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[VI. Business]
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MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE REVISED DRAFT BUDGET. MOTION TO APPROVE THE REVISED BUDGET FOR
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2026. THANK YOU, MR. DO YOU HAVE A SECOND? I SECOND. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, MR. KOCIAN? YES,[00:17:27]
MISS. KOPPELMAN? YES, MISS. LOPEZ? YES. MR. SCHUMACHER. YES, MR. BARNES? YES. AND MISS SCOTT.[00:17:34]
YES. THE MOTION PASSES. FANTASTIC. ALL RIGHT, SO A QUICK UPDATE ON OUR PILOT PROJECT. WEEK FOUR IS TOMORROW. SO WE'VE BEEN AT THIS A MONTH ALREADY. WE HAVE 45 REGISTERED HOUSEHOLDS. SO OUR MINIMUM WAS 30. RIGHT. WE ARE AIMING HIGH FOR 80. SO I GUESS WE'RE OVER HALFWAY THERE. HOPEFULLY. JUST THE PRESENCE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND CONTINUING TO MARKET. IT WILL GET US THERE. BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS THE LAST TWO WEEKS WE'VE HAD ZERO ISSUES.SO YOU KNOW, AFTER GETTING IT STARTED UP, IT SEEMS TO BE RUNNING PRETTY SMOOTHLY NOW. I DON'T KNOW, WE'VE HAD SOME COMMENTS. I THINK CHELSEA SHARED ONE WITH YOU, BUT EVERYTHING'S BEEN PRETTY POSITIVE. WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY NEGATIVE FEEDBACK. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL HAVE HEARD ANYTHING IN THE COMMUNITY. OKAY, I'LL KEEP ON KEEPING ON AND SEE HOW IT GOES. AND IF WE CAN KEEP MARKETING, AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE SOME SIGNS UP OUT THERE AND JUST TRYING TO GET MORE PEOPLE TO, TO PUSH PARTICIPATION. I THINK, YOU KNOW, WITH THE SEASON CHANGING TOO, IT MIGHT BE EASIER FOR SOME PEOPLE. I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE MAY NOT WANT TO MESS WITH IT IN THE SUMMER. YEAH, BUT I THINK AS WE GET MORE INTO FALL, IT BECOMES A LITTLE EASIER TO COMPOST IN SOME WAYS BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE TO. I KNOW THE MAN THAT SENT THE LETTER SAID HE, LIKE, PUTS IT IN DEEP FREEZE. YEAH, AND I APPRECIATE THAT. I THINK THAT'S PART OF IT. RIGHT. LIKE WHEN YOU COMPOST, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A SYSTEM THAT WORKS FOR YOU, THAT YOU DON'T HAVE A MESS. AND IT IT DOES TAKE SOME THOUGHT. SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE NICE TO MAYBE HAVE SOME PEOPLE COMMENT THROUGH THE CITY, MAYBE THAT HAVE HAD SUCCESS WITH IT, THAT ARE ENJOYING IT, TO KIND OF I THINK WHEN NEIGHBORS HEAR OTHER NEIGHBORS SHARE THAT, AND THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO GET A FEW MORE PEOPLE THAT, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? WE CAN SAY ALL WE WANT. BUT I THINK WHEN YOU HEAR OTHER PEOPLE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD BEING LIKE, OH, THIS IS WHAT I DO AND THIS IS HOW WE DO IT, THAT MIGHT HELP. SO THAT'S JUST MY SUGGESTION. OKAY. YEAH. BECAUSE I, I MYSELF DON'T KNOW HOW YOU COMPOST IN A BUCKET I COMPOSTED FOR MY WHOLE LIFE, BUT I HAVE MY LITTLE THING NEXT TO MY SINK THAT THEN GOES TO MY COMPOST OR OUTSIDE. I MEAN, DO YOU PUT DO YOU KEEP YOUR BUCKET IN YOUR GARAGE OR DO YOU? I THINK IT DEPENDS ON WHERE IT'S SAFE FROM RACCOONS AND FROM FLIES. THAT
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WOULD BE MY SUGGESTION. I MEAN, YEAH, MOST PEOPLE I KNOW KEEP IT IN THE GARAGE AND MOST PEOPLE HAVE A SMALLER ONE IN THEIR KITCHEN. YEAH. TAKE THE SMALL TRANSFER TO THE. YEAH, TAKE IT OUT. AND THEN JUST ONCE OR TWICE A WEEK, TAKE IT TO WHEREVER AND OUT TO YOUR CURBSIDE, WHICH IS REALLY NICE. KIND OF ENVIOUS. THAT'S EXCELLENT. YEAH. WONDER WHAT THE HOLIDAYS TOO, SINCE YOU MIGHT HAVE MORE FOOD WASTE IF THERE'S AN ANGLE THAT WE COULD MARK IT. GOOD IDEA. YEAH. LET'S SEE WHAT WE COULD DO THERE. GIVE AWAY A FREE TURKEY, A FREE A FREE HAM. HOLIDAY, A HOLIDAY HAM. I LOVE A HONEY BAKED HAM. I THINK THE COMPOST EXCHANGE MIGHT ALSO BE PROMOTING IT. LIKE, I'VE HAD SOME ADS POP UP, LIKE IN MY INSTAGRAM FEED, AND I'VE BEEN LIKE, OH, OH, I KNOW WHAT THAT IS. LIKE, I MIGHT HAVE NORMALLY JUST PASSED THROUGH IT. I THINK IT'S OH, HAS ANYBODY ELSE SEEN THAT POP UP IN YOUR FEEDS ANYWHERE? OKAY.ALL RIGHT. THOSE ARE GOOD IDEAS. WE'LL SEE WHAT WE CAN DO WITH THAT. OKAY. SO IF YOU JUST MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS I KNOW WE HAD SEVERAL BOARD MEMBERS ATTEND THE SUMMIT ON SUSTAINABILITY LAST WEEK AND WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A KIND OF REPORT BACK ON ANY ANYTHING YOU LEARNED OR ANYTHING THAT WAS SURPRISING OR ANYTHING WE CAN WE'RE DOING WELL OR WE COULD WORK ON. JEFF. JEFF. WE'LL START WITH THE HANDOUT. OKAY. THIS IS. SO THIS IS WORKING. WE HAVE THE. THAT'S. THANKS. YEAH. THAT'S FOR ME. YEAH. YOU GUYS TAKE IT BACK TO CITY COUNCIL.
YEAH. YOU DID THAT DAY. AND THEN YOU THROW IT OUT. NO, IT'S ACTUALLY SAYS WHEN YOU'RE DONE USING IT, OPEN IT UP AND USE IT AS WRAPPING PAPER. THIS IS SUCH A COOL IDEA. THAT'S GREAT. SO.
SO THAT WAS THE EVENT PROGRAM. OKAY, GREAT. DO MORE OF THIS. YOU COULD WALLPAPER THE WALL.
YEAH. IT'S LIKE ONE THING I WAS I HAD THE. HERE IS I ATTENDED A SESSION ON THE RECENT LEGISLATION PASSED BY THE IOWA HOUSE AND SENATE, AND THE GOVERNOR SIGNED ON THE CHANGES TO ELECTRICITY AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING IN THE ENERGY. MORE AVAILABLE, ESPECIALLY SINCE WE HAVE ALL THESE DATA CENTERS POPPING UP. THE FOCUS WILL BE IMPROVING THE TRANSMISSION LINES AND MAKING THESE ATTACKS. THE OTHER THING THAT I THOUGHT WAS INTERESTING IS. THERE WAS A POST THAT THEY'RE ALLOWING BUSINESSES TO PUT POWER GENERATION ON THEIR OWN SITES SO THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO DEPEND ON THE GRID TO POWER THEIR BUSINESSES. SO WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF THAT IN NEW ALBANY NOW. YEAH, I THINK THERE'S A COUPLE IN THE PARK THAT ARE YEAH, THESE DATA CENTERS NOW BECAUSE AEP WILL NOT DOESN'T HAVE THE ENERGY TO GIVE THEM. SO THEY'RE THEY'RE THEY'RE GENERATING THEIR OWN ENERGY WITH NATURAL GAS GENERATORS. YES. EXACTLY. SO THAT CHANGE TO HELP US, ESPECIALLY THE RESIDENTIAL CONSUMERS FROM NOT BEING BURDENED WITH, YOU KNOW, THE HIGHER COST OF ELECTRICITY THAT IS POTENTIALLY ASSOCIATED WITH THE DISTRIBUTION CENTERS. SO, SO THAT WAS ONE TAKEAWAY THAT I HAD. YEAH. THERE YOU GO. SORRY, SORRY. THAT'S IT. OH NO. YOU GOT YOUR MIC ON. CAN YOU REPEAT IT AGAIN? YEAH, SURE. OH YEAH. IT WAS FANTASTIC. I, I REALLY APPRECIATED MEETING THE STAFF THAT WERE THERE IN ATTENDANCE. THEY WERE WONDERFUL. ONE WAS THREE WEEKS WITH THE CITY AND ONE WAS MAYBE FOUR MONTHS WITH THE CITY. SO THE NEW STAFF WERE GREAT. I WAS VERY IMPRESSED.
THE ROOM WAS PACKED. THEY SAID IT GETS BIGGER AND BIGGER AND BIGGER EVERY YEAR. SUEKO AND MORSI WERE FANTASTIC. THEY'RE THE EXPERTS WERE INCREDIBLE. YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO OR WHATEVER, THESE WORDS AND THE TERMINOLOGY AND THE TOPICS AT THE CONFERENCE WERE LIKE, YOU KNOW, MARTIANS AND ALIENS. BUT NOW I JUST SAT THERE THE WHOLE DAY THINKING, WOW, HOW MAINSTREAM IS ALL OF THIS STUFF? AND SO, YEAH, THEY WERE JUST GREAT RESOURCES AROUND TOWN. AND IT WAS JUST I FELT LIKE IT WAS A VERY SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR
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MUNICIPALITIES, YOU KNOW, TO BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH SUSTAINABILITY EFFORTS AND PROGRAMS. AND THE SUPPORT IS OUT THERE. THE RESOURCES ARE OUT THERE, THE FOUNDATION IS OUT THERE. SO IT'S JUST REALLY NICE TO HAVE THAT. OKAY. SO ECHOING ALL THE SAME, IT WAS WILL. THE NEW FORESTER WAS ABLE TO ATTEND, WHICH WAS GREAT. I THINK FOR US TO FINALLY MEET HIM BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE ANGIE'S BEEN KEEPING HIM IN A BOX. HE'S BEEN VERY BUSY GETTING GETTING HIS FEET ON THE GROUND, BUT A COUPLE OF US, THERE WAS ONE. I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER WHAT BLOOM STANDS FOR, UNFORTUNATELY. I GUESS I WILL BECAUSE IT'S RIGHT HERE. BUILDING LANDSCAPES OF OPPORTUNITY AND MITIGATION THAT JUST TALKED ABOUT LANDSCAPING OPPORTUNITIES AND HOW, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE COULD APPROACH DIFFERENT IDEAS. AND A LOT OF IT'S ABOUT PAVING AND GOING WITH PERMEABLE PAVING VERSUS NON. BUT IT ALSO DOVETAILED BACK TO A MORNING SESSION THAT WAS ABOUT WATER USE. SO I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS AND IT HITS HOME FOR ME BEING A NATIVE CALIFORNIAN, THAT IT FEELS LIKE THE STATE OF OHIO GENERALLY AND PEOPLE THAT GREW UP HERE TAKE WATER FOR GRANTED AND RAINS, IT SNOWS OR WHATEVER. WATER IS ALWAYS ABUNDANT, BUT NOT ONLY POWER SUCKING FROM ALL OF THIS NEW DEVELOPMENT, BUT WATER IS GOING TO BE MORE AND MORE OF AN ISSUE.AND AS YOU'VE ALL NOTICED, WE'VE GONE THROUGH PROGRESSIVELY LONGER OR MORE UNPREDICTABLE DROUGHTS POINTS IN A YEAR. SO, YOU KNOW, THE FORECASTING IS THAT THAT'S GOING TO CONTINUE. SO WHILE WATER CONSERVATION CONVERSATIONS HAVEN'T REALLY HAPPENED, YOU KNOW, WE'VE INTERNALLY TALKED ABOUT AND PUSHED THINGS ABOUT STORMWATER MANAGEMENT AND DOING OUR BEST TO MAKE SURE THAT THINGS THAT FLOW DOWN DO SO CLEANLY. BUT IT FEELS LIKE THERE'S JUST GOING TO BE MORE AND MORE OF THAT CONVERSATION ABOUT WATER CONSERVATION AND CAPTURE AND THAT TYPE OF THING. SO LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING KIND OF WHERE THOSE CONVERSATIONS GO AND HOW WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO HAVE AN IMPACT ON THAT. SINCE WE SIT IN A COUPLE DIFFERENT WATERSHEDS. YEAH. AND THEN SOMETHING THAT GOT HANDED OUT THAT JUST AS A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT, I'LL GIVE IT TO STAFF TO NOTE DOWN, THERE'S AN ENERGY SMART HOME EXPO. OF COURSE I DIDN'T. OH, HERE IT IS. IT'S AT THE OHIO FARM BUREAU, THE FOUR H CENTER ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25TH FROM 11 TO 3 P.M. AND I'LL HAVE ADRIAN PUT THIS IN THE NOTES IF ANYONE WANTS TO GET TO IT. BUT THEY WERE JUST SOME FOLKS WERE HANDING THESE THINGS OUT, JUST TALKING ABOUT SOLAR AND DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF MAKING YOUR HOME A SMART HOME. SO MR. BURNS WILL HAVE THAT IN THE MEANTIME, FOR SURE. WHAT DO YOU THINK? YEAH, I REALLY LIKED IT.
I'D BEEN ONCE BEFORE, SO IT WAS LIKE DIFFERENT IN A GOOD WAY. I LEARNED A LOT, AND I THOUGHT IT WAS A VERY ENCOURAGING ENVIRONMENT. IF, LIKE, EVEN IF YOU KNEW EVERYTHING THERE WAS TO KNOW ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT, WHICH IS NOT POSSIBLE, BUT YOU WOULD STILL LIKE TAKE SOMETHING FROM IT BECAUSE THERE'S ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, IT'S AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE EVERYBODY THERE IS LIKE WORKING TOWARDS THE SAME GOAL. I WENT TO ONE OF THE SESSIONS THAT WAS ABOUT TEACHING YOUTH ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY, AND THAT WAS REALLY COOL BECAUSE IT JUST IT KIND OF GAVE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT SOME KIDS THINK ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT AND HOW THAT CAN BE LIKE, NOT EVERYBODY IS LISTENED TO BY KIDS, BUT IF YOU HAVE ENOUGH SOURCES OF INFORMATION FOR KIDS, THEN THEY WILL SOAK IT UP. EVEN IF IT'S NOT ALL OF IT, IT'S SOME OF IT. SO I ENJOYED THAT. AND I ALSO THOUGHT A LOT ABOUT THE WATER, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THAT'S NOT SOMETHING I PERSONALLY HEAR ABOUT HERE IN ALBANY SPECIFICALLY. AND I WAS JUST KIND OF THINKING HOW THAT COULD BE APPLICABLE TO US IN NEW ALBANY, BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE LIKE ROSE RUN THAT CUTS THROUGH, BUT I PERSONALLY HAVE NOT HEARD A TON OF LIKE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT. SO I WOULD LOVE TO IMPLEMENT THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE. AND ON THE EDUCATION ASPECT OF IT, GREAT. YEAH, WE WERE HAPPY TO HAVE YOU THERE AND SACRIFICE YOUR SCHOOL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU TO THE SCHOOL FOR LETTING YOU GO. DEFINITELY THE YOUNGEST PERSON THAT ATTENDED THAT. WELL, I THINK IT'S FANTASTIC. SO MANY OF YOU WERE ABLE TO ATTEND. THAT DOESN'T ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T ALWAYS HAPPEN THE WAY DATES AND SCHEDULES LINE UP. AND ONE THING CHARLES AND I TALKED ABOUT LAST WEEK AFTER IT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN PROPOSE SESSIONS ABOUT THE WORK WE'RE
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DOING OUT HERE. THAT'S ONE WAY TO KIND OF ELEVATE. VISIBILITY ON THE WORK WEIN NEW ALBANY. ANY OF YOU COULD PARTICIPATE IN THOSE IF YOU WANT. IF YOU HAVE IDEAS ABOUT SESSIONS. AND WE COULD ALSO LOOK TO PARTNER WITH OTHERS, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES, LIKE IN PLANNING CONFERENCES, WE WOULD PARTNER WITH ANOTHER CITY OR A PRIVATE FIRM TO PUT TOGETHER A SESSION. SO SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND FOR NEXT YEAR, IF THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT SORT OF VISIBILITY, I THINK, IS IMPORTANT TO FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE DOING AND GROW IT THAT WAY. SO THINK ABOUT THAT FOR NEXT. WHEN WHEN THEY DO. WHEN DOES THE CALL FOR SESSIONS? IT'S PROBABLY SOMETIME IN THE SUMMER. I THINK WE'LL PUT THAT ON AGENDA AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT THEN. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE ON THE SUMMIT? USUALLY. HOW IS THE FOOD? YEAH, I KNEW SOMEBODY WOULD ASK. IT WAS GOOD. AN UPDATE. THE STREAMSIDE LANDOWNERS MAILER WENT OUT. THE FIRST ROUND WAS RESIDENTS ALONG ROSE RUN. I KNOW CHELSEA AND CHARLES ARE WORKING ON A LIST FOR US TO GO TO LARGER LANDSCAPE COMPANIES THAT PERFORM WORK IN NEW ALBANY, SO THAT'S A OPPORTUNITY FOR THE NEXT MAILER TO GO TO THOSE PLACES. ANYTHING ELSE ON THAT? WELL, INCLUDED IN THAT. SO, YOU KNOW, THIS WAS LIKE BIG HITTER, GENERALLY SPEAKING, JUST BY EMPIRICAL WALKING AROUND NEIGHBORHOODS AND SEEING WHO'S MAINTAINING RESIDENTIAL AREAS.BUT I'D ALSO REQUESTED SO HOPEFULLY SHE WAS ABLE TO RESPOND TO SENDING IT OUT TO THE LINKS AND TO THE COUNTRY CLUB AS WELL, SINCE THEY DO OBVIOUSLY IMPACT QUITE A BIT OF LAND AND WATER FLOWS THROUGH BOTH OF THE PROPERTIES. SUGAR RUN RUNS THROUGH THE LAKES.
YEAH, AND I KNOW THAT COULD USE CLEANING UP. I THOUGHT OF YOU WHEN I MADE THE REQUEST. YEAH, I MEAN, YOU HAVE THAT AND I HAVE THE ONE ON OUR END. WELL, AND CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS IN THE PAST, EXPANDING THE GREEN GUARDIAN PROGRAM TO DO THINGS LIKE CREEK CLEANUPS. SO THAT IS IF THE BOARD'S INTERESTED IN SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE RIGHT TIMING OF THAT WORK IS. I DON'T KNOW IF CLEANUP IS LIKE TRASH CLEANUP OR INVASIVE.
YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS? ALL OF THE ABOVE, REALLY. I WOULD START WITH TRASH, GET THE TRASH OUT THERE, AND THEN DO AN ANALYSIS OF WHAT INVASIVE SPECIES AND WHAT CAN POTENTIALLY BE DONE. I MEAN, LOOK AT THE WORK THAT WE DID AT ROSE RUN EVEN BEFORE WE DID THE PARK. WE WERE IN ROSE RUN, CLEANING THAT UP, MAKING IT MORE SUSTAINABLE. I THINK WE NEED TO, IN MY OPINION AT LEAST, AT LEAST DO AN EVALUATION OF ALL THE STREAMS THAT ARE RUNNING THROUGH NEW ALBANY AND ENSURE THAT THEY'RE AS HEALTHY AS THEY CAN BE. AND IT STARTS WITH CLEANING UP. AND, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD GET BOY SCOUTS, GIRL SCOUTS, OR WHOEVER INVOLVED YOUTH GROUPS, SCHOOLS TO COME IN AND HELP CLEAN UP EARTH DAY ON EARTH DAY OR SOMETHING AND, AND GET THE CITY TO SUPPORT IT WITH OUR STAFF IN THERE, YOU KNOW, HELPING OUT, GET THE MESS CLEANED UP AND THEN DETERMINE WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE FROM THAT POINT FORWARD TO ENSURE THAT IT'S SUSTAINABLE. RIGHT? AS IT'S THAT WOULD BE A GREAT STUDENT PROJECT IF. IT'S A REALLY GOOD IDEA. IDEAS BECAUSE I DO GET, YOU KNOW, REQUESTS FROM SCOUT GROUPS AND HONOR SOCIETY. THOSE TYPES OF GROUPS THAT WANT TO DO SERVICE PROJECTS. TYPICALLY, WE ARE DOING THINGS ON THE SCHOOL CAMPUS. BUT, YOU KNOW, IF WE HAVE LIKE A LIST OR OTHER AREAS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S GREAT TO TO SPREAD THE LOVE TO SOME OTHER PERSON.
NEW ALBANY SO YEAH, I LIVED ON SUGAR RUN FOR TEN YEARS AND MY I WALKED MY KIDS UP THAT STREAM AND YOU KNOW, YOU GET IN THERE, IT'S LIKE OLD RUSTY BARRELS AND IT'S LIKE, HOW DID THIS STUFF EVEN GET IN HERE? AND HOW ARE YOU GOING TO GET IT OUT? YEAH. YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THE LIKE FROM WHERE TO WHERE DO YOU NOTICE THAT THE MOST? WELL, THE SUGAR RUN I KNOW RUNS FROM THE NORTH EAST CORNER OF THE LAKES, AND IT RUNS DIAGONALLY THROUGH THE GOLF COURSE. YEAH. AND THEN IT CROSSES CENTRAL COLLEGE AND IT'S BEEN DAMMED OFF THERE AT CENTRAL COLLEGE AND BACKS UP.
YEAH. AND THEN IT GOES DOWN KIND OF WORKS ITS WAY THROUGH TO THE NEW HAMLET. IT GOES THROUGH THE HAMLET. YEAH. SO THAT WHOLE I DON'T THINK THAT'S EVER BEEN EVALUATED BY THE CITY AT ANY TIME. IT'S A PRETTY ACTIVE STREAM AND HEALTHY STREAM. THERE'S A LOT OF WATER THAT FLOWS THROUGH IT. YEAH, THAT CUTS THROUGH MY NEIGHBORHOOD, THE ENCLAVE. YEAH, IT GOES THROUGH THE ENCLAVE. YEAH. AND THEY'RE TYPICALLY LIKE BAGS THAT WOULD BE LIKE WOULD HAVE MULCH IN THEM OR STUFF LIKE JUST SITTING IN THERE. SO YEAH, I DON'T KNOW.
THAT WOULD BE DEFINITELY SOMETHING TO CONSIDER CLEANING UP. I LIKE THE COMBINATION OF
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THE CLEANUP, BUT THEN ALSO LIKE THE DOCUMENTATION OF THE INVASIVE SPECIES WOULD BE A AND MAYBE EVEN LIKE WATER QUALITY IF YOU COULD TAKE SAMPLES OVER TIME AND THERE'S A DAM, THE PEOPLE THAT OWN OWN EAGLES PIZZA LIVE ON PART OF THAT. AND THEY THEY DAMMED IT. SO YOU CAN SEE IT FROM CENTRAL COLLEGE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IMPACT THAT'S HAD OVER TIME, BUT THEY HAVE A POND AND SUGAR RUN'S BEEN DAMMED DURING A BIG STORM. IT GETS FLOODED BACK. BUT ALL THAT STUFF SHOULD PROBABLY BE LOOKED AT. IT CAN'T BE LEGAL. PARDON ME? IT CAN'T BE LEGAL. I MEAN, THE ARMY IT'S BEEN THERE FOR. I MEAN, THIS HAS BEEN THERE BEFORE THE NEW WALL, YOU KNOW, OLD NEW ALBANY FOREVER. SOME PROBABLY NOBODY WAS, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW. YEAH. I DON'T WANT TO LIKE. YES. NO. SORRY. BLAME ANYBODY FOR DOING ANYTHING WRONG OTHER THAN IT'S THAT'S THE STATE IT IS IN NOW AND SHOULD PROBABLY BE LOOKED AT IN THE NEW WORLD THAT WE LIVE IN, WHERE WE'RE MORE AWARE OF THE THINGS THAT CAN BE DONE RESPONSIBLY. WELL, AND I GUESS I'M CURIOUS FROM STAFF STANDPOINT, LIKE WE'RE IN THIS AGREEMENT WITH FRANKLIN SOIL WATER, AND THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE INSPECTING STORM SEWER WATERWAY OUTFALLS. YEAH. LIKE HOW'S THIS? YEAH, IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO ASK. AND IT WASN'T ON THE TOPIC TODAY, SO I JUST WANTED TO TALK ABOUT IT SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE. IS WHO SEES THOSE REPORTS WHEN THEY'RE DONE WITH THEM? BECAUSE I'VE NEVER SEEN THEM WALKING THROUGH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, EVEN THOUGH WE GOT THE NOTIFICATION THAT THEY WOULD BE. YEAH. AND SO I'M CURIOUS WHAT WHAT HAPPENS WITH THOSE, WHAT REPORTS GET PUT OUT AND TO WHOM AND WHAT. YEAH. WHAT THE FREQUENCY IS AND ALL THAT. YEAH OKAY. YEAH I THINK IT'S ANNUAL BUT IT'S IT'S MORE LIKE WHAT ARE THE FINDINGS. WHO DO THEY REPORT TO. RIGHT. WHAT'S DONE WITH THEM AT THAT POINT.BECAUSE I WOULD EXPECT THAT IF THEY FOUND THAT THERE WAS TRASH OR WHATEVER IN THE WATERWAY, THAT THEY'D BE REPORTING THAT TO PUBLIC WORKS OR SOMEBODY THAT DEFINITELY GOES TO THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT. SO YEAH, WE COULD KIND OF GET COPIES OF THOSE AND SEE WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE AND THEN SEE IF THAT HELPS INFORM ANY PROJECTS OR ANY DECISIONS YOU GUYS WANT TO MAKE, AND THEN TRACK THAT OVER TIME. IF THERE'S A WAY TO I DON'T KNOW IF THEY DO CERTAIN AREAS OF THE CITY ON A ROTATING BASIS, WE COULD LOOK INTO THAT. YEAH. CAN I I'M GOING TO ADD A LITTLE BIT TO THIS. I HAD WRITTEN DOWN THE ONE THING I WANTED TO BRING UP. IT'S NOT REALLY A STREAM SIDE ISSUE, BUT IT'S STILL A LAND ISSUE. AND PETE, YOU MAY HAVE MORE TO SAY ABOUT THIS THAN I DO, BUT I'VE BEEN WALKING OVER AT SWICKARD WOODS A LOT, AND I KNOW I'VE BEEN DOING SOME RESEARCH. WE DEFINITELY HAVE. WHEN THEY DONATED THAT LAND TO THE CITY IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, WE ARE, WE ARE TO BE CARING FOR THAT LAND. IT'S PRETTY BAD OVER THERE. THE SIGNS ARE THE SIGNS FOR THE ARBORETUM, FOR THE TREES ARE DESTROYED. SOME OVER TIME, SOME JUST PEOPLE JUST KICK THEM AND BREAK THEM DOWN. THERE ARE TREES THAT HAVE BEEN PLANTED AS PART OF THE ARBORETUM, COMPLETELY DEAD, UPROOTED. I MEAN, IT NEEDS SOME TLC IS WHAT I GUESS I WOULD SAY. I'M NOT SURE WHAT. I'M SURE OUR OUR WITH EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WE HAVE NEW AND WE'RE, WE'RE DOING, WE STILL NEED TO TAKE CARE OF THE THINGS THAT WE PROMISED WE WOULD TAKE CARE OF TOO. SO I JUST WANT TO KIND OF PUT THAT ON THE JUST PLANT A TINY SEED THAT MAYBE WE SHOULD MAYBE GIVE SOME LOVE TO THAT AREA. IT IS THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE ELC CAMPUS AND THE NEW SCHOOL COMING IN THERE, AND THEN THE MAIN CAMPUS OF THE SCHOOL, AND THERE WAS A TON OF PEOPLE OUT WALKING THE OTHER DAY, BUT IT IT THE TRAILS NEED IT'S VERY ROOTY. I MEAN, PETE, YOU'VE BEEN OVER THERE FOR EVERYTHING.
YOU HAVE EVERYTHING THERE. AND IT COULD USE SOME, IT COULD USE A LITTLE. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE MAIN SWICKARD WOODS OR LIKE. YEAH, LIKE THE MAIN AREA. WELL, BOTH, I MEAN, BUT I'M THINKING OF THE ONE CLOSER TO THE SCHOOL. THE ONE ACROSS THE ROAD DEFINITELY NEEDS HELP. I THINK IT'S JUST SORT OF BEEN NEGLECTED OVER TIME. I'VE BEEN HERE ABOUT TEN YEARS. OUR FAMILY MOVED HERE ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO, AND I DON'T THINK ANYTHING'S BEEN REALLY DONE.
MAYBE. AND THAT MAY NOT BE OUR JOB. THAT MAY BE JUST SOMETHING THAT I JUST KIND OF WANT TO PUT IT OUT IN THE ETHER TO SORT OF GET PEOPLE OUT THERE, GO TAKE A WALK OVER THERE. IT'S IT'S STILL BEAUTIFUL. THE ARBORETUM IS STUNNINGLY BEAUTIFUL, BUT IT'S SORT OF IT'S JUST IT NEEDS SOME CARE. IF MR. RUSH WAS STILL HERE, WAS STILL HERE, HE WOULD BE. HE WOULD MAKE SURE THAT THAT WE WOULD KNOW. WE WOULD KNOW. SO, YES, IN HONOR OF HIM, CAN WE PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AT IT? IS THAT SORRY SCHOOL PROPERTY OR IS THAT CITY? SO TECHNICALLY WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION. PROCLAMATION? THE MAYOR SIGNED IT RECENTLY. LIKE, LIKE 2022, 2020, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THE CITY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CARE. IT WAS DONATED. THE PROPERTY WAS DONATED. IT IS A FULL ARBORETUM. THERE WAS A TIME WHERE WE USED TO PROMOTE IT. AND THEN I THINK BECAUSE IT IS CLOSE TO THE SCHOOL, I'M NOT SURE HOW MUCH YOU WANT PEOPLE THAT AREN'T FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD. DO YOU KNOW IT'S ONE OF THOSE SORT OF A SAFETY THING TOO, I THINK. BUT IT'S STUNNINGLY BEAUTIFUL AND I FEEL LIKE WE USE IT A LOT FOR SCHOOL STUFF. I'M NOT SURE THE
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RECIPROCITY IS THERE, I GUESS, IS WHAT I'M SAYING. I THINK WE UTILIZE THAT SPACE AND THAT LAND A LOT. I'M NOT SURE WE'RE PUTTING THE LOVE AND CARE BACK INTO THAT THAT WE COULD BE. AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT DOING THINGS WITH STUDENT SERVICES AND INVASIVES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, I'M SURE THAT THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR PUBLIC WORKS IS DOING AS MUCH AS THEY CAN. BUT I FEEL LIKE SOMETIMES IT JUST GETS A LITTLE BIT PUSHED. YEAH. YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I KNOW WE'VE PUT BECAUSE THE PAST THERE ARE MULCH RIGHT THERE. MULCH. BUT IT'S PRETTY ROOTY AND IT'S SO DRY. YES. AND IT'S KIND OF IT JUST LOOKS NOT GOOD. IT'S ABOUT DIRT NOW. NO. YEAH. IT'S ALL DIRT. YEAH. IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SWICKARD WOODS, THEY, THEY SPENT THE SUMMER IN SCHOOL STAFF SPENT THE SUMMER MULCHING IT. THEY GOT ACTUALLY TREES THAT WERE TAKEN DOWN BY THE CITY WERE MULCHED AND THEN THE THEY DONATED THAT MATERIAL TO THE SCHOOL. SO THEY HAD A CREW THAT, YOU KNOW, REDID THE TRAILS OUT IN SWICKARD. I THINK, YOU KNOW, IT'S IN MY MIND BETTER THAN IT'S BEEN AS FAR AS THAT GOES. IT'S THEY'RE TRYING TO GET IT. THEY USE IT FOR CROSS COUNTRY. YOU USE IT FOR THE SCHOOL, THE KIDS A LOT. SO MAINTAINING IT IS, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY AN ONGOING THING. BUT YEAH, IT'S I THINK THE DROUGHT TOOK A TOLL ON IT. WELL THAT'S TRUE. DROUGHT HAS BEEN REALLY HARD ON IT THIS YEAR. BUT IT IS COMPLICATED AREA BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT'S A COMBINATION OF THE CITY FOLKS AND THE SCHOOLS. I DO FEEL LIKE OUR SCHOOL STAFF THAT WE HAVE WORKING RIGHT NOW IS REALLY GOOD. WE HAVE A GUY WHO IS LIKE THE HEAD OUTDOOR LANDSCAPING GUY, AND HE'S HE'S REALLY HANDS ON, REALLY TRYING TO KEEP TREES ALIVE. AND I'VE BEEN TALKING WITH HIM A LOT ABOUT THAT KIND OF MAINTENANCE STUFF, AND HE'S BEEN TRYING TO REALLY CONNECT WITH THE CITY AND MAKE THOSE, LIKE, COLLABORATIONS POSSIBLE. YOU KNOW, I THINK WITH LOSING MARY LOU AND THEN HAVING SOME TIME BETWEEN GETTING A NEW FORESTER, I THINK HE'S WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO KIND OF WAIT AND LET IT'S WILL I MEAN, WILL YOU GET ON BOARD AND, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO MAYBE SET UP A MEETING WITH HIM AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO. BUT YEAH, I AGREE. I THINK THERE'S THERE'S THINGS THAT CAN BE DONE FOR SURE. WHAT DO YOU THINK PARTICULARLY NEEDS DONE. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT LIKE ADULTS NEED TO HANDLE OR DO YOU THINK.NO, I, I THINK IT'S SOMETHING WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE I MEAN, WE USE IT. I THINK THE DROUGHT HAD A LOT TO DO WITH IT THIS YEAR. BUT I DO NOTICE THERE WERE SEVERAL TREES THAT ARE DEFINITELY DEAD AND KIND OF IN THE SIGN. THERE'S NO SIGNAGE ANYMORE. IT'S KIND OF GOTTEN OLD. IT JUST IT NEEDS REFRESHING, I THINK, MORE THAN ANYTHING AND MAKE IT MORE APPEALING. AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK, I DON'T KNOW, IT'S JUST SORT OF TAKING CARE OF IT. I THINK WE'RE TAKING CARE OF IT IN THE SENSE OF LIKE, IT DOES LOOK GOOD. I MEAN, ALL THE BASEMENTS WERE PULLED OUT IN THE PAST AND THAT TYPE OF THING, BUT I DON'T KNOW. I JUST THINK IT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE SPOTS THAT I JUST THINK IS REALLY LIKE A LITTLE GEM THAT NOT MANY PEOPLE EVEN KNOW ABOUT. I'VE TAKEN PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT LIVED HERE THEIR WHOLE LIVES AND NEVER EVEN KNEW IT EXISTED. AND SO IT'S SORT OF FUNNY TO ME, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST A BEAUTIFUL LITTLE SPOT. I DON'T KNOW, THAT'S JUST MY JUST KIND OF PUTTING IT OUT THERE. WELL, I SPENT A LOT OF TIME OVER THERE, SO I THIS COULD ALSO BE A POTENTIAL PROJECT THAT WE COORDINATE WITH THE FOUNDATION ON, BECAUSE THEY'RE LOOKING TO WRITE GRANTS FOR SOME OF THESE KINDS OF THINGS. SO IT WOULD TAKE AN ENTITY LOOKING TO WANT TO DO THE PROJECT AND HAVE A PLAN TOGETHER FOR THEM TO FUND. BUT YEAH, I PERSONALLY I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT KIND OF COORDINATION BEING WORKING WHERE IT'S LIKE, WE'VE DONE THIS FOR THE CITY. WE GET SOME SOME COMMUNITY FUNDING TOGETHER AND THEN ENGAGE WITH EITHER THEIR STUDENTS OR ITS GREEN GUARDIANS GROUP. AND BUT AGAIN, IT'S IT CAN'T JUST BE LIKE SHOW UP AND. NO, NO, NO I THINK IT'S MORE SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT BEFORE EVEN LIKE NEXT YEAR'S FUNDING STUFF LIKE LET'S JUST THINK ABOUT JUST PUTTING IT OUT THERE. YEAH. DON'T KNOW WHAT. I JUST THINK WE PUT A LOT OF CARE INTO TAYLOR FARM. WE PUT A LOT OF CARE INTO OTHER GREEN SPACES. I THINK THIS ONE JUST NEEDS IT'S AN OLDER ONE. I JUST THINK IT NEEDS A LITTLE JUST A LITTLE REHASH. SO I CUT YOU OFF BECAUSE IT'S A GREAT IDEA, BUT THAT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S MORE OF A PUSH TO THE CITY TEAM TO SAY, LIKE, IS THAT A PROJECT WE PUT ON? YEAH, I DON'T KNOW HOW. AGAIN, THEIR BUDGETS PUT TOGETHER IN TERMS OF SPECIAL PROJECTS VERSUS JUST DAY IN AND DAY OUT MAINTENANCE. I CAN CHECK WITH SERVICE. I MEAN, I KNOW THEY, THEY, THEY NOW HAVE A PRETTY ROBUST INVASIVE SPECIES PROGRAM. AND SO HOW THEY'RE LOOKING AT ALL THESE NATURAL AREAS, I THINK A LOT OF THE SIGNAGE WAS PUT UP RELATED TO THE ARBORETUM. IS THAT RIGHT? YEAH. OKAY. SO MAYBE IT IS TIME TO LOOK AT THAT AND UPDATE THAT THERE'S PROBABLY 4 OR 5 DEAD TREES THAT WERE PART OF THE ARBORETUM SIGNAGE. THEY'RE JUST AGED OUT, OR YOU DON'T HAVE A SIGN IN FRONT OF A DEAD TREE, LIKE A LOT OF DEAD TREES AND SIGNS. THIS AMERICAN CHESTNUT USED TO BE. RIGHT. WELL, I BUSTED OFF SIGN AND YOU'RE LIKE, BUT THEY WERE BEAUTIFUL. AT ONE TIME. YOU COULD TELL SOMEONE REALLY PUT A LOT OF CARE INTO THAT. AND IT'S KIND OF LIKE THE BIRDHOUSES THAT THE STUDENT DID LIKE. IT DOESN'T NEED A LOT. IT JUST NEEDS A LITTLE BIT. YEAH, BUT I THINK A LITTLE BIT WILL HAVE SUCH A BIG IMPACT IN THAT AREA. THAT'S ALL. WELL, I'LL CHECK WITH SERVICE TO JUST SEE
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WHAT LIKE. YEAH I JUST WANT TO GET AN UPDATE ON WHAT THEY ARE. BUT THEN I ALSO THINK IT COULD AND WELL P LIKE OPPORTUNITY FOR A GRANT TO IF SOMEONE WANTED TO PUT A PROJECT TOGETHER RELATED TO REFRESHING OR SOMETHING OUT OF SWICKARD WOODS, THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD ONE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF COST WOULD BE INVOLVED, BUT YOU KNOW, YEAH, IT'S WELL, I'M MEETING WITH A STUDENT IN THE MORNING, WANTS TO DO A MASSIVE REMOVAL IN THE NATURE PRESERVE. SO I THINK THERE ARE PROJECTS AND THINGS WE CAN DO. THERE'S REALLY NO COST INVOLVED. WE HAVE THE EQUIPMENT. IT'S JUST IT'S SWEATING. RIGHT? RIGHT, RIGHT. SPICY HOT FOR LATER. OH THAT'S ME. THAT'S MY THAT'S MY KIDS. THANK YOU. SORRY. I JUST HAVE ONE MORE THING TO SAY ABOUT THE THE STREAMS BACK TO THROUGH NEW ALBANY. AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT BILL RESCH ALSO HAD IN PLACE. THE STREAMS WERE MAINTAINED, THE STREAMS AND CREEKS THROUGH ALL THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS EVERYWHERE BECAUSE OF, YOU KNOW, FOR SUSTAINABILITY. AND IT WAS JUST KIND OF FORWARD THINKING. BUT I NOTICED THAT ESPECIALLY THROUGH A LOT OF THE LAWNS, PEOPLE ARE MOWING DOWN TO THE WATER AND WHERE BEFORE I THINK THERE WAS ALMOST A REQUIREMENT WHERE ON EACH SIDE OF THE CREEK BED, YOU'D HAVE TO LET MAYBE 6 OR 8FT GROW BECAUSE YOU NEED THE CATERPILLARS. THE, THE GRASS, JUST TO GROW UP THE TREES. OTHERWISE THERE'S NOT ENOUGH SHADE TO KEEP THE WATER IN THE STREAM. AND SO EVEN ALONG FENWAY ROAD, WHICH IS THE STREAM CLOSER TO ME, WHEN WE FIRST MOVED THERE 20 YEARS AGO OR LONGER, THERE WERE MALLARD DUCKS SWIMMING IN THE STREAM. THERE WERE CATERPILLARS. THERE WERE ALL KINDS OF THINGS, NOT CATERPILLARS. CATTAILS SWIMMING ALONG THE STREAMS. IT WAS ALMOST LIKE A LITTLE SMALL RIVER. AND WITH EACH NEW HOMEOWNER, I NOTICED THE MOWING GETS CLOSER AND CLOSER AND CLOSER TO THE STREAMS. AND NOW THERE'S ONE YARD ON THE CORNER THAT THERE'S BARELY ANY WATER IN IT BECAUSE THEY JUST MOW OVER IT, AND NOW IT'S JUST LAWN. BUT BILL ROACH SAID THE STREAMS NEED TO STAY STREAMS AND CREEKS, AND THAT CAN ONLY HAPPEN IF THERE'S VEGETATION GROWING ALONG BOTH SIDES. BUT IF THE RESIDENTS DON'T KNOW TO DO THAT, AND IF THE LANDSCAPERS AREN'T TOLD TO DO THAT, THEY'RE JUST GOING TO MOW IT ALL AWAY EVENTUALLY. SO JUST ANOTHER POINT ABOUT THE STREAMS WE WE MADE. WE REQUIRED THE DEVELOPERS AND THE BUILDERS WHO WENT TO GREAT EXPENSE IN SOME CASES TO MAINTAIN THE CREEKS. AND WE REALLY NEED TO KIND OF KEEP THEM IN THE WATER. IT'S AN ONGOING EDUCATION. YEAH, LIKE THAT STREAM LANDOWNERS MAILER.IS THAT THE TYPE OF EDUCATION THAT WAS AN ATTEMPT AT THAT. THAT'S OUR FIRST KIND OF ATTEMPT TO AT LEAST IF THEY'RE AWARE, THEN MAYBE THEY'LL START. OH YEAH, I'M SURE MY NEIGHBORS WOULD. YOU KNOW, I HAVE NEIGHBORS ON THE CORNER WHO ARE FROM A DIFFERENT COUNTRY. I'M SURE THEY HAVE NO IDEA THAT WE'RE TRYING TO MAINTAIN THE STREAMS. THEY HAVE LANDSCAPERS WHO COME IN AND JUST MOW RIGHT OVER THEM. YEAH. SO. OH, NO. NOTHING TO ADD. BETTER THAN SEEING WILDLIFE OUT YOUR BACK WINDOW. YES. ANYWAY, THAT. YES, THAT WAS THE INTENT FOR HAVING THIS. THOSE MAILERS GO OUT TO THOSE PEOPLE BECAUSE THAT'S BEEN MY CONTENTION ALL ALONG, IS THAT TO PRESERVE THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE, THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE DOING THEIR OWN YARDS, AND WHILE THEY MAY BE ENGAGING IN THEIR YARD, THEIR ACTUAL MAINTENANCE OF THE YARD IS FEW AND FAR BETWEEN. SO THERE'S THERE'S THAT LOSS OF UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THEY'RE DOING. SO IT'S A BIT MORE OF EDUCATING OR REINFORCING IT TO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE MAINTAINING THEM. YES, YES, YES. BUT WE HAVE I WILL BRING UP BECAUSE THERE'S SOME NEW PEOPLE THAT ON THE BOARD THAT WEREN'T HERE WHEN I'VE GONE THROUGH THIS DIATRIBE A COUPLE OF TIMES, WHICH IS THE I'D LIKE TO BRING UP IN 2026. GOING BACK AT, WE TALKED ABOUT TRYING TO IDENTIFY WHAT STREAMS, WHAT AREAS OF STREAMS ARE ACCESSIBLE, WHAT AREN'T. THERE ARE SOME THAT ARE ARE GOVERNED BY SOME DICTATION, SOME AREN'T IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY HAVE TO HAVE FOR RIPARIAN CORRIDORS. AND IT WAS A PROJECT THAT WE STARTED TO KIND OF GO DOWN, AND IT WAS A BIG, GNARLY PROJECT FOR STAFF TO HAVE TO DO. AND SO WE COLLECTIVELY KIND OF PUT THE KIBOSH, KIBOSH ON IT.
SO THAT COULD BE A CONVERSATION. THE BOARD COULD CERTAINLY I DON'T KNOW IF COUNCIL WOULD BE
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OPEN TO DOING THIS, BUT THE WE COULD DISCUSS IS THERE A WAY TO GO BACK AND RETRO IN AN EASEMENT ALONG ALL THESE WATERWAYS. AND SO WE ESTABLISHED THEM BY CODE THAT THERE IS THIS EASEMENT. HERE'S WHAT THE EXPECTATIONS ARE FOR MANAGING THAT WHOLE THING. SO YOU KIND OF GOING BACK OVER THE TOP OF SOME OF THESE OTHER DEEDED PROPERTIES. AND I DON'T KNOW, AGAIN, THAT GETS INTO SOME LEGAL MUMBO JUMBO, BUT IT'S WORTH CONSIDERING BECAUSE IT'S BEEN MY CONTENTION THAT IF YOU CAN'T GO THROUGH AND REVIEW THE WAY THINGS LOOK, IT'S HARD TO KNOW. SO WE'RE ALL I WOULD AGREE THAT WE I THINK WE ALL OPERATE LOOKING AT OTHER PEOPLE'S YARDS OR WHEN YOU'RE WALKING ALONG WHAT YOU CAN SEE, BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S THE PROPERTIES IN BETWEEN THAT YOU DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. SO PART OF WHAT I ASKED ABOUT FRANKLIN SOIL AND WATER IS THAT THEY DO THEY THEY CONTRACT WITH THE CITY TO DO REVIEW OF ALL OF THOSE STREAMS. AND THEY ARE, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, TECHNICALLY, WALKING THE STREAM FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES. AND SO THAT'S WHY YOU GET A MAILER A FEW ABOUT A MONTH, A MONTH AND A HALF AGO, IF YOU LIVE ON THE STREAM SITE SAYING THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING THOSE THOSE INVESTIGATIONS. BUT YEAH, I MEAN, IT'S BEEN HAPPENING FOR YEARS, BUT LIKE, THIS IS WHAT I'M ASKING STAFF. I DON'T KNOW WHAT GOES ON WITH THE FINDINGS.I DON'T KNOW IF LIKE, I AS A, AS AN OWNER, I DON'T I MEAN I'VE, I'VE GONE OUT THERE THE FIRST COUPLE OF TIMES, IT'S LIKE WHO'S THIS GUY IN MY BACKYARD? AND SO HE TOLD ME WHAT HE WAS DOING. I'M LIKE GREAT. AND I'M LIKE, AND HOW DOES IT LOOK? HE WAS LIKE, YEAH, IT LOOKS FINE. I'M LIKE, ALL RIGHT. SO FOR SOMEONE THAT DOESN'T LOOK FINE, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE GETTING A NOTIFICATION OR IF THE CITY IS GETTING NOTIFIED THAT THERE'S ISSUES OR CONCERNS OR WHATNOT, OR IF IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, GOING THROUGH A MOTION, WHICH I HOPE THAT'S NOT THE CASE. BUT ANYWAY, SO THAT'S WHAT IT SAID. STAFF WILL TAKE A LOOK AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH THOSE REPORTS AND WHO GETS THEM AND ACTIONS THAT COME OUT OF THAT. YEP. AND THEN I THINK, YEAH, DEFINITELY THE IT SOUNDS LIKE THE BOARD IS STILL INTERESTED IN PURSUING WHAT ELSE CAN BE DONE TO MAYBE EITHER RETROFIT SOME THINGS OR JUST MAKING SURE WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD ON SOME OF THIS. YEAH, GREAT. ALL RIGHT. WE ARE WORKING ON ONE. I WILL SAY LIKE A ONE STOP SHOP IN TERMS OF OUR WEBPAGE FOR ALL THINGS SUSTAINABILITY. SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO TO THE SEARCH AND PUT IN INVASIVE TRADE PROGRAM OR TRADE IN PROGRAM. AND THEN THAT TAKES YOU TO LIKE A LINK TO AN ARTICLE OR SOMETHING. SO WE'RE ORGANIZING THE COMMS TEAM IS DOING THAT RIGHT NOW. SO WE'LL HOPEFULLY HAVE SOMETHING TO SHOW YOU HERE PRETTY SOON.
GREAT. AND THEN THAT WILL ALSO LINK TO OTHER THINGS BECAUSE IT WILL PROBABLY LINK TO LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE HAZARDOUS WASTE DRIVES AND THAT KIND OF STUFF. SO MORE TO COME ON THAT. AND THEN FINALLY THIS ONE WE NEED SOME IDEAS AND FEEDBACK. SO IT'S FALL. IF EVERYONE HASN'T BOUGHT THEIR PUMPKINS YET THEY WILL BE DOING THAT SOON. AND OUR ANNUAL PUMPKIN COLLECTION IS VERY POPULAR. BUT AS CHIP CAN PROBABLY DESCRIBE, THE GETTING TO IT IS PROBABLY NOT GOING TO BE SUPER EASY RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE ROUNDABOUT AT BEAVER AND WALNUT. SO THE CONTRACTORS. SO IF YOU GUYS REMEMBER THE KIND OF THAT DRIVE WE USED FOR THE THE WASTE DRIVES, THAT'S WHERE THE ROLL OFFS GO FOR THE PUMPKINS. AND THAT IS IT'S GOING TO BE HARD TO GET TO NOW. BUT DEPENDING ON HOW CONSTRUCTION SEQUENCES, IT MIGHT BE COMPLETELY CLOSED EITHER BY DECEMBER 1ST OR IN THE SPRING. KIND OF DEPENDS ON HOW MUCH WEATHER AND WORK GETS DONE THIS FALL. SO WE NEED TO FIND ANOTHER SPOT TO COLLECT A BUNCH OF PUMPKINS. WE CAN'T DO TAYLOR FARM PARK LIKE NEAR THE I KNOW A SPOT, MAYBE. I MEAN, WE'RE UP FOR IDEAS. I'M JUST THINKING, I DON'T KNOW. MY IMMEDIATE THOUGHT WAS, WELL, IT'S NICE BECAUSE YOU COULD DO THE LOOP RIGHT? AND WE ALREADY HAVE THE COMPOST THING THERE, AND WE COULD PROBABLY DO A TEMPORARY TYPE, JUST LIKE, RIGHT, LIKE WITH THE PUMPKIN DROP OFF. AND THAT WAY PEOPLE CAN JUST KIND OF IN AND OUT AND DON'T EVEN HAVE TO AFFECT THAT SIDE OF THE PARKING. EXCUSE ME. AND THEN THEY CAN SEE OUR PRETTY GARDENS AND YEAH, ANYTHING ELSE WE WANT TO TEACH THEM? OKAY. PUT A SIGN FOR COMPOST AS LONG AS WE CAN SIGN IT. WE'RE GOING TO PUT A ROLL OFF AND JUST HOPE PEOPLE SHOW UP JUST RIGHT. WELL SO I DON'T KNOW I WAS GONNA SAY THIS. THIS ENDS UP BEING THE BIG QUESTION. THIS ONE IS WHAT CAN WE DO IF IT LIVES OUT IN THE REAL NEW ALBANY WORLD AS OPPOSED TO HIDDEN OVER IN THE PUBLIC SERVICE YARD? I'M SORRY. WHERE? WELL, NO, JUST IT'S THE IT'S THE CHALLENGE OF WHAT? CAN WE GET AN EXCEPTION ON SIGNAGE OR WHATEVER ELSE FROM THE CITY FOLKS AND ARC OR WHOEVER'S MAKING THESE SIGN REQUIREMENTS THAT DON'T ALLOW US TO PUT SOMETHING? IT'S LIKE, HEY, IS THIS THE PLACE TO DO IT? BUT YEAH, I THINK THAT THAT THAT AREA, THE GRASS AREA RIGHT NEXT
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TO THE DROP OFF CORRAL RIGHT NOW, I MEAN, WE CAN GET 2 OR 3 ROLL OFFS THERE EASILY AND OKAY, I WOULD THINK. YEAH, THAT WOULD I, I'M NOT AN EXPERT ON DRIVE A SEMI BUT. RIGHT. WE'LL MAKE SURE. YEAH WE'LL HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY COULD DO THAT TERM. BUT YEAH THAT'S AN IDEA.THAT'S A GOOD ONE. WE PUT LIKE HOW MANY YEAR WE DID SCARECROWS. WE PUT SCARECROWS. YEAH I MADE YEAH ABBY AND I MADE ONE JUST FOR THE SCARECROW. IS IT LIKE A FULL SEMI TRUCK THAT HAS TO COME. I NEED TO FIND OUT. BECAUSE I DON'T THINK A SEMI. BECAUSE THAT'S A PRETTY. I'M LOOKING AT THE AERIAL RIGHT NOW. THAT'S A PRETTY TIGHT TURN. BUT THERE'S ALSO WELL THAT'S A TURN OFF FOR THE FOR THE PARKING LOT. WE'LL LOOK AT THAT. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY OTHER IDEAS. THINK BACK HERE. WE HAVE THIS PARKING LOT RIGHT HERE. THAT IS AT LEAST THE BACK SIDE. WELL I MEAN THERE'S LESS EMPLOYEES HERE NOW, SO THERE'D BE MORE ROOM. AND IT'S WHERE, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE SIGN. I LIKE THE TAYLOR FARM THE BEST, BUT IF YOU CAN'T FIT, LIKE, IT'S WHERE THE SIGN RECYCLING IS, WHERE THE HOLIDAY LIGHT RECYCLING IS, LIKE PEOPLE WHO DO THIS KNOW WHERE THIS IS AT LEAST. OKAY. BECAUSE AT FIRST I WAS LIKE, OH, WHAT ABOUT I MEAN, CLOSE TO BE BEHIND HER. YOU KNOW, THERE'S LIKE THE SOCCER PARKING LOTS AND IT SHOULD BE OFF SEASON FOR A LOT OF THE SPORTS. AND IT'S AWAY FROM STUFF UP THERE. BUT. RIGHT. THAT'S. YEAH, I THINK THAT'S LIKE NOT AS GOOD AN IDEA. BUT IS THERE STILL A COMPOST DROP OFF AT ALL SAINTS EPISCOPAL CHURCH? OKAY, THAT ONE'S A LITTLE HIDDEN, BUT THAT'S ANOTHER OPTION. AND A SEMI I BET COULD FIT THERE. IT'S REALLY ON THE IT'S IT'S TEMPLE BETH SIDE. OH YEAH YOU'RE RIGHT. BUT YEAH IT MIGHT NOT BE IDEAL BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT OF PARKING AND TRAFFIC THERE. YEAH IT'S A GOOD TALK. PLEASE SAY HAVING VISIBILITY LIKE SO WHAT HAPPENS A LOT OF TIMES IT GETS FILLED UP. THEY DON'T COME AND TAKE IT. AND THEN WE HAVE OUR SERVICE MAINTENANCE WORKERS END UP MOVING A LOT OF PUMPKINS. SO I THINK EITHER HERE OR WHERE WE HAVE A PRESENCE ALREADY MIGHT BE HELPFUL BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT OF WORK. WHAT ABOUT BACKED BY THE ADAPTIVE SPORTS BALL FIELD WAY BACK IN THERE? THAT COULD WORK OKAY. ONE BUILDING BACK IN THERE. YEAH OKAY. THOSE ARE GOOD. GOOD OPTIONS. YEAH I WAS I LIKE THE TIME BEFORE BECAUSE IT'S LIKE IF YOU DID HAVE ADDITIONAL PEOPLE PITCH THEM INTO THE AND THE DEER WILL LOVE IT. YEAH THAT'S TRUE. DO WE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO. AND THIS AGAIN WHAT I DO PUT YOUR PUMPKINS OR AT LEAST 1 OR 2 UNDER YOUR BUSH FOR THE WINTER OR TO FEED THE WILDLIFE AND SERVE AS COMPOST THAT WHY NOT BACK AND BUST THEM? YEAH. SAME. YES. BUT I MEAN JUST FOR WILDLIFE FOOD. I MEAN IF PEOPLE DID SOME OF THAT, IT WOULD REDUCE THE NUMBER. BUT. RIGHT.
YEAH, WE COULD PROMOTE THAT AND WE PROMOTE OPTIONS FOR WHAT TO DO WITH YOUR PUMPKIN. YEAH, YEAH. OKAY. I LIKE THOSE IDEAS. OKAY. NOW I'M GOING TO BE A DEBBIE DOWNER. YEAH. SOMETIMES PEOPLE DECORATE THEIR PUMPKINS OR PUT CHEMICALS, LIKE, SOAK THEM IN VINEGAR OR PUT GLUES AND YEAH, MY ONLY THING IS WE JUST HAVE TO EDUCATE PEOPLE. LIKE, IF YOU PUT ANYTHING ON THIS PUMPKIN, DON'T PUT IT OUT FOR A WILDLIFE LIKE ONLY THE ONES THAT. RIGHT. BECAUSE I LIKE YOU. I WOULD DO THAT. RIGHT. BUT LIKE, I HAVE NEIGHBORS I KNOW HAVE THROWN THEM OUT IN THE BACK OF THE WOODS WITH GLITTER. OH, AND FELT AND THINGS. I'M LIKE, NO, NO, YOU CAN'T DO THAT. SO I'LL PULL THEM BACK OUT. SO JUST THAT'S SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT TOO. LIKE LIKE NOT SUPER EXCITED ABOUT LIKE ENCOURAGING RACCOONS OR DEERS WITH TICKS ON THEM. LIKE NEXT TO THEIR PETS TO GO OUT AT NIGHT. LIKE DEPENDING ON YOUR BACKYARD, YOU HAVE TO WATCH YOUR YARD. YEAH, YEAH. IT'S WHY WE'VE TAPPED BACK THE LAST BECAUSE WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS FOR LIKE ANYTIME WE'VE DONE IT. AND THERE'S BEEN SOME RELUCTANCE BECAUSE OF THAT TO SAY SUGGEST TO DO THAT EVEN THOUGH LIKE I DO IT. BUT YEAH, ANOTHER OPTION.
YES. EXCEPT FOR US. RIGHT. IT'S NOT. IF YOU'RE WILLING TO LIVE DANGEROUSLY, IT'S JUST IT'S ONLY BECAUSE YOU KNOW, IF YOUR PROPERTY IS. YES. YEAH. BUT THE I, THE WORDING HAS GENERALLY BEEN ON THE COLLECTION OF THE DROP OFFS THAT YOU THEY'RE NOT TO BE DECORATED. YOU CAN'T COLLECT THOSE. SO I, I DON'T KNOW YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK SOMEBODY GOES THROUGH AND I DON'T LIKE I DON'T THINK THEY'LL IF IT WAS ON. WAIT. THERE'S ONE AT THE BOTTOM. YEAH.
BUT OKAY. YEAH. THAT LANGUAGE CAN IS CERTAINLY OUT THERE. WHETHER PEOPLE FOLLOW IT THEY A LOT. WE GET A LOT OVER THE WEEKENDS YOU KNOW. AND SO WHEN WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE PEOPLE STAFF OUT THERE IT'S AMAZING. THEY'LL LEAVE ON A FRIDAY AND THEY COME BACK ON
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MONDAY AND THEIR SLEEP JUST IT LOOKS LIKE HAGRID'S HOUSE AND HARRY POTTER. MY KIDS LOVE PEEKING. LIKE THEY HOPE IT'S HIGH WHEN WE GO DO IT BECAUSE THEY WANT TO SEE IT ALL. IT GETS ALL GUSHY AND GOOEY. YEAH. AND IT'S ALWAYS I'M ALWAYS AMAZED HOW MANY PEOPLE LIKE, DON'T JUST THROW IT OUT LIKE THEY CARE ENOUGH TO LIKE, GO PUT IT THERE. I THINK IT'S AWESOME. YEAH. YEAH. IT'S ALWAYS LIKE REALLY GREAT PICTURES. LIKE GREAT FALL PICTURES THAT WE GET BECAUSE OF THIS. ALL RIGHT. THOSE ARE THREE REALLY GOOD OPTIONS.WE'LL LIKE EVALUATE THOSE FROM A TECHNICAL STANDPOINT OF EASE OF GETTING IN AND OUT. AND THEN COME BACK. AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION HERE PRETTY SOON. BECAUSE I THINK THAT USUALLY LAUNCHES. YEAH OCTOBER 30TH 1ST OF DECEMBER FIRST. SO WE JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT THE POSSIBLE CLOSURE OF THAT DRIVE. SO THANK YOU FOR BRAINSTORMING THAT WITH ME.
THERE'S NOTHING THIS GROUP IS BETTER AT DOING SOME BRAINSTORMING. I'M SURE. LAURA.
SORRY SHE'S NOT HERE. YEAH, IT WOULD BE HER FAVORITE THING. ALL RIGHT, THAT IS THE END OF THE BUSINESS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. DO ANY BOARD? I CAN'T IMAGINE, BUT DO ANY BOARD MEMBERS HAVE OTHER COMMENTS OR ANYTHING ELSE THEY'D LIKE TO DISCUSS THIS EVENING? OKAY.
SEEING NONE, I WILL MOVE TO ADJOURN THE MEETING AT 730. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND? THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, ALL IN FAVOR, SAY
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