[1. CALL TO ORDER]
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          WHENEVER YOU'RE READY. WELL, GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. WE GOT A PACKED CROWD TONIGHT. WELCOME TO THE NEW ALBANY CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1ST. I WOULD INVITE EVERYONE THAT'S ABLE TO PLEASE STAND WITH CITY COUNCIL AND RECITE OUR NATIONAL PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. CLERK MASON, THE ROLL, PLEASE. END OF COUNCIL WILL TURN ON THEIR MICROPHONES. MAYOR SPALDING HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. DEREK HERE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER KISSED IS OUT TO A FAMILY OBLIGATION AND HAS REQUESTED TO BE EXCUSED. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER MCCLELLAN IS OUT DUE TO TRAVEL AND HAS REQUESTED TO BE EXCUSED. COUNCIL MEMBER SHELBY HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER WILTROUT HERE. I HAVE FIVE PRESENT FOR THE SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2026 REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING. I MOVE THAT WE EXCUSE THE ABSENCES OF COUNCIL MEMBERS KISS AND MCCLELLAN AS THEY'RE OUT OF TOWN. SECOND. SIMULTANEOUS. I'LL TAKE REST THIS TIME. MAYOR SPALDING. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. WILTROUT. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. SCHALL. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. DETRICK. YES. FIVE. YES. VOTES TO EXCUSE COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          [4. ACTION ON MINUTES]
MCCLELLAN. FROM TONIGHT'S MEETING. ACTION. ON THE MINUTES PRIOR TO TONIGHT'S MEETING. A COPY OF THE MINUTES FROM OUR AUGUST 18TH MEETING WERE DISTRIBUTED TO COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS TO THE PROPOSED MINUTES? I HAVE RECEIVED NO 
          [5. ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS TO THE AGENDA]
NOTES. THEN I MOVE FOR ADOPTION BY CONSENSUS ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS TO THE AGENDA. 
          WOULD ANYONE FROM STAFF OR COUNCIL LIKE TO MAKE ANY ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS TO THE AGENDA? I BELIEVE WE CAN NOW STRIKE THE EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR ECONOMIC PURPOSES. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER CORRECTIONS? THAT WAS IT. ALL RIGHT. THEN I MOVE TO AMEND THE AGENDA TO STRIKE UNDER ITEM 18, THE EXECUTIVE SESSION, THE NEED TO DISCUSS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 
          SECOND, MAYOR SPALDING. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. WELCH'S COUNCIL MEMBER. BRUCE. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. DEREK. YES. COUNCILMEMBER. SCHULTZ. YES. FIVE. YES. VOTES TO STRIKE THE EXECUTIVE SESSION FROM ITEM 18. THAT TAKES US TO HEARING OF VISITORS. WE HAVE THREE 
          [6. HEARING OF VISITORS]
PROCLAMATIONS THIS EVENING. WE'LL TAKE THEM IN THE ORDER OF FIRST DECLARING SEPTEMBER IS HUNGER ACTION MONTH, THE SECOND ONE BEING PROCLAMATION CONGRATULATING THE ALBANY ALL STARS AND DISTRICT IN THE STATE OF OHIO CHAMPIONS, AND THE THIRD ONE BEING A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING SEPTEMBER AS CHILDHOOD CANCER AWARENESS MONTH. SO WITH THAT, LET ME READ THE FIRST PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING SEPTEMBER AS HUNGER ACTION MONTH. WHEREAS HUNGER ACTION MONTH IS A NATIONAL CAMPAIGN THAT BRINGS PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY TOGETHER TO END HUNGER IN OUR COMMUNITIES. WHEREAS, THE CITY OF NEW ALBANY PARTNERS WITH NEW THE NEW ALBANY FOOD PANTRY AND IS COMMITTED TO HELPING RAISE AWARENESS THAT FOOD INSECURITY EXISTS AND IS ON THE RISE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND THROUGHOUT THE REGION. WHEREAS, THE HEALTHY NEW ALBANY FOOD PANTRY IS COMMITTED TO ENSURING THAT INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES THROUGHOUT NEW ALBANY AND NEW ALBANY PLAIN LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT HAVE RELIABLE ACCESS TO NUTRITIOUS FOOD AND PERSONAL CARE ITEMS. CURRENTLY SERVING OVER 400 FAMILIES IN THE AREA. 
          WHEREAS, THE HEALTHY NEW ALBANY FOOD PANTRIES ABILITY TO PROVIDE NUTRITIOUS FOOD AND ESSENTIAL RESOURCES TO NEIGHBORS IN NEED IS MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH ITS PARTNERSHIP WITH THE GARDEN FOR ALL AND THE GENEROSITY OF INDIVIDUALS, BUSINESSES, SCHOOLS, FAITH COMMUNITIES AND CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS THAT SUPPORT ITS MISSION THROUGH FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS, DONATION OF FOOD AND PERSONAL CARE ITEMS, AND, OF COURSE, VOLUNTEER SERVICE HOURS. AND WHEREAS THE GARDEN FOR ALL 300 PLUS VOLUNTEERS WORK ON 3.3 ACRES HERE IN NEW ALBANY AND JOHNSTOWN, AND THE GARDEN FOR ALL IS ANTICIPATING PRODUCING OVER 50,000 POUNDS OF FRESH PRODUCE IN 2026. WHEREAS, THE NEW ALBANY COMMUNITY CONTINUES TO HELP ELIMINATE FOOD INSECURITY THROUGH FOOD DRIVES, PARTNERSHIPS AND COLLECTIONS THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY, AND BY SPREADING THE WORD ABOUT WHAT THEY CAN DO TO HELP OUR NEIGHBORS IN NEED. WHEREAS, YOU CAN HELP PARTICIPATE IN HUNGER ACTION MONTH BY HOSTING A FOOD DRIVE, DONATING FOODS, AND VOLUNTEERING YOUR TIME TO AN ORGANIZATION ACTIVELY FIGHTING FOOD INSECURITY SUCH AS HEALTHY NEW ALBANY AND THE NEW ALBANY FOOD PANTRY AND THE GARDEN FOR ALL. NOW. THEREFORE, I. SLOAN SPALDING, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF NEW ALBANY. COUNTIES OF FRANKLIN AND LICKING STATE OF OHIO ON BEHALF OF. COUNCIL ON THE RESIDENTS DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER AS HUNGER ACTION MONTH AND WE HAVE A COUPLE OF VOLUNTEERS HERE TONIGHT THAT ARE GOING TO HELP CELEBRATE THIS EVENT AND ACCEPT THE PROCLAMATION WE HAVE CATHERINE DUFFY FROM THE. I'M SORRY, FROM THE GARDEN FOR ALL. LET ME GET THAT RIGHT. AND RACHEL HOPE FROM HEALTHY. SO IF EITHER ONE OF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COME FORWARD AND ACCEPT THE PROCLAMATION AND MAYBE FILL US IN ON A LITTLE BIT OF THE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING WITH YOUR EFFORTS. AND IF YOU GAVE YOUR NAME AND AFFILIATION ALSO FOR THE RECORD. YES. GOOD 
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EVENING, MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, MY NAME IS CATHERINE DUFFY AND I AM THE CO-FOUNDER OF THE GARDEN FOR ALL ALONGSIDE MY HUSBAND SEAN. AND I ALSO SERVE AS THE BOARD PRESIDENT ON BEHALF OF THE GARDEN FOR ALL COMMUNITY, OUR STAFF, OUR BOARD, OUR VOLUNTEERS, THE PANTRIES THAT WE SERVE AND ALL OF THEIR PATRONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING HUNGER ACTION MONTH. THANK YOU FOR AFFIRMING NEW ALBANY'S COMMITMENT TO MAKING SURE THAT EVERY PERSON IN OUR COMMUNITY HAS ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD. I AM GRATEFUL FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES TO SPEAK ABOUT WHY THIS MATTERS. WE FOUNDED OUR ORGANIZATION IN MAY OF 2020, RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC, WHEN WE, ALONG WITH SO MANY OTHER PEOPLE, WERE DISTRESSED ABOUT THE ECONOMIC IMPACT THE PANDEMIC WAS TAKING ON OUR NEIGHBORS, ON THIS COMMUNITY. 
          AND WHEN WE STARTED, SEAN AND I COMMITTED OURSELVES TO A VERY SIMPLE IDEA THAT WE BELONG TO ONE ANOTHER AND THAT ANY ISSUE THAT AFFECTS ONE PERSON AFFECTS ALL OF US. THAT YEAR, WE PLANTED 325 FOOT ROWS. WE GREW 750 POUNDS OF ORGANIC PRODUCE, AND WE DELIVERED IT TO THE PANTRIES THAT WERE THE TWO CLOSEST TO US NEW ALBANY FOOD PANTRY AND GRIN GAHANNA RESIDENTS IN NEED. FAST FORWARD THROUGH SIX WILD YEARS. WE ARE NOW COMING TO THE END OF OUR SEVENTH GROWING SEASON. HUNGER HAS INCREASED IN NEW ALBANY AND ACROSS CENTRAL OHIO, BUT BECAUSE OF THE SUPPORT OF THIS COMMUNITY, OUR 325 FOOT ROWS ARE NOW NOT A 3.3 ACRE FARM, BUT ACTUALLY A FIVE ACRE FARM. WE JUST CONTINUE TO PUSH THE FENCE OUT, AND WE DO DONATE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF POUNDS OF PRODUCE TO FOOD PANTRIES ACROSS FRANKLIN AND LINCOLN COUNTIES. 
          OUR NETWORK HAS EXPANDED FROM TWO PANTRIES UP TO TEN, BUT EVEN STILL, WE DELIVER PRODUCE TO THE NEW ALBANY FOOD PANTRY EVERY SINGLE TIME IT'S OPEN, INCLUDING SUPPORTING THE SUMMER MEALS PROGRAM. AND IF THE NEW ALBANY FOOD PANTRY CHOOSES TO INCREASE THEIR HOURS IN COMING YEARS AS THEY DEVELOP AND BUILD A NEW BUILDING, WE WILL BE THERE FOR THAT, TOO. WE FRAME OUR WORK AROUND TWO PRIORITIES FIGHTING HUNGER AND GROWING COMMUNITY. THAT HAS BEEN OUR FOCUS SINCE THE DAY WE PUT OUR FIRST SEED IN THE GROUND. WE BELIEVE THAT GROWING AND SHARING FOOD STRENGTHENS THE HEALTH OF THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY, AND EVERYONE CAN PARTICIPATE IN THAT WORK EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK, VOLUNTEERS WORK ALONGSIDE OUR STAFF SHOULDER TO SHOULDER AT THE PLANT. THEY TEND, THEY HARVEST, THEY PACK AND THEY WEIGH AND THEY DELIVER, AND THEY ENGAGE IN THE WORK OF BELONGING TO THIS COMMUNITY. WE WELCOME INDIVIDUALS, CORPORATE GROUPS, SPORTS TEAMS, SCHOOL GROUPS, PEOPLE FROM ALL STAGES OF LIFE TO SHOW UP AND BE PART OF THE SOLUTION OF A PROBLEM THAT THIS COMMUNITY WISHES IT DID NOT HAVE. AND THE MORE PEOPLE THAT I MEET, THE MORE I SEE THIS UNIVERSAL KNOWING THAT PEOPLE ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE HUNGRY, RIGHT? CHILDREN ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE HUNGRY, AND YET THEY ARE. HUNGER IS MORE PREVALENT THAN WE REALIZE. IT DOES AFFECT CHILDREN. IT AFFECTS SENIORS AND WORKING PEOPLE AND PEOPLE FACING ILLNESS OR OTHER CHALLENGES. AND ACCESS TO NUTRITIOUS FOOD AFFECTS OVERALL HEALTH AND STABILITY, AND PEOPLE'S ABILITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE LIFE OF THIS COMMUNITY. SO WE SAY IN ALBANY THAT COMMUNITY CONNECTS US, AND HUNGER ACTION MONTH IS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THAT REALITY VISIBLE AND TO REMIND OURSELVES THAT WE DO BELONG TO ONE ANOTHER, AND THAT WE HAVE A SHARED RESPONSIBILITY FOR ONE ANOTHER'S WELL-BEING. AND WHEN WE GROW AND SHARE FOOD TOGETHER, WE CREATE THE KIND OF COMMUNITY THAT WE WANT TO BE. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR RECOGNIZING HUNGER ACTION MONTH, FOR HELPING US TO BRING ATTENTION TO THIS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT ISSUE THAT AFFECTS ALL OF US. AND WE REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THIS WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY, WITH EVERYONE WHO BELIEVES THAT OUR NEIGHBORS SHOULD HAVE ACCESS TO NOURISHING FOOD AND ALL THE HEALTH AND THE DIGNITY THAT GOES WITH THAT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. AND ANYONE THAT WANTS MORE INFORMATION ABOUT OUR WORK, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO SEE ME OR SEAN BEFORE WE LEAVE. THANK YOU. RACHEL. GOOD EVENING. 
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YES. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS RACHEL HOUK, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF HEALTHY NEW ALBANY. THANK YOU, MAYOR SPALDING AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL FOR PROCLAIMING. SEPTEMBER IS HUNGER ACTION MONTH AND FOR RECOGNIZING AN IMPORTANT REALITY. HUNGER CAN AFFECT PEOPLE IN EVERY COMMUNITY, INCLUDING OURS. NEW ALBANY IS A THRIVING COMMUNITY WITH TREMENDOUS RESOURCES, BUT THAT DOES NOT MAKE US IMMUNE TO FOOD INSECURITY. HUNGER EXISTS HERE AND AT THE HEALTHY NEW ALBANY FOOD PANTRY. WE SEE THAT REALITY EVERY DAY. MORE THAN 400 FAMILIES IN OUR COMMUNITY TURN TO THE PANTRY JUST LAST MONTH TO HELP PUT FOOD ON THEIR TABLES, AND I THINK THAT IS WHAT MAKES HUNGER ACTION MONTH SO IMPORTANT. IT'S NOT ONLY ABOUT RECOGNIZING THAT HUNGER EXISTS, BUT RECOGNIZING THAT EACH OF US CAN PLAY A ROLE IN ADDRESSING IT. WHILE HEALTHY NEW ALBANY MANAGES THE SPACE, THE STAFF AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO OPERATE THE FOOD PANTRY. FEEDING OUR NEIGHBORS IS VERY MUCH A COMMUNITY EFFORT. HUNDREDS OF VOLUNTEERS GIVE THEIR TIME. MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY DONATE FOOD, INDIVIDUALS, BUSINESSES AND ORGANIZATIONS PROVIDE THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT THAT ALLOWS US TO KEEP OUR SHELVES STOCKED AND SERVE EVERY NEIGHBOR WHO COMES THROUGH OUR DOORS. SO, ON BEHALF OF THE CLIENTS, THE VOLUNTEERS, AND THE STAFF OF HEALTHY NEW ALBANY, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THIS PROCLAMATION AND FOR SHINING A LIGHT ON HUNGER IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND FOR RECOGNIZING THAT WE ALL HAVE A ROLE TO PLAY IN ADDRESSING IT. AND THANK YOU FOR HELPING FOSTER A COMMUNITY WHERE SO MANY PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO TAKE ACTION, GIVE THEIR TIME, THEIR RESOURCES, AND THEIR SUPPORT TO HELP ENSURE THAT NEIGHBORS HAVE FOOD ON THEIR TABLES. THANK YOU RACHEL. RACHEL, THANK YOU TO YOU AND DENISE FOR YOUR GREAT LEADERSHIP AND THE CADRE OF VOLUNTEERS THAT YOU HAVE. BUT THE FUTURE FOR THE FOOD PANTRY IS CERTAINLY BRIGHT. AND I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF EFFORT THAT WENT INTO, YOU KNOW, MAKING THAT A REALITY. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. IT'S A IT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT THIS COUNCIL SUPPORTS AND HAS A MASSIVE IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY THAT YOU SERVE. SO THANK YOU. AND TO THE DUFFYS. THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, I THINK OFTENTIMES MEMBERS OF COUNCIL MYSELF ARE ASKED, YOU KNOW, HEY, WHAT CAN WHAT CAN I DO TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE? AND I'M JUST ONE PERSON. WHAT CAN I DO? AND THE REALITY OF IT IS IT JUST TAKES ONE PERSON, RIGHT? JUST MAYBE TWO PEOPLE THAT HAVE A REALLY GOOD IDEA THAT THEY'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT, THAT THEY'RE WILLING TO PUT THEIR TIME AND EFFORT INTO THAT CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF LOTS OF PEOPLE. SO THANK YOU FOR CARING. THANK YOU FOR MAKING THE TIME, MAKING THIS A PRIORITY AND NOT, YOU KNOW, TAKING NO FOR AN ANSWER. THIS HAS BEEN A TREMENDOUS SUCCESS. AND EVERY TIME I GET A CHANCE TO GO OVER THERE AND, YOU KNOW, HAVE SOMETHING GOOD TO EAT, OF COURSE, BUT IT'S JUST AMAZING TO SEE THE EFFORT THAT GOES INTO PRODUCING THAT AMOUNT OF PRODUCE AND ALL THE OTHER ASPECTS OF THAT ENVIRONMENT AND THE GARDEN FOR ALL. IT'S JUST BEEN A TREMENDOUS STORY FOR THE COMMUNITY. BUT IT ALL RESTS BECAUSE AGAIN, A FAMILY CAME FORWARD WITH A GREAT IDEA AND MADE IT HAPPEN. SO THANK YOU. 
          AND WITH THAT, LET'S TAKE A QUICK PHOTO OP. I THINK ALEXANDRA'S GOING TO BE OUR PHOTOGRAPHER THIS EVENING. 
          YES. THANK YOU. WHAT I WAS THINKING. WELL, I KNOW IN OHIO WE HAVE TRADITIONS. IN THE FALL OF WELCOMING THE BUCKEYES BACK TO THE SHOE HERE IN NEW ALBANY, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ALWAYS SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO ONE OF OUR INCREDIBLE BASEBALL TEAMS. AND YET AGAIN THIS YEAR, OUR COMMUNITY IS SPOILED TO BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF ANOTHER TREMENDOUS TEAM. AND I KNOW THAT THE BOYS DESERVE A LOT OF CREDIT. IT'S A LOT OF HARD WORK TO BE ABLE TO DO THESE THINGS, BUT I THINK THE PARENTS AND THE COACHES ALWAYS DESERVE THEIR FIRST. THANK YOU. BECAUSE OF THE TIME AND DEDICATION THAT YOU PUT INTO THIS PROGRAM, THAT BRINGS THESE YOUNG PEOPLE FORWARD, TO HAVE THESE LEVELS OF SUCCESS. I KNOW THE CITY COUNCIL MADE A BIG COMMITMENT TO WORK WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO PURCHASE SOME LAND THAT'S GOING TO HOPEFULLY TURN INTO SOME GREAT FACILITIES IN THE NEAR FUTURE. SO HOPEFULLY, BOYS, YOU'LL GET THE CHANCE TO PLAY ON A WORLD CLASS FACILITY 
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HERE IN THE YEARS TO COME AND CONTINUE THIS SUCCESSFUL MARCH. I KNOW JUST A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, WE GOT TO WATCH A LITTLE LEAGUE TEAM FROM NEW ALBANY DO GREAT FEATS. OHIO HAD A TEAM IN IT THIS YEAR, AND WE'RE REGRETTABLY WEST. HAMILTON DIDN'T MAKE IT AS FAR AS WE'D HOPED, BUT MAYBE THAT'S A PATH YOU TOO CAN FOLLOW WITH SOME ADDITIONAL HARD WORK. BUT WITH THAT, LET ME GO AHEAD AND READ THE PROCLAMATION. RECOGNIZING AND CONGRATULATING THE NEW ALBANY ALL STARS. 11 YOU GOLD LITTLE LEAGUE 2026, DISTRICT SIX AND STATE OF OHIO CHAMPIONS. 
          WHEREAS, THE FOLLOWING BOYS ARE MEMBERS OF THE NEW ALBANY ALL STAR U11 OR EXCUSE ME, YOU 11 YEAR OLD LITTLE LEAGUE TEAM, BRANDON DRABEK, COY SUMMERLAND, DOMINIC. PRIBANIC, JADEN. HAMM, JACKSON. BECKNER, JAYLON. FERGUSON. LOGAN. KRULL. MADDOX. ACKERMAN. MADDOX. KRAMER, NOLAN. 
          MADDEN, OLIVER RUTHERFORD, AND QUINN MURPHY. WHEREAS THIS TEAM. EXCUSE ME, THE ALBANY CITY COUNCIL IS PLEASED TO EXTEND THIS SPECIAL RECOGNITION TO THIS TEAM FOR THEIR VICTORIES AND FOR EARNING THE TITLES THIS YEAR. A REMARKABLE, REMARKABLE GROUP OF YOUNG ATHLETES HAVE MESHED TALENT AND ENTHUSIASM TO REACH THEIR GOALS, AND THEIR EXCELLENCE IS A TREMENDOUS SOURCE OF PRIDE FOR OUR COMMUNITY. WHEREAS THE NEW ALBANY ALL STARS 11 NEW TEAM COMPLETED THEIR REGULAR SEASON WITH AN EIGHT ONE RECORD AND WENT UNDEFEATED AGAINST HAMILTON, WILLIAMSBURG, CANFIELD AND AVON IN AVON, OHIO, TO BE DECLARED STATE CHAMPIONS. 
          AND WHEREAS OUR COACHES JOSH BECKNER, BRAD KRAMER AND JAY SOMMERLAD HAVE HELPED THIS TEAM TO DEVELOP THEIR PHYSICAL TALENT, PERSEVERANCE AND CAMARADERIE, WHICH WILL GREATLY AID IN THE PLAYERS IN MEETING CHALLENGES IN THE FUTURE. NOW, THEREFORE, I. SLOAN SPALDING, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF NEW ALBANY COUNTIES OF FRANKLIN AND LICKING STATE OF OHIO. ON BEHALF OF THE COUNCIL AND OUR RESIDENTS OF NEW ALBANY WISH TO CONGRATULATE THIS GREAT TEAM, THEIR COACHES AND FAMILIES FOR BEING STATE CHAMPIONS AND COMMEND THEM FOR THEIR DISCIPLINE, FOCUS AND HARD WORK THAT RESULTED IN THIS ACHIEVEMENT. GENTLEMEN, CONGRATULATIONS. DO WE HAVE A COACH OR PLAYER WHO WOULD LIKE TO SHARE A FEW WORDS OR COMMENTS WITH COUNCIL? IF YOU'LL GIVE YOUR NAME AND AFFILIATION, PLEASE. MY NAME IS JOSH BECKNER AND I WAS THE HEAD COACH OF THESE GUYS, ALONG WITH ASSISTANT COACHES BRAD AND JAY. 
          AND WE JUST WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR THE PROCLAMATION AS THESE BOYS PUT IN A LOT OF WORK. 
          AND I'VE BEEN AROUND A LOT OF THESE BOYS SINCE THEY WERE FIVE, SIX YEARS OLD AND COULDN'T ASK FOR A BETTER GROUP AND TO GO BACK TO BACK. IT'S PRETTY IMPRESSIVE. AND AS WE GO INTO 12 YEAR NEXT YEAR, WE ALL KNOW THAT THAT'S THE BIG YEAR AND HOPEFULLY THEY STAY MOTIVATED AND KEEP THE BALL ROLLING. BUT THANKS AGAIN GUYS. CONGRATULATIONS. WE GOT A QUICK TEAM PHOTO. COME ON UP. YEAH COME ON GUYS. OH YEAH. COME ON UP. HERE'S A. 
          GOTTA GET BETTER WHEELS FOR YOU JAY. 
          SEE YOU GUYS NEXT YEAR. I KNOW. ALL RIGHT. AND WE HAVE ONE FINAL PROCLAMATION THIS EVENING. A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING SEPTEMBER AS CHILDHOOD CANCER AWARENESS MONTH. I KNOW MY MYSELF AND COUNCIL MEMBER KISS AND MANY MEMBERS OF OUR STAFF HAVE HAD THE CHANCE TO PARTICIPATE IN PELOTONIA EVERY YEAR AND BRING AWARENESS TO CANCER TREATMENT AND CANCER AWARENESS IN AND AROUND CENTRAL OHIO. SO THIS IS CERTAINLY AN ISSUE THAT IS CLOSE TO THE HEARTS OF MANY OF US. BUT WITH THAT, LET ME READ THIS 
          [00:20:01]
PROCLAMATION DECLARING SEPTEMBER AS CHILDHOOD CANCER AWARENESS MONTH. WHEREAS CHILDHOOD CANCER AWARENESS MONTH IS RECOGNIZED EVERY SEPTEMBER BY CHILDHOOD CANCER ORGANIZATIONS AROUND THE WORLD. WHEREAS, AN ESTIMATED 552 CHILDREN WILL BE DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER IN 2026, AND 58 CHILDREN WILL TRAGICALLY LOSE THEIR LIVES TO CANCER, WHEREAS CHILDHOOD CANCER IS THE NUMBER ONE DISEASE RELATED KILLER OF KIDS IN THE UNITED STATES, 1 IN 5 CHILDREN ARE TERMINAL AT DIAGNOSIS, 3 IN 5 SUFFER LIFE ALTERING IMPACTS OF TREATMENT THAT SIGNIFICANTLY ALTERED THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE, AND 1 IN 285 CHILDREN WILL BE DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER BEFORE THE AGE OF 20. AND WHEREAS CHILDHOOD CANCER IS ON THE RISE, AND WHILE CHILDHOOD AND ADULT CANCERS ARE DIFFERENT, WE CONTINUE TO USE INAPPROPRIATE ADULT CANCER PROTOCOLS ON KIDS WITH MANY TIMES DEVASTATING EFFECTS. WHEREAS, CHILDHOOD CANCER RESEARCH IS VASTLY AND CONSISTENTLY UNDERFUNDED, IN 25 YEARS, THE FDA HAS INITIALLY APPROVED ONLY TWO DRUGS FOR CHILDHOOD CANCER, AND HALF OF THOSE ARE CHEMOTHERAPIES USED FOR CHILDHOOD CANCERS OVER 25 YEARS OLD. WHEREAS HUNDREDS OF NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING THE FRIENDS OF FAITH FOUNDATION, ARE HELPING CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES COPE THROUGH EDUCATION, EMOTIONAL AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT. WHEREAS, RESEARCHERS AND HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS WORK DILIGENTLY TO TREAT AND CURE CHILDREN WITH CANCER, STILL, TOO MANY CHILDREN ARE AFFECTED BY THIS DISEASE AND MORE MUST BE DONE TO RAISE AWARENESS AND HELP FIND A CURE. NOW. THEREFORE, I, SLOAN SPALDING, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF NEW ALBANY COUNTIES OF FRANKLIN AND LICKING STATE OF OHIO ON BEHALF OF OUR COUNCIL AND RESIDENTS, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER AS CHILDHOOD CANCER AWARENESS MONTH AND ENCOURAGE ALL NEW ALBANY RESIDENTS AND CITIZENS TO SUPPORT THIS CAUSE SO DEEPLY IMPACTS FAMILIES IN OUR COMMUNITY AND ACROSS OUR COUNTRY. AND WE HAVE THE HARDIN FAMILY HERE THIS EVENING, I BELIEVE, TO ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION. NO, MAYBE THEY DIDN'T MAKE IT. MAYBE THEY WENT UP WITH THE BASEBALL TEAM. BUT I DO APPRECIATE THE HARDIN FAMILY BRINGING THIS FORWARD. 
          THIS IS A PROCLAMATION THAT WE'VE DONE A NUMBER OF TIMES. WE'VE HAD A FAMILY IN THE COMMUNITY THAT HAS ASKED THAT THIS BE BROUGHT FORWARD, AND CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT OUR COMMUNITY HOLDS DEAR TO OUR HEARTS. YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN VERY FORTUNATE IN THIS COMMUNITY AS WELL ON THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FRONT TO ATTRACT WORLD CLASS BUSINESS PARTNERS IN IN BIOLOGICS AND PHARMACEUTICALS THAT ARE MAKING REALLY BIG IMPROVEMENTS IN CANCER TREATMENT. AND MAYBE SOMEDAY, RIGHT HERE IN NEW ALBANY, WE CAN CELEBRATE ADDITIONAL DISCOVERIES THAT CAN HELP LEAD TO CHILDHOOD CANCER TREATMENTS. SO WITH THAT, WE'RE STILL UNDER HEARING OF VISITORS. I BELIEVE WE HAVE A COUPLE SPEAKER CARDS. MISS MARSHON NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN, MA'AM. I THINK MR. MAHAJAN'S GOING FIRST. OH, HE'S GOING FIRST. MY BAD. 
          VARUN, GOOD TO SEE YOU, SIR. YEAH, GOOD. WELL, YES. AND IF YOU WILL GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. SURE. VARUN MAHAJAN, I'M A RESIDENT OF NEW ALBANY. IS THAT GOOD? YES, YES. OKAY. PERFECT. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL AND FELLOW RESIDENTS, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. BEFORE I BEGIN, I'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE EVERYONE'S COMMITMENT TO WELCOMING, WELCOMING OUR CITY'S DIVERSE COMMUNITIES AND IN THAT POSITIVE SPIRIT, HOPE TO MAKE REMARKS TODAY THAT WILL SHED LIGHT AND HELP DEEPEN THE UNDERSTANDING OF HINDU TRADITIONS, BELIEFS, AND VALUES, AND STRENGTHEN THE MUTUAL RESPECT THAT BRINGS OUR COMMUNITY TOGETHER. IN THAT SPIRIT, I'D ALSO LIKE TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE DISINFORMATION AND BIAS THAT THE HINDU COMMUNITY IS FACING THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES. 
          SADLY, MANY PEOPLE ARE LEARNING ABOUT HINDUISM FROM STEREOTYPES, SOCIAL MEDIA, OR LIMITED EXPOSURE RATHER THAN MEANINGFUL INTERACTIONS WITH HINDU FAMILIES. AND WITHOUT THAT FAMILIARITY, CONCEPTS AND PRACTICES CAN FEEL UNFAMILIAR AND OFTEN REQUIRE CONTEXT, CONVERSATION, AND PERSONAL COMMUNICATION BEFORE THEY'RE FULLY UNDERSTOOD. BECAUSE OF THIS, HINDUISM IS OFTEN VIEWED THROUGH STEREOTYPES AND MISCONCEPTIONS. IN REALITY, MOST FAMILIES QUIETLY LIVE BY VALUES THAT MOST OF US WOULD IMMEDIATELY CONNECT WITH AND CHERISH. ALL THESE VALUES ARE REFLECTED IN WHAT HINDUS CALLED DHARMA THEIR HONESTY, INTEGRITY, RESPONSIBILITY FOR OTHERS, RESPECT FOR PARENTS AND ELDERS, SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY, SELF-DISCIPLINE, GRATITUDE, REVERENCE FOR LIFE, ACCOUNTABILITY FOR ACTIONS AND RESPECT FOR DIVERSE PATHS AND SPIRITUAL TRUTH. AND THERE ARE MANY MISCONCEPTIONS SURROUNDING HINDUISM, WORSHIP AND THE MANY GODS HINDUISM. HINDUS BELIEVE IN THE DIVINE AS INFINITE AND BEYOND ANY ONE SINGLE FORM. TEMPLES ARE FOCUSED ON ALLOWING FOR PRAYER, CONTEMPLATION AND SPIRITUAL CONTEMPLATION. ONE LAST MISUNDERSTANDING IS ABOUT CASTE AND SOCIAL HIERARCHY, OF OFTEN DISCUSSED IN WAYS THAT ARE COMPLEX, THAT OVERSIMPLIFY A VERY COMPLEX HISTORY. THE WORD CASTE ACTUALLY COMES FROM THE IBERIAN WORD CASTAS. IT WAS 
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BROUGHT TO INDIA IN THE 16TH CENTURY, WHILE LATER COLONIAL CLASSIFICATIONS WERE USED TO FORMALIZE SOCIAL CATEGORIES. MY HOPE IS NOT THAT EVERYONE AGREES ON THEOLOGY OR PHILOSOPHY, IT'S JUST THAT HINDUS CAN BE UNDERSTOOD THROUGH GENUINE HUMAN INTERACTION AND SINCERE CURIOSITY. THANKS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN. AND MISSUS MAHAJAN, IF YOU'LL GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL AND FELLOW RESIDENTS, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY. MY NAME IS USHA MAHAJAN AND I'M A NEW ALBANY RESIDENT. CONTINUING IN THE SAME SPIRIT OF UNDERSTANDING AND COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS, I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE ONE OF THE FOUNDATIONAL CONCEPTS OF HINDUISM. HE SPOKE ABOUT IT BRIEFLY. DHARMA. DHARMA IS A BIT DIFFICULT TO CAPTURE IN A SINGLE ENGLISH WORD. AT ITS HEART, IT IS AN ETHICAL AND SPIRITUAL FRAMEWORK THAT GUIDES HOW WE LIVE, HOW WE CONDUCT OURSELVES, AND HOW WE TREAT OTHERS. DHARMA IS NOT SIMPLY SOMETHING TO BE PRACTICED IN TEMPLES. IT IS MEANT TO GUIDE OUR CHOICES AND CONDUCT IN EVERYDAY LIFE. I'D LIKE TO SHARE A FEW PRINCIPLES THAT WE STRIVE TO LIVE BY AS HINDUS. TRUTHFULNESS. NON-HARMING NON-STEALING COMPASSION, FORGIVENESS, SELF-CONTROL, PURITY OF MIND AND CONDUCT. CONTENTMENT, GENEROSITY, HUMILITY, INTEGRITY AND UPRIGHTNESS. SELFLESS SERVICE. WHILE THESE PRINCIPLES COME FROM HINDU TRADITION, THE VALUES THEY REPRESENT ARE ONES WE SHARE WITH OUR NEIGHBORS AND COMMUNITY AT LARGE. THEY ALLOW HINDU AMERICANS TO REMAIN DEEPLY ROOTED IN OWN FAITH AND TRADITIONS, WHILE BEING FULLY ENGAGED MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITIES WE CALL HOME. THESE PRINCIPLES MAY COME FROM AN ANCIENT HINDU TRADITION, BUT THE VALUES THEY EXPRESS ARE TIMELESS AND UNIVERSAL VALUES THAT CONTINUE TO GUIDE HOW WE LIVE, SERVE AND CONTINUE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE COMMUNITIES WE CALL HOME. DESPITE DIFFERENCES IN OUR FAITHS, CULTURES AND TRADITIONS, THERE IS MUCH THAT CONNECTS US AND HOW WE ASPIRE TO LIVE AND HOW WE TREAT ONE ANOTHER. MY HOPE IN SHARING THIS PRINCIPLES TOT GREATER UNDERSTANDING OF ONE ANOTHER HELP US BUILD STRONGER AND MORE CONNECTED COMMUNITIES. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. WELL, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR COMING TONIGHT TO SHARE THOSE OBSERVATIONS. WE'RE ALL BLESSED TO LIVE IN A COMMUNITY THAT HAS A GROWING SET OF DIVERSITY. I THINK ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS DESCRIBED IT AS A MOSAIC. YOU KNOW, IT'S A UNIQUE PRISM, A DIFFERENT COLORS OF LIGHT THAT SHINE THROUGH IT. AND I THINK IT'S A IT'S A GREAT EXAMPLE OF A GOOD EXPLANATION OF OUR COMMUNITY IS A TRUE MOSAIC OF THE DIFFERENT INDIVIDUAL PARTS THAT COME TOGETHER TO MAKE ONE BEAUTIFUL SCENE. SO THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT WITH US THIS EVENING. IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE SOME SOME BOOKS TO READ AS WELL. THANK YOU. OH THANK YOU. THE AUTHOR IS HERE WITH US. HOW ABOUT THAT? WELL, THANK YOU FOR, FOR DOING THAT VERY SIMPLE, COMPREHENSIVE BOOK I WROTE FOR CHILDREN. OKAY. HINDUISM. AND BUT MOST ADULTS ARE SAYING THAT THAT'S GOOD FOR THEM AS WELL BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW THE CONCEPTS. SO I WOULD LIKE FOR ALL OF YOU TO READ AND ENJOY. AND BY THE WAY, IF THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH BOOKS FOR TO GO AROUND JENNIFER, LET ME KNOW. 
          THEN I CAN BRING SOME MORE FROM MY CAR. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. SO KIND OF YOU. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. ARE YOU ARE YOU STICKING AROUND SO WE CAN GET YOUR AUTOGRAPH ON OUR BOOKS OR BOOK SIGNING? THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? ALL RIGHT. WELL, WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND YOUR PRESENTATION. ANY ANY OTHER VISITOR THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS COUNCIL REGARDING A MATTER THAT IS NOT ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA. ALL RIGHT. THAT TAKES US THROUGH HEARING OF VISITORS 
          [7. CONSIDERATION OF APPEAL OF DISAPPROVAL OF FDP-32-2026 AND PUBLIC  HEARING ]
AND MOVING ON TO CONSIDER OR. EXCUSE ME. OH, THAT IS NEXT ITEM. YEAH. THE CONSIDERATION 
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OF APPEAL, OF DISAPPROVAL OF FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN 32 2026 AND PUBLIC HEARING. NOW, IN FAIRNESS TO MYSELF, OUR CITY ATTORNEY AND ALL THE COUNCIL, WE HAVEN'T DONE THIS. NOT THAT I AM MAYBE EVER. IS THIS THE FIRST TIME? SO BEAR WITH US ON THE MECHANICS OF THIS A LITTLE BIT AS WE WORK THROUGH THIS. BUT LET ME START BEFORE WE INVITE STAFF TO GIVE A PRESENTATION IN OUR PLANNING COMMISSION DOES A REALLY GREAT JOB OF SERVING THIS COMMUNITY. 
          THEY HAVE SOME ISSUES THAT COME BEFORE IT THAT ARE CHALLENGING. THE ISSUES ARE CHALLENGING, SOME OF THE CONVERSATIONS ARE CHALLENGING AND THEY DO A FANTASTIC JOB. AND FROM TIME TO TIME, YOU KNOW, THERE IS AN ISSUE THAT THAT GETS GETS BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION. 
          AND THE APPLICANT IS NOT ALWAYS SATISFIED WITH THE RESULTS, WHICH THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT HAPPENS FROM TIME TO TIME. AND IN OUR RULES, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO APPEAL TO COUNCIL, TO EITHER RECONSIDER IT, HAVE A NEW HEARING, OR REMANDED BACK TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION. THE COUNCIL UNDERTOOK THAT INITIAL APPEAL, MADE THE DETERMINATION THAT WE WOULD DO A NEW HEARING, AND SO WE'RE DOING THAT THIS EVENING. BUT AGAIN, JUST WANTED TO START THE COMMENTS BY SAYING THANK YOU TO OUR COLLEAGUES ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR THE GREAT WORK THAT THEY DO. AND WITH THAT, I GUESS WE'RE GOING TO SWITCH WITNESSES TO START. 
          SO IF THERE'S ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC OR APPLICANTS THAT WOULD LIKE TO TESTIFY DURING TONIGHT'S HEARING, PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM AND WE WILL SWEAR YOU IN. ALRIGHT, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM TO TELL THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. WE'LL START WITH A PRESENTATION BY CITY STAFF. MR. CHRIS. AND I THINK MAYBE BEN. YEAH. BECAUSE I THINK BECAUSE WE DON'T DO THIS VERY OFTEN. WE'LL START WITH ME JUST TO DO A BIT OF A REFRESHER. SO THANKS, MAYOR, AND THANKS, COUNCIL. AND I JUST WANT TO DO A QUICK REVIEW AS TO HOW WE GOT HERE. THERE WAS A PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE DEVELOPMENT THAT APPLICANT IS PURSUING TONIGHT ON THE APPEAL. THE PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN WAS SUBMITTED TO ALL THE APPROPRIATE STEPS. IT WAS APPROVED BY THE ARB. IT WAS APPROVED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THEN ULTIMATELY CAME TO COUNCIL, WHO APPROVED THE PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN AS WELL. SUBSEQUENT TO EVERYBODY'S APPROVAL OF THE PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN, THEY WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS OF SUBMISSION OF THE FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL. SO IT WENT TO THE ARB AGAIN, AND IT WAS APPROVED. AND THEN SUBSEQUENT TO THAT, IT WENT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION, WHERE BY A 2 TO 2 VOTE, IT WAS REJECTED SUBSEQUENT TO THE REJECTION BY PLANNING COMMISSION, THE APPLICANT APPEALED HERE. LIKE, AS YOU NOTED EARLIER ON, WE DON'T DO THIS VERY OFTEN. SO AS PART OF THIS APPEALS PROCESS, AS WE'VE DISCUSSED, THERE ARE SEVERAL OPTIONS THAT COUNCIL CAN CONSIDER TONIGHT. IT CAN APPROVE ACCEPT GRANT APPLICANT'S APPEAL AND APPROVE THE FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN THAT'S SUBMITTED TO YOU TONIGHT. IT CAN REMAND THE MATTER BACK TO PLANNING COMMISSION WITH GUIDELINES FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO REVIEW GOING FORWARD, OR IT CAN REJECT THE APPEAL ALTOGETHER. I SUPPOSE IT COULD SET A SECOND DATE AND DISCUSS IT FURTHER. AS YOU GO THROUGH THE APPEALS PROCESS AND HEAR STAFF PRESENTATION AND HEAR THE PRESENTATION FROM APPLICANT AND THOSE WHO MAY BE OPPOSING THE FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMIND COUNCIL THAT WE ARE NOT HERE ABOUT THE USE TONIGHT. THE STANDARD WITHIN THE CODIFIED ORDINANCES BY WHICH WE HAVE TO EVALUATE THE FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN IS WHETHER OR NOT THE PLAN COMPLIES WITH THE ZONING TEXT AND COMPLIES WITH THE PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN. AND IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN THE FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN SHALL BE APPROVED. AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WE'RE HERE TONIGHT IS ALTHOUGH PLANNING COMMISSION TYPICALLY DOES A REALLY NICE JOB WITH THEIR APPEALS, PART OF THE RATIONALE FOR THE REJECTION OF THE FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN RELATED TO THE USE, WHICH HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY APPROVED AND, YOU KNOW, SIMPLY STATED THAT THAT SHIP HAS SAILED. THE USE IS THE USE IS SET AT THIS POINT. SO AS YOU GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF HEARING THE ARGUMENTS OF THE PARTIES, AGAIN, I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE YOU TO NOT WORRY ABOUT THE USE, BUT WHETHER OR NOT IT COMPLIES WITH THE ZONING TEXT AND OR THE PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN THAT'S BEEN PREVIOUSLY APPROVED THROUGHOUT. AND WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO CHRIS. YES. THANK YOU. I'LL DO A QUICK OVERVIEW OF A SMALL PIECE OF THE PRESENTATION THAT WAS PROVIDED TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION. SO AS BEN MENTIONED THIS, THE ZONING CLASSIFICATION WAS PASSED TO THIS PROPERTY BY COUNCIL EARLIER THIS YEAR. THE EXISTING ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY ALLOWS FOR THE 
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RENOVATION AND REUSE OF AN EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY HOME AND DETACHED STRUCTURE ON A ROUGHLY 1.1 ACRE SITE OUTLINED IN RED HERE ON THE SCREEN. HERE IS A. THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN FOR THE PROPERTY. THE EXISTING CONDITIONS ARE ON THE TOP PORTION OF THE SCREEN, AND THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN IS ON THE BOTTOM PORTION OF THE SCREEN. I'LL HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF FEATURES THAT ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN. APPROVED ZONING TEXT. THERE ARE NO MORE THAN 20 PARKING SPACES LOCATED IN SEVERAL AREAS, ALL BEHIND THE MAIN STRUCTURE. ON THE SITE, THERE IS A PROPOSED SCREENING WALL, SIX FOOT TALL SCREEN WALL LOCATED ON A PORTION OF THE SOUTHERN BOUNDARY OF THE PROPERTY, AND THERE IS A QUITE A FEW LOW LEVEL, LOW INTENSITY LIGHT LIGHTING PROPOSED THROUGHOUT THE SITE, WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH THE THE ZONING DISTRICT TEXT AND AS WELL AS THE APPROVED PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN. THE ZONING TEXT ALSO ALLOWS FOR SEVERAL IMPROVEMENTS TO BE MADE TO THE EXISTING BUILDING SHOWN HERE ON THE SCREEN. AGAIN CONSISTENT WITH THE APPROVED PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND ALL OF THE REGULATIONS IN THE ZONING TEXT. AS PART OF THE FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN, THERE WERE SEVERAL PRETTY STANDARD CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL THAT ARE NOT UNCOMMON TO BE PLACED ON APPLICATIONS IN FRONT OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN THAT ARE LISTED HERE ON THE SCREEN. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, AND I KNOW THE APPLICANT IS HERE AS WELL. PROVIDE A PRESENTATION. ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? THE STAFF AT THIS POINT IN THE PRESENTATION. ALL RIGHT. THEN WE INVITE THE APPLICANT FOR ANY FURTHER COMMENTS. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. AARON UNDERHILL UNDERHILL HERE REPRESENTING THE APPLICANT. ROB RIDDLE, THANK YOU FOR HEARING THIS. WE I THINK STAFF AND BEN HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB OF TEEING THIS UP. THIS IS AN UNUSUAL SITUATION. I DO WANT TO SAY THAT I, I WAS NOT INVOLVED. I WAS INVOLVED WITH ROB DURING THE ZONING STAGE, BUT HE, HE KIND OF ELECTED TO GO IT ALONE AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION. SO I WAS NOT INVOLVED AT THAT HEARING, BUT I WAS IN THE AUDIENCE AND DID GET UP AND ASK A FEW QUESTIONS ABOUT RECONSIDERATION AND SUCH TO THE TO THE COMMISSION. BUT, YOU KNOW, I WILL REITERATE WHAT MAYOR SPAULDING SAID, WHICH IS YOUR PLANNING COMMISSION. I LAST TIME I COUNTED, I'VE DONE ZONINGS IN ABOUT 40 SOME DIFFERENT JURISDICTIONS. YOU'RE PLANNING COMMISSION IS THE BEST ONE AROUND. IT REALLY IS. AND THE TWO MEMBERS THAT VOICED THE REASON THAT THEY DIDN'T LIKE THE USE, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT WAS JUST A MISTAKE IN WHERE THEY WERE PROCEDURALLY. AND I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THEM AND THEIR SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY AND ALL OF THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION, BECAUSE IT IS A VOLUNTEER EFFORT. IT'S NOT EASY. SO, YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT A REFERENDUM ON ANYTHING THAT THEY'VE DONE, AND WE ARE WHERE WE ARE, BUT WE WANT TO CORRECT WHAT WE BELIEVE WAS WRONG. SO I JUST WANTED TO WALK THROUGH THE PROJECT REALLY QUICKLY. I'M GOING TO TOUCH ON SOME PROCESS THINGS HERE BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS A GOOD LEARNING EXPERIENCE AS WELL. I THINK IT DOES LEND ITSELF TO, YOU KNOW, WHY WE THINK YOU SHOULD APPROVE THIS AS WELL. BUT YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE EXISTING CONDITION OF THE SITE. I THINK WE ALL KNOW WHERE THIS IS, JUST SOUTHEAST OF WHERE WE HAVE THE 605 OVERPASS OVER 161. WE'VE GOT A PROPERTY HERE THAT, YOU KNOW, IS, IS SORT OF AGING, DOESN'T HAVE A LOT GOING FOR IT IN TERMS OF LANDSCAPING, NO REAL PAVEMENT TO SPEAK OF IN TERMS OF FOR PARKING, ETCETERA. 
          BUT IT'S IN A VERY UNIQUE SPOT RIGHT NEXT TO THE HIGHWAY, NEXT TO THE NEW SOUND BARRIER THAT'S GONE IN. SO ROB IDENTIFIED THIS PROPERTY FOR VARIOUS REASONS AS A POSSIBLE FUTURE LOCATION FOR HIS OFFICE AND MAYBE SOME RELATED USES, LIKE MAYBE A TITLE INSURANCE AGENCY BACK IN THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE THERE ON THE REAR. HERE'S A PROPOSED SITE PLAN. CHRIS TOUCHED ON IT. 
          YOU KNOW, WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO REUSE AS MUCH AS WE CAN HERE, BUT ENHANCE THE, YOU KNOW, THE IMPROVED CONDITION OF THE PROPERTY WITH PAVING, ADDITION OF LANDSCAPING, KEEPING LIGHTING AT A VERY LOW LEVEL. I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH DETAIL YOU HAVE IN YOUR PACKETS, BUT FOR, YOU KNOW, WE NEED SOME LIGHTING FOR SAFETY, BUT WE DON'T HAVE TALL LIGHT POLES HERE IN THE PARKING LOTS. THEY'RE, THEY'RE MORE OF REALLY LOW TO THE GROUND TO PROVIDE FOR SAFETY, FOR INGRESS AND EGRESS WHEN, YOU KNOW, LET'S SAY IN THE WINTER MONTHS WHEN IT'S 5:00 AND IT'S, IT'S, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE COMING TO SEE, SEE ROB, YOU KNOW, THEY'LL, THEY'LL HAVE THAT AVAILABLE TO THEM. LET'S SEE HERE. OKAY. THERE'S THE EXISTING CONDITIONS. YOU 
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KNOW, SOMETIMES THESE RENDERINGS DON'T DO JUSTICE TO WHAT THE IMPROVEMENTS ARE GOING TO BE. BUT I THINK THESE ARE GOING TO BE SUBSTANTIAL UPGRADES TO THESE BUILDINGS, BRINGING THEM INTO A MORE MODERN FEEL. WE ARE IN ALL REGARDS GOING TO BE FOLLOWING TO THE EXTENT WE CAN, THE DESIGN GUIDELINES AND REQUIREMENTS OF THE CITY. SO ALL OF THE ENHANCEMENTS TO THE STRUCTURES ARE IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE. SO BEN POINTED OUT THE STANDARD HERE. AND YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT WE'RE REALLY IN. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PROCESS, THE FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN IS AN ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS. SO WE'RE APPLYING THE LAW, RIGHT. 
          THE THE ZONING STAGE WHERE YOU, IN CONJUNCTION WITH YOUR PLANNING COMMISSION, CREATED THE LAW AND THE CREATION OF THE LAW AND ZONING CONTEXT IS WHAT USES ARE GOING TO BE PERMITTED, WHETHER THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS ON THE SITE THAT ARE GOING TO APPLY. AND WE CREATED THAT THROUGH A PROCESS WITH THE ZONING TEXT TO, YOU KNOW, MUCH LIKE YOU'VE SEEN MANY TIMES BEFORE. AND SO AT THIS STAGE, WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FOR DOES THE PLAN COMPLY WITH WHAT WAS APPROVED AS PART OF THE REZONING? AND SO HERE AGAIN, AN APPLICATION OF THE LAW RATHER THAN THE MAKING OF IT. AND IT'S INTERESTING, ALWAYS INTERESTING WHEN A CODE USES THE WORD SHALL INSTEAD OF MAY, ETC. BUT IF, IF THE STANDARDS ARE MET, THEN IT SAYS THE PLANNING COMMISSION OR IN THIS CASE THE COUNCIL SHALL APPROVE IT. I DID WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE STAFF REPORT THE PLANNING COMMISSION. THIS UNDERLINED PORTION SAID THAT THE PLAN FOLLOWS THE INTENT AND REGULATIONS OF THE RECENTLY APPROVED ZONING AND THE IPD ALLOWS OFFICE AND ADMINISTRATIVE USES. ONCE AGAIN, IT'S BEEN POINTED OUT THAT THAT SHIP AND SAIL. BY THE TIME WE GOT HERE. IN TERMS OF WHETHER THE USES WERE APPROPRIATE. NOW, I THOUGHT THIS WAS A GOOD EXHIBIT TO KIND OF GENERALLY DEMONSTRATE WHAT WAS APPROVED AT THE PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND ZONING STAGE VERSUS WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING NOW. FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLANS DO NOT HAVE TO EXACTLY FOLLOW WHAT A PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN IS. BUT, YOU KNOW, MATERIALLY, THEY NEED TO THERE ARE A FEW LITTLE NUANCES HERE IN TERMS OF LIKE, I'M NOT SURE I'M GOING TO DO ALL OF THIS. OKAY. LIKE YOU'LL NOTICE THERE'S FOUR PARKING SPACES HERE. THE APPROVED PLAN HAD SIX. SO WE'RE JUST SORT OF A RESHUFFLING OF THE DECK CHAIRS HERE TO, TO GET A BETTER BUILT CONDITION, BUT EVERYTHING STILL COMPLIES WITH UNDERLYING ZONING WITH THE FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN STAGE ALLOWS FOR A LITTLE BIT OF, OF CHANGE IN THE PLAN, AS LONG AS IT MEETS THE UNDERLYING TEXT AND AND CODE. THE DRAWINGS HERE DEMONSTRATE THE APPROVED PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN DRAWINGS ON THIS SIDE, AS IN THIS IS WHAT IS PROPOSED AT THE FINAL STAGE. JUST A FEW LITTLE MINOR NUANCES WITH RESPECT TO SHUTTERS, FOR INSTANCE, AND MAYBE A LITTLE BIT IN THE DESIGN OF THIS ELEMENT OF OF THE FRONT HOME, BUT LARGELY ONE AND THE SAME. AND HERE, HERE, AGAIN, COMPLIANT WITH THE UNDERLYING DGRS AS CONFIRMED IN THAT STAFF REPORT. THERE WERE TWO THINGS THAT CAME UP AT THE HEARING THAT WERE NOT STATED AS REASONS FOR THE DISAPPROVAL, BUT THEY WERE QUESTIONS. ONE WAS, DID WE HAVE EVIDENCE OF OF FIRE DEPARTMENT APPROVAL OF THE PLAN AND THE TURNING RADIUS STUDY FOR FOR FIRE AND EMS ACCESS. FOR SOME REASON OR ANOTHER THAT WASN'T AT THE READY. I THINK WE DID HAVE IT, BUT MAYBE IT DIDN'T GET IN THE PACKET. BUT AGAIN, IT GAVE SOME EMAILS HERE TO SHOW THAT THE DEMONSTRATES WE DO HAVE THAT APPROVAL NOW AND THAT'S BEEN CONFIRMED. SO THAT'S, THAT'S A NEW PIECE OF INFORMATION THAT THAT WASN'T NECESSARILY AVAILABLE AT PLANNING COMMISSION REVIEW. AND THEN WE ARE PROPOSING A A SOLID FENCE. THIS IS REPRESENTATIVE OF WHAT THAT FENCE WILL LOOK LIKE WITH OUR NEIGHBORS ADJACENT TO US. THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT WHETHER THAT COULD ACTUALLY BE PLACED IN THAT LOCATION BECAUSE OF THE EXISTENCE OF A OF AN ELECTRIC EASEMENT. WE HAVE SINCE CONFIRMED, AND THROUGH A SURVEY THAT THE ELECTRIC EASEMENT IS ACTUALLY ON THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTY. SO THIS IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFICULT TO SEE, BUT THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY OF THE ELECTRIC EASEMENT IS COTERMINOUS WITH THE PROPERTY LINE. THAT'S THE SOUTHERN BOUNDARY LINE OF ROB'S SITE. AND THEREFORE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME CONCERN ABOUT BEING ABLE TO PUT IMPROVEMENTS IN ELECTRIC EASEMENTS. WE ARE OUTSIDE OF THAT EASEMENT. SO BY DEFINITION, THAT FENCE CAN CAN GO THERE. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. BUT I WANTED TO JUST DEMONSTRATE, YOU KNOW, THE COMPLIANCE OF THIS FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN WITH WHAT WAS APPROVED AT THE ZONING STAGE AND WE'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS, IS THE ABILITY TO INSTALL THE FENCE A CONDITION THAT NEEDS TO BE MET IN ORDER FOR THE PLAN TO MOVE FORWARD? YEAH, IT WAS A IT WAS A COMMITMENT WE MADE IN THE ZONING TO, TO INSTALL THAT FENCE. SO THE FENCE IS NOT INSTALLED. YOU WON'T BE 
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COMPLYING WITH THE ZONING. THAT'S CORRECT. SO WHAT'S THAT MEAN? IF WE'RE NOT COMPLIANT WITH THE ZONING, WE EITHER DON'T GET A PERMIT TO BUILD, YOU KNOW, AND MOVE ON TO THE BUILDING PERMIT STAGE. OR IF WE SOMEHOW GOT BUILT AND DIDN'T INSTALL THAT, IT WOULD BE A DAILY ZONING FINE OF I DON'T FORGET WHAT YOUR FINE IS 200 BUCKS A DAY SOMEWHERE AROUND THERE. YEAH, YEAH. SO IT WOULD BE A CONTINUALLY FINE, FINE SITUATION. AND ULTIMATELY AN INJUNCTION COULD BE FILED TO FORCE THE INSTALLATION OF THAT FENCE. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN I'LL OBVIOUSLY OPEN UP THE COUNCIL IN JUST ONE MORE QUESTION. THE EXISTING CONDITION THERE IS NOT CURRENTLY A FENCE THERE. THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. SO THIS WOULD BE IF ALLOWED TO BE CONSTRUCTED AND IMPROVEMENT, GIVE MORE PRIVACY TO BOTH SIDES OF THE FENCE, SO TO SPEAK. CORRECT. 
          OKAY. AND THEN JUST AS FAR AS THE ZONING FOR THAT AREA, I THINK THERE WAS SOME COMMENT AT THE HEARING REGARDING WHETHER THIS IS AN APPROPRIATE USE FOR THAT PART OF TOWN. I HAVEN'T KNOCKED ON EVERY DOOR, BUT I'M FAMILIAR WITH THE FACT THAT THERE ARE OTHER, YOU KNOW, QUASI COMMERCIAL USE. IT'S NOT JUST PURELY RESIDENTIAL ALONG THAT AREA. IS THAT TRUE, OR IS THAT COME OUT OF THE HEARING? YOU KNOW, I DON'T RECALL BECAUSE I WASN'T PARTICIPATING IN THIS PARTICULAR HEARING MYSELF. BUT YOU COULD. YEAH, YEAH. MR. RIDDLE, IF YOU'LL IDENTIFY YOURSELF. YES. I WAS GETTING TO IT. GOOD EVENING. ROBERT. I RESIDE IN NEW ALBANY AT SEVEN FOUR OR. SORRY. ADDRESS CHANGED. 7896 PETER HUBER ROAD. YES, THAT DID COME UP AT A MUCH EARLIER STAGE. THERE WAS KIND OF DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW SOME OF THE OTHER SURROUNDING PROPERTIES HAVE BEEN USED AND CONTINUE TO BE USED FOR, AS YOU SAY, QUASI COMMERCIAL USE. ALSO, I THINK IT WAS NOTED WHEN THAT DISCUSSION WAS HAD, THAT THIS PROPERTY, IN FACT, WAS USED AS A COMMERCIAL SPACE. IT WAS A RACE ENGINE SHOP FOR LIKE 15 TO 20 CONTINUOUS YEARS. THE LINCOLN LS BUILT LIKE APPARENTLY VERY GOOD RACE ENGINES THERE. SO YEAH, I WAS JUST KIND OF GOING THROUGH THE APPROPRIATE STEPS TO GET THE CORRECT ZONING BEFORE LIKE THROWING OUT MY SHINGLE, SO TO SPEAK. GOT IT. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER COUNCIL QUESTIONS? I'M SORRY. GO AHEAD. YEAH, I JUST HAVE ONE. AARON, WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT THE ZONING TEXT FOR THIS, I NOTICED ON MOST EVERYTHING HERE MET THE CODE. 
          BUT THERE WAS ONE HERE THAT PAVEMENT ON THE I BELIEVE ON THE SOUTHERN BOUNDARY THAT WOULD NEEDED TO BE FIVE FEET. I KNOW THEY PUT A CONDITION ON HERE THAT THE PARKING LOT PAVEMENT SHALL BE AT LEAST FIVE FEET AWAY FROM THE SOUTHERN PROPERTY LINE. WITH THAT BEING SAID, THAT WOULD MEET THAT PARTICULAR. CORRECT? CORRECT. AND IT'S VERY COMMONPLACE FOR CONDITIONS TO BE PLACED. SOMETIMES WHEN A PLAN GETS PUT TOGETHER, MAYBE SOMETHING'S MISSED. I THINK THAT WAS A MISS ON OUR CONSULTANTS PART. YEAH. SO MR. RIDDLE, IF YOU'RE GOING TO TALK ON THE RECORD. THANK YOU. WELL, I'M NOT LOOKING AT EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT, MATT. MY RECOLLECTION, JUST BECAUSE I'VE BEEN OUT THERE WITH THE ARCHITECT AND THE SURVEYOR AND THE. ENGINEER QUITE A BIT RECENTLY WAS THAT I THINK IT'S 2.5FT, MAYBE SOMETHING LIKE THAT. IS IT FIVE FEET TOTAL? FIVE FEET. SO THE CONDITION IS FIVE FEET. AND ACCORDING TO THE ZONING TEXT THAT SAYS THE PAVEMENT SHOULD BE FIVE FEET. OKAY. SO I MEAN, AS LONG AS THE CONDITION IS GOOD, THEN YOU'RE IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S MET. SURE. OKAY. GOT IT AT FIVE FEET. YEAH. OKAY. MY ONLY QUESTION WAS, DO YOU CONSENT TO THE OTHER FIVE CONDITIONS? YES. 
          I DON'T REMEMBER TALKING ABOUT THE BIKE RACK BEFORE. I THINK MAYBE THAT'S. YEAH, THAT'S NEW, BUT EVERYTHING ELSE IS SOMETHING YOU'VE SEEN BEFORE AND THAT'S CORRECT. YEAH. IT WAS FINE WITH THE OTHER CONDITIONS. RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL. ALL RIGHT. THEN I BELIEVE WE CAN OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING OR. ALL RIGHT. MISS JEFFERS, GOOD EVENING. AND, MR. EVANS, IF YOU'LL GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS DANIELLE JEFFERS AND I LIVE AT 6665, 88 NEW ALBANY ROAD. FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME UP AND CHAT. SO ONE OF THE CONDITIONS FOR REZONING WAS THAT THEY WERE THEY DID HAVE TO BE ABLE TO PLACE A SIX FOOT PRIVACY FENCE. SO I WAS A LITTLE CONFUSED WHEN I WENT DOWN TO TALK TO THE SOMEBODY IN PLANNING LAST WEEK AND THEY SAID IT HAD ALREADY BEEN REZONED, YET WE HAVEN'T EVE DETERMINED WHETHER OR NOT A FENCE CAN BE PLACED, BECAUSE FROM MY MEASUREMENTS AND WHAT THAT SHOWS AREN'T EXACTLY THE 
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SAME, MY MEASUREMENTS SHOW FROM HIS UNDER EAVES TO MY PROPERTY LINE ARE EXACTLY 11FT, SO WE CAN'T REALLY HAVE A FIRE TRUCK. SAFETY. I'M SORRY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT'S CALLED. CONDUCTED. 
          IF YOU CAN'T GET A FIRE TRUCK DOWN THE DRIVEWAY WITH A FENCE, BECAUSE THAT NOT ONLY PUTS HIS BACK BUILDING AT RISK, IT PUTS MY BRAND NEW GARAGE THAT SOME OF YOU ARE IN THOSE MEETINGS AT RISK AND THEREFORE MY HOUSE. SO ONE OF THE CONDITIONS, THE BIG ONE FOR ME, AND THAT'S MORE OF A SAFETY BECAUSE I HAVE CHILDREN AND PETS, IS TO HAVE THAT FENCE FROM ALL THE WAY UP TO THE EAST, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE END OF THE PROPERTY LINE, BUT ALSO WASN'T REFLECTED IN THE LAST DRAWING THAT WAS SUBMITTED. SO AGAIN, I'M, I'M CONFUSED AS TO HOW WE'VE EVEN MOVED FORWARD TO. IT'S LIKE A DONE DEAL WHEN HOW IS IT A DONE DEAL WHEN WE HAVEN'T MET CERTAIN CONDITIONS. AND FROM TALKING TO PEOPLE THAT WERE ON THE BOARD, I GUESS THERE WAS QUITE A BIT OF CONFUSION WHERE WE WERE IN, WHERE THEY WERE IN THAT PART OF THE MEETINGS, LIKE WHAT THEY COULD APPROVE, WHAT THEY COULD DISAPPROVE. AS IT'S BEEN STATED, YOU KNOW, THIS ISN'T SOMETHING THAT NEW ALBANY HAS ENCOUNTERED YET BEFORE. THERE IS A LOT OF DISAPPROVAL WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. MY NEIGHBORHOOD SPECIFICALLY, THOUGH, WE'RE NOT REALLY A NEIGHBORHOOD OF PUTTING A BUSINESS THERE BECAUSE IT IS ALL RESIDENTIAL AND WE HAVE PLENTY OF OFFICES THAT ARE OPEN. WE'RE BUILDING MORE OFFICES, AND YET WE'RE TAKING A RESIDENTIAL HOME AND TURNING IT INTO A BUSINESS. SO YES, THAT IS A BIG, YOU KNOW, PART OF DISSATISFACTION ON MY PART AS THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTY WHO'S PUT A LOT OF TIME, ENERGY AND MONEY INTO MY PROPERTY AND NOT WANTING TO LIVE NEXT DOOR TO A BUSINESS. BUT AGAIN, THEY'RE JUST SIMPLY CONDITIONS THAT HAVE BEEN PLACED ON REZONING AND DOING ALL OF THIS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN MET. SO I GUESS I'M ASKING FOR SOMEBODY TO EITHER EXPLAIN IT TO ME LIKE, I GUESS I'M A CHILD BECAUSE I THIS IS WAY OVER MY HEAD, OR AT THE VERY LEAST SEND IT BACK TO COMMISSION THE PLANNING BOARD, ARB TO CHAT WITH IF WE'RE NOT JUST GOING TO REJECT IT ALTOGETHER. YEAH, I'LL LET BEN OR MR. CHRISTIAN TRY TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION ON THE ZONING. 
          JUST A COUPLE OF LEAD INS TO THAT, THOUGH, JUST SO IT'S CLEAR IN MY MIND. ARE YOU FOR OR AGAINST THE FENCE? I ABSOLUTELY WANT A FENCE. OKAY. IF THEY'RE GOING TO REZONE IT AND PUT A BUSINESS THERE. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN IS THERE A DISPUTE IN YOUR MIND REGARDING THE PROPERTY LINE OR DO WE. THAT'S NOT I'M NOT SURE. I MEAN, I, I KNOW WHERE THE PROPERTY LINE IS. I'VE GONE OUT AND MEASURED IT. IT'S RIGHT ON THE OTHER SIDE, ESSENTIALLY RIGHT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE EASEMENT. AS I SAID, THE EASEMENT IS TECHNICALLY ON OUR SIDE. AND HOW LONG HAVE YOU LIVED AT THAT ADDRESS? WE'VE LIVED THERE SINCE 2012. OKAY. 
          SO A FAIR AMOUNT OF TIME YOU'VE HAD THAT NEIGHBOR NEXT DOOR, YOU ALMOST HAVE A SHARED DRIVEWAY. NO, NO DISPUTE WITH THAT NEIGHBOR ABOUT WE'VE NEVER HAD WHO MOWS THE LAWN? FROM THE TIME WE MOVED IN, HE WAS NO LONGER RUNNING A BUSINESS THERE. I KNOW THAT AT ONE POINT HE HAD BEEN GRANDFATHERED IN AND HAD BEEN THERE FOR A VERY LONG TIME. THE HOUSE BELONGED TO MY HUSBAND'S GRANDPARENTS, SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN THERE FOR IT'S BEEN A FAMILY HOME FOR A VERY LONG TIME. SO FOR THE DURATION OF OUR US LIVING THERE, THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A BUSINESS IN THAT PART OF THE URBAN DISTRICT. NOW, I'VE HEARD THAT AT ONE POINT THERE MAY HAVE BEEN A YOGA STUDIO ON THE OTHER SIDE. AGAIN, THAT WAS NO LONGER THERE WHEN WE WERE THERE. I KNOW THAT HE HAD TRIED TO DAVENPORT. I CAN'T REMEMBER THE ADDRESS, BUT ON THE HOUSE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF ME, THEY HAD APPLIED TO REZONE AND THEY WERE DECLINED FOR THE SAME REASON THAT THAT IS JUST NOT PART OF WHAT THE URBAN DISTRICT IS LOOKING TO DO AT THIS TIME. AND THEN AGAIN, I, YOU KNOW, YOU DRIVE BY THERE A LOT OF TIMES, YOU KNOW, NOT LIKE A, THIS IS NOT A SCIENTIFIC EXAMPLE, BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE SEEMS TO BE A NUMBER OF VEHICLES PARKED THERE. 
          I'M JUST IT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE A SINGLE FAMILY HOME. SO WHAT ELSE? IT IS NOT ANYMORE. IT'S CURRENTLY BEING RENTED TO SOMEBODY WHO'S USING IT AS A JUNKYARD. OKAY. THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO USE IT TO LIKE STORE THEIR LAND ROVERS, AND THAT'S NOT WHAT'S HAPPENING. SO, I MEAN, I'M NOT THRILLED, BUT THEY'RE VERY QUIET AND THEY'RE I MEAN, WE'VE HAD ISSUES WITH THEM, BUT WE'VE RESOLVED SOME OF THOSE. OKAY. I MEAN, SO CURRENTLY, I MEAN, HE IS RUNNING A BUSINESS OUT OF IT. HE HAS BEEN FOR I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG, BUT. OKAY. AND THAT'S SINCE YOU BROUGHT THAT UP. I WASN'T GOING TO. YEAH. NO, I JUST I MEAN, I JUST IT'S NOT AGAIN FOR THAT TO BE DONE. RIGHT. BUT, YOU KNOW, I WASN'T GOING TO UNDERSTOOD. I APPRECIATE I APPRECIATE YOU BEING HONEST. I JUST, YOU KNOW, I JUST AS I DRIVE BY IT FROM TIME TO TIME AND YEAH, IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S VEHICLES PARKED THERE. OKAY. IT LOOKS PRETTY BAD. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. LET ME OPEN IT UP TO COUNCIL. ANY QUESTIONS FOR FFERSON?N? WHAT PROPERTY WERE WE JUST TALKING ABOUT? THE JUNKYARD. IS THAT PROPERTY OKAY, I I'M 
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CONFUSED AT THIS POINT ABOUT THE FENCE. AS OUR SPEAKER, MISS JEFFRIES, IS. I, I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THIS FENCE, I APOLOGIZE. DO I NEED TO TRY AGAIN ON THAT? NO. NOT YOU. I'M I'M ASKING OUR STAFF OR OUR LEGAL COUNSEL OR SOMEBODY TO HELP ME OUT HERE WITH WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THIS FENCE? WELL, LET ME ASK ONE OF THE CONDITIONS ALONG THOSE LINES. LET ME ASK THESE DRAWINGS, THE ENGINEERING DRAWINGS AND EVERYTHING THAT CITY HAS LOOKED AT. IF ADMINISTRATIVELY, DOES THIS FENCE SIT ON RIDDLE'S PROPERTY AND WITHIN ITS PROPERTY LINE? YES. ALL RIGHT. SO IT'S IT IS ON THAT PROPERTY AND NOT ON EASEMENT BECAUSE THE EASEMENT IS DEFINITELY ON ON THEIR PROPERTY. SO AS LONG AS IT SITS ON THEIR PROPERTY, I DON'T SEE WHY THERE'S AN ISSUE. SO SO MY UNDERSTANDING AND CHRIS AND ERICA PROBABLY SPEAK BETTER TO THIS, THAT WE DID LOOK INTO THAT ISSUE AFTER PLANNING COMMISSION. THE FENCE IS NOT WITHIN THE EASEMENT AREA, AND THEY UNDERSTAND THEY HAVE TO BUILD THAT FENCE. AND IF THEY CAN'T COMPLY, THEY DON'T GET A PERMIT. THEY GET FINED. THERE'S A WHOLE HOST OF MECHANISMS IN PLACE TO ADDRESS THAT ISSUE. IF THEY DON'T COMPLY WITH THEIR OBLIGATIONS WITH THE FENCE, I APOLOGIZE. I CAN'T ACTUALLY READ THE MEASUREMENTS BETWEEN THE HOUSE AND WHERE THEIR PROPOSED FENCE IS THERE, BUT I CAN TELL YOU FROM THERE, UNDER EAVES TO THE PROPERTY LINE IS EXACTLY 11FT. I MEASURED IT TODAY FROM THERE FROM THE UNDER AGE OF THE HOUSE, BECAUSE THE FIRE TRUCK WOULD HAVE TO GET THROUGH THAT AS WELL. AND IN CASE ANYBODY IS WONDERING, THE STANDARD FIRE TRUCK WITH THE MIRRORS OUT IS APPROXIMATELY 11FT, SOMETIMES 13. I WON'T SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR SURE, BUT FENCER TWO HAS BEEN KNOWN TO BE TAKEN DOWN DURING AN EMERGENCY, SO I. YOU KNOW, THE FENCE WOULD BE THE THE FIRST THING TO GO. LET ME JUST PUT IT THAT WAY. OKAY. AND AGAIN, JUST ON THE ZONING ISSUE, BEN, AS WE MAKE SURE THIS IS CLEAR, WHEN YOU SAY ISSUE A PERMIT, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LIKE AN OCCUPANCY PERMIT FOR THE THE FENCE. WE WOULD WHEN WE WHEN THEY SUBMIT A PERMIT FOR REVIEW, IF THEY'RE NOT COMPLYING WITH ALL ELEMENTS OF THE ZONING TEXT, WE WOULD NOT ISSUE THE PERMIT. SO THEY CAN GO THROUGH ALL THE CONSTRUCTION, THE RENOVATION AND MAKE THIS THING, YOU KNOW, CLEAN IT UP, MAKE IT LOOK BEAUTIFUL, PUT IN EVERYTHING AND NO FENCE, NO PERMIT. WE WON'T EVEN LET THEM START CONSTRUCTION WITHOUT SHOWING COMPLIANCE WITH THE FENCE REGULATIONS. OKAY, SO THE FENCE IS LIKE STEP ONE IN THE PROCESS, CORRECT? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? MR. JEFFERS? ANY OTHER COMMENTS? ANY OTHER MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC LIKE TO SPEAK REGARDING THIS ISSUE? I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO CALL. WELL, I MEAN, I JUST JUST TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT REZONING THE PROPERTY. WE'RE ONLY TALKING ABOUT THE USE. THE ZONING IS ALREADY IN IPOD. IT'S THERE FOR, AS WE STATED, OFFICES OR COMMERCIAL USE IS ACCEPTED FOR THAT PROPERTY. THE USE IS DONE AT THIS POINT. THAT'S THAT'S BEEN RESOLVED. NOW IT'S JUST A MATTER OF WHETHER OR NOT THE FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN COMPLIES WITH THE PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN AT THIS POINT. 
          AND I WAS SO I GUESS THAT'S WHAT MY QUESTION. THAT'S WHY I BROUGHT THAT UP IS. YEAH. IS HOW DID WE GET THERE WHEN CONDITIONS HAVEN'T BEEN MET TO BE ABLE TO DEFEAT. SO. YEAH, JUST I MEAN, WE WALKED THROUGH THE PROCESS. I MEAN, WE CAN GO THROUGH ZONING. THERE'S LOTS OF THINGS THAT WOULD BE A COMMITMENT DURING THE ZONING PROCESS, RIGHT. THAT STILL HAS TO BE COMPLETED DURING THE FINAL DEVELOPMENT STAGE BEFORE THE PERMIT IS ISSUED. YEAH. SO THAT'S WHAT THAT PROCESS. YEAH. THAT'S WHAT CHRIS WAS EXPLAINING. SO AS THEY GO TO BUILD IT, THERE ARE CERTAIN CONDITIONS THEY HAVE TO MEET AND PUTTING IT TOGETHER. IF THEY DON'T MEET THOSE CONDITIONS, THEY DON'T GET A PERMIT TO CONTINUE ON. SO WITH THE FENCE, LIKE WE SAID, THAT'S STEP ONE. AS PART OF THE PROCESS, THEY HAVE TO ESTABLISH THEY CAN MEET ALL THESE ELEMENTS ALONG THE WAY THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED PREVIOUSLY. 
          AND IF THEY CAN'T, THEN THEY WILL HAVE CONSEQUENCES WITH RESPECT TO THEIR DEVELOPMENT. 
          OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ANY ADDITIONAL COUNCIL COMMENT REGARDING FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN? 32 2026. OKAY. JUST A GENERAL QUESTION ON THE PROCESS NOW AFTER THIS. YEAH, YEAH. SO THE NEXT STEP, I THINK ASSUMING EVERYBODY'S DONE WITH THEIR PRESENTATIONS IS COUNCIL NOW HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO DECIDE WHAT IT IS THEY WITH WISH TO DO WITH RESPECT TO THIS PENDING APPEAL. FOR EXAMPLE, THERE COULD BE A MOTION TO REJECT IT. THERE COULD BE A MOTION TO ACCEPT IT AND APPROVE THE FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN. OR THERE COULD BE A MOTION, FOR EXAMPLE, TO REMAND IT BACK TO PLANNING COMMISSION TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF CODIFIED 
          [01:00:02]
ORDINANCE. 1159 TEN OR I GUESS PRESUMABLY YOU COULD SET ANOTHER DATE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANTED TO DO. BUT AT THAT POINT, I THINK SOMEONE WOULD MAKE A MOTION AND VOTE UPON IT. AT THAT POINT, AS A POINT OF ORDER, WE DO NEED TO STILL ACCEPT ANY ADDITIONAL STAFF REPORTS RELATED DOCUMENTS. OH YEAH. BEFORE COUNCIL ACTS. THAT'S CORRECT. ALL RIGHT. WELL, BEFORE AN OFFICIAL MOTION IS MADE REGARDING ONE OF THE CHOICES THAT THE LAW DIRECTOR HAS PRESENTED, I WOULD MOVE THAT WE ADOPT THE STAFF REPORT AND THE APPLICANT'S REPORT INTO THE RECORD. SECOND. AND THE SECOND WAS THAT. OKAY ON THE MOTION? MAYOR SPALDING. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. BARRETT. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. HARRIS. YES. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. SCHULTZ. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. YES. MOTION PASSES. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE SEVERAL OPTIONS. WOULD A MEMBER OF COUNCIL LIKE TO MAKE A STAB AT A MOTION TO SEE IF COUNCIL SUPPORTS OR DOES NOT SUPPORT THAT ACTION? OKAY. I MAKE A MOTION TO REVERSE AND VACATE THE DECISION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION ON FDP 32, 2026, AND TO APPROVE THE FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN BASED ON THE FOLLOWING FINDINGS PURSUANT TO C 01159.1 TEN E. SECOND. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER DEREK. YES. IS THERE A SECOND? FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? OKAY. 
          COUNCILMEMBER. COUNCILMEMBER WILTROUT. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. BRISK. YES. MAYOR. SPALDING. 
          YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. YES. FIVE. YES. VOTES ON THE MOTION TO REVERSE. VACATE AND APPROVE. 
          MOTION PASSES. ALL RIGHT. AND HAVING A DEGREE OF CONFIDENCE THAT. THE APPLICANT WILL BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR. I HATE TO START A START A NEIGHBORLY EFFORT WITH A FENCE, BUT HOPEFULLY THAT WILL ACTUALLY HELP BUILD THAT RELATIONSHIP IN A POSITIVE WAY. SO THANK YOU AND APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S EFFORTS. MISS JEFFRIES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS AS WELL. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THAT TAKES US TO BOARD AND COMMISSION REPORTS. ANY UPDATE FROM THE PLANNING 
          [8. BOARD/COMMISSION REPORTS]
COMMISSION? NO MEETING. MR. MCCLELLAN'S NOT HERE. SO WE'LL WAIT ON THE PARKS AND TRAILS ADVISORY BOARD. UPDATE MISS BRISK, ANY UPDATE ON THE RV? NO. MEETING. BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS. THERE WAS A MEETING. UNFORTUNATELY, I MISSED THAT MEETING, BUT THERE WAS A MEETING. THEY HAD THREE CASES THAT THEY LOOKED AT. THE FIRST ONE WAS VARIANCE 54, 2026. IT WAS AT 4678. CAVENDISH COURT GARAGE SETBACK, SETBACK, VARIANCE. THIS VARIANCE WAS TO ALLOW AN EXTENSION OF A GARAGE TO ENCROACH ONE FOOT INTO A REQUIRED TEN FOOT SIDE YARD SETBACK AND 7.5FT INTO REQUIRED 30 FOOT, 30 FOOT REAR YARD SETBACK ON APPROXIMATELY 0.24 ACRES SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOT. THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION, OBVIOUSLY, ON THIS. THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS THAT SOME OF THE FOLKS ON THE COMMITTEE HAD. UNFORTUNATELY, THERE WAS NO ONE THERE REPRESENTING THIS PARTICULAR CASE. THE APPLICANT WAS NOT THERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, AND THIS WAS VOTED DOWN UNANIMOUSLY. AND A COUPLE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY SAID AS THEY RELATED IT BACK TO DUNCAN WAS THAT THERE WERE ACTUALLY A COUPLE DIFFERENT ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS THAT THEY COULD DO WHERE THEY WOULD NOT NEED THE VARIANCE. AND ALSO THERE WAS IT WAS PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL, YOU KNOW, CHANGE FOR THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. IT WAS A COUPLE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY HAD SAID. SO THAT ONE GOT VOTED DOWN. THE NEXT ONE WAS AT 6839 CEDARBROOK PLACE SETBACK VARIANCE. SO ANOTHER SETBACK VARIANCE TO ALLOW A PORTION OF A HOUSE ADDITION TO ENCROACH APPROXIMATELY SIX INCHES INTO A REQUIRED 20 FOOT SIDE YARD BUILDING SETBACK AND APPROXIMATELY 0.76 ACRE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOT. THIS ONE ACTUALLY, I HAVE MY MEASURES. I THINK IT WAS PASSED 2 TO 1. HOLD ON A SECOND. I THINK THAT WAS PASSED 2 TO 1. YEP, YEP. GOT IT. AND IT WAS THEY DID HAVE A NEIGHBOR THERE THAT WHAT LIVED RIGHT TO THE LEFT OF THE HOUSE. THEY'RE REALLY CONCERNED WAS WAS MORE AROUND DRAINAGE BY ENCROACHING UPON WHAT THAT MIGHT HAVE IN EFFECT. I UNDERSTAND I WAS OUT AT CEDARBROOK A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, AND WE GOT ALL THAT RAIN AND THAT WHOLE PLACE WAS UNDERWATER. SO I APPRECIATE YOUR CONCERN AROUND, AROUND DRAINAGE. MAYBE MORE TO COME 
          [01:05:04]
LATER ON IN OUR CHAT TODAY ABOUT CEDARBROOK. BUT IN ANY EVENT, THIS ONE DID PASS AND, AND, AND THE DISCUSSION WAS GOOD. SO I MEAN, IT WAS JUST THAT WAS THAT RIGHT? IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, MY NOTES ARE ON THE BACK. YES. AND THEN THE FINAL ONE WAS IT WAS A 2 TO 1 VOTE. FINAL ONE WAS THE CENTRAL COLLEGE ROAD SETBACK. SO THIS IS A SETBACK DAY TO ALLOW A PORTION OF A NEW HOME TO ENCROACH APPROXIMATELY NINE FEET INTO A REQUIRED 50 FOOT YARD SETBACK, APPROXIMATELY 3.63 ACRES. THIS WAS ON CENTRAL COLLEGE AT 6905, AND THIS PASSED THREE OH ON THAT. AND THIS WAS ACTUALLY REQUIRED BY THE CITY OF NEW ALBANY. SO INTERESTING SITUATION. MOST OF THE SETBACKS FROM CENTRAL COLLEGE ON THERE IS ABOUT 30FT. 
          I BELIEVE THIS ONE WAS 20 AT THE TIME. AND JUST TO ALIGN THE SETBACKS WITH ALL THE OTHER HOMES ON CENTRAL COLLEGE, THE CITY HAD ASKED IF THEY COULD HAVE AN ADDITIONAL TEN FOOT. SO IT WAS NOTHING THAT THE OWNER WAS REQUESTING, BUT IT WAS THE CITY OF NEW ALBANY, AND THAT ONE PASSED THREE NOTHING. AND THAT WAS IT. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS? IT WAS KIND OF A WEIRD SHAPED LOT, TOO. IT'S IT'S THE SECOND HOUSE JUST WEST OF THE ENTRANCE, WAY INTO CEDARBROOK. IT'S KIND OF A TRIANGLE SHAPE. AND SO THE HOCKEY REQUEST. NO, NO, THAT ONE WASN'T THERE. BUT YEAH, THEY GOT THE POND RIGHT THERE ON ONE SIDE. THEY'VE GOT ENOUGH ROOM TO DO SOME, YOU KNOW, THINGS IN THE BACKYARD. BUT FOR THE MOST PART, AGAIN, IT WASN'T ANYTHING ON. OH SORRY. LET ME GO BACK BY THE WAY, THAT THAT ONE AT CEDARBROOK THAT I HAD SAID, THE SECOND ONE, THAT WAS A 2 TO 1 VOTE, BUT IT FAILED. MY BAD. AND THE REASON BEING IS THE R-1 ZONING TAX FELT THAT THIS WAS THEY HAD TWO OTHER OPTIONS AGAIN, AVAILABLE FOR THEM. AND EVEN THOUGH IT WAS SIX INCHES, THAT WOULD HAVE SET PRECEDENT FOR THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH THEY'VE NEVER DONE BEFORE. AND THAT'S WHY THAT FAILED 2 TO 1. SO FIRST ONE FAILED THREE ZERO, THE NEXT ONE FAILED 2 TO 1, AND THEN THE OTHER ONE WAS APPROVED THREE ZERO. SO A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING AT THE MEETING. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. ANY QUESTIONS ON THE UPDATE. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL GET AN UPDATE FROM MR. KISS AT THE NEXT MEETING ON SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD. UNLESS STAFF HAS ANYTHING TO ADD. NO. NOT TODAY. ALL RIGHT. ANY UPDATE FROM THE IDEA IMPLEMENTATION PANEL? YES. WE THEY HAD A MEETING LAST WEEK TALKING ABOUT SUCCESSES OF LAST YEAR. LOOKING FORWARD TO NEXT YEAR. I'LL JUST HIT SOME HIGHLIGHTS. THE DIWALI FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS IS NOW IN ITS FOURTH YEAR. IT'S GOING TO TAKE PLACE ON NOVEMBER 7TH AT THE AMPHITHEATER, AND FOR 2026, THEY'VE ALREADY SECURED $21,500 IN SPONSORSHIPS. WOW. WHAT WAS THE DATE AGAIN? SORRY. NOVEMBER 7TH SEVENTH. GOT IT. AND THE NEXT THING THOUGH, THAT WILL BE COMING OUR WAY IS THE THE NEW ALBANY 101 BUSINESS PARK TOUR IN HAPPY HOUR, WHICH IS TAKING PLACE, I BELIEVE, NEXT WEDNESDAY ON SEPTEMBER 10TH. THAT STARTS AT WALTON PARKWAY. 
          AND THERE ARE ALSO EXCITED FOR SUPER SUPPER, WHICH IS UNDER THE NEW ALBANY 101. AND THEY'VE DECIDED THAT IN 2027 IT WILL BE MOVING FROM THE HEIGHT CENTER TO THE NEW ALBANY FIELD HOUSE DU TO OVERWHELMING DEMAND, WHICH IS A GREAT. BECAUSE OF ITS SUCCESS. SO I ALSO KNOW THAT THEY ARE THINKING ABOUT AN INTERNATIONAL GAME NIGHT, POTENTIALLY WITH THE NEW ALBANY PTO, WHICH MIGHT BE FUN, POTENTIALLY WITH SOME OTHER GROUPS. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO 2027. ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS ON THE UPDATE? CEMETERY RESTORATION ADVISORY BOARD, I HAVE SOME VERY GOOD NEWS. THE OHIO HISTORY CONNECTION HAS ACCEPTED THE BOARD'S HISTORICAL MARKER APPLICATION FOR THE NEW ALBANY CEMETERY. FOR A BIT OF CONTEXT, WE HAVE APPLIED FOUR TIMES. AND FIRST, STARTING IN 2022 OF THE DENIALS WERE MORE TECHNICAL, BUT MAN, WE HAD TO REDO THAT APPLICATION EACH TIME AND SUBMIT IT. SO I'M REALLY HAPPY FOR THE BOARD AND THE WORK THAT GOT PUT IN. THE NEXT STEPS ARE THAT THE OHIO HISTORY CONNECTION WILL START WORKING WITH US TO REFINE THE TEXT. EVEN THOUGH WE SUBMITTED, THEY APPROVED IT. THEY'LL STILL BE SOME TWEAKING GOING ON. THE CITY WILL EVENTUALLY PURCHASE THE OFFICIAL SIGN. IT COULD BE 
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READY FOR INSTALLATION IN 2027, BUT NO PROMISES. SO JUST DOING A VICTORY LAP OVER AT THE CRAB. 
          WELL, THAT TOOK A WHILE. AND THAT'S IT FOR NOW. ALL RIGHT. AND NO MEETING THE PUBLIC 
          [9. CORRESPONDENCE/COMMUNICATION]
RECORDS COMMISSION. HAS ANY MEMBER OF COUNCIL RECEIVED ANY CORRESPONDENCE OR COMMUNICATION SINCE OUR LAST MEETING? THEY'D LIKE TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON. ALL RIGHT. SECOND READING ORDINANCE AND PUBLIC HEARING. THERE'S NONE ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA. ALSO NO INTRODUCTION OR 
          [12. RESOLUTIONS AND PUBLIC HEARING]
FIRST READING OF ORDINANCES, RESOLUTION AND PUBLIC HEARING RESOLUTION R 38, 2026. A RESOLUTION AFFIRMING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE NEW ALBANY TAX INCENTIVE REVIEW COUNCIL FOR FRANKLIN COUNTY. NATHAN. RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, IT IS ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO BE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT. YOU HAVE TWO RESOLUTIONS. ONE IS AFFIRMING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE FRANKLIN COUNTY TAX INCENTIVE REVIEW COUNCIL, LOVINGLY KNOWN AS THE TURK. ADDITIONALLY, WE. THE OTHER ONE IS FOR THE LICKING COUNTY TURK. 
          WHILE I WAS EXCITED AND PREPARED TO BE ABLE TO DISCUSS THE TURK THIS EVENING, THERE HAVE BEEN SOME CHANGES AT THE STATE LEVEL REGARDING HOW ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CAN BE DISCUSSED. SO CONSIDERING THIS STAFF IS MAKING THE RECOMMENDATION THAT COUNCIL ACTUALLY POSTPONE NOT TABLE CLARK MASON ACTUALLY GRABBED ME AND SHE SAID POSTPONE IS THE CORRECT PARLIAMENTARY MOVE. SO I'M GLAD I REMEMBERED TO SAY POSTPONE BOTH PIECES OF LEGISLATION TO THE OCTOBER 6TH, 2026, CITY COUNCIL MEETING SO WE CAN HAVE A MORE FULL DISCUSSION SO THAT OPEN TO ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE OR ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL. NOT TODAY. LET ME JUST SAY THANK YOU TO ETHAN. YOU KNOW, WE'VE WE'VE HAD IT'S LIKE A TRAINING GROUND FOR REALLY GOOD PEOPLE IN THIS IN THIS ORGANIZATION THAT HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE, THE TURK PROCESS. IF YOU CAN MAKE IT THROUGH THAT, THEN YOU CAN DO ANYTHING. SO AGAIN, ALEX MADE IT THROUGH AND HE'S OFF AND RUNNING DOING GREAT THINGS. SO THANK YOU FOR PICKING UP THE MANTLE. IT'S NOT EASY WORK. IT'S TECHNICAL. THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ADMINISTERED ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR RUNNING THE TURK ARE, YOU KNOW, ASKING A LOT OF QUESTIONS. AND I JUST THANK YOU FOR YOUR PROFESSIONALISM. IT'S BEEN VERY SMOOTH IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. WE HAD SOME BUMPS ALONG THE WAY, BUT IT HAS CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, BEEN VERY OBVIOUS THAT WE PUT SOME GOOD PEOPLE ON IT. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT EFFORT. YEAH. LUCKILY, MR. KLOSTERMAN, HE HE GOT THE FINE MACHINE GOING. SO IT WAS EASY FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO PICK UP WHERE ALEX LEFT OFF. SO GOOD ENOUGH WITH THAT. I WOULD MOVE THAT WE POSTPONE TO OUR OCTOBER 6TH MEETING A DISCUSSION REGARDING RESOLUTION R 38, 2026. SECOND. WHO WAS THAT? THAT WAS MATT. MAYOR SPALDING. YES. COUNCILMEMBER. SCHULTZ. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. DEREK. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. WILTROUT. YES. FIVE. YES. VOTES TO POSTPONE RESOLUTION R 38, 2026 TO THE OCTOBER 6TH COUNCIL MEETING AND RESOLUTION R 39, 2026, A RESOLUTION AFFIRMING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE NEW ALBANY TAX INCENTIVE REVIEW COUNCIL FOR LINCOLN COUNTY. AND JUST FOR THE RECORD, ETHAN JUST SAID THE SAME THING HE JUST SAID ON THE OTHER RESOLUTION. WE MADE THE SAME COMMENTS ABOUT THOSE GREAT. ALSO POSTPONED TO OCTOBER 6TH. SO WITH THAT, I WOULD MOVE THAT WE POSTPONED TO OCTOBER 6TH AND THE PUBLIC HEARING AND READING OF RESOLUTION R 39, 2026 SECOND. MAYOR SPALDING. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. DEREK. YES. COUNCILMEMBER. WILTROUT. YES. COUNCILMEMBER. SCHULTZ YES. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. YES. I HAVE FIVE YES. VOTES TO POSTPONE RESOLUTION R 39, 2026 TO THE 
          [13. COUNCIL SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS]
OCTOBER 6TH COUNCIL MEETING. AND THAT TAKES US TO COUNCIL SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS. AND THIS IS OUR YEARLY UPDATE ON THE COMMUNITY GRANTS PROCESS. MR. SHAW, I'LL LET YOU TAKE IT AWAY. 
          YOU GOT IT. THANK YOU. MAYOR. SO THE COMMUNITY GRANTS SUBCOMMITTEE MET ON AUGUST 19TH, 2026 TO REVIEW THE APPLICATIONS FOR GRANT FUNDING. FIRST, WE HAD AN ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING FOR OUR ONE MEETING, COUNCIL MEMBER SHAW WAS ELECTED CHAIR. COUNCIL MEMBER DEREK WAS ELECTED VICE CHAIR AND COUNCIL MEMBER. BRISK WAS ELECTED SECRETARY. SO JUST AS A REMINDER, I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE IT IN FRONT OF YOU, BUT I'LL. I'LL READ IT INTO THE MINUTES. 
          THE CITY NEW ALBANY COMMUNITY GRANT SUBCOMMITTEE WAS ESTABLISHED TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR OUR RESIDENTS, CORPORATE CITIZENS AND VISITORS. THESE FUNDS ARE INVESTED BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY THROUGH DESIGNATED ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS THAT. AND THIS IS THE KEY. ENHANCE VISITORS APPEAL AND OR ENCOURAGE OVERNIGHT STAYS. THE 
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COMMITTEE REVIEWED THE APPLICANTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY MET THE FOLLOWING ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS. THE APPLICANT MUST BE A FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED TAX EXEMPT NON-FOR-PROFIT. INCLUDE APPROPRIATE PAPERWORK AS PART OF THE APPLICATION, APPLICANT MUST HAVE TIES TO THE NEW ALBANY COMMUNITY. APPLICANT MUST BE IN GOOD STANDING FROM ALL PRIOR FUNDING APPLICATIONS, HAVING PAID ALL APPLICABLE FEES AND SUBMITTED ALL PAPERWORK FOR ALL PAST ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS. APPLICATION MUST BE SUBMITTED PRIOR TO ADVERTISED DEADLINE AND AVAILABILITY OF CITY FUNDS, EVEN IF THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS ARE MET, THE FOLLOWING ARE NOT ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE FUNDING. INDIVIDUALS OR ORGANIZATIONS THAT SUPPORT POLITICAL CANDIDATES MOVEMENTS AND OR PHILOSOPHIES. ORGANIZATIONS WHOSE PRIMARY PURPOSE IS TO INFLUENCE, PROMOTE OR ATTEMPT TO INITIATE LEGISLATION. ORGANIZATIONS DESIRING FUNDING TO TRAVEL OUTSIDE OF NEW ALBANY. ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE FOR PROFIT, AND ORGANIZATIONS WITH BUDGET DEFICITS INCURRED PRIOR TO THE APPLICATION AND ENDOWMENT FUNDS. ONCE THE ELIGIBILITY HAS BEEN DETERMINED, THE APPLICANTS MUST MEET ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING GRANT CRITERIA BEAUTIFICATION OF PUBLIC PROPERTY, IMPROVEMENTS TO AND MAINTENANCE OF HISTORIC PROPERTY ACTIVITIES. EVENTS THAT APPEAL TO A BROAD SEGMENT OF NEW ALBANY RESIDENTS TO ENHANCE NEW ALBANY'S IMAGE. INCREASE MEDIA COVERAGE WHETHER IT BE LOCAL, REGIONAL, NATIONAL AND ACTIVITIES EVENTS THAT BRING CUSTOMERS TO NEW ALBANY BUSINESSES. SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND RUN THROUGH THE APPLICANTS WITH. YOU NOW KNOW THAT THIS WAS UNANIMOUS AMONGST THE COMMITTEE TO BRING IT TO CITY COUNCIL FOR YOUR REVIEW TONIGHT. SO THE FIRST ONE WAS NEW ALBANY HEALTHY COMMUNITY GARDEN, THE HEALTHY NEW ALBANY COMMUNITY GARDEN APPLICATIONS MET CRITERIA, ELIGIBILITY AND GRANT CRITERIA CRITERIA. THE COMMUNITY GARDENS LOCATED WITHIN TAYLOR FARMS. THE 2026 SEASON CURRENTLY SERVES 40 GARDENERS CULTIVATING ALL 86 AVAILABLE PLOTS AND CURRENTLY HAS A SPELLING ERROR. THERE HAS A WAITING LIST FOR THE SECOND CONSECUTIVE YEAR. THE GARDEN APPEALS TO RESIDENTS OF ALL AGES AND BACKGROUNDS WHILE ENHANCING NEW ALBANY'S REPUTATION AS A HEALTHY, SUSTAINABLE AND CONNECTED COMMUNITY. THEY REQUESTED 7000, AND WE ARE RECOMMENDING THE 7000 FOR THEM. OKAY, NEXT ONE IS THE HEALTHY NEW ALBANY FARMERS MARKET. THE FARMERS MARKET MET ELIGIBILITY AND GRANT CRITERIA. THEY OBVIOUSLY, YOU ALL KNOW THEY ARE FARMERS MARKET HOSTS, SUMMER AND WINTER MARKETS. THE OUTDOOR SUMMER MARKET RUNS EVERY THURSDAY THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER. INDOOR MARKET IS MONTHLY. ON SATURDAYS, THE ESTIMATED ATTENDANCE IS ABOUT A THOUSAND A WEEK DURING THE SUMMER AND ABOUT 500 A MONTH IN THE INDOOR. THEY REQUESTED $10,000. WE'RE RECOMMENDING ACTUALLY $8,000 FOR THEM. THE NEXT ONE IS NEW ALBANY WALKING CLASSIC. NOW, BEFORE I GET INTO THIS, I WILL LET YOU KNOW. AND I KNOW ABBY'S HERE TOO, AND SHE CAN ANSWER SOME MORE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS. BUT WE HAVE A NEW PROCESS FOR IDENTIFYING THE COSTS FROM OUR PUBLIC SERVICE DEPARTMENTS AND ALSO FROM THE POLICE A LITTLE BIT MORE. I WON'T SAY MORE, BUT MAYBE A MORE ACCURATE WAY TO REALLY IDENTIFY THE ACCURATE COSTS THAT WE HAVE FOR ANYTHING THAT INVOLVES CITY COSTS AND SERVICES. THAT IS AN INCREASE INTO WHAT WE'VE TRADITIONALLY BEEN DOING. SO THERE IS A DECISION BY THE CITY MANAGER AND OTHERS TO MAYBE HAVE THAT GRACE PERIOD FOR THIS YEAR AND KIND OF STICK TO WHAT THEY'VE ALWAYS BEEN USED TO AND WHAT WE'VE ALWAYS CHARGED. BUT THAT WILL CHANGE IN 2027. AND SO AS WE START TO REVIEW APPLICATIONS THAT ARE LOOKING AT COSTS OF CITY SERVICES, THE COMMITTEE TRIED TO TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU WILL SEE WHEN YOU REVIEW, WE TRADITIONALLY HAS HELD TIGHT TO THE $10,000 MARK. WE HAVE UPPED THAT THIS YEAR TO A MAX OF 15,000 IN COST OF CITY SERVICES FOR THOSE SPECIFIC GRANTS. WHEN WE REVIEW, WE CAN LOOK AT THEM. DOESN'T MEAN WE WENT THAT HIGH, BUT WE FELT WITH THIS NEW ADDITION THAT WE SHOULD ADJUST OURS AS WELL. AS FAR AS AND SEEING WE PICKED 15,000, JUST NOT KNOWING REALLY WHAT WE DON'T KNOW FOR 2027, WHAT THOSE COSTS WILL LOOK LIKE. AND OF COURSE CAN MAKE ADJUSTMENTS AS WE SEE FIT MOVING FORWARD. BUT COMMUNICATION WILL GO OUT TO ALL THE APPLICANTS SO THAT THEY'RE AWARE OF THIS PROCESS. ABBY, WAS THAT PRETTY ACCURATE? 
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OKAY. AND JOE, I KNOW YOU WERE GOING TO SAY SOMETHING. YEAH. WE HAD BEEN USING A MANUAL PROCESS TO CALCULATE OUR, OUR LABOR COSTS. AND SINCE WE IMPLEMENTED A SOFTWARE SYSTEM IN OUR SERVICE DEPARTMENT, WE WERE ABLE TO BE A LOT MORE ACCURATE IN CALCULATING THE EQUIPMENT HOURS AND THE PERSONNEL HOURS. SO THAT'S THE REASON FOR THE THE DIFFERENTIAL AND THE EVENTUAL INCREASE IN THE IN THE FEE. ALRIGHTY. AND THANK YOU FOR MAKING THAT ADJUSTMENT, AT LEAST FOR 2026, SO THAT THEY DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO SEE THAT. I THINK THAT WAS A VERY GOOD DECISION. ALL RIGHT. SO WE'LL START WITH THE HEALTHY NEW ALBANY WALKING CLASSIC. NEW ALBANY WALKING CLASSIC APPLICATION MET ELIGIBILITY AND GRANT CRITERIA. 
          THE WALKING CLASSIC EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE ON SEPTEMBER 13TH. IT'S RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER. 
          IN 2025. THE EVENT ATTRACTED 1166 PARTICIPANTS, REPRESENTING 119 CITIES, 147 ZIP CODES AND 15 STATES. IN 2025, CITY EVENT SERVICES RENDERED WERE $14,553.79. THEY'RE REQUESTING 2000. WE SETTLED ON AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 12,000 IN CITY COST AND SERVICES. THE HISTORIC SOCIETY. THEIR APPLICATION MET ELIGIBILITY AND GRANT CRITERIA. THEIR REQUEST FOR FUNDING IS FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO AND MAINTENANCE OF HISTORIC PROPERTY. THEY REQUESTED. 
          10,000 WERE RECOMMENDED. WE'RE RECOMMENDING FUNDING AT 10,000. THE NEW ALBANY SYMPHONY, INDEPENDENCE DAY FIVE K AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 8000 IN CITY COSTS AND SERVICES. THE INDEPENDENCE DAY APPLICANT MET ELIGIBILITY AND GRANT CRITERIA, AND WE'RE GOING TO RECOMMEND FUNDING FOR 2027. HOWEVER, IT WAS OUR BELIEF AND AND WE WANT TO GET YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS AS WELL. BUT WE RECOMMEND FUTURE FUNDING REQUESTS SHOULD BE SENT OVER TO THE NEW ALBANY FOUNDATION FOR THEIR FUNDING REVIEW. AFTER WE HAVE REVIEWED THE APPLICATION, IT. IT REALLY APPEARED THAT MOST ACTUALLY, ALL OF THE MONEY THAT THEY GIVE TO LOCAL ARTS FOLKS THAT THEY GET FROM HERE, IT'S ALL ARTS PROGRAMS THAT THIS MONEY ACTUALLY GOES OUT TO. SO IT MAKES A LITTLE BIT MORE SENSE WHEN LOOKING AT OUR CRITERIA THAT IT'S, IT'S MORE OF AN ART FUNDING SPECIFIC. AND SO THAT WAS OUR THOUGHT. WE CAN OBVIOUSLY DISCUSS THAT. BUT EVERYTHING WAS GOING TO THE ARTS. WE. WE REMOVED THEIR ARTS PROGRAMING FROM OUR FUNDING, FROM OUR GRANTS, WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT NOW GOES TO THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION. AND THIS IS REALLY JUST FUNDING THEIR FUNDING. SO IT FELT A LITTLE ODD TO LEAVE THAT HERE. YEP. WE WERE NOT I WOULDN'T SAY WE MADE A DECISION. I, WE SAID WE WERE GOING TO DO IT THIS YEAR, BUT WE NEEDED TO GIVE IT SOME SERIOUS THOUGHT AND GET COUNCIL'S INPUT FOR NEXT YEAR. SO IT'S KIND OF A RECOMMENDATION, RIGHT? SO OPEN TO DISCUSSION HERE IF WE WANT TO DO IT NOW OR IN THE END, IT DOESN'T MATTER TO US. IF YOU WANT ME TO FINISH THE WHOLE THING AND GO BACK, THAT'S FINE. OR WE CAN GET THOUGHTS. NOW I JUST HAVE A QUESTION. IS IT COMMON TO GIVE GRANT MONEY TO ORGANIZATIONS THAT GIVE GRANT MONEY TO OTHER ORGANIZATIONS? SO HOW MUCH OF THAT WE SEE AND WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THAT SOME MORE. ARE YOU OKAY? ALL RIGHT. YEAH, YEAH. YEAH. WELL I WILL WHAT I GET I, I UNDERSTAND COMPLETELY, I ALWAYS GO BACK TO WHAT WE STARTED WITH IN THE VERY, VERY BEGINNING. AND THAT'S WHAT OUR USE OF BED TAX MONEY IS TYPICALLY FOR. AND THAT'S FOR, YOU KNOW, FUNDS THAT ARE INVESTED BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY THROUGH DESIGNATED ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS THAT ENHANCE VISITOR APPEAL AND ENCOURAGE OVERNIGHT STAY. AND A LOT OF TIMES THOSE TYPES OF PROGRAMS, NOT SAYING THIS ONE SPECIFICALLY, BUT DO HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE COMING INTO THE COMMUNITY THAT POTENTIALLY ARE USING OUR RESTAURANTS AND ALL THOSE OTHER THINGS. AND THERE MIGHT BE SOME OVERNIGHT STAY, WHICH WOULD BE A I WOULD MAYBE HIT THAT. SO MAYBE THEY ARE GIVING OUT MONEY. BUT IF THEY'RE ALSO DOING THAT, IT'S, IT'S A GOOD. I'M JUST WONDERING IF THAT'S PART. I KNOW THAT THERE'S SOME GRANT, BUT THE CUTOUT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ARTS PROGRAM, BUT THE ARTS. IS THE LINE SUPPOSED TO BE THE. MAYBE. JUST THINK ABOUT THAT. RIGHT. THAT'S THE CRITERIA WE WANT TO EXPLORE. I KNOW THAT SOME DO AND SOME DON'T. SO I UNDERSTAND WE WE LOOK AT IT. YEP. GREAT. 
          THANKS. GOOD. ANYTHING ELSE ON THAT? OKAY. NEXT IS THE PARK DISTRICT SUMMER MOVIE SERIES. 
          THEY MET THE ELIGIBILITY AND GRANT CRITERIA THIS YEAR. THEY HAD MOVIES IN THE MONTH OF JUNE, 
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JULY AND AUGUST, AND THE MOVIES WERE SONIC AND UPPER CLARINGTON, LILO AND WINDSOR AND ZOOTOPIA. 
          AT BETHLEHEM PARK. THE TOTAL ATTENDANCE WAS APPROXIMATELY 1500. THEY'RE REQUESTING 10,000, AND WE WERE RECOMMENDING FUNDING AT TEN 000. PARK AND RECREATION FOUNDATION FOR THE TRUNK OR TREAT. WE BELIEVE THEY ALSO MET ELIGIBILITY AND GRANT CRITERIA IN 2026. IT'S GOING TO TAKE PLACE ON OCTOBER 24TH AND WILL AGAIN BE HELD AT BETHLEHEM PARK. THEY ESTIMATE PARTICIPANTS ARE EXPECTED IN THAT 2500 TO 3000 RANGE. THEY ARE EXPECTING OVER 70 TRUNKS THIS YEAR, AND MOST OF ALL OF THOSE ARE OWNED BY NEW ALBANY RESIDENTS THAT ARE OUT THERE. 
          THEY'RE REQUESTING TEN 000. WE RECOMMEND FUNDING AT TEN 000 PELOTONIA. THEY MET ELIGIBILITY AND GRANT CRITERIA. THEIR RIDE WEEKEND NEXT YEAR WILL BE AUGUST 7TH AND EIGHTH OF 2027. 
          THEY'RE AGAIN, THEY'RE GOING TO UTILIZE NEW ALBANY VENUE FOR THE START AND FINISH FOR BOTH DAYS OF THE RIDE IN 2025. WE DO NOT HAVE THE 26 NUMBERS YET, BUT THE 2025 PELOTONIA PARTICIPANTS RAISED OVER 29 MILLION FOR CANCER RESEARCH, BRINGING THE 17 YEAR TOTAL TO OVER 339 MILLION RAISED. ESTIMATED ATTENDANCE OVER THE COURSE OF THE WEEKEND WAS OVER TEN 000 INDIVIDUALS IN 2026. CITY EVENT SERVICES RENDERED WERE $14,614.19. THEY'RE REQUESTING 10,000. WE ACTUALLY BUMPED THAT UP AND WOULD RECOMMEND 15,000 FOR THEM. AND FOR CLARIFICATION, WE WERE NOT CLEAR WHETHER THEY KNEW ABOUT THIS NEW COST CALCULATION. WHEN THEY PUT IN THEIR APPLICATION AND ASKED FOR TEN. BUT WE KNOW THAT IT WAS 14,000/14 000. SO THAT'S WHY WE CAME TO 15 ON THAT ONE. YEP. PROJECT HERO HONOR RIDE THE HONOR RIDE APPLICATION MET ELIGIBILITY AND GRANT CRITERIA. THE HONOR RIDE NEXT YEAR WILL TAKE PLACE ON MAY 25TH, 2027. THE HONOR RIDE HAS RAISED HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FOR INJURED VETERANS AND FIRST RESPONDERS. THE NUMBER OF ESTIMATED PARTICIPANTS IN 25 WAS APPROXIMATELY 400. IN 2026. CITY EVENTS SERVICES RENDERED WERE JUST OVER 8000. THEY ARE REQUESTING 9000. WE RECOMMEND FUNDING NOT TO EXCEED 9000 FOR CITY COSTS AND SERVICES. THE NEW ALBANY CHARITY RUN. THANKS FOR GIVING FOR THE NEW ALBANY CHARITY RUN APPLICATION MET ELIGIBILITY AND GRANT CRITERIA. THE THANKS FOR GIVING FOR MILER HAPPENS EVERY YEAR ON THANKSGIVING DAY. DOWNTOWN NEW ALBANY. LAST YEAR, THE RACE DREW 3650 PARTICIPANTS FROM 35 DIFFERENT STATES. THE EVENT GOAL IS TO PROMOTE WELLNESS, GIVING AND FAMILY. ON THANKSGIVING DAY IN 2025, THEIR CITY EVENT SERVICES RENDERED WERE $8,171.83. THEY REQUESTED $5,000. WE ARE RECOMMENDING AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 8000 IN CITY COSTS AND SERVICES. ALL RIGHT. THOSE ARE THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING FUNDING. WE HAVE TWO OTHER APPLICANTS THAT WE ARE NOT RECOMMENDING FUNDING. THE FIRST ONE IS GARDEN FOR ALL. THEY HAPPEN TO BE HERE TONIGHT. 
          GARDEN FALL IS DEDICATED TO FIGHTING HUNGER AND GROWING COMMUNITY. LAST YEAR, THE ORGANIZATION WAS ABLE TO DISTRIBUTE OVER 36,000 POUNDS OF PRODUCE TO ROUGHLY 31,580 PEOPLE THROUGH CHANGE THAT TO THROUGH TEN FOOD PANTRY PARTNERS, WHICH ARE LOCATED THROUGHOUT CENTRAL OHIO. THEY'RE REQUESTING 10,000. WE DID NOT RECOMMEND FUNDING TO THIS. AND AGAIN, THIS GETS BACK TO THE CRITERIA THAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, SOME OF THE REASONING BEHIND IT, NOT ALL THE REASONING, BUT SOME OF IT WAS BECAUSE NOT NECESSARILY DRAWING INDIVIDUALS, YOU KNOW, INTO NEW ALBANY, WHICH WE WERE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER, AND ENCOURAGING OVERNIGHT STAYS, WHICH IS WHERE OUR BED TAX FUNDING COMES FROM. I KNOW ONE OF THE TEN IS THE FOOD PANTRY, AND I KNOW WE HAVE A SPECIFIC MOTION LATER THAT WE SUPPORT THE FOOD PANTRY BY AS WELL. BUT THAT WAS SOME OF OUR THOUGHTS AROUND THAT ONE. AND I KNOW YOU WERE GOING TO MAKE SOME TOO. YEAH. SO YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THE SAME THING WITH ENERGIZED CARE. HECK OF A NIGHT TO SAY NO TO FOOD FOR ALL, BY THE WAY, AFTER AFTER THAT WHOLE THING. 
          BUT IT'S NOT ABOUT WHETHER WE SHOULD FUND FOOD FOR ALL. I THE QUESTION THAT I HAVE IS WHETHER THIS IS THE SOURCE FOR US TO GIVE A GRANT TO FOOD FOR ALL, AND I THINK WE NEED DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL FOR THE COMING YEAR, CERTAINLY, AS TO WHETHER OR NOT BED TAX IS APPROPRIATE 
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FOR SOMETHING LIKE GARDEN FOR ALL OR THE NEXT ONE DOWN ENERGIZED CARE. THEY ARE. THEY SEEM TO BE VERY, VERY WORTHY. PHENOMENAL. YEAH. YOU KNOW, ORGANIZATIONS, BUT I'M NOT SURE THAT THEY BELONG IN THIS GRANT PROGRAM UNLESS WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT CHANGING OUR POLICY ON THAT. AND IT KIND OF COMES TO A LITTLE BIT OF A BIGGER QUESTION ALSO, WHICH IS IF WE CAN SEE AN EVENT, THAT'S REALLY AN EVENT. OKAY, SO THE THE TURKEY DAY WALK, RIGHT? I'M SAYING THAT THANKS FOR GIVING MY, FOR MY IS A HUGE EVENT. THE MONEY THEN GOES TO THE FOOD PANTRY. GREAT. 
          BUT IT'S ABOUT THE EVENT THAT WE'RE FUNDING AT THAT POINT, RIGHT? I THINK THE QUESTION BECOMES, DO WE AS STEWARDS OF TAX MONEY, GIVE MONEY TO TO CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS IN THE COMMUNITY? AND IF SO, WHICH ONES ARE WE GOING TO CHOOSE AND HOW ARE WE GOING TO MAKE THOSE CRITERION DECISIONS? AND I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT. I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE OUGHT TO MAYBE LOOK INTO. DO COMMUNITIES DO THAT? DO THEY TAKE TAX FUNDS AND GRANT TO CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE DOING THINGS LIKE RAISING, YOU KNOW, PLANTS FOR FOOD PANTRIES, RAISING? AND IF THEY DO, I DON'T KNOW THAT THIS IS THE SOURCE FOR IT ANYWAY. SO, SO IT'S A, IT'S A DISCUSSION WE NEED TO HAVE IN THE COMING YEAR. BUT UNFORTUNATELY, I THINK WE DIDN'T KNOW THAT THESE WERE GOING TO BE COMING IN. AND I DON'T THINK THEY MEET THE CURRENT DEFINITION OF OUR PROGRAM. IT'S A CHALLENGE. YOU KNOW, AS WE TALKED ABOUT THIS IN THE COMMITTEE, I THINK THE CHALLENGE IS WHEN YOU START TO LOOK AT CHARITIES, THEY ARE ALL WORTHWHILE. THEY ALL HAVE MEANINGFUL GOALS AND OBJECTIVES. AND AT WHAT POINT DO WE DRAW A LINE THAT WE DO THEM OR WE DON'T DO THEM? BECAUSE THE LINE CAN BE THE NUMBER CAN BE VAST IN TERMS OF REQUESTS, AND IT BECOMES VERY DIFFICULT TO SORT OUT WHY A, B, C, OR D. THERE'S PRETTY CLEAR CRITERIA WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE BED TAX MONEY AND THE OBJECTIVE AND PURPOSE OF IT. AND I THINK MOST EVERYTHING WE HAVE IN HERE ADHERES TO THAT. AND WHEN IT'S PURE CHARITY, ALTHOUGH IT'S DOING WORTHWHILE THINGS, WHAT ABOUT CANCER? WHAT ABOUT OTHER ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THAT AND ALL WORTHWHILE. BUT AT WHAT POINT DO WE SAY YES AND WHAT POINT DO WE KNOW? IT'S VERY, I DON'T WANT TO SAY MURKY, BUT IT BECOMES A CHALLENGE WHERE YOU BEGIN TO SAY YES OR NO. I DON'T EVEN KNOW. I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF TAX DOLLARS OUGHT TO GO TO THOSE THINGS. I JUST DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT TYPICALLY HAPPENS AGAIN IN OTHER MUNICIPALITIES OR GOVERNMENT ENTITIES. I DON'T KNOW. THAT'S A FAIR QUESTION. I MEAN, I GUESS I, I KIND OF WANT TO KNOW IT'S A DIFFERENT TAX DOLLAR THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. 
          RIGHT? IT'S NOT NECESSARILY ONE THAT'S TAX MONEY. YES. THE BED TAX. SO I MEAN, THAT'S BUT THE DISCUSSION STILL IS THE RIGHT DOSE THE RIGHT DISCUSSION TO HAVE. I WONDER I KNOW WE'VE SUPPORTED THE FOOD PANTRY ON A SEPARATE LINE ITEM FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS. AND I KNOW WE THE REASON IS, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY DO REALLY GOOD WORK IN THE COMMUNITY. THEY ALSO REALLY, YOU KNOW, BRING THEY SERVE NEW ALBANY, RIGHT? THEY SERVE MADE A DECISION TO DO IT. AND I WONDER IF I WOULD BE VERY INTERESTED IN SEEING WHAT OTHER COMMUNITIES ARE DOING. DO THEY HAVE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT THEY SUPPORT LIKE THAT? I MEAN, IF WE HAD A SMALL BUCKET OF MONEY THAT, YOU KNOW, I, I COULD SEE US MAYBE IF OTHER MUNICIPALITIES HAVE DONE THIS, YOU KNOW, ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE SERVING FAMILIES IN NEW ALBANY. RIGHT, RIGHT. PERHAPS I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S AN APPETITE FOR IT. I WOULD BE INTERESTED TO SEE IF IT'S POSSIBLE AND IF OTHER COMMUNITIES ARE DOING THAT, IS THERE A METHOD FOR US TO GET SOME KIND OF RESEARCH ON THAT? WE'LL BE HAPPY TO DO THAT. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR THIS RECENT ANALYSIS. THANK YOU. MR. SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO FINISH. YEAH, I'LL JUST FINISH ON THE LAST ONE. AND THIS IS A NEW ONE THAT'S THAT'S NEVER APPLIED. ENERGIZED CARE ENERGIZED CARE SERVES ADULTS LIVING WITH ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND RELATED DEMENTIA WHILE GIVING CARE PARTNERS DEPENDABLE TIME FOR REST, CARE AND FAMILY RESPONSIBILITIES AND COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION. FUNDING WOULD REDUCE MEMBERSHIP FEES AND COST OF TRANSPORTATION. ASSISTED THROUGH LOVE TRANSPORTATION. THEY REQUESTED 10,000, AND WE WERE RECOMMENDED NOT TO FUND. 
          AGAIN, THIS IS THE EXACT SAME DISCUSSION THAT WE JUST HAD WITH THE ONE PREVIOUS. THE ORGANIZATION IS PHENOMENAL. ON A PERSONAL NOTE, HAVING JUST LOST MY FATHER TO THIS 
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PARTICULAR DISEASE AND SEEING WHAT THAT DOES TO, YOU KNOW, THE THE PARTNERS THAT ARE DOING THE IN-HOME CARE AND EVERYTHING ELSE, THIS ABSOLUTELY IS A WORTHWHILE, YOU KNOW, GROUP TO, TO LOOK AT. BUT AGAIN, GIVEN OUR CRITERIA AND EVERYTHING, I'M NOT SURE IT FITS FOR THIS, BUT WE'VE ALREADY JUST TALKED ABOUT MAYBE THERE'S OTHER THINGS THAT WE CAN DO FOR SERVICES LIKE THIS. THIS IS A NEW ALBANY BASED COMPANY THAT HAS A SITE HERE, RIGHT IN NEW ALBANY. ACTUALLY, THEY DO ALL THEIR ACTIVITIES AT THE HEIGHT CENTER, AND THEN THEY HAVE ANOTHER ONE OUT IN THE WEST WEST SIDE OF COLUMBUS. SO THEY HAVE TWO SITES WHERE THEY HELP FAMILIES AND, AND HELP THOSE THAT ARE SUFFERING. SO BUT AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS THROUGH THE SCOPE OF OUR GRANT PROCESS. SO, SO I HIGHLY RECOMMEND JOSEPH'S. WE CAN GET SOME RESEARCH ABOUT WHAT OTHER MUNICIPALITIES ARE DOING. SIMILAR GOVERNMENT ENTITIES ARE DOING WHAT'S OUT THERE, WHAT OPTIONS ARE. I DON'T KNOW IF IS THERE ANY  &-P. ALL RIGHT. I'M NOT SURE THERE'S MUCH LEGAL AS LONG AS YOU'RE EVALUATING THE FACTORS CONSISTENTLY. SO I MEAN, SO SOME AT SOME LEVEL, THE STATE AUDITOR MIGHT ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT EXPENDITURES OF PUBLIC FUNDS. IF IT'S SERVING A PUBLIC PURPOSE WE'RE HOME RULE. WE HAVE A CHARTER. WE HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY. BUT SO THEN THERE COULD BE SOME QUESTIONS ASKED IF WE TOOK IT MAYBE A LITTLE TOO FAR. SO THEN THAT SO THEN WE WE. SO I GUESS NUMBER ONE IS TO SEE IF WE CAN FIND OUT WHAT SIMILAR ORGANIZATIONS, WHATEVER ARE DOING. AND THEN NUMBER TWO, TO THEN SOME HAVE SOME DISCUSSIONS ABOUT, DO WE WANT TO DEVELOP A POLICY AND WHAT WOULD IT BE FUNDED FROM? AND I THINK WE YOU KNOW, WE COULD GET CREATIVE TOO. AND, YOU KNOW, GOING THROUGH A PROCESS OF EVALUATING ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THIS, WHICH I THINK ALL OF US, YOU KNOW, HAVING A CHANCE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT ALL DOES, THE FACT THAT IT'S COMMUNITY DRIVEN, THEIR MISSION ALL THE TIME AND EFFORT THAT KEN HAS PUT IN TO ENERGIZE CARE. YOU KNOW, HE'S POURED HIS HEART AND SOUL INTO THIS THING. AND WE COULD AS, AS A COUNCIL AND STAFF DO SOME EVALUATION ON SOME ORGANIZATIONS AND, YOU KNOW, MAYBE EVEN HELP ORGANIZATIONS IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT ARE LOOKING TO HELP FUND AND HAVE AN IMPACT ON COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, YOU KNOW, LINE THOSE TWO UP. AND I FEEL LIKE THE FOUNDATION ALWAYS SORT OF LIKE JUMPS INTO THAT ROLE AND WE'RE SORT OF ON THE SIDELINE, WHICH IS AT SOME LEVEL, FINE. 
          CRAIG'S CULTIVATED THOSE RELATIONSHIPS. THE FOUNDATION HAS WANTED TO HAVE A LARGER ROLE IN THAT IN THAT AREA. BUT IF THEY'RE GOING TO STEP INTO THAT MORE, THEN THESE ARE ORGANIZATIONS THAT MIGHT NEED FUNDING, RIGHT? IF WE'RE NOT GOING TO FILL THAT VOID, IF WE'RE GOING TO FILL THAT VOID, MAYBE WE CAN DO A BETTER JOB OF SORT OF WIDENING THE POT, IF YOU WILL, IS NOT JUST PUBLIC FUNDS. THERE'S OTHER SOURCES, RIGHT? AGAIN, WE'RE NOT GOING TO DIRECT THE FUNDING, BUT WE COULD PUT AN INTERESTED PARTY TOGETHER THAT WANTS TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY WITH AN ORGANIZATION THAT IS DOING GOOD WORK. RIGHT. BUT THIS WAS THE FIRST YEAR THAT WE SAW THESE TYPES OF ORGANIZATIONS, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF FOOD PANTRY. 
          AND THE CONCERN IS, AGAIN, IF YOUR IMMEDIATE NEEDS, YOUR ACTION IS YOU WANT TO JUST GIVE THEM SOME MONEY. BUT YEAH, IT DOESN'T FIT WHAT THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE. AND SO WE NEED TO CREATE, WE NEED TO CREATE A POLICY FOR THESE. AGREED. SO I, I THINK WHAT GREAT DISCUSSION, BY THE WAY, I THINK WHAT THE COMMITTEE IS RECOMMENDING, I GUESS FIRST AND FOREMOST IS WHAT I DISTRIBUTE TODAY. YOU KNOW, IF WE WANT TO MAKE ANY CHANGES. YES. IF YOU WANT TO DO IT AS IS, FINE. AND THEN ALSO AFTER THAT, WE HAVE THE FOOD PANTRY MOTION AS WELL. SO WE'LL GET THAT APPROVED AND THEN OR NOT, WHATEVER, WHICHEVER WAY THE COUNCIL GOES. AND THEN MAYBE WE HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE COMMITTEE, MAYBE CHANGING A LITTLE BIT DOWN THE ROAD. AND IT'S NOT JUST THE GRANT COMMITTEE WITH BED TAX. MAYBE THERE'S OTHER AVENUES FOR THIS COMMITTEE TO RESEARCH. IF YOU DON'T WANT TO FORM ANOTHER SUBCOMMITTEE, MAYBE THIS COMMITTEE TAKES ON A COUPLE DIFFERENT HATS, AND THAT'S ANOTHER DISCUSSION FOR FOR COUNCIL. YEAH. AND MAYBE LOOK AT TRYING TO DEVELOP SOME POLICY. DO THE REVIEWS OF OTHER, YOU KNOW, WORK WITH JOE AND STAFF AND DO THOSE REVIEWS AND MAYBE COME BACK TO CITY COUNCIL FOR A PRESENTATION ON MAYBE WHAT WE COULD DO MOVING FORWARD? OKAY. SOUNDS GOOD. AS A POINT OF ORDER, COUNCIL HAD PREVIOUSLY SET THE $10,000 CAP BY MOTION, SO I WOULD WANT TO IF WE'RE GOING TO MOVE THE CAP TO DO THAT BY THE IN-KIND SERVICES OR WHAT'S THAT? WE 
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JUST DID IT AS NOT JUST FOR THAT, JUST TOPAMAX I GOT IT. YEAH, YEAH. SO I WOULD WANT FORMAL COUNCIL EITHER AGREEMENT OR ACTION TO CHANGE THAT CAP. OKAY. OKAY, SO A COUPLE OF MOTIONS, FIRST THREE MOTIONS. WHO WANTS THE EASY ONE. THE 10,000 TO 15,001. MIKE DO YOU WANT I MOVE THAT WE INCREASE THE LIMITS FOR THE CHARITABLE GRANTS TO $15,000 FROM THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED $10,000 SECOND. OKAY. TWO COUNCIL MEMBER. DEREK. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. YES. MAYOR. SPALDING. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. YES. FIVE. YES. 
          VOTES TO CHANGE THE COMMUNITY GRANTS CAP FROM 10,000 TO 15 000. MOTION PASSES. YEAH, SURE. 
          SO I MOVE TO CONTINUE FUNDING THE NEW ALBANY FOOD PANTRY FOR AN ALTERNATIVE COMMUNITY SUPPORT ACCOUNT. THAT WOULD BE MORE APPROPRIATE FOR THIS TYPE OF REQUEST. AT $5,000. SECOND. 
          TO COUNCIL MEMBER WILTROUT. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. CHARLES. YES. MAYOR. SPALDING. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. DEREK. YES. I HAVE FIVE YES VOTES TO AWARD 5000 TO THE FOOD PANTRY, AND I WILL MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO FUND THE FOLLOWING GRANT APPLICATIONS. A HEALTHY NEW ALBANY COMMUNITY GARDEN FOR $7,000. HEALTHY NEW ALBANY FARMERS MARKET FOR $8,000. HEALTHY NEW ALBANY WALKING CLASSIC, AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $12,000 IN CITY COSTS AND SERVICES. THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY $10,000. NEW ALBANY SYMPHONY, INDEPENDENCE DAY FIVE K AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $8,000 IN CITY COSTS AND SERVICES. PARK DISTRICTS, SUMMER MOVIE SERIES $10,000. PARK AND RECREATION FOUNDATION TRUNK OR TREAT $10,000. 
          PELOTONIA AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $15,000 IN COSTS AND CITY CITY COSTS AND SERVICES. 
          PROJECT HERO HONOR RIDE, OHIO AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 9000 IN CITY COSTS AND SERVICES. AND THANKS FOR GIVING CHARITY RUN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $8,000 IN CITY COSTS AND SERVICES, FOR A TOTAL RECOMMENDATION OF $97,000. SECOND, I THINK THAT ONE WAS. IS ONE COUNCILMEMBER. 
          YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. WILTROUT. YES. MAYOR. SPALDING. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. DARBY. YES. FIVE. YES. VOTES TO AWARD GRANTS FOR COUNCIL MEMBER. CHARLES MOTION. 
          MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER COMMENTS REGARDING THE 
          [14. REPORTS OF REPRESENTATIVES]
SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS? REPORTS OF REPRESENTATIVES. JOE, ANY UPDATE FROM WEBSITE? NO MEETING. 
          AND THE JOINT PARKS. JUST ONE THING FOR YOU. THEY DID NOT HAVE A MEETING. BUT I HAVE A REQUEST, AS I ALWAYS DO. I BRING IT UP FOR THE PICKLEBALL COURTS, FOR THE CITY TO COUNCIL TO CONSIDER. THERE IS A HIGH SCHOOLER NAMED KOBE FREEBO. HE IS THE LEADER OF THE NEW ALBANY HIGH SCHOOL PICKLEBALL CLUB, AS WELL AS THE CO-FOUNDER OF SWING PICKLEBALL PADDLES. THEY ACTUALLY HAVE THE COMPANY HERE. IT'S A PADDLE THAT IS BEING USED. THEY MAKE IT RIGHT HERE IN NEW ALBANY. HE IS REQUESTING. EVIDENTLY THE HIGH SCHOOL CLUB IS REALLY TAKEN OFF FOR PICKLEBALL. I SAW QUITE A FEW OF THEM OUT THERE THIS WEEKEND. WHAT HE WAS REQUESTING THAT ONE EVENING A WEEK, IF THEY COULD HAVE TWO COURTS FROM 2 TO 5 P.M. WHICH ACTUALLY IS A IS A REALLY, REALLY BIG DOWNTIME OUT THERE AT BETHLEHEM WHERE THERE'S REALLY NOT A USE FROM 2 TO 5 AT ALL. BUT IT'S GREAT FOR THE SCHOOL BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN THEY GET OUT OF SCHOOL. THEY'RE CURRENTLY PLAYING THEIR MATCHES ON THE TENNIS COURTS THERE, AND WE'VE GOT THE WONDERFUL FACILITY AND HE'S LIKE, HEY, WOULD YOU BE OKAY IF WE WOULD TAKE OUT A COUPLE COURTS AND HAVE THE CLUB GO OUT AND PLAY AT BETHLEHEM OR FROM 2 TO 5? WHICH WOULD BE I FOR THEM ACTUALLY. 230 TO 432 COURTS. SO IF YOU GUYS ARE OKAY WITH THAT, I'LL GET AHOLD OF KOBE AND LET THEM KNOW THAT THAT'S A, THAT'S A GOOD TIME. AND THAT'S FINE TO TAKE TWO OF THE COURTS. YOU HAVE TO SIGN AN AGREEMENT OR ANYTHING WITH THE CLUB, OR THEY'LL CLEAN UP AFTER THEMSELVES. SHIRTS ON. DO WE HAVE TO PUT SOME SIGNAGE OR SOMETHING UP TO RESERVE COURTS 
          [01:45:04]
SO THEY'RE NOT COMPETING WITH. WELL SO WE OTHER PEOPLE THAT MIGHT BE USING. I'M ALL IN FAVOR OF DOING IT WRONG. IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT YOU ELIMINATE CONFRONTATION. WE'VE DONE THAT BEFORE, MIKE, FOR THE LESSONS THAT ARE OUT THERE AND THINGS LIKE THAT. THE PARKS, HAS THAT ALL TAKEN CARE OF? AND I'LL HAVE THEM HAVE SIGNAGE OUT THERE. SO EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT THESE ARE TWO COURTS, THESE FROM THAT HOUR. AGAIN, IT SHOULDN'T BE. I MEAN, IF THERE'S MAYBE FOUR COURTS BEING USED AT THAT TIME DURING THE DAY, I THINK IT'S GREAT. WE'RE JUST SUPPORTING ANOTHER SPORT HERE IN THE HIGH SCHOOL. OKAY. AND AS A SEPARATE NOTE, I'LL ALSO I'M DOING SOME RESEARCH RIGHT NOW TO PRESENT TO COUNCIL ON THE POTENTIAL OF BUILDING A PADDLE COURT OUT THERE AND ADDING IT TO IT. PADDLE IS THIS IT'S HUGE IN EUROPE. IT'S LIKE THE NUMBER ONE SPORT. PEOPLE ARE COMING OVER HERE AND NOW PLAYING IT. SO I AT LEAST WANT TO PRESENT THE RESEARCH TO EVERYBODY HERE ON COUNCIL. AND IT'S BASICALLY THE SIZE OF ALMOST TWO PICKLEBALL COURTS. AND IT HAS GLASS WALLS THAT WRAP AROUND THE ENDS AND A LITTLE BIT BIGGER PADDLE, A LITTLE BIT BIGGER BALL, BUT IT'S LIKE THE NEXT BIG THING. 
          I'M NOT SAYING WE GO OUT AND BUILD A WHOLE COMPLEX, BUT WE'VE GOT SOME ROOM OUT THERE WHERE WE COULD JUST ADD ONE. IT'S NOT THAT EXPENSIVE, BUT I'M GOING TO I'VE GOT THERE'S A LOCAL COMPANY THAT ACTUALLY DOES DO THIS, THAT I WANTED TO SIT DOWN WITH. THEY HAVE THE CONTACT INFORMATION. ONCE I GET IT, I'LL LET JUST LET EVERYBODY KNOW. BUT IT'S JUST A THOUGHT BECAUSE I MEAN, WE HAVE TO MOVE IN THAT DIRECTION, BUT IT'S GOT TO BE AN ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON IN TOWN THAT'S GOING TO SPOTS. AND THAT'S ALL I GOT TO SAY. THERE'S PROBABLY SEVERAL. SO ANYWAYS, THAT'S IT. THANKS. ALL RIGHT. LET'S SEE. THAT TAKES US TO THE NEW ALBANY PLAIN LOCAL SCHOOLS ON THE UPDATE. YES. SO THERE WAS A MEETING LAST MONDAY CELEBRATING THE INCREDIBLE START TO THE SCHOOL YEAR. WE HAVE FIRST FULL WEEK OF SCHOOL LAST WEEK. AND DESPITE POWER OUTAGE IN THE ELC AND A TWO HOUR DELAY ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL, OUR NEW SUPERINTENDENT WAS REALLY IMPRESSED WITH HOW THE COMMUNITY WORKS. THERE WAS AN UPDATE FROM THE LOCAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION, AND THERE WAS ALSO AN UPDATE ON THE CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT PLAN. 
          BUT THE MAIN TOPIC OF DISCUSSION WAS THE LOCAL REPORT CARD. PRELIMINARY DATA, THE ORIGINAL DATA OR THE OFFICIAL DATA WILL COME OUT BY SEPTEMBER 14TH, BUT THE PRELIMINARY DATA WAS A PRELIMINARY REPORT. IF NEW ALBANY PLAIN LOCAL FIVE OUT OF FIVE OUT OF SIX CATEGORIES, THEY ALL GOT FIVE OUT OF FIVE, EXCEPT ONE OF THEM HADN'T GOTTEN THE GRADE YET, AND ONE OF THEM COLLEGE READINESS WAS A 4.5. THE PERFORMANCE INDEX WAS IN 95%. THERE'S ACTUALLY BEEN A DECREASE IN CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM IN ALL SCHOOLS. GOT FIVE OUT OF FIVE RATINGS. LITTLE INTERESTING STATS. THERE WAS AN INCREASE IN ECONOMIC HARDSHIP AND STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES AND DIFFERENT LANGUAGE LEARNERS. 46% OF THE STUDENTS LIVE IN THE CITY OF NEW ALBANY, AND 40% LIVE IN COLUMBUS, AND THE REST LIVE IN THE TOWNSHIP. THERE ARE IN. THE STUDENTS ARE BORN IN 67 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS FASCINATING. AS FAR AS THE CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT PLAN, THE BENCHMARKS THE SAME AS THEY WERE GOING TO BE THROUGH THE TRANSITION. AND THEY ARE MEETING THE BENCHMARKS TO THE EXTENT THAT THEY'VE GOTTEN THE DATA SO FAR. AND THE NEXT MEETING WILL BE ON THE 14TH. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. DURKIN. THE UPDATE FROM THE TOWNSHIP, THERE WAS A MEETING ON THE 19TH. JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS. THE TOWNSHIP WOULD LIKE TO COME IN ON OCTOBER 20TH TO OUR MEETING TO GIVE US AN UPDATE, AS THEY DO TWICE A YEAR, AS TO ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMS AND PARTNERSHIPS WITH US. SO I THINK I'VE MENTIONED THAT TO JEN THAT WE CAN INCLUDE THAT IN THE AGENDA ON THAT PARTICULAR MEETING DATE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED THAT LOOKING AT THE NEW FIRE STATION ON HARLEM, THE COLUMBUS FIRE RUNS HAVE DECREASED SUBSTANTIALLY, RUNNING ONLY ABOUT 6%, WHERE THEY HAD BEEN RUNNING 30 TO 50%. PRIOR TO THAT, ROUGHLY 75% OF THE RUNS ARE IN THE TOWNSHIP AND THE CITY. MONROE GETS 7%, MIFFLIN GETS ABOUT 4%, AND THEN COLUMBUS, AND IT SORTS OUT WITH A FEW PERCENT HERE AND THERE AS THEY PARTICIPATE. AND I MENTIONED TO JOE JULY 20TH, THEY BROUGHT UP ON JULY 29TH, THERE WAS A GAS LEAK ALONG 605. 
          AS A RESULT, THEY HAD TO CLOSE ANY ACCESS OR EGRESS FROM SNYDER LOOP. SO THE RESIDENTS 
          [01:50:04]
IN THERE WERE BASICALLY TRAPPED, TRAPPED. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY ASKED IS THAT COULD THERE BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE AN EMERGENCY EGRESS EITHER WAY FROM THROUGH CEDARBROOK? BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, SNYDER LOOP STOPS AND ALTHOUGH THE ROAD CONTINUES, THERE'S A BARRIER THERE NOT TO NOT TO OPEN IT TO PERMANENT TRAFFIC. OR SHOULD THERE BE SOMETHING LIKE THAT? AGAIN, THERE WOULD BE SOME WAY TO TAKE A BARRIER DOWN AND GET PEOPLE OUT OF THERE. SHOULD THERE BE AN EMERGENCY OR THE OTHER WAY IF THEY CAN'T GET OUT OF CEDARBROOK? SO THEY ASKED THAT. WE'LL HAVE TO SEE HOW IT ALL PLAYS OUT. THERE ARE A LOT OF CONSIDERATIONS FROM PREVIOUS AGREEMENTS THAT THERE WOULDN'T BE SOMETHING. SO AND THEY'RE NOT ASKING FOR ANYTHING PERMANENT, BUT JUST TO LOOK AT WHAT THE OPTIONS ARE THERE. SO ROAD CONNECTIVITY IS, IS, IS GOOD. WELL, THE CONNECTIVITY IS THERE. IT'S THE BARRIER OF TREES AND OTHER THINGS BUILT ACROSS THE ROAD THAT KEEPS THEM FROM DRIVING THROUGH THERE. SO IT'S SUPPOSED TO IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE OPEN. YEAH. YEAH. SO THAT WAS IT. ALL RIGHT. 
          [15. REPORTS OF CITY OFFICIALS]
THANK YOU SIR. REPORTS OF CITY OFFICIALS. JUST A QUICK UPDATE. THE MAYORS AND MANAGERS ASSOCIATION IS MEETING ON FRIDAY. REGRETTABLY, I CAN'T MAKE IT, BUT MR. STEFANOFF WILL BE THERE. BUT I DID HAVE A CALL WITH THE EXECUTIVE BOARD LAST FRIDAY, TALKED ABOUT SEVERAL ISSUES THAT WILL BE ON THE AGENDA, ONE OF WHICH WAS, YOU KNOW, THE DRAMATIC CENTRAL OHIO RAINFALL AND FLOODING THAT WE EXPERIENCED A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. SEVERAL OF THE CENTRAL OHIO COMMUNITIES WERE IMPACTED PRETTY DRAMATICALLY. REYNOLDSBURG IN PARTICULAR, HAD, YOU KNOW, LITERALLY A COUPLE OF NEIGHBORHOODS THAT, YOU KNOW, ARE FRANKLY, WASHED AWAY. I MEAN, SOME OF THE HOUSES ARE NOT ONLY BEEN FLOODED, BUT ARE LITERALLY GONE. SO, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, IT IT'S IMPORTANT IN THE PLANNING STAGES THAT WE PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO FLOODPLAINS, TRY NOT TO BUILD EVEN WHEN THERE'S AN APPETITE FOR CONSTRUCTION IN AREAS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, PRONE TO DRAMATIC FLOODING. SO AGAIN, JUST A WORD OF CAUTION FROM SOME OF THE FELLOW CENTRAL OHIO MAYORS ABOUT THE THE DANGERS AND REALITIES OF FLOODING. ON A ON A HAPPIER NOTE, WE HAD A RIBBON CUTTING AT THAT PANDA EXPRESS THERE IN NEW ALBANY OFF OF HAMILTON ROAD, AND THEY PUT ON QUITE A SHOW. IT WAS. IT WAS QUITE A FUN EVENT. LITERALLY HAD CUSTOMERS LINED UP OUT THE DOOR WAITING FOR THEM TO OPEN. SO, YOU KNOW, TO IF SOME OF US ARE STILL WONDERING IF THERE WAS INTEREST IN THE COMMUNITY ABOUT OPENING A RESTAURANTS, IT FEELS LIKE, YES, THAT THERE'S AN INTEREST. SO AGAIN, THANKS TO THE THE TEAM THAT HELPED THE CHAMBER PUT ON A NICE EVENT. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO GOING OVER TO THE PANDA TO TRY OUT SOME OF THEIR NEW THEIR NEW FOOD ITEMS. AND WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO THE CLERK. WE ARE NOW THIS IS SORRY, CAPITAL PROJECTS WORKSHOP. WE WERE STARTING AT 630. WE'RE NOW GOING TO BACK UP TO SIX IN PART FOR A GROUP PHOTO SHOOT, BUT ALSO THERE WILL BE PANERA AND THEN MAYBE FURTHER BACK. THAT'S WHAT. 530 CITY MANAGER STEFANO I HEAR FIVE. DO I HEAR 515 RIGHT? YEAH. OKAY, SO IT'S NOW A 530 START. I THOUGHT IT WAS 535 30. OKAY, I WASN'T ON THAT EMAIL. BUT THERE WILL BE PANERA. WE'RE DOING A GROUP PHOTO SHOOT. WE ARE ASKING. THIS ONE IS INSTEAD OF BEING A FORMAL PHOTO SHOOT COUNCIL MEMBER, I KNOW YOU LIKE PARTICULAR ON COLORS. 
          WE'RE GOING TO DO A FESTIVE FALL THEME, SO CHECK SHIRTS AND THAT SORT OF THING. IN FEBRUARY. 
          WE'RE GOING TO DO THE. FESTIVE FESTIVE FESTIVE FALL. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN. I'M GONNA HAVE SHIRTS FALL COLORS. WE'LL SEND OUT AN EMAIL FALL COLOR STUFF. OKAY. YEAH. AND, AND LIKE, CHECK THE ABERCROMBIE AND FITCH. WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO ALL WEAR THE SAME COLOR. OH, YOU WANT WITH FESTIVE IN A GROUP? NO, IF YOU ARE, THIS IS A WHOLE OTHER SUBJECT THAT I'M NOT GOING TO LIKE. BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TALKING ABOUT THE FORMAL ONES IN FEBRUARY. BUT FOR THIS ONE, WE DON'T HAVE A COUNCIL GROUP PHOTO SHOOT WITH COUNCIL MEMBER MCCLELLAN YET, BUT THIS ONE'S GOING TO BE MORE FUN. THE LATER ONE WILL BE MORE FORMAL, SO WE'LL SEND OUT AN EMAIL. AND ALSO YOU'LL BE MORE COMFORTABLE IN ABERCROMBIE AND FITCH STYLE FESTIVE FALL WEAR. THEN YOU'LL BE IN YOUR SUITS FOR COUNCIL FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS. LET'S TELL JOHN THOUGH, IT'S LIKE BUSINESS GOING ALL OUT. DO I LOOK FESTIVE FALL BUT BLACK T SHIRT? I DON'T THINK SO, JOE. 
          MAYBE A MOOD BOARD MIGHT HELP. OKAY, I WILL ASK COMMUNICATIONS TO ACTIVEWEAR. YEAH, IF YOU WANT TO BE. WE'RE GOING TO NEED SOME SAMPLES. SHOPPING LINKS LIKE THEY HAVE IN THE MAGAZINE. 
          YEAH, YEAH, I LIKE IT, I LIKE IT. GREAT IDEA. I GUESS WE'RE STARTING NOW AT 530. WHAT IS 
          [01:55:02]
THAT? THERE'S A PROGRAM FOR GROUP PHOTO AND FOR PANERA AND THEN THE MEETING ITSELF. WE'LL MAKE IT ALL HAPPEN. SEPTEMBER 15TH. SEPTEMBER 15TH. OKAY. IN LIEU OF THE COUNCIL MEETING, FESTIVE FALL, SEPTEMBER 15TH. AND I BELIEVE THAT'S IT FOR THE CLERK. DO WE HAVE A BUDGET MEETING SET YET? WE HAVE THE DATE, BUT WE DON'T HAVE THE START TIME FOR BUDGET WORKSHOP FOR. WELL, THAT WAS A REALLY LOUD MONDAY. I BELIEVE IT'S MONDAY, THE SIXTH, MONDAY THE 16TH START TIME YET. IN NOVEMBER. THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO CONFESS MORGAN IS HANDLING, HELPING, GETTING THINGS SCHEDULED, BUT I BELIEVE I'M GONNA HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU. 
          OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE IT WASN'T LIKE NEXT WEEK BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE IT. I KNOW IT IS SET FOR THAT DATE. I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE SET THE TIME YET. YEAH, AND SINCE WE DON'T HAVE ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT, WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT ON THE 15TH. YES. OR SIX IF YOU NEED IT EARLIER. YEAH, SURE. I GOT IT. 9 A.M. 16TH FINANCE DIRECTOR. I HAVE NOTHING MORE TO REPORT. SO CITY MANAGER, JUST ONE QUICK ITEM I HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU. YOUR ANNUAL REPORT OF EASEMENTS THAT WE'VE EITHER ACQUIRED OR IN ONE CASE, ACTUALLY RELEASED IN THIS WOULD RANGE FROM JULY 1ST OF 2025 THROUGH JULY 1ST OF 2026. SO IN 2020, COUNCIL ADOPTED ORDINANCE 09-2020 AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OR DESIGNEE TO ACCEPT SPECIFIED EASEMENTS. SO THESE COULD BE UTILITY EASEMENTS, DRAINAGE EASEMENTS, EASEMENTS, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. AND WITH THE PROVISION THAT THEY ARE LESS THAN $50,000 FOR THE ACQUISITION OR THAT THEY'VE BEEN PROVIDED FOR IN THE BUDGET. SO AGAIN, I HAVE THE REPORT IN FRONT OF YOU. IN THAT 12 MONTH PERIOD, WE HAD 37 NEW EASEMENTS, THE RELEASE OF ONE EASEMENT, SO TOTAL OF 38 EASEMENTS IN PLAY ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. OF THOSE, 38, 27 WERE LOCATED IN LICKING COUNTY, WHICH NOT SURPRISING GIVEN GIVEN ALL OF THE NEW ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE THAT HAS BEEN BUILT OVER THE LAST 24 MONTHS, THE PRIMARY TYPES OF EASEMENTS ARE WE HAD 13 UTILITY EASEMENTS, SEVEN DRAINAGE EASEMENTS, AND NINE TEMPORARY EASEMENTS OR LIKE TEMPORARY RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITIONS. SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM OR DEFER TO CHRIS. HE MIGHT HE MIGHT HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. BUT AGAIN, THIS IS JUST THE ANNUAL REPORT THAT COUNCIL REQUESTED. 
          IS THERE ELECTRIC EASEMENT ON CONDUIT ROAD? SORRY. TOO SOON. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. ALL RIGHT. 
          ANY UPDATE FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY? TYPICAL REPORT. NO REPORT. ALL RIGHT. POLL FOR 
          [17. POLL FOR COUNCIL COMMENT]
PUBLIC COMMENT. HEARING, NO PUBLIC COMMENT. ANY COUNCIL COMMENT. I JUST HAVE ONE THING AND CHRIS MIGHT BACK ME UP ON THIS. BUT YESTERDAY I ATTENDED THE CEDARBROOK OPEN HOUSE, TAKE A LOOK AT SOME PROPOSED STREET CONCEPTS. VERY WELL ATTENDED STAFF, DID A AMAZING JOB PREPARED WITH ALL OF THE BOARDS THAT THEY HAD. EVERYBODY WAS SUPER ENGAGED. I MEAN, I'VE NOT SEEN A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT ENGAGED IN A LONG TIME AND THEY WERE ALL OUT THERE. I ONLY LAUGHED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE OPENING OF THE CEDARBROOK TO THE ENCLAVE, BECAUSE THAT WAS A DISCUSSION WE HAD LAST NIGHT, AND AT LEAST THE PEOPLE I TALKED TO ARE VERY OPEN TO THAT FOR EMERGENCY VEHICLES. IN FACT, SOMEONE EVEN WANTED TO SAY, IS THERE ANY WAY WE CAN MAKE IT A PARK, GREEN SPACE OR A TURNAROUND? MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT WIDER SO THEY CAN TURN AROUND IF THERE'S ROOM TO DO THAT IN A CONCEPT, BECAUSE IT KIND OF DEAD ENDS. YOU GOT TO PARK, YOU KNOW, BACK INTO SOMEONE'S DRIVEWAY TO GET BACK OUT. SO, I MEAN, I THINK IT'S A GOOD THING TO LOOK AT RIGHT NOW WHILE WE'RE LOOKING AT THE PROPOSED STREET CONCEPTS. BUT JUST TO GIVE COUNCIL AN IDEA, THERE WAS FIVE OPTIONS THAT CEDARBROOK COULD LOOK AT. ONE OPTION WAS NO OPTION. IT WAS CALLED NO BUILD. IT'S WE BASICALLY HAVE IN OUR BUDGET THIS YEAR TO REPAVE OUT THERE THE STREETS. AND SO THAT'S OPTION A JUST WE WON'T DO ANYTHING. JUST GO OUT AND WE'LL DO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO. IT'S IN THE BUDGET AND WE'LL TAKE CARE OF IT. THE OTHER TWO OPTIONS WERE AN UNCURBED OPTION, ONE TO INCLUDE AN EIGHT FOOT LEISURE TRAIL, OR THE OTHER OPTION TO INCLUDE A FIVE FOOT SIDEWALK. AND THOSE OPTIONS, BY THE WAY, ARE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET. SO YOU WOULD HAVE THE STREET WITH CURB THE SWALE OR DRAINAGE, THAT SYSTEM THAT THEY HAVE OUT THERE FOR STORMWATER, AND THEN SOME SORT OF PAVEMENT, SIDEWALK OR LEISURE TRAIL. AND THEN THE FINAL TWO OPTIONS WERE OR THOSE 
          [02:00:08]
WERE UNCURBED, SORRY, THE FINAL TWO OPTIONS WERE THE CURBED, AND THOSE WERE STORM SEWERS, CURB STREETS, AND THEN SOME SORT OF TRAIL, BE IT A SIDEWALK OR A LEISURE TRAIL. AND SO THEY WENT FROM DOING NOTHING TO MAYBE PUT IN JUST SOME SIDEWALKS OR LEISURE TRAILS TO LET'S JUST DO STORM SEWER AND MOVE FROM THERE. IN MY DISCUSSIONS WITH THE RESIDENTS, IT'S REALLY INTERESTING BECAUSE THAT NEIGHBORHOOD IS SO UNIQUE BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE HAVE CITY WATER THAT THEY PAID FOR YEARS AGO, SOME DON'T, SOME HAVE SEPTIC TANKS, SOME HAVE THREE AND NOT THE ENGINEER. SO BUT THEY HAVE THEIR THREE AERATION SYSTEM, SEPTIC TANKS THAT HAVE TO GET CERTIFIED EVERY YEAR THAT THEY CAN ACTUALLY LET IT DRAIN INTO THE STORM SEWER SWALES THAT THEY HAVE OUT THERE. SO THERE'S A LOT OF UNIQUE THINGS THAT ARE OUT THERE. SO EVERYBODY HAD A LOT OF DIFFERENT OPINIONS. SO I WOULD SAY OUR ECONOMIC TEAM HAS THEIR THEIR, YOU KNOW, CUT OUT FOR THEM HERE TRYING TO TAKE ALL THAT FEEDBACK. BUT THERE WAS A TON OF FEEDBACK. PEOPLE WERE, I THOUGHT, VERY POSITIVE. AND EVEN THE ONES THAT WERE, WERE KIND OF WEARY ON CHANGE ONCE THEY TALKED TO SOME PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, ON STAFF AND EVERYTHING, THEY AT LEAST ARE LIKE, OH, OKAY, I GET THAT. AND I EVEN SAW PEOPLE CHANGING FOR, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT THINGS. SO CHRIS, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE TIMETABLE IS THAT YOU HAVE. I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT IT BRIEFLY ABOUT WHEN YOU WERE GOING TO COME TO COUNCIL, BUT MAYBE YOU'VE GOT SOME FEEDBACK. YEAH, WE'RE STILL DOING A FULL ANALYSIS OF ALL THE FEEDBACK WE HEARD, BUT WE'LL HAVE A FULL PRESENTATION TO COUNCIL AT YOUR CAPITAL WORKSHOP ON THE 15TH, WHERE WE'LL SHARE ALL THOSE RESULTS WITH YOU AND SOME RECOMMENDATIONS. YEAH, CHRIS WAS A VERY BUSY PERSON LAST NIGHT, WAS EVERYBODY HAD SOME SORT OF WEIRD, I'M NOT GOING TO SAY WEIRD, BUT DIFFERENT SITUATION. THAT WASN'T WHAT YOU WOULD SEE IN A TRADITIONAL EVERYTHING. THE SAME IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OUT THERE. SO ANYWAYS, IT WAS A REALLY GOOD EVENT. THEY DID A GREAT JOB. ALL RIGHT. ANY ADDITIONAL COUNCIL COMMENTS? DOES ANYONE WANT TO TALK ABOUT TOUCH A TRUCK? OH MY GOSH. YES. THAT WAS FUN TO. I DID GET SOME VERY POSITIVE FEEDBACK, ALTHOUGH APPARENTLY, YOU KNOW, RYAN WASN'T WORKING THE HOT DOG STAND THIS YEAR. SO I KNOW OH, JUST PUT IT OUT THERE. I, I THINK I SAW HIM OVER THERE. I'M KIDDING. YEAH, YEAH. WE MADE PLENTY OF HOT DOGS THIS YEAR AND HAD A VERY GOOD TURNOUT WITH ALL THE RAIN THAT WE EXPERIENCED EARLIER THAT WEEK AND JUST EVERYTHING GOING ON, WE THOUGHT WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT, BUT THE COMMUNITY REALLY CAME OUT AND IT WAS VERY POSITIVE. SO, SO ONE, ONE QUESTION I GOT THAT WAS ACTUALLY IT TURNED INTO A COMPLIMENT. JUST TOOK HIM A WHILE TO GET THERE. LIKE PUTTING LIKE THE PRICE TAG ON THE EQUIPMENT LIKE THIS, YOU KNOW, THIS YEAR, HERE'S WHAT WHEN WE BOUGHT IT AND HERE'S WHAT IT COSTS. LIKE PEOPLE ARE LIKE, OH, LIKE I, YOU KNOW, THEY SEE YOU GO BY THEIR HOUSE, YOU KNOW, ON A SATURDAY MORNING, BUT THEY DON'T THINK ABOUT THE COST, RIGHT? YEAH, WE, WE GOT A LOT OF COMMENTS ABOUT THAT. AND WE SPECIFICALLY THAT PEOPLE APPRECIATED TO SEE THAT. SO YEAH, THAT'S SOMETHING WE, WE PLAN TO CONTINUE. YEAH. THANKS FOR DOING THAT. YEP. HOW MANY HOT DOGS DID YOU. SO WE WANT TO WE WE HIT OUR THOUSAND LIMIT. THAT'S WHAT WE. YEAH. SO AND, AND JUST THE COMMENT THAT I RECEIVED ON THE HOT DOGS WHEN I WAS OUT THERE WAS THEY'RE NOT JUST YOUR SMALL HOT DOGS. YEAH. I MEAN, THEY ARE SUBSTANTIAL. AND THAT'S ONE THING THAT EVERYONE WAS TALKING ABOUT WAS LIKE, THEY DID NOT EXPECT THAT WHEN THEY GOT THERE SO BIG. SO YEAH, JUMBO FRANKS GO BIG OR GO HOME. THAT'S RIGHT. OKAY. NO GREAT EVENT. THANKS FOR THE STAFF FOR FOR FOR PULLING THAT TOGETHER. AS ALWAYS. APPRECIATE IT. ALL RIGHT. IF THERE'S NO 
          [18. EXECUTIVE SESSION]
ADDITIONAL COUNCIL COMMENT, I MOVE THAT WE ADJOURN TO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO OHIO REVISED CODE 12122 G ONE, FOR DISCUSSION REGARDING THE APPOINTMENT OF A PUBLIC OFFICIAL, NAMELY, THE OPENING ON THE ROCKY FORK BLACK LOCAL COURT. SECOND TWO MAYOR SPALDING YES. COUNCILMEMBER SCHULTZ YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. DEREK. YES. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. YES. I'VE GOT FIVE YES VOTES TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 8:36 P.M. 
          FOR THOSE FOLLOWING ALONG, WE ARE GOING TO LEAVE THE VIDEO RUNNING, OR YOU MIGHT SEE A PAUSE SCREEN, BUT WE ARE GOING TO TURN OFF SOUND. COUNCIL WILL RETURN TO RESUME THE REG ARE PUI MOVE. WE COME OUT OF EXECUTIVE SESSION SECOND. TO COUNCILMEMBER SCHULTZ. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. DEREK. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. BROOKS. YES. 
          MAYOR. SPALDING. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. YES. FIVE. YES. VOTES TO EXIT THE EXECUTIVE SESSION. 
          [19. OTHER BUSINESS]
          [02:05:04]
RESUME THE REGULAR SESSION AT 8:54 P.M. WE HAVE AN OPENING ON THE ROCKY FOR CLERK WITH CORD. 
          AND AS WITH ALL POSTED POSITIONS IN THE CITY, WE HAD SEVERAL QUALIFIED APPLICANTS. 
          AFTER REVIEWING APPLICATIONS, I MOVED TO APPOINT KEVIN BENSON TO THE ROCKY PORT BLACK LIQUOR COURT FOR A TERM STARTING IMMEDIATELY AND ENDING ON JUNE 30TH, 2029. SECOND. COUNCIL MEMBER WILTROUT. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. BRUCE. YES. MAYOR. SPALDING. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. YES. FIVE. YES. VOTES TO APPOINT KEVIN BENSON TO THE ROCKY FORK BLACKLICK ACCORD FOR THE TERM SPECIFIED. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER BUSINESS FOR COUNCIL'S APPOINTMENT? THEN I MOVE THAT WE ADJOURN SECOND AND WE ARE ADJOURNING AT 8:54 P.M. GOOD NIGHT ALL. GOOD NIGHT, GOOD NIGHT,
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.