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JULY 19TH. YEAH. YEAH. JULY 19TH. FROM NINE TO NOON OUT AT BETHLEHEM PARK WILL BE THE COPS
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AND BOBBERS EVENT. THAT'LL BE OUR THIRD YEAR. IT'S BEEN GROWING EACH YEAR. COULDN'T HAPPEN WITHOUT THESE PEOPLE SHOWING UP AND VOLUNTEERING THEIR TIME AND CHIEF AUTHORIZING IT. BUT IT'S A GREAT EVENT. SO IT'S MY SHAMELESS PLUG. THERE YOU GO. AND YOU HAVE TO REGISTER. KIDS DON'T REGISTER. YOU HAVE TO BRING YOUR OWN ROD AND REEL. WE'LL HAVE BAIT.LIMITED BAIT AVAILABLE UPON ARRIVAL. AND THEN USUALLY SERGEANT STRAW IS GRILLING SOME HOT DOGS AND STUFF, SO. BUT IT'S FREE. NO REGISTRATION NEEDED. JUST SHOW UP AND FISH. OKAY.
SOUNDS GREAT. NO. SAY, WE'RE WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE SUCH AN OUTSTANDING GROUP OF OFFICERS AND DISPATCHERS AND NOT JUST IN THE CRISIS SITUATIONS, BUT EVERY DAY WITH WHAT YOU DEAL WITH AND COPS AND ROBBERS AND ALL THE OTHER PROGRAMS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT YOU PARTICIPATE
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IN, YOU KNOW, SETS US APART FROM A LOT OF COMMUNITIES. AND WE'RE THANKFUL FOR YOUR SERVICE, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE YOU AS A PART OF NEW ALBANY. AND I THINK EVERY TIME WE HAD A CITIZEN SURVEY, I THINK YOU OFFICERS ARE THE HIGHEST RATED GROUP IN THE COMMUNITY AND WELL DESERVED. AND AGAIN, THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE YOU. YES, SIR. I'LL I REALLY DON'T HAVE A LOT MORE TO ADD. I DID DO THE POLICE ACADEMY ONCE TOO, AND I WILL SAY THAT EVERY TIME I WAS HANDED THE FAKE GUN, MY INSTINCTS WERE ALWAYS THE WRONG WAY. SO I SHOT THE INNOCENT GUY AND DIDN'T GET THE THIEF. BUT IT TEACHES YOU A GREAT DEAL ABOUT THE STRESS AND THE PRESSURE THAT YOU HAVE TO WORK ON UNDER ON A REGULAR, EVERYDAY BASIS. YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN THE ADRENALINE IS GOING TO HAVE TO KICK IN. AND IT GAVE ME. I ALREADY HAD RESPECT FOR WHAT YOU DO, BUT IT GAVE ME TRULY SOMETHING THAT I SHARE WITH PEOPLE ALL THE TIME. HOW EASY IT IS FOR US TO SECOND GUESS THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE TO DO EVERY SINGLE DAY AT A MOMENT'S NOTICE, WITHOUT HESITATION, AND YOU DO THAT TO KEEP US SAFE. AND YOU DO THAT TO KEEP THIS COMMUNITY IN A GOOD PLACE. AND REALLY SO GRATEFUL FOR THAT. AND EVERYWHERE I GO WHEN I SEE OUR OFFICERS, YOU'RE ALWAYS ENGAGED WITH THE COMMUNITY, ANYBODY THAT'S WALKING BY, EVERY OFFICER IS SAYING HELLO AND SMILING AND BEING FRIENDLY, AND IT IS TEACHING OUR YOUNG PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY THAT THE OFFICERS ARE THERE AS THEIR FRIENDS AND THEIR ALLIES AND NOT PEOPLE TO BE FEELING OR ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE.AND I THINK IT'S JUST INCREDIBLE. WE REALLY DO HAVE AN INCREDIBLE GROUP. THANK YOU.
YEAH, I'LL GIVE IT A GOOD CLAP NOW. CHIEF, IF WE CAN HAVE YOU COME UP IN THE REST OF THE GROUP FOR A PICTURE.
DO WE HAVE. OKAY. ON TO OUR NEXT PROCLAMATION. AND THIS IS A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING THE 2025 DOCTOR CLYDE MARSH, NEW ALBANY FOUNDERS DAY PARADE GRAND MARSHAL. AND THIS. THIS IS SOMEWHAT OF A TOUGH ONE. I'LL GO AHEAD AND READ IT FOR DICK FISHER. BUT UNFORTUNATELY, YOU KNOW, IF FOR THOSE THAT DID NOT KNOW, HE HAD PASSED AWAY A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO AND WE WE'RE WE'RE SAD TO SEE HIM GO, BUT I'LL READ THE PROCLAMATION AND THEN HAVE A FEW WORDS AFTERWARDS FOR THAT. OKAY. PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING RICHARD FISHER AS THE 2025 DOCTOR GLIDE A MARSH NEW ALBANY FOUNDERS DAY PARADE GRAND MARSHAL. WHEREAS FOUNDER DAY WAS ORGANIZED IN 1976 AS PART OF THE NATION'S BICENTENNIAL CELEBRATION AND IN TRIBUTE TO WILLIAM YANTIS AND NOBLE LANDEN, WHO FOUNDED NEW ALBANY IN 1837. AND WHEREAS EACH YEAR THE FOUNDERS DAY COMMITTEE RECOGNIZES AN OUTSTANDING CITIZEN OR CITIZENS OF NEW ALBANY AREA BY BESTOWING UPON THEM THE HONOR OF BEING THE GRAND MARSHAL IN THE DOCTOR MARSH, NEW ALBANY FOUNDERS DAY PARADE, AND WHEREAS, RICHARD DICK FISHER HAS BEEN A DEDICATED MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY SINCE HE MOVED HERE IN 1984 WITH HIS WIFE MARY, AND THEIR TWO CHILDREN, RICK AND JOY. AND WHEREAS, DICK SERVED AS A PLAIN TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE AND ON THE NEW ALBANY VILLAGE COUNCIL, HE ALSO SERVED NEW ALBANY PLAIN LOCAL SCHOOLS BY COACHING, ASSISTING WITH THE ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT, AND BECOMING THE DIRECTOR OF SECURITY. AND WHEREAS, DICK HAD A DISTINGUISHED CAREER IN CLINTON TOWNSHIP AS A FIREFIGHTER, FIRE CHIEF, BUREAU CHIEF, AND PART TIME POLICE OFFICER, AND WHEREAS, DICK WAS A STRONG ADVOCATE FOR POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS AND PARTICIPATED IN THE FIRST EVER NEW ALBANY CITIZEN'S POLICE ACADEMY, AND WHEREAS DICK WAS A GOOD MAN AND A GREAT CITIZEN, AND HE WILL BE MUCH MISSED BY THE COMMUNITY NOW. THEREFORE.
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MATT SCHALL, PRESIDENT PRO TEMP ON BEHALF OF SLOAN SPALDING, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF NEW ALBANY, COUNTIES OF FRANKLIN AND LICKING, STATE OF OHIO ON BEHALF OF COUNCIL AND RESIDENTS OF NEW ALBANY, RECOGNIZE RICHARD DICK FISHER ALONG WITH HIS FAMILY AS THE 2025 DOCTOR GLIDE, A MARSH NEW ALBANY FOUNDERS DAY PARADE GRAND MARSHAL. AND. LIKE I SAID, I THINK PRETTY MUCH ANYBODY THAT'S BEEN IN THIS COMMUNITY PROBABLY HAS A DICK FISHER STORY. MY BROTHER IN LAW, WHO'S WHO'S NO LONGER WITH US, WAS PROBABLY ONE OF THE BIGGEST DICK FISHER FANS EVER. EARL SULLIVAN AND I REMEMBER WHEN DICK WAS SECURITY AT THE CAMP AT THE SCHOOL CAMPUS AND HAD HIS GOLF CART. EARL WENT OUT AND KIND OF TOOK HIS GOLF CART, AND HE TRICKED IT OUT. I MEAN, IT HAD LIGHTS, SIRENS. I MEAN, HE PUT EVERYTHING ON THAT THING AND THAT JUST SAYS A LOT ABOUT WHO THAT WHO, WHO DICK WAS THAT PEOPLE JUST REALLY, REALLY LIKED HIM. EVEN THOUGH HE'S NO LONGER WITH US, WE KNOW HIS SPIRIT WILL STAY VERY MUCH ALIVE IN THIS COMMUNITY. NAMING HIM GRAND MARSHAL IS MORE THAN AN HONOR. IT'S REALLY A TRIBUTE TO A MAN WHO GAVE SO MUCH OF HIMSELF TO THIS COMMUNITY. HE WAS A KIND PERSON. HE MADE ALL ME BETTER JUST BY BEING IN IT. AND HIS PASSING LEAVES A SPACE THAT REALLY CANNOT BE FILLED. BUT HIS LEGACY WILL LIVE ON IN THE LIVES THAT HE TOUCHED AND THE EXAMPLES THAT HE SAID. HE WASN'T JUST A NEIGHBOR OR A FRIEND, BUT HE WAS REALLY A FABRIC OF NEW ALBANY GOING BACK MANY, MANY YEARS, UNFORTUNATELY, AND I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND HIS FAMILY IS NOT WITH US TONIGHT, BUT I'D LIKE TO THANK THEM FOR SHARING HIM WITH US, FOR ALL OF US, AND RECOGNIZING HIS CONTRIBUTIONS AS WE CELEBRATE HIS LIFE WITH WITH TODAY'S PROCLAMATION AND NAMING HIM GRAND MARSHAL. AND I WILL TURN IT OVER TO COUNCIL IF THEY HAVE ANYTHING THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO ADD OR STORIES THEY MAY HAVE HAD, I NEED TO DO A QUICK AMENDMENT. I HAVE APRIL 14TH AS THE DATE OF PASSING. IT'S ACTUALLY APRIL 24TH. APOLOGIES.OKAY, VERY WELL SAID. I HAVE GREAT MEMORIES OF MY KIDS TRYING TO RUN AWAY FROM HIM AS HE AS HEAD OF SECURITY AT THE SCHOOL FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. PROBABLY BECAUSE OF THAT SCARY GOLF CART.
IT WAS THAT IT WAS ALWAYS THE GOLF CART. THAT'S RIGHT. SO. BUT VERY WELL SAID. THANK YOU. I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT. HE HE PUT A LOT OF HIMSELF INTO THIS COMMUNITY AS IT WAS GROWING AND CHANGING AND REALLY HELPED US BECOME WHERE WE ARE TODAY. YEAH. YEAH. WELL, I KNOW BECKY, NORA IS HERE TODAY TO REPRESENT THE FOUNDATION. AND IF YOU COULD ACCEPT THE PROCLAMATION ON THE FAMILY'S BEHALF, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. AND COME UP AND GET A QUICK PICTURE AND COUNCIL, I KNOW YOU ALL WANT TO GET A PICTURE FOR THIS AS WELL. I THINK IT MIGHT BE NICE IF WE ALL GO UP AND HAVE A PICTURE WITH BECKY. OKAY. SORRY.
TO SAY THAT. OKAY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL MOVE ON TO ANOTHER HERE. STICKING WITH THE NEW ALBANY FOUNDER'S DAY PARADE, WE HAVE ANOTHER PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING NEW ALBANY'S SPECIAL OLYMPICS AS THE NEW ALBANY FOUNDERS DAY COMMUNITY CONNECTION AWARD HONOREE.
WHEREAS FOUNDER DAY WAS FIRST ORGANIZED IN 1976 AS PART OF THE NATION'S BICENTENNIAL CELEBRATION AND TRIBUTE TO WILLIAM YANTIS AND NOBLE LANDON, WHO FOUNDED NEW ALBANY IN 1837.
AND WHEREAS THE FOUNDERS DAY COMMITTEE RECOGNIZES AN OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION WHICH PROVIDES EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE TO THE RESIDENTS OF NEW ALBANY AREA BY BESTOWING UPON THE ORGANIZATION AND COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS AWARD. AND WHEREAS NEW ALBANY SPECIAL OLYMPICS IS AN ACCREDITED PROGRAM OF THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS OF OHIO, WHOSE VISION IS TO PROMOTE ACCEPTANCE, INCLUSION, AND WELL-BEING FOR THE PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES THROUGH SPORTS. AND WHEREAS, THE NEW ALBANY POLICE DEPARTMENT REGULARLY PARTICIPATES IN MULTIPLE EVENTS RELATED TO THE ORGANIZATION, INCLUDING THE LAW ENFORCEMENT TORCH RUN FOR
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SPECIAL OLYMPICS AND POLAR PLUNGE, IN ADDITION TO AN ANNUAL BASKETBALL AND FLAG FOOTBALL GAME BETWEEN THE SPECIAL OLYMPIC ATHLETES AND THE LOCAL FIRST RESPONDERS. AND WHEREAS THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS IS CELEBRATING THEIR 50TH YEAR IN 2025 AND IS FOUNDING MEMBER OF A GLOBAL INCLUSION MOVEMENT USING SPORT, HEALTH, EDUCATION AND LEADERSHIP PROGRAMS TO EMPOWER PEOPLE WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES. AND WHEREAS, THE NEW ALBANY SPECIAL OLYMPICS PROVIDES CHILDREN AND ADULTS WITH YEAR ROUND SPORTS TRAINING AND OPPORTUNITIES TO DEVELOP AND DEMONSTRATE THEIR SKILLS, AND IT PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES TO INCREASE OUR COMMUNITY'S AWARENESS OF THEIR CAPABILITIES. AND NOW, THEREFORE, MATT SCHALL, PRESIDENT PRO TEM, ON BEHALF OF SLOAN SPALDING, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF NEW ALBANY, COUNTIES OF FRANKLIN AND LICKING, STATE OF OHIO, ON BEHALF OF COUNCIL AND RESIDENTS OF NEW ALBANY, WISH TO RECOGNIZE NEW ALBANY SPECIAL OLYMPICS AS THE 2025 RECIPIENT OF THE NEW ALBANY FOUNDERS DAY COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS.CONGRATULATIONS. AND TODAY WE HAVE AMY THOMAS, WHO'S REPRESENTING THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS TODAY. AND I KNOW WE JUST MENTIONED OUR WONDERFUL POLICE FORCE THAT LOVES TO PARTICIPATE IN SO MANY SPECIAL OLYMPICS ACTIVITIES. AND I THINK SINCE HE'S ON A ROLL ALREADY, WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND HAVE OFFICER LEE KELLY COME ON UP. AND I THINK HE'D LIKE TO SAY A COUPLE OF WORDS ABOUT SPECIAL OLYMPICS. I MEAN, UNLESS AMY WANTS TO TAKE THE MIC, I KNOW YOU LOVE PUBLIC SPEAK. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PROCLAMATION. AMY AND PAUL THOMAS DESERVE ALL THE CREDIT IN THE WORLD FOR STARTING THE NEW ALBANY SPECIAL OLYMPICS AND ALL THE WORK AND TIME AND ENERGY THEY PUT INTO IT TO GIVE OPPORTUNITIES TO THOSE WITH INTELLECTUAL, INTELLECTUAL AND PHYSICAL DISABILITIES IN OUR COMMUNITY. OUR INVOLVEMENT AS A POLICE DEPARTMENT. YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN DOING INVOLVED WITH THE LAW ENFORCEMENT TORCH RUN FOR SPECIAL OLYMPICS SINCE 2005.
WHEN I CAME TO NEW ALBANY, I REALLY WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING HERE. AND PART OF OUR WHOLE, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY CONNECTS US VIBE. I, WORKING IN THE SCHOOLS, TRY TO LOOK AT WAYS TO GET THE AGENCY AND OUR OFFICERS MORE INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY. SO, YOU KNOW, WE BROUGHT THE LAW ENFORCEMENT TORCH RUN. WE BROUGHT OUR OWN LEG HERE IN NEW ALBANY TO HELP RAISE MONEY. 80% OF THE FUNDS WE RAISE FOR OUR LEG GO DIRECTLY TO NEW ALBANY SPECIAL OLYMPICS. AND THEN SAME WITH THE POLAR PLUNGE. OUR POLAR PLUNGE IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT BECAUSE IT'S INTIMIDATING TO JUMP INTO A FREEZING COLD WATER IN FEBRUARY, SO WE TRY TO MAKE IT A LITTLE MORE FUN WITH THE WATER SLIDE. AND WE'VE HAD SOME GOOD SUCCESS AND BEEN ABLE TO RAISE QUITE A BIT OF MONEY FOR SPECIAL OLYMPICS IN GENERAL. BUT LIKE I SAID, THE FUNDS RAISED HERE, 80% GO DIRECTLY BACK TO NEW ALBANY SPECIAL OLYMPICS, BUT ALL THE CREDIT IN THE WORLD GOES TO PAUL AND AMY FOR STARTING THE PROGRAM, KEEPING IT GOING, AND ALL THE WORK AND ENERGY THEY PUT IN EVER. THEY. SO AWESOME. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. NICE. THANK LA FOR HIS PARTICIPATION. LIKE I SAID, HE ORGANIZES THE POLAR PLUNGE AND THE TORCH RUN EVERY YEAR. AND HE HE SHOWS UP AT A LOT OF PRACTICES. AND THE KIDS LOVE HIM BECAUSE THEY KNOW HIM THROUGH THE SCHOOL. YOU KNOW, THEY THEY TALK SOME SMACK WHEN THEY PLAY BASKETBALL. FOR MY HUSBAND, PAUL CAN'T BE HERE. HE'S ACTUALLY AT POWERLIFTING PRACTICE AT THE WEIGHT ROOM. BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE APPRECIATE THE RECOGNITION AND THE AWARD. OH THAT'S AWESOME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THOSE COMMENTS ANYBODY FROM THE FROM THE GROUP HERE. I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT COUNCILWOMAN WILTROUT AND I WORK WITH OUR INCLUSIVITY PANEL. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE WORKING ON THIS YEAR IS SOME MORE ENDEAVORS WITH REGARD TO ACCESSIBILITY. AND WE WOULD REALLY LOVE TO TALK TO YOU. OR PANEL HAS SPECIFICALLY TALKED ABOUT PROMOTING AND PARTNERING AND HELPING TO SUPPORT THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS. THE CHAIR OF OUR PANEL IS ACTUALLY INVOLVED WITH SPECIAL OLYMPICS, AND WE REALLY LIKE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THAT. SO WE'LL HAVE TO CONNECT. THAT'S AWESOME. I'M SO GLAD YOU'RE HERE. SO GLAD THAT YOU DO WHAT YOU DO. AND THANK YOU AGAIN, I THINK TO ALBANY SPECIAL OLYMPICS TRULY REFLECTS THE SPIRIT OF OUR COMMUNITY, ONE THAT VALUES INCLUSION, DETERMINATION AND UNITY. AND THE ATHLETES, THE COACHES, THE VOLUNTEERS. I THINK THAT THEY REALLY REMIND US AND EVERYONE, YOU KNOW, THAT EVERYONE HAS SOMETHING IMPORTANT TO OFFER.
THEY REALLY DO. AND SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING US TOGETHER AND MAKING NEW ALBANY A STRONGER, MORE CONNECTED CITY. WE HAVE THAT ON ALL OF OUR APPAREL, AND IT'S OUR TAGLINE, CONNECTED COMMUNITY. AND I TRULY BELIEVE SPECIAL OLYMPICS DOES JUST THAT. SO PROUD TO HAVE YOU AND HONOR YOU TODAY. SO LET'S GET A PICTURE. ALRIGHT. GET EVERYBODY. OKAY. EVERYBODY BACK IN. PLACE.
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OKAY. OH. THERE, THERE. I'M I'M TRYING TO I'M TRYING TO BALANCE IT OUT I CAN PHOTOSHOP. RIGHT. THANK YOU. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO. WE ARE. WELL THIS IS WHEN I USUALLY SAY IF YOU'D LIKE TO STAY FOR THE REST OF THE MEETING YOU CAN. HOWEVER, I THINK PEOPLE KNOW THAT BY NOW IS EVERYONE HAS ALREADY WALKED OUT THE DOOR FOR THE MOST PART. BUT YES, VETERANS. THE VETERANS HAVE ALREADY LEFT. BUT YES, BECKY AND AMY, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO STAY FOR THE REST. THANK YOU. THAT'S ACTUALLY PRETTY GOOD. ALRIGHTY, LET'S MOVE ON TO BOARD AND[7. BOARD/COMMISSION REPORTS]
COMMISSION REPORTS. HOW ABOUT THE PLANNING COMMISSION? YES. WE HAD A VERY SHORT MEETING HERE, A VERY LENGTHY MEETING LAST NIGHT WITH JUST A COUPLE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA. SO. BUT FIRST, BEFORE WE GET TO ANY AGENDA ITEMS, WE HEARD FROM TAMARA DAVIES ABOUT SOME CONCERNS THAT THE HAINES CREEK PROJECT THERE, SHE REPORTED. SUNDAY THAT THERE WAS A THIS WAS THE MEETING WAS YESTERDAY. SO SHE REPORTED DAY BEFORE THE MEETING THAT THERE WAS A LAKE ON HER PROPERTY AS A RESULT OF THE HAINES CREEK PROJECT THAT'S NEXT TO HER. SHE REACHED OUT TO THE CITY. THE CITY WAS ON IT. THE, YOU KNOW, IMMEDIATELY THE NEXT DAY, AND THEY WERE WORKING ON IT. EPCON ALSO REACHED OUT TO THE CITY TO DISCUSS REMEDIATION, AND I TOLD HER THAT I HAD EVERY FAITH THAT THE CITY WAS GOING TO HELP HER, AND IF SHE NEEDED TO COME TALK WITH US, SHE WAS WELCOME TO. SO WE MIGHT BE HEARING MORE FROM THAT. THEN WE TALKED ABOUT THE AEP SUBSTATION. SO WHICH WE THERE WERE WHAT, EIGHT PEOPLE FROM AEP IN ATTENDANCE TO ANSWER VARIOUS RESIDENTS QUESTIONS.THERE WAS A FULSOME DISCUSSION ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE CRITERIA FOR THE PROJECT. THE, THE, THE, THE NEED FOR THE PROJECT AND SORT OF WHAT CAN BE DONE TO MAKE THE PROJECT MORE PALATABLE FOR THE NEIGHBORS. IT JUST AS YOU MAY REMEMBER THAT IF THE PROJECT COULD SATISFY THREE CRITERIA, THERE WAS VERY LITTLE THAT A PLANNING COMMISSION COULD DO TO IMPEDE THE PROJECT. AND THOSE WERE THAT THE SERVICES NECESSARY FOR THE PUBLIC CONSTRUCTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH GENERAL SAFETY STANDARDS, AND DOES NOT UNREASONABLY AFFECT THE WELFARE OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC. THE PLANNING COMMISSION WENT THROUGH EACH OF THOSE FACTORS WITH THE APPLICANT AND WERE SATISFIED THAT THEY WERE MET. THEY SPOKE WITH SOME NEIGHBORS ABOUT SCREENING ISSUES, AND THEY AGREED TO THE. THE AEP AGREED TO RESTRICT LIGHTING ON AT THE SUBSTATION TO ONLY EMERGENCY USE OR LIKE ONLY WHEN THEY NEEDED TO COME. BASICALLY TURN THE LIGHTS ON IF THE POWER WAS OUT AND THEY WOULD HAVE ANY ROUTINE MAINTENANCE, ONLY BE DURING BUSINESS HOURS AND THEY WERE GOING TO ADD ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING. CONSIDER MAYBE A SOUND WALL IN ANY ADDITIONAL SCREENING. PLAN PASSED FIVE ZERO. I HAVE THREE DOCUMENTS HERE. ONE IS WHERE THE PLAN IS OR THE PLANS TO BE LOCATED, AND TO OUR RENDERINGS. THIS IS, YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE A GUESSTIMATE OF WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE. THE TOP PICTURE IS WHAT THE TREES WILL, THE HOW MUCH GREEN THE TREES WILL PROVIDE AT PLANTING. AND HERE THEY ARE AT FULL. LENGTH, FULL GROWTH. THANK YOU. WHICH SHOULD BE ABOUT TEN YEARS OUT. SO PASS THESE OUT. ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT FOR OKAY.
THEN WE GOT TO TUCK INTO THE ENGAGE NEW ALBANY US 62 INTERCHANGE FOCUS AREA PLAN, WHICH I THINK MANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN. THIS PLAN, YOU KNOW, IS AN OVERLAY OF THE
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STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WOULD CHANGE THE STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THIS AREA THAT WENT OVER, YOU KNOW, HOW WE GOT THERE, THE IMMENSE INVOLVEMENT OF THE COMMUNITY. BUT THE MXQ APPLICANT OR CONSULTANTS WENT THROUGH AND WALKED US THROUGH THE FOUR SUB AREAS WITHIN THE 62 PLAN THAT ARE PROPOSED, WHICH ARE, YOU KNOW, THE US 62 COMMERCIAL CORE, WHICH IS JUST WHAT IT IS RIGHT NOW, BASICALLY ALONG 62 WHERE YOU HAVE THAT REALLY HEAVY RETAIL USE, THE INDUSTRIAL PARK, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, THE LANDING PAD FOR OR A LAUNCHING PAD FOR SMALL BUSINESSES THAT NEED THAT MORE INDUSTRIAL FEEL, THE OFFICE CAMPUS. AND THEN THE MOST EXCITING PART OF THE PROJECT, THE NORTH MILL GATEWAY DISTRICT, WHICH WAS SUBJECT OF LOTS OF BRAINSTORMING AND THE SO THE NORTH MILL GATEWAY DISTRICT IS THE CENTER REALLY OF THE RESIDENTIAL. GROWTH WITHIN THAT AREA, AND IT'S DESIGNED TO BE MORE INTENSE AROUND THAT 62 COMMERCIAL CORE DISTRICT. AND THEN TO BECOME MORE, YOU KNOW, DISPERSED AS YOU GET FARTHER AWAY INTO THE MORE RURAL AREA OF THAT OF THE SUBJECT AREA, FULL BUILD OUT OF THE NORTH GATE GATEWAY DISTRICT WOULD BE SEVEN UNITS TO AN ACRE. THAT'S THE DENSITY. IF YOU LOOK AT THE ENTIRE 270 ACRES THAT COMPRISE THE NORTH MILL GATEWAY DISTRICT. AND JUST TO PUT THAT IN REFERENCE FOR THE WHOLE PROJECT, IF YOU LOOK AT THE ENTIRE FOCUS AREA, WHICH IS 573 ACRES, THAT COMES UP TO THREE UNITS PER ACRE FOR GROSS DENSITY OF THE PROJECT, THE MAIN SUBJECT OF DISCUSSION OF THE PROJECT WAS THERE WERE RESIDENTS FROM TIDEWATER, THEIR RESIDENTS THAT WERE, YOU KNOW, AROUND TIDEWATER. THE MAIN SUBJECT OF THE DISCUSSION WAS THE PROPOSED CHANGES TO KITZMILLER GOING SOUTH. SO THE PROPOSED CHANGES WAS THAT KITZMILLER AT THE FIVE POINTS INTERSECTION, WOULD BE A CUL DE SAC AND WOULD NOT BE CONNECTED. SO THE RESIDENTS WERE NOT ADDRESSED. SOME CONCERNS WITH THAT, AND THE CONSULTANTS AGREED TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT IT AND COME OUT, COME UP WITH ANOTHER SOLUTION. THAT INTERSECTION IS THE SUBJECT OF MUCH HAND-WRINGING AND HEADACHES. SO, YOU KNOW, NO IDEA IS A BAD IDEA AT THIS POINT. AND HOW TO MAKE IT BETTER. I'M GOING TO PASS THIS DOWN. THIS IS THE DOCUMENT WHICH I'M SURE YOU'LL ALL BE GETTING. THIS WILL COME TO US IN NEXT MEETING. LET'S TALK ABOUT. ANDREA. WERE THEY THE RESIDENTS THAT HAD SOME CONCERNS AROUND KITZMILLER? WAS IT THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO KEEP IT CONNECTED TO 62 WHERE IT IS, OR THEY JUST DON'T WANT TO CONNECT IT TO 62 AT ALL? I WAS JUST CURIOUS. THEY WOULD LIKE TO MAINTAIN THE CONNECTIVITY AT THE FIVE POINT. AT THE FIVE POINT AREA. YEP, YEP. THEY WERE WORRIED THAT TIDEWATER KIND OF GETS CUT OFF. THEN FROM THE REST OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD OR FROM THE REST OF THE CITY. YOU CAN'T USE KITZMILLER TO CONNECT, TO GO OVER, GET DOWN TO THE HOSPITAL, TO GET DOWN TO THE HOSPITAL. YEAH. AND HEINZ CREEK IS GOING TO BE THERE. SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, CONNECTIVITY IS AN IMPORTANT PILLAR IN OUR PLANNING. AND THAT'S PROBABLY NOT GOING TO BE THE PROBABLY SHOULDN'T BE THE SOLUTION FOR THIS PROJECT. OKAY. LET'S TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT IT. SO AND BUT IT DID I DIDN'T LOOK AT THE FINAL DRAFT BUT IT DID HAVE IT CONNECTING AT 62. JUST FARTHER SOUTH IS WHAT THE THERE'S A THERE'S A THERE'S A STUB ROAD THAT CONNECTS IT. YEAH. YEP. OKAY OKAY. THAT WAS IT. THAT WAS FOUR HOURS. JUST ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. GOOD SUMMARY. BUSY FOR HOURS. WAS THIS THE INFORMAL PRESENTATION? NO. THIS WAS THE I'M SORRY I THANK YOU. I MISSED THE BEST THE MOST IMPORTANT PART. THEY VOTED AND THEY PASSED IT FIVE ZERO TO RECOMMEND IT FOR US TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHICH WILL BE COMING NEXT, NEXT MEETING. AND DID THAT HAVE A MIX OF FAMILY UNITS FROM SINGLE FAMILY HOMES ALL THE WAY UP TO APARTMENTS AS YOU HAD DESCRIBED? YEP. SO THAT YES, THE THERE'S THREE SUBSECTIONS WITHIN[00:35:05]
THE NORTH MILL GATEWAY DISTRICT AND THE SUB SUBSECTION A HAS THAT HIGHER DENSITY APARTMENTS, TOWNHOMES, TWO, TWO FAMILY HOMES. AND THEN THERE'S A BLEND IN SUBSECTION B. AND SUBSECTION C IS MOSTLY SINGLE FAMILY HOMES OKAY. WELL I KNOW THEY SPENT I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG. SIX MONTHS, EIGHT MONTHS. ALMOST A YEAR OVER YEAR OVER A YEAR ON THIS PROJECT. SO I'D LIKE TO THANK ALL OF THE CITIZENS THAT REALLY ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN THIS. AND IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT TRULY WAS DEVELOPED FROM OUR CITIZENS. I MEAN, I WAS PART OF EVERY MEETING THAT THEY WERE AT, AS WAS ANDREA, AND I KNOW MARLENE WAS THERE. CHIP CAME THEY THEY REALLY PUT THIS WHOLE THING TOGETHER. SO IT'S A TRIBUTE TO OUR STAFF AND, AND WORKING WITH THEM AND OF COURSE OUR CITIZENS PUTTING THIS TOGETHER. SO THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. HOW ABOUT PARKS AND TRAILS ADVISORY BOARD IS CHIP I WAS DID NOT HAVE ANYTHING FROM CHIP. SO I WILL MOVE TO ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD. NO MEETING. NO MEETING. BOARD OF ZONING AND APPEALS DID NOT MEET AS WELL. SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD, NO MEETING. I WAS OH I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO SAY BUT BUT WELL WE DID HAVE THOSE. I WAS WAITING FOR YOU. SO YOU WERE WAITING FOR US. BUT DID WE HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT AT THE LAST MEETING ABOUT OUR EARTH DAY CELEBRATION JAMBOREE? THE EARTH DAY PALOOZA, AT THE SERVICE CENTER? IT IT MADE US HEARD A LOT ABOUT IT. I'D LIKE TO RECAP BRIEFLY. THIS IS THE I THINK, THIRD YEAR WE'VE DONE THE E-WASTE COLLECTION, MAYBE FOURTH, FOURTH FOR E-WASTE, MAYBE FOURTH FOR E-WASTE, THIRD FOR HAZARDOUS HOUSEHOLD. AND SO WE HAD E-WASTE, HAZARDOUS WASTE. AND THEN WE HAD PAPER SHREDDING AS A NEW FEATURE. THIS YEAR, WE DID IT UP AT THE SERVICE CENTER FOR THE SECOND YEAR. AND WE THOUGHT, THAT'S PLENTY OF ROOM.WE'LL BE ABLE TO RUN CARS IN AND OUT OF THERE. AND IT WAS. I TOLD ADRIAN, WHOEVER MARKETED THIS IS TOO GOOD AT THEIR JOB, BECAUSE AT 745 I WAS STOPPED ON BEVEL HAMMER SOUTH OF WALNUT IN DEAD STOP TRAFFIC. I THINK AT ONE POINT WE WERE DOWN WALNUT TO 605, SO WE HAD TO GET THE POLICE OUT THERE. THANK YOU TO COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WERE UP THERE VOLUNTEERING. I WANT TO THANK OUR SERVICE CENTER, RYAN'S TEAM, ANGIE AND STEVE AND THE WHOLE GROUP IN THE PICTURES UP THERE.
IT WAS IT WAS FULL GO FROM FROM EIGHT. IT WAS EIGHT TO NOON. AND LAST YEAR WE HAD 200 CARS TOTAL IN OUR FOUR HOURS. AND THIS YEAR WE HAD 500 CARS IN OUR ONE AND IT NEVER LET UP. AND I KNOW WE MADE SOME PEOPLE UPSET BECAUSE WE HAD TO BLOCK OFF THE ENTRANCE AT NOON. THERE WERE FOLKS THAT WAITED. I THINK THERE WERE FOLKS THAT WERE WAITING ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF TO GET IN. SO IT WAS A TREMENDOUS SUCCESS. I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE FINAL NUMBERS YET BACK, ADRIAN. WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE FINAL NUMBERS. I CAN'T SAY WE FILLED UP AN ENTIRE TRUCK OF PAPER SHREDDING TO THE BRIM.
WE DON'T HAVE THE LIKE TON TONNAGE YET, BUT FOR E-WASTE LAST YEAR WE FILLED 18 GAYLORDS.
THAT'S WHAT THEY CALL THE CONTAINERS THEY DROP OFF. THIS YEAR WE HAD 33 GAYLORDS AND THEN TWO TRUCKS OF BIG, BIG SCREEN TVS. AND THEN I DON'T HAVE ANY NUMBERS ON HAZARDOUS HOUSEHOLD WASTE YET. I JUST KNOW AT THE AT NOON THEY WE WENT OVER THERE AND IN THE CONTRACTOR WAS LIKE, WE HAVE NEVER EVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEFORE. WHEN I LEFT AROUND ONE, THEY HAD AN ENTIRE 53 FOOT TRAILER FILLED AND THEY WERE STARTING AND THEY HAD IT STILL. THEY WERE STILL PALLETIZING IT AND PUT IT IN THERE. SO I THINK IT WAS PROBABLY CHASING TWO FULL 53 FOOT TRAILERS. SO YEAH, AN UNBELIEVABLE TURNOUT. AND YOU KNOW, THE FACT THAT, I MEAN, FOLKS WAITED IN LINE FOR AN HOUR AND A HALF OR WHATEVER TO DO THE RIGHT THING INSTEAD OF THROWING THEIR BATTERIES AND EVERYTHING IN THE TRASH AND DUMP, YOU KNOW, JUST GO HOME AND THROW THE PAINT IN THE TRASH NEXT WEEK. SO KUDOS TO THE COMMUNITY FOR, YOU KNOW, BEARING WITH US. AND, YOU KNOW, A LOT TO TAKE AWAY AND LESSONS LEARNED THAT WILL APPLY NEXT YEAR. IT JUST REALLY CAME OUT OF LEFT FIELD. HOW HOW POPULAR THE DAY WAS. BUT LIKE I SAID THE TEAM WAS FANTASTIC. LIKE, I
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DON'T THINK WE COULD HAVE MOVED THE CAR AS MUCH FASTER. IT WAS BETWEEN OUR TEAM AND THEN THE TEAM THAT WERE DOING THE HAZARDOUS WASTE. THEY HAD THEIR OWN CREW UP THERE AND THEIR HAZMAT SUITS, AND THEY WERE BUZZING AROUND LIKE BEES. SO I CAN'T SAY WE DIDN'T, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE, EVERYBODY THAT GOT THERE AND THEY YOU KNOW, I WAS AT THE LAST POINT OF THE DROP OFF AND 99% OF THE FOLKS WERE LIKE, WOW, THANK YOU GUYS FOR DOING THIS. EVEN THOUGH THEY WAITED AN HOUR AND A HALF TO GET TO THAT POINT. YEAH. SO THE RESPONSE WAS, YOU KNOW, THEY THEY RECOGNIZED IT.WE DID THE ABSOLUTE BEST THAT WE COULD. YEAH. SO THANKS TO STAFF FOR PUTTING IT ON THAT FELLOW SAVVY MEMBERS THAT WERE OUT THERE THE WHOLE TIME. AND SO WE'LL COME BACK AT SOME POINT WHEN WE GET THE FINAL NUMBERS AND WE CAN KIND OF DO A RUN THROUGH AND RECAP, BUT A REALLY, REALLY POSITIVE EVENT. I, YOU KNOW, I THINK ATTITUDE IS EVERYTHING. AND I SHOWED UP AT 830 NOT KNOWING THAT I WAS GOING TO BE THE BIG VOLUNTEER THAT DAY. THAT'S GREAT. I, I PEOPLE WERE HUSTLING FROM THAT TIME UNTIL I LEFT AT NOON, LIKE AND ALL OF THE STAFF, I THINK THEY PROBABLY DID NOT THINK THAT THEY WERE GOING TO HAVE THAT MORNING. IT WAS COLD. IT WAS RAINY, BUT NOBODY STOPPED MOVING AND NOBODY COMPLAINED. NOBODY GRUMBLED, NOBODY SAID ANYTHING NEGATIVE.
WE WERE ALL LOCKED IN AND WORKING REALLY, REALLY WELL AS A TEAM, AND I CHECKED IN MOST OF THE CARS, LIKE I WAS GOING UP AND DOWN THE LINES AND TALKING TO ALMOST EVERYBODY, AND I HAD TWO GRUMPY PEOPLE, OKAY? AND THEY WEREN'T EVEN THE PEOPLE WHO WERE WAITING TO GET TO THE SOCCER FIELD AND MADE THE WRONG TURN. SO I THINK THAT SPEAKS A LOT TO OUR OUR STAFF, AMAZING PEOPLE AND OUR COMMUNITY. AND, YOU KNOW, JUST THE PEOPLE, THE NATURE OF THE EVENT IS THAT EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE WAITING FOR SO LONG, THEY KNEW THEY WERE DOING SOMETHING GOOD FOR THE WORLD AND THEY WERE HAPPY TO BE THERE. SO THANK YOU TO CASEY AND THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE FOR THIS EVENT, WHICH I THINK WILL PROBABLY DO AGAIN, GOOD REMINDER HOW HEAVY THOSE OLD TVS ARE.
THAT'S TOOK THREE OF US ON THAT ONE. THAT WAS CASEY TO GET IT OUT. LIFE IS GOOD. YEAR ONE WAS THE OLD CATHODE RAY TELEVISIONS THAT EVERYBODY HAD THEIR BASEMENTS. IT'S GOTTEN PROGRESSIVELY LIGHTER. LIKE THERE'S FAR MORE GET RID OF IT. BUT REALLY. YEAH, THEY PURGED THE BIG ONES. AND NOW IT'S FAR MORE FLAT SCREENS, WHICH I APPRECIATE. YEAH. YEAH. NO.
AGAIN. YEAH. KUDOS TO THE WHOLE GROUP OUT THERE. THEY DID SUCH A PHENOMENAL JOB. AND ALSO WE HAD ARBOR DAY. I KNOW YOU HAD A PICTURE UP THERE EARLIER. WHAT A GREAT EVENT THAT WAS JUST AMAZING. THE KIDS ARE SO EXCITED TO GET OUT THERE THERE, THERE. THERE'S A PICTURE. WE DID A LITTLE Q&A DURING THE PROCLAMATION AND THEY WERE ALL EXCITED TO GET INVOLVED IN THAT.
AND THEN 300 PLUS TREES I THINK WAS PLANTED RIGHT THERE IN THE CENTER OF TOWN IN ROSE RUN. SO AND PUT THE LITTLE GREEN CONTAINERS AROUND IT. SO I THINK THE KIDS WILL PROBABLY REALLY ENJOY GOING THROUGH THE SUMMER AND THEN INTO THE YEARS JUST WATCHING. HOPEFULLY THEIR THEIR TREE GROW. SO WE'LL SEE. IN FAIRNESS, ANDREA AND I PLANTED A TREE AND COUNCIL MEMBER SHAW AND PLANTED A TREE. SO WE GOT A LITTLE RACE GOING TO GO. WE'RE GOING TO KEEP AN EYE ON THOSE FOR THE NEXT FEW YEARS AND SEE WHOSE TREE GROWS FASTER. WHO PLANTED THE TREE? I DON'T KNOW IF HE DID IT RIGHT, SO I ALREADY PUT MIRACLE-GRO ON MINE THIS WEEKEND. SO YOU'RE READY? YOU'RE READY. YOU'RE ALREADY DOING THIS. YOU'VE ALREADY. SHE'S ALREADY DISCLAIMING YOUR PRODUCT THERE, CASEY. THAT'S RIGHT. UNLESS IT'S GROSS. YOU ALL SET? GOOD. YEAH. THANKS, CASEY. IDEA IMPLEMENTATION PANEL. SO, WE HAVE A REPORT TODAY. WE DID NOT. DID WE HAVE? I THINK WE HAD A MEETING. NO, WE MEET ON THURSDAY. YEAH, WE MEET ON THURSDAY. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON THE PROJECT THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON. THERE HAS NOT BEEN A MEETING, BUT THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF PROGRESS ON THE PROJECT THAT I'VE SPOKEN TO YOU GUYS ABOUT BEFORE. THE DOCUMENTARY PROJECT. WE ARE NOW WORKING TOWARDS AN MOU, WHICH WE DON'T HAVE YET TODAY, BUT WE'LL BE BRINGING BEFORE COUNCIL. WE HAVE BEEN VERY BLESSED TO RECEIVE. I WENT TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OR THE NEW ALBANY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, AND ASKED FOR $5,000 TO DO THE SCHOOL AUTHORS EVENT ON FRIDAY MORNING, WHICH WOULD BE SUBSEQUENT TO OUR THURSDAY NIGHT PANEL THAT WE'RE GOING TO SPONSOR. AND I WALKED AWAY WITH $10,000. SO IT WAS PRETTY, PRETTY COOL MEETING VERY MADE. MY MADE ME FEEL VERY GOOD. WE
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HAVE THE SCHOOL IS NOW OFFICIALLY GOING TO BE DOING THEIR ORCHESTRA CLASSES ARE GOING TO BE TOUCHING THESE VIOLINS THAT WERE PART OF THE HOLOCAUST HISTORY, THAT'S FOR SURE HAPPENING. THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO PLAY THEM, AND THE FILM STUDIES ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO MEET WITH THE PRODUCER AND DIRECTORS OF THE DOCUMENTARIES AND LEARN FROM THEM. AND AM I MISSING SOMETHING? I THINK THE ART. RIGHT? YEAH. WELL, REPRODUCTIONS OF SOME ART THAT WAS PRODUCED FROM ONE OF THE SURVIVORS OF THE TRAIN WHO DID, I THINK HE DID PENCIL DRAWINGS AND OTHER DRAWINGS OF HIS EXPERIENCES. SO THAT WILL BE THE ART CLASS WILL BE MEETING WITH, I THINK, ANCESTORS AND EXPERIENCING THAT ART. AND THEN THURSDAY NIGHT WE WILL SPONSOR AS THE CITY AT THE MCCOY, A PANEL DISCUSSION WITH HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE MOVIE ITSELF AND WITH SOME AGAIN ANCESTORS OF THE OF THE SURVIVORS AND THE LIBERATORS. AND WE'LL HAVE THE SOME OF THE PROFESSIONALS THAT CREATED THE MOVIE ALL THERE THAT EVENING WITH A RECEPTION SHORTLY AFTER AND WITH THE VIOLINS PRESENT. AND ON FRIDAY THEY'LL HAVE THE AUTHORS VISIT AND THEN THE IT WILL TAKE FROM THERE IT WILL BE OUT OF OUR HANDS. BUT JUST SO THAT PEOPLE KNOW ON SATURDAY OF VETERANS ORGANIZATIONS WILL BE SPONSORING A DAY AT THE VETERANS MUSEUM REGARDING THE MOVIE. AND SUNDAY THERE WILL BE EVENT, AN EVENT WITH THE COLUMBUS SYMPHONY.WE'RE NOT SURE AT THIS TIME WHETHER THAT WILL BE THE WORLD PREMIERE OF THE MOVIE OR NOT, AS THEY ARE IN SOME DISCUSSIONS THAT THERE'S A VERY REAL POSSIBILITY AT THIS POINT THAT THIS IS GOING TO BECOME A STREAMING PRODUCT WITH A MAJOR STREAMING ORGANIZATION. SO THEY'RE VERY, VERY CLOSE TO MAKING THAT HAPPEN, IN WHICH CASE THE WORLD PREMIERE WILL LIKELY NOT GET TO BE IN COLUMBUS. BUT THEY'LL DO A BIG PROJECT ON SUNDAY NIGHT WITH THE COLUMBUS SYMPHONY AND THEN MOVING ON FROM THERE. SO IT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD BE REALLY PROUD OF BEING A PART OF. WE'RE GOING TO BE THE KICK OFF AGENTS OF IT, AND OUR SCHOOL CHILDREN WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE A PART OF THIS AND A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS RIGHT FROM THE START. SO THAT SOUNDS AWESOME. AND THANK YOU, MARLENE, FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK ON THIS. I KNOW YOU'VE KIND OF BEEN SPEARHEADING THIS, AND IT JUST SOUNDS LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT PROJECT FOR THE COMMUNITY. YEAH. GOOD JOB. ALRIGHTY. CEMETERY RESTORATION ADVISORY BOARD, NO MEETING. OKAY. AND PUBLIC RECORDS COMMISSION, I THINK. CLERK MASON, ON BEHALF OF SLOAN NOT BEING HERE, DO WE HAVE A REPORT? NO MEETING, WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY PLANNED FOR TODAY. IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE RESCHEDULING FOR THE FIRST TUESDAY IN JUNE. OKAY. ALRIGHTY. THAT'S IT FOR BOARD AND COMMISSIONS. MOVING ON TO CORRESPONDENCE AND COMMUNICATIONS WITH ANY COUNCIL MEMBER. LIKE TO UPDATE COUNCIL ON ANY CORRESPONDENCE OR COMMUNICATIONS. OKAY, I DO NOT
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SEE ANY. THEN WE'LL MOVE RIGHT INTO SECOND READING OF ORDINANCES AND PUBLIC HEARING.OUR FIRST ORDINANCE IS OH 15 2025, AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY OF NEW ALBANY, OHIO, TO PROVIDE AMENDMENTS TO TRAFFIC TO TRAFFIC NEW ALBANY CITY CODE SECTIONS THREE OH, 1.5330, 1.5430, 3.0133, 3.0133, 3.0733, 5.0433, 7.26. TO PROVIDE FOR PENALTIES, TO PROVIDE FOR CODIFICATION. TO PROVIDE FOR SEVERABILITY. TO REPEAL CONFLICTING ORDINANCES.
TO PROVIDE AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. AND I WILL TURN THAT OVER TO CLERK MASON.
OKAY. THESE UPDATES COME FROM MUNICODE, WHO IS ALSO OUR ONLINE CODIFIER. SO IF YOU EVER DO A SEARCH THAT'S THEY HAVE A TEAM OF ATTORNEYS THAT GOES THROUGH AND TAKES A LOOK AT WHAT THE OHIO GENERAL ASSEMBLY HAS DONE, AND THEN SENDS US A COMPARISON SO THAT WE CAN ADOPT THOSE IF COUNCIL SHOULD CHOOSE TO DO SO. AND SO YEAH, THIS LEGISLATION WOULD UPDATE OUR CODIFIED ORDINANCE TO REFLECT THE AMENDMENTS IN THE ORC. DAVID MOSHER, MR. LAW DIRECTOR ALBRECHT, LAW PARTNER AND CHIEF JONES HAVE REVIEWED THESE PROPOSED CHANGES FOR THIS ORDINANCE. AND THE NEXT ONE AND THIS ONE ADDRESSES CHANGES TO THE STATES. AND NOW SOON CITIES TRAFFIC CODE, IN ADDITION TO MAINTAINING CONSISTENCY WITH THE OHIO REVISED CODE, ENACTING THESE AMENDMENTS HELPS FACILITATE POLICE DEPARTMENT OPERATIONS WHEN ISSUING CITATIONS BY HAVING CITY CODE MATCH THE STATE CODE. AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING, I HIGHLIGHTED A COUPLE MORE MUNDANE AND SOMETIMES FASCINATING UPDATES. IF COUNCIL WOULD LIKE ME TO DO THAT AGAIN, I CAN, OR I'D BE HAPPY TO FIELD ANY QUESTIONS ALONG WITH LAW
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DIRECTOR ALBRECHT. OKAY, COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS ON THE ORDINANCE? YEAH, OKAY. I'M GOING TO NOW OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING. WOULD ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ORDINANCE? ALL RIGHT, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. AND IS THERE A MOTION I MOVE FOR THE ADOPTION ORDINANCE 15 2025 SECOND. COUNCIL MEMBER. CASS. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER WILTROUT.YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. BRUCE. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. DETRICK. YES. PRESIDENT. PRO TEM. YES. FIVE.
YES. ORDINANCE 15 2025. ORDINANCE 16 2025. AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY OF NEW ALBANY, OHIO, TO PROVIDE AMENDMENTS TO GENERAL OFFENSES. NEW ALBANY CITY CODE, SECTION FIVE ONE, 3.0151, 3.13 AND 525.05 TO PROVIDE FOR PENALTIES, TO PROVIDE FOR CODIFICATION, TO PROVIDE FOR SEVERABILITY. TO REPEAL CONFLICTING ORDINANCES, TO PROVIDE AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. AGAIN. CLERK. MASON. THIS LEGISLATION AGAIN WOULD AMEND AND UPDATE THE CITY'S CODIFIED ORDINANCES TO REFLECT AMENDMENTS MADE BY THE STATE LEGISLATURE TO THE OHIO REVISED CODE. THIS ONE ADDRESSES CHANGES TO THE STATE'S AND SOON TO BE CITY'S GENERAL OFFENSES CODE. AND AGAIN, I CAN RUN THROUGH HIGHLIGHTS, OR I CAN TAKE QUESTIONS. AND I KNOW WE HAD QUITE A BIT OF DISCUSSION DURING THE FIRST READING ON BOTH OF THESE TWO ORDINANCES, BUT DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ORDINANCE? GOOD. ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO NOW OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING. WOULD ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC LIKE TO SPEAK TO THIS ORDINANCE? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. AND IS THERE A MOTION I MOVE FOR ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE 1616 2025? SECOND. COUNCIL MEMBER WILTROUT. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. DETRICK. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. BRISK. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. CASS. YES. PRESIDENT.
PRO TEM. SCHULTZ. YES. FIVE. YES. VOTES TO ADOPT. ORDINANCE 16 2025. OKAY. ORDINANCE OH 17 2025 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTER 1154 TMD TECHNOLOGY MANUFACTURING DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF NEW ALBANY CODIFIED ORDINANCES. AND I BELIEVE THIS IS MR. KRISHNA. YES. THANK YOU.
SO THIS LEGISLATION, AS YOU NOTED, AMENDS CHAPTER 1154, CITY CODE, WHICH IS OUR TECHNOLOGY MANUFACTURING DISTRICT, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE TMD, WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY CREATED IN 2022. I WENT OVER THIS IN MUCH GREATER DETAIL DURING THE FIRST READING, SO I'LL KEEP THIS BRIEF. BUT THE TWO PRIMARY GOALS OF THIS CODE UPDATE WOULD BE TO CLARIFY THE RESIDENTIAL SETBACK REQUIREMENTS BETWEEN PRIMARY PROJECTS AND FLAGSHIP PROJECTS, AS WELL AS PROVIDE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR ADVANCED FABRIC STRUCTURES. AND LIKE I SAID, I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU GUYS MAY HAVE. OKAY. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? AGAIN, I KNOW I SAID IT BEFORE, BUT WE HAD A VERY EXTENSIVE DISCUSSION AROUND THIS LAST TIME. SO ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING. WOULD ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC LIKE TO SPEAK TO THIS ORDINANCE? HEARING? NONE. I'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 17 2025. SECOND. PRESIDENT PRO TEM SHAW. YES.
COUNCIL MEMBER. KIS. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. DETRICK. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. BRISK. YES.
COUNCIL MEMBER. YES. HIGH FIVE. YES. VOTES TO ADOPT. ORDINANCE 17 2025 OKAY. AND FINALLY, ORDINANCE OH 18 2025, AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF NEW ALBANY BY AMENDING THE ZONING MAP TO REZONE 15.504 PLUS OR MINUS ACRES OF GENERAL, GENERALLY LOCATED SOUTH OF JUDGE STREET AND WEST OF CLOVER VALLEY ROAD. FROM ITS CURRENT ZONING OF INFILL PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT TO LIMITED GENERAL EMPLOYMENT. LGA FOR AN AREA TO BE KNOWN AS THE CLOVER VALLEY EXPANSION ZONING DISTRICT, AS REQUESTED BY EDGE KINETICS. MCM CARE OF JACK REYNOLDS AND MR. CHRISTIAN. THANK YOU. SO AS YOU NOTED, THIS IS A REZONING APPLICATION FOR APPROXIMATELY 15 ACRES. WE WENT OVER THIS DURING A LOT OF THIS DURING THE FIRST READING. I WILL GO OVER IT AGAIN FOR ANYONE WATCHING AT HOME, BUT KEEP THE COMMENTS VERY BRIEF. SO DUE TO THE SITE'S LOCATION IN THE COMMUNITY, THE NEW ALBANY PLANNING COMMISSION DID WAS REQUIRED TO REVIEW THE APPLICATION AND MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL, WHICH THEY DID IN APRIL. AND THEN WE'RE HERE AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING. THIS BODY TAKES FINAL ACTION ON REZONING APPLICATIONS. SO THE SITE IS LOCATED AS OUTLINED IN RED HERE IN YOUR SCREEN AT THE INTERSECTION OF JUDGE STREET AND CLOVER VALLEY ROAD. AGAIN, THE SITE IS OUTLINED IN RED. THIS IS THE SITE IN CONTEXT OF THE EXISTING ZONING AROUND THE SITE.
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SO AS YOU CAN SEE THE SITE THE CURRENT ZONING OF THE SITE IS IPD, WHICH IN THIS SPECIFIC INSTANCE ALLOWS FOR THE KENNEL CLUB TO CONTINUE ITS OPERATION. THE KENNEL CLUB PROPERTY HAS SOLD TO THE APPLICANT IN THIS CASE, AND THEY WOULD LIKE TO ALLOW FOR GE USES TO BE DEVELOPED ON THE SITE. THE ZONING AND ZONING TEXT ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE PERMITTED USES AND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS IN THE SURROUNDING AREA, AND THE PROPOSED REZONING IS ALSO CONSISTENT WITH OUR STRATEGIC PLAN. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? GOOD. ALL RIGHT. AND I WILL OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING. WOULD ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC LIKE TO SPEAK TO THIS ORDINANCE? OKAY. I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. AND IS THERE A MOTION I MOVE FOR ADOPTION OF OH 18 2025 SECOND. COUNCIL MEMBER. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. DEREK. YES.COUNCIL MEMBER. BRISK. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. KIST. YES. PRESIDENT. PRO TEM. YES. I HAVE FIVE YES. VOTES TO ADOPT. ORDINANCE OH 18 2025. OKAY. THERE YOU GO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU ARE WELCOME. AND AGAIN, YOU ARE WELCOME TO STAY FOR THE REST OF THE MEETING.
HE'S ALREADY GONE. WISE MAN. ALRIGHTY. WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE INTO INTRODUCTION
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AND FIRST READING OF ORDINANCES ORDINANCE OH 19 2025, AN ORDINANCE TO APPROVE THE FINAL PLAT AND ACCEPT RIGHT OF WAY DEDICATION FOR PARKWAY WEST PHASE THREE B AS REQUESTED BY THE CITY OF NEW ALBANY. AND LET'S JUST KEEP IT GOING THERE, MR. CHRISTIAN. YEAH. THANK YOU.SO THIS IS A PLAT, AS YOU MENTIONED, TO ALLOW FOR THE EXTENSION OF PARKWAY AND LICKING COUNTY. I'LL GO THROUGH A COUPLE OF IMAGES JUST TO HELP ORIENT EVERYONE I KNOW. THIS CAN BE A LITTLE DISORIENTING. SO THE PLAT AREA IS OUTLINED IN RED HERE ON THE SCREEN. SO THIS IS 161 UP HERE AT THE TOP OF THE IMAGE. THIS IS DUBLIN-GRANVILLE ROAD. AND BABBITT ROAD IS THE ROAD THAT GOES UP AND DOWN THE SCREEN. THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE IN PLAN VIEW. AND THIS IS A LITTLE BIT THIS IS A LITTLE BIT ZOOMED OUT. BUT I KNOW IT'S STILL DIFFICULT TO SEE. BUT THIS PHASE THREE B OF BABBITT ARGAN ROAD ARGAN PARKWAY IS LOCATED IN THIS TEAL COLOR HERE. SO AS I MENTIONED THIS WILL ALLOW FOR FUTURE EXTENSION OF PARKWAY ROAD AS IT CURRENTLY EXISTS IN FRONT OF AMGEN FURTHER TO THE EAST AND LICKING COUNTY HERE, THIS ROADWAY CONNECTION WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL CONNECTIVITY THROUGHOUT OUR BUSINESS PARK, SERVING ADDITIONAL ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT SITES, ALLOWING FOR OUR BUSINESS PARK TO CONTINUE TO GROW AND THRIVE AS IT HAS FOR MANY YEARS. THIS IS APPROXIMATELY JUST UNDER FOUR ACRES OF NEW RIGHT OF WAY FOR, AND WITH A TOTAL OF 100FT OF RIGHT OF WAY WIDTH ON PARKWAY WEST HERE IN THE SECTION DURING THE REZONING FOR THE PARKWAY SOUTH REZONING APPLICATION, WHICH COUNCIL HEARD SEMI-RECENTLY IN THE LAST COUPLE OF MEETINGS, WE DID HAVE SOME RESIDENTS COME TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND ASKED TO SEE SOME ADDITIONAL RENDERINGS OF WHAT THE STREET WOULD LOOK LIKE WHEN IT WAS COMPLETED, AS WELL AS WHAT THE LANDSCAPE TREATMENT WOULD BE LIKE BEYOND THE STREET.
SO AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING LAST MONTH, WE DID PROVIDE THESE RENDERINGS TO THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. WE HAD A LARGE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE HERE AT THAT MEETING. I WOULD SAY EVERYONE WALKED AWAY FEELING VERY HEARD AND GOT A LOT OF INFORMATION. I KNOW WE WORK CLOSELY WITH STEVE AND RYAN AT THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT TO SHARE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WITH THOSE RESIDENTS AFTER THAT MEETING, AND WE'LL STAY IN CLOSE CONTACT WITH THEM. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. CHRIS, CAN YOU GO BACK TO A COUPLE SLIDES? THE THIS ONE? YEAH. IS THAT A LIGHTED INTERSECTION OR THIS ONE HERE. NO THE THERE THIS WOULD BE A ROUNDABOUT. IT'S CURRENTLY PLANNED TO BE A ROUNDABOUT OKAY. AND I'M SORRY I SHOULD HAVE REORIENTED YOU I APOLOGIZE. THIS APPEARS DUBLIN-GRANVILLE ROAD. THIS IS BABBITT. THIS IS THE NEW PORTION OF PARKWAY WEST. SO APOLOGIES. SO THE LITTLE SECTION OF BABBITT, DOES THAT GET ABANDONED EVENTUALLY? YES, I BELIEVE SO. RYAN CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT YES, IT WOULD. OKAY, SO WHAT WAS YOUR QUESTION? I'M SORRY. WHAT YOU DIDN'T GET WHAT? WHAT IS THE BAND ABANDONED. THE RIGHT OF WAY WILL GET VACATED. RIGHT, RYAN? YEAH. SO IT'LL VERY LIKELY PORTIONS OF IT COULD BE VACATED. WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT IT FOR BMP FOR STORMWATER DETENTION AND STUDYING THAT RIGHT NOW. OKAY.
WHAT ARE THE PROPERTIES ADJACENT TO IT TO PEOPLE LIVE THERE. YEAH THERE. SO THERE ARE A FEW
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PROPERTIES. AND WE HAVE BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH ALL OF THOSE HOMEOWNERS ALONG THIS PORTION.NICO OWNS A HANDFUL OF THOSE AS WELL. SO PEOPLE ARE LIVING THERE. HOW DO YOU ABANDON IT THE RIGHT OF WAY? YEAH. SO YEAH, SO AS LONG AS THERE AS PEOPLE ARE LIVING THERE, WE'LL MAINTAIN ACCESS FOR THOSE FOLKS. OKAY. CHRIS, CAN YOU GO UP ONE MORE SLIDE. YEAH. YES. THAT ONE. SO I CAN'T SEE IT SPECIFICALLY, BUT I THINK THAT'S MIKE, WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT ON THE WEST WEST SIDE OF BABBITT. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY RESIDENTS ARE THERE, BUT IS THAT PROBABLY WHERE YOU WERE TALKING SPECIFICALLY ABOUT? OKAY. BECAUSE THAT WAS MY QUESTION AS WELL. YEAH. SO I BELIEVE THAT THAT THE NEW ALBANY COMPANY OWNS THOSE PARCELS. AND THEN. I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY HOW MANY THERE ARE AT THAT SECTION, BUT MAYBE 3 OR 4. OKAY. YEAH. THERE'S JUST A THERE'S JUST LIKE BRIAN SAID, THERE'S JUST A COUPLE OF PARCELS THAT ARE WITHIN THAT AREA THAT ARE NOT OWNED BY THE NEW ALBANY COMPANY, BUT WOULD STILL HAVE ACCESS WHILE THEY LIVE THERE. OKAY, CHRIS, I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO ANSWER THE QUESTION, BUT WHAT IS THE. DOES THE INTERSECTION OF BABBITT AND DUBLIN-GRANVILLE CHANGE, OR IS IT THAT'S STILL A STOP CONDITION. THAT'S CURRENTLY. THAT'S RIGHT. YEAH. COULD IN THE FUTURE BECOME A SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION. BUT CURRENTLY IT WILL REMAIN STOPPED WITH A DROP LANE WHEN YOU'RE EASTBOUND ON WORTHINGTON ROAD AND THEN ALSO NORTHBOUND ON BABBITT. EVENTUALLY THERE'S SOME THERE'S SOME THOUGHTS THAT THAT COULD BE A SECOND ROUNDABOUT THERE OR SOME TYPE OF A ALTERNATIVE, A SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION. AND THEN THERE WOULD BE A BASICALLY A CURVE PUT INTO THAT STUB SO THAT IT WOULD FEEL MORE LIKE A CONTINUATION OF IN THAT SECTION RIGHT NOW, DUBLIN-GRANVILLE ROAD, WHICH WOULD POTENTIALLY BE RENAMED GANTON PARKWAY. SO GANTON PARKWAY WOULD BE UNINTERRUPTED ALL THE WAY FROM 62 OUT TO BEECH AND THEN BEYOND. OKAY. SO THIS IS THAT'S THAT INTERSECTION OF BABBITT AND WORTHINGTON OR OR WORTHINGTON ROAD OR DUBLIN-GRANVILLE ROAD IS A TEMPORARY CONDITION. OKAY. DO WE THINK THAT ROAD WOULD ALWAYS EXIST THOUGH. IT WILL IN SOME FORM. OKAY. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? THE ONLY ONE WOULD BE BABBITT. GOING SOUTH IS A TWO LANE ROAD. IS THAT WHAT THE PLAN IS? SO YEAH THE CURRENT THE CURRENT PLAN IS THAT IT'LL BE IMPROVED FOR A SECTION PROBABLY CLOSE TO ABOUT 1400 FEET SOUTH OF THAT NEW ROUNDABOUT THERE. YEAH. AND THEN IT'LL CONTINUE A THREE LANE SECTION ALONG THAT FRONTAGE THERE. YES. TO THE SOUTH. LET'S SEE IF I. I WHAT I'M GETTING AT IS I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THIS IS GOING TO BE A TWO LANE ROAD. WHAT'S GOING IN HERE. AND WHAT KIND OF TRAFFIC IS GOING TO BE GENERATED ONTO THAT TWO LANE ROAD. SO MUCH OF IT IS COMMERCIAL TRUCK ETC, RIGHT, THAT WE'RE APPROVING TWO LANES. AND ARE WE GOING TO NEED THREE IN THE FUTURE? YEP. SO WHAT I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND SOMEWHERE RIGHT IN HERE WILL BE THE BREAK FOR THREE LANES WHERE IT'LL TAPER BACK DOWN TO EXISTING TWO. AND THAT IS TO PROVIDE FOR ADDITIONAL LANES FOR TURN LANES AS NEEDED INTO THESE SITES HERE. AND THEN I BELIEVE THERE'S SOME ZONING IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THAT, CHRIS. THAT'S ENCOURAGING ALL WE'RE GOING TO ENCOURAGE ALL COMMERCIAL TRUCK TRAFFIC AND TRAFFIC TO COME IN FROM THE NORTH. YEP. THAT'S RIGHT. YEP. SO ON THE IN THAT ON THE EAST SIDE OF THAT ROAD THAT'S THERE'S THAT ZONING DISTRICT ALLOWS FOR THIS SAME TYPE OF USES THAT ARE FOUND THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE BUSINESS PARK. I THINK WE STILL ENVISION, YOU KNOW, PARKWAY BEING THE, YOU KNOW, THE MAIN IN AND OUT OF THIS AREA WHERE WE WANT TO SEE THE HEAVIEST AMOUNT OF TRUCK TRAFFIC AND EMPLOYEE TRAFFIC GETTING BACK UP TO WORTHINGTON ROAD ALONGSIDE 161.
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THE ZONING TEXT DOES ALLOW FOR A COUPLE OF CURB CUTS ON BABBITT ROAD GOING EAST INTO OR GOING INTO THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE SITE. AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE AS THAT AREA DEVELOPS OUT, WE DON'T KNOW HOW THAT'LL DEVELOP OUT OR WE DON'T HAVE. THERE ARE STILL SOME PARCELS THERE, SO WE DON'T HAVE ALL OF THE PROPERTY ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ROAD. AND THEN OF COURSE, WE HAVE THE GOLF CLUB, THE BACKSIDE OF THE GOLF CLUB ON THE WEST SIDE OF BABBITT. BUT I THINK AS AS THAT AREA CONTINUES TO DEVELOP, WE'LL HAVE A BETTER SENSE OF HOW MANY ADDITIONAL LANES WE MIGHT HAVE TO BUILD IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE TRAFFIC. OKAY. BUT I THINK AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE'VE DETERMINED THAT IT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE A NEED FOR A THIRD LANE ALL THE WAY DOWN TO MORSE ROAD. THAT'S RIGHT. YEP. AND WE'VE WE'VE WORKED WITH THE COUNTY ON THIS TOO, WITH THIS, YOU KNOW, WITH THEM HAVING SECTIONS OF THIS ROADWAY WITHIN THEIR JURISDICTION ON THIS CROSS SECTION AND DISCUSSING THAT TRAFFIC NEED AND IMPACT AS WELL. OKAY. OKAY. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT THEN I'LL SET THE MATTER FOR SECOND READING AND PUBLIC HEARING AT[11. RESOLUTIONS AND PUBLIC HEARING]
OUR MAY 20TH MEETING. ALL RIGHT. RESOLUTIONS AND PUBLIC HEARING RESOLUTION R 17 2025, A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE AMENDMENT OF THE ANNEXATION AGREEMENT AND FIRST AMENDMENT BETWEEN PLAIN TOWNSHIP, THE CITY OF NEW ALBANY, AND THE CITY OF COLUMBUS, TO REFLECT AND BE CONSISTENT WITH THE RECENTLY AMENDED SERVICE AREA BOUNDARY MAP IN THE WATER SERVICE AND SEWER DISPOSAL CONTRACTS WITH THE CITY OF COLUMBUS. AND I BELIEVE THAT IS YOU'RE UP. THANK YOU. SO AT THE RISK OF USING THIS, THIS PHRASE TOO OFTEN, I'M GOING TO DO IT AGAIN. THIS REALLY IS HOUSEKEEPING. WHAT YOU'LL SEE THERE IS THE WATER AND SEWER AGREEMENTS, THE MAP OR EXHIBIT THAT WAS ATTACHED TO THE AMENDED WATER AND SEWER SERVICE AREA AGREEMENT THAT WAS APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL, NEW ALBANY CITY COUNCIL AT THE END OF LAST YEAR AND APPROVED BY COLUMBUS CITY COUNCIL EARLY THIS YEAR, AND I BELIEVE IT WAS ACTUALLY EXECUTED IN APRIL OF THIS YEAR. WHAT WE'VE DONE THERE, BASICALLY WHAT THIS SHOWS IN DARK BLUE IS THE COLUMBUS CITY OF COLUMBUS TERRITORY. THE LIGHT BLUE IS THE CITY OF COLUMBUS GROWTH ZONE RELATIVE TO SEWER AND WATER. THE DARK GREEN COLOR IS THE NEW ALBANY CITY OF NEW ALBANY SERVICE AREA. THE LIGHT GREEN IS THE NEW ALBANY EXPANSION AREA. THERE'S ALSO THE CROSS-HATCHED AREA, WHICH IS PART OF NEW ALBANY'S GROWTH ZONE OR ANNEXED AREA, BUT IT DESIGNATES A REVENUE SHARING AREA THAT'S THAT'S SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO GROUND THAT IS LOCATED IN LICKING COUNTY BUT SERVED BY CITY OF COLUMBUS WATER AND SEWER. SO WHAT WE'VE DONE THERE IS WE'VE ADJUSTED THE BOUNDARIES TO PERMIT NEW ALBANY TO ANNEX THOSE AREAS AND PROVIDE WATER AND SEWER SERVICE TO THOSE AREAS. SO BACK IN ABOUT 2008, WE ENTERED INTO AN ANNEXATION AGREEMENT WITH PLAIN TOWNSHIP AND THE CITY OF COLUMBUS. THIS IS BACK WHEN WE WERE STILL A VILLAGE, AND THAT AGREEMENT WAS, I THINK, AMENDED ONE TIME SHORTLY AFTER THAT, I THINK IN 2009. SO IT'S BEEN IN EFFECT WITHOUT ANY TERRITORIAL CHANGES SINCE THEN, IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN CONSISTENCY BETWEEN THE ANNEXATION AGREEMENT EXHIBITS AND THE WATER AND SEWER SERVICE AREA EXHIBITS, WE NEED TO AMEND THAT THAT DOCUMENT. THANK YOU. SO WHAT YOU HAVE HERE, THE DARK AND LIGHT BLUE AREAS HERE ARE THE CITY OF NEW ALBANY, TERRITORY WITHIN FRANKLIN COUNTY. THE DARK BLUE IS CURRENT CITY LIMITS. THE LIGHTER BLUE COLOR IS ANNEXATION OR GROWTH AREA. IN THE YELLOW AREA IS CITY OF COLUMBUS. THE LIGHTER YELLOW AREA REPRESENTS COLUMBUS GROWTH AREA. THE GREEN ACROSS THE TOP IS THE WHAT IS CALLED THE PARK ZONE. THAT MIGHT BE FAMILIAR TO YOU. THAT'S ACTUALLY PART OF THE CITY OF CITY OF COLUMBUS ANNEXATION AREA AS WELL. AND THEN THAT ORANGE COLOR OR BROWN COLOR UP IN THE UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER IS CALLED THE COLUMBUS GROWTH ZONE EAST. SO WHAT WE'VE DONE, JUST LOOKING AT WHAT WE'VE DONE HERE IS PREVIOUSLY THIS LITTLE TRIANGLE SHAPED, IF YOU IF YOU LOOK AT THE PARCEL LINES ON THIS IS KIND OF A TRIANGLE SHAPED PARCEL HERE. THAT WAS[01:10:01]
PART OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS GROWTH ZONE EAST. SO THAT WOULD HAVE IN A PRIOR EXHIBIT THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A BROWN COLOR HERE. THE CITY OF COLUMBUS AGREED TO ALLOW US TO SERVE THAT AREA. SO NOW THAT WE'VE CHANGED THAT COLOR FROM BROWN TO BLUE, ALSO, WE PURCHASED THE PROPERTY, THE 73 ACRES ON THE EAST SIDE OF BETHLEHEM ROAD. THAT WOULD BE RIGHT HERE. SO WE HAVEN'T CHANGED COLORS ON HERE DUE TO THE LANGUAGE. THAT IS THE WAY THE LANGUAGE IS WRITTEN IN THE ANNEXATION AGREEMENT. THERE'S NO NEED TO CHANGE THE COLOR THERE. BUT THIS CHANGE WOULD ALSO ENABLE US TO ANNEX THAT TO THE CITY OF NEW ALBANY AS WELL. AND THEN THE THIRD CHANGE WOULD BE THIS LIGHT BLUE AREA HERE ALONG MORSE ROAD THAT HAD BEEN WHILE IT WAS OWNED, THAT THAT PADDOCK AREA BETWEEN JAMES RIVER ROAD AND MORSE ROAD IS OWNED BY THE CITY OF NEW ALBANY, BUT IT WAS IN COLUMBUS MUNICIPAL JURISDICTION. SO WHAT THIS CHANGE DENOTES IS THAT THIS BECOMES PART OF THE CITY OF NEW ALBANY AS WELL. AND THEN THIS LITTLE UNINCORPORATED AREA HERE, JUST ON THE WEST SIDE OF 62 AGAIN, WAS PART OF COLUMBUS SERVICE AREA. IT'S STILL UNINCORPORATED TODAY, BUT IT THIS CHANGE GIVES US THE ABILITY TO ANNEX THAT IN THE FUTURE. IF THE PROPERTY OWNER WOULD EVER DESIRE TO DO SO. SO AGAIN, THIS IS A CLEANUP OF THIS EXHIBIT.THERE'S ONE MORE. WELL, I THINK WE'VE ALREADY SEEN THE OTHER EXHIBIT. SO THE CHANGES ON THIS EXHIBIT WOULD UPDATE THE ANNEXATION AGREEMENT AND THAT WOULD MAKE THE CHANGES IN THIS DOCUMENT CONSISTENT WITH THE CHANGES IN THE WATER AND SEWER AGREEMENT. SO AGAIN, HOUSEKEEPING IN NATURE. JUST ONE CLARIFICATION. THE MORSE ROAD PORTION GOES FROM JAMES RIVER TO 605. IS THAT WHERE IT GOES? SO IT RUNS EAST TO WEST FROM 62 OVER TO KITZMILLER ROAD.
ACTUALLY, MOST OF IT'S LOCATED BETWEEN 62 AND REYNOLDSBURG. REYNOLDSBURG, NEW ALBANY ROAD.
IT'S THAT THAT PARK AREA OR PADDOCK AREA. SO THE NORTH STREET WOULD BE JAMES RIVER ROAD. THE SOUTH STREET WOULD BE MORSE ROAD. CAN WE GO BACK? ONE SLIDE. THAT'S OKAY. SO I'M TAKING I'M IS WHERE THE LIGHT BLUE. IS JOE UP THERE. IS THAT THE DELAWARE FRANKLIN COUNTY LINE THE WAY THAT RUNS OR NO. YES. SO THIS THIS WHOLE MAP COVERS OUR ENTIRE WATER AND SEWER SERVICE AREA. THE FOLLOWING MAP OR EXHIBIT CUTS OFF AT THE COUNTY LINE, WHICH IS GENERALLY IN THIS AREA HERE. YEAH, I SEE THE GREEN LITTLE TRIANGLE UP THERE I THINK IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. RIGHT. SO I WANTED TO WE NEEDED TO KEEP THIS EXHIBIT BECAUSE IN THE IF YOU GO BACK TO THE 2008 DOCUMENT, IT SHOWS THE WATER AND SEWER SERVICE AREA AS EXHIBIT A ON THAT AGREEMENT. AT THAT TIME, WE DIDN'T HAVE ALL OF THE ALL OF THE GROUND IN LICKING COUNTY. SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MAINTAINED CONSISTENCY BY INCLUDING THE WATER AND SEWER SERVICE AGREEMENT AS EXHIBIT A, AS WAS THE CASE IN THE ORIGINAL DOCUMENT, AND THEN UPDATING EXHIBIT B TO REFLECT THESE CHANGES IN THIS DOCUMENT. OKAY. COUNCIL, HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS? QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. WELL THEY CHANGE THE COLORS. IF YOU LOOK HERE AT THIS SECTION HERE TO THE WEST OF 62 THAT HAD BEEN BLUE OR THAT WAS PART OF CITY OF COLUMBUS GROWTH ZONE, IT SWITCHED TO GREEN IN THIS AREA HERE HAD BEEN BLUE. SO THAT'S BEEN SWITCHED TO GREEN. AND AGAIN WE HAVE THIS AREA UP HERE. SOME OF THIS IS CONFUSING BECAUSE THIS IS ACTUALLY IN LICKING COUNTY. AND SO IT'S DESIGNATED BY THE CROSS-HATCHED AREA. THIS LITTLE TRIANGLE RIGHT HERE 62 AT THE AT THE LONG END, THE COUNTY LINE HERE ON THE EAST. AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER PARCEL LINE HERE THAT DOESN'T SHOW UP ON THIS MAP. THAT LITTLE TRIANGLE THERE WAS BLUE THAT BECOMES GREEN. IS IT SAFE TO SAY MOST OF THAT BLUE AREA, LIGHT BLUE IS PLAIN TOWNSHIP. ALL OF IT IS PLAIN TOWNSHIP. AND I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT COLUMBUS HAS PLANS BECAUSE WE'VE MET THE THRESHOLD. AS FAR AS THE NUMBER OF ACRES THAT HAS BEEN DEVELOPED FOR METROPARK, BROWN COLUMBUS HAS PLANS TO ANNEX, PER THE TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT AND BRING BRING A LARGE PROPORTION OF THIS INTO THE CITY OF COLUMBUS, BUT STILL PRESERVE IT IS METRO PARK. YES. OKAY. REALLY? OKAY. YEAH.
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THE TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT SO THAT THEY I DON'T THINK THEY COULD ANNEX FOR EITHER TEN YEARS OR UNTIL WE ACHIEVED A 1200 ACRE PARK. AND SO BOTH OF THOSE, BOTH OF THOSE TRIGGERS HAVE BEEN, HAVE BEEN. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ASK A QUESTION OR COMMENT HERE ON THIS RESOLUTION? OKAY. HEARING NONE DO I HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE THE ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION R 17 2025 SECOND. COUNCIL MEMBER KISS.YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. DEREK. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. BRUCE. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. YES. PRESIDENT.
PRO TEM. YES. FIVE. YES. VOTES TO ADOPT RESOLUTION R 17 2025. THANK YOU. OKAY, WE'RE ALL SET.
ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS. WE DO NOT HAVE ANY SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS AT THIS
[13. REPORTS OF REPRESENTATIVES]
TIME. MOVE ON TO REPORTS. A REPRESENTATIVES COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE. DEMPSEY. JOE. NO MEETING. OKAY. COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE TO JOIN PARKS AND RECS. I DO HAVE A REPORT. LAST NIGHT, THE JOINT PARK DISTRICT MET. THEY HAD A COUPLE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA, ONE OF WHICH IS AN UPDATE TO THE BASEBALL SOFTBALL POTENTIAL FIELDS OUT THERE. THE BOARD DID GRANT APPROVAL FOR DAVE TO WORK WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD WITH SOME DESIGNS FOR BOTH THE SOFTBALL AND BASEBALL FIELDS IN THE PURPLE RED AREA, WHICH IS ACTUALLY JUST NORTH OF WALNUT AND WEST OF PETER HOOVER. IT'S RIGHT THERE IN THAT CORNER, THOSE FOUR FIELDS. FOR THOSE THAT HAVEN'T BEEN OUT THERE, IT'S THOSE FIELDS. THEY'RE GOING TO UPGRADE PRETTY MUCH ALL THE FIELDS TO GO AHEAD AND HAVE THE TWO SOFTBALL FIELDS THERE. AND I BELIEVE JV BASEBALL, THEY'LL HAVE TO KIND OF TAKE ONE OF THE FIELDS AND REALLY REWORK IT FOR THE VARSITY FIELD THERE. THAT ACTUALLY ELIMINATES TWO OF THE SOCCER FIELDS THAT ARE RIGHT THERE NEXT TO THE PARKING LOT.AND RIGHT NOW IN WALNUT. AND THE PROPOSAL IS TO TAKE THOSE TWO FIELDS AND FLIP THEM OVER JUST SOUTH OF THE FIELD HOUSE ON THE WEST SIDE OF BETHLEHEM, WHERE WHERE THAT BIG OPEN AREA WILL BE JUST SOUTH OF THE ENTRANCE IN. THAT'S THE PROPOSAL. SO NOW THE TEAM WITH THE SCHOOL WILL GO TO WORK AND PUT TOGETHER SOME ARCHITECTURAL PLANS FOR THAT AREA. A WHOLE LOT OF THINGS WERE DISCUSSED OUT THERE FROM RESTROOMS AND FIELD HOUSES AND LOCKER ROOMS AND, YOU KNOW, A WHOLE BUNCH OF THINGS. WE'LL SEE WHAT COMES OUT OF IT. BUT OBVIOUSLY THE CITY WILL BE INVOLVED AND STAY INVOLVED. I KNOW JOE WAS PART OF THOSE DISCUSSIONS AND PART OF THE MEETING, SO WE'LL CONTINUALLY BE UPDATED, BUT I WILL LET YOU KNOW AS IT MOVES FORWARD. AND THEY STILL ARE ON TRACK WITH EVERYTHING COMING IN BUDGET WITH THE FIELDHOUSE. IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN OUT THERE, THEY'RE DEFINITELY MOVING SOME GROUND. SO THAT'S ALL TAKING PLACE AND THAT IS IT. FROM THE JOINT PARKS PLAN. LOCAL SCHOOLS REPORT OKAY AND PLAIN TOWNSHIP. THERE WAS A TOWNSHIP MEETING, MOSTLY GENERAL BUSINESS. I THINK THE ONE THING TO REPORT IS ON THE 24TH, THE POOL WILL BE OPEN. THAT WILL START THE SEASON. ALL RIGHT. GOOD. I KNOW THEY'VE HAD RECORD YEARS OUT THERE THE LAST COUPLE YEARS. AND SALES SO FAR HAVE BEEN BETTER THAN LAST YEAR. SO THE WAY THEY'VE BEEN PACKAGING AND MARKETING AND WITH THE HELP OF JOSH AND HIS TEAM, THEY'RE GETTING A LOT OF VISIBILITY. OKAY. GREAT. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO REPORTS OF CITY OFFICIALS.
[14. REPORTS OF CITY OFFICIALS]
I DO NOT HAVE A MAYOR'S REPORT. I DON'T KNOW IF HE GAVE. I JUST WANT TO MAKE A QUICK COMMENT ON BEHALF OF THE MAYOR. PRESIDENT PRO TEM SHAW ALREADY KNOWS, BUT THE REST OF COUNCIL MAY NOT.MAYOR SPALDING WILL ALSO BE MISSING THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING FOR AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TRIP. SO PRESIDENT CHURCH WILL JUST DO THE MONTH FOR US. KEEP IT ROLLING. ALL RIGHT. CLERK OF COUNCIL, IS THAT ALSO YOUR REPORT OR DO YOU HAVE SOME MORE? JUST REAL QUICK REMINDER ABOUT THE UPCOMING FRIDAY, MAY 16TH GOAL SETTING WORK SESSION. LUNCH WILL BE HERE AT NOON, AND THEN WE'LL GET GOING AT 1230. AND ALSO, JUST A REMINDER, I SENT OUT A EVENT INVITE. THE CITY IS GOING TO TOUR AT THE RUMPKE RECYCLING AND RESOURCE CENTER ON JULY 18TH. THAT'S A FRIDAY AROUND 2:00 AND ANY COUNCIL MEMBER INTERESTED, PLEASE LET ME KNOW AND WE'LL INCLUDE YOU ON
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REMINDERS AND UPDATES REGARDING THAT TOUR. COUNCIL MEMBER KIST, YOU MIGHT LIKE THAT ONE. THAT'D BE FUN. IT'S STATE OF THE ART. I MEAN, WE'VE GOT A RUNDOWN AND WE WERE KIND OF PLANNING A I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN DO A CONJUNCTION FOR THE SAP, BUT WE'RE GOING TO DO A FIELD TRIP OUT THERE AS WELL. IT SOUNDS LIKE FIELD TRIP. IT'S ALL THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY AND I AND EVERYTHING. SO IT SHOULD BE COOL. OKAY. THAT'S IT FOR THE CLERK. ALL RIGHT. MORGAN, DO WE HAVE A FINANCE REPORT OVER THERE? NO REPORT TONIGHT. OKAY. CITY MANAGER, NO REPORT. ALRIGHT. CITY ATTORNEY.NO REPORTS. AS A MATTER OF FACT, I HAVE NO REPORT. JUST. HE'S BEEN PUTTING IN OVERTIME.
ALRIGHTY. POLL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT. POLL FOR
[16. POLL FOR COUNCIL COMMENT]
COUNCIL COMMENT. ALL RIGHT. I JUST HAVE ONE FOR EVERYBODY. I WAS CONTACTED BY A JUNIOR AT NEW ALBANY HIGH SCHOOL. SHE WOULD LIKE TO HOLD A PICKLEBALL FUNDRAISER FOR A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION. BUDDY UP SOMETIME AFTER THE 4TH OF JULY. I KNOW WE HAD TALKED ABOUT WHEN I RECEIVED THESE REQUESTS TO GO AHEAD AND JUST KIND OF PRESENT IT TO COUNCIL, SEE WHAT YOU THINK. IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO PURSUE, PURSUE? I CAN GET SOME MORE INFORMATION ON IT.WHAT'S THE CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION BUDDY UP. OH, OKAY. OKAY. SO I KNOW WE'RE TREATING THIS CASE BY CASE, RIGHT? THIS IS ONE THAT HAS BEEN PROPOSED FOR US. I KNOW IN THE PAST WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THIS, FOR ANYTHING THAT WE WOULD DO, I KNOW WE DON'T REALLY WANT TO SEE A LOT OF COSTS TO THE CITY, AND WE DO NOT WANT TO USE ALL 16 COURTS. WE LIKE TO KEEP SOME OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. BUT IS THIS SOMETHING YOU'D LIKE ME TO PURSUE? GET SOME FURTHER INFORMATION AND I THINK SO, YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD THAT'S A GOOD CAUSE LOCAL NONPROFIT.
THAT'S A NONPROFIT. I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THAT BEING ONE OF THE NEW ALBANY NONPROFIT, AND THIS IS A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT THAT'S INITIATING ALL THAT. YES, I'M MORE THAN SUPPORTIVE OF SOMETHING LIKE THAT. OKAY. I WILL REACH OUT TO HER. AND I DID SEND HER AN EMAIL AND LET HER KNOW SHE'S WATCHING, THAT. WE'D BE TALKING ABOUT IT TONIGHT WITH SOME OTHER QUESTIONS, SOME FOLLOW UP THINGS FOR HER. SO OKAY, I'LL LET HER KNOW. THANK YOU GUYS. ALL RIGHT. EXECUTIVE
[17. EXECUTIVE SESSION]
SESSION. EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO THE OHIO REVISED CODE 121.221 FOR DISCUSSION REGARDING APPOINTMENT, EMPLOYMENT, DISMISSAL, DISCIPLINE, PROMOTION, DEMOTION, OR COMPENSATION OF A PUBLIC EMPLOYEE AND OR OFFICIALS. AND I DO BELIEVE WE WILL TAKE ACTION COMING OUT OF THE MEETING. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND? OKAY. PRESIDENT PRO TEM SCHULTZ. YES.COUNCILMEMBER. CHRIS. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER WILTROUT. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. BRISK. YES.
COUNCIL MEMBER. DEREK. YES. I HAVE FIVE YES VOTES TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 7:54 P.M.
FOR THOSE STILL WATCHING THE MEETING, WE WILL LEAVE THE VIDEO RUNNING, BUT WE WILL TURN OFF SOUND. AFTER THE EXECUTIVE SESSION, COUNCIL WILL COME BACK AND RESUME THE REGULAR SESSION WITH SOME ACTION ALL RIGHT. WE ARE WE ARE PUSHING SOUND. I MOVE, WE COME OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION. SECOND. THERE WE GO. WE PASSED. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. BRISK. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. DEREK. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. KISS. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. WELCH. YES. FIVE YES.
VOTES TO COME OUT OF THE EXECUTIVE SESSION. RESUME THE REGULAR MEETING AT 8:30 P.M.
[18. OTHER BUSINESS]
OKAY. THE MEMO FOR THE REAPPOINTED BOARD AND COMMISSIONS. SHOULD WE JUST READ THROUGH ALL THESE OR DO WE NEED LIKE, I CAN KIND OF DO A QUICK VERSION OF THAT. YEAH. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL, I WROTE YOU A MEMO ON APRIL 28TH REGARDING SOME RENEWALS THAT WE HAVE OF COUNCIL. I'M SORRY, BOARD MEMBERS WHOSE TERMS ARE DUE FOR RENEWAL ON THE NEW ALBANY COMMUNITY AUTHORITY. COUNCIL MEMBER DEREK IS WILLING TO BE REAPPOINTED TO A TWO YEAR TERM GOING MAY 17TH, 2025 TO MAY 16TH, 2027 ON THE IDEA IMPLEMENTATION PANEL. THOSE ARE ALL THREE YEAR TERMS. MARIA ALVARADO, COLON, CONNOR BARRY AND DOCTOR TARROU ARE ALL WILLING TO BE REAPPOINTED TO TERMS RUNNING FROM JULY 1ST 25 TO JUNE 30TH 28, AND THE SUSTAINABILITY BOARD MEMBER, GALLO IS WILLING TO BE REAPPOINTED TO THE TERM SEVEN 125 TO 6, 3028 AND IF YOU WANT TO JUST DO A MOTION, REAPPOINT THOSE PEOPLE. ACCORDING TO THAT[01:25:04]
MEMO, WHICH HAS NOW BEEN READ INTO THE RECORD, WE CAN PROCEED. YEP. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO REAPPOINT THE 2025 BOARD AND COMMISSION MIDYEAR REAPPOINTMENTS. PER THE MEMO THAT CLERK MASON JUST READ SECOND. TO COUNCIL MEMBER KISS. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. YES.PRESIDENT. PRO TEM. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. BRISK. YES. FIVE. YES. VOTES TO REAPPOINT THE PERSONS FOR THE TERM SPECIFIED IN THE APRIL 28TH MEMO TO COUNCIL. THANK YOU. WE HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO DO CLARK MASON'S ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REVIEW, AND AS A RESULT OF THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO PROVIDE JENNIFER MASON WITH AN ANNUAL MERIT BONUS, AS PROVIDED FOR UNDER THE CITY'S PERFORMANCE EVALUATION SYSTEM, AND ALSO REWARD HER EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE WITH 32 HOURS OF PERSONAL LEAVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH CODIFIED ORDINANCE. 155.20 SECOND.
COUNCIL MEMBER KISS YES, PRESIDENT PRO TEM SHAW. YES, COUNCIL MEMBER WILTROUT AND ENTHUSIASTIC. YES. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER. RICE. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. DEREK. YES, I HAVE FIVE YES VOTES. COUNCIL MEMBER MOTION. THANK YOU. COUNCIL SHOWED UP. THANK YOU EVERYBODY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU STAFF WHO ARE ALL PROBABLY NOW IN BED AFTER LAST NIGHT. EVERYBODY KNOW. OKAY. NO WE OBVIOUSLY CHAD WITH YOU HERE BEFORE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. BUT THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE DOING. YOU ARE TRULY MAKING IT EASY FOR US TO DO OUR JOB EFFECTIVELY. AND THE WAY YOU WORK WITH STAFF AND, YOU KNOW, JUST KEEP DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING. YOU'RE DOING A PHENOMENAL JOB. SO THANK YOU. YOU'RE HERE, THERE, THERE, THERE, THERE.
WHERE ARE WE? EVERYWHERE. ALL RIGHT. IF MOVE ON TO OTHER BUSINESS, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER BUSINESS? OKAY, I WILL MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT. SECOND, SECOND. HEY, ALMOST MADE IT TO WA
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.