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          ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, AND WELCOME TO THE NEW ALBANY CITY COUNCIL MEMBER FOR SEPTEMBER 2ND. I WOULD INVITE EVERYONE TO PLEASE STAND WITH COUNCIL AND RECITE OUR NATIONAL PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. 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. FORT MASON, THE ROLL, PLEASE. COUNCIL WILL TURN ON YOUR MICROPHONES. SPALDING HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. DETRICK HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. 
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WILTROUT HERE. I HAVE SEVEN PRESENT FOR THE SEPTEMBER 2ND, 2025 REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING ACTION. ON THE MINUTES PRIOR TO TONIGHT'S MEETING, A COPY OF THE MINUTES FROM OUR AUGUST 19TH MEETING WERE DISTRIBUTED TO COUNCIL MEMBERS. ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS TO THE PROPOSED MINUTES? I RECEIVE NO CORRECTIONS. ALL RIGHT. I WOULD MOVE THEIR ADOPTION BY CONSENSUS. ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS TO THE AGENDA. WOULD ANYONE FROM STAFF OR COUNCIL LIKE TO RECOMMEND ANY ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS TO TONIGHT'S AGENDA? I RECEIVE NO 
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REQUESTS. THAT TAKES US RIGHT TO HEARING AND VISITORS. BEFORE WE OPEN IT UP TO THE PUBLIC, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF GUESTS HERE. WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE MANAGEMENT ADVISORY GROUP. SO, GENERAL, WHO'S UP? ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME BACK AND SHARE WITH YOU SOME OF THE FINDINGS FROM YOUR GOAL SETTING SESSION. AND I THINK WE HAVE A PRESENTATION THAT CAN BE BROUGHT UP. JOE WILL APPRECIATE IT. WE'LL WALK THROUGH THAT. WE DID PROVIDE A A REPORT WITH WITH A SUMMARY OF GOALS AND THINGS THAT I'LL GO OVER HERE AND THAT'LL GET IT OUT TO YOU HERE AT A FUTURE DATE. OH, GOSH. SORRY. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE THAT. AND DO THEY'VE GOT THE. OH OF COURSE THAT WOULD HELP. SORRY, SORRY. SO ANYWAY APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH FOR SETTING THIS UP FOR US. 
          WHAT I WANT TO DO IS JUST TAKE A COUPLE MINUTES HERE. I'LL GO THROUGH THIS VERY QUICKLY JUST TO REMIND YOU OF WHERE WE'VE BEEN AND PERHAPS WHERE THE PUBLIC WHO WAS NOT ABLE TO ATTEND THE YOUR GOAL SETTING SESSION AND JUST SORT OF LEVEL SET ON THE PROCESS THAT WE USED. 
          AND WE'LL GO OVER THE GOALS, PROPOSED GOALS VERY QUICKLY. SO YOU MIGHT RECALL BACK ON MAY 16TH YOU HAD THIS MEETING ABOUT GOAL SETTING. THIS WAS OUR AGENDA. WE DID COVER A GREAT DEAL ABOUT BACKGROUND IN SETTING UP FOR THIS, WHICH I'LL TALK ABOUT HERE IN JUST A SECOND. AND WE DID SOME EXERCISES TO SET YOU UP TO GO THROUGH WHAT WE CALL A GOAL SETTING PROCESS. SO WHAT IS THAT PROCESS? THIS IS ABOUT HAVING A FACILITATED SESSION WHERE CITY COUNCIL AND STAFF IDENTIFY STRATEGIC GOALS. WE WERE REALLY TRYING TO PUSH YOU TO THINK BEYOND FIVE YEARS AND BEYOND, TO TRY TO THINK ABOUT WHAT MIGHT BE SOME STRATEGIC GOALS THAT THEN WOULD SEND SOME GUIDANCE TO THE CITY MANAGER REGARDING FUTURE INSIGHTS INTO THE FUTURE, SO THAT THE CITY MANAGER CAN ALIGN RESOURCES AND AND ORGANIZATIONAL NEEDS TO THOSE GOALS. JUST BY WAY OF BACKGROUND, IN PREPARATION FOR THAT SESSION, WE DID QUITE A BIT OF WORK WITH YOU ALL. WE APPRECIATE ALL THE TIME AND EFFORT THAT BOTH YOU AND STAFF GAVE US. WE DID SOME ONE ON ONE INTERVIEWS WITH YOU. WE DID ONE ON ONE INTERVIEWS WITH STAFF. 
          STAFF ALSO DID A VERY EXTENSIVE SURVEY FOR US, GIVING US INPUT ABOUT THEIR OPERATIONS SO WE COULD BETTER UNDERSTAND OPERATIONAL NEEDS AND HOW YOU CONDUCT OPERATIONS, FINANCES AND THAT SORT OF THING. HISTORY AS WELL WAS VERY IMPORTANT. WE REVIEWED YOUR CITIZEN SURVEY, WHICH WAS PRETTY FRESH. THAT WAS A GREAT INSIGHT FOR US, AND CONGRATULATIONS ON ALL THE GREAT FEEDBACK FROM YOUR FROM YOUR RESIDENTS. WE LOOKED AT GROWTH PROJECTIONS. WE LOOKED AT YOUR EXISTING GOALS AND YOUR FOUNDATIONAL PILLARS THAT YOU HAVE YOUR STRATEGIC PLANS. AND THEN WE ALSO CONDUCT AN ENVIRONMENTAL SCAN. YOU MIGHT RECALL THAT WAS US LOOKING AT YOU THROUGH A LENS OUTSIDE OF YOURSELF AND HOW OTHERS MIGHT VIEW NEW ALBANY. AND WE SHARED THAT ENVIRONMENTAL SCAN WITH YOU. THESE ARE YOUR FAMILY PLANS. IF THERE'S ONE THING I TELL YOU, NEW ALBANY DOES A GREAT JOB AND IT'S YOU CAN JUST SEE IT WHEN YOU DRIVE AROUND. 
          AND WITH THE REPUTATION OF DOING A LOT OF GREAT STRATEGIC PLANNING. SO WE APPRECIATE THAT YOU ARE DOING THIS PROCESS AS WELL TO STRATEGICALLY THINK. AND IT'S JUST IT'S IN YOUR 
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CULTURE AND YOUR YOUR DNA ON PLANS AND PLANNING. AND WE DID REVIEW ALL OF THOSE, AND THEY WERE VERY HELPFUL FOR US TO UNDERSTAND WHO YOU ARE AND WHAT YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT AND SOME OF YOUR PLANS GOING FORWARD. NOW, THESE ARE THE GOALS THAT YOU HAD. YOU ALREADY HAD THE 2024 GOALS. SO WE CERTAINLY WANTED TO PAY TRIBUTE TO THOSE AND REMIND OURSELVES THAT THESE STILL DO EXIST, PRETTY OPERATIONAL IN NATURE, BUT ALSO VERY STRATEGIC. AND THESE PILLARS ARE VERY STRATEGIC AS WELL BECAUSE IT DOES SET YOUR GUIDEPOST AS YOU MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT THE COMMUNITY. WE DID ASK YOUR DEVELOPMENT STAFF AS JENNIFER HERE. WE DID ASK THE DEVELOPMENT STAFF PAINSTAKINGLY TO TO REALLY LOOK AT RESIDENTIAL POPULATION GROWTH AND TRY TO DO SOME PROJECTIONS. AND I AND I, WE SHARED ALL THAT WITH YOU AND QUITE A BIT OF DETAIL. AND JENNIFER BRIEFED YOU ON IT AT THE, AT THE GOAL SETTING SESSION. AND I THINK THEY DID A GREAT JOB OF NOT ONLY LOOKING AT THEIR PLANS, THEIR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, LOOKING AT THE WAY YOU ARE BUILT NOW, LOOKING AT YOUR PIPELINE THAT THEY KNOW OF THE POTENTIAL PIPELINE, AND TRYING TO DO SOME ESTIMATING ON FUTURE GROWTH. AND HERE WE SAW WITH THE CURRENT POPULATION IS THE PROJECTED POPULATION AGAIN WITH THE APPROVED PROJECTS. AND THEN WHAT IT MIGHT LOOK LIKE AT BUILD OUT. AND I, IF I RECALL WHAT JENNIFER DID SAY IS THIS IS VERY CONSISTENT WITH THE MODELING THAT HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY BEEN DONE, AND IT SEEMS TO BE GOING VERY MUCH ON TRACK WITH THE THE WORK THAT YOU HAD DONE BEFORE. SIMILARLY, WORKFORCE POPULATIONS IS IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND BECAUSE AS YOU HAVE YOUR INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS PARK AND YOU IMPORT A LOT OF JOBS, YOU MAY HAVE A A RESIDENT POPULATION OF X, BUT YOUR WORKFORCE POPULATION IS GOING TO FAR OUTPACE YOUR CURRENT POPULATION. AND WHAT WE WANTED TO THINK ABOUT AND REMIND YOU OF IS THAT'S A POPULATION THAT COMMUTES IN AND OUT OF HERE EVERY DAY, AND IT WILL HAVE DEMANDS ON YOUR INFRASTRUCTURE AND DEMANDS ON YOUR SERVICE LEVELS AS WELL. AND THAT NEEDED TO BE KEPT IN MIND AS YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT RESIDENTS NEED VERSUS WHAT NONRESIDENTS NEED IS STILL HAS A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT. AND THEN WE LOOKED AT THAT RELATIVE TO, YOU KNOW, WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE IN THIS MIX? I THIS IS SOMETHING I ALWAYS LOOK AT. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO KIND OF UNDERSTAND, AS YOU LOOK AT YOUR LAND PLANNING AND ITS IMPACTS, IS HOW MUCH OF YOU HOW MUCH OF YOUR GEOGRAPHY THAT YOU HAVE IS REALLY DEDICATED TO COMMERCIAL LAND AND HOW MUCH IS DEDICATED TO RESIDENTIAL LAND? MANY CITIES WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THIS MIX. IF YOU COULD GO, ANYTHING CLOSE TO THIS WOULD BE GREAT. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, CONGRATULATIONS ON ON THE EFFORT AND THE OUTCOMES OF THAT TO DATE AND WELL INTO THE FUTURE. BASED ON YOUR PLANS. THEN WE TRANSITIONED INTO OUR GOAL SETTING EXERCISE. AND I'M GOING TO JUST WITH SETTING THAT UP. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THAT? I JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE THAT AS A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND FOR BOTH YOU AND YOUR AUDIENCE. WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO HAND IT OVER TO DAVE AND LET HIM TALK ABOUT THE EXERCISE. GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL AND STAFF AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. IT'S GOOD TO BE BACK WITH YOU AGAIN. SO I THINK DANA DID A GOOD JOB OF JUST GIVING A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE PROCESS TO KICK TO KICK THE EXERCISE OFF WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL SCAN. AND SO THEN WE KIND OF MIGRATED INTO THE BRAINSTORMING PART OF THE EXERCISE OF THE DAY BACK IN MAY, WHERE WE PUT YOU INTO GROUPS TO KIND OF LOOK OUT FIVE, SIX, SEVEN YEARS DOWN THE ROAD AND TO IDENTIFY AMONGST THE GROUP OF COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF. WHAT ARE THOSE KEY OBJECTIVES OR KEY GOALS THAT YOU ALL WANT TO SEE HAPPEN IN THE COURSE OF THE NEXT PLUS OR PLUS OR MINUS FIVE YEARS? AND AND THEN ONCE YOU COMPLETED THAT EXERCISE, THEN WE WE DID A LITTLE BRIEF BACK WITH THE WHOLE GROUP. AND AS TYPICAL WITH THESE EXERCISES THEY CAN BE A LITTLE BIT MESSY. THERE'S A LOT OF MOVING PARTS. BUT WE HAD EVERYBODY KIND OF EXPLAIN WHAT WERE THE CONCEPTS AND IDEAS THAT CAME FORWARD. AND FROM THAT, THEN WE WE KIND OF LET EVERYBODY EXPLAIN TO THE GROUP WHAT THEIR PROPOSED GOALS AND OBJECTIVES WERE. AND THEN WE LOOKED TO MAKE SURE THERE WAS A PRETTY GOOD UNDERSTANDING ACROSS THE BOARD. NOW, OF COURSE, WITH THESE, THERE'S ALWAYS A FAIR AMOUNT OF OVERLAP. SO YOU GET A LITTLE BIT OF REPETITION ACROSS DIFFERENT GROUPS THAT ARE GOING THROUGH THIS EXERCISE. AND SO BEFORE WE WIND UP GOING INTO THE PRIORITIZATION OF THESE GOALS, WE DO A LITTLE BIT OF CONSOLIDATION AND ENSURING THAT WE DON'T HAVE TOO MANY IDEAS THAT ARE OVERLAPPING IN CONCEPT AND IN NATURE, AND THEN TRYING TO GET THOSE INTO SOME DISTINCT CATEGORIES OF, OF GOALS AND OBJECTIVES. SO AND THEN THAT'S THE POINT AT WHICH WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE YOU ALL TAKE A MINUTE TO LOOK AT THOSE, EVALUATE THEM. 
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AND THEN THROUGH THE EXERCISE OF VOTING, PRIORITIZING, PUTTING YOUR OWN PRIORITY, EACH INDIVIDUAL PARTICIPANT IN THE EXERCISE TO SAY THIS IS IMPORTANT TO ME. AND AND THIS IS WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE GO FORWARD AS A PARTICULAR GOAL. WE'RE GOING TO DANA'S GOING TO DETAIL THOSE HERE FOR YOU IN JUST A SECOND. BUT YOU KNOW THOSE AGAIN, THOSE EXERCISES CAN CAN BE A LITTLE BIT MESSY. BUT I THINK AT THE END OF THE DAY WE WERE ABLE TO KIND OF SEE WHAT WHAT IN ALL OF THOSE WERE LIKE CONCEPTS AND LIKE GOALS AND PUT THOSE INTO SOME SORT OF AN ORDER BASED ON THE, THE VOTING PRIORITIES THAT YOU ALL ESTABLISHED. SO THIS CHART HERE REALLY REPRESENTS WHERE THE MIND, THE COLLECTIVE MIND OF THE GROUP WAS. AND SO YOU CAN SEE ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE THE VARIOUS GOALS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED FROM THE BRAINSTORMING SESSION. AND THEN AFTER THE GOAL, AFTER THE PRIORITIZATION PROCESS, HOW MANY VOTES WERE ASSIGNED FOR EACH OF THESE PARTICULAR GOAL AREAS. AND SO WE WANTED TO KEEP THAT IN THE 5 TO 6 GOAL RANGE JUST FOR THE SAKE OF MANAGEABILITY. IF YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, 12, 15 GOALS, THEN THEN YOU'RE REALLY NOT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO FOCUS TOO, TOO HEAVILY ON ANY ONE OF THEM. SO WE WOUND UP GOING FROM THE TOP TO THE BOTTOM THERE WITH THOSE TOP FIVE GOALS SUPPORT THE COMPLETION OF THE VILLAGE CENTER, FORGAVE LAND ACQUISITION STRATEGY, DETERMINE OVERALL PARKS FACILITIES. MANAGE THE LEADERSHIP TRANSITION THAT'S PENDING, AND THEN DEVELOP A FACILITIES MASTER PLAN. AND IF YOU NOTE THAT THAT ONE THAT DEVELOPED FACILITIES MASTER PLAN HAD THE SAME NUMBER OF VOTES AS THE PROVIDING INCENTIVES FOR SMALL BUSINESSES. WHEN WE GOT TO TALKING ABOUT THAT AS A GROUP, I THINK WE AGREED THAT PROVIDING INCENTIVES FOR SMALL BUSINESSES REALLY IS A STRATEGY FOR THAT FELL WITHIN THE SUPPORT OF THE COMPLETION OF THE VILLAGE CENTER. AND SO THAT ONE DIDN'T STAND ALONE AS ITS OWN. IT ROLLED UP INTO THE THE FIRST GOAL. SO WE WOUND UP WITH THESE, THESE FIVE GOALS. AND THEN THE VERY BOTTOM THERE, WE HAD A NOTE ON KIND OF AN ITEM THAT DIDN'T DIDN'T FIT INTO THE GOALS, WAS JUST A FOLLOW UP ITEM OF THE QUESTION CONCERNING THE PERCENTAGE OF DEVELOPED LAND ALREADY IN THE CITY VERSUS THE AMOUNT OF LAND TO BE ANNEXED. AND I THINK THAT WAS IN THE CONTEXT OF A QUESTION ABOUT TRYING TO COME UP WITH A SENSE OF WHAT'S THE MAXIMUM SEATING CAPACITY OF NEW ALBANY, WHAT'S THE DESIRED, YOU KNOW, BUILD OUT OF THE CITY. AND TO UNDERSTAND THAT, WE HAD TO UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH OF THE EXISTING LAND WAS DEVELOPABLE FOR RESIDENTIAL PURPOSES, AND THEN FROM THERE, HOW MUCH ADDITIONAL LAND WOULD BE ANNEXED AND TURNED INTO RESIDENTIAL PURPOSES. THEY GOT A LITTLE BIT BACK INTO WHAT DANA WAS TALKING ABOUT EARLIER, THE WORK THAT THE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT DID FOR YOU ON THAT. SO THAT WAS THE THE, THE FIVE TOP PRIORITIES THERE. AND THEN FROM THERE, WE DECIDED TO TAKE THOSE FIVE GOALS AND THEN TO WORK WITH STAFF TO IDENTIFY THE KEY OBJECTIVES THAT WOULD ROLL UP INTO THOSE. SO THE GOALS THEMSELVES NEED STRATEGIES UNDERNEATH THEM TO SUPPORT THEM, TO MAKE THEM HAPPEN TO, TO REALIZE THEM. WE ALSO KNOW THAT SEVERAL OF THOSE OBJECTIVES ARE GOING TO REQUIRE RESOURCES, WHETHER THOSE ARE PEOPLE OR FINANCIAL RESOURCES, OR SOME ADDITIONAL CONTRACTUAL SERVICES. ALL OF THOSE NEED TO BE SUPPORTED IN ORDER TO TO BE ACCOMPLISHABLE IN THE LONG RANGE. AND THEN FINALLY TO COME TOGETHER WITH THIS FINAL REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS. AND THEN TO THAT POINT, I JUST WANT TO NOTE THAT WHEN YOU GET TO THIS PART OF THE PROCESS AND YOU'RE KIND OF INTO YOUR IMPLEMENTATION, YOU'VE GOT THESE 5 OR 6 OBJECTIVES THAT YOU'VE IDENTIFIED AND YOU'VE ALL AGREED UPON, WHICH, YOU KNOW, WE WE'RE GOING TO DIVE INTO IN A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL HERE. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A DYNAMIC PROCESS. THERE'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO COME DOWN THE PIKE, AND IT MAY BE SIX MONTHS FROM NOW, IT MAY BE 12 MONTHS FROM NOW OR MAYBE TWO YEARS FROM NOW, BUT SOMETHING'S GOING TO COME DOWN THE PIKE THAT'S GOING TO TAKE CENTER STAGE AND MAYBE SOMETHING FORESEEABLE OR SOMETHING UNFORESEEABLE. BUT YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THESE GOALS NEED TO BE A LITTLE BIT FLEXIBLE. YOU DON'T WANT TO YOU DON'T WANT TO JUST ADD EVERYTHING WILLY NILLY, BECAUSE THEN YOU DILUTE THE VALUE OF THE GOALS THAT YOU HAVE. BUT YOU ALSO NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT IF SOMETHING TRULY SIGNIFICANT COMES DOWN THE PIKE THAT NEEDS YOUR ATTENTION AND ALL OF A SUDDEN EVERYBODY AGREES IS NOW A NEW PRIORITY, YOU HAVE TO BE PREPARED TO KIND OF RESHUFFLE THE DECK A LITTLE BIT. SO THIS THIS HAPPENS IN A 
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POINT IN TIME, BUT WE ALL RECOGNIZE IT'S IT'S A DYNAMIC WORLD THAT WE LIVE IN AND, AND FACTS AROUND THIS CHANGE AND SITUATIONS CHANGE. AND SO YOUR STRATEGIC PLAN ALSO WILL NEED TO BE CONTINUALLY UPDATED AND MODIFIED AS YOU GO. OKAY. SO WITH THAT I'M GOING TO TURN IT BACK OVER TO DANA ON SOME SPECIFICS ON THE. THANKS, DAVE. YEAH I WOULD JUST THANKS FOR THAT, DAVE. THAT TRANSITION. AND I WOULD ALSO EMPHASIZE THAT WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THIS AT THE AT THE SESSION ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF STANDING BACK AND REALLY TRYING TO LOOK AS BIG PICTURE AS YOU CAN LOOK, AND WITH ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE GOING ON AS A CITY AND HAVE HAD GOING ON ALL THESE YEARS TO SIT BACK AND SAY, LOOK, HERE'S THE FIVE MAIN THINGS WE REALLY NEED TO FOCUS ON. NOT THAT YOU'RE NOT DOING 100 OR 1000 OTHER THINGS BECAUSE YOU ARE, BUT HOW DO WE REALLY REFINE THE BIG, BIG ROCKS THAT WE NEED TO GO AFTER? SO THESE ARE THE ONES THAT, AGAIN, THAT YOU IDENTIFIED AS AS KEY GOALS. SO THE WAY THESE ARE BROKEN DOWN IS FIRST THE GOAL THE BOLDED AT THE TOP I FOR EXAMPLE, SUPPORT COMPLETION OF THE VILLAGE CENTER. THAT WAS THE GOAL STATEMENT. YOU ALL CAME UP WITH THE LANGUAGE UNDERNEATH. 
          EACH ONE OF THESE IS LANGUAGE THAT WE WORK WITH STAFF TO COME UP ON, AND THEN COME UP WITH FURTHER EXPLAINING THAT GOAL STATEMENT AND THEN THE OBJECTIVES. SO THAT INCORPORATES A LOT OF THE DISCUSSION. YOU HAD SOME OF THE DETAILS THAT YOU GAVE US, EVEN REACHING BACK TO THE INTERVIEWS AND THE INPUT THAT WE GOT AS WELL, TO INCORPORATE A LOT OF THOSE THOUGHTS THAT FALL UNDERNEATH THAT. SO SUPPORT COMPLETION OF THE VILLAGE CENTER. THIS IS PROBABLY YOUR MOST, I WOULD JUST SAY UPFRONT, YOUR MOST COMPLICATED GOAL, PROBABLY YOUR MOST LONG TERM GOAL. IT'S A LOT OF MOVING PARTS, VERY STRATEGIC, VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS GOAL. SO YOU REALLY WANT TO COMPLETE THE DEVELOPMENT OF YOUR VILLAGE CENTER. YOU WANT TO BE VIBRANT, INCLUSIVE AND ECONOMICALLY THRIVING AS A HUB. IT ENHANCES THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. YOU WANTED UNIQUE BUSINESSES ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. YOU DIDN'T WANT STANDARD, SORT OF FRANCHISE TYPE BUSINESSES. YOU WANT TO BE VERY UNIQUE, AND IT POSITIONS THE CITY AS A PREMIER DESTINATION FOR TALENT, AND IT REFLECTS THE IDENTITY OF A COMMUNITY. YOU WANT IT TO ALSO BE, YOU KNOW, REFLECTIVE OF WHO YOU ARE AS NEW ALBANY, BUT YOU ALSO KNOW THAT THIS SORT OF A HUB ATTRACTS, KEEPS RESIDENTS AND ATTRACTS OTHERS. RIGHT? IT'S A BIT OF A MAGNET. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT OBJECTIVES ASSOCIATED WITH THAT, WE TALK ABOUT THINGS LIKE, I HATE TO READ ALL THIS TO YOU, BUT WE CAN KIND OF HIT ON THEM SOME. BUT REAFFIRMING AND UPDATING THE COMMUNITY VILLAGE CENTER VISION AS AS IT MAY BE NECESSARY, INCORPORATE THE CITY'S URBAN CENTER CODE. YOU HAVE A LOT OF THESE THINGS IN PLACE. YOU'VE DONE A LOT OF THOUGHT ABOUT THIS. IF THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO ACQUIRE LAND IN AND AROUND THE AREA BY THE CITY, THAT THAT YOU WANT TO HAVE YOUR OWN CONTROL OF OR INFLUENCE, THAT IS AN OPTION, SOMETHING THAT CITIES EXERCISE ROUTINELY. YOU DO HAVE A GREAT PARTNER IN NEW ALBANY COMPANY WHO ALSO OWNS A LOT OF PROPERTY IN THE AREA. SO HOW DO YOU WORK WITH THEM OVER TIME TO GET THIS MOVING AND MOVING AT A PACE AT WHICH THE CITY WOULD PREFER, HOPEFULLY, AND SEE SOME OUTCOMES ON THAT. SO THAT MEANS SOME PROACTIVE ENGAGEMENT AND CONTINUE IDENTIFYING THE FINANCIAL REQUIREMENTS AND RESOURCES THAT IT WOULD TAKE TO SUPPORT THE VISION. SO THESE ARE SOME OF THOSE OBJECTIVES TO CONSIDER. NOW THERE MAY BE 500 MORE OBJECTIVES OR NOT QUITE THAT MANY, BUT A FEW THAT YOU'LL NEED TO CONSIDER ALONG THE WAY. AS DAVE POINTED OUT, AS YOU START TO ENGAGE AND YOU START TO TO TAKE ACTION WITH THIS SORT OF THING. SO WHAT I'LL DO IS I'LL KIND OF GO THROUGH THESE IF YOU WANT TO COME BACK AND TALK ABOUT ANYTHING, WE CAN DO THAT OR FEEL FREE TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS OR MAKE COMMENTS HERE AS WE GO. A GOAL TWO IS CREATE A LAND ACQUISITION STRATEGY. YOU TALKED ABOUT THE IDEA OF IMPLEMENTING REALLY WAS A PROACTIVE STRATEGY THAT ALSO CAN HELP GUIDE DEVELOPMENT BY ACQUIRING LAND, PROTECTING FOR THESE KIND OF PURPOSES, YOU CAN USE IT TO PROTECT OPEN SPACE. YOU CAN USE IT TO PROTECT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. YOU CAN ENSURE THAT YOU LAND USE IS ALIGNED WITH COMMUNITY PRIORITIES. YOU CAN ALSO ACQUIRE LAND FOR PUBLIC PURPOSES OR PUBLIC FACILITIES AND PARK LANDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO SOME OF THOSE OBJECTIVES ARE OBVIOUSLY ESTABLISHING A LAND ACQUISITION FUND. YOU MAY HAVE A COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT CORPORATION OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. IF YOU DON'T, YOU MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER FORMING ONE, PARTNERING WITH ANOTHER COMMUNITY WHO HAS A CIC. THERE'S ALL KINDS OF TOOLS THAT YOU CAN LEVERAGE WITH THIS SORT OF THING OR DON'T DO ANY OF THAT, JUST PURCHASE IT AND AND OWN IT. AGAIN, FOR ALL THOSE REASONS, YOU CAN YOU CAN ACQUIRE LAND AND PRESERVING AREAS. AND OF COURSE, WHENEVER YOU DO THAT, YOU ALSO WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT, OKAY, WHAT'S GOING TO BE THE COST IMPLICATION OF HAVING THIS LAND AND HOLDING ON TO IT. SO IF YOU'RE NOT GOING TO PUT IT INTO MOTION RIGHT AWAY OR GET AN ROI ON THAT LAND, OR DO YOU WANT AN 
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ROI ON THAT LAND OR RETURN ON INVESTMENT, OR IS IT JUST SOMETHING YOU WANT TO HOLD? THERE'S COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH ALL THAT AS WELL. SO THINGS I'M SURE YOU ALREADY KNOW. SOME OF THAT'S OBVIOUS, BUT THINGS TO CONSIDER. ANOTHER GOAL WAS TO DETERMINE THE OVERALL PARKS, FACILITIES, RESPONSIBILITIES AND OPERATIONS. SO WE TALKED ABOUT CREATING A CITY SPECIFIC PARKS AND RECREATION FACILITIES AND OPERATIONS PLAN. YOU ALSO HAVE ANOTHER GOAL IN HERE THAT TALKS ABOUT FACILITIES, BUT IT'S NOT QUITE THE SAME. I THINK WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE IS REALLY TAKING A STEPPING BACK AND TAKING A LOOK AT PARKS AND RECREATION AS A WHOLE. YOU HAVE A JOINT PARK DISTRICT AND I WILL TELL YOU, CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT. IF I HAD A DO OVER WHERE I USED TO BE, I'D PROBABLY DO ONE OF THOSE. IN FACT, WE STARTED TO MOVE THAT DIRECTION. I THINK THOSE ARE THOSE ARE THAT'S A GREAT TOOL AND AN ASSET TO HAVE IN PARTNERSHIP. YOU ALWAYS WANT TO LOOK AT THAT, RIGHT. AND SAY, OKAY, IS THAT THE BEST FOR US? ARE THERE MODIFICATIONS OF THAT? SHOULD WE EXPAND THAT CONTRACT THAT OR MAYBE THERE'S THINGS WE WANT TO DO THAT THE JOINT DISTRICT SHOULDN'T DO OR THINGS THAT JOINT DISTRICT CAN DO THAT WE DON'T WANT TO DO. YOU'RE ALREADY DOING THAT RIGHT TO A GREAT DEGREE. BUT YOU WANTED TO GO BACK AND TAKE A LOOK AT THAT, BECAUSE AS YOU CONTINUE TO GROW, THERE'LL BE MORE AND MORE DEMAND ON PASSIVE LANDS, ON RECREATIONAL USES, RECREATIONAL PROGRAMING, AND YOU'LL PROBABLY GET MORE AND MORE DEMAND AND REQUEST FOR THAT AS YOUR AS YOUR POPULATION CONTINUES TO GROW. SO I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT YOU ARE WRESTLING, THINKING ABOUT WRESTLING THIS TO GROUND AND JUST KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON THAT AND WHAT IT MIGHT MEAN FOR YOUR COMMUNITY AND HOW YOU CAN BEST BEST RESPOND BOTH FOR MANAGE THE LEADERSHIP TRANSITION. NOW THAT'S A BROAD TERM OR BROAD SET OF TERMS, BUT WE KNOW THAT REALLY HAD A LOT TO DO WITH WITH FRANKLY, WITH JOE'S DEPARTURE AND RETIRING FROM HIS ROLE AND TALKING ABOUT HOW DO YOU MANAGE THROUGH THAT PROCESS, BUT ALSO THAT HAS SECOND, THIRD ORDER EFFECTS TO NOT DUE TO HIS TRANSITION, BUT THE GROWTH OF THE CITY AS A WHOLE, BECAUSE YOUR STAFF WILL PROBABLY CONTINUE TO GROW TO MEET THOSE NEEDS. WHAT WHAT ARE THOSE LEADERSHIP? NOT JUST TRANSITIONS, BUT GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES LOOK LIKE, WHAT ARE THOSE NEEDS ASSOCIATED WITH GROWTH AS WELL. SO OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, AS YOU HAVE ALWAYS DONE AND AS A PROFESSIONAL, PROFESSIONALLY RUN CITY, YOU YOU DO TRANSPARENT AND PROFESSIONAL SEARCHES FOR EVERY POSITION THAT YOU DO SELECTING A LEADER. AND THESE ARE A LOT OF THESE ARE A LOT OF THE KIND OF TERMS AND WORDS THAT WE HEARD IN OUR DISCUSSIONS WITH YOU ABOUT SUPPORTING THE STABILITY, NOT ONLY THE COMMUNITY, BUT OF THE STAFF AND OPERATIONS, BUT KNOWING THAT YOU NEED SOMEONE WHO MIGHT HAVE, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY GOING TO HAVE TO HELP MANAGE AND ASSIST YOU IN MANAGING THROUGH THE GROWTH IN THE FUTURE, TOO, BECAUSE THAT'S GOING TO COME WITH SOME CHANGES AND SOME ADJUSTMENTS AND AND FUTURE NEEDS. WANT TO CONTINUE FOSTERING ORGANIZATIONAL EXCELLENCE. YOU WANT THOSE YOU WANT THAT CITIZEN SURVEY TO CONTINUE TO COME BACK AT THE HIGH LEVEL. IT IS RIGHT. AND SO WE WANT TO STAND BY THAT AND UPHOLD THAT AND UPHOLD JUST THE VALUES AND RESPONSIVENESS OF AN EFFECTIVE LOCAL GOVERNMENT, WHICH YOU ALL HAVE DONE SUCH A GREAT JOB ALL THESE YEARS OF CREATING. SO AND YOU WANT TO YOU SAID YOU WANTED TO EMPOWER THE LEADERSHIP, THOUGH, TO BRING NEW AND DIFFERENT IDEAS THAT THEY MAY HAVE OR DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES THAT THEY MAY HAVE HAD IN OTHER CITIES, IF SO APPLICABLE. AND TO HELP YOU GET TO THAT OTHER LEVEL, WHATEVER THAT MAY BE, AS YOU CONTINUE TO GROW. AND REPLICATING JOE'S NOT GOING TO BE EASY. SO LET ME ADD THAT ONE TOO. SO ACTUALLY, I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT. GOAL FIVE AND THIS WAS YOUR LAST FILM. THE DEVELOPMENT MASTER FACILITIES PLAN KIND OF SOUNDS LIKE THE PARKS THING, BUT IT'S NOT. IT'S REALLY TALKED ABOUT DOING A COMPREHENSIVE MASTER FACILITIES PLAN THAT WILL SERVE AS A STRATEGIC ROADMAP, NOT ONLY FOR EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT OF THOSE KIND OF FACILITIES, BUT ALSO THEIR UTILIZATION. AND WHAT MIGHT THOSE LONG TERM INVESTMENTS BE ABOUT, AND WHAT WOULD THEY BE LIKE TO SUPPORT THE FUTURE GROWTH? SO AS YOU CONTINUE TO KEEP YOUR EYE ON FUTURE GROWTH, YOU'RE THINKING AHEAD WITH LAND ACQUISITION OR WHAT HAVE YOU, PERHAPS WITH YOUR PARKS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THESE OTHER GOALS, WHAT DO OTHER FACILITIES LOOK LIKE THAT YOU MAY NEED TO SUPPORT WITH THAT? SO WE ONLY PUT ON HERE USE A CONSULTANT TO ONLY BECAUSE IN MY IN MY EXPERIENCE, I THINK THEY EXPERIENCE AS WELL THAT I KNOW WITH HIS EXPERIENCE AS WELL. SOMETIMES YOU GOTTA YOU NEED TO REALLY CRAWL UNDER THE HOOD TO LOOK AT YOURSELF AND LOOK AT ALL THAT YOU HAVE WITH YOUR EXISTING FACILITIES. AND I'M TALKING ABOUT, AND I KNOW YOU DO THIS. YOU HAVE A GREAT MAINTENANCE PROGRAM, YOU HAVE A GREAT CAPITAL BUDGET. YOU INVEST IN YOUR FACILITIES. 
          IT'S OBVIOUS WHEN YOU DRIVE AROUND AND LOOK AT LOOK AT YOUR FACILITIES, BUT YOU ALSO WANT TO BE ABLE TO FORECAST. SO HAVING ASSISTANCE IN LOOKING AT HOW YOU DO THAT, FORECASTING, LOOKING AT LIFE CYCLE MAINTENANCE AS IT RELATES TO YOUR EXISTING FACILITIES, AND HOW DOES THAT AFFECT YOU AND YOUR FINANCIAL CYCLES AND SO FORTH. AND THEN AND AGAIN, THAT 
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LIFECYCLE ANALYSIS AND THEN THAT RETURN ON INVESTMENT ESTIMATES FOR FACILITIES UPGRADES, REPLACEMENTS OR EVEN NEW CONSTRUCTION IF YOU CHOOSE TO DO IT IS PRETTY IMPORTANT. 
          THAT'S A HEAVY LIFT. AND JUST INTERACTING WITH YOUR WITH YOUR STAFF. I THINK THEY COULD DO IT, BUT THEY MIGHT NEED SOME HELP. AND THEN IDENTIFYING POTENTIAL FUNDING SOURCES AND PHASED CAPITAL PLAN TO SUPPORT WHATEVER THAT MASTER FACILITIES PLAN LOOKS LIKE IS IS AN OBVIOUS NEXT STEP. SO WITH THAT, THOSE ARE THE FIVE KEY GOALS YOU CAME UP WITH. THAT WAS OUR EFFORT IN WORKING WITH STAFF TO TRY TO PUT SOME, SOME DEFINITION AROUND EACH OF THOSE GOALS, AND THEN ALSO TO IDENTIFY SOME OBJECTIVES TO SERVE AS SORT OF A GUIDEPOST ON HOW TO ACHIEVE THOSE. SO WITH THAT, I'LL ASK IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THOSE OR COMMENTS. I THANK YOU. GOOD. SOUND LIKE WE'RE AT LEAST A BALLPARK OKAY. YEAH. VERY GOOD. 
          ALL RIGHT. SO NEXT STEPS BABY STEPS. SO ALWAYS WHEN YOU GET A KIND OF A COMPREHENSIVE REPORT BACK LIKE THIS, YOU NEED A LITTLE A LITTLE FURTHER SOAK TIME. WE GET THAT. SO I THINK WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR AS PART OF THIS OVERALL PROCESS IS, YOU KNOW, TO VALIDATE THESE GOALS AND PROPOSE IF, TO THE EXTENT THAT YOU FIND IT NECESSARY OR DESIRABLE, ANY ADJUSTMENTS OR MODIFICATIONS TO THEM. AND THEN SECONDLY, ONCE YOU GET TO THAT POINT WHERE THERE'S BROAD SATISFACTION AND ACCEPTANCE OF WHAT YOU'VE WHAT YOU PUT TOGETHER THAT FORMALLY ADOPT THESE, I THINK THAT WAS THE GENERAL SENTIMENT GOING INTO THIS THAT YOU WOULD COLLECTIVELY ACT TO ADOPT THESE AS YOUR OFFICIAL GOALS AND OBJECTIVES, OR STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE CITY GOING FORWARD, AND THAT YOU CONTINUE TO WORK IN YOUR BUDGETING PROCESS, BOTH YOUR CAPITAL AND YOUR OPERATING BUDGETS, TO TO TAKE THESE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES AND WEAVE THEM INTO THE THE SPENDING PRIORITIES OF THE CITY GOING FORWARD. EACH OF THESE WILL HAVE CERTAIN IMPLICATIONS. AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, SOME TYPE OF A FISCAL IMPACT. AND SO THAT NEEDS TO BE PART OF WHAT DRIVES YOUR BUDGET OVERALL. AND I THINK THAT KIND OF SUMMARIZES THE EXERCISE AND THE RESULTS THAT CAME OUT OF IT. AND DANA AND I STAND READY AND WILLING AND ABLE TO ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE ABOUT WHAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO PUT TOGETHER WITH YOU. WELL, DAVE AND DANA, THANKS FOR SPENDING SOME TIME WITH US AND GATHERING THE INFORMATION NEEDED TO PUT TOGETHER THIS PRESENTATION. YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES IT'S COMPLICATED TO LISTEN TO A GROUP OF SEVEN PEOPLE AND THEN HAVE STAFF TRANSLATE WHAT WE THOUGHT WE SAID AND PUT IT INTO A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. SO APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS NOT ONLY FROM YOU AND DANA, BUT THE ENTIRE MANAGEMENT ADVISORY GROUP. CERTAINLY TAKE THIS UNDER ADVISEMENT. CAN WE GET COPIES OF THESE EMAILED TO US OF THE SLIDE DECK SO WE HAVE IT? OKAY. AND THEN WE'LL HAVE TO PICK A TIME. CLARK MASON SOMETIME GET THIS FISCAL YEAR TO REVIEW THESE AND ADOPT THEM AND PROBABLY SHARE THEM PUBLICLY SO THAT FOLKS KNOW WHAT WE'RE SORT OF ZEROED IN ON. WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY TALKED TO THESE CHAMBERS AND A BIT TO THE PUBLIC ABOUT SOME OF THE LEADERSHIP TRANSITIONS THAT THE CITY IS GOING TO FACE. BUT I'M NOT SURE HOW MANY PEOPLE WALKING DOWN THE STREET REALLY REALIZE THAT JOE STEFANOFF IS CONTEMPLATING RETIREMENT AND THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS VERY CHALLENGING PROCESS OF FINDING THE NEXT LEADER FOR THE CITY, IMPORTANTLY, NOT ONLY FOR THE, YOU KNOW, STRATEGIC PLANNING, BUT FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF OUR INCREDIBLE STAFF. AND THIS WILL CERTAINLY HELP, YOU KNOW, PROVIDE SOME GUIDEPOSTS TO ALL OF THIS AS WE HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE PUBLIC. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. YEAH. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. BE AVAILABLE FOR ANY FURTHER FOLLOW UP. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. AND AS ALWAYS YOU'RE WELCOME TO STAY THE WHOLE EVENING OR GO OUT AND ENJOY WHAT'S LEFT OF A BEAUTIFUL NIGHT. WE'RE GEEKY CITY MANAGERS ENOUGH THAT WE PROBABLY WOULD DO THAT. WELL, WE ARE STILL UNDER HEARING OF VISITORS. IS THERE A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS COUNCIL REGARDING A MATTER THAT IS NOT ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA? HEARING, NO PUBLIC COMMENT? I WILL MOVE ON AND 
          [7.       BOARD/COMMISSION REPORTS]
TAKE US TO BOARD AND COMMISSION REPORTS. ANY UPDATE FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION? NO MEETING. 
          PARKS AND TRAILS. NO MEETING OR NO MEETING. BZA. THERE WAS A MEETING. OH, YES. SO THERE YOU GO. SO THERE'S TWO ITEMS THAT WE HAD ON THE AGENDA. THE FIRST WAS A PAVEMENT SETBACK VARIANCE. 
          THIS WAS FOR THE BEACH ROAD, MILLER ROAD, MILLER ROAD INTERSECTION TO LOCATE IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER THERE. AND PRETTY MUCH EASY DISCUSSION. EVERYTHING WAS FINE AND THEY 
          [00:30:01]
PASSED IT. THE SECOND THING THOUGH, I WANTED TO BRING UP AND KIND OF GET SOME FEEDBACK A LITTLE BIT HERE. THE SECOND VARIANCE WE HAD WAS A HOT TUB VARIANCE, AND THIS WAS A VARIANCE THAT APPLICANT, JOSEPH ERB BROUGHT TO US BROUGHT. AND IT WAS TALKING ABOUT TWO THINGS THAT THEY NEEDED A VARIANCE FOR. ONE WAS TO BE ABLE TO HAVE AN ABOVE GROUND HOT TUB, AND THE OTHER ONE WAS TO ELIMINATE THE FENCING REQUIREMENTS. AND THE REASON WHY THAT HE NEEDED THOSE TWO THINGS IS THAT IN OUR CODE THAT WE HAVE HERE, IT TALKS ABOUT POOLS AND SPAS. AND UNDER THIS LANGUAGE THEY CONSIDERED A HOT TUB A SPA. I THINK WE ALL PROBABLY LOOK AT SPAS, MAYBE THE ONES THAT ARE COMBINED WITH POOLS AND KIND OF THAT REASON FOR COVERS AND FENCES AND EVERYTHING ELSE AND SAFETY PEOPLE DON'T FALL INTO AND EVERYTHING, BUT WE REALLY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING SPECIFICALLY DESIGNATED FOR HOT TUBS. AND SO THE DISCUSSION THAT WE HAD WAS IF IT WAS APPROVED, THEY WENT AHEAD AND APPROVED IT. AND WITH JUST SOME CONDITIONS, MAINLY AROUND LANDSCAPING. BUT IT HAD A BIGGER DISCUSSION ABOUT, YOU KNOW, SHOULD THERE BE SPECIFIC GUIDELINES OR I SHOULD SAY IN OUR CODES RELATED TO HOT TUBS, TALKING WITH STAFF, THAT WOULD BE A PRETTY IN-DEPTH PROCESS TO, YOU KNOW, GO AHEAD AND START DOING THAT. WE CAN CONTINUE TO DO THE VARIANCES. BUT I THINK WE WOULD ALL AGREE, AND I KNOW THE BOARD DID THAT. SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT YOU LOOK AT WITH POOLS AND SPAS DON'T NECESSARILY RELATE TO HOT TUBS. 
          I MEAN, HOT TUBS ARE GENERALLY 3 TO 4FT HIGH. NO ONE'S GOING TO KIND OF FALL INTO ONE. MOST OF THE COVERS NOW HAVE LOCKS ON THEM, WHICH WAS THE CASE IN THIS PARTICULAR APPLICATION. 
          AND SCREENING, YOU KNOW, IS PROBABLY MORE OF THE ISSUE IN IT. BUT I'M JUST CURIOUS AND JUST WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS ARE, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD, YOU KNOW, MAYBE LOOK AT TRYING TO DEVELOP SOME SPECIFIC STANDARDS AROUND HOT TUBS, OR DO WE LEAVE IT AS IT IS AND JUST HAVE EITHER PLANNING COMMISSION OR BZA WHICHEVER CASES COME IN FRONT OF THEM, JUST HANDLE THEM. AND WE'VE ALREADY GOT PRECEDENT SET NOW BECAUSE IT REALLY HASN'T BEEN MUCH AROUND HOT TUBS. IT'S ONLY BEEN POOLS AND SPAS. BUT SO WE DO HAVE PRECEDENT WHERE WE HAVE A VARIANCE NOW APPROVED FOR THOSE TWO THINGS. BUT I PROMISED I'D BRING IT UP AND GET YOUR GET YOUR THOUGHTS ON IT. IT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE IN BETWEEN THINGS. WE DON'T NECESSARILY DELINEATE SPECIFICALLY TO DID I. RIGHT. BUT I THINK DIRECTOR CHRYSLER HAS A COMMENT. YEAH. AND I THINK CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, CHRIS, BUT THE SPECIFIC VARIANCE WAS TO A PUD TEXT. IS THAT CORRECT? SO I THINK THE CHALLENGE WE HAVE IS THAT IT'S NOT A STRAIGHT CODE. IT'S NOT LIKE. LANDSCAPE STANDARDS IN OUR CODE OR, YOU KNOW, JUST STRAIGHT ZONING DISTRICTS. SO WE'D HAVE TO GO THROUGH, WHICH IS FINE. WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THIS. AND I THINK IT WAS RELATES BACK TO SOME OF THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGE IN THE 98 PUD TEXT. AND SO AT THAT TIME, IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, I WAS AROUND IN 98 WHEN PEOPLE WERE BUYING HOT TUBS AND THEY WERE OFTEN SOLD AS SPAS. RIGHT. SO I THINK IT COULD HAVE BEEN INTERCHANGEABLE LANGUAGE, WHEREAS I THINK NOW THEY'RE MORE COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS HOT TUBS BECAUSE THEY'VE, YOU KNOW, EVOLVED. WE WOULD NEED TO LOOK AT EVERY PUD TEXT AND MAKE A ZONING CHANGE, WHICH WOULD REQUIRE NOTIFICATION FOR ALL OF THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS. SO LIKE THE SAUNTON NEIGHBORHOOD, EVERY NEIGHBOR WOULD NEED TO BE NOTIFIED THAT THE ZONING WAS GETTING CHANGED, EVEN IF IT WAS CITY SPONSORED. AND ANY EVERY SINGLE RESIDENTIAL PUD AREA. WE CAN CERTAINLY START THAT PROJECT. THAT'S IT'S NOT A PROBLEM IF THAT'S WHAT COUNCIL'S DIRECTION IS. JUST WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF CLARIFY THAT IT'S NOT A IT'S NOT A SINGLE CODE CHANGE. IT WOULD BE FOR ON A NEIGHBORHOOD BY NEIGHBORHOOD BASIS ON A PUD, TEXT BY PUD TEXT BASIS. THE OTHER INTERESTING FACT IS THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVEN'T SEEN VARIANCES FOR THESE. AND SO WE COULD ALSO MONITOR AND TRACK TO SEE IF WE START GETTING AN ABUNDANCE OF THEM, LIKE BECAUSE IT SEEMS ONEROUS ON A PROPERTY OWNER. THEN TO HAVE TO DO THIS, WHICH I THINK IS COUNCILMAN JONES POINT IS THAT IF IT'S AN ANTIQUATED CODE, THEN WHY ARE WE PUTTING THAT BURDEN ON THE BURDEN ON THE RESIDENT? BUT IF WE'VE ONLY SEEN ONE IN THE LAST, I THINK IT WAS FIVE YEARS AGO, RIGHT. THE THE SPA. RIGHT, WHICH THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, THEY DID PUT THE FENCE AROUND THAT AND YOU KNOW, IT IS IT IS REALLY A HOT TUB SPA. I MEAN, IT'S BIGGER THAN A HOT TUB. IS IT IS IT CURRENTLY A SIZE ISSUE. IS IT. IT'S JUST IT'S JUST ANY 
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BODY OF WATER THAT HERE NEEDS A FENCE AROUND IT. PRETTY MUCH. I THINK THAT WAS KIND OF THE GENERAL IDEA. YEAH. THIS WAS SPECIFICALLY A VARIANCE FOR HAVING AN ABOVE GROUND SPOT ABOVE GROUND BECAUSE THERE'S SUPPOSED TO BE IN THE GROUND. AND THEN THEY HAD A FENCING WITH IT IN THIS ZONING TEXT. YES. SO THAT DOESN'T THAT MIGHT NOT NECESSARILY BE THE ZONING TEXT THAT APPLIES TO I'M MAKING THIS UP RIGHT NOW. WINDSOR. RIGHT. RIGHT. WINDSOR MAY BE AND I JUST I DON'T KNOW I JUST MADE THAT UP AS AN EXAMPLE. YEAH I'M LIKE BUT SO I THINK PROBABLY THE ESTHETIC YEAH. AT THE TIME WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS CONTEMPLATED IN THE ORIGINAL GROUP THAT DID THOSE EARLY 98 PUDS. AND SO THERE WAS VERY STRICT STANDARDS WITH RESPECT TO LANDSCAPING AND VIEW CORRIDORS AND VIEWSHEDS AND, AND SO I THINK THAT WAS PART OF WHY THAT WAS THERE. SO, SO IT IS AN OLDER TEXT. IT WOULD JUST LIKE I SAID, IT WOULD REQUIRE EVERYONE WITHIN THAT PUD. SO EVERYONE WITHIN THAT ORIGINAL 98 PUD, FOR EXAMPLE, WOULD BE NOTIFIED AND COME TO A PUBLIC HEARING, BECAUSE THERE MAY BE A DIFFERENCE IN OPINION. AND WE'VE HEARD THIS BEFORE OF PEOPLE WHO WOULD WANT THAT CHANGE, DID NOT WANT THAT CHANGED. AND I CERTAINLY THINK THE SENTIMENT FOR VIEW CORRIDOR AND HIGH STANDARDS WOULD BE THE SAME AS IT WAS IN THE 90S. SO SO ANYBODY WHO WOULD GO OUT TO PURCHASE A SIX PERSON, EIGHT PERSON HOT TUB TO PUT ON THEIR PATIO WHAT IS REQUIRED OF THEM NOW? IT DEPENDS ON WHERE THEY LIVE IN THE ZONING TEXT THAT GUIDES THAT THAT YEAH, I WOULDN'T IF I WAS GOING TO BUY A HOT TUB AND IT'S MY OWN. I'M NAIVE ABOUT IT. I WOULDN'T EVEN THINK THAT I HAVE TO COME TO THE CITY. I WOULD PUT IT ON MY PATIO. MOST PEOPLE DO THE HOA, GET THE APPROVAL THERE AND PROBABLY MOVE FORWARD FROM THAT. AND I THINK HOA SOMETIMES THEN DIRECTS THEM BECAUSE KEEP IN MIND IT COULD BE DIFFERENT DEPENDING ON A DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOOD. SO THE HOA TYPICALLY IS FIRST IN WHAT THE ZONING TEXT SAYS. AND SO THEY MAY SEND THEM TO US AND SAY LOOK. AND OFTENTIMES THE HOA REGULATIONS MIRROR WHAT'S IN THE ZONING TEXT. SO IF THE HOA SAYS IT'S OKAY, WHICH MOST PEOPLE WOULD CALL THE HOA FIRST, IT'S LIKELY THAT IT'S NOT IN THE ZONING TEXT FOR THAT PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD. IT JUST DEPENDS ON THE SITUATION. 
          OKAY. I'VE BEEN GETTING A LOT OF CALLS FROM CONCERNED RESIDENTS ABOUT ZONING VIOLATIONS FOR HOT TUB PLACEMENT. NO. ALL RIGHT. I'M NOT SURE IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT USE OF STAFF TIME WITH EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WE HAVE FROM A PRIORITY STANDPOINT, TO DIVERT, TO TACKLE A PROBLEM THAT MAYBE DOESN'T EXIST. I WOULD YEAH, I WOULD, I WOULD SAY THE SAME THING. I THINK IT'S A IT'S A LOT OF ADMINISTRATIVE WORK TO TRY AND MAKE CHANGE TO CODE, ETC. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THAT IF IT GOES BEFORE PLANNING OR ZONING OR WHOEVER, IT WINDS UP IN FRONT OF THAT, THEY DO TAKE CONSIDERATION IN TERMS OF SCREENING AND WHATEVER. SOME OF THEM CAN BE VERY UNSIGHTLY, AND I DON'T WANT TO BE DEALING WITH RESIDENTS WHO ARE NEIGHBORS COMING IN AND SAY, HOW COULD YOU LET THIS MONSTROSITY BE THERE? SO I THINK IN TERMS OF SCREENING, THE OTHER IS SAFETY. I THINK WITH POOLS AND FENCING, IT WAS FOR CHILDREN AND OTHER THINGS GETTING INTO THE POOLS OR SOMEBODY GOING INTO SOMEBODY'S NEIGHBORHOOD OR INTO THEIR POOL AND TRYING TO MIDNIGHT SWIM OR WHATEVER. I DON'T WANT ANYBODY GETTING INTO SOMEBODY'S HOT TUB AND BEING AN ISSUE. SO IF THEY SECURE THEM, I THINK THAT'S GREAT. ALONG WITH SCREENING, AS LONG AS WHETHER IT'S ZONING OR PLANNING OR THERE'S SOME CONSISTENCY TO IT, AND WE CAN CERTAINLY THE PLANNING TEAM AND CHRIS, THEY'VE DONE A FANTASTIC JOB OF NOW CAPTURING A LOT OF DIFFERENT CALLS THAT THEY GET INQUIRIES SO THAT WE'RE ANSWERING THE SAME QUESTION OVER AND OVER AGAIN. WE IT KIND OF FLAGS FOR US. AND THAT'S THE FIRST TIME, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A LEVEL OF SOPHISTICATION THAT WE HAVEN'T HAD BEFORE. AND SO I THINK WE'RE GOING TO WE ALSO MEET REGULARLY OR HAVE RELATIONSHIPS REGULARLY WITH THE HOA PRESIDENTS. AND SO IT IS SOMETHING THAT WHEN YOU GET A CASE FOR VARIANCE, YOU ALWAYS WANT TO KEEP AN EYE ON, LIKE AGAIN, WHETHER THIS IS ONEROUS NOW ON A RESIDENT, BASED ON THE FACT THAT A CODE MIGHT BE ANTIQUATED. AND SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR ALL OF THOSE CHANNELS. AND IF EVEN IF WE DON'T GET A CASE THAT COMES BEFORE YOU OR BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION OR BZA WILL CERTAINLY KNOW THE VOLUME OF INQUIRIES, AND WE CAN WE CAN MAKE SOME INFORMED DECISIONS THEN. GOOD. I JUST WANT TO DO MY DUE DILIGENCE. AND THAT WAS THE REPORT. WHAT ABOUT COLD PLUNGES? THAT WOULD BE THE NEXT OR NOBODY'S IN LONG ENOUGH OR JACUZZIS. WHERE DOES THAT FALL IN. IN. THAT'S IT RIGHT. THERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT. THANKS FOR THAT UPDATE. ANYTHING FROM OR ARE WE HERE? ALL RIGHT. 
          SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD. SO I WASN'T AT COUNCIL LAST WEEK. I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY. 
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DID ANYBODY DO AN UPDATE OKAY. SO I DID BRING MY NOTES FROM THE MEETING ON AUGUST 13TH. I DID WANTED TO I DON'T THINK WE POINTED OUT THAT WE HAVE AS COUNCIL KNOWS, WE HAVE A STUDENT THAT'S A MEMBER OF THE SAB. OUR STUDENT, RIO HALL, GRADUATED LAST YEAR AND HER REPLACEMENT YOU ARE SOMEWHAT FAMILIAR WITH ALREADY IS NOEL GRIFFITH, WHO SPOKE TO COUNCIL A COUPLE MEETINGS AGO. SO SHE WAS A RECIPIENT OF OUR SUSTAINABILITY STUDENT SUSTAINABILITY AWARD FOR A GREAT PROGRAM SHE DID WITH COMPOSTING. SO SHE IS OUR APPOINTEE FROM NEW ALBANY HIGH SCHOOL. SO NOEL COMPLETES THE SAB. SO WE HAD A NICE DISCUSSION ABOUT 2025 ANNUAL REVIEW AND OUR 2026 WORK PLAN. SO YOU'LL BE HEARING MORE ABOUT THAT WHEN WE GET INTO THE BUDGET COMING UP NOT TOO LONG DOWN THE ROAD. A FEW UPDATES. 
          SO SHE IS EXTREMELY SUSTAINABLE AND VERY CONSCIOUS ABOUT. THEY'VE A POLICY. EVERY TREE THEY REMOVE, THEY REPLACE IN ALL THEIR DEVELOPMENTS AND THEY HAVE COMMITTED TO PLANTING 100,000 TREES IN NEW ALBANY, 100,000. SO NOW WOW, THAT'S A LOT OF TREES. WE ARE BURDENED WITH FINDING OUT WHERE TO PLANT 100,000 TREES BACKYARDS. SO I DID CLARIFY. I'M PRETTY SURE THEY DID NOT TAKE DOWN 100,000 TREES FOR THEIR DEVELOPMENT, BUT THAT IS THEIR COMMITMENT. 
          SO AS WE DO, WE'RE DOING A LITTLE BIT OF DUE DILIGENCE NOW TO FIND OUT WHERE WE CAN PLACE THOSE. SO I'LL BE PROVIDING MORE UPDATES, BUT REALLY EXCITING PARTNERSHIP. I THINK THAT'S GREAT. YOU MAY HAVE TO ORDER ANOTHER LEAF COLLECTOR. RIGHT? OKAY. RIGHT. BRIAN JUST CRINGED OVER THERE. WE NEED FOUR MORE ARBORISTS, SOME LEAF COLLECTORS. THAT'S GOOD. SO UPDATE THE PROJECTS. I BELIEVE TAYLOR FARM AND PLANTER'S GROVE ARE UNDERWAY AT THIS POINT. 
          THEY'VE KICKED THOSE TWO OFF THE PILOT FOOD WASTE PROGRAM IN WINDSOR. I BELIEVE YOU HAVE SEEN SOME MAILERS GOING OUT ADVERTISING THE PROGRAM FOR WINDSOR RESIDENTS. SO I BELIEVE A MAILER WENT DIRECTLY TO WINDSOR RESIDENTS AND IT'S BEING ADVERTISED ON ON THE SOCIALS. A WATERCOURSE MAILING WENT OUT A COUPLE WEEKS AGO. SO IF YOU HAVE A WATERCOURSE IN YOUR BACKYARD, KIND OF A BEST PRACTICES, HOW TO MAINTAIN AND WHAT TO DO AND NOT DO WITH YOUR YOUR WATERCOURSE IN YOUR BACKYARD, KIND OF SUMMARIZE OUR FARMER'S MARKET BOOTH WITH THE SWAG AND ALL THE ATTENDANCE, AND GETTING THE WORD OUT ON ALL OF OUR INITIATIVES. A PRETTY COOL NEW PROGRAM THAT IS NOT JUST THE SAP, BUT WE'RE PARTNERING WITH THE SCHOOLS PLAN, LOCAL TOWNSHIP AND ABERCROMBIE. IT'S A PROGRAM CALLED JEANS FOR GREEN NEW ALBANY. IT'S GOING TO RUN FROM SEPTEMBER 20TH 2ND TO OCTOBER 10TH, AND IT IS A RECYCLING PROGRAM SPECIFICALLY FOR DENIM. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SEVERAL DROP OFF LOCATIONS AND IT WILL BE RECYCLED, AND WE'RE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY DO WITH THE RECYCLED PRODUCT, BUT WE'VE BEEN ASSURED THAT IT DOES GET RECYCLED. SO IF YOU'VE GOT THOSE OLD WELL, I CAN'T SAY BRING BELL BOTTOMS BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THEY COME IN AND OUT. SO THEY WANT TO HANG ON TO THE BELL BOTTOMS. BUT HE GOT DENIM THAT YOU WANT TO GET RID OF. HANG ON TO IT UNTIL SEPTEMBER 22ND. AND I THINK IT'LL BE A LOT OF THE SAME DROP OFF LOCATIONS WE HAVE FOR LIKE THE HOLIDAY RECYCLING AND, AND THOSE INITIATIVES THAT WE HAVE. SO THAT'S A COOL PROGRAM. AND THEN WE JUST DID SOME UPDATED FIGURES ON THE GO ZERO FOOD WASTE DROP OFF PROGRAM. STILL DOING REALLY WELL WITH OUR OUR CURRENT DROP OFFS. AND YOU KNOW, WE'RE SEVERAL YOU KNOW I THINK WE'RE 40 TONS OF DIVERTED WASTE AT THIS POINT. BUT REALLY YOU KNOW, THE NUMBERS ARE TRENDING UP STILL. SO THE PROGRAM IS STILL BEING WELL RECEIVED. AND AGAIN, I'LL PROVIDE SOME MORE UPDATES ONCE WE KIND OF DRILL DOWN ON OUR OUR 2026 WORK PLAN. BUT OVERALL REALLY GOOD MEETING. 
          ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE. ANYTHING FROM THE IDEA IMPLEMENTATION PANEL YOU DON'T HAVE A MEETING TO REPORT ON? I WILL SAY THERE WAS A DIWALI PLANNING CALL LAST WEEK, AND THEY ARE EXCITED ABOUT ALL OF THE NEW IDEAS. LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT COMING IN OCTOBER. I KNOW WE HAVE A BIG EVENT COMING UP NEXT WEEK. DO YOU WANT TO TALK? AND THEN I KNOW MIKE HAS WHERE HE WANTS TO TALK ABOUT. YEAH, I MEAN I THINK WE'VE TALKED ABOUT ALL OF IT. 
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EVERYBODY KNOWS NEXT THURSDAY NIGHT WE'RE EXCITED. AM I OFF HERE? ARE YOU ON? I'M ON. I COULDN'T HEAR YOU. I'M ON AT THE MCCOY. DOORS OPEN. 637 TO 830 IS THE PROGRAM. IT'S GENERAL ADMISSION, AND THERE'LL BE A RECEPTION AFTER THE PROGRAM AT 8:00 TO 830. WE SOLD OUT MCCOY, AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. I WILL BE FORWARDING COUNCIL. I JUST GOT AN EMAIL WITH THE INVITE FOR ALL OF US TO GO TO THE LUNCH AT THE VETERANS MUSEUM ON FRIDAY, SO I'LL FORWARD THAT ALL TO YOU GUYS TOMORROW, SO YOU CAN RSVP IF YOU WANT TO ATTEND. I KNOW WE WERE ABLE TO MOVE THE BUDGET MEETING SO WE CAN DO THAT. SO REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT. I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE QUITE AN EVENT. SO YEAH, ADD SOMETHING RATHER THAN WAIT TILL THE END OF THE MEETING. BUT UNDER COUNCIL COMMENTS. BUT LAST WEEK CASEY AND I AND ABBY BROOKS ATTENDED THE INDIA FESTIVAL, INDIA INDIAN INDIA FESTIVAL DOWN AT THE CENTER, AT THE CONVENTION CENTER OR EPCOT. THE. CENTER. AND THEY WERE EXTREMELY COMPLIMENTARY, BROUGHT US ALL UP ON STAGE FOR THE ENTIRE GROUP. AND IT'S A BIG EVENT. AND THEY GAVE US A PLAQUE IN TERMS OF APPRECIATION FOR WHAT WE'VE DONE TO PROMOTE DIWALI OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, AND I THINK ATTRIBUTABLE TO, IN CASE THEY MADE A POINT WHEN EACH OF US HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK ABOUT RECOGNIZING ARTS AND WONDERFUL COUNCIL LADIES HERE AND THE IDEA COMMITTEE, WHAT THEY'VE PUT TOGETHER. AND THEY WERE EXTREMELY APPRECIATIVE OF US AS KIND OF A LEADER IN TERMS OF SUPPORTING THAT GROUP AND THE DIWALI. AND THEY'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO A BIGGER AND BIGGER PARTICIPATION THIS YEAR. GREAT. YEAH. IT WAS IT WAS REALLY COOL. THEY PLAYED I'M PRETTY SURE IT WAS. THE CITY PRODUCED VIDEO FROM DIWALI ON THE BIG SCREEN. AND YOU KNOW, IT WAS REALLY WELL ATTENDED. AND AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE VIDEO, THE MISTER MANNING SAID, THAT'S NOT INDIA, THAT'S NEW ORLEANS. SO IT IT WAS PRETTY COOL. SO AGAIN, THEY WERE VERY APPRECIATIVE. AND HE WAS PROMOTING OUR CELEBRATION HEAVILY AT THE INDIA FESTIVAL. 
          SO GET READY. IT COULD BE A IT COULD BE A RECYCLING EVENT. 2.0 YEAH. YEAH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR GOING. YEAH SURE. YEAH. AND I HAVE IT'S REALLY AWESOME. ALL RIGHT. WE HAD NO MEETING IN THE PUBLIC RECORDS COMMISSION. ANYONE RECEIVE ANY CORRESPONDENCE SINCE THE LAST 
          [9. SECOND READING OF ORDINANCES AND PUBLIC HEARING]
MEETING I'D LIKE TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON. THAT TAKES US TO SECOND READING OF ORDINANCES AND PUBLIC HEARING ORDINANCE OH 35 2025, ORDINANCE TO ACCEPT BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENTS IN THE CITY OF COLUMBUS TO THE CITY OF NEW ALBANY, AND CONSENT TO THE ANNEXATION OF TERRITORY FROM PLAIN TOWNSHIP TO THE CITY OF NEW ALBANY TO FACILITATE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS ALONG MORRIS ROAD, MR. THANK YOU, MAYOR. GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL MEMBERS. THIS ORDINANCE FINALIZES THE JURISDICTIONAL BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENTS ALONG MORRIS 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 THAT STRETCH OF ROADWAY, AS THE RESURFACING WAS CONTINGENT UPON THIS BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT. SO THIS ORDINANCE DOES TWO THINGS. IT IT ACCEPTS THE BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT ADJUSTMENT THAT TRANSFERS APPROXIMATELY 26.5 ACRES OF MORRIS ROAD RIGHT OF WAY FROM THE CITY OF COLUMBUS TO THE CITY OF NEW ALBANY, AND THAT AREA IS SHOWN IN RED ON THIS EXHIBIT. AND IT ALSO 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 THIS STRETCH OF ROADWAY, THE JURISDICTION HERE, AND IMPROVING COORDINATION FOR FUTURE MAINTENANCE, AND IT ALSO IMPLEMENTS THE INTENT OF RESOLUTION R 52, 2024, UNDER WHICH THE FRANKLIN COUNTY ENGINEER'S OFFICE IS INCLUDING THIS SEGMENT OF ROADWAY, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 6700FT, IN THEIR RESURFACING PROGRAM THIS YEAR, THAT I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. YOU MAY YOU MAY REMEMBER THAT THIS IS THE INTERIM. THIS IS THE INTERIM IMPROVEMENT. THIS IS NOT THE FINAL SOLUTION, WHICH WILL BE MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE. IT'S GOING TO REQUIRE ADDITIONAL GRANT MONEY, LIKELY FROM THE STATE OR FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, TO TO WIDEN THE ROAD AND MAKE ALL OF THE PLANNED IMPROVEMENTS. 
          BUT THIS WILL BE A MILL AND OVERLAY, SO IT'LL BRING IT UP TO A PASSABLE STANDARD THAT'S 
          [00:50:04]
HAPPENING THIS FALL. THAT'S RIGHT. YEAH. I MEAN, THEY DO HAVE SIGNS OUT TODAY THAT SAID, YOU KNOW, ROAD CONSTRUCTION UNDERWAY. THAT'S NOT THE MILLING AND OVERLAY. THEY'RE STILL DOING THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE SHOULDER. YEAH. SO LAST LAST UPDATE THAT I GOT FROM THE FRANKLIN COUNTY ENGINEERS WAS THAT THEY WOULD HAVE THIS SECTION DONE BY THE END OF OCTOBER. OKAY. SO ALL RIGHT. WELL, WE'LL WAIT FOR THAT COMPLETION. CERTAINLY NEEDS NEEDS SOME IMPROVEMENT. ALL RIGHT. I'LL GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING UNLESS THERE'S ANY COUNCIL COMMENT. WOULD ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC LIKE TO SPEAK REGARDING ORDINANCE OH 35 2025? SEEING NO PUBLIC COMMENT, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND MOVE FOR THE ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE. OH 35 2025. SECOND. MAYOR SPALDING. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. WILTROUT. 
          YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. BRISK. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. DETRICK. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. FELLOWS. YES. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. KIS. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. SHAW. YES. SEVEN YES. VOTES TO ADOPT ORDINANCE OH 35 2025. AND AGAIN, JUST EXPRESSING SOME GRATITUDE AND THANKS TO THE FRANKLIN COUNTY ENGINEER AND THE CITY OF GAHANNA FOR COOPERATING IN THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE MORRIS ROAD CORRIDOR ORDINANCE OH 36 2025 AN ORDINANCE TO APPROVE THE FINAL PLAT MODIFICATIONS FOR LOT 19 IN THE SUBDIVISION, AS REQUESTED BY CURTIS ECKLEBERRY. LAUREN. THANK YOU. THIS PROPOSES TO MODIFY THE FINAL PLAT FOR LOT 19 IN HAWKSMOOR. AS YOU SAID, THIS IS LOT 19, LOCATED IN THE HAWKSMOOR SUBDIVISION AT THE END OF THAT CUL DE SAC. THE PLAT MODIFICATION INCLUDES SEVERAL MODIFICATIONS TO ITEMS FALLING IN THREE CATEGORIES, THOSE BEING TREE PRESERVATION ZONES, NO BUILD ZONES AND DRAINAGE EASEMENTS. THE FIRST FEW MODIFICATIONS ARE SHOWN HERE, AND EXISTING TREE PRESERVATION ZONES 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. A TREE SURVEY SHOWED MORE TREES IN THE NEW PRESERVATION ZONE THAN THE EXISTING ONE THAT IS BEING VACATED. ADDITIONALLY, AN EXISTING COMBINATION ZONE SHOWN IN BLUE IS BEING REMOVED, ENLARGED, AND RELOCATED TO THE AREA IN GREEN AS WELL, AND I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE ORDINANCE. NOW I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. WOULD ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC LIKE TO SPEAK REGARDING ORDINANCE OH 36 2025? SEEING NO PUBLIC COMMENT, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE A MOTION ON THE ORDINANCE? I MOVE FOR THE ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE OH 36 2025 SECOND. COUNCILMEMBER. YES. 
          COUNCILMEMBER. SCHULTZ. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. FELLER. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. DA. YES. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. BRUCE. YES. MAYOR. SPALDING. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. WELCH. YES. SEVEN. YES. 
          [10. INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING OF ORDINANCES]
VOTES. ORDINANCE OH 36 2025 INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE ORDINANCE OH 37 2025. AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTERS 11051153 AND 1157 OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING CODE OF THE CITY OF NEW ALBANY CODIFIED ORDINANCES AS REQUESTED BY THE CITY OF NEW ALBANY. MR. CHRISTIAN. YES. THANK YOU. SO AS YOU MENTIONED, THIS LEGISLATION PROPOSES TO UPDATE THREE SECTIONS OF OUR CITY CODE, THE FIRST ONE BEING SECTION 1105, WHICH IS OUR ZONING DEFINITIONS, 1153, WHICH IS THE GENERAL EMPLOYMENT ZONING DISTRICT, AS WELL AS 1157, WHICH IS THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW OVERLAY DISTRICT. ALSO, THE ZONING DISTRICT THAT ESTABLISHES THE GUIDELINES AND REQUIREMENTS. SO THE PURPOSE OF THESE CHANGES IS REALLY TWOFOLD. 
          THE FIRST ONE, WHICH I'LL GO THROUGH BOTH OF THESE. THE FIRST IS TO CODIFY EXISTING ARCHITECTURAL STANDARDS THAT ARE FOUND IN VARIOUS LIMITATION TEXTS THROUGHOUT THE ALBANY BUSINESS PARK. AND THE SECOND IS TO PROVIDE NEW STANDARDS FOR ADVANCED FABRIC STRUCTURES AND THE ALLEY AND ZONING DISTRICT. SO, AS COUNCIL KNOWS, WE JUST WANTED TO GO OVER THESE FOR FOLKS THAT ARE WATCHING AT HOME OR IN THE AUDIENCE THAT AREN'T AWARE. THE NOMINEE BUSINESS PARK IS MADE UP LARGELY OF TWO DIFFERENT ZONING CLASSIFICATIONS. ALSO, THE ZONING DISTRICT SHOWN THERE IN THE LIGHTER BLUE, AS WELL AS THE ZONING DISTRICT SHOWN IN THE DARKER BLUE, WHICH IS THE TECHNOLOGY MANUFACTURING ZONING DISTRICT. ONE MEMBER OF OUR PLANNING TEAM WHO IS NOT HERE TONIGHT, KELLY BLACKBURN. I'D BE REMISS IF I DID NOT GIVE HER KUDOS. SHE WENT THROUGH EVERY SINGLE LIMITATION TEXT THAT WE HAVE IN THE BUSINESS PARK, SO EVERY ZONING DISTRICT OR EVERY LIMITATION TEXT THAT'S SHOWN FOR THE LIGHT BLUE AREAS AND IDENTIFIED ALL OF THE ARCHITECTURAL STANDARDS THAT WERE CONSISTENT BETWEEN ALL OF THOSE TEXTS. AND WITH THIS CODE CHANGE, WE PROPOSED TO CODIFY THOSE STANDARDS INTO CITY CODE 
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TO SET THE BASELINE EXPECTATION FOR FOLKS WHEN THEY COME IN FOR REZONINGS. SO AGAIN, THIS PROVIDES ARCHITECTURAL STANDARDS FOR THAT ZONING DISTRICT. WE WILL NOT BE STOPPING HERE. WE PLAN TO DO THE SAME EXERCISE FOR ALL OF OUR LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS AND ANY ADDITIONAL STANDARDS THAT ARE IN THOSE LIMITATION TEXTS, AND CODIFY THOSE AS WE GO. BUT WE'RE KIND OF TAKING A SLOW APPROACH BECAUSE IT DOES TAKE SOME TIME TO GET THROUGH THAT. WE ALSO, IN ORDER TO CODIFY THOSE ARCHITECTURAL STANDARDS, WE DID GO THROUGH AND DO SOME CLEANUP TO OUR 1105, OUR DEFINITION SECTION OF OUR CODE, AS WELL AS 1157, JUST TO MAKE SURE IT'S CLEAR WHERE THE DESIGN GUIDELINES REQUIREMENTS APPLY. AND WE ALSO REMOVED SOME REFERENCES TO VILLAGE AND REPLACE THAT WITH CITY. AS I MENTIONED, THIS IS THE SECOND PART OF THE PURPOSE OF THE CODE CHANGE. WE DID ADD IN NEW STANDARDS FOR ADVANCED FABRIC STRUCTURES OF COUNCIL MEMBERS. WE DID ADOPT VERY SIMILAR THE EXACT SAME STANDARDS AND THE TECHNOLOGY MANUFACTURING DISTRICT OR THE ZONING DISTRICT. THESE STANDARDS FOR THE DISTRICT ARE THE EXACT SAME AS THOSE, EXCEPT WE INCREASED THE MINIMUM ACREAGE PARCEL ACREAGE TO 300 ACRES HERE IN THE ZONING DISTRICT, WHEREAS IN THE TMDS RESTRICT THE MINIMUM ACREAGE TO BUILD ONE OF THESE IS ONLY 100. SO THAT ENCOMPASSES THE CODE CHANGES THAT ARE PROPOSED AND HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU GUYS HAVE. ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS ON THE PROPOSED CODE CHANGES. AND WE WILL SET THAT FOR SECOND READING AND PUBLIC HEARING AT OUR MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 16TH. ORDINANCE OH 38 2025 ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTER 1169.08 OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING CODE OF THE CITY OF NEW ALBANY, CODIFIED AS REQUESTED BY THE CITY OF NEW ALBANY. 
          THAT'S A HOT CHAIR TONIGHT, SIERRA, TAKE IT AWAY. THANK YOU. SO, BASED ON THE INCREASE OF WALL SIGN VARIANCES FOR LARGER SIGNS, BOARD OF ZONING ADJUSTMENT DIRECTED CITY STAFF TO RESEARCH THE WAY THAT WE MEASURE SIGNS. CURRENTLY, THIS IS THE CURRENT TEXT THAT SAYS THAT WE MEASURE THE AREA LETTERS, NUMBERS AND EMBLEMS AROUND AN IMAGINARY RECTANGLE AS SHOWN ON THE SLIDE. AND STAFF IS RECOMMENDING A PROPOSED CODE AMENDMENT TO MODIFY THE CALCULATION OF THE AREA OF A WALL SIGN TO INCLUDE ONLY THE PERIMETER OF THE LETTERS, NUMBERS, AND EMBLEMS IN LIEU OF AN IMAGINARY RECTANGLE. THE NEW CALCULATION ELIMINATES UNNECESSARY BLANK SPACE FROM THE CALCULATION, AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL AT THEIR AUGUST 18TH MEETING. AND I'M HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. 
          WELL THANK YOU. I THINK ALL OF US AT SOME POINT HAVE EITHER SAT ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION OR ARB AND HAD LONG DISCUSSIONS ABOUT SIGNAGE, SIZE, COLORS. SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR TRYING TO MODIFY THIS TO MEET THE DEMANDS OF THE MARKET. BUT ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE? NO, I JUST WANTED TO CALL OUT BZA FOR REALLY TAKING THE LEAD ON THIS BECAUSE THEY TYPICALLY GET THE MAJORITY OF THESE SIGNS, AND THEY DID A REALLY GOOD JOB WORKING WITH STAFF AND EVERYBODY TOGETHER TO COME UP WITH THESE RECOMMENDATIONS. SO GREAT. THAT'S IT. ALL RIGHT. THERE'S NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. WE WILL SET THAT FOR PUBLIC 
          [11. RESOLUTIONS AND PUBLIC HEARING]
HEARING AND SECOND READING IN OUR MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 16TH. RESOLUTION IN PUBLIC HEARING RESOLUTION R 29, 2025, A RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ALL CONTRACTS RELATED TO THE EMERGENCY REPAIR OF THE BEACH ROAD AND MORRIS ROAD INTERSECTION AND TO WAIVE COMPETITIVE BIDDING. THANK YOU. MAYOR. YEAH, JUST A LITTLE BIT OF TRUCK TRAFFIC OVER THERE. SO SLIGHT. BUT THIS THIS RESOLUTION AUTHORIZES CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ALL CONTRACTS FOR THE BEACH AND MORRIS EMERGENCY REPAIR AND WAIVES FORMAL COMPETITIVE BIDDING. THE AUTHORIZATION IS NOT TO EXCEED 150,000. BASED ON THE CURRENT FIELD CONDITIONS, WE EXPECT AN ALL IN COST OF ABOUT 125,000, WITH THE ADDITIONAL AMOUNT AS CONTINGENCY FOR ANY UNFORESEEN FIELD CONDITIONS. ORDINARILY, PROJECTS OVER 100,000 ARE FORMERLY COMPETITIVELY BID. WE'RE REQUESTING A WAIVER HERE BECAUSE TIME IS CRITICAL. A FORMAL BID WOULD ADD TYPICALLY ABOUT 6 TO 8 WEEKS. THE PAVEMENT HAS DETERIORATED AND PROMPT ATTENTION AND DELAY INCREASES THE RISK OF FURTHER DEGRADATION AND THEN ALSO INCREASED COST. FURTHERMORE, THIS WORK REQUIRES A 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 PERFORMING UNDER SIMILAR CONSTRAINTS. I WANT TO NOTE THAT WORK IS GOING TO BE PERFORMED DURING A WEEKEND CLOSURE TO MINIMIZE THE DISRUPTION TO THE BUSINESS PARK, AND WE'VE REVIEWED TRUFFAUT'S ESTIMATE AGAINST RECENTLY COMPETITIVE BID UNIT PRICES. AND USING THAT BENCHMARKING, WE FEEL THAT THIS PRICING IS FAIR. 
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AND WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. WELL, THIS JUST BE AN OVERLAY PROJECT. 
          OR ARE THEY EXPANDING? NO, IT'S GOING TO BE LARGELY FULL DEPTH. AND MOST MOST OF THE AREAS, ANY NEW TURNING LANES OR JUST KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO WIDEN THE APRON. IT'S VERY NARROW AND GETTING BEAT UP PRETTY BAD. YEAH. BUT WE'RE WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS AS STILL A TEMPORARY REPAIR. WE'VE HAD SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS WITH SOME OF THE OTHER JURISDICTIONS. EVENTUALLY THE SOLUTION IS GOING TO BE THE PROPOSED SOLUTION WILL BE A ROUNDABOUT. BUT THIS IS JUST A BAND-AID UNTIL WE CAN. IT'S A BAD SHAPE FOR SURE. I THINK IT'S YEAH, BEING A FOUR WAY STOP AND THE TRUCK TRAFFIC, YOU KNOW, STOPPING AND STARTING IT, JUST THE WEIGHT OF THE VEHICLES, JUST THE ROAD WAS NEVER DESIGNED FOR THAT. SO. ALL RIGHT. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ON THE RESOLUTION? ALL RIGHT THEN I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. WOULD ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC LIKE TO SPEAK REGARDING RESOLUTION R 29 2025? SEEING NO PUBLIC COMMENT, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND MOVE FOR THE ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION R 29 2025. SECOND, I MOVE FOR ADOPTION OF R 29 2025. SHE BEAT YOU TO IT. OH SHE DID. YEAH. HE BEAT YOU TO MOTION. OH YOU MADE THE MOTION I DID I JUST JUMPED RIGHT TO IT. DO YOU WANT A SECOND? I LIKE THE PAVED ROAD. I'LL TRY TO PICK IT UP ON THE NEXT ONE. NO, TRY HARD ENOUGH, MAYOR SPALDING. YES. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER WILTROUT. YES. COUNCILMAN. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. DETRICK. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          BELLOWS. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. KISS. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. DULL. YES. SEVEN. YES. VOTES TO ADOPT. 
          RESOLUTION R 29 2025. ALL RIGHT. RESOLUTION R 30 2025, A RESOLUTION APPROVING AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT AREA AGREEMENT AND A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH SIDECAR, LLC AND MAKING RELATED AUTHORIZATIONS. I JUST LOST MY PLACE. WHO WHO OWNS THIS ONE? SARAH I DO THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          THIS RESOLUTION AUTHORIZES THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT AREA AGREEMENT WITH SIDECAR, LLC. THE AGREEMENT PROVIDES FOR 100% REAL PROPERTY TAX ABATEMENT FOR 15 YEARS. THE PROPERTY INCLUDES. THE PROJECT INCLUDES THE CONSTRUCTION OF ONE OR MORE DATA CENTER BUILDINGS ON 373.356 PLUS OR MINUS ACRES ON GREEN CHAPEL ROAD AND CLOVER VALLEY ROAD. THIS IS APPROXIMATELY 450,000FT■!S OF DEVELOPMENT. THE EXPECTED PROJECT INVESTMENT IS $750 MILLION. THE PROJECT CONSTRUCTION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN FEBRUARY 2026 AND COMPLETED IN DECEMBER 2030. THE BENCHMARKS FOR COMPLIANCE IN THIS AREA WILL BE MEASURED ACCORDING TO THE STANDARD FORMULA FOR SPECIFIC BUILDING TYPES ESTABLISHED BY THE CITY AND PREVIOUSLY APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL. MR. SCOTT IS HERE TODAY ON BEHALF OF THE COMPANY, IF WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, THIS RESOLUTION MAY BE ADOPTED THIS EVENING. THANK YOU. IS THIS A SPEC BUILDING OR IS IT YOU? DO YOU ALREADY HAVE CLIENTS? THAT'S FOR THE SPACE, MR. MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU. 
          FIRST, BEFORE I FORGET, WE WANT TO EXPRESS APPRECIATION TO SARAH AND JENNIFER AND THE TEAM THAT THE COMPANY JUST REALLY LOVES NEW ALBANY. AND WE WERE JUST HERE A FEW MONTHS AGO, AS YOU MIGHT RECALL, THE THEY DON'T THE COMPANY DOESN'T DISCLOSE THE EXACT USE OF EACH BUILDING. IT HAS A A DESIRE FOR A QUICK SPEED TO MARKET. IT'S MOVING VERY QUICKLY, INCLUDING ON ON THE PROJECT YOU JUST APPROVED A FEW MONTHS AGO. SO UNFORTUNATELY I CAN'T. BUT I DO WANT TO EXPRESS OUR APPRECIATION. NEW ALBANY IS ONE OF HIS FAVORITE PLACES TO DO BUSINESS. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT THEN I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. WOULD ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC LIKE TO SPEAK REGARDING RESOLUTION R3 2025? READY? ALRIGHT. HEARING NO PUBLIC COMMENT, WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE A MOTION ON THE RESOLUTION? I MOVE TO ADOPT RESOLUTION R3 2025 SECOND. COUNCIL MEMBER. FELLOWS. YES. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. DEREK. YES. MAYOR. SPALDING. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          YES. COUNCILMEMBER. SCHULTZ. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. KISS. YES. SEVEN. YES. VOTES. RESOLUTION ARE 30, 20, 25. ALL RIGHT. AND WE HAVE TWO SIMILAR RESOLUTIONS COMING UP ON TAX INCENTIVE REVIEW COUNCILS. THE FIRST ONE IS RESOLUTION R 31 2025. A RESOLUTION AFFIRMING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE NEW ALBANY TAX INCENTIVE REVIEW COUNCIL FOR FRANKLIN COUNTY. 
          ALEX. THANK YOU, MAYOR. ON JULY 16TH, 2025, THE FRANKLIN COUNTY CHURCH MET TO REVIEW THE CRA 
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ANNUAL REPORT. A TOTAL OF 17 AGREEMENTS WERE RECOMMENDED FOR CONTINUANCE AND APPROVAL IN WHAT WAS PROBABLY ONE OF THE FASTER MEETINGS THAT WE'VE EVER HAD OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS. SO I APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK OF CITY STAFF, EVEN ESPECIALLY WHO WORKED HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT INFORMATION WAS PREPARED AND SUCCINCT. ALL THE AMENDMENTS WERE APPROVED, AS I SAID, BUT THERE'S A COUPLE OF NOTABLE ITEMS. AND SO IF YOU BEAR WITH ME FOR A MINUTE OR TWO, I'D LIKE TO JUST DO A QUICK PAGE TURN OF A COUPLE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WERE POINTS OF DISCUSSION AT THE TURK ON PAGES TWO AND THREE OF THE FRANKLIN COUNTY TURK PACKETS, WHICH HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED IN YOUR MAILBOXES. YOU'LL NOTE TWO CRA AGREEMENTS EXPIRED DURING TAX YEAR 2024. THOSE WERE MARKED IN MAIN BUILDING, ONE IN THE VILLAGE CENTER CRA AND THINK ON INCORPORATED, WHICH IS A DATA CENTER IN THE CENTRAL COLLEGE CRA. ON PAGE FOUR, YOU'LL ALSO NOTE THAT ONE PHASE OF THE WATER'S EDGE OFFICE CAMPUS ALSO EXPIRED. GIVEN THAT THOSE ABATEMENTS ENDED, THERE WAS NO ACTION REQUIRED BY THE TURK ON EITHER OF THOSE, AND THERE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT THINK ON INCORPORATED, EXCEPT THAT THE COMPANY UNDERPERFORMED AGAINST A $280,000 PAYROLL BENCHMARK BY $8,759 IN TAX YEAR 2024, WHICH IS TO SAY THAT THEY WERE $8,700 AND CHANGE SHORT OF THAT BENCHMARK. THAT IS THE EQUIVALENT OF $175.18 IN LOST REVENUE FOR THE CITY. STAFF DID CONTACT THE COMPANY. WE CONFIRMED THAT THERE WAS NO ADDITIONAL PAYROLL WITHHOLDINGS TO BE HAD THERE. AND SO RECOGNIZING A LONG HISTORY OF OVERPERFORMANCE, AND GIVEN THAT THE TERM OF THE CRA HAS ENDED, THE TURK RECOMMENDED NO FURTHER ACTION. ON PAGE 11, YOU'LL NOTE THAT 31 REAL ESTATE LLC CURED A CRA AGREEMENT THROUGH A PAYMENT IN LIEU OF TAXES OF AN AMOUNT OF $48,166.35. THAT COMPANY HAS BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH OUR TEAM OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS, ACTIVELY MARKETING THAT BUILDING. THEY'RE A GOOD PARTNER, AND WE HOPE TO HAVE SOME ANNOUNCEMENTS SOON. ON PAGE 14, YOU WILL NOTE THAT AS OF THE TIME OF THE TURK, THE PROPERTY COY INNOVATION DEVELOPMENT LLC BUILDING INNOVATION ONE WAS STILL IN DISCUSSION WITH STAFF REGARDING A PAYROLL SHORTFALL, WHICH WE CALCULATED TO BE $22,315.63. THE TURK APPROVED THE ABATEMENT FOR CONTINUATION, GIVEN THAT THE COMPANY REMAINED COOPERATIVE AND THAT THEY PROVIDED A FINAL PILOT, WHICH WOULD BE CALCULATED BY STAFF FOLLOWING THE TURK, WE STAYED IN CLOSE CONTACT WITH THE COMPANY. THEY WERE VERY RESPONSIVE. THEY WORKED CLOSELY WITH US TO PROVIDE SOME FURTHER EMPLOYEE WITHHOLDING INFORMATION THAT YIELDED A FINAL PILOT AMOUNT LESS THAN THE ORIGINAL 22,000 FIGURE AT $17,600.59, FOR WHICH THE. THE COMPANY MAILED A CHECK TO THE CITY ON AUGUST 26TH. AS I SAID BEFORE, THE FRANKLIN COUNTY TAX INCENTIVE REVIEW COUNCIL REPORT HAS BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO COUNCIL MEMBERS MAILBOXES. THE RESOLUTION MAY BE ADOPTED THIS EVENING AND I WELCOME ANY QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE REPORT OR THE RESOLUTION? I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS. CAN WE GO BACK TO THANK YOU FOR THAT REPORT AND REVIEW. CAN WE GO BACK TO PAGE 11? YES WE CAN. SO I SAW THAT IT HAD A PAYROLL DEFICIENCY. IT LOOKS LIKE OVER 2 MILLION IN OUR OUR PILOT PAYMENT WAS 48,000. HOW DOES THAT EQUATE TO THE 2 MILLION. YES. THAT'S WHAT THE IMPACT TO THE CITY. CORRECT. THAT'S CORRECT. WHAT IT CAME UP TO IS THE 48,000, THE 2% EMPLOYEE WITHHOLDING INCOME TAX THAT THE CITY WOULD HAVE RECEIVED OF THAT AMOUNT EQUATES TO THE PILOT FIGURE THERE. OKAY. THAT'S HOW WE GOT TO THE 48. OKAY. THE OTHER PAGE YOU TALKED ABOUT 14. YES, SIR. SO DOWN AT THE RECOMMENDATION IT HAS I, IT HAS THE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PARAGRAPH. IT SAYS THE COMPANY HAS BEEN RESPONSIVE WITH STAFF AND IS CURRENTLY DETERMINING WHETHER ANY ADDITIONAL EMPLOYEE WITHHOLDINGS CAN BE ATTRIBUTED TO THE. WHAT'S THE REST OF THAT SENTENCE? IT WOULD BE BUILDING TO THE BUILDING. MY APOLOGIES FOR THE BUILDING TO OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I JUST WANT TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING OTHER THAN THAT. THAT IS THE MASTER OF FINDING THE TYPO. WELL, ON THAT NOTE, ON PAGE 16. I WAS ACTUALLY MORE INTERESTED IN JUST THE SENTENCE. IS THAT GRAPH SWITCHED AROUND? IT IS, IN FACT, YES. AND THE TURK POINTED THAT OUT. SO THAT'S JUST STATING THAT YOU'RE VERY THOROUGH. YOU'RE VERY WELL, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE, BECAUSE IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS DOING A LOT BETTER THAN THE GRAPH SHOWED. AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE GRAPH WAS WRONG AND THE NUMBERS ARE RIGHT. SO OKAY, GREAT. AND THEN I THINK THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN IT. 
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FRANK. YEAH. THAT WAS ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAD ON. FRANKLIN. THANK YOU. THANKS, JOHN. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS REGARDING THE REPORT OR RESOLUTION? I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC LIKE TO SPEAK REGARDING RESOLUTION R 31, 2025? SEEING NO PUBLIC COMMENT, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE A MOTION ON THE RESOLUTION? I MOVE FOR ADOPTION RESOLUTION 31 2025 SECOND. COUNCIL MEMBER WILTROUT. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          DETRICK. YES. MAYOR. SPALDING. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. HARRIS. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. FELLOWS. 
          YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. KISS. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. SHAW. YES. SEVEN. YES. RESOLUTION R 31 2025. RESOLUTION R 32 2025. A RESOLUTION AFFIRMING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE NEW ALBANY TAX INCENTIVE REVIEW COUNCIL FOR LICKING COUNTY. THANK YOU. MAYOR. ON JULY 24TH, 2025, THE LICKING COUNTY TURK MET TO REVIEW THE ANNUAL CRA REPORTS. ALL 26 OF THE AGREEMENTS WERE RECOMMENDED FOR CONTINUANCE AND APPROVAL. THERE'S ONLY ONE NOTABLE ITEM OF DISCUSSION DURING THIS MEETING, WHICH WAS REGARDING AEP. THAT'S LOCATED ON PAGE 13 OF THE LICKING COUNTY CHART. AS YOU MAY RECALL, LAST YEAR THE CHURCH RECOMMENDED THE CONTINUATION OF THE AEP OHIO TRANSMISSION COMPANY CRA, THAT BEING FOR THE TWO LARGE OFFICE BUILDINGS. GIVEN THAT CITY STAFF CONTINUE TO MEET QUARTERLY WITH COMPANY REPRESENTATIVES TO ACTIVELY MONITOR THE COMPANY'S PROGRESS. AS A RESULT OF THOSE MEETINGS, STAFF FORECASTED A PAYROLL SHORTFALL AND COUNCIL PASSED LEGISLATION ALLOWING AEP TO CURE A POTENTIAL FUTURE PAYROLL SHORTFALL WITH A PAYMENT IN LIEU OF TAXES. KNOWN AS A PILOT. 
          AEP DID END UP MAKING A PILOT IN TAX YEAR 24 AT A VALUE OF $134,568. THAT CURED A PAYROLL SHORTFALL OF ABOUT 6.7 MILLION IN TAX YEAR 24. THE RECOMMENDED THAT QUARTERLY MEETINGS WITH STAFF BE DISCONTINUED AS A RESULT OF THIS PILOT SYSTEM THAT'S BEEN PUT INTO PLACE. IT MAY BE WORTH NOTING ADDITIONALLY THAT AS WORKERS CONTINUE TO RETURN TO WORK IN PERSON, THEY'RE IN THOSE OFFICES. WE'VE SEEN STAFFING NUMBERS INCREASE VERY DRAMATICALLY, AND SO WE'RE PLEASED WITH PROGRESS, HAVE APPRECIATED THEIR PARTNERSHIP OVER THE PAST YEAR OF THOSE QUARTERLY MEETINGS. AND STAFF DO FEEL THAT IT'S APPROPRIATE AT THIS TIME TO END THOSE QUARTERLY MEETINGS. THE LICKING COUNTY TAX INCENTIVE REVIEW COUNCIL REPORT HAS BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO COUNCIL MEMBERS. THIS MAILBOX AND THE RESOLUTION MAY BE ADOPTED THIS EVENING. OF COURSE. I WELCOME ANY QUESTIONS. AEP ALL RESULT OF COVID JUST FOLKS NOT COMING BACK. SO YEAH I THINK THEY ALSO ENDED UP SUBLETTING SOME SPACE TO GILBANE FOR A LITTLE WHILE. INTEL FOR A LITTLE WHILE. AND SO THEY SO THEY HAD TO MAKE SOME CORPORATE DECISIONS. THEY'VE ACTUALLY JUST RECENTLY GONE THROUGH A PRETTY EXTENSIVE APPLICATION FOR REMODELING OF THEIR TRANSMISSION OPERATIONS FACILITIES. AND AS THEY PREPARED THIS SUMMER TO MOVE EMPLOYEES 100% BACK TO WORK. SWEET. AND I KNOW THIS IS FOR TAX YEAR 2023 THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. IT'S REFLECTIVE FOR 2024. AND THAT WAS MY FOLLOW UP QUESTION THEN IS I'M SURE WE PROBABLY HAD SOME DATA BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE TRENDING WELL LEADING INTO LEADING INTO OKAY. AND WE'RE PROBABLY ASSUMING THEN THAT THEIR ACTUAL PAYROLL IS PROBABLY ABOVE TARGET AS WE SIT HERE TODAY, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S. SO THIS THIS REPORT IS FOR TAX YEAR 24. THAT'S. SHARED. DOES IT SAY TAX YEAR 2023 AT THE TIME. AT LEAST ON MY REPORT, IT SHOULD BE 24 OKAY. IT SHOULD BE 24 I CAN'T CONFIRM OKAY. APOLOGIES FOR THAT TYPO AS WELL. WE'LL DEFINITELY ADDRESS THAT NEXT YEAR'S REPORTS. HE'S GOOD. 
          ALRIGHT. SO THAT'S THIS IS 2024. SO WE DO HAVE SAME QUESTION THOUGH. I MEAN YEAH WE STILL HAVE 2025. WE CAN SEE THAT IT'S PROBABLY DOING BETTER AND ABOVE DOING BETTER. PROBABLY NOT GOING TO MEET. BUT BECAUSE THEY'RE JUST MOVING THEIR EMPLOYEES IN, THEY'RE JUST DOING THE REMODELING THIS SUMMER. SO BUT YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT ON TRACK WITH THAT. YEAH. 
          WELL, YOU KNOW, I'M GLAD YOU GUYS ARE ON THAT AND YOU'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM. I KNOW THAT'S KIND OF BEEN KIND OF LOOKING AT THEM FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS. SO THAT'S GOOD TO SEE THAT THINGS ARE TRENDING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION FOR SURE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ON RESOLUTION R 32. OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC LIKE TO SPEAK REGARDING RESOLUTION R 32 2025 SEEING NO PUBLIC COMMENT, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. 
          IS THERE A MOTION ON THE RESOLUTION? ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION R 32 2025 SECOND. 
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COUNCILMEMBER. YES. COUNCILMEMBER. SCHULTZ. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. DIRK. YES. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. BRISK. YES. MAYOR. SPALDING. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. WILTROUT. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. KISS. YES. SEVEN. YES. VOTES. RESOLUTION 32 2025. ALL RIGHT. ALEX, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR EFFORTS. I KNOW THIS IS DIFFICULT WORK AT TIMES. VERY TEDIOUS HERDING CATS FOR SURE, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE BOTH COUNTY AUDITORS ARE CONFIDENT THAT WE'RE MEETING OUR OBLIGATIONS. OUR EMPLOYERS ARE MEETING THEIR OBLIGATIONS WHEN THEY GET TAX INCENTIVES. SO I APPRECIATE YOU DILIGENTLY TRACKING EACH ONE OF THESE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL WELL INFORMED ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU MAYOR. I APPRECIATE THE KIND WORDS. AT LEAST HALF OF THAT PRAISE IS ALSO DUE TO ETHAN, WHO IDENTIFIED ALMOST EVERY NUMBER WITH WITH A DOLLAR SIGN OR SQUARE FOOTAGE SIGN IN THESE ENTIRE REPORTS. SO THANK 
          [12. COUNCIL SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS]
YOU, ETHAN, FOR YOUR HARD WORK AS WELL. DEFINITELY A TEAM EFFORT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. 
          THAT TAKES US TO COUNCIL SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS. TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT COMMUNITY GRANTS. YES. THE COMMUNITY GRANT SUBCOMMITTEE MET ON AUGUST 22ND. WE HAD TWO ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA. THE FIRST WAS TO GO AHEAD AND NOMINATE AND ELECT A CHAIR, VICE CHAIR AND SECRETARY. AND THE GROUP DECIDED TO KEEP EVERYTHING THE SAME. SO I'LL REMAIN AS CHAIR. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. BRISK WILL BE VICE CHAIR AND COUNCIL MEMBER. FELLOWS WAS ELECTED SECRETARY. 
          WE AGAIN HAD SOME GREAT APPLICATIONS, MANY OF THE SAME ONES THAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE PAST. YOU'LL NOTICE IN THE PACKET THAT I GAVE YOU THE VERY LAST PAGE. IT'S PROBABLY THE EASIEST TO LOOK AT. IT'S THE ACTUAL SPREADSHEET THAT HAS THE PAST, WHAT, 3 OR 4 YEARS HERE OF REQUESTS. AND THEN, OF COURSE, 2026 IS THE YEAR THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. WE HAD $116,000 REQUESTED. OUR BUDGET WAS AT 100,000, AND WE CAME WITHIN BUDGET. AND OUR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION TONIGHT, I'LL READ THROUGH THESE. THE THE RECOMMENDATIONS WERE UNANIMOUS BY THE COMMITTEE. THE FIRST ONE WAS FOUNDER'S DAY. AND WE ARE RECOMMENDING AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $10,000 IN CITY COST AND SERVICES NEXT YEAR. THAT EVENT IS GOING TO BE ON MAY 16TH. IF YOU WANT TO ALREADY PUT IT ON YOUR CALENDAR. TYPICALLY, THERE'S MULTIPLE EVENTS THAT TAKE PLACE THROUGHOUT THE DAY. THEY GET ABOUT 8000 FOLKS, 2025 CITY SERVICES RENDERED WERE JUST OVER 10,000, SO THEY REQUESTED 10,000. AND THEN WE'RE ACTUALLY RECOMMENDING 10,000 AND COST OF CITY SERVICES. THAT WILL BE, BY THE WAY, A LITTLE BIT OF A CHANGE. IN THE PAST, WE'VE JUST GRANTED $10,000 TO FOUNDER'S DAY. 
          BETHANY, I HAD ASKED BETHANY TO KIND OF TAKE A LOOK BECAUSE THERE'S A LINE ITEM EVERY SINGLE YEAR THAT THEY'VE HAD ON THEIR IN-KIND FROM THE CITY, AND I JUST HAD SOME QUESTIONS, AND THIS GROUP HAD SOME QUESTIONS AROUND THAT. AND SHE DID SOME RESEARCH AND FOUND THAT, YES, IN FACT, THEY USE IT A LITTLE OVER 10,000. SO THIS WOULD MOVING THEM OVER TO COST AND CITY SERVICES KIND OF MADE SENSE BECAUSE IT'S A VERY SIMILAR TO OTHER ITEMS LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S, YOU KNOW, CASES OF THANKSGIVING, THE 4TH OF JULY, WE JUST HAVE CITY SERVICES THAT ARE OUT THERE. IT JUST MAKES SENSE TO KIND OF RUN IT THAT WAY. 
          REGARDLESS, THOUGH, IF THEY CONTINUE DOING WHAT THEY'RE DOING, THEY'LL GET THE SAME AMOUNT. BUT IT'S GOING TO BE TIED BACK NOW TO COST OF OUR CITY SERVICES MOVING FORWARD. 
          HEALTHY NEW ALBANY FARMERS MARKET, THEY REQUESTED $5,000. WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT THE RECEIVE THE $5,000. MANY OF US WERE AT THE EVENT HERE CELEBRATING THE 15TH YEAR ON THURSDAY. WHAT A GREAT JUST WHAT A GREAT THING THEY'VE DONE. IT WAS REALLY NEAT LISTENING TO THE HISTORY OF THE FARMER'S MARKETS, AS THE INDIVIDUAL SPEAKERS GOT UP THERE AND DID A WONDERFUL JOB KIND OF LAYING IT OUT, BUT THEY'VE REALLY DONE A NICE JOB. THEY USUALLY GET ABOUT 1500 TOTAL VISITORS PER SEASON. THEY'RE UP TO 140 UNIQUE VENDORS. I KNOW THEY TALKED ABOUT HOW THEY HAD TO ALMOST PAY VENDORS WHEN THEY FIRST STARTED TO REALLY COME TO THE FARMER'S MARKET, AND I PERSONALLY LIKE IT BECAUSE I STILL THINK IT'S ONE OF THOSE FEW THINGS THAT WE STILL HAVE THAT REALLY KEEPS THAT SMALL TOWN FEEL, HAVING IT RIGHT THERE. BUT THEY REQUESTED 5000. WE RECOMMENDED 5000. THEN ALBANY WALKING CLASSIC, THE WALKING CLASSIC NEXT YEAR WILL BE ON SEPTEMBER 6TH. THEY GET ABOUT 1300 PARTICIPANTS AND 800 VOLUNTEER AND SPECTATORS. THEIR CITY EVENT SERVICES RENDERED WERE JUST OVER 15,000. THEY'RE REQUESTING TEN. WE RECOMMEND TEN IN CITY COST AND SERVICES. SO VERY SIMILAR. THEN ALBANY 
          [01:20:03]
DANCE FESTIVAL AGAIN. THE NEW ALBANY VISION DANCE COMPANY WAS BROUGHT HERE IN 2013 FROM SEATTLE. THIS YEAR THE FESTIVAL TOOK PLACE ON JULY 26TH AND 28TH. THEY SOLD OUT ALL THEIR EVENTS. NOW THERE WAS SLIGHTLY LOWER THIS YEAR, 778 TICKETS VERSUS THE 1300. BUT WE REALLY HAD SOME BAD WEATHER, UNFORTUNATELY, AND MANY OF THE EVENTS ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT HAD TO GO INTO THE MCCOY. BUT THEY STILL DID A WONDERFUL JOB AND ALTHOUGH NOT ON HERE, I KNOW THEY HAD SOME OF THEIR DANCERS OUT AT OUR SUMMER CONCERTS FOR FREE, AND THEY REALLY DID A NICE JOB GETTING PEOPLE UP AND DANCING WHILE WE HAD SOME OF THOSE CONCERTS, SO IT WAS REALLY NICE. THEY REQUESTED 10,000 LAST YEAR. WE RECOMMENDED 1500 AND WE INCREASED THAT THIS YEAR UP TO ABOUT 2500. HISTORICAL SOCIETY. THEY REALLY PLAN, AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I QUOTED THEM TO ENERGETICALLY EMBRACE THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY, AS THEY DID BACK IN 1976, WHICH I JUST LIKE THAT LINE DURING THE BICENTENNIAL. THEY HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT FUNDING IMPROVEMENTS AND MAINTENANCE FOR THE PROPERTY COMING UP. LEADING UP TO THE 250TH. THEY'RE REQUESTING 10,000, AND WE RECOMMENDED THAT THEY GET 10,000. AND BY THE WAY, IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, JUST STOP ME ON THIS. THEN I HAVE A NOTE HERE BEFORE I GET INTO THE NEW ALBANY SYMPHONY'S REQUEST BACK IN MAY 20TH OF 2025, WE RECEIVED COMMUNICATIONS FROM HEATHER GARDNER, WHICH ALL OF US KNOW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND ALBANY SYMPHONY, INFORMING COUNCIL THAT THE $8,000 GRANT THAT THEY HAD RECEIVED FOR AN EVENT FOR 2025 DID NOT TAKE PLACE, AND THE RECOMMENDATION AT COUNCIL ON THAT DAY WAS JUST TO GO AHEAD AND CARRY THAT OVER INTO 2026. SO WE DID THAT. SO THERE ACTUALLY WILL STILL BE GETTING A LITTLE BIT MORE MONEY THIS YEAR IN COMPARED TO 2024, I MEAN 2025, BUT THE SUMS MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT LOWER THAN WHAT YOU'RE WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE FROM WHAT WE DID IN THE PAST. 
          FIRST ONE IS THE NEW ALBANY ORCHESTRA SYMPHONY SERIES. AGAIN, THEY USUALLY HAVE QUITE A FEW PEOPLE, OVER 6000 TOTAL PEOPLE THAT ATTEND LAST 2025. THIS YEAR THEY ACTUALLY TRAVELED OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES, WENT TO DC OR WENT TO DC, BUT THEN ALSO SOUTHERN FRANCE. SO THEY ARE GETTING SOME NATIONAL AND WORLD RECOGNITION THERE. THEY ASKED FOR 8000. WE'RE RECOMMENDING 4500. THE SYMPHONY WILL BE DOING FIVE PERFORMANCES THIS YEAR. THEY WILL BE PERFORMING AT THE MCCOY CENTER HINSON AMPHITHEATER IN THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. THEY ALSO JOINED THE SYMPHONY AND THEIR TOUR TO DC AND FRANCE. THEY'VE GOT ABOUT 90 SINGERS. THERE RANGES AGES FROM 12 TO 76 AND TYPICALLY GET ABOUT 750 ATTENDEES PER PERFORMANCE. THEY'RE REQUESTING 5000, AND WE RECOMMENDED 1000 ON THAT ONE. 
          THE SENSORY FRIENDLY SERIES, THEY REQUESTED 6000. WE ARE FUNDING AT 5000. AND I THINK WE ALL KNOW WHAT THE SENSORY SERIES IS. IT'S A WONDERFUL EVENT FOR THOSE KIDS. THAT AND FOLKS THAT NEED IT. THE NEW ALBANY INDEPENDENCE DAY FIVE-K TYPICALLY TAKES PLACE THE MORNING OF JULY 4TH. 1200 PARTICIPANTS, CITY SERVICES RENDERED JUST OVER 6000. THEY REQUESTED. FIVE WERE RECOMMENDED, 2500 IN CITY COSTS AND SERVICES, AND THEN FINALLY, THEY DID NOT HAVE THE CONCERT WITH THE JULY 4TH THAT THEY TYPICALLY DO THIS YEAR. NEXT YEAR, THEY'VE REPLACED THAT WITH THE GREAT ARTIST GALA, AND THIS WILL THIS IS A GREAT ASK. 
          WILL FEATURE SOPRANO RENÉE FLEMING ON APRIL 24TH, 2026. ON THE 23RD, THEY'LL HOUSE TWO EVENTS A MASTER CLASS WITH STUDENTS AND A MUSIC AND MIND DISCUSSION. OSU WEXNER MEDICAL CAMPUS. THEY ARE TYPICALLY THEY GET ABOUT 700 PATENTS PATRONS. THE GALA HAS ALREADY SECURED $70,000 IN SPONSORSHIP FOR JUST THIS ONE EVENT. THE REQUESTING 5000, AND WE RECOMMEND IN FUNDING AT 2500. IN SUMMARY, THE 2025 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE SYMPHONY WAS 22,500. FOR 2026. WE RAISED THAT TO 23,500, WHICH INCLUDED THAT 8000. THE NEW. PARKS HAD THEIR TWO 
          [01:25:13]
REQUESTS. THE FIRST ONE WAS FOR THE SUMMER MOVIE SERIES. THIS YEAR THEY HAD THREE MOVIES, ONE IN JUNE, JULY AND AUGUST. THEY DID INSIDE OUT TO MOANA IN HAPPY GILMORE. THEIR ATTENDANCE WAS APPROXIMATELY 1500 PEOPLE, AND THEY REQUESTED 10,000. WE'RE RECOMMENDING 10,000 THERE. 
          TRUNK AND TREAT IS COMING UP HERE ON OCTOBER 25TH. IF YOU ATTENDED THAT LAST YEAR, I IT WAS PACKED. THEY'RE EXPECTING 2500 TO 3000 PEOPLE WITH ABOUT OVER 70 TRUNKS PARTICIPATING. 
          THEY'RE REQUESTING 10,000. AND AGAIN WE'RE RECOMMENDING FUNDING AT 10,000. AND I'LL SAY THAT IN BOTH EVENTS, THEY'RE OPERATING AT A NEGATIVE BUDGET. SO THE HELP THAT WE PROVIDE THEM DEFINITELY DOES HELP OUR JOINT PARK DISTRICT PELOTONIA DON'T NEED TO GO MUCH INTO THAT OTHER THAN TO SAY THEIR CITY SERVICES IN IN 24. WE DON'T HAVE 25 YET, BUT IN 24 WAS OVER 14,000. I'M ASSUMING 25 WILL BE SAME. THEY ARE LOOKING AT FUNDING AT 10,000. AND AGAIN WE'RE RECOMMENDING FUNDING AT 10,000 NOT TO EXCEED CITY COSTS AND SERVICES. PROJECT HERO HONOR RIDE OHIO THAT'LL TAKE PLACE. THAT TOOK PLACE MAY 24TH. THEY DID HAVE SOME WEATHER, BUT THEY HAD A REALLY GOOD ATTENDANCE, ABOUT 400 TO 425 PEOPLE. CITY COSTS AND SERVICES 8500. THEY REQUESTED 7000 AND WE'RE RECOMMENDING 7000. AND THEN FINALLY, THE NEW ALBANY CHARITY RUN. THANKS FOR GIVING. FOUR MILER. THAT HAPPENS ON THANKSGIVING DAY, DOWNTOWN NEW ALBANY. LAST YEAR, THE RACE DREW 3200 PARTICIPANTS FROM 32 DIFFERENT STATES. AS WE KNOW, THE EVENT GOAL IS TO PROMOTE WELLNESS, GIVING AND FAMILY ON THANKSGIVING DAY AND THE CITY EVENT SERVICES WERE AROUND $4,248. THEY'RE REQUESTING 5000, AND WE'RE RECOMMENDING TO 5000 NOT TO EXCEED CITY COST AND SERVICES. YOU HAVE YOUR COUNCIL RECOMMENDATIONS SUMMARIZED ON THE BOARD, AND I'LL TAKE THE TOTAL AMOUNT AGAIN, COMES TO 95,000, WHICH IS UNDER BUDGET. 
          AND IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS THE COMMITTEE WILL BE HAPPY TO ADDRESS. ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS ON THE SUBCOMMITTEE'S REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS, OR DO WE NEED A VOTE ON THAT THEN? YEAH, WE NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THAT. AS OUTLINED. I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE SUBCOMMITTEES GRANT FUNDING AS REQUESTED BY THE COMMITTEE AND DISCUSSED THIS EVENING. SECOND. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER SHAW. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. DEREK. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. WILTROUT. YES. 
          MAYOR. SPALDING. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. BURRIS. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. FELLOWS. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER I ABSTAIN. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND WITH A SEPARATE MOTION, AS WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST, WE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO CONTINUE FUNDING THE NEW ALBANY FOOD PANTRY THROUGH AN ALTERNATE COMMUNITY SUPPORT ACCOUNT THAT WOULD BE MORE APPROPRIATE FOR THIS TYPE OF REQUEST AT $5,000, SAME AS WE HAD DONE LAST YEAR. DID YOU MAKE A MOTION? YES, I SECOND, THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER SCHULTZ. YES. COUNCILMEMBER KISS. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. WALCOTT. YES. MAYOR. SPALDING. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. BRISK. YES. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. DEREK. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. FELLOWS. YES. SEVEN. YES. VOTES ON THE MOTION TO FUND THE FOOD PANTRY WITH A GRANT OF 5000 FOR 2026. THANK YOU. SUBCOMMITTEE FOR ALL THE 
          [13. REPORTS OF REPRESENTATIVES]
HARD WORK ON THAT. ALL RIGHT. REPORTS OF REPRESENTATIVES SHOWING UP. NO MEETING JOINT PARKS. NO. BUT THE ONLY THING I WILL SAY, JUST SO WE HAVE IT ON RECORD, IF PEOPLE HAVE MISSED IT, THE ROUNDABOUT AT BILHEIMER IN WALNUT IS NOW CLOSED. AND SO FOLKS THAT ARE TRAVELING UP FOR ANY ACTIVITIES REALLY UP THERE AT BETHLEHEM, OR JUST HAVE TO MAKE AWARE THAT THEY'LL HAVE TO MAKE SOME DIFFERENT, GIVE THEMSELVES SOME TIME TO GET UP THERE BECAUSE THERE MIGHT BE SOME DIFFERENT TRAFFIC AND DIFFERENT DEFINITELY DIFFERENT TRAFFIC PATTERNS. BUT I WILL SAY, BRIAN, PHENOMENAL JOB. I DROVE ALL AROUND UP THERE TODAY AND THE SIGNAGE AND THE LINKS AND EVERYTHING ELSE. IT'S REALLY, REALLY GOOD. SO NICE JOB OF YOUR TEAM. WE'RE 
          [01:30:07]
RECEIVING. ANY FEEDBACK FROM RESIDENTS YET? JUST ONE ON. SO WE RECEIVED ONE EMAIL, BUT IT WAS A LITTLE PREMATURE THERE. IT WAS ABOUT TRAFFIC LAST WEEK SO OKAY. BUT SO SO FAR SO FAR. 
          NO NOT AS IT RELATES TO THIS. I KNOW TRAFFIC PICKS UP BETWEEN THAT LIKE AFTER 5:00 PM IS USUALLY WHEN I SEE THE TRAFFIC. SO. BUT I JUST CHECKED MY EMAIL NOT TOO LONG AGO AND THERE WAS NOTHING SO GOOD. SO THE RECOMMENDATION, JUST SO FOLKS KNOW, IS THAT WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO HAVE SPECIFICALLY THE PICKLEBALL PLAYERS UTILIZE THE BASKETBALL COURT. AND ALSO THE PUBLIC SERVICE PARKING LOT IS NOW OPEN DURING THIS CONSTRUCTION FOR ADDITIONAL PARKING, YOU CAN STILL ACCESS THE PARKING LOTS THAT CURRENTLY PEOPLE USE OFF OF WALNUT FOR AT LEAST ANOTHER MONTH, MAYBE MONTH AND A HALF UNTIL THAT, THAT IS SHUT DOWN AS WELL, CORRECT. OKAY, SO PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT. COULD YOU JUST REMIND US WHAT'S THE TIMELINE FOR COMPLETION? WE'LL HAVE A SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE BY THE END OF THE YEAR. OKAY. 
          SO DECEMBER IT'LL BE OPEN BACK UP. GREAT. I'M SURE WE'LL GET LOTS OF QUESTIONS. SO THANK YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT. ANY UPDATE FROM NEW ALBANY PLAIN LOCAL SCHOOLS? YES. THERE WAS A SHORT FOUR HOUR MEETING LAST MONDAY, WHICH I WILL NOT I WILL NOT BELABOR ANY OF THE DETAILS OF THE MEETING. 
          I'M GIVING YOU THE 30,000 FOOT VIEW. IF YOU'D LIKE TO WATCH IT, I RECOMMEND TWO POINT SPEED UNLESS MICHAEL IS TALKING. OKAY, THAT'D BE WAY TOO FAST. YOU DON'T. IT'S STILL A TWO POINT SPEED. JUST SO THE FIRST THEY WERE HAD AN UPDATE TALKING ABOUT CURRICULUM NIGHTS THAT ARE GOING ON. I JUST CAME FROM ONE AT FOURTH GRADE, BUT THEY HAD CURRICULUM NIGHTS AT ELEMENTARY OR PRIMARY SCHOOL LAST WEEK. THEY'RE HAVING INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL THIS WEEK. 
          MIDDLE SCHOOLS ALREADY HAD THEIRS. AND I THINK HIGH SCHOOL IS THE WEEK AFTER. THEY ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT SOME OF THE HOUSE PROJECTS THAT ARE COMING ON. THERE WAS AN UPDATE FROM THE PLEA UNION. DID THEY JUST GO BY PLEA OR GO BY PLEA PLEA PLEA NOT PLEA. TALKING ABOUT THEY ARE DOING SOME TRAININGS, SOME TEAM BUILDING AND ALSO GETTING READY FOR THE NEW ARTS AND WRITING CURRICULUM. LANGUAGE ARTS CURRICULUM, THE REALLY GREAT NEWS IS THEY HAD THE PRELIMINARY REPORT CARD DATA. I WILL NOT BURY THE LEAD. THERE WAS FIVE STARS FOR ACHIEVEMENT WHICH IT SIGNIFICANT. THAT SAID THEY SIGNIFICANTLY EXCEEDED STATE STANDARDS. THESE ARE PRELIMINARY UNTIL SEPTEMBER 15TH, BUT THEY DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THAT WILL CHANGE. SOME INTERESTING LITTLE TIDBITS. THERE'S 5000 STUDENTS ENROLLED FOR THIS YEAR. 15.6 WERE CONSIDERED DISADVANTAGED. THERE WERE 15.7 THAT HAVE DISABILITIES, 4.5% WERE ENGLISH LEARNERS, 30% RECEIVED GIFTED SERVICES, 7% WERE ON A 504 PLAN, AND THERE WERE STUDENTS FROM EVERY SINGLE STATE EXCEPT NORTH DAKOTA, SOUTH DAKOTA, WYOMING, WYOMING OR IDAHO. SO THEIR CRITERIA ACTUALLY COULD GET TO FIVE AND A HALF STARS, WHICH IS LIKE A NEW A NEW METRIC. AND THEY THINK THAT THEY WILL PROBABLY BE ABLE TO DO THAT. 
          THE ONE THING THAT THEY ARE WORKING ON IS SOME OF THE WAYS THAT THEY'RE COUNTING WORKFORCE TRAINING, AND SOME OF THE WAYS THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO IDENTIFY GIFTED, GIFTED STUDENTS IN A PROPORTIONAL BASIS TO RACIAL MAKEUP OF THE STUDENT BODY. THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT SHOWED NEED FOR IMPROVEMENT WAS THERE WERE THE THE GIFTED IDENTIFICATION WAS NOT PROPORTIONATE TO THE STUDENT BODY MAKEUP, AND THEY WERE COMMITTED TO CHANGING THAT. AND, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO IDENTIFY AS MANY GIFTED KIDS AS POSSIBLE. THEN THEY TALKED ABOUT THE FACILITIES MASTER PLAN. SO I KNOW THAT WE'VE ALL LOOKED AT THE FACILITIES MASTER PLAN. I AS FAR AS THE NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, THEY ARE WAITING ON APPROVAL FROM ARB AND I HOPE THAT THAT COMES OUR WAY VERY SOON. FOR THE BUS GARAGE. IT IS STILL AT THE ORIGINAL LOCATION. 
          THAT IS THE CURRENT PLAN. THEY ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC IN AND OUT. 
          [01:35:03]
THERE WAS A LENGTHY DISCUSSION ON THE BASEBALL FIELDS AND THE CITY'S DONATION OF LAND TO THE BASEBALL FIELDS, AND THERE WAS A, YOU KNOW, A MAJORITY OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD WERE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE PLAN, VERY APPRECIATIVE. AND THEY ARE GOING TO DO A BACK OF THE NAPKIN CALCULATION TO SEE IF THE FELLHEIMER PARK PROJECT WOULD BE FEASIBLE. BUT I BELIEVE THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE SCHOOL BOARD IS VERY EXCITED ABOUT HAVING THE BASEBALL FIELD AT FELLHEIMER, AND I SUGGEST THAT YOU WATCH THE MEETING IF YOU'D LIKE TO KNOW MORE. I CAN ALSO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. YOU SAID THE MAJORITY OF THE SCHOOL BOARD WOULD PREFER BARBENHEIMER. NO, SORRY, THE MAJORITY OF THE SCHOOL BOARD WOULD PREFER OKAY, THE I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE GOING TO CALL IT DISCOVER SITE DISCOVER. WE HAVE TO COME UP WITH A BETTER NAME THAN DISCOVERY. WELL, YEAH, WE'LL WE'LL MARKET IT IN A MINUTE. 
          VERY EXCITING, VERY EXCITING THINGS. SO THEY MEET AGAIN. I THINK THEY MEET AGAIN THIS MONTH. SO WE'LL SEE NEXT MONTH WHAT HAPPENS. ALL RIGHT. ANY UPDATE FROM PLAIN TOWNSHIP? THERE WAS A MEETING A COUPLE OF THINGS. THEY DID HAVE. DAVE HORTON FROM PARKS AND REC ATTENDED AND GAVE AN UPDATE TO THE TOWNSHIP. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HE COMMENTED ON WAS THAT THEY'VE HAD ISSUES WITH DIRT BIKES, EBIKES RUNNING AROUND THE FIELDS AND CAUSING A DISRUPTION ON THE PLAYING FIELDS UP THERE. AND I KNOW THEY'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE CHIEF AND AND HIS STAFF IN TRYING TO ADDRESS THAT. WITH RESPECT TO THE VETS MEMORIAL AND THE TIMELINE, THEY WOULD LIKE TO GET A A DRAWING OR AN TO SEE WHERE THE POTENTIAL GOLD STAR FAMILY MEMORIAL WOULD BE. IF YOU CAN SHARE A DESIGN WITH BEN COLLINS. YEAH. HAPPY TO. 
          YEAH. AND THEN THEY THEY AGAIN RAISED THE QUESTION OF WHETHER WE WOULD PARTICIPATE IN THE COMPLETION OF THE GOLD STAR MEMORIAL. ONCE YOU HAVE YOUR BUDGET AND SEE HOW THAT MIGHT FIT. OKAY. AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS WORKING ON DESIGN OF THE THE NEW FIRE STATION, I THINK THAT'S STILL UNDERWAY. IS THAT RIGHT, TOM? YEP. ON THE WHAT WAS THE BUS PARKING LOT BEFORE BUT IS NOW GOING TO BE THE FIRE STATION ON HALF OF IT, I THINK THE NORTHERN HALF. 
          NORTHERN HALF. RIGHT. AND THERE WERE ON OCTOBER 12TH, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WILL HAVE THEIR OPEN HOUSE FROM 11 TO 4. THAT WAS IT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. DERRICK. MAYOR'S REPORT. WE HAD 
          [14. REPORTS OF CITY OFFICIALS]
A CHANCE TO CELEBRATE THE 15TH YEAR OF THE FARMER'S MARKET LAST WEEK. IT'S A GOOD TURNOUT. 
          APPRECIATE SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WERE ABLE TO ATTEND. AND THEN JUST TO DATE OURSELVES A LITTLE BIT, THE NEXT NEW ALBANY WALKING CLASSIC IS THE 21ST YEAR. SO YEAH, SOME OF US HAVE BEEN AROUND HERE FOR ALL THAT. SO A LOT GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITY. BUT THAT'S ALL FOR FOR THE MAYOR, CLERK OF COUNCIL. ANY UPDATE FOR THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING? I ONLY HAD FOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS. SO FOR THE REMAINING COUNCIL MEMBERS, IF YOU DIDN'T ALREADY WATCH THE VIDEO, JUST A REMINDER AND A PLEA FOR MYSELF AND STAFF TO REPLY AND CHECK YOUR CITY EMAILS AT LEAST ONCE EVERY 24 HOURS, AS THERE HAVE BEEN REALLY LONG LAGS IN GETTING ANSWERS TO POLLS OR REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION AND THINGS LIKE THAT, SO AT LEAST ONCE EVERY 24 HOURS. MUCH APPRECIATED. JUST. AND ONE MORE REMINDER THE CAPITAL PROJECT WORKSHOP IS HAPPENING ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15TH. SO THAT'S BEFORE YOUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING. THE MONDAY BEFORE IT'S 10 A.M. HERE. LUNCH WILL BE TERIYAKI MADNESS, AND THERE WILL BE THE USUAL SNACKS AND CAFFEINE TO KEEP THE MEETING GOING. THAT'S IT FROM THE CLERK. I FORGOT ABOUT TERIYAKI MADNESS, SO I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. THAT'S GOOD. ALL RIGHT. ANY UPDATE FROM THE FINANCE DIRECTOR? YES. LAST WEEK WE DID OUR 2025 NOTE PRICING FOR A NINE MONTH NOTE. 
          THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF NOTE THAT WE ENDED UP PRICING WAS 14.965 MILLION. WE HAD AUTHORIZATION UP TO 15. THE YIELD TURN YIELD, WHICH MEANS THE EFFECTIVE INTEREST RATE ON THE NOTES WERE WAS 2.6%. AND SOMETHING THAT WAS PRETTY INTERESTING TO ME WAS WHEN THEY WENT OUT TO PUT THEM ON THE MARKET, WE HAD FOUR TIMES THE AMOUNT OF, I GUESS, INTEREST IN THOSE BONDS. SO THERE WERE A TOTAL OF $58 MILLION THAT THE BANKS ALL WANTED OF OUR BONDS AND OR OF 
          [01:40:06]
OUR NOTES. SO WE HAD TO DIVVY THAT UP. SO WITH THAT, THEY ACTUALLY HAD STARTED AT A 2.65 RATE, AND THEY REDUCED IT IN ORDER TO CONTINUE TO SELL THAT. SO FIVE DIFFERENT BANKS WANTED A TOTAL OF 58 MILLION. THE TRUE INTEREST COST, WHICH MEANS WHEN YOU TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION ALL THE COSTS THAT IT TAKES TO ISSUE CREDIT REPORT, OUR MUNICIPAL ADVISOR, OUR LEGAL COUNSEL OR BOND COUNSEL WAS 2.82%. IF YOU COMPARE THAT TO LAST YEAR, THAT INTEREST WAS 3.27%. SO THIS YEAR WE ARE SAVING ADDITIONAL MONEY. SO GREAT JOB. WE CLOSE ON SEPTEMBER 11TH. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS. CITY MANAGER'S REPORT JUST ONE QUICK ITEM. PRIOR TO THE COUNCIL MEETING, I DISTRIBUTED THE ANNUAL EASEMENT REPORT. THIS WOULD BE FOR FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING JULY 1ST, 2024 AND ENDING JUNE 30TH, 2025. IN 2020, COUNCIL DECIDED TO STREAMLINE THE APPROVAL PROCESS FOR OUR EASEMENT ACQUISITIONS. SO RATHER THAN HAVING TO APPROVE LEGISLATION EVERY TIME WE TOOK ACTION TO ACCEPT OR PURCHASE AN EASEMENT, COUNCIL DECIDED TO DIRECT THE CITY MANAGER TO PROVIDE AN ANNUAL REPORT. SO THAT IS WHAT THIS IS IN FRONT OF YOU. WE HAD A TOTAL OF 42 DIFFERENT EASEMENT ACQUISITIONS, AND THOSE ARE DISTRIBUTED AMONG BASICALLY FIVE CATEGORIES. 12 INCLUDE TEMPORARY RIGHT OF WAY WE HAD FOR LEISURE TRAIL EASEMENTS, THREE GENERAL DRAINAGE EASEMENTS, A COUPLE OF ACCESS GENERAL ACCESS EASEMENTS, AND THEN THE REMAINDER WERE ALL RELATED TO UTILITIES. THERE WERE A COUPLE OF OF LIMITATIONS THAT COUNCIL PUT INTO EFFECT WHEN THIS LEGISLATION WAS APPROVED. ONE WAS THAT THE THE COST OF ACQUISITION OF THE EASEMENT HAD TO BE AT OR BELOW $50,000, AND THE MONEY HAD TO HAVE BEEN BUDGETED FOR THAT ACQUISITION. SO AGAIN, CONSISTENT WITH THE REQUIREMENT ESTABLISHED BY COUNCIL IN 2020, THIS IS YOUR ANNUAL REPORT AND OUR DEVELOPMENT TEAM CAN ANSWER ANY SPECIFIC DETAILS ABOUT THESE. ASK US SOME QUESTIONS. 
          NO, NO I'M GOOD. HE'S GOT SOME QUESTIONS ON THE INSTRUMENT NUMBERS HERE. THESE ARE YES, YES I WAS LOOKING THROUGH THESE AND SOME OF THESE SEEM TO BE. IS THAT A HYPHEN OR A DASH. 
          YEAH. ONE OF MY FAVORITE ORDINANCES WE'VE EVER PASSED. BY THE WAY, I ALREADY CHECKED. 
          THAT WAS WELL DONE. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. ALL RIGHT. ANY UPDATE FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY? NOTHING TO ADD THIS EVENING. ALL RIGHT. POLL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. ANY ADDITIONAL PUBLIC COMMENT? 
          [16. POLL FOR COUNCIL COMMENT]
POLLS FOR COUNCIL COMMENT. ANY ADDITIONAL COUNCIL COMMENT? I HAVE A COUNCIL COMMENT. OH, I COULD HAVE PUT THIS UNDER CORRESPONDENCE, BUT I SPOKE WITH A RESIDENT, EVERETT GALLAGHER, EARLIER THIS WEEK, LAST WEEK, AND HE ASKED THAT WE CONSIDER PROVIDING TRASH SERVICES TO OUR RESIDENTS. SO I TALKED WITH JOE THIS MORNING AND WE'RE GOING TO SERVICES, TRASH SERVICES, GARBAGE FOR FREE, FOR FREE. I UNDERSTAND THAT SOME OTHER MUNICIPALITIES DO, SOME DON'T. BUT I THINK IT MIGHT BE WORTH TAKING A LOOK AT AS IT'S BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF TIME. AND JOE AGREED TO TO DO THAT. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT ON AND OFF FOR A DECADE. YEAH, WE PICKED UP THE COST FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS. THE ADDITIONAL COST THAT WE DID TO KEEP IT FLAT. NOW, PART OF THE NEGOTIATIONS, I THINK TWO WERE WITH THE TRYING TO TIME UP THE WASTE HAULING CONTRACT SO THAT THAT WAS PART OF THE BID PROCESS. IF THEY KNEW THEY WERE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO BUILD A CITY RATHER THAN INDIVIDUAL RESIDENTS, WE GET THE COST REDUCTION. SO A LOT OF THAT HAS TO THE TIMING IS IMPORTANT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANKS FOR THAT UPDATE. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER COUNCIL COMMENTS. ANY OTHER BUSINESS FOR OUR CONSIDERATION. ALL RIGHT. HEARING NONE I MOVE THAT WE ADJOURN SECOND. AND WE ARE
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