[I. Call to order ]
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WE'LL CALL TO ORDER AND GET A MICROPHONE. OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON. EVENING. WHATEVER.
I'D LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THE MEETING OF THE PARKS AND REC. PARKS AND TRAILS COMMISSION FOR JUNE THE 2ND AND 2025 AT 6 P.M. CHRISTINA, WOULD YOU CALL THE ORDER, PLEASE? MR. STROBECK? YES, MISS STEELMAN? YES, MISS. SEGNINI. MISS? YES. MISS SHAFFER. YES, MISS. STOUGHTON.
MR. HARMON. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. FELLOWS, THERE ARE FIVE VOTING MEMBERS PRESENT. WE HAVE A
[III. Action on minutes: November 4, 2024 ]
QUORUM. THANK YOU. LET US PROCEED THEN. DOES EVERYBODY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THE MINUTES? I KNOW IT'S BEEN A WHILE. IS THERE ANY ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS THAT WE WOULD WANT TO MAKE FOR THE BOARD? ANOTHER QUITE LENGTHY. THEY LOOK FINE TO ME. I DIDN'T SEE ME. I WHIPPED THROUGH THEM VERY QUICKLY AND I DID NOT SEE ANYTHING THAT JUMPED OUT. OKAY. COULD I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES? I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE MINUTES. I HAVE A SECOND, PLEASE. SECOND.THANK YOU. CHRISTINA. MISS? MISS STEELMAN? YES, MR. HARMON? YES, MISS. SHOPPER? YES, MISS. YES, MR. YES. MOTION PASSES WITH ALL VOTES TO APPROVE THE MINUTES AS SUBMITTED. THANK YOU. WE HAVE
[V. Hearing of visitors for items not on tonight's agenda ]
ANY VISITORS THAT WANT TO SPEAK? I'D. LOOKS LIKE WE'RE AT. SWEAR THE TRUTH. TO TELL THE TRUTH. SO HELP YOU THE VENGEANCE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS. I LOOKED AT THAT. I'M SORRY. AND I THOUGHT IT SHOULD SAY IN GOD WE TRUST, BUT THAT'S OKAY. ALRIGHT, SO WE'LL MOVE ON FROM THAT. SO WE HAVE[VI. Cases]
ONE CASE, I UNDERSTAND FTP 35 2025 NEW ALBANY COMPANY SECTION 30. THE FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN.ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS. MY NAME IS JAY ANDERSON. I STARTED HERE IN NOVEMBER OR SORRY, NOT NOVEMBER. MARCH A PLANNER HERE WITH THE CITY OF NEW ALBANY COMING FROM DUBLIN. SO AS YOU SAID, CHAIRMAN, THIS IS FOR FDP, FOR THE NACO OR NEW ALBANY COUNTRY CLUB SECTION 30. THIS THIS APPLICATION WAS HEARD FOR AN INFORMAL BACK IN NOVEMBER OF 2024. RIGHT. SO HERE ARE SOME MAPS THAT STAFF CREATED IN RESPONSE TO THE LAST MEETING.
GIVEN THE BOARD OVERALL VIEW OF THE CITY AND THE SITE'S LOCATION. SO AS YOU CAN SEE, THE SITE IS AT THE BOTTOM LEFT, HIGHLIGHTED IN ORANGE. SO HERE'S ANOTHER CLOSE UP VIEW GIVING YOU SOME AREAS OF WHERE THIS SITE IS LOCATED AT. SO HERE'S THE CONNECTIVITY MAP THAT WAS PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT SHOWING EXISTING MULTI-USE PATHS, SIDEWALKS, AND PROPOSED BRICK PATHS. IN RED IS THE BRICK PATH. THE BLUE IS THE MULTI-USE EXISTING SHARED PATH AND THEN THE YELLOW IS THE SIDEWALKS. CURRENTLY WITHIN THIS DEVELOPMENT. SO THE PLAN CONSISTS OF EIGHT RESERVES. THERE'S A REQUIRED PARKLAND AND OPEN SPACE ACREAGE OF 8.2. THE APPLICANT IS PROVIDING A TOTAL OF 6.26 ACRES AND IN ORDER TO MEET THE PARKLAND OPEN SPACE REQUIREMENT, THE DEVELOPER WILL NEED TO SUBMIT AN UPDATED PARKLAND DEDICATION AGREEMENT AND REMOVE 1.94 CREDITS FROM THAT. THAT'S IT IF I'M HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE EXISTING BLUE TRAIL. ARE THOSE EIGHT FOOT? YES, THOSE ARE THE EXISTING FROM THE GOLF COURSE. YEAH. AND THEN THE INTERIOR ON THE RED THAT WE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE. THOSE ARE THOSE BRICK. THOSE ARE BRICK FOUR FOOT. YEAH. YEAH OKAY I HAVE A QUESTION. AND MAYBE IT'S FOR STAFF REGARDING THAT. SO I'M NOTICING JUST IN GENERAL THERE'S VARIOUS LOCATIONS INCLUDING THIS ONE, THAT THE EIGHT FOOT MULTI-USE PATH IS BEING REPLACED WITH A FOUR FOOT BRICK SIDEWALK.
AND WHILE I KNOW YOU KNOW, THERE MAY BE ESTHETICALLY DIFFERENT, THEY ARE ALSO FUNCTIONALLY DIFFERENT. LIKE I THINK YOU'RE LOSING SOME FUNCTIONALITY AS A TRANSPORTATION FACILITY WITH A BRICK SIDEWALK. SO JUST CURIOUS KIND OF WHAT THE THOUGHT BEHIND THAT IS OR WHAT, LIKE WHERE THE
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WHERE YOU'RE IDENTIFYING LIKE AS FAR AS LIKE CONTEXT, LIKE WHERE WHERE THOSE ARE MIGHT BE APPROPRIATE RATHER THAN THE LEISURE PATH. YEAH. AND I FROM THE CITY'S PERSPECTIVE, MAYBE WE CAN JUST JUMP IN REAL QUICK AND THEN WE'LL LET TOM PROBABLY MORE OF AN ESTHETIC PERSPECTIVE WHEN WE EVALUATE IT. WE CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND THAT CONCERN. AND WE TOOK A LOOK AT THIS. AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT SINCE IT WAS NOT BEING PROVIDED THROUGH THE SUBDIVISION THAT WE SAW, AT LEAST PATHS, YOU KNOW, BIKE PATH AROUND, YOU KNOW, THIS AREA AROUND, AROUND AND GREEN. SO WE THOUGHT THAT REMOVING IT WAS, WAS, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, BE IDEAL TO HAVE IT THERE. BUT THERE WAS STILL AN ALTERNATE PATH THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THIS, THIS AREA. SO THAT'S THAT'S WHAT MADE THE CITY COMFORTABLE WITH IT. I'LL LET TOM TALK TO KIND OF MORE OF THE DESIGN INTENT BEHIND IT. TOM RUBY WITH NEW ALBANY COMPANY DID THE ONE OF THE THINGS THERE'S A LOT OF HISTORY TO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, RIGHT. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED VERY EARLY ON WAS A REQUEST FOR US TO DEDICATE. THERE'S A PARK AT THE INTERSECTION OF BRANDON AND LANGDON PARK ROAD THAT YOU CAN SEE THERE. THANK YOU. YEAH, THERE WE GO. THANK YOU. THAT HAS NEVER BEEN DEDICATED TO THE CITY. SO I BELIEVE THAT MAY NOT BE A CONDITION TODAY, BUT ULTIMATELY WILL MAKE THAT A CONDITION OF APPROVAL. WHEN THIS MARCHES FORWARD OFF TO PLANNING COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL.EARLY ON, WHEN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WAS ORIGINALLY DESIGNED, THERE WAS A REQUEST TO GET A CONNECTION FROM THIS NEIGHBORHOOD TO THAT PARK THROUGH THE GOLF COURSE. RIGHT.
I DON'T KNOW OF ANY OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE THAT'S HAPPENED BEFORE, BUT WE FIGURED OUT A WAY TO MAKE THAT WORK, AS WELL AS EXTENDING THE LEISURE PATH, WHICH AGAIN, I'M SORRY, COULD YOU USE A POINTER FOR ME? THAT JUST HELPED ME. THANK YOU. SO. SO THIS PARK, WILL IS A PRIVATE PARK RIGHT NOW. WILL BE DEEDED TO THE CITY DEDICATED TO THE CITY FOR THAT TO BE A COMMUNITY PARK. THE IDEA OF GETTING A LEISURE PATH TO EXTEND THROUGH THIS IS ALL GOLF COURSE THROUGH THE GOLF COURSE TO THAT PARK, SO THAT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS NEIGHBORHOOD ISN'T JUST AS AN ISLAND, BUT YOU CAN GET THERE. WE FIGURED OUT A WAY TO GET THAT DONE. IN FACT, THAT PATH IS IN IS IN TODAY. ADDITIONALLY, ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, THE LEISURE PATH STOPPED RIGHT HERE AT THE INTERSECTION OF BORKMAN, GRANT AND BRANDON. SO WE HAVE EXTENDED THE PATH ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE ENTRANCE TO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. THE IDEA TO GET TO YOUR QUESTION, THIS CLEARLY IS A CHANGE IN FUNCTIONALITY FROM EIGHT FOOT WIDE LEISURE PATH TO FOUR FOOT WIDE BRICK SIDEWALK. IT'S ENTIRELY ESTHETICALLY DRIVEN AND DRIVEN BY DESIGN AND VALUE OF THE LOTS. THERE WILL BE A LOW BRICK WALL WITH A FENCE ON TOP OF IT AROUND THESE LARGER ESTATE LOTS. ADJACENT TO THAT IS THIS NEW FOUR FOOT WIDE BRICK SIDEWALK THAT WE'RE REQUESTING.
I THINK THERE HAVE BEEN SOME LESSONS LEARNED WHERE THE FOUR FOOT WIDE BRICK SIDEWALK EXISTS.
THE TWO OBVIOUS NEIGHBORHOODS. ONE IS ASHTON GROVE. IT WAS BUILT ABOUT 30 YEARS AGO OR SO.
IT WAS BUILT ON A SAND BASE, AND THE BRICK LOOKS LIKE A GERMAN VILLAGE TODAY. NOT IN A GOOD WAY. IN ELY CROSSING, ALSO A FOUR FOOT WIDE BRICK SIDEWALK THAT WAS BUILT ON A ON A CONCRETE BASE. THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD PROPOSE TO DO HERE AS WELL. ONE ADDITIONAL POINT I THINK WORTH NOTING IS THIS LITTLE AREA IN THE BOTTOM, NOT SO LITTLE TEN LOTS AROUND WHAT WE'RE CALLING THE CLOSE. THAT NEIGHBORHOOD WILL BE VERY SIMILAR TO EDGE OF WOODS ADJACENT TO THE COUNTRY CLUB. IT WON'T BE GATED. IT'S NOT A GATED PRIVATE ROAD. IT'S A PUBLIC ROAD. BUT WE'LL ACTUALLY HAVE THAT BRICK SIDEWALK, FOUR FOOT WIDE BRICK SIDEWALK DIRECTLY BACK OF CURB. SO THERE. IT'S NOT INTERRUPTED OR DESIGNED WITH A TREE LAWN BETWEEN THE SIDEWALK AND THE CURB. AGAIN, MUCH LIKE EDGE OF WOODS, THE BRICK SIDEWALK WILL BE DIRECTLY BEHIND THE CURB. THE STREET TREES AND LANDSCAPING AND FENCING AND THE LIKE WILL BE BEHIND THAT. ONE OTHER QUESTION THE CONNECTION AT HEAD OF POND. IS THERE A REASON THAT THE SIDEWALK IS ONLY ON THE SOUTH SIDE OR SOUTHEAST SIDE, AND NOT THE NORTHWEST SIDE? THERE ARE TREES THAT. THAT'S RIGHT. THERE ARE TREES THROUGH THERE. WE CAN MOVE THAT THOUGH, AND WE CAN FIGURE OUT A WAY TO GET. YEAH, WE SO IT'S A TOTAL OF 40 LOTS. THIS IS NOT A LOT. THERE WILL BE A HOME ON THAT ON
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THE ON THAT PROPERTY. THAT BRICK SIDEWALK SHOULD EXTEND DOWN TO LANGDON PARK ROAD. WE CAN MAKE THAT COMMITMENT. OKAY. WE'LL HAVE TO FIGURE OUT THERE ARE SOME PRETTY SIGNIFICANT TREES THROUGH THERE. LAST TIME WE DID THIS, WE WEREN'T GOING TO EXTEND IT THROUGH THERE. I THINK GIVEN ALL OF THE MANEUVERING THAT WE'RE DOING NOW, THERE'S A WAY WE'VE GOT TO BE ABLE TO FIGURE THAT OUT. OKAY. YEAH. I THINK JUST FROM A FUNCTIONALITY, IT TOTALLY MAKES SENSE. YEAH.OKAY. ONE OTHER DETAIL I GUESS WORTH MENTIONING FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE WALKED THAT THAT PATH, THERE'S AN OVERLOOK ON THE NORTH AND A BOARDWALK ON THE SOUTH, THAT THAT BOARDWALK WILL REMAIN. WE'RE MOVING THE POND, REDESIGNING THE POND. THE POND WILL BE MOVING TO THE TO THE WEST IN THAT DIRECTION. THE BLACK LINE ACTUALLY SHOWS THAT THE NEW CONFIGURATION OF THE POND, BUT THAT THAT WOODEN BOARDWALK WILL REMAIN. WHAT HAPPENS WHERE? THE POND? WHERE THE. WHAT HAPPENS WHERE THE POND WAS. SO THERE ARE THREE BIG PILES OF DIRT OUT THERE RIGHT NOW. WE ARE REGRADING MOVING. THAT DIRT WILL BE USED TO MOVE THE POND. SO WHERE THE POND WAS THAT WILL ACTUALLY BE BUILDABLE LOT AREA AGAIN, IT'S MOVED TO THE TO THE WEST. THE EXCESS DIRT IS ALSO GOING TO BE USED TO REGRADE SPECIFICALLY THIS ZONE TO TALK ABOUT EDGE OF WOODS AREA. THAT'S ALL ABOUT THE GRADE RIGHT NOW. THERE'S A GRADE CHANGE ROUGHLY 5 TO 6FT THROUGH THERE. THAT'LL ALL BE EVENED OUT TO BE SO THAT THE FINISHED FLOOR ELEVATION OF THE HOMES WITHIN THERE WILL ALL BE CONSISTENT. IT'LL BE BUILDABLE THEN. YES, YES, IT'LL BE BUILDABLE. LOT. TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION. TALK TO ME ABOUT THE POND, THE WAY IT'S FED AND WAY IT DRAINS. SO TODAY, WELL. AND TOMORROW IT'S A FUNCTIONING STORMWATER BASIN. SO IT HANDLES THE WATER QUALITY AS WELL AS STORMWATER MANAGEMENT. THE REDESIGN OF THE POND IS MAKING IT LARGER AND A MORE CIRCUITOUS PERIMETER TO ALLOW ZONES FOR WETLAND PLANTINGS AROUND THE PERIMETER OF THE POND. MUCH LIKE WHAT YOU'LL SEE THE LARGE POND ON THE ESTATE THAT'S GOING IN RIGHT NOW. IT'S ALL ABOUT LANDSCAPE, LANDSCAPE AND GRADE IN A WAY THAT DOESN'T IMPACT ITS FUNCTIONALITY, SO IT WILL BE SLIGHTLY LARGER, BUT IT WILL BE. HEAVILY LANDSCAPED. THE DEPTH IS GOING TO BE ABOUT THE SAME, DEPTH IS ABOUT THE SAME, ROUGHLY 10 TO 12FT AT THE DEEPEST PART. ALTHOUGH THERE'S A SAFETY EDGE, THERE'S A CODE REQUIREMENT FOR A SAFETY EDGE AROUND THE PERIMETER. RIGHT? YEAH. GREAT. I HAVE A QUESTION TO HELP ME UNDERSTAND. SO THE PROPOSAL IS TWO ACRES SHORT OF GREEN SPACE, AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND NUMBER FIVE ON WHAT THE STAFF RECOMMENDS TO DO ABOUT THAT. BEFORE YOU BEFORE YOU ANSWER THAT. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP. DID WHEN YOU DO YOUR WE'VE BEEN ASKED TO DEDICATE THE PARK AT THE CORNER AT THE INTERSECTION. I DON'T WANT THAT BEEN ADDED IN TO OUR PARKLAND AND OPEN SPACE REQUIREMENTS. CORRECT? IT HASN'T. SO WHEN WE ADD THAT IN, I WOULD ASSUME WE'LL EXCEED THOSE CODE REQUIREMENTS. NOT TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, BUT WHEN THEY MENTIONED THAT, I THOUGHT, WAIT A MINUTE, YOU'VE ASKED US TO DEDICATE THAT PART. WE'VE AGREED TO DEDICATE THE PART WE, IF WE NEED TO TAKE, IF WE NEED TO TAKE ACREAGE OUT OF OUR BANK, WE CAN DO THAT. BUT I THINK WE SHOULD GET THE CREDIT THAT WE NEED FOR THE DEDICATION OF PARKS WITHIN. YEAH, WE CAN DOUBLE CHECK THOSE NUMBERS. AND THEN TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, THEY HAVE A PARKLAND OPEN SPACE BANK THE NEW ALBANY COMPANY DOES. IT'S PRETTY SIZABLE. I CAN'T REMEMBER HOW MANY ACRES ARE IN IT OVER LAND THAT'S BEEN DEDICATED TO THE CITY OR VARIOUS COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS OVER THE LAST 30 YEARS THAT HAS BANKED. AND IF THEY'RE EVER SHORT ON LAND OR OVER ON LAND, THEY EITHER DEDUCT FROM THAT OR ADD LAND TO IT AS WELL OVER THE YEARS. SO THE YEAH, ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO THERE WAS AN INCREASE IN PARKLAND AND OPEN SPACE DEDICATION REQUIREMENT BY THE CITY. IT WAS 1200 SQUARE FEET PER LOT. THEN IT WENT UP TO 2400FT■!S PER LOT. AND WHEN THAT HAPPENED AGAIN, I GUESS IT WAS AT LEAST TEN YEARS AGO. WE WENT TO THE CITY AND SAID, ALL RIGHT, LET'S START CALCULATING WHAT'S THE ACREAGE
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OF PARKLAND THAT WE'VE DEDICATED TO DATE, AND HOW DOES THAT TRANSLATE TO THE NUMBER OF LOTS THAT WE'VE DEVELOPED WITH THIS NEW STANDARD? AND THE RESULT OF THAT WAS A BANK. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, LANGDON PARK, THAT YOU CAN SEE THERE, THAT PARK IS ROUGHLY SEVEN ACRES IN SIZE. IT WAS NEVER DEDICATED AS PART OF PARKLAND DEDICATION REQUIREMENT, 2400FT■!S PER UNIT. SO WE RECONCILED ALL THOSE NUMBERS AND AS A RESULT, WE DEVELOPED A LOT OF LAND. WE'VE DEDICATED A LOT OF PARK, WE'VE BUILT A LOT OF LOTS. WE RECONCILE THOSE NUMBERS AND ENDED UP WITH A BANK IN EXCESS. SO NOW WHEN WE COME IN WITH A NEIGHBORHOOD AND IT EITHER MEETS OR DOESN'T MEET, WE ALWAYS UPDATE THAT HOUSING BANK OR PARKLAND BANK RATHER. SO THAT PARK AT THE CORNER THERE COULD TECHNICALLY MAKE UP. I DON'T KNOW IF IT MAKES UP 1.94 ACRES OR NOT, BUT IT COULD, IT COULD I? MY REQUEST IS THAT WE QUANTIFY THE AREA OF THAT PARK AND MAKE SURE THAT THAT CREDIT IS DOCUMENTED APPROPRIATELY IN THAT HOUSING BANK OR IN THE PARKLAND BANK. SORRY. YEAH.I GOT A QUESTION. I'M KIDDING. WHERE THE NEW FOUR FOOT WIDE BRICK PATH IS GOING TO GO IS THE EXISTING PATH THAT'S THERE NOW JUST GOING TO GET CHANGED. IT'S GOING TO BE REMOVED. REMOVED LIKE THE TREES THAT WERE THERE. AND THEN THEY THOSE GOT MOVED. WE MOVED ALL THE TREES. ALL THE STREET TREES ARE NOT AROUND. IT'S NICE. IT'S NICE. WE'RE ALSO YOU'LL ALSO NOTICE IN THE COMING WEEKS THE WETLAND TO THE NORTH, THIS BIG POND FILLED WITH CATTAILS. THERE ARE LOTS OF DEAD TREES IN THERE, LOTS OF WATER LILIES. WE'RE GOING TO GO IN AND CLEAN THAT UP TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY. ELIMINATE THE CATTAILS. IT WILL BE REPLANTING TREES IN THERE AS WELL. SO A LOT OF WORK GOING ON. HOW DO YOU THINK YOU CAN CONTROL THE CATTAILS OUTSIDE OF DIGGING THEM? I MEAN, I KNOW THEY HAVE TO BE DUG. I MEAN, THEY'RE GOING TO COME BACK. THERE ARE TWO THERE ARE TWO WAYS TO GET RID OF CATTAILS. ONE IS YOU DROWN THEM. RIGHT. YOU MAKE THE WATER DEEPER. THAT'LL GET RID OF THEM. THE OTHER IS JUST CONSTANT, SHOCKING THEM, DIGGING THEM OUT AND THEN CONSTANT MAINTENANCE. THAT WHOLE POND IS PRETTY DARN BIG IN ABOUT. I'M GOING TO SAY 50%. 60% OF IT IS FILLED WITH CATTAILS. SO OUR STRATEGY IS BOTH. WE'RE CHANGING THE DEPTH OF ABOUT A HALF OF THAT AREA TO DROWN THEM. THE OTHER HALF. WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO MANAGE BY DIGGING AND SPRAYING, AND THEN WILL THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FUTURE MAINTENANCE? YEAH, THERE WILL BE A THIRD TIER HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION CREATED FOR THIS NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WOULD THAT THAT WOULD BE UNDER THEIR PREVIEW. YEAH. BUT IT'S A IT'S A BIG JOB THAT WILL TAKE MANY, MANY YEARS IN CONSTANT MAINTENANCE OF IT. HOW BIG IS THAT POND? THAT'S GOOD SIZE. JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY. MORE THAN I THINK HERE. A COUPLE ACRES, 4.8 ACRES. ALL RIGHT. YEAH. OKAY. IT'S A LOT OF CATTAILS. IT'S A LOT OF CATTAILS AND A LOT OF WATER LILIES. I MEAN, IT IT'S PRETTY, BUT NOT PRETTY ENOUGH TO SELL EXPENSIVE LOTS, RIGHT? GOTCHA. SOMEBODY IS GOING TO PUT TROUT IN THERE. THEY'RE ALSO SWANS. OH, YEAH. LOVELY. LOT OF GOLF. LOT OF GOLF AND A LOT OF GOLF BALLS. NICE. SO WERE THERE ANY OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE STAFF OTHER THAN FIGURING OUT THAT 1.94 SHORTAGE? NO. OKAY. I BET THAT PART UP THERE IS WILL PUT YOU OVER THE 1.9. YEAH I DID MEASURE IT JUST ON CITY VIEW. IT COMES TO LIKE 1.08. SO YOU MAY BE RIGHT THERE OR JUST SHY OR JUST OVER. OKAY. THANK YOU. YEAH. THAT'S GOOD I LIKE IT. WHEN DO THE LOTS GO FOR SALE? LOOK, I WENT WAS THE QUESTION WHEN. YEAH, I WOULD
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HOPE BY THE END OF THE YEAR WE'RE, WE'RE SLATED TO START SOME OF THE CONSTRUCTION WORK OUT THERE THE END OF JULY. I STILL HAVE ZONING AND DEVELOPMENT PLANNING, ALL KINDS OF WORK YET TO DO AND HOPEFULLY RELEASE THEM BY LATE FALL. THAT'S THAT'S THE GOAL. AND THEN HOW WILL THE. YOU KNOW, ACQUISITION TIME, YOU KNOW, FROM FROM ACQUIRING LOTS OR CONSTRUCTION START. IS THERE A MANDATED TIME. WELL, WE'RE CHANGING A LOT OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE, RIGHT. SO WHILE WE MAY RELEASE THEM, WE WON'T BE ABLE TO CLOSE ON THEM UNTIL THE SUBDIVISION HAS BEEN REBUILT AND ACCEPTED BY THE CITY. SO THAT'S ANOTHER KIND OF TOUCH POINT IN ALL OF THIS. I WOULD THINK HOME CONSTRUCTION IN HERE IS GOING TO BE A 12 TO 18 MONTH BUILD TIME.IT WOULD BE FABULOUS IF HOME CONSTRUCTION WOULD START IN FIRST OR SECOND QUARTER OF 26, BUT THAT ASSUMES WE'RE DONE WITH ALL THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND IT'S BEEN ACCEPTED BY THE CITY. SO THERE'S A THERE'S AN URGENCY TO IT AND A LOT OF ATTENTION GOING TO IT. SO THE ROAD TO BE CLOSED FOR A PERIOD OF TIME, FOR A LOT OF WORK THAT NEEDS TO GO ON. BUT THAT THAT'S KIND OF THE GOAL.
WHAT ARE YOU EXPECTING A PRICE POINT TO BE ON? THE HOMES ARE. A MATTER OF CURIOSITY. SO THE LAST TIME WE WENT THROUGH THIS, THE LOTS WERE PRICED ON THE LOW END AT 600 AND ON THE HIGH END AT 1.5, AND I WAS TOLD I WASN'T BEING AGGRESSIVE ENOUGH. SO THERE WE GO. I'M NOT ASKING ENOUGH FOR MY PROPERTY, OKAY. ALL RIGHT. IS THERE ANY ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS. ALL RIGHT. I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE FTP 35 2025. MR. CHAIRMAN. YEAH. DOCUMENTS MOTION. THE DOCUMENT MOTION. YEAH. SO DO WE NEED WE NEED TO APPROVE THE STAFF.
RECOMMENDATIONS. WHATEVER WORKED OUT FIRST. YEAH. WE NEED A MOTION TO ADMIT THE DOCUMENTS AND STAFF REPORTS INTO THE RECORD. YES. SO MOVED. SECOND. SECOND. MISS STILLMAN. YES, MISS SHOPPER? YES. YES. MR. YES. MR. HARMON? YES. MOTION PASSES WITH ALL VOTES TO ADMIT THE DOCUMENTS. THANK YOU. BOARD. NOW WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE APPLICANT OF THE SAME 35, 20, 25. THEY HAVE A MOTION ON THAT, PLEASE. MOTION AND A SECOND, PLEASE. SECOND. THANK YOU, MR. HARMON. YES, YES, MISS BOB. NO. MISS SHAFFER. YES, MR. STARBUCK? YES. MOTION PASSES WITH FOUR VOTES TO APPROVE THE FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN. AND, MISS BOT, IF YOU COULD JUST GIVE YOUR REASONS FOR YOUR NO VOTE. YEAH. THIS IS A LITTLE HYPERBOLE, BUT SWAMPLAND IN FLORIDA DOESN'T HELP THIS PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT. THAT'S A QUARTER SHORT OF GREEN SPACE. SO. IT DOESN'T. I'M REPEATEDLY SEEING THE GREEN SPACES CHANGE WHAT NEW ALBANY WAS PLANNED TO BE WHEN THEY MADE ORDINANCE 1160 5.1. SO I THINK IT WAS MADE FOR A REASON. YES, I AGREE WITH YOU. I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE AND ACKNOWLEDGE THE PARKLAND THAT THAT HAS BEEN DEDICATED BY THE NEW ALBANY COMPANY IN THE OPEN SPACE THAT HAS BEEN DEDICATED BY THAT COMPANY. IT IS HUNDREDS OF ACRES, NOT TENS OF ACRES, QUITE LITERALLY HUNDREDS OF ACRES. AND THAT WAS ACKNOWLEDGED. I RESPECT YOUR OPINION, RESPECT YOUR VOTE, UNDERSTAND IT, AND FRANKLY AGREE WITH IT. IF YOU WERE LOOKING AT THIS INDEPENDENT OF THE HISTORY AND THE DEDICATION AND COMMITMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE THROUGH THE YEARS. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY OTHER COMMENT? ALL
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RIGHT, SO MOVED AT THIS POINT. I GUESS WE HAVE SOME OTHER BUSINESS. THE ANNUAL ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING. YES. SO WE NEED TO PUT IT UP HERE ON THE SCREEN FOR YOU. SO WE NEED TO[00:25:06]
SWEAR IN NEW MEMBERS WHICH WE DON'T HAVE ANY NEW MEMBERS TO SWEAR IN. AND THEN WE WILL NEED TO, LIKE WE DO EVERY YEAR, ELECTED CHAIRPERSON, A VICE CHAIRPERSON, A SECRETARY, AND THEN ESTABLISH THE DATE, TIME AND LOCATION FOR ALL OF OUR REGULAR 2025 MEETINGS. SO IN THE PAST, OR I GUESS DEPENDING ON THE BOARD, YOU CAN I KNOW THAT GEORGE IS THE CHAIRPERSON, THE VICE CHAIRPERSON AND THE SECRETARY IS TRICIA SAVINI. AND YOU CAN EITHER MAKE INDIVIDUAL MOTIONS FOR EACH OF THOSE POSITIONS OR IF YOU WANT TO APPROVE THE WHOLE SLATE AGAIN, YOU CAN DO IT THAT WAY. AND THEN THE MEETING DATE AND TIME. I THINK STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE HOLD AS LONG AS IT'S OKAY WITH THE BOARD. 6 P.M. FIRST MONDAY OF THE MONTH HERE AT VILLAGE HALL, BUT IT'S UP TO YOU GUYS. OKAY. SO DO YOU WANT US TO DO EACH POSITION INDIVIDUALLY? IT'S TOTALLY UP TO YOU THE WAY YOU WANT. IT'S REALLY IT'S YOUR CHOICE. KEEP IT. LEAVE IT OR SO.SO LAST YEAR WE TALKED ABOUT THIS. IT'S LIKE WE HAVE SO FEW MEETINGS. YOU KNOW WHAT 2 OR 3 A YEAR. MAYBE JUST A WITH CONSISTENCY. AND BUT NOW WE HAVE WE HAVE NEW MEMBERS ON THE BOARD THAT HAVE BEEN HERE FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS. SO I, I PROPOSE THAT WE AND I HAVE SPOKEN WITH TRICI, AND I WOULD NEVER PUT HER NAME OUT THERE IF SHE DIDN'T SAY, YEAH, OKAY, I WOULD DO THAT AGAIN. WHICH SHE DID SAY YES. SO I WOULD PROPOSE THAT WE KEEP THE BOARD AS AS IT CURRENTLY IS, UNLESS ONE OF THE OTHER FOLKS WOULD LIKE TO DO ONE OF THESE POSITIONS. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IT'S OPEN. DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION? I SUPPORT THAT, YEAH. OKAY. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. WELL, I APPRECIATE THE CONFIDENCE OF THE BOARD. IT'S BEEN FUN. I CAN ONLY TELL YOU THAT. WOW. WHEN DID WE START THIS BILL RASH? I IT WAS BEFORE MY TIME. YEAH.
THIS WAS. I DON'T KNOW HOW WE WOULD DISSOLVE THIS IF WE DID IT. WE THIS PERSON AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT ME DISAPPEARING OVER THE YEARS. AND WITH HER CONFIDENCE IN BENDING MY ARM, I SAID, OKAY, LET'S LET'S OPEN IT UP TO EVERYBODY. BUT IT WORKS. AND IT'S BEEN WORKING. AND I THINK IT'S BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL IN THE EARLY DAYS. IF I CAN JUST GO BACK AND TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HISTORY WHEN THIS STARTED, WHAT, 92 THREE SOMETHING BACK IN THERE, THAT'S WHEN THIS ALL STARTED. AND WE DISCOVERED THAT THAT WE NEEDED TO HAVE THIS KIND OF A BOARD TO BRING THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER AND GET ALL THE KIDS GOING TO THE SAME PLACE AND GET DOWNTOWN TO SCHOOL AND ALL THIS STUFF. SO THAT'S HOW THIS BOARD STARTED. AND OF COURSE, WE HAD THE NEW ALBANY COMPANY. THEY WERE JUST, YOU KNOW, AT THAT POINT WERE JUST CRAWLING, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT.
SO IT WAS A GOOD IDEA FOR US TO BECOME THE VANGUARD OF THAT BRING THINGS ALONG AND WHERE THEY ARE TODAY. I FEEL THAT THAT THE WHOLE EFFORT FROM THE NEW ALBANY CITY, VILLAGE OR CITY NOW, BUT THE VILLAGE WAS ADMIRABLE. I MEAN, WE SAW THIS UP FRONT AND EVERYBODY JUMPED ON THE DIFFERENT COMMITTEES AND THIS ONE, AND IT'S BEEN VERY, VERY SUCCESSFUL. AND I THINK YOU CAN KIND OF LOOK AROUND AT EVERYBODY WANTS TO MOVE TO NEW ALBANY, AND IT'S NOT INTEL, IT'S JUST THIS LITTLE TOWN THAT GOT BIG AND THEY'RE TRYING TO STAY LOW. SO IT IT REALLY HAS A NUANCE OF ITS OWN. HOWEVER, HOW THIS STARTED WHEN. WE WERE TRYING TO PUT IT TOGETHER WITH THE VILLAGE THE MAYOR AND EVERYBODY WAS ON BILL RUSH WAS HE WAS THE LOCAL TREE HUGGER.
GOD BLESS HIM. AND HE AND I WORKED A LOT OF PROJECTS AT SCHOOL AND ONE THING OR ANOTHER.
SO BILL WAS CONNECTED KIND OF WITH THE VILLAGE, AND HE HAD SOME INTEREST IN BUILDING AND THINGS THAT HE DID. AND SO BILL HAD COME TO ME AND HE SAID, YOU KNOW, HOW SHOULD WE STRUCTURE THIS? AND I SAID, I DON'T KNOW. I GOT MY PLATE FULL. I'M ON THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. I WAS OVER THERE 16 YEARS. WHAT WAS OVER WITH? I SAID, I, YOU KNOW, I GOT ALL I CAN DO. AND HE SAID, NO.
HE SAID, WE NEED TO HAVE SOMEBODY FROM THE SCHOOL, SOMEBODY FROM THE TOWNSHIP, SOMEBODY FROM THE VILLAGE. SO THAT'S HOW THIS THAT'S HOW THIS CAME TOGETHER. IT WAS A MUTUAL LOVE FEST, IF YOU WILL. AND SO THE VILLAGE AT THAT TIME, TRYING TO CATCH THE MAYOR AT THE TIME
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IT WAS GOING BROADWAY AND THEY DECIDED THAT THE SCHOOL HAD PUT UP SOMEBODY AND THE TOWNSHIP HAD TO PUT UP SOMEBODY. AND THAT'S HOW THAT'S HOW IT CAME ABOUT. SO OVER THE YEARS, AND IT'S KIND OF GOT LOST AFTER DOCTOR JOHNSON LEFT OVER THERE AND GARY SCHWEITZER PASSED AWAY KIND OF THAT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY. THIS, THAT THAT ORGANIZATION KIND OF GOT A LITTLE LOOSE AT SCHOOL. IT'S WORKING. BUT A LOT OF THINGS THAT WERE DONE JUST KIND OF GOT PUT UNDER THE TABLE AND EVERYBODY FORGOT ABOUT IT. IN OTHER WORDS, THE ONLY REASON I AM HERE IS BECAUSE THE BOARD OF EDUCATION SAID I WAS GOING TO DO THIS. I WAS APPOINTED IN THE VILLAGE, SAID, THAT'S YOUR GUY, THAT'S WHO'S GOING TO DO IT. SO THAT'S THE WAY THIS ALL CAME. I DON'T KNOW HOW. WE WOULD DO THAT TODAY. IS THAT IS THAT AGREEMENT WITH THE MY REACTION? WELL, LET ME PUT IT THIS WAY. IF I WERE GOING TO LEAVE THIS ORGANIZATION, I WOULD NOT COME HERE AND RESIGN. I WOULD GO TO THE BOARD OF EDUCATION AND SAY, I DO NOT WANT TO DO THIS ANYMORE. THEY THEN THE WAY IT WAS STRUCTURED WOULD HAVE TO COME UP WITH ANOTHER PERSON. I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THE VILLAGE STILL WANTS TO DO IT THAT WAY. I MEAN, WE'VE ASSIGNED WE'VE GOT HOW MANY MEMBERS NOW OF SEVEN AND THAT'S THAT'S CHANGED. BUT THAT SITUATION WHERE WE WERE ASSIGNED EITHER BY THE TOWNSHIP OR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, THOSE SUBCOMMITTEES, IF YOU WILL, SUBDIVISIONS. I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT WOULD BE DONE. WE WOULD HAVE TO GO TO COUNCIL AND SAY, WE WANT TO CHANGE THIS STRUCTURE. WE STILL DO HAVE BOARDS THAT HAVE MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL REPRESENTATION OR DIFFERENT. YEAH. SO THE SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD, I BELIEVE HAS ONE MEMBER FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ON IT. ROCKY COURT, OBVIOUSLY IS A MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL PANEL. I THINK THOSE ARE THE TWO THAT HAVE WHERE WE DO GO OUT TO THE SCHOOLS AND WORK WITH THEM TO IDENTIFY PEOPLE, TO SERVE IN THOSE CAPACITIES. I HAVE A QUESTION. WHAT HAPPENED TO THE APPOINTEE FROM THE JPD? BECAUSE EARLIER WHEN I WAS ON THIS BOARD, THERE WAS SOMEBODY FROM THE JOINT PARKS DISTRICT ON THE BOARD. THAT'S A GOOD POINT. I THINK IT WAS IT WAS ABBY BROOKS. YES. BEFORE SHE GOT HIRED BY THE CITY. IT WAS BEFORE THEN. IT WAS PRIOR TO THAT AS WELL. YEAH. BUT SHE'S SHE'S THE LAST ONE I CAN REMEMBER. ANDY. HE'S A REALTOR.WELL, SHE WAS THE LAST ONE I REMEMBER SERVED IN THAT CAPACITY. WE'LL TAKE A LOOK TO SEE IF THE CODE WAS MODIFIED. THERE WERE SOME CHANGES TO SOME OF THOSE THINGS MADE WHEN THE SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD AND IDEA PANEL GOT CREATED. YEAH, IT'D BE NICE TO SEE WHAT THAT WHAT THE MAKEUP REALLY IS. SURE. YEAH. WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT IT. CHAIRPERSON GEORGE, I THINK. IS IT PARKS AND REC? THEY STILL DO A THREE REPRESENTATIVE BOARD. THE TOWNSHIP? YES, THE CITY. AND THERE'S ONLY. THAT'S WHY I WAS WONDERING IF THEY KIND OF BRANCHED OFF FROM PARKS AND TRAILS OR IF THEY KEPT THAT STRUCTURE. YEAH. THAT'S STILL THEY STILL GROWING. YEAH. THAT STILL DOES EXIST. YEAH. WELL IT'S BEEN YOU KNOW I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY THAT, YOU KNOW, WANTS ME TO CONTINUE IN THIS ROLE. AND I CERTAINLY WOULDN'T RELINQUISH IT IN A HEARTBEAT. BUT IT'S NOT IT'S NOT A I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO DO KIND OF A THING. BUT YOU KNOW, I FEEL THAT WHEN I LOOK BACK AT THE TIME WHEN I GOT INVOLVED IN THE LATE 80S AND THROUGH THE 90S AND THE SCHOOL BOARD AND THIS AND KIND OF WE WERE IN I MUST HAVE BEEN ON 20 COMMITTEES, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE'RE GOING TO GO, WHAT 605 IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE, WHAT, 61? AND YOU KNOW, HOW JOHNSTOWN'S GOING TO AFFECT THIS AND ALL THIS. AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAD ALL THESE PLANNING MEETINGS WITH NEW ALBANY COMPANY. THERE'S HAS TO BE SOMETHING SAID THAT COULD PLANNING RESULTS IN GOOD RESULTS. YOU KNOW AND THIS IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING. AND SO MY ACCOLADES NOT FOR ME PERSONALLY BUT FOR THIS BOARD AND NEW MEMBERS, THIS IS AN GO FOR IT. YOU KNOW, THIS IS IF YOU GOT A GREAT IDEA, PUT IT UP THERE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S THE REASON WE'RE DOING THIS SO WELL.
WE DID THAT WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD LEVEL. YOU KNOW, WE GOT DOCTOR JOHNSON, BARRY SCHWEITZER IN THERE. AND I CAN TELL YOU THE SPEECH THAT I GAVE TO DOCTOR JOHNSON WHEN WE HIRED HIM, I SAID, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY YOU WANT THIS JOB. WE'RE JUST THIS SIMPLE CALL, AND WE'RE JUST, YOU KNOW, GRAND COMMUNITY. WE'RE NOT THERE. JUST A CROSSROADS. HE'S FROM UPPER ARLINGTON. YOU KNOW,
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AND HE SAID, I CAN MAKE THIS WORK. SO HE SAW IN US GREAT POTENTIAL. AND THESE WERE DOCTOR JOHNSON, SWEITZER AND COLLEEN. THEY HAD A VISION AND IT KIND OF RUBBED OFF ON ALL OF US. BILL RASH, SAVE A TREE. GOD BLESSING I'M MISSING. BUT I THINK IT'S BEEN SUCCESSFUL AND I FEEL VERY CONFIDENT. YOU KNOW, I'M HAPPY WITH THE SITUATION AND I HAVE NO TROUBLE BECAUSE I'M CONFIDENT THAT IF THE PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM CAN, IF I DROP DEAD TOMORROW, THIS IS GOING TO KEEP GOING. SO I APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT AND I'LL KEEP HANGING IN THERE. BUT I GOT TO TELL YOU, IT'LL BE 83 THIS YEAR. MY MONEY GUY SAYS I'M GOING AT 86. SO. WELL, ANYWAY, I DON'T TELL HIM HOW TO INVEST. HE DOESN'T TELL ME HOW TO SPEND. IT DOES. IT DOES AMAZE ME THAT I'M STILL MOVING AT THE SAME.ANYWAY, I'M HAVING SOME FUN. THAT'S AWESOME. IF AT SOME POINT THE NEW MEMBERS. IF I GET A LITTLE SCENE OUT HERE, JUST TAP ME ON THE SHOULDER AND I'M OUT OF HERE. I'M THIS IS AN ENJOYABLE THING FOR ME. IT'S SOMETHING TO DO. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO DO. I HAVE A SON AND DAUGHTER IN LAW. I LOOK AFTER THEM AND. SO I APPRECIATE YOUR CONFIDENCE IN ME AND. OUR BOYS HERE, TOO. YES. THANK YOU. ANYWAY, MY SPEECH IS OVER. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. SO DO WE NEED TO MOVE FOR SOMETHING, RIGHT? OH NO NO NO NO, WE HAVE TO. WE HAVE TO SAY YES FIRST. WE HAVE TO SAY WE AGREE. WE NEED A MOTION TO LEAVE THINGS AS THEY ARE. I MOTION TO LEAVE OFFICERS AS THEY ARE AND KEEP THE SAME TYPE OF FORMAT FOR DATE AND TIME FOR 2025 MEETINGS. CAN I HAVE A SECOND TO THAT PLEASE? SECOND. VERY GOOD. CHRISTINA. MISS BOT YES, MISS SHOPPER. YES, MISS. YES, MISS STEELMAN. YES, MR. HARMON? YES. THE MOTION PASSES WITH ALL VOTES TO ELECT MR. CHAIR. MISS STEELMAN AS VICE CHAIR. AND MISS SEGNINI AS SECRETARY. AND TO ESTABLISH THE FIRST MONDAY OF THE MONTH AT 6 P.M. THE NEW ALBANY VILLAGE HALL AS A MEETING DATE, TIME AND LOCATION OF THE MEETINGS FOR 2025. PERFECT. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO KEEP SAYING CLERK, RIGHT. YES. OKAY.
SHE GIVES US ON TARGET. ALRIGHT. IS THERE ANY OTHER ANYTHING THAT WE WOULD WANT TO BRING UP TONIGHT WITH THIS PRESSING THAT WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT? THIS ISN'T JUST CONFINED TO NEW ALBANY COMPANY HERE. SO WE THIS IS A PLACE WHERE WE THROW THE BREAD ON THE WATER AND COME UP WITH THE IDEAS. ANYTHING. ANYBODY. OKAY, GREAT. GREAT. ALL RIGHT. I THINK WE CAN ADJOURN.
WE HAVE HAVE ONE MORE THING ON THE AGENDA. YEP. I'LL BE REALLY, REALLY QUICK. YEAH, YEAH. YOU GUYS GOT AN UPDATE LAST MARCH, SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE OF WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON WITH PARKS IN PARTICULAR. SO LAST TIME THAT YOU SAW THIS IN MARCH LAST YEAR, WINDSOR PLAYGROUND WAS IN DESIGN. THAT HAS SINCE BEEN COMPLETED. AND HERE'S A PICTURE OF THE COMPLETED PLAYGROUND. OH MATE. CAN I MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT THAT? YEAH. SO I'M A WINDSOR RESIDENT AND JUST WANT TO SAY GREAT JOB. THANK YOU. IT'S BEEN VERY WELL RECEIVED IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. I THINK WE HAVE VISITORS COME FROM OUT OF OUR OUTSIDE OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. AND MY KIDS ARE EIGHT AND TEN AND HAD, I THINK, GROWN OUT OF THE OLD ONE AND GO OUT THERE AS OFTEN AS POSSIBLE.
SO YEAH, REALLY WELL DONE. THAT'S GOOD. LOVE IT. AND THEN TAYLOR FARM PARK, PHASE ONE. THE PLAYGROUND HAS BEEN COMPLETED. PHASE TWO THE COMMUNITY GARDEN HAS BEEN COMPLETED, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE PHOTO. AND WE ARE ACTIVELY IN PHASE THREE, WHICH IS THINKING ABOUT WHAT TO DO WITH THAT EXISTING HOME. SO I DON'T THINK THERE'S BEEN ANY ANSWERS YET, BUT THAT'S JUST KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THAT ONE. IF I COULD COMMENT ON THAT ONE THAT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S NO PARKING EVEN. YEAH, IT'S SO POPULAR. OH YES, IT IS VERY I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO ADD EXTRA PARKING IN ALREADY, BUT I SEE A LOT OF TRAFFIC THERE. YES, IT IS A VERY POPULAR PARK.
ALRIGHTY. AND THEN WHAT'S COMING DOWN THE PIPELINE. SO WE JUST KIND OF STARTED THIS THIS MONTH.
SO WE HAVE HAVE SOME POCKET PRAIRIES THAT ARE GOING TO BE OCCURRING AT TAYLOR FARM PARK, PLANTERS GROVE PARK AND JAMES RIVER PARK. THESE WILL FEATURE A DIVERSE MIX OF NATIVE GRASSES AND WILDFLOWERS. AND THERE IS A OPEN HOUSE ON WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18TH FROM 430 TO 6 AT JAMES
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RIVER PARK AND PLANTER'S GROVE PARK TO EXPLORE THE PROJECT PLANS AND ASK QUESTIONS. I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE PRAIRIES. I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA. AND WHO? PRAIRIES DON'T JUST EXIST ON THEIR OWN. THEY DO NEED MAINTENANCE BECAUSE THEY GET VERY WEEDY. SO WHO IS IN CHARGE OF THAT? THE CITY? YEAH, THIS IS THIS IS A PROJECT THAT'S BEING HEADED UP BY OUR SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD. THEY DID ENGAGE A CONSULTANT TO INSTALL THEM. I'M NOT SURE IF THEY WILL ALSO MAINTAIN THEM OR IF THEY WILL TRAIN OUR SERVICE DEPARTMENT ON DOING THAT, BUT WE CAN FIND OUT AND LET YOU KNOW. YEAH, BUT WE ARE. ALL OF THAT IS BEING CONSIDERED AS IS BEING BECAUSE THAT COULD BE A REALLY BIG UNDERTAKING. BUT IT'S A WONDERFUL IDEA. YES, YES. YEAH.THE FOOTPRINTS, I THINK, AT LEAST AT JAMES RIVER PARK, ARE PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL. AND THAT IS ALL I HAVE. ALL RIGHT. THERE WAS AN INQUIRY HERE BACK SOME TIME AND THINGS KIND OF GENERATED REAL QUICK. THE PLOT OF AREA THAT'S ACROSS FROM THE LIONS CLUB. I THINK I DUG, DUG I KIND OF CALLED IT MARKET STREET TO. IT'S GOING TO THAT HOLD ABOUT. COULD YOU GIVE US A LITTLE UPSIDE. WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN THERE IN THAT BIG SQUARE WHERE WE HAVE WHAT WHAT IS IT CALLED? THE HAMLET. THE HAMLET. YEAH. YEAH. SORRY. I THINK YOU GUYS REVIEWED AND APPROVED THAT LAST AUGUST, I BELIEVE. AND THEY'RE UNDER ACTIVE CONSTRUCTION. THE CITY. SO THEY THEY LIKE EVERYONE WITH DEVELOPED PROJECTS THEY TOOK WITH THE TREES DOWN IN MARCH, AND THEN THEY'RE ABOUT TO START SITE WORK, TO START BUILDING THE STREETS. AND MOST NOTABLY, RUSH BOULEVARD WILL BE THE MAIN STREET THAT GOES THROUGH THERE. AND THEN THEY'RE GOING TO DO SOME WORK FOR THE CITY PARK, THE SUGAR RUN PARK, AS WELL AS PART OF THE PRELIMINARY EARTHWORK OR EARTHWORK PACKAGE. THE CITY IS RIGHT NOW WORKING WITH VERY CLOSELY WITH THEM TO GET THE OVERHEAD UTILITIES BURIED, WHICH, AS SOMEONE WHO'S NEW TO THIS, I'M HEADING IT UP. IT'S VERY COMPLICATED. I WILL TELL YOU, IT IS NOT FUN. SO WE'RE WORKING ON THAT. THAT'S KIND OF BEEN A BEAST. AND THEN WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH THEM. COUNCIL DELEGATED SOME MONEY TO HELP REDESIGN 605 COMPLETELY, TO ADD SOME ON STREET PARKING AND JUST MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT SAFER FOR, FOR PEDESTRIANS. SO THERE'LL BE LIKE CURB A WHOLE ENTIRE CURB SECTION ADDED ALL THE WAY UP FROM THE CREEK, ALL THE WAY UP TO THE CENTRAL COLLEGE AND 605 INTERSECTION ON STREET PARKING WILL BE PROVIDED SUBSTANTIAL TREE LAWNS JUST TO MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE COMFORTABLE FOR FOLKS THAT ARE EITHER WALKING OR BIKING THROUGH THAT AREA. SO THE 605 WILL BE WIDENED, 605 WILL NOT BE WIDENED. THEY'LL MOST LIKELY AT THE END OF THE DAY BECAUSE IT'S A PRETTY WIDE PAVED LIKE THE LANES ARE ONE THING, BUT THERE'S A LARGE AMOUNT OF PAVEMENT THAT EXISTS OUTSIDE THE LINES. WE'LL USE KIND OF ALL THAT UP, SO IT'LL STILL LOOK WIDE, BUT IT'LL IT'LL IT WILL ACTUALLY, FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES, BE A DIET. AND THEN SO THAT THAT'S BEEN RECEIVED AND DONE REALLY, REALLY WELL AGAIN, A VERY COMPLICATED PROJECT. I'M LEARNING THAT WE'VE ALSO STARTED LOOKING AT WHAT CAN BE DONE ON CENTRAL COLLEGE AS WELL, TO HELP, AGAIN, MAKE THAT MORE PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY. I DID NOT KNOW THAT DISCOVER HAS A DOUBLE LEFT TURN IN ON CENTRAL COLLEGE.
LIKE HEADING EAST, THERE'S TWO LEFT TURNING LANES, WHICH IS WILD. I DON'T THINK IT WAS PROBABLY EVER USED THAT WAY. MAYBE BACK IN ITS HEYDAY IT WAS. BUT ANYWAY, SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE THE PROJECT IS NOW. THERE'S ALL THESE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE DEFINITELY MOVING ON THEIR SIDE. BUT WE'RE ALSO DOING A LOT OF WORK IN CONJUNCTION WITH THEM TO KIND OF GET SOME MORE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS TIMED UP APPROPRIATELY. THERE'S ALSO SOME, YOU KNOW, THE CENTRAL COLLEGE OR 605 AND WALNUT STREET WILL BE CLOSED. I THINK IT'S LATE OR END OF NEXT YEAR TO ALLOW FOR THE ROUNDABOUT TO BE INSTALLED AT WALNUT AND 605. YES. SO YES. BUT THEN ALSO THE THAT SECTION OF 605 WILL HAVE TO CLOSE AT THE HAMLET SITE BECAUSE THEY'LL HAVE TO RECONSTRUCT THAT ENTIRE ROAD. MOST OF THAT ENTIRE ROAD. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE, YOU KNOW, THOSE CLOSURES AND THOSE DETOURS ARE SYNCHED APPROPRIATELY. AND I'M LEARNING THAT THAT SOUNDS VERY SIMPLE WHEN YOU JUST SAY IT IN A VERY ONE SENTENCE THING. BUT IT'S NOT IT'S NOT THAT EASY. AND WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE AVOIDING, LIKE ANY OF THOSE ROAD CLOSURES HAPPENING DURING SCHOOL TOO. SO THERE'S A LOT OF COORDINATION HAPPENING IN THE BACKGROUND. I KNOW IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THERE'S A LOT GOING ON OUT THERE, BUT THERE WILL BE STARTING THIS YEAR VERY, VERY SOON. YES. I HAVE ONE OTHER QUESTION ABOUT THAT AREA. THE LIONS CLUB, AS YOU FONDLY REFER TO IT. OF COURSE, WE WENT THROUGH ALL OF THIS WITH COUNCIL A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WITH THE IDEA OF THE FOOD TRUCKS AND THE BAR, AND THAT WAS TURNED DOWN. AND NOW WE SEE THAT THE STUCCO
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IS BEING REMOVED. I MEAN, THE HISTORIC BUILDING, I BELIEVE, BUT THE STUCCO IS BEING REMOVED FROM THAT BUILDING ON THE CORNER TO EXPOSE THE BRICK. WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH BUILDING THIS? ACTUALLY VERY TIMELY. THIS CAME UP OVER THE WEEKEND AND I FOUND. WHAT DAY IS IT? YEAH. YESTERDAY THEY SHARED THAT I GUESS A LOT OF I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY WERE, BUT LIKE, RODENTS HAD GOTTEN INTO IT AND JUST LIKE DONE A LOT OF DAMAGE INSIDE THE BUILDING. SO ALL THE WORK THEY'RE DOING OUT THERE NOW, THEY NEED TO COME BACK IN AND GET IT PERMITTED BECAUSE NONE OF THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING IS PERMITTED. SO WE'RE NOT THERE TODAY TO STOP THEM AND HAVE THEM COME IN AND GET A PERMIT SUBMITTED. BUT THEY WERE KIND OF DOING IT SOUNDS LIKE IT WAS A PRETTY LIKE AN UNSAFE SITUATION. IT LOOKED LIKE IT WHEN I DROVE BY. SO THEY THEY HAD TO DO SOME LIKE EMERGENCY WORK TO GET IT SAFE AGAIN. SO THAT'S ALL I KNOW AS OF TODAY.BUT THAT WAS LIKE HOT OFF THE PRESS LESS THAN 24 HOURS AGO. YEAH, BUT IT'S STILL THE SAME OWNER, CORRECT? YES. YEP. OKAY, SO BUT THE BUILDING HAS BEEN VACANT ALL THIS TIME. IS THAT CORRECT? VERY LONG TIME. YES. SO WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE USE IS GOING TO BE. THAT'S BUILDING.
NO, NO, NO USE AT THAT. I NOT EVEN ANYTHING LIKE ON THE HORIZON THAT I'VE EVER HEARD.
THE LAST THING WAS THE CENTRAL COLLEGE BREWERY WHICH WAS YEAH FIVE YEARS AGO. RIGHT. YEAH. SIX YEARS AGO. NO. OKAY. THANK YOU. CAN I PLEASE. I DON'T KNOW WHERE JAMES RIVER PARK. I KNOW WINDSOR AND TAYLOR, BUT WHERE IS THE. THAT IS DOWN? CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE CITY MAP? MAYBE. AND YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO FOLLOW ALONG WITH YOUR. BUT GO BACK. MAYBE THE NEXT ONE. SORRY. IT'S LIKE RIGHT. THIS IS REALLY HARD. IT'S AT MORSE ROAD. IT'S RIGHT HERE. SO MORSE WROTE. WHAT IS THIS ROAD RIGHT HERE. OH, GOSH. THE JAMES RIVER. THIS MIGHT BE HARLEM RIGHT THERE. THERE'S HARLEM AND HEAD OF POND. YEAH. HARLEM OFF OF MORSE. YEAH, HARLEM IS HERE, BUT IT'S.
THERE'S A ROAD RIGHT HERE. I THINK IT MIGHT BE JAMES RIVER. YEAH, THERE'S A LITTLE PARK.
THERE'S A BASKETBALL COURT THERE THAT'S LIKE THE ONLY BASKETBALL PARK BASKETBALL COURT BEFORE THE ONE THAT WAS INSTALLED AT BILHEIMER. BUT, YEAH, IT'S DOWN BY MORSE ROAD, REALLY CLOSE TO THE MORSE ROAD AND 62 ROUNDABOUT. YEAH, THANKS. EVERYBODY. RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS? WE'RE GOOD. NOW I CAN ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN. OH, I MOVE THAT. WE ADJOURN IN A SECOND, PLEASE. SECOND. OH, YOU DO GUYS WORK REAL GOOD, MISS STILLMAN? YES, MISS SHOPPER. YES, YES, YES, MR. HARMON. YES. MOTION PASSES. GOOD NIGHT EVERYBODY. THANK YOU. THANKS, EVERYBODY.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.