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MEETING OF THE NEW ALBANY SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD MEETING AT 630. CAN STAFF PLEASE READ ROLL CALL HERE. HERE, MISS GALLO HERE, MISS SCOTT HERE. MR. COACHING HERE, MISS KOPPELMAN HERE, MR. BARAK HERE. MISS GRIFFITH HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER KISSED HERE. WE
[III. Action of Minutes: March 11, 2026 Meeting Minutes]
HAVE QUORUM. GREAT. THANK YOU. FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE ACTION OF MINUTES FOR MARCH 11TH, 2026 SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD MEETING. DO ANY BOARD MEMBERS HAVE CORRECTIONS FOR THE MINUTES? SEEING NONE, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES. MOTION TO APPROVE. THANK YOU, MR. KUSHNER. CAN I HAVE A SECOND? THANK YOU, MISS GALLO. MR. YES, MR. BARNES? YES, MISS GALLO. YES, MISS SCOTT? YES, MR. KOSHIEN. YES, MISS KOPPELMAN.YES, MR. BARAK. YES, MISS GRIFFITH. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER, I DON'T VOTE. OH, SORRY. YEAH, I DON'T USUALLY EITHER. OH, OKAY. THAT'S OKAY. LOOK AT THAT. YOU GOT THE BUDGET? I WE'LL STRIKE YOUR VOTE OUT OF THE RECORD. ANY ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS TO THE AGENDA FROM
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STAFF? NO. GREAT. THANK YOU. HEARING VISITORS ON ITEMS TONIGHT? SEEING NO ONE IN THE[VI. Business]
AUDIENCE. WE WILL PASS THROUGH THAT AND MOVE ON TO STAFF'S PRESENTATION OF ITEMS OF BUSINESS. THANK YOU. SO TONIGHT WE HAVE REALLY FOUR THINGS, THREE MAIN BUSINESS ITEMS. SO WE'RE GOING TO GIVE A WELCOME TO DAVE HERE. THEN WE'RE GOING TO GO OVER OUR SPRING WASTE COLLECTION EVENTS. SO THAT'S APRIL 18TH. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE WE HAVE THE LOGISTICAL PLAN FOR EVERYBODY TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT. THIS PAST MONTH WE HAD ONE OF OUR QUARTERLY SUSTAINABILITY STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS. WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE YOU A RECAP WITH THAT.AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE JUST HAVE A QUICK UPDATE ON THE RELOCATION OF OUR OUR COMPOST FOOD BINS DUE TO THE CONSTRUCTION BACK HERE. SO WE'LL JUST HOP RIGHT INTO BUSINESS IF THAT'S OKAY. SO WANT TO WELCOME I'M SURE. I THINK MOST OF YOU MET DAVE STILL BREEZY HERE. SO HE'S THE CITY'S FIRST SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAMS COORDINATOR. SO WE ARE SO EXCITED, SO EXCITED TO HAVE HIM HERE. HE HAS A WEALTH OF INFORMATION. JUST EXPERIENCE MOST RECENTLY AT WESTERVILLE. AND I'M JUST GOING TO HAND IT OVER TO HIM NOW TO INTRODUCE HIMSELF. GREAT. THANK YOU. I'M SUPER EXCITED TO BE HERE AND TO MEET YOU ALL. IF I HAVEN'T MET YOU ALL YET, WE WILL TALK. SO I HAVE A LIFELONG PASSION FOR THE ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY.
I'VE BEEN FORTUNATE TO WORK IN THIS AREA FOR MANY YEARS AND BEFORE COMING TO NEW ALBANY, I WORKED AT WESTERVILLE AND HELPED THEM ACHIEVE A 48% WASTE DIVERSION LAST YEAR. PRIOR TO THAT, I WORKED FOR TEN YEARS AT THE CITY OF COLUMBUS, WITH MOST OF THAT TIME COORDINATING THE GREEN SPOT PROGRAM. THAT PROGRAM GREW FROM ABOUT 6000 MEMBERS TO 24,000 MEMBERS, AND I STARTED MY PROFESSIONAL CAREER, CAREER IN ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY AT THE OHIO ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL, WHERE I WORKED ON OUTREACH AND POLICY. THE SUCCESSES I'VE HAD ARE BASED ON COLLABORATIONS. I SEE SUSTAINABILITY AS A THREAD THAT GOES THROUGH ALL ASPECTS OF OUR COMMUNITY, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU ALL TO TAKE NEW ALBANY TO THE NEXT LEVEL.
THANK YOU. AWESOME. ALL RIGHT. AND SO WE ARE EXCITED FOR THE SPRING WASTE COLLECTION EVENT THAT IS COMING UP APRIL 18TH FROM 8 A.M. TO NOON AT THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMPLEX. WE ARE WE ARE COLLECTING HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE, ALSO KNOWN AS H H W E-WASTE AND SENSITIVE DOCUMENTS THAT NEED TO BE SHREDDED. HERE IS THE LAYOUT. IN ORDER TO REDUCE CONGESTION AND CONFUSION. THE ENTRANCE WILL BE ON THE WALNUT STREET SIDE. AND LET ME SEE IF I CAN GET THIS TO WORK. YES. SO THERE'S THE WALNUT STREET SIDE. SO WE'LL HAVE TWO LANES GOING IN THIS WAY. IF THE PERSON HAS E-WASTE AND PAPER BUT NO HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE, THEY WILL GO STRAIGHT. SO THEY'RE GOING TO BE FOLLOWING THE PINK ARROWS. NOW IF A PERSON HAS HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE, E-WASTE AND PAPER, THEN THEY WILL TURN RIGHT WHERE THE AQUA LINE INDICATES AT THE SPLIT, WHICH IS RIGHT OVER HERE. SO THEY WILL EXIT. EVERYBODY WILL EXIT VIA BILHEIMER ROAD BY THE PICKLE PICKLEBALL COURTS RIGHT HERE. THE COURTS WILL STAY OPEN, BUT PARKING FOR THEM IS GOING TO BE ON THE BILHEIMER ROAD LOT. AND THIS IS FOR SAFETY CONCERNS.
SO WE DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE TWO WAY TRAFFIC THIS WAY, SINCE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TWO LANES COMING IN. SO THOSE ARE THE PICKLEBALL FOLKS. THEY CAN STILL GET TO THE PARKING HERE
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AND THEN WALK TO THE PICKLEBALL COURTS. THIS LOT WILL BE CLOSED. NOW WE KNOW PICKLEBALL IS AN EARLY MORNING TYPE ACTIVITY. SO IF THERE ARE ALREADY SOME CARS HERE, WE'LL LET THEM OBVIOUSLY GO OUT THIS WAY. AND WE HAVE WE'LL HAVE TWO POLICE OFFICERS IN THIS KIND OF GETS TO MY NEXT SLIDE HERE. SO THIS IS A VOLUNTEERS AND STAFF. SO WE'LL HAVE AT LEAST THREE AT THE ENTRANCE ON WALNUT STREET. AND THEY'RE KIND OF COLOR COLOR CODED AS WELL. THEY'RE NOT COLOR CODED YET, BUT RIGHT HERE WE'LL HAVE AT LEAST THREE AT THE SPLIT. SO THESE ARE VOLUNTEERS AND STAFF. AT LEAST TWO AT THE HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE AREA AND TWO ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE GARAGE, ONE AT THE PAPER SHREDDING TRUCK. AND THEN THE POLICE. THERE WILL BE A POLICE OFFICER HERE AND A POLICE OFFICER HERE TO HELP WITH TRAFFIC FLOW. AND THEN ONE OF THE OFFICERS CRUISERS WILL BE HERE. THIS IS VOLUNTEER PARKING AND STAFF PARKING. WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT NOBODY ELSE PARKS THERE. SO THAT'S WHY THEY'RE GOING TO BE STATIONED THERE. ONE THING I THINK A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THIS TIME IS THAT THE VENDOR OR THE COMPANIES THAT ARE PICKING UP THE PAPER IN THE E-WASTE, YOU KNOW, HOW HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE AS WELL HAVE THEIR OWN STAFF THAT ARE GOING TO BE LOADING, TAKING THINGS OUT OF PEOPLE'S CARS. SO WE WON'T BE DOING THAT. AND THEN I WAS GOING TO SAY NEXT SLIDE. BUT I HAVE THE WHERE'S THE PAPER TRUCK AT? THE PAPER TRUCK IS GOING TO BE UP HERE. OKAY.LET'S SEE. THIS IS THIS MIGHT BE A LITTLE THIS ONE'S COLOR CODED. SO YAY. SO FOR SIGNAGE, WE'LL HAVE THREE ENTRY. WE'LL HAVE THREE SIGNS AT THE ENTRANCE. SO YOU'LL SEE THE THE STARS DOWN HERE. IT'LL BE FOR WHERE THE PICKLEBALL PARKING IS GOING TO BE, AND THEN THE E-WASTE, ETC. WHERE PEOPLE CAN HAVE TWO SIGNS AT THE SPLIT RIGHT HERE AGAIN, ONE FOR E-WASTE AND PAPER, AND THEN THE OTHER ONE FOR HW E-WASTE AND PAPER. TWO ON THE NORTH SIDE OVER HERE FOR THE PAPER AND E-WASTE. AND THEN ONE AT BILHEIMER. THAT'LL HAVE THE EXIT ONTO. WHAT IS IT? YEAH. SO. YEAH. SO YEAH, THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE WAS GOING TO MENTION ABOUT THAT, BUT THAT'S KIND OF THE GENERAL FLOW OF THE SIGNAGE. AND I'LL GO BACK ONCE YOU CAN SEE AGAIN, THIS IS WHERE THE VOLUNTEERS AND STAFF AND THE POLICE WILL BE LOCATED.
WE'VE WORKED WITH THE JOINT PARKS DISTRICT. WE KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME ACTIVITY GOING ON IN THE SPORTS FIELDS, LIKE UP ON THE ORANGE. SO WE KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THE SOCCER CREWS WILL BE COMING USING THE SERVICE FACILITIES DRIVE. LAST YEAR WE HAD SOME CONFUSIONS.
PEOPLE WERE TRYING TO ENTER THE EVENT OFF OF BILHEIMER ROAD. SO THAT MAIN SIGN THAT WE SHOWED THERE WILL BE SORT OF THE FIRST PRESENCE. LET PEOPLE KNOW, HEY, IF YOU'RE HERE FOR THE HOUSEHOLD WASTE PROGRAM, YOU KNOW, KEEP GOING, GO TO WALNUT STREET AND THEN SORT OF AS LIKE A BACKUP, SO TO SPEAK. WE'LL ALSO HAVE A POLICE OFFICER STATIONED THERE JUST A LITTLE FURTHER PAST WHERE YOU HAVE TO MAKE THAT DECISION POINT TO TURN LEFT TO GET TO THE FIELDS OR GO STRAIGHT TO GET TO THE SERVICE FACILITY TO HELP FURTHER SORT OF REGULATE THAT TRAFFIC. THE BIGGEST COMPLAINT I, YOU KNOW, I HEAR WE GOT LAST YEAR WAS JUST BACK UP ON THE STREETS. THE OFFICERS ARE REALLY JUST THERE TO HELP, YOU KNOW, KEEP THE CONTINUOUS FLOW OF TRAFFIC ON THE PUBLIC STREETS ITSELF AND TO PROVIDE LIKE PROPER QUEUING ON SITE TO HELP SUPPLEMENT WHAT THE VOLUNTEERS ARE DOING. AND IF THINGS GET REALLY BUSY, LIKE I MENTIONED BEFORE, WE'LL HAVE TWO ROWS HERE AND WE DO HAVE SPACE IF NEED BE TO HAVE A THIRD ROW. ALTHOUGH THE THING TO KEEP IN MIND WITH THAT IS ONCE THEY GET UP TO THE SPLIT, THAT GOES BACK DOWN TO, I THINK TWO ROWS. YEAH, AT THE GATE. SO WE CONTEMPLATED DOING THREE ROWS ALL THE WAY UP. YEAH. A JUST IN CASE PEOPLE SNEAK INTO THE PICKLEBALL COURTS, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE A WAY TO GET OUT. SO WE DON'T WANT TO TRAP PEOPLE THERE FOR FOUR HOURS. AND THEN TWO, NO MATTER WHAT, THERE'S GOING TO BE A MERGE CONDITION TO GET ACTUALLY ON TO THE PUBLIC SERVICE YARD. SO OUR THOUGHT IS WE'LL START OUT TWO LANES UP TO THAT POINT.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, FOR QUEUING. AND THEN WE'LL BE THAT DECISION POINT FOR FOR WHERE YOU WANT TO GO. I THINK BY JUST THE FACT THAT YOU'RE RELOCATING THE SHUTTLE TRUCK ON THE OTHER SIDE.
LAST YEAR, THAT WAS THE BOTTLENECK BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE STOPPING THERE AND TO OFFLOAD THE PAPER. AND THAT'S WHERE THE BACKUP REALLY STARTED BECAUSE I WORKED AT PAPER TRUCK AND I SAW EVERYONE BACKED UP. SO BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO CLEAR THE GATE AND CONTINUE ON IN THE RIGHT STRAIGHT, THAT SHOULD ALLEVIATE A LOT OF THE ISSUES. OKAY, GREAT. COOL. SO, STEVE, LET'S SAY WE DO GET WHERE WE WERE LAST YEAR AND THIS IS BACKED UP HERE. AND I KNOW LAST YEAR IT
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WAS BACKED UP ALL THE WAY. YOU KNOW, IT WAS REAL BAD. YEAH. ARE WE. ARE WE GOING TO NOT ALLOW CARS TO QUEUE ON WALNUT AS THE OFFICER GOING TO MAKE THEM KEEP MOVING. SO THAT WOULD BE UP TO THE OFFICERS I THINK DISCRETION TO TO, YOU KNOW, IF IT TRULY BECOMES SORT OF LIKE A BACKUP IN A SAFETY HAZARD. SO THAT'S ALSO A REASON WHY TO HAVE THE POLICE OUT THERE TO USE THEIR JUDGMENT. AND ON WHAT IS THAT? THAT'S NOT OUR GOAL BY ANY MEANS. WHAT WE'D REALLY LIKE TO DO IS, YOU KNOW, PLAN B, JUST LIKE WE DID LAST YEAR, WAS TO PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL QUEUING ANYWHERE WE CAN ON SITE. SO IF WE CAN PROVIDE THREE LANES OR THREE LANES OF STACKING ON THAT MAIN DRIVE THERE OFF OF WALNUT STREET, WE CAN. BUT SO AGAIN, AT 8 A.M.ARE WE GOING TO HAVE THIS SPLIT INTO. ARE WE GOING TO HAVE CONES OUT THERE SPLITTING IT INTO TWO CONES AND SIGNS? YEP. OKAY. WITH THE POTENTIAL IF IT WE HAVE TO, WE CAN ADD A THIRD LANE. YEAH. IF THE PICKLEBALL PARKING TRULY IS EMPTY, THEN WE COULD INSTANTLY DO THAT THIRD LANE. AND THE OTHER THING WE CONTEMPLATED TOO, LIKE LET'S JUST SAY IT, IT IS AS BUSY AS IT WAS LAST YEAR. WE NEED THAT THIRD LANE ON THAT LONG DRIVE. THE POLICE, IF SOMEBODY IS AT THE PICKLEBALL COURTS AND THEY'RE TRYING TO LEAVE, THE POLICE COULD TEMPORARILY SHUT DOWN ONE OF THOSE LANES TO LET THAT CAR EXIT AND THEN REESTABLISH THAT NORTHBOUND LANE. SO CAN WE NOT JUST BLOCK OFF THE PICKLEBALL COURTS FIRST THING? WHAT'S THAT? CAN WE JUST NOT BLOCK OFF THE PICKLEBALL COURTS FIRST THING AND NOT HAVE TO DEBATE? WE WE WILL. IT'S HARD TO KEEP THEM OUT OF THERE THOUGH. I GUESS THAT WAS GOING TO BE MY. I HATE THOSE PEOPLE.
WHAT WHAT TIME WILL SOMEONE FROM SERVICE BE THERE? SO WE'RE HOPING TO GET A LOT OF THIS SET UP THE NIGHT BEFORE. OUR SERVICE FOLKS AND ALL THE VOLUNTEER, ALL THE VOLUNTEERS WERE ASKING, AND EVEN THE PEOPLE WHO WERE DOING THE COLLECTIONS TO BE THERE NO LATER THAN 730. OUR STAFF TYPICALLY GETS THERE, DOES SOME SET UP FRIDAY NIGHT AND EVEN GETS THERE A LITTLE EARLIER. SO LIKE ALL THE CONES AND SIGNS WILL BE OUT BY THE TIME THE VOLUNTEERS GET THERE. SO I'M KIND OF ON, I MEAN, IF IT'S A POSSIBILITY AT 730, WE BLOCK IT OFF AND THEN MAYBE CATCH THE HANDFUL OF FOLKS THAT ARE THERE AND SAY, HEY, CAN YOU MOVE YOUR CARS TO THIS OTHER LOT REAL QUICK? ARE YOU GOING TO BE HERE FOR THE NEXT FOUR HOURS? YEAH, RIGHT. AND THAT JUST ELIMINATES IF THAT LOT'S EMPTY, THEN WE CAN DO WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO.
YEAH. I MEAN, BECAUSE I MEAN, LAST YEAR I GOT TO HERE AT 8:00 SET ABOUT RIGHT THERE AND THEN FINALLY WENT AROUND AND CAME UP AND CAME IN THE BACK WAY. SO, SO I JUST, I DON'T KNOW IF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE QUEUED UP LIKE THEY WERE LAST YEAR. I MEAN, FINGERS CROSSED IT'S, YOU KNOW, YEAH, EVERYBODY GOT IT OUT OF THEIR SYSTEM. YEAH. BUT I JUST WANT, I, I WOULD HATE FOR US TO LIMIT THE CAPACITY OF THE SERVICE ROAD JUST FOR A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE PARKING AT THE PICKLEBALL COURT. YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT POINT. YEAH, WE CAN DEFINITELY DO THE GOOD OLD SNOWPLOW DUTY. LIKE NO ONE'S GETTING PAST THOSE HARD CLOSURE, RIGHT? YEAH. IS THERE SOMEWHERE WHERE IT MAKES SENSE TO PUT A SIGN ON THE COURTS, A NOTE, A NOTICE SAYING THIS SATURDAY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING, YOU'RE GOING TO BE STUCK HERE IF YOU PARK HERE. SO, YOU KNOW, WITH THE WITH THE MAP SHOWING THEM WHERE THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO PARK, THAT'S A REALLY GOOD IDEA, AT LEAST JUST TO GET A FEW PEOPLE THAT MIGHT PAY ATTENTION. YEAH. BECAUSE WE HAVE THE NO PARKING SIGNS. YEAH. WE CAN JUST THROW A HANDFUL OF THOSE OUT AT THE ENTRANCE HERE. YEP. AND THEN KIND OF SPORADICALLY THROUGH THE PARKING LOT. AND I GUESS WE ALSO YEAH, THERE'S THE ON STREET, I CALL IT ON STREET, BUT THE PARALLEL PARKING ALONG THIS DRIVE, WE'RE GOING TO PUT NO PARKING SIGNS THERE TOO ON FRIDAY NIGHT, SO PEOPLE WILL KNOW THAT IT CAN'T PARK THERE EITHER. BUT YEAH, WE CAN CERTAINLY. YEAH. IF THERE'S JUST A HANDFUL OF CARS OUT THERE THAT MORNING, REACH OUT TO THOSE FOLKS, SEE IF THEY CAN MOVE THEIR CARS QUICKLY. AND I LIKE THE ADVANCE NOTICE SIGN AS WELL THERE ON THE COURTS BECAUSE I KNOW PICKLEBALL PEOPLE ARE VERY DEDICATED, SO THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE THEY'LL BE THERE NEXT WEEK. YEAH, THE WEATHER SHOULD BE WHERE IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE. LOVELY. YEAH. KNOCK ON WOOD. YOU KNOW, IT'S A WAYS OUT, BUT SO YOU MENTIONED E-WASTE HAS THEIR STUFF. ARE WE STILL QUEUING IT IN THE SERVICE GARAGE, OR ARE THEY KIND OF LIKE THE HAZARDOUS WASTE FOLKS PUTTING IT ON A TRUCK RIGHT AWAY? MY UNDERSTANDING IS IT'S GOING TO EVERYBODY'S GOING TO BE PUTTING ON TRUCKS RIGHT AWAY.
OKAY? AND THEY'RE ALSO GOING TO TAKE IT ALL WITH THEM THIS YEAR TOO. I GUESS BEHIND THE SCENES, SOME OF IT GOT STORED AT THE SERVICE FACILITY FOR A LITTLE BIT. SO THIS YEAR, ONE OF THE THINGS WE WORKED ON THEM WITH WAS JUST SO THEY HAVE MORE STAFF AND THEY'RE JUST GOING TO TAKE EVERYTHING OFFSITE IMMEDIATELY. OKAY. ARE THERE TWO SHIFTS FOR THE VOLUNTEERS?
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I THOUGHT THAT WAS I THOUGHT IT WAS IN THE LATER SHIFT. SO YEAH, SO THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. SO WE HAVE BEEN BREAKING IT DOWN INTO SORT OF LIKE FIRST AND SECOND SHIFTS. AND FIRST WE ASKED IF PEOPLE COULD WORK, YOU KNOW, THE ENTIRE EVENT'S ESSENTIALLY 730 TO 1230. IF NOT, WE JUST, YOU KNOW, WE'RE FLEXIBLE. HAVING A VOLUNTEER FOR ANY TIME WOULD BE GREAT.BUT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU COULD DO 730 TO 9 30 OR 1030, WE'LL, WE'LL TAKE THEM IN THE MORNING.
SO IS THERE. I'M SORRY, IF THERE IS THERE A SIGN UP SHEET WITH SLOTS SO WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, WE HAVE COVERAGE THROUGHOUT THE MORNING. YEAH. DO YOU WANT TO GO OVER THE. WE HAVE WE DO HAVE 11 VOLUNTEERS AND STAFF SIGNED UP AND THEN WE HAVE YOU ALSO, MR. BARNES. MR. SHARMA, I FEEL LIKE I'M DOING ROLL CALL AGAIN, MR. SCHUMACHER, MR. KOCIAN MR. SCOTT HAS SIGNED UP, SO IF YOU HAVEN'T SIGNED UP, FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ME AND WE'LL GET YOU SIGNED UP VERY QUICKLY, SO. OKAY. CASEY LIKES A HEAVY TV, SO MAKE SURE YOU GET THAT. YES.
THIS YEAR, HOPEFULLY THOSE ARE ALL GONE. PETE. YEAH. CAN'T BE ANY OF THOSE THAT MANY OF THOSE GIANT PROJECTOR TVS. YEAH. SO I DON'T KNOW. WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT WHEN WE'RE THERE. IF SOMEONE HAS ALL THREE BUCKETS, LIKE HOW HOW ARE THE HOW DO THEY PROCEED THROUGH? SO THEY HAVE ALL THREE.
I BELIEVE THEY'RE GOING TO THEY'RE GOING TO BE GOING THIS WAY. AND THEN IF YOU GO OVER HERE AND THEN THEY'LL BE GOING AROUND. SO LET ME GO BACK ONE MORE FOR YOU. YOUR FIRST LINE RIGHT THERE. THERE WE GO. SO IF THEY HAVE ALL THREE, THEY'RE GOING TO FOLLOW THE AQUA LINE.
OKAY. IF THEY HAVE JUST THE E-WASTE AND PAPER THEN IT'S THE PINK ARROWS. YEAH. THAT'S WHAT THIS LITTLE PINK IS. SO THERE'S A KIND OF A SIDE THING THAT THEY'LL DROP OFF THE H H W FIRST AND THEN OKAY, GOT IT, GOT IT. AND THEN THE E-WASTE THEY DUMP AFTER. THAT'S RIGHT.
YEAH. SORRY. I MEAN YEAH, YOU WOULD COME UP, TURN RIGHT. DO H H W FIRST E WAY SECOND HERE OUTSIDE. AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE A LOT OF VOLUNTEERS IN THIS SPACE IN CASE, YOU KNOW, FOR THOSE FOLKS, WE CAN MAKE SURE THEY'RE GOING THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND ASK THEM. AND THEN PAPER WOULD BE LAST FOR FOR EVERYBODY. OKAY. AND THEN ALSO, IF YOU HAVE JUST PAPER.
CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG HERE, DAVE, BUT AS I RECALL, YOU WOULD TAKE THEM THROUGH, RIGHT? YEAH, YEAH. BYPASS HIT PAPER, THEN THEY CAN GO OUT REAL QUICK. THAT WAY WE CAN KEEP THESE QUEUING LANES, YOU KNOW, KIND OF FREE FOR THOSE FOLKS, FOR OTHER FOLKS. YEAH. AND THEN FOR US, IF WE WANT TO BRING SOMETHING LIKE SHOULD WE GET THEIR SEVEN, 730? I THINK 730 IS FINE. IF YOU WANT TO SHOW UP A LITTLE EARLY, I THINK A LOT OF THE VENDORS ARE GOING TO SHOW UP AT 730. SO I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S WORTH SHOWING UP ANY EARLIER. I JUST WANT TO GET STUCK IN A LINE. IF WE'RE. I'LL HELP AS SOON AS I GET OUT OF THIS LINE, I'M GOING TO USE THE EXCUSE I WAS BACK AT. THE DONUT SHOP. I CAN'T GET OUT. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS REGARDING.
I HAVE A QUESTION. WILL THE COMPOST BE CLOSED WHILE THEY'RE DOING E-WASTE? BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S A COMPOST DROP OFF RIGHT THERE. I THINK IT'S LIKE RIGHT HERE. IT'S A GOOD QUESTION. MY I MEAN, I GUESS YEAH, THE ANSWER IS YES. YES, IT WILL EFFECTIVELY BE SHUT DOWN. OKAY. YEAH. WILL THERE BE A SIGN THAT LIKE SAYS IT'LL BE CLOSED THEN OR IT'S I GUESS PEOPLE PROBABLY AREN'T GOING TO WAIT IN LINE JUST FOR THE COMPOST. PROBABLY. BUT I WAS THINKING THEY MIGHT IF THEY KNOW IT'S THERE, THEY MIGHT LIKE BRING ALL OF THEIR THINGS.
SO IN THEORY THEY COULD IF THEY ARE WILLING TO WAIT IN LINE. YEAH. RIGHT. A A A A A A A A A .
THEY WAITED AND DUMPED IT. SO YEAH, I GUESS IT'S, I GUESS IN MY MIND I WAS THINKING TO BE EFFECTIVELY CLOSED. BUT YEAH, IF YOU'RE WILLING TO WAIT IN THE LINE, THEN IT IS. YEAH.
OKAY. IT IS UP TO YOU. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. SOUNDS GOOD. ONE OTHER THING IS THE ROAD. I FORGET WHAT IT'S CALLED. IS IT? IT'S 605. IS IT GOING TO BE CLOSED? NO, IT'S LIKE WAY OVER.
OVER. 605605 AND THAT ONE IS CLOSED NOW BECAUSE THE CONSTRUCTION WILL THAT STOP SOME TRAFFIC GOING THIS WAY? SO YEAH. 605 AND WALNUT, WHICH IS KIND OF WAY, RIGHT? YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. SO THAT IS CLOSE. THAT'S WHERE THE FRANKLIN COUNTY ENGINEER'S OFFICE IS INSTALLING A ROUNDABOUT. YEAH. SO THEY'RE PROBABLY ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH THAT CONSTRUCTION PROJECT. BUT YEAH, SO WE DON'T ANTICIPATE REALLY MUCH TRAFFIC COMING FROM THE WEST. OKAY. THAT'S GOOD.
YEAH. SO, BUT YOU KNOW, THE POSTED DETOUR FROM FRANKLIN COUNTY DOES TAKE PEOPLE
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BILHEIMER KIND OF STREETS OVER, YOU KNOW, AND THEN DOWN. YEAH. SO THAT'S WHY WE THINK IT'D BE BETTER TO HAVE A HIGHER PRESENCE HERE WITH THE POLICE OFFICER IN THE SIGN, BECAUSE WE MIGHT SEE OUR GUESSES. YOU PROBABLY SEE MORE SOUTHBOUND TRAFFIC. WE'LL PROBABLY SEE MORE NORTHBOUND TRAFFIC TOO WOULD BE MY GUESS BEHIND IT. BUT OKAY. AND LAST YEAR WE DID HAVE PEOPLE PARKING HERE AND WALKING THEIR MATERIALS. YES. YEAH. SHOVING STUFF THROUGH THE GATE. YEAH, YEAH. THEY WERE LIKE REFUGEES COMING OUT OF THE WOODS. I'VE BEEN ALIVE FOR TWO HOURS. I CAN'T STAY HOME WITH THIS STUFF. MAKING THEIR KIDS CARRY STUFF. SO WE COULDN'T YELL AT THEM, RIGHT? YEAH. OH, THE OTHER THING THAT WE'LL HAVE IS WE'RE GETTING 50 BARE ROOT KIND OF WHIPS OR TREES FLOWERING DOGWOOD. SO WE'LL HAVE THOSE TO HAND OUT TO PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING THROUGH. WE HAVE 50 OF THOSE. SO FIRST 50 PEOPLE THAT WANT THEM. SO NICE. YEAH. ON ADVERTISED DOOR PRICE. YEAH. THANK YOU DAVID, FOR DOING. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? GREAT. THANK YOU. OKAY. THE NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS THE QUARTERLY SUSTAINABILITY STAKEHOLDERS MEETING RECAP. SO WITH THAT, FOOD WASTE AND RECYCLING WAS DISCUSSED IN TERMS OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR WACO'S PROGRAMS WITH RESTAURANTS AND APARTMENT BUILDINGS. THERE WAS TREE PLANTING, DISCUSSION REGARDING THE SHEETS AND THE E, P AND COMBINATION OF DONATIONS AND TREES. THERE'S MORE TREE DISCUSSION ON WHERE TO PLANT, WHERE TO PRIORITIZE, AND POTENTIAL PARTNERS. CITY STAFF CAN WORK ON A DRAFT, IS WORKING ON A DRAFT TREE PLANTING PLAN WITH THE WITH SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD AND THE SUSTAINABILITY STAKEHOLDERS GROUP THAT WILL BE ENGAGED. AND FINALLY, THE NEW ALBANY FOUNDATION. JEANS FOR GREEN, THE DENIM, ANY COLOR, ANY STYLE, AND ANY SIZE IS ACCEPTABLE. DROP THE ITEMS OFF INDIVIDUALLY. NO BAGS PLEASE. IN THE BINS AT ONE OF THE SEVEN DESIGNATED LOCATIONS BETWEEN WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8TH AND WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22ND AND APRIL 22ND IS EARTH DAY. CHECK OUT THEIR WEBSITE FOR THE SEVEN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS AND THOSE JEANS GET RECYCLED INTO OTHER MATERIALS. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO SHARE FROM? I THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD MEETING I LIKED. WE TALKED ABOUT THIS WAS KIND OF LONGER TERM, BUT THERE WAS A REALLY GOOD DISCUSSION ABOUT WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO HAVE A HOME FOR COMPOST IN NEW ALBANY OR NEAR NEW ALBANY, WHERE WE WOULD ACTUALLY OWN THE LAND AND POTENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, BE BRINGING OUR COMPOST THERE INSTEAD OF BRINGING IT SOMEWHERE ELSE, WHICH, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF OBSTACLES, HURDLES TO THAT IDEA, BUT JUST THE FACT THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT IT AND PEOPLE SEEM TO BE EXCITED ABOUT THE IDEA. I REALLY ENJOY THAT. AND I REALLY LIKED TALKING ABOUT WHAT COULD WE DO TO ENGAGE MORE APARTMENT BUILDINGS WITH RECYCLING. AND I THINK THERE'S SOME THINGS WE'VE BEEN DOING THERE TRYING TO THINK, WHAT WERE SOME OTHER THINGS? I THINK THOSE ARE KIND OF KEY THINGS THAT THE THE THING THAT FELT SUPPORTIVE WAS THE CHAMBER REPRESENTATIVE WAS TALKING ABOUT, OH, YOU KNOW, WE CAN HELP DO THAT, DO THAT WORK IN TERMS OF AT LEAST COMMERCIAL FOLKS DOWNTOWN. SO WE JUST KIND OF LEFT IT THAT, YOU KNOW, WITH DAVE TAKING OVER NOW THAT WE'VE KIND OF CAN KIND OF REPRIORITIZE WHAT WE WANT TO GO AFTER SOME OF THIS STUFF. THERE WASN'T A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE NEW ALBANY COMPANY, BUT I THINK EVERYONE ELSE WAS THERE. SO THE CONVERSATION ABOUT THE COMPREHENSIVE TREE PROGRAM MAINTENANCE AND ADDING TO THE TREE CANOPY IN NEW ALBANY WAS SOMETHING THAT EVERYONE WAS REALLY SUPPORTIVE OF. AND SO IT SOUNDS LIKE EVENTUALLY WE'LL GET SOME WORK WITH THE FORESTRY, KIND OF HEADING THAT UP AND THEN GETTING SOME FEEDBACK AND INPUTS FROM THE CITY AND TOWNSHIP AND, AND SCHOOL ESPECIALLY. BUT, YOU KNOW, MY BIG THING WAS LIKE, CAN WE MAKE SURE WE'RE INCLUDING THE, THE GOLF COURSES AND ALL THAT KIND OF BUSINESS BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY THINGS THAT HAVE TO TRAVEL, LEISURE TRAILS AND THAT KIND OF THING. SO IT WAS AGAINST ANY OF THAT. SO IT'S GOOD. THIS ONE LAST BUT NOT LEAST, DUE TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF OUR PARKING LOT[VII. Other Business ]
BACK HERE. SO WE HAD TO RELOCATE THE COMPOST BINS. SO THEY'RE, THEY'VE BEEN RELOCATED, RELOCATED TO WHERE THE RED SQUARE IS THERE. SO SORRY. IT'S A LITTLE HARD TO SEE. SOME CONTT HERE'S US 62 HIGH STREET EAGLES PIZZA. SO IT'S IN THIS PARKING LOT RIGHT HERE ON THE SOUTH[00:25:07]
SIDE. SO IF YOU GO OUT THERE TODAY YOU'LL SEE IT'S JUST THREE BINS JUST OUT THERE. WE ARE GOING TO BUILD LIKE A NICE FENCE LIKE WE HAD OUT HERE. YET WE JUST GOT TO GET OOPS IN THE MATERIALS TOGETHER. BUT THAT'S THAT IS BEING ACTIVELY WORKED ON. SO THAT WILL BE IT'S I GUESS IT'S TEMPORARY LOCATION UNTIL NOVEMBER, DECEMBER OF 2027. ONCE ALL THE CONSTRUCTION OUT HERE IS FINISHED. BUT YEAH, WE'LL GET IT LOOKING FAIRLY PERMANENT OUT THERE VERY SOON.WE SHOULD, WE SHOULD HAVE KEPT THAT SHED. WE COULD USE IT FOR THAT. YEAH. GAVE THE SHED AWAY.
AND UP UNTIL THIS POINT IS, HAS THIS ONE BEEN OUR MOST POPULAR DROP OFF? IT HAS. AND HOW HOW LONG HAS IT BEEN IN THIS NEW LOCATION? JUST A DAY. I THINK WE MOVED IT. I THINK WE MIGHT HAVE MOVED IT THIS MORNING. WE WERE HOPING TO GET IT OUT FRIDAY, BUT I THINK IT MIGHT HAVE GOTTEN MOVED FIRST THING THIS MORNING. OKAY, I'LL BE CURIOUS TO SEE HOW I MADE A NOTE. THERE IS, AND THIS HAS BEEN AS OUR WEBSITE BEEN UPDATED. IT HAS THE LOCATION.
OKAY. DO WE HAVE ANY SIGNAGE OUT HERE? LIKE AT LEAST TEMPORARILY IF PEOPLE PULL IN HERE AND ARE LOOKING FOR IT. SO THAT'S SO ACTUALLY THAT'S A GOOD SEGUE. SO UNDER OTHER BUSINESS, WE WERE GOING TO GIVE YOU GUYS AN UPDATE THAT EFFECTIVE APRIL 15TH. WE'RE STILL TRYING TO GET IN FOR MORE INFORMATION, BUT WE'VE BEEN GIVEN A HEADS UP THAT SOME OF THE PARKING LOT WILL BE CLOSED. SO I THINK IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE, FOLKS MAY NOT EVEN BE ABLE TO MAKE IT INTO THIS PARKING LOT BEHIND THE BUILDING HERE SOON. THERE'S THAT SPACE THAT WAS CLEARED ACROSS THE STREET ON VILLAGE HALL, AND THAT'S WHERE THE FUTURE PARKING WILL BE. SO, HEY, WE JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU EVERYBODY HERE A HEADS UP THAT IN MAY, YOU MIGHT BE PARKING IN A DIFFERENT LOCATION, BUT LIKEWISE TO YEAH, AS FAR AS LIKE SIGNAGE GOES, NOTIFYING, THAT'S SOMETHING WE'LL HAVE TO WORK WITH OUR CONTRACTOR TO SEE. YEAH. LIKE WHERE WE CAN, WHERE WE SHOULD PUT THIS SIGN TO. THESE PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR IT HERE AND DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GO. YEAH. I MEAN, EVEN IF THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN FOR TWO WEEKS, PEOPLE THAT ARE BRINGING IT IN HERE, THEY'VE GOT AN IDEA OF WHERE THEY CAN LEARN THE NEW SPOT.
YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. MAYBE A QR CODE THAT TAKES THEM TO THE MAP. OH YEAH. BECAUSE I CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHERE THAT IS. YEAH, I KNOW WE PUT IT OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND YEAH, I DON'T I DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT SUGGESTING THEY COME TO MY DOOR, BUT YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT. DON'T RUB THAT IN. YEAH. OH YEAH. I COULD BRING MY STUFF TO YOUR HOUSE, CHOP IT UP. NOW. YEAH.
THANK YOU FOR THOSE SUGGESTIONS. YEAH. BUT IT WILL CONTINUE TO COLLECT THAT DATA. WE'LL SEE WHE NUMBERS SHOW. YEAH. I'M CURIOUS TO SEE IF THE OTHER ONES PICK UP A LITTLE BIT. IT WILL BEAR OUT. AND THAT'S IT FOR WHAT WE HAVE ON THE AGENDA. GREAT. AND THAT WAS THE ONLY OTHER BUSINESS YOU HAD. YEAH. WE JUST GOT NOTIFIED THIS MORNING. YEAH. OKAY. OKAY. MOVING ON. DOING
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BOARD MEMBERS HAVE COMMENTS OR E TO DISCUSS. I'M GOING TO JUMP IN ON A COUPLE QUICK THINGS AND I'LL OPEN IT UP TO YOU. I MET WITH DAVID AND STEVE, AND WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT KIND OF THE NEXT COUPLE MEETINGS COMING UP. I KNOW FOR MYSELF, I'M GOING TO BE GONE IN JUNE. I THINK A COUPLE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS ARE TALKING ABOUT. THAT MIGHT BE AN OPPORTUNITY. SO I WAS JUST GOING TO ASK IF EVERYBODY COULD NOTIFY DAVE. HE GAVE A CARD TO EVERYBODY. SO EMAIL HIM. JUST SAY, HERE ARE SUMMER PLANS. I'M GOING TO BE HERE OR NOT BE HERE ON THE FOLLOWING MONTHS KIND OF THING. ASSUMING THAT THAT'S, YOU KNOW, JUNE, JULY, AUGUST CONVERSATION.WE WHEN WE HAD OUR ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING. THAT'S WHY I DIDN'T WANT TO NECESSARILY CLAIM A MONTH THAT WE WERE GOING TO TAKE OFF. I'D RATHER KIND OF SEE WHAT PEOPLE'S SCHEDULES BEAR OUT TO BE. SO IF YOU COULD DO THAT THIS WEEK, THAT'D BE AWESOME.
AND THEN. OF COURSE, THE TWO OF US AT LEAST NOW BEING DONE IN JUNE, IT'S KIND OF THROWS A WRENCH IN IT. BUT BY THE JUNE JULY MEETING, I WAS HOPING TO HAVE USE THAT MEETING AS A WORKING MEETING TO KIND OF DO A YEAR IN REVIEW SO FAR, SOMETHING WE TRY TO DO LAST YEAR. AND I THINK, AGAIN, SCHEDULES KIND OF GOT WONKY. SO WE DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO HAVE THAT TIME TOGETHER. BUT JUST TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, HERE'S WHAT WE'VE DONE FOR THE FIRST QUARTER, WHICH WE'RE VERY PROJECT HEAVY IN FIRST QUARTER OF EVERY SINGLE YEAR TO KIND OF SAY, THIS IS THINGS WE'RE GOOD, THINGS ARE BAD. I MIGHT WANT TO MODIFY SOME THINGS. AND THE POINT BEING IS THAT WE WILL HELP TO KIND OF GET THE BALL ROLLING. ON PLANNING FOR NEXT YEAR'S FOCUSES, AS WELL AS ANY BUDGETING CONVERSATIONS WE START THINKING ABOUT. SO I
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GUESS ONCE WE KIND OF KNOW WHERE PEOPLE ARE AT, WE CAN GUIDE THAT WHICH MONTH OF THE TWO THAT IS. AND THEN I JUST WANTED TO GIVE FOLKS AN UPDATE. WE STARTED HAVING, I THINK, SOME CONVERSATIONS AT THE END OF LAST MONTH'S MEETING ABOUT SOME OF THE DATA CENTER CONCERNS OR DEVELOPMENTS THAT WERE HAPPENING IN OTHER PARTS OF THE STATE. AND IN CENTRAL OHIO. I WAS NOTIFIED BY THE CITY THAT THERE'S SOME WORK BEING DONE BY THE PLANNING GROUP AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GROUP, AND JUST PUTTING TOGETHER KIND OF A MORE COMPREHENSIVE REPORT ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING, I THINK WHAT FUTURE DEVELOPMENT MIGHT LOOK LIKE OR NOT LOOK LIKE TRULY GETTING SOME DATA FROM THE ENTITIES THAT ARE CURRENTLY EXISTING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THEIR RESOURCES RESOURCE USES ARE. SO I DON'T HAVE A.JIN'S GETTING ANY KIND OF UPDATE TO ANYBODY AT COUNCIL ABOUT THAT, BUT I GOT THE IMPRESSION IT WAS LIKE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS THAT IT WAS HAPPENING. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.
AND SAME I TOUCH BASE AND IT'S THE PROCESS HAS BEGUN AND I'M HOPING TO SEE SOMETHING IN THE NEXT. OKAY, GREAT. YOU KNOW THAT'S BEEN A CONCERN OF A FEW MEMBERS. YEAH. AND THEN JUST LASTLY, I, I DON'T THINK I SAW ANYBODY ELSE. I SAT IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, HAD A RECAP OF THE NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BUILDING THAT'S GETTING PUT IN. THEY KIND OF JOINED HAD EVERYONE COME BACK. THAT WAS PART OF THAT SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY GROUP THAT THEY PUT TOGETHER AND KIND OF WENT THROUGH ALL THE ELEMENTS. GOOD NEWS, BAD NEWS. IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S SLIGHTLY MODIFIED, THE BUILDING SLIGHTLY MODIFIED FROM HOW THEY WERE PRESENTING IT AFTER COMING THROUGH ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW. BUT MOST OF THE IDEAS THAT THEY PUT OUT IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, BEING HIGH INSULATION BUILDING, IT'S SOLAR READY. IT DIDN'T HAVE THAT AS PART OF THE PROJECT BUILT IN IN TERMS OF HAVING IT DONE, BUT IT IS SOLAR READY.
THERE WERE THEY TALKED ABOUT HOW THEY WERE PUTTING SOME DIFFERENT DRIVES IN. SO THAT DID INCREASE SOME TREE REMOVAL. BUT OF COURSE, THEY'RE PUTTING NEW TREES BACK IN. AND THAT WAS AGAIN, STRESSED ABOUT THE CALIBER OF THE TREE BEING SOMETHING THAT WAS OBVIOUSLY YOU'RE NOT GOING FOR ONE FOR ONE IN SOME OF THOSE OLD GROWTH AREAS, BUT THEY WERE DOING A GOOD JOB OF THAT. HAD A LITTLE MORE PARKING THAN I WAS COMFORTABLE WITH, BUT WASN'T GOING TO WIN THAT BATTLE. IT WAS JUST A COMMENT MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE. SO YEAH, WE DIDN'T DIDN'T GET MUCH OF THE THINGS THAT WERE TALKED ABOUT IN TERMS OF LIMITING IMPERVIOUS SURFACES DIDN'T REALLY UNFORTUNATELY HAPPEN. BUT THERE IS AN AREA THAT THE BUILDING WHERE IT WAS KIND OF A AN L, NOW IT'S MORE OF A U. AND THERE'S AN AREA IN BETWEEN TWO WINGS THAT IS NOT SPOKEN FOR YET. THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT DOING KIND OF A LEARNING LAB, OUTDOOR LEARNING LAB AREA. AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I PITCHED OUT BECAUSE WHAT THEY WERE GOING TO DO IS JUST LAY SOD THERE UNTIL THEY WERE FIGURING THIS OUT. AND LIKE, IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO DO THAT, COULD WE JUST PUT RUBBER MULCH OR SOMETHING IN THERE? SO YOU'RE NOT HAVING TO AGAIN, HAVE MOWING AND FERTILIZING AND WATERING IN THIS AREA IF IT'S NOT BEING USED FOR WHAT YOU WANT TO USE IT FOR IMMEDIATELY. SO I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT'S GONE, BUT AT LEAST THE DISTRICT TOOK THAT BACK AS A, AN OPPORTUNITY MAYBE, BUT THAT WAS THAT. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. ANYONE ELSE? I JUST HAVE A GENERAL QUESTION I WAS READING IN THE CITY'S 2025 ACCOMPLISHMENTS, SPECIFICALLY IN THE SUSTAINABILITY SECTION THAT THEY RESERVE FOR NEW DEVELOPMENTS, 20% OF THE LAND FOR GREEN SPACE. I'M JUST CURIOUS TO SEE WHAT THAT MEANS. IS THAT GREEN SPACE FOR PARKS AND PEOPLE? IS THAT GREEN SPACE FOR CORRIDORS? IS IT NET OF FLOODPLAINS AND WETLANDS, THINGS LIKE THAT? DOES IT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT SENSITIVE ENVIRONMENTS, TREE CANOPIES, WETLANDS, STUFF LIKE THAT. SO I'M JUST CURIOUS IF THERE'S ANY THOUGHT THAT GOES INTO THAT. I DON'T NEED AN ANSWER NOW. BUT JUST FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION, SENATOR STEVE IS ACTUALLY THE PERFECT. SINCE HE THAT WAS HIS OLD JOB. THAT'S RIGHT. YEAH, YEAH. SO FOR ALL NEW RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISIONS, THE CITY'S SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS REQUIRE THAT. YEAH. 20% OF THE GROSS LAND HAS TO GO TOWARDS OPEN SPACE. SO AND THERE'S ALSO AN ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT THAT EVERY HOUSE FOR EVERY HOUSE, THE DEVELOPER HAS TO DEDICATE AN ADDITIONAL 2400FT■!S OF PARKLAND. SO THAT CAN QUICKLY ADD UP TO PARKS. SO HOW THAT'S DECIDED, HOW THAT'S LIKE KIND OF UTILIZED AND WHERE THAT GOES.
OUR CITY CODE DOES PROVIDE SOME GENERAL GUIDANCE. IT DEFINITELY DOES PRIORITIZE WETLANDS AND
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ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE AREAS. WE ALSO HAVE ADDITIONAL LAYERS FOR STREAM BUFFERS. SO WE HAVE RIPARIAN CORRIDOR REQUIREMENTS WHERE NO DEVELOPMENTS ALLOWED. IN ADDITION TO OUR FLOODPLAIN CODE, ALL NEW SUBDIVISIONS GO BEFORE THE CITY'S PARKS AND TRAILS ADVISORY BOARD. SO IT'S REALLY THE PARKS AND TRAILS ADVISORY BOARD AND OUR PLANNING COMMISSION THAT REVIEW THESE DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS TO ENSURE THERE'S ADEQUATE AND THE RIGHT TYPE OF PARKS, YOU KNOW, BEING PROVIDED FOR EACH OF THESE SUBDIVISIONS. OUR CODE CONTEMPLATES, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S A SMALL SUBDIVISION, RIGHT, THEN MAYBE THE APPROPRIATE PARK SPACE IS A TOT LOT, RIGHT? OR SOMETHING ELSE. THERE'S BEEN OTHER SUBDIVISIONS I KNOW WHERE THERE'S BEEN SOME UNIQUE ENVIRONMENTAL, EXISTING AREAS. AND SO WE'VE WORKED WITH DEVELOPERS IN OUR, OUR PARKS BOARD TO ACTUALLY LIKE BRING PEOPLE TO THOSE SPACES, RIGHT? SO INSTEAD OF HAVING A TRADITIONAL TOT LOTS, WE'VE ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, SORT OF LIKE TAKEN A PAGE OUT OF ROSE RUN WHERE YOU SORT OF ACTIVATE THAT SPACE TO MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT OF LIKE A LEARNING LAB AND, AND HAVE PEOPLE INTERACT WITH THE ENVIRONMENT ITSELF. SO THAT'S SORT OF LIKE A, MAYBE A QUICK ANSWER OR NOT SO QUICK ANSWER FOR RESIDENTIAL, FOR BUSINESSES, LIKE IN THE BUSINESS PARK, THEY DON'T PROVIDE PARKS AND OPEN SPACE. THEY THE TYPICAL REQUIREMENT IN THE CITY IS, IS A MAXIMUM LOT COVERAGE REQUIREMENT. AND SO A TYPICAL BUSINESS HAS A MAXIMUM LOT COVERAGE OF, I WOULD SAY 70%. SOMETIMES IT'S UP TO 80%. SO WHILE THAT DOESN'T PROVIDE ACTIVE SPACE OR PASSIVE SPACE FOR, YOU KNOW, RESIDENTS TO USE, IT DOES REQUIRE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF THAT LAND BE UNDEVELOPED AND REMAIN GREEN SPACE. AND SO I KNOW ALSO AS PART OF OUR PLANNING COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL, WHEN THEY HEAR REZONINGS IS TO MAKE SURE THERE' S, WE GO FOR, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE RETAINING TREE STANDS AND FORESTED AREAS TO THE GREATEST DEGREE POSSIBLE W WHEN PUTTING N AND TREE PROTECTION ZONES FOR BOTH RESIDENTIAL AND BUSINESSES, WHEN LOOKING AT POSSIBLE DEVELOPMENT AREAS. YOU FEEL LIKE NEW ALBANY IS IS 20%. MAYBE YOU DON'T KNOW, BUT I'M JUST CURIOUS HOW THAT WOULD COMPARE TO OTHER COMMUNITIES IN TERMS OF THE AMOUNT OF GREEN SPACE REQUIRED. YEAH, I, I DON'T KNOW FROM A CODE STANDPOINT, I KNOW FROM A GENERAL AND THIS IS IN OUR ANNUAL REPORT, WE BREAK DOWN FROM LAND USE PERCENTAGES. I THINK WE'RE I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THIS YEAR'S AGAIN, BUT TYPICALLY WE'RE OVER LIKE, I THINK LIKE 10 OR 15% GENERAL, LIKE OPEN SPACE, WHICH I THINK IS VERY HIGH FOR A TYPICAL. OR I SHOULD SAY AT LEAST VERY COMPETITIVE FOR, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS OUR SISTER COMMUNITIES GO, LIKE SUBURB COMMUNITIES IN CENTRAL OHIO, THAT'S GOOD. AND I THINK A LOT OF OUR DEVELOPMENTS ACTUALLY CLEAR THAT NUMBER, THAT 20% NUMBER. I THINK THAT'S THE MINIMUM STANDARD. BUT THAT IS THE MINIMUM. YEAH. A LOT OF OUR YOU KNOW, WE ARE CHASING EVEN UP TO A THIRD FOR A LOT OF THE PROJECTS FOR OPEN SPACE. YEAH. IT'S HARD TO CALCULATE JUST HOW IT WORKS OUT BECAUSE THERE'S JUST SO MANY LAYERS. THERE'S ALSO SETBACKS, YOU KNOW, AND SETBACKS CAN ALSO CREATE ADDITIONAL GREEN SPACES AND BUFFERS THAT WILL, IT'S JUST AN ADDITIONAL LAYER AND ADDITIONAL REGULATION. SO THERE'S, THERE'S NO ONE SET KIND OF GUIDELINES.THAT'S WHAT KIND OF MAKES PLANNING AND ZONING ADMINISTRATION INTERESTING TO ME. BUT IT'S THROUGH THESE LAYERS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE CITY COMPREHENSIVELY CAN, YOU KNOW, CREATE A LOT OF GREEN SPACE THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. AND, AND THE OVERALL GOAL IS TO TRY TO KEEP THOSE AGRARIAN CORRIDORS, RIGHT? SO ALONG THESE MAIN CORRIDORS HAVE LARGE GREEN BUFFERS. I KNOW IN THE PAST, YEAH, WE HAVE A LOT OF NEW PLANT MATERIAL, RIGHT? SOMETIMES TREES HAVE TO GET REMOVED, BUT I'VE ACTUALLY DONE THE COUNTS BEFORE FOR OTHER AREAS. AND YOU KNOW, WE PLANT THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF TREES OUT THERE. AND I SHOULDN'T SAY WE IT'S ACTUALLY THE DEVELOPERS ARE REQUIRED TO PUT THOSE TREES IN. YEAH. IT SOUNDS LIKE THE CITY'S PUTTING SOME THOUGHT INTO THIS. THAT'S A GOOD THING. AND, YOU KNOW, JUST MAYBE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT IT AND TAKE IT A STEP FURTHER, IF THAT'S APPROPRIATE, I DON'T KNOW. YEAH, THERE'S ALWAYS OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN AND GROW. AND WE'VE DEFINITELY DONE A LOT OF THAT TOO OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. THERE'S DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT TYPE OF TREES. THE THOUGHTFUL APPROACH TO IT. YEAH. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT COMES TO MIND IS JUST THE SIZE OF TREES THAT WE PUT IN. YOU KNOW, INITIALLY WE WERE PUTTING IN THESE SMALL, I CALL THEM LIKE WEBSTER SEEDLINGS. AND I THINK I MIGHT HAVE TOLD YOU THIS BEFORE, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE FOUND OUT THAT PEOPLE WHO MOW THE GRASS DON'T ALWAYS SEE THESE. AND WE ALSO FOUND OUT THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF DEER OUT IN LILILILILILILILILILI OUR BUSINESS PARK AND AROUND HERE, AND THEY LOVE TO MUNCH ON THOSE. SO WE KIND OF WENT FROM, I'VE ALWAYS SAID LIKE A, A
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QUANTITY STANDPOINT TO LIKE A QUALITY STANDPOINT, QUALITY BEING LARGER, FEWER TREES RATHER THAN A LOT OF, OF SMALL TREES, RIGHT. AND IN SPECIFIC AREAS, DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT AREAS CALL FOR DIFFERENT THINGS. BUT THAT'S SORT OF BEEN OUR PHILOSOPHY RECENTLY. I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. PART OF THE QUARTERLY MEETING DISCUSSION WAS, YOU KNOW, THE, THE SHE KEEPS ALL THESE HUGE NUMBERS LIKE 100,000 TREES, WHICH I ASSUME THEY'RE THINKING OF FAIRLY SMALL SEEDLINGS, THAT TYPE OF THING. BUT WOULD IT MAKE MORE SENSE TO TRY TO MOVE THEM TO 25,000, YOU KNOW, 4 TO 6 FOOT TREES AND REALLY GET A HIGHER PERCENTAGE THAT ARE GOING TO SURVIVE ALL THAT SORT OF THING. SO IT'S REALLY YEAH, THAT'S I KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING DAVE AND OUR FORESTERS WORKING ON NOW. WE HOPE TO BRING SOMETHING TO YOU, MAYBE THE FORESTER HIMSELF, HOPEFULLY TO KIND OF GIVE YOU GUYS AN I THINK IT WAS MAYBE THE LAST MEETING. WE SORT OF TALKED ABOUT THE PROGRAMING AND, YOU KNOW, THE CHAIRMAN MENTIONED THIS. AND TO GIVE YOU GUYS A ROUGH DRAFT OF THAT PLANTING PLANS, YOU CAN SEE WHAT AREAS THAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED AND WE CAN SORT OF BRAINSTORM THAT WITH YOU FOLKS AND, AND LET US KNOW YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT. THAT'S A GOOD SEGUE FOR PETE ON ARBOR DAY INSTEAD OF OUR LITTLE YOUR FIFTH GRADERS PLAYING, WE'VE GOT SOME REAL TWO INCH ROOT BALL TREES. OH, REALLY? YOUR KIDS ARE GONNA HAVE TO PLANT. GOOD. YEAH. TIME TO BRING SOME SHOVELS. YEAH, IT'S GONNA BE A LONG DAY FOR THOSE WAIVERS. WAIVERS TO SIGN? YES. THAT'LL BE FINE. ACTUALLY, ASK A QUESTION, THOUGH. IT'S LIKE A GOOD SEGWAY. I REMEMBER LAST YEAR GETTING A POSTCARD THAT WE PUT ON THE FRIDGE THAT WAS LIKE ARBOR DAY, EARTH DAY, AND THERE WERE LIKE SEVERAL LITTLE COMMUNITY EVENTS HAPPENING. I HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THAT FOR THIS YEAR AND BIRTHDAY'S IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS. I FEEL LIKE IT'S LIKE OUR SUPER BOWL, LIKE, WHAT ARE WE DOING? LIKE, ARE THERE THINGS WE CAN BE SHOWING UP TO HELP WITH OR GREEN GUARDIANS INVOLVED? LIKE, IS THERE SOMETHING EARTH FRIENDLY HAPPENING THAT WE SHOULD GET ON OUR CALENDARS OR RADARS? HAVE I MISSED IT? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. WE CAN CERTAINLY SEND OUT THE SCHEDULE OF EVENTS TO THIS GROUP HERE. SO WE DO, YOU KNOW, CITY EVENTS. WE ALSO DO CITY SUPPORTED EVENTS THAT EITHER THE CHAMBER OR OTHER, YOU KNOW, NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS WILL PUT ON. BUT I AGREE WITH YOU. YEAH. LET US TALK WITH OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM AS WELL AND SEE WHAT THEY'VE PUT OUT THERE AND THE SOCIAL MEDIA WORLD. OKAY. BUT I DO REMEMBER YEAH, OUR EARTH DAY AS WELL. YEAH, I KNOW USUALLY LIKE AT THIS HOUSEHOLD, HAZARDOUS WASTE, I THINK SORT OF LIKE THE KICK OFF TO THAT A LITTLE BIT, RIGHT. SO I'M WONDERING IF THERE'S MORE TO COME ON THAT, BUT JUST KIND OF ASSUME. YEAH, WE'LL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU. YEAH, I'M BRINGING MY NOTES BECAUSE I THOUGHT WE HAD THAT BUDGETED. SO YEAH, THAT'S WHY I'M LIKE, I DON'T KNOW IF I MISSED SOMETHING LIKE, OH, LIKE I LIKE, IT'S WORTH CHECKING LITTLE TO DO WITH IT FEELS LIKE.YEAH, YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. I MEAN, I KNOW THAT WE DID HAVE MORE EVENTS, I THINK PREVIOUSLY, LIKE THEY DID A NATIVE PLANT EVENT AND TRYING TO REMEMBER WHAT ELSE WE HAD.
YOU DID ONE, RIGHT? WELL, YEAH, WE HAD THE OUTDOOR DAY. THEY DECIDED NOT TO DO THAT THIS YEAR WITH COSI. WE DID IT WITH THE TAYLOR FARM LAST YEAR. SO YEAH, THEY'RE NOT DOING THAT THIS YEAR. THESE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS I'M THINKING OF. BUT I'M LIKE, I THINK THAT EVERYTHING I'VE DONE AROUND EARTH DAY WAS INVOLVED THROUGH SCHOOL. UNLESS. YEAH. BUT I THINK IT IS SOMETHING TO CONSIDER FOR NEXT YEAR IS TO GET AHEAD OF THAT. AND ARE THERE OTHER EVENTS THAT ARE COMMUNITY ORIENTED? I MEAN, ARBOR DAY THING, YOU KNOW, WE GOT 300 KIDS THAT COME OUT AND PLANT, BUT IT'S REALLY FOR KIDS. THEY'RE GOING TO BRING HOME A BABY TREE. BUT YEAH, BUT THINGS WERE FAMILIES COULD COME, THAT KIND OF STUFF. SO YEAH, OKAY.
JUST THOUGHT I WOULD. GOOD THINGS TO BRING UP AT OUR MID-YEAR REVIEW. YEAH, YEAH.
JUST AN ADD ON TO THAT. I KNOW THAT ADRIAN, WE HAD TALKED AT ONE POINT ABOUT DOING SOME TYPE OF A SUSTAINABILITY SUMMIT AND MAYBE INCORPORATING BECAUSE IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ARBOR DAY OR ARBOR DAY, LIKE WE DID BEFORE WITH THE POSTCARD, I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE THAT, BUT INCORPORATING ALL THE DIFFERENT INITIATIVES THAT WE'VE STARTED HERE, RIGHT FROM THE THE TREE EXCHANGE TYPE THING TO THE STUDENTS, LIKE THE WONDERFUL VIDEO THAT THEY DID FOR STUDENTS TO APPLY FOR THE GRANTS, THAT TYPE OF THING. I THINK IT'S NICE TO HAVE THAT HOLISTIC PACKAGE ON A CARD AND SAY, OKAY, HERE'S ALL THE THINGS THAT YOUR CITY IS DOING FOR SUSTAINABILITY. AND THIS IS WHAT WE LIKE, KIND OF REALLY PLUG IT OUT THERE AND GET IT OUT THERE. I THINK PEOPLE WILL GET BEHIND THAT. BUT AGAIN, I THINK ALSO WITH THE TRANSITION TO CHELSEA AND YOU COMING, I THINK THERE WAS LIKE TIMING STUFF. BUT I HOPE NEXT YEAR WE CAN DO SOMETHING MUCH BIGGER THAT WAY TOO. SO WE'LL PUT THAT ON THE LIST, RIGHT? YEAH.
THANKS. I'LL DIG THROUGH MY STUFF TOO, BECAUSE CLEARLY MY AMAZINGLY ORGANIZED, ORGANIZED
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FOLDERS AND JUMPING OUT AT ME WITH THE BUDGET INFORMATION. BUT ONE LAST THING I WAS JUST FLIPPING THROUGH. I REMIND MYSELF NEXT MONTH WE HAVE ON THE AGENDA TO HAVE THE ECOS PROGRAM PRESENTED TO US. THERE'S A REVISED ECOS PROGRAM. CAN WE GET THE UPDATED STANDARDS TO THE BOARD MEMBERS PRIOR FOR PRE-READ? BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION HERE. AND I REMEMBER FOR MYSELF THE LAST TIME THEY DID THE PRESENTATION, I'M LIKE SCRAMBLING, TRYING TO READ AS THEY'RE GIVING THE PRESENTATION. AND AGAIN, THERE'S A LOT TO DIGEST. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE? ANYONE? GREAT. I WILL MOVE TO ADJOURN THIS MEETING. CALL IT 720 AND I HAVE A SECOND. SECOND. THANK YOU. IT'S A NEW RECORD. DON'T GET USED TO IT. MR. SCHUMACHER. YES, MR. BARNES? YES, MISS GALLO? YES, MISS SCOTT? YES. MR. YES.MR. OR MISS KOPPELMAN. YES. MR. BURAK. YES. MISS GRIFFITH. YES. OH, SORRY. SHE'S JUST HAPPY TO.
I CONCUR, THAT'S WHAT YOU GAVE HER THE CHANCE. SHE WILL NOT PASS. SO M
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