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COUNCIL FINANCE COMMITTEE IS NOW IN SESSION. AND BEFORE WE GET STARTED. WE'RE GOING TO DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE. ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLY THAN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD. INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE, GIRL AND A QUICK MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR OUR AMERICANS IN AFGHANISTAN. MADE IT OUT AND THE ONES THAT DIDN'T. MHM. OKAY THANKS TO EVERYBODY THAT'S HERE TONIGHT. RECOGNIZE A COUPLE OF OUR GUESTS IN THE BACK THERE. DOUG STICK OLD TONY COLLINS. CINDY BILL. RIGHT? IT'S CALLED THE ROLL CALL, PLEASE. MR SHOCKEY. PRESIDENT MR SCHLEGEL HERE, MRS HELP HERE, MR. HOLT. HERE, MR BARRY HERE. ALL RIGHT. I'LL JUST KIND OF TOUCH ON THE AGENDA FOR THE EVENING. THIS IS SCHEDULED TO BE NO LATER THAN 7 30. SO THAT'S MY PLAN. UM FIRST ON THE AGENDA. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE Y M C. A PRESENT. THEY HAVE SOME A NEW UPDATE AND SOME NEWS. AND IT'S SOMEWHAT RELEVANT TO OUR DISCUSSION ON BUDGET AND PARKS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, AS WE GO DOWN THERE. DOWN THE AGENDA. BUT BEFORE THAT, WE'LL HAVE PROBABLY MR TURNER. SEE HERE. DOING THE PURPOSE. THERE'S. MR TURNER IS ONLINE, OKAY? HE'S GOING TO DO OR REVIEW OF THE 2021 ACTUALS VERSUS BUDGET AS OF THIS MONTH. PROJECTIONS COMPARED TO BUDGET.
THEN THE TAXUS ASSUMPTIONS THAT WERE MADE WHEN WE BUILT WHEN THEY BUILT THE 2022 BUDGET.
THEN WE'LL REVIEW THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS HAS BUDGETED LAST YEAR, INCLUDING ANY CHANGES AND PROJECTS WITH ENCUMBERED FUNDS. WAY WE CAN GET A QUICK STATUS OF WHERE THOSE PROJECTS ARE, WHICH ONES HAVE MONEY LEFT OVER RAN OUT OF MONEY CHANGED, ETCETERA. THEN WE'LL LOOK AT THE 2022 CAPITAL PLANNED BUDGET. AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT ANY COUNCIL PRIORITIES THAT ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO BRING FORWARD. SO THAT'S PRETTY MUCH OPEN DISCUSSION. WE DON'T REALLY TALK ABOUT HOW MUCH MONEY THOSE THINGS ARE IN THIS. THIS IS NOT MEANT TO DETERMINE THE AMOUNT OF MONEY. IT'S MORE TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S AN ITEM THE WEEKEND IN ADDRESS AND GET IN THE PLAN LATER. SOME OF THOSE ITEMS TO, UH. SPUR YOUR THOUGHT PROCESSES WILL BE DOWNTOWN INFRASTRUCTURE EVENT ENGINEERING. PARK AT BUFALO PARK AT LIBRARY STORMWATER PROGRAM, STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS. THE ROAD BUDGET. STREET BUDGET.
WE CALL IT AND THEN THE SIDEWALK PROGRAM. AND THEN I PUT IT SINCE THIS IS ABOUT 2022 BUDGET, THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT HAVE COME UP OVER THE YEAR. THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, AND I JUST THOUGHT I'D PUT THEM ON HERE TO SEE IF WE WANT TO GET ANY KIND OF DISCUSSION ON THAT AS A COUNCIL. INDIVIDUAL COMMUNICATION EXPENSE LINE ITEMS. THERE WAS A REQUEST FOR AN ADDITIONAL SUSTAINABILITY EMPLOYEE EARLIER IN THE YEAR.
JUST SEE WHERE THAT IS EXPENSE FOR SECURITY TRAFFIC FOR DOWNTOWN EVENTS. AND THEN A LARGE TOPIC OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE THEY NEED TO FEEL THEY WANT TO ADD. OKAY? SO LET'S BEGIN WITH THE Y M C. A DON'T KNOW WHO'S COMING UP FIRST OR BOTH OF YOU. SO STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD BEFORE YOU SPEAK. YOU'RE NOT BEING HELD TO THE THREE MINUTE TIMER THAT WE USUALLY DO. HOWEVER. YOU CAN'T GO ALL NIGHT, SO OKAY?
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MHM.OKAY GOTCHA. I KNOW I'M LOUD ENOUGH, BUT THERE YOU GO. RIGHT NOW. I CAN'T EVEN GO BACK UP SO I DON'T DROWN YOU OUT. UM YOU WANT ME TO START OVER? ARE YOU GOOD? OKAY UM, WE'VE BEEN MEETING WITH A DIRECTOR CONRAD AND MARY STAGE A COUPLE OF TIMES OVER THE PAST 19 MONTHS JUST TO KEEP THEM AND, UH, JUST IN TOUCH WITH WHAT'S HAPPENING AT THE GROVE CITY. WHY AND HOW WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO CONTINUE TO SERVE AND WHAT THE STATUS IS, AND WE WERE JUST IN RECENTLY. MEETING TO TALK ABOUT WHERE OUR NEXT STEPS ARE AT THE Y AND UNDERSTAND WHERE THE MAYOR IS, AND KIM IS, AND THEY SHARED THAT. HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT? I THINK THIS SOUNDS REALLY EXCITING AND MAYBE WE SHOULD START TALKING TO SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS ABOUT WHAT THEIR THOUGHTS ARE. AND IT JUST SO HAPPENED THAT YOU WERE HAVING A CONVERSATION TODAY ABOUT. NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET AND WHERE SOME OF YOUR PRIORITIES ARE SO PERFECT TIMING. THE Y AGRO CITY IS THRIVING AND DOING VERY WELL. I'M VERY EXCITED TO TELL YOU THAT PRIOR TO COVID IN MARCH OF 2019 WE HAD ABOUT 12,000 MEMBERS THAT USE THE Y, WHICH IS A HUGE. CONCENTRATION OF FOLKS FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT CAME TO A WHY, IN FACT, GROUP CITYWIDE IN CENTRAL OHIO LEAD CENTRAL HIGHER IN TERMS OF THE NUMBER OF RESIDENTS THAT COME OUT TO THE Y AND PARTICIPATE IN CONNECT WITH THE COMMUNITY AT THE WHITE THROUGH THEIR PROGRAMMING, WHETHER IT'S SWIM TEAM OR AN ACTIVE OLDER ADULTS PROGRAM OR SUMMER CAMP, OR JUST COMING TO EXPAND ON YOUR WELLNESS JOURNEY. 12,000 FOLKS WERE COMING. WELL, OF COURSE.
YOU ALL KNOW WE WENT THROUGH A BIG HIT RIGHT DURING COVID, AND WE HAD TO SHUT DOWN FOR A FEW MONTHS AND WE REOPEN AND WE'VE SLOWLY GOTTEN BACK TO FULL HOURS AND FULL OPERATION AND I'M PROUD TO TELL YOU THAT WE'RE ABOUT 7000 NUMBERS, WHICH IS OUR HIGHEST IN ALL OF CENTRAL OHIO AT GROVE CITY. IN FACT, RHODES CITY ALSO HAS OUR HIGHEST SCAN COUNT IN ALL OF CENTRAL HOUSE AND THE NUMBER OF FOLKS THAT ARE COMING BACK. I WAS JUST TALKING TO PRESIDENT HOWARD AND DOUG ABOUT THE FACT THAT MAYBE ROUTINE IS COMING BACK WITH SCHOOL GETTING BACK IN THE SESSION BECAUSE ALL OF A SUDDEN WE'RE SEEING ANOTHER JUMP IN PEOPLE WHO ARE ATTENDING RY AND. COMING OUT TO PROGRAMS AND PARTICIPATING, SO IT'S VERY EXCITING. SO, SO WE'VE SPENT A LOT OF THE LAST 18 MONTHS RESPONDING TO CRISIS MANAGING THROUGH IT, AND WE'RE CONTINUING TO MANAGE THROUGH THAT WERE NOT FULLY BACK ON OUR FEET. YET IN TERMS OF THE ASSOCIATION, BUT WHAT WE'RE REALLY WHERE MY ENERGY AND ATTENTION HAS COME TO US. HOW CAN WE BETTER SERVED? WE'RE CONSTANTLY ENGAGED IN THE COMMUNITY TALKING TO OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND FINDING OUT HOW WE CAN BETTER SERVE. AND THEN RESPONDING TO THAT PUTTING TOGETHER A PLAN AND THAT'S WHEN WE STARTED TALKING TO DOUG AND THE TEAM THAT GROW CITY AND OUR TEAM AT DOWNTOWN AND SAYING, HOW CAN WE BETTER SERVE GROVE CITY, AND ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WE SAID IS LISTEN. WE NEED TO BE MORE RESPONSIVE. BEING MORE RESPONSIVE MEANS WE NEED TO HAVE SOME MORE SPACE FOR PROGRAMMING. WE NEED TO HAVE SOME MORE OPTIONS TO SERVE GROVE CITY. THERE'S SOME THINGS OUT THERE THAT ARE RESIDENTS WOULD LIKE TO SEE HAPPEN AND WE THINK WE CAN DO THAT. AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS WE NEED A STRATEGY FOR REINVESTMENT AT THE GROVE CITY Y WE NEED TO START THINKING ABOUT WHAT THE GROVE CITY WIDE LOOKS LIKE. NOT TODAY. BUT FIVE YEARS, 10 YEARS TO 15 OR 20 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD FOR THE FAMILIES. WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO SERVE, SO THAT'S WHERE OUR MINDSET IS. WE'RE STARTING TO BUILD THAT IDEA. WE'RE DUSTING OFF. SOME OLD DRAWINGS ACTUALLY BROUGHT A COUPLE OF THOSE DRAWINGS BACK TWO YEARS AGO TO SHOW WHAT HAD BEEN DONE SOME RESEARCH. ABOUT WHAT THE WHY COULD LOOK LIKE WITH EXPANDED SPACES? NEW AND INNOVATIVE SPACES? THOSE WERE, YOU KNOW, PUT TOGETHER THROUGH INPUT FROM WHY MEMBERS AS WELL AS SOME PROFESSIONAL EXPERTISE ON OUR TEAM, BUT WE'RE DUSTING THOSE OFF. BRING THEM BACK OUT WHEN WE STARTED. THAT'S WHY WE'RE IN HERE TALKING TO THE MAYOR AND KIM BECAUSE WE WANT TO PARTNER WITH GROVE CITY, TOO. DO EVEN MORE. SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE BEEN AROUND AT CENTRAL HIGH TO SEE SOME OF THE OTHER WISE THAT WE PARTNER WITH SPECIFICALLY OUTDRAW IN OUR LATEST EXAMPLE WITH REYNOLDSBURG, WE. REALLY I CAN'T TAKE ANY CREDIT FOR IT. IT'S THE WHITE TEAM IN THE CITY LEADERSHIP AT REYNOLDSBURG THAT DECIDED THAT THEY WANTED TO REALLY PUT TOGETHER INNOVATIVE EFFORT TO SERVE THE RESIDENTS OF REYNOLDSBURG AND TOGETHER THE Y AND REYNOLDSBURG BUILT THE REYNOLDSBURG COMMUNITY CENTER. Y M C A LITERALLY. THAT'S WHAT IT SAYS ON THE BUILDING. IF YOU PULL IT UP ON GOOGLE, YOU'LL SEE IT AND THAT BUILDING WAS BUILT BY THE CITY.
IT'S OWNED BY THE CITY. WE OPERATED. WE SAVED THEM ABOUT $3.5 MILLION OF OPERATING
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DOLLARS A YEAR. AND I'M VERY PROUD TO TELL YOU THAT OUR SECOND HIGHEST ATTENDED Y M C.A IN CENTRAL OHIO IS THE REYNOLDSBURG Y? UH, IT'S FANTASTIC. IT'S GOING TO STATE OF THE ART SPACES IN IT. IT'S GOT A TEAM CENTER WHERE WE ACTUALLY HOSTING A GAMING PROGRAM FOR TEENS, WHICH IS AN EXCITING OPPORTUNITY TO GET MORE TEENS AND THEY'RE CONNECTED TO OUR ADULTS TO HELP THEM WITH THEIR LEADERSHIP AND GUIDANCE THROUGH THE FUTURE.
WHICH SOME OF YOU KNOW THAT'S HOW I GOT INTO THE WIRES. A 12 YEAR OLD DROPPED OFF AT THE Y TO LEARN HOW TO SWIM AND STAYED INVOLVED THROUGH MY LEADERSHIP. UH AND OTHER PROGRAMS, WHETHER IT'S OUR ACTIVE PROGRAMS ARE, YOU KNOW, SWIMMING WELLNESS SPACES, THEIR STATE OF THE ART, INNOVATIVE COMMUNITY CENTER THAT'S PARTNERED WITH THE LINE, AND I THINK THAT THAT'S THE MODEL OF THE FUTURE. THOSE OF YOU KNOW, ME KNOW I CAME FROM LOCAL GOVERNMENT. THAT'S HOW MAYOR STAGE AND I MET AND KIM AND I MET. I WORKED IN PARKS AND RECREATION FOR 19 YEARS, AND I THINK THE PERFECT MODEL IS THIS NONPROFIT PUBLIC PARTNERSHIP WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY. TO THE BEST POSSIBLE USING THE BEST RESOURCES POSSIBLE, SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT. WE'RE READY TO TALK. WHAT WE SEE AS AN ACTION ITEM, AND WHAT WE HAD PLANNED IS TO SIT DOWN WITH YOU INDIVIDUALLY AND GET YOUR THOUGHTS TO HEAR FROM YOU. WE WANT TO HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY. SO DOUG IS GOING TO BE DOING THAT HE'S GOING TO GO OUT AND CONNECT WITH YOU AS INDIVIDUALS AS WELL AS SOME OF OUR OTHER STAKEHOLDERS. THE SCHOOL LEADERSHIP COMMUNITY LEADERS TO FIND OUT WHAT ARE SOME OF THOSE NEEDS. WE'VE GOT SOME DRAWINGS AND SOME IDEAS. BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE RESPONSIVE TO COMMUNITY NEEDS.
SO WE'RE INTERESTED IN THAT. WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT IT. I PROMISED THAT I WOULD KEEP MY COMMENTS TIGHT. AND I'M NOT SURE HOW HOW I LOST MY IDEA. I WAS GOING TO SET MY CLOCK OUT.
BUT I'LL PAUSE NOW FOR A QUICK SECOND. I'LL DOUG, IF I MISSED ANYTHING, I'LL LET YOU CHIME IN. AND THEN OBVIOUSLY WE'RE BOTH HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THIS IS REAL HIGH LEVEL. JUST AN INTRODUCTION. YOU KNOW ONE OF THE THINGS I WOULD TELL YOU. DOUG TELLS ME WHERE IT A LITTLE BIT OVER 7000 MEMBERS RIGHT NOW. I SHARED THIS WITH PRESIDENT HOWARD BACK WHEN WE WERE HERE BEFORE A TYPICAL SATURATION RATE FOR COMMUNITY CENTER. IN A COMMUNITY IS AROUND 7 TO 10. IF YOU DO THAT 7000 NUMBER NOW LET ALONE THE 12,000 NUMBER. WE WERE PRE COVID. THAT'S A MASSIVE SATURATION RATE. THAT'S SOMETHING PRETTY AWESOME. I'M SO PROUD TO BE ABLE TO SAY THAT THE GROWTH THE Y IN GROVE CITY ARE CONNECTED SO TIGHTLY, SO I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THAT AND GET BACK TO THAT. 12 12,000 NUMBER FOR SURE. BUT ALSO TALK ABOUT WHAT THIS WHY LOOKS LIKE IN THE NEXT 20 YEARS. SO WHAT DID I MISS ANYTHING? THAT'S JUST MEMBERS. THAT'S NOT PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS. I JUST WANTED TO SHARE. I'M DOUG STICK ALL EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE GROUP CITY Y MY ADDRESS IS 4 35 VANDERBILT STREET, PICKERING TWO IN OHIO. UM I JUST WANTED TO SHARE KIND OF A BOOTS ON THE GROUND. I'M THE GROWTH CITY EVERY DAY. TONY'S MANAGING OUR WHOLE ASSOCIATION. WE SEE MORE AND MORE PEOPLE COMING TO THE GROWTH CITYWIDE EVERY DAY. AFTER THE PANDEMIC. WE WERE CLOSED FOR ALMOST THREE MONTHS AND WE WENT FROM 12,000 JUST OVER 12,000 MEMBERS TO JUST OVER 7000 MEMBERS, SO WE DEFINITELY. HAVE TAKEN A HIT. I THINK ALL BRANCHES HAVE. I THINK A LOT OF PLACES ACROSS THE COUNTRY BUSINESSES REC CENTERS HMCS HAVE. WE ARE SEEING MORE AND MORE PEOPLE COMING BACK EVERY DAY. WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT COME AND SAY I HAVEN'T BEEN HERE SINCE MARCH OF 2020. I'M SO HAPPY TO BE BACK. I'M VERY EXCITED. WE'VE WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO EXPAND OUR HOURS. WE ARE OPEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK AGAIN WHERE WE WORKED WHEN WE REOPEN THE FACILITY IN JUNE OF 2020 AFTER OUR CLOSURE, ALL MOST OF OUR PROGRAMS ARE BACK RUNNING AGAIN. AND TODAY WAS A HUGE DAY AT THE BRANCH. I MEAN, THE PARKING LOT WAS. HONESTLY PROBABLY ONE OF THE TOP THREE FULLEST PARKING LOTS I'VE SEEN SINCE WE REOPENED BACK IN IN JUNE OF 2020, AND THAT'S BECAUSE. PEOPLE ARE COMING, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW PEOPLE ARE GETTING BACK TO THE ROUTINE SCHOOL STARTING UP AGAIN. UH THEY WANT TO GET BACK INTO THE ROUTINE. WE'RE OFFERING MORE CLASSES. WATER FITNESS CLASSES ARE. BOOMING SWIM LESSONS ARE BOOMING AGAIN. WE HAVE OVER 200 KIDS IN OUR SESSION, EVERY SESSION OF SWIM LESSONS WE WERE ABLE TO RUN SUMMER CAMP THIS YEAR, WHICH WE WEREN'T ABLE TO RUN IN 2020. UM YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST A VERY IMPORTANT. IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT PLACE IN THIS COMMUNITY, AND I REALLY FEEL THAT. THE PEOPLE OF THIS COMMUNITY REALLY, REALLY SUPPORT US AND IT'S A GREAT THING TO SEE. IT'S A GREAT THING TO FEEL WHEN YOU WALK INTO A FACILITY AND YOU SEE FACES, EITHER THAT YOU SEE EVERY DAY BECAUSE WE'RE PART OF THE ROUTINE OR NEW FACES. YOU KNOW THAT SAY, COME UP TO THE FRONT DESK. I HAVEN'T BEEN HERE IN SO LONG. I'VE MISSED YOU GUYS SO MUCH. I REALLY WANT TO GET BACK INTO YOU KNOW MY WORKOUT ROUTINE, OR, YOU KNOW, COMING INTO SOCIALIZE. I MEAN, THERE ARE. THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT COME IN MOSTLY SENIORS. THEY. JUST COME IN. THEY DON'T EVEN EXERCISE. THEY JUST EXERCISE THEIR MOUTH THERE JUST TALKING AND SOCIALIZING BECAUSE.
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WE'RE THE ONLY TIME THEY GO OUT THE WHOLE DAY AS THEY COME TO THE Y AND SEE THEIR FRIENDS AND PLAY YOU CUR LIKE WE HAD THREE TABLES OF BUCHER GOING THIS MORNING. UH YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IT'S JUST THOSE KIND OF THINGS. YES, WE HAVE A FITNESS CENTER. YES, WE HAVE A POOL. YES, WE HAVE A BASKETBALL GYM. YES, WE DO ALL OF THOSE THINGS, BUT IT'S A MEETING PLACE. IT'S A SOCIAL PLACE. IT'S AN IMPORTANT PLACE FOR A LOT OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AND WE WANT TO BE THAT AND MORE AND MORE AND MORE, AND I REALLY DO BELIEVE THAT A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY. WE CAN. WE CAN DEFINITELY GET THERE AND AN IMPACT. LOTS MORE PEOPLE IN EUROPE CITY THAN THAN EVEN NOW, SO. I GUESS I WOULD OPEN UP FOR ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAD ANY OF MIRROR OF TONY.MR CHAIR. YES, UH. WHY DON'T YOU EXPLAIN THE. THE. REAL ESTATE AND THE LEASE AND SO FORTH. TONY. NOW IS THAT AGGREGATED WHEN WE DID WHEN WE DID THE DEBT WAS THAT FOR LIKE, THREE OR ARE WE ARE SEPARATE ENTITY WITH THE DEBT. SEPARATE ENTITIES. YES, YES, YES. FOR THE GROVE CITY. Y YES, YES. YEAH. CORRECT. WOULD YOU MIGHT EXPLAIN THAT QUICKLY. WHAT THAT STRUCTURE IS? YES. SO. AND MAYOR SAYS YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TELL THE STORY BETTER THAN ME AT THIS POINT, BUT YOU KNOW THE MAYOR WAS MARRIED THE TIME WHEN THE Y WAS INTERESTED IN BUILDING WISE IN FOUR DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES. AND WE ASKED COMMUNITIES GET BEHIND US AND PARTNER AND GROSS CITY CAME TO THE TABLE FIRST AND SAID, WE WANT TO DO THIS. WE WANT TO DO IT AT FRIAR PARK, SO THEY BUILT THE INFRASTRUCTURE OUT. TO ALLOW THE Y TO COME IN AND BUILD THE BUILDING. AND SO THE CITY TOOK UP THE DEBT TO PAY FOR THOSE THAT INFRASTRUCTURE AND THEY ALSO OPERATED ARE IN PLACE TO PUT IN PLACE A LAND LEASE. THE WHITE TO OPERATE AND THERE AND IN RETURN THE WIDE COMMITTED TO OPERATING THERE IN PERPETUITY TO SERVE THE RESIDENTS OF GROSS CITY, AND, UH, SINCE THEN, IT'S BEEN A GREAT PARTNERSHIP, GREAT COLLABORATION WITH WITH KIM AND HER TEAM. WELL, THANK YOU. WELL, MARY GROSSMAN WAS THE MAYOR. THAT'S RIGHT. I'M SORRY, BUT YOU WERE INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY. I HAVE BODY FAULT HAD CHUCK'S DOG FOR A WHILE, BUT, UH, YEAH. IT'S IN RUSSIA KNOW HOW THAT WHOLE TRANSACTION. SORRY. AND, UH, I MEAN, IT DID WORK, BUT THE DEBT. IT SEEMED TO ME LIKE IT ALL.
MOST ALL WILL BE PAID OFF. I WOULD BELIEVE SO. BUT I WOULD HAVE TO. I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK I KNOW WE IS THAT WE AS THE Y DO NOT HAVE ANY DEBT ON THE GROUP. SO THEN THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT OKAY? THANK YOU. OR ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. YEAH. COMMENTS IF I MAY. THING. YEAH, ALRIGHT. YEAH THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. AND, UM, I WANTED TO JUST GO OUT THERE. THE THING THAT JUMPS OUT AT ME THE MOST BECAUSE OF COURSE, A LOT OF THIS IS INFORMATION THAT WE ALREADY KIND OF WENT THROUGH AND WE'RE REVISITING. BUT YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT REACHING OUT TO STAKEHOLDERS AND THAT WE ARE BUT FIVE REPRESENTATIVES IN THE COMMUNITY. I THINK THAT IT'S SO IMPORTANT. I THINK THAT'S WHERE THE CITIZEN FINANCIAL REVIEW TASK FORCE LEFT IT THAT. IT WAS. DO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS WHAT OUR COMMUNITY WANTS IT TO BE. AND SO, HEARING THOSE WORDS ARE MUSIC TO MY EARS, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S. THE RIGHT PATH TO BE ON FOR SURE, I THINK ORGANICALLY, THE AS THE COMMUNITY CENTER CONVERSATION IS PART OF TONIGHT'S AGENDA. THIS FITS IN INTO THIS EVENING'S CONVERSATION, BUT I THINK THAT AGAIN FOR ME IT WAS ABOUT GETTING TO THE POINT WHERE I THINK THAT PIECE OF IT THAT COMMUNITY FEEDBACK ABOUT WHAT WE WANT THIS TO LOOK LIKE. IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PIECE RIGHT NOW. 100% WE AGREE. ANYTHING ELSE? ALL RIGHT, THEN. WELL, THANK YOU, TONY, AND THEN AND, UH, WE'LL TALK TO YOU LATER. ALL RIGHT. THANKS AGAIN. THANKS FOR HAVING US. THANKS KIM AND MAYOR FOR ALL YOUR COOPERATION. AND I FORGOT TO WELCOME KIM. SO THANK YOU. KIM FOR. ALL RIGHT.
WE'LL MOVE TO REVIEW OF 2021 ACTUALS. UH SO MIKE TURNER, ARE YOU OUT THERE SOMEWHERE? CAN I HEAR YOU? I CAN SEE YOUR STUFF. YES, I'M HERE. OKAY? GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. SO GO AHEAD, MIKE. YEP. HERE WE GO. FIRST ITEM ON THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA WAS A REVIEW OF 2021 ACTUAL. SO WHAT I DID WAS JUST PREPARE THE FUN SUMMERY THAT YOU SEE EVERY MONTH. UHH! OBVIOUSLY, AUGUST IS NOT COMPLETE YET, BUT IT'S UH IT'S PRETTY CLOSE. AND THE GENERAL FUND IS IN GOOD SHAPE.
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PUT THE BALANCE OF 16.5 MILLION. WAS REALLY NOT A LOT TO TALK ABOUT HERE. LIKE I SAID, YOU SEE THESE REPORTS EVERY MONTH, BUT I DO WANT TO GIVE YOU THE HEADS UP. SOME OF THESE FUNDS, OR, UH, WE'RE REALLY TIGHT. WHICH MEANS THAT WE BUDGETED ABOUT ALL THE RECEIPTS THAT WE EXPECTED TO GET. AS RECEIPTS COME IN LESS THAN WE BUDGETED FOR THESE FOUR FUNDS HERE, THE STATE HIGHWAY FUND, THE GENERAL RECREATION FUND, COUNTY, PERMISSIVE LICENSE AND THE BIG SPLASH FUND. I'M GOING TO BE COMING BACK TO YOU WITH. LEGISLATION TO REDUCE APPROPRIATIONS IN THESE FUNDS. SO THAT'S NOT LIKE, UH, ANYTHING BAD HAPPEN. IT'S JUST A MATTER OF NOT BUDGETING MORE CASH THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE. SO THAT'S TO REDUCE APPROPRIATIONS. YOU SAID RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT. WELL, I COULD MIGHT CORRECT WRONG. THE REASON IS REDUCED BECAUSE THE APPROPRIATIONS BASED ON THE ANTICIPATION HAVE MORE INCOME.YEAH, IT'S SOME, LIKE THE STATE HIGHWAY FUNDED AND IT ONLY BEGINS THE YEAR WITH A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY $139,000 SO A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY, BUT IT'S A SMALL BALANCE COMPARED TO A LOT OF OUR OTHER FUNDS. AND WE APPROPRIATE THAT BALANCE AND ALL THE RECEIPTS THAT WE EXPECTED RECEIPTS COME IN THE LESSON WE EXPECTED. THAT MEANS OUR APPROPRIATION. MORE THAN WE HAVE IT WOULD. IT WOULD EFFECTIVELY PUT US IN A NEGATIVE BALANCE, RIGHT? WE DON'T WANT HAPPENED, SO IT'S REALLY JUST A BOOKIE BEEN TRYING TO STAY ON TOP OF THESE FUNDS BEFORE WE. WOULD RUN INTO THE DEPTHS OF BALANCE. AND I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE HAVE SOME FUNDS THAT ARE TIGHT AND WE WILL BE COMING BACK. THIS GENERAL RECREATION FUND IS ONE UH, WE BUDGET. MORE OF THE MORE THAN THIS. WE BUDGETED FOR A NORMAL YEAR, BUT WE'RE OBVIOUSLY NOT HAVING A NORMAL YEAR DUE TO CODE AND SO WE ARE KEEPING DISPERSANTS DOWN. BEING IN LINE WITH RECEIPTS, AND WE WILL HAVE AN ESTIMATED BALANCE. I THINK OF $100,000 IS WHAT I ASKED ME THAT BALANCE TO BE NOW. SO ONCE AGAIN, WE CAN'T SPEND ALL THE MONEY THAT WE A APPROPRIATE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR BECAUSE IT WAS ANTICIPATING HIGHER RECEIPTS. UH OUR INCOME TAX COLLECTION SO. THE MAIN DRIVER OF OUR GENERAL FUND NIGHT, UH, AS INCOME TAX RESTATES ITS BY 80% OF THE FUNDS AND OUR INCOME TAX RECEIPTS CONTINUE TO OUTPACE WHAT WE BUDGET. AS OF AUGUST. WE'RE GOING TO BE 28% HIGHER THAN WE WERE LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME, WHICH RACE OR $5 MILLION HIGHER IN 2000 AND 21 OF THEM, AND WE WERE IN 2020. THE COMPONENTS OF THE INCOME TAX COLLECTIONS ARE WITHHOLDING NET PROFIT AND INDIVIDUAL SOMEWHERE. JUST SHOW YOU WITHHOLDING IS THE MOST IMPORTANT IT'S NOT AS THE LARGEST PIECE OF OUR INCOME TAX COLLECTIONS AND IT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT HERE ARE OUR EMPLOYERS. PEOPLE THAT INVESTED IN GROSS CITY AND CREATE JOBS. BACK IN MAY WHEN WE DID THE TAX BUDGET. WE ANTICIPATED THAT WITHHOLDING TAXES WOULD BE WOULD CONTINUE TO RUN AN 8% HIGHER THAN MASK IT WELL, NOW THERE AT 10% SO THAT'S A GOOD THING WE CAN COUNT ON IT. THIS IS A TRIBUTE INVOLVED TO THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT THAT WE'VE EXPERIENCED IN GROVE CITY. THAT PROFITS WE ARE $2.6 MILLION HIGHER. THEM. THE PRIOR YEAR. JUST. WE'RE GONNA END UP GETTING FORMED FOR OVER $4 MILLION IN NET PROFITS THIS YEAR AND. GUESS HOPEFULLY THAT CONTINUES WILL BE, UH, CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC, BUT YOU NET PROFITS IN ANY TIME IS A.
SOME OF THAT SUBJECT TO WIDER VARIATIONS THAN THE OTHER TYPES OF INCOME TAXES THAT WE RECEIVED. INCLUDED IN THESE RECEIPTS COULD BE SOME COMPANIES THAT ANTICIPATE PROFITS AND THEY PAY. MUNICIPAL INCOME TAXES IN ADVANCE, AND SOMETIMES WE END UP GIVING REFUNDS AND I KNOW EMBEDDED IN THIS $3.5 MILLION HERE. THERE ARE SOME LARGE PAYMENTS FROM SOME SOME NEWER COMPANIES, SO WE HAVE TO, UH. WATCH THAT IN THE. NOT RELY. I GUESS WHAT WE DO PROJECTIONS. I HAD NEVER GOING TO PROJECT A LARGE INCREASE IN THAT PRIVATE TAXES.
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ONE OTHER THING IN ATTRIBUTING TO THIS INCREASE BETWEEN THE LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR AS WE WERE STILL PAYING ONE OF THOSE REFUNDS THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT LAST YEAR WHERE VAN LIKE 38 $750,000. ON THE REFUND. TO ONE COMPANY, SO. $2.6 MILLION REALLY IS ONLY $2 MILLION. IT'S STILL GOOD. EVERYTHING'S GOOD. INDIVIDUAL UH, THESE ARE PEOPLE LIKE THEY'LL WORK FROM HOME OR HAVE A SMALL BUSINESS. AND, UH, REPORT THEIR TAXES ON A SCHEDULE C. THIS IS ALSO SHOWING GREAT EXPANSION. I THINK WE CAN ATTRIBUTE THOSE TO, UH. GOOD ECONOMY AND JUST.TYPICAL OPEN GROWTH CITY. WE'VE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE MOVING INTO THE CITY. THESE COULD BE PEOPLE WITH SELF EMPLOYMENT INCOME OF THAT NATURE. I DON'T SAY MIKE ON THE INDIVIDUAL. ALSO, THE READER PROCESS, I THINK MAKES A DIFFERENCE IN THAT, BUT WOULD YOU AGREE? IT HELPS THAT WE HAVE MANDATORY FILING WITH RITA. WE READ AS OUR THIRD PARTY ADMINISTRATOR AND. THEY MIGHT DO IT, BUT AN EXCELLENT JOHN FOR GRAND CITY. SO RANDI ARE FINANCED. YOUR WHOLE WANTED ME TO DISCUSS OUR PROJECTIONS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS YEAR. SO THIS IS A LITTLE SPREADSHEET THAT, UH, DIED DID FOR MYSELF AND, UH, WHAT IT SHOWS HERE. IS. WE BUDGETED $33 MILLION OF RECEIPTS THIS YEAR ONLY BUDGET OF $38 MILLION OF EXPENDITURES EVERY MONTH. I GO IN AND ANALYZE WHAT THE VARIANCES ARE, WHAT THE DIFFERENCES AND RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES ARE.
RECOVER IF WE COME ACROSS, WE CAN SHOULD SAY THAT INCOME TAXES REPRESENTS. A BIG PORTION OF THE BEARINGS FROM BUDGET TO ACTUAL, SO WE. RECEIVED $5.4 MILLION MORE ACTUALLY THAN WE BUDGETED FOR OF INCOME TAXES THAT THAT IS, THAT'S JUST A HUGE VARIANCE. I DON'T KNOW HOW WE COULD HAVE HAD EVER PROJECTED. THOUGHT WE WOULD HAVE SUCH A BANNER YEAR.
THERE'S 676,000 HOURS. I DON'T LIKE PEOPLE. YOU CAN SEE WHAT I'D FOLLOW ME ON THE SCREEN WITH THAT. THAT'S A. THAT'S LIKE OUR PROPERTY TAX RECEIPTS ARE FINES OR PERMITS. THAT'S REALLY EVERYTHING ELSE OTHER THAN INCOME TAX AND HELP. THANKS. SO. WE BUDGETED $33 MILLION IN RECEIPTS. IF I COME DOWN HERE TO ACTUAL RECEIPTS IF I TAKE THE ACTUAL EIGHT MONTHS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE, AND THEN I DO THE BUDGET FOLLOWING FOR THE NEXT FOUR MONTHS, I THINK NOW WE'RE GOING TO GET CLOSER CLOSE TO $40 MILLION AND ACTUAL RECEIPTS. SO YOU CAN GO. WE GO THROUGH THE SAME PROCESS ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE. BUDGET OF $38 ES. WE ALWAYS BE LESS THAN WHAT WE BUDGET FOR. WE DON'T SPEND THE ENTIRE BUDGET AND THIS YEAR WE'VE WE'RE DOING REALLY WELL. ALL THESE RED NUMBERS ARE REALLY GOOD NUMBERS. IT MEANS THAT WE HAVE SPENT LESS. THIS DEPARTMENT SPENT LESS MONEY THAT MONTH. IT WAS BUDGETED FOR SO. AT THE END OF THE DAY. MY PROJECTION NOW AT THE END OF THE YEAR, IS, UH. 16,000,860 IS WHAT I BELIEVE THE GENERAL FUND BATTLES WILL BE ACTUALLY, I THINK IT'LL PROBABLY MORE THAN THAT, BECAUSE I THINK THESE NEXT FOUR MONTHS WE'RE GOING TO COME IN BETTER THAN BUDGET. IT ALSO AND, UH, WE WEREN'T LIKE. TIE THIS BACK INTO THE TAX BUDGET. AND SO THIS 16.8 MILLION HERE. WHEN WE DID THE TAX BUDGET BACK IN, UH THEY. MADE SOME ASSUMPTIONS HERE. AND WE MADE REVENUE ASSUMPTIONS AND EXPENDITURE ASSUMPTIONS. AND, UH, GUESS WHAT? I WANTED TO SHOW YOU WAS, UH, HE HAS MADE 13 POINTS. $13,730,000. THE LEFT AT THE END OF THIS YEAR TO CARRY OVER BALANCE, SO WE'VE GAINED $3 MILLION THERE. I GUESS WHERE I WANTED TO GO WITH THIS IS IN WHEN WE CREATED THIS TAX BUDGET. WE SHOWED THIS LINE TRANSFERS LINE OF $6.5 MILLION THAT REPRESENTS A TRANSFER TO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND FOR PROJECTS SO EVERYBODY IS DEFINITELY. WANTING TO KNOW HOW MUCH MONEY WHAT WE HAVE IN CASH FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS. SO WHEN WE DID THE CUT THE TAX BUDGET $6.5 MILLION WAS THE LAST ONE. WITH ABOUT $6.5 MILLION THAT
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LEFT THE BALANCE OF. $9.2 MILLION UNENCUMBERED, WHICH IS WITHIN WHICH IS 31% OF OUR.ESTIMATED OPERATING EXPENDITURES, UM, WITHIN THE PARAMETERS THAT BENCHMARKS THAT WE'VE SET FOR HERSELF. BUT. JUST $6.5 MILLION IS PROBABLY A LOW ESTIMATE AS I JUST DEMONSTRATED WE HAVE. WE'RE PROBABLY ABOUT $3 MILLION OVER THE HAT. BASED ON 2000 AND 21, ACTUAL, UH. RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES. SO THAT $6.5 MILLION ME LOOK CLOSER. LYING HALF MILLION DOLLARS, IT COULD GO A LITTLE BIT HIGHER IF WE CONTINUE TO HAVE. REAL ESTATE INCOME TAX QUESTIONS AND, UH. MODERATE EXPENDITURES. BUT THERE WERE WHEN I CREATED THIS BUDGET. THERE ARE REASONS WHY THAT COULD POSSIBLY GO LOWER THIS BUDGET THIS TAX WHETHER IT CONTAINS ESTIMATES OF REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES AND ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE. I USED 3.
PERSONAL SERVICES AND 2% FOR EVERYTHING ELSE. SO UNTIL WE GET OUR DEPARTMENT LEVEL BUDGETS COMING INTO THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT TO, UH. INCORPORATE THEM AND PUT TOGETHER THE TOTALS. I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT DEPARTMENT HEADS ARE GOING TO NEED OR ASK FOR. OR THE WAY OF NEW POSITIONS, OR, UH, NEW PROFESSIONAL SERVICES THAT WE MAY NEED TO ENGAGE. SO. THIS NUMBER IS FLUID, BUT IT'S LOOKING TO ME LIKE ONCE A REMINDER. $10 MILLION AND MAYBE WHERE WE STAND WHEN WE GET TO THE. CAPITAL PROJECT FOR 2022. NEXT THING, UH, FINANCE YOUR WHOLE WANTED US TO SHARE WITH YOU WAS, I GUESS, OR DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AFTER THIS POINT? HANG ON, HANG ON, LIKE THE QUESTION. NO QUESTIONS. I DON'T THINK SO. I JUST WANT TO KNOW ROBI HAS A QUESTION. MR HAVE A QUESTION. I WOULD APPRECIATE IT TO HAND OUT TONIGHT ON HERE SO I COULD LOOK AT IT BESIDES ELECTRONICALLY AND MAKE SOME NOTES. ON HERE.
SO IN THE FUTURE, CAN WE HAVE HANDOUTS AT WHEN WE GO OVER? FINANCIAL DATA? YES. YEAH.
BRINGING MINE. YEAH. YEAH. WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO PRINT THEM FOR YOU? MR SHOCKING WE CAN GET YOUR COPY. TAMMY PROBABLY COULD. I'LL TAKE CARE OF IT CAN REALLY TAKE CARE OF OKAY, OKAY.
AND MIKE. SO THIS IS A LIST OF 2021 PROJECTS WHAT WE HAVE IN THE BUDGET LINE WHAT WE'VE SPENT AND WHAT WE'VE UNCOVERED AND LESS AVAILABLE. YEAH. MAY NOT BE ABLE TO ANSWER ALL THESE QUESTIONS. BUT I'LL GO DOWN THROUGH THIS TO THE TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY TO BEGIN WITH. SO I SORT OF THEM INTO. HOW MUCH WHICH ONES HAD THE MOST MONEY LEFT? IN THEIR BUDGET. SO, UH, THE FIRST ITEM THERE. WE SEE AS UP YOU'LL A PARK. THE PARK OBURE. THERE'S $5.5 MILLION LEFT, SO WE BORROWED $9 MILLION. WE ISSUED THOSE FOR $9 MILLION AND WE'VE ENTERED INTO AN NFL CONTRACT. THERE'S $55 MILLION LEFT OF THAT MONEY, BUT THAT MONEY THOSE ARE BOMBED PROCEEDS THAT CAN ONLY THAT HE'S BEEN FLAT PRODUCTS SO AS WE WILL CONTINUE IT. DAYS ARE LONG LOOKING FACE THAT WILL CONTINUE IT BY SPENDING THAT MONEY ON PART PART IMPROVEMENTS. MR TURNER? YES SIR. THE NOTE EXPENDITURES IN 2022. THOSE ARE IN THE BUDGET.
THE PAYMENTS FOR THE NOTES OR THE IN 2000 AND 12 2000 POINT TO, YES, WE WILL HAVE TO BUDGET.
OR THE NO PAYMENT AND WE'LL WE'LL MORE THAN LIKELY ROLL THOSE NOTES OVER. BUT THOSE WEREN'T IN YOUR ORIGINAL ESTIMATE. OR WERE THEY. FOR THE GENERAL FUND. YEAH. THE OTHER.
THERE IS ITS EXCLUSIVE OF THE GENERAL FUND. IT'S OUTSIDE AND DOES NOT AFFECT THE GENERAL FUND. OKAY. OKAY. SO NEXT YEAR, THE DEBT SERVICE ON WILL HAVE AN APPROPRIATION FOR $9 MILLION, SO WE ALL WILL HAVE $9 MILLION IN THE BUDGET TO PAY OFF THAT NOTE, BUT WE'LL ALSO HAVE.
RESOURCE ITEM FOR THE. 2022 THAT WOULD ENSURE THAT SO WHAT? WE'RE JUST BORROWING MONEY TO
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PAY THE OLD DEATH. THE PROJECT IS OVER OR CLOSER TO THE TIME PERIOD. ONE IS, UH MOSTLY, UH, STEAD, THEN WE'LL ISSUE. LONG TERM DEBT, SO WE'LL GO THREE YEARS AND ISSUE BONDS ONCE AGAIN HAVE BLOWN AFFECT THE GENERAL ABUNDANT WILL BE IN THE BOND RETIREMENT FUND, THE DEATH SERVICE PAYMENTS. GOOD. THANK YOU. SCIENTISTS SERVICE DEPARTMENT FACILITY UPGRADE. UH.WE HAVE $571,000 LEFT FOR THAT PROJECT. AS YOU KNOW, WE SPENT, UH PARKSVILLE POST TO 900,000 VIRUS FOR FIRE SOME PROPERTY. MR VIETOR IS IN CHARGE OF THIS PROJECT AND WE'RE STILL IMPROVING IT. AND I BELIEVE THERE WILL BE AN ADDITION EVEN NEXT YEAR OLD. ADD ON TO THAT 571 DOWN ORDER ASKED FOR SOME MORE FUNDS IN THE 2000 AND EIGHT TO THE BUDGET. COMIN STRAIGHT EXTENSION. THERE IS STILL A LITTLE BIT OF $458,000 LEFT ON THAT PROJECT. IF YOU REMEMBER WE ALSO, UH. ISSUE THAT FOR THAT PROJECT, SO THESE THIS LINE IS ALL BOND PROCEEDS THAT NEEDS TO BE SPENT ON COLUMBUS STREET EXTENSION IF THERE'S NOT $458,000 LEFT OF EXPENDITURES FOR THIS PROJECT, WE WILL USE THOSE FUNDS TO PAY DEBT SERVICE. ARM THE BOMBS THAT WE ISSUED FOR THAT PROJECT. DIFFERENCE FOR HOURS. I BELIEVE WE, UH. BUDGET FOR ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS HERE WE'VE SPENT, UH $374,000. WE HAVE SOME PURCHASE ORDERS OUT THERE, AND WE'RE STILL UH. WE'RE STILL ASSEMBLING THIS THAT THE FUNDING SOURCES PUT THIS PROJECT AND YOU WILL. I BELIEVE ON THE NEXT AGENDA, YOU'LL SEE AN APPROPRIATION FOR DEMONSTRATING IMPROVEMENTS. SO WE HAVE OPTED. OBVIOUSLY FUNDS APPROXIMATELY $5 MILLION. WE'VE GOT FRANKLIN COUNTY INFRASTRUCTURE, BANK ALONE OR A MILLION DOLLARS AND WE'VE GOT TO. WE'VE GOT OUR FUNDS. WE ALSO HAVE TO POINT WE'RE REALLY DOLLARS ABOUT WATER, HE SAID.
UH. UM, FUNDING ALSO, SO IT'S A WE'RE ALL SOME OF THE LARGE PROJECTS IN THAT LEGISLATION WILL BE COMING FORWARD. SO THAT $440,000 THERE IS REALLY SPOKEN FOR AWESOME FOR OUR LOCAL SHARE OF THE TIMBER SORT OF IMPROVEMENTS. ON ROAD AND MARSH ROOM RUN THESE NEXT TWO PROJECTS OF ONCE AGAIN. WE HAVE OKAY. W C FUNDING FOR BOTH OF THESE. AND, UH, THEY HAVE JUST BOTH OF AS FAR AS I BEGAN, AND WE'RE JUST STARTING TO PAY DOWN. SOME OF THESE OTHER PARTS WERE GETTING DOWN TO SOME SOME SMALLER ONES, I GUESS SOME LESS SIGNIFICANT IN THE BIG PICTURE AS FAR AS, UM. UNBALANCES GO. I GUESS I COULD ENTERTAIN IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS ON THESE ANY OF THESE OTHER PROJECTS. SO IF WE HAD NOTHING EXPENDED THIS YEAR, THAT JUST MEANS WE DIDN'T WORK ON IT, AND WE PLAN TO WORK ON IT. NEXT TIME. WE'RE WHAT AT WHAT POINT DID THEY BECOME STRANDED? AND YOU REALLOCATE THAT MONEY? MIKE. I CAN ASK, THAT'S A GOOD. FIRST WE'RE IN AUGUST. WE HAVE FOUR MUCH REMAINING AND THERE WILL BE PROJECTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN THIS MIX WILL HAVE ENCUMBRANCES PUT AGAINST THEM. BUT IF THEY HAD NO INCOMERS AT SOME POINT WE CAN TRANSFER BACK. INTO THE UNENCUMBERED BALANCES. WE HAVE. WE HAVE A LOT OF TIME LEFT AFTER THIS YEAR. I COULD ADD TO THAT. SO SOMETIMES WE WILL TRANSFER. YOU KNOW, ONCE WE KNOW THERE'S EXTRA MONEY, MAYBE THE FENCE CAME IN LOWER THAN EXPECTED FROM TIME TO TIME. WE CAN TRANSFER FROM ONE PROJECT TO ANOTHER. BUT THERE HAVE BEEN ALSO BEEN TIMES WHERE WE ACCUMULATE. UM. BALANCE AS WE COULD ACCUMULATE CASH BALANCES IN THIS FUND SO WE CAN APPROPRIATE MORE IN A BUDGET CYCLE. THEN WE ACTUALLY TRANSFER AND FROM CASH FROM THE GENERAL FUND OF THAT, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. BUT IT NEVER. IT NEVER GOES AWAY AND IS USED FOR ANYTHING OTHER THAN CAPITAL PROJECTS. SO, MIKE SCROLL DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT. UM. SO I JUST WANT TO CALL OUT THAT THE STREET PROGRAM IS IN THERE. THAT'S THE ONE THAT'S A RECURRING ITEM, RIGHT? SO WE CAN DECIDE IF IT'S RECURRING. BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, THERE WILL BE. THERE'LL BE SOME AMOUNT IN THERE FOR THE STREET PROGRAM FOR 2022. YES, SIR. AND WATER MITIGATION. SO WHICH ONE IS WHICH ONE WAS THE RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM THAT ONE YES. SO THAT
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MEANS WHAT, CINDY? WE HAD 124,000 WORTH OF HELP THAT WE PROVIDED TO THE PROGRAM. SO.COULD I COULD ANSWER THAT. WE'VE WE'VE PAID $75,000. YEAH CITY THERE. YOU'VE BEEN CUTTING. IT'S ALL IT'S ALL ENCUMBERED, THEN THAT'S ALL UNCOVERED ACROSS. YEAH, THE PROGRAMMERS CAN ON CONTINUING BASIS. WE JUST HAVEN'T PAID IT ALL OUT YET. YOU HAVE A COUNT OF HOW MANY PEOPLE BENEFITED FROM THAT, OR YEAH, THAT WOULD BE CINDY. 40. SO IT'S $5000 A PIECE. AND THEN STORM WATER MITIGATION ABOVE THAT IS JUST DESCRIBE THAT TO ME WHAT THAT IS. THIS IS THE. MHM T IS, UH. STUDYING DESIGNING METHODS TO IMPROVE STORMWATER THROUGHOUT THE CITY, MOSTLY HERE IN THE TOWN CENTER AREA. AND I DON'T BELIEVE THEY'VE MADE THEIR RESULTS. AVAILABLE YET, BUT I THINK THEY'RE GETTING CLOSE. MR KELLER COULD ANSWER THAT. I THINK THAT'S THIS WEEK, RIGHT? SO. SO FROM THERE WE MAY. GET A VIEW OF THAT AND MAKES THEM INVESTMENT DECISIONS, RIGHT? AND THAT MONEY COULD COME OUT OF HERE. AND OTHER GRANTS AND PROGRAMS. WAS JUST TRYING TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE INTERESTING IN HERE. BUT FOR ALL THE REST OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, THIS IS THE THIS IS THE LIST. SO IF YOU'RE FEEL STRONGLY FOR SOMETHING THAT'S ON THE LIST AND NEEDS MORE. INVESTMENT OR CONTINUED INVESTMENT. LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT, OR IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT'S NOT ON THERE THAT IS IN YOUR LIST OF. INTERESTING THINGS THAT YOU'RE INTERESTED IN. THEN LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT HERE IN A MINUTE. SO THAT PROBABLY BRINGS US TO THE R 2022 CAPITALS. GOOD PROJECTS THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED IT AS AN ADMINISTRATION. MR CHAIRMAN, BEFORE WE MOVE ON. COULD I GO BACK TO THAT SPREADSHEET FOR MR SHOCKING BACK BACK TO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS RIGHT NUMBER 17 ON THEIR SEEDS. ROAD IMPROVEMENTS I JUST DOWN SEEDS ROAD TODAY. WITH THE BALANCE THERE AVAILABLE BUDGET, IT LOOKED LIKE THE PROJECT WAS FINISHED, CINDY, IS THAT TRUE OR NOT TRUE, BUT I DIDN'T SEE ANY CONSTRUCTION DOWN THERE. SO THAT 13,002 08 IS AVAILABLE FOR REALLOCATION. GOOD. WE'RE LOOKING AT THE SIGN. AND TRY AND MAYBE UPGRADE ASSIGN GOING IN. OKAY YOURSELF, OKAY? YEAH THAT'S THE ADVANTAGE. UM CONTINUING TO MONITOR THIS BECAUSE. WHEN YOU HAVE SOMETHING EXTRA, AND WE WANTED TO DO THAT LITTLE BIT EXTRA.
SURE, WE GOT THE FLEXIBILITY, RIGHT? RIGHT. OKAY. I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTOOD WHAT THE AVAILABLE BUDGET AGAIN ON THERE. SO THINK THAT'S GOOD, CHRISTINE. UM.
DON'T WANT TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT HERE, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT LAST YEAR WORK. PROJECTS THAT WEREN'T DONE AND WAS ONE OF YOUR CONCERNS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO ARE YOU. THE PROJECTS THAT YOU CONSIDER AREN'T DONE ARE THEY LEAST ON THIS LIST? OR ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE OTHER ONES? MAYBE. ON THE ADMINISTRATION LISTS. NO, THE THIS LIST. WELL THIS LIST IS THIS WAS THIS YEAR. YEAH, YEAH. I MEAN, IF THEY'RE NOT DONE, THERE SHOULD AT LEAST BE IN THERE WITH INCUMBENTS IS OUR PROGRESS. WELL, THINGS THAT.
MENTIONED AT THAT TIME. I THINK WE'VE HAD DISCUSSION AS WE MOVED THROUGH THE YEAR WHERE UM.
FOR EXAMPLE, ONE OF THEM IS BORDERS ROAD. THAT'S A CONVERSATION. SO THESE WEREN'T.
THAT'S KIND OF WHEN I TALK ABOUT THEM. BUT I THINK CHECKED WHEN I BROUGHT UP BORDERS ROAD, HE WENT OVER THE TIMELINE IS TO WHERE WE WERE WITH THAT. WHEN WE WERE DISCUSSING THE RESURFACING BY FRANKLIN COUNTY, SO I KIND OF HAVE THAT UPDATE. UH HUH. OF WHERE WE ARE IN THAT PROCESS, UH, TALKED WITH YEAH. MEAN, I THINK THE ONE IN FOUR CORRIDOR, YOU KNOW, OKAY.
WONDERFUL TOUR CORRIDOR WHERE I THINK I GUESS THAT THERE WERE MAKING PROGRESS ON EVERYTHING THAT I WAS CONCERNED OF THAT I WAS MENTIONING LAST YEAR. ONE OF THE THINGS FOR ME. IT WAS THE INTERSECTION OF HOOVER AND BLUEGRASS, AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT MY NEIGHBORHOOD THE
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FEEDBACK IS. THEY'VE NEVER BEEN SO HAPPY TO HAVE A STOP LATE IN THEIR LIFE, SO OKAY. BUT THAT'S GOOD. SO NO, I THINK THAT THINGS THAT, UH WE'RE LOOSE ENDS ARE EITHER. BEING ADDRESSED APPEAR ON THIS LIST OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS IN THE PIPELINE FOR THE FUTURE AND ARE OR ARE IN SOME CAPACITY. THE DISCUSSIONS. MAKING SOME SLOW HEADWAY, SO YEAH, OKAY. THERE JUST STRUCK ME A MINUTE AGO. AND A HOT. WHY JUST ASKING. OKAY. THANK YOU.UM, LET'S SEE. MIKE HERE ONTO THE 2022 LIST. OKAY? MR BARRY. I JUST WANT TO MENTIONED THE 60,000 FOR BREITBART STILL WATCHING FOR WHEN THAT'S GOING TO BE COMPLETED. MR MR BARRY. I BELIEVE SHOCK IS WORKING ON THAT, UH, THAT'S. WELL IT'S ACTUALLY LISTENING ON 2022.
ITEMS THERE. IT'S TIED INTO THE WATER MITIGATION. AND WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW THE BEST LOCATION THINGS OVER THERE. THE MAYOR OF THE 60,000 WAS MEANT FOR WIFI AND ALSO FOR THAT, YEAH, AND WE HAVE IT IN. OK, YOU'LL SEE IT HERE, OKAY? ALONG WITH SOME OTHERS NOW.
YEAH. MR BERRY. IF I MAY CHAIRMAN HOLE IN TERMS THAT THE WIFI BRICK PART OF THE IMPROVEMENTS THE DE MARIST ROAD PROJECT IS THE. COME TO IT SO WE CAN HAVE WIRE, SO THAT'S PART OF THAT TO GET IT INTO INTO THE BREAK PARK SO. THAT WILL START WITH THE DEMO SHRUG PROJECT, BUT IT IS FUNDED FOR THIS YEAR. OKAY? EXCELLENT. MIKE. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU JUST WANT TO, UH. JUST READ THESE ONE AT THE TIME. MAYBE AND IF ANYBODY WANTS TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THEM OR EXPLAIN THEM WE CAN TOUCH ON OKAY, THAT'D BE FINE. SO NUMBER ONE IS THE SERVICE FACILITY THAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT THAT WE JUST PURCHASES HERE. 44 50 BROADWAY.
WE STILL HAVE IMPROVEMENTS THAT NEED TO BE MADE. WORK PART PROPERTY FACILITY USED PLANNING NUMBER TWO. WHICH IS THE EXISTING WORK PART. THIS IS THE THIS IS THE IDEA THAT PART COULD BE USED FOR OTHER THINGS AFTER IT'S ALL GIVEN UP OR WHATEVER. TURNED OVER TO US.
PLANNING? YES. WELL WOULD THAT BE HAD IS PLANNING AND COWBOY CAPITAL EXPENDITURE. I'M JUST TRYING TO THINK THROUGH. THIS IS TO GET IT ON THE LIST SO THAT WE HAVE IT AS A RULING ADA. A LOT OF TIMES WE DO THE ENGINEERING FIRST AND MOVEMENT CONSTRUCTION, AND IT'S ALL INCLUDED IN THE CAPITALIZATION OF THE PROJECT. RIGHT? REMODEL COUNCIL CHAMBERS. UH. THINKING, 23. WE HAVE AN EXTRA COUNCIL MEMBER IS THAT CORRECT, AMY? AND WE'LL HAVE TWO NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND WE'VE BEGUN SOME PRELIMINARY REVIEWS AND. DESIGNS FOR THIS SPACE. WE'VE GOT A, UH. WAS RESURFACING AND PAVEMENT FOR THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT. I THINK SO IT'S GOING TO BE DOWN THERE. IT'S IN PRETTY BAD SHAPE. NUMBER FIVE OUR ANNUAL STREET PROGRAM. THAT MATTER, MR. CHAIR. YES, LET'S GO BACK THERE BECAUSE YOU'LL SEE THE 44 50 BROADWAY. WHICH HAS ALSO LABELED THIS SORT OF SAFETY FACILITY BECAUSE HE WANTED TO COME UP AND EXPLAIN THAT THERE BETWEEN THOSE TWO AND WHAT HOW WERE QUEUING THAT UP? SO AS YOU GUYS ARE AWARE AT THE 44 50 PROPERTY, THERE'S THREE BUILDINGS THERE, AND, UM, WE ARE GOING THROUGH WORKING OUT THE PROGRAMMING THERE, AND SO ONE OF THE BUILDINGS WOULD BE USED TO HOUSE MY FACILITY MAINTENANCE AND CLEANING STAFF. CURRENTLY, THEY DON'T REALLY HAVE ONE SPOT. THEY ARE NOMADS WORKING AMONGST SEVERAL FACILITIES TO THROUGH ALPHA CITY, BUT MOST THEIR VEHICLES AND STUFF ARE PARKED AT MY SERVICE COMPLEX ON VENTURA, SO THAT WILL BE A GREAT BURDEN TAKEN OFF OF THAT SPACE. THE OTHER TWO BUILDINGS WILL LIKELY BE USED TO RELOCATE THE POLICE SAFETY HEADQUARTERS DOWN AT SEA THROAT AND NO LONGER HAVE THAT LEAST OF THE CITY CURRENTLY USES. ADDITIONALLY AT THE CURRENT INSURER PROPERTY WHERE, UM, IF YOU'VE BEEN BY RECENTLY, YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THAT THE FENCE HAS BEEN REALIGNED AT THE BACK OF OUR COMPLEX TO GIVE US SOME MORE SPACE IN THERE BETTER CIRCULATION. AND SO, UM, NEXT YEAR WHEN WE HOPE TO RESURFACE
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THE ENTIRE COMPLEX THAT IS THE PAVEMENTS FAILING. WE WOULD ALSO LOOK AT MAKING SURE THE DRAINAGE WORKS THERE AND RE SURFACED THAT NEW EXPANDED AREA THAT PROVIDES US MUCH BETTER CIRCULATION AT OUR EXISTING CHAIRMAN. MR CINDY. I'M A LITTLE CLUELESS ON THIS. TELL ME WHERE THIS PROPERTY IS EXACTLY. I'M I'M 44 50 BROADWAY RIGHT AT THE CORNER OF BROADWAY AND VENTURA. THOSE THREE PROPERTIES THAT, UM. USED TO HAVE LIKE A BROWN BUILDING.THERE'S SOME THOSE THREE BROWN BUILDING WAS LIKE A MOTORCYCLE PLACE THERE. SO YEAH, JUSTIFIED FINANCE, I THINK WAS THERE AT ONE TIME STARK ASSOCIATES THOUGHT, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IN MY MIND, BUT YOU HAVE SPACE BEHIND RIGHT SIGNIFICANT SPACE BEHIND THERE.
CORRECT. AND WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO TIE INTO A BATTERY WAY THERE. UM. THANK YOU. CARRY ON MIKE. NUMBER FIVE GETS US TO OUR ANNUAL STREET PROGRAM. LAST YEAR, WE PUT $2 MILLION INTO THE DESK FROM THE GENERAL FUND, AND, UH, SIDEWALK PROGRAM WAS 400,000. I BELIEVE SO THOSE ARE TWO PROGRAMS THAT WE. TRY TO FUND EVERY YEAR TO, UH ON TOP OF IT. WAS I FORGOT TO LOOK ON THE SIDEWALK. DID WE SPEND OUR SIDEWALK MONEY? JUST CURIOUS. LEAVE WERE ENCUMBERED IT WHEN WE HAVEN'T SPENT IT, SO THE RECONSTRUCTION MEETING IS COMING UP. THEY'LL PERFORM THE WORK IN SEPTEMBER. UM, BUT, YES, YOU'RE PLAYING TOO. HEY, CINDY, MR CHAIRMAN. WONDERED THAT WE COULD HAVE A DISCUSSION SOMETIME ABOUT CHANGING THE SIDEWALK PROBLEM WITH A LITTLE BIT. YOU KNOW, I BROUGHT THIS UP LAST TIME ABOUT. UM INCLUDING A BUDGET ITEM FOR TRIP HAZARDS WHERE WE JUST GO AND GRIND SIDEWALKS OVER A LARGER PERIOD OVER A LARGER AREA INSTEAD OF JUST THE STREETS THAT WERE ON AND MAYBE SOMETIME WE COULD LOOK AT.
ADDING OF, UM MORE MONEY TO THE PROGRAM AND MAYBE DO A WIDE AREA OF JUST GRINDING. UH FOR THE TRIP HAZARDS AND I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT. SENDING SOMEBODY OUT WITH WITH THOSE COMMERCIAL GRINDERS AND ALL THAT TYPE OF THING COST FOR SIDEWALK OR FOR PANEL. I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IT WOULD BE. YEAH, I'M REALLY OPEN TO THAT CONVERSATION. RUBY I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. WE CURRENTLY USE A GRINDING CONTRACTOR. IF A TRIP HAZARD IS CAUSED BY A CITY STREET TREAT.
UM SO I COULD GATHER. SOME DATA FROM JODI MANAGES THAT PROGRAM. BUT I COULD GATHER SOME DATA ON WHAT WE SPEND ANNUALLY ON THAT EFFORT, AND WE COULD PROBABLY GET SOME BENCHMARKS ARE IDEAS AT LEAST AN ESTIMATE. SO MAYBE WE COULD DO. YOU KNOW, UM, BOARDS ONE AND 21 YEAR AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH MONEY WOULD COST BUT SOMETHING TO AT LEAST WORK ON TRIP HAZARDS. YEAH.
THANK YOU. IT'S TRUE. YES. THANK YOU, MR HOLT. QUICKLY ON THE SIDEWALK PROGRAM AS WELL, I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE SIDEWALK PROGRAM PERIOD IN MANY CAPACITIES. IDEAS HAVE BEEN FLOATED. UM THIS YEAR WAS IN MY MIND. IF WE DON'T IF WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH EVIDENCE IN FRONT OF US THIS YEAR THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE PROGRAM AGAIN, THEN WE'RE NOT PAYING ATTENTION. MM. YEAH. MIKE. UH, THE PROJECTS WE'VE IDENTIFIED AS SOME LANDSCAPING. I CERTAINLY WILL IN STRING TOWN, THE ENTRANCE TO OUR CITY. THAT'S GOOD. SO WHAT DO WE MAINTAIN THAT THEN ON BOTH ALL SIDES OF THE. QUICK CONTRACT. YES. THE NUMBER. IT'S A SERIES OF TRAIL MAINTENANCE. EXTENSIONS. YEAH. AND YOU'RE THE TRAIL GUY. HERE'S A YOU KNOW OUR NEW, UH. RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS WILL BE EXTENSIONS. GROUNDS FARM AS AN EXTENSION. ARMS THAT THE HENNIGAN'S GROVE I BELIEVE IS AN EXTENSION AND THEN YES, YOU KNOW, WE GET TO THE MAINTENANCE. SOME OF SOME OF OUR GIRLS. NEED SOME, UH LOVE.
MHM. IT WAS GOOD. IT WAS CHAIRMAN. UH. MR MAYOR THAT BROWN FARM SPEAKS TO THE ORDERED ROAD. ISSUE ALSO TO SOME DEGREE. WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. WE DON'T KNOW THAT PRICES ON HERE THAT'S RUNNING IT FROM. ITS CURRENT TERMINUS TO THE EAST. TRY TO GET UP THROUGH THE
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CHURCH, SO. OKAY? LIKE. WE GET TO THE SPENDING THE REMAINING PROCEEDS FROM THE BOMBS FOR THE PARK OF VILLA. AS I TOLD YOU, WE HAVE FOUR POINT WE ENTERED A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT FOR $4.2 MILLION, AND THERE'S OVER $5 MILLION LEFT TO BE SPENT WILL BE A. WORKING ON THAT IN 2000 POINT TO SOME THINGS ALREADY IN PLACE. I'VE GOT A QUESTION FOR MR POSE A WHAT'S THE TIMELINE FOR THAT OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD? EXCUSE ME. THE NOTICE OF AWARD WAS SENT OUT ON FRIDAY TO FACE MEYER COMPANY OUT OF SUNBURY, OHIO, AS MIKE INDICATED THAT WAS $4.2 MILLION. WE HAVEN'T HAD A DATE FOR OUR PRECONSTRUCTION, BUT I WOULD MIGHT GIVE AN ESTIMATION WHEN THAT WOULD BE IN ONE CONSTRUCTION COULD START PROBABLY SOMETIME IN OCTOBER.MIKE KELLER. YEAH, IT WAS MY KILLER. PEOPLE. YOU DON'T HAVE TO GET TO THE MIC. OH, JUST AN UPDATE ON THAT AS. MR BOZ IDENTIFIED THAT NOTICE AWARD WAS SIGNED. SO WE'LL BE EXECUTING CONTRACTS HAVING A PRE COM PROBABLY ABOUT TWO WEEKS, WHICH MEANS PROBABLY EARLY OCTOBER START DATE. ON THAT PROJECT DEVELOPED. I THINK THE TOUR TODAY CONSTRUCTION DURATION FOR THAT. PROJECTS WILL BE CONSTRUCTED. MID NEXT YEAR AND THANK YOU. MOVING ON NUMBER 10 IS A LIBRARY PARK. THIS IS THE PARK. FROM WHERE THE OLD LIBRARY WAS. OF DISCOVERY PLAYGROUND OUT OF FIRE PART NEEDS SOME MAINTENANCE. I THINK IT'S IN JUST REPAIR. CENTURY VILLAGE. I'LL PUT SOME MORE FUNDING TO SOME THINKING. GRANTS ORDER.
HOLD THE CARRIAGE HOUSE. I BELIEVE THIS IS FOR, UH, ROOF FOR AND TO MAKE THE ATTIC AREA.
WERE USEFUL, SO CONFUSED. BIG SPLASH MAINTENANCE. I. THEY WERE MAYBE HAVE SOME WATER ISSUES AT THE BIG SPLASH THAT WE NEED TO LOOK INTO. LOSING WATER. FIRE APART. WE'VE GOT SOME MONEY THAT WE WANT TO PUT IN THERE FOR SOME LIGHTS OF FIRE PARK AND I BELIEVE. MAYOR ONE OF THE BIG ADVANTAGES HERE IS TO GET THE. FREE UP SOME SPACE AT THE WINDSOR PARK.
YEAH. I COULD JUST HEAR. UH YOU WERE NOTICED ON THE. 2021 THERE WERE RESPONSE LEFT FOR THE FIRE. WELL, THE ESTIMATES CAME IN HIGHER, SO WE'VE BEEN COVERED IT FOR A LIGHT VENDOR.
BUT YOU WILL SEE ANOTHER APPROPRIATION THIS YEAR. 2022 TO FINISH THAT. OVER 16. WILL BE CONTEMPLATING THE SOUTHWEST CULTURAL ARTS PERFORMANCE CENTER. THIS IS, UH, WILL BE AT THE VILLA PARK. BARCA FIELD. ACROSS THE PROGRAM. SO WHAT? WHAT IS THIS EXACTLY? UH YEAH.
THE AMPHITHEATER. PULA. IS THAT WHAT WE'RE CALLING IT, OKAY? I THINK THERE'S SOME MAINTENANCE NEED AT THE RAILROAD CROSSING RIGHT HERE. GROSSLY ROAD. I'M NOT SURE THE EXTENT OF IT.
POSSIBILITY. OPEN ROAD LAND ACQUISITION. POSSIBLE USE OF PENTAGON TIFF PHONES. ALSO HE'S PINNACLE TIFF FUNDS FOR WHITE ROAD AND BUCKEYE PARKWAY, MANY OF ACQUISITION. RIGHT? NUMBER 20 IS THE PROJECTS THAT WE TALKED WITH A LITTLE BIT OF ABOUT BEFORE THE STORM WATER PROGRAM IS GENERAL FLOODING CONDITIONS IN THE TOWN CENTER AREA, THE WATER IN THE BASEMENT PROGRAM IS THE RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM THAT WE SET INTO PLACE. UH, RUN BY CINDY AND VERSE THAT
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TOO HELP PEOPLE PREVENT WATER IN THEIR BUSINESS. AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN. FUNDING IS IT WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR A SCHOOL WATER PROJECTS. UH, I THINK WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT EVERYBODY KNEW THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED HALF OF THAT FUNDING ARE AT THE TOTAL FUNDING WILL BE APPROXIMATELY $4.3 MILLION. THESE ARE SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE CONSIDERED USING THOSE FOLKS FOR. AND FINALLY, WE HAVE, UH. WIFI IMPROVEMENTS TO THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS TOWN CENTRE, WINDSOR PARK, FIRE PARTS AND BREITBART. OKAY? UM, HEY, THANKS, MIKE. IF THAT WILL MOVE ON TO THE INTERACTIVE PART OF THIS I THINK WE CAN JUST HAVE DISCUSSIONS AND COMMENTS AND. INTERESTED IN IF WE HAVE SUPPORT FOR CERTAIN ITEMS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. UM. WE'LL START OUT, MAYBE WITH JUST A COUPLE EASY ONES. UM FIRST ONE THAT I CAME TO MIND WAS THE STORM THE RESIDENTIAL STORMWATER. PROGRAM SO WE DID 200,000 LAST YEAR HE HAD 50 CUSTOMERS. BASICALLY DO YOU THINK THERE'S DEMAND AND NEED FOR MORE OF THAT? OH, YEAH. YOU GOTTA COME UP. SORRY. UM, YEAH, I THINK CERTAINLY ONE MORE YEAR AND SEE WE'RE RIGHT NOW. WE ONLY HAVE A HANDFUL OF FOLKS THAT ARE KIND OF BLOW OUR FUNDING THRESHOLD. WE DID HAVE, UM. PROBABLY 15 TO 20 ELIGIBLE FOLKS THAT WE TOLD THEM THEY WERE ELIGIBLE FOR THE PROGRAM, AND THEY JUST NEVER SENT US BACK THEIR HOMEOWNER'S AGREEMENT AND SIGNING OFF FOR US TO DO THE WORK. SO IF THEY WERE TO COME BACK, THEIR HOMES ARE PRIME CANDIDATES AND ELIGIBLE FOR THE PROGRAM. WE'VE REACHED OUT SEVERAL TIMES. WE'RE NOT EXACTLY SURE WHY THEY'RE NOT CARRYING THROUGH WITH THE PARTICIPATION, BUT THERE ARE THERE ARE SOME ELIGIBLE HOMES STILL OUT THERE. I GUESS IT'S JUST KIND OF AN OPENING. NOT NOT FOR YOU.THANKS, CINDY. TO THE REST OF THE COUNCIL'S SHOULD WE INCLUDE WOULD YOU SUPPORT THE STORMWATER RESIDENTIAL PLACEMENT IN THE BUDGET? WOULD LIKE TO SEE AT LEAST ALL OVER FOR ONE MORE YEAR. DON'T MAKE PROBIE. WELL YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN IN FAVOR OF STORM WATER.
UM AND WE WITHIN THE CONTINUATION OF THIS SEWER PART OF IT, THE SANITARY SEWER PART OF IT, BUT I DO BELIEVE WE SHOULD. AND LOOK AT THAT, BECAUSE IF WE HAVE ANOTHER SUBSTANTIAL RAIN LIKE REYNOLDSBURG DID JUST A COUPLE WEEKS AGO WILL BE INUNDATED AGAIN WHEN WE HAVE ALL THE SAME. SITUATIONS ON THERE, SO YEAH, I'M IN PAPER OF THAT, CINDY.
HAVE WE HAD ANY LIKE SUCCESS STORIES FROM ANYBODY THAT HAD PROBLEMS BEFORE AND THEY CALLED YOU BACK, AND THEY WERE JUST THRILLED THAT IT WORK. MHM. YEAH YEAH, WE HAVE. I THINK THAT YOU KNOW, TIME WILL TELL. WE HAVEN'T HAD A RAIN EVENT QUITE LIKE WE HAD IN MARCH OF 2020. BUT WE HAVE HAD SOME SIGNIFICANT RAIN EVENTS EVEN JUST LAST WEEK. UM YOU KNOW, WE DID GET TWO INCHES OF RAIN AND THEN PRETTY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. AND UM, EVERYTHING YOU KNOW, PERFORMED WELL AND SOMETIMES SILENCE IS ALSO A SIGN OF SUCCESS, BECAUSE IF THEY HAD GOTTEN WATER IN THEIR BASEMENTS, WE WOULD HAVE BEEN HEARING FROM THEM. BUT WE HAVE HAD A COUPLE OF FOLKS REACH OUT TO US AND SAY THAT THEY ARE THRILLED AND THEY FEEL MORE PROTECTED AND. ALSO MORE EDUCATED ON THE PROCESS AND HOW IT WORKS, TOO. SO THAT'S BEEN A GOOD THING. GOOD, MR. UH TO WE, UH, AUTOMATICALLY INCLUDE THAT IN THE PROGRAM ARE OUR BUDGET SO IT WILL BE UP TO COUNCIL WHERE YOU WANT TO CONTINUE OR NOT. YEAH. ONE SUCCESS STORY HAD ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO AT CHURCH LADY, I THOUGHT SHE WAS GOING TO CRY. SHE LIVES ON GLENDALE. AND SHE WAS SO HAPPY THAT WHATEVER RAIN THAT WAS IT. NOTHING TO THE MAGNITUDE OF THAT MARCH RATE AT 2020. BUT, UH, SHE WAS EXCITED THAT WE TOOK THE INITIATIVE TO HELP HER. IN THAT PROCESS, BUT. TO ANSWER THAT. YOUR QUESTION THAT THAT STORM WATER PROGRAM WILL BE IN OUR BUDGET, SO WILL BE UP TO COUNCIL DO APPROVE OR NOT APPROVE. TRYING TO THINK OF SOME THINGS. IT MIGHT BE, UH, YOU KNOW. MORE YOU KNOW, I DON'T. I DON'T. I THINK IT SOUNDS LIKE AN APPROPRIATE NUMBER AGAIN. YOU KNOW, AND IF WE WERE, WE'D GIVE YOU THAT INPUT. I THINK IF WE THROUGH THIS PROCESS MAY BE UM. THE ROADS PROGRAM, THE STREETS,
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ROADS THAT THAT'S AN ONGOING WHEN ALSO IT GOES IN THERE AND. IS IT STANDARD AMOUNT OR MIKE'S GOING TO USES? 3% 2% KIND OF THING OR. IS THERE ANYTHING DRIVING A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN THAT? PLEASE WAIT. WHY CINDY ENTERS THE PONY. JUST STAY UP HERE, GUYS. UM. SO WE DO TO OUR OUR PAYMENT CONDITION ANALYSIS EVERY TWO YEARS. AND SO WE DID ONE IN 2020. WE KNOW WHERE OUR PAVEMENTS ARE. WE'RE MONITORING THAT, UM, SO NOTHING THAT'S GOING TO DRIVE A SUPER SIGNIFICANT BUT CERTAINLY MINOR INFLATION AS WE MOVE ALONG. I THINK THAT IN PRELIMINARY DISCUSSIONS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 2.5 MILLION FOR NEXT YEAR STREET PROGRAM. AND LIKE ALWAYS, WE TRY TO PAIR THAT WITH OTHER CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. WE KNOW THAT WE'RE GETTING A HUGE BENEFIT THEM ARREST ROAD THAT I DON'T HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF MY STREET MAINTENANCE PROGRAM. SO. WE ALWAYS KIND OF BALANCING IT WITH THAT GOING AFTER THESE. OH PWC APPLICATIONS AFFORDS US THE OPPORTUNITY TO NOT HAVE TO COVER ALL OF THESE TYPES OF THINGS AND THAT ANNUAL STREET MAINTENANCE PROGRAM, SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT A STRAIGHT UP REPORTS OF YOU KNOW HOW MUCH SHOULD WE SPEND THE SPENDING ON AN ANNUAL STREET PROGRAM? THEY LOOK A LITTLE HIGHER THAN WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY BUDGETING. BUT THAT'S BECAUSE WE ALWAYS MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BALANCING IT WITH OTHER CAPITAL PROJECTS. THAT WE STILL AREN'T INVESTING THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY INTO OUR PAVEMENTS. SO I THINK WE'RE IN GOOD SHAPE. OKAY. YOU MIGHT WANT TO. JUST YEAH. MR SHOCKING CINDY. WHEN WE DO THE HOME ROAD WHERE WE'RE DOING THE HOME ROAD PROJECT AND WE'RE DOING THE DIVERSE ROAD PROJECT WILL THE TOWNSHIP PARTS OF THOSE ROADS NOW BE? INTO GROUPS CITY ARE WE ANNEXING THOSE PARTS OR WE JUST MAINTAINING THOSE PARTS? GO ON HOME ROAD. THERE ARE NOT TOWNSHIP PORTIONS. THERE'S TOWNSHIP PARCELS, BUT THERE ARE NOT TOWNSHIP PORTIONS OF THE ROADWAY. UM, THAT'S ALL 100% IN OUR JURISDICTION. OKAY, ALL RIGHT. UM AND ON EVERY DAY MARIST ROAD THROUGH THE LAND ACQUISITION PROCESS. THOSE UM ANNEXATIONS WILL BECOME GROVE CITY. OKAY, GOOD. THE ROADWAY, NOT THE HORSES. THANK YOU. YES.UM. SO MAYBE WE CAN TALK ABOUT, UH, SOME MORE DIFFICULT ISSUES. LET'S TALK ABOUT THE PARKING LOT AT THE LIBRARY PARK. MM. JUST IN GENERAL. WHERE ARE WAYS SHOULD WE PUT ANYTHING IN THE BUDGET IS A LINE ITEM ENGINEERING DESIGN. WHERE DO WE THINK WE'RE GOING WITH THAT? I JUST DON'T WANT TO MISS THE OPPORTUNITY TO DRIVE THAT INTO THE PLANNING PROCESS HERE. SO THAT IT'S IN THE FINANCE. NO, NO, NO, WE ARE PLANNING IT. THE $60,000. WE'RE DOWN LIKE TWO OR $3000 LEFT OUT THAT WE ACTUALLY SPEND A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN 60 FOR THE IMPROVEMENTS. YEAH, UH, OUR STRATEGIES. YES. FAIRLY WELL LINED OUT, BUT. WHEN EVERYBODY DOES AGREE THAT WILL BE ANOTHER SUBJECT. WITH THE EVENTS THAT ARE STILL PLENTY AND FOR YET THIS YEAR AT THE PARK. WE'RE HAVING OUR UM ADVISER ON SURVEYS. BUILD A SURVEY AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE.
VOLUNTEERS YOU THINK I'VE SURVEYS AT THE NEXT TWO CONCERT? BECAUSE AS WE'VE ALL SAID, YOU KNOW, WE NEED PUBLIC INPUT. SO JUST TO GET AN EARLY FEEL FOR WHAT KIND OF REACTION THEY'RE HAVING WITH WHAT'S GOING ON SO FAR. THE NEXT STEP IS THE PARTNER WITH THE CHAMBER AND DOING MORE OF A HOLISTIC. COMMUNITY WIDE. UM. PROGRAM OF SOME KIND, EITHER OF, UM. FOCUS GROUP OR A MAJOR DISCUSSION. I THINK IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE TOO EARLY TO PUTTING MONEY IN THIS BUDGET. THAT WE WOULD PROBABLY COME BACK WITH THE CENTRE APPROPRIATION. IN 2022.
THOSE ARE THE TWO STEPS THAT WE HAVE PLANS THIS TIME. YEAH. ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO TO A STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS. WE HEARD THAT THE REPORT'S DUE SOON THEN. THERE'S GRANT MONEY OUT THERE. DO WE HAVE ANY REASON TO PUT SOME ADDITIONAL ANYTHING IN HERE FOR A DESIGN OR ENGINEERING IN THIS IS THE CAPITAL BUDGET. WE HAD STORM WATER IN THERE LAST TIME. WHICH WAS PHASE ONE, WHICH WAS THE MODELING THAT WE ALMOST HAVE DONE OR HAVE DONE. SO JUST I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT KEEPS GOING FORWARD AND WE HAVE MONEY THERE AND METHODS TO RAISE THAT MONEY AND SOLVE THAT PROBLEM. OH, WHAT SHOULD WE PUT IN THERE FOR THIS YEAR? COMMENTS. I THINK IT'S GOING IF I MADE CHAIRMAN HOLD THAT'S GOING TO BE DICTATED IN TERMS OF THE PROJECTS THAT. MHM T COMES UP WITH IN TERMS OF THE BEST OVERALL USE OF THE FUNDING AND
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I THINK WE'VE WE'RE ALL COMMITTED, UH. THE FUNDS AND THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN. AT $4.2. MILLION IS I THINK WE ALL AGREE THAT A MAJORITY THAT PROBABLY. WILL BE OR COULD BE USED FOR THAT METHOD. NONE OF THAT IS APPROPRIATED NOW FOR ANYTHING, SO I THINK WE'RE HOLDING OUT IN TERMS OF WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO SPEND THAT MONEY TO GET THE BEST THING FOR THE DOLLAR, AND SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS WILL. ENTAILED PROPERTY ACQUISITION, SO IT'S SOMEWHAT EARLY TO TALK ABOUT THAT, AND WE DON'T WANT TO GET PEOPLE RILED UP AND SAY, HEY, WE NEED YOUR PROPERTY SO. BUT IN ORDER TO HAVE THE MAXIMUM IMPACT IT WILL TAKE LAND ACQUISITION AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE IN A POSITION THAT WE CAN BUY THAT PROPERTY, REASONABLE PRICE AND SOMETIMES WHEN. PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THE CITY OF GROWTH CITY OR ANY GOVERNMENTS BUYING IT. THE COST IS MORE REASONABLE. YEAH. OKAY, TED. MR CHAIRMAN, THE ONE THING AND I KNOW I'VE TALKED TO MIKE. TELL HER ABOUT THIS AND IN THE MIRRORS THAT YOU KNOW, THERE'S DIFFERENT WAYS TO SOLVE PROBLEMS. ONE ISN'T NECESSARILY. HEAVY INFRASTRUCTURE DIGGING AND. AND YOU KNOW THINGS LIKE THAT. SOMETIMES IT'S UTILIZING NATURAL AREAS AS UM AS RETENTION AND MAYBE IT'S JUST AS BUYING THE LAND AND RE SCOPING IT. REGRETTING IT FOR TO BE. SLOW DOWN WATER AND EVERYTHING SO I MEAN, I AGREE WITH. SHOCK THAT YOU KNOW WHEN THESE RECOMMENDATIONS COME BACK, WE'LL BE ABLE TO FIGURE IT OUT BECAUSE WE JUST DON'T KNOW IT COULD IT COULD COST MORE THAN FOUR MILLION. I MEAN, IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING WE HAVE TO BOND.YOU DON'T KNOW. AS THE MAYOR INDICATED EARLIER. IN TERMS OF IT, IT'S CERTAINLY EASIER TO MAKE THESE IMPROVEMENTS ON LAND WE OWN AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT BRETT PARK SOAK.
THAT AFFECTS HOW WE PLAN FOR THAT ENTIRE OPEN SPACE IN THERE SO BUT AGAIN WHEN YOU DO THAT MODELING. WHAT CAPACITY OF STORMWATER CAN YOU CAN YOU HOLD? FOR A WHILE AND WHAT IMPACT WILL IT NECESSARILY HAVE TO THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY IS REALLY WHAT'S WHAT WAY FOR X AMOUNT OF DOLLARS. YOU'RE GOING TO GET X AMOUNT OF BENEFIT, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO JUGGLE WITH. OKAY, CHAIRMAN. I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY INSIGHTFUL WHEN THE.
ADMINISTRATION DECIDED TO ADD UNDERGROUND WATER STORAGE CAPACITY FOR MITIGATION ON THE COLUMBUS STREET EXTENSION, AND THAT WAS THAT WAS SOMETHING I THAT WE HADN'T EVEN ANTICIPATED. THINKING ABOUT, BUT IF WE COULD LOOK FOR MORE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WAY AS WE RECONSTRUCT THINGS, AND THAT AND GO THROUGH THE I THOUGHT THAT WAS A STROKE OF GENIUS.
GOOD JOB. COULD MR SHERIFF. I'M SORRY I WAS IN THOSE DAYS, SO IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE WE NEED TO PUT ANYTHING IN HERE. WE'LL DEAL WITH APPROPRIATIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT FROM THIS OTHER. FUNDING SOURCES AND THINGS AND I DON'T NEED ANYTHING. WE DON'T NEED ANYTHING IN THE WELL, I WOULDN'T SAY THAT, BUT I MEAN IT'S MUCH LIKELY MADE DOLLAR PROJECTS. WE'LL BUILD A BUDGET BASED ON WHAT THEIR FINDINGS ARE. AND IF THERE'S SOMETHING BETWEEN NOW AND THE TIME WE SPENT THE BUDGET AND WE WANT TO PUT SOME MONEY AND WE WOULD DO THAT. THE THING THAT I SAY WE DO WITH ALL THE PROJECTS HAS TRIED TO PROGRAM OUT. IS THIS THE 2022 23? THE COMBINATION OF THE TWO AND WE WON'T KNOW THAT. UNTIL YOU KNOW FOR ANOTHER COUPLE MONTHS. MY FIRST REACTION IS, YOU'LL PROBABLY NOT SEE AN ITEM IN THERE FOR THAT PARTICULAR EXPENSE. THIS YEAR FOR 2022. YOU WILL SEE AN APPROPRIATION COMING OUT OF THE MONEY WE GET FROM THE AMERICAN RECIPE PLAN. AND WE'LL USE THAT AS BEST WE CAN. TO TRY TO LEVERAGE SOMEBODY ELSE'S MONEY. YES. THAT'S GOOD. UM MARKET BOOLA I THINK THAT'S PRETTY WELL SET. DOWNTOWN INFRASTRUCTURE EVENT ENGINEERING. SO THIS IS, UH, WHEN YOU WHEN YOU WHEN YOU RUN THE AGENDA, YOU CAN PUT YOUR OWN STUFF ON THE AGENDA. SO THIS IS AN ITEM HERE. I'D I'D LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT WE NEED. TO STUDY SLASH ENGINEER SLASH MODIFY WHENEVER THE ALTERNATE ROUTES ARE FOR THROUGH DOWNTOWN FOR A TRACTOR TRAILERS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ANSWER IS WHERE THEY GO, HOW THEY GET THERE AROUND DOWNTOWN. BUT WE'VE HEARD PLENTY OF PUBLIC IMPORT THAT THEY WANT THEIR BROADWAY EVENTS. WHICH ENTAILS REROUTING THE TRACTOR TRAILERS. AND SO WE COULD. WE CAN STAFF POLICEMEN AT BOTH ENDS OF ROUTE THREE AND
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DIRECT THEM TO TAKE A DETOUR. THAT'S FINE, BUT I UNDERSTAND THE DETOUR SOMETIMES HAS SOME TRICKY SECTIONS IN IT. AND SO I'D LIKE TO FIGURE OUT IF THERE'S A BETTER WAY OR IF WE NEED TO CHANGE A ROAD AT A TURN, YOU KNOW? WHAT IS IT THAT WE NEED TO DO? SO. I'D LIKE TO DRIVE US TOWARDS SOMETHING LIKE THAT, SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO HAVE THE BROADWAY EVENTS.AND I'M SUGGESTING THAT MAYBE AN ITEM IN HERE FOR 2022 WOULD BE THE. STUDY DESIGN ENGINEERING KIND OF EXPENSE TO SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM IS AND HOW YOU WOULD SOLVE. WE COULD NOT REACT TO THAT, MR HOPE. FIRST, UH. THE STATEMENT TO HAVE BROADWAY EVENTS AND NOT HAVE THEM IS NOT A CORRECT STATEMENT. WE HAVE AGREED AND. NUMBER OF MUCH THAT WE CAN HAVE DOWNTOWN EVENTS. AND WE WILL SHUT DOWN DOWNTOWN FOR ALUMNI. PROBABLY DOING BROADWAY TODAY.
IT WORKS OUT. IT'S WHEN YOU GO INTO MULTIPLE DAYS THAT BECOMES ISSUE. WE STUDIED HOW WE CAN REROUTE TRAFFIC. WHEN WAS THE. STUDY DONE BY FRANK OMER. THE. 2000 AND FIVE. I MEAN, THIS.
THIS WAS A NIGHT AND THEN. AND UH, WHAT? WE'VE ASKED. THE NATION T TO DO IS GO BACK. AND BUILD THE MODEL AS TO WHAT ARE THE EAST WEST STREETS AND WHETHER THE NORTH SOUTH STREET.
AND TO GET THE PINCH POINTS BASED ON TRACTOR TRAILER TURNINGS AND ALL THAT, WHICH IS NOT A NEW EXERCISE. WE JUST WENT UP THERE. THE THING THAT CAME BACK IN 2000 AND FIVE WAS YES, WE COULD FIX IT. IT TAKES FRANKLIN AVENUE TO BE REROUTED. TO TAKE OUT THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OFFICE. TAKE OUT THE BUILDING HERE ON THE CORNER, THE PLACEBO AND THE T THE INTERSECTION. THAT WAS THE ANSWER. THEN I SUSPECT THE ANSWER IS GOING TO BE THE SAME THIS TIME. WE ARE THEY WE DON'T NAME MONEY. WE HAVE THEM ENGAGED. RIGHT NOW TO UPDATE THAT INFORMATION FROM 2000 AND FIVE BASED ON THAT IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT'S LOW HANGING FRUIT. WE WILL ASK FOR FUNDING ON IT. BUT I KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN THIS THE STATEMENT. NOT JUST BY YOU, BUT WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THERE'S NO MORE DOWNTOWN, AND THIS IS NOT A CORRECT STATEMENT. IT'S MORE I DAYS THAT MAKE IT VERY COMPLICATED. MR CHAIR. MAY I ADD SOMETHING? YES. YES AND, WELL, TRACTOR TRAILERS ARE CONCERNED. THAT IS NOT THE ONLY CONCERN. THE TRAFFIC COUNT THAT AS WE UNDERSTAND IT IS 26,000 VEHICLES A DAY AT THE INTERSECTION OF BROADWAY IN COLUMBUS. AND DIRECTOR TRAILERS ARE CONCERN. IT'S ALSO THE VOLUME OF TRAFFIC THAT THEN WE PUT ON COLUMBUS TREE ON POTENTIALLY KINGSTON. INTO THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS, AND THAT'S JUST AS MUCH AS SAFETY CONCERNS AS TRACTOR TRAILERS. THERE. WE HAVE. SUSPECTED OR I MEAN, WE'VE ANTICIPATED THE SHOE SHOE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS SINCE THE DECISION TO REROUTE COLUMBUS ST EXTENSION. THROUGH IN THE STREET AREA. AND IF YOU LOOK AT THAT STREET NOW, YOU KNOW 75% AND YOU CAN. TRY TO IMAGINE 26,000 VEHICLES TRYING TO NEGOTIATE THAT NARROW ROAD UP INCHES OF. VIEW A NEIGHBORHOOD AND STILL DEAL WITH THE INTERSECTION. THE MAYOR JUST DESCRIBED GROVE CITY RUIN. AND THE, UH, THE TURN THEIR FROM LINCOLN ON THE GREAT CITY ROAD, SO IT'S NOT JUST A MATTER OF REROUTING TRUCKS. IT'S PUTTING.
THAT VOLUME OF VEHICLES INTO THE STREETS AND NEIGHBORHOODS. WOW. THAT. ELEVATES THE SAFETY CONCERN AND ALSO WE BREEDER POST DETOUR SIGNS AS FAR AS 60 TUNE IN 71. IT'S THAT VOLUME OF TRAFFIC AND IT'S PROBABLY HUMAN NATURE THAT. DISREGARDS FEATURE OF ROUTES AND TRIES TO GET AS CLOSE TO THE AREA AND MAKE A, UH. AVOID ANY UNNECESSARY IN THEIR MINDS. UH. DETOUR AND THEY DISREGARD THE SIGNAGE. AND SO WE'RE DEALING WITH. VOLUMES OF TRAFFIC THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOODS JUST EAST OF. BROADWAY AND JUST WEST OF BROADWAY THAT AREN'T THE OFFICIAL TEACHER AROUND SO. IT. IT'S MORE THAN THE TRACTOR TRAILER ISSUE AND AS THE MAYOR STATED INFRASTRUCTURE TO, UH. AND BUSINESSES THAT WILL BE TO PUT DISPLACED. TO SATISFY THAT
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CONCERN TO KEEP BROADWAY. CLOSED BROADWAY IS REALLY WAS THE IMPETUS BEHIND THAT DECISION? THANK YOU. WELL. MHM. YOU'VE HEARD PRETTY CLEARLY FROM RESIDENTS ABOUT THEIR PASSION FOR EVENTS ON BROADWAY. AND I JUST EXPERIENCE DOWNTOWN WESTER VILLE THIS WEEKEND. SAME ROUTE THREE STILL CLOSED AND YOU KNOW THEY HAD EVENTS ON BOTH SIDES, AND IT'S THERE FOR MULTIPLE DAYS. JUST THINK YOU HAVE A POPULATION OF PEOPLE. ALSO THAT. TALKS TO ME, AND I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS. I DON'T THINK WE CAN. WE NEED TO FIND A WAY TO ACCOMMODATE THAT SOMEHOW. MY OPINION. NO, I UNDERSTOOD GEOGRAPHY IS NOT QUITE THE SAME IN ALL THESE COMMUNITIES, BUT. I GUESS YOU REALIZE THAT IT'S A MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE. CHANGED ACCOMMODATE WHAT I THINK. MISS OUT MISS OUT BECAUSE IN FLORIDA, MR SO I JUST WANTED TO. I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE EVERY MEMBER OF COUNSELING BECAUSE I THINK MY. TAKE ON.THIS IS REALLY THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT WE CAN DO IS TO BROADEN OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THIS CONVERSATION, BECAUSE WHAT WE HAVE RECEIVED HIS FEEDBACK FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE UPSET. AND. AND I WOULD JUST SAY THAT EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE CONVEYED THEIR DISTRESS ABOUT THE CHANGE. AND CHANGE IS DIFFICULT. I BUT THIS IS NOT TO DISMISS THAT. BUT TO SAY THAT THIS IS A VERY LARGE COMMUNITY, AND IF WE LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT WE'VE ACTUALLY HEARD FROM THAT WAS REALLY TRIGGERED BY. A SOCIAL MEDIA POST, ASKING RESIDENTS TO PLEASE. SUBMIT THEIR DISPLEASURE TO COUNSEL. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE LOOK AT THIS FROM ALL PERSPECTIVES. ONE HAVE A REAL UNDERSTANDING OF ALL OF THE PIECES OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY. CRISIS THAT GETS OCCURRED WHEN WE CLOSED DOWN BROADWAY FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. I ALSO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE BUSINESSES ON THIS ROAD NOW THAT HAVE 26,000 PLUS CARS DRIVING PAST THEM DAILY, AND THEY DEPEND ON THAT THEY DEPEND ON. THEIR CUSTOMERS ACCESS TO THEIR BUSINESS SO AGAIN, NOT TO DETRACT FROM THE FACT THAT AGAIN WE ALL HAVE MEMORIES AND WHENEVER THINGS CHANGE. IT'S DIFFICULT TO DEAL WITH THAT CHANGE. I STILL THINK THAT, UM, THE FEEDBACK THAT I HAVE HEARD ABOUT THE EVENTS THAT HAVE BEEN HELD DOWN HERE AND AGAIN, AS THE MAYOR SAID.
THEY ARE STILL DOWN HERE. THEY'RE DOWN IN OUR TOWN CENTRE. AND. PEOPLE ARE ENJOYING THEM. THE VENDORS ARE ENJOYING THEM AND WE CAN FEEL LIKE PEOPLE ARE OPERATING. EVEN THOUGH YOU KNOW WE WE'VE GOT BY FOR AS LONG AS WE COULD. TRYING TO ROUTE TRAFFIC TO WHERE IT'S SUPPOSED TO GO. PEOPLE ARE MUCH MORE LIKELY TO DO THINGS SAFELY WHEN THEY'RE IN THE ENVIRONMENT THAT THEY EXPECTED VERSUS WHEN THEY RUN INTO A DETOUR. AND THEY'RE TRYING TO KIND OF CIRCUMVENTED AND COME UP WITH THEIR OWN SHORT KIND OF HOW TO GET FROM POINTING TO POINT B.
SO. AGAIN I JUST I JUST ENCOURAGE EVERYONE BECAUSE I THINK IT'S JUST FAR MORE COMPLEX THAN, UM. THIS THIS SENTIMENT THAT WE ALL KNOW WHENEVER WE'RE IN AN ENVIRONMENT OF CHANGE, IT'S DIFFICULT. PEOPLE HAVE DIFFICULTY HANDLING CHANGE, AND WE CAN. LINK ARMS AND MAKE IT EASY FOR THEM AND BRING THEM ALONG WITH US, OR WE CAN KIND OF KEEP. DRAGGING OUR HEELS AND I JUST THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO LOOK FORWARD BECAUSE I HONESTLY THINK WE COULD CHANGE THIS AND LEAVE IT THIS WAY AND FIVE YEARS IN THE FUTURE, PEOPLE ARE GONNA BE LIKE EVENTS ARE BIGGER AND BETTER THAN EVER, AND BUSINESSES ARE THRIVING. MHM. THINK WE NEED TO LOOK FORWARD AND WE NEED TO BE THINKING PROGRESSIVELY. YEAH. WELL BUDGET ITEM ONE WAY OR THE OTHER MAY NOT BE THE EFFECTIVE WAY TO DRIVE THAT FORWARD. IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE WORKING ON IT. I JUST DON'T WANT. A FUNDING ISSUE FOR WE CAN'T AFFORD THE POLICE COVERAGE FOR AN EVENT BECAUSE IT WASN'T IN THE BUDGET TO BE A SHOWSTOPPER FOR SOME FUTURE. KIND OF UM OPPORTUNITY FOR DOWNTOWN EVENT.
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YEAH, IF I COULD. YEAH, AND I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS WHAT THEY THINK, UM, IF YOU IF YOU'D LIKE, BUT GO AHEAD, AND MR MAYOR JUST WHEN THE FOLLOW UP. LIKE HAVING A FULL TIME SAFETY DIRECTOR. WHO WAS. DEEPLY INVOLVED FOR THE PAST 30 SOME YEARS IN TRAFFIC. UM I THINK WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER FRESH EYES. IT COULD LOOK AT THIS. BUT, UH, IT'S A GOING ALL THE WAY BACK 2000 AND FIVE. IT'S NOT. IT'S NOT A NEW ISSUE. THANK YOU, OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE? MR. HOLT MR. SHOCKEY I THINK WE'RE, UM WE HAVE SOME ADVANTAGES COMING UP HERE THAT THAT WE PROBABLY IN THAT 2000 AND FIVE STUDY DIDN'T TAKE AN ACCOUNT, POSSIBLY CHANGES IN SOUTHWEST BOULEVARD. AND THE ADDITION OF LANES THERE. THE CHANGES AS AND NOT NECESSARILY IN THIS BUDGET CYCLE, BUT IN THE FUTURE WHEN WE DO A PART TWO ON DEMOCRATS ROAD, IMPROVING DEMAREST ROAD AND THERE. WITH A LIGHT THERE AT, UH, GROUP CITY ROAD AND THEN AND I PROBABLY ADDRESSED SOME OF THE CHANGES RIGHT HERE BECAUSE OF THE AWKWARDNESS, NO MATTER WHAT NO MATTER WHETHER IT'S A DETOUR, NOT THE AWKWARDNESS OF. TURNING ONTO GROWTH CITY ROAD RIGHT HERE, BUT WE DO HAVE SOME NEW THINGS THAT MIGHT HELP MITIGATE SOME OF THOSE THINGS THAT CAME OUT. OF COURSE, CONCEPTS ON THERE, AND I THINK IT'S WORTH A CONVERSATION. OR MAYBE WE JUST HAVE A, UM AND I PARTICULARLY LIKE SPECIAL MEETINGS WHERE WE HAVE A TOPIC AND WE CAN GO THROUGH IT BECAUSE I'D LOVE TO HEAR THE PROS TO CRIMES AND ALL THOSE THINGS BECAUSE. THAT TO ME IS HOW WE CAN MAKE GOOD GOOD DECISIONS. THANK YOU. MR SHOT GAME. MR WILL REALLY QUICKLY I WANTED TO JUST ADDRESS ALSO, I THINK THAT AT LEAST BY MY UNDERSTANDING, I THINK IN TERMS OF CITY SUPPORT AND SERVICES WE'VE GIVEN EVEN MORE IN THIS IN THE NEW ENVIRONMENT. IN MANY CAPACITIES, THEN WE WOULD HAVE HISTORICALLY SO IT CERTAINLY ISN'T A MATTER OF THIS IS A PROBLEM. WE NEED TO THROW DOLLARS AT BECAUSE I THINK WE ARE. I THINK WHERE WE ARE COMMITTED TO SUPPORTING THE TRANSITION. AND AS YOU SAID, MR PSYCHE, ALSO KEEPING OUR EYES AND EARS OPEN TO HOW THIS COMMUNITY GROWS AND CHANGES AND DEVELOPS. YOU KNOW, WE DON'T KNOW WHERE IT WILL BE. MM. YOU, MR HOLT. MHM. I'M I WOULD PREFER THAT WE LOOK AT WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO TRY TO KEEP THE EVENTS HISTORICALLY, AS THEY HAVE BEEN, AT LEAST ARTS AND HAS BEEN AROUND FOR ABOUT 30 YEARS. LITERALLY LONGER THAN I'VE BEEN ALIVE. AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF WE CAN FIND SOME WAY OF MAINTAINING IT AS THE WAY THAT YOU COME TO KNOW IT. THAT BEING SAID, I'M STILL VERY OPEN TO THIS YEAR'S ITERATION OF ARTS IN THE ALLEY AND THE OTHER EVENTS ARE BEING HELD AT THE OLD LIBRARY SITE WITH THE NEW PARK IS GOING TO BE. AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO TRY TO MAINTAIN IT, BUT ALSO BE VERY OPEN. TO WHAT. IT'S ALREADY HAPPENING THIS YEAR TO SEE IF THAT MAY END UP BEING BETTER. YEAH. SO I THINK FOR PURPOSES OFHEY'RE ON THE WAY DOESN'T SOUND LIKE WE'LL HAVE AN ITEM IN THERE, BUT WE'LL HAVE POTENTIALLY SOME SPECIAL MEETINGS AND CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT THIS AND UNDERSTAND. TRY TO MOVE FORWARD. TED. I JUST WANT TO SAY I'M QUIET BECAUSE WE'RE IN A BUDGET MEETING AND WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT ALLOCATING DOLLARS, BUT WE DO HAVE TO HAVE THE DISCUSSION AT SOME POINT IN TIME NEXT YEAR. ABOUT THIS SO AS FAR AS THIS YEAR. I DON'T THINK WE NEED BUDGET DOLLARS TO DO IT. 8212345. OKAY SO OTHER CAPITAL ITEMS. YOU'D LIKE TO SEE ON THE LIST AND SUGGESTIONS. FROM ANYONE. VERY NONE WILL MOVE ON. YOU HAVE YOUR HAND UP? YEAH, JUST JUST. YOU KNOW, AND I'VE I'VE MENTIONED THIS A LITTLE BIT BEFORE WITH A BIKE AND CHUCK AND OTHERS THAT ARE KIND OF SPINS OFF OF THE $4 MILLION THAT YOU KNOW FOR FLOOD, BUT AGAIN, THE EXPANSION OF NATURAL AREAS AND THINGS LIKE THAT WHEN WE CAN DO THEM, SO I THINK THOSE COULD BE FIT UNDER THE FOUR MILLION. BUT ALSO, YOU KNOW ONE THING THAT I TALKED TO THE ADMINISTRATION ABOUT HIS BIKE CONNECTIVITY PASSED TO COLUMBUS AND THE METRO PARKS AND THAT TYPE OF THING, SO I TALKED TO THE MIRROR A LITTLE BIT. I WANT TO ASK THE COUNCIL WHAT THEY THINK. BUT. I WOULD LIKE TO PUT A GREENWAYS COMMITTEE TOGETHER THAT THAT ARE BASICALLY PEOPLE THAT USE THESE PATHS, BIKERS AND OTHER PEOPLE TO COME UP WITH SOME RECOMMENDATIONS AND SOME IDEAS, THE MIRRORS THE MIRRORS. I'M NOT OPPOSED TO THAT AS FAR AS THEY THINK. THINK TANK. SO IF I WAS GOING TO SEND OUT AN EMAIL TO EACH OF YOU TO SEE IF YOU WERE IN SUPPORT OF ME DRAFTING[01:30:03]
SOMETHING LIKE THAT, SO THAT'S JUST SOMETHING ON THE OUTSIDE. BUT AS FAR AS. FUNDING AT THIS POINT IN TIME. WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THE PATHS WOULD GO. WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THE ROADS WOULD GO, SO. LIFE WE'RE GOING TO PUT MONEY INTO IT THIS YEAR, BUT STARTING THE CONVERSATION IS OKAY. GOOD. BEHOLD, I HAVE ONE OTHER ITEM, MR. SHOCKING UM, I DID NOT SEE IN THE CAREFUL IMPROVEMENT FUNDS ON HERE. I'VE SEEN IT. SOMEPLACE ABOUT, UM, THE PINNACLE PARK THERE ABOUT THE ROAD OFF OF HOLDING ROAD. OUR OFFER HOLDING TO GO INTO PINNACLE PARK IN THE. BUT I DON'T SEE ANY FUNDING FOR IT THIS YEAR WAS THAT ON. WAS THAT I SAW WHAT WE WERE DOING THAT WHAT'S UNDER THE TIFF AND MIKE? TURNER. YOU CAN EXPLAIN THAT. YEAH, HE IS A GOOD POINT. WAS FUNDED IN PREVIOUS YEAR. WHERE IS THE ROAD GOING? MM. RIGHT NOW, IF I MADE MIKE, YOU MAY WANT TO ADD TO IT. THE ROAD IS GOING APPROXIMATES A THREE QUARTERS OF THE WAY UP TO THE.TO THE MAINSTREAM. AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS THAT'S GONNA TAKE A FEDERAL APPROVAL FROM THE ARMY CORPS AND FEE MYSELF. THAT WILL BE THE SECOND PHASE, BUT THE FIRST PHASES.
ANTICIPATED TO GO TO BED OCTOBER 1ST. BIT OPENING ON OCTOBER. 1ST RECALL THAT THAT BUDGET ESTIMATE RIGHT? 2.1 MILLION WILL GO TO BED. OCTOBER. AGAIN THERE'S SOME CHALLENGES AS YOU LOOK AT THAT PROPERTY. YOU THINK IT'S AN EASY OH, PIECE OF GROUND TO AH TO DEVELOP. YOU CAN NOTICE HOW FLAT IT IS, AND THERE'S SOME STREAMS GOING IN THERE AND WE HAD TO DO SOMETHING. GUESS CREATIVE ENGINEERING. IN TERMS OF GETTING THAT FLOW FROM WEST TO EAST. THERE'S TWO STREAMS THAT GO THROUGH THE ROACH PROPERTY AND, OF COURSE, THE MAINSTREAM TO THE NORTH. THAT HAS TO BE ACCOUNTED FOR, AND AGAIN THAT MAINSTREAM IN TERMS OF THAT CROSSING TAKES. ARMY CORPS APPROVAL, SO WE'LL BE WORKING ON THAT DURING THE WINTER AND AS CONSTRUCTION STARTS, HOPEFULLY, PROBABLY MAYBE IN NOVEMBER WITH THE AWARD THANK YOU. OKAY? SO THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT FOR THE CAPITAL THINGS. I HAD A COUPLE ITEMS AND I JUST MADE NOTES ON THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. UM, MAYBE MORE RECENTLY THAN JUST THE YEAR BUT. JUST FOR GENERAL DISCUSSION FOR ANYBODY. WE CAN TALK ABOUT THEM OR. SAY THAT WE CAN DISCUSS IT LATER. HOWEVER, YOU GUYS WANT TO DO IT. WE HAVE 15 20 MINUTES. FIRST ONE I'D BRING UP WOULD I JUST REMEMBER HEARING DURING THE SUSTAINABILITY? UM PRESENTATION. AND I'VE HEARD OTHER COMMENTS ABOUT HAVING A SUSTAINABILITY PERSON. I KNOW YOU REMEMBER THAT, TED? UM. IS I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE RIGHT. FORM HERE IS BUT I GUESS WHAT YOU'RE WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS, AT LEAST IS THAT GOING TO BE IN THE BUDGET OR IS IT TOO EARLY OR SHOULD WE INFLUENCE THAT SOMEHOW? EXACTLY MISERABLE. UM, FIRST ADMINISTRATION STANDPOINT. THE GROCERY BEAUTIFUL. IS OUR CORE. GROUP TWO WORK THROUGH THE SUSTAINABILITY. AS AN INITIATIVE. WE WILL BE WORKING WITH LINDA. AS TO WHAT KIND OF IF SHE NEEDS ADDITIONAL STAFFING. I WAS SUSPECT IT'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO A PART TIME PERSON. BUT WE WILL BE TALKING WITH HER AS TO HOW WE RECEIVED THAT. WE DON'T STAND BEING A FULL TIME PERSON. BUT, UM THAT THAT COMMITTEE. MISSION I SHOULD SAY IT WAS PROBABLY THE MOST ACTIVE COMMISSION. WE HAVE. AND THERE ARE THE SUSTAINABLE PEOPLE IN THAT COMMISSION AS WELL. SO. IT SERVES AT THIS TIME BOTH PURPOSES. OKAY? NUMBER THREE. I CAN CROSS OFF THE LIST. WE TALKED ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT THROUGH THE BE ABLE TO, UH, THE DOWNTOWN EVENTS. UM. CHRISTINE MAYBE SOME DIRECTION ON HOW YOU WANT TO HANDLE THE QUESTION FROM A COUPLE WEEKS AGO ON INDIVIDUAL EXPENSES. BUT I THINK THAT WE JUST NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHERE WE WANT TO BE WITH THAT. I DON'T WE ALL FEEL AND ALL OF A LOT OF THINGS FIT FALLING. AND IF WE'RE GOING TO BE SPENDING ANY MONEY IN THE YEAR 2022. THERE JUST NEEDS TO BE A BUDGET LINE ITEM AND THEN I'LL FEEL SO MUCH BETTER. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.
YOU'VE GOT SOME GOOD IDEAS AND I WOULD REALLY. MY TWO SONS WORK ON IT AS I WOULD LIKE IT
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TO BE SOMETHING. THAT IS AFFORDABLE USING SOME VEHICLE THAT WE ALREADY HAVE IN PLACE VERSUS ALLOWING, UM, THE SENDING OF A SPECIFIC PIECE IN THE MAIL BECAUSE I THINK THAT AGAIN, THE OBJECTS OF THAT ARE NOT FANTASTIC. BUT THAT'S MY TWO CENTS WORTH AND I AM BUT ONE OF FIVE SO. BUT AGAIN, MOST IMPORTANT THING TO ME IS THAT I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANYTHING THAT WE CAN CONSTRUE AS COUNCIL COMMUNITY. YEAH. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE YOU DO THAT. MIKE TURNER. HOW CAN WE, UH. WE OUGHT TO TALK ABOUT THAT. I GUESS MAYBE WE'LL GET SOME PEOPLE TOGETHER AND DISCUSS THAT AND THEN SEE WHAT WE NEED TO PUT IN THERE. STILL THERE.OKAY I'LL SAY THAT COULD BE AN ITEM THAT SHOULD JUST GO DIRECTLY AND THE CITY COUNCIL DEPARTMENT BUDGET. YEAH, BUT WE HAVE TO KIND OF HERD CATS HERE AND FIGURE OUT WHAT? WHAT IT LOOKS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. I THINK. RIGHT SO I'M JUST GONNA WRITE THAT DOWN AS IT TO DO. TO DO. MR CHAIRMAN. WHO IS THAT? TAMMY TAMMY. WHEN YOU HAD THAT DISCUSSION. I DID OFFER TO REACH OUT TO MY CLICKS GROUP. AND I DID THAT. THIS IS THE FIRST OPPORTUNITY. I'VE HAD TO SHARE THE INFORMATION I'VE GOT. AND UM. THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE THAT RETURNED. MY QUESTION SAID THAT THEY DIDN'T PUT SPECIFIC LINE I HAVE IN THEIR BUDGET. WHEN IT CAME UP, THEY DEALT WITH IT. SO MAYBE WE CAN. SHARE I CAN SHARE WHAT YOU ALL DECIDE TO DO. WITH THE REST OF THEM.
UH THERE WAS, I THINK KAHANE IN DUBLIN. LOT FOR SOMETHING IN THEIR BUDGETS, BUT THEY DON'T REALLY CALL IT COUNCIL COMMUNICATION. SO. DO THEY HAVE SOMETHING THAT IT DOESN'T LOOK QUITE LIKE THAT? OKAY, WELL, WE'LL INCLUDE YOUR INPUT ON THIS DISCUSSION HERE SHORTLY.
THEN THE LAST ITEM ON THE LIST, WHICH RUBY JUST MENTIONED A MINUTE GOES COMMUNITY CENTER.
UM. THAT'S ACTUALLY. SOME PEOPLE'S THOUGHTS OF WHAT WOULD BE ON THAT HOLDEN ROAD EXTENSION. AND FUNDED BY THE TIFF FROM PINNACLE. JUST THINK IT MIGHT BE TIME TO START MOVING THAT FORWARD. AND PLANNING AND ORGANIZING AND WE HAVE A FUNDING SOURCE. WE HAVE A NEED. WE DON'T NEED GROUPS THAT HE DOESN'T REALLY HAVE WHAT I CONSIDER TO BE THE BIG NEW COMMUNITY CENTERS LIKE LOTS OF OTHER PLACES. DO WE HAVE. SENIOR CENTER. WE HAVE Y M C A AND THINGS NOW. MAYBE THE WINE YMCA WILL BE THE COMMUNITY CENTER. SO MAYBE WE WILL.
COMBINE THOSE DISCUSSIONS AND WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT THE DIRECTION FOR WHAT TO DO WITH THIS. DIDN'T MAKE ANY SUGGESTIONS OR JUST A GENERAL. JUST A GENERAL SUGGESTION IS PROBABLY THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME MONEY FOR GENERALIZED CONCEPTS. AND THEN, OF COURSE, PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND THEN THIRD THING IS PERFORMANCE. AS FAR AS HOW TO HOW WAS PAID FOR THAT TYPE OF THING SO THAT I THINK WE WILL NEED MONEY FOR, UM, PUBLIC PUBLIC INPUT MEETINGS AND CONCEPTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT PRICE TAG IS. I'M SURE MR KELLER CAN.
AND HELP US WITH THAT. DO YOU SEE THAT HAPPENING IN 2022? THEN? SURE. IS THAT QUOTE? HMM? AND THIS IS WHOLE, GENTLEMEN. UM MR SHOCKEY. UM THERE WAS A STUDY DONE AND KIM, HELP ME OUT. WHAT YEAR WAS BACKING 12? 2012 THAT WE SHOULD PROBABLY RESURRECT AND AT LEAST LOOK AT BECAUSE IT HAD SOME OF THE OBVIOUSLY THAT THE PRICES HAVE CHANGED, BUT IT HAD SOME OF THE CONCEPTS IN THE. WAS TO THE ACTUAL COMMUNITY, PART OF THE CENTER, THEIR AQUATIC PART OF THE CENTER. THINGS LIKE THAT, AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE. JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE BRING THAT BACK OUT AGAIN. I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS RELEASED. FOR EVERYONE TO SEE BEFORE. SO JUST TO SUGGESTION. IT'S OKAY. GO AHEAD, RIGHT? I'M GONNA NEED TO ASK SOMEONE TO BRIDGE THE GAP FOR ME BETWEEN. THE DISCUSSION ABOUT PINNACLE PARK AND THE PRESENTATION. I BELIEVE THAT WE
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ALL OR PARTICIPANTS IN AND I WANT TO SAY AUGUST OF 2019. DON'T QUOTE ME ON THAT. BUT WHERE THE. PARK SETTING WAS NATURAL. THAT WAS THAT WAS A LOT OF WHAT WAS WITH THE FEEDBACK FROM FROM THE COMMUNITY WAS UM. WHEN I HEAR PEOPLE SAY. WE'RE TALKING.PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT A COMMUNITY CENTER. I CAN TELL YOU THAT NO ONE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD IN MY WARD IN THE CREEK SIDE AREA IS ASKING ME. WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO PUT A COMMUNITY CENTER THERE? AND SO I'M CURIOUS AS TO THAT THE CONNECTIVE PIECE THAT I'M MISSING, SO CAN ANYONE SHARE THAT? I. NOT AN ATTEMPT TO DO IT. I THINK IN TERMS OF THAT INITIAL. FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY. WE HAVE NEW PERSONALITIES ON COUNCIL FOR ONE THAT MAY HAVE DIFFERENT IDEAS. NUMBER ONE. UH. AGAIN IN TERMS OF THE ONGOING DISCUSSION NOW WITH THE Y, AS WAS INDICATED TONIGHT, ESPECIALLY WITH THE REYNOLDSBURG Y M C PARTNERSHIP WORK. TONY INDICATED THAT THEY'RE SAVING EARTH. THE PERSONNEL OF THE OPERATING COST IS ABOUT $3.5 MILLION TIP FUNDING IN TERMS OF PINNACLE. IF FUNDING CAN BE USED FOR CONSTRUCTION, IT CAN NOT BE USED FOR OPERATIONS. SO, UH, IN TERMS OF THAT NEW PATHWAY THAT NEW DIRECTION LIKE I SAY, IT'S BEEN THREE YEARS. NOW. PEOPLE'S ATTITUDES CHANGE.
MEMBERS OF COUNCIL CHANGE. SOMETIMES MEMBERS OF ADMINISTRATION CHANGED.
HOPEFULLY NOT TOO OFTEN. BUT ANYWAY, I THINK THAT'S WHERE THE NEW DISCUSSION. NEW DISCUSSION IS HAPPENING IN TERMS OF. A FEELING THAT HEY, WE NEED EXTRA. ACTIVITY SPACE CAN CAN TELL YOU THAT WE ALL KNOW THAT AND WHAT KIND OF PARTNERSHIP SHOULD WE HAVE? AND IF IT. YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE THAT. I GUESS. A COMMUNITY CENTER IN ONE SPOT, ESPECIALLY THE SIZE DIVERSITY MAY BE MORE FEASIBLE TO HAVE IT. MORE PILOT IN PROJECTS NOW, IF YOU TAKE THE MODEL OF UPPER ARLINGTON AND, UH. I WOULD ESTIMATE THAT THAT PROJECT WOULD BE SIMILAR.
THAT'S A $56 MILLION PROJECT THAT THAT THEY HAVE APPROVED THAT BEING DESIGNED NOW, SO IT'S A MASSIVE UNDERTAKING FOR US. THE FUNDING AGAIN FOR THE PINNACLE TIFF IS AVAILABLE.
IT'S LIMITED, BUT IT COULD. CERTAINLY BUILD A STRUCTURE. IT CANNOT OPERATE A STRUCTURE.
OKAY, SO AND I GUESS SO. I'M JUST GOING TO THROW THIS OUT THERE THEN BECAUSE WHAT I'M. WE HAVE TO LESS THAN TWO YEARS HAVE PASSED OR MAYBE TWO YEARS HAVE PASSED. BETWEEN THAT PRESENTATION AND TODAY. AND WHAT I'M HEARING YOU SAYING IS THAT MEMBERS OF COUNCIL ARE DRIVING FORWARD A CONVERSATION AND WHAT I AM LOOKING FOR IS THE COMMUNITY INPUT. THAT THIS IS WHAT THE COMMUNITY WOULD LIKE US TO DO, BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD A VERY YOU KNOW, ARE THE CITIZEN FINANCIAL REVIEW TASK FORCE, WHICH AGAIN I KEEP BRINGING THEM UP, BUT WE HAVE THEIR REPORT PRESENTED TO US IN 2020. AND WE HAVEN'T REALLY ADDRESSED. WHAT WHAT I THINK WAS THERE STICKING POINT IS WE HEARD AN AMAZING PRESENTATION FROM THE Y WE KNOW THAT THERE IS THE AMBITION THERE TO CREATE A COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP. AND GET SOMETHING. UNIQUE AND SOMETHING NEVER BEFORE DONE THAT HAS BEEN CREATED. SO REYNOLDSBURG IS A MODEL, BUT WE'VE NOT YET EMBARKED ON THAT DISCUSSION, REALLY, TO TAKE IT TO THE LEVEL OF. HOW COULD WE CREATE A PARTNERSHIP IN THE CITY OF GROVE CITY TO EXECUTE A COMMUNITY CENTER VISION? MY POINT IS THE CITIZEN FINANCIAL. THE TASK FORCE SAID WHAT WE WANT TO KNOW BEFORE WE COULD EVEN MAKE A RECOMMENDATION IS WHAT DOES THIS COMMUNITY WANT? WHAT ARE THEY LOOKING FOR? ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY FEEL LIKE THEY CAN'T GET TODAY AND I THINK THAT BEFORE WE DO ANYTHING ELSE, WE ALREADY HAVE A STUDY ON A COMMUNITY CENTER FROM 2012. WE WERE THIS CLOSE TO TAKING IT TO VOTERS AND. AND GETTING GETTING THE BALL ROLLING. BUT WE DON'T. WE'VE WE'VE PAID FOR STUDIES, AND IT'S TIME FOR US TO START PUTTING SOME OF THAT TOGETHER AND LISTENING TO THIS COMMUNITY AND WHAT THEY WANT. THAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PART. NOT FOR FIVE INDIVIDUALS TO HAVE THEIR TWO CENTS WORTH. THANKS. MR CHAIR. THE ANSWER THE. THIS OUT.
THAT'S WHY I SAID, I THINK THE BEST THING TO DO IS TO DO A COMMUNITY. ATTITUDE SURVEY OF BASED JUST ON A ON ON THE REC CENTER. BUT IN ORDER TO DO THAT, USUALLY, MAYBE WE COULD PULL
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OUT THE 2012 INFORMATION, BUT USUALLY YOU NEED SOMETHING FOR PEOPLE TO RESPOND TO. AND GIVE THEM AN IMAGE IN THEIR MINDS OF WHAT COULD BE IN THOSE TYPES OF THINGS THAT I AGREE IF WE HAVE TO. WE HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE PUBLIC. I KNOW IN MY SURVEYS AND EVERYTHING, IT'S ALWAYS IN THE TOP TOP THREE. THAT PEOPLE WANT. THANK MR HOLT. WE JUST GOT THE SAPPERSTEIN STUFF DONE, AND IT'S INTERESTING COMMUNITY CENTER TIED WITH HAVING A UNIVERSITY. AND, UH, I MEAN, AND IT'S BEEN ABOUT THAT FOR ABOUT 10 YEARS. THERE IS NOT A SWELL BECAUSE OF SWELL WOULD PUT THAT THING WAY ABOVE HAVING A. THEY GET ON SITE UNIVERSITY, BUT WE ARE TRYING TO KEEP AS MANY UH HUH. FINGERS OUT THERE TO FIND OUT WHAT WHAT SOME OF THE ATTITUDES CHARGE. IT'S AN EXPERIENCE. OKAY. I AGREE WITH MR BARRY THAT WE NEED TO BRING US THE COMMUNITY, BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO POINT OUT THAT. WE HAVE SIDE OF GROVE RIGHT DOWN THE STREET. AS PART OF A NATURE PRESERVE AND MORE ECOLOGICAL TYPE OF PARK ON THERE, ESPECIALLY WITH THE ARIA TRAIL THROUGH THE LIVER HIKE DOWN IN THERE AND THINGS LIKE THAT, AND CAMPAIGN. AND I DO THINK WHEN WE PRESENT THIS THAT WE ALSO PRESENT HERE THE POSSIBILITIES OF FUNDING. SO IF YOU PUT IT AT ONE SITE, YOU'VE GOT IT AND I'M JUST GOING TO USE A VARIANT. CHECK. WHAT DID YOU SAY? 50 MILLION. THE UPPER ARLINGTON IS PROJECTED $56 MILLION. ALL RIGHT. HOW DO YOU GET 56 MILLION OVER HERE, AS OPPOSED TO YOU HAVE PINNACLE TIP OVER HERE. THAT IS A FUNDING SOURCE FOR IT, BUT IT'S GOT TO BE WITHIN A CERTAIN AREA. SO I THINK NOT ONLY PRESENTING WHAT IS THE CONCEPT THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE. BUT HOW WOULD YOU PREFER TO PAY FOR THIS? WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE. PERCENTAGE OF TAX INCREASE. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SOME OF THE TAXES WE PAY? NOW PAY FOR IT. WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE PINNACLE TIFF FAITH FOR THE AVAILABILITY THERE TO PAY FOR THE BRICK AND MORTAR AND OBVIOUSLY OPERATING AS ANOTHER ASPECT OF IT, TOO. SO I AGREE THERE. YEAH. ANYBODY ELSE IF I MAY JUST MAYBE CLARIFICATION IN TERMS OF THE PINNACLE. IF FUNDING DOES NOT NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE WITHIN THE, UH, TIFF. FINICAL TIP DISTRICT. THE BENEFIT THE BENEFIT HAS TO BE. FOR THE FOR THE INDIVIDUALS THAT LIVE IN THAT DISTRICT. IT CAN BE OUT OF IT. THAT BENEFIT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE EXCLUSIVE TO THAT DISTRICT. IT COULD BE SITTING WIDE. SO IN TERMS OF, FOR EXAMPLE, FALLING UP ON THE WHITE PRESENTATION, IF WE WOULD SAY. GOSH WE'D LIKE TO PARTNER WITH HAWAII AND PUT $5 MILLION MORE TO HELP THE Y EXPAND. WE COULD DO THAT, USING COUNCIL WOULD DETERMINE THAT'S A BENEFIT TO THE TIP PINNACLE DISTRICT BECAUSE THE RESIDENTS WILL USE IT. THAT'S PERFECTLY ALLOWABLE EXPENDITURE. SO AGAIN, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO NECESSARILY BE IN THAT INCENTIVE DISTRICT OF PINNACLES. IF YOU ONE MORE COMMENT. I WANT TO JUST ECHO WHAT? MR SHOCK YOU SENT FOR ME AND IT'S A BUDGET MEETING. THE COMMUNITY CENTER. I'M NOT NECESSARILY PULL THIS DOWN. I'M NOT NECESSARILY OPPOSED TO IT BY ANY MEANS, DEPENDING WHAT THE CITIZENS WANT. BUT IT'S ALWAYS ABOUT WHERE DOES THE MONEY COME FROM? WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF $56 MILLION? THAT'S A VERY LARGE SUM, AND THAT'S. WILL ALWAYS GO HIGHER THAN THAT. ALSO, I WAS THINKING.THERE'S ALSO THE POSSIBILITY OF THE BROOK PARK SIDE. BEING SOMETHING WE COULD DO FOR SOME SORT OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FOR COMMUNITY CENTER, GIVEN AS A LARGE, EMPTY AREA, VERY CENTRALLY LOCATED. ALREADY A BIG SPLASH IN A BUILDING THERE. THAT'S AT LEAST POSSIBILITY OF WHAT COULD BE. THERE'S A BULA PARK STUDY ITEM THAT WE DISCUSSED EARLIER. THANK YOU, OKAY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS. OKAY, WE'VE MADE IT THROUGH THE AGENDA. SO WE'VE LISTENED TO WHERE WE ARE FINANCIALLY THIS YEAR AND THE YEAR END AND WE'VE GOT SOME IDEAS AND SOME INPUT FOR 2022. THE NEXT, UH. EVENT WILL BE THE CREATION OF THE BUDGET FOR 2022. AND THEN ONCE THAT'S OUT AND PUBLISHED, WILL HAVE A REVIEW MEETING OF THE 2022 BUDGET. SO WITH THAT, IF THERE'S WITHOUT ANY OBJECTION, THIS MEETING IT'S CLOSED.
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