND ENDS OF THINGS THAT COME UP AND I'M LIKE, OH, WELL, WE COULD WE COULD APPLY FOR WE COULD APPLY FOR MONEY TO SUPPORT OUR COMPOSTING PROGRAM. ANYTHING THAT'S CUTE. WELL, THERE'S TWO SEPARATE YET THE COMMUNITY WASTE REDUCTION GRANT. AND THEN THERE'S AN EVENT REDUCTION GRANT. UM EVENT. SOME SPECIFIC TO EVENTS. AND SO THERE'S POTENTIAL. FOR WHETHER OR NOT IT'S SPECIFIC TO MARTIN. MARKET SQUARE COMPOSTING LIKE ANYTHING RELATED TO WASTE REDUCTION. WE HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO APPLY FOR MORE FUNDING, AND MAYBE WE CAN MAKE THAT AN AGENDA ITEM FOR NEXT MONTH TO TALK ABOUT. JUST THROW OUT ONE THING WE LEARNED IN OUR GRANT APPLICATION PROCESS THIS YEAR THAT WE DID FOR ALL SAINTS WAS THAT YOU CAN YOU CAN'T APPLY TO REPLACE MONEY THAT YOU'VE ALREADY AGREED TO SPEND SO WE COULD APPLY FOR MONEY TO EXPAND THE COMPOSTING PROGRAM IF WE WANTED TO EXPAND IN SOME WAY, BUT CAN'T SORT OF WORK BACKWARDS AND USE THEIR MONEY TO COVER MONEY THAT STARTING A BUDGET, SO IF THAT WERE DIRECTION, WE WANT TO GO TALK ABOUT THAT, OR WHATEVER ELSE IS OUT THERE. WONDER TOO, WAS EMAIL STRING THIS WEEK WITH BRIAN SMITH FROM PARKS AND REC AND ANGELA DOUGLAS FROM HELPING YOU ALWAYS SHE WAS ASKING ABOUT RECYCLING AT BETTELHEIM PARK.

AND I KNOW THERE IS THERE ARE SOME RECYCLING THERE, BUT YOU KNOW, IS THERE ENOUGH OF THOSE BINS IN EVERY PART OF THE PARK WOULD NOT BE SOMETHING WE CAN YEAH. YEAH, WE'LL MAKE THAT AN AGENDA ITEM HAVE KIND OF THE PARAMETERS OF THE GRANTS AVAILABLE FOR YOU GUYS TO LOOK AT. AND THEN MAYBE WE CAN JUST GENERATE SOME IDEAS THAT WE MIGHT WANT TO EXPLORE, BECAUSE I THINK WE HAVE TIME TO APPLY DEFINITELY DO LIST ON THEIR WEBSITE PAST RECIPIENTS TO GIVE SOME IDEAS GOOD. THE ONLY ONES I REMEMBER FROM LAST YEAR WAS OURS FOR COMPOSTING HANNES FOR COMPOSTING. AND OF THE CITY AND THEN WANT TO DO LIKE THAT. WATER BOTTLE FILLERS LIKE SOMEBODY DID THAT TO. THAT MADE ME THINK OF TWO THINGS. HEARING FROM SWEET, NO, JUST HEARING FROM WACO THAT THERE IS A GREAT I THINK NOW FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO FOR REFILLABLE WATER BOTTLE STATIONS. BUT APPARENTLY THEY'RE GOING VERY QUICKLY. UM THAT'S ONE THING AND THE OTHER ONE THAT YOU MENTIONED. WE THINK OF SOMETHING NOW. SO. COME TO ME LATER, AS I'M WALKING TO THE PARKING LOT, WHAT WILL SET WHEN WE SEND THE AGENDA OUT WILL SEND A LINK. TWO SHOULD HAVE LEFT HER. YEAH I GET IT. YEAH UM, WE'LL SEND A LINK TO WHAT YOU SAID CATHERINE THE WEBSITE, SO YOU GUYS CAN KIND OF LOOK THROUGH. OTHER PLACES HAVE GOTTEN GRANTS FOR AND GET SOME IDEAS, AND WE CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT IT NEXT. NEXT TIME WE MEET DOOP, A BALLPARK FIGURE OUT HOW MUCH THOSE RECYCLE BINS COST THAT YOU'RE CHECKING OUT THE MORE PERMANENT ONES THE PERMANENT ONE. YOU TOLD ME RECENTLY. YOU MAY SAY THAT LOUD. YEAH, WELL. THEY'RE SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAVE IN THE RESTAURANT BECAUSE THOSE ARE IN THE RANGE OF ABOUT $3000 EACH.

THEM AND THEY HAVE INCLUDING GREEN BONNETS AND ALL THE OTHER. ELEMENTS. I MEAN, THEY'RE A PERMANENT FIXTURE. WE DIDN'T HAVE RAIN BONNETS AT FIRST, AND THEN THEY FILLED UP WITH WATER REACHES THAT INCLUDE BOTH SIDES. THAT PRICES THAT FOR BOTH SIDES, THE RECYCLING AND TRASH NO IT

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[VIII. Poll Members for Comment ]

FINE. HAVING A NIGHT. STAGES DRYING.

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