Jul 08, 2026 Sustainability Advisory Board

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MASTER MEETING OF THE NEW ALBANY SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD MEETING AT 635. CAN STAFF PLEASE READ ROLL CALL MR. SCHUMACHER HERE. MR. BARNES HERE, MISS GALLO HERE, MISS.

SCOTT HERE. MR. HERE, MR. BURAK HERE, MISS GRIFFITH, HERE WE HAVE. THANK YOU. THE FIRST ITEM

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YES, MISS GALLO. YES. MISS. SCOTT. YES. MR. YES, MISS. KOPPELMAN. MR. BURKE. YES. AND I'M SORRY. LET ME LET ME REVISE MY VOTE TO ABSTAIN SINCE I WASN'T HERE. NOTED. THANK YOU.

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WE'LL MOVE THOSE TO THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS THEN. YES. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WITHOUT FURTHER ADO. OH, SORRY. NOW IS THE TIME FOR HEARING OF VISITORS ITEMS NOT ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA. IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK? SEEING NONE. THANK YOU. I'LL

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AFTER THEY ARE SAFELY REMOVED, THEY'RE GOING TO BE THE BOARDWALK THAT THEY'RE BUILT UPON WILL BE CLEANED OFF. SPRAY AND JUST MAKE SURE THEY'RE IN GOOD CONDITION. AND THEN AFTER THAT, WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET THE MATERIALS, CUT THEM DOWN TO SIZE, SAND THEM, SEAL THEM. THAT'LL KEEP THEM IN BETTER CONDITION FOR LONGER. AND AFTER THAT, WE'LL BE ABLE TO PUT THEM TOGETHER AND THEN BUILD THEM IN PLACE. ENHANCING OUR ENVIRONMENT. DOING THIS PRESERVES EXISTING BOARDWALK FOOTPRINTS BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO BE CLEANING OFF THE BOARDWALK THAT THE BENCHES ARE CURRENTLY ON. SO WE'LL BE IN BETTER CONDITION. THE WOOD THAT I'LL BE USING IS GOING TO BE CALLED DOUGLAS FIR. AND THIS IS, I BELIEVE, A GOOD WOOD TYPE FOR

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I WAS GOING TO BE PLANNING ON CLEANING UP THE BOARDWALK AND MOVING THE BENCHES FROM WHERE THEY ARE, AND EARLY AUGUST WAS WHEN I WAS PLANNING ON STARTING ACTUALLY CONSTRUCTING IT, BUT I KNOW IF IT MIGHT TAKE TIME FOR THIS TO GET APPROVED. AND THEN IT ALSO TAKES TIME TO ORDER. SO WHENEVER THAT COMES, THEN I'LL BE READY TO START CONSTRUCTION ON IT. WHEN WE GET THE BOARDS, THEY'LL NEED TO BE CUT, THEY'LL NEED TO BE SANDED, AND THEN THEY'RE GOING TO NEED TO BE SEALED SEALANT. SO AND THEN AFTER THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE PUTTING, ASSEMBLING THEM, CONSTRUCTING THEM. WE'RE GOING TO BE BUILDING IT LIKE WE HAD OUR DRIVEWAY. AND ABOUT MAYBE A MONTH LATER, AFTER WE STARTED CONSTRUCTING THEM, AND AFTER THAT, WE'RE GOING TO BE, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE IT TO THE WOODS AREA, AND THEN WE'LL BE INSTALLING THEM IN PLACE USING BOLTS SO THEY ARE EASILY PUT INTO PLACE. ALL THE MATERIALS THAT ARE NEEDED. LIKE I SAID, WE'RE GOING TO BE USING DOUGLAS FIR PLANKS. THEY'RE GOING TO BE THE TWO BY SIX BY 12FT LONG.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ORDERING AT, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE GETTING ABOUT 37 OF THEM IN THIS PROJECT IS LIKELY TO BE USING ONLY LIKE 27 TO 30, BUT GAVE A BUFFER IN CASE SOME GET DAMAGED OR ANYTHING GOES WRONG. AND THAT'LL COST ABOUT 479 FOR THE PLANKS FOR THE WATER SEALER, IT'S GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO BE USING FIVE ONE GALLON SO THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, GET ALL THE SEALANT ON ALL OF THEM. WE ALSO COULD HAVE UP ON THIS WILL LIKELY ONLY NEED TO USE THREE. BUT IT WAS ALWAYS GOOD. WE USE DECKS TO GET THE BENCHES BUILT TOGETHER, THE BOLTS AND SCREWS, SO THAT THEY'LL BE ABLE TO BE PUT INTO PLACE. THE POINT DRILL BITS ARE GOING TO BE USED FOR PRE-DRILLING THE SCREWS WITH THE BENCHES, SO THAT WHEN WE PUT THE BENCHES WELL, WHEN WE SCREW THE BENCHES TOGETHER, THE CONSTRUCT THEM, THEY DON'T BREAK OFF OR, YOU KNOW, WE USE A FLAT BRUSH TO APPLY THE SEALANT ONTO THE BENCHES. WE USE SANDPAPER WORKLOADS AND SAFETY GLASSES TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY IS SAFE. INSTALLING AND REMOVING BENCHES TO. THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT. THE WOOD SEALER THAT I'M USING IS A WATER BASED SEALANT THAT DOES NOT USE PETROLEUM, SO IT IS ECO FRIENDLY. THIS KIND OF SEALANT, WHEN IT DRIES, IT EVAPORATES WATER INSTEAD OF OTHER TOXIC CHEMICALS THAT OTHER SEALANTS MAY USE. AFTER THIS IS DRIED, IT'S PROTECTIVE BASE KIND OF STICKS TO THE WOOD FIBERS. AND SO AFTER WHEN IT RAINS, THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE ANY OF THAT MAY OCCUR WITH OTHER ONES. AND THIS IS ALSO GOOD BECAUSE AFTER IT MAY NEED TO BE REFILLED AND MAYBE 5 TO 6 YEARS, IT'LL BE EASY BECAUSE ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS SPRAY THE BENCHES WITH SOAP AND WATER, CLEAN THEM UP, AND YOU CAN JUST BE APPLIED ON AGAIN. THE DEBRIS MANAGEMENT AT THE SITE. WE'RE GOING TO BE HAVING A DUMPSTER RIGHT OUTSIDE OF THE WOODS. SO WHEN WE'RE DECONSTRUCTING THE BENCHES, WE'LL BE ABLE TO MOVE THEM OVER QUICKLY. WE ALSO MOVING THE BUCKETS AND OLD SCREWS THAT MAY BE THERE. AND WHEN I'M GOING TO BE DOING WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING WHEN WE'RE DOING THIS PROJECT, IS WE'RE GOING TO BE LEAVING THE WOODLAND AREA COMPLETELY CLEAN. AFTER IT'S DECONSTRUCTED, IT'LL BE LIKE THE BENCHES WILL NEVER THERE. THE TEAM AND VOLUNTEERS. I'LL BE THE PROJECT MANAGER FOR THIS. MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY IS KNOWING WHAT THE PROJECT IS.

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I'D SAY AT LEAST 20 YEARS. SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THEY'RE OLD. YEAH. AND SECOND, MAYBE I MISSED THIS IN YOUR COST. DID YOU PUT THE COST OF THE DUMPSTER IN YOUR COST PROPOSAL? I DID NOT KNOW. SO I JUST DON'T WANT YOU TO GET SOMETHING IN. ALL OF A SUDDEN, YOU'RE STUCK WITH IT. SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOUR PROPOSAL NEEDS TO BE REVISED TO INCLUDE THAT OR HOPING TO GET SUPPORT FROM THE SCHOOL ON THAT. WE HAVE A, YOU KNOW, SIMILAR PROJECTS WHERE THE SCHOOL CAN BRING A DUMPSTER OVER. OKAY. YEAH. GOOD QUESTION. YEAH, THAT'S ALL I HAD. THANK YOU. YEAH. YOU MAY NOT KNOW. SO I'M GOING TO KIND OF THROW THIS TWO WAYS. WHAT WHO CURRENTLY OVERSEES THAT AREA. IS THAT ONE OF THESE JOINT THINGS THAT'S NEBULOUS OR IS IT THE DISTRICT.

YEAH. IT'S KIND OF JOINT MANAGEMENT, YOU KNOW. SO THAT'S WHY WHEN WE'VE BEEN EMAILING ABOUT IT, WE'VE TRYING TO PUT THE CITY PEOPLE ON THERE AND ALSO THE SCHOOLS, SINCE IT IS JOINTLY MANAGED. GOT IT. SO MAYBE EVEN BETWEEN THE SCHOOL OR THE CITY GETTING THAT KIND OF THING. OKAY. CAN I SEE THE PICTURE OF WHAT THE BENCHES ARE GOING TO LOOK LIKE AGAIN? OH THAT'S NOT. THAT'S FANTASTIC. IT'S HOCKING HILLS WRESTLING. LOOKS A LOT BETTER THAN WHAT'S THERE, RIGHT? ARE YOU IS THERE GOING TO BE A GENERALLY I'VE SEEN EAGLE SCOUT PROJECTS.

THERE'S SOME SORT OF PLAQUE OR NOTIFICATION LIKE THIS IS WHAT'S BEEN DONE ON THE SITE.

SO WHAT'S PLANNED FOR THAT? AND IS THAT COST INCLUDED IN HERE? I WASN'T ENTIRELY SURE OVER IF I WAS GOING TO DO THAT, BUT I HAD THE IDEA THAT POSSIBLY I COULD USE SOME OF THE EXTRA WOOD PLANKS THAT WE MAY HAVE, AND MAYBE MAKE A SMALL LITTLE SIGN THERE THAT MAY BE PLANTED IN THE GROUND, AND I COULD POSSIBLY CARVE SOMETHING THROUGH IT WITH A CHISEL. OKAY, WHERE'D YOU GET EVEN ENGRAVE ON THE BENCHES. YOU KNOW, YOU GET ONE OF THOSE WOOD ENGRAVERS AND JUST ENGRAVE SOMETHING ABOUT THE PROJECT ON THERE. IF YOU WANT A PLAQUE OR SOMETHING.

YEAH. I KNOW THOSE PLATFORMS HAVE BEEN THERE FOR QUITE A WHILE BECAUSE I DO SPEND TIME IN THAT WETLAND AREA. HAS ANYONE EVALUATED THE STRUCTURE OF THOSE PLATFORMS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HOLD THESE BENCHES TO? I AM NOT SURE I HAVE BEEN ON IT, THOUGH. I THINK THAT IT SHOULD BE FINE TO PUT NEW BENCHES ON. SO I THINK THAT'D BE. I THINK THERE ARE SOME AREAS THAT ARE NOT GREAT, BUT I DO THINK THAT THE UNDERLYING BOARDWALK IS ACTUALLY PRETTY, PRETTY STURDY.

YOU KNOW, LOOKS DOESN'T LOOK GREAT, BUT AFTER IT GETS CLEANED UP, I THINK IT WILL BE A LOT BETTER. GREAT. YEAH. BUT I THINK THIS IS A PROJECT THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT IT. IT'S PRETTY BAD OVER THERE RIGHT NOW, BUT I THINK IT WILL INVITE MORE PEOPLE TO COME OVER TO THAT AREA AND GET THEM OUTSIDE. I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU AND MAYBE FOR THE CITY FOLK, BECAUSE WHEN YOU'RE DOING IT, ARE YOU PUTTING ANY SIGNS UP LIKE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE WALKING THEIR DOGS OR SOMETHING THROUGH THERE? LIKE WHILE YOU'RE DOING THE WORK WITH CLEANING AND THAT TYPE OF THING? I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE THE CITY

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GAVIN WILL GO BACK AND SUBMIT A FORMAL APPLICATION. ONCE WE GET THAT APPLICATION, WE'LL REVIEW IT INTERNALLY. WE'LL SEND IT TO THE BOARD AS WELL FOR REVIEW. AND THEN AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING WE'LL TAKE A VOTE ON THAT. OKAY. WELL, THAT PUTS US THE SECOND WEEK OF AUGUST THOUGH, RIGHT. WHICH WHEN DID YOU YOU WANTED TO START? IN THE BEGINNING OF AUGUST. BUT IT'S ALRIGHT IF IT'S A LITTLE BIT LATER AS WELL. I MEAN, I COULD, LIKE I SAID, I COULD START DECONSTRUCTING THE OLD BENCHES AND. CLEARING OFF THE BEFORE THAT HAPPENED. SO THE PROJECT'S ALREADY KIND OF STARTED BEFORE MAYBE THE MATERIALS COME AS WELL. OKAY. GAVIN, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO CRY NOW AND SAY, NO, I NEED TO HAVE THE RAIN TONIGHT. THAT'S. SORRY. I'M TRYING TO FIND A BUDGET. FOR THIS TEN 000 TOTAL. FOR THE GRANT. FOR THE GRANT? HE'S NOT ASKING 10,000.

NO, NO, I I I'VE GOT HIS NUMBER. THAT'S WHAT'S. YEAH. I DON'T WE CAN'T REALLY TAKE A PROVISIONAL VOTE AHEAD OF TIME. SO. ALL RIGHT. IF NO OTHER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH GAVIN.

FANTASTIC PROJECT. AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING THE FORMALIZED REQUEST. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANKS, KEVIN. THANKS, JOHN. SORRY, SORRY. ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP. THE NEXT APPLICATION OR WILL BE APPLICATION. IT'S FROM NOELLE. SHE'S GOING TO GIVE US AN UPDATE ON THE RECYCLING PROJECT. AND I'LL PULL HER PRESENTATION UP HERE IN A SECOND. IT SHOULD STILL BE UP THERE. AND THEN LET ME SEE. AND IF IT DOESN'T WORK ON THAT, LET ME KNOW AND I'LL ADVANCE OVER HERE. I THINK IT'LL BE PERFECT. ALL RIGHT. HELLO, EVERYBODY. I'M NOELLE GRIFFITH, AND I'LL BE PRESENTING ABOUT MY PROPOSAL FOR THE STUDENT LEADERS IN SUSTAINABILITY GRANT.

HERE WE GO. GOOD. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. MY AREAS OF FOCUS FOR THIS PROJECT ARE COMMUNITY WASTE REDUCTION. I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO DIVERT TRASH FROM LANDFILLS AND TRY TO EXPAND THE LIFESPAN OF OUR WASTE LAND HERE IN COLUMBUS. SO WE WANT TO, YOU KNOW, EXTEND THAT LIFESPAN AND RECYCLE MORE AND COMPOST MORE AND TRY TO KEEP EVERYTHING OUT OF THE THE LANDFILLS THAT WE CAN. AND THE OTHER PART THAT I REALLY WANT TO FOCUS ON IS ENGAGEMENT TO THE COMMUNITY. AND THERE ARE LOTS OF WAYS THAT I'M GOING TO TRY TO ENGAGE PEOPLE DURING MY PROJECT. AND I'M REALLY EXCITED TO WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY AND TEACH THEM MORE ABOUT RECYCLING.

ALL RIGHT. I'VE ALREADY DONE QUITE A BIT OF RESEARCH AND COMMUNICATION WITH SOME PEOPLE THAT I'LL BE WORKING WITH ON THIS PROJECT. SO I MET WITH MR. AND MISS JOLLY AND MISS NICHOLS, AND WE DISCUSSED MY PROJECT AND HOW WE'LL BE WORKING WITH SWACO AND THE NEW ALBANY PARKS AND REC AND OHIO EQUITIES TO GET MORE RECYCLING BINS IN BETHLEHEM AND MARKET STREET.

THEY ARE ALL ON BOARD WITH THE WORK THAT I'VE ALREADY DONE, AND THEY'RE EXCITED TO SEE WHERE I GO WITH IT. I ALSO MET WITH MR. SMITH AT THE NEW ALBANY PARKS AND REC, AND HE

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HE SAID HE CAN REALLY TAKE CARE OF, LIKE THE REMOVAL OF THE RECYCLING. SO HE HE'S REALLY ON BOARD WITH THAT AND EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT. AND THEN I ALSO TALKED TO SWACO.

THEY ARE THEY'VE BEEN WORKING WITH OHIO EQUITIES LATELY TO TRY TO GET MORE RECYCLING BINS AT MARKET STREET. AND THAT'S ALSO A GOAL OF MINE. AND SO OHIO EQUITIES OWNS THE LAND LIKE IN THE CENTER AREA THERE AT MARKET STREET, KIND OF IN FRONT OF THE LIBRARY AND ON EITHER SIDE, LIKE RUSTY BUCKET AND STARBUCKS. AND SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THEM TO TRY TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF RECYCLING BINS THERE, BECAUSE THAT'LL REDUCE A LOT OF WASTE IN THAT AREA WITH ALL THE KIDS THAT COME IN AND THE COMMUNITY EVENTS AND THINGS. SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT. THE SWACO SWACO ALSO IS HAS A GRANT THAT I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO APPLY FOR WITH THE CITY. SO SOMETHING THAT THE, THAT I'M WORKING WITH THE CITY ON IS APPLYING FOR THE. LET ME SEE HERE. WHAT'S THE GRANT CALLED? THE COMMUNITY WASTE REDUCTION GRANT, AND THEY WILL HELP US PUT MORE BINS AT BETHLEHEM AND THEY HOPEFULLY.

I'M HOPING TO GET 16 BINS AT BETHLEHEM AND THEY WOULD COVER THAT COST. SO MOVING ON TO THE DIFFERENT PARTS OF MY PROJECT. ALL RIGHT. MY FIRST GOAL IS TO DISTRIBUTE 153 BAGS OF HEFTY RENEW HEFTY RENEW BAGS AND HEFTY RENEW, AS YOU ALL KNOW, IS A GREAT WAY TO KEEP RECYCLABLE, HARD TO RECYCLE MATERIAL OUT OF THE LANDFILL. AND A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT, AND I WANT TO TEACH PEOPLE ABOUT IT AND HELP REDUCE THE WASTE FOR THIS PART OF THE PROJECT, I WOULD LIKE TO APPLY FOR 17 CASES OF THE HEFTY RENEW BAGS, WHICH IS THE 153 BOXES THAT $7.34 IS THE CHEAPEST I COULD FIND FOR THE INDIVIDUAL BOXES, AND I'D LIKE TO DISTRIBUTE THESE AT FARMERS MARKETS IN THE SUMMER AND MAYBE WINTER, AND RUMPKE RECYCLING FACILITY TOURS. SO GET PEOPLE INVOLVED, GET PEOPLE KNOWING ABOUT THEM, AND REALLY TEACH THEM ABOUT THE PROGRAM. ALL RIGHT. I FOR MY SECOND GOAL, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE 75 PEOPLE ON THE RUMPKE TOURS AT THE RUMPKE FACILITIES. AS MOST OF YOU WERE ON THE TOUR, AND IT WAS A REALLY EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY. AND I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE COMMUNITY SHOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE AND EXPERIENCE. IT REALLY TAUGHT ME SOME TRUTHS AND SOME LIKE FALSE THINGS THAT I'D BEEN THINKING ABOUT RECYCLING. AND I THINK GETTING IT REALLY FROM THE SOURCE IS A GREAT WAY TO GET PEOPLE EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY OF RECYCLING ON THESE TOURS. I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A SHUTTLE BUS TO TAKE TO TAKE PEOPLE OUT TO RUMPKE, AND THAT WOULD REDUCE THE GAS OF LIKE EACH FAMILY, YOU KNOW, GOING OUT THERE. SO YES, A BUS, THIS IS KIND OF I WAS WE WERE LAUGHING ABOUT THIS. I WAS LIKE PIGEON TAKING LIKE, CAN THE PIGEON DRIVE THE BUS? OR LIKE, CAN I ASK FOR A BUS? BUT THAT WOULD ALSO INCLUDE GAS AND THE BUS DRIVER, CITY EMPLOYEE OVERTIME. SO THAT'S SOMETHING I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO APPLY FOR.

AND I'M WORKING WITH MR. CELEBREZZE TO SEE LIKE WHAT THE COST OF THAT WOULD BE FOR MY GRANT. AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO PASS OUT THE HEFTY RENEW BAGS AT THAT TOUR TO, YOU KNOW, GET PEOPLE TO COME AND GET PEOPLE EXCITED ABOUT IT AND GIVE THEM A LITTLE BIT OF AN INCENTIVE.

ALL RIGHT. MY THIRD GOAL IS TO WORK WITH THE NEW ALBANY PARKS AND REC AND APPLY FOR THE COMMUNITY WASTE REDUCTION GRANT FOR SWACO. MY GOAL IS TO GET 16 RECYCLING BINS OUT THERE AT THE PARK, AND RIGHT NOW, THE RATIO OF RECYCLING TO TRASH IS A 1 TO 19 RATIO. SO THERE ARE A LOT MORE TRASH BINS THAN THERE ARE RECYCLING BINS. THERE ARE ONLY LIKE 2 OR 3 BINS OUT THERE, AND

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AND FOR THAT, SWACO IS HELPING US OUT. AND THEY HAVE A GRANT THAT IS MADE FOR THE BINS. AND SO THERE'S A 20% CASH MATCH. AND THE CITY OF NEW ALBANY WOULD BE THE ONE APPLYING FOR THE GRANT. BUT I'D LOVE TO HELP THAT, HELP GET HELP, GET THAT MOVING. AND FOR THE SWACO GRANT, I WOULD LIKE TO APPLY FOR $6,176. THE BINS AND THE BAGS ARE VERY EXPENSIVE, SO THAT WOULD BE A GREAT HELP IN REDUCING WHAT I HAVE TO APPLY FOR HERE. SO I'D LOVE TO. I'M TALKING WITH CHRISTIE HIGGINBOTHAM IN LIKE A WEEK OR TWO, AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT WHAT I CAN APPLY FOR FOR THIS GRANT AND MAKE SURE THAT'S ALL SET. SO THAT IS ANOTHER PART OF THE PROJECT THAT I WOULD BE APPLYING FOR IS THE 20% CASH MATCH. ALL RIGHT. AND MY TIMELINE FOR THIS PROJECT, I AM MEETING WITH CHRISTIE HIGGINBOTHAM FROM SWACO ON THE JULY 14TH TO CONFIRM THE DETAILS OF THE GRANT. AND THEN BY AUGUST 1ST, I'D LIKE TO SUBMIT MY STUDENT LEADERS IN SUSTAINABILITY GRANT, AND BY THE SEVENTH, I'D LIKE TO SUBMIT MY SWACO GRANT PROPOSAL. AND THEN BY SEPTEMBER, I KIND OF WANT TO GET GOING ON THE HEFTY RENEW BAGS AND EDUCATING PEOPLE ON THOSE BY JANUARY. I'LL KNOW BACK ABOUT THE SWACO SWACO GRANT AND THEN PURCHASING THOSE RECYCLING BINS AND INSTALLING THEM BY MARCH OR APRIL, AND STARTING EDUCATING PEOPLE ABOUT THE RECYCLING BINS THAT'S GOING TO BE A BIG PART, IS TELLING PEOPLE ABOUT THE RECYCLING BINS AND THE MARKET STREET RECYCLING BINS. AND BY SPRING AND SUMMER OF 2027, I'LL BE I WOULD LOVE TO HOST THE RECYCLING FACILITY TOURS. I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHEN THAT'LL BE YET, BUT THAT'S THE TENTATIVE TIMING ON THAT. AND AGAIN, HANDING OUT THOSE HEFTY BAGS. AND THAT IS MY PROJECT. IN A NUTSHELL. YEAH. IN A NUTSHELL, IN THE WORLD'S BIGGEST NUTSHELL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. I'M VERY EXCITED FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.

SO ANY QUESTIONS? I HAVE ONE REALLY FOR THE STAFF WITH ALL THESE EXPENSES THAT ARE BEING REQUESTED FOR US TO REIMBURSE, AND THESE ARE GOING TO THE PUBLIC, HOW THE SALES TAX WORK INTO THIS, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE BUYING SOMETHING AT A WALMART, WE'RE PAYING SALES TAX ON IT AND BEING IT'S FOR THE COMMUNITY. YEAH, I WOULD THINK THAT THERE MAY BE A WAY TO, YOU KNOW, GET A TAX EXEMPTION CERTIFICATE. SO IT SAVES US MONEY AS A COMMUNITY. YEAH, YEAH. SO MY UNDERSTANDING WE ARE TAX EXEMPT. RIGHT. AND WE THE CITY WOULD BE THE ONES PURCHASING THE MATERIALS. OKAY. SO THEY WOULD GIVE US THE LIST OF MATERIALS TO GET AND THEN WE WOULD DO THAT PURCHASING. SO IT JUST TAKES ONE STEP OUT. PERFECT. I WOULD PICK THAT UP FROM THEM. GOTCHA. PERFECT. THANK YOU. ELIMINATE SOME OF THAT. SO YEAH THANK YOU. WOW.

SISTER, THIS IS A ONION WRAPPED IN A SCALLION WRAPPED IN SOMETHING ELSE. SO I'M GOING TO LOOK AT YOU. BUT THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF KIND OF CONVERSATION TO BE HAD WITH THIS. SO THE THE MARKET SQUARE CORE. NACO SLASH OHIO EQUITIES. HOWEVER YOU WANT TO SLICE AND DICE. WHO'S TAKING CARE OF THAT. THE EQUITIES ARE WHO OWNS IT. BUT. IS THIS SOMETHING THAT'S ALREADY HAPPENING WITH THE CITY. AND I'M KIND OF LOOKING AT YOU, STEPHEN. I THINK I MAY HAVE FORGOTTEN TO MENTION THAT, IS THAT WHEN I WAS TALKING TO SWACO, THEY SAID, WE'VE BEEN WANTING THIS TO LIKE, MOVE ALONG FOR A WHILE AND YOU'RE REALLY, LIKE HELPING US GET THERE. AND SO THEY'LL COVER ALL OF THE EXPENSES FOR THE MARKET STREET AREA. THEY SAID THEY'D COVER THE BINS, WHATEVER THEY NEED, IF THEY NEED LIKE DUMPSTERS. THEY SAID IF THEY NEED LIKE BAGS TO PUT IN THE RECYCLING BINS, THEY SAID SWACO WILL COVER EVERYTHING. YEAH. IS

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I MEAN, THOSE ARE PARTS OF THE DISCUSSIONS, RIGHT? YEAH. OKAY. YEAH. I'M NOT SURE LIKE HOW MANY OR WHATEVER. BUT WE HAVE LOOKED AT PRICES AND EVERYTHING AND WE KNOW LIKE THE LOOK THAT WE WANT. SO. RIGHT. I GUESS WHAT I'M JUST MAKING SURE FROM A LEVEL SETTING STANDPOINT, THE LOOK THAT YOU WANT IS LESS THAN HALF OF WHAT THE ISSUE IS. IT'S WHAT NACO AND OHIO EQUITIES IS GOING TO WANT. YEAH, JUST TO BE CLEAR. SO WE SAID LIKE THEY'RE FOOTING THE BILL. I'M LIKE REALLY SO GREAT GREAT GREAT, FANTASTIC THAT YOU'VE GOTTEN THAT FAR. COUPLED WITH THAT, WE BOARD STAFF HAVE TALKED ABOUT WHETHER WE'RE GETTING TO A GOOD PLACE WITH THE INVESTMENT THAT THE CITY MADE AND PUTTING TRASH AND RECYCLING BINS THAT DON'T LOOK OR THAT DO LOOK TOO SIMILAR IN MY ESTIMATION. BUT WE HAVEN'T DONE ANY WORK ON TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE GOOD AND GOOD UPTAKE OR NOT. UPTAKE IS REVIEW OF THAT, AND MAYBE CHANGING WHAT THE CITY IS PROVIDING ON THE EXTERIOR OF MARKETS. WE'RE GOING TO BE WRAPPED UP INTO THIS JUST IN TERMS OF THE CONVERSATION. I DON'T WANT TO I DON'T WANT TO MISS THE OPPORTUNITY TO LIKE TRY AND DO EVERYTHING IF WE'RE GOING TO GET. YEAH. SO JUST WITHIN THE LAST MONTH OR SO, WE'VE IMPLEMENTED USING BLUE BAGS IN OUR RECYCLING BINS. SO WE HAVE SIDE BY SIDE TRASH AND RECYCLING CANS, I GUESS IS WHAT THEY'RE CALLED. WE HAVE 152 TOTAL CANS ACROSS THE CITY, I BELIEVE, AND HALF OF THOSE ARE RECYCLING. BUT TO HELP IDENTIFY BECAUSE WE'VE JUST SEEN, YOU KNOW, SORT OF VISUALLY, THERE'S BEEN SOME CROSS CONTAMINATION, RIGHT? SO WE'VE WE'VE GONE OVER TO BLUE BAGS AND WE'VE JUST BEEN SORT OF TRYING TO VISUALIZE TO SEE IF THAT'S CAUSING LESS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT GOING THROUGH THE BAGS, BUT JUST WITH A QUICK VISUAL INSPECTION TO SEE IF THAT IS CAUSING LESS CROSS-CONTAMINATION, I'D SAY IT'S STILL KIND OF UP IN THE AIR AT THIS POINT, BUT THAT HAS BEEN OUR FIRST STEP TOWARDS TRYING TO MAKE IT MORE DISTINGUISHED FROM THE TRASH CANS. I GUESS WHAT I WOULD WANT TO GO WITH THIS IS IF, AGAIN, SAY, NACO, NOT OHIO EQUITIES, BUT BECAUSE THAT'LL BE THE FINAL DECISION. IF THERE'S OPENNESS TO GOING WITH A WHAT I WOULD CALL A UNIVERSAL BLACK OR SOME DARK COLOR THAT'S TRASH AND BLUE, THAT'S RECYCLING. AND I'D LOVE TO HAVE GREEN FOR COMPOSTING, BUT THAT'S PROBABLY NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. WOULD THERE BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVISIT THE CITY'S. POSITIONING ON THAT SO THAT MAYBE WE COULD GO CONSISTENT AND HAVE ACTUAL BLUE COLORED RECYCLING THROUGHOUT THE CITY? WE COULD CERTAINLY. I KNOW YOU CAN'T COMMIT TO THAT RIGHT THIS SECOND, BUT I MEAN, I JUST LIKE I SAID, IF WE'RE GOING TO MAKE A CHANGE, THERE'S GOING TO BE AN IMPACT. IT'D BE GREAT TO MAKE THE BIGGEST IMPACT WE CAN MAKE. YEAH, WE CAN CERTAINLY EXPLORE THAT. AND YOU'RE PROBABLY MORE OF AN EXPERT AT THIS THAN I AM, BUT I BELIEVE THE TRASH CANS, LIKE AT MARKET SQUARE IN FRONT OF THE LIBRARY ARE DIFFERENT DESIGN THAN WHAT THE CITIES ARE. SO I THINK ULTIMATELY FOR YOUR PROJECT, WE'LL HAVE TO DETERMINE WHAT'S RIGHT FOR THAT AREA BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF DIFFERENT IN AND OF ITSELF. RIGHT. AND THEN YEAH, SORT OF A SEPARATE SIDEBAR. WE CAN SEE WHAT'S, YOU KNOW, THE ART OF THE POSSIBLE, SO TO SPEAK. WE'RE LOOKING AT THE CITY'S BINS AS WELL. RIGHT? IT'LL BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT COMES OUT OF YOUR PROJECT HERE. THAT MIGHT HELP INFORM US BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE DON'T KNOW. BUT INTERESTING TO SEE, YOU KNOW WHAT MARKET SQUARE ENDS ON, RIGHT? RIGHT. I THINK SIGNAGE IS A BIG THING ALSO ON THIS PROJECT, EVEN AT LIKE IN THE NEW ALBANY MARKET STREET AREA, EVEN IF WE DO GET THOSE BLACK BINS THAT LOOK LIKE THE TRASH, I WANT TO ADD, LIKE RECYCLING SYMBOLS, LIKE NOT JUST ON THE TOP, BECAUSE OFTENTIMES IT'S JUST A RECYCLING BIN, RECYCLING SYMBOL ON THE TOP. BUT TO MAKE SURE IT'S ACCESSIBLE FOR KIDS AND EVERYBODY TO SEE ON THE SIDE TOO. WELL, I WAS GONNA SAY I WOULD LEAN ON SWACO AS A RESOURCE TO PROVIDE YOU IF YOU DON'T HAVE IT ALREADY, WHAT THE DATA SHOWS IN TERMS OF HAVING A VISUALLY DIFFERENT COLORED RECEPTACLE, BECAUSE I THINK TRYING TO DRESS UP, I IT'S MY PERSONAL OPINION THAT THIS IS FROM TRAVELING AND LOOKING ALL

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YEAH, I THINK THIS IS AMBITIOUS AND I THINK IT'S COMPLETELY DOABLE. AND I'M GLAD THAT YOU'RE PUTTING IT OUT THERE BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S IMPOSSIBLE. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S POSSIBLE UNTIL WE TRY IT. AND IF YOU DON'T ASK, YOU WON'T KNOW. SO I GIVE YOU A LOT OF CREDIT, AND I HOPE THAT AS I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING ABOUT YOUR FUTURE MEETINGS AND WHAT'S DISCUSSED, BECAUSE NOW YOU'RE TALKING THIS IS WHERE IT GETS COMPLEX, RIGHT? YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT CITY AND SWACO AND PARKS. IT'S ALL DIFFERENT MANAGEMENT, ALL DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES.

SO IT GETS COMPLICATED DOESN'T MEAN IT CAN'T BE DONE. SO KEEP GOING. THANK YOU. I JUST HAVE ONE. YOU'VE PROBABLY LOOKED AT THIS. OUR NEXT MEETING IS ON THE 12TH OF AUGUST. SO IF SHE'S GOING TO GET AN APPLICATION IN PRIOR TO THE 12TH FOR THE SWACO GRANT AND THE GRANTS DEPENDENT ON UNDERSTANDING YOUR PRESENTATIONS, DEPENDING ON MONIES TO COME FROM OUR GRANT.

HERE AGAIN, HOW DO WE WANT TO SLICE AND DICE THIS? WELL, WITH THE GRANT? THE NEW DEADLINE IS THEIR DEADLINE. THEY CAN'T CHANGE. SO OUR RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPLY FOR THAT. SEE WHAT I MEAN? JUST LIKE YOU ALL COULD APPROVE MONEY FOR THIS SWACO MIGHT DENY THE GRANT THEN. NO, I UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT DOES THEIR APPLICATION REQUIRE THAT 20%? BECAUSE THAT 20% WE'RE SAYING IS COMING FROM OUR APPROVAL, WHICH IS GOING TO HAPPEN AFTER THAT APPLICATION? I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THE CHICKEN AND EGG ARE IN THE RIGHT ORDER, OR I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE'LL DISCUSS WITH KRISTY HIGGINBOTHAM. RIGHT. I THINK THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE'LL BE TALKING TO HER ABOUT. AND IT'S DEFINITELY A CONCERN. SO YEAH, WE'LL BE TALKING TO HER ABOUT THAT. WHAT DO YOU THINK? YEAH, YEAH YEAH. OKAY. YEAH. DID YOU WHAT WAS YOUR TOTAL THAT YOU'RE ASKING FROM THE SUSTAINABILITY BOARD FOR FOR THIS PROJECT, FOR THIS PROJECT, I SO FOR THE HEFTY BAGS, WHICH IS THE LIKE SET AMOUNT, IT'S $1,123. AND

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OKAY. YEAH, YEAH. I ALMOST WONDER BECAUSE I THINK I THREW IT OUT TO YOU LAST TIME WHEN YOU FIRST BROUGHT THIS UP, EVEN MAYBE GOING TO KROGER MIGHT BE THEIR THEIR EMPTY DIRECTLY THEY GOT A WEBSITE ON THOSE ORANGE BAGS AND EVERYTHING. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. NO, INITIALLY THAT WAS THE WHOLE THING. BUT IT'S LIKE IN LIEU OF THAT, BECAUSE THERE'S, I WOULD IMAGINE THEY WOULD HAVE NO PROBLEM PUTTING SOMETHING TOWARDS IT. BUT AS A SECONDARY THING, GOING TO KROGER BECAUSE THEY DO A COMMUNITY RELATION KINDS OF THINGS. SO. OH, INTERESTING.

THAT MIGHT BE I DON'T HAVE A CONTACT IN CINCINNATI, BUT YEAH, BUT LIKE THE WALMART IS THE CHEAPER OPTION. BUT IF KROGER CAN MAYBE LIKE, WE'LL BE LIKE, THIS IS THE CHEAPER OPTION. BUT MAYBE IF WE GO TO YOU FOR THIS, OKAY, THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. I'LL KEEP THAT IN MIND. THANK YOU.

EVEN PROMISING ADVERTISING, YOU KNOW. YES. FOR BOTH HEFTY AND KROGER. YEAH. IN OUR CITY CONNECTS OR WHATEVER THAT YOU KNOW THAT THEY PROVIDE KROGER. YEAH. NEW PROGRAM ACTUALLY YOU CAN ORDER STARTER KITS. REALLY. SO YOU MIGHT WANT TO ASK THEM FOR STARTER KITS AND MAYBE SAY 300 OF THEM, YOU KNOW. SO AND I THINK IT'S JUST A ONE BAG AND MAYBE A PROGRAM FLIER, BUT THAT WAY YOU CAN DISTRIBUTE THEM TO MORE PEOPLE AND GET MORE INTEREST. THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. I THINK THEY DO A SINGULAR, BUT IT'S WORTH ASKING. YEAH. YOU DON'T GET SO SO I'M SORRY WE'RE TAKING MORE TIME THAN I WANTED TO DO, BUT JUST I WANT TO BACK UP BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR TIME IS SPENT WELL. SO $1,100 HERE. YOUR GOAL NUMBER TWO IS THE. TOURS. TOURS.

THERE WE GO. AND GOAL NUMBER THREE IS THE PARKS. OKAY, SO IF YOU DIDN'T GET THE GRANT, WHAT YOU'RE ATTEMPTING TO DO IS GET ANOTHER $6,000 AT 73, $7,400 BEFORE THE BUS KIND OF CONVERSATION. SO THIS QUICKLY WRAPS UP TO EIGHT GRAND. THAT WOULD BE NEXT YEAR, I BELIEVE IF SHE WON'T HEAR FROM THEM, SHE WON'T HEAR FROM UNTIL PROBABLY JANUARY. SO THAT'LL BE YEAH, THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER APPLICATION FOR NEXT YEAR. SO THAT WOULD BE TWO SEPARATE TOTALS I BELIEVE. AND WE'VE ALWAYS GOT THE NUMBER. YES. TRUE. YEAH. SACO HAS BEEN REALLY ENCOURAGING SO FAR. SO I'M HOPEFUL. BUT YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALWAYS A POSSIBILITY THAT THAT TOTAL WILL GO TO SOMEBODY ELSE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO YEAH. AND THOSE THINGS ARE RIGHT. YES THEY ARE. THEY'RE LIKE, WE DON'T CARE WHAT COLOR THEY LOOK LIKE. WE DON'T REALLY CARE. SO DO WHATEVER LOOKS LIKE WILL WORK THE BEST. SO WE'VE FIGURED OUT A BIN FOR THAT. FANTASTIC. YEAH. IS IT POSSIBLE? MR. MEYER, THAT THAT THAT COULD JUST FALL UNDER WORST CASE SCENARIO AGAIN? I'M SORRY I GET CAUGHT UP ON THIS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT STUDENTS AS BEST AS POSSIBLE. BUT IF THERE'S GONNA BE A NUMBER THAT'S GOING TO BE LIKE $7,000 AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THAT'S JUST MAKES THIS THING KIND OF CRAZY.

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SO DO YOU IMAGINE THAT IF WORST CASE SCENARIO THAT THERE'S SOME PORTION OF THIS, IF NOT ALL OF THIS COULD BE PICKED UP? FROM A BUDGET STANDPOINT? I KNOW YOU CAN'T SPEAK FOR SOMETHING I'M NOT TRYING TO MAKE. I'M NOT TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, SAY YOU CAN DO IT. BUT I MEAN, FROM A PRESENTATION STANDPOINT, REQUESTING MONEY FOR BUDGET, FOR PARKS AND REC TO BE ABLE TO ADD THESE. SO I CAN'T SPEAK FOR NEW ALBANY PARKS AND RECREATION. I KNOW YOU TALKED TO BRIAN AND MAYBE THERE'S SOMETHING THERE THAT CAN BE DONE AS FAR AS THE THE CITY'S CONCERNED. YEAH, I THINK ALL THE FUNDING POTENTIALLY WOULD COME OUT OF THE STUDENT LEADERS FOR SUSTAINABILITY GRANTS. AGAIN, I THINK WE BUDGETED 10,000. YES. SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE WITHIN THAT.

SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING TO CONSIDER. SO I THINK IT SEEMS LIKE FROM THE CITY'S PERSPECTIVE, THIS COULD BE AGAIN, IT'S UP TO THE BOARD. WE'RE AWARE OF THESE TWO APPLICATIONS. I DON'T THINK WE'RE AWARE OF ANY OTHERS. SO IT SEEMS LIKE IF IF THIS WAS APPROVED IT WOULD PROBABLY TAKE, YOU KNOW, THREE QUARTERS IN BETWEEN GAVIN'S. THAT WOULD PROBABLY TAKE THE MAJORITY OF THIS YEAR'S BUDGET. YEAH. BUT AT THE SAM TIME, AGAIN, WE'RE NOT AWARE OF ANYTHING ELSE. SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING JUST FOR THE BOARD MEMBERS. YEAH.

YEAH. MOVING FORWARD, I'M JUST SAYING THE THE BUDGETING FOR THE PARKS AND REC AREA, LIKE, I DON'T KNOW THAT I'M, I'M JUST IGNORANT TO HOW THAT GETS FUNDED, BUT I ASSUME THAT SOME MONEY COMES FROM THE CITY TO INTO THAT GROUP, INTO THAT ORGANIZATION. NO, ACTUALLY, THEY'RE COMPLETELY INDEPENDENT OF THE CITY, BOTH IN FUNDING STRUCTURE AND OPERATIONS. AND WHAT HOW DO THEY GET FUNDED? I BELIEVE IT'S THROUGH LOCAL PROPERTY TAX. YEAH. GOT IT AS A SEPARATE ENTITY. GOT IT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ONE THING. TWO WITH THAT, SINCE IT IS KIND OF SPLIT BETWEEN TWO YEARS THAT THE THE BOARD COULD VOTE TO APPROVE THE PROJECT AND THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT COULD BE SPENT THIS YEAR WITH THE CAVEAT THAT IF NEXT YEAR THERE'S MONEY IN THE BUDGET, IN THE SUSTAINABLE, OR THE STUDENTS, STUDENT LEADERS AND SUSTAINABILITY GRANT THAT THAT WOULD COME FROM THAT. SO WE CAN'T WE CAN'T PROMISE BUDGET FOR THE FUTURE IN ANOTHER YEAR BECAUSE THAT HASN'T BEEN APPROVED BY COUNCIL. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? RIGHT.

WELL, I WAS GOING TO SAY WE'VE KIND OF HAD THIS CONVERSATION, BUT I THOUGHT THEY JUST ENCUMBERED THOSE FUNDS. IF WE DIDN'T SAY WE DIDN'T USE THE WHOLE BUDGET, I DON'T THINK IT'S ENCUMBER THOSE FUNDS AND CARRY OVER FROM THIS YEAR. NO, YOU DON'T SPEND YOU DON'T GET OKAY, OKAY. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I'LL STOP TALKING. GREAT. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. THANKS. TO HEAR MORE. OKAY. GIVE ME A SECOND. ALL THIS TECHNOLOGY UP AND RUNNING.

ALL RIGHT. IT'S RIGHT BACK THERE TO. ALL RIGHT. SO JUMPING BACK TO THE BEGINNING OF THE AGENDA, LET'S JUST GO AHEAD AND JUMP TO THE WINDSOR EXTENSION. SO THIS IS THE PILOT CURBSIDE FOOD CURBSIDE FOOD PICKUP PROGRAM THAT YOU ALL APPROVED OF LAST YEAR. SO THE PILOT HERE'S SOME STATS TO DATE. SO THE PILOT ENDS IN SEPTEMBER OF THIS YEAR. THAT'LL HAVE BEEN 12 MONTHS. WE'VE HAD 48 ACTIVE 48 PARTICIPANTS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP FOR IT. WE'VE HAD 66 PARTICIPANTS PARTICIPATION RATE OUT OF THAT 48% OR 48 PARTICIPANTS. THAT'S ACTUALLY PRETTY GOOD. THEY'VE OUR HAULER, THE COMPOST EXCHANGE, HAS COLLECTED 4.27 TONS AS OF JUNE 11TH, AND 8.19 TONS OF CO2 HAS BEEN AVOIDED FROM THIS PROGRAM. SO WITH THAT IS THE CITY IS STILL CONSIDERING WHETHER TO DO CITYWIDE CURBSIDE PICKUP. THE QUESTION IS, SHOULD WE EXTEND THIS PROGRAM TO THE END OF THIS YEAR? SO THE RATE WE'VE TALKED WITH THE COMPOST EXCHANGE, THE RATE WOULD STAY THE SAME. IT WOULD COST THE CITY $1,188.24. THEY DID HAVE A CAVEAT THAT NO NEW SIGNUPS. SO IT WOULD JUST BE FOR THOSE 48 FOLKS THAT SIGN UP. DO YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. SO HAVE WE THOUGHT ABOUT DOING A SURVEY OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT SIGNED UP AND ASKING THEM QUESTIONS LIKE, HOW OFTEN DO YOU ACTUALLY PUT OUT WEEKLY, BI WEEKLY, WHATEVER

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WELL, SELFISHLY SPEAKING, I'M HOPING THAT THEY EXTEND IT THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR. I THINK WE SHOULD EXTEND IT. YEAH. I MEAN YEAH I THINK WE WANT TO KEEP THE KEEP THIS ONE GOING, ESPECIALLY IF WE'RE GOING TO CONSIDER A CITY WIDE ONE. MAKES A LOT OF SENSE TO ME. SO YOU WOULDN'T WANT TO STOP IT. SO TONIGHT YEAH, WE WOULD LIKE THE BOARD TO MAKE A MOTION ON WHETHER OR NOT TO APPROVE IT TO THE END OF THE YEAR. WE DO HAVE BUDGET SO WE CAN EXTEND IT. BUT BEFORE STAFF, YOU KNOW EXTENDS THAT CONTRACT, WE WANTED TO SEE IF THE BOARD THINKS IT'S A WORTHWHILE ENDEAVOR. I MOVE THAT WE EXTEND IT TILL THE END OF THE YEAR. YEAH, I SECOND THAT. YEAH. SECOND. JEFF GOT A SECOND. OKAY. GOTCHA. MR. SCHUMACHER. YES, MISS. MR. BARNES. YES. MISS. GALLO. YES. MISS. SCOTT. YES, MISS. YES. MR. BURAK. YES. MOTION PASSED.

AND SO TO CONFIRM, THIS ISN'T NECESSARILY GOING TO COUNCIL, THIS IS JUST AN AFFIRMATION FROM THE BOARD FOR MONIES THAT'S ALREADY BEEN BUDGETED AND APPROVED. OKAY. THANKS.

THANK YOU. SO NEXT UP WE HAVE A POCKET PRAIRIE UPDATE. SO STEVE AND I MET WITH MAD SCIENTISTS THE OTHER DAY. THIS KIND OF HITS ALL THE POCKET THE THREE POCKET PARTS. AND THEN I'M GOING TO GO INTO THE INDIVIDUAL UPDATES. SO PLANT MATERIAL AND SEED FOR THEM HAS BEEN PURCHASED IN POSSESSION. THE DEVELOPING A MANAGEMENT PLAN AND THE CITY'S REQUEST IN TERMS

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LAST YEAR THEY DID SPRAY, BUT AT&T RAN SOME LINES AND THEY RESEEDED THAT AREA WITH TURF, WHICH SET THE PROJECT BACK A LITTLE BIT. SO TO BE CLEAR, I THINK WE HAD QUESTIONS AT A PREVIOUS MEETING ON WHERE THIS IS. EXACTLY. AND THIS IS AN OUTDATED AERIAL, BUT IT IS THE AREA INSIDE OF THE HORSE FENCE. SO BETWEEN THE HORSE FENCE AND THE ROAD BUT NOT QUITE IN THE DITCH. SO IN FACT, IF YOU DRIVE OR IF YOU LOOK AT A RECENT AERIAL, YOU CAN SEE THERE IS SOME DIFFERENT COLORATION IN THE GRASS THERE, BUT THAT SO IT'S OUTSIDE OF THE DITCH, BUT ADJACENT TO THE HORSE FENCE ON THE ROAD SIDE OF THE HORSE FENCE. THEN THERE WAS A COMMENT THAT GOT MADE TWO MEETINGS AGO. AND WHAT BROUGHT IT UP ABOUT THAT WETLANDS AREA, BECAUSE WE'VE ALWAYS JUST ASSUMED IT WOULD NEED TO BE PLANTED IN WETLAND. MARTIN SAYS. IT'S OUTSIDE, BUT IT'S OUTSIDE THE WETLAND AREA. GOT IT. YEAH. THERE ARE THREE WETLAND CELLS INSIDE TAYLOR FARM PARK. THOSE ARE TECHNICALLY FOR FORESTED WETLANDS, SO THEY WERE PLANTED WITH I CAN'T REMEMBER HOW MANY TREES, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF TREES OUT THERE, AND SOME DAY IT'S ALL GOING TO BE WOODS, WHICH WOULD BE AWESOME. BUT FOR NOW, IT KIND OF LOOKS AND FEELS LIKE MORE OF A WETLAND. NEXT ONE IS JAMES RIVER PARK, SO THE FLAGS ARE OUT. IT WILL BE SPRAYED HERE, AND ONCE THAT TURF IS DYED, THEY'LL COME IN, REMOVE THE FLAGS AND MOW THE TALL VEGETATION. YOU CAN KIND OF SEE YOU CAN'T. I MEAN IT'S HARD TO SEE ON THIS. LET ME GRAB THE POINTER. HOPEFULLY I DON'T BLIND MYSELF. ALL RIGHT. YOU JUST SEE THE FLAGS OVER HERE. AND THEN THEY HAVE SOME ON THE INSIDE. THIS IS AN OLD AERIAL PICTURE OF IT. INITIALLY.

THIS IS WHAT IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE. THEY DID HAVE TO TAKE THEY CALL IT THE HOT DOG. HAD TO TAKE THE HOT DOG AND ADJUST IT A LITTLE BIT DOWN HERE TO GET IT OUT OF THE UTILITY LINE EASEMENT. SO STILL THE SAME AMOUNT. IT'S JUST GOING TO BE MOVED DOWN HERE. AND THEN THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE THE INSIDE PLANTED AS WELL. AND THEN THERE'LL BE SOME AS IT SAYS UP THERE, THERE'LL BE MONITORED SOME SPOT TREATMENT BEFORE THE DEMO BEDS ARE ARE IN THERE IN THE FALL. THAT THAT SIGN NO LONGER EXISTS THAT WE HAD. LIKE THERE'S BEEN SIGNAGE THAT, THAT WE HAD THAT SIGN NO LONGER EXISTS. SO I'M JUST GOING TO ASK THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE SPRAYING THAT WE MAYBE CAN EITHER GET ANOTHER ONE MADE OR HAVE SOME SORT OF SIGNAGE JUST TO SAY THAT THAT'S GETTING SPRAYED BECAUSE THERE ARE PEOPLE WITH DOGS AND KIDS AND WHATEVER THEY GO TO THAT AREA. YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. WE'VE ALSO ASKED MATT TO GIVE US A PROPOSAL SO THAT WE CAN WORK WITH THEM ON PERMANENT SIGNAGE. EVERYTHING THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE POLITICAL TYPE SIGNAGE. THE CITY'S ACTIVELY WORKING ON A PARKS AND TRAILS COMPREHENSIVE SIGN PLAN FOR THE WHOLE COMMUNITY. OUR GOAL IS HOPEFULLY WE CAN MAYBE WRAP THAT UP THIS YEAR AND REALISTICALLY, MAYBE NEXT YEAR, PUT OUT SOME PERMANENT SIGNAGE AT THESE PRAIRIE PARKS. FROM AN EDUCATIONAL STANDPOINT AND SOME BACKGROUND OF WHAT THEY ARE, WHERE YOU CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT IT. THAT WAY WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT KEEP REPLACING THEM.

YEAH, I WANTED TO SHARE. I'VE GOT SOME PICTURES TO SHARE WITH YOU GUYS OF SOME THINGS ON SOME RECENT TRAVELS THAT I THINK COULD BE INTERESTING TO KIND OF FOLLOW ALONG THE LINES OF WHAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE WITH SOME IMAGERY OF PLUS A QR CODE TYPE OF THING. SO IT'S NOT GROUNDBREAKING, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WAS THE EXAMPLE OF IT. IF YOU SPRAY, I'M ASSUMING YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE SIGNS THAT SAYS THIS WAS SPRAYED, AND THIS IS WHY IT WAS SPRAYED, BECAUSE YOU CAN HAVE BROWN GRASS THERE AND EVERYTHING'S GOING TO BE GOING TO HELL. YEAH, THERE WERE PREVIOUS SIGNS OUT. I YEAH, THAT HAD QR CODES AGAIN, LIKE THE POLITICAL SIGN TYPES, YOU KNOW, THEY JUST HAVE THE TWO LITTLE WIRE FEET ON THE GROUND.

GOTCHA. YEAH. WE'LL COORDINATE WITH MATT TO MAKE SURE THEY PUT SOMETHING OUT THERE, BECAUSE I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHEN THEIR NEXT SPRING IS GOING TO BE. SO WE'LL MAKE SURE WE WE TRY TO COORDINATE TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY WITH THEM TO PUT OUT SOME NOTIFICATION SIGNS. YEAH. THIS, THIS, IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW THE ORIGINAL SIGNS THAT A QR CODE, THEY WENT TO OUR WEBSITE, THE CITY WEBSITE, THERE'S A PAGE FOR THOSE THINGS. YEAH. SO IT DETAILED THE INFORMATION THAT WAS HAPPENING, THAT THEY WERE BEING SPRAYED AND THEY WERE GOING TO GET SEEDED AND BLAH, BLAH, BLAH. AND PEOPLE GET A LITTLE SQUIRRELY WHEN THEY SEE PEOPLE SPRAY. AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THERE'S A BROWN PATCH. YES. YEAH, I SAW IT GO TO PLANTERS GROVE. THERE'S A BIG PATCH. YEAH, YEAH. NO, BUT NO ONE'S CALLED ABOUT THAT. I WAS, I WAS ACTUALLY CURIOUS IF WE'VE GOTTEN ANY SORT OF I HAVE I DON'T, I DON'T THINK I'M NOT

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OH, AND IF YOU WANT MAPLE STARTS, THERE'S ABOUT FIVE OF THEM OVER THERE. SO GO DIG THEM UP QUICK. SO THE OTHER ONE IS PLANTERS GROVE. SO THEY SPRAY DOWN IN MAY AND IS ON THE LIST FOR A FOLLOW UP SPOT TREATMENT. ONE THING WITH THIS IS THE NUTSEDGE IS THERE, AND THAT IS RESISTANT TO THE SPRAY THAT THEY USED. SO THEY'RE GETTING A MORE HARDY SPRAY TO TAKE CARE OF THE NUTMEG. NUTSEDGE. AND IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN OUT THERE YET, THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE IN TERMS OF THE SPACE. SO COMPREHENSIVELY, THEY HOPE TO FINISH ALL OF THE SPRAYING AND THEN THE RESEEDING PUTTING IN PLUGS AND ALL THE LANDSCAPING. BY THE END OF THIS YEAR. DURING OUR CONVERSATION WITH THEM, WE BROUGHT UP ONGOING MAINTENANCE. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'LL BRING BACK TO YOU GUYS AS WE LEARN MORE ABOUT, BUT WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO INVEST IN THESE AREAS. AND SO WE FIGURED WE'D LIKE TO GET AT LEAST LEARN AND THEN PRESENT IT BACK TO YOU GUYS. YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE FROM A MAINTENANCE CONTRACT STANDPOINT TO HAVE MATT MAINTAIN THESE AREAS JUST TO MAKE SURE IT'S BEING DONE PROPERLY. GREAT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE THAT WILL JUMP TO THE NEXT TOPIC? SO IT'S A STYROFOAM TAKEBACK GET YOUR INPUT ON THAT. SO STYROFOAM COLLECTION IS SOMETHING SOME OTHER COMMUNITIES HAVE DONE. IT'S A WAY FOR RESIDENTS TO DROP OFF STYROFOAM AT AN EVENT INSTEAD OF THROWING IT AWAY. IT TAKES UP A LOT OF SPACE, DOESN'T WEIGH VERY MUCH, BUT IT TAKES UP A LOT OF SPACE. SO IT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, ONE DAY WHERE RESIDENTS DROP THOSE OFF.

THE CITY COULD TEAM UP WITH SWACO TO GET THE SUPER SACKS, WHICH ARE LIKE KIND OF LIKE BREAKDOWN OF LIKE GAYLORD BOXES. YOU KIND OF SEE THEM THERE IN THE PICTURE UP THERE TO THE LEFT OF ME. I'M THE ONE IN THE HAT. AND THEN WE PROBABLY NEED ABOUT 6 OR 7 VOLUNTEERS, TWO STAFFERS FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS. IT'D BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE SOME OTHER COMMUNITIES DO IT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. SOME DO IT IN BETWEEN THE WEEK OF CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR'S BECAUSE EVERYBODY'S GETTING STUFF AND THEY ALL HAVE THE STYROFOAM WITH THAT. SO THE COST IS ABOUT $125 FOR A U-HAUL. THIS WOULD KIND OF GO UNDER THE THE PART OF THE ONGOING PROGRAM IN THE SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD'S WORK PLAN. AND IT KIND OF FALLS UNDER THE SECTION S THREE POINT D IN THE ENGAGEMENT PLAN WITH THIS. SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT SWACO HAS BEEN APPROACHING CITIES ABOUT DOING SOME CITIES, FOR INSTANCE. WORTHINGTON. THEY HAVE A CONVENIENCE CENTER. SO THEY DON'T DO THIS ANYMORE BECAUSE THEY TAKE IT 24 OVER SEVEN.

OTHER COMMUNITIES LIKE WORTHINGTON OR WESTERVILLE SUSTAINABLE, WESTERVILLE, THEY DO ABOUT THREE TIMES A YEAR AND THEN BEXLEY. THEY ALSO DO, I THINK, AT LEAST ONCE A YEAR WITH IT. SO THE QUESTION FOR THE BOARD IS, SHOULD WE EXPLORE DOING AN EVENT LIKE THIS TO BE LIKE A TWO HOUR EVENT, LIKE A SATURDAY OR SUNDAY? I THINK IT'S A FABULOUS IDEA, ESPECIALLY RIGHT AFTER CHRISTMAS. AND I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION WHEN WE STARTED DOING THE HEFTY PROGRAM THAT THEY TOOK STYROFOAM. AND THEY DON'T THEY ONLY TAKE FOOD CONTAINERS, NOT THE BIG GIANT THINGS THAT TVS COME IN. MY QUESTION IS, IF SOMEONE IS BRINGING THEIR STYROFOAM, WHAT ARE WE BRINGING IT IN? OR ARE WE JUST TOSSING IT ALL IN THE CAR AND HANDING IT OVER? LIKE, DO WE PUT IT IN A PLASTIC BAG? YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE IT'S REALLY SO IN OTHER COMMUNITIES, PEOPLE JUST BRING IN ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT WAYS. SOME OF THEM HAVE IT IN PLASTIC BAGS. WITH THAT, THE OTHER COMMUNITIES, THEY'LL EMPTY THAT THAT PLASTIC BAG IN THERE, AND THEY'LL GET A PLASTIC BAG EITHER BACK TO THE PERSON OR THEY'LL HAVE A HEFTY BAG THERE, AND THEY'LL PUT THAT PLASTIC BAG IN THERE. THE KEY IS COMMUNICATING WITH PEOPLE WHAT KIND OF STYROFOAM IS ACCEPTED? BECAUSE LIKE THE FOOD CONTAINER, THE FOOD CONTAINER, STYROFOAM IS NOT ACCEPTED IN IN THESE TYPE OF PROGRAMS. RIGHT. IT'S ACCEPTED BY HEFTY THOUGH, RIGHT? YEAH. THERE YOU CAN GET RID OF IT. IT'S THE IT'S THE BIG STUFF LIKE I'VE GOT IN THE PICTURE THERE. THAT WOULD BE FABULOUS TO BE ABLE TO RECYCLE THAT. LIKE, DO THEY TAKE LIKE THE PACKING PEANUTS, LIKE THAT TYPE OF STYROFOAM? NO. OKAY. SO THAT'S WHERE IT GETS VERY SPECIFIC. LIKE THAT'S. YEAH. COULD YOU PILOT SOMETHING LIKE THIS WITH OUR HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE DAY? SO WE THOUGHT ABOUT THAT RIGHT NOW FOR THE FALL ONE, BECAUSE IT'S IN A NEW LOCATION AND WE'RE ALREADY ADDING TWO MORE THINGS TO IT. WE THINK IT MIGHT BE A

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YOU KNOW, PUTTING OUT SOME THEY'RE NOT SAYING YOU'RE SAYING THIS, BUT PUT OUT SOME BARRELS OR GAYLORDS. IT'S, YOU KNOW, WHO'S, WHO'S GOING TO PICK IT UP? IS IT 24 OVER SEVEN OR NOT? IF IT'S NOT 20, IF IT IS 24 OVER SEVEN, HOW DO YOU MAKE SURE THAT IT'S SECURE? YOU MOST LIKELY NEED TO HAVE A CAMERA OR SURVEILLANCE ON THAT. SO PEOPLE ARE NOT ILLEGALLY DUMPING. AND THERE'S OTHER COMPONENTS TO IT, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD LOOK INTO. JUST INTERESTING. I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES I'VE FILLED UP MY WHOLE ENTIRE GARBAGE CAN OF STYROFOAM AND ALL THIS PACKAGING. WELL, IF YOU BUY A TV, YEAH, YOU KNOW, THAT FILLS UP THE TRASH CAN. WHAT ELSE IS WORTHINGTON COLLECTING BESIDES STYROFOAM? AT THEIR CONVENIENCE CENTER, THEY HAVE E-WASTE, THEY HAVE STYROFOAM. THEY HAVE MECHANIC OIL, CAR OIL AND ANTIFREEZE. AND THEN THEY MOVED THEIR THEY HAVE THE FOOD WASTE DROP OFF LOCATIONS LIKE WE DO. THEY ACTUALLY GO ZERO LIKE WE DO. AND THEY MOVED ONE OF THE LOCATIONS TO THEIR. I THINK THAT WAS. THOSE WERE THE BIG ONE. YEAH. THEY HAVE. YEAH.

PRETTY AWESOME. YEAH. SO WE CAN CONTINUE SEEING A LOT OF LIKE HEAD SHAKES. SO YEAH, THIS IS RELATIVELY CHEAP. SO WE THINK WE CAN FIND AREAS IN THE EXISTING SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD'S BUDGET TO PAY FOR THIS. WHERE WE SEE THERE'S KIND OF SOME LEFTOVER FUNDS FROM OTHER THINGS. SO JUST FROM A FUNDING STANDPOINT, JUST SO YOU GUYS ARE AWARE, THAT'S HOW WE PLAN ON ON FUNDING THIS. AND THEN TWO, SO YEAH, WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK ON LOGISTICS, LIKE TIMING, DURATION. JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY, JUST FOR EARLY ON, JUST BECAUSE IT IS SO CLOSE TO THE HOLIDAYS IN BETWEEN CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR'S. IS ANYBODY INTERESTED OR KNOW IF YOU'RE THAT JUST SO WE CAN GET N UNDERSTANDING EARLY ON OF, OF I THINK I'M IN TOWN, IT WOULD BE THREE OR LESS OF YOU BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT. BUT I CAN'T GUARANTEE MY WIFE'S NOT GOING TO SPRING SOMETHING ON YOU. SHE'S, SHE'S WELCOME TO SHE'S WELCOME TO I VOLUNTEER KISS THE.

YEAH. THAT'S JUST PART OF THE LOGISTICS IS. YEAH. WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN FIND STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS AVAILABLE FOR IT. YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST TOUGH TO DO A LOT OF GOING ON IN THE HOLIDAY SEASON. YEAH. RIGHT. I HAD THE QUESTION IS THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT BACK UP AT THAT POINT OR I CAN'T REMEMBER HOW LONG THE REMODEL OR WHATEVER IS HAPPENING? NO. SO WE WILL BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION. THEN WE'LL PROBABLY BE IN THE KIND OF LIKE IN THE HEART OF CONSTRUCTION, HOPEFULLY. SO THAT'S ANOTHER LOGISTICAL THING WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT. LIKE MAYBE WE COULD STILL HOST IT. WE'RE, WE'RE ACTUALLY JUST SORT OF REALLY STARTING TO FIGURE OUT LIKE THE WIDTH AND BREADTH OF KIND OF LIKE THE IMPACTS TO OUR AREA.

I'M HOPING, DON'T HOLD ME TO THIS. IF YOU THINK BACK FOR A HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE, KIND OF LIKE IN THE PAPER SHREDDING AREA, I THINK THERE WILL BE OPPORTUNITY THERE TO, I DON'T KNOW, LIKE HOW PEOPLE WILL COME IN AND OUT, BUT THAT AREA, I THINK SHOULD KIND OF GO

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BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BEING, YOU KNOW, LET'S THINK ABOUT WHAT IT COULD HAVE TO BE VERSUS WE SCRAMBLE AT THE END OR HAVE IT BE A DEBACLE AND WHICH WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE. YEAH, YEAH, WE COMPLETELY AGREE. I KNOW WE HAVE SOME LIKE, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY TENTS. I KNOW THE POLICE HAVE A LARGE TENT THAT WE'VE USED FOR OTHER EVENTS BEFORE, SO WE CAN START KIND OF SOMETHING. OKAY. YEAH. LOOKING INTO THAT. ANYWAY, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS TO THE BOARD. I THINK THIS IS A GREAT IDEA. DO YOU REQUIRE A MOTION TO PUT IT INTO MOTION? I MOVE THAT WE HAVE A STYROFOAM COLLECTION BETWEEN CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR'S. SECOND. MR. SCHUMACHER YES. MR. BARNES. YES, MISS. YES. MISS. SCOTT. YES. MR. YES. MR. YES. NO. MOTION PASSED. ALL RIGHT. NEXT. AND THIS IS LIKE THE THE MEAT OF THE AGENDA, RIGHT. OR THE TOP OF THE AGENDA FOR VEGETARIANS OUT THERE. MID-YEAR REVIEW. I KNOW THIS IS KIND OF HARD TO READ. I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. I MADE IT AS LARGE AS I COULD ON THE SCREEN. SO AT THE TOP TOTAL BUDGET FOR THE ADVISORY BOARD IS 118,390. YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE. WHAT WAS BUDGETED FOR THOSE, WHAT HAS BEEN SPENT SO FAR? WHAT'S REMAINING AND AND NOTES. SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO WALK THROUGH THIS OR IF YOU JUST WANT TO TAKE A SECOND TO LOOK AT IT. AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, YOU CAN ASK. IT KIND OF LOOKS LIKE A LOT HASN'T BEEN SPENT, BUT THERE'S STILL A LOT HAPPENING ON THE SECOND HALF OF THE YEAR. OBVIOUSLY, WE STILL HAVE THIS STUDENT LEADERS AND SUSTAINABILITY GRANT THAT NEEDS TO BE ISSUED. WE'VE ONLY DONE HALF OF PRETTY MUCH THE FIRST THREE LINES THERE FOR E-WASTE HOUSEHOLD. WE'VE ONLY DONE ONE MAILING OF THE POSTCARD.

OBVIOUSLY PAPER SHREDDING IS RUNNING HIGH. WE INCREASED THAT BY $500. MOVE SOME MONEY AROUND FROM ANOTHER ACCOUNT. OTHERWISE, AS FAR AS LIKE GREEN GUARDIANS GO, INVASIVE SPECIES. I THINK DAVE HAS SOME MORE INFORMATION ON THAT THAT HE'LL SHARE WITH YOU. BUT OVERALL, IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE KIND OF WEIGHTED HEAVY ON THE SECOND HALF OF THE YEAR. SORT OF MY TAKEAWAY, RIGHT. AND IN PAST YEARS WHEN WE'VE DONE THIS, WE'VE JUST BASICALLY SAID, YOU KNOW, IN THE INSTANCE OF THE E-WASTE DRIVE, YOU KNOW, WE HAD 6000 BUDGETED. WE IF WE HAD SPENT 4000, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN LIKE, ARE WE CONCERNED ABOUT A SECONDARY EVENT KIND OF THING? BUT SO IN GOING THROUGH THIS, I THINK THAT'S ALL MY EYES ARE GOING TO IS TO YOUR POINT, IF WE HAVE A SPLIT EVENT TYPE OF THING, DO WE HAVE AT LEAST HALF THAT MONEY KNOWING THAT WE SHOULD PROBABLY LESS THAN WHAT WE SPENT THE FIRST TIME? SO YEAH, THAT'S HOW I'VE GONE THROUGH THIS THING. THE QUESTION I HAD WAS THE THE FOOD WASTE WOULD GO ZERO. SO THAT'S THROUGH APRIL AND MY MATH SKILLS AREN'T GREAT, BUT DOES THE 154 COVER THE REST OF THE YEAR? IF THE TEN FOUR IS JUST THROUGH APRIL, I GUESS IT'S A THIRD OF THE YEAR, SO MAYBE IT'S OKAY. AND THE ONLY OTHER THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD FOR THAT, WHICH IS NOT ON THE SPOT, BUT WE WENT THROUGH AFTER THE BUDGET WAS SET AND THE CONTRACT WAS SIGNED, WE HAVE HAD GO ZERO, TAKE SOME CANS AWAY, AT LEAST FROM TAYLOR FARM. WELL, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE HAPPENED. WE AGREED IT WAS HAPPENING THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT USAGE IN TAYLOR FARM, I THINK HAD THREE CANS AND WE WERE, YOU KNOW, FILLING UP MAYBE 1 OR 2. SO I WANT TO BELIEVE THAT STAFF HAD SAID WE WOULD TAKE ONE AWAY FROM THERE.

AND I THINK WE TOOK ONE AWAY FROM SERVICE, BUT I WOULD NOT BET ON ONE OF MY CHILDREN'S LIVES FOR THAT. BUT I KNOW TAYLOR FARM WAS SOMETHING WE IMPACTED. SO I JUST WANT TO

[01:15:05]

OKAY, YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD COMMENT. AND THEN THE CURBSIDE, THE PILOT, TO YOUR POINT, LIKE WE'VE ONLY USED THIS MUCH. SO WHEN YOU HAVE THAT ADDITIONAL AMOUNT THAT REALLY JUST FITS INTO THE EXISTING BUDGET, RIGHT? THERE'S NOT WE'RE NOT HAVING TO TAKE THAT MONEY FROM SOMETHING ELSE. CORRECT? CORRECT. YEAH. SO WE'LL ABSORB THAT WITHIN THAT SAME LINE ITEM JUST TO BE.

AND THEN WE'LL PROBABLY STILL HAVE SOME LEFTOVER FROM THAT BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE AS MANY PEOPLE. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. I'LL SHUT UP BECAUSE I KNOW YOU WANT THE THE TRAINING AND CONTINUING EDUCATION. YOU HAVE BUDGETED 800 AND REMAINING 200, BUT THERE'S NO EXPENSE FOR 600. OH YOU'RE RIGHT. SO THE SO THERE'S ACTUALLY BEEN NONE THAT HAS BEEN SPENT. SO THAT 200 SHOULD BE 800. SOME OF THAT IS LIKE THE UPCOMING LIKE THE MORSI SUMMIT ON SUSTAINABILITY. ONCE THEY PUT ONCE THEY HAVE TICKETS AVAILABLE, WE'LL GET THOSE. AND THEN THERE'S ALSO, I BELIEVE THE I CAN'T REMEMBER THE NAME, BUT IT'S THE ORGANICS CONFERENCE. I THINK YOU ALL TALKED ABOUT LAST YEAR, RIGHT. HAVE FUNDS TO SEND MEMBERS TO THAT. SO THAT'S WHAT THOSE WILL PRIMARILY COVER JUST FROM 600 BUCKS FOR US. THANK YOU FOR CATCHING THAT. YOU'RE WELCOME.

I WAS GONNA SAY. AND THEN TO THE THE BOARD'S CONVERSATION ABOUT THE PILOT PROGRAM, ABOUT HITTING, WHETHER IT'S A MAIL OUT SURVEY OF SOME SORT, THERE'S MONEY LEFT IN THAT LINE ITEM TO ABSORB SOME OF THAT COST. SO WE SHOULD BE GOOD IF WE NEED TO DO THAT. OH, YEAH.

THANKS FOR BRINGING THAT UP. YEAH, THAT'S THAT'S A GOOD DIRECTION. YEAH. WE'LL CERTAINLY YEAH. TAKE A LOOK AT YEAH. WHAT THE COST THAT WOULD BE. YEAH. SO THE OTHER THING REBECCA'S NOT HERE. SO FOR HOWARD IS THIS IS A GOOD TIME TO TAKE A PEEK JUST FOR OURSELVES TO GO. RIGHT. SO FOR NEXT YEAR, YOU KNOW, HAD WE, YOU KNOW, HAD THE E-WASTE DRIVE BEEN BUDGETED $6,000, WE'VE SPENT 5000 ON THE FIRST HALF OF IT KIND OF THING JUST TO GET THE JUICES FLOWING FOR NEXT YEAR'S PLANNING IN AUGUST IS TO DOES THAT NEED TO BE SHOULD WE CONSIDER THAT BEING A BIGGER LINE ITEM, THAT KIND OF THING? SO JUST FOR YOURSELF, JUST KIND OF MAKING MENTAL NOTES AS TO WHERE CAN WE PUSH PULL SOME OF THIS BUDGET? YOU KNOW, I'M A BIG ADVOCATE OF MORE ISN'T ALWAYS MORE. SO, YOU KNOW, BE CRITICAL ABOUT THINGS THAT WE'RE NOT SPENDING MONEY ON FOR WHATEVER REASON. AND, AND PLUS, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I KEEP LOOKING AT YOU GUYS BECAUSE YOU'RE NEWER TO THE BOARD IS QUESTIONS ABOUT WHY WE BUDGETS AND THINGS THAT WE DIDN'T USE THEM KIND OF DEAL. WHERE IS THE POCKET? IS IT NOT ON THIS OR DIFFERENT BUDGET? SO POCKET PRAIRIES WAS PART OF THE 2025 BUDGETS. SINCE WE ARE IN CONTRACT WITH THEM, THE CONTRACT MONEY ROLLS OVER THIS YEAR. GOTCHA. OKAY. AND THEN AND THEN SERVICE IS TAKEN OVER THAT FROM A EXPENSE STANDPOINT. SO THAT'S ROLLED IN. SO ONE THING THAT'S ROLLED INTO THE CITY BUDGET. YEAH. WELL, IN TERMS OF MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT, I'M JUST SAYING IT'S LIKE IT COMES OUT OF OUR PURVIEW IN TERMS OF APPROVAL OF THINGS, RIGHT? YEAH. WE WERE THINKING, YEAH, THAT WE'D PROBABLY BRING THE MAINTENANCE CONTRACT BACK FOR YOU. I GUESS WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT. YEAH. REALLY? YEAH. NO, I THINK THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION TO BRING UP A GOOD POINT. YEAH. WELL, YEAH, WE'LL FIGURE THAT OUT.

OKAY. ANOTHER ANOTHER TIME. GUARDIANS YOU HAD WRITTEN IN HERE AND I KNOW IT'S SOMETHING WE BROUGHT UP BEFORE AND I'M JUST PERSONALLY CARE ABOUT THIS, BUT DOING A CLEANUP DAY OR MAYBE TWO A YEAR, WE USED TO DO A EARLY SPRING BEFORE ALL THE PLANTS BLOOMED. AND WE DID A LATE LIKE A NOVEMBER AFTER EVERYTHING SORT OF BLOOMED AND DIED BACK, JUST LIKE A COMMUNITY. WE'VE DONE THAT WITH THE, WITH THE, WITH PUBLIC WORKS. AND IT WAS GREAT. WE USED TO DO IT YEARS AGO, AND PEOPLE WOULD TURN UP LIKE CRAZY TO VOLUNTEER TO HELP CLEAN UP THE COMMUNITY. THEY HAD VERY SPECIFIC MAPS AND RULES WE HAD TO FOLLOW, BUT IT WAS A WONDERFUL SORT OF THING TO GET PEOPLE MORE CONNECTED WITH THE LAND, THE GREEN SPACES, OUR COMMUNITY PICKING UP. YOU KNOW, YOU PICK UP A LOT OF TRASH AND THEN WE WOULD EVALUATE IT AND BE LIKE, OKAY, WE HAVE A LOT OF WATER BOTTLES HERE. WE HAVE A LOT OF STARBUCKS CUPS HERE.

LIKE WE WOULD SORT OF TALK ABOUT DIFFERENT THINGS. AND THAT THAT ACTUALLY HELPED, I THINK, MOTIVATE SOME OF THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE WOULD DO AND THE KIDS WOULD DO JUST BY KNOWING WHAT TRASH WE HAVE AND WHAT THINGS WE HAVE. AND THEN WE RECOVERED BICYCLES AND $2,000 WORTH OF MAKEUP THAT WAS STOLEN, AND OTHER WEIRD THINGS THAT THE COPS GOT INVOLVED WITH.

IT WAS FUN. SO I THINK THOSE ARE KIND OF SOME OF THE THINGS MAYBE WITH GREEN GUARDIANS, IF WE DO HAVE MONEY, WE CAN MAYBE LOOK AT DOING SOMETHING LIKE THAT BECAUSE IT WAS REALLY SUCCESSFUL. AND I THINK IT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD MAYBE THINK ABOUT. AGAIN, WE HAVE SOME BUDGET TO DO THAT. YEAH, I MEAN, WE CAN LOOK INTO THAT. WE'LL GET TO THAT. WELL, YEAH. WELL, A COUPLE THINGS. ONE, WE'LL LOOK INTO THAT. SEE LIKE HOW WHEN, WHERE DOES THE MONEY COME FROM, ETC. THE PROCESS OF THAT FROM YEARS PAST. YEAH, I'M GOING TO PLAY I'M STILL NEW CARD. SO YOU'RE GOOD. BUT THE OTHER THE OTHER THING IS FOR WHENEVER WE TALK NEXT NEXT

[01:20:07]

OKAY. YEAH. WELL, THEN ONCE WE GET THROUGH THIS, WE'LL GET TO WHAT'S LEFT FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR. SO THAT'S NO. BUT THAT'S A GOOD TIME TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WHEN WE PRIORITIZE STUFF FOR THE BACK END OF THE YEAR. SO ANYWAY, WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I KNOW YOU WANTED TO GO THROUGH THE INVASIVE TRADE IN. YEAH. SO JUST ON WATER, OBVIOUSLY COMMUNITY AMOUNT PER HOUSEHOLD IS UP TO $500 FOR THOSE THAT HAVE APPLIED OR SUBMITTED. RIGHT NOW, THERE'S TEN FOLKS THAT THEIR APPLICATIONS ARE BEING REVIEWED. THERE HAVE BEEN FOUR THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN APPROVED. TOTAL AVAILABLE IS 21 SPOTS. SO REMAINING SPOTS IS WE HAVE SEVEN. SO YOU CAN SEE THE GRANT BUDGET THERE. THE AMOUNT SPENT NOT AVAILABLE. SO WE STILL HAVE A GOOD BIT AVAILABLE. SO WE'RE WE'RE THINKING, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT WHAT ARE SOME DIFFERENT AVENUES TO GET THE WORD OUT AGAIN ABOUT THAT ONE THING WITH, WITH TREES, AS YOU KNOW, IDEALLY YOU DO NOT PLANT THEM DURING HIGH SUMMER. SO LOOKING AT FALL TO PROMOTE THE PROGRAM AGAIN. BUT IF YOU ALL HAVE ANY, ANY SUGGESTIONS, ANYTHING LIKE THAT, I WAS GOING TO SAY I. BOTH OF YOU BEING SOMEWHAT NEW TO THIS, LIKE THIS IS INCREDIBLE. FROM WHAT WE STARTED THIS TWO YEARS AGO, I WANT TO SAY OUR FIRST YEAR WE HAD TWO. I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAD THAT MANY. I THINK WE HAD TWO THAT WE DID, YOU KNOW, AND IT WAS UP TO, I DON'T KNOW, SEVEN OR SOMETHING LAST YEAR. SO, I MEAN, THIS IS INCREDIBLE UPTAKE AND THE FACT THAT HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET TO CLOSE TO USING WHAT WE'VE SUBMITTED TO IT IS, IS I THINK, INCREDIBLE. I JUST DID SOME I'M SURE JEFF HAS DONE THE MATH TO LIKE AVERAGE IS ABOUT THREE. IT'S LIKE 350 OR SOMETHING. SO WE'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, ONE OF THE BIGGEST CONCERNS FROM SOME FOLKS ON THE BOARD, OH MY GOD, WE'VE PUT 500 OUT THERE AND YOU KNOW, WE'LL EXHAUST ALL THAT. IT'S LIKE PEOPLE AREN'T USING THAT NECESSARILY. SO I DON'T LOVE TALKING TO NUMBERS OF THINGS BECAUSE I THINK IT PROBABLY COULD BE MORE THAN THAT, DEPENDING ON WHAT THE AVERAGE IS IN IS. BUT THIS IS GREAT. I, I'M, I'M HAPPILY PLEASED WITH, WITH HOW THIS IS KIND OF COME OUT BECAUSE THIS WAS, YEAH, I DON'T THINK WE GOT ANY KIND OF BUZZ OFF THE FIRST COUPLE OF YEARS. AND TO HAVE TEN THAT ARE STILL IN THE HOPPER GOING THROUGH AND TAKING A LOOK AT IT, IT'S PRETTY GREAT. AND THEN I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS FROM THE QUARTERLY SUSTAINABILITY STAKEHOLDERS MEETING SHARED LAST MONTH, BUT JUST FOR BOARD MEMBERS AND ALSO JUST TO GET WORD OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, PLAIN TOWNSHIP BETWEEN STAFF AND MYSELF, WE WERE TALKING TO BEN OVER AT PLAIN TOWNSHIP AND THEY'VE THEY'VE NOW ADDED INTO THE PROGRAM. SO THEY DO A $100 REBATE PROGRAM. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY DOLLARS THEY WERE ABLE TO PUT TOWARDS IT, BUT AT LEAST WE'RE NOW ENCOMPASSING EVERYBODY IN NEW ALBANY AND AND PLAIN TOWNSHIP PROPER, WHICH IS PHENOMENAL. THEY WEREN'T ORIGINALLY IN THE PROGRAM. SO THAT'S HELPING OUT NEIGHBORS THAT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET INVOLVED WITH IT. THERE'S ALSO, I DON'T KNOW IF I MENTIONED IT, BUT YOU'RE TRADING IN THE INVASIVE SPECIES IN FOR A NATIVE PLANT. SO YES, THAT'S KEY. AND ON THE WEBSITE, IT DOES MENTION THAT I THINK THREE TIMES THAT IT NEEDS TO BE A NATIVE. AND THEY HAVE A LIST OF NATIVE PLANTS AS WELL. AND THEN FOR THE INVASIVE, THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A LIST OF LIKE, I THINK THE TOP FIVE OR TOP TEN MOST INVASIVE PLANTS IN THIS AREA. SO THOSE ARE THE KIND OF THE COMPONENTS OF IT. SO THERE'S SEVEN SPOTS REMAINING BASICALLY. IS THAT THE SAYING, RIGHT. SO IF THE IF THE TEN THAT ARE THERE PROCESSING NOW ALL GO THROUGH, THEN THERE'LL BE SEVEN SPOTS REMAINING, GIVE OR TAKE, BECAUSE IT'S A DOLLAR AMOUNT. IT'S NOT. DO YOU HAVE ANY FEELING FOR WHEN'S THE LAST TIME THAT WAS ADVERTISED OR PROMOTED. I JUST WONDERED IF WE COULD DO 1 OR 2 MORE PUSHES JUST TO GET THE REST OF THOSE DONE. THE FARMER'S MARKET. YEAH. YEAH. WELL ACTUALLY WE WELL, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO MENTION. WELL, YEAH, YOU'VE GOT SOMETHING ELSE TO WANT TO MENTION, BUT I WAS GONNA SAY I THINK WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR WAS WE WAITED UNTIL SEPTEMBER JUST TO THE POINT OF YOU'RE NOT DOING A WHOLE LOT OF PLANTING IN HIGH SUMMER. SO I THINK WE PUSHED IT IN AUGUST OR SEPTEMBER, I THINK, AGAIN ON ONE OF THE WEEKLY EMAILS. BUT I MEAN, YEAH, I'D LOVE TO SEE IT AT LEAST A COUPLE MORE TIMES. AND IN THE CITY EMAILS OR ON THE WEBSITE, WE DID HAVE SOME FOLKS WHO WERE HELPING TABLE ATD HAVE SOME SIGNAGE FOR THAT AND SOME HANDOUTS FOR THAT. SO YEAH, WE'LL BE DOING MORE OF THAT. WE'LL LOOK INTO SOCIAL MEDIA AGAIN, YOU KNOW, SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS ABOUT IT. AND I DIDN'T MEAN TO CUT OFF THE COMMENT CONVERSATION ABOUT THINKING

[01:25:03]

THE MICROPHONES WILL BE ON JUST SO WE KNOW. AND WE'LL, WE'LL TAKE AS LONG AS IT TAKES. SO HOPEFULLY THAT'S MAYBE TEN MINUTES. I WAS GOING TO SAY, I KNOW WHAT THIS GAME. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. LET'S GO FIRST. REMEMBER THERE'S NO RIGHT OR WRONG ANSWER. SO EVERYTHING THAT YOU SEE HERE IS JUST A LIST OF WHAT'S ON THE BOARD. AND YEAH, JUST TO CLARIFY. SO THESE ARE REALLY THE THINGS WE JUST HAVEN'T HAD TIME TO PRIORITIZE YET THIS YEAR. I THINK IF THERE'S OTHER THINGS THAT AREN'T ON THIS LIST THAT YOU WANT TO ADD, YOU COULD CERTAINLY ADD TO THE LIST AND SEE WHAT KIND OF VOTES FOLKS GET AS WELL. BUT WE WANTED TO START WITH WHAT WAS FROM THE INITIATIVES PLAN THAT WAS ADOPTED BY THE BOARD. THAT WAS IN 2026 YEAR. SO YOU SAID, NEXT MEETING, WE'LL BE TALKING MORE ABOUT 2027. SO LIKE, YEAH, BRAND NEW INITIATIVES WOULD PROBABLY BE BEST. OKAY. SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS THE WAY WE KIND OF SEE THIS HAPPENING AND WE'LL HAVE MORE INFORMATION ON IT. AND IF SOMETHING DOESN'T GET PRIORITIZED LIKE TODAY FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS CALENDAR YEAR, THEN THAT COULD POTENTIALLY GET ROLLED OVER FOR CONSIDERATION AGAIN IN 2027 INITIATIVE PLAN

[01:30:03]

OR WE REALLY FOCUSED ON SOMETHING THAT WAS MORE ACTIONABLE. SO THAT'S WHY SOME OF THESE THINGS, THEY'VE BEEN SITTING HERE SINCE THE START OF THE BOARD. YEAH. SO THIS WILL HELP US KNOW WHERE WE SHOULD SPEND OUR TIME OR LIKE DELIVERABLES TO YOU GUYS. AND ALSO THAT WILL INFORM INITIATIVES AS WELL. YEAH. SO FEEL FREE TO COME ON UP. LET'S START HERE ON THE SAME LINE AS ANYWHERE YOU WANT. I'M WAITING FOR YOU TO WALK. WHO'S GOING TO GET THE RIGHT ONE TO GO FIRST? YEAH. YEAH. I THINK SO. ANYWHERE ON HERE. YEAH. NO.

YEAH. SO THIS REPRESENTS JUST SORT OF THE EASE OF IMPLEMENTATION. SO THE MORE WE USE THE EASIER IT IS. SO IT'S KIND OF WHAT WASH RIGHT. BUT WE WANT TO GET IT ON THERE JUST IN CASE. YOU KNOW, I GUESS WE DON'T REALLY NEED IT. BUT WHAT WE CALL THIS. JUST TO SHOW THEIR ONGOING. CAN BE DONE. SO WE SAW ALL OF THESE YEAR LONG ACTIVITIES. SO THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT WE HAVEN'T THAT ARE ON THAT LIST. THERE ARE OTHER THINGS. YES THERE ARE. WELL. SO THE SAME FROM YEAR TO YEAR. THE LAST SLIDE ON OUR POWERPOINT. SO MAYBE THAT'S WHAT I THINK THIS ONE. RESEARCH RESEARCH PESTICIDES. OKAY. SO THAT'S ON HERE. BRINGING LOCAL PARTNERS AND ORGANIZATIONS. OKAY. CAN YOU GO BACK ONE MORE THEN. IS IT THE SAME SLIDES. YEAH, THAT WAS JUST. THAT'S. OKAY. MAYBE IT IS JUST ME. OKAY, SO I THINK WE LOCATED ON THE SLIDES AND I THINK IT IS JUST. YEAH. SO. YEAH, THERE'S OTHER THINGS YOU WANT US TO ADD OR, YOU KNOW, CROSS HAIRS ON THE SIDE. WE WANT TO ADD THIS. YEAH. THE COLLECTION PROGRAM. YEAH. THERE.

IS GOOD. I'M JUST SAYING THAT WAS ONE OF THE ONES THAT. YOU GUYS ARE JUST TRYING TO MAKE YOU HAPPY. SO CLEAN UP THAT. THAT'S GREAT. I'M SORRY. YEAH, I. COMPOST LOCATION. THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. THAT'S ALSO NOT ON HERE. YEAH. SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE WANT TO YEAH. SO BREWING FROM THE CITY STANDPOINT. YEAH. I DON'T KNOW. WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT ADDING THAT ON FOR CONSIDERATION FOR THE 2027 INITIATIVE PLAN. IT IS BREWING CURRENTLY. YEAH. SO.

[01:35:16]

STILL SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

YEAH. OH, WOW. OKAY. HANNAH WAS NO I TOOK THAT. YEAH. YEAH. YOU KNOW, WITH METRO PARKS FIGURE OUT ANOTHER ONE TO GO TO. YEAH. ANY SUGGESTIONS THAT OFTEN. SO YEAH, IT'S GOTTA BE LET ME THINK. FRIENDSHIP PARKS ARE STREAM AREA WE USED TO GO TO. GREAT.

WELL THANK YOU ALL FOR OH DID YOU WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS. YEAH, I GUESS JUST REAL QUICK.

SO TO GO OVER. SO IT LOOKS LIKE WHAT THE TOP PRIORITIES. SO LET'S SEE. WE HAD WHAT 1234 HERE WE HAD FIVE STARS HERE. FIVE STARS FOR CLEANUP. DAY TWO ONE. FIVE. FIVE AND ONE. SO IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE A TIE FOR CLEANUP DAY FOR RESEARCHING PESTICIDES, HERBICIDE USE AND BEST ALTERNATIVES FOR RESEARCH, COMMERCIAL FOOD WASTE, COMPOST, SUCCESS STORIES, AND ALSO FOR FINDING EXAMPLES OF SUCCESSFUL SUSTAINABILITY ACTION PLANS AND IDENTIFY POTENTIAL FUNCTIONS FOR SUCH A PLAN IN NEW ALBANY. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'LL SPEND THE REMAINDER OF THIS YEAR WORKING ON AND MOVING FORWARD. AND WE'LL KEEP YOU GUYS UPDATED AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND PROGRESS WITH THOSE THINGS. AWESOME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DAVE, FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER. THIS WAS GREAT. THIS WAS HIS IDEA TO DO THIS CHARRETTE. THIS WAS WONDERFUL. OKAY. DOES THAT CONCLUDE THE BUSINESS END OF THE EVENING. FANTASTIC. NOW I'D LIKE TO PULL MEMBERS OF THE BOARD FOR ANY COMMENTS. SEEING NONE, I WILL MOVE TO ADJOURN THE MEETING AT 815. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. THANK YOU, MISS GALLO. MR. SCHUMACHER. OR IF YOU CAN JUST DO IT AS AN. ALL IN FAVOR. ALL IN FAVOR, I ANY OPPOSED?

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.