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TO ORDER THE. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14TH, 2026 MEETING OF THE NEW ALBANY SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD AT 630. COULD STAFF PLEASE READ ROLL CALL MR. SCHUMACHER HERE. MR. BARNES HERE. MISS GALLO HERE, MR. COACHMAN HERE, MISS KOPPELMAN HERE, MR. BURAK HERE, MISS GRIFFITH HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. KISS. HERE. H THANK YOU. FIRST ITEM ON THE
[III. Action of Minutes: September 9, 2026 Meeting Minutes ]
AGENDA IS ACTION OF MINUTES FOR THE SEPTEMBER 9TH, 2026 SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD MEETING. DO ANY BOARD MEMBERS HAVE CORRECTIONS TO THE MINUTES? SEEING NONE, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES. SECOND, MR. SCHUMACHER. YES, MR. BARNES YES. MISS. GALLO.YES. MR. COCHIN. YES. MISS. CASSELMAN. YES. MR. BURAK. YES. MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. STAFF,
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ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS TO THE AGENDA? ONE FOR UNDER OTHER BUSINESS AND THAT IS THE NOVEMBER MEETING. THANK YOU EVERYONE GOT THAT. GREAT. THANK YOU. NOW IS THE TIME FOR HEARING AND VISITORS FOR ITEMS NOT ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA. IS THERE ANYONE IN THE[VI. Business]
AUDIENCE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK TONIGHT? SEEING NONE, WE'LL MOVE RIGHT ALONG TO BUSINESS.I'LL TURN IT OVER TO STAFF. THANK YOU. CHAIR, WE'LL COVER THE 2027 SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD BUDGET TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL. THIS BUDGET IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE ONE THAT YOU HAD LAST MEETING. THERE ARE TWO THINGS THAT WE.
OH, WE CHANGED OR NOT, BUT ONE WAS THE TABLECLOTH. SO WE DID NOT HAVE A PRICE FOR THE TABLECLOTH. SO WE ADDED THAT PRICE IN THERE FOR THAT. AND THEN UNDER MISCELLANEOUS, UNDER THE SWAG ITEMS $2,400 THERE. THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE ON THE TOTAL FROM LAST MEETING TO THIS MEETING. AND THEN I DID WANT TO POINT OUT WITH THE ORGANIC FOOD WASTE CURBSIDE PROGRAM, THE PILOT PROGRAM, THAT'S AT THE SAME LEVEL THAT WAS DONE IN THE PAST, THE 14,997 FOR THE WINDSOR PROGRAM. SO FROM FROM WHEN IT STARTED IN 2025, IT STARTED IN SEPTEMBER 2025, WENT TO SEPTEMBER 2026. BEFORE THE EXTENSION. WE BUDGETED THAT AMOUNT IN THERE FOR THAT. SO JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, FOR PEOPLE THAT WEREN'T HERE, THAT'S TAKING US UP TO 150 HOUSEHOLDS, CORRECT? CORRECT. AND ARE WE CONFIRMED THAT THIS WOULD BE FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR OF 2027. SO COME FROM JANUARY ALL THE WAY THROUGH DECEMBER. CORRECT. AND IF YOU JUST SAID THAT AND I'M REPEATING IT, I'M SORRY, BUT MAKE SURE IT'S CRYSTAL CLEAR TO EVERYBODY, OKAY? THANK YOU. I HAD A COUPLE QUESTIONS. JUMP RIGHT IN. THANK YOU FOR OFFERING. THANK YOU. SO I JUST LOOKED QUICKLY THROUGH THE WORK PLAN THAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT 1 OR 2 MONTHS AGO, JUST TO KIND OF MAKE SURE EVERYTHING HAD A SPOT IN THE BUDGET. AND THERE WERE A COUPLE OF ITEMS. I WASN'T SURE IF THEY WERE COVERED UNDER A DIFFERENT CATEGORY THAT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE HAD REPRESENTED IN THERE. ONE WAS ONE OF THE ONGOING PROGRAMS THAT WAS ON THE FIRST PAGE OF THIS. IT WAS A CLEANUP DAY EVENT WITH AN EDUCATION COMPONENT, AND I WASN'T SURE IF THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE EARTH DAY ARBOR DAY PROGRAMING, OR IF HELPING EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WAS ITS OWN BUDGET ITEM THAT I DIDN'T SEE IN THERE. THE OTHER ONE WAS THE SECOND PAGE OF THE PLAN, AND IT WAS THE THE LAST INITIATIVE, WHICH WAS A MORE AIR QUALITY MONITOR PROGRAM PARTICIPATION. AND I WASN'T SURE IF THAT. IT'S VERY POSSIBLE I MISSED IT, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW WHERE THAT WAS IN THE BUDGET EITHER. RIGHT. SO WITH THE MORE SEE ONE THAT'S A FREE PROGRAM THROUGH MORSI. SO THAT'S EASY. OKAY, GREAT FOR THAT. THEY ACTUALLY PROVIDE THE SENSORS TO RESIDENTS FOR, FOR THE OTHER, THE OTHER, YOUR OTHER QUESTION WITH THE CLEAN UP DAY, I THINK THE THOUGHT WAS THAT WOULD EARTH DAY TO ARBOR DAY TYPE BUDGET AND THEN DETERMINE WHAT THAT CLEANUP DAY WILL LOOK LIKE. SO THAT COULD, YOU KNOW, KIND OF LIKE IT COULD BE LITTER CLEANUP, IT COULD BE INVASIVE SPECIES REMOVAL, IT COULD BE NATIVE PLANTINGS, THINGS LIKE THAT. PROBABLY IN DECEMBER. WE'LL BE TALKING MORE ABOUT THAT IN GATHERING YOUR IDEAS. OKAY. SO EVEN LIKE THE EDUCATION COMPONENT WOULD BE COVERED THEN IN THAT BUCKET. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. WHAT'S BEEN ON THE
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LINE? I DON'T THINK I HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS. I'VE GOT A COUPLE. LET'S GO BACK UP THE LINE. SO THE WASTE COLLECTION EVENTS, I GUESS. I DON'T THINK I THINK FOR FISCAL YEAR 2027, WE STAY THE COURSE. THE TWO EVENTS. DO WE WANT TO ENTERTAIN A PERMANENT FACILITY AT SOME POINT, MAYBE NEXT YEAR? AND AND I GUESS I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THE ONE IN WORTHINGTON VISITED AND, YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS PRETTY IMPRESSIVE. AND I THINK IT'D BE KIND OF A REALLY COOL OPTION THAT WE COULD JUST DO SOMETHING YEAR ROUND. BUT I JUST WANT TO THROW THAT OUT THERE NOW.THAT'S SOMETHING WE DON'T WANT TO NECESSARILY CAPTURE FOR 2027, BUT MAYBE PLAN FOR IT AND THEN KEEP THESE TWO BUILT IN FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR. YEAH, YOU'RE I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT ON TRACK.
THAT'S WHERE THE THINKING WAS GOING TO BE. YEAH. I DON'T THINK WE HAD HOPES THAT WE WOULD GET THERE BY 2027, BUT MAYBE YEAH, IT'D BE AWESOME. AND YEAH. AND IF SO, THEN THAT WOULD REDUCE OBVIOUSLY THE SECOND, RIGHT. MAYBE TAKE SOME OF THOSE DOLLARS TO THAT, THAT ONE. AND THEN I THINK THE GOAL FOR THE WINDSOR PILOT PROGRAM IS TO GROW THEPATION, CORRECT. AGGRESSIVELY PURSUE THAT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I DON'T NECESSARILY SEE. I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE THE ANSWER TO WHAT WE WANT TO DO THE INITIATIVES YET, BUT DO WE HAVE DOLLARS PLUGGED IN TO PROMOTE THAT PROGRAM? SO WE DON'T HAVE DOLLARS PLUGGED IN IN THIS BUDGET TO PROMOTE THAT PROGRAM? WE THINK A LOT OF THE PROMOTION OF THAT WILL BE JUST STAFF TIME. WE'VE TALKED WITH SWACO. WE'VE THEY'VE ALSO COMMITTED TO GIVING US SOME OF THEIR STAFF TIME AS WELL TO HELP PROMOTE THE PROGRAM THERE. SO THAT'S THE MAIN REASON WHY WE HAVEN'T IDENTIFIED ANY SPECIFIC COSTS FOR THAT PROMOTION. WE PLAN ON WORKING WITH OUR COMMS TEAM. AND SO WE THINK WE CAN PROBABLY INTERNALIZE A LOT OF THOSE COSTS. AND A LOT OF IT WILL JUST BE SORT OF PERSON HOURS JUST GOING OUT THERE. OKAY.
YEAH. I THINK INTERNALLY OUR CONVERSATIONS HAVE BEEN AROUND, WE NEED TO HAVE MORE TOUCHES.
IT'S NOT NECESSARILY STUFF. SO WE'RE HOPING THAT WE CAN MANAGE THAT. I KNOW MAILERS AREN'T INEXPENSIVE. IF WE WANTED TO DO DIRECT MAILINGS TO FOLKS IN WINDSOR, WOULD THAT COME OUT OF A DIFFERENT BUDGET? WE WE WOULD IT WOULD PROBABLY BEHOOVE US TO INCLUDE SOME BUDGET FOR THAT HERE. IS THAT NOT SOMETHING SWACO HAS BEEN AT LEAST MULLING? I WOULD NOT COUNT ON SWACO GIVING US FUNDS FOR A MAILER. I MEAN, A STAMP COSTS. I THINK IT COSTS THE CITY LIKE MAYBE $3,000 TO MAIL OUT A COMMUNITY WIDE. SO THIS WOULD BE MAYBE LIKE A 10TH OF THAT. SO I'M JUST THINKING CONSERVATIVELY, MAYBE IF YOU GUYS WANTED TO CONSIDER ADDING LIKE $400 TO THE BUDGET FOR JUST A WINDSOR MAILER, JUST TO HIT THOSE INDIVIDUALLY, THAT THAT WOULD PROBABLY COVER THE COST OF THAT. I THINK THE DESIGN OF, OF THE MAILER ITSELF, WE COULD JUST WOULD JUST BE SOMETHING WE WORK WITH OUR COMMS TEAM ON. THEY'VE THEY'VE DONE A GREAT JOB CREATING THOSE MAILERS IN THE PAST. OKAY. DO YOU THINK IT'S WORTH AS A TALKING POINT TO ADD OR. I MEAN, I FEEL PRETTY CONFIDENT THAT WE COULD SQUEEZE $400 OUT OF THIS CURRENT BUDGET SOMEPLACE KNOWING HOW WE'VE GENERALLY COME OUT WITH THINGS. BUT IF WE'D LIKE TO SHARE THAT COUNCIL, THAT WE'RE MAKING AN EFFORT AND PUTTING DOLLARS TOWARDS IT, I'M FINE TO ADD IT.
PETE LOVES HIS LIP BALM, SO I DON'T WANT TO I DON'T WANT TO PULL ANYTHING OUT. OH YEAH. NO, NO, I'M JUST SAYING I'M HAPPY TO ADD $400 TO THAT LINE. I WOULD FEEL COMFORTABLE JUST MAYBE 802 MAILERS, JUST A YOU KNOW WE CAN IDENTIFY IT AS WINDSOR PILOT PROGRAM PROMOTION.
YEAH. BECAUSE I THINK WE'VE KIND OFROUND MAILER DOOR HANGER, EXACT PHYSICAL EVENT KIND OF THING. SO. SO YOU WANT TO ADD 800 JUST ROUND THAT OUT. SO 158. WAIT, WHAT WAS THE LAST PART. 158 JUST ROUND IT UP. $3. I FEEL LIKE YOU'RE BUILDING YOURSELF A LITTLE $3 GIFT THERE SOMEWHERE. SO 158 FOR THE CURBSIDE PILOT CONTINUATION. ANY OTHER THOUGHTS? PERFECT.
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NOTHING. NOTHING. OKAY. HOWARD. WHAT? ANY THOUGHTS? I HAVE TROUBLE HEARING WHAT YOU WERE.SORRY. WOULD YOU LIKE A DOVE BAR? HE'S GOT A LOT. OH, YOU PUSHED YOURS. THAT'S SOUNDS GREAT. I REALLY THINK WE NEED TO DRIVE PARTICIPATION IN THAT PROGRAM NOW, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE, THOUGH, FROM THE BUDGET? YEAH. SORRY, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY. I BROUGHT UP TO STAFF. I'M GOING TO KIND OF DIRECT THIS TO COUNCILMAN KISS THAT WE TAKEN THE TRAINING AND CONTINUING EDUCATION, WHICH IS A BIG CHUNK THAT THAT'S BEEN THE MORPHS THE EVENT. AND I ATTENDED THE COUNCIL MEETING WHEN MAYOR SPALDING WAS TALKING ABOUT IT'D BE GREAT TO HAVE COUNCIL PEOPLE GO LIKE, YEAH, IT WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE CANCER. PEOPLE GO. AND I THINK IT'D BE GREAT TO HAVE MORE DIRECTORS GO THAT THAT DON'T TRADITIONALLY GO AS FAR AS I KNOW, HAVEN'T GONE THAT ATTENDED. SO I DON'T MIND PRESENTING THIS AS A BUDGET ITEM FOR US, BUT I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE NEXT YEAR'S EVENT MAYBE INCLUDE SOME OTHER FOLKS.
THAT'S WELL IT'S WONDERFUL. HAVE BOARD MEMBERS. I'D BE HAPPY TO NOT GO IN LIEU OF HAVING A COUNCIL PERSON GO THAT MAYBE ISN'T ON BOARD WITH UNDERSTANDING SOME OF THE DIRECTIONS OR GOALS WE'D LIKE TO HAVE. OR AGAIN, ONE OF THE DIRECTORS THAT DOESN'T GET A CHANCE TO ATTEND. SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE BEST WAY TO FACILITATE THAT IS. WE KIND OF TALKED ABOUT BRIEFLY WITH STAFF, BUT JUST TO THROW IT OUT THERE, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT MEANS TWO TABLES OR IF IT'S ONE TABLE, AND WE GET A LITTLE MORE SELECTIVE AS TO WHO GOES. YEAH, I, I THINK IN THIS BUDGET, IT WOULD BE FOR SPECIFICALLY SAB MEMBERS. AND THEN IF COUNCIL OR ANYBODY THAT WOULD NOT COME OUT OF THIS. GOT IT. OKAY. IT WOULD PURCHASE THAT. OKAY. SEPARATELY.
OKAY, GREAT. THAT WAS THE ONLY THING THAT JUMPED OUT TO ME. I WILL JUST ADD, I ACTUALLY DON'T HAVE THE PHYSICAL COPIES, BUT WE DID GET TWO LETTERS THAT I PASSED TO STAFF TO ENTER INTO THE RECORDS FROM WINDSOR RESIDENTS THAT WERE IN SUPPORT OF EXTENDING THE PILOT. PEOPLE THAT HAVE SIGNED UP FROM THE BEGINNING, REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT, WERE DISAPPOINTED, OBVIOUSLY, TO HEAR THAT WE WEREN'T ROLLING IT OUT, BUT THE IDEA OF EXTENDING THE PILOT FOR ANOTHER YEAR, THEY WOULD COMMIT TO HELPING AS MUCH AS THEY COULD AS RESIDENTS GET THE WORD OUT. SO THOSE TWO LETTERS ARE ON FILE WITH STAFF. OKAY. SO THEN DID YOU WANT TO PASS A MOTION? YES. I'M GOING TO ASK ONE MORE. I KNOW YOU'RE NOT VOTING, BUT NOEL, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? I DO NOT. OKAY, GREAT. THEN I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE. WHAT DID WE GET THIS? TWO. ONE. FOUR. THREE. OH MY GOD. WHAT'S THE TWO NEW TOTAL ON THAT PUBLIC MATH. IT'S NOT HAPPENING TONIGHT. DO YOU HAVE A NEW TOTAL 143 EIGHT WHAT? 882, I BELIEVE. 143,000 882. GREAT. YES, I GUESS I COULD HAVE DONE THAT IN MY HEAD. CHARLES.
CHEATER. WAY TO SAY AS AMENDED.S AMENDED REQUIRED. FANTASTIC. WELL, WE'LL JUST DO THAT. I MOVED TO ACCEPT THE 2027 PROPOSED BUDGET, AS AMENDED. SECOND, THANK YOU, MR. KOCIAN.
SECOND, SIR. MR. SCHUMACHER YES. MR. BARNES YES, MISS. GALLO. YES. MR. YES. MISS. KOPPELMAN.
YES. MR. BURAK. YES. MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. BEFORE WE MOVE ON, WHAT WHAT MEETING WILL THIS GET PRESENTED? WHICH NOVEMBER MEETING IS THE COUNCIL BUDGET MEETING. SO IT'S A SEPARATE BUDGET WORKSHOP. I THINK IT'S NOVEMBER 5TH, MAYBE. OKAY. OBVIOUSLY NOT ELECTION DAY, IS IT? COUNCIL MEETING? NO. ELECTION IS. GIVE ME A SECOND. I'LL TELL YOU, CHARLES. IT'S IT'S THAT TUESDAY. I DIDN'T SEE IT ON THE SCHEDULE. AND WHERE I'M GOING FROM BOARD MEMBERS IS, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY CASEY REPRESENTS THE BOARD DURING THOSE MEETINGS. AND STAFF IS PRESENT TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. BUT YOU WANT TO BE AVAILABLE TO HEAR THE CONVERSATIONS AND PROVIDE ANY COMMENT. AS A RESIDENT, YOU'RE WELCOME TO DO THAT. YEAH, IT'S AN IT'S NOT A SHORT MEETING, BUT IT'S HERE NOVEMBER 16TH, 630 TO 1230. GREAT. YEAH. FOR US RETIREES,
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YEAH. THAT HAVE NOTHING BETTER TO DO. WHAT ELSE? WHAT ELSE DO YOU WANT ON A MONDAY MORNING THERE WILL BE DONUTS AND COFFEE, I'M SURE DRINKING MY COFFEE. AND THANK YOU FOR CONFIRMING THAT. ALL RIGHT. SORRY. EXCUSE ME. WAS THAT A. YEAH. OKAY. IT'S ROLE. I GUESS I WAS GOING TO SAY I'VE BEEN TO THE ONES THAT ROLE IN. ALL RIGHT. DAVID, THANK YOU. GOT A LOT. SO NEXT WE HAVE THE SUSTAINABILITY ACTION PLAN. AS YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE ACTIONS THAT YOU ALL HAVE DECIDED TO WORK ON IS FIND EXAMPLES OF SUCCESSFUL SUSTAINABILITY ACTION PLANS AND IDENTIFY POTENTIAL FUNCTIONS FOR SUCH A PLAN HERE IN NEW ALBANY. SO I DID A LITTLE BIT OF RESEARCH. THERE ARE A LOT OF ACTION PLANS OUT THERE CLIMATE ACTION PLANS, RESILIENCE, ACTION PLANS, SUSTAINABILITY ACTION PLANS, ALL SORTS OF ACTION PLANS. I TRIED TO NARROW IT DOWN TO SOME THAT ARE HERE IN OHIO AND THAT ARE CLOSE. YOU CAN SEE THE THE CITIES THAT I LOOKED AT. SO I WILL SEND YOU THOSE ACTION PLANS WHEN I SEND OUT THE MEETING MINUTES. THERE WON'T BE A TEST, SO DON'T WORRY ABOUT THAT. BUT WE DO NEED YOUR INPUT. WE DO NEED YOUR GUIDANCE.SO WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THESE ACTION PLANS, KIND OF GO INTO IT THINKING LIKE WHAT JUMPS OUT AT YOU, RIGHT? WHAT IS YOU THINK COULD BE GOOD FOR NEW ALBANY? YOU KNOW, IS IT A PROCESS THAT ONE OF THE THESE OTHER CITIES TOOK? IS IT, YOU KNOW, A CATEGORY AND TAKE NOTES, DON'T JUST TRY TO MEMORIZE IT. AND WHAT ARE SOME OF THE HIGH LEVEL CONCEPTS YOU THINK THAT WE SHOULD CONSIDER AS A CITY? WHAT ARE SOME OF THE CATEGORIES? YOU KNOW, THERE'S THE GENERAL CATEGORIES OF ENERGY, WASTE, TRANSPORTATION, WATER ENGAGEMENT, THINGS LIKE THAT.
ARE THERE. SHOULD WE INCLUDE ALL THOSE OTHER OTHER ONES, YOU KNOW, NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, ETC.
OOPS, SORRY ABOUT THAT. I'M JUMPING AHEAD. SO YEAH, SO I WOULD JUST SAY REVIEW THOSE PLANS. A LOT OF THOSE PLANS HAVE EXECUTIVE SUMMARIES. SO IF YOU DON'T HAVE TIME TO READ THROUGH, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THEM ARE LIKE A 200 PAGE DOCUMENT. THAT'S OKAY. BUT JUST KIND OF THINK ABOUT HOW THIS CAN APPLY TO NEW ALBANY. WHAT'S MISSING FROM THESE PLANS THAT WE SHOULD ADD? YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE BENEFIT OF LESSONS LEARNED FROM OTHER CITIES. SO BUT CHAIR, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD. YEAH, I WAS JUST GOINGTI JUMPED INTO DUBLIN'S FIRST AND IT'S A TOME. SO AND DAVE CAN ATTEST THAT MANY OF THE OTHER ONES ARE LARGE. SO THE REASON THAT THAT DAVE'S PRESENTING THIS TODAY IS THAT THIS IS SOMETHING UNDER 2027. THIS IS GOING TO TAKE TIME FOR PEOPLE WITH THEIR SCHEDULES, FAMILIES TO SIT DOWN AND DIGEST. SO IT'S NOT LIKE A, THE DAY BEFORE THE MEETING, I'M LIKE, FLIP THROUGH HERE. AND THIS I, I THINK AS A BOARD, WE REALLY NEED TO DO SOME DUE DILIGENCE AND KIND OF COMB THROUGH THESE THINGS FOR SOME TIME AND MAKE SOME GENUINE SUGGESTIONS. I FEEL VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT ADDRESSING THIS CASE. YOU MAY OR MAY NOT. TWO BOARD MEMBERS THAT WERE ALSO IN THE INAUGURAL PIECE OF THIS BOARD. THIS TO ME IS WHERE WE SHOULD HAVE STARTED. AND WE KIND OF, AS A BOARD, JUMPED RIGHT INTO DOING SOME STUFF. AND SO I THINK AFTER NOW FIVE YEARS, WE COULD KIND OF TAKE A STEP BACK. THERE'S LOTS OF NEW BOARD MEMBERS AS WELL. THIS WOULD BE A RECOMMENDATION FROM THIS BOARD TO THE TO ESTABLISH ONE OF THESE SUSTAINABILITY KIND OF GUIDING PLANS. AND FOR AN EXAMPLE, DUBLIN, THIS WASN'T SOMETHING THAT A BOARD OF RESIDENTS DID.
THE CITY UNDERTOOK THIS. THEY'VE INCLUDED SOME RESIDENTS FOR FEEDBACK AND INPUTS. BUT THIS IS REALLY BEEN A CITY DRIVEN TYPE OF THING. AND SO I THINK THAT THERE'S SOME OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO GET THE LEADERS OF CITY STAFF, CITY MANAGER INVOLVED WITH DRIVING THIS FROM THE TOP DOWN. AND SO THAT WE'RE NOT FEELING LIKE KIND OF A MASHABLE WITH WE'RE DEALING WITH STUFF WITH THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT, AND MAYBE THERE'S SOME PLANNING COMMISSION STUFF THAT WE'D LIKE TO GET INTO. THIS IS MORE OF A TOP DOWN. THIS IS WHAT'S IMPORTANT, AND EVERYONE'S GOING TO BUY IN HAPPENS AT THESE LEVELS. IT MAY BE PUTTING OURSELVES OUT OF A JOB, BUT I THINK THAT'S A GOOD REASON TO BE DOING IT. BUT YEAH, I THINK THERE'S ALWAYS STILL A MATTER OF HAVING RESIDENT FEEDBACK ON ITEMS. SO I DON'T THINK THAT'S REALLY THE CASE. BUT WHEN YOU LOOK THROUGH SOME OF THESE PLANS, I THINK YOU'LL KIND OF UNDERSTAND WHERE I'M GOING WITH THAT. BUT THAT'S THE GENERAL INTENT. AND AGAIN, THIS HAS BEEN A LONG CONVERSATION THE CASE AND I HAVE HAD OVER THE YEARS. SO I'M EAGER THAT WE GET INTO DOING THIS. AND I GUESS TO KIND OF PIGGYBACK ON CHARLES POINT, TO GET TO ONE OF THESE PLANS, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE'RE CAPABLE OF DOING WITH STAFF, OR DO WE NEED TO REACH OUT AND CONTRACT SOME FIRM THAT THIS IS WHAT THEY DO? WELL, I THINK WE WOULD HAVE TO CONTRACT
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THIS OUT TO A FIRM THAT THIS IS WHAT THEY DO. AND I THINK, YEAH, THIS IS THE FIRST STEP OF GETTING SOME FEEDBACK FROM YOU GUYS ON WHAT EXACTLY SHOULD WE BE DOING? RIGHT. BECAUSE I THINK FROM A STAFFING PERSPECTIVE, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE THINK OF WE ARE A MASTER PLAN COMMUNITY, WE HAVE VARIOUS LEVELS OF STRATEGIC PLAN, OUR, OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, NEW ALBANY STRATEGIC PLAN HAS A SUSTAINABILITY SECTION LIKE A CHAPTER, BUT WE'VE ALWAYS HIRED CONTRACTORS, YOU OTHER COMPANIES TO DO THOSE TYPES OF PLANS FOR US BECAUSE IT WOULD BE A HEAVY LIFT, I THINK, AND TAKE SOME TIME JUST TO PLAN IN AND OF ITSELF. SO AND DEPENDING ON, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE HEAR BACK, WHAT SHOULD BE INCLUDED, RIGHT? BECAUSE ALL THESE PLANS, NO TWO ARE THE SAME, RIGHT? THEY'RE CATERED TO THEIR COMMUNITIES. WE WANT TO GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT WOULD THIS PLAN, YOU KNOW, OR WHAT SHOULD IT LOOK LIKE FOR NEW ALBANY SPECIFICALLY? RIGHT. AND I'M JUST THROWING IN LIKE A LOT OF THOSE CITIES UP THERE. THEY HAD CONSULTANTS, THEY KIND OF CAME CAME WITH THE CONSULTANTS, WITH THE GENERAL IDEA OF WHAT THEY WANTED TO DO. BUT THERE WAS A CONSULTANT THAT REALLY FLESHED IT OUT. AND I MEAN, HONESTLY, LIKE, I KNOW COLUMBUS, WHEN THEY DID THEIRS A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO, THEY HAD A COUPLE CONSULTANTS. AND EVEN FOR TABLING AT EVENTS, YOU'D HAD CITY STAFF THERE, YOU'D HAVE CONSULTANTS THERE AS WELL. SO IT IS ONCE YOU START LOOKING INTO THESE PLANS, YOU'LL SEE HOW COMPREHENSIVE THEY ARE AND JUST HOW MUCH THAT THEY ENTAIL.WOULD IT BE WORTHWHILE TO IDENTIFY SOME OF THESE CONSULTANTS AND HAVE THEM COME IN HERE AND GIVE US A TALK? SO KIND OF HELP US FOCUS. I MEAN, THIS IS A TON OF INFORMATION, YOU KNOW, JUST TO READ THE PLAN, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, PRETTY IT'S A LOT. SO JUST A. YEAH, WE COULD, AS WE PROGRESS, CERTAINLY CONSIDER SOMETHING LIKE THAT. IT'S NOT A SMALL TASK. YEAH. RIGHT. IT'S OVERDUE. A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, WE'RE FORTUNATE. A LOT OF FOLKS COME TO US AND THEY SAY THERE'S AN ASK, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S YOUR WHAT DO YOU GUYS NEED? AND RIGHT NOW, IT'S JUST HARD TO IDENTIFY, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, IF YOU DON'T ASK FOR IT, YOU DON'T GET IT.
SO THIS WOULD BE A WAY, A VEHICLE THAT WE CAN KIND OF NARROW DOWN OUR INITIATIVES AND, YOU KNOW, SAY, CAN YOU FUND THIS? CAN YOU FUND THIS AND GO ACROSS THESE PROGRAMS? I JUST I LISTENED IN ON THE CAPITAL PROJECT MEETING FROM A FEW WEEKS AGO AND WHAT CHELSEA PRESENTED WITH SIERRA. AND IT WAS INTERESTING BECAUSE THEY WERE WORKING ON A FRAMEWORK OF LIKE, HERE'S A RUBRIC AND IT'S ALL, YOU KNOW, FOR WHAT THEY WERE DOING. AND I, I, I SEE SOMETHING LIKE THAT COMING OUT OF THIS, BUT AGAIN, IT'S A LITTLE MORE ALL ENCOMPASSING SO THAT WE'RE NOT ASKING WHY THE ARB DID SOMETHING OR THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS DOING SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T FALL IN LINE WITH WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO OR WHAT THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT IS EXPECTING TO DO KIND OF THING. SO YEAH, IT WON'T BE SMALL. NO. YEAH. SOME OF THE PLANS LOOK OUT, YOU KNOW, 20, 30, 2050. SO. GREAT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS REGARDING. LIKE WE HAVE OUR HOMEWORK WITH A COUPLE OTHER THINGS THROWN IN. IT'LL BE FUN AS WELL. OKAY, OUR NEXT IS OUR SUSTAINABILITY STAKEHOLDERS MEETING RECAP. SO THEY MET A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, NEW ALBANY FOUNDATION, THEY GAVE A REPORT OUT ON THEIR GENES FOR GREEN, TRYING TO REMEMBER WHAT THAT WAS BEFORE OR AFTER THEY. HE WAS RIGHT BEFORE. RIGHT BEFORE THEY DID THEIR GENES FOR GREEN. I'VE NOT HEARD THE NUMBERS YET FOR THAT, BUT THEY RECYCLE GENES. SO THERE WAS, I THINK, 4 OR 5 LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT NEW ALBANY. THE CITY. HAD ONE HERE AT CITY HALL. VILLAGE HALL. THERE'S ANOTHER ONE AT THE FIRE STATION. I THINK CARBON ACADEMY HAD ONE.
I CAN'T I KNOW I SHOULDN'T HAVE STARTED NAMING THEM NOW. I GOTTA REMEMBER THEM ALL. BUT THOSE ARE SOME OF THE LOCATIONS. THERE WAS DISCUSSION OF 161 SECTION OF 161 THAT'S IN NEW ALBANY, AND MAYBE GETTING SOME TYPE OF POLLINATOR PLANTS OUT THERE. THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT THE NEW ALBANY FOUNDATION WAS LOOKING INTO AS WELL, WORKING WITH ODOT, WORKING WITH OTHER STAKEHOLDERS. THERE WERE SOME LIMITATIONS, AS YOU COULD IMAGINE, WITH THAT. THAT LED US TO TALKING ABOUT MILKWEED SEED COLLECTION, WHICH HAS HAPPENED FOR SEVERAL YEARS WITH LOCAL COMMUNITIES, AND FRANKLIN SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT, WHICH IS NOW FRANKLIN COUNTY CONSERVATION DISTRICT. THEY CHANGED THEIR NAME IN ODOT AND OHIO DIVISION OF WILDLIFE WITH OHIO DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, ALL SORTS OF ALPHABET LETTERS UP THERE.
RIGHT. LONG STORY SHORT, THEY'RE PUTTING THAT PROGRAM ON HOLD RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THEY'RE FOCUSED ON GETTING THE SEEDS THAT THEY HAVE COLLECTED IN THE PAST IN THE GROUND. SO THAT
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KIND OF LED TO SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT POLLINATOR PLANTINGS. OBVIOUSLY, WE HAVE OUR THREE POCKET PRAIRIES, AND THEN MAYBE IDENTIFYING AN AREA TO PLANT SOME SEEDS THAT ARE COLLECTED HERE IN NEW ALBANY. SO THERE'S SOME DISCUSSION AROUND THAT. WE HAD OUR PRESENTATION ON THE SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD'S PRIORITIES FOR NEXT YEAR. THEY WERE WELL RECEIVED, TALKED ABOUT THE WASTE COLLECTION EVENT THAT WAS AT THE TIME UPCOMING. AND THEN SWICKARD WOODS SIGNAGE. SO BASICALLY LETTING PEOPLE KNOW, YOU KNOW, SO THEY DON'T GET LOST IN THE WOODS AND WHERE THE TRAIL HEADS ARE AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO I KNOW THERE ARE SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WERE SOME ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS AND COUNCIL MEMBER KITS. YOU ALL WERE AT THE MEETING. FEEL FREE TO JUMP IN. IF I LEFT SOMETHING OUT OR MISCHARACTERIZE ANYTHING. THAT WAS A GOOD MEETING. I THOUGHT WE HAD SOME REALLY GOOD CREATIVE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THESE TOPICS. I'M REALLY HAPPY THAT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION SEEMS INTERESTED IN, PARTICULARLY IN POLLINATOR PLANTINGS AND THAT WHOLE ISSUE. YOU KNOW, CRAIG MOORE WAS TALKING ABOUT MAYBE TRYING TO OPEN SOME DIALOG WITH PEOPLE IN THE BUSINESS PARK ABOUT USING PIECES OF THEIR PROPERTY TO DO SOME POLLINATOR PLANTINGS AND THAT KIND OF THING, WHICH, YOU KNOW, I THINK COULD, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THESE THREE RELATIVELY SMALL ONES HERE IN THE CITY, BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU THINK ABOUT THE SIZE OF SOME OF THEIR PROPERTIES, IF THEY REALLY GOT ON BOARD WITH THAT, I THINK COULD BE PRETTY POWERFUL PROJECT. SO I WAS, I WAS ENCOURAGING. YEAH. AND SO KIND OF A SIDEBAR, STEVE AND I MET WITH STACK, WHO THEY BOUGHT LIKE THE ORIGINAL DATA CENTER IN NEW ALBANY, WHICH WAS NATIONWIDE. AND THEY, YOU KNOW, ARE HAVE THIS LAND NEXT TO IT.AND THEY MET WITH US AND ASKED IF THEY, WHAT DO THEY HAVE? NINE ACRES. YEAH. SO NINE ACRES OF FRONTAGE THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO PUT SOME SORT OF POLLINATOR GARDEN OR. AND THEY WERE ACTUALLY LOOKING TO THE CITY FOR DIRECTION AND THEY ASKED FOR RECOMMENDATION. I DIDN'T FEEL COMFORTABLE SHARING THE MAD SCIENTIST WITH THEM AS OF YET, BUT THEY'RE VERY I MEAN, THEY'RE DOWN TO. THEY'RE IN, YOU KNOW, SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVES. THEY'RE LOOKING AT LIKE BUILDING MATERIALS THAT THEY USE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE NET ZERO. SO THEY, YOU KNOW, A REALLY ANXIOUS PARTNER. SO MORE TO COME ON THAT, BUT I THINK IT'D BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY. YOU KNOW, WE SHARED WITH, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH OUR CURRENT KIND OF POCKET PARKS. AND THEY'RE VERY INTERESTED TO KIND OF PIGGYBACK OFF OF. THAT'S GREAT. YEAH, THAT AS WELL. AWESOME. AND I GUESS THE ONLY OTHER DISCUSSION. NEW ALBANY COMPANY WAS NOT THERE, BUT IT KIND OF WE ARE DOING, THEY, THEY DIDN'T WANT TO SHARE IT YET BECAUSE IT'S NOT BAKED COMPLETELY, BUT THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS WITH THEIR CONSULTANTS PUTTING TOGETHER A CITY WIDE TREE PLAN AS WELL. OKAY. SO I KNOW THAT'S KIND OF SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN ON OUR RADAR. I'M NOT SURE WHERE WE ARE AT WITH KIND OF PUTTING THAT TOGETHER FROM OUR SIDE OF THE FENCE, BUT THEY ARE VERY, THEY'RE VERY MOTIVATED AND HAVE PARTNERS THAT WANT TO SEVERELY INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF TREES, NOT JUST IN THE BUSINESS PARK, BUT OTHER PLACES IN ALBANY. SO MORE TO COME ON. I WANTED THEM TO SHARE AT THE STAKEHOLDERS MEETING, BUT THEY WEREN'T QUITE PREPARED YET. BUT I THINK BY THE TIME WE MEET AGAIN, THERE SHOULD BE SOME SORT OF AT LEAST FRAMEWORK PLAN THAT WE CAN DISCUSS. I'LL LET STEVE JUMP IN. YEAH, I THINK IT WOULD. IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'D BE A GOOD TIME FOR JUST KIND OF PUT A HOLD. I KNOW DAVE AND I HAVE TALKED INTERNALLY, SORT OF DO A LITTLE RESEARCH ON, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT TYPES OF TREE PLANS, WHETHER IT'S LIKE COMPREHENSIVE OR A TREE GAP PLAN, YOU KNOW, KNOWING THIS NEW INFORMATION, YOU KNOW, WE CAN KIND OF PUT OUR EFFORTS ON HOLD A LITTLE BIT OR AT LEAST LIKE SLOW THOSE DOWN AND KIND OF SEE WHAT COMES OF THIS OPPORTUNITY AND UNDERSTAND AT LEAST LIKE THE SIZE AND SCOPE OF THIS, EXACTLY WHAT THIS IS. AND THEN WE COULD SORT OF TALK ABOUT NEXT STEPS FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR THE TREE PLAN THAT'S WITHIN THIS GROUP'S ACTION PLAN FOR 2027. WELL, I MEAN, WONDER IF IT IF IT STARTS TO BUTT UP AGAINST WHAT SERVICE DEPARTMENT IS DOING AND WHAT WILL IS PUTTING TOGETHER FOR THE BUDGET REQUEST. I MEAN, YEAH, I'M SORRY, I DON'T WANT TO CO-MINGLE CONVERSATIONS, BUT JUST YEAH, BEING PRIVY TO THAT CONVERSATION BECAUSE THERE'S, THERE'S, YEAH, THERE'S MONEY THAT'LL BE REQUESTED FOR DOING SOME OF THE WORK THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN PART OF WHAT THE PLAN CONVERSATION WAS THAT WE WERE
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HAVING. BUT SO, RIGHT. BECAUSE I OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, I KNOW THE COMPREHENSIVE TREE, WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING BUDGETED BECAUSE IT WAS ALREADY ALLOCATED LIKE 40, $50,000. IS THAT WHAT WE HAVE THIS YEAR TO SPEND ON THAT FOR TREES? YEAH. YEAH. IT'S PROBABLY YEAH. AT LEAST THAT. YEAH. OKAY. FOR THE TREE PLAN ITSELF, I THINK FOR THE ACTION PLAN WAS TO SORT OF RESEARCH THAT SIMILAR TO THE SUSTAINABILITY ACTION PLAN, RIGHT? KIND OF FIGURE OUT LIKE WHAT TYPE OF PLAN IT IS, WHAT FITS WELL FOR OUR COMMUNITY, AND THEN POSSIBLY GO OUT AND SEARCH FOR CONSULTANTS TO DO THAT PLAN FOR US TO YOU MENTIONED CITY WIDE, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, THAT CITY WIDE OR THEIR PROPERTIES CITYWIDE. OKAY. YEAH. AND THAT'S WHY I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO ONCE THERE IS SOME SORT OF PLAN IN PLACE, I THINK IT WOULD BE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CITY. BUT AGAIN, I HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING YET. YEAH. SO MAYBE WE SHOULD REACH OUT AND BE A LITTLE BIT MORE PROACTIVE TO SEE HOW FAR ALONG THEY ARE AND WHEN WHEN THEIR SCHEDULE IS. THAT WOULD BE GREAT. YEAH, YEAH, WE CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT. MAYBE THEY WANT TO TAKE ON A WHOLE SUSTAINABILITY PLAN. I WOULD SAY, I WILL SAY I DIDN'T ATTEND THE MEETING, BUT SOMETHING THAT HAS COME OUT OF THIS GROUP GETTING TOGETHER ON A REGULAR BASIS, WHICH HAS BEEN POSITIVE, IS I KNOW WE HAD AN INSTANCE OF A STUDENT, A STUDENT LEADERS IN SUSTAINABILITY REQUEST THAT DIDN'T QUITE FIT THE PARAMETERS OF WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO DO. I, ABLE TO AT LEAST GET THAT PERSON POINTED OR THAT GROUP OF KIDS POINTED TO THE FOUNDATION, WHICH WAS WILLING TO LOOK AT SOME OPPORTUNITIES LIKE THAT. SO THAT'S BEEN SOMETHING WE'VE TALKED ABOUT WITH THIS CROSS POLLINATION OF ALL THE GROUPS IN THE COMMUNITY AND COMING TOGETHER AS A NEW ALBANY KIND OF ONE POINT OF VIEW THAT THOSE KINDS OF THINGS COULD EXIST.AND SO WHILE IT DIDN'T HAPPEN, AT LEAST THE AVENUE WAS OPEN. SO MORE TO COME, HOPEFULLY.
GREAT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. SO NEXT WE HAVE OUR FALL WASTE COLLECTION RECAP. SO THANK YOU ALL TO THOSE WHO ARE ABLE TO ATTEND, NOT ONLY ATTEND, BUT HELP OUT. IT WAS A NICE MORNING LAST SATURDAY FOR THE FALL WASTE COLLECTION EVENT. WE AS YOU. JUST A QUICK RECAP AND THEN I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO MR. KOTCHEN FOR THE STATS ON IT. BUT IT WAS FOR RESIDENTS TO DROP OFF E-WASTE, HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE TEXTILELELELELER SHREDDING SO SENSITIVE DOCUMENTS. AND I THINK THAT'S IT, RIGHT? FURNITURE, FURNITURE. THANK YOU. NOW. YEAH. SO WE DIDN'T HAVE PEOPLE BRING FURNITURE, BUT PEOPLE WERE WHO HAD FURNITURE TO DONATE WOULD COME UP AND JOSEPH'S COAT WOULD TAKE THEIR NAME AND CONTACT INFORMATION, AND THEY'RE GOING TO SCHEDULE A PICKUP WHERE THEY CAN GO AND GET THE FURNITURE. LAST, IN THE SPRING EVENT, WE HAD 9,595 POUNDS OF E-WASTE THAT WAS COLLECTED. THIS TIME IN THE FALL, WE HAD 4,859 POUNDS THAT WERE COLLECTED. WE'RE STILL WAITING ON THE NUMBERS FROM THE OTHER THE OTHER FOLKS WITH THE TEXTILES. WE PROBABLY GOT ABOUT 3 TO 400 POUNDS OF CLOTHES WITH THAT, AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MR. COCHIN AND JUST LET ME KNOW WHEN YOU WANT ME TO ADVANCE THE SLIDE REAL QUICK. I'M SORRY. THE UNPAID STAFF MEMBER. HOW MANY PEOPLE DID SIGN THE JUSTICE CODE? BECAUSE ISE KNOW ASKING ABOUT IT AND THERE WAS MAYBE A HANDFUL, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF PEOPLE I NEED I NEED TO GET WITH THEM AND FIND OUT. I KNOW I DON'T WANT TO TAKE A GUESS.
OKAY. YEP, YEP. SORRY, SORRY. NO. ALL RIGHT. SO PART OF MY JOB ON THIS LAST SPRING AND IN THE FALL IS I'M THE OFFICIAL CAR COUNTER. SO I CAN VOUCH THAT THESE NUMBERS ARE REALLY GOOD UP UNTIL ABOUT 1130, BECAUSE WE HAD A ROOKIE TAKE OVER AT THAT POINT. SO IT WASN'T IT WASN'T SURE. RIGHT HAND, LEFT HAND, YOU KNOW, SO BUT ANYWAYS, THIS YEAR I DECIDED TO DO THE STATS EVERY 30 MINUTES IN THE SPRING. WE DID IT EVERY HOUR AND I WANTED TO GET A LITTLE MORE FINE, GRANULAR WHAT WE'RE DOING. BUT IN SHORT, WE HAD 242 CARS THAT PARTICIPATED, ALMOST HALF AND HALF. 131 WERE HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE, AND THEN 111 WERE SOLELY ELECTRONIC OR PAPER THE HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE. THEY COULD ALSO HAVE PAPER AND ELECTRONICS, BUT WE DID NOT DIVE DEEPER INTO IF THEY HAD ALL THREE OF THAT. SO SO WE JUST HAD THOSE TWO CATEGORIES. THE VOLUME COMPARED TO LAST YEAR OR LAST SPRING WAS ABOUT HALF. IF YOU WANT TO GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, I ACTUALLY THIS IS HOW THEY THEY TRENDED. SO IT'S
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FAIRLY CONSISTENT ABOUT ALMOST A QUARTER MINUTES WHEN WE LOOKED AT IT AND IT WAS FAIRLY STEADY. IN ANY GIVEN HOUR LAST SPRING, WE HAD PEOPLE WAITING AT THE DOORS. YOU KNOW, A HUGE LINE THIS FALL, THERE'S PROBABLY ABOUT A HALF DOZEN PEOPLE THAT WERE THERE BEFORE EIGHT THAT WERE WAITING TO GET IN. SO. SO THAT'S JUST AN IDEA OF HOW, YOU KNOW, THEY IN. AND I THINK IT SHOULD BE THE COMPARISON. YEAH. SO THERE'S THE ALMOST, YOU KNOW, HALF AS MUCH IN THE LITTLE MORE THAN HALF IN THE FALL THAN THE SPRING. WHY IS THAT. YOU KNOW, WE CAN ALL SPECULATE. WAS IT WEATHER, WAS IT A FOOTBALL GAME. WAS IT THEY JUST WERE ALL WASTED OUT IN THE SPRING AND THEY DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH TO BRING IN THE FALL. SO BUT YOU KNOW, IT WAS A NICE EVENT OVERALL. SO AGAIN, WE'RE BUDGETING FOR TWO EVENTS AGAIN NEXT YEAR. AND UNLESS YOU GUYS THINK DIFFERENTLY, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE NOT. BUT YEAH, IF YOU IF YOU DON'T MIND GOING BACK ONE SLIDE WHEN DAVE AND I WERE LOOKING AT THIS AND I WOULD ASSUME THAT THE SPRING WOULD BE THE SAME, IT'S LIKE THE FIRST HALF HOUR TO AN HOUR, YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF OUR PEAK TIME. BUT, YOU KNOW, THE THIS FALL EVENT, IF YOU LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, IT GOES FROM 0 TO 70 AND THEN 70, 90 WITH LIKE 25 TO 120, ABOUT 25 CARS AGAIN. AND SO WE WERE SEEING A CONSTANT STREAM OF ABOUT 25 CARS AFTER THAT INITIAL PEAK. SO WE NEVER, IT NEVER REALLY LET DOWN, NEVER REALLY SLOW TIME. IT WAS JUST SORT OF A CONSTANT. I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF TRICKLES THE RIGHT WORD, BUT IT WAS JUST CONSTANT. RIGHT? YEAH. VEHICLES. SO JUST KIND OF LOOKING AT A DATA PERSPECTIVE BECAUSE ONE THING WE WERE WONDERING, YOU KNOW, SHOULD WE SHORTEN THE SECOND EVENT? YOU KNOW, IF, IF JUST PEOPLE ARE RECYCLED OUT, BUT BASED ON THE NUMBERS, IT WAS PRETTY CONSTANT. SO. THAT'S IT. GREAT. OTHER FEEDBACK. I HAD ONE AND IT'S PROBABLY MORE ABOUT MARKETING THAN ANYTHING ELSE. I WILL SAY THAT JUST BEING AT THE TIP OF THE SPEAR, AS PETE AND I WERE GETTING PEOPLE IN THERE WERE PROBABLY, I WOULD SAY, WELL OVER 75% OF THE CARS. THIS WAS EITHER IN SOMEONE'S SEAT NEXT TO THEM, IN THEIR HAND OR SOMEWHERE IN THE CAR. THEY JUST VISIBLY SEE AND GETTING THEM DONE. SO THIS WAS A GREAT TOOL. I CAN'T SPEAK TO WHAT THE TIMING WAS, BUT I THINK IT KIND OF CAME MAYBE CLOSER TO THE EVENT THAN THE ONE IN SPRING. AND I COULD BE WRONG. I THINK THE ONLY THING FROM A VISUAL STANDPOINT FOR THIS MAYBE TO WORK WITH MARKETING IS IT WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT SHOWED E-WASTE AND SOMETHING THAT SHOWED EITHER PAPER SHREDDING OR THE TEXTILES, ALL THREE THINGS, BECAUSE IT WAS FUNNY GETTING PEOPLE LIKE, I'VE GOT PAINT AND I'VE GOT SOME LIGHT BULBS. I'M LIKE, YEAH, THAT'S PART OF E-WASTE. THAT'S GOOD.SO JUST AS A VISUAL CUE, I THINK IT'S THAT FEEDBACK. AND THEN I THINK THE ONLY OTHER THING WAS THAT I, I KNOW THAT THE MARKETING TEAM HAS TO MANAGE LOTS OF DEMANDS. THE EMAIL THAT CAME FROM THE CITY ON THURSDAY BEFORE THE EVENT, THIS WAS LIKE WAY DOWN THE TAIL, EVEN AFTER A DIWALI LIKE PREVIEW KIND OF THING. SO I WOULD JUST ASK IF MAYBE WE COULD. IT'S OUR ONE EVENT FOR EVERY SIX MONTHS, SO CAN WE GET IT PUSHED UP A LITTLE HIGHER? AND WITH THAT EMAIL AND, AND I DON'T THINK WE DID MUCH SOCIAL WORK ON SOCIAL SPEWING ON THIS BECAUSE WE TRIED TO KEEP THE VOLUME DOWN A LITTLE BIT. YEAH, THAT'S GREAT FEEDBACK. YEAH.
THANK YOU. WE'LL CERTAINLY PASS ALONG THAT COMMENT AS WELL. AND YOU'RE RIGHT, WE HAVE TONED DOWN THE SOCIAL MEDIA PUSH A LITTLE BIT FROM OUR EVENTS WHEN WE HAD 1200 CARS, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN SCALING IT UP SLIGHTLY. SO YEAH, SO WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO FIND THAT RIGHT AMOUNT OF PUSH AS FAR AS SOCIAL MEDIA GOES. BUT I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT THOSE CARDS WERE. YEAH, I WAS PLEASANTLY SURPRISED. I DID GET SOME CRAZY LADY WITH A LETTER THAT LOOKED LIKE SHE HAD MADE HERSELF, BUT THAT'S ANOTHER STORY. THIS WAS THE WOMAN THAT WAS AT THE OTHER AT WALTON DRIVE WAS LIKE, IT SAYS WALTON DRIVE. I'M LIKE, THAT'S FOR A SEPTEMBER DATE. I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU GOT THAT DOCUMENT, BUT I DIGRESS. THAT WAS MY FEEDBACK. GREAT EVENT. I, THE I THINK PETE WOULD AGREE. I IN THE PAST WE'VE HAD LIKE, YOU KNOW, ANGRY HUSBANDS, MY WIFE, THIS WAS EVERYBODY LIKE COULDN'T WAIT TO GET IN. SOME PEOPLE DIDN'T STOP. THEY COULDN'T WAIT TO GET TO GET IN LIKE ZOOMING PAST US, BUT REALLY POSITIVE ENERGY OUT OF THE RESIDENTS COMING TO DO THIS. SO THAT WAS NICE. AND WITH THE TEXTILES, PEOPLE WERE EXCITED. THERE WERE NEW THINGS. SO I THINK IT'S A REAL POSITIVE TAKE.
PICKLEBALL PEOPLE, THEY'RE A LITTLE OH, THOSE PEOPLE I CAN'T TALK. EVERYONE AT THE PAPER SHREDDING STATION WAS VERY HAPPY THAT WE WERE THERE. GOOD. AND I HAVE STATED THAT STAFF
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DID A REALLY NICE JOB WITH FLOW AND CONES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BECAUSE I DON'T SEE MAYBE I DIDN'T REALLY SEE ANY BOTTLENECKING THAT WE HAD IN THE TRAFFIC FLOW. SO EVERYTHING WENT REALLY SMOOTH AND EVERYONE GOT THEIR WASTE OUT PRETTY QUICKLY WITH ELECTRONICS, WITH THE NEXT STATION. SO, YOU KNOW, IT REALLY WAS WELL ORCHESTRATED FROM THE FLOW SIDE. THANK YOU.WE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO IT WITHOUT YOU ALL. AND VOLUNTEERS, WE HAVE A VOLUNTEER HERE IN OUR AUDIENENENENENENENEN THERE. NOAH. I JUST WANT TO THANK HIM AND ALL THE OTHER VOLUNTEERS THAT THEY I MEAN, THEY, I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO GET A VOLUNTEER MAYBE ONCE AN HOUR OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I MEAN, I'D BE, YOU KNOW, I'LL BE THERE BETWEEN 8 AND 830. BUT NO, A LOT OF VOLUNTEERS STAYED FOR THE WHOLE THING. EVEN THE VOLUNTEERS THAT DIDN'T STAY FOR THE WHOLE THING STAYED FOR LIKE 2.5 HOURS. SO I THINK IT SPEAKS TO THE DEDICATION OF THE COMMUNITY TO GET INVOLVED AND FOR YOU ALL ON THE BOARD AS WELL, TO KIND OF LIKE I SAID IN THE VIDEO, YOU'RE NOT ONLY TALKING THE TALK, YOU'RE WALKING THE WALK. YEAH. I WAS GOING TO SAY, I'LL SHARE ONE QUICK ANECDOTE WITH THE COUPLE THAT CAME THROUGH AND THEY HAD TEXTILES AND SOMETHING ELSE. AND I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU EVEN NOTICED THEM COMING BACK THROUGH. MAYBE IT WAS 45 MINUTES LATER. I'M LIKE, OH, WHAT ELSE DO YOU HAVE? OH, WE BROUGHT DONUTS AND COFFEE FOR EVERYBODY. YEAH. I'M LIKE, AWESOME, LET'S TAKE IT RIGHT THERE. SO IT WAS WONDERFUL. IT'S LIKE, OH YEAH, YEAH. I DIDN'T GIVE THEM TO ME. THEY WENT, THEY WENT RIGHT INTO THESE GUYS. SO I THINK STEVE PUT THEM. YEAH. I IMMEDIATELY ASKED IF I COULD TAKE A 15 MINUTE BREAK. RIGHT. THE PAPER SHREDDING PEOPLE NEVER SAW THOSE DONUTS. OH, THANK. BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER FEEDBACK, FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ME. WE HAVE AN INTERNAL MEETING TOMORROW WITH THE STAFF THAT WORK THE EVENT TO GO OVER WHAT WENT WELL, WHAT WE CAN DO DIFFERENTLY, AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO WILL YOU LET US KNOW ABOUT THAT? YES.
OKAY. HOW WAS THE PAPER SHREDDING THIS TIME? WERE PEOPLE MORE REASONABLE IN BRINGING STUFF THAT NEEDED TO BE SHREDDED? NO, NO, THEY HAD ALL KINDS OF STUFF. THAT'S WHERE WE HAD A FEW PEOPLE THAT HAD SOMETHING TAPED TOGETHER AND LIKE, IT WAS TOP SECRET.
BUT YEAH, A LOT OF PEOPLE HAD. AND WHEN WHEN I DID IT, THEY, THEY WERE BRINGING MAGAZINES LIKE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHICS FROM 1960. AND YEAH, THE GUY FROM BLACK OPS COMMENTED ON THAT A FEW TIMES. SO IF WE COULD. I WONDER IF THAT'S TRAIN THEM A LITTLE BETTER, I CAN'T REMEMBER.
DOES THE DROP OFF CORRAL FOR COMPOST ALSO HAVE A RECYCLING BIN LIKE WE DO AT OTHER ONES? IT'S JUST JUST THAT I'M GOING TO PUT MY HEAD INSIDE THERE. A LOT OF THE. THE PARK HAS WHAT IT HAS THAT. DID YOU SAY YES? YEAH. NO, I'M JUST LIKE WHERE I WAS GOING WAS I WONDER IF WE COULD HAVE A ROLL OFF. THAT'S ONE OF THOSE 96 GALLON ROLL OFFS JUST TO HAVE OR A COUPLE OF THEM THAT IN THAT INSTANCE, WE'RE NOT PAYING FOR SHREDDING BECAUSE IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE SHREDDED SEPARATE. OH, I DIDN'T KNOW IF SOMEBODY WERE COMING WITH JUST LIKE EVERYTHING JUST MIXED MIXED WASTE. GREAT. THERE ARE SOME DOGS AT THE EVENT. SO IT IS NOT A DOG FRIENDLY EVENT.
THE DOG STAYED IN THEIR CARS, COULDN'T TELL IF THEY WERE DRIVING OR WHAT. BUT YEAH, IT WAS A GOOD TIME. SO THAT'S FOR THE REGULAR BUSINESS. ALL RIGHT. I WILL JUST MENTION I DID CONTACT MOPSY AND I DID. I AM GOING TO OBTAIN AN AIR SENSOR MONITOR FREE OF CHARGE. THEY'RE GOING TO COME TO MY HOUSE AND INSTALL THAT. SO I, I THINK THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING VERY GOOD FOR THE CITY TO EXPLORE BASED ON EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU.
WE'VE, WE'VE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS ABOUT TRYING TO GET THAT PRESENTATION AS EARLY IN THE YEAR, NEXT YEAR AS WE CAN DO THAT, BECAUSE I THINK THERE COULD BE A NO BRAINER TYPE OF THING. THESE ARE THOSE PURPLE AIR SENSORS. ONE OF THE ACTION ITEMS YOU ALL CHOSE TO BE NEXT YEAR IS THE AIR QUALITY TEAM EFFORT. SO. ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM MEMBERS? LOOK AT THAT. REBECCA. ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE, I MOVE TO ADJOURN THE MEETING. NO SORRY. OH NO.
OH, SORRY SORRY SORRY. I DIDN'T WRITE IT DOWN. I DIDN'T WRITE IT ON MY I PUT IT ON THE WRONG ONE. YEAH. RESCIND. PARDON ME. NO, I CAN'T TAKE IT. SO WE OUR NEXT MEETING IS TECHNICALLY
[VII. Other Business ]
NOVEMBER 11TH. OF COURSE. IT'S VETERANS DAY IN THE CITY OFFICES ARE CLOSED. SO WE'RE MEETING IN IN NOVEMBER. WE WILL HAVE TO DO A SPECIAL MEETING. IT'LL BE RUN JUST THE SAME. BUT BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE CHANGED FROM THE DATE THAT WE INITIALLY HAD, IT'LL NEED TO BE A SPECIAL MEETING. WE'RE LOOKING AT POSSIBLY WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18TH, WHICH IS THE WEEK AFTER AT 630. I WANTED TO ASK THE CHAIR AND THE BOARD IF YOU ALL, YOU KNOW, YOU ALL ARE[00:45:08]
ABLE TO MAKE IT. I WON'T HAVE TURKEY OR FAKE TURKEY. YEAH. IN LIEU OF SENDING OUT A CANCELLATION NOTICES AND QUORUM CALLS VIA EMAIL AFTER THIS MEETING, WE JUST WANTED TO KIND OF TAKE A POLL HERE TO SEE IF THIS WOULD BE THIS WORKS FOR EVERYBODY FROM A SCHEDULING STANDPOINT, AND WE CAN SEND OUT THE SAME AGENDA AND QUORUM CALLS, YOU KNOW, FOR THE SPECIFIC DATE THIS WORKS. ANY ISSUES I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ATTEND. ME NEITHER. BUT THAT'S OKAY. I'M OPEN RIGHT NOW. OKAY. FOR ME, YOU WEREN'T ABLE EITHER. YEAH, I WASN'T ABLE EITHER.YEAH. SO WE'LL SEE YOU IN JANUARY. I BET YOU'LL BE ON A BEACH SOMEWHERE. YEAH, YEAH, THE 18TH IS FINE WITH ME. OKAY, SO IT APPEARS WE'RE QUORUM WORTHY. YEAH. SEEMS LIKE IT WOULD WORK. GREAT. THEN I'LL SEND OUT. I'LL START ON THE ADMINISTRATIVE PART OF ALL THAT, AND I'LL PUT OUT A CALENDAR INVITE, ETC. ETC. GREAT. THANK YOU. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR
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OTHER BUSINESS. I DO HAVE A COMMENT IF WE'RE ON TO. YES, SORRY. NOW WE'RE ON TO MEMBERS, WHICH IS NOT RELATED TO OUR ACTION PLAN, BUT I THINK IT IS A TOPIC THAT IS IMPORTANT. I THINK SOMETHING TO CONSIDER MAYBE FOR FUTURE MEETINGS, WHICH IS NATURAL GAS PLANTS COMING TO NEW THINK, YOU KNOW, F US HAVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT, IF I'M HONEST, IT'S NOT REALLY A PRIORITY OR SOMETHING I WAS THINKING ABOUT BEFORE A FEW WEEKS AGO, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT A LOT, AND I JUST THINK IT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO AT LEAST LOOK AT AS A BOARD, NOT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT'S NECESSARILY OUR AREA OF EXPERTISE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT SOMETHING THAT POTENTIALLY COULD BE IMPORTANT TO THE PEOPLE IN NEW ALBANY.AND I'LL START BY SAYING, I DON'T FEEL LIKE I'M ANTI DATA CENTER BY ANY MEANS. I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED WITH THE PRESENTATION BY JEN CHRYSLER ABOUT DATA CENTERS. AND, YOU KNOW, SHE AFTER THAT PRESENTATION AND ALSO TAKING THE BUSINESS PARK TOUR, I FELT LIKE THE DATA CENTERS ARE DOING THEIR BEST WATER USE, YOU KNOW, ENERGY USE, TRYING TO BE GOOD NEIGHBORS AND THOSE SORTS OF THINGS. THE THINGS I'VE BEEN READADADADADADADADADADADADADADAE NATURAL GAS TURBINES DO GIVE ME PAUSE AS FAR AS. IS THIS THE THE BEST THE DATA CENTERS CAN DO IN TERMS OF ENERGY PRODUCTION AND IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S GOOD FOR US AS A CITY, IF I UNDERSTAND IT CORRECTLY, THERE, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL OF THEM ARE WANTING TO USE WHAT ARE CALLED SINGLE CYCLE TURBINES FOR NATURAL GAS RECIPROCATING ENGINES, THINGS THAT ARE LOW EFFICIENCY, HIGH POLLUTANT. AND IF I'M UNDERSTANDING IT CORRECTLY, YOU KNOW, THERE IS MORE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY, THINGS THAT WOULD HAVE FEWER EMISSIONS, FEWER OPPORTUNITIES FOR AIR POLLUTION, THAT TYPE OF THING. SO I GUESS AS A BOARD, IF YOU KNOW, THIS IS SOMETHING WE AGAIN, IT'S NOT AN ACTION PLAN. IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN A PRIORITY OF OURS, BUT IN TERMS OF KEEPING PEOPLE INFORMED AND THINKING ABOUT, I THINK STEP ONE COULD BE, YOU KNOW, WHERE COULD WE GET GOOD INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT IS COMING AND HOW DOES THAT AFFECT US? I THINK FOR THE PEOPLE IN NEW ALBANY, PROBABLY THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY IS, IS OUR AIR QUALITY GOING TO REMAIN GOOD? YOU KNOW, ARE WE GOING TO FEEL LIKE WE'RE NOT PUTTING OURSELVES IN HARM'S WAY THAT WAY? YOU KNOW, THERE ARE OTHER CONCERNS, TOO. CARBON EMISSIONS, OBVIOUSLY, BUT SO IS THERE SOMEONE WHO COULD PRESENT TO US WITH SOME GOOD, UP TO DATE INFORMATION ABOUT THOSE IMPACTS AND ABOUT HOW THAT COULD AFFECT THE PEOPLE OF NEW ALBANY? AND THEN SECOND, YOU KNOW, IS THERE A WAY WE COULD COME UP WITH SUGGESTIONS? YOU KNOW, THAT'S OUR JOB. WE'RE NOT IN CHARGE OF MAKING THE DECISIONS FOR CITY COUNCIL. AS FAR AS YOU KNOW, I THINK THE CITY AND THE DATA CENTERS HAVE HAD A PRETTY GOOD PARTNERSHIP AND REALLY WORKED CLOSELY TOGETHER. A GOOD EXAMPLE, I THINK, IS WHEN GOOGLE WAS HAVING THE SOUND POLLUTION OR, YOU KNOW, THE NOISY TOWER AND PEOPLE WERE COMPLAINING AND, YOU KNOW, THEY AGREED TO TAKE THE TOWER DOWN AND REBUILD IT. SO ARE THERE THOSE TYPES OF SOLUTIONS THAT WE CAN PURSUE? MAYBE IT'S OKAY IF YOU HAVE TO USE THESE LOW EFFICIENCY TURBINES IN THE SHORT TERM, WHEN THE HIGHER EFFICIENCY ONES COME AVAILABLE, CAN WE AT LEAST, YOU KNOW, GET SOME KIND OF A GUARANTEE THAT WE WILL MAKE A CHANGE TO REDUCE THAT POLLUTION, THAT TYPE OF THING? SO I GUESS IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT I WOULD BE INTERESTED WHAT OTHERS
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HAVE TO SAY IS THAT SOMETHING WE COULD AT LEAST LOOK AT IN THE FUTURE? I'VE ALSO BEEN INTERESTED IN THAT AND LIGHT POLLUTION TOO, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF A GLOW LIKE OVER IN THAT EAST DIRECTION. AND SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING I'D LIKE TO LOOK INTO TOO. SO YEAH, THANKS FOR BRINGING THAT UP. THANKS, PETE. YEAH, I THINK, I MEAN, THIS IS AN ADVISORY BOARD AND I DON'T WANT TO PUT IT ON THIS BOARD TO SAY, HEY, COME UP WITH, YOU KNOW, A SOLUTION. SO I DON'T KNOW IF I KNOW I WOULD LOVE FOR LIKE THE EPA IF WE COULD GET THEM TO COME IN AND SHARE INFORMATION ON. I THINK THEY FINALLY JUST GOT BACK TO THE CITY AND WE MAY HAVE UPDATED THE. BECAUSE THAT WAS. PETE POINTED OUT THAT WAS ONE OF THE BLIND SPOTS ON THE DATA CENTER WEBSITE WAS ABOUT BEHIND THE METER POWER GENERATION. I THINK WE'VE JUST UPDATED A LITTLE BIT JUST WHAT WE'VE GOTTEN FROM THE EPA. THAT'S TRUE. BUT, YOU KNOW, I HAVE REACHED OUT. AND WOULD IT BE BENEFICIAL IF WE COULD TRY TO GET SOMEBODY IN FROM THE EPA TO KIND OF EXPLAIN, BECAUSE THERE'S DEFINITELY INFORMATION OUT THERE, AND I THINK THERE'S REASON TO FOR THIS BOARD TO BE, YOU KNOW, CONCERNED AND HAVE QUESTIONS. AND I DON'T AT THE END OF THE DAY, I DON'T WANT TO PUT IT ON THIS BOARD TO SAY, OKAY, THIS IS WHAT WE NEED TO THE POLICY THAT WE NEED TO SET. BUT IF WE CAN BE PRESENTED WITH INFORMATION THAT, YOU KNOW, IS PERTINENT TO WHAT'S BEING INSTALLED OUT THERE, AND ADVISEL AND PRESENT IT TO THEM, I THINK THAT WOULD BE EXTREMELY HELPFUL. SO I JUST DON'T KNOW WHO NEEDS TO PRESENT THAT INFORMATION TO THE BOARD, WHERE WE CAN KIND OF FORMULATE A RECOMMENDATION FOR COUNCIL. I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THAT UP. I THINK YOU SAID IT BETTER THAN I COULD HAVE WRITTEN IT OUT. I THINK I THINK IT'S A CASE, YOU KNOW, WHERE THERE'S THERE'S TWO TRUTHS TO THE SAME SITUATION. I THINK THE DATA CENTERS BRING THEIR INEVITABLE PROGRESS AND THEY I WOULD LIKE TO THINK LIKE DATA CENTERS, BUT I USE AI TO TROUBLESHOOT. YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE'S A MIDDLE GROUND HERE. AND I THINK THEY DO BRING SOME BENEFITS ECONOMICALLY, FINANCIALLY, YOU KNOW, GRANTS TO OUR SCHOOLS, HELPING OUR PARKS. AND I SEE ALL OF THAT.AND THAT IS REAL BENEFIT. AND THEY SHARE A LOT OF THE CONCERNS THAT PETE VOICED, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, A LOT ALSO IS, YOU KNOW, LEUKEMIA AND HORRIBLE AIR QUALITY AND THINGS THAT I BELIEVE ARE ALSO REAL. AND I THINK BEHOOVES US TO MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, PROGRESS IS INEVITABLE, BUT LET'S MAKE SURE WE'RE DOING IT IN A SMART WAY. AND I DO FEEL A RESPONSIBILITY AS A MEMBER OF THIS BOARD TO, TO CHOOSE THE LEAST RISKY OPTION THAT'S FEASIBLE. AND I LOVE YOUR IDEA OF, YOU KNOW, GOSH, OKAY, THIS GAS TURBINES SEEM TO ALREADY BE WELL DOWN THEIR PATH BEFORE MOST OF US EVEN HEARD ABOUT THEM. BUT, YOU KNOW, DO WE HAVE TO STICK WITH THOSE FOREVER? THEY SEEM LIKE THE DEFINITELY THE NOT BEST OPTION. THERE ARE OTHER CLEANER ALTERNATIVES OUT THERE. AND WHAT CAN WE BE DOING TO REALLY ENCOURAGE THESE DATA CENTERS TO BE USING THE CLEANER TECHNOLOGIES FOR, FOR OUR PLANET, FOR OUR KIDS, FOR OUR AGING POPULATION? AND I REALLY JUST FACTUAL, YOU KNOW, WITH SOME DATA, WHAT CAN WE BE LOOKING AT? WHAT CAN WE BE RECOMMENDING CONTINUES TO BE MONITORED OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME TO, TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF EVERYONE HERE. JUST SO WE HAVE THE INFORMATION. WELL, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP. AND PETE, YOU ATTENDED THE FIRST. WE HAD A COUNCIL MEETING, BUT YOU ATTENDED THE FIRST HEARING. PUBLIC HEARING? YES. SO THAT'S WITH THE UTILITIES SITING BOARD. AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE CITY RIGHTLY, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THERE'S STATE LAWS. THERE'S THINGS THAT THAT THE CITY IS NOT IN CHARGE OF. AND SO THAT'S KIND OF THE FIRST STEP. AND, YOU KNOW, MAYBE AFTER THESE HEARINGS, THE NEWEST PLANTS ARE DENIED. AND, AND THAT'S OR THEY COME UP WITH SOME OTHER SOLUTION. I THINK THAT'D BE GREAT. YOU KNOW, I GUESS MY CONCERN IS IF THEY GO FORWARD, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT CAN WE BE THINKING ABOUT DOING? AND TO ME, IT MAKES SENSE FOR THE CITY TO KIND OF BE AHEAD OF IT. I THINK THE PEOPLE OF, FOR , REALLY TRUST THE CITY, AND I THINK HAVE HAD A GOOD EXPERIENCE WITH THE BUSINESS PARK, THE DATA CENTERS, YOU KNOW, ELSEWHERE. IT'S DEFINITELY NOT THAT WAY. I MEAN, THERE'S A THERE'S A TON OF BALLOT INITIATIVES AND ALL KINDS OF STUFF GOING ON RIGHT NOW. SO I WOULD JUST LOVE TO, YOU KNOW, HELP HOW WE CAN, AGAIN, WE'RE NOT MAKING THE
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DECISIONS, BUT JUST TO GET THAT CONVERSATION STARTED. YEAH, I THINK IT'S A POINT OF EDUCATION FOR THIS BOARD, WHICH IS ONE OF OUR MANDATES, IS THAT THAT SECOND SIGHT HEARING. I'M NOT GOING TO REMEMBER WHICH SITE IT'S FOR IS THE 22ND OF OCTOBER. IS THAT CORRECT? YEP. MAYBE.MAYBE STAFF COULD SEND THAT OUT TO BOARD MEMBERS AT SOME POINT, JUST AS A REMINDER. SO I KNOW OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM, THE CITY'S GOING TO SEND IT OUT AND THE COMMUNITY'S NEWSLETTER.
RIGHT. OKAY. SO IT'LL BE AVAILABLE. OKAY. AND I ATTENDED THAT. I THINK HOWARD ATTENDED THAT THAT MEETING AS WELL. IS THAT THAT'S JUST OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT FROM ANYBODY AND EVERYBODY. AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S PLENTY OF FOLKS GOING FOR A NUMBER OF PEOPLE VOTING AGAINST THE OTHER LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY OR NEAR THE COMMUNITY. SO I CAN YOU CAN MAKE A WRITTEN COMMENT, BUT COMING IN AND MAKING A VERBAL ONE IS SUPPOSEDLY A STRONGER KIND OF SELL TO THE BOARD. SO IF YOU'RE AVAILABLE, THERE SEEMS TO BE QUITE A LOT OF INFORMATION FLOATING AROUND AND MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE BECOMING AWARE OF THIS. SO I THINK IT'S PROBABLY REALLY IMPORTANT THAT, YOU KNOW, THE CITY IS READY TO RESPOND TO THE FACTS THAT THEY THINK ARE INACCURATE AND NOT TRUE, AND LAY THEIR CASE ON THE LINE. YOU SAID THIS NEXT ONE'S A HIGH SCHOOL, HIGH SCHOOL CAFETERIA, 22ND. I CAN'T REMEMBER THE STARTING TIME, BUT YEAH, AND IT'S ABOUT IT'S AN EDGE CONNECTS. THIS NEXT ONE IS THE, THE DATA CENTER. THE LAST ONE IS FIVE. YEAH. IT'S 5 OR 530. I DON'T REMEMBER MY HEAD UNLESS, YOU KNOW, OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD. BUT WHEN THE NEXT ONE IS WHAT THE DATE THE TIME IS. OKAY. ANYWAY, TO STEVE'S POINT, IT'LL BE CONVEYED. WE DON'T HAVE IT ON OUR ON OUR ON OUR WEBSITE, BUT THE CITY'S DATA CENTER PAGE THAT'S DEDICATED TO DATA CENTERS. WE DO HAVE A LINK TO THE OHIO POWER SITING BOARD'S CALENDAR AND WEBSITE. SO YOU CAN. SO IT'S AN EASY KIND OF FIND AND CLICK SO YOU GUYS CAN CONFIRM ON THEIR CALENDAR. I THINK THE MORE TRANSPARENT WE ALL ARE, THE BETTER RECEIVED INFORMATION WILL BE. AND I THINK HEARING FROM THE EPA, AS OPPOSED TO A CITY SPOKESPERSON IS THE WAY TO GO. YEAH, I. BECAUSE YOU'VE SCRATCHED AN IDEA. I THINK WHAT I'VE HEARD FROM SOME FOLKS IS THAT IS THERE'S I WOULD NOT CHARACTERIZE IT AS A LACK OF TRUST, BUT IT'S JUST NOT UNDERSTANDING. SO HERE WE ARE DOWN THIS PATH AND THIS IS WHAT'S HAPPENED. YOU GET AN EPA REPORT LIKE WHO'S, WHO'S REACTING AND HOW ARE THEY REACTING? AND, YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS LIKE IN THE PAST COUPLE OF THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN REACTED TO, IT'S BEEN A INDIVIDUAL RESIDENT HAS MADE A CALL TO ACTION AND THEN IT'S BEEN RESPONDED TO. SO I THINK THE COMMUNITY IS HOPING TO HEAR FROM THE CITY THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT GOING OUT THERE BY YOURSELF AND LIKE MEASURING AIR QUALITY AND WHATEVER ELSE, LIKE THAT'S BEING DONE AND HEAR THE RAMIFICATIONS AND HERE'S ACTIONS, REPERCUSSIONS THAT HAPPEN IF SOMETHING IS AMISS, WHICH I KNOW IS NOT ALWAYS EASY TO GET EVERYBODY ON THAT SAME PAGE, BUT I THINK THAT'S A GENERAL FEELING OF, DO WE HAVE TO DO THIS OURSELVES, OR IS SOMEONE LOOKING OUT FOR US KIND OF THING? YEAH. I DON'T KNOW IF PEOPLE WOULD ECHO THAT OR NOT, BUT THAT'S MY FEELING. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? SEEING NONE, I'LL MOVE TO ADJOURN THE MEETING AT 730. I HAVE A SECOND. SECOND. THANK YOU, MISS GALVIN. MR. SCHUMACHER. YES. MR. BARNES. YES. MISS. GALLO. YES. MR. YES, MISS. KOPPELMAN. YES. MR. BURR. YES.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.