Feb 20, 2024 City Council

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

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CLERK MASON. WELCOME LADIES AND GENTLEMEN TO THE NEW ALBANY CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20TH, I WOULD INVITE EVERYONE TO PLEASE STAND WITH COUNCIL AND RECITE OUR NATIONAL PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. IS APPLY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH ONE NATION UNDER GOD IN THIS WORLD AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. LIKE MASON. THE ROLE PLEASE AND OF COUNCIL TURNED OFF THEIR MICROPHONES. IF THEY COULD PLEASE TURN THEM BACK ON AGAIN.

ALL RIGHT. MAYOR SPALDING COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER DEREK HERE, COUNCIL MEMBER FELLOWS HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCIL MEMBER SHALL IS TRAVELING AND IS REQUESTED TO BE EXCUSED. COUNCIL MEMBER WILL TROUT HERE SIX PRESENT FOR THE FEBRUARY 2020 24 REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING. MOVE THAT WE EXCUSE THE ABSENCE OF COUNCIL MEMBERS HE'S TRAVELING AT TOWN. SECOND.

COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCIL MEMBER WILL TR YES. COUNCIL MEMBER FOLLOWS YES. COUNCIL MEMBER? YES. COUNCIL MEMBER? YES. YES TWO COUNCIL MEMBER FROM TONIGHT'S MEETING. ACTION ON THE

[4. ACTION ON MINUTES]

[5. ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS TO THE AGENDA]

[6. HEARING OF VISITORS]

OK UM SO GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS STANLEY. BINGO. AND THIS IS KATHY MC MCLOONE, AND WE ARE MEMBERS OF THE COLUMBUS COMMUNITY RIGHTS COALITION. AND UM, I WANNA SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING US. UM THERE'S THE COLUMBUS COMMUNITY RIGHTS COALITION A LITTLE BIT EASIER, BUT THANK YOU FOR HAVING US. UM THIS IS GONNA BE ABOUT OUR WHITE PAPER THAT WE PUT TOGETHER. IT'S CALLED THE RISK TO THE GREATER COLUMBUS WATER SUPPLY FROM OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION. AND WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT TO US? THAT'S WHY WE'RE THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE AND AGAIN. THANK YOU SO MUCH, UM, FOR HAVING US HERE TONIGHT. SO, OF COURSE, WHAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT? UM WHAT NATURAL RESOURCE IN NEW ALBANY? JUST TO SAVE TIME. I'M GOING TO ASSUME YOU GUYS ARE GONNA SAY WATER, EVERY LIVING THING. AND UM, PERSON THINGS DEPENDS ON WATER. UM BUT IT HAS TO BE SAFE WATER, SO NEW ALBANY'S WATER COMES FROM THE SAME COLUMBUS WATERSHED AS ALL OF THESE OTHER CITIES, TOWNS AND UM AND TOWNSHIPS. UM SO COLUMBUS AND ALL OF THESE, UM CENTRAL OHIO COMMUNITIES. UM ARE MANAGED BY THE COLUMBUS WATER DIVISION OF WATER. THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT OUR WATER IS CURRENTLY VERY SAFE. THE COLUMBUS DIVISION OF WATER DOES A PHENOMENAL JOB. IN FACT, WHEN WE WERE TALKING TO THEM, UM SOME OF THE HEADS WERE MENTIONING HOW THEY WERE BEING LOOKED AT BY OTHER CITIES AND TOWNS, SO THEY DO IT REALLY TERRIFIC JOB IN OUR WATER. IT IS VERY SAFE, BUT WE NEED TO KEEP IT THAT WAY. THIS IS THE REASON FOR OUR WHITE PAPER. AND THAT CARD. YOU HAVE, UM KIND OF SHOWS YOU THAT WHITE PAPER TOO, RIGHT? OK SO WHAT IS THE THREAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT? WELL IT'S UM FRACKING WASTE FRACKING. IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH IT IS THE PROCESS OF CRACKING OR BREAKING OPEN SHALE, UM, TO UNLEASH NATURAL GAS. NOW IT TAKES TO DO THIS PROCESS. IT TAKES 800 PLUS CHEMICALS. THAT'S WHERE WE GET THE TOXICITY OF THE WASTE THAT COMES OUT AFTER THAT.

SEPARATED FROM THE NATURAL GAS AND THEN WE WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO WITH THE WAIST? ALSO THIS IS

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HERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF THE INJECTION WELLS. YOU CAN SEE THE TANKS RIGHT THERE. SO WHAT HAPPENS? WHY IS THERE A RISK? WELL, WE GOT THIS TOXIC AND RADIOACTIVE WASTE. BEING STORED IN THERE, AND THESE THINGS CAN LEAK AS WELL AS THE, UM, EQUIPMENT THAT GOES 4 TO 6 MI, UH, METERS UNDER THE EARTH. ANY TIME THESE THINGS CAN LEAK, WE'RE TOLD THEY'LL NEVER LEAK.

BUT THAT'S NOT QUITE TRUE. I'M SURE YOU UNDERSTAND THAT. UM, THEN THE TANKER TRUCKS. THERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF A TANKER TRUCK ON THIS PICTURE, TOO. AND UM, THESE ARE TRAVERSING OUR STATE WITH THIS DANGEROUS CHEMICALS WITHIN THEM, AND THEY CAN LEAK AN EFFECT THEY HAVE LEAKED. THEY'RE SPILLED. THEY'RE ACCIDENTS AND WHATEVER HAVE YOU AND WE'VE HAD SOME VERY CLOSE CALLS WHERE THEY HAVE ALMOST LEAKED INTO WHERE THEY HAVE KIND OF LEAKED INTO OUR WATERSHEDS. BUT WE WERE ABLE TO, UM, TO PREVENT THE WORST HAPPENING, BUT SOME OF IT'S BEEN PRETTY DARN DANGEROUS. UM SO.

THE UM SO THE RISK AS I MENTIONED, UH, ANOTHER RISK IS THAT I ALREADY WENT TO THE FRACKING WAS PUMPED AND INJECTION WELLS, WHICH CAN LEAK THE TANKER TRUCKS TRANSPORTING THIS AROUND THE STATE. BUT ALSO THERE'S FRACKING BRINE, AND SOME PEOPLE ARE LIKE, WHY STORE IT WHEN WE CAN MONETIZE IT, MAKE SOME MONEY FROM IT. WE CAN SELL IT. AND SO SOMETIMES PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO SELL IT. THE FRACKING WAS HAS A LOT OF SALT, SO IT'S LIKE, HEY, THEY MAKE GREAT DEICERS WHEN IT SNOWS. BUT THEY REALLY DON'T. UM, VERY, VERY DANGEROUS. SO, UM. UM SO OF COURSE, THE YOU KNOW, OF COURSE, THERE'S SUBSTANTIAL RISK FOR ANYTHING THAT IS TOXIC AND RADIOACTIVE. SO WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT THIS? THE FIRST THING IS TO NOT ASSUME THAT IT WILL BE OK THAT OTHERS ARE GONNA FLY IN AND MAKE SURE WE'RE SAFE. WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH OUR GROUP FOR 10 YEARS NOW, UM, THAT'S WHY WE WROTE THE WHITE PAPER BECAUSE WE DIDN'T THINK WE WERE GETTING ENOUGH ATTENTION FOR HOW DANGEROUS THIS REALLY IS. SO UM OH, THAT'S THE FRACKING BRAIN THAT'S BEING PUT ON THE STREETS. WE DON'T HAVE IT. IT'S NOT HAPPENING HERE IN NEW ALBANY.

YOU DON'T WANT TO HAPPEN IN THAT TO HAPPEN. UM BUT ANYWAY, WE DON'T WANT ANOTHER FLINT FLINT WAS A DIFFERENT SITUATION. IT WAS WATER GOING THROUGH THE LEAD PIPES. I MEAN, THERE ARE PEOPLE TODAY. THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN WHO WERE JUST FINE WHEN THEY WERE BORN AND NOW ARE ARE SUFFERING MENTAL CAPACITIES FROM THERE. OK SO, UM, SO WHAT CAN WE DO? WELL WE'RE FORTUNATE, BECAUSE, UM, THE FIRST THING IS TO BE AWARE. LEARN ABOUT THE THREATS. THIS BOOK I THE WHITE PAPER AND THEN TAKE ACTION. AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE TOO, TO INFORM YOU AND ALSO TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO LOOK INTO THIS. FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON AND TAKE ACTION. SO WE HAVE OUR ASK. UM FORTUNATELY, WE HAVE A STRUCTURE FOR, UM, THAT ACTION AND IT'S CALLED THE COLUMBUS SOURCE.

WATER WATER PROTECTION MANAGEMENT. I KNOW IT'S A MOUTHFUL. EVERY MAJOR CITY HAS ONE OF THESE PLANTS AND OURS AGAIN IS VERY GOOD. WE'RE SO LUCKY TO LIVE IN THIS AREA. UM THE VERY GOOD BUT TO DEAL WITH THE TRADITIONAL CONCERNS. BUT THEY'RE NOT REALLY SET UP. OURS IS NOT SET UP TO DEAL WITH GAS AND OIL ACTIVITIES, AND I EXPLAINED THE DANGERS THAT WE ARE FACING WITH THIS JUST IN MORROW COUNTY JUST NORTH OF US, SO WE NEED TO BE SURE THAT IT ALSO ADDRESSES THE THREATS OF BILLS AND RELEASES FROM OIL AND GAS ACTIVITIES. AND THIS IS WHERE YOU COME IN. THIS IS WHERE YOU COME IN. FOR ALL OF US COME IN, WHEN IT COMES TO PROTECTING OUR WATER AND ALL THE PEOPLE, BUSINESSES AND ALL THE HOPES. IN OUR COMMUNITIES. IT'S GOING TO TAKE ALL OF US. WE NEED YOU AND EVERY CENTRAL OHIO TO ADVOCATE FOR EACH OTHER TO KEEP US SAFE.

AND UM, THIS IS WHY THE WHITE PAPER. IT IS A SCIENTIFIC STUDY PUT TOGETHER BY, UM BY A GEOLOGIST WHO'S BEEN BEEN AROUND FOR 40 YEARS WORKING ON THIS STUFF, AND SHE TOOK IT OVER FROM HER MENTOR WHO WAS ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT THIS ACTIVITY. UM SO WE'VE GOT LIKE, 100 YEARS OF WORK GOING INTO THIS TAPE, THIS WHITE PAPER AND OF COURSE, OUR GROUP AS WELL, UM, IF YOU'LL NOTICE ON THE ON THE COVER IT, SAYS AN EDUCATIONAL WHITE PAPER FOR CITY LEADERS. WE HAVE TO GO TO GENERAL PUBLIC. SO YOU I THINK JUST A. CRAZY SO, UM, FOR I KEEP IT FOR A LONG TIME,

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YOU SAID THERE WAS THERE'S NOT AN EARLY WARNING SYSTEM. UM YOU KNOW, WE HAD A BRIEFING ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO FROM THE FRANKLIN COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY, AND, UH, SORT OF ON THE HEELS OF THE EAST PALESTINE. UH, TRAIN DERAILMENT LEARNED A LOT MORE ABOUT HAZARDOUS MATERIALS.

TRANSFERRING UH, ON TRACKS IN AND AROUND FRANKLIN COUNTY. AND, UM. THERE WAS A LITTLE EYE OPENING TO LEARN THAT, BUT YOU'RE JUST YOU'RE SAYING FROM YOUR RESEARCH THAT THERE'S NOT A STATE OR COUNTY LEVEL, EITHER TRACKING OR ALERT SYSTEM IF THERE IS A HAZARDOUS SPILL OF THESE MATERIALS, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GAS AND OIL. AND SO THERE'S DIFFERENT COMPONENTS TO LOOK FOR DIFFERENT. UM THINGS WE NEED TO TEST FOR. THE CITY TO THE STATE TEST FOR A LOT OF OTHER CITY TESTS FOR A LOT OF THINGS, BUT NOT THAT PARTICULAR ASPECT. AND OF COURSE, OF COURSE WE RECOGNIZE THAT YOU KNOW, A SPILLER CONTAMINATION IS ONLY AS GOOD AS SOMEONE WHO REPORTS IT.

SO IF SOMETHING GETS SPILLED, AND NO ONE MENTIONS IT, IT MAY GO UNDETECTED. SO I APPRECIATE THAT AS WELL. UH, ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL? THANK YOU FOR SHARING THIS WITH US. OH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US APPRECIATE THE WORK YOU'RE DOING . THANK YOU. AND, UH, I WOULD SAY THIS WHEN WE HAVE GUESTS, UH, YOU'RE WELCOME. FOR THE REST OF THE MEETING. BUT IF YOU HAVE OTHER THINGS, OR YOU JUST WANNA GO OVER TO HUDSON 29 AND HAVE A GREAT DINNER, UH, IT'S RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET. YOU'RE WELCOME TO LEAVE WHENEVER WHENEVER HE'S LIKE, THANK YOU.

UH, WE'RE STILL UNDER A HEARING OF VISITORS. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS COUNSEL REGARDING A MATTER NOT ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA. ALL RIGHT.

[7. BOARD/COMMISSION REPORTS]

YES. UH I ATTENDED FOR COUNCILWOMAN PRESS. UH, THERE WAS ONE CASE ON THE AGENDA. UH IT WAS A REQUEST, UH, FOR SOME WAIVERS TO THE URBAN CENTER CODE. UM, THERE WERE SEVERAL, UH UH, WAIVERS REQUESTED. THIS IS GOING TO BE A NEW DAYCARE CENTER . UH, LOCATED UH, BETWEEN THE GOT YOU. I CALLED THE NOAH'S EVENT CENTER, BUT I KNOW IT'S IN INFINITE CHURCH NOW, UH, SO JUST

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SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD AMOUNT OF PARKING. YEAH, IT'S ACTUALLY AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE WAIVERS.

IT'S TOO MUCH PARKING, UH, THE CODE. THE URBAN CENTER CODE ALLOWS FOR 37 AND THE APPLICANT REQUESTED. FOR THEIR BUSINESS FOR THE DAYCARE BUSINESS, SO IT'S USUALLY IT'S JUST TRAFFIC COMING THROUGH FOR PICK UP AND DROP THEM OFF AND. THANK YOU. YEP. THAT WAS THE ONLY, UH, THAT WAS THE ONLY CASE. ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT REPORT? ALL RIGHT. THE BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS DID NOT MEET TO SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD. YES, I DON'T KNOW. UM, YOU'RE NOT. YEAH, IT'S ALL ABOUT ME. SO UH, WE HAD, UH, THE ANNUAL ORGANIZATION MEETING. UM WE SWITCHED. UH, CHARLES G. BILLER IS GONNA BE THE CHAIRPERSON NOW, AND BRIAN PHILLY TRUCK IS THE VICE CHAIR AND. DID UH, HI. CATHERINE CATHERINE STAYED ON AS SECRETARY. OK UH, KNOCK THAT OUT THE MOST, UH, THE BULK OF THE PROGRAM. WE HAVE ANOTHER, UM LOCAL COMP AND COMPANY THAT PRESENTED UH, EARTH PEAK ORGANICS, AND I'VE GOT KIND OF THEIR, UM, THEIR PROPOSAL. THEY UH DO SIMILAR, UH, PROGRAMS THAT GO ZERO DOES NOW WITH THE PICK UPS, BUT THEY ALSO ARE OFFERING CURBSIDE PICKUP. UH, FOR NEW ALBANY. THEY ARE CURRENTLY DOING BEXLEY. UM SO IT WOULD BE A SEPARATE TRUCK ON THE ROAD JUST TO BE COMPLETELY INDEPENDENT OF OR ANYBODY ELSE? UM SO THEY WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT. THEY'D LIKE TO GET MORE INVOLVED IN THE COMMERCIAL ASPECT. UH, THE CAFETERIAS THAT WE'RE GOING TO REACH OUT TO THE SCHOOL AND TALK TO, UM, I KNOW HE GOT THAT ONE UP AND RUNNING, BUT UH, THEY ACTUALLY HAVE MACHINES THAT WILL DO THE COMPOSTING ON SITE. UM THAT YOU KNOW, YOU LEASE THOSE IN AN ACTUALLY, UH, PRODUCE COMPOST. THEY HAVE A DIFFERENT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. UM, UH, SYSTEM FOR COMPOSTING THE FOOD AND. IF YOU WANT TO READ THE BROCHURE, I'M NOT GONNA TRY TO BUTCHER AND EXPLAIN THAT THE SCIENCE OF IT ALL, BUT, UH, IT'S ACTUALLY PRETTY INTRIGUING DOING A GOOD JOB. UM YOU KNOW, THEY THEY DO. THEY'RE THEIRS COMES WITH A LITTLE BIT MORE BELLS AND WHISTLES AND GO HERE. THEY HAVE, UH, THIS CORE ZERO REPORT THAT ACTUALLY WILL, YOU KNOW IT'S REAL TIME CARBON OFFSET REPORT AND ACTUALLY WILL CALCULATE IN THE AMOUNT OF FUEL THAT IT TAKES TO RECOVER AND CALCULATES ALL THAT IN, SO YOU GET A NET. OF HOW MUCH, UH, CARBON EMISSIONS YOU YOU SAVE, SO, UM, IT WAS A VERY INTERESTING, UH, REPORT AND , UH, WE'RE GONNA GO BACK AND KIND OF INVESTIGATE NOT JUST OUR BASELINE WITH WHAT WE HAVE NOW, UH, WITH GO ZERO, BUT THEN POTENTIAL, UH, EXPANSION OF THE PROGRAM TO THIS PARK AS WELL AS MAYBE PERFECT. SO MORE TO COME ON THAT AND THEN, UH, THE LAST THING WAS BIRTHDAY TO ARBOR DAY PLANNING, EVERYTHING'S FULL SPEED AHEAD. UM AND BE IT COULD BE A WILD WEEK. BUT WHAT ARE THE DATES AGAIN FOR THAT? UM, IT'S A GREAT QUESTION. YEAH, I KNOW. DAY I CAN LOOK UP BARBER DAY THE LAST WEEK IN APRIL, UM SO THE E WASTE DRIVE AND THE HAZARDOUS HOUSEHOLD WASTE DRIVE WILL BE COMBINED. THOSE WILL BE ON. UM, APRIL 27TH. OK? PERFECT. THANKS AND IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO LOOK AT EARTH PEAKS, UH, PROPOSAL. THEY'VE GOT PRICING AS WELL AS KIND OF WHO THEY ARE. I

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THAT IS A CLIENT OF THE FOOD PANTRY. UH, THAT WE ASSISTED. SOME OF THE INGREDIENTS THAT THEY MADE ONE OF THEIR FAMILY RECIPES AND, UM. HELP ME SANDRA RODRIGUEZ, TOO, AS A HUSBAND AND SHE'S SHE'S UH, WHAT IS HER TITLE WITH HIM? JEN I I'M NOT SURE IF I HAVE HER TITLE CORRECTLY, BUT SHE'S A HIGH LEVEL EXECUTIVE WITH THE AND HER HUSBAND DID FOUR DIFFERENT. VERY UH UH, I, I THINK YOU KNOW FROM THE HISPANIC BACKGROUND SOUPS THAT THAT WE COULDN'T COMPETE.

IT WASN'T A FAIR FIGHT. THE MAN SHOWED UP IN THE CHEF OUTFIT WITH HE HAD BOUGHT THE RIGHT NEXT TO HIM. HE LOOKS LIKE YEAH, LIKE HE HAD, LIKE THE PROFESSIONAL PARTS AND LIKE YOU GOT YOUR SOUP FROM HIM. THERE WAS A MUSCLE ON TOP, OR THERE WAS A I'M LIKE I GOT VEGETABLE SOUP. ANYBODY. IT WAS REALLY GOOD, BUT IT WAS. IT WAS JUST A REALLY GREAT EVENING. IT WAS IN EVERY WAY. I THOUGHT I THOUGHT PEOPLE REALLY ENJOYED IT. PEOPLE STAYED FOREVER. IT WAS, UM IN HONESTLY LIKE IT WAS $5 A PERSON $20 A FAMILY. YEAH. AND THERE WERE 20 DIFFERENT SOUPS. UM THERE WERE DESSERTS THERE WERE I MEAN, IT WAS LIKE TO SERVE DRINKS, WINE, BEER OR JUST AND THERE WAS NO ALCOHOL. UH, THERE WERE IN. IT'S KUDOS. ONCE AGAIN TO OUR STAFF. ADRIAN IS PRESENTS SHE, YOU KNOW, AND ABBY AND MANY OTHERS PUT A LOT OF TIME INTO THIS STUFF. AND WE REALLY WE CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH. I MEAN, YOU REALLY CREATE OR CREATING THESE INCREDIBLE IF YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT COMMUNITY CONNECT US. THAT'S THAT WAS A CONNECTION. EVENING IT'S WONDERFUL. I'M SURE WILL BE EVEN MAYBE, OUTDONE BY OUR NEXT EVENT COMING UP ON MARCH 14TH THE EMPOWER HER EVENT WHICH WILL BE AT THE ESTATES. REGISTRATION IS LIVE, DO WE? I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T WANT TO PAY ON THE SPOT TO ASK HOW MANY PEOPLE WE HAVE. BUT THERE'S IT'S NOT. IT'S NOT FULL. AND I'M SURE YOU NEED TO SIGN UP SOON. YES, WE, UM, I THINK WE'RE AT LIKE 30 RIGHT NOW, UH, WE? YEAH SIGN UP SOON ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO SIGN UP, SHARE IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA EMAIL PEOPLE. UM, WE'D LOVE TO FILL IT UP. IT'S JUST GONE LIVE. I THINK SO IT'S UH, ON MARCH 14TH. IT IS A IT IS AN EVENT. UM CELEBRATING, UM, THE INSPIRING WOMEN OF NEW ALBANY. UM MEN AND WOMEN ARE ENCOURAGED TO COME AND GATHER AND, UM, EAT A DELICIOUS DINNER. UM, THE FOOD IS A DINNER THAT WILL BE PROVIDED. AND UM, WE HAVE A REALLY EXCITING PANEL. UM, THAT'S GOING TO BE DISCUSSING. UM, SOME, YOU KNOW.

QUESTIONS ABOUT, UM, THEIR LIVES AND, UM, THE ROLE THAT WOMEN HAVE PLAYED IN THEIR LIVES AND, UM, WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE A WOMAN AND THE CITY AND, UM THEN YOU KNOW THE AUDIENCE WILL BE ENCOURAGED TO DISCUSS AS WELL SO IT SHOULD BE A REALLY, REALLY GREAT EVENT. WE'VE GOT ANGELA AND MODERATING A PANEL TO TALK, AND WE'RE TRYING TO HAVE DIFFERENT WOMEN OF DIFFERENT AGES AND DIFFERENT. UH YOU KNOW, LIFE EXPERIENCES AND WHAT IT'S BEEN LIKE TO BE A RESIDENT OF THE OF THE CITY AND THE CHALLENGES AND THE, UH AND THE GOOD STUFF, SO WANTED TO FEEL GOOD AND FEEL POWERFUL. SO UM, WE'RE REALLY, REALLY EXCITED FOR IT. UM DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING FROM

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THAT'S IT. ALL RIGHT. WELL THANKS FOR THE REPORT. WE KNOW NOT TO HAVE A SOCOM PETITION WITH ANTONIO MOVING FORWARD. NO. NOT EVEN CLOSE. THAT'S GOOD TO HEAR. ANY UPDATE FROM THE CEMETERY RESTORATION ADVISORY BOARD, NO MEETING ALL RIGHT, AND NO MEETING OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS COMMISSION. RIGHT CORRESPONDENCE OR COMMUNICATION. HAS ANYONE FROM THE COUNCIL RECEIVED ANY CORRESPONDENCE OR COMMUNICATION SINCE OUR LAST MEETING THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON I HAVE A CORRESPONDENCE I WANTED THAT RELATES TO ONE OF THE CASES THAT I'LL PROVIDE INFORMATION ON LATER, BUT NOTHING. I THINK THE CLERK PASSED THAT OUT. YES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT, THEN WE'LL SAVE THAT FOR THE RESOLUTION. UH ORDINANCE, THE SECOND READING OF

[9. SECOND READING OF ORDINANCES AND PUBLIC HEARING]

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[10. INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING OF ORDINANCES]

THAT'S THE CODE CHANGE. AND THEY THAT POSITION? UH, IT STILL IS APPOINTED BY COUNSEL. BUT TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY, WE'VE HAD SOME SUCCESS HAVING MEMBERS OF THE PLAIN LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, UM, PLAY A KEY ROLE IN THE SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD AND WANTED TO JUST KEEP THAT OPTION OPEN. IN CASE WE HAVE A FACULTY MEMBER OR MEMBER OF STAFF. THAT, UH, HAPPENS NOT TO LIVE IN NEW ALBANY. THAT WAS SORT OF THE PURPOSE OF THAT. BUT AGAIN, IT UM IT'S A SORT OF A NEW BOARD. WE'RE GOING THROUGH, UM, SOME CHANGES AND, UH I JUST I THINK IT'S A IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO ALLOW FOR THAT FLEXIBILITY AND FLEXIBLE. IT'S NOT REQUIRED TO BE A TEACHING POSITION JUST CAN BE. I MEAN, A LOT OF THE INITIATIVES THAT THE SAB ADDRESSES IS CLOSELY TIED TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. AND WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT IMPACT, YOU'VE GOT 5000 KIDS, SO IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, IT'S BASICALLY HALF OUR CITY THAT VISITS US FIVE DAYS A WEEK, SO UM IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS BIGGER THAN THE CITY . SO UM, IT IT KIND OF MADE SENSE TO KIND OF CODIFY THAT TIE TO THE DISTRICT SO AND THAT'S WHY YOU'RE SEEING STRANGE. MAKES SENSE. ALL RIGHT. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? AND WE'LL SET THAT UP FOR PUBLIC READING HER SECOND READING IN PUBLIC HEARING AT OUR MEETING ON MARCH 5TH. ORDINANCE 006 2024 AND ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE AL BY AMENDING THE ZONING MAP TO REZONE 9.9 PLUS OR MINUS ACRES OF LAND, LOCATED AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF JOHNSTOWN ROAD AND THOMPSON ROAD FROM AGRICULTURAL AND RESIDENTIAL ESTATE DISTRICT, R ONE TO INFILL PLAN UNIT DEVELOPMENT IP UD FOR AN AREA TO BE KNOWN AS THE OAKLAND NURSERY ZONING DISTRICT, AS REQUESTED BY OAKLAND NURSERY CARE. ERIN UNDERHILL, ESQUIRE. MR MAYOR. THANK YOU. SO LOCAL AND NURSERY. UH, JUST ANNEX. I THINK WE'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH WHERE THAT IS LOCATED AT THE CORNER OF THOMPSON AND JOHNSTOWN ROAD, SO THIS REZONING ALLOWS FOR THE CONTINUED USE OF THE GARDEN CENTER AS IT EXISTS THERE TODAY, AND THIS ALSO INCLUDES THE ADJACENT PROPERTY AND I'LL CALL TO THE SOUTH OF IT. THAT'S RIGHT ALONG HERE ALONG JOHNSTOWN ROAD, AND SO THIS REZONING ALSO, UH, INCLUDES THIS ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY, AND SO IT ALLOWS FOR AN EXPANSION OF THE COMMERCIAL PARKING LOT TO THE SOUTH ON THE PROPERTY EXISTS TODAY. IT ALSO ALLOWS FOR HOUSING OF SEASONAL STAFF AND STORAGE OF PRODUCTS WITHIN JUST THE GARAGE AND BARN. THAT'S UM ARE PART OF THAT HOME, SO THE EXTERIOR OF THE RESIDENTIAL HOME WILL BE KEPT, UM, AS IT IS TODAY, IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN THE CHARACTER OF THE HOUSE IN STRUCTURE AND ALL THE OTHER EXISTING BUILDING ARCHITECTURE THAT'S AT THE GARDEN CENTER OF THIS HOME IS ALLOWED TO REMAIN, BUT ANYTHING NEW, UM, MUST MEET THE CITY'S DESIGN GUIDELINES AND REQUIREMENTS FOR ARCHITECTURE. THE APPLICANT HAS ALSO COMMITTED TO RIGHT OF PLAY IN EASEMENTS ALONG ALL THE PUBLIC ROADWAYS. SO THOMPSON AND 62 HERE, UM, WITHIN THAT ZONING TEXT. AS PART OF THE PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN. THERE'S ALSO A LANDSCAPE COMPONENT FOR THE, UH, EXPANSION OF THE PARKING LOTS. AND SO, UH, HERE, UH, WHEN THE PLANNING COMMISSION REVIEWED AND APPROVED , THEY ALSO PUT A CONDITION AND THIS IS IN THE ZONING TEXT THAT ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING HEADLIGHTS SCREENING LIKE YOU TYPICALLY TYPICALLY SEE A PARKING LOTS IS ADDED TO THE SOUTH SIDE, SO THIS WILL BE ADDED AND INSURED. IT'S COMPLIANCE AT THE TIME OF PERMITTING FOR CONSTRUCTION. OTHERWISE THEY ARE PROVIDING UH, 75% BUFFER LANDSCAPING ALONG THE , UH, PORTION WHERE THE NEW, UH, PARKING LOT IS BEHIND THE

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WE WANTED TO LOOK GOOD. SO YOU KNOW, WE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING TO I KNOW, I GUESS. LAST YEAR WE REPLACED THE GARAGE DOOR. I MEAN, JUST LIKE ANY OTHER HOMEOWNER, WE'RE WE'RE DOING WHATEVER IT TAKES TO KIND OF KEEP UP THE PROPERTY. I DIDN'T GET FOR THE RECORD. WILL YOU STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR AFFILIATION WITH HILTON, MARK REINER WITH OAKLAND NURSERY.

THANK YOU. IS, UH IS THE TOWNSHIP AWARE AND IN AGREEMENT WITH ALL THE CHANGE. JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY. SO WE'VE NOTIFIED, UM , THE TOWNSHIP OF THE ANNEXATION AND THE REZONING REQUEST. WELL, THEY DEFINITELY KNOW THAT FEEDBACK. NO, I DON'T. I DON'T BELIEVE SO. OK JUST GREAT. UH I HAVE ONE OTHER QUESTION, WHICH IS SOMEWHAT SELFISH IS THE FARMER'S MARKET COMING BACK THIS YEAR. THAT WAS ACTUALLY WRITTEN INTO THE TEXT. SO YEAH, THAT IS, UH, THAT'S GOOD PLACES SO VERY MUCH ENJOYED THAT. I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE. YEAH, THANKS. YEAH. THAT'S GREAT. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS THAT MARK WHILE WE HAVE THEM AT THE PODIUM ALL RIGHT, AND ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ON THE ORDINANCE. ALRIGHT. WELL THANK YOU FOR COMING THIS EVENING. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND SET THAT FOR SECOND READING AND PUBLIC HEARING AT OUR MEETING ON MARCH 5TH.

ORDINANCE 07 2024 NO ORDINANCE TO ACCEPT A 21.47 ACRE CONSERVATION EASEMENT AS REQUESTED BY NBJ HOLDINGS, LLC AND MY CHEAT SHEET, SAYS RYAN OLI, BUT I KNOW HE'S NOT HERE.

BUT WHAT WOULD RYAN SAY IF HE WAS HE WOULD ANTICIPATE ALL OF YOUR QUESTIONS. I UNDERSTAND.

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CORRECT. THAT SLIVER ALONG BEACH STILL OUT OF THE CONSERVATION, SO YOU KNOW IF WE EVER CAN'T FIGURE OUT THAT INTERSECTION DOWN THERE, I WOULDN'T WANT THIS TO PRECLUDE US FROM BEING ABLE TO DO SOME SORT OF ROUNDABOUT IN THE FUTURE, OK? THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. WE WILL SET THAT FOR A SECOND READING AND PUBLIC HEARING OR A MEETING ON MARCH

[11. RESOLUTIONS AND PUBLIC HEARING]

AND UH, THE CITY STAFF CANNOT LOCATE ANY RECORDS OR VARIANCES OR PERMITS ISSUED FOR THE PAVER PATIO, SO THEREFORE THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING THE TWO VARIANCES THAT YOU MENTIONED.

ONE IS TO ALLOW THE PAPER PATIO TO, UH, REMAIN AS IT EXISTS TODAY, AND THEN THE SECOND VARIANCE IS, UM, RELATED TO A HOME EDITION OFF THE BACK, AND SO THIS IS SHOWING THE PROPERTY OUTLINE HERE. SO EVERYTHING IN GREEN THIS IS THE CONSERVATION AREA AND THEN THE RED IS A BUILDING. THAT BACK. SO THE FIRST VARIANT IN PURPLE, THIS IS THE OUTLINE OF THE PATIO. IT EXTENDS 9 FT FROM THE EDGE OF THE CONSERVATION ZONE. INTO UH, THE CONSERVATION AREA ITSELF.

AND THEN THE BLUE IS THE NEW HOME FOOTPRINT. SO THIS NEW PROPOSED HOME EDITION, THE SCREENED IN PORCH, IT'S LOCATED ONLY OVER THE EXISTING PATIO AND IT ENCROACHES. UM THERE'S TWO

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SO THIS RED LINE DENOTES A BUILDING SETBACK. UM, THAT'S AT THE SAME. OF THE EDGE OF THE CONSERVATION ZONE. AND SO THE NEW, UH, HOME EDITION ALSO ENCROACHES 4 FT INTO THAT BUILDING SETBACK. SO FOR, UH, COUNCILS CONSIDERATION. UM IT THERE ARE THERE ARE SPECIAL CONDITIONS AND CIRCUMSTANCES THAT DO THAT DO NOT RESULT FROM THE ACTION OF THE APPLICANT FOR THE FIRST VARIANCE WE BASED ON AERIALS. WE BELIEVE THAT PAPER PATIO WAS INSTALLED SOMETIME BETWEEN 97 AND 2000. THE CURRENT HOMEOWNERS THAT AND SUZANNE PERRY PURCHASED THE HOME IN 2023. THE VARIANT ALSO DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE SUBSTANTIAL, UH FOR THE PAPER PATIO. THE TOTAL AREA IS ONLY ABOUT 4% OF THE ENTIRE CONSERVATION AREA ON THE LOT ITSELF. AND THEN ALSO, UH IF IT WASN'T FOR THAT CONSERVATION EASEMENT, THIS PATIO WOULD BE ALLOWED, UH, TO REMAIN AS PERMITTED. UH, THE PA THE PATIO SET BACK ITSELF IS 20 FT FROM THE REAR PROPERTY LINE, SO THIS IS NOT EXCEEDING IT, SO IT'S MEETING ALL THE CODE REQUIREMENTS FOR PATIOS IN AND OF ITSELF. FOR VARYING BE FOR THE HOME EDITION. SOME UH, ITEMS FOR COUNCIL TO CONSIDER IS THIS VARIANCE DOES ALSO DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE SUBSTANTIAL. THE AREA OF ENCROACHMENT FOR THE HOME EDITION IS LESS THAN 2% OF THE ENTIRE CONSERVATION AREA AT 1.8% IT DOES APPEAR THAT THIS PROBLEM CAN BE SOLVED IN SOME OTHER MANNER THAN A GRANTING OF A VARIANCE BY REDUCING THE SIZE OF THIS HOME EDITION. UH AND THERE DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE SPECIAL CONDITIONS OR CIRCUMSTANCES AS THIS EASEMENT RAPS. UH, THE MAJORITY OF THE OUTSIDE OF THE SUBDIVISION OF THOSE HOMES LOCATED THERE. HOWEVER THIS UH THIS HOME EDITION UH, AS I MENTIONED DOES NOT IMPACT ANY NEW LAND WITHIN THE CONSERVATION AREA AS IT WILL BE BUILT SOLELY WHERE THE PATIO EXISTS TODAY. UH, GRANTING THE VARIANTS WILL NOT ADVERSELY AFFECT THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PERSONS RESIDING OR WORKING IN THE VICINITY, AND IT WON'T BE MATERIAL DETRIMENTAL TO THE PUBLIC WELFARE OR INTEREST TO PRIVATE PROPERTY OR PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS IN THE VICINITY.

ALSO GRANTING A VARIANCE WOULD NOT ADVERSELY AFFECT THE DELIVERY OF GOVERNMENT SERVICES.

THERE ARE NO EASEMENTS OR OTHER, UH, PUBLIC UTILITIES LOCATED IN THAT REAR PROPERTY. SO LAST MONTH, THE, UH, PLANNING COMMISSION REVIEWED THIS VARIANCE REQUEST. UH, THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF VARIANCE A WHICH, UH, IS THE REQUEST OF THE PAPER PATIO TO ENCROACH THE PLA TO CONSERVATION SPENT BY 9 FT BY THE VOTE OF 5 TO 0, THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEMBERS VOTING YES. IT STATED THAT THE REASON IS THAT THE CURRENT HOMEOWNER DID NOT INSTALL THE EXISTING PATIO. IT WAS INSTALLED AT LEAST TWO OWNERS AGO, WHICH IS THEY MENTIONED TOO LONG TO FIX SOMEONE ELSE'S MISTAKE. THEY ALSO FURTHER FOUND THAT THE PATIO ENCROACHMENT WAS NOT EGREGIOUS. FOR VANCE BIG THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED DENIAL OF THE OF THE SCREENED IN PORCH HOME EDITION, UH, BY A VOTE OF 2 TO 3. SO UH, TWO MEMBERS VOTING FOR THE VARIANCE THREE MEMBERS VOTING AGAINST THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEMBERS VOTING. NO STATED THE FOLLOWING REASONS. UH, THEY MENTIONED THAT BECAUSE, UNLIKE THE EXISTING PATIO ENCROACHMENT, THIS WAS WITHIN THE CURRENT OWNER CONTROL , UH, THAT THE REQUEST DID NOT MEET THE DUNKIN CRITERIA, AND THAT'S ALTHOUGH PORCH DOES NOT IN, UH, INTRUDE AS MUCH AS THE PAPERS. UH, ANYTHING GROWING AT THE EDGE OF THE PAVERS WILL HAVE A CANOPY THAT IMPACTS THE PORCH.

UH, THEY ALSO MENTIONED THEY DID NOT WANT TO SET A PRECEDENT. AND THEN AN ALTERNATE SOLUTION COULD BE REACHED THAT MEETS ALL THE STANDARDS AND THAT FINALLY, THIS CONSTITUTES A NEW INTRUSION INTO THE EASEMENT AND DOES NOT MEET THE INTENT OF THE TEST. SO AT THE TIME OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION HEARING, THE APPLICANT HAS THREE LETTERS OF SUPPORT THAT THEY PROVIDED. THE PLANNING COMMISSION, INCLUDING DOCUMENTATION SHOWING THAT THEIR HO A HAD APPROVED THE PATIO AND HOME EDITION PLANS SINCE THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S HEARING. WE HAVE UH, LOTS OF ADDITIONAL LETTERS OF SUPPORT THAT HAVE BEEN PROVIDED BY THE HOMEOWNERS THAT WE'VE I BELIEVE CLERK MASON HAS SENT TO YOU, UH, AN EMAIL. UH, FOR YOU TONIGHT, UH, FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. UH AND SO I FORGOT TO SHOW YOU. SO LASTLY, THIS IS, UH, SHOWING THE, UH, PAPER. SO THIS IS THE I'M SORRY.

THE HOME EDITION. SO THIS IS THE EXISTING HOME TODAY. THIS IS WHAT IT'LL LOOK LIKE, UM AFTER THE ADDITION AND SO YOU CAN SEE THE PROJECTION, UM FROM THE BACK OF THE HOME, SO I BELIEVE THE WHOLE THING IS ABOUT 7.5 FT. 8 FT AND AGAIN, THIS PROJECTS 4 FT INTO THE CONSERVATION AREA. AND STAFFS. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. STEVEN I KNOW YOU ARE CAREFUL TO USE THE TERMS THAT

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UH STRUCTURES THAT WERE BUILT THAT IT TURNED OUT LATER WERE IN VIOLATION. SO I. I JUST THINK THAT SHOULD BE SAID FOR THE RECORD. HAVING SAID THAT I DO HAPPEN TO AGREE WITH YOU. WE ALREADY HAVE THESE PAPERS HERE. CLEARLY THE H A HAS HAS TO ME. THAT WAS A BIG DEAL, AND THAT'S WHY I REQUESTED THAT. YOU CONSIDER THAT BEFORE YOU ASK PLANNING COMMISSION ABOUT THE FIRST TIME. I THINK IT'S A VERY BIG DEAL THAT THE HO A HAS NOW SAID WILL ALLOW THIS. UM AND OBVIOUSLY THEY HAVE A NUMBER OF NEIGHBORS THAT ARE IN FAVOR OF IT AS WELL. AND OBVIOUSLY WE NOW HAVE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDING WE LEAVE THE PATIO THERE. SO WHAT WE'RE REALLY LEFT WITH IS IT IS IT THE RIGHT ANSWER TO GO AHEAD AND LET THEM AND COVER AND ENCLOSE A PORTION OF THAT PATIO? WHEN WE'RE WE GOT SO MUCH OTHER POSITIVE FEEDBACK AND IT I GUESS I REALLY STRUGGLE

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SEE THE LOT SORT OF LOG THERE, SO THERE'S A LOT OF THEM. WE TALKED TO ALL OF THEM AND THEN ANYBODY THAT COULD SEE THE PORCH. ON A COLD WINTER DAY. WE HAVE THEIR SIGN OFF, SO WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 13 NEIGHBORS SIGNED OFF SEVEN THAT COULD POSSIBLY SEE THE. YEAH. SOUNDS LIKE YOU'VE DONE ALL THE RIGHT THINGS. YEAH. SO OBVIOUSLY GETTING THE HOMERS ASSOCIATION SUPPORT SUPER IMPORTANT NEIGHBOR SUPPORT. SUPER IMPORTANT. THE OTHER THING. THAT CITY COUNCIL.

UH, CERTAINLY PAYS A LOT OF ATTENTION TO AND THAT BECAUSE OF OUR LONG STANDING TRADITION OF DOING SO, YOU GET THE ENJOYMENT OF IS MAKING SURE THOSE PRESERVATION ZONES ARE IN FACT PRESERVED. SO YOU HAVE A VERY MATURE, BEAUTIFUL TREE STAND BEHIND YOUR HOUSE, WHICH CERTAINLY ADDS TO, YOU KNOW, SORT OF A NICE, QUIET, BUCOLIC SETTING. THOSE YOU KNOW, ENCROACHMENTS IN THEIR PRE PRESERVATION ZONES ARE SOMETHING THAT WE TAKE SERIOUSLY, SO FOR US TO CONSIDER PROVIDING A VARIANCE TO BOTH OF THESE, IT'S NOT JUST A VARIANCE FROM BUILDING SETBACKS, BUT IT'S A VARIANTS INTO A PRESERVATION ZONE. SO AS WHEN EVERYONE IN THE PUBLIC TO KNOW THAT THIS IS VERY UNCOMMON FOR US TO CONSIDER, LET ALONE GRANTS. UH, ANY SORT OF VARIANCES THAT IMPACT PRESERVATION ZONES. THE DEVELOPER JOE CELLO. THANK YOU, SIR. WELL, MISS BRE. UH A NO, HE SAID, UH, THE PATIO. WAS BUILT AS A HOUSE WAS BUILT. THE FOOTPRINT WAS NEVER CHANGED AND BEFORE THE OCCUPANCY OCCUPANCY WAS RECEIVED 27 YEARS AGO. YEAH, SITTING THERE FOR 27 YEARS. IT WAS AND THIS WAS HE STARTED THE RESERVE IN 93. THIS WAS THE THIRD HOUSE BUILT. SO I THINK MAYBE SOME OF THE RULES OF JUST A CONSERVATION AREA, ET CETERA.

EVERYTHING WAS IN TOTALLY SET THE TIME. SO THE PERSON WHO BUILT THE HOUSE OBVIOUSLY DID SOMETHING DIFFERENT, BUT THEY SIGNED OFF IT AT THE TIME, BUT I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT THING THAT JOKE, SO THERE'S NOT A VARIANCE, BUT OF COURSE. THE LAW SAYS. WHEN YOU DO SOMETHING NOW YOU GOTTA LOOK AT IT. SO WE UNDERSTAND. APPRECIATE THAT, UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UH, FROM THE HOMEOWNER. UM I DON'T KNOW. I GUESS MORE FROM STAFF. I MEAN, I STILL HAVE I I'M ON THE SAME PAGE. IT'S BEEN THERE FOREVER, YOU KNOW, BUT THE SECOND STEP IS, YOU KNOW, KIND OF ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THAT SHOULDN'T BE THERE TO START WITH, AND THEN EXACERBATING IT BY BUILDING, YOU KNOW, COVERING IT, AND I CAN TOTALLY SEE HOW THAT MAKES SENSE. AND WE COULD DO THAT. I JUST I DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF HEARTBURN ABOUT PRECEDENT. I KNOW JOE ADDRESSED IT, AND YOU KNOW, IT'S ONE THING WE HAVE. I'M NOT EVEN AS CONCERNED IN THE YOU KNOW, RESERVE OF THE PRESIDENT BECAUSE WE HAVE SUPPORT THERE, BUT TIDEWATER HAS CONSERVATION AREAS AND WE'VE HAD, YOU KNOW PEOPLE BUILD INTO, UH, CONSERVATION ZONES IN TIDE WATER, AND NOW THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE GONNA YOU GO TO AND SAY HEY, YOU GREEN AT THIS, AND I KNOW THIS

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BECAUSE AS I SAID, YOU KNOW, I THIS MAKES SENSE TO ME, II. I DON'T THINK THIS BOTHERS ANYBODY. MY MAIN CONCERN IS THIS SETS A PRECEDENT WHERE WE ALLOW FOLKS TO COME IN AND SAY, HEY, I, I CAN NOT ONLY YOU KNOW, I KNOW THIS IS WRONG, BUT I CAN I SHOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE IT EVEN BIGGER AND GO INTO BUILDING SETBACKS. WELL, I THINK YOU KNOW , EACH VARIANCE IS DETERMINED ON ITS OWN MERITS, SO I DON'T KNOW IF IT NECESSARILY BE PRESIDENT SETTING. I THINK IN THIS CASE, WE HAVE AN EXISTING CONDITION THAT, UH, YOU KNOW THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE CITY COUNCIL SHOULD TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION. I THINK ALSO JUST LIKE THE CHARACTER OF THE BUILDING AND THE EXTENSION INTO THE PRESERVATION ZONE SHOULD ALSO BE , UM, CONSIDERED AS FAR AS ITS APPROPRIATENESS GOES HERE. THIS IS A WELL DESIGNED BUILDING, UH, EXTENSION INTO THE CONSERVATION EASEMENT, SO IT'S NOT OUT OF CHARACTER. I THINK THE OTHER THING THAT'S UH, CITY COUNCIL HAS TO CONSIDER THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION DIDN'T IS ALL THOSE LETTERS OF SUPPORT, WHICH YOU KNOW, CAN BE VIEWED AS IMPACT TO NEIGHBORS. I THINK WHEN I WENT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION, THERE WAS JUST TWO LETTERS OF SUPPORT, INCLUDING THE HO A SUBMITTED I BELIEVE WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS LIKE A DOZEN LETTERS AND, UM, THAT'S COMPLETELY, UH, SURROUNDING THE PROPERTY. UH, SO I THINK THOSE ARE ALL THINGS TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION FOR THE UNIQUE MERITS OF THE PROPERTY. AND I DO THINK WHENEVER WE'RE DOING THE PRECEDENT WE DO GET TO LOOK AT THE UNIQUE FACTS. AND I THINK THE FACT THAT THESE PEOPLE HAD THIS PA AND THEY WASN'T THEM.

THE OWNERS HAD A PATIO FROM THE DAY THAT THEY GOT OCCUPANCY, AND IT'S BEEN THERE FOR 25 YEARS.

WITHOUT IT. CREATING AN ISSUE IS A UNIQUE FACT AS WELL. AND I THINK THE FACT THAT THE HO A TO ME THAT WAS THE THAT WAS A BIG DEAL THAT THEY WERE OK WITH TAKING THIS THAT NEXT STEP TO ME WAS A BIG DEAL. AND AS MR MAYOR SAID ALL THOSE NEIGHBORS I AGREE . THERE'S ALWAYS THAT DANGER OF PRECEDENT, BUT I DO THINK WE CAN LOOK AT UNIQUE FACTS AND STEVE MADE ME FEEL BETTER NOW. BEN CAN YOU MAKE ME FEEL EVEN BETTER, SO I DIDN'T MAKE YOU FEEL ANY BETTER ONLY SPEAK EVERY TIME THESE COME YOU IT'S ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS. SO YOU'RE GONNA EVALUATE ALL THE VARIOUS FACTORS ALL THE UNIQUE CIRCUMSTANCES EVERY TIME THEY COME. SO I, I DON'T I'M NOT SURE YOU'RE NECESSARILY SETTING PRECEDENT BECAUSE THERE'S GONNA BE SO MANY VARIABLES THAT COME UP THAT YOU CAN CONSIDER IN MAKING YOUR DECISION UNDER UNDER THE FACTOR SO JUST TO CLARIFY. WE ALWAYS CONCERNED ABOUT MAKING THE EXCEPTIONS HAVE WE APPROVED CONSTRUCTION INTO CONSERVATION AREAS AND OTHER REQUESTS? I UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PATIO HAS BEEN THERE. I HAVE NO ISSUE WITH THAT. NOW WE WANT TO BUILD A STRUCTURE AND WE APPROVED OTHER RESIDENTS TO COME FORWARD FOR A VARIANCE TO BUILD A STRUCTURE INTO A CONSERVATION AREA. IS IT'S GONNA BE THE FIRST JUST WANNA UNDERSTAND THAT. WE DIDN'T DO ANY RESEARCH ON THAT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. I KNOW WE'VE APPROVED, UM I BELIEVE, LIKE DECKS AND PATIOS, AND I THINK MAYBE SOME STAND ALONE PERGOLA WHILE THEY'RE NOT, UH, TECHNICALLY, AN EXTENSION OF THE HOME I DO THINK THEY ARE CONSIDERED STRUCTURES AND YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS LIKE CODE GOES AND IMPROVEMENTS. THINK, TOO. IF I COULD ADD TO THAT, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WHAT YOU KNOW, FROM STAFF'S PERSPECTIVE. WE LET THE APPLICANT KNOW THAT THEY HAVE A CHOICE. RIGHT TO THIS IS THE CODE. AND THESE ARE THE THIS IS THE PATH YOU NEED TO FOLLOW. IF YOU WANT TO REQUEST A VARIANCE FOR THE CODE, AND YOU FEEL THAT YOU'VE MEANT THAT HARDSHIP WE'VE HAD JUST A WIDE ARRAY OF REQUESTS OVER THE YEARS WITH RESPECT TO PRESERVATION ZONES, CONSERVATION ZONES AND EASEMENTS AND IT REALLY A LOT OF TIMES DEPENDS ON IT IS A CASE BY CASE SITUATION. HOW THAT PRESERVATION ZONE OR CONSERVATION ZONE IS WRITTEN ON THE PLATTE. THE RESTRICTIONS ON IT, WHETHER IT'S POSTED AS A CONSERVATION ZONE OR OR PRESERVATION ZONE, WHICH WE ONLY STARTED TO DO IN RECENT YEARS, UM WE'VE HAD PROPERTY OWNERS THAT HAVE BEEN DENIED VARIANCES BECAUSE MAYBE THE NATURE OF THAT CONSERVATION AREA WAS CREATED BECAUSE IT MIGHT HAVE STORM DETENTION ON IT. AND SO ANY STRUCTURE THAT'S BUILT AND IT COULD IMPACT STORM WATER, RIGHT, SO THERE'S BEEN LOTS OF DIFFERENT REASONS WHY THESE HAVE BEEN EITHER APPROVED OR DENIED THROUGH THE YEARS AS THEY'VE GONE THROUGH THE PLANNING COMMISSION PROCESS, BUT THE RESIDENT PROCESS IS STILL ALWAYS BEEN THE SAME THAT IF THE YOU

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COVERED PATIO ONLY EXTENDED TO THE, UM SETBACK. THE CONSTRUCTION SETBACK. THE RED LINE WOULD THEY NEED A VARIANCE? NO, THEY WERE NOT. SO THEY THEY DID. UH, I KNOW THAT THE PROPERTY OWNERS ARE HERE AND THE ARCHITECTS HERE AND I KNOW THEY HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT. UM I GUESS, UM SORT OF THE PROS AND CONS OF DOING THAT. FROM A DESIGN AND FUNCTIONALITY STANDPOINT, TOO OF THE OF THE, UH, SCREEN IN PORCH. AND THEN JUST GO BACK TO THE SIDE ELEVATION AGAIN. DON'T MIND. AND WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT THAT IT'S HOW MANY FEET INTO THE BUILDING.

SO THE ROOF PITCH WOULD BE RADICALLY INCREASED. YOU'D LOSE PROBABLY A WHOLE SET OF WINDOWS.

I ACTUALLY LOOK KIND OF WEIRD WITH THE BIRTH PITCH LIKE THAT. OK? ALL RIGHT. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? UH, FOR STAFF. DO WE NEED TO DO THESE VARIANCES? UH, MOTION FOR VARIANCE A OR A OK? BUT YES, WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING. SO DO THE PUBLIC HEARING FIRST AND THEN DO TWO SEPARATE MOTIONS IN EACH VARIANT . YEAH, I WOULD DO TWO SEPARATE VARIANCES FOR THE PATIO FIRST, AND THEN THE SECOND CONSTRUCTION PROJECT. CAN WE MAKE SURE THAT THE LETTER THAT I SHARED WITH ALL OF YOU THAT WAS SENT TO ME BY THE PERRY AS PART OF LIKE THE RECORD FOR THIS? YEAH, IT CAN BE ATTACHED TO THE MINUTES. UH, YOU CAN YOU ATTACH TO THE LEGISLATION THE COUNCIL FIRST.

OKAY? ALL RIGHT, THEN I'LL OPEN THE PELVIC HEARING WITH ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC LIKE TO SPEAK REGARDING RESOLUTION. R 04 2024. HEARING NO ADDITIONAL PUBLIC COMMENT. WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. AND UH, WE'LL START WITH VANCE. A UM, I WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE VARIOUS A OR THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VANCE OF THE SUBDIVISION PLANT TO ALLOW AN OPEN PAVER PATIO TO ENCROACH ON A P, A CONSERVATION AREA BY 9 FT, NOTING THAT THE, UM P PAPER WAS EX, AN EXISTING CONDITION. SECOND. AND TO MAYOR SPALDING COUNCIL MEMBER WELL, YES. COUNCIL MEMBER BRIS YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER DEREK YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. F? YES COUNCIL MEMBER? YES. SIX YES. VOTES TO APPROVE VARIANCE A ON THE PAPER PATIO. ALL RIGHT, AND THAT TAKES US TO VARIANCE B AND I WOULD MOVE THAT WE ADOPT THE RESOLUTION APPROVING THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST FOR A VARIANCE OF THE RESERVE AND NEW OPENING PUD SECTION, 26.0401 AND THE SUBDIVISION PLAT TO ALLOW A SCREENED IN PORCH HOME EDITION TO ENCROACH INTO THE MINIMUM YEAR YEAR. EXCUSE ME QUEER YARD SETBACK AND A PLATTED CONSERVATION AREA BY 4 FT. SECOND. THERE'S SOLVING THAT MEMBER WELL, YES. COUNCIL MEMBER K YES. COUNCIL MEMBER, YES. COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCIL MEMBERS? YES YES. TO APPROVE VARIANCE B OF THE CLASS, AND, UH, DIRECTOR ALBERT I. IS IT OVERKILL TO HAVE THEM ALSO ADOPTED OR RESOLUTION ITSELF? BECAUSE I'VE GOT TWO MOTIONS ADOPTING THE VARIANCES, BUT I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ADOPTED THE ENTIRE ORDINANCE. THE RESOLUTION. IT'S. PROBABLY OVERKILL. BUT IF YOU'RE COMFORTABLE, TOO, I MEAN THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH ADOPTING THE RESOLUTION TO MAKE IT CLEAN ON THE REST. THAT'S NOT A PROBLEM. WE'VE ADAPTED BOTH THE VARIANTS SO I WOULD MOVE FOR THE ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION. RO 4 2024. OK? ALL. AND THAT WAS COUNCIL MEMBER CHRIS THERE'S B YES. COUNCIL MEMBER CASE. YES, COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCIL MEMBER

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THAT PORCH IS DONE FOR ALL YOUR NEIGHBORS TO COME OVER. THERE YOU GO. PERFECT NOW YOU'RE THE EXPERT. THEY'LL COME TO YOU LET LET US KNOW WHEN IT'S THE FIRST PICNIC WILL BE VIRAL BE COZY.

AND AGAIN APPRECIATING THAT YOU PROBABLY HERE JUST TO HEAR THAT RESOLUTION. YOU'RE CERTAINLY WELCOME TO GO AT YOUR LEISURE. WE'LL MOVE ON WITH THE REST OF THE AGENDA, WHICH TAKES US TO

[12. COUNCIL SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS]

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WE'VE CHANGED THE TIMING OF IT. WE'VE EXPLAINED TO CERTAIN COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS THAT THIS IS A BED TAX, AND THEREFORE THAT'S NOT THE PLACE FOR THEM TO COME TO APPLY FOR GRANTS.

THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF COMMUNICATION OUT TO THE COMMUNITY. I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD. HAPHAZARDLY. MAKE A CHANGE. WE HAVE CHANGES, THEN WE SHOULD DISCUSS THIS FULL NAME. I THINK WE CALLED IT. THE HOTEL MOTEL BED TAX. GRANTS RIGHT GRANTS. WE DID PUT GRANTS ON THERE. YES YES. WHAT ABOUT I MEAN HOTEL MOTEL. MONEY GOES FOR THE OKTOBERFEST. RIGHT IT GOES FOR THE DOESN'T IT GO FOR THE FOURTH OF JULY? NONE OF THAT GOES THROUGH THE GRANT COMMITTEE. HOTEL MOTEL BED TAX COMMUNITY GRANTS COMMITTEE. ROLLS OFF THE TONGUE. YEAH THE HOTEL MOTEL COMMUNITY GRANTS THAT SEEMS LIKE IT COMBINES THAT. I CAN'T. I DON'T REMEMBER WHERE WHAT THE EXACT FORMAL. COMMUNITY GRANT COMMITTEE WAS NOT IN THERE, BUT CERTAINLY IT'S HEAVY ON THE TONGUE, BUT I MEAN, WE CAN. MY POINT IS, I DON'T THINK IT SHOULD JUST BE COMMUNITY GRANTS, I GUESS IS MY POINT. UNLESS WE'RE CHANGING THE PURPOSE. WELL AND THE SOURCES. I THINK COMMUNITY GRANTS IS THIS. I DON'T KNOW WHY THE PURPOSE HAS TO CHANGE. THAT'S WHAT WE WERE DOING TO HOTEL ME MOTEL. THE ONLY THING IT JUST DOESN'T CLARIFY. THE FUNDS THAT WELL AGAIN. WE HAD THIS DISCUSSION IN FRONT OF FULL COUNCIL A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WHEN WE MADE THESE CHANGES, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANTED TO BE VERY CLEAR ABOUT WAS THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF ORGANIZATIONS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY THAT COME TO US FOR GRANTS. BUT THIS MONEY BECAUSE IT WAS FROM HOTEL AND MOTEL BED TAX WAS SPECIFICALLY SUPPOSED TO BE USED IN THE APPLICATIONS SAY THAT VERY CLEARLY THIS IS FOR THINGS THAT BRING PEOPLE INTO THE COMMUNITY THAT BRING BUSINESS INTO THE COMMUNITY THAT ARE SOCIAL PROGRAMMING. WE HAVE ALL THESE DIFFERENT, VERY SPECIFIC TAG LINES THAT ARE STATED IN THE IN THE APPLICATION PROCESS, AND WE'VE ALWAYS JUSTIFIED THAT BY SAYING THAT'S BECAUSE THAT WAS THE PURPOSE AND THE INTENT OF HOTEL MOTEL BED TAX, AND I DON'T THINK ANY OF THAT HAS TO CHANGE EVEN IF WE CHANGE IT TO COMMUNITY GROUNDS.

I MEAN, I READ HOTEL MOTEL BED TAX GRANTS, AND THAT DOESN'T CONVEY THAT IT HAS TO BE SOMETHING THAT BRINGS PEOPLE INTO THE CITY TO APPLY FOR IT. THE STANDARD YOU GET THAT WHEN YOU GET THE APPLICATION, SO IF IT'S A COMMUNITY GRANTS, AND I READ THE APPLICATION WITH I WOULD GET THE. CONTACTS THAT I CAN'T APPLY UNLESS IT'S GONNA BRING PEOPLE INTO THE CITY. BUT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT HAVING OTHER COMMUNITY GRANTS THAT DON'T COME OUT OF THIS FUND. SO THAT'S SOMETHING TO DISCUSS. IT'S FINE. YOU WANT TO CHANGE THE NAME OF IT, CHANGE THE NAME OF IT, BUT DON'T CHANGE THE PURPOSE OF IT AND THE SOURCING OF IT, AND, UH UH, THE AUTHORITY OF IT WITHOUT THAT BEING MUCH BIGGER DISCUSSION. JAMES, ARE THERE. WELL, WE HAVEN'T I DON'T THINK WE'RE PLANNING TO VOTE TONIGHT ON WHO WOULD STAFF THIS COMMITTEE BECAUSE I MEAN THE GRANT PROCESS DOESN'T START FOR ANOTHER. 6 TO 8 WEEKS. THE CURRENT PLAN IS TO PUT THEM OUT IN MAY. AND FROM THE FORMER GROUP THAT THEY WANTED TO DISCUSS SOME THINGS BEFORE THEY WENT OUT. I DO NEED SOMEONE, UH, SOME A COUNCIL MEMBER OR A COMMITTEE TO APPROVE THE APPLICATIONS BEFORE THEY GO OUT. SOMEONE'S GOT TO SIT THERE. OK, BEFORE I SEND THEM. I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THAT WE WERE CHANGING THE COMMITTEE OF MEMBERS. I DIDN'T EITHER I GET TO VOTE ON WHO GETS TO SIT ON A COMMITTEE. I THINK THAT'S THAT'S HOW THIS PROCESS WORKS. YEAH. DID WE USED TO DO THAT? UH, WE HAVE, BUT NOW THAT WE'RE MAKING IT, IT'S NO LONGER OUT. OH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE CHANGING IT TO A SUBCOMITTEE. WE'RE GONNA THEN WE'LL DO THAT I'LL DO IT. I GO TO A NEW PROCESS BECAUSE WE'RE CHANGING HOW IT'S OK. I MEAN, I KNOW, UH, COUNCIL PRESIDENT SHALL HAD IT.

UM, SOME STRONG FEELINGS ABOUT THIS COMMITTEE AND, YOU KNOW, HAD ASKED THAT WE WAIT UNTIL HE

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WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD. ONE WAS THAT JOB? I HAD TO BE. 2008 ISH. YEAH. WE HAD SEVERAL MEETINGS.

OR THE SCHOOL BOARD AND THE COUNCIL WERE TOGETHER. THIS IS DEFINITELY NOT THAT THIS IS MORE LIKE JUST A COUPLE OF REPRESENTATIVES SITTING DOWN TOGETHER TO HA AS LIAISONS TO HAVE DISCUSSIONS THAT WITHOUT HAVING TO MAKE IT A FULL PUBLIC MEETING AT THE POINT OF IT, SO I BRING UP ISSUES THAT CAN BE BROUGHT FORTH TO BOTH COUNCIL AND THE SCHOOL BOARD. EXACTLY.

YEAH, I AGREE WITH THAT. SO I DO AND AGAIN, I MEAN, THROW THIS OUT THERE, AND WE NEED A SIMILAR GROUP TO HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE TOWNSHIP. I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE I THINK NUMBER OF THINGS COMING DOWN, YOU KNOW, FROM A CONVERSATION DECISION STANDPOINT , WITH OUR PARTNERS IN THE TOWNSHIP THAT WE NEED TO ENHANCE THAT RELATIONSHIP THAT THAT WOULD BE A REALLY GOOD IDEA.

THAT'S THE CONVERSATION I NEED TO HAVE WITH YOU GUYS. AND I DON'T KNOW THAT WE YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE COMBINE THOSE TWO AT SOME POINT BECAUSE THE SCHOOL IS A TOWNSHIP CITY. ALL OF US HAVE TO GET TOGETHER AND TALK ABOUT ISSUES THAT IMPACT ALL OF US. WHICH MAKES SENSE. UM, BUT AGAIN, THESE ARE JUST DISCUSSION POINTS. THEY'RE NOT DECISIONAL. UH, IS THERE ANY OTHER SUBCOMMITTEES? WE'D LIKE TO CONSIDER AGAIN. WE DON'T NEED TO MAKE APPOINTMENTS TODAY, THEN THROWN OUT OF IDEAS. I MEAN, WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THE FINANCE, UH, IN THE INVESTMENT. WE LOSE ALL THAT WE HAVE A LIAISON THAT OK? AND WE HAVE A LIAISON FOR ME. UH OH. HOW ABOUT THE ADMINISTRATION? ADMINISTRATIVE UH, FUNCTION SHOULD THAT BE A SUBCOMITTEE SO YOU CAN HAVE I SAID IT SOME SCORING MEMBERS OF COUNCIL I. I THINK I THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. I THINK SO, TOO. I FEEL LIKE WE JUST DUMP THAT THING ON. WHOEVER'S LIKE KCKC IS DOING A GOOD JOB. SO THE ADMINISTRATIVE STUFF SO THAT WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR AGAIN. THIS THE CITY MANAGER CONTRACT, UM. FOR COMMISSIONS AND THE C. YEAH, OK. AND I WAS AS A SUBCOMITTEE THAN IT HAS IN THE PAST. AND I GUESS I WANNA F ONE THING TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND THE CLERK MASON'S POINT, IF IT IF WE'RE SETTING UP A SUBCOMITTEE, WE MAY HAVE OPEN MEETING. REQUIREMENTS THAT WE HAVE TO HIT IF WE'RE DOING SOME KIND OF MEETING WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD OR SOMETHING ELSE AND REPRESENTS THAT MAY BE SOMETHING DIFFERENT. SO AS WE GO THROUGH UPSETTING THESE SUBCOMMITTEES, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE LET'S UH WE'LL HAVE TO DIG INTO THIS COMMITS ANYTHING TONIGHT SOME HOMEWORK FOR THE NEXT. THE NEXT DISCUSSION IS, YOU KNOW WHAT ARE WE? OBVIOUSLY WE'RE WE'RE GONNA FOLLOW. WE START THERE. SECONDLY WHAT ARE WE ALLOWED TO DO AS IT RELATES TO A GROUP LESS THAN FORUM. HAVING DISCUSSIONS ON TOPICS AND WHAT IS APPROPRIATE TO BE A SUBCOMITTEE? AND WHAT DOESN'T NEED TO BE? I THINK THAT'S THE REAL QUESTION, TOO. SO OK? ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER ANY OTHER SUGGESTIONS? UM, POSSIBLE SUPPLEMENTS. ALL RIGHT. WELL WE HAVE FOUR THERE TO CHEW ON. THINK ABOUT NO TAPPING HIS MIC. HE HAS AN IDEA. GO AHEAD. WAIT IN JOE. THE WAR JUST REALIZED HE DOESN'T HAVE HIS MIC ON ALL NIGHT. THAT'S A ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, EVERYONE. NO WONDER IF THERE WAS SUCH, UH, YOU KNOW, LET'S NOT TALK ABOUT

[13. REPORTS OF REPRESENTATIVES]

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NEXT DOOR TO THE, UM. I'M SORRY. NO I CAN'T READ MY WRITING THERE ANYWAY. BUT I THINK IT WAS THE BLUE THE BLUE LOT. SO YEAH, BETWEEN THE CURRENT RENTAL CENTER AND YOU'LL SEE THE TOWER THE TRUMBLE WILL ACTUALLY BE JUST SOUTH OF THE OF THE EXISTING TOWER. REPURPOSE THE EXISTING PARKING LOT FOR STAFF VENDOR AND, UM, LONG TERM. UH, HOT OR EXCUSE ME, AIRPORT STORAGE AND THEN AS IMPORTANT AS THE 36 GATES, WHICH IS ABOUT WHAT COLUMBUS HAS NOW, BUT THEY'RE GONNA BE INCREASED FROM CAPACITY STANDPOINT SERVING LARGER JETS. THEY'LL ALSO BE ABLE TO USE THE FACILITY BEHIND THE EXISTING TERMINAL, WHICH HAS , YOU KNOW A VERY DEEP CONCRETE PAD TO ACTUALLY PARK JETS THERE OVERNIGHT, WHICH IS A BIG, UH, NEED FOR BUSINESS TRAVELERS.

THEY WANT TO GET THAT FIRST JET OUT IN THE MORNING. IF YOU HAVE TO FLY IN FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE TO GET HERE FOR THE, YOU KNOW, AN EIGHT O'CLOCK THERE'S LESS BUSINESS TRAVEL IN THE MORNING SO THAT'LL THAT'LL OPEN UP SOME ADDITIONAL BUSINESS TRAVEL. UM SOUNDS LIKE THE FOCUS IS ON, UM DOMESTIC FLIGHTS AND INCREASING DOMESTIC FLIGHTS. OBVIOUSLY YOUR HIGH ARE COLUMBUS WOULD LOVE TO GET AN INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT. UH, BUT IT'S EXCEEDINGLY EXPENSIVE. AND UH, FRANKLY, FRANKLY, WE CAN . WE CAN FLY. WE CAN FLY TO INDIANAPOLIS OR DRIVE TO INDIANAPOLIS IF YOU REALLY WANT TO FLY TO FLY TO EUROPE DIRECTLY. I THINK WE FIGHT INTERNATIONAL TO CANADA. THERE WE GO. CORRECT VERY LAST THAT MY RIGHT AND THEN, UH, DURING THE REGULAR MEETING, IT WAS A REMINDER ABOUT THE STATE OF THE REGION, WHICH THE THEME FOR THIS YEAR IS. CONNECTING COMMUNITIES BUILDING THE FUTURE OF HOUSING AND TRANSPORTATION. STILL IN OUR OUR THUNDER UH, ALSO, UH, THERE WAS A REMINDER ABOUT A $5.8 MILLION CLEAN OHIO GRANT. UH, THE PRELIMINARY APPLICATIONS ARE DUE ON JUNE 3RD. UH, WAS FINAL APPLICATIONS DO? UH THIS WILL BE AFTER THE SCREENER, UH, REVIEWS ON AUGUST 30TH. THEY MENTIONED THAT THERE WERE, UH UH THEY HAVE 87 MEMBERS. THEY HAD 100% RETENTION FOR THE YEAR. AND THEY'RE PLANNING A LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND SCHOOLS WORKING TOGETHER TO BUILD SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES MEETING WHICH WILL BE HELD ON FEBRUARY, 27TH AT NOON, IF ANYONE WAS INTERESTED, UM I THINK THAT'S ABOUT IT. ALL RIGHT. UM, THE JOINT PARTS DID HAVE A MEETING. UH LAST NIGHT, BUT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, SO LET US KNOW THERE WAS NOTHING TO REPORT AT THIS TIME. OBVIOUSLY, JOINT PERKS ARE FOCUSED. UH, A LOT OF THEIR TIME AND ENERGY RIGHT NOW ON THE REC CENTER COMING UP WITH THE FINAL DESIGN AND, UH, PROCEEDING. WITH CONSTRUCTION. SO THEY I KNOW THEY'RE PLANNING A, UH, AN ANNOUNCEMENT TO THE COMMITTEE FOR AN UPDATE, SO WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING THAT. UH UPDATE FROM THE PLAIN LOCAL SCHOOLS. MR KISS. THERE WAS A MEETING ON FEBRUARY 12TH. UH, IT WAS A 16 MINUTE ONE. YES SO IT WAS APPRECIATED. UH THE HIGHLIGHTS, UH, THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS MOVING FORWARD AN RF PR FP FOR FACILITY PLANNING. UH SO THEY'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT, UH, THE FUTURE OF THE DISTRICT. UM THERE ARE THREE OPENINGS ON THEIR FINANCIAL COMMITTEE, AND I THOUGHT THIS WAS KINDA, UH, THAT RUNG A BELL. THEY HAVE 20 APPLICANTS. FOR THEIR THREE OPENINGS ON THEIR FINANCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE NEW ALL SAID THAT EVERYBODY IS VERY HIGHLY QUALIFIED. UH SO THE ENGAGEMENT IS GREAT. UH, ALSO SOME OTHER

[01:35:01]

UH, NOW IT LOOKS AS THOUGH THE ESTIMATE TO GET THE WORK DONE IS $700,000 AND THEY'RE STRUGGLING WITH HOW MUCH, UH, FUNDING THEY HAVE AVAILABLE BEYOND THE GRANT TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THAT AND HOW THEY MIGHT READJUST THE PROJECT A BIT TO GET SOME RESOLUTION OR SOME IMPROVEMENT, BUT CERTAINLY NOT THE $700,000 TO BE DETERMINED. AND THAT WAS IT. I SUGGESTED. THAT'S A LOT A LOT OF OTHER BUSINESS DAY TO DAY THINGS. YEAH. I'M GETTING HUNGRY LOOKING AT THAT PICTURE UP HERE.

CAN WE CHANGE THIS UP? YOU GETTING HUNGRY? LOOKING AT THAT PICTURE? ALL RIGHT, UH, REPORTS,

[14. REPORTS OF CITY OFFICIALS]

THAT WHICH WHAT? I'M HERE. I'M HERE. BOTH. APRIL 2ND. SO IS IT ALL? IT'S JUST THE INDIVIDUAL

[01:40:01]

IT SOUNDS LIKE YEAH. SO ARE WE MARCH, WAS THAT. UH, COSME TALKING ABOUT HERE IS ARE YOU BACK ON MARCH 31ST, OR ARE YOU BACK SOONER? YOU BACK ON THE 31ST. OH, YEAH. NO, I'M HERE FOR THE FIRST MEETING IN MARCH. AND THEN BACK TO THE FIRST. I DON'T. I DON'T HAVE THE WHOLE GROUP UNTIL WE GET TO APRIL. HOW YOUR PHOTOSHOPPING SKILLS. YEAH, I WAS GONNA GET I GUESS WE'LL REACH OUT WITH WITH ANOTHER SOLUTION. THAT'S ALL RIGHT. WELL, WE'LL WE'LL TRY TO FIGURE THAT OUT. JUST USE OUR SHOTS FROM THE VIDEO. YEAH. UNIVERSITY OF UTAH, RIGHT GUARD. YOU DOING THIS AS YOU'RE RUNNING OUT? ALL RIGHT, MORGAN. ANY UPDATE FROM THE FINANCE DIRECTOR. JOE ANY UPDATE FROM THE CITY MANAGER? TWO QUICK ITEMS I WANTED TO, UH, BRING YOUR ATTENTION THAT, UH, DAVE WHARTON PICKED UP OUR AWARD FOR THE, UH CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT, SECOND PLACE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT AND THE PRICE RANGE OF A MILLION TO 2.5 MILLION. UH FOR THE, UH, PICKLEBALL COMPLEX THAT WE BUILT, UH, IN LARGE PART THANKS TO, UH, MIKE BARKER'S EFFORTS. UM, SO THAT WAS, UH, AGAIN SECOND PLACE. LITERALLY THREE AND THEN, UH, I RECEIVED THE RESPONSE TO AN EMAIL. ASKING ABOUT COUNCILS, UH, LEVEL OF INTEREST IN PARTICIPATING IN OUR , UH, TRIANGLE PLAN UPDATE. THIS WOULD BE A STEERING COMMITTEE. UH, I ACTUALLY HAD INTEREST FROM FOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS. UH CHIP MARLENE, MATT AND ANDREA. UH, WE COULD USE TWO. UH, WE'RE STARTING TO HIT THE MAXIMUM RANGE OF THE, UH, STEERING COMMITTEE. WE'RE PUSHING 20 AT THIS POINT. UH, SO I DON'T KNOW.

WHAT? UH, WHAT COUNCIL'S PLEASURE WOULD BE ON THAT. UM THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, UH, WELL AND WE COULDN'T HAVE MORE THAN THREE ANYWAY, BECAUSE OF, UH, THE CORUM ISSUE, SO I'M FINE WITH REMOVING FOR CONSIDERATION ON THEM. IF THAT HELPS. I'M I'M GOOD. I'M OK WITH THAT. YOU YOU DOWN A LITTLE LOWER THAN THREE. ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU, MARLENE. YEAH? NOT NOT A PROBLEM. RIGHT? THAT'S ALL I HAVE. ALL RIGHT? UH, ANY UPDATE FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY? NOTHING AT THIS TIME. FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ANY ADDITIONAL PUBLIC COMMENT. CALL FOR COUNCIL COMMENT ANY

[16. POLL FOR COUNCIL COMMENT]

WELL, TOMORROW MORNING, THE PAIN IS OVER. IT'S GONNA BE THAT'S THE STEAM TOMORROW. I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THE NEW LAWN FURNITURE IS GONNA BE AWESOME. IT DOES LOOK REALLY NICE. I WAS LOOKING IN THE WINDOW TODAY BECAUSE THE REAL STUFF HASN'T COME IN YET. YEAH, YEAH, IT LOOKS PRETTY NICE IN THERE. BUT, YEAH, WE LOVE OUR STARBUCKS. THAT HAS TO BE ONE OF THE HIGHEST PERFORMING STARBUCKS IN THE COUNTRY. I WOULD THINK A LOT OF BUSINESS THROUGH THERE. I DON'T WANNA MAKE THAT MORE.

[17. EXECUTIVE SESSION]

PREMATURE DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION WOULD GIVE AN UNFAIR COMPETITIVE OR BARGAINING MANAGE TO A PERSON. WHOSE PERSONAL PRIVATE INTEREST IS ADVERSE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC INTEREST.

ALSO THE THIRD REASON UH, FOR DISCUSSION ON, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PURSUANT TO NEW ALBANY CHARTER SECTION 4.03 E. IS THERE A 2ND 2ND? AND. MAYOR BALDING COUNCILOR COUNCILOR COUNCIL MEMBER YES. COUNCIL MEMBER WELL, YES, YES VOTES TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR OTHER REASONS, STATED AT 8:15 P.M. FOR THOSE THAT ARE FOLLOWING, UH, THE STREAM. WE WILL TURN OFF THE AUDIO BUT THE VISUAL THE VIDEO WILL KEEP RUNNING AND WE, UH DO ANTICIPATE TAKING ACTION AFTERWARDS. UM, SO JUST SIT TIGHT. AND I'VE GOT ACROSS THE ROOM TO TURN THAT

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.