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GOOD EVENING. CALL IT WATER. THE AUGUST 10TH 2022 MEETING OF THE NEW ALBANY SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY MEETING AT 6 35 STAFF, PLEASE READ VOTE CALL. YES MR PHILIA TROW. MR SCHUMACHER. MISS DUFFY. MR HAROLD. MR BARNES. MR CONWAY HERE. AND MS GALLO HERE. WE HAVE A CORE. THANK YOU. FIRST
[III. Action of Minutes: July 13, 2022]
ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE ACTION OF MINUTES FOR JULY 13TH 2022 SUSTAINABILITY SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD MEETING. ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS TO LAST MONTH'S MINUTES? WE DID MAKE A CORRECTION BECAUSE I THINK WE HAD HE SEEMED NOT IN ATTENDANCE AT THE MEETING, BUT THAT'S MARKED HIS ABSENCE. HIS NEIGHBOR LOOKED. THAT WAS MY ONLY CORRECT. AND WE MADE THAT IN THE MASTER COPY. ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS FROM THE BOARD FOR THE MAKING THE CORRECTION? SAYING NONE. ANY FURTHER CORRECTIONS. RIGHT THEN CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES SUGGESTED CORRECTIONS. SO MOVED. THANK YOU. IT WAS THE SECOND THANKS. I'M OUT OF PRACTICE WITH THIS, MISS GALLO. YES MR HAROLD? YES MR SCHUMACHER? YES? MR CHRISTOPHER BURNS. IT'S NOT HERE, MR CONWAY. THAT AND THAT MOTION PASSES. GREAT. THANK YOU, UM, ADDITIONS[IV. Additions or Corrections to Agenda]
OR CORRECTIONS TO THE AGENDA. ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS TO THE AGENDA FROM EITHER STAFF OR BOARD MEMBERS, NONE FROM STAFF. WORDS GREAT SEEING DONE. AH! HERRING OF[V. Hearing of Visitors for Items Not on Tonight’s Agenda]
VISITORS FOR ITEMS NOT ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA OR THERE ARE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC PRESENT.ARE THERE ANY VISITORS WISHING TO SPEAK TO ITEMS ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA? FANTASTIC. THANK YOU.
[VI. Business]
BUSINESS NEXT ON THE AGENDA WELL ITEMS OF BUSINESS ALTERNATIVE TO STAFF TO TAKE US THROUGH THESE ITEMS. THANK YOU. SO THIS IS OUR AGENDA. TONIGHT UM, AND IN TERMS OF BUSINESS, THERE ARE FOUR MAIN THINGS THAT WE WANT TO COVER WITH YOU. UH SO THE FIRST ONE BEING YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR THIS PICTURE IS FROM LAST YEAR. THIS IS BEFORE YOU GUYS EVEN HAD YOUR FIRST MEETING, BUT SOME OF YOU WERE ABLE TO GO TO MARK SEES SUMMIT ON SUSTAINABILITY. WE'D LIKE TO OFFER THAT AS AN OPTION IF YOU'D LIKE TO ATTEND THIS YEAR. IT'S SCHEDULED TO BE ON OCTOBER 14TH. I THINK THAT IS A FRIDAY AND IT'S FROM 8 TO 4 30 DOWNTOWN AT THE HILTON COLUMBUS DOWNTOWN. SO THIS IS THE MIDDLE HIGH REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION SIGNATURE ENVIRONMENTAL CONFERENCE. THEY HAVE LOTS OF DAY SESSION. THERE'S USUALLY KEYNOTE ON LUNCH SPEAKER AND SEVERAL SESSIONS IN BETWEEN FROM LOCAL GOVERNMENT FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR. IT'S A GOOD EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY. SO WE'D BE HAPPY TO COVER THAT REGISTRATION. IF YOU GUYS ARE INTERESTED IN GOING JUST MAYBE.LET US KNOW. UM WE'LL SEND OUT LIKE THE FINAL DATE. WE NEED TO KNOW TO REGISTER. BUT IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, GIVE ANNA AN EMAIL AND SHE CAN START KEEPING A LIST. IS THAT WE KNOW ARE THE TOPICS LISTED YET ON THEIR WEBSITE? LAST TIME I CHECKED, THEY DON'T THINK THEY WERE LISTED YET. LIKE THE SESSIONS WEREN'T THEY MAY HAVE, UM THEY MAY HAVE ANNOUNCED THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER. I CAN'T REMEMBER. THANK YOU. GOOD PROGRAM. SO WE HAVE A COUPLE UPDATE ITEMS, THE FIRST ONE BEING SO LAST MONTH WE TALKED ABOUT THIS WEEK. OH GRANT AND A REACHED OUT AND TALK TO SWEET CO. ABOUT A COUPLE OF THE IDEAS THAT WE HAD COME UP WITH. THE TWO BEING THE WATER BOTTLE FILLING WITH QR CODE MODELED ON PREVIOUS GRANT THIS WEEK. OH UM , HAD FUNDED AND THEN WE ALSO TALK TO THEM ABOUT THIS KIND OF PERMANENT E WASTE DROP OFF IDEA THAT CATHERINE HAD UH, WE DIDN'T NOT GREAT SUCCESS ON BOTH OF THOSE TOPICS WITH WACO THIS YEAR . THEY'RE REALLY NOT LOOKING TO FUND UM. THEY WEREN'T TOO EXCITED ABOUT FUNDING ANOTHER WATER BOTTLE FILLING GRANT. UH THEY SAID THAT THAT IT'S HARD FOR THEM TO HAVE UM, EVEN THOUGH WITH THE Q R CODE, DO YOU THINK THAT'S A LITTLE MORE DATA DRIVEN THAN JUST PAIN TO PUT THE FILLING STATIONS IN, THEY SAID.
IT'S REALLY HARD TO QUANTIFY. IS SOMEONE REALLY DOING USING THAT INSTEAD OF USING A PLASTIC
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BOTTLE, AND IT'S QUITE HARD TO QUANTIFY HOW MUCH WE'RE TAKING OUT OF THE LANDFILL. SO WE DIDN'T GET LIKE REAL GOOD FEELING THAT THAT WOULD BE SUCCESSFUL GRANT NOW WE DID TALK ABOUT OR INTENDED SPEAK WITH HER ABOUT THE IDEA OF WHAT IF WE COULD INCLUDE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE JOINT PARK DISTRICT AND MAKE IT YOU KNOW IT. IS THERE A CRITICAL MASS THAT YOU COULD HIT THAT MIGHT MAKE IT MORE VIABLE. AND THEY DIDN'T GIVE ANY DEFINITIVE ON THAT. BUT THAT'S SOMETHING MAYBE WE COULD WORK ON IN THIS COMING YEAR. TO TALK TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. TALK TO THE JOINT PARTS DISTRICT AND TALK TO SWEET GO TO SEE IF WE COULD DO IT ON A BIGGER SCALE WITH MORE TIME IF THAT WOULD BE MORE COMPELLING TO THEM. BECAUSE THAT'S YEAH, BECAUSE YOU CAN QUANTIFY THAT WITH FOOD. ADMINISTRATION PEOPLE WITH THEIR BUYING PLASTIC BOTTLES VERSUS JUST CUT IT OFF. YEAH ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. IF WE COULD DEMONSTRATE THAT, THEN MAYBE THAT WOULD BE A MORE SUCCESSFUL GRANT. THE E WASTE PERMANENT ANYWAYS, DROP OFF WAS ANOTHER ONE THAT THEY DIDN'T REALLY THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE SUCCESSFUL GRANT APPLICATION AND REALLY, IT'S NOT THAT BIG OF A COST TO THE CITY, SO I'M NOT SURE IF YOU KNOW IT'S SOMETHING WE COULD DO AND ACCEPT THAT AND PROBABLY COVER UNDER OPERATIONAL BUDGET ANYWAYS, IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE WANTED TO ESTABLISH AND PROMOTE TO THE COMMUNITY. SO INSTEAD OF. SUBMITTING A NEW GRANT APPLICATION, BUT WE'VE DECIDED IS WE'RE JUST GOING TO DOUBLE BACK AND FOCUS ON IMPLEMENTATION OF THE GRANT THAT THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT GOT LAST YEAR, WHICH WAS TO INCREASE RECYCLING OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN CITY FACILITIES. AND WORK WITH THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT TO JUST CLOSE THAT OUT AND IMPLEMENT IT , AND THEN MAYBE WE COULD REGROUP AND HAVE MORE TIME TO THINK ABOUT NEXT YEAR'S OPPORTUNITIES. SO WE'LL KEEP YOU UPDATED ON HOW THAT'S GOING. I FORGET IT'S THE DOES THE SCOPE OF THAT INCLUDE ADDING PUBLIC RECEPTACLES OR THAT IS JUST IN THIS ALL THIS. YEAH, REALLY. THE PRIMARY INTENT OF IT WAS TO JUST INCREASE. JUST RECYCLING FACILITIES FOR WITHIN THE CITY FACILITIES SO AND SO THERE'S AN EDUCATIONAL ELEMENT TO THAT. AND ACTUALLY, WE JUST RECEIVED ALL OF THAT TODAY, SO WE WILL BE DIVIDING THAT UP AND DISTRIBUTING IT TO INDIVIDUAL BUILDINGS. WE HAVE DESIGNATED REPRESENTATIVES OF EACH BUILDING, AND, UH WILL BE KIND OF PUTTING THAT INTO ACTION HERE. HOPEFULLY NEXT WEEK, SOMETIMES. SO OUR NEXT UPDATE IS , UM SENATE BILL 61. SO THAT HAS BEEN SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR, AND IT GOES INTO EFFECT ON SEPTEMBER 13TH OF THIS YEAR. SO WE HAD THE CITY ATTORNEY REVIEW THE LEGISLATION. I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU HAVE LOOKED AT IT, BUT IT'S UM WE WANTED HIS FOR HIM TO LOOK AT IT WITH AN EYE ON THE IMPACT OF THE CITY INTO THIS BOARD. SO YOU KNOW, ESSENTIALLY, THE BILL CONTAINS SOME DEFINED TERMS. IT DEFINES A SOLAR ENERGY COLLECTION TO DEVICE IS A SOLAR PANEL ESSENTIALLY. AND ALSO IT'S DEFINITIONS FOR CONDOMINIUM PROPERTIES. UM YOU KNOW A, WHICH IS A UNIT OWNERS ASSOCIATION. SO THAT'S ESSENTIALLY ASSOCIATION FOR A CONDOMINIUM DEVELOPMENT.IT DEFINES A PLANNED COMMUNITY DEFINES A HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION OR A AND THEN THIS ONE IS TO FIND THE DECLARATION AND THAT IS THE INSTRUMENT THAT SUBJECTS ARE CERTAIN PROPERTY TO CONDOM ENDING IN LAW CONDOMINIUM LAW PLANNED COMMUNITY LAW. SO ESSENTIALLY, SOMETIMES YOU HEAR THOSE AS REFERRED TO AS LIKE CC AND RS OR RESTRICTIONS. BUT IN THE IN THE BILL, IT'S CALLED A DECLARATION. SO THIS APPLIES TO ALL OWNERS OF CONDOS AND THOSE WHO OWN HOMES WITHIN A PLANNED COMMUNITY. IT ALSO APPLIES TO THE OAS IN THE, UH SO IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE DIRECT APPLICATION TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. AH! GENERALLY H O S CAN STILL PROHIBIT SOLAR ENERGY COLLECTION DEVICES OR SOLAR PANELS. UM, BUT IF THE DECLARATION PERMITS SUCH INSTANT INSTALLATION, THEN THE BILL OFFERS SOME ADDITIONAL RIGHTS TO HOMEOWNERS. IN ORDER TO, UM, INSTALLED THOSE SOLAR PANELS. THE CITY OF ATTORNEY DID NOTE THAT THE BILL IS UNCLEAR IF THE DECLARATION IS SILENT ON SOLAR PANELS. SO I THINK THAT KIND OF WITH WHEN THINGS ARE UNCLEAR AND LEGISLATION THEY USUALLY SEND WORK THEIR WAY OUT THROUGH THE COURT PROCESS EVENTUALLY, AND THAT WILL PROBABLY BE DEFINED MORE DECIDED MORE. IN THAT DIRECTION. SO WHAT DO THESE CHANGES MADE TO NEW ALBANY RESIDENTS? UM IN TERMS OF IF YOU ARE IN A PLANNED COMMUNITY WITH THE DECLARATION. OWNERS MAY INSTALL SOLAR PANELS AS LONG AS FEW THINGS APPLY. SO IF THERE IS
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NO EXPRESS PROHIBITION IN THE DECLARATION, SO THEY'RE NOT SPECIFICALLY PROHIBITED. AND IF THE INSTALLATION IS TO INCUR ON THE INDIVIDUAL OWNERS UNIT FOR IN THEIR SPECIFIC LOT. AND THEN THERE'S AN EITHER OR CRITERIA IF EITHER OF THE FOLLOWING APPLY THE FIRST ONE ESSENTIALLY BEING OF THE COST ATTEND, STAR MAINTAINED REPLACE IS THAT SOLELY THE OWNER'S RESPONSIBILITY AND NOT SO IF YOU OWN A CONDO, AND YOU DON'T OWN THE WHOLE ROOF OF THAT BUILDING, YOU CAN'T YOU KNOW, PUT SOLAR PANELS UP THERE OR THE SECOND? EITHER OR IS THE DECLARATION SPECIFICALLY ALLOWS FOR AND REGULATES THE TYPE OF INSTALLATION OF SOLAR PANELS. U.H O S CAN STILL ESTABLISHED REASONABLE RESTRICTIONS CONCERNING SIZE, PLACEMENT AND MANNER OF PLACEMENTS. UM, THERE IS NO NEW RIGHTS REGULATIONS, UM , ON THE CITY TO IMPLEMENT THIS, AND THERE'S NO EXPECTED COSTS FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS OF IT MAINLY APPLIES TO CONDO OWNERS, HOMEOWNERS AND OAS. UM SO IN CONCLUSION, IT DOESN'T SEEM THAT THE NEW LAWS GIVE OWNERS UNFETTERED RIGHTS TENDS TO ALL SOLAR PANELS, BUT IT MERELY PROVIDES SOME REGULATIONS AND PROCEDURES FOR OWNERS TO KNOW WHEN THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO INSTALL. SO I THINK WHAT THAT MEANS FOR THIS BOARD AND FOR THE CITY IS YOU KNOW HOW H O A S? IMPLEMENT OR WHAT THEY DO WITH THEIR DECLARATIONS. NOW THAT THIS LAW WILL BE IN EFFECT NEXT MONTH. UM IS ONE THING, BUT I THINK AS THE CITY WE NEED TO BE PREPARED TO REALLY UNDERSTAND AND HONE IN ON OUR PROCESS AND OUR REGULATIONS TO ALLOW SOLAR PANELS. UM, SO WHEN AND IF YOU KNOW, THERE ARE ADDITIONAL HOMEOWNERS THAT ARE ALLOWED TO BECAUSE OF THE WAY THAT WE'RE IN A POSITION THAT WE'RE READY TO HAVE A CLEAR EXPECTATION AND PROCESS FOR THOSE HOMEOWNERS. SO WE HAVE. WE ARE WORKING WITH OUR STANDING CONSULTANTS MK SK ON THIS BEST PRACTICES REPORT. THEY'RE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT LOCAL REGISTER REGULATIONS ON ABOUT SOLAR PANELS AROUND THE COUNTRY, AND WE PLAN TO BRING THAT REPORT TO YOU AND KIND OF WHAT THE BEST PRACTICES ARE IN THE REGION IN THE COUNTRY. AND THEN FROM THERE, WE'D LIKE TO GET YOUR THOUGHTS AND DISCUSSION ON WHAT THE CITY SHOULD DO. IN TERMS OF THAT THERE ARE CO CHANGES NEEDED OR, YOU KNOW. SHOULD WE ALLOW? SHOULD THEY BE UNFETTERED? SHOULD THEY? YOU KNOW WHAT ARE THE REASONABLE REGULATIONS THAT WE SHOULD PUT IN PLACE TO ALLOW THEM? UM, SO I AM HAPPY TO SHARE THIS MEMO WITH YOU. IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN THE ANALYSIS, IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE IT HAS A GREAT IMPACT ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT. UM BUT IT WILL HAVE AN IMPACT FOR HOMEOWNERS THAT ARE UNDER AN H L. A AS FAR AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THE CITY OF NEW ALBANY RIGHT NOW. IS KIND OF UNFETTERED AS FAR AS SOLAR GOES. CORRECT YEAH. I MEAN, WE'RE KIND OF SILENT. WE PERMITTED THEM AS LIKE ACCESSORY STRUCTURES. UH WE DON'T HAVE ANY KIND OF DESIGN GUIDELINES OTHER THAN THE SETBACKS FOR ACCESSORY STRUCTURES. WE HAVE ALLOWED THEM. DEPENDING ON THE LOCATION, SO IF YOU'RE IN THE VILLAGE CENTER, AND WE'VE HAD A COUPLE EXAMPLES OF HOMES IN THE VILLAGE CENTER THAT PUT SOLAR PANELS UP , SO THEY'VE BEEN REQUIRED TO GO THROUGH THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD, OF COURSE CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS, SO IT KIND OF DEPENDS ON WHERE IN THE COMMUNITY OR LOCATED. SO IF MY DEED RESTRICTION SAYS I CAN'T PUT SOLAR PANELS ON MY ROOF UNLESS IT'S SOUTH, FACING NOT VISIBLE FROM THE STREET. SENATE BILL 61 REALLY DOESN'T IT DOESN'T DO ANYTHING SEEMS TO ME THAT IT. IT DOESN'T ALLOW DOESN'T MAKE THE ALLOW YOU TO PUT THEM WHEREVER YOU WANT. THE IT'S INTERESTING TO READ. I MEAN , THAT'S WHY WE ACTUALLY ASKED THE CITY ATTORNEY LOOK AT IT BECAUSE WE READ IT A FEW TIMES AND YOU KNOW THAT KIND OF LEGISLATION TENDS TO BE KIND OF CIRCULAR. SO YOU'RE READING SOMETHING LIKE AM I REALLY UNDERSTANDING THIS BUT UM OUR CITY ATTORNEYS. THAT'S HIS OPINION, AND IT DOESN'T ALLOW UNFETTERED. RIGHT TO PLACE THOSE YEP. SO THOSE AREN'T TOO LIKE GREAT UPDATES. SORRY. BUT I THINK IT'LL BE INTERESTING. TO SEE FROM THE BEST PRACTICES
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STANDPOINT, BECAUSE I GUESS WHAT I WAS ANTICIPATING IS MAYBE THE BEST WE COULD HOPE FOR IS THAT THE CITY WAS, UM OPEN TO THE IDEA OF CRAFTING AT LEAST A LETTER OF RETAIN OUR INTENT OR REQUEST FOR THE VARIOUS ASIAN WAYS TO SAY THIS HAS PASSED. AS A CITY. WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE THESE CHANGES. YOU KNOW, BUT AT LEAST WE PRESENTED TO EACH OF THESE PEOPLE. EACH OF THESE BOARDS TO REVIEW GUIDELINES. SEE IF THERE'S NOT SOME COMMONALITY THAT THEY ALL REGISTERED.EVERYONE'S ON THE SAME PLAYING FIELD. AND OVERLY LESS RESTRICTIVE. IT IS INTERESTING BECAUSE I THINK IT'S COMING IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, AND I KNOW FROM MY IMMEDIATE KIND OF SURROUNDING STREETS. SOMEBODY HAS THEM INSTALLED FOR OVER A YEAR, AND IT PROBABLY NEVER EVEN ASKED FOR PERMISSION. THEY PROBABLY JUST DID IT. UM AND THEN I KNOW ANOTHER INSTANCE FOR SOMEBODY WHO'S ACTUALLY TRYING TO GO THROUGH THE EACH OF EIGHT. IT'S BEEN RADIO SILENCE, SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE MHM. IT'S COMING ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. SO WHAT'S WHAT'S THE PLAN? I THINK, YEAH.
IT'S PROBABLY SOME RECONCILIATION OF THAT IN AS IT ALL PLAY OUT WITH THOSE PLANNED COMMUNITIES AND WITH THIS NEW LAW, IN EFFECT WILL PROBABLY HAVE TO I MEAN, WHAT WAS THE WORDING THAT WERE IN THE CC AND RS. THAT YOU SAID HAS THE SAME WORDING THAT HAS BEEN USED FOR 20 YEARS, LIKE NON SOUTH, FACING VISIBLE AND NOT VISIBLE FROM THE STREET, THAT'S A MATTER OF OPINION. WHAT STREET YEAH. WELL, IF THERE'S ANY DEVELOPMENTS, OR WE LEARN MORE IF THERE'S KIND OF CASE LAW THAT HAPPENS AS PLACES START TO DEAL WITH EMPLOYMENT ATION OF THIS LAW WILL KEEP YOU GUYS UPDATED. SO THEN, UM, KIND OF THE THING WE WANTED TO HAVE THE MOST DISCUSSION WITH YOU. UM TONIGHT, UH, WAS ABOUT THINKING THROUGH NEXT YEAR AND WHAT WE HOPE TO ACCOMPLISH SO WE'RE AT THE CUSP OF BUDGET SEASON WITH THE CITY, SO OUR BUDGETS ARE USUALLY DO IN THE END OF SEPTEMBER AND THEN COUNCIL HAS A WORKSHOP. IN THE FALL AND THEN FINALIZES THE BUDGET, USUALLY MID NOVEMBER TO EARLY DECEMBER. AND WHAT AS A STAFF WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IS TO HAVE A BUDGET PROPOSAL FROM THIS BOARD THAT YOU ADORE IN TERMS OF WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO ACCOMPLISH IN 2023 BE ABLE TO PRESENT THAT CITY COUNCIL AND GET YOU KNOW WHATEVER PROJECTS OR PROGRAMS ARE INTERESTED IN FUNDED FOR NEXT YEAR, AND THEN THAT WILL HELP US KIND OF PUT TOGETHER AT WORK PROGRAM FOR THESE MEETINGS IN TERMS OF KNOWING THEY WERE. YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2023 PLAN THAT OUT MAP THAT OUT FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR. SO AS A STAFF. WE JUST KIND OF, UM, SKETCHED OUT OR OUTLINED A FEW THINGS THAT WE THOUGHT YOU MIGHT WANT TO CONTINUE ON TO NEXT YEAR, AND THAT SHOULD BE PART OF THE BUDGET DISCUSSION. UM OBVIOUSLY THE COMPOSTING PROGRAM WE WOULD WANT TO CONTINUE THAT ABOUT $19,000 ANNUAL COST TO THE CITY. UM TO CONTINUE THAT IF WE WANTED TO EXPAND THAT GET NEW BENDS ARE ADDITIONAL BINS. UM YOU KNOW, WE COULD WE COULD INCREASE THAT BUDGET A LITTLE BIT. UM, INCIDENTALLY, WE WOULD LIKE TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF BENDS AROUND HALLOWEEN AND DO A PUMPKIN COMPOSTING DRIVE FOR THE COMMUNITY, WHICH I THINK WOULD BE KIND OF FUN AND WOULD BE A FUN THING TO PROMOTE AND MARKET.
UH SO WE'D PROBABLY BE LOOKING AT IT BUMPED THAT COST UP A LITTLE BIT, TOO. UM UPPER ARLINGTON GOT ANNOUNCEMENT JUST NUMBER OF PUMPKINS LAST YEAR, SO I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT. YEAH THERE'S AN ELEMENT OF THAT. IT'S GOING TO BE LIKE THE E WASTE DRIVE AGAIN. AND WE'RE LIKE ALL THESE PUMPKINS. WHAT IS THE CONTAINER LIKE? DO THEY BRING OUT FOR THAT? I THINK THEY JUST BRING OUT ADDITIONAL PARTS OF THE SAME KIND OF CARDS THAT ARE OUT THERE REALLY FAST. BUT ANNA REACHED OUT TO GO ZERO TO START THOSE CONVERSATIONS WELL IN ADVANCE TO LET THEM KNOW ONE. WE WANT TO DO THIS, AND SO WHAT WILL IT TAKE TO DO IT? SO IF YOU GUYS THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA, WE'LL KEEP MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION. I THINK WE'LL PROBABLY START COLLECTING THEM RIGHT AFTER HALLOWEEN EDEN, PROBABLY THROUGH THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER, I WOULD SAY DO YOU KNOW IF, UM THEY OFFERED ANY KIND OF INCENTIVE OR AND I SEE THIS AS A GREAT PUBLICITY TOOL TO GET MORE PEOPLE TO COME POST TO GET THEM TO COME OVER HERE LIKE IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO MAKE IT. THAT MAKE IT SOMETHING FUN? YEAH I MEAN, I CAN ALWAYS ADVERTISED AT SCHOOL
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AND FIGURE OUT SOMETHING THERE. BUT. I JUST THINK THAT THIS IS LIKE, WOULD BE A REALLY GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO GET MORE PEOPLE TO SIGN UP WHEN THEY REALIZE HOW CLOSE BY THE RIGHT PLACES OUR.MAYBE WE COULD HAVE SOME TALK TO OUR MARKETING TEAM AND SEE WHAT THEY THINK IN TERMS OF PROMOTION THEY COULD DO AND YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE HAVE A THE Q R CODE AND THE REGISTRATION OR AT LEAST SOME INFORMATION WHERE THE PUMPKIN DROP OFFS WOULD BE SO THAT LIKE PEOPLE THAT HAVEN'T HEARD OF THE COMPOSTING PROGRAM BUT ARE DROPPING OUT THERE, PUMPKIN COULD LEARN LIKE, OH, I COULD DO THIS WITH ALL OF MY FOOD WASTE. OPEN TO ANY IDEAS LIKE THAT. I THINK IT'D BE FUN.
I THINK LIKE YOU, I THINK IT'D BE FUN TO PROMOTE IT TO THE COMMUNITY. YEAH I MEAN, I THINK THAT YOU PROBABLY WOULD WANT TO PUMPKINS IF WE COULD BITE ACTUALLY SMASHING DOWN. IT COULD HELP AND I GOT A FIRST GRADER. YEAH WE HAD AN EVENT WHERE YOU COULD COME AND LIKE, SMASH YOUR PUMPKIN. OH THAT'S A BUNCH OF LITTLE KIDS AND FAMILIES THAT COME OUT TO SMALL, BUT, YEAH, PUMPKIN, SMASHING SANCHEZ. THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. YEAH, I REMEMBER THAT STORY CORRECTLY, THAT IT WAS A REGULAR LARGE ROLL OFF, AND IT WAS I? YEAH AND OVERFLOWING AND SOMETHING LIKE 30 YEARS. DUMPSTER YEAH, YEAH, IT'S ABOUT WHAT IT WAS. WE'LL SEE WHAT GOES ZERO RECOMMENDS, AND THEN MAYBE DEPENDING ON SPACE CONSTRAINTS, LIKE MAYBE WE CAN'T HAVE IT AT ALL FREE. YOU KNOW, MAYBE IT'S JUST THAT THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE WE HAVE MORE SPACE, BUT WE CAN WORK THROUGH THOSE DETAILS. SO YOU KNOW, I THINK THE COMPOSTING PROGRAM IN ANY EXPANSION OF THAT WE SHOULD PROBABLY RECOMMEND BEING NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET. WE'VE ALSO YOU KNOW, THE E WASTE TRIBE WAS REALLY SUCCESSFUL. WE'VE TALKED AS A BOARD, MAYBE EXPANDING THAT INTO HAZARDOUS WASTE SHREDDED DRIVE. KEEP IT AROUND EARTH DAY, AND SO WE'LL PROBABLY NOW THAT WE HAVE MORE SENSE OF WHAT THE COST OF THAT COULD BE, UM AND THEN MAYBE WE EXPAND IT A LITTLE BIT IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, PROMOTIONAL ITEMS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. MAYBE IT'S MORE COMPOSTING BUCKET, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO WE SHOULD I THINK YOU KNOW THAT WOULD BE A POSSIBILITY TO INCLUDE IN THE BUDGET. AS I SAID, CAN WE I'D LIKE TO AT LEAST GET ADDRESS IN MY ANNUAL EVENT. IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S ENOUGH. DEMAND AROUND. IT WAS A SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT CAME FOR THE FOR THE FIRST TIME, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE ESPECIALLY. WE'RE GONNA ADD ON PAPER SHREDDING TO IT AS A SEMI ANNUAL THING. OKAY SO THAT'S I GUESS I'D RATHER ASK FOR MORE. OKAY WE CAN REQUEST RIGHT? RIGHT? AND I'LL TALK TO WE HAVE A NEW STAFF MEMBER. HER NAME IS ABBY BROOKS, WHO IS OUR COMMUNITY PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATORS, SO SHE'LL PROBABLY BE INVOLVED WITH UM MORE COMMUNITY PROGRAMS AND EVENTS. SO I NEXT YEAR, I THINK SHE'LL PROBABLY BE PART OF THESE EARTH DAY ACTIVITIES OR THE EVENTS THAT WE PUT ON, SO I'LL TALK TO HER ABOUT THAT, TOO, AND WE CAN GET SOME BUDGET NUMBERS PULLED TOGETHER. AND THEN FINALLY, YOU KNOW WE SO WHEN WE DID OUR PROJECT PRIORITIZATION EARLIER THIS YEAR, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY COMPOSTING WAS NUMBER ONE. WE IMPLEMENTED THAT. WE HAD TALKED ABOUT SOLAR AND YOU KNOW THERE'S STILL A LOT TO FIGURE OUT WITH THAT. WE'RE TRYING TO LEARN AND FIGURE, YOU KNOW, DETERMINE WHAT WE CAN DO AS A COMMUNITY. AND THE NATIVE LANDSCAPING WAS THE THIRD THING . SO ONE IDEA THAT WE WANTED TO TALK TO YOU GUYS ABOUT WE'VE BEEN REALLY TRYING TO HONE IN ON WHAT IS HOW CAN THE CITY PARTICIPATE AND INCENTIVE SAID ADVISED THAT SO ONE THING IDEA WE HAD WAS. WHAT IF WE DID HAVE TO COME UP WITH SOME? YOU KNOW, FUNDING FOR IT. BUT SOME SORT OF COMMUNITY BRANDT TO ORGANIZATIONS THAT THEY WANTED TO DO. LIKE A NATIVE LANDSCAPING PILOT PROJECT. OR DEMONSTRATION PROJECT. AND. SO UM, WE'RE RESEARCHING. OTHER SIMILAR GRANTS. WE'D HAVE TO COME UP WITH CRITERIA IN TERMS OF WHO COULD IMPLY YOU KNOW, IT PROBABLY WOULD BE. INSTITUTIONAL USES. I WOULD ASSUME SCHOOLS, CHURCHES. I DON'T THINK I DON'T THINK IT WOULD BE LIKE RESIDENTIAL IT'S INDIVIDUAL LOTS. UM BUT THOSE ARE THINGS WE COULD TALK THROUGH. UM SO WE HAVE TO COME UP WITH CRITERIA. WE'D HAVE TO COME UP WITH AN APPLICATION. YOU KNOW, WE'D HAVE TO COME UP WITH SOME COSTS IN TERMS OF WHAT YOU KNOW WHAT DOES IT COST TO? YOU KNOW, TURNOVER X
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AMOUNT OF TURF INTO NATIVE LANDSCAPING. BUT THAT WAS JUST ONE IDEA THAT WE THOUGHT LIKE WHAT? INSTEAD OF THE CITY GOING OUT AND DOING SOMETHING SOMEWHERE. HOW CAN WE INCENTIVIZE THE COMMUNITY TO DO IT AND OFFERING SOME SORT OF AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT BE ONE LARGE GRANT OR SEVERAL SMALL GRANTS. THOSE ARE ALL THE GUIDELINES YOU WOULD HAVE TO COME UP WITH. BUT THAT WAS ONE IDEA WE HAD. WE WANTED TO PUT IN FRONT OF YOU AND SEE WHAT YOU THOUGHT. YEAH.I MEAN, I LIKE IT. I BE CURIOUS TO SEE ABOUT, UM YOU JUST MATTER OF CHECKING ON WITH PIPELINE SORT OF WATER BECAUSE THEY DO A RAIN GARDEN. THE CITY'S DON'T HELP. SUPPORT THAT RIGHT? YOU JUST GOT TO BUY INTO IT SAY THAT WE'LL ACCEPT THE 101 $100 OR $50, DEPENDING ON YOU'RE INSTALLING A RAIN GARDEN IN YOUR HOME. I'M NOT AWARE OF THAT PROGRAM. FRANKLY, KELLY'S WELL MODEL. I JUST WOULD BE CURIOUS ABOUT LUMPING THEM TOGETHER, DOING SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BUT YOU DO MORE THAN THAT SOMETHING OUTSIDE OF RESIDENTIAL I LIKE THAT. YEAH, AND I HONESTLY I DRIVE IN FRONT OF CITY HALL. YEAH TEAR OUT THE LAWN AND CITY HALL AND PUT IN SUSTAINABLE.
MADE UP AND GET RID OF THE GROUNDS. HOW DO YOU THINK THAT WOULD NO LONGER THERE? BALANCE THAT, YEAH. WELL, I DO THINK IF WE. WHETHER IT'S THROUGH A GRANT PROGRAM OR SOME OTHER SORT OF PILOT PROGRAMS SOMEWHERE. YOU BUILD THAT EDUCATION AND AWARENESS OF WELL, WHAT? WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE? IF HE WOULD TURNOVER TURFGRASS INTO THESE NATIVE PLANT MATERIALS ARE SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS. AND MAYBE EVENTUALLY THAT'S HOW YOU GET THERE BECAUSE YOU GET PEOPLE EAT ACCLIMATED TO IT AND COMFORTABLE WITH IT OVER TIME. I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW. HOW IT. DOVETAILS INTO WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. BUT WE JUST ANNEXED AN AREA THAT'S GOING TO IT'S DIFFICULT THIRD THE SIZE OF THE CITY. PUTTING A LOT OF INFRASTRUCTURE OUT THERE. YEAH SOME OF THE GUIDELINES INSTEAD OF HAPPENINGS , YOU KNOW, SEE THE RENDERINGS OF THE ISLANDS AND THEY'RE ALL IRRIGATED AND MANICURED. AND IF WE HAVE STANDARDS THAT THAT WE ARE GOING EITHER DRUNK COVER OR NATIVE YOU KNOW, AREAS THAT WE ARE NOT HAVING TO KNOW. IRRIGATE YEAH, OPPORTUNITY TO INSTALL AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW I MEAN. THAT MAY NOT FIND THE BUDGET BECAUSE IT WAS REALLY NO MONEY ASSOCIATED WITH THAT, BUT I THINK THAT SHOULD BE YOUR PROJECT THAT MAYBE NOT EVEN WAITS UNTIL NEXT YEAR, BUT YOU GET IN FRONT OF IT NOW. OR DESIGNING BET AREA. I THINK, YEAH, I THINK THAT DOESN'T LIKE YOU SAID HAVE MUCH OF A BUDGET IMPACT. BUT IT'S SOMETHING OPERATIONALLY THAT THE CITY COULD START WORKING ON THE IDEA FOR THE GRANT, UM, PARTLY WAS INSPIRED BY YOU DON'T THINK THE CHURCH AND, UM THE GENTLEMAN THAT CAME AND TALKED ABOUT.
WANTING TO EXPAND WHAT THEY'RE DOING OUT AT. UM ALL SCENES, RIGHT? HMM AND SO THE IDEA IS LIKE INSTEAD OF JUST, UM IS THERE A WAY TO EXPAND THAT, OR AT LEAST OFFER THAT OPPORTUNITY TO OTHER INSTITUTIONS, ORGANIZATIONS AND YOU COULD HAVE SOME SORT OF COMPETITIVE PROGRAM. SO IT'S NOT JUST THE CITY LIKE DESIGNATING SOMEBODY FOR THOSE FUNDING, BUT INTERESTED ORGANIZATIONS COULD ALL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT. SO THAT WAS ONE IDEA IF THERE ANY OTHER. I MEAN, UM WHAT WE WOULD LIKE FROM A PLANNING STANDPOINT AS WE WANTED TO BRING SOME OF THESE IDEAS IN FRONT OF YOU TONIGHT AND THEN AT OUR NEXT MEETING IN SEPTEMBER, WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A BUDGET. THAT'S ENDORSED BY THIS GROUP THAT THEN WE CAN GO AND PRESENT THE CITY COUNCIL. AT THEIR BUDGET WORKSHOP. SO WE DON'T NONE OF THIS HAS TO BE FINALIZED TONIGHT. BUT WE WANTED TO GET SOME IDEAS IN FRONT OF YOU AND START THINKING ABOUT OKAY IF WE COULD REQUEST SOMETHING TO COUNSEL THAT WE WANT TO DO NEXT YEAR. WHAT WOULD THOSE ITEMS BE? I'M SORRY THAT DEADLINE. OR WHEN IS THAT? IF WE COULD END UP IN 30 O'CLOCK, I SEE. I THINK WE'D LIKE TO HAVE THAT, UM, ENDORSEMENT FROM YOU AT YOUR NEXT MEETING. SO I THINK THAT MIGHT BE SEPTEMBER. 13TH. MAYBE. LET'S SEE. UM JUST BECAUSE WACO DIDN'T LIKE THE IDEA. I DON'T
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NECESSARILY WANT TO I STILL LIKE THE BOTTLE FILLING IDEA AND YOU KNOW THE PROMOTIONAL DISTRIBUTING THE BOTTLES AND YEAH. ESPECIALLY PART OF THE SCHOOL. HERE THE THERE'S A DEARTH OF BOTTLE FILLING STATIONS NOW, SO IF WE CAN PARTNER WITH THE SCHOOL TO ACTUALLY INSTALL SOME AND THEN WE JUST CITY PURCHASE. YOU KNOW BOTTLES AND DISTRIBUTES THEM.OKAY I DON'T THINK IT'S A SUPER HIGH COST. PROJECT DEPENDING ON I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY, THE BOTTLE FILLING STATIONS COULD BE THE SIGNIFICANT COST, BUT HOW MANY WE DO, BUT I THINK SOME SORT OF PROGRAM I JUST KNOW HOW MANY WATER BOTTLES. ESPECIALLY KIDS. I MEAN, IT'S JUST IT'S EASY, YOU KNOW, INSTEAD OF, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ANOTHER OPTION WHERE THEY CAN JUST FILL IT UP AND I DON'T KNOW. I THINK THAT WOULD BE THE BIG IMPACT PROJECT THAT WOULD COST A WHOLE LOT. OKAY? WELL, WE CAN LOOK INTO, UM COMING UP WITH AN ESTIMATE OF WHAT THAT MIGHT CAUSE COST AND REACH OUT TO THE SCHOOLS AND BRING THAT BACK AT YOUR NEXT MEETING. IF YOU WANT TO INCLUDE THAT IN YOUR YOUR BUDGET REQUEST. IF I HAD MENTIONED TO YOU OR TALK TO AN ABOUT THAT I'VE GOT A NEIGHBOR THAT WORKS FOR MARGE LOCAL BANK. AND SHE HAD MENTIONED THEY'VE GOT IT. AS MANY LARGE CORPORATIONS DO. THEY'VE GOT MONEY SINCE THE FOUNDATION TO DO THIS KIND OF THING. REALIZE THAT PROBABLY. THE CITY GOING OUT AND ASK ME THOSE KINDS OF THINGS SPECIAL.
SITUATION MIGHT BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO WELL DONE. YEAH IT'S IN PRIVATE FUNDING TO PARTNERING AND FUNDRAISING LOGO ON THEM. EXACTLY AT THE BOTTOM OF WHAT HAS TO HAPPEN. YEAH, EXACTLY. I MEAN, IT'S NO DIFFERENT THAN A GRAND, RIGHT. ESPECIALLY IF IT'S LIKE A MATCHING KIND OF STRUCTURE. THEY'RE HAPPY ABOUT DOING THIS, RIGHT? YEAH. NO. OKAY THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. WE'LL EXPLORE THAT AND BRINGS INFORMATION BACK. SO IF YOU GUYS. HAVE ANY OTHER THOUGHTS IN BETWEEN NOW AND OUR NEXT MEETING. FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO ANNA OR ANY OF US, AND EVEN IF YOU'RE LIKE DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT THIS WOULD COST? OR IF THERE'S SOME RESEARCH WE CAN DO OR HAPPY? TO DO THAT. BUT THE IDEA OF COME TOGETHER AND SEPTEMBER ENDORSED BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR AND PRESENT THAT A COUNCIL AND SEE WHAT'S POSSIBLE . AND THEN WE'LL KNOW WHAT OUR WORK PLAN FOR 23 IS GOING TO BE. TOMORROW. AND I THINK THAT IS ALL FOR, UM, THE BUSINESS
[VII. Other Business]
PORTION. ALRIGHT, GREAT. THANK YOU. UM, ANY OTHER BUSINESS? WE DID WANT TO GIVE YOU A COUPLE OF PROJECT UPDATES AND JUST CITY PROJECT. I KNOW WE TOWARD UM TAYLOR FARM LAST MONTH, BUT THERE'S SOME OTHER PROJECTS, UH, THAT ARE HAVEN'T ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT TO THEM, AND WE YOU KNOW, ONE OF OUR GOALS IS TO KEEP YOU INFORMED BECAUSE IF YOUR NEIGHBORS KNOW YOU'RE ON THIS BOARD AND THEY COME UP TO YOU AND ASK WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE CITY, WE WANT YOU TO HAVE THEM.YOU KNOW INFORMATION YOU NEED TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS. YES SO WE I THINK WHAT'S GREAT IS THAT? YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF VERY GRAND INITIATIVES THAT ARE UNDERWAY RIGHT NOW, AND I THINK ALL OF THEM INCLUDE ARE VERY INTENTIONAL ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUST AN ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP. UM, AND ONE OF THOSE PROJECTS IS THE MARKET STREET EXTENSIONS. SO, UM RIGHT NOW. MARKET STREET CURRENTLY TERMINATES AT ROME'S WORKING ON THE ROAD. AH, WE HAVE A PLAN SET. THAT'S APPROXIMATELY 30% COMPLETE AT THIS POINT. WE WILL BE EXTENDING BASICALLY MARKET STREET. EAST OF REYNOLDSBURG GWALTNEY ROAD AND THEN UP NORTH CONNECTING THE THIRD STREET. AND WE WILL THEN RECONSTRUCT THIRD STREET AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHAT WILL HAPPEN LIMITS PAPERS RIGHT NOW RIGHT THREE, WHICH IS BY THE METHODIST CHURCH. UM THE SORT OF WHERE ALL THIS CAME FROM WAS BASICALLY FROM OUR UPDATE TO OUR STRATEGIC PLAN. ONE OF THE BIG ONE OF THE BIG COMPLAINTS RECEIVED WAS JUST CONGESTION AND TRAFFIC WITHIN OUR VILLAGE CENTER. SO WHAT THIS DOES IS IT CREATES ANOTHER PATH AND THEY WERE INTENDING FOR IT TO CREATE A PRIMARY PATH THAT WILL BASICALLY AVOID THE INTERSECTION OF 62 605, WHICH IS RIGHT BY EAGLES PIZZA THERE, AND WE KNOW THAT THE BUILT CONDITION THERE. THERE REALLY AREN'T CAPACITY
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ENHANCEMENTS THAT YOU CAN YOU CAN MAKE SO THAT PROJECT IS WELL UNDERWAY. UM YOU'LL BE HAPPY TO HEAR THAT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THAT PROJECT. WE'RE GOING TO BE CONSTRUCTING SOME VERY, VERY LARGE REGIONAL WETLAND AREAS ON THE EAST SIDE OF REYNOLDSBURG, NEW ALBANY ROAD SOUTH OF DUBLIN, GRANVILLE ROAD. UH THESE THESE BASINS HAVE BEEN SIZED TO ACCOMMODATE APPROXIMATELY 60 ACRES OF DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE VILLAGE CENTER AREA, AND THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR A LOT OF REASONS. ONE IT MAKES IT MAKES THE DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL OF SITES THE REDEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL OF SITES. MUCH MORE ACHIEVABLE AND TWO. IT REALLY PROVIDES A MUCH HIGHER QUALITY MORE EFFICIENT. BMP BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE FOR STORMWATER QUALITY STORMWATER QUANTITY CONTROL. SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE BASICALLY REPLACING ONE LARGE REPLACING.WHAT COULD BE 15 TO 20 INDIVIDUAL ON SITE STORMWATER CONTROL ELEMENTS. WITH ONE LARGER CONTROL ELEMENT AT THE END OF THE DAY THAT THE OUTCOME IS HIGHER WATER QUALITY AND MUCH BETTER WATER QUANTITY CONTROL. AND ALL OF THIS. WHAT MAKES THIS REALLY IMPORTANT IS ITS PROXIMITY RIGHT HERE TO ROAD RUN. UM, SO THAT IMMEDIATE UPSTREAM BENEFIT EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING DOWNSTREAM. SO THAT IS ONE PROJECT WE ARE, WE WILL BE PUTTING THAT PROJECT OUT TO BID. IN THE WINTER, AND WE WILL BEGIN CONSTRUCTION ON THAT IN THE SPRING OF NEXT YEAR. UM ANOTHER PROJECT KIND OF CONTINUING JUST WEST OF THAT KIND OF IN OUR BACKYARD. HERE IS ROSE RUN TO PROJECT. UM AGAIN. JUST DO THIS SUCCESSIVE ROWS RUN ONE. YOU WERE EXPANDING THAT AREA OVER HERE. UM ROSE AROUND TO PROJECT IS GOING TO INCLUDE THE ADDITION OF A PARKING STRUCTURE IS LIKELY TO INCLUDE WE'RE STILL DEVELOPING THESE PLANS AND EVERYTHING NOW. UM PARKING STRUCTURE BEHIND OUR THIS BUILDING HERE AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. UM WILL BE CREATING A VETERAN'S MEMORIAL AREA. AND, UM AT THE END OF THE DAY. WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE SETTING UP AN AREA FOR REDEVELOPMENT PROPERTIES, THE OLD DUKE AND DUCHESS STATION AND THE OLD USED TO BE THAT THE POLICE THE POLICE STATION MANY YEARS AGO. UM SO THIS WHOLE BLOCK BASICALLY KIND OF GET GET IMPROVED, BUT I THINK ONE OF THE I THINK THE GREATEST PART OF THE PROJECT IS THAT WE'RE REALLY TAKING CUES FROM ROSE RUN ONE I THINK THAT WAS AN AMAZING PROJECT FOR US. BUT I THINK NOW THAT WE'RE KIND OF OWNING AND MAINTAINING IT WE'RE SEEING, LIKE, OKAY. WE PROBABLY COULD HAVE DONE THINGS A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY. SO WHAT WE'VE DONE THIS TIME IS WE HAVE A COMPANY THERE AND APPLIED ECOLOGICAL SERVICES GROUP AND BASICALLY THERE EVALUATING AT A VERY DATA DRIVEN, QUANTITATIVE, QUALITATIVE LEVEL, THE ACTUAL CONDITION OF THE STREAM AS IT IS TODAY. AND WE INTEND. TO IMPLEMENT VERY SPECIFIC, VERY TARGETED IMPROVEMENTS TO THE STREAM. THE STREAM IN ITS CURRENT CONDITION IS PRETTY UNHEALTHY. UM IT'S JUST NOT AN AGREED IT'S NOT IN A GREAT CONDITION, SO THE PROJECT IS ACTUALLY GOING TO REALIGN THE STREAM. IT'S GOING TO BE TO REESTABLISH SOME OF ITS FLOODPLAIN AREA THAT JUST OVER TIME HAS BEEN COMPLETELY AWAY FROM IT. UM AND THEN YOU KNOW, AS PART OF THE DESIGN THAT WILL BE INTRODUCING RIPPLES, AND, UH JUST JUST OTHER ELEMENTS WITHIN THE STREAM THAT HELPED INTRODUCE OXYGEN AND OTHER THINGS. UM SO WHAT? WE'RE DOING THAT FROM THE BEGINNING, SO THE GREAT THING IS THAT THE END OF THE DAY. I KNOW THAT I CAN SPEAK CONFIDENTLY THAT IT ROSE RUN TO ROSE AROUND ONE. WE HAVE A VERY, VERY HIGH QUALITY SCREAMED IN THAT AREA, AND IT'S FANTASTIC. BUT I REALLY CAN'T SAY MUCH MORE THAN THAT. SO WHAT'S GOING TO BE GREAT NOW AS ROSEN ONTO WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A REALLY QUALIFIED DATA TO COMPARE BEFORE AND AFTER AND CAN REALLY IN THOSE SHOW. THIS IS WHAT WE'VE DONE. THAT AREA, SO OBVIOUSLY ANYTHING THAT WE DO HERE IS GOING TO BE TO THE DIRECT BENEFIT OF EVERYTHING DOWNSTREAM WITH THAT, SO THAT'S A THAT'S A GREAT PROJECT. UM WE WILL BE HAVING MEMBERS OF THAT PROJECT TEAM. WE HAVE A VARIETY OF CONSULTANTS ON THAT TEAM. UH BUT THEY WILL BE COMING IN AND GIVING A PRESENTATION TO THIS BOARD SOMETIME BEFORE THE END OF THIS YEAR. BUT THAT PROJECT AGAIN IS, UM WE'RE NEARING A 30% PLAN. 30% PLAN IS BASICALLY WE TAKE IT. WE DEVELOP IT TO A PLACE WHERE WE HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF ALL OF THE CONSTRAINTS AND WE HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE COSTS ARE, AND THEN GENERALLY, THAT'S WHERE WE TAKE THINGS TO COUNSEL. SOMETHING WE SEEK THEIR INPUT, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING ONE WOULD FORWARD IN THE BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR OR MONTH. SO AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WILL BE PRESENTED THIS PROJECT IN ITS ENTIRETY PRESENTED TO COUNCIL AT OUR CAPITAL RETREAT. THIS THIS, UM, SEPTEMBER. SO THAT THAT'S A GREAT PROJECT, YOU KNOW, AND
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THEN WE KNOW WE'VE WE'VE ALL BEEN TO TAYLOR FARM. AND UH, SO THAT CONSTRUCTION IS ONGOING.FOR THE INITIAL PHASE OF BOARDWALK IMPROVEMENTS AND LEADER TRAIL IMPROVEMENTS. WE JUST GOT KICKED OFF ON THESE TAYLOR FARMS. PHASE TWO I HAVE NO IDEA HOW MANY HOW MANY TAYLOR FARMS PHASES THEIR OWN SPEEDING BECAUSE I THINK IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO THIS KIND OF LATER ON AND LATER ON LATER ON. BUT WHAT WE WHAT WE KNOW IS THAT THE SCOPE OF THIS PROJECT IS GOING TO INFORM AND PUT US IN A PLACE WHERE WE WHERE WE HAVE. WE'VE MADE A DECISION ON WHAT IS THE WHAT IS THE MASTER PLAN FOR THE HOMESTEAD AREA? RIGHT NOW? WE'VE WE HAVEN'T REALLY CAME TO A FINAL CONCLUSION ON THAT YET AS FAR AS THE RESTORATION OF THE HOME SITE ITSELF, THE RESTORATION OF THE BARN YOU KNOW THE CHICKEN CUBE ALL THAT THAT WE SAW THERE. UM THE OTHER PART IS WE WILL INCLUDE THE RELOCATION OF THE COMMUNITY GARDEN. SO AS A PART OF THE IMPROVEMENTS FOR ROSE AROUND TO THAT WILL BE RELOCATED AND DESIGNED, UH, REALLY TAILOR MADE TO BE RIGHT OUT THERE AT TAYLOR FARM. THERE'S ALSO SOME TRAIL EXTENSIONS, SOME ADDITIONAL TRAIL EXTENSIONS THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IT AS A PART OF PHASE TWO, BUT WE'RE ALSO GONNA BE EXPANDING ON A LOT OF WHAT PHASE ONE. HAS DONE BY IMPLEMENTING A LOT OF HABITAT. IMPROVEMENTS, AND THIS IS KIND OF THE BIRDING AND OTHER OTHER ELEMENTS TO REALLY PROVIDE THAT HABITAT TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE HAVE THAT HEAVY. SO, UM AGAIN. JUST KICK THAT OFF THAT AT THE SAME TIME, WE'RE ANTICIPATING HAVING THAT IN SOME PERFORM AGAIN TO PRESENT A COUNCIL AT THE COUNCIL RETREAT THIS YEAR FOR CONSIDERATION IN THE BUDGET NEXT YEAR, SO BUT AGAIN, OTHER GREAT GREAT PROJECTS, ALL OF WHICH I THINK HAS HAD VERY, VERY PRINCIPAL SUSTAINABILITY. PRIORITIES SO WE'RE DOING A LOT OF REALLY GOOD THINGS. WHAT ONE LAST THING, TOO, IS, UH, NOT TO BE OUTWEIGHED HERE BY TAYLOR FARMS PAGE TWO, BUT WE ARE GOING TO BE BUILDING SOMETHING. FOOTBALL COURTS BACK BEHIND THE WHAT IS THE MIRACLE FIELD AND THE ON THE SCHOOL CAMPUS K ONE BUILDINGS WHICH ARE BLOODS AREA HERE, THE SAME TOWNSHIP AQUATIC CENTER. UM AND IN CONJUNCTION WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, KIND OF AS I THINK, ENCOURAGED BY THIS GROUP WE'RE GOING TO BE, UH ADDING A VEGETATED BIOS. WELL, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF SOME TYPE OF RAIN GARDEN ELEMENT THAT WE'RE GOING TO BUILD AND EXPAND, AND WE'RE GOING TO JUST KIND OF TAKE A SWING AT IT. AND I THINK, TRY TO INTRODUCED MAYBE SOME SUSTAINABLE PLANTINGS AND OTHER THINGS, BUT, YOU KNOW TO JUST SEE THE ORDER THE POSSIBILITY AND IT'S AT AN AREA.
I THINK THAT, UH PEOPLE WILL GET HAPPY HAVING ABILITY TO HAVE SOME INTERFACE WITH SO SMALL LITTLE PROJECT. WE'RE EXCITED. SEE HOW IT GOES. SO KIND OF FEEDBACK AGAIN. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON ANYTHING HAPPY TO ANSWER. THAT'S TERRIFIC. JUST TO ADD TO WHAT MIKE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE IF THE PARKING STRUCTURE DOES COME TO FRUITION. IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR SOLAR ON THE TOP DECK, AND WE ACTUALLY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY. THREE OF US MET WITH SOLAR GROUP CALLED TELEMANN. AND THEY WORK WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND ASK A LOT OF REALLY GOOD QUESTIONS ABOUT US. BUT THE CITY WANTS TO DO WITH OUR FUTURE WITH SOLAR AND UM THEY MAINTAIN A LOT OF ASSETS IN THE ENTIRE MIDWEST. SO THE FIRST STEP WE TOOK WAS THEY'RE GOING TO KIND OF AUDIT ALL OF THE CITY'S BUILDINGS. LOOK AT OUR ELECTRIC BILLS AND WHAT OPPORTUNITIES THEY HAVE. SO THAT PROCESS WE'RE GOING TO ONCE WE GET THE RESULTS. DON'T LET US KNOW THIS MAKES SENSE DOESN'T SEE WHAT OPPORTUNITIES CITY HAS SO THAT COULD BE AN OFFSHOOT.
AND I GUESS I DON'T KNOW IF WE WANT TO PENCIL SOMETHING IN EVERY INDEPENDENT ON WHAT COMES BACK FROM THAT AUDIT FOR THE CAPITAL PLANNING. FOR NEXT YEAR. BUT OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IT COULD ENTAIL AT THIS POINT, BUT AH! YEAH JUST SOMETHING IN CASE THEY SAY THIS MAKES A LOT OF SENSE IF YOU DID THIS, SO VERY TERRIFIC. GREAT GOOD. HEY UM, THREE BOARD
[VIII. Poll Members for Comment]
MEMBERS HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO DISCUSS? SEEING THEM. I WILL MOVE TO ADJOURN. THE MEETING AT 7 20 PM SECOND OKAY? ALL IN FAVOR OF THOSE. WE ARE[00:45:07]
ADJOURNED. THANK YOU. ANYONE EVER OPPOSED DURING THE MEETING, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO GO HOME.THERE'S ALWAYS THAT ONE. T
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