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GROVE CITY COUNCIL IS NOW IN SESSION. PLEASE STAND AND JOIN ME FOR A MOMENT OF SILENT PRAYER AND THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
COMMISSION. TO ENERGY. THERE IS NO CALL. YEAH. WELCOME AT THIS TIME I HAVE. MS KELLY CALLED THE ROLE. MR SHOCKEY. PRESIDENT MR SLAVE. OH HERE, MRS HELP HERE. MR HOME HERE, MR PERRY HERE. OKAY, AND I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO DISPENSE WITH THE READING OF
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THE MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETING, WHICH WAS JUNE 21ST AND APPROVE THEM IS WRITTEN. MOVED. SECOND.MR SHOCKING? YES MR SCHLEGEL. YES THIS IS HOW YES, YOUR WHOLE YES, MR BERRY? YES. ALL RIGHT.
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WE HAVE THE GRAPES. PLEASURE OF KICKING OFF OUR EVENING WITH AN INTRODUCTION AND WELCOME AND SWEARING IN FOR A COUPLE NEW EMPLOYEES AND I AM GOING TO TURN THE FLOOR OVER TO MAYOR STAGE. THERE? YES, WE HAVE TWO LITTLE PLOYS. AND IT'S AN HONOR TO HAVE THEM BEFORE US AS THE LEGISLATIVE AND ADMINISTRATIVE BODY. THE FIRST ONE. I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE HIS JOSH RYAN KEY. AS WELL. HAVE A CASTERS. YEAH. YEAH. YEAH. HEARD THIS. OH, MAN. YEAH. OKAY? WAY THE POST ALL THE WAY TO STAY HOME.[00:06:20]
MHM. YEAH.YEAH. THANK YOU, MA'AM. THE ONLY I DO HAVE ONE OTHER DO ANY PROCLAMATION OF. ABSOLUTELY GO AHEAD. WELL, IT'S ALSO MARKET RENTAL CAR. NOT RECOGNIZE.
REMEMBER HIM? THANK YOU, KIM. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. RIGHT? I DO HAVE TO ASK, THOUGH, BEFORE WE MOVE ON IS THAT POST OFFICE QUESTION IS THAT ON THE JOB APPLICATION? OH NO. YOU'RE WAITING WAS HEAVY EMPHASIS ON THAT YOU WAIT UNTIL YOU'RE HIRING TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY DID ENOUGH RESEARCH TO FIND OUT LIKE I GOT THAT. ALL RIGHT ON THIS EVENING'S AGENDA UNDER LANDS. WE HAVE ORDINANCE C 29 21 C 30 21 C 31 21 C 32 21 C 33 21. AND RESOLUTIONS. CR 31 21 IN SIERRA 34 21 UNDER FINANCE. WE HAVE ORDINANCE C 34 21 C 35 21 RESOLUTION CR 37 21. IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS. THE AGENDA IS APPROVED BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT. RIGHT. AND AT THIS TIME I WILL TURN THE FLOOR OVER TO MR SHOCKEY WITH LANDS. THANK
[Ordinance C-29-21 Accept the Plat for Farmstead Subarea H, Phase 2. Second reading and public hearing.]
YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. ORDINANCE C 29 21 AN ORDINANCE TO ACCEPT THE PLAN OF FARMSTEAD SUBSECTION SUB AREA H PHASE TWO. SO VERY H PHASE TWO CONTAINS LOTS 24 THROUGH 46[00:10:05]
INCLUSIVE AND RESERVES. HD AND H E. MR CAMERON'S HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS IF ANY COUNCIL HAS ANY QUESTIONS WERE PRETTY FAMILIAR WITH FARMSTEAD OVER A PERIOD OF TIME. THE WONDERFUL DEVELOPMENT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE GROWING VERY QUICKLY OUT THERE, MR CAMERON. MM. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC. GORDON'S HAD HIS SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING AND MOVES IT TO YOUR FOOD. SECOND. MR SLAVE. OH, YES, THIS IS HOW YES, MR HOLT? YES, MR BARRY? NO. MR SHARKEY? YES. MORE THAN C 30 21. ENORMOUS TO APPROVE A SPECIAL[Ordinance C-30-21 Approve a Special Use Permit for Outdoor Seating for White Horse Saloon located at 4302-4318 Broadway. Second reading and public hearing.]
USE PERMIT FOR OUTDOOR SEATING FOR WHITE HORSE SALOON LOCATED AT 43 2 THROUGH 43 18 BROADWAY.ON JUNE 18TH. THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR THIS LOCATION WITH ONE STIPULATION. AND FOR SOME REASON. YEAH. HAVE TO LOOK ON SOMEONE ELSE'S IS IT ON THE SCREEN. I CAN SEE YOU'RE THERE FOR SOME REASON. MY IPAD IS NOT WORKING. THERE. OKAY GOOD. WE HAVE IT UP ON THE SCREEN THERE AND THAT SO MM. THANK YOU. MINE WILL COME UP HERE AND. MR GLENN GLENN ISN'T PLEASE GLEAN. MR GLEAN. HOW ARE YOU THIS EVENING? GOOD. HOW ARE YOU? OH, REALLY GOOD ON THEIR, UM DO YOU ACCEPT THAT STIPULATION ON THERE? THERE'S A ONE YEAR OF. EVALUATION YES, THAT'S FAIR. OKAY WE KNOW YOU'RE LOSING SOME PARKING SPOTS BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO GO OUT TO THE SIDE, WHICH IS A REALLY NICE ADDITION TO THE BOY HORSE UNDER WHICH WILL LOSE WHAT FIVE SPOTS. I'M ACTUALLY A BUILDING OWNER. SO IT'S HEAT. THE WHITE HORSES OF 10 OF OUR LIEUTENANT OF OURS. OKAY? THE ARCHITECT CAME UP WITH A GREAT PLAN FOR IT, AND I THINK IT'S A GREAT IMPROVED. THERE'S PEOPLE THAT SIT OUTSIDE ANYWAYS AND KIND OF CONGREGATE. I THINK IT WOULD GIVE THEM SOMEWHERE TO LOOK A LITTLE MORE ORGANIZED ON THE PROPERTY. QUESTION CAME UP AT CAUCUS ABOUT THE DUMPSTER IS THAT JUST FOR WHITE HORSES IT FOR THE WHOLE BUILDING. THERE'S THREE DUMPSTERS ON THE PROPERTY, BUT THERE'S ONE ON THE SIDE, AND THERE'S ONE OF THE SOUTH SIDE AND TWO ON THE NORTH SIDE. NO ONE'S ASKING ME QUESTIONS. OKAY. I THINK THE QUESTION THAT CAME UP. IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN WAS ABOUT THE ONE ON THE SOUTH SIDE. THEY'RE IN THE PARKING LOT. YEAH, I THINK THEY MOVED THAT IT USED TO BE BEHIND THE BUILDING IN THE ALLEY. BUT THEY MOVED IT BECAUSE OF THE POWER LINES. THE TRASH COMPANY WAS HAVING PROBLEMS OF THEIR POWER. BUT IT DID IT DID. IT WAS LOCATED THERE SO WE COULD POSSIBLY ASK. I'M GONNA CALL MR RUSHER A MINUTE ON THE ON THE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. HE IN THE OKAY. HE'S UP IN THE HALLWAY. MM. CHARGE. COME UP.
WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT THE, UH, MAYBE MR BOZO CAN HELP MR MR ROSS ABOUT THE DUMPSTER.
PROPERTY TO WHITEHORSE ON THERE. AND ON THE SOUTH SIDE. PRETTY VISIBLE. IS THERE SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE DONE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THEY WERE TAKING CARE OF THAT DURING THE MINISTRY PROCESSES ONLY VISION, IF NOT, IF THAT'S UNCLEAR, INDICATED OTHERWISE RECOMMEND COUNCIL AT A STIPULATION IF THEY SO CHOOSE TO REQUIRE THAT DUMPSTER. TO BE ENCLOSED IN ACCORDANCE WITH 11 37, BUT HE'S ALSO HAS TWO OTHER DUMPSTERS BACK THERE. THERE WOULD ALSO HAVE TO BE THE SAME. WITH THE PROPER APPROPRIATE YES, RIGHT BEHIND GENERATOR. YEAH. UH UM, MR BOZO. THAT'S GOING TO BE TAKEN CARE OF. DURING THE.
PERMITTING PHASE AND THINGS LIKE THAT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL MR BARRY. THANK YOU, MR CHAIRMAN. SO THIS WILL JUST BE A SEATING AREA. THERE WILL NOT BE ANY OUTDOOR SPEAKERS AT OUTDOOR BANDS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, RICK. CORRECT AND WE OFFERED.
CURFEW OF 10 O'CLOCK DURING THE WEEK AND THEN I BELIEVE MIDNIGHT ON THE WEEKENDS TO MAKE SURE THAT. NO ONE'S BEING TOO LOUD FOR THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE NEARBY, SO I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. I KNOW THAT A COUNCIL MEMBERS WITH I MEAN, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF RESIDENTIAL BEHIND YOU AS YOU KNOW, AND EVERYTHING SO THANK YOU. AND THAT'S PART OF THE RECORD. I BELIEVE THEM, MISS KELLY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL. ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE. ORDINANCE HAS HAD ITS SECOND REPUBLIC HERE AND MOVE BE APPROVED SECOND. THIS IS
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HEALTH. YES, MR HOLT. YES, MR BARRY? YES, MR SHARKEY? YES, MR SLAVE? OH, YES. THANK YOU.SHOCKING. I JUST. BETWEEN MR BOZO AND HONESTY, RIGHT? CLEAN. YOU SAID WE CAN. HAVEN'T PUT THE ENCLOSURE IN. IT ISN'T REALLY ISN'T REQUIRED THAT THE THING BEING CLOSED. YEAH.
YEAH, WELL, YEAH. YEAH, YEAH, I HATE TO BEAT YOU UP ON A DUMPSTER, BUT IT'S I MEAN, WHAT YOU'RE DOING ALL THAT WORK DOWN THERE, AND WE STILL HAVE AN UGLY DUMPSTER.
SIT DOWN THE MIDDLE, THE PARKING LOT. THAT'S NOT THAT'S NOT WHAT WE WANT TO HAVE DOWN THERE SO. THANK YOU. WILL BE DONE. ORDINANCE C. 31 21 AN ORDINANCE TO APPROVE A SPECIAL
[Ordinance C-31-21 Approve a Special Use Permit for a tire repair shop for Grove City Tire Repair Shop located at 3184 Southwest Blvd. Second reading and public hearing.]
USE PERMIT FOR A TIRE REPAIR SHOP. GROSS CITY TIRE REPAIR SHOP LOCATED AT 31. THE FOUR SOUTHWEST BOULEVARD ON JUNE IS PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED DENIAL OF A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR THIS LOCATION. THEREFORE STIPULATIONS RECOMMENDED BY THE DEVELOPMENT STAFF AND THERE ON THE SCREEN HERE ON THERE, AND THEY SEE SOMEONE REPRESENTING THE PETITIONER AROUND HERE.GARY GILLETTE. WOULD YOU GIVE YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE? YES. GILLETTE LAW OFFICE 1 75 SOUTH THIRD STREET. 3 10 10, COLUMBUS, OHIO 43215. UM. FIRST OF ALL, DO YOU ACCEPT ALL OF THE STIPULATIONS? YES. ALL RIGHT. THERE. UM. BEFORE YOU HAVE YOU ADDRESS ANYTHING ON THERE, MR. MR RUSH. UM SHE CARED TO ADDRESS ANYTHING BECAUSE THIS IS, UH. KIND OF AN AREA THAT'S A LITTLE BIT IN NEED OF SOME TLC TOO. YEAH OVER THE PAST COUPLE YEARS, THERE'S BEEN A NUMBER OF TENANTS SEEKING TO OCCUPIED THE STRUCTURE AND. DURING THOSE TIMES. WE'VE ALWAYS WORKED TO TRY TO GET THE PROPERTY TO BE BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE IN TERMS OF PROPERTY MAINTENANCE, AS WELL AS KIND ENHANCED. THAT'S THE QUALITY OF THE AREA.
THAT PROPERTY IS. ELIGIBLE FOR SIERRA. SO THERE'S TAX PAYMENT. SO WITH THAT, AND ADDITIONALLY WITH ALL THE SURROUNDING DEVELOPMENT GOING ON THEIR EXPECTATION FOR THAT SITE IS GETTING A LITTLE HIGHER. UM. WE WORK CLOSELY WITH THE APPLICANT TO MAKE SURE WHAT. IF THEY'RE APPROVED, IT WOULD BE ENHANCED. THEY'VE AGREED TO DO LANDSCAPING. THEY'VE AGREED TO DO EVERYTHING WE'VE ASKED ME TO DO, MINUS THE IRRIGATION OF THE PROPERTY. SO WITH THAT WE STAFFORD COMMITTED APPROVAL OF THE OF THEIR APPLICATION. WELL, I GOT TO COUNT WHEN I GOT TO PLAY IN QUESTION WAS A 22 SPLIT WITH FOUR MEMBERS PRESENT PRESIDENT. THE ANTICIPATED 20 TO 30 VEHICLES PER DAY IN ACCORDING THEIR APPLICATION MATERIALS. ALL ALL OF THE REPAIRS WILL BE CONFINED TO THE STRUCTURE. THAT'S I CAN DO ANYTHING IF ADDITIONAL, IF YOU LIKE. THANK YOU. QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL. MR BARRY. MR KYLE, CAN YOU TELL US WHAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAD TO SAY ABOUT IT? AND WHAT THE WHAT THE ISSUES WERE WITH THOSE THAT DESCENDED.
DON'T ADDRESS SPECIFICALLY BUT MR TITUS AND MR FREE WITH THE DISSENTING VOTES, I BELIEVE ONE WAS HAD TO DO WITH THE CHARACTER GROUP CITY AS WELL. YEAH. I WOULD SAY THAT SOME ACCURATE THERE WERE NO SPECIFIC OBJECTIONS TO ANYTHING. ANYONE ELSE COUNCIL. BEEN PRESIDENT, I JUST WANT TO ADDRESS. I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK IS DIFFICULT FROM MY PERSPECTIVE IS THAT THIS IS ESPECIALLY USE PERMIT, AND WE LISTED AS ONE OF THE STIPULATIONS IS THAT. PROPERTY MAINTENANCE VIOLATIONS ON SITE SHALL BE ADDRESSED, AND SO IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS FOR ME WHERE I FEEL LIKE ALL OF THE PROPERTY MAINTENANCE VIOLATIONS
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ON THE SITE SHOULD BE ADDRESSED BEFORE WE'RE EVER CONSIDERING AN APPLICATION FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT. BECAUSE I THINK OBVIOUSLY THAT WOULD BE SENDING THE MESSAGE THAT. THIS IS WE'RE IN GOOD FAITH COMING TO YOU TO ASK FOR THIS SPECIAL USE PERMIT, AND WE'RE AND WE'RE IN COMPLIANCE, SO I JUST WANTED TO RAISE THAT ISSUE. AND I WOULD SAY THAT EVEN IF WE'RE AGREEING TO ALL OF THESE STIPULATIONS, I THINK. ANOTHER APPROPRIATE STIPULATION WOULD BE A TIME LINE FOR THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT AGAIN BECAUSE WE WOULD HAVE NO WAY OF KNOWING AS A COUNCIL THIS EVENING. UM. WHAT THAT PROCESS LOOKS LIKE IN MAKING SURE AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S A LARGER CONVERSATION ABOUT, UM, LANDSCAPING AND IMPROVEMENTS TO THE SITE. BUT AS MR SHOCK YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE'S CERTAINLY SOME TLC. THAT SHOULD SHOULD THE GIRL OCCURRING THERE, SO I JUST WANTED TO COMMENT ON THAT. YES, WORLD. YOU WANT ME TO REPLY OR YOU MAY OKAY, UM I'M NOT REALLY SURE. WHAT VIOLATIONS ACTUALLY EXIST. FOR THIS SIDE OF THE PROPERTY.UM. I KNOW WITH REGARDS TO THE NEXT APPLICATION, WHICH IS THE DRIVE THROUGH ON THE OTHER SIDE. THERE'S A SIGN IN THE BACK THAT NEEDS TO BE RE CLINTON REBUILT, REPLACED TO CODE. AND THE TENANT IS TAKING CARE OF THAT, AND SO. AND WHEN YOU ASK ABOUT TIMING, I MEAN.
NUMBER OF THESE THINGS WILL BE DONE BY THE TENANT. WHO IS ESSENTIALLY CONTINGENT ON GETTING A SPECIAL USE. PERMIT SO THAT IS WHY IT HASN'T BEEN DONE BEFORE, BECAUSE THE TENANT HASN'T COMMITTED THE FUNDS TO IT TILL THEY GET PERMISSION TO ACTUALLY OPERATE. SO I DON'T REMEMBER. I'M NOT SURE REALLY. IF THERE ARE ANY VIOLATIONS ON, I THINK ON THE OTHER SIDE THERE ARE BUT AT THE SAME LANGUAGE WAS PUT ON BOTH THAT IF ANYTHING, IS THERE THAT WE WOULD TAKE CARE OF THE MAINTENANCE. I KNOW THERE WAS. PROBLEM WITH THE PARKING LOT, WHICH WAS REPAID AND WAS TAKEN CARE OF ALREADY. I THINK WE SAID THAT WE FELT THE LIGHTING COMPLIED WITH. THE, UM ZONING BUILDING REQUIREMENTS. I'M REALLY NOT SURE IF THERE ARE ANY MAINTENANCE, SPECIFIC MAINTENANCE THINGS THAT ARE STILL LEFT. JUST SO COUNCILS WHERE THE LAST TIME THE PROPERTIES PROBABLY MAINTENANCE INDIVIDUAL WENT OUT TO INSPECTOR SITE, HE NOTED ELECTRICAL WIRE THAT WAS AN ISSUE THE SIGN AS WELL AS SOME WEEDS. I DIDN'T TALK TO THE PROBABLY MADE HIS OFFER FOR TONIGHT'S MEETING. BUT THOSE WERE THE ISSUES THAT TIME OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING. GARAGE WHILE YOU'RE THERE. UM. LANDSCAPING FOR THAT WHOLE ARE YOU THE BUILDING OWNER OR THE REPRESENTATIVE? OKAY. OKAY? OKAY? OKAY. THANK YOU. LET ME ASK MR. RUSH WOULD HAVE WHAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT.
UM FIRST OF ALL, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY GOING BY THERE MANY DIFFERENT TIMES WE HAVE A LANDSCAPING CODE, AND I DON'T SEE THAT THAT BUILDING HAS BEEN LANDSCAPED OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. AND I DON'T SEE IT AS A STIPULATION AS PART OF WHAT WE HAVE TO WHAT THEY HAVE TO DO TO OPEN EITHER SIDE ON HERE. AND I WOULD THINK THAT AND THE OTHER THING THAT BOTHERS ME IS ONCE WE PUT IN LANDSCAPING THERE. THAT'S PRETTY MUCH, UM. I WOULD SAY, UH, AN AREA THAT NEEDS, UM, UPKEEP WITH THE BUSHES AND THE LANDSCAPING WHEN YOU PUT IT IN, AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE'RE WAVING. DID THE IRRIGATION. AND I THINK THAT WE SHOULD HAVE SOME IRRIGATION FOR THE BUSHES AROUND OR WHATEVER LANDSCAPING THAT HAS PUT IN BECAUSE THAT TO ME IS GOING TO MAKE IT MUCH NICER, LOOKING BUILDING A BETTER AMENITY FOR ALL OF US, WHETHER IT'S ON THE TIRE SIDE OR EVENTUALLY. WHEN WE DEAL WITH THE NEXT ONE ON THE DRIVE THRU SIDE. THE LANDSCAPING PROPOSAL IS IN WAS IN THE APPLICATION AND WAS A STIPULATION OVER THE YEARS AS WE'VE BEEN A NUMBER APPLICATIONS ON THIS ON THIS SITE, SO WHAT'S THAT URBAN FORESTER? TO PREPARE A PLAN. UH, A COUPLE YEARS AGO THAT WOULD SHOW COMPLIANCE WITH THE SITE. WE GAVE THAT PLAN TO THE APPLICANT APPLICANT BASICALLY TURNED AND SUBMITTED IT BACK TO THE CITY AS PART OF THE MATERIAL, SO IF THIS IS APPROVED, THE MATERIAL SHOULD REFLECT I APOLOGIZE. I DID NOT SEE AS PART OF THE STAFFER WAS LOOKING FOR THE STIPULATIONS.
BUT. I NOTICED THAT WAS IN THEIR APPLICATION MATERIALS, SO OKAY, ALRIGHT. I LOOKED AT THE STAFF REPORT. LET'S SEE IT. BUT WHY DID WE WAIVE THE PROVISIONS HERE FOR THE IRRIGATION? WHY WHY ARE WE DOING THAT? RIGHT? ADDRESS. I GUESS I'LL TRUST THAT. I MEAN THE REASON WE
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REQUESTED THE WAIVER OF THE IRRIGATION REQUIREMENT WAS BECAUSE THIS IS AN EXISTING PARKING LOT, AN EXISTING BUILDING AND IF WE WERE TO HAVE TO DO THE IRRIGATION THAT WOULD MEANT TUNNELING. UNDER THE PARKING LOT. AND IT WOULD BE PRETTY EXPENSIVE TO PUT IRRIGATION IN THERE SO AS PART OF OUR AGREEMENT, WE AGREED TO INSTITUTE A SPECIFIC WATERING.REGIMEN IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT THE BUSHES THE TREES, EVERYTHING SURVIVED. AND OBVIOUSLY IN TERMS OF MAINTENANCE. THAT WOULD BE AN ONGOING THING THAT THEY WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, REQUIRED TO DO TO AVOID WEEDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. YEAH. OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL. IF YOU'D LIKE TO ADDRESS COUNCIL, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. SOME CORRECT AND THE OWNER OF 31 84 SOUTHWEST FULL OF OUR BUILDING.
BY THIS BUILDING. I MEAN, I BOUGHT THIS BUILDING AS A TO INVEST AND IMPROVE THE SITUATION. IF YOU REMEMBER THIS BUILDING WHEN I BOUGHT IT, YOU CAN REVIEW THE RECORD. THIS WAS REALLY BAD SHAPE. INVESTED ALMOST $20,000 TO IMPROVE THE BUILDING BY ITSELF, WITH NO SIGNING AND EVERYTHING. AND THE MAN BY HIMSELF CALLED ME ALMOST A YEAR AGO WITH THE PEAK OF THE COVID SAID THE PARKING LOT LOOKS TERRIBLE. I SAID, I AGREE WITH THAT. THE PROBLEM IS I'M HAVING IS IF I IMPROVE THE BUILDING AND A VACANT. THEY, SOMEBODY GOING TO DESTROY IT AND APPROVING TIME AFTER TIME. COUPLE YEARS AGO, I HAD PARENTS AND I PAID ALMOST $5000. WITHIN A FEW MONTHS. THIS WAS REALLY BAD SHAPE BECAUSE THE PEOPLE JUST DRIVING ACROSS AND I LOST ALL THAT MONEY. THEN, WHEN THE MAYOR COLEMAN I SAID YES, I WILL BE GLAD TO INVEST TONIGHT WITH $30,000 TO DO NEW PARKING LOT, AND I DID, AND THE IRRIGATION NEVER MENTIONED AND ALL THESE LISTS OF THINGS THE MAYOR SENT ME. DO IRRIGATION FOR THAT FOR THE LANDSCAPING, AND I WILL BE GLAD TO ENSURE THE BUSHES AND EVERYTHING WILL BE REALLY IN GOOD SHAPE. MY PROBLEM IS IF I COULD NOT RENT THAT PROPERTY. NOT ABLE TO MAKE MONEY. I CANNOT INVEST MORE MONEY TO IMPROVE IT. THAT IS THE PROBLEM AND I TRIED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO BUSHES.
WITHIN A COUPLE OF MONTHS. SOMEBODY CAME AND TOOK ALL THE BUSHES. OUT. ONE. YEAH, PULL THEM OUT. AND I PUT LIKE A FEW $1000. AT THAT TIME I WAS PLANNING TO FINISH THE WHOLE THING. AND THAT IS THE REAL PROBLEM IS THAT THE PROBLEM IS IF I COULD NOT RENT. GET SOME MONEY. I CANNOT REALLY JUST KEEP INVESTING IN IT AND UNDERSTAND JUST LOSING MONEY AND PAY TAXES. UNDERSTAND? THANK YOU, MR ADDRESS. WHAT WAS THE ADDRESS? IT'S DURING SOUTHWEST BONO. THE OWNER'S ADDRESS. OH, THE OWNER'S ADDRESS. VERY RIGHT? QUESTION FOR THE ADMINISTRATION IS THIS PART OF THE SIERRA? THIS AREA. MR BOZO. IT IS PART OF A SIERRA WHAT WHAT TAXES ARE BEING PAID ON THE PROPERTY RIGHT NOW. ANYTHING OR. RIGHT? MR CHAIRMAN? YES MR BOZO THAT SO THE ABATEMENT RAN OFF. WHEN DO YOU THINK HOW LONG HAVE DONE HOW OLD IS THE BUILDING? 25 30. 84 IF THEY GOT THE ABATEMENT AND THEN FOR 15 YEARS 99. YOU, MR CHAIRMAN, AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE KNOW THAT WE ARE VOTING FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT. ON THIS JUST TO REITERATE THAT YES. DO WE PERMIT THIS USE? YES. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL. ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC. MR MAYOR. YES, THE GOVERNOR IS EXACTLY RIGHT. THE NUMBER OF TIMES THAT I'VE CALLED A.
PROPERTY OWNER WENT IN A SITUATION WHERE THE PROPERTY IS IN DISTRESS LIKE A BREAKOUT ON ONE HAND. BUT WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL INSTANCES WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO BRING THAT UP THE CODE. AND THE OWNER WAS RESPONSIVE AND. ACKNOWLEDGED THE CALL AND THINGS WERE DONE.
BUT THE LIST WAS ACTUALLY ORIGINATED. WENT BY ME. BY THE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER AND HAD
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BEEN AN ONGOING ISSUE THAT DOESN'T NORMALLY HAPPEN AT THE MIRROR CALLED SURMISING.VIOLATION. OBVIOUSLY GOT RESULTS. YEAH. OKAY? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ARE COMING. GEORGIANS HAD HIS SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING THE MOVIE BE APPROVED. YEAH. NO, MR MR BERRY? NO. MR SHOT KEY? NO. MR SLAVE. OH, YES. THIS IS HELP. NO. PROOF. STANDING UP FOR THE NEXT ONE.
YEP, ALL RIGHT. ORDINANCE SEE 32 21 ORDERS TO APPROVE SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR DR ROOM FOR
[Ordinance C-32-21 Approve a Special Use Permit for a Drive Thru for Grove City Express Drive Thru located at 3184 Southwest Blvd. Second reading and public hearing.]
GROWTH. GROVE CITY EXPRESS DRIVE THROUGH, LOCATED AT. 31 88 SOUTHWEST BOULEVARD, JUNAID PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED DENIAL OF THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR THIS LOCATION. THERE ARE FIVE STIPULATIONS RECOMMENDED BY DEVELOPMENT STAFF. IN THEIR, UM, BASICALLY, IT'S THE. SAINT A VERY SIMILAR TO LIST ON THERE. AND. THAT SIGNAGE, THOUGH, AND DUMPSTER ENCLOSURE AND THINGS LIKE THAT, SO THERE. MR ROCHE, WOULD YOU CARE TO MAKE SOME COMMENTS ON THIS NOW? OKAY. THANK YOU. UM. FIRST OF ALL, DO YOU ACCEPT ALL FIVE STIPULATIONS? OKAY? QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL. QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC. ORDINANCE HAD HIS SECOND READING, PUBLIC HEARING AND MOVE AND BE APPROVED. OKAY? NO. MR SHEFKI. YES. MR SLAVE ALL YES. THIS IS HELP. YOU KNOW, MR HOPE? NO. MOVING ON. WE'RE GONNA SEE 33 21, NOR DISAPPROVE[Ordinance C-33-21 Approve a Special Use Permit for a Drive Thru for Burger King located on Lot C at 2811 London-Groveport Road. Second reading and public hearing.]
A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR A DRIVE THROUGH FOR BURGER KING, LOCATED AT LHOTSE, LOCATED AT 28 11 GROUP COURT IN LONDON GROWTH PORT ROAD. JUDAH FIGHTING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL. SPECIAL USE PERMIT THAT THIS LOCATION HAS SUBMITTED ON THERE. WE HAVE YES. OKAY. AND THEN BOHANNON. THANK YOU. I COULDN'T QUITE READ THE REST OF THE LYING ON THERE. WOULD YOU STITCH THE AUTHORITY STATED YOUR NAME, AND WOULD YOU GIVE YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD? PLEASE 8818 GLASGOW DRIVE IN WHITE LAKE MICHIGAN. UM. IS THE STANDARD. UH THIS WAS SUBMITTED AS SUBMITTED ON HERE ON THEIR STANDARD DRIVE THROUGH FOR THE. FOR THE BURGER KING THERE IN LONDON GROWTH COURTROOM, CORRECT. OKAY. QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL. OKAY? MR BARRY. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE THIS PROBLEM EXISTS AT THE. OVER AT THE ARBY'S. THAT'S ON 6 65 AS WELL. WHAT'S HAPPENING IS PEOPLE ARE PULLING INTO THAT FEEDER ROAD AND THEIR MINING UP THERE QUEUING UP ON THE ON THE STREET INSTEAD OF GOING AROUND THE BUILDING. QUEUING UP AROUND THE BUILDING. WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO TO PREVENT THE SPILL OFF INTO THE ENDED UP? INTO THE STREET. WELL WE HAVE A DOUBLE DRIVE THRU, SO WE'RE HOPING THAT WILL HELP WITH OUR STACKING, UM, REQUIREMENTS SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE MORE STACKING THAN BOTH THE KFC AND TACO BELL THAT ARE NEXT DOOR AND THEN ALSO WITH THE DOUBLE LANES WERE HOPING TO ELIMINATE THAT PROBLEM. WHETHER OR NOT BACKING UP ANOTHER THING THAT IS GOOD ON THIS SITE IS THERE'S NOTHING WE'RE AT THE END, THERE'S NOTHING ELSE REALLY TO BLOCK. SO, UM, BECAUSE WE'RE. WE'RE EXTENDING THAT EXERCISE, I'LL WHERE THE LAST ONE THERE. SO UM, EVEN IF THAT WAS TO HAPPEN, WHICH WE DON'T THINK IT WILL, BECAUSE WE HAVE DONE RESEARCH FOR FIRE PURPOSES AND. I KNOW IT'S THE ENDED UP. IT'S THE END OF THAT LITTLE ROAD. SO WE HAVE THAT LANE THAT IF YOU GO PAST THE PROPERTY, UM, WHERE THE DUMPSTER IS, THAT IS FOR THE FIGHTER ACCESS IF THEY DO NEED TO GET THROUGH THERE. AND THEN ALSO, WE MADE IT EXTRA WIDE ON THE FIRST LANE IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS FIRE ACCESS, SO WE'RE PRETTY CONFIDENT WITH THE EXTRA SPACE IN THAT MIDDLE LANE RIGHT THERE AND COMING INTO THE PROPERTY. WE'VE DONE UM. TURN RADIUS IS AND MADE SURE THAT A FIRE TRUCK CAN GET IN THERE. QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC. ORDINANCE HAS HAD ITS SECOND READING PUBLIC HEARING TO MOVE[00:35:02]
AND BE APPROVED. RIGHT? SHARKEY YES, MR SCHWEBEL? YES THIS IS HELP. YES MR HOLT. YES, IT'S VERY YES. YEAH. TO THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN. RESOLUTION CR 31 RESOLUTION TO APPROVE THE[Resolution CR-31-21 Approve the Development Plan for Burger King located on Lot C of 2811 London-Groveport Road.]
DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR BURGER KING LOCATED IN LOT C AT 28 11. LONDON REPORT ROAD ACE, A PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF DEVELOPMENT PLAYING WITH TWO STIPULATIONS. AND THOSE STIPULATIONS ARE ABOUT THE LIGHTING AND A TREE THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDED DOWN THERE.PART ON THERE. MR RUSH. DO YOU NEED TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS BEFORE WE START? RIGHT? UM.
BEHIND UH, EXCEPT THE TWO STIPULATIONS. YES, ALL RIGHT. QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL.
STANDARD BURGER KING FIND IT INTERESTING THAT WE CLOSED THE BURGER KING ON STRING TOWN ROAD AND THEN WE BUILD 100 AND 6 65, WHICH DIFFERENT OWNERS, I ASSUME, OH, DON'T KNOW. MAYBE THEY JUST SWITCHED TO THEIR POPEYES. I GUESS THERE COULD BE IT COULD BE. I DON'T KNOW.
THEY'RE ALL ONE MOTHER COMPANY NOW. SO POPEYE'S AND BURGER KING'S OH, REALLY SO INTERESTING. MR MAYOR OFF I COULDN'T IS SHOCKING. WHAT IS YOUR ROLE? ARE YOU PART OF THE FRANCHISE OR I'M REPRESENTING THE ARCHITECTURE ENGINEERING TEAM. I'M THE PROJECT MANAGER, THE ARCHITECT. OKAY, WELL, WE HAVE A HOUSEKEEPING ISSUE DOWN THERE. THE SITE IS A DISASTER.
OH OKAY. WELL, WE HAVEN'T STARTED WORK YET. OH, I KNOW THAT. OKAY, BUT WHOEVER OWNS IT.
THEY GOT A MESS TO CLEAN UP. OKAY, I WILL PASS IT ON TO THE OWNER. CURRENTLY MEYER OWNS IT.
UM, THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE CLOSING AT THE END OF THE MONTH. SO I WILL LET THEM KNOW.
MADE WE HAD DISCUSSION WITH THE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER LAST WEEK. AND I MEAN. THE GRASS IS HIGH, AND THEY'RE GOING TO GET CITED. IN ESSENCE OR SOME IDEA IT'S SIDE. OKAY? SO IF YOU CAN CONVEY, THAT WOULD BE MUCH APPRECIATED. I'LL PASS NINE TO THE MIRE LEGAL TEAM. HAVE A MEETING WITH THEM TOMORROW, SO THAT'S A GOOD IDEA TOMORROW. THANK YOU. OKAY, MR MAN. MAN.
UM, ANYTHING ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC? THIS RESOLUTION SAID READING PUBLIC HEARING AND MOVE WITH THE APPROVED SECOND. MR SLAVE. OH, YES. THIS IS HOW YES, MR HOLT? YES MR BARRY? YES, MR SHAFI? YES. FAR FROM THE GROUP CITY AGAIN APPRECIATE IT. OKAY, MOVING ON.
[Resolution CR-34-21 Approve the Preliminary Development Plan for Burris Garage located at 3847 Broadway.]
RESOLUTIONS HERE. 34 21 THE RESOLUTION TO APPROVE THE PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR BURRESS GARAGE LOCATED AT 38 47 BROAD ONE. JUNE A FIGHTING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAYING WITH ONE STIPULATION ON THERE, IN THAT STIPULATION IS THAT THE. THE SECOND FLOOR WILL ONLY BE USED FOR STORAGE ON THEIR, UM.BEFORE WE GET TO ME AS WELL. MR BRUSH. DO YOU NEED ANYTHING ON THIS ONE, OKAY. UM. AS WHAT WOULD YOU GIVE YOUR KNEES STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE? SURE. CASEY LAW REPRESENTING THE APPLICANT 30 83, COLUMBUS STREET CURVE CITY. AND YOU ACCEPT THE STIPULATION.
RIGHT. AND FROM READING. THE STAFF REPORT. THE REASON OF REPLACING THAT IS BECAUSE OF THE. ASSISTANT FLOODING PROBLEM IN THE GARAGE AND IT'S REALLY NOT AS USUAL AS IT SHOULD BE.
DID PRETTY MUCH EVERY TIME THERE'S BEEN A BIG RAIN IN THE LAST COUPLE YEARS, SO JUST REPLACING SOMETHING. AESTHETICALLY PLEASING. AND THIS IS MR RUSH. AS YOU SAID, IT'S P U D SO WE DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH ALL SORTS OF. VARIANCES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
IF I MAY, MR SHOCKEY AND I TALKED TO CASEY ABOUT THIS, THIS KIND OF FALLS IN. NO MAN'S LAND IN THE CODE BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THE PROPERTY IS IN COMMERCIAL. IF THEY WERE REBUILDING THE CITY. THERE HAVE TO GO GET A TON OF VARIANCES, PROBABLY HEIGHT WISE, I THINK 13 FEATS OF MAXIMUM SETBACKS, ETCETERA. YOU KNOW, OR THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE PD PROCESS, WHICH IS THIS, WHICH IS PROBABLY THE BELT AND SUSPENDERS APPROACH, WHICH IS PROBABLY MORE THAN I THINK. CASEY I WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT LIGHT, BUT WE DON'T HAVE AN EASY WAY TO KIND OF GET WHERE THEY WANT TO GET ON THIS, WHICH IS WHY SHE'S STANDING HERE TODAY. CERTAINLY. YOU KNOW WHEN THAT GARAGE WAS BUILT WAS PROBABLY CERTAINLY DIDN'T HAVE
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ALL THE REGULATIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SPEND THERE A WHILE. RIGHT? QUESTIONS FROM FROM COUNCIL COMMONS. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC. RESOLUTIONS HAD FREE IN PUBLIC HEARING A MOVIE BE APPROVED. LIKE. MRS HELP? YES, MR HOLT? YES, MR BARRY? YES, MR SHOCKEY? YES MR SCHWEBEL? YES. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH COUNCIL. THAT'S ALL I HAVE.THIS EVENING, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, MR SAKE, AND I WILL TURN THE FLOOR OVER TO FINANCE MR HOLT. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, FIRST ORNAMENTS C 34 21 APPROPRIATE 135,000. FROM THE
[Ordinance C-34-21 Appropriate $135,000.00 from the General Fund for the Current Expense of Hoover Rd. & Kingston Ave. Storm Sewer Improvements. Second reading and public hearing. (Part 1 of 2)]
GENERAL FUND FOR THE HOOVER ROAD IN KINGSTON AVENUE STORMS WERE IMPROVEMENTS. WAS FROM COUNCIL. COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC. THE ORDINANCE HAS HAD HIS SECOND READING IN PUBLIC HEARING AND I MOVED WOULD BE APPROVED SECOND. MR HALL. YES, MR BARRY? YES THAT YOUR SHOT KEY? YES, MR SLEEP ALL. YES. THIS IS HELP. YES. YOU ORDINANCE SEE 35 21 APPROPRIATE[Ordinance C-35-21 Appropriate $80,000.00 from the General Fund for the Current Expense of Orders Rd. Resurfacing. Second reading and public hearing.]
80,000 FROM THE GENERAL FUND FOR THE ORDERS ROAD RESURFACING. ORDERS ROADS BEING RESURFACED BY THE STATE FOR THIS 80,000 IS THE GRUB CITY PORTION FOR THE PARTS WE ON THERE. COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL. QUESTION. THIS, UM THESE IMPROVEMENTS. HOW WILL THEY INTERPLAY WITH THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE OUTLINED? WHEN THE BROWNS FARM DEVELOPMENT WAS APPROVED. IN TERMS OF I KNOW THAT YEAH. WE SAW THE VISUAL OF WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. THEN MR KELLER WAS INVOLVED IN THAT. AS WELL AS KIND OF. HYPOTHESIZED ON WHAT A TIMELINE WOULD BE USING TIFF FUNDS AND SO, UH, WHAT IS THE NATURE OF THIS VERSUS THAT? AND HOW WILL THOSE IN A RELATE THIS PARTICULAR AS THE AUDIENCE CAN SEE, IS ALL THIS COUNCIL THE GREEN SECTION IS THE SECTION WITH RIGHT PRESENTLY WITHIN THE CITY OF GROWTH CITY. AS PRESIDENT. HELP MENTIONED, UH, CITY COUNCIL ENACTED ORDINANCE C 31 19 IN, UH, 2019 FOR THE BROWN FARM TIP. THAT WAS ANTICIPATED TO GENERATE FUNDS. OF COURSE FROM THE PROJECT, THE APARTMENT PROJECT AS WELL AS THE CONDOMINIUM PROJECT. AS OF TODAY, I LOOKED IT UP ON THE AUDITOR'S REPORT, AND THERE'S NO EVALUATION IN TERMS OF THE. THE EVALUATION OF THE NEW APARTMENTS THAT ARE BEING COMPLETED NOW, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE CONDOMINIUMS, BUT. JUST, UH, TO GIVE A PROJECTION IN TERMS OF THE FIRST SECTION THAT WOULD BE FROM THE ROUNDABOUT EAST TO THE BAPTIST CHURCH, THAT PARTICULAR SECTION IS APPROXIMATELY 2500. WHEN YOUR SPEED THE ESTIMATE FOR THAT PROJECT IN 2019 WAS $2.9 MILLION WITH THE ANTICIPATED REVENUE THAT WOULD COME FROM AT LEAST PERHAPS THE APARTMENT COMPLEX. IF THAT PROJECT IS VALUED AT $40 MILLION YOUR TAX ON 35% OF THAT, AND IT'S A NON SCHOOL TIPS. SO WE HAVE TO TAKE THAT ANOTHER JOB. THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT WILL GENERATE ABOUT $490,000 A YEAR SO I WOULD ANTICIPATE NEXT YEAR WE WOULD START ENGINEERING AT LEAST FOR THAT SECTION, AND WITHIN THE NEXT 24 MONTHS WE COULD START CONSTRUCTION. AT LEAST THAT SECTION. THE ENTRY.THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY REALLY QUICKLY. IF I MAY, MR SHARKEY THAT I WAS LOOKING FOR GENERALITIES, BUT YOU ARE REALLY PREPARED. THANK YOU. SHOCKING JUST TO THE PUBLIC KNOWS WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT A NON SCHOOL TIFF. IT ACTUALLY MEANS THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS COMPENSATED AT ITS NORMAL RATE. I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY USE THE TERMINOLOGY NON SCHOOL IN THERE. BUT THE REALITY IS THE SCHOOLS ARE. COMPENSATED AT THEIR NORMAL TAX RATES. JUST SO YOU UNDERSTAND, MR BARRY. MR BOZO, ARE WE WHEN WE DO THIS? ARE WE GOING TO XB EXTENDING THE BIKE PATH OR IS THE IS THE COUNTY OR TOWNSHIP GOING TO BE HELPING US EXTEND THE BIKE PATH? AND ARE WE GONNA PROJECT WOULD, UH. INITIALLY REQUIRE US TO ANNEX THAT PORTION OF WHAT'S UH, NOW IN THE COUNTY TO THE CITY OF GROWTH CITY, AND THAT WOULD BECOME OUR PROJECT AND IT WOULD INCLUDE A BIKE PATH. I BELIEVE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE OF THE ROADWAY. MM. AND THAT WILL ALSO INCLUDE TREES, TOO, RIGHT? YES, WE'LL GET A COUPLE TREES FOR YOU. NO MORE THAN A COUPLE OF WHAT, MIKE, YOU MIGHT PASS A LOT THAT, UH, THE LAYOUT IN
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TERMS OF THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE ROADWAY IN THE BIKE WAY, WILL IT ACCOMMODATE? THREE. WE NEED MORE TREES. I'M GONNA PUT THE TREES IN THE BIPEDAL SLALOM. I DON'T NEED THAT. I JUST WANT MORE TREES. DETERMINE HOME. MR MAYOR GOING BACK TO MR VARIOUS QUESTION. I THINK THE THING THAT WE CAN'T LOSE SIGHT OF. AS A BIKE TRAIL IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF ORDERS. THAT WILL GO IN BEHIND THE HOUSES AND ACTUALLY INTERFACE IN WITH THE BAPTIST CHURCH. AND THAT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE DONE BEFORE. THIS PARTICULAR SECTION, SO THAT BIKE PATH ISSUE IS TO SOME DEGREE BEING, UH, REGULATED BY WHAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW WITH BROWN FARMS. GOING ON A CROSS OVER TO THE BAPTIST CHURCH. COUNTRIES. ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL ANY PUBLIC COMMENT. YEAH. COME ON UP AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS PRINCE. MICHAEL CRUZ 5 TO 2 BRAD STONE LOOP. SO THERE'LL BE NO ADDRESSING THE PROBLEMS THAT ORDERS ROAD IN US 62. PILL CAN'T SEE EITHER SIDE. THAT AS YOU'LL BE EXPRESS SURFACED, AND NOTHING ELSE. AS YOU CAN SEE, THAT PORTION IS NOT WITHIN OUR JURISDICTIONS WITH. FRANKLIN COUNTY ENGINEERS OFF SO IT'S I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE IF THEY'RE PLANNING ON DOING ANYTHING TO THAT INTERSECTION. MICHAEL J. HAPPENING NOW. IT APPEARS TO ME IS JUST THE RESURFACING PROJECT WITH THE COUNTY, BUT IT IS NOT WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THIS MUNICIPALITY. MR CHAIR. YEAH, SURE. SURE. THE ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO REMEDY THE. UNUSUAL INTERSECTION AT ORDERS OF 62. IS DIMMERS DRIVE. AND DEMONSTRATE I WILL HAVE A SIGNAL OUT OF 62. WILL BE A FULL EIGHT. SAVE HER INTERSECTION. WHATEVER CAN BE DONE ON ORDER TO ROAD. SO WE'RE WE'RE TRYING. WE'RE BYPASSING ACCOUNTED TO SOME DEGREE AND SAYING, OKAY, IF YOU WANT TO HAVE A SAFE INTEREST, AN EXIT, GO UP DIMMERS DRIVE AND GET OUT OF WHAT WILL BE A TRAFFIC LIGHT WITH ALL THE NEW DEVELOPMENTS OF CONDO WILL BE USING ORDERS. DON'T BE USING MEMBERS. WELL, THEY WILL HAVE A HAVE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY AVAILABLE TO HIM. WE WILL USE IT. MAYBE NOT.SOMEBODY'S USING IT NOW. JUST HAVE A QUESTION. ADMITTING, UM MAYOR OR CHUCK, ONE OF THE OTHER. AT ONE POINT IN TIME, THERE WAS GOING TO BE A CONNECTOR, UM, THAT RAN AWFUL ORDERS THROUGH A DEVELOPMENT THAT WAS APPROVED A LONG TIME AGO. I THINK IT WAS THAT MY, UM THAT WAS GOING TO CONNECT WITH DE MARIST. IS THAT STILL ON THE BOOKS? DO YOU KNOW THE STATUS OF THAT PROJECT? IN TERMS OF THE THING? IT WAS HOME MORE THAN THEIR HOME ONE HOME ONE.
OTHER DEVELOPER. REFERRING TO THE PROJECT WEST OF SOUTHERN GROVE. THAT YEAH, THAT WAS A HOME WOULD, UH, PROJECT THAT DEVELOPMENT PLAN HAS INSPIRED. OKAY, SO I THINK DEVELOPERS STILL SHOPPING IT. I DON'T BELIEVE THEY WANT TO. THINK THAT DEVELOPMENT. WAS LOOKING FOR ANOTHER WAY TO GET THROUGH. OKAY? ORDINANCE SEE 35 21. THIS ORDINANCE HAS HAD ITS SECOND READING IN PUBLIC HEARING AND I MOVED TO BE APPROVED. SECOND. THE SPIRIT. YES. FOR SHARKY.
YES, MR CHAPPELLE. YES YES, MR HOLE? YES. MM. FOR RESOLUTIONS CR 37 21 APPROVED BUDGET
[Resolution CR-37-21 Approve the Budget Estimates for the Fiscal Year of 2022.]
ESTIMATES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022. READINGS THAT IT'S READING AND PUBLIC HEARING AND I MOVE AND BE APPROVED. OKAY? MR CHAIRMAN. SHE EXCUSE ME? I'M SORRY, MR CHURCH. DID I HEAR A SECOND? I APOLOGIZE. THANK YOU. WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE FOR THIS? TURNER JUST BRIEFLY GOLD. WHY WE HAVE TO GO. WHY WE'RE DOING THIS AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR JUST TO THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS CERTAINLY. MHM. ACTUALLY, THIS IS A STATE REQUIREMENT. WE HAVE TO SUBMIT THIS BUDGET TO THE COUNTY IN IT, UH, WILL SET OUR MAXIMUM AMOUNT THAT WE CAN APPROPRIATE FOR THE NEXT[00:50:04]
CALENDAR YEAR FOR THE 2022 BUDGET. AGAINST A COUPLE HIGHLIGHTS ARE THIS MADE A 33RD CONSECUTIVE YEAR THAT WE HAVE NOT INCREASED. OUR PROPERTY TAXES THAT WE CAN LOVE YOU UPON THE CITIZENS OF GROWTH TODAY. I THINK, UH, WITH OUR INCOME TAX ESTIMATES. WE'VE BEEN VERY CONSERVATIVE, BUT IT STILL SHOWS HEALTHY BALANCES FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS FOR THE END OF 2021 2022, ALSO FOR THE EXPENSE ASSUMPTIONS WE USE. FULL BUDGET FOR 2021, WHICH, AS I TELL YOU MANY TIMES WHAT WE DON'T SPEND OUR FULL BUDGET. SO THAT WAS THE BASE FOR 2021. I HAD A SMALL INCREASES FOR 2022. SO THIS. IS A VERY CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE SETS US UP FOR A GOOD PLACE TO BE FOR NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET PROCESS. OTHER COMMENTS CHECK ON MIGHT MENTION JUST INFECTED. CERTAINLY NOBODY LIKES SPEAKING OF PROPERTY TAXES WITH THIS PARTICULAR.ORDINANCE WOULD DO IF, IN FACT WE, UH, ENACT THE MILLAGE THAT'S PROPOSED NEAR 3.5 MILLS JUST TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE THAT WE WOULD BE TAXING AT $250,000 HOUSE WITHIN THE CITY OF GROSS CITY, $306. THAT'S ONLY PORTION THAT WE WOULD GET, SO IT'S VERY LITTLE IN TERMS OF PROPERTY TEXT GENERATION. 33RD YEAR. WE HAVEN'T RAISED TAXES AND SAY WHAT'S IN THE THIRD YEAR? MHM. ALL RIGHT. THIS. WE'VE ALREADY GOT A SECOND. I MEAN, IT'S SHOCKING. YES, MR STABLE. YES THIS IS HELL. YES MR HOLT? YES, MR BARRY? YES? MR HOLT BEFORE YOU LEAVE YOUR
[Ordinance C-34-21 Appropriate $135,000.00 from the General Fund for the Current Expense of Hoover Rd. & Kingston Ave. Storm Sewer Improvements. Second reading and public hearing. (Part 2 of 2)]
CHAIRS, HUH? I GOT TO REGRESS FOR JUST A MINUTE. YES, SIR. ON THE ORDINANCE FOR THE $135,000.IF IT PLEASE. THE CHAIR I'D LIKE TO HAVE MR CALORIE EXPLAIN, BECAUSE WE DO A LOT OF TALKING ABOUT WATER. ENSURE MITIGATION SO FORTH. EXPLAIN WHAT THIS PROJECT IS, IF YOU WOULD OKAY? THE FUNDING ON THE HOOVER ROAD PROJECT ACTUALLY ELIMINATES BOTTLENECK THAT'S IN OUR SYSTEM. AT THE INTERSECTION OF HOOVER, WHERE THE SHEDDING IS GOING, UM. WE HAD 24 INCH 15 INCH AND A 15 INCH GOING INTO A 24 INCH PIPE. SO IT WAS THE SAME SIZE GOING OUT WITH A SHEDDING HER SIGHT. IT WAS DISCHARGING TO A 42 INCH, SO WE TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THE DEVELOPER TO COME UP WITH THE LINEMEN TO EXTEND THAT STORM SEWER TO GIVE THAT A BETTER OUT BALL. WORKED WITH ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNER SO THAT'S GOING TO RELIEVE THAT BOTTLENECK DURING THOSE LARGE, INTENSE RAIN EVENTS, WE SAW THAT AREA BACK UP. AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS THAT PROVE THAT TO OUR ATTENTION IN SUNDAY NIGHT, AND HER TEAM WORKED ON THAT AS A SOLUTION WITH A DEVELOPER. SO THAT WILL. CONTINUE TO IMPROVE THAT THE DRAINAGE FROM THAT AREA. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. THAT YOU'RE ABOUT MY CONDUCT. STORMWATER MAPPING PROGRAM THAT BOTTLENECK HE DID? YES, YES. MR BARROSO. JUST MIGHT MENTION TO WITHIN THIS PARTICULAR PIECE OF LEGISLATION, STATES. CR 18 21 WAY OF THE BIDDING REQUIREMENTS. PRICE WAS GOING TO BE PROBABLY 35,000. IF I ABUSE. PLANS ON SO WE DID DID THAT JOB AND WE'VE GOT FOUR BIDS FROM FOUR CONTRACTORS. CHRONIC CONSTRUCTION COMPLETE GENERAL CREEPING AS. CST CONSTRUCTION THEY ARRANGED FROM $240,000 TO THE MILLO BENEFIT 167. NO. GOOD. THANK YOU. MR BARRY, JUST DON'T WANT MR KELLER TO LEAVE BECAUSE I'VE GOT QUESTIONS ON COLUMBUS STREET IN THE PARKING. THAT'S ALL YOU THANK YOU. OTHER PEOPLE HAVE BEEN PUT ON NOTICE TO NOT LEAVE THE ROOM. OKAY. WE HAVE REACHED THE CONCLUSION OF OUR FORMAL AGENDA THIS EVENING. AND UM I WILL MAKE A CALL FOR NEW BUSINESS. BUT WE DO HAVE. A
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PRESENTATION AND THE END THE PERSON FROM THE FRANKLIN COUNTY AUDITOR'S OFFICE THAT HAS BEEN PATIENTLY WAITING. I'D LIKE TO START OFF WITH YOU, UH, ISHMAEL CODY HARVILLE. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. NO PROBLEM. IT IS A PLEASURE. UM I'VE BEEN BEFORE A LOT OF CITY COUNCILS. BUT THIS IS MY FIRST TIME TO GROW CITIES. SO THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. MY NAME IS ISHMAEL CODY HARVELL[00:55:01]
AND I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF SERVING AS THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH COORDINATOR FOR FRANKLIN COUNTY AUDITOR, MICHAEL STINGY, JANO. I'M HERE. UH, FIRST OF ALL, JUST GIVE A QUICK UPDATE ABOUT SOMETHING THAT OUR OFFICE IS VERY EXCITED ABOUT. LASTED YOU LAST MONTH.YEARS MOVING SO QUICKLY, UH, LAST MONTH, WE ROLLED OUT WHAT THE AUDITOR IS CALLING A TAX AND SINA PUB. WHICH IS A TOOL THAT WE ARE. I DIDN'T KNOW THEY SENT YOU THE PRESENTATION. I'M SO EXCITED. I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO HAVE TO SPEAK FROM MY LAPTOP. Y'ALL JUST MADE MY DAY 10 TIMES BETTER. THANK YOU SO MUCH. JUST TELL ME DEXT, AND I'LL HIT THE SLIDES FOR HIM.
OKAY THANK YOU SO MUCH, BUT, YEAH. SO THE TAX INCENTIVE HUB IS ESSENTIALLY AIMS AT MAKING THE REALLY EXPANSIVE ROLE INDEX OF. PROPERTY INFORMATION THAT THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE AUDITOR'S OFFICE HOUSES MORE ACCESSIBLE AND TRANSPARENT TO THE PUBLIC. UM WE SO OFTEN IN OUR SOCIETY OF HURT THIS BACK AND FORTH ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT TAX ABATEMENTS ARE GOOD OR WHETHER OR NOT TAX ABATEMENTS ARE BAD. THE PROPERTY TAX INCENTIVE HUB AIMS AT GIVING THAT INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC AND MAKING IT AS OUT THERE AS POSSIBLE, SO THAT WAY THEY CAN MAKE THE DECISION ON THEIR OWN. OH, SO, YEAH, IF YOU COULD HIT THE NEXT SLIDE. UM YEAH. SO UNDER OHIO LAW, UH, AUDITOR SERVES A STATUTORY CHAIR OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF EACH MUNICIPALITY'S TAX INCENTIVE REVIEW COUNCIL. UM, AND I'M NOT GOING TO READ THIS FULL PRESENTATION TO YOU DO NOT WORRY. UM AND WE LAUNCHED THE TEREK REPORT IN RESPONSE TO A TON OF ENQUIRIES FROM RESIDENTS.
MUNICIPALITIES ELECTED BODIES, UM, FOR REGARDING THESE TAX INCENTIVES WHERE WE GET THE INFORMATION FROM AND ALL OF THAT GOOD STUFF. UM SO WE WATCHED LAST MONTH TO MAKE THAT MORE ACCESSIBLE AND IF WE COULD HIT THE NEXT SLIDE, UM SO THEY'RE JUST A COUPLE SCREENSHOTS AND WHATNOT. ABOUT THE ABATEMENT DASHBOARD. THAT KIND OF JUST WALKS YOU THROUGH.
WHAT THIS IS WHAT THE PURPOSES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. SO I, UH. ON THE SCREEN HERE. WE JUST HAVE A QUICK DEFINITION OF RUNDOWN OF THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF ABATEMENTS THAT THE PORTAL DISPLAYS THE MAIN FEW BEING ENTERPRISE ZONE ABATEMENT ABATEMENTS. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY ABATEMENTS AND COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT AREA ABATEMENTS, WHICH I HAD, WHICH I HEARD MENTIONED HERE TONIGHT, SO THAT'S REALLY EXCITING IF WE GO TO THE NEXT ONE SO THIS IS THE PART THAT I THINK IS REALLY COOL. OUR TEAM IS LIKE POURED OVER PUTTING THIS SITE TOGETHER.
UM SO IF YOU GO TO THE ABATEMENT DASHBOARD ON THE FRANKLIN COUNTY AUDITORS WEBSITE. UM YOU ZOOM IN AND ZOOM OUT ON VARIOUS PARTS OF FRANKLIN COUNTY AND THE LEFT HAND SIDE ADJUST IN REAL TIME, DEPENDING ON WHAT IS IN THAT RIGHT HAND SIDE. SHOWING ON THE MAP AND ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, IT'S GOING TO SHOW THE VARIOUS COUNTY AGENCIES AND WHATNOT IN THE 22 BUT WITH THE PREVIOUS YEAR'S TAXES A BIGOTED OR FOREGONE. ESSENTIALLY SHOWS WHAT? UH WHAT FUNDS THOSE SPECIFIC ENTITIES ARE MISSING OUT ON, UH, DUE TO VARIOUS ABATEMENTS, AND YOU CAN CLICK LITERALLY EACH INDIVIDUAL ONE IN THE COUNTY. SO THAT WAY YOU ARE ABLE TO, UH, TO LOOK AT THOSE LOOK AT WHERE THE WHEN THEY EXPIRE WHEN THEY WERE GRANTED THE ENTITIES THAT. BELONG TO YOU AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. UM YOU CAN FILTER IT BY CITY VILLAGE. ALL THAT GOOD STUFF, WHICH IS REALLY NEAT. AND IF YOU GO TO THAT NEXT ONE FOR ME, UM. IN THE TIFF DASHBOARD. UH SO A TAX INCURRED A TAX INCREMENT FINANCING ALSO KNOWS IT'S IF THAT JUST DESIGNATES PARCEL OR SPECIFIC PIECE OF LAND. UM UH, OH, I'M SO SORRY. I, UH. YEAH, A TAX INCREMENT FINANCING PROJECT DESIGNATED PARCEL OR MULTIPLE PARCELS. AS WITHIN A PROJECT. UM SO, ESSENTIALLY, THAT'S HIP DASHBOARD BREAKS THAT DOWN. SO THAT WAY ALL OF THOSE PIECES OF INFORMATION AS IN THOSE ABATEMENTS AND THE DIFFERENT KINDS AREN'T JUST IN ONE SPACE. SO THAT WAY IT'S NOT AS UH, AS HARD TO VIEW FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE EASILY OVERWHELMED BY LOTS OF INFORMATION LIKE ME. UH, SO YEAH. AND THERE IS JUST A QUICK RUNDOWN OF WHAT THOSE TIPS SORRY. I'M HAPPY TO SEND THIS PRESENTATION TO YOU. SO THAT WAY YOU CAN LOOK AT IT IN ITS FULLNESS RIGHT AFTER SO THE NEXT ONE, PLEASE. UM NEXT ONE AS WELL. UH YEAH, AND ALONG WITH THAT, UH. FOLLOWING COMING OUT OF THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC. UM OUR OFFICE IS OFFERING AN EXTENDED, UH OR NEW RATHER.
COMPLAINT PERIOD FOR OUR BOARD OF REVISION. SO THAT WAY BUSINESSES THAT WHOSE INCOME
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WERE AFFECTED BY THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC CAN GO BEFORE THE BORDER VISION FOR AND ARGUE THEIR PROPERTY VALUES AND WHATNOT. UM TO SEE HOW THAT'S GOING TO IMPACT THEIR TAXES, SO THAT WAY THEY CAN, UH, ADEQUATELY COMPENSATE. FOR POSSIBLE MS. INCOME FROM THE PANDEMIC PERIOD. SO THAT'S GONNA BE FROM AUGUST 3RD OF THIS YEAR TO SEPTEMBER. 2ND UM AND, UH, YEAH. IF YOU GO TO THAT NEXT ONE. AND. ANY QUESTIONS? UH UM MY APOLOGIES.LIKE I SAID, I WAS, UH. I'VE BEEN PREPARING BASED OFF OF WITH DIFFERENT SLIDESHOW SERVICE GOING WITH THE ONE THAT THEY SENT YOU. MY APOLOGIES. UH BUT YEAH, SO I MORE THAN HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. HOW? MAKE SURE AT LEAST SOME OF MY CARD SPECIFIC CLEVELAND. NO PROBLEM. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ANY QUESTIONS, MR SHOCKEY? YES I'VE BEEN ON THE DASHBOARD FOR QUITE A BIT EVER SINCE THE ARTICLES IN THE PAPER AND I THINK IT'S VERY WELL DONE, SO I SPENT MANY TIMES. IN GROVE CITY, PARTICULARLY IN THE TIPS THAT WE HAVE ON THERE, AND I DO WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT THAT, UH, I WOULD HOPE YOU TAKE BACK TO MR CINZANO. YES, UM. IN THE DASHBOARD. IT SHOWS THAT AND THE TIFF HE WOULD SHOW THE AMOUNT OF AMOUNT OF TAXES THAT ARE NOT GOING TO LET'S SAY ADAM H. OR. SOME OF THE OTHER ENTITIES THAT ARE BEING TAXED, AND THEY ALSO SHOW HOW MUCH MONEY THEY WERE NOT GIVEN. OKAY OUT OF THE BUT SINCE ALL OF OUR TIFFS AND I'M SAYING THAT OKAY, MR TURNER. AND OUR TIFFS ARE NON SCHOOL TIFFS, MEANING THAT OUR SCHOOLS ARE COMPENSATED BY THEM. CORRECT BUT IN OUR TIFFS IN YOUR DASHBOARD, IT SHOWS THAT THE SCHOOLS ARE NOT GETTING THEIR MONEY. AND THE REALITY IS UNLESS I'M READING IT WRONG, WHICH IT MAY BE, BECAUSE IT'S THE FIRST TIME I WAS ON THERE IT BUT IT SHOWS THAT OUR SCHOOLS ARE NOT, AND I CAN REMEMBER MANY TIMES OF BEING INTO FUNCTION WHERE THE MAYOR WOULD BRING A $2 MILLION CHECK. TO THE SCHOOL BOARD TO THE SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT FOR THE BUCKEYE TIFF. AND OTHERS LIKE THAT, SO I THINK THAT'S A LITTLE DISTORTED UNLESS I'M READING IT WRONG. NO ABSOLUTELY. SO THE AUDITOR, HE AND I SAT IN A VERY LONG MEETING ABOUT THIS PRESENTATION TODAY, SO HE WANTS TO STRESS THAT THIS IS. THIS IS OUR FIRST DRAFT OF THIS TOOL.
UM WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU ALL AS WELL AS VARIOUS YOU KNOW, GOVERNING BODIES AROUND FRANKLIN COUNTY TO MAKE THE SYSTEM BETTER. UM SO YEAH, ABSOLUTELY THAT THAT THAT DEFINITELY IS A DISTORTION OF TECHNOLOGIES. MY APOLOGIES ON BEHALF OF THE AUDITOR IN OUR OFFICE BECAUSE YOU FOLKS KNOW WHICH ARE NON SCHOOL TIPS IN WHICH CORRECT WELL TO CORRECT AND THAT WAS THE THAT WOULD TAKE THAT UP ON THERE. ABSOLUTELY AND I HAD ONE OTHER OBSERVATION. WE HAVE MADE THE TOWNSHIP HOLE. FIRE DEPARTMENT HOLE IN MANY WAYS WITH OUR TIFFS BY PROVIDING THEM EQUIPMENT OR BY LAND OR CONSTRUCTION, WHICH WILL NEVER PROBABLY SHOW UP IN YOUR. IN IN YOUR DASHBOARD THERE, BUT IF WONDERED IF THERE COULD BE, I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF IT'S RELEVANT, BUT IT IS RELEVANT TO THE CITIZENS OF GROWTH CITY IN JACKSON TOWNSHIP. AT THE TIFF IS ACTUALLY KICKING IN MONEY TOWARD THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ON THERE, AND MAYBE A LITTLE ASTERISKS OR SOMETHING THAT WAS ABSOLUTELY THAT WOULD BE, BUT YOU MAY NOT KNOW THAT YOU KNOW, IN ALL FAIRNESS, AND THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THESE PRESENTATION, RIGHT? ABSOLUTELY WE WANT THIS FEEDBACK WE'D LIKE. I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO, UH, IF YOU HAVE ANY EVEN MORE FINITE THINGS THAT YOU'D LIKE TO TALK WITH OUR TEAM THAT DEVELOPS THIS. WE WE'D LOVE TO GET YOU IN A ROOM. WE'D LOVE TO TALK ABOUT THIS. THE AUDITOR AND OUR TEAM IS WE SEEK TO IMPROVE. WE WANT TO HIS INTEREST TO PROVIDE MORE TRANSPARENCY TO FRANKLIN COUNTY RESIDENTS. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PROVIDING NOT DESTROY DAMAGE. SO IN THE INTEREST OF TRANSPARENCY, THAT'S THE ONLY REASON I BROUGHT IT UP. BUT I'LL TELL YOU THE TRUTH. IT WAS SO EASY TO USE. IT'S A VERY NICE. DASHBOARD TO BEGIN WITH ON THERE, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO POINT OUT ALSO GET WORK. WE'RE EXCITED. AND JUST A COMMENT. REALLY UM, I THINK THAT WHAT THIS BRINGS TO LIGHT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT PIECE OF INFORMATION WHICH IS THE AGREEMENTS. THAT ARE THE OTHER SIDE OF THOSE AS WELL AS THE MAYOR TALKED IN CAUCUS ABOUT, UM, TIPS THAT HAVE. SERIES THAT HAVE EXPIRED. PEOPLE ARE, UM I HAVE IN MY OFFICE BUILDING. I HAD DID IMPROVEMENTS AND HAD THE SIERRA SIERRA HERE AND HAD THE ABATEMENT AND. HOW DID YOU KNOW THAT EXPIRES AND YOU'RE YOU BEGIN BEING TAXED AT THE SAME LEVEL AS EVERYONE ELSE. UM SO.
THINK WE CAN APPRECIATE THE TWO SIDES OF THAT WHICH ARE WHAT IS IN THE FRANKLIN COUNTY HOURS
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OFFICE. YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE TAXATION OF EACH INDIVIDUAL PARCEL AND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR US. THAT'S WHY WE HAVE MR WALTERS AND HIS TEAM. UH TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE COMMUNICATING WITH RESIDENTS. WHAT HAPPENS ON THE OTHER SIDE AND WHY THOSE TAX INCENTIVES ARE VERY VALUABLE IN TERMS OF THE LONG RANGE IMPACT IN OUR COMMUNITY. SO UM OTHER SIDE OF THAT DISCUSSION FOR SURE, ABSOLUTELY. SOMETHING GOOD, MADAM CHAIR. YES, MAYOR. GO AHEAD. YEAH WHEN YOU HAD YOUR LENGTHY DISCUSSION WITH A GOOD AUDITOR, WE WOULD ALSO HAVE A LENGTHY DISCUSSION. AND, UH, I KNOW THE AUGER VERY WELL MATTER OF FACT, IF YOU WOULD, AND I HATE TO MAKE YOU A MESSENGER, BUT I'D LIKE TO HAVE, UH, THE AUDITOR CALL ME ABSENT. MY NUMBERS. UH, 614. THAT YOU 906 H 4538. GOTCHA. BECAUSE MUCH TO WHAT THE GOOD CHAIR POINTED OUT. IN OUR CASE, WE WERE VERY CONSERVATIVE USING CR IS VERY CONSERVATIVE. AND WE HAVE HAD.I WANT TO GUESS AT THIS PROBABLY 70% OF THEM HAVE EXPIRED. AND WHAT WE DON'T SEE AND VERY DIFFICULT TO SEE IS WHAT'S BEEN THE BENEFITS SINCE IT EXPIRED. IN WHAT REVENUES THEY'VE CREATED. HOW ALL THE OTHER ENTITIES ZOO AND SO FORTH HAVE BEEN MADE VERY WHOLE, WITH THE BENEFIT OF HAVING THAT CRE TO START WITH SO THAT'S NUMBER ONE. THE OTHER THING IS. IN THE COUNTY STANDPOINT, LISTENERS REVENUE GENERATED FROM SALES TAX. AND WE HAVE THE TEXTBOOK OF HOW YOU USE A TIFF. AND A SCIARRA. BY OUR SHOPPING CENTER. HAVE YOU NOT DONE THAT THE SALES TAX IS GENERATED BY ALL THE RETAIL STORES WERE NOT GOING TO COUNTY. AND THAT'S NOT STIPULATED IN THE MODEL. BUT I WILL TELL YOU THIS. I'VE GOT A LOT OF WORK WITH DASHBOARDS AND REPORTING AND THIS THIS IS DONE EXTREMELY WELL. AND IT'S MADE SIMPLISTIC ENOUGH THAT MOST PEOPLE HAVE SOME TECHNICAL, UH. SKILLS AND GET INTO IT. MY COMPLIMENTS OF THAT, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO THE GOOD AUDITOR IF I COULD. AND THEN THAT'S MY PERSONAL CELL NUMBER, THEIRSELVES. HIS OFFICE IS TWO DOORS DOWN FROM MINE, SO I'LL MAKE SURE CONVEY THAT TOMORROW WHEN I GET LIKE STAGE, YOU'LL REMEMBER. YES SIR. AND IF YOU CALL HIS PEOPLE, HIS PEOPLE GO AUDITORS, PEOPLE. THING THAT I LOVE ABOUT HIM IS USUALLY HERE TO JUST TAKE MY PHONE NUMBER AND CALL ME. UH I THINK WE NEED MORE ELECTED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. RIGHT AND AT THIS TIME, I WILL OPEN THE FLOOR TO THE PUBLIC. ANY
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NEW BUSINESS THAT HAS BEEN THAT IS TO BE BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF COUNSEL. PLEASE DO SO AT THIS TIME, AND I'M GOING TO START OFF WITH THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE SIGNED IN. AND ON THE TOP OF THE SHEET. IS CHRISTIE LAUGHING. HE'S COME FORWARD AND GIVE US YOUR ADDRESS. FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. I AM CHRISTY, LAUGHING. I LIVE AT 4447 DAWN DRIVE IN GROVE CITY. I'M HERE FOR TWO REASONS. ONE TO HOLD MYSELF MORE ACCOUNTABLE TO BE INVOLVED AND BE HERE MORE OFTEN. TO BRING A PERSPECTIVE TO YOU AND THE VOICE AND THE FACE OF A BUSINESS OWNER IN THIS COMMUNITY. NOT ONLY A BUSINESS OWNER, BUT SOMEBODY THAT HAS SURVIVED THE COVID PANDEMIC AND WE HAVE DONE WE HAVE DONE THAT. BY MEASURING. OUR OVERHEAD AGAINST OUR REVENUE AND WATCHING EXPENSES VERY CLOSELY. SO THIS VOICE THE VOICE THAT I'M BRINGING TO YOU TODAY CANNOT REPRESENT EVERY RETAIL OWNER, BUT IT CAN REPRESENT THE COMMUNITY THAT I TRY TO BE A LEADER IN. IN THAT COMMUNITY IS REALLY STRUGGLING. EVEN AFTER PANDEMIC.RESTRICTIONS HAVE LISTED LIFTED. TO BE PROFITABLE TO GROW. TO BUILD A COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE WANT TO COME BACK TO, SO I'M STANDING BEFORE YOU TO ASK YOU AS YOU VOTE ON DECISIONS AS OTHER ENTITIES. COME BEFORE YOU. AND ASKED YOU TO VOTE ON CHANGES OF EVENTS. CLOSING OF ROADS. MOVING EVENTS THAT YOU CONSIDER THE BUSINESSES THAT IT AFFECTS. EVERYTHING WE DO FROM THIS DAY FORWARD. MUST BE IN A VIABILITY WITH THE COMMUNITY. WE MUST WORK TOGETHER. WE MUST UNDERSTAND THAT MOVING THE FARMER'S MARKET WHERE PEOPLE CAN'T SEE IT. AFFECTS US AS
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RETAIL OWNERS. AND IT ULTIMATELY AFFECTS OUR REVENUE. WHEN WE MAKE A DECISION TO APPROVE A DECISION TO CLOSE A ROAD AND NOT ASK THE BUSINESSES HOW IT AFFECTS THEM. THEN WE MISS AN OPPORTUNITY. TO CREATE A COMMUNITY. VERY STRONG AND WE WORKED TOGETHER WHEN WE MOVE ARTS IN THE ALLEY. TO A PLACE. THEN AGAIN. IS NOT EXCEL NG WHAT WE'VE DONE BEFORE. AND IT'S NOT PROVIDING A AVENUE TO THE OTHER BUSINESSES. WE LOSE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR GROWTH. AND WE I WANT YOU TO KNOW WE HAVE NOT ONLY SURVIVED THE PANDEMIC WE ARE NOW WORKING ENDLESSLY TO GROW. I'M. ONE ONE OF THE LONGEST STANDING RETAIL COMMIT STORES IN THIS COMMUNITY. THERE ARE OTHERS THAT HAVE BEEN HERE LONGER. LIVE IN MY SIXTH YEAR. AND I PLAN. THIS IS MY COMMUNITY. I KNOW NOT ONLY SELL THE LIGHTING FOR YOUR HOME OR THE FURNITURE TO REDO YOUR HOME, BUT I BUILD A COMMUNITY. I BUILD A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PEOPLE THAT WALK INTO MY RETAIL STORES. AND THEY LOVE GROVE CITY BEFORE BECAUSE OF THAT. BUT I CANNOT CONTINUE TO PRODUCE THE REVENUE WHEN PEOPLE DON'T GET WHAT THEY EXPECT. AND THAT'S EVENTS ON BROADWAY.THAT'S A FARMERS MARKET THAT'S FULL. OF PEOPLE DOING ALL DIFFERENT THINGS. WE ARE A GREAT COMMUNITY, BUT WE ARE STRUGGLING AS RETAIL OWNERS. SO WHEN YOU MAKE A DECISION WHEN SOMEBODY COMES BEFORE YOU AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE'VE MET WITH. COMMUNITY LEADERS. WE ASKED TO MEET WITH TED, WE'RE MEETING WITH THE HEART OF PROOF CITY. WE'RE MEETING WITH THE CHAMBER. WE WANT TO BE A POSITIVE VOICE. WE DON'T WANT TO BE THAT THAT THE POUNDING IN YOUR EAR OF COMPLAINING OR, YOU KNOW, PROBLEM WE WANT TO BE PROBLEM SOLVERS. SO WE WANT YOU TO HEAR US. WE WANT TO BE A VOICE WHEN YOU WHEN, LIKE, WHAT HAPPENED TONIGHT? THE ORGANIZATION COMES BEFORE YOU AND ASK YOU TO MAKE A DECISION. TO MOVE SOMETHING OR CLOSE SOMETHING OR CHANGE SOMETHING THAT AFFECTS US. AND WE WANT TO BE THAT VOICE AND WE WANT YOU TO ASK US. HOW THAT WILL AFFECT US. SO THAT'S MY VOICE TONIGHT TO JUST ASK YOU TO REMEMBER WHO WE ARE, AND WE ARE IMPORTANT HERE AND WE WANT TO STAY HERE. WE'RE FIGHTING FOR OUR LIVES RIGHT NOW. WE ARE FIGHTING FOR OUR LIVES WERE NOT JUST STABLE. WE ARE FIGHTING BECAUSE THIS MATTERS TO US, AND IT MANAGED TO THIS COMMUNITY THAT WE'RE HERE. THANK YOU. ALSO HAVE A CHOICE, JENNINGS. IS JENNINGS. CAN YOU ALSO STATE YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD BEFORE YOU GET STARTED? JOYCE JENNINGS 28 61 BLANK OR DRIVE. AND WHAT I'M HERE FOR IS THE YOU'RE DOING A NEW. STRUCTURE ON THE SIDEWALKS OVER THERE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. AND I'M ON THE LIST. WHICH MY SIDEWALKS I DON'T SEE THERE'S ANYTHING WRONG WITH THEM. CONCRETE SOLD, BUT IT'S GOOD CONCRETE. IT'S NOT THIS CHEAP, CONCRETE ADDED. CONCRETE. THAT THEY'RE PUTTING DOWN NOW. DO NOT HAVE NO CRACKS. I DON'T HAVE NO SHAVINGS. THERE IS NO. PLACES WHERE SOMEONE COULD GET HURT. I KEEP MY PROPERTY UP NEAT AND NICE. AND THE COST OF IT. FOR ME AS A SENIOR, WHICH I ONLY GET A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF INCOME COMING IN. IT'S TERRIFIC. I JUST FEEL THAT YOU KNOW, WE'RE SENIORS OVER THERE. AND IF THE SIDEWALK THROUGH IN GOOD SHAPE.
AND IN NO DANGER FOR OTHERS. THEY SHOULD NOT BE TEARING UP GOOD SIDEWALKS. THAT'S COSTING TAXPAYERS MONEY AND ME. RUBY. SCHELSKY HE WAS OVER THERE. HE CHECKED MY SIDEWALKS OUT.
THERE'S. AS HE CAN SPEAK FOR ME, THERE'S NOTHING. THAT HE'S SEEN IN HIS EYES THAT THE
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SIDEWALKS SHOULD BE TORE UP. THAT'S WHAT THAT WAS GETTING MY QUESTION. HAVE YOU SPOKEN AND I'VE BEEN OVER THERE, TALKED WITH STAFF AND ALSO ABOUT THIS. YOU RECEIVED. THE NOTICE IN THE MAIL IS THAT THEY DID, AND THEY ALSO APPEALED IT AND CINDY CAME BACK OUT. AND THEY RE MEASURED IT. IT'S REALLY ABOUT PITCH ON THE SIDEWALK. AND YOU KNOW, FOLKS. WALK EVERY SIDEWALK IN MY WARD. DO 2000 HOUSES EVERY YEAR. I PROBABLY KNOW MORE ABOUT SIDEWALKS THAN ANYBODY IN IN THE CITY OTHER THAN THE INSPECTORS ON HERE, AND I CAN TELL YOU WHEN IT COMES TO THIS SIDEWALK. THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH IT. THEY SAY THAT THE PITCH IS SUCH THAT IT'S GREATER THAN A 2% PITCH, AND I CAN TELL YOU FROM PUSHING WHEELCHAIRS WITH FINE IF I STEP DAUGHTER TO PUSHING BABY CARRIAGES AND THINGS LIKE THAT WITH GRANDKIDS. THIS SIDEWALK IS SOLID, AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE WANT TO SPEND $10,300 REPAIRING THIS AND RIPPING UP THE SIDEWALK, WHICH IS ON A CORNER LOT RIGHT AT RIVER. AND BLANK HER. AND TEARING IT UP IN ORDER TO PUT IN A SIDEWALK. THAT'S GOING TO BE A DIFFERENT GRADE ON THERE.I JUST DON'T SEE IT AT ALL. AND THE PROBLEM IS THE APPEAL PROCESS. IS SOMEWHAT LIMITED.
BECAUSE ONCE IT'S ON THE LIST, THEY APPEAL TO THE SERVICE DIRECTOR SERVICE DIRECTOR GOES OUT AND IF IT'S OBVIOUSLY A PROBLEM, YOU KNOW WHERE THEY'RE SWALLOWING. THERE'S CRACKING, UM THERE'S TRIP HAZARDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. THAT'S EASY TO SPOT. BUT WHEN THEY COME OUT, AND THEY HAVE A LEVEL AND THEY TAKE A LEVEL, AND THEY'RE LOOKING AT A HALF A BUBBLE, OR WHATEVER THE NUMBER, WHATEVER THE BUBBLE WAS ON THERE, AND IT'S A PERFECTLY. GOOD CONCRETE SIDEWALK, WHEREAS I WALKED ALL OF BLANK DINNER. I WALKED ALL A RIVER TO LOOK AT THE SIDEWALKS THERE. THERE ARE OTHER SIDEWALKS THAT NEEDED NO HURT THE CURBING OUTSIDE OF THE SIDEWALK COULD USE THE $10,300 BECAUSE IT'S CRUMBLING. ON THE CURBING, BUT TELL YOU THE TRUTH, FOLKS SCHOOL OVER LOOK AT HER SIDE WALK DOES NOT NEED REPLACED. ALL RIGHT. I'M MOST CONCERNED WITH MAKING SURE THAT YOU HAD CONNECTED WITH STAFF AND YOU HAVE TALKED TO MISS KELLY AND HOW WE SPOKEN WITH ANYONE IN THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT. AT THIS TIME. NO.
YES I DID. YOU WERE THE CONNECTIVE FOR YES, THEY HAD AND CINDY WAS OUT THERE AND HER CREW AND THINGS LIKE THAT. THEY WERE OUT THERE, RIGHT? YEAH MISS MISS PATRICK AND RIGHT AND.
I THINK MIKE WAS OUT THERE THAT SHE SAYS WELL, THERE'S. SHE EVEN SAID. THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH MY SIDEWALK. THEY WERE IN PERFECT CONDITION, BUT IT WAS THE PITCH. AND TO ME.
WITHIN A COUPLE YEARS. THAT PITCH IS GOING TO BE OFF AGAIN ANYWAYS, BECAUSE THINGS SETTLED.
I HAVE BIG ROCKS AND MY FLOWER GARDEN AND EVERY YEAR I HAVE TO PICK HIM UP. GO IN THE DIRT.
AND PUT THEM BACK IN BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN STOPPED. SO. WHEN YOU'RE PUTTING NEW SIDEWALKS DOWN, THE PITCH IS GOING TO BE THERE. YES BUT WITHIN A COUPLE YEARS THAT IT'S GOING TO BE OFF AGAIN. THANK YOU AND I SAY SPEND $10,300 ON THE SIDEWALKS THAT NEEDS TO BE REPAIRED.
MAYOR GO AHEAD. UNFORTUNATELY, I'VE BEEN THROUGH THE OTHER SIDE OF IT. SITTING THROUGH A LAWSUIT THAT. GROUP OF TOLEDO PLACED UPON US. IN 2000. I THINK IT WAS IT COST US $2 MILLION. BECAUSE OF A QUARTER INCH PITCH. ON 88 80 A RAMPS. AND SO. IT'S A BALANCE AS MOST THINGS WE DO. OBSERVATION THAT SIDEWALK I AGREE DOESN'T NEED REPLACED. FOR SOMEBODY IN A WHEELCHAIR WHO HAD SUED A NUMBER OF OTHER CITIES AND COST THE SEA GROSSI $2 MILLION. IT BECOMES RELEVANT, SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE NEXT STEP IS IN TRYING TO APPEAL THE SAME. WHAT IS THE NEXT STEP CHILD? EXCUSE ME. I THINK THE LEGISLATION WE PASSED WAS FOR THE ENGINEERS ESTIMATE AND THEN THE NOTICES ONE OUT. I'M NOT SURE WE'RE WE'RE AT IN TERMS OF THE NEXT.
PROCESS. STEPHEN YOU, YOU RECALL. I APOLOGIZE. I DIDN'T REALIZE I FORGOT HE WAS GOING TO BE HERE THIS EVENING. I WAS TRYING TO PULL IT UP ON MY PHONE CERTAINLY WAS TALKING. I DO NOT HAVE IT IN FRONT OF THE ARRANGEMENT. LOOK INTO THIS, AND WE WILL RECONNECT WITH YOU ON THIS. OKAY? JUST SO THAT WE KNOW WHERE THINGS ARE. AND YOU KNOW WHAT NEXT STEPS ARE OKAY.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT SHOULD. I HAVE ANOTHER THING. UM THE NEIGHBOR DOWN THE STREET. SHE JUST HAD HER NEW SIDEWALKS PUT IN IN 2020. THEY HAD HER ON THE LIST.
THEY COME OUT. AND THEY MEASURED ALL OH, WELL, NO, IT'S NEW. YOU DON'T KNOW WE'LL TAKE
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YOU OFF THE LIST. WELL, WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MY SIDEWALK AND HER SIDE BOOK JUST BECAUSE SHE HAD. BRAND NEW SIDEWALK AND I HAVE OLD SIDEWALK, BUT THE PITCH IS OFF ON HERS, JUST AS WELL AS MINE. I CAN'T ANSWER THAT. I'M GONNA ASSUME IT'S A MEASUREMENT BUT WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE GET FOLLOW UP TO YOU. OKAY, OKAY. PROBABLY APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. VERY WELCOME. UH HUH. RIGHT. ANY OTHER NEW BUSINESS THIS EVENING? OKAY? WELCOME GOOD TO SEE YOUR FACE HAVEN'T SEEN. I HAVEN'T SEEN ANYONE HAVE YOUR YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. MY NAME IS JEFF BUSKIRK DID IT. 4557 CLAIBORNE DRIVE, GROUP CITY AND NECK. YOU CAN RELAX. I'M NOT HERE TO TALK ABOUT CAT TAILS. MM. BUT. WHAT I AM HERE TO TALK ABOUT IS MILKWEED. YEAH. TWO YEARS AGO. BOY SCOUT APPEARED IN FRONT OF YOU. TO TALK ABOUT US PROJECT. I GUESS HE WANTED TO GET A MERIT BADGE. AND HIS. PROJECT WAS MONARCH BUTTERFLIES. SAVING THE MONARCH. ONE OF THE THINGS HE MAY HAVE TOLD US, AND I DIDN'T GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE TAPE. WAS THAT WE HAVE LOST APPROXIMATELY 90% OF THE MONARCH. IN ONE STATE. IT'S 99. AND THEY HAVE GOING TO THE TRAVEL OF PLANTING. 30,000 MILKWEED PLANTS IN AN EFFORT TO SAVE THE MONARCH. BECAUSE THE ONLY PLANT THEY WILL LAY THEIR EGGS ON IS THE MILK WHEAT. UH, MIKE. I KNOW THAT. MERVIN FIELD. THAT PATCH OF PLANTS OR WEEDS. THE TREES UP AGAINST. THE DEFENSE NEEDED FROM THE BACK. CERTAINLY. THAT WAS A GOOD MOVE ON YOUR PART. OR WHOEVER WAS DOING THAT. I KNOW YOU WERE OUT THERE, WATCH. AT LEAST I HEARD, UH, BUT WHAT I DO HAVE DIFFICULTY WITH IS TAKING THAT TRACTOR. THAT BIG, NICE, SHINY GREEN TRACTOR WITH A HANDLE WHEN GOING UP AND JUST CLEAR CUTTING 6 TO 8 FT. BACK.BECAUSE THAT AREA WAS FOUR OF MILKWEED. IN FACT, LAST YEAR. TO CITIZENS, SCIENTISTS THAT LIVE NEAR GROVE CITY. THAT WAS INVOLVED IN THE PROJECT. WERE RAISING ONE ARE BUTTERFLIES.
AND SETTING HIM LOOSE. RIGHT THERE. IN THAT AREA BECAUSE. THE MILKWEED WOULD GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO LAY EGGS AND CREATE ADDITIONAL MONARCH BUTTERFLIES. BUT I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS AGREE, BUT I THINK IT'S A GORGEOUS CREATURE. I THINK IT'S WORTH SAVING. BUT. WHEN THAT AREA WAS TRIMMED BACK THAT 6 TO 8 FT. THE MONARCH BUTTERFLY CERTAINLY TOOK A HEADER GROUP CITY. LEAST THAT AREA. WHAT WOULD WE SAY TO THAT BOY SCOUT THAT HE CAME IN HERE TODAY? WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE SAID TO HIM AS YOU STOOD THERE AND WATCHED ON YOUR BICYCLE. IF HE WERE THERE WITH YOU. UH, I PERSONALLY THINK THAT THE MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT NEEDS SOME ENVIRONMENTAL SENSITIVITY TRAINING. BECAUSE CLEAR CUTTING AN AREA. IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE CUTTING DOWN CAN BE A TRAGEDY. IS THIS IN MY OPINION CERTAINLY WAS. THAT MUCH.
LISTENING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE UP TO THE MAYOR'S REPORT
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THIS EVENING. MR MAYOR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I DO NOT HAVE THE. COURT REPORT THIS EVENING, SO NO FINANCIAL REPORT JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WE ARE FEATURED IN CEO MAGAZINE. THIS MONTH, AND THIS PARTICULAR INSERT ACTUALLY BECOMES LATE. TEAR OUT. AND IT WILL BE WHAT 5000 COPIES DONE. UH I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU SEE IT, BUT IT'S UP. EXTREMELY GOOD ARTICLE. ABOUT GROWTH CITY AND, UH, INTERVIEWS OF SOME OF OUR BUSINESSES WHO APPRECIATE WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO HELP THEM, PARTICULARLY WITH OUR LONG PROGRAM FOR DOWNTOWN MERCHANTS[01:25:04]
AND SOME OTHER THANKS. UM. SO THAT'S THAT WILL BE MADE. AS I SAY IT IS AN INSERT MHM. FOR THE JULY WENT WELL. I WOULD TELL PEOPLE THE TWO SCARIEST DAY TO BEING THERE IS THE FOURTH OF JULY FIREWORKS AND THEY LOVE MY WEEKEND. BECAUSE ALL YOU NEED IS ONE HITCH AND SOMEBODY GETS HURT. YOU CAN'T COMMUNICATE WITH ALL THOSE PEOPLE AS TO WHAT HAPPENED. AND WE MADE IT THROUGH AND THANKS TO THE PARKS AND REC, AND EVERYBODY TOOK CARE OF THAT, KELLY. A LOT OF GOOD COMMENTS ABOUT THE LOCATION. SO THAT THAT'S THAT'S GOOD NEWS. THE STATE BUDGET WAS APPROVED AND SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR. YOU HEARD ME TALK ABOUT THE RETROACTIVE MINUTES WITH INCOME TAX. THAT WAS REMOVED FROM THE STATE BUDGET. UH IT CAN BE RECONNECTED BACK JUST FOR THE YEAR, 2021. HOWEVER, THEY DID HAMMER OUR HOME RULE AGAIN. I WITH IT. WHATEVER THIS HAS TO DO WITH THE BUDGET. I DON'T KNOW, BUT CITIES CANNOT BAND.PLASTIC BAGS. SO AND THE WAY THEY DID IT IS YOU CAN'T CHARGE IF SOMEBODY USE THE PLASTIC BAG. AND I'M GOING TO SUGGEST THAT LATER ON WE COME UP WITH AN INCENTIVE TO BUSINESSES. DO NOT USE PLASTIC BAGS. AND FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN UNSANITIZED. UH RETAILERS AND PARTICULARLY TO NOT USE PLASTIC BAGS THAT WILL PROBABLY GET OUTLAWED ALSO, BUT WE CAN TAKE A SHOT AT IT. THE BUDGET WAS. AFFAIR BUDGET FOR US, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE, UH TO THE AS A FILTERS DOWN. THERE IS A, UH, CATASTROPHE DOWN AND SURFSIDE, FLORIDA AND I THINK PEOPLE WERE UP IN ADDITIONAL HAPPENS. WE'VE GOT TO NOTE THIS MORNING ONE OF OUR JACKSON TOWNSHIP ENVIRONMENT. AS PART OF THE RESCUE TEAM, AND HE SENT BACK. SOME NOTES THAT PRETTY GRAPHIC ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT DOWN THERE AND WHAT WAS GOING ON. BUT THAT CENTER RUSSIAN, WE HAVE SOMEBODY FROM OUR COMMUNITY THAT'S ALSO HELPING WITH THAT. THAT PROBLEM. THE SENIOR CENTER REOPENED. WE HAD A RIBBON CUTTING THIS MORNING, 10. AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE THERE 50 TO 60. I WOULD SAY. REALLY ANXIOUS TO BE ABLE TO GO IN. THEY ALL, UH, REALLY LIKE THE IMPROVEMENTS WE MADE AND LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING THAT RUNNING FULL BORE AGAIN.
WE HAVE GOT A PROCLAMATION THAT I READ EARLIER TO THE PARKS AND REC. I'M ALSO GOING TO DO ONE.
FOR THE DISPATCH. IT'S 150TH ANNIVERSARY AND THE DISPATCH HAS BEEN A KEY PROVIDER. TO OUR COMMITTEE IN ALL CENTRAL OHIO. AND I THINK IT'S FITTING THAT WE, UH, WE DO APPROXIMATION THEN TO THANK YOU FOR 150 YEARS OF SERVICE. MURDER GET THE LOSSES. UH, FATHER LAST WEEK, AND WE'RE SAYING WITH THAT, HE SAID, LOST HIS MOTHER NOT TOO LONG AGO. THE LILIES HAS CHANGED HANDS. TAMMY THE BUSINESS HAS BEEN SOLD. I DO NOT KNOW THE NEW BUSINESS AND HARASSED. YOU KNOW MY CHANCE. AND THEN THE PARKERS BUILDING WAS SOLD. AND HAS NEW OWNERS.
SO WE HAD SOME, UH, TURNOVER OF THREE PRETTY KEY BUSINESSES IN OUR TOWN CENTRE. OTHER THAN THAT, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS FOR COUNCIL. AND I DO NOT DRIVE THAT TRACTOR. THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU, MAYOR. MR BASSEM JUST ONE ITEM EARLIER IN THE YEAR WE RECORDED THAT THE, UH, COUNTY ADVISE US THAT, UH. APPLICATION WE WERE GETTING THROUGH. THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN WAS ESTIMATED TO BE ABOUT $8.2 MILLION. SINCE THAT TIME WITH THE PASSAGE OF HOUSE BILL 1 68. INITIALLY TOWNSHIPS HORNING INCLUDED IN THAT ALLOCATION. UH WITH THE PASSAGE OF HOUSE BILL 16 STATE. THEY ARE INCLUDED, WHICH REDUCES OUR ESTIMATE. AMOUNT OF AMERICA RESCUE PLAN FUNDING. TO $4.3 MILLION, A REDUCTION OF SOME $3.8 MILLION. ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I SAW THAT. RIGHT? MR TURNER. HAVE NOTHING TO ADD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR SMITH. I HAVE NOTHING, MADAM PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS KELLY. COUNCIL MEMBERS. YOU STILL HAVE ONE OUTSTANDING LIQUOR. PERMIT REQUEST FOR THE GROUP CITY EXPRESS DRIVE THROUGH. DO YOU HAVE ANY OBJECTIONS? DO YOU WISH TO REQUEST A HEARING ON THIS ISSUE? OUR SAFETY DEPARTMENT WENT AWAY IN A.
THEIR SAFETY DEPARTMENT HAS NO ISSUES ON THE REQUEST, BUT THAT'S UP TO YOU. UM MR SMITH
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BEING THAT THIS BUSINESS WAS TURNED DOWN TONIGHT. WHAT HAPPENS TO THE. IT FROM THE STATE'S PERSPECTIVE. FRANKLY THEY DON'T CARE. THEY WILL LOOK TO SEE IF THERE'S A BUILDING THERE AND SOMEONE APPLYING FOR PERMITS. SOMEONE CAN GET A PERMIT. ATTACH IT TO THAT ADDRESS. IN THE HOPES THAT IN THE FUTURE, THEY'LL GRAB THE PERMIT. HOLD ONTO IT, POTENTIALLY SELL IT OR TRANSFERRED TO SOMEBODY ELSE. IF YOU REQUEST A HEARING, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, SIR, I WILL SHOW UP AND MY GUESS IS THEY WILL GRANT THE LIQUOR PERMIT ANYWAY, BECAUSE EVERY TIME I'VE OBJECTED TO THESE ON. EVEN SOME INSTANCES WHAT I FEEL ARE VERY STRONG GROUNDS. THEY GRANT THE PERMIT ANYWAY, SO YOU CAN CERTAINLY OBJECT AND REQUEST A HEARING, SIR. I WILL TELL YOU I CAN SEE THE FUTURE AND TELL YOU HOW IT WILL END. BUT YOU KNOW, ABSENT THEM HAVING APPROVAL FROM THIS BODY. OBVIOUSLY A DRIVE. THRU WILL NOT BE OPERATING THERE, WHETHER IT HAS A LIQUOR PERMIT ASSIGNED TO THAT ADDRESS OR NOT. MHM.REQUEST FOR YEAH. RIGHT? NO REQUEST FOR A HEARING ON THAT. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. ANY STAFFER FOR US? HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR STAFF. OKAY CAN WE ALLOW THE STAFF TO JUST IF THERE'S ANYONE ON THE STAFF THAT THAT HAS SOMETHING THAT THEY'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THIS EVENING, DO THAT FIRST. MR RALPH. WHY ARE YOU LOOKING OVER YOUR SHOULDER AND YET COMING TO THE FRONT OF THE ROOM, JUST MAKING ANOTHER STAFF PERIOD. JUST BRIEFLY WONDERING COUNCIL OF TODAY ON A COUPLE PROJECTS. SEEMLY LOVE ARE PLAYING FISHING PROJECTS RELEASING COMPLEXITY OF THOSE PROJECTS ARE GOING DOWN, WHICH GIVES US MORE TIME TO WORK ON THE LARGER, BIGGER PROJECTS WERE STILL PROGRESSING. PRETTY WALTON THE ZONING CODE FOR PRETTY WELL COMPLETE ON TITLES, FOUR. TITLES, TOO. SO WE'RE GETTING CLOSE. WE WE'VE ENGAGED WITH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TO START TALKING ABOUT THE SIGN CODE, WHICH I THINK WILL BE A MAJOR, UH, MAJOR ENDEAVOR, ALSO, WITH THE END OF THE PANDEMIC, WE WERE LOOKING TO RECOVER, REINVIGORATE. 2050 COMMITTEE, AND SO WE HAD A REPORT READY TO GO. RIGHT AT THE ONSET OF CURVE IT SO WE KIND OF PULLED BACK BECAUSE I WANT TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH. OF THOSE 15 INDIVIDUALS IN A MEANINGFUL WAY, SO WE'RE LOOKING TIGHT LOOKING TO RESTART THAT THE EFFORT THE FIRST PART OF AUGUST, UH, KIND OF BALANCE, THE REPORT OFF OF THEM GET THEIR FEEDBACK CHANGES AND THEN. PRESENT THE COUNCIL.
SO WE'RE LOOKING TO KIND OF START TO EVER BIRTH AS WELL. UM. ALRIGHT WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW HOW THE DEVELOPMENT REPROCESS WORK SO WE CAN EDUCATE COUNSEL IN TERMS OF IN STAFF MEMBERS OF LAW. NEW STAFF REMEMBERS HOW THE PROJECT'S PROGRESS FROM CONCEPTION. THROUGH PLAYING COMMISSION THROUGH COUNCIL ON THE ENGINEERING ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE BONDING IN A SURETY PROCESSES. UH ALSO WERE PUTTING THE FINAL TOUCHES ON THE SENIOR SENIOR HOUSING. COUNSELING QUESTIONS ON SENIOR HOUSING. UH. ROUGHLY WHAT WE FOUND SO FAR OF THE STABILIZED FACILITIES THAT WE HAVE THOSE FACILITIES, 95% OCCUPANCY. AND. STAY STABILIZED.
WE DIDN'T COUNT THE TWO NEWEST ONES. BECAUSE OF THE ANSWER THE COVID PANDEMIC WE WANTED TO HAVE THEM HAVE A CHANCE TO RAMP UP. SO UH, HOME SAYS, WELL, THE ASHFORD. THOSE ARE THE TWO NEWER ONES THAT ARE ARE STILL ARE STILL KIND OF RAMPING UP. THERE'S TWO OTHER ONES IN THE PIPELINE. DANBURY IN THE SUGAR MAPLES, SO JUST WE'RE STILL KIND OF PUT THE POLITICIANS ON THOSE STUDIES AS WELL. BUT. I ANTICIPATE THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS THAT WILL BE. ISSUE ANOTHER THE DEPARTMENT REPORT TO COUNCIL AND PRINT FORMAL WE HAVE A LOT OF THE SENATE AS WELL. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR RASH? ANY OTHER STAFF REPORTS. MR SHOCKEY, UH, HAVE SOMETHING FROM MR VYDRA. MR V DRY, WHO REQUEST FROM LOAD OF CONSTITUENT OVER ON RIVER. YOU KNOW THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE PARKING ON THE NORTH SIDE A RIVER. THAT'S THE ONE SIDE ONLY. AND THERE. THEY PARK ON THE SOUTH SIDE. BUT THERE'S TWO SIDES. THERE'S ONE AT THE FRONT BY. PARLIAMENT ON THE NORTH SIDE, AND THERE'S ONE ON THE. ON THE OTHER SIDE OF IT DONE BY BLACK THERE, BUT THERE'S NOTHING IN THE MIDDLE. WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE? THEY ASK IT TO PUT A NO PARKING SIGN IN THE MIDDLE, SOME PLACE UP ON THE TELEPHONE POLE OR SOMETHING? BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO PARK ON THAT SIDE. ALSO, THAT DON'T KNOW. PULL UP. THEY DON'T SEE THE SIGNS AND THEN NOTHING IN THE MIDDLE, AND YOU CAN'T GET DOWN RIVER VERY WELL. THAT.
ALSO HAVE FOUR CONTINUE. MR BOZO, MR MIKE BOZO. A TRUCK PULLED DOWN THE WIRES SOMEWHERE
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BEHIND BLACK NERD, DEVON AND RIVER AT THE CORNER THERE, THEN BACK, THEN PULLED ALL THE CABLES TOWN. BROKE THE POLE COMPLETE. THEY PUT A NEW POLO. BUT THEY NEVER PUT THE WIRES BACK UP. INTO THE HOUSES THAT PULLED THE CABLES OUT OF THE HOUSES. THEY PULLED THE CABLE.IT'S NOT THE ELECTRIC. IT MUST BE THE MUST BE THE CABLE TV AND. AND THAT ON THERE, AND THEY JUST LEFT IT. AND, UM, THEY'VE EVEN CALLED HUAWEI ON THERE IN THE WALL WAY PERSON CAME OUT AND SAID, WELL, YEAH, THEY'RE DOWN, BUT YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO CALL SOMEBODY THAT CARES BASICALLY. SO THEY DIDN'T ACTUALLY SAY THAT, BUT THAT'S THAT'S WHAT THERE WAS.
BASICALLY SAID TO ME, SO IS THAT CODE ENFORCEMENT THAT THEY WOULD HAVE THAT BACK IN THERE, MIKE? HOW THEY HAVE THE UTILITIES RUNNING BEHIND THE HOUSE IS THERE WHEN YOU CAN GO IN, YOU KNOW, TWO HOUSES IN ON ON DEVIN OR THREE HOUSES THAT AND DEVON AND GO BEHIND OR FROM THE SAME THREE HOUSES IN ON RIVER GO BEHIND AND ANY PLACE ON, UH, WHITENER AND THOSE THAT CABLES DOWN THERE JUST IT'S HANGING AND THEIR CABLES IN THE YARD. ALL SORTS OF THINGS. SO IF WE COULD LOOK AT THAT, AND I KNOW IT'S NOT OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO FIX IT, BUT IF WE COULD HELP. YOU KNOW, I NOTICED THE PEOPLE LONG TO GET BACK. STRONG DATE WAS THAT THAT YOU LAST LAST. YESTERDAY YESTERDAY YESTERDAY. YEP, I WASN'T INSPECTED IT YESTERDAY.
MR VEDRA. YEAH. WE'LL TELL YOU ABOUT THAT. THE TRUCK. LOST TRYING TO GET TO WALMART DISTRIBUTION AND TURNED THE WRONG WAY ON SOUTHWEST AND. I BELIEVE DEVON AND THEN ON THE RIVER. YEAH. IN AN ATTEMPT TO TURN AROUND. ONE WAY STREET OR A DEAD END STREET TOWARD THE CALL OFF. SO THAT WAS. NOW THE DATE ESCAPES ME. BUT THERE WAS A SERIES OF. EMAILS AND NOTIFICATIONS THAT WENT OUT AND. MOST OF THE UTILITY COMPANIES DID RESPOND AND PRESIDENT.
CALLED ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON. AND WHY WAS THE LAST. UNTIL THE VENDOR THAT HAD THEY DIDN'T ADDRESS. SO WE WERE ABLE TO WITH THE HELP OF MR HURLEY. GET A HOLD OF A CONTACT ON THE SUNDAY THAT ANSWERED THEIR CELL PHONE AND WERE ABLE TO GET AT LEAST SOME OF THE. SERVICE BACK UP, BUT THIS IS THE FIRST I'VE HEARD THAT THE. JUST TAKE A WALK DOWN THERE AND YOU'LL SEE THEIR CABLES PULLED OUT OF THE HOUSE AND THEY'RE JUST LAYING IN THE YARD AND. THEIR CABLES LIKE GOING SLIP, AND I MEAN IT'S SOME ASPECT OF. I'M NOT TO MAKE AN EXCUSE, BUT I'M GUESSING THERE'S A DIFFERENT BRANCHES OF EACH ONE. OH, YEAH. MONSTER TRANSMISSION GROUP, AND THEN THE OTHER IS PROBABLY THE SERVICE GROUP THAT INDIVIDUAL CUSTOMERS. WE HAVE A GOOD CONTACT FOR A WHILE AND WELL, WE CAN FOLLOW UP WITH THEM TOMORROW. THANK YOU APPRECIATE IT. MADAM PRESIDENT, WE CONTINUE ONE MORE THING. YES, ALL RIGHT, AND THEN I WILL BE QUIET. PROMISE. MAYBE WE GOT CONTACTED ALL OF US BY RESIDENT ON WIND RIDGE ABOUT DEGREE IN THE YARD FROM THE FIREWORKS. AND THE PROBLEM WITH THAT ON THERE, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THE CITY WAS AWARE OF THAT OTHER THAN WHAT WAS EMAILED TO US. BUT THE CONCERN WAS THE. ONE INCH TO THREE INCH PIECES OF AND I'M ASSUMING THIS PAPER BUT I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WOULD BE THE DEBRIS. THAT'S WHAT IT IS. MR. FEDERAL WE GET YOU. SEE THAT WE'VE WE'LL REACH OUT TO THAT RESIDENT AND APPARENTLY WITH FIREWORKS. THERE'S THE PAPER WANTING THAT AS PART OF THE SHOW ENDS UP AND WE DID CLEAN UP. PERFECT FIELD AND RENTED SOME EQUIPMENT TO DO THAT, AND OKAY, PARKING LOT EVEN ASKED. WILL CERTAINLY GO BY THERE AND TALK TO HIM AND SEE OKAY BECAUSE I FORWARD THE EMAIL TO COFFEE, MR BOSE. PROPOSAL ON IT, SO HE WOULD BE AWARE OF THE ADDRESS AND THE GENTLEMAN ON THERE BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW WHICH WERE TO GO. THE WIND DIRECTION. A LOT OF THAT, FOLKS. SURE. I UNDERSTAND. I THINK IF WE PICKED UP THEIR YARDS, THEY WOULD BE IMMENSELY. MHM. TAKE CARE. THAT'S THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT, UH, ANYTHING ELSE FROM STAFF? AND THAT BRINGS US TO CLOSING COMMENTS AND I WILL BEGIN WITH MR BARRY. KELLER. OKAY? WE'RE OFF THE TREES FOR NOW, BUT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT
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PARKING DOWNTOWN. UH, WE'VE HAD SEVERAL, UM YEAH. BUSINESSES THAT HAVE COMMENTED THAT RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF THE TRANSITION WITH VIOLA IN THE PARKING BEHIND IT, UM THERE'S PARKING IS A CHALLENGE NOT ONLY FOR THE BUSINESSES BUT FOR OTHER PEOPLE. SO THERE'S IS THERE ANY REASON WHY WE CANNOT LET PEOPLE PARK ON THE GRAVEL. THAT'S ALREADY THERE BECAUSE THE TRUCKS ARE ALREADY RUNNING IN AND OUT OF THE GRAPH ON THE GRAVEL ANYHOW, AND I UNDERSTAND THE COST SAVINGS. I THINK OF BLACK TOPPING ALL AT THE SAME TIME, BUT CAN WE NOT ALLOW THEM JUST TO PARK ON THAT GRAVEL UNTIL WE PAVE IT? THIS IS YOU KNOW, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT FOR THE PROPOSED LINE. YEAH, WELL, THAT'S THAT'S STILL UNDER THE CONTRACTORS CONTROL. YOU KNOW WHAT? ONCE WE HAD A CONTRACT? HE CONTROLS THAT LAND BECAUSE HE'S RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL THE SAFETY WHAT GOES ON THERE SO THAT THAT WOULD NOT BE ACCESSIBLE WHILE CONSTRUCTIONS ONGOING. I'M NOT SURE CHUCK HAVEN'T BEEN OUT THERE RECENTLY WITH WITH. WE HAD THE SECONDARY GRAVEL LOT THAT WAS GOING IN ON THE NORTH SIDE. I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S CONSTRUCTED YET, BUT WE WERE TRYING TO WORK THAT SEQUENCE TO MINIMIZE THAT IMPACT. BUT WE KNEW THERE WAS GOING TO BE SOME AS ANY TYPE OF INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT TO THE SCALE. TO ME SOME IMPACT. WE'RE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THAT CONTRACTOR. MINIMIZE IT. SO HEARING THERE'S COMPLAINTS. YOU KNOW, CHUCK, YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD SOME OF THOSE TWO. WE CAN KIND OF GET WITH SENDING IT TO THE CONTRACTOR AND SEE THERE'S ANY OTHER OPTIONS OUT THERE. WE CAN WE ACTUALLY GO AHEAD AND BLACKTOP THAT LOWER LOT FIRST. I MEAN, ARE WE REALLY SAVING THAT MUCH MONEY BY NOT BLACK TALKING AT FIRST. I THINK I WANT ONE OF THE BIG ISSUES IS AN INGRESS EGRESS TO THAT SITE FROM BOTH COLUMBUS STREET AS WELL AS METAL LANE. THOSE AREN'T COMPLETED IS UNDERGROUND GOING IN ELECTRIC COMPANIES IN THERE? THERE'S JUST A NUMBER OF THINGS, UH, HAPPENING ON THAT LOT, AND IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN THERE AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE SAFE. WE CERTAINLY REALIZED THAT, UH, INCONVENIENT HAS TWO BUSINESSES, BUT. ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT HAPPENED DURING CONSTRUCTION, AND HOPEFULLY IT WILL. AND I THINK THE CONTRACT IS UH, SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY NOVEMBER IS THAT CORRECT BY NOVEMBER THIS YEAR HOPEFULLY THOSE ITEMS WILL BE DONE. HOPEFULLY IN THE SEPTEMBER OVER TIME FRAME. THE ANSWER. I WANTED TO HEAR, BUT AS AN ANSWER. UM, BUT, YEAH, I MEAN, WE JUST WE ARE. I MEAN, CHUCK, I'M SURE YOU'VE HEARD THE SAME ISSUES. WE JUST NEED TO THINK THROUGH HOW WE CAN RELIEVE THAT PRESSURE ON ON THOSE BUSINESS IS A LITTLE BIT. WE'LL HELP PROGRESS MEETING. I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S THIS WEEK OR NEXT WEEK ABOUT WHAT THE CONTRACTOR I'LL GET THE SCHEDULE. KIND OF JUST KIND OF LET THAT COUNCIL NOW WHAT THE SCHEDULE IS WHERE THEY'RE PLANNING FOR COMPLETION.THANKS TO THE CONTRACT IS 300 DAYS. IT GOES THROUGH NOVEMBER, BUT USUALLY THERE'S SIGNIFICANT COMPLETION OPENING UP. PRIOR TO THAT ONE LIKE MR BARROSO STATED, AND SO I'LL UPDATE CHANNEL THAT IS. WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON THAT. JULY SIP UPDATE SO WE CAN HAVE THAT INFORMATION IN THERE.
YEAH, I HAVE ONE OTHER QUESTION. NOT YOUR GOOD. THANK YOU, UM, ON COLUMBUS STREET. WHEN DO WE EXPECT THAT TO ACTUALLY OPEN UP, CHUCK. AGAIN. THAT'S THAT'S. CONTRACT WAS FOR 300 DAYS, WHICH IS IN THE NOVEMBER TIME FRAME. HOPEFULLY. MOST OF THE AUDIENCE WILL BE COMPLETED PRIOR TO THAT THEY CAN DO STREET LIGHTING AND OTHER ITEMS IN TERMS OF LANDSCAPING. AND SAYING AFTER THE STREET IS OPENING, SO THAT'S WHAT. US WITH THE CONSTRUCTION MEETING COMING UP. IS THAT THIS WEEK OR NEXT WEEK? WANT THE OTHER THING THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS, TOO IS YOU KNOW THE HIGH WEEDS OVER AT THE PARK AT ME A LOT. I KNOW WE'RE GETTING READY TO CUT SOME CONTRACTS OVER THERE AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT WE NEED TO BUSH HOG SOME OF THAT STUFF DOWN. BUT OTHER THAN THAT, I WANTED TO KIND OF GIVE EVERYBODY AN UPDATE THE WITHIN IT WHERE WE'VE GOT 40% OF THE PEOPLE THAT DID THE 130 CHALLENGE THAT HAVE ALREADY COMPLETED AT ONE PERSON COMPLETED AND LITERALLY A WEEK. FIVE DAYS. UM 685 PARTICIPANTS OVER $16,000 RAISED FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION. UM THE NEXT THING COMING UP IS THE FIFTH ANNUAL FIVE K NINE. THAT IS ALWAYS THE FIRST SUNDAY IN OCTOBER AND THAT BENEFIT BENEFITS ARE LOCAL RESCUES. UM AS THE MAYOR PROBABLY REMEMBERS. I WAS THE MIRROR AND I WORKED ON PLASTIC BAGS ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO. IT MUST HAVE BEEN SO I STILL HAVE THAT LEGISLATION DRAFTED MAYOR WITH IF YOU WANT TO WORK ON THAT TOGETHER. AND YOU KNOW THE IF THE MIRROR WOULD LIKE TO DO IT, I WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO CO DRAFT ON OR WHEN WE DRAFT A RESOLUTION TO IT TO LOOK AT THAT 62 MEN ORDERS ROAD INTERSECTION, SEND AND SEND A RESOLUTION TO THE COUNTY AND ASKED THEM TO PLEASE ADDRESS SAID. I KNOW IT'S NOT IN OUR JURISDICTION, BUT AT LEAST WE CAN ASK THEM, UM, TO ADDRESS IT. UM, BUT OTHER THAN THAT. MADAM PRESIDENT, THAT'S ALL HAVE TONIGHT. THANK YOU. YOU, MR BATES. MR WOLFF. JUST ONE THING ON A POSITIVE NOTE. PICKLEBALL
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BUSINESS IS BOOMING IN GROUPS CITY. IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW THAT. I'VE JUST GIVEN EVERYBODY. UH IT'S VERY BUSY OVER WINDSOR PARK. WAY OF PEOPLE FROM OTHER CITIES COMING DOWN THERE. WE HAVE PEOPLE ORGANIZING TOURNAMENTS. CAUSE SOME PROBLEMS, ACTUALLY, BECAUSE OF IT BEING TOO BUSY. BUT WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEW PICKLEBALL COURTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE IN BULA. SO WE'RE ACTUALLY SETTING THE PACE FOR PICKLEBALL COURTS SURROUNDED THE CITY. UH COLUMBUS AREA HERE. WE'RE MODEL FOR THAT. I'VE HAD GONE A CALL ME AND TALK ABOUT HOW TO DO THAT. WHY WE DO IT THE WAY WE DID YOU KNOW THINGS LIKE THAT. SO, UM, WE'RE LEADING THE PACK THERE ON PICKLEBALL. WOULD YOU GET INTO SOME VERY GOOD PUB PUBLIC RECOGNITION? IT'S ALL I GOT. MISTRAL. MR SHOCKEY. MADAM PRESIDENT. I'VE USED UP ALL MY WORDS TO SEE THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE SEARCH LABEL. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. UM, I ACTUALLY WOULD LIKE TO GOOD ENOUGH. MR BARRY. I WILL. I WILL PERSONALLY REACH OUT TO THE FILLING COUNTY ENGINEER TO TRY AND ASK HIM ABOUT 62 IN ORDERS. I WAS RAISED AT PLEASANT CORNERS SOUTH OF HERE, SO I WENT THROUGH THAT INTERSECTION ALL THE TIME AS A KID. EVEN 30 YEARS AGO. IT WAS ALWAYS A BEAR. SO I'LL DO WHAT I CAN. I CAN'T PROMISE ANYTHING BUT AT LEAST REACH OUT. AND ALSO, UH, MAN, MISS LAT KIND OF REMEMBER CORRECTLY. I ALWAYS TRY TO PUT. BUSINESS INTERESTS AS A PARAMOUNT THING I WORK ON. ECONOMICS IS KIND OF MY FOCUS SO I CAN PROMISE YOU. YOU REACH OUT TO ME WHENEVER YOU LIKE TO DISCUSS ANY BUSINESS ISSUES YOU MAY HAVE OR ANYTHING YOU WANT TO DISCUSS BY YEAH. SO I ASKED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR SILLY, BOB. A COUPLE THINGS WE COUNSEL WILL BE MEETING IN A SPECIAL MEETING ON MONDAY EVENING, JULY 12TH AT I FEEL LIKE IT'S AT SIX O'CLOCK. AT 6 30. SO YEAH. SO IGNORE THE IGNORE THE 6 30 AFFAIR. IT'S GOING TO BE AT SIX O'CLOCK WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM OUR SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE. UM NEXT REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING WILL BE JULY THE 19TH AT SEVEN O'CLOCK, SO THAT'S THE STANDARD GARDEN VARIETY, SAYING THAT TIME SAYING THAT CHANNEL UM I DO WANT TO, UM. SAY TO MS LAUGHING.I WOULD LIKE TO KIND OF RAISE MY HAND. UM AND ASK YOU TO CONNECT WITH ME TO HAVE A ROUND TABLE. I HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE OF HAVING BEEN A BUSINESS OWNER. IN THE TOWN CENTRE FOR OVER 20 YEARS I HAVE SERVED AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE TOWN SON ORGANIZATION, WHICH IS NOW THE HEART OF GROUP CITY. I HAVE BEEN ON THE BOARD OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. I'M NOW SERVING ON THE BOARD OF VISIT GROUP CITY. I THINK THAT IT WOULD BE NICE FOR US TO ALL SIT AROUND. ALSO I'M VERY INVESTED, AND I THINK A LOT OF THE COMMENTARY, UM THAT YOU HAVE BEEN REFERRING TO, OR SOME INITIATIVES THAT HAVE BEEN RELATED TO PUBLIC SAFETY. HAVE BEEN VERY FIRST PERSON TO THOSE DISCUSSIONS AS WELL. THAT SAID, COMMUNICATION IS THE KEY. AND UM I DO BELIEVE THAT WE CAN COME TO SOLUTIONS IF WE ALL SIT DOWN AND TALK ABOUT IT, SO I'D LIKE TO RAISE MY HAND VOLUNTEERED TO DO THAT. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COORDINATE WITH ME. I WOULD BE HAPPY TO DO THAT. SIT DOWN. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING. THANKS EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE AND WITH NO OTHER BUSINESS
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