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AT THIS TIME. I HAVE THE COURT CALLED THE ROLE, MISS KELLY. MR SHORTCAKE PRESIDENT, MR SCHLEGEL HERE THIS IS HOW HERE, MR HOLE HERE, MR BARRY HERE. AND I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION
[Approval of Minutes ]
TO DISPENSE WITH THE READING OF THE MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETING, WHICH WAS JULY THE 19TH AND APPROVED THEM IS WRITTEN. THE MOVED SECOND MR SHARKEY. YES, MR SLOVAN. YES THIS IS HELL.YES, MR WHOLE YES, YES. WELCOME EVERYONE, AND IT'S A SAD STATE OF AFFAIRS THAT I'VE BEEN DOING
[Welcome & Reading of Agenda: Pres Houk ]
THIS SINCE THE BEGINNING OF 2020 AND I HAVE MY COLLEAGUES FINALLY BROUGHT ME UP TO SPEED ON THE THREE GAVELED TAPS AND THE. THE MEETING IS NOW OPEN I, BUT IT WAS EVER SO MUCH MORE EFFECTIVE THAN WHAT I HAVE BEEN DOING. SO I APPRECIATE THAT INSIGHT, WHICH IS WHY THEY WERE CHUCKLING, UM, WELCOME THIS EVENING, AND AT THIS TIME I WILL READ OVER THE AGENDA.UNDER LANDS WE HAVE ORDINANCE, SEE 36 21 C 37 21 C 38 21 C 39 21 C 40 21 UNDER SAFETY. WE HAVE ORDINANCE C 41 21. UNDER SERVICE. WE HAVE RESOLUTION CR 39 21 CR 40 21 UNDER FINANCE WE HAVE POURED AND C 42 21 RESOLUTIONS CR 41 21. IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS BY COUNSEL.
THIS AGENDA IS APPROVED BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT. ALL RIGHT, AND. WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I WILL TURN THE FLOOR OVER TO MR SHOCKEY WITH LANDS. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT ORDINANCE, SEE
[Ordinance C-36-21 Approve a Special Use Permit for a Dog Grooming shop for Fairy Tails Pets located at 3903 Broadway. Second reading and public hearing. ]
36 21 AN ORDINANCE TO APPROVE A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR A DOG GROOMING SHOP FOR FAIRY TALE PETS LOCATED AT 39 03 BROADWAY. ON JULY SIX, PLANING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF SPECIAL USE PERMIT US SUBMITTED ON THEIR, UM, I HAVE, UH, MISS PITTMAN ISN'T IN HERE. WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. UM. QUESTIONS FROM FROM THE COUNCIL. ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC. JORDAN'S HAD SECOND READING PUBLIC HERE AND I MOVE WOULD BE APPROVED. OKAY? MR SLAVE. OH, YES, MRS HELP? YES MR HOLT? YES VERY YES. LUCKY YES. ORDINANCE[Ordinance C-37-21 Approve a Special Use Permit for Outdoor Seating for Novocaine Lounge located at 3425 Grant Avenue. Second reading and public hearing. ]
C 37 21 AN ORDINANCE TO APPROVE A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR OUT THEIR CITY AND NOVOCAINE LOUNGE LOCATED AT 34 25 GRAND AVENUE. ON JULY SIX PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF SPECIAL USE PERMIT ONE STIPULATION. HAVE THAT STIPULATION ON FOR THE SCREEN. THERE WE GO. HIGH DEFENSE WILL BE REDUCED TO SIX FT ON HERE. UM, I HAVE IS IT, STEVEN? CAN'T QUITE READ THE END OF THE HONOR OF YOUR PROPONENT ON HERE. OR YOU OKAY? WOULD YOU GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD? OKAY? BROUGHT IT UP WITH THEM ADMINISTRATION AND IT'S TECHNICALLY YES, WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT IT UNDER NEW BUSINESS. YES. YES. OR SOMETIMES I HAVEN'T SEEN UNDER 18 INCHES OVER THE LINE. MY IT'S NOT MY HOUSE. I JUST KIND OF SEE THE PEOPLE. A NICE THING FOR MAYBE CITY COUNCIL TO CONSIDER TO DO OR THE CITY.PERHAPS TAKE THE PARKING SPOT TO THE. LEFT OF THE GARAGE GOING TOWARDS THE NORTH AND
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CREATE THAT AS A MOTORCYCLE ONLY PARKING SPOT AND GIVING THEM TWO MORE FEET. THEY ACTUALLY COMPOSED VEHICLE OUT OF THEIR SECOND GARAGE. IS THAT ONE PICTURE THAT'S ON THERE? I REALLY QUESTION IF THEY CAN ACTUALLY GET THEIR CAR OR THAT TRUCK OUT OF THE GARAGE. AND ANGLED INTO THE SO CALLED DRAWING COUNTRY. THINK THIS TRULY IS A NEW BUSINESS BECAUSE THIS IS NOT ABOUT ME. LET'S GO BACK TO IT. SO WE'LL HAVE YOU BACK UP. OKAY? AND THEN ONE OF THE THINGS STRENGTH GRAHAM AVENUE AFTER THEY CLOSED RAILROAD TRACKS IN TWO MINUTES.OKAY? ALL RIGHT. MHM. ALRIGHT. UM, LET'S SEE. DOCTOR DO BOSSES HERE AND NO BOUQUET LAUNDRY SPEAKING FOR IT TODAY OR SOMEONE ELSE? AS A PETITIONER. YEAH. STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. YES JOHN DAVIS 104, A PINNACLE CLUB. DRIVE DIVERSITY. ALRIGHT DOCTOR, DO THIS, DO YOU? UH ACCEPT THE STIPULATION ABOUT THE REDUCING TO SIX FT. WE DO.
OKAY. DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR ANYTHING? YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE YOU ENTERTAINING THIS AND I THINK WILL BE A GREAT ADDITION. THANK YOU. COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL QUESTIONS. COMING FROM THE PUBLIC. SERGEANT SAID A SECOND RATE IN PUBLIC HEARING A MOVIE BE APPROVED. THANK THANK YOU. THIS IS HELP. YES MR HOLT? YES VERY YES. SHOCKING YES, YES.
MHM. NONE. ORDINANCE C 38 21 AN ORDINANCE TO ACCEPT THE PLATEAU FARMSTEAD PHASE THREE LOCATED
[Ordinance C-38-21 Accept the Plat of Farmstead, Phase 3 located west of State Route 104 and north & south of Hawthorne Parkway. Second reading and public hearing ]
WEST OF STATE RUN RIGHT ONE. OH FOUR NORTH AND SOUTH OF HAWTHORN PARKWAY. ARMSTEAD PHASE THREE CONSISTS OF BLOCKS 1 10 THROUGH 1, 65 INCLUSIVE AND RESERVES I N J. THERE. UM IT'S TO ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL. DOWN HERE. THE PETITIONER LIKE TO SPEAK OR ANYTHING. OKAY? ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC. OKAY. SO ORDINANCE HAD A SECOND READING PUBLIC HERE AND MOVED TO BE APPROVED. AND. IT'S YOUR WHOLE YES, MR BARRY. YES, SHARPLY.YES. PLAY BALL. YES, THIS IS HOW YES. MOVING ON TO THE SAME MM. ARMSTEAD C 39 21 NORTH
[Ordinance C-39-21 Accept the Plat of Farmstead, Phase 4 located west of State Route 104 and north & south of Hawthorne Parkway. Second reading and public hearing. ]
NEEDS TO ACCEPT THE PLANET FARMSTEAD FACE FOUR SAME LOCATION. UH HUH. PHASE FOUR CONSISTS OF LARGE 1 66 THROUGH TO 11 INCLUSIVES OF RESERVED H AND K. NICE TO SEE THAT FARMSTEAD IS, UH, REALLY SELLING WELL AND LOTS ARE FEELINGS. BUILT UPON OUT THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC. JORDAN'S HAD SECOND READING, PUBLIC HEARING AND MOVING BE APPROVED. SECOND MR BARRY. YES, MR SHOT KEY? YES MR SLIMEBALL.YES, MRS HAWKE? YES, MR WHOLE? YES OKAY. MR SHOCKEY? YES IF I MAY, I SENT AN EMAIL. I WANTED TO ASK ABOUT WHILE I HAVE TO BE HERE BEFORE MOVE ON HOFFMAN PARKWAY. CAN YOU JUST COMMENT ON THAT? LIKE IN TERMS OF THE TIMELINE WHILE WE'RE HERE? TALKED WITH RESIDENTS OVER THERE AND. I WAS CURIOUS. SURE WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANYTHING OFFICIAL, BUT SOME CONVERSATIONS REGARDING CPUS OR COLLECTIVE BOX UNITS FOR THE POST OFFICE KIND OF LED TO THE TO THE INSIGHT THAT. WITHIN TWO YEARS. THEY SHOULD MAKE A CONNECTION OVER TO HAWTHORNE PARKWAY ON THE WEST SIDE. SO THE CONNECTION OF HAWTHORNE PARK WITHIN ONE OF FOUR INTO THE EXISTING. LOOK AT PARKWAY AREA WOULD MORE LIKELY HAPPENED TWO YEARS FROM NOW. TWO YEARS, TWO YEARS. THAT'S WOW. FASHION WEEK KIND OF. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO INTERJECT. I WAS JUST CURIOUS. ALL RIGHT. ORDINANCE SEE 40 21 AN ORDINANCE EXCEPT THE PLAN OF
[Ordinance C-40-21 Accept the Plat of Trail View Run, Phase 3a located south of Borror Road. Second reading and public hearing. ]
TRAIL VIEW RUN BASE THREE, A LOCATED SOUTH ABOARD ROAD. TURN OF YOU RUN! PHASE THREE. IT CONSISTS OF LOTS 19 THROUGH 23 26 26 3 37 INCLUSIVE. THERE. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM FROM COUNCIL VERY MR SMITH. SO EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS WHAT THESE PLANTS ACCEPTANCES ARE. YEAH THE PLIGHT ACCEPTANCES ARE PRETTY BASIC. I MEAN, IN THE SIMPLEST TERMS IS BASICALLY THEY'RE JUST CHUNKING OUT THE LAND INTO LOTS. ITS LAND THAT'S ALREADY BEEN THIS ISN'T THE ZONING. THIS ISN'T THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN. THAT'S WHERE COUNCIL HAS[00:10:01]
WHAT I WOULD CONSIDER THE FINE DETAIL CONTROL OF WHAT WE SEE IN DEVELOPMENTS. THIS IS LITERALLY JUST CHUNKING OUT THE LOTS AND THE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE, THE ROADS, THE SUB AREAS, WHICH IS THE OPEN SPACE AND THAT KIND OF THING. SO THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH CONTROL OF THE DEVELOPMENT. WHETHER WE'VE. LIKE THE DEVELOPMENT DON'T LIKE THE DEVELOPMENT THAT'S ALL DONE THROUGH ZONING AND THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN. THIS IS LITERALLY JUST. CHUNKING OUT AND A LOT OF INSTANCES KIND OF LAYING OUT WHAT THE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE IS THAT WE AS THE CITY ARE GOING TO GET THIS PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT. MR SHOCKEY, SO JUST TO MAKE IT CLEAR THE VOTES ON THESE ITEMS OF HALF AND PRIOR ON DEVELOPMENT PLANS AND THINGS LIKE THAT THIS IS JUST SOME FORMALITY THAT WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH. UM. WITH THE COUNTY REQUIRES US TO GO THROUGH A CORRECT, MR SMITH. YES, SIR.THE WHOLE PLANNING PROCESS IS DICTATED BY STATE LAW, SIR. BASICALLY WE'RE JUST HAVING THEM PUT THE ROADS DESIGNATED WHERE THE ROADS AND THE LOT INDIVIDUAL LOTS ARE SO PEOPLE CAN BUY. WAS LOTS AND THEN HAVE A LEGAL DESCRIPTION. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THAT. RIGHT? GOOD.
THIS ORDINANCE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC? THE SERGEANT'S HAS SECOND READING PUBLIC HERE AND I MOVE IT BE APPROVED. LIKE IT. MR SHARKEY? YES. SULLIVAN YES, MRS HAWKE? YES YOU HOLD YES. VERY YES. MADAM PRESIDENT. THAT'S ALL I HAVE THIS EVENING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR SHOCKEY. NOW, MR SLAVE, ALWAYS SAFETY. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. I HAVE
[Ordinance C-41-21 Amend the Effective Date of Ordinance C-21-21. Second reading and public hearing - emergency. ]
ONE ISSUE TODAY ORDINANCE C 41 21. THIS IS AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF ORDINANCE C 21 21. WE WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE A NEW SOFTWARE FOR THE BUILDING DIVISION TO CHANGE THEIR THE SCHEDULE FOR NOT MISTAKEN. AND THIS WAS TECHNICALLY INTO EFFECT YESTERDAY. WE ARE POSTPONING THE ACTUAL EFFECTIVENESS. UNTIL OCTOBER, 1ST TO GIVE US THE CHANCE TO IRON OUT ANY EXCESSIVE DETAILS. ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL. ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC. NO, IT'S A CONTENTIOUS ISSUE. YEAH. SEEING NONE. THIS ORDINANCE HAS HAD ITS SECOND READING AND PUBLIC HEARING AND I MOVE THAT THE RULES OF COUNCIL BE SUSPENDED AND THE WAITING PERIOD WAIVED. YEAH. SECOND. MR SLATE LONG? YES. MRS HAWKE.YES, MR HOLT. YES. VERY. YES MR SHI. BUT YES. DOUBLE TAKE ON THAT. AND I FURTHER MOVE. THIS ORDINANCE BE APPROVED AS AN EMERGENCY MEASURE. SECOND. THIS IS HELP. YES, MR HOLE. YES, MR BARRY? YES, MR SHOT KEY? YES, ASHLEIGH BALL. YES MADAM PRESIDENT. THAT IS ALL. I HAVE, MRS. THANK YOU, MR SLOVAN. NOW, MR BARRY, WITH SERVICE. YEAH. WE HAVE TWO TONIGHT WE HAVE C
[Resolution CR-39-21 Amend Exhibit "A" of Resolution CR-30-21 - declaring the necessity of constructing certain sidewalks on Blankner Dr., Devin Rd., and Parlin Ave., and requiring that abutting property owners construct same. ]
CR 39 21 TO AMEND. EXHIBIT A RESOLUTION CR 30 21, THE SIDEWALK PROGRAM. THIS IS INTRODUCED BY MR. SHOCKING SO I WILL HAVE YOU. TAKE THE LEAD ON THIS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR BARRY. YOU KNOW, AS. AS I'VE WALKED SIDEWALKS FOR SIX YEARS IN MY WARD AND PASSED OUT NEWSLETTERS TO 2000 DOORS, I'VE SEEN AN AWFUL LOT OF SIDEWALKS THROUGHOUT ALL OF THE FOURTH WARD. INTERESTED GROUPS CITIES I WALKED THROUGH HERE. AND ONE THING THAT I DID FIND ON THIS IS THAT, UM, WHEN MRS JENNINGS CALLED AND CALLED AND SENATOR AN EMAIL IN THE CITY COUNCIL, I WENT OVER AND LOOKED AT HER SIDEWALK. AND I LOOK AT THAT. AND YES, WE'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS ABOUT A D A AND WHAT THE REQUIREMENTS ARE AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT WHAT I REALLY AM CONCERNED ABOUT HIS SPENDING PUBLIC TAX DOLLARS. ON A SIDEWALK. UM, THAT. DO WE REALLY NEED TO EAT? CAN WE USE IT IN ANOTHER PLACE AND OTHER SIDEWALKS THAT ARE MUCH WORSE IN CONSTRUCTION AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND SO I'D LIKE TO TALK. I'D LIKE TO CALL MRS JENNINGS UP. SINCE IT'S HER SIDEWALK ON HERE. AND WOULD YOU LIKE TO STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND THEN? TELL US ABOUT YOUR SIDEWALK. VOICE JENNINGS LIVE AT 28 61 BLANK.NO DR GROSS CITY, OHIO. THE REASON I'M REALLY DISAPPOINTED IN ABOUT MY SIDEWALKS GETTING REPAIRED. IF THEY NEEDED IT. WOULD DEFINITELY BE SO HAPPY ABOUT IT. BUT I FEEL THAT I'M
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WASTING MY MONEY. THE TAXPAYERS ARE WEST NERVES. YOU SAY IT'S BECAUSE THE PITCH. BY NAKED EYE. I CAN'T SEE THE PITCH DIFFERENCE. I TALKED TO GARY, THE ONE THAT DOES ALL THE MEASURE AND EVERYTHING, HE SAYS. EVERY SIDEWALK ON THIS STREET IS OUT OF PITCH. BUT THERE IS SOMEONE THAT DON'T HAVE TO GET THEIR SIDEWALK DONE BECAUSE I JUST HAD NEW ONES PUT IN BUT THE PITCHES OFF. SO WHAT MAKES ANY DIFFERENT WITH ME? MY SIDEWALKS DURING GOOD SHAPE.BUT THE PITCHES ON. HAVE LIVED THERE 20 YEARS. I'VE NEVER HAD A PROBLEM WITH ANYBODY COMPLAINING. ANYBODY GOT HURT? I'VE KEPT MY SIDEWALKS CLEAN. I KEEP THEM NEAT. AND I JUST DON'T SEE WHY I HAVE TO PUT OUT THIS KIND OF MONEY. WHERE SIDEWALKS AT ARE IN GOOD SHAPE.
I REALLY DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY NO CITY IS HAVE ONE, YOU KNOW? PEOPLE. THEY'VE GOT REDO THEIR SIDEWALKS BECAUSE OF A PITCH. I CAN UNDERSTAND IF THE PITCH WAS REALLY BAD WHERE IT WOULD MAYBE CAUSE A PROBLEM WITH SOMEONE RIDING BY. IN A WHEELCHAIR OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. IF YOU WOULD SEE MY SIDEWALKS. THERE IS NOTHING IN THAT KIND OF. AT HOME. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. I'VE ASKED. I'VE ASKED EACH COUNCIL PERSON TO GO OVER AND TAKE A LOOK AT THEM AND THAT AND I KNOW THAT THE THAT THERE WAS AN APPEAL AND INDEPENDENT WENT TO BELIEVE.
MISS FITZPATRICK WAS THERE. WHO'S OUR SERVICE DEPARTMENT HEAD AND THINGS LIKE THAT, AND SO REALLY, WHAT THIS BOILS DOWN TO ON HERE IS THAT WE CAN GO BACK AND FORTH ABOUT YOU KNOW, UM. WHAT IS THE PITCH AND HOW WAS DETERMINED AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THOSE SIDEWALKS. AND YOU LOOKED AT IT AND I LOOKED AT IT AND I SAID. BENNING CITIZENS, TAXPAYER MONEY TO REPAIR TO TEAR UP THE SIDEWALK AND TO PUT A BRAND NEW SIDEWALK IN THERE.
JUST DIDN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME. TAKE THE TENT. IT'S NOT ONLY OUR MONEY, BUT IT'S ALSO MRS JENNINGS MONEY BECAUSE THERE'S OVER 5000 THAT'S GOING TO BE ASSESSED TO HER TAX DUPLICATE ON THERE OR PERSONALLY ON THERE. AND THEN AND I JUST THINK THAT IT'S A IF I WAS GOING TO FIX SOMETHING WITH THAT MONEY. THERE'S A CRUMBLING CURB RIGHT OUT IN FRONT OF HER HOUSE. THAT'S REALLY RIGHT THERE, RIVER AND LIKE HER, THAT, REALLY AND. YOU KNOW, ON THERE REALLY COULD USE THE MONEY TO BE USED FOR PRAYER THAT SO WHAT I'M JUST SAYING IS, FOLKS UM, YOU CAN YOU'VE SEEN IT. YOU SEE WHAT IT IS? YES, WE KNOW THE RULES. ON THERE, BUT I REALLY BELIEVE THAT THE MONEY COULD BE USED FIXING OTHER SIDEWALKS. THERE'S ALL SORTS OF SIDEWALKS, RIVERS, NOT IN THERE ON THERE, AND THERE'S PLENTY OF SIDEWALKS ON RIVER. FURTHER DOWN FROM HER, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE REPAIRING PART OF HER SIDEWALK ON DOING THE REPLACING BLANK THERE, AND HENRY THEIR SIDEWALKS, SO THANK YOU, MR BARRY. REGISTRATION, HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR. YOU KNOW, WE WERE FACED WITH THIS, I THINK IN 2000. WE ENDED UP PAYING. I THINK IT WAS CLOSER $2 MILLION. REPLACEMENT SIDEWALKS AND RAMPS. BECAUSE WE HAD A VIOLATION. AND. I'M LIKE YOU. I MEAN, IT SEEMED LIKE BACK THEN WE HAD THE SAME ISSUE. WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE SIDEWALK OR WHAT'S WRONG THIS CORNER? BUT WE GOT SUED. AND WE HAD TO DO $2 MILLION WITH THE WORK. SO. ANY DEVIATION FROM A REQUIREMENT. WE HAVE READ.
THAT'S ALL I GOT TO SAY. SO YOU WERE HAVING YOUR FINGER ON THE BUTTON THERE, IVAN MUTED. THANK YOU, MR BERRY. I DO KIND OF WANT TO WALK THROUGH WHERE I AM ON THIS. UM, IT'S A DIFFICULT CONVERSATION, AND I DID GO TO YOUR HOME. MISS JENNINGS AND. HAVE A BEAUTIFUL HOME AND A BEAUTIFUL MEAT SIDEWALK, AND I ABSOLUTELY AGREE THERE ARE FIVE DROVE ALL AROUND YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, AND THERE ARE LOTS OF EXAMPLES OF PLACES THAT COULD USE SOME WORK. HOWEVER.
THIS PROGRAM, WHICH YOU KNOW THESE STREETS THAT ARE DETERMINED BLANK. NO DOUBT.
DEVIN AND PARLIN, UH, COUNCIL HAD THOSE STREETS IN FRONT OF US. WE PASSED THE RESOLUTION IN
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JUNE. DECLARING THE NECESSITY OF CONSTRUCTING THOSE CERTAIN SIDEWALKS AND. THE PEACE OF THIS CONVERSATION THAT I THINK IS A DANGEROUS ONE IS THAT, UM, THE REASON THAT EACH PANEL IS INCLUDED THAT IS INCLUDED IN EACH PERSON'S ASSESSMENT. IS BECAUSE OF A NEED THAT IS DETERMINED BY A MEASUREMENT. IT'S A IT'S A DIRECT QUANTITY. THIS ISN'T AN OPINION. THIS IS A MEASUREMENT, AND SO, UM, IT ISN'T ABOUT YOU KNOW, I AGAIN I WISH THAT I COULD JUST GO OVER AND SEE YOUR SIDEWALK IS BEAUTIFUL, BUT WE HAVE THE SIDEWALKS IN THE PROGRAM. NOW WE KNOW THAT THERE'S A PITCH ISSUE PER MEASUREMENT. NOW THE PROPERTY OWNER KNOWS THERE'S A PITCH PITCH ISSUE PER MEASUREMENT. AND IN MY MIND, WE DON'T WANT TO MOVE IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. NOW AGAIN, IF COUNCIL FEELS THAT THIS PROGRAM SHOULD BE ADDRESSED, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I BELIEVE WE CAN CAN LOOK AT GOING FORWARD. BUT WE HAVE A LIST OF PROPERTIES ON BLANK. NOW. DEVON IN PARLIN, WHO HAVE ALL THEN, UM, EVALUATED BY OUR STAFF, AND TO ME, IT IS NOT APPROPRIATE THE COUNCIL AFTER SIGNING OFF ON THIS AND UNDERSTANDING THE PROGRAM BECAUSE MANY OF US HAVE SEEN THIS PROGRAM PLAY OUT YEAR AFTER YEAR. TO TRY TO ROLL SOMETHING BACK FOR ONE PROPERTY OWNER. I HAVE CONFIDENCE IN OUR STAFF AND I ALSO HAVE CONFIDENCE IN THE COMMUNICATION THAT THEY HAVE GONE TO MAKE SURE THAT EACH PRESIDENT UNDERSTANDS THE SITUATION. AND REALLY, HOW EASY THEY ARE TO WORK WITHIN SHORT IN TERMS OF TRYING TO FIND A GOOD SOLUTION FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL PROPERTY OWNER. UM SO FOR ME, IT IS.IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT I THINK THAT IT IS APPROPRIATE FOR US TO ROLL BACK. UM AS COUNSELED.
TABLE. MANY COMMENTS. THANK YOU, MR BARRY. I HAVE A DIFFICULT. TIME WITH THE SPECIFIC UM SORRY. DIDN'T GET MY WATER AND WHEN THE DOOR TODAY THIS PARTICULAR RESOLUTION BECAUSE. MY PERSONAL POSITIONS ARE ALWAYS ON THE SIDE OF THE INDIVIDUAL OVER THE GOVERNMENT. THAT BEING SAID. THIS WOULD PUT US AT LEAST THAT SPECIFIC PROPERTY THAT SPECIFIC SIDEWALK, WHICH IS CONSIDERED PUBLIC PROPERTY, CORRECT. IS IT IS FIRST OF ALL, JUST TO BE CLEAR. SIDEWALKS ARE ALWAYS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE HOMEOWNER, JUST BECAUSE THE FACT THAT WE HAVE ASSISTED THE HOMEOWNERS IN THIS PROGRAM DOESN'T MAKE THEM OURS. HOWEVER, THEY ARE PASSABLE BY THE PUBLIC, SO THEY ARE. ALWAYS THAT BUNDLE OF STICKS ARGUMENT? YES, IT'S ON AN INDIVIDUAL'S PROPERTY, BUT THE PUBLIC HAS RIGHTS TO TRAVERSE THE SIDEWALK. BECAUSE IT'S IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY. YOU'RE PART OF THE PUBLIC RIGHT AWAY. IS THE CITY IN ANY WAY LEGALLY LIABLE FOR INJURIES FOR THEIR PITCH BEING OFF NOTHING. IF HYPOTHETICALLY NOW, FIRST OF ALL, THE CITY HAS REALLY GOOD IMMUNITIES UNDER STATE LAW IN HYPOTHETICALLY IF SOMEONE WERE TO HURT THEMSELVES ON THAT SIDEWALK. I WOULDN'T BE THE LEAST BIT SURPRISED IF WE'RE NOT INCLUDED IN THE LAWSUIT ALONG WITH MS JENNINGS, UM OVER MY CAREER OR 20. SOME YEARS, I HAVE DEFENDED MANY SIDEWALK CASES WHERE SOMEONE HAS TRIPPED AND FELL AND HURT THEMSELVES NOW. DO I THINK WE WOULD BE LIABLE. IT'S REALLY HARD TO SUCCEED AGAINST THE CITY IN THE LAWSUIT. SO WE VERY WELL MAY STILL WIN. JUST BECAUSE OF OUR IMMUNITIES ARE SO STRONG. HOWEVER. YOU KNOW IF. HYPOTHETICALLY IF COUNCIL WERE TO PASS THIS DOES IT OPEN THE DOOR. I MEAN, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN IT WAS BEFORE. I MEAN, I STILL THINK I COULD WIN THE LAWSUIT, BUT YEAH. WE'RE LUCKY TO HAVE YOU THANK YOU, SIR. YEAH. I HAVE NOTHING ELSE BUT YOU OH, I, TOO, VISITED THE PROPERTY, MISS JENNINGS. AND YES, YOU HAVE A NICE HOUSE, PROBABLY THE NICEST AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD THERE. UM I AGREE WITH THE CONDITION OF THE SIDEWALK. UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE'S BIGGER FISH TO FRY THAN YOUR SIDEWALK IF WE WERE GOING TO SPEND MONEY ON SIDEWALKS. REALIZE ITS ADMINISTRATIVE NIGHTMARE, PROBABLY TO, UM, REMOVE PROPERTIES FROM THE LIST AFTER WE'VE DONE IT. CREATED THE LIST, AND IT'S PROBABLY HARDER FOR THE CONTRACTOR AND EVERYTHING BUT. I PUT MYSELF IN THAT SAME POSITION, AND I JUST FEEL LIKE I WOULDN'T WANT MY WOULDN'T WANT TO REPLACE THAT SIDEWALK. SO WILL BE SUPPORTING YOUR POSITION. YEAH. AND I APOLOGIZE. ONE LAST THING CAME TO MIND AS I WAS LISTENING, MR HOLT. ON THE OTHER ISSUES, AND I FORGOT TO BRING UP HIS HEAD MY NOTES OUT OF ORDER. IS THIS
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DOES NOT ALLOW FOR A THIS. OPENS THE FLOODGATES. GOING FOR EVERY PROPERTY OWNER WHO DOESN'T WANT THEIR SIDE WALTER PLACE FOR ANY REASON. TO PETITION BECAUSE THIS IS NOT SPECIFICALLY. SAY IT SAYS IN GOOD CONDITION AND IS NOT EITHER PLACE BUT THERE COULD BE SUBJECTED. GIVEN THAT THE CITY'S MEASUREMENTS SAY IT DOES NEED REPLACED. SO THIS DOES NOT GET ANY OBJECTIVE MEASUREMENT THAT SAYS IF SIDEWALKS MEET X Y AND Z. EVEN THOUGH THE 88 SAYS OTHERWISE. THE CITY DOES NOT REQUIRE THEM YOUR PLACE. SO THIS PUTS US IN A DIFFICULT POSITION WHERE IT WOULD EITHER IN MY OPINION. NEED TO BE THE CITY'S SUSPENDING THE SIDEWALK COURT. THE CYCLE WALK ASSISTANCE ORDINANCE ENTIRELY, BECAUSE THEN EVERY PROPERTY ONE COULD JUST SAY, WELL, I DON'T WANT TO SPEND THE MONEY TO REPLACE MY SIDEWALK. OR WE DON'T ALLOW ANY DEVIATION. BUT I'M ALSO A MAN OF ABSOLUTE IT'S EITHER ALL OR NOTHING. WE CAN'T ALLOW. FOR PICKING AND CHOOSING WHAT WE WANT WITHOUT ALLOWING THERE TO BE A SPECIFIC LINE THAT SAYS HERE IS WHY. BUT NOT WITH THOSE SUBJECTIVE MEASUREMENT. NEED OBJECTIVITY 100% OR WE CAN'T HAVE THAT CHANGE. I THINK I THINK WE HAVE THE OBJECTIVITY AND MAY I CALL AND MR PATRICK WOULD WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY AND THE AND THE HISTORY HERE? I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE RECORD THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTAND WHERE WE ARE. THANKS, MR PERRY. GOOD EVENING. UM, AS MUCH AS BEEN DESCRIBED HERE. YOU KNOW, I HAVE NO SKIN IN THE GAME. I JUST, UH, IMPLEMENT THE PROGRAM AND THE FEDERAL GUIDELINES ARE STATED. WE DEFINED AN AREA WE EVALUATED THAT AREA. THE SIDEWALKS ON THIS PROPERTY RANGE FROM 3.5 TO 7.5% AND THE GUY AND THE RULE OF THE FEDERAL LAW IS 2. AND SO, UM. THAT'S WHY IT'S BEEN INCLUDED ON THE PROGRAM. THAT'S WHY AFTER I MET WITH MS JENNINGS, YOU DON'T AGREE WITH ALL OF YOU. SHE HAS A BEAUTIFUL HOME AND I CAN EXPLAIN TO HER THAT AT THOSE PERCENTAGES, I COULD NOT REMOVE HER PROPERTY FROM THE PROGRAM. NEITHER MR BARRY. UM SO IF CINDY, IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. 3.5% TO 7. OVER AND WERE ALLOWED TO TWO INCHES OVER. 50 INCHES, RIGHT? THAT WOULD WITH THE 2% WOULD BE. ABOUT ONE INCH OVER 50 INCHES, BECAUSE 100 INCHES WOULD BE TWO INCHES, SO LET'S JUST SAY THAT SIDEWALK IS 50 INCHES. I'M NOT WHO MIGHT BE A LITTLE LESS. SO WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT? FROM 2 TO 3.5. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LESS THAN AN INCH. ON THERE. CHANGE OVER A PERIOD OF TIME ON THERE. AND WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SEVEN WE MAY BE TALKING ABOUT, UM, ON THE BALLPARK THREE INCHES OVER THERE. SO ON THERE AND SIR, I DON'T ESTABLISH THE. NO, I UNDERSTAND. I'M JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE THAT I'M DOING THE MATH RIGHT ON HERE WHEN I'M THINKING ABOUT IT DOWN THERE, SO AND THEN, AND THEN THEY APPEALED TO YOU CORRECT ON THIS. TO COME OUT AND LOOK AT IT TOGETHER. AND SO THE. THE OPERATION THAT THAT ASSESSED THEM TO BEGIN WITH. IS THE SAME ONE THAT THEY APPEAL TO, SO THERE'S NO OTHER. THERE'S NO OTHER INDEPENDENT WAY OF, YOU KNOW, WE HIRED ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS TO GO AND EVALUATE AND THEY ESTABLISHED THE PROGRAM. OKAY, THAT I DIDN'T KNOW THE INDIVIDUAL PARCELS THEN I DID YES, ARE IN HEARING CONSULTANTS GAVE US THE PROGRAM. THEN, WHEN THE HOMEOWNERS ARE NOTIFIED, UM AND WITH THE PASSING OF THE DECLARING OF NECESSITY, THEY CALL THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT. I GO OUT TO VERIFY. OKAY AND I MEET WITH THE HOMEOWNER AND WE WENT OVER INDIVIDUAL PANELS, UM, MEASURED. IN THE MIDDLE OF INDIVIDUAL PANELS. SHE HAS A CORNER PROPERTY, SO, UM, THERE'S SEVERAL OF THEM AND LIKE I SAID, WHEN WE EVALUATED THEM SEPARATELY FROM OUR CONSULTING ENGINEERS, WE FOUND THE SAME THAT THEY ARRANGED FROM 3.5 TO 7.5% CROSS SLOPE. OKAY. THANK YOU. YES. SENDING UM. YOU KNOW, THERE'S THE TECHNOLOGY WHERE THEY PUT THE HOLES IN THE CONCRETE RAISES IT UP. IS THAT SOMETHING WHERE THESE FOLKS COULD DO THAT BECAUSE IT'S CONSIDERABLY CHEAPER THAN REPLACING THE ENTIRE SIDEWALK. THAT IS CERTAINLY AN OPTION, SO THEY'RE NOTIFIED THAT THEY HAVE THE 30 DAYS OR WHATEVER TO DO THEIR IMPROVEMENTS ON THEIR SIDEWALK, AND IF THAT BROUGHT IT BACK INTO 88 COMPLAINTS, AND THAT'S CERTAINLY AN OPPORTUNITY. WE DON'T DICTATE HOW THEY BRING THEM INTO COMPLIANCE. WHAT COULD WE ALLOW THEM ANOTHER 30 DAYS TO BRING THE SIDEWALK INTO COMPLIANCE. MEAN? IS THAT SOMETHING WHERE, UM. RIGHT? I[00:30:08]
MEAN, I'M SURE WE COULD MEAN OBVIOUSLY, WE WOULD HAVE TO, PROBABLY IF WE START DOING THAT, FOR ONE. WE PRAY HAVE TO DO THAT FOR OTHERS. BUT WE'RE DOING THAT TODAY, ANYHOW. WELL, YEAH, I MEAN, YEAH. I MEAN, WE COULD ALWAYS GIVE HIM MORE TIME. I MEAN, I THINK THAT OUR POSITION HAS ALWAYS BEEN IF FOLKS WANT TO TRY TO DO IT THEMSELVES BECAUSE THEY THINK THEY CAN DO IT CHEAPER. THEY CAN DO IT BETTER THEY CAN DO IT FASTER. MORE POWER TO HIM. AT THE END OF THE DAY. ALL WE CARE ABOUT IS WE WANT OUR SIDEWALKS TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL LAW, AND THAT'S THE ONLY THING WE CARE ABOUT. MISS JENNINGS. COULD YOU COME TO THE VOTING, PLEASE? JUST FOR A SECOND. ALL RIGHT, SO WOULD THAT BE SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD CONSIDER CORRECTING YOURSELF BY HAVING ONE OF THE CONCRETE PEOPLE COME OUT, BROKEN THE WHOLE AND RAISING IT UP. SO THE SLOGANS MEETS THE GUIDELINES. IS THAT SOMETHING YOU'D CONSIDER DOING? I WOULD. I WOULDN'T WANT TO. THE PRICE OF IT AND. SEE THE DIFFERENCE, YOU KNOW OF HAVING A NEW SIDEWALK PUT IN OR HAVING THIS DONE. BECAUSE IF THIS DON'T GOING TO BE. LESS. YOU KNOW, WHY WOULD I WANT TO GO THROUGH ALL THAT? AND THEN MAYBE TWO YEARS DOWN THE ROAD. IT'S BACK TO NORMAL, YOU KNOW, BACK TO THE SAME WAY. AND YOU KNOW. I JUST CAN'T SEE. TURN UP THESE GOOD SIDEWALKS, GOOD CONCRETE, THEIR OLD CONCRETE. IT'S OLD GUESTS, BUT IT'S GOOD AND SOLID. I WAS OUT THERE AS WELL. AND I SAW IT AND THE PROBLEM THAT I'M HAVING IS KIND OF WHAT HAS ALREADY BEEN MENTIONED HERE IS THAT YOU'VE GOT A SITUATION WHERE THE FEDERAL REQUIREMENT IS THE FEDERAL REQUIREMENT AND. AND YOU KNOW, I'M TRYING TO THINK OF WAYS THAT YOU MIGHT WANT TO LOOK INTO RAISE IT A LITTLE BIT IN ORDER TO ALLOW THAT. YOU KNOW, MY PARENTS HAD IT DONE TO THEIR HOUSE A LONG TIME AGO, WHERE THEY RAISED THE CONCRETE A LITTLE BIT BY SHOOTING IT UNDERNEATH. AND IT WAS CONSIDERABLY CHEAPER. THAT BEING SAID, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF RESIDENTS IN THIS COMMUNITY. THE CONTACT ALL OF US THAT WANT THEIR SIDEWALKS REPLACED RIGHT AND THEY'RE JUST NOT IN THE PROGRAM SO THEY DON'T GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THEIR SIDEWALKS. REPLACEMENT. I MEAN, IN MY WARD. THERE'S I MEAN, I GET PEOPLE. I MEAN, JUST RIGHT NOW I'VE GOT 11 PEOPLE THAT WOULD LIKE TO BE IN THE SIDEWALK PROGRAM AND THEY'RE NOT IN IT. YOU'RE LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE IN IT, WHERE THE CITY'S PAYING HALF UM, BUT IF YOU'D LIKE TO EXPLORE THAT WE COULD DELAY THIS 30 DAYS TO SEE IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE AFFORDABLE FOR YOU. WELL I COULD I COULD CHECK INTO IT AND YOU KNOW WE CAN GO FROM THERE. RIGHT? TO ME. WHY IS THERE SOMEBODY. ON THE STREET THERE THAT THE PITCH IS OFF. BUT THEY GOT TAKEN OFF. YES, IT IS.RIGHT? MAY I SEE YES. GO AHEAD. YES. TERRIFIED. OKAY? YEAH. MHM. YEAH. YOU THERE. HAD IT CORRECT. HERE. WELL, THE ONLY REASON I BRING ITSELF IS BECAUSE I TALKED TO GARY GARY IS THE ONE IS DOING ALL THE MEASUREMENTS OUT THERE AND HE SAID EVERY SIDEWALK ON THAT STREET ON BLANK NER IS OFF. ON THEIR PITCH, HE SAYS. THERE'S NOT A SIDEWALK ON THAT STREET, THE PICTURES AND ALL. AND YOU CAN TALK TO GEAR YOURSELF AND VERIFY WHAT I'M SAYING. I WOULDN'T SIT UP HERE AND YOU KNOW LEGIONS BLIND. MR BARRY. THE ADVANTAGE OF THIS PROGRAM IS THAT THE BALANCE OF THE HALF THAT OR THE YOU KNOW NORMALLY THEY DON'T ALWAYS PAY. 50% BUT THE HOMEOWNERS, WHATEVER THEY HAVE TO PAY CAN BE PUT ON THE TAX DUPLICATE AND OVER 20 YEARS AGO THAT MISTAKEN CORRECT ON THERE FOR 20 YEARS SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO. PUT THE MONEY OUT. AHEAD OF TIME ON THERE, AND THAT'S THE ADVANTAGE OF THIS PROGRAM. IT MAKES IT REALLY NICE FOR THE HOMEOWNER THAT WAY. I WISH WE COULD DO THAT THE ENTIRE BUT IF WE ASKED THEM TO GO OUT, AND IT'S THE SAME THING IF PEOPLE OUT AND REPAIR YOUR OWN SIDEWALK YOU'RE PAYING 100% OF IT. YOU GO AND GRIND THE SIDEWALK. YOU'RE PAYING 100% FOR YOU TRY TO GET THE LEVELING. THAT'S THE DISADVANTAGE. 100% MRS LINDA OR. WOULD YOU? WOULD YOU WANT US TO
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DELAY THIS 30 DAYS TO SEE IF YOU COULD FIND A BETTER WAY TO PAY FOR IT IF THEY IF THAT INJECTION CONCRETE WOULD WORK FOR YOU? YES IF IT'S GOING TO BE REJECTED, YOU KNOW WHERE I HAVE TO REPLACE SIDEWALKS. YOU KNOW TO ME. I FEEL THAT I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO REPLACE THEM.I MEAN, THERE'S SO MANY SIDEWALKS HERE IN GROVE CITY. AND I'VE BEEN HERE ALL MY LIFE.
LIVED HERE, RIGHT HERE IN GROSS CITY OF WHAT'S GROSS CITY GROW. AND THERE'S SO MANY SIDEWALKS THAT NEED THIS DONE. RIGHT NOW THAT WE'VE GOT WE'VE GOT WE ALL HAVE A LIST OF PEOPLE THAT WANT TO BE IN THIS PROGRAM RIGHT TO ME. THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO TAKE MY PLACE. AND HAVE THAT CHANCE OF. AND THAT TO, YOU KNOW, BE ABLE TO GET THEIR SIDEWALKS DONE. WELL, I WOULD. I WOULD, UM. I WOULD OFFER. POSTPONE THIS TO SEE IF SHE HAS A CHEAPER METHOD OF BEING ABLE TO DO THIS WOULD ANY COUNCIL MEMBER LIKE THE SECOND THING. FUNCTION. YOUR SLAVE OFF.
CLARIFICATION MR. BARRY, WHAT'S YOUR MOTION? MY MOTION IS TO DELAY THIS FOR 30 DAYS. SO, UM, THIS, UM. THIS FAMILY CAN SEE IF THERE'S A CHEAPER WAY TO DO THIS. WHAT'S THE FIRST MEETING IN SEPTEMBER? SEPTEMBER 7TH. YOU WANT TO POSTPONE THIS ITEM UNTIL SEPTEMBER 7TH CORRECT.
HOW WOULD I AM FIND OUT. WHEN I CALL SOMEBODY ABOUT THIS WELL, THEY KNOWS ABOUT THE PITCH AND EVERYTHING THE STANDARDS AND. INDIA'S SHAKING HER HEAD THAT GO AHEAD AND STAND UP, SUNDEEN.
UH HUH. SANDERS. BUT IF YOU WANT. DOES SHE HAVE YOUR PHONE NUMBER, THEN? YEAH. SO NOW YOU HAVE A DIRECT CONTACT. THANK YOU, MAN FOR COMING IN REALLY APPRECIATE YOU IN YOUR TIME, AND YOU DO HAVE A GORGEOUS, GORGEOUS HOME. YOU, UM. ME WITH YOUR MOTION ON THE FLOOR WITH THE SECOND IS TO POSTPONE CR 39 21 UNTIL SEPTEMBER. 7TH MR HOPE. NO. STRAWBERRY YES, MR SHOT KEY. NO IT'S YOUR SLAVE. OH YES, THIS IS HELL. NO. WE HAVE AN ORDINANCE ON THE FLOOR TO, UM, THAT'S HEAD. IT'S. READING AND PUBLIC HEARING, AND WE'RE NOT GONNA VOTE ON IT.
OKAY? THANK YOU, SIR. JUST FOR CLARIFICATION. MR BERRY, YOU ARE MOVING TO APPROVE RESOLUTION CR 39 29 OR 21 AT THIS TIME? YES. AND I HAVE A SECOND THANK YOU. MR SHOT KEY? YES. IT'S USUALLY BALL. YES. THIS IS HELP. NO. MR HOLT. YES, MR BARRY? YES? IN ADDITION TO
[Resolution CR-40-21 Adopt the Sustainability Plan. ]
TONIGHT'S AGENDA EDITOR SERVICE WE HAVE CR 40 21 ADOPT A SUSTAINABILITY PLAN. AND. WE HAVE ANYBODY HERE FROM THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE? UM. KENNEDY. YOU'RE UP. COME ON UP.YOU'RE THE NEXT CONTESTANT. MHM. NOT AT THIS POINT. IT'S ALREADY THE ISSUES ALREADY.
TAKEN CARE OF. YOUR. WHAT'S IT? DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK? OH, GOD. YEAH. UM YEAH. BOTH BLACKSTONE WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK? YEAH, AS YOU MAKE YOUR DESCENT UPON THE PODIUM, THIS GENTLEMAN IS AT 12 67 HAIDER ROAD. AND BEAUTIFUL GROWTH CITY. I'M UH, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. I'M PART OF THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE. UM OBVIOUS SUMMER PROPONENT FOR THIS, UH. INITIATIVE JUST WANT TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT MY PASSION FOR THIS AND WHAT IT DISTILLS DOWN THROUGH IS ABOUT IS ABOUT MY KIDS MY FAMILY AND LEAVE IN A MORE SUSTAINABLE
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CITY, MORE SUSTAINABLE WORLD FOR THEM. UM. THERE WAS ONLY SO MANY DECISIONS, SO I THINK I CAN DO AS AN INDIVIDUAL. AND I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THE CITY'S WORK ON THIS, SO JUST BEHALF OF MY FAMILY, MY KIDS. WANT TO SAY THANKS TO MAYOR STAGE. THANKS TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR FORMING THE COMMITTEE. THEN ALSO TOLD MY FELLOW COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND MUST NOT WE'VE GOT SHIP, SO THANK YOU. MISS ROSINE. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANY CLOSING COMMENTS NOW, JUST FOR THE AUDIENCES INFORMATION? WE HAD A SPECIAL MEETING ON THE SUSTAINABILITY PLAN AND WHERE LINDA AND HER ENTIRE GROUP ACTUALLY CAME FORWARD AND SPOKE ABOUT THIS IT AT LENGTH. EVERYTHING SO IT IS GOING TO BE ON THE INTERNET FOR ANYBODY TO SEE AND READ AND EVERYTHING BUT WHAT COUNCILS DOING TONIGHT IS WE'RE ACCEPTING THIS PLAN. SO, UM, COUNCIL ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I THINK WE TALK TO TALK THIS ONE TO DEATH. BUT NOT STUFF. ERIC DIGIMON, IS THAT WOULD TAKE ATMOSPHERE JUST LIKE TO REITERATE WHAT WAS SAID AT THE STABILITY SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE, MEANING THAT WHILE I AM HAPPY TO ADOPT THIS, THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT EVERYTHING IN HERE WILL BE GREENLIT AND RIVER STANDARD STILL NEEDS TO BE DISCUSSED IN FULL. ARE ALL IMPACT IT COULD HAVE. JUST BASICALLY LAYS OUT A PLAN FOR US TO LOOK AT. OF COURSE, BUDGETING HAS TO HAPPEN AND THAT TYPE OF THING FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IT. BUT MR HANKY, I JUST LIKE TO THANK THE COMMITTEE AND ALL THEIR WORK AND THIS IS A. REALLY DEDICATED AN EYE OPENING THING TO DO. WITHIN GROSS CITY, AND I TRULY APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR EFFORTS AND HARD WORK. AND I SAY THANK YOU AGAIN. HERE. YES, GOODNESS, MARY. I DID RECEIVE A. NOTE BACK FROM JEFF BUSKIRK, WHO HAS SERVED ON THE KEY PUSSY BEAUTIFUL COMMITTEE FOR MANY YEARS, AND I THINK HE WAS HERE. YEAH. TOLD ME ABOUT THE MONARCH BUTTERFLY MILKWEED? YEAH. BUT HE DID COMMENT THAT HE THOUGHT THE COMMITTEE OUGHT TO BE CALLED SOMETHING ELSE. AND, UM. I DON'T THINK WE WANT TO DO ANYTHING TONIGHT OR. BUT IT WAS AN INTERESTING OBSERVATION. I JUST WANT TO PUT THAT ON RECORD THAT HE DID. CONTACT. HAVE A SECOND TO ACCEPT THE PLAN. SECOND SECOND. THIS RESOLUTION HAS HAD ITS READING IN PUBLIC HEARING AND I MOVE IT BE APPROVED. WHAT. WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF CAN YOU HOLD ON UNTIL WE'RE DONE WITH THE WITH THE VOTE, AND THEN I'LL LET YOU SPEAK REALLY QUICKLY. GO AHEAD WITHOUT ME. YES, OKAY. MR SHARKEY? YES MR SLAVE ALL YES. SO, YES, MR HOLT? YES, MR BABY? YES. WAIT. UNDER NEW BUSINESS UNDER SERVICE. STAND UP AND COME TO THE PODIUM IF YOU'RE GONNA SO THAT WAY, WE HAVE IT ON CRAZY. JOIN US AT THE ECHO FAST ON SATURDAY, 8 14 BECAUSE WORKS. SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE BOOTH ITSELF AWESOME AND LIKE THAT. LIKE WITH MARILYN LIKE RIGHT THEN. YEAH. LINDA WILL HEAR ABOUT THAT TOMORROW MORNING, BUT. UNDER PRESIDENT.THAT'S ALL I HAVE. SHAMELESS PLUG. NO I LOVE IT. I LOVE IT. I DO. THANK YOU, MR BARRY. AND I DO WANT TO SAY THE ONE THING I TOOK AWAY THAT THAT THE SUSTAINABILITY PLAN WAS IS A GREAT DOCUMENT. NOT ONLY A PATH, BUT. WHO'S DOING WHAT WHEN IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, UH.
JUST GREAT DETAIL IN THERE, BUT THE BIGGEST THING I WALKED AWAY WITH WAS MR ROSINE AND THE REMINDER THAT IT'S NOT ABOUT CHECKING A BOX. IT'S NOT ABOUT. WHAT? WHAT WHAT? WHAT CAN WE SAY THAT WE DID A FEATHER IN OUR CAP, BUT REALLY ABOUT THINKING ABOUT THIS PLAN IN EVERY DECISION THAT WE MAKE, AND THAT IS WHAT I WILL CARRY WITH ME. SO I THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND WE ARE MOVING ON TO THIS TIME TO FINANCE WITH MR HOLT. THANK YOU, MADAM. CHAIR
[Ordinance C-42-21 Appropriate $10,000.00 from the Senior Nutrition Fund for Current Expenses, First reading. ]
ORDINATED C 42 21. SUPER 8 $10,000 FROM THE SENIOR NUTRITION FUND FOR CURRENT EXPENSES. THIS ORDINANCE HAS HAD ITS FIRST READING. SECOND READING IN PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE 8 16. MOVING ON TO RESOLUTION CR 41 21 AUTHORIZING THE CREATION OF THE LOCAL[Resolution CR-41-21 Authorizing the creation of the Local Fiscal Recovery Fund. ]
FISCAL RECOVERY FUND. THIS IS THE NEXT INSTALLMENT FROM COVID RELIEF MONEY FROM THE[00:45:04]
GOVERNMENT. WHERE WE RECEIVED 2,190,000. AND THIS IS CREATION OF THE ACCOUNT SO THAT WE CAN PUT THAT MONEY IN THERE AND WE HAVE MAYBE. FOUR SIX YEARS TO SPEND THIS. WE'LL GET ANOTHER $2 MILLION AND WE'LL SPEND THIS MONEY SIMILAR AS WE DID IN PREVIOUS COVID MONEY WITH.DISCUSSIONS WITH THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE INPUT FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS AND.
THERE'S STILL RULES AND REGULATIONS ON HOW YOU CAN SPEND THIS MONEY. ANY QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT. THIS RESOLUTIONS HAD ITS READING IN PUBLIC HEARING AND I MOVE WOULD BE APPROVED. IS YOUR SLAVE? OH, YES. THIS IS HOW? YES, SURE. HOLD YES, BARRY. YES, IT'S YOUR SHOT. YES. THE TOURNAMENT FOR BACK OVER TO ME. BUT DO YOU MISS OUT? I'D LIKE TO SILENCE THANK YOU, FOR THE SILENCE IS GOOD. THAT WAS MY CUE. I THIS BRINGS US TO THE END OF OUR
[Call for New Business ]
BUSINESS AGENDA AT THIS TIME. IF THERE IS ANY NEW BUSINESS TO BE BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF COUNCIL BY ANYONE PRESENT IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS, PLEASE DO SO AT THIS TIME. AND WE WILL KICK THAT OFF, BUT I BELIEVE WE HAVE ONE PERSON SIGNED UP. AND HE SEEMS VAGUELY FAMILIAR, MISTER ED FLEMING. OUR PRESIDENT OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT, HELP YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. ED FLEMING, 6101 WILLOW. ESTHER GLENN BEFORE I GET STARTED, I AM ALL FOUR HAWTHORNE AND GOING THROUGH LIKE, GIVE ME A SHOVEL RIGHT NOW. LET'S DO IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO TODAY I AM IN FRONT OF YOU AS PRESIDENT OF THE GROUP CITY CHAMBERS, AND THIS CONVERSATION IS GOING TO KIND OF GO DOWN TWO PATHS. IT'S ONE THAT WE'VE HAD. JUST ABOUT ALL OF YOU. IT'S ABOUT EVENTS ON BROADWAY. OBVIOUSLY OUR EVENT IS ARTS IN THE ALLEY. WE HAVE UNBELIEVABLY HAD ALMOST TWO YEARS SINCE I'VE SEEN A LOT OF YOU GUYS FACE TO FACE AND IT'S KIND OF STARTLING. COMING OUT OF CO BID. WE LUCKILY DOWN HERE THROUGH THE TOWN CENTRE DIDN'T REALLY LOSE TOO MANY BUSINESSES. IN FACT, WE ACTUALLY PICKED A COUPLE OF NEW ONES UP. YES, BECAUSE WE FOUGHT HARD. WE DON'T JUST FIGHT. WHAT WAS IN FRONT OF US. WE CREATED NEW. I KNOW WE AT THE CHAMBER RATHER THAN JUST CANCELING OUR EVENTS FOUND NEW WAYS TO PUT THESE EVENTS ON TO SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY AND TO SUPPORT OUR BUSINESSES. OUR FARMERS MARKET DIDN'T GO AWAY. IT BECAME A DRIVE THROUGH MARKET. GOLF OUTING SOMEHOW HAPPENED. OUR TASTE OF GROVE CITY. IT BECAME KIND OF A MARKETING EVENT FOR OUR RESTAURANTS AS I FIGURED OUT, UM THEY CARRY OUT IN THE DELIVERY OVERNIGHT. LITERALLY WITHIN A WEEK OF THE SHUTDOWN. WE WERE ON THE NEWS TELLING PEOPLE CALM DOWN AND GET EXCITED. WE'RE HERE FOR YOU, AND THAT'S WHAT THE CHAMBER HAS BEEN. IT'S BEEN THERE FOR THEM.WE HAD ARTS IN THE ALLEY LAST YEAR, VERY, VERY DIFFERENT MODEL, BUT A VERY SUCCESSFUL MODEL. ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. WE CAME OUT OF COVID HOPING TO RETURN TO NORMALCY. HOPING THAT WE COULD SEE EACH OTHER AGAIN AND BE EXCITED AGAIN. THESE BUSINESSES I KNOW NEEDED THIS BAD. YOU GUYS KNOW THAT BECAUSE YOU PASSED LONG TOWN DOLLARS. YOU PASSED IT TWICE BUT SIGNIFICANT DOLLARS BEHIND THE HOMETOWN DOLLARS THAT YOU ENTRUSTED THE CHAMBER WITH. AND YOU ENTRUSTED THE CHAMBER BECAUSE WE'RE DARN GOOD AT WHAT WE DO. WE HOLD EVENTS. WE BRING THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER. WE LOOK, YOU GUYS IN THE EYE AND WE WORK WITH YOU AS PARTNERS.
WE'RE VERY PROUD TO DO SO. COMING UP AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER. WE HAVE ARTS IN THE ALLEY. 40 PLUS YEARS OF SUCCESSFUL EVENT. ARTS IN THE ALLEY. I THINK MAYOR STAGE CAN TELL. YOU STARTED TO HELP BRING BUSINESS DOWN HERE TO THE TOWN CENTRE. I KNOW IN MY LIFETIME.
IT HAS BEEN TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS THAT WE HAVE INVESTED IN THIS TOWN CENTRE. TO BRING PEOPLE TO THE TOWN CENTER TO BRING BUSINESSES AND PEOPLE BOUGHT THE MESSAGE THAT YOU WERE SELLING. THEY INVESTED THEIR TIME THEY INVESTED THEIR DREAM IN OUR TOWN CENTRE. THEY OPEN BUSINESSES. AND NOW THEY'RE HERE AFTER THEY FOUGHT THROUGH COVID. LOOKING FOR GROWTH CITY TO COME BACK TO THEM, AND UNFORTUNATELY WHERE'S ARTS IN THE ALLEY? IT'S OFF BROADWAY. ALONG WITH MANY OF OUR OTHER EVENTS. NO. THIS IS A CONVERSATION THAT IS GOING ON FOR ACTUALLY, QUITE A FEW YEARS. AND IT'S ONE THAT I KNOW I HAVE BEEN TOLD, AND I DO UNDERSTAND THAT THE HEADS OF THE ORGANIZATIONS WERE TOLD BACK IN FEBRUARY, IT'S COMING EVENTS ARE GOING OFF OF BROADWAY. NO, WE HAD THE CHAMBER HAD KIND OF OUR LAST DITCH EFFORT. IRONICALLY DURING THE LAST EVENT THAT UNCEREMONIOUSLY HAPPENED ON BROADWAY WINE AND ARTS FESTIVAL. NOW WE'RE GOING TO FIGURE IT OUT BECAUSE IT'S WHAT WE DO.
AND YOU HAVE TO EXCUSE ME IF I IGNORE THAT RED LIGHT. IF YOU GUYS ARE OKAY WITH THAT. BUT IT'S WHAT WE DO. WE FIGURE THINGS OUT, AND WE FIGURED IT OUT LAST YEAR ON BEHALF OF OUR MEMBERS. 700 BUSINESSES THAT SIT BEHIND US AND DEPEND ON US TO REPRESENT THEM. THAT'S WHY
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WE'RE HERE TODAY. WE UNDERSTAND 2021. IT'S DONE. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN EVENT THAT'S GOING TO BE ON PARK STREET. GOING TO STRETCH DOWN THE ALLEY TO ABOUT COLUMBUS STREET, AND WE KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL, BUT WE'RE COMING TO YOU, EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM AND WE ARE BEGGING YOU. PLEASE UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE DOING. EVENTS MOVE OFF OF BROADWAY. WE UNDERSTAND THE CONCERN OF SAFETY. WE'RE VERY BLESSED IN THIS CITY TO HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL LIKE MR VYDRA, WHO IS AN INTELLIGENT AND CREATIVE AS HE IS WORKING AS HARD AS HE IS TO COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS. SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO GIVE THE MAN THE ANSWER AND THEN TELL HIM HOW TO WORK IT BACKWARDS. SO SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO GO TO HIM AND SAY EVENTS ARE GOING TO BE ON BROADWAY. WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO THIS SAFELY FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND SAFELY FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE PUTTING THESE EVENTS ON BECAUSE THESE SHOPS NEED THIS. THESE SHOPS THAT HAVE INVESTED THEIR DREAMS AND DRAINED THEIR BANK ACCOUNTS TO MAKE IT THROUGH COVID. ARE HERE WAITING FOR US TO COME BACK TO THEM. WE'VE SEEN IT WITH FARMER'S MARKET.WE'VE SEEN THE IMPACT THAT THEY HAD WHEN FARMERS MARKET MOVED TO THE PROMENADE. WAS IT A SUCCESSFUL FARMERS MARKET? ABSOLUTELY. WE GET PEOPLE DOWN THERE. ABSOLUTELY. DO WE SEE TRAFFIC DROP OFF TO THE LOCAL SHOPS? ABSOLUTELY. JUST KILLING THEM IS CRUSHING THEM.
THANKFULLY THE ADMINISTRATION WORKED WITH THE CHAMBER AND ALLOWED US TO STRETCH BACK UP BROADWAY, AT LEAST ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE STREET. AND IT HAS HELPED SOME. THERE ARE BUSINESSES ON THE EAST SIDE OF BROADWAY THAT NEED OUR HELP. STILL. WE CAN'T JUST LEAVE A FEW BEHIND BECAUSE WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT PEOPLE CROSSING THE STREET. WE CAN FIGURE THESE PROBLEMS OUT TO HANNAH WHERE THAT'S ABUSE. CYRUS HAVE FIGURED THESE PROBLEMS OUT ON A BIGGER SCALE THAN WHAT WE HAVE. WE ARE VERY SMART PEOPLE. EVERY SINGLE WANT TO BE UP HERE. I'VE BEEN DOING THIS JOB AND OTHER JOBS THAT PREPPED YOU FOR THIS. I KNOW YOU CAN FIGURE THIS OUT.
MAYOR STAGE HAS BEEN DOING THIS FOR A LONG TIME. HE'S A VERY SMART GUY. KNOW THAT WE CAN FIGURE THIS OUT. WE'VE GOT THE RIGHT PEOPLE IN THE ROOM. WE CAN DO THIS IF WE WANT TO DO THIS. IF WE WANT TO LET BEAT THE PROBLEM, BE BIGGER THAN WE ARE. THEN WE CAN DO THAT WE CAN WALK AWAY FROM IT. BUT THAT IS CRAP FOR OUR COMMUNITY. MY KIDS DESERVED TO GROW UP IN A GROUP CITY TO HAVE EVENTS ON BROADWAY THAT PICTURE THAT EVERY SINGLE PERSON HERE IS CAMPAIGN WITH OF EVENTS ON BROADWAY AND FLAGS DOWN BROADWAY. MY KIDS DESERVE TO SEE THAT I SAW IT GROWING UP. THAT'S OUR HERITAGE HERE IN THIS CITY. WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. I AM BEGGING YOU GUYS TREAT US AS THE PARTNER THAT YOU SAY THAT WE ARE AND LET US HELP YOU FIGURE THIS OUT BECAUSE WE'RE GOOD AT IT, TOO. WE'RE PRETTY SMART AT THE CHAMBER. AND I PROMISE YOU IF YOU SAY WE'RE GOING TO HAVE EVENTS ON BROADWAY WILL HELP YOU FIGURE IT OUT. RIGHT. YOU'VE HIT DOUBLE RED LIGHT, SO, MR BARRY GUY, SO MY QUESTION AND I 1000% ARE IN AGREEMENT WITH YOU. I WANT TO KNOW. I'D LIKE TO SEE A PLAN FROM THE ADMINISTRATION ON HOW WE MAKE IT SAFE. WHAT DO WE NEED TO BUY? WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO TO MAKE TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S AS SAFE AS WE POSSIBLY CAN MAKE IT. HOW MUCH WILL IT COST? WHAT DO WE NEED? I. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THOSE ITEMS ARE, BUT I LIKE YOU WANT THESE EVENTS BACK ON BROADWAY. SO WHAT DOES IT COST? WHAT DOES WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO TO MAKE IT SAFE? AND SO I'M REQUESTING FROM THE ADMINISTRATION OF BUDGET OR WHAT WE NEED AND. BILL IS AN AMAZING MAN. UM, I'M LOOKING STRAIGHT AT HIM. I KNOW. UM MY COLLEAGUES IN THE GARDEN, EVERYTHING THAT I HIGHLY RESPECT HIM, AND HE'S VERY WELL RESPECTED WITH PUBLIC SAFETY IN THE STATE OF OHIO. AND I KNOW HE CAN COME UP WITH THEIR PLAYING FOR US. SO ON MY TRUST IS IN HIM, AND I KNOW WE CAN DO THIS. WE JUST NEED TO KNOW WHAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE WHAT IT'S GOING TO COST AND THEN AND THEN LOOK AT IT. THANK YOU. MR SLAVEN ALREADY GIVE ME THEN, MR SHOCKING. YEAH. WELL, THANK YOU FOR THE SPEECH. THANK YOU FOR COMING DOWN. I AM 100 LIKE MR BERRY SAID. I'M A HUNTER WAS ON YOUR SIDE. I REMEMBER GROWING UP. BEING AT THE BOY SCOUT BOOT MAKING BADGES ARE GOING THROUGH THE JACKSON TOWNSHIP FIRE SMOKE THING AS A KID AND HAVING A LOT OF FUN PLAYING CARDS IN THE ALLEY AND I WANT MY KIDS. I DON'T HAVE QUITE AS MANY AS YOU MUST ENTRY HAVE, BUT. HAD JUST THREE KIDS. MRS FLEMING, THERE'S MICHIGAN. I APOLOGIZE. I'M STILL RELEARNING THAT CONGRATULATIONS. BY THE WAY, I HAVEN'T TRIED TO SEE YOU GUYS. HAVE QUITE AS MANY KIDS BUT I STILL WANT THEM TO HAVE THE SAME JOYS EXPERIENCES I HAD ON BROADWAY. AND IF YOU'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR MORE THAN 40 YEARS NOW, I DON'T SEE WHAT THE CHANGE IS. IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT IT WAS OFF BROADWAY THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF THE COVID. RESTRICTIONS BEING LESSENED LATE IN THE DAY ON THE CLOSER TO ZERO HOUR FROM THE CITY HAS BEEN MADE, OF COURSE BEEN A FEW MONTHS. SINCE THEN WE COULD HAVE WALKED IT BACK AND HAD IT ON BROADWAY. BUT I 100% WANT TO WORK WITH YOU IN THE CHAMBER TO TRY AND GET AS MUCH OF THOSE EVENTS BACK ON
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BROADWAY THAT WE USED TO HAVE, BECAUSE I WANT THAT COMMUNITY FEEL THAT THAT'S WHAT MAKES GROUP CITY AS GREAT AS IT HAS BEEN FOR ME, AT LEAST. AS THE COMMUNITY EVENTS WE HAVE DONE HERE WE CAN COME AND. SEE THESE DIFFERENT THINGS DIFFERENT PEOPLE THAT NORMALLY ON OTHER SIDE OF THE TOWN. SO BY ALL MEANS I WANT TO WORK WITH YOU. I WANT TO HELP. I WANT TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. THIS IS MORE THAN JUST ME. THIS IS THE CHAMBER STEPPING UP FOR THE BUSINESSES HERE IN THE COMMUNITY AND THE PERSON THAT SAID THIS HAPPENED BACK IN FEBRUARY. THE. FINAL WARNING. THAT IS ACCURATE AND WE FAILED AT THE CHAMBER. WE SHOULD HAVE STOOD UP THEN AND SAID HEY, HOLD ON HERE. WE GOT A PROBLEM. WE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE STOP HERE AND UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE DOING. AND WE'RE DOING THAT NOW. WE TALKED ABOUT HAVING MEETINGS TO TALK ABOUT THE LIBRARY SITE THAT MAY OR MAY NOT HAPPEN SOME YEARS FROM NOW. THIS IS HAPPENING NOW. THIS IS IMPACTING PEOPLE NOW. WAIT HERE SAYING WE'RE GOING TO FIX THIS MOVING FORWARD, SO IF WE ALL WANT TO HAVE A COMMITTEE WE WANT TO HAVE WHATEVER.EVERYBODY NEEDS TO AGREE OR FIXING THIS FORWARD. WE'LL FIGURE OUT THE SOLUTION AS WE GO A SAFE SOLUTION. I 100% AGREE WITH YOU AND GIVE MY OWN PERSONAL STANCE. I THINK THE 700 BUSINESSES AT THE CHAMBER. MIGHT BE A BIT SMARTER THAN LOCAL GOVERNMENT SOMETIMES. MR SHOCK. YOU GO AHEAD. I YOU KNOW, I AGREE WITH YOU BECAUSE WE TALKED ABOUT THIS ON EARTH.
I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU COMING DOWN AND STADIUM THE CHAMBERS VIEWPOINT ON THIS. I FEEL I FEEL SO PROUD OF GROVE CITY. WHEN I COULD DRIVE DOWN AND FARMERS MARKET WAS PACKED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET. AND YOU TALK ABOUT YOU TALK ABOUT AN AMBIANCE OF A GOOD LOCAL TOWN THAT APPRECIATES THINGS AND SEE PEOPLE OUT. I THINK THAT'S WONDERFUL, AND WE NEED TO KEEP. WE NEED TO GO BACK TO THAT BECAUSE I FELT AS WE MOVED OVER THERE. OF THE PROMENADE, THAT A LOT OF OUR VENDORS DIDN'T GET THE EXPOSURE THEY NEEDED TO. AND THEN OBVIOUSLY OUR BUSINESSES HERE AND WHEN WE HAVE EVENTS LIKE. ARTS IN THE ALLEY. IT'S JUST LIKE GOING TO THESE OTHER COMMUNITIES. YOU'VE EVER BEEN A BRATWURST FESTIVAL. THEY SHUT DOWN ROUTE FOUR THROUGH BUCYRUS ON THERE YOU GO OVER. YOU GO TO AND I'M TRYING TO GO TO CIRCLE THEM. OH, MY GOODNESS. YOU KNOW, THEY SHUT DOWN QUITE A FEW STREETS DOWN THERE AND LOOK AT WHAT? YOU LOOK FORWARD TO THAT ON HERE. PEOPLE LOOK FORWARD TO COMING HERE, AND IT'S AN EVENT THAT WAS THE PARADE AND THEN YOU COME DOWN HERE. I GOT THE BOOZE. BOOTHS THAT THE BOOZE THE BOOTHS ON THERE. I GOT TO GET MY ANNUNCIATION RIGHT HERE AND THEN YOU GET TO MEET PEOPLE. YOU GET TO TALK TO HIM. YOU SEE THE VENDORS? THERE'S ALWAYS A LOCAL CLUBS. ALL OF THOSE THINGS. IT'S ALL PART OF THAT. WE TALKED ABOUT THE HOMETOWN FEELING. THAT'S PART OF THE HOMETOWN FEELING FOR ME, AND I THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND I THINK THAT I THINK THE CHAMBER FOR ALL THAT THEY DO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COUNCILMAN SHOCK A THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN, SLOVAKIA AS WELL. COUNCILMAN BARRY. YEAH. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. UH, I'M SORT OF SPEECHLESS IN HERE, WHICH IS WHICH, AS YOU KNOW, SOMETHING HAPPENS. UM. I THINK THAT AS YOU KNOW, I'M ON A DIFFERENT PAGE. AS FAR AS THIS GOES, UM, I WILL SAY, UH. ELOQUENTLY SPOKEN IN TERMS OF YOUR PASSION FOR THIS BUSINESS COMMUNITY, AND YOU KNOW, I SHARE THAT PASSION. UM. THIS FOR ME HAS BEEN WATCHING FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME BECAUSE I WAS AROUND THEM WHEN IT WAS FIRST SUGGESTED THAT WE WOULD NO LONGER BE ABLE TO ONE DAY HAVE OUR EVENTS OUT ON BROADWAY. I WOULD SAY THAT THE THESE INTELLIGENT MINDS HAVE BEEN WORKING ALL THESE YEARS TO KEEP THEM THERE FOR AS LONG AS POSSIBLE. AND UM AND I DON'T THINK WE'RE THERE RIGHT NOW. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS A SOLUTION FOR THE LONG TERM, BUT I APPLIED TO YOU SUGGESTING THAT WE OPEN THOSE LINES OF COMMUNICATION AND THE COMMUNICATION PIECE. IS REALLY WHERE OUR WORK NEEDS TO BE. AND I THINK WE'VE ADDRESSED THAT IN THE LAST COUPLE MEETINGS, UM, MEETING WITH COUNTS AND OUR BUSINESSES THAT WAS HELD LAST WEEK MEETINGS WITH COUNCILOR BUSINESSES AND THE CHAMBER IN THIS COMING WEEK. WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO OPEN THOSE LINES OF COMMUNICATION AND LINK ARMS AND WORK TOGETHER TO SOLVE SOME OF THESE PROBLEMS. UM BUT HONESTLY, I REALLY DO THINK THAT WE NEED TO PAUSE FOR A MOMENT BECAUSE YOU KNOW, I HAVE ALL THE SAME MEMORIES I HAD, YOU KNOW. HAVE MY LITTLE GIRL WHO WHO NEEDED TO HAVE THE BREAD WITH THE CURLING RIBBON EVERY YEAR. NO MATTER WHAT, UM, I REMEMBER ALL OF THOSE THINGS AND FINALLY REMEMBER WALKING AROUND ON BROADWAY. BROADWAY IS NOT THE SAME AS IT WAS, UM. ALMOST 30 YEARS AGO, WHEN MY CHILDREN WERE LITTLE, UM, I THINK THAT
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WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO WORK, AND I HOPE THAT WE CAN BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN IN A STATE OF FRUSTRATION. AND WITH THE CHALLENGES THAT HAVE BEEN THROWN AT US IN THIS INDEED IS ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE CHALLENGES. UM, BUT. I THINK WITH CHANGE, SOMETIMES WE CAN FIND BETTER WAYS TO DO THINGS AND WE CAN GROW FROM THAT CHANGE. CHANGE IS HARD. I GET THAT, BUT. I THINK THAT GOING FORWARD, THE BIGGEST PIECE OF THIS IS FOR US TO START DOING BETTER, COMMUNICATING. I ABSOLUTELY AGREE WITH THAT AND APPRECIATE THAT, AS FAR AS THE COMMUNICATION GOES. HOWEVER OUR TRADITION IS SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD FIGHT AND CLING TO, AND I THINK THAT OUR DOWNTOWN IS MORE THAN JUST A ROAD WITH FOUR LANES. IT IS THE HEART OF OUR CITY. AND WE SHOULD NOT TAKE THE FIGHT OUT OF THE HEART OF OUR CITY. THANK YOU. SURE, MR BERRY AND ONE THING THAT, UM AND I'M I'M HOPING, UM, MR DEIDRE AND THE ADMINISTRATION COME BACK WITH A BUDGET SO WE CAN SEE THAT WITHIN THE NEXT AT LEAST 30 DAYS, BUT. QUESTION FOR YOU. COULD YOU COME BACK IN OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING AND GIVE US AN UPDATE ON THE HOMETOWN DOLLARS ON WHAT'S GONE? YOU KNOW WHAT? YOU KNOW WHAT BUSINESSES ARE USING IT AND THE SUCCESS OR WHAT WE NEED TO CHANGE AND THAT TYPE OF THING. I IF I CAN'T IS BECAUSE I'M A DISNEY WORLD, BUT WE CAN. MY, UH, THE ONE IN WHICH YOU KNOW, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE FOR US TO HAVE THE CHAMBER DO THAT AFTERWARDS IN THE ALLEY? ABSOLUTELY THAT WOULD PROBABLY ABSOLUTELY, AND WE HAVE BEEN KEEPING AN OPEN NOTEBOOK AND WE DO GO OVER THIS IN OUR. IN OUR BOARD MEETING. WE DO HAVE SOME IDEAS THAT WE'D LIKE TO BRING TO YOU GUYS TO THE PROGRAM TO CONTINUE TO ENHANCE IT AND PERFECT DELIVER IT A LITTLE BETTER MODEL. THANK YOU FOR COMING, MADAM. I'M SURE MAYOR. GO AHEAD. I CAN'T SIT HERE AND NOT SAYING THAT YOU WERE MY NEXT PERSON. THAT'S RIGHT. AND THE PATIENT. BEEN THERE. UNDERSTOOD WHEN WE STARTED IT THAT THEY WERE GOING TO BE CHANGED. WE PROGRAMMED THE PARADE AS I MENTIONED TO YOU.THIS IS THIS IS KIND OF REHASH SEVERAL CONVERSATION BY THE WAY. AS A SIMILAR TO THE CONVERSATION OUT OF THE NIGHT WITH THE TOM CENTER GROUP. WE? WE'VE PROGRAM THE PARADE TO COME DOWN TORCH IN THE ALLEY. THAT WAS NOT ALL RIGHT. IT WAS NOT IN A CHAMBER EVENT. IN THE SAME GROW CITY HAVING A PARADE TO MAKE IT SURE IT COMES DOWN TO THE TO THE BROADWAY. WE WERE IN A TRANSITION TIME. AND YOU KNOW THAT. WE'VE EXPLAINED BEFORE ABOUT COLUMBUS STREET, THE DYNAMICS OF THE DRAMA TREE OF HOW YOU TURN TRUCKS AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. WE'RE GONNA DO WE'RE GONNA DO IT THIS YEAR. WE'RE GOING TO SEE HOW IT TURNS OUT. SETTING A BUDGET AS TO HOW YOU CAN FIX IT. THERE ISN'T ONE BECAUSE OF THE HAIRPIN TURNS THAT YOU HAVEN'T TRIED TO REDIRECT TRAFFIC. WHAT. AS WE TOLD YOU TOLD YOU WHEN, WHEN IT WAS DISCUSSED ABOUT MOVING THE ARSENE ALLEY OVER VILLA PARK. WE DON'T WANT IT THERE. WE WENT IN DOWNTOWN ROCH CITY. AND WE'VE COME THROUGH. THIS IS A TIME TO TRANSITION TO DISCUSS IT. AND TO FIND OUT THERE IS ANOTHER DYNAMIC, BUT. THIS IS A PASSION THAT CITIES TOO SOON JUST TO CHANGE. WE ABSOLUTELY RESPECT THAT. WE KNOW WHY WE ARE THE SHEPHERDS OF THIS EVENT. WE KNOW THAT OUR TRACK RECORD AND OUR PARTNERSHIP HAS BEEN SOMETHING AND IT'S BEEN THERE HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL.
EXACTLY AND WE ARE LOOKING YOU GUYS IN THE EYE. ALL OF YOU. IF ONE OF YOU WERE MISSING TODAY, WE WOULDN'T BE HERE EXACTLY BECAUSE WE'RE A TEAM AND WE HAVE TO MOVE THIS BALL FORWARD TOGETHER. I'M TELLING YOU, WE NEED TO KEEP THIS EVENT ON THE WAY WE KNOW WHERE YOU'RE COMING. UNDERSTAND. THANK YOU. THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU. SEE YOU BEING HERE. RIGHT, MAYOR.
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OKAY. HAVE A MARRIAGE COURT REPORT. UH 44,008 44,068. AND THAT DOES REQUIRE COUNCIL APPROVAL. ASK THE COUNCIL. MOVE THAT FORWARD MOTION TO ACCEPT THE MAGIC. SECOND. THIS IS HELP. YES, MR HOLT. YES, MR BERRY? YES, MR SHOT KEY? YES. SCHLAIS BALL? YES. THANK YOU A FEW OTHER ITEMS THAT COULD WE DO HAVE SOME NEW BANNERS THAT WERE EXPERIMENTING WITH. UH THESE ARE THE CORNER LIGHT POLE BANNERS. WE HAVE THEM NOW IN PLACE AT STRING TOWN ROAD AND HOOVER. SO YOU HAVE A CHANCE. DRIVE BY AND SEE HIM. WE'LL HAVE A PICTURE OF NEXT NEXT MEETING, BUT WE THINK IT'S ON THE FRESHEN UP. THE WORLD AND DEALING WITH BANNERS. YEAH.WE'RE HAVING A SPECIAL EVENT AT HIS ROLE APART. THE PURPLE HEART MEMORIAL WALK 10 O'CLOCK ON FRIDAY. PURPLE HEART DAY IS SATURDAY, BUT WE ARE MOVING IT FORWARD HERE, I BELIEVE YOU'RE
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NOT WRITING LIKE SIX NEUTRAL SEVEN NEW TREES. INDIVIDUALS WE FOUND THAT WERE EITHER KILLED AND KOREA OR WORLD WAR TWO. SO HOPEFULLY, WE WON'T BE ADDING MORE TREES. THE POW OF OHIO HAS YOUR ANNUAL MEETING IN GROCERY, OHIO, AND IT'S ALSO THAT SAME DAY. THE FRIDAY NIGHT CONCERT LAST FRIDAY NIGHT WAS PROBABLY ONE OF THEM. MOST SUCCESSFUL THAT WE'VE EVER HAD. AND WE'VE HAD QUESTION ABOUT RESTROOMS. AND WE'RE GOING TO PUT A MARKER ON THE, UH, SAFETY BUILDING. WE DO HAVE RESTROOMS IN THE SAFETY BUILDING. BUT IT WAS A HUGE YOU'VE BEEN FRIDAY NIGHT JUST.THE CHAMBERS ANNUAL MEETING IS THIS WEDNESDAY. 7 30. UM. LEGENDARY OUR 12 YEAR OLD LITTLE LEAGUE. TEAM THE ALL STAR TEAM FINISHED SECOND IN THE DISTRICT. AND THAT'S THE HIGHEST WE'VE BEEN IN A LONG, LONG TIME. PART OF THE FINISHING SECOND WAS BY DEFAULT BECAUSE THE TEAM GOT DISQUALIFIED, BUT WE'LL TAKE IT. WE'RE STILL SECOND.
MENTIONED EARLIER THAT TAKE AS ECO FAST IS THE 14TH. WE, UH. IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM THAT THEY'VE DONE INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF WORK AND LOOKING AT KEEP YOUR FINGERS CROSSED NO RAIN.
THE LAST THING IS, UM, COME THE FIRST WEEK OF SEPTEMBER. WE WILL HAVE ANOTHER GENTLEMAN DURING OUR STAFF. HIS NAME IS KEVIN SCHIEFFER. RETIRED LIEUTENANT COLONEL TO SAY HI PATROL AND HE'LL BE TAKEN OVER SOME OF BILL'S RESPONSIBILITY. IT BUILDS UP TO HERE AND THE REFLECTION ON HIM. AND THIS PERSON WILL REPORT TO THE BILL, BUT VERY EXPENSIVE, VERY EXPERIENCED LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSON AND HAVE TWO MINUTES ASSET TO US. ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL THANK YOU, MA'AM. THANK YOU, MAYOR. MR BARROSO? I JUST ONE I, UH EXCUSE ME. JUST ONE ITEM IN TERMS OF TWO MAJOR PERK PROJECTS. THE VIEW OF PARK FIRST PHASE WILL BE OPEN AUGUST 20TH. THAT'S PROJECT ESTIMATED TO BE $6 MILLION AND THE PINNACLE PARK. PHASE ONE AT ESTIMATION OF CONSTRUCTION COSTS OF APPROXIMATELY $4 MILLION HAS A BIT OPENING OF SEPTEMBER 10TH. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, MADAM.
PRESIDENT. GOTTA COLLECT YESTERDAY, SO. TRUCK WHEN YOU OPEN THE BIDS LIKE THAT, WHEN DO YOU ANTICIPATE ANY MOVEMENT OF DIRT THAN OVERVIEW AND AS FAR AS THE PARK. WOULD SAY NORMALLY WITH AFTER AWARD OF THE CONTRACT WILL BE WITHIN 30 DAYS. OKAY, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. MR TURNER. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT. HOW? I DON'T HAVE A REPORT. MR SMITH. I HAVE NEVER REPORTED HERE. THANK YOU, PRESIDENT HELP, MISS KELLY. THANK YOU. I HAVE NOTHING THIS EVENING. ANY STAFF REPORTS. THIS WITH PATRICK. GET THAT THROUGH TOWN.
I'VE BEEN PRETTY POPULAR IN THE PAST COUPLE WEEKS WITH ALL THE WORK WE HAVE GOING ON, BUT I JUST WANTED TO BRING YOU GUYS A COUPLE OF CONSTRUCTION UPDATES SOME ADDITIONAL CLOSURES THAT ARE COMING JUST FOR AWARENESS. WE DO HAVE THEM POSTED ON HER WEBSITE AND GOING OUT THROUGH.
ALL OF OUR COMMUNICATION CHANNELS. UM BUT COLTON ROAD AT 104 WILL CLOSE STARTING MONDAY, AUGUST 9TH FOR 30 DAYS. UM AND. THAN OUR COLUMBUS STREET WHEN WE MAKE THE TIE IN TO THE EXISTING COLUMBUS STREET. THAT CLOSURE IS SLATED FOR AUGUST 19TH AGAIN A 30 DAY CLOSURE.
UM, THERE TOO. BUILD A NEW ROAD THERE, UM, HOME ROAD IS HE'S FOUND ONLY AND IT WILL REMAIN THROUGH THE END OF OCTOBER. AND, UM. THE INCONVENIENT WORK ON STRING TOWN AND THEN BUCKEYE AND WHITE WILL BE WRAPPING UP THIS WEEK SO WELL STRENGTHENS COMPLETE, UM, WITH THE PAVING THE BRICK WORK WILL WRAP UP THIS WEEK AND THEN A FINAL PAVING ON. RIGHT IS ALMOST COMPLETE AS WELL. WE'LL HAVE SOME AND SALARIES, STRIPING AND WHAT NOT TO DO, BUT THE MAJOR PAVING WORK WILL BE COMPLETED. YES. IF I COULD MAN HERE. YES, MA'AM. CINDY WOULD YOU MENTIONED ABOUT US LISTENING OH DOT AND FRANKLIN COUNTY WITH THE OTHER PROJECTS WITH THE FIRST DAY GIRL, 6 65. NO. YEAH THE CLEANING UP OF THE CORRIDOR. OH YEAH. WE ARE WORKING WITH OH DOT THE TOWNSHIP AND, UM, THE COUNTY AND PSYCHO AS WELL TO WORK ON CLEANING UP AS THE O DOT BY 71 PROJECT WRAPS UP AND COMES TO AN END. GET THE ENTIRE CORRIDOR CLEANING UP. BRING OUR RESOURCES TOGETHER WHETHER THAT'S MOWING LITTER, YOU KNOW JUST THE REGULAR CONSTRUCTION CLEAN UP AND THEN WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT OPPORTUNITIES TO CLEAN UP THOSE, UM. OR STRING TOWN WROTE ROAD RAMP. UM. IN FIELDS AS WELL. SO WE'RE GONNA
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TRY TO GET THAT LOOKING NICE. MAY WANT TO ALSO MEASURE MENTIONED THE INTERSECTION AT BLUEGRASS AND MOUNT CARMEL LANE AND HOOVER. I CAN'T GET LIGHT SPOT READY TO GO. YES, I'M THAT THAT GOT POWER LATE LAST WEEK. AND SO IT WENT ON FLASH ON FRIDAY AND THEN STARTING THIS FRIDAY, IT WILL GO INTO A NORMAL SINGLE OPERATION. THANK YOU. MR SAKE FIRST. RIGHT? MHM.THE POLLS ARE IN. WE HAD TO WAIT ON SOME PIECES FOR THE ANCHOR BOLTS AND SO FOUNDATION SHOULD BE GOING IN REAL SOON, AND THOSE LIGHTS WILL GO RIGHT UP, SO IT SHOULDN'T BE LONG.
YEP. YEAH, THEY BOARD ALL THE CONDUIT AND THE WIRES THERE, SO IT'S GETTING THE FOUNDATIONS AND THEN THOSE PULLS UP SO IT SHOULD BE REALLY. YEAH. LEAD TIMES OF MATERIALS HAS HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE. DEFINITELY. YEAH. SHE LEAVES MR VERY GO AHEAD. SO WE ALL HAVE OUR LIST FOR CINDY.
I LOVE IT. WILL THERE BE? WILL THERE BE A LIGHT INSTALLED AT SOUTHWEST BOULEVARD AND LOUIS? CENTRAL WAY? I'VE GOTTEN A COUPLE OF COMPLAINTS THAT IT'S KIND OF A DANGEROUS INTERSECTION. AND EVERYTHING. UM NO. OKAY ALSO OVER HERE ON COLUMBUS STREET. UM IS THAT THERE'S A WALK. THERE IS A CROSSWALK THERE. THAT THAT I SENT YOU A NOTE ON I'LL RESEND IT TO YOU, BUT PEOPLE WERE ASKING IF THERE COULD BE A MARKING A WALKWAY MARKER PUT ON THE ROAD AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT, BECAUSE THERE'S A CROSSWALK THAT'S NOT REALLY MARKED. I'LL SEND IT TO YOU. YES, ON THE STREET. YEAH. DID LOOK AT THAT. WE DO THOSE PUSH ACTIVATED. UM. CROSSWALKS AT MID BLOCK CROSSINGS. UM WE DON'T TYPICALLY DO THAT AT A STANDARD INTERSECTION CROSSING BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE RAMPS AND THEY THEY HAVE THE CROSSWALKS.
UM. SO I DID NOT HAVE THAT PROGRAMMED AT THIS TIME. IS IT SOMETHING WE CAN DO? UM, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT'S POSSIBLE TO DO? I CAN LOOK A LITTLE CLOSER AT THE RIGHT OF WAY LIMITS TO SEE WHAT WE CAN FIT IN THERE. IT'S ALSO REALLY SHADY THERE, AND THOSE ARE SOLAR POWER THAT WE USE. UM SO I CAN SEE IF THAT'S THAT'S POSSIBLE. SURE, BECAUSE I'VE I MEAN, I'VE BEEN THROUGH THAT INTERSECTION BEFORE, AND IT'S NOT. I MEAN, SOME PEOPLE THAT JUST DON'T STOP, YOU KNOW, AND I CAN SEE PEOPLE STAY SITTING THERE WAITING FOR A SLOWDOWN AND THERE'S NO LIGHTS TO HAVE ACROSS OR ANYTHING, BUT I APPRECIATE IF YOU COULD LOOK INTO IT AND. WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE REPORT. THE REPORT LOOKS GREAT. THANK YOU TO THE ADMINISTRATION AND. JUST ONE ITEM THAT RELATES TO THE YOUR QUESTION IN TERMS OF THE TRAFFIC LIGHT AT A LITTLE CENTER WAY, THERE WILL BE A NEW TRAFFIC LIGHT AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE NEW COLUMBUS STREET IN SOUTHWEST GOLDBERG. JUST WEST OF LITTLE CENTER WAY. COLUMBUS STREET IN SOUTHWEST CORRECT THANK YOU. MR ASHE. JUST TWO QUICK ANNOUNCEMENTS ON THURSDAY, THE GROSS A 20 FIFTIES COMMITTEE IS RECONVENING AT 6 30 HERE AT CITY HALL. SO IF YOU GET A CHANCE STOP BY. THIS IS A REALLY RELAUNCH OF OUR EFFORT.
LAST TIME WE TRIED TO HELP TO MEET THE WHOLE MEETING WAS THE ONSET OF COVID. SO IT HAS BEEN DELAYED AND THEN THE SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT IS TERRY BAR HAS JOINED OUR OUR STAFF. WE ARE NOW FULLY STAFFED IN THE DEVELOPED APARTMENT, SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO MAKING SOME PROGRESS IN SOMEBODY'S, UH, I'M SAYING ISSUES WE HAVE. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AS CONRAD.
THANK YOU. I JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS I WANT TO JUST MAKE COUNCIL WHEREOF IS YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN OVER THE KINGSTON CENTER. WE ARE WE DOING PARKING OVER THERE, SO RIGHT NOW, WE ARE, UM, ANYONE WHO WANTS TO COME TO THE KING'S IS THAT OUR NEEDS TO COME TO THE KINGSTON CENTER. CAN PARK OVER AT PARK STREET INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL. WE'VE GOT SIGNS UP, SO HOPEFULLY PEOPLE WILL. SEE THAT MUCH NEEDED PROJECT. WE'RE GETTING RID OF OUR SWIMMING POOL IN THE BACKYARD. SO. THE SECOND THING IS, THE MAYOR DID NOT MENTION. HOWEVER YOU DO HAVE THE LEGISLATION ON ABOUT THE BEARS CUP. WE HAVE BEEN SO SUCCESSFUL THIS YEAR WITH PEOPLE THAT ONE AND TWO GOLF. WE ARE DOING THE SECOND MAYOR'S CUP ON AUGUST 23RD. EVEN IF YOU CAN'T COMING OFF WITH US, WE WOULD LOVE UM, FOR YOU TO GET INVOLVED. YOU COULD SPONSOR HOLE OR OR, UM. DOOR PRIZES ANYTHING LIKE THAT. SO IF YOU CAN BE INVOLVED. UM AND THEN THE THIRD THING I WANTED TO DO IS I WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE
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AND LINDA. I KNOW THEY'VE GOTTEN THEIR DO, BUT THEY REALLY HAVE GONE ON WELL ON AND BEYOND. UM YOU KNOW ANY EXPECTATIONS THAT I THINK ANY OF US COULD HAVE EVER DONE AND THEY'VE WORKED HARD ON THIS. I KNOW BECAUSE I SEE THE EMAILS COME THROUGH LINDA. COPIES ME ON EVERYTHING. I'VE ATTENDED A FEW MEETINGS WITH THEM. AND I, HONESTLY I'M BLOWN AWAY BY THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT THESE PEOPLE HAVE PUT IT SO BIG SHOUT OUT TO ALL OF YOU. THANK YOU.YOU. YEAH. ANYTHING ELSE? THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS. RIGHT? ANY OTHER BUSINESS THIS EVENING. I THINK I MIGHT HAVE SKIPPED OVER ANYBODY THAT KIND OF CONFERENCE. IS ANYBODY ELSE IN THE GALLERY? ALL RIGHT. AND THAT BRINGS US TO CLOSING COMMENTS THEN, MR BARRY. JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, I'M RECEIVED A NOTICE THROUGH MY GUARD CONNECTIONS THAT THERE WILL BE COVID TESTING DOWN HERE AND THIS AREA WITHIN THE WITHIN THE NEXT 30 DAYS. ALSO, IF PEOPLE WANT THEM. UM, YOU KNOW, THE VACCINES ARE FREE, AND THEY'RE LOCATED AT NINE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS AND GROWTH CITY IF YOU WANT THEM. UM AND I WANT TO COMPLIMENT THE MAYOR. THE BANNERS DO LOOK AWESOME. THOSE THAT WE SHOULD WE NEED TO REFRESH SOME OF OUR OTHER BONERS TO THEIR KIND OF DATED LOOKING. AND I GOT A SEVERAL COMMENTS ABOUT THE FLOWERS THAT WE'RE PUTTING FURTHER DOWN ON ON ON ON BROADWAY. THE ONLY COMMENT THAT THE ONLY NEGATIVE COMMENT WAS A POSITIVE COMMENT. AND THAT WAS THEY'D LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING ELSE ON THE POLE WITH THE FLOWERS. OTHER THAN THE FLOWERS JUST SITTING THERE BY THEMSELVES. SO MAYBE THIS NEW BANNER STUFF IS, UM, SOMETHING WE CAN DO. AND UM, ALSO THE. I'M GOING TO. I'M GOING TO SAY IT. THEY'VE THE FIVE K NINE. REGISTRATION OPENS TOMORROW FOR, UM AND THAT TAKES PLACE ON THE FIRST SUNDAY IN OCTOBER, AND ALL THOSE PROCEEDS GO TO THE. SPEAK FOR THE UNSPOKEN SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE AGAIN, AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THIS AFTER THE MEETING. THANK YOU, MR WHOLE. YES I JUST RECEIVED THE JULY FINANCE REPORT FOR THE CITY AS THE FINANCE GUY AND, UH, I'D SAY IT CONTINUES TO BE VERY POSITIVE AND KUDOS TO OUR ADMINISTRATION IN THE FINANCE FOLKS. WE'RE WEATHERING THE STORM VERY WELL. AND UNLESS SOME WRONG. TOMORROW'S VOTING, RIGHT? YEAH. SO REMINDER TO EVERYBODY TO VOTE TOMORROW. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANKS. THANK YOU, MR SHOCKING. I JUST WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL FOR PUTTING PEOPLE FIRST AND THINKING ABOUT THE INDIVIDUALS HERE AND CITIZENS AND THEIR THEIR NEEDS AND WANTS ON THERE. MR MAYOR. I HAVEN'T BEEN CHASED AROUND BY THE MOSQUITO TRUCK LATELY. IT SEEMS LIKE WHEN I WAS WALKING DOGS. SEEMED LIKE SPRING GO. YEAH. UH YEAH. JUST TO TOUCH ON THAT WE NOW IN CONTRACT ARE MOSQUITO MANAGEMENT THROUGH FRANKLIN COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH. THEY ARE TESTING IN OUR COMMUNITY WEEKLY. UM, THEY HAVE. OH GOSH, SEVERAL DIFFERENT SITES THAT THEY, UM TEST AND THEY TYPICALLY ONLY SPRAY IF THEY ARE GETTING POSITIVE RESULTS FOR WEST ISLAND DISEASE CARRYING MOSQUITOES, AND SO UNFORTUNATELY WE DO NOT HAVE HIGH COUNTS OF DISEASE CARRYING MOSQUITOES IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND SO THEREFORE THEY JUST PROMOTE, UM. YARD MANAGEMENT, MAKING SURE YOU ELIMINATE POOLS OF WATER WHERE MOSQUITOES NIGHT BREED AND HATCH AND, UM, BUT OTHERWISE THEY ARE A SUMMER NEW SENSE OF, BUT IT IS NOT DANGEROUS SO. THAT'S WHERE WE ARE WITH THAT. I WONDERED BECAUSE 10 OR 12 YEARS AGO, IT SEEMED LIKE NO MATTER WHAT STREET I TOOK WITH THE DOG, THE MOSQUITO TRUCK WOULD HEAD ME OFF. THEY HAD TO ROUTE DOWN. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANKS, MR SHAKY, MR SLAVE. OH, THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT. IF MY LOVE TO SAY IF YOU'RE LOOKING TO AVOID MOSQUITOES, THEY HEAR ICELAND ZERO MOSQUITOES. NO. UM, PROBLEMS. BUT YEAH, UH I WOULD LIKE TO SAY REGARDING THE SIDEWALK. RESOLUTION. SEE OTHER END UH, THE SIDEWALK ISSUE WE HAD TODAY. I WOULD LIKE TO LOOK INTO AND I WILL ASK ANYONE ON COUNSELOR IN THE ADMINISTRATION TO WORK WITH ME ON AT LEAST LOOKING THE SIDEWALK FANCY. THERE'S DIFFERENT WAYS WE CAN HANDLE IT, SO THIS ISSUE DOESN'T COME UP AGAIN. SO WE CAN TRY AND MAKE SURE WE CAN MITIGATE THIS IN THE FUTURE. UM OTHER THAN THAT. GO VOTE LIKE MR HOLT SAID. OKAY. THINKING, ESPECIALLY ABOUT ALRIGHT. NEXT REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING IS AUGUST THE 16TH AT SEVEN O'CLOCK. I BELIEVE WE HAVE THE FIRST FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING. ON THE AND AT THE END
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OF THE MONTH. CORRECT THE 30TH? YEAH. LATER 30TH 30TH JUST TO PUT THAT ON YOUR RADAR. SO WE HAVE OUR REGULAR MEETING AND THEN WE WILL MEET AGAIN ON THE 30TH AND, UM MM. FOR PURPOSES OF LOADING YOUR CALENDAR TODAY. TOMORROW IS A SPECIAL CONGRESSIONAL PRIMARY. SO IF YOU HAVEN'T VOTED, PLEASE DO SO MAKE PLAN THIS EVENING FOR YOUR DAY TOMORROW. UM, ALSO, I WANTED TO POINT OUT THERE'S SO MUCH GOING ON IN THIS COMMUNITY IN THE SUMMER. THIS IS A VIBRANT COMMUNITY. MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE FOLLOWING OUR WEBSITE, THE CITY WEBSITE SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS, ALL OF THEM. THEY'RE OUT THERE ON PRETTY MUCH EVERY PLATFORM.MAKE SURE YOU SUBSCRIBE TO IN THE GROVE. WE ALSO HAVE A COMMUNITY ALERT. YOU CAN GET VIA TEXT MESSAGE AND STAY UP TO DATE ON WEATHER AND TRAFFIC, SO MAKE SURE YOU STAY IN THE LOOP.
OUR STAFF DOES AN AMAZING JOB THAT CONNECTIVITY IT'S JUST ABOUT KNOWING WHERE TO LOOK. SO MAKE SURE YOU DO THAT BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT GOING ON. AND I THINK THERE'S ANOTHER GREAT, UH, SUMMER SIZZLE COMING OUR WAY THIS FRIDAY, SO HOPEFUL OTHER COPIES AND WITH NO OTHER BUSINESS. WE ARE ADJOURNED, AND THAT IS ONLY ONE THING.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.