[I. Call to Order ]
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          THE. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10TH, 2026 MEETING OF THE NEW ALBANY SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD MEETING AT 631. CAN STAFF PLEASE READ ROLL CALL, MISS GALLO? YES. MR. BARNES. YES, MISS COACHMAN HERE, MISS KOPPELMAN HERE. MR. BJORK HERE. AND WE HAVE A COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          YES, HERE. AND WE HAVE MR. SCHUMER, WHO'S ABSENT, MISS SCOTT, WHO'S ABSENT, AND MISS 
          [III. Action of Minutes:  May 13, 2026 Meeting Minutes ]
GRIFFITH, BUT WE HAVE QUORUM. OKAY. THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE ACTION OF MINUTES FOR THE MAY 13TH, 2026 SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD MEETINGS. DO ANY BOARD MEMBERS HAVE CORRECTIONS TO THE MINUTES? OKAY. CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE APRIL 8TH? WELL, THAT'S WRONG RIGHT THERE. THE MAY 13TH MEETING MINUTES. MOVED. YES. SECOND. OKAY. THAT'S NOT IT. THAT'S NOT IT. OKAY. WE'VE GOT THE MOTION. SO YOU READ THE MISS GALLO? YES. MR. BARNES. 
          YES. MISS. KOCIAN. YES. MISS. KOPPELMAN YES. MR. BURAK. YES. COUNCILMEMBER. ARE THERE ANY 
          [IV. Additions or Corrections to Agenda ]
ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS TO THE AGENDA FROM STAFF? NO. OKAY. NOW IS THE TIME FOR HEARING OF 
          [V. Hearing of Visitors for Items Not on Tonight’s Agenda ]
VISITORS FOR ITEMS NOT ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK TONIGHT? THERE YOU GO. HELLO? HELLO. DO WE NEED NAME AND ADDRESS? OF COURSE. JEREMY CRAM 3988 FARBER COURT. SO WHEN I GOT THE ANNUAL REPORT FROM THE CITY, TWO THINGS JUMPED OUT AT ME RELATED TO SUSTAINABILITY. ONE WAS THE TOPIC OF GREEN SPACE. TALK ABOUT THE 20% GREEN SPACE I KNOW WE'RE ALL VERY PROUD OF, BUT WHEN I LOOKED AT IT, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT OCCURRED TO ME IS, WHAT DO WE MEAN BY GREEN SPACE? BECAUSE IT RUNS THE GAMUT IN NEW ALBANY, RIGHT FROM, YOU KNOW, TAYLOR FARM WAS BEAUTIFULLY DONE, TAKING AN OLD FARM AND TURNING IT INTO WHAT'S TRULY GREEN SPACE, RIGHT? WETLANDS AND ALL THAT TO, YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT ARE BASICALLY TRAFFIC ISLANDS. AND IN SOME CASES, BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, THE SAME TURF GRASS THAT MANY OF US HAVE FOR OUR LAWNS. SO GREEN SPACE KIND OF SPANS A WHOLE LOT. MUCH OF WHAT I THINK WE CALL GREEN SPACE, YOU KNOW, IT'S GREEN IN COLOR. BUT I THINK FROM A SUSTAINABILITY, I THINK MANY OF YOU GUYS WOULD PROBABLY AGREE PROBABLY ISN'T THE MOST SUSTAINABLE TERMS OF WHAT WE MEAN BY GREEN SPACE. AND SOMETIMES LIKE, YOU KNOW, GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE, RIGHT? DEVELOPER COMES IN, I KNOW THIS IS GETTING INTO A TOUGH AREA, ESPECIALLY WITH NEW ALBANY, BUT DEVELOPER COMES IN AND SAY THEY WANT TO DEVELOP FIVE ACRES, RIGHT? SO THEY WANT TO PUT FIVE HOUSES THERE. AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? WELL, YOU COULD DO FIVE HOUSES ON FIVE ACRES, BUT THEY NEED THEIR 20% GREEN SPACE, RIGHT? SO WHAT DO THEY DO? THEY PUT THE LOTS DOWN TO 0.8. AND THEN THEY CREATE ONE ACRE THAT THEY CALL GREEN SPACE. BUT THAT GREEN SPACE MIGHT JUST BE SOME TRAFFIC ISLANDS, SOME CUL DE SACS, WHATEVER ELSE. NOT PERHAPS THE MOST GREEN THING WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY. SO I GUESS MY FIRST THING CHALLENGE MAYBE FOR THIS GROUP, WHAT DO WE MEAN BY GREEN SPACE AND DO WE NEED TO KIND OF RELOOK AT THAT AND CHALLENGE THE CITY COUNCIL TO SAY, WHAT DO WE MEAN BY GREEN SPACE? RIGHT? IS IT JUST GREEN IN COLOR, OR DOES IT ACTUALLY HAVE TO HAVE SOME ELEMENT OF SUSTAINABILITY TO IT? SO I GUESS THAT'S MY FIRST POINT. SECOND ONE THAT CAME UP WAS SOMETHING ABOUT THE LED LIGHTS. AND AGAIN, I'M GOING TO GO TO A TOUGH PLACE ON THIS ONE, RIGHT? IT'S GREAT THAT WE'VE GONE AND CONVERTED ALL OF OUR LIGHTS TO LEDS. UNFORTUNATELY, I THINK PROBABLY EVERYTHING THAT WAS BENEFIT THAT CAME FROM THAT HAS BEEN MORE THAN OFFSET BY WHAT'S A GROWING PREVALENCE OF GAS LIGHTS. AND I KNOW THAT'S ALL BEING DONE BY PRIVATE FOLKS. 
          AND I'M NOT A BIG FAN OF, YOU KNOW, MORE REGULATIONS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. BUT, YOU KNOW, THOSE THINGS RUN 24 OVER SEVEN, 365 DAYS A YEAR BY MY CALCULATIONS. AND THIS IS BASED OFF SOME FINANCIALS AND WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, ABOUT 50 TIMES THE COST AND 50 TIMES THE CO2 OF AN ELECTRIC LIGHT. HAPPY TO WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT AFTER. I CAN SHARE THAT WITH YOU. AND, YOU KNOW, EVEN IN LONDON WHERE WE KIND OF MODEL A LOT OF OUR STUFF, AND I WAS THERE OVER SPRING BREAK, AT LEAST THEY'RE OUT. GAS LIGHTS HAVE IGNITERS AND THEY GO OFF DUSK TO DAWN. THE ONES THAT ARE GOING UP AROUND NEW ALBANY DON'T. AND IF YOU GO INTO SOME 
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OF THE NEW DEVELOPMENTS AND AGAIN, I'M GETTING TREADING GENTLY HERE BECAUSE I AM, BY THE WAY, A MEMBER OF THE NEW ALBANY COUNTRY CLUB COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION BOARD. BUT I'M NOT SPEAKING FOR THAT BOARD. BUT THOSE GAS LIGHTS GOING IN JUST KIND OF GO VERY MUCH IN THE DIRECT AGAINST THE DIRECTION OF SUSTAINABILITY. SO ANYWAY, CHALLENGE YOU GUYS ON WHAT DO WE MEAN BY GREEN SPACE, YOU KNOW, WHO CAN CONVERT SOME OF OUR EXISTING GREEN SPACE INTO SOMETHING THAT'S A LITTLE GREENER? AND THEN THIS QUESTION TO TOUCH YOU ON, ON GAS LIGHTS. 
          SO ANYWAY, APPRECIATE THE TIME. I'LL STICK AROUND AND HEAR WHAT ELSE YOU GUYS GOT GOING ON. IF YOU GUYS GOT QUESTIONS, HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM. OKAY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. JEREMY. I HAVE A COUPLE MEETINGS AGO AS PART OF THE SAME THING. AFTER READING THAT REPORT, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT REPORT, ABOUT 80% GREEN SPACE. AND I HAVE THE SAME QUESTION. I THINK WE NEED TO FIND WAYS TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE THOUGHTFUL ON WHAT GREEN SPACE MEANS AND WHAT WE PUT IN. 
          SO I'M NOT COMPLETELY OUT IN LEFT FIELD ON THIS ONE. YEAH, I AGREE, I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE WERE I WAS WATCHING THE DEVELOPMENTS ON THE LIKE THE PRAIRIE HOUSE DEVELOPMENT THAT'S COMING ONLINE. AND HOW ARE THEY CALCULATING THE SPACE IS NOT JUST A, A RAW NUMBER, BUT IN TERMS OF LIKE SUPPORTING WILDLIFE, SUPPORTING BIODIVERSITY, SUPPORTING ALL THESE OTHER THINGS. SO I DO THINK IT'S SOMETHING WE'RE INTERESTED IN. I DON'T KNOW THE PATH FORWARD ON THAT. BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S TO ME, IT SHOULD BE KIND OF A CASE BY CASE BASIS AS FAR AS WHAT IS CURRENTLY THERE, WHAT IT'S WORTH MAINTAINING THAT HAS A BENEFIT BOTH TO RESIDENTS, BUT ALSO TO WILDLIFE AND OTHER THINGS, AND THEN TRYING TO COME UP WITH SOME KIND OF A FAIR, BALANCED APPROACH TO IT. I'M NOT REALLY FAMILIAR WITH THE GAS. I MEAN, I GUESS I NOW THAT I THINK ABOUT IT, I'VE SEEN GAS LIGHTS AROUND. WE DON'T HAVE IT IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD. BUT SO LIKE THE COUNTRY CLUB AND WHERE ELSE LIKE THE NEIGHBORHOOD ACROSS THE STREET FROM MARKET STREET. SO WHERE ELSE? ELY THERE ARE CERTAIN IT'S NOT THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE COUNTRY CLUB, THERE ARE CERTAIN KIND OF SUBDIVISIONS THAT ARE. AND, YOU KNOW, I'LL EXPAND ON. I GUESS WE'LL START WITH NUMBER ONE. I WISH PETE WAS HERE TONIGHT OR NOT. PETE. 
          STEVE MAYER AS OUR OUR PLANNING GUY WHO WAS AT OUR LAST MEETING. BUT THERE ARE CRITERIA FOR THAT 20%. IT ISN'T JUST, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S NOT A HOUSE, IT COUNTS. AND, YOU KNOW, YARDS DON'T COUNT LIKE THE PRAIRIE. THE PRAIRIE HOUSE DEVELOPMENT IS A GOOD EXAMPLE WHERE IT IT, YOU KNOW, THE PUBLIC, YOU KNOW, PLAYGROUNDS IN THE PARK, THERE IS GREEN SPACE IN LIKE RESERVE AREAS THAT ARE DESIGNED. BUT THERE ARE CRITERIA NOW, WHETHER IT'S CRITERIA THAT, YOU KNOW, ADDRESSES EVERYTHING THAT THIS BOARD WOULD WANT TO SEE. I CAN'T ANSWER THAT, BUT I DO THINK IT'S A VALID DISCUSSION TO HAVE MAYBE GET STEVE IN HERE AND SAY, OKAY, THIS THIS IS WHAT CONSTITUTES GREEN SPACE. AND WE CAN MAKE OFFER OPINIONS AND SUGGESTIONS ON HOW WE CAN KIND OF FURTHER DEFINE THAT. SO WE CAN DEFINITELY DIG INTO THAT. THERE'S NOTHING TOUCHY ABOUT THE GAS LIGHTS. I THINK THEY'RE STUPID. LIKE I WILL BE, YOU KNOW, ON THE RECORD. I THINK THEY'RE STUPID. I THINK IT'S I HALF THE TIME I WALK THROUGH ELY, HALF OF THEM ARE OUT AND I JUST SMELL GAS. I'VE SHARED THIS WITH NEW ALBANY COMPANY BECAUSE THEY'RE THE DEVELOPER THAT PREFERS THEM. SO I, I THINK IT'S A GOOD DISCUSSION TO START TO HAVE WHERE I DON'T THINK THEY'RE NECESSARY. AND WE COULD DEFINITELY MAKE THAT. IT WOULD BE A GREAT THING IF THIS BOARD FEELS SO INCLINED TO MAKE A SUGGESTION TO COUNCIL IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE WANT TO TAKE UP. BUT I COMPLETELY AGREE THAT IT'S KIND OF SILLY. IT'S IT NEVER OCCURRED TO ME THAT IT'S ACTUAL GAS. I ASSUMED IT WAS. I MEAN, THEY MUST HAVE LIGHTS THAT HAVE THAT SAME EFFECT OF LOOKING LIKE GAS. YEAH. THAT YOU COULD POTENTIALLY REPLACE THEM WITH OR SOMETHING. BUT YEAH, I AGREE WITH YOU. AND YEAH, I THERE ARE ONES THAT WHEN THEY GO OUT, THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO RELIGHT, BUT THEY DON'T. SO YEAH, IF A LOT OF THEM DO YOU SMELL GAS AND LOOK AROUND, YOU'LL PROBABLY SEE A LIGHT THAT'S OUT. SO YEAH. YES. SO VERY GOOD POINTS AND WE APPRECIATE YOU SHARING. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. I NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT THE GAS LIGHTS, BUT IN GENERAL, WHEN I STAND IN MY DRIVEWAY IN HAMPSTEAD VILLAGE AND LOOK UP ON THE DARK NIGHT, MAYBE I CAN SEE 30 STUFF. SO LIKE, YEAH. THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS. 
          GAS LIGHTS ARE OUT ANYWAY, SO THAT'S LED MIGHT MAKE IT WORSE. SO YEAH. ALL RIGHT. APPRECIATE 
          [VI. Business]
IT. THANK YOU. THANKS. OKAY. I'LL NOW TURN IT OVER TO STAFF TO TAKE US THROUGH THE ITEMS OF BUSINESS. THANK YOU CHAIR AND JEREMY, IF YOU COULD REMEMBER TO SIGN IN AND GET YOUR EMAIL SO YOU'D BE IN TOUCH WITH YOU. OKAY, SO FIRST UP, WE HAVE OUR ECOS PROGRAM UPDATE. WE HAVE 
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SORRY, I'M SORRY. SARAH ZIEGLER, WHO'S GOING TO PRESENT ON THAT ALONG WITH RYAN HANIGAN AFTER THAT. AND SARAH, FEEL FREE TO USE THE PODIUM IF YOU'D LIKE. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE TODAY AND TO ADDRESS YOU AGAIN. YOU MAY RECALL ABOUT LAST YEAR WE CAME AND TALKED TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT. THANK YOU. THE ECOS PROGRAM, THE ENVIRONMENTAL CRITERIA AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAM. WE ENGAGED IN A DESIGN LAST YEAR, AND THEY SPOKE TO US ABOUT SOME OF THE PLANS THAT THEY HAD TO HELP US UPDATE THE PROGRAM. IT WAS ORIGINALLY CREATED IN 2011, AND A LOT OF THOSE STANDARDS THAT WERE CREATED THEN HAVE BECOME COMMONPLACE. AND SO WE WERE WORKING TO UPDATE THEM AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE WORKING IN THE MOST UPDATED ENVIRONMENT. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO THE ECOS PROGRAM IS AVAILABLE TO COMPANIES THAT ARE LOOKING TO COME TO NEW ALBANY AND ALSO TO GROW. THERE ARE VERY FEW MUNICIPALITIES THAT USE AN ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAM WITH THEIR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. SO THE CITY OF NEW ALBANY, WE USE THE CRA, WHICH STANDS FOR THE COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT AREA. AND IT'S A TAX INCENTIVE. AND IT'S WE USE THE PROGRAM, MEANING THAT THE COMPANIES HAVE TO BECOME. THEY HAVE TO USE THE ECOS PROGRAM. AND IT'S, IT'S OUR MANUFACTURING AND WAREHOUSE AND COMPANIES THAT ARE THE ONES THAT ARE HELD TOWARDS THE ECOS PROGRAM. AND IT IS IT IS A REQUIREMENT THAT THE COMPANIES KNOW RIGHT FROM THE BEGINNING OF THEIR INVESTMENT THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE HELD TO. AND THE THERE'S AN EDUCATION AND A VERIFICATION PROGRAM THAT OUR INSPECTORS, BUILDING INSPECTORS WORK WITH THE COMPANIES IMMEDIATELY SO THAT THEY ARE SET UP FOR SUCCESS TO REACH THOSE MILESTONES. SO AS I MENTIONED, THE PROGRAM WAS INITIATED IN 2011, AND IT'S PROVEN TO BE A VERY VALUABLE TOOL FOR PROMOTING SUSTAINABILITY HERE IN THE CITY OF NEW ALBANY. AND IT AND AGAIN, IT'S A VERY ESSENTIAL PART OF OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES. IT IS A BALANCE OF MEANINGFUL IMPACT WITHOUT DRIVING AWAY THE PARTICIPANTS AND THE IENTT IN THE CITY. THE CRA PROGRAM ITSELF IS A REAL PROPERTY TAX ABATEMENT, AND IT IS FOR PROJECTS THAT ARE COMPETITIVE AND ALSO WILL BRING NEW JOBS TO THE CITY. THE CRA AND ECOS PROGRAM. THERE ARE TWO LEVELS OF THE INCENTIVE. THERE IS THE ADVANCED LEVEL AND THEN ALSO THE BASELINE LEVEL. IF THE COMPANY IS SUCCESSFUL AND IS ABLE TO ACHIEVE A ADVANCED LEVEL, THEY WILL RECEIVE A 15 YEAR, 100% REAL PROPERTY TAX ABATEMENT IF THEY'RE UNABLE TO ACHIEVE THE ADVANCED. AND I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT A MAJORITY OF OUR COMPANIES DO REACH THE ADVANCED LEVEL. THEY WILL HAVE AN INCENTIVE FOR TEN YEARS. SO JUST A COUPLE QUICK NOTES BEFORE I SEND IT TO TO RYAN. BUT WE TALKED ABOUT THAT VERIFICATION PROCESS AND WHERE OUR INSPECTORS ARE WORKING WITH THE COMPANIES VERY CLOSELY. BUT THAT FINAL VERIFICATION IS DONE AT THE VERY END, AND IT HAS TO BE SIGNED OFF BY A CERTIFIED ARCHITECT OR ENGINEER. AS I SAID, THOSE ECOS GUIDELINES THAT WERE CREATED IN 2011 WERE VERY ASPIRATIONAL, BUT STILL ACHIEVABLE AT THAT TIME. AND NOW HERE WE ARE 15 YEARS LATER, AND THOSE ASPIRATIONAL ITEMS HAVE BECOME STANDARD PRACTICES. SO WE'RE VERY HAPPY TO SAY THAT THAT INITIAL PROGRAM VERIFIED 33 BUSINESSES. SO WE FEEL IT WAS VERY IMPACTFUL. AND I BELIEVE WE'RE ONE OF THE VERY FEW CITIES IN OHIO AND PROBABLY THE SMALLEST CITY THAT HAS TAKEN THE STEP TO MARRY. THE INCENTIVE AND THE SUSTAINABILITY GOALS. AND I THINK I'LL PASS IT ON TO RYAN NOW TO TALK ABOUT THE UPDATES. HELLO, EVERYONE. HELLO. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TONIGHT. AS WAS MENTIONED, MY NAME IS RYAN HANNIGAN. I'M THE ASSISTANT BUILDING OFFICIAL, WHICH IS A 
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FANCY WAY OF SAYING THAT INSPECTORS REPORT TO ME AND WE OVERSEE THE BUILDING INSPECTION IN THIS TOWN. WE HAVE A WONDERFUL BUILDING INSPECTOR BY THE NAME OF ALAN DUFFY, AND HE'S A VERY ENVIRONMENTALLY MINDED INDIVIDUAL. AND WHEN THIS PROGRAM FIRST CAME UP IN 2011, HE WAS KIND ENOUGH TO TAKE THE LEAD IN BEING THE ONE TO INTERACT WITH THE DESIGN PROFESSIONALS. IN TERMS OF THE EARLY MEETINGS, EXPLAINING WHAT THIS PROGRAM WAS AND ALSO THE VERIFICATION PROCESS ALL THE WAY THROUGH CONSTRUCTION. SO WE HAD SOMEBODY REALLY KEEPING AN EYE ON IT, MAKING SURE WE WEREN'T GIVING AWAY SOMETHING FOR NOTHING THROUGHOUT THE YEARS. PROBABLY ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO, ALAN CAME TO ME AND SAID, HEY, YOU KNOW, TECHNOLOGY AND SUSTAINABILITY HAS REALLY CHANGED A LOT IN THIS TIME. I REALLY THINK THAT WE NEED TO UPDATE THIS BECAUSE WE'RE GIVING PEOPLE CREDITS FOR LED LIGHTS, GO INTO A HARDWARE STORE. I NOW TRY TO FIND ME SOMETHING THAT'S NOT AN LED LIGHT. YOU'VE ALSO INCREASED THE BASELINE REQUIREMENT FOR WATER EFFICIENCY IN OUR PLUMBING FIXTURES. WE WERE GIVING THEM CREDIT FOR THE ONLY THING THAT YOU CAN BUY. LET'S UPDATE THIS. LET'S GET MORE OF WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE ASKING. AND THANKFULLY, THROUGH HIS ADVOCACY THAT GAVE US THE PUSH TO BE ABLE TO GET TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY, WE ALSO WANTED TO FOCUS ON SOMETHING BEYOND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY. OUR COMPANIES THAT ARE TRYING TO BE MOST COMPETITIVE IN FINDING EMPLOYEES RIGHT NOW ARE ALSO THINKING ABOUT THE WELL-BEING OF THEIR EMPLOYEES, THEIR MENTAL HEALTH, THEIR ABILITY TO GET EXERCISE THROUGHOUT THE DAY. WE REALLY WANTED TO FOLD THIS IN AND REWARD THOSE COMPANIES FOR DOING THOSE THINGS FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES AS WELL. WE SEE THAT IN THINGS LIKE WORKOUT FACILITIES, IN POLLINATOR GARDENS. AND AS THE FIRST TIME FATHER OF A THREE AND A HALF MONTH OLD, I'M VERY GRATEFUL THAT WE NOW ARE SAYING WE'RE CHANGING STATIONS IN MEN'STHROOL OVERDUE. WE ALSO WANTED TO INCREASE THE OVERALL AMOUNT OF POINTS THAT YOU WERE REQUIRED TO HAVE TO BE ABLE TO GET THESE BASELINE BENEFITS. WE ALSO WERE NOTICING WHEN ALAN WAS INTERACTING WITH THESE DESIGN PROFESSIONALS, THAT THEY FOUND IT VERY CONFUSING TO TRULY UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY WERE BEING ASKED TO DO AND HOW THEY COULD BEST PROVE THAT THEY'RE DOING IT. SO WE WANTED TO BREAK THINGS DOWN AND MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT EASIER TO UNDERSTAND BY USING CERTAIN CATEGORIES AND GIVING EXAMPLES. THANK YOU. BY GIVING THEM CATEGORIES THAT THEY COULD FALL INTO AND GIVE THEM EXAMPLES OF WHAT IT IS THEY COULD PROVIDE TO US TO ACHIEVE THAT GOAL. WE ALSO NOTICED THAT A LOT OF OUR COMPANIES WERE DECIDING TO GO WITH THE LEED CERTIFICATION, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN AROUND SINCE I WAS IN SCHOOL. SO THERE'S A LOT OF DESIGN PROFESSIONALS THAT ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH IT, AND WE NEVER HAD A SINGLE INSTANCE OF A COMPANY THAT ACHIEVED LEED THAT DIDN'T GET OUR TAX ABATEMENTS. SO WHY ARE WE ASKING THEM TO THEN GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS ALL OVER AGAIN TO PROVE TO US? WHY NOT JUST SAY, IF YOU GUYS DO LEED OR AN EQUIVALENT PROGRAM, YOU GET IT, YOU'RE GOOD TO GO. SO THAT'S PATH ONE AND MAKING THINGS A LITTLE BIT EASIER FOR THEM. PATH TWO IS SIMILAR TO WHAT WE ORIGINALLY HAD IN THAT IT WAS A CREDIT BASED PROGRAM. WE JUST NOW ARE BREAKING IT DOWN INTO THESE MORE EASILY DIGESTIBLE CATEGORIES. THE THE CATEGORIES THEMSELVES. WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I SHOULD SAY THIS PROGRAM IS NOW UP AND LIVE RIGHT NOW. AND WE DO HAVE COMPANIES THAT HAVE EXPRESSED INTEREST IN IT. WE'VE HAD MEETINGS WITH THEM TO BEGIN THAT PROCESS. WE ALSO DIDN'T WANT TO DISCRIMINATE AGAINST PROGRAMS OTHER THAN LEED. IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT IS EQUIVALENT, IF YOU CAN PROVE THAT TO US, WE ARE MORE THAN HAPPY TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION. 
          WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S KIND OF A TRUST BUT VERIFY THING THERE. AND I'VE ALREADY MENTIONED THE FOCUS ON EMPLOYEE WELL-BEING. THEY HAVE STANDARDS THAT ARE SIMILAR IN CONCEPT TO LEAD, BUT ARE MORE FOCUSED ON THAT. PROGRAMS LIKE, WELL, WE ALSO HAD A QUESTION COME UP A LITTLE BIT EARLIER. I'M GOING TO RUN THROUGH THESE CATEGORIES REALLY QUICKLY OR JUST IDENTIFY THEM. BUT THERE WAS A QUESTION WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU COULDN'T JUST FOCUS ON A SINGLE CATEGORY AND BOOM, YOU'RE DONE TO GET OUR ADVANCED CERTIFICATE, OUR ADVANCE APPROVAL, YOU WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DO THAT. YOU WOULD NEED TO BE IN MULTIPLES. WE HAVE ALSO NOT SEEN THAT BE THE CASE. THERE'S SOMETHING THAT YOU COULD GRAB FROM ALL OF THESE CATEGORIES PRETTY, PRETTY READILY. OKAY. SO WITHIN PATH ONE, WE MENTIONED THIS IDEA OF TRUST, BUT VERIFY. YOU CAN TELL ME THAT YOU'RE GETTING LEED CERTIFICATION. THAT'S GREAT. YOU ALSO NEED TO PROVE IT TO ME. 
          SO WE HAVE A MEETING WITH AN APPLICATION AHEAD OF TIME. YO PR PROVIDE US A FULL SET OF DRAWINGS. SO WE HAVE YOU LOCKED INTO AS TO WHAT THE PLAN IS. 
          AND THEN AT THE END OF THE PROCESS, YOU ARE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE RELIEF CERTIFICATE 
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CERTIFICATE TO US. IN REGARD TO THOSE ULTIMATE CERTIFICATIONS. OKAY. PATHWAY TO THE CREDIT BASED APPROVAL. AND SARAH ALREADY KIND OF TOUCHED ON THIS, BUT WE'VE GOT A BASELINE FOR A TEN YEAR EXEMPTION OF 25 TO 49 POINTS, A 15 YEAR FOR 50 POINTS. AND THEN THERE'S FIVE CATEGORIES ARE THINGS FOR THE SITE, WATER STRATEGY, ANY ENERGY STRATEGY, MATERIALS AND RESOURCES. AND THEN HEALTH AND WELLNESS THAT I'VE TALKED ABOUT. AND WE'VE GOT SOME EXAMPLES OF THAT HERE AS WELL. OKAY. INDOOR WATER USE REDUCTIONS. THIS IS WHERE I WAS TALKING ABOUT THE NATIONAL STANDARD. THE NATIONAL BASELINE HAS BEEN INCREASED. WE'RE ASKING YOU TO GO 30% OF A REDUCTION BEYOND THAT. AND YOU DO THAT BY PROVIDING THE ACTUAL MODELS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE PUTTING INTO YOUR BUILDING WHERE WE CAN DO THE CALCULATION, OR WE HAVE THE DESIGN PROFESSIONAL DO THE CALCULATION TO SHOW THAT ACTUAL REDUCTIONS SO WE CAN VERIFY THAT CONNECTION TO NATURE. MY WIFE WORKS FOR A VERY LARGE COMPANY, AND I ALWAYS KIND OF CHUCKLE AT HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO HER, WHAT DESK SHE GETS AND HOW HAVING VIEWABLE WINDOW, EVEN IF YOU HAVE TO WALK AT IT. WHAT A HUGE DIFFERENCE THAT MAKES IN HER WORKDAY. SO WE'RE REWARDING FOR THINGS LIKE THAT. HAVING WATER ELEMENTS LIKE FOUNTAINS AND PONDS. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN PROVIDE TO US IN AS SIMPLE AS A NARRATIVE IN THAT FLOOR PLAN THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. PLACES RESPITE, NEW FATHER. AGAIN, HAVING THE MOTHER'S ROOM, WE'RE SEEING THIS ALL OVER THE PLACE. AND IT'S A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL THING. THE RESPITE ROOMS WERE ALSO SAYING PRAYER ROOMS COMING UP A LOT MORE OFTEN, WHICH IS REALLY WONDERFUL, BUT IT'S JUST A SPACE THAT SUPPORTS RELAXATION AND RESTORATION. AND AGAIN, THAT CAN BE VERIFIED THROUGH FLOOR PLANS WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF HOW THAT SPACE IS GOING TO BE USED. OKAY, SO WE HAVE UPDATED THE THRESHOLDS FOR THE ECOS PROGRAM. WE'VE MADE IT EASIER IF YOU AUTOMATICALLY IF YOU ARE APPROVED FOR LEED, YOU ARE AUTOMATICALLY TO RECEIVE YOUR ADVANCED TIER. WE'VE MADE IT MORE USER FRIENDLY THROUGH OUR DESCRIPTIONS OF WAYS THAT YOU CAN REACH THE POINTS THAT YOU NEED, AND BREAKING THOSE DOWN INTO CATEGORIES. AND THERE ALSO WAS A FOCUS ON NEW ALBANY STRATEGIC PLAN SUSTAINABILITY GOALS WHEN MA WENT THROUGH THEIR NEW CRITERIA, THEIR SUGGESTIONS FOR CRITERIA, THEY DID REVIEW THAT AND TRY TO INCORPORATE THAT INTO THE POINTS THAT WE WERE ALLOWED TO GIVE. IT ALSO SHOULD BE MENTIONED IF THERE IS SOMETHING THAT A DESIGN PROFESSIONAL FEELS LIKE IS WORTHY OF POINTS, BUT IT'S NOT ON OUR LIST, TELL US ABOUT IT. LET'S SEE IF WE CAN FIND SOME KIND OF A COMPARISON TO WHAT THOSE POINTS MAY BE. SO ALAN IS EMPOWERED TO DO THAT AS WELL. LET ME JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF THE BUSINESSES THAT WE HAVE HERE IN TOWN. VANTRUST IS THE COMPANY THAT HAS ALREADY BEGUN THE PROCESS WITH THE NEW PROGRAM. THEY ARE DESIGNING SHELL BUILDINGS, BUT THEY ARE DESIGNING THEM WITH THIS PROGRAM IN MIND. SO LET'S START FROM A GOOD PLACE SO THAT WHATEVER TENANT EVENTUALLY ENDS UP IN THAT SPACE, THAT THEY WILL BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE THOSE GOALS. AND SARAH, YOU MIGHT NEED TO PROVIDE MORE DETAIL ON THIS, BUT THEY DID MENTION, I BELIEVE IT'S ON ONE OF THEIR EXISTING PROPERTIES THAT THEY ARE CONTEMPLATING ADDING A POCKET PRAIRIE ON THAT. YES. THAT'S CORRECT. THEY'RE RIGHT NOW IN CONSTRUCTING A NEW BUILDING FOR 302,000FT■!S. THEY HAVE SOME PROPERTY IN FRONT THAT THEY KNOW THAT THEY NEED TO DO LANDSCAPING, AND THEY WERE WILLING TO SET ASIDE MORE, DEDICATE MORE SPACE SO THAT THEY CAN THE CITY CAN WORK WITH THEM TO MAYBE PUT IN A POCKET PRAIRIE. SO WE WERE VERY EXCITED THAT THE COMPANY PROACTIVELY THOUGHT AND KNEW THAT THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT THE CITY WOULD BE INTERESTED IN DOING. SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE PLANNERS AND THE COMPANY AND DETERMINE HOW BEST TO, I GUESS, POPULATE THAT PRAIRIE THAT ONE MIGHT GET DONE BEFORE OURS. AND THEN THE OTHER ONE WE WANTED TO KIND OF PUT A SPOTLIGHT ON IS AMGEN BIOTECH. WE ARE PUSHING FOR CARBON NEUTRALITY IN 2027. 
          THEY ARE SIGNIFICANTLY EXPANDING THEIR CAMPUS RIGHT NOW. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS HAVE DRIVEN BY, BUT THEY HAVE DONE NATIVE LANDSCAPING. THEY'VE EXPANDED THEIR ELECTRICAL VEHICLE INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH WE'RE SEEING MUCH MORE COMMONLY NOW, WHICH IS GREAT. THEY'VE GOT A GREAT SOLAR INSTALLATION IN PLACE. AND THEN THERE WAS A VIDEO THAT WE WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU, KIND OF HIGHLIGHTING THAT AS WELL. THANK YOU. 
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AND IT IS, AFTER ALL. IN OHIO MANUFACTURING, IF YOU JUST LOOK AT IT, IT IS. IS RIGHT IN MY BACKYARD. I WENT ON SITE TO SEE HOW THIS GLOBAL SHORTAGE GAVE WAY FOR THE GROWTH. OF COLD STORAGE ROOM TO USE CO2 INSTEAD OF CONVENTIONAL COOLING IS NOT ONLY ENVIRONMENTALLY EFFICIENT, BUT AHEAD OF THE GAME, THE GOVERNMENT SET FORWARD WITH REGARD TO REFRIGERATION THAT'S BEING PHASED OUT. AND THIS WHOLE ROOM ALLOWS US TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THOSE REGULATIONS EVEN BEFORE THEY COME INTO EFFECT. IT'S NOT IT'S NOT COMPARABLE. TO COOL OUR SYSTEMS. WITHOUT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT. SO NANCY SAYS AMGEN CHOSE TO ALBANY TO LEAD IN THE BIOMEDICAL ADVANCEMENT WORLDWIDE, WHETHER IT'S LED LIGHTING OR A SYSTEM THAT USES HEAT. NOT JUST A LOT OF EXERCISE IS REALLY IMPORTANT. 
          AND WE DO MONITOR THE SOLAR USAGE. WE SAVED ABOUT $165,000. WE PLANTED ABOUT $40,000. $0.74, AND WE. ABOUT 300 HOMES ALSO CONTROL THE SUPPLY AND DEMAND OF MEDICINE IN A MORE SUSTAINABLE WAY, SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE NEED. THEY HAVE TO HAVE. AND THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT MISSION IS TO SERVE PATIENTS. AND WITH MORE THAN 300 ACRES TO GROW, AMAZON LEADERS SAY THEY PLAN TO STAY AT EARTH FRIENDLY AS POSSIBLE. SO YOU CAN SEE MORE OF MY CONVERSATION ON. THIS FRIDAY AT 10 P.M. ON. 
          DOES THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? WELL, SINCE WE TALKED ABOUT IT EARLIER, I'M WONDERING WHAT YOUR OPINIONS ARE ON WHAT DEFINES A GREEN SPACE. I VERY MUCH AGREE WITH THAT. STANDARD GRASS IS NOT. OKAY. I THINK IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM. I APPRECIATE THAT YOU GUYS ARE TRYING TO MAKE IT TO MODERNIZE IT. YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU SAID IT, IT GETS IT SHOULD GET HARDER AS, AS THESE THINGS GET MORE STANDARD AND, AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, MORE COST EFFECTIVE FOR COMPANIES TO DO THESE THINGS. I GUESS I'M CURIOUS. SO, SO MOST OF THE COMPANIES YOU'RE WORKING WITH, ARE THEY NEW BUILDS OR ARE THEY CURRENT BUILDS THAT ARE WORKING THROUGH THIS PROGRAM? I MEAN, THEY'RE ALREADY BUILT AND THEN THEY'RE LIKE RETROFITTING OR THAT. NO, IT'S MOSTLY IS THERE ANY WAY TO ENCOURAGE COMPANIES TO APPLY E PROGRAM ONCE IT'S BUILT, OR IT'S PROBABLY IN THEIR MIND TO NOT COST EFFECTIVE TO DO THAT? I THINK BECAUSE THIS WAS AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE, I THINK IT WAS REALLY THE TARGET WAS COMPANIES THAT WERE COMING NEW TO THE AREA, AND ALSO COMPANIES THAT ARE GROWING. SO IF THE COMPANY DOES AN EXPANSION, THEN THE ECOS WILL ALSO BE REQUIRED OF THAT EXPANSION AS WELL. SO IT'S NEW AND EXPANSIONS. SO I'M ALSO CURIOUS, I THINK I MAYBE ASKED THIS LAST TIME, I CAN'T REMEMBER THE ANSWER IS THIS. HOW COMMON IS THIS TYPE OF PROGRAM IN OHIO? THIS IS THE ONLY ONE. I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S THE ONLY ONE. I THINK WE DID A LITTLE RESEARCH AND MAYBE LIKE THE CITY OF COLUMBUS AND THE CITY OF CINCINNATI HAVE SOME SORT OF SUSTAINABLE GOALS. I THINK WE ARE PROBABLY THE SMALLEST CITY TO DO ANYTHING LIKE THIS. THAT'S REALLY COOL. 
          AND I GUESS THE LAST THOUGHT IS, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THE MAIN INCENTIVE FOR A COMPANY IS TO GET THE TAX INCENTIVE. THEY'RE SAVING THEMSELVES MONEY. BUT I JUST AM CURIOUS IF THERE ARE OTHER THINGS WE CAN BE DOING. I MEAN, THIS, YOU KNOW, A NEWS STORY LIKE THAT IS GREAT. BUT 
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AS A CITY, YOU KNOW, TO PROMOTE THE COMPANIES THAT ARE TAKING THIS ON AND TO SAY, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF KIND OF NEGATIVE ATTENTION, ESPECIALLY TOWARD THE DATA CENTERS RIGHT NOW. BUT TO SAY, HEY, THERE'S WHAT'S HAPPENING. AND, YOU KNOW, SO IS THERE A PLACE LIKE A WEBSITE WHERE THERE'S A LIST OF THE COMPANIES THAT ARE PARTICIPATING OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? WELL, I CAN TELL YOU THAT AS PART OF AN INCENTIVE, THE COMPANIES HAVE TO SUBMIT A COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION STATEMENT. AND IN THAT STATEMENT, THEY EXPLAIN ABOUT THE THE INITIATIVES THAT THEY'VE TAKEN TO BE ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY. AND WE SEE QUITE OFTEN. AND THEN I KNOW YOU WERE AVAILABLE. YOU WERE LAST YOUR LAST MEETING YOU TALKED ABOUT AND HOW THEY WERE MAKING A DONATION TO THE CITY FOR TREES. WE ALSO HAVE WILLIAMS. THEY JUST RECENTLY WERE INVOLVED IN THE THE EARTH DAY, ARBOR DAY. SO I'M REALLY WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE. I KNOW MEADOW ALSO HAS A LOT OF. THEY DO A COMMUNITY ACTION GRANT, AND ONE OF THE ENTITIES THAT THEY DONATED TO WAS DAWES ARBORETUM. SO I, I THINK THAT I THINK THE CITY. I THINK THE COMPANIES ARE GENERALLY INVOLVED IN WANTING TO BE ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS IN OUR COMMUNITY, BUT I BELIEVE THERE ARE MANY OF OUR COMPANIES LIKE AMGEN. PHARMAVITE IS ANOTHER ONE. THEY ARE A LEAD COMPANY AS WELL. SO I THINK WE SEE IT QUITE OFTEN. I DON'T KNOW THAT IT ALWAYS MAKES THE NEWS. I THINK WE HEAR A LOT OF THINGS NEGATIVE ABOUT COMPANIES AND THINGS, BUT A LOT OF THE COMPANIES DO HAVE THEIR OWN GOALS AS WELL, THEIR OWN SUSTAINABILITY GOALS, AND ARE LOOKING TO BE INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY. I THINK LAST MEETING WE HAD TALKED ABOUT MAYBE BRAINSTORMING, L FUNDRAISING OR SPONSORS OF EVENTS LIKE OUR WASTE DRIVES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. LIKE, I WONDER IF THERE'S A WAY TO TIE IN COMPANIES IN NEW ALBANY WHO ARE OBVIOUSLY PRIORITIZING SUSTAINABILITY AS SOMETHING THAT IS IMPORTANT TO THEM, JUST SOMETHING THAT WOULD GIVE THEM MORE VISIBILITY AND KIND OF SERVE A LOT OF PURPOSES AT ONCE TO HELP THEIR JUST COMMUNITY PRESENCE, WHILE ALSO HELPING SPONSOR SOME OF OUR LIKE, SUSTAINABILITY FORWARD EVENTS THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR A LITTLE BIT OF HELP WITH. I FEEL LIKE THERE'S OPPORTUNITY HERE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS YET EXACTLY, BUT I FEEL LIKE THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD LOOK INTO. ABSOLUTELY. I KNOW ABERCROMBIE AND FITCH. I BELIEVE THEY WERE INVOLVED WITH THE FOUNDATION AND THAT EVENT TO RECYCLE JEANS. THAT WAS A VERY BIG ENDEAVOR. 
          AND I BELIEVE THEY DID IT FOR A SECOND TIME. ACTUALLY. WE ALSO HAVE A COMPANY IN THE PARK, AND I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU'VE EVER TOURED THEM. VERTEX. HAVE YOU TOURED VERTEX? YEAH. SO THAT'S ANOTHER COMPANY THAT'S A SHINING STAR WHEN IT COMES TO SUSTAINABILITY. COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS. OR IS IT SMALLER OFFICES AND RETAIL? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. IT IS MORE INDUSTRIAL COMPANIES. WE DON'T WE DO NOT INCENTIVIZE RETAIL THROUGH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES. YEAH. IT'S GOING TO BE MY NEXT QUESTION IS AS YOU ALREADY BUILT, YOU KNOW BUILD THAT INTO THE FUTURE. IS THERE ANY WAY THAT THIS COULD BE APPLIED TO OTHER TYPES OF DEVELOPMENTS? RESIDENTIAL, EVEN THAT'S REALLY. I'M SURE THAT IT'S WORTH LOOKING INTO. YOU SAID THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN IN EXISTENCE FOR ABOUT 15 YEARS. CORRECT. SO WHEN 15 YEARS AGO WHEN YOU STARTED IT, WE HAVE COMPANIES NOW THAT ARE COMING OFF OF THAT TAX INCENTIVE, CORRECT? HAVE THEY EXPRESSED INTEREST OR INQUIRED ABOUT HOW THEY WHAT CAN THEY DO ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT THEY DID BEFORE TO CONTINUE TO RECEIVE THAT INCENTIVE TO GO TO THE NEXT, YOU KNOW, TO EXTEND THEIR TAX, YOU KNOW, LIKE, YOU KNOW, ECOS PLUS? SURE. I THINK THE STATE LAW, THE, THE CRA PROGRAM IS A PRODUCT OF STATE LAW. AND THAT STATE LAW, THE MAXIMUM IS 15 YEARS THAT WE CAN GIVE THAT INCENTIVE. THERE IS A THERE IS A 30 YEAR INCENTIVE FOR A MEGA PROJECT. BUT FOR THE MOST PART, THE MAJORITY OF THOSE CRAS ACROSS THE STATE ARE 15 YEAR MAX. RIGHT. AND I AGREE WITH PETE AND SAID THAT IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE A LIST OF COMPANIES THAT HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THE PAST THAT MAY HAVE OR, OR WEANING OUT OF THIS PROGRAM SO THAT YOU STILL RECOGNIZE THEM AND YOU CAN SHOP AND BUY THEIR PRODUCTS BECAUSE, OH, THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. SO GREAT TO BE ABLE TO SHOWCASE SOME OF THESE COMPANIES. IT'D BE COOL TO HAVE LIKE A, YOU KNOW, GREEN COMPANY THE YEAR AWARD. MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD SPONSOR OR YOU WOULD PROMOTE THAT PARTICULAR WAY WITH YOUR GUYS'S INPUT. WHICH 
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ONE DID YOU FEEL LIKE? I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY YOU HAD A COUPLE OF REALLY GOOD EXAMPLES THERE AND I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU WOULD PROMOTE THAT EXACTLY, BUT SOMETHING JUST TO SHOW THEM THAT WE APPRECIATE THEIR EFFORTS. YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. I KNOW, GOSH, IT'S PROBABLY BEEN A COUPLE YEARS SINCE WE KIND OF SHARED THE LINE BY LINE KIND OF STANDARDS OF THE ECOS PROGRAM. IS THAT ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE, OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE SHARE DIRECTLY WITH THE COMPANIES? IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SHARE DIRECTLY WITH THE COMPANIES, AND I BELIEVE THAT WE MAY HAVE SENT IT. OR, DAVID, DID WE SEND THE UPDATED PROGRAM? I KNOW CHELSEA DID SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, BUT WE CAN RESEND THE ACTUAL DOCUMENTS THAT ARE GIVEN TO THE COMPANY TO YOU SO THAT YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THOSE, ALL OF THOSE, THE CATEGORIES. YEAH, YEAH, THAT'D BE GREAT. YEAH. BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE SOME NEWER MEMBERS THAT MAY HAVE NOT GOT IT, BUT YEAH, YEAH, IT'S I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPRESSIVE. SO WE'RE HAPPY TO SHARE THAT. 
          YEAH. ANYTHING ELSE? GREAT. THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU BOTH. YES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. ALL RIGHT. SO NEXT WE HAVE GRACE CHAPMAN WITH FRANKLIN SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT. SHE'S GOING TO GIVE US AN UPDATE ON THE COMMUNITY BACKYARDS. HELLO, EVERYONE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME TODAY. MY NAME IS GRACE CHAPMAN, AND I AM ONE OF THE OUTREACH PROGRAM SPECIALISTS AT FRANKLIN SOIL AND WATER. MY MAIN ROLE AT FRANKLIN SOIL AND WATER IS TO RUN THE COMMUNITY BACKYARDS PROGRAM, WHICH IS ONE OF THE TWO PROGRAMS I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU UPDATES ON, THE OTHER BEING THE INVASIVE TRAINING PROGRAM THAT IS RUN BY THE OTHER OUTREACH PROGRAM SPECIALIST, JENNI BARTON, AT OUR OFFICE. SO IF YOU DO NOT KNOW ALREADY, I'LL GIVE A QUICK OVERVIEW OF WHAT THE PROGRAMS ARE. 
          COMMUNITY BACKYARDS PROGRAM HAS BEEN RUNNING FOR ABOUT 15 YEARS NOW. STARTED OFF JUST AS A RAIN BARREL PROGRAM GIVING PEOPLE INCENTIVES. PRETTY SURE WE SOLD THEM RIGHT OUT OF OUR OFFICE. 
          THANKFULLY, WE DON'T DO THAT ANYMORE, BUT NOW IT HAS TURNED INTO. LAST YEAR ALONE, WE HAD 3452 PEOPLE ALL OVER FRANKLIN COUNTY PARTICIPATE EITHER IN THE ONLINE COURSE OR IN-PERSON WORKSHOP. SO IT IS A REBATE PROGRAM WHERE NEW ALBANY RESIDENTS CAN GET UP TO $100 OFF ON NATIVE PLANTS, COMPOST BINS, RAIN BARRELS AND CAN APPLY FOR A $250 RAIN GARDEN REBATE. AND TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM. THERE ARE TWO WAYS ONE BEING THE ONLINE COURSE, WHICH IS FULLY NEW FOR THIS YEAR AND IS MORE INTERACTIVE. AND THEN OR OUR IN-PERSON WORKSHOPS THAT WE HAVE A FEW TIMES PER MONTH ALL OVER FRANKLIN COUNTY, TRY TO GIVE AS MUCH ACCESSIBILITY AS POSSIBLE. ONCE PEOPLE TAKE THE COURSE, THEY GIVE US THEIR ADDRESS AND THEIR INFORMATION. WE CHECK BY. WE MOSTLY CHECK THEIR ADDRESS FOR THEIR TAX DISTRICT WHERE WE'RE PULLING THE MONEY FROM. ONCE WE HAVE THAT, THEY GET SENT A VOUCHER, WHICH THEY CAN THEN USE AT ONE OF OUR IMMEDIATE DISCOUNT VENDORS. SO A FEW LOCAL NURSERIES AROUND FRANKLIN COUNTY AND SOME IN DELAWARE, OR THEY CAN GO INTO ANY LEGITIMATE RETAILER. IF THEY GO TO ONE OF OUR IMMEDIATE DISCOUNT VENDORS, THEY CAN HAND THEIR VOUCHER DIRECTLY OVER TO THEM AND THEY WILL TAKE THAT $100 FROM ALBANY RESIDENTS RIGHT OFF OF THEIR BILL AT CHECKOUT. AND THEN THE NEW ALBANY RESIDENT IS DONE, AND THEY CAN GO ON THEIR WAY, OR THEY CAN GO THROUGH US AND GO TO ANY LEGITIMATE RETAILER LIKE OAKLAND NURSERY, HOME DEPOT. 
          THERE'S A BUNCH OF THEM THAT PEOPLE USE, AND THEY CAN PURCHASE THEIR ELIGIBLE ITEM AND THEN SUBMIT THE PICTURE OF THAT ITEM, EITHER PLANTED OR INSTALLED TO US WITH A RECEIPT. 
          WE VERIFY EVERYTHING. AND THEN WE NOW WORK WITH A PARTNER CALLED CHOICE DIGITAL THAT GIVES THEM THE REIMBURSEMENT OPTIONS. ONE IS A GIFT CARD, MASTERCARD, CHECK, A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT OPTIONS FOR PEOPLE THAT STARTED LAST YEAR. AND SO KIND OF LIMITED THE AMOUNT OF CHECKS THAT WE'RE HAVING TO PUSH OUT THROUGH THE PROGRAM BECAUSE OF ALL THE GREAT PARTICIPATION THIS PROGRAM THIS YEAR FOR NEW ALBANY RESIDENTS, WE'VE CURRENTLY HAD 15 ONLINE PARTICIPANTS IN NEW ALBANY. THREE PARTICIPANTS HAVE USED THEIR FUNDS ON NATIVE PLANTS, AND WE STILL HAVE ACCORDING TO THE FUNDING, WE STILL HAVE 20 REBATES REMAINING A LOT. WE USUALLY HAVE MORE PARTICIPATION THAN WE GIVE OUT REBATES BECAUSE FOR COMMUNITY BACKYARDS, IT'S 30 DAYS THAT YOU HAVE. ONCE YOU RECEIVE YOUR VOUCHER TO IMPLEMENT IT. SO WHETHER THAT BE GO TO IMMEDIATE DISCOUNT VENDOR AND HAND IT OVER, OR IF YOU'RE GOING THROUGH US FOR REIMBURSEMENT, IT WOULD BE PURCHASE YOUR PLANT, INSTALL IT OR HOOK UP YOUR RAIN BARREL ALL THE THINGS AND SEND US THE INFORMATION. AND THIS YEAR, WE ARE ALSO UNLIKE LAST YEAR, THIS YEAR WE'RE ALSO GOING TO HAVE A NEW ALBANY WORKSHOP CURRENTLY LOOKING AT LOCATIONS TO FIGURE OUT WHERE IS THE BEST PLACE TO HAVE THAT WORKSHOP AS LOCAL AS POSSIBLE, SO YOU CAN GET MORE NEW ALBANY PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THE PROGRAM. I WOULD LOVE TO GET AS MANY PEOPLE INVOLVED AS POSSIBLE, AND THEN NOW WE GO ON TO OUR INVASIVE TRADING PROGRAM. AND 
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THIS IS THE THIRD YEAR WE HAVE DONE THE INVASIVE TRADE IN PROGRAM. SO IT'S STILL QUITE NEW AND IN WORKING STAGES. THE INVASIVE TRADING PROGRAM IS DIFFERENT THAN THE COMMUNITY BACKYARD PROGRAM. WHEREAS THE INVASIVE TRADING PROGRAM, YOU GET MORE FUNDING. SO WITH NEW ALBANY, RESIDENTS CAN GET UP TO $500 FOR REMOVING ONE OF OUR TOP FIVE INVASIVE PLANTS, WHICH IS EITHER CALLERY PEAR NON NATIVE BUSH AND VINE HONEYSUCKLE, TREE OF HEAVEN, BURNING BUSH, OR JAPANESE BERBERRY. IF THEY HAVE THAT ON THEIR PROPERTY, THEY'RE ABLE TO REMOVE THAT AND THEN USE THE $500 TO PLANT A NATIVE TREE OR SHRUB ALSO ON THEIR PROPERTY. 
          UNLIKE COMMUNITY BACKYARDS, YOU DON'T JUST HAVE 30 DAYS BECAUSE REMOVING AN INVASIVE CAN TAKE A LITTLE BIT LONGER, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S A TREE. SO YOU HAVE A LITTLE BIT LONGER OF TIME. SO WE LET THEM KIND OF HAVE THE FULL SUMMER AND WE DO CHECK INS. MOST PEOPLE ARE PRETTY GOOD ABOUT GETTING RIGHT INTO IT. AS SOON AS THE SUMMER BEGINS WITH THAT PROGRAM, WE CURRENTLY HAVE TEN RESIDENTS WHO HAVE APPLIED AND SUBMITTED, AND FOUR WHO HAVE BEEN FULLY APPROVED FOR THEIR REIMBURSEMENT. AND THEN WITH ALL THE REIMBURSEMENTS, IT'S UP TO THE FULL AMOUNT. SO IF YOU SPEND THE FULL AMOUNT, OF COURSE YOU'LL BE REIMBURSED FOR THAT AMOUNT. AND THEN WE HAVE SEVEN SPOTS REMAINING FOR INVASIVE TRADE IN NEW ALBANY. OTHER THAN THAT, THAT IS KIND OF ALL THE UPDATES FOR THE PROGRAMS. I'M VERY EXCITED TO CONTINUE TO DO THESE PROGRAMS AND HAVE AS MUCH PARTICIPATION AS POSSIBLE. SO PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS. THANK YOU. SOUNDS LIKE A LITTLE BIT MORE INVOLVED IN NEW ALBANY. YES. THE CITY TO KIND OF INFORM 100% OF THIS PROGRAM. LAST YEAR, I GOT NUMBERS FROM PREVIOUS YEARS TO LAST YEAR, WE HAD 36 RESIDENTS FROM NEW ALBANY. AND I'M REALLY LOOKING TO DOUBLE THAT OR AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, ESPECIALLY THAT THE WORKSHOP AND THE ONLINE COURSE, THE EDUCATION PART IS REALLY WHERE IT IS, I THINK, WHERE THE IMPORTANCE LIES, BECAUSE THE ONLINE COURSE, IT GOES OVER NATIVE PLANTS, COMPOST BINS, RAIN BARRELS, LAWN CARE LIKE LOW INPUT, HIGH INPUT, WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, GETTING PEOPLE'S MIND OUT OF LIKE NICE AND GREEN. SAME HAIRCUT AS EVERYONE ELSE. SO REALLY TRYING TO BOOST UP THAT EDUCATION. SO WE DO HAVE A BUNCH OF SOCIAL MEDIA THINGS THAT I CAN SEND THAT COREY SAID. MACK, WHO IS ONE OF OUR PEOPLE WHO RUN OUR SOCIAL MEDIA, CAN SEND OUT POSTING IT THAT WAY. ANY OTHER COMMUNITY EVENTS? WE'D LOVE TO EITHER GIVE HANDOUTS OR BRING HANDOUTS TO ANY PLACE THAT MAKES SENSE. BUT USUALLY WHEN WE TABLE AND PEOPLE LIKE WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THE PROGRAM AND EXPLAIN IT, THEY'RE LIKE, OH, THAT SOUNDS GREAT. I'M LIKE, YES, GET INTO THE PROGRAM. BUT YEAH, ANY WORD OF MOUTH, A LOT OF THE TIME WORKS WITH THESE PROGRAMS AS WELL. BUT I DO HAVE MATERIALS THAT I CAN GIVE AND THAT I WOULD BE HAPPY FOR YOU TO HAND OUT. IT SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING WE DO. WE HAVE TO SET OUR FARMER'S MARKET TABLE. THAT'S WHAT I THINK WE NEED. LIKE, WE COULD JUST, WE COULD PLACE FOR THAT AS WELL. YEAH, YEAH. FOR SURE. YEAH. I WAS LIKE, I CAN DROP OFF HANDOUTS TOO. WE DO THAT. SO FOR ONE PART OF OUR COMPOST BINS, WE WORK WITH SWACO AND THEY GIVE, WE DO COMPOST BIN PURCHASE AND PICKUP THROUGH SWACO FROM OUR OFFICE. 
          AND SO WE'RE CONSTANTLY LIKE, HERE'S HANDOUTS, HERE'S HANDOUTS. SO ANYWHERE WE CAN GIVE HANDOUTS JUST FOR THAT INFORMATION, OUR WEBSITE IS PRETTY WELL SET UP TO ANSWER AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AND GO THROUGH THE PROGRAM. AND THIS YEAR, WITH THE INVASIVE TRADE IN, WE ALSO I MADE A PROGRAM OVERVIEW THAT IS LIKE SEVEN SLIDES THAT ARE STILL INTERACTIVE, THAT KIND OF GO THROUGH WHY WE DO WHAT WE DOING WITH INVASIVE TRADE AND PROGRAM AND THE STEPS TO COMPLETE IT. SO IT KIND OF LAYS IT OUT A LITTLE BETTER BECAUSE LONG PAGES ON WEBSITES, NO ONE EVER READS THOSE. WE HAVE A BOOTH AT THE FARMER'S MARKET ON JUNE 25TH. SO IF YOU COULD GET US STUFF BEFORE THEN. YEAH. NO WORRIES. DO YOU EVER PROMOTE THE INVASIVE PROGRAM THROUGH SCHOOLS, ANY OTHER COMMUNITIES? I'M JUST. WITH SCHOOLS WITH ANY NON RESIDENTIAL, WE KIND OF PUSH TOWARDS THE GRANTS THAT WE OFFER. SO WHICH OPEN THIS YEAR. 
          THEY OPENED IN FEBRUARY, WHICH IS LIKE WE HAVE A CONSERVATION MINI GRANT AND THEN COMMUNITY BEYOND BACKYARDS GRANTS, JUST BECAUSE USUALLY THE AMOUNT OF MONEY, THEY'RE LIKE, WELL, WE WANT TO DO ALL OF THIS. AND LIKE, THIS WILL COVER A TINY LITTLE PORTION. AND SO THOSE USUALLY COVER THE, I GUESS I WAS THINKING, YOU KNOW, LIKE FIFTH GRADERS, IT'S PART OF THEIR SCIENCE CURRICULUM. THEY LEARN ABOUT INVASIVE SPECIES. SO IF WE HAD SOME WAY TO TIE 
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THAT IN OR, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING I COULD GIVE TO THE FIFTH GRADE SCIENCE TEACHERS ABOUT THE PROGRAM, HEY, WE'RE LEARNING ABOUT THESE INVASIVES AND YOU COULD DO THIS AT YOUR HOUSE, YOU KNOW, PROMOTING. SO MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN WORK ON. OH, YEAH. I'M JUST CURIOUS. NO. 
          AND WE, ESPECIALLY WITH THE ONLINE COURSE, WHICH AGAIN, IS NOW MORE INTERACTIVE AND HAS LIKE, I MADE A COMPOST GAME WHERE YOU SORT OF COMPOST. SO IT'S A LITTLE MORE INTERACTIVE. 
          AND SO I ALWAYS RECOMMEND FOR FAMILIES TO DO IT TOGETHER. AND WHEN PEOPLE PICK UP COMPOST AND PICK UP, I'M LIKE, HOW'D YOU HERE? AND THEY'RE LIKE, OH, MY KID TOLD ME I HAD COMPOST. I'M LIKE, GREAT, I'M HAPPY YOUR KID TOLD YOU THAT. SO GETTING IN THAT EDUCATION AND LINDA'S BEEN DOING IT. ALSO, LINDA PETTIT FOR STORMWATER HAS ALSO SHE'S ALWAYS LIKE, GRACE, GIVE ME YOUR HANDOUTS. I'LL BRING THEM WITH ME WHEN I'M GOING TO SCHOOLS AND ALL OF THAT, BECAUSE REALLY TRYING TO GET EVERYBODY INVOLVED AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. OKAY. HAVE YOU LOOKED AT REACHING OUT TO SOME OF THE A'S IN THE COMMUNITY OR SOME OF THE MANAGEMENT COMPANIES FOR THOSE WAYS TO SEE IF YOU CAN SPARK, YOU KNOW, GET ANY INTEREST FROM THAT ASPECT. 
          THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE DEFINITELY LOOKING INTO GOING INTO IN THE FUTURE WITH THIS PROGRAM. AGAIN, JUST EDUCATION PURPOSES AND SEEING, OF COURSE, NOT TRYING TO STEP ON ANYBODY'S TOES WHEN IT COMES TO REGULATIONS OF WHERE SOME THERE'S HOA'S THAT HAVE REQUIREMENTS OF COLOR OF, OF RAIN BARREL, WHERE IT CAN BE IN THE FRONT, CAN IT BE VIEWING. 
          AND SO WE, IN THE COURSE, I ALSO PUT LIKE WHEN YOU HAVE PEOPLE WHO JUST TAKE IT AND FIND IT ON THEIR OWN, I ALWAYS PUT LIKE, CHECK WITH YOUR LOCAL HOA, LIKE MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS GOOD AND I'M NOT, DON'T TELL THEM I SENT YOU TO DO SOMETHING THAT YOU WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO DO. 
          I ACTUALLY TOOK THAT COURSE. AND WITHIN A YEAR OR TWO AGO, I ACTUALLY REMOVED ALL OF MY INVASIVE PLANTS, I THINK, AND PLANTED ALL NATIVE SCHOOLS. I DID NOT APPLY FOR ANYTHING BECAUSE THAT'S FINE. THAT'S KIND OF TAKING THE CLASS AGAIN, JUST BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WAS HAD A LOT OF VALUABLE INFORMATION. AND I'D LIKE TO SEE THE UPDATE. I GUESS I ESPECIALLY WITH THE I'VE BEEN ABLE TO PACK IN BECAUSE THIS IS THE THIRD YEAR OF INVASIVE TRADE IN THAT PROGRAM IS LIKE, I FEEL LIKE THERE'S SO MUCH MORE WE CAN DO WITH THAT PROGRAM IN THE FUTURE WITH EDUCATION WISE, AND LIKE SPECIFICALLY TALKING TO PEOPLE ABOUT WHAT IS A NATIVE TREE OR SHRUB AND A LITTLE BIT DEEPER. AND I'M ALSO LOOKING TO DO THAT WITH THE COMMUNITY BACKYARDS PROGRAM. AND IN THE FUTURE, HAVING I GET A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO DO IT EVERY SINGLE YEAR. AND THIS YEAR I GOT DATA FROM EVERY PERSON WHO TOOK THE ONLINE COURSE ABOUT HOW MANY YEARS THEY'VE BEEN DOING THE PROGRAM. IF THERE'S THEIR FIRST YEAR, HOW'D THEY HEAR ABOUT THE PROGRAM? AND SO I HOPE IN THE FUTURE TO ALSO HAVE EXTENSION COURSES WHEN IT COMES TO NATIVE PLANTS, COMPOST BINS AND RAIN BARRELS AND GOING DEEPER IN BECAUSE OF COURSE, THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH YOU CAN GO THROUGH BEFORE PEOPLE ARE LIKE, I SKIPPED A LOT TO TRY TO GET TO THE END, BUT I'VE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE COME UP TO ME AND THEY'RE LIKE, YOU KEEP ADDING NEW THINGS, BUT I WANT MORE. AND I'M LIKE, IT'S COMING. I'M WORKING ON IT. BUT GOING INTO LIKE SOIL TYPE AND ALL OF THESE OTHER TYPES OF THINGS THAT PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN. SO EVEN INSTALLING. I HAVE A CONFESSION. I ALSO WATCHED THIS SEVERAL YEARS AGO, AND I GOT A RAIN BARREL AND I HAVE IT IN MY BACKYARD. AND I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO LIKE LEVEL THE GROUND. LIKE WE HAVE IT THERE AND IT COLLECTS AND WE'LL LIKE SCOOP FROM IT. BUT I HAVE NOT BEEN BRAVE ENOUGH TO LIKE, ACTUALLY CUT MY GUTTER DOWNSPOUT. THAT TERRIFIES ME. AND ONCE YOU DO IT, YOU CANNOT UNDO THAT. SO EVEN JUST, I THINK HELPING PEOPLE KNOW, LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, KIND OF TAKING IT ONE STEP FURTHER. LIKE ONCE YOU HAVE THIS COMPOST BIN, HERE'S HOW TO USE IT. ONCE YOU'VE HAD THIS RAIN BARREL, HERE'S HOW TO LIKE EASILY INSTALL IT. I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL BECAUSE I HAVE IT NOW AND I'M NOT USING IT TO ITS FULLEST POTENTIAL BECAUSE I'M YEAH, IT'S DEFINITELY WE GET A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE LIKE, CAN YOU INSTALL IT FOR ME? AND I'M LIKE, I DON'T WANT TO CUT A HOLE IN YOUR GUTTER. I'M SORRY. I DON'T OWN THAT GUTTER. I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT. YOU THROUGH THIS? YEAH. I WAS LIKE, I DON'T WANT TO BE LIABLE FOR THAT. BUT ESPECIALLY WITH LIKE COMPOSTING. 
          AND I THINK RAIN BARREL IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO HIT HARDER ON ABOUT LIKE, AGAIN, LEVELING DIFFERENT WAYS YOU CAN DO IT, WHAT IT CAN LOOK LIKE, ESPECIALLY WITH COMPOSTING, WE TRY TO GIVE AS MUCH AS LIKE WHAT GOES IN IT, HOW TO PROCESS IT. AND I'M ALWAYS OPEN WHEN PEOPLE CALL AND YOU'RE LIKE, IT'S NOT WORKING. I'M LIKE, OKAY, IT IS. BUT THERE ARE THINGS YOU CAN ADD OR IS IT TOO DRY OR TOO WET? AND SO, BUT I'M HOPING TO GET THAT INTO OTHER COURSES. SO WHEN PEOPLE ARE LIKE, I'M VERY INTERESTED IN LEARN EVEN MORE ABOUT THIS. SO THEY CAN BECOME, THEY CAN FEEL LIKE A LITTLE BIT EASIER GOING INTO IT AND NOT, I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I'M DOING, LIKE MAKING THINGS AS EASY AS POSSIBLE FOR PEOPLE TO LIKE, IMPLEMENT 
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BECAUSE I KNOW MY EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING ENDS AT A CERTAIN POINT. AND IT'S ALWAYS HELPFUL, I THINK, TO KNOW, I DON'T KNOW, LIKE KNOCK DOWN A COUPLE HURDLES. I THINK THAT MIGHT BE STOPPING PEOPLE FROM DOING GREAT THINGS. YEAH. AND WITH THE NATIVE PLANTS, WHEN IT COMES TO HOW MANY PEOPLE DO IT, IT'S ALWAYS PEOPLE PLANT BY MORE THAN ONE NATIVE PLANT FOR THE WITH THE PROGRAM. AND SO USUALLY PEOPLE ARE LIKE, WELL, I'M JUST GOING TO KEEP PUTTING NATIVES. AND I'M LIKE, THAT'S SO GREAT. AND I'M SO HAPPY YOU'RE STILL DOING THAT. BUT WE KNOW PEOPLE WHO HAVE MADE, I GET EMAILS EVERY YEAR THAT PEOPLE MAKE LIKE FULL NATIVE GARDENS OUT OF THE NATIVE PLANTS. AND THEY'RE LIKE, I'VE ONLY SPENT MONEY ON TAX FOR THIS WHOLE GARDEN. I HAVEN'T SPENT ONE PENNY OF MY OWN FOR ANY OF THIS ACTUAL PLANT. AND IT'S LIKE, IT'S FREAKING. AND THE BIGGEST WAY PEOPLE HEAR ABOUT THE PROGRAM IS FROM THEIR NEIGHBORS, IS FROM THEIR FRIENDS. IT'S FROM THE PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING IT. AND SO TRYING TO GET PEOPLE JUST TALKING ABOUT IT. AND WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT MORE SIGNAGE FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE DONE IT EACH YEAR TO PUT IN THEIR YARDS THAT LOOK NICE SO THAT PEOPLE CAN LIKE, DO I QUALIFY FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? AND IT'S LIKE, YES, YOU DO. QUESTION HOW MUCH IMPACT? I GUESS RAIN BARRELS ARE LIKE TYPICALLY 55 GALLONS OR SOMETHING. HOW MUCH IMPACT DOES THAT HAVE? I KNOW AT MY HOUSE, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY GUTTERS, BUT THEY ALL COME DOWN TIED IN AND THEY GO UNDERGROUND AND THEY RUN, I THINK RIGHT INTO SUGAR RUN. YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH IMPACT IS ONE RAIN BARREL? I GUESS HALF THE IMPACT ON THE WATERSHED AND RUNOFF AND WHATNOT? WELL, ESPECIALLY IN OHIO, WE HAVE LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE AN ABUNDANCE OF WATER, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT RAINS REALLY HARD AND EVERYBODY HAS FLOODING AND POOLING IN THEIR YARDS. BUT WITH THAT, IT ALL DEPENDS ON YOUR SURFACE AREA OF YOUR ROOF, AND THAT'S HOW MUCH IT'S CALCULATED BY HOW MUCH IT CAN SAVE AND CONSERVE. AND ALSO I WITH THE PROGRAM, ESPECIALLY COMING BACKYARDS, THE TAGLINE IS SAVE MONEY, PROTECT CLEAN WATER. AND SO NO MATTER HOW PEOPLE GET TO THE PROGRAM, LIKE SAVE MONEY, YOU DON'T HAVE TO USE YOUR HOSE TO WATER YOUR PLANTS. AND ESPECIALLY WHEN WE GO FROM REALLY RAINY TO ANNOUNCE DRY, IT'S SO DRY FOR SO LONG. AND SO IT CAN SAVE A LOT OF MONEY IN THAT WAY. AND I THINK IT'S WITH RAIN BARRELS. IT'S LIKE THE FIRST STEP BECAUSE IT DOES CAPTURE A GOOD AMOUNT OF WATER. BUT THEN I FEEL LIKE THE FURTHER STEPS OF WHAT ARE YOU PUTTING THAT WATER ON TO PLANT THAT THOSE PLANTS ARE SOAKING UP A LOT MORE WATER BECAUSE OF COURSE, IF YOU JUST HAVE GRASS, THE GRASS ROOTS ARE ABOUT THIS BIG. AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE A LOT OF STORMWATER RUNOFF. AND SO WHEN THE WATER RUNS ACROSS THE LAND, WHEN IT'S RAINING HEAVY, SO IT DOES DO A GOOD AMOUNT. BUT I WOULD SAY IT'S LIKE THE COMBINATION OF ALL OF THEM THAT TRULY MAKES LIKE THE FULL EFFECT OF WHAT? LIKE HELPING WITH WATER QUALITY. THANK YOU. YEAH. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. I WOULD JUST SAY I WAS DOING SOME QUICK MATH HERE, BUT IF YOU HAVE A 55 GALLON RAIN BARREL AND IT, IT CYCLES THROUGH FOUR TIMES, THAT'S 220 GALLONS OF WATER THAT YOU SAVED. 
          THEN WITH THE RAIN TWO AND GRACE, MAYBE YOU COULD ANSWER THIS. IT SHOULD REALLY GO ON LIKE NATIVE PLANTS OR GRASSES. NOT NECESSARILY VEGETABLE GARDENS, DEPENDING ON THE RAIN BARRELS HOOKED UP TO LIKE A ROOF THAT HAS SHINGLES. YES. AND SO WE ALWAYS, WHEN PUTTING ANY WATER, ESPECIALLY WHEN PEOPLE DON'T CLEAN THEIR ROOFS OR GUTTERS THAT OFTEN, EVERYTHING THAT IS BUILDING UP IN THERE WILL GO DOWN YOUR DOWNSPOUT AND END UP IN YOUR RAIN BARREL. SO WHEN IT COMES TO ESPECIALLY VEGETABLES, IF IT'S ON YOUR OWN PROPERTY AND YOU'RE USING IT FOR YOU, I, I'M NEVER LIKE, YOU CAN'T DO THAT BECAUSE I'M NOT GOING TO SHOW UP AT YOUR HOUSE WHILE YOU'RE TRYING TO DO THAT AND STOP YOU. BUT ALSO ESPECIALLY FOR LIKE SELLING FOOD, WE DON'T ALLOW LIKE OUR GRANT MONEY TO GO TOWARDS WHEN PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO USE THE WATER FROM RAIN BARRELS TO WATER THE PLANTS, JUST BECAUSE THINGS CAN GET INTO THE PLANTS THAT IS IN THE WATER. SO THE BEST USE FOR THAT WATER IS GOING TO BE LIKE YOUR PLANTS, YOUR TREES, PEOPLE. YOU'VE EVEN USED IT THAT YOU CAN USE IT FOR WASHING CARS AND STUFF LIKE THAT, BUT IT'S NOT RECOMMENDED. BUT I'M ALSO NOT GOING TO STOP ANYBODY FROM DOING IT. GREAT. THANK YOU. OKAY, SO NEXT WE HAVE THE FALL WASTE COLLECTION UPDATE. SO AND NEXT TIME I'LL TRY TO MAKE THE FONT A LARGER SIZE. SO I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. SO THE DRUG TAKE BACK, YOU ALL HAD ASKED AT THE LAST MEETING, CAN WE LOOK INTO DOING A DRUG TAKE BACK AT THE WASTE COLLECTION EVENT? I DID REACH OUT TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND THEY DID LET ME 
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KNOW THAT THE ONES THAT THEY DO ARE ADMINISTERED, SPONSORED BY THE DEA THAT DOES THOSE AROUND THE COUNTRY KIND OF AT THE SAME TIME, AND THAT WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY TO DO A LARGE DRUG TAKE BACK AT THE EVENT. THEY DID SAY, YOU KNOW, IF PEOPLE DO HAVE SOME DRUGS THAT THEY NEED PRESCRIPTION DRUGS THAT THEY NEED TO GET RID OF OR, YOU KNOW, TYLENOL OVER THE COUNTER DRUGS, THEY CAN STOP BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S LOBBY AND THERE IS A DROP OFF BIN THERE THAT THEY CAN DROP OFF THOSE THOSE DRUGS THERE WITH THE TEXTILE RECYCLING. I DON'T THINK I REALLY HAVE AN UPDATE WITH THAT. SWACO IS EXCITED THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE DOING THAT, AND CLOSER TO THE DATE, THEY'LL PROVIDE ME WITH A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAILS OF OF WHERE TO TAKE IT AND ALL THAT TYPE OF THING. JOSEPH'S COAT, THIS WAS, THIS IS PRETTY COOL. 
          SO I WAS TALKING WITH THEM ABOUT THE LOGISTICS OF WHERE, WHERE ARE WE GOING TO PUT THEM AND SOME OF THE OTHER VENDORS. AND THEY CAME UP WITH A REALLY GOOD IDEA OF, THEY'LL BE THERE TO TAKE THE NAMES OF PEOPLE WHO WANT TO DONATE THAT FURNITURE. SO FOLKS DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT, HOW DO I GET FURNITURE TO THIS EVENT? WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT, OH, THERE'S LIKE FIVE CARS WITH TRAILERS OF FURNITURE ON IT AND WE GOT TO LOAD THEM UP SO THEY'LL BE THERE. WE'LL ADVERTISE IT THAT IF PEOPLE DO HAVE DONATIONS, THEY DON'T NEED TO BRING THE DONATIONS, BUT JUST COME AND GIVE YOUR NAME AND CONTACT INFORMATION TO THE JOSEPH COAT REPRESENTATIVES, AND THEY'LL WORK TO WITH YOU TO FIND A GOOD TIME TO PICK UP THAT THE DONATION. THEY DID SAY THEY DO REQUEST, BUT IT'S NOT REQUIRED 25 TO $50 DONATION FOR THE FURNITURE PICKUP JUST TO COVER THE PART OF COVERS, PART OF THE GAS YOU HAVE TO KEEP, ETC. FOR THE VAN, THEY USE THE MOTOR TRUCK. RIGHT? I WAS GOING TO VOLUNTEER HOWARD FOR THE JOSEPH'S COAT ZONE. WE'LL GET YOU ONE OF THOSE BACK BRACES. I THINK THAT'S A GREAT SOLUTION. 
          KIND OF DIP OUR TOE IN THE WATER AND PROVIDE THAT OPTION. AND THEN, I MEAN, IT'S UP TO THE THE BOARD IF I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE SOME FUNDS, WHAT WE'VE CARVED OUT IN THE OVERALL BUDGET, IF WE WANT TO, YOU KNOW, WE GET A LOT A CERTAIN DOLLARS TO HELP JOSEPH COAT OFFSET UP TO $1,000 OR, YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE ANYTHING CRAZY TO. SO WE'RE NOT PUTTING IT ON THE RESIDENTS. I DON'T WANT TO. I GUESS MY HEAD'S. I DON'T WANT TO DISCOURAGE PEOPLE TO DONATE. SO MAYBE WE COULD GIVE OUT A VOUCHER TO THE RESIDENTS THAT SIGN UP. AND THAT WOULD BE FOR ONE PICKUP. AND THEN WE WOULD COVER THAT COST. AND THAT WAY WE WOULD KNOW EXACTLY HOW MANY PEOPLE WE GAVE IT TO, AND THEN HOW MANY WE ACTUALLY PARTICIPATED IN THAT. GOOD IDEA. YEAH. GO AHEAD. YEAH. MAYBE JUST BEHIND THE SCENES, WE CAN RELOOK AT THE BUDGET BETWEEN NOW AND THEN AND SAY, OKAY, WE'VE GOT X AMOUNT OF DOLLARS MAYBE WE COULD PUT TOWARDS THE JOSEPH'S COAT PIECE OF THE PICKUP. YEAH, I'LL GET WHEN I GET BACK TO THE OFFICE, I'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND JUST SEE WHAT THE LEGALITIES ARE REGARDING THAT AND REPORT BACK TO THE BOARD NEXT MONTH. OKAY, GREAT. KITZMILLER PARK. SO WITH THAT, IT'S KIND OF A SHORT UPDATE ON THAT. BUT MAY 11TH WAS THE OPEN HOUSE. THERE WERE 60 FOLKS, WHICH IS A REALLY GOOD TURNOUT. WE'RE IN ATTENDANCE. THE ONLINE SURVEY, IT CLOSED JUNE 7TH, SO A FEW DAYS AGO. AND THERE WILL BE AN ENGAGEMENT REPORT THAT WILL BE SENT OUT FOR POSTED THAT WILL COVER THE ENTIRE ENGAGEMENT PROCESS, AS WELL AS THE RESULTS FROM THE OPEN HOUSE AND, AND THE SURVEY, AND HOW THAT FEEDBACK WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO THE REST OF THE, THE PLANNING PROCESS. AND BE READY BY THE NEXT MEETING OR I'M NOT SURE, BUT I'LL FIND OUT. THAT'S 
          [VIII. Poll Members for Comment]
ALL. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. OKAY. AND THAT'S ALL WE'VE GOT TO ANY BOARD MEMBERS HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR ANYTHING ELSE THEY'D LIKE TO DISCUSS TONIGHT? SUPER QUICK, HOT OFF THE PRESS, THE DATA CENTER MICROSITE ON OUR WEBSITE IS LIVE, SO I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO KIND OF KICK THE TIRES YET. I, I CLICKED ON IT TO MAKE SURE IT OPENED AND IT DID, BUT I JUST CAME THROUGH. 
          SO FROM WHAT I'VE BEEN TOLD, IT'S A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION. SO WHEN I GET HOME, LIKE LITERALLY I JUST GOT THE EMAIL EARLIER TODAY, SO I'LL FORWARD IT TO THE GROUP AND. TAKE A 
          [01:00:04]
LOOK AT IT. ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, SUGGESTIONS. LIKE I SAID, IT JUST LITERALLY JUST WENT LIVE. SO HOPEFULLY IT CHECKS SOME OF THE BOXES THAT WE'VE KIND OF BEEN LOOKING FOR AS FAR AS DATA CENTERS GO. EXCELLENT. GOOD. ANYBODY ELSE? NO. THEN I MOVE TO ADJOURN THE MEETING AT 731. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. ALL IN F
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