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THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THE WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9TH MEETING OF THE NEW ALBANY SUSTAINABLE ADVISORY BOARD MEETING AT 630. CAN STAFF PLEASE READ ROLL CALL? MR. SCHUMACHER? HERE. MR. BARNES. HERE. MISS GALLO. HERE. MR. CONWAY. HERE. MISS SCOTT. HERE. MR. KOCIAN.
HERE. MISS KOPPELMANN. HERE. OKAY. MISS HALL. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. KIST. HERE. AND WE HAVE
[III. Action of Minutes: March 12, 2025]
A QUORUM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE ACTION OF MINUTES FOR THE MARCH 12TH, 2025 SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD MEETINGS. DO ANY BOARD MEMBERS HAVE CORRECTIONS TO THE MINUTES? SEEING NONE, I WILL MOVE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES. SECOND. THANK YOU, MR. SCHUMACHER. YES, MR. CONWAY? YES. MR. BARNES? YES. MISS GALLO? YES. MISS SCOTT? YES. MR. KOCIAN? YES. MISS KOPPELMANN. YES. MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS TO AGENDA FROM STAFF? I DON'T BELIEVE SO. NO PERFECT ANSWER. NOW IS THE TIME FOR HEARING OF VISITORS. FOR ITEMS NOT ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA. ARE THERE ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK IN THE AUDIENCE WISHING TO SPEAK TONIGHT? SEEING NONE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND WE'RE[VI. Business]
GOING TO REMOVE OF BUSINESS. OKAY. AS YOU KNOW, OUR FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA FOR THE BUSINESS IS THE POCKET PRAIRIES SITE VISITS. SO WE WILL BE GETTING ON THE SHUTTLE AND LEAVING FOR ABOUT ONE HOUR. AND WE WILL RETURN TO THIS ROOM AT THAT TIME. SO THE RECORDING WILL BE PAUSED, AND THEN WE'LL RESUME WHEN WE COME BACK. JUST REMEMBER THAT EVEN ON THE SHUTTLE AND AT THE PARKS, WE ARE STILL CONDUCTING A PUBLIC MEETING. SO JUST CARRY ON AS IF WE ARE IN A PUBLIC MEETING BECAUSE WE ARE. SO THANK YOU.YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL NOW TURN OVER THE MEETING TO STAFF FOR ITEMS OF BUSINESS. THANK YOU CHAIR. OKAY. THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS TO TALK ABOUT A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WE ARE PARTNERING WITH FRANKLIN SOIL AND WATER ON. THE FIRST ITEM IS THE INVASIVE TRAINING PROGRAM.
FOR OUR NEW FOLKS. THIS WAS A NEW PROGRAM THAT WE STARTED LAST YEAR, AND WE PARTNERED WITH FRANKLIN SOIL AND WATER TO CREATE THIS PROGRAM. WE WERE THE FIRST COMMUNITY TO DO SO LAST YEAR, AND IT IS KIND OF A CAMPAIGN TO GET FOLKS TO REMOVE INVASIVE SPECIES FROM THEIR SPECIES FROM THEIR YARD, AND THEN PLANT NATIVE LANDSCAPING IN ITS PLACE. SO OUR RESIDENTS WILL WORK WITH FRANKLIN SOIL AND WATER TO SHOW PROOF THAT THEY REMOVED THE LANDSCAPING AND THEN RECEIPT FOR THE NEW LANDSCAPING THAT THEY PURCHASED, AND THEN THEY WOULD GET REIMBURSED UP TO $150. WE ONLY HAD TWO APPLICANTS LAST YEAR, AND SO THE MONEY FROM LAST YEAR IS ROLLING OVER TO 2025. AND WE ALSO BUDGETED FOR 2025. SO WE HAVE A GOOD AMOUNT OF MONEY. WE WERE BRAINSTORMING IN FEBRUARY ON HOW TO GET BETTER PARTICIPATION IN THE PROGRAM. FRANKLIN SOIL AND WATER IS HOPEFUL THAT THE TIME OF YEAR RELAUNCHING IT IN THE SPRING WILL HOPEFULLY BE A BETTER TIME, SINCE PEOPLE ARE GARDENING AND KIND OF THINKING ABOUT LANDSCAPING, AND BY FALL THEY'RE MORE THAN LIKELY NOT DOING THEIR GARDENING AND LANDSCAPING. SO WE TALKED ABOUT WHETHER WE SHOULD CONSIDER PROVIDING A HIGHER REBATE OR INCENTIVE. MORE THAN $150 TO ENTICE PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE, AND POTENTIALLY CONSIDERING A TIERED APPROACH. SO MAYBE ONE PRICE POINT FOR SHRUBS AND THEN A HIGHER INCENTIVE AMOUNT FOR TREES. THERE ARE OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT ARE PARTICIPATING FOR 2025. COLUMBUS, GROVE CITY, REYNOLDSBURG AND WESTERVILLE.
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THEY ARE ALL DOING A $100 INCENTIVE. SO $100 FOR. ANY OF THE INVASIVE SPECIES THAT WERE IDENTIFIED. THERE WAS LIKE A TOP FIVE THAT WE IDENTIFIED THAT WE'RE LETTING PEOPLE REMOVE AND GET REIMBURSEMENT FOR. WESTERVILLE IS ALSO DOING $100, BUT THEY ARE ONLY PROVIDING THE INCENTIVE AMOUNT FOR CALLERY AND BRADFORD PEARS. SO, STAFF, OUR SUGGESTION IS TO DO THE TIERED APPROACH. KEEP IT AT 150 FOR SHRUBS AND THEN PERHAPS UP TO 250 FOR TREES. WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE TONIGHT ON WHERE YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT NUMBER LAND. SOME OTHER THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT TO GET BETTER PARTICIPATION IS BETTER OUTREACH AND COMMUNICATION. ONE SUGGESTION WAS TO CONSIDER PARTNERING PARTNERING WITH OAKLAND NURSERY. AND WE ARE GOING TO ASK THEM IF WE CAN ADVERTISE THE PROGRAM AT THEIR STORE. THE SECOND SUGGESTION WAS FOR THE BOARD TO HELP PROMOTE AND EDUCATE THE RESIDENTS, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE POTENTIALLY A FARMER'S MARKET BOOTH AND MAYBE A MAILER. SO FAR, SOME OF THE THINGS WE HAVE PLANNED FOR PROMOTION ARE. COMMUNICATIONS TEAM IS GOING TO RELEASE A PROMOTIONAL VIDEO NEXT WEEK, AND WE DID SECURE A BOOTH AT THE JULY 31ST FARMER'S MARKET. UNFORTUNATELY, THAT WAS THE ONLY DATE THAT THEY COULD GIVE US. IDEALLY, YOU WOULD HAVE A BOOTH SOONER SO WE COULD START PROMOTING NOW. SO WE ARE ON A WAIT LIST FOR OTHER FARMER'S MARKET DATES, AND WE WILL NEED VOLUNTEERS TO HELP WITH THOSE BOOTHS. MOLLY HAD VOLUNTEERED, BUT HER AND I ARE BOTH ARE OUT OF TOWN ON JULY 31ST, SO IF WE WANT TO KEEP THAT BOOTH, WE'LL HAVE TO RECRUIT SOME VOLUNTEERS FOR THAT. AND THE OTHER THING THAT WE'RE DOING THAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT AFTER THIS IS FRANKLIN SOIL AND WATER IS GOING TO SEND AN EDUCATIONAL WATERCOURSE POSTCARD. WE TALKED TO THIS ABOUT THIS SOME MONTHS AGO, ABOUT EDUCATING RESIDENTS AND LANDOWNERS TO HAVE THE WATERCOURSE AND THE STREAMS IN THEIR BACKYARD. SO AS PART OF THAT POSTCARD, THE MAILER WILL ALSO INCLUDE INFORMATION ON THE INVASIVE TRAINING PROGRAM. SOME OTHER THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT WAS WHETHER THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT COULD BE A RESOURCE FOR RESIDENTS TO HELP IDENTIFY THINGS TO BE REMOVED, AND THEN SUGGESTIONS ON WHAT THEY COULD PLANT IN ITS PLACE. THE CITY IS CURRENTLY INTERVIEWING SOME PEOPLE FOR THE CITY FORESTER POSITION, SO I THINK ONCE THAT POSITION IS FILLED OR FILLED, THAT STAFF PERSON COULD SERVE IN THAT CAPACITY. AND THE LAST THING IS HOA ENGAGEMENT. WE TALKED ABOUT THAT AS BEING ANOTHER BETTER COMMUNICATION WITH NEW ALBANY. AND ADRIAN AND I ARE ACTUALLY MEETING WITH OHIO EQUITIES TOMORROW MORNING.AWESOME. YEAH. GREAT. GOOD JOB. SO THAT'S ALL OF THAT. JUST MAYBE A FEW THINGS ON THE LIKE DECIDING WHAT OUR REIMBURSEMENT IS GOING TO BE. SO WE YOU KNOW, WE CAN DO THE TIERED APPROACH.
THERE IS SOME DISCUSSION WITH SOIL AND WATER ABOUT THAT. IT IS REIMBURSEMENT. SO YOU KNOW, AND SOMEONE HAS TO SUBMIT A RECEIPT TO GET REIMBURSED. SO IT KIND OF IT'S, YOU KNOW, UP TO AN AMOUNT.
SO WHETHER THAT'S EFFECTIVE, YOU KNOW, THE BOARD CAN DECIDE IF THEY WANT TO GO WITH THE TIERED APPROACH OR NOT. BACK LAST YEAR WHEN WE WERE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT JUST THE AMOUNTS TO START WITH, THE FORESTER HAD AND SOIL AND WATER HAD SAID LIKE 5 TO $600 WAS A GOOD AMOUNT FOR A DECENT SIZED TREE AND GETTING IT PLANTED. AND SO WE SET THAT 150. THEN KNOWING THAT IF THEY PARTICIPATED IN COMMUNITY BACKYARDS, THEY COULD GET ANOTHER HUNDRED. AND YOU'RE ABOUT HALF OR 40% MAYBE OF WHAT THE COST WOULD BE. I KNOW BOARD MEMBERS HAVE. WE TALKED ABOUT HIGHER AMOUNTS IN FEBRUARY. SO I THINK REALLY JUST DECIDING ON WHAT AMOUNT THE BOARD THINKS, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE DIDN'T HAVE GOOD PARTICIPATION LAST YEAR. SO WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO TO SPUR
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THAT PARTICIPATION? ALSO, KNOWING NOW, YOU KNOW, OTHER COMMUNITIES ARE ARE PARTICIPATING IN THIS PROGRAM. I WILL SAY MY NEIGHBORHOOD LIKE DISCUSSION BOARD. THERE WERE THREE POSTINGS LAST NIGHT ABOUT BECAUSE SOIL AND WATER RELEASED A PRESS RELEASE AND THEN CHANNEL FOUR PICKED UP. AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS SAW THAT ARTICLE. SO IN UPPER ARLINGTON THERE WERE LIKE THREE POSTS OF WHY ISN'T ARLINGTON DOING THIS? AND I WANTED TO SAY, LIKE, WE CREATED THIS PROGRAM. BUT I WAS JUST KEEPING THAT MYSELF. SO REALLY, I THINK THIS IS THE AMOUNT IS THE LAST THING WE NEED TO LAUNCH THE VIDEO. SO REALLY CURIOUS TO WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS ARE. ARE YOU THINKING OF LIKE REIMBURSING CLOSE TO THE FULL COST WOULD GET BETTER PARTICIPATION? DO WE WANT TO DO A DIFFERENT AMOUNT? AND THEN ULTIMATELY, YOU KNOW, WE'LL TAKE THIS TO CITY COUNCIL. IN CASE YOU ALL UPDATE COUNCIL ON WHAT THE BOARD'S YOU KNOW, RECOMMENDATION IS. SO HOW MUCH MONEY? COUNTING THE ROLLOVER MONEY WILL THERE BE. SO I NEED TO CHECK INTO THAT AND MAKE SURE. SO I THINK WE BUDGETED 11,000 FOR 2025. AND WE'RE ROLLING OVER LIKE 3800. WE'RE GOING TO YEAH WE'LL LOOK AND VERIFY THAT THAT WAS HIGHER THAN THAT TO MAKE SURE IT WAS.ENCUMBERED UNDER OUR IT WASN'T ENCUMBERED UNDER A CONTRACT. IT WON'T ROLL OVER. BUT WE CAN CONFIRM WHAT THAT IS. BUT 11,000 WAS IN THE 25 BUDGET. OKAY. I MEAN, TO ME, I AGREE WITH YOU THAT TREES ARE EXPENSIVE. AND LET'S SAY WE GOT 10,000 EVEN. IF THAT, YOU KNOW, I WOULD RATHER THAT MONEY BE SPENT IF IT'S FOR FEWER PEOPLE RATHER THAN, YOU KNOW, NOBODY USING IT. SO I GUESS I WOULD WANT TO I WOULD ADVOCATE FOR A HIGHER AMOUNT THAT PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THEY COULD GET MOST OF THEIR PURCHASE REIMBURSED, WHETHER THAT'S LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, 4 OR $500, BUT MAYBE YOU GUYS THINK THAT'S TOO HIGH, BUT I JUST FEEL LIKE IT MIGHT SPUR MORE PEOPLE TO MAKE THE MOVE AND TO GO FOR IT. ARE THEY ONLY ALLOWED TO DO ONE? LIKE IF SOMEONE WAS REPLACING TWO TREES, CAN THEY DO TWO OR IS IT JUST ONE? I MEAN, THEY CAN DO AS MUCH AS THEY WANT, BUT THEY ONLY GET REIMBURSED UP TO A CERTAIN DOLLAR AMOUNT. OKAY. AND I GUESS THE POINT I WAS WANTING TO MAKE WAS ADRIAN'S COMMENT ABOUT WHAT THE COST OF PURCHASING AND INSTALLING IS.
THAT'S THAT'S NOTHING TO DO WITH THE REMOVAL COST. SO YOU'RE NOT COVERING THE FULL COST. YOU'RE ONLY COVERING, I DON'T KNOW, WHOLE NUMBER OF MY HEAD, 75%. MAYBE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE REMOVAL COST IS GOING TO BE IN OUR AREA. EXPENSIVE. YEAH. SO I, I TEND TO GO WITH PETE IS I THINK WE THREW OUT A $500 NUMBER AND IT RAISED SOME EYEBROWS. BUT I THINK THE ONLY THING I DON'T WANT TO PUT WORDS IN STAFF'S MOUTH, BUT THERE'S A BIT OF A CONCERN BECAUSE OUR REIMBURSEMENT NUMBER IS GOING TO SIT ON A WEBSITE FOR FRANKLIN SOIL AND WATER WITH THESE. SO I GUESS I'M GOING TO MAKE EYE CONTACT WITH COUNCILMAN C'EST. IS THAT GOING TO CAUSE CONSTERNATION WITH COUNCIL, DO YOU THINK? NO. I MEAN, I I'M A LITTLE I MEAN 11,000. IF WE DO BUMP IT UP TO THE 522, I MEAN THAT MY ONLY CONCERN IS THAT GOES WE'RE KIND OF IN UNCHARTED TERRITORY BECAUSE WE ROLLED IT OUT IN THE OFF SEASON. WE'RE ROLLING IT OUT IN SPRING. COULD BE A WHOLE DIFFERENT RESPONSE. AND WHAT IS OUR CONTINGENCY IF WE DO GET THIS? YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S ON THE COVER OF THE DISPATCH, BUT I KNOW THERE WAS A FEATURE IN THE DISPATCH ABOUT THE CALLERY PEAR. BEING AN INVASIVE SPECIES. AND I JUST I'M JUST A LITTLE LEERY THAT WE COULD HAVE THIS REALLY GREAT RESPONSE IF WE MARKET IT AND BUMP IT UP. AND THEN IF WE DO HAVE TO CAP IT AT SOME POINT AND SAY, OKAY, OUR FUNDS ARE EXHAUSTED, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE MECHANISM FOR THAT WOULD BE. YEAH. SO BASICALLY WHAT I TOLD YOU IN FEBRUARY WAS THAT WE WERE GOING TO ROLL OVER $3,800 AND THAT THE 2025 BUDGET INCLUDED 11,500. BASICALLY, THE PROGRAM RUNS UNTIL THE FUNDS RUN OUT. SO WE ARE GOING TO RUN THE PROGRAM ALL YEAR. BUT IF WE RUN OUT OF MONEY IN JUNE, THEN LIKE IF IT'S THAT POPULAR, THEN THE PROGRAM WILL END. IS YOUR CONCERN.
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PEOPLE TAK ACTION, DO THE SUBMISSION AND THE BUDGET DOLLARS ARE GONE, AND THEN WE HAVE TO TELL THEM THINGS. BUT SORRY. WE'RE YEAH BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO DO THIS. IT'S NOT PROACTIVE LIKE WHERE YOU GET THE REBATE AHEAD OF TIME RIGHT. YOU BUY IT AND THEN YOU BRING THE RECEIPT. YEAH. SO YOU REMOVE YOUR INVASIVE SPECIES, YOU UPLOAD SOME PROOF OF PICTURE THAT THAT WAS DONE. AND THEN THE SOIL AND WATER ADMINISTERS IT TO PROVIDE A REIMBURSEMENT BASED ON, YOU KNOW, YOU UPLOAD THE PROOF YOU DID IT AND THEN WHAT YOU PURCHASED. IN EXCHANGE YOU HAVE TO PRE NOTIFY US THAT YOU'RE DOING THIS PROGRAM TO BE JUST LIKE, HERE'S MY PROOF.YEAH. YEAH. AND THEY WORK DIRECTLY WITH FRANKLIN SOIL AND WATER. SO WE'RE NOT REALLY INVOLVED. YEAH. I'M WONDERING. SORRY. GO AHEAD. GO AHEAD. JUST ONE THING I FORGOT TO MENTION.
THEY FRANKLIN SOIL AND WATER DID ADVISE AGAINST DOING THE TIERED APPROACH. JUST BECAUSE THERE'S LARGE SHRUBS THAT, DEPENDING ON WHO YOU ASK, THEY COULD SAY THAT THEIR TREES. SO I THINK THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT SOMEONE TAKING OUT LARGE SHRUBS, THINKING THAT THEY WERE GOING TO OR, YOU KNOW, EVEN BUYING THE LARGE SHRUBS TO BE THE REPLACEMENT LANDSCAPING AND THINKING THAT THEY WERE GOING TO GET REIMBURSED FOR TREES. COME TO FIND OUT THAT THEIR SHRUBS AND NOT TREES AND JUST TRYING TO REDUCE THE CONFUSION, THEY SUGGESTED KEEPING ONE.
REIMBURSEMENT AMOUNT. SORRY, STEVE, I DIDN'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT YOU. I WAS JUST THINKING THAT IF FRANKLIN SOIL AND WATER IS THE KIND OF THE ADMINISTRATOR, IF THERE'S A WAY FOR US TO AT LEAST STAY CLOSE TO THEM, WHERE WE ARE STARTING TO GET CLOSE TO A BUDGET AMOUNT THAT WE CAN SOMEHOW SAY, HEY, YOU GUYS, BE READY TO PUT SOME KIND OF NOTIFICATION ON THE WEBSITE. THAT'S KIND OF THE FRONT END OF THE SUBMISSION PROCESS. SO AT LEAST IT KIND OF IF WE YEAH, IT'S A GOOD STORY, BUT IT WOULD KIND OF ADDRESS YOUR CONCERNS. YEAH. YEAH. THEY THEY'RE REALLY RESPONSIVE. SO I'M SURE THAT WE COULD MONITOR THAT CLOSELY WITH THEM. COULD WE ALSO DO LIKE A WAITING LIST THAT WE GOT. IF WE GOT TO THAT POINT THAT WE NEEDED TO DO THAT, AS SOON AS WE GET CLOSER TO THE END OF THE BUDGET, DO A WAITING LIST FOR THE NEXT CYCLE. YEAH, I LIKE THAT. THAT WAY PEOPLE DON'T FEEL LIKE THEY WEREN'T. THEY WERE LEFT OUT IN THE DRY. YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. JUST HOPING TO USE UP ALL THE MONEY TO DO THE ULTIMATE GOAL, WHICH IS REPLACING INVASIVES WITH NATIVE PLANTS. YEAH, I THINK I WAS THINKING IT WOULD BE PARTNERING WITH THE NURSERY. MAYBE WE COULD TALK TO THEM ABOUT IF THEY'RE. THESE PEOPLE ARE PARTICIPATING IN THIS PROGRAM, THEY GIVE A SPECIAL 10% DISCOUNT TO TREES AND PURCHASING FROM THEM. SO THEY GET THE TREE ORDER AND WE HELP PAY FOR THIS PROGRAM. SO IT'S A WIN WIN FOR. LAPTOPS.
YEAH. YEAH. THAT WOULD BE IDEAL IF WE COULD PARTNER WITH THEM. LIKE THAT WOULD BE SPECIAL FOR THE FROM THE CITY OF ALBANY. AND THAT WOULD GIVE US AN IDEA OF PEOPLE PRE-REGISTERED FOR THE PROGRAM DO THAT. YEAH. HEY. REAL QUICK. JUST MAKE SURE YOU HIT YOUR MIC HERE. OH, I CAN HEAR YOU. SORRY. THAT'S GOOD. YOU'RE GOOD. IT'S. IT'S MAINLY FOR THE FOLKS AT HOME BECAUSE, I MEAN, I'M SURE THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE, RIGHT? EVERYONE WATCHING TO MAKE SURE THEY HEAR EVERYTHING. SO I JUST GENERAL REFERENCE A TREE WHEN YOU SAY ALL IN, LIKE THEY BRING OUT THE TREE, THEY PLANT IT FOR YOU IS AROUND $500 FOR A MATURE ISH TREE. THAT'S WHAT SOIL AND WATER TOLD US LAST YEAR. PRICES THEY WERE SEEING. I THINK WHEN WE CHECKED WITH OUR FORESTRY STAFF AND THIS WAS LAST YEAR, DEPENDING ON SIZES AND QUANTITIES, WE WERE LIKE ANYWHERE BETWEEN 400 AND 1200. SO THAT'S A WIDE RANGE. BUT THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT FACTORS INVOLVED. AND A SHRUG IS I MEAN, ARE PEOPLE WILL THEY COME OUT AND PLANT A SHRUB FOR YOU TOO? OR I THINK THEY'LL PLANT ANYTHING. ANYTHING. YEAH. SO WHAT'S A SHRUB GO FOR? WELL, I WAS SAYING MY EXPERIENCE OAKLAND CHARGES 50 BUCKS TO PUT ANYTHING ON A TRUCK AND DELIVER IT. OKAY. SHRUBS, IF YOU'RE PUTTING A SERVICE BARRIER OR SOMETHING WHERE YOU'RE LIKE, I WANT SOMETHING THAT FEELS NATIVE, THAT'S LARGE, LIKE I'M TRYING TO TAKE IF YOU'RE TAKING OUT HONEYSUCKLE OR YOU'RE TAKING OUT A BURNING BUSH, YOU'RE GETTING SOMETHING OF COMPARABLE SIZE. THAT'S $150 LIKELY. SO YOU'RE AT 200 JUST FOR DELIVERING IT. I WOULD ASSUME
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THAT'S LIKE A COUPLE HUNDRED BUCKS TO INSTALL IT. OKAY. SO AND AGAIN, IT'S NOT YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT GETTING A $500 BILL. IT'S THEY'RE REIMBURSED UP TO WHATEVER THAT AMOUNT IS. SO YEAH YOU MIGHT BE COVERING ONE PERSON TAKING IF YOU IF WE LANDED ON 500 YOU MIGHT BE TAKING SOMEONE GETTING 100% COVERAGE AND SOMEBODY ELSE NOT DOING THAT. BUT. I LIKE THE 500 AS WELL, BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF A WOW FACTOR THAT WHEN WE THROW IT OUT THERE, I MEAN, IF YOU CAN'T HOOK A FISH WITH 500 BUCKS, I THINK WE NEED TO REALLY RETHINK KIND OF THE PROGRAM. I GUESS. I DON'T MIND THE 500, I JUST STILL AM A LITTLE SKEPTICAL OF THE TIERED, ESPECIALLY IF THE ADMINISTRATOR IS ADVISING AGAINST IT. AND I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT IT. WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT IT, I THINK WE WERE TRYING TO I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR EVERYONE. FOR MYSELF, I WAS THINKING, OH, I WANT TO PROTECT KIND OF THE BUDGET OF HOW MUCH WE'RE TRYING TO DO SO IF WE TIERED IT. BUT THE REALITY IS, AS STAFF WALKED ME THROUGH, YOU KNOW, THE REALITY IS IF SOMEONE BUYS 50 BUCKS WORTH OF MATERIAL AND PLANTS IT FOR 50, THEN GREAT, THAT'S 100 BUCKS. THERE'S NO YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T HAVE TO GET THE FULL 500. SO YOU'RE YOU'RE KIND OF INCENTIVIZING PEOPLE WITH SMALLER PROJECTS TO DO MORE AND A LARGER PROJECT. MAYBE THEY ONLY DO ONE TREE, BUT. SO I WOULD DO IT AT A SINGLE LEVEL, 501 LEVEL. RIGHT, 500 TO 500, UP TO $500. AND THEN THEY COULD GO AND BUY TEN SHRUBS AND THEY WOULD BE REIMBURSED UP TO $500. WHAT THEY'VE DONE THAT MAKES SENSE. AND I THINK IT'S AWESOME THAT STAFF'S MEETING WITH OHIO EQUITIES, BECAUSE PART OF THIS KIND OF PART OF OUR SYNERGY EXPECTATION WAS THAT PEOPLE WOULD BE ABLE TO LIKE, I WANT TO TAKE DOWN A TREE, IT'S A CALLERY PEAR. SO HOA SHOULD HAVE LIKE, GREAT, WE'RE DOING THAT. I UNDERSTAND THAT'S THE INTENT OR I'M GOING TO BE WORKING IN MY YARD PULLING OUT INVASIVES. I KNOW FOR ME VERBALLY THEY'VE BEEN SUPPORTIVE OF DOING THAT, BUT IT'D BE GREAT TO HAVE THAT KIND OF BACKUP, THAT IF SOMEONE'S PICKING UP THE PHONE AND CALLING OR PUTTING A REQUEST IN THAT, I GUESS NEIGHBORS CAN FEEL CONFIDENT THAT THEY'RE UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE'S A PURPOSE BEHIND WHAT THEY'RE DOING. I KNOW I'M NEW, SO I HAVEN'T READ ALL OF THE BACKGROUND FROM LAST YEAR'S NOTES, BUT DO WE KNOW HOW SUCCESSFUL THIS HAS BEEN IN THE OTHER COMMUNITIES PARTICIPATING? LIKE IF THEY BUMPED INTO LIKE IF THEY'VE USED THEIR WHOLE BUDGET FOR THIS, THEY STARTED LIKE THIS WEEK. SO WE DID IT LAST YEAR. THEY ALL JUST KICKED THEIRS OFF LIKE THIS WEEK. YEAH. OKAY. YEAH. I WOULD BE CURIOUS, AS WE GO THROUGH THIS SEASON TO SEE WHAT THE MAIN BARRIER IS FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE, IF IT IS THE COST, IF IT'S THAT THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW MUCH SOMETHING WOULD COST. I REALLY LIKE THE IDEA OF LIKE PARTNERING WITH OAKLAND NURSERY AND MAKING IT A LESS COMPLICATED PROCESS FOR PEOPLE WHO MAY NOT KNOW A LOT ABOUT INVASIVE SPECIES, OR REPLANTING SHRUBS LIKE, KIND OF LIKE A LITTLE PACKAGE LIKE, HERE'S YOU CAN GET REIMBURSED. AND HERE ARE LIKE THE FEW EASY STEPS TO DO IT. I FEEL LIKE THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR ME AS A HOMEOWNER. JUST HERE ARE THE SHRUBS YOU MIGHT MIGHT HAVE OR THE TREES. HERE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT YOUR NURSERY HAS TO REPLACE THEM. AND HERE'S THE TWO STEPS YOU WOULD NEED TO GO THROUGH TO BE REIMBURSED. OKAY. YEAH I THINK WE ADVERTISE IT AT THE NURSERY AND IT'S $500. I THINK IT'S GOING TO DO REAL WELL. YEAH, YEAH. I THINK ESPECIALLY IF SOMEBODY CAN REMOVE A HONEYSUCKLE BUSH AND THEN GO GET UP, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL THINGS. SEVERAL THINGS. RIGHT. YEAH. ONE THOUGHT TO MORE OF A TECHNICALITY. BUT IF WE'RE GOING TO PARTNER WITH OAKLAND, DO WE KNOW IF THEY'RE OPEN TO NOT SELLING? PEAR TREES? I KNOW WE CAN'T TELL THEM WHAT THEY ARE, BUT I'M JUST TRYING TO THINK IT DOES KIND OF RUN COUNTERINTUITIVE TO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH BY POINTING PEOPLE TO THEIR STORE. YEAH, I WAS THINKING THE SAME THING. I JUST WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE AREN'T PUTTING IN ANOTHER INVASIVE IN THE PLACE OF ANOTHER ONE, THAT WE'RE PAYING THEM TO DO IT. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT IF WE DO PARTNER WITH THEM OR WHOEVER, THAT WE GIVE THEM A LIST. I THINK FRANKLIN HAS THE LIST OF LIKE, TICK THIS OVER THIS, PICK A SERVICE, BERRY OVER THIS PICK, YOU KNOW, A CHOKECHERRY OVER A BURNING BUSH. SO THERE'S A LOT OF COMMON THINGS, ESPECIALLY IN OUR HOA'S.WE ALL HAVE SIMILAR SHRUBS AND TREES IN OUR YARDS, RIGHT? IF YOU HAVE A CHERRY TREE, IT'S DISEASED. IT'S PROBABLY NEEDS REPLACED ANYWAY. SO THERE'S DIFFERENT THINGS. SPECIFICALLY WE CAN HIT DEPENDING ON, YOU KNOW, TO KIND OF EDUCATE PEOPLE TO THE AD IS VERY GOOD FROM THEM. IT'S KIND OF A BOUNTY ON DIFFERENT THINGS AND IT HAS THE LIST. IT'S REALLY NICE. BUT YEAH, I THINK THAT'S PART OF OUR JOB, IS TO EDUCATE PEOPLE ON WHY THEY WOULD DO THIS. AND AGAIN, IT'S UP TO $500, RIGHT? SO PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO FEEL LIKE THIS PRESSURE TO LIKE BUY
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SOMETHING. RIGHT. WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND CLEARLY. AND YOU'RE RIGHT. MAKE IT AS EASY AS POSSIBLE FOR PEOPLE TO DO THIS TOO, BECAUSE PART OF IT IS WE WANT THEM TO USE THIS MONEY AND DO THIS WORK. SO IT TAKES A LOT TO REPLACE A TREE. I THINK THE ONLY MATERIAL THAT THEY SELL IS A BURNING BUSH, BECAUSE I THINK I POINTED THAT TO YOU LAST YEAR IN THE FALL BECAUSE CALLERY PEAR ARE ILLEGAL. ILLEGAL. NOW YOU CAN'T SELL THEM, BUT THAT THEY DO CARRY GREAT BUSH LIKE I'M EMBARRASSED TO SAY. WE TOTALLY BOUGHT A BURNING BUSH FROM OAKLAND NURSERY. I WOULDN'T PROBABLY 5 OR 6 YEARS AGO, NOT KNOWING WHAT INVASIVE. AND NOW I'M LIKE, I NEED TO GET THAT OUT OF THERE. I MEAN, EVERY TIME I WALK BY YOUR HOUSE, I ACTUALLY.SO THE WEBSITE FOR FRANKLIN SOIL AND WATER FOR THE PROGRAM, IT DOES GO THROUGH LIKE AN OVERVIEW. THE PROBLEM WITH INVASIVE PLANTS. AND THEN THE TOP FIVE MOST WANTED INVASIVE PLANTS. SO IT KIND OF GIVES PEOPLE SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO REIMBURSE THEM FOR. AND THEN A BUNCH OF MORE INFORMATION. AND THEN OUR WEBSITE WILL HAVE INFORMATION THAT MIMICS A LOT OF THIS AS WELL. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOME PICTURES ON THERE, EITHER JUST OF THE INDIVIDUAL BUSH OR TREE THAT YOU CAN REPLACE WITH, OR A SMALL ARRANGEMENT THAT WOULD LOOK NICE IN YOUR FRONT YARD WITH NATIVE PLANTS, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S REALLY HARD FOR ME TO VISUALIZE, AND MOST PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO READ ALL THAT. YEAH, RIGHT. BUT I WORK WITH FOURTH AND SIXTH GRADERS TOO, SO BUT I JUST I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT.
YEAH. INSTEAD OF HAVING LIKE A PICK THIS NOT THIS LIKE KIND OF. RIGHT. YEAH. WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE THEIR, THEIR WEBSITE I WANT TO SAY HAS HAS A TAB FOR THAT. YEAH. YOU CAN CLICK ON THE TOP FIVE MOST WANTED AND THEN SO THAT YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR TO REMOVE. I SAW DOWN WHERE IT SAYS NATIVE UNDERLINED NUMBER THREE. THAT MIGHT BE THIS ONE. YEAH. SO THAT'S YEAH JUST TALKING ABOUT NATIVES BUT AND THEN THIS IS THEIR WEBSITE. BUT WE WILL WE CAN ALSO PUT INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE AS WELL THAT MAYBE WE CAN INCLUDE MORE PICTURES AND SOMETHING MORE VISUAL. SEE. BUT YOU COULD TELL ME THAT THAT'S AN INVASIVE. YEAH. YEAH. THAT'S PRETTY. BUT THIS IS A NATIVE. THIS ONE IS NATIVE. THAT'S RIGHT. AND I CAN SAY THAT'S INVASIVE. YEAH OKAY. I THINK THAT'S THE OTHER ISSUE. CASEY I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT. I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT GROWS IN THEIR YARD. RIGHT? THEY'RE LIKE, WELL, THIS PAIR OF TREES, LOOK AT THIS PRETTY WHITE TREE BLOOMING IN MY YARD. AND I'M LIKE, OH, SO I THINK THAT'S KIND OF, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT HIM TO FEEL BAD BECAUSE A LOT OF US BOUGHT HOMES THAT HAVE WHAT THEY HAVE IN THEM. AND YOU JUST HAVE TO. PART OF IT IS EDUCATING AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT'S GROWING IN YOUR YARD. AND I DON'T THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE DO THAT. SO MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT FOR FUTURE. I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW, HAVING A PLACE WITH THE HOA IS LIKE I LIVE IN THE LINKS. COULD WE NOT DO A COUPLE SESSIONS WHERE WE EDUCATE PEOPLE AND SAY, OKAY, HERE'S JUST SOME POSTERS OF LIKE, THIS IS MAYBE WHAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR YARD AND THIS IS WHAT REALLY, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? LIKE, I JUST THINK THE EDUCATION COMPONENT IS SUPER IMPORTANT BECAUSE I THINK PEOPLE WANT TO DO THE RIGHT THING. I JUST DON'T THINK THEY ALWAYS KNOW AND DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GET. I MEAN, HOW DO THEY KNOW? RIGHT? THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO BRING UP WITH THE HOA WHEN WE SPEAK TO THEM. LIKE BECAUSE I KNOW DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES, LIKE LAURA, YOU HAD MENTIONED, WINDSOR HAS LIKE AN ANNUAL OR PERIODIC MEETING. SOME HAVE NEWSLETTERS, SOME DON'T. SO WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT COMMUNICATION TOOLS? AND IF WE COULD GET INFORMATION TO THEM TO USE? OR IS IT THEY WERE INVITED TO A MEETING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT UNDERSTANDING THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD PATH FOR US TO EDUCATE RESIDENTS HERE. SO JUST MAYBE A MOTION ON A RECOMMENDATION TO SET THE REIMBURSEMENT AMOUNT RIGHT. I MAKE THAT MOTION. LET ME DO IT, I WILL TRY. YEAH, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE SET THE REIMBURSEMENT AMOUNT FOR OUR INVASIVE TRAINING PROGRAM AT $500, UP TO UP TO $500 FOR ANY RESIDENT WHO REMOVES AND HAS EVIDENCE OF REMOVING INVASIVE AND REPLACING IT WITH A NATIVE FROM OAKLAND NURSERY. SECOND. JUST TO CLARIFY, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE FROM OAKLAND, DOES IT? OKAY. GOOD POINT, BUT IT'S RECOMMENDED. MR. BARNES. ALL RIGHT, MISS GALLO. YES, MR.
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SCHUMACHER? YES, MR. CONWAY? YES, MISS SCOTT. YES, MR. KOCIAN? YES, MISS KOPPELMAN? YES. MOTION PASSES AND COUNCIL MEMBER KIST WILL TAKE THE RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL.NEXT MEETING NEXT WEEK? YES. NEXT WEEK. NEXT TUESDAY. IN THEORY. I MEAN, THIS IS PART OF THE BUDGET, RIGHT? I'LL GIVE AN UPDATE, BUT THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO GET ANYTHING APPROVED. YEAH. IT'S BUDGETED. I THINK IT'S AN UPDATE ABOUT THE DETAILS. YEAH.
OKAY. OKAY. THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS STILL OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH FRANKLIN SOIL AND WATER.
THIS IS A DRAFT OF THE POSTCARD THAT THEY ARE GOING TO SEND TO ALL THE LANDOWNERS IN THE CITY OF NEW ALBANY THAT HAVE A WATERCOURSE IN THEIR BACKYARD. IT MIGHT STILL BE A WORK IN PROGRESS, BUT THIS IS THEIR FIRST DRAFT. BASICALLY, THE POSTCARD WILL HAVE A SIMPLE MESSAGE ON THE FRONT, AND THEN ON THE BACK. IT'LL HAVE THREE SIMPLE STEPS TO STREAM STEWARDSHIP, AND THEN SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THE COMMUNITY BACKYARDS PROGRAM AND THE INVASIVE TREATMENT PROGRAM. SO IF YOU HAVE ANY FEEDBACK ON THE POSTCARD, JUST LET LET ME KNOW.
I THINK, NUMBER ONE, I'M GOING TO STILL WORK WITH THEM ON THE EXACT LANGUAGE BECAUSE THERE ARE NEIGHBORHOODS AND SUBDIVISIONS THAT HAVE. ALREADY. DESIGNATED AREAS IN AS PART OF THE PLAT. SO YOU MIGHT HAVE TO TWEAK THAT A LITTLE BIT, BECAUSE IT MIGHT NOT JUST BE UP TO THE HOMEOWNER TO DECIDE WHERE THAT NO MOW AREA IS. SO YOU MIGHT HAVE TO TWEAK THE LANGUAGE FOR NUMBER ONE A LITTLE BIT. BUT PLAIN TOWNSHIP ACTUALLY ALREADY DID SOMETHING SIMILAR. SO THE PLAIN TOWNSHIP LANDOWNERS ALREADY RECEIVED SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THIS. I THINK IT'S REALLY COOL. I'M WONDERING, NUMBER ONE, IF THEY WOULD HAVE A RECOMMENDATION, LIKE A MINIMUM RECOMMENDATION FOR THE ZONE. I MEAN, WE'RE NOT TALKING SIX INCHES. IS IT? LIKE, YOU KNOW, AT RECOMMENDED AT LEAST TWO FEET OR I'M NOT SURE WHAT THEY WOULD RECOMMEND. YEAH, THAT WAS ONE THING WE HAD TALKED ABOUT. WE THEY HAD EXAMPLES THAT HAD RECOMMENDATIONS ON THERE. BUT GIVEN THAT THERE ARE SOME PLATS THAT HAVE SMALLER REQUIREMENTS AND THEN SOME THAT HAVE LARGER REQUIREMENTS, WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP IT MORE GENERAL. OKAY. BUT I CAN BRING THAT UP WITH THEM. AGAIN. THAT MAKES SENSE. OKAY. LOOKS GOOD. WE TALKED ABOUT THIS. THIS IS A GOOD START OKAY. SO WE TALKED ABOUT SO THIS IS WHERE I WAS I THINK I'D MENTIONED TO YOU CHELSEA THAT ON POINT TWO AT LEAST IN THE COUNTRY CLUB THE HOA HAS GUIDELINES THAT SPECIFICALLY SAY YOU CAN'T PUT GRASS CLIPPINGS. SO I MEAN, THERE'S AS LEGAL AS THAT CAN BE BOUND TO. I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED TO OVERCOMPLICATE THAT, BUT I'D LOVE FOR YOU GUYS TO TALK TO THEM WHEN YOU TALK TO THEM THIS WEEK. JUST KIND OF TALK ABOUT THAT, BECAUSE I, I HAVE TO BELIEVE THAT THAT'S PRETTY CONSISTENT ACROSS ALL THE HOA'S. BUT. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT COULD SOUND MORE FORCEFUL, LIKE IT'S ILLEGAL TO MAYBE SOME MAYBE WE'LL STOP THIS ONE FIRST. YES.
YOUR YOUR HOA MAY EVEN PROHIBIT THIS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT'D BE AWESOME. THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.
JUST A LITTLE STICK A TWIG, NOT A FULL BASEBALL BAT. JUST. OKAY, WELL, IF YOU THINK OF ANYTHING ELSE LATER, JUST EMAIL ME YOUR FEEDBACK IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING. IS FRANKLIN PAYING FOR THIS EXCLUSIVELY? THIS. OUR CONTRACT WITH THEM INCLUDES OUTREACH. AND SO THIS IS INCLUDED IN IN THAT OKAY. BUT THEY ARE GOING TO THEY CAN HANDLE THE MAILING FOR US. AND THEY'RE GOING TO ARE WE
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IDENTIFYING THAT HOMES THAT ARE ON STREAM CORRIDORS WE CAN DO EITHER WAY WE HAVE THE MAPPING ABILITIES TO MAKE OUR OWN LIST AND THEN GIVE IT TO THEM, OR I THINK THEY THEY HAVE SOME LISTS ALREADY SO WE CAN RELY ON THEM OR THEY'LL SHARE FOR US. YES. OKAY. CAN I ANGIE, CAN I ASK I CAN'T REMEMBER IF WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE. SO WE HAVE I APOLOGIZE IN PARKS. IS THERE A IS THERE A STATED BUFFER FOR ROCKY FORK TO NOT PUT PESTICIDES AND FERTILIZERS AROUND HOLDING PONDS AND LONG PLACES WHERE THINGS WOULD GET SWEPT INTO STORMWATER DRAINS? BECAUSE I CAN TELL YOU IN LAMBTON IT GETS A LITTLE DICEY. I DON'T BELIEVE SO. I THINK IT'S THROUGH AN HOA.BUT WE THE CITY DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING THAT THAT WE HAVE CODIFIED THAT SAYS YOU CAN'T SPRAY GOT IT. WHICH IS IT'S MORE A MATTER OF OUR POLICY WITH THE PEOPLE WE'RE EMPLOYING TO TREAT OUR CITY. OH, I THOUGHT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT IN GENERAL. OH NO NO NO NO NO NO NO. THE CITY, IF WE SPRAYED THEM WE HAVE TO DO ORGANIC. SO IF I'M IN LAMBTON PARK PARK. OKAY. AND IF THERE'S A TREATMENT THAT'S GONE DOWN. CORRECT. THEY'RE PUTTING STAKES IN SAYING THAT THEY'RE SOMETHING'S BEEN SPRAYED ON HERE AND YOU SHOULD STAY OFF AS LONG AS IT'S CITY. IT'S ORGANIC.
OKAY. WHEN IS IT GOING TO PULL UP ONE OF THE STICKS? I'M NOT SURE. I'LL SHOW YOU WHAT THEY'RE DOING BECAUSE IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE IT'S ORGANIC. OKAY, I'M JUST SAYING. RESIDENT FACING CITY OR CONTRACTED BY THE CITY, LIKE, CONTRACTED ON BEHALF OF THE CITY. WE CONTRACT OUT FOR THAT SERVICE. HOWEVER, THE HOA ALSO HAS SOME AREAS AROUND LAMBTON PARK. THE PARK IN THE PARK, NOT INSIDE THE PARK. I'M SORRY, I'M JUST WITH THE PARK BECAUSE THERE'S, YOU KNOW, THERE'S GRASS SWALES THAT GO IN AND THERE'S RUNOFF THAT GOES INTO STORM WATERS. I DON'T THINK THAT THEY'RE NOT IF THEY'RE PUTTING IF THEY'RE BROADCASTING ALL OVER, THEN THERE'S I'VE WALKED AROUND WHEN THEY'VE DONE AROUND THE HOLDING POND AND THERE'S GRANULES, YOU SEE ALL ALONG THAT WHOLE AREA. SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY CHECK IT OUT. YEAH. THE LAST MEETING, WE HAD ONE OF THE CALLS THAT CAME OUT FROM ONE OF THE RESIDENTS THAT SPOKE WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, ARE WE USING PESTICIDES, WHATEVER ELSE? SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE COULD STAND BY THAT AND FEEL LIKE WE WERE DOING THE RIGHT THING FOR THE CITY, AS WE'RE ASKING PEOPLE TO DO THE SAME THING. SO, OKAY, I'LL FOLLOW UP ANYWAY. NEXT TIME I'LL CHECK ONE OF THOSE AS WELL, BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT SAID STAY OFF THE GRASS. SO MAYBE THAT'S JUST WHAT THEY HAVE AVAILABLE TO THEM. OKAY. THANK YOU. AWESOME JOB OKAY. AND THIS IS GOING YOU SAID IT. BUT JUST TO CLARIFY, BECAUSE ONCE UPON A TIME WE WERE TALKING ABOUT A STRIP OF HOMES AND RESIDENTS, THIS IS GOING TO EVERYBODY, RIGHT? YES. THAT RUNS ALONG. I CAN'T WAIT. HOPEFULLY YOU'RE NOT GETTING ONE. I SHOULD BE GETTING TWO. OKAY, THE NEXT ITEM IS JUST A REMINDER ABOUT THE EARTH DAY TO ARBOR DAY EVENTS THAT WE HAVE GOING ON FROM APRIL 22ND TO THE 26TH. THANKS, MATT. SCIENTIST. THANKS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.
SO THE FIRST EVENT WE HAVE IS FOR OUR GREEN GUARDIANS VOLUNTEER INFO SESSION FOR OUR NEW FOLKS. THE GREEN GUARDIANS IS A NEW PROGRAM THAT WE'RE STARTING. WE KIND OF STARTED LAST YEAR, BUT IT WASN'T REALLY AN OFFICIAL PROGRAM. OUR COMMUNITY EVENTS, WE STARTED COLLECTING FOOD WASTE AND COMPOSTABLES SEPARATE FROM THE TRASH AND RECYCLING. SO WE HAVE WASTE STATIONS AT OUR COMMUNITY EVENTS, AND WE'LL HAVE VOLUNTEERS THAT STAND AT THE WEIGH STATION TO MONITOR AND HELP PEOPLE GUIDE THEM INTO WHICH BIN TO PUT THE FOOD WASTE, TRASH AND RECYCLING INTO. SO THIS IS A WAY TO GET KIND OF A REGULAR GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS THAT ARE INTERESTED IN HELPING US WITH THAT. AND IF YOU SIGN UP TO VOLUNTEER, YOU GET A NEW GREEN GUARDIANS T SHIRT. SO THAT'S OUR FIRST THING TO KICK OFF THE WEEK. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO DO THE ARBOR DAY PROCLAMATION AND TREE PLANTING ON FRIDAY THE 25TH. AND SATURDAY THE 26TH WILL
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BE THE E-WASTE HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE DROP OFF. AND NEW THIS YEAR FOR THE FIRST TIME IS PAPER SHREDDING. WITH THE PAPER SHREDDING, WE ARE HAVING ONE TRUCK AND IT'S ONLY GOING TO BE ABLE TO TAKE SO MUCH PAPER. SO IT THE PAPER WILL BE FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE AND ONCE THE TRUCK IS FULL, THEN HE WILL BE DONE AND PROBABLY LEAVE. SO WE ARE LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS FOR THAT. AND WE TYPICALLY WE DO TWO SHIFTS AND 8 TO 10 AND THEN A 10 TO 12. SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN VOLUNTEERING JUST LET ME KNOW. AND THEN WE DO HAVE A BONUS EVENT THE FOLLOWING WEEK, WHICH IS NATURE EXPLORATION DAY. HE I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT. YEAH. IT'S BEEN REALLY COOL THIS YEAR. I KNOW ABBY BROOKS IS BRINGING IN A IT'S LIKE A BRING THE FARM TO YOU. I CAN'T REMEMBER THE NAME OF THE ORGANIZATION. SO THEY HAVE FARM ANIMALS AND GOT A NATIVE PLANTS GUY THAT LIVES IN NEW ALBANY. HE'S GOING TO COME AND JUST HAVE INFORMATION AVAILABLE FOR. HE OWNS A SMALL NATIVE PLANT LANDSCAPING COMPANY FOR RESIDENTS AND MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN THAT. I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME COMMUNITY GARDENS OPEN. I THINK JEN COHEN IS GOING TO BE THERE FROM NEW ALBANY TO TALK ABOUT THAT. AND I HAVE A LITTLE SCAVENGER HUNT FOR THE KIDS, BUTTERFLY NETS AND ALL THAT KIND OF THING. SO NEEDS TO BE SUPER FUN. WHAT WAS THE DATE AND TIME ON THAT ONE? MAY 1ST, 6 TO 730. WE SIGNED YOU UP TO DO A BALLOON. ANIMALS START PRACTICING. IT'S A SNAKE. IT'S ANOTHER SNAKE. THIS ONE'S A WORM. CHELSEA, WOULD WE SIGN UP? LIKE WITH A SIGN UP? GENIUS. LIKE, I KNOW LAST YEAR WITH GREEN GUARDIANS. THAT'S. I THINK THAT'S HOW WE DID IT. WAS IT? YEAH. SO WE'RE WORKING ON LAUNCHING A VOLUNTEER SOFTWARE. OKAY. SO IT'S. I THINK IT'S ALMOST READY BUT NOT QUITE READY. SO. SO JUST EMAIL YOU BASICALLY RIGHT NOW. YEAH. FOR RIGHT NOW, IF IT'S NOT READY BY APRIL 22ND, THEN THEY CAN JUST SIGN UP FOR ME OKAY. AND THEN. THURSDAY IS WHEN WE'RE MAILING OUT POSTCARDS TO ALL OF THE RESIDENTS ABOUT THE EARTH DAY TO ARBOR DAY CELEBRATIONS. AND HOPEFULLY EVERYBODY SAW THE VIDEO WITH CASEY. CASEY. YEAH. CASEY. BUT BUT YEAH. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR YOU WANT TO VOLUNTEER? JUST LET ME KNOW. I DO HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION. WILL YOU HAVE A LIST OF LIKE THE DIFFERENT COMMUNITY EVENTS FOR THIS? I KNOW LIKE LAST YEAR I WANT TO VOLUNTEER AND IT SEEMED LIKE IT ALWAYS HIT THE WRONG TIME. AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE LIKE, YEAH, SO WE'RE GOING TO DO FOR THE GREEN GUARDIANS. IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? YEAH. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LITTLE PRESENTATION AT THE BEGINNING OF THE INFO SESSION.AND THE THERE'S THE JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION, OUR SUMMER CONCERT SERIES, WHICH IS FIVE EVENTS.
THE DIWALI CELEBRATION AND OKTOBERFEST. I DON'T KNOW, I THINK THAT MIGHT BE IT, BUT, YEAH, WE'LL HAVE ALL OF THAT INFORMATION. PERFECT. OKAY. OKAY. OUR LAST ITEM IS KIND OF OUR OUR STANDING WASTE DIVERSION ITEM THAT WE'LL HAVE ON THE AGENDA MOVING FORWARD. WHAT WE PUT TOGETHER JUST KIND OF AS A STARTING POINT IS THE NUMBERS FROM RUMPKE FROM 2024. AND THEN AT THE BOTTOM ARE THE NUMBERS FROM THE GO ZERO PICKUP PROGRAM. THE GO ZERO NUMBERS. I THINK SEPTEMBER IS WHEN WE LAUNCHED OUR FOURTH DROP OFF LOCATION. SO WHEN IT WAS KIND OF SAD, CONVERTING THE GO 0 POUNDS TO TONS AND THEN LOOKING AT THE THOSE TIMES, COMPARING IT TO WOMP WOMP. YEAH. BECAUSE YOU KNOW, 5,000 POUNDS SOUNDS AMAZING. AND THEN IT CONVERTS TO 2.7 TONS. BUT THAT'S STILL A LOT. THOUGHTS I THINK 88,000 POUNDS OF FOOD WASTE COLLECTED
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FROM THE CELEBRATION IS PRETTY AMAZING. BUT I THINK WE CAN DO BETTER. WE CAN DO BETTER. YEAH.WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT WANTING TO REVIEW THIS PART OF THE THING THAT WAS GRABBING ME WAS THE FACT THAT WE WERE DOING SO GREAT WITH THAT COLLECTION, BUT THE CURBSIDE WASTE NUMBER WASN'T GOING DOWN AND ACTUALLY WENT UP A LITTLE BIT. AND WE DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF POPULATION GROWTH. SO TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WHAT WE COULD DO TO KEEP INCREASING THOSE NUMBERS, WHETHER IT BE RECYCLING YARD WASTE OR GO ZERO WORK. AND CHELSEA HAD MENTIONED OBVIOUSLY AS WE GET THE. CURBSIDE GOING WITH THE TEST PROGRAM, THAT MAYBE WE'LL SEE A NICE PICKUP IN THAT AND THAT SHOULD BE OVER TIME, LIKE A BIGGER WIN. IT'LL BE INTERESTING TO SEE IF WE CAN IF WE CAN'T ISOLATE THAT. RIGHT. WE TALKED TO THAT. WE CAN'T ISOLATE THE WASTE PICKUP FOR WINDSOR PROBABLY. YEAH. I MEAN I THINK WE CAN ASK THROUGH THE RFP PROCESS WHAT DATA ANY RESPONDENT. WELL, NO, WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE PICKING UP THAT WE'RE MAKING IT EASIER. DOES THAT START TO REDUCE SOME OF THAT. BUT PROBABLY NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. BUT ANYWAY, IT JUST YOU KNOW, I WOULD HOPE THAT IT WOULD START TO HAVE THIS GROUP THINK ABOUT LIKE HOW ARE WE CHALLENGING WAYS TO MAKE THE WASTE DIVERSION STILL, YOU KNOW, INCREASE OR WASTE DECREASE, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW, YEAH, I THINK IT'S GOOD TO SET THIS UP AS A TOOL. AND, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S THIS IS A FIRST TAKE AT IT. BUT IF WE FIND MORE USEFUL WAYS TO EITHER COLLECT DATA OR SHOW THE DATA, WE CAN MAKE ADJUSTMENTS. BUT AT LEAST WE'RE TRACKING IT NOW. AND, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY THAT HELPS INFORM DECISIONS AS WE MOVE FORWARD. YEAH I THINK THIS INCLUDING THIS WITH THE DATA THAT YOU GUYS ALREADY PULL ON THE WEBSITE, THE CITY'S WEBSITE THAT SHOWS THE BECAUSE I THINK IT'S INTERESTING TO LOOK AT THE LOCATIONS AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING STILL SEEMS VALID. YEAH, YEAH, THOSE HAVE BEEN CONSISTENT IN TERMS OF THIS REMAINS THE MOST, YOU KNOW, HEAVILY USED ONE. RIGHT. SERVICE BILHEIMER IS A LITTLE BIT LESS.
AND WE'RE NOT WANTING TO TALK ABOUT SIGNAGE CONVERSATIONS UNTIL WE GET TO THE TAYLOR FARM KIND OF CONVERSATION. I MEAN, WE CAN TALK ABOUT SIGNAGE TO THE CITY LIKE WE'RE WOEFULLY WE WEREN'T EVEN IN THE PARKS BUSINESS THREE YEARS AGO. AND SO ONE THING, NOW THAT WE'VE BUILT THESE PLAYGROUNDS, TAYLOR ROSE RUN, WE NEED SOME SIGNAGE IN IT. IT'S ACROSS THE GAMUT. SO IT'S IDENTIFICATION SIGNS. IT'S REGULATORY SIGNS LIKE RULES, PARK HOURS, WHAT YOU CAN AND CAN'T DO. YOU CAN'T, YOU KNOW, RIDE YOUR GOLF CARTS ON, PASS THE TAYLOR IT'S IDENTIFICATION OR THE COMMUNITY GARDENS. IT'S WAYFINDING. THE RESTROOMS ARE THIS WAY. THE COMPOST BIN IS THIS WAY. SO IN NEW ALBANY, EVERYTHING IS PLANNED. AND WE DON'T THINK ABOUT THINGS IN ISOLATION. SO WE STARTED AND WE CREATED A BRAND FOR OUR PARKS AND TRAILS. TOOK THAT TO COUNCIL, GOT SOME FEEDBACK. SO THE BRANDING HAS BEEN DETERMINED. AND NOW WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF LOOKING AT LIKE DESIGN OF DIFFERENT SIGNS, EDUCATIONAL SIGNS. THAT'S A BIG, BIG TOP CATEGORY AS WELL. SO I SAW SOME CONCEPTS FOR THAT LAST WEEK, HAD SOME FEEDBACK. AND SO THAT PROJECT IS PROCEEDING AND HOPEFULLY IN THE COMING MONTHS WE'LL HAVE THEN WE'LL FOCUS IN ON TAYLOR FARM TO REALLY WORK WITH THE SIGN COMPANY TO BUILD AND INSTALL THE SIGNS. BUT WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO CHARLES ABOUT THE NEED TO MAKE THAT COMPOSTING BIN AT TAYLOR THAT WE'VE ADDED, AND MAYBE ALL OF THEM A LITTLE MORE VISIBLE. SO PEOPLE CAN UNDERSTAND HOW TO GET THERE AND KNOW THAT THEY'RE THERE. BECAUSE EVEN AT TAYLOR, IF YOU DON'T KNOW THERE'S RESTROOMS THERE, YOU DON'T KNOW THERE'S RESTROOMS THERE. SO HOPEFULLY THAT MIGHT HELP SPUR SOME USE, ESPECIALLY IF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO THE PARK ALREADY. SO PART WAS DONE INTENTIONALLY, JUST SO WE KNOW THEY'RE ALWAYS AVAILABLE. SO IT'S LIKE A LITTLE SECRET INSIDE RESTROOM. THAT'S WHY THERE'S PATCHES OF GRASS. YEAH. YOU DON'T WANT LINES THERE. I'M GOING TO MOVE INTO ONE OF THOSE
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BECAUSE THAT'S SO NICE. THAT'S DELUXE. YES. IF YOU HAVEN'T CHECKED OUT THE RESTROOM, THE TAYLOR. SO BUT WOULD IT BE YOUR RECOMMENDATION THAT WE COULD SIT TIGHT AND KIND OF SEE WHAT COMES OUT OF REVIEW OF THE PARK SIGNAGE, AND MAYBE THERE'S SOMETHING TO PIGGYBACK ON IN TERMS OF FOR THE COMPOSTING, FOR THE COMPOSTING IN GENERAL. ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO REINVENT THE WHEEL. I JUMPED ON THE IDEA OF USING WHAT SWACO IS OFFERING.THAT'S PROBABLY TOO FAR ONE WAY. BUT YEAH, AND I, I SO I EXPECT THAT WE WILL HAVE A SIGN TYPE FOR IN THE PACKAGE WE COME UP WITH FOR, FOR THOSE TYPE OF SIGNS THAT WE CAN USE. RIGHT.
AND THEN THE SIGN FACE ITSELF, YOU KNOW WE'LL HAVE TO DESIGN THAT TO DO THE DO'S AND DON'TS AND ALL THOSE THINGS. YEAH. GREAT. THANK YOU. AND LAST THING, THE RFP YOU SAID IS ABOUT TO GO OUT. YEAH. SO I THINK WE'LL GET THAT OUT OR POSTED THIS FRIDAY. AND THEN WE CAN SEND THE LINK OUT TO THE VENDORS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT. WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT CONNECTING WITH GO ZERO JUST BECAUSE THEY ARE CURRENT, JUST TO GIVE THEM, YOU KNOW, THE COURTESY OF A CONVERSATION ABOUT IT BEFORE WE ACTUALLY POST IT. AND WE ARE WE'RE DOING FOR OR I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WE HAD SETTLED ON HOW MANY WE WERE GOING TO OFFER IT TO. SO I THINK WE'LL POST IT ONLINE.
AND THEN ANY COMPANY THAT HAS CONTACTED US WILL SEND THEM A LINK TO THE OKAY ONLINE POSTING.
IT'S WHERE WE POST WHEN WE PUT THINGS OUT TO BID. SO IF THERE IS A WIDER NET TO BE CAST, MAYBE WE PICK UP SOME MORE ALTERNATIVES. OKAY. SO CAN I JUST KIND OF PULL THE BOARD? IS THIS HELPFUL TO GET THIS DATA RECAPPED? WOULD IT BE MORE HELPFUL TO HAVE A YEAR OVER YEAR? THAT'S THE FIRST THING I THOUGHT OF. ONCE WE HAVE THE CONTEXT OF WHAT'S OUR TREND, HOW ARE WE DOING? THE YEAR OVER YEAR WOULD BE HELPFUL. THE ONE PIECE OF INFORMATION I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE COMPARING YEAR OVER YEAR, IS HOW MANY HOUSEHOLDS ARE SERVICED. BECAUSE WE HAVE COMMUNITIES COMING ONLINE THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE YEAR. AND SO THOSE NUMBERS WILL CHANGE. WE MIGHT SEE, YOU KNOW, A GROWTH. AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE POUNDS PER UNIT SERVED, IT MIGHT BE ACTUALLY LESS. SO I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT FACTOR TO BRING INTO THIS EQUATION. I THINK WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET THAT. DEFINITELY. YEAH. DO YOU WANT THIS ON EVERY AGENDA OR DO YOU WANT TO REVIEW IT QUARTERLY? QUARTERLY? YEAH I WAS SPENDING QUARTERLY. QUARTERLY. YEAH OKAY. YEAH. GREAT. THANK YOU. YEAH. OKAY. GREAT. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? I HAVE I HAVE ONE LITTLE THING. I TALKED TO THE PRESIDENT OF OUR HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION AT WINDSOR. THERE IS A MEETING APRIL 30TH. BUT HE TOLD ME THAT LAST YEAR SIX PEOPLE SHOWED UP. SO I DON'T THINK IT WOULD BE WORTH OUR TIME TO GO TO THE MEETING. BUT HE DID SAY IF WE WERE TO WRITE SOMETHING UP AND THIS DOESN'T HAVE TO. I MEAN, LIKE WHEN WE'RE CLOSER TO ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTING. HE CAN PUT IT IN TOWN HALL IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD TOWN HALL. I DON'T KNOW, APP OR WHATEVER, AND GET THE INFORMATION OUT THAT WAY, WHETHER, I MEAN, WE DO HAVE A NEWSLETTER THAT COMES OUT TWICE A YEAR MAYBE, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHEN THAT'S GOING TO FALL. OKAY. BUT HE COULD DO EITHER ONE DEPENDING ON WHEN WE WANTED IT DONE. THANK YOU. LAURA, I HAVE A QUESTION AND IT'S PROBABLY NOT EVEN RELATED TO ANYTHING WE DO HERE. BUT SINCE I'M NEW TO THIS COMMUNITY, I'M REALIZING THERE ARE A LOT OF HOA'S IN NEW ALBANY. IS THAT CORRECT? THAT KIND OF GOVERNANCE? HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT, OR IS THE CITY COUNCIL EVER THOUGHT ABOUT HAVING A HOA SUMMIT WHERE THE PRESIDENT OR VICE PRESIDENTS OF THE VARIOUS ASSOCIATIONS COME TOGETHER FOR ONE EVENING TO ACTUALLY GET THE SAME MESSAGE FROM WHATEVER WE WANT TO TALK TO, WHETHER IT'S THE CITY COUNCIL OR DPW, SO THAT WE CAN SHARE OUR THOUGHTS WITH ALL THE ASSOCIATIONS AND THEIR LEADERSHIP ALL AT ONCE. SO I
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DON'T KNOW IF YOU EVER THOUGHT ABOUT THAT. OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WOULD BENEFIT US? YEAH. SO I'M NOT SURE ABOUT YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD'S HOA. MOST OF THE HOA ARE RUN OR MANAGED BY OHIO EQUITIES. OKAY. SO THE BIGGER, BIGGER NEIGHBORHOODS. SO THEY'RE WHICH IS GOOD TO HAVE A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT. THERE ARE THE THERE ARE A FEW ONE OFFS. SO I THINK BETTER COMMUNICATION IN GENERAL WITH THEM. I THINK WE SHOULD LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO DO THAT IN OURS. IT'S I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT IT IS, BUT THEY MANAGE THE HOA. BUT THEN WE'VE GOT A PRESIDENT AND A BOARD THAT ACTUALLY MANAGES THE DAY TO DAY DECISIONS AND HAS THE ANNUAL MEETINGS. AND OTHER THAN THAT, SO WE'RE WE'RE THEY'RE A CONDUIT FOR CHANGE. AND THEY'RE ALSO TELLING US WHAT'S GOING ON.YEAH. SO YOU GET TO OUR BOARD MEMBERS, THEN THEY'RE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, EMBRACE IT OR MAKE THEIR DECISIONS BASED ON WHAT THEY UNDERSTAND. SO YEAH, WE HAVE THE ONLY NEIGHBORHOOD THAT REALLY HAS TAKEN US UP ON THIS OPPORTUNITY IS THE LINKS WILL INVITE US TO THEIR HOA MEETINGS FROM TIME TO TIME. AND WE'LL GIVE, YOU KNOW, DEPENDING ON SOMETIMES IF IT'S IN THE SUMMER, IT'S A CONSTRUCTION UPDATE. AND SO, YOU KNOW, MORE HOAS COULD DO THAT AS WELL. AND THE CITY, WHETHER THE TOPIC IS, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES IT'S THE POLICE CHIEF THAT GOES OUT, SOMETIMES IT'S THE CITY MANAGER. SO THAT DEFINITELY IS AN OPPORTUNITY. YEAH, I THINK THERE ARE DEFINITELY LEVELS. LINKS IS DEFINITELY THE MOST ENGAGED HOA. YEAH. TYPICALLY I ONLY GET A LETTER FROM OUR HOA IF I HAVE THE WRONG LIGHT BULB IN MY STREETLIGHT. I DON'T THINK I'VE NEVER HAD ANY LIKE USEFUL INFORMATION SHARED FROM OUR HOA, AND THAT'S A BIG ONE. YOU KNOW, ACROSS IT SOUNDS LIKE LAURA'S IS KIND OF IN THE MIDDLE, LIKE THEY'RE COMMUNICATE SOME WAY.
BUT SO YEAH, IT'S KIND OF WE ALL HAVE HOA. YEAH. THE LEVEL OF INFORMATION IS VARIES GREATLY.
INTERESTING OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM BOARD MEMBERS. GREAT. SEEING NONE I WILL I DO WANT TO FORMALLY INTRODUCE THE NEW BOARD MEMBER.
WE KIND OF WERE RUSHING IN THE BEGINNING TO GET GOING ON OUR FIELD TRIP. AND I DON'T KNOW IF OUR NEW BRD MEMOABER WANTS TO INTRODUCE HERSELF AND JUST SAY SOMETHING. SORRY TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT. I SHOULD HAVE WARNED YOU. I'M BECKY KOPPELMAN, I LIVE IN UPPER FENWAY NEAR KC. I'VE BEEN IN NEW ALBANY SINCE 2008. MY KIDS WERE BORN HERE. THEY'RE FIFTH AND SEVENTH GRADERS. I DO SOME VOLUNTEERING WITH HEALTHY NEW ALBANY'S NATURE PROGRAMS, AND MY MOST RECENT WORK EXPERIENCE WAS IN PRODUCT MANAGEMENT AT CHEMICAL ABSTRACTS SERVICE. SO MY BACKGROUND IS IN LIKE BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY. SO I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE. THANK YOU. WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE YOU.
WELCOME, WELCOME, WELCOME ON BOARD. YOU'LL COME ACROSS A BOOK THAT I LEFT IN YOUR SPOT FOR YOU. THAT'S YES. REQUIRED READING. REALLY. SO YOU BETTER READ IT. HE JUST RANDOMLY STARTS ASKING ME QUESTIONS. WELL, TAKE COPIOUS NOTES AFTER THE MEETING, I'LL GRAB 30S. FANTASTIC. ALL RIGHT. IF THERE ARE NO OTHER ISSUES, I'LL MOVE. MOVE TO ADJOURN THE MEETING. OR AT 843 SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE AYE.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.