WE ARE PUSHING SOUND PRESIDENT PRO TEM WHENEVER YOU'RE READY. ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD 
          [1. CALL TO ORDER]
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AND CALL TO ORDER OUR MEETING HERE FOR JUNE 4TH REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING. AND WE'LL START WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. INVITE EVERYBODY TO STAND AND RECITE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. 
          I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. ALL RIGHT, CLERK, CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE. AND YOU'LL NOTICE WE HAVE A FEW ABSENCES. MAYOR SPALDING IS TRAVELING AND IS REQUEST TO BE EXCUSED. PRESIDENT PRO TEM SHALL HEAR. COUNCIL MEMBER BRISK HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER DEREK HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER FELLOWS IS TRAVELING FOR WORK IN THIS REQUEST TO BE EXCUSED. COUNCIL MEMBER KIST HAS A FAMILY EVENT AND HAS REQUESTED TO BE EXCUSED. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER WILTROUT HERE. I HAVE FOUR PRESENT FOR THE AUGUST 19TH, 2025 REGULAR MEETING. WE HAVE A QUORUM. OKAY. AND I MOVE THAT. WE EXCUSE MAYOR SPALDING AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, FELLOWS AND KISS FROM TONIGHT'S MEETING. SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER. SHAW. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. RICE. YES. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. WILTROUT. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. DEREK. YES. FOUR. YES. VOTES TO EXCUSE. 
          [4. ACTION ON MINUTES]
MAYOR. SPALDING. COUNCIL MEMBER AND COUNCIL MEMBER. KISS FROM TONIGHT'S MEETING. ALL RIGHT. 
          ACTION ON THE MINUTES. THE AUGUST 5TH MINUTES WERE DISTRIBUTED. COUNCIL, ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS? I RECEIVED NO NOTES. ALL RIGHT. HEARING NO CORRECTIONS. THE AUGUST 5TH, 2020 FIVE MINUTES ARE ADOPTED BY CONSENSUS. MOVING ON TO ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS TO THE AGENDA. ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS PROPOSED BY CITY STAFF OR COUNCIL TO THE AGENDA? I HAVE RECEIVED NO REQUESTS. ALL RIGHT. HEARING NO CORRECTIONS. MOVE ON TO HEARING OF VISITORS. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE PRESENT HERE TODAY WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS COUNCIL ABOUT A MATTER? NOT ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA. ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON. BOARDS AND COMMISSION 
          [7. BOARD/COMMISSION REPORTS]
REPORTS. PLANNING COMMISSION? YES. WE HAD A MEETING YESTERDAY. THE. I HAVE A LOT OF PAPERS HERE IN CASE ANYBODY WANTS TO SEE THEM. THE FIRST THING WE TALKED ABOUT WAS THE NATIONWIDE CHILDREN'S MENTAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN. WE SAW THE RENDERINGS FOR A BEAUTIFUL FOUR STORY PEDIATRIC FACILITY, WHICH IS GOING TO BE 170,000FT■!S, 16,000 FOOT CENTRL UTILITY FACILITY TO SUPPORT OPERATIONS. IT MET ALL OF THE CRITERIA. THE PARKING WAS AN AMPLE 496 SPACES, WHICH WAS PROJECTED AT ITS FULL BUILD OUT, AND THE FIRST PHASE IS ONLY GOING TO BE AN URGENT CARE. BUT IS THERE PROBABLY GOING TO THEY MIGHT ADD AN EMERGENCY FACILITY LATER. SO WE ACTUALLY APPROVED THE SIGNAGE FOR BOTH THE URGENT CARE AND FOR THE EMERGENCY. IT PASSED FOUR ZERO. I HAVE THE RENDERINGS HERE. IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THEM. PASS THEM DOWN. UNFORTUNATELY, THE TREES WERE THE BIGGEST VICTIM AT PLANNING COMMISSION YESTERDAY FOR PAPER. WE ALSO HAD A CONDITIONAL USE FOR COURTYARDS AT HEINZ CREEK. REQUEST TO ALLOW A TEMPORARY SALES TRAILER. THE THEY WERE PERMITTED TO OPERATE IT FOR ONE YEAR. THEIR PLAN TO MOVE ON FROM THE TRAILER TO THE CLUBHOUSE FOR SALES. THEN WE HAD COURTYARD AND ANOTHER ITEM FOR COURTYARD TO HANG CREEK. FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN MODIFICATION. THEY ARCHITECT REQUESTED THAT THEY MAKE SOME MINOR ARCHITECTURAL CHANGES TO THE SITING OF SOME OF THE FOUR OF THEIR MODELS TO KIND OF ADD A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL. SO THEY ADDED THESE. THERE'S A BETTER WORD THAN FAKE, RIGHT? BUT IT WAS FAUX WAS FAUX THE BEST WORD. WE GOT FAUX WINDOWS AND SHUTTERS TO KIND OF MAKE IT LOOK A LITTLE BIT MORE INTERESTING, LITTLE BIT MORE APPEALING. NOTABLY THESE DO NOT YOU CAN'T LOOK AT THEM. SO THERE'S NO THERE'S NOBODY THAT CAN LOOK WEST OR SOUTH ONTO THE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS AREA. 
          AND THEN WE HAD A VARIANCE AT THE WEST NINE SUBDIVISION TO REDUCE OUR REAR YARD SETBACK FROM 30FT TO 14FT, AND THAT WAS A REQUEST FROM A PROPERTY OWNER WHO WANTED TO PUT ANOTHER EXPAND IN THEIR HOUSE TO ADD A COUPLE MORE CAR GARAGES. THIS IS IN THE HIGH GROVE AREA. THE IT WAS PASSED 3 TO 1 BECAUSE WE THE WAY THAT THE YARDS WERE SITUATED, IT WAS MORE LIKE A SIDE YARD THAN A BACKYARD. SO IT WOULD HAVE TECHNICALLY MET THE SIDE YARD REQUIREMENTS. SO WE FELT THAT IT WAS FAIR. THREE OF THE FOUR MEMBERS THOUGHT THAT IT WAS A FAIR VARIANCE TO APPROVE. AND THEN FINALLY THERE WAS A NOTTINGHAM TRACE MODEL HOME CONDITIONAL USE REQUEST TO EXTEND THE MODEL HOME SALES OFFICE THAT HAD BEEN IN EXISTENCE FOR THE PAST SIX 
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YEARS. TO ADD IT FOR ANOTHER THREE, WE AGREED TO ADD IT FOR ANOTHER THREE OR UNTIL THE LAST HOUSE WAS SOLD. IF THAT HAD HAPPENED WITHIN THE NEXT THREE YEARS. WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT FOUR DIFFERENT CODE CHANGES ONE. THE FIRST THREE WERE CODIFYING EXISTING ARCHITECTURAL STANDARDS, KIND OF JUST HOUSEKEEPING, AS MR. MAYOR WOULD SAY, CHANGING VILLAGE TO CITY, REALLY MINOR CHANGES. BUT WE ALSO DISCUSSED SOME NEW STANDARDS FOR ADVANCED FABRIC STRUCTURES, WHICH I'M SURE YOU'LL BE SEEING ANY TIME NOW. AND THEN WE TALKED ABOUT CHANGING HOW SITE AREA AND MEASUREMENT CHANGES. BZA HAD JUST TALKED ABOUT THIS BASICALLY THE WAY THAT THE SIGNS ARE MEASURED, WE EXTENDED THE TOTAL MAXIMUM NUMBER OF SIZE OF SIGNS TO 200IN, FEET, FEET. THANK YOU. FEET 200IN ISN'T THAT BIG 200FT. BUT THEY HAVE TO ALSO SATISFY THIS CRITERIA OF HOW BIG THE LETTERS CAN BE. AND BEFORE THEY WERE COUNTING THE BLANK SPACE OF THE LETTERS. AND SO WITH THE RECOMMENDATION, BZA PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED THAT WE TAKE A LOOK AT THIS PROPOSED ORDINANCE THAT WOULD DRAW A BOX AROUND THE LETTERS. BUT LIKE A, YOU KNOW, A BOX THAT JUST GOES AROUND THE LETTERS TO COUNT THE AREA FOR THAT, WHICH WOULD MAKE IT MORE OF A MATH PROBLEM. ANY QUESTIONS? NO, THAT WAS PLANNING COMMISSION. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. PARK AND TRAILS ADVISORY BOARD I DON'T KNOW IF CHIP LEFT A UPDATE ON THAT AT ALL. DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT. ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD, MARLENE. SO WE ALSO DID THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL REVIEW AND I TO HAVE A FOREST OF PAPERWORK, BUT I WON'T PASS IT BECAUSE IT'S THE EXACT SAME THING. AND IT WAS ONE OF THE QUICKEST APPROVALS I'VE EVER SEEN AT THE ARB. 
          EVERYTHING WAS EVERYBODY WAS EXTREMELY EXCITED AND PLEASED WITH THE DESIGN AND PASSED UNANIMOUSLY, AND THAT WAS OUR ENTIRE AGENDA, OKAY, HOW MUCH FASTER I AM? OH, I DRONE ON. I'M SORRY. THE MEETING FELT EVEN LONGER. ALRIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT. BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS DID NOT MEET SO I HAVE NO REPORT. SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD. I'M LOOKING AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE'LL HAVE NO REPORT ON THAT AS WELL. IDEA IMPLEMENTATION PANEL. YES. SO WE HAD A MEETING AND WE DISCUSSED THE CURRENT PROJECTS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON, AND WE HAD A DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT WE WANT TO DO FOR THE COMING YEAR AND WHAT WE SEE AS OUR BUDGET AND PRIORITIES AND PLANS. AND WE. AND JUST A LITTLE BIT OF PLANNING, I DO WANT TO SAY ABOUT THE EVENT, I KNOW I KEEP PUTTING IT IN ID EVEN THOUGH THE CITY IS SPONSORING IT, BUT IT BEGAN AS AN IDEA THING THAT WE ARE SOLD OUT FOR SEPTEMBER 11TH. THE MCCOY IS SOLD OUT. WE'RE HOLDING BACK A FEW TICKETS FOR THOSE COUNCIL PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOT GOTTEN THEIRS. YOU MIGHT WANT TO LET ME KNOW BECAUSE I'M HOLDING BACK A FEW, BUT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OVER 700 PEOPLE AT THE EVENT, AND WE ARE GETTING MORE AND MORE ALSO, INTEREST. WE HAVE NOW AT LEAST A HALF A DOZEN SURVIVORS OF THE TRAIN COMING FROM DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE COUNTRY IN CANADA TO HAVE A REUNION AT THIS EVENT AND LIBERATORS, AND THERE'S GOING TO BE A PRIVATE RECEPTION AT THE GOVERNOR'S MANSION WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR EVERYBODY AND ALL THE EVENTS WITH AT LEAST, I THINK, TEN DIFFERENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS GETTING TO MEET AND WORK WITH ALL THESE PEOPLE DURING THE DAY ON THURSDAY. AND I'VE DISCUSSED THIS WITH MAYOR SPALDING. WE PROBABLY ARE GOING TO ALL WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS, BUT WE'VE ALL BEEN INVITED TO A LUNCH AT THE VETERANS MUSEUM FRIDAY TO HONOR THE VETERANS AND THE LIBERATORS, WHICH IS THE DAY RIGHT NOW THAT WE HAVE OUR BUDGET RETREAT. SO, YEAH, WE'LL HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THAT. SO VERY EXCITING ABOUT. THAT'S ALL. 
          WELL, I'LL JUST SAY THAT'S THAT'S INCREDIBLE. AND I KNOW THIS IS WHAT A FOUR DAY EVENT NOW IT'S YEAH IT'S AND WE WERE JUST ONE PART OF IT. BUT NOW IT SEEMS LIKE OUR PART TO MUCH TO YOUR EFFORTS IS REALLY GROWN. AND CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AND REALLY JUST KIND OF CHAMPIONING THIS WHOLE THING THROUGH. I MEAN, IT'S AMAZING AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. THANK YOU. IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT EVENT FOR NEW ALBANY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. CEMETERY RESTORATION ADVISORY BOARD. NO MEETING. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN I'LL FOLLOW THAT UP RIGHT WITH YOU AGAIN. CLARK. 
          MASON, ANY PUBLIC RECORDS COMMISSION? I KNOW MAYOR SPALDING'S NOT HERE. ALSO NO MEETING. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO CORRESPONDENCE AND COMMUNICATION WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS. LIKE TO UPDATE COUNCIL ON ANY CORRESPONDENCE. COMMUNICATIONS AFFECTING COUNCIL 
          [9. SECOND READING OF ORDINANCES AND PUBLIC HEARING]
THIS EVENING. NOPE. ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE INTO SECOND READING OF ORDINANCES AND 
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PUBLIC HEARING ORDINANCE. OH 33 2025 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTER 1144 OCD OFFICE CAMPUS DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF NEW ALBANY CODIFIED ORDINANCES. AND MR. CHRISTIAN, I BELIEVE THIS IS YOU. YES. THANK YOU. AS YOU MENTIONED, THIS ORDINANCE PROPOSES TO UPDATE SECTION 1144 OFFICE CAMPUS DISTRICT OF THE CITY'S ZONING CODE TO PERMIT AND PROVIDE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR INDOOR AND OUTDOOR PUBLIC RECREATIONAL FACILITIES. THIS IS A SECOND READING. SO JUST BRIEFLY, I WILL REMIND YOU THAT THESE ARE THE ZONING DISTRICTS. THESE ARE THE SITES THAT ARE ZONED OFFICE CAMPUS DISTRICT IN THE CITY. SO EFFECTIVELY THIS IS WHAT THIS ZONING CHANGE WILL HAVE AN IMPACT ON. THE NEW PERMITTED USES INCLUDE PARKS, RECREATIONAL FIELDS, HEALTH AND FITNESS CENTERS, TRAINING FACILITIES, CONCESSION STANDS, PLAYGROUNDS, NATURE PRESERVES, AND INDOOR SWIMMING POOLS, PROVIDED THAT THESE USES ARE NOT DEVELOPED FOR PRIVATE USE AND THEY'RE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. RECREATIONAL USES ARE A TYPE OF INSTITUTIONAL USE WHICH ARE NOT A SPECIFIC LAND USE CATEGORY FOUND IN THE ENGAGE STRATEGIC PLAN, AND AS SUCH, THESE INSTITUTIONAL USES ARE MEANT TO BE INTEGRATED THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. AND THIS CODE CHANGE ACCOMPLISHES THAT GOAL. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE. OKAY, COUNCIL, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. THIS IS THE SECOND READING. SO I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING. WOULD ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC LIKE TO SPEAK TO THIS ORDINANCE? OKAY I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT ORDINANCE. OH 33 2025 SECOND. TARGET ONE. COUNCIL MEMBER. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. DEREK. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER WILTROUT. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. BRISK. YES. FOUR. YES. VOTES FOR ORDINANCE OH 33 2025. 
          [10. INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING OF ORDINANCES]
OKAY. MOVING ON. INTRODUCTIONS AND FIRST READING OF ORDINANCES ORDINANCE OH 35 2025 ORDINANCE TO ACCEPT A BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT FROM THE CITY OF COLUMBUS TO THE CITY OF NEW ALBANY AND TO CONSENT TO THE ANNEXATION OF TERRITORY FROM PLAIN TOWNSHIP TO THE CITY OF NEW ALBANY TO FACILITATE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS ALONG MORSE ROAD. MR. ROWLEY, THANK YOU AND GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MEMBERS. YEAH. THIS ORDINANCE FINALIZES THE JURISDICTIONAL BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENTS ALONG MORSE ROAD THAT WERE ANTICIPATED WHEN COUNCIL APPROVED RESOLUTION R 52 2024 LAST YEAR. THESE BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENTS ALLOW THE FRANKLIN COUNTY ENGINEER'S OFFICE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PLANNED RESURFACING OF THIS CORRIDOR, AS THAT RESURFACING WAS CONTINGENT UPON THIS ADJUSTMENT. THIS ORDINANCE DOES TWO THINGS. ONE, IT ACCEPTS A BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT THAT TRANSFERS APPROXIMATELY 26.5 ACRES OF MORSE ROAD RIGHT OF WAY FROM COLUMBUS TO NEW ALBANY. THAT AREA IS SHOWN SHOWN IN RED ON THIS EXHIBIT, AND THEN SECONDLY, IT CONSENTS TO AN ANNEXATION OF APPROXIMATELY FIVE AND A HALF ACRES OF ADJACENT RIGHT OF WAY FROM PLAIN TOWNSHIP TO NEW ALBANY, WHICH IS SHOWN IN BLUE. THIS ACTION IS A STEP TOWARD UNIFYING JURISDICTION ALONG THIS STRETCH AND IMPROVING COORDINATION FOR FUTURE MAINTENANCE. IT ALSO IMPLEMENTS THE INTENT OF RESOLUTION R 52 2024, UNDER WHICH THE FRANKLIN COUNTY ENGINEER'S OFFICE IS INCLUDING THIS SEGMENT, WHICH IS ABOUT 66,700FT, IN THEIR RESURFACING PROGRAM THIS YEAR. 
          AND SO WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. AND JUST AS A REVIEW, BECAUSE I KNOW WE LOOKED AT THIS ABOUT A YEAR AGO, BUT THIS IS THAT PART OF MORSE THAT'S JUST ALWAYS BEEN BAD. 
          LIKE, BECAUSE SO MANY DIFFERENT JURISDICTIONS ARE KIND OF INVOLVED IN THAT ROAD. I KNOW THIS LEGISLATION, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. KIND OF LEASE GIVES US HALF OF THE ROAD THAT THEN WE CAN MANAGE AND BASICALLY GET UP TO SOME GOOD STANDARDS. THAT'S ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. OKAY. WITH THE RESURFACE, WILL THERE BE ANY WIDENING? NOT NOT THIS TIME AROUND. THIS IS JUST A RESURFACING. OKAY. AND THEN I KNOW THE ENGINEER'S OFFICE IS WORKING ON AN ON A PLAN TO WIDEN THIS IN THE FUTURE. OKAY. BUT THAT'LL BE A COORDINATED EFFORT LATER ON. GREAT. OKAY. HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? NO. ALL RIGHT. WELL, THEN I'LL GO AHEAD AND SET THE MATTER FOR SECOND READING AND PUBLIC HEARING AT OUR SEPTEMBER 2ND COUNCIL MEETING. ORDINANCE OH 36 2025 AN ORDINANCE TO APPROVE THE FINAL PLAT MODIFICATIONS FOR LOT 19 IN THE HAWKSMOOR SUBDIVISION, AS REQUESTED BY CURTIS ECKLEBERRY. MR. THANK YOU. THE PLAT MODIFICATION PROPOSAL FOR LOT 19 INCLUDES SEVERAL MODIFICATIONS TO ITEMS FALLING IN THREE CATEGORIES, THOSE BEING TREE PRESERVATION ZONES, NO BUILD ZONES, AND DRAINAGE EASEMENTS. AND THIS WAS APPROVED BY A VOTE 
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OF 4 TO 1 BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION. THIS IS LOT 19, LOCATED AT THE END OF THE HAWKSMOOR SUBDIVISION, WHICH IS ACCESSED FROM STATE ROUTE 605 TO THE EAST. AND THIS IS THE PLAT THAT IS BEING MODIFIED AND IT INCLUDES THOSE MODIFICATIONS. THIS SHOWS THE FIRST FEW MODIFICATIONS AND EXISTING PRESERVATION ZONE, WHICH IS SHOWN IN YELLOW, IS BEING REMOVED, ENLARGED AND RELOCATED TO THE AREA IN GREEN AS A COMBINATION TREE PRESERVATION ZONE, NO BUILD ZONE AND DRAINAGE EASEMENT. THERE IS ALSO A DRAINAGE EASEMENT BEING CREATED IN BLUE. ADDITIONALLY, AN EXISTING COMBINATION TREE PRESERVATION ZONE, NO BUILD ZONE AND DRAINAGE EASEMENT SHOWN IN BLUE IS BEING REMOVED, ENLARGED AND RELOCATED TO THE AREA IN GREEN. BECAUSE THESE MODIFICATIONS, OR BECAUSE OF THERE BEING MODIFICATIONS TO TREE PRESERVATION ZONES AND NO BUILD ZONES, THIS REQUIRES COUNCIL REVIEW AND APPROVAL, AND STAFF IS STAFF IS HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. COULD YOU JUST SHOW US THE OVERHEAD AREA AGAIN, THIS ONE OR THE PLAT? WELL, THAT ONE, JUST TO GET A SENSE OF WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. WELL, EASIER TO SEE. OKAY. SO WHEN I JUST CALL IT THE NORTHERN SECTION, THERE'S JUST TREES THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE THING. CORRECT. SO WE'RE REALLY JUST MAKING IT BIGGER. IS THIS THE SECTION DOWN HERE OR IS IT OVER HERE I DON'T REMEMBER. IT'S FARTHER TO THE RIGHT. IT'S FARTHER TO THE RIGHT. SO WHERE THE TREES ARE CURRENTLY ALREADY. YES. AND THERE WAS A TREE SURVEY DONE. AND THERE ARE MORE TREES IN THE NEW PRESERVATION ZONE BEING CREATED. OKAY. OKAY. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. THEN I'LL SET THE MATTER FOR SECOND READING 
          [11. RESOLUTIONS AND PUBLIC HEARING]
AND PUBLIC HEARING AT OUR SEPTEMBER 2ND COUNCIL MEETING. MOVING ON TO RESOLUTIONS AND PUBLIC HEARING RESOLUTION R 27, 2025, A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A PURCHASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF NEW ALBANY AND LH INDUSTRIES, INC AND EXECUTE ALL RELATED REAL ESTATE DOCUMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT PURCHASE AGREEMENT, INCLUDING THE LETTER OF INTENT NECESSARY FOR THE PURCHASE OF THE 49.424 PLUS OR MINUS ACRE PARCEL LOCATED AT 6500 NEW ALBANY ROAD EAST AND COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE FRANKLIN COUNTY AUDITOR'S PARCEL NUMBER 222-00219400. UPON THE SATISFACTORY COMPLETION OF ALL DUE DILIGENCE REQUIREMENTS REFERENCED IN THE ATTACHED LETTER OF INTENT AND OR SUBSEQUENT PURCHASE AGREEMENT, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $15 MILLION, MR. STEPANOV, THANK YOU. SO AS THE TITLE LAYS OUT, MOST OF THE PERTINENT INFORMATION FOR THIS RESOLUTION, BUT THIS RESOLUTION IS NECESSARY IN ORDER FOR ME TO EXECUTE ANY, ANY AND ALL PURCHASE DOCUMENTS, INCLUDING ANY DUE DILIGENCE DOCUMENTS. AGAIN, IT'S THE DISCOVER SITE BOUNDED BY NEW ALBANY CONDUIT ROAD ON THE EAST, CENTRAL COLLEGE ON THE SOUTH, AND NEW ALBANY ROAD EAST ON THE WEST AND NORTH AGAIN ROUGHLY 49.5 ACRES. THE INTENT WOULD BE TO ACQUIRE THIS IN ORDER TO PREVENT THE DEVELOPMENT OF USES THAT MIGHT BE DETRIMENTAL TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND CREATE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO PARTNER WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO CREATE LOCATION FOR ATHLETIC FIELDS. THE THOUGHT, AS THE SUPERINTENDENT AND I HAVE DISCUSSED THIS, IS THAT THE SOME PORTION OF THIS COULD BE DEVELOPED FOR THE BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL FIELDS, AND THEN WE COULD TAKE A LOOK AT FURTHER USES IN THE ADJACENT AREA. IT WOULD ALSO BE USED FOR SOME PARK AND RECREATIONAL SPACE FOR THE CITY. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? OH, ONE OTHER THING I WANTED TO POINT OUT, AND I MENTIONED THIS IN THE LEGISLATIVE LEGISLATIVE REPORT. I THINK THERE HAVE BEEN SOME QUESTIONS ON SOCIAL MEDIA ABOUT THE BURDEN OF THE PURCHASE ON THE TAXPAYERS. THIS IS BEING FUNDED BECAUSE OF THE BUSINESS PARK REVENUE THAT'S BEEN GENERATED, AS YOU KNOW, ROUGHLY 80% OF OUR TAX REVENUE IS INCOME TAX, AND ROUGHLY 70, 75% OF THAT IS ACTUALLY COMING FROM THE BUSINESS PARK. SO IF NOT FOR THE SUCCESS OF THE PARK, WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO THIS TONIGHT. JUST TO GET IT ON THE RECORD, TOO. I UNDERSTAND PART OF THE AGREEMENT, THE BUILDING THAT 
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EXISTS IS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING TORN DOWN, AND THE PROPERTY WILL BE CLEARED BEFORE WE TAKE OWNERSHIP. YES. SO WE WILL BE HAVING A NEW FRESH SURVEY DONE. THE ALSO SURVEY WILL REFLECT THE PROPERTY CONDITION. ONCE THE BUILDING IS GONE. WE'LL ALSO BE DOING AN ENVIRONMENTAL SURVEY THAT WILL BE UPDATED AFTER THE BUILDING HAS BEEN RAISED. SO WE'LL WE'LL KNOW WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S ANY CONTAMINANTS OR, OR ISSUES RELATED TO THAT. HOW MUCH DO YOU THINK? DO WE HAVE ANY DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA OF HOW MUCH OF THE CURRENT SITE IS PLANNED FOR BASEBALL FIELDS, OR IF THERE'S GOING TO BE MORE LOFT SPACE LEFT OVER ROUGHLY 19 ACRES OF THE 49.5 ACRES. OKAY. AND THAT SPACE COULD MAYBE BE USED FOR, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING IN THE FUTURE COMMUNITY CENTER OR, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING. YEAH. NOT THE RESIDENTIAL THOUGH, RIGHT? CORRECT. OKAY. YEP. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? ALL RIGHT. NOW OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING. WOULD ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC LIKE TO SPEAK TO THIS ORDINANCE? ALL RIGHT. 
          HEARING NONE. I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. AND IS THERE A MOTION I MOVE FOR ADOPTION OF OUR 27 2025 SECOND? ONE AND TWO. COUNCIL MEMBER. WILTROUT. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. YES. COUNCIL. 
          YES. COUNCILMEMBER. SCHULTZ. YES. FOUR. YES. VOTES TO ADOPT RESOLUTION R 27 2025. AND I'LL JUST LIKE TO THANK STAFF AND EVERYONE FOR REALLY AND OF COURSE, I SEE A COUPLE MEMBERS HERE FROM THE BOARD IN OUR AUDIENCE JUST FOR REALLY THANK YOU FOR THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE'VE HAD THROUGHOUT ALL THE YEARS. I THINK THIS IS JUST A TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY HERE, REALLY, RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF NEW ALBANY, VERY CLOSE TO CAMPUS. AND I THINK THIS WILL BE A TREMENDOUS VALUE FOR THE NEW ALBANY RESIDENTS HERE TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO WITH THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY. BUT I FIRST HAVE TO AT LEAST RECOGNIZE THAT DISCOVER WAS ONE OF OUR FIRST BUSINESSES THAT WE HAD HERE AND STARTED THE WHOLE BUSINESS PARK FOR US. AS AS SAD AS I AM TO SEE THEM GO, I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE NOW AHEAD OF US. SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I RECOGNIZE, DISCOVER AND THE CORNFIELD THAT YOU ALL STOOD IN. I KNOW JENNIFER, YOU WERE THERE AND EVERYBODY WHEN YOU ALL STOOD THERE TRYING TO SELL THEM ON WHAT THIS COULD BE LIKE. SO MY THINGS HAVE CHANGED. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO RESOLUTION R 28 2025, A RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT AGREEMENT AND EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY AGREEMENTS RELATED TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A DRONE SHOW AND FIREWORKS FOR THE SEMIQUINCENTENNIAL CELEBRATION AND TO WAIVE COMPETITIVE BIDDING. MISS JOLLEY. YES. THANK YOU. COUNCIL, NEXT YEAR IS A BIG YEAR. THE UNITED STATES WILL CELEBRATE ITS SEMIQUINCENTENNIAL OR THE SEMIQUINONE IS HOW WE ARE REFERRING TO IT. SO THAT MEANS IT'S A 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. AND WE KNOW COUNCIL HAS TALKED ABOUT IN THE PAST DOING SOMETHING SPECIAL JUST TO COMMEMORATE THE HISTORIC NATURE OF THIS CELEBRATION. AND SO YOUR LEGISLATIVE REPORT OUTLINES SOME POSSIBLE DETAILS ON WHAT THAT CELEBRATION COULD LOOK LIKE, THINKING IT COULD BE A TWO DAY CELEBRATION THAT WOULD INCLUDE A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SYMPHONY AND SOME COMMUNITY SCALED HOMETOWN ACTIVITIES ON JULY 3RD, IN ADDITION TO THE TRADITIONAL JULY 4TH ACTIVITIES OF PARADE AND FIREWORKS, ALSO WITH AN ENHANCED FINALE TO THE FIREWORKS ON JULY 4TH. AND WHILE WE HAVE A LOT OF TIME TO HAMMER OUT THE DETAILS OF THOSE TWO DAYS, AND I EXPECT WE'LL DO THAT DURING BUDGET DISCUSSIONS, WHAT WE DON'T REALLY HAVE TIME TO DO IS TO SECURE A DRONE VENDOR IF THAT IS WHAT COUNCIL WANTS TO BE PART OF THE CELEBRATION. DRONE SHOWS ARE IN HIGH DEMAND, JUST IN GENERAL. BUT GIVEN THE HISTORIC NATURE OF THE SEMIQUINCENTENNIAL, THEY'RE THEY'RE FILLING UP FAST AND SIGNING CONTRACTS, AND THERE'S ONLY SO MANY DRONES AROUND. SO TO KIND OF FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT MEANS FOR, FOR US AND FOR NEW ALBANY, WE HAVE MET WITH, INTERVIEWED AND GOT PRICING FROM THREE DIFFERENT DRONE VENDORS. 
          SO NORTHERN LIGHTS IS A ONE VENDOR, SKY ELEMENTS OF THE SECOND. AND THEN PYROTECNICO IS THE THIRD VENDOR THAT WE'VE TALKED TO. WE HAVE PRICED OUT DIFFERENT OPTIONS, BUT WE'VE KIND OF SETTLED ON A 500 DRONE SHOW. DRONE SHOWS ARE ABOUT 12 TO 15 MINUTES. PEOPLE KIND OF LOSE INTEREST AFTER THAT AMOUNT OF TIME. IF ANY OF YOU WERE AT THE CHAMBERS TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY LAST YEAR, JUST FOR REFERENCE, IF YOU SAW THAT THAT WAS 150 DRONES IN THAT SHOW. SO 500 DRONE SHOW WILL BE PRETTY SIGNIFICANT AND I THINK IMPACTFUL. WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE 
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IT BIG ENOUGH THAT KIND OF PEOPLE, A WIDE, WIDER VARIETY OF THE COMMUNITY COULD COME TO ROSELAND PARK AND, AND, AND SEE THE SHOW. SO IT WOULDN'T JUST BE A, YOU KNOW, TARGETED TO JUST ONE SPECIFIC LOCATION. WE DO RECOMMEND STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT WE WOULD GO WITH PYROTECHNIC PYROTECHNICS. SO THAT IS THE VENDOR WE'VE USED PROBABLY FOR TEN PLUS YEARS ON THE FIREWORKS. 
          WE KNOW THEM VERY WELL AND THEY'VE DONE A GOOD JOB FOR US. THEY DID ALSO GIVE US THE MOST FAVORABLE PRICING ON A 500 DRONE SHOW. SO FOR THE DRONE ITSELF, THEY QUOTED $65,000, FOR THE OTHER TWO WERE 90,000 AND 112,000 FOR THE SAME AMOUNT OF DRONES. SO IT'S YEAH, IT'S AN EXPENSIVE EVENT OR ELEMENT OF AN EVENT. ALSO, PYROTECNICO WILL GIVE US BUNDLE PRICING WITH OUR FIREWORKS FOR BOTH JULY 4TH WITH AN ENHANCED FINALE AND WITH OUR DIWALI CELEBRATION. SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A MENU THAT WE CAN PICK AND CHOOSE FROM, BUT IT COULD BE ANYWHERE IN TOTAL FROM 100,000 TO 131,000. FOR BOTH THE FIREWORKS AND ENHANCED FINALE, THE DRONES AND FIREWORKS FOR DIWALI. SO WE THINK THAT IS KIND OF THE BEST PRICING WE COULD GET WITH THE VENDOR THAT WE HAVE GOOD EXPERIENCE WITH. WE DID ANTICIPATE THE NEED TO GET IN CONTRACT WITH THE VENDOR THIS YEAR, SO WE DID INCLUDE THIS AS IN THE MID-YEAR APPROPRIATION, SO THAT FUNDING IS ALREADY BEEN PROVIDED. AND WE DO RECOMMEND WAIVING COMPETITIVE BIDDING JUST BECAUSE IT WOULD EXPEDITE THE PURCHASING PROCESS AND ALLOW US TO GET IN CONTRACT. IN FACT, PYROTECNICO CAN ONLY CONFIRM 500 DRONES FOR US. IF WE WANTED TO DO MORE. THEY DON'T EVEN THINK THEY COULD GET THAT AMOUNT OF DRONES. SO IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL FOR US TO DO THIS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. BUT I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE. YOU SAID HOW MANY? OH, I'M SORRY, I SAID, ARE YOU I THINK YOU SAID 500 DRONES. DO YOU DO WE GET TO KEEP THE DRONES? NO, BUT IF WE NEED MORE, YOU CAN ADD YOURS. NO, BUT YOU CAN FLY THEM IF YOU WANT, RIGHT? I MEAN, WHAT I MEAN, ONE QUOTE, I MEAN, IT WAS FOR A LARGER AMOUNT, 800, I THINK. BUT I MEAN, THEY'RE UPWARDS OF 200, OVER $200,000 FOR A DRONE SHOW. WHO ARE THEIR OTHER CUSTOMERS? ARE THERE OTHER MUNICIPALITIES? THEY DO A LOT OF. YEAH, THEY'RE LOOKING AT THESE. YEAH. OKAY. SO PYROTECHNICS AS YOU SAID, HAS BEEN WITH US A LONG TIME THROUGH OUR FIREWORKS THAT THE ONLY THING IS YOU LOOK AT THE BUDGET AND I KNOW WE DID SOME MID-YEAR BUDGET MOVEMENT THAT WE DO A SIGNIFICANT JOB OF INCREASING, NOT JUST THE FINALE OF FIREWORKS, BUT REALLY, IF IT'S A 250TH ANNIVERSARY, WE SHOULD DO SOMETHING SPECIAL WITH FIREWORKS AS WELL AS THE DRONE SHOW TO REALLY AMP THAT UP. YEAH. SO THEY GAVE US TWO OPTIONS TO INCREASE THE FINALE. WE COULD INCREASE IT BY 100%. SO DOUBLE IT OR THEY GAVE US A 50% OPTION. THEY GAVE US PRICES FOR BOTH OF THOSE. NOT THAT WE HAVE TO DO IT EVERY YEAR LIKE THAT. BUT BEING THE 250TH, I THINK WE SHOULD BE DOING SOMETHING SPECIAL. 
          ABSOLUTELY. SO AS YOU WORK YOUR BUDGET, JUST TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION. YEAH. DID YOU SAY 150 DRONES FOR THE CHAMBER? YES. AND HOW LONG WAS THAT? WAS THAT ABOUT TEN, 12 MINUTES I WAS THERE, I WATCHED IT, IT SEEMED LONG ENOUGH. WHATEVER. IT WAS LIKE 15 MINUTES. I, I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG IT WAS. OKAY. I KNOW IT WAS 150 DRONES. OKAY. ALL RIGHTS FROM COUNCIL? ALL RIGHT. I WILL NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. WOULD ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC LIKE TO SPEAK TO THIS ORDINANCE RESOLUTION? ALL RIGHT, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. AND IS THERE A MOTION MOVE TO APPROVE RESOLUTION R 2028 2025? SECOND. COUNCIL MEMBER. DEREK. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. BRETT. YES. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER WILTROUT. YES. PRESIDENT PRO TEM SCHULTZ YES, I HAVE FOUR YES VOTES FOR THAT RESOLUTION. R 28 2025 OKAY. LOOKING LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. THAT'S A LOT. SO ARE WE 500 IS A LOT. THAT'LL BE PRETTY COOL. HOW ABOUT 150 WAS A LOT. SO ALRIGHT. RESOLUTION R 29 2025 A RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ALL CONTRACTS RELATED TO THE EMERGENCY REPAIR OF THE BEACH ROAD MORSE ROAD INTERSECTION AND TO WAIVE COMPETITIVE BIDDING. MR. OLLIE, THANK YOU. THIS RESOLUTION AUTHORIZES THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ALL CONTRACTS FOR THE BEACH AND MORSE EMERGENCY REPAI, AND WAIVES FORMAL COMPETITIVE BIDDING. THE AUTHORIZATION IS NOT TO EXCEED 150,000. BASED ON THE CURRENT CONDITIONS. WE ANTICIPATE IT COMING IN RIGHT AROUND 125,000, ALL IN WITH THE ADDITIONAL AMOUNT AS CONTINGENCY FOR UNFORESEEN CONDITIONS THAT WE MIGHT SEE OUT IN THE FIELD, OR NARROWLY PROJECTS OVER 100,000 ARE NORMALLY 
          [00:30:06]
COMPETITIVELY BID. WE'RE REQUESTING A WAIVER HERE BECAUSE TIME IS CRITICAL. A FORMAL BID WOULD ADD APPROXIMATELY 6 TO 8 WEEKS. THE PAVEMENT HAS DETERIORATED AND REQUIRES PROMPT ATTENTION, AND DELAY INCREASES THE RISK OF FURTHER DEGRADATION AND THEN ALSO FUTURE HIGHER COSTS. FURTHERMORE, THIS WORK REQUIRES A HIGHLY QUALIFIED CONTRACTOR WITH IMMEDIATE AVAILABILITY WHO CAN EXECUTE IN A TIGHT WINDOW. TRUCCO CONSTRUCTION IS ACTIVELY WORKING IN THE CITY NOW, WITH CREWS AND EQUIPMENT ALREADY MOBILIZED AND A PROVEN TRACK RECORD OF EXECUTING UNDER SIMILAR CONSTRAINTS. I WANT TO NOTE THAT WORK WILL BE PERFORMED UNDER A SINGLE WEEKEND CLOSURE TO MINIMIZE DISRUPTION AND TO THE BUSINESS PARK. WE'VE REVIEWED TROIKA'S ESTIMATE AGAINST RECENTLY COMPETITIVELY BID UNIT PRICE CONTRACTS, AND BASED ON THAT BENCHMARKING PLUS WEEKEND WORK AND THE USE OF FAST SET CONCRETE, WE BELIEVE THE PRICING IS APPROPRIATE AND FAIR GIVEN THE SCOPE AND SCHEDULE. SO IN SHORT, THIS WILL ENABLE US TO ACT QUICKLY, LIMIT DISRUPTION, AND GET THE WORK DONE RIGHT WITH A CONTRACTOR WHO'S AVAILABLE VERY SOON. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS JUST AS YOU DO THIS WORK. GIVEN ALL THE HEAVY TRUCK TRAFFIC AND OTHER TRAFFIC THAT GOES ON THROUGH THAT INTERSECTION, ARE YOU DOING ANYTHING TO BOLSTER THE UNDERLAY OR WHATEVER WITH WITH THE REPAIR TAKE ON ALL THIS HEAVY BURDEN THAT'S NOW ON THAT ROAD STRUCTURE? WE'RE GOING TO USE CONCRETE OKAY. SO THAT WILL PROVIDE A BETTER SUBBASE OKAY BRIAN, I KNOW YOU DO A TREMENDOUS JOB KEEPING UP ON ALL THE ROADS HERE IN NEW ALBANY. I LOVE IT'S ONLINE AND EVERYONE CAN SEE YOU KNOW, WHERE WE NEED THE WORK. HOW DID THIS ONE KIND OF SNEAK BY AND GET SO BAD? IS IT JUST UNFORESEEN ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC THAT JUST KIND OF OVER TIME HERE IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME JUST KIND OF AGGREGATED IT. 
          IT'S A THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. SO THIS BEACH ROAD WAS FULLY IMPROVED BACK IN I BELIEVE 2017. 
          AND THIS IS THE VERY END OF THE OF THAT IMPROVEMENT THAT WAS LEFT UNIMPROVED AT THAT TIME WITH THE ANTICIPATION THAT A ROUNDABOUT WAS GOING TO BE ON THE HEELS. AND SO WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH OTHER IT'S A JUST LIKE MORRIS MORRIS ROAD. THIS IS A AREA THAT'S MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL. AND SO WE'RE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE LICKING COUNTY ENGINEER PATASKALA AND JERSEY TOWNSHIP. WE ACTUALLY JUST MET WITH ALL THOSE FOLKS A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO TO DISCUSS IMPROVE A BIGGER IMPROVEMENT TO THAT INTERSECTION. SO IT'S A IT'S SIMILAR TO THE LAST LEGISLATION THAT I JUST BROUGHT FORWARD, WHERE MAINTENANCE CAN BE A LITTLE BIT MORE COMPLICATED GIVEN THE MULTIPLE JURISDICTIONS INVOLVED. OKAY. AND ARE WE PLANNING A ROUNDABOUT THERE? I DON'T EVENTUALLY OR. YES. OKAY. SO IN IN COOPERATION WITH CITY OF PETOSKEY AND THE OTHER JURISDICTIONS. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO NOW OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING. WOULD ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC LIKE TO SPEAK TO THIS ORDINANCE? ALRIGHT. BEFORE I CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. SO OUR LAW DIRECTOR HAS A POINT OF ORDER ON THE WAIVER OF PUBLIC WAIVER OF COMPETITIVE BIDDING FOR OUR CHARTER REQUIRES A VOTE OF NO LESS THAN FIVE. AND SINCE WE ONLY HAVE FOUR HERE, WE. THE LAST RESOLUTION TECHNICALLY DOESN'T WAIVE COMPETITIVE BIDDING, AND WE CAN'T WAVE COMPETITIVE BIDDING HERE ON THIS ONE. SO OBVIOUSLY YOU CAN PASS THE RESOLUTION. IT JUST WOULDN'T JUST WOULDN'T WAVE THEM OKAY. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND PASS IT I GUESS IF OR YOU CAN TABLE IT YOU CAN TABLE THE TABLE. YEAH. OKAY. I DON'T THINK IT MEANS ANYTHING TO PASS. ALL RIGHT. I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. AND DO I HAVE A I WOULD LIKE TO I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE RESOLUTION R 29 2025 TO THE SEPTEMBER 2ND MEETING. SECOND. TO COUNCILMEMBER SCHULTZ. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. DEREK. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. BRUCE. YES. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. WILTROUT. YES. FOUR. YES. VOTES TO TABLE. RESOLUTION R 29 2025 TO THE NEXT REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING, WHICH I BELIEVE IS SEPTEMBER 2ND. THEN CAN WE DO A MOTION TO RECONSIDER 28? WELL, BEFORE WE DO, LET ME ASK A QUESTION. IT SOUNDED LIKE ADRIAN ALREADY HAD THREE 
          [00:35:03]
COMPETITIVE BIDS THAT YOU HAD SAID THAT YOU RECEIVED. WOULD THAT HAVE BEEN OR DO WE HAVE TO FORMALLY REPORT THOSE ARE INFORMAL BIDS? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO NOW TO YOUR NEXT QUESTION. 
          RECONSIDER. RECONSIDER UNDER ROBERT'S RULES OR MOTION, ROBERT'S RULES, IF CAN WE APPROVE IT? BUT WE CAN'T EXPEDITE IT. RIGHT. YOU CAN'T EXPEDITE, BUT WE CAN APPROVE IT. 
          AND AT THE NEXT MEETING, WE CAN EXPEDITE THE BIDDING AND MOVE TO WAIVE COMPETITIVE BIDDING, THEN. 
          YEAH, I THINK WE PROBABLY DO THAT AT LEAST. I THINK IF ANYTHING, SHE SHE THEN IS IN A POSITION TO SAY IT'S BEEN APPROVED. AND WE HAVE SOME JURISDICTIONAL WORK TO MAKE THE RESOLUTION TO MAKE SENSE. YEAH. YEAH WE CAN DO IT THAT WAY. FROM A ROBERT'S RULES PERSPECTIVE. I 
          [12. COUNCIL SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS]
THINK THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY, OKAY. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO COUNCIL SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS. I DO NOT BELIEVE THERE'S ANY SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS BECAUSE WE ARE SUBCOMMITTEE. WE DO HAVE A MEETING SET UP FOR THIS FRIDAY AT NOON. WE'LL BE MEETING HERE TO REVIEW THE GRANT APPLICATIONS, AND WE'LL HOPEFULLY HAVE A REPORT AT OUR SEPTEMBER 2ND MEETING AS A 
          [13. REPORTS OF REPRESENTATIVES]
RESULT OF THAT REPORT OF REPRESENTATIVES, COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE AMOROSI. JOE, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? YES, JUST A FEW QUICK ITEMS. THE AUDITOR OF STATES REPRESENTATIVE PRESENTED THE AUDITOR OF STATE AWARD WITH DISTINCTION TO MORPC FOR ITS CLEAN AUDIT. THIS IS THE I LOST TRACK OF HOW MANY CLEAN AUDITS THEY'VE HAD IN A ROW, BUT IT'S EXCEPTIONAL PERFORMANCE. THEY'VE DONE A GREAT JOB. THEY'RE ALSO I WAS ASKED TO SERVE ANOTHER YEAR ON THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND SHARE THE BENEFITS AND COMPENSATION COMMITTEE. I'VE SERVED THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE SINCE 2008. ALSO. IN ADDITION TO THAT, MOPSIE INFORMED US THAT THE STATE BUDGET DID NOT INCLUDE FUNDING TO CONTINUE THE STUDY OF THEIR PASSENGER RAIL INITIATIVE. HOWEVER, THEY FELT VERY CONFIDENT IN THE PRESENTATION AND THE RESPONSE THAT THEY GOT FROM OUR LEGISLATORS AND BELIEVE THAT THEY'LL HAVE POTENTIAL SUCCESS SOMETIME DOWN THE ROAD. THE 208 PLAN, YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH THAT. THAT'S THE SANITARY SEWER BOUNDARY PLAN FOR THE POLITICAL JURISDICTIONS IN OHIO. MORSI HAS BEEN ASKED TO SERVE AS THE APPELLATE. APPELLATE ORGANIZATION FOR OHIO. 
          EPA CENTRAL OHIO IS THE ONLY AREA OF THE STATE THAT DOESN'T HAVE A AN INDEPENDENT BODY TO CONSIDER ADJUSTMENTS TO THE 208 BOUNDARIES THE BOARD, THE MORSI BOARD OR COMMISSION GAVE APPROVAL TO MAKE A SUBMITTAL TO OHIO EPA, PROVIDED THAT EPA WOULD WOULD PROVIDE THE NECESSARY FUNDING TO SUPPORT THE ADDITIONAL STAFF AND WORK THAT WOULD BE NECESSARY. AND WE BELIEVE THAT THAT WILL ACTUALLY OCCUR LATER THIS FALL. FINALLY, THE 2025 ANNUAL SALARY AND BENEFITS SURVEY WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE END OF THIS MONTH. THIS YEAR, THEY HAD 40 COMMUNITIES PARTICIPATE IN THAT, SO WE SHOULD HAVE ACCESS TO THAT SHORTLY. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. 
          OKAY. THANK YOU. REPORT OF COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE JOINT PARK AND RECREATION. THAT IS ME. 
          I'LL LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT THEY ARE GOING TO BE OPENING UP LEAGUE PLAY FOR PICKLEBALL STARTING NEXT WEEK. HOWEVER, WE HAVE ONGOING RESURFACING AND UPGRADES TO THE AT LEAST EIGHT OF THE COURTS OUT THERE. AND SO THERE IS DISCUSSION ABOUT POTENTIALLY MOVING THE START DATE UP A WEEK TO GIVE A CHANCE FOR THOSE EIGHT COURTS TO BE COMPLETED, BECAUSE THE LEAGUE TAKES EIGHT COURTS, WHICH WAS THEN TAKE THEM ALL OUT FOR ONE EVENING A WEEK. SO MORE TO COME ON THAT. COUNCIL REP TO PLAIN LOCAL SCHOOLS. YES, I KNOW THERE IS A MEETING NEXT WEEK ON MONDAY. SCHOOL IS BACK IN SESSION. YESTERDAY WAS THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL FOR THE LATTER HALF OF THE ALPHABET, AND THE FIRST HALF WENT BACK TODAY. I KNOW THEY HAD A GREAT CONVOCATION. I WAS SO PLEASED TO ATTEND ALMOST ALL OF THE OPEN HOUSES AND MEET PEOPLE THROUGH MY CAPACITY, THE PTO, AND WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT A NEW SCHOOL YEAR. SO MORE TO COME ON THAT. I KNOW A LOT OF MY NEIGHBORS WERE EXCITED. THE SCHOOL IS IN IN THE SESSION NOW TOO AS WELL. ALL 
          [00:40:06]
RIGHT. COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE PLAIN TOWNSHIP. MIKE. NOTHING TO REPORT. WE HAVE A MEETING 
          [14. REPORTS OF CITY OFFICIALS]
TOMORROW MORNING. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO REPORTS OF CITY OFFICIALS. THE MAYOR IS NOT HERE. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING FROM THE MAYOR. OKAY. CLERK COUNCIL, A FEW THINGS. 
          WELL, WE HAD AN ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT THE BUDGET PROGRAM START DATE, BUT NOW THAT'S, I GUESS, BACK TO PENDING. AND GIVEN THAT, I GUESS I'LL. I'LL GIVE YOU MY REMINDER. I WOULD ASK EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER TO PLEASE CHECK YOUR EMAILS, YOUR CITY EMAILS ONCE EVERY 24 HOURS. I'M GETTING REALLY, REALLY SLOW. LIKE WEEK LATER, TEN DAYS LATER RESPONSES ON SOME STUFF I NEED, QUICKER RESPONSES ON AND EVEN ON THE TEXTS. I'M NOT GETTING QUICK RESPONSES, AND I KNOW I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO'S REACHING OUT TO COUNCIL AND NOT GETTING THE FEEDBACK THAT THEY NEED. WE ONLY GET TO SEE ONCE EVERY TWO WEEKS. SO I'M SORRY IF YOU COULD BE AN ELECTRONIC PRESENCE IN OUR LIVES, WE WOULD MUCH APPRECIATE IT. OH, IT'S DEFINITELY ME. AND PLEASE USE EMOJIS. I APOLOGIZE. 
          IT'S NOT JUST IT'S COUNCIL WIDE PRETTY MUCH. AND I GUESS THAT'S IT FOR NOW. WE'LL COME BACK ABOUT BUDGET WHEN I KNOW MORE. ARE YOU GOING TO ALSO CHECK UPON THE RECOGNITION PROGRAM AT THE. 
          IS IT THE INDIAN INDIAN FESTIVAL FESTIVAL? THREE YESES. AND ACTUALLY, YOU'RE MY LAST PERSON TO CHECK WITH. I SHOULD PROBABLY CHECK MY EMAIL. YOU SHOULD CHECK YOUR EMAIL. I'LL CATCH YOU AFTER THE MEETING. I GOTCHA, I SAW THAT, THAT'S WHY I WAS REMINDING. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. NO MORE. THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO FINANCE DIRECTOR BETHANY. I PASSED OUT THE JULY FINANCE MONTHLY REPORT AND JUST KIND OF GIVING YOU AN UPDATE. 58% OF THE YEAR IS COMPLETE. I DID INCLUDE THE AMENDMENTS THAT WE MADE TO OUR APPROPRIATIONS IN JULY. AND YOU'LL ALSO SEE THAT THE TRANSFERS THAT WE APPROVED THERE HAPPENED AS WELL. AND I'LL SHOW YOU THAT IN A SECOND. BUT FOR THE MONTHLY SUMMARY, INCOME TAX IS HAS INCREASED AND OUR EXPENDITURES ARE AT 40%. 
          APPROXIMATELY OF OUR APPROPRIATIONS. SO STILL DOING WELL WITH THAT. THE SECOND PAGE HAS THE FUND SUMMARY FOR ALL OF THE FUNDS THAT WE HAVE. THE VERY TOP LINE 101, YOU'LL SEE THAT WE DID HAVE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF DISBURSEMENTS OUT OF THAT. THAT DOES NOT MATCH THE FRONT PAGE. 
          THAT INCLUDES TRANSFERRING. I HAD TO LOOK IT UP. WE TRANSFERRED $17.8 MILLION OUT SO FAR OF THE GENERAL FUND. BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE BEGINNING CASH BALANCE VERSUS WHAT THE ENDING CASH BALANCE IS FOR THIS MONTH, WE ARE STILL AHEAD OF WHERE WE WHERE WE STARTED, ALONG WITH THE EXPENDITURES THAT WE HAD. SO WE STILL HAVE FOR WHAT WAS APPROVED THIS EVENING. I STILL HAVE TO MOVE THAT MONEY TO OUR CAPITAL FUND IN ORDER TO PURCHASE THE LAND, BUT I ANTICIPATE THAT WITH THE ACTIVITY THROUGH THE REST OF THE YEAR, WE'LL GET BACK UP TO CLOSE TO WHAT THE BEGINNING BALANCE WAS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. SO THAT 70% OF BUDGET FOR REVENUES IS ACCURATE, INCLUDING THE DISBURSEMENT THAT YOU JUST SAID. CORRECT? YES. SO THE AND THE EXPENSES AT 40% ARE ALL INCLUDED. THE NO. THE 40% THAT I MENTIONED IS FROM THE FIRST PAGE. AND THAT ONLY COVERS OPERATING. OH, OKAY. SO THAT IS IF YOU LOOK AT THE FIRST PAGE, THE HIGHLIGHTED EXPENSES LINE. 
          YEAH. WHERE IT SAYS PERCENT OF BUDGET 39.27% AND THE 70% OF REVENUE IS REVENUE. OKAY. CAUSE THAT'S WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR. THE 17 I DIDN'T SEE THAT. OKAY. THE INCOME TAX, AS WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING THROUGHOUT THE YEAR IS VERY IT IT'S INCREASED WITH A LOT BEING THE RESULT OF CONSTRUCTION WITHHOLDING. SO YOU'LL SEE THAT THE CHART ON THE BOTTOM OF THE FIRST PAGE GIVES YOU THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT WITHHOLDING WAS LAST YEAR VERSUS THIS YEAR. AND WE'RE AHEAD ABOUT $5 MILLION. YEAH. THANKS. THE LAST TWO PAGES JUST GIVES YOU A SNAPSHOT OF WHERE OUR INVESTMENTS STAND. AND WE ARE DOING WELL WITH WHAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO CAPTURE AS FAR AS THE INTEREST AND THE ACTIVITY THERE WE HAVE. WE'RE LOOKING OKAY. I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. LOOKS 
          [00:45:10]
GOOD. CAN I ASK ONE QUESTION? IT'S JUST FOR MY OWN GENERAL KNOWLEDGE. SORRY TO BE ON YOUR FUN. 272 LOCAL FISCAL RECOVERY. YES. WHAT'S THAT? SO THAT IS THE ARPA MONEY THAT THE ARPA AMERICAN. RESCUE, IT'S FROM COVID. OH, OKAY. AND SO THAT'S PART OF THE STATE GRANT FUNDING THAT WE HAVE FOR OUR INFRASTRUCTURE OUT OF THE BUSINESS PARK WITHIN. OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. OKAY. WELL GOOD. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO JOE. NO REPORT, NO REPORT. ALRIGHT. CITY ATTORNEY BEN WHO HAS MADE HIS PRESENCE FELT TODAY. YEAH. AND I'VE GOT A REPORT TONIGHT. OH NO. IT'S LIKE SIT BACK AND GET READY. NO, IT'S JUST A FOLLOW UP TO OUR DISCUSSION. LAST COUNCIL MEETING ABOUT THE E-BIKES AND SCOOTERS. WE TOOK YOUR COMMENTS THAT YOU RAISED. I'VE PUT TOGETHER A DRAFT OF SOME REVISED ORDINANCES. I'VE SHARED THAT WITH CHIEF. CHIEF AND I ARE GOING TO TALK AND HOPEFUL AT THE NEXT MEETING OR SHORTLY THEREAFTER. WE'LL HAVE FURTHER COMMENT FOR YOU. SO JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW WE'RE WORKING ON THAT. ALL RIGHT. APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE THAT ISSUE IS NOT GOING AWAY. AS YOU SAW OUR INBOX TODAY. OKAY. MOVING ON TO POLL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY? NOPE. ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE PULL FOR 
          [16. POLL FOR COUNCIL COMMENT]
COUNCIL COMMENT. YOU KNOW ACTUALLY GO BACK TO PUBLIC OR COUNCIL KNOW COUNCIL COMMENT. 
          OKAY. COUNCIL. I'M JUST GOING TO DO THIS IN A WEIRD PLACE. JENNIFER, I FORGOT ABOUT ONE ISSUE THAT CAME UP AT THE ARB. IT WASN'T AN ARB POINT OF BUSINESS, BUT CHRISTINA, OUR DEPUTY COUNCIL CLERK. OKAY, TRIED AN EXPERIMENT AND TRIED TO SEE IF WE COULD GET TO A PLACE WHERE THEY CAN ALLEVIATE ALL OF THE MANUAL LABOR THAT GOES INTO HAVING OUR MINUTES FROM OUR PUBLIC MEETINGS BY TAKING THE LIVE RECORDING TRANSCRIPT AND USING THAT AS MINUTES. AND THAT WENT UP LIKE A LEAD BALLOON. IT WAS IT WAS A DISASTER. BUT IT'S A TECHNOLOGY ISSUE. SO THE REASON I WANTED TO BRING IT UP IS BECAUSE I THINK IT'S A VALID POINT. I THINK THAT OUR STAFF IS LOOKING INTO, AND WE SHOULD BE OPENING UP OUR MINDS TO BE READY FOR THE CONCEPT OF AI HELPING THEM. THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS TO RECORD THESE TRANSCRIPTS NOW. WE REALLY SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET TO A POINT WHERE THEY DON'T HAVE TO DO ALL THIS MANUAL LABOR. OUR CODE REQUIRES A SUMMARY OF THE OF WHAT'S HAPPENED. IT DOESN'T REQUIRE A VERBATIM EVERY WORD RECORDED. SO I KNOW THEY'RE GOING TO WORK ON THAT SOME MORE. I KNOW JENNIFER'S KIND OF DILIGENTLY WORKING ON SOME IDEAS, SO I JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT THAT CONVERSATION HAPPENED TODAY. RB OKAY, GOOD. ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO MAKE THAT PROCESS EASIER, ESPECIALLY SOME OF THOSE MEETINGS THAT GO THREE FOUR HOURS LONG, THAT'S FOR SURE. OKAY. OTHER BUSINESS, DID YOU 
          [17. OTHER BUSINESS]
HAVE OTHER BUSINESS? I DON'T YOU DID NOT. ALL RIGHT. I HAVE ONE THING. SO I WAS APPROACHED BY A RESIDENT WHO HAD EXPRESSED INTEREST IN PLACING VENDING MACHINES OUT AT THE PICKLEBALL COURTS AND WAS JUST LOOKING FOR SOME DIRECTION, SOMETHING FOR THAT. WHEN I TALKED TO THE PERSON, THEY WERE WILLING TO DO WHATEVER IT TOOK, AS FAR AS YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, PAY TO GET HIM IN THERE, MANAGE THEM, PUT NO RISK ON THE CITY AT ALL, AND EVEN HAD IDEAS POTENTIALLY FOR REIMBURSEMENT OR, YOU KNOW, SOME SORT OF FEES BACK TO THE CITY, WHATEVER. BUT FOR TONIGHT, WHAT I WANT TO DO IS JUST LET YOU KNOW THAT THAT HAS BEEN A REQUEST. I TALKED TO JOE TODAY ABOUT THAT. I KNOW THIS WAS JUST ONE PERSON, BUT I THINK THAT FACILITY IS BIG ENOUGH. IF WE DECIDED THAT MIGHT BE AN OPTION, WE COULD PROBABLY HAVE 2 OR 3 DIFFERENT VENDORS OUT THERE. WE DO HAVE THE ELECTRIC HOOKUP, BUT I REALLY DON'T KNOW IF WE COULD MAKE A DECISION. NOW I'M JUST LOOKING TO SEE IF YOU GUYS ARE OPEN TO THAT, BECAUSE I THINK ONCE WE FIGURE OUT POTENTIALLY AT OUR BUDGET MEETING WHAT TYPE OF SHADE COVERAGE AND ALL OF THAT THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO, I THINK THAT WOULD MAYBE GIVE US SOME DIRECTION OR PROVIDE US AT LEAST AN IDEA TO MAKE A DECISION ON IF THIS IS THE WAY WE WANT TO GO. BUT IS THIS SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS WOULD BE OPEN TO OR NO, OR THESE THINGS SIT OUTSIDE ALL WINTER, WHICH IS WHY I MENTIONED MAYBE SEEING WHAT WE DO, BUT YES, THEY DO. I DON'T THINK THEY WOULD TAKE THEM AWAY, BUT I THINK THAT THEY MIGHT SOMETHING 
          [00:50:02]
TO LOOK AT. AND I'M NOT AGAINST HAVING VENDING MACHINES. I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT MIGHT BE NECESSARY FOR JUST HYDRATION AND EVERYTHING ELSE OUT THERE. I DON'T KNOW IF IT HAS TO GO THROUGH A BIDDING PROCESS IN TERMS OF CONTRACTUALLY, SINCE THERE'S FINANCIAL MATTERS, DISCUSS IT TONIGHT. WE KNOW THAT WE CAN'T WE CAN'T EXPEDITE IT TODAY. NO, BUT I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO DO, IT HAS TO BE SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I THINK WE SHOULD PUT THAT OUT TO BID, BECAUSE THERE MAY BE OTHER VENDING OPERATORS WHO WOULD WE SHOULD SEE WHAT THE COMPETITIVE BIDDING IS. YEAH, I COMPLETELY AGREE. THAT'S. YEAH. I WAS JUST LOOKING AT YOU GUYS. 
          I DIDN'T KNOW THEY HAD VENDING MACHINES FOR PICKLE BALLS. SO WE ACTUALLY, I DON'T KNOW, PADDLES OUT OF THE MACHINES THAT I, THAT I DON'T KNOW EITHER, BUT I KNOW THAT WE DID HAVE ANOTHER PERSON APPROACH ME THAT ACTUALLY HAD THAT THOUGHT. THEY SAID, IS THERE A WAY TO, YOU KNOW, PUT PICKLEBALL RELATED ITEMS IN A VENDING MACHINE, WHETHER IT'S BALLS, I DON'T KNOW, WRISTBANDS, WHATEVER. BUT SO THIS QUESTION'S COME UP IN TWO DIFFERENT VENUES. AND SO I JUST WANT TO BRING IT TO YOUR ATTENTION THOUGH, THAT MAYBE WHEN WE GO INTO OUR BUDGET DISCUSSION, WE COME TO A IDEA OF HOW WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD FOR SHADE, STRUCTURE, RESTROOMS, DRINKING FOUNTAINS. THIS MIGHT BE AN OPPORTUNITY HERE. SO YEAH, I THINK AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW, OUR CURRENT LAYOUT, I WOULD BE I WOULD BE WARY OF PUTTING ONE IN BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER AND THE, YOU KNOW, OHIO OUTSIDE. SO BUT I THINK IF WE EVER DECIDED TO CHANGE THE STRUCTURE, THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING WORTH TALKING ABOUT. ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU FOR THAT. ANY OTHER BUSINESS. ALL RIGHT. AND I MOVE FOR ADJOURNMENT SECOND. THAT IS ONE AND TWO. WE ARE ADJOURNING AT
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