Dec 17, 2024 City Council

OH! THAT LOOKS GOOD. WHENEVER YOU'RE READY. GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, AND

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

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AND IF COUNCIL WILL TURN ON THEIR MICROPHONES AND EITHER TURN ON OR PLUG IN THEIR HOLIDAY LIGHTS. MAYOR, I BELIEVE YOU'RE LIKE EVERYONE ELSE HAS A SWITCH. TRADITION STARTED WITH A KIND OF A PRANK ON COUNCIL MEMBER FELLOWS WHO'S ALWAYS IN SUPPORT OF MORE HOLIDAY LIGHTS. AND THEN WE LIT UP HIS STATION, AND THEN EVENTUALLY WE JUST LIT UP EVERYBODY. MAYOR SPALDING HERE, COUNCIL MEMBER. BRISK HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. DEREK HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. FELLOWS HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER. KISS HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. SHELL HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. WELL-CHILD HERE.

I HAVE SEVEN PRESENT FOR THE DECEMBER 17TH, 2024 REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING. ACTION ON THE

[4. ACTION ON MINUTES]

[6. HEARING OF VISITORS]

I'M OVER HERE A LOT, AND IT'S JUST NICE TO HAVE SOMEBODY THAT BOOTS ON THE GROUND HERE HELPING RAISE AWARENESS FOR US HERE. BUT I'D LIKE TO THANK MAYOR SPALDING AND THE MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL

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IT REALLY MEANS THE WORLD TO US TO HAVE ANOTHER COMMUNITY. RECOGNIZING JANUARY CERVICAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. I APPRECIATE IT. WELL THANK YOU.

WE APPRECIATE YOUR PASSION AND DEDICATION TO THIS ISSUE. IT'S IMPORTANT. AND YOU'RE CERTAINLY HAVING A HUGE IMPACT ON PATIENTS AND THEIR LONG TERM HEALTH. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. LET ME GIVE YOU A PICTURE. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL. ALL RIGHT JOSH HERE. OH JOSH YOU GOTTA GET THE OBLIGATORY PICTURE. IT DIDN'T HAPPEN. GOTTA GET A GOTTA GET A PICTURE WITH THE MAYOR.

THANK YOU. YOU'RE ALL SMART. I DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING. I GOTTA GET ME. THERE WE GO. ONE THING RIGHT THERE. THANK YOU. WHAT ARE YOU DOING? NO, NO, NO. YOU WON'T KNOW UNTIL IT'S POSTED. YEAH.

WRAPPING GIFTS OR SOMETHING. THANK YOU FOR COMING IN. THANK YOU. THANKS. GOTTA GIVE THEM THEIR EXIT SPEECH THERE. SO, YEAH, WE USUALLY INVITE FOLKS IF THEY LIKE TO LEAVE. THERE'S A NEW RESTAURANT OPEN RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET. I WAS JUST THERE. IT'S DELICIOUS. GOOD. VERY GOOD.

I'D SUGGEST IF YOU HAVE TIME TO GO OVER THERE, YOU'RE WELCOME TO STAY FOR THE REST OF THE MEETING. OR YOU CAN SNEAK OUT. NO OFFENSE TAKEN. NO GLUTTON FOR PUNISHMENT. LUCKY. SANDRA. WELL, AGAIN, WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING OUT TONIGHT. MOVING ON TO HEARING VISITORS. I KNOW WE HAVE

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GOOD EVENING. HI. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. MY NAME IS JENNIFER SAMUELS AND I LIVE ACROSS THE STREET AT. WELL, USUALLY I'M STANDING SOMEWHERE WHERE I'M ACROSS THE STREET AT 11 KESWICK COMMONS IN THE CONDO TOWNHOMES THERE. AND MUCH TO MY GREAT SADNESS AND I THINK TO THE COMMUNITY'S SADNESS, A FEW WEEKS AGO, I LEARNED THAT A FELLOW RESIDENT OF OUR COMMUNITY WAS KILLED, STRUCK AND KILLED BY A CAR ON MARKET STREET. SO THIS WAS, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION NOT ONLY BY MEMBERS OF THE HOA. SO I'M THE TREASURER OF THE HOA OVER AT KESWICK COMMONS, BUT ALSO JUST, YOU KNOW, OTHER FELLOW RESIDENTS KIND OF ON THE STREET WHO I WAS TALKING TO, WHO, YOU KNOW, WERE SAYING, WHAT'S GOING ON? AND THIS IS TRAGIC. AND A LOT OF US SEE PEDESTRIANS CONSTANTLY KIND OF GOING BACK AND FORTH IN THE AREA AND JUST, QUITE FRANKLY, SEE A LOT OF PRETTY CLOSE CALLS WHERE PEOPLE ARE SPEEDING DOWN MARKET STREET, NOT OBEYING THE SPEED LIMIT AND NOT ALWAYS STOPPING, EVEN WHEN THE SIGN IS, IS FLASHING. SO I WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, JUST FIND OUT FROM ALL OF YOU WHAT THE PLAN IS. YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S ANYTHING UNDER CONSIDERATION, THINGS THAT MIGHT HELP, LIKE PERHAPS MORE PROMINENT SIGN LIKE I KNOW IN WORTHINGTON AND I'M NO EXPERT ON THIS, OBVIOUSLY, BUT WHEN I VISITED WORTHINGTON, THEY'VE GOT A MORE PROMINENT STOP SIGN THAT FLASHES WHEN THERE IS A PEDESTRIAN ABOUT TO CROSS. IT'S RED. IT'S VERY BRIGHT. YOU REALLY CAN'T MISS IT. ALSO, I THINK, YOU KNOW, IN DUBLIN THEY'VE GOT SOME RAISED CROSSWALKS THAT, YOU KNOW, ONCE YOU HIT THAT ONCE OR TWICE, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SPEED THROUGH THAT AGAIN. WHICH COULD ALSO HELP PERHAPS SOME CAMERAS AROUND. YOU KNOW OUR HOA OUR BOARD KIND OF BRAINSTORM SOME IDEAS. BUT OF COURSE LOOK TO YOU ALL IN YOUR EXPERTISE AND WORKING WITH THE EXPERTS ON WHAT THE BEST SOLUTIONS ARE. SO I JUST WANTED TO RAISE THIS CONCERN ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY AND JUST ASK, YOU KNOW, FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND SORT OF, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S A TIMELINE IN TERMS OF WHAT THE NEXT STEPS MIGHT BE. WELL, I APPRECIATE YOU COMING OUT AND SHARING YOUR COMMENTS. CERTAINLY A TRAGIC EVENT FOR THE WHOLE COMMUNITY, BUT ESPECIALLY FOR KESWICK. YOU KNOW, I AS A MOTORIST DRIVING THROUGH THAT AREA, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST ONCE OR TWICE A DAY, I THINK DAYLIGHT SAVINGS BEING RIGHT AROUND THAT TIME TOO, WAS A AT LEAST FOR ME. WASN'T READY FOR IT TO BE THAT DARK THAT FAST. AND IT TOOK A LITTLE WHILE TO ADJUST. AGAIN, TRAGIC SITUATION. I THINK WE'VE WORKED HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE CROSSWALKS ARE AS ILLUMINATED AS THEY CAN BE. YOU KNOW, HAVE A LOT OF ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY WITH OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT TEAM TRYING TO SLOW TRAFFIC DOWN AND STOP U-TURNS. I KNOW THAT FOLKS ARE TALKING ABOUT WAYS TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC FLOW THROUGH THAT AREA, WHETHER IT'S, YOU KNOW, HAVING RIGHT TURN ONLY OFF OF KESWICK. DOING SOME OTHER EVALUATIONS TO TRY TO DETERMINE HOW WE CAN IMPROVE SAFETY THERE. YOU KNOW, EVEN AT RAINES CROSSING, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SOME PAVEMENT TREATMENTS THERE THAT INDICATE TO DRIVERS TO SLOW DOWN, JUST LIKE THE BRICK SIDEWALKS THERE. BUT IT'S ANYTIME YOU HAVE PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC INTERACTING WITH CAR TRAFFIC, THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO REGRETTABLY, BE SOME TRAGIC EVENTS. WE'D LIKE TO HAVE A WALKABLE COMMUNITY. I MEAN, THAT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING WE'RE EMPHASIZING. BUT I THINK WE CAN ALWAYS EVALUATE AND REEVALUATE ON THINGS WE CAN DO TO MAKE IT AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE. SO I APPRECIATE YOU COMING FORWARD. I DON'T KNOW IF CITY MANAGER STEFANOFF HAS SOME ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR OR CHIEF JONES, BUT IT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, CAUGHT ALL OF OUR ATTENTION. I KNOW THAT OUR PUBLIC RELATIONS TEAM IS GOING TO, AGAIN, ROLL OUT SOME ADDITIONAL SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS AND SOME INFORMATION IN OUR NEWSLETTER HIGHLIGHTING THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE A PEDESTRIAN. YEAH, IT'S IMPORTANT TO HIT THAT CROSSWALK SIGNAL SO THAT MOTORISTS ARE ALERTED AND THEN TO WAIT TO SAFELY CROSS THE ROAD. NOT EVERY DRIVER THAT'S COMING THROUGH THAT INTERSECTION LIVES IN NEW ALBANY. WE'RE ALL GREAT DRIVERS IN NEW ALBANY, I'M SURE, BUT SOMETIMES WE HAVE GUESTS FROM OTHER PLACES THAT MAYBE AREN'T DRIVING AS CAREFULLY. BUT AGAIN, WE WANT TO GET OUT THAT MESSAGE TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS WE CAN. BUT WITH THAT, I'LL GO AHEAD AND TURN IT OVER TO JOE OR TO CHIEF JONES. SO

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IT'S 25 MILES AN HOUR. THE NEW TAYLOR FARM PARK BLOCK MID-BLOCK CROSSING ON DUBLIN-GRANVILLE IS ANOTHER STORY. YEAH. I MEAN, AT THE END OF THE DAY, I DON'T CROSS THE ROAD UNTIL BOTH CARS ARE STOPPED. I'LL STAND THERE AND WAIT UNTIL THEY'RE AT A COMPLETE STOP ON BOTH SIDES. AND THEN I KNOW I CAN CROSS, BECAUSE HALF THE PEOPLE THAT DRIVE BY ME ARE LOOKING AT THEIR PHONE OR GOING TOO FAST, OR EVEN WITH THOSE LIGHTS GOING, AND I'M NOT SURE IF THERE'S ANY LIGHT THAT'S GOING TO STOP SOMEBODY THAT'S LOOKING AT THEIR PHONE. THAT'S BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT THEY'RE DISTRACTED. SO IT'S I MEAN, IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT PEOPLE THEY REALLY AREN'T PAYING ATTENTION TO THE THINGS THEY SHOULD BE. YOU KNOW, EVEN IF YOU'RE RIGHT, AS A PEDESTRIAN, IF YOU STEP OUT IN THE ROAD, IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU'RE IN THE RIGHT. THE CAR IS GOING TO WIN EVERY TIME. SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'VE DONE JOSH HAS DONE A GOOD JOB WITH GETTING, YOU KNOW, KIND OF THE AWARENESS OUT TO USE THE TOOLS THAT WE PROACTIVELY PUT IN PLACE WITH, YOU KNOW, THE LIT HARD BLOCK CROSSINGS. AND WE'RE DOING THOSE ALL OVER THE CITY, NOT JUST MARKET STREET, BUT ON 605 AND TAYLOR FARM. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE PEDESTRIAN, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO STOP WITH THE CAR. I HATE TO SAY THAT BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO LIKE I SAID, THEY'RE GOING TO WIN. BUT, YOU KNOW, IF THE RED STOP SIGN, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE MAYBE SOME FOLKS DON'T KNOW THAT JUST BECAUSE THOSE LIGHTS ARE ON, THAT THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO STOP MAKING, YOU KNOW, YELLOW MEANS A WARNING. SLOW DOWN. MAYBE NOT A HARD STOP. SO I WOULD LOVE TO EXPLORE. MAYBE ALTERNATIVE SIGNAGE THAT LIGHTS UP ON THOSE CROSSINGS. BECAUSE YEAH, IT'S WE DON'T WANT THIS TO HAPPEN AGAIN. AND LIKE I SAID, WE KIND OF TRY TO GET OUT IN FRONT OF IT SO WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH THIS, RIGHT? UNFORTUNATELY IT DID. AND MAYBE THE LIGHTS GO ON FOR LONGER. YOU KNOW, MAYBE YOU CAN A SECOND PERSON CAN PRESS TO HAVE IT GO ON FOR FIVE MORE SECONDS. IF THERE'S SOMEBODY ALREADY IN THE CROSSWALK AND THEY'RE PRESSING IT IN, THEY'RE GOING TO THERE'S LOTS OF IDEAS. I JUST REALLY WANTED TO SAY I'M REALLY SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS. I THINK WE'VE ALL REALLY THOUGHT ABOUT THE FAMILY AND FRIENDS, AND I'M JUST REALLY GRATEFUL THAT YOU'RE HERE TODAY, BRINGING AWARENESS. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. AND I THINK YOU KIND OF TOUCHED ON IT, SOMETHING THAT I HAD KICKED AROUND WAS, YOU KNOW, THE LIGHTS THAT ARE JUST CONSTANTLY ON AT THOSE CROSSINGS. YEAH, LIKE GRANVILLE, LIKE DOWNTOWN GRANVILLE ACROSS BROADWAY THERE.

THEY DO HAVE THAT SITUATION WHERE THEY GET THE LIGHTS ON, BUT I THINK IT ALMOST NUMBS YOU TO THE FACT. YEAH. YOU'RE NOT ANTICIPATING A PEDESTRIAN BECAUSE THEY'RE ALWAYS ON. YEAH.

AND THEN WHEN PEOPLE ARE IN IT, YOU ARE ALMOST. OH, SHOOT. THERE'S SOMEBODY THERE NOW. SO I DO LIKE THE IDEA OF IT ON A TIMER. YEAH. YOU KNOW, SET PERIOD. AND AGAIN IT'S UNFORTUNATE. YEAH. BUT AGAIN, WE'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, BY. NO, BY NO MEANS ARE WE CLOSING, YOU KNOW, THE DOOR TO CONVERSATIONS ABOUT OTHER OPTIONS. I THINK WE IT'S ALWAYS A DISCUSSION. I

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JENNIFER. THANK YOU. SCOTT, YOU WANT TO COME ON UP? AND JUST INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND STATE YOUR ADDRESS AND THEN RIP INTO IT. ALL RIGHT. SO I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF NEW ALBANY FOR ABOUT, I'D SAY, 30 YEARS. DIFFERENT HOMES. I CURRENTLY LIVE IN KESWICK, SO I'M NUMBER NINE. KESWICK, RIGHT ACROSS FROM THE RUSTY BUCKET. SO WE ALL ARE. OF OUR COMMUNITY. WE'VE SEEN A LOT. IT'S NOT. THIS IS A HORRIBLE EXPERIENCE FOR OUR COMMUNITY. THIS HAPPENED AND WE'RE IN NO MEANS TRYING TO FIND SOMEONE TO BLAME AND SAY THAT IT WAS CAUSED BY THIS. IT'S OUR OVERALL CONCERN AS A COMMUNITY. AND IT'S NOT JUST IN FRONT OF OUR HOMES, IT'S WE WALK. I MEAN, I WALK FIVE MILES EVERY DAY. I SEE A LOT OF STUFF, MOSTLY. ON GOING OUT TO KESWICK, GOING DOWN 161, GOING DOWN HARLEM, WHICH IS A RACE TRACK GOING DOWN, WHICH I KNOW, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE HAD YOUR OFFICERS THERE SEVERAL TIMES GOING AROUND. YANTIS GREENSWARD. THERE'S PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, SHORTCUTTING THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT TO GO DOWN WHERE WE HAVE THIS PROBLEM AND THEY'RE GOING JUST AS FAST, AND THEY'RE NOT OBEYING THE STOP SIGNS. AND THIS IS NOT A NEW ALBANY ISSUE. IT'S A SUBURBAN ISSUE. WE ALL UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT WE WERE HOPING THAT WE COULD HAVE SOME TIME WITH THE BOARD OR WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBERS OR A COMMITTEE TO GET MORE INVOLVED, BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO GIVE UP. WE UNDERSTAND. AND JUST WRITING US AS, AS RESIDENTS TO TELL US TO WEAR CLOTHES, BRIGHTER CLOTHES, HIT THE LIGHTS. THAT'S GOOD. THAT'S NOT THE ANSWER. THE ANSWER IS TO HAVE THE POLICE SITTING THERE ALL DAY LONG, EITHER. THAT'S NOT THE ANSWER. WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR IT. THERE'S A LOT OF COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE A SAFETY INITIATIVE, AND IT'S ALL ENCOMPASSING AND IT PROTECTS THE CYCLISTS. I CAN TELL YOU AS A CYCLIST HOW MANY TIMES I'VE ALMOST BEEN KILLED ON THE ROADS IN NEW ALBANY, PEOPLE BLOWING STOP SIGNS. I MEAN, IT'S JUST A WELL-KNOWN FACT. ANYONE THAT'S OUT WALKING, YOU GOT TO BE CAREFUL WHEN YOU CROSS ANY STREET HERE IN NEW ALBANY. THE FOLKS DON'T STOP AT THE STOP SIGNS. THEY DON'T STOP THE LINE. YOU HAVE THEIR STOPS. THEY'LL COME RIGHT TO THE INTERSECTION, AND THEY'LL BLOCK A WALK OR BLOCK A RIDER. AND THEY JUST. AND THEY'RE MOSTLY NEW ALBANY RESIDENTS, I HATE TO SAY. SO I GUESS OUR POINT TODAY WAS WE APPRECIATE YOU LISTENING. WE'RE VERY DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY. AND WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THERE WAS A WAY WE COULDN'T BE SOMEWHAT HELPFUL. I MEAN, YOU PROBABLY DO A LOT OF STUDIES FOR THE COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE SAFETY INITIATIVES AND WHAT THEY'VE DONE. I DON'T THINK LIKE JUST THROWING OUT A COUPLE OF IDEAS IS GOING TO GET AT THIS. I THINK IT HAS TO BE MORE OF A CONCENTRATED EFFORT BY THE COMMUNITY TO COME TOGETHER AND AGREE TO WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO. AND THERE ARE SOME CITIES, YOU KNOW, NOT TO DRIVE THROUGH AND SPEED. WESTERVILLE. A LOT OF PLACES IN WESTERVILLE, YOU ABSOLUTELY KNOW NOT TO SPEED. THERE WILL BE AN OFFICER THERE, YOU'LL GET A TICKET. DUBLIN IS THE SAME WAY. WE'VE GOT A GREAT POLICE FORCE AND THEY'VE GOT A LOT OF THINGS TO COVER. BEING MORE VISIBLE ON OUR STREETS WOULD BE REALLY, REALLY HELPFUL. I MEAN, JUST BEING OUT ON 161 A LOT DOESN'T HELP THE COMMUNITY AND DOESN'T MAKE IT SAFER FOR US HERE. IT CERTAINLY MAKES IT SAFER FOR THE FOLKS THAT ARE TRAVELING. 161 BUT NOT IN THE COMMUNITY. SO WE WOULD JUST LIKE TO SEE A LOT MORE PRESENCE, A LOT MORE ACTION TAKEN VERSUS JUST, YOU KNOW, CAN WE TRY ONE LITTLE THING? AND I AGREE WITH WHOEVER SAID ABOUT THE LIGHTS THAT FLASH, THEY GIVE YOU THE SPEED. I MEAN, THEY HAVE THEM ON IN HEMPSTEAD VILLAGE. WE'VE GOT ONE COMING UP 605 INTO OUR COMMUNITY. WE MUST HAVE THE CITY KNOW THAT DOES SOMEWHAT WORK, OR AT LEAST IT IDENTIFIES THE DRIVER FOR ME. I USED TO SIT OUT THERE WITH MY GOPRO AND I TAKE PICTURES OF PEOPLE SPEEDING. IT'D BE REALLY NICE TO KNOW IF I HAD THAT PICTURE. ALSO WITH THAT 25 MILE, AN SPINE SIGN GOING OFF AT 40. IT'D BE HELPFUL WHEN I TRY TO BRING THIS BACK TO YOUR ATTENTION THAT IT'S CONTINUING. SO THAT'S JUST OUR OUR POINTS THAT WE'RE CONCERNED WITH RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF IT.

WE'VE ALL HAD TO BE YELLING AT PEOPLE WHO WALK OVER TO RUSTY BUCKET OR SOMEWHERE ELSE WHO ARE COMING RIGHT TO THOSE LIGHTS. WE STAND IN THE MIDDLE, WE'RE YELLING AT THEM. WE GET THAT SALUTE. SO IT'S NOT JUST THIS ONE PARTICULAR PERSON HAD AN ISSUE, OR IT'S NOT JUST THAT OUR COMMUNITY. IT'S NOT JUST THE BIKES. IT'S NOT. I MEAN, IT'S ALSO WHAT GOLF CARTS ON OUR WALKING PATHS. THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN NEW ALBANY THAT AREN'T SAFE. AND WE WOULD JUST HOPE THAT THE CITY WOULD IDENTIFY THAT, AND WE'D BE WORKING WITH THE POLICE FORCE,

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OKAY, SCOTT. THANK YOU. SO WE KNOW HOW TO GET AHOLD OF YOU TO BE ON THIS COMMITTEE. SURE.

THERE'S ONE IN THE BACK. I WOULD LOVE TO BE ON THAT COMMITTEE. I MEAN, ALL JOKING ASIDE, IT IS A GOOD SUGGESTION, AND WE'LL HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, BRING THE TEAM TOGETHER AND TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT IT IN DEPTH. AND WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE. BUT YEAH, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, ANY GREATER PARTICIPATION AND INFORMATION THAT COMES TO US THAT'S HELPFUL IS CERTAINLY WELCOME. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. IT'S A GREAT SUGGESTION. ALL RIGHT. ANYONE ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC LIKE TO SPEAK TO COUNCIL REGARDING A MATTER NOT ON THE AGENDA THIS EVENING. ALL RIGHT, THAT TAKES

[7. BOARD/COMMISSION REPORTS]

SO SHE IS SHE WAS GRANTED THE VARIANCE. THE PLANNING COMMISSION GRANTED IT WITH A 2.1FT ALLOWANCE TO BE TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE OTHER TWO APPLICATIONS THAT THE CITY IS GOING TO SPONSOR. FOR THOSE HOMEOWNERS WHO HAVE PORCHES OR PATIOS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN NONCOMPLIANCE SO THEY CAN SORT OF CLEAN THIS ALL UP AND GO FORWARD. BUT SHE HAD GREAT SUPPORT FROM HER NEIGHBORS AND WAS A VERY GOOD PRESENTATION. ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? NEXT WAS A PLAT A FOR SECOND STREET, THIRD STREET, HAWTHORN ALLEY AND THE STREET TO BE NAMED IN THE CORE RESIDENTIAL AND HISTORIC CENTER. THIS WAS THE FINAL PLAT TO DEDICATE AND EXTEND A RIGHT OF WAY AND LAND SWAP OF A RIGHT OF WAY BASICALLY CREATES A STREET GRID IN HISTORIC DOWNTOWN. WE IT. STEVE HAS MENTIONED THIS, THAT THE PLANS FOR THE STREET GRID WAS IN THE HAS BEEN IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN SINCE LIKE THE 1990S. SO THIS IS GOING TO PROVIDE LIKE A REALLY GREAT CONNECTION. RIGHT DOWN IN THE HISTORIC VILLAGE CENTER. I WOULD DESCRIBE WHERE THE STREETS ARE, BUT I THINK I WILL PASS THIS DOWN. SO YOU CAN SEE, BECAUSE IT REALLY IS JUST A REALLY NICE GRID. WE TALKED ABOUT THE COMMERCIAL. WE MADE TWO AMENDMENTS OR THE PLANNING COMMISSION PROPOSED TWO CODE AMENDMENTS FOR CITY COUNCIL TO CONSIDER. ONE WAS FOR COMMERCIAL SIGNS. SO THE PROPOSAL IS TO ALLOW ONE SIGN FOR BUILDING ENTRANCE AND ONE SQUARE FOOT OF SIGN PER LINEAR FEET OF BUILDING FRONTAGE, NOT TO EXCEED A 200 SQUARE FOOT SIGN. THIS IS KIND OF IN LINE WITH SOME OF THE LARGER SIGNS THAT HAVE BEEN GRANTED OUT IN THE BUSINESS PARK. SO, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY REDUCING THE NUMBER OF VARIANCES THAT NEED TO COME UP FOR THESE SIGNS. AND THE NEXT WAS A, A PROPOSAL FOR A CODE UPDATE FOR CONDITIONAL USE EXPIRATION.

THERE WAS A DISCREPANCY IN THE EXPIRATION DATES. AND THE ACTION MUST THAT MUST BE TAKEN TO ESTABLISH APPROVALS FOR FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLANS AND CONDITIONAL USE APPLICATIONS.

BASICALLY UNDER THE PROPOSED CODE, UPDATE AND APPROVAL OF A CONDITIONAL USE BECOMES NULL AND VOID. IF AFTER ONE YEAR THERE IS NO OCCUPANCY PERMIT REQUESTED. BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, SORT OF ENCOURAGES THE PROPERTY OWNER AND DEVELOPER TO BE PROACTIVE WITH THEIR DEVELOPMENT IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THEIR CONDITIONAL USE. OKAY. SO THEN WE LOOKED AT AN INFORMAL

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WITH RESPECT TO COVERING ALL OF THE COMMERCIAL USES AND THE HOTELS, THERE'S ABOUT TO BE 135 HOTEL ROOMS, I THINK. SO I WASN'T QUITE SURE EXACTLY THE PARKING SPOT LOAD FACTOR THAT WE WANTED TO USE FOR HOTELS, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE THE APPLICANT IS DOING SOME PRETTY EXTENSIVE PARKING REVIEW AND WAS OPEN TO A DISCUSSION ABOUT US OR DISCUSSION WITH US ABOUT THAT. I KNOW THIS ALSO CAME UP AT OUR. R AND B A R B, NOT A, R AND B. SO DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS NOW, OR DO YOU WANT TO ADD WHAT YOU. GO AHEAD. GO AHEAD. I ATTENDED THE ARB FOR MARLENE. I'LL GO OVER THE ARB WHEN WE GET TO THAT, BUT ALSO HAD THE INFORMAL PRESENTATION. SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT CAME UP THERE WITH RESPECT TO THE HOTEL WHERE THAT THE FIRST FLOOR WAS A OPEN BUT A PASS THROUGH AND THE SCALE OF THE BUILDING ENCOMPASSES THOSE ENCOMPASSES A SUBSTANTIAL PORTION OF WHAT WAS TO BE COMMERCIAL SPACE FOR THAT DEVELOPMENT. LEAVING A LIMITED AMOUNT FOR RESTAURANTS, COFFEE SHOPS AND WHAT WAS INTENDED TO BE A WALKING COMMUNITY WITH RETAIL. SO THAT WE'LL HAVE NO ISSUE WITH A HOTEL OR A BOUTIQUE HOTEL. IT'S TAKING AWAY WHAT WAS INTENDED IN TERMS OF THAT FIRST FLOOR COFFEE, A RESTAURANT ON THE FIRST FLOOR DOES NOT SOLVE THE SITUATION WHERE THERE'S COFFEE SHOPS AND WALK UP AND THINGS FOR THE COMMUNITY.

ADDITIONALLY, THE MAIN ENTRY STREET OFF OF CENTRAL COLLEGE, AS YOU CAME OFF OF THAT, THE HOTEL THEY WERE SHOWING ON THE DRAWING THAT THE DROP OFF AND ENTRY AND UBER PICKUP SPOTS WERE RIGHT ON THAT STREET, JUST EDGED IN A LITTLE BIT AND LOOKING AT THE CONGESTION, CONGESTION AT OTHER HOTELS, I THINK THERE'S A QUESTION WITH THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC COMING INTO THAT RESIDENTIAL AREA, WHY THE DROP OFF AND ETC. WOULDN'T BE OVER ON THE PARKING SIDE ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE FACILITY, AS OPPOSED TO THE RIGHT SIDE ON THE ROAD. THERE WAS ALSO QUESTIONS ABOUT A FOURTH FLOOR ROOFTOP BAR ADJACENT TO RESIDENTIAL RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET WITH RESPECT TO NOISE AND LIGHT AND OTHER ISSUES. IS THERE A DIAGRAM OF WHERE IN THE PROPERTY THIS SITS? BECAUSE THAT'S NONE THAT THEY LEFT WITH US ON THE ON THE SIDE. IT'S LIKE ALL THE BASICALLY THE ENTIRE LEFT SIDE AND THE WEST, THE WEST END TACO BELL SIDE, THE TACO BELL, WHICH IS THE WEST SIDE. RIGHT. YEAH. BUT THE MAJORITY, IF YOU IF YOU WERE TO LOOK AT, LOOK AT THE PLOT FROM TACO BELL OVER MOST OF IT IS PARKING LOT. THERE'S ONE COMMERCIAL STRUCTURE AND THEN THE HOTEL STRUCTURE. IT'S LIKE AND THEN THE ROAD AND THE AND THE RESIDENTIAL. DO WE HAVE ANY RENDERINGS OR DIAGRAMS? I DON'T HAVE WE WEREN'T LEFT WITH ANY. THEY DIDN'T LEAVE THEM WITH US.

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WELL NOTHING WAS SUBMITTED FORMALLY TO STAFF. WE DO HAVE A VERY HIGH LEVEL RENDERING THAT WAS SUBMITTED TO US. WE CAN FORWARD THAT TO COUNCIL IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. WHAT IS THE APPROVAL PROCESS TO HAVE THAT APPROVED BASED ON THEIR ORIGINAL PLANS THAT THEY SUBMITTED? SO BASED ON WHAT WE KNOW NOW, IT WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK THROUGH THE FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN PROCESS, WHICH INCLUDES THE CITY'S ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD AND THEN CITY PLANNING COMMISSION. SO CITY COUNCIL WOULD NOT REVIEW THE REVISIONS TO THE DESIGN. SOUNDS TO ME LIKE A CLASSIC BAIT AND SWITCH, AND THAT'S UNFORTUNATE. FROM WHAT THEIR PLAN WAS TO HAVE MORE COMMERCIAL SPACE AND RESTAURANTS. IT MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS. BASED ON THE CONCEPTUAL ELEVATIONS THAT WE HAVE. WE BELIEVE SO AND WHAT THEY'VE TOLD US AT THE PUBLIC MEETINGS. BUT WE HAVEN'T DONE A FULL EVALUATION AND WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED FULL PLANS YET. THIS WAS JUST THE INFORMAL REVIEW. BUT YEAH, I THINK THERE'S HOPEFULLY MORE INFORMATION COMING. BUT THAT WAS ALL FOR PLANNING. THAT'S GOOD. ALL RIGHT. ANY UPDATE FROM PARKS AND DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? JUST ONE QUESTION REAL QUICK STEVEN. AND THAT SIGN. SOME SIGNAGE, 200FT■S PER YEAR. THAT'S VERY SIMILAR EXACTLY TO WHAT THE BCA DID TO. CORRECT. SO IT'S ALL IN LINE.

IT'S ONE AND THE SAME. IT WAS WORKSHOPPED AT THE BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS. OKAY. PLANNING COMMISSION. PERFECT. THAT'S ALL RIGHT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION? NOT AT THIS TIME. ALL RIGHT. PARKS AND TRAILS. ANY UPDATE? THANK YOU. NO, THANKS.

HE'S STILL CONTEMPLATING IT. THE LAST ONE. ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD. OKAY. I ATTENDED IN MARLENE'S ABSENCE. THERE WERE THREE ITEMS THAT CAME BEFORE THE BOARD. FIRST WAS A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS FOR A SIGN AT 9 TO 11 SOUTH HIGH STREET. OR GREENSTEIN MCCARTHY. THE SIGN MET ALL THE BASIC REQUIREMENTS AND ESSENTIALLY IS COMPARABLE IN LOOK AND DESIGN TO THE ONE THAT EXISTS AT 24TH AND MAIN. SO THAT WAS APPROVED. SECOND ITEM WAS A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS TO CONSTRUCT THE NEW FIELDHOUSE AND COMMUNITY CENTER. I WILL PASS ALONG THE DRAWINGS THAT WERE SUBMITTED. AND THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT STREET LIGHTS AND PARKING. THERE WAS A COUPLE OF MINOR RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT EVERYTHING WAS APPROVED FOR THE FIELDHOUSE. THE THIRD ITEM WAS APPROPRIATENESS TO ALLOW FOR THE DEMOLITION OF TWO EXISTING STRUCTURES LOCATED AT 21 AND 37 WEST GRANVILLE STREET, ESSENTIALLY THE OLD DUKE AND DUCHESS GAS STATION AND THE OLD OLD POLICE STATION ON 161. THAT WAS APPROVED. THERE WAS NO SPECIFIC TIMELINE AS TO WHEN THAT WOULD OCCUR. IT WOULD DEPEND ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF ROSE RUN, BUT THIS ESSENTIALLY GIVES THE APPROVAL TO BEGIN WHENEVER THAT PROCESS STARTS. AND THERE WAS THE INFORMAL REVIEW, WHICH WE DISCUSSED ALREADY. THAT WAS IT. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS ON THE REPORT? BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS. NO MEETING. SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD. NO MEETING. IDEA IMPLEMENTATION PANEL. HE DID NOT HAVE A MEETING, BUT WE DID GO TODAY TO THE GREATER COLUMBUS ARTS COUNCIL LUNCHEON WITH THE OTHER AWARD WINNERS FOR THE 2023 EVENT. AS YOU WILL RECALL, THE CITY WON AN AWARD FOR LAST YEAR'S DIWALI CELEBRATION. AND MARLENE AND I, ALONG WITH ABBY

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[9. SECOND READING OF ORDINANCES AND PUBLIC HEARING]

THESE PROACTIVE MEASURES HELP TO MEASURE BUDGETARY COMPLIANCE FOR THE 2024 AUDIT. LOOKING AT THE ORDINANCE, SECTION ONE IDENTIFIES NECESSARY INCREASES IN APPROPRIATIONS AND UPDATED DETAILED LIST OF THOSE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS. WHAT WAS ADOPTED WAS ATTACHED TO THE LEGISLATIVE REPORT, AS WELL AS THE SUMMARY OF ADJUSTMENTS MADE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. I'VE ALSO HANDED YOU EVEN A MORE UPDATED VERSION OF THAT REPORT, WHICH PROVIDES FOR A FLOOR AMENDMENT THAT I WILL REQUEST LATER. THE APPROPRIATION DETAIL INCLUDES ADDITIONS MADE TO THIS INFORMATION FOR THE SECOND READING, AS INDICATED IN BLUE AND NOW GREEN FONT. WITH THE GREEN BEING RELATED TO THE REQUESTED FLOOR AMENDMENT AND OTHER ADJUSTMENTS AND NOTES IN THE RED FONT. THE SUMMARY TABLES HAVE ALSO BEEN UPDATED. THE AMENDED APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE REFLECTS THE INFORMATION DETAILED. STAFF IS SEEKING THE FLOOR AMENDMENT TO ADD $500,000 IN APPROPRIATIONS TO THE SUBDIVISION DEVELOPMENT FUND FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES. THIS FUND SERVES AS A PASS THROUGH FUND FOR PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT ENGINEERING COSTS. THESE COSTS ARE SUPPORTED BY REVENUES COLLECTED FROM PRIVATE DEVELOPERS FOR THE SERVICES PROVIDED. SINCE I'VE PROVIDED A DETAILED EXPLANATION FOR THE ADJUSTMENTS AT THE FIRST READING, AND UNLESS YOU HAVE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ON THE ADJUSTMENTS, I WILL MOVE FORWARD TO THE REMAINDER OF THE ORDINANCE. DO YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ON THE ADJUSTMENTS MADE? OKAY. MOVING ON. SECTION TWO AUTHORIZES A TRANSFER FROM THE BLACKLICK TO FUND FOR DEBT SERVICE FOR AN OPWC PAYMENT. SECTION THREE PROVIDES FOR THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE TRANSFERS BETWEEN LINE ITEMS WITHIN EACH FUND AND RESTORE ANY REDUCED APPROPRIATIONS THAT THIS FUND.

THIS LEGISLATION AUTHORIZES, IF NECESSARY, TO ENSURE BUDGETARY COMPLIANCE. IT DOES NOT ALLOW INCREASING TOTAL APPROPRIATIONS IN A FUND OR TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATIONS BETWEEN FUNDS.

SECTION FOUR PROVIDES FOR THE USE OF THE $100,000 APPROPRIATION CONTINGENCY TO PROTECT BUDGETARY COMPLIANCE FROM UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES OR EXPENDITURES BETWEEN THE ADOPTION OF THIS ORDINANCE AND THE END OF THE YEAR. CITY MANAGER STEFANOV WILL NEED TO APPROVE THIS USE, AND IT WILL BE REPORTED TO COUNCIL BY THE SECOND MEETING IN JANUARY. LAST YEAR, WE DID USE THE $44,000 FOR THE SUBDIVISION DEVELOPMENT FUND, AND THAT IS THE FUND THAT WE ARE REQUESTING IN THE FLOOR AMENDMENT FOR THIS EVENING. SECTION FIVE AUTHORIZES THE FINANCE DIRECTOR TO ADJUST APPROPRIATIONS ACCORDING TO MONEY ACTUALLY SPENT IN CERTAIN FUNDS THAT MAINTAIN A ZERO BALANCE, SUCH AS USES TO FUND CERTAIN TO FUNDS IN THE HOTEL TAX FUND. AND SECTION SIX AUTHORIZES THE FINANCE DIRECTOR TO REDUCE ANY APPROPRIATION TO ENSURE BUDGETARY COMPLIANCE, SO LONG AS THIS REMAINS SUFFICIENT TO COVER OUTSTANDING OBLIGATIONS. THIS ORDINANCE CAN BE ADOPTED THIS EVENING, AND PLEASE CONSIDER THE FLOOR AMENDMENT TO ADD $500,000 IN APPROPRIATIONS TO THE SUBDIVISION DEVELOPMENT FUND.

ANY QUESTIONS ON THE ORDINANCE? I DON'T HAVE ANY. ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU FOR THE THOROUGH REPORT. GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. WOULD ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC LIKE TO SPEAK REGARDING ORDINANCE? OH 4620. 24. HEARING NO PUBLIC COMMENT, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

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WHATEVER'S THE INTERLINEATION. WHAT ARE WE ADDING? SUB SUBDIVISION DEVELOPMENT FOR $500,000 FOR OPERATING CONTRACTUAL SERVICES. OKAY. SO AS I UNDERSTAND IT, WE HAVE A MOTION TO AMEND THE ORDINANCE. WE'LL VOTE ON THAT FIRST, AND THEN WE'LL VOTE TO ADOPT THE ORDINANCE AS AMENDED. SECOND. OKAY. AND COUNCIL MEMBER BELLOWS, WAS THAT YOU ON THE SECOND? YES, MA'AM. EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER WILTROUT. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER.

FELLOWS. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. SHAW. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. KISS. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. DULL. YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER. BRISK. YES. MAYOR. SPALDING. YES. SEVEN YES. VOTES TO AMEND THE ORDINANCE PER COUNCIL MEMBER TROUT'S MOTION. AND IT'S ALSO DELINEATED ON THE ORDINANCE ITSELF. AND NOW WE CAN ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADOPT IT, AS AMENDED. AS AMENDED. ALL RIGHT. I MOVE FOR ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE 46, 2024, AS AMENDED. SECOND. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER WILTROUT. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. BRISK. YES. MAYOR. SPALDING. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. DEREK. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER.

FELLOWS. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. KISS. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. SHAW. YES. SEVEN YES. VOTES TO ADOPT.

ORDINANCE 46 2024, AS AMENDED. ORDINANCE OH 47 2024, AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH THE NEW ALBANY EAST COMMUNITY AUTHORITY RELATING TO THE CONSTRUCTION AND FINANCING OF CERTAIN PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS.

DIRECTOR. STOTZ. THANK YOU. MAYOR. IN 2015, THE NEW ALBANY EAST COMMUNITY AUTHORITY WAS CREATED FOR THE PURPOSE OF FACILITATING PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF RELATED PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES WITHIN THE CITY. THE EAST AUTHORITY IS A MUNICIPAL NEW COMMUNITY AUTHORITY, AND IT WAS ESTABLISHED A DEVELOPMENT CHARGE TO COMPANIES WITHIN ITS BOUNDARIES, AND THOSE ARE PRIMARILY WITHIN LICKING COUNTY.

AND THEY'RE A PORTION OF THE NEW ALBANY BUSINESS PARK. AND THIS WAY, THE EAST AUTHORITY IS SIMILAR TO THE ORIGINAL COMMUNITY AUTHORITY ESTABLISHED IN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN 1992, BUT THIS WAS ALSO TO BENEFIT THE NEW ALBANY PLAIN LOCAL SCHOOLS AND PLAIN TOWNSHIP IN ADDITION TO THE CITY. SO THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE ORIGINAL AUTHORITY AND THIS EAST AUTHORITY WAS THAT THE EAST AUTHORITY BENEFITS THE CITY AND NOT THOSE OTHERS. NECESSARILY, AS YOU MAY KNOW, THAT CHARGE HAS BEEN EXPIRED AND WILL NO LONGER BE IN PLACE AS OF TAX YEAR 2024. AND THE CHARGE RELATED TO THE EAST AUTHORITY, WHICH IS 9.75 MILLS, WILL BE SET ANNUALLY AND THIS CHARGE IS USED TO. THE CITY HAS DETERMINED, IN COOPERATION WITH THE EAST AUTHORITY, THE RECEIPTS FROM THIS CHARGE WILL BE USED TO PROVIDE FOR CURRENT AND FUTURE COMMUNITY FACILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS. THE CHARGE IS CURRENTLY PROVIDING FOR ODA LOAN PAYMENTS RELATED TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS. RELATED. IN THE SOUTHEASTERN PART OF THE BUSINESS PARK AND THOSE PROJECTS WERE ORIGINALLY FACEBOOK. GOOGLE, AMAZON. AND THOSE PROVIDED FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS THAT WE NEEDED. SO WATER AND SEWER AND ROADS, IN ADDITION TO THE BUSINESS PARK RELATED INFRASTRUCTURE. THE INTENTION BEHIND ESTABLISHING THE EAST AUTHORITY WAS TO SUPPORT OTHER MUNICIPAL PROJECTS OUTSIDE OF THE BUSINESS PARK, BUT THOSE PROJECTS ALSO BENEFIT THE BUSINESS PARK. MOST NOTABLY, THE PROJECTS WILL BE LOCATED WITHIN THE VILLAGE CENTER, SUCH AS ROSE RUN TWO AND VETS MEMORIAL. WHILE PREPARING FOR BOND, THE BOND ISSUE FOR THOSE THINGS IN 2023, IT WAS DETERMINED AND BY BOND COUNCIL AND ADVISED TO PREPARE THIS COOPERATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE AUTHORITY, AND THAT WOULD SET

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SO ON EXHIBIT B. WHICH IS THE LAST DOCUMENT IN THE LEGISLATION. YES. YES. SO I'M ASSUMING I LIKE I LIKE THE WHOLE ORDINANCE. I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE DOING IT. I THINK IT'S FINANCIALLY SOUND TO BE ABLE TO USE THAT MONEY, BOTH IN THE HISTORIC CENTER AND THE CITY. SO I'M GOOD WITH ALL THAT. MY QUESTION WAS JUST MORE RELATED TO JUST THE AGREEMENT. SO DOES THE PROCESS WORK WHERE WE NOTIFY THE AUTHORITY ON WHERE WE WANT TO SPEND THE MONEY? THIS IS THE DRAFT OR THIS IS WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO USE TO TRACK THE FUNDS AND HOW THEY HOW THEY, I GUESS, LEAVE AND COME BACK INTO THE CITY. IS THAT WHAT THIS IS FOR? YES. SO THIS IS A DRAFT OF THE REPORT THAT WILL SUBSTANTIALLY STAY THE SAME. THERE MIGHT BE SOME TWEAKS TO HOW WE DO THIS.

ONCE THE FINAL AGREEMENT IS SIGNED, BUT ESSENTIALLY IT IS SUPPOSED TO ESTABLISH A NOTIFICATION SYSTEM OF WHAT PROJECTS ARE BEING WHAT IT'S BEING USED FOR, BUT THEN ALSO WHAT THE BALANCES ARE WITHIN THAT. ESSENTIALLY, WE WANTED THIS TO BE A REPORT TO SHOW THE NEED FOR THE 9.75 TO CONTINUE ON. OKAY. AND THE OTHER RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE ESSENTIALLY, THE AGREEMENT ALLOWS FOR THE PROJECTS TO BE APPROVED WITHIN THE CITY FIRST BY WAY OF APPROVING THE BUDGET, THE APPROPRIATIONS, AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO JUST REQUEST THE MONEY FROM THE TREASURER OF THE AUTHORITY AT THAT TIME, BECAUSE THE CITY APPROVED THOSE PROJECTS, AND THEN WE WOULD NOTIFY THEM OF THAT USE EACH YEAR. AND KEEP A RUNNING TRACK OF THOSE. AND IS THERE SOME HOW WILL WE BE UPDATED ON ALL OF THAT? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU'LL HAVE REPORT OUT AFTER WE MOVE FORWARD? OKAY. YES. YOU KNOW, THIS IS ANOTHER WAY THAT CAN BE UPDATED. I COULD, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE THEY DO HAVE AN AUDIT.

WITH NOTES RELATED TO THAT. BUT YES, THERE THERE CAN BE A FORMAL PROCESS THAT WE CAN PROVIDE THAT UPDATE TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND WE CAN DISCUSS THAT MOVING FORWARD. OKAY. I MIGHT HAVE MISSED IT, BUT I'M NOT SEEING EXHIBIT B OR ANY KIND OF A FORM EXHIBIT B ON HERE. IT'S THE LAST PAGE OF THE AGREEMENT. IT'S ON THE IN THE LEDGER. LIKE THE IT'S IN THE LEGISLATIVE REPORT. OH IN THE LEGISLATIVE REPORT. YEAH. I JUST GOT THE TIMELINE. I JUST TOOK IT OFF OF THAT. NOT THE LEGISLATURE, NOT THIS, NOT IN THE LEGISLATION, NOT THIS LEGISLATIVE REPORT, IN THE LEGISLATION. BUT THAT'S WHERE I'M AT. IS IT IN THE BODY OF IT SOMEWHERE AS OPPOSED TO AFTER A.

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YEAH, THAT'S NOT THERE. MINE ENDS AT A2. MINE'S BOTH END WITH A2. NO, ACTUALLY, MINE GOES A2 A4 AND THEN IT'S OVER. SAME WITH MINE. OKAY. WE CAN MAKE IT. I CAN MAKE SURE THAT. OKAY, SO THAT'S WHAT I GUESS I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AND SEE WHICH ONE'S ATTACHED TO THE LEGISLATIVE REPORT. I KNOW THAT BETWEEN FIRST, BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING, WE DID MAKE AN UPDATE, WHICH I HAD MENTIONED LAST WEEK FROM THE TURNAROUND TIME. IN ORDER TO MAKE THE PAYMENT, RECEIVE THE FUNDS FROM THE AUTHORITY FROM 5 TO 10 DAYS. SO I DON'T KNOW, JENNIFER. I KNOW MORGAN SENT YOU OVER THE UPDATED VERSION OF THAT. SO A3 AND B ARE MISSING ON THESE COPIES. IT'S ALMOST LIKE SOMEBODY JUST STAPLED, MISSED A COUPLE PAGES AND IT'S ON THE OR IT COULD. SO BUT THAT'S THAT'S OKAY I CAN SEE IT NOW. IT'S JUST A FORM FOR THE ANNUAL REPORT IS WHAT IT IS RIGHT. JUST THE FORMAT OF HOW IT'S AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT WOULD BE SUBMITTED TO THEM. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ON THE ORDINANCE? I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE COUNCIL MEMBER DIRK AND BRISKER. OKAY. MOVING FORWARD. I'M GOOD, I'M GOOD. THANK YOU. OKAY. I'M GOOD. ALL RIGHT. I'LL GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. WOULD ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC LIKE TO SPEAK REGARDING ORDINANCE OH 47 2024? HEARING NO PUBLIC COMMENT. I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

IS THERE A MOTION ON THE ORDINANCE? MOVE ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE. OH 47 2024 SECOND.

COUNCIL MEMBER SHAW. YES. MEMBER. KITS. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER WILTROUT. YES. MAYOR.

SPALDING. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. BRISK. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. DETRICK. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER.

FALLOWS. YES. EXCUSE ME. YES. ORDINANCE 47 2024. SORRY. INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING

[10. INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING OF ORDINANCES]

THAT DEED RESTRICTION HAS BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE CITY FOR RECORDING WITH THE PLATS. SO THERE ARE SIX RESERVES INCLUDED IN THE PLAT. FIVE OF THEM ARE BEING ACCEPTED BY CITY COUNCIL FOR USE OF PARKLAND AND OPEN SPACE. THE PLAT STATES THAT THOSE SHALL BE OWNED AND MAINTAINED OR OWNED BY THE CITY, AND MAINTAINED BY THE HOA IN PERPETUITY. THERE'S ONE OTHER RESERVE AGE LOCATED RIGHT HERE. THIS WILL BE OWNED AND MAINTAINED BY THE HOA FOR THEIR COMMUNITY BUILDING ON THAT PROPERTY. SO THE SUBDIVISION IS SHORT, ONE TENTH OF AN ACRE OF PARKLAND AND OPEN SPACE PER CODE. THE DEVELOPER HAS COMPLETED AND SUBMITTED AN APPRAISAL THAT VALUES AN ACRE OF UNIMPROVED LAND AT THIS LOCATION AT $50,000 AN ACRE. SO THE DEVELOPER IS PROPOSING TO PAY THE CITY A PAYMENT TO OFFSET THAT OF $5,000. SO AGAIN, THAT'S $50,000 AN ACRE. ONE TENTH OF THAT WOULD BE $5,000. SO THE PLANNING COMMISSION REVIEWED AND RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY A50 VOTE WITH ONE CONDITION THAT CITY COUNCIL SHOULD CONSIDER OBTAINING THEIR OWN APPRAISAL FOR THE APPLICANT'S FEE AND LIEU PAYMENT, AND THAT PERHAPS IT SHOULD BE NO LESS VALUE THAN THE CITY'S LAST PURCHASE OF PARKLANDS. ALSO LAST MONTH, CITY COUNCIL ASKED STAFF TO RESEARCH AND PRESENT A HISTORY OF WHETHER OR NOT AN EASEMENT IS REQUIRED ALONG THE WESTERN BOUNDARY OF THE SITE HERE. SO AT THE TIME OF THE REZONING BACK IN 2 IN 2023, THERE WERE NO EASEMENTS SHOWN ON THE WESTERN BOUNDARY OF THIS SITE. JUST LAST MONTH, DURING

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THE DEVELOPER'S ENGINEERING TEAM HAS HAS REFINED THE SITE SO THAT ALL THE UTILITIES ARE LOCATED IN THE FRONT YARDS OF THE HOMES ALONG THIS SECTION, AND THERE'S NO NEED FOR ADDITIONAL EASEMENTS IN THE REAR YARD ALONG THE WESTERN BOUNDARY. SO THE MULTIPLE LAYERS INCLUDE TREE PRESERVATION. THAT'S 50 FOOT BUILDING SETBACK TO CREATE THE BUFFERING AND SEPARATION BETWEEN THE FUTURE HOMES IN THE SUBDIVISION AND THE EXISTING RESIDENTS TO THE WEST. THERE'S ALSO, IN ADDITION TO SETBACKS AND PRESERVATION ZONE, THERE'S ALSO A DESIGN COMPONENT AS WELL.

SO THE PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVED THE FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN TO INCLUDE THESE HOUSES THAT HAVE SIDE YARD LIVING. AND SO YOU CAN SEE PROBABLY THE BEST IMAGE IS THIS RENDERING HERE.

AND THESE ARE ACTUAL IMAGES FROM OTHER AREAS. SO THERE IS NO BACKYARD LIVING. SO EPCON DOES SIDE YARD LIVING JUST AT THE JUST LIKE AT THE COURTYARDS AT SUGAR RUN ALONG 605. AND THESE HAVE PRIVACY FENCES ALONG THE BACK HERE. AND SO FOR ALL PRACTICAL PURPOSES, THERE'S NO NOTHING HAPPENING IN THE REAR OF THESE PROPERTIES TO BEGIN WITH. AND SO I GUESS TO GO BACK TO THE EASEMENT. SO BY NOT HAVING AN EASEMENT IN THE REAR YARD ENSURES THAT THERE'S ALSO NO IMPACT TO ANY OF THIS LANDSCAPING. SO IT'S PRESERVING THE TREES HERE. AND THAT FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVED REQUIRES NATURAL GRASSES AND ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING WITHIN THE REAR YARDS AS WELL. SO WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF AN EASEMENT? AN EASEMENT IS SOMETHING THAT'S PERMISSIVE. IT ALLOWS FOR UTILITIES TO GO IN AND DIG UP THAT PROPERTY. AND IF AN EASEMENT WAS ESTABLISHED, TYPICAL, YOU KNOW, UTILITY EASEMENT DOESN'T GIVE THE CITY ANY DISCRETION OF WHAT CAN GO IN THERE. ANY UTILITY EASEMENT OR ANY UTILITY CAN GO INTO THOSE EASEMENTS. AND THEN A TREE PRESERVATION ZONE IS NOT AN EASEMENT. SO A PRESERVATION ZONE IS JUST THAT. IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S RECORDED ON THE PLAT AND THAT'S RESTRICTIVE. AND THAT'S WHAT'S BEEN ESTABLISHED BY CITY COUNCIL AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION ALONG THIS WESTERN BOUNDARY. SO WITH THAT, THAT'S A MAYBE NOT SO SHORT OF A HISTORY OF THAT EASEMENT. LANGUAGE AND STAFF IS HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. CAN STEVEN, CAN YOU

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BUT TO BE CLEAR, YEAH, SOME OF THOSE TREES WILL BE IMPACTED AS PART OF THIS. SO YOU THINK IT'S, YOU KNOW, MAYBE LIKE 100FT OR SOMETHING. SO I MEAN, IF YOU'RE TAKING HALF OUT JUST TO BUILD MORE OKAY. ALL RIGHT. BUT THERE IS A DEFINITE TREE LINE THAT YOU CAN SEE THERE FOR SURE. THAT'S RIGHT. YEAH. AND THE DEVELOPER HAS SURVEYED THE EXISTING TREES THAT WILL BE PRESERVED WITHIN THAT 30FT. THE CITY FORESTER REVIEWED THOSE PRESERVATION PLANS AS PART OF THE FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN, AND THE CITY FORESTER ALSO RECOMMENDED SUPPLEMENTAL PLANTINGS TO REESTABLISH THAT TREE LINE AS WELL. AND IS THERE ANY INVASIVE SPECIES OUT THERE THAT THEY ARE CLEANING UP, OR ARE THEY LEAVING EVERYTHING AS IS? SO THERE WERE SOME DEAD AND DISEASED TREES THAT WERE IDENTIFIED AS PART OF THE DEVELOPER'S TREE SURVEY, AND THE CITY FORESTER AGREED THAT FOR REALLY FOR SAFETY REASONS, THAT THOSE SHOULD BE TAKEN OUT, BUT OTHERWISE THE FLOOR OF THE FORESTED AREA WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED. SO MY THOUGHT IS THAT DEPENDING UPON HOW MUCH WE HAVE TO TAKE OUT, I'M JUST I'M WONDERING IF THERE'S A WAY THAT WE COULD, YOU KNOW, HAVE THAT AREA FILLED IN WITH SOME TREES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO MY FEAR IS THAT WE TAKE EVERYTHING OUT, AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE NEIGHBOR TO THE WEST HAS GOT THIS BIG GAP, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT. I'M JUST TRYING TO SEE HOW WE CAN PRESERVE THAT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. YEAH. SO THE PLANNING COMMISSION DID LOOK AT THAT. AND THIS IS JUST A CUT SECTION. BUT THERE ARE ADDITIONAL SHEETS THAT SHOW AS PART OF THE FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN WHERE GAPS ARE BEING FILLED IN. SO THAT HAS BEEN STUDIED AND REVIEWED BY THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION TO ENSURE THAT IF THERE ARE GAPS OR IF TREES ARE BEING REMOVED, THAT THOSE ARE BEING FILLED IN AGAIN.

OKAY. AND I REMEMBER I THINK CHIP MIGHT HAVE BROUGHT IT UP WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THIS LAST, THE AIR CONDITIONER UNITS AND ALL THAT ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE HOUSE. THEY ARE. IT'S A LITTLE HARD TO SEE HERE, BUT THAT'S REALLY THE ONLY THING THAT'S EXTENDING BEHIND THE HOUSE. AND IT'S NOT SHOWN ON THIS SHEET. BUT THERE IS A SCREENING PLAN FOR TALL GRASSES TO SCREEN THOSE AS WELL. FROM THE PROPERTY TO THE WEST. AND I WOULD AGREE WITH YOU THAT EPCON DEVELOPMENT THAT WE HAVE HERE IN TOWN IS A IS A WONDERFUL DEVELOPMENT. I MEAN, FROM A FROM A RESIDENTIAL PERSPECTIVE, IT REALLY IS LIKE YOU'RE YOUR OWN UNIT THE WAY THEY'VE DESIGNED THAT. SO I THINK FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE IT'S GOING TO WORK. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE CAN STILL SOMEHOW KEEP THAT FOR THE NEIGHBORS TO THE WEST, FROM SEEING JUST THE BACK OF ALL THAT, IF IT POSSIBLE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? WE'LL GO AHEAD AND SET THAT FOR SECOND READING AND PUBLIC HEARING AT OUR MEETING ON JANUARY 7TH. ORDINANCE OH 49 2024 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF NEW ALBANY BY AMENDING THE ZONING MAP TO REZONE 30.04 PLUS OR MINUS ACRES OF LAND, GENERALLY LOCATED NORTH AND WEST OF LAMBTON PARK ROAD AND SOUTH OF BRANDON ROAD, FOR AN AREA TO BE KNOWN AS THE EAST NINE ZONING TAX. FROM ITS CURRENT ZONING OF CPWD COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UNIT DEVELOPMENT TO IPOD INFILL PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT AS REQUESTED BY THE NEW ALBANY COMPANY, LLC. CARE OF AARON UNDERHILL, ESQUIRE. MR. MAYOR, THANK YOU. SO THE SITE IS OUTLINED IN RED AS SHOWN HERE.

AS STATED BY THE MAYOR. SO IT'S WITHIN THE LOWER NINE OF THE GOLF COURSE. SO THE REZONING SPLITS UP. THIS EXISTING SUBDIVISION INTO THREE INTO THREE SUB AREAS. SO SUB AREA ONE SHOWN IN GREEN ESTABLISHES A STATE LOT. SO THESE HAVE TRADITIONAL SETBACKS AS SIMILAR TO OTHER SECTIONS IN THE COUNTRY CLUB SUB AREA TWO ALLOWS FOR CLUSTER HOMES WITH ZERO LOT DEVELOPMENT OR NO SETBACKS BETWEEN HOMES. AND THEN THERE'S A NEW SUB AREA THREE THAT HAS A

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THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO ADD JUST FOUR MORE LOTS TO MAKE IT A 40 LOT SUBDIVISION. THAT PUTS THE DENSITY AT 1.33 ACRES, OR UNITS PER ACRE, AND THE APPLICANT HAS COMMITTED IN THEIR ZONING TEXT TO WITHDRAW ALL UNITS FROM THEIR HOUSING BANK. AND THEN, SIMILARLY TO THE UNITS, THERE'S ALSO A SLIGHT DEFICIENCY IN OPEN SPACE AND PARKLAND. SO 8.2 ACRES IS REQUIRED, 5.7 ACRES IS BEING PROVIDED, AND PARKLAND CREDITS WILL BE WITHDRAWN FROM THE APPLICANT'S PARKLAND BANK TO OFFSET THE SUBDIVISION. AND SO AGAIN, THERE ARE THREE EXISTING STREETS THAT ARE CONSTRUCTED OUT THERE TODAY. THESE WILL BY AND LARGE REMAIN UNCHANGED. SO THE MAIN THOROUGHFARE THAT CONNECTS THE NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS WILL REMAIN. THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME MINOR MODIFICATIONS TO THIS AREA DOWN HERE. SO THIS BOULEVARD STREET IS WHERE THE REZONING CONTEMPLATES SOME CHANGES TO THE STREETS THAT WILL BE SUBMITTED AND REVIEWED BY THE CITY'S PARKS AND TRAILS ADVISORY BOARD AND PLANNING COMMISSION, WITH FUTURE SUBMITTALS. AND LAST MONTH, TOM RUBY WITH THE NEW ALBANY COMPANY, PROVIDED A CONCEPTUAL OVERVIEW OF THIS SUBDIVISION. AND SO HE'S PROVIDED THIS SLIDE BASED ON THAT PAST CONVERSATION TO CLEARLY SHOW WHERE THERE'S EXISTING LEISURE TRAIL AND PROPOSED BRICK SIDEWALKS. SO WE SHOWED TRAILS ARE SHOWN IN THE BLACK LINES ON THIS MAP, AND THEN BRICK SIDEWALKS ARE SHOWN IN RED. SO THE PLANNING COMMISSION REVIEWED AND RECOMMENDED APPROVAL FOR THIS SUBDIVISION BY A50 VOTE AT LAST MONTH'S PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING, AND STAFF IS HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. COULD YOU GIVE US A LITTLE BETTER CLARIFICATION OF WHAT THIS GUARDHOUSE OR ENTRY BUILDING IS AT THE CORNER THERE AND WHAT THE PURPOSE IS? I ASSUME THESE ARE PASSED THROUGH STREETS AND NOT GATED. CORRECT? YEAH. SO I GUESS MAYBE I'LL LEAVE IT TO THE APPLICANT TO MAYBE SORT OF DESCRIBE THE INTENT OF THAT MORE. BUT I THINK IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE A GATEWAY FEATURE INTO OR I SHOULDN'T SAY INTO AT THE SOUTHERN ACCESS POINT OF THIS SECTION OF THE COUNTRY CLUB. YEAH. THE IDEA FOR THAT SOUTHERN GATE HOUSE, IT REALLY STARTED WITH A CONVERSATION WHEN WE WERE AT THE COMMISSION SEVERAL YEARS AGO, WHEN WE WENT FROM THE ZONING THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED FOR THIS. THERE WAS A LOT OF COMMUNITY OUTREACH FROM THE FOLKS ALONG HEAD OF POND ROAD, AS WELL AS LAMBTON PARK ROAD, WHERE THERE WAS A DISCUSSION ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT THE STREET WAS NARROW, THAT THERE WAS A CHANGE IN PAVEMENT, AND THAT THERE WERE GATES, NOT GATES THAT ARE FUNCTIONING, BUT GATES THAT ARE FALSE GATES.

RIGHT. SO THESE ARE ALL PUBLIC ROADS. IN FACT, TODAY WHAT WAS BUILT WAS CONSISTENT WITH WITH THAT COMMITMENT. THERE ARE TWO WHITE GATES ON EITHER SIDE THAT ARE THAT DON'T OPEN OR CLOSE, BUT ARE ALWAYS IN THE OPEN POSITION. THE IDEA FOR THIS NOW, SUBAREA THREE, IS THAT THERE WOULD BE THAT WOULD BE A LOT. YOU WOULD BE PERMITTED TO BUILD A SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED HOME THERE. IT WOULD BE INCREDIBLY SMALL, LIKE A GATE HOUSE, NOT UNLIKE THE GATE HOUSE THAT EXISTS AT LAMBTON PARK ROAD IN 62. I COULD IMAGINE THAT THAT GATE HOUSE WOULD BE USED AS A SALES CENTER FOR A PERIOD OF TIME. WHEN THE SUBDIVISION IS BUILT IN, THE LOTS ARE RELEASED THAT I'M ABOVE MY SKIS A BIT THERE. I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT IN FACT WILL HAPPEN, BUT THAT'S THE IDEA. THAT'S THE CONCEPT THAT IT WOULD BE A SMALL GATE HOUSE THAT IS IN FACT A STANDALONE SINGLE FAMILY HOME. SO IS IT A GATE HOUSE OR HOME SALES OFFICE? WHAT DOES IT BECOME AFTER THE SALE? A SINGLE FAMILY HOME? THERE ARE THE SIZE OF IT. OH, 2000FT■!S, MAYBE. MAYBE EVEN SMALLER. THERE WERE THERE WAS A DECENT AMOUNT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS WHEN WE WERE AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION, CONCERNED ABOUT ITS PROXIMITY TO THE GOLF COURSE, WHAT TREES WOULD NEED TO BE

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AND WILL IT ULTIMATELY BE SOLD AS A SINGLE FAMILY HOME AGAIN, SOMETHING THAT'S NOT UNLIKE THE GATE HOUSE THAT EXISTS AT HAMPDEN PARK IN 62. LOTS OF DETAILS STILL TO BE WORKED OUT ABOUT THAT, THAT NEED TO RETURN AND BE REVIEWED BY THE VARIOUS BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. BUT THAT'S THE THAT'S THE IDEA BEHIND IT. HEY, TOM. YES? I'M NOT SURE YOU'RE GOING TO NEED A SALES OFFICE. I THINK THOSE LOTS MIGHT SELL PRETTY QUICKLY, BUT IN ANY EVENT, THE IDEA ON SUBDIVISION SUBAREA TWO. WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON IS I THINK IT WAS SUB AREA TWO. HOWEVER IT SAID THE TWO. WHAT ARE THE TYPES OF HOMES IS THAT LIKE A CLIVEDEN TYPE OF LOOK OR IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE THINKING? THE MODELS FOR SUBAREA TWO ARE EDGE OF WOODS EDGE AND SESSIONS VILLAGE IN BEXLEY. I SUSPECT THERE WILL BE SOME ATTACHMENT TO THOSE HOMES. THEY'LL ALL BE SINGLE FAMILY, INDIVIDUAL HOMES. THERE'S ZERO LOT LINE, ZERO SETBACKS, SO THERE WILL BE LOW BRICK WALLS WITH PERHAPS WROUGHT IRON FENCING IN THE FRONT. GOTCHA. BUT IT IS CLUSTER TYPE HOUSES.

OKAY. THANK YOU. NOT NECESSARILY. I MEAN, THIS LOOKS LOVELY. AND IT SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF EFFORT TO KIND OF CHANGE SOME DETAILS OF A PROJECT THAT'S BEEN AROUND FOR A WHILE. SO NOT NECESSARILY IN THIS, BUT YOU KNOW, LAST TIME WE INTIMATED THAT YOUR FOCUS HAS BEEN KIND OF ON SOME OTHER PROJECTS AND COMMERCIAL PROJECTS, AND NOW THAT I SEE THAT WE HAVE TIME TO DO THIS. SO I JUST ASK, WE CAN FOCUS, YOU KNOW, IF WE GET BEHIND THIS, WE STILL HAVE AN EMPTY TENANT ACROSS THE STREET. WE STILL HAVE COMPREHENSIVE VILLAGE CENTER PLAN. SO WHERE MAYBE A BOUTIQUE HOTEL WOULD BE MORE APPROPRIATE THAN AT THE HAMLET. SO I WOULD SAY MAYBE GOING FORWARD WE'LL GET THROUGH THIS. AND THEN MAYBE NOW THAT WE HAVE MORE TIME TO DEVOTE, WE CAN MAYBE FOCUS TOWARD MARKET CENTER AND GET SOME OF THE OTHER PROJECTS BEHIND US. AGREE COMPLETELY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT. I'LL MAKE SURE THAT IS SHARED WITH OTHERS AS WELL. I APPRECIATE IT. I COULDN'T AGREE MORE. TOM. I'M A LITTLE STUCK ON MIKE'S QUESTION TOO. I HATE TO I HATE TO BELABOR IT, BUT I. I'M HAVING A HARD TIME ENVISIONING THAT. I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ABOUT THE GATE HOUSE, THAT LAMBDA 62, BUT IT'S NOT A HOUSE. IT'S NOT A RESIDENCE. I CAN'T PICTURE A RESIDENCE THAT SMALL KIND OF RIGHT THERE. SO HOW BIG IS THE LOT? WHAT'S WHAT'S IT, WHAT'S IT ABOUT? SO I SUSPECT IT WILL BE A SALES CENTER OF SORTS. I AM HOPEFUL THAT THE LOTS WILL SELL QUICKLY. ONE OF THE IDEAS IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IS TO CLEARLY ILLUSTRATE THE QUALITY, THE ARCHITECTURAL AND BUILDING MATERIALS THAT ARE GOING TO BE EXPECTED IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.

THIS WILL BE A DIFFERENT CALIBER AND BUILD REQUIREMENT THAN WE HAVE SEEN IN THE COUNTRY CLUB COMMUNITIES IN A VERY LONG TIME. THE IDEA IS THAT THAT STRUCTURE WILL BE AN ILLUSTRATION OF WHAT THOSE MATERIALS AND DETAILING MAY BE. SO THAT'S THE BASIC IDEA BEHIND IT. IT WOULD HAVE TO HAVE SANITARY. IT WOULD HAVE TO HAVE WATER. IT WOULD HAVE TO BE A STANDALONE FUNCTIONING.

DWELLING. RIGHT, RIGHT. SO I GET IT FOR THAT POINT. I DO AND I AND I FULLY UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT DOING THERE, BECAUSE I DO REMEMBER PEOPLE CAME IN AND

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YEAH. MIKE, I THINK IT'S DIFFICULT TO COMPREHEND WHAT EXISTS ON THE NORTH. ONE OF THE

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THAT'S THE TEAM WE'LL BE WORKING ON FOR THE DESIGN OF THE GATEHOUSE, AS WELL AS THE ARCHITECTURAL VOCABULARY FOR SECTION TWO. SO THIS IS A OVERALL REFRESH AND REJUVENATION TO OUR COMMITMENT TO BUILDING FINE HOMES IN THE NEW ALBANY COUNTRY CLUB COMMUNITIES. THAT'S NOT A SLAM ON ANYTHING THAT WE'VE BUILT RECENTLY, BUT I THINK IT'S FAIR TO DRIVE THROUGH SOME OF THOSE NEWER COMMUNITIES. AND I DRIVE THROUGH AND SEE ALL OF OUR MISTAKES MORE THAN OUR SUCCESSES. AND I THINK LOTS OF PEOPLE IN OUR COMPANY DO THAT. AND THERE IS A CLEAR DIRECTIVE TO RECTIFY THAT IN WHAT IS ONE OF THE LAST GREAT NEIGHBORHOODS TO BE BUILT IN THE COUNTRY CLUB COMMUNITY. SO IT'S A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY FOR NEW ALBANY, AND IT IS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE HAVE DONE ELSEWHERE. AND WE'RE ASKING FOR SOME FLEXIBILITY TO BREAK THE MOLD A BIT. IT'S NOT WHAT WE HAVE DONE ELSEWHERE. I UNDERSTAND THAT I'LL DO MY BEST TO DESCRIBE AND ILLUSTRATE WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE, BUT IT IS BEING DONE WITH INCREDIBLE FORETHOUGHT AND ATTENTION TO

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[11. RESOLUTIONS AND PUBLIC HEARING]

THE CITY, FOR EXAMPLE, RECOMMENDED THE SAME COURSE OF ACTION FOR 31 REAL ESTATE, LLC WHEN THE PROPERTY WAS ASSIGNED FROM BOB EVANS. AS YOU MAY RECALL FROM THIS PAST YEAR'S WORK THAT ESPECIALLY CAME IN HANDY. THERE WAS A SHORTFALL THAT WAS CURED THERE AND ALLOWED THAT AGREEMENT TO GO ON. SO WE'D LIKE TO INSTITUTE THAT SAME CHANGE. THE RESOLUTION MAY BE ADOPTED THIS EVENING, AND OF COURSE, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. NICE. VERY WELL EXPLAINED. SO THE PILOT PAYMENT IS EQUIVALENT TO HOW MANY EMPLOYEES. THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION, MAYOR. THE DATA CENTER CRA AGREEMENT IS BENCHMARKED ON THE CREATION OF 20 JOBS, SPECIFICALLY WHEN WE ALSO INCLUDE THE TRANSMISSION BUILDINGS. THAT AGREEMENT IS BENCHMARKED ON THE CREATION OF A MINIMUM OF 550 JOBS. AND SO THAT PILOT PAYMENT AMOUNT, OF COURSE, IS YET TO BE DETERMINED. WE DO HAVE THOSE PROJECTED FIGURES, AND I SUPPOSE I WOULD HESITATE TO OFFER A FIGURE BASED ON THOSE PROJECTIONS. SO I'M SORRY, MAYBE I CAN'T OFFER A CLEAR ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION AT THIS TIME. WOULD I BE CORRECT TO SAY THAT THE PILOT PAYMENT WOULD BE BASED ON THE INCOME TAX REVENUE THAT WOULD BE GENERATED FROM THOSE JOBS? THAT'S RIGHT. IT WOULD BE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT WAS ACTUALLY WHAT WAS ACTUALLY GENERATED IN THE TARGET AMOUNT.

THAT'S CORRECT. SO THE CITY WOULD NEVER BE BE RECEIVING LESS THAN WHAT WE HAD COMMITTED, WHAT

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AND ALEX, DID YOU AND I'M SORRY IF I MISSED THIS. DID YOU SAY THAT WE'RE THE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO FALL SHORT IN THE EMPLOYMENT FIGURES AND COLLECTIVE PAYROLL, BOTH OR JUST EMPLOYMENT. SO THIS IS KIND OF A COMPLEX QUESTION BECAUSE THERE ARE TWO FACILITIES. I THINK BASED ON OUR PROJECTIONS RIGHT NOW, WE WOULD EXPECT THE DATA CENTER TO FALL SHORT ON EMPLOYMENT AND THE TRANSMISSION BUILDING TO FALL SHORT ON PAYROLL. I BELIEVE THE TRANSMISSION BUILDINGS HAVE THESE PAST TWO YEARS REACHED THEIR EMPLOYMENT NUMBERS DUE TO CONTRACT STAFF THAT ARE WORKING IN THOSE FACILITIES, BUT NOT THE PAYROLL. THEY'VE MISSED IT BY A VERY, VERY SMALL MARGIN. SO COLLECTIVELY THERE MAY BE A SHORTFALL IN BOTH. BUT IT'S THE CITY'S LONG STANDING PRACTICE THAT AS LONG AS THE CITY RECEIVES THE INCOME TAX, WHETHER VIA INCOME TAX MEANS OR VIA A PILOT PAYMENT, WE WILL NOT. THE TURK AT LEAST, DOES NOT TRADITIONALLY GO AFTER COMPANIES FOR A SHORTFALL OF ACTUAL EMPLOYMENT FIGURES. AND THAT WAS YOUR MAINLY YOUR QUESTION, RIGHT, MAYOR, AROUND THE PILOT PAYMENT. YEAH. I MEAN I YOU KNOW THESE THESE COMPANIES DON'T HAVE TO TAKE A TAX ABATEMENT. BUT IF THEY DO THEY NEED TO MEET THE COMMITMENTS. YEAH. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE THE TAX ABATEMENT, THAT THEY'RE MEETING THE COMMITMENTS, AND IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN ALTERNATE METHOD FOR THEM TO MAKE THE PAYMENT, THAT THEY'RE STILL MEETING THEIR COMMITMENT. SO THAT'S THAT'S THE ONLY QUESTION I'M ASKING. I MEAN, AGAIN, AEP HAS BEEN A FANTASTIC PARTNER TO THE CITY AND CERTAINLY WANT TO WORK CAREFULLY WITH THEM TO MEET THIS REQUIREMENT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ALSO DID SOME HOMEWORK TO DETERMINE AEP TRANSMISSION. I MEAN, THEY'RE ONLY OFFICES AREN'T IN NEW ALBANY. ARE THEY HAVING THE SAME POST PANDEMIC STRUGGLES IN RETURNING PEOPLE TO WORK AT THEIR OTHER LOCATIONS? AND WE VERIFIED THAT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY DON'T HAVE 100% PARTICIPATION IN GAHANNA AND ONLY 50% PARTICIPATION IN NEW ALBANY. YEAH, THAT HAS BEEN VERIFIED. WE MET WITH THEM EVEN AS EARLY ON AS BACK IN 2021 AND 2022. THE CITY MANAGER AND STAFF MET WITH SOME OF THE EXECUTIVES AT AEP, AND IT'S A COMPANY WIDE POLICY WITH RESPECT TO THEIR WORK FROM HOME PRACTICE. WE DID. YOU KNOW, THAT'S PART OF THE REASON WHY I THINK THE TAX INCENTIVE REVIEW COUNCIL ASKED US TO START MEETING WITH THEM ON A QUARTERLY BASIS. NUMBER ONE, TO REALLY BE THINKING ABOUT HOW WE WERE COLLECTING THIS INFORMATION AND SHARING INFORMATION. SO IT DOESN'T WE DON'T COME TO THE END OF THE YEAR AND EVERYBODY'S SURPRISED, BUT ALSO REALLY TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT HOW THOSE POLICIES AND PRACTICES MAY CHANGE AS MORE AND MORE OF THE WORKFORCE COMES BACK. WE'VE HEARD UNOFFICIALLY IN THE LAST MEETING THAT WE HAD WITH THEM THAT THEY ANTICIPATE IN 2025, THAT COMPANY WIDE, THEY'RE GOING TO REEVALUATE THOSE PRACTICES, JUST LIKE SO MANY CORPORATIONS HAVE BEEN. AND WE'RE SEEING THAT PENDULUM SWING BACK AND FORTH. BUT THIS WAS A COMPANY WIDE DECISION FOR THEM AND CERTAINLY HAD AN IMPACT ON ALL OF THE FACILITIES, ALL OF THEIR HOLDINGS. IN FACT, THERE WAS A CONVERSATION BETWEEN EVEN THE CITY MANAGER AND THE MAYOR OF GAHANNA POST ONE OF THOSE MEETINGS, TALKING ABOUT WHERE REVENUE, YOU KNOW, WHERE REVENUE WAS GOING AND HOW POTENTIALLY IT COULD BE SHARED REGIONALLY, WHICH NEVER, NEVER CAME TO FRUITION, IS A GOOD IDEA, BUT DEFINITELY IMPACTING EVERYONE. ALL RIGHT. WELL, I APPRECIATE THAT. AND I OBVIOUSLY RECALL SITTING ON THE TURRET, BUT THAT WAS A REQUEST OF THE COMMITTEE. SO WE DON'T HAVE TO EXPLAIN TO THE COUNTY AUDITOR AGAIN WHY THE BENCHMARKS WERE NOT MET. SO AGAIN, THIS IS THE RECOMMENDATION STAFF THAT WE ENTERED INTO THIS PILOT PAYMENT SO THAT THE COMPANY CAN MEET THEIR COMMITMENT AND RETAIN THE INCENTIVE. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS REGARDING THE RESOLUTION? ALL RIGHT. THEN I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. WOULD ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC LIKE TO SPEAK REGARDING RESOLUTION 57 2024? HEARING? NO PUBLIC COMMENT. I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND MOVE FOR THE ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION R 57 2024 SECOND. MAYOR SPALDING. YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER WILTROUT. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. BRISK. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. DEREK. YES.

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THE TRANSMISSION OFFICE BUILDINGS THEMSELVES WERE $103,282 SHORT OF THEIR $58 MILLION ANNUAL PAYROLL BENCHMARK. THEY CAME VERY, VERY CLOSE. WE WORKED WITH THEM EXTENSIVELY TO IDENTIFY CONTRACT STAFF WHO WERE WORKING THERE, ALL OF WHOM FULLY APPLIED TO THE CRA AGREEMENT, BUT CAME DOWN TO THE WIRE IN ADVANCE OF THAT TURK MEETING TO BE SURE THAT WE CAPTURED ALL THE PAYROLL THAT HAD OCCURRED THERE. I WILL NOTE NEW JOBS CREATED IN THOSE FACILITIES OF THAT MINIMUM 550 BENCHMARK, THEY CREATED 792. SO YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE JOB COUNT WAS SURPASSED COLLECTIVELY IN THOSE BUILDINGS. ALL OF THAT BEING SAID, THE RESOLUTION MAY BE ADOPTED THIS EVENING. ONCE AGAIN, I'M VERY HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS ON THE RESOLUTION? I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. WOULD ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC LIKE TO SPEAK REGARDING RESOLUTION 58 2024? HEARING? NO PUBLIC COMMENT. I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE A MOTION ON THE RESOLUTION? I MOVE FOR THE ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION R 58 2024. COUNCIL MEMBER KISS. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER WILTSHIRE. YES. SHE SAID YES. OH, OKAY. I COULDN'T HEAR YOU FROM HERE. YEAH. COUNCIL MEMBER. FELLOWS. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. DEREK. YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER. BRISK. YES. MAYOR. SPALDING. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. SHAH. YES. SEVEN. YES.

VOTES TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION RPA 2024. COUNCIL SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS. IS THERE ANY

[12. COUNCIL SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS]

[13. REPORTS OF REPRESENTATIVES]

MR. SCHOLL, ANY UPDATE FROM THE JOINT PARKS? NO MEETING. PLAIN LOCAL SCHOOLS, NO MEETING. AND THE TOWNSHIP? THE TOWNSHIP DID HAVE A MEETING. IN ADDITION TO MULTIPLE BASIC ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS. THEY DID APPROVE THE INTER COMMUNITY AGREEMENT THAT WE PASSED BETWEEN PLAIN TOWNSHIP, THE CITY, FOR THE ABILITY TO PUT SEWER AND WATER INTO THE FIELD HOUSE. GREAT.

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INTERESTING. YEAH. IF I COULD ADD ONE COMMENT TO THAT, THERE WAS A PROVISION THAT I THINK THE TOWNSHIP ADMINISTRATOR WANTED TO ADD RELATIVE TO THE TYPE OF ANNEXATION. THERE'S AN ANNEXATION AGREEMENT THAT APPLIES TO THAT AREA. IT'S PART OF THE METROPARK AGREEMENT THAT WAS CREATED MANY YEARS AGO, AND IT REQUIRES AN EXPEDITED TYPE ONE ANNEXATION. THAT'S NOT POSSIBLE BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY OWN THE PROPERTY AND EXPEDITED TYPE ONE OR AN EXPEDITED TYPE TWO ANNEXATION COULD BE USED IF YOU HAVE A PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNER. WHEN YOU HAVE A GOVERNMENTAL PROPERTY OWNER, YOU HAVE TO USE A GOVERNMENTAL ANNEXATION PROCEDURE. SIMILAR PROCEDURE WILL RELY ON THE LAW DIRECTOR TO GUIDE US THROUGH THAT, SINCE WE'VE NEVER DONE ONE BEFORE. BUT THERE'S NO THERE'S NO LEGAL IMPACT IN TERMS OF THE TOWNSHIP OR THE CITY BEING PARTNERS TO THE AGREEMENT. SO THAT'LL BE SOMETHING THAT YOU'LL LIKELY SEE IN JANUARY OR FEBRUARY. OKAY.

[14. REPORTS OF CITY OFFICIALS]

MASON. ANY UPDATE? JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU THE HEADS UP. YOUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING AFTER THIS ONE WILL BE YOUR ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING. SO I WILL BE DOING KIND OF A REVIEW OF COUNCIL RULES TO SEE IF I HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS, AND WE'LL BE SENDING THEM TO YOU TO SEE IF YOU HAVE ANY CHANGES THAT YOU WANT TO MAKE. ALSO, WE'LL BE SENDING OUT THE USUAL KIND OF CHEAT SHEET OF WHO'S BEEN ASSIGNED TO WHAT TO SEE IF YOU GUYS WANT TO MAKE ANY CHANGES THERE. SO JUST HEADS UP ON YOUR EMAILS, OKAY? BY THE WAY, DID EVERYONE GET TO DO THE LIKE CYBERSECURITY TRAINING THAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO? I APOLOGIZE, I'VE NOT DONE IT YET, SO I THINK I HAVEN'T DONE IT EITHER. BUT I WILL DO IT TOMORROW. BUT LIKE A GOOD EMPLOYEE, I CALLED LAUREN TO MAKE SURE IT WAS LEGIT. YEAH, I CALLED I CALLED JIM. THE IRONY THAT I GET PHISHED ON A SECURITY THING LIKE, OH, I CAN'T. MY WORK DOES THAT ALL THE TIME. YEAH, THAT'S EXACTLY HE SET ONE UP TOO, BECAUSE I CAUGHT ONE AND SENT IT BACK TO HIM. YEAH, I THINK I DID THINK IT WAS AFTER THAT TRAINING. I HAVE TO GO LOOK, I THINK I THOUGHT IT WAS PHISHING. I FOUND THE TRAINING VALUABLE. I CAN'T RECOMMEND IT.

I'VE DONE THE EXACT SAME TRAINING AT MY WORK, SO I HAD TO REMEMBER, LIKE WHICH ONE HAVE I NOT FINISHED YET? SO. ALL RIGHT. SORRY FOR THE INTERRUPTION. ANYTHING ELSE FROM THE CLERK? ALL RIGHT, FINANCE DIRECTOR, ANY ADDITIONAL UPDATES? NOTHING MORE TO REPORT. CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN TO THE FINANCE TEAM ON YET ANOTHER AWARD. THIS ONE I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT. TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT IT. SO THE CASH FEST AWARD THAT WE JUST RECEIVED IS ESSENTIALLY

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[15. POLL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT]

[16. POLL FOR COUNCIL COMMENT]

SWEATER PARTY. YEAH. AND ALSO FOR CHIEF JONES. YEAH, WE HAD THE TOY DRIVE WHICH ALL THE TOYS WERE DONATED TO THE MARINE MARINE CORPS RESERVE, TOYS FOR TOTS. AND THIS YEAR WE COLLECTED 1150 TOYS. THAT WAS OBVIOUSLY A BIG INCREASE OVER LAST YEAR, WHICH WAS 730. SO WE WERE PRETTY HAPPY WITH THAT. WE HAD ONE BIG MISTAKE. COUNCILMAN DEREK CAME THROUGH AND WE WERE TALKING TO HIM, AND THEN HE DROVE OFF. ABOUT TEN MINUTES LATER, HE CAME BACK AND SAID HE FORGOT TO TAKE MY TOYS. AND SO, SO WE RECTIFIED THAT. I GOT COUNTED TWICE. YEAH, WE HAD A SECOND SHOT AT THE MAYOR CAME THROUGH SO SOON AFTER THAT. WE ACTUALLY DID COLLECT HIS TOYS. SO WE, WE I THOUGHT THEY WERE JUST SEARCHING MY VEHICLE. YEAH MAKING SURE THEY GOT ALL THE TOYS, BUT THAT HAPPENS. WE ONLY DO IT ONCE A YEAR. SO YEAH, USUALLY WHEN I'M STOPPED, THEY ALWAYS SEARCH ME.

THAT'S WHY I FIGURED THEY GOT THE TOYS. YEAH. YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT EVENT. THANK YOU, CHIEF, FOR PULLING THAT TOGETHER. LOOKED LIKE THE TRAILER WAS ABOUT FULL. YEAH, THAT'S GREAT JOB. ANY ADDITIONAL COUNCIL COMMENTS? WE HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT,

[17. EXECUTIVE SESSION]

CASS. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. RISK. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. DEREK. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. FELLOWS. YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER. SHAW. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. WILTROUT. YES. I HAVE SEVEN YES VOTES TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 8:32 P.M. FOR ANYONE WATCHING THE STREAM, WE ARE GOING TO TURN OFF THE VOLUME, BUT WE WILL LEAVE THE VIDEO RUNNING. COUNCIL WILL COME BACK AND RESUME THE REGULAR SESSION AFTER THE EXECUTIVE SESSION COMPLETES. I'M NOT SURE YOU. OKAY. WE ARE. SOUND IS BACK ON, I MOVE, WE COME OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION SECOND. THAT

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

YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. WILTROUT. YES. I HAVE SEVEN YES VOTES TO COME OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 9:02 P.M. ALL RIGHT. IS THERE ANY OTHER BUSINESS FOR COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION? THIS IS JOE. CAN

[18. OTHER BUSINESS]