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PRINCIPLES DON'T CONFLICT WITH THE LTTE TEXT. IS THAT OR IS THERE ANYTHING THAT'S. YEAH, I KNOW ONE OF THEM WAS I THINK LIKE THE BUILDING HEIGHT OR SO I THINK IT'S COMPLIANCE. LET ME TAKE A LOOK AT THIS. THE ONE I REMEMBER OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD IS I THINK THE ACCORD CALLS FOR 70% OPEN SPACE. THIS IS 75%. SO I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE WAYS THAT LOST POINTS THAT WAY. AND THAT'S JUST BECAUSE YOU WANT TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE OTHER THAT THE DISTRICT THAT'S ALREADY IN PLACE. THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. AND IS THERE ANY USERS IDENTIFIED FOR THIS AREA YET? NO THANKS. I WAS GOING TO ASK MUCH THE SAME QUESTION. AND JUST TO CLARIFY, WE'RE REALLY SEEING THAT THEIR COVERAGE IS GOING TO BE UP THERE A LOT. COVERAGE IS GOING TO BE 75%, NOT THE OPEN SPACE. IT'S THE INVERSE OF YES, I'M SORRY IF I GOT THAT BACKWARDS. THAT'S OKAY. JUST JUST TO CLARIFY. YES, THE OTHER TWO ITEMS THAT WERE FLAGGED AND AS BEING NOT COMPLIANT WERE ITEMS THAT I'M THE APPLICANT IS I'M I'M ASSUMING I TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT. NO COMMITMENT FOR PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE REAR PARKING AREA AND THE SIDEWALK. AGAIN, ARE THERE TYPICALLY IN THIS LARGER DISTRICT THAT WE'RE NOW PROPOSING TO, TO HAVE BEEN CREATED? ARE THOSE TYPICAL IN THIS DISTRICT, OR CAN YOU TELL US? YEAH, I THINK THAT IS TYPICAL. SO WHAT WE'VE LEARNED, YOU KNOW, THROUGH TIME, IS A LOT OF THE USERS WE HAVE OUT IN THE BUSINESS PARK HAVE HIGH SECURITY DEMANDS, AND THE PARKING LOT AND THE BUILDINGS AREN'T ALWAYS CONNECTED. I KNOW IT SOUNDS LIKE A LITTLE THING, BUT WE'VE ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, AFTER WE HAVE A PROJECT AND THEY BUILD, WE ALWAYS LIKE TO GO BACK AND ASK, OKAY, LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHAT WENT WELL, WHAT DIDN'T GO WELL. WE ALWAYS WANT TO TRY TO, YOU KNOW, LEARN AND IMPROVE. AND THOSE ARE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE GOTTEN FEEDBACK ABOUT IS JUST DUE TO THEIR SECURITY REASONS, IS NOT INCLUDING THOSE. OKAY. AND THE LAST ONE WAS JUST NO COMMITMENT IN TERMS OF THE HEIGHT. AND AGAIN. IS THERE ANYTHING WE SHOULD BE TALKING ABOUT WITH THE APPLICANT OR THE REPRESENTATIVE FURTHER ABOUT THAT? THERE'S NO MAXIMUM BUILDING HEIGHT FOR THE PROPOSED COMMERCIAL USES. AND YOU SAID THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH NEW ALBANY CITY CODE AND OTHER ZONING DISTRICTS. SO I'M JUST EXPLORING THAT A LITTLE BIT. YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
SO AS THE BUSINESS PARK HAS EVOLVED SO AS OUR STANDARDS AND SO THE AREAS AROUND IT, SO THIS WHOLE AREA IN THESE DIFFERENT SHADES OF PINK HERE. SO THIS HAS RECEIVED A VARIANCE TO ELIMINATE THE BUILDING HEIGHT. SAME WITH THIS AREA DOWN HERE. AND AS WE'VE SORT OF LEARNED AND GOTTEN MORE SOPHISTICATED WITH THE BUSINESS PARK, IT'S BEEN TYPICAL NOW IN OTHER AREAS, I GUESS IN LICKING COUNTY THAT THIS BOARD HASN'T SEEN IS OUR PLANNING COMMISSION OR CITY COUNCIL HAVE BEEN APPROVING ZONING TEXT WITHOUT BUILDING HEIGHTS. SO WHAT WE'VE WHAT WE'VE LEARNED IS THAT AND THIS IS THROUGH, YOU KNOW, THE PUBLIC PROCESS WITH TALKING TO NEIGHBORS. IT'S NOT SO MUCH THE BUILDING HEIGHTS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOTTEN QUESTIONS ON. IT'S ABOUT LIKE SOUND AND VISUALS AND, YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT HAPPEN ON THE ROOFTOP. SO, SO ONE OF THE THINGS I SHOULD HAVE MENTIONED IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WITH THE ARCHITECTURE, THIS HAS OUR BOILERPLATE STANDARD THAT ALL ROOFTOP EQUIPMENT HAS TO BE SCREENED FOR SIGHT AND SOUND.
AND WE'VE ACTUALLY FOUND THAT'S MADE MUCH MORE OF AN IMPACT. WE'VE GOTTEN MUCH, OR I SHOULD SAY, A LOT OF POSITIVE FEEDBACK OR NOTHING BUT POSITIVE FEEDBACK FROM RESIDENTS IN THE AREA ABOUT THAT. AND, YOU KNOW, FROM A HEIGHT PERSPECTIVE, WE FIND THAT, YOU KNOW, THE TYPICAL ZONING CODE ITSELF DOESN'T HAVE A HEIGHT REQUIREMENT. AND I THINK WHAT WE'VE BEEN SEEING IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WITH THE LANDSCAPE SCREENING, THE ROOFTOP SCREENING, THAT THE HEIGHT HAS REALLY NOT BECOME A FACTOR ANYMORE. THANK YOU. I JUST HAVE A MAYBE A COUPLE QUESTIONS THAT THE PROPERTIES ON THE WEST SIDE OF BABBITT, HAVE THEY BEEN NOTIFIED RELATIVE TO THESE CHANGES. SO THEY HAVE NOT BEEN NOTIFIED OF THIS MEETING BECAUSE THERE'S JUST NO NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS, BUT THEY WILL BE NOTIFIED FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING AND THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING. SO OUR CODE REQUIRES ALL PROPERTIES WITHIN 200FT OF THE AREA BEING REZONED.
BE NOTIFIED. THANKS. OKAY. ANY ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO NOW SLIGHT DEVIATION HERE. I'D LIKE TO HAVE THE APPLICANT PLUS ANYONE ELSE WHO'S GOING TO WANT TO SPEAK TODAY TO COME UP BECAUSE I GOT TO SWEAR YOU IN. SO WE TRUST THAT WHATEVER YOU SAID WAS THE
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WHOLE TRUTH. BUT WE'LL WE'LL DO THAT FOR EVERYONE THAT PLANS TO SPEAK TODAY. SO DO YOU SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH, SO HELP YOU GOD? OKAY, SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND HAVE OUR APPLICANT FOR THIS CASE COME FORWARD AND. GO. THANK YOU EVERYBODY. AARON UNDERHILL, UNDERHILL AND HODGE, ZONING ATTORNEY FOR ONE OF THE APPLICANTS HERE, WHICH IS NBBJ HOLDINGS, AKA THE NEW ALBANY COMPANY. WE'RE CO APPLICANTS WITH THE CITY. SO WE APPRECIATE THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY HERE. THE IMPETUS INITIALLY FOR COMING IN TO REZONE THIS WAS THAT WE'RE ANNEXING THE ACREAGE THAT'S IN THE HASH THERE, AND THAT WOULD TYPICALLY UNDER NEW ALBANY DOES UNDER NEW ALBANY CODE, AUTOMATICALLY GET AN AGRICULTURAL DESIGNATION FOR ZONING. AND SO VERY OFTEN TIMES IN CONJUNCTION WITH THAT, WE BRING A ZONING THROUGH STEVE AND THE PLANNING STAFF HAVE POINTED OUT, RIGHTFULLY SO. WE RUN INTO THIS SITUATION OVER THE YEARS AS AS THE COMPANY HAS ACQUIRED LAND OVER TIME. YOU KNOW, WE TEND TO ZONE IT AND ANNEX IT AS IT COMES. SO IT DOES CREATE THIS SORT OF MISHMASH OF DIFFERENT DISTRICTS. AND WE DO HAVE A TRIED AND TRUE SORT OF TEMPLATE OF, OF THIS LIMITATION TEXT. AND THE LG IN THE GE DISTRICT, AND WE'VE CARRIED OVER ALL OF THOSE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, AS STEVE MENTIONED TO THIS SITE. SO IT DOES MAKE THE ADMINISTRATION OF IT AND THE EVALUATION ON THE PRIVATE SIDE MUCH EASIER. AND I WILL POINT OUT. SO IN TERMS OF THE CONSISTENCY, THAT'S THE ONE REASON WE DID WE'RE DOING THIS OBVIOUSLY WE'VE GOT A ZONE. THE AGRICULTURAL PIECE. I DID WANT TO POINT OUT THAT PART OF THIS PROPERTY IS OWNED BY A COMPANY CALLED DATA, AND THEY ARE PLANNING A COUPLE OF DATA CENTERS HERE. IT'S BEEN AT LEAST PROBABLY A YEAR SINCE THEY'VE THEY PURCHASED THE PROPERTY. SO WE DO KNOW THAT USE IS GOING TO GO THERE. I CAN'T TELL YOU EXACTLY WHEN, BUT THERE'LL PROBABLY BE TWO DATA CENTER BUILDINGS HERE. AND THEN THE BALANCE JUST REMAINS TO BE SEEN.WE'RE TRYING TO SET THIS UP FOR, YOU KNOW, MARKETABILITY TO MAJOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS. I WILL POINT OUT THAT FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE INTERESTED IN BENEFITS TO NEW ALBANY SCHOOL DISTRICT, BEING ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE COUNTY LINE, THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY AND ONE OF THE MORE LIMITED. WE HAVE A LIMITED OPPORTUNITY HERE TO HAVE REALLY MAJOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. MOST OF IT'S BEEN HAPPENING TO THE EAST AND LINCOLN HEIGHTS AND JOHNSTOWN. AND SO THIS IS REALLY HAS A HAS A REAL POTENTIAL TO BE A BENEFIT TO THE SCHOOLS FINANCIALLY BY BY YOU KNOW, IT ALREADY IS IN SOME EXTENT. BUT BY ADDING THE 20 SOME ODD ACRES HERE IS CERTAINLY EXPANDS THAT OPPORTUNITY. DAVE, I WANTED TO MENTION ON THE BUILDING HEIGHT OVER THE YEARS, THESE LIMITATION TEXTS THAT HAD INITIALLY HAD A 65 FOOT LIMITATION, AS STEVE MENTIONED, THAT THAT THE GE DISTRICT AND I BELIEVE EVEN MAYBE THE OFFICE CAMPUS DISTRICT IN NEW ALBANY DON'T HAVE A HEIGHT LIMITATION. BUT PRACTICALLY SPEAKING, OVER THE FIRST 20 YEARS OF THE BUSINESS PARK OR MAYBE EVEN A LITTLE LESS, WE WERE SEEING THAT THAT WAS FINE BECAUSE IT WAS MORE OFFICE BUILDING DEVELOPMENT AND THINGS LIKE THAT. DATA CENTERS AND SOME OF THESE LIGHT MANUFACTURING FACILITIES ARE HAVING NEEDS THAT ARE FOR HIGHER BUILDING HEIGHTS. AND SO WHAT WE'VE DETERMINED OVER TIME IS THAT THE INTENT OF THE GE DISTRICT WAS NOT TO HAVE THOSE BUILDING LIMITATIONS. IT DOESN'T HAVE THEM BUILT INTO THE CODE.
AND SO WE SORT OF ARTIFICIALLY CREATED THIS EXPECTATION OVER TIME THAT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE 65 FOOT TALL OFFICE BUILDINGS AT THE MAX. BUT THESE DIFFERENT USE TYPES NOW ARE KIND OF DICTATING SOME ABILITY TO GO HIGHER. AND SO STEVE MENTIONED THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL VARIANTS SITUATIONS. AND IN ADDITION, A LOT OF THE NEW ZONING WE'RE DOING IN THE BUSINESS PARK DO NOT HAVE THE HEIGHT LIMITATION. SO THAT'S ABOUT IT. I THINK IT'S PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD AND KIND OF JUST UPDATING FOR CONSISTENCY AND ADDING THIS PIECE HERE, AND SHOULD BE A POSITIVE FOR THE COMMUNITY. FANTASTIC. DOES THE PANEL HAVE IS THERE IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT IS HERE TO SPEAK ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM? OKAY, OKAY. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND HAVE THE PANEL GO AHEAD AND ASK QUESTIONS. YOU CONTROLS THE PARTIAL OWNERSHIP OF THIS OR JUST ONE. SO IT'S BASICALLY THE NEW ALBANY COMPANY. ITS AFFILIATES ARE IN. THEY EITHER OWN OR ARE IN CONTRACT. THEY'RE IN CONTRACT TO PURCHASE THE PARCELS BEING ANNEXED. AND PARDON ME, THERE'S NO RESIDENTIAL WELL THERE. OH I'M SORRY. SO THE CURRENT OWNERS ARE THERE ARE THREE RESIDENCES I BELIEVE THREE. AND THE NEW ALBANY COMPANY IS IN CONTRACT TO PURCHASE THOSE PROPERTIES. SO WE'RE ANNEXING THE ZONING WITH THOSE OWNERS PERMISSION. AND OF COURSE, THAT'S A CONDITION OF THE PURCHASE THAT WE GET THESE THINGS DONE. AND THEN I'LL POINT OUT, AS I DID EARLIER, THAT DATA
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DOES OWN PART OF THE PROPERTY AS WELL. THANK YOU. OKAY. ANY ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? THANK YOU. WELL, YOU KNOW THAT SOUNDS PRETTY PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD. SO I GUESS WE COULD ASK IF WE'RE READY TO TAKE A VOTE ON IT. IF THERE ARE NO MORE QUESTIONS THAT YOU WANT TO SPEAK. WE HAVE THIS IS FOR A DIFFERENT DIFFERENT ITEMS. YEAH. WE'LL WE'LL GET TO THAT. SO. AND SO HEARING THE SILENCE TELLS ME THERE'S NO NO ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. SO DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO VOTE I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO SECOND. EXCEPT WE DO HAVE A SECOND. DID YOU WANT TO I'LL SECOND. OKAY OKAY. CALL THE ROLL, MR. CHAPELLIER. YES, MISS BONEY? YES. MR. SIEBENALER. YES, MR. PAUL. YES, MR. HARPER. YES, MR. SMITHERS. YES. MR. HERSKOWITZ YES. THE MOTION PASSES WITH SEVEN VOTES TO APPROVE THE APPLICATION. OKAY. FANTASTIC. THANK YOU. OKAY. WE[VI. Other Business]
HAVE ACTUALLY TWO OTHER ITEMS OF OTHER BUSINESS. THE FIRST ONE THAT THAT IS ON THE AGENDA IS INTRODUCTION OF NEW STAFF. SO WHO GETS TO DO THAT HONOR. OKAY. YOU'RE GOING TO DO THE HONOR RIGHT. SO I WILL BE TRANSITIONING TO A DIFFERENT ROLE WITHIN OUR DEPARTMENT. AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR NEW STAFF. AND THAT IS MOSES LATTIMORE. HE'S HERE. SO IN THE NEAR FUTURE HE WILL BE TAKING OVER I WILL STILL BE AROUND. AND SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS WE WILL WORK TOGETHER TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS. THAT'S OUR GROUP HAVE TO APPROVE THIS.UNFORTUNATELY YOU DO NOT. AND WOULD YOU LIKE TO GIVE US A LITTLE MORE OF AN INTRODUCTION? YEAH. MY NAME IS MOSES. I'M WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT. LIKE CHARLIE MENTIONED, THAT WILL BE KIND OF TRANSITIONING OVER TO STAFF. SO NICE TO MEET YOU ALL. THANK YOU. WELCOME.
THANKS. WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO TELL US JUST A LITTLE BIT OF YOUR BACKGROUND AND SO FORTH? AND YEAH, I HAVE A BACKGROUND IN BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR. I'M IN MY SECOND YEAR WITH THE CITY OF COLUMBUS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT, NATIVE TO COLUMBUS AS WELL.
OKAY. YEAH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OKAY. AND WE HAVE
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ANOTHER ITEM OF BUSINESS THAT WASN'T ON THE AGENDA. WE HAD A SPEAKER REQUEST, SO I DON'T HAVE MY READING GLASSES, SO FORGIVE ME IF I MESS THIS UP. MR. TOPOLSKY. OKAY. AND THE TOPIC HERE CONCERNS AN ITEM THAT WE HAVEN'T SEEN YET, AND WE JUST WANTED TO HAVE A CHANCE TO ADDRESS ADDRESS THE GROUP. SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND LET YOU DO THAT. MY NAME IS JOEL TOPOLOSKY.WE WERE THE FIRST HOME TO BE BUILT IN THE NOTTINGHAM TRACE SENIOR COMMUNITY AT THE NORTH END OF NEW ALBANY. WE WERE I WAS MADE AWARE OF THIS COMMITTEE ONLY A COUPLE DAYS AGO, AND IT WAS BROUGHT UP BECAUSE WE HAVE AN ISSUE THAT IS GOING TO COME, I ASSUME, IN FRONT OF THIS COMMITTEE, AND IT HAS TO DO WITH MOVING A BUS BARN FROM THE SCHOOL SYSTEM ADJACENT TO OUR 55 PLUS SENIOR COMMUNITY. EVENTUALLY THERE'S GOING TO BE 240 HOUSES THAT HAVE BUILT THERE. AND AS I'VE WATCHED THE COMMUNITY GROW, I THINK WE'RE ABOUT HALFWAY. HALF THE HOUSES ARE EITHER IN CONSTRUCTION OR THERE'S RESIDENTS. WE'VE NOTICED A LOT OF THINGS AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT EITHER WE WEREN'T TOLD ABOUT OR THINGS THAT WE FELT WERE POORLY DONE AND WHERE WE ORIGINALLY WERE IN A BUNCH OF FARM FIELDS. NOW WE HAVE A PHARMACEUTICAL FACTORY, A COMPUTER CENTER, AND THIS BUS BARN ISSUE. THE COMPUTER CENTER. WE WEREN'T EVEN WE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT. BUT AT ANY RATE, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF UPROAR IN THE COMMUNITY. AND. WE WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THERE'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE PEOPLE COMING TO EVERY MEETING UNTIL THIS IS RESOLVED. WE'RE CONCERNED FOR SEVERAL REASONS. ONE, WE'VE SEEN SOME OF THE PROPERTY GO TO
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COMMERCIAL, WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY SHOWN AS RESIDENTIAL. WE'VE SEEN SOME THAT WE THINK IS ACTUALLY INDUSTRIAL ACCESS TO 605 FROM OUR COMMUNITY IS AT THIS POINT DANGEROUS. IT'S A ONE LANE ROAD IN EACH DIRECTION, 50 MILE AN HOUR SPEED LIMIT. AND FROM WHAT WE CAN TELL, THERE'S GOING TO BE 2 OR 3 ADDITIONAL EXITS AND ENTRANCES WITH UP TO 100 BUSSES A DAY THAT WILL BE RUNNING BACK AND FORTH THERE BETWEEN THE DIESEL FUMES, WHERE THEY WARM UP IN THE MORNING, AND THE TRAFFIC BACKED UP, PARTICULARLY IF WORTH MORE THAN 4 OR 5 OF THEM. TRY TO LEAVE THIS PLACE AT A TIME. SO WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT IT, AND WE'VE NOTICED A LOT OF THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED SINCE WE MOVED IN HAVE BEEN HOW DID THAT HAPPEN? AND OTHER THINGS INCLUDING AND I DON'T WANT TO BE RUN ON HERE, BUT THE LEGISLATION THAT EVEN SET UP THE 55 PLUS COMMUNITIES IS VERY VAGUE. THE SOME OF THE THINGS WERE THAT NO ONE UNDER 19 CAN PERMANENTLY LIVE THERE. WE'RE NOT EXEMPT FROM THE SCHOOL TAXES, WHICH IS A LITTLE INTERESTING. THE BUILDER WAS EXEMPT FROM PUTTING IN A PLAYGROUND BECAUSE THEY WERE ALL SENIORS. I GUESS THE GRANDCHILDREN ARE SUPPOSED TO PLAY IN THE STREETS AND. THEY PUT IN A COMMUNITY CENTER WITH PICKLEBALL COURTS, EXERCISE, AND A DEFIBRILLATOR WAS NOT MANDATED IN A 55 PLUS COMMUNITY. THOSE ARE THE DETAILS THAT WE'RE SEEING THAT THAT NOBODY LOOKS AT THE BIG PICTURE. SO WE'RE GOING TO BE VERY INTENSE. ON TRYING NOT TO HAVE THIS THESE BUSSES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. SO I FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS MEETING IN THIS COMMUNITY COMMITTEE ONLY A FEW DAYS AGO. AND I THERE WERE SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE THAT WERE SUPPOSED TO COME TONIGHT, BUT SCHEDULES GET RETIRED. PEOPLE ARE BUSIER THAN THEY WERE WHEN THEY WORKED. SO AND SO. ONE TO FIND OUT ABOUT THE COMMUNITY, TO KNOW THAT THERE WILL PROBABLY BE MEMBERS OF OUR RESIDENTS COMING HERE AND THAT WE REALLY NEED TO LOOK AT ISSUES LIKE THIS, THAT POP UP AFTER THE FACT. AND, AND WE THINK THAT A LOT OF THE ISSUES ARE DETAILS. SOME OF YOUR QUESTIONS TONIGHT WERE DETAILS THAT, WELL, MAYBE A THAT WEREN'T WRITTEN DOWN. OUR WE HAVE NEW ALBANY PROPERTY THAT INTERMIX WITH OURS, BUT WE'VE NOT YET. AND I EVEN TALKED TO MR. MAYOR ABOUT THIS WEEKS AGO. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE RESULTS ARE OF WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR CUTTING THE GRASS OR CLEANING UP THE BIRD, WHATEVER, OR MAINTAINING IT. AND WE HAVE CONCERNS THAT THE HOA, WHEN IT'S PRESENTED TO THE RESIDENTS, WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE LIABILITIES ARE GOING TO BE. AND WE'VE ALSO NOTICED THAT THERE'S NO IN THIS, I THINK REPRESENTS THE WHOLE COMMUNITY THAT HOAS ARE ALLOWED TO OPEN UP SHOP WITH. NO. TECHNICAL OR KNOWLEDGE. AND IN THE BUILDER AND I WON'T MENTION THE NAME OF THE COMPANY THAT BUILT OUR PROPERTY, YOU'LL FIGURE IT OUT.THEY'RE READY TO DO 1.135 OUT OF FIVE BY THE BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU. THEIR HOA IS LESS. I CAN TELL EVERYBODY. I BARELY GOT OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL AND I WAS SIX OUT OF TEN, BUT THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE ANY QUALITY IN WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS WE'RE SEEING PEOPLE MOVING IN AND THEY COMPLAIN ABOUT NO STOP SIGNS, SPEED LIMIT SIGNS BEHIND THE TREES. AND WE'VE HAD QUITE A BIT OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE JUST LEFT MOVED. SO WE HAVE, I THINK, 4 OR 5 HOUSES THAT ARE ON THEIR SECOND OR EVEN THIRD OWNER, AND THAT'S LESS THAN FIVE YEARS. SO BASICALLY, I GUESS IT'S A WARNING. WE HAVE A VERY CLOSE COMMUNITY, COMMUNITY, AND THAT WE WANT EVERYBODY TO START THINKING ABOUT WHAT THE REPERCUSSIONS OF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU FOLKS ARE DOING 5 OR 10 YEARS OUT. AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. THANKS FOR COMING. I'M GOING TO TRY TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION, AND I'LL ASK OUR PANEL TO ALSO JUMP IN AS WELL. I'D BE GLAD TO STAY A FEW MINUTES. YEAH, SURE. WELL WE'LL WE'LL DO IT HERE. SO FIRST OF ALL THANKS. THANKS FOR COMING.
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THIS IS ALL NEW TO ME. WE USUALLY JUST CONSIDER THE ITEMS THAT ARE BROUGHT BEFORE US. AND YOU KNOW, WE UNDERSTAND THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF DIFFERENT. RIGHT? AND WE ARE LIKE THE FIRST OF THREE STOPS. I THINK THE LAST STOP WOULD BE THE CITY COUNCIL, AND I'M ASSUMING THIS IS NEW ALBANY. SO I'M NOT SURE IF ACTUALLY I WAS GOING TO ASK STAFF. IT LOOKS TO ME LIKE THIS IS LOCATED IN PLAIN TOWNSHIP. SO THE SITES THAT HE'S REFERRING TO IS IT WITHIN THE CITY OF NEW ALBANY. SO JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE CONTEXT ABOUT THAT. THE NEW ALBANY PLAIN LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, I BELIEVE, LAST YEAR HIRED A CONSULTANT TO DO SOME MASTER FACILITIES PLANNING FOR THEM. SO THAT INCLUDED MANY THINGS ON THE CAMPUS AND OFF THE CAMPUS. ONE OF THEM INCLUDED MOVING THE BUS PARKING LOT. SO IT'S CURRENTLY LOCATED ON US 62, THE NEW ALBANY PLAIN LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT IS CURRENTLY WORKING WITH PLAIN TOWNSHIP, SO THEY ARE PARTNERING TO CREATE A NEW FIRE STATION ON THIS PROPERTY. AND IN ADDITION TO THE FIRE STATION, IT WOULD INCLUDE A BUS PARKING LOT AS WELL. SO WE HAVE TALKED TO THE SCHOOLS AND TO THE TOWNSHIP. THE SCHOOLS HAVE ALSO COME TO OTHER CITY BOARDS AND TO OUR CITY COUNCIL. JUST THIS PAST TUESDAY. IF YOU WANT TO VIEW THAT PRESENTATION, THAT'S ON OUR WEBSITE UNDER THE RECORDED MEETINGS TO SEE THAT, SEE THAT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. BUT WE DO BELIEVE THAT THEY WILL NEED TO DO A REZONING FOR THE PROPERTY IN ORDER TO ALLOW FOR THAT COMMUNITY USE. AND SO SINCE IT WILL BE A REZONING, IT WOULD HAVE TO COME TO THIS BOARD FIRST AND THEN TO THE NEW ALBANY CITY PLANNING COMMISSION, THEN ULTIMATELY CITY COUNCIL. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO ONE THING I WILL JUST SAY, THIS IS JUST MORE A COMMENT. AND AGAIN, I'LL ASK OUR MY COLLEAGUES TO JUMP IN AS WELL. GENERALLY SPEAKING, WHEN THE PRESENTATIONS ARE MADE, WE REALLY ENCOURAGE WHOEVER'S THE APPLICANT OR THE DEVELOPER TO WORK WITH THE NEIGHBORS. AND YOU KNOW, OF COURSE WE CAN'T SPEAK OR VOTE OR TALK ABOUT ANYTHING WE HAVEN'T SEEN YET. AND THIS IS ALL BRAND NEW FOR ME. BUT I WOULD SAY FOR SURE, I WOULD SAY THERE'S NO REASON IT COULDN'T REALLY START GETTING ENGAGED WITH PERHAPS THE SCHOOLS AND START LETTING THEM KNOW WHAT IT IS YOU WANT AND WHAT YOU EXPECT. NOW, WE WON'T BE ABLE TO WORK WITH OTHER THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED PRIOR TO THAT, BECAUSE IT MOVES ON AND OFF THE BOOKS, OFF THE RECORDS. I HAVE A PLOT PLAN OF WHAT THEY'RE SHOWING. OKAY, GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHY? SURE. AND I'LL BE GLAD TO STAY. AND YEAH, WELL, WHAT I WAS GOING TO SUGGEST IS, IS THAT AND AGAIN, PLEASE JUMP IN, REACH OUT AND SAY, HEY, THIS IS KIND OF WHAT WE NEED OR WHAT WE EXPECT.AND THOSE ARE THE KIND OF THINGS THAT WE CONSIDER BEFORE WE MOVE IT TO THE NEXT STEP. BUT IT WOULD GO TO THE THERE'S A PLANNING COMMISSION THAT WOULD GO, AND THEN IT GOES TO THE NEW ALBANY CITY COUNCIL. AFTER THAT IT HAS THE FINAL SAY, BUT I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE TIMETABLE IS.
DO YOU KNOW? SO I'M NOT SURE EITHER. THERE'S BEEN NO APPLICATION SUBMITTED YET. I WOULD GUESS PROBABLY SOONER RATHER THAN LATER. BUT AGAIN, I DON'T. I'VE BEEN GIVEN NO DATES, SO I WOULD DEFINITELY ENCOURAGE YOU TO REACH OUT AND GET AHEAD OF IT. TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, WE'D LIKE TO GET IT STOPPED BEFORE IT GOES TOO FAR. YEAH, EVERYBODY, A LOT OF TIME. OKAY, WELL THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE. WE CAN IF I COULD JUST FOLLOW UP ON THAT AND SAY I THINK I SPEAK FOR ALL OF US, WE WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU AND YOUR NEIGHBORS TO ATTEND THIS MEETING, IF ONLY TO SEE HOW WE FUNCTION AND WHAT WE DO AND THE QUESTIONS WE ASK, WHICH IS WHAT YOU'VE DONE TODAY. AND WE APPRECIATE THAT. I THINK IT'S HELPFUL TO YOU. AND ALSO, IT COULD BE HELPFUL TO US TO KNOW THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO CARE ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO JUST TO GET A SENSE OF HOW WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THINGS GENERALLY, NOT NECESSARILY EVEN YOUR SPECIFIC ISSUE, BUT THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT WE. DRILL DOWN TO FIND OUT AND SO FORTH. AND SO I, I WOULDN'T DISCOURAGE YOU OR YOUR NEIGHBORS FROM CONTINUING TO DO THAT AND HOPE TO SEE YOU MYSELF ANYWAY, AT A FUTURE MEETING HERE. ALTHOUGH THIS BODY HAS PART OF THE, THE IDEA IS ONE OF THE REASONS WE MOVED TO NEW ALBANY WAS WE DRANK THE LEMONADE AND WE'VE BEEN DISAPPOINTED ON DETAILS. YEAH, THE SIMPLE THING, THE SENIOR COMMUNITY WITH A WITH A EXERCISE EQUIPMENT AND NO DEFIBRILLATOR. NOW THAT'S THAT'S KIND OF STUFF THAT SHOULD BE IN THE IN THE CODES. AND THIS GOES ALL THE WAY TO THE STATE OF OHIO. AND SO WE'VE GOT A BUNCH OF ACTIVE PEOPLE, MOST OF US BORED, HAVE WAY TOO MUCH TIME ON OUR HANDS. AND THAT'S THE MOST DANGEROUS THING YOU COULD HAVE.
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SO I THANK YOU AND I CAN SHOW YOU LATER IF YOU'D LIKE TO SEE IT. I DO HAVE ONE OTHER QUESTION, AND THAT IS I DO SEE THAT THERE IS A HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION. YOU MENTIONED THAT.AND AT THIS STAGE, BECAUSE IT'S A FAIRLY RECENT DEVELOPMENT, IT LOOKS TO ME LIKE IT WAS BUILT 2018 OR THEREABOUTS. YEAH. WE WE'RE THE FIRST ONES TO MOVE IN. AND I THINK IT WAS MAY OF 19.
THIS WAS WHEN WE CLOSED ON THE HOUSE BEING FINISHED. SO WE'RE SIX, SIX YEARS I THINK AT THIS STAGE IN THE EVOLUTION OF YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, THAT HOA SHOULD INCLUDE REPRESENTATIVES WHO ARE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, NOT JUST THE DEVELOPER, ETC. NO, WE NOT ONLY NOT ONLY DO WE NOT HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE, WE JUST OUR SURPRISE, GOT BILLS FROM THE NEW ALBANY MASTER HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, WHICH THE PAPERWORK WASN'T IN OUR CLOSING, AND WE DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE. WE'VE NEVER SEEN A MEETING. WE'VE NEVER SEEN A FINANCIAL REPORT. IT WAS LIKE, OH, THEY'RE OUT THERE. OKAY, WELL, BUT THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT THE DETAILS THAT WE'D LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING DONE WITH. BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY. DID ANYONE ELSE WANT TO CHIME IN? OKAY, OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL I HAD ON THE AGENDA. IS THERE ANY OTHER ITEMS, PLEASE? WHAT IS THE LATEST? IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING, ON THE ROUNDABOUT AT WALNUT STREET AND 605. SO I KNOW NOT NOT A LOT, BUT I KNOW THAT THE COUNTY IS STARTING TO DO THE DESIGN OF THAT. OUR ENGINEERING STAFF HAS MET WITH THE COUNTY. IN FACT, THE CITY OF NEW ALBANY IS PREPARING TO DEDICATE RIGHT OF WAY, I BELIEVE, TO THE COUNTY, SO THEY CAN BEGIN THAT CONSTRUCTION WORK. SO I THINK THE DESIGN IS WELL UNDERWAY. I HAVE TO THE REASON I'M ASKING IS I'VE SEEN A LOT OF UNDERGROUND WORK GOING ON IN THAT AREA.
OKAY. AND FRANKLIN COUNTY RIGHT AWAY. PERMITS FOR CONDUIT. YEAH, YEAH. SO THE PROJECT ITSELF IS BEING RUN BY FRANKLIN COUNTY. OKAY. I BELIEVE THE CITY AND I BELIEVE THE TOWNSHIP TO A CERTAIN DEGREE ARE ALL PARTNERS FINANCIALLY IN THAT PROJECT. AND I BELIEVE THE COUNTY GOT A SIZABLE GRANT AS WELL TO DO THAT CONSTRUCTION WORK. SO WE ARE INVOLVED IN THAT SENSE AND ALSO PROVIDING THE COUNTY ANYTHING THEY NEED. AGAIN, LIKE WITH THE RIGHT OF WAY TO INSTALL THAT, I'M HAPPY TO FOLLOW UP, YOU KNOW, WITH THIS BOARD AND LET YOU KNOW WHAT THE, YOU KNOW, GENERAL CONSTRUCTION DATES ARE. BUT OKAY, I'D APPRECIATE THAT. AND ONE OTHER QUESTION I HAD, AND IT KIND OF GOES BACK TO THE REZONING OF THE PROPERTY THIS EVENING. AND WE'RE WE'RE ONLY TALKING UP TO THE COUNTY LINE, EXCEPT FOR THAT ONE LITTLE NOTCH THERE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO ON THAT. BUT IS THERE A BOARD SIMILAR TO WHAT OURS IS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COUNTY LINE BETWEEN NEW ALBANY, JOHNSTOWN, AND LICKING HEIGHTS OR. YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. THERE IS NOT THERE IS NO OTHER BOARD. SO WHAT HAPPENS WITHIN THE LICKING COUNTY PORTION OF THE CITY OF NEW ALBANY GOES JUST TO THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL, BECAUSE I'D SEEN BACK IN AN OLD NEWSPAPER ABOUT 6 OR 7 YEARS AGO, THEY WERE PUTTING TOGETHER A SIMILAR TO ROCKY FOR. YES. SO WE DID CREATE. I DIDN'T FIND ANYTHING ELSE AFTER THAT. SO YEAH, IT WAS WELL, IT MUST HAVE FIZZLED OUT. YEAH. SO YOU ARE CORRECT. SO WE DID CREATE SO WE WORKED WITH THE CITY OF JOHNSTOWN IN JERSEY TOWNSHIP TO CREATE WHAT WE CALL THE WEST LICKING COUNTY ACCORD. SO IT DID CREATE A STANDARDS PLAN SIMILAR TO THE, YOU KNOW, THE DOCUMENT THAT YOU GUYS HAVE. HOWEVER, IT THE BOUNDS OF THAT PLAN AND AT THE CITY OF NEW ALBANY BOUNDARIES. SO IT WAS REALLY FOR LIKE FUTURE GROWTH AREAS OUTSIDE OF EXISTING NEW ALBANY, SIMILAR TO WHAT THE ROCKY FORK BLACKLICK ACCORD IS TO. RIGHT. YOU GUYS ARE BOUNDED BY 161 FOR THE CITY. THIS PLAN WAS BOUNDED BY NEW ALBANY, EASTERN EDGE. WE DID CREATE ALL, I BELIEVE ALL THE JURISDICTIONS YOU KNOW ADOPTED A PLAN. HOWEVER, A BOARD SUCH AS THIS WAS NEVER CREATED. IN ORDER TO LOOK AT THAT. YOU KNOW, THE STANDARDS WITHIN THAT PLAN.
YEAH. I WAS JUST CURIOUS. THANK YOU. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? WE HAVE A MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT. DID I MISS OKAY. I'M SORRY, MR. PAUL. SO MOVE. I'LL SECOND MIKE
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CHAPLIN. MR. PAUL. YES, MR. CHAPELLIER. YES. MR. STEPHEN. YES, MISS BONEY? YES, MR. SMITHERS. YES, MR. HARPER. YES. MR. HERSKOWITZ. YES. MOTION PASSES. ALL* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.