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AND WE ARE PUSHING SOUND. PRESIDENT PRO TEM. CHELLE, WHENEVER YOU'RE READY. OKAY I'M
[1. CALL TO ORDER]
GOING TO GO AHEAD AND NOW CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER. GOOD EVENING, AND WELCOME TO THE CITY OF NEW ALBANY. JUNE 4TH. REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING. PLEASE STAND AND JOIN COUNCIL IN RECITING OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. OKAY OKAY. MOVING TO ROLL. CALL CLERK. MASON THE ROLL CALL, PLEASE.PRESIDENT PRO TEM SCHOR HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. BRISK. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. DEREK. HERE.
COUNCIL MEMBER. KISS. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. WILTROUT HERE. MAYOR SPAULDING IS TRAVELING AND HAS REQUESTED TO BE EXCUSED. COUNCIL MEMBER FELIZ IS TRAVELING FOR WORK AND THAT'S ALSO REQUESTED TO BE EXCUSED. I HAVE FIVE PRESENT FOR THE JUNE 4TH, 2024 REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING. OKAY, AND I'LL MOVE THAT. WE EXCUSE MAYOR SPALDING AND COUNCIL MEMBER FELLOWES FROM TONIGHT'S MEETING. SECOND. COUNCIL MEMBER. SCHOLL. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. BRUCE. YES.
COUNCIL MEMBER. WILTROUT YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. KISS. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. DEREK. YES. I HAVE FIVE YES VOTES TO EXCLUDE MAYOR SPALDING AND COUNCIL MEMBER FELLOWES FROM TONIGHT'S
[4. ACTION ON MINUTES]
MEETING. OKAY. MOVING ON TO ACTION ON THE MINUTES THE MAY 21ST MINUTES WERE DISTRIBUTED.COUNCIL, ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS AFTER DISTRIBUTION? I RECEIVED TWO CLARIFICATIONS. ONE FROM PRESIDENT PRO TEM SCHELL, JUST IN THE DISCUSSION WITH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WHEN HE HAD ASKED ABOUT FOOT TRAFFIC AT THE BUILDING, WE CLARIFIED THAT. AND ALSO ONE FROM DIRECTOR BARKER REGARDING THE SECTION AT THE TIMING OF THE THIRD STREET CONSTRUCTION UNDER THE MARKET STREET EXTENSION RESOLUTION R 20, NEITHER OF THE MORE SUBSTANTIVE. JUST CLARIFICATION. OKAY, THEN HEARING NO CORRECTIONS, THE MAY 21ST, 2020 FOUR MINUTES ARE ADOPTED BY CONSENSUS. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS TO THE AGENDA. ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS PROPOSED BY CITY STAFF OR COUNCIL TO THE AGENDA? I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY REQUESTS. OKAY. HEARING NO CORRECTIONS, WE'LL
[6. HEARING OF VISITORS]
MOVE ON TO HEARING OF VISITORS. AND THAT TAKES US TO TONIGHT'S SPECIAL EVENT HERE, HERE IN VISITORS, WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION THAT I'LL GO AHEAD AND READ, DECLARING JUNE AS THE PRIDE MONTH FOR NEW ALBANY. I'LL GO AHEAD AND READ THE PROCLAMATION. AND THEN I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE OUR FRIEND JUNE GUTTERMAN, TO COME UP AND TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR ORGANIZATION AND ITS IMPACT ON OUR COMMUNITY. WITH THAT OKAY, PROCLAMATION DECLARING JUNE IS PRIDE MONTH IN NEW ALBANY, WHEREAS NEW ALBANY IS HOME TO A DIVERSE AND INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY. AND WHEREAS INDIVIDUALS WHO IDENTIFY AS LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER, AND QUEER LGBTQ PLUS INCLUDE INDIVIDUALS FROM ALL FAITHS, RACES, NATIONAL ORIGINS, SOCIOECONOMIC STATUSES, EDUCATION LEVELS, AND POLITICAL BELIEFS. AND WHEREAS, LGBTQ PLUS PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES HAVE MADE AND CONTINUE TO MAKE VITAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE UNITED STATES AND TO THE WORLD IN EVERY ASPECT, INCLUDING THE FIELDS OF EDUCATION, LAW, HEALTH, BUSINESS, SCIENCE, RESEARCH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ARCHITECTURE, LAW ENFORCEMENT, HEALTH CARE, FASHION, SPORTS, GOVERNMENT, MILITARY, MUSIC, FILM, POLITICS, TECHNOLOGY, LITERATURE, AND CIVIL RIGHTS.AND WHEREAS, ON JUNE 26TH, 2015, THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES STATES RULED IN OBERGEFELL VERSUS HODGE, 576 US 644 THAT THE SAME SEX COUPLES HAVE A FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT TO MARRY, GUARANTEED BY THE DUE PROCESS AND EQUAL PROTECTION CLAUSES OF THE CONSTITUTION, AND ACKNOWLEDGE THAT NO UNION IS MORE PROFOUND THAN MARRIAGE, FOR IT EMBODIES THE HIGHEST IDEALS OF LOVE, FIDELITY, DEVOTION, SACRIFICE, AND FAMILY. AND WHEREAS LGBTQ PLUS PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES HAVE ACHIEVED SIGNIFICANT MILESTONES, ENSURING THAT FUTURE GENERATIONS OF LGBTQ PLUS PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES WILL ENJOY A MORE EQUAL AND JUST SOCIETY. AND WHEREAS LGBTQ PLUS ADULTS AND YOUTH IN THE UNITED STATES CONTINUE TO STRUGGLE FOR EQUAL TREATMENT, DIGNITY, DIG.
SORRY. DIGNITY AND RESPECT. NOW THEREFORE, I MATTHEW ESHEL, CITY COUNCIL PRO TEM OF THE CITY OF NEW ALBANY, COUNTIES OF FRANKLIN AND LICKING, STATE OF OHIO, ON BEHALF OF COUNCIL AND THE RESIDENTS OF NEW ALBANY, DECLARE JUNE 2024 AS PRIDE MONTH AND ENCOURAGE OUR RESIDENTS TO LEARN ABOUT AND CELEBRATE DIVERSITY, EQUALITY AND INCLUSION. TO CELEBRATE THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, AND TO SUPPORT LGBTQ PLUS RESIDENTS OF NEW ALBANY. AND WITH THAT, I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THIS GENTLEMAN COME UP. OAKWOOD. FOR A MOMENT, I WAS GOING TO TALK TO THE WALL. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WELCOMING US AND FOR
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OFFERING THIS WONDERFUL PROCLAMATION, I'M JOINED THIS EVENING BY ALEXANDRA FOX, OUR BOARD CHAIR AND FOUNDER OF PRIDE NEW ALBANY, AND OUR BRAND NEW BOARD MEMBER, SUE THOMPSON. WHO MOVED TO THIS CITY BECAUSE OF SOMETHING LIKE PRIDE, NEW ALBANY AND THE WELCOMING COMMUNITY THAT YOU ALL HAVE LAID OUT. SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU, AND THANK YOU. FIVE YEARS AGO TONIGHT, PRIDE, NEW ALBANY HELD ITS FIRST EVENT. SORT OF AMAZING. SO WE'RE DELIGHTED TO BE HERE TONIGHT WITH YOU AS WE CONTINUE OUR VITAL WORK TO PROMOTE AN INCLUSIVE AND STRONG COMMUNITY.JUST SO YOU KNOW, WE HAVE AT THIS POINT, OVER 80 NEW ALBANY BUSINESSES THAT ARE PART OF OUR BUSINESS ALLY PROGRAM, WHICH WE OPERATE WITH OUR OUR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. WE HAVE WORKED IN AN INTERFAITH GROUP TO CREATE SAFE SPACE FOR, MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL KIDS AT THE METHODIST CHURCH. IT'S UNIQUE AND DOESN'T EXIST ANYPLACE ELSE. AS WE LOOK TO PRIDE MONTH, OUR VOLUNTEER BOARD HAS PLANNED SOME REALLY GREAT EVENTS, BECAUSE YOU I KNOW YOU'RE ON FACEBOOK, YOU HAVE SEEN THAT OUR FOURTH ANNUAL ART STYLE HUNT HAS BEGUN. SO PLEASE PARTICIPATE. WE HIDE TILES THROUGHOUT NEW ALBANY THAT WERE LOVINGLY PAINTED BY COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND FINDERS WIN GIFT CARDS DONATED BY LOCAL BUSINESSES. JUNE 6TH IS PRIDE NEW ALBANY DAY. WE'LL START THE DAY BY SPEAKING AT SENIOR CONNECTIONS, AND THEN MOVE ON TO THE FARMERS MARKET FROM 4 TO 7.
WITH ALL OF US AND ALL OF YOU. AS OUR COMMUNITY CELEBRATES PRIDE, WE'RE ALSO CO-HOSTING PAULA'S FOR PRIDE, AND THAT IS A PET COSTUME WITH RED ROOF AS OUR SPONSOR, A COMPANY THAT'S HEADQUARTERED IN NEW ALBANY. JUNE 5TH, WE'LL BE WALKING DOWNTOWN WITH A COUPLE HUNDRED THOUSAND PEOPLE IN IN, COLUMBUS PRIDE. AND ON THE FOURTH NEW ALBANY INDEPENDENCE DAY, WE WILL BE WALKING THERE. YOU CAN FIND US AT PRIDE NEW ALBANY. ORG I DON'T CARE ABOUT PROMOTING US ON FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, LINKEDIN AND TIKTOK, AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR WORKING TO MAKE OUR COMMUNITY INCLUSIVE, FOR WORKING TO MAKE IT WELCOMING AND NOW AND INTO THE FUTURE. WE REALLY I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW IMPORTANT IT IS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO COME UP THERE AND GET A PICTURE. AND I'M ACTUALLY JUST GOING TO ANYONE ELSE WANTS TO JOIN IN THE PICTURE? BY ALL MEANS. COME ON UP THERE. ARE WE DEBUTING THIS PIN? IS THIS THIS BRAND NEW THIS YEAR? IS THAT WHAT WE'RE SAYING? OKAY. AWESOME. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL COME RIGHT UP THERE. THANK YOU.
PICTURE. YEAH. THIS IS YOU. IF IT'S JUST YOU OR IF THEY JUST COME UP AND WE CAN ALL WE CAN ALL BE IN THE BACKGROUND. YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN THINKING SOMETIMES WE ALL GOTTA, LIKE, STAND. SO WE'D ALL BE IN THE BACK ROOM. THANK YOU. WE'RE TOO SHY. WE DON'T WANT TO.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALEX, IS THERE AN AGE RESTRICTION ON WHO CAN FIND THE TILES? BECAUSE I'M. I'M BATTING A THOUSAND, SO I JUST DON'T WANT TO STEAL SOME, LIKE, TEN YEAR OLD TRYING TO GET. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE, FOR THE COMMUNITY. ALEX. THANKS FOR STARTING IT. THANK YOU, LADIES, FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE TO KEEP IT GOING, NEW ALBANY HAS REALLY, STRUCK A STRUCK THE CHORD OF NEW ALBANY WHERE IT'S, COMMUNITY BUILDING. IT'S INCLUSIVE. IT'S FUN. IT'S, COLLABORATIVE AND REALLY, REALLY
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BEAUTIFUL. AND I THINK OUR COMMUNITY IS A LOT BETTER BECAUSE OF THE WORK THAT YOU DO.THANK YOU. WELL SAID. OKAY. YOU'RE WELCOME TO STAY FOR THE REST OF THE MEETING. IT'S ONLY GOING TO BE ANOTHER COUPLE HOURS. SO UNLESS YOU'VE GOT ANYTHING ELSE TO DO OKAY. THANK YOU FOR COMING. OKAY, STILL HEARING OF VISITORS. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE, PRESENT WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS COUNCIL ABOUT A MATTER NOT ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA. ALL RIGHT. WE WILL THEN MOVE ON
[7. BOARD/COMMISSION REPORTS]
TO BOARD AND COMMISSION REPORTS, PLANNING COMMISSION. MARLENE, COVERED FOR ME. COUNCIL MEMBER.YES OKAY. I WAS THERE LAST NIGHT. I SAID I THINK MY SUMMARY MIGHT BE LONGER THAN THE MEETING, IT EVERYTHING WENT VERY SMOOTHLY, BUT THERE WAS A LOT COVERED QUICKLY, SO THERE WAS A FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN, AND A REQUEST FOR VARIANCE AND CONDITIONAL USE. ALL FOR A PANDA EXPRESS, IT'S GOING TO BE A 2600 SQUARE FOOT RESTAURANT WITH A DRIVE THRU AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF 62 AND SMITH'S MILL ROAD, FOR THOSE OF US WHO ARE MAP, WEAK AS I AM, THAT MEANS IT'S KIND OF OVER BY ACROSS THE STREET FROM SHEETZ AND DUNKIN DONUTS. OVER ON 62, THEY THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN WAS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY WITH, SOME MODIFICATION TO, THE SHARED DRIVE. THE LANDSCAPE AND THE DRIVE THROUGH MEDIAN, ALL IN ACCORDANCE WITH STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS AND WITH NO OBJECTIONS FROM PANDA, AND THERE WAS A REDUCTION IN THE AMOUNT OF SIGNAGE ALSO, INCLUDING MAKING THE MONUMENT SIGN A MULTI-TENANT SIGN, TO BE SHARED WITH THE ADJACENT PROPERTY ON 62, WHICH IS, AT THIS TIME PLANNED TO BE WRIGHT-PATT CREDIT UNION. THE CONDITIONAL USE FOR THE DRIVE THROUGH WAS AGAIN UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED, THE VARIANCE WAS TO NOT HAVE OPERATIONAL DOORS ON THE FRONTAGE FACING 62, WE'VE DONE THAT FOR A FEW OF THE OTHER , BUSINESSES OVER THERE, BUT STAFF FELT THAT THE WAY THAT THE ELEVATIONS WERE, THE ARCHITECTURE ON THE FRONTAGE AT THIS TIME, THEY HAD CONCERNS ABOUT NOT DOING THAT. SO THE END RESULT WAS THAT THE VARIANCE WAS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED AND SUBJECT TO STAFF APPROVING OF AN ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN AND FRONTAGE THAT THEY FELT MADE UP FOR THE NON OPERATIONAL DOORS, THEN WE WENT ON TO THE CITY CODE , AND THERE WERE SOME PROPOSED UPDATES TO CHAPTER 1187 OF THE CITY CODE MADE LAST NIGHT, THE PROPOSALS WERE ALL, UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED BY, BY BY PLANNING COMMISSION. SO I'M SURE WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THOSE IN MUCH MORE DETAIL, BUT AT A HIGH LEVEL, THERE WERE A COUPLE OF THINGS GOING ON. AND THE MAIN THING WAS THAT WE CREATED WHAT WE CALL NOW A MINOR RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION, SO THAT IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO SUBDIVIDE FIVE, FIVE OR FEWER PARCELS, ANY OF WHICH IS LESS THAN FIVE ACRES FOR RESIDENTIAL PURPOSES, AND IT DOES NOT INVOLVE NEW WIDENING OR EXTENSION OF ANY PUBLIC STREETS. THEY HAVE A LESSER PROCESS. IF YOU WILL, THAN A FULL BLOWN SUBDIVISION. OBVIOUSLY FOR EXAMPLE, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE OBLIGATED TO HAVE PARKS AND OPEN SPACE AS PART OF THAT FROM THE BEGINNING, THEY WILL NOT HAVE TO DO PLATTING, WHICH REQUIRES ENGINEER AND ALL KINDS OF OTHER EXPENSES AT THE BEGINNING.
THEY'LL STILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH THINGS LIKE, LEISURE TRAIL AND TREES, BUT THAT STUFF WON'T HAPPEN UNTIL DEVELOPMENT. INSTEAD OF IMMEDIATELY AT THE PLOT SPLIT. I THINK I'M GETTING ALL OF THAT CORRECT, THE OTHER THING THAT WAS PROPOSED AND AGAIN, UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED, WAS CHANGING THE PROCESS SO THAT CITY COUNCIL NO LONGER IS REQUIRED TO REVIEW AND ACCEPT BY PUBLIC MEETING AND ORDINANCE, PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE CONSTRUCTED BY A DEVELOPER, AND INSTEAD IT CAN BE ACCEPTED BY THE CITY ENGINEER AND THEN GO THROUGH THE REST OF THE PROCESS LATER ON AND US BE AWARE OF IT THROUGH THE CITY STAFF AS THEIR PROCESS. THE NEXT AMENDMENT THAT WAS PROPOSED WAS THE URBAN CENTER CODE. AND, AND AN AMENDMENT TO, TO LET ME LET ME RESTATE THAT. THE VILLAGE CENTER IS SUBJECT TO THE URBAN CENTER CODE. THERE IS ALSO REGULATION WITH REGARD TO PARKS AND PRESERVES IN ZONING DISTRICT. AND THOSE THINGS COVER WHAT WE DO WITH OPEN SPACE AND PARK IN THE CITY CENTER AND THE VILLAGE CENTER. THERE IS, HOWEVER, THE OUR STAFF BELIEVES, NOT A CLEAR ENOUGH STATEMENT IN OUR CITY CODE 1165, WHICH DEALS WITH
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PARKS AND OPEN SPACES, THAT SAYS THAT THOSE AREAS ARE EXEMPT FROM THAT. SO THEY HAVE PROPOSED AN AMENDMENT TO SPECIFICALLY STATE THAT THE AREAS THAT ARE SUBJECT TO THE UCC WILL BE EXEMPT FROM THOSE REQUIREMENTS WITHIN 1165, AGAIN, UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED IN TERMS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. SO I ASSUME WE'RE GOING TO BE SEEING THAT AND THAT, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, SUMS UP PLANNING COMMISSION. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING. YOU'RE WELCOME. OKAY, ANY QUESTIONS THAT WE COULD ASK HER? YEAH. DON'T ASK ME ANY BECAUSE AS MUCH AS I UNDERSTOOD ALL RIGHT.MOVING ON. PARKS AND TRAILS ADVISORY BOARD, CHIP IS NOT HERE, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THERE WAS NO MEETING, ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD. NO MEETING. ALL RIGHT, BOARD OF ZONING AND APPEALS. THERE WAS A MEETING. THEY HAD THREE ITEMS, ALL THREE FOR VARIANCES. THE FIRST ONE, WAS A REQUEST, FOR A SIGN PACKAGE FOR CROWN LIFE TRUCKS BUILDING LOCATED IN LICKING COUNTY. PORTION OF NEW ALBANY BUSINESS PARK, OFF OF, HORIZON COURT. THERE WERE REALLY FOUR VARIANCES WITHIN THIS ONE, ONE WAS TO LOOK AT THE SIZE OF A WALL, SIGN, 142FTā !S WERE CODE PERMITTED, 75 SECOND VARIANCE. THEY WERE LOOKING FOR THE HEIGHT WHICH WAS 47IN, WHERE CODE PERMITTED, PERMITTED 36IN, THE NEXT WAS TWO SIGNS PER BUSINESS FRONTAGE, WHEREAS CODE PERMITS ONE. AND FINALLY, FOR THEIR LANDSCAPE DESIGN STANDARDS TO ALLOW A NON-CONFORMING WAYFINDING SIGN, SO THE FIRST THREE VARIANCES ON THE MAXIMUM, THE SIGN SQUARE FOOTAGE, THE HEIGHT AND, TWO PER BUILDING WERE ALL APPROVED. HOWEVER, THEY DID REJECT THE LAST, VARIANCE FOR, THE NON-CONFORMING WAYFINDING SIGN, IN THE BUSINESS PARK FOR ALL OF THOSE, WAYFINDING SIGNS THAT WE HAVE OUT HERE BEING, YOU KNOW, THE DOCK IS THIS WAY, THE SALES DEPARTMENTS THIS WAY, THEY'RE ALL VERY, VERY SIMILAR OUT THERE . THIS ONE WAS DEFINITELY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE HAVE OUT THERE, THE APPLICANT WAS FINE WITH THAT. I BELIEVE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO GO BACK AND CONFORM TO IT, BUT THEY DIDN'T WANT TO HOLD UP THE REQUEST. SO THEY DID APPROVE THREE OUT OF THE FOUR VARIANCES. THE SECOND WAS OUT AT THE AMGEN SITE, THERE IS A REQUEST FOR A VARIANCE, FOR THE, BEACH ROAD INTERCHANGE, SECTION TO ALLOW ABOVE GROUND UTILITY POLES WHEN THE ZONING TEXT REQUIRES ALL UTILITIES TO BE INSTALLED UNDERGROUND. I'M GOING TO GIVE THIS MY BEST SHOT, MUCH LIKE MARLENE JUST DID ON HERS. BUT WHAT HAPPENED, IS THE BUILDING IS ALL SET. HIS. EVERYTHING'S UP AND RUNNING OUT THERE, THEN THEY WANTED TO ADD A SOLAR PANEL ARRAY OUT THERE, WHICH REQUIRED MORE POWER AND MORE, I GUESS WATTAGE FROM WHAT WAS CURRENTLY ON SITE AT AMGEN. AND INSTEAD OF, YOU KNOW, BLOCKING THE FRONT ENTRANCE, WHICH IS WHERE EVERYTHING IS AND GOING THROUGH THAT WHOLE PROCESS, THEY HAD UTILITY POLE UP THERE ALREADY FOR WHAT WAS ALREADY ESTABLISHED AS A TEMPORARY POLE FOR THE WHOLE BUILDING OPERATIONS. THEY'RE JUST GOING TO ADD A COUPLE MORE POLES AS APEP HAS ITS LINE RIGHT THERE AT THE STREET, AND JUST RUN IT RIGHT OVER TO THE ARRAY, JUST KIND OF AS A SEPARATE THING, AND SO THAT VARIANCE WAS APPROVED. I HOPE THAT MADE SENSE. AND THEN THE LAST ONE, WAS A VARIANCE REQUEST, WE HAVE FOR ARTIFICIAL TURF AND A HOME LOCATED IN WIVELISCOMBE, WHICH IS ALREADY IN PLACE FOR A BACKYARD PLAY AREA, CAME TO THE CITY'S ATTENTION, FROM ONE OF THE NEIGHBORS, FOR VARIOUS REASONS, THAT ACTUALLY WAS TABLED BECAUSE NOBODY WAS THERE AT THE MEETING TO DISCUSS IT. BOTH THE APPLICANT NOR ANY OTHER INPUT. SO, THE BOARD ASKED IF, STAFF COULD GO AND REACH BACK OUT TO THEM AS THEY TABLE IT FOR THE NEXT UPCOMING MEETING, WHICH WILL BE, IN THIS MONTH. AND THAT IS IT, OKAY. MOVING ON. SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD, COUNCIL MEMBER KIST, THERE WAS NO MEETING, BUT I WANT TO GIVE A QUICK UPDATE, AT OUR LAST, SAB MEETING, WE DECIDED TO APPLY FOR A SWACO WASTE REDUCTION GRANT, TO INSTALL A WATER FILLING STATION, FOR CITY PUBLIC EVENTS. AND WE ARE STILL IN THE APPLICATION PROCESS, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE, THINGS ARE PROMISING, SO WE SHOULD BE AWARDED THE GRANT, WE SHOULD KNOW HOPEFULLY IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, AND THEN, GIVE UPDATES ON POSSIBLE LOCATION AND WHERE THAT WILL GO. BUT, WE'LL HAVE A MEETING NEXT WEDNESDAY. OKAY. SOUNDS GOOD. CEMETERY
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RESTORATION ADVISORY BOARD. OH, DID I DO, DO YOU HAVE YOU. YEP. I DO HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE ONE TIME I DIDN'T ASK. YEAH. SO, NO MEETING, BUT, EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENTS ABOUT JUNETEENTH, WHICH IS, COMING UP VERY SOON, ON JUNE 19TH, WE, HAVE HAD, WE HAVE TWO CONFIRMED DONOR AMOUNTS OF SPONSORS, WITH AMGEN AND META AS THE PRESENTING SPONSOR, AND WE HAVE OTHER, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OTHER, COMPANIES THAT ARE INTERESTED IN HELPING WITH THE EVENT AND ARE GOING TO, PROVIDE SOME MORE DETAILS BEFORE THE EVENT, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU GUYS ARE ALL KNOW IT'S 3 TO 8, AND WE HAVE T SHIRTS AVAILABLE FOR SALE, WE NEED TO GET THOSE ORDERS IN BY THIS WEEKEND TO GUARANTEE DELIVERY FOR THE EVENT. IF YOU WANT TO WEAR THEM AT THE EVENT, AND WOULD LOVE FOR YOU ALL TO BE THERE. ANYTHING I'M MISSING? FORGETTING REALLY, I, I CLICKED ON THE SHORT LINK. IT SAID PROCEEDS GO TO NEW ALBANY. WE GET. YEAH. AND WHEREIN I GUESS.YEAH. IS IT GOING TO HELP THE EVENT LIKE FUND THE JUNETEENTH EVENT? IT WILL IT WILL GO I MEAN I THAT'S A QUESTION FOR, FOR I GUESS I THINK YES. THE ANSWER IS YES. I MEAN IT'S A VERY SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WILL GO WE THE VENDOR IS GIVING US BACK LIKE A PERCENTAGE. SO, MY ASSUMPTION IS THAT IT'LL GO BACK TO THE EVENT OR IT WOULD BE WOULD FUND THE NEXT EVENT LIKE DIWALI OR THE NEXT IDEA EVENT. BUT I DON'T WANT TO SAY SOMETHING THAT'S INCORRECT. YOU SAID FINANCIALLY. YEAH YEAH. WHEN I CLICKED ON IT, I WAS, YOU KNOW, JUST TO GO THROUGH AND SEE IT. SAID PROCEEDS GO TO NEW ALBANY, PORTION OF THE PROCEEDS GO TO NEW ALBANY. VERY SMALL.
YEAH. VERY SMALL PORTION. YEAH THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE A I WOULD LIKE TO JUST BE SPECIFIC WHERE I WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT THE EVENT. YOU WOULD LIKE IT TO GO TO THE EVENT. YEAH OKAY. INSTEAD OF JUST NEW ALBANY. YEAH THANK YOU. ADRIAN. OH, ADRIAN IS HERE. I DIDN'T WANT TO SAY. YEAH. OKAY, SO THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE HAD SPONSORS, AND THE FIRST TIME WE'VE SOLD T SHIRTS, SO I BELIEVE IT'S 10% OF SALES. GO BACK TO THE CITY. AND WE'RE WORKING WITH THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT BOTH ON THAT ASPECT AND WITH THE SPONSORSHIPS, BECAUSE THOSE WILL BE RECEDED INTO THE GENERAL FUND. YES. SO THEY DON'T ACTUALLY LIKE HIT THE ACCOUNT WHERE THE EXPENDITURES ARE COMING BACK OUT OF FROM THE EVENT. BUT WE WILL DO A RECONCILING PORTION. SO WE'LL HAVE A LIKE AN ACCOUNTING TO THAT. WE CAN SHARE ON WHAT OUR EXPENSES WERE VERSUS WHAT THE REVENUE WAS BROUGHT IN. SO WE HAVE KIND OF WHAT OUR NET COST WAS. OKAY. I KNOW WITH THE SPONSORSHIP FOR SURE, THE INTENTION WAS, YEAH, THAT MONEY GETS ACCOUNTED TO THE SPECIFIC NO. I LOVE THE IDEA OF THE SHIRTS AND I JUST I THINK IT'S A GOOD STORY THAT IT ACTUALLY SUPPORTS THE EVENT. YES. INSTEAD OF JUST NEW ALBANY GENERAL. SO BUT IT HAS TO GO THROUGH THE GENERAL FUND FIRST. BUT YES, THEN IT WILL GET RECONCILED. THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING THAT.
AND THE WORDS OF THE CITY. ALL RIGHT. AND BUY A SHIRT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I WILL NOW. OKAY.
NOW THAT I KNOW, WHERE DO WE GET THE LINK TO BUY THE SHIRT. IT'S EVERYWHERE, IT'S SHOULD BE IN THE NEW ALBANY NEWSLETTER. COMMUNITY CONNECTS, I THINK THAT'S WHERE I SAW IT. YEAH, YEAH, WE'LL CIRCULATE IT. I THINK ANY OF THE JUNETEENTH ARTICLES THAT HAVE COME OUT, I THINK THERE'S A LINK FOR THE SHIRTS IN THERE. THEY'RE PRETTY COOL. SAM DID SUCH A NICE JOB.
SAM AND JOSH, I'M EXCITED TO SEE THE SPONSORSHIPS. THAT WAS AWESOME. YES. FOR, THE FIRST, YOU KNOW, YEAR OF TRYING TO GO OUT FOR SPONSORSHIPS TO HAVE SUCH GREAT SUPPORT IS REALLY AMAZING. AND SUPPORT FOR FUTURE EVENTS AS WELL. SO THAT'S AWESOME. VERY EXCITED. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THAT REPORT . NOW MOVING ON TO CENTRAL, CEMETERY RESTORATION ADVISORY BOARD. IS MASON NO MEETING. OH OKAY. AND IT DOES NOT LOOK, LIKE MAYOR IS NOT HERE. I'M NOT SURE THERE'S A PUBLIC RECORDS COMMISSION MEETING. NO MEETING. SO. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO CORRESPONDENCE AND COMMUNICATIONS. WHEN ANYONE, HERE IN COUNCIL LIKE TO UPDATE COUNCIL ON ANY CORRESPONDENCE OR COMMUNICATIONS AFFECTING COUNCIL THIS EVENING. GOOD. ALL RIGHT.
WITH THAT, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO SECOND READING OF ORDINANCES AND PUBLIC HEARING.
[10. INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING OF ORDINANCES]
WE HAVE NONE. SO WE'LL GO RIGHT TO FIRST READING OF ORDINANCES. SO WE HAVE ORDINANCE. OH 16 2024, AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTER 155, PERSONAL POLICIES OF THE CITY OF NEW ALBANY,[00:25:01]
OHIO'S CODIFIED ORDINANCES, AS REQUESTED BY THE CITY OF NEW ALBANY. AND IT LOOKS LIKE MISS RACEY IS GOING TO BE TAKING THIS ONE. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. CODIFIED ORDINANCE 155 WAS LAST UPDATED TWO YEARS AGO, AND WE ARE PRESENTING THIS TO COUNCIL WITH PROPOSED REVISIONS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE CODIFIED ORDINANCE. THE REVISIONS ARE RECOMMENDED TO REMAIN COMPETITIVE WITH BOTH OUR PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SECTOR, COMPETITORS AND TO MODERNIZE AND CLARIFY PERSONNEL POLICIES THAT ALREADY EXIST, IN YOUR LEGISLATIVE NARRATIVE, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF BULLET POINTS. I'LL TRY TO SUMMARIZE THOSE SUCCINCTLY, BUT MAYBE NOT VERBATIM. SO PLEASE ASK QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY. THE CITY DOES NOT HAVE ANY PROVISIONS FOR RETIRE AND REHIRE , EMPLOYEES. AND THIS DRAFT THROUGHOUT, THE CODIFIED ORDINANCE, YOU'LL FIND THERE ARE REVISIONS IS, TO ALLOW FOR REEMPLOYMENT OF A RETIRED CITY EMPLOYEE. AND WE TRIED TO BALANCE THE NEED FOR A REHIRED EMPLOYEE TO HAVE MEANINGFUL BENEFITS. BUT ALSO LIMIT THE SEVERANCE LIABILITY ASSOCIATED WITH A RETIRE REHIRE EMPLOYEE IN SECTION ONE DEFINITIONS, WE'VE ELIMINATED THE WORD EXEMPT. AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS TO CLARIFY THAT THROUGHOUT THIS DOCUMENT, WE'RE ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT CLASSIFIED VERSUS VERSUS UNCLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES. I THINK, USING THE WORD EXEMPT HAS BEEN CONFUSING. WHETHER WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A FAIR LABOR STANDARDS EXEMPTION OR AN EXEMPT FROM, CLASSIFICATION. AND SO IN CLASSIFIED SERVICE AND UNCLASSIFIED SERVICE, WE WE'VE ALSO ADDED ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE TO CLARIFY THAT THESE POSITIONS COULD BE EITHER EXEMPT FLSA EXEMPT OR NONEXEMPT UNDER SECTION TWO, MERIT PAY IS USED. AND IT'S REALLY IN RELATION TO THE HR OFFICER'S DUTIES. AS IT RELATES TO MY DUTIES, THEY'RE REALLY RELATED TO THE COMPENSATION STRUCTURE. AND SO I'M RECOMMENDING TO, REMOVE THE WORD MERIT AND REPLACE IT WITH COMPENSATION IN SECTION 20 AND 21. MERIT PAY IS SOMETHING THAT, IS PROVIDED BY THE CITY MANAGER AT HIS DISCRETION. AND SO IT WOULDN'T MAKE SENSE FOR HR TO HAVE A SIMULTANEOUS DUTY FOR THAT. IN SECTION TWO, C TWO, WE'VE REVISED THAT UNCLASSIFIED POSITION LIST TO INCLUDE POSITIONS THAT HAVE COME ABOUT SINCE THE LAST REVISION, AND WE STILL HAVE THAT INCLUSIVE LANGUAGE THAT IF THERE'S ANOTHER UNCLASSIFIED POSITION IN THE FUTURE, IF WE BRING THAT TO YOU IN ADVANCE, YOU CAN DESIGNATE THAT IN SECTIONS THREE AND FOUR. THESE ADDRESS THE ANNIVERSARY DATES, RELATED TO SUB INCREASES IN MERIT PAY ELIGIBILITY, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF CHANGES OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, WHERE WE DIDN'T HAVE EMPLOYEES TRANSFERRING POSITIONS IN THE PAST. WE HAD. AND THAT'S, BEEN CONFUSING ABOUT WHEN THERE ARE NEW ANNIVERSARY DATE MIGHT BE. SO WE WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT IN THIS REVISION IN HOLIDAYS, WE WANTED TO BE SURE THAT THE LEAVE FORFEITURE THAT SOMEONE MIGHT PROVIDE, IF THEY MOVE TO A POSITION THAT DOESN'T HAVE, HOLIDAY LEAVE OR IF THEY, LEAVE SERVICE AND HAVE ALREADY USED ALL OF THEIR HOLIDAY LEAVE, THEIR LEAVE FORFEITURE WOULD HAVE TO COME FROM SOME TYPE OF LEAVE THAT THEY WOULD BE SUBJECT TO BE PAID OUT FOR AND PERSONAL LEAVE, THIS CHANGE IS RECOMMENDED FOR PARITY WITH THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT AND EMPLOYEES CURRENTLY DO NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO BE PAID OUT PERSONAL LEAVE IF THEY DON'T USE IT DURING THE CALENDAR YEAR. THIS WOULD ALLOW THEM TO BE PAID OUT THEIR PERSONAL LEAVE IF THEY DON'T USE IT, AND IT ALSO PROVIDES LANGUAGE ABOUT RETIRED, REHIRED EMPLOYEES, THAT THEY WOULD BE PREVENTED FROM BEING PAID OUT THEIR PERSONAL LEAVE IF THEY DON'T USE IT UPON REEMPLOYMENT. BUT IN SECTION NINE, REGARDING VACATION LEAVE, THESE RECOMMENDED CHANGES DISTINGUISH THE BENEFITS THAT CLASSIFIED AND UNCLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES RECEIVE. THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE. WE'VE USED THE WORDS EXEMPT AND NONEXEMPT PREVIOUSLY, AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCES ACTUALLY BETWEEN CLASSIFIED AND UNCLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES. THESE CHANGES, HOPEFULLY WILL PROVIDE CLARITY AS WE MOVE INTO THE FUTURE AND HAVE DIFFERENT POSITIONS COME UP AS FAR AS THE ACCRUAL STRUCTURES , WE TOOK A LOOK AT OTHER JURISDICTIONS AROUND CENTRAL OHIO, OTHER MUNICIPALITIES, TO SEE IF OUR ACCRUAL STRUCTURE, MIMICS OR IS SIMILAR OR, YOU KNOW, FAIR COMPARED TO SOME OF OUR PEERS. WE'VE DONE A LOT OF RECRUITMENT FROM OTHER PUBLIC ENTITIES AND FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, AND WE FOUND THAT THE PROVISION THAT COUNCIL PUT IN SEVERAL YEARS AGO THAT ALLOWS US TO NEGOTIATE VACATION TIME HAS BEEN VERY IMPORTANT IN BEING ABLE TO BRING PEOPLE ON.[00:30:03]
AND, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ACCRUALS STILL MATCH WITH THE MARKET DEMANDS. AND THEN ALSO IN SECTION L, WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE VACATION LEAVE BENEFITS FOR REEMPLOYED RETIREES FROM THE CITY. HOWEVER, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE THAT MEANINGFUL BENEFIT WHILE THEY'RE HERE, BUT THEN THAT WOULDN'T BE SUBJECT TO A PAYOUT UPON THEIR FINAL SEPARATION. THE REVISION FOR SICK LEAVE IS TO ALLOW A RETIRED, REHIRED EMPLOYEE TO RETAIN 120 HOURS OF SICK LEAVE, UNDER THE CURRENT PROVISION, IF YOU GO TO THE ACTUAL LANGUAGE, EMPLOYEES WOULD BE ABLE TO BE PAID OUT A 1 TO 3, A 3 TO 1, 1 TO 3, I'M SORRY AMOUNT. WHEN THEY LEAVE AND, THIS WOULD ALLOW THAT SAME PAYOUT FOR A RETIRED REHIRED EMPLOYEE WHO RETAINS 120 HOURS UPON REEMPLOYMENT IN BEREAVEMENT LEAVE. THESE, PROVISIONS HAVE BEEN REVISED TO CLARIFY THAT WE WOULD GIVE UP TO 40 HOURS AND NOT NECESSARILY FIVE WORKING DAYS. WE DO HAVE SOME EMPLOYEES WHO MAY BE REGULARLY SCHEDULED FOR FOUR TEN HOUR DAYS. THE INTENTION ISN'T TO GIVE THEM 50 HOURS OFF WHEN A 5/8 EMPLOYEE ONLY GETS 40 HOURS. SECTION 19 INCORPORATES ORDINANCE OH OH THREE 2024 THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL EARLIER THIS YEAR, AND THEN SECTION 21 ALLOWS FOR AN INCREASE IN SHIFT DIFFERENTIAL TO BE IN LINE WITH THE MARKET, AND ALSO ALLOWS FOR THE CONCEPT OF SHIFT DIFFERENTIAL TO APPLY TO A SECOND SHIFT, IN ANOTHER DEPARTMENT. IT WOULD ALSO ADDRESS THE COMPENSATION THAT DISPATCHERS AND SERGEANTS WHO UNDERTAKE TRAINING AND NEW EMPLOYEE IN A SIMILAR WAY TO HOW POLICE OFFICERS ARE COMPENSATED FOR TRAINING NEW EMPLOYEES, AND IT CODIFIES THE PRACTICE OF COMPENSATED EMPLOYEES FOR BEING AN ON CALL STATUS. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. OKAY, ANY QUESTIONS? OH, I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE BEREAVEMENT LEAVE. IF YOU IF YOU NEED ADDITIONAL DAYS, ARE YOU JUST NOT PAID OUT OR WILL YOU TAKE OTHER TYPES OF LEAVE. YOU TAKE OTHER LEAVE. OKAY YEAH. DO WE HAVE, VACATION CARRYOVER FOR UNCLASSIFIED OR. WE DO HAVE THAT FOR CARRYOVER. SO UPON SEPARATION WHERE WE PAY OUT VACATION, IF THERE WAS A REHIRE IN THE SAME CALENDAR YEAR, WOULD WE TECHNICALLY HAVE TO PAY OUT THAT VACATION YEAR BECAUSE THEY RETIRED AND THEN IF THEY WERE REHIRED? OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT CAN BE CARRIED OVER WHEN SOMEONE RETIRES, WE WOULD PAY OUT ALL OF THEIR VACATION. THEY WOULD EFFECTIVELY GO DOWN TO ZERO AND START OVER. SO YOU TREAT THE YOU TREAT THE RETIREMENT AS RETIRED AND THEN REHIRE WOULD START ANEW WITH THAT. I GUESS THAT WOULD WOULD ANYTHING CARRY OVER? WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT THAT, THERE IS A CARRYOVER OF SOME OTHER KIND OF WAS THINKING ABOUT, BUT, I GUESS JUST THE REHIRE WOULD JUST BE BRAND NEW AND WOULDN'T I? WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY YOU'D HAVE TO BEGIN TO ACCRUE FROM SCRATCH. OKAY THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR THE 120 HOUR CARRYOVER ON SICK LEAVE, BUT NOT ON VACATION LEAVE. OKAY? OKAY. THANKS. OKAY.ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. THERE'S NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. I'M GOING TO SET THIS MATTER FOR SECOND READING. PUBLIC HEARING AT THE JUNE 18TH COUNCIL MEETING . ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO ORDINANCE OH 17 2024, AN ORDINANCE TO ACCEPT A RIGHT AWAY DEDICATION OF 0.025 ACRES IS NEEDED TO SUPPORT THE SOUTH HARLEM ROAD ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS, AS REQUESTED BY SANDRA AND JEFFREY LEE. MR. WILKINSON, I BELIEVE. RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROPOSE THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCES TO YOU. I'LL ACTUALLY BE PRESENTING THREE IN A ROW HERE, SO ALL OF THEM ARE RELATED TO THE SUPPORT OF THE SOUTH HARLEM ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT. SO FIRST. OH 17 2024 WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THE RESIDENTS, JEFF AND SANDY, OVER ON JASON COURT, I THINK IT'S 52, 36. AND THEY WERE BIG SUPPORTERS OF OUR PROJECT, AND THEY HAD ACTUALLY APPROACHED US TO ASK WHAT THEY COULD DO FOR US TO HELP, YOU KNOW, FACILITATE THE PROJECT ALONG. AND SO FORTUNATELY, THEY WERE ABLE TO DONATE A SMALL AMOUNT OF RIGHT OF WAY TO US TO FIT ANOTHER, TRAFFIC CALMING ISLAND IN, AT THE, INTERSECTION OF JASON COURT AND, HARLEM ROAD. SO THIS WAS ONE OF THE INTERMEDIATE LOCATIONS WITHIN THE, WITHIN THE ROADWAY AND ACTUALLY HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF AN EXHIBIT OF IT
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HERE, TOO, AS WELL. SO YOU CAN'T SEE MY THERE WE GO. SO THIS LITTLE GREEN SLIVER RIGHT HERE IS THE RIGHT OF WAY THAT THE RESIDENTS HAD GIVEN UP TO THE CITY FOR RIGHT OF WAY DEDICATION. SO ULTIMATELY, WITH THE ADDITION OF THE CENTER MEDIAN ISLAND HERE, IT JUST REQUIRED A LITTLE BIT MORE FOOTPRINT FOR THE ROADWAY TO BE ABLE TO SQUEEZE IN THE SHARED USE PATH AND THE GUARDRAIL IN THIS LOCATION. SO FORTUNATELY, THE RALLIES WERE WILLING TO WORK WITH US ON THAT, AND IT WAS ACTUALLY WE WERE ABLE TO ACTUALLY INCREASE THE SAFETY OF OUR DESIGN, THANKS TO THE FACT THAT THEY WERE GIVING US THE RIGHT OF WAY. SO A BIG THANKS TO THEM. AND ULTIMATELY, I'M PROPOSING THIS, FOR DEDICATION TO THE CITY. THAT WAY WE CAN FIT OUR TRAFFIC CALMING ISLAND IN ANY OF THE OTHER IMPROVEMENTS IN THIS AREA. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL ? VERY NICE OF THE RESIDENTS TO SUPPORT THAT. YES IT WAS. I CAN'T READ WHAT ARE THE PURPLE AND THE RED ON THERE JUSTIN. SO THOSE ARE TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF EASEMENTS. SO THE RED THERE IS A TEMPORARY EASEMENT THAT'S JUST GOING TO FACILITATE SOME OF OUR CONSTRUCTION ACCESS. SO THAT ONE HAS A ONE YEAR DURATION AND IT WILL EVENTUALLY EXPIRE. AND GO BACK TO THE RESIDENT. THE BLUE IS A PERMANENT EASEMENT. THAT'S GOING TO FACILITATE SOME OF OUR STORM DRAINAGE. THERE'S A VERY IT'S HARD TO SEE IN THE EXHIBIT HERE, BUT THERE IS A STORM PIPE RIGHT HERE THAT JUST HAPPENS TO GO OUTSIDE OF THE RIGHT OF WAY INTO THE EASEMENT JUST A LITTLE BIT. SO THEY WERE AGREEABLE TO GRANTING US THAT EASEMENT AS WELL IN ORDER TO FACILITATE THE STORM. IMPROVEMENTS IN THAT AREA . OKAY. AND I KNOW WE GOT A COUPLE MORE. ARE WE. YES. IS THAT THE DO WE HAVE EVERYTHING THAT WE NEED FOR THE PROJECT? YES WE DO. THOSE TWO. FORTUNATELY WE DO. SO, LIKE I SAID, ALL THE RESIDENTS THAT WE NEEDED RIGHT AWAY FROM WERE VERY AGREEABLE. AND FORTUNATELY THEY WERE ALL VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THE PROJECT, ESPECIALLY THE RALLY'S, WHO, LIKE I SAID, HAD APPROACHED US TO SAY, HEY, HOW CAN WE HELP THE PROJECT ALONG? OKAY. THANK YOU. GREAT STUFF. THAT'S AWESOME. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.ORDINANCE 17. OKAY, THEN I'LL GO AHEAD AND SET THIS MATTER FOR A SECOND READING AND PUBLIC HEARING AT THE JUNE 18TH COUNCIL MEETING, MOVING ON, ORDINANCE OH 18 2024, AN ORDINANCE TO ACCEPT THE RIGHT OF WAY DEDICATION OF 0.131 ACRES AS NEEDED TO SUPPORT THE SOUTH HARLEM ROAD ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS, AS REQUESTED BY MEISHA AND THOMAS BARMORE AND VERN TERRAN BARMORE, TRUSTEES OF DEALS TO THE DOOR. 401K41K TRUST. HOPEFULLY I GOT THAT THOSE NAMES RIGHT. I THINK YOU DID. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. TURN IT OVER TO YOU AGAIN. APPRECIATE THAT. SO SIMILAR TO THE FIRST ORDINANCE THAT I PRESENTED, THIS WAS THE RESIDENT HAD APPROACHED, DIRECTOR BARKER TO OFFER UP RIGHT OF WAY AS WELL TO SEE HOW THEY COULD SUPPORT THE PROJECT. SO THE BARRYMORES WERE ONCE AGAIN VERY AGREEABLE TO HELPING MOVE THIS PROJECT ALONG IN ANY WAY THEY CAN. SO ULTIMATELY, YOU HAVE TWO, SLIVERS HERE THAT YOU'LL SEE. SO THERE'S THE ONE ON THE LEFT, ONE ON THE RIGHT.
THAT'S JUST THE MATCH LINE FOR THE PLAN SET THERE. BUT ULTIMATELY WHAT WE HAVE IS FOR SOME REASON, AT THEIR PROPERTY LINE ARE RIGHT OF WAY ACTUALLY ENDS, AND IT TURNS INTO A HIGHWAY EASEMENT WHERE WE DON'T QUITE HAVE AS MUCH ROOM TO BE ABLE TO FIT THE ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS. SO ULTIMATELY, WHAT THIS DOES IS IT IT TAKES THE HIGHWAY EASEMENT AND IT EXTENDS IT TO MATCH THE RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF THE ADJACENT PROPERTY. AND THEN IF YOU TAKE A LOOK HERE, THIS IS THE MATCH LINE. SO THIS IS THESE TWO WOULD LINE UP RIGHT HERE. SO THIS IS ALSO THE BARMORE'S PROPERTY AND SIMILAR. HERE'S THEIR PROPERTY LINE. AND FOR WHATEVER REASON WE ONLY THEY ONLY HAVE HIGHWAY EASEMENT THROUGH THERE. NOT RIGHT AWAY. SO ULTIMATELY THIS RIGHT OF WAY DEDICATION WILL EXTEND THE LIMITS OF THE HIGHWAY EASEMENT TO THE RIGHT OF WAY LINE THAT IS CONSISTENT THROUGHOUT THE LENGTH OF THE PROJECT. SO ULTIMATELY, THIS WAS ABLE TO FACILITATE JUST SOME OF THE IMPROVEMENTS BEHIND THE CURVE. YOU CAN SEE SOME STORM HERE. SHARED USE PATH, ETC. AND A BIG THANK YOU TO THE BALMORES AS WELL FOR THEIR, FOR THEM OFFERING TO SUPPORT THE PROJECT IN SUCH A WAY. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS, IT'S AWESOME THAT WE'RE ABLE TO THEY CAME FORWARD AND HELPED OUT ON THIS TOO.
THAT'S THAT'S WE'VE BEEN FORTUNATE THERE ARE SOME REALLY SUPPORTIVE RESIDENTS ON THE STREET, THEY'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE PROJECT. YEAH. CLEAN UP A COUPLE THINGS OUT THERE TOO. RIGHT. AMEN TO THAT. ALRIGHTY, IF THERE'S NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND SET THE READING AND PUBLIC HEARING, FOR OUR JUNE 18TH COUNCIL MEETING. WE'LL MOVE ON TO ORDINANCE OH 19 2024, AN ORDINANCE TO ACCEPT A RIGHT OF WAY DEDICATION OF 0.150 ACRES AS NEEDED TO SUPPORT THE SOUTH HARLEM ROAD ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS, AS REQUESTED BY MONIQUE AND ROBERT BRITTON. TAKE IT AWAY. SO MONIQUE AND ROBERT WERE TWO OF THE BIGGEST DRIVERS OF THIS PROJECT. BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THEY HAD ACTUALLY APPROACHED MARK NEMEC WHEN HE WAS STILL HERE AS THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SERVICE, TO REQUEST THAT SOME IMPROVEMENTS BE MADE ON THE STREET. SO THIS HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT THEY HAVE BEEN ON TOP OF HERE FOR PROBABLY THE
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LAST LIKE 6 OR 7 YEARS. AND SO THEY HAD MET WITH DIRECTOR PARKER AND OFFERED, YOU KNOW, ULTIMATELY ANY SUPPORT THEY COULD OFFER TO SUPPORT THE SOUTH HARLEM PROJECT. SO MOVING ON, JUST TO TAKE A LOOK HERE, WE HAVE A SIMILAR SITUATION WITH THE BARMORE'S PROPERTY, WHERE ULTIMATELY WE HAVE RIGHT OF WAY THROUGH HERE, BUT FOR WHATEVER REASON, IT DOESN'T MATCH THE EXISTING RIGHT OF WAY ON THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES, TO THEIR PROPERTY. SO WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE IS WE'RE BASICALLY JUST GOING TO EXTEND THE EXISTING RIGHT OF WAY HERE IN THIS YELLOW AREA, EXCUSE ME, AT THE LIMITS OF THIS YELLOW AREA AND JUST PULLING IT BACK TO BE MORE CONSISTENT WITH THE EXISTING OR WITH THE, CURRENT EXISTING. RIGHT OF WAY ON THIS ADJACENT PROPERTY AND THEN ON THIS ONE AS WELL. SO ULTIMATELY, THIS RIGHT OF WAY GIVE WILL ENABLE US TO INSTALL A SHARED USE PATH THROUGH HERE, AND THEN ALSO PERFORM SOME OF OUR STORM IMPROVEMENTS. AND ONCE AGAIN, A BIG THANK YOU TO THE BRITONS. AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THEY WERE A BIG, BIG DRIVER OF THIS PROJECT AND THEY'VE BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE OF IT AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS, KIND OF OVERALL PROJECT. DID WE END UP WITH THREE TRAFFIC CALMING ISLANDS? YES. CORRECT SO ONE AT JAMES RIVER AND SOUTH HARLEM, ONE AT 62 AND SOUTH HARLEM, AND THEN THE ONE INTERMEDIATE ONE IN FRONT OF THE RALLY'S PROPERTY THERE AT JACKSON COURT AND SOUTH HARLEM. OKAY. SURE YEAH. THAT WAS A HUGE CONCERN. IS SPEEDING AND USING THAT AS A CUT THROUGH. AND I KNOW THEY'VE HAD SOME ISSUES WITH, FOLKS USING THAT AS A, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE WORKING TO DO WAYFINDING TO AVOID THAT ROUTE. BUT YES. SO ACTUALLY JUST KIND OF AN UPDATE ON THAT, I SPOKE TO ONE OF THE RESIDENTS, AND SHE HAD RECOMMENDED ME REACHING OUT TO GOOGLE TO SEE IF WE COULD DEPRIORITIZE THAT STREET, SO THEY ASSIGNED A PRIORITY FOR THE ROUTING THAT YOU TAKE WHEN YOU TAKE GOOGLE MAPS. AND SO FOR WHATEVER REASON, SOUTH HARLEM ROAD WAS ACTUALLY LIKE A NUMBER TWO PRIORITY. SO, SHE HAD PUT ME IN TOUCH WITH SOME MEANS AND METHODS WITH GOOGLE TO BE ABLE TO DEPRIORITIZE THAT STREET. SO I DID THAT A FEW WEEKS AGO, AND SHE ACTUALLY REACHED OUT TO ME A WEEK OR TWO AGO TO COMMENT THAT THERE HAS BEEN SIGNIFICANTLY LESS CUT THROUGH TRAFFIC ON THEIR STREETS, SO I'M HOPING THAT WAS EFFECTIVE IN SOME WAY. BUT IF NOT, THE TRAFFIC CALMING ISLANDS ARE CERTAINLY GOING TO HELP AS WELL. OKAY. THAT'S GREAT. FANTASTIC. THANK YOU JUSTIN. THANK YOU. NOW, NOT A QUESTION SPECIFIC TO THIS ORDINANCE, BUT DO WE KNOW WHEN THE PROJECT MIGHT BE DONE OR COMPLETED ON SOUTH ISLAND? CERTAINLY, SO OUR CONTRACTORS ACTUALLY SLATED TO MOBILIZE HERE ON JUNE 17TH. AND SO IT IS OUR GOAL TO HAVE THE ROADWAY SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE. SO PAVEMENT CURBS IN PLACE, PROBABLY SOME SHARED USE PATH. OBVIOUSLY ALL THE STORM HERE BY THE END OF THE YEAR WITH LIKELY SOME SHARED USE PATH WORK, MAYBE SOME ASPHALT SURFACE COURSE PLACEMENT AND SOME GRASS SEED RESTORATION, LIKELY IN THE SPRING SOMETIME. OKAY SO THAT'LL TAKE CARE OF SOUTH HARLEM. WE GOT MIDDLE HARLEM DONE, SO MAYBE TAYLOR FARMS WILL TAKE CARE OF NORTHERN HARLEM. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. WELL. THANK YOU. IF THERE'S NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND SET THE MATTER FOR SECOND READING AND PUBLIC HEARING AT OUR JUNE[11. RESOLUTIONS AND PUBLIC HEARING]
18TH COUNCIL MEETING. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO RESOLUTIONS AND PUBLIC HEARING, WE HAVE RESOLUTION R 22, 2024 RESOLUTION DECLARING INTENT TO APPROPRIATE PROPERTY AND EASEMENTS FOR THE PUBLIC PURPOSE OF MAKING, REPAIRING, IMPROVING OR CONSTRUCTING GREEN CHAPEL ROAD NORTHWEST. PHASE TWO AS EXTENDED TO JOIN WITH INTERSECTING ROADS WHICH ARE AND SHALL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC WITHOUT CHARGE. THIS CHRYSLER. IS THIS ONE YOURS? YES. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, SO THIS IS FAMILIAR. THIS IS A SET OF RESOLUTIONS SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DID, I GUESS ALMOST TWO YEARS AGO NOW, AS WE PREPARED FOR CONSTRUCTION ON MINK STREET AND GREEN CHAPEL FROM MINK TO CLOVER VALLEY. SO NOW WE'RE PREPARING TO FINALIZE DESIGN OF GREEN CHAPEL FROM CLOVER VALLEY TO 62.AND JUST FOLLOWING THE SAME TYPE OF PROCESS. SO THIS IS JUST A NORMAL PROCESS THAT WE WOULD GO THROUGH, WITH RESPECT TO AN APPROPRIATION, WE'RE STILL ACTIVELY NEGOTIATING WITH ALL OF THOSE PROPERTIES, AND IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT IT WILL RESULT IN AN APPROPRIATION, BUT JUST SOMETHING THAT WE, WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BEING THOUGHTFUL ABOUT THE TIMING WITH RESPECT TO ACCESS TO THE PROPERTY AND SOME OF THE DEADLINES THAT WE NEED IN ORDER TO MEET OUR OBLIGATIONS TO INTEL, SO THIS RESOLUTION DOES DECLARE THE INTENT TO APPROPRIATE THE FEE, SIMPLE INTEREST AND EASEMENTS TO THE PROPERTIES ALONG THIS ROADWAY CORRIDOR. THIS SEGMENT OF GREEN CHAPEL ROAD IS A LOCAL UNIMPROVED ROAD THAT RUNS EAST TO WEST, GENERALLY BETWEEN CLOVER VALLEY ROAD AND US 62, AND ADJACENT PORTION OF GREEN CHAPEL ROAD WAS PREVIOUSLY IMPROVED, WITH THE GREEN CHAPEL PHASE ONE PROJECT. THIS RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION IS NECESSARY TO IMPROVE THE REMAINDER OF GREEN CHAPEL ROAD, WITH A CONSISTENT ROADWAY DESIGN. THE PLANNED ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS WILL ACCOMMODATE AND IMPROVE TRAFFIC FLOW IN THE AREA. I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE. OKAY DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? MISS KRISTIN? OKAY. HEARING NO QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND OPEN IT UP TO PUBLIC HEARING. WOULD ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ORDINANCE? OKAY, SIRI,
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HEARING AND SEEING NONE I WILL NOW CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE A MOTION I MOVE FOR THE ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION R 22 2024 SECOND. COUNCIL MEMBER CHRIS. YES COUNCIL MEMBER. DETRICK.YES. PRESIDENT PRO TEM SHAW. YES COUNCIL MEMBER. WILTROUT. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. BRESKE. YES.
HIGH FIVE. YES VOTES. DRAFT RESOLUTION R 22 2024. OKAY. MOVING ON TO RESOLUTION R 23, 2024. RESOLUTION APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING AND EXECUTION OF A COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT AREA AGREEMENT AND A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH THE C1 NEW ALBANY, LLC AND MAKING RELATED AUTHORIZATIONS AS MISS SIGLER, THANK YOU. THIS RESOLUTION AUTHORIZES THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT AREA AGREEMENT WITH C1 NEW ALBANY, LLC, A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF CYRUS ONE LP, HEADQUARTERED IN DALLAS, TEXAS. THE AGREEMENT PROVIDES FOR 100% REAL PROPERTY PROPERTY TAX ABATEMENT FOR 15 YEARS. CYRUS ONE IS A LEADING GLOBAL DATA CENTER DEVELOPER AND OPERATOR SPECIALIZING IN THE DELIVERY OF STATE OF THE ART DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE SOLUTIONS. THE COMPANY HAS 50 HIGH PERFORMANCE, EXCUSE ME, HIGH PERFORMANCE MISSION CRITICAL SITES WORLDWIDE, SERVING OVER 800 CUSTOMERS THE COMPANY IS PLANNING TO ACQUIRE PLUS OR -93.79 ACRES. THE PROPOSED PROJECT WILL ESTABLISH UP TO FIVE NEW DATA CENTER BUILDINGS WITH ACCESSORY OFFICE SPACE THAT WILL BE OWNED AND OPERATED BY CYRUS ONE. THE SITE WILL SERVE AS A NEW CAMPUS FOR THE COMPANY TO SUPPORT REGIONAL GROWTH. THE COMPANY APPROXIMATES THE PROJECT TOTAL COST OF PHASE ONE AT $347 MILLION. CONSTRUCTION ON THE FIRST DATA CENTER BUILDING WILL BEGIN IN 2024, WITH OPERATIONS BEGINNING IN THE SECOND HALF OF 2025. THE TIMING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF ADDITIONAL DATA CENTERS WILL FOLLOW, SUBJECT TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CIRCUMSTANCES BASED ON CURRENT DESIGN PLANS, THE FULL BUILD OUT OF THE FIVE DATA CENTER BUILDINGS WILL EQUAL APPROXIMATELY ONE POINT 2,000,000FTā !S. THE BENCHMARKS R COMPLIANCE WILL BE MEASURED ACCORDING TO THE REVENUE GENERATION PER SQUARE FOOT FORMULA. AS ESTABLISHED FOR THE SPECIFIC BUILDING TYPE AND PREVIOUSLY APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL. MR. JOHN STOCK FROM VOORHEES LAW FIRM IS HERE TODAY ON BEHALF OF THE COMPANY. MR. BRAD HOWE, DIRECTOR OF LOCATION AND POWER STRATEGY, WAS PLANNING TO ATTEND, BUT UNFORTUNATELY HAD TO BE REDIRECTED TO ILLINOIS FOR A PUBLIC HEARING, WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THIS RESOLUTION MAY BE ADOPTED THIS EVENING. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? WHAT, WHAT PART OF THE INTERSECTION IS IT? I KNOW IT'S JUG AND MINK. IS IT SOUTHWEST? SOUTHWEST CORNER THERE. OKAY. SEEING NO OTHER QUESTIONS, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND OPEN IT UP TO THE PUBLIC. WOULD ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC LIKE TO SPEAK TO THIS ORDINANCE? I SEE NO PUBLIC SPEAKING. I DIDN'T KNOW IF ANYONE FROM THE COMPANY WOULD ALSO LIKE TO STEP UP AND SAY ANYTHING, BUT WE DEFINITELY WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU AND SAY HI. YEAH. THANK YOU.
MICROPHONE IS ON. YOU MIGHT HAVE TURNED IT OFF AND PUT IT BACK UP. SHUT THIS YES THANK YOU, SAID MR. ALL RIGHT. THANKS FOR HAVING ME. I'M JOHN STOCK, I'M AN ATTORNEY WITH FOREST, SEYMOUR AND PEASE. I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF CYRUS ONE, AND I JUST WANT TO EXPRESS OUR GRATITUDE TO THE AND THANKS TO THE CITY, THE MAYOR, THIS COUNCIL, ALL THE CITY STAFF THAT HAVE BEEN SO INSTRUMENTAL AND HELPFUL IN BRINGING THIS PROJECT TO FRUITION, THIS THIS IS A PRIVILEGE TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THE CITY AND BRING THIS PROJECT HERE, THAT THIS IS A WORLD CLASS DESTINATION FOR COMPANIES AND TO HAVE A CHANCE TO BE A PART OF THAT. WE ARE SO VERY GRATEFUL, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU AS THIS PROJECT ADVANCES. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND IF THEY WANT ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, I APPRECIATE THAT, ANYONE ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC LIKE TO COMMENT ON THIS RESOLUTION? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND I MOVE TO ADOPT RESOLUTION R 23, 2024, SECOND.
AND TWO, THERE WE GO. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. YES COUNCIL MEMBER BRESKE. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. DETRICK. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. KISS. YES. FIVE. YES. VOTES TO ADOPT. RESOLUTION R 23 2024. THANK YOU AND WELCOME TO THE COMMUNITY. I ENJOY HAVING YOU HERE. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO RESOLUTION R 24 2024. A RESOLUTION PROVIDING THE DULY AUTHORIZED WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE CITY OF NEW ALBANY TO OHIO REVISED CODE, SECTION 5709.9 11B TO A REAL PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION
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UNDER OHIO REVISED CODE SECTIONS FIVE, SEVEN, ZERO, 9.12 AND 570, 9.121 FOR THE WELLNESS CENTER SPACE LEASE TO THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY IN THE HEIGHT CENTER AND MR. BARNHART. GRAB THAT RIGHT. MR. MICROPHONE. AN EXTRA WORK TONIGHT. GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MEMBERS. IT'S A PLEASURE TO HAVE MY FIRST OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT BEFORE YOU TONIGHT. SO THIS RESOLUTION BEFORE YOU IS REGARDING THE TAX EXEMPTION STATUS AT THE HEIGHT CENTER RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET, AS DETAILED IN THE LEGISLATIVE REPORT AFTER THE HEIGHT CENTER WAS FIRST CONSTRUCTED AND THEN WHEN TENANTS BEGAN OPERATING IN THE FACILITY, THE CITY SUBMITTED FOR A USE BASED PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION. HOWEVER, THE STATE ONLY APPROVED A PARTIAL EXEMPTION, WHICH EXCLUDED THE FITNESS FOR SPACE THAT OHIO STATE HAD SUBLEASED TO A FOR PROFIT OPERATOR. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE CITY WAS ABLE TO APPLY FOR AND RECEIVE THE TAX INCREMENT FINANCING EXEMPTION FOR THAT PORTION OF THE FACILITY, WHICH REDIRECTED PILOT PAYMENTS TO THE VILLAGE CENTER TO FUND. HOWEVER, SINCE THE INITIAL DENIAL, THE CITY AND OHIO STATE HAVE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER TO RESOLVE THE INITIAL SUBLEASE AGREEMENT ISSUES, AND OHIO STATE HAS SUCCESSFULLY REVISED ITS SUBLEASE CONTRACT WITH THE WELLNESS CENTER OPERATOR AND NOW BELIEVES THAT THE ISSUES WHICH LED TO THAT ORIGINAL DENIAL, FOR THE USE BASED PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION HAVE BEEN RECTIFIED, WITH THE PASSAGE OF THIS RESOLUTION TONIGHT, IT WILL PROVIDE THE NECESSARY AUTHORIZATION, PER THE OHIO REVISED CODE, IN ORDER FOR THE CITY TO AGAIN APPLY FOR THE USE BASED PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION, WHICH WILL THEN BE ABLE TO SUPERSEDE THE TIF EXEMPTION THAT'S CURRENTLY ON THE PROPERTY , AFTER PASSAGE, HOPEFULLY WITH A SUCCESSFUL VOTE HERE TONIGHT, STAFF ANTICIPATES, WORKING QUICKLY TO SUBMIT THE NECESSARY PAPERWORK TO THE STATE TO BEGIN THE APPLICATION PROCESS, SO WITH THAT, WELCOME TO ANY QUESTIONS, MYSELF OR, DIRECTOR STOTTS WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER, IS THIS, SIMILAR TO A TYPE OF TIFF THAT WOULD MAKE THE SCHOOLS WHOLE PROVIDE. SO THIS WOULD ACTUALLY. SO CURRENTLY THE TIP IS IN PLACE. THIS WOULD BE SWITCHING TO THERE'D BE NO MORE TIFF. THAT WOULD BE THAT SECTION OKAY FOR. YES. GREAT OKAY. IF ENOUGH I'M CORRECT. THE REST OF THE BUILDING IS NOT SUBJECT TO THE TIFF BECAUSE IT'S NOT TAXABLE.CORRECT? THEIR NONPROFIT IS CORRECT. YEAH. THE REST OF THE BUILDING, WHEN THE ORIGINAL APPLICATION, WAS SUBMITTED, IT WAS SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE THEY IT WASN'T FOR A FOR PROFIT NATURE.
IT WAS JUST THE WELLNESS CENTER FLOOR. THIS IS A RETROACTIVE OF. I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S RETROACTIVE , BUT. SO IT'S NOT. SO IT'S WE'VE CHANGED SOMETHING IN THE STATUS THAT'S GOING TO GET US THIS TAX EXEMPTION NOW, AS OPPOSED TO SOMETHING WITH THAT SUBLEASE. IS THAT WHAT'S HAPPENED AS OPPOSED TO LIKE THIS BEING LIKE AN APPEAL DECISION THAT GOES BACKWARDS OR KIND OF IS, IS BASICALLY SINCE THE TIFF IS THE EXISTING ON THE ON THAT SECTION OF THE PROPERTY. RIGHT.
THIS RESOLUTION ESSENTIALLY JUST GIVES AUTHORIZATION FOR THE NEW, USE BASED PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION TO REPLACE THAT TIFF MOVING FORWARD. OKAY WE WOULD STILL HAVE TO SUBMIT TO THE STATE, FOR THE EXEMPTION TO GET THAT APPROVED. RIGHT. BUT THIS ALLOWS US TO. BUT WE NOW HAVE REASON TO BELIEVE THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, IS WHAT I'M HEARING. THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. IT'S NOT, BUT IT WILL BE BASED ON SOME CHANGES THAT WERE MADE AS THAT WOULD HAPPEN. YES. THEY AMENDED THE LEASE. WE FIGURED OUT HOW TO FIX IT. OKAY. THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. ALL ISSUES. ORIGINAL OPERATING AGREEMENT WITH INTEGRATED WELLNESS PARTNERS WAS A SUBLEASE RIGHT AND INTEGRATED WELLNESS PARTNERS IS A FOR PROFIT ORGANIZATION. SO THEREFORE IT'S NOT IT'S NOT SUBJECT TO IT'S TAXABLE. IT'S NOT SUBJECT TO NON TAX STATUS. SO WHAT OSU DID IS AMENDED THE AGREEMENT WITH INTEGRATED WELLNESS PARTNERS TO MAKE IT AN OPERATING AGREEMENT AS OPPOSED TO A SUBLEASE. OKAY THAT PUTS IT BACK IN NON TAXABLE STATUS OKAY. THAT'S THAT MAKES SENSE. THANK YOU I LOVE THE TEAM EFFORT ANSWERING THE QUESTION. IT'S A I FIGURED SOMETHING IN THAT SUBLEASE GOT CHANGED. IF I'M NOT RETROACTIVE. SO WHAT DID WE WAS I WASN'T GOING TO ASK BUT OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL. NO. OKAY I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND OPEN IT UP TO, FOR PUBLIC HEARING. ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC LIKE TO COMMENT ON THIS RESOLUTION? ALL RIGHT. I WILL NOW CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE A MOTION I MOVE FOR ADOPTION OF OUR 24 2024 SECOND? COUNCIL MEMBER WILTROUT. YES COUNCIL MEMBER. BRUCE. YES.
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COUNCIL MEMBER. SHAW. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. CHRIS. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. DETRICK. YES.FIVE. YES. VOTES FOR THAT RESOLUTION ARE 2420, 24. OKAY MOVING ON TO RESOLUTION R 25 2024 RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO ANY AND ALL CONTRACTS FOR THE PURCHASE AND UPFITTING OF A LEAF VACUUM. AND THIS IS GOING TO BE MISTER PARKER. THIS THIS HAS TO BE A RECORD. THE DIFFERENT PEOPLE PRESENTING LEGISLATION, I THINK EVERYBODY EVERYBODY IN THE ROOM IS PRESENTING. SO DIVIDE AND DIVIDE AND CONQUER. THAT'S THE STRATEGY. SO, SO THE CITY CURRENTLY OWNS TWO LEAF BACKS, THAT WE PUT IN, I WOULD SAY PRETTY TREMENDOUS USE EVERY FALL IN SUPPORT OF OUR RESIDENTIAL LEAF COLLECTION PROGRAM, THE, THE LEGISLATION THIS EVENING IS REQUESTING AUTHORIZATION TO PURCHASE, A REPLACEMENT, LEAF VACUUM, WE HAVE, AS I MENTIONED, TWO LEAF VACUUMS TODAY. THE OUR PRIMARY LEAF VACUUM WAS PURCHASED IN 2007, IT'S ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, IT HAS QUITE A FEW HOURS ON IT, BUT IT'S PERFORMING AT A HIGH LEVEL. WE CONTINUE TO UTILIZE THAT, YOU KNOW, TO THE BEST OF ITS ABILITY , WE DID PURCHASE IN 2020, A 1989, LEAF MACHINE FROM THE CITY OF WORTHINGTON, AND AT THE TIME, THE INTENT WAS TO PURCHASE THIS PIECE OF EQUIPMENT PURELY FOR THE ENGINE, FOR THE MOTOR. SO IT HAS A 99 HORSEPOWER, JOHN DEERE ENGINE, WHICH IS THE SAME HORSEPOWER THAT IS ON WHAT I'M PROPOSING TO BUY THIS EVENING AS WELL AS WHAT IS ON OUR EXISTING LEAF MACHINE TODAY. SO IT SEEMED TO BE, A GOOD VALUE PROPOSITION JUST IN CONSIDERATION OF THE POTENTIAL OF HAVING TO SWITCH OUT AT SOME POINT IN TIME, WHAT WE DIDN'T REALIZE NECESSARILY IS THAT JUST THE RAMPING UP OF THAT PROGRAM AND HOW IT CONTINUED TO GROW AND EXPAND AT THE RATE THAT IT DID. SO WE QUICKLY LEARNED THAT, THE, THE LEAF MACHINE THAT WE PURCHASED FROM WORTHINGTON WOULD, WOULD ULTIMATELY BECOME ONE OF OUR PRIMARY MACHINES. AS WE BEGAN TO ACTIVELY RUN TWO CREWS AT A TIME, JUST TO KEEP UP WITH THE RESIDENTIAL COLLECTION.
SO THE MACHINE THAT WE PURCHASED FOR A MOTOR ONLY BECAME PART OF OUR PRIMARY, RESPONSE TO LEAF SEASON, SO, AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE MADE SOME INVESTMENTS, OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS TO BRING THAT MACHINE TO, OUR LEGISLATIVE REPORT DESCRIBES IT, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY, WE PURCHASED IT FOR $5,000 IN 2020, AGAIN THINKING WE WERE PURCHASING IT FOR AN ENGINE ONLY, BUT BASICALLY, SINCE THE NEED WAS DEMONSTRATED, WE ENDED UP PUTTING SOME, SOME MONEY INTO IT, SOME ADDITIONAL, EXPENSES OF ABOUT $52,000 TO BRING THIS INTO ITS CURRENT FORM , THAT WE'RE USING TODAY, OUR INTENT IS TO PURCHASE, YOU KNOW, TO EFFECTIVELY REPLACE, OUR OLD LEAF MACHINE THAT WE PURCHASED FROM WORTHINGTON. BUT TO RETAIN THAT LEAF MACHINE, WE'VE SEEN TIMES, LAST YEAR I THINK WAS WAS GREAT, THE YEAR BEFORE THAT, WE HAD SOME PRETTY SEVERE WEATHER. AND I THINK EVERY LEAF IN THE CITY OF NEW ALBANY FELL WITHIN 20 MINUTES. AND IT CREATED A SITUATION WHERE WE HAD A REALLY HARD TIME CATCHING UP. AND WE HAD SOME, YOU KNOW, PRETTY UNSATISFIED RESIDENTS, WITH THE RESPONSE. AND WE'RE WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN NOW TO PREVENT THAT FROM REOCCURRING IN THE FUTURE. SO, AGAIN, WE'VE WE'VE MADE A WHETHER WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE THE WEATHER. YEAH BUT BY KEEPING THIS AND RETAINING THIS AS KIND OF A BACKUP, YOU KNOW, LEAF MACHINES DO GO DOWN FROM TIME TO TIME JUST THROUGHOUT THE SEASON. SO THAT WOULD HAVE A BACKUP TO WHERE WE COULD CONTINUE PROVIDING OUR COLLECTION SERVICES DURING THAT TIME. BUT MAYBE THERE'S A TIME WHERE YOU KNOW, WE FALL BEHIND BASED ON SOME WEATHER, THAT WE DIDN'T ANTICIPATE OR WE, WE NOW SHOULD EXPECT IT, I GUESS. BUT, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO HAVE THREE CREWS OUT AT ONE TIME TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE PROVIDING THAT SERVICE TO OUR RESIDENTS IN A TIMELY MANNER. SO, WE ARE INTENDING TO PURCHASE A, LEAF VACUUM THROUGH THE SOURCEWELL COOPERATIVE PURCHASING PROGRAM.
THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT WE BUY A FAIR AMOUNT OF EQUIPMENT THROUGH, THEY'VE DEMONSTRATED AN ABILITY TO REALLY GET, AN ORDER OF MAGNITUDE PRICING ON EQUIPMENT THAT, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO GET ON OUR OWN, THE TOTAL COST OF THE NEW LEAF VACUUM IS $212,273, FUNDING FOR THIS PURCHASE WAS INCLUDED IN THE 2024 CAPITAL EQUIPMENT BUDGET, AND IT'S BEEN APPROPRIATED FOR, IN OUR APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE FOR THIS YEAR. SO WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. YOU ARE SEEING A PICTURE OF WHAT WE INTEND TO PURCHASE HERE
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TODAY, THERE'S BEEN SOME PRETTY SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS TO THIS, THERE'S ACTUALLY A, A SPRAYER, A MISTER THAT IS IN THIS. NOW, ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT HAPPENS WITH OUR LEAF MACHINES IS THAT, YOU KNOW, OFTENTIMES, WE'RE WE'RE PICKING UP LEAVES AND IT'S EXTREMELY DRY AND WHEN YOU DO THAT AND YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU SUCK THE LEAVES THROUGH THE SYSTEM AND THEY'RE PULVERIZED, IT JUST CREATES THIS DUST. SO THE DUST IS SOMETHING THAT IS, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN SEE, YOU KNOW, AND IT DOESN'T ALWAYS STAY IN THE, IN THE, IN THE VEHICLE ITSELF, BUT IT'S ALSO ONE THAT, CAN CLOG UP THE AIR FILTERS. AND IT'S JUST NOT A GOOD SITUATION FOR THE MECHANICS . IT JUST REQUIRES A LOT OF MAINTENANCE AND UPKEEP EVERY DAY JUST TO ENSURE THAT THOSE ARE RUNNING, SO THIS HAS, SOME, SOME ADVANCED, CONSIDERATIONS TO REALLY HELP MITIGATE THOSE ISSUES, BUT AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED, IT'S THE SAME, BASICALLY THE SAME MOTOR THAT WE'VE USED ON OTHER EQUIPMENT AND WHICH HAS BEEN FANTASTIC. AND IT'S BEEN, VERY HIGH PERFORMING FOR US. AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE THAT, AS WELL. SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO. IT LOOKS LIKE CAN THAT DOES THAT ARM ACTUALLY REACH FARTHER THAN THE OTHER ONE DID? BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE IT COULD REACH MUCH FARTHER. YOU STILL HAVE TO RAKE YOUR LEAVES, MAN.YEAH. YOU CAN'T JUST SUCK YOUR WHOLE YARD UP. YEAH. HOW HIGH CAN YOU GET UP TO MY YARD? THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING. YEAH, IT IT DOES. AND ACTUALLY THERE'S KIND OF A KINK. THERE'S A KINK IN THE ARM HERE WHICH WOULD ALLOW BASICALLY AS YOU EXTEND IT FOR THERE TO BE SOME DEFLECTION, WHAT WE HAVE TODAY IS BASICALLY IT JUST GOES STRAIGHT FROM BASICALLY THE EQUIPMENT OUT TO WHERE YOU ACTUALLY WOULD, WOULD VAC IT, THIS DOES HAVE SOME ABILITY TO KIND OF BEND AROUND SOMETHING IN ORDER TO HAVE A QUICKER ACCESS, AND I THINK THAT THE HOSE IS SOMEWHERE IN THE 5 TO 8 FOOT, LONGER FROM WHAT WE HAVE TODAY. AGAIN, I THINK IT JUST GIVES IT MORE, YOU KNOW, MORE PRACTICALITY AND JUST, JUST BETTER ACCESS, THIS IS BASICALLY WHERE THE EQUIPMENT WILL BE OPERATED. SO IT IS ESSENTIALLY PULLED BY A ONE TON TRUCK, BUT A DRIVER WOULD BASICALLY OPERATE THIS ARM FROM WITHIN THIS PASSENGER SPACE HERE. SO IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO THE WAY WE'VE MODIFIED THE OLD MACHINE THAT WE BOUGHT FROM WORTHINGTON. IT LOOKS KIND OF SIMILAR TO THIS, IT JUST HAS A YOU KNOW, 25 YEAR OLD, FRAME AND BODY TO IT. AND YOU KNOW, IT'S SEEN BETTER DAYS.
BUT THE OTHER ONE WASN'T PULLED BY A TRUCK, THOUGH, WAS IT? DIDN'T IT OPERATE ON ITS OWN? SO, THEY'RE THEY'RE BOTH PULLED BY TRUCKS. ONE ONE OF THEM, WE CALL IT THE NEWER UNIT THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IS ONE THAT IS PULLED BY A TRUCK, AND IT BASICALLY BLOWS LEAVES DIRECTLY INTO THE BACK OF A BOX, THAT IS ON THE ONE TON TRUCK. SO WHAT HAPPENS IS, IN ORDER TO OPERATE THAT, WE HAVE BASICALLY THERE'S THREE PEOPLE THAT ARE REQUIRED TO, FACILITATE THAT. SO YOU HAVE THE DRIVER OF THE TRUCK AND THEN YOU HAVE THE DRIVER OF THE REPLACEMENT TRUCK. SO WHAT HAPPENS ONCE THE BASICALLY ONCE THE TRUCK IS FULL OF LEAVES, THEN THE TRUCK WILL DISCONNECT.
THAT DRIVER WILL LEAVE TO DUMP THE NEW DRIVER WILL BASICALLY TAKE OVER AND THEY'LL BEGIN TO REFILL AN EMPTY TRUCK. AT THAT TIME, THE THIS UNIT, WHICH IS AGAIN THE SAME AS THE OTHER UNIT THAT WE HAVE, IT'S ALL SELF CONTAINED. SO THE LEADS THAT ARE COLLECTED STAY IN THIS MACHINE.
SO THERE'S NO LEAF BOX ON THE BACK OF A TRUCK ANYMORE. AND THERE'S A COUPLE DIFFERENT CONSIDERATIONS HERE. SO YOU'LL NOTICE THIS IS A DUAL AXLE, TRAILER HERE ON THE BACK. SO, THIS IS TRUE OF, OF OUR OTHER MACHINE AS WELL. WE CAN WE CAN CARRY ABOUT FOUR TIMES THE VOLUME, IN, IN ONE OF THOSE THAN WE CAN IN BASICALLY ONE OF OUR TRUCKS TODAY. SO WHAT WE'VE REALIZED IS THAT THERE'S ACTUALLY A LOT OF EFFICIENCY THAT IS GAINED BY USING A SELF SELF-CONTAINED UNIT, BECAUSE IT REDUCES THE NUMBER OF TRIPS TO AND FROM, YOU KNOW, A DUMP SITE FOR THIS. SO SO, BUT AGAIN, THEY'RE BOTH PULLED BY TRUCKS, IT'S JUST THAT ONE ACTUALLY INCLUDES THE YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, THE, THE ENCLOSURE FOR THE LEAVES, THIS ONE WILL WILL BE SELF CONTAINED WITHIN THAT. SO JUST FOR CLARITY. SO ONCE THAT CONTAINMENT UNIT IS PULLED, IT GETS THAT WHOLE THING GETS TOWED TO WHEREVER THEY'RE DISTRIBUTED. CORRECT. BUT BUT INSTEAD OF IT, YOU KNOW, SO AGAIN WHEN THIS IS FULL, THAT WOULD BE THE EQUIVALENT OF FOUR TRIPS ON THE OTHER MACHINE, SO IT IT'S ABOUT FOUR TIMES. DOES THE HOSE AND THE, THE PICKER DISCONNECT WHEN
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YOU TELL IT. NO, IT'S ATTACHED TO IT. YEAH. OKAY, OKAY. ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR MR. BARKER? ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND OPEN IT UP FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING. WOULD ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC LIKE TO SPEAK TO THIS RESOLUTION? MIKE, I THINK YOU DID A REALLY GOOD JOB EXPLAINING EVERYTHING WE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT LEAF, PICK UP THERE. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE A MOTION I MOVE FOR THE ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION R 25, 2024, SECOND. COUNCIL MEMBER CHRIS. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. DEREK. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER.SHAW. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. WILTROUT. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. RISK. YES. FIVE. YES VOTES.
SHOULD. OPPOSITION ARE 25 2024 OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THAT CONCLUDES OUR RESOLUTIONS. MOVING ON TO COUNCIL SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE ANY SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS FOR THIS
[13. REPORTS OF REPRESENTATIVES]
EVENING. SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO REPORTS OF REPRESENTATIVES, LET'S START WITH VORPSI. MISTER STEPANOV, NO MEETING, NO MEETING. ALL RIGHT, JOINT PARKS, WE. THERE WAS A MEETING LAST NIGHT, JUST A COUPLE ITEMS, THAT THEY DISCUSSED FIRST, ONE OF THE THINGS THEY DISCUSSED WAS THE REC CENTER, THE THAT THEY'VE BEEN DISCUSSING, THE FIELD HOUSE , AGAIN, NO RESOLUTION YET ON WHETHER THERE'S GOING TO BE CITY WATER OR SEWER OUT THERE, THERE'S A COUPLE DIFFERENT THINGS TO WORK THROUGH STILL AT THIS TIME. SO REALLY, NO RESOLUTION ON THAT. I WILL SAY THE BOARD IS CONSIDERING, OTHER OPTIONS AT THIS POINT THAT MAY OR MAY NOT INCLUDE, THE SITE THAT IT'S CURRENTLY, SITTING ON. SO MORE TO COME ON THAT ALSO, THEY WILL BE HAVING A NEW I THINK I MENTIONED IT BEFORE, A NEW WEBSITE THAT'S GOING TO BE UP AND RUNNING. EXPLORE IS THE WEBSITE. IT'S GOING TO BE LAUNCHING ON AUGUST 14TH. JUST LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT, WITH THIS NEW WEBSITE, ANYONE THAT HAD PROFILES IN THE OLD WEBSITE WILL HAVE TO SET UP NEW PROFILES AND THEIR NEW WEBSITE. THERE'S REALLY NO APPLICATION FOR CARRY OVER FROM THE PREVIOUS SOFTWARE TO THIS, UNFORTUNATELY. SO, JUST LOOK FOR THAT FOR THOSE, THAT WILL BE REGISTERING, WE'VE GOT SOCCER'S DONE, BASEBALL, SOFTBALL, T-BALL ALL STARTING THEIR TOURNAMENT SEASON, LACROSSE IS DONE. AND SOON ON. BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THEY'RE GOING TO GET READY FOR FALL, REGISTRATION. SO THAT'LL BE UP AND COMING. YEAH, THEY DID COMPLETE THE, TENNIS COURTS HAVE BEEN NOW RESURFACED AND RELINED, SO THEY MADE SOME SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS OUT THERE. I KNOW, THEY ALSO LINED THEM FOR PICKLEBALL SO YOU CAN USE IT FOR MULTI-USE, PICKLEBALL AND FOR TENNIS. AND I KNOW THEY ALSO RELY OR I BELIEVE THEY RESURFACE , THE COURTS AS WELL, OUT AT THOMPSON. SO ALL OF THAT SHOULD BE GOOD. AND THAT IS IT FOR THE REPORT FOR THE JOINT PARKS.OKAY. MOVING ON. ANYTHING FROM PLAYING LOCAL SCHOOLS, MISTER KISS? NO MEETING SINCE OUR LAST MEETING. BUT THERE IS AN IMPORTANT MEETING COMING UP ON JUNE 10TH, AND IT IS NOT IN THE.
IT'S THE MIDDLE SCHOOL. MIDDLE SCHOOL CAFETERIA, ARE WE AT 530? YES. 530, SO THE SCHOOL BOARD WILL BE SHARING THE LATEST AND GREATEST ON THE FACILITY, PLANT UPDATE. SO, EVERYBODY'S ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND, AND WE'LL REPORT BACK AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING. OKAY. AND WELCOME, MR. WILSON FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD HERE ATTENDING. WELCOME ALL RIGHT, MOVING OVER TO PLAIN TOWNSHIP COUNCILMEMBER DIRK, YES, THEY DID HAVE A MEETING COINCIDED WITH OUR COUNCIL MEETING, BUT, THEY DID, INDICATE POOL SALES ARE UP $27,000 OVER THE SAME TIME LAST YEAR. SO VERY PLEASED WITH THAT PERFORMANCE. AND THEY DID HAVE A LENGTHY DISCUSSION ABOUT THE POTENTIAL FUTURE. NEED FIRE DEPARTMENTS, PROCEED FOR FUTURE NEED FOR A SECOND STATION. NO RESOLUTION, BUT THEY DID LENGTHY DISCUSSION ABOUT NEED AND TIMING. SO ARE THEY, CONSIDERING GOING ON THIS NOVEMBER? MIKE I CAN'T SAY WHAT THEIR PLAN IS RIGHT NOW. THEY HAVEN'T SPOKEN ABOUT A LOT OF DISCUSSION, BUT NO RESOLUTION. AT LEAST THAT THAT I WAS INFORMED ABOUT. OKAY OKAY. DID THEY, TALK ABOUT ANY POTENTIAL SITES, JUST THROWING OUT DURING THE DISCUSSION FOR JUST SOMETHING UP NORTH SOMEWHERE. OKAY ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. REMEMBER DEREK, ALL RIGHT,
[14. REPORTS OF CITY OFFICIALS]
MOVING ON TO REPORTS OF CITY OFFICIALS, AGAIN, I DON'T BELIEVE SLOAN GAVE ANYTHING FOR[01:10:06]
THE MAYOR'S REPORT. SO WE'LL GO ON TO, CLERK OF COUNCIL. NO REPORT. ALL RIGHT. FINANCE DIRECTOR. NO REPORT. OKAY. CITY MANAGER. SO I HAVE A COUPLE OF ITEMS THAT I'D LIKE FOR MIKE BARKER TO PRESENT ON TONIGHT RELATING TO, STATUS OF SIDEWALK, THE SIDEWALK PROGRAM IN THE CITY. OKAY. JOE, JUST ASKED ME TO KIND OF GIVE AN UPDATE, AND I APOLOGIZE. THIS IS, IT'S ZOOMED OUT, FAIR ENOUGH, BUT I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, BACK IN 2015 IS WHEN, YOU KNOW, REALLY THE SIDEWALK PROGRAM BECAME A PRIORITY, THERE WERE SOME ISSUES THAT, WE HAD SEEN WITHIN THE CITY, AND, COUNCIL DECIDED TO RESPOND ACCORDINGLY WITH OUR WITH OUR SIDEWALK PROGRAM THAT WE'RE, I THINK NOW IN THE REALLY THE SIXTH YEAR OF, WE HAVE, A, AN EXHIBIT HERE THAT BASICALLY SHOWS THAT, WHEN WE DID OUR INITIAL ASSESSMENT THROUGHOUT THE CITY, WE EVALUATED THE CONDITION OF EVERY SIDEWALK AREA IN THE CITY, AND THEN WE PRIORITIZE THAT, AND OUR RESPONSE HAS BEEN FROM A WORST, TO BEST SCENARIO. SO WHAT IS SHOWN HERE IN IN BLACK, THOSE ARE AREAS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN ADDRESSED, REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE, AND WHAT YOU'LL FIND IS THAT GENERALLY SPEAKING, THE THOSE AREAS TEND TO BE SOME OF THE OLDER AREAS IN OUR COUNTRY, CLUB COMMUNITIES. AND THEN AS YOU WORK TO THE NORTH, THEY TEND TO BECOME, YOU KNOW, SOME NEWER PROPERTIES. AND WE HAVEN'T YET SEEN THE SAME MAGNITUDE OF REPAIR THAT'S NEEDED. SO, WE'VE BEEN FOLLOWING THIS PLAN, FOR, FOR MANY YEARS, WHAT WHAT WE HAVE, THE BLUISH PURPLE COLOR, IS, IS WHAT WE ARE INTENDING TO COMPLETE IN 2024. AND THEN BEYOND THAT, WHAT IS SHOWN IN IN GREEN IS GENERALLY WHAT IS WHAT WOULD REMAIN, TO BE ADDRESSED. SO SO, I THINK THAT OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS IN PARTICULAR, WHERE WE'VE UTILIZED THE SIDEWALK LEVELING, I THINK WE'VE REALIZED THAT OUR MONEY HAS REALLY BEEN STRETCHED. WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH, A LOT, A LOT MORE, WITH BASICALLY THAT SAME BUDGET AMOUNT OF $200,000 A YEAR, WE'RE MAKING GOOD PROGRESS. SO BASED ON, YOU KNOW, COMPLETING WHAT IS IN THE BLUE THIS YEAR, I WOULD ESTIMATE THAT WE'RE BETWEEN 2 AND 3 YEARS AWAY FROM BASICALLY GOING THROUGH THE CITY. SO I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF PROVIDE YOU WITH THAT. WITH THAT UPDATE IN, IN THIS YEAR, WHAT WE'RE INTENDING TO DO, ACTUALLY, THIS IS, AREA OF LAMPTON GREEN. THERE'S A VARIETY OF COURTS THAT COME OFF OF LAMPTON GREEN, ALL OF THOSE, ALL OF THAT WORK HAS ACTUALLY ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED THIS YEAR, AND THEN THIS IS, KESWICK, AND THERE ARE SOME SECTIONS OF, OF ELY CROSSING THAT ARE IN THERE AS WELL, THAT IS YET TO OCCUR, AND THEN THIS IS THE FIRST HALF OF WINDSOR THAT WE'LL BE ADDRESSING THIS YEAR. SO THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH THE ROADWAY IMPROVEMENT WORK THAT WAS DONE LAST YEAR. SO WHERE THERE WAS IMPROVEMENT WORK DONE ON THE ROADWAY LAST YEAR, WE'RE GOING TO BE GOING THROUGH AND ADDRESSING THE SIDEWALKS THIS YEAR ON THE FLIP SIDE OF THAT, WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING THE BALANCE OF THE ROADWAY WORK IN WINDSOR THIS YEAR AND THEN FOLLOWING UP NEXT YEAR WITH SIDEWALKS, AND THEN, THIS IS THE STAUNTON, SUBDIVISION THERE THAT IS PLANNED FOR THIS YEAR. THIS IS THE ENCLAVE. THIS IS STEELE COURT IN PARTICULAR, RIGHT OFF OF, CENTRAL COLLEGE ROAD. AND THEN THIS IS TIDEWATER WATER, WHICH WILL ALL BE DONE YET THIS YEAR. BUT JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE THAT UPDATE, JUST AS A WHOLE, TO SHOW YOU HOW HOW WE'RE TRACKING, WITH, WITH THE PLAN AND SEE IF ANYONE HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT. WHEN DO YOU EXPECT TO START THE SIDEWALKS? SO SOME OF IT HAS ALREADY STARTED. SO AS I MENTIONED THIS, THIS HAS ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED, WE ARE SO BASICALLY STEELE COURT AND STAUNTON AND, I'M SORRY, THERE'S AN AREA THAT IS WATERSON IN HERE SOMEWHERE. OH, I'M SORRY, I THINK SOME OF THIS IS WATERSON AS WELL, THAT IS, THAT WILL BE STARTING HERE IN THE NEXT. PROBABLY THE NEXT WEEK OR SO, THE LAST, THAT WILL BE HAPPENING KIND OF TOWARD THE END OF THE SEASON WILL BE, TIDEWATER AND WINDSOR. AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS THAT WE DO HAVE EXTENSIVE ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS PLANNED IN OUR STREET PROGRAM FOR WINDSOR AND FOR TIDEWATER. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CONTRACTOR IS ARE NOT IN CONFLICT WITH EACH OTHER WHILE THAT WORK IS HAPPENING. SO, DO COMMUNICATIONS GO OUT TO THE RESIDENTS? YES. SO, WE, WE SEND DIRECT MAILERS TO EVERY RESIDENT, THAT WILL BE[01:15:08]
IN IMPACTED BY, THE STREET PROGRAM AND THE SIDEWALK PROGRAM AND, AND WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH JOSH TO GET SOME COMMUNICATION OUT AS WELL. OUR STREET PROGRAM, WE'RE EXPECTING TO OPEN BIDS FOR THAT HERE IN THE NEXT, I THINK THE NEXT WEEK. NEXT FRIDAY, SO WE WILL WORK WITH OUR CONTRACTOR TO GET A FINITE SCHEDULE ON THAT AS WELL. AND ALL THE AREAS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED WOULD BE, WOULD BE HAVE DIRECT COMMUNICATION ON. THANKS, MIKE. ONE LAST I KNOW WHEN WE YOU KNOW, KIND OF ROLLED OUT THIS PLAN, WE BASICALLY SAID WE'RE GOING TO DO WE'RE GOING TO TOUCH EVERY, YOU KNOW, ALL THE SIDEWALKS. ONE TIME GO THROUGH KIND OF LESSONS LEARNED WITH TREES PLANTED AND, YOU KNOW, TAKE ACCOUNTABILITY. AND LET'S SAY THAT PROGRAM STARTED 2017, 2018. IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, WHEN WE CONTEMPLATED THIS, THE, THE JAMES RIVER ROAD IMPROVEMENTS KIND OF DOWN IN THIS AREA, THEY TOOK PLACE BETWEEN 2016 AND 2017. SO, I DON'T KNOW, IT SEEMS LIKE MAYBE 2015 WAS KIND OF THE CREATION OF IT. WE STARTED IMPLEMENTING IT THEN AFTER. BUT SO IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE JUST GOING TO ONGOING OR WAS IT TIME STAMPED THEN WHATEVER NEIGHBORHOODS WERE ESTABLISHED THAT'S OUR ONE TIME, OR IS THIS GOING TO BE WITH NEW NEIGHBORHOODS THAT, YOU KNOW, SAY NOTTINGHAM TRACE COMING ONLINE? DO WE CONTEMPLATE THIS IS GOING TO CONTINUE INTO THOSE IN THOSE GET TOUCHED ONE TIME AS WELL, OR IT'S JUST BASICALLY STOPS WHENEVER WE WHATEVER WHEN WE CREATED THIS PROGRAM, THE OUR INTENTION WAS TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THE SUBDIVISIONS THAT WERE LISTED ON THE MAP THAT WAS ORIGINALLY PRESENTED TO COUNCIL, AND THEN GO BACK AND REEVALUATE WHETHER OR NOT WE NEED TO GO BACK AND GIVE EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD THE NEW NEIGHBORHOODS, AS WELL AS THE EXISTING NEIGHBORHOOD, ONE BITE AT THE APPLE. OR, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE HAVEN'T DETERMINED YET HOW WE PROCEED OR IF WE PROCEED ONCE WE GET THROUGH WITH THIS, WITH THE ALL OF THE SIDEWALKS ON THIS MAP THAT WERE IDENTIFIED AS NEEDING SOME WORK. OKAY. SO IS THERE A SET AMOUNT OF MONEY SET ASIDE EVERY YEAR FOR THIS THIS PROGRAM? THAT IS, IS IT CORRELATED WITH WHAT IS PLANNED FOR THE NEXT YEAR, OR IS IT A LUMP SUM THAT WILL, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE YOUR YEAR 200,000 A YEAR? OKAY. SO AS FAR AS THAT'LL GET AS FAR AS THAT'LL GO. SO IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT WE KEEP ON THE BOOKS, YOU KNOW EVERY YEAR WHATEVER SIDEWALKS ARE MOST NEEDING IT IF THERE ARE ANY THAT ARE NEEDING IT, YOU KNOW, AFTER THEY'VE GONE THROUGH, WE COULD SPEND THAT $200,000 ON THEM. SORRY, MIKE. I THINK THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION WHEN WE INITIALLY KICKED THIS OFF. AS TO WHO HAS THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR MAINTAINING YOUR SIDEWALK, WHICH IN ESSENCE, PRINCIPALLY IS THE RESIDENTS, BUT GIVEN THE TREES AND THE DESIGN AND EVERYTHING THAT WENT ON, WE MADE A CONSCIOUS DECISION THAT WE WOULD WE WOULD GO THROUGH ONCE AND REPAIR ALL OF THESE AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN DAMAGED AND THEN EVALUATE, AS JOE SAID, AFTER THAT, WHETHER IT WOULD CONTINUE ON AND ON AND ON IN PERPETUITY OR JUST THE ONE TIME AND THEN ANYTHING THEREAFTER, THEN BECAME A RESIDENT ISSUE. BUT THAT'S TO BE DETERMINED DOWN THE ROAD. OKAY. DO WE KNOW IF WE LEARNED ANY LESSONS ABOUT WHAT TREES WE PLANTED AFTER WE FIGURED OUT WE WERE DOING ALL THIS DAMAGE WITH THE WRONG KIND OF TREES? YES WE HAVE. YES SO THEORETICALLY, NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED SINCE THIS WHOLE PROGRAM STARTED SHOULDN'T HAVE THE SAME ISSUES. IS THAT RIGHT, THEORETICALLY. THEORETICALLY THEY THEY ARE LIKELY TO. I THINK THAT WE'VE FOUND, THANKS TO MARY LOU AND HER EXPERTISE IN THESE AREAS, THERE ARE DIFFERENT VARIETIES OF CERTAIN TYPES OF TREES THAT BASICALLY APPEAR THE SAME, BUT THEY'RE THEIR THEIR GROWTH RATES AND ULTIMATELY, YOU KNOW, SIZE IS DEFINITELY DIFFERENT AND MORE APPROPRIATE FOR THE SPACE THAT THESE OCCUPIED. SO THE INTENT IS TO MAINTAIN THE LOOK, THE ESTHETIC KIND OF THE CHARACTER THAT WE'VE WE'VE DONE A GREAT JOB OF REALLY PUTTING IN PLACE, BUT YEAH, I THINK THERE HAVE BEEN SOME TWEAKS TO, THE STREET TREE SELECTIONS. I'M ALSO VERY CURIOUS TO SEE WHEN WE'RE DONE, WHETHER ANY OF THE PLACES THAT WE DID NOT DO THE BEST TREE CHOICES, WHETHER THEY'RE STARTING TO HAVE BIG PROBLEMS AGAIN, WILL THOSE TREES SORT OF MATURE AND THIS ISSUE SETTLE DOWN ON OR DO YOU THINK THE 2017 BY THE BY 2026 ARE GOING TO LOOK LIKE THEY NEED IT ALL DONE ALL OVER AGAIN? ANY SENSE OF THAT? YEAH, I THINK THAT, A TREE AND AGAIN, MARY LOU WOULD BE DEFINITELY THE EXPERT TO RESPOND TO THIS AND MORE INFORMED THAN I AM. BUT A TREE INITIALLY, A TREE IS GOING TO EXPERIENCE THE HIGHEST GROWTH, BASICALLY AT THE TIME OF ITS PLANTING. SO AS IT AGES, THE GROWTH OF THE TREE,[01:20:05]
TOO, TENDS TO SLOW DOWN OVER TIME. SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S NO DIFFERENT THAN ON OUR PREVIOUS, SIDEWALK PROGRAM WHERE WE WOULD COME THROUGH AND TEAR OUT SECTIONS OF SIDEWALK AND REPLACE IT. AND THEN WE SEE, YOU KNOW, A SIMILAR, YOU KNOW, HEATING OF THAT BRAND NEW SIDEWALK PANEL, NOT LONG AFTER. AND IT'S BECAUSE THE TREE CONTINUES TO GROW OVER TIME. SO WE'RE HOPEFUL. AND I THINK THAT WAS PART OF THE CONSIDERATION OF UTILIZING THE LEVELING PROGRAM, IS THAT, WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT WE'RE NOW WE'RE KIND OF WORKING WITH THE ROOT, WITH THE WITH THE SYSTEM OF THE TREE ITSELF, RATHER THAN FORCING, OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, OUR RIGHT TO HAVE THE TREE ADJUST TO THE INFRASTRUCTURE BECAUSE IT DOESN'T IT'S NOT GOING TO WORK. SO I THINK THAT OUR NEW PROGRAM IS MORE LIKELY TO HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL LONGEVITY THAN OUR TRADITIONAL RIP IT OUT, PUT IT BACK IN AT THE SAME ELEVATION, SO I THINK THERE'S, THERE'S, I THINK A VARIETY OF KIND OF MOVING TARGETS THAT WE'RE EVALUATING WITH, WITH IT ALL, BUT AGAIN, WE DON'T EXPECT TO KEEP MAKING THE SAME MISTAKE OVER AND OVER. WE'RE TRYING TO TRY TO LEARN FROM THAT. AND DO BETTER. AND I DO THINK THE REALLY BAD LIKE JAMES RIVER, I THINK THAT WAS THE INITIAL GO.AND I DO THINK WE WERE CUTTING ROOTS THAT WERE CAUSING THE PROBLEM THERE, ALONG WITH INVISIBLE FENCES AND IRRIGATION, WHICH GOT RID OF EVERYTHING. CUTTING EVERYTHING. YEAH. CUT IT ALL. YEAH I'LL SAY, JUST TO YOUR POINT, MARLENE, I KNOW IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH WAS 20, 20, I TO YOUR POINT LIKE I DID SEE NOW WHERE NEW SIDEWALK RAN INTO THE OLD SIDEWALK. YOU SEE A LITTLE BIT OF THAT. NOT NOT A LOT, BUT YOU'RE ARE STARTING TO SEE THAT THERE IS STILL SOME MOVEMENT NOW, IN THOSE. SO I GUESS THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING I DON'T KNOW. I'M SURE EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD UP THERE IS GOING TO PROBABLY EXPERIENCE SOMETHING LIKE THAT IN SOME AREA, SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S WHERE THE LEVELING COMES BACK OR THAT'S GOING TO BE ON THE RESIDENT. BUT THERE'S JUST I DO SEE THAT A LITTLE BIT HAPPENING. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE FOR CITY MANAGER? ALL RIGHT. CITY ATTORNEY SORRY, JOE. DID YOU WANT TO TALK? OH, HE DID HAVE SOMETHING, SO I ALSO WANTED TO HAVE MIKE UPDATE YOU ON THE MAINTENANCE THAT'S PLANNED FOR THE VILLAGE CENTER, SPECIFICALLY THE, MARKET AND MAIN AREA, AND THEN ALSO DOWN ALONG DUBLIN-GRANVILLE ROAD AND THE HISTORIC VILLAGE CENTER. OKAY OKAY. SO WITH COUNCIL SUPPORT, TWO YEARS AGO, WE BEGAN FUNDING, SPECIFIC VILLAGE CENTER IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS. SO WE NOW HAVE A WE CALL IT OUR NONSTANDARD MATERIAL, MAINTENANCE PROGRAM. SO BASICALLY, ANYWHERE AND REALLY MORE SO IN THE VILLAGE CENTER, ANYWHERE THERE IS A KIND OF A NONSTANDARD MATERIAL, WHETHER IT'S A BRICK SIDEWALK OR, YOU KNOW, GRANITE COBBLES, GRANITE CURB, THINGS OF THAT NATURE, WE HAVE A DESIGNATED FUND THAT IS APPROPRIATED EACH YEAR, WITH THE INTENT OF HAVING AN ACTIVE MAINTENANCE PROGRAM ON ALL THAT TYPE OF MATERIAL. SO THIS YEAR, WE'VE EXPANDED THAT TO INCLUDE, QUITE A BIT OF WORK, THIS IS HIGH STREET AND MAIN STREET HERE, THIS IS AN AREA WHERE WE HAVE EXISTING BRICK SIDEWALK. IT'S BEEN IN PLACE FOR MANY YEARS, AND IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, IT NEEDS KIND OF A REFRESH. I THINK A LOT OF THE TREE WELLS ARE IN, YOU KNOW, KIND OF, DIFFICULT CONDITION, SO WE'RE GOING TO BE GOING THROUGH THIS YEAR KIND OF RESETTING ALL THAT, RESEALING ALL OF THAT TO GET EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW, FULLY LEVELED OUT AND ESSENTIALLY TEEING UP, WHAT'S LIKELY TO BECOME A FALL PROJECT, WHICH WOULD BE KIND OF A REESTABLISHING OF PLANTINGS OR REESTABLISHING OF, PLANTINGS WITHIN THOSE, THOSE TREE WELLS IN THAT AREA. WE REALLY WANT IT ALL TO LOOK FULL AND HEALTHY. AND I THINK OVER TIME IT JUST HASN'T BEEN MAINTAINED TO THAT STANDARD. SO WE'RE REALLY LOOKING TO KIND OF REESTABLISH THAT THIS YEAR, SO THIS AREA, THIS KIND OF LIGHTER BLUE COLOR, SHOWS THE SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENT AREA THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO THIS YEAR, WE ARE PLANNING TO REPLACE, THE FOUR CROSSWALKS THAT EXIST AT DUBLIN-GRANVILLE ROAD AND US 62. THEY'RE NOT IN IN GREAT SHAPE TODAY, WE HAVE ALREADY COMPLETED, THERE IS THIS IS ACTUALLY OUR OUR INITIAL SECTION OF WHAT WE CALL THE VILLAGE LOOP. SO THIS RUNS ALONG THE SOUTH SIDE OF DUBLIN-GRANVILLE ROAD, THE NORTH SIDE OF ROSELAND PARK, IT CONSISTS OF A, AN ASPHALT LEISURE PATH THAT IS IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO A BRICK SIDEWALK, SO THAT WAS KIND OF SETTLING IN SOME WAYS, THE EDGE THAT WAS CLOSEST TO ROSE RUN WAS KIND OF TILTING IN, YOU KNOW, AND IT JUST NEEDED SOME ATTENTION. SO WE'VE ALREADY DONE THAT WORK THIS YEAR. SIMILARLY HERE, THIS IS REALLY AT THE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE FROM ROSE RUN. THIS IS WHERE THE CROSSING ALIGNS WITH THE SCHOOL, THE SCHOOL ENTRY, THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF GRANITE AND, YOU KNOW, NONSTANDARD MATERIALS THERE. THERE'S THAT
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DARK, GRANT THAT IS WITHIN THE ROADWAY ITSELF. IT DOES REQUIRE AN ACTIVE MAINTENANCE PLAN. SO WE'RE GOING TO BE GOING THROUGH THERE AGAIN. WE DID SOME WORK LAST YEAR. I THINK WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO BE WORKING IN THIS AREA ANNUALLY, FOR, FOR A LONG TIME, WE ARE GOING TO BE THIS IS THE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE CRESCENT HERE FOR AT KESWICK , WE ARE GOING TO BE REPLACING THE STEPS, AND THE WALL KIND OF IN THAT AREA, THIS IS FARMER'S ALLEY. SO THIS IS OWNED BY THE CITY OF NEW ALBANY, KIND OF FLANKED ON BOTH SIDES BY, YOU KNOW, MELLOW MUSHROOM IS IN THIS BUILDING HERE AND FOX IN THE SNOW, AGAIN, JUST GOING THROUGH THAT AREA AND DOING SOME LEVELING AND JUST REESTABLISHING AND RESEEDING A LOT OF THAT, BRICK, BECAUSE IT HAS MOVED OVER TIME, AND THEN I GUESS LASTLY, JUST AROUND, YOU KNOW, MARKET AND MAIN INTERSECTION, WE ARE GOING TO BE GOING THROUGH, KIND OF RE LEVELING A LOT OF THE COBBLES WITHIN THE WITHIN THE ROUNDABOUT ITSELF. YOU KNOW, IT DOES SEE QUITE A BIT OF TRUCK TRAFFIC. THEY'VE JUST THEY'VE SETTLED, SO WE NEED TO GET IN THERE AND KIND OF RAISE THOSE UP, REESTABLISH THOSE RE RE KIND OF GROUT THEM IN, AND THEN AS ALSO TO THE, YOU KNOW, ALONG THE, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE THE, THE BRICK TREATMENTS WITHIN THE STREETSCAPE. THERE'S SOME BRICK TREE WELLS IN THAT AREA TOO, THAT HAVE KIND OF FALLEN, KIND OF BELOW OUR STANDARDS. SO WE'RE LOOKING TO GET ALL OF THAT, COMPLETED THIS YEAR TO JUST REALLY DO A KIND OF A CLEAN UP WITHIN OUR VILLAGE CENTER. SO ALL OF THIS WILL BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF THIS YEAR. BUT I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT'S ON THE HORIZON. THERE IS ONE OTHER ITEM, IN CASE YOU HAVEN'T BEEN NORTH ON 605, THE CONTRACTOR IS OUT AND THE CONSTRUCTION IS UNDERWAY ON THE DROP LANE, AND THAT'LL BE SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE BY THE START OF SCHOOL. SO I THINK THAT'LL BE A BIG IMPROVEMENT. HOPEFULLY RELIEVE SOME OF THE CONGESTION ON 605. YEAH. SO HEY, MIKE, JUST ONE THING ACROSS FROM THE AMPHITHEATER ON, THE SOUTH SIDE OF 161. WE ALWAYS HAVE THAT TREE THAT HAS THE STONES AROUND IT THAT JUST SEEM TO GO DOWN EVERY YEAR, AND I KNOW IT HAPPENED THIS YEAR, IS THAT JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE WE'RE JUST GOING TO KEEP FIXING IT, KNOWING PROBABLY IT'S GOING TO GO DOWN AGAIN? OR ARE WE THINKING ABOUT MAYBE SOMETHING TO MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE PERMANENT? YEAH SO, IT IT FELL LAST YEAR, WE DID REPAIR IT IN-HOUSE, IT IT FELL AGAIN THIS YEAR, I DON'T I HAVEN'T I DON'T UNDERSTAND ALL OF THE DETAILS OF HOW THE REPAIR WAS DONE DIFFERENTLY, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS THEY DID THEY DID INCLUDE SOME ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR THAT. I THINK THE ESTHETICS OF THE WALL ARE SOMETHING THAT IS JUST ULTIMATELY WHAT IS LEADING TO SOME OF IT. SO GENERALLY SPEAKING, WHEN YOU HAVE A WALL, YOU KNOW THAT IS A DRY, DRY LAID STONE. IT'S STACKED BASICALLY IN A VERTICAL DIMENSION. I THINK THAT CONDITION IS ALWAYS CHALLENGING, ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE HEIGHT OF THE WALL. GENERALLY SPEAKING, THE HIGHER YOU GO, YOU TEND TO KIND OF STACK BACK INTO THE AREA. BUT WE WANT IT TO BE INTENTIONAL ABOUT STAYING AS FAR AWAY FROM THE TREE THAT'S THERE, BECAUSE THE WALL EXISTS TO SAVE THE TREE.SO, WE'RE DOING WHAT WE CAN TO PUT IN PLACE A MORE PERMANENT SOLUTION, BUT, I, I'LL HAVE TO FOLLOW UP ON WITH YOU. ON ON WHAT, WHAT ALL THAT IS. BUT WE'RE TRYING. IT'S KIND OF A TIGHTROPE OF, YOU KNOW, PUTTING IN A PERMANENT, REPAIR THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO REALLY THINK ABOUT , HAVING IT FAIL ONCE A YEAR IS NOT. IT'S NOT OKAY. WE NEED TO DO BETTER THAN THAT. BUT WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE TREE IS HEALTHY. AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO THE AREA. SO WE'RE KIND OF DOING A LITTLE TRIAL AND ERROR AT THE MOMENT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. YEAH ANYTHING ELSE FROM OUR CITY MANAGER? ARE YOU SURE? ALL RIGHT, NOW WE'LL GO TO THE CITY ATTORNEY. I CAN'T FOLLOW THAT. SO I HAVE NO REPORT. MIKE SAID IT ALL. OKAY, ALRIGHT, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND PULL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. AS A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD LIKE TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT. I DO NOT SEE ANY ABOUT PULL FOR COUNCIL COMMENT. DO WE HAVE ANY COUNCIL COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT. DO NOT SEE ANY. LET'S GO TO OTHER BUSINESS, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER
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BUSINESS TONIGHT? WHY? COUNCIL MEMBER DULL. AS YOU KNOW, WE DO. COUNCIL. WE HAVE BOTH BEEN ATTENDING THESE CIC MEETINGS, AND, IT WAS, COUNC RIGHT THAT WE PERHAPS UPDATE YOU[01:30:02]
A LITTLE BIT ON SOME OF THE THINGS GOING ON OVER THERE, BECAUSE THERE IS SO MUCH GOING ON OVER THERE RIGHT NOW. VERY EXCITED ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH, WITH THE INNOVATE PROJECT.AND, WE, HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT AND I THINK ARE GETTING READY TO DO AN OPERATING AGREEMENT FOR A RESTAURANT AT THE. I'M LOOKING AT JENNIFER LIKE SHE'S VERY NERVOUS THAT I'M GOING TO SAY ANYTHING. AM I SAYING ANYTHING I SHOULDN'T BE SAYING RIGHT NOW? DO YOU WANT TO SHUT ME UP BEFORE I SPEAK? SHE LOOKS LIKE SHE'S GOING TO BE ILL. NO, I THINK IT'S GREAT. OUR COMMUNICATION SUBCOMMITTEE IS WORKING VERY HARD ON A VERY STRATEGIC MARKETING STRATEGY TO BE ABLE TO MAKE A FORMAL ANNOUNCEMENT RIGHT , WITH THE TIMING AND KIND OF THE ALIGNMENT OF ALL THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN GOING ON, FOR SURE. SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT SOME NAMES I WON'T MENTION TONIGHT, BECAUSE THEY'LL BE COMING OUT IN A BIG PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT. BUT I THINK WE'RE GOING WE'VE GOT A FABULOUS OPERATING AGREEMENT POTENTIALLY FOR A RESTAURANT AT INNOVATE, AND I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A PHENOMENAL OFFICE SPACE AT INNOVATE, AND WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT FABULOUS DRAWINGS AND SCHEMATICS, AND IT'S JUST REALLY COMING TOGETHER INCREDIBLY WELL.
AND WE ARE VERY, VERY I KNOW I AM EXTREMELY GRATEFUL TO ALL OF OUR STAFF WHO JUST LITERALLY FOUND AN EXTRA 30 HOURS IN EVERY DAY, TO GET THIS ALL DONE AND GET OUR INNOVATE PEOPLE MOVED AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE TO A NEW BUILDING, AND THEY'RE GOING TO MOVE THEM AGAIN TO A NEW FLOOR.
AND, WILL BE HAVING BIG PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENTS ABOUT THAT SOON. THE OTHER THING THAT WE LEARNED FOR THE FIRST TIME AT THE CIC MEETING THAT WE THOUGHT WE OUGHT TO SHARE, BUT PERHAPS IT WOULD COME BETTER FROM STAFF. I THINK ADRIAN, YOU MIGHT BE SOMEBODY WANTS TO GIVE MORE DETAIL OR JOE . BUT, WE LEARNED THAT WE HAVE APPARENTLY NOW HIRED ON A CONTRACTOR, COUNCIL FOREVER.
WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT. IS THERE ANY WAY TO BRING FIBER TO THE HOME? AND WE'VE ALL JUST KIND OF STOOD AROUND AND LOOKED AT EACH OTHER. WE DON'T HAVE A CLUE WHAT WE'RE DOING, BUT THAT THEORY WAS THERE, AND THEY HAVE NOW FOUND SOMEONE WHO I WAS EXTREMELY IMPRESSED WITH. I THINK HE IS CURRENTLY THE CIO OVER AT DUBLIN, AND HE'S DOING SOME CONTRACT WORK, AND WE'VE APPARENTLY CONTRACTED WITH HIM TO GO THROUGH, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE HE IS GOING TO BE INCREDIBLY THOROUGH AND GO ALL THE WAY TO THE VERY BEGINNING OF EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY IN THE CITY IN TERMS OF TECHNOLOGY, WHETHER IT BE CELL PHONE, CAPABILITIES TO FIBER, TO EVERYTHING ELSE AND PUT TOGETHER THE WHOLE PICTURE FOR US AND SAY, THIS IS WHAT YOU DO HAVE THESE ARE THE THINGS WE CAN BUILD ON THAT WOULD MAKE A GREAT LONG TERM PICTURE FOR OUR CITY AND MAKE US SOMEBODY THAT REALLY STANDS OUT WITH GREAT SERVICES FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR BUSINESSES. THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WOULDN'T MAKE SENSE. AND IT MAY TURN OUT TO BE FIBER TO THE HOME. SO HE'S SAYING, LET'S NOT START WITH CONCLUSIONS. LET'S START WITH THE QUESTIONS. SO I WAS REALLY, REALLY IMPRESSED WITH THE GENTLEMAN AND VERY EXCITED TO SEE THAT THE CITY HAS RETAINED HIM. AND I THINK IT WAS GOOD FOR US. AND IT WAS AGAIN, YOUR SUGGESTION, BUT I THINK YOU WERE RIGHT TO SHARE THAT WITH ALL OF COUNCIL TONIGHT. THAT'S, THAT'S IT. THAT ACTUALLY REMINDED ME OF ANOTHER PIECE OF BUSINESS THAT I WAS THINKING ABOUT SHARING, ON THE TECHNOLOGY PIECE, AT&T IS COMING THROUGH AND STARTING THEIR, FIBER OPTIC, PROCESS.
THEY STARTED IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, TWO WEEKS AGO. AND I WANTED TO, NO PROJECT IS EVER GOING TO GO, PERFECTLY, BUT WHAT I, EXPERIENCED DURING THAT WAS THE, THE PROFESSIONALISM OF AT&T AND THE PROFESSIONALISM OF PUBLIC SERVICE DEPARTMENT COMING OUT AND FIXING PROBLEMS. SO TO ANYBODY WHO'S WATCHING THAT MIGHT HAVE THAT HAPPEN IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD, MIGHT HAVE THE TRUCKS COME IN, JUST KNOW THAT IF SOMETHING HAPPENS, THERE'S A NUMBER WITH AN ACTUAL PERSON OR PUBLIC SERVICE, ACTUAL PERSON THAT'S GOING TO CALL AND COME OUT YOUR BACKYARD AND THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE IT RIGHT, AND I WAS JUST VERY, IMPRESSED WITH THE PROFESSIONALISM ON BOTH SIDES, AND HOPEFUL THAT THAT WILL TECHNOLOGY WILL HAPPEN FOR EVERYBODY. AND I THINK, I THINK AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE WITH BOTH REPORTS THAT WE JUST HAD THAT THAT'S ACTUALLY SOMETHING SEPARATE. THAT CITY'S NOT THAT IS SOMETHING SEPARATE, YOU KNOW, WITH WITH WHAT'S GOING ON THERE. THAT'S A PRIVATE ENTITY BASICALLY. AND YES, BUT THE PUBLIC SERVICE DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY WAS FANTASTIC IN RESPONDING TO RESIDENT CONCERNS. SO I WANTED TO YEP. THANK YOU FOR THAT. THE ONLY STATE THAT BECAUSE I HAD NEIGHBORS IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD ASKED WHY WE'RE NOT HAVING IT TOO, SINCE THEY SAW THE SIGNS AND EVERYTHING. AND I KNOW THAT'S NOT THE CITY, THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE. SO OKAY, BUT THEY'VE GOT YOUR BACK AND. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT.
ANY OTHER BUSINESS? OKAY SEEING NONE, I'M GOING TO WE HAVE A MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT. I MOVE THAT WE ADJOURN AND I'LL SECOND. ALL RIGHT. WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 8:05 P.M. NIGHT.
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