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LOOKING AROUND. GOOD EVENING. I'D LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THE WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9TH, 2024 MEETING OF THE NEW ALBANY SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD. MEETING AT 632. CAN STAFF PLEASE READ ROLL CALL? MR. SCHUMACHER? HERE. MR. BARNES. HERE. MISS GALLO. HERE. MR. CONWAY. HERE.
MISS KELLERMAN. HERE. MISS FILIATRAULT. MR. FILIATRAULT. HERE. MISS HALL. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. FELLOWS. HERE. WE HAVE A QUORUM. GREAT. THANK YOU. THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE
[III. Action of Minutes: September 11, 2024]
ACTION OF MINUTES FOR THE SEPTEMBER 11TH, 2024. SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD MEETING. DO ANY BOARD MEMBERS HAVE CORRECTIONS TO THE MINUTES? WHEN I ACTUALLY WHEN I WAS REVIEWING, TRYING TO CATCH UP, THERE WAS ONE THAT SAID ON PAGE TWO, I THINK LIKE THE ANNUAL FEE PICKUP OR COST FOR THE DROP OFF WAS $25. IS THAT RIGHT? I THOUGHT IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN LIKE 20,000. YEAH. OR SOMETHING. SO I FIGURED IT WAS LIKE, OH, THAT CAN'T BE RIGHT. BUT THANK YOU.IT'S ALWAYS A MUNDANE DETAIL. IT DOES NOT. ANYTHING ELSE? ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBERS? GREAT. I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES. I MOVE TO APPROVE LAST MONTH'S MINUTES. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. THANK YOU, MISS GALLO. YES. MR. CONWAY? YES. MR. SCHUMACHER.
YES. MR. BARNES? YES. MISS KELLERMAN. YES. MR. FILIATRAULT. YES. MOTION PASSES. GREAT. THANK
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YOU. NEXT. ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS TO THE AGENDA FROM STAFF? JUST WANT TO MAKE SOME INTRODUCTIONS. WE HAVE A NEW STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE ON THE BOARD WITH US TONIGHT. THIS IS RIO. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF FOR A MOMENT. YEAH, SURE. I'M A SENIOR AT NEW ALBANY HIGH SCHOOL AND I'M CO-PRESIDENT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL CLUB AT SCHOOL.AND I'M VERY HAPPY TO BE HERE. GREAT. WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE YOU. WELCOME. YOU'RE WELCOME. AND WE ALSO HAVE ANGIE WITH US THIS EVENING IN PLACE OF MIKE. SHE WORKS WITH HIM AT THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT. SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE MET HER AT VARIOUS EVENTS THAT YOU VOLUNTEERED AT. AND COUNCIL MEMBER FELLOWS IS IN ATTENDANCE TONIGHT IN PLACE OF COUNCIL MEMBER KIST. HAPPY TO HAVE YOU.
[V. Hearing of Visitors for Items Not on Tonight’s Agenda]
THAT'S ALL. GREAT. THANK YOU. NEXT WE'RE LOOKING FOR HEARING OF VISITORS. EXCUSE ME. HEARING OF VISITORS FOR ITEMS NOT ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA. IS THERE ANYONE IN ATTENDANCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM? NOT ON THE AGENDA. THANK YOU. JUST PLEASE, FOR THE RECORD, GIVE YOUR NAME WAS JOE HASBRO. I WAS TRYING TO. ALBANY. I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING THE ACTIONS OF THE BOARD OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS. JOB ADDRESSING WASTE DIVERSION AND THE ISSUES. THE CASTLE, THE LARGER SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES. MOVING IF WE ARE TO ADDRESS WHAT ROLE WE WISH OUR COMMUNITY TO HAVE IN THE CLIMATE CRISIS, YOU ARE UNDOUBTEDLY AWARE THAT THE NEW ALBANY SCHOOL DISTRICT PLANS TO GREATLY RECONFIGURE AND EXPAND ITS CAMPUS. THIS PRESENTS AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO FORGO CONVENTIONAL HVAC SYSTEMS AND INSTEAD REALIZE VERTICAL AND GEOTHERMAL INSTALLATIONS FOR HEATING, COOLING, AND OTHER ENERGY NEEDS. I'VE ALREADY PASSED THIS SUGGESTION ON TO THE SCHOOL BOARD AND WILL DO SO AGAIN AT THIS TIME. THE SCHOOL BOARD PRESIDENT IMMEDIATELY RESPONDED THAT SUCH SUGGESTIONS WOULD BE CONSIDERED DURING THE SCHEMATIC DESIGN PHASE OF THE HELPESS. I THINK IT WOULD BE FUL IF THIS SUSTAINABILITY BOARD WOULD SIMILARLY REACH OUT TO MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD AND POTENTIAL FOR THE CAMPUS TO GO FOSSIL FUEL FREE. APART FROM THE UTILITY COSTS THAT REDUCE THE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR CAN BE SUCH CLIMATE FRIENDLY SOLUTIONS WOULD BE GREATLY.THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS. LESLIE. ALL RIGHT.
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WE'LL MOVE RIGHT ON TO BUSINESS THEN. CHELSEA. THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS AN UPDATE. A[00:05:13]
COUPLE MEMBERS OF OUR OFFICE ATTENDED THE OHIO PARKS AND REC ASSOCIATION WORKSHOP IN DUBLIN EARLIER THIS MONTH, AND ONE OF THE SESSIONS OF THE DAY WAS ON SUSTAINABILITY, AND THE WORKSHOP WAS FOCUSED AROUND COMMUNITY EVENTS. SO ZUKO WAS THERE AND THEY WERE TALKING TO EVERYBODY IN THE ROOM WAS A REPRESENTATIVE FROM A CITY WITHIN THE STATE OF OHIO, AND ZUKO WAS THERE TALKING TO PEOPLE ABOUT BASICALLY URGING THEM TO RECYCLE AT THEIR COMMUNITY EVENTS. AND THEY DID TOUCH UPON SUGGESTIONS ON HAVING WATER FILLING STATIONS AT THE COMMUNITY EVENTS. AND JUST VERY BRIEFLY DISCUSSED DOING FOOD WASTE COLLECTION AT COMMUNITY EVENTS AS WELL. BASED ON THE DISCUSSION THAT DAY, IT WAS EVIDENT THAT A LOT OF THE COMMUNITIES AREN'T EVEN RECYCLING AT THEIR COMMUNITY EVENTS. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING. AND AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE WATER FILLING STATION THAT WE JUST IMPLEMENTED THIS YEAR AND WE ARE STARTING THE FOOD WASTE COLLECTION, THAT COMMUNITY EVENTS AND HOPEFULLY NEXT YEAR THAT WILL GEAR UP A LITTLE BIT MORE. BUT WE JUST WANTED TO THANK THE BOARD FOR YOUR GUIDANCE AND SUPPORT ON THESE INITIATIVES AND HELPING THE CITY IMPLEMENT THEM AND YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS TO CITY COUNCIL.IT SOUNDS LIKE MAYBE THE REASON WHY THESE CITIES DON'T IMPLEMENT THESE INITIATIVES AT THEIR EVENTS IS BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE A BOARD LIKE YOU ALL, SO WE APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU DO TO HELP US GET THESE INITIATIVES UP AND RUNNING. SO THANK YOU. WE'LL ONLY TAKE A SMALL AMOUNT OF THAT CREDIT. YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME. AND I'M SURE YOU SAT THERE THE WHOLE TIME WHEN THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT IT, THINKING WE DID THAT. WE DID THAT. WELL THANK YOU. SO I DO THINK IT'S GREAT BECAUSE SOMETIMES YOU CAN LIKE, FEEL LIKE YOU'RE NOT DOING ENOUGH, BUT THEN YOU'RE IN A ROOM LIKE THAT AND YOU REALIZE WE'RE DOING ALL THREE THINGS WHERE A LOT OF PLACES AREN'T EVEN DOING ONE. AND WE DO HAVE ROOM TO GROW AND IMPROVE. BUT IT DOES. IT IS A LITTLE BIT FULFILLING TO REALIZE, ALL RIGHT, THESE ARE THINGS WE'RE WE'RE TAKING SERIOUSLY AND WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE THOSE CHANGES. AND OTHER CITIES ARE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE STRUGGLING ON HOW TO DO IT THEMSELVES. OKAY. THE NEXT ITEM IS THE WATERWAYS PROJECT THAT HAD BEEN MENTIONED BEFORE IN SOME WAYS THAT WE CAN TAP INTO THOSE INITIATIVES. THE FIRST THING WE WANTED TO MENTION IS THE COMMUNITY BACKYARDS PROGRAM HAS BEEN GOING ON, AND PART OF THAT IS FOR RESIDENTS TO ATTEND WORKSHOPS IN ORDER TO GET THE REBATE FOR THE RAIN GARDENS OR LANDSCAPING. AND THERE IS GOING TO BE A WORKSHOP ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4TH AT THE NEW ALBANY LIBRARY, AND IT'S GOING TO BE FROM 6 TO 7:30 P.M. FRIENDS OF ELM CREEK AND TRIBUTARIES WILL BE PRESENTING TO ATTENDEES IN THE CLASS. WILL FOCUS ON WATER QUALITY, STORMWATER, EDUCATION, RAIN GARDENS, NATIVE PLANTS, AND INVASIVE PLANTS. AND THEY WILL BE ABLE TO ALSO TOUCH ON THE INVASIVE TRADE IN PROGRAM IN THAT CLASS AS WELL TO HELP GET THE WORD OUT ABOUT THAT. SO WE'LL SEND THE INVITATION TO EVERYONE TOMORROW. THERE IS A REGISTRATION LINK IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN ATTENDING OR IF YOU KNOW OTHERS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT MIGHT WANT TO ATTEND. YOU CAN SHARE THE LINK WITH THEM TO REGISTER FOR THE EVENT AS WELL. AND AS FAR AS THE INVASIVE TRAINING PROGRAM, IT'S BEEN OPEN FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS NOW. WE'VE ONLY RECEIVED ONE APPLICANT, SO FAR. BUT THEY DID REMOVE SOME INVASIVE SPECIES FROM THEIR YARD AND PURCHASED TWO TREES TO PUT IN ITS PLACE. SO THEY'LL BE REIMBURSED FOR THAT. SO THAT'S JUST AN UPDATE ON THAT PROGRAM. JUST TO SAY IF ANYBODY ON THE BOARD HASN'T SIGNED UP TO GET THE NEWSLETTER FROM FRANKLIN SOIL AND WATER LIKE IT COMES OUT MONTHLY, IF YOU HAVEN'T DONE THAT, I SUGGEST YOU DO IT. IT'S IT JUST I THINK IT'S GREAT
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BECAUSE IT'S WHAT ALWAYS KIND OF THROWS AT ME LIKE, OH, THERE'S THINGS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AND TYPICALLY THEY'RE THEY'RE RUNNING CONCURRENTLY, BUT SOMETIMES THEY RUN OFF CYCLE.AND IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I KNOW THAT I'VE TALKED TO STAFF ABOUT, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN BETTER HAVE SOME SYNERGIES WITHIN THE THAT INFORMATION IS COMING OUT FROM THEM. I KNOW ONE MORE EMAIL IN THE INBOX. SO THE OTHER COMPONENT TO THIS IS WE HAD TALKED ABOUT LOOKING AT ALL OF THE STREAMS WITHIN THE CITY OF NEW ALBANY AND WHAT WE'VE DONE SO FAR IS WE HAVE CREATED THIS MAP THAT SHOWS ALL OF THE STREAMS FROM THE USGS WEBSITE, AND IT INTERSECTS ALL OF THE PARCELS THAT YOU CAN SEE. THEY'RE BROKEN DOWN INTO THE DIFFERENT USE GROUPS. THE BLUE IS COMMERCIAL AND THE YELLOW IS RESIDENTIAL, AND THE GREEN IS OPEN SPACE. SO THIS MAP SHOWS WHERE ALL OF THE STREAMS IN THE CITY CROSS A PARCEL. WE WILL ALSO SEND THIS MAP TO YOU SO THAT YOU CAN TAKE A CLOSER LOOK. AND IT BREAKS DOWN THE NUMBER OF PARCELS BY EACH CATEGORY. SO WE WANTED TO SHOW THIS TO YOU WHAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON. SO FAR AND JUST KIND OF OPEN UP FOR DISCUSSION ON POSSIBLY WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE STAFF TO DO, WHAT THE POTENTIAL PROJECT REGARDING THIS INFORMATION. AND I THINK YOU SAID, DID YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT IT? YEAH, I THINK IT'S AN INTERESTING BREAKDOWN. WE'VE NEVER DONE THIS ANALYSIS BEFORE. SO IT'S PROBABLY HARD TO SEE. BUT THERE IN THE BLUE COMMERCIAL CATEGORY, THERE ARE 85 PARCELS IN YELLOW RESIDENTIAL, THERE ARE 215. AND THEN PARK AND GREEN SPACE ARE 64. AND SO, YOU KNOW, EACH OF THOSE CATEGORIES JUST BY LOCATION PROBABLY HAVE DIFFERENT REQUIREMENTS, WHETHER IT'S FROM A ZONING LEVEL OR A NOTE ON A PLAT ON WHAT CAN OR CAN'T BE DONE WITHIN A STREAM CORRIDOR, AND EVEN HOW WIDE THAT STREAM CORRIDOR IS, BECAUSE SOMETHING THAT WAS BUILT, YOU KNOW, IN THE LATE 90S OR EARLY 2000, MIGHT HAVE BEEN BUILT UNDER A DIFFERENT STANDARD THAN A MORE RECENT SUBDIVISION. SO WE DO WANT TO GET DIRECTION FROM THE BOARD. BUT ONE THING WE COULD DO WOULD BE TO DIVE INTO THOSE DETAILS A LITTLE MORE, WHICH WOULD BE AN UNDERTAKING, YOU KNOW, 250, 15 RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES. BUT TO REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT REQUIREMENTS OR COMMITMENTS ARE ON THAT PROPERTY, WHERE THE STREAM INTERSECTS WITH IT, AND THEN THAT MIGHT INFORM, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW, WE COULD TARGET AN INVASIVE TRADING CAMPAIGN MORE NARROWLY IN THE FUTURE IF WE WANTED TO. WITH THAT INFORMATION, OR WE COULD DO A POSTCARD MAILING TO EVERYONE THAT HAS A STREAM ABOUT BEST PRACTICES. I THINK THERE'S A LOT WE COULD DO WITH THE DATA ONCE WE REALLY UNDERSTOOD, YOU KNOW, WHAT EXISTS TODAY. MAYBE THERE ARE SOME PARCELS WITH NO REQUIREMENT. SO THEN WHAT WOULD WE MIGHT TAILOR SOMETHING SPECIFICALLY FOR THAT? THE COMMERCIAL ONES AGAIN WILL PROBABLY HAVE SOME SORT OF ZONING REQUIREMENTS. BUT THEY WILL BE MAYBE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN THE RESIDENTIAL ONE. SO I THOUGHT IT WAS INTERESTING DATA. IT'S NICE TO SEE IT MAPPED OUT AND KIND OF WHAT THOSE TRIBUTARIES ARE. THIS IS A CERTAIN LEVEL OF STREAM, SO IT PROBABLY DOESN'T REFLECT EVERY WATERCOURSE IN THE CITY. BUT IT'S KIND OF THE BEST ACCOUNTING WE'VE DONE TO DATE TO FIGURE THIS OUT. AND AGAIN, SOME OF THESE ARE WITHIN THE CITY.
LIMITS. BUT SOME OF THEM ARE GOVERNED BY. SO THERE ARE DIFFERENT EPA OR I MEAN OR THEY'RE JUST DIFFERENT REGULATIONS ON THEIR. YEAH. YEAH, I KNOW THERE'S LAYERS OF LAYERS. AND THE U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS AND ALL THAT, RIGHT? SO IF IT'S A NAVIGABLE WATER WATERWAY OF THE US, THERE ARE DIFFERENT REQUIREMENTS. AND SO MY SENSE IS YOU WOULD SEE THAT MAYBE MORE OUT IN THE BUSINESS PARK, BUT THESE ARE ALL PRETTY SMALL, RIGHT. SO I'M I'M NOT SURE MAYBE ROCKY FORK BLACKLICK I THINK WOULD QUALIFY. BUT THEN THAT WOULD DEPEND. SO IF, IF SOMETHING AT THAT LEVEL OF WATERWAY WAS DEVELOPED AND THEN IT WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH
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A PERMITTING PROCESS WITH THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEER. SO THEN DOWN FROM THAT, THERE'S KIND OF STATE WETLAND REQUIREMENTS. AND SOMETIMES WETLANDS ARE NEXT TO STREAMS. AND THEN WE HAVE WE HAVE GENERAL LOCAL REQUIREMENTS ABOUT STREAM CORRIDOR PROTECTION ZONES AND FLOODPLAINS. BUT THEN YOU ALSO COULD GET MORE SPECIFIC ON A SPECIFIC ZONING TEXT. SO IT WOULD KIND OF BE GOING DOWN A CHECKLIST OF REGULATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS TO SEE WHAT APPLY TO EACH OF THESE PARCELS. YES, I MEAN, I'D LOVE TO. I CAN'T SPEAK FOR EVERYBODY, BUT I'D LIKE TO GET TO THAT LEVEL OF DETAIL, UNDERSTANDING THAT IT IS A PROJECT YOU'RE GOING TO SNAP YOUR FINGERS AND HAVE IT DONE.BECAUSE I THINK WHEN WE BROUGHT UP THIS TOPIC, IT WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, WHERE CAN WE ACCESS THINGS LIKE INVASIVE SPECIES, WHICH OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, DROPPING INTO THE WATER, PLUS JUST BEING IN EXISTENCE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF EXACERBATES THAT PROBLEM. AS WELL AS WHERE IT BREAKS INTO RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL, FOR THAT MATTER. FERTILIZER GOING IN AND LEAVES GETTING BLOWN IN AND LAWN GETTING PLANTED AND MOWED UP TO THE EDGE OF THE WATER THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE WHAT SHOULD BE HAPPENING, DEPENDING ON HOW THE GOVERNANCE IS SET UP ON IT. SO YES, IT'S GOING TO BE A BIG, HAIRY, BIG, HAIRY TASK, BUT THAT'S KIND OF THE INTENT TO TRY TO GET AT IT. YEAH I MEAN IT'S COMPLICATED JUST IN THE SENSE THAT THERE'S LAYERS OF REGULATION. BUT I THINK, I THINK THE DATA COULD LEAD TO SOME INTERESTING PROGRAMS. AND, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE'RE JUST IDENTIFYING THOSE STREAM CORRIDOR PROTECTION ZONES BETTER THAN WE ARE TODAY. I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT MIGHT LEAD, BUT I THINK YOU GUYS COULD COME UP WITH SOME GOOD IDEAS ONCE WE KNOW WHAT THAT INFORMATION IS. THERE'S DEFINITELY AN AWARENESS CAMPAIGN OF NOTHING ELSE BECAUSE I'M I'M CONSTANTLY SURPRISED AT THE PEOPLE WHO LOOK AT THE HOLDING PONDS AND IN DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS AND ARE LIKE, THIS LOOKS LIKE HELL. AND I'M LIKE, WELL, YEAH, BECAUSE THE, THE SIDEWALK THAT YOU'RE LIKE BLOWING STUFF INTO THAT'S GOING INTO THE DRAIN AND THAT'S GOING RIGHT THERE. I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW WHAT MAGIC HOLE YOU THINK THAT'S GOING INTO, BUT THIS IS WHERE IT'S ENDING UP. SO YOU KNOW, JUST ANYTHING WE CAN KEEP BUILDING AWARENESS AROUND THE STREAM HEALTH HAS ANY OTHER LOCAL GOVERNMENT DONE A SIMILAR.
NOT THAT I'M AWARE. MAPPING. NO. NO. I MEAN THEY COULD HAVE. YEA. I'M JUST NOT AWARE OF IT. IT SEEMS LIKE A GREAT FIRST STEP TO ME. I MEAN, UNLESS YOU KNOW WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH, I DON'T SEE HOW WE COULD, YOU KNOW, REALLY MOVE FORWARD. SO I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS TAKING THAT ON. AND I'.
I'M A LITTLE SURPRISED THERE'S SO MANY OF THEM. GO THROUGH THE COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS. I GUESS I JUST NEVER PICTURED IT LIKE THAT. SO IT WOULD BE INTERESTING IF WE COULD, YOU KNOW, PARTNER WITH THEM AT ALL ABOUT WHAT ARE THEIR PRACTICES AND, AND HOW CAN WE HELP THEM IMPROVE AND THAT KIND OF THING. I THINK. GENERALLY, OUR BUSINESSES IN THE COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS TAKE I MEAN, WE'RE ASKING THEM AND IT'S PART OF THE ZONING THAT THEY NEED TO TAKE VERY GOOD CARE OF THAT STREAM CORRIDORS THAT ARE RUNNING THROUGH THEIR PROPERTY, AND THEY'LL TURN THEM INTO ASSETS AND GREEN SPACES THAT CAN BE USED BY THEIR EMPLOYEES. AND. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. WE DEFINITELY ENCOURAGE THAT. THERE IS A ZONING CODE REQUIREMENT, JUST A BASE LEVEL REQUIREMENT FOR A CERTAIN DIMENSION THAT A STREAM CORRIDOR PROTECTION ZONE THAT RUNS ALONGSIDE THOSE STREAMS. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, IF WE CAN WORK WITH THEM TO TURN THOSE INTO SOMETHING THAT'S A LITTLE MORE OF AN AMENITY. WE CERTAINLY TRY TO DO THAT WHEN POSSIBLE. YEAH, GENERALLY THEY'RE ENHANCED AS A RESULT OF HAVING COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES ON THAT SITE. YEAH, A LOT OF THEM ARE. AND IF THEY DO HAVE TO GO THROUGH SOME SORT OF FEDERAL PERMITTING PROCESS, SOMETIMES THEY DO HAVE TO LIKE BE ENHANCED IN SOME WAY BECAUSE OF THAT PERMIT. YEAH, YEAH. AND THEN WE HAVE A LOT, YOU KNOW, WE SEE A LOT OF THOSE CONSERVATION EASEMENTS THAT COME THROUGH TO CITY COUNCIL. AND THAT'S A REQUIREMENT USUALLY OF A PERMITTING PROCESS AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL. AND THEN THOSE AREAS THAT ARE UNDER THE CONSERVATION EASEMENT ARE PRESERVED IN PERPETUITY IN THE CITY HOLDS THOSE EASEMENTS. WE COULD USE SUGAR RUN AS AN EXAMPLE WHERE THE HAMLET'S COMING IN TERMS OF WHAT THE DEVELOPER IS DOING TO REALLY BRING THAT STREAM CORRIDOR BACK TO ITS MORE NATURAL STATE AND MAKE THAT ALSO AN AMENITY FOR THAT DEVELOPMENT. YEAH, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. A LOT OF NOT A LOT OF THESE, BUT SOME OF THESE, ESPECIALLY OUT IN THE BUSINESS PARK IN LINCOLN COUNTY, HAVE BEEN LIKE DITCHES OR THEY IT'S BEEN FARMED. AND SO IT'S VERY
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CHANNELIZED. AND SO THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES WHEN DEVELOPMENT COMES TO, TO FLATTEN THOSE OUT AND MAKE IT, YOU KNOW, INTRODUCE MORE OF A STREAM INSTEAD OF A DITCH TYPE OF SECTION THERE. AND SO THAT DOES HAPPEN. AND THE, THE HAMLET AT THE CORNER OF 605 AND CENTRAL COLLEGE, THEY'VE REALLY DONE AN AMAZING JOB OF TURNING THAT STREAM INTO A PARK AND INTO AN AMENITY FOR THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. SO I THINK THAT'S A GREAT EXAMPLE OF TAKING A NATURAL RESOURCE AND OPENING IT UP TO THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. YEAH, I'LL MAKE THAT LOOK MORE LIKE ROSE PARK DOWN HERE. YEAH, RIGHT. WE WERE TAKING THE OPPORTUNITY TO WALK THESE STREAM CORRIDORS IN THE CITY AND TO ANALYZE THEM LIKE I USED TO LIVE ON SUGAR RUN AT HOME ON SUGAR RUN THAT BACKED UP. YEAH. AND, YOU KNOW, I SPENT A LOT OF TIME WALKING THAT STREAM WITH MY KID, AND IT JUST AMAZED ME. YOU KNOW, YOU GET INTO THE MORE NATURAL AREA OF THAT STREAM WHERE I LIVED. YOU WALK UP THAT STREAM, ALL THE TRASH AND THINGS THAT HAVE COLLECTED OVER THE YEARS FROM THE FARM LAND, YOU KNOW, OLD RUSTED BARRELS AND JUST TRASH. YEAH, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, WITHIN THAT CORRIDOR THAT IT'S ALL GROWN OVER. YOU DON'T REALLY SEE IT UNLESS YOU'RE WALKING IN THE STREAM TO EVEN CLEAN STUFF LIKE THAT UP WOULD BE A. YEAH, A GOOD, A GOOD PROJECT, I WOULD SAY. I MEAN, FROM TIME TO TIME, WE HAVE HAD COMPANIES REACH OUT TO SAY WE HAVE VOLUNTEERS AND WE'D LIKE TO DO A STREAM CLEANUP OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. IF WE KNOW OF A STRETCH THAT COULD NEED THAT. BUT WE WILL GIVE THEM THAT INFORMATION. SOMETIMES THEY WANT TO DO IT AT LIKE ROSE RUN, AND THAT'S GENERALLY PRETTY IN A GOOD, GOOD STATE. BUT YOU'RE RIGHT ABOUT SEEING THESE THINGS BECAUSE EVEN SO, ROCKY FORK ALONG THE WESTERN EDGE OF TAYLOR FARM, IT'S STILL PRETTY OVERGROWN WITH INVASIVES. WE HAVEN'T REMOVED ANY IN THAT AREA YET. AND SO I HAD NO IDEA WHAT THAT STREAM LOOKED LIKE UNTIL WE ACTUALLY BUILT SOME TRAILS TO GO BACK THERE. AND I THINK THAT'S ONE THAT THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY TO IMPROVE THAT STREAM EXPERIENCE. IF WE REMOVE THOSE INVASIVES AND KIND OF OPEN IT UP TO THE PUBLIC A LITTLE BIT MORE, THAT'S ALSO ONE OF THE INTENTS OF GETTING INTO THIS PROJECT WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT COULD WE ACCESS OR WHAT COULD WE SUGGEST THE CITY COULD ACCESS TO GO THROUGH. BECAUSE I DO THE SAME THING IN LAMBTON PARK IS I OFTEN PUT MY BOOTS ON AND TROMP THE WHOLE WAY UP. YEAH, SO WE GOT TRESPASSING. THAT'D BE A PROBLEM. SO JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT CAN WE ACCESS OR WHAT DO WE NEED TO GET? I LIVE IN A LAKE NEXT TO THE LAKES GOLF COURSE, SO THE LAKES PROBABLY OWNS MOST OF THAT LAND. YEAH. AND IT'S ALL, YOU KNOW, AROUND THE STREAM. IT'S ALL GROWN UP, RIGHT? TREES. BUT I SPENT PROBABLY EVERY WEEKEND WALKING UP THAT, LOOKING AT ALL THE TRASH AND EVERYTHING IN THERE THINKING, WE NEED TO GET THIS OUT OF HERE. BUT. WELL, WE'LL KIND OF START THINKING THROUGH A, A PROCESS FOR THAT PROJECT AND MAYBE GET SOME TIME FRAMES OF WHAT WE THINK IT MIGHT TAKE, AND WE'LL REPORT BACK ON OUR PROGRESS AT OUR BOARD MEETINGS. DO YOU LOOK IT UP? OKAY. I CAN'T SEE IT. YEAH. THIS ONE'S A LITTLE EASIER TO SEE. WOULD IT BE HELPFUL IF WE HAD DIRECTION, OR DO YOU WANT TO JUST GO ON EVERYTHING? WELL, IF THERE'S A GEOGRAPHIC AREA YOU'D LIKE US TO START WITH, WE COULD DEFINITELY FOCUS. OR IF YOU WANT US TO START WITH RESIDENTIAL VERSUS COMMERCIAL, WE COULD WE COULD STRUCTURE IT THAT WAY. ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO I THINK IT'S LIKE I DON'T LIKE TAKING THEM ALL THE WAY OUT OF THE CITY. LIKE JUST TAKING ONE AND DOING OKAY, BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE HITTING ALL THREE. YEAH. ON THAT ONE. YOU DEFINITELY ARE. YEAH, YEAH. AND I THINK BASED ON HOW IT'S LIKE PART OF THE DOWNTOWN EXPERIENCE TOO, IT MAKES SENSE TO LIKE RUN THE COURSE OF WHAT? WHERE IT GOES AND IT TRAVELS AND WHAT IT GOES THROUGH AND KIND OF ITS JOURNEY.THAT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO SEE. LIKE PLASTIC BOTTLE GOES DOWN HERE AT THE TOP AND IT MAKES ITS WAY THROUGH SO AND SO'S, YOU KNOW, TO CALL OUT THE BACKYARD. BUT I DON'T KNOW SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THAT WOULD BE PRETTY INTERESTING. AND THEN A ONE OFF IN THIS ALREADY HAPPENED. BUT MERCY HEALTH RUN THE FIRST WORLD'S CLEAN UP DAY. KIND OF. THAT WAS ACROSS THE.
FIVE MAJOR WATERWAYS. AND SO THEY'RE PLANNING ON DOING THAT AGAIN NEXT YEAR. OH OKAY. TRYING TO GET MORE OF THE VARIOUS COUNTIES TO KIND OF EVENTUALLY KIND OF COMPETE AGAINST EACH
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OTHER, OF WHO CAN CLEAN UP THEIR WATERWAYS THE BEST OR MOST. SO THIS MIGHT BE AN INTERESTING THING TO THINK OF. YEAH, PROBABLY. WHAT A MONTH EARLIER THAN LIKE, BECAUSE I THINK IT WAS END OF SEPTEMBER. OKAY. SO JUST A COUPLE WEEKS AGO. BUT I CAN GET MORE INFORMATION AS THAT COMES AROUND NEXT TIME. THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD LIKE IF WE DO A CAMPAIGN OR SOMETHING GOOD TO TIME IT AROUND THAT AND THEN DO A CLEANUP EVENT AT THE SAME TIME. THAT'S A GOOD PARTNERSHIP.NO, I LIKE THE IDEA OF THE FOCUS PART, TOO, BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE LIKE MAPS, RIGHT? BUT IF YOU HAD A WAY TO SAY THIS IS THE TARGET AREA AND TAKE CREDIT FOR ONCE THAT'S DONE. YEAH. AND IF YOU THINK ABOUT THAT OVER A MULTI-YEAR PERIOD, THERE COULD BE A WAY TO LIKE ACTUALLY HIT ALL OF THEM. I KNOW THAT MIGHT TAKE YEARS, BUT IT IS PROGRESS. AND EVENTUALLY IT BECOMES EASIER TO DO BECAUSE IT'S MORE OF A MAINTAIN KIND OF A DEAL VERSUS A HAS. IT BEEN CLEANED OUT IN SEVERAL YEARS? RIGHT, RIGHT. KIND OF LIKE AN ADOPT A MILE ON THE HIGHWAY. YEAH, EXACTLY. YEA, EXACTLY. YEAH. IT'S THERE A LOT OF GROUPS AROUND LIKE FROM, YOU KNOW, GIRL SCOUT TROOPS AND THOSE TYPES OF GROUPS THAT ARE LOOKING FOR PROJECTS. SO I DO THINK IF YOU CAN IDENTIFY THOSE AND HAVE THEM IN YOUR BACK POCKET, THE ENVIRONMENTAL CLUB, MAYBE THE ENVIRONMENTAL CLUB AND THE EXAMPLE OF THE LAKES, THE SUGAR RUN RUNS, YOU KNOW, MOSTLY THROUGH THAT WHOLE GOLF COURSE.
SO MAYBE THEY WOULD WANT TO PARTNER WITH THE CITY AND, AND WORK TO, YOU KNOW, RESTORE THAT, THAT, THAT CORRIDOR AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AND CLEAN IT UP. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. THESE ARE I MEAN BE IN THEIR BEST INTEREST. IT'S IN THE BEST. THE HOA IN THE LINKS, PERHAPS THE GOLF CLUB, THE CITY, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A GOOD STRETCH THROUGH THERE THAT YOU CAN GET THREE GOOD ENTITIES WORKING TOGETHER TO, TO ENSURE THAT GETS CLEANED UP. YEAH. YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. ALL RIGHT. SO WE'LL START ROSE RUN. AND THAT'LL BE A GOOD WAY TO LIKE KIND OF I MEAN I'M READING THAT RIGHT BECAUSE THAT'S HITTING DOWNTOWN. IT DOES END UP GOING THROUGH RESIDENTIAL. SO I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THAT KIND OF STRUCK ME WAS THAT WE'RE DOING A LOT OF THIS. THE CITY'S DOING A LOT OF WORK ON SOME OF THESE AREAS, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THEN DOWNSTREAM, LIKE IT GOES NOWHERE. SO GOD KNOWS WHAT'S HAPPENING. AND SO, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE HOPING YOU'RE PROTECTING THE WATER SOURCE, BUT OBVIOUSLY THE WATER IS GOING. SO JUST UNDERSTANDING, LIKE EVERYWHERE THAT HITS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. YEAH, I THINK THAT'S A REALLY GOOD APPROACH TO TAKE IT STREAM BY STREAM AND KIND OF THEN WE COULD REALLY DIG INTO THE DETAILS AND THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THAT STREAM. AND THEN I WOULD EVEN VENTURE FURTHER THAT IF THERE WHERE IT CONNECTS TO WITH A LARGER BODY OF WATER AND HOW THEN IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, THINK GLOBALLY, ACT LOCALLY KIND OF IDEA HERE. YEAH, YEAH. BECAUSE ROSE RUN GOES INTO THE ROCKY FORK, WHICH GOES DOWN TO ALUM CREEK, I THINK, AND GAHANNA, RIGHT. RIGHT. WE'LL CHECK THAT. I SPENT TOO MUCH TIME ON WATERWAY MAPS, AND I. ALL RIGHT, WELL, WE'LL START THAT IF YOU GUYS HAVE ADDITIONAL THOUGHTS AND WE'LL WE'LL SEE HOW MUCH WE CAN GET DONE, YOU KNOW, BETWEEN THE NEXT MEETING OR TWO. AND THEN WE CAN KIND OF EVALUATE WHAT WE'RE DOING AND GET FEEDBACK ON IT. OKAY. THANK YOU.
THE NEXT ITEM ON YOUR AGENDA IS AN UPDATE ON THE VILLAGE CENTER FOOD WASTE SURVEY. WE DID SEND OUT A SURVEY TO THE RESTAURANTS IN THE VILLAGE CENTER. AND IT WAS BASICALLY THERE WAS ONLY SIX QUESTIONS. AND ASKING THEM IF THEY CURRENTLY HAVE A FOOD WASTE PROGRAM. IF THEY DO, CAN THEY EXPLAIN THAT TO US? IF THEY DON'T, WHAT IS PREVENTING THEM FROM HAVING ONE? KIND OF A CONDENSED VERSION OF THE RESIDENTIAL SURVEY. WE STARTED SENDING THAT OUT. I THINK THROUGHOUT LAST WEEK AS WE GATHERED DIFFERENT CONTACT INFORMATION. WE SENT IT TO EACH RESTAURANT MANAGER, THE STORE MANAGER. AND SO I WILL PROBABLY SEND OUT A REMINDER TO THEM EITHER AT THE END OF THIS WEEK OR BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK, TO TRY TO GIVE THEM A NUDGE TO THINK ABOUT COMPLETING THE SURVEY. IT ONLY TAKES TWO MINUTES, SO HOPEFULLY WE GET SOME FEEDBACK FROM THAT GROUP. GREAT. THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. YEA. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THE NEXT ITEM
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IS AN UPDATE ON THE POCKET PRAIRIES. WE DISCUSSED THIS AT THE LAST MEETING, AND THE BOARD DECIDED TO FOCUS INITIALLY ON PLANTERS GROVE, JAMES RIVER, AND TAYLOR FARM. AT LEAST THE FRONTAGE OF TAYLOR FARM. WE ENGAGED WITH THE MAD SCIENTIST ASSOCIATES AND TALKED TO THEM ABOUT YOUR IDEAS FOR THIS PROJECT, AND THEY WERE ABLE TO GIVE US KIND OF A QUICK AND ROUGH ESTIMATE SO THAT WE COULD PUT IN A BUDGET REQUEST AND THEIR ESTIMATE WITH IDEAS OF WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE HAPPEN, BUT ALSO A LITTLE BIT OF WIGGLE ROOM FOR PROMOTION OF THE PROGRAM CAME TO $35,000. SO WE PUT THAT BUDGET REQUEST IN FOR NEXT YEAR. FOR HOW MANY ACRES DOES THAT INCLUDE? 35. OKAY. SO THAT'S FOR JUST PREPPING AND SEEDING. AND IT'S ALL OF THAT.THE PLANT MATERIALS. SO IN THESE LOCATIONS CAN BE ADJUSTED. IF WE WANTED TO GO INTO ANOTHER PARK I THINK IF THIS PROJECT GETS FUNDED THAT'S SOMETHING WE WOULD CONFIRM WITH THE BOARD BEFORE WE WOULD MOVE FORWARD. THEY GAVE US TWO DIFFERENT QUOTES. ONE WAS FOR MORE OF A I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT THEY CALLED IT. I'LL CALL IT MORE OF LIKE A POLLINATOR GARDEN. SO SOMETHING THAT'S A LITTLE MORE FORMAL THAT COULD DEMONSTRATE TO PEOPLE WHAT YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO IN YOUR YOUR OWN YARD. AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE SIGNAGE ABOUT WHAT THAT PLANT MATERIAL IS. THEN THEY GAVE US THE OTHER ESTIMATE WAS SO THERE'S LIKE AN UPFRONT UPFRONT COST. AND THEN THERE IS A DOLLAR AMOUNT PER I THINK IT WAS 10TH OF AN ACRE FOR THE POCKET PRAIRIES. SO IF WE WANTED TO TAKE LIKE A CERTAIN AMOUNT. SO WE FOR THAT 35,000, WE ESTIMATED AN ACRE AT PLANTERS GROVE AT AND TAYLOR. AND THEY WOULD KIND OF LIKE THAT PRESENTATION. WE HAD TO START FROM SCRATCH, TAKE EVERYTHING OUT. YOU KNOW, AND THEN START OVER. AND THEN THERE IS WITH NATIVE GRASSES. AND WE WOULD HAVE A CHOICE OF PLANT MATERIAL. AND THEN AGAIN, WE COULD HAVE SOME SIGNAGE UP TO SAY, THIS IS WHAT PLANT MATERIAL IS HERE. THIS IS THE BENEFITS OF A PRAIRIE. SO WE THOUGHT THAT COULD BE AT PLANNER OR AT PLANNERS GROVE AND THE PADDOCK AREA. AND THEN MAYBE THE FRONTAGE OF TAYLOR FARM PARK, BECAUSE THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY NATIVE PLANTINGS ALONG THE ROAD THERE. YEAH, IT'D BE GREAT. GREAT EDUCATION AND HOPEFULLY INSPIRE PEOPLE TO DO IT ON THEIR OWN. RIGHT. YEAH. AND THEN WE CAN DO, YOU KNOW, VIDEOS AND SOCIAL MEDIA TO PROMOTE IT AND GET PEOPLE TO GO OUT AND LOOK AT THESE LOCATIONS. I'VE BEEN DOING IT IN MY BACKYARD NEXT TO THE GOLF COURSE, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M DOING. SO, YOU KNOW, MAYBE I SHOULD FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO. BUT I'VE BEEN PUTTING A LOT OF WILDFLOWERS OUT THERE AND THEY'RE GROWING. BUT THERE'S PROBABLY A BETTER WAY TO DO IT. I MISSED THE LAST MEETING, BUT HAS THERE BEEN CONVERSATION WITH HOA'S ON ON THIS? BECAUSE I'M SURE THAT THAT MAY NOT FIT THEIR GUIDELINES FOR THIS TYPE OF GROWTH. LIKE TO TAKE IT HOME OR. YEAH, TO TAKE IT HOME OR TO DO THAT SAME TYPE OF. YEAH I SO THESE LOCATIONS, AT LEAST THE ONES WE'VE IDENTIFIED ARE CITY OWNED. PARCELS. SOME OF THEM. SO BOTH PLANTERS GROVE AND JAMES RIVER DO HAVE DEED RESTRICTIONS ON THAT PROPERTY BECAUSE IT CAME FROM A DEVELOPER ORIGINALLY TO THE CITY. AND SO WE WILL HAVE TO REACH OUT TO THE HOA TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT WHAT WE WANT TO DO AND WHAT OUR PLANS ARE. AS FOR TRANSLATING THAT INTO, YOU KNOW WHAT THEY MAY OR MAY NOT ALLOW IN A IN SOMEONE'S YARD, I THINK MAYBE WE CAN GUIDE PEOPLE TO TALK TO HOW TO TALK TO THEIR HOA ABOUT THESE THINGS, BUT WE WON'T NECESSARILY HAVE THAT INFORMATION OR BE ABLE TO ENFORCE IT. BUT I DO THINK THERE THERE THERE ARE PARCELS WITHOUT HOA. I THINK THERE PROBABLY IS A BENEFIT OF DOING THIS. AND FROM A CITY STANDPOINT, I THINK FOR US TO LEARN WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO, YOU KNOW, TURN SOME OF THESE MOWED AREAS INTO A PRAIRIE AND THEN WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS TO THE CITY THAT WE'RE SEEING BECAUSE OF DOING THIS? SO I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE OUTCOMES WE'RE LOOKING FOR AS WELL. I THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT
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QUESTION, BUT I DO THINK, I MEAN, IT SOUNDS LIKE WHAT MAD SCIENTIST WANTS TO DO IS TO MAKE AREAS THAT THAT LOOK GOOD AND THAT HAVE A VISUAL APPEAL TO THEM, AS WELL AS HAVING ALL THE OTHER BENEFITS, YOU KNOW, WHICH YOU WOULD THINK WOULD BE MORE ACCEPTABLE TO HOA'S WOULD BE THE HOPE. YEAH. YEAH. IF WE CAN DEMONSTRATE THAT IT CAN BE DONE, WELL, THAT WOULD BE A GREAT WIN OUT OF THIS PROGRAM, RIGHT? THAT WAS THAT WAS THE HOPE IS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT TALKED ABOUT PICTURES AND YOU CAN SAY GO HERE WHATEVER. BUT IT'S LIKE IF WE CAN ACTUALLY PUT SOME OF THESE IN THE CITY, THAT'S LIKE GREAT, RIGHT? AND I DIDN'T THINK ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE'D HAVE TO GO AND TALK TO THEM ABOUT SOME OF THESE AREAS ANYWAY. SO THAT'S A NICE KIND OF FOOT IN THE DOOR TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION. YEAH. PLEASE GET IT STARTED. I MEAN, I CAN SPEAK TO AT LEAST THE MASTER ASSOCIATION THAT QUESTION CAME UP DURING LAST YEAR'S ANNUAL MEETING, AND PEOPLE WERE ASKING MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT IT THAT WERE IN ATTENDANCE. NO COMMITMENTS WERE MADE. OF COURS.BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK PEOPLE ARE REALIZING THAT THERE'S A GROUNDSWELL OF THIS KIND OF INTEREST. SO I THINK THESE ARE GOING TO BE GREAT. GOOD START. YEAH. THAT'S COOL. I IT WAS A NAGGING THOUGHT IN MY MIND. SO NEXT YEAR WHEN WE'RE ANNUALLY, WHEN WE DO ARBOR DAY, WHERE DOES THAT MONEY COME FROM? A PRUNING. NO. THE ARBOR DAY, WHEN WE'RE DOING PLANTINGS FOR TREE PLANTINGS. IS THAT COMING FROM. THAT'S IN THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT'S OPERATING BUDGET.
RIGHT. OKAY. IS THERE MAYBE A WAY TO WORK THOSE TWO TOGETHER IN 2025 THAT WE COULD GET SOME OF THOSE PLANTINGS? AND I MEAN, ESPECIALLY IN PLANTER'S GROVE WHERE THERE'S HUGE I MEAN, THERE'S LOTS OF TREES IN THERE, BUT I DON'T AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT DOING IT, BUT THERE'S THAT ENTIRE TWO ACRES OR ACRE AND A QUARTER THAT'S JUST GRASS. YEAH.
YEAH. WE COULD LOOK INTO THAT. THERE IS. YEAH, IT'S KIND OF THERE'S THAT NORTH OF THE PLAYGROUND THERE. AND THEN THERE'S THAT LONG WE CALL IT THE PADDOCK AREA. SO WE WOULD HAVE TO DESIGNATE LIKE WHAT ACRE FOR THIS COST. DO WE WANT TO, TO DO. AND I THINK PART OF THAT IS VISIBILITY. AND YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE THE DETAILS THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO WORK OUT. BUT CERTAINLY WE CAN DO THAT. DOES THAT INCLUDE ADRIAN ANY WALKING PATHS THROUGH THERE OR IS IT JUST I THINK THE I THINK I DON'T THINK THE PADDOCK HAS THE ON THE SOUTH SIDE. THE FURTHER ONE DOES, THE ONE THAT'S FURTHER UP. BUT NOT ACTUALLY. I WALKED BY THERE TODAY AND I WAS LIKE, I SHOULD'VE JUST WALKED OVER THERE, BUT I DIDN'T SEE ONE. YOU KNOW, I DON'T I'M NOT SURE. SO IF WE PUT IN A PRAIRIE GARDEN, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A PATH THROUGH IT SO YOU CAN WALK THROUGH THE GARDEN ITSELF. WELL, THAT'S A GOOD YEAH FACTOR THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CONSIDER THAT IT'S ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE. IT'D BE NICE TO GET IN THE MIDDLE OF IT. RIGHT. INSTEAD OF ON THE PERIPHERY OF IT. YEAH, YEAH, WE'LL HAVE TO. IF THIS PROJECT GETS FUNDED, LIKE DELVE INTO THOSE DETAILS ABOUT WHERE THE LOCATION SHOULD BE AND HOW DO WE LOOK AT ACCESS AND VISIBILITY. SO WE WANT PEOPLE TO VISIT IT. RIGHT. SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S EASY FOR PEOPLE TO GET TO. YEAH. THE ONE PATH THAT GOES THAT LEADS BETWEEN THE BASKETBALL COURT AND THE PLAY AREA, BECAUSE THAT LEADS AND HOOKS UP WITH THE OTHER THE OTHER PATH ON THE OUTSIDE ON 62. YEAH, THAT'S I GUESS THAT'S WHERE I'M THINKING WOULD BE AN INTERESTING PLACE TO DO IT, BECAUSE AGAIN, IT'S KIND OF CENTRALLY LOCATED WITH WHAT'S ALREADY THERE. SORRY, THE PADDOCK WOULD BE A GREAT PLACE TO KEEP LOOKING AT, BUT IT'S LIKE THERE'S LOOKS TO BE A FAIR AMOUNT OF LIKE MEDIUM GROWTH TREES THAT WILL GROW INTO THE CANOPY. I DON'T KNOW IF CASEY SHARED WITH COUNCIL THAT WHEN MXQ CAME TO GIVE A PRESENTATION, I ABOUT FELL OUT OF MY CHAIR BECAUSE THEY SAID NEW ALBANY HAS ABOUT A 23% CANOPY TREE CANOPY, AND I THINK THE STATE STANDARD OR THE STATE AVERAGE IS 45, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO I WAS LIKE, YEAH, YOU THINK ABOUT ALL THE TREES WE HAVE, BUT IT'S LIKE THERE ARE LARGE AREAS AND THIS IS WHAT PLANTERS GROVE ONE SPOT IS A BIG GLARING LIKE FOOTBALL FIELDS OF GREEN SPACE. YEAH, I WAS SHOCKED BY THAT NUMBER AS WELL. I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT IT WAS MUCH HIGHER. YEAH, I DIDN'T WANT TO SAY THAT. SO? SO I THINK WE HAVE THE I THINK WE HAVE A GOOD CONCEPT HERE. WE HAVE A, YOU KNOW, PROBABLE COST. WE HAVE WHAT WE NEED FROM A BUDGETING STANDPOINT AND SO WE'VE ENTERED IT AS A PROJECT IN THE SAB BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR. AND THOSE THAT FIRST BUDGET HEARING IS SOMETIME IN NOVEMBER. SO WE'LL START GETTING SOME FEEDBACK FROM CITY COUNCIL. THEN. GREAT. I'M GOING TO GO FOR IT. HEY THERE WE
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GO. THERE'S TWO VOTES. I LIKE THAT. YEAH. JUST NEED TWO MORE. TWO MORE. OKAY. THE LAST ITEM IS TO DO SOME 2025 PLANNING, AND WE DID SEND THE SHEETS FROM 2024 THAT HAVE THE NEW PROGRAMS AND POTENTIAL FOR RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOR SAB. AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO WHAT I'M GOING TO TRY TO DO IS DO THE MENTEE SURVEY WITH YOU. I'LL PUT IT UP ON THE SCREEN AND YOU CAN GO TO THE WEBSITE AND ENTER THE CODE, AND WE'LL DO SOME LIVE VOTING. SO WHEN YOU ARE RANKING THE ITEMS IN ORDER OF IMPORTANT IMPORTANCE, TRY TO THINK ABOUT WHAT THE BOARD SHOULD FOCUS ON IN 2025. AND ANOTHER THING TO THINK ABOUT IS, OTHER THAN WHAT SAB HAS DONE THESE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT THE BOARD TO ACHIEVE? SO I'M GOING TO GO TO THE NEXT.HERE. SO IF YOU. OKAY. IF YOU GO TO MENTI.COM ON YOUR CELL PHONE AND THEN USE THE CODE AT THE TOP OF THE SCREEN, IT'S THREE SEVEN, 241978. DO I PARTICIPATE OR DO I REMAIN SILENT? IF YOU WANT TO PARTICIPATE, PARTICIPATE. SO THOSE LOOK KIND OF SMALL SCREEN. SO I DON'T KNOW. CAN YOU GUYS PROBABLY READ THOSE. OH. BUT YOU CAN PROBABLY SEE THEM ON YOUR PHONE. RIGHT. OKAY. YEAH. OH, OKAY. THERE YOU GO. I HAVEN'T USED THOSE. WELL, YEAH, I WOULD THINK IT WOULD BE BIGGER UP THERE. SO DO YOU WANT US TO ADD ALL OF THEM AND THEN RANK THEM? YEAH. SO YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO MOVE THEM AROUND AND RANK THEM IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE TO YOU. OKAY. AND THEN KIND OF LIKE BY.
RANKING. ALL RIGHT. YEAH. COULD YOU JUST DRAG THEM UP? IF YOU HOLD IT, PUSH IT. AND THEN YOU CAN WRITE IT OUT. YEAH.
IT TOOK. CAN I ASK A QUESTION? YEAH. JUST BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW, WHY WOULDN'T THE WATERWAYS PROJECT BE ON HERE? HAS THAT ALREADY BEEN. YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. SO LAST MONTH, THE BOARD TALKED ABOUT THE ONGOING PROGRAMS THAT ARE IN THE BUDGET, LIKE THE COMPOSTING PROGRAM. AND THEN DECIDED ON ANY NEW NEW PROJECTS THAT THEY WANT TO PROPOSE FOR NEXT YEAR. ALL OF THESE ARE MORE OPERATIONAL. SO THEY'RE NOT THEY'RE LIKE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH PROJECTS.
AND I DO THINK SORRY, CAN YOU GO BACK BECAUSE I WAS ABOUT TO SUBMIT AND I. YEAH. I WASN'T ABLE TO DO THAT. OH THERE WE GO. YEAH. I DO THINK SINCE THAT, I THINK WE SHOULD PROBABLY ADD THAT AS A NEW PROJECT BECAUSE IT IS MORE OF A RESEARCH PROJECT THAN, THAN ANYTHING ELSE. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A WAY TO ADD A NEW ONE. I DIDN'T MEAN TO MESS THINGS UP, BUT IT'S JUST, I
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THINK OCCURRED TO ME HERE. NO, THAT'S A GOOD I EXIT OUT. I'M GOING TO HAVE TO STAND UP FOR A SECOND SO I CAN SEE WHAT I'M DOING. ALL RIGHT. WELL, I THINK WE COULD TAKE THESE RANKINGS. I THINK THE WATERWAYS WE KNOW IS IMPORTANT TO YOU. SO JUST, LIKE, INCORPORATE IT. YEAH. SO, SORRY.I KNOW I KEEP BEATING A DEAD HORSE. I GUESS I'D LIKE TO. I'D LIKE TO CONSIDER PUTTING A LARGER UMBRELLA ON THAT, BECAUSE BASED UPON THE STUFF WE, WE TOOK FROM MCCSC. IS THAT I KIND OF LOOK AT THAT WHOLE PRIORITY AS BEING SUSTAINABLE NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, WHICH INCLUDES INVASIVE REMOVAL, INCLUDES WATERWAYS AND INCLUDES TREE CANOPY HEALTH. OKAY. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS DOES THAT END UP GETTING. THERE'S BASICALLY THREE THINGS THAT ARE NEAT THAT THEN KIND OF DRIP UNDERNEATH THAT. BUT DOES THAT SEEM REASONABLE? SO YOU'RE SAYING WATERWAYS, NATIVE LANDSCAPING AND INVASIVES? YOU'RE GONNA MAKE ME KEEP SAYING NATIVE LANDSCAPING, BUT. SO I HAD A I HAD. YEAH. SUSTAINABLE LANDSCAPING. THE REASON BEING.
ADRIAN, I'M SORRY WE WEREN'T AT THAT MEETING, BUT I TALKED TO A COUPLE OF NATIVE LANDSCAPE DESIGNERS AND INSTALLERS AND WAS HAVING THIS CONVERSATION BECAUSE I'M LIKE, DO YOU EVER FIND THIS TRIPPING UP? AND THEY SAID, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE UNDERSTAND NATIVE LANDSCAPING. THAT'S KIND OF A BUZZWORD, BUT IT'S LIKE YOU REALLY KIND OF GET YOURSELF LOCKED INTO A CORNER IF YOU GET TO A GROUP THAT SAYS, I WANT TO HAVE ONLY NATIVES BECAUSE THE NATIVE CULTIVARS MAY OR SPECIFIC NATIVES MAY BE HARD TO COME BY. IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, I USE NATIVE CULTIVARS THAT ARE VERSIONS THEREOF. SO, YOU KNOW, CONEFLOWERS THAT MAY NOT BE EXACTLY THE NATIVE CONEFLOWER, BUT IT'S A CONEFLOWER. AND SO IT'S DOING ALL THE SAME THINGS THAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE DOING.
AND I'M LIKE, I DON'T THINK WE'D EVER PAINT OURSELVES INTO A CORNER WITH THAT. BUT HE SAID, HE'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU JUST TREAT IT AS WE'RE TRYING TO BE SUSTAINABLE LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT. SO YOU'RE GETTING RID OF INVASIVES. THAT'S THE KEY THING. AND THEN YOU'RE TRYING TO MAKE THINGS AS LOW MAINTENANCE AS POSSIBLE. SO THAT'S WHY I KEEP BRINGING IT BACK UP. OKAY.
WELL I THINK WE CAN GO THROUGH THESE EXERCISES. AND THEN WHAT WE WILL DO NEXT MONTH IS TAKE THE PROJECTS THAT YOU IDENTIFIED LAST MONTH. THESE MORE OPERATIONAL ITEMS THAT YOU'RE RANKING NOW AND BRING THEM BACK INTO A 2025 PROPOSED WORK PROGRAM AND THEN WE CAN INCORPORATE THE SUSTAINABLE NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN WHAT WE BRING BACK TO YOU. YEAH.
AND THE ONE THING THAT I'M, I WAS ASKING ABOUT IS THE SOLAR. AND I KNOW THAT THAT THAT HAD BEEN PUT UP TO OTHER BOARDS. BUT I WAS JUST CURIOUS IF THAT COULD BE ALONG WITH EVS TOO, OR EV INFRASTRUCTURE. YEAH. I MEAN, CERTAINLY EVERYTHING IN RENEWABLES WAS ONE OF THE PRIORITIES WHEN THIS BOARD WAS FORMED. WE HAVEN'T MADE HEADWAY WITH THAT. LIKE WE HAVE WITH THE FOOD WASTE, MAINLY BECAUSE THAT'S A HARDER, HARDER THING TO TACKLE. IF THAT'S SOMETHING THE BOARD. I THINK WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS IDENTIFY A WORK PROGRAM FOR NEXT YEAR, AND IF IT IS A BIG PROJECT LIKE THAT, THEN WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO SOME OF THESE OTHER THINGS, WHICH IS FINE. BUT WE NEED TO PRIORITIZE WHAT WE WANT TO WORK ON SO WE CAN ACTUALLY ALLOCATE RESOURCES FROM A FUNDING AND A STAFF STANDPOINT. AND I THINK FOR SOME OF THOSE REASONS, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, WHY THOSE SOLAR HASN'T BEEN THE SAME PRIORITY AS SOME OF THESE OTHER ITEMS, RIGHT? IT'S JUST THAT WE REVIEWED THE WORK THAT WAS ALREADY THE CITY SPENT MONEY ON FOR THE SOLAR GUIDEBOOK OR WHATEVER THAT WAS. SO I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY MORE FROM THAT INITIAL REVIEW. YEAH. THE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IS I JUST HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THEM RECENTLY ABOUT, YOU KNOW, EVALUATING THAT AND KIND OF COMING UP WITH A PROPOSED CODE. AND SO I KNOW THAT IS STILL ON THEIR RADAR. I COULD GET AN UPDATE FROM THEM OF WHERE THAT STANDS. THANKS. YEAH.
OKAY. DO YOU WANT TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT QUESTION? SO THE NEXT SECTION IS FOR RESEARCH AND EDUCATION INITIATIVES. AND WE BROKE IT INTO TWO SECTIONS BECAUSE THERE WERE SO MANY. THIS IS I JUST CALLED IT SECTION A. JUST LET ME KNOW WHEN EVERYONE'S HAD A CHANCE TO COMPLETE THIS
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QUESTION.AND I'M GONNA SAY ON ON THIS ONE. I WANTED TO THROW OUT THE NOTION FOR THE INVESTIGATING OF SUSTAINABILITY BOARDS. SINCE WE PRETTY MUCH FOUND THAT THERE AREN'T EITHER SUSTAINABILITY BOARDS, IT SOUNDS LIKE PEOPLE WILL BE COMING TO US. BUT THE VIABILITY OR BENEFIT OF LOOKING AT A CITY STAFF PERSON, WHETHER IT BE AT A DIRECTOR ROLE OR SOMETHING THAT WOULD TAKE ON SUSTAINABILITY, SPECIFICALLY WHAT CITY OF WESTERVILLE DOES. AND I THINK THERE'S 4 OR 5 OTHER LOCALITIES THAT HAVE THAT POSITION. THEY I GUESS, SUSTAINABILITY OFFICER TYPE POSITION, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY'VE ALL KIND OF CALLED THEM SOMETHING DIFFERENT. AND I'M NOT SURE I'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION ON SOME OF THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES, BUT I THINK IT JUST BE WORTH INVESTIGATING. YEAH. WESTERVILLE JUST ADDED THEIRS JUST A FEW MONTHS AGO, BUT THERE IS A OTHER RESIDENTIAL BOARDS OR ADVISORY COUNCILS OR WHATEVER, AND THEY WE THEY'VE MET A NUMBER OF TIMES. MOST RECENTLY IN HILLIARD IN SEPTEMBER. AND SO IT'S KIND OF A QUARTERLY EVENT. WELL, IT HASN'T BEEN BUT IT'S TRYING TO DO MORE OF THAT QUARTERLY EVENT OF MEETINGS, INCLUDING BEST PRACTICES AND INCREASING. AND NOW TRYING TO HOLD THEM IN VARIOUS COMMUNITIES TO KIND OF SHOWCASE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE DOING. SO IF THE WATER WATERWAY PROJECT BECOMES SOMETHING OR WE CAN SHOWCASE THE COMPOSTING PROGRAM OR WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE, AND THEN KIND OF SOCIALIZE AS WELL. YEAH, WE PARTICIPATE IN, YOU KNOW, MANY MORPC THERE'S A TRAIL REGIONAL COMMITTEE, AND THEN THERE'S A REGIONAL, I THINK, PLANNING AND ENGINEERING. GROUPS THAT WE PARTICIPATE IN. SO WE'D BE HAPPY TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AS FOR SUSTAINABILITY OFFICER, THAT'S YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD HAVE A BUDGET IMPACT. SO THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING I DON'T THINK WE'RE GOING TO IMPLEMENT IT. BUT IN TERMS OF INVESTIGATING, BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY WHAT THIS IS ABOU, KIND OF CHANGE THAT INTO I THINK, YEAH. OR BEING INCLUSIVE.
YEAH. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I WAS NOT GOING TO GET IT DONE NEXT YEAR. OKAY. THERE'S JUST ONE MORE. AND THAT IS JUST PART B OF THIS SAME RESEARCH AND EDUCATION INITIATIVES.
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SIX. JUST EXPLAINED IF WE WERE GOING TO GET TOGETHER WITH THE NEW ALBANY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. WHAT THAT MIGHT WHAT WE MIGHT BE TALKING ABOUT. I DON'T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT THAT DEPARTMENT. AND YEAH, I'LL HAVE. SO THESE WERE ON OUR 2024 WORK PLAN. I THINK THAT ACTUALLY WAS A CONTINUATION OF THE SOLAR BEST PRACTICES REPORT. AND SO IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT COULD STILL BE VALID.ALL RIGHT. DID EVERYONE GET TO COMPLETE THIS LAST ONE? OKAY. YEP. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. IS THERE ANYTHING ANYONE WANTS TO HIGHLIGHT THAT STICKS OUT TO THEM, OR DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANYTHING? CAN YOU SEE THE RESULTS? OKAY. NO, I WASN'T SURE, BUT. YEAH, IT'S ALL RIGHT. YEAH, I CAN PARAPHRASE AND WE COULD GO BACK TO THE OTHER ONES TOO. SO FIRST LET'S FIND EXAMPLES OF SUCCESSFUL SUSTAINABILITY ACTION PLANS AND IDENTIFY POTENTIAL FUNCTIONS FOR SUCH A PLAN IN NEW ALBANY. TWO IS DETERMINE HOW COMMUNITIES COMPLETE ANNUAL BENCHMARKING ACTIVITIES FOR CITY BUILDINGS, COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES AND MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES. THREE RESEARCH COMMERCIAL FOOD WASTE, COMPOST SUCCESS STORIES. FOUR OVERVIEW AND DISCUSSION WITH THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. FIVE BRING IN LOCAL PARTNERS AND ORGANIZATIONS TO SPEAK ABOUT THEIR SUSTAINABILITY, PROGRAMING AND EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES, WHICH IS KIND OF DONE THAT WITH THE WORTHINGTON. AND, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE SPEAKERS WE'VE HAD. SIX RESEARCH CAPACITY AND BEST PRACTICES RELATED TO ALTERNATIVE FUEL VEHICLES, FUELING STATIONS AND CITY FLEET. SEVEN LEARN MORE ABOUT PACE PROGRAMS. THAT'S KIND OF HOW THAT ONE SORTED ITSELF OUT. THEN THIS ONE'S A LITTLE EASIER TO SEE. BUT NUMBER ONE, EXAMINE. ENCOURAGE PROPERTY OWNERS TO ADOPT NATIVE AND LOW IMPACT. BUT WE CAN CHANGE THAT WORDING. LANDSCAPING PRACTICES SECOND MMORPG SUMMIT ON SUSTAINABILITY. THIRD, INVESTIGATE OTHER BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. AND WE CAN ADAPT THAT. FOURTH, RESEARCH PESTICIDE HERBICIDE USE AND BEST ALTERNATIVES. THIS ONE'S A LITTLE LONGER. NUMBER ONE CREATE FRAMEWORK FOR REDUCING WASTE ASSOCIATED WITH CITY OPERATED EVENTS. I MEAN, I THINK WE'RE WELL ONTO THAT PATH. I DON'T KNOW IF WE IT'S GOOD TO KNOW IT'S STILL A PRIORITY SO WE CAN CONTINUE THE WORK WE'RE DOING. YEAH, I KNOW FOR ME, THE NEXT STEP UP TO THIS IS TALKING ABOUT EVENTS HELD WITHIN THE CITY THAT AREN'T NECESSARILY CITY EVENTS. THAT'S FAIR. THAT'S A GOOD DISTINCTION. I MEAN, ALSO TALKING TO THE VENDORS, THE FOOD TRUCKS, WHOEVER COMES IN BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WHEN I DID THE FIRST ONE, MOST OF THE TRASH GOING IN THERE WAS THE WASTE LEFT FROM THE TYPE OF CONTAINERS THAT THE VENDORS WERE USING. SO IF WE COULD SOMEHOW ENCOURAGE THEM RIGHT, TO PROVIDE SOMETHING THAT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE SUSTAINABLE, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. OKAY. THAT'S A GOOD, GOOD CLARIFICATION. YEAH. AND WE HAVE GONE TO ALL COMPOSTABLE PLATES AND NAPKINS AND UTENSILS FOR THE EVENTS WE CONTROL. BUT YEAH, OUTREACH TO EITHER THE EVENTS, THE OUTSIDE ORGANIZATIONS ARE PUTTING ON AND THEN FOOD TRUCKS. THAT'S THOSE ARE GOOD CLARIFICATIONS. NUMBER TWO IS CREATE IMPLEMENTATION FRAMEWORK AND REQUEST QUOTES FOR CURBSIDE
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FOOD WASTE COMPOST PROGRAM EXPANSION. SO WE'RE KIND OF IN PROCESS OF DOING THAT. DID WE NOT. LAST MEETING. AND I'M SORRY I SKIMMED THROUGH THE NOTES AND THEN DIDN'T GO BACK AND LOOK CAREFULLY. DID WE NOT SAY WE WERE GOING TO HAVE YOU GUYS GO OUT AND GET BIDS OR WE PUT IT IN? WE AS PART OF THE BUDGET REQUEST, WE PUT IN A PILOT PROGRAM. AND SO WE. THAT'S RIGH.THAT'S RIGHT. WE BUDGETED FOR A PILOT PROGRAM. YES. AND THEN I DO THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DECIDE IF WE'RE DOING AN RFP, LIKE IF THAT GETS FUNDED, WHAT'S OUR IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT? YEAH. THIRD REVIEW AND ASSESS CITY RECYCLING OPERATIONS AND PUBLIC SPACES. TO DETERMINE IF ADDITIONAL PROMOTION EDUCATION IS NEEDED FOR PROMOTION EDUCATION RELATED TO NATIVE LANDSCAPING. PROMOTE AND EDUCATE RESIDENTS ON BENEFITS AND THEN CITY NATIVE LANDSCAPING PILOT PROJECT, WHICH I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE PROJECT. YOU GUYS PROPOSED. FIVE DEVELOP FRAMEWORK FOR COMMERCIAL COMPOST PROGRAM FOR VILLAGE CENTER, WHICH I THINK WITH THE SURVEY RESULTS, IF WE GET SOME THAT CAN KIND OF GUIDE THAT. SIX CREATE A FRAMEWORK FOR A GREEN NEW ALBANY CERTIFICATION PROGRAM FOR BUSINESSES. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS. IT'S JUST SOMETHING WE HAVEN'T REALLY IMPLEMENTED YET. SEVEN DETERMINE GOALS. RELATED. HELP SOMEONE CHANGE SOMETHING RELATED TO ALTERNATIVE FUEL VEHICLE. MAKE IT TO THE EN. I WAS LATE TIPPING THE SCALES THERE. WELL, SEVEN AND EIGHT DIDN'T CHANGE SEVEN DETERMINE GOALS RELATED TO ALTERNATIVE FUEL VEHICLES IN THE CITY WITH THE CITY'S FLEET AND EIGHT DEVELOP WEBSITE RESOURCE FOR THE CITY'S SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVES, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, THAT'S I MEAN EIGHT IN PRIORITY.
BUT THAT DEFINITELY IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO DO. SO OUR PLAN, JUST TO REITERATE, IS TO TAKE WHAT YOU GUYS DETERMINED AND PROPOSE LAST MONTH FOR PROJECTS THAT WE'VE PUT IN THE BUDGET, THESE DIDN'T HAVE BUDGET IMPACTS, SO WE HAD A LITTLE MORE TIME TO FIGURE THEM OUT. WE'LL SUMMARIZE ALL THIS INTO A PROPOSED 2025 WORK PLAN THAT THEN WILL BRING BACK TO YOU THAT YOU CAN ENDORSE AND THEN, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY IN DECEMBER, WE'LL KNOW WHAT GETS FUNDED FROM A CITY COUNCIL STANDPOINT, AND THEN WE'LL START TALKING ABOUT HOW DO WE IMPLEMENT ALL THIS IN 2025. ALL RIGHT. THANKS FOR DOING THE MENTIMETER. THAT'S COOL. NICE JOB. I LIKE THAT THEY'RE FUN AND THEY HAVE ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF TOOLS YOU CAN USE. SO IT'S A GOOD WAY TO YOU GET REAL TIME RESULTS, WHICH IS REALLY IMPORTANT. OR DELAYED REAL TIME OR DELAYED RESULTS.
NOW I KNOW THE TEXT NEEDS TO BE RIGHT. WELL I DIDN'T, I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE BIGGER ON MY COMPUTER SCREEN. ALL RIGHT.
[VII. Other Business]
SO READY TO MOVE ON. I THINK WE'RE ON TO OTHER BUSINESS. OKAY. AND HERE WE ARE. WE HAVE ONE ITEM. DO YOU WANT TO DISCUSS THIS? YEAH. SO RECENTLY, CITY COUNCIL TOOK A LOOK AT THE CODE IN THEIR THEIR POLICIES RELATED TO A BOARD MEMBER ATTENDANCE. AND SO THEY UPDATED THE CODIFIED ORDINANCE. AND THAT BECAME EFFECTIVE ON SEPTEMBER 20TH OF THIS YEAR. AND THE CHANGES THIS IS RED LINE OF THE CHANGES TO THE CODE. I'M GOING TO READ IT THIS WAY. SO BASICALLY ATTENDANCE IS DEFINED AS IN-PERSON PRESENCE BECAUSE WE'RE AN, YOU KNOW, OPEN MEETINGS. WE HAVE TO BE IN PERSON DURING THE HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF APPLICATIONS WITHOUT A CONFLICT OF INTEREST. BEFORE THAT COMMISSION BOARD AT THAT MEETING, ATTENDANCE OF ALL CURRENT SERVING MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION SLASH BOARD IS ENCOURAGED, AND THREE CONSECUTIVE ABSENCES BY ANY MEMBER, OR FOUR ABSENCES IN ANY 20 MONTH PERIOD SHALL BE CONSIDERED. FORFEITURE OF THE MEMBERSHIP TO THE COMMISSION OR BOARD, OR CONSIDERED A GROUNDS FOR THE FORFEITURE OF THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE BOARD AND THE PIECE IN RED IS WHAT WAS ADDED.AND THEN THIS IS A LITTLE MORE THAT'S HARD TO READ. BASICALLY, IT TALKS ABOUT UNLESS AN ABSENCE IS EXCUSED AND THAT'S DETERMINED BY CITY COUNCIL AND THE FACTORS THAT THEY WOULD CONSIDER TO
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EXCUSE AN ABSENCE IS DUE TO ILLNESS, INJURY, OR ANY EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE MEMBER OR IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBER. UPON THE OCCURRENCE OF THE ABSENCE THAT CREATES THE GROUND FOR THE FORFEITURE AND THEN THE APPLICABLE DEPARTMENT AND OR COUNCIL MEMBER WOULD NOTIFY THE CLERK OF COUNCIL WHO WOULD INFORM THE FULL COUNCIL THAT ACTION CONCERNING THE APPOINTMENT IS REQUIRED. AND SO THEY WERE JUST THEY TOOK A LOOK. OUR COUNCIL LIAISONS TAKE A LOOK AT ATTENDANCE AND REPORT BACK TO CITY COUNCIL. AND THEY JUST NOTICED MAYBE A NEED TO CHANGE THIS CODE. A LITTLE BIT. AND I THINK THEY WILL BE THIS WILL BE SOMETHING THAT COUNCIL LOOKS AT JUST TO MAKE SURE THE, THE PITFALLS OF, OF ATTENDANCE IS WE DON'T HAVE QUORUMS AND WE CAN'T HOLD MEETINGS AND SO THAT HAD HAPPENED SOMETIMES FOR ALL THE BOARDS THAT THE CITY HAS. AND SO THIS WAS JUST AN EFFORT TO TRY TO REMEDY THAT SITUATION. AND IT'S JUST SOMETHING WE WANTED TO MAKE ANY CURRENT BOARD MEMBER AWARE OF. OKAY. GREAT. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FROM. ALL RIGHT. DO ANY BOARD MEMBERS HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR ANYTHING ELSE THEY'D LIKE TO DISCUSS? YOU KNOW, I'VE GOT ONE THING, LAURA. AND IN A MEETING PREP MEETING I HAD WITH CHELSEA. WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT THE FACT THAT I THINK WHEN THE MEETING GOT SET, WHEN THIS BOARD GOT PUT TOGETHER, THE MEETING WAS HAPPENING. WE WERE PRETTY MUCH JUMPING THROUGH, LIKE, HOUR LONG MEETINGS. AND I ASKED CHELSEA, MAYBE WE COULD DO A BETTER JOB. THE COMBINATION OF US LOOKING AT THE AGENDA AND REALLY COMING UP WITH WHAT TIME WE THINK WE NEED TO SPEND ON THINGS. RATHER THAN SAYING WE'LL WORK ON IT AND PEOPLE DON'T KNOW KIND OF WHAT THEY'RE WORKING WITH BECAUSE TODAY DIDN'T TAKE AS LONG AS IT AS IT MAYBE WE THOUGHT IT MIGHT, BUT THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER MEETINGS WHERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, PRIORITIZATION OR WHATEVER. AND IT KIND OF GETS LEFT TO THE BOTTOM OF THE AGENDA THAT IT WAS LIKE EVERYONE'S LOOKING AT A WATCH, INCLUDING MYSELF. SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO BE BETTER AT SETTING IT UP TO SAY, THIS NEXT MONTH'S MEETING IS GOING TO BE AN HOUR AND A HALF OR TWO HOURS, AND IF WE GET DONE SOONER, GREAT. BUT PEOPLE CAN KIND OF PLAN THAT WAY AS OPPOSED TO NOT KNOWING KIND OF WHAT YOU'RE WALKING INTO. IF THAT'S FAIR. AND THEN THE ONLY OTHER THING WAS WHEN WE HAVE AND CHELSEA, THANK YOU FOR GETTING IT OUT. BUT WHEN WE HAVE PACKETS OF INFORMATION TO KIND OF REVIEW AS WE'RE GETTING SOME TIME TO DO THAT, YOU KNOW. WELL, IN ADVANCE IT'S GOING TO BE, EXCUSE ME, I'M GOING TO BE A WEEK OR IF IT CAN BE AT LEAST A FEW DAYS, JUST TO KIND OF DIGEST THINGS. YEAH. YEAH. AND THAT'S I THINK THE EVOLUTION OF THIS BOARD HAS LED US TO WHERE WE'RE AT. THAT POINT WHERE THAT THOSE PACKETS, WE USUALLY DO A WEEK WITH OUR OTHER BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. SO WE'LL AIM TO DO THAT. AND, AND CERTAINLY WE'LL DO OUR BEST TO, TO ESTIMATE WHAT WE THINK A TIME MIGHT BE. BUT THAT ALSO IS DEPENDENT ON THE DISCUSSION. RIGHT. I THINK THE SURVEY TOOL WAS HELPFUL. YEAH. I TRY TO IMAGINE US HAVING THAT PRIORITIZATION DISCUSSION. WITHOUT THAT, IT WOULD HAVE TAKEN FOUR TIMES AS LONG. SO I THINK THAT WAS A NICE ADD. SO MORE MORE OF THAT. THAT'S A GREAT POINT. OR EVEN IF YOU WANT TO IF THERE'S CIRCUMSTANCES WARRANT WE COULD DO THAT AS A PRE LIKE PRE ASSIGNMENT. EVEN COMING INTO A MEETING I THINK THE REAL TIME IS COOL. BUT YEAH JUST FOOD FOR THOUGHT. YEAH THAT'S GREAT FEEDBACK. I APPRECIATE THAT. YOU'RE RIGHT THAT WE WOULD STILL BE TALKING. IT WOULD STILL BE GOING. YEAH. SOMEBODY SOMEBODY PROBABLY SEE BRIAN I BELIEVE YOU'RE BRIAN. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? NO. SEEING NONE TO MYSELF.FANTASTIC. FANTASTIC. I MOVED TO WHAT AM I LOOKING FOR IN THE MEETING AT 740 TO THE SECOND.
SECOND. THANK YOU. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.