Sep 16, 2025 City Council

PUSHING SOUND IN THE ROOM AND TO THE STREAM. MAYOR, WHENEVER YOU'RE READY. ALL RIGHT. GOOD

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COUNCIL MEMBER. FELLOWS IS TRAVELING FOR WORK AND HAS REQUESTED TO BE EXCUSED.

COUNCIL MEMBER KIST HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. SHAW HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER HERE. I HAVE SIX PRESENT FOR THE SEPTEMBER 16TH, 2025 REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING AND I MOVE THAT WE EXCUSE THE ABSENCE OF COUNCIL MEMBER FELLOWS SECOND. OKAY. MAYOR SPALDING. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER.

WILTROUT. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. SHAW. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. DEREK. YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER. BRISK. YES. SIX. YES. VOTES TO EXCUSE. COUNCIL MEMBER. FELLOWS DURING

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WHEREAS THE CITY OF NEW ALBANY PARTNERS WITH THE HEALTHY NEW ALBANY FOOD PANTRY AND IS COMMITTED TO HELPING RAISE AWARENESS THAT FOOD INSECURITY EXISTS AND IS ON THE RISE IN OUR COMMUNITY. WHEREAS THE HEALTHY NEW ALBANY FOOD PANTRY SUMMER MEALS PROGRAM PROVIDED VITAL NUTRITION TO STUDENTS IN THE NEW ALBANY PLAIN LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, SERVING HUNDREDS OF CHILDREN DURING THE 2025 SUMMER BREAK AND THROUGH PARTNERSHIP WITH THE GARDEN FOR ALL FAMILIES, RECEIVED GREATER ACCESS TO FRESH PRODUCE TO HELP CHILDREN THRIVE. WHEREAS EVERY DOLLAR DONATED TO THE HEALTHY NEW ALBANY FOOD PANTRY IS ABLE TO PURCHASE NEARLY $5 WORTH OF GROCERIES FROM THE MID-OHIO FOOD COLLECTIVE, AND AND THE PANTRY GLADLY ACCEPTS DONATIONS OF FOOD, PERSONAL CARE ITEMS, AND PAPER PRODUCTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. WHEREAS THE GARDEN FOR ALL 200 PLUS VOLUNTEERS WORK ON THREE AND A HALF ACRES IN NEW ALBANY AND JOHNSTOWN, AND THE GARDEN FOR ALL IS ANTICIPATING PRODUCING 30,000 POUNDS OF FRESH PRODUCE IN THIS YEAR ALONE. WHEREAS THE NEW ALBANY COMMUNITY CONTINUES TO HELP ELIMINATE FOOD INSECURITY THROUGH FOOD DRIVES, PARTNERSHIPS AND COLLECTIONS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY, AND BY SPREADING THE WORD ABOUT WHAT THEY CAN DO TO HELP YOUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS IN NEED.

WHEREAS YOU CAN HELP PARTICIPATE IN HUNGER ACTION MONTH BY HOSTING A FOOD DRIVE, DONATING FUNDS, AND VOLUNTEERING YOUR TIME AT AN ORGANIZATION TO ACTIVELY FIGHT FOOD INSECURITY, SUCH AS HEALTHY NEW ALBANY AND OUR FOOD PANTRY AND THE GARDEN FOR ALL.

NOW THEREFORE, I. SLOAN SPALDING, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF NEW ALBANY. COUNTIES OF FRANKLIN. LICKING, STATE OF OHIO, ON BEHALF OF THE COUNCIL AND RESIDENTS, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER IS HUNGER ACTION MONTH IN THE CITY OF NEW ALBANY, OHIO AND INVITE EVERYONE TO PLEASE CELEBRATE THIS MONTH WITH US TOGETHER. ALL RIGHT. DO WE HAVE ANY REPRESENTATIVES THAT WOULD LIKE TO? OH, THERE'S RACHEL, THE ROOM IS SO CROWDED, I DIDN'T SEE. OH, AND IF RACHEL, IF YOU'LL LIFT THE MIC UP, IT'LL BE LOUD. THAT'S FAIR WARNING. THANK YOU. MAYOR SPALDING AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, BY WAY OF INTRODUCTION, MY NAME IS RACHEL HOUK, AND I HAVE THE HONOR OF SERVING AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF HEALTHY NEW ALBANY.

AS COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE RECOGNIZING SEPTEMBER AS HUNGER ACTION MONTH, IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO REMEMBER THAT HUNGER AND FOOD INSECURITY DOESN'T HAPPEN SOMEWHERE. IT HAPPENS HERE IN NEW ALBANY. LAST MONTH ALONE, THE FOOD PANTRY SERVED 20,940 MEALS TO 1396 PEOPLE IN AUGUST. THAT WAS MADE POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF PARTNERSHIPS AND BY

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ALL RIGHT. WE OUR SECOND PROCLAMATION IS A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING SEPTEMBER AS CHILDHOOD CANCER AWARENESS MONTH. AND BEFORE I READ THE PROCLAMATION, LET ME JUST THANK THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT REACHED OUT TO COUNCIL TO ASK FOR THIS PROCLAMATION TO BE BROUGHT FORWARD. THEY WERE VERY PERSISTENT IN THEIR REQUEST. AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S IT ONLY TAKES I ALWAYS LIKE TO SAY THIS. IT JUST TAKES ONE PERSON IN THE COMMUNITY TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. AND IT'S IT'S FOLKS THAT ARE DEDICATED TO ISSUES LIKE THIS THAT IN FACT MAKE A DIFFERENCE. A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING SEPTEMBER AS CHILDHOOD CANCER AWARENESS MONTH, WHEREAS CHILDHOOD CANCER AWARENESS MONTH IS RECOGNIZED EVERY SEPTEMBER BY THE CHILDHOOD CANCER ORGANIZATIONS AROUND THE WORLD. WHEREAS AN ESTIMATED 552 OHIO CHILDREN WILL BE DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER THIS YEAR ALONE, AND 58 CHILDREN WILL LOSE THEIR LIVES TO CANCER. WHEREAS CHILDHOOD CANCER IS THE NUMBER ONE DISEASE RELATED KILLER OF KIDS IN THE UNITED STATES, 1 IN 5 CHILDREN ARE TERMINAL AT DIAGNOSIS, 3 IN 5 SUFFER LIFELONG ALTERING IMPACTS OF TREATMENT THAT SIGNIFICANTLY ALTER THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE, AND 1 IN 285 CHILDREN WILL BE DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER BEFORE THE AGE OF 20. WHEREAS

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SORRY, I'M GETTING A LITTLE EMOTIONAL HERE ABOUT THE DIFFERENT TREATMENT OPTIONS.

MANY OF THEM, AND ESPECIALLY ONES JACOB HAD, WERE OLDER THAN ME AND I'M IN MY 50S. SO FOR THESE REASONS AND MANY MORE, IS WHY WE WANT TO RAISE AWARENESS FOR CHILDHOOD CANCER AND I MUST SAY, THE SUPPORT OF OUR COMMUNITY AND SCHOOLS WHILE JACOB WAS IN TREATMENT AND AFTER, WE ARE FOREVER GRATEFUL. SO ON BEHALF OF THE FRIENDS OF FAITH FOUNDATION AND OUR FAMILY, THANK YOU FOR PROCLAIMING SEPTEMBER CHILDHOOD CANCER AWARENESS MONTH IN NEW ALBANY.

THANK YOU. REGRETTABLY, EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM HAS BEEN IMPACTED BY CANCER, EITHER IN THEIR FAMILY OR FRIEND OR MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY. I KNOW THAT COUNCIL MEMBER CECI AND I HAVE PARTICIPATED EVERY YEAR IN PELOTONIA TO HELP RAISE FUNDS FOR CANCER RESEARCH. IT'S SOMETHING THAT A LOT OF MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY ARE VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT, AND SO WE'RE GLAD TO HEAR THAT EVERYONE IS PROGRESSING AND DOING WELL FROM A HEALTH STANDPOINT. BUT EVEN TODAY, THIS MORNING, I LEARNED OF A OF A FRIEND WHO'S BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH A VERY AGGRESSIVE FORM OF CANCER. AND IT'S IT'S JUST AN INSIDIOUS DISEASE THAT WE HAVE TO GET A HANDLE ON AND A CURE FOR. SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING AWARENESS TO THIS ISSUE. IT'S MUCH APPRECIATED.

WE DON'T OFTEN HAVE THREE PROCLAMATIONS IN ONE EVENING. SO WE'RE JUST IT'S LIKE THE TRIFECTA. OUR THIRD PROCLAMATION IS DECLARING OCTOBER 1ST TO OCTOBER 7TH,

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WHEREAS URBAN STORMWATER RUNOFF IMPACTS WATER QUALITY IN THE CITY OF NEW ALBANY. AND WHEREAS POPULATION GROWTH, RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND THE RESULTING CHANGES TO THE LANDSCAPE WILL ONLY INCREASE STORMWATER QUALITY AND QUANTITY CONCERNS THROUGHOUT OHIO, WHEREAS THESE IMPACTS CANNOT BE ENTIRELY AVOIDED OR ELIMINATED. BUT THEY CAN BE MINIMIZED. AND WHEREAS IT IS CURRENTLY RECOGNIZED THAT CONTROL OF STORMWATER QUALITY AND QUANTITY IS MOST EFFECTIVELY IMPLEMENTED WHEN PEOPLE AND ORGANIZATIONS UNDERSTAND THE RELATED CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF POLLUTED STORMWATER RUNOFF AND FLOODING, AND THE ACTIONS THEY CAN TAKE TO CONTROL THESE. AND WHEREAS THE NEED ARISES NOT ONLY FROM THE REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS OF THE EPA AND MUNICIPAL STORMWATER RULES, BUT ALSO FROM THE RECOGNITION THAT CITIZENS AND LOCAL DECISION MAKERS WILL BENEFIT FROM A GREATER AWARENESS OF HOW THE CUMULATIVE IMPACT OF DECISIONS AT HOME, WORK AND LOCAL POLICIES CAN AFFECT WATER QUALITY, STREAM CORRIDORS AND FLOODING. WHEREAS THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF EFFECTIVE OUTCOMES BASED STORMWATER EDUCATION AND OUTREACH PROGRAMS WILL MEET THE RELATED FEDERAL STORMWATER POLLUTION CONTROL REQUIREMENTS AND THOSE OF THE COMMUNITIES THEY ALSO SERVE, INCLUDING NEW ALBANY, FRANKLIN COUNTY, AND LICKING COUNTY. TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF OUR PLACES WE CALL HOME CONTINUE TO BE GREAT PLACES TO LIVE, WORK, AND PLAY. NOW, THEREFORE, I, SLOANE SPALDING, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF NEW ALBANY. COUNTIES OF FRANKLIN, LICKING OF THE STATE OF OHIO. JOIN THE FRANKLIN SOIL AND WATER CONSERVANCY DISTRICT AND COMMUNITIES ACROSS OHIO AND PROCLAIM PROCLAIMING OCTOBER 1ST THROUGH SEVEN AS STORMWATER AWARENESS WEEK. AND WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE FRANKLIN COUNTY SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT. YEAH, DAVID, GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN. NICE TO SEE YOU. SEEMS LIKE YOU WERE JUST HERE YESTERDAY. YES IT DOES. I WANT TO RECOGNIZE YOU ALL AS WELL. ALONG WITH THE FRANKLIN COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, YOU'RE ONE OF OUR LONGEST STANDING COMMUNITIES IN RECOGNIZING AND PROMOTING THAT.

SO KUDOS TO YOU GUYS FOR DOING THAT. BUT I THINK IT'S SOMETHING ESPECIALLY THIS YEAR, WE'VE SEEN SOME PRETTY DRAMATIC AND TRAGIC INCIDENTS CAUSED BY RUNOFF AND STORMWATER. SO I THINK RECOGNIZING THAT AND GETTING THAT INFORMATION OUT TO THE COMMUNITY IS REALLY AN IMPORTANT THING AND TIMELY THIS TIME OF YEAR. THE OTHER THING YOU PROBABLY DON'T KNOW IS THAT STATE LEGISLATURE PASSED A RESOLUTION THIS YEAR RECOGNIZING OHIO'S STORMWATER AWARENESS WEEK THE FIRST WEEK OF OCTOBER. SO WE NOW HAVE A STATEWIDE RECOGNITION OF STORMWATER AWARENESS WEEK SINCE THE DISTRICT STARTED THAT ABOUT EIGHT YEARS AGO. SO I APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS AND I HOPE YOU CONTINUE THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU DAVID, I'M GOING TO EMBARRASS DAVE. THIS IS OUR LAST VISIT FROM DAVE. YEAH. OH HE'S RETIRING. OH, WELL, LET'S TAKE A PICTURE. LAST PHOTO OUT. MEMORABLE MOMENT. LAST PHOTO OP. SORRY. PLEASE. COME BACK. OH THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. I SHOULD HAVE SAID THIS A LITTLE BIT EARLIER IN THE MEETING, BUT IF YOU WERE HERE JUST FOR ONE SPECIAL EVENT AND YOU HAVE OTHER THINGS TO DO ON A BEAUTIFUL NIGHT, NO PROBLEM. IF YOU SNEAK OUT THE BACK DOOR. OR YOU CAN STAY WITH US FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS AND ENJOY A CIVIC EXPERIMENT CALLED DEMOCRACY. SEVERAL HOURS.

IT'S GOING TO BE A LONG ONE. WE'RE STILL UNDER HEARING OF VISITORS, AND I KNOW THAT WE HAVE A COUPLE OF SPEAKER CARDS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN SUBMITTED, SO I WILL JUST GO THROUGH THOSE IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY WERE PROVIDED TO ME. SO I'LL CALL OUT A NAME AND THEN SORT OF THE NEXT PERSON ON DECK, IF YOU WILL. IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE STARTING WITH AND I APOLOGIZE IF I MISPRONOUNCED THE NAME JIM RUFO. YES. ALL RIGHT. JIM. AND THEN NEXT UP IS THOMAS LUKER. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE THE TIME. CITY COUNCIL. I'M MY NAME IS JIM. I WORK OR LIVE IN THE TIDEWATER COMMUNITY OFF OF CENTRAL COLLEGE. WE'VE BEEN UP HERE A FEW TIMES WITH THE FOCUS GROUP AND A COUPLE OTHER THINGS JUST HERE IN FRONT OF OF YOU TO

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THEY ARE BLOCKING THE TRAFFIC, BLOCKING THE ENTRANCES INTO TIDEWATER. IT'S BLOCKING INTO ABERCROMBIE AND FITCH. AND THAT'S EVEN MORE DIFFICULT WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO MAKE A LEFT HAND TURN OUT THERE. AND I KNOW THE OTHER RESIDENCES THAT ARE UP AND DOWN, YOU KNOW, CENTRAL COLLEGE, IT JUST IT VARIES. IT CAN BE A 3:00 IN THE AFTERNOON, IT CAN BE AT 6:00 AND SO ON. SO WE'RE JUST ASKING FOR SOME RELIEF THERE FROM THE PUBLIC SERVICE DEPARTMENT. ONE OF THE THINGS WE WOULD ASK IS IF THEY COULD PUT UP SOME SIGNS THAT SAY, DO NOT LOCK THE ENTRANCES TO TIDEWATER, ABERCROMBIE AND FITCH. THE OTHER ONE IS IF WE CAN INCREASE THE TIME AT THE TRAFFIC LIGHT GOING WESTBOUND TO TO DOUBLE IT, MAYBE, OR WHATEVER THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE TO LET THAT TRAFFIC GET THROUGH. AND THEN THE OTHER PART, WE KNOW THAT ABERCROMBIE AND FITCH ARE VERY GOOD BUSINESS PARTNERS IN THE COMMUNITY, AND MAYBE JUST ASKING THEM FOR THE SHORT TERM, IF THEY COULD MAYBE ASK THEIR EMPLOYEES NOT TO USE THAT BACK ACCESS ROAD AND MAYBE USE THE MAIN ENTRANCE IN THE SHORT TIME. I DON'T THINK IT'S A LONG TERM FIX AT BEACH ROAD, BUT IT IS REALLY CAUSING A LOT OF HAVOC WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. SO THAT'S THE ASK AND I APPRECIATE THE TIME. SO THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT I ACTUALLY DROVE THAT ROAD TODAY, NOT IN ANTICIPATION OF YOU BEING HERE THIS EVENING, BUT JUST TO GET TO ANOTHER LOCATION. AND I TOO WAS STUCK IN THE TRAFFIC FOR A PERIOD OF TIME. FINALLY GOT TO BEACH ROAD AND REALIZED WHAT A KERFUFFLE THAT HAS BECOME. AGAIN, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF YEAH, WE PAVED THE BEAUTIFUL ROAD AND NOW IT'S GETTING TORN UP. YOU KNOW, CONGRATULATIONS ON THE RIGHT OF WAY. BUT YOU MADE SOME VERY GOOD POINTS THERE. I KNOW OUR STAFF WAS TAKING NOTES AND WE WILL FOLLOW UP WITH ON ALL OF THOSE POINTS. AND I'LL MAKE SURE STEPHEN MAYOR HAS YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION AND CAN TRY TO FOLLOW UP WITH YOU DIRECTLY TO SEE WHAT THINGS WE WERE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT. YEAH, I APPRECIATE THAT. REGRETTABLY, WE'RE NOT CONTROLLING THE CONSTRUCTION, STAGING AND CYCLING ON THE BEACH ROAD RIGHT NOW, BUT HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET THAT NORTH OF THAT INTERSECTION BEFORE MUCH LONGER, AND THAT'LL HELP ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE PRESSURE, I WOULD HOPE. OKAY. WELL THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. YEAH. THANK YOU. THANKS, JIM.

ALL RIGHT THOMAS IS UP. AND THEN DAN KURTZ CUTS DON. THERE WE GO. SORRY, DON. MY NAME IS THOMAS LUKER. I HAVE SOME OF MY NEIGHBORS HERE THAT WE LIVE ON THE PLAIN TOWNSHIP ON PINE MEADOW ROAD, WHICH IS KIND OF OUT IN THE OLD TOWNSHIP AREA, LIKE BY MORSE ROAD OR IT'S IT'S ON. IT'S ON MORSE ROAD. IT'S BETWEEN KITZMILLER AND BABBITT. GOT IT. THAT'S A LITTLE DEAD END STREET. I GOT ONE OF MY NEIGHBORS, DON CUTTS, HERE. I GOT BRIAN GILSON, I GOT BYRON PHILLIPS, AND I HAVE MY TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE. THAT WAS NICE ENOUGH TO COME DAVID FERGUSON, YOU KNOW, I WE'VE LIVED OUT IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD OUT IN PLAIN TOWNSHIP ON PINE MEADOW FOR OVER 30 YEARS. SOME OF US 49 YEARS. THERE'S 23 HOUSES ON A DEAD END STREET. SOME OF THE NEIGHBORS ARE STILL ORIGINAL OWNERS. WE'VE ALWAYS LOVED THIS AREA, SEEING HOW MUCH IT'S GROWN. AND BOY HAS IT GROWN. I'M A GENERAL CONTRACTOR. I AM THE GREAT CABINETRY COMPANY LOCATED AT 4242 EAST JONESTOWN ROAD IN GUYANA. AS A CONTRACTOR, I UNDERSTAND DEVELOPMENT. IT'S A GREAT THING FOR THE COMMUNITY AND INEVITABLE TO MAKE THINGS GROW, GENERATE MONEY, AND TO IMPROVE LIVES FOR EVERYBODY IN THE TOWNSHIP AND THE CITY OF NEW ALBANY. BUT WITHIN THE LAST HUNDRED DAYS, THE DATA CENTERS OFF BABBITT ROAD HAVE BEEN ACTIVATED. UNFORTUNATELY, THE NOISE LEVEL COMES FROM THESE DATA CENTERS THAT'S DROPPING DOWN INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

THEY HAVE 28 FANS ALONG BABBITT ROAD THAT ARE ABOUT THE SIZE OF A TWO CAR GARAGE. EACH FAN, WHICH I'LL GIVE YOU GUYS SOME DRAWINGS OF THAT. THE FANS ARE HEADING IN THE DIRECTION OF OUR HOUSE AND TO SAY THE LEAST, THEY HAVE DEFINITELY DISRUPTED OUR ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD. THOUGH WE'D LIKE TO SAY THANKS TO THE CITY OF NEW ALBANY FOR PUTTING A GREAT NOISE ORDINANCE IN THAT AREA TO BASICALLY, IT KIND OF STATES THAT THIS SECTION IS INTENDED TO PROTECT PERSONS FROM EXCESSIVE NOISE LEVELS WHICH INTERFERE WITH THE COMFORT, ENJOYMENT OF LIFE, PROPERTY AND RECREATION BECAUSE OF EXCESSIVE NOISE CAN INTERFERE WITH SLEEP, COMMUNICATION, RELAXATION, AND THE FULL ENJOYMENT OF ONE'S PROPERTY. YOU GUYS HAVE ALSO STUCK SOMETHING IN THERE THAT STATES THAT THEY CANNOT HAVE ANY PLAINLY AUDIBLE NOISE GREATER THAN 50FT AWAY FROM THE PROPERTY LINE, WHICH I GOT ON GOOGLE MAPS AND KIND OF LOOKED WERE 0.46 MILES AWAY FROM THE SITE FROM GOOGLE EARTH, WHICH IRONICALLY OWNS THESE COOLING

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ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? NO. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT DON. HELLO, I'M DON CUTTS I LIVE ON PINE MEADOW ROAD. I KNOW MATT SHAW FOR A LONG TIME, WATCHING HIS KIDS GROW UP. WE GREW UP TOGETHER WITH OUR KIDS, GROWING UP TOGETHER, PLAYING SPORTS. I I'LL JUST READ WHAT? I'VE BEEN HERE FOR ABOUT 23 YEARS. I'VE BEEN PART OF NEW ALBANY IN MANY WAYS. I WAS THE PRESIDENT OF THE SOCCER LEAGUE FOR PARK AND REC FOR TWO YEARS, TWO YEARS ON THE BOARD OF APPEALS FOR THE PLAIN TOWNSHIP. I WORKED PART OF THE REC. I WORKED AT THE PARK, PARK AND REC FOR TWO YEARS, AND I ALSO WORKED AT THE NEW ALBANY SCHOOLS AS A TEACHER'S AIDE. SO I'VE BEEN HERE INVOLVED WITH NEW ALBANY FOR QUITE SOME TIME, AND GROWING UP, AND FOR THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN HERE FOR QUITE SOME TIME, REMEMBER THE ICE CREAM STAND THAT USED TO SIT RIGHT ACROSS FROM RUDOLPH? I ONLY KNEW ABOUT IT BECAUSE MY WIFE WAS PREGNANT, AND I HAD TO GO TO EAGLES PIZZA TO GET A PIZZA TO DRIVE INTO THE PLACE.

SO I HAD TO DO THAT ALL THE TIME. AND THE NOISE THAT WE HAD IS KIDS PLAYING AT THE PARK AND REC, THE KIDS PLAYING FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL. THE LIGHT ORDINANCE THAT WE WOULD HAVE IS JUST FROM THE FOOTBALL GAME, AND IT PRETTY MUCH IT'S BEEN A COW TOWN, RIGHT? VERY QUIET AREA. BUT IN SINCE JULY, THERE'S BEEN A JET PLANE THAT FLIES OVER MY HOUSE 24 OVER SEVEN. AND IT'S NOT LIKE A JET PLANE JUST COMING RIGHT OVER, BUT IT'S A LOW HUM AND IT'S A CONSISTENT LOW HUM THROUGH THROUGH THE NIGHT, THROUGH THE DAY, 24 OVER SEVEN. THE ENGINEER DID SAY THAT THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO HELP GET RID OF THIS. AND HE SAID THAT THERE IS THINGS IN PLAY AND MAYBE GOOGLE HAS NOT REALLY LOOKED AT IT BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT THE TREES WOULD BE GOOD ENOUGH. AND I, I IT'S AN OPEN WELCOME TO YOU GUYS TO PLEASE STOP OVER AND MAKE SURE YOU COME INTO MY HOUSE, KNOCK ON MY DOOR, TEXT ME.T KNOWS MY NUMBER HASN'T CHANGED AND IT'S ON THE THING. I WOULD LOVE TO JUST SHOW YOU AROUND WHAT WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH. AND IT SEEMS LIKE THE NEW NOISE ORDINANCE, THE NOISE IS LIKE UMBRELLA. UMBRELLA TYPE EFFECT. IT'S COMING OVER THE TREES AND IT'S IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. I GET UP AT 5:00 IN THE MORNING AND I HEAR A TWO MILE WALK, AND AREAS ARE MUCH LOUDER, AND THEN THE

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OKAY. AND DO YOU, HAVE YOU SAID THAT THERE WERE SOME SOLUTIONS THAT YOU DIDN'T THINK THAT GOOGLE WAS IMPLEMENTING? YEAH. CAN YOU MAKE SURE THAT OUR STAFF OR THAT YOU CAN TELL US NOW OR THAT WE KNOW WHAT THOSE SOLUTIONS ARE SO WE CAN THE ENGINEERS SAID IN THE MEETING, AND I MIGHT HAVE TO BRING TJ BACK UP BECAUSE HIM AND I WERE BOTH THERE WAS A SCREEN THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO GO AROUND THE SYSTEM OR BUILD AROUND THE SYSTEM AND CLOSE IT IN BY CEMENT BLOCKS. ON THE SCREEN. AND HE WAS THINKING THAT IT WOULD BE LIKE SAFETY AND HANG ON JUST A MOMENT, BECAUSE WE CAN'T HEAR YOU ON THE RECORDING FOR THE SAKE OF THE MINUTES AND FOR THE STREAM, JUST GIVE YOUR NAME ONE MORE TIME AND THEN TALK AGAIN. THOMAS MCCART. THEY DID SAY THAT THE SCREENING WAS COMPLETE. JOSHUA ALBRIGHT IS YOUR GUYS'S ENGINEER THAT WE TALKED TO AT NEW ALBANY. HE SAID THAT HE WAS HOPING THAT IT WAS NOT BECAUSE HE WAS THINKING MAYBE THEY WERE JUST THROUGH LIFE SAFETY, AND THEY GAVE HIM TEMPORARY OCCUPANCY JUST TO GET THE BUILDING UP AND RUNNING. BUT HE'S REALIZED THAT ALL THE SCREENING IS IN PLACE AND THEY ARE FINALIZED. SO HE DID SAY THAT THEY WILL DO SOMETHING TO BE DONE. HE SUGGESTED THAT HE COULD PROBABLY GET SCREENING UP, AND I BELIEVE 2 OR 3 WEEKS IS KIND OF WHAT HE WAS THINKING.

IF HE COULD, IF HE COULD RUN EQUIPMENT. SO OUR DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR INFORMED ME EARLIER TODAY THAT OUR STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THE RESIDENTS THERE AND THE COMPANY. SO MAYBE JENNIFER CAN GIVE A QUICK UPDATE. YEAH. AND AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING OUT AND FOR SPEAKING. JOSH WAS GOING TO BE HERE TONIGHT, BUT I TOLD HIM THAT HE HAD BRIEFED ME PRETTY WELL ON THE SITUATION. HE JUST STARTED WORKING ON THIS LAST WEEK. I THINK WHAT BECAME AWARE WITH A INFORMATION REQUEST THAT CAME THROUGH OUR GENERAL WEBSITE, AND THEN IT WAS FILTERED TO HIM. HE AND HIS TEAM IMMEDIATELY WENT OUT AND WERE ABLE TO HAVE SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH THE RESIDENTS AND TALK IMMEDIATELY TO NOT ONLY GOOGLE, ALSO HOLDER.

AND SO THEY HAVE IMMEDIATELY DEPLOYED A CONSULTANT TO COME OUT AND DO A NOISE STUDY SO WE COULD GET SOME DATA ON WHAT'S HAPPENING. AND THAT'S PART OF HOW TO FIX THESE THINGS, IS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE DATA IS NOT AT THEIR PROPERTY LINE, BUT AT THE PROPERTY LINE OF THE BABBITT ROAD, WHICH MEANS IF THEY'RE EVEN FARTHER AWAY AND IF THERE'S NOISE AT BABBITT ROAD, THEN THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THAT SHOULD SHOW UP. WE ALSO DID DETERMINE THAT THE SCREENING THAT WAS IN PLACE IS THE FINAL SCREENING. HOWEVER, JOSH AND AND HIS COLLEAGUE JEREMIAH HAVE SOME CREATIVE IDEAS. THEY MET WITH THE PLANNING TEAM, CHRIS, TODAY TO PRESENT BACK TO GOOGLE, WHO WAS VERY OPEN TO TALKING WITH US ABOUT SOLUTIONS. ONE OF THEM IS TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHETHER OR NOT THERE COULD BE A SOUND ATTENUATION WALL THAT'S BUILT AROUND THE FAN STRUCTURES, AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT DOES TO THE FUNCTIONALITY OF THEM, BUT SOMETHING THAT THEY ARE WILLING TO EXPLORE. THE SECOND OPTION IS COULD THEY? SOMETIMES YOU SEE THEM ON BUILDINGS IN CERTAIN EXHAUSTS WHERE YOU HAVE LONG CYLINDER TYPE OF STRUCTURE THAT COMES OUT AND IT TAKES THE SOUND AND KIND OF PUSHES IT BACK TOWARDS THE CAMPUS. AND SO THAT WAS ANOTHER JUST AND WE'RE WE'RE CIVIL ENGINEERS HERE AND WE'RE CITY MUNICIPAL ENGINEERS.

SO WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY MECHANICAL ONES. BUT THOSE WERE TWO SUGGESTIONS THAT THEY EVEN BRAINSTORMED TODAY. THAT WOULD WORK. WE KNOW THAT IN PAST EXPERIENCES, WE'VE ONLY HAD ONE COMPLAINT ABOUT THE GOOGLE SITE, AND IT WAS FROM A PROPERTY OWNER ON MORSE ROAD. AFTER ALL THESE YEARS OF CONSTRUCTION AND THE DEVELOPMENT, THE CONSTRUCTION TEAM AND GOOGLE WERE VERY, VERY GOOD ABOUT TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A SOLUTION. I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN PUT A TIME FRAME RIGHT THIS MINUTE ON THAT SOLUTION, BUT I KNOW WE'VE HAD POSITIVE RESULTS IN THE PAST. WE'RE JUST THANKFUL TO KNOW ABOUT THE PROBLEM. JOSH HAS BEEN OUT THERE, I THINK 5 OR 6 TIMES SINCE FRIDAY. IT'S ONLY TUESDAY AND SO VERY MUCH HAPPY TO BE PARTNERS WITH THE RESIDENTS AND TRY TO FIGURE ANYTHING OUT. AND YOU KNOW, JOSH DIDN'T QUITE HE'S A FAIRLY NEW ENGINEER IN OUR DEPARTMENT. AND HE SAID, WHY WOULD IT MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE TO THE CUSTOMER SERVICE THAT I GIVE SOMEBODY, WHETHER THEY'RE IN THE TOWNSHIP OR THE CITY? AND SO HE'S GOT THE GOOD MENTALITY, GOOD MENTALITY ON HOW TO MOVE FORWARD AND IS DEFINITELY HEARING WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY. AND THAT'S A WONDERFUL THING BECAUSE TECHNICALLY WE ARE ALL IN THE TOWNSHIP. YEAH, RIGHT. TOWNSHIPS EVERYBODY, EVEN THOUGH YOU GUYS ARE VILLAGE AND WELL, I DO HAVE A PICTURE OF THE FANS THAT'S KIND OF PASSED AROUND. SO YEAH. THANK YOU.

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ANY MORE QUESTIONS? I APPRECIATE THE TIME. YOU KNOW, REAL QUICK, AT THE END OF AT THE END OF ALL THIS IS THAT I HEARD THAT RESIDENTIAL IS BEING BUILT FROM BABBITT ROAD ALL THE WAY DOWN TO AVERY. SO THAT'S ALL GOING TO BE RESIDENTIAL AREA. SO WHAT I'M WORRIED ABOUT IS THAT IF WE CAN'T GET A HOLD OF THIS NOISE IN THIS LIGHT PROBLEM, THAT OUR VALUE OF OUR HOUSE IS GOING TO DIMINISH A LOT BECAUSE OF THIS NOISE. I MEAN, IF SOMEBODY WERE TO VISIT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, THE FIRST THING THEY WOULD SAY, OH, IS I HEAR THE DOG KENNEL, THE DOG KENNEL GOES AWAY, THEN YOU HEAR THE THE SOUND FROM MY PLANE THAT I DON'T EVEN OWN, THAT CONSISTENTLY FLIES OVER MY HOUSE. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU JOHN.

APPRECIATE IT. JOHN. AND THE LAST SPEAKER CARD I HAVE IS FROM RON DAVIES. OH RON. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING, RON DAVIES. GOOD EVENING. WHAT I'D LIKE TO BRING UP IS I HOPE YOU ALL RECOGNIZE WE HAVE A VIBRANT, VIBRANT SEGMENT COMMUNITY HERE IN NEW ALBANY. NEW ALBANY RIGHT NOW. THEY'RE OUT RIGHT NOW. I KNOW IT'S I WROTE EARLIER SO I COULD BE HERE FOR YOU. OH, YEAH.

WE HAVE 303 MEMBERS IN THE CLUB NOW. REGISTERED MEMBERS. WE RUN, YOU KNOW, TWO, TWO RIDES A WEEK, TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS. AS MAYOR SAID THEY'RE OUT RIGHT NOW. WHAT I'D LIKE TO ASK IS THAT WHEN WE THINK ABOUT ROADS AND AND WHAT ALL THAT WE THINK ABOUT, SIGNS AROUND SHARE THE ROAD AS WELL AS BIKE LANES, YOU KNOW, WE RIDE CLOVER VALLEY ROAD UP TO GREEN CHAPEL AND IT'S BEAUTIFUL. THERE'S, YOU KNOW, LEISURE PATHS ON BOTH SIDES. IT'S A FOUR LANE ROAD, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THERE'S A BIKE LANE. RIGHT. AND SO AS WE RIDE THESE 300 MEMBERS 28 WEEKS A YEAR, WE'RE CONSTANTLY APPRIZED OF, YOU KNOW, WE'LL JUST SAY IMPATIENT MOTORISTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND CERTAINLY THERE'S A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION HERE TODAY. BUT WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO ASK IS THAT WE THINK ABOUT BIKE LANES IN TERMS OF COMMUTING, RECREATIONAL SPORTS, AND JUST RAISE THAT TO THIS COUNCIL SUGGESTION. I KNOW WE'VE GOT A COUPLE BIKERS ON THE GROUP, SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU RON. YEAH, IT'S CERTAINLY AN ISSUE WITH WE'VE HIGHLIGHTED OVER THE YEARS. AND JUST TO BE HONEST, WE WE NEED TO DO BETTER.

I MEAN THAT'S JUST THE REALITY OF IT. YEAH. WE HAVE THE SPACE. THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE RIDE, RIGHT? YEAH. IF YOU PUT A FEW MORE MANHOLE COVERS ON JUG ROAD EAST OF BEECH SO WE COULD DODGE THOSE MORE, THAT'D BE GREAT AS WELL. YOU GOTTA WORK ON BIKING. THANKS, RON. WELL, WE'RE STILL UNDER HEARING OF VISITORS. THERE MAY BE A GUEST OR A MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY THAT DID NOT FILL OUT A VISITOR'S CARD. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO COUNCIL REGARDING A MATTER? NOT ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA. ALL RIGHT. THAT CONCLUDES THE HEARING OF

[7. BOARD/COMMISSION REPORTS]

THE APPLICANT WAS TRYING TO USE A POLYCARBONATE PANEL ON THE ROOF OF A OF A PATIO COVER WITH ALUMINUM POSTS, AND THEY ALSO WERE GOING TO BE GOING INTO A DRAINAGE EASEMENT. AND THAT WAS WAS DENIED UNANIMOUSLY. THEN THERE WAS THE COURTYARDS AT HAYNES CREEK. PHASE TWO CAME IN WITH THEIR FINAL PLAT. IT WAS FOUND THAT IT WAS THE FINAL PLAT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE PRELIMINARY PLAT THAT HAD ALREADY BEEN APPROVED. SO UNANIMOUS APPROVAL, IT WENT A LOT FASTER THAN COUNCILWOMAN WILTROUT THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO, AND SHE ASKED ME TO GO STRAITS LANE 7820 STRAITS LANE. I KNOW YOU SAID IT WAS GOING TO GO FAST. THERE WAS A APPLICANT THAT WANTED VARIANCE FOR A PAVER PATIO AND PERGOLA THAT WOULD ENCROACH INTO THE SETBACK, AND THEY DIDN'T SHOW UP, SO IT WAS UNANIMOUSLY VOTED TO TABLE IT ONCE AND GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO SHOW UP. THAT WENT QUICKLY. RICHMOND SQUARE HAD A LOT TEN SUBDIVISION FINAL PLAT APPROVAL, AND I AM GOING TO TELL YOU THAT I STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND, CHRIS, WHAT EXACTLY WAS GOING ON WITH

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OKAY, NOW THIS ONE. I REALLY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND HOW THIS WAS A LOT OF ARCHITECTURAL DISCUSSION AND I WAS A LITTLE LOST. I SAID TO ANDREW AT THE END, I SAID, I DON'T KNOW WHAT LANGUAGE YOU WERE SPEAKING TONIGHT, BUT THEY REVIEWED. LET ME SEE HERE. LET ME FIND MY NOTES REAL FAST. ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD OKAY. SO LET'S SEE WHERE DID I PUT IT. GIVE ME A MINUTE OKAY. FIRST THEY REVIEWED THE CHURCH OF THE RESURRECTIONS PRAYER GARDEN CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS, AND THEY HAD LOT OF SUGGESTED CHANGES TO THE PRAYER WALL, INCLUDING THE PIERS ON EACH SIDE, HAVING THE ARCHES NARROWED, HAVING THREE CUTOUTS IN THE LOWER PORTION OF THE BRICK INSTEAD OF LIMESTONE. THEY WENT TO BRICK AND A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT DESIGN THINGS ON THE PRAYER GARDEN WALL, NONE OF WHICH THE CHURCH OF RESURRECTION REPRESENTATIVES HAD AN ISSUE WITH. AND SO THE PLAN WAS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.

THE NEXT ONE WAS THE NEW ALBANY PLAIN LOCAL SCHOOLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS, TO ALLOW A NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. AND THAT HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSION. THAT'S WHERE ANDREW MIELITZ REALLY LOST ME. AND I WILL JUST SAY TO YOU THAT THERE WERE A WHOLE LOT OF SUGGESTIONS AND CONDITIONS, AND THE SCHOOL WAS OPEN TO ALL OF IT, AND IT WAS, AM I GOING TO SAY THIS CORRECTLY, PRELIMINARILY APPROVED TO MOVE FORWARD, SUBJECT TO REVIEWING ALL OF THOSE THINGS WITH STAFF AND WITH ARB AGAIN LATER? THEY'RE ALL NODDING AT ME. I'M GETTING THAT RIGHT. OKAY. AND THEN THE FINAL THING THAT WAS NOT ON THE AGENDA, BUT I HAVE IT HERE SOMEWHERE. WHAT WAS IT? ANYBODY WANT TO JUMP IN AND HELP ME? THERE WAS ONE OTHER THING THAT WAS NOT ON THE AGENDA. SOMETHING YOU WANT TO GIVE ME A CLUE WHAT IT WAS? I THINK THE FOOD PANTRY WENT INFORMALLY. AND THE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. WELL, THAT THAT WAS ON THE RIGHT. SO THE FOOD PANTRY IS GOING TO BE GOING INTO IS IT THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH AND TO THEY'RE GOING TO BE BUILDING A BUILDING ON THEIR PARKING LOT FOR A NEW HOME FOR THE FOOD PANTRY, AND IT WASN'T THERE FOR ANY OFFICIAL REVIEW. IT WAS JUST NOT ON THE AGENDA, JUST A HEADS UP TO GIVE ARB A SENSE OF WHAT THEY WERE LOOKING AT, AND GET A SENSE FROM ARB OF WHAT THEY THOUGHT OF THE PRELIMINARY PLAN, SO THEY KNEW WHETHER TO MOVE THAT DIRECTION OR LOOK AT SOME OTHER THINGS. AND I THINK IT WAS VERY WELL RECEIVED WITH I GOT AN ARB MEMBER HERE NODDING TOO. SO I'M DOING WELL. I THINK IT WAS VERY WELL RECEIVED WITH, AGAIN, A NUMBER OF SUGGESTIONS AND COMMENTS. AND THEN FINALLY, AS WE STARTED THE DISCUSSION, WE'VE NOW CONTRACTED WITH AN OUTSIDE CONSULTANT GROUP ABOUT CREATING A MASTER SIGN PLAN FOR THE COMMUNITY, BECAUSE WE FIND THAT EVERYTHING IS GOT ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT RULES AND, AND, AND DIFFERENT LOCATIONS, AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE BRINGING IN SAMPLES OF SIGNS AND PUTTING THEM IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM SO THAT PEOPLE CAN TOUCH AND FEEL AND SEE AND AND LOOK AT THINGS. AND IT WILL BE REVIEWED BY THE VARIOUS BOARDS AND THEN OBVIOUSLY COME TO COUNCIL AT SOME POINT. AND THAT WAS ARB, WHICH LOCATION? PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH FOR THE FOOD PANTRY IS THE ROSE RUN PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, CORRECT? YEAH. OKAY. THANKS. YEAH.

YOU'VE BEEN OVER TO THAT. THE CAMPUS THERE WHERE THE CHURCH IS LOCATED, THERE'S THEY DO HAVE A FAIR AMOUNT OF SPACE, AND I BELIEVE THEY'RE GOING TO PUT A DEDICATED DRIVE AISLE IN FOR THE FOOD PANTRY, IF THE PLAN IS IS LAID OUT, COMES TO FRUITION. SO IT'S ACTUALLY A

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SUSTAINABILITY. YES. WE HAD A MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 10TH. I HAD A PRETTY GOOD HANDLE ON WHAT WAS GOING ON. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER, THANK YOU. YES. WE HAD AN UPDATE FROM OUR STUDENT LEADERS AND SUSTAINABILITY. ONE OF OUR REALLY GREAT STUDENTS THAT DID A PROJECT WAS ALEXA BRIGGS. SHE BUILT 27, IF YOU RECALL, 27 BIRD BOXES AROUND THE E3 BUILDING AND WHAT I AFFECTIONATELY CALL THE CROSS COUNTRY COURSE UP ON THE WOODS FIELDS. IF YOU RECALL, HER PROJECT WAS ABOUT $1,000, SO SHE PUT 27 BIRD BOXES OUT AND SHE WAS ABLE TO GO AROUND AND, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE A HATCH ON ON THE SIDE OF THE BIRD BOXES.

IN ALL, 27 BOXES HAVE NESTING BIRDS INSIDE. SO A LOT OF DIFFERENT SPECIES, SOME THAT THEY DIDN'T EVEN ANTICIPATE. SO ALL IN ALL, IT WAS A REALLY GOOD REPRESENTATION OF THE SUSTAINABILITY GRANT. WE TOUCHED ON OUR 2026 WORK PLAN. WE'LL PROBABLY GET MORE INTO THAT AT OUR BUDGET WORKSHOP IN NOVEMBER. WE ARE EXPLORING A POTENTIAL PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE CITY, THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION AND LOCAL SCHOOLS, POTENTIALLY TO MEET QUARTERLY.

THERE'S A LOT OF SYNERGIES THAT I THINK WE CAN, YOU KNOW, ALIGN WITH DIFFERENT PROJECTS THAT OUR GROUPS ARE DOING FOR SUSTAINABILITY, BUT MAYBE WE CAN ACTUALLY UNITE AND HAVE A, YOU KNOW, ONE VISION. SO I THINK WE'RE GOING TO START SOME QUARTERLY MEETINGS WITH THOSE GROUPS. REALLY EXCITING NEWS. THE PILOT, FOOD WASTE CURBSIDE PICKUP PROGRAM. THE FIRST PICKUP IS ACTUALLY ON THURSDAY OF THIS WEEK IN THE WINDSOR NEIGHBORHOOD. SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL START TO SEE SOME BUCKETS OUT NEXT TO THE TRASH. I THINK AS OF THE MEETING WE HAD 41 SIGNUPS. WE'RE TRYING TO GET ABOUT 150 IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. I THINK THERE'S 268 HOMES IN WINDSOR, SO 40% IS KIND OF THE STANDARD THAT THAT COMMUNITIES SHOOT FOR WHEN THEY DO THE CURBSIDE COMPOSTING PICKUP. SO I'LL CONTINUE TO UPDATE ON OUR NUMBERS. AND AGAIN, SEPTEMBER 18TH IS THE FIRST PICKUP FOR THAT KIND OF DOVETAILING INTO THAT, WE HAVE A BID FOR SWACO THAT IS GETTING READY TO OCCUR. AND I THINK OUR BID TO THE CONSORTIUM WILL BE FOR TRASH RECYCLING AND CURBSIDE COMPOSTING. AND THEN WE CAN KIND OF PICK WHICH SERVICES WE WANT TO EXPLORE. AND I KNOW WE HAD DIFFERENT DISCUSSIONS ABOUT TRASH AND RECYCLING, AND MAYBE WE CAN LOOK AT IT HOLISTICALLY GOING FORWARD. AND THEN JUST A REMINDER, KEEP YOUR EYES OUT FOR THE GENES FOR GREEN NEW ALBANY. IT'S A PROGRAM THAT'S GOING TO BE LAUNCHING LATER THIS MONTH AND ROLLING INTO OCTOBER. IT'S A PARTNERSHIP WITH ANF THE TOWNSHIP AND THE CITY AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO RECYCLE ALL THOSE OLD BELL BOTTOMS YOU GOT IN THE CLOSET.

TOM, YOU CAN FINALLY GET RID OF THEM, I THINK. I THINK THEY'RE OUT THERE. YEAH. RIGHT NOW. SO THE BUCKETS OUT THERE ALREADY, I KNOW WE ALL HAVE SOME SKINNY JEANS. ANYBODY BORN IN THE 80S, THAT'S FEMALE. WHAT'S WRONG WITH SKINNY JEANS? RIGHT IN THERE. YEAH. WE'LL TALK. SO AND I DID ASK THE QUESTION. THEY DO RECYCLE. AND IF THEY ARE IN GOOD ENOUGH SHAPE THEY THEY ACTUALLY WILL REUSE THE DENIM. BUT THEN THEY ACTUALLY DO A FIBER RECLAMATION THAT CAN BE USED IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT APPLICATIONS, INCLUDING LIKE HOUSING MATERIALS. SO THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT USES FOR THE DENIM THAT GETS RECYCLED. THAT'S THE UPDATE FOR SAB. ALL RIGHT. ANY UPDATE FROM THE IDEA IMPLEMENTATION PANEL. SO FIRST I WANT TO GO BACK TO AGAIN TO JUST REALLY SO MANY THANK YOU'S FROM SO MANY PEOPLE FOR THE EVENTS THAT WE DID LAST WEEK.

OUR STAFF, OUR STAFF IS INCREDIBLE. I JUST HAVE NO WORDS. OUR EVENTS STAFF WITH UNDER ABBY AND AND JUST EVERYBODY IN THE EVENT STAFF, EVERYBODY IN THE COMMUNICATION STAFF, JOSH ALL JUST PEOPLE PUT IN SO MUCH TIME AND TALENT AND PASSION INTO THOSE THREE DAYS.

AND IT WAS IT WAS, YOU KNOW, WE HELPED TREMENDOUSLY WITH THE SCHOOL PROGRAM AS WELL. THERE WERE, I THINK, SEVERAL CLASSES ON WEDNESDAY, STUDENTS PLAYING VIOLINS, MEETING WITH THE MAN

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THANK YOU. CASEY I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ANY UPDATE FROM THE CEMETERY RESTORATION ADVISORY BOARD? NO MEETING. AND THERE WAS NO MEETING OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS COMMISSION CORRESPONDENCE OR COMMUNICATION. ANY CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED FROM A COUNCIL MEMBER THEY'D LIKE TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON. I KNOW THE CLERK WAS KIND ENOUGH TO CIRCULATE A COUPLE OF EMAILS THAT HAVE COME IN, SO WE CAN

[9. PUBLIC HEARING FOR JERSEY-NEW ALBANY JOINT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT NO. 1, NO. 2, AND NO. 3 ]

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AND THEN FINALLY ON PAGE 18, EXHIBIT B, UNDER THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN, THIS WOULD BE PARAGRAPH THREE. WE ADDED LANGUAGE RELATIVE TO MUTUAL AID BEING SUBSTITUTED OR POTENTIALLY BEING SUBSTITUTED FOR REGULAR LAW ENFORCEMENT COVERAGE. WITHIN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA. WE HAVE MUTUAL AID AGREEMENTS WITH ALL OF OUR SURROUNDING LAW ENFORCEMENT JURISDICTIONS. WHAT THIS SAYS IS THAT THE PARTIES INTEND THAT SHOULD DEVELOPMENT OCCUR IN THIS UNINCORPORATED AREA, THE TOWNSHIP HAS THE OBLIGATION TO PROVIDE REGULAR LAW ENFORCEMENT COVERAGE AND WOULD NOT BE RELYING UPON ITS MUTUAL AID AGREEMENTS WITH THE CITY OF NEW ALBANY TO PROVIDE LAW ENFORCEMENT COVERAGE. THOSE ARE THE SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES.

THERE WERE SOME OTHERS THAT WERE MORE. STYLISTIC, FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD, BUT HAD NO SUBSTANTIVE IMPACT ON THE DOCUMENTS. THANK YOU. JOE. ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL REGARDING THE CITY MANAGER'S UPDATE ON THE ORDINANCE? NO. THEN I'LL OPEN THE I'LL READ

[10. SECOND READING OF ORDINANCES AND PUBLIC HEARING]

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MAYOR SPALDING, JUST A POINT OF ORDER. CAN WE OPEN AND CLOSE THIS SEPARATE PUBLIC HEARING SEPARATELY AND THEN ATTENDED THE ORDINANCE? SO WE HAVE THIS STANDALONE? YEAH, I THINK I THINK I DID THAT LAST TIME TOO. SO WE. WE'RE GOING TO OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING TO HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT. OKAY. FAIR ENOUGH. ALL RIGHT THEN I'LL GO AHEAD AND OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING.

IS THERE A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS ANY OF THE CITY MANAGER'S COMMENTS REGARDING THE JOINT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS PROPOSED WITH JERSEY TOWNSHIP NUMBERS ONE, TWO AND THREE? PLEASE COME TO THE BANK. OH, IF YOU CAN GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND SHARE YOUR QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS. THOMAS LUKEHART, 3790 PINE MEADOW ROAD, PLAIN TOWNSHIP. YOU KNOW, DO YOU HAVE DO YOU HAVE A MAP LIKE THE PAPERWORK OF THAT THAT I COULD TAKE WITH ME OR LIKE LOOK AT WHEN I LEAVE OUT OF HERE, YOU KNOW, JUST TO KIND OF SEE EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON OUT THERE BECAUSE YOU'RE SAYING MORRIS ROAD AGAIN. JERSEY.

THAT'S ALL ME. HANG ON, MISTER, THE CAR DOESN'T SOUND LIKE THE MICROPHONE'S ON. SO WE DO HAVE MAPS ATTACHED TO EACH OF THE DOCUMENTS. I PLAN TO GO THROUGH THOSE WITH THE READING OF THE ORDINANCE, BUT THE MY MEMORY IS CORRECT. THE MORRIS ROAD CORRIDOR. THE TOWNSHIP ADMINISTRATOR WAS ATTEMPTING TO GET EACH OF THOSE PARCELS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED ALPHABETICALLY ALONG THE CORRIDOR. THEY WERE ONLY ABLE TO FINALIZE THE AGREEMENT WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER DESIGNATED THERE AS EXHIBIT A OR LETTER A, LOCATED AT MORRIS, AND I CAN'T READ IT FROM HERE. ACADEMY MILLS RIGHT. THANK YOU. OKAY. YEAH, I JUST WOULD LIKE TO DEFINITELY SEE THAT PAPERWORK. AND THAT'S KIND OF ANOTHER INTERESTING THING COMING OUT BY ME FOR MORE NOISE THAT COULD POSSIBLY ARISE. WE'RE HAPPY TO SHARE THAT THE. OKAY, MR. LOCKHART, DO I HAVE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS FROM YOUR SPEAKER CARD? I DON'T THINK IT WAS ON. IT'S ACTUALLY ON THAT PIECE OF PAPER THAT I GAVE YOU. IT'S AT THE BOTTOM IF YOU LOOK DOWN THERE. DOES HAVE MY EMAIL ADDRESS ON THERE. WELL, YEAH. THERE WAS ONE MORE SHEET I BELIEVE THAT HAS AT THE END.

IT'S GOT MY NAME. PUT ME OVER. THERE YOU GO. GOT IT. I CAN EMAIL YOU THE LEGISLATION WHICH WILL HAVE ALL THREE AGREEMENTS INCLUDING MAPS ON THEM. THAT'D BE FANTASTIC. THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL FOR ME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU SIR. NO PROBLEM. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING THE JOINT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS? ALL RIGHT. THEN WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. AND THAT WILL TAKE US TO SEGREGATING ORDINANCES AND PUBLIC HEARING ORDINANCE. OH 21 2025 AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE CITY OF NEW ALBANY AND JERSEY TOWNSHIP FOR THE PURPOSE OF CREATING THE WORTHINGTON ROAD JOINT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, THE MORRIS ROAD JOINT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, AND THE NORTHEAST MINK STREET JOINT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT. SO, AS I MENTIONED, THE MORRIS ROAD DISTRICT HAS BEEN. SHRUNK, FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD. THEY THE TOWNSHIP ADMINISTRATOR, BELIEVES THAT AS ADDITIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES BECOME AVAILABLE, THAT THE REMAINING RESIDENTS ALONG THAT CORRIDOR WILL BECOME INTERESTED IN JOINING THE JET.

BUT AND THEN WE WILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS FOR EACH ONE OF THOSE IN THE FUTURE. AND THEN JUST TO JUST DESCRIBE THE POTENTIAL AREA WITHIN THE JET SUBJECT TO INCLUSION, DO WE HAVE THAT SEPARATE MAP OR JUST THE PARCELS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN. SO THE SO THE OUTLINED AREA THERE ENCOMPASSES 310 TO THE EAST, MINK ROAD GENERALLY SPEAKING TO THE WEST IT DOES, IT DOES SOUTH OF 161 GO A LITTLE BIT FARTHER WEST TO HARRISON ROAD. THE COUNTY LINE TO THE SOUTH, AND THEN TO THE NORTH, GREEN CHAPEL ROAD. SO THERE'S ANYTHING WITHIN THAT.

THAT C-2 AREA CAN BE INCORPORATED INTO AN INDEPENDENT JET DISTRICT, AND THERE CAN BE ANY NUMBER OF JET DISTRICTS THAT ARE INCLUDED WITHIN THAT AREA. SO THESE ARE THE CEDAR BOUNDARIES, EACH IN THEORY, EACH INDIVIDUAL PROPERTY OWNER COULD BE A SEPARATE JET. TYPICALLY WHAT WE TRY TO DO IS INCLUDE AS MANY PROPERTIES AS POSSIBLE INTO A SINGLE JET. THE NEXT ONE OF THE OTHER TWO JETS IS THE MINK STREET JET, SO THAT ENCOMPASSES THE AREA TO THE EAST OF MINK. WE, I BELIEVE, HAVE ELIMINATED TWO PARCELS BECAUSE THEY ARE CURRENTLY USED FOR RESIDENTIAL USE, AND UNDER THE OHIO REVISED CODE, THEY CANNOT BE SUBJECT TO

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WE HAVE THAT LIST OF OF PARCELS THAT IS INCLUDED OUT ALL THE WAY OUT TO 310, INCLUDING THE CAR DEALERSHIP THAT'S COMING INTO THE CEDAR AS WELL. YES. OKAY. SO AND JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW IS IN JERSEY TOWNSHIP. IT WILL NOT BE IN THE CITY OF NEW ALBANY. WE'RE JUST FACILITATING THE THE 2% COLLECTION OF THE TAX THAT WE SEND BACK TO THE TO THE TOWNSHIP. CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. AND THE REASON THAT WE BENEFIT FROM THIS IS THAT WE ARE ENGAGING IN THE. THE INFLUENCING OF, OF THE DEVELOPMENT OUT THERE. AND BY THAT I MEAN THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS. WE ARE TRYING TO APPLY SOME OF THE SAME DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS THAT HAVE MADE NEW ALBANY SUCCESSFUL AND A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT FROM SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES. AND WE BELIEVE THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE SEAMLESS DEVELOPMENT ACROSS OUR BORDERS TO THE EAST, SO THAT THIS RELATIONSHIP IS GIVING US THE ABILITY TO WORK WITH THE TOWNSHIP NOT ONLY TO ATTRACT HIGH QUALITY DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, BUT ALSO TO INFLUENCE THE WAY THAT THE PROPERTY IS DEVELOPED WITHIN THAT AREA. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? THEN I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. WHEN ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC LIKE TO SPEAK REGARDING ORDINANCE OH 21 2025. SEEING NO PUBLIC COMMENT, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND MOVE FOR THE ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE. OH 21 2025 SECOND.

MAYOR SPALDING. YES. COUNCILMEMBER. SCHULTZ. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. BRISK. YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER. DETRICK. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. CHRIS. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. WILTROUT. YES.

I HAVE SIX YES. VOTES TO ADOPT. ORDINANCE OH 21 2025. LET ME JUST ACKNOWLEDGE AND THANK CITY MANAGER STEPPING OFF AND OUR STAFF FOR WORKING FOR WELL OVER A YEAR AND OUR CITY ATTORNEY, BEN ALBRECHT, AS WELL WITH OUR COLLEAGUES IN JERSEY TOWNSHIP, THE TRUSTEES AND THE TOWNSHIP ADMINISTRATOR, ROB PLATT, TO REALLY, YOU KNOW, WORK COLLABORATIVELY ON THIS PROJECT.

YOU KNOW, JERSEY TOWNSHIP HAS HAD SOME OF THEIR TERRITORY, IF YOU WILL, ANNEXED INTO THE CITY OF NEW ALBANY FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES. AND THIS AGREEMENT REALLY PROVIDES A BENEFIT TO BOTH COMMUNITIES. AS AS JOE POINTED OUT, IT GIVES THE CITY OF NEW ALBANY A LITTLE BIT MORE INFLUENCE OVER THE DESIGN STANDARDS AND THE QUALITY OF THE OF THE DEVELOPMENT. AND TO PRESIDENT OF COUNCIL SCHULTZ POINT, IT PROVIDES A REVENUE SOURCE FOR THE TOWNSHIP TO BE ABLE TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SERVICES AND AMENITIES FOR THEIR RESIDENTS. SO AGAIN, IT TOOK A LONG TIME TO NEGOTIATE, BUT I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYONE THAT WAS INVOLVED FOR WORKING COLLABORATIVELY TO BE GOOD NEIGHBORS WITH EACH OTHER.

WE DON'T ALWAYS AGREE ON EVERYTHING, BUT IT WAS IT'S A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO TO BUILD ON OUR COMMON FOCUS AND HAVE A HAVE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY MOVING FORWARD FOR BOTH COMMUNITIES. ALL RIGHT. THAT TAKES US TO ORDINANCE. OH 37 2025 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTERS 11051153 AND 1157 OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF NEW ALBANY CODIFIED ORDINANCES AS REQUESTED BY THE CITY OF NEW ALBANY. CHRIS. YES. THANK YOU.

SO THIS IS A SECOND READING. SO I'LL KEEP MY COMMENTS PRETTY BRIEF HERE TONIGHT. BUT AS YOU MENTIONED, THIS ORDINANCE DOES MODIFY THREE SECTIONS OF CODE. CHAPTER 1105, WHICH IS OUR ZONING DEFINITIONS, 11 TO 3, WHICH IS THE ARCHITECTURAL OR SORRY, OUR GE AND ZONING DISTRICTS TO ACCOMPLISH SOME ARCHITECTURAL CHANGES AS WELL AS CHAPTER 1157 WHICH IS OUR ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW OVERLAY DISTRICT. THE PURPOSE OF THESE CODE CHANGES IS REALLY TWOFOLD.

ONE IS TO CODIFY EXISTING ARCHITECTURAL STANDARDS THAT ARE FOUND THROUGHOUT THE BUSINESS PARK AND VARIOUS LIMITATION TEXTS, AND CODIFY THOSE WHERE CONSISTENT THROUGHOUT THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. AND THEN THE SECOND PURPOSE, OR THE SECOND PURPOSE OF THE CODE CHANGE, IS TO PROVIDE STANDARDS FOR ADVANCED FABRIC STRUCTURES IN THE LI AND ZONING DISTRICT. THESE STANDARDS ARE VERY SIMILAR TO THE STANDARDS THAT COUNCIL ADOPTED FOR THE ZONING DISTRICT. THE MINIMUM ACREAGE JUST INCREASED FROM 100 ACRES TO 300 ACRES. AND I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL REGARDING THE ORDINANCE? I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC LIKE TO SPEAK

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IS THERE A MOTION ON THE ORDINANCE I MOVE FOR ADOPTION OF? OH 37 2025 SECOND. COUNCIL MEMBER. YES. COUNCIL. YES. COUNCILMEMBER. SCHULTZ. YES. MAYOR. SPALDING. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. BRISK. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. CHRIS. YES. SIX. YES. VOTES TO ADOPT ORDINANCE OH 37 2025. ALL RIGHT. ORDINANCE OH 38 2025 ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTER 1169.08 OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING CODE OF THE CITY OF NEW ALBANY. CODIFIED ORDINANCES AS REQUESTED BY THE CITY OF NEW ALBANY. THANK YOU. AND AS THIS IS A SECOND READING, I'LL ALSO KEEP IT BRIEF. JUST A REMINDER, CITY STAFF WORKED WITH THE BZA STAFF BACK IN JULY TO COME UP WITH A NEW WAY TO MEASURE WALL SIGNS. SO HERE IS HOW YOU MEASURE IT NOW WITH AN INVISIBLE RECTANGLE AROUND WHICH DOES HAVE A LOT OF WHITE BLANK SPACE. WE ARE PROPOSING NOW TO JUST GO AROUND THE PERIMETER TO HOPEFULLY DECREASE VARIANCES AND GET RID OF SOME OF THAT BLANK SPACE. AND I'M HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL. WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. WOULD ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC LIKE TO SPEAK REGARDING ORDINANCE OH 38 2025? SEEING NO PUBLIC COMMENT, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE A MOTION ON THE ORDINANCE? AS A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER, I ENTHUSIASTICALLY MOVED TO APPROVE ORDINANCE OH 38 2025.

SECOND. OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER. YES. COUNCILMEMBER. SCHULTZ. YES. COUNCILMEMBER. WILTROUT.

YES. MAYOR. SPALDING. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. BRITS. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. DETRICK. YES.

SIX. YES. VOTES TO THAT ORDINANCE OH 38 2025. AND AS I COMMENTED DURING THE FIRST READING, I KNOW ALL OF US ON COUNCIL AT ONE POINT HAD SERVED ON THE BCA AND BEEN THROUGH LONG MEETINGS TALKING ABOUT CODES AND THE RIGHT COLORS AND FEATURES. AND WE WANT TO, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY HAVE A VERY WELL DEVELOPED PROCESS IN TOWN SO THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME COMMONALITY AMONGST SOME OF THESE. BUT AS WE BROUGHT SOME ADDITIONAL USERS IN WITH LARGE BUILDINGS, SOMETIMES THE CODE DIDN'T MAKE SENSE. SO AGAIN, COMPLIMENTS TO THE BCA AND STAFF FOR MAKING THE IMPROVEMENTS TO TO OUR SIGN CODE. MUCH APPRECIATED. THAT

[11. INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING OF ORDINANCES]

SO THIS IS LOCATED SORRY, NORTH OF MAIN STREET AND SOUTH OF MCDONALD LANE AND WEST OF KESWICK DRIVE. THIS SITE IS SURROUNDED BY OTHER RESIDENTIALLY ZONED AND USED PROPERTIES. THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD DID REVIEW AND APPROVE A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS APPLICATION FOR THIS PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT ON DECEMBER 11TH, 2023, AND THEN AGAIN FOR MODIFICATIONS ON JUNE 10TH OF 2024, AND THE PROPOSED PLAT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE PLAN APPROVED BY THE ARB, WHICH DOES CONSIST OF THE SIX TOWNHOMES AND THE ONE RESERVE.

AND SORRY. THIS WAS ORIGINALLY PLANNED TO BE PLOTTED AS A CONDOMINIUM SIMILAR TO KESWICK IN THE COUNTRY CLUB RICHMOND SQUARE, BUT ULTIMATELY HAD TO BE PLATTED, SO HOPEFULLY THAT HELPS ANSWER SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS. THAT COUNCIL MEMBER BRISK WAS CONFUSED ABOUT YESTERDAY. AND THEN THIS PLOT WAS SUBMITTED, AS SHOWN HERE WITH THE SIX LOTS IN THE RESERVE, WHICH SERVES AS THE PRIVATE OR THE SORRY, THE PRIVATE DRIVE OF THE SUBDIVISION, JUST GETTING ACCESS INTO THOSE HOMES. AND I'M HERE TO HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, JUST LIKE I HAVE NO QUESTION WITH THE LAYOUT OF THE PLOTS. I'M CURIOUS. IT'S COMING TO US FOR APPROVAL. THEY'RE ALREADY BUILDING WITH FOUNDATIONS AND TWO BUILDINGS UP. HOW DO THEY BUILD BEFORE WE APPROVE THE PLAT? YEAH, TYPICALLY WITH CONDOMINIUMS YOU WOULD BUILD THOSE FIRST, SIMILAR TO RICHMOND SQUARE AND KESWICK, AND THEN YOU EXECUTE THAT CONDOMINIUM DOCUMENT, WHICH IS SIMILAR TO PLAT. IT IS A LITTLE BIT STRANGE. AGAIN, IF IT WAS ORIGINALLY PLANNED TO BE CONDOMINIUM, THEY WOULD BUILD THEM FIRST AND THEN RECORD THAT DOCUMENT AFTERWARDS. BUT AGAIN THROUGH THE BUILDING PROCESS AND CONVERSATION WITH THEIR LEGAL TEAM, AARON UNDERHILL, WE REALIZED THEY REALIZED HALFWAY THROUGH THAT THEY NEEDED TO ACTUALLY GET IT PLATTED FIRST INSTEAD OF HAVING THE CONDO. SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE TONIGHT.

BUT YES, TECHNICALLY, IF IT WAS JUST ANOTHER SUBDIVISION, ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE COMMUNITY WOULD BE PLATTED FIRST BEFORE THEY WERE BUILT. SO, CHRIS. YEAH. THANK YOU. THAT'S WHAT I SAID. COME ON, JUST A QUESTION ON THE ACCESS TO THE TO THE UNITS. SO YOU HAVE KESWICK DRIVE THERE. OBVIOUSLY WE KNOW WHERE THAT IS. MCDONALD LANE IS BASICALLY A VERY NARROW ALLEY.

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SO THE GARAGES WILL FACE EACH OTHER. YES. WITHIN THAT PRIVATE DRIVE. SO IT'LL BE A IT COULD BE A TIGHT TURN. PROBABLY NOT GOING TO HAVE A FULL SIZE TRUCK PULLING IN THERE. AND AGAIN I HATE TO PLAY TRAFFIC ENGINEER. I DON'T I'M NOT VERY GOOD AT IT. BUT THAT MCDONALD LANE WE DO NEED TO EXPLORE MAKING THAT A 1 TO 1 A ONE WAY ROAD CONNECTION. BECAUSE IF YOU HAVE TWO WAY TRAFFIC ON THERE, ESPECIALLY WITH THE ELEVATION CHANGE AND THE RATHER TIGHT TURN GOING NORTH TO SOUTH, IT THE THE LINE OF SIGHT IS IS VERY IMPAIRED. SO WE MAY WANT TO GIVE SOME CONSIDERATION AS WE'RE LOOKING AT THOSE OTHER TRAFFIC IMPROVEMENTS AROUND THE KESWICK AREA, TO THAT BEING A11 WAY LANE. YEAH. AND THEY'RE THEY'RE ABLE TO ACCESS IN A MOVING TRUCK INTO THOSE PROPERTIES THAT NARROW LANE. YEAH. YOU'RE GOING TO YOU'RE GOING TO BACK DOWN. YOU BETTER COORDINATE WITH YOUR NEIGHBORS. IT'S GOING TO BE FUN. ALL RIGHT. WELL SORRY FOR ALL THE QUESTIONS NOT RELATED TO THE TO THE ORDINANCE. NO PROBLEM. ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS REGARDING THE ORDINANCE. THEN WE WILL SET THAT FOR SECOND READING AND

[12. RESOLUTIONS AND PUBLIC HEARING]

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CIVIC AMENITIES. THAT WAS SOMETHING WE ADDED INTO THE PERMITTED BUILDING TYPOLOGIES.

AND THEN JUST AS A QUICK NOTE, THERE IS A TYPO IN THE PLAN DOCUMENT. WE WOULD PERMIT CLASSIC COMMERCIAL IN SUBDISTRICT B, SO WE WILL BE MAKING THAT CHANGE. OKAY. SO TO MAKE SURE IT WASN'T MY BOOK. YEAH. SO WE HAVE THAT SHOWN CORRECTLY ON THE SLIDES YOU SEE.

SO CLASSIC COMMERCIAL WOULD BE PERMITTED IN SUBDISTRICT B. THAT'S A TYPO THAT WE'RE CORRECTING IN THE PLAN DOCUMENT. BUT YEAH. SO SOME CHANGES TO THE PERMITTED BUILDING TYPOLOGIES. AND THEN AGAIN REALLY IMPORTANTLY WE WANTED TO EMPHASIZE THAT PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS ARE STILL VERY IMPORTANT. AND SO WE DID AFTER KIND OF TALKING WITH THE STEERING COMMITTEE WE WE BEEFED UP THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS A LITTLE BIT IN THE PLAN. AND WE TOOK A LOOK FIRST AND FOREMOST AT THE ENTIRE KIND OF US 62 CORRIDOR, WHICH IS ONE OF THE HOTSPOTS. ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT WE'VE WE'VE HEARD THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS. AND SO WE WANTED TO SEE WHAT'S WORKING WELL, WHAT'S NOT WORKING WELL OUT THERE AND THERE. THERE'S QUITE A BIT THAT'S WORKING WELL. YOU'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, LEISURE TRAILS IN A LOT OF PARTS OF THE CORRIDOR, BUT THERE ARE STILL GAPS. YEAH. GET A POINTER WHEN YOU TALK TO THESE POINTS.

THERE'S A LOT OF DETAIL UP THERE THAT WOULD HELP US IDENTIFY WHAT YOU'RE SPECIFICALLY TALKING ABOUT. I'M JUST KIND OF TALKING MORE BROADLY ABOUT ABOUT THE CORRIDOR. BUT I'LL HIGHLIGHT A FEW THE PHOTOS THAT I THINK DO A GOOD JOB OF PAINTING A PICTURE OF OF WHAT'S WORKING. WELL. SO THIS IS AT SHEETZ. YOU'VE GOT GOOD KIND OF PEDESTRIAN CIRCULATION WITHIN THE SITE. YOU KNOW, HAVING A ZEBRA CROSSING THERE JUST TO MAKE VEHICLES AWARE OF PEDESTRIANS. AND EXAMPLE DOWN HERE, WHICH IS AT THIS PARCEL, IS WHAT WE WOULD CALL A MINI NODE, WHICH IS ANOTHER RECOMMENDATION OF THIS PLAN WHERE YOU'RE KIND OF CONSOLIDATING RETAIL BUSINESSES TOGETHER SO THAT THERE'S SHARED PARKING, THERE'S SHARED ACCESS, AND FOLKS ARE ABLE TO WALK BETWEEN BUSINESSES A LITTLE EASIER. YOU DO HAVE IN SOME PARTS, SOME SHARED PARKING ACCESS ACROSS PARCELS, WHICH IS

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SO CURB CUTS DO REMAIN A BIT OF A CHALLENGE TO CREATE MORE OF THAT PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT IN THIS AREA. SO YOU CAN SEE SOME REALLY WIDE CURB CUTS. THERE'S SOME PLACES WHERE MAYBE THEY'RE NOT AS NECESSARY, ESPECIALLY SINCE ONE OF THE THE POSITIVES IN THIS AREA IS THAT YOU DO HAVE THIS KIND OF GRID OF STREETS THAT YOU'VE CREATED TO TRY TO REDUCE SOME OF THE TRAFFIC AND VEHICULAR CONFLICTS THAT MIGHT HAPPEN. SO CURB CUTS BEING KIND OF STILL SOMETHING WE COULD FOCUS ON IN THIS AREA, AS WELL AS MAYBE SOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR SHARED PARKING AGREEMENTS BETWEEN RETAIL USERS AND COMMERCIAL USERS IN THIS AREA, AS WELL AS JUST SOME PLACES WHERE THE LEISURE TRAIL ENDS AND THERE'S GAPS IN THE LEISURE TRAIL SYSTEM. AND THIS IN THIS COMMERCIAL CORE. AND THEN FINALLY, ONE THING THAT WE'VE WE'VE HIGHLIGHTED THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS IS JUST THE PARKING AND BEING IN FRONT OF THE BUILDINGS KIND OF IS NOT CREATING THE CHARACTER THAT FOLKS ARE WANTING TO SEE IN THIS AREA. SO ALL THAT IS TO SAY THAT WE'VE ADDED SOME STREET SECTIONS AND SOME OTHER DIAGRAMS IN THE PLAN TO HELP STAFF AS THEY'RE WORKING WITH ODOT ON THIS STUDY, ALONG 62, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING THE NEW ALBANY STREETSCAPE THAT WE WANT TO SEE IN THIS AREA, AND THAT WE HAVE GUIDANCE ON HOW TO HOW TO DO THAT. AND THAT WOULD INCLUDE THINGS LIKE PROTECTED BIKE LANES THAT WE HEARD ABOUT EARLIER, LEISURE TRAILS, ADEQUATE LANDSCAPING, LANDSCAPED MEDIANS, THINGS LIKE THAT. AND THEN WE DID ADD AN EXAMPLE OF HOW THE PUBLIC REALM CAN ALSO BE IMPROVED THROUGH SOME SITE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS. SO THIS WOULD BE JUST A TYPICAL EXAMPLE OF A DEVELOPMENT SITE THAT YOU WOULD SEE ON US 62 VERY TYPICAL BUILDINGS SURROUNDED BY PARKING. AND THIS IS JUST FOR ILLUSTRATIVE PURPOSES, BUT THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT WE WOULD MAYBE CHANGE IF PARCELS WERE TO BE DEVELOPED OR REDEVELOPED IN THIS AREA. AND THIS PLAN NOW HAS SOME MORE GUIDANCE ON HOW TO DO THAT. SO THINGS LIKE SIMPLE THINGS LIKE CREATING PEDESTRIAN ACCESS OFF OF THE MAIN ROAD INTO THE BUILDING, MOVING THE BUILDING UP AND LOCATING PARKING TO THE REAR OF THE BUILDING WOULD BE A MORE SIGNIFICANT CHANGE, BUT ONE THAT WE WOULD RECOMMEND, AS WELL AS CREATING BETTER PEDESTRIAN CIRCULATION WITHIN THE SITE, AS WELL AS ACROSS PARCELS TO OTHER SITES IN THE DISTRICT, AND EVEN JUST THINGS LIKE WHERE YOU'RE LOCATING ACCESSORY STRUCTURES AND IF AND ADDING A LITTLE BIT MORE LANDSCAPE BUFFER JUST TO ENHANCE THE PUBLIC REALM IN THIS AREA. AND THEN FINALLY WE. FINALLY WE DID WANT TO ADD A LITTLE BIT OF A, A VISUAL.

WE'VE TALKED A LOT IN THIS PROCESS ABOUT THE GATEWAY AT THE FIVE POINTS INTERSECTION.

AND WE KNOW THAT AGAIN, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WILL BE INFLUENCED BY THE ODOT STUDY ON 62. SO THIS RENDERING HERE IS LOOKING SOUTH ON 62. IF YOU'RE AT THE FIVE POINTS GATEWAY. AND JUST AN EXAMPLE OF HOW WE CAN MAKE THIS A LITTLE BIT MORE PROMINENT. YOU'RE ENTERING INTO NEW ALBANY AND KIND OF MAKING IT A BIGGER MOMENT THERE THROUGH THINGS LIKE THE HORSE FENCE SIGNAGE, HAVING THE LANDSCAPED MEDIAN, OBVIOUSLY HAVING BUFFERED LEISURE TRAILS AS WELL AS A NICE KIND OF GROVE OF TREES THAT SORT OF MARKS AN ENTRANCE TO NEW ALBANY, WHICH THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT ONE. SO AND THEN FINALLY, AGAIN, I'LL JUST EMPHASIZE THAT PUBLIC REALM IMPROVEMENTS IN THIS AREA WOULD GO A LONG WAY. WE HEARD THAT TIME AND TIME AGAIN. AND SO FILLING IN LEISURE TRAILS, MAKING THAT INVESTMENT IN THIS AREA, WE THINK WOULD BE REALLY IMPORTANT TO RESIDENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN THIS, IN THIS VICINITY. SO WITH THAT, I'LL ASK IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS. I THINK THAT WAS GREAT. JUST ONE THING, CHRIS HERRMANN ONE, I GUESS JUST AS A REMINDER OF WHY WE'RE DOING THIS. AGAIN, THIS ISN'T TRYING TO CHANGE WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE FOR WHOEVER'S THERE,NS THS IS TO PROVIDE DIRECTION. IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO MAKE A CHANGE ON A PROPERTY MOVING FORWARD AND GIVE THE CITY AND STAFF DIRECTION. SO WHEN THEY GET THESE CALLS, WHAT DOES NEW ALBANY WANT? WHAT CAN WE DO

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AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR FROM RESIDENTS THAT ARE IN THAT COMMUNITY THAT THEY WANTED TO SEE SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN WHAT THE MARKET WAS DICTATING THAT THEY RECEIVED, WHICH WAS AUTO ORIENTED RETAIL. THEY'D PREFER TO SEE SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT MORE DIFFERENT, A LITTLE BIT MORE ROBUST, AND IN ORDER TO ATTRACT THAT LEVEL OF MARKET PARTICIPATION, WE NEEDED TO TALK ABOUT SOME DENSITY AND HOW WE MOVE THAT AROUND. AND I THINK THE FIRST PLAN THAT CAME OUT TO KIND OF STRETCH THE DENSITY OUT AND LONGER CORRIDOR, AND WE'VE SUGGESTED MAYBE IT'D BE MORE COMPACT AGAIN, TO REFLECT SOME, SOME OF THE WHAT WE PERCEIVE TO BE MARKET DEMANDS. AGAIN, WE DON'T ALWAYS DICTATE WHAT GETS BUILT SOMEWHERE, BUT WE CAN SET CONDITIONS THAT WILL MAKE INDIVIDUALS AND LANDOWNERS WILLING TO MAKE AN INVESTMENT. SO I THINK THIS, AGAIN, PROVIDES A VERY GOOD ROADMAP FOR MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT OWN LAND IN THIS AREA THAT MIGHT WANT TO MAKE INVESTMENTS, THAT I SEE ANYONE IN THE ROOM THAT MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BUT AGAIN, THIS REALLY LAYS OUT A GOOD ROADMAP TO TO SET THOSE CONDITIONS. AND AGAIN, THERE'S A LOT GOING ON IN THIS CORRIDOR. RIGHT? WE HAVE CONSTRUCTION IN A VARIETY OF ENVIRONMENTS. WE HAVE SOME ALREADY SORT OF MIXED USE OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE IN CONCERT WITH EACH OTHER. WE HAVE SOME ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, INTO DEEP NEGOTIATIONS ON HOW THOSE THINGS GET RESTRUCTURED. SO AGAIN, THIS PLANNING DOCUMENT REALLY PROVIDES A GOOD A GOOD OVERVIEW OF HOW THIS PART OF OUR COMMUNITY CAN BE ENHANCED AND IMPROVED MOVING FORWARD. SO SO THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? I'LL JUST GO AHEAD. GO AHEAD. WHEN YOU TALKED ABOUT REDUCING THE CERTAIN AREAS I THINK THE PURPLE AREA, WHATEVER IT WAS IN TERMS OF DEVELOPMENT DENSITY, COULD YOU COULD YOU EXPLAIN WHAT THE DENSITY WAS BEFORE YOU MADE THE CHANGES AND WHAT THE DENSITY IS NOW? WHAT THE POTENTIAL HOUSING IMPACT IS THERE JUST TO UNDERSTAND THAT. GO BACK TO THAT SLIDE REALLY FAST. AND AGAIN, THIS I THINK THE QUESTION IS REALLY FOCUSED ON WHAT WAS THE PLAN AND THEN WHAT THE NEW SORT OF NORTH MILL GATEWAY DISTRICT ANTICIPATES AS FAR AS DENSITY. YEAH. YEAH. SO THE PRIOR PLAN HAD ALLOWED A MAXIMUM OF SEVEN UNITS TO AN ACRE GROSS DENSITY FOR THE ENTIRE NORTH MILL GATEWAY DISTRICT. AND WITH THIS REDUCED THE TWO REDUCED SUBDISTRICTS, THE TWO PURPLE AREAS. BASICALLY, OUR CALCULATIONS SHOW THAT IT WOULD BE A MAXIMUM OF TWO NOW, AND THAT WOULD BE AT ASSUMING MAXIMUM BUILD OUT OF ALL OF THE PARCELS WITHIN THE NORTH MILL GATEWAY DISTRICT, WHICH WOULD BE OVER A LONG TERM, PROBABLY 20, 25 YEARS, ANTICIPATING THAT NO MATTER WHICH OF THESE TWO PLANS MAY HAVE BEEN ADOPTED. I MEAN, YOU CAN'T STAND THERE AS A PLANNER AND SAY, HERE'S HOW, HERE'S HOW MANY UNITS WILL BE BUILT. BUT BASED ON THE PLAN DESIGN FROM THE PRIOR PLAN, THE POTENTIAL OF RESIDENTIAL UNITS WOULD HAVE BEEN A. AND IN THE CURRENT PLAN THAT'S BEING PROPOSED TONIGHT, THE POTENTIAL FOR RESIDENTIAL UNITS WOULD BE WHAT JUST COMPARE AND CONTRAST BETWEEN MIXED USE, YOU KNOW, CONDO CONDO OWNER OCCUPIED SINGLE FAMILY. I SEE CHRIS WALKING UP BEHIND YOU. MAYBE HE HAS AN ANSWER. SO THERE, I GUESS IN THIS CURRENT DRAFT OF THE LAND USE PLAN, OUR PROJECTIONS, WHICH ARE JUST THAT, THEIR ESTIMATED PROJECTIONS WOULD. THERE ARE CURRENTLY 82 HOUSING UNITS WITHIN JUST THE BASICALLY THE

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ORIGINALLY LOOKING AT BEFORE YOU MADE THESE CHANGES, WHAT IS IT GONE FROM? WHAT WAS IT GOING TO AS AS YOU SAID. THAT'S RIGHT. 13 1300. OH OKAY. SO THIS IS A RATHER DRAMATIC DECREASE IN THE RESIDENTIAL UNITS. YEAH. AND I THINK ALSO LOOKING AT THE PLAN, IT DOES INCREASE THE THE OFFICE CAMPUS DISTRICT BETWEEN THE TWO PLANS. OKAY. AND THE ROAD NETWORK SUGGESTIONS ARE PRETTY MUCH THE SAME, EVEN THOUGH THE USE HAS CHANGED SLIGHTLY, THEY'RE STILL WANT TO HAVE THAT SORT OF INTERIOR ARTERIAL ROAD CONNECTION NETWORK. YES. THAT'S CORRECT. YEAH. SO THE I'LL USE MY POINTER HERE. WE DID JUST BASED ON KIND OF MORE OF A REALISTIC APPROACH TO HOW THE US 62 COMMERCIAL CORE WILL LIKELY BUILD OUT. SO THAT ORANGISH RED COLOR DID EXPAND WHERE WE PREVIOUSLY HAD THAT DARK PURPLE. AND THEN LIKE YOU MENTIONED, THE PARCELS WEST OF THIS IS A CONSERVATION EASEMENT THERE ON WALTON PARKWAY. WE CONVERTED TO OFFICE CAMPUS. SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE MORE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES. AND THEN WE JUST DID A CLOSER EVALUATION OF OF SOME OF THE EXISTING COMMERCIAL PARCELS THAT WE HAD CODED AS BEING PART OF THIS DISTRICT THAT PROBABLY ARE UNLIKELY TO CHANGE IN THE NEXT 20 YEARS AT LEAST. SO WE KEPT THOSE AS THE THE ORANGISH COLOR. DO YOU HAVE A SENSE. OH, SORRY. GO AHEAD. YOU'RE GOOD. DO YOU HAVE A SENSE WITHIN THE CURRENT DRAFT IT'S SUBDIVISION A AND B WHAT THE LOAD FACTOR FOR LIKE A STUDENT POPULATION WOULD BE. WOULD IT BE SOMETHING AKIN TO LIKE A APARTMENT COMPLEX LIKE MARKETED MAIN WOULD BE LOOKING AT LIKE POINT ONE? OR WOULD IT BE LIKE A SINGLE FAMILY, WHICH WOULD BE LIKE POINT EIGHT? AND I KNOW THIS IS ALL JUST AN ESTIMATE, BUT I'D LOVE TO HEAR YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT. I'M GOING TO TRY TO REMEMBER WE WERE USING LOAD FACTORS THAT WAS CREATED FROM A MEMO FROM 2022. DOES THAT SOUND RIGHT THAT THE CITY DID IT BASED ON A STUDY OF EXISTING STUDENT POPULATION? SO THE DARK PURPLE WAS AKIN TO LIKE A MARKET IN MAINE? OKAY, THE LIGHT PURPLE WAS, I BELIEVE, A COMBINATION OF TOWNHOMES AND WINDSOR. DOES THAT SOUND RIGHT TO YOU? AND THEN THE LIGHT YELLOW WAS THE STANDARD. .8.8. SO JUST AS THE YELLOW AREA ACTUALLY WOULD HAVE MORE, WE WOULD EXPECT TO HAVE MORE CHILDREN. RIGHT, CHRIS.

BECAUSE IT'S THE LIGHT YELLOW AREA, WOULD EXPECT TO HAVE MORE CHILDREN, BUT THERE'S LESS OVERALL NUMBER OF UNITS. SO BY MAKING MORE OF THE AREA YELLOW, WE'RE ACTUALLY INCREASING THE NUMBER, LIKELY INCREASING THE NUMBER OF KIDS PER HOME. BUT THERE'S LESS HOMES BASED ON THE FACT THAT WE MADE A LESS DENSE. OKAY. SO I CAN'T DO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE LIGHT PURPLE MATH IS, BUT FOR STUDENT IMPACT, WE COULD DO IT. BUT I THINK WE SAID WE HAVE SUBSTANTIALLY LOWERED BOTH THE NUMBER OF RESIDENTIAL UNITS AND THE NUMBER OF KIDS FROM THE MAY DRIVE. ABSOLUTELY. I'M JUST TRYING TO SEE WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE BRINGING INTO THE FUTURE.

I THINK IT'S I THINK IT WILL BE. I WANT TO PROVE TO MYSELF THAT IT IS SUSTAINABLE AND A GOOD FIT FOR OUR COMMUNITY. WE HAVE. DO YOU HAVE? I BET YOU DO. OKAY. YEAH. AND APPRECIATING AGAIN, CHRIS, THAT YOU YOUR TEAM IS, YOU KNOW, YOUR PLANNERS. YOU'RE NOT YOU'RE NOT A DEVELOPER. YES.

SO AGAIN WE'RE SETTING CONDITIONS. THE MARKET WILL HAVE TO REACT TO IT. PEOPLE WILL HAVE TO PURCHASE LAND. THEY'LL HAVE TO COME FORWARD WITH PROPOSALS. THERE'LL BE SCHOOL IMPACT STUDIES WITH THOSE PROPOSALS BEFORE WE EVALUATE THEM AND IMPROVE THEM.

SO THERE'S A LENGTHY PROCESS AHEAD BEFORE SHOVEL HITS THE GROUND. BUT YEAH, MAYBE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU CAN MAKE YOUR BEST GUESS ON BETWEEN THESE TWO PROPOSALS, WHAT THE IMPACT IS ON THE NUMBER OF RESIDENTIAL UNITS. AND THEN WITH THE CHANGE IN THE PROPOSAL FOR THE RESIDENTIAL UNITS THAT IMPACTED THE SCHOOLS. AND WE ALWAYS TRY TO EVALUATE BOTH OF THOSE, YOU KNOW, HAND IN HAND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BEING CAREFUL AS WE MOVE FORWARD. WE CERTAINLY WANT GROWTH. WE WANT TO AGAIN, WE'VE HEARD FROM THE RESIDENTS, THEY WANT TO SEE A CHANGE IN

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LIKE, WHAT THINGS DID THEY HAVE TO TAKE AWAY? WHAT THINGS DID WE GIVE AWAY? SO I GUESS I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION. BUT I THINK, I GUESS A FOLLOW UP QUESTION TO MARLENE'S, THEN YOU WERE THIS YOU SPECIFICALLY. SO WE'RE NOT ASKING. EACH PERSON CAN SAY THEIR OWN. WANT TO GET UP THERE? BUT YOU WERE VERY HAPPY WITH THE PREVIOUS DRAFT.

I WAS OKAY. YES. OKAY. AND TO BE DETERMINED ON THE CURRENT DRAFT. RIGHT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF MR. HOY? NO. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER MEMBERS OF THE STEERING COMMITTEE LIKE TO PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL COMMENT OR COLOR? SORRY. TRACY. YOU'RE UP. MY NAME IS TRACY MOORE, AND I LIVE IN WENTWORTH CROSSING. I LIKE BOTH VERSIONS, BUT I DO THINK THAT THIS COMMUNITY FEELS BETTER ABOUT HAVING LESS DENSITY. SO THAT FEELS MORE NEW ALBANY. BUT I THINK THIS IS GREAT. I KNOW IT'S A MAYBE A 20, YOU KNOW, 10 TO 20 YEAR PLAN, BUT I THINK IT DOES GIVE US SOME SORT OF TEMPLATE WHEN NEW BUSINESS OWNERS COME IN AND WANT TO PUT, YOU KNOW, MORE AUTO BUSINESSES AND NO ONE WANTS THAT. SO HOPEFULLY THIS WILL GIVE US SOME SORT OF GUIDANCE TO FORM THE COMMUNITY THAT WE WANT IN THIS AREA.

THANK YOU. AND AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION ON THIS. I KNOW IT WAS, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF MEETINGS AT YOUR OWN TIME AND EXPENSE. AND I APPRECIATE NOT ONLY YOU SERVING ON ONE OF OUR BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, BUT OFFERING YOUR TIME AND TALENT TO TO THIS PROJECT AS WELL.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. IF THERE'S ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF COUNSEL TO STAFF OR MCCSC. OKAY.

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THE OTHER THING I WOULD POINT OUT IS THAT OVERALL IN NEW ALBANY, WE TRY TO WE TALK ABOUT IN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, AN OVERALL DENSITY OF 1 TO 1 IN NEW ALBANY. BUT WHAT THAT ALSO INCLUDES IS WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE ENTIRE CITY AND YOU THINK ABOUT 1 TO 1, IT ALSO INCLUDES ALL OF THE PARK SPACES AND OPEN SPACE AREAS. SO WHAT WE DIDN'T DO WAS ALSO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT WITHIN THE FOCUS GROUP, LIKE SOME OF THOSE AREAS AS WELL, THAT WE NORMALLY COUNT WITHIN THAT DENSITY CALCULATION. AND THEN THE LAST THING I WOULD JUST ADD IS THAT THE PLAN DOES CALL FOR ALL THE DEVELOPMENTS TO STILL MEET THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS WITHIN THE CODE. SO OPEN SPACE, PUBLIC STREETS, PARKLAND, ALL OF THOSE REQUIREMENTS ARE STILL THERE.

SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, APPLYING THOSE AND LAYERING THOSE INTO A DEVELOPMENT PROJECT, THE AMOUNT OF DEVELOPMENT GROUND GOES DOWN PRETTY CONSIDERABLY. SO TO PINPOINT THAT EXACT, THAT'S WHY WE'RE KIND OF HESITATING BECAUSE WE'RE JUST WE'RE WE'RE GUESSING AT THESE NUMBERS. WHAT WE DO KNOW IS THE STANDARDS THAT WE'RE PUTTING IN PLACE AND THE TYPOLOGIES THAT WE'RE PUTTING IN PLACE. WE'RE TRYING TO GUIDE THE TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT THAT WE HEARD FROM THE STEERING COMMITTEE THAT THEY WANTED TO SEE. WELL, THE THE AMBIGUITY OR, I DON'T KNOW, GUESSTIMATION IN THE NUMBERS MATTERS A LOT LESS TO ME, KNOWING THAT THESE NUMBERS WERE BAKED INTO THE PLAN THAT WE TOOK, THAT, YOU KNOW, THE SCHOOL TOOK TO THE VOTERS IN SUPPORT OF THE LEVY. AND SO WE ARE NOT ADDING ANY UNEXPECTED STUDENTS TO THE DISTRICT WITH EITHER THE EITHER OF THESE PLANS. IS THAT THAT'S CORRECT.

THAT'S CORRECT. I WOULD ALSO SAY THAT WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE SOME OF THE TYPOLOGIES THAT ARE HIGHER DENSITY TYPOLOGIES, LIKE TOWNHOMES OR THE MIXED USE, THOSE ARE ALSO TAXED AT A

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I THINK THAT RIVALS PLACES IN NEW YORK CITY IN CALIFORNIA AND OTHER PLACES. SO MY CONCERN IS, IS WITH THE CONGESTION THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY SEEING IN THERE AND IN THIS PLAN, I DON'T REALLY SEE OPTIONS. WE'RE SANDWICHING 62 WITH WITH STUFF ON BOTH SIDES, AND 62 IS ALREADY REALLY BUSY. AND WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO ADD ANOTHER LIGHT UP THERE WHERE THAT EXTENSION FROM KITZMILLER COMES ACROSS. AND WE ALREADY HAVE LIKE FIVE OF THEM BEFORE I CAN GET ON THE HIGHWAY. SO THAT THAT'S MY CONCERN WITH THIS. OKAY. NEXT ONE. HERE'S SOME OF THE NUMBERS. SOME OF THE NUMBERS I DON'T I DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS TRAFFIC COUNTS.

YEAH TRAFFIC COUNTS. SO IT'S LIKE 25,000 NEAR THE HIGHWAY ON 62. IT'S 24,000 A LITTLE FARTHER UP. MAKES SENSE. BUT THEN HOW DO YOU GET ALMOST 7000 ON SMITH MILL? AND WHERE ARE THOSE PEOPLE GOING. BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT GOING NORTH OR SOUTH AT THAT POINT IT LOOKS LIKE. OR ACROSS WHERE IT'S ONLY 1800. SO THOSE NUMBERS LOOK A LITTLE SUSPICIOUS. BUT MY BIGGEST CONCERN HERE IS LOOKING AT THE COLORS. SO WE HAVE SMITH'S MILL ROAD AS A MAJOR COLLECTOR. WE ALSO HAVE DUBLIN, GRANVILLE, BEVILLE, HYMER, AND THEN THE PART OF CENTRAL COLLEGE ROAD THAT I'M CONCERNED WITH TO THE EAST OF 62. AS A MAJOR COLLECTOR, MAJOR COLLECTORS ARE GATHERED GATHERING AND CHANNELING TRAFFIC FROM LOCAL ROADS TO THE ARTERIAL NETWORK. WITH LONGER ROUTES, FEWER DRIVEWAYS AND HIGHER SPEED LIMITS THAN MINOR COLLECTORS. I JUST WANT TO COMPARE SMITH'S MILL ROAD TO CENTRAL COLLEGE AT THAT LOCATION ON SMITH'S MILL, YOU HAVE A SIGN THAT SAYS NO. THROUGH TRUCKS ON CENTRAL COLLEGE, YOU HAVE 290 DEGREE TURNS, AND THIS HAPPENS FAIRLY OFTEN. A TRUCK GETS ON THERE AND GOES, OH MY GOSH, I CAN'T MAKE 290 DEGREE TURNS. LET ME FIND SOMEWHERE TO BACK UP AND GET OUT OF HERE. THIS IS JUST LIKE LESS THAN TWO WEEKS AGO. IT TOOK THEM A COUPLE MINUTES TO BACK IN THE TIDEWATER AND GET HIMSELF TURNED BACK AROUND. THIS ALSO HAPPENS. THIS IS LOOKING AT A TRUCK THAT WAS GOING NORTH NOW ON 62. HE PROBABLY SAID, OH NO, I CAN'T TURN RIGHT ON SMITH'S MILL. WHERE CAN I GO? OKAY, I'M GOING TO TURN RIGHT ONTO KITZMILLER,

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EXCUSE ME. DO YOU KNOW HOW THIS PLAYS. WHAT'S UP. ARE YOU ABLE TO PLAY IT TO VIDEO. OH IT'S NOT SHOWING THE PAST. OH WAIT SORRY OKAY. APPARENTLY IT WAS LOADING. JUST GIVE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME. MAYBE. BECAUSE IT STARTED TO DO A THING. YEAH. LET'S SEE IF IT PLAYS I.

BECAUSE I CAN TRY. OH HERE WE GO, HERE WE GO. THERE YOU GO. THERE'S THAT THAT YOU PLAY.

THERE WE GO. OKAY. WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO IS LISTEN HERE. NOW YOU HEAR THE BIRDS AND STUFF, BUT YOU ALSO HEAR THAT BACKGROUND HUM. AND THAT'S WHAT THE OTHER PEOPLE WERE TALKING ABOUT. YOU SEE WHERE I LIVE? NOWHERE NEAR, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THOSE THINGS. AND THAT THIS IS A SUNDAY MORNING WHERE I. IT'S NOT THE TRAFFIC ON THE HIGHWAY. THIS IS THE FANS FROM SOME OF THOSE. DATA CENTERS. SORRY, SORRY. AND WE'RE ONLY ADDING MORE NOW. WE CAN PLAN ALL DAY LONG, BUT IF WE DON'T FOLLOW THE PLANS, IF, I MEAN, THESE DATA CENTERS HAVE BEEN BUILT IN OTHER PLACES, WHY DID WE NOT KNOW THAT THEY PRODUCED THIS KIND OF NOISE? IN ADDITION, A FRIEND SHOWED ME A VIDEO LAST NIGHT AND I DIDN'T BRING IT BECAUSE I'M NOT ON THAT PERSON'S FACEBOOK PAGE. BUT THEY WERE ON PLOWS ROAD, AND THEY HEARD THIS NOISE AT 11:00 AND THEY'RE LIKE, WHAT THE HECK'S GOING ON? THEY DROVE OVER TO THE AMAZON DATA CENTER TO WATCH THEM RELEASE STEAM AT INTERVALS AFTER 11 P.M. AND THEY COULD HEAR IT ALL THE WAY ON KLAUS ROAD. SOMETHING'S GOT TO BE DONE ABOUT THE NOISE LEVELS. I KNOW THERE'S NOISE POLLUTION RULES, AND I DON'T THINK IT SHOULD BE UP TO THESE PEOPLE WHO DON'T, YOU KNOW, AND I DON'T LIVE IN NEW ALBANY. IT SHOULDN'T BE UP TO US TO TO TRY AND FIX IT. OKAY. IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN KNOWN BEFOREHAND. IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN TAKEN CARE OF. AND NOW, LAST YEAR, I CALLED, I SENT IN A NOISE COMPLAINT AND LET ME JUST SAY IT WAS BASICALLY CAME BACK LIKE, WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? LIKE I WAS CRAZY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO I GUESS I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE THAT'S DISTURBED AND DON'T FEEL LIKE THEY CAN KEEP THEIR WINDOWS OPEN AT NIGHT BECAUSE OF THE NOISE COMING OVER. ANYWAY, THAT'S ALL I HAVE. WELL, MY OTHER QUESTION IS, DOES ANYONE ON THIS COMMITTEE HAVE TO COMMUTE BETWEEN 161 AND CENTRAL COLLEGE ROAD ON 62, MULTIPLE TIMES A DAY? SO THIS AREA DOESN'T AFFECT YOU GUYS FOR THE MOST PART. BUT I TELL YOU, YOU KNOW, I HAVE TO DRIVE THAT WAY. WE HAVE A CHIP IS OUR HE LIVES IN THE LINKS. SO I WOULD ASSUME THAT CHIP DOES BECAUSE HE COMES THAT WAY. PROBABLY. YEAH. SO ANYWAY THAT'S THE MAIN ROUTE FOR US TO GET TO THE HIGHWAY. AND WHEN THINGS ARE GOING TO GET MAYBE GET CLOSED OFF ON KITZMILLER AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THIS, THAT'S OUR LIFELINE. AND SO NOW

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WE'VE CALLED THAT FIVE POINTS FOR A LONG TIME. THE SIGNAL THAT EXISTS THERE TODAY EXISTS BECAUSE THE CITY OF NEW ALBANY WENT OUT AND IMPROVED THAT INTERSECTION. PRIOR TO WHAT? PRIOR TO THAT, IT WAS ALMOST ENTIRELY LOCATED WITHIN THE TOWNSHIP UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF ODOT. THE COUNTY AND THE TOWNSHIP COUNCIL PUT MONEY INTO THAT INTERSECTION TO INSTALL A SIGNAL THERE TO IMPROVE PUBLIC SAFETY. THAT WAS AN INTERIM SOLUTION. THE LONGER TERM SOLUTION WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A ROUNDABOUT THERE AT THAT INTERSECTION. BUT BECAUSE OF THE THE ALIGNMENT OF THE ROADS, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT. THERE'S NOT ENOUGH AREA THERE TO GET FIVE, FIVE ROADS TO INTERSECT IN THAT ROUNDABOUT. ODOT HAS ACTUALLY COME UP WITH A POTENTIAL SOLUTION THAT WOULD SOLVE THAT PROBLEM AND ELIMINATE THE NEED TO DISCONNECT KITZMILLER FROM THAT INTERSECTION. SO WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THEM ON THAT. AS FAR AS SMITHS MILL ROAD IS CONCERNED, WHEN THAT ROAD WAS BUILT IN 2000, I BELIEVE IF MY MEMORY IS CORRECT, THAT THAT NO, THROUGH TRUCKS WAS A CONDITION OF A ZONING THAT WAS DONE THERE WHEN THAT ROAD WAS CREATED. SO THAT WOULD HAVE IN ORDER FOR THAT SIGN TO BE REMOVED, THAT WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH A REZONING AGAIN. IT'S BEEN ALMOST 26 YEARS AGO.

MY MEMORY'S A LITTLE FUZZY ON IT, BUT WE COULD TAKE A LOOK AT THAT TO SEE. BUT THAT THAT NO THREE TRUCKS CANNOT BE REMOVED. IF MY MEMORY IS CORRECT WITHOUT GOING THROUGH A REZONING ON THAT. SO I THINK SPEED LIMIT IS A DIFFERENT ISSUE. IT SEEMS VERY COUNTERINTUITIVE, BUT THE ORC REQUIRES SPEEDS TO BE SET AT AN 85TH PERCENTILE SPEED. SO YOU WOULD THINK THAT BECAUSE OF THE CONDITIONS THAT WERE DESCRIBED, SMITHS MILL ROAD WOULD HAVE THE HIGHER SPEED LIMIT. IT WAS ACTUALLY ENGINEERED AND DESIGNED FOR A 35 MILE AN HOUR SPEED LIMIT.

TRAFFIC ON THE CENTRAL COLLEGE ROAD IS BASICALLY IT'S AN OLD TOWNSHIP ROAD. SO AGAIN, IF YOU APPLY THE 85TH PERCENTILE SPEED LIMIT, PARTICULARLY IN THAT AREA TO THE WEST, THE SPEED LIMIT ACTUALLY COMES OUT TO ABOUT 45 MILES AN HOUR. THAT'S WHY IT WAS ACTUALLY INCREASED SEVERAL YEARS AGO. WE HAD DIFFERENT SPEEDS. WE HAD 45 IN 1 SECTION, 25 IN ANOTHER SECTION. BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THAT AREA TO THE EAST OF 62 WAS DESIGNATED AS A 55 MILE AN HOUR ROAD UNDER THE ORC. SO WHEN IT WAS REDUCED TO 45, THAT WAS IT WAS ACTUALLY A REDUCTION IN SPEED. INTUITIVELY, YOU WOULD THINK IT WOULD BE SOMETHING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF A 35 MILE AN HOUR ZONE, BUT WE HAVE TO SET SPEED LIMITS ACCORDING TO THE PARAMETERS SET BY THE ORC.

SO THOSE THAT'S JUST SOME REALLY QUICK TWO MINUTES OF OF UPDATE, I THINK CERTAINLY WE COULD TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT COULD BE DONE WITH THE REZONING ON SMITHVILLE ROAD TO TRY TO ACCOMMODATE TRUCK TRAFFIC. AND THEN I THINK SOMETIME IN THE NEAR FUTURE, WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET THE DOG LEG STRAIGHTENED OUT AND AT LEAST SMOOTH OUT THE CURVE. IF NOT, ELIMINATE IT ALTOGETHER. ALL RIGHT. THANKS, JOE. WELL, I WOULD HOPE THAT UNTIL WE CAN FIGURE SOME OF

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MAYBE IT'S HILLIARD THAT HAS PUT A MORATORIUM ON THEIR ON BUILDING MORE DATA CENTERS, APPROVING MORE UNTIL THEY FIGURE OUT ISSUES WITH THEM. AND SO I THINK THAT SHOULD BE ON THE TABLE ONCE WE FIGURE OUT THESE SOUND ISSUES, BECAUSE IT LITERALLY IT CAN DRIVE PEOPLE CRAZY JUST HEARING THIS CONSTANT HUM. YOU'RE LIKE, WHAT'S WRONG WITH MY EARS? THANK YOU, THANK YOU. YEAH. JUST INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND GOTTA GO UP THERE. YEP. DID YOUR HOMEWORK I APPRECIATE THAT WE DIDN'T REALLY KNOW WHAT TO DO. DON CUTTS, 3898 PINE MEADOW ROAD, TYRONE TOWNSHIP. THAT'S YOUR HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT. PLEASE, PLEASE RESEARCH THAT AND THEN YOU'LL SEE WHAT SHE WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT. THEY PUT A BIG PAUSE BECAUSE THINGS WERE GOING UP FAST. RIGHT. WE DIDN'T. THESE NEW FANS IS A NEW DEVELOPMENT THAT THEY DID NOT KNOW WHAT THAT NOISE WAS GOING TO IMPACT. AND THAT'S WHY JEROME SHUT IT DOWN. THEY STOPPED THEIR BUILDS AND EVERYTHING FOR NINE MONTHS. IS THAT WHAT IT WAS? I BELIEVE YOU'RE RIGHT, DON. NINE MONTHS, I DO BELIEVE. AND THEY'RE MAKING SURE THEY'RE GOING BACK AND RESEARCHING ALL THIS. SO I WANTED TO AT LEAST TELL YOU THAT BECAUSE THAT KIND OF TIED IN WITH WHAT WAS GOING ON. SO JEROME TOWNSHIP AND YOU CAN SEE THAT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE STILL UNDER THE PUBLIC HEARING. ANYONE ELSE? RON, YOU WANT TO GO FIRST AND WE'LL LET JASON COME UP AFTER YOU. YEAH. YEAH, SURE. RON DAVIES, 8200 CENTRAL COLLEGE ROAD. JUST TO BUILD ON THIS MAP A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE THIS, YOU KNOW, THE STUDY WAS EXTENSIVE AND I THINK IT'S IT'S GLOSSY, IT'S 100 AND SOMETHING PAGES. BUT THERE'S ALSO JUST A REALITY ON THE GROUND. RIGHT. AND SO IF WE THINK ABOUT 62 RIGHT NOW I BOUGHT A BIKE LANES AND STUFF IN THE JUST EARLIER THIS EVENING. RIGHT. THE BIKE LANE HERE IS NOT A BIKE PATH.

RIGHT. SO YOU CAN'T JUST THINK OF THE THE DOCUMENT HAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, TWO LANES OF ROAD WITH A DIVIDER, A GREEN SPACE, THEN A BIKE LANE. AND THEN, I DON'T KNOW, SOME MORE STUFF.

RIGHT. IT'S LIKE 100 PLUS FOOT RIGHT OF WAY. WELL, THAT LITTLE BIKE LANE YOU CAN'T PUT, WE'LL SAY AVID CYCLISTS ON THAT LANE. RIGHT. AS WE AS WE KNOW. RIGHT. BECAUSE WE'RE DOING 18 TO 25 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU TRY TO COME DOWN THAT ROAD ON THAT LITTLE BIKE PATH, IT'S NOT PLOWED, IT'S NOT CLEANED. IT'S GOT MANHOLE COVERS, ROOTS AND POTENTIALLY SOME MOMS AND DADS WITH LITTLE KIDS ON IT. SO IT'S NOT THE SAME THING THAT WE HAVE IN THE DOCUMENT REGARDING BIKE LANES. AND THEN YOU THINK ABOUT RIGHT OF WAY. SO AS YOU THINK ABOUT THE RIGHT OF WAY COMING DOWN HERE, IT'S ALREADY TIGHT. AND SO NOW YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE OUT WHAT WE JUST PUT IN LIGHTING, INFRASTRUCTURE, HYDRANTS, ETC. BY SHEETS AND OTHER THINGS TO GET THE RIGHT OF WAY WIDENED AGAIN, WHICH WE JUST, WE JUST PUT IN. I WAS TAUGHT IN SCHOOL THAT YOU DON'T CHANGE LANES IN A CAR IN AN INTERSECTION, BUT WE ACTUALLY ARE TRAINING PEOPLE NOW TO DO THAT PASS SHEETS, BECAUSE YOU GO FROM ONE LANE TO TWO LANES TO THREE LANES TO YOU GET TO THE STOPLIGHT HERE, AND OF WHICH YOU CAN'T MAKE A RIGHT TURN ON RED HERE. BUT ACTUALLY SORRY, IT'S YEAH, IT'S DOWN HERE. WE WATCH PEOPLE DO THAT ALL THE TIME. RIGHT. SO WE'RE TRAINING PEOPLE EDUCATING OURSELVES TO A CHANGE LANES IN AN INTERSECTION. AND WELL, IT'S JUST IGNORE, YOU KNOW, SIGNS THAT SAYS NO, RIGHT ON RED. I KNOW THERE'S BEEN TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT THE KITZMILLER INTERSECTION IS VIOLATED ROUTINELY IN TERMS OF WHAT'S LEGAL, WHAT'S NOT LEGAL. SO WE NEED TO FIX THAT PART. THE OTHER REASON I WANTED TO USE THIS MAP IS TO OBVIOUSLY A LITTLE BROADER PERSPECTIVE AT THAT, WHEN WE'RE BEING LIKE, I WON'T SAY BEING SOLD SOMETHING, WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT WHAT'S THE REALITY ON THE GROUND? AND YEAH, MAYBE THE PLAN IS A 1020 YEAR HORIZON TO DO THINGS. BUT CENTRAL COLLEGE ROAD EAST, WE'LL JUST CALL IT THAT PART. EAST OF 62. THERE'S A RIGHT OF WAY IN HERE THAT GOES BACK TO 1849. IT'S 40FT. SO YOU'RE ALREADY USING, YOU KNOW, ABOUT 18FT OF IT. YOU'VE GOT A COUPLE MORE FEET THAT THESE THIS 151, 55 PLUS COMMUNITY IS GOING TO CONSUME A LITTLE BIT OF. BUT RIGHT IN HERE YOU'VE GOT AN EASEMENT THAT GOES BACK TO 1849. IT'S ONLY 40FT. SO THIS NOTION OF USING THIS AS A COLLECTOR ROAD, EVEN IF WE DO STRAIGHTEN THIS OUT, YOU'VE STILL GOT THIS

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AND YEAH, 85 PERCENTILE OR WHATEVER IT WAS, WAS 44. SO THEY RAN UP TO 45. BUT IF YOU GO THERE TODAY, IT'S NOT RIGHT. IT'S 15 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AS, AS WE I WENT THROUGH HERE FOUR TIMES TODAY, TWICE IN MY BIKE. IT'S ALL BACKED UP. THAT WAS AT 212 AND 230. IT WAS BACKED UP TO TIDEWATER HERE. SO THERE'S A REAL PROBLEM. AND THAT WAS JUST CREATED BY A LITTLE BLOCKAGE OF BEACH WHICH IS RIGHT HERE. RIGHT. AND THAT THAT THREW ALL THIS TRAFFIC OVER HERE. SO I'LL END MY COMMENTS HERE. BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE THINK ABOUT THE STUDY IF THIS IS GOING TO BE A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE, IT'S A CAR ORIENTED THOROUGHFARE.

UNFORTUNATELY, WE CAN'T JUST KEEP ADDING NEW LIGHTS TO THIS BECAUSE IF YOU GO THROUGH THERE FREQUENTLY, IT'S JUST FRUSTRATING. AND I KNOW THE CITY FIXED THE LIGHT THAT WAS ACTUALLY ALWAYS RED HERE AT THE DAYCARE CENTER. IT WAS JUST ALWAYS RED. THEY FIXED THAT.

NOW IT'S TRIGGERED, WHICH IS GREAT. BUT YOU COULD ADD ACTUALLY A FRONTAGE ROAD OR WHAT YOU CALL IT A FRONTAGE ROAD BEHIND THE SCENES BECAUSE THESE ARE CONNECTED AND TAKE PEOPLE AWAY FROM IT. MAYBE ELIMINATE A LIGHT. SO THANK YOU FOR LISTENING AND APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. THANKS, RON. JASON, DO YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? YEAH. JUST BRIEFLY, SINCE WE'RE ON THE TOPIC AGAIN, JASON HOY, PART OF THE COMMITTEE, I WOULD I WOULD WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW THAT WE TALKED ABOUT TRAFFIC A LOT ON THIS COMMITTEE AND. YOUR NAME. I DIDN'T TELL YOU. I, I AGREE WITH ALMOST EVERYTHING TAMARA SAID. DON'T ASSUME THAT IT WASN'T PART OF OUR OUR DISCUSSION. I, I SEE IT A LITTLE DIFFERENT WAY. I SEE THAT FIRST OF ALL, WE'RE DEALING WITH A LONG TIME. US STATE ROUTE 62 BEFORE ANY OF THIS. THIS IS HOW PEOPLE GOT FROM I MEAN, I GREW UP AROUND CANTON. IT GOES THROUGH CANTON. IT GOES IT'S A BIG, BIG ROAD.

WHAT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THE CITY TO KEEP IN MIND AND THIS ISN'T GOING TO HAPPEN. AND AGAIN, WE'RE ON THE ORDINANCE OF WE'RE KIND OF GETTING OUT OF WHAT OUR COMMITTEE WAS TALKED ABOUT. AND AT CENTRAL COLLEGE WASN'T PART OF OUR STUDY, BUT I LIVED THERE. I EXPERIENCED THE SAME THING TAMARA DOES. I HAVEN'T MET ONE PERSON THAT THINKS IT'S IDEAL. ALL RIGHT.

WHAT I THINK WILL HAPPEN, AND I THINK THE SMITH'S MILL IDEA IS FANTASTIC. IT IS FOUR LANES, IT'S WIDE, SEMIS CAN COME AND GO. THERE'S A DISTRIBUTION CENTER THAT RELIES ON SEMI TRUCK TRAFFIC. SO I'M CONFUSED AS TO WHY IT WOULD SAY NO THROUGH TRUCK TRAFFIC THERE.

BUT WHAT I SEE HAPPENING IS THAT AND THE WHOLE REASON THAT'S CROWDED RIGHT NOW IS BECAUSE WE CUT OFF BEACH ROAD FOR 45 DAYS. WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IS THAT PEOPLE ARE LEARNING TO USE BEACH ROAD. IF YOU WANT TO GET TO FROM JOHNSTOWN TO 161, WHY, IF YOU WERE A PERSON GOING THROUGH, WOULD YOU WANT TO DEAL WITH THAT SKINNY SEVERAL LIGHT 62? I DON'T THINK THEY WANT TO DEAL WITH IT EITHER. I BELIEVE THAT WHEN MINK ROAD IS FULLY DEVELOPED AND WHEN BEACH ROAD IS FULLY DEVELOPED AND THEY HAVE EXIT ROUTES THERE, THAT IF YOU'RE A TRUCK OR YOU'RE TRAFFIC, YOU WANT TO AVOID 62. SO I THINK IN THE LONG RUN, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE, AND I HOPE THAT WE DON'T WIDEN 62 AND I HOPE WE DO PUT A UNUSUAL ROUNDABOUT OR WHATEVER THE COMES, BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT IT WILL ENCOURAGE TRAFFIC TO TAKE THESE WIDER, MORE INDUSTRIAL, BUILT NORTH SOUTH ROADS AND JUST SKIP THE CONNECTION AT 161 AND 62. BUT THAT'S GOING TO TAKE TIME. WE TALKED ABOUT THIS IN THE COMMITTEE. IT WAS A LITTLE BIT OUT OF OUR SCOPE, BUT ANYTHING THE CITY COULD COULD KEEP IN MIND AS THE YEAR IN THE COMING

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JEFF LANG 6850 BETHLEHEM. SO I WOULD SAY IN BETHLEHEM, WHERE MY PROPERTY IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST IMPACTED, THE PROPERTY LINE IS GOING TO BE IMPACTED STREET AND THE DEVELOPMENT. NOT A BIG FAN OF THAT, BUT MAYBE MORE SO WITH THE DEVELOPMENT. IF THE IF THEY LOOKED AT THE WATER AQUIFER BECAUSE I'M ON A WATER WELL AND MY WELL ONLY GOES DOWN 44FT, SO WATER LEVEL IS SHALLOWER AND I'M SLIGHTLY ELEVATED JUST SLIGHTLY IN RELATION TO THIS AREA. SO I WOULD BE WORRIED ABOUT LOSING MY WATER. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THEY LOOK AT THAT IN THIS STUDY HERE. SO I KNOW THEY JUST PULLED OFF THE MAP THERE. BUT ON BILHEIMER YOU'RE YOU'RE SOUTH OF CENTRAL COLLEGE, RIGHT? A LOT OF THE NEW ROADS ARE A LOT. THE ROAD IS MY SOUTH PROPERTY LINE, OKAY. AND SOME OF THAT DEVELOPMENT WILL REACH THAT SOUTH THERE. SO WHERE ALL THAT ORANGE IS, I'M 70% SURROUNDED BY NEW DEVELOPMENT. ON THE EAST SIDE. RIGHT THERE.

SO I'M A WATER WELL. IT'S SHALLOW AND IT ONLY DRILLED DOWN TO 44FT. SO I DON'T KNOW HOW ALL THAT DEVELOPMENT WILL IMPACT. OF COURSE, AS THAT DEVELOPMENT GETS CLOSER TO YOUR PROPERTY, YOU MAY HAVE ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES TO GET ONTO CITY SEWER AND WATER, RIGHT? THAT'S SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND FOR THAT. YEAH. I'LL ACCEPT DONATIONS. BUT THAT'S THAT'S ALL I GOT. THANKS. ALL RIGHT. I SEE A LOT OF OTHER FAMILIAR FACES IN THE AUDIENCE.

ANYONE ELSE CARE TO COMMENT REGARDING THE PLAN OR JUST HERE FOR THE INFORMATION? ALL RIGHT.

IF THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL PUBLIC COMMENT, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. COUNCIL, IS THERE A MOTION ON THE RESOLUTION OR ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATION? AS A POINT OF ORDER, I HEARD THERE MIGHT HAVE TO BE A FIX ON THE EXHIBIT A, IS THAT CORRECT? YES. YEAH.

WITH THE COMMERCIAL. IS THAT LIKE A TYPO THAT HAD A SUBSTANTIVE DIFFERENCE? YEAH.

SUBDISTRICT B FOR CLASSIC COMMERCIAL SHOULD BE LIGHT PURPLE. OKAY. WE MIGHT WANT TO DO THAT AS A MOTION TO AMEND IT. AND THEN. GO AHEAD AND HANDLE THE VOTING ON THAT MOTION TO AMEND THE EXHIBIT. ALL RIGHT.DOH THE MOTION. JUST LET'S JUST DO THE AMENDMENT FIRST ON THAT,

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HOPEFULLY IT MADE THE RECORDING. I CAN SAY IT AGAIN. PLEASE DO. ALL RIGHT. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO MAKE A CHANGE TO THE ENGAGE. NEW ALBANY US 62 INTERCHANGE FOCUS AREA PLAN, PAGE 82.

SUBDISTRICT B CLASSIC COMMERCIAL BUILDING TYPOLOGY FROM WHAT IS NOW WHITE TO LIGHT PURPLE. SECOND. COUNCIL MEMBER SHAW. YES. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. WILTROUT. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER.

KISS. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. DEREK. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. BRISK. YES. SIX. YES. VOTES TO MAKE THE AMENDMENT AS PROPOSED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SHAW. MOTION PASSES. ALL RIGHT. IS THERE IS THERE A MOTION ON THE AMENDED RESOLUTION? I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE AMENDED RESOLUTION ARE 18, 20, 25. SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER SHAW. YES, YES. COUNCIL MEMBER WILTROUT. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. DEREK. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. KISS. YES. I HAVE SIX YES VOTES TO ADOPT. RESOLUTION R 18 2025. ALL RIGHT. AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THE STEERING GROUP'S DEDICATION TO THIS, TO MXQ FOR THEIR WORK. AND AGAIN, THANK YOU TO THE FOLKS THAT CAME TONIGHT TO SHARE THEIR OBSERVATIONS AND CONCERNS. CERTAINLY SOMETHING STAFF WILL REFLECT ON. AND AS DEVELOPERS LOOK AT OPPORTUNITIES REGARDING THE NEW ZONING CHANGES, TO THE EXTENT THAT THEY'RE THE MARKET DICTATES OR INVITES, I SHOULD SAY, DEVELOPMENT, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THOSE PROPOSALS. THE ONE TO THE RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND IF I MAY, TO TAKE A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE, WHY DON'T WE TAKE ABOUT A FIVE MINUTE RECESS? JUST ACTUALLY, THAT WOULD HELP. WE'RE HAVING A LITTLE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTY. YEAH. ALL RIGHT.

WE ARE NOW PUSHING SOUND. WE'RE STREAMING THE SOUND, AND WE ARE RESUMING THE MEETING AT 9:12 P.M. HOLY. I'M SORRY. ALL RIGHT, THAT TAKES US TO RESOLUTION R 33 2025 RESOLUTION RESOLUTION. ACCEPTING THE AMOUNTS AND RATES AS DETERMINED BY THE BUDGET COMMISSION AND AUTHORIZING THE NECESSARY TAX LEVIES AND CERTIFYING THEM TO THE FRANKLIN COUNTY AUDITOR. THE ROOM. EVERYONE'S GONE. THIS IS AN ANNUAL ANNUAL LEGISLATION REQUIRED BY THE OHIO REVISED CODE. THE RESOLUTION ACCEPTS THE AMOUNTS AND RATES DETERMINED BY THE FRANKLIN COUNTY BUDGET COMMISSION, AND AUTHORIZES THE AMOUNTS GENERATED BY THE NECESSARY TAX LEVIES. THE RATE IS SET TO 1.94 MILLS, WHICH IS WHAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE TAX BUDGET ADOPTED IN A PREVIOUS MEETING BACK IN JULY THIS YEAR. THIS RESOLUTION MAY BE ADOPTED THIS EVENING. ALL RIGHT. THIS IS OUR ANNUAL RESOLUTION. ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE RESOLUTION? OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC LIKE TO SPEAK REGARDING RESOLUTION R 33? SEEING NO PUBLIC COMMENT, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND MOVE FOR THE ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION R 33 2025 SECOND. AND TWO. MAYOR.

SPALDING. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. CASS. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. DEREK. YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER. SHAW. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. YES. I HAVE SIX YES. VOTES TO ADOPT. RESOLUTION R 33 2025. RESOLUTION R 34 2025. A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE AMOUNTS AND RATES AS DETERMINED BY THE BUDGET COMMISSION AND AUTHORIZING NECESSARY TAX LEVIES AND CERTIFYING THEM TO THE LICKING COUNTY OFFICE. ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO SOUND A LITTLE BIT LIKE A PARROT HERE.

THIS IS ANNUAL LEGISLATION REQUIRED BY THE OHIO REVISED CODE. THE RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE AMOUNTS AND RATES DETERMINED BY THE LICKING COUNTY BUDGET COMMISSION, AND AUTHORIZES THE AMOUNTS GENERATED BY THE NECESSARY TAX LEVIES. THE RATE IS SET TO BE 1.7 MILLS, WHICH IS WHAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE TAX BUDGET ADOPTED BACK IN JULY. ALL RIGHT.

ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS REGARDING THE RESOLUTION? PUBLIC HEARING. ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC LIKE TO SPEAK REGARDING RESOLUTION R 34 2025 SEEING NO PUBLIC COMMENT, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE A MOTION ON THE RESOLUTION? I MOVE ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION R 34 2025 SECOND. COUNCIL MEMBER. SHAW. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. CASS. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. DEREK. YES.

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IT'S THE GROUP THAT WE OBTAIN OUR MEDICAL PRESCRIPTION, STOP LOSS AND WELLNESS CONTRACTS FOR THE BENEFITS THAT WE ALL ENJOY AS CITY EMPLOYEES. WE ARE IN THE FIRST YEAR OF THE THREE YEAR JOINT SELF-INSURANCE AGREEMENT WITH THE HCC, SO THERE WOULD BE TWO YEARS LEFT, 26 AND 27. SO THIS RESOLUTION IS REQUESTING THE CITY MANAGER BE AUTHORIZED TO WITHDRAW FROM THE HCC FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CITY. PRELIMINARY RATES SHARED AT THE AUGUST MEETING OF THE HCC INDICATED THAT THE CITY IS GOING TO EXPERIENCE AT LEAST A 16 TO 18% INCREASE IN ITS HEALTH INSURANCE PREMIUMS IN 2026, AND THE OVERALL INCREASE FOR THE HCC IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE AROUND 18 TO 21%. AT THAT SAME MEETING, THE DISCUSSION WAS THAT THOSE PRELIMINARY NUMBERS WOULD LIKELY INCREASE DUE TO THE CLAIM EXPERIENCE THAT THEY WERE EXPECTING TO SEE HIT AUGUST. AND SO AS OF AUGUST 8TH, OF THE 11 ENTITIES THAT FORMED THIS HCC WERE UNDERPERFORMING. AND THAT MEANS THAT THEY WERE EXPERIENCING AT LEAST 101% OR MORE. THE HIGHEST IS 305% OF THEIR EXPECTED CLAIM EXPERIENCE. THE CITY HAS ACTIVELY PARTICIPATED IN FINANCE AND WELLNESS COMMITTEES OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. WE PARTICIPATED ACTIVELY IN AN RFP PROCESS FOR THE BROKER THIS YEAR, AND WE'VE ADVOCATED FOR RIGHT SIZING PREMIUMS FOR THE OTHER ENTITIES WITHIN THE HCC. LAST YEAR, THE CITY HIRED HUB TO BE ITS BROKER FOR ALL OF ITS ANCILLARY BENEFITS, AND WE WERE ABLE TO MOVE THOSE AWAY FROM THE HCC. BUT IT WAS NOT TO THE CITY'S BENEFIT TO LEAVE THE HCC. AT THAT TIME. THERE WERE SOME REBATES THAT WE WERE EXPECTING TO RECEIVE, AND WE WERE ABLE TO OBTAIN THOSE BY STAYING IN THE HCC. RECENTLY, HUB HAS RECEIVED PROPOSALS FOR MEDICAL AND PRESCRIPTION BENEFITS AND STOP LOSS INSURANCE THAT WILL BE CONSIDERABLY LESS THAN IF WE STAY IN THE HCC. SO THIS RESOLUTION CAN BE ADOPTED THIS EVENING. AND WITH THAT, WE WOULD THEN BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH WITHDRAWING FROM THE HCC AND THEN HAVE HUB AS OUR BROKER TO OBTAIN THOSE MEDICAL PRESCRIPTIONS AND STOP LOSS INSURANCE. BUT. JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS I'D LIKE TO ADD. FIRST, OUR EXPERIENCE AS A MEMBER OF THE COC HAS BEEN VERY POSITIVE IN TERMS OF OUR LOSS RATIO. WE'VE WE'VE CONSISTENTLY HAD CLAIMS THAT HAVE BEEN LESS THAN OUR PREMIUMS. WE'VE BEEN A VERY HIGH PERFORMER FOR THE CREEK. AND I BELIEVE WE AND 1 OR 2 OTHER COMMUNITIES HAVE CARRIED THE ORGANIZATION FINANCIALLY FOR, FOR PROBABLY AT LEAST THE LAST FOUR YEARS, IF NOT, IF NOT MORE THAN THAT.

I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE LINDSAY'S EFFORTS AND BETHANY'S EFFORTS. THEY PUT A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF EFFORT INTO THEIR OUR MEMBERSHIP ON THE BOARD TO TRY TO ADVOCATE FOR A CHANGE IN THE ACTUALLY SEVERAL CHANGES THAT I THINK COULD HAVE BEEN VERY BENEFICIAL TO THAT BOARD AND COULD HAVE BEEN A DIFFERENCE IN MADE A DIFFERENCE IN WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR THIS EVENING. BUT I BELIEVE THAT WE CAN SUSTAIN OUR CURRENT APPROXIMATELY THE CURRENT RATE OF INSURANCE. BY MAKING THIS CHANGE, WE WILL PROBABLY SEE A SLIGHT INCREASE, BUT NOTHING NEAR WHAT WE WOULD HAVE TO INCUR IF WE WERE TO STAY WITH THE COC. YOU KNOW, GOING BACK YEARS AGO WHEN WE WERE A SMALL VILLAGE, THE COC WAS VERY BENEFICIAL TO US. WE HAD BOUNCED AROUND FROM PRIVATE CARRIER TO PRIVATE CARRIER TO PRIVATE CARRIER. AND EVERY YEAR, YOU KNOW, WE'D ASK FOR A QUOTE AND WE'D ASK THEM NOT TO LOWBALL OUR PREMIUMS. THEY WOULDN'T LISTEN. THEY LOWBALL US, GET OUR BUSINESS. AND THEN THE FOLLOWING YEAR, WE'D GET A 25, 30% PROPOSAL FOR AN INCREASE IN RATES. THE COC BROUGHT US STABILITY AT THAT TIME. FORTUNATELY, I THINK OVER A PERIOD OF YEARS THINGS HAVE JUST KIND OF GOTTEN A LITTLE BIT OFF TRACK. SO I THINK WE'RE STRONGLY RECOMMENDING THAT WE TERMINATE THE AGREEMENT WITH COC AND MOVE TO HUB AND

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AT LEAST IN 26. AND PROBABLY FURTHER THAN THAT, BECAUSE THE CLAIM EXPERIENCE OF LIKE THE LOSS LEADERS. RIGHT. THEY'RE REALLY UNDERPERFORMING. THEY'RE LOOKING AT LIKE 28 AND 30% INCREASES. AND THERE'S NO RESERVES TO DRAW FROM TO BUY THAT DOWN. SO IT'S REALLY IN A POSITION FINANCIALLY THAT'S GOING TO BE TOUGH TO SUSTAIN. SO EVEN IF WE DID FACE PENALTIES, IT WOULD BE LESS MONEY THAN WHAT WE WOULD HAVE TO PAY OUT. I THINK AS LONG AS WE HIT THE TIMELINES, OUR NOTICE REQUIREMENTS, I OUR PENALTY I THINK IS EFFECTIVELY JUST PAYING DOWN ANY OUTSTANDING CLAIMS BASED ON PREMIUMS THAT WE HAVE. SO I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S A PENALTY PER SE FOR US PAYING OUR, OUR OUR CLAIMS, JUST HAVING TO RUN OFF EXISTING CLAIMS. OKAY, OKAY. ASSUMING WE HIT OUR TIMELINES, HIT OUR IMPACT ON EMPLOYEES IN TERMS OF WHO'S PROVIDING COVERAGE TO THEM, WILL THERE BE A TRANSITION TO DIFFERENT CARRIERS IN 26 OR. YES. SO WE'VE LOOKED AT THE TRANSITION TO SELF-INSURED PROGRAM, AND WE WANT TO KEEP AS MUCH THE SAME AS WE CAN AS POSSIBLE. AND THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE NOW. THERE'S NO NEED TO CHANGE THE TPA OR SAME ADMINISTRATOR. YEAH OKAY. THAT WOULD BE A GOOD RECOMMENDATION. IT'S HARD TO CHANGE HEALTH INSURANCE SOMETIMES. RIGHT. SO YOUR SELF-INSURED PURCHASE STOP LOSS FOR LARGE CLAIM ETC. OKAY. I SEE NO REASON. I MEAN, MY OPINION WOULD BE THAT I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA. YEAH. LINDSAY AND JOE THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA. I'M INCLINED TO AGREE. ALL RIGHT. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ON THE RESOLUTION? OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC LIKE TO SPEAK REGARDING RESOLUTION ORDER 35 2025? HEARING? NO PUBLIC COMMENT. WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

IS THERE A MOTION ON THE RESOLUTION? I MOVE FOR ADOPTION OF OUR 35 2025 SECOND. AND TO COUNCIL MEMBER. WILTROUT. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. DEREK. YES. MAYOR. SPALDING. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. BRISK. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. KISK. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. YES. SIX. YES. VOTES TO THAT RESOLUTION R 35 2025. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ANY REPORTS ON COUNCIL

[14. REPORTS OF REPRESENTATIVES]

AND THEN LAST THERE WILL BE A REPORT COMING TO THE STATE LEGISLATURE. I BELIEVE ODOT IS IS PREPARING A DOCUMENT. YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD THAT THERE WAS A THERE'S AN ATTEMPT TO CREATE WHAT I'LL DESCRIBE AS A ROUTE 23 BYPASS THROUGH THE DELAWARE AREA. THERE WAS A PRIOR ATTEMPT

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ANY UPDATE FROM THE JOINT PARKS? HAD A MEETING LAST NIGHT. AND JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS. ONE, THE REC CENTER IS ON TRACK STILL. THEY'VE HAD SOME TREMENDOUS WEATHER TO CATCH UP, AND THEY'RE HOPING TO BE UNDER ROOF BY THE FIRST SNOWFALL HERE. SO FINGERS CROSSED ON THAT. AND THEN SECOND, FOR THOSE THAT HAVE ACTIVITIES GOING ON UP AT BETHLEHEM FOR THE KIDS SPORTS, WHATEVER THAT ROAD THAT WE HAVE CONNECTED WALNUT OVER TO BETHLEHEM THROUGH THE PROPERTY IS IS REALLY WORKING WELL FOR PEOPLE TO GET TO THE YELLOW AND THE GREEN FIELDS AND, YOU KNOW, THE BLUE, BUT GIVE YOURSELF SOME TIME IF YOU'RE GOING TO THE PURPLE, RED AND ORANGE AREAS, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE ROUNDABOUT YOU CAN'T GET TO UNLESS YOU MAYBE GO OUT TO 62 AND COME BACK WALNUT. SO JUST GIVE YOURSELF SOME TIME. BUT EVERYTHING LOOKS GOOD SO FAR OUT THERE. AND THEY'VE GOT THEIR TRUNK AND TREE TRUNK AND TREAT COMING UP HERE I BELIEVE IN OCTOBER 19TH AND CHANGING UP A LITTLE BIT. I THINK THEY'VE ALREADY HAVE 40 OR 50 TRUNKS ALREADY SIGNED UP. SO IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE AS BIG AS IT WAS LAST YEAR. AND THE WEATHER WAS TREMENDOUS LAST YEAR. SO HERE WE GO. GREAT. ALL RIGHT. ANY UPDATE FROM NEW ALBANY PLAIN LOCAL SCHOOLS? I KNOW THEY HAD A LENGTHY MEETING THIS WEEK. WELL. WELL, MARLENE, COUNCILWOMAN BRISK WAS AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING. I WAS AT THE LENGTHY SCHOOL BOARD MEETING, AT LEAST A PART OF IT, BEFORE I WRAPPED THE REST ON YOUTUBE THIS MORNING. SO I JUST WANT TO. THE FIRST PART OF THE MEETING WAS REALLY GREAT. THERE WAS A STUDENT, AIDAN FERRIS, WHO LIVES IN SNYDER LOOP, CAME AND GAVE A VERY JUST LIKE, NOT NOT UPLIFTING ABOUT THE SUBJECT MATTER, BUT THAT THERE ARE HIGH SCHOOL CHILDREN WHO CAN SPEAK AND PRESENT THEMSELVES AS WELL AS HE DID ABOUT THE CELL PHONE POLICY. HE NOTICED SOME DISCREPANCIES IN THE STATE LAW WITH THE CURRENT SCHOOL POLICY AS HE UNDERSTOOD IT, AND I THOUGHT HE PRESENTED HIMSELF REALLY WELL. THEY DID A LENGTHY UPDATE ON THE TRAIN TO VANDENBERG, AND WE'RE SO APPRECIATIVE OF THE CITY'S EFFORTS AND YOUR EFFORTS. AND THE WHOLE PROGRAM WAS REALLY BENEFICIAL FOR THE CITY OR FOR THE SCHOOL. THEY DID A BUS ROUTE UPDATE. THEY'RE ALL BUS ROUTES THAT ARE GOING TO BE ADDED THIS YEAR HAVE ALREADY BEEN ADDED. SO THEY'RE HOPING THAT ALL THE KINKS ARE WORKED OUT. I KNOW OUR BUS HAS BEEN ON TIME, WHICH HAS BEEN GREAT.

THEY HAD THE ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE BUCKEYE BRIDGE, WHICH ALLOWS RESIDENTS TO ENROLL AT COLUMBUS STATE FOR AN ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE, WHICH MAY GUARANTEE ADMISSION AND TUITION FREE ENROLLMENT AT OHIO STATE'S MAIN CAMPUS. SO THIS IS A GREAT PARTNERSHIP THAT WAS INTRODUCED YESTERDAY. GUARANTEES THESE ELIGIBLE GRADUATES FOR A MANDATORY FEE FREE FOR UP TO EIGHT SEMESTERS. YOU HAVE TO BE AN OHIO RESIDENT AND HAVE A GROSS INCOME OF UNDER $100,000 OR LESS, AND TRANSFER TO OHIO STATE WITHIN THREE SEMESTERS OF GRADUATING FROM COLUMBUS STATE.

SO REALLY GREAT NEWS FOR OUR STUDENTS. AND THEN WE LOOKED AT THE CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT PLAN.

SO YOU MIGHT HAVE REMEMBERED FROM OUR LAST UPDATE THAT THEY ARE PRELIMINARY REPORT CARD WAS FIVE STARS. THEIR OFFICIAL REPORT CARD CAME OUT AND THEY WERE IN FACT FIVE STARS. SO THERE WERE 607 SCHOOLS IN OHIO AND ONLY 47 GOT FIVE STARS. THIS YEAR. THERE WERE SIX MEASURES FOR THE STARS FOR EACH DISTRICT, AS OPPOSED TO FIVE. THE SIXTH ADDITIONAL MEASURE WAS COLLEGE READINESS. THERE WERE NO SCHOOLS OUT OF THE 607 THAT GOT ALL FIVE STARS ON SIX COMPONENTS. WE GOT FIVE STARS ON FOUR OUT OF THE SIX COMPONENTS. SO OF COURSE, THE DISTRICT'S FOCUS IS ON THOSE TWO THAT WE DIDN'T GET FIVE STARS ON, WHICH ARE PROGRESS IN COLLEGE READINESS. COLLEGE READINESS IS GOING TO FOCUS ON APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS, INTERNSHIPS, WHICH I THINK ARE GOING TO BE REALLY HELPFUL FOR THE STUDENTS. SO THEY TALKED ABOUT THEIR CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT PLAN FOCUS, WHICH IS TO FACILITATE A YEAR OR MORE GROWTH FOR EVERY YEAR OF INSTRUCTION. ACHIEVE FIVE STARS ON ALL SIX METRICS. GRADUATE STUDENTS ARE COLLEGE READY, ENHANCED SCHOOL CULTURE DEMONSTRATE SOUND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT. THEY LOOKED AT THE FIVE YEAR FORECAST THEY ARE POSITIVE FOR FOR THIS FINANCIAL FORECAST. THEY'RE POSITIVE FOR FOUR YEARS. THERE'S A $4 MILLION DEFICIT FOR THE FIFTH YEAR, BUT THEY THINK THAT THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE IT UP BY THEN BECAUSE OF COURSE, THIS IS

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THEY NEED MORE HELP WITH PLUMBING AND ELECTRICAL. THEY'RE LIKE LOOKING FOR MORE PLUMBERS AND ELECTRICIANS TO GET IT GOING. THAT'S KIND OF THE HOLDUP RIGHT NOW. THEY ARE TRYING TO DEAL WITH THE BUS GARAGE. THEY ARE KIND OF BACK TO SQUARE ONE AND DEALING WITH THE TRAFFIC ON 62, THE ORIGINAL OR THE CURRENT. THE LATEST PLAN TO CONNECT TO THE SERVICE DRIVE IS NOT GOING TO WORK BECAUSE OF A WETLAND AREA. WE THEN THEN THEY DISCUSSED THE BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL FIELD. SO AS WE ALL KNOW, THE ORIGINAL PLAN WAS TO BE OVER IN GANTON PARKWAY, AND THEN THEY WERE GOING TO GO TO BETHEL PARK, WHICH WAS DENIED BY THE GPD BECAUSE OF DISRUPTION OF THE FIELDS. THEY LOOKED AT THE THEY LOOKED AT PUTTING THE BASEBALL FIELDS BETWEEN THE RED AND PURPLE FIELDS. AND OF COURSE, THEY THEY COMPARED THE COST OF CONSTRUCTING THE BASEBALL FIELD SITES THERE VERSUS PUTTING THEM AT THE DISCOVER SITE, WHICH THE CITY HAS PURCHASED THE LAND FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT DUE TO THE IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS REQUESTED BY THE JPD FOR THE USE OF BETHLEHEM PARK, THE CONSTRUCTING THE BASEBALL FIELDS AT BETHEL HIGH COST ABOUT $4 MILLION MORE THAN IT WOULD BE TO CONSTRUCT A DISCOVER. SO THEY LOOKED AT THEY HAD A LENGTHY DISCUSSION ABOUT THE DECISION TO MOVE AHEAD WITH THE DISCOVER PROCESS. ALL BOARD MEMBERS WERE ULTIMATELY SUPPORTIVE OF THAT CHANGE. THERE WAS A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE PROCESS THAT THEY GOT TO GO THERE AND MAYBE SOME BEST PRACTICES, BUT OVERALL, THEY WENT FORWARD WITH THAT PLAN. SO THEY WERE JUST GIVING A VERBAL DIRECTION TO SUPERINTENDENT SAWYERS TO PROCEED. SO IT WAS A UNANIMOUS VOTE IN FAVOR WASN'T REALLY A VOTE, BUT EVERYONE EVERYONE SAID THAT THEY SUPPORT. I THINK YOU WERE ACTUALLY THERE AT THE END. I WATCHED IT ON THE VIDEO, BUT IT WAS EVERYONE WAS SUPPORTIVE OF THE PLAN BY THE END. MOVING FORWARD. YEAH, OKAY. THEY DID DISCUSS THE NEED TO HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF THE REST OF THE 49 ACRES, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THOSE DISCUSSIONS ARE UNDERWAY AND HOW THAT LAND WILL BE USED. ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS ON THE UPDATE? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

ANY UPDATE FROM PLAIN TOWNSHIP? THEY DID MEET A LOT OF GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE AND EXPENSE APPROVAL WHERE THEY STAY. THE BIGGEST DISCUSSION WAS WHERE THEY STAND WITH RESPECT TO THE FIRE STATION. THEY'VE JUST RECEIVED A PROPOSED DEED FROM NEW ALBANY COMPANY FOR THE PROPERTY, AND THEY'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT. AND ALSO LOOKING AT THE INPUT FROM THE NEW ALBANY COMPANY, NEW YORK ARCHITECTS, AS TO THE DESIGN ON THE FIRE STATION AND WHAT THE IMPACT MAY BE TO TO BE FORTHCOMING AND HOW QUICKLY THAT MOVES. SO WE'LL SEE. SO THE DEED IS THERE, THEY HAVE TO REVIEW IT. AND IF THEY ACCEPT IT FROM NEW ALBANY COMPANY, THEN THERE. I THINK THERE ARE CERTAIN ASPECTS OF INPUT ON THE ARCHITECTURE FROM THE NEW YORK ATTORNEYS AND WHAT THE COST IMPACT MAY BE ON THE DESIGN VERSUS THE ORIGINAL DESIGN COSTS. SO THEY'RE WORKING THEIR WAY THROUGH IT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS ON THE TOWNSHIP

[15. REPORTS OF CITY OFFICIALS]

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AND THE FIRST THREE PREMIER COMMUNITIES ARE. MENTOR, OHIO. MASON, OHIO. AND A LITTLE PLACE CALLED NEW ALBANY, OHIO. SO WE'RE REALLY, REALLY HAPPY ABOUT THIS DESIGNATION. IT CLEARLY PUTS US IN THE LEAD WITH RESPECT TO SITE SELECTION OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE COMING FROM THE LIFE SCIENCE AND BIOTECH WORLD AND VERY, VERY PROUD OF OUR STAFF. I CAN'T TAKE ANY CREDIT, BUT THEY WORKED REALLY HARD BECAUSE THIS IS AN IMPORTANT INDUSTRY THAT WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO GROW IN THE STATE OF OHIO. YEAH. NICE JOB. CONGRATULATIONS. YEAH.

AWESOME. WELL DONE. SO GIVEN THE LATE HOUR, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO GET INTO A DISCUSSION ABOUT E-CYCLES AND E-SCOOTERS, BUT THE CHIEF IS READY TO REVIEW ANY OF THOSE IF YOU'D LIKE. OR WE CAN JUST WAIT UNTIL OCTOBER 7TH. WE DO HAVE PROPOSED LEGISLATION, PROPOSED MODIFICATIONS TO THE THE CODE SECTIONS. WE CAN JUST DO A PRESENTATION ON OCTOBER 7TH. IT WILL REQUIRE TWO READINGS, SO THERE'LL BE PLENTY OF TIME TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK. WE CAN ALWAYS MAKE AMENDMENTS AND BRING IT BACK. BRING THE THE POTENTIAL CHANGES BACK FOR THE SECOND READING. YEAH. AND I BELIEVE, JOE, YOU DID CIRCULATE THE PROPOSED STATUTORY CHANGES THAT THE CHIEF AND LAW DIRECTOR RECOMMENDED. YES. RIGHT. I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY WE'VE RECEIVED A FAIR AMOUNT OF COMMUNITY INPUT REGARDING THE SAFETY AND CONCERNS AROUND E-BIKE USAGE.

WE GOT A LETTER TODAY FROM THE ALBANY COUNTRY CLUB ASSOCIATION, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL TAKE A LOOK AT WAYS WE CAN IMPROVE SAFETY ON OUR LEISURE PATHS AND ROADWAYS. I KNOW THE SCHOOL HAS TAKEN A STRONG STANCE ON SOME OF THE ELECTRIC VEHICLES THAT ARE LITERALLY NOT SCOOTERS OR E-BIKES, THEY ARE MOTORCYCLES AND THERE'S NO OTHER WAY TO DESCRIBE IT. THERE'S NO PEDALS ON IT, AND THEY GO 70 MILES AN HOUR AND THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED ON CAMPUS. SO SUPERINTENDENT HAD SOME CONSTRUCTIVE FEEDBACK FROM SEVERAL FAMILY MEMBERS THAT WERE UPSET WITH THE PURCHASE THEY MADE TO ASSIST THEIR CHILD IN GETTING TO SCHOOL. SO YOU MAY SEE A COLLECTION OF THOSE VEHICLES PARKED AT THE END OF THE ROADS RUN LITERALLY EVERY DAY RIGHT BY THE BRIDGE. SO IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE, FEEL FREE TO WALK OVER THERE ANYTIME. YEAH, ALL OVER THE PLACE. BUT YEAH, I MEAN, IF YOU'RE ASKING FOR A PREFERENCE, YEAH, I'D PREFER SINCE I HAVE TO GIVE A SPEECH AT 9:00 IN THE MORNING THAT MAYBE WE SAVE THIS CONVERSATION UNTIL OUR NEXT MEETING. SOUNDS GOOD. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. ANY UPDATE FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY? SINCE I'M PUTTING THE E-BIKE STUFF AWAY? NO. BUT I HAD A TIGHT 60 MINUTE SET ON. OH, MAN, 16 MINUTES, 60 MINUTES. YOU'RE GIVING BACK 60 MINUTES. YEAH. TIME. THANK YOU,

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[17. POLL FOR COUNCIL COMMENT]

WE'RE GOING TO BE USING PART OF THE PARKING LOT FOR THAT AND I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. OKAY.

THAT'S IT. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER BUSINESS FOR CONSIDERATION? THEN I MOVE THAT WE ADJOURN SECOND, AND WE ARE ADJOURNING AT 9:40 P.M.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.