Nov 19, 2024 City Council

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LIKE, BASEBALL SIGNALS ARE. YEAH. YEAH. A GOOD INSPECTION. YEAH. RIGHT HERE. GOOD EVENING,

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

CLERK. MASON. THE ROLL, PLEASE. AND IF COUNCIL WILL TURN ON THEIR MICROPHONES. MAYOR.

SPALDING. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER BRISK IS OUT DUE TO A FAMILY OBLIGATION. IS REQUESTED TO BE EXCUSED. COUNCIL MEMBER. DEREK. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. FELLOWS. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER. SHAW. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. WILTROUT. HERE. I HAVE SIX PRESENT FOR THE NOVEMBER 19TH, 2024 REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING, AND I WOULD MOVE THAT WE EXCUSE THE ABSENCE OF COUNCIL MEMBER BRISK. SECOND. MAYOR. SPALDING. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER KITS. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. WILTROUT. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. SHAW. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. FELLOWS. YES. COUNCIL

[4. ACTION ON MINUTES]

[5. ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS TO THE AGENDA]

SPALDING. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. SHAW. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. DETRICK. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER.

FELLOWS. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. KIT. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. WILTROUT. YES. I HAVE SIX YES VOTES TO AMEND THE AGENDA TO MOVE. ITEM TEN A FIRST READING OF ORDINANCES UNTIL AFTER ITEM

[6. HEARING OF VISITORS]

THE FIRST ITEM UNDER HEARING OF VISITORS BEFORE WE OPEN IT UP TO THE PUBLIC IS A PRESENTATION FROM OUR COLLEAGUES AT PLAIN TOWNSHIP CARRY. I'M NOT SURE WHO'S GOING TO KICK OFF TONIGHT.

JILL. TRUSTEE. JILL. HILL. HILL. YEAH. THANK YOU. CAN I GET THE MARKETING OUT THERE? AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS TO THE TEAM FOR THE SUCCESSFUL PASSAGE OF THE LEVY. IT SHOWS THE STRONG SUPPORT OF OUR COMMUNITY FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE TOWNSHIP'S ACTIVITIES. SO CERTAINLY APPRECIATE ALL YOU DO. THANK YOU. WE'RE HAPPY TO BE HERE THIS EVENING. SO TO BEGIN THIS EVENING, I'M GOING TO START, MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE WERE LAST HERE IN JULY. SO FIVE MONTHS HAVE GONE VERY FAST. BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO OUR VOTERS. WITHOUT OUR VOTER VOTERS AND RESIDENTS OF NEW ALBANY. WE CAN TOGETHER SAVE LIVES THROUGH EDUCATION, ENGAGEMENT AND EMERGENCY SERVICES. SO THANK YOU, NEW ALBANY, AND SUPPORT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW WITH OUR STRATEGIC PLAN. BUT BEFORE I CONTINUE ON, I WANT TO POINT OUT THIS PHOTO WITH THIS WAS TAKEN BACK LAST JULY. AND I'M SORRY THAT MIKE SLOANE, IN CASE YOU'RE NOT IN THIS PICTURE, ALONG WITH CARRIE MYSELF. BUT WE WERE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN FIRE TRAINING. SO STEINER GRACIOUSLY DONATED FOUR HOUSES AT THE HAMLET AND OUR FIREFIGHTERS INVITED MIFFLIN WESTERVILLE, MONROE, AND HARLEM TOWNSHIP TO JOIN IN THIS TRAINING SESSION. OF THESE FOUR HOMES. SO FOR ME PERSONALLY, WITH ABOUT 50 POUNDS OF GEAR ON MY BACK AND I COULD NOT BELIEVE HOW HOT IT WAS IN LITERALLY FIVE MINUTES GOING INTO A HOUSE AND WATCHING THEM CATCH A HOUSE ON FIRE. AND THEN HOW QUICKLY IT CAN SPREAD. I'M SURE MAYOR SLOAN, YOU CAN HAVE A FEW WORDS. AND MIKE AND CASEY, ON YOUR EXPERIENCE AS WELL. SO I JUST WANT TO SHARE THAT, BECAUSE THAT WAS A REALLY WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR FIREFIGHTERS TO SHARE IN THIS TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT. SO IN REGARDS GOING INTO OUR NEXT BEFORE WE TURN THIS OVER, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE FIRE LIBRARY. JUST ONE MORE COMMENT. WE HAD OVER 61% APPROVAL. PASSING IN SUPPORT. AND JUST AS A SIDE NOTE AND I'M SORRY, I'M GOING TO GET TO THE NEXT SLIDE. PARDON. AND OH THE STRONGEST SUPPORT WAS THE NEW ALBANY PRECINCT F. THAT'S WITH 66% OF FIVE AGE BASED COMMUNITIES. SO VERY IMPORTANT, WHICH IS WHAT'S LEADING INTO OUR NEXT ITEM ON OUR STRATEGIC PLAN. AND THAT IS IN REGARDS TO A JOINT FACILITY PROJECT WITH A

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SO DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS IN REGARDS TO THIS COLLABORATION WITH THE NEW FIRE SUBSTATION? NOT AT THIS TIME, BUT I'M SURE THERE'LL BE A LOT OF COMMUNITY INTEREST AS THE PROJECT PROGRESSES. TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HIS LOCATION, WHAT USES WILL BE THERE, AND OF COURSE, WHAT THE DESIGN LOOKS LIKE. SO THERE WERE SOME PRESENTATIONS LAST NIGHT AT THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING. THEY DID SHOW A SCHEMATIC THERE TOO, SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

NEXT, I WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP TRUSTEE AND CHAIRWOMAN CARRIE MILLER. SHE IS GOING TO SHARE A WHOLE BUNCH OF OTHER STATISTICS AND THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN HAPPENING AT THE TOWNSHIP SINCE OUR LAST MEETING. GREAT. THANK YOU. TRUSTEE BECKETT HILL. THANK YOU. THANKS, EVERYBODY. NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN. THANK YOU. TO THE VOTERS. WE ARE SO PROUD TO BE STEWARDS OF THESE. THE PUBLIC RESOURCES ENTRUSTED TO US. SO WHEN WE CAME TO A FEW MONTHS AGO, WE TALKED ABOUT THE COMMERCIAL TIFF. SO WE JUST WANTED TO COME BACK AND SAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT.

THANK YOU FOR AUTHORIZING THAT. IT'S GOING TO HAVE A TREMENDOUS IMPACT ON THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

SO WE JUST WANTED TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO SAY THANK YOU. WE'VE ALREADY RECEIVED SOME OF THAT FUNDING THUS FAR. SO 515,000, WHICH INCLUDES THE 432,000IN RETROACTIVE PAYMENTS AND 82,000IN CURRENT YEAR PAYMENTS. SO WE AGAIN WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT VERY MUCH. WE ALSO WANTED TO SHOW THIS. I KNOW IT'S KIND OF HARD TO READ, BUT IT'S A LOOK AT THE RUN VOLUME OVER TIME AND WE ARE ON PACE TO HAVE A RECORD YEAR. WE'RE ANTICIPATING 3100 RUNS THIS CALENDAR YEAR, AND YOU CAN SEE THE TRAJECTORY. IT JUST CONTINUES TO GO UP. WE'LL BREAK THIS CHART DOWN A LITTLE BIT. SO SIX OUT OF TEN MONTHS THROUGH OCTOBER THIS YEAR HAVE BEEN RECORD MONTHS. AS A POINT IN TIME FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR, IT'S A 7.5% PERCENT GROWTH RATE FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR OVER 20 YEARS. OUR AVERAGE IS ABOUT 4.5% GROWTH. SO THAT JUST SHOWS YOU THE VOLUME OF CALLS. EMS IS STILL THE PRIMARY DRIVER OF CALLS. BUT IT'S VERY SIGNIFICANT. WHEN WE HAVE PRESENTED TO YOU IN THE PAST, YOU'VE OFTEN ASKED ABOUT MUTUAL AID AND AUTOMATIC AID, AND WE WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU. COLUMBUS RUNS DECLINE TO 24% IN SEPTEMBER, SO SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE OF WHAT THAT HAS BEEN HISTORICALLY. SO AGAIN, WANTED TO SHARE THAT UPDATE WITH YOU.

BUT WE ARE AGAIN ON TRACK FOR A RECORD THIS YEAR AND ALREADY SIX OUT OF TEN MONTHS RECORD CALLS.

WAS THAT 24% DROP JUST IN SEPTEMBER? OR IS THAT IN THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER? IS THAT TRENDING TRENDING OVERALL? THAT'S THE LOWEST 24%. BUT RIGHT NOW THE AVERAGE FOR THIS YEAR IS ABOUT 30%. WHY WOULD THAT BE? BECAUSE COLUMBUS IS GROWING RIGHT AROUND US. SO YEAH WHY ARE WE SEEING LESS? WE HAVE MORE CALLS COMING FROM NEW ALBANY AND PLAIN TOWNSHIP, RIGHT? IF WE ARE ON A RUN IN OUR DISTRICT, WE CAN'T GO ON A RUN TO COLUMBUS. SO MORE CALLS COMING FROM OUR DISTRICT AND CHIEF ECKLEBERRY CAN TALK ABOUT IT ADDITIONALLY. BUT THERE'S ALSO STRATEGIC DECISIONS, LIKE ALWAYS HOLDING ONE MEDIC BACK TO ENSURE THAT THERE'S A MEDIC IN OUR DISTRICT.

BUT THE BUSIER WE ARE LOCALLY, WE CAN'T BE ON MUTUAL AID. OKAY, GOOD. YEAH, I NOTICED THAT COLUMBUS IS STARTING THEIR FIRE STATION. YEAH. WHICH THEY'VE TALKED ABOUT DOING FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. BUT YES, THEY FENCED IT OFF. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY BROKE GROUND THERE. THAT'S RIGHT. THAT'S RIGHT. AND IT'S DESPERATELY NEEDED. I THINK WE'VE SHARED BEFORE IN THE CITY OF COLUMBUS. THEY HAVE ZONES AND REGIONS, AND MOST ZONES HAVE FOUR FIRE STATIONS. THE ZONE THAT IS NORTHEASTERN, NORTHEASTERN COLUMBUS, NEW ALBANY AREA HAS ONLY TWO FOR THAT ZONE. SO THEY'RE UNDER CAPACITY. SO WHEN THAT FIRE STATION COMES ONLINE, THEY'RE GOING TO BE PLAYING CATCH UP. YEAH. SO SOME KEY STATS FOR 24. WHAT'S NEW COMING IN 25. OOPS.

BEFORE WE GET TO THE TECH GATORS WE WANT TO LET YOU KNOW WE ARE MOVING OUR DISPATCH OPERATIONS.

JOE I THINK YOU'VE BEEN NOTIFIED OF THAT. THIS IS A BIG CHANGE FOR US GOING FROM THE MEC, REGIONAL COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENT DISPATCH TO A LICKING COUNTY DISPATCH, WHICH MEANS WE'RE

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AND IT MIGHT JUST BE SEMANTICS, BUT YOU GUYS ARE REFERRING TO IT AS A SUBSTATION. NOT A SECOND. A SUBSTATION. SO IT'LL JUST HAVE A MEDIC AND AN ENGINE. OKAY. IT'LL HAVE THREE, CHIEF. AND IT'S STILL 121 PLAIN TOWNSHIP. PLAIN TOWNSHIP. YEAH. I'LL LET CHIEF. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE YOU HAVING US HERE. AND AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, AS ALWAYS. IN REGARDS TO THE STATION RIGHT NOW, BASED ON OUR STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, ONCE THE STATION IS OPEN, WE HOPE TO HAVE A CROSS-STAFFED CREW. SO A LOT WILL BE DETERMINED AS THE FUTURE GOES IN THE RUN VOLUME OF THAT FIREHOUSE. BUT IT WILL BE OUR SECOND FIREHOUSE, SO IT'LL BE STATION 122. SO A DIFFERENT DENOMINATION. CORRECT? YEAH. YEAH. SO THAT CREW, DEPENDING ON CALL VOLUME, WE CAN WE'RE BUILDING THIS BUILDING SO THAT YOU KNOW, IN THE FUTURE, IF WE NEED TO ADD ANOTHER CREW THERE THAT WE CAN STAFF BOTH THE MEDIC AND THE ENGINE THERE TO KEEP UP WITH CALL VOLUME THAT WE CAN. OKAY. GOT A QUESTION? DOES IT MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE THAT THE NEW COLUMBUS FIRE STATION IS JUST GOING TO BE RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER? IT'S ABOUT TWO MILES AWAY, AND WE ANTICIPATE THAT THAT COLUMBUS FIREHOUSE, LIKE LIKE YOU SAID, WE'RE ALREADY TAKING A LOT OF THOSE CALLS THAT THEY WILL BE TAKING IN THE HARLEM ROAD, HAMILTON ROAD CORRIDOR. SO WE ANTICIPATE THAT THAT THAT CREW WILL BE VERY BUSY. AND THE CALL VOLUME WITH THE GROWTH IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE CITY OF NEW ALBANY WILL ALSO HELP US WITH OUR CURRENT RESPONSE TIMES, BUT ALSO ANY GROWTH THAT HAPPENS IN WITH THE HAMLET AND THE AGE BASED COMMUNITIES. AND SOME OF THOSE THINGS THAT ARE COMING ONLINE IN THAT COLUMBUS STATION. DO YOU HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT'S GOING TO BE THERE? ONE ENGINE, TWO ENGINE, ONE ONE ENGINE. ONE MEDIC. OKAY. SO LIKE A SUBSTATION? YEAH. IS IT IS IT CONSIDERED A SUBSTATION THEN? YES. OKAY. YEAH. ANYTHING ELSE? THANK YOU. THANKS AGAIN. COLUMBUS IS SO UNDER CAPACITY IN THIS REGION. GIVEN THE HOUSING POPULATION GROWTH, I DON'T KNOW THAT IT WILL IMPACT US GREATLY.

SO THAT'S FIRE UPDATE. OUR TECH GATORS, WHICH IS A PICTURE OF THEM HERE. OUR SUMMER POOL SEASON. THEY WON THEIR FOURTH CONSECUTIVE CHAMPIONSHIP. SO A SHOUT OUT TO THEM. WE'RE PROUD OF THEM. IN 2024 WE HAD SOME OTHER RECORDS DAILY GATE SALES AT THE SUMMER WITH MEMBERSHIP SALES AND MEMBERSHIPS SOLD. WE DID INCREASE OUR FEES THIS SUMMER, RAISE REVENUE, ADDRESS CROWDS AND ADD MEMBER BENEFITS. WE HAD MEMBER ONLY HOURS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE DAY. WE HAD TREMENDOUS POSITIVE RESPONSE FROM THE COMMUNITY FOR THAT. IT'S ALSO WHY OUR MEMBERSHIP SALES INCREASED. WE ENDED UP HAVING A SMALL DECREASE IN TOTAL VISITS BECAUSE WE ELIMINATED THE PRICE BREAK AFTER FOUR. WE IMPLEMENTED INCREASED PRICING STRUCTURE AND THESE MEMBER HOURS. SO DESPITE THE DECREASE IN VISITS, WE HAD RECORD REVENUE AND SALES. BUT AT THE END OF THE SUMMER FAMILIES WERE REALLY PLEASED. SO WE AGAIN, WE WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU. AND WE'RE ALSO PROUD TO SAY A 78% INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS DOING SWIM LESSONS, WHICH OF COURSE IS LIFE SAFETY. SO REALLY HAPPY ABOUT THAT. WE MADE MAJOR INVESTMENTS IN THE POOL THIS SUMMER. THE MAIN POOL, PUMP, DECK FURNITURE AND YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THE CONSTRUCTION

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AND WE'VE GOT A LITTLE VIDEO THAT WE WILL SHARE. WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO GET. ON. DURING THE MISSION TO REMEMBER AND TO TEACH. IS IT POSSIBLE TO FIND THE LOCATION NEAR YOU? THIS IS WAY WARMER THAN OURS. I WANT TO DO THAT ONE. YEAH. OURS IS A LITTLE COLDER, A LITTLE CHILLIER, BUT I WILL. I'LL HAVE HOT CHOCOLATE IN THERE AGAIN. THIS YEAR, I PROMISE. BUT AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP. WE WANTED TO GIVE YOU THESE KEY UPDATES ON TOWNSHIP OPERATIONS, PARTICULARLY THE FIRE LEVY AND THEN OPEN TO ANY QUESTIONS FOR US AND ADMINISTRATOR COLLINS IS HERE TOO. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR US, YOU MIGHT MENTION THAT IN ADDITION TO THE MAJOR CEMETERY, THEY ARE DOING A CEREMONY AT THE OTHER TWO CEMETERIES. THE ONE BEHIND CITY HALL HERE AND THE OTHER ON CENTRAL COLLEGE FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS YEAR. THEY'RE GOING TO VISIT THE OTHER CEMETERIES. THE WREATH LAYING I BELIEVE, WILL STILL JUST BE AT AT OUR TOWNSHIP CEMETERY. BUT AGAIN, THANK YOU TO THE BOY SCOUTS FOR BRINGING THIS TO US INITIALLY A COUPLE YEARS AGO. IT IS A BEAUTIFUL PROGRAM AND THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING SPONSORING THE WREATHS. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR ME? NO, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU GUYS COMING. I KNOW IT'S BEEN FIVE MONTHS OR SO, BUT I LOVE SEEING ALL YOUR FACES AND GETTING UPDATES FROM THE TOWNSHIP, SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU COMING IN. THANK YOU. WELL, WE'RE HONORED TO SERVE. THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS AT ALL. ALL RIGHT. THEN WE'LL GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE FOR PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO COUNCIL REGARDING SOMETHING NOT ON

[7. BOARD/COMMISSION REPORTS]

RECONSIDERATION REQUESTS ARE TYPICALLY PRETTY HARD TO GET BY PLANNING COMMISSION. THIS ONE WAS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH THE. THERE WAS A DISCREPANCY BETWEEN THE PREVIOUS PRESENTATION. THERE'S A DISCREPANCY BETWEEN THE FEET NEEDED FOR THE EASEMENT. WE'RE SORRY. THE PROPOSED ENCROACHMENT FROM THE STAFF REPORT TO THE PRESENTATION. THE RESIDENTS WENT BACK, LOOKED AT THE NUMBERS AGAIN AND BROUGHT A DIFFERENT SITE PLAN THAT REALLY ONLY THE STAFF SAYS IT WAS A THREE FEET ENCROACHMENT. THE RESIDENT ADVISES THAT THE VARIANCE WOULD ONLY BE 2.03FT. THIS RESIDENT, IF ALL OUR RESIDENTS COULD COME WITH SUPPORTING THEIR REQUESTS LIKE THIS RESIDENT DID WITH LETTERS OF SUPPORT. VERY PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATION, VERY PATIENT WITH STAFF. SHE MADE THE CASE THAT WE ARE THAT THEY ARE GOING TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT I. SO GOING TO TAKE ANOTHER. THEY TABLED IT FOR THE NEXT MEETING I BELIEVE, OR MAYBE IN DECEMBER. BUT IT WAS THE RECONSIDERATION REQUEST WAS GRANTED FIVE ZERO.

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ERRONEOUSLY. SO STAFF CITY IS GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT TO SEE IF THOSE PEOPLE NEED TO COME IN AND GET A VARIANCE. AND THEY ALSO WANT TO LOOK AT PUTTING THE SETBACK REQUIREMENTS ON THE PLAT AND THE DEED THEMSELVES, WHICH WAS MISSING FROM THIS CASE. SO THERE WERE QUITE A FEW FACTORS THAT WENT INTO THIS RECONSIDERATION REQUEST. DID I LEAVE ANYTHING OUT FOR THAT ONE? NO. ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? YOU MIGHT HAVE MORE QUESTIONS THAN YOU WANT FOR THAT ONE. SO SECTION 30 WAS OUR NEXT CASE. THIS WAS THE NEW I FEEL LIKE IT'S HAD MANY DIFFERENT NAMES.

THE NEW PART OF THE NEW AND IMPROVED SECTION OF THE COUNTRY CLUB. THE ORIGINAL PLAN, THE ORIGINAL GROUND. THIS IS THIS IS THE NEW SECTION OF THE COUNTRY CLUB USED TO BE KNOWN AS EAST NINE, WHICH YOU'LL REMEMBER ORIGINALLY HAD WAS ZONED FOR 80 LOTS. THEY CAME IN FOR A REZONING FOR 36 LOTS. PUT THE ROAD IN. I REPORTED ON THIS, OUR INFORMAL REVIEW. THIS WAS THE ACTUAL REZONING APPLICATION. THEY ARE NOW PROPOSING 40 LOTS. THE TWO MAIN CHANGES THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION DISCUSSED WAS A CHANGE FROM ABOUT 50% OF THE EXISTING LEISURE TRAIL. NICO IS PROPOSING TO HAVE NOT ASPHALT TRAIL, BUT 8 OR 4 INCH. BRICK SIDEWALK. SO CHANGING THE EIGHT INCH EIGHT FEET LEISURE TRAIL TO A FOUR FEET BRICK SIDEWALK, KIND OF TO SORT OF GO WITH THE CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, VERY EXPENSIVE BRICK NEIGHBORHOOD, KIND OF LIKE ELY CROSSING OR HIGHGROVE. AND THAT'LL BE AROUND THE ESTATE LOTS. THE CONNECTION TO THE POCKET PARK AND THE LEISURE TRAIL ALONG THE GOLF COURSE WOULD REMAIN AT THAT EIGHT FOOT ASPHALT. BUT LIKE I SAID, ABOUT 50% OF THE LEISURE TRAIL THAT'S IN THERE NOW WOULD BE CHANGED TO A BRICK SIDEWALK. THE OTHER THING THAT WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT WAS THEY WANT TO ADD A GATEHOUSE AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH WOULD BE WOULD SERVE AS A MODEL HOME FOR THE FIRST SEVERAL YEARS. AS THIS PROJECT WAS GOING ON. THE PLANNING COMMISSION FELT VERY STRONGLY THAT THEY WANTED MORE CONTROL OVER WHAT THAT HOUSE LOOKED LIKE, THE PARTICULARS OF THAT, SO THAT IT ACTUALLY BE PUT IN IN ITS OWN SECTION. SO THEY COULD HAVE MORE INPUT ON WHAT THAT WOULD BE LIKE, WHICH ENTRANCE THE NORTHERN ENTRANCE, I BELIEVE. THAT SOUTHERN ENTRANCE. SOUTHERN ENTRANCE. SO. AND GRANT OR HEAD OF POND, WHICH HEADBAND. RIGHT. YEAH. THAT WAS THEIR QUESTION. SURE. IS THIS GOING TO BE A COMMUNITY WHERE THERE'S ALL THE HOMES ARE SIMILAR SINCE YOU NEED A MODEL HOME? I THOUGHT THESE WERE INDIVIDUAL LOTS WITH INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT AS OPPOSED TO A MODEL HOME, WHICH TYPICALLY USUALLY HAS VERY SIMILAR HOMES THROUGHOUT. I MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT ACTUALLY THERE WILL BE A GREAT DIVERSITY AMONGST THE TYPE OF HOUSES. AND THAT MIGHT BE A SALES CENTER. I SEE THE APPLICANT WALKING MAYBE TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION. I MIGHT BE ABLE TO ANSWER THAT. YEAH. I'M NOT SURE IF IT'LL BE A MODEL.

HOME IS PROBABLY THE WRONG TERM, MORE OF A SALES CENTER. AND THAT'S STILL A QUESTION MARK.

ONE OF THE CONCEPTS WAS BUILD THIS ENTRY GATE HOUSE. THAT ENTRY GATE HOUSE WOULD BE A REPRESENTATION OF ALL OF THE ARCHITECTURAL REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. SO THE BRICK, THE SLATE ROOF, THE COPPER DOWNSPOUTS, THE DOORS, THE WINDOWS, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.

SO IT WOULD NOT BE A 3500 SQUARE FOOT HOME, BUT SOMETHING SIGNIFICANTLY SMALLER. NOT UNLIKE THE OCTAGON THAT EXISTS THERE AT THE INTERSECTION OF LINDEN PARK AND MAIN STREET. SO SERVING AS KIND OF AN ENTRY FEATURED GATE HOUSE. WHETHER IT ENDS UP BEING A SALES CENTER OR NOT, THERE'S A SEPARATE PROCESS THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH IF THAT WOULD ULTIMATELY BE THE CASE. THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAD A NUMBER OF CONCERNS RELATED TO THE SETBACK OF THE STRUCTURE, ITS PROXIMITY TO THE GOLF COURSE, TREE REMOVAL, A WHOLE SERIES OF THINGS THAT WOULD HAVE

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ONE MORE QUESTION OFF OF WHAT YOU JUST SAID. IS THAT CONSIDERED A SINGLE HOME, OR ARE WE CONSIDERING THAT MAYBE TWO HOMES CONNECTED TOGETHER? SINGLE A SINGLE SINGLE DWELLING. SINGLE DWELLING. OKAY, THANKS. BLASTERS. OKAY. FINALLY OR NOT? FINALLY. NEXT, WE TALKED ABOUT THE FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR PHASE ONE OF THE COURTYARDS AT HEINZ CREEK. THEY. THE APPLICANTS ASK, WAS, YOU REMEMBER WHEN WE HAD THE FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN? THEY WERE DEFICIENT FOR ONE ACRE OF PARKLAND. SO WE AGREED FOR A FEE IN LIEU OF THAT PARKLAND. AFTER THE NOW THE PLAN HAS ACTUALLY ONLY 0.1 ACRE DEFICIENCY FOR THEIR FOR PARKLAND DEDICATION, AND THEY ASKED THAT THEIR FEE IN LIEU BE REDUCED PROPORTIONATELY. THAT THEN THE FEES WERE HERE DISCUSSING SOME GRADING ISSUES. THEY WERE CONCERNED THAT THE GRADING IN THE FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN WOULD PUT THE ROAD ABOVE THEIR PROPERTY. THERE WAS A DISCUSSION WHETHER OR NOT THERE WAS AN EASEMENT GRANTED DURING THE DISCUSSION OF THE REZONING BY CITY COUNCIL. I'M SURE THAT WE'LL HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT. ULTIMATELY, THE FINAL PLAT WAS APPROVED. ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD FOR THAT ONE? YEAH. SO THE PLANNING COMMISSION DID APPROVE IT, WHICH IS A RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL. YES. I THINK WE ANTICIPATE FIRST READING FOR THAT LIKELY ON DECEMBER 17TH.

THE CITY COUNCIL. YEAH. SO WHAT WAS THE CONVERSATION AROUND COUNCIL'S COMMENT ON AN EASEMENT? SO I'M PRETTY SURE WE DON'T APPROVE EASEMENTS. WE DID NOT. THERE WAS NO EASEMENT. THAT WAS PART OF THE FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN. THE MR. DAVIES REFERENCED A DISCUSSION DURING THE FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN MEETING AT CITY COUNCIL, WHERE THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION OF AN EASEMENT BUFFER AROUND THE PROPERTY. POTENTIALLY PRESERVING TREES OR FOR DRAINAGE. I THINK IT WAS ACTUALLY FOR DRAINAGE. NO SUCH EASEMENT ACTUALLY ENTERED INTO, YOU KNOW, IT WAS PART OF THE ORDINANCE OR PART OF THE RECORD OF ACTION FOR THE PROPERTY. SO, YOU KNOW, AND PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVED IT WITHOUT ANY CHANGE TOHE LANGUAGE. YEAH. AND WE'VE CONFERRED WITH THE CITY LAW DIRECTOR HERE WITH THAT HISTORY, TOO. AND WE CAN PREPARE MORE BACKGROUND INFORMATION FOR YOUR LEGISLATIVE REPORTS WHEN WE BRING THAT FOR FIRST READING TO CITY COUNCIL. THANK YOU. AND FINALLY, WHICH WAS ACTUALLY THE MOST CONFUSING CASE OF THE EVENING, WAS THIS FINAL PLAN MODIFICATION FOR EIGHT HAWKSMOOR DRIVE WHERE THERE WAS A COMBINATION OF LOTS AND A. THERE WAS A TREE PRESERVATION ZONE, BASICALLY IN THE MIDDLE OF A LOT AS AS RESULT OF THE LOT MERGING. AND SO THE HOMEOWNER WAS ASKING THAT THE TREE PRESERVATION LINES BE REDRAWN. PRESERVING ALL THE TREES AND ALLOWING FOR A LITTLE BIT MORE ROOM TO DEVELOP. WHICH PASSED 5 TO 0. ANY QUESTIONS? IT DID PASS. IT DID PASS. YEP. YEP. I THINK THOSE ARE TWO FAMILIES THAT LIVE NEXT TO EACH OTHER, RIGHT? THE SAME. THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN GOOD CONTEXT. YEAH I THINK I THINK IT'S A FATHER AND SON NEXT DOOR TO EACH OTHER. THAT WOULD MAKE SENSE. THAT WOULD

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WE HAD A MEETING LAST WEEK. WE DID A RECAP OF DIWALI. TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME WAYS TO MAKE NEXT YEAR'S EVENT EVEN MORE SUCCESSFUL. WE ARE LOOKING OUT FOR A DATE IN OCTOBER, MAYBE OCTOBER 21ST I BELIEVE IS WHAT WE'RE THINKING OF. BUT WE TALKED ABOUT WAYS TO MARKET IT BETTER.

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AND THERE WAS NO MEETING IN THE PUBLIC RECORDS COMMISSION. BUT WE DO HAVE ONE COMING UP MONDAY.

[8. CORRESPONDENCE/COMMUNICATIONS]

[9. SECOND READING OF ORDINANCES AND PUBLIC HEARING]

SO THIS INCLUDES 2.5 ACRES OF PARKLAND AND OPEN SPACE THAT WILL BE OWNED BY THE CITY. BUT MAINTAINED BY THE HOA IN PERPETUITY. IT CONTAINS THE SAME STREET STUB FOR A FUTURE CONNECTION, IF NECESSARY, TO THE WEST AND IT TOTALS NINE ACRES ON 8.83 LOTS. AND I KNOW THE APPLICANT IS HERE TONIGHT AS WELL, ALONG WITH STAFF TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. I NOTICED TODAY THEY'RE TEARING DOWN THE FIRST HOUSE ON THERE. WE'RE STARTING TO ONE OF THE OTHER HOMES THAT ARE SITTING THERE. YEAH, THEY'RE YEAH, THEY SHOULD ALL BE DOWN I THINK IN PROBABLY THE NEXT DAY OR SO. MR. HANG ON JUST A SECOND. THERE WE GO. IF YOU'LL GIVE YOUR NAME. I AM ALSO LOSING MY VOICE TO ANDREW MALITZ HERE. I WANTED TO PIGGYBACK ON MR. MAYOR'S COMMENT JUST TO PROVIDE COUNCIL WITH AN UPDATE. REGARDING THE DEMOLITION OF THE EXISTING HOMES ON THE PROPERTY.

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MAYOR SPALDING YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. FELLOWS. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. DEREK. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. KISS. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. SHAW. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. WILTROUT. YES. I HAVE SIX YES VOTES TO THAT ORDINANCE. OH 42 2024 ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. AND CONGRATULATIONS. WE APPRECIATE YOUR CONTINUED INVESTMENT IN THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. ORDINANCE.

OH 43 2024 AN ORDINANCE TO DECLARE THE IMPROVEMENT TO CERTAIN PARCELS OF REAL PROPERTY TO BE A PUBLIC PURPOSE, EXEMPT 100% OF THAT IMPROVEMENT FROM REAL PROPERTY TAXATION. REQUIRE THE OWNERS OF THOSE PARCELS TO MAKE SERVICE PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES. PROVIDE FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE APPLICABLE PORTION OF THOSE SERVICE PAYMENTS TO THE NEW ALBANY-PLAIN LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE EASTLAND FAIRFIELD CAREER CENTER PROVIDE FOR COMPENSATION PAYMENTS FOR THE PLAIN TOWNSHIP FIRE DEPARTMENT, PROVIDE FOR THE DEPOSIT OF THE REMAINDER OF THOSE SERVICE PAYMENTS INTO A MUNICIPAL PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT TAX INCREMENT EQUIVALENT FUND.

SPECIFY THE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS THAT DIRECTLY BENEFIT THOSE PARCELS, AND APPROVE AND AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF ONE OR MORE TAX INCREMENT FINANCING AGREEMENTS.

MISS KRISTEN. THANK YOU. SO WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU IS THE TOTAL 32.6 ACRES OF THE TIF. THIS ORDINANCE IS JUST REFERENCING THE EIGHT ACRES OF THE COMMERCIAL PORTION WHICH IS LOCATED. STEVE, I'M NOT GOING TO DO BOTH. RIGHT. IN THAT GENERAL AREA. SO THIS IS A COMMERCIAL TIFF. IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT COUNCIL IS USED TO PASSING PRIMARILY IN THE LINCOLN COUNTY PORTION OF THE BUSINESS PARK. THIS IS A NON-SCHOOL AND NON-FIRE TIFF. SO THAT MEANS THAT THE REVENUE THAT THE TAXPAYER PAYS WILL FIRST GO TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. THEY WILL GET WHAT THEY WOULD HAVE OTHERWISE RECEIVED, AS WILL THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND THE REMAINING TAX REVENUE WILL BE FUNNELED INTO A TAX INCREMENT FINANCING FUND. THIS IS NOT ABATEMENT OF TAXES. THIS IS JUST A REDIRECTION OF TAXES IN ORDER TO SUPPORT SOME OF THE ENHANCED PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS IN THIS AREA THAT WAS DISCUSSED IN SEPTEMBER AT COUNCIL'S CAPITAL RETREAT. IF THE TIF DOES NOT GENERATE THE AMOUNT OF REVENUE NECESSARY TO COVER THE FULL COST OF THE

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ALL RIGHT. THE PUBLIC HEARING HAS BEEN CLOSED. IS THERE A MOTION ON ORDINANCE OH 43? I MOVE ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE. OH 43. 2024 SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER SHAW. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER.

DEREK. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. KIST. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. FELLOWS. YES. MAYOR. SPALDING.

YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. WELCH. YES. I HAVE SIX YES VOTES TO ADOPT. ORDINANCE OH 43 2024 ORDINANCE.

OH 44 2024 AN ORDINANCE TO CREATE TWO HAMLET TAX INCREMENT FINANCING INCENTIVE DISTRICTS DECLARED IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PARCELS WITHIN EACH INCENTIVE DISTRICT TO BE A PUBLIC PURPOSE AND EXEMPT FROM REAL PROPERTY TAXATION. REQUIRE THE OWNERS OF THOSE PARCELS TO MAKE SERVICE PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES. PROVIDE FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE APPLICABLE, APPLICABLE PORTION OF THOSE SERVICE PAYMENTS TO THE NEW ALBANY PLAIN LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE EAST FAIRFIELD CAREER CENTER PROVIDE COMPENSATION PAYMENTS FOR THE PLAIN TOWNSHIP FIRE DEPARTMENT AND TO FRANKLIN COUNTY, ESTABLISH A MUNICIPAL PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT TAX INCREMENT EQUIVALENT FUND AND ACCOUNTS THEREIN FOR THE DEPOSIT OF THE REMAINDER OF THE SERVICE.

PAYMENTS. SPECIFY THE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS THAT DIRECTLY BENEFIT OR SERVE PARCELS IN THE INCENTIVE DISTRICTS, AND TO APPROVE AND AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF A TAX INCREMENT FINANCING AGREEMENT. MR. CHRYSLER. THANK YOU. SO THIS COVERS THE BALANCE OF THE 32 ACRES THAT WE DISCUSSED. AND SO THIS IS WHAT WE CALL UNOFFICIALLY RESIDENTIAL TIPS.

THERE'S TWO AREAS OF THE TIFF. THAT'S WHY WE'RE CREATING TWO SUB AREAS WITHIN THIS ORDINANCE.

AGAIN THIS IS NOT AN ABATEMENT OF TAXES. THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTIES WILL STILL HAVE TO PAY THE SAME AMOUNT OF TAXES THAT THEY OTHERWISE WOULD HAVE HAD TO PAY. IT'S JUST THAT THOSE FUNDS GET DIVERTED INTO A DIFFERENT ACCOUNT TO HELP SUPPORT ENHANCED PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS. AFTER THE SCHOOLS ARE GIVEN WHAT THEY WOULD HAVE OTHERWISE RECEIVED, AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS GIVEN WHAT IT WOULD HAVE OTHERWISE RECEIVED.

THIS IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT IN THE FACT THAT THE RESIDENTIAL TIPS INCLUDE A FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN OF THE PROJECT, WHICH LISTS ASSOCIATED IMPACTS, AND THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD ON SEPTEMBER 9TH, 2024, AND THEN ALSO BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION ON SEPTEMBER SIX, 2024. AGAIN, AS WITH THE OTHER TIFF, IF THIS TIFF DOES NOT GENERATE THE AMOUNT OF REVENUE NECESSARY TO COVER THE FULL COST OF THE IMPROVEMENTS AND ENHANCEMENTS, THEN THE DEVELOPER WILL BE REQUIRED TO PAY THE BALANCE. PLEASE NOTE THAT THESE ENHANCEMENTS ARE NOT WHAT WAS OTHERWISE REQUIRED BY CODE. THESE ARE ADDITIONAL ELEMENTS AS PER OUR POLICY FOR RESIDENTIAL TIFFS THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, AND THEY INCLUDE THINGS LIKE UPGRADES TO LANDSCAPING, STREET LIGHTING, THE CIVIC GREEN, AND THEN THE SUGAR RUN STREAM RESTORATION IN BETWEEN FIRST READING AND SECOND READING, IT WAS BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION THAT IF THE CITY WANTS TO FILE FOR THE EXEMPTIONS, THEN WE HAVE TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING TONIGHT AND THEN TABLE THIS RESOLUTION FOR 30 DAYS. WE DON'T KNOW YET WHETHER THE DEVELOPER IS GOING TO FILE OR THE CITY IS GOING TO FILE. IF THE DEVELOPER FILES, THEN THEY HAVE TO FILE IN JANUARY. AND IF IMPROVEMENTS DON'T START ON THE PROPERTY UNTIL LATER THIS YEAR, THEN THEY COULD USE IT. THEY COULD LOSE AN ENTIRE YEAR OF TIFF REVENUE. AND CERTAINLY THAT'S NOT IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PUBLIC. AND WE WANT THOSE DOLLARS TO FLOW INTO THIS PROJECT SO THAT WE CAN MAKE THIS PROJECT THE BEST THAT IT CAN BE. SO WE'RE IN AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION. WE'RE GOING TO EXERCISE THAT OHIO REVISED CODE, OR ASK COUNCIL TO EXERCISE THAT OHIO REVISED CODE PROVISION TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING. THIS EVENING, CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, AND THEN TABLE THE ADOPTION OF THIS ORDINANCE UNTIL THE JANUARY 7TH MEETING. A LITTLE BIT OF A NUANCE. THERE, BUT I THINK IT WORKS OUT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC. ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL, THEN, IS MR. CHRYSLER SUGGESTED, AND THANKS TO THE CLERK AND THE CITY ATTORNEYS FOR HELPING PUT SOME LANGUAGE TOGETHER. BUT AS PART OF CREATING A TIFF RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY ORDINANCE. OH 44 2024 FALLS UNDER OHIO REVISED CODE 57 09. 42 A, WHICH STATES THAT THE ADOPTION OF THE ORDINANCE MUST HAPPEN AT LEAST 30 DAYS AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING. OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING AFTER THE 30 DAY MARK IS JANUARY 7TH OF NEXT YEAR. THEREFORE, I WILL NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING, AFTER WHICH WE

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COUNCIL MEMBER. FELLOWS. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. KIST. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. WILTROUT. YES. I HAVE SIX YES. VOTES TO TABLE. ORDINANCE OH 44 2024 TO THE JANUARY SEVEN, 2025 REGULAR

[11. RESOLUTIONS AND PUBLIC HEARING]

MAYOR SPALDING, THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS. THANK YOU. THIS RESOLUTION AUTHORIZES THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A THREE YEAR COMMITMENT WITH THE HCC. THE CENTRAL OHIO HEALTH CARE CONSORTIUM THAT CONSORTIUM IS HOW THE CITY PURCHASES ITS HEALTH PRESCRIPTION AND STOP LOSS INSURANCE. IT ALLOWS POOLING WITH TEN OTHER ENTITIES IN CENTRAL OHIO, SOME SMALLER MUNICIPALITIES. SO WE'RE ABLE TO GET SOME VOLUME DISCOUNT AND OBTAIN THOSE THOSE BENEFITS AT A MORE REASONABLE RATE. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. DO WE HAVE TO RENEW THIS EVERY YEAR? IS THIS AN ANNUAL FORGET IT. IT'S A THREE YEAR TERM. THERE IS A PROVISION WITHIN THE AGREEMENT THAT ALLOWS YOU EVERY YEAR TO NOTIFY THE CONSORTIUM IF YOU INTEND TO LEAVE THE CONSORTIUM.

THANK YOU. IS IT THE SAME GROUP WE'VE PARTICIPATED IN BEFORE? YES. SO IT'S REALLY JUST A REAFFIRMATION OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ON THE RESOLUTION? ALL BUT I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. WOULD ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC LIKE TO SPEAK REGARDING RESOLUTION 51 2024? HEARING NO PUBLIC COMMENT, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND MOVE FOR THE ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION R 51 2024. SECOND. MAYOR SPALDING. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. WILTROUT. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. SHAW. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. KISS. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. FELLOWS. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. DARRYL. YES. SIX. YES. VOTES TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 51 2024. RESOLUTION R 52 2024 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING CITY MANAGER JOINING INTO AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT WITH THE FRANKLIN COUNTY ENGINEER AND THE CITY OF GAHANNA RELATED TO THE REPAIR AND RESURFACING OF A SECTION OF MORRIS ROAD. MR. BARKER OKAY, THANK YOU, MAYOR.

SO THIS IS THE SECTION OF MORRIS ROAD THAT IS GENERALLY LOCATED BETWEEN THE ROUNDABOUT AT MAIN STREET AND MORRIS ROAD AND THE ROUNDABOUT AT 605, OR ACTUALLY IT'S NEW ALBANY ROAD. I'M SORRY, REYNOLDSBURG, NEW ALBANY ROAD AT THAT LOCATION AND MORRIS ROAD AS AS YOU MAY BE AWARE, THAT SECTION OF ROADWAY IS IN PRETTY POOR CONDITION AND IS IN NEED OF SOME IMMEDIATE ATTENTION AND REPAIR JUST FOR THE SAFETY OF THE TRAVELING PUBLIC. SO THAT SECTION OF ROADWAY, THE WAY IT BREAKS DOWN TODAY IS THAT 50% OF THAT ROADWAY AREA IS LOCATED WITHIN THE CORPORATE BOUNDARY OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS. 38% WITHIN THE CITY OF GAHANNA AND THEN 12% IN THE IN FRANKLIN COUNTY'S JURISDICTION. WE ARE, HOWEVER, IN THE PROCESS OF WORKING WITH THE CITY OF COLUMBUS TO AMEND OUR WATER AND SEWER SERVICE AREA BOUNDARY, AND WE ARE ANTICIPATING THE ANNEXATION OF WHAT IS THAT CITY OF COLUMBUS GROUND INTO THE OUR CORPORATE BOUNDARY HERE NEAR TERM, PROBABLY THE BEGINNING PORTION OF NEXT YEAR. SO WITH THAT SAID, WE DO ANTICIPATE THAT WE WILL BE ASSUMING ABOUT 50% OF THAT ROADWAY AREA MOVING FORWARD. THE PROJECT ITSELF WILL IMPROVE ABOUT 6700 LINEAR FEET OF MORSE ROAD. THIS WORK WOULD BE INTENDED TO BE ADDED TO THE COUNTY'S ANNUAL STREET PAVING PROGRAM IN 2025. THE ESTIMATE THAT THE ENGINEER'S OFFICE HAS PUT TOGETHER IS ABOUT $600,000. OF COURSE, THE ACTUAL REIMBURSEMENT AMOUNT WOULD BE BASED ON THE ACTUAL COST THAT THEY INCUR, BUT WE WOULD BASICALLY BE SPLITTING THAT IN A THIRD BETWEEN GAHANNA AND FRANKLIN COUNTY ENGINEER'S OFFICE. SO FUNDING FOR THIS REQUEST IS REFLECTED IN THE CURRENT APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE 2025 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. BUT I GUESS ONE THING, TOO, I DO APPRECIATE THE

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THIS IS JUST RESURFACING. THERE WON'T BE ANY ROAD IMPROVEMENTS SUCH AS TURNING LANES OR ANYTHING AT THIS POINT. CORRECT? CORRECT. THIS IS REALLY A WE'LL CALL IT A TEMPORARY SOLUTION. IT WILL JUST BE A REPLACEMENT IN KIND TO WHAT'S OUT THERE TODAY. YEAH, WE ARE WORKING COLLABORATIVELY WITH THEM ALSO FOR A MORE PERMANENT SOLUTION AND A MORE PERMANENT WIDENING OPTION THAT THAT HAS A LOT OF OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCIES AND SIDE STREET IMPROVEMENTS, SIDE STREET LEVELS OF SERVICE THAT ARE THAT ARE NOT MEETING THE STANDARD TODAY, BUT THAT IS THAT IS FOR A FUTURE PROJECT AND FUTURE FUNDING DISCUSSIONS, MOVING FORWARD. I JUST WANT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU TO YOU AND STAFF AND JOE, REALLY FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER ON A REALLY IMPORTANT PIECE OF ROADWAY THAT REALLY HASN'T SEEN MUCH DONE TO IT TO COME TO SOME SORT OF, YOU KNOW, REMEDY HERE IS GOING TO BE MUCH APPRECIATED BY EVERYBODY. SO THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ON THE RESOLUTION. AND I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. WOULD ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC LIKE TO SPEAK REGARDING RESOLUTION 52 2024? HEARING NO PUBLIC COMMENT, WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE A MOTION ON THE RESOLUTIO? I MOVE FOR THE ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION 52 2024. SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER KISS. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER WILTROUT. YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER. SHULL. YES. MAYOR. SPALDING. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. DETRICK. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. FELLOWS. YES. SIX. YES. VOTES TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 52 2024. AND THAT TAKES US TO.

[10. INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING OF ORDINANCES]

THIS IS THE FIRST DRAFT OF THE WELL, THE FIRST READING, OBVIOUSLY OF THE APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE, AND IT MATCHES WHAT IS IN YOUR CURRENT BOOK THAT YOU WERE GIVEN. IT DOES NOT TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION YET THE ADJUSTMENTS THAT WE DISCUSSED AT THE BUDGET WORKSHOP LAST WEEK, THE SECOND READING, WHEN WE GO IN FOR DECEMBER, WILL INCLUDE ANY UPDATES BETWEEN NOW AND THEN IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE INCLUDE THE APPROPRIATE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM YOU AND APPROVALS FROM YOU. AND THEN ALSO, BEFORE WE GET INTO THE BUDGET DISCUSSION, I ALSO WANTED TO EXTEND THE INVITATION. IF YOU END UP HAVING QUESTIONS BETWEEN NOW AND THEN, OR WOULD LIKE TO GO OVER THE DETAIL AS ALWAYS, PLEASE GET IN CONTACT WITH ME WITH JOE, I'D BE GLAD TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS. SO WELCOME TO DAY TWO. AND I WAS ACTUALLY JUST A SIDE NOTE ON THIS PICTURE. I WAS SITTING HERE THINKING, I'M PRETTY SURE THAT RED RIBBON IS PHOTOSHOPPED. SOMEHOW IT LOOKS IT LOOKS REALLY THICK, BUT ANYWAY, SO I THINK I HAVE THE CLICKER THAT'S NOT WORKING. I'LL GIVE YOU THIS. SAM, CAN WORK MAGIC I GOT IT, I THINK. YEP. DIDN'T HAVE IT STRONG ENOUGH.

ALL RIGHT. SO FIRST WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE ALL FUNDS BUDGET. AND JUST AS A REMINDER IF YOU HAVE YOUR BUDGET BOOKS WITH YOU IT ARE THIS SECTION WOULD BE ON PAGES 54 TO 59. AND YOU KNOW, AS A REMINDER, IT'S JUST THE OVERALL PICTURE OF THE FUNDS. IT'S NOT SOMETHING TO LOOK AT TO JUDGE OVERALL BUDGET HEALTH DUE TO THE DIFFERENT RESTRICTIONS THAT WE HAVE ON THE FUND BALANCES, YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE UPS AND DOWNS WITH THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE GOING ON WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS RELATED TO INTEL, THE GRANTS. SO THIS IS MORE OF A PICTURE OF OVERALL WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON. BUT IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AT BUDGET, HEALTH, WE'LL END UP LOOKING WE'LL LOOK AT THE AT I WOULD DIRECT YOU TO THE GENERAL FUND TO DO THAT. THE OPERATING EXPENDITURES CURRENTLY AND FOR LIKE THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, IF YOU LOOK AT PAGE 55 IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PAGE, THERE IS A PERCENTAGE THAT RUNS ACROSS THE LINE AND THAT IS TELLING YOU

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THOSE PARTICULAR PROJECTS, THERE ARE SPECIFIC REVENUE SOURCES THAT PROVIDE FOR THOSE PROJECTS.

AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT IN THE NEXT COUPLE SLIDES. WHAT THAT MEANS. OVERALL, WE HAVE ABOUT $173 MILLION WORTH OF PROJECTS THAT ARE BUDGETED FOR 2025, MOST OF THAT BEING ROADS AND UTILITIES INFRASTRUCTURE. BUT WE HAVE SOME SIGNIFICANT THINGS GOING IN, OBVIOUSLY, WITH THE BOND ISSUE ONE TWO INTO PARKS AND OPEN SPACES, FACILITIES. BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF INFRASTRUCTURE GOING O.

THIS IS REALLY LITTLE, I KNOW, BUT IT WAS MORE SO JUST FOR A VISUAL, YOU HAVE THE HANDOUT THAT GOES ALONG WITH THIS. ONE THING TO NOTE WITHIN THIS HANDOUT, THE TOP GREEN SECTION, THE AND THIS PARTICULAR SECTION, THE FIRST PAGE OF THIS HANDOUT DISCUSSES ALL OF THE ANNUAL PROGRAMS THAT WE GENERALLY DO, MEANING THE STREET PROGRAM, THE SIDEWALKS, THE PARKS AND TRAILS, THINGS THAT WE HAVE CONTINUALLY SET ASIDE, CERTAIN DOLLAR AMOUNTS TO GO TOWARDS KEEPING UP WITH THE MAINTENANCE AND RENEWAL OF THOSE PARTICULAR ASSETS IN ADDITION, WITHIN THE GREEN, WE DISCUSSED AT OUR CAPITAL WORKSHOP THE PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN SLATED TO MOVE FORWARD, AND WE DID NOT INCLUDE THEM IN THE PRIORITIZATION. ONE OF THOSE BEING THE WALNUT AND 605 INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENT CONTRIBUTION. THAT WAS SOMETHING DIFFERENT. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE PICKLEBALL PROJECT IN THERE. ONE THING TO NOTE WITH PICKLEBALL, THIS IS NOT STATING WHAT THE ACTUAL SCOPE IS. THAT'S STILL GOING TO BE DISCUSSED MOVING FORWARD. THIS IS JUST PUTTING THAT FUNDING ASIDE IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO DISCUSS THAT PROJECT WHEN WE NEED TO. ALL OF THE GREEN ARE THOSE ITEMS THAT WERE PRESENTED TO YOU AND WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITHIN 2025. IF YOU LOOK ALL THE WAY TO THE RIGHT, WE HAD ASKED YOU WITHIN THIS EXERCISE, IF YOU WANTED TO CONTINUE THIS, MAINLY THE ANNUAL PROGRAM OR NOT, AND ALL OF THEM, EXCEPT FOR THE ONE THAT IS NOT HIGHLIGHTED, THE JUG STREET IMPROVEMENTS YOU HAD SAID CONTINUE, BUT THAT WAS WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THE JUG STREET WAS ACTUALLY AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUNDING SOURCE, AND IT WASN'T SOMETHING THAT WE WERE UTILIZING. GENERAL FUND PROJECT MONEY FOR. ALL OF THE PROJECTS THAT ARE LISTED BELOW THE GREEN SECTION ARE ONES THAT EITHER HAVE BEEN IN THE PREVIOUS BUDGETS, IN THE SCHEDULES THAT WE HAD FOR THE FIVE YEAR PLAN FOR GOING BACK TO PROBABLY 2022, 2023. THEY'VE BEEN ON THERE AND WE HAD BEEN ABLE TO PUT SOME OF THOSE FUNDS AND BE ABLE TO PROVIDE FOR THOSE WITHIN 2025 BASED ON WHERE WE ARE WITH DESIGN AND NEEDING THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT. MOST OF THOSE ARE PROVIDED FOR WITH ALTERNATIVE FUNDING, MAINLY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. THERE'S ALSO SOME PROJECTS WITHIN THAT SECTION THAT ARE PLANNED FOR FUTURE YEARS. ANYTHING WITH A SINGLE RED STAR. NEXT TO IT ARE NEW PROJECTS THAT STAFF RECOMMENDS MOVING FORWARD WITH, AND YOU MAY NOT HAVE SEEN THEM ON A CIP PROGRAM BEFORE. MOST OF THOSE PROJECTS HAVE AN ALTERNATIVE FUNDING SOURCE, RATHER THAN WHAT WE USE FOR GENERAL CAPITAL. SO SHELTERS WHERE ARE THOSE GOING TO PUT SHELTERS? ANY WE HAVE HAD BUS

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MAN. WE'D LIKE TO PLAN BEFORE WE BUILD. MAKES SENSE RIGHT? ANY MORE QUESTIONS ON THIS FIRST PAGE BEFORE WE GET INTO THE PRIORITIZATION. ALL RIGHT. SO MOVING TO THE NEXT PAGE AGAIN IT'S REALLY TINY. BUT I WANTED TO GIVE YOU LET YOU KNOW WHERE WE ARE WITHIN THIS PACKET. SO IF YOU RECALL AT THE COUNCIL OR THE CAPITAL WORKSHOP WE WENT THROUGH THIS EXERCISE WHERE WE DESCRIBED WHAT ALL OF THESE ITEMS WERE LISTED LETTERS A THROUGH S, WE ASKED YOU TO PICK UP TO SIX TO DO IN 2025. AND BREAKING DOWN THIS LIST TO TELL YOU TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT TYPES OF PROJECTS THEY WERE. LETTERS A THROUGH J ARE ITEMS THAT WERE CONSIDERED AND HAVE BEEN ON THE 2026 TO 28 PREVIOUS BUDGETS. THEY WERE ALL SLATED FOR THE 26 TO 28 YEARS IN THE 2024 BUDGET.

AND SO WE WERE ASKING IF YOU WANTED TO MOVE THEM UP TO 25 K THROUGH N WERE ALL NEW DESIGN

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I KNOW IT'S A LOT OF NUMBERS. AM I MISSING THE PARK CENTRAL OR PARK CAMERA SYSTEM TOO? OR IS THAT COMBINED WITH SOMETHING? SO IF YOU LOOK AT THAT FUND, IT'S CAPITAL EQUIPMENT FUND. AND SO THAT IS ACTUALLY LISTED IN THE CAPITAL EQUIPMENT PURCHASES. AND THAT'LL BE GOTCHA. THE NEXT SLIDE. YEP. YEP. THANK YOU. ANY MORE QUESTIONS ON THE PROJECTS OKAY. SO JUST TO RECAP ALL THE

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THE OVERALL CAPITAL EQUIPMENT PURCHASES ADD UP. TO ABOUT $2.4 MILLION. THIS SHOWS THE BREAKDOWN BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE CAPITAL EQUIPMENT PURCHASES. THE HIGHER ONES ARE AS TO BE EXPECTED WITH HAVING OUR FLEET WITHIN THOSE TWO CATEGORIES. ANY QUESTIONS ON CAPITAL EQUIPMENT? AS A REMINDER, THE CAPITAL EQUIPMENT FUND IS FUNDED BY TRANSFERS IN FROM THE GENERAL FUND AND ALSO INTEREST. AND WE MAINTAIN THE BALANCE WITHIN THAT FUND IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION AND SAVE UP FOR REPLACEMENT OF ASSETS THAT COME DUE THROUGHOUT TIME. AND FINALLY, I THINK THIS IS MY LAST SLIDE. WE DO HAVE THE NEW FUND TO BREAK DOWN THE DIFFERENT IT DEPARTMENT COSTS. AND SO I WANTED TO SHOW YOU JUST A BIGGER PICTURE OF WHAT OUR IT COSTS ARE AND HOW THAT IS BROKEN DOWN BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENTS. WE'VE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO REALLY DO THAT BEFORE. ON PAGE 68, THAT IS THE NEW FUND AND THAT BREAKS IT DOWN BY THE DEPARTMENT. BUT THEN IF YOU WANTED TO SEE THE DETAIL, THESE AGAIN, ALSO DEPARTMENTS TALKED ABOUT THEIR NEEDS, WHAT THE SPECIFIC THINGS THAT THEY WANTED WITHIN THE WORKSHOP. BUT AS AN OVERALL PICTURE WE WILL BE SPENDING ABOUT $1.2 MILLION ON IT. RELATED COSTS. SO JUST A REMINDER, WE'RE TRANSFERRING $6 MILLION OUT OF OUR GENERAL FUND TO SUPPORT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS BECAUSE OF THE HEALTH OF OUR OUR GENERAL FUND. IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE ARE ADVANCING ANOTHER $2 MILLION TOWARD THE WORK, THE INFRASTRUCTURE WORK THAT WILL BE PERFORMED IN THE VILLAGE CENTER, THE ROAD, THE ROAD IMPROVEMENT PROJECT ON SECOND AND THIRD STREET. ADDITIONALLY, THE AMOUNT OF DEBT THAT IS SUPPORTED BY THE GENERAL FUND IS EXCEEDINGLY SMALL. I THINK IT MY MEMORY IS CORRECT. IT'S UNDER A HALF $1 MILLION. THAT'S LESS THAN A HALF MILLION. AND IT'S SET TO BE RETIRED BEFORE THE END OF THE DECADE. SO FINANCIALLY WE'RE IN A VERY STRONG POSITION, WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST. AND WE CONTINUE TO, TO RELY ON IS THESE OTHER SOURCES OF FUNDS SUCH AS TIF REVENUE AND THESE THESE OUTSIDE THESE FUNDS THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF THE GENERAL FUND TO SUPPORT OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS. SO, YOU KNOW, I AND I, I FORESEE US BEING ABLE TO DO THAT FOR THE AT LEAST FOR THE NEXT FIVE TO 5 TO 7 YEARS AND POTENTIALLY BEYOND THAT. SO I THINK FINANCIALLY WE'RE IN A STRONG POSITION LOOKING OUT OVER THE NEXT 5 TO 7 YEARS, IT APPEARS THAT WE'LL CONTINUE TO BE IN A IN A GOOD POSITION TO BE ABLE TO DO SOME OF THE CAPITAL CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT COUNCIL WANTS TO, TO DO AND PUT MONEY INTO ONGOING REGULAR MAINTENANCE, WHICH MIKE HAS EMPHASIZED OVER THE PAST YEAR OR SO. SO THAT WAS ALL THAT I HAD. SO IF YOU AGAIN, IF YOU GUYS HAVE QUESTIONS NOW, I CAN ANSWER THEM. OR IF YOU WANT TO MEET BEFORE THE NEXT MEETING, I'D BE HAPPY TO MEET AND GO OVER ANYTHING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS.

AND WE REQUEST THAT IT BE SET TO THE DECEMBER MEETING. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK ON THAT.

APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. IT WAS A GROUP EFFORT FOR SURE. YEP, YEP. AND IF COUNCIL IS COMFORTABLE WE COULD WE COULD SET THIS FOR SECOND READING ON DECEMBER 3RD. OR IF YOU FEEL THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE MORE DISCUSSION IN AN OPEN MEETING, WE COULD PUSH IT TO DECEMBER 17TH. BUT WE'RE HAPPY TO. AS BETHANY SAID, SPEND WHATEVER TIME YOU NEED TO GET COMFORTABLE WITH IT. I MEAN, KNOWING UNDER THE CHARTER WE HAVE TO PASS THIS BY DECEMBER 17TH, I'D PREFER TO KEEP IT ON THE THIRD IN CASE WE HAVE ANY QUORUM ISSUES OR. SNOWPOCALYPSE. YEAH. GOOD. DON'T SAY THAT YET. BUT MIKE'S READY, AND WE'VE BEEN TRAINED ON THE SNOW PLOWS, SO WE SHOULD BE

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ALL RIGHT THEN WE WILL GO AHEAD AND SET ORDINANCE. OH 45 2024 FOR SECOND READING AND PUBLIC

[12. COUNCIL SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS]

YEP. SORRY I JUMPED AROUND. I JUST WAS APPALLED. NO, YOU'RE GOOD. LORD KNOWS I'VE READ THE WRONG ONE BEFORE. ALL RIGHT. ANY COUNCIL SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS? ALL RIGHT. THE REPORTS OF

[14. REPORTS OF CITY OFFICIALS]

WOW. WITH 15 BREAKOUT SESSIONS. SO THIS IS I BELIEVE THIS WAS A RECORD FOR THEM THIS YEAR. ALSO, THE 208 COMMITTEE, WHICH I HAPPEN TO BE A MEMBER OF, MET LAST WEEK. WE'RE WORKING TOWARD MAKING PROGRESS ON A SET OF RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE OHIO EPA. THE 208 LINE IS BASICALLY A IT'S A TERM THAT'S USED TO DEFINE THE BOUNDARIES FOR THE SEWER AND WATER, THE PROVISION OF SEWER AND WATER SERVICES TO MUNICIPALITIES. THEY ANTICIPATE THAT THEY'LL HAVE RECOMMENDATIONS COMPLETED BY THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2025. ALSO, THE REGIONAL WATER STUDY, WHICH IS ANOTHER COMMITTEE THAT'S INDEPENDENT OF THE TWO WAY COMMITTEE, IS THEIR WORK IS ALSO PROGRESSING AND THEY BELIEVE THAT THEY'LL HAVE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CONSIDERATION IN EARLY 2025. THE VILLAGE OF ALEXANDRIA HAS JOINED MORPC THAT BRINGS THEIR MEMBERSHIP TO 90 CENTRAL OHIO AREA COMMUNITIES, WHICH IS AN ALL TIME HIGH. ALSO, MARCY HAS THEY'VE BEEN NEGOTIATING WITH OUR OUR LOCAL UNIVERSITIES TO PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR MEMBER COMMUNITIES AND IN SOME CASES, THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS. SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS APPLY TO UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES. THEY'RE BEING EXPANDED NOW. SO WE'VE HAD A THREE UNIVERSITIES EXPAND THEIR OFFERINGS TO PROVIDE COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES FOR EMPLOYEES OF THE MEMBERS. THE MORPC MEMBERSHIP, THESE WOULD BE CAPITAL UNIVERSITY, OTTERBEIN, AND THEN ALSO CCAD HAS JOINED AND THESE WOULD BE GRADUATE LEVEL GRANTS OR SCHOLARSHIPS FOR THESE FOR THESE GROUPS OF INDIVIDUALS. SO IF ANYBODY WOULD BE INTERESTED IN THE PROGRAM, WE WOULD WORK THROUGH MORPC AND THEY WOULD FACILITATE THAT. THEY HAD A REMINDER THAT THE ANNUAL DAY TO DAY IS COMING UP THAT WILL BE HELD ON FEBRUARY 5TH AT COLUMBUS STATE REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN, AND THEY ARE ACCEPTING PROGRAM PROPOSALS THROUGH THE END OF NOVEMBER. THE SUSTAINING SOCIETY BOARD HAS BEEN EXPANDED. IT'S NOW CALLED THE REGIONAL WATER ADVISORY COUNCIL, AND IT'S THE REASON FOR THE EXPANSION IS TO INCLUDE THE WATER RESOURCES OR THE RIVERS AND STREAMS OF ALL 15 COUNTIES IN THE MAURICIE REGION. MARCY HAS DRAFTED A FRANKLIN COUNTY MOBILITY GUIDE. IT'S BASICALLY A REFERENCE GUIDE THAT PROVIDES A LIST OF TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS BASED ON MOBILITY NEEDS. THEY'VE ALSO COMPLETED. BACK IN 2019, THEY COMPLETED A TRANSPORTATION ACTION PLAN. THIS TOOK A DEEP DIVE INTO THE NUMBER OF FATAL AND SERIOUS INJURY CRASHES IN THE REGION, AND WHAT CAN BE DONE TO REDUCE THEM SO MOVING FORWARD, THEY'VE DISCUSSED THE DEVELOPMENT OF A PROGRAM TO IMPLEMENT ROADWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS, WITH THE GOALS BEING TO REDUCE CRASHES BY 2% ANNUALLY AND INCREASE THE NUMBER OF SIDEWALKS AND TRAILS THROUGH 2050 TO SERVE 100% OF THE DEVELOPED AREA. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. ALL RIGHT. THANKS, JOE. ANY QUESTIONS ON THE UPDATE FOR MARCY? THE JOINT PARKS NO MEETING. NEW ALBANY PLAIN LOCAL SCHOOLS. THEY ACTUALLY HAD A SCHOOL BOARD MEETING LAST NIGHT.

IT WAS A PRETTY LENGTHY MEETING THAT I'M GOING TO GO TO IN GREAT DETAIL, BECAUSE NONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE ANYWHERE TO BE TONIGHT. SO THE CHILDREN MAY BE ALONE. WE DON'T KNOW. THEY'RE WATCHING. THEY'RE WATCHING THE STREAM NOW, AND THEY KNOW EXACTLY HOW MUCH TIME THEY HAVE.

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WILL BE AT THE CURRENT FACILITY BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BREAK GROUND YET. 2026 WILL MOST LIKELY BE PLAYED AT BETHEL FOR BOTH SOFTBALL AND BASEBALL. WHILE THEY ARE CONSTRUCTING THE OTHER FIELDS, THERE'S SOME MITIGATION THAT NEEDS TO GO ON WITH WHERE THE FIELDS ARE GOING TO BE RELOCATED TO, SO THEY'RE BUILDING IN A BUFFER OF USING THE FIELDS OF BETHEL IN THE INTERIM. SO THAT IS PHASE ONE. PHASE TWO, THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT 2028 TO 2031. THAT WILL BE THE HIGH SCHOOL TECH HUB, THE FINE ARTS HUB AND EXPAND THE MIDDLE SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOL CAFETERIA TO ACCOMMODATE THE NEW STUDENTS. SO AGAIN, THEY DID A DEEP DIVE ON WHERE THEY ARE AT WITH ALL THE FACILITIES. AS OF TODAY, THINGS COULD CHANGE, BUT THE CURRENT PLAN IS ON THE WEBSITE. AND THEN THE FINAL NOTE. HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE SEEING THESE GUYS IN HERE SOMETIME THE FIRST YEAR. THE NEW ALBANY HIGH SCHOOL BOYS SOCCER TEAM WON THEIR FIRST STATE TITLE IN SCHOOL HISTORY. SO WE WILL BE BRINGING THEM IN TO CELEBRATE, HOPEFULLY IN JANUARY. OKAY. I THINK THEY ALSO ANNOUNCED THE CONSTRUCTION PARTNER FOR THE FOR THE NEW BUILDING. I BELIEVE IT'S SILLY. YEAH. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE I DON'T THINK THEY HAVE A CONTRACT YET, BUT I KNOW THEY JUST ANNOUNCED THE BID. YEAH.

YEAH. OKAY. YEAH. THEY'VE DONE A FAIR AMOUNT OF WORK AROUND CENTRAL OHIO IN THE LAST YEAR OR

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ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE UPDATE? MIKE? I'D ASK YOU FOR AN UPDATE OF THE TOWNSHIP. I THINK WE'RE I THINK WE'RE GOOD. I DON'T THINK I COULD DO A BETTER JOB THAN THE REPRESENTATIVES DID EARLIER. ALL RIGHT. THE MAYOR, I DON'T THINK THAT I HAVE ANYTHING, JUST A REMINDER ABOUT THE CHAMBERS STREET LIGHTING EVENT THIS SUNDAY. HOPEFULLY EVERYONE CAN BE THERE WHEN THERE'S GOING TO BE A DRONE SHOW. SO SOMETHING NEW WE CAN GET A TEST DRIVE ON HOW WE LIKE THAT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ANY UPDATE FROM THE CLERK? I SENT YOU JUST TODAY? SO IT'S OKAY IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT YET. AN EMAIL REGARDING OHIO DIVISION OF LIQUOR CONTROL. THE C AND D PERMITS EXPIRE IN FEBRUARY 2025. AND THIS IS THE CITY'S OPPORTUNITY TO COME IN. AND IF THEY WANT TO OBJECT TO ANY OF THOSE PERMITS BEING RENEWED, YOU HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY. ALTHOUGH YOU DO NEED TO PASS A RESOLUTION. WE HAVE TO GET IT TO THE OHIO DIVISION OF LIQUOR CONTROL. BY THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. SO NOW WOULD BE THE TIME TO LET ME KNOW OR LET THE POLICE DEPARTMENT KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS OR QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY LIQUOR PERMITS THAT ARE OUT THERE. I SENT YOU THE ENTIRE LIST OF WHO HOLDS THEM IN THE CITY. I WILL PULL YOU ONCE AGAIN AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING. JUST LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS. CHIEF JONES DID SAY THAT THE DEPARTMENT DOESN'T HAVE ANY OF THE LISTED PERMIT HOLDERS CURRENTLY, AND THEN ALSO YOU WOULD HAVE GOTTEN AN EMAIL FROM THE ZIEGLER ABOUT BIZ CONNECT, WHICH IS AN EVENT ON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12TH STARTING AT 8:30 A.M, RUNNING TILL TEN AT CANINE COMPANIONS. DID YOU WANT TO EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT IT, PLEASE? THANK YOU MAYOR.

THANK YOU. CLERK MASON, JUST AS A REMINDER, BIZ CONNECT 2024 WILL BE HELD ON DECEMBER 12TH FROM 830 TILL TEN. THIS IS THE CITY'S SPONSORED ALL BUSINESS PARK PROGRAM. THIS IS THE SECOND YEAR WE'RE HOLDING IT. LAST YEAR, THE EVENT PROVED TO BE VERY SUCCESSFUL AND THE COMPANY REPRESENTATIVES AND THE ELECTED OFFICIALS AND STAFF HAD A REALLY GREAT TIME INTERACTING WITH EACH OTHER. WE DECIDED TO DO IT AGAIN THIS YEAR. THIS YEAR WE'RE GOING TO BE HOSTING A NONPROFIT FAIR LIKE A RESOURCE FAIR. SO WE'VE INVITED THE NEW ALBANY BASED NONPROFITS TO COME AND HOLD A RESOURCE FAIR SO THAT THE COMPANIES CAN COME AND LEARN ABOUT THE NONPROFITS THAT ARE IN THE CITY. JACKIE AND I HAVE DONE A LOT OF BUSINESS RETENTION AND EXPANSION MEETINGS THIS YEAR, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE COMPANIES ARE ASKING FOR ARE FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO BECOME INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY. SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO IMPLEMENT THE NONPROFIT EVENT AS PART OF THE BIZ CONNECT. SO I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. HOPE THAT YOU'LL PLAN TO ATTEND AND ENCOURAGE OUR COMPANIES TO ATTEND AS WELL. AS A SELLING POINT, I SAW THERE WAS A DOG MEET AND GREET. OH THANK YOU! YES, THERE IS A DOG MEET AND GREET AS PART OF THE EVENT. SO THERE'S A ON THE INVITATION. THERE'S AN ADORABLE PILE OF PUPPIES, CANINE COMPANION PUPPIES. SO THIS IS A WAY FOR EVERYONE TO SEE THE CANINE COMPANIONS FACILITY. THERE WILL BE A TOUR AFTERWARDS AS WELL, SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR HOPEFUL PARTICIPATION AND ENCOURAGING OTHER COMPANIES TO COME. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SIR.

ANY FURTHER UPDATE FROM THE FINANCE RECORD? NOTHING ELSE. MORGAN, MAKE SURE YOU DON'T WANT TO PILE ON. ALL RIGHT. ANY UPDATE FROM THE CITY MANAGER? JUST TWO QUICK ITEMS. FIRST, WE RECEIVED NOTIFICATION FROM THE OHIO PARKS AND RECREATION ASSOCIATION THAT OUR DIWALI FESTIVAL WON FIRST PLACE IN THE 2024 OPRAH AWARD OF EXCELLENCE FOR HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL ARTS PROGRAMS AND EVENTS. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO ADRIAN AND ABBY AND THEIR ENTIRE EVENTS

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[16. POLL FOR COUNCIL COMMENT]

THAT'S HOW TALL THOSE CRANES ARE OUT THERE. THEY ALSO WENT OVER THEIR THEIR PREFAB FLOORING, WHICH IS INTERESTING. THEY DON'T JUST POUR CONCRETE FOR THE FLOORING IN THEIR BUILDINGS WHEN THEY'RE GOING UP, THEY ACTUALLY MAKE THEM IN SQUARES. AND THOSE BIG, HUGE SILOS, SILOS THAT LOOK LIKE AIRPLANE HANGARS. AND YOU JUST SEE THEM ALL STACKED UP, READY TO GO, AND JUST SET INTO THE SITES FOR THE FLOORING. IT'S KIND OF INTERESTING WATCHING ALL THAT THEY WERE EXTREMELY AND I'LL EMPHASIZE, EXTREMELY COMPLIMENTARY OF STAFF AT NEW ALBANY. THEY SPENT QUITE A BIT OF TIME ON THE BUS TOUR TALKING TO EVERYBODY ABOUT WHAT A WHAT A PLEASURE IT HAS BEEN TO WORK WITH THE STAFF AT NEW ALBANY, HOW QUICKLY THEY HAVE REALLY ADDRESSED ALL OF THEIR NEEDS AND IN MOST CASES, BEFORE THEY COULD EVEN TELL THEM THAT THEY HAVE A NEED. IT WAS ALREADY TAKEN CARE OF. BILL EBBIN WAS THERE AND REALLY TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE UNIQUE THINGS ABOUT, YOU KNOW,

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AND SO THEY'RE VERY HAPPY TO SEE THAT. BUT OVERALL JUST AN INTERESTING TOUR. WE GOT TO ACTUALLY GO OUT THERE AND GET A PICTURE WITH THE CRANES, THE WHOLE GROUP. AND EVERYTHING. SO VERY THANKFUL FOR ALL THAT. VERY THANKFUL, VERY POSITIVE ON THE CITY AND SPECIFICALLY THE STAFF.

AND REALLY IT WAS AGAIN, THE FIRST THEY'VE DONE IN ABOUT A YEAR, A LITTLE OVER A YEAR TO TAKE AN ACTUAL TRIP OUT THERE. SO KUDOS TO INTEL. I WILL SAY THEY TALKED ABOUT THEIR FOUNDRY.

I HAD THIS QUESTION COME UP OVER THE WEEKEND BY ONE OF THE NEIGHBORS THAT HAD ASKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S GOING ON WITH INTEL AND THE FACT THAT THERE ARE THEY DIVESTING OR ARE THEY SELLING OFF OR WHAT HAVE YOU. AND I'LL, I'LL GIVE YOU MY EXAMPLE. BUT PLEASE, YOU CAN DO SOME RESEARCH ON IT. THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A STANDALONE BUSINESS THAT THEY HAVE NOW FORMED. IT'S STILL WITHIN THE INTEL UMBRELLA. BUT THIS IS FOR THEM TO ADDRESS SPECIFIC CUSTOMER NEEDS OR SORRY SPECIFIC CUSTOMER PRODUCTS. A COUPLE CUSTOMERS THAT TALKED ABOUT WAS AWS AND MICROSOFT. SOMETHING UNIQUE AND SPECIAL NON-RELATED TO THE INTEL CHIPS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING. AT LEAST THAT PART OF THE BUSINESS. SO IF YOU DO HEAR A QUESTION, JUST KNOW IT'S STILL PART OF THE INTEL UMBRELLA. IT'S JUST THEY NEEDED TO SET SOMETHING UP AS A STANDALONE BUSINESS TO ADDRESS SOME OF THESE PRODUCT REQUESTS THAT THEY'RE GETTING FROM SOME CUSTOMERS SPECIFICALLY. SO THAT WAS NEW TO ME. AND THE FLAG OUT THERE IS 60 FOOT LONG. SO IT'S KIND OF A BIG, BIG FLAG THAT THEY HAVE HANGING OUT THERE. YOU WOULDN'T NOTICE THAT BECAUSE THE CRANES ARE SO HUGE. BUT YEAH, IT'S A NEAT IT'S SOMETHING WHEN YOU GET OUT THERE. I'VE BEEN AROUND THE OUTSIDE OF IT. I'VE NOT BEEN THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF IT. IT'S VERY IMPRESSIVE. SO AND THEY'RE STILL ON TRACK TO OPEN UP, I WANT TO SAY 27, 28 IS WHAT THEY SAID. I DIDN'T WRITE THAT DOWN, BUT I THINK THAT IS WHAT THEY'RE STILL THEY'RE STILL ON TRACK FOR EXACTLY WHAT THEY HAD THOUGHT THEY WERE GOING TO DO. SO FOR ANYONE WATCHING OUT THERE, THEY'RE ON TRACK. THAT'S IT. ALL RIGHT. THANKS FOR THAT UPDATE. ANY ADDITIONAL COUNCIL COMMENT? ALL RIGHT. AGAIN, I'D LIKE TO THANK STAFF FOR ORGANIZING OUR VETERANS DAY BREAKFAST. IT WAS VERY WELL ATTENDED. I THOUGHT OUR PANEL DID A GREAT JOB OF SHARING THEIR PERSONAL STORIES AND THEIR IMPACTS ON VETERANS AT ALL LEVELS, THOSE SERVING, THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED, THOSE IN THE EDUCATION ENVIRONMENT. AGAIN, VERY, VERY NICE DAY. AND THE CLUB DID A WONDERFUL BREAKFAST, PROBABLY SOME OF THE BEST FOOD WE'VE HAD IN A LONG TIME OUT THERE. I THINK SOMEONE PROBABLY GAVE US A LITTLE EXTRA ON THE ORDER. I DON'T KNOW, IT WAS PRETTY NICE, BUT I APPRECIATE ALL THE COUNCIL'S ABILITY TO ATTEND AS WELL. IT WAS IT WAS A GREAT DAY. SO MUCH APPRECIATED.

[17. EXECUTIVE SESSION]

COUNCIL MEMBER. DEREK. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. FELLOWS. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. KIS. YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER. WILTROUT. YES. I HAVE SIX YES VOTES TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 8:20 P.M.

FOR THOSE FOLLOWING ALONG ON THE SCREEN, WE'LL BE TURNING OFF VOLUME, BUT WE WILL LEAVE THE CAMERAS RUNNING. WE WILL RESUME THE REGULAR SESSION WHEN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION IS OUT TO CONDUCT THAT EXTRA BUSIN PUSHIN. YEAH. EVERYBODY SOUND IS ON I MOVE, WE COME OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION. SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER CHARLES. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. CHRIS. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER.

FELLOWS. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. DEREK. YES. MAYOR. SPALDING. YE. COUNCIL MEMBER. WILTROUT. YES.

ABOUT SIX YES. VOTES TO COME OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 8:39 P.M. AS USUAL, WHEN WE HAVE A BOARD OR COMMITTEE OPENING, WE HAVE SEVERAL APPLICATIONS THAT ARE ALL EXTREMELY QUALIFIED AND IT'S ALWAYS DIFFICULT TO MAKE A DECISION AND CHOOSE JUST ONE. BUT WE DO HAVE AN OPENING ON THE

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SPALDING. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. DIRK. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. FELLOWS. YES. SIX YES. VOTES TO APPOINT. JAN PARRISH TO THE MCCOY CENTER FOR THE FULL TERM SPECIFIED. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER BUSINESS FOR THE COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION? AND I WOULD MOVE THAT WE ADJOURN SECOND. SECOND.

ALL RIGHT. WE'RE ADJOURNING AT 8:40 P.M. GOOD NIGHT. ALL

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.