ALL RIGHT. WE ARE PUSHING SOUND. SOUND. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. AND
[1. CALL TO ORDER]
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WELCOME TO THE NEW ALBANY CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR DECEMBER THIRD. I WOULD INVITE EVERYONE TO PLEASE STAND WITH COUNCILMEMBER SIDE, OUR NATIONAL PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. FORMATION THE ROLL, PLEASE. COUNCIL WILL TURN ON THE MICROPHONES. PLEASE. MAYOR SPALDING, HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER BRISK IS TRAVELING FOR WORK AND IS REQUESTED TO BE EXCUSED. COUNCIL MEMBER DEAR.HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. FELLOWS HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. KITS HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. SHAW HERE.
COUNCIL MEMBER. WILTROUT HERE. I HAVE SIX PRESENT FOR THE DECEMBER 3RD, 2024 REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING. ALL RIGHT. I WOULD MOVE THAT. WE EXCUSE THE ABSENCE OF COUNCIL MEMBER BRISK SECOND MAYOR SPALDING. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. CASS. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. FELLOWS. YES.
YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. TROUT. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. ROCHELLE. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. DEREK. YES. SIX.
[4. ACTION ON MINUTES]
YES. VOTES TO EXCUSE. COUNCIL MEMBER. BRISK FROM TONIGHT'S MEETING. ACTION ON THE MINUTES PRIOR TO TONIGHT'S MEETING, A COPY OF THE PROPOSED MINUTES FROM OUR NOVEMBER 19TH MEETING WERE DISTRIBUTED TO COUNCIL MEMBERS. ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS TO THE PROPOSED MINUTES? I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY NOTES. ALL RIGHT, THEN I WOULD MOVE THEIR ADOPTION BY CONSENSUS[5. ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS TO THE AGENDA]
ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS TO THE AGENDA. CLERK MASON HAS SUGGESTED THAT WE MOVE RESOLUTION R 53 2024 REGARDING THE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT OF THE CITY MANAGER UNTIL AFTER OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION. SO I WOULD SUGGEST OR I WOULD MOVE, THAT WE MOVE RESOLUTION R 53 2024 INTO OTHER BUSINESS UNDER ITEM 18. SECOND MAYOR SPALDING. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. SHAW. YES.COUNCIL MEMBER. DEREK. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. FEATHERS. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. JONES. YES.
COUNCIL MEMBER. WILTROUT. YES. AND SIX. YES. VOTES TO MOVE. RESOLUTION R 53 2024 INTO OTHER BUSINESS. ANY OTHER ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS TO THE AGENDA PROPOSED BY STAFF OR COUNCIL?
[6. HEARING OF VISITORS]
HEARING VISITORS IS THERE ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC JOINING US THIS EVENING THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS COUNCIL REGARDING MATTER? NOT ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA. WE WOULD SURE COME UP TO THE MICROPHONE. AND IF YOU'VE GOT A SPEAKER CARD, THAT WOULD BE GREAT GOING. ALL RIGHT. IF YOU JUST WANT TO GIVE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS AND YOU CAN PULL THE MICROPHONE DOWN, IT'S FOR THE RECORDING AND ALSO FOR THE CAMERAS. AND IF YOU WANT TO POP IT OUT, YOU CAN DO. THERE YOU GO. PERFECT. NICE. HI. MY NAME IS GRANT WOELFEL. I'M A BOY SCOUT IN NEW ALBANY, AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ASK YOU GUYS, I'M WORKING TOWARDS EAGLE SCOUT THIS YEAR. I JUST EARNED MY LIFE SCOUT RECENTLY AND AS PART OF THAT, I NEED TO COMPLETE A PROJECT IN SERVICE OF EITHER THE CITY OF NEW ALBANY OR A LOCAL ORGANIZATION. SO MY QUESTION FOR YOU GUYS IS IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT YOU MIGHT NEED THAT NEW ALBANY MIGHT NEED, OR THEY NEED DONE WHERE I'M ALWAYS HERE AND I'M KIND OF INTERESTED IN SEEING WHAT THE COMMUNITY WOULD NEED FROM US. ALL RIGHT. WELL, GRANT, I APPRECIATE YOU COMING OUT TONIGHT. IF YOU COULD, THERE WOULD BE A SPEAKER CARD ON THE BACK TABLE THERE. JUST FILL THAT OUT FOR CLARK MASON. SO WE HAVE YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION AND WE'LL GIVE IT SOME THOUGHT AND TALK TO STAFF AND SEE IF THERE'S A PROJECT THAT WE COULD USE SOME HELP WITH. THERE'S ALWAYS A LOT TO DO IN THE COMMUNITY. AND I JUST APPRECIATE YOU COMING FORWARD AND OFFERING TO HELP. YEAH, I THINK THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT USUALLY HAS SOME GOOD SUGGESTIONS. AND YEAH, WE HAD AN EAGLE SCOUT LAST YEAR. HELP US WITH SOME BIRD BOXES OVER AT TAYLOR FARM. SO MAYBE A SIMILAR PROJECT. IN THAT VEIN. WE COULD HELP OUT WITH. AND IF YOU HAVE IDEAS, WRITE THEM DOWN ON THAT LIST AS WELL OR ON YOUR NAME LIST THERE. WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE. I'D BE HAPPY TO HELP YOU. UNDERSTOOD. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME.[7. BOARD/COMMISSION REPORTS]
YEAH. ALL RIGHT. ANYONE ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC LIKE TO ADDRESS COUNCIL? THAT TAKES US TO BOARD AND COMMISSION REPORTS. ANY UPDATE FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION? NO MEETING. PARKS AND TRAILS. NO MEETING. ARB. IS NOT HERE. SORRY, I FORGOT, MARLENE'S NOT HERE. YEAH. ANY UPDATE FROM STAFF ON THE ARB? THERE WAS A MEETING. I BELIEVE IT WAS JUST FOR TWO SIGNS WITHIN THE VILLAGE CENTER THAT BOTH WERE APPROVED. BOTH ON SOUTH HIGH STREET. I BELIEVE. OKAY, NEW BUSINESSES? YES. SORRY. I FORGET THE NAMES OF THE BUSINESSES, BUT YES, TWO NEW BUSINESSES ON SOUTH HIGH STREET. GREAT. ALL RIGHT. ANY UPDATE FROM THE BOARD OF ZONING APPEAL? YES, WE HAD A MEETING. THEY HAD ONE APPLICANT. IT WAS. SHE'S DATA CENTER. THEY HAD A BUNCH OF[00:05:07]
VARIANCES REQUESTED FOR WALL SIGNS. DIRECTIONAL SIGNS. IT WAS APPROVED. HOWEVER, THERE ARE TWO THINGS THAT THEY'D LIKE TO SEE DONE ON THE DIRECTIONAL SIGNS. THEY WERE FINE WITH THEM, BUT THEY WERE JUST A LITTLE BIT TOO MUCH IN THE SQUARE FOOTAGE. BUT THERE'S SOME SPACE AROUND THE SIGN, SO THEY JUST ASKED TO REWORK THAT SIGN A LITTLE BIT, AND THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO COME WITHIN CODE. AND THE OTHER, THEY HAD FOUR SIGNS ON THE BUILDING. AND AS YOU KNOW, IT'S A VERY, VERY LARGE BUILDING. SO THEY WERE FINE WITH THE FOUR SIGNS. HOWEVER, TWO HIT ABOUT 311FT■!S WERE CODE ALLOWS LEASE. THE NEW CODE ALLOWS 200FT■!S. AND AGAIN THAT WAS ONLY BECAUSE THE DATA CENTER WORDS WERE TO THE RIGHT OF US. AND SO IT BROUGHT IT OUT TO 311. IF THEY JUST REWORKED, MAYBE BRING THE CENTER UNDER DATA, THAT MIGHT BRING IT BACK INTO CODE OR COASTER. SO THEY'RE BOTH GOING TO WORK ON THEM. SO IT WAS APPROVED WITH REALLY JUST THOSE TWO MODIFICATIONS. THAT WAS IT. ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS ON THE REPORT. ANY UPDATE FROM THE SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD. NO MEETING IDEA IMPLEMENTATION PANEL. NO MEETING CEMETERY RESTORATION ADVISORY BOARD. NO MEETING. AND WE DID HOLD A MEETING OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS COMMISSION, WHERE THE COMMISSION APPROVED VARIOUS REQUESTS FOR DOCUMENT DESTRUCTIONS FOR OUR RETENTION SCHEDULES AND UPDATES TO VARIOUS RETENTION SCHEDULES. WE ALSO SET OUR NEXT MEETING. THINK IT WAS ABOUT THE HIGHLIGHTS. I WOULD ADD THAT WE ALSO REVIEWED A POTENTIAL CODE CHANGE. IT'LL GO BACK BEFORE THE PUBLIC RECORDS COMMISSION IN MAY AND THEN WE'LL COME TO COUNCIL BASICALLY[8. CORRESPONDENCE/COMMUNICATIONS]
UPDATING PUBLIC RECORDS COMMISSION'S CODE. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. CORRESPONDENCE OR COMMUNICATIONS HAS ANY MEMBER OF COUNCIL RECEIVED ANY CORRESPONDENCE OR COMMUNICATIONS[9. SECOND READING OF ORDINANCES AND PUBLIC HEARING]
SINCE OUR LAST MEETING? THEY'D LIKE TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON SECOND READING OF ORDINANCES AND PUBLIC HEARING ORDINANCE. OH 45 2024 AN ORDINANCE TO MAKE APPROPRIATIONS FOR CURRENT EXPENSES AND OTHER EXPENDITURES OF THE CITY OF NEW ALBANY, STATE OF OHIO, DURING THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2025. DIRECTOR STOTTS. THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. THE LONG AWAITED ADOPTION OF THE 2020 ANNUAL BUDGET OR REVIEW OF THE 2025 ANNUAL BUDGET IS RELATED TO THIS ORDINANCE. THE BUDGET, INITIALLY DISTRIBUTED TO NOVEMBER TO COUNCIL IN NOVEMBER 5TH, WAS PRESENTED BY STAFF AT THE OPERATING BUDGET WORKSHOP ON NOVEMBER 14TH OR NOVEMBER 12TH, AND A FOLLOW UP PRESENTATION ON NOVEMBER 19TH. DURING THE ORDINANCES, FIRST READING AT THE LAST MEETING, THE PROPOSED BUDGET AND THE AMENDED APPROPRIATIONS ORDINANCE REFLECT THE INPUT OF COUNCIL AT THOSE MEETINGS, RESULTING IN THE ADDITION OF $456,000 IN APPROPRIATIONS. I DID INCLUDE A PAGE WITH YOUR LEGISLATION LEGISLATIVE REPORT THAT DETAILED THOSE ADJUSTMENTS. THE GENERAL FUND APPROPRIATIONS BETWEEN THE FIRST READING AND SECOND READING OF THE BUDGET INCREASED BY $206,000. IN TOTAL, $90,000 OF THAT WAS RELATED TO RELOCATING THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AND ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO WATER'S EDGE FACILITY. IT'S AN INCREASE FOR THE LEASE RELATED TO THAT, THERE'S ALSO A $10,000 INCREASE FOR DIGITAL STORAGE SOFTWARE FOR POLICE EVIDENCE IN THE IT SUB FUND, AND THEN THROUGHOUT THE VARIOUS COMMUNITY INVESTMENT PROGRAMING SUB FUNDS. THERE'S A TOTAL NET INCREASE OF $106,000, 80,000 OF THAT WAS FOR INCREASE IN MAINTENANCE RELATED TO THE NEW ALBANY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION. PHASE OUT $25,000 WAS INCLUDED IN THE COMMUNITY EVENTS SUB FUND, WHICH WAS TRANSFERRED FROM THE IDEA SUB FUND FOR JUNETEENT. AND THEN WE ALSO INCLUDED A $15,000 INCREASE FOR IDEA RELATED PROJECTS OR POTENTIAL NEW PROGRAMS OR INITIAL INITIATIVES IN THAT SUB SUB FUND. SENIOR CONNECTIONS NEEDED AN INCREASE FOR CLASS FEES.THAT'S GOING TO BE SUB. AN INCREASE IN REVENUE WILL ALSO HAPPEN AT THE SAME TIME. WITH THAT, AND THEN ALSO SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD, THE COMPOST CONTRACT HAD A $3,000 INCREASE ON IT. THE ONLY OTHER INCREASE OR CHANGE FROM FIRST TO SECOND READING IS THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND. AND I REFERENCED THAT BACK AT OUR AT THE FIRST PRESENTATION THAT I NEEDED TO ADD THE $250,000 FOR THE MUNICIPAL SPACE. SPACE PLANNING. ONE OF THESE DAYS, I'M
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GOING TO TALK. IN ADDITION, THERE ARE OTHER SECTIONS WITHIN THE ORDINANCE THAT HAVE BEEN IN PREVIOUS THE SAME TYPE OF CONDITIONS. SECTION TWO AUTHORIZES THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AGREEMENTS RELATED TO THE APPROPRIATIONS. THE AUTHORIZATION IN SECTION THREE IS FOR THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE TO ALLOCATE FUNDING WITHIN THE APPROPRIATE APPROPRIATION LINE.ITEMS IN SECTION FOUR. THIS ALLOWS THE FINANCE DIRECTOR TO TRANSFER UP TO $10,000 PER QUARTER BETWEEN APPROPRIATION LINE ITEMS, PROVIDED THAT THE TRANSFERS ARE WITHIN THE SAME FUNDED DEPARTMENT WHERE APPLICABLE, AND THIS IS PROVIDED A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY FOR THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT TO BE ABLE TO MANAGE ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS AND NOT HAVE TO COME BACK FOR AMENDED APPROPRIATIONS AS WE HAVE IN THE PAST. AND THEN SECTION FIVE, THERE ARE ALSO THERE'S ALSO AUTHORIZATION TO TRANSFER APPROPRIATIONS BETWEEN THE GENERAL FUND AND VARIOUS SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS THAT ARE RELATED TO POLICE OPERATIONS. AND POLICE GRANTS. AND THIS WILL ALLOW US TO AS WE FIND COSTS OR EXPENSES THAT QUALIFY WITHIN THE SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS THAT WE HAVE FOR POLICE, WE CAN MOVE THAT APPROPRIATION AND THAT BUDGET AND SPEND THOSE FUNDS AS THEY ACCUMULATE. STAFF RECOMMENDS THE ADOPTION OF THE BUDGET ORDINANCE THIS EVENING.
WE'RE I'M HAPPY TO DISCUSS ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE. THINK WE LAST ASKED ALL OUR QUESTIONS OR MOST OF THEM LEADING UP TO THIS. SO I'M GOOD. ALL RIGHT. WELL, BEFORE WE OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING, LET ME JUST AGAIN COMPLIMENT THE FINANCE TEAM FOR THE GREAT JOB THEY DO EVERY YEAR IN THE BUDGET SUBMISSION. I, I CAN ONLY APPRECIATE THE HOURS OF HARD WORK THAT GO INTO PULLING ALL THIS INFORMATION TOGETHER. I THINK IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, IT'S A GREAT TOOL IF THE PUBLIC EVER HAS AN INTEREST IN HOW THEIR TAX DOLLARS ARE BEING SPENT AND ALLOCATED AND ACCOUNTED FOR, THE CITY OF NEW ALBANY DOES AN INCREDIBLE JOB OF MAKING SURE THAT THAT'S DONE IN A VERY TRANSPARENT WAY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF OUR CITY MANAGER, JOE STEFANOV. WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN EXTREMELY CONSERVATIVE IN OUR BUDGET PROJECTIONS AND SPENDING, AND I THINK THAT'S REFLECTED IN OUR BALANCE SHEETS AND THE FISCAL HEALTH OF THE ENTIRE ORGANIZATION. SO AGAIN, THANKS TO EVERYONE FOR PULLING THIS ALL TOGETHER. AND THANK YOU, EVERYONE FOR ASSISTING WITH IT, BECAUSE IT WASN'T JUST THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT ASSISTANCE. MORGANTOWN. ALL RIGHT. I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. WOULD ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC LIKE TO SPEAK REGARDING ORDINANCE OH 45 2024 HEARING NO PUBLIC COMMENT. I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND MOVE FOR THE ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE. OH 45 2024 SECOND. MAYOR SPALDING. YES. COUNCILMEMBER WILTROUT. YES.
COUNCIL MEMBER. DER. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. FELLOWES. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. KISSED. YES.
[10. INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING OF ORDINANCES]
COUNCIL MEMBER. SHAW. YES. I HAVE SIX YES VOTES TO THAT ORDINANCE. OH 45 2024 INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING OF ORDINANCES ORDINANCE OH 46 2024 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND APPROPRIATIONS FOR CURRENT EXPENSES AND OTHER EXPENDITURES OF THE CITY OF NEW ALBANY, STATE OF OHIO, DURING THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 2024, AND TO AUTHORIZE THE TRANSFER FROM THE BLACKLICK TAX INCREMENT FINANCING FUND. MRS. THOMAS. THANK YOU AGAIN. THIS ORDINANCE ESTABLISHES THE FINAL APPROPRIATIONS AND BUDGET FOR 2024 FOR THE YEAR END. AND IT'S ESSENTIALLY A CLEANUP APPROPRIATION IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO COMPLY WITH THE BUDGETARY REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE SET FORTH BY OUR CODE. AND ALSO, THE OHIO REVISED CODE. THE THERE'S VARIOUS SECTIONS WITHIN THE ORDINANCE, BUT ESSENTIALLY, SECTION ONE IDENTIFIES INCREASES THAT WE NEED IN ORDER TO COMPLY WITH THESE BUDGETARY REQUIREMENTS AND APPROPRIATIONS.THAT DETAILED LIST IS PROVIDED OR WAS PROVIDED WITHIN THE LEGISLATIVE REPORT. A QUICK DISCUSSION OF THOSE IN THE GENERAL FUND. THERE'S AN INCREASE FOR FEES AND ALSO AUDITOR AND TREASURER COLLECTION FEES THAT ESSENTIALLY THE INCREASES ARE RELATED TO INCREASED REVENUE. AND THERE'S ALSO AN INCREASE IN THE INSURANCE PREMIUM THAT IS PRIMARILY WHAT IS INCREASED IN THE GENERAL FUND, TOTALING 180,000 SO FAR. THIS IS THE FIRST READING WE'RE CONTINUING TO UPDATE AND REVIEW, BUT THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE FOUND. SO FAR IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND. WE'VE INCREASED THE APPROPRIATION FUNDS FOR $1.5
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MILLION. AND THIS IS RELATED TO A DISTRIBUTION THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE COMMUNITY AUTHORITY THAT PUTTING THE REVENUE IN THE RIGHT FUND SO WE COULD PUT REVENUE THAT WE RECEIVE FROM THE ORIGINAL COMMUNITY AUTHORITY, WHICH IS GOING TO BE IMPORTANT FOR MY NEXT LEGISLATION TO UNDERSTAND THE ORIGINAL AUTHORITY. WE CAN PUT IT EITHER IN THE SPECIAL REVENUE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NAKA FUND, OR WE COULD PUT IT IN THE CAPITAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND. SO WE ORIGINALLY THOUGHT THAT WE WOULD NEED IT IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CAPITAL INSTEAD, WE NEED IT IN THE SPECIAL REVENUE FUND. SO IT'S NOT INCREASING MONEY WE'RE GETTING FROM THE ORIGINAL AUTHORITY. IT'S JUST REAPPROPRIATING IT TO THE RIGHT FUND. VARIOUS TAX AND TIFF TIFF FUNDS. WE HAVE TO INCREASE RELATED TO THE AUDITOR AND TREASURER FEES AND SHARING.THAT'S AGAIN A RESULT OF INCREASED REVENUE FOR THE YEAR. WE HAVE INCREASES IN OTHER FUNDS RELATED TO SEVERANCE, LIABILITY, DEBT SERVICE. WE HAD AN OPWC LOAN FINALIZE RELATED TO 62 161 PROJECT. THERE'S A TRANSFER RELATED TO THAT THAT WE HAVE TO INCREASE AND THEN THERE ARE A FEW INCREASES RELATED TO THE CAPITAL FUNDS RELATED TO OUR. REIMBURSEMENT OF COSTS FOR PROJECTS RELATED IN THE BOND IMPROVEMENT FUND, AND THEN ALSO THE WATER AND SEWER SANITARY SEWER IMPROVEMENT FUND, WE HAD TO INCREASE RELATED TO AN EMERGENCY REPAIR FOR A WATER LINE BREAK. THOSE ARE ALL THE CHANGES AND INCREASES RELATED TO THE FUNDING. THE REST OF THE ORDINANCE ALSO GIVES AUTHORIZATION FOR VARIOUS TOOLS AND MECHANISMS THAT I HAVE IN PLAY, IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE IN COMPLIANCE FOR BUDGETARY PURPOSES. IT ALLOWS ME TO TRANSFER DIFFERENT APPROPRIATIONS BETWEEN LINE ITEMS WITHIN EACH FUND. NOT IT DOESN'T GIVE AUTHORIZATION TO INCREASE IT DOES GIVE AUTHORIZATION TO DECREASE ANYTHING TO STAY IN COMPLIANCE. BUT THERE ARE VARIOUS WAYS THAT I CAN KEEP IN COMPLIANCE WITH THOSE THERE ARE SEVERAL FUNDS THAT WE HAVE TO MATCH THE REVENUES AND EXPENSES BECAUSE THEY'RE A ZERO ACCOUNT BALANCE. SO THAT'S SECTION FIVE WHERE IT AUTHORIZES ME TO MATCH THOSE APPROPRIATIONS. AND I SKIPPED OVER SECTION FOUR. THERE'S A $100,000 CONTINGENCY APPROPRIATION THAT IS INCLUDED. AND UP UNTIL LAST YEAR, I WAS ABLE TO SAY THAT I HAVE NEVER USED THAT IN SEVERAL YEARS OF PUTTING THAT CONTINGENCY OUT THERE. BUT IN 2023, WE DID HAVE TO INCREASE THE APPROPRIATION WITHIN THE SUBDIVISION DEVELOPMENT FUND, WHICH IS A SPECIAL REVENUE FUND THAT USED TO BE AN AGENCY FUND, WHICH MEANS IT WAS ONLY THE SECOND YEAR THAT WE HAD TO BUDGET FOR IT. AND SO THAT FUND NEEDED ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS ACCORDING TO ADDITIONAL ACTIVITY THAT HAPPENED IN DECEMBER RELATED TO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICES. SO I DIDN'T HAVE TO USE IT FOR THE GENERAL FUND.
WOULD YOU EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE AGENCY FUND AND THE SPECIAL REVENUE FUND? I CAN SO THE AGENCY FUND. IT'S ACTUALLY A CUSTODIAL FUND. SO WE HAVE VARIOUS FUNDS THAT WE COLLECT THE REVENUE AND WE ALSO DISTRIBUTE THE REVENUE. BUT THAT REVENUE IS NOT OURS. WE ARE TAKING IT IN AND SPENDING IT ACCORDING TO ANOTHER ENTITY THAT UTILIZES THE FUNDS. ANOTHER EXAMPLE IS OUR PAYROLL CLEARING FUND. SO THERE'S TWO TYPES. THERE'S THE CUSTODIAL. THEN THERE'S OUR PAYROLL CLEARING IS WE RUN PAYROLL. WE TAKE ALL THE MONEY THAT NEEDS TO BE PAID TO PAYROLL, PUT IT IN THAT FUND AND THEN IT ALL GOES OUT. IT'S A ZERO FUND. WE DON'T NEED TO APPROPRIATE OR BUDGET FOR THOSE TO TYPICAL FOR THOSE FUNDS WITHIN THE ORC. BUT THERE WAS A CHANGE THAT RELATED TO THE FINANCIAL REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS THAT WE DO THAT CHANGED THE PURPOSE AND THE RECORDING OF THOSE FUNDS. SO IT CHANGED IT TO WHERE WE HAD THE BUDGET. SO THAT'S AN AGENCY FUND. WILL THAT BE SIMILAR TO THAT AND SEE THAT WE DID WITH JERSEY TOWNSHIP. WILL THEY BE AN AGENCY OR HOW WILL THEY BE DETERMINED? MY
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INITIAL MY IT WOULD BE A CUSTODIAL FUND. WE WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE THERE'S VARIOUS CRITERIA THAT YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH FOR GASB TO DETERMINE TECHNICALLY WHOSE REVENUE IT IS AND WHO YOU'RE SPENDING IT ON. BUT MY INITIAL THOUGHT IS IT WOULD BE A CUSTODIAL FUND. JUST UNDER THAT SECTION FOR THAT 100,000 APPROPRIATION THAT WILL COME OUT OF WHAT FUND IT IS.ACTUALLY, IT DOESN'T DESIGNATE A FUND. SO IT'S JUST AS LONG AS THE CASH IS THERE TO SUPPORT IT, THEN WE WOULD INCREASE THE APPROPRIATION WITHIN THAT FUND. WITHIN THAT FUND. AND, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE CHECKS THAT WE DO ALL THE TIME IS WE DON'T LET THE FUNDS HAVE NEGATIVE, NEGATIVE CASH BALANCES. SO THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER CHECK THAT WE LOOK FOR, FOR COMPLIANCE. SO WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO THAT ANYWAY. AND THEN THERE'S ALSO A REQUIREMENT THAT SHOULD THIS CONTINGENCY BE NECESSARY, YOU HAVE TO GET APPROVAL FROM THE CITY MANAGER AND THEN UPDATE COUNCIL. THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING IS THAT FOR THE EXPENDITURE OF ANY OF THE 100,000 OR ALL OF THE 100,000.
WE HAD. SO IT WOULD IT WOULD BE IF WE HAVE TO UTILIZE IT AND SO THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN MY REPORT FOR MY DECEMBER REPORT. WHENEVER I THINK I PRESENTED THAT IN THE END OF JANUARY, OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ON THE ORDINANCE THEN WE'LL GO AHEAD AND SET THAT FOR SECOND READING AND PUBLIC HEARING AT OUR MEETING ON DECEMBER 17TH.
ORDINANCE. OH 47 2024. AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH THE NEW ALBANY EAST COMMUNITY AUTHORITY RELATED TO THE CONSTRUCTION AND FINANCING OF CERTAIN PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS. DIRECTOR STOTTS. YOU GET SICK OF HEARING FROM ME TONIGHT. THIS ORDINANCE ESTABLISHES THE COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EAST AUTHORITY COMMUNITY AUTHORITY WITHIN THE NEW ALBANY BUSINESS PARK AND IT ESTABLISHES THE PURPOSE OF THE FUNDS THAT WE'RE BRINGING IN THE AND THEN THE DIFFERENT ATTRIBUTES RELATED TO THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE AUTHORITY AND THE CITY IN 2015, THE EAST AUTHORITY WAS CREATED FOR THE PURPOSE OF FACILITATING PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION OF RELATED PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE WITHIN THE CITY. THE EAST AUTHORITY, LIKE THE ORIGINAL COMMUNITY AUTHORITY, WHICH IS IN FRANKLIN COUNTY. ASSESSES A DEVELOPMENT CHARGE TO COMPANIES LOCATED WITHIN ITS BOUNDARIES AND PRIMARILY IN THE LICKING COUNTY PORTION OF THE NEW ALBANY BUSINESS PARK. THAT'S WHERE THIS EAST AUTHORITY IS LOCATED. THE CHARGE FOR THE EAST AUTHORITY IS 9.75 MILLS, AND IT IS SET ANNUALLY ACCORDING TO THE CURRENT AND FUTURE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS OF THE AREA AND THE CHARGE CURRENTLY IS PROVIDED FOR THE ODA LOAN PAYMENTS RELATED TO THE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS COMPLETED THAT WE COMPLETED RELATED TO DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS FACEBOOK, GOOGLE, AMAZON, ETC. THAT ARE LOCATED IN THE SOUTHEASTERN PART OF THE BUSINESS PARK. IN ADDITION TO BUSINESS PARK RELATED INFRASTRUCTURE, THE INTENTION BEHIND ESTABLISHING THE EAST AUTHORITY WAS ALSO TO PROVIDE FOR MUNICIPAL PROJECTS LOCATED OUTSIDE OF THE BUSINESS PARK, MOST NOTABLY PROJECTS LOCATED WITHIN VILLAGE CENTER. WHILE PREPARING LAST YEAR FOR THE INITIAL ROSE RUN, TWO PROJECT THAT WAS LATER DELAYED, BOND COUNCIL ADVISED THAT THE CITY AND THE AUTHORITY SHOULD ENTER INTO A COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT DEFINING THE USE OF THE FUNDS AND TERMS AROUND THE DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS, THE OBLIGATION TO SET THE CHARGE AT 9.75 AND THE NOTIFICATION OF PROJECTS. THIS AGREEMENT ALSO DEFINES WHAT COMMUNITY FACILITIES ARE AND WHAT THEY ARE BELIEVED TO BE. BETWEEN THE AUTHORITY AND THE CITY. A DRAFT OF THE AGREEMENT WAS PREPARED LAST FALL, AND THE AUTHORITY ADOPTED A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING ITS TREASURER TO EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT. WITH THE DELAY OF ROSE RUN, TWO STAFF ALSO DELAYED PRESENTING THE LEGISLATION TO COUNCIL AND THEN NOW, SINCE PLANS FOR ROSE RUN TWO AND A RELATED BOND ISSUE ARE INCLUDED IN THE 25 BUDGET, WE WOULD NOW NEED TO ENTER INTO THIS COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT THE FUNDS ARE SET ASIDE FOR THIS PARTICULAR PAYMENT, THE AGREEMENT ADDRESSES THE OBLIGATIONS OF BOTH THE CITY
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AND THE AUTHORITY RELATED TO THE LEVY OF, AGAIN, USE AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE 9.75, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CITY PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE BUDGETED FOR. AND I WANT TO GIVE YOU A THE CONTRAST BETWEEN THIS AUTHORITY AND THE ORIGINAL AUTHORITY. YOU MAY RECALL WITH THE ORIGINAL AUTHORITY, WE COME TO YOU ANNUALLY TO DRAW DOWN FUNDS RELATED TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. THE FUNDING SOURCE THAT WE UTILIZE WITHIN THE ORIGINAL AUTHORITY IS ACTUALLY NOT THE CHARGE THAT THAT AUTHORITY WAS SET UP AND CREATED ON. WE NO LONGER HAVE ANY ASSOCIATION WITH THE CHARGE THAT IS ON THAT AUTHORITY, THE FUNDING SOURCE THAT WE DRAW DOWN IS THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUN, AND THAT IS ESTABLISHED BY THE $0.30 ON THE DOLLAR THAT WE COLLECT IN THE BUSINESS PARK. AND WE PUSH IT OVER TO NACURH SO THAT PARTICULAR AUTHORITY HAS A TRUST AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE TO COMPLY WITH. AND SO THE PROCEDURE FOR DRAWING DOWN THOSE FUNDS, WE HAVE TO PASS A RESOLUTION IN ORDER TO REQUEST THE MONEY FROM THE AUTHORITY BY THE CITY, AND THEN ALSO THE AUTHORITY HAS TO PASS A RESOLUTION. ONCE THOSE TWO ARE PASSED, THE TRUST GETS UPDATED WITH THE LIST OF PROJECTS AND USES FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PURPOSES. AND THEN WE DRAW DOWN THE FUNDS. THIS PARTICULAR AUTHORITY WAS SET UP DIFFERENTLY. AND THIS IS A MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY. IT WAS SET UP WITH THE INTENTION OF FUNDING PROJECTS FOR THE CITY AND THE CITY, ONLY FOR THE MOST PART. AND SO THIS IS A DIFFERENT PROCEDURE THAT IS SET FORTH WITHIN THE COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT, BECAUSE WE ARE ALREADY APPROVING PROJECTS AND APPROPRIATIONS AND DETERMINING THE USE OF THIS FUND WITHIN OUR CITY BUDGETS AND WITHIN THE AUTHORIZATION TO ENTER INTO AGREEMENTS AND CONTRACTS AND GO OUT TO DO PROJECTS. AND SO THIS AGREEMENT ESSENTIALLY ESTABLISHES THAT WE WILL, ONCE WE HAVE THE PROJECT APPROVED AND BUDGETED FOR WITHIN THE CITY, WE WILL REQUEST THE FUNDING FROM THE EAST AUTHORITY AND BE ABLE TO DRAW DOWN THAT FUNDING WITHOUT HAVING TO MEET WITH THE EAST AUTHORITY. THEY'RE ALREADY AGREEING THAT THE USE OF FUNDS IS BASED ON WHAT THE CITY DETERMINES. SO BETHANY, WITH THIS AGREEMENT, FUNDS COULD BE APPLIED TOWARDS MARKET STREET EXTENSION AS AN EXAMPLE OR ANYTHING IN THE HISTORIC CENTER THAT WE NEED TO DO FROM A AS LONG AS THERE'S SOME ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THAT WE SEE COMING FROM THAT PROJECT, TECHNICALLY IT DOESN'T HAVE TO OKAY, TO IT'S JUST THE USE OF FUNDS FOR COMMUNITY FACILITIES.OKAY. COMMUNITY FACILITIES ARE DEFINED WITHIN THE AGREEMENT TO BE LOCATED ANYWHERE IN THE CITY, LOCATED IN THE CITY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ON ORDINANCE? OH 47? ALL RIGHT THEN WE'LL SET THAT FOR SECOND READING AND PUBLIC HEARING AT OUR MEETING ON DECEMBER 17TH.
BEFORE WE GET TO RESOLUTIONS, GRANT. YOU'RE WELCOME TO STAY FOR THE WHOLE MEETING. THIS IS REALLY SCINTILLATING STUFF, I'M SURE. BUT IF YOU HAVE HOMEWORK OR YOU WANT TO GO HOME AND, YOU KNOW, GET GET A LATE DINNER, NO OFFENSE. IF YOU GUYS, YOU KNOW, DECIDE TO EXIT WHENEVER YOU'RE
[11. RESOLUTIONS AND PUBLIC HEARING]
READY, OKAY? DON'T FEEL OBLIGATED TO STAY THE WHOLE NIGHT. RESOLUTION R 47 2024 A RESOLUTION APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A FIRST AMENDED AND RESTATED COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT AREA AGREEMENT WITH COY. NEW ALBANY, 525, LLC. ZIEGLER. THANK YOU, MAYOR. AT THIS TIME, STAFF REQUESTS THAT RESOLUTION R 47 2024 BE TABLED INDEFINITELY. ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS OR OBJECTIONS? COUNCIL? OKAY, THEN I WOULD MOVE AT THE SUGGESTION OF STAFF THAT WE TABLE RESOLUTION R 47 2024 INDEFINITELY. SECOND. MAYOR.SPALDING. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. SHAW. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. WILTROUT. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER.
KISS. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. FELLOWS. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. DEREK. YES. I HAVE SIX YES.
VOTES TO TABLE R 47 2024 INDEFINITELY. ALL RIGHT. AND WE MOVE RESOLUTION R 53 UNTIL LATER IN THE AGENDA, WHICH TAKES US TO RESOLUTION R 54 2024. A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A RESOLUTION APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT AREA
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AGREEMENT WITH NATICK PARTNERS, LLC AND MAKING RELATED AUTHORIZATIONS. THANK YOU.MAYOR. THIS RESOLUTION AUTHORIZES THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT AREA AGREEMENT WITH NATICK PARTNERS, LLC. THE AGREEMENT PROVIDES FOR 100% REAL PROPERTY TAX ABATEMENT FOR 15 YEARS. THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT THE CORNER OF HARRISON ROAD AND INNOVATION CAMPUS WAY IN THE RED BOX. TEMBY PARTNERS IS THE SPONSOR AND MANAGING MEMBER FOR THE NATICK PARTNERS LLC OWNERSHIP ENTITY. THE PROJECT INCLUDES THE CONSTRUCTION OF TWO SPECULATIVE BUILDINGS INTENDED FOR INDUSTRIAL DISTRIBUTION AND MANUFACTURING USES. THE BUILDING WILL BE A EXCUSE ME. THE BUILDINGS WILL TOTAL 315,000FT■, PLUS OR -23 ACRES. THE EXPECTED PROJECT INVESTMENT IS OVER $37 MILLION. THE PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN MARCH 2025 AND COMPLETED IN FEBRUARY 2026. THE BENCHMARKS FOR COMPLIANCE WILL BE MEASURED ACCORDING TO THE REVENUE GENERATION PER SQUARE FOOT FORMULA, AS ESTABLISHED FOR THE SPECIFIC BUILDING TYPE AND PREVIOUSLY APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL. MR. RICH SHERWIN, CEO AND MANAGER OF THE TENBY GROUP, IS HERE TODAY. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, THIS RESOLUTION MAY BE ADOPTED TONIGHT. ALL RIGHT.
ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE RESOLUTION? YEAH. FEEL FREE TO COME ON UP. GOOD EVENING. HI.
HOW ARE YOU? GIVE YOUR NAME AND AFFILIATION FOR THE RECORD. GO AHEAD. JUST. YEAH. PULL HARD.
YEAH. THERE YOU GO, RICH, MANAGING PARTNER FOR TEMBY PARTNERS AND TEMBY CONSTRUCTION, WHERE COLUMBUS BASED FIRM. BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR ABOUT 25 YEARS. JUST A NOTE TO THE COUNCIL THERE ON THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF HARRISON AND INNOVATION PARKWAY. WE DID THAT LITTLE 130 ZERO ZERO ZERO FOOT BUILDING A COUPLE YEARS AGO, AND HAD THE GOOD FORTUNE TO JUST WE'RE STILL FINISHING THE BUILD OUT FOR PPG. THEY HAVE A PAINT REPLACEMENT PRODUCT FOR PLANES, TRAINS AND AUTOMOBILES. PRETTY COOL TECHNOLOGY. WE JUST HAD A RIBBON CUTTING WITH SARAH AND HER TEAM A FEW WEEKS AGO. SO REALLY EXCITING. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE ANOTHER TENANT THERE, BANNER AIR PURIFICATION SYSTEMS. THEY ARE GOING TO HOPEFULLY BE A VENDOR AND A SUPPLIER TO INTEL. SO THAT BUILDING IS FULLY OCCUPIED. WE'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR QUITE SOME TIME FOR ANOTHER SITE HERE IN NEW ALBANY, SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO BE LITERALLY ACROSS THE STREET AND BUILD SIMILAR TYPE OF PRODUCT. IT'S SHALLOWER BAY PRODUCT THAT REALLY APPEALS TO R&D, BIOSCIENCE NOT MEANT FOR DISTRIBUTION. OKAY. SO THERE'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE SMALLER SHALLOW BAY PRODUCT UP FRONT GOING EAST TO WEST AND THEN A LARGER BUILDING IN THE BACK THERE. SO EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY. AND DO REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT ON OUR FIRST PROJECT AND LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR SUPPORT HERE ON PROJECT NUMBER TWO. WELL THANKS RICH, WE'RE ALWAYS EXCITED TO SEE DEVELOPERS, YOU KNOW, COME BACK, YOU KNOW, HAVING A GOOD EXPERIENCE THE FIRST TIME AND STILL INVESTING IN THE COMMUNITY IS THIS SECOND PROJECT. IS IT GOING TO BE MULTI-TENANT OR JUST DEPENDS ON THE END USER MULTI-TENANT OKAY. WE ARE TALKING TO A COUPLE OF LARGER TENANTS RIGHT NOW THAT COULD BE ANCHOR TENANTS AS WELL. OKAY. NO, WE HAVE THE GOOD FORTUNE OF DEVELOPING PRODUCT FROM COLUMBUS ALL THE WAY DOWN TO FORT MYERS. SO GEORGIA, TENNESSEE AND NEW ALBANY IS GREAT TO WORK WITH. THEY'RE A REAL PLEASURE. SO THEY'RE TOUGH, BUT THEY'RE FAIR AND THEY'RE VERY PREDICTABLE. NO SURPRISES. YOU KNOW, WE KNOW WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO FALL AND WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO SAY AND WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO FALL OUT ON CERTAIN ISSUES. AND IT'S REFRESHING. SO IT'S, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS, YOU TRY TO MITIGATE YOUR RISK AND AVOID SURPRISES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT POSSIBLE. SO I APPRECIATE SARAH AND HER TEAM AND JUST WORKING THROUGH EVERYTHING WITH WE HAVE MHRA DOING THE CIVIL WORK. AND SO THAT'S AWESOME. YOU KNOW, WITH THEIR FAMILIARITY WITH WHAT THE EXPECTATIONS ARE. AND NOBODY THAT'S REALLY, REALLY GOOD TO WORK WITH AS WELL. SO FAR SO GOOD. GREAT. ANY ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL. NO. THANK YOU FOR YOUR INVESTMENT. YEAH I APPRECIATE IT. I KNOW PRESIDENT OF COUNCIL SCHOLL HAD A GREAT TIME AT THE PPG. RIBBON-CUTTING YEAH YEAH SORRY I MISSED THAT ONE. PRETTY COOL TECHNOLOGY. IT'S AMAZING ANY OF IT. BUT YEAH I IT'S AMAZING WHAT THEY CAN DO OUT THERE WITH THAT FILM. PRETTY COOL. ALL RIGHT. IF THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. WOULD ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC LIKE TO SPEAK REGARDING RESOLUTION 54? ALL RIGHT. HEARING NO ADDITIONAL PUBLIC COMMENT. I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE A MOTION ON THE RESOLUTION? I MOVE APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION 54 2024, SECOND. YES, COUNCIL MEMBER.
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DEREK. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER KIST. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. FELLOWS. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. SHAW. YES.COUNCIL MEMBER. WILTROUT. YES. MAYOR. SPALDING. YES. I HAVE SIX YES VOTES TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 54 2024. RIGHT. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU COUNCIL. WE APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. RESOLUTION 55 2024 A RESOLUTION APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE NEW ALBANY TOWN CENTER, LLC AND THE MIRROR MALL TRUST. MISTER MAYOR, THANK YOU, MAYOR. SO THIS AGREEMENT IS LOCATED IN THE HISTORIC VILLAGE CENTER. SO THIS AGREEMENT IS BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE PROPERTY OWNER, WHO OWNS NINE PARCELS OUTLINED IN RED HERE. AND LAST YEAR, CITY COUNCIL PURCHASED, I BELIEVE IT WAS ABOUT 0.1 OR SO ACRES LOCATED HERE FROM INNOVATION MORTGAGE COMPANY, WHICH IS THE PROPERTY THAT REALLY SET THE BACKGROUND AND STARTED TO ESTABLISH THE FRAMEWORK THAT THIS AGREEMENT IS ABOUT TONIGHT.
SO THE AGAIN, THE PROPERTY OWNER IS OUTLINED ESSENTIALLY IN RED HERE. AND SO THIS IS A UNIQUE SITUATION BECAUSE IN IN ORDER TO ACCOMPLISH THE STREET GRID THAT THE CITY STRATEGIC PLAN HAS CALLED FOR ALMOST 25 YEARS NOW, IT WILL REQUIRE ALMOST HALF, ABOUT 40% OF THE OVERALL PROPERTIES. SO INSTEAD OF A NORMAL RIGHT OF WAY DROP ALONG ESTABLISHED STREETS, THESE ARE ALL BRAND NEW STREETS THAT NEED TO THAT NEED TO BE ESTABLISHED IN ORDER TO CREATE THAT GRID SYSTEM. SO IN LIGHT OF THAT FACT, THIS DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT INCLUDE PROVISIONS WHERE THE PROPERTY OWNER AGREES TO DEDICATE THE PROPERTY NECESSARY FOR THE PUBLIC STREETS AND ALLEYWAYS AT NO COST TO THE CITY IN EXCHANGE FOR COMMITMENTS FROM THE CITY TO CONSTRUCT THE PUBLIC STREETS AND INFRASTRUCTURES THAT BE ALL THE STREETS AND ALLEYS AND ALL THE TYPICAL WATER AND SEWER SERVICE THAT THE CITY HAS DONE FOR OTHER ROADWAYS. AND THIS AGREEMENT ALSO HAS A OR, I SHOULD SAY, REQUIRES THAT THE DEDICATION IS MADE BEFORE ANY PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE CONSTRUCTION BEGINS. AND SO, AGAIN, THE CITY'S COMMITMENT. THIS IS SECOND STREET AS IT EXISTS TODAY. SO IN ORDER TO COME IN TO CONSTRUCT AND EXTEND SECOND STREETS, THIRD STREETS, A NEW EAST WEST PUBLIC ALLEY FROM MARKET OR FROM MAIN STREETS OVER TO CHERRY ALLEY, AND THEN A NEW STREET THAT WE NEED TO FIND A NAME FOR THAT WE'RE JUST CALLING GINKGO STREET FROM NOW THAT RUNS FROM HIGH STREET OVER TO US 62 AND PART OF THE CITY'S COMMITMENTS WOULD ALSO INCLUDE IMPROVEMENTS TO HIGH STREET. SO THIS IS JUST A ZOOM IN. SO THIS IS THE NORTH HIGH OFFICES. THE OLD SCHOOL ADMIN BUILDINGS UP HERE. AND HERE'S THE FLOWER AND WINE SHOP. SO THIS WOULD ALSO INCLUDE A NEW BASICALLY AN INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENT TO NORTH HIGH STREET. SO SOME OF THE ON STREET PARKING THAT EXISTS TODAY WILL GET RELOCATED. THERE'S NO CHANGE TO THE NUMBER OF SPACES, BUT THERE WILL BE A BUMP OUT HERE. SO THAT THIS SO THAT THAT THERE'S NO ON STREET PARKING WITHIN THIS NEW INTERSECTION. THERE WILL BE A NEW PUBLIC CROSSWALK HERE ALONG NORTH HIGH STREET WITH THOSE RAPID FLASHING BEACONS AS WELL, HERE TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S SAFE CROSSINGS. AND THEN I ALSO WANTED TO INCLUDE JUST THIS IS A CHARACTER IMAGE FROM ANOTHER LOCATION IN CENTRAL OHIO. BUT THIS IS WHAT THE STREET CHARACTER IS CALLED FOR FROM BOTH OUR STRATEGIC PLAN AND THE CITY'S URBAN CENTER CODE, WHICH IS OUR FORM BASED ZONING CODE IN THE VILLAGE CENTER. SO IT CALLS FOR BRICK STREETS, PARKING ON BOTH SIDES WITH REALLY JUST ONE DRIVE AISLE TO GO IN BETWEEN. AND THEN BOTH SIDES WILL CONTAIN A FIVE FOOT TREE LAWN AND A FIVE FOOT SIDEWALK ON BOTH SIDES. SO OF COURSE THE DEVELOPMENT WILL LOOK DIFFERENT HERE. BUT THIS IS MATCHING THE OVERALL CHARACTER AND INTENT FOR THE THESE NEW SECOND STREET, THIRD STREET, AND WHAT I'LL CALL GINKGO STREET EXTENSIONS WITHIN THE VILLAGE CENTER HERE. AND SO JUST A QUESTION ON THOSE LINES. THE NEW STREET GINKGO IS GOING TO BE ONE LANE IN THE CENTER WITH PARKING ON BOTH SIDES. I'M JUST CURIOUS BECAUSE WE CONSIDER THAT A CONNECTOR FROM 62 OVER TO 605 AND THE VOLUME OF TRAFFIC DOES ONE LANE, WOULD ONE LANE BE SUFFICIENT FOR THAT? SO THE STREET IS ACTUALLY DESIGNED PURPOSELY TO PROMOTE PEDESTRIAN EXPERIENCE AND ACTUALLY MAKE IT SO THAT IT'S NOT USED AS A CONNECTOR STREET. SO REALLY IT'S MEANT JUST TO SERVE THE IMMEDIATE, I GUESS, FUTURE RESIDENTS AND FUTURE BUSINESSES THAT WILL BE WITHIN THE HISTORIC CENTER HERE. SO BETWEEN THE BRICK STREETS AND THE NARROW PATHS, IT MAKES SURE THAT THIS, YOU KNOW, IS USED AS MORE IT KEEPS THAT RESIDENTIAL CHARACTER AND IS REALLY JUST AN AMENITY FOR THE PEOPLE TO WHO ARE LIVING AND WORKING WITHIN THIS AREA. HERE. I HAVE NO NO ISSUE WITH
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THE ESTHETICS OF IT. I'M JUST CONCERNED THAT AS WE OPEN UP MARKET STREET EXTENSION, MORE TRAFFIC ON 62 AND CUTTING BACK AND FORTH THROUGH THERE, WHETHER ONE LANE IS GOING TO BE SUFFICIENT, THAT'S THAT'S A CONCERN BECAUSE I ALWAYS THOUGHT IN PREVIOUS DISCUSSIONS THAT WAS GOING TO BE MORE OF A CONNECTOR TO BREAK UP SOME OF THE TRAFFIC VOLUME MOVING BACK AND FORTH THROUGH THAT INTERSECTION. YEAH, I THINK WE, YOU KNOW, PART OF THAT CONVERSATION, YOU KNOW, ABOUT MAKING THAT CONNECTION BETWEEN 605 AND 62 IS CERTAINLY MILLER AVENUE, WHICH WOULDN'T HAVE THE SAME TOPOGRAPHY OR THE SAME TOPOLOGY. RIGHT. MILLER IS VERY DIFFERENT THAN IT PROBABLY WON'T BE. A BRICK STREET WON'T BE JUST CONSTRUCTED AS NARROWLY. IT'S NOT NOW. BUT TO YOUR POINT, MIKE, I MEAN, THAT WAS GOING TO BE THE MAIN CUT THROUGH. IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO IT. THIS THIS WAS SORT OF THIS CONCEPT FOR THIS CONNECTION CAME IN AFTER WE HAD THAT DISCUSSION ABOUT MILLER REACHED OUT TO ACQUIRE SOME PROPERTY ON MILLER AND DO SOME ENGINEERING. BUT TO YOUR POINT, YOU KNOW, I YOU KNOW, IF WE WANT TO HAVE THAT CONNECTION, IT NEEDS TO BE ROBUST ENOUGH TO HANDLE THE TRAFFIC. THIS WOULD I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU. THIS WOULD NOT ACCOMPLISH THAT. YEAH, THAT'S I THINK I'M ALL IN FAVOR OF A ROAD THROUGH THERE. IT'S JUST THAT IT'S SUFFICIENT THAT IT CAN HANDLE THE GROWTH IN TRAFFIC. YEAH. SIMILAR TO OTHER RESIDENTIAL STREETS, THE CITY CERTAINLY HAS THE ABILITY OF LOOKING AT LIMITING PARKING TO JUST ONE SIDE OF THE STREET.THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS IN TYPICAL SUBURBAN NEIGHBORHOODS, IS THAT THERE'S JUST PARKING ON ONE SIDE. SO IT ALLOWS FOR THAT TWO LANE. AND CERTAINLY WE'VE LOOKED AT THIS FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. SO WE'VE DONE TURNING STUDIES. SO THESE ARE SHORT BLOCKS. SO THAT IF THERE IS JUST ONE LANE THERE WILL BE OPPORTUNITIES TO, YOU KNOW, TO ENSURE THAT PEOPLE CAN CROSS THROUGH AND PEOPLE CAN YIELD. SO THERE'S NOT CONFLICTING TRAFFIC THERE. I WOULD I UNDERSTAND THAT AND I THINK THE SLOAN'S POINT, IF THERE'S PARKING ON ONE SIDE, MAYBE THAT'S SUFFICIENT. HAVING SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN GERMAN VILLAGE, WHERE THERE ARE NARROW STREETS AND PARKED ON BOTH SIDES, IT'S ONE CAR IN ONE DIRECTION AND SOMEBODY COMING THE OTHER WAY, SOMEBODY BACKING UP. AND IT IS. IT IS NOT A GOOD SITUATION. SO I'M HAPPY TO WE'RE HAPPY TO STUDY THE ON STREET PARKING TO AND COME BACK WITH YOU. WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE OTHER THINGS INCLUDING THE PLATS. AND WE'LL HAVE TO HAVE CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZE THE I GUESS BEFORE WE GO OUT TO BID FOR THE STREET CONSTRUCTION AS WELL, SO WE CAN PROVIDE MORE FOLLOW UP TO YOU AT THAT TIME. IS THERE ABILITY TO WIDEN THE STREET? SO BASED ON THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT'S BEFORE YOU TONIGHT. IT DOES SET A MAXIMUM RIGHT OF WAY WITHIN THE VILLAGE CENTER. I MEAN, IT WOULD IT WOULD DIMINISH THE AREA SUBJECT TO DEVELOPMENT. RIGHT. IF THAT'S RIGHT. INCREASE THE SIZE OF THE ROAD WHICH THE LANDOWNER HAS ALREADY BEEN FAIRLY GENEROUS IN ITS DONATION. SO WITH THAT, LOOKING AT THE DEVELOPER, ONE OF MY I GUESS MY CONCERNS WOULD BE THE INCLUSION OF THIS ON STREET PARKING INTO WHATEVER DEVELOPMENT PLAN THAT'S GOING TO GO IN THERE. AND THAT'S SOMETHING I WOULD NOT LIKE TO SEE BASED ON THE DISCUSSION WE HAVE TONIGHT, I'M HOPING THAT THE DEVELOPMENT THAT IS GOING IN THERE WILL HOLD WILL HAVE ITS OWN SELF PARKING PER RESIDENTIAL UNITS, SO THAT WE'RE NOT ADDING TO MAYBE SOME OF THE THOUGHTS THAT WE HAVE TONIGHT. THAT WOULD BE A CONCERN OF MINE THAT I'D LIKE TO SEE, BECAUSE THAT'S ALREADY TIGHT PARKING FOR THOSE BUSINESSES ALREADY. AND I HAVE A FOLLOW UP QUESTION ON THE NEXT SLIDE. BUT GO AHEAD. YEAH. AND THE PROPERTY OWNER AND DEVELOPER CREAM SUMMER IS HERE TONIGHT. AND SO HE CAN CERTAINLY ANSWER QUESTIONS. BUT JUST AS PART OF THE OVERALL SCHEDULE GOES. YEAH. SO THE ROADWAY CONSTRUCTION BASED ON THE MILESTONE DATES.
WOULD WE COME BACK TO COUNCIL AROUND JANUARY 21ST TO PUT THIS OUT TO BID? BUT THE DEVELOPER STILL HAS TO GO BEFORE THE CITY'S ARCHITECTURE REVIEW BOARD. THEY LOOK AT PARKING.
RIGHT. WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH KARIM AND HIS TEAM TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE MEETING THAT SAME ESTABLISHED PATTERN FOR THE MARKET IN MAIN, WHICH IS EACH BEDROOM HAS TO HAVE AT LEAST ONE OFF STREET PARKING SPACE. SO THAT'S THE STANDARD THAT'S BEEN SET BY THE CITY'S ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD. THAT'S WHAT I'M SORRY. WHAT DID YOU SAY? ONE. ONE PARKING SPACE PER BEDROOM.
PER BEDROOM, WHICH IS FINE. BUT THEN WOULD YOU SAY AFTER THAT? NO. ON STREET PARKING. THAT'S NOT INCLUDE ON STREET PARKING. CORRECT. THAT IS NOT INCLUDED. OKAY. YEAH. AND THEN IF YOU GO BACK TO THAT ONE SLIDE THAT SHOWED THE FLOWER SHOP, THAT'S ACTUALLY A GOING TO BE A COFFEE SHOP. YES. WHERE WHICH IS ACTUALLY ANOTHER PARKING QUESTION. I HAVE FOR YOU. IS THERE PARKING RIGHT IN FRONT OF THAT SAY WINE SHOP. IS IT SHOWS HERE OR IS THAT ALL GONE. SO
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THIS IS SHOWING THAT THE PARKING WOULD BE REMOVED IN FRONT OF THAT SHOP HERE. HOWEVER, WHERE THERE IS AN ADDITIONAL BUMP OUT HERE DUE TO THE NEW ROADWAY, ADDITIONAL ON STREET PARKING CAN BE ADDED ALONG THE SOUTH HERE AND ALONG THE NORTH HERE WHERE IT DOESN'T EXIST. SO THERE'S NET NO CHANGE IN ON STREET PARKING IN THIS IMMEDIATE VICINITY. OKA. BECAUSE I KNOW DRIVING DOWN THERE, WHICH I DO EVERY TWO WEEKS TO FREQUENT A BARBER SHOP RIGHT NOW THAT ON STREET PARKING IS ALL FULL, IT'S I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENED IN THE RECENT. IT HASN'T BEEN LIKE THAT IN THE PAST, BUT WITHIN THE LAST PROBABLY THREE MONTHS IT IS PRETTY FULL. SO THAT'S JUST SOMETHING TO CONSIDER AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE DEVELOPMENT. I THINK THE CHATEAU'S SALON IS DOING REALLY WELL. THEY'RE THEY'RE PROBABLY ADDING SOMETHING THERE, THAT'S FOR SURE. THERE'S A LOT OF ACTIVITY OVER THERE. YEAH. WHICH IS GOOD. YEAH. JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE ENOUGH PARKING ON THERE. YEAH. WE'LL TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THE PARKING PLAN BEFORE YOU GET TO SEE THE PLANT OR BEFORE THAT GOES TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION. PERFECT. THANKS. SO BASED ON THE MILESTONE SCHEDULE IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. SO THE ROADWAY CONSTRUCTION SO THE CITIES COULD BEGIN AS EARLY AS APRIL OF 2025. AND THAT WOULD PROBABLY RUN CONCURRENTLY WITH THE PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT THAT'S IN THAT COULD ALSO OCCUR AT THAT SAME TIME. AND WE'RE ANTICIPATING CONSTRUCTION IN APRIL OF 2026. SO THIS ROADWAY NETWORK, IT DOES MEET THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOUND AT THE NEW ALBANY STRATEGIC PLAN. AND SO THIS AGREEMENT ALSO ENSURES THAT THERE'S AN EXTENSION OF THE STREET GRID AND ESTABLISHES STREET CONNECTIONS THAT CREATE A WALKABLE STREET PATTERN THAT EMPHASIZES THAT PEDESTRIAN EXPERIENCE, AS RECOMMENDED BY THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND JUST AS A FUN FACT, I WENT BACK AND I WAS LOOKING AT PAST STRATEGIC PLANS, AND I FOUND WHAT I BELIEVE TO BE THE FIRST 1998 STRATEGIC PLAN. AND IT'S INTERESTING WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT JUST HOW MANY TIMES WE'VE UPDATED OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, HOW MUCH THE COMMUNITY HAS GROWN SINCE 1998. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT STAYED THE SAME SINCE THEN IS THIS STREET NETWORK RIGHT HERE. THAT'S INCLUDED IN THIS DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. AND SO IT'S EXCITING THAT NOW WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO FULFILL THAT VISION. SO I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS WITH THAT. AND THERE'S SOME QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL ON THE RESOLUTION. AND WE'LL GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. WOULD ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC LIKE TO SPEAK REGARDING RESOLUTION 55 2024? HEARING NO PUBLIC COMMENT, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. MR. MAYOR, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT AND FOR YOUR TEAM'S EFFORTS TO DEVELOP IN THE CITY CENTER. IT'S AN EXCITING PROJEC, AND I KNOW THAT YOU'VE WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH STAFF, AND COUNCIL IS APPRECIATIVE OF THE COMMITMENT THAT YOUR TEAM HAS MADE TO MAKE SURE THE ROAD NETWORK IS SUFFICIENT AND THE, YOU KNOW, THE LAND DEDICATION IS SUBSTANTIAL. SO WE APPRECIATE THE CONTRIBUTION AND COOPERATIO. HEARING NO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS, IS THERE A MOTION ON THE RESOLUTION MOVE ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION 55 2024? SECOND. COUNCIL MEMBER SHAW. YES.COUNCIL MEMBER. KATZ. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. FELLOWS. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. DEREK. YES.
MAYOR. SPALDING. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. WELCH. YES. I HAVE SIX YES VOTES FOR THAT. RESOLUTION 55 2024. ALL RIGHT. RESOLUTION 56 2024, A RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER AND ENTER INTO AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT WITH PLAIN TOWNSHIP AND THE NEW ALBANY PLAIN. LOCAL PARKS DISTRICT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A MULTI-PURPOSE FIELD HOUSE AND COMMUNITY CENTE.
MR. OLLIE? YEAH. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THE NEW ALBANY PLAIN LOCAL JOINT PARKS DISTRICT. THE JPD DESIRES TO CONSTRUCT A MULTI-PURPOSE FIELD HOUSE AND COMMUNITY CENTER TO EXPAND COMMUNITY PROGRAMING. IN NOVEMBER 2022, RESIDENTS OF THE JPD VOTED TO APPROVE A BOND AND LEVY TO PAY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF THE FACILITY. THE FACILITY WILL BE LOCATED ON A TRACT OF LAND THAT'S OWNED BY THE CITY OF NEW ALBANY AND GENERALLY LOCATED NORTH OF WALNUT STREET AND WEST OF BEAVER ROAD IN PLAIN TOWNSHIP. THE CITY IS ACTIVELY COLLABORATING WITH THE CITY OF COLUMBUS TO AMEND THE WATER AND SANITARY SEWER SERVICE AREA BOUNDARY TO INCLUDE THIS ANNEXED PARCEL. WHEN THAT COLLECTIVE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS IS COMPLETE, THE BOUNDARY AND THE BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT BECOMES EFFECTIVE, THE CITY WILL ANNEX THE LAND AREA, ENABLING THE PLANNED FACILITY TO CONNECT TO PUBLIC WATER AND SANITARY SEWER. THIS MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
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MEMORIALIZES THE COMMITMENTS OF PLAIN TOWNSHIP, THE JPD AND THE CITY IN ORDER TO EXPEDITIOUSLY ADVANCE THE FINAL DESIGN, PERMITTING AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE FACILITY. THIS AGREEMENT ENVISIONS THE CITY PROVIDING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A ROUNDABOUT AT THE INTERSECTION OF WALNUT AND BEAVER ROAD, AS WELL AS THE EXTENSION OF PUBLIC SANITARY SEWER AND WATER LINE INFRASTRUCTURE WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THAT PROJECT TO THE FIELD HOUSE. FUNDING FOR THIS WORK IS PROVIDED FOR IN THE 2025 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT BUDGET, AND STAFF IS HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL REGARDING THE RESOLUTION? YEAH, JUST JUST ONE.
THIS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS ACTUALLY WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, RIGHT. SO THAT 12 INCH MAIN WATER IS GOING TO BE ON THE EAST SIDE OF BILHEIMER. THAT'S WHAT I'M AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING AT HERE. IS THAT WHAT WE'RE LOOKS LIKE? IT'S ON THE EAST SIDE OF BETHLEHEM OR AS IT GOES THROUGH THE ROUNDABOUT AND GOES ON UP, I DON'T RECALL WHETHER IT'LL BE ON THE EAST SIDE OR THE WEST SIDE. I KNOW ON WALNUT STREET, I BELIEVE IT'S LOCATED ON THE SHOW IN THE SOUTH HERE. OKAY. BUT IT WILL, IT WILL HEAD EASTBOUND ALONG WALNUT STREET AND THEN NORTHBOUND ALONG BEAVER AND CONNECT TO THE EIGHT INCH LINE AT BILHEIMER AND THE SERVICE GARAGE DRIVE. SO IT'S YET TO BE DETERMINED IF IT'S ON THE EAST OR WEST SIDE OF BILHEIMER. YEAH, WE'RE WE'RE AT LIKE 30% PLANS NOW. I CAN CHECK AND CONFIRM THAT FOR YOU. OKAY. BUT YEAH, I DON'T WANT TO MISSPEAK. SO WHAT IS THAT? I'M SORRY. NO, IT'S NOT A CONCERN. IT'S JUST. YEAH. THINKING DOWN THE ROAD ON POTENTIAL TAPS INTO SEWER AND WATER FOR THE PICKLEBALL COMPLEX THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. THAT'S ALL WE CAN ALWAYS. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE RESOLUTION? ALL RIGHT, THEN WE'LL GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK REGARDING RESOLUTION 56 2024? HEARING NO PUBLIC COMMENT, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE A MOTION ON THE RESOLUTION? I MOVE ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION 56 2024. SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER. SHAW. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. WILKINS. YES.
MAYOR. SPALDING. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. DETRICK. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. FELLOWS. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. KISSED. YES. I HAVE SIX YES. VOTES TO ADOPT. RESOLUTION. ARE 56, 20, 24. ALL RIGHT.
ANOTHER IMPORTANT STEP IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING THIS OLD HOUSE UNDER CONSTRUCTION. SO I'M GLAD WE WERE ABLE TO GET PAST THAT. I KNOW THAT TEAM IS ANXIOUS TO GET TO WORK AS SOON
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AS THEY CAN. ALL RIGHT. THAT TAKES US TO COUNCIL SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS AND SUBCOMMITTEE REPORT,[13. REPORTS OF REPRESENTATIVES]
REPORTS OF REPRESENTATIVES. ANY UPDATE FROM MORPC? NO MEETING. JOINT PARKS? YES. THEY HAD A MEETING ON MONDAY. JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME QUICK UPDATES, KIND OF AS A TIE IN TO THAT FIELD HOUSE.WE JUST TALKED ABOUT. IT LOOKS LIKE THEY ARE GOING TO BE BREAKING GROUND NOW IN MARCH WITH A BASICALLY BASED ON PERMITTING WITH IT PROBABLY BEING OPEN AROUND THE BEGINNING OF 2026. SO, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE COMMENTS WAS, WELL, THAT'S GOOD. MAYBE WE WON'T HAVE AS MUCH WINTER INVOLVED NOW SINCE WE'RE STARTING IN MARCH. BUT THEN AGAIN, YOU DON'T KNOW HOW WET YOUR SEASON YOU'RE GOING TO GET NEXT YEAR. SO IF YOU COULD BALANCE OUT BUT KNOW THAT THEY'RE EXCITED. THEY'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE RESOLUTION THAT WE JUST PASSED BECAUSE NOW THEY CAN ALSO START PLANNING FOR SOME OF THAT AS WELL. OTHER THAN THAT, THE ONLY OTHER THING THEY SAID IS THE STAFF IS STARTING THEIR SPRING REGISTRATION NOW AND CONTINUING TO BUILD THEIR DATABASE. IF YOU REMEMBER, THEY HAVE THAT NEW SYSTEM UP AND RUNNING, AND SO ANYONE THAT IS GOING TO USE THE PARKS AND RECREATION PROGRAMS OF WHATEVER TYPE THEY REALLY NEED TO GET ONLINE AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY CREATE A PROFILE AND GET INTO THEIR NEW SYSTEM SO IT'S NOT THERE AUTOMATICALLY. AND EVERYTHING. RIGHT NOW IS ON BUDGET. SO THAT'S A GOOD SIGN.
THAT'S IT. ALL RIGHT. THANKS FOR THAT UPDATE. ANY UPDATE FROM NEW ALBANY LOCAL SCHOOLS? YES. THERE WAS A SCHOOL BOARD MEETING LAST NIGHT. THEY KICKED IT OFF BY HONORING THE BOYS SOCCER TEAM FOR THEIR STATE CHAMPIONSHIP. THEY TALKED ABOUT I FEEL LIKE SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS TOOK IN THE CHORUS LINE PERFORMANCE BY THE SCHOOL, AND BY ALL ACCOUNTS, IT WAS A FANTASTIC PERFORMANCE
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ACROSS THE BOARD. I FEEL LIKE EVERY TIME THE SCHOOL PUTS OUT ONE OF THESE PLAYS OR MUSICALS OR WHATEVER, IT'S, YOU KNOW, UNBELIEVABLE. THE TALENT THAT'S OVER IN THE DISTRICT, THEY PROVIDE AN UPDATE FROM THE CITIZEN ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR STUDENT BELONGING, THE ROOT CAUSES OF WHY SOME STUDENTS DON'T FEEL LIKE THEY'RE FULLY CONNECTED IN THE DISTRICT. THEY LAUNCHED AN INITIATIVE TO INTENTIONALLY WELCOME, ORIENT, SUPPORT AND CONNECT WITH EACH STUDENT OVER TIME, THEY LAID OUT SEVERAL SPECIFIC INSTANCES OF HOW THEY'RE GOING TO TRY TO ACCOMPLISH THAT INITIATIVE. AND THEN THE FINAL. IT WAS PRETTY BRIEF SCHOOL BOARD MEETING, BUT THEY DID DO A BRIEF CAMPUS MASTER UPDATE. BASICALLY, THEY'RE FOCUSED ON THE NEW BUILDING RIGHT NOW. THEY HAVE A CONCEPTUAL PLAN FOR THE SCHOOL BUILDING, BASICALLY JUST THE ORIENTATION OF WHAT CLASSROOMS ARE GOING TO BE, WHAT IT'S IT IS LOCKED IN AT 102,000FT■!S. THE W BUILDING. AND THEY'RE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY FOCUSING ON HOW TO MAXIMIZE USING EVERY SQUARE INCH OF THAT BUILDING TO SUIT THE DISTRICT'S NEEDS. AND THEY DID OFFICIALLY RETAIN ROSSILLI AS THE CMR FOR THE PROJECT. AND THAT WAS MEETING GREAT. SO YEAH, WE'RE ALSO ON THE FIELD HOUSE. SO IT'D BE NICE TO HAVE THAT WHOLE TEAM HERE IN THE COMMUNITY ORGANIZED AT THE SAME TIME. ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS ON THE UPDATE? ALL RIGHT. ANY UPDATE FROM PLAIN TOWNSHIP AFTER THE TRUSTEES VISITED US? OUR LAST MEETING? NOT MUCH AFTER THAT. I THINK AT THEIR THEIR MEETING THE NEXT DA, MOSTLY BUSINESS EXPENSE APPROVAL. BUT THEY DID GIVE A GO AHEAD TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO MOVE AHEAD ON STEPS TO ORDER A PUMPER TRUCK FOR THE NEW STATION. CONSIDERING IT COULD BE AS LONG AS A THREE YEAR LEAD TIME AND IDEALLY, HOPEFULLY LESS THAN THAT, SO THAT WHEN A NEW STATION COMES ONLINE, THEY'LL HAVE EQUIPMENT TO PUT IN THERE.[14. REPORTS OF CITY OFFICIALS]
OKAY. ALL RIGHT. REPORTS OF CITY OFFICIALS AGAIN EVERYONE. THANKS THAT WAS ABLE TO ATTEND THE NEW ALBANY CHAMBERS CHRISTMAS LIGHT CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY AGAIN. INCREDIBLE CROWD. THE CLERK OF COURSE, AMAZED WITH HER TALENTS. AS ALWAYS, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU WALK THROUGH A CROWD OF PEOPLE LIKE THAT. YOU KNOW, ON STILTS, I CAN BARELY WALK ON MY OWN TWO FEET THROUGH THE CROWD.SO AGAIN, AMAZING TO WATCH. BUT THE DRONE SHOW WAS WAS AWESOME. I THINK THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING WE HADN'T EXPERIENCED BEFORE. AND I KNOW WE'VE TALKED A LITTLE BIT WITH CITY MANAGER ABOUT TRYING TO PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER FOR THE 250TH CELEBRATION ON THE 4TH OF JULY IN TWO YEARS. SO WE'LL WE'LL START TO WORK ON THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE, BUT THAT'D BE EXCITING. IT WAS WELL RECEIVED FROM THE CROWD THAT NIGHT, AND I THINK AT LEAST FROM MY VANTAGE POINT, WAS PROBABLY THE BIGGEST CROWD. THE WEATHER CERTAINLY WAS SUPER COOL, NO QUESTION. YEAH, GREAT TURNOUT, A GREAT TURNOUT. AND AGAIN, IT SEEMS LIKE EVERY YEAR THEY ADD SOMETHING ADDITIONAL TO THE TO THE LIST OF THINGS THAT THEY'RE DOING TO HELP THE PUBLIC ENJOY THAT EVENING AND JUST HATS OFF ALSO TO THE NEW ALBANY POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS EXPECTED TO DO TRAFFIC CONTROL THAT NIGHT, BUT IT WAS IT WAS NICE TO SEE THE OFFICERS THAT WERE ENGAGED, YOU KNOW, GET OUT THERE AND START DIRECTING TRAFFIC. IT MOVED MORE REMARKABLY MORE EFFICIENT ONCE THE OFFICERS WERE ENGAGED. SO THANK YOU FOR BEING PROACTIVE.
THAT'S ALL FOR THE MAYOR. ANY UPDATE FROM THE CLERK? I AM CHECKING BACK WITH YOU ON THAT EMAIL I SENT ABOUT LIQUOR PERMIT RENEWALS. DID COUNCIL WANT TO LODGE ANY OBJECTIONS TO ANY OF THOSE? OKAY, GREAT. WE'RE ALL IN FAVOR OF LIQUOR. EXACTLY. AND FINALLY, WE HAD TALKED ABOUT DOING A GROUP PHOTO ON DECEMBER 17TH. HOWEVER, THE CIC HOLIDAY PARTY IS HAPPENING THAT SAME DAY. I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER, SHUL AND COUNCIL MEMBER BRISK PARTICULARLY WANT TO ATTEND.
THAT'S GOING TO CAUSE ANOTHER CONFLICT. HOW IS EVERYONE LOOKING FOR JANUARY? ARE TWO MEETINGS I THOUGHT I HAD THAT ARE JANUARY SEVEN AND 21. DOES ANYONE KNOW CONFLICTS HERE? I'M JUST I'M JUST LAUGHING BECAUSE FOR JOSH TO SCHEDULE THIS THING FOUR TIMES HAS NEVER IS NEVER AVAILABLE. SO I'M GOOD ON THE 21ST BUT NOT THE SEVENTH. ALL RIGHT. 21ST 21ST OF JANUARY 21ST IS FINE. YEAH. ALL RIGHT 21ST. JOSH UNLESS WE MISS. NO. IF NOT NEVER. IF NOT YOU'RE GETTING PHOTOSHOPPED. YEAH. YEAH, RIGHT. PHOTOSHOP IS THE NEXT OPTION. FAIR ENOUGH. THAT'S ALL FOR ME.
THANK YOU. I'VE SEEN SAM'S CREATIVITY. I MEAN, GOOD LUCK. THAT'S ALL I GOTTA SAY. GOOD LUCK. YEAH. CAREFUL WHAT YOU ASK FOR. ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE FROM THE CLERK? THAT'S IT. ANY
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ADDITIONAL COMMENT? UPDATE FROM THE FINANCE DIRECTOR. NOTHING MORE TO REPORT. ANY UPDATE FROM THE CITY MANAGER? NO REPORT. CITY ATTORNEY. NO REPORT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. SCOTT, ANYTHING TO ADD, MAN? YOU JUST YOU'RE GLUTTON FOR PUNISHMENT. YOU GOT A FREE NIGHT TO JUST HANG OUT[16. POLL FOR COUNCIL COMMENT]
WITH US. GOOD TO SEE YOU AS ALWAYS, SIR. FOR COUNCIL COMMEN. ANY ADDITIONAL COUNCIL COMMENT? OH. OH. THE CHAT. SOMEONE MIGHT HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY. YEAH. THANKSGIVING HAPPENED AND DESPITE THE WEATHER'S BEST EFFORTS TO PUT A DAMPER ON THANKSGIVING AND THE THANKSGIVING FOUR MILER, IT TURNED OUT TO BE THE BIGGEST EVENT OF THE YEAR. WE HAD 3500 REGISTRATIONS. WE HAD ABOUT 25 TO 2600 PEOPLE ACTUALLY OUT THERE THAT DID IT. ON THANKSGIVING MORNING. YOU KNOW, AGAIN, HATS OFF TO THE STAFF. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ALWAYS DO A GREAT JOB AND I APPRECIATE BEING OUT THERE ON THANKSGIVING DAY, AWAY FROM YOUR FAMILIES AND SERVICE AS WELL. I MEAN, I WAS EMAILING ANGIE AND HER TEAM UP UNTIL BECAUSE WE THOUGHT IT MIGHT SNOW OVERNIGHT, SO THEY WENT OUT AND SALTED THE ROADS AT 2:00 IN THE MORNING JUST IN CASE. OH JEEZ. SO AGAIN, APPRECIATE ALL THE EFFORTS FROM STAFF THAT HELPED MAKE IT HAPPEN. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO DONATE THE MOST MONEY WE EVER HAVE. AND OVERALL IT WAS A GREAT DAY. AND WHAT'S THE CHECK? I CAN'T SEE THE NUMBER 50. THAT ONE'S FOR MID-OHIO. SO THAT 50,000 WILL GET DOUBLED HERE IN A COUPLE OF DAYS. BECAUSE I ALWAYS WAIT TILL THEY'RE DOUBLE DONATION DAY, WHICH IS USUALLY NEXT WEEK, SO THAT 50 WILL TURN INTO 100 TO MID-OHIO. THAT'S AWESOME. THAT'S GREAT. GOOD JOB. SO AND THEN ANOTHER 50,000 TO LIFE CARE ALLIANCE AND 11,000 TO NEW ALBANY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION. GREAT. GREAT JOB. SO YOU KNOW I WALK IT BECAUSE I DON'T RUN UNLESS I'M GETTING CHASED. EVERYONE KNOWS THAT. THE WHOEVER THE YOUNG MAN WHO FINISHED FIRST, LIKE WHAT WAS HIS TIME BECAUSE I WAS I FELT LIKE I WAS BARELY THROUGH THE FIRST ROUND ABOUT. AND THIS KID'S LIKE 19 MINUTES AND 20S. WELL, SO THE ONE THAT THE ONE THAT WAS COMING UP THE ROAD IN FIRST PLACE WHEN YOU PROBABLY SAW HIM, ENDED UP GETTING BEAT. NO KIDDING. YEAH.A GENTLEMAN THAT I COACHED AT COLUMBUS ACADEMY THAT RUNS FOR THE NAVAL ACADEMY, WHOSE SEASON JUST ENDED, RAN HIM DOWN AND BEAT HIM BY ABOUT A SECOND. BUT THEY WERE RUNNING SUB FIVE MINUTE MILES. THEY WERE, I THINK THEY AVERAGED ABOUT 445 OR SO A MILE. THEY WERE FLYING. WE WERE KEEPING UP WITH THEM TOO. I WAS IN THIRD. I WAS IN A CAR BARELY, AND I WAS IN FRONT OF THEM. SO TECHNICALLY I DID WIN. YEAH, THAT WAS IMPRESSIVE. IT WAS IMPRESSIVE. AND THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, THOSE THEY RUN PAST YOU LIKE DEERS AND THEY'RE NOT EVEN BREATHING HARD. LIKE, COME ON.
YEAH. IT'S NOT EVEN FAIR. YEAH, IT WAS PRETTY AMAZING TO WATCH BUT GOOD. GREAT TURNOUT.
UNBELIEVABLE. YEAH. WAS THAT A DIFFERENT ROUTE THIS YEAR. SAME ONE. SAME ONE OKAY. YEAH I MEAN IF IT AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS WITH WITH STAFF I MEAN WE MIGHT BE AT THE POINT WITH THAT COURSE WHERE IF WE GET UP IN THE 4 OR 5 THOUSANDS, IT'S GOING TO BE TIGHT GOING DOWN, ESPECIALLY AT THE BEGINNING. THEY'RE GOING DOWN OLMSTED AND AROUND. SO I THINK WE'RE GOOD FOR ANOTHER YEAR OR TWO. BUT WE MAY NEED TO EXPLORE OTHER OPTIONS IN THE FUTURE. JUST GO STRAIGHT UP. 605 THAT'S RIGHT. GET ON THE BIG ROADS. STRAIGHT UP MARKET STREET EXTENSION. YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT.
YEAH. ALL RIGHT. WELL AGAIN, AN EXCITING DAY IN NEW ALBANY. IT'S BECOME A STAPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY EVENTS SCHEDULE FOR SURE. YEAH. SO CONGRATS ON ANOTHER GREAT EVENT. ANY ADDITIONAL COUNCIL
[17. EXECUTIVE SESSION]
COMMENT. ALL RIGHT THEN WE HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION. SO I WOULD MOVE THAT WE ADJOURN TO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO OHIO REVISED CODE ONE 2120 2G1 FOR DISCUSSION REGARDING THE APPOINTMENT, EMPLOYMENT, DISMISSAL, DISCIPLINE, PROMOTION, DEMOTION OR COMPENSATION OF A PUBLIC EMPLOYEE OR OFFICIAL. SPECIFICALLY, OUR CITY MANAGER WILL BE DISCUSSING BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. I'LL SECOND THAT MAYOR SPALDING. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. DULL? YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. DEREK. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. FELLOWS. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. KIST. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. WILTROUT. YES. SIX. YES. VOTES TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 7:36 P.M. WE WILL. WE DO ANTICIPATE ACTION AFTERWARDS. WE WILL TURN OFF THE VOLUME, BUT WE'LL LEAVE THE CAMERAS RUNNING UNTIL WE RESUME WHEN WE RETURN TO THE PUBLIC HEARING, I'LL SECOND. MAYOR SPALDING. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER.SHAW. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. WILTROUT. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. KISS. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER.
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FELLOWS. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. DEREK. YES. I'VE GOT SIX YES VOTES TO COME OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 8:20 P.M. AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE RESOLUTION 53. YES. DO WE WANT TO APPROVE THE COMPENSATION ISSUE AND THEN THE RESOLUTION OR THE CONTRACT AND THEN THE, THE PAY THAT GOES WITH, I THINK THE RESOLUTION FIRST AND THEN THE OTHER THREE. ALL RIGHT. RESOLUTION ARE 5320,[18. OTHER BUSINESS]
24, A RESOLUTION TO REAPPOINT JOE STEFANOV TO THE POSITION OF CITY MANAGER EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1ST, 2025. AND TO AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF AN EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT. THANK YOU. MAYOR.THIS RESOLUTION AND RELATED PUBLIC HEARING ARE REQUIRED UNDER O.R.C FOR EMPLOYEES DIRECTLY APPOINTED BY A LEGISLATIVE BODY. IN THIS CASE, THE CITY MANAGER, WHO WISH TO RETIRE AND BE REHIRED BY THEIR CURRENT EMPLOYER. WHILE THE CITY HAS NOT YET IDENTIFIED OR SOLICITED FOR CANDIDATES TO BE THE NEXT CITY MANAGER, THIS REAPPOINTMENT OF MR. STEFANOV WILL PROVIDE AMPLE TIME FOR RECRUITMENT PROCESS AND FACILITATE THE ORDERLY TRANSITION TO A NEW CITY MANAGER OVER THE NEXT 24 MONTHS. IT WILL ENABLE THE CITY TO MAINTAIN CONTINUITY OF LEADERSHIP DURING THIS SIGNIFICANT PERIOD OF COMMUNITY GROWTH. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE RESOLUTION? NO QUESTIONS THEN.
PURSUANT TO OHIO REVISED CODE SECTION 145381 AND THE HOLDING OF A PUBLIC HEARING ON RESOLUTION R 53 2024, I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK REGARDING RESOLUTION R 53 2024? HEARING NO PUBLIC COMMENT, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND MOVE FOR THE ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION R 53 2024. SECOND.
SECOND. SORRY, WHO WAS THE SECOND? I HEARD IT QUIETLY. WAIT THERE. WHISPERED IT. IT WAS COUNCILMEMBER. IT WAS ME. OKAY. SEEMED CONFIDENT ABOUT IT. SO, MAYOR SPALDING. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. WILTROUT. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. DETRICK. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. FOWLER'S. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. KISS. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. SCHOR. YES. YES. RESOLUTION R 53 2024. ALL RIGHT.
AS PART OF THAT RESOLUTION AND THE EXECUTION OF A NEW EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION. AND IF IT'S OKAY WITH COUNCIL, UNLESS THERE'S ANY OBJECTIONS, I WOULD LIKE TO COMBINE THE MANAGER'S THE OUR DECISION ON THE MANAGER'S 2024 BONUS SEVERANCE PAYOUT AND 2025 SALARY INTO ONE MOTION. NO OBJECTION, NO OBJECTION. AND I WOULD MOVE. I WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO AWARD THE CITY MANAGER, JOE STEFANOV, A BONUS OF 15% OF HIS 2024 BASE SALARY FOR HIS OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE IN 2024 WITH THE DECEMBER 27TH, 2024 PAY DATE TO PAY CITY MANAGER STEFANOFF ANY SEVERANCE PAYOUTS HE IS ENTITLED TO AS A RESULT OF HIS RETIREMENT WITH THE DECEMBER 27TH, 2024 PAY DATE AND TO PAY CITY MANAGER STEFANOFF A BASE SALARY OF $217,312.32 AS BUDGETED IN THE 2025 BUDGET BEGINNING JANUARY 1ST, 2025. SECOND. LET'S SEE.
MAYOR SPALDING. YES, COUNCIL MEMBER SHAW. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. DARBY. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. FOWLER'S. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. KISS. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. WILTROUT. YES. I HAVE SIX YES VOTES TO ADOPT THE MOTION AS STATED BY MAYOR SPALDING. MOTION PASSES. ALL RIGHT. AND CONGRATULATIONS TO JOE ON YOUR RETIREMENT. AND YOU'RE REHIRED AGAIN. ALL OF COUNCIL IS BENEFITED SO GREATLY FROM YOUR SAGE LEADERSHIP OVER THE YEARS OF OUR SERVICE, OUR COMMUNITY HAS GROWN FROM A VILLAGE TO A CITY TO A ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT JUGGERNAUT, ALL UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP. WE APPROVED OUR CITY BUDGET TONIGHT AND AGAIN IS A GREAT REFLECTION OF YOUR LEADERSHIP OF THE HEALTHY BALANCE SHEET THAT WE'RE ABLE TO MAINTAIN AND THE GREAT SERVICES WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE OUR COMMUNITY. AND I THINK THE STAFF IS A REFLECTION OF YOU, JOE, AND YOUR PROFESSIONALISM. AND WE THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE FOR US. SO THIS IS OUR WAY OF SAYING THANK YOU IS TO COMPENSATE YOU FAIRLY, WHICH YOU'VE BEEN VERY GRACIOUS OVER THE YEARS. YOU'RE NOT THE HIGHEST PAID CITY MANAGER IN CENTRAL OHIO. WE'LL WE'LL HOLD A VOTE ON WHO THE BEST IS. BUT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE STRONG FEELINGS ON THAT ISSUE. BUT AGAIN, YOU'VE BEEN VERY GRACIOUS IN THE IN THE COMPENSATION DISCUSSIONS WITH US OVER THE YEARS. AND THIS IS OUR LEAST WAY OF SAYING THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE SO MUCH.
APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU JOE. THANK YOU JOE. YEAH I JUST ONE THING I'LL SAY. I MEAN, IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, THERE'S REALLY NOTHING THAT YOU HAVE NOT TOUCHED IN NEW ALBANY IN THE 24 YEARS THAT YOU'VE BEEN HERE. IT'S QUITE AMAZING. WHEN YOU LOOK AROUND AND YOU SEE
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EVERYTHING, THAT YOU ARE THE ONE THAT'S HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH EVERYTHING. SO MUCH APPRECIATED.I'M SURE BY ALL THE RESIDENTS AND ALL THE COMMUNITY PARTNERS THAT YOU'VE REALLY WORKED WITH IN ORDER TO MAKE THIS PLACE WHAT WE TRULY LOVE. SO THANK YOU TO JOE TO JOE, JOE. CHEERS, JOE.
ALL RIGHT. UNDER OTHER BUSINESSES OR ANY OTHER ISSUES FOR COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION, I'M NOT SURE. CITY MANAGER STEFANO, YOU HAD MENTIONED AN ALLEY OR STREET NAMING AS A POSSIBLE DISCUSSION UNDER OTHER BUSINESS. WHAT WAS CURRENTLY GINKGO, BUT COULD BE IN ITALIAN YET OR SOMETHING ELSE. IT'S STILL ONGOING. WE CAN FOLLOW UP AT THE NEXT MEETING IF WE NEED TO DO.
JUST A FRIENDLY REMINDER. I THINK. IS IT THIS FRIDAY? IS THE ED FOR ONE ONE AT A AT THE OHIO? EXCUSE ME, THE HYATT REGENCY. IT'S MOVED. IT'S NOT AT OHIO STATE THIS YEAR. SO FOLKS THAT HAVE COMMITTED TO GOING TO THAT IT STARTS AT EIGHT IN THE MORNING. GET THERE EARLY.
PARKING IS GOING TO BE TOUGH AS ALWAYS. AND THEN FRIDAY NIGHT IS THE NEW ALBANY CHAMBER DELTA AWARDS AGAIN A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT FORMAT THIS YEAR. AND DIFFERENT TIMES. IT'S GOING TO BE STARTING AT 430 AT THE AT THE CLUB. SO MAKE DINNER RESERVATIONS NOW BEFORE IT FILLS UP. THERE WILL BE HEAVY ORDERS. HEAVY, HEAVY. HOPEFULLY EVERYONE HAS RSVP IN THE CITY HAS PAID YOUR ENTRY SO IF YOU WANT TO DOUBLE CHECK THAT WITH ME, LET ME KNOW. BUT I THINK IT. I'D HAVE TO GO LOOK CHECK EMAILS ON THE FINAL RSVP. NO. ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE? ALL THE OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS I HAVE, THEY CAN'. CHRISTMAS LIGHTS LOOK GREEN AS ALWAYS. YES. I LOVE THE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS ON THE NEW HOUSE THAT THEY THE NEW CITY OFFICE BUILDING. OH, LEE PHELPS HOUSE. YES. IT'S BEAUTIFUL. YEAH, JUST A LITTLE GINGERBREAD HOUSE. ALL RIGHT. IF THERE'S NO OTHER BUSINESS FOR OUR CONSIDERATION, I MOVE THAT WE ADJOURN. SECOND. ALL RIGHT. WE ARE ADJOU
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