READY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, AND WELCOME TO THE NEW ALBANY 
          [1. CALL TO ORDER]
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CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR TUESDAY, MARCH 3RD. I WOULD INVITE EVERYONE TO PLEASE STAND AND RECITE OUR NATIONAL PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL, COMMISSIONER. ROLL, PLEASE. AND IF COUNCIL WILL TURN ON THEIR MICROPHONES, I PROMISE IT'S SAFE TO DO SO. WE DID SOME WIRING WORK SINCE THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING. MAYOR SPALDING HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER BRISK IS OUT FOR TRAVEL AND HAS REQUESTED TO BE EXCUSED. COUNCIL MEMBER. DETRICK. HERE. COUNCILMEMBER. FELLOWS. HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. KISS HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. WILTROUT HERE. I HAVE FIVE PRESENT FOR THE MARCH 3RD, 2026 COUNCIL MEETING. I MOVE THAT WE EXCUSE THE ABSENCES OF COUNCILWOMAN BRISK AND COUNCILMAN SCHOLL AS THEY'RE TRAVELING SECOND. MAYOR SPALDING. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          KISS. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. WILTROUT. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. FELLOWS. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          YES. FIVE. YES. VOTES TO EXCUSE. COUNCIL MEMBERS. FRISK AND SHELTON. TONIGHT'S MEETING. 
          [4. ACTION ON MINUTES]
ACTION. ON THE MINUTES PRIOR TO TONIGHT'S MEETING, A COPY OF THE PROPOSED MINUTES FROM OUR FEBRUARY 17TH MEETING WERE DISTRIBUTED TO COUNCIL MEMBERS. ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS TO THOSE PROPOSED MINUTES? COUNCIL MEMBER DULL EMAILED ME THAT HE HAD NO NOTES. 
          WELL, MATT HAS NO CHANGES. I MOVED THEIR ADOPTION BY CONSENSUS. I MUST EVERY I MUST HAVE BEEN BORN LITERALLY. ALL RIGHT. ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS TO THE AGENDA. WOULD ANYONE FROM STAFF OR COUNCIL LIKE TO RECOMMEND ANY ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS TO THE AGENDA? I 
          [6. HEARING OF VISITORS]
HAVE RECEIVED NO REQUESTS. ALL RIGHT. THAT TAKES US TO HEARING OF VISITORS BEFORE WE INVITE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO SPEAK REGARDING MATTERS NOT ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA, I THINK WE HAVE A STAFF PRESENTATION REGARDING OUR INDEPENDENCE DAY AND AMERICA'S TWO 50TH CELEBRATION. WAY OVERESTIMATED HOW TALL I AM. ALL RIGHT, SO WE ARE TALKING ABOUT OUR SEMIQUINCENTENNIAL, WHICH IS A BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION. SO I HAVE BIRTHDAY GIFTS. YES. I'M SORRY. 
          THANK YOU. YES. OKAY. IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S AN ANIMAL IN THERE. YEAH. THANK YOU. IT'S JUST, LIKE, WAY BETTER THAN THE TIE THAT WE USED TO MAKE. BARKER. WHERE YOU'RE SETTING VERY HIGH STANDARDS FOR EVERYBODY ELSE WHO SPEAKS. YOU KNOW THAT. I'M HERE FOR IT. OKAY? AND SINCE WE'RE DOWN. SO OUR THEME THIS YEAR IS PARTY LIKE IT'S 1776. SO IF YOU WANT TO LOOK IN YOUR, IN YOUR BAG WE'RE GOING TO, WE'RE GOING TO GET IN THE MOOD. ALRIGHT. NICE CHIP. YOU WANT MINE. YOU MIGHT NEED MORE. ANDREA AND I ARE AT A DISADVANTAGE BECAUSE WE'VE GOT EXTRA HAIR, BUT THE REST OF YOU ARE GOING TO LOOK. REALLY. YEAH, I THINK MINE'S ON CROOKED. I LIKE IT, MAYOR SPALDING, YOU GOTTA PULL YOUR FORWARD A LITTLE. YOU GOTTA LIKE, REALLY, I GOTTA. I GOT A REALLY BIG MELON. OH MY GOSH. OH MY GOODNESS. THERE WE GO. YOU GUYS LOOK AMAZING. YOU LOOK GOOD AS A BLOND. YES. OH MY GOSH. SO I HOPE EVERYONE IS GETTING GOING TO BE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT WHAT WE'VE GOT PLANNED FOR YOU GUYS. SO WE ARE GONNA OKAY I CAN CLICK THROUGH WITH THIS RIGHT JEN. YES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. LOOKS GOOD ON YOU. WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS OH, YOU GOTTA LEAVE IT ON. OKAY. THERE ARE SOME THERE'S SOME NUT LIKE NUTS, I GUESS, TO, LIKE, REALLY MAKE IT WORK FOR YOU. THERE YOU GO. A LITTLE SMALL. MAYBE MIKE CAN HELP YOU FOR FOR THE SAKE OF. FOR THE SAKE OF THE RECORD IN THE STREAM, WILL YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF? OH, I'M SORRY, THE MAYOR. EVERY MEETING. I THINK YOU SHOULD WEAR THEM EVERY MEETING TOO. OKAY. IT WORKED. SO IF YOU HAVEN'T MET ME YET. CHIEF MAGISTRATE OF THE CITY RIGHT HERE. I'M HERE I. I AM ABBY BROOKS, THE COMMUNITY PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATOR. I KNOW ALL OF YOU, BUT FOR ANY OF YOU BACK THERE, OR IF YOU DON'T RECOGNIZE ME WITH MY WIG ON. SO WE ARE GOING TO TALK ALL THINGS SEMIQUINCENTENNIAL AND INDEPENDENCE DAY. WE'RE JUST KIND OF WRAPPING THEM INTO ONE RIGHT NOW. I THOUGHT THE EASIEST WAY TO DO THIS, THIS IS REAL. YOU CAN JUST POP IT OUT TOO. IF IT'S EASIER, JUST PULL. YEP. THERE YOU GO. SORRY ABOUT 
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THAT. OKAY. THIS IS MUCH EASIER IS TO GIVE YOU AN OVERALL TIMELINE OF WHAT WE'RE THINKING. 
          SEMIQUINCENTENNIAL. SO SEMIQUINCENTENNIAL CELEBRATION IS THE WHOLE YEAR. AS YOU RECALL, OUR FIRST RESOLUTION OF THE YEAR WAS TO JOIN THE THE AM 250 OH H COALITION TO HELP CELEBRATE THAT. AND THOSE ARE THE FOLKS THAT ARE CELEBRATING THE SEMIQUINCENTENNIAL IN OHIO. 
          SO WHAT WE'VE GOT SO FAR, AND THIS IS JUST SO FAR IS IN JUNE. WE ARE THINKING, AND WE'RE GOING TO SET YOU UP FOR A RESOLUTION THAT WE'VE GOT COMING UP TONIGHT, THAT IF YOU ALL PASS THIS RESOLUTION, WE'RE GOING TO SET THESE THINGS IN MOTION. SO WE WOULD START WITH IN JUNE, AT THE END OF JUNE WITH 1776, THE MUSICAL PRESENTED BY THE NEW ALBANY YOUTH THEATER THAT WOULD BE AT THE HINSON AMPHITHEATER ON JULY 3RD. WE WOULD MOVE TO OUR PRE DECLARATION PARTY AND NEW ALBANY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA CONCERT. THE CONCERT WILL HAPPEN AT THE AMPHITHEATER. THE PRE DECLARATION PARTY WILL BE AT ROSE RUN PARK AND I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT IN THE NEXT SLIDE. THEN WE MOVE TO JULY 4TH. SO WE'VE GOT A PARADE. WE'VE GOT OUR PARADE FIVE-K FIREWORKS. ALL OF OUR NORMAL FUN CELEBRATORY THINGS. AUGUST 16TH WE ARE TALKING WITH THE FOLKS FROM PBS. THEY DO A PROGRAM CALLED SONGS AT THE CENTER, AND THAT WOULD BE A PRESENTATION WITH OHIO SONGWRITERS AND MUSICIANS THAT WOULD BE AT THE HINSON AMPHITHEATER. AND THEN WE MOVE ON TO NOVEMBER 10TH FOR OUR VETERANS DAY BREAKFAST. AND WE ARE TRYING TO WORK WITH THE OHIO VETERANS. IT'S A HISTORICAL VETERANS MUSEUM. I CAN'T REMEMBER THE EXACT NAME OF IT, BUT TO GET SOMEBODY TO DO A MORE HISTORICAL TWIST ON OUR VETERANS DAY PRESENTATION THIS YEAR IN HONOR OF THE SEMIQUINCENTENNIAL. SO THIS IS JUST HOW THINGS ARE LINING UP RIGHT NOW. OTHER THINGS ARE ALREADY COMING INTO THE CALENDAR. I KNOW I SAW AN ADVERTISEMENT FOR THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION. ONE OF THEIR MOVIES IS GOING TO BE PART OF THE AM 250. THE AMERICA GOES TO THE MOVIES. SO AS I TALKED TO OUR OTHER COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND WE'LL KEEP THAT ALL UPDATED IN ONE LOCATION. SO I THINK THAT I BELIEVE THAT THAT WAS IN JUNE. SO IT'LL BE MORE THINGS THAT WE'LL ADD ON THERE. SOME WILL COME FROM US, SOME WILL JUST COME FROM OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO AGAIN, JUST TRY TO CELEBRATE THE SEMIQUINCENTENNIAL THROUGHOUT THE YEAR WITH JUNETEENTH. BE A GOOD THOUGHT TO BE PUT INTO THAT CELEBRATION. THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. I DON'T KNOW, I'D HAVE TO TALK TO OUR JUNETEENTH COMMITTEE AND SEE WHAT THEY THINK ABOUT THAT. I DON'T KNOW, AMERICAN HOLIDAY AND YEAH, GOOD WAY TO CELEBRATE IT. YEAH. NO, THAT'S A REALLY GOOD I DO KNOW THAT THE JUNETEENTH THEME THIS YEAR IS EVERYBODY'S INVITED TO THE COOKOUT. SO THEY'VE ALREADY THEY'VE KIND OF ALREADY SET THAT UP. BUT THAT'S A GOOD THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION I'LL HAVE TO ASK THEM. I THINK WE MEET AGAIN IN JUST LIKE ANOTHER WEEK OR TWO. SO WE'LL DEFINITELY DO THAT. ALL RIGHT. SO THIS IS OUR OVERALL TIMELINE OKAY. HERE WE GO. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO PARTY LIKE IT'S 1776. SO THAT'S OUR THEME FOR THE INDEPENDENCE DAY WEEKEND JULY 3RD IS OUR PRE DECLARATION PARTY. YOU CAN SEE A PICTURE UP AT THE TOP OF OKTOBERFEST BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO DO THE SAME SETUP AT ROSE RUN PARK. WITH THOSE BARRELS AND THE LIGHTS. WE WILL OF COURSE REPLACE THOSE BARBARIAN CHECKERED FLAGS WITH UNITED STATES FLAGS. AND THEN WE WILL HAVE PICNIC TABLES IN THERE. AND WE ARE GOING TO DO A IT'LL BE A FREE, FAMILY FRIENDLY CELEBRATION, WE SAID, THAT MIXES CLASSIC AMERICANA WITH WITH AN ENTERTAINING NOD TO HISTORY. SO WE'RE GOING TO DO WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IS A ICE CREAM SOCIAL. SO WE'VE HAD WE HAVE A COUPLE OF ICE CREAM TRUCKS THAT ARE ALREADY BOOKED. 
          WE ALSO HAVE A POPSICLE PERSON, SO WE TRY TO COVER EVERYTHING A PIE EATING CONTEST, HULA HOOPS, ALL THAT KIND OF CLASSIC. WE HAVE A SCROLLING QUARTET AND THEN WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO THE 1776 THE MUSICAL PEOPLE TO SEE IF SOME OF THEIR, THEIR ACTORS COULD COME AND COSTUME AND KIND OF STROLL AND INTERACT WITH PEOPLE BECAUSE IT'S THE PRE DECLARATION PARTY. AND THEN WE ARE GOING TO DO A. I GUESS A RECITAL, A A COMPETITION OF WHO CAN RECITE OR PRESENT THE PREAMBLE TO THE CONSTITUTION IN THE MOST CREATIVE WAY. I'M HOPING THAT JOSH IS GOING TO 
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WRAP IT. I CAN SING IT ALONG TO THE TUNE FROM SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK, WHICH I'M NOT GOING TO DO TO YOU RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE I CANNOT SING. BUT WE'RE THINKING THAT COULD BE A LOT OF FUN, SO PUT A LITTLE HISTORY IN IT. IT'S REAL SHORT. IF I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER THE PREAMBLE TO THE CONSTITUTION, BUT IT'S NOT. IT'S NOT LONG. WOULD THAT BE AN AMPHITHEATER ON THE STAGE OR. 
          THIS WILL BE A ROSE RUN. THIS WILL ALL BE AT ROSE RUN, BECAUSE WHILE THIS IS TAKING PLACE AT ROSE RUN, THE NEW ALBANY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA IS GOING TO BE PUTTING ON A A PATRIOTIC CONCERT. AND SO WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS BOTH OF THESE EVENTS WILL END AT 945, WHEN WE WILL HAVE OUR DRONE SHOW. WE HAVE A 500 DRONE SHOW BOOKED WITH A FIREWORKS BURST AT THE END OF IT, AND THAT WILL BE COORDINATED TO WHATEVER SONG THAT THE SYMPHONY PICKS IS. 
          THEIR LAST IS THEIR LAST SONG OF THE EVENING, SO YOU COULD DO EITHER ONE AND WE'LL HAVE ALL OF OUR LOUD THINGS END BEFORE THE CONCERT STARTS AT 8 P.M. SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO HEAR A LITTLE BIT OF THE MUSIC OVER IN ROSELAND. AND THAT'S WHEN WE'LL DO LIKE PIE EATING, ICE CREAM, HULA HOOPING, THAT KIND OF STUFF. AND WE'LL DO OUR OUR CONTEST AND OUR STROLLING QUARTET WILL HAPPEN BEFORE THAT. ALL RIGHT. THEN WE MOVE ON TO JULY 4TH, THE PARADE AND FIREWORKS. WELL, OUR ANNUAL PARADE, JUST LIKE NORMAL. WE ARE ADDING A COUPLE OF THINGS. 
          WE ARE ADDING THIS YEAR A PUTT PUTT PROCESSIONAL. SO THIS IS GOING TO BE A GOLF CART DECORATING CONTEST. WE TRIED TO DO FLOATS. WE TRIED TO DO A FLOAT WORKSHOP LAST YEAR. 
          PEOPLE WEREN'T SUPER INTO THAT, BUT WE DID NOTICE WHEN EVERYONE WAS DROPPING THEIR CHILDREN OFF FOR THE PARADE THAT THEY ALL PULLED UP IN GOLF CARTS THAT WERE DECKED OUT RED, WHITE AND BLUE. AND WE SAID, OH, WELL, LET'S MEET NEW ALBANY WHERE WE ARE. LET'S HAVE A GOLF CART DECORATING CONTEST AND LET PEOPLE ENTER THE PARADE. GO BACK JUST TO THE PRE DECLARATION PARTY. YEAH. AND YOU GUYS DID A REALLY NICE JOB WITH OKTOBERFEST WITH ALL THE FLAGS. ARE YOU PLANNING ON DOING SOMETHING SIMILAR FOR 4TH OF JULY. YEAH WE'LL DO. THAT'S WHY I PUT THAT PICTURE IN THERE. WE'LL DO IT. JUST WE'RE GOING TO DO IT JUST LIKE THAT. THE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THOSE LIGHTS STRUNG OVER ACROSS THE, THE GREEN SPACE ADJACENT TO THE LIBRARY GARDEN. THE BARRELS WILL BE OUT AND THEN THE PICNIC TABLES WILL BE IN THERE. SO IT'S WE. YEAH. IT'LL BE IT'LL BE REALLY NICE PEOPLE WILL BE IT'LL BE A PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO SIT. AND THEY CAN LISTEN TO THE MUSIC. THEY CAN ENJOY ICE CREAM, MAYBE EAT SOME PIE, AND WE'LL HAVE ALL KINDS OF LITTLE THINGS THAT WE'LL THROW IN. OKAY. SO PARADE PUTT PUTT PROCESSIONAL. 
          SO WE ARE HOPING THAT THIS WILL GET THE COMMUNITY A LITTLE MORE INVOLVED. WE'LL HAVE SOME NEIGHBORHOODS. MAYBE WE'RE GOING TO REALLY PUSH THIS THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY CONNECTORS PROGRAM TO TRY AND GET SOME INVOLVEMENT FROM OUR DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS, TO ENTER THE GOLF CART OR ENTER THE PARADE, KIND OF CELEBRATE THAT WAY. AND THEN I HAVE AS A NEW ADDITION. BUT IT'S NOT. IT'S OUR SECOND YEAR. IT'S THE ACCOMMODATION STATION. WE CALLED THIS OUR INCLUSIVITY ZONE LAST YEAR AND DECIDED TO CHANGE THE NAME OF IT TO MAKE IT CLEARER WHAT THAT THAT AREA ACTUALLY WAS. AND ACCOMMODATION WORKS WITH ALL OF THE LANGUAGE ON OUR WEBSITE. IF YOU NEED ACCOMMODATIONS, PEOPLE ARE FAMILIAR WITH THAT TERM. IN GENERAL, IF YOU NEED ACCOMMODATIONS AT THE SCHOOL, IF YOU NEED ACCOMMODATIONS, REALLY ANYWHERE YOU GO. SO WE'RE CALLING THAT AREA ACCOMMODATION STATION THIS YEAR. 
          IT'S LIKELY WHAT WE'LL CALL IT FOR ALL OF OUR EVENTS COMING UP IS THERE'LL BE AN AREA FOR A TIME PERIOD FOR ACCESSIBILITY. YEAH. SO WE'LL HAVE THAT REDUCED NOISE. NO, NO FLASHING LIGHTS AND THEN ACCESSIBLE PARKING, JUST LIKE WE DID LAST YEAR. THAT WAS THAT WAS VERY IT WORKED OUT VERY WELL. WE GOT A LOT OF FANTASTIC FEEDBACK. SO WE WANT TO KEEP THAT IN THERE. 
          WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT MORE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT WHAT THAT AREA IS. SO IF THEY NEED ACCESS TO IT, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO TO REACH OUT TO US. AND THEN OUR FIREWORKS, OUR GRAND FINALE IS TIMES TWO. SO WE DID WE DID PAY FOR AN EXTENDED GRAND FINALE ON OUR FIREWORKS THIS YEAR. SO IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF FUN. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE THIRD OR THE FOURTH, OTHER THAN PROBABLY WHAT'S MY NEXT SLIDE? BUDGET. SO WE ARE WELL WITHIN BUDGET FOR EVERYTHING. JUST SO YOU KNOW, WE DO. LIKE I SAID, WE HAVE A RESOLUTION LATER TONIGHT TO AUTHORIZE OUR CITY MANAGER, JOE, TO DISTRIBUTE THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT THAT WE HAD BUDGETED, WE HAD EARMARKED IN THE 2020 BUDGET FOR THE 
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SEMIQUINCENTENNIAL. TO DATE. WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF REQUESTS. I JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU WHAT WE ARE AND IF IT'S GRANTED, WHERE WE WOULD BE. SO WE HAD $100,000 IN THE BUDGET FOR THAT. 
          THE SYMPHONY AND THE YOUTH THEATER HAVE WE HAVE PROPOSALS FROM THEM FOR 33 AND $27,000, RESPECTIVELY. THAT INCLUDES THEM TAKING CARE OF EVERYTHING. WE JUST ADVERTISE IT FOR THEM AND PUT IT ON OUR PAGE, WHICH IS HOW WE PREFER TO DO IT. AND WE HAVE A WE HAVE A VERY BUSY SUMMER, SO IT WOULD BE TRICKY FOR OUR TEAM TO TRY AND MANAGE MARKETING AND TICKET SALES AND CONCESSIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT FOR THOSE. THEN FOR OUR, FOR OUR WHERE ARE WE? OH, THE PRE DECLARATION PARTY, WE ARE AT $19,855 IS WHAT WE HAD BUDGETED. AND THAT CHIP TO YOUR QUESTION GOES TO COVER LIKE THE LIGHTS PUTTING UP THOSE LIGHTS, BRINGING IN ALL THE PICNIC TABLES. THE THE PORTA JOHNS, ALL THAT KIND OF WORK WITH THAT SAME GROUP. YEAH. OH YEAH. THE DRONE SHOW WITH FIREWORK FINISH IS $69,250. THAT ACTUALLY CAME OUT OF OUR 2020 BUDGET. IF YOU REMEMBER, WE HAD TO COMMIT TO THAT LAST YEAR IN ORDER TO. IN ORDER TO SECURE THEM FOR THIS YEAR BECAUSE THEY'RE IN HIGH DEMAND, AS YOU MIGHT IMAGINE, FOR THE SEMIQUINCENTENNIAL, OUR PARADE BUDGET IS THE SAME AS IT HAS BEEN FOR MANY YEARS. THAT'S $72,000. WE NEVER SPEND THAT MUCH MONEY. WE DON'T EVEN COME CLOSE TO SPENDING THAT WE DIDN'T LAST YEAR. I DON'T ANTICIPATE WE WILL THIS YEAR EITHER. AND THEN THE JULY 4TH FIREWORKS SHOW IS $54,000. THAT IS MORE THAN WHAT IT TYPICALLY IS. OUR 45, AGAIN, BECAUSE WE DOUBLED THAT. THE GRAND FINALE. 
          AND THAT ALSO WAS IN THE 2025 BUDGET. SO DO YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THOSE THINGS? OKAY. WELL THAT'S IT. THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR WIGS. WEAR THESE IN THE PARADE I THINK. OH YES. ABSOLUTELY. IT'S GOING TO BE HOT. I MEAN I THINK I'M GOING TO WEAR MINE ALL SUMMER. IT WAS HOT EVERYWHERE WE GO TO. WHAT'S THAT? IT WAS HOT WHEN THEY WERE SIGNING THE. 
          THAT WAS VERY DECLARATION. WE NEED TO SUFFER JUST LIKE THEY DID. WE SURE SHOULD. WELL REMEMBER EVERYONE TO SIGN. THAT DIDN'T END WELL FOR THEM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU GUYS. THANKS FOR PLAYING ALONG. THANKS, ABBY. LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. ALL RIGHT. WE ARE STILL UNDER HEARING AND VISITORS. AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE THREE SPEAKER CARDS. MAYBE ON A SIMILAR TOPIC, BUT MAYBE NOT. JOEL WILL LET YOU LEAD OFF. AND THEN WE HAVE LOOKS LIKE TROY JOHNSON AND JODY VENSEL. HOPEFULLY I SAID THAT NAME RIGHT. BUT MR. PAWLOWSKI, YOU ARE HERE TO TALK TO US ABOUT ASSUMING SOME ROAD CONSTRUCTION. BASICALLY WHAT I TALKED ABOUT THE LAST TIME WE WERE HERE. OKAY. THIS MORNING WAS THE FIRST DAY THE ROADS WERE CLOSED, AND SEVERAL OF OUR OTHER RESIDENTS ARE HERE TO GIVE YOU THEIR OPINION OF WHAT WHAT HAPPENED? WE LIVE ON THE CORNER OF CALLOWAY. WEST AND NOTTINGHAM BOULEVARD, AND WE COULD SEE THE CARS COMING DOWN THE STREET MAKING A U-TURN AT THE. THERE'S A BREAK IN THE MEDIAN, AND WE HAD A COUPLE TRUCKS THAT I SAW GO AROUND THE BLOCK THREE TIMES. I DON'T THINK THEY COULD FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET OUT AND BUT BASICALLY AN AWFUL LOT OF TRAFFIC GOING FAST. 
          AND I WAS HOPING THAT MAYBE WE'D HAVE GOTTEN SOME STOP SIGNS AND POSSIBLY, MAYBE EVEN ONE OF YOUR PORTABLE SPEED LIMIT SIGNS. BUT AT ANY RATE, IT WAS PRETTY BAD TODAY. AND OF COURSE, WITH THE WEATHER BEING COLD AND WET, WE DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE WALKING, BUT I'D LIKE TO HAVE THE REST OF OUR NEIGHBORS THAT ARE HERE BASICALLY TELL YOU WHAT THEY THOUGHT. SO IT'S NOT JUST ME BEING A NUISANCE HERE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. 
          MR. JOHNSON. YES. I HAD AND I'M SORRY. JUST. WE KNOW WE KNOW JOE VERY WELL, BUT THE STANDARD PROTOCOL IS YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND TELL US WHERE YOU LIVE SO THAT OUR CLERK DOWN HERE CAN MAKE SURE. YEAH. YOU'RE GOOD. TROY JOHNSON, 6357 CALLOWAY SQUARE EAST, NEW ALBANY, DOWN IN THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD AS JOEL. I DID WANT TO SPEAK TONIGHT. WE'RE 
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VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE FIRE STATION COMING IN. AND I'M KIND OF. I TALKED TO PHIL HEIGHT, AND I'M REPRESENTING THE NEW HEALTH AND NEW ALBANY WALKING CLUB TONIGHT. AND WHAT PHIL IS KIND OF REINVIGORATING THE WALKING CLUB. AND WE USUALLY MEET DOWN AT HEIGHT CENTER. WE DO OUR SUNDAY MORNING WALKS. WE HAVE ANOTHER GROUP THAT WE ROTATE THROUGH ON WEDNESDAY MORNINGS AND WALK A DIFFERENT METROPARKS AND THROUGHOUT THE COLUMBUS REGION, AND WE'RE CURRENTLY STARTING LITTLE SATELLITE GROUPS IN THE DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS. AND ONE IS OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, OF COURSE. AND WE LOOK AT THE OPPORTUNITY WITH THE FIRE STATION COMING IN. WE HAVE A NICE WALKING CONTIGUOUS PATH. PROBABLY WE DO TWO MILES IF WE MOVE AND MOVE IT AROUND. BUT I ALWAYS, AS I'VE TURNED IT BEFORE TO CASEY, IS THE TRAILS TO NOWHERE. WE'RE OVER 55 AGE COMMUNITY AND COMING OUT WHERE OUR TRAIL ENDS TO TRY TO GET TO DOWNTOWN, TO THE BEAUTIFUL TRAILS WE HAVE DOWN HERE IN ROSE RUN AND THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITIES. WE HAVE TO SPRINT ACROSS THE STREET OF 605 AND HOPE WE DON'T GET HIT. SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND IS IF WITH THE CONTINUATION OF THE FIRE STATION, I KNOW THERE'LL BE USUALLY WHEN SOMETHING'S DEVELOPED IN TOWN THERE GETS A TRAIL PUT IN. BUT WHAT THAT LEAVES US WITH IS A VOID OUT IN FRONT OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH IS SOME PROPERTY THAT'S BEING SOLD FOR RETAIL, I THINK, OWNED BY THE NEW ALBANY COMPANY. AND UNTIL THAT'S DEVELOPED, WE STILL WOULD HAVE THAT VOID. WE THEN WOULD HAVE A SECTION WHERE THE FIRE STATION IS. WE THEN HAVE THE LOT THAT IS BEING DIVIDED. SO WE WOULD THEN HAVE ANOTHER VOID UP TO THE STOPLIGHT. SO IF WE COULD GET A CONTIGUOUS TRAIL UP THERE TO ALLOW THE COMMUNITY ACCESS TO THAT GREAT NEW DISCOVER COMPLEX, WHICH WILL BE WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHICH IS GOING TO HAVE A MILE WALKING TRAIL AROUND. SO YOU KIND OF SEE WHERE I'M GOING. AND SO IF WE COULD CONNECT THE DOTS THROUGH AND THEN IN THE FUTURE WHEN THE HAMLETS DEVELOP, IT WOULD GIVE US ACCESS ALL THE WAY STRAIGHT UP THROUGH. AND THEN ONCE THE HAMLET, IT'S JUST A SHORT JOG DOWNTOWN. MY WIFE AND I BIKE A LOT, AND COMING AND TRYING TO BIKE OVER AND JUMP ACROSS AND GO DOWN. AND, YOU KNOW, I BEG ANY, I'LL TAKE ANY OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ON A WALK OR A RIDE, IF YOU SO CHOOSE TO RISK YOUR LIVES LIKE WE DO. I TEND TO BE A FAST WALKER, SO I'M OKAY. BUT THERE'S SOME WALKERS THAT ARE NOT QUITE AS FAST AS I, SO I GUESS THAT'S MY REQUEST IS IF WE LOOK FORWARD AND I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT GETS INTO PLANNING OR WHO NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. SO IT'S KIND OF MORE AN INFORMATIONAL QUESTION FEEDBACK FOR US. AND THEN ALSO TO PUT THAT ON THE TABLE THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO TRY TO CHAMPION FOR THAT, NOT ONLY FOR THE WALKING CLUB, BUT ALSO FOR THE COMMUNITY. WE'RE TRYING TO GET INVOLVED. WE'RE STARTING TO PUT THESE DIFFERENT GROUPS UP AND REALLY MOVEMENT IS HEALTHY. NEW ALBANY. AND IF WE CAN PROMOTE THAT, IF WE HAVE ACCESS TO IT, IT ONLY IS BETTER FOR EVERYBODY. AND THEN WE'RE WE GET MORE CEMENT, YOU KNOW, OVER TO THE LINKS. IT JUST ALL FALLS INTO PLACE. SO FIRST, THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT TO SHARE THAT WITH US. AND SECOND, THANK YOU FOR, YOU KNOW, ESPOUSING A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE. IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE WE ALL THINK VERY SERIOUSLY HERE WITH CITY. IT'S ONE OF OUR, YOU KNOW, PILLARS OF OUR COMMUNITY. YES. BUT I'LL LET CHIP FELLOWS, LONG TIME MEMBER OF OUR TRAILS ADVISORY BOARD AND STAFF, KIND OF JUST WALK THROUGH A LITTLE BIT OF THE PROCESS AND HOW WE GO ABOUT DECIDING WHAT GAPS IN OUR TRAIL SYSTEM GET CONNECTED FIRST. OKAY. AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING YOU'RE SAYING THAT THAT YOUR COMMUNITY NEEDS TO BE FURTHER CONNECTED. WE DO HAVE THAT GAP THAT YOU SPOKE OF WHERE THERE IS COMMERCIAL PROPERTY THAT I THINK NACO MOSTLY OWNS. TYPICALLY, UNTIL THAT'S DEVELOPED, THAT LEISURE TRAIL WILL NOT GO IN THERE. BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THERE COULD BE SOME OTHER WAYS. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO TALK, BUT SOME OTHER WAYS, AS THE FIRE DEPARTMENT COMES IN TO PUT A LEISURE TRAIL UP BACK THROUGH THE PROPERTY AND ALL ALONG 605 UNTIL SUCH TIME AS IT'S DEVELOPED. BUT THAT'S MY STATEMENT. YEAH. AND I GUESS TO JUST TO JUST REMIND COUNCIL TO YOU WERE VERY FORWARD THINKING WHEN YOU APPROVED YOUR BUDGET FOR 2026. AND SO WE HAD A WONDERFUL SPEAKER THAT CAME FROM ONE OF THE ADJACENT COMMUNITIES WHOSE GRANDPARENTS LIVE IN NOTTINGHAM, TREES RIGHT AROUND THEIR CAPITAL BUDGETING TIME. AND SO AS A RESULT OF THAT, STAFF TOOK THE REQUEST TO COUNCIL AND THEIR CAPITAL RETREAT IN SEPTEMBER. AND THEN YOU PUT IN THE BUDGET FOR 2026 THAT WE ACTUALLY GO AHEAD AND PROCEED WITH THE PLANNING FOR THE STREETSCAPE, WHICH INCLUDES THE TRAIL CONNECTIONS FROM WALNUT STREET TO THE NORTH ON 605 ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE HAMLET PROJECT, AND THEN ALSO EVALUATE CENTRAL COLLEGE FROM 605 WEST TO NEW ALBANY ROAD EAST. BECAUSE THAT'S ALSO A NICE LOOP, AND ESPECIALLY WITH THE. THAT WAS BEFORE THE DISCOVER CARD PURCHASE WAS FINALIZED. SO THAT WAS AUTHORIZED IN THE BUDGET IN 2026. WE ARE UNDERWAY WITH THE 
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PLANNING FOR THAT AND HAVE I THINK THAT THERE'S EVEN SOME LOW HANGING FRUIT THAT WE COULD POTENTIALLY COME BACK TO COUNCIL, MAYBE AS EARLY AS THE MID-YEAR, BUT DEFINITELY FOR IMPLEMENTATION IN 2027. WE'LL BE READY TO GIVE THEM A FULL STREETSCAPE PLAN. AND THERE'S ELEMENTS OF THAT STREETSCAPE PLAN THAT CAN BE IMPLEMENTED SOONER, WHICH THE TRAILS IS THE FIRST PRIORITY. WHAT IS THE BIGGEST CONSTRAINT IS PROPERTY OWNERSHIP. AND SO AS LONG AS WE'RE ABLE TO OBTAIN THE NECESSARY EASEMENTS OR RIGHT OF WAY FROM PROPERTY OWNERS, THE ALBANY COMPANIES HERE TONIGHT, I'M SURE THEY'LL BE MORE THAN WILLING TO WORK WITH US ON, ON ON THAT REQUEST. WE'LL WE'LL BE ABLE TO COME TOGETHER, PRESENT COUNCIL WITH A REALLY, REALLY NICE STREETSCAPE ENHANCEMENT. WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO MAKE THAT FEELING AND THAT EXPERIENCE THAT YOU HAVE FROM NOTTINGHAM, TRACE DOWN INTO THE VILLAGE CENTER A LITTLE BIT MORE MEANINGFUL. SO IT'S NOT JUST PAVEMENT AND TRAIL, BUT THE, THE STREET TREES, THE THE FEELING THAT YOU HAVE THE CROSSWALKS, ALL OF THAT IS A PART OF WHAT WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF PLANNING RIGHT NOW. THAT IS A GIFT. AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. I DID NOT KNOW THAT. YEAH. AND COUNCIL IS THE ONE THAT AUTHORIZED THAT IN THE CAPITAL BUDGET. SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT IT. AND ALSO IS IT PART OF THE ATHLETIC FIELDS THAT ARE GOING IN. YOU'LL DISCOVER SITE THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE WALKING TRAILS AROUND THAT SITE AS WELL. SO YOU'RE GOING TO ALSO HAVE HAVE CONNECTION TO THAT BEYOND WHAT JENNIFER'S TALKING ABOUT AS WELL. YEAH. WHICH IS FANTASTIC. AND I THINK THE IT JUST DRIVES ALL THE POINTS OF HEALTHY NEW ALBANY. AND IT JUST WITH ALL THE NEW DEVELOPMENT OVER HERE AND THE ROUNDABOUTS AND TRYING TO LINK EVERYTHING TOGETHER, AND WE'RE A COMMUNITY AND WE CAN CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THAT IF WE CAN LINK THOSE FINGERS IN IT, THE DEVELOPMENT MAKES MUCH MORE SENSE. SO I'LL KEEP MOVING. 
          LOOKS LIKE IT'S WORKING FOR YOU. IT IS. BOY, I AND I DIDN'T EVEN HAVE ANY GIFTS. IF YOU NEED A WAY, LET ME KNOW. NO, I'M QUITE ALL RIGHT. I THINK IT'LL FIT US PRETTY WELL. WE'VE GOT THE RIGHT HERE. YEAH, I JUST DID MY SHORT TONIGHT. SO COOL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU TROY. 
          APPRECIATE IT. AND JODY. YES. JODY. VINCE 07773 WEST CROSS DRIVE. AND I REALLY DON'T HAVE TOO MUCH TO SAY BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I WAS ASKING FOR TO TO GET US A SAFE WALKING PATH. YOU KNOW, AS SENIORS, YOU KNOW, NECESSARILY FEEL LIKE A SENIOR, BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NOT AS STABLE AS PEOPLE GET OLDER WALKING ON THE GRASS. IT'S JUST VERY IT'S EVEN HARD SOMETIMES TO TURN RIGHT OUT OF NOTTINGHAM TRACE. SO IF I'M UNDERSTANDING CORRECTLY, THE PROJECT IS GOING TO START IN 2026 OR THE PLANNING OF IT OR IT'S GOING TO BE DONE IN 2026, THE PLANNING OF IT IS WHAT'S UNDERWAY RIGHT NOW. SO WE'VE ACTUALLY ALREADY BEEN FULL SCALE INTO IT SINCE COUNCIL AUTHORIZED THE BUDGET. AND THEN WE ARE REVIEWING SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE COMING FROM THE PLANNING TEAM AND THE ENGINEERS. AS FAR AS HOW MUCH PAVEMENT IS THERE, HOW MUCH RIGHT OF WAY, WHAT WE HAVE TO WORK WITH. AND THEN WE WILL HOPE TO HAVE A PRESENTATION TO COUNCIL EITHER AT THE MID-YEAR BUDGET, WHERE THEY CAN EVALUATE WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S SOME IMPLEMENTATION. AND DEPENDING ON CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE RIGHT AWAY, THINGS LIKE THAT. WE'LL HAVE TO DISCUSS THAT WHEN WE GET TO THE MID-YEAR, OR WE'LL TAKE IT TO THE CAPITAL RETREAT IN AUGUST, SEPTEMBER, AND THEN COUNCIL WILL RECOMMEND WHETHER OR NOT IT GOES IN FOR FUNDING FOR 2027 IMPLEMENTATION. SO WE JUST NEEDED TO STUDY THE CONSTRAINTS OF THE ROAD, WHAT THE OPPORTUNITIES WERE AND AND WHERE WE COULD ACTUALLY FIT THOSE ELEMENTS IN. WELL, I'M SURE THE RESIDENTS OF NOTTINGHAM TRACE WILL BE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. WE'VE GOT LIKE 200 HOMES ALREADY DONE. THERE WILL BE 240. SO IT'S A LOT OF 55 PLUS. AND ALSO I WANT TO SAY WE ARE SO VERY THRILLED ABOUT THE FIRE STATION AND WE'LL BE GOOD NEIGHBORS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, JODY. JUST FOR THE RECORD, TOM RUBY WITH NEW ALBANY COMPANY. WE OWN SEVERAL PIECES OF GROUND THAT TO MAKE THOSE LINKS POSSIBLE FOR ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS, WILLING PARTICIPANTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN DO WHATEVER NEEDS TO BE DONE TO MAKE THOSE CRITICAL CONNECTIONS. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN, JOEL, JUST TO ADDRESS YOUR COMMENTS A LITTLE BIT, I KNOW RYAN AND AND CHIEF JONES ARE ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN THIS CONSTRUCTION PROJECT WITH THE FRANKLIN COUNTY ENGINEERS. IT'S A LONG YOU KNOW, IT'S A PROJECT THAT'S TAKEN FIVE OR SO YEARS TO FINALLY PULL TOGETHER THAT'S LITERALLY JUST NORTH OF OUR JURISDICTION. BUT THANKFULLY, THE FRANKLIN COUNTY TOWNSHIP, FRANKLIN COUNTY ENGINEER'S OFFICE, AND OUR PARTNERS AT THE TOWNSHIP ALL COLLABORATED WITH US TO GET THIS PROJECT UNDERWAY. 
          AND WE LEARNED A LOT AS A CITY DURING OUR LAST ROUNDABOUT CONSTRUCTION PROJECT. WELL, 
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YEAH, WE'VE LOST ONE IN PARTICULAR. WE'RE GETTING BETTER. YEAH, I FORGOT ABOUT BETHLEHEM. YEAH. BUT AGAIN, WE'LL WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT ENFORCEMENT STEPS UP AS TRAFFIC INCREASES. WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT THOSE SPEED TRAILERS ARE APPROPRIATELY PLACED TO MAKE SURE THAT FOLKS KNOW THE SPEED LIMITS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE UTILIZED. AND WE ALSO LEARNED OVER TIME AS THESE, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY COMMERCIAL VEHICLES, START TO UNDERSTAND THE INTERSECTIONS CLOSE. YOU KNOW, THEY USUALLY MAKE THAT BAD TURN ONCE. LESSON LEARNED, THEY'LL FIND ANOTHER ROUTE. SO WE KNOW IT'S A BURDEN ON COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE TO LIVE NEXT TO A CONSTRUCTION SITE. WE APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE, BUT DON'T HESITATE TO CALL IF THINGS THAT YOU OBSERVE THAT WE CAN DO BETTER ON CERTAINLY DO KNOW HOW TO GET AHOLD OF US. 
          ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER VISITORS THAT WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO COUNCIL REGARDING A MATTER THAT IS NOT ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA? ALL RIGHT, WELL, THAT TAKES US TO BOARD AND COMMISSION REPORTS. 
          [7.       BOARD/COMMISSION REPORTS]
ANY UPDATE FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION? NO MEETING. PARKS AND TRAILS? NO. NO MEETING. 
          ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD, NO STAFF HAS AN UPDATE. WE'LL JUST CATCH THAT NEXT TIME THEN. IF COUNCILWOMAN BRISK HAS AN UPDATE. BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS ALSO SAME. I ACTUALLY FILLED IN. 
          I FILLED IN FOR MATT. I DON'T THINK I'VE GIVEN THIS REPORT YET. SO THERE WAS ONE CASE I FORGOT MY NOTES IN THE HOUSE, BUT IT WAS AN UNDERGROUND FENCE AT ADDRESS WAS ON MILTON COURT. 
          AN UNDERGROUND FENCE HAD BEEN INSTALLED IN A BUFFER ZONE, AND EVEN THOUGH IT WAS UNDERGROUND IN NONINVASIVE, IT WAS STILL IN THE BUFFER ZONE. SO IT REQUIRED A VARIANCE. SO THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION AND THERE'S BEEN SOME ONGOING. THERE WAS A ANOTHER CASE WITH A SWING SET IN THE SAME PROPERTY THAT HAD BEEN DISCUSSED EARLIER IN A DIFFERENT VARIANCE, BUT AFTER NOT MUCH DISCUSSION, THE SINCE IT WAS NONINVASIVE, IT DIDN'T CHANGE THE NATURE OF THE PROPERTY, THAT IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE UNDERGROUND FENCE COULD STAY. THAT WAS THE ONLY CASE. THE DOG'S HAPPY BECAUSE IT HAS MORE. IT WAS ALL ABOUT THE DOG. YES, THEY GOT A PUPPY AND HE'S GOT MORE ROOM TO RUN NOW. ALL RIGHT, SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD. 
          NO IDEA. IMPLEMENTATION PANEL, NO MEETING. CEMETERY RESTORATION BOARD. THE CEMETERY BOARD DID HAVE A MEETING. IT ACTUALLY WENT ON FOR SOME TIME. THE DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, JOLIE, CAME AND PRESENTED ON PROGRESS ON THOSE TWO PLANS. AND THE BOARD SAW THE SAME RENDERINGS THAT COUNCIL SAW AT THEIR PRIOR COUNCIL MEETING. THEY SHARE THEIR EXCITEMENT AND APPRECIATION FOR THE PROJECT, BUT ALSO EXPRESSED CONCERN FOR THE LACK OF ENCLOSURE AROUND THE HISTORIC CEMETERY. AN ENCLOSURE WAS PART OF THEIR 2017 RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL. 
          THEY COMMUNICATED THAT THEY WANT THE CEMETERY TO HAVE A VISIBLE DEMARCATION AND AN ENTRANCE, SO THAT PEOPLE WHO VISIT THERE ARE THERE RESPECTFULLY AND PURPOSEFULLY, BUT THEY DON'T WANT IS THE PUBLIC WALKING THROUGH ON THEIR WAY TO THE CREEK OR RUNNING INTO THE CEMETERY TO CATCH A FRISBEE? THE HEADSTONES ARE FRAGILE. THERE'S ALREADY ONE DOWN. DESPITE A LACK OF VISITORS, THE FOUNDERS ARE BURIED THERE AND AS COUNCIL KNOWS, THE CEMETERY WAS RENOVATED AT SIGNIFICANT COST. AT DEPUTY CITY MANAGER JOLIE'S REQUEST, THE CRAB UNANIMOUSLY PASSED THE FOLLOWING MOTION. MEMBER JACOBS MOVED AND MOVED TO COMMUNICATE TO STAFF THAT THE CEMETERY RESTORATION ADVISORY BOARD WAS ASKED ME FOR THE NEW ALBANY CEMETERY TO BE ENCLOSED USING, FOR EXAMPLE, SHRUBS, ROPE WITH STANCHIONS, A LOW FENCE OR OTHER MEANS OF DEMARCATION, AND TO HAVE AN ENTRANCE AND REQUEST THAT THE DESIGNERS OR CONSULTANTS PRESENT IDEAS FOR THE BOARD'S CONSIDERATION, AND THE MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. THEY REITERATED THE MEETING. THEY WERE FLEXIBLE IN THEIR REQUEST FOR A TYPE OF SURROUNDING. AND THAT'S IT FROM THE CROWD. ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT UPDATE? ALL RIGHT. THERE WAS NO MEETING OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS COMMISSION THAT TAKES US TO CORRESPONDENCE COMMUNICATION FOR ANY MEMBER OF COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON ANY CORRESPONDENCE OR COMMUNICATION RECEIVED SINCE OUR LAST MEETING. ALL RIGHT. 
          [9. SECOND READING OF ORDINANCES AND PUBLIC HEARING]
SECOND READING OF ORDINANCES AND PUBLIC HEARING ORDINANCE 005 2026. AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF NEW ALBANY BY AMENDING THE ZONING MAP TO REZONE 6.35 PLUS OR MINUS ACRES OF LAND, GENERALLY LOCATED AT THE NORTHWEST INTERSECTION OF STATE ROUTE 605 AND NEW ALBANY ROAD, EAST FROM ITS CURRENT ZONING OF LG LIMITED GENERAL EMPLOYMENT TO CF COMMUNITY FACILITIES, AS REQUESTED BY SHAW ARCHITECTS. CARE OF NATHAN. THANK YOU AGAIN. 
          THIS IS A REQUEST TO REZONE 6.35 ACRES OF A 12.72 ACRE SITE FROM LIMITED GENERAL EMPLOYMENT TO COMMUNITY FACILITIES TO ALLOW FOR THE PLAIN TOWNSHIP FIRE SUBSTATION. SURROUNDED USES INCLUDE THE NOTTINGHAM SUBDIVISION TO THE NORTH AND OFFICE COMMERCIAL USES TO THE EAST, WEST AND SOUTH. THIS REZONING WAS HEARD BY BOTH THE ROCKY FORD BLACK OAK ACCORD AND 
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THE NEW ALBANY PLANNING COMMISSION, AND BOTH BOARDS RECOMMENDED APPROVAL. 
          ADDITIONALLY, SINCE THIS IS A CIVIC USE, THE APPLICANT WAS REQUIRED TO SUBMIT A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS TO THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD, AND THEY ALSO RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THAT AS WELL. THIS APPLICATION INCLUDES A FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN, WHICH IS REQUIRED FOR THE COMMUNITY FACILITIES ZONING DISTRICT. AS SHOWN HERE. THE PLAN MEETS OR EXCEEDS APPLICABLE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AND COMPLIES WITH REQUIRED SETBACKS. BUILDING HEIGHT AND SCREENING. HERE'S THE LANDSCAPING PLAN. THE PROPOSED LOT COVERAGE IS 18.8%, WELL BELOW THE 75% MAXIMUM. THE PLAN MEETS ALL LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS, INCLUDING PARKING LOT, LANDSCAPING, SCREENING AND GENERAL SITE ENTRY STANDARDS. SECTION EIGHT OF THE CITY'S DESIGN GUIDELINES REQUIREMENTS APPLY TO THE SITE. AS IT'S A CIVIC USE. THE PRIMARY ENTRANCE IS ORIENTED TOWARDS THE STREET AND THE ARCHITECTURAL MATERIALS, ROOF FORM AND PRIMARY MASSING ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE CHARACTER AND FUNCTION OF A CIVIC BUILDING. AND HERE ARE JUST SOME OTHER ELEVATIONS SHOWING THE NORTH ELEVATION, THE WEST ELEVATION, AND THE SOUTH ELEVATION. THE STRATEGIC PLAN DOES IDENTIFY THIS SITE AS EMPLOYMENT CENTER, BUT THE PLAN DOES NOT ESTABLISH SPECIFIC STANDARDS OR DESIGNATED LAND USE FOR GOVERNMENT AND CIVIC USES. THESE TYPES OF USES ARE INTENDED TO BE INTEGRATED THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY, AND THE PROPOSED REZONING IS CONSISTENT WITH THAT INTENT. THIS ORDINANCE MAY BE ADOPTED THIS EVENING, AND I'M HERE AS WELL AS THE APPLICANT. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. WHAT IS THE INGRESS EGRESS ROADS COMING IN AND OUT OF THERE? SO IT IS RIGHT WHERE I BLIND MYSELF WITH THAT. IT IS RIGHT HERE. SO THERE'S JUST ONE INGRESS EGRESS THAT'S OFF OF 605 OR. YES. YEAH OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SIERRA, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION AND WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. WOULD ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC LIKE TO SPEAK REGARDING ORDINANCE OH FIVE 2026 HEARING? NO PUBLIC COMMENT. WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND I WOULD MOVE FOR THE ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE OH FIVE 2026. SECOND, SECOND TIME IS LIMITED. THAT WAS SHE. GOT IT. 
          OKAY. IN THAT CASE, MAYOR SPALDING. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. WELCH. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. YES. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. FELLOWS. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. KISS. YES. I HAVE FIVE YES VOTES TO ADOPT. 
          ORDINANCE 005 2026. AND AGAIN, THANK YOU TO OUR PARTNERS AT THE TOWNSHIP FOR PUTTING IN THE TIME AND EFFORT TO IDENTIFY AN APPROPRIATE LOCATION FOR OUR PARTNERS AT THE NEW ALBANY COMPANY FOR MAKING A LAND DONATION. AND OF COURSE, OUR FRIENDS AT SHAW ARCHITECTS FOR GOING THROUGH SEVERAL DIFFERENT DESIGNS TO GET TO JUST THE RIGHT ONE, AND TAKING THIS PROJECT THROUGH THE ENTIRE CITY APPROVAL PROCESS. I THINK WE'RE ALL PLEASED WITH THE FINAL RESULT, AS USUAL, AND HAPPY TO HEAR THAT MEMBERS OF THE NEIGHBORING COMMUNITY ARE SUPPORTIVE OF HAVING OUR OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT LOCATED BASICALLY AT THEIR FRONT DOOR. 
          SO AGAIN, APPRECIATE THE PARTNERSHIPS. THAT'S HOW WE DO THINGS HERE IN NEW ALBANY. AND THIS IS JUST A GREAT REFLECTION OF THAT. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. DO WE HAVE A TIMELINE 20 MONTHS. 
          NO. THAT WAS ANOTHER PROJECT 20 MONTHS. IF YOU'LL. YEAH. SORRY. YEAH. AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF NATHAN SHAW ARCHITECTS, 230 BRADENTON AVENUE, DUBLIN. ONLY HERE WITH THE GIFT OF PUBLIC SAFETY. THE PROJECT IS SCHEDULED TO COMMENCE PER THE SCHEDULE IN JUNE. AND THEN IT SHOULD BE ABOUT 10 TO 11 MONTHS TO CONSTRUCT THE JOB CONTRACTOR SCHEDULE, DEPENDING. THAT'S FROM WHEN THE PROJECT WAS CMR AND A COMBINED STATION. SO IT'S JUST AN ESTIMATE OKAY, OKAY. 
          THAT'S KIND OF LINES UP. IF WE FIGURE OUT WHAT WE WANT TO DO WITH THAT TRAIL SYSTEM CAN INTEGRATE NICELY IN THE SAME TIME FRAME. OKAY. AWESOME. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THANKS EVERYONE. I GUESS. HELLO I'M JILL BECKETT HILL, PLAIN TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE. I JUST WANT TO SAY FROM THE ON BEHALF OF THE PLAIN TOWNSHIP BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND ACTUALLY FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART, THANK YOU. WE ARE VERY EXCITED. YOU KNOW, THIS HAS BEEN A LONG PROCESS AND WE REALLY THANK THE VOTERS AND OUR RESIDENTS BACK IN NOVEMBER OF 2020 FOR THAT PASSED THIS BOND LEVY. SO WE ARE REALLY GRATEFUL. ADDITIONALLY, PLEASE AT TOM RUBY IS HERE TODAY SO WE CAN THANK HIM PUBLICLY BECAUSE WE COULD NOT DO THIS WITHOUT THE LAND DONATION FROM THE CO. SO THANK YOU. WE ALSO JUST WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR ONGOING SUPPORT AND COLLABORATION WITH CITY COUNCIL. THE ENGAGEMENT OF OUR NOTTINGHAM TRACE NEIGHBORS. 
          IT WAS REALLY GREAT TO HAVE THEIR SUPPORT THROUGH THIS PROCESS. SO I THINK, AND WITH THE SINCERE GRATITUDE AND PRIDE THAT WE HAVE, THAT WE GET TO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY TOGETHER. 
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AND IT'S BEST REFLECTED IN OUR MISSION STATEMENT. TOGETHER WE SERVE. TOGETHER WE SERVE LIVES THROUGH ENGAGEMENT, EDUCATION AND EMERGENCY SERVICES. SO WE'RE REALLY PLEASED WITH THE SUBSTATION. 122 THAT WE CONTINUE TO GIVE THE BEST SERVICES TO OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR BUSINESSES. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. LOOK FORWARD TO IT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. 
          [11. RESOLUTIONS AND PUBLIC HEARING]
ALL RIGHT. THAT TAKES US TO RESOLUTIONS AND PUBLIC HEARING. OF COURSE, THOSE THAT WERE HERE JUST FOR ONE IMPORTANT ISSUE. FEEL FREE TO EXIT WHENEVER YOU'RE YOU'RE SO INCLINED. NO, NO NEED TO STAY WITH US. IF YOU'RE NOT INTERESTED IN JUST A PUBLIC, YOU KNOW, DISCUSSION ON SOME STUFF. OTHERWISE, ENJOY YOUR EVENING. BUT RESOLUTIONS ON PUBLIC HEARING RESOLUTION R06 2026 A RESOLUTION APPROVING AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF NEW ALBANY, OHIO, AND OHIO LIFE SCIENCES LLC, INSTITUTE DIRECTOR CHRIS. YES, THANK YOU. 
          SO THIS RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND OHIO LIFE SCIENCE INSTITUTE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A BIOMANUFACTURING WORKFORCE TRAINING CENTER. THE TRAINING CENTER WILL SERVE AS A STATEWIDE RESOURCE AND WILL ANCHOR AN EVENTUAL STATEWIDE NETWORK OF TRAINING LOCATIONS WITH CONSISTENT CONTENT UTILIZING UNIVERSITIES, COMMUNITY COLLEGES, COMMUNITY COLLEGES, TECHNICAL SCHOOLS, AND OUR LOCAL SCHOOL PARTNERS. THE TRAINING CENTER DOES REPRESENT A SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC PRIVATE IMPROVEMENT AND A PARTNERSHIP THAT'S BUILT TO SATISFY OHIO'S GROWING DEMAND FOR SKILLED TALENT IN THE BIOTECHNOLOGY AND PHARMACEUTICAL MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES. JUST IN CENTRAL OHIO ALONE, THERE HAVE BEEN OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, ABOUT 25, 20 TO 25 DIFFERENT ANNOUNCEMENTS OF BIOTECH FACILITIES THAT ARE LOCATED WITHIN CENTRAL OHIO, AND OVER ONE THIRD OF THOSE ARE ACTUALLY LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY OF NEW ALBANY, WHICH INCLUDES THE EXPANSIONS THAT WE'VE REALIZED RECENTLY WITH AMGEN, AMERICAN REGIONS, AND THE GROWTH THAT WE'VE HAD IN THIS INDUSTRY. SO WE'RE REALLY HAPPY TO BE AND PROUD TO BE A PARTNER WITH OHIO LIFE SCIENCE, WITH JOBSOHIO AND THE STATE OF OHIO, TO REALLY CREATE THE FIRST OF WHAT WILL BE MANY IN THIS NETWORK THROUGHOUT OHIO, IN ORDER TO SUPPORT THIS INDUSTRY AND GROW IT WITHIN OUR STATE, OLS WILL OPERATE THE TRAINING CENTER AND WILL COLLABORATE WITH INDUSTRY, HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS AND COMMUNITY COLLEGES TO EXPAND TRAINING CONSISTENTLY ACROSS THE STATE. OUR TOTAL COMMITMENT IS $5 MILLION OVER FIVE YEARS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND LONG TERM SUCCESS OF THE TRAINING CENTER. THE CITY'S INVESTMENT COMPLEMENTS JOBS. OHIO'S $30 MILLION INVESTMENT TO SEED AND SCALE THE INITIATIVE. THERE'S BENCHMARKS WITHIN THE AGREEMENT THAT OLS NEEDS TO MEET IN ORDER FOR US TO HAVE CONTINUED INVESTMENT AT EACH ONE OF THOSE BENCHMARK YEARS, AND WE WILL OFFICIALLY HAVE A SEAT ON THEIR BOARD TO HELP WITH TO BE A PART OF THE DECISION MAKING AND GROWING THIS AMAZING OPPORTUNITY WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. THANKS. SO DO WE HAVE A LOCATION YET DETERMINED OR IS THAT STILL UNDERWAY? YES, THE RENDERING HERE IS OF THE LOCATION WHICH WILL BE LOCATED IN WHAT WE AFFECTIONATELY TERMED THE CVG FACILITY ON MOULTON PARKWAY. I'LL LOOK FAMILIAR. OKAY. AND THAT'S ALREADY, IF I REMEMBER, THAT'S ALREADY ZONED FOR R&D. IT'S ALREADY ZONED FOR R&D. SO IT IS A PERMITTED USE WITHIN THE ZONING CATEGORY. AND IN FACT IT'S A GREAT REUSE STORY. CVG STILL OCCUPIES THE OFFICE PORTION OF THE FACILITY. AND THEN TO THE RIGHT OF THE WALKWAY THAT YOU SEE THERE IN THE PICTURE IS THE ORIGINAL R&D FACILITY THAT THAT CVG OPENED. IN ORDER TO DO A LOT OF THE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE TRUCK CAB MANUFACTURING COMPONENT OF THEIR BUSINESS, WHICH WAS EVENTUALLY PHASED OUT. 
          SO THIS PORTION OF THE FACILITY HAS BEEN VACANT FOR MANY YEARS. IT IS A FANTASTIC REUSE. IT'S IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE BUSSING SYSTEM. IT'S IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO US 62. THE HAMLET RESOURCES, THE VILLAGE CENTER. SO IT'S REALLY GOING TO BE A NICE AMENITY. THE BIOTECH COMPANIES FROM ACROSS CENTRAL OHIO WERE INFORMED OF THE LOCATION OF THE FACILITY, AND HAVE GIVEN THEIR THUMBS UP OF SUPPORT BECAUSE OF THE EASY ACCESS ALONG THE 161 EXPRESSWAY AND THE ABILITY FOR THEM TO GET TRAINED WORKERS HERE TO THIS SITE AND THEN BACK OUT INTO THE SYSTEM AS CVG IS STILL GOING TO REMAIN IN THEIR CVG DOES STILL HAVE A LEASE, AND THEY'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO EVEN WITH THE DEVELOPMENT AT THIS POINT, THEY'RE SEPARATING THE BUILDING. 
          AND SO IT WILL ACTUALLY BE AT A TENANT BUILDING NOW INSTEAD OF A SINGLE TENANT BUILDING. I DIDN'T KNOW THEY WERE STILL THERE. THEY ARE. IT LOOKS VACANT TO ME, I THINK BECAUSE OF THE SIZE. I WOULD AGREE WITH YOU NOW THAT OUR OFFICES ARE RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET AT 7815, WE WE GET TO SEE IT EVERY DAY AND REALLY INSPECT IT. AND I WILL SAY THAT IT DOES APPEAR THAT WAY BECAUSE ONE SIDE OF THE BUILDING IS BEING USED. BUT WHEN YOU BECAUSE IT REALLY IS, IT'S A 36,000 40,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING. SO WHEN YOU'RE ONLY OCCUPYING HALF OF THAT 
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SPACE, IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THERE'S ENOUGH CARS THERE. NOW THERE WILL. THAT'S NICE. THAT'S A REALLY GOOD AMENITY TO THE CITY RIGHT THERE. YOU PROBABLY ALREADY SAID THIS, BUT THE TOTAL COMMITMENT THE CITY'S 5 MILLION OVER FIVE YEARS. THAT'S CORRECT. AND THAT IS NOT THE ONLY FUNDING, THOUGH. IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S A $30 MILLION COMMITMENT FROM JOBSOHIO. THERE IS, YES, THERE IS A $30 MILLION COMMITMENT THAT'S ALREADY BEEN MADE BY JOBSOHIO. AND THEN OUR COMMITMENT, PLUS OHIO LIFE SCIENCE IS STILL FUNDRAISING FOR AN ADDITIONAL 5 TO $10 MILLION IN ORDER TO LAUNCH, OFFICIALLY LAUNCH THE CENTER. AND THIS INVESTMENT WILL OBVIOUSLY HELP HOPEFULLY BRING PEOPLE TO THE REGION, GET THEM TRAINED TO BE ABLE TO WORK AT OUR VARIOUS TECHNOLOGICAL SITES. RIGHT. BIOTECH INTEL. WHAT WE FOUND IN TALKING WITH AMERICAN REGIONS, WHO'S OVER THE MOON ABOUT THIS? AMGEN IS AS WELL PHARMAVITE ALL OF THE THE GREAT PHARMACEUTICAL AND BIOTECH COMPANIES THAT WE'VE ATTRACTED HERE. IS THAT THEIR NUMBER? THEY LOVE DOING BUSINESS IN OHIO. THEY LOVE DOING BUSINESS IN CENTRAL OHIO. THEY REALLY LOVE DOING BUSINESS IN NEW ALBANY. AND I THINK WE'VE SEEN THAT THROUGH SO MANY LEVELS OF PARTICIPATION WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, AND ESPECIALLY THE EXPANSIONS BY AMERICAN REGION AND ALSO AMGEN, YOU KNOW, BIG ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THEIR EXPANSION JUST RECENTLY. BUT THEIR NUMBER ONE CONCERN IS WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. AND IS THERE ENOUGH OF A TALENT PIPELINE IN OHIO IN ORDER TO SUPPORT THEIR EXISTING OPERATIONS AND THEN CONTINUE TO GROW? AMGEN HAS, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER 50 ACRES THAT THEY COULD GROW ON ACTUALLY WITHIN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, WITHIN THE FRANKLIN COUNTY PORTION OF THE BUSINESS PARK. SO THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO SUPPORT THE EXISTING BUSINESSES. AND THEN EQUALLY EXCITING OPPORTUNITY TO SUPPORT THE ATTRACTION OF NEW BIOTECH INDUSTRIES INTO THIS SPACE. DO YOU KNOW OF ANY AND YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW, BECAUSE WE'RE JUST THE OUTSET OF ANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM TO PARTNER WITH THE SCHOOLS FOR A PROGRAM LIKE THIS, TO PARTNER, LIKE WITH, YOU KNOW, SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN, TO UNDERSTAND THE PIPELINE TO WORKFORCE OR TRAINING. WE HAVE FOUND THROUGH THE RESEARCH THAT WE'VE DONE AND ALSO THE RESEARCH THAT WE KNOW THAT THE THE GROUP HAS DONE, THE TEAM HAS DONE IN OTHER AREAS THAT HAVE VERY, VERY SUCCESSFUL TRAINING PROGRAMS STATEWIDE IS THAT IT'S NOT SUCCESSFUL UNTIL IT INFILTRATES SCHOOL AGE KIDS INTO THE SCHOOLS THEY'VE ALREADY MET WITH THE NEW ALBANY PLAIN LOCAL SCHOOLS. OKAY, TO SHARE THE VISION AND IDEA, THEY'RE MEETING WITH THE TECHNICAL SCHOOLS, TECHNICAL COLLEGES. BUT THIS IS REALLY A SYSTEMATIC APPROACH TO BRINGING BIOTECH AND EXPERIENCES INTO ALL LEVELS OF EDUCATION IN ORDER TO TRY TO PREPARE THE WORKFORCE FOR THE FUTURE. THE ONE EXAMPLE THAT I THINK WE CAN COMPARE IT TO IN THE STATE OF OHIO IS WHAT HONDA HAS DONE WITH MANUFACTURING IN THE MARYSVILLE AREA, WHERE THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, LOTS AND LOTS OF INTEGRATION INTO THE K-12 SCHOOL SYSTEM IN ORDER TO START TO PREPARE YOUNG ENGINEERS AND YOUNG DESIGNERS IN AUTOMOTIVE MANUFACTURING AND REALLY GETTING THEM EXCITED ABOUT CAREERS. AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY THE ONLY WAY THAT IT'S ULTIMATELY SUCCESSFUL. THIS SOUNDS LIKE A REALLY PROMISING PROJECT. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT TO US. AND JUST TO CLARIFY, THIS IS DESIGNED FOR HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES TO GO DIRECTLY FROM HIGH SCHOOL INTO THIS LEARNING INSTITUTE, CURRENTLY COLLEGE GRADUATES. THAT'S RIGHT. CURRENTLY THE THE THE CURRICULUM IS STILL BEING DEVELOPED. EVENTUALLY IN ORDER TO HAVE A SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM, IT WILL BE ALL OF THE ABOVE. BUT THE CURRENT TARGET IS FOR HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES TO GO INTO A CAREER PATH IN BIOTECH AND MANUFACTURING WITHOUT NECESSARILY HAVING TO HAVE A SPECIFIC COLLEGE DEGREE. WE THINK ONCE THE BUSINESSES AND WE KNOW ENOUGH TO BE DANGEROUS ABOUT IT, SINCE WE'RE NOT FACILITATING THE ACTUAL PROGRAM ITSELF. BUT ONCE THE BUSINESSES HAVE INPUT INTO THE TRACKS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO THEM AND HOW THEY WANT TO CUSTOMIZE DIFFERENT PORTIONS OF THE FACILITY, THEN I THINK THE SKY'S THE LIMIT WITH RESPECT TO THE OPPORTUNITIES AND HOW WHAT POPULATION OF PEOPLE THIS IS GOING TO REACH. OKAY, JUST A REMINDER, THE FUNDING FOR THIS WOULD COME FROM OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND, WHICH WAS SET UP FOR PROGRAMS LIKE THIS, OR INVESTMENT IN INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES. GREAT. ALL RIGHT. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THE RESOLUTION? THEN I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC LIKE TO SPEAK REGARDING RESOLUTION OH SIX 2026 HEARING NO PUBLIC COMMENT. I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE A MOTION ON THE RESOLUTION? I MOVE THE ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION R06 2026 SECOND. GO AHEAD. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. DEREK. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. KESS. YES. MAYOR. SPALDING. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. FALLOWS. YES. I HAVE FIVE YES VOTES TO ADOPT. RESOLUTION R06 
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2026. ALL RIGHT. AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THE COOPERATION FROM THE ALBANY PLAIN LOCAL SCHOOLS. 
          I KNOW THIS WOULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS IN OUR DISTRICT THAT HAVE, YOU KNOW, WANT TO EXPLORE OTHER CAREER OPPORTUNITIES RATHER THAN JUST GOING STRAIGHT TO COLLEGE. 
          THERE'S THERE ARE GREAT PATHWAYS RIGHT HERE AT HOME. RESOLUTION R07 2026 A RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO DISTRIBUTE SEMIQUINCENTENNIAL. I CAN'T EVEN SAY IT. I GOTTA GET THAT RIGHT AT SOME POINT. ABBY. YOU CAN THROW IT IN THERE. GO AHEAD, SAY IT FOR ME. SEMIQUINCENTENNIAL. YEAH. THAT WORKS. FUNDS APPROVED IN THE 2026 BUDGET FOR ARTS AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR CELEBRATION OF THE SEMIQUINCENTENNIAL, AND TO ENTER INTO CONTRACT AGREEMENTS AND EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY AGREEMENTS RELATED TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THESE PROGRAMS. YEAH, THIS IS AGAIN BUILDING OFF OF WHAT I WENT OVER WITH YOU A LITTLE EARLIER. THE CITY OF NEW ALBANY HAS COMMITTED TO CELEBRATING THE COUNTRY'S SEMIQUINCENTENNIAL. WE CALL IT THE SEMIQUINONE AS A SHORTCUT. IF YOU KEEP THAT IN YOUR POCKET, THE SEMIQUINCENTENNIAL THROUGHOUT 2026, IN APPROPRIATED FUNDS AND THE 2026 BUDGET TO DO SO, INCLUDING FUNDS TOTALING UP TO $100,000 TO SUPPORT ARTS AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS PRESENTED BY LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS, THE CITY HAS BEGUN TO RECEIVE FUNDING REQUESTS FROM VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING THE NEW ALBANY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA AND THE NEW ALBANY YOUTH THEATER, TO PRESENT PROGRAMING THAT CELEBRATES THE SEMIQUINONE. AND WE KNOW WE COULD RECEIVE FUNDING REQUESTS FROM OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, ALLOWING THE CITY MANAGER TO DISTRIBUTE THESE FUNDS, ENTER INTO CONTRACT AGREEMENTS, AND EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY AGREEMENTS RELATED TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THESE PROGRAMS. FOR THE SEMIQUINCENTENNIAL CELEBRATION WILL PROVIDE THE COMMUNITY WITH UNIQUE AND MEMORABLE EXPERIENCES THAT ALIGN WITH OUR FOUNDATIONAL PILLARS. I AM AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. SAMMY, I LIKE IT. REALLY EXCITED ABOUT ALL THE EVENTS AROUND IT. SO NOT SPECIFIC TO THAT, BUT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT KIND OF THE DECORATIONS AND THE LIGHTING AT ROSE RUN THAT, YOU KNOW, I SPOKE, I'M ASSUMING WAS THAT DONE BY SOAP AND WATER? YES. SOAP AND WATER. YES. PUT UP THE THE BARRELS WITH THE POLES AND THE LIGHTING. THEY HUNG THAT FOR US. I GUESS MY ONLY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE BECAUSE THAT WAS SO SUCH A GREAT SPACE AND THE WAY THE LIGHTING WAS AND, YOU KNOW, AND I SPOKE WITH JUSTIN, IT MIGHT MAKE MORE SENSE TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO JUST DO THAT AS A FIXED LIGHTING PACKAGE, WHERE THOSE ARE THERE YEAR ROUND, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE DOING IT, YOU KNOW, FOR OKTOBERFEST, THIS IS YOUR PARTING GIFT, RIGHT? TAKE ONE FOR THE TEAM. BUT HE WAS JUST SPEAKING TO THE LABOR OF TAKING THE LIGHTS DOWN, PUTTING THEM BACK UP. AND IF WE'RE GOING TO USE IT FOR OKTOBERFEST AND THEN TASTE IT, YOU KNOW, NEW ALBANY CAN USE, YOU KNOW. SO NOW IT JUST KIND OF BLEEDS THROUGH. WE'RE GOING TO BE USING IT YEAR ROUND. AND YOU KNOW, THE THE ONES THAT WE ADDED IT RAINS CROSSING HAVE BEEN AWESOME. SO ALMOST AN EXTENSION OF THAT. SO INSTEAD OF I GUESS I WOULD RECOMMEND INSTEAD OF USING LIKE BARRELS OR SOMETHING THAT'S A TEMPORARY FIX. LIKE MAYBE WE SPEND A LITTLE BIT MORE MONEY ONCE AND THEY'RE JUST THEY'RE GOING FORWARD. SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE WANT TO INCORPORATE THAT INTO THIS BUDGET. BUT I THINK WHEN WE'RE SETTING, SINCE THIS WILL BE THE FIRST ONE OF THE YEAR, MAYBE WE ARE PROACTIVE WITH THE 4TH OF JULY AND THEN MAKE IT KIND OF A PERMANENT FIXTURE. WE CAN PRICE THAT OUT AND COME BACK TO COUNCIL WITH A NUMBER. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS REGARDING THE RESOLUTION? I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC LIKE TO SPEAK REGARDING RESOLUTION R07 2026? HEARING? NO COMMENT. I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE A MOTION ON THE RESOLUTION? I MOVE FOR ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION OH SEVEN 2026 SECOND SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER FEATHERS. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. YES. MAYOR. 
          SPALDING. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. YES. FIVE. YES. VOTES TO ADOPT RESOLUTION R07 2026. COUNCIL SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS. WE HAVE NONE ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA. REPORTS OF 
          [13. REPORTS OF REPRESENTATIVES]
REPRESENTATIVES. ANY UPDATE FROM? NO MEETING. BUT MORSI DID POST A A PRESS RELEASE TODAY ANNOUNCING THE THE PUBLICATION OF THEIR AIR QUALITY REPORT FOR 2025. SO IT'S OUT THERE ON THEIR WEBSITE. ALSO, IF COUNCIL HAS ANY INTEREST I CAN SEND A LINK FOR YOU TO REVIEW IT. IT'S A PRETTY LENGTHY DOCUMENT, BUT IT'S PRETTY INFORMATIVE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ANY UPDATE FROM THE JOINT REPORT? MATT'S NOT HERE. I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S ANYTHING NEW TO REPORT. 
          THE REC CENTER CONSTRUCTION SEEMS TO BE PROGRESSING ON SCHEDULE. STILL HOPING FOR A 
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DECEMBER OPENING. ANY UPDATE FROM NEW ALBANY PLAIN LOCAL SCHOOLS? THERE WAS A MEETING AND THEY TALKED ABOUT MEMORIAL GROVE AND NAMING RIGHTS, UPDATE ON THE CAMPUS MASTER PLAN AND THE BASEBALL FIELDS. BUT THE REAL SHOW STOPPER MOMENT OF SCHOOLS WAS THE AMAZING VIDEO ABOUT BIKES AND E-SCOOTERS AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THOSE RULES. IF WE EVER ACTUALLY GET SPRING AND THE SNOW GOES AWAY, I THINK WE'LL BE SEEING A LOT MORE OF THOSE, I DON'T KNOW, ON SATURDAY THERE WAS A HELLS ANGELS WERE ROLLING AROUND MY NEIGHBORHOOD. THEY WERE THEY DUSTED THOSE E-BIKES RIGHT OFF. YEAH, THEY'VE BEEN CHARGED ALL WINTER. SO I THINK THE REMINDER WAS DUE. AND ALSO THE GROUNDBREAKING OF THE THE NEW SCHOOL BUILDING ON A LITTLE BIT COOLER DAY. SOME GREAT PHOTOS HERE. AND THE, THE HEROES OF THE OF THE AFTERNOON WERE THE KIDS RIGHT THERE THAT ARE GOSH WHAT WAS IT, CLASS OF 2039? I BELIEVE THEY ARE. IF THAT DOESN'T MAKE YOU FEEL OLD. SO YEAH, VERY EXCITING. AND FOR THOSE NOT IN ATTENDANCE, THE THEME WAS 20 MONTHS. THOSE KIDS WILL BE IN THERE IN 20 MONTHS. SO THE CLOCK IS TICKING AND THEY'RE GETTING AFTER IT. EVERY TIME I'M UP AROUND THERE, THEY'RE MOVING DIRT. SO I FEEL LIKE THEY'RE THEY'RE MAKING GOOD PROGRESS RIGHT OUT OF THE GATE. SO REALLY EXCITING TIME TO FINALLY SEE THIS AGAIN. KIND OF LIKE THE THE FIRE STATION, SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR A LONG TIME, GETTING UNDERWAY. MY TEETH WERE LITERALLY THEY WERE THEY WERE SO COLD. THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. I'M DONE TALKING THE THE THE TEACHERS AND THE PRINCIPALS KEEPING THOSE KIDS HAPPY. OH MY GOD. I MEAN, I SAW THE PRINCIPAL OF THE ELC HOLDING A CHILD WHO WAS SCREAMING DURING THIS DEDICATION. IT WAS I IDENTIFIED WITH THAT CHILD. 
          YEAH, I KNOW IT WAS A SPECIAL MOMENT. ALL RIGHT. ANY UPDATE FROM PLAIN TOWNSHIP? THEY DID HAVE A MEETING. JUST REPORT ONE. THEY ARE. I THINK THEY HAVE COMPLETED THEIR HIRING OF THE NEW NEW FIRE OFFICERS FOR THE STATION, AND THEY WILL BE TRAINING ON SITE HERE AND BE ABLE TO MOVE IN WHEN THE STATION IS COMPLETE. AND THEY ARE LOOKING AT ADDING ANOTHER FIRE INSPECTOR TO THEIR STAFF SO THAT THEY CAN KEEP UP WITH DEVELOPMENT AND PROGRAMS THERE, AND WHETHER IT'S GOING TO BE A A CONSULTANT BASIS OR A PERMANENT BASIS, IT'S JUST A QUESTION OF WHO THEY FIND TO FILL THE NEED, BUT THEY ARE LOOKING TO ADD TO THE STAFF. 
          [14. REPORTS OF CITY OFFICIALS]
OKAY. GOOD TO KNOW. ALL RIGHT. REPORTS OF CITY OFFICIALS. EARLIER TODAY, THE COLUMBUS PARTNERSHIP AND ONE COLUMBUS ANNOUNCED THE HIRING OF THE NEW PRESIDENT FOR ONE COLUMBUS. AS YOU MAY RECALL, KENNY MCDONALD SERVED IN THAT ROLE. NEW ALBANY RESIDENT AND, YOU KNOW, PROLIFIC ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CHAMPION. AND THE NEW INDIVIDUAL IS MOVING HERE FROM OUT OF STATE. JONAS PETERSON HAVE NOT YET MET HIM YET, BUT I'M SURE IT'LL BE A NAME THAT WE'LL HEAR MORE ABOUT AS THIS COMES INTO FOCUS. BUT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE SOME STABLE LEADERSHIP THERE AT ONE COLUMBUS. IT'S IMPORTANT PARTNER IN OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS. SO GOOD TO SEE THEY'VE MADE SOME PROGRESS IN THAT REGARD. ALL RIGHT. ANY UPDATE FROM THE CLERK? NO REPORT. FINANCE DIRECTOR I HAVE TWO THINGS. WELL, MAYBE THREE. 
          SO FIRST OFF, OUR AUDITORS ARE ARRIVING AT OUR DOOR TOMORROW. AND SO THEY WILL BE IN OFFICE WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. WE'VE BEEN PREPARING FOR THEM. YOU HAVE A NOTE IN YOUR MAILBOX FOR THE FRAUD AND RELATED PARTY QUESTIONNAIRE, WHICH IS A DOCUMENT THAT'S FILLED OUT EACH YEAR THAT STATES IF THERE WERE ANY. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS THAT YOU WOULD NEED TO DISCLOSE. 
          I INCLUDED A SUMMARY ON THAT THIS YEAR. SO IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR THE QUESTIONS, LET ME KNOW. BUT PLEASE USE THE ENVELOPE INSIDE AND SEND THAT DIRECTLY TO OUR AUDITORS IN ORDER FOR THAT TO MAINTAIN ITS INTEGRITY. SECOND, WE ARE WORKING AND COMPILING THE BUDGET TO PROVIDE A AT LEAST THE PDF VERSION TO YOU FOR THE FINAL BUDGET FOR 2026 BY THE END OF THE WEEK, AND THEN WE WILL SUBMIT IT FOR THE PRINTER. AND THEN THIRD, I HAVE JANUARY REPORT FOR YOU. NOT A WHOLE LOT HAS GONE ON AS FAR AS IT'S JUST ONE MONTH, 8% OF THE YEAR INCOME TAX. THE MAIN THING TO LOOK AT, WHILE IT LOOKS A LITTLE BIT SKEWED, WOULD BE 
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YOUR WITHHOLDING. IT IS UP. IT HASN'T IT. THE ONE MONTH COLLECTION WAS A 27.4 INCREASE FOR WITHHOLDING IN JANUARY. THE OTHER NET PROFITS AND INDIVIDUALS DOESN'T REALLY HAVE A BASIS THAT YOU CAN PROJECT OUT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. OUR EXPENSES ARE ONLY AT 6% FOR JANUARY UNDER THE 8%. AND ANYTHING THAT'S HIGHER THAN THAT IS GOING TO BE FOR THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO PUT A PURCHASE ORDER OUT TO SET ASIDE THE FUNDS FOR THE WHOLE YEAR. THE SECOND PAGE IS THE INVESTMENTS AND THE ACTIVITY THAT HAPPENED WITHIN JANUARY 3RD AND FOURTH PAGE. THERE ARE ALSO CHARTS THAT DETAIL ALL OUR OUR THREE CUSTODIAN ACCOUNTS FOR INVESTMENTS. AND THEN I REALLY SHOULD HAVE PUT PAGE NUMBERS ON THIS. THE FIFTH PAGE, I INCLUDED A PAGE THAT YOU MAY OR MAY NOT RECOGNIZE FROM OUR MONTHLY FINANCE REPORT THAT WE PREPARE. I ADDED A FEATURE TO THIS AND THIS IS A SURPRISE TO JOE. I DIDN'T GO OVER THIS WITH YOU. SORRY, BUT WE ADDED THIS DETAIL AS OUR CASH BALANCE AND THE HISTORY. SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THIS PAGE AND WE HAVE PREVIOUSLY INCLUDED JUST A REVENUE EXPENSE AND CARRYOVER BALANCE DATA POINTS ON THERE. AND AS YOU CAN SEE OVER THE YEARS, OUR EXPENSES ARE GENERALLY CLOSER TO OUR REVENUES. BUT I FELT THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT DECEIVING BECAUSE THOSE EXPENSES INCLUDE TRANSFERS OUT TO OTHER FUNDS TO PROVIDE FOR OTHER PROJECTS. AND SO I ADDED A LEVEL OF HOW MUCH OF THOSE EXPENDITURES WERE ACTUALLY TRANSFERS OUT TO PROVIDE FOR OTHER PROJECTS. TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT BETTER PICTURE OF THE CARRYOVER BALANCE WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND IN THAT HISTORY THROUGHOUT. SO THAT IS A NEW FEATURE TO THE MONTHLY REPORT. IF YOU WOULD GO ON AND FIND THE FULL MONTHLY REPORT, WHICH IS ALSO 30 PAGES LONG ON THE WEBSITE, THE LAST TWO PAGES ARE THE FUND BALANCE ACTIVITY FOR JANUARY. AND I CAN TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. SO JUST GOING BACK TO THE CHART THAT YOU DEVELOPED ON GENERAL FUND CASH BALANCE, I MEAN THAT THAT OBVIOUSLY THE TREND MARKS DRAMATICALLY LOWER, BUT THAT'S JUST BECAUSE WE'RE ONE MONTH INTO THE RIGHT FISCAL YEAR, RIGHT. THAT IS THE ONLY COLUMN THAT'S YEAR TO DATE ON THIS PARTICULAR CHART. MOST OTHER CHARTS WITHIN THE MONTH, THEY REPORT TRACKS THAT YEAR TO DATE. AND THESE ARE ACTUAL NOT THE BUDGET. SO IF THERE WAS A BUDGET LINE HERE, DO YOU KNOW WHERE THAT WOULD PROJECT IN 2026? IS IT WE HAVE ANOTHER CHART IN THE MONTHLY REPORT THAT I CAN. THAT'S OKAY. I'M JUST CURIOUS. YEAH. WE GENERALLY WELL I CAN TELL YOU WE. I WANT TO SAY IT WAS ABOUT IT WAS 88% OF BUDGET. DID I NOT SAY IT WAS ABOUT 12% THAT WE LAPSE IN APPROPRIATIONS? I THINK WE FINISHED AT 88% OF BUDGET FOR EXPENDITURES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF THE FINANCE DIRECTOR? I APPRECIATE YOUR REPORT. CITY MANAGER. ANY UPDATE? ONE QUICK ITEM, JERSEY TOWNSHIP APPOINTED THEIR TOWNSHIP ADMINISTRATOR TO BE THEIR REPRESENTATIVE TO THE BOARD. THERE WAS A TIME FRAME THAT WE WERE SUPPOSED TO HIT IN ORDER TO GET THE BOARD UP AND RUNNING, SO THE INITIAL THE COMPOSITION OF THE BOARD TO START WILL BE THREE REPRESENTATIVES, ONE FROM THE CITY, ONE FROM THE TOWNSHIP, AND ONE FROM THE WATER AND SEWER DISTRICT. ONCE THE AREA STARTS TO DEVELOP, THAT BOARD WILL EXPAND TO FIVE REPRESENTATIVES, WITH ONE BEING A REPRESENTATIVE OF REPRESENTATIVE OF THE BUSINESSES AND ANOTHER BEING A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE EMPLOYEES. BUT THAT WILL HAPPEN MAYBE A YEAR OR TWO DOWN THE ROAD. SO TONIGHT, IF COUNCIL IS WILLING, I'D LIKE TO ASK FOR A MOTION TO APPOINT OUR DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, ADRIAN JOLLY, TO BE THE CITY'S REPRESENTATIVE TO THE JERSEY TOWNSHIP. JED BOARDS. AND THEY THE THE REASON FOR SUGGESTING ADRIAN IS BECAUSE WITH MY RETIREMENT AT THE END OF THE YEAR, I THOUGHT IT DID MAKE SENSE FOR ME TO START OUT IN THAT ROLE AND THEN HAVE TO 
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BRING SOMEBODY ELSE UP TO SPEED. BY APPOINTING ADRIAN, SHE WOULD HAVE THE INITIAL INFORMATION AND BE ABLE TO TO CONTINUE IN THAT ROLE. IF IF SHE IN THE NEW CITY MANAGER WOULD CHOOSE TO, TO OPERATE THAT WAY. ALL RIGHT. THEN AT THE REQUEST THE CITY MANAGER, I WOULD MOVE THAT WE APPOINT DEPUTY CITY MANAGER ADRIAN JOLLY AS THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS REPRESENTATIVE TO THE JERSEY TOWNSHIP. JED BOARDS SECOND. CLARIFICATION ON THE MOTION WAS THAT THE JED BOARD OR JED BOARDS, PLURAL JED BOARDS. THERE WOULD BE A POTENTIAL FOR THREE BOARDS. GOT IT ON THAT MOTION, MAYOR. SPALDING. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. YES. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. KISS. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. YES. FIVE. YES. VOTES TO APPOINT. DEPUTY CITY MANAGER ADRIAN JOLLY TO AS THE CITY'S REPRESENTATIVE TO THE BOARDS. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. ALL RIGHT. ANY UPDATE FROM CITY ATTORNEY? NO UPDATE. ALL RIGHT. CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, MR. RUBY. MR. MCCLELLAN. ALL RIGHT. CALL FOR COUNCIL COMMENT. ANY ADDITIONAL 
          [16. POLL FOR COUNCIL COMMENT]
COUNCIL COMMENT? I'VE GOT ONE QUESTION. I'M JUST CURIOUS IF WE COULD GET AN UPDATE ON WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE HAMLET. IT DOESN'T SEEM TO HAVE BEEN ANY ACTIVITY THERE SINCE THEY FENCED IT OFF, AND NOW IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE NOT PAYING A LOT OF ATTENTION TO IT. THE FENCING IS STARTING TO LOOK LIKE IT'S DEGRADED AND BLOWING AROUND, AND NOBODY'S SHOWING UP AT THAT LOT. JUST WANTED TO KNOW IF THERE WAS AN UPDATE AS TO WHAT MAY BE OCCURRING THERE. YEAH. 
          THANK YOU. YES. SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE BEEN MEETING WITH THEM ON A VERY REGULAR BASIS THROUGHOUT THE LAST NINE MONTHS, REFINING SOME OF THE DEVELOPMENT PLANS AND GOING THROUGH ENGINEERING APPROVALS AND ALL OF THE NECESSARY PERMITTING THAT THEY NEED IN ORDER TO START CONSTRUCTION. THEY DID HAVE A REALIGNMENT OF THEIR OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE, WHICH WAS FINALIZED AT THE END OF 2025, AND THAT CLOSED IN THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS OF DECEMBER. SO THEY WERE WORKING ON THAT FROM THEIR END. THEY HAVE GONE OUT TO BID AND SELECTED A GENERAL CONTRACTOR. 
          AND SO WE'VE ALREADY BEEN MEETING WITH THAT GENERAL CONTRACTOR, AND WE EXPECT THAT THEY WILL BE MOBILIZING, WE THOUGHT EVEN AS EARLY AS THIS WEEK. BUT IN MARCH TO BEGIN STAGING AND SETTING UP FOR THEIR WORK, AND THEY'LL BE FULLY UNDERWAY WITHIN THE NEXT SIX WEEKS. SO LOTS OF WORK ON ENGINEERING REVIEW, LOTS OF WORK ON, YOU KNOW, BUILDING PERMIT REVIEW AND ALL OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE TO HAPPEN AFTER THE PUBLIC APPROVALS ARE DONE. WE ARE HAVING A COMMUNITY WIDE ISSUE WITH THE FENCING AND THE SCRIMS BECAUSE OF THE ABSOLUTELY CRAZY WIND WEATHER THAT WE HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING. WE'VE SEEN IT WITH THE PROJECTS IN THE VILLAGE CENTER, WHICH WE USUALLY TRY TO KEEP SCRIMMED. WE'VE SEEN IT WITH PROJECTS IN THE BUSINESS PARK, BUT WE'RE WORKING WITH ALL OF THE SITES RIGHT NOW TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, NOT JUST SCRIM FOR SCREENING, BUT EROSION CONTROL MEASURES ARE IN PLACE, YOU KNOW, IN ORDER TO KEEP UP ON THAT. HAVE THEY COME TO ANY DETERMINATION ABOUT THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY THAT'S GOING INTO THE HAMLET? I KNOW THERE'S BEEN SOME DISCUSSION IN THE PAST ABOUT A HOTEL AND WHAT DETERMINATIONS, IF ANY, HAVE BEEN MADE AS TO WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO PUT IN THERE. SO THEY'VE BEEN FOCUSED RIGHT NOW ON PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE AND, AND BUILDING THE INFRASTRUCTURE PIECE OF IT AND THE RESIDENTIAL COMPONENTS OF IT. AND SO THAT'S BEEN THE PRIMARY DISCUSSION THAT WE'VE HAD VERY HIGH LEVEL DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE COMMERCIAL PIECE. THE PARKING LOT WILL BE ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT GETS BUILT, BECAUSE IT WILL ALSO BE ACCESSED FOR THE ROSE SUGAR RUN, EXCUSE ME PARK, WHICH IS PLANNED FOR THE PROJECT. SO NOTHING DEFINITIVE YET ABOUT THE MIX OF BUSINESSES AND THE COMMERCIAL SIDE, BUT YOU KNOW, MORE TO COME ON THAT. COULD THE COMMUNITY EXPECT, DO YOU KNOW, A FINAL PLAN, A FINAL PLAN ON WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE? DO YOU KNOW, IS IT TOO EARLY TO KNOW WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE? SO THE PLAN IS DONE. IT'S UP ON THE WEBSITE. AND THEN AND THEY HAVEN'T REQUESTED ANY CHANGES TO THAT PLAN. SO THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE ANY CHANGES OTHER THAN WE DON'T KNOW WHAT COMMERCIAL PROPERTY IS GOING TO GO IN THERE. THE HOUSING LAYOUT DESIGN PLAN IS GOING TO BE WHAT IT IS. THE FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN THAT WAS APPROVED BY PLANNING COMMISSION, WHICH WAS AN EXTENSIVE FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN THAT IS UP ON THE WEBSITE AND PEOPLE CAN ACCESS IT EITHER THROUGH THE DASHBOARD OR THERE'S A SPECIFIC HAMLET LINK ON OUR WEBSITE, BECAUSE WE'VE HAD SO MANY QUESTIONS ABOUT IT, BUT THEY'VE BEEN WORKING PRETTY STEADY. IT'S, IT'S IT'S A LARGE PROJECT IN THE SCALE OF OTHER MEGA PROJECTS THAT WE'VE HAVE IN THE COMMUNITY. IT SEEMS VERY SMALL, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY FOR A MIXED USE PROJECT, ONE OF THE LARGEST MIXED USE PROJECTS THAT WE'VE EVER DONE. AND THEN YOU HAVE THE ADDITIONAL WORK THAT WE'VE DONE WITH THEM ON THE 605 STREETSCAPE. SO IF YOU RECALL, THEY HAVE THEIR OWN IMPROVEMENTS THAT THEY'LL BE DOING AND DEDICATING AS PUBLIC STREETS AND PUBLIC PARKS. AND 
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THEN THEY ALSO HAVE THE STREETSCAPE WITH THE UTILITY BURIAL. SO A LOT OF THE WORK THAT'S BEEN GOING ON OVER THE LAST FOUR MONTHS HAS BEEN COORDINATING WITH THE DIFFERENT UTILITY COMPANIES, MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE RIGHT PLANS IN ALIGNMENT AND THEN MAKING SURE THAT THAT STREETSCAPE ON 605 THAT THEY'RE BUILDING FOR US AS OUR AGENT IS CORRECT. GOOD. 
          THAT'S ALL GOOD NEWS. YEAH, VERY GOOD NEWS. YOU MAY NOT HAVE AN ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION, BUT ACROSS CATTY CORNER FROM THAT IS THE OLD LIONS CLUB BUILDING, WHICH HAPPENS TO BE UP FOR SALE. AND WHOEVER IS MANAGING THAT NOW THAT THERE'S JUNK IN THE YARD, THERE'S AN OLD MATTRESS. I DON'T KNOW THAT WE CAN DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT, BUT IT'S UP FOR SALE AND THAT IS LOOKING VERY BAD AND DOESN'T HELP IN THE CITY OR THE TOWNSHIP. IT'S IN THE CITY. 
          YEAH. WE CAN WE'LL GO BACK OUT AND YEAH, IT DOES NOT LOOK GOOD. I MEAN, WHEN YOU COMPARE WHEN YOU RIDE DOWN CENTRAL COLLEGE NOW AND YOU SEE THE SCRIMPING ON THE FENCE AS YOU REFERRED TO IT, BLOWING ALL OVER THE PLACE, AND THEN YOU LOOK AT THE, THE OLD LIONS, LIONS CLUB BUILDING, IT DOES NOT LOOK GOOD THROUGH THERE. WE APPRECIATE THAT. WE CAN WE WILL DEFINITELY TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT IT. I THINK THE WEATHER I THINK AGAIN THE WEATHER CONDITIONS HAVE PLAYED A HUGE FACTOR IN KIND OF THE ESTHETIC OF THE COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW. AGAIN, YEAH, BUT WE'LL DEFINITELY TAKE LIONS CLUB BUILDING NOW. WHOEVER'S OWNS IT, IT'S FOR SALE IS NOT TAKING IT LOOKS AS AS BAD AS AS IT EVER HAS. YEAH. WE DID ENFORCEMENT ON THAT. AS A RESULT, I THINK OF A COMPLAINT THAT YOU GAVE US BACK IN THE FALL, AND I DO BELIEVE IT WAS REMEDIED AT THE TIME. SO WE'LL GO BACK THROUGH AND MAKE SURE THAT IT WASN'T JUST FENCED AND MAYBE THAT FENCING CAME DOWN TO KIND OF COVER MAYBE SOME OF THE JUNK THAT WAS BEHIND THERE. SO WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT IT. THANK YOU. I THINK ADDITIONALLY, JUST AS FAR AS ESTHETIC IS CONCERNED IN THE COMMUNITY, JUST ONE LAST PIECE OF INFORMATION, PUBLIC SERVICE AND DEVELOPMENT GOT TOGETHER AND REALLY KIND OF ISSUED AN ALL OUT ASSAULT ON SEDIMENT AND EROSION CONTROL PLANS AND MUD ON THE ROADS. AND SO IN THE FIRST TIME IN 20 YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN HERE, WE SENT SPECIFIC EMAILS WITH ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURES TO ALL OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS THAT HAVE PRIVATE SITE DEVELOPMENTS, ALL OF THE CONTRACTORS THAT HAVE RIGHT OF WAY PERMITS, AND ALL OF OUR OWN CONTRACTORS THAT ARE RUNNING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. WE TOOK IT A STEP FURTHER AND THEN FORWARDED THAT EMAIL TO OWNERS OF PROPERTIES AND OWNERS OF BUILDINGS. IT WAS A VERY, VERY FIRM EMAIL THAT WAS MORE ALONG THE LINES OF AN ENFORCEMENT. IT WAS THE FIRST STEP TOWARDS ENFORCEMENT SO THAT WE CAN SWIFTLY AND QUICKLY ACT WHEN WE DO HAVE VIOLATORS AND ISSUE MUD ON STREETS AND THINGS OF THAT, EVERYTHING LIKE THAT. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A VERY, VERY WET SPRING, AS WE TYPICALLY DO, IF ANY INDICATION OF WINTER IS ANY INDICATION INTO THE SPRING THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE, IT MIGHT BE A WETTER SPRING THAN WE'VE HAD IN YEARS PAST. THERE'S GOING TO BE ISSUES WITH THE FACT THAT THE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE NOT GOING TO COOPERATE WITH US, BUT WE HAVE TAKEN THE MOST STRINGENT PROACTIVE MEASURES THAT WE'VE TAKEN IN 20 YEARS TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE PUT ON NOTICE. 
          AND SO THIS WAY, IF WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE NOTIFICATION AND VIOLATION AND STOP WORK ORDER PROCESS, WE'VE ALREADY SET THE STAGE FOR THAT, FOR THAT ALREADY. SO THAT'S THAT'S REALLY GOOD NEWS. I GET A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT, ESPECIALLY PEOPLE IN THE NORTH ON CENTRAL COLLEGE. AND I WAS GOING INTO A CAR WASH JUST LAST WEEK AT THE MOO-MOO, AND THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME HAD WRITTEN BEHIND IT AND ALL THE DIRT. THANK YOU. NEW ALBANY DEVELOPMENT, BECAUSE OF ALL THE MUD THAT WAS ON THAT CAR. AND I'M LIKE, THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD STATE. YEAH. SO I'M GLAD WE'RE DOING SOMETHING VERY PROACTIVE. AND IT'S VERY WE'RE BEING VERY STRINGENT. AND IT'S ACTUALLY BEEN VERY WELL RECEIVED. SO THAT'S GOOD. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER COUNCIL COMMENT. JUST TOUCH BASE AGAIN THANK YOU CHIEF FOR ALLOWING YOUR OFFICERS THE TIME. OBVIOUSLY LELAND KELLY KIND OF SPEARHEADS THE THE INITIATIVE WITH THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS AND HOW INVOLVED THE POLICE FORCE IS WITH THE ACTIVITIES. AND THE POLAR PLUNGE WAS WAS THIS LAST SATURDAY. AND I DON'T ALWAYS POLAR PLUNGE, BUT I WILL WHEN IT'S 60 DEGREES. THAT'S MY DEFINITION OF POLAR. IT WAS A LOVELY DAY. GOOD TURNOUT AND AGAIN, PRETTY EXCITING TO SEE HOW THE KIDS GET EXCITED ABOUT PARTICIPATING IN IT. AND YOU KNOW, ALL THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH COPS AND ROBBERS AND SPECIAL OLYMPICS ENGAGEMENT. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, THE DEPARTMENT DOES A FANTASTIC JOB IN ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY. SO THIS IS JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THAT. SO YEAH, AND I SECOND THAT. OFFICER KELLY LA DOES A GREAT JOB IN SPEARHEADING THIS. AND THE FOLLOWING DAY THEY HAD THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS BASKETBALL 
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GAME. AND PD LOST FOR LIKE JUST LIKE THE 10TH YEAR IN A ROW. SO LIKE THE WASHINGTON GENERALS NOT A GREAT NOT A GREAT RECORD AGAINST THEM. SO. AND LA WILL BE DOING HIS SUPER PLUNGE. IT GOT POSTPONED I BELIEVE IT'S COMING UP LIKE MARCH 12TH WHERE HE WILL BE PLUNGING EVERY HOUR FOR 24 HOURS. THAT DOES NOT I THINK THAT HAPPENS IN NORWICH TOWNSHIP OVER IN HILLIARD MAYBE. 
          CORRECT. YEAH. BUT SO THAT WON'T BE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL. BUT IF YOU GUYS WANT TO SUPPORT, I THINK YOU CAN JUMP ON HIS PAGE. AND THAT'S A, THAT'S AN UNDERTAKING. YEAH THAT'S FOR SURE. YEAH. WE'LL BE ICE IN THE TANK. OH THERE'S ICE IN THE IT IS. AND I BELIEVE THE ONE FOR THAT ONE. THEY HAVE LIKE A 30 YARD DUMPSTER THAT THEY FILL UP WITH ICE AND WATER. YEAH. AND THAT'S WHAT THEY USE. SO IT'S NOT LIKE A INFLATABLE. IT'S A TANK WHERE THEY ACTUALLY. YEAH. 
          THEY DEFINITELY GOT TO MAKE SURE IT'S COLD. YES. THAT ONE WILL BE I'M SURE JUST ABOVE FREEZING FOR THOSE GUYS. YEAH. THANKS FOR TRYING TO PEER PRESSURE ME INTO DOING IT. YEAH. 
          I'M ALLERGIC TO COLD. YEAH. I TOLD SALON I WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT, I THINK I'M GOING TO DO IT. AND I LOOKED AROUND. IT WAS GONE. WHERE'D HE GO? DID YOU GO PREPARED TO DO IT? I DID NOT DECIDE TO DO IT. I JUST DECIDED LOOK LIKE A LOT OF FUN. SO. YEAH. YEAH. DIDN'T HAVE A TOWEL OR ANYTHING. WOW. THAT'S GREAT. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER COUNCIL COMMENTS? IT APPEARS 
          [17. EXECUTIVE SESSION]
THAT WE HAVE A EXECUTIVE SESSION ON THE AGENDA FOR TONIGHT, SO I WOULD MOVE THAT. 
          WE ADJOURN TO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR A CONVERSATION REGARDING APPOINTMENT OF A PUBLIC OFFICIAL, SUBJECT TO OHIO REVISED CODE. ONE 2120 2G1 SECOND. MAYOR. SPALDING. YES. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. KISS. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          DEREK. YES. FIVE. YES. VOTES TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 7:47 P.M. WE WILL LEAVE THE VIDEO ON. I THINK YOU GET A PAUSE SCREEN, BUT WE WILL I MOVN EXECUTIVE SESSION AND RETURN TO THE REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING. SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER. KISS. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. YES. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. DEREK. YES. MAYOR. SPALDING. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. WILTROUT. YES. FIVE. 
          YES. TO COME. YES. VOTES COME OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 7:59 P.M. WE. DURING THIS SESSION WE'RE WE DISCUSSED THE MANY AMAZING APPLICANTS WE HAD FOR THE IDEA PANEL VACANCY. 
          AFTER CAREFUL CONSIDERATION, I MOVED TO APPOINT MATT FRIEDMAN TO THE IDEA IMPLEMENTATION PANEL TO COMPLETE THE UNEXPIRED TERM ENDING JUNE 30TH, 2028. SECOND. AND TWO. COUNCIL MEMBER WILTROUT. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. YES. MAYOR. SPALDING. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. YES. I HAVE FIVE YES VOTES TO APPOINT MATTHEW FRIEDMAN TO THE IDEA IMPLEMENTATION PANEL FOR THE TERM SPECIFIED. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER BUSINESS FOR COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION, THEN I MOVE THAT WE ADJOURN AND WE'RE ADJOURNING RIGHT AT 8 P.M.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.